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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1963
No. 125
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LEAVES HOSPITAL President Kennedy
holds the First Lady's hand as he escorts
her from Otis Air Force Base hospital
where she has been confined since the
caesarean delivery of her son last Wednes
Policemanlnjured
In Fracas When
Questioning Man
A Medford city policeman
was slightly injured and a pa
trol car was damaged T uesday
afternoon during a fracas, on
Bennett st. when officers at
tempted to question a man
regarding an assault case.
At Rogue Valley hospital
under police guard is Marl
ton Lee Loftis, 31, of 11 Tripp
St., who was treated for head
cuts and lacerations.
Loftis was identified by
the Bureau of Criminal Iden
tification and Investigation,
Sacramento, Calif., this morn
ing by fingerprints. He was
identified as a man arrested
by local officers recently on
a drunk charge who had
given the name of Raymond
Larance Thompson. He was
reported to have used several
other aliases, officers said.
According to police, Loftis
was wanted for questioning
after they received a report
at 1:40 p.m. that Charles How
ard Barker, 11 Tripp St., had
been assaulted near Haw
thorne and Jackson sts. Bark
er was hospitalized at Sacred
Heart hospital overnight and
released today.
Patrolman Robert Allen
was sent to Bennett st. short
ly after 3 p.m. when persons
said that a man was lying
under a tree. Officers said
that Loftis attacked Allen
when he arrived on the scene
knocking him down several
times. He also attacked Pa
trolman George L. Lucas be
fore the two men mr.naged
to handcuff him. Earlier he
had ripped the microphone
from Allen's patrol car.
Police said this morning
that both California and Wyo
ming law enforcement offi
cers are checking the case as
Loftis may be wanted in those
states.
CR7S(BEUEFS
ROCKEFELLER CONTINUES NOMINATION QUEST
Alhanv. N.Y.-ilPtl-Gov. Nalson A. Rocktfeller continued
hit unofficial quasi for in 1964 GOP presidential nomination
Tuesday with a renewed attack on Sen. Barry Goldwater't
failure to reject the support ox exirem rigni-wm9 irmiii
stltT nl.YS VENEZUELAN'S EXTRADITION
Mi.mi-rt Pli-A oaternitv suit
today delayed the extradition
Marcos Peres Jimtnes. who
his homeland.
ORGANIZED LABOR TO OPEN CAMPAIGN
Unit. House. Pa.-ani-The AFL-CIO's political wing ad
vanced plans today tor a mid
leae;rs from 22 o! ine nanon s Dijgi sum tn
ixed labor's activities in the 1914 campaign.
day. The baby died less than two days later.
Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said Mrs.
Kennedy will have to curtail all of her
White House activities until after the first
of the year. (UPI)
reement Reached
For Supervision of .
Civil Defense Units
Salem -OIPIl- The federal
government, which refused
matching funds for the cut-
down state civil defense agen
cy, tentatively agreed Tuesday
to provide supervision for six
Oregon county civil defense
organizations.
The plan, drafted at a day
long meeting between State
CD Director Robert W. Sand
strom and two federal offi
cials, will be submitted to
Gov. Mark Hatfield for ap
proval. McKay Creek Fire
Controlled Today
By United Preis International
A 125-acre grass and water
shed blaze on McKay creek,
about 30 miles southeast of
Pendleton, was controlled to
day.
State forestry officials in
Salem said it was one of 16
blazes reported Tuesday on
state supervised forest and
rangelands.
Also controlled was an 80-
acre grass ana Drusn Diaze
in the Waterman Flat area
near Mitchell, and a 40-acre
fire near Medical Springs
southeast of La Grande.
Of the 16 fires reported
Tuesday on state land, 10
were caused by lightning.
One of the man-caused ifres
was a seven-acre blaze in the
Clackamas - Marion district
which resulted from debris
burning.
The U.S. Forest Service re
ported some 200 small fires
broke out in national forests
of Oregon and Washington
Monday night and Tuesday,
most of them set by lightning,
by a 26-vear-old blonde beauty
to Ventiutla of former dictator
sayi he faces certain death in
- September conference of union
Cole Sullivan, federal field
representative . for Oregon,
and Dan Campbell, region
eight federal financial assist
ance officer, met with Sand-
strom. .
Also drafted was .a skelton
operating program for the
state CD agency.
Earlier, federal matching
funds for six county organi
zations had been approved on
the condition that the state
supervise the program.
At Tuesday's session it was
agreed the federal govern
ment could authorize the use
of federal field workers to
help supervise the county
programs.
Counties Lifted
Funds had been conditional
ly approved for Deschutes,
Linn, Washington, Polk, Ben
ton and Umatilla counties.
The 1963 legislature slash
ed the state CD organization
from an 18-member agency to
a three-member coordinating
staff. ' .
As a result, federal match
ing funds were withdrawn
from the state agency. A sub
sequent attempt to get an ad
ditional $50,000 appropria
tion was turned down by the
State Emergency Board, made
up of legislators.
First Picking To
Start Tomorrow
First scattered picking of
an unusually light crop of
pears is expected to start to
morrow with most orchards
expected to start harvesting
next week, according to Couiv
ty Horticultural Agent Clif
ford B. Cordy.
Cordy said the pressure
tests on local pears to reveal
degree of ripeness are "just
not low enough yet. He ad
vised all orchardists to have
sample pears tested since
there is a considerable dif
ference from orchard to or
chard.
The county agent also
warned orchardists against
tendency to let spider mites
go. Neglect of spider mite
control may allow pear trees
to become defoliated too
early.
If the soil moisutre is good
the defoliated trees will break
out into a late bloom and the
blooms will become blight
infested. However, trees
should be kept well watered
until they become defoliated.
htadviscd.
Test Ban Treaty
Said Compatible
With Interests
Testimony Given
By Taylor, Seaborg
Washington - ItlPIl - Gen.
Maxwell D. Taylor told sen
ators today that the "Joint
Chiefs of Staff have deter
mined that the nuclear test
ban treaty is "compatible with
the security interests of the
United States."
The testimony of Taylor,
chairman of the joint chiefs.
was given to one committee as
Atomic Energy Commission
Chairman Glenn T. Seaborg
was telling three others that
the treaty would permit U.S.
anti-missile weapons develop
ment and should improve
rather than jeopardize, U.S.
security.
Taylor told of the military
chiefs' support of the treaty
in closed-door testimony be
fore the Senate preparedness
subcommittee. The substance
of it was made public in a
declassified statement.
Certain Disadvantage
Taylor told the subcommit
tee that, while the chiefs con
cluded in a comprehensive re
view that the treaty has cer
tain "disadvantages, those
disadvantages "are not as ser
ious as to render it unaccept
able."
Seaborg, testifying in be
half of the pact to outlaw all
but underground testing, said
this country "already has" a
number of nuclear warheads
eligible for use on anti-missile
missiles.
Champions Are
Named at Fair-
, Championships were named
in poultry and rabbits this
morning at the Jackson coun
ty 4-H and FFA fair as the
second day of full scale activi
ty got under-way.
Orrin Frederick, Central
Point, won the poultry broiler
championship with his entry
in the all breeds class, and
Billy Bagley champion leg
horn, light breed. Cathy Carl
the champion showman. Gary
Pinkham, West Side, had the
grand champion buck and
Cathy Garrett, West Side,
grand champion doe.
Michael Merickel, Ruch,
won three blue ribbons with
his pigeons. Jim Rey n o 1 d s,
Southwest Medford club, won
three blue ribbons with his
pigeons. There were only two
entries of pigeons this year.
the first time this type of bird
has been on exhibit at the
fair. They were judged by the
poultry judge.
Catherine Anhorn, Central
Point, had the junior cham
pionship exhibit in flowers.
John Fleischer had the senior
championship exhibit. Nancy
Brown, Applegate, took the
unior championship in the
vegetable garden exhibit,
Wesley Hill, Applegate, the
intermediate champion ship,
and Bob Snook, Central Point,
the senior championship.
The fair continues with
steer judging at 2 o'clock this
afternoon and champion steer
classes and club herds at 7
o'clock tonight.
Thursday, the beef fitting
contest will be held at 8:30
a.m., the FFA beef showman
ship at 11 a.m., 4-H beef show
manship at 1 p.m., beef show
manship finals at 7 p.m. and
dairy judging, 7 p.m.
Grant Authorized
For Sewer District
Authorization of a federal
grant of $35,340 to the White
City Sanitary district was an
nounced Tuesday by the
Health Education and Wei
fare department, Congress
man Robert B. Duncan report
ed today from Washington
D.C.
The grant is for the pump
ing station, lagoon and inter
ceptor and outfall sewer in
cluded in the $125,000 pro)
ect. The application for funds
was signed by Frank L
Reich, chairman of the board
of directors, White City.
It carried recommendations
from Sen. Wayne L. Morse,
Sen. Maurine Neubergcr and
; Congressman Duncan.
Stale Employment
Force To Face
Reduction in Pay
Branch Offices
Already Closed
Salem - IUPD - Layoff of 100
State Department employees
and cuts in pay for all remain
ing employees was ordered to
day.
As part of the cutback,
branch offices in Oceanlake,
Mt. Angel, Mt. Shasta, Calif.,
and Hermiston have been
closed, and other branch of
fices are being put on a short
day.
The cutbacks resulted be
cause of the failure of Con
gress to provide funds, depart
ment officials said. The de
partment was granted an ad
vance allotment for the first
quarter, pending approval by
Congress of the normal money
allotment. The cutback be
came necessary when a direc
tive was issued restricting ex
penditures for the quarter to
the amount included in the
advance allotment.
Involved is about $1.1 mil
lion in federal money each
quarter.
Commissioner David H
Cameron said he did not
know how long the emergency
would last.
'Congress Has Failed'
"We operate on federal
funds, and Congress has failed
to provide the money, so we'll
just have to get along on what
we have "
He said remaining em
ployees 'would, be asked to
take a one-step cut in pay aur
ing the emergency.
The . 100 employees who
were laid off are scattered
throughout the state.
The department has protest
ed the lack of funds to Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) and
Rep. Al Ullman (D-Ore.) un
man is on the House Appro
priations committee. Other
members of the congressional
delegation also were notified.
Workers Needed
Cameron pointed out that
the office closures come at a
time when farmers need
workers to harvest the peak
late summer crops and food
processors are re-opening to
process these crops.
"It also comes at a lime
when much hiring is done
through employment service
offices for the back-to-school
boost in business, and at the
very peak of the tourist sea
son," Cameron noted.
He said the department op
erates entirely on federal ap
propriations. He said that in
addition to the fact that Con
gress had failed to appropri
ate money for this quarter,
budget cuts for fiscal 1964 are
forecast.
ll-Year-Old Girl
Killed by Truck
Lorraine Lester Anderson,
11, of 742 West McAndrews
rd., was killed shortly after
11 o'clock this morning when
she rode her bicycle into the
path of a loaded logging truck
near the intersection of Clark
st. and McAndrews rd.
According to Oregon state
police, the truck, operated by
Robert Richard Raffaclly, 29,
of 39 Myers court, Medford,
was eastbound on McAndrews
rd. As he started to pass the
girl on her bicycle she cut
across the street in front of
the truck, police said.
Medford police assisted in
directing traffic. The accident
was just outside the city lim
its. The body was taken to
Conger-Morris Funeral home.
Coos Bay firm Signs
Contract With Union
Coos Bay -IUPD- Mcnasha
Corp. woods employees will
return to their jobs Thursday
following agreement reached
here Tuesday night between
the firm and Local 3037 of the
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Ujion.
I ,
FARMHOUSE INVESTIGATED Gerald
MacArthur, right, Scotland Yard's superin
tendent of detectives, talks with newsmen
after an abandoned farmhouse used as a
base by Britain's "Great Train Robbery"
bandits was discovered near Oakley,. Eng
land. MacArthur said the robbers had used
Basin Dam Sites
To Be Toured by
Officials Saturday
The Rogue Basin Flood Con
trol and Water Resources as
sociation will sponsor a tour
of the three proposed dam
sites Saturday for general
public orientation.
Planning to attend the tour
besides members of the as
sociation are Col. Sterling K.
Eisiminger, Portland district
engineer, U. S. Army corps
of Engineers; Henry Stewart,
also of the Portland district
office; H. T. Nelson, regional
director, bureau of reclama
tion, Boise, Ida.; J. Mangan,
area engineer, lower Colum
bia development office, Sa
lem, bureau of reclamation;
Phil Schneider, Oregon State
Game commission; a repre
sentative of the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Portland of
fice; and Malcolm Karr, state
water resources board, Salem.
Groups of citizens from
Jackson, Josephine and Curry
counties are expected to make
the trip. A bus for Jackson
county officials is expected to
leave the National Guard
Armory south of Medford at
8:30 a.m. Saturday and meet
the bus of Josephine and Cur
ry county officials at the in
tersection of Sams Valley
highway and the Crater Lake
highway at 9 a.m.
The tour schedule is to ar
rive al Lost Creek at 9:45
a.m., leave Lost Creek at 10:30
a.m., arrive Medford at 11:45
a.m., leave Medford at 12:43
p.m., arrive at the Applegate
at 1:30 p.m. and leave the
Applegate at 2 p.m.
A no-host luncheon will be
served at the Rogue Valley
Country club at noon. The
Lost creek site is near "Un
canny Canyon," the Elk creek
site is three miles up Elk
creek rd. from the crater
Lake highway, the Applegate
dam site is li miles north
of the Copper post office on
the Applegate rd.
WEATHER
FOKKCAST: Fair ind mild to.
night through Thurtdty night.
Afternoon winds northweiterly
1(1-1$ mile per hour. Low to
night near SO. High Thursday
near SI.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday
Lowest This Morning SO
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today :IS p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow ... a.m.
Moonrlse tomorrow.. 2:27 a.m.
New Moon Aug. 19
PROMINKNT STAR o
Anlarea, low In south
west 11:11 P-m.
VlXIHI.fi PLANETS
Mars, low In west .. 9:lt p.m.
Saturn, In southeast 10:11 p.m.
Jupiter, rises I0:S1 p.m.
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Bibeau Enters Plea
To Manslaughter in
Circuit Court Here
Harold James - Bibeau, 21
pleaded guilty this- morning
to voluntary manslaughter before-
Circuit. Court -Judge
James M. Main.
Sentencing date was set for
Sept.' 9 to allow Bibeau's at
torneys, Joel Reeder and
Stanley C. Jones Jr., to intro
duce 20 witnesses in his be
half. ,
Bibeau is in the U.S. Army
stationed at Ft. Gordon, Ga.
Army authorities waived cus
tody of Bibeau in connection
with the criminal charge, but
still have jurisdiction over
him. Jones, his attorney,
hopes the Army will discharge
him so he will not face mili
tary charges when he should
complete serving his sentence.
Maximum sentence for man
slaughter is 15 years In the
Oregon State penitentiary.
Bibeau was originally in
dicted by - Jackson county
grand Jury on first degree
murder charges. He was ar
raigned July 1 in connection
with the death of Russell
Waldon Osborn, 51, Ashland
theater manager April 27 In
Osborn's apartment. Bibeau
had pleaded innocent to the
charges of first degree mur
der July 5, and a jury trial
was set for Sept. 3.
Waive Right to Hearing
This morning Bibeau waiv
ed right to a grand jury hear
ing. No bail was set and he
will be held in the Jackson
county jail. District Attorney
Alan Holmes said the man
slaughter charge more closely
fits the case since he feels it
was a "crime of passion."
Governor Hatfield Will Give Principal
Address at Republicans'
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield will
give the principal address Sat
urday at the Jackson County
Republican Central commit
tee's family picnic In Tou
Vclle State park.
Committee chairmen from
Josephine and Klamath coun
ties will join the Jackson
county party officials in
bringing delegations to ' the
picnic, Robert Balk, picnic
chairman, reported today.
They are Jess Calvert, chair
man of the Josephine County
Republican Central commit
tee, and Ross Ragland, chair
man of the Klamath County
Republican Central commit
tee. Paul Selby of Medford will
be master of ceremonies.
Will Accompany Governor
Mrs. Hatfield will accom-
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the farmhouse both before and after the
robbery, spending about three weeks there.
An old airstrip near the house led detectives
to believe the gang may have loaded the
$7 million loot aboard a plane after they
counted it, and fled to the continent. (UPI)
The legal description of vol
untary-manslaughter read by
Judge Main also included the
words "crime of , passion:"'
Bibeau is still charged offi
cially with forging Osborn's
name to three checks totalling
$300.' Osborn had apparently
made out the checks before
his death but had not signed
them. They would have fi
nanced Bibeau's trip back to
his military base where he is
listed as absent without
leave.
Bibeau was specifically
charged with strangling Os
born in the living room of
his home at 725 Walker avc.,
according to the new charges.
Several Items on
Planners' Agenda
A variety of items will be
discussed by the Jackson
county planning commission
at B o'clock tonight in the
courthouse auditorium.
Among the persons to ap
pear will be Jackson County
Surveyor Mark Boydcn, who
will discuss the state law re
garding checking fees for sub
division plats. The present
fee charged In the county is
$16.
Reports will be presented
by the subdivision committee
and the board of adjustment.
Other business will concern
second hand stores and wreck-
ing yards in interim zoned
I areas and the sanitation code.
pany the governor to the pic
nic.
Mrs. Gene Williams, Repub
lican Women's Federation of
Oregon representative, is be
ing assisted by Republican
members of the Medford Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce in
arranging the dinner menu,
which will include open pit
barbecued chicken.
Persons wishing to join the
Governor's Motorcade to the
picnic are asked to meet at
3 p.m. in the Medford Shop
ping Center parking area be
hind Newberry's store. The
motorcade will tour the shop
ping center and the business
districts then proceed to Tou
Velle park.
An "elephant race" Is being
staged for juniors participat-
In the ticket sale contest,
Unions, Big Six
Employers Agree
On New Contract
Hourly Pay Hike,
Benefits Included
Portland -IUPD- The Pacific
Northwest's lengthy lumber
strike was all but over today
after negotiators for two strik
ing unions and the Big Six
employers' bargaining asso
ciation agreed on a contract
here Tuesday night.
- The three -year agreement
between representatives of the
International Woodwor k e r a
of America and the Lumber
and Sawmill Workers' unions
and the Big Six - if ratified
by union members - would
leave only an estimated auu
men on strike. At one time
about 29,000 were idled.
Others Reopened
About 6,400 men have been
on strike since June 5 against
two Big Six companies, St.
Regis and U.S. Plywood. The
other, four members shut
down in retaliation but re
opened last week.
The proposed contract.
which calls for a 30V4-cent
hourly raise in wages and
benefits during the next three
years, will be voted -on this
week by IWA and LSW work
ers. Results of the referendum
balloting are expected to be
announced Sunday afternoon.
At the start of negotiations
the LSW had asked for a 60
cent hourly increase and the
IWA a 40 -cent hike, both
spread over, three years.
Another Meeting Set
The unions meet here Thurs
day afternoon with the 196
member - Timber Operators
Council employers' bargain
ing association. Some TOC
members already have set
tled new contracts.
The contract negotiating
'session' between the unions
and the TOC was scheduled
by federal mediators follow
ing the settlement between
the IWA-LSW representatives
and the Big Six officials at 7
p.m. They had met off-and-on
since 9:30 a.m.
Similar Agreement
The agreement, similar to
most of the lumber contracts
approved previously in the -region
during the strike, calls
for a 10-cent hourly pay in
crease and a z-cent hourly
skill differential retroactive
to June 1, an additional 5
cents Dec. 1, 6 cents next .
June 1, 6 cents June 1 in 1965
and increased travel pay for
certain woods employees next
Jan. 1, averaging lVz cents
an hour.
The two sides also agreed: '
to form a joint study commit
tee to look into automation
and other major problems.
The Big Six dropped its de
mands for a change in over
time pay for working week
ends.
Union Girl Drowns
In Grande Ronde River
La Grande - flJPD - Donna
Hunsucker, 14, Union, drown
ed in the Grande Ronde river
about 15 miles west of here
late Tuesday.
The girl, who could not
swim, drowned in about three
feet of water. She was attend
ing a Baptist Bible Camp.
Family Picnic
Mrs. Frank J. Rider, chair
man, announced. Contestants
in this competition, winners
of which will be designated
"Mr. and Miss Junior Repub
lican of Jackson County," are
Pam Trowbridge, Ann Par
sons, Robin Emmens, Day '
Lynch, Nick and Chris Ras
mussen, Ed Davis, John Eads,
John Case, and John and Al
len Collins.-
Persons planning to attend '
the picnic are asked, to buy '
tickets from junior' members
of the party or at the Insur
ance Mart in Medford or Iver
son Printing in Ashland. Res-,
ervatlons may be made by
telephoning 772-1321 or 482
1491. During the activity period
at the picnic a "Conservatives
versus Liberals" baseball
game will be Playeij.