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13 Accused off Mistreating Retarded Children Costa Mesa, Calif. WO - said the charges resulted with Mask's office and lo Other alleged offenses jaw; Taking patients into storerooms and beating them unconscious. More than 200 patients, most of them under 13, were interviewed during the investigation, Bach said. Bach said the suspects, most of whom were per mitted ball of $262 each, were charged with misde meanors rather than felo nies in order to bring them to trial quickly to set an example. Three of the suspects no longer are employed at the hospital. The other 10 have been suspended pending the out come of the charges. Bach said that while most of the 1,147 em ployees at Fairvlew were "dedicated and good work era," a few had "gone be yond the normal bounds of punishment." One suspect, Wanda Fitz patrick, 43, was asked by newsmen to comment on the charges. "Sometimes even your own children will turn on you," she said. "I enjoyed my work un til now." Thirteen psychiatric tech nicians were charged Tues day with more than 30 counts of mistreating men tally retarded children at Fairvlew State hospital. One 19-year-old employee allegedly beat and blacken ed the eye of an infant. Dave Bach, Orange coun ty deputy district attorney. from a five-week Investiga tion of alleged mistreat ment at the 2,000-bed hos pital which opened four years ago. Slate Atty. Gen. Stanley Mosk said a report would be submitted to Gov. Ed-, mund G. Brown. Bach said his office was working in conjunction cal authorities. "We feel we may get more Information now that these cases have been brought to light," he said. The investigation began after three unidentified women visited the institu tion last March. They com plained that conditions in two security wards were the "worst we have seen." Included: Beating a child's head against a shower wall. Tying a young girl's hands behind her back and beating her unconscious. Beating the heads of two patients against the ce ment floor. Breaking the arm of a patient. Breaking a patient's WRECKAGE SPOTTED Wreckage believed to be that o a new twin-engine airplane carrying two wealthy Eureka, Calif., building contractors was spotted Tuesday night on a rugged mountainside north of Shelter Cove, 12 miles north of Eureka. Aboard were George Roberts, 28. shown at the controls of the plane, and Harold Chittenden, 31, partners in the Roberts Development Co. They were flying from Eureka to Tulare, Calif. (UPI) Officials Discuss City Curfew Laws; Consider Action If there are any Medford juveniles or their parents la boring under the impression that youths may be out after hours if accompanied by an 18-year-old, just any 18-year-old, then it's time for them to take a second look at the Medford curfew ordinance, City Attorney William A. Mansfield pointed out today at the special meeting called to consider a plan of action to reduce the amount of van dalism occurring in the city. Attending the session were Mayor James Dunlevy, who called the meeting; City Man ager Robert A. Duff, City Po lice Chief Charles Champhn and City Attorney Mansfield. Under the existing ordi nance, the person over 18 must be a parent or, a legal .,firr1ion Martfffield eXDlBUV ed. ' There are exceptions. where the Individuals are en gaged in business directed by the parent or legal guardian. Compared to Stale Law The city curfew ordinance was being compared with the stale curfew law by the Med ford group, who expect to is sue an official release rela tive to any changes which may be made. The state law enforces the curfew from midnight' to 4 a.m. to allow for newspaper boys to start their work at the early hour required with out ' violating the law. The Medford hours under the pres ent ordinance are 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. "The curfew law should be a law of the home," Chief Champlin declared, referring to various loopholes which make police enforcement dif ficult. "The big problem is that too many parents would rath er hire an attorney to get jun ior out of trouble than to take him to the woodshed for prop er treatment," Mayor Dun levy carried on with the same philosophy. Unsupervised Placet The law applies to unsuper vised places, where juveniles are not permitted to congre gate after hours, and, accord ing to the city attorney, it is easy to determine what these places are. Proof that the police have been enforcing the law more than the public may realize was evidenced in figures pre sented by Chief Champlin. There were 28 juveniles pick ed up for curfew violation between Jan. 26 and April 21. Under both the state and the city law, the parent or guardian can be prosecuted WEAPONS VERIFICATION NEED SAID PROVEN Geneva-'l Pl-The United States told tha 17-nalion Dis armament Conference today recant events in Cuba prove i .rf.nuai. varificalion to orevtnt stockpiling of rockets and other nuclear weapons. OAS APPEALS TO QUARRELING NATIONS Washlngton-aW-Ths Organisation of American Status appealed to Haiti and the Dominican Republic today to re frain from any action that might aggravate the 11-day-old Caribbean crisis. CHEMICAL STORAGE TANKS EXPLODE Somerville, Masi-HPH-A cluster of chemical storage tanks exploded In a fury of flames today when fire swept across a chemical plant. At least one fireman was injured. AMERICANS EVACUATED FROM HAITI Port-au-Prince, Helli-W-The United Slates today evacu- .nn (mm nrlfe.lorn Haiti in a two- plane airliit. The evacuation for permitting a child to vi olate the curfew law, Mans field said. The penalty under city law is a fine up to $100. The state lists the violation as a misdemeanor which car ries punishment in the form of a year in jail, a fine up to $1,000, or both. Parents also are liable under the law to repay damages perpetrated by their children up to $100 and can be required to pay through civil action. Suggests Closer Cooperation A local citizen has suggest ed that closer cooperation with the police department could be accomplished by par ents notifying offices when a teen-age party is to be held since much of the vandalism, in her opinion, - is' carried on by party crashers. When these juveniles are denied entrance at- parties -they often start out on a destructive "binge," Mayor Dunlevy said he was told. Since most of the weapons used ,in the vandalism of the week end were beer bottles, the indications are strong that parents and neighbor hood store operators are be ing lax in this area, Mayor Dunlevy noted. Annual Sessions Resolutions Tabled Salem - (UPI) - Three resolu tions calling for annual legis lative sessions were tabled Tuesday by the House Con stitutional Revision commit tee. The proposed new constitu tion approved Monday by the House gives the legislature authority to go to annual ses sions. The House committee then approved three proposed con stitutional amendments which could become a part of the new constitution if it is adopted. One would permit motor ve hicle fuel taxes and motor vehicle taxes to be used to purchase mass transportation rights of way. The second would permit the legislature to set mini mum standards of municipal employment. The third would authorize a city of 100,000 or over to con solidate with the county. STREAMS DROPPING Portland - HOT - Heavy rain which fell on Oregon for two days eased off Tuesday and tributary streams were drop ping. was carried out witheut ap- Pear Production Estimated About 12 Million Boxes A Jackson County Fruit Growers' League committee today estimated this season's pear production at 1 i million boxes, but some individual growers predict it will be far less than that. Average pear production is 3 million boxes, according to official statistics. The league committee also predicts a "fairly good apple crop" and "nearly an average peach crop" in peach orchards adequately heated during the fruit frost period. The Bartlett crop is predict ed at 25 to 30 per cent, 40 per cent for D'Anjous and 75 per cent for Bosc and Cornice, according to the league com mittee estimates. Some indi vidual growers place the esti mates at 15 to 20 per cent for Bartletts, Cornice normal for their usual alternate off year, Bosc lighter than normal, Historical Society Requests Delay in Building Highway v .TarksnnvHleVTteloci.t'on of nf iho MnrifnrH -Provolt hieh- way at Jacksonville may not yet be settled, although tue Jacksonville city council has indicated it still favors a route along Jackson creek. Tha hmrri nf riirprtnrK nf tVie .Qnnthprn nreffnn Histori cal Society last night voted to request a delay in construc tion nf n nrnnnspd new hifih- w a v through Jacksonville, - .. ,.1. i . i pending runner siuuy ana u consideration of alternate routes. The board directed that a letter be drafted setting forth its views, and that copies be sent to Highway Commission Chairman Glenn Jackson, to the other commissioners, to Gov. Mark Hatfield, and to the Jacksonville city council. Note Board's Feeling TnB inttnr will naint out the board's feeling about the his toric value of the loiai town, and the fact that isolation . . thrnmrh hiehway is. in this case, an asset rather than a detriment. -it airt twill reouest time for careful deliberation, and re quest that alternate routes be studied by, among oiners, pru- t hictni-ioni whfl WOUld be invited here to confer with the agencies involved, ine loiioi. was to be drafted and mailed sometime today. The Jacksonville city coun cil last night turned down a nncoi tnr a tnmnorarv by pass road around the center of the city, and lnaicaica u un i h. nnrmanpnt relocation of the Medford-Provolt high way along the soutn sme oi Jackson creek. A temporary route follow ing Oregon and F sts. was pro posed by Eugene Bennett, a member of the Jacksonville planning commission, and pre sented by John Kcaveny, its chairman. Disrupt Regular Traffic But the council did not think the plan feasible, stating that traffic using the bypass would have to disrupt the cnrtiiiar lanrs nf traffic at the points where the bypass would leave and then rejoin me present highway. A bridge would have to be constructed icroii Jackson creek in order to make F at- a through street, the council added. A proposed agreement be tween the state highway com mission and the city council concerning construction of the relocation along Jackson creek was received from the commission at last night's meeting. The council turned it over to City Attorney Ervin B. Hogan for study. City Park Commission Will Meet Tonight The Medford park and rec reation commission will meet tonight In the council cham bers of the city hall to con sider reports on April activi ties of Recreation Director Robert Haworth and several committees. A report on progress of the Jackson park diving pool construction will be given. The director's report also will include other projects and programs now in progress. about 50 per cent, and D'An jous about 70 to 75 per cent. Individual growers also place peach production al. 40 per cent of normal and agree with the league committee estimates of 80 per cent on apples. No estimates are available on pack out of ap ples and peaches during nor mal years since the bulk of this fruit is sold from road side fruit stands. "Fruit . crops in Jackson -county have been materially reduced by the spring frosts and by the long spells of cool wet weather during and fol lowing the blooming season," the fruit growers' league com mittee explained. "Frost damage in adequate ly heated orchards was not a major problem. However, natural fruit set all over the Rogue valley was very poor due to the rainy cool weather during bloom and the long period of adverse weather following it." Initial fruit set has been light since the fruit which did set Is hidden among the leaves, it is difficult to de termine how much of a crop there will be. The Bosc and Cornice varieties bloomed later and were damaged less than Bartletts and D'Anjous, according to the league com mittee. "Fortunately there was very little frost marking so the fruit which is produced should be of fine appearance an high quality. The lighter crop due to fewer fruits will be made up in part by larger sizes. In the last few years fruit size has been a prob lem, but this year with the lighter crop we should have fruit with the very iinest mar ket size and quality, the league committee stated. "Peach orchards In the south end of the valley suf fered a total crop loss but the bulk of the peaches are con centrated now in the Med ford and Phoenix areas and most of these are heated," the committee stated. "In these orchards it appears that near ly an average crop will be produced." The smaller amount of la bor required to harvest a low er volume will be offset in part by a shortening of the season, but there will still be a heavy demand for pickers from the start of the D'Anjou season until the fruit Is har vested, the committee said. Last year it was necessary to harvest into November with a consequent lowering in fruit quality. This year the fruit can be picked at its optimum maturity which should again enhance its mar ket quality. "With IV million boxes of pears and approximately 75 per cent normal apple and peach crops it will still re quire a lot of labor during the harvest season and the fruit industry will still make a major contribution to tne valley's economy," the league committee stated. Individual growers, how ever, said there would be no need for the large number of thinners who usually work in the crop. Where orchards have lost their crop a special spray schedule will be developed which will maintain the or chards relatively free ot pests and will prevent any damage to next year s crop. I his will be done to reduce current ex penses where the crop has been reduced to the point where It will not be harvest ed, according to County Hor ticultural Agent Clifford B Cordy. BULLETIN Washington (UPI) I n t e r i o r Secretary Stewart Udall today urged Congress to turn a 40 mile (trip of land along the Oregon coast into a national recrea tion area. Udall testified before a Senate Public Lands subcommittee in behalf of a bill offered by Sen. Maurine Neuberger CD Ore.) to create the Ore gon Dunes National Seashore. Rogue Valley Edition Medford 22 P?ges Two Sections Northeast IUI mi Pearson Revives Hatfield's Fatal Auto Accident Salem - DPI) - An auto accl- many years ago in which Gov. Mark Hatfield was involved was brought to life again to day as senators voiced pro tests at Hatfield's criticism of the Senate Highway and Tax committees. Sen. Walter Pearson CD- Portland) lashed out at Hat field's criticism of the High way committee action in ta bling a speed limit bill. Hat field scored the committee ac tion during a television report Monday night. Pearson charged ail acci dents were not caused by high speed, "sometimes they are caused by high grass." Sen. Anthony Yturrl (R-On- tario), Senate minority leader. interpreted the "high grass comment as reference to the death of a child after having been struck by a car driven by Hatfield. Grass Brought ' Part of the testimony at a civil trial was that high gra-s at the roadside was a factor in the accident. Yturrl said he was sorry the incident had been revived and read a statement made by Hatfield when Sen. Wayne Morse brought up the accident during Hatfield's first cam paign for governor. Pearson said that before the session began he protested that the governor was being given time on a television station that could be used to promote the governor's pro gram and criticize the legis lature. The Portland Democrat said the Highway cbmmittce op posed the speed bill because it increased the speed limit. and charged Hatfield had used the television appearance to make "personal attacks" on the legislature. Cook Speaks Up Sen. Vernon Cook (D-Grcsh- am), said "if the governor is sincere in wanting a compro mise tax program he should have a representative attend Senate Tax committee meet ings" to express the adminis tration's view on proposed changes in the House-approv ed tax measure. "We are entitled to the governor's views," Cook said. It Is not fair for him to sit back and snipe at every thing we do," he said. During Monday's news con ference, Hatfield had warned of the dangers of writing a compromise tax bill in a Senate-House conference. House Mover Fined In Muncipal Court Louis rredericlo Lorsung, Annlccale. who wm ehnrffpri with unlawfully moving a building on Summit ave. May 1 without obtaining a permit from the citv. nleaHeH miiltv to the charge In Medford mu nicipal court today. The complaint was signed bv Fred Bohm. builriins safe ty director. Lorsung was fined S2U. WEATHER FORECAST: Virlible clniifll neii throujh Tlturdy. Hhnw eri in m mi nutria ihli evening. I.nw tonight nnr IS. High Thursday near i. Temp. Hlrheit Yeiterrfay . ... 3J l.owcit Thl Morning . 4 Prtc. to 10 a.m. Today .... .OS Our Skies Tonight Unmet tn4y 1:1 p.m. Sunrlte tomorrow . i:St a.m. Moonrtie today t;2i p.m rull Moon today ...16:24 a.m. PROMINENT CONflTKI.I.ATION Krorplo, fnllowi lh Moon. V1NIHI.F. IM.ANrTl Mart. In the we it llWt a.m. flaliirn, rite 1:0 a m, Jupiter, rliet ... . 4:5 i.m Venui. between Jupiter and the Run. MEDFORD, for UiTi r if j Jmtf A IQ FiinS ffr $&?fi- POLICE ISSUED CLUBS Night sticks are issued to Alabama state policemen grouped on a corner In Birmingham near where dem- Kennedy Of Tensions in Birmingham Washington - rtJPn - Presi dent Kennedy said today he was gratified at the easing of racial tension in Birmingham, Ala., where he said wide spread violence and fatalities were "only narrowly avoid ed." The President opened his news conference with a state ment saying the Negro dem onstrations and resultant po lice action in Birmingham should serve as a reminder Groceteria Robber Positively Identified Louccne Hilton Morris, Jr., 20, has been positively identi fied from photographs as the person who hcldup the Gro ceteria here April S, city po lice said today. Morris was Identified by six of the seven witnesses of the armed robbery, which oc curred in the market. Morris is now held in the Topcka, Kan., jail on a charge of bank robbery. He was ar rested April 25. The local case probably will be presented to the Jackson cuunty grand jury Thursday, city police said. Multnomah College President in Medford President John K. Griffith nf Multnomah College is In Medford today to talk to pro spective students and their parents. Accompanied by Grant Cos- grove, executive director of he Oregon Colleges Founda lon, Griffith has taken a room off the lobby in the Med ford Hotel where students and parents will be received un til 8 o'clock tonight. The cataloss and other ma terials giving Information on i the 11 colleges Included in the foundation will be avail able. ASTRONAUTS INSURED Washington - njrU - Aetna Life Insurance Co. said today it is Issuing $100,000 life in surance policies to the seven Project Mercury astronauts to cover their travel In space. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, Oregon SoiEse m H nixv mis- d I Gratified to every other state and lo cality that "all barriers" to the rights of citizens should be removed. Kennedy praised the busi ness community of Birming ham for promising what he said were "substantial steps" that would "begin to meet the needs of the Negro communi ty." He also noted that the Ne groes who had been taking part in demonstrations in the city had called a halt to their actions. And he said that when the new mayor of the city takes office Birmingham will move "wholeheartedly" toward resolving its racial difficulties. Tour of Agencies Will Start Early Tomorrow The united Crusade -sponsored tour of child care agencies in Portland will start from the Medford airport at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, May 9, according to Robert S. Hin man, tour chairman. The Pacific Power and Light company will send two planes from Portland to ac commodate 15 tour members, and will return them Friday evening. TP&L also will pro vide bus .transportation in Portland. Tour members are Ava Ed ler and LaVera Wryn, Med ford school teachers; Violet Cummings of Harry and Da vid's Bear Creek Orchards; Mayor James J. Dunlevy; A. A. Heath and George Sharp, Olson -Lawyer Lumber com pany; Jesse Perry, William Pestka, Leonard Scttcll, and John McMahan, Cascade Wood Products; Karl Goshorn and William Mallison of Rogue Valley Plywood com pany; Dick Simonson, United Crusade volunteer p h o t o g rapher; David B. Shaffer, PP&L; and Jack L. Brooks of the U.S. National bank. Lindsay Vinscl of the Med ford school adult education program will join the group In Portland, , t ' Tribune MAY 8, 1963 or on onstrating Negroes got out of control of Birmingham police Tuesday night. (UPI) at Easing He said that while much re mains to be done "we can hope that tensions will be eased." The President called the Birmingham racial strife an "ugly situation" and said he was "gratified to note" that cfforU by white and Negro citizens to settle the difficul ties had made some headway. The President was asked to comment on the techniques employed by both sides in Blr-mingham-the dogs and fire hoses used by while law en forcement officers, and the Negro children used in the demonstrations. He gave no direct reply. Mayor Dunlevy will act as the tour leader. Jack Gallup, regional director of the Ore gon United Appeal, will be the tour guide in Portland. The group will visit the Louise Home, Providence Nursery, Villa Saint Rose, the Albertina Kerr Homes, St. Mary's Home for boys, Volun teers of America Mothers and Children! home, all Oregon United Appeal agencies, and the University of Oregon Medical Research Center which receives support through the United Crusade. Friday morning tour mem bers will meet for breakfast with Pacific Power and Light officers, D. R. McClung and Don Frisbee, and Charles J. Dcvine, executive director of the United Good Neighbors, Portland. The group will hear a talk by Stuart R. Stlmmel, director of the Boys and Girls Aid Society. The tour has been arranged by the United Crusade each of the past several years, and has been a successful means of acquainting local people with the services rendered by the child-care agencies. In re cent years Jackson county has been In the top three counties among 36 In use of the serv ices provided 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 41 & Bloodhounds Aid Police Hunt for Stump Rancher Enterprise, Ore.-WPIl-Search for a husky red-haired stump rancher wanted for a double slaying at Clarkston, Wash., resumed In the wooded area , around the remote northeast ern Oregon town of Flora to day. Bloodhounds were brought in from Lewislon, Idaho to aid in tracking Billy Evans, 44, who twice slipped away from police Tuesday and dis appeared : into the timber, once after officers fired shots. murder charged Evans was charged in a warrant issued at Asotin. Wash., with first degree mur- der for the death of Mrs. May Griner, 40, and second degree murder for the slaying ot William Herrv dn 1 Both were, shot to -death 1'wlth -a 1.30-.30 Title fired at (close range in Mrs; Grlner'a I home just outside Clarkston a 1 few minute before mlriniirVit LL 1 1 mi.. .... ... . . I I . . " - . .w,- etf Mrs. Griner s 6 year - old daughter,. Irene, in the bath room-with her pet dog and fled in a car. Car Found The search for Evans, whn lived in a trailer house at Lewiston, Idaho, beean almost immediately. His car was found stuck in mud about a mile and a half from his own cabin south of Flora in the Grande Rondo River country. Evans was sighted at tha cabin by two sheriff's demi- lies, who said Evans first start ed toward the;n, rifle in hand, then bolted inlo the woods and disappeared- About 4:30 p.m., Evans was seen- attempting to start his car and officers began to close a ring around him. When one of the officers shouted at him to surrender, Evans grabbed his rifle and officers fired two . shots over his head. Evans fled' and officers fired nt him twice more. Two guns, including a .30- .30 rifle, were found in Evans" cabin. Officers said both Evans and Gerry, a La Grande, Ore.', carpenter, had dated Mrs. Griner, a divorcee. She had been married In 1058 to James Griner, a ranch- w on tlfe Washington side of tne Grande Ronde river. Gerry was separated from his wife, believed to live at Baker, Ore., officers said. Garcia Sentenced To County Jail Term Robert Joseph Garcia, 24, now of Hayward, Calif., was sentenced to six months in Jackson county jail this morn ing in circuit court on a charge of assault and battery involving his three-year-old son, A circuit court jury late yesterday afternoon found Garcia guilty of the Christmas eve beating of his son, Jeffrey Norman. During the two-day jury trial various officers of the Medford police Involved in the arrest of Garcia testified for the prosecution Including Chief Charles Champlin and Capt. Clyde Fichlner. Testi fying for the defense were Lorcn Garcia, Hayward, fa thcr of the defendant, Dr. Gene Chamberlin, local dentist, Winn Marks, radio station manager, Medford, and Gar cia. Indications were today that Robert Grant, Medford, Gar cia'a attorney, might appeal the conviction. 'Maximum sen- ' tence on this charge Is a year 1 in county jail. parent Incident. f .4' a'
