Medford mail tribune., April 11, 1963, Image 1

HOPE FOR SUBMARINE ABANDONED
SUB WRITTEN OFF - The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Thresher is
shown during commissioning ceremonies in this file photo. The Navy
Department said today the Thresher has been abandoned as lost following
First Sex
By 30-25
Longer Daylight
Time Approved
By Senate Vote
Salem-flJPII-The Senate vot
ed 22-8 today to extend day
light saving time one month
to match the quick-time ob
served in Washington, Cali
fornia and Nevada.
If approved by the House,
Oregon would be on the same
summer time schedule as all
other Pacific Coast states.
At an election last year
Oregonians voted to make ob
servance of daylight saving
time statewide.
Bayli'ght saving time begins
at 1 a.m. on the last Sunday in
April. The bill approved to
day would extend it to the
last Sunday in October, in
stead of the last Saturday in
September as at present.
To End Confuaion
Oregon's daylight saving
schedule was enacted to end
confusion within Oregon over
quick-time. Since then, Wash
ington has extended its day
light time schedule to October
to match California and Ne
vada. At hearings on the measure,
radio, television, transporta
tion and industry spokesmen
urged changing the law.
Voting no on the proposal
were Sens. Ahrens, Boivin,
Elfstrom, Naterlin, Newbry,
Pearson, Thiel and Ylurri.
Bfoodmobife Falls
Short or Area Quotas
Approximately one-half of
the quota for the visit of the
Red Cross Bloodmobile was
received this week in Med
ford and Shady Cove, Red
Cross officials have announc
ed. During the two-day visit in
Medford Monday and Tues
day, 169 pints were donated,
and Wednesday in Shady
Cove, 51 pints were obtained.
BOY BELIEVED DROWNED ;
Salem - WD - A 5-year-old sue a single foreign and de
boy. Gene Lylc Guthrie, was i fense policy. It appeared rics
missing and believed drowned fined to be the most powerful
in Salem's Mill Creek today Arab nation by far.
NEWS(jBMEFS
ItlMS rtOM W MOUNO THt eHOM
SOVIET ROCKET BASES BEING INSTALLED
Cairo-l;rl-Sovlet technicians are inttalling ground-to-air
rocket basts near Cairo, Alexandria and the Sutx Canal,
informed sources said today.
KING TO IGNORE INJUNCTION
Birminaham. Ala.-tPI-Inlegrstion leader Dr. Martin Lu
ther King Jr.. said today h
junction isiued to nail a series
X1J FLIES UNDER ROCKET POWER
Edwards AFB, CalifM-Air Force Maj
flew the X15 today under rocket power
tima vat.
Rushworlh. Hying the dabut of a newly-modified X15.
"burned" his rocket angina
JFK Urges Steel
To Forego Price Increases
Washington -IUPH- President
Kennedy today strongly urg
ed the steel industry not to
undertake a general price in
crease. He urged similar eco
nomic restraint on the part
of labor.
Kennedy, after studying the
steel price situation closely
for two days with his chief
economic advisers, issued a
strong appeal for wage-price
stability in the industry.
The chief executive's ap
peal was issued shortly before
his scheduled departure from
Andrews Air Force Base for
an Easter week end to Palm
Beach, Fla.
statement i
The President's
was aimed largely at steel
management because of the
announced price rise in the
products of the Wheeling Steel
company. But in summing up
his reasons for opposing a
price increase, Kennedy also
directed his appeal to the
steel workers union.
The announcement follow
ed a series of mysterious con
ferences at the White House
and a series of postponements
of the President's Easter week
Arab Federation
To Feature Nasser
Cairo -(UPD Egyptian Presi
dent Gamal Abdel Nasser
seemed assured today of a
dominant role in the new
Arab federation that is certain
to alter the balance of power
in the Middle East.
Premier Aly Sabry an
nounced Wednesday that Sy
ria, Iraq and Nasser's Egypt
have agreed to merge their
states into a single nation of
38 million citizens.
He said it will be called
the United
Arab Republic, cxact amount of insurance in
as its capital, I vni-ri but thai claims In His-
have Cairo
adopt one flag and will pur
would ignore a temporary in-
oi racial unngniuiuoin
A number of buds in some
Bob Rushworlh ' orchard blocks were damag
for the longest ed earlier in the heating sea
for two and a quarter minutes,
Regional Edition
Medford
3 Pages MEDFORD,
Offender Bill Beaten
Vote in Oregon House
end vacation trip to Palm
Beach.
"I urge the steel industry
and the steel union to avoid
any action which would lead
Probe Continues
Into Insurance
Sales To Schools
Portland - WPII - Investiga
tion ' continued on several
fronts today into sale of "doc-
lored" insurance policies to
many schools throughout Ore
gon. The probe was touched off
by complaints that parts of
the policies in oucstion are
not considered valid by the
California Life Insurance Co.
The firm told State Insurance
Commissioner Walter Kor
Iann there were discrepancies
between policies written by
agents and those sent into its ,
home office.
Particularly involved are
riders for accidents such as
football and wrestling in
juries. Korlann said the probe in
volved agents who sold the
policies to the school districts
under the name of an agency
in Portland that no longer j
operates.
The Multnomah county dis
trict attorney's office and
sheriff's office, and the coun
ty grand jury, arc looking into
the matter. A "friendly" suit
has been filed by the Califor
nia firm against David Doug
las school district here to de
termine its liability.
Korlann said there was no
Moderate Heating
Noted in Valley
General and moderate or
chard heating occurred early
this morning throughout the
valley.
Most orchardists lit heaters !
about midnight and put out
about 6 o clock this morn-
ing. temperatures aroppeo "
30 degrees
the coldest
places.
Light and scattered heat-: subdivision plats to be num
ing occurred up to approxi- bered rather than named,
matcly 2:30 a.m. Thin layers The commission also ap
of clouds moving in early i proved notifvine Pacific
caused some temperatures to
mm; -u j. uui a.ouj
started later.
son, but this docs not amount
to commercial damage yet. it
was reported
Four Sections 58th Year Price 10 Cents
OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1963 No. 18
a dive in the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday with
Lt. Cmdr. John W. Harvey, skipper of the sub.
Industry
to a general across the board
increase," the President said.
"1 urge this in their own en
lightened self-interest i and in
the public interest as well
putc may be more than
S50.000.
Authorities said that Ore
gon schools who apparently
were sold policies by the
Portland agency included:
Altamont Junior High
school in Klamath Falls, Ash
land School District 5, North
and South Junior High schools
In Grants Pass. Monument
Junior Higli school in Merlin;
Highland. Lincoln, Redwood
and Roosevelt at Grants Pass;
Henley High school near
Klamath Falls, Illinois Valley
High school at Cave Junction,
Lincoln Savage Junior high
at Murphy, and Medford
school district 549C.
Status of Rogue
Basin Reviewed
Problems which may arise
prior and during the con
struction of dams in Jackson
county were discussed at a
meeting of the Jackson coun
ty planning commission last
night. Following a review of
the present status of the
Rogue Basin project and of
the overall project, the com
mission asked the planning j
j staff to investigate what steps
may be needed to regulate
I temporary water systems,
: trailer parks, and other as-
pects of development.
i 1 11 nt hor uri inn thr mm.
I milfoil approved a street nt ' persons ruled sexual
' change in the Green Springs I ly dangerous. They arc cx
! subdivision, known as the Oak I pected on the House floor
Knoll development near Ash- soon
land
Also discussed were pend
ing bills in the state legisla
ture regarding planning. The
mmmiccinn annrnvpH a man-
j ,ution , bc ,, to lne coun.
, legislators seeking an
I anlcndm,,nt to House Bill 113S
I .arM viivin
The amendment would
llow
Northwest Bell Telephone
company of preliminary sub
division plats so plans could
bc made lor utilities ease
ments. The telephone compa
ny, in a Idler to the com
mission, explained that the
, firm wants to install its lines
1 underground
SECOND SLICK,
DEBRIS FOUND
IN DIVE AREA
Washington - HTC - The nuclear powered submarine
Thresher with 129 men aboard "has indeed been lost,'' Adm.
George W. Anderson said today.
Anderson, chief of naval operations, made the announce
ment with deep regret in disclosing that a second oil slick
and materials possibly from the interior of the submarine
had been found in the area where it made a test dive Wednes
day In the North Atlantic.
The materials were described as cork and plastic of types
used "in the internal construction of submarines."
The second oil slick was found at 10:20 a.m. (EST) today,
Anderson told a news conference. The first was spotted
shortly before dark Wednesday.
Although Anderson wrote off any chance for recovery
I of the submarine or that any
he said search efforts would
Tribune
129 men aboard.
(UPI)
Inset is
Change in Court
Jurisdiction
Draws Objection
Salem-ttlPli-The House today
defeated 30-25 the first of
six "sex offender" bills after
opponents objected to a
change in court jurisdiction
over juvenile matters.
It would have taken 31
votes, one more to pass the
bill.
The measure would have
transferred juvenile jurisdic
tion from the county courts to
the circuit courts.
Rep. Robert Jones (R-Port-land)
said it would bring juve
nile matters under the juris
diction of legally trained
judges who could handle them
with competence and discre
tion. He said few county
judges had any legal back
ground. Many of the opponents
were from eastern Oregon.
They said county judges now
were doing a fine job, and in
addition were closer to local
situations.
Cost Noted
Opponents also contended
the proposed change would
cost money for additional cir
cuit judges. Jones noted, how
ever, that Supreme Court
Justicc William McAllister
had testified earlier that pres
ent circuit judges could be
moved around to handle the
new load.
Rep. Berkeley Lent (D-Port-
land), whose judiciary com
mittee approved the bill by
a split vote, said the transfer
of jurisdiction was "prema
ture." "This bill really has noth
ing to do with stopping the
sexual molestation of chil
dren," he declared.
He said another bill in the
six-bill package would put
sex offenses involving chil-
j
in the circuit courts.
Other bills would set up a
central police filing system
for sex offenses, revise other
court procedures, and provide
for commitment and treat-
Sniper Misses
Ex-Gen. Walker
Dallas -HOT- A bullet from
a high-powered rifle whizzed
through a window Wedncs-
day night, narrowly missing
former Maj. ocn Ldwin A.
Walker who was sitting at a
desk filling out his income
tax.
The bullet bored a one-inch
boll in the wall and fell out
on the other side on some
packages. Splinters from the
bullet's casing struck Walker
in the arm.
"I want a purple heart.'
said Walker, who was not ser
iously injured.
of the 129 men might be alive,
continue to try to fix the exact
spot of the disaster and recov
materials or bodies that
might come to the surface.
The disaster is the U.S.
Navy's worst submarine trag
edy in peace or war. It is
the worst single ship tragedy
in peacetime for any kind of
U.S. naval vessel.
Anderson said he had order
ed the deep diving batho
sphere "Trieste," now at San
Diego, brought across the
country on flat cars to aid
in the search.
The Trieste has dived as
deep as seven miles, whereas
the Thresher apparently went
down in a mile and a half of
water at a point about 220
miles east of Cape Cod.
Anderson said that even if
the Trieste were able to lo
cate the Thresher, there was
"absolutely no possibility"
that a line could be attached
for salvage from such a depth.
He described as "very re
mote" the possibility that any
bodies would float to the sur
face. Anderson said he abandon
ed hope for the Thresher for
two reasons. In addition to
the fact that materials were
recovered, he said he could
sec no possibility that all
communications would have
been blacked out If the vessel
had not met disaster.
Anderson's desolate report
that hope had been abandon
ed for the sub and the men
was given to newsmen about
25 hours after the last contact
from the vessel was received.
Near Teat Depth
Tl. Tfc.hn. Aj
h k i ""B,?U"
submarine in the world" and
.... .,..0 ubucai uivi K
was "approaching its
, HI . 1 " 113 "
mum test depth" when com
munication with the sub was
lost at 9:17 a.m. (EST) Wednes
day. Anderson announced that
he had issued an order re
quiring the two other sub
marines in the Thresher class,
the Permit and the Plunger,
to limit the depth of their
dives until the Thresher in
vestigation is completed. Their
designed test depth is a mili
tary secret.
Anderson said Ihere were
two factors to indicate that a
leak rather than pressure of
water may have caused the
disastor:
-Before it went into the
Portsmouth, N.H., Naval
Shipyard for overhaul last
July, the Thresher had dived
many times to the depth at
which it was last heard from.
Recant Overhaul
-During overhaul of the
sub it was necessary to cut a
hole about a yard wide in its
hull, in order lo get at some
machinery. The hole was
welded back in place, and the
weld was examined by X-ray
for flaws.
"To the best of our knowl
edge and belief there were no
; defects in the work," he said.
"Whether or not there were
1 in fact defects remains to be
I seen."
Anderson said that "of
! course" the possibilities of
sabotage or enemy action in
I connection with the tragedy
I would be investigated. But he
said there was no evidence of
cither, and the main investi
gative effort would bc to de
termine whether the vessel
collapsed or sprang a leak.
TO DIVORCE DOUGLAS
Washington -KM- The wife
of Supreme Court Justice Wil
liam O Douglas said today
that she plans lo file for a
divorce.
WEATHER
rPRKCAltl OeeatUMII rain
Hlth drrr-Afclns wind tonight.
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tratlrrrd ihnwrri r'rlday. Low
tonight 10. Illfh Friday St.
i rmp.
Hlghnt Vntrrday 50
, Lowrat Thia Morning Zl
Our Skies Tonight
Sun.-t today . S:fs p.m.
1 Sunrlar tomorrow . 3:37 a.m.
Moonrtia tonight in p.m. :
i l.aal Quarter April It j
PROMINENT STAR
Strlua, In Ibc loulh-
wait 1:31 p.m. '
VIIISLt PLANET
Man. high in louth-
i weat m pa.
i Hatlirn. rliaa 3:30 a.m. )
Yrnui. low In rail in a.m.
ftcAPI COD ' j
Pin BSOH max I
i (e 8,400 ft-
LOCATION SHOWN - This artist's draw
ing shows the probable location of the sub
marine Thresher, missing after a test dive
in the Atlantic Ocean. The Navy haa an
Shortage
In Streams May Be
Irrigation Problem
Water measurements
snow-packs supplying water
haHc In flraSnn IWMII. nlll
l"V '
at slightly more man oo per
pnnf milh mnli,lirnmnntv IllK.
en at the cast edoc of the
1 state as low as 19 per cent
and lower.
Bob Whaley, assistant to
Jack Frost, snow survey su
pervisor for Soil Conservation
Service, agreed with local ir
rigation district managers
here yesterday that the soil
is better primed than ever
before for the coming Irriga
tion season.
Whaley was here for the
annual water supply forecast
review with area Irrigators.
Medford airport precipita
tion records from October
through March shows a total
of 20.42 inches which is 128
per cent of a 15-year average,
Whaley said.
"During an average year,
such as last year, the lower
elevations usually have a bet
ter snow-pack with higher
water content," he said. How
ever, this year the higher ele
vations have better measure
ments, as a whole, he noted.
The whole Rogue-Umpqua
watershed area is 28 per cent
of average and 27 per cent
of last year, Whaley said.
The big problem is the ex-
Animal Hunters Are
Taken From Budget
The Jackson county budget
committee has eliminated Its
support of two slate preda
tory animal hunters, 11 was
reported today.
In the past, the county has
contributed $4,143 toward
salaries, $3,600 for mileage,
or a total of $7,743 added to
by slate matching funds.
However, the committee de
cided it would bc better to
increase the county bounty
trorrl $4,500 lo S5.500 instead,
The government hunters tional Seashore, Carlelon
spend most of their time trap- Whitehead, co-chairman of
ping coyotes, committee mem- the Committee for the Ore-
bers noted. gon Dunes, announced today.
It costs the county about whitehead said lie had re
$0 a coyote based on recent L.elvf,d word from WashinR
trapping records, the commit- j , nf ihui nlnnnlno ex.
! estimated. An increase In
the county bounty might In-
crease the kill on other ani
t mal pests and predators, it
i was suggested.
A number of Jackson coun
I ly livestock men and turkey
: raisers arc concerned over
this development.
! PEACE CORPS OFFERED
I Washington President
! Kennedy sent to Congress to -
I day his proposal for a domes -
1 tic Peace Corps
of Water
inipected stream flow shortage,
- Walt Hoffbuhr, Talent Irrlga
Minn Hiatrlnl ntunutfor rsmart.
--.. .- -
i ea to the nandful of people
I tori urn
in tlln nvtn, nn a.ru ,b AIM
Whairv rpnnrtprf utrean.
flow predictions are slightly
over 50 per cent of the 15-
year average for the Rogue'
river near Prospect, at Ray
Gold, at the south fork and
below the south lurk, at
Grants Pass and for the Ap-
plegate river
Hoffbuhr said his reservoirs
will be "in real good shape.
The collection canBl system
into Howard Prairie started
to run water in October and
is still running water, which
is unusually early. Daisy
creek started yesterday for
the second time this year.
Medford Irrigation district
will just about get through
the irrigation season." an MID
official said. "The west side
of the district will be In pret
ty good shape since it receives
water distributed from the
TID reservoirs. A lot will de
pend on stream flow. '
Present heavy rains have
delayed the start of the irri
gation season, lt was reported.
Rogue River Valley Irriga
tion district la expected to
be in about the same condi
tion as MID since it receives
its water from the same
sources.
Eagle Point Irrigation dis
trict may be In trouble with
no sustained yield expected
from mid-season on, it was
reported.
Planning Authorized
For Dunes Seashore
Portland A four-man plan
ning team has been assigned
by Secretary of Interior Stew
art Udall to complete basic
development plans for the
proposed Oregon Dunes Na
; pcr;s from four Nallonal park
Service offices In western
States were now working on
the survey for Dunes area fa
cilities and improvements.
The current itudy would
serve as the basis for detailed
plans for the new National
Seashore within the National
Park Service if legislation and at the same time, pre
now before Congress is en-1 serve the unique natural beau
1 acted. The development pro
! gram will bc presented by
1 Park Service representatives
nounced that a second oil slick and debrla
had been found in the area where the vessel
went down. (UPI)
Seven Hearings
i On Agenda for
1 Planners Tonight
Seven Dublic hearings have)
- bean scheduled tor the Med
.1...!.. IbbIiiii mi
u.a !"""
its meeting at 7 30 o'clock to
. n h
nJn nt thm hMrinn will be
ha d on zone chanfl mueiti.
Applicants have requested
zone changes for property lo
cated at:
-The south side of Crater
Lake highway between Biddle
rd. and Hilton rd.
-The south side of West
Main st. between Mistletoe
I and ranc, "'
The south of the westerly
six lots of block 4, Park Addi
tion, located at the northeast
corner of Eighth and Hamil
ton its.
-Tile south side of Barnett
rd. Immediately east of Bear
creek.
-The north slue of Highway
90, Immediately east of the
state highway department and
state police property.
The commission also will
hold hearings on requests for
variances to allow placement
of a 4 by 6 foot sign at 2520
Merrlman rd., and to permit
construction of a garden and
tool house at 2909 Falrview
place.
Anti-Slrikebreaker
Measure Tabled
Salem - HOT - An "anti
strikebreaker" bill was tabled
here by the House Committee
on Labor and Industries.
The committee recommend
ed passage of another bill to
prohibit use of lie detectors
as a condition of employment.
at a hearing May 8 before the
Senate Public Lands Subcom
mittee on the bill introduced
by Sen. Maurine Neuberger
to authorize the Oregon Dunes
park. Whitehead was advised.
"The Oregon Dunes area
has a multitude of possibilities
for recreation and our com
miltcc welcomes thia early
planning authorized by Secre
tary Udall," Whitehead said.
"The lakes, dunes, seashore,
and forest areas offer great
potential for outdoor enjoy
ment. We can foresee a Park
Service program including
camping, hiking, swimming,
fishing, hunting, boating, na
ture study and other outdoor
activities for which the Dunes
arc particularly well suited.
ty of the Oregon Dunes area
for coming generations," he
I added
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