Two Arrested in School Insurance Scheme
Jackie Expects
August Birth
Washington - HJ?I) - News
that Jacqueline Kennedy is
expecting her third child
touk Washington by storm
today It had been one of
the White House's best kept
secrets - better than some
national security council
meetings.
Rumors had been floating
in the capital for some time
that the first lady was preg
nant. But mum was the
word among the Kennedys'
intimate friends and asso
ciates. With her sense of history
and her love of children,
Mrs. Kennedy has long
cherished the idea of be-
Thermometers in
Area Drop To 25;
More Is Expected
Pear orchard thermometers
showed a low temperature
range of '25 to 27 degrees last
night. Minimum safe temper
ature for fruit protection is
31 degrees.
The mercury dropepd to 24
degrees in a few cases. Coun
ty Horticultural Agent Clif
ford B. Cordy noted.
Another valley - wide in
tensive orchard heating peri
od is expected tonight and ear
ly tomorrow morning, accord
ing to forecasts.
Orchardists generally lit
heaters about 11 p.m. yester
day and started putting out
about 6 o'clock this morning.
Considering it was a heavy
heating period, the smoke was
not too bad and reflected the
use of other than open pots.
Last night was the sixth heat
ing night, none of them so far
consecutive heating nights.
Petal Fall Stage
Most pear varieties are in
the petal fall stage. Bosc is
the only variety yet in the
late bloom stage. Petal fall
is a critical stage when dam
age can occur quickly, Cordy
noted. All fruit has set by
this lime and moderate
amount of blossom damage
can result in fairly laige crop
losses.
The horticultural agent es
timated 800,000 gallons of oil
was burned last night at a
total cost of $125,000. About
a thousand people were em
ployed in heating crews.
Approximately 375 people
are busy in shifts today re
filling heaters. Cordy advised
orchardists to conserve as
much oil as possible tonight
since it will be needed when
temperatures drop lower ear-
ly in the morning.
Doubts Raised Over
End of Laos Fight
Vientiane, Laos-iUPD-Reports
brought back from the Plain
of Jars by international in
spectors raised grave doubts
today that the warring neu
tralist and pro-Communist fac
tions are ready to end their
fiffhtine.
Avtar Sinch. chairman of
the International Control
Commission ICC, said Monday
the situation on the plain
"continues to be dangerous."
Singh did not elaborate, but
unofficial reports reaching
Vientiane said fighting be
tween neutralists led by Gen.
Kong Lc and the pro-Communist
Pathet Lao went on after
a cease-fire pledge given Pre
mier Souvanna Phouma Sun
day. Communist broadcasts sua
Kong Le's troops had seized ( ports, including one on bids
control of Phong Savan, a j for construction of a diving
town in Xieng Khouang Prov-1 pool at Jackson park, also
ince, in an operation Monday are on the commission agen
morning. ' da.
NEWS(f)BRIEFS
mMS ptoM T mound thi mom
WEST BERLIN DEFENDERS DISPERSE RIOTERS'
Berlin-'lPlAmerican soldiers today dispersed iimulaled
Communist rioters at bayonet point in the openina of
four-day maneuver to test plans to defend W.,1 Berlin.
ARMY MEN ARRESTED IN
Buenos Aires, Argentina -
" .a,
662 high-rank ng army omceri .no
! ." ... .rr.it on charges ot supporting the recent
gcanii n.c
abortive anti-Peronist revolt.
KENNEDY SCHEDULES WORKING VISIT'
..ch. Fla.-lPI-Preiident Kennedy will
Ul-u. i.it" to Italy in
taia trip because hit pregnant wife will
company him.
MACM1LLAN AIDING SECURITY PROBE
MAC MILL AW Aiu MacmilUn
Lonaon-. , ...... . , ,,.k which
hand today in me '!r"
became the
theme oi noiou
coining a mother again
while living in the White
house. Her baby will be
born in August in Washing
ton. When she returned to
Washington from Palm
Beach, Fla., following the
Christmas holidays, the 33-year-old
first lady's social
activities were severely cut
down. She has 1 i m i ted
White House social doings
to the "musts" prescribed
by protocol, totaling three
formal dinners and two re
ceptions. Mrs. Kennedy will be the
second first lady to have a
baby while living in the
. White House. She was pre
ceded 70 years ago by Mrs.
Grover Cleveland, who bore
Esther Cleveland in Sep
tember, 1893, shortly after
her husband was inaugur
ated. Another Cleve land
daughter, Marion, arrived
in July, 1895, before her
father left Die presidency.
The announcement means
President Kennedy and his
two brothers - Atty. Gen.
Robert F. Kennedy and
Sen. Edward M. (Ted) Ken
nedy (D-Mass.) - all will be
fathers again this year.
Robert's wife, Ethel, is ex
pecting their eighth child,
and Ted's wife, Joan, is
carrying their third.
With the birth of the
President and Mrs. Ken
nedy's next child, there will
be 23 grandchildren of the
chief executive's parents,
former Ambassador and
Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy.
Two Admit Killing
North Bend Man
Pittsburgh, Pa.JUPP - Alle
gheny county detectives to
day disclosed that a feen-age
San Francisco girl and her
male companion have confess
ed bludgeoning a man to
death on the West Coast last
month and disposing of the
body in tlte Pacific Ocean.
Authorities here said Rosa
lee Eaton, 19, San Francisco,
and Clarence Eugene Parker,
40, Texarkana, Ark., admit
ted the crime.
The victim was identified
as Richard Dennis McCutche
on, 28, North Bend, Ore. It
was reported that on March
29 he had given Miss Eaton
and Parker a ride in his car
when he saw them hitchhik
ing outside Eugene, Ore.
According to the detective
bureau, the two suspects
dumped McCulcheon's body
into the Pacific near Ven
tura. Calif., late on the night
Oil March 30. They then took
the victim's automobile and
indentification cards and fi
nanced a cross-country trip
through 13 states using Mc
Culcheon's credit cards, detec
tives said.
Redevelopment
Plan on Agenda
A proposed plan for reae -
velopment of Hawthorne park
will be presented to tne Mea
ford parks and recreation
commission at its regular
meeting tonight in city hall.
In Medford to present t h e
plan is Asa Hanamoto. mem
ber of the San Francisco plan
ning firm of Royston. Mayes,
Hanamoto and Beck.
The firm was commissioned !
some months ago to draw up.
plans for Hawthorne park, for
improvement of Bear creek
through Medford. and for the
development of the recently
acquired Barnett park site.
A number of committee re-
ARGENTINA
lPI - Military source, said tod.y
II inn --..-,-.,!. an4 . , .
June rather than
lull-blown
unable to ac
took
u . K...r,..hnmh nam.
w .u
Jt, " ROY CHARLES SMITH
fc N, Killed in Gunfight
California Youth
Dies of Wounds in
Gun Fight
An 18-year-old youth from
El Monte. Calif., was shot to
! death by a city police officer
I in a gun battle yesterday aft
j ernoon following an attempt
I ed holdup of the Spring Street
I grocery, 1012 Crater Lake
ave.
Slain was Roy Charles
i Smith, whom officers believe
i may be a member of the U.S.
I Army stationed at Ft. Ord,
Calif. Smith was pronounced
dead from two bullet wounds
upon arrival at Sacred Heart
hospital shortly before 3 p.m.
City police were called to
! the grocery about 2:16 p.m.
j yesterday by the proprietor,
I Mrs. Edith Lindley. who said
; someone had just attempted
i to hold her up.
; Arrive at Grocery
Officers William Hall and
Robert Allen arrived at the
' grocery about 3 minutes later.
While Allen questioned Mrs.
Lindley, Hall began to cruise
the neighborhood, looking
for the suspect.
Mrs. Lindley told Allen the
man had come into the store,
paused by the bread rack,
and then turned to her, dis
playing a long - barreled re
volver, which she thought at
first was a toy.
"I'm out of work," the
crcw-cutted youth said. "This
is a hold-up. Give me your
cash."
Mrs. Lindley said she back
ed to the doorway of her liv
ing quarters and said, "You
better not do that. My hus
band is in the back room."
Upon hearing that, she said,
the bandit bolted out the
door and fled north on foot.
Youth Is Spotted
About 2:25 p.m.. Hall spot
ted the youth walking south
on Wabash ave. As Hall ap
proached in his patrol car to
within about 200 feet, Smith
opened fire on him with two
.22 calibre revolvers, one in
each hand.
Smith sprinted cast on
Ridgeway ave., firing as he
went. He hid behind some
shrubbery in a yard at 711
Waverly st. Hall opened fire
with his service revolver, aft
er having radioed for assist
ance. Ac Ihr vnnlh loft thp enver
. . evergreen tree. Hall
fired his fifth shot and Smith
fell, but managed to pull him
self partly under a hedge.
Lt. Jack McMillan arrived
to take charge. Together with
other officers, they closed in
on Smith. An ambulance was
immediately called, but he
was dead on arrival at the
hospital.
Arrived in Valley
Investigations have reveal
ed today that Smith arrived
in the valley sometime Sat-
urdav Hp sncnl Saturday and
Sundav nights in two Med -
ford hotels. Friends of his
in Ashland are being question-
cd today about his activities
over the week end.
He has been identified pos -
SP's Cascade Train
Runs 21 Hours Late
San Francisco -Southern
Pacific's
man - The
Portland -
San Francisco Cascade
streamliner arrived here to
day 21 hours late as the re
sult of a freight train derail
ment north of Dunsmuir.
The streamliner was one
of several trains stalled Mon
day while workmen replaced
1.200 feet of damaged track
and siding
ff0Sf Forecast in
VVtprr. Oreoon
weSTem vregon
P o r t 1 a n d-VPI-Orcgon s
April winter continued to
day with a forecast of local
pay frost in Western Oregon and
lows in the 20s east ol the
- Cascades tonight
Klamath Falls, which got
live inches of snow, had a low
I of 19 above this morning and
Lakeview.. with an inch of
now. nad a low ol IB. incy
were two of the coldest soots
,7,
in ithc country
OFFICER WILLIAM HALL
Firet Five Shots
in City
itivcly as the one who broke
the window out of Lamport's
Sporting Goods store Sunday
night and stole two .22 cali
bre revolvers from the dis
play. Officers said he was the
man who snatched a purse
containing about S15 from a
woman on a dowdtown Med
ford street Saturday after
noon. Smith also has been
connected with two incidents
at Medford laundromats Sat
urday night, in one of which
a man was struck.
FBI agents have sent in
formation about Smith to the
Pentagon in Washington, D.C.,
to attempt to gain positive
identification. Smith was car
rying an Army ID card in his
billfold at the time of the
shooting.
District Attorney Alan B.
Holmes announced this morn
ing that a coroner's inquest
has been scheduled for 9:30
a.m. Thursday to present evi
dence in the case to a six-man
jury.
Quick Releases
At Hospital Denied
Salem - HJPD - Oregon State
Hospital Superintendent Dr,
D. K. Brooks denied emphatic
ally today that patient! were
being given quick release
from the hospital (or budget
reasons,
"Our discharge policy has
not changed," Dr. Brooks said,
"We have not sent people out
because of the cutback."
He added, "If we had more
staff, we might be able to get
people released more quick
ly." The superintendent said the
hospital is presently oper
ating with 80 fewer staffers
than are provided for in the
budget.
The hospital is one of many
stale agencies that are pres
ently operating on reduced
budgets to keep the state from
going into the red for the
balance of the current bien
nium. Dr. Brooks said there were
staff vacancies in dietary
maintenance, nursing, and
medical care classifications
Budgets Receive
House Approval
Salem - UPD - Budgets for
the state engineer and t h e
state Soil Conservation com
mittee easily passed the House
today without restoration of
small watershed planning
money.
The S992.530 engineers'
i budget passed 49-10. 11 was
1 cut S105.000 from the gover -
: nor s proposal, including
f $100,000 in watershed money
sought by local groups,
The companion $75,942 soil
1 conservation committee budg-
et, cut $15,000. also passed.
Both went to the Senate
The two budgets appeared
on the House floor earlier but
were returned to the Ways
! ana Means committee inr uir-
thcr consideration ot tne cut
in watershed funds. It was
considered a test of ways and
means hold-the-line spending
attitude in the face of local
pressures.
Soaring' Earnings
Noted by Chrysler
Center Line, Mich - HOT -!
Chrysler Corp. today report-!
ed soaring first quarter prof
its and sales.
Chrysler President Lynn A
Townscnd told the stockhold
ers the firm had 1963 first
quarter earnings of $36.2 mil
lion, second best in history
and a 2.800 per cent increase
over a year ago.
Trie firm also reported
sales of $750 million for the
January March period, a
50 per cent increase over
'sales
of $498 million last
Regional Edition
Medford
18 Pages
Modified Net Receipts
Tax Given Tentative OK
Package Includes
One Per Cent Tax
Starting at $500
Graduated Rate
After Deductions
Salem (UPD A $34 million
modified net receipts income
tax bill was tentatively ap
proved by the House Tax
Committee Monday. It could
win final committee approval
in time to reach the floor on
Friday.
The new revenue package
includes a one per cent net
receipts tax on all earned in
come of $500 or more up to
$16,000. and a 1.5 per cent
net receipts tax on income
above $16,000. No deductions
would be allowed for the net
receipts part of the tax.
No Federal Deductioni
A graduated rate would ap
ply to the amount of income
remaining after deductions.
There would be no federal
tax deductions, nor would
there be deductions for state
auto licenses, federal trans
portation and communica
tions taxes.
The standard deduction
would be increased from 5 per
cent to 10 per cent, and all
medical expenses would be de
ductible. Present law allows
medical expenses in excess of
5 per cent of adjusted gross
Income.
After the tax was comput
ed $22 would be deducted for
each personal exemption. At
present a $600 dependency ex
emption is allowed oeiore me
tax is computed.
Greatest impact, percent
agewise, is on the lower in
come brackets, because at
present they pay little or no
tax. Under the net receipts
feature, everyone with an in
come over $500 would pay at
least one per cent regardless
of the number of dependents
or other deductions.
While federal taxes would
not be allowed as deductions
from the slate tax, the slate
tax still could be deducted
from the federal income tax.
For example, a family of
four with a $5,000 income
now pays a stale tax of $58,
a federal tax of $408, for a
total of $466. Under the new
proposal, the family would
pay $81 state tax, $404 fed
eral tax, for a total of $485,
or an increase of 4.1 per cent.
A family of four with an
$8,000 income pays $172 state
lax, $938 federal tax. for a
total of $1,110. Under the new
tax the state total would be
$230, federal $925, for a total
of $1,155, or an increase of
4.1 per cent.
$339 for State
A family of four with a
$10,000 incomes pays the
state $270, a federal tax of
$1,313. for a total of $1,538.
Under the new proposal the
slate would get $339. the fed
eral $1,297, for a total of
$1,636, an increase of 3 3 per
I cent
The same lamily with
S25.0I10 income would pay two
per cent more than at present
Portland Building
Damaged by Flames
j Portland-WD-A three-alarm
i fire heavily damaged the
Gilsonitc Roof Products Co.
I building here Monday after
' noon.
The blaze caused an estl
i mated $60,000 damage to the
one-story concrete structure.
Its cause was under investiga
tion. WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable rloudl
nets tonight and H edne.day.
A little warmer Wednrtday.
Iik m :a -me cloudiness Wednea
day ntjjht and early Thursday.
Low tonight 27. High Wednes
day 37.
Temp.
fl.fl.ffft Yelrday 4(
l.owrtt fhU Morning ... ft I
Prec. to 19 a m. Today .21
Our Skies Tonight
1 ftuntet today ' ' P-m. i
nunrtte tomorrow 1:2 a.m. :
Moon rite tomorrow 1:91 i.m. '
LaU Quarter tonight I p.m. ;
PROMINENT STARS
Procyon, high in .outh-
writ i n p m.
Rlrltift. well below Procyon.
I Regulut. high In toutft-
, wttl 9-m.
i Alphard, well below Regulut
t kptra, in ftoutnweii ai
i it
MEDFORD, OREGON,
I Bow V
1 Mm I
RECEIVE AWARDS Charles C. Hoover, left, and Terry
D. Green display trophies received last night from the Med
ford Junior Chamber of Commerce at the annual Distinguish
ed Service Award banquet.
Green, Hoover Get
Awards From Local
Jaycees at
Terry D. Green. USB Sis
kiyou blvd., was named jun
ior distinguished citizen ot
the year, and Charles C Hoo
ver, 2095 Gregory ret., was
honored as senior distinguish
ed citizen of the year at last
night's annual Medford Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce
DSA banquet.
Dr. Doug Phillips, last
year's winner of the junior
DSA award, presented the
plaque to Green, noting that
the three candidates for the
award were "all winners, all
deserving."
Dr. Elliott Beckon, who
won the senior DSA award
lasl year, handed the award
to Hoover. He referred to
Hoover as a latter day John
ny Applcseed" in reference
to Hoover's countless dona
tions of trees to youngsters
in the area.
Featured speaker of the
evening was Lnc w. Allen
Jr., managing editor of the
Mail Tribune.
Allen took the theme for
his address from the Chris-
Beaverton Man
Saved From Cave-in
Portland - IUPH - A gritty
man who told rescuers "I'm
not dead yet" after being
taken from a sewer cavc-in
was reported in an improved
condition at a hospital today.
Alvin M. Gcpford, 51, Bea
verton, Ore., was trapped for
nearly two hours under eight
feet of dirt in the cavc-in hore
Monday.
"It's a miracle that he's
alive," a spokesman for the
Oregon Industrial Acci dent
commission said. "We just got
to him in time."
Gcpford suffered a broken
pelvis and possible internal
injuries.
Firemen, police and public
works rescue squads dug him
out. When they finally un
covered him, they found him
hunched forward, face down,
his mouth only inches away
from the end of a buried
length of sewer pipe.
"That pipe saved him, a
fireman said. "Somehow he
must have got air from it or it
formed some kind of air
pocket."
Grants Pass Man
Injured in Mishap
Grants Pass Ernest Fraz-i
icr, 31, of Grants Pass, was
reported in good condition at !
Sacred Heart hospital. Med
ford. today following an ac
cident 'at the Josephine Ply
wood company mill here last :
night.
Frazier was working at the
mill about 10 p.m. when his
' right arm became caught in a
veneer roller.
He was taken first to Jose
i pliine General hospital for
1 x-rays and emergency treat
I ment. About midnight he was
' transferred to Sacred Heart
fr 4iecialized treatment
Tribune
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1963
Banquet
nan precept, - uo unto otners
as you would have outers ao
unto you.
While it is true that the evil
that men do lives alter them,
Allen conceded, it is perhaps
more significantly true that
the good men do can live
after them too.
"In doing good for othera,"
Allen said, "we are ultimate
ly doing good for ourselves."
The speaker denied that
idealism is unrealistic or im
practical, but rather pointed
out that in terms of the ulti
mate betterment and welfare
of man, a positive idealism is
the only practical approach to
the ills and problems of man
kind. ,
Allen said there was real
cause for optimism, despite
such enormous problems as
the threat of nuclear war, the
population explosion, automa
tion and increasing unemploy
ment. "There are millions upon
millions of people, the world
around, who are doing their
utmost to bring order out of
chaos, and safety out of dan
ger; to deal justly wun tncir
fellows, to broaden freedom,
to widen opportunities for all
men," Allen said.
The banquet, which waa
held at North's Chuck Wagon,
was attended by about 125
Jaycees, their wives and
guests Master of cercmoniea
was Richard Frcy, president
of the Jaycees.
Cuban Refugees
Crackdown Target
Washington rtlPfl The
Kennedy a d m I n I s t r a tion
cracked down today on what
it called Cuban exile efforts
to drag the United States into
war over Cuba.
In an unusually harsh state
ment, the Stale Department
accused Dr. Jose Miro Cardo
na, president of the Cuban
Revolutionary coun cil, of
"gross distortion of recent his
tory." It said Miro was demanding
commitments that "almost
certainly" would bring war.
and the United States did not
intend to put its foreign pol- i
icy at the mercy of foreign j
refugees.
The statement was issue., 1
Monday night in reply to re
ports Irom Miami that Miro
had accused President Ken
nedy of breaking promises for
an invasion of Cuba and of
adopting an attitude of
"peaceful coexistence" with
the Fidel Castro regime.
Ex-Wyoming Senator
Dies at Pendleton
Pendleton- 'DPT- E. V. Rob
ertson. 81, former Republi
can U.S. Senator from Wyom
ing, died in a hospital here
Monday after suffering a
heart attack.
Robertson, who had moved
to Baker. Ore., from Cody.
Wyo . five years ago, served
In the Senate from 1942 to
1QJ8
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 22
Rains Deliver
Devastating Blow
Around Honolulu
Estimated 400
Persons Homeless
Honolulu - OIPD - Torrential
spring rains delivered a dev
astating blow at Hawaii Mon
day, leaving two Army offi
cers missing and presumed
dead, scores of families home
less and damage estimated at
millions of dollars.
The rain, the worst to hit
the islands in recent history,
was still falling heavily and
steadily, and the weatherman
could promise no relief before
late today.
Rural Sections Hard Hit
Hardest hit were the rural
sections of Honolulu where,
in one section. 18 inches of
rain fell In eight hours, spill
ing swirling flood waters over
i stream banks, destroying val
uable acres ol farm land and
at least 100 homes.
Some 400 persons were
I homeless as the Hanapepe riv
I er spilled over the west bank
,,,,1 fl.,..,l,, AA K, ,,,. t, tt
widow ... Tvlo other
nomcs werc washed away
Lato Monday night the river
i WHS reported to be less than
iwo feet below the levee on
the east bank, jeopardizing
another 500 persona. Kauai
cuunty officials sent an appeal
to Honolulu for assistance
from the National Guard
Report! from outside Hono
lulu werc slow coming in be
cause high flood waters had
left many areas Isolated.
Virtual Waterfalls
At the peak of the storm
Monday morning, mountain
sides became virtual water
falls, sending water, mud and
debris cascading through Ka-
haluu and Waiaholc valleys.
Eyewitnesses told of cattle
and chickens flouting in the
flood waters toward the sea.
One truck farmer said a "wall
of water" swept across his
land and leveled Ills crops.
Rescuers werc hampered by
frequent landslides that block
ed the only major highway
leading into the stricken area.
Ruh hour traffic out of Ho
nolulu was backed up as much
four miles along some
roads by landslides.
Exile Reports of
Soft Policy Denied
Washington m A State
Department spokesman today
rejected any suggestion that
the United Stales had soften
ed Its attitude toward the
presence of Soviet forces in
Cuba.
Press officer Lincoln White
said he knew "absolutely
nothing which would tend to
confirm" reports from Cuban
exile sources that the United
States was willing to accept
the idea of a limited number
of Russian troops remaining
in the Communist-dominated
island.
The spokesman said Presi
dent Kennedy and Secretary
of State Dean Rusk had said
"many times that we could
not tolerate the continued
presence of Soviet troops In
this hemisphere." While said
he knew of no change in that
policy.
Airliner, Tanker Have
Near Mid-Air Collision
Chicago - (UPD - Continental
Airlines said today a jet air
liner carrying 61 persons had
to take sudden evasive action
29,000 feet over Nebraska to
avoid culllding with an Air
Force jet tanker.
Both Continental and the
Air Force said the Federal
Aviation Agency had assigned
altitutdes of 29,000 feet to
their planes.
The FAA in Washington
said it was investigating the
near collision.
It was the second near miss
involving an airliner and an
Air Force Jet within a week.
An American Airlines Elcc
tra : to dive April 8 to
Pair Named in
Indictment by
Multnomah Jury
Alteration of
Policy Charged
Portland - (UPD - Authorities
in Seattle have arrested a
man and a woman accused
of participating In a fraudu
lent Insurance scheme affect
ing 68 school districts in Ore
gon and southwest Washing
ton. The arrest of Kenneth Ran
dall, 41, and Sarah Ann Chaf
fee, also 41, was announced
today by Multnomah County
Dist. Atty. George Van Hoo
mlssen. They were named in a se
cret indictment returned by
the Multnomah county grand
jury charging alteration of an
insurance policy with intent
to defraud, a felony, the dis
trict attorney said.
Connected with Agency
Van Hoomissen said both
were connected with the now
defunct National Scholastic
Agency, a Portland firm
which acted as an agent for
California Life Insurance Co,
An investigation started
when California Life refused
to honor some claims filed
under policies sold by Nation
al Scholastic Agency. The
company claimed the policies
contained unauthorized cover
age clauses, particularly af
fecting accident such as foot
ball injuries.
Suit Now in Court
A suit involving the com
pany and the David Douglas
School District near Portland
is now in U.S. District Court
in en attempt to determine
the company's liability.
Van Hoomissen said the
pair arrested apparently were
the entire staff ot National
Scholastic Agency.
They were taken into cus
tody by King county sheriff's
deputies. Randall later waa
released on $5,988 ball and
the woman waa expected to
be freed on ball later today.
Van Hoomissen said he did
not know how soon they could
be brought to Portland.
Siskiyou Accidents
Caused by Weather
Tweny-flve to 30 cars Jam
med traffic on the snow-pack
ed highway through the Siski-
yous Monday afternoon fol
lowing two rapid succession
accidents.
Slate police reported cars
had skidded sidewise and slid
Into ditches, but traffic was
soon straightened out. Minor
injuries resulted from both
accidents.
A Longview, Wash., family
of three was treated at the
Ashland Community hospital
and released. Injured were the
driver, Lourctte Fern Burck-
hardt, S3, of 2728 Florida St.,
Longview, her husband, Jack,
33 and daughter, Connie 17.
They were taken to the hos
pital by a passing motorist.
The Burckhardt car was
headed north when it lost con
trol on the snowy highway
and went over a bank where
it hit a tree, police said.
Two more persons suffered
minor injuries when their
car was struck by one driven
by Sam Allen Davidson, 23,
of Seattle, Wash.
The driver, Clara Mae
Smith, 50, of South San Fran
cisco, and her passenger, Lucy
Smothers, 60, of Bellflowcr,
Calif., were taken to the Ash
land hospital, treated and re
leased. Bulletin
New York (UPI)
U.S. Steel Corp. today
announced i e 1 e c tive
price increases of ap
proximately $4.85 per
ton on 29 per cent of Us
steel products.
avoid hitting an F101 Voodoo
jet fighter near Syracuse, N.
V, and five passengers were
injured.
Continental said pilot Wil
liam Hart was flying the
Los Angeles to - Chicago 707
Boeing Jet over Grand Island,
Neb., Monday when he saw
that he was on a collision
course with a KC135A jet
tanker crusing at the same
altitude.
Hart threw his jet into a
sharp, climbing left turn, al
lowing the jet to pass under
his wing. Continental said.
He had no time to sound a
warning, but none of the S3
I passengers or eight crew mem-
rjers was lnjurco.
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narrations.
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