21 CUBAN PRISONERS REACH FLORIDA
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Flames Continue
Through Tinder-Dry
By United Press International
A fresh outbreak of timber
and brush fires flared today
from Kentucky to New York.
Tinder-dry forests blazed
during the week end. killing
at least three persons, injur
ing more than 200, and caus
ing millions- of dollars in prop
erty damage.
Ten square miles of Staten
Island. N. Y., and 100 homes
in the area were charred by
wind-driven flames.
Marines, sailors, policemen,
home owners and students
joined firc-fighters and for-!
Jordan Premier
Issues Warning
To Save Hussein
Amman. Jordan - UPD -Newly
- appointed Premier
Sharif Hussein lbn Nasser
warned today that Jordanian
troops "will strike merciless
ly" against any attempts to
overthrow pro-Western King
Hussein.
Hussein named lbn Nasser
to head a "transitional" gov
ernment Sunday after dissolv
ing Parliament and calling
for new elections in an at
tempt to stem demonstrations
for Arab unity under the ban
ner of the United Arab He
public. Demonstrators Dispersed
The 27-year-old monarch's
loyal Bedouin soldiers broke
up an anti-government dem
onstration here Sunday by fir
ing over the heads of stu
dents who were demanding
an end to the Hussein regime
and union with the expanded
United Arab Republic of
Egypt, Syria and Iraq.
The army sealed off the
capital, keeping out all traf
fic with roadblocks manned
by desert troops on the main
highway. Army units pa
trolled the streets but there
was no curfew and the city
appeared calm today.
Curfew in Effect
In the Jordanian sector of
Jerusalem, where troops re
portedly fired on demonstrat
ors Saturday killing at least
four, a strict curfew was in
effect.
King Hussein, battling to
hold his throne against the
wave of pro-Nasser fever
sweeping the Middle East,
huddled with his top military
and civilian advisers to study
the crisis.
The new Jordanian premier
is Hussein's uncle and no rc-
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy ind
a HUle warmer tonight and
Tuesday. Low tonight 32. Hlh 1
Tuesday 60-65
Temp.
Huhest Yesterday 52
, Lowest This Morning 33
. Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today :00 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:13 a.m.
The Moon is too near the Sun
to he seen today. New Moon (
Tuesda .
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mercury, low In west after sun- 1
set.
Mars, high in south
west i:3 p.m.
Saturn, rises . 3:08 a m
Venus, rises 4:32 a.m.
Jupiter, between Venus and the
sun.
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RUSSIA LAUNCHES UNMANNED SATELLITE
Moicow-IPI-The Soviet Union today launched a new un
manned earth satellite in a move observer; believed may be
in prtparalion for sending a new cosmonaut, possibly a
woman, into orbit soon.
The official Soviet news agency Ta laid the satellite,
named Cosmos 15. carried scientific apparatus "designed to
continue research af outer space." It said all systems on
board the satellite were "functioning normally."
COSTELLO WINS SUPREME COURT HEARING
Washington-lPt-Former crime ciar Frank Coitello won
a Supreme Court hearing today in his fight against the
government's efforts to deport him to his native Italy.
The court agreed to hear arguments on Cottello's appeal
sometime next iall or winter and then hand down a written
opinion.
TRACKS SPUR SEARCH FOR YOUTH
Marsing. Idaho-lPt-Discovery of fresh boot tracks at a
summer cattle camp in the mountains 20 miles south of
Homedala brought renewed hope today of finding Delford
Sharp. 19. missing for a week.
A
the ravaging
flames.
In West Virginia 35 new
fires broke out. Winds and
dry woods posed serious for
est fire conditions in southern
and eastern West Virginia.
Fire raced through an
amusement park in Hull,
Mass., and endangered scores
of homes. Gusty winds fan
ned flames which drove more
than 100 persons from their
homes.
Light rain Sunday night
brought relief to parched Ken
tucky fields and forests. For
est Fire Control Chief H. W
KING HUSSEIN
In Battle for Throne
lation to Egypt's president.
Hussein dissolved Parlia
ment Sunday after it toppled
the government of Premier
Samir Rifai on a no confi
dence vote, 32 to 28.
Thresher May Be
Located Tuesday
Washington-(UPIi-The search
for the submarine Thresher
narrowed to six objects on the
Atlantic Ocean bottom today
and the Navy said it may dis
cover Tuesday whether one
is the lost nuclear ship.
Cameras will be lowered
to the 8.400 foot depth at a
spot 270 miles east of Boston
from the oceangraphic ship
Atlantic II to inspect the sus
picious objects found where
the submarine disappeared
April 10.
A submarine export in the
office of Adm. George W
Anderson, chief of naval op
erations, told newsmen it was
"possible" that the atomic
i-ubmarine will be located by
the Atlantis II Tuesday.
Capt. C. B. Bishop said that
esters battling
p&t-'jK aM '
"Wc certainly hope before the , nstead 0f revising the state
end of this week that we will income tax structure, the
know" whether t h e lost ! Musa plan wouid icavc Ore
Thresher is one of the "ano- gon s persona income tax sys
malies" that a protracted ' ,.m hm add a 10 Der
search has pinpointed
100-rquare-milc area off the i
Massachusetts coast.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY,
Berckman delayed a request I
to Gov. Bert Combs to order
the closing of wooded areas
in 25 counties. A total of 110
fires covering 7,730 acres
burned in eastern Kentucky
Sunday.
Rangers fought through the
night to contain spectacular
blazes in Virginia and West
Virginia.
A fire in Morgan county.
W. Va., raged out of control
and swept eastward. Authori
ties said no communities were
in immediate danger.
A blaze in Panther State
forest destroyed more than 1,-
One Man Drowns,
One Hurt During
Boating Accident
Sheriff's deputies this
morning were diving in the
Rogue river near Horseshoe
falls, 15 miles north of Med
ford, attempting to locate the
body of Ralph Ferguson, 44,
of route 1, box 93, Medford.
Ferguson is missing after
the boat in which he was rid
ing capsized after passing
through the falls. Sheriff's
deputies said they learned one
of the three men in the boat
stood up, then fell, causing
the craft to capsize.
John Corner, 2456 Nieto
Way, Medford, is being treat
ed at Rogue Valley hospital
for shock. The other man in
the boat was Ronald Claw
son, no address given.
Clawson told deputies 'he
got hold of the other two men
and all three clung to the boat
for awhile. Later Clawson and
Gomer swam to shore. There
they made their way to the
William Bray ranch where
sheriff's deputies were no
tified. Nobody has seen Fer
guson since the two men
swam ashore.
Fee Tax
Plan Proposed
Salem-lUPIl-An alternate in
come tax proposal centering
on a 10 per cent surtax and a
filing fee was urged today by
Rep. Katherine Musa (D-The
Dalles). Her husband. Senate
President Ben Musa, at once
endorsed it.
The House Friday approved
a modified net recepits income
tax bill that would raise $35
million. It appeared the bill
would face revision in the
Senate.
Musa today indicated th
Senate may substitute hi
wife's proposal for the bil
which passed the House.
The "revised Musa plan"
would raise about $23 million
a biennium. the Senate presi
dent said.
Mrs. Musa said if the House
and Senate can t agree, she
would suggest her plan to a
I ,.. mmif(np
cent surtax on all present
rates for two years.
The proposal also would
add the earlier Musa Plan for
a flat filing fee of S5 or S7.50
for all who must file returns
in effect-a minimum tax that
would pick up low income i
earners.
The new Musa Plan also
would put a one per cent sur-
tax for the next two years on
.rtri-inrn t lint U' 1 T rl 3 Tint Ifl-
corporations with
come over S25.000
Burglars Take Second
Safe From Company
Ashland Burglars who
broke into Jim Busch Ford
Sales. 555 Siskivou blvd.. here
Saturday night or early Sun- clouded in present law. It of view or a unified interpre
day morning and rr.ade off makes cats personal property, j tation. If so. perhaps we will
with a safe arc going to be in The bill contains a require- ' produce our Shakespeare, but,
for a disappointment. Ashland ment that cats that Bre im-1 it seems to me that he is long
police noted today. There was pounded must be held and ; overdue "
no money in the safe i given food and shelter for a ; (Continued en Page 1A)
Both the safe and a small redemption period of at least
bus were found missing Sun- j 10 days. HEADS ASSOCIATION
day. Police said entry was; Chief sponsors were Reps Gold Beach - lift - E. V.
made through a rear door. John Dellenback iR-Medford I .Nelson of Port Orford was
The safe was then apparently
rolled out of a second floor
, office and down a
stairs to the bus.
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flight of
Tribune
APRIL 22, 1963
To
Sweep
Forests
000 acres of timber by today.
A flaming ridge-to-ridge in
ferno near Welch, W. Va.,
was reported under control
and another fire on the 7,000
acre forest property of the
famed Greenbrier resort at
White Sulphur Springs also
was contained.
Shenandoah National Park
in Virginia was declared on
a fire emergency status while
hundreds of volunteers, in
cluding soldiers, sailors and
Marines, were aided by six
airplanes in fighting about
250 fires throughout the
state.
RECEIVES AWARD Dr. John T. Brandenburg, president of
the board of trustees of the Public Library of Medford and
Jackson County, accepted the fifth annual Book of the Month
Club Award, a S1.500 check,
librarian. Miss Ebert attended the recepition at the library
and a luncheon at the Rogue Valley Country club. (Mildred
Nelson photo)
'Printed Word' Said
Potent Weapon in
Struggle of Ideas
The struggle today is not
really a struggle that centers
on missiles, space flight, and
Polaris submarines, impor
tant as these objects are. The
struggle today is a struggle
of ideas, a struggle of books,
if you will, a grim, determin
ed, ideological war to gain
possession of men's minds."
This message was brought
to the Public Library of Med
ford and Jackson County
Sunday afternoon by Dr.
Richard H. Byrnes of South
ern Oregon college, when he
addressed the reception crowd
gathered for presentation of
the Book of the Month Club
Award in memory of Doro
thy Canfield Fisher.
Cat Control Bill
Retrieved by Senate
Salem - njpn - A cat control
bill, en route to the governor's
desk, was yanked back today
to the senate.
The bill authorizes local
programs for control of stray
cats.
The house agreed to a sen
ate request to return the bill
to the senate.
A senate spokesman said
the action was taken for a
technical correction and final j ideas, we are doomed to sim
passage of the bill still is ex- j ply go on repeating ourselvi'S,
pected. borrowing from other nations,
Earlier today, the house and eventually coming to a
nad agreed to senate amend
menls to the bill.
Although the subject
of
j some ,ev d cmJm,
; (h h (he legjslature the
. - . .
bill is meant to deal with
serious stray cat problem in
some areas, such as Jackson
' county.
Counties say they now lack
authority to conduct control
' programs.
The measure also clears up
another noint that has been
and Grace Peck (D-Portlandi
and Sens Lynn Newbry 'R-
Ashlandi and Al Flegel (D-
Roseburg)
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 27
Foresters said some 10,000
acres of Virginia woodland
were destroyed during the
week end.
Hundreds of persons were
left homeless when flames
raced through pine forests in
three New Jersey counties.
Fire officials reported 236,000
acres destroyed. Two persons
died fighting the towering
flames, 98 were injured and
245 homes were consumed.
Five ravaged three factories
and six homes at Bayonne,
N.J., Saturday, injuring 27
firemen and touching off vio
lent explosions.
from Miss Eloise Ebert, state
"In that struggle, in that
war," Dr. Byrnes cautioned
his listeners, "the most po
tent weapon is the printed
and spoken word. Whoever
wins that war by means of
using that weapon of ideas
the most effectively will con
trol the world.
"In the final arfalysis,"
Byrnes declared, "our weap
on is not to be found in the
material world. Our w".p
on, our ultimate resource is
a man or a woman, a boy or
a girl in a library - in a li
brary with a book and an
idea."
Lack of Influential Writers
Voicing regret that he finds
a lack of influential writers
on the American scene, the
Southern Oregon college pro
fessor said:
"Wc can produce, we can en
gineer, but do we have ideas
that furnish that initial spark?
We are very good and quite
efficient at organizing the as
sembly line, but it seems to
me, in our bustle and haste,
in our cars, machines, ina
television sets, we overlook
the fact that all of these ma
terial things arise first from
ideas; and that unless wc have
some means to garner in new
ideas, to encourage the kind
of thinking that produces new
standstill And a standstill
that means a defeat.
I "It bothers me also that
, Grcece hgd jts Homer Romc
i its Virgil, Italy its Dante, and
I . - -
England its Shakespeare, we
do not have a writer that
can be placed in the same
group as these. ' Byrnes la
mented, then added, "It may
be that the ages of the great
writers are ages in which a
nation or a race had evolved
: a singular, agreed upon point
; elected president of the Ore-
gon Coast Association at the
close of the groups annual
' three-day meeting Sunday.
UM,
tuu ) jam
Apparently Clear
Of U. S. Citizens
Six Others Go
To South America
Homestead AFB. Fla. tUPIV
Twenty - one Americans held
prisoner in Cuba flew to free
dom here today and six more
went to South America, ap
parently clearing Fidel Cas
tro's dungeons of American
citizens.
New York attorney James
B. Donovan, who arranged
the release of the Americans
and flew here with them, said
three Americans and three
Americans of Cuban birth
chose to go to South America
when they were released in
stead of coming here.
This was not immediately
explained, and these men
were not identified here.
One fcf the 21 who arrived
at this air base south of Mi
ami was a patient, identified
as Richard Allen Pecoraro,
30. He was taken off the plane
first, and the others walked
off the plane under their own
power. None of the 21 was a
resident of the Far West.
Last To Leave Plane
Donovan, the red - faced
New Yorker who has arranged
the release of about 6,000
Americans, Cuban-Americans
and their dependents in the
past year, was last off the
plane.
He announced before leav
ing Havana that he had also
arranged for 1,000 more Cu
ban - American refugees to
come to the United States this
week by boat, probably
Wednesday.
Austin F. Young, Miami, an
American adventurer who
helped Castro In the begin
ning of his fight against for
mer Dictator Fulgencio Ba
tista, was the "long - termer"
of the group which arrived at
this base south of Miami. He
had been in jail only six days
short of tour years, and
originally was condemned to
die for "acts against the state
in Cuba." His sentence wu
later commuted to 30 years.
In Several Prlions
Young said he had been In
several prisons in Cuba, in
eluding the notorious Isle of
Pines maximum security
prison.
I m very glad to be back,"
Young said.
In announcing Castro's de
cision to release the Ameri
cans Sunday, Donovan de
scribed it as "an action of
clemency on the pari of the
Cuban government."
It does not involve any
further pledges of drugs, med
icines or baby food to the
Cuban people," Donovan said.
Gold Hill Mayor
Dies While Fishing
Gold Hill Milton Stcin-
metz, mayor of Gold Hill,
died Saturday afternoon while
fishing at Willow lake. Cause
of death apparently was a
stroke, according to Dr. A.
Erin Mcrkcl, Jackson county
health officer.
Mr. Steinmctz had served
as mayor since Dec. 5, 1955,
when ho was appointed to the
post. He was reelected in
1958, 1960 and 1962. Previ
ously he had served on the
Gold Hill city council since
March, 1951.
He retired as a civilian en
gineer with the United States
government four years ago.
Following his retirement he
performed numerous engineer
ing services for the city of
Gold Hill on a donation basis
As mayor he also brought
maps of city streets and sewer
and water lines up to date
working on his own time.
Born Feb. 4, 1893 in Ban
gor, Pa., he came to Gold
Hill in 1913 from Canada. He
served as a civil engineer in
various parts of the United
(Stales. He and his wife re-
turned to Gold Hill In 1939
and purchased their home on
First ave.
Funeral service will be
held Wednesday, April 24, at
1 p.m. in Conger-Morris down
town chapel in Medford. The
Rev D. E. Millard of the New
Age church, Eagle Point, will
officiate Committal will be in
Ilillcrest Memorial park.
Fun Fair Attended
By More Than 6,000
Between 6.000 and 7.000
persons attended the three
day Crater Lions Fun Fair
over the week end, according
to Lions President Wayne
Saflcy.
Safley said that while the
proceeds of the Fun Fair
haven't been completely tal
lied, he regarded the results
as "gratifying."
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CHURCH DESTROYED This picture, tak
en seconds after firemen arrived, shows Our
Lady of Pompeii church in East Haven,
Conn., engulfed in flames. Police said two
Real Estate Developers
Object To Bond Proposal
Salem - fflW - Real estate
developers and the attorney
general s office clashed today
In a House Planning and De
velopment committee hearing
over laws to regulate fraudu
lent land sales.
At the same lime, Atty.
Gen. Robert Y. Thornton re
vealed he Is "conducting an
Investigation" in conjunction
with the state real estate com
missioner of land develop
ment plans.
Thornton said the probe
was started "about 15 to 20
days ago." He said he had
invited "anyone wun aata or
Information or fraudulent or
questionable dealings" to con
tact his office.
Identity Declined
Thornton refused to speci
fy what tracts were under
investigation. He indicated
the probe was concentrated
In the Eastern and Southern
areas.
Two members of the House
committee. Reps. Bob Chap
pel (R-Portland) and Ken Ma
her (R-Portland) visited La
Pine tract and other areas
Sunday.
The clash between the real
estate industry and attorney
general Is over drafting of
a proposed law to protect un
wary buyers from being de
frauded in purchase of des
ert lands.
'Full Disclosure' OK'd
The real estate people
agreed to "full disclosure"
provisions which would re
quire complete descriptions of
the land and area to be pro
vided before the purchase was
completed.
Thornton wants strict "buy-
U. S. May Dispatch
Troops to Thailand
Washington -HIPT-High US
officials said today the Unit
.rl States might send military
forces into Thailand if there
is a collapse of the Geneva
agreement guaranteeing the
neutrality of Laos.
This possibility was dis
closed after President Ken
nedy met with the National
Security council. The White
House said Laos was the
subject of the session between "Everybody caught fish
Kennedy and his top advisors and most everybody limited,"
but did not elaborate. j Morris stated.
The officials emphasized i BanK fj8,ing, still fishing
that no decision has been I and trolling all had good re
made about sending troops j suuS: ,c indicated. Fish were
into Thailand, which borders j taking "Just about every
on Laos. They said that fa-1 thing." Catches ran from
turc U.S. moves in the situ-j cignt t0 3 ami )9 inches.
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OETS STOKES AWARD
Washington - HJTD - The
1982 Thomas L. Stokes award
for reporting on natural re -
sources was presented today
to Donald A. Pugnettl, man -
aging editor of the Tri-City
Herald, Pasco, Wash., for his
stories about congressional
approval to use the Hanford,
Wash., nuclear reactor to gen-
crate electricity.
boys at play started the fire, which com
pletely destroyed the church. The youths,
aged 0 and 10,'face juvenile charges. (UPI)
. er pro tectum" provisions
such as are Included In a
California law.
Part of this would be the
requirement lor a bond to be
deposited to guarantee that
the buyer was really getting
what the seller claimed, ha
was getting, and to guarantee
completion of promised im
provements such as water and
sewer systems.
The real estate industry
feels Thornton's ideas are too
restrictive and would be a
burden on legitimate develop-
ers
Met For 10 Hours
The attorney general,
rep
resentatives of the Industry
and the state real estate com
missioner met for more than
10 hours Thursday and Friday
in an attempt to hammer out
an agreement.
Thornton sum today he
would agree to excluding
tracts of less than 50 lots from
the rigid requirements. Real
estate spokesmen did not in
dicate this would satisfy their
objections.
Strip Area Votes
To Join Coos Bay
Coos Bay - (UPI) - Voters in
the strip area between Coos
Bay and North Bend voted
115-07 Saturday in favor of
annexation by Coos Bay.
The decision will add an
estimated 585 residents to the
Coos Bay population. The
area will be added to the city
as soon as the vote Is can
vassed and the required
papers are filed.
Residents of the area turn
ed down an annexation pro
post several years ago by a
large margin.
Good Fishing Reported
For Opening Week End
Some of the best fishing
I've ever seen."
That's how resort operator
Lloyd Morris reported open
ing week end angling at Wil-
1 low lake
Som(, kokanec wcrc
caug,u lroling
Morris reported a good
crowd both Saturday and
j Sunday with the turnout of
1 an estimated 2,500 anglers on
! Saturday the largest,
1 Bank fishermen reportedly
j did the best over the week
end at Howard Frame lake
and those still fishing in boats
did better than um trailers.
Two sites of fish were report
ed taken small and large. The
Committee Chairman Ed
ward Whelan (D-ForUand)
called lor . another hearing
Wednesday.
Demandi tor law to pro
tect the public stemmed from
spectacular development ol
vast areas of desert land in
sales made to people outside
Oregon.
Compensation Biff
Due Wednesday
Salem - (DPf) The Senate
beat down a move to send a
controversial workmen's com
pensation measure back to
committee in a 20-7 Vole to
day, then voted to make con
sideration of the bill a special
order of business on Wednes
day. In another action today the
Senate defeated a bill to al
low smoking on air condition
ed buses. However, after the
vote was announced, Sen. An
thony Yturri (R-Ontarlo) an
nounced he may move Tues
day to have the bill brought
up again for consideration.
The move to send the work
men's compensation measure
back to committee for specific
amendments was spearheaded
by Sen. Don Willner (D-Port-land).
Willner charged "This
three-way bill Is bad for the
public, bad for the working
man, and bad for the small
businessman."
Sen. Lynn Newbry (R-Ash-land)
said the real question
Involved was whether "we
want a state monopoly or
want to allow private insur
ance In the field." He argued
against the amendments,
charging it would make It
a one-way bill.
smaller ones ranged from 8
to 10 inches and the lart;e
ones reportedly ran up to 24
inches.
Bob Johnston, concession
aire at Howard Prairie, said
that hundreds of fishing fam
ilies took limits of trout from
Howard Prairie Saturday and
Sunday. Those who fished
deep In the channels and
those who fished the bottom
of the new lake areas were
the ones who brought in the
big fish, he noted.
The weather was cold but
the traffic was heavy. In spite
of the large crowd, all boats
were launched quickly, it
was reported.
"The weather at the lake?
this morning was bright and
sunny with smooth water and
lots of fishermen arriving."
Johnston said.
Anglers mostly brought in
smaller trout at the stirt on
Saturday. The big ones did
not start coming in until
about 10 a.m., he concluded.
a