Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 19, 1963, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextktKYear' Price 10 Cents Subscribers To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Med ford, phone 772-6141; Ash land call at 419 Bridge at., or phone 482-3002; Yreka. phnne 842-2403. before 6 45 pjn. daily and 10:30 a m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notlfv office, thus eliminating special messenger service. Weather Tribune FORECAST: Sunnv and warm today. Some rtoudiiitfch Monday morning, but sunny ip the af ternoon. Hi(h today Bl, low to Biftit 4. Hiih Monday 10. Temp. HUheht Yrtrdav S5 Lowett Saturday Morning... 41 Prrr. To I p.m. Yesterday None EDFORD United Preis international Full Leased Wire United frtu InterniUonal full Lened Wlr 52 Pages Six Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1963 No. 50 M Boatload of 759. I Cuban Refugees Sails To Florida Repeat Stories Of Hardships Port Everglades, Fla. -fflPD-Another boatload of 759 Cu ban refugees sailed to freedom Saturday, led by a 102-year-o 1 d great-great-grandmother who swung a machete in Cu ba's 1895 battle for independ ence but knew "nothing of this Fidel." Primitiva Nunez Rodriguez of Havana, spry despite her years, was the oldest of the passengers ' debarking from the U. S. vessel. American Surveyor after a smooth over night sail from Havana. The youngest was 12-day-old Jacqueline Martha Ordu na, a namesake of the U. S. first lady. She came off the black-hulled freighter in a Red Cross worker's arms and her father, Roberto Orduna, proudly confirmed that he named the child "after the first lady of this great coun try." Tall Sam Stories The refugees seemed quiet ly happy at their departure from the Fidel Castro regime. And they repeated many of the stories told by some 6,000 other refugees who have come to this country since Decem ber - of hardships in their homeland. Mrs. Nunez Rodriguez sip ped heavily sweetened coffee in a wheel chair as she talked with newsmen and proudly told how she carried a ma chete in the army of Cuban Patriot Antonio Macco during the 1895 battle of Cacaraji cara in Pinar Del Rio prov ince. This was during Cuba's war of liberation from Spain. The old woman was dressed in black, and appeared excit ed at coming to the United States. "I know nothing of this Fi del," she said. "I am here to see my son." She said she left a number of great -great-grandchildren in Cuba. Left Under Threat One new exile, Vicente Rodriguez of Havana, said he left Cuba only under his own brother's threat of death should he return. "My own brother told me he would shoot me if I re turned," Rodriguez said. "His name is Reynaldo and he is chief of a local Communist group. Before I left he told me, 'Vicente, go with the worms. But if you ever re turn, my rifle will find you.' " Fire Season Will Start This Week Salem -HOT- Closed fire season will begin Tuesday, May 21, in the Klamath Fire district, and portions of the Rogue and Freemont National forests, the state forester has announced. The fire season begins Fri day, May 24, in all of western Oregon, and most of eastern Oregon. Eastern Oregon exceptions are Umatilla, Wallowa and Baker counties, and the Vale Burns grazing district in Mal heur and Harney counties. Burning permits will be required after the beginning nf fire season, the forester declared HEWSC2)BRIEF$ EVEREST CUMBERS BLOWN DOWN 100 FEET Katmandu, Nepal - 'IPI - Two American mountain climb ers and tour Sherpa guides were blown 100 feet down Mount Ererest by howling 80-mile an hour winds two nights ago, it was disclosed Saturday. All six escaped injury. CANADIAN TERRORISTS THREATEN MORE BOMBINGS Montreal - ilfti -Tha underground terrorist organisation FLO, blamed for Friday's win oi bombings her, Satur day threatened to bomb th Ottawa hotel whar NATO delegates and U. S. Secretary oi Slate Dean Rusk will b staying starting Monday. SOUTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS HIT RED GUERRILLAS Saigin. Viet Nam - API - South Vietnamese gorernmenl Iroopa in iait-moving armored personnel carriers wiped out most of two Communist Viet Cong companies 8alur day, killing at leail 85 guarrillas. military sources reported. NINE INJURED AS RADAR ANTENNA FALLS Orland Fsrk. 111. - m - A massive radar antenna Satur day collapsed under th siresi nf test weights, turning it Inside out "like an umbrella," striking nj injuring nine man working en th project. s Will McANDREWS MANOR - Mcdford has many new apartment buildings, including the one pictured above - but this one is strictly for the birds. It is not really an apartment building at all, but one of many piles of building blocks stored at Builders Cooper Greeted By Honolulu Crowd; Other Welcomes Set Honolulu - IUPD - Astronaut 1 L. Gordon Cooper who rock eted to glory by orbiting the earth more than 22 times stepped back on United States soil Saturday to accept greet ings from proud fellow coun trymen and keep a sentiment al reunion with his wife. He was flown to Hickam Air Force base by Navy heli copter from the USS Kear- sarge, the aircraft carrier re covery. ship. It was the first time since blasting off from Cape Cana veral Wednesday that Ameri ca's longest flying space pio neer had touched solid ground. A crowd of about 2,000 was on nana lor ine Asironauis arrival, and cheered when his wife Trudy ran tearfully to greet him. -Cooper's two daughters, Camala, 14r and Janita, 13, were right behind to greet their now famous father. Mrs. Cooper threw her arms around her husband and kis sed him. The 36-ycar-old former jet pilot took his wife firmly by the arm and with a wide grin on his face led her through a crowd of photographers to a reception line which includ ed Hawaii Gov. John A. Burns, Mayor Ncal Blaisdell of Honolulu. Adm. Harry D. Felt, commander-in-chief of U. S. Pacific forces and others. After introductions Burns formally greeted Cooper. "You have traveled a great er distance than any other person in history to reach our islands. We, therefore, hope your short stay with us will be as memorable for you as it will be for us in having you here," said Burns. Cooper, who flew 575.000 miles in his capsule Faith 7, was scheduled to leave at 8:30 p.m. HST (2:30 a.m. EDT Sunday) for Cape Canaveral where he will go through a technical briefing. Prepare Welcome Cape Canaveral (UPI This spaceport city that adopts as tronauts, watches them hurled into orbit and prays for their safe return, prepared today to welcome Maj. L. Gordon Supply co. on McAndrews rd. Several fami lies of sparrows have made their homes in the holes of the blocks. Two prospective ten nants can be seen on top of the bricks, ap parently looking for a flat with a good view. Cooper with brass bands, a parade and a red carpet. "There is a great deal of excitement," said Mayor Rob ert Murkshe. "Everyone is talking about it. While this is not his home town, he is going to get a home town wel come." Cooper, who flew 575,000 miles around the world in his "Faith 7" spacecraft, will ride today In a motorcade 5.3 miles from Patric Air Force base to Cocoa Beach. The astronaut, his wife, Trudy, and their two teen-age daughters, are scheduled to arrive at the air base by jet transport at 11 a.m. (edt) to day. Cooper will undergo a med ical debriefing, eat lunch with his family at the Officers club, then ride in a convertible to a motel w' ere he will hold a news conference. To Address Congress Washington OJPB Astro naut L. Gordon Cooper will address a joint session of Con- City Firemen To Offer Inspection Tuesday, May 21, the Mcd ford fire department will of fer home fire-protection in spections to all residents liv- ing on streets extending north and south, the depart ment has announced. New residents to the valley or residents living on streets extending east and west can request a special inspection by calling the Medford Fire department at 773-6653. The fire department concen trates on half of the city each year due to the large number Collier Tunnel To Be Opened July 20 Dedication of the Randolph Collier tunnel just south of the Oregon stale line on High way 199 as part of the Winnc mucca to the Sea highway will be held at 2 p.m. July 20, County Commissioner Ed win Taylor said Saturday. Taylor, as a director, at tended the Klamath Falls meeting Friday of the Winne mucca to the Sea Highway association. The section of the highway from Lakcvicw to Winnemucca was dedicated in September. Taylor is a mem ber of the road sign commit tee for the second dedication ceremony. Officers elected at Friday's meeting were William T. Ful lan. Crescent City, Calif., pres ident: N. R. Smith. Lakeview, Ore., vice president: Myron Ball, Grants Pass, treasurer: and directors: Harvey Flcury, Winnemucca, Ncv.: County Judge James Ogle. Lakcvicw, Ore., and County Commission er Frank Ganong, Klamath Falls. Other directors are Taylor. County Commifsioner Louis Ringucttr. Ct nts Pass, and Bernard McClvndon, Del Nor- te county supervisor. Crescent City, Calif. gress Tuesday after being giv en a hero's parade from the White House to the Capitol. Speaker John W. McCor- mack (D-Mass.) said Saturday America's newest space man would speak at about 1:30 p.m. (edt) before senators and representatives in the House chamber. This will follow a personal salute from Presi dent Kennedy and full mili tary honors at the White House. Less than five full days aft er completing his 22.9 orbit flight, the 36-year-bld Air Force major will be given a red-carpet Washington recep tion like that of the first U. S. orbital pilot - John H. Glenn - early last year. Glenn spoke from the same podium before a packed cham ber following his epochal flight. And it was he who gave Cooper the crucial final instructions Thursday on how to bring his Faith 7 capsule down manually after the auto matic controls failed. of homes In Medford, it was explained. Uniformed firemen with proper identification will call on all residents to point out ordinary hazards often nut recognized. "These hazards are mostly nf a minor nature, but actual ly are responsible for a big majority of dwelling house fires," Fire Chief Gordon Barker said. "Removal of this common cause of fire should help ap preciably to reduce the ter rible loss in lives and prop erty which reached an all time high in the United States again this year." Most Fires In Homes "Most of the fires occured in homes and most of the lives lost were in home fires," the fire chief said. "Most destructive fires can be traced to some simple act of human carelessness or for getfulness. Every fire that can be prevented by removing the cause of the fire means that much less loss of property and less danger to human life, " he said. Firemen making the in spection will be in constant radio contact with headquar ters in case of a fire, it was ex plained. Deputies Look Into Two Burglaries .Sheriff's deputies are In vestigating a burglary at the Phoenix Rollarcna and an at tempted burglary at the Bris tol binca plant In Uold Hi" reported this week end. Thieves Friday night took a 35 millimeter camera, wallet and ransacked the rollarcna building, deputies said. They entered by pinch ing a small hole in the front duor window and smashed the glas In the office door. Thieves attempted lo break mm the silica plant Thursday night through window in the rest room to the rear. I Nothing was taken. Kennedy Tours Troubled Sou Alabama Governor Goes To Supreme Court Action Sought By Gov. Wallace Asks Nullification Of 14th Amendment Washington -TOD- Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace went straight to the U. S. Supreme Court Saturday and asked it to declare unconstitutional the law under which Presi dent Kennedy sent troops to Alabama in connection with racial disturbances. The fiery segregationist governor, who is sworn to fight integration bodily if necessary, also asked the high court to declare null and void the constitutional amendment prohibiting states from mak ing laws abridging the rights of citizens. The amendment, the 14th, also is the one under which the court based its re apportionment decision, gen erally regarded as a blow to segregationists. Legal Bombshell Wallace dropped his legal bombshell even as President Kennedy was leaving for Ala bama and Tennessee with a plea to Americans to "reject the temptations of prejudice and violence." Kennedy said in Nashville, Tenn., when informed of the Wallace action, that "If Gov. Wallace feels there is a legal question, then this is the proper place to settle this question." The Justice Department said that the governor's claims were "utterly lacking In merit" but that it wel comed the suit. "Such questions are prop erly to be decided in the courts." it said. "The govern ment will, of course, abide by the court's disposition. We hope that the governor's ac tion means he will follow the same course in this and- sim ilar cases." Brief Criticised The department said Wal lace's brief ignored the fact that "all of us are . . . citizens of the United States and en titled to the protection of the United Slates ..." The statement iterated the government's view that the president is duty-bound by law and the Constitution to use the armed forces to pro tect the rights of individual citizens. The Alabama complaint, filed by two attorneys for Wallace, was a legally unus ual action In that the Gov ernor sought to by-pass the lower courts. He based his maneuver on the authority of section 2, Article HI of the constitution which gives the Supreme Court "original jurisdiction" in cases involving "ambassa dors, other public ministers and consults and those in which a state shall be party. Thresher Hull May Have Been Located Washington - HJPII - The Navy raised the possibility Saturday that the shattered hull of the nuclear-powered submarine Thresher may have been located. Search plans were complete ly revised, the Navy said, when the possibility showed up on photographs taken by cameras lowered by runic through a mile and a half of water from the occanngraphic resarch ship Atlantis II. The search is underway 220 miles cast of Cape Cod. Miss., where the Thresher was lost with 129 men April 10. "The pictures by Atlantis II showed debris dense enough to be the missing sub- maine. but the pictures in themselves are not conclu sive," the Navy said. Sports Bulletin Saturday Nigh! Scomt NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati S, St. Louis 7 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 2, Chicago I Detroit (-S, Washington 3-7 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Portland S, Tacoma 1 I ah UUU I AT MUSCLE SHOALS - Gov. George Wal lace, right, of Alabama appears to be making an apolgctic gesture to unseeing President Kennedy as the chief executive arrived at Muscle Shoals, Ala. Saturday. f(!S5VrvHi " MISS ROGUE VALLEY-Miss Joan Elizabeth Callaghan, 18, Eagle Point, was chosen from among five finalists Saturday night as Miss Rogue Valley for 1963. A Southern Oregon college student, Miss Callag han is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Callaghan, box 381, Eagle Point. Jacquelyn Ayres, 18, of 12 North Grove land ave., Medford, placed second, and Susan Jane Cum mings, 19, of 707 Midway rd., Central Point, was chosen for third place. Medford Woman Dies After Accident Central Point Allie Mar thai Oldham, 54, of 827 West 14th St., Medford, died at Sac red Heart hospital late Satur day night from injuries she received in a two-car collision here about 7:10 p.m. at Third and Hazel sts., according lo Police Chief Edward Zander. Mrs. Oldham was a passen ger in a car driven by her husband, I. Claude Oldham. Operator of the other car in volvcd was Darrcll Ray An dcrson. 22. of 341 Orr dr. Central Point. Ills brother, Ronald Thomas Anderson, 12, a passenger in the car, suf fered a slight injury to his knee, Chief Zander said. County Officials To Confer With Federal Agencies On Recreation Area Problems a i ,u .,.ri,i,innH 1 ihp launching ramn and Rcnrescntatives of the Jackson county parks and rec reation commission and the county court will confer with federal agencies In Portland Wednesday about administra tion problems at reservoir recreation areas. The group will meet at 1 p.m., Wednesday in me na tional Park Service office in the old Portland post office building to talk with bureau of land management, bureau of reclamation, and NFS of ficials. Main Items nf discussion will be possiblity of making changes for facilities other than overnight camping, es tablishing proper garbage dis posal areas, proper location of boat docks and a more Ilexi ble liaison policy with tha Actually the governor was merely stepping aside for Kennedy as the president walked to the speaker's sland to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Tennessee Valley Authority. (UPI) Talent Division Reservoirs Full This This week end marks the first time that all three res ervoirs Emigrant, Hyatt and Howard Prairie in the Talent division of the Rogue River basin project will be full to overflowing. Howard Prairie lake was expected to overflow Satur day Into Its spillway. The others were expected to iol low suit perhaps today, ac cording to Talent Irrigation District Manager Walter Hoff- buhr. "This will be the first time all three reservoirs have been so full since the last work on Emigrant lake was completed two years ago by the bureau of reclamation," Hoffbuhr said. Canal lining for the project Is L ing completed this spring. The total combined storage of all three reservoirs will he full at 115,000 acre feet, the TID manager said. Talent expects to start water delivery Monday as do Medford and Rogue River Valley irrigation districts. The lateness of the season has helped everyone, even those on stream flow," Walt Hoffbuhr said. "However, when stream flow stops, it will stop In a hurry. In an Farmers Urged To Vote for Wheat Plan Washington - (UPti - Rep. Harold D. Coolcy, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, told' farmers Saturday that if they vote against the administration proposal In Tuesday's wheat referendum they would be voting for their own ruin. He said it was not his cus tom to tell a farmer how to vote In a program referen dum. But he said he fell that it was his responsibility to see that wheat farmers knew the alternatives and were not "misled by promises of pim ple who pretend to be their friends." federal agencies. Members of the county court and parks and recr"a tion commission seem agreed that recreation area use charges should be made. Now, only overnight camping fees are collected. Providing the recreation areas with garbage and trash collection service, drinking water and toilet facilities plus firewood has become so ex pensive as to make other charges necessary, ll was ex plained earlier., Accats Must B Controlled Parks and Recreation Di rector Neil Ledward said user fees are not workable unlrss access to an entire lake area can be controlled. Collection of fees In the developed rec reation area merely forces To Be Week End other month things should be pretty well dried up as far as stream flow goes. Stream flow water as a -whole, de pending on location and watershed area, Is below aver age." Hoffbuhr noted the range grass is in good shape, much of it two Inches high already, Pastures are in excellent con dition with hay almost ready to harvest in the Fern valley area. Af Least 27 Die In Bus Accident Belle Glade, Fla. - rtlPD - A converted school bus cram med with families coming home from a gay bean-picking outing careened into a 25- fool-dcep canal Saturday, drowning at least 27 men, women and children. This is the worst single traffic fatality accident in Florida that I know of," said veteran highway patrol troop er George Emerson. Twenty-three of the victims 13 adults and 10 children ranging from teen-agers to 4- year-old, were trapped inside the bus. Authorities dragging the canal later found the bodies nf two men and two boys. Dragging operations con tinued into the night. Fifteen of the laborers scrambled to safety through the windows of the 17-ycar-old bus as it settled quickly to the bottom of the 65-foot-widc flood control and Irriga tion canal running through the rich black -soil farmlands of the everglades. One man was fot,nd still sitting upright In a seat, his hands folded In his lap. All of the victims were I negroes. pri)n- nun uir i ..v,.., lakeside arra where trash and garbage collection becomes a real problem, he nas main tained. Currently, the federal agen cies do not permit collection of other than overnight camping fees at federal recla mation projects such as How ard Prairie, Hyatt and Emi grant lakes. Work on other recreation areas is tar behind for the season since so much time has been spent In recovering and repairing boat docks at How ard Prairie after recent storms, the parks and recrea tion commission has com plained The National Park Service and bureau of reclamation se- I lected a wind-exposed site for Gour President Meets Gov. Wallace At Muscle Shoals Brief Discussion Held In Helicopter Huntsville, Ala. -fUPD- Presi dent Kennedy made a flying tour of the racially troubled south Saturday and got a roar ing welcome from more than 225,000 southerners who turn, ed out at his three stops. Seg regationist Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama greeted Kennedy with a stiff hand shake. - The President stopped first at Nashville, Tenn., where he attracted a crowd of 200,000 persons - by far his largest of the day. He told a capacity audience of- 32,000 in Vanderbilt sta dium at Nashville that tha south must put aside preju dices that have led to recent racial disorders. His remarks were cheered. From Nashville he proceed ed to Muscle Shoals, Ala., for a talk marking the 30th anni versary of the Tennessee Val ley Authority! Gov, Wallace, who just a few hours before filed a suit in the U. S. Su preme Court demanding the withdrawal of troops from Alabama, was there to meet the chief executive. Wallace greeted the Presi dent politely and stood listen ing while Kennedy delivered brief address praising the work of TVA. Later the President and Wallace flew to Huntsville together in the same helicop ter and briefly discussed the Birmingham racial situation en route. Details of the dis cussion were not disclosed. Press Secretary Pierre Sal inger said, however, that "it was not an unfriendly discus sion." Questioned about his talk with the President, Wallace said: W! looked at the great Tennessee valley and discuss ed things briefly." Pressed whether the racial situation was among these things, Wal lace repeated, "Yes we dis cussed things briefly." At Huntsville, home of the Redstone arsenal and the George C. Marshall bp ace Flight center, Kennedy spoka briefly from a temporary plat form set up on ine Brseniu airfield. He said the United States is "committed in this decade to be the first in spaco," and Hint the price of space su premacy is to keep working "here and all around the world." A small but enthusiastic crowd massed around the plat form to hear the third and last of Kennedy's three speech, es of the day. Following the talk the chief executive took off for the return flight to Washington. DEPUTY ACCUSED Jackson, Miss - 0IPD - Two young Negro men Saturday picked Deputy Sheriff J. B. Collum from a lineup o white men in U. S. District Court and accused him of at tacking them when they at- I tempted to register as volcrs. - - docks, the commission noted. The two federal agencies may be asked for financial assist ance In shifting the ramp and docks' location or construct ing a break-water. Complicated Liaison Assumption of limited rec reation administration of Hy att lake area outside of priv. ate concession already estab lished has been hampered due Ui the slow and complicated liaison between the federal agencies Involved in the area, It was noted earlier. The group hopes to establish a more rapid means of com munication between th coun. ly and the federal agencies when they meet in Portland Wednesday.