AW
BODY ARRIVES The body of Sen. Estes Kefauver is
carried from a military air transport plane at Knoxville,
Tenn., where it will be transported 30 miles to Madison-ville-,
Tenn., where brief and simple funeral services were
lley
Scheduled for Rate Reduction
Salem -flOT- A 20 per cent
rate cut for natural gas cus
tomers in Roseburg, Grants
Pass, Medford, Ashland and
other towns in the California
Pa c i f i c Utility company's
Southern Oregon division was
announced Monday. Public
Utility Commissioner Jonel C.
Police Locate
Hideout of Royal
Mail Train Thugs
London - IUP1I - Police dis
closed today they have; Jp'
cated the hideout of the rob-.
bery gang that looted a royal
mail train of more than $7
million, "
By the time the police got
there the robbers were gone,
and so was the loot from the
biggest robbery of all time,
Scotland Yard announced.
"Empty mail bags" were
found, said Commander
George Hatherill, deputy
commander of Scotland Yard.
The hideout was a brick
house called Lcatherslade
farm, about 23 miles from the
scene of last Thursday's rob
bery at Cheddington.
Left in Hurry
Hatherill said the house
looked as though the gang had
left "in rather a hurry."
"There were a lorry (truck!
and two Landrovers (Jeep
like vehicles) outside. A pit
had been dug. It looked as
though they intended to bury
the stuff," the commander
said.
Hatherill said no money
was found at the hideout, but
that some mailbags had been
located.
"We have satisfied our
selves that this is the place.
We don't know who the own
ers are yet," Hatherill said.
The estimated 12 to 30
masked men vanished after
seizing the Glasgow-to-Lon-don
mail train last Thursday
morning near Cheddington in
Buckinghamshire and taking
$7,146,000 in cash.
President To Rejoin
Family at Cape Cod
Washington - IUPB Presi
dent Kennedy planned to fly
to Cape Cod late today to re
join his hospitalized wife and
their two children.
The Chief Executive flew
back Monday to Washington
to attend to various items of
business at the White House.'
CONGO PRISON STORMED;
Leopeidville, Th Congo -
HEIVSBRIEFS
IfttU MOM XjU
ists stormed and ransacked the central prison in the former
French Conao capital of Branarille loday and freed all
prisoners despite police efforts
their heads
EX-VENEZUELA DICTATOR TO BE RETURNED
Miami - 1?I - A commission of Venetuelan authorities
arrived aboard a chartered airliner early today io take
former dictator Marcos Peres Jimenei back to Caracas to
face embenlemeni charges.
YOUNG BUDDHIST PRIEST TAKES OWN LIFE
Saigon. South Viet Nam - HH" - A 17-year-cld Buddhist
priest burned himself to death today, the third such suicide
in protest against the religious policies ai President Ngo
Dinh Diem's goernment.
. . I"-" llll T lW,.f..- ,I,..-y,,i.-J J t 1
Users of
Hill said the rate cut, total
ing $238,814, will go into ef
fect when Cal-Pac's existing
customers are switched from
manufactured to natural gas
this fall.
Hill said the firm tentative
ly plans on having natural
gas available in Roseburg
about Sept. 16, provided that
Explosion Starts
Second Anniversary
Of Berlin Wall
Berlin - (UPII - A heavy ex
plosion on the Communist
side of a border canal early
today ushered in the second
anniversary of .the hated Red
built Berlin wll.
West Berlin police said a
blue flame shot 45 feet into
the air as the blast echoed
across the Tettow Canal at
3:30 a.m.
The mysterious explosion
went off in the restricted
zone behind barbed wire on
the East German bank of the
canal. West Berlin police said
they saw Communist border
guards carrying out a search
and heard shots. But they
could not see if the Reds ar
rested anyone. The cause of
the explosion was not known.
The blast site was about
a mile southwest of the main
U.S. Army base at McNair
Grants Pass Man
Killed in Accident
Grants Pass - Clyde C.
Hamilton, 55, prominent
Grants Pass contractor, was
killed instantly at 9:20 o'clock
this morning in a two-vehicle
accident four miles north of
here.
State police said Hamilton's
pickup truck and a car driven
by Frank A. Batchelor, 76,
Merlin, collided on Merlin rd.
Batchelor was castbound
and passing a loaded log truck
and trailer, according to offi
cers. Hamilton was westbound
when another vehicle appar
ently pulled out on the shoul
der to avoid Batchelor's car.
Hamilton was unable to
gain clearance from the on
coming Batchelor auto.
The contractor is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Jean L.
Hamilton, and two sons.
Batchelor, who suffered
head, chest and leg injuries in
the crash, is a patient at Jose
phine General hospital.
ABOUND THI O10U
INMATES RELEASED
HTP -Thousands of trad union'
to halt them by firing over
to be held today. Kefauver,
Senate, died in Washington
(UPI)
Natural Gas
construction of the El Paso
Natural Cas Co. line from
Eugene is not delayed.
Natural gas should be avail
able in Grants Pass, Medford
and Ashland sometime during
the first half of October, he
said.
Hill pointed out that the
new tariffs filed by Cal-Pac
Barracks, at a point where
the Teitow Canal forms the
border between East Germa
ny and the West Berlin Amer
ican sector of Zehlendorf,
The incident, deliberate or
not, was the only one report
ed in the early hours of the
anniversary as both East and
West acted to keep the day
a peaceful one.
It was feared, however,
that there might be demon
strations after an 8 p.m. ral
ly in the meeting hall of the
Technical university. This 'ral
ly was called by the "Union
of Political Prisoners" under
the motto "The Wall Must
Fall."
Squads at Alert
Riot squads stood at alert
in West Berlin as wreaths to
refugees killed while trying
to escape from communism
were laid at the wall during
the day without any disturb
ance. West Berlin police put
up barricades, held water can
non in readiness and were
prepared to put down prompt
ly any riots which might
erupt as they did last Aug.
13.
Communist border guards
were observed strengthening
the 100 - yard deep "forbid
den zone" on their side of
the wall. They also rolled up
a water cannon and two
trucks to the border behind
the Brandenburg Gate, while
20 soldiers and four officers
took posts aTOund the gate
itself.
Value of Shovel
Emphasized in Fire
Central Point-Value of car
rying a shovel in a motor ve
hicle during the fire season
was emphasized yesterday.
James McDowell, Pacific
rd., Phoenix, came upon a
grass fire along Blackwell
Hill rd. yesterday morning as
he was returning in a pickup
truck from a service call.
McDowell, a pump repairman
for Siskiyou Hardware store,
Medford, had the fire contain
ed when Central Point rural
firemen arrived.
The blaze was confined to
a 6 by 40-foot strip along the
road. Firemen said that the
fire would have been much
more serious had not McDow
ell come along with the shov
el. They listed the fire as pos
sibly smoker-caused.
North Bend Man
Found Shot To Death
North Bend. Ore. OTB
Clifford B. Estes, 35. North
Bend, was found shot to death
north of here on Ridge rd.
Monday night.
Police said he apparently
shot himself accidentally some
i time between 9:30 and 10 p.m.
60, a 15-year veteran of the
Saturday of g heart attack.
are identical to those in ef
fect in Klamath Falls.
Lloyd E. Cooper, vice
president and chief engineer
of Cal-Pac, said his firm pro
poses to apply the lower
rates to the first meter read
ing date after natural gas
has been introduced tn each
town.
Judging of Events
At 4-Hr FFAFair
Gets Under Way
The Jackson county 4 - H
and FFA fair was under way
this morning wth rabbit Judg
ing as the first livestock
event, . :
Some judging was held yes
terday of home economics
and non-ltvestock exhibits.
Rabbit judging as to con
tinue this afternoon, along
with poultry judging.
Rabbit judging was to con-
ship classes will be held at
7 o'clock tonight.
Beef female judging starts
at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow, along
with swine judging.
The forestry identification
contest will be held on the
north side of the exhibit
building at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Steer Judging Set
Steer judging starts at 2
p.m. and champion steer class
es and club herds will be
judged at 7 p.m.
Fair personnel this morn
ing were still attempting to
corral a beef calf which had
escaped from the fairgrounds
Sunday. It was reported out
in the weeds behind the fair
grounds." Something new this year
are 15 pigeons, including
show pigeons, squab and rac
ing homers now located in
the goat barn.
This morning fair board
members reported they have
at the fairgrounds 230 beef,
200 hogs, 150 breeding sheep,
50 goals, 150 rabbits, and 30
poultry.
Although the fair board met
with the county court yester
day afternoon on the problem,
no decision has been made
on removal of a car washing
stand from the center of the
fair grounds. Fair board mem
bers have protested this small
business run by a member of
the blind rehabilitation cen
ter, also on the fairgrounds.
causes more congestion, takes
up valuable parking space
and sets a bad precedent.
Personnel Change
Noted by Fichtner
The resignation of one po
lice officer and the appoint
ment nf a reDlacement was
announced by Acting Medford
Chief of Police Clyde ttcni
ner. Resigning at the end of his
shift tonight is Donald M.
Claypool. With the depart
ment since September, 1961,
Claypool will move to Eng
land, where his wife's parents
live, and enter the study of
dentistry at a university there.
Claypool will be replaced
by William H. Nili. 28, a for
mer member of the Yreka
city police department. Nill
will reside in Central Point.
He will be attached to the
third platoon, which is com
manded by Lt. Orlo McGee.
Little Risk Seen
In Ratification
Of Nuclear Treaty
Ban Would Slow
Soviet Progress
Washington - fltffl - Defense
Secretary Robert S. MeNa-
mara asserted today that the
United States, with "tens o
thousands" of atomic war
heads, was "manifestly su
perior to Russia m nuclear
power and would risk little
in ratifying the test ban
treaty.
The limited ban would slow
Soviet, nuclear progress and
prolong U. S. superiority,
McNamara told the Senate in
the second day of'hearings on
the historic Moscow pact.
Ahead in Design
He acknowledged that Rus
sia apparently was ahead
of the United States in de
sign of super bombs in the
multi -megaton range - a
point that has disturbed some
Senate critics and military
leaders.
But he said that lead re
sulted from America's "con
sidered decision" against con
centrating on such bombs. He
said horror weapons of the
100-megaton type, which Rus
sia could develop, had doubt
ful military utility compared
with smaller megaton weap
ons that America could launch
now with precision and In
vast numbers.
Says Risks Smalt
Asserting his "unequivocal
support" of the treaty, Mc
Namara said the risks 11 en
tails "are either small or un
der our control and the values
under the treaty are sub
stanttal . , ,"
This was In essence the
same thing Secretary of State
Dean Rusk said Monday. Rusk
was the administration's first
witness before the Senate for
eign relations, armed services
and atomic energy committees
to urge ratification of the
pact which would ban air
space and underwater tests
but ..low. cotinu..Un4.4Anm.,2:
ground blasts
Senators Assured
McNamara elaborated on
several points made Monday
by Rusk, particularly assur
ing senators that this coun
try will pursue underground
testing and will keep at peak
readiness to resume atmos
pheric testing and other de
velopment at once If Russia
breaks the ban.
McNamara said neither an
unlikely successful secret
violation nor an abrupt abro
gation with surprise testing
on Russia's part would threat
en U.S. security. Nothing
that could happen under the
treaty's terms or in violation
of them, he said, could change
the basic fact that America
will maintain its ability to
survive a surprise attack with
sufficient power to destroy
the Soviet Union.
Makes Disclosures
In his 5,500-word opening
statement to senators who
must ratify the agreement by
two-thirds vote, McNamara
made several disclosures on
details of defense pertinent to
the test ban:
-The first launch of an
earth satellite designed for
detection of deep space nu
clear explosions is scheduled
for September or October. A
fully developed system would
force Russia to go "hundreds?
of millions of miles" into
space lo explode as little as
one megaton without detec
tion - "not a reasonable prop
osition. Deep space tests
would take yearn to prepare
and cost ''hundreds of millions
of dollars."
Detection System
-A ground-based detection
system could quickly be In
stalled with Allied and neu
tral cooperation that wouid
detect tests 20 million miles
from earth, 80 times as far
as the moon.
-Without any further test
ing, America could develop
a 50 to 80-megaton bomb for
delivery by B52 bombers. Mc
Namara did not say this would
actually be done, however.
He prefers several smaller
weapons for greater assurance
of target destruction.
The biggest B52 - carried
bomb now is believed to be
20 to 25 megatons.
27 Persons Reoch
Safety as Boat Sinks
Tacoma - WB - Twenty-
seven persons, including 25
children returning from
church camp, swam to shore
safely in life Jackets after
j their 33-foot boat sank in
Puget Sound west of here
I Monday night.
Regional Edition
Medford
IS Pages Two Sections
Attem
For C
Agricultural
Building on Nail
Given Approval
Appling Objects
To Procedure
Salem-WW-In what Secre
tary of State Howell Appling
Jr. termed "a lousy bureau
cratic procedure," the board
of control today gave Ms for
mai approval tor construction
of a new agriculture building
on the Capitol Mali,
Appling said he favored the
new building, ' but felt the
board was being called upon
lo rubber stamp action al
ready taken by the legislature,
"Fortunately I was inter
ested in this matter, and at
tended the legislative hear
ings," Appling explained,
"Otherwise we would have no
choice but to hold public hear
ings and go over the same
ground again."
Offer -Destined
Gov. Mark Hatfield offer
ed to call such a hearing, but
Appling declined.
"It's lousy bureaucratic
procedure to require the
board of control to rubber
stamp things of this sort,"
The' l3oardal!T authorised
an offer of $126,700 for seven
pieces of privately owned
property In the Mall area.
The property must be pur
chased by the state before
construction of the agricul
ture building can begin.
The action today by the
board legally paves the way
for drafting of plans for the
new structure.
Request Refused
In other action, the board
refused a request from the
Blue Mountain community
college board of trustees to
change the wording of the
deed transferring IIS acres of
land near Pendleton to the
coliege.
Acting college President
Wallace W. McCrae said trus
tees feared the deed was too
restrictive. The board re
cently sold 175 acres of East
ern Oregon state hospital land
to the college for a campus
site.
50 Observers Watch
Workshop Session
About 50 observers watch
ed proceedings this morning
in the two - week elementary
team teaching workshop.
A four - member team from
Lexington, Mass., introduced
science and social studies
units to about 160 fourth and
fifth grade students at the
workshop at Hoover school.
The number of observers Is
expected to Increase later,
workshop officials said.
Morning sessions for the re
mainder of the week include
one on math tomorrow morn
ing and on science Thursday
and Friday mornings. Semi
nar sessions are scheduled
each afternoon. Wednesday
afternoon's seminar Is en
targe group Instructions,
Thursday's is grouping pro
cedures and Friday's is sched
uling. The workshop Is being eon
ducted under the auspices sf
the Oregon Program in co
operation with Southern Ore
gon college.
WEATHER
remcit; rttt ummtfi
Nil. i.ew fontsM S. Ml
Hijftnl VtrSjr ...
f.awi Till MsfbIrs
Sunm lodiy ) !' p
Om Skies Tonight
Sour! iomoTfew ,.S:t
Jlfsesrlse tomorrow . t:3 .ffl.
SHr Man ... .. IS
raOMINKKT ST ASS
Spin, Mto :S f n.
fmtfc8f, St . .. p.m.
them fx tun pisftfl. Mmri
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST
pt To Salvage
Ml -Defense-.
fWIewrS-'raEAT Defense Secretary Robert MeNamafa
to shown cs he appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations
committee in Washington today where he testified in sup
port of the partial nuclear test ban treaty. McNamara as
serted thet the United States
atomic warheads, was "manifestly superiors Ss Russia, in'
nuclear power and would risk. little in ratifying the treaty.
(UPI)
Preliminary Figures
Presented
On Medford Needs
Medford City Manager Rob
ert Buff said today that on the
basis of preliminary estimates !
from various city depart
ments, about $3,0T,?05 Is
needed by the eity for imme
diate land acquisition and de
velopment purposes.
Duff made the estimate as
part of a report to the Capi
tal Improvements committee,
which held its regular weekly
meeting at 7:30 o'clock this
morning.
The city manager also
noted further projected needs,
which Included water depart
ment estimates. He said $8,-
401,340 will be needed during
the period between 1963 and
1968; about S9.381.8S9 from
I9B9 to 1975; and some $13,-
255,372 from 1875 to 1888.
Will Check B!qu!
At its next meeting, the
committee will examine indi
vidual department requests,
Chairman Richard Travis
stated.
Assistant CItv Manager Gil
bert 1. Gutjahr briefed the
committee on the city's pres
ent indebtedness, and discuss
ed standard guidelines that
should be observed In any pas
sible increase In the city's in
debtedness for capital im
provement purposes.
Gutjahr said the city's total
debt, which includes water
system bonds and improve
bonds for Bancroft projects,
is about $3,718,000,
Committee Member John
Pletseh pointed out - and
Gutjahr agreed - that the fig
ures are somewhat misleading
since most of the debts in the
total figure are self - liquida
ting. The actual net direct
debt of the eity as of July 1,
1863, Is $1,O0O, Gutjahr
said. .
Should Consider Aii Heads
Gerald Latham suggested
that as a matter of operating
procedure the committee
should consider all the pro
jected capital improvement
needs and rank them in order
of priority.
After predicting the maxi
mum development desirable,
with "fens of thousands"' of
to Group
the committee should deter
mine the resources and ability
of the eity to incur debt to
finance them, he said.
The area of responsibility
of the eivic center steering
subcommittee, headed by
Pletseh, was discussed, Travis
suggested the three - member
group initiate action toward
acquisition of the property the
eity will need in the civic
center area.
Welfare Joins Curb
On School Drop-Outs
Salem - are - The State
Public Welfare commission
has joined in a nationwide
program to curb school drop
outs, the commission announc
ed today.
The State Department of
Education announced Mon
day it had thrown its support
behind the program recom
mended by President Kennedy.
Security Detail Keeps
Watch Over Hatfield
Salem - ftTB - Around-the-clock
security protection for
Gov. Mark Hatfield is con
tinuing, hfs office said today.
Uniformed members of a
special security detail under
the administration of the su
perintendent of state police
may be seen near the gover
nor's residence here.
The security force was es
tablished after the 1983 legis
lature adopted a resolution
catting for strengthened se
curity measures for Hatfield.
Shots Flrd Rear House
The legislative action came
shortly after an incident in
May in which a disgruntled
person fired more than a doz
en shots near the governor's
house.
At the recent governor's
conference in Miami it was
brought out that security is
provided ail governors who
58th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
13, - 1963
No. 124
Frail
M
Director Meets
Willi Officials
To Draft Plans
Stocking Program
May 8 DcIdYei
Salem -SS8- An attempt to
salvage federal matching
funds for civil defense organ
izations in six Oregon coun
ties was to be made today at
meeting between federal of.
ficials and State CD Director
Robert W. Sandstrom.
The future of the state'
fallout shelter marking andl
stocking program also may be
decided at the meeting. Sand
strom said.
Funds Mad Available
Federal matching fund
were made available for civil
defense organizations la sis
counties on the condition that
the state agency supervise
the programs. -
The counties are Deschutes.
Linn, Washington, Polk, Be a-
ton and Umatilla. .
Sandstrom -said "two ststt
people front region eight head
quarters in. Washington state
twitt meet with me and ws
twill try tn map out a pro
I gram. If we can draft a pro-
grim that satisfies the ied
i eral officials, we will send it
i ta the governor for approval.
Ajncy Sluhtd
The 1S63 legislature slashed
Oregon's 18-member civil de
fersse organization to a three
member staff after ehargiai
civil defease was a "do wsttf
ing" agency.
After the, cutback, federal
officials refused to provide
matching funds for the state
program, but authorised
matching funds for the six
counties on the condition thai
the state provide supervision.
Sandstrom said it might be
possible to keep the fallout
shelter program going on tea
ocal level without state aid.
KopiiiU Transferred
He also said that 3? stored
civil defense field hospitals
had been transferred to th
tate Board of Health,
He said the board will main
tain custody of the 200-bed
hospitals, but said be did not
knew what training programs
were planned so the hospital
could be utilized in emergen
cies.
Sandstrom said the bsspi
tats were complete units.
"They have everything but
building and the people to
operate them," be explained.
The 3? hospitals are stored
throughout the state.
ENDORSEMENT REFUSED
Unity House, Pa. -tUF- Th
AFL-CJO high command re
fused today to endorse the
Aug. 23 civil rights march oa
Washington despite appeals
by two union leaders who
called for organized labor'
backing of the mass demote
stratioa.
live 1b state-owned executive
mansions, and that most other
governors have some type of
security provided either by
state or municipal authorities.
Oregon does not have
state-owned executive tnas
sion, and the Hatfields liv
In their own home in south
east Salem.
Threat Probed by FS1
Earlier this summer Unites!
Press International reveaied
the Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation had been railed last
December to probe a threat
on Hatfield's life. Announce
ment of the probe was de
iaved at the request of the
FBI.
The present security force
includes five full-time mem
bers, Travis Cross, press sec
retary for Hatfield, laid the
site of the force was subject
to changa a conditions merit,
ed.
- t
$