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Newspaper Page TextO ' 4 , . i y Py Re9ional Editior TViC. jftV Jj ' 58th Year Price 10 Cents PAGES Four Sections ' MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1963 4f ' tiitr'J'" 3" . VS-4 SCOUTS RESCUE GIRL - A two-year-old girl was rescued by five Boy Scouts from Buffalo Creek near Wheeling, 111., Wednesday. The Scouts used an artificial respiration meth-, od they learned in Scouting to save her life. The girl, Joanne Craddock, shown at right with a hospital nurse. Churchill Quits Parliament Post After 60 Years . London - IUPD - A grateful Britain regretfully accepted today the reluctant decision by Sir Winston Churchill' to call it quits in the Mouse of Commons after 60 years. j The former prime minister, 88, plagued by old age and an injured leg, announced Wednesday night he would not be a parliamentary candi date in the next election. The sudden announcement virtual ly closed the pages of a re markable career that spanned two World wars and countless personal adventures, r. ; Sir Winston, now confined much of the time to a wheel chair, said his- reason for quitting politics was his game leg. which prevented him from getting to Commons "as I would wish." r . j Great Career Ends ' - I British newspapers genei1 ally agreed that Churchill's retirement from Commons will end one of the greatest British parliamentary careers of all time. The Daily Mail called Sir Winston "the supreme mem ber of the. House of Com mons." "No one living has served the House of Commons for anything resembling such a period and few have served it with so deep respect," said the Daily Telegraph. "He is, as he said himself, 'A child of the House of Commons'." Debt to Churchill The Daily Express said the House of Commons owes its prestige and authority among democratic assemblies "above all to the man who filled It with the flame of his inspira tion and the majesty of his eloquence." There was immediate specu lation that Queen Elizabeth now would offer a dukedom to Churchill - a hope she is known to cherish. Whether Sir Winston would accept a title is not known. He declined an earldom in , 1955 when he stepped down as prime minister, the post in which he achieved his great est glory during World War II. He said he preferred to remain in Commons rather than move to the House of Lords. PWS(V,l!fllEfS ITIMS ROM xJK HIGHER NATIONAL DEBT LIMIT APPROVED Weshingfon-Ufli-The House Ways and Meant committee, by a 15-10 party lint vol, approved a bill today that would boost the legal limit on the national debt to a record S309 billion during July and Auguit. HAwiiin HUGHES HELD IN DEFAULT m.w York - H'MI - Millionaire industrialist Howard R. Highes w; held "In deliberate and willful default" lor his k-;!'i' io appear In? pretrial '.urination in a ruling today by iWral Charles M. Maimer. Metinei laid lie erU 4iBf.ml a ipia! matter to hold hearings to determine) the txest mw :l dameges to be awarded Tram World AirJInet, whir', hjo. ud Hug'.ies and the Hughes Tool C. lor I13S mill on mdf the anti-irutl laws. INDIANA STUDENT OFF!CRS INDICTED - Bloomington. Indlfli-A prosecutor said today Ihrea In , jljana university student officers oi secialitt organisation Bid been Indicted on antitubversive charges In an effort to stamp out communism on the campus. MS-Jfi. ' let the People Know' Plates Voted by Salcm-IUPD-The Senate voted 20-10 today for new reflectorizcd auto license plates with the word "Oregon" in letters at least as large as the license plate numbers. Approval came after the upper house voted 20-8 to reject a move to get the mea sure back in committee. Some wanted to add advertising slogans to the plates, others wanted the design changed so it would be ,uniform with other states. The proposed new plate drops the "Pa cific Wonderland" slogan. - If approved by the House and signed by ; the Governor, the bill would require the 1 first of the new plates to be issued in Janu ary of 1964. One-fifth of the state's license plates would be changed every year until the transition had been completed. . Sen". H. F: Chapman (D-Coos Bay) said it was important to have "Oregon" spelled out in large letters "to let where the auto comes from." Experience Feature of Compensation Bill Salem' - (UPI1 - Employers with poor safety records will pay a new penalty under an "experience rating" amend ment to the state workmen's compensation law rushed through the House and signed by the governor Wednesday. The bill.'just. introduced In the Senate seven days earlier, was sped to the governor's desk because rates for the next year were to be mailed out May 1. . j , ' The bill passed the House 44-15 despite considerable con fusion and heated protests over the "last minute" action. The present law sets a base rate for employers to pay for industrial accident insurance, but grants deductions for em ployers. Some Pay More The new law not only will let employers with good rec ords pay less, but will require employers" with bad safely records to pay more than the base rate. - Rep. Robert Packwood (R Portland) blamed the rush ac tion on the so-called "three way" bill, which would over haul the entire workmen's MOUND THI eiOU v. a r m had fallen into the creek. Pointing to the rescue spot for Police Chief Marvin Horcher are Dan Devito, center, John and Robert Kunowski, front, and Chris Trundo and Mike Kostuch, rear. (UPI) . Sen. Vernon ed to get the bill sent back to committee. "We have an excellent opportunity to adver tise Oregon and encourage tourists to come here. We should take advantage of the, advertising and public relations potential." Sen. L. W. Newbry (R-Ashland) also wanted the bill sent back to committee -but he urged that the design be changed so the plates would be similar to those in other states.. - - - - Sen. Walter Pearson (D-Portland) said the committee already gave consideration to the Cook and Newbry suggestions. "We could add the slogan 'Rainy Oregon'," Pearson -commented. , ... " Sen.' Thomas Mahoney (D-Portland) sug gested the slogan should read "No Sales Tax." . : . v , .' V Sen..'-Anthony Yturrl (R-Ontarjo) said uie i-uiiiiuuiee Rating New compensation law. This meas ure, SB370, .which includes an experience rating feature, has passed the Senate but is controversial It probably could not reach the H 0 us e floor. Speakers said it was decid ed to go ahead with the sep arate experience rating fea ture so that it could take ef fect this year. -Partially Offtet Effect of the experience rat ing bill will be to lower rates slightly for about 1,700 em ployers at the safe end of the scale and raise rates for about 1,800 employers at the risk end of the scale, Packwood said. The reductions would be partially offset by a general rate increase being put through by the Industrial Ac cident commission. ' , Confusion centered on just what the bill would do to specific categories of employ ers. Rep. Ross Morgan (D Gresham) said it might have a severe effect on some small employers Klamath Sheriff ' Charged in Court Klamath Falls-OIPD-Sheriff Murray Britton was charged todBy in Circuit Court with causing a prisoner to escape from official detention. The charge was contained in a secret indictment issued by the Klamath county grand jury several days ago. Britton had been absent for the past several deys iii ihe process of returning a prisoner from Wisconsin.. He was served with the warrant when he returned to day. The warrant was served by his chief deputy, Del Sum mers. Britton appeared without counsel and was given until 10 a.m. May 0 to enter a plea. The sheriff posted $1,000 bond and will continue to serve in his elective post pending outcome of the trial. people know. , "Pearson's Paradise, but we fell It would be foolish to make the plates two feet wide." 0 License Senate Cook (D-Gresbam) attempt iiaa cunsiuerea me slogan Bibeau Indicted By Grand Jury A Jackson county grand jury late Wednesday after noon indicted Harold James Bibeau, 20, of Empire, on a charge of first degree murder. He is scheduled to be ar raigned in Jackson county circuit court at 1:45 o'clock this afternoon. Bibeau was' arrested Satur day in connection with the death of Russell Waldon Os. born, 49, manager of the Var sity theater in Ashland. Os- bom's body was found bound in his home late Saturday. Bibeau was arrested in Portland and returned to Medford with two Medford girls who had traveled north with him, local law enforce ment officers reported. The girls, held originally as material witnesses, were Ethel Jeanette Simons, 18, of 135 North Holly St., Medford, who has been released, and a 17 -year -old girl who was turned over to local juvenile authorities as a parole viola, tor from Hillcrcst school, ac cording to District Attorney Alan B. Holmes. Ashland Man, Son Are Indicted by Grand Jury George Brainard Sabin, 48, of 115 Neil rd., Ashland, was indicted by the Jackson coun ty grand jury Wednesday for rape, and his son, Stcave Richard Sabin, 17, was indict ed for contributing to the de linquency of a minor. Both are scheduled to be arraigned in circuit court this afternoon on the indictments. Both were arrested by Jack son county sheriff's deputies April 17. The father has pre viously appeared in district court and had been bound over to the grand Jury. Senerfe Adopts Policy . To Speed! Consideration Selcm - (ITI - The Stnate Wednesday adopted a policy :which will speed up consid eration of House bills in the upper chamber. Under the new procedure House bills will be given first and second reading, and be referred to committee the same day. Mystery Clouds Scuttling of Chinese Freighter Japanese Doubt Vessel Torpedoed Tokyo - IDPD Maritime au thorities sought today to un ravel the mystery of a scuttled Communist Chinese freighter whose crew claimed the ship had been torpedoed three times by a submarine of un known nationality In the Yel low Sea. Japanese officials were skeptical that the 11,432-ton Leap Forward had been tor pedoed. They said it was more likely the freighter rammed a rock or a reel All crewmen were saved. Military sources tended to discount the pjtibiliiy : the cargo vessel had struck a mine lett over from World War II or the Korean War. Major Incident Feared Japanese officials feared the sinking, reported early today, would mushroom into major incident with the Communist regime In Peking. The Leap Forwaid was Red China's first home-built ocean going vessel and its first car go ship scheduled to visit Ja pan. The freighter, Dride of Red China's merchant fleet, sank 167 miles west of Cheju Do, a large island off the south west const of Korea, en route from the Chinese port of Tsingtao to the southern Jap anese port of Mojo, . ' . Crew in Lifeboats ' The Japanese fishing trawl er Itsuki Maru radioed it had picked up all 59 crewmen in three lifeboats. The sailors, using sign language, said they were hit in the engine rom by three torpedoes and sank four hours later, Adny Masayoshi NakayS. .ma, chief, of staff of ihe Marl. time Self - Defense Agency, said only the United States, Russia, Indonesia and Japan have submarines that might be operating in the area. Japanese and U. S. officials said their navies had no sub marines in the vicinity of the reported sinking. -. '- The Leap Forward was car rying 10,000 tons of maize and other goods purchased by Japan under a trade agree ment reached with the Chi nese last fall by a mission of private Japanese businessmen. The ship was to have called at several Japanese ports. Padgham Not To Seek Write-ins Henry F. Padgham, who has devoted many years to school board work in Jackson county, serving on district and rural boards, will not be a write-in candidate for a posi tion on the Medford School District S49C board, he an nounced today. . Several months ago, Padg ham said, he had expressed interest in filing as a candi date for the board and had in tended to do so, but was out of town and failed to become informed of the filing date. Since he did not file he has asked that his supporters cast their ballots for John R. Reid, who did file for the post. 'I am. sure District 549C will benefit by his presence on the board of directors, Padgham said. A brief time after the nomi. nations had closed, Padgham explained, a number of in tcrestcd persons Indicated that they wished to support him on a write-in basis. He agreed to consider election by this pro cedure. However, in deference to the men who did file for the post and in view of the short time remaining before the election, Padgham said he de cided against the plan. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly clonily with sratttred tbowcrt tonight and I'rldxy. Early morning foe In valleys Friday. I-ow too lent near 2$. High Friday near 5. Temp. n-fUPnt Ytrday is t.a vnt Thli Mornlnf .. 44 Prc. to IV ,m, loJay .U Our Skies Tonight unmet today :t2 p.m. Sunrlift trmnrrnw .... t.di a.m. Mnonirt tomorrow .... 4:14 a.m. mi ... .,. May I rno;f,,MVT stab iVfuiu, trine! Mii tat t .r Mforj. YfHIBf.K rtAMiT Men, blab in ftoalo- fi - 1:14 p.m. ft it urn, rt'i .... .. 1:31 a.m. Jupiter, Mi ... . 1:11 t.n. Vrnui, fnllowt Jupiter. AMERICANS : U : : : - . : i : - r - u - t If v I I I I I 1 I THEATER BURNS -Fire- Tacoma's Music Box theater began in '.the. Washington community Tues- ' shops.-3 Estimated damage was $1,000,000. day evening. The fire, largest . in. the ctty ; (UPI) .;: . , City Officials To Take Legal Action Against Movers City officials were prepar ing to take legal action today asainst a man who left a wide swath of damaged trees and traffic signs behind him yes terday morning as he moved a house across the west side of Medford. : Cltv nolice began to receive complaints late Wednesday morning from residents along Summit ave. that a house, be ing moved by L. F. Lorsung House Movers company, Ap plcgale, was causing damage to trees on tlieir property. ,., Officers encountered Lor sung and his crew' with' the house on Summit ave. . be tween Pennsylvania ave. and Palm at. about ll:30 a.m- Lor sung admitted to officers he knew he was causing some damage with, his operation, but that he intended to. lane care of it later. , Check Back on Route Police checked- back, over the route Lorsung had taken from the start of the moving project on Rose st. and dis covered a total of six traffic signs . and three trees had been damaged by' the house Building Safety Director John Hplmer said today that Lorsung had been in to see him Monday, to request temporary permit to m o v e two buildings., , H o f m e r advised Lorsung that he .could not move the house until he nad first posted a $1,000 bond with the city. Lorsung reportedly said he would contact his Insurance agent in Portland about' the bond. But Holmer said today no bond was ever posted with the city. : ; Madras Woman Held tor Daaih of Stepson . Madras ilPIt Cellla Addle Sutlle, 31. Madras, was in dicted today by the Jefferson county grand Jury on charge of Involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of her 4-year-old stepson, - The boy died April 22 as a result of beating v . . roared through as the movie caused' the Label on Ba Loaves Approved by House Committee Salem - (UPD - A housewife who wonders if she is buying balloon bread would be able to find out by reading the label if a bill approved today by the House Food and Dairy ing committee is passed. The bill would put the word balloon" on such bread, in letters 'i to 'i inch high. Iv also would require identifica tion of balloon bread in adver tising. , Weight would have to be shown on the labels. Committee's Answer Labels on the top, bottom or sides of a loaf would have to show the word "balloon" in . 4 to 2 Inch letters. On a wrapping tag or end tag type letters would have to be at least Vk Inch. The bill Is the committee's California Man Is Arrested in Ashland Gary Lee Hinton, 19, of Pittsburg, Calif., was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Ash land In connection with the kidnap and armed robbery of a Newberry store, in Merced, Calif., April 2U , Ashland police and Jackson county sheriff's deputies made the arrest on a California war rant. Officers said Hinton recently rented a house at 309 'j Scenic dr., Ashland. Hinton has signed a waiver of extradition and Merced law enforcement officers were re ported to be en route to Med ford to return him there. According to Information received here, about 11,000 in silver coins was taken in the robbery and tha manager of the store was anduoted. A search of the Hinton home In Ashland turned up 4-'S)0 in coin o? vhlch iw.ic.'ninWy 800 In wrapiwd ijHr in five canvas bon), bag;.. ' Following b'.t s.'rc.-., Jdck son county sheriff's deputies said Hinton admitted burglar izing a pay telephone In Con cord, Calif. Mill since the Tacoma hotel burned In 1936, evacuation, of many nearby answer to a long dispute over one-pound loaves baked in one and one-half pound pans to make them fluffier. Small bakeries protested they were deceptive. The State Agriculture Department tried to ban them, but the case was thrown out of court. The half dozen large bak eries that make balloon loaves have insisted customers like the airier bread. Meanwhile, a bill to reduce weight-mile .taxes on big trucks and raise Ihcm slightly on smaller trucks-ran into a roadblock. ' Pending in Committee The measure easily passed the Senate and is pending be fore the House Highways com mittee. Deputy Ally. Gen. Lloyd Hammcl said. Ihe bill appears to be a revenue measure and should have originated in the House. ' . The public utility commis sioner said if passed as is, it probably would have to be tested in court. Plans were being made to substitute a House bill, which then would have to go to the Senate for repeat action if it cleared the House.. ' Boy Scout Camporee Set At Emigrant Boy Scouts of Ihe Big Pines district of the Crater Lake Council will participate in a camporee Friday. Saturday and Sunday at the Emigrant lake recreation area. The annual camporee will be of the "Show Type" to ex hibit camp crafts and pioneer ing skills, and the public is invited to view the activities. The Friday schedule in-c1u-"3 hiking (nto-camp and 511 informal campfire. A fUhl-" derby will be hrid Saturday. There also will be physical fitness races and competitlcn in Scout skills, such as first aid, compass work and cooking. The day will be completed with a mm Radio Washout Delays Word of Accomplishment; Names of Climbers Not Disclosed '' Katmandu, Nepal -ItPD-Two American climbers Wednes day reached the summit of Mt. Everest, world's tallest mountain, it was disclosed to day. They were the first Amer icans to reach the pcaK on tne Himalayan "roof of the world." The names ot the- two climbers from the American Everest expedition who reach ed the peak were not disclosed immediately. Word of the climb reached here by radio from the base camp. ., i Started Wednesday - The climbers started their final push to the top of the 29,028 foot peak early Wednesday from their sixth and final camp at the 27,800- . foot level. They reached the peak Wednesday but word o the feat was delayed until to day by a washout of radio communications. A spokesman for the expe dition said the weather was fine in the morning when the men BtBrted but turned bad during. the afternoon.-, He said tne ttnai inousana feet of altitude should have rtoeen , climbed In about four or five hours under favorable weather conditions. In order to climb a thousand feet ver tically the men had to tra verse four or five times that distance in a zigzag route to the summit. Weather Constant Peril Winds up to 150 miles an hour, extreme cold, snow and mists are a constant peril at the "roof of the world" in the Himalaya mountains between Nepal and Communist beld Tibet. . Lack of oxygen in the rare fied air is known to bring on headaches, iidusea, dizziness, extreme fatigue and mental disorientation. A second assault team of four men waited at camp five to try for the summit if the first, team failed. A two-man party , was stationed at camp four to go to the aid of either of the other teams. The American expedition ia sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the State Department, the National Sci ence Foundation and the arm ed services. ; . Roseburg Woman Guilty of Robbery Salem iDPD Sharon Rose Hibbard, 1, Roseburg, was convicted hi Circuit Court Wednesday of the armed rob bery of a supermarket here Oct. 28. Sentencing was deferred. The woman, who told offi cers she was trying to raise some money to feed her fam ily, presently is serving a 2Vs year prison sentence for an attempted market robbery at Oregon City. Her husband was sentenced to prison last year on a charge ot attempting to burglarize a Douglas county bank. on Week End campfire with presentation of skits, stunts, singing and story telling. , Sunday, the program will include more demonstartiona of scouting skills and hobbles, a potluck lunch with parents, friends r.Pd visitors partici pating. ' . Award.' will be presented and a trophy to the patrol with the best safely record and to the first boy to catch and fry a fish. The Cub Scout Webelos dens, who do not participate In overnight camping, are asked to attend for a days visit with the 300 Boy Scouts and 40 leaders. 5