Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 15, 1963, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Medford mail tribune., September 15, 1963, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1963)

Page of 36 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.8 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 36 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextPrice 10 Cents Weather Subscribers To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Trihune in Medford. phone 772-flUl; Afch land call at 416 Bridge it. or phone 483-3002; Yrekn, phone Victory 2-2808 before 6:45 p m. dally and 10:30 a m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrive! hortly after you call please notify office, thua eliminating special meaienger service. Medford United Pien International FuJl Leaied Wire Tribune KORECAST: A few thowrrs thit morning. Partly cloudy this afternoon, ton I tnt and Mondav. Afternoon uindi north wen IS mlltk per hour. High today 75; low tonight 48. High Monday 78. Temp. Hlghekt Yesterday .... K3 Lowest Saturday Morning .. .58 United rreii Internatlnnal Full Leaied Win 56 Pages Six Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1963 No. 152 58th Year Oden Found Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter Jury Deliberates For Six Hours GRANTS PASS Gerald Richard Odcn. 25, or Wolf Creek, was found fiuilly or involuntary manslaughter late Saturday night. The jury of seven men and five women came in with )ts verdict shortly after tl p.m. It had begun consideration at about 5 p.m. South Dakota Quintuplets All Fine After First Day Judge Orval J. Millard of the Josephine County Circuit court, where the case is being tried, instructed the jury that it had a choice of seven possible ver dicts. They were told they could find Odcn guilty of first degree murder with recommendation of life imprisonment; first de gree murder without recomend ation of life imprisonment (the death penalty), second degree murder, voluntary manslaugh ter, involuntary manslaughter. or assault and battery- Or they could find him not guilty. j Saturday's session in the i courtroom was taken up by i the closing arguments for the state and the defense. District Attorney Larry Asch enbrenner summed up the state's contention that Oden and a second man, Norman Stewart Thomas, 22, of Grants Pass, who goes on trial Tuesday, beat Lloyd Miles Harper, 48, of Grants Pass to death on the night of July 12. Aschenbrenncr sought during the trial to prove that Harper died as a result of blows struck by Oden after Thomas had dragged him from the car in which they were riding, and that Harper died .while the two were robbing him. Defense Attorney Robert Boy er of Medford, in his three-hour closing statement, contended that Harper was not fatally in jured by Oden and that Oden stuck him only after Harper had made advances to a 17-year-old girl in the car with the men. Boyer also contended that Harper died from injuries re ceived when he accidentally fell or was accidentally pulled from the vehicle by Thomas. He- in dicated (hat Thomas might have -ni , ni in.,. ZJZ onv Vnh ent was not involved in any rob- li.. ; ih. i-i-,1 completed Friday afternoon, j X ..o. Illl. HIV "I mi- li mi nao Oden took the stand Friday and testified that he hit Harper only once, that he didn't hurt him, and that he knew nothing of any plans to get Harper drunk or take money from him. Demonstrations In Florida, Tennessee MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UPI) -' About 150 Negroes marched down famous Beale Street Sat urday to protest crowded con- ditions in Negro schools, and about 2.10 college students! picketed a segregated theater j in Tallahassee, Fla. Police in the Florida city ar-: rested about fit) of the demon-1 strators Negro and white students from Florida A & M college for violating a court order limiting the size of pro test marches. About 150 whites gathered in Tallahassee and cheered while police officials informed the demonstrators they were in vio lation of the court order, but there were no incidents. The Negroes quietly obeyed police orders to get into paddy wagons and were taken to coun ty jail where bonds of $500 were set. tlEWSO?;BftlEFS ITEMS 'ROM m IS R0UNB ' Ol0M BETANCOIRT REJECTS MILITARY'S DEMANDS CARAC AS, Venezuela (I'PI I President Romuln Rplanrnnrt has rrjrrtrd demands hv armed forces chief that Communist congressmen he stripped of parliamentary immunity, it was learned rrliahlv Saturday. EDWIN GEORGE, ECONOMIST. DIES TICKAHOE. N. Y. (I'PI Edwin Black George, government and business economist, died early Saturday at his home in Tuckahne, N. Y. He was 67. George retired last year alter a long and distinguished record o government service that spanned three decades. RISK. SOVIET AMBASSADOR MEET WASHINGTON (I'PI) Soviet Ambassador Anatoly S. Do hrynin. in apparently jovial mood, met with Secretary of Stale Dean Rusk Saturday, as the United States prepared for a major new round of probing Soviet intentions during the coming weeks. l INTS' MOTHER SENDS GREETINGS MARACAIHO, Venenifla (LTD Sri. Ines Cuervo de Prietn, who gave birth to quintuplets one week ago Saturday, isked United Pre,s International to convey her congratulations In Mrs. Andrew Hher of Aberdeen, S. D.. who had quints Satur day morning. "I pray to God tor her babies and mine," Sri. Prirtn taid with a smile Irom her hospital bed. t , "v TIT , j-twl n x ak v ' V mA 'L. ALL SMILES President John F. Kennedy smiles as he turns toward his wife as they leave Bailey's Beach at Newport, R. I., Saturday to board the "Honey Fitz" for a cruise on Narrangan- sett Bay. The President is vacationing in Rhode Island. Dur- ing the day he sent greetings to Mrs. Mary Anne Fischer of Kennedy May Fly Over Rogue Basin During Western Trip By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (Special) -President Kennedy will make two stops in Oregon and prob- ably take a low altitude look at , the Oregon Dunes area and pos sibly the Rogue River Basin as well during his 10-state Western tour the end of the month. In addition .to Portland, Pres ident Kennedy will visit Tongue Point, the abandoned Naval base near Astoria, Friday, Sept. 27. He will later fly along the) Oregon coast to view the Ore- gon Dunes where his adminis-; tration wants Congress to a p- Pe a National Seashore park, i he s( at Norln Bend, as had been considered. The President's light sched- ule, packed with closely-timed entrances and departures, is only possible in today's age of jet aircraft and helicopters. Schedule Announced Mr. Kennedy's visit to the Pacific Northwest shaped up Friday as follows. Thursday. Sept. 26, his Air Force jet will fly into Larson Sports Bulletin BROOKINS Eagle Point's fnolhal team came out on the short end or a ,tlt-n score against the Brookings team here Saturday night. ASHLAND The Southern Oregon College Red Raiders defeated an Alumni football team here Saturday night 19-6. SOC led the grads 1.1-0 at the half. St. Mary's and Glide bat tled to a i2-12 lie here Satur day night. The Crusaders led 12-0 at the end of the first quarter, but Glide came bark with a touchdown in the sec ond quarter and tied the game with another TD in the fourth quarter. Air Force base, Moses Lake, Wash., from Montana. A heli copter will pick him up at Moses Lake for a flight south to the Hanford Atomic Energy works near Richland, where he will dedicate the world's largest atomic power plant being con- structcd by Washington Public Power supply system. Returning to his jet by heli copter, President Kennedy will fly to Salt Lake City for an ad dress and a night's rest. Leaving Salt Lake City Fri day morning, his party arrives at Seattle-Tacoma airport near noon. There he is once again taken by helicopter from the air- port to Cheney Madium in la- coma for a spcach No xime Fo'r Llln on resources. Lunch Taking no time out for lunch in town, the President will be plucked from the stadium but as of Friday, he hadn t re grass by helicopter after his ccived word from the White speech and returned to his jet ; House on this aspect of the which will take off at 12:20 p.m. j trip. for Astoria. It is due at Astoria ! Since President Kennedy is at 1:05 p.m. for the President's flying south from Portland to visual inspection of the base j San Francisco, he will in which local interests and the I evitably cross the Rogue unless Oregon Congressional delegation i would like to have used for a new federal venture. Departing Astoria, the flying While House is due to touch down at Portland International airport at 1:55 p.m. for the start of an auto caravan into! Diem Plans to Lift Martial Law Rule In South Viet Nam SAIGON, South Vict Nam (UPI) The government said Saturday it would lift martial law on Monday despite reports of the arrest of more suspected opposition elements and student disorders reported in cities in central Vict Nam. The government press agency said martial law imposed on I the country on Aug. 20 would be lifted Monday and that gov ernment duties taken over tem porarily by the army will be performed by civilians after that. Although martial law will he lifted, the national state of emer gency proclaimed in 1061, re mains in force. Saigon itself was uneasy with troops still j guarding schools against possi hie anti-government outbursts. No Report ( In Washington, (he U. S. State department said it has not re ceived a report about the lifting of martial law from its embassy in Saigon. ("But if the lifting of martial law means that the Vietnamese government is going to under take constructive measures to achieve adequate support to win the war and lo ensure a better future for the Vietnamese peo ple, it is a step in the right direction," the State department said. "We shall be watching de-' she sipped grapefruit juice and velopments in Viet Nam close- nibbled candy from a small ly." ' golden box. (The statement implied that "It is not only President Ken Washington believes more sub-jnrdy who is misinformed but stan'ial reforms ar needed by the whole American public," she the D,:em government, including 1 sajd. Aberdeen, S. D., who gave birth to quintuplets early Saturday, Meanwhile, it was announced that the President may fly over the Rogue Basin project area during his visit to the West Coast later this month. (UPI) the city where he is to dedicate the Northwest Towers Public Housing project for the elderly and make a major speech. The White House schedule has him leaving Portland about two hours after his arrival, at 4 p.m. Sens. Maurine Neubergcr and Wayne Morse and Reps. Edith Green and Al Ullman are expect ed to join the Presidential party at some stage of his Northwest tour. Rep. Robert B. Duncan, who said he wasn't sure wheth er he would be on hand or not, left lor Oregon Friday to dedi cate a new tree farm north of Gardiner Saturday. Point Out Sites Congressman Duncan wants the President to fly over the Rogue River so he can point out the sites for newly author ized dams in the Medford area, the plane tlics ust oil tne coast after passing the Dunes. The President's destination in California will be Redding, where he will take a helicopter to Lassen Volcanic National park and stay overnight in a cabin. a settlement satisfactory to the Buddhists.) The Vict Nam agency said President Ngo Dinh Diem, in a separate decree, announced that elections for the national assem bly will be held Sept. 27. The elections originally were set for Aug. 31 but were post- Pod indefinitely when the gov. ornmont cracked down on Bud dhists and university students protesting against Viet Nam's authoritarian government. Meanwhile at Belgrade, Yugo slavia, Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu, influential sister-in-law of Presi dent Diem, said she personally would welcome a United Nations investigation of alleged religious discrimination in her country. "Viet Nam has nothing to hide," she told a news confer ence. "It is in our interest to tell the truth." Mme. Nhu said she did not believe most UN members would support such an investi gation because many would fear the world body would like lo look into affairs in their own countries. Mme. Nhu waved her hands as she spoke, causing her dia mond and pearl rings to sparkle as she once more charged the press with misinforming t h e world about conditions in South Viet Nam. From time to time National Forest Timber Cut Sets Record in 1963 Talent Irrigation district will close its irrigation season Sept. 27 and Medford Irrigation dis trict about Oct. 1, managers of the two districts reported Satur day. MID Manager Jack Hoffbuhr said his district may turn water out of the canals and close the gates the end of September if there are heavy rains the latter part of this monlh. Hoffbuhr agreed with his brother, Walt Hoffbuhr, T I D manager, that the overall irri gation season has been "very good" with cooler temperatures and a cool spring. The unusual amount of pre cipitation in the spring brought the ground water up making it possible to use less irrigation water this year than for several years. In terms of distribution, this was one of the easiest sea sons, they agreed. On Schedule Walt Hoffbuhr felt the small pear crop required less irriga tion, which also helped. H i s brother said MID used more water through Bradshaw drop this year than before. All of the 5.000 acres of orchards un der MID seemed to use the wa ter on schedule, the MID man ager noted. TID has about 4,000 acres of orchards it serves. "The soil mantle stayed wet in the fall and through winter, although the small snow pack indicated we might have a rough season," Walt Hoffbuhr said. Two Tremors Jolt North California SAN FRANCISCO (UPD-Two sharp earthquakes jolted parts of northern California Saturday, tumbling canned goods off gro cery shelves and causing floods of telephone calls to police and newspapers. However, no serious damage was reported nor were there any injuries. The first tremor occurred al 12:46 p.m. PDT (3:46 p.m. ERT) and was felt in downtown San Francisco, along Ihe coast and as far away as Monterey and Salinas, about 70 miles to the south. University of California seis- mologists at Berkeley, where 1 the quake was also felt, said Ihe epicenter of the jolt was 15 i miles due norlh of Salinas. They said a revised reading of the ! Richler scale showed the quake j had a S 3 magnitude. Narcotics Agents Seize Cocaine Haul MIAMI (UPI) - Federal and state narcotics agents climaxed a two-month undercover oora lion Saturday when they seized 10 8 pounds of cocaine with a black market value estimated at S2 million. Agents arrested three Cuban exiles and were seeking another in connection with the case, de scribed by agents as "one of the biggest hauls in the nation." Andrew Fischers Have 4 Girls, One Boy at Aberdeen Kennedy, Nation Send Greetings ABERDEEN, S. D. (UPI) -The wife of a $76-a-weck ship ping clerk, already the mother of five children, gave birth Sat urday lo quintuplets four "Mary's" and a "James An drew," and all of them "fine babies." The premature children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fischer, with each hour of life, lengthened their chances of becoming the first quintuplets ever born in the United Slates to survive. Although the odds against quintuplet births are 54 million to one, according to the Ameri can Medical association, it was the second time in a week that the phenomenon had occurred in the western hemisphere. Last Sunday, quintuplet boys were born in Maracaibo, ' Venezuela, to a 34-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Ines Cuervo de Pierto. Bishop Christens The Roman Catholic bishop of Sioux Falls, S. D., the Most Rev. Lambert Hoch, flew to this prai rie cattle town near the North Dakola border to christen the infants. He baptized each of the four girls "Mary" and the boy "James Andrew." The parents, exhausted and dumbfounded, said they would pick middle names for the girls later. "Oh, thank God It's over." Mrs. Mary Ann Fischer, told her husband. "I don't know how it will be financially, but through God's will we will he able to take care of them," "Andy" Fischer said. While the parents looked into the future, the full resources of St. Luke's hospital, a 235-bed Catholic institution, were de voted to keeping life in the 3V4 pound youngsters, born six lo eight weeks prematurely. Dr. James Berbos, 40, the family doctor who brought the quints into the world, said "These are fine babies. As far as I know they're going to be all right." Some Danger But he added the warning "The greatest danger involved is prematurity itself. There is a danger of membrane disease" the malady common to "proems" which claimed the life of President and Mrs. Kennedy's premalure son last month. The birth of the Fischer quin- wssmmmmmmmmmiimmii Woman In Iran Has Quadruplets -Two and Two TEHRAN, Iran (UPD Quadruplcts have been born to a woman in the city of Nain, about 400 miles north of Tehran, re ports reaching the Iranian capital indicated Saturday. It was understood that the infants two boys and two girls were born to Mrs. Fakhru Mousavi and that the quads and molher were doing well. Other details were not known. State Officials Disagree On What To Do If Tax Increase Measure Is Referred Editor'- mile: I there rjiess "f al" in slate government? Do voters want economy, or do they want some new taxrs. This Is the last of a five-part aeries. By ZA. STARK United Press International SALEM (UPI) - State offi cials are deeply concerned over the possible defeat of the 1963 legislature's $60 million tax in crease measure at the Oct. 15 special election. i But there's no agreement on what should be done. i Some sav the defeat would be a mandate from the people ! against any tax increase. Senate President Ben Musa j (D-The Dalles) feels that way. Hp. says "it would be a kick in the toih of IS1 vAaa it 4jto& V AFTER THE BIG EVENT Mrs. Mary Anne who arc reported to have a good chance of he Fischer rests in her hospital bed Saturday morn- coming the first quintuplets born in the United ing after she gave birth to four girls and a boy, States to survive. (UPI) tuplets became a national event within hours. President ahd Mrs. Kennedy, along with South Dakota's two senators and governor, sent glowing telegrams of congratu lations. The people of Aberdeen took the quints to their hearts. The hospital telephone jangled with the calls of proud South Dakotans who just wanted to send their best wishes. Mer chants chimed in with offers of free layettes and other necessi ties for the babies. The President and his wife said the births were "an event of great national importance." Sen. Karl Mundt messaged "You have put Aberdeen on the world map. After the pre-dawn births, Andy Fischer greeted his new born children in the nursery and then went to his farm home two miles outside of town to milk the cows and break the news to his other youngsters. Andy and Mary Ann Fischer, J FK's Campaign Lines Up 80 Solons Behind Test Treaty WASHINGTON (UPI) - Pres ident Kennedy's campaign to produce the "widest possible" support for the nuclear test ban treaty has held opposition to ratification to a hard core of 13 votes to date, a survey show ed Saturday. A continuing United Press In ternational check indicated 80 senators have now announced or inclined to vote for the pact. Seven others are "wrestling with their consciences" in the uncertain ranks. Senate Democratic whip Her bert H. Humphrey, Minn., said he is now hopeful the treaty will get 85 votes for ratifica tion, with no more than 15 op posed if all but ailing Sen. Clair Englc (D-Calif.) are pres ent. Engle's position in support of the treaty already has been announced. The most significant develop ment in this week's historic "great debate" over the pact barring all but underground nu clear tests was two-fold: Democratic Sen. Henry M. Jackson's reluctant but decisive announcement that he will sup new laxes If voters turn down the lax measure." Senate Tax Committee Chairman Boyd Ovcrhulsc, (D-Madras) agrees. House Speaker Clarence Bar-1 ton (D-Coquille) feels defeat of the tax measure should be met by some cuts in spending and! enactment of some new revenue measures. House Tax Committee Chair man Richard Eymann (D-Mar-i cola) feels some new tuxes should be enacted. His commit-, lee already has some ready in case a special session of the legislature is called. i The present tax bill has been termed a "compromise of com-' promises" by Gov. Mark Hat field. That's because Ihera is a deep HtfforSre of philosophy between an attractive, a u b u r n-haircd housewife, learned Wednesday that they were due to be par ents of quintuplets. St. Luke's Hospital said at first the fact had been kept secret from the mother, but Dr. Berbos con firmed ' Saturday that he had located the quints through x-rays and told both parents. Mrs. Fischer wept a little and went to the hospital Wednesday night. At 11:30 (CST) Friday night she felt' the first labor pains. Dr. Bcrdos arrived. At 1:58 a.m. CST (3:58 a.m. EDT) Saturday, the first girl arrived. At 2:03, another girl; at 2:14 a third girl; at 2:39, James An drew; at 3:01, the last "Mary" and it was over. . . They were natural births, achieved w i t h o u t the aid of anesthetics. Mrs. Fischer saw her babies within moments after their birth. No Problems "There was no difficulty," Berbos told a news conference port the treaty. Jackson heads the House-Senate Atomic Energy subcommittee on nuclear weap ons and serves on the prepared ness subcommittee which came out with a report strongly ques tioning the military wisdom of the pact. Thus his stand was known to be swinging some pre vious on-thc-fence votes. Despite Arguments A breakthrough in the ranks of senior southerners, despite the anti-treaty arguments of Armed Services Chairman Rich ard B. Russell (D-Ga.), and Preparedness Chairman John C, Stennis (D-Miss.). Sen. Allen J. Ellcnder (D-La.), Senate agriculture chairman and a frequent visitor to the Soviet Union, called for treaty ratifi cation as a move toward "deal ing directly with Russia." Ellcnder's declaration was fol lowed Saturday by a pro-treaty announcement from Sen. Spcs sard L. Holland said: "All I have read and heard convinces me that the advantages of this pact to the United States and the free world more than offset the disadvantages." the House and Senate. Hatfield fears a special session could erupt into another Senate House fight such as the one which dominated the closing days of the 141-day 1963 regular session. Some state officials say pri vately that Hatfield might be able to trim 60 million from the $104 million general fund budget. "if he uses a scalpel instead of a cleaver," he might be able to do it without crippling state services, one high official said. But the same official warned "this is not really the way to get the job done. There is some fat In state government, but it would be much better If the cuts could be made in an order ly manner rather than as an ' ' ' i .' I i late Saturday. "The first threa were rather easy. The fourth and fifth had to be rotated a little. 'At no lime were the mother and babies in serious danger." Berbos said Mrs. Fischer would not attempt to nurse the babies. Their first meal, a formula of glucose and water, had not yet been served by eve ning. Memories Recalled The birth of the Fischer quints in South Dakota's cattle country revived memories of another birth, 29 years ago, l.ooo miles to the northeast at Callander, Ont. This was the birthplace of the D i o n n e quintuplets, first quints In medical history to grow lo maturity. One of the Dionne quints died in 1954. Aside from the Mara caibo quints, the only other surviving quintuplets in this hemisphere are the 20-year-old Diligcntis of Argentina. Although there were seven quintuplet births in the U. S. between 1776 and 1059, tha babies ' all died shortly after birth. 3-Month Orbital Flight Proposed WASHINGTON (UPI) - Tha American astronaut team will spend the equivalent of almost three months in weightless spaca flight around the earth before the epic U.S. try for a landing; on the moon is made, a spaca agency official said Saturday. The 2,000 hours of orbital ex perience demonstrates the tre mendous workload yet ahead for spacemen before a Ihrec-man Apollo team is shot toward tha moon. There are hopes the at tempt will be made in as lit t la as five years, but it might not come until almost 1970. President Kennedy has sot a goal of an American landing on tho moon in this decade. Spaca officials have expressed the be lief that, barring major set backs, an attempt might ba made by 1968. In outlining generally the ex tensive preliminary flights lead ing to the lunar shot, an official of the National Aeronautics and Space administration (NASA) to day mentioned "late in this dec ade" as the possible time for the Apollo shot. hysterical reaction lo a voiers ; revolt." In spite of public rlamnrincs esigneo io salvage tne tax run at the Oct. 15 election, many state officials admit piivatcly the measure seems doomed. They're concerned the voters who will opposo Ihe tax measure will be voicing opposition to higher taxes, and won't really understand the full impact of their action on stale govern ment. And there's still anolher un answered question. If the tax bill is defeated, will it mean voters are against this particular Increase, or will it mean the voters feel slate gov ernment has grown big enough, and Is providing all the serv ices It should?