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,
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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.
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