A-IHUXK
Ml
! Confirmed Losses
In Record Robbery
' Reach $8 Million
Insurance Firms
j Offer Huge Reward
London - OJPIt - Confirmed
t bank losses in the biggest rob
, bery of all time soared today
; toward $8 million.
i Insurance companies hit by
the loss offered a record re-
ward of more than half a
s million dollars for capture r;f
the mail train robbers and re-
i covery of the loot.
Officials said the known
: loss thus far in Thursday's
'. "great train robbery" now to
taled $7,005,600 with the
; ultimate figure expected to
; run as high at $8.4 million.
Scour Countryside
As the reward money piled
up in hopes of inducing a
'.squealer" to offer informa
tion about the gang who stag
ed the smoothly-efficient am-
, : bush of the Glasgow-to-Lon-'
don train, Scotland Yard and
post office security men scour
, ed the countryside without a
single clue.
The bandits appeared to
( havp vanicViirf with thoit. Viiictm
. , haul of cash and gems which
they took from 120 mail sacks
' and carted away in trucks
and a car in Thursday's pre
dawn darkness.
There was a possibility the
loot and at least some of the
rubbers already were out of
: the country. The London
Evening News quoted an uni
dentified man as saying he
: saw an airplane land and take
off again in a hurry at a dis
used airfield near the site of
the train robbery and at about
the time it took place Thurs
. day.
$550,000 Reward
As police explored this
latest mystery phase of the
robbery, staged by bandits
whose faces were masked by
women's stockings and who
were armed with crowbars,
blackjacks and guns, the in
surance brokers offered $500,
000 in reward money.
Individual banks which
had shipments of cash in vary
ing amounts en route to the
Bank of England in London
added their own rewards to
i the insurance brokers' offer.
Ofncials said they felt the
amount of the reward money
almost certainly would tempt
some member of the under
world to furnish some leads
to the robber gang, whose
,1 number orginally was esti
mated at from 20 to 30 hut
;. which may have been smaller.
Increases Noted
In Fair Entries
Most 4-H livestock classes
show a marked increase for
the Jackson county 4-H and
FFA fair starting Tuesday at
the Jackson county fair
grounds south of Medford,
County 4-H Agent Jerry Brog,
reported today.
Brog reported record num
bers of beef, 30 head more
than usual, 10 more head of
dairy animals, a 50-head in
crease of swine, and increases
in rabbits and poultry.
In spite of the earlier mar
ket lamb show, the fair will
include 150 head of breeding
sheep. This year 45 head of
goats are entered.
Participation in home ec
onomics' classes is also up
this year, about 25 per cent,
Brog said. From 225 to 250
foods exhibits are expected.
The style revue program to
be held next Friday in the
main show barn will feature
more than 100 girls.
Due to the current influ
enza affecting horses, the
horse show has been changed
to Aug. 24 and 25 with the
hope the epidemic will be
under control by that time.
IIEWSfVBRIEFS
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HAITI INVITES FOREIGN NEWSMEN
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ITI'-The Haitian gov.
eminent today invited foreign newsmen to visit the northeast
war lone to confirm the rout of this week's invasion force.
. CIVIL RIGHTS MEMBERS INDICTED
"i Washington-aPKNine members of a bi-racial civil rights
, movement have been indicted by a federal grand jury In
Macon, Ga Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy announced today.
Kennedy said three of them were charged with obstructing
justice and six were charged with perjury.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT UNDER ATTACK
Washington-VPI-Rep. Harry R. Sheppard (D-Calif.), chair
man of a House appropriations subcommittee, has attacked
' the Defense Department for requiring pregnant wivei of
' tervicemen at some bates to seek medical care at private
hospitals.
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LEAVES HOSPITAL President Kennedy is shown as he
left the hospital today following the death of his infant son.
The Chief Executive flew by helicopter to Otis Air Force
base to be with his wife. (UPI)
Kennedy's Infant
Son Loses Short
Struggle for Life
Boston-IUPD - Patrick Bou-
vier Kennedy, infant son of
President and Mrs. Kennedy,
died today 39 hours after his
birth, his heart exhausted in
the struggle with a respira
tory ailment.
The President was with the
tiny infant when the end
came at4:04 a.m. (edt) in a
giant pressure chamber at
Children's Hospital Medical
Center. He lived just 39 hours
and 12 minutes after his birth
by Caesarean section Wednes
day. White House press secretary
Pierre Salinger, in making
somber announcement of the
child's death, said: "The strug
gle of the baby to keep
breathing was too much for
his heart."
Strain Too Much
Salinger told newsmen the
child simply could not stand
the strain put on his 17-inch-long
body by the inability to
breathe properly.
The pressure chamber was
a final effort by pediatricians
to ease this burden and for
a short time it seemed to be
working.
The official cause of death
given by the hospital was pre
maturity and hyaline mem
brane disease. The disease is
a coating of mucous within
the lungs. Oxygen is prevent
ed from getting into the lungs
of the child in sufficient
quantities.
It was later announced at
Hyannis Port that the funeral
for the child would be held
at 10 a.m. (edt) Saturday in
Boston.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy
with showers nr thundershow
ers tonight and Saturday. Low
tonight 64, hlfh Saturday 88.
Tmp.
HichFrt Yesterday 92
Lowest This Mornins 9
Prec. to l a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 8:22 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow . S:t2 a.m.
Moonrtse tonight ... .11:12 p.m.
Last Quarter Aug. 11
The planet, .luptter. seen near
the Moon tonight, is now he
ginning a siow westward
movement among the stars
that will continue until early
in llecemiier.
There will be a private
Mass of the Angels, said by
Richard Cardinal Cushing, a
close friend of the Kennedy
family, in the chapel at the
prelate's home.
Only members of the imme
diate family will be admitted
to the services.
The burial, which also will
be a private ceremony, will
be in a family plot at Holy
hood cemetery in suburban
Brookline. The plot has not
previously been used.
(See story on Page 2A)
Todd Low Bidder
On Ashland Work
Ashland - Todd Building
company, Roseburg, was ap
parent, low bidder for con
struction of Unit E of the Cas
cade dormitory complex on
the Southern Oregon col
lege campus In bids opened
Thursday in Churchill hall.
The Todd bids were low
for general construction,
rooms and kitchen and the
combination. Ausland Con
struction company, Grants
Pass, was the other bidder.
Todd's figures were: $203,
491 for general construction;
$331,740 for rooms-kitchen,
and $519,567 for the combina
tion bid, according to Ken
neth Abbey from the office
of the vice chancellor of busi
ness affairs at the Oregon
state system of higher educa
tion, Eugene, and Donald E.
Lewis, SOC business manager,
who presided at the meeting.
The unit will house approx
imately 100 students and have
dining facilities for 400 more.
Architect for the structure is
Robert J. Keeney, Medford.
Bids for mechanical work
and other installations involv
ed in the construction includ
ed the following low contract
offers: mechanical work. Stu
art Mechanical Inc., Medford,
S44.291: rooms-kitchen, Stu
art, $156,655; combination
bids. Stuart, $199,946; elec
trical work. Sleek Electric
company, Medford $15,600;
rooms-kitchen base bids, Steek
$41,600; combination bids,
Steek $56,600; built-in furni
ture work bids. Educators
Manufacturing company, Ta
coma, Wash., $33,680 base bid.
Former Prisoner of
Red Chinese Returns
New York -UPC- Lowell D.
Skinner, a formei American
prisoner nf war who chose to
remain in Communist China
at the end of the Korea War,
stepped onto U.S. soil today
for the first time in more than
nine years.
A flight from Tokyo brought
the former GI into New York
International airport early to
day. He was greeted by nei
ther relatives nor friend?
when he stepped from the air
liner. Only a few newsmen
and an immigration official
were on hand when the turn
coat debarked.
Rogue Valley Edition
Medford
20 Pages
Two
Chinese Reds Leader
Support for American
Sharpening of
Class Struggle
Noted by Mao
Statement Prompted
By Refugee in Cuba
Tokyo-lliPD-Communist Chi
nese leader Mao Tze-tung
Thursday called the Ameri
can Negroes' civil rights cam
paign a "sharpening of the
class struggle" and promised
them Peking's support.
Mao, in a statement issued
by the New China News Agen
cy, charged that President
Kennedy's civil rights pro
gram was nothing but "two
faced tactics ... an attempt
to lull the fighting will of
the Negro people and deceive
the masses throughout the
country."
He denied charges made by
Moscow that China's own
policies were racist. The So
viets have accuspd the Chi
nese of trying to capture lead
ership of nationalist move
ments in Africa, Latin Amer
ica, and Asia by turning the
people there against the
"white, hostile," Soviet citi
zens. "Our unity is not one of
race; it is the unity of com
rades and friends," Mao said.
His statement on the 13. S.
race question was prompted
by an American Negro, Rob
ert Williams, who is "now
taking refuge in Cuba," Mao
said.
Williams fled to Cuba from
North Carolina in 1961 after
the alleged kidnaping of a
white couple during Negro
protest demonstrations in Un
ion county, N. C. He had been
suspended from the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People before
the incident after advocating
violent action to meet vio
lence from whiles.
Mao, chairman of the Chi
nese Communist party, said
Williams "has twice this year
asked me for a statement in
support of the American Ne
groes' struggle against racial
discrimination."
"I wish to take this oppor
tunity on behalf of the Chi
nese people to express our
resolute support of the Amer
ican Negroes in their struggle
against racial discrimination
and for freedom and equal
rights," he said.
Dedication Planned
At Lake on Sunday
The Jackson county parks
and recreation department
was still not sure today
whether Floyd E. Dominy,
U.S. commissioner of recla
mation, Washington, D.C.;
would be available to attend
the Howard Prairie dedica
tion ceremonies Sunday after
noon. Ceremonies will start at 2
p.m. Sunday.
County Judge Earl M. Mil
ler will give the welcoming
address. L. V. Espey, chair
man of the Jackson county
parks and recreation commis
sion, will introduce guests.
Guests include Glenn L.
Jackson, Medford, chairman
of the Oregon state highway
commission; H. T. Nelson, bu
reau of reclamation's region
al director, Boise, Ida.; Rob
ert Carte, lands and minerals
specialist, bureau of land
management; and Homer
Moore, Talent Irrigation Dis
trict board president.
Judge Miller, Dominy and
Moore will unveil the plaque
at the developed recreation
area.
Yreka Man Killed in
Accident This Morning
Arthur Lewis Schuck, 57,
of Yreka, was killed about
8:45 o'clock this morning in
an accident at the J. F. Sharp
Lumber company in Yreka,
the California highway patrol
reported today.
Schuck was killed when
struck by a Hyster lumber car
rier, driven by Leonard An
thony Johnson, who told po
lice Schuck was behind the
vehicle when he (Johnson)
started to back up.
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SHELL COMPLETED Plans for the first annual Britt Mu
sic festival in Jacksonville are ncaring completion. Con
struction of the shell is completed and ready for the, musici
ans. The first concert 'will be given at-4 p.m. Sunday. A
Planners Adopt
Policy Regarding
Barnett Rd. Land
The Medford planning com
mission last night unanimous
ly adopted a policy statement
concerning the use nf land
and zoning along Barnett rd.
between Bear Creek and
Crestbrook rd.
The statement, which is the
outgrowth of several zone
change requests from proper
ty owners on Barnett rd., will
be forwarded to the city coun
cil for its approval.
Last night, a request from
nine property owners on Bar
nett rd. for a change of zone
from single-family and multi
ple-family to limited com
mercial was unanimously de
nied after none of the peti
tioners showed up at the meet
ing to support the request.
The policy statement in
cluded the following recom
mendations: That all property be
tween Bear creek and High
land dr. should be planned
for use by tourist-oriented
commercial activities;
That the area presently
zoned limited commercial be
amended and the area re
duced to include property
presently used for commercial
purposes with sufficient addi
tional property to provide un
developed land which will be
available for future commer
cial development;
That those properties he
twecn Highland dr. and the
revised commercial area at
the intersection of Barnett
rd. and Ellendale dr. be con
sidered as suitable for multiple-family
use and zoning;
That the described land
uses be recognized as desir
able but that zone changes
not be made until such lime
as a need is indicated in the
form of a specifice develop
ment proposal submitted by
an applicant for a change of
zone.
The city council at its Aug.
1 meeting granted r change
of zone from single family to
limited commercial for about
five acres of land, owned by
Luther and Anne Davis, locat
ed on the south side of Bar
nett rd. immediately east of
Bear creek.
KILLED BY TRUCK
Portland-aTfi-William Dab
ncy, 20, of Vancouver, Wash.,
was dead on arrival at a hos
pital today after he was struck
by a freight truck.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY,
Hostetter Promoted
To New Position
In Portland Office
Robert D. Hostetter, staff
officer in charge nf timber,
range and wild life for the
bureau of land management
in this area, has been pro
moted to a new position In
the Portland office of the
state director, Russell E.
Getty.
He will report to that as
signment Aug. 19. and will
be succeeded here Aug. 26 by
Hall McLatn, now in the Salt
Lake office, Donald J. Scho
ficld, district manager, an
nounced today.
The position to which Hos
tetter has been assigned is
a new one being established
in each of the western states
in an expansive program to
inform the public of the ac
tivities of the BLM which has
jurisdiction over 15 million
acres in Oregon and 300,000
in Washington.
Hostetter, in addition to
keeping the public informed,
will carry on a program of
cooperation with the resource
users groups, acting as liaison
officer in matters concerned
with forest products, range,
Assessed Valuation
Increases in County
Total assessed valuation for
the Jackson county tax roll
for 1063-64 has been set at
$110,677,840, an increase of
$7,218,911 over the previous
year. County Assessor Thad
Hatten said today.
"The greater portion f this
is an increase of $5,719,540
in the valuation of real prop
erty to a total assessed alue
of $84,820,890 from the pre
vious vear's figure of $79,
101.350." Hatten said. "The
assessed valuation of personal
property is up from $12,831,
730 to $13,070,290, an increase
of $238,560."
Public utility valuations
show an increase of $1,260,
811 for a total for the 1963
64 tax roll of $12,775,660, as
compared to the previous
year's figure of $11,515,849,
the county assessor said.
SHERIFF DIES
Seattle - (UPI) - King Coun
ty Sheriff Don Sprinkle died
at his home of a heart at
tack early today. He was 47.
Tribune
AUGUST 9, 1963
Promises
Negroes
benefit champagne reception
hers will he held from 7 In
The public has been invited
recreation, soil, water, min
erals and wild life.
All the resources for which
BLM Is responsible, Hostetter
explained In describing his
new position, Rre of concern
lo various organizations and
the public.
Conservation education will
be another important phase
of Hostelter's position In the
public relations field. This
will involve work with school
children, organizations and
communities, dependent upon
BLM resources.
Another responsibility will
be to assist in developing the
ability of BLM's own people
in the areas of communication
with each other and with all
people who do business with
BLM. There will be training
in letter writing, speech and
the preparation of publicity.
Another responsibility to
be assumed by Hostetter will
be that of coordinating the
development of demonstration
areas relating to BLM proj
ects. One other type of activity
will be development and
placement of exhibits and
preparation of cduc a t i o n a 1
films, which will be produced
in cooperation with the vari
ous media, Hostetter stated.
Publication of leaflets and
other informative materials
will be under his direction.
Team Teaching Workshop
Monday at
Final preparations are be
ing made today for a two
week, elementary team teach
ing workshop which will be
held at Hoover school start
ing Monday.
The workshop will be con
ducted by a team of teachers
from Estabrook Elementary
school, Lexington, Mass., un
der the auspices of the Ore
gon Program in cooperation
with Southern Oregon col
lege. Members of the team
from Lexington, Mass., are
Miss Patricia Lcclair, Miss Re
gina McKenna, Richard
Barnes and William C. Terris.
Twenty five teachers from
Medford, surrounding school
districts and California will
participate in the workshop.
More than 100 observers, in
cluding school bojf mem-
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 121
to honor the orchestra mem.
9 p.m. Saturday at the shell
to atlpnd the reception.
Dr. Arthur foylor,
SOC Professor,
Dies at His Home
Ashland - Dr. Arthur Tay
lor, 69, professor of history at
Southern Oregon college and
a member of its staff since
1927, died of a heart attack
at his home here about 2
o'clock this morning.
Dr. Taylor had gone Into
semi retirement from teach
ing recently, having resigned
as chairman of the history
department last spring. Only
last week he had been named
man of the year by the Pres
byterian Men here. He was an
elder of the First Presbyte
rian church of Ashland.
During his life here he was
a member of numerous histor
ical and professional societies,
among them the Southern
Oregon Historical Society. He
was active in efforts toward
the restoration of Jackson
ville. Dr. Taylor was born March
7, 1894, in Aledo, 111. He was
a veteran of World War I,
having served In the 123rd
field artillery.
He received his bachelor's
degree from William and
Vashti college In Illinois, his
master's from the University
of Washington and his Ph.D.
in 1933 from the University
Southern California.
He is survived by a daugh
ter, Miss Georgia Taylor, at
the home address, 163 Meade
st., and a brother, Fred Tay
lor, Aledo, 111.
Hoover; TV Plans Told
bcrs, laymen, non-participat
ing teachers and area school
administrators, are expected
to view some of the workshop
proceedings over closed cir
cuit television.
About 100 fourth and fifth
graders from the Medford dis
trict will be involved in the
enrichment program.
Morning sessions will be
devoted to teaching in teams,
and afternoon sessions will be
lectures, seminars and discus
sions conducted by members
of the Lexington team, South
ern Oregon college faculty
members, and others concern
ed with team planning.
A seminar on the introduc
tion of team teaching will be
telecast over closed circuit
between 1:30 and 3 p.m. Mon
day. Individuals interested in
observing television presents-
Contract Major
Breakthrough in
Lumber Dispute
Pact Calls for -30Vz
Cent Raise
Portland - ttfPD - A compro
mise contract agreement was
signed here Thursday that
may be a major breakthrough
in the Northwest lumber
strike.
Georgia-Pacific Corp. and
the two lumber unions signed
an agreement calling for an
approximate 30'i cent hourly
raise over the next three
years.
The agreement was termed
compromise between t h
Simpson Timber Co. settle
ment of two weeks ago and
the offers of the Big Six and
Timber Operators Council em.
ployer groups. Simpson set
tied with a 33V4 cent raise for
the same period. The Big Six
and the TOC have offered 2tj
cents.
No Comment
Big Six officials had no
comment on the Georgia-Pa-cific
agreement pending a
meeting between them and
the unions Monday. The Fed
eral Mediation Service sched-
led the meeting in an at
tempt to end the two-month,
old strike.
Georgia-Pacific President R.
B. Pamplin said 5,000 men
idled by the G-P strike would
return to work early next
week. Union membership has
yet to ratify the agreement.
A spokesman for the Lumber
nd Sawmill Workers Union
said his union would vote be
fore Saturday night and the
Regional Council would have
the results by Sunday.
Struck in Mid-July
Georgia-Pacific was struck
in mid-July by the two unions
and about 5,000 men at IS
plants in Oregon, Washington
and California were idled.
The contract agreed on
Thursday provides 10 cents
an hbur increase across tha
board retroactive to June 1 ,
1963; 5 cents effective Dec. 1.
of this year; 7 cents effective
June 1, 1964, and 6 cents June
1, 1965 - a total of 28 cents.
In addition, benefits include
a one - cent "bracket" in
crease to certain skilled jobs
and premium of 6 cents for
certain woods employees who
travel beyond designated mar
shalling points. Both of these
are retroactive to June 1.
Company officials said the
.lO'i cent figure was arrived
at by spreading out the pre
mium pay.
No Mention of Formula
The agreement made no
mention of the variable work
week formula which would
eliminate overtime pay on
week end days, and which
the unions have objected to
in Big Six and TOC nego
tiations.
Georgia - Pacific spokes
man said about 65 per cent of
its fir lumber and plywood
production has been affected
by the strike.
Return of the approximate
ly 5,000 G-P employees and
some 14,000 who started back
to work this week for Big Six
companies who ended their
lockout would still leave 10.-
000 to 11,000 men out of
work.
Still struck are St. Regis
Paper Co., and U.S. Plywood
Co., both members of the Big
Six, and a number of small
er firms who are members
of the Timber Operators Coun
cil.
Wirtz Summons Rail
Union Heads to Meet
Washington-(UPD-Labor Sec
retary W. Willard Wirtz call
ed in representatives of the
five railroad operating unions
today In new talks aimed at
averting a nationwide rail
strike on Aug. 29.
To Start
tions should notify the Hoo
ver school office a day in ad
vance so observation sched
ules may be worked out,
workshop officials said.
Four groups of students will
rotate through an introduc
tion to a science unit between
9 and 10 a.m. Tuesday, an in
troduction of social studies
unit will be telecast over the
closed circuit between 10:30
and 11:45 a.m. and an evalu
ation of Tuesday morning's
large group lesson will be
telecast between 1:30 and 2:30
p.m. Tuesday.
Medford school officials
said yesterday that response
to observations of workshop
proceedings via closed circuit
television have been encour
aging, and stressed the im
portance of making appoint
ments in advance.