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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1963
No. 26
Government Falls
In Jordan; King
Rumored Fleeing
Demonstrators Back
Unity With UAR
Amman, Jordan - (UPD - The
government of Premier Samir
Rifai fell Saturday night aft
fer a day in which Jordanian
troops opened fire on pro
I Nasser rioters in Jerusalem
land Israel moved troops up
I to the frontier.
(In Cairo the Middle East
I News Agency (MENA) quoted
la Lebanese newspaper as say-1
ling King Hussein was per
paring lu flee Jordan in the j
Iwake of the demonstrations
calling for unity with the I
new United Arab Republic.
There wag no confirmation of
he report).
(The MENA report said
Hussein had told his adviser"
She wanted "to avoid the fate" j
lot King Faisal of Iraq who
iwas killed in the 1058 Bagh
Edad coup. It said he already
pvvas sending some of his fam- j
idly abroad, including his
cpi-othcr Prince Mohammed.
Before fleeing himself.)
jf An informed source here 1
gjuotcd Rifai as telling parlia-."-jricnt
of the reported Israeli;
troop movements during the '
lengthy debate.
(Sources in Beirut, Leba
non, said Jordanian troops
were moved to the Border
with Israel to counter the re
ported buildup of Israeli
forces.)
(Israeli sources denied any
troop movements had taken
I Rifai announced he would aBai" last niSht' with temPer
hand his resignation to King ! atures scheduled to drop to
Hussein Saturday night after as low as 26 degrees.
Communist Troops Make
New Advances In Laos
WINNING FLOAU - A S50 prize for best theme portrayal
was awarded to the float shown aboye, the entry of the
Latter Day Saints church, at the Pear Blossom Festival
parade In downtown Mcdfurd Saturday afternoon. Hun
dreds of area residents braved chilly weather and lined
Central ave. to watch the annual parade.
Heaters Fired
As Temperature
Drops To 24
Fairly general orchard heat
ing was expected to take place
he lost a vote of confidence
in parliament on Jordan's ap
proach to the newly formed
United Arab Republic of
Egypt, Iraq, and Syria.
End Applauded
Informed sources said dep
uties applauded the announce
ment of the government's fall
at end of a nine-hour debate
on government policies.
Rifai took office on March
27 following the resignation
of Prime Minister Wasfi Tal.
Small demonstration broke
out in Amman ... , . tonrier
and
the
favor of Egyptian
Gamal Abdel Nasser
unread to the rest of
country.
The army was sent into the
Jordanian sector of Jerusalem
after violent demonstrations
there in favor of the new
U.A.R. The army imposed a
curlew. Rifai said the govern
ment did so only after agita
tors appeared carrying arms
among the demonstrating students.
The heating was expected
to be almost as intensive last
night as it was Friday night,
when the temperatures drop
ped to as low as 24 in some
areas.
On Friday night, heating
efforts were hampered by the
fact that a poor ceiling caused
the heat to go straight up.
Orchardists had "real trouble"
holding temperatures at 31
degrees to protect fruit buds
LDS Church Wins
Best Theme Prize
In Festival Parade
Chilly temperatures and i also marched in the proces
ovcrcast skies failed to damp-lsion. The Central Point Jun
en spirits Saturday afternoon j ior High school band perform-
as hundreds of area residents ed in the library park.
stage.
Fourth Night
Friday represented the
fourth night of heavy heating
since the start of this season.
Observers said there un
doubtedly was bud damage
Friday night. Damage is con
sidered still much 'oo early
to determine pear crop dam
age. County Agent Don Berry
said Saturday morning the lo
cal peach and apricot crop
will be short this year due
to frost damage in the Ash
land area during last Tues
day's heavy heating.
Friday night was the tough
est orchard heating night so
far, with many heaters burn
ing dry. Heating started at
11 p.m. It was general about
midnight and orchardists
burned their heaters wide
open about .1 a in. Saturday
thronged .downtown Medford
streets to watch the 1963
Pear Blossom Festival parade.
Grand marshall of the pa
rade was Peter Graves, star
of the television series
"Fury." Jacksonville's Marty
Wyalt, Miss Oregon for this
year, served as the parade's
honorary grand marshal.
Marching school bands from
Medford High, Hedrlck Jun
ior High, Eagle Point High,
Talent Junior High school,
Phoenix High and McLough
Iin Junior High school partic
ipated In the parade.
Prises Listed
Ashland's Elks Kilty band
Mail Tribune Staff
MembersWin Prizes
Eugene - Two women staff
members of the Medford Mail
Tribune won awards Saturday
night at the spring Oregon
Pjesswomen's confer ence
here.
Olive Starcher, Mail Trib
une women's editor, received
first prize for a woman's sec
tion in a Sunday edition. She
n...njA thir nri'e tor
a column appearing in a daily ! RUm t0 32 .
newspaper. The mercury rose to 32 de-
Peggvann Hutchinson, Mail grees shortly after 8 a.m.
Tribune church editor, won 'when the heaters were extin
second prize for a newstory guished. There were seven
in a daily paper with a circu-' hours of solid heating, Coun
lation over 10.000. Miss i ty Horticultural Agent CUI
Hutchinson's prize -winning ford B. Cordy said
story concerned the floods in About 375 people were busy
the Medford area last fall. Saturday filling orchard heat-
ti.. ,. orn nrpsmtpti ers up to midnight. Well over
,i a twnauet Saturdav night. . 800.000 gallons of
Th. ,-nnferpnce will conclude j burned Friday
Debris From Sub
Indicates Flames
Portsmouth, N. H. - (UPD -A
chemist told a Naval Court
of Inquiry Saturday that de
bris, apparently from the
sunken submarine Thresher's
nuclear reactor shield, was
charred in "a rush of flame."
Fred L. Downs, a chemist
employed at the Portsmouth
Naval shipyard where the
Thresher was built, testified
about tests he made on new
debris recovered in the At
lantic where the submarine
sank April 10 with a loss of
129 men.
The debris included a
as they struggled to hold the I chunk of charred plastic
temperature.
oil were
night, Cordy
today.
said.
about one foot square ana
one inch thick which Downs
said was from the nuclear re
actor shield of a submarine
of the Thresher class.
Downs said he tested the
plastic for impact, tear effect
and compression but was un
able to determine how the
edges were torn, broken or
burned.
"There was a rush of flame
against it. causing a charring
effect," Downs said. He of
fered no theory as to the or
igin or extent of the flame.
Top prizes in the parade
were won by Latter Day
Saints church for best theme,
Child Evangelism for best
float design, and Cub Scout
pack No. 4 for best comic
entry.
First prize in individual en
tries was won by Trudy and
Shannon Smith. Other prizes
In order were given to Pat
and Jill Taylor, Janice and
Arnold Halstead, Cindy Hub
bard and Melody Kerr, Ron
nie Shugart and Ronnie John
son, Jeanette Stalon, and
Susan Moody.
In the category of animals
and pets, first prize went to
Hayse and Bailey. Other
awards in order went to Mary
Schuchard and Sheryl St.
Germain, Mark Johnson,
Rene Flakus, Jamie and Mike
Adams, and Kathy Rhoades.
First prize for vehicle dec
oration went to Jerry, Bobby
and Linda Lane. Other prizes
in order were awarded to
Sherry Lellis, Debbie Chit
wood and Susan Davidson,
Bob Tison and David Cox,
Janet James, Genevieve Nel
son, and Debbie Pruitt.
Walking Groups
Prizes for best costumed
walking groups were present
ed in order to Knights of the
Royal Pears, Connie Gannon
(Girl Scout troop No. 128),
Lenora Drive Quartet, Jack
son County Twirling Sweet
hearts, Talent and Phoenix
Toppers, Dcthridgc, Nelson,
Peterson and Peterson, and
the sixth grade at St. Mary's
school.
Organizations winning
prizes for float entries were,
in order: Colleen Hope Dance
studio, Lorraine Johnson,
Lens Lookers. Cub Scout
pack No. 8, and Crater Lions
club.
Also participating in the
parade were entries from the
Grants Pass Cavemen and the
Azalea Festival association.
U.S., Britain
Urge Measures
To Ease Danger
Rusk Has Meetings
With Officials
Washington - (UPD - Tht
United States Saturday urged
the three nations charged
with policing the Laotian
peace agreement to try to
check the peril stemming
from new Communist mili
tary operations there.
Secretary of State Dean
Rusk held individual meet
ings Saturday afternoon with
the envoys of India, Poland,
and Canada - the countries
designated under last year's
Geneva accords to see that
the pact was kept.
This was one of two steps
ordered by President Kenne
dy after an hour-long meeting
on Laos with his National
Security council.
The President's other move
was to order Undersecretary
of State W. Averell Harriman
to leave as soon as possible
for London and Paris to con
fer with top officials there
on the critical development.-,
in Laos.
Kennedy and his top mili
tary and diplomatic advisers
were understood to have con-
I sidered the wisdom of send
ins a cnnpinl annual in Ssnviol
An estimated nine inches of prmi. tire-H. Khrushchev.
snow failed to keep between
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: ' l UHl1 .ass. ttmf'
THAILAND Yf!
Many Fishermen
Brave Weather
As Season Opens
Between 1,300 and 1,500
persons were at Howard
Prairie lake Saturday morn
ing as fishing season opened
throughout the state. Anglers
were reporting moderate suc
cess.
SCENE OF FIGHTING - Communist troops have driven
neutralist forces from their strategic airfield stronghold on
the Plainc des Jarres (top arrow) in Laos, it was reported
Saturday. Skirmishes were also reported at Vang Vleng
(bottom arrow), an important town on the highway between
Vientiane and Luang Prabang, the royal capital. (UPD
350 and 400 boats off the lake.
About 200 fishermen were
on hand for the opening of the
season at Hiatt lake, where
fishing was reported as good.
Largest fish, caught was a
western rainbow trout meas
uring 20 inches. About seven
acres of the lake was report.
ed covered with one-inch
thick Ice.
Some 100 anglers were re
ported fishing at Fish lake.
The lake was bordered with
about 1 Vi feet of snow.
Premier Niklta Khrushchev
This would have asked him to
use his influence to try to
halt pro-Communist Pathet
Lao attacks which have vio
Fires Blacken
Eastern States
Neutralist Forces
Are Driven Out
Of Stronghold
Reds In Position
To Crush Kong Le
Vientiane, Laos (UPO
Communist Pathet Lao troops
have driven neutralist Gen.
Kong Le from his airport
stronghold on the Plain of
Jars and are in position to
crush him completely, mili
tary sources reported Satur
day.
The sources said Kong Le's
men withdrew to the village
of Man Phanh, about six
miles . northwest of the air
port, and began digging in for
a possible new attack by the
by United Press International
Forest and brush fires whip
ped through wide areas of five
eastern states Saturday. Hun
dreds of persons fled from
their homes and firefighters
worked at capacity to hold
down a soaring damage toll
At Gray, Okla., a $250,000
gas well fire roared out of
control and burned three men
Pathet Lao. However, the
Pathet Lao did not immedi
ately follow up their advan
tage, the reports said.
Fighting also was reported
to have flared at Vang Vleng,
an important road Junction
only 50 miles north of Vien
tiane. The village, on the
main road from Vientiane to
tsi no royal capital of Luang
Md., and Rich- prabang, has been held Jolnt
I lv Viv Neutralist end Pathet
The fire burned thousands Lao forces.
of acres of woodlands. Mary- Military observers said
land forest rangers called Sat- Communist artillery had turn-
urday the worst fire day in ed Kong Le's airfield into a
the state's history. I rubble-strewn no-man's land.
Gusts of wind up to 50 miles I Neutralists had held out there
an hour sent fire raging against overwhelming odds
through an entire city street 1 after retreating from nearby
or Bicmeiora, Me. me maze Phong savang, one or. Kong
Baltimore,
mond, Va
Forest tires, fanned by caused an estimated SS mil-
winds up to 40 miles an hour, lion damage, Including level-
Le's last major strongholds.
The observers saia Kong
Funfair Viewed
By Crowd of 3,000
An estimated 3,000 persons
attended the Crater Lions
Funfair Friday and Saturday
night.
Crater Lions spokesmen
said that Bozo the Clown will
be on hand today to entertain
the youngsters.
Especially popular with
children has been the trout
fishing pond, where catches
up to 10 inches have been re
ported. All exhibits at the Funfair
are under cover, eliminating
weather conditions as a prob
lem. Rides have been set up
on blacktop so patrons will
not have to walk over wet
grounds.
la ted the Geneva accord and swept thousands of acres of tna a factory and 15 tenement 1 Le still held a "sizeable" area
nouses. I oi tne plain out uun, tne corn-
Some 250 persons were left 1 munlsts had overwhelming
homeless as flames leaped superiority in manpower and
from building to building. J artillery' and could sweep his
Residents fled carrying house- forces from the plain at any
hold possessions in their arms j time. This would give the
or in wheelbarrows. Pathet Lao control of two-
Fir.men Hurl S.if!L ,
svcuiraiw rrcjnier s-rinct
sent Neutralist government Dine land in three soutnern
forces reeling In retreat in New Jersey counties and
northern Laos
Meanwhile, in London, the
British government increased
its pressure on the Soviet
Union to help cool off what
it called the "very serious
situation in Laos.
Sir Humphrey Trevelyan,
British ambassador to Russia,
consulted with Deputy For
eign Minister Sergei Lapin in
Moscow Friday and asked for
a personal interview with So
viet Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko.
Britain and the Soviet
Union are co-chairmen of the
Geneva conference of 14 na
tions which established a coa
lition government comprised
of the three warring factions
of Laos.
forced the evacuation of more
than 1,000 persons.
Several thousand persons
battled the flames and hun
dreds of residents were left
homeless in Atlantic, Gloucea-1
ter ana lower -maen coun- A dozm fremen, including
lies, uuzens ui in eii,uer P.re ri,, Arthur H. Kins'
were hospitalized for smoke
Baseball
Kansas
American League
Loi Angeles 7
City 4
Pacific Coasl League
Portland 10 Denver 2
Spokane 12 Oklahoma
City 5
Dallas-FI. Worth S Ta-
coma 5 (tie)
Spokane 4 Okla. City S
T a c o m a 5 Dallas Ft
Worth 8
suffered burns or smoke in
halation. More than 200 were
left homeless at Newtonvllle,
N. J.
100 Homes Burn
A wind-swept brush fire
whipped across New York s
Staten Island, devastating a
10-square-mllc area and de
stroying 100 homes and build
ings. The blaze tied up 70
per cent of New York's fire
fighting equipment and act
ing Mayor Paul Screvane de
clared the island a "disaster
area."
Hundreds of persons, in
cluding 500 teen-age girls at
a mission school, had tu be
n.oved to safety. Roads were
elused and clouds of dense
smoke blacked out the sun.
Brush fires also broke out
in Winchester county just
north of the city.
In Virginia and Maryland,
600 soldiers and sailors joined
firemen to battle at least five
brush and forest fires between
inhalation and other injuries.
One fireman was struck by
falling debris.
A 60 foot derrick over a gas
well at Gray, Okla., collapsed
and hindered fire fighting ef
forts. The $250,000 well shot
flames 50 feet into the sky
and burned three men, two
critically.
Four square blocks in
Brooklyn, N. Y were hit by
a fire which swept through a
lumber yard, oxygen plant
and coal yard. It was punc
tured by periodic explosions
from the plant and four fire
men were hospitalized.
ROCKET LAUNCHED
Wallops Island, Va. -NPO-Thc
space agency last night
launched a shotput sounding
rocket as part of a joint U.S.
Italian project uesigned to cli
max with the first launching
of a satellite into an orbit
around the equator.
Souvanna Phouma announced
plans Saturday for another
peace-making visit to the
Plain of Jars - if he receives
permission from his half
brother, Bed Prince Souphan-
ouvong, leader of the Pathet
Lao.
His telegram was sent to
the leftist stronghold of
Khang Khay where Souphan
ouvong has been for the past
several days.
A communique issued by
Souvanna's offlrj said the
decision to go to the plain
was taken Friday night in a
meeting between Souvanna,
the British and Soviet ambas
sadors and officials of the
International Control Com
mission. No date was set.
Washington - (UPD - For
mer Vice President Richard
M. Nixon Saturday advocated
a "fundamental change" In
U.S. policy toward Cuba to
provide open support for ref
ugee forces trying to over
throw the Communist regime.
Commission Explains Reasons For Jacksonville
Highway Route; UO Professor Criticizes Plans
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HEWS(BJIEFS
C A NADAIN PRISONERS RIOT
Jew Westminster, B. C. - VPH - Some 350 prisoners
nricd at the federal prison here Selurdey. overpowering a
guard who was held with e knile al hi. throat lor 14 hours
bclore he was released unharmed.
SPAIN EXECUTES COMMUNIST LEADER
Madrid - IN' - Spanish Communist leader Julian Garcia
GrVmau was executed at dawn Saturday by . firing .quad
for torturing and killing pohce pmoners 25 year, ego
during the Spanish Civil War.
U.S.S.R.. CHINA SIGN TRADE PACT
Moscow - 1PI - The Soviet Union and Communist China
,. j... ,;.,( , irad. aareement ior 1963 and an accord
. -V A.;-,, i. in r.Dav some credit, received from
Moscow before the 1965 deadline.
Sfargazer Balloon
Launched by Mistake
Alamogordo, N. M. - (UPC -A
huge balloon scheduled to
carry two men to the Iringes
of space floated cast Saturday
at high altitudes - minus its
passengers
. Another effort to launch
the often - postponed "Project
Stargazcr" balloon from Hol
loman Air Force base ended
in disaster at dawn when
static electricity inadvertent-
: ly tripped a release and freed
the ballon from the gondola.
New Building Tenants
May Get No Mail
Ice, Snow Reported
On Mountain Roads
Road conditions were re
ported icy in spots on high
ways into and out of the val
ley this week end.
The South Pacific highway
through the Siskiyou moun
i tains Saturday night was re
. ported icy, but well sanded.
Extreme caution was advised
by state police.
The Green Springs highway
I was icy in spots and had
three inches of new snow.
The Crater Lake highway
in the Prospect area had icy
conditions with chains advis
ed. Oregon Mountain had spots
of ice and some fog with
mostly bare pavement.
Howard Prairie reported
CASTRO MAKES NEW ACCUSATION
Havana - IPt - The United States has abandoned plan.
for a second invasion oi tusi in - r
sinate Cuban leaders,
sreech Saturday.
Premier Fidel Castro said
Washington - TPl - Tenants traffic going through all rigni
moving into new buildings in with spots of ice on the road.
50 major cities were faced The road to Fish lake was re
with the possibility of no mail ported all right, also,
service after Monday because ; The road to Willow lake
of a House slash in post ofiicc : from Butte Falls was report
department funds. .ed muddy with chains needed.
Jacksonville The State
Highway commission yester
day assured the people of
ksonvillc that it is Inter-
ted in the restoration of the
city as a tourist attraction, in
connection with the proposed
relocation of the Medford-
Provolt highway.
A memorandum from the
office of Glenn L. Jackson,
Medford, highway commis
sion chairman, said, "There
seems to be a greal deal of
misunderstanding relative to
the State Highway conimis-1
sion's plans for diverting the
Medford - Provolt highway
around the city of Jackson
vllle. This project was under
taken at the request of the
people of Jacksonville in I
order to remove logging
trucks from the main street.
"At the present time, load
ed trucks traveling to Med
ford must use the main street
and negotiate a sharp, left
hand turn in order to proceed
northward A large timber
sale in the Applegatc area
was completed not long ago
and that will increase the vol
ume of logging trucks using
i this road during the coming
summer.
"The new road will take
off from the Jackson Creek
bridge at the mouth of the
canyon and will run north
and east (along the south side
of Jackson creek) rejoining
the Medford Provolt highway
at the northern city limits of
Jacksonvile Only two small
houses will be affected.
The Oregon State Highway
to north and bypass the city I necessary funds to maintain
completely. It, he said. The state would, he
"People don't realize that
they set a barrier when a
highway is constructed. They
also don't realize how wide a
strip such a highway takes,"
Ross commented. "When you
put a highway through a town
you divide it."
Ross said he thought it
commission, through its parks j would be cheaper to keep the
and recreation division, has j highway out of town than to
had a great interest in the . tear down buildings
restoration oi jacKSonvuic as
a tourist attraction and is very
conscious of any project
which would affect the future
of the area."
Rot. Is Critical
i Meanwhile, the highway
! commission's proposed route
I came under fire Saturday
I from Marion D. Ross, acting
j dean of the University of Ore-
gon school of architecture.
I "I don't see why they have
i to ruin the town," he com-
mented, adding, "but It's not
i up to me to tell the State
Highway commission what to
do.
Ross made his remarks af
ter touring the proposed new
route for the highway. He did
not recommend another route,
but suggested it cut farther
The highway commision's
statement thai only two small
buildings would lie affected
by the highway relocation dif
fered from statements by
highway department person
nel who said during recent
hearings here that between
14 and 16 buildings would
have to be taken out.
Planners Meet
Ross repeated his statements
during a Jacksonville Plan
ning commision meeting Sat
urdav afternoon. He also
strongly recommended a pub
lic movement to have Jack
sonville made a state park or
historical monument.
Historical groups may put
on a fund-raising drive to re
store an historical building
but too often do not have the
added
The Jacksonville cemetery
should be considered part of
the town, he said. The pro
posed highway diversion
would separate it from town.
The town should be consid
ered as a unit. The highway
would tend to break up the
unit, he added.
Ross said he did not know
whether any of the alternative
routes suggested by various
Collins sent Jackson a tele
gram stating that he was "still
concerned that only one route
was presented to the people."
He stated that no evidence
had been given to "show that
this single route had been
studied or discussed with
groups qr individuals inter
ested in the historical preser
vation of Jacksonvile."
Collins suggested that an
advisory research group be
given 30 days in which to pre-
! para a report, io uc simiiec
people would he better. High-1 both by the highway commis-
way engineers would have to sion and the people of Jack
decide this, he said. A Item-1 sonvile. Meanwhile, he asked
atives suggested are north of i that no further commission ac-
the cemetery or north of Jack-1 lion be taken on the highway
son creek
Richard Hein, Jacksonville,
protested that the suggested
route north of the cemetery
would cut his ranch in two.
Ross said separating the
creek from the town with the
highway might bar its use for
further tourist attractions
such as gold-panning.
Collin. Suggests
In still another develop
ment, Robertson Collins, Jack
win county civic leader, rec
ommended that the highway
commision organize an ad
visory research group to
study the highway plans.
matter.
Collins recommended Ross
as committee chairman, with
other to be the director of
slate parks; the commission's
chief engineer; Charles S.
Pope, historical architect for
the U. S. National Park Serv
ice, San Francisco; Mrs. Wes
Hartman, Jacksonvile; and
Raymond Rcter, Medford pear
shipper, and director of the
Southern Oregon Historical
Society,
A group of "concerned
Jacksonville citizens" would
guarantee their expenses,
Collins said.