ii ii i lf i refill 1 i
KEY ELEMENT IN PKOJKCT Lost Creek purpose storage behind a cliim rIhhiI .'WO feel
reservoir, authorized in 1962 hy the Corps of high, us outlined in the photn. Purpose Nerved
Engineers, is described as the key element will include flood control, Irrigation, ixiwcr
in the Rogue Basin project. The pool, extend- generation, fish and wildlife enhancement and
ing 10 miles upstream from the damsitc, will water quality,
provide more than 450,000 acre-feet of multiple
Regional Edition
MEDFORD
20 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1963 No. 163
Gangland 'Songbird' Tells
Of Mafia's 'Kiss of Death'
Valachi Relates
Incident During
Public Testimony
WASHINGTON (UPl)-Gang-fand
turncoat Joseph Valachi
told Senate investigators today
that underworld overlord Vito
Genovese gave him the Mafia's
"kiss of death" by kissing him
on the hand while they were
cellmates in the Atlanta federal
prison.
The stocky, red haired ex
mobster described Genovese as
the "under the table" super
boss of organized crime. He also
testified that Genovese ordered
the murder of sub-boss Tony
Bender (Anthony Strollo) from
his Atlanta prison cell.
Bender, of Fort Lee, N.J.,
and his mistress, a Manhattan
sports clothes designer, disap
peared 18 months ago and have
never been found.
Bender reputedly was rackets
boss of Greenwich Village and
had incurred the wrath of Cosa
Nostra by espousing the cause
of the upstart Gallo mob in
Brooklyn.
Testifying publicly for the
first time, Valachi told the tele
vised hearing that Genovese
described news reports of Bend
er's disappearance as "the best
Jiing that could happen he
wouldn't be able to take it like
vou and I."
Valachi recounted the episode
after testifying that he joined
the disciplined "Cosa Nostra"
?rime cartel "our thing, our
family in English" in 1930.
Born in New York to Italian im
migrant parents, he said he took
to crime after dropping out of
school at age 15 and working
'or about a year on a sand
scow.
Speaking calmly almost im
passively and chain smoking,
Valachi gave the Senate in
vestigations subcommittee a
rambling account of intrigue be
hind the prison walls at Atlanta.
He said he felt that Genovese
marked him for murder after
he sought an appointment with
Genovese for a member of the
Buffalo-Toronto "family" of the
"Costa Nostra" empire.
Finally, he said, there came
in evening when Genovese
asked Valachi and cellmate
Ralph Wagner a "Cosa
Nostra" outsider to g a t h e r
around his prison bunk in the
seven-man prison cell.
"He (Genovese) grabbed my
hand and gave it a kiss," Va
lachi continued.
NEWS(Q)BRIEFS
rrtMS noM 4 AS AR0UND wt ol0M
HIRRICANE HITS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
SAN JUAN, P. R. (UPI) Hurricane Edith, packing 75 miles
an hour winds and flooding rains, slammed into the eastern
tip of the Dominican Republic today. There were no immediate
reports of damage, the weather bureau said.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CLEARS NAVY SECRETARY
WASHINGTON (UPI) The Justice Department has cleared
Navy Secretary Fred Korth of any conflict-of-interest law vio
lation involving a billion-dollar Pentagon contract for the con
troversial TFX warplane, it was revealed today.
ROCKEFELLER MEETS WITH MAC.MILLAN
LONDON (UPD New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, a
poftrntial candidate for the Republ'V.n presidential nomination,
met todav with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
180 Acres Burned
By Fire in Klamath
Forest Near Hilt
YREKA Fire of unknown
origin, which blazed through the
Klamath National forest start
ing about 4 p.m. Thursday when
danger conditions were at a
maximum, was under control by
9 o'clock this morning after
burning over 180 acres and de
stroying 20,000 board feet of
Southeast Wind
Boosts Mercury
To New High Here
Heated by a hot southeast
wind, temperatures for Med
ford and vicinity soared yester
day to the highest on record for
this late in the season.
The Medford station of the
U.S. weather bureau, located at
the airport, listed a maximum
of 104 degrees yesterday after
noon. The last time 100 degrees
was recorded during this month
of the year was on Sept. 23,
1943.
Yesterday was the hottest day
here this year.
Temperature was expected to
reach about 100 degrees today.
An invasion of shallow marine
air is anticipated, sometime to
morrow to end the wave of heat.
The Saturday forecast of the
weather bureau is for a 90
degree maximum.
Rises Six Degrees
The southeast wind began
blowing in this area about 3
p.m. yesterday and peaked
about 15 miles per hour, dying
to 10 mph after sundown. The
Medford weather station report
ed that the temperature rose
six degrees in an hour's time
from 96 to 102.
The high temperature today
again was expected to depend
on the intensity of southeast
winds. The winds this morning
had "died down a bit."
Hot weather has brought low
humidities. Relative humidity
dropped to 13 per cent yester
day and fire danger was listed
as high to extreme.
Grants Pass, which did not
get the wind like Medford, had
a maximum temperature of 88
degrees yesterday.
yfA T T
pine, Joseph Thornton, super
visor of the forest, reported.
Assistance in fighting the fire,
on which 180 men labored
through the night, was brought
into the area from the Rogue
River National forest, the Ore
gon state forestry department
and the California division of
forestry.
There were 100 men still sta
tioned on the fire, threatened
by weather conditions, in an ef
fort to keep it under control,
Thornton said late this morn
ing. Starts In Grass
The first started in grass at
the railroad tracks at the base
of the Siskiyou mountains three
miles north of Hut. It threat
ened the old Colestine resort,
burning up to the hotel, which
crews were able to save. It
spread into oak trees and then
into the pine forest.
Help was recruited from the
Fruit Growers Supply company
at Hilt and from the towns of
Yreka and Scott Valley.
Three airplanes were flown
from the Medford Air Tanker
station of the Rogue River Na
tional forest, starting at 5:15
p.m. dropping fire retardants.
Eight missions were flown by
the Medford planes, using borate
chiefly.
Star Ranger Crew
A crew of 16 men from the
Star Ranger Station fire sup
pression crew of the Rogue
River National forest also went
to fight the rapidly moving
blaze. The men, Robert Torheim
of the Rogue River National
Forest stated, are usually as
signed to the hottest spots on the
line.
Air tankers from Montague
and Redding were also flown
through the fire and dropped
bentonite for the major portion
of the suppression work.
There were three trail build
ers (bulldozers) and six ground
water tankers used in the ground
fighting of the fire, Thornton
said.
Californian Dies
Of Accident Injuries
Robert Edlow Whitlock, 51,
of Coleville, Calif., died about
6:45 p.m. Thursday from in
juries suffered in a two-vehicle
accident south of Medford.
Still in critical condition at
Rogue Valley hospital is his
wife, Lucille, 46. Whitlock was
a sheriff's deputy in Mono coun
ty. Calif.
In good condition at the same
hospital is Mrs. Doris Ruth
Evanson, 39, of 1251 Kings high
way, Medford, driver of the
other vehicle.
Whitlock's death brings to IS
the number of persons who have
been killed in Jackson county
this year in automobile acci
dents. FORMER DRIVER DIES
SAN RAFAEL. Calif. (L'PIl
Robert N. Kellogg, 75, a one
time stagecoach driver and
U.S.4urcau of Public Roads of
ficial, died here Wednesday.
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TO SERVE APPI.EtiATE The Applegale res
ervoir, on upper Applegale river, will be oper
ated spi'cilically to serve the need of the
Applegale valley. AImiiiI 70,000 acre-feel of
nlorage will be held behind a 230-foot dam at
the mil shown. The hkiI, extending from the
58th Year Price 10 Cents
RIBUNE
Ecumenical
Council Events
To Be Revealed
VATICAN CITY ' WU-The
American head of the Ecumen
ical Council's special press com
mittee said today the much
criticized secrecy of the his
toric gathering has been lifted
and journalists will be given
details of what takes place.
Archbishop Martin J. O'Con
nor of Scranton, Pa., rector of
the North American College in
Rome, told a news conference
that a summary of who said
what in council meetings will
be made public.
The new steps, he said, in
clude: The press office spokesmen
of the seven language groups
will be allowed inside the coun
cil hall during the daily de
bates. During the council's first
session this was not done.
Summaries of the 17 drafts
up for discussion will be given
to the press, although the texts
of the drafts will not be made
public.
The press office will be
able to make public the view
points of the various council
fathers put forward in debate
and say which speakers said
what.
The press setup for the coun
cil, which reconvenes for its
second session on Sunday, was
widely criticized during the first
gathering last year. The daily
communiques were more nota
ble for what they did not say
than for the information they
gave.
Jury Expected To
Get Case Today
GRANTS PASS - The first
degree murder trial of Norman
Stewart Thomas, 22, of Grants
Pass, was expected to go to the
jury either this afternoon or to
morrow. Testimony in the Josephine
county circuit courtroom was
completed Thursday.
District Attorney Larry Aseh
enbrenner and Charles A. Tel
fer, the defense attorney, were
scheduled to deliver their clos
ing statements today.
Thomas is charged in connec
tion with the death of Lloyd
Miles Harper, 48, of Grants
Pass, on July 12.
A second man, Gerald Rich
ard Oden, 25, of Wolf Creek, was
found guilty of voluntary man
slaughter two weeks ago in con
nection with the same case.
In the current trial, the state
contends that Harper died while
being robbed by Thomas and
Oden. The defense contends that
no robbery was committed and
that Harper died in an acciden
tal fall.
TV Highlights
State Rrp. John R. Dellrn
hack. Medford, will discuii
the legislature's lax program
and what a "yea" and "no"
vote will mean at Ihr special
fj-clinn Oct. 15 at 8:30 o'clock
tonight on KMED-TV (Ch. 1(1.
or-
yMi.
Public Welfare
Orders Cutback
In Services
SALEM (UPI)-A solemn Pub
lic Welfare Commission today
reluctantly ordered a 14 per
cent cutback in aid to old H-o-ple,
destitute families, and other
welfare services.
The culs will take effect im
mediately if the tax measure
la defeated Oct. 15, and Gov.
Mark Hatfield told the enmmis
lon to prepare to order cuts
of 23 per cent in agency services
at a inter date.
Welfare Commissioner An
drew Jurna said the cuts would
have a "disastrous impact on
(-rwjn dependent on public as
Ivtanee. "Such drastic reductions
would remit In inhumane trcal
mmt of people.
"It will be neccsnary literally
for all local communities with
in the state to find other re
vjurce to meet these unmet
welfare recipients' needs, not
only in maintenance items, but
in medical health service in ad
dition," he said.
Rep. Peck Cries
The 14 per cent cutback will
slash $5.8 million from state
welfare funds, $2.2 million from
county funds, and $7 million in
federal matching moneys.
Rep. Grace Peck (D-Portland)
became so upset over the im
pact of the proposed cutbacks
that she ran crying from the
meeting room.
A nursing home operator in
the audience complained the
cutbacks were too big.
Commissioners said they had
no choice, that if the tax meas
ure is defeated there won't be
enough money to keep services
going.
Major Culs Listed
Major slashes to be ordered
as part of the 14 per cent cut
back include:
Establish a maximum $28
adult food allowance.
Limit medical aid to the
aged enrollment to 7,500 per
sons. Eliminate slate participa
tion in the general assistance
medical program.
Limit supplemental and spe
cial payments, eliminate step
father cases, limit out of state
assistance grants.
Reduce burial allowances by
15 per cent.
Eliminate $5 increase in
nursing home rales, and cut
rates an additional 10 per cent.
Eliminate 55 agency posi
tions. Eliminate employees' salary
increase, reduce all services
and supplies budgets, and elim
inate capital outlay expendi
tures. In addition, adopt a 13.2
per cent rateable reduction in
all social security categories,
with the exception of aid to
the blind.
Cited as examples of the cut
backs, a 55-year-old disabled
man with no income now receiv
ing $103 a month would be cut
to $73.
A mother of two pre-school
children with no income who
now receives $165 would be cut
to $129.
BECOMES PRESIDENT
SAN FRANCISCO (UPD
Pelcr T. Sinclair, executive vice
president of Crown Zellcrbach
Corp. since 1959, was elevated to
presidency of the company
Thursday.
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damsito to a point across the Oregon-California
boundary, is expected to provide large
recreation, fish and wildlife benefits as well as
control of Applegale river floods and addition
al irrigation water.
Kennedy Gets Bird's-
Slimpse of Rogue IProjec
Albania Attacks
Test Ban Treaty,
Accuses U.S.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.
(UPD Tiny Albania, dubbed
the "pariah" of the Commu
nist world, today denounced the
nuclear test ban treaty, accused
the United States of openly
threatening Communist China,
said Washington defends all the
world's corrupt regimes and
pledged full support to Castro's
Cuba.
A policy speech delivered to
the (jcneral Assembly bv Al
banian Foreign Minister Bchar
Shtylla was a sharp departure
from the conciliatory cold war
line followed by Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko last
week and echoed by other
speakers from the Moscow
bloc.
This Year's Move
Albania, Peking's only Com
munist bloc ally in the ideo
logical split with Russia, last
week made this year's move to
seat Communist China in the
United Nations. Nationalist Chi
nese Ambassador Liu Chieh
promptly characterized Albania
as "the pariah of the Commu
nist world."
Only minor Soviet diplomats
showed up to listen to Rehar in
the big assembly hall which was
three-quarters empty.
First Major Speaker
Other speakers in today's gen
eral debate sessions were Thai
land, Nepal, Italy, Ghana, Indo
nesia and Chile. Italy was the
tirst major North Atlantic
Treaty Organization power to
address the assembly since
President Kennedy spoke here
last week.
Thailand and Indonesia were
considered certain to bring up
the controversy over the forma
tion of Malaysia, and Ghana
was expected to shed more light
on African intentions regarding
opposition to the racial policies
of Portugal and South Africa.
Alert Truck Driver
Reports Hold Up at
Motel, Calls Police
Some southern Oregon inns
quilns, a spider and an alrrt
truck driver sent the Oregon
state police to the Bear Creek
Motel shortly before 7 o'clock
this morning where a holdup
was reported in progress.
John Nolan, manager of the
the motel, somewhat surpris
ed al (he arrived of officers,
was able, with the aid of po
lice, to reconstruct what
prom pled I he telephone call
to officers.
Between 8:31) and 7 o'clock
a motel guest, Ralph Bran
from John Day, went to the
motel's office to report I plug
ged shower drain. The office
Is adjacent to Highway 99 and
hat a large picture window.
While Bran and Nolan were
talking, Bran waved some
mosquito away, and Noland,
looking up In see what was
wrong, noticed a spider on a
web nearby. He reached up to
kill It just as a truck drove hy
the driver thinking the mo
tel was heira; helik called
police.
The motel hps been hJd
up twice In recent yer.
Nolan. In talking to the Mall
Tribune, said that he appreci
ated the truck driver's action,
and added that he wished he
knew his name so he could
"lr$Ue him in for a cup of
coffee."
MULTIPLE USE NOTED Elk Creek reservoir
on Elk creek, one of the three authorized for
construction by the Corps of Engineers, will
be used for flood control, irrigation, water
supply, fish and wildlife enhancement and rec
reation. It will be operated with Lost Creek
Hunters Asked Not
To Start Fires in
Region's Forests
Forest fire danger, described
as the worst of the 1903 season
and one of the worst in a long
history of Indian summer prob
lems for forest protective asso
ciations, is being approached
today with an unusual request
to hunters, who go into the
woods for opening of the deer
senson tomorrow
The Rogue River National
forest and the Oregon forestry
department are asking hunters
not to build fires unless they
are absolutely necessary
The weather is warm, Robert
H. Torheim of Rogue River Na
tional forest, and Curtis Ne
sheim, of the Oregon forestry
department, emphasized. This
eliminates the need for warm
ing fires, and there will be ci
tations issued, Neshcim stated,
if hunters are found building
warming fires in the woods.
Fires in established camps will
be allowed, but hunters are urg
ed to use every precaution if
they find it necessary to build
fires for cooking.
All lookouts In both forest
areas and forest protected lands
are manned, and patrols will
be on duty in all areas all hours
of the day. The services are
geared to maximum prevention
for the week end.
While the forest protective
agencies have faced similar
conditions in other years when
hunting season opened, the tem
peratures are higher this year
and no benefits are being real
ized from night time cooling,
the officers noted.
The humidity, as low as 20
per cent, was accompanied by
winds of 30 miles )er hour day
and night during the past 48
hours on the Siskiyou summit.
Torheim staled. The smallest
spark under these circumstan
ces is lethal. 11 starts fire im
mediately and it lakes off in
a hurry.
Patrols will be on the alert
for smoker (ires also, Torheim
slated, noting that peoples' hab
its often change with the ad
vent of autumn. Individuals who
have been careful during the
summer months, he explained,
forget that the weather is still
warm and become careless in
their habits. They expect the
frosty mornings and dampness
often associated with autumn
and act accordingly.
No break in the weather is
forecast in the forest area, Tor
heim said, and to make matters
worse there are forecasts of
lightning storms.
Three years ago on Sept. 30
while similar weather condi
Portland State College Sororities
Suspended on Discrimination Charge
PORTLAND (UPI)-A sweep-
ing move by administration of
ficials at Portland State College
here Thursday suspended all six
national sororities on campus on
charges of racial discrimina
tion. The ban was ordered by PSC
President Branford Millar after
a series of discussions between
college officials and sorority
representatives did t rwve
what Millar termud "Sjrimw
doubt as tin ataaiico f discrim
ination oi Dm bti ti c4r" in
rush Mnt pfedep rtivil.
SusperM w kwaj irhap
trfw of tht tatimaJ sororities
Alpha Cfei Omega, Alpha Oml-
tions prevailed a lightning storm
occurred and at least 20 fires
were started, the forest fire
prevention officer recalled.
If campfires are left unat
tended even jn established
camps, citations will be issued
holh forest representatives made
it clear todav.
Patrols will be checking on
all areas in an effort to pre
vent the holocaust which could
result from a neglected camp-
fire under present conditions.
The forests have so far en
joyed a good record on man
caused fires in southern Ore-
gon and officials plan to do ev
erything in their power, it was
amphasized, to maintain this
record through the hunting sea
son. They are asking hunters
not to build fires this week end.
Garage Burned,
Houses Damaged
By Ashland Blaze
ASHLAND A garage was de
stroyed and two homes exten
sively damaged here Thursday
when fire broke out In the
garage and spread to the other
buildings.
Also involved were two barns,
one of which was damaged
slightly. The situation was
further complicated by a grass
fire which broke out at another
locution while firemen were still
mopping up the earlier fires.
The chain of events began at
1:5.1 p.m. when a fire of unde
termined cause broke out in the
garage at 104 Bush St. It then
spread to the residence of L. P.
Swink, assistant Ashland fire
chief, at 108 Bush st.
Mrs. Swink, who was awaken
ed from a nap by the barking
of a small dog, called in the
alarm.
Sparks Fly
Meanwhile, sparks from the
Rush st. fire flew over one
block to the residence of Mrs.
Buma Nicks, 122 South Laurel
st.
The garage was a total loss.
The upper story of each of the
residences was gutted. The lire
also extended to the roof of a
barn at 105 Bush St., where
damage was minor, and a barn
at 111) South Laurel St., where
no damage was reported.
While fireman were still at
the scene about 3 p.m., a grass
fire wns reported at Horsey st.
and the Southern Pacific Rail
road tracks. No shortage of
cron PI, Alpha Phi, Delta Delta
Delta, Delta Zcta, and Pi Beta
Phi.
Millar said the doubt resulted
from the "complete rejection by
all sororities at the college of
two eminently qualified Negro
applicants" during rushing
which had been under way to
select new members.
Millar said he intends to ap
point a faculty committee to re
view the future status of the
sororities, but cannot see now
how the doubt can be "satis
factorily resolved."
The sororities have been on
thicampus since I960. The
president said the chapter were
reservoir as a unit of an integrated water
resource development plan for Rogue River
Basin. A total of about 100,000 acre-feel of
water will be stored behind a dam about 235
feet high.
Tongue Point,
Dunes Area on
Brief Agenda
ASTORIA (UPI) - President
Kennedy was to fly over the
Rogue Basin project in southern
Oregon late this afternoon to
view sites for three proposed
dams Lost Creek, Elk Crwk
and Copper. No actual work
has been done on the dams
since money has been available
only for planning.
Meanwhile. Astorians awSit
ed a brief afternoon visit from
Kennedy today, hopeful of hear
ing some favorable word about
the future of the old Tongue
Point Naval Station.
All members of Oregon's
Democratic congressional dele
gation and Republican Gov.
Mark Hatfield were scheduled
to greet Kennedy at 1:20 p.m.
when his helicopter arrived
from Tacoma.
The visit was to bo brief
only 15 minutes. Kennedy was
to view the installation, meet
with local officials but planned
no speech.
He then was to copter bacic
to Seattle-Tacoma airport and
fly to Redding, Calif. passing
over the Oregon Dunes and
the Rogue Basin Project en
route. The Democratic congres
sional delegation was to accom
pany him, then return to Port
land by plane this evening.
Barricades to control a crowd
of 3,000 to 5,000 persons have
been constructed at Tongua
Point, located just cast of here.
Many Clatsop county schools
planned to dismiss classes to
let children see the President.
Morse Urges Use
Tongue Point was completed
in 1939 as a Navy air station, con
verted into a reserve fleet base
in 1946 and closed in lniiO as sur
plus. Sen. Wayne Morse ID
Ore.) has been after the admin
istration to find a new use for
the facility.
Kennedy had been scheduled
earlier to speak in Portland but
this was called off in the face
of threatened picketing of a new
public housing project by the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People.
Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.)
said the President may rclurn in
the next few months and stay
longer. She said she was "sorry
about the combination of events
and statements that caused this
cancellation."
Over Dunes Area
Kennedy's afternoon flight
south was to take him over tho
scenic dunes area between Flor
ence and North Bend. Bills have
been introduced to convert it
into a national seashore.
reminded of a rule against dis
crimination two years ago when
a Negro girl was rejected.
Rushing for this year's mem
bers had just started Sunday.
The two Negro girls were in
vited to some of the first rush
ing parties Monday evening but
were dropped by Thursday.
A joint statement by the sor
orities said the school's action
was, "in effect an ultimatum to
all of the sororities to admit one
or both girls mentioned to mem
bership. To yield to this pres
sure eliminates all freedom ot
choice."
None of the fraternities on tha
campus was affcctoA by Thurs
day's action.