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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.
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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.