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GAS TANKS MOVED The California-Pacific
Utilities company is clearing the area
al Front and Second sts., for the installation
of a regulator station for natural gas. This
involves removal of six giant tanks which
served the "gas-air" plant, built in 1935.
The first three were taken out Tuesday. The
tank in the photo has a capacity of 15,000
Coos Bay Man
Killed by Police
During Gun Fight
Coos Bay - IUPP - Amos
Gibson, 39, was shot and kill
ed by police Tuesday after
abducting his estranged wife
and leading authorities on a
bullet - punctuated chase in
a hilly area south of here.
His estranged wife, Kathy
Gibson, was treated for shock
at a hospital but was other
wise uninjured. Gibson was
killed in an exchange of shots
with deputy sheriffs Dave
Tankersley and Spencer Gas
ton who located him after a
search of nearly three hours.
Authorities gave this ac
count: Mrs. Gibson returned from
a trip to Idaho and sought
to visit her children. Gibson
refused and, according to Mrs.
Gibson, threatened to kill her.
She fled his home and was
walking in downtown Coos
Bay with her mother when
Gibson drove up in a car:
Mrs. Gibson said he fired
at her mother and then forc
ed her into the car. They
drove to his home. Tankers
ley and Gaston arrived with
a warrant for his arrest.
The officers came upon the
couple and ordered Gibson
to drop his .30-.30 carbine.
Shots were exchanged and
Gibson fled up a hill into
heavy underbrush, forcing his
wife with him. The officers
radioed for help.
State and city police join
ed deputies and for nearly
three hours combed the hills.
Shortly before 7 p.m. Tank
ersley and Gaston came upon
the couple. They said Gib
son first fired al his wife,
missing her as she ducked be
hind a tree. Gibson then was
killed in an cxhange of shots.
Gibson, a farmer, lived in
the Boise addition south of
here.
Christine Keeler
Target of Barrage
London-WPn-Women booed
and shook their fists at play
girl Christine Keeler, 21, to
day as Scotland Yard com
pleted a mammoth report
which may explode fresh sen
sations in the nation's sim
mering sex scandal.
The playgirl ran the gaunt
let of the hostile barrage this
afternoon when she left the
downtown apartment where
she is staying. She was ac
companied by her friend,
Paula Hamilton-Marshall, 22,
who rents the apartment.
Elegant in a green costume
and with her face tense and
pale. Miss Keeler accelerated
her car through the crowd of
jeering women.
On the basis of a dossier
being prepared by Scotland
Yard, legal sources said that
other key figures in the scan
dal, perhaps even including
Miss Keeler, may be charged
with conspiring to pervert the
course of justice.
tWSOSBRIEFS
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FIREMEN'S UNION CALLS GENERAL CHAIRMEN
Washinglon-a'fl-The firemen'i union today celled 156 of
its general chairmen to a meeting here Tuetday in the hopei
it will be ready with a propoial for settling the key issue in
the railroad dispute.
LARGEST CARLOAD OF LUMBER SHIPPED
Tucumcari. N.M.-'VPI-What wa. said to ke the largest
carload of lumber ever shipped by rail arrived Tuesday ia
the Tucumcari yni of the Southern Peeific lailread. It
tained 76.000 board feet and weighed le.T
WESTERN AIR DEFENSES TESTED
Hamilton AFB. Calif. -IPI-The United Steles lests its air
defense in 10 Western steles lodey and Wednesday when
Army. Navy ana Air rare
Majority at Hearing
Opposed to District
For West Side Area
A majority of those attend
ing a public hearing on for
mation of the West Side Wa
ter district appeared opposed
to it, according to opinion ex
pressed this morning in the
Jackson county courthouse
auditorium.
Approximately 150 people,
either property owners living
within the proposed district
boundaries, or owners of prop
erty there and living else
where, attended.
Those opposed to district
formation stated: (1) that fu
ture assessment for a water
line serving their property
,. . ,
would be too expensive; (2)
they already have adequate
water; (3) much of the area
is prime agricultural land,
and should not be forced into
subdivisions as would result
from the water assessment; (4)
many of the property owners
within the proposed district
boundaries had not been con
tacted to sign petitions.
Letter Are Read
Two letters and two peti
tions for exclusion were noted
bv the county court which
conducted this morning's hear
ing. The county court has re
ceived petitions signed by 128
legally registered voters of
the area favoring the district
formation, County Judge Earl
M. Miller said.
John Dellenback, attorney,
said he had petitions signed
by 148 people opposing the
district formation. Edward
Branchfield, Medford attor
ney, represented Robert Hef
fernan and his mother, Mrs.
Heffernan, both of Ross lane,
who are seeking exclusion.
Ervin B. Hogan, Medford
attorney, representing prop
erty owners and residents fa
voring the district, said dis
cussion of assessments is too
far ahead. The petitioners
are merely favoring district
formation so an engineering
survey could be made to de
termine what area could be
economically served by a do
mestic water line.
Not AH Checked
T. M. Gerow, district san
itary engineer, and Orie
Moore, county s a n itarian,
said not all wells in the
area had been checked for
pollution; mainly the West
wood subdivision which Del
lenback pointed out is a small
portion of the overall district
proposed.
C. O. Lovejoy, president of
the Jackson county planning
North Marion Team
Wins Judging Award
Portland-iUPP - The North
Marion High School's Future
Farmers of America live
stock iudging team won first
place in FFA livestock judg
t the Multnomah County
Fair, winning over 2fi otner
Western Oregon FFA teams.
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gallons of butane gas. The third tank consti
tutes a real problem, according to Murray S.
Gardiner, district manager. It holds 27,000
gallons. M. C. Liningcr and Sons are using
a 30-ton Lorain crane to do the job. The
tanks are being hauled to the Naumes Equip
ment company, where they will be used for
storage of heating oil.
commission, and Old Military
rd. property owner, said pure
water will soon be a prob
lem for the whole West Side
area in a few years and later
for the entire valley floor.
County planning commission
studies have revealed the rap
idly increasing population
will bring about the problem.
County Judge Miller said
the county court would put
the district formation before
the voters in an election if
and when it determines the
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beneficial to the county and
a majority of the affected
property owners
17 New Oregon
Projects Reported
Salem HIPP Seventeen new
Oregon industrial projects
representing an investment
of $10.5 million were an
nounced or completed during
June and July, Gov.' Mark
Hatfield said today.
Seven of the plants are ex
pansions of present Oregon
industries.
Include! in (he total are
three new plywood plants, a
hardboard plant and expan
sion of a particle board plant.
Hatfield also noted that
three other developments in
the state during the two
months have "potential for
great impact on the state's
economy."
These are the Boeing com
pany's lease of the Boardman
tract; Bunker Hill Company's
application for lease of iron
bearing sand near the mouth
of the Columbia river and
H e y d e n-Newport chemical
company's research project
on the extraction of chemi
cals from pine stumps.
First Tax Referral
Petitions Go Out
Salem -IUPII- First petitions
seeking referral of the income
tax bill passed by the recent
legislature are now in circu
lation, Albany Publisher Fran
cyl Howard said today.
He reported the first peti
tion with 20 names had been
completed and that the Linn
county clerk had found 18 of
them valid.
Howard's organ i z a t i o n
which is spearheading the re
ferral movement, must get;
23.185 valid signatures m the.
secretary of state's office by I
Sept. 1 if the measure is to ,
be put up for statewide vote
Oct- 15. I
The bill which revises the I
state income tax law to raise
an additional $60 million will
become law Sept. 1 unless the fish pond appeared illegal un
necessary referral p e t i t i o n dcr a 1937 state law.
signatures are obtained.
Request for Lower
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Jacksonville-This city s re -
quest for a 15-mile-per-hour Van Hoomissen said he be
truck speed limit will be con- lieved the games were being
sidered by the state highway
commission Sept. 5, the Jack
sonville city council-was no
tified last night.
The council had requested
the lower speed for trucks in
order to reduce the hazard
posed by trucks traveling on
Highway 238 through the
city.
CIEV BHPATCHED
The Star Ranger station
i Inter-Rcgional fire suppression
crew left by plane at 5:30
o'clock this morning to sev-
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Rogue Valley Edition
MEDF0RD
28 Pages
Two
Haiti Demands
OAS Take Action
On Aggression
Serious Turn in
Developments Seen
Port au Prince, Haiti - HOT
- Haiti today protested a sec
ond time against Dominican
aggression in a note to the
Organization of American
States and demanded that
body take immediate action
to hall it.
The new Haitian protest
coincided with the dispatch
of three planeloads of troop
reinforcements from Port au
Prince to Cap Hailicn in the'
officially labelled northeast
"war zone."
The troops carried light and
heavy machineguns and other
combat equipment. They trav
eled in Haitian army troop
carriers.
Serious Turn Hinted
The new Haitian protest to
the OAS hinted at a possible
serious turn in military de
velopments in the northeast.
The original Haitian protest,
taken up by the OAS Tues
day, did not ask that body
to take any action.
There was no indication
how many troops were air
lifted to the front today but
it was speculated that any
where from 35 to 50 were
aboard each plane.
Rumors circulated in Port
au Prince of a new exile land
ing al Grande Saline, on Hai
ti's west coast, but this was
believed to stem from exile
claims to that effect made in
New York Tuesday.
In Santo Domingo, exile
spokesmen claimed their in
vasion troops were pushing
a two-pronged drive into the
Haitian northeast, picking up
support along the way from
army deserters and the peas
antry. -
Paul Vernas, general coor
dinator of the Haitian Nation
al Democratic Union backing
the invasion, said the rebels
"have cut off the northern
department" of Haiti from
the rest of the country in
their drive to topple the au
tocratic regime of President
Francois Duvalier.
Trial Dates Set
For Two GP Men
Grants Pass - Trial dates
for two Josephine county men
charged with first degree
murder were set Tuesday by
Circuit Judge James M. Main
of Medford, presiding tempor
arily in Josephine circuit
court.
Judge Main sel the dates
after overruling a demurrer
against the grand jury indict
ment of the two men.
Gerald Richard Oden, 25,
of Wolf Creek, represented by
Robert A. Boyer of Medford,
will be tried Sept. 5.
Norman Stewart Thomas,
22, of Grants Pass, represent
ed by Charles A. Telfer,
Grants Pass attorney, will go
on trial Sept. 17.
They are charged in con
nection with the death of
Lloyd Harper July 12.
Jantzen Beach
Concession Closed
Portlands An amuse.
mpnt conccssjon at jantzcn
Bcacn park nore was order,,,)
coscn bv ,he Mutnornah
rountv shcriffs office Tucs.
day. No arresls were made.
inutiis advised manaoer
j jcrry Mackce of Vancouver,
Wash., that a 25-cent-a-chance
Dist. Atty. George Van
Hoomissen Monday night clos
ed down seven amusement
concessions at tne Muunoman
county air at oresnam un-
i dcr the law.
operated as games of chance.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued fair
and hot through Thursday. F.x
prrtrd low tonight 55, hUh tor
Thurkday 93.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 93
Lowest This Morning 51
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today K:M p.m.
sunrise tomorrow 1:10 a.m.
Monnrlse tonight ...10:11 p.m.
I. ail Quarter ... Aug. 11
PROMINENT STAR
Vega, high overhead 10:1(1 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, low In west . 1:1! j.m.
Saturn, In south- Q
east 0.10:12 p m.
4upiter. high In south 5:?0 a.m.
Sections
BUILDING STARTS Installation of six temporary class
luOiu.t at Mcdf'jid Hih suhuui siuricd recently. Here dis
trict workmen are preparing concrete blocks which will
Zuckert Reveals
Contacts Made on
Airplane Contract
Washington -llini- Air Force
Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert
disclosed in testimony made
public today that 11 members
of Congress contacted him
about the TFX fighter plane
program before the huge pro
gram was awarded last Feb.
24.
Zuckert supplied the list of
names at the request of the
Senate permanent investiga
tions subcommittee. Sen.
Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.),
a member of the subcommit
tee, was one of those on the
list.
In providing his personal
office log of visits and tele
phone calls marie between
Jan. 17 and October of last
year, Zuckert also listed con
tacts made by officials of the
contractors then engaged in
fierce competition for the
multi-billion dollar award.
These included four visits
by officials of General Dy
namics Corp., two by Gruman
Aircraft Co. and three by Boe
ing Co. officers.
The subcommittee, which
has raised conflict of inter
est issues several times in its
five - month - old investiga
tion, is inquiring into why the
award went to General Dy
namics, instead of Boeing Co.
Eventual cost of the con
tract for a changeable wing
supersonic fighter - one of
the largest awards in military
procurement history - is ex
pected to exceed $7 billion.
The log showed that mem
bers of Congress from Wash
ington slate, home of losing
bidder Boeing, and delega
tions from Kansas, where Boe
ing has a large Wichita plant,
made several contacts. A
member from Texas, location
of Dynamics' Ft. Worth plant,
also showed up on the list,
RuskPTedictT
Support for Treaty
Moscow - IUPII - Secretary of
State Dean Rusk predicted to-
day the nuclear test ban
treaty hp signed wilh Brit
am and the Soviet Union
Monday would receive "great
support" in the United States.
Rusk saw off a senatorial del
egation and then flew to Len
ingrad for a day's break be
tween his talks on further
cold war issues with Soviet
officials. The senators, here
for the signing, were return
ing to Washington.
The senators were equally
enthusiastic about the partial
test ban treaty, the first con
trol measure agreed upon be-
twecn East and West since the
start of the nuclear aae 18
years ago. They said US. in
terests were "well protected'
by the pact.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1963
G p NIL 1 US
Six Classrooms Are
Being Installed at
Local High School
Six temporary classrooms
are bolng installed at Medford
High school to handle the In
creased enrollment expected
next month.
In addition to the class
rooms in front of the high
school, three more classrooms
will be provided in a house
constructed by shop classes
during the past two years. A
total of 1.S50 students are ex
pected at Medford High next
month.
The six temporary class
room buildings are being put
in front of the high school at
the school board's direction
tor several reasons, school ad
ministrators noted.
The board decided it would
be more economical since rest
room facilities would not have
to be included. Rest room fa
cilities just inside the main
building will he utilized.
Another Factor
Another factor In deciding
the location is the possibility
of using land to the rear of
the main building for a per
manent addition to the plant
if this appears the more desir
able solution to the secondary
school problem.
Signal Device Is
Planned at Crossing
Talent - A flashing signal
warning device probably will
be installed at the Main st.
railroad crossing here, scene
of a fatal accident last month,
by the time school opens this
fall.
The Talent city council last
night decided to go along with
an offer from the Southern
Pacific railroad, under which
the city and the county would
share the cost of the warning
device equally.
City Attorney Richard Cot
tle told councilmcn that a
Southern Pacific representa
tive had approached h I m
wilh the 50-50 offer, the city's
share of which would amount
to between $5,000 and $6,000.
Cottle said he had investi
gated previous agreements
between cities and Southern
Pacific on financing of signal
devices and had found no in
stances in which a city paid
less than 50 per cent of the
cost.
The council decided to ac
cept the offer providing that
its share of the cost could be
paid over a two-year period.
PLANT DESTROYED
Portland - nspn - Fire de-
I stroyed Ihe one - story Lau
dcrback Industries plant here
today, causing some $55,000
damage. The firm manufactur
ed water skis.
Tribune
hold the buildings. Thcv arc scheduled to bp ready early
next month when school starts.
i A citizens' advisory corn-
mitlee is now studying vari.
- jous aspect of the, secondary
school situation, and is ex
pectcd to make recommenda
tions early next year.v
The buildings were made in
the high school shon by dis -
tnct personnel. They will, be
bolted together for easy dis
mantling. The buildings have
been constructed so they can
be sold for use as cabins or
other small buildings when
they are no longer needed as
classrooms.
The buildings will be paint
ed green.
Youthful Driver
Rescues Children
Portland -IUHI- A lfl-year-old
bus driver Richard L. En
kelis, saved 12 children and
their counselor from possible
death Tuesday when he res
cued the group from their
overturned bus just seconds
before it caught fire.
Two youngsters were In
jured, neither seriously, when
the bus from the Jewish Com
munity Center overturned on
a Forest Park road.
Taken lo a Portland hos
pital was Marsha Sampson,
12. Her injuries were not
thought lo be serious. Her
brother Ben, 9, suffered an in
jury to his finger.
Enkelis said that the ac
cident occurred when the ve
hicle's front wheels got caught
in a ditch, flipping the bus
over on its side.
Ashland Ponders
Study ot System
Ashland - The Ashland city
council last night decided to
consider the possibility of
having a municipal financing
consultant make a thorough
study of the city's electrical
system, in view of an offer
lo buy the system made by
Pacific Power and Light com
pany. F. G. Sutherlin, municipal
financing consultant from
Stone and Youngberg of San
Francisco, presented a propo
sition under which his firm
would study the electrical sys
tem and estimate the long
range benefits of each pos
sible course of action.
The council took Sulhcrlin's
proposition under considera
tion until the next regular
meeting.
Pacific Power and Light
company last month made a
formal offer to buy the city
of Ashland's electrical system
for $1 5 million, lalrr raising
the offer lo $2 milMmi.
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 119
Heiress Found
Strangled in
Portland Hotel
Portland - lOTD - Police
piessea an investigation to- been delivered 25 minutes
day into the death of Mrs. I earlier. Awaiting the Presi
Irene E. Davis, 41, an attrac- went was his sister. Mrs. St.
tive . Idaho . cattle heiress
whose body was found in a
partly - filled bathtub at the
1 Hilton hotel Tuesday,
. A nylon slocking was twist-
ed about her neck. She was
wearing a black half slip.
The coroner's office, await
ing final results of an autop
sy, tentatively listed cause of
death as strangulation and
asphyxiation.
Police said she apparently
had been strangled. There
were no other signs of a dis
turbance in the hotel suite.
The body was discovered
by a maid Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Davis was last seen alive
about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday leav
ing the hotel rooftop restau
rant and bar. Employees said
she was accompanied by three
men as she stepped toward
the elevator.
Mrs. Davis was the daugh
ter of the late Eastern Ore
gon and Idaho cattleman Gus
Davis.
Several travelers' checks
were in the room, along with
other items including receipts
of several purchases made
in Eastern Oregon and Idaho
amounting to several thou
sand dollars, police said.
Mrs. Davis arrived from
Payette Sunday afternoon.
A brother - in - law, Robert
Rose, in Payette, said the
woman had apparently come
to Portland for a few days
vacation. '
Mrs. Davis was divorced
several years ago from Rob
ert Solomon and had two sons
by the marriage, relatives
said. They said she had as
sumed her maiden name fol
lowing the divorce.
4 Big Six Plants
Resume Operations
Portland - HOT - Some 14,
000 men began returning to
work at four Big Six employ
ers' bargaining association
lumber companies in the Pa
cific Northwest today.
Two striking lumber unions
agreed Tuesday to put their
men back on jobs at Weyer
haeuser, International Paper,
Crown-Zellerbach and Rayon
ier plants in Oregon, Wash
ington, California and Mon
tana. The plants were shut down
June 7 in a retaliation lockout
by the Big Six for a strike
called two di earlier against
its other two members, U.S.
Plywood and St. Regis, by the
Family's Third
Child Born at
Air Force Base
Mother, Infant
Said Doing Well
Otis AFB, Mass.-IOTD - Mrs.
Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of
the President, gave birth to
day to a 4-pound lOVfe-ounce
son at the Otis Air Force Base
Hospital.
The baby, five and one-half
weeks premature, was born at
10:15 a.m. (pdt) while the
President was en route from
Washington by jet.
Presidential news secretary
Pierre Salinger reported that
the baby's condition was
"good" but that he was placed
in an incubator. He also re
ported that Mrs. Knenedy was
in good condition.
The child was the third born
to President and Mrs. Ken
nedy and their second son.
Salinger reported that Mrs.
Kennedy went from the Ken- '
nedy's rented summer home to
a stable area owned by the
Kennedy family near Oster
ville this morning, However,
she returned home immediate
ly and Dr. John W. Walsh, a
Washington obstetrician who
has been staying in the area,
was notified while she was
still en route home.
The baby was born' by
Caesarean section as were the
other two children.
Goes lo Hospital
Walsh was at the Kennedy
house on Squaw Island off;
Cape Cod when Mrs. Ken
nedy arrived. He decided im
mediately that she should go
to the Otis Air Force Base
hospital.
Mrs. Kennedy left the house
by helicopter, accompanied by
Walsh, for the trip to the hos
pital. the was taken to the
surgery ward immediately.
The President, still at the
White House, was notified by
telephone -that his wife had
gone to the hospital. He left
the White House within min
utes by helicopter for An
drews Air Force Base and the
jet flight to Cape Cod.
Baby Delivered '
Whpn Tip i-i-ivrf n hs Una.
nital. the hahv alrMWv hri
Dhen Smith, at the hnsnital.
Assistine Walsh ' who also
was the obstetrician when
John Jr. was born Nov. 25,
1960, were Col. Paul H.
Stavig, Sioux Falls, S.D., Mai.
Frank Mahon, Panama, Okla.,
the anesthetist; Capt. William
Jablonsiki, Boston, and Maj.
Leonard Cobb, Longview, III.
Mrs. Kennedy is the first
President's wife in 70 years
to give birth to a baby. The
last White House baby was
born on Sept. 9, 1893, to Grov
er Cleveland.
Demo Committee
Favors Convention
The Jackson County Demo
cratic Central committee has
gone on record favoring a
party platform convention to
be held in February, 1064,
prior to the primary elec
tions, it was announced today.
The action was taken at
Tuesday night's meeting of
the central committee.
Purpose of the convention
will be to draft a local party
platform to be submitted to
the State Central committee
for its approval and possible
inclusion in the state plat
form. It was agreed that all
registered Jackson county
Democrats will be eligible to
attend the convention as dele
gates upon payment of a regis
tration fee.
Committee appointme n t s
will be announced at the Sep
tember meeting of the central
committee, Chairman Charles
Crary said.
International Woodworkers of
America and the Lumber and
Sawmill Workers unions. The
firms announced Monday they
would reopen the plants to
day. However, union spokesmen,
speaking at a news conference
here, said the latest action did
not mean the 64-day-old strike
was hearing its end. The
spokesmen said more strikes
could be called.
An estimated 20,000 men
were Idled at the Big Six
plants in four states. Another
9.000 are out on strike against
other companies in the region
Including 'Georgia Pacific
Corp.
olf a mock aiiacK.
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