Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 31, 1963, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text58th Year Price 10 Cents Weather Subscribers " To report Improper or non delivery of the Mat) Tribune In Medford. phone 772-0141; Ash land call at 416 Bridge at., or phone 482-3002; Yreka, phone R42-2403. before 6:45 p.m. daily and 10:30 ajrt. Sunday. ' It regular delivery arrival hortly after you call pleaae notifv office, ihua eliminating ipecial messenger service. Medfokd FORECAST: Partly -tloudr to day. clearlnc alter midniibt to. niihl. Hirh tgdav 55-611 Low j" 2-J3. Uih tomorrow HKhest Ynterday . '""fi I.owrtt Yetlerday in Preclp. to i p.m. yesterday, T. RIBUNE United fre intrnatlonal Full Leaied Wire United Preaa International full Leiied Wire Six Sections 56 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1963 Six Sections . No. 8 jj Rf! 71 ' T ' n i 1 I 771 PI ' rp . : i&SS LtH Milk ' l . J-7 CHARRED INTERIOR - Fire, which started up again that served as insulation in the building smouldered after it was thought to be extinguished, caused extensive through the night and flared up about 4 a.m. The pic damage to the penthouse over the Wilson-McCabe Re- turd above shows the blackened interior of the apart frigerating company early Saturday morning. Sawdust ment. (Knackstedt Photo) 'Hate America' Congress Ignites Political Squabble Rio De Janeiro - (UPI) - A week long Communist-spon-iored "hate America", con ! r e s s Saturday sputtered .oward an end, already writ en off by observers as a flop. But it did touch off a new lued between pro-American jov. Carlos Lacerda of Gu'a labara state and left-leaning 'resident Joaoi Goulart. And there also were reports )f a Moscow-Peking type d is jute over Marxist theory be .ween Brazilian Communist eader , Luis Carlos Prestes md Cuban Premier Fidel Castro. " . " ; . Goulart Saturday sent army .roops and marines fanning hrough Rio De Janeiro, vhich was to have been the lite of the pro-Castro hemi phere congress until Lacerda itepped in. He banned the :ongress and it moved across ;he bay to Niteroi, in Rio De faneiro state. Leftwing Justice Minister toao Mangabeira said troops vere ordered in because La cerda arrested 53 members of ?ranclso Juliao's Brazilian jeasants league when they Tied to board a ferry for "Jitcroi. He charged Lacerda vent too far in his efforts to ar the congress and "sus )ended at his own pleasure :ertain constitutional guaran .ees for certain persons." But Goulart's military aide aid the troops were sent to Mo to assure free access to 'ederal buildings and guar antee government services be cause a walkout by streetcar notormen threatened to ipread into a general strike. Many federal office buildings at ill function in Rio, which was the federal capital until .he government moved to Brasilia. HEVSfBRIEFS IT IMS FROM kJy AVALANCHE ROARS DOWN ON FRENCH VILLAGE Plan-Du-Var. Franc - 1PP - An avalanche of mud and 50-ton boulders roared down onto this village Sat urday, flattening everything' in its path and crushing to death three members of a teacher's family iniide the village school. CUBAN APOLOGY SEEN AS MOVE TO AVERT WAR Havana - Hfli - Wetlern diplomatic circle Satur day interpreted Cuba's quick apology over the MIG jet attack on a U.S. freighter as an indication that th Castro regime wants to prevent the Caribbean cold war from getting hot. SOVIET UNION RENEWS BERLIN PROPOSAL Washington - 'ITU - Th Soviet Union hat renewed Its propo;;! that the Berlin problem be "solved" by handing over th allied western sector to th United Nations, diplomatic officials disclosed Saturday. SIX DIE IN BELGIAN HOTEL FIRE Ciney. Belgium - IPt' - Six persons, including th manager and his family, died Saturday when a flash Jir destroyed th Albrt hote,hr. Lacerdo denounced ' the Goulart move as a plot to in tervene in' the' Guanabara state government. Some observers said Gou lart's action may have been designed at humiliating La cerda, a candidate for presi dent in the 1965 elections. Lacerda- has been reaping headlines with his crackdown on what he termed a "re union of traitors." Grants Pass Names Leading Citizen Grants Pass - W. Stewart Orr, manager of a Grants Pass retail building supplies firm and a past president of the Grants Pass and Jose phine County Chamber of Commerce was presented the chamber's outstanding citizen award here Saturday night. Orr, a longtime Josephine county resident who has been an officer of numerous area organizations, was honored at the chamber's annual ban quet. Rep. Clarence Barton (D Coquille), speaker of the Ore gon House of Representatives, addressed the banquet on the history and future potential of Oregon and Josephine county. He also offered some com ments on the current state legislature, remarking that it "probably will be known to its everlasting credit by the bills that didn't pass." TO VISIT HATFIELD Salem - (UPU - Consul and Mrs. Lucicn Ruys of the Netherlands will visit Gov. Mark Hatfield at his office Friday. AJtOUNO THI OLOU Proposal Limiting Freeway Signs in Medford Drafted 'The final draft of a pro posed ordinance relating to signs along the freeway in Medford was completed late Friday. It is the result of some six weeks of work by members of a sign committee appoint ed by Mayor James Dunlcvy Feb. 21. The committee, head ed by Al Bradford, council president, included Council man Terry Green and Walt er Higgins and Elwood Hed berg, planning commission members. The proposed ordinance will regulate the size and height of signs within 600 feet of the centerline of In terstate S through Medford. The ordinance was recom mended after signs started to apped along the viaduct within the city: It was then learned by city officials that state and federal sign regula tions were not in effect with in municipalities. The ordinance allows signs only if they identify the. busi ness on which they are placed in the area within 600 feet of the freeway centerline and not to exceed a total height of 30 feet. Surface Limited Signs constructed within 270 feet of the freeway cen terline are not to exceed 100 square feet of advertising sur face. Signs within this area which do not comply-with the ordinance must be removed by April 4, 1B68. Signs within the area not less than 270 feet from the freeway centerline, and not more than 600 feet, may not exceed 200 square feet. Copies of the proposed or dinance, which will be pre sented to the city council at Its meeting Thursday, April 4, are available in the city manager's office in city hall. Stop Gap Measure At the council's session Feb. 21 an ordinance called a "stop-gap" measure was ap proved by the council which restricted the construction of signs within 270 feet of the freeway's centerline. Concern has been expressed by residents and city officials over the possibility that a row of billboards, tall enough to be viewed from the via duct would be constructed. The freeway bisects Medford on a viaduct which rises to 35 feet. CASTRO MAKES VOW Miami - (UPH - Cuban Pre mier Fidel Castro admitted last night that "counter-revo lutionary" bands are still op erating in Mantanzas prov ince but vowed that they will be wiped out "within a few worsts." i Two Fires Cause Heavy Damage At Cold Storage Plant Fire broke out twice at Wit son - McCabe Refrigerating company at Fourth and Fir sts. Friday night and early Saturday morning, causing heavy damage. The crowds, estimated at several hundred, started to gather as fire trucks roared up to the refrigeration plant. More came when a sonic boom caused many to think an explosion occurred at the plant. Columns of thick black smoke poured from the rear of the plant where the fire reportedly started when sev eral tires stored in one of the rooms caught fire. Deputies Called Police said they had no trouble holding the crowd back, although they called for sheriff's deputies to assist. At one point people crowded out onto the street and up to a ladder truck, but a policeman roped the crowd off. Firemen thought they had .the fire, which started in a small storage room to the rear of the plant, extinguish ed and returned to their sta tion about midnight. A second alarm came early Saturday morning and fire men discovered the fire had smouldered unseen in sawdust insulation, then crept into the sawdust in the attic, came back under the roofs and sprr-d into one of the apart ments and penUiouse. Expensive damage was done Portland Slaying Reward Withdrawn Portland - (UPD - A $1,000 reward for information lead ing to the conviction of the slayer of Beverly Ann Allan has been withdrawn by the girl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allan of Port Town send, Wash. The 19-ycar-old Allan girl and her boy friend, Larry Ralph Peyton of Portland, were the victims of a still un solved murder Nov. 28, 1060. Peyton's body was found the next day in his automo bile in Portland's west hills. The body of the Allan girl was found six weeks later along the Sunset Highway 40 miles west of Portland. Flames Extinguished At Central Point Home Central Point - Eight vol untcers from the Central Point fire department re sponded Saturday morning to control a fire on the roof of the J. W. Stevens resi dence, 440 Bush st. The fire, reported at 11 a.m., apparently started from sparks from the chimney. There was about S400 fire and water damage to the hpusc, firemen said, i BUILDING DAMAGED - Medford firemen, above, work ing both inside and outside of the Wilson-McCabe Re frigeration company building, kept a raging fire under control Friday evening. Extensive damage was done to to the big cold storage room under the penthouse where the fire came through " the penthouse floor. Most of it was water damage. Prisoner Crews Used Some observers fell the fire started in the back end where the heavy electric wires came in. The apart ments were badly burned overhead and suffered exten sive smoke and water dam age. Only a few packages of food stored in the county's surplus food distribution cen ter in part of the plant were damaged. County Commis sioner Don Faber had county prisoner crews organized ear ly Saturday removing the damaged food parcels to a place where they could be dried. Clothing stored by the welfare department above the surplus food room was de stroyed,' Faber said. The plant was fully cov ered by insurance, according to Morris Byrne, Applegate, partner with John McCabe in the cold storage plant. Byrne said he received numerous calls at his home after the fire broke out. Two Persons Hurt In Ashland Wrecks Ashland - Two minor in juries were reported in auto accidents here Friday and Saturday. Charles W. Reeves, 20, of Hilt, Calif, suffered slight injuries when his car was in volved in a collision with an auto driven by John M. Rob- erson, 50, of 1716 Parker St., at Highway 99 and Harmony lane Saturday around 12:40 p.m. Reeves was checked by a doctor at ' the accident scene and further treatment was not found necessary. Ashland police said they plan to file a citation against Reeves for following too close. In an accident at 4 p.m. Friday, Bonnie Vanderwood 15, of 5000 Highway 99 South complained of a bruised knee after a collision involving the car in which she was riding, driven by Eugene Magrudcr, 17, of 678 Siskiyou blvd., and a second car driven by Wil liam Aftring, 16, of 980 Mary Jane avc. The accident oc curred near 895 North Moun tain ave. Mistaken Identity Brings Apologies Racale, Italy - 1PH -Ertelindo Schito, 40, told police Saturday that Eiio Troiti fired six pistol shots at him, mined each time, then took a closer look and aid: "Sorry, I mistook you fCr someone elie." Hatfield Voices Appeal lor Higher Education Funds Klamath Falls - (DPI) - Gov. Mark Hatfield appealed to the people Saturday -to help "snatch higher education from the jaws of devastation in this session of the legisla ture." . - s . Noting a "serious probabil ity of a $5 million cut in that budget," he said the legisla ture faces two choices. "It can by its inaction make Harry Truman's 'do nothing' charges about the 80th Con gress pale by comparison," he said. "Or It can move out of com mittees and onto the floor some of its enlightened, pro gressive proposals which fur ther humanity and prepare for the future." Appealing to the people, the governor declared, "Your voice can still be heard: Make it known." "Failure of friends of edu cation to react would be tra gic," he said., "Failure to re act by those who abhor the individious abrogation of re sponsibility would be uncon scionable." The governor spoke in an address prepared for delivery to the Second Annual Conven tion of the Oregon Stale Building Trades Council here. He said the legislature's treatment of higher education threatens "the teachers, re searchers, and the facilities from which come our doctors, our Improved agriculture productivity, 'the proles sions." Would Curtail Treatments Hatfield said cuts at the medical school, hospitals and clinics could curtail treatment of some 131,000 patients. He said agricultural experiment stations could be closed, re search curtailed drastically; and 4-H programs immobil ized. "If Oregon is to achieve major league status in the eyes of the nation, we can not tolerate public officials who do not know the meaning of team play, cooperation and dedication," he said. Rains Increase Level of Rivers By United Prss International Heavy rains brought rivers up in Western Ortgon valleys and in the coast range Sat urday, river forecasters said, but no heavy flooding was ex pected. River Bureau forecasters said, however, the main stem of the Willamette was expect, cd to remain well under its banks. The Clackamas river was In no danger of floods because of a low freezing line and colder weather. Most of the precipitation was falling as snow in the Cascades. the big fruit storage room, but no damage was done to food products in the locker rooms, a spokesman said. (Knackstedt Photo) . . , U.S. Intensifying Steps To Prevent Anti-Castro Raids Miami - (IN) - Th United Statei government Satur day night suddenly restrict d prominent Cuban exil loaders to Dad county, a 2.S00 square - mil area which Includes Miami. Washington United States urday ii is -measures to T..mra - The nnounccd Sat- "intensifying' prevent the launching from American ter- ritory of raids by anti-Castro refugees "against Soviet ships and other targets in Cuba." . The state and justice de partments said in a joint statement that the United States sympathized with the desire of Cubans to see their country freed from Commu nist control. But It could not permit violation of U.S. laws or "tolerate activities which Bidault Applies For Visa To Brazil: Lisbon - (UPD - Anli-Gaullst former French Premier Geor ges Bidault has applied for a visa to enter Brazil, a Bra zilian embassy . spokesman said Saturday. The spokesman said it was not known when a decision would be made or when Bi dault hoped to leave Portu gal to take up residence in Brazil. Bidault, sworn enemy of French President Charles de Gaulle, came here from West Germany when Bavarian state authorities refused to grant him political asylum unless he dropped his anti-Gaullist activities. ' He has been playing hide and seek with police and newsmen since he arrived here incognito last Monday. Police found him, questioned him for 10 hours and he van ished again. . Publishers Accept Contract Revisions New York - IUPII - Publish ers Saturday accepted the re vision of a contract proposal that will be voted on today by the last holdout union in the 113-day-old New York newspaper strike. The publishers' acceptance was announced by Mayor Robert F. Wagner who urged members of the striking Pho tocngravcrs union to approve the contract. The photoengravers reject ed a similar contract proposal earlier this week, but the cur rent revisions were worked out by their president, Frank J. McGowan, and other un ion leaders who were confi dent the rank and file would accept It. might provoke ' armed repri sals, the brunt of which would be borne by the armed forces of the United States." Includes Puerto Rica The announcement said that the Federal. Bureau of Investigation and the Immi gration and Naturalization Service, with the cooperation of the Coast Guard and Cus toms Service, "are intensify ing their investigations." Officials said this meant more men, ships and planes would be thrown into the ef fort to make certain that at tacks such as those recently carried out on Soviet ships in Cuban ports "are not launched, manned, or equip ped from U.S. territory." They said this included Puerto Rico. The state and justice de partments said "Our prelimi nary evidence suggests that these raids have not In fact been launched from the ter ritory of the United States" but measures were being stepped up to provide addi tional safeguards. The American statement came two days after an at tack by Soviet - built Cuban MIGs on an American freight er which was widely inter preted as a gesture of retali ation for recent sea borne raids by anti Castro refugee groups. The most recent of these took place last Tues day on the Soviet vessel "Baku" which was loading sugar in. the north Cuban port of Calbarlen, Youth Governor Signs Six Legislative Bills Salem -(UPD- Six bills, la eluding measures on traffic safety, truth-in-lendlng, and abortion, were signed into law here Saturday by Youth Gov. Randy Guyer of Baker at the close of the 1963 youth legislature. About 280 high school stu dents from throughout Ore gon attended the 16th annual YMCA youth legislature Thursday through Saturday. Purpose of the event Is to acquaint youth with self-government in the United States. The students participated In a "mock" legislature which Included an address from the youth governor, introduction of some 70 bills, committees, House and Senate session, and Joint session. - Only nine bills finally cleared both houses and went to the governor. He signed six, vetoed two, and failed to act on one. Two of the six bills signed dealt with traffic safety. They would require at least two Government Files Mississippi Suit On Registrations Act Backs Negroes In Voter Efforts flrpenwncvt Mies ITrpfl The federal government filed suit Saturday demanding of ficials of th's north Mississip pi town halt alleged acts of "intimidation" directed at Negroe voter applicants. The suit also requests the release of eight Negroes jail ed last week when they and about 100 others marched on city hall to protest acts of violence aimed at persons taking part in a local Negro voter registration drive. One registration worker was wounded recently by gunfire from a moving auto mobile, and two shotgun blasts were i fired into the home of another worker last week. ' : . Police, Negroes Clash During the past week po lice clashed repeatedly with groups oi Negroes attempting to marcn enmasse to the Le Flore countv courthouse in register. The suit, first annnnnperl by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in Washinol nn was filed with Judge Claude c. uiayion at oxford. Clay ton agreed to hear the action Monday at Aberdeen. The suit specifically seeks a temporary restraining order against interference with vot er resistrnlinn. anrl nt?ma long list of local authorities as aetenaants. Mayor Named One of those named. Mavor Charles E. Sampson, said ho was not surprised by the gov ernment's action. "This is the government's usual policy in supporting the agitators," he said. "We'll con tinue on as we have until alter the hearing. City officials have said they, would not interfere wlthJLi,. Aicgiuea aiiempuae, :u regis- -ter so long as they did not attempt mass marches on the -courthouse. ' Gray Evans, the local pros- - ecutor, complained that should the government's re quest be granted it would "permit a mob of any size to form and move down the ' street." Sampson said he couldn't i see where the government had any ground to stand on, but added: "For the past few years the government hasn't needed any. They stay up in the air all the time." Negro Selected For Space Program Washington ItfPl The first Negro has been selected for possible participation In future U. S. manned space flights, it was disclosed Sat- . urday. He is Air Force Capt. Ed ward J. Dwight Jr., 29, of Kansas City, Kan., who is among 14 new candidates chosen for the Air Force's aerospace research pilot pro gram at Edwards Air Force base, Calif. The Air Force training uro gram parallels, but is not co ordinated with, the National Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration's space flight program. seat belts in cars, and would exempt medical personnel or nurses from liability for giv ing first aid. The governor signed a truth-in-lendlng bill to re quire statement of simple an nual interest rates. He also signed a bill that would ex empt new manufac luring firms from taxation until they start to manufacture. The governor signed a bill to make therapeutic abortions legal under specified condi tions. Signed Mansion Bill He also signed a bill to provide for a governor's man sion. Vetoed were bills provid ing for periodic, examination n(t licensed drivers and for an educational driving pro gram. Guyer said parts of the measurer; were already in the law. Guyer took no action, be cause of time, on a bill pass ed by both houses to require . certification of marriage counselors.