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' MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1963
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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Mnonirt tomorrow .... 4:14 a.m.
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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
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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.
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