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8 A THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1963 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON llavy Submarine Picks Up Seven Persons at Sea San Francisco - (UPD - A re. tired Navy vice admiral and ix crew Mien, who abandoned a $250,000 luxury yacht dur ing a cruise from Hawaii to California, were picked up by a Navy submarine shortly be- fore midnight Wednesday night about 60 miles south west of San irancisco. Vice Adm. Gerald Bogan, one-time commander of the U.S. 1st Task Force, and his crew cast themselves adrift from the 104-foot yacht, Free dom II, In a 14-foot boat Wed nesday afternoon. There was no immediate explanation for their action. A Coast Guard spokesman laid the seven men were pick ed up by the USS Razorback at 11:50 p.m. (pdt) Thursday and all Dresumably were in good condition. The subma rine said they would be taken to San Diego. There was no immediate indication of the fate of the Freedom II, which was re ported still afloat at dusk 12 miles from where the crew men were picked up. The yacht, a very plushy converted Navy patrol vessel, was reported to have carried a larder which included pate de foi gras, filet mignon steaks and champagne. It sailed from San Diego to Honolulu several months ago, with Edward Gilchrist as captin, to operate under char ter. However, Gilchrist re mained in Hawaii when the vessel departed for the West Coast on July 16, and Bogan was asked to make the return trip as skipper. . Fire Deslreys Redmond Ntll Redmond - IPI) - A mil lion dollar fire destroyed the main sawmill of the Tile Knot Pine Mill here Wednesday aft ernoon, razing five buildings. Owner Phil Dahl said re building would begin intme diately. Redmond firemen, 90 vol unteers, and two fire trucks from Bend battled the flames for IVi hour before they were controlled. The planer, dry kilns, stacted lumber, green chain and storage sheds were saved, but the fire destroyed the main sawmill, the boiler house, the barker and chip per and the fuel house. Dahl said (he fire apparent ly started in the mill s weld ing department. He said an investigation will be conduct ed. The mill, which employed about 200 men, provided the city's second largest payroll. Vcrn McGowan, a volun teer fireman and president of Vie Redmond Chamber of Commerce, was hospitalized after being overcome by smoke. His condition was re ported not serious. A plan to spray the fire with a borate solution from a plane was discarded because of the hazard from tall smoke stacks at the n'lill. Fishing Wastry Strike Cwrh Vancouver, B.C. - Iliril - A renewed attempt to settle the ld-day old British Columbia fishing industry strike ended in failure Wednesday when a union - management meeting broke up after an hour with no settlement being reached. Officials of the United Fish ermen and Allied Workers Union, representing soma 10, 000 salmon fishermen and at lied workers, were called to a meeting with the B. C. Fish eries association by the pro vincial government's c h 1 e I conciliation officer, R. G. Clements. The meeting followed a session Tuesday between Clements and union officials, who called the strike July 13 to back up demands for in creased salmon prices and wage boosts for shorcworkers and tendermcn. The new move Inward set tlement followed a sharp drop in union membership confi dence in Its leadership. Screen Guild Gets Issue of Nudists Hollywood - aim - Metro Goldwyn - Mayer and t h e Screen Extras Guild today had to decide whether six hapely beauties would have to be paid for refusing to un dress. The six walked off the set of "The Prize" Wednesday, refusing to appear as nudists in the movie starring Paul Newman, A union representa tive upheld the girls' objec tions. But cameras rolled as 20 other actresses dutifully stripped for the scene. "My husband would divorce me if he saw me on the screen without clothes," said one of the more modest girls. Another said: "Our ward robe waj misrepresented," f : . i v X. feu tal 1 " 'a National Counties Association Elects Denver, Colo. - (Ml - Mult nomah County Commissioner M. James Glcason Wednesday j was elected president of the 11,000 member National As sociation of Counties. He was installed at a ban quet in the Denver Hilton ho tel here to end a four-day convention attended by 2,200 county officials. At the same time, John A. Anderson, Marion county en gineer from Salem, was in stalled as head of the affili ated National Association tf County Engineers. He was elected earl'or. Another Oregon county of ficial is in line for high na tional office. Eva Cook, Klam ath Falls, was elected second vice president of the National Association of County Treas urers and is in line for the presidency in 1065. Baker County Judge Lloyd Rea was reelected NACO di rector and Multnomah Coun ty Engineer Paul Northrup was reelected western region al vice president of the engi neer's association. Subscribers To report improper or non delivery of the Mat Tribune in Medford, phone 772-6141; Ash land call at 416 Bridge it., or phone 482-3002: Yreka, phone Victory 2-2898 before 6:45 p.m. daily and 10:30 a m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office, thui eliminating special messenger service. East Germans Use Boat in Escape Wittenberg, Germany -IliPB-An East German family of five dashed to freedom in a motor boat, West German bor der police said today. A 50-ycar-old employee of the East German Navigation Office at Wittenberg placed his family in one of the boats he used on his job, gunned the engine and reached the West German bank of the Elbe river without being spot ted by Communist guards Wednesday afternoon, police said. When Communist border guards were not looking, he picked up his family and a skeleton supply of household goods and crossed the 100 yards that divided them from freedom, police said. fjx fj LARGEST MELTING POT-This is not a new rocket, but the world's largest hot blast cupola going up. The cupola, a giant melting pot vhere scrap and other ingredients are melted into molten "iron", will stand seven stories high and produce 50 tons of iron an hour when completed at Chicago. (UPI) Get a home improvement loan and R-E-L-A-X It's simple and convenient to improve your home with a loan from The Oregon Bank whether you have the work done 'or you or do it yourself. No down payment is required on loans up to $3,500, and your loan is arranged in a matter of hours. Take up to 36 months to repay. I WE'RE EAGER TO SERVE YOUI theOfl BQOTIx-rv ObankVS&J banld fill East Medford 701 . 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