Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 12, 1963, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextNO iBOS Kegional Edition 58th Year Price 10 Cents Accidents Take President Could Abrogate Pad Medford Tribune It Lives During 0 Week End in State On Quick Notice 20 Pages MEOFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1963 No. 123 rnin mi I lJ STORE BOMBED - Workmen are shown cleaning up a grocery store in St. Louis, Mo., after a bomb exploded inside the store in St. Louis, Mo., after a bomb exploded Sen. Kefauver To Be Buried Tuesday Near Madisonville Washington - OJPII - Sen. Estes Kefauver will be buried Tuesday in a cemetery only a few yards from his family farm house. The body of the 60-year-old Democrat who died Sat urday of a heart' attack Will be flown to his native Madi sonville, Tenn., in a military transport. The body will lie In state In Madisonville's First Baptist church from 11 a.m. (edt) to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. From the small church, Ke fauver's body will be taken to the family farm. After brief services on the front porch, he will be interred in the cemetery near the old red brick farm house. KeFauver's widow and four children, a delegation from the Senate and the nine mem bers of the House from Ten nessee will fly from Washing ton to Knoxville aboard a presidential jet plane Tuesday and go by automobile to Mad isonville for the funeral. Sought Presidency Hundreds of persons includ ing members of the House and Senate paid their respects Sunday at a Washington fu neral home where the body was on view. Kefauver, a loner whose great political sophistication contrasted with his earnest, plodding campaign style, twice aspired to his party's presidential nomination. But the goal eluded him, though he was the successful candi date for vice president in 1956. Following tradition, the Senate will meet today to be officially notified of Kefau ver 's death. It will then ad journ for the day without transaction of any business except for the naming of the delegation. Seaside Chamber Picks Newspaper Reporter Astoria-tUPD - Newt Schnei der, a reporter for the Daily Astorian for two years, has been named manager of the Seaside Chamber of Com merce starting Sept. 1. tEHS&MBS ITIMS FROM IS M0UNB mi 0L0M UNION DIVIDED ON SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS Unity House, Pa. - U Pit - The AFL-CIO high command divided today over whether to endorse the Aug. 28 civil rights march on Washington. It deterred action on the issue until Tuesday. COURT REFUSES TO ORDER SCHOOL OPENING Richmond, Va. - UPI' - A federal appeals court refuted today to order Prince Edward County. Va., to reopen its pub lie schools, closed in 1959 io avoid I federal desegregation order. FRENCH PLANE HITS PYLON Lyons, France - 'IPI - A French airliner with 16 per soni aboard struck a power line pylon and crashed onto a farm near here today. Police reported at least nine pertoni were killed. One ef them was a farmer on lhereund. Elementary Team Teaching Workshop Gets Under Way A two - week elementary team teaching workshop got under way today at Hoover school under the direction of a four-teacher team from Lex ington, Mass. About 100 fourth and fifth graders; fcnd 25 teachers from school districts in Jackson county and from one school in California are participating in the program, which is be ing conducted under the au spices of the Oregon Program in cooperation with Southern Oregon college. Students were orientiated by the team this morning. Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, super intendent of Medford public schools, welcomed the group this afternoon. The first Bloodmobile in Medford Two Days Local residents are remind ed that they may donate blood during the visit of the Blood- mobile here today ana to morrow, at the Red Cross building, 60 Hawthorne ave. Red Cross officials state that only 20 ' appointments have been made for today and 10 for tomorrow. Drop-in do nors are welcome without ap pointment from 2 to 6 o'clock today, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow. On Wednesday, the Blood-mobile-will be in Grants Pass. In addition 30 pints of A positive blood will be' collect ed today and delivered to the Oregon medical school for open heart surgery. Mrs. Albert Zahnow, a for mer resident of Medford, who has leukemia is still in need of replacement donors. Now residing in Minnesota, she was a volunteer Red Cross Gray Lady here. Blood may be donated in the name of any person or organization. Red Cross offi- cials said. Additional infor mation may be obtained by calling the Red Cross office at 773-3813. the St. Louis area during the past five months. The bomb blew out a large section of wall. There were no injuries. (UPI) closed circuit television pre sentation was scheduled this afternoon on an introduction to team teaching. Actual classroom work will start tomorrow morning with the introduction of science and social studies units. An evaluation of tomorrow morn ing's large group session will be conducted between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Tuesday Sessions All sessions tomorrow will be telecast over the closed circuit. The introduction to the science unit will be be tween 9 and 10 a.m., and the introduction to social studies will be between 10:30 and 11:45 a.m. The evaluation ses sion also will be telecast. Telecasts for the remainder of the week will include: Wednesday between 11 and 11:45 a.m., math, "Sets With in Sets;" and 1:30 to 2:25 p.m., a seminar on large group instruction. Thursday between 10:30 and 11:05 a.m. science, "Ex periments With Light;" and 1:30 to 2:25 p.m. a seminar on grouping procedures. Friday between 9:50 and 10:40 a.m. science, large group instruction. Absorp tion and Reflection, Proper ties of Color;" and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., a seminar on sched uling. Workshop officials said teachers interested in observ ing any of the television pre sentations should contact Hoover school at least a day in advance so observation schedules can be worked out equitably. - Conducting the workshop are Miss Patricia Leclair Richard Barnes, William C Terris and Miss Regina Mc Kenna, all of Lexington, Mass Union, Big Six Employers Meet Portland - IUPII - Represent- atives of two striking lumber unions and the Big Six em ployers' bargaining association were scheduled to meet in a contract negotiating session here today. An agreement between the two sides could pave the way for the end of the 69-day-old Pacific Northwest lumber strike. Members of the Internation al Woodworkers of America and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers' unions went on strike June 5 against the St. Regis Paper Co. and U. S. Plywood Co., members of the Big Six. Representatives of Edward Hincs Lumber Co. and a sub sidiary of the Shaver Trans portation Co. reached agree ment on a three-year contract with the unions Saturday. They withdrew their bar gaining authorization from the 196-member Timber Op erators Council employers bargaining association and f1 their own negotiating. Administration Revamps Plan For Tax Reduction Washington -113PD The Ken nedy administration today re vamped its plan for cutting everybody's income taxes. The new plan, effective next Jan 1, would provide net reduc tions of $10.6 billion, phased over a two-year period. The revised formula com pares with the. original plan under which individual and corporate income taxes would have been reduced about $10.3 billion, with the cuts taking effect in three stages on July 1, 1963, Jan. 1, 1964, and Jan. 1, 1965. Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon outlined the new plan in testimony at a closed ses sion of the House Ways and Means Committee. Main Elements Three three main elements of the revised plan: -Individual tax rates would range from 14 to 70 per cent. That compares with the pres ent schedule of 20 to 91 per cent and with the original plan to cut rates to a 14 to 65 per cent range. -The tax rate on corpora tions would be cut to 48 per cent. That compares with the present rate of 52 per cent and the original proposal of a 47 per cent rate. The first $25,000 of corporate income would be taxed at 23 Der cent, instead of the existing rale of 30 per cent. The original pro posal would have cut this rate to 22 per cent. - Revisions in the income tax structure would . yield $690 million in new revenue, compared with the S3. 2 bil lion originally proposed, jet tisoning many of the original proposals. NAACP Official Submits Resignation Portland - IUPII - A second board member of the local chapter of the National As sociation for the Advance ment of Colored People has announced his resignation. Otto G. Rutherford, presi dent of the Portland board in 1951-52, said Saturday he was not in accord with local NAACP policies. Rutherford said he would resign rather than continue to provide a negative voice on the board. Another veteran member, Edgar Williams, announced his resignation less than two weeks ago. WEATHER FORECAST: (hanre of Isolated thundershowers over surround ing mountains this evening. Partly cloudv and warm Tues day. Low tonight hi. High Tuesday 93. Temp. Highest Yesterday .... 7 Lowest This morning 57 Preclp. to 10 a.m. Today Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 8:1. p.m. ftunrlse tomorrow 8:15 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow ...12:53 a.m. New Moon Aug. 19 The planet, Saturn, Is 3J.0, flOO mil s from Uie Karth to night, the nearest It will be this year. Saturn now rises at tun set and sets at sunrise. Traffic Accounts For Five Deaths By United Press International Two Warm Springs resi dents were killed in a head on collision near Madras ear ly today, following a week end which saw nine other per sons die accidentally in Ore gon. Stanley Frank, 38, and Imo- gene Frank, 29, were killed about 2:05 a.m. today in a two-car collision on Highway 26, some 13 miles north of Madras. Four person in the other car, Ted and Wilma An derson and Richard and Gail Krcige, all of Redmond, were listed in good condition at a Redmond hospital. Three Drown Five persons died in traffic crashes, three drowned and one man died in a house fire in week end accidents. Warren S?hell, 23, Albany, drowned while swimming in Waverly lake at Albany Sun day afternoon. His body was recovered. Dale Hawes, 4, Salem, was killed in a three-vehicle acci dent on State Highway 22 five miles west of Salem Sun day morning. The child was in a small bus which was struck from the rear by a car and knocked into the path of a semi-truck and trailer. Mrs. Joan Hoffman, 49, Redmond, was killed in a two- car, head-on collision on U.S. Highway 97, 12 miles south of Madras early Sunday, Drowns in Rogue James Kelly, 37, Crescent City, Calif., drowned while swimming in the Rogue river 3Vi miles east of Gold Beach Saturday night. His body was recovered. Bobby Hansen, 44, died of smoke inhalation in a fire at his home at Beaverton Satur day night. Trena Dunmire, 10-month- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Arden Dunmire of Oregon City was crushed when she fell from her parents' car at an Oregon City drive-in the ater Saturday night. The ve hicle g wheels rolled over her Two California women were killed in a two-car acci dent on Interstate 9, 12 miles south of Roseburg Saturday. They were Martha Imfeld, 66, Pacheco, and Josie Burgi, 65, Oakland. Dale Ferry, 32, Oceanside, drowned in a boating accident in Netarts Bay Saturday. His body was not recovered. A total of 23 persons have died in Oregon traffic during the first 12 days of August, compared to 16 during a simi lar period last year. So far in 1962, 324 persons have lost their lives on high ways of the state, compared to 250 during a similar period in 1962. Man Escapes From State Hospital Salem -IUPII- Royal Kenneth Hayes, 25, who was commit ted to the State Hospital fol lowing the fatal shooting of a security guard at the Oregon Journal building in Portland last year, escaped from the hospital Sunday night. Hospital officials said he was "not considered danger ous" and had escaped from a minimum security unit. He was committed follow ing the fatal shooting in Feb ruary of 1962 of Theodore Robert Ross, 54. Hayes was first committed to the hospital in April of 1962 as a maximum security prisoner, was rcieasca to ine Multnomah county sheriff last December, and committed again in January. Haves had been held in maximum security until re cently when he was reclassi fied and placed under mini mum security. Search Called Off For Missing Man The sheriff's office tempor arily called off its search for John Nichols, 44, reported missing from his cabin on Forest creek since Saturday Nine sheriff's reservists and three deputies Sunday con ducted an intense search of the area a mile beyond Forest creek on the Jacksonville highway without finding any signs of the man. Deputies now assume he must have left the area unan nounced. Friends had report ed him missing. LOGGERS TO MEET Portland - IUPI) - The 54th annual Pacific Logging Con gress will be held here Nov. 6-8. Some 1.500 loggers are ipectcd. MUSIC FESTIVAL AUDIENCE - Persons attending the opening concert Sunday of the Peter Britt Gardens Music and Arts fes tival in Jacksonville sat on the large lawn Howard Prairie Facilities Praised By BR Director Speaking against a recrea tion - filled background at Howard Prairie lake yester day afternoon, H. T. Nelson, regional bureau of reclama tion director, praised the fa cility to approximately 100 persons attending the dedica tion ceremonies. This is the cleanest, best managed facility in the North west," Nelson said. He also pointed out the pre-construc- tion recreational estimates were for 20,000 usage days per year and that last year the actual usage had exceeded 213,000. "Water is the key to all outdoor recreaton," Nelson told the group. In comparing the lake with Crater lake, he stated that Howard Prairie lake offers much more than just the passive enjoyment of looking. State Highway Commission Chairman Glenn L. Jackson Medford, speaking of Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Floyd E. Dominy, said that Dominy would go down in history as one of the outstand ing reclamation commission ers of all time. Scheduled to be at the ceremony, Dominy was prevented from attending because of his appearance al hearing in Washington, D.C., this morning. Praised Court Jackson praised the county court for its vision in the de velopment of recreational pos sibilities. He also called atten tion to the high quality of service offered by the conces sionaire, Robert Johnston of Johnston Stores. County Judge Earl Miller paid tribute to agriculture and to all governmental agencies for their contributions to the project. Naval Reserve Electronics Division 135 of Alcdford offi ciated al the presentation of the colors. The ceremony was climaxed by un unveiling of a plaque by Judy Miller, Re gional Director Nelson ana Homer Moore, president of the Talent Irrigation district for the past 30 years. Rash of Fires Started in Oregon By United Press International Severe thunderstorms caus ed a rash of fires in Oregon during the week end. The State Forestry depart ment reported 16 new lightning-caused brush and timber fires were discovered in northeast Oregon this morn ing in the wake of thunder storm activity Sunday night. The new outbreak followed a scries of 47 fires battled Sunday on state lands. Larg est of Sunday's fires covered an estimated 160 acres six miles north of Elgin. W. M. Curtis, district ward en al La Grande, said it was one of the most severe elec trical storms seen In that area. All but two of Sunday's fires on state land were light ning-causcd and all were list ed as out or under control. CONVENTION OPENS Portland UPIi- the National Association of Mutual Insur ance Companies opened it 87th annual convention here Saturday. The meeting rjns though Thursday. to hear selections by the orchestra under the direction of John Trudcau, Portland. The festival will continue through Aug. 24 with two daily concerts. Jacksonville Has Another 'First7 As Festival History was made again in Jacksonville yesterday when the Peter Britt Gardens Music and Arts festival opened. This is said to be the first such outdoor music and arts festi val in the Pacific Northwest, and many other "firsts" are recorded for the small town which had its beginnings more than a century ago with the discovery of gold at the site. Frank. Bash, Medford busi nessman and civic leader, made the opening address and said "Much history has been made' in Jacksonville In the past and history is again being made here today as this is the first planned annual outdoor festival in the North west . . . Our festival here in Jacksonville got its start on this same day 102 years ago (Aug.- 11, 1861) .when Peter Britt married Amalia Groh; it was through their love of nature, the planting, planning and tender care that, they lavished on these gardens, that we are enjoying them yet today. "Our program this after noon is dedicated to Peter Britt and to the many people who have made this festival possible." Bash was introduced by Jacksonville Mayor E. O. Gra ham who welcomed the group, numbering about 350 per sons. John Trudcau, Portland, music director of the new fes tival, was introduced and con ducted the 34 - piece orches tra in Its first program. The musicians are from several FFA, 4-H Fair To Start; Calf Lost A ninc-months-old Hereford calf is being sought by its anxious young 4-H owner to day after it escaped from the fairgrounds Sunday. When last seen the calf was heading north ' with a rope halter on it. Fairgrounds per sonnel spent most of yester day and this morning hunting for It. Meanwhile, livestock was continuing to pour in today in preparation for the start of the annual Jackson County 4-H and FFA fair tomorrow. Record numbers of beef are expected this year and in creases in swine, dairy, rab bits and poultry. In addition, 45 head of goats were entered. The horse show which nor mally starts off the fair has been postponed to Aug. 24 and 25 due to the current state-wide influenza epidemic. Food exhibits also show a big increase in the 4-H section with 225 to 250 exhibits sched uled. There will be more than 100 girls in the annual 4-11 style revue. Office Ransacked During Week End The law offices of Frohn mayer, Lowry and Dcather age, 39 South Central ave., were broken into and ran sacked sometime Saturday night, according to Medford city police. Investigating officers said persons pried the mail slot off the door leading to the office of one of the attorneys and reached inside and unlocked the door. Five different offices were entered and ransacked, police said, but spokesmen for the firm reported nothing misses. Opens cities in Oregon and Califor nia. jn the audience were Charles Gilman Davis. Port land architect who designed the orchestra shell, and Er nest Hood, formerly of Med ford and now Portland, who composed a musical fanfare , ' i which was played to open the musical program. The festival will continue through Aug. 24, with a schedule of concerts at 4 and 8 p.m. with a few exceptions, Tickets are available in Med ford at 1 King st., or at the box office. Patrons are reminded that no parking is available at the gardens, but passengers may be unloaded at the gate and cars may return down town on a one-way grid, From the gate, a small bus provides transportation to the top of the seating area. NLRB Schedules Two Elections Portland-flPD-The National Labor Relations Board has scheduled two elections to de termine the status of Local 701, Hoisting and Portable Engineers, AFL-CIO, as rep resentatives of employees for collective bargaining. Both elections, requested by employers, will . be con ducted by mailed ballots which are to be counted Fri day. One election Involves the employees of McKenzie Exca vating company, McKenzie Asphalt company, McKenzie Sand & Gravel company, and McKenzie Road & Driveway company of Springfield. The second involves em ployees of member firms of the Cascade Employers As sociation, Inc. They are the Salem Sand & Gravel com pany, M & P Materials, Riv er Bend Sand & Gravel com- pany. Walling Sand & Gravel company. Valley Concrete company, Eugene Sand & Gravel company, W 1 1 d i s h band & Gravel company Zumwalt & Williams, Corval lis Sand & Gravel company Newport Ready Mix company, Jones-Scott company. Ready Mix Sand & Gravel compayn and Central Paving company. Four Persons Injured in Week End Accidents A Jacksonville man was in jured in a one-vehicle accident on the Green Springs high way 11 miles from Ashland Sunday night. Kenneth Leroy Disrude, route 1, box 22B, Jackson ville, was treated at Ashland Community hospital tor a severely lacerated arm and transferred to Sacred Heart hospital where he was report ed in good condition today. His car went into a ditch and turned over, police said. Three people suffered min or injuries In a two vehicle collision on the Crater Lake highway near Shady Cove Sunday night. A car and pick up truck received heavy dam age. A pickup truck, driven by Jasper Herbert McCarley, 70, Laurelhurst rd.. Trail, over took and passed a car driven by Victor Johnson Conover, 4 route 1, box 476, Eagle Nation Urged To Keep Superiority Washington UP1 Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged Senate approval of the nu clear test ban treaty today and promised President Ken nedy would abrogate the pact "overnight" to resume at mospheric testing if Russia violated it. Rusk told three Senate committees that he believes the Soviet Union, which looked Into the pit of the in ferno" in the Cuban crisis, would violate the test treaty if it felt this would serve its interest. But he said he felt events of the past year gave Soviet leaders and others a look at nuclear war as an "operational matter for the first time. "In this day you don't play the game called 'chicken' with the lives of millions of people around the world," he said. In a morning session, dra matic with historic overtones. Rusk told the Senate foreign relations and armed service committees and members of the House-Senate Atomic En ergy Committee that: -The Big Three treaty pro hibiting all but underground nuclear tests is not based on trust of Russia. "You do not stake the life of a great nation on trust." -The United States "must maintain a very large overall nuclear superiority with re gard to Russia - not just a bal anced force. But, Rusk said, he believes that if unlimited testing were to continue a "kind of technical standoff" wuuiu rcsun. ine superior, he said would result. The U. S. is now This government would not have to wait 90 days to withdraw from the nuclear pact if Russia cheated and conducted prohibited tests. which he said the U.S. could detect."When the . gut ot a treaty collapses we are not limited to the 90-day with drawal clause," he assured the senators. No 'Internal' Details President Kennedy could ''terminate the treaty imme- I diately , . . overnight," if the Soviets violated it. He said the treaty did not deal with "internal" details, such as whether Congress or the Pres ident could abrogate it. Ken nedy could act immediately. he said. Sen. Leverett Staltonstall . (R-Mass.), one of those who attended the treaty-signing in Moscow last week, asked why Russia agreed to the pact. Rusk said he believed the Soviets concluded it was "in their interests." In the past year, for the first time the nuclear powers had a look at nuclear ex change as an operational mat ter, he said, in a reference to the Cuban missile crisis. "Man had a chance to look into the pit of the inferno." Rusk said U.S. preparations for nuclear weapons tests could proceed, under the treaty, "up to the point of explosion itself." He said the United States should, for ex ample, maintain and improve its .atmospheric test facilities on Johnson Island in the Pa cific to Insure against getting caught short by sudden treaty violations. Rusk, testifying before an overflow crowd in the Sen ate caucus room, said the United States has not forgot ten the lessons of its dealings with Russia since the end of World War II. But he concluded that any "marginal risks" in the treaty are "far less' than those which would result if an unlimited nuclear arms race continued. Point, as Conover was mak ing a left turn, according to police. Conover and his passenger, Josephine Conover, 53, same address, received minor cuts and bruises. McCarley also received cuts and bruises. All three were taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Ambulance Service where they were treated and re leased. A car driven by Jimmie Sue Young, 41, Oak Manor motel. Central Point, pulled into the path of a car driven by Ray Dillon Woodward, 29, of 3063 Merriman rd., Central Point, at the Table Rock rd. and Vilas rd. Intersection, po lice said. Young was travel ing west on Vilas rd. and Woodward south on Table Rock rd. The Woodward car hit the Young car broadside, causing it to turn over, but the driver apparently was tutjnjured.