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Newspaper Page Textffl m (r! MM Ul o)gw 11 t7 -r r V HUBBLE RL.M() ED Italian Alpine troops dig a car out of the mud and rubble at Longarone, Italy, following the Vajont Adenauer Hands Resignation To Bonn President BONN (UPI) - Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, for 14 years head of the West German gov ernment, today formally ten dered his resignation to Presi dent Heinrich Luebke. Ader.auer, 87, traveled from his chancellory to the presi dential palace next door at mid morning to report to Luebke on his trip to Berlin Thursday and to hand in his resignation. Photographers called on short notice took pictures of Adenauer handing Luebke a large white envelope. Only a half hour later were reporters told the envel ope contained Adenauer's res ignation. According to a schedule agreed on several days ago, Luebke will announce to parli ament Tuesday he has accept ed Adenauer's resignation, but asked him to remain on as a caretaker until a successor is elected by the two parties form ing the government coalition to form the new government. Luebke is to send Erhard's nomination to t h c parliament Wednesday. The lower house will vote on the nomination w ith out debate. As the Christian Democrats, which Adenauer and Erhard lead, and their partners, the Free Democrats, together have a majority, Arhard's election is a sure thing. Jones Indicted by County Grand Jury A Jackson county grand jury late last evening indicated Ran cy Jones, 24, of Los Angeles, on a charge of assault and robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon. Jones, who was arrested by Oregon state police Sept. 2ft, was indicted in connection with the assault earlier that day nf Jo seph Albert Josephson, 5!, of Prospect. Jones was originally charged with grand larceny, au to. He was arraigned on that charge Sept. 30 with bail set at $5,000. Josephson, who was hospital ized at Sacred Heart hospital, had been beaten about the head, officers said, and later his car was stolen. Slate police located the Josephson car abandoned at Ft. Klamath and arrested Jones north of there on Highway 232. niMs from qy . t j m ADnitun thi ntnu KENNEDY CONFERRING ON' BERLIN" CRISIS WASHINGTON (L I'D President Kennedy conlcrred tuday for 45 minutes with his top diplomatic and military advitcrs about the new crisis involving access routes to West Berlin. DAMUiEI) Sl'GAR REFINERY IN PRODLCTUIN' MOSES L KE. Wavli. (L I'D Sugar hret prnrrssin; brc;!n again today at the Llah-ldahn sugar plant which was rocked Sept. :t hy an explosion that claimed seven livps. AMERICANS SAID KILLED IN ITALY ..,,., BEILLNO. Italy ITI Unconfirmed reports said today that American technicians staying in a Longarone hotel were killed In the dam disaster that wiped out most of town. VOLCANO ERIPTS ON ALASKAN' ISLAND GOP HOPES FOR GAIN ANCHORAGE. Alaska (It'll A volcano erupted Thursday on EUGENE. Ore. iL'PD The Augustine Island about ISO milrs southwest of here. , hurlin? smoke Republicans hope to gain at and debris 12 WHl leel into the air and selling ireo trees on Ihelljit seven Congressional scats Mini " u 'in the 13 Western states. ' l A a m -misfits $ Italian Rescuers Se; Through BELLUNO, Italy (UPI) -Res-cue workers searched through 25 miles of mud today for the thousands of bodies believed I buried in "one huge coffin" by ' a speeding wave of water and ! debris. An estimated 4,000 persons ; were killed late Wednesday I night when a landslide plunged I into me vajont Dam reservoir, ' Rezoning Proposal Draws Opposition From Area Residents A proposal to rezone certain properties along Barnett rd. and Ellendale dr. from limited com mercial or multiple family down to single family met with stiff opposition at last night's meet-, ing of the Medford planning commission. Several property o w n e r s, three of them represented by counsel, appeared at the meet ing to protest the proposed changes. The commission final- Mrs. Church Hurl By Falling Tree Mrs. Robert Church, wife of the chief meteorologist at the Medford office of the U. S. weather bureau, is being re turned to Medford this afternoon tinm Frirlav Harbor. Wash., where she suffered head in juries when hit by a falling tree. ; Mercy Flights Inc., left for Washington about 11 o'clock ! this morning along with a nurse, I to return Mrs. Church to the I Rogue Valley hospital. According to mtormauon re ceived here, Mr. and Mrs. Church were vacationing at a summer home on Lopez Island in the San Juan islands off the coast of western Washington. Thev were clearing the prop erty when Mrs. Church was hit by' the falling tree Thursday evening about dusk. She was flown from there to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island Thursday evening where she wns hospitalized. Church is expected to drive back to Medford. JJWvt IL IL'Tr 1.1 dam flood. One official described the town as "just a coffin now; just one huge mud-covered coffin." (UP1) Mud for Victims sending millions of tons of water cascading over the lip of the 875 foot dam in a 300-foot wall of water that crushed everything in its path. In four minutes of death, the tranquil Piave river gorge was transformed into a 25-mile val ley of death. Nearly a dozen vil lages and towns above and be low the dam, one of the world's I ly voted to continue the matter. commission resident ,iwood Hedberg reminded the audience at the beginning of the meeting that the matter had been placed on the agenda by motion of the commission itself in order "to review" the zoning in the area of the two streets. Zoned Commercial "Much of this land has been zoned commercial for some time now," Hedberg said, "yet there had been no commercial development on it." Hedberg said the commercial zone perhaps "puts a false val ue" on the property. He said the commission was concerned at the amount of undeveloped commercial property in the citv. But the property owners, sev eral of them speaking through their lawyers. Frank J. Van i Dyke and Manvillc Heisel. ar , gucd that no "changes" have occurred in the vicinity of the j property which justified rcduc ! ing the zoning to single family. If anything, they argued, the changes which have taken place tended to argue for leaving the property zoned as it was at limited commercial or multiple i family. Cites Completion of Work j To support his contention, Van Dyke cited completion of the 1 Interstate 5 interchange at Bar nett rd., the new railroad cross ing at Barnett rd., completion of the Hiehland dr. extension, and the traffic generated by Roaie Valley Manor, St. Mary's High school and Rogue Valley hosnital. j Commissioner Hank Hart , asked for a show of hands on whether the property should be rozoncd to multiple family. All property owners present voted against the proposal. I At the sueaestion of Hedberg, the matter was continued until the next regular meeting Nov. 14 in order to give the commis- I sion time to study the situation luriner. Outbreak of Botulism Adds Another Patient NASHVILLE. Tenn. (LP!) -The latest victim of the rare hut deadly botulism outbreak was reported in "very critical" condition today. The patient, George Breault, 54. was placed in a respirator after the virulent food poisoning began to affect his respiratory system Thursday. highest, were wiped out. Where once houses and churches stood, today there was nothing. By this morning 715 bodies had been recovered. Workers doubted they would find any more survivors. The rescuers had another grim task. The water swept a number of green containers of deadly po tassium cyanide down the river valley. The cyanide could poison the river and kill anyone who drinks the water. Longarone, the largest town hit by the flood, had 4,700 in habitants. Then the water burst over the edge of the dam and wiped out the town in a few seconds of terror. The wall of water did its work with terrible thoroughness. Of tne 4,(00 residents of Longarone, officials estimated 3,200 died. They said 99 per cent of the people in Pirago and Fae villages of less than 200 inhabi tants each were killed. Cas zcllavazzo, a village of about the same size, lost 50 per cent of its people. The flood was a freak. The mountains on either side of the mile-long reservoir rumbled and collapsed in a massive land slide. Stone in Teacup As the millions of tons of rock and dirt slid into the lake its waters reacted as if a stone had been dropped into a brimming teacup. They splashed over the edge ' of the dam the third highest concrete dam in the world. The j 300-fool high wall of water built up speed as it rushed down the 1 rockey gorge and then spread out with tremendous force as it : spurted out at right angles into the Piave River Valley. Group Not For or Against Zoning TALENT An organization which is circulating petitions in the South Talent area today an- i nounced that it is neither for nor against the interim zoning ordi ' nance currently in effect in the area. Spokesmen for the group, the I South Talent Voters association, took issue with previous reports j that they were circulating peti tions against the zoning ordi t nance. ! They said their sole purpose i is "to obtain of the county court an election whereby persons i within the affected area may ex press their opinion as to the ! adoption or rejection of such j ordinance." I The South Talent Interim Zon ing Ordinance was enacted by j the county court Nov. 1, 11. I ! "The present zoning ordinance : was initialed by a relatively small group of persons in the j affect"d area." the spokesman said, "and due to the widespread S effect that such ordinance will ( have, it is felt that a more rep- j resentalivc opinion should be sought as permitted by statute." Negotiations for Sale Of White Stag Halted j PORTLAND (LPI I - Negoli I ations for the sale of White i Stag Manufacturing Co. of Port land to Genesco Co. of New York have been brtfeen off. I V, hite Stag president Harold HilSih said Thursday. A ' (0) Regional Edition Medford 20 Pages Two Sections Don't Ignore West Hatfield Tells Republican Party Hopefuls 'Dark Horses' Are Welcome, Governor Says Conference Hears Keynote Address EUGENE, Ore. (UPI)-Ore-gon Gov. Mark Hatfield warned potential 1964 Republican presi dential nominees today not to ignore tne west. Backers of two front-runners Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater and New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller indicated they had no intention of doing so. The youthtul governor, often mentioned as a possible GOP vice presidential nominee next year, keynoted the opening ses sion of a three-day Western Republican conference. An esti mated 1,000 delegates from 13 tes were "-csent. 'Dark Horses' Welcomed He appealed for Goldwater and Rockefeller, who will be here in pp-son Saturday, to en ter Western primary elections and said he would welcome "would-be dark horses to try the track for time and dis tance." Hatfield spoke particularly of Oregon's May 14 primary, the West's first, p- predicted the candidate who wins his state will gain the "momentum" to c rv California's June primary and the national convention at San Francisco. Of Oregon's primary, he said: "P. will not go to anyone on a silver platter. Others Invited Although he mentioned only Goldwater and Rockefeller as "prominently mentioned" poten tial Republican nominees, Hal field said he welcomed to the "public forum" former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, the GOP's unsuccessful 1960 nominee. Nixon nas denied tnat he is a candidate for the 1964 nomination. Supporters of Rockefeller and Goldwater arrived at this col lege town, population 50,000, to push for their candidates, al though neither has formally an nounced he is running. George Hinman. New York national committeeman closely associated with Rockefeller, told newsmen Thursday night that "responsible leadership" of the party was uncommitted to a presidential nominee and in tended to remain so. Hard Fight Seen Reiterating that he expected Rockefeller to be a candidate for president and to enter both the early New Hampshire and late California primaries, Hin man said: "It will be a hard fighl in both but I think he can carry them." He said the New York gov ernor had received "extremely warm responses to personal appearances in "areas that re putedly are Goldwater Coun try. He mcntionad northern Illinois, West Virginia and Vir ginia. Clifford While of New York, director of the National Draft Goldwater committee, met brief ly with newsmen on his arrival Thursday night and said the senator "is gaining strength all the time." Mrs. Judy Fcrnald of Mont- clair, N. J., secretary of the Draft Goldwater group, told UPI: "It s the first real draft movement probably since George Washington." She said women party workers are over whelmingly behind the Arizona senator. VENEER MILL PLANNED REDMOND (UPD-Conslruc- tion is scheduled to begin im mediately on a green veneer mill planned here by Jeffer son Plywood Co. WEATHER Fnni CAST: partly dourly with wtdflv trattrrrrl Oinrri (hit rvrninc. "or batiifday morn Inc. Inrrratng rlnudinru fiaturrlav. Ham Saturday nlfhl nr Sunday morning. Low to mc'H 4ft. High hiiurday fin. lmi. HisrhrU Yrtirdv R3 l,nMt Thl Mnrrtinf In 10 a.m. Today .17 Our Skies Tonight Hunft todav 6:1ft p m. HitnrUr tomorrow ... Mnonrl tomorrow . Nw Mnnn I'll II MINK NT STAR tapfiia, in north VIMItl i; P,ANP.Tfl Haliini. diif toultl .... JiiptiT, hifhf r in uih Mtrrurv. fltra 7:30 a.m. 2:16 a m .. Or I. 17 9 34 p.m. 9:01 p m 13:41 a.m. . ft:20 a.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, SINGER DIES - Edith Piaf, France's "sparrow of the streets," died today in her Paris home after a long illness. The 47-year-old frail, mop-haired lit tle woman with the great voice was a French symbol for more than a generation in music halls around the world. (UPI) Frasier Indicted By Grand Jury for Manslaughter Lewis Frasier, 64, of 3424 Del ta Waters rd., was indicted by the Jackson county grand jury late Thursday on a charge of voluntary manslaughter. He was lodged in the county jail with circuit court action expected today. The secret Indictment was re turned in connection with the death of Cliff H. Goldsmith, 52, a Veterans Administration Donv lciliary resident on Nov. 11, 1962, According to records about the incident at that time, Gold smith was reported to have been beaten on Nov. 9. When his condition worsened he was flown by Mercy FlighU to Port land, but died en route. Under Investigation The case had previously been under investigation by the fed eral bureau of investigation. According to FBI reports last year, Goldsmith allegedly en gaged in a fight with a Yellow Cab company driver Nov. 9, 1962, at the domiciliary after the victim refused to pay his fare. Goldsmith's cause of death was determined to be internal bleeding and a blow on the head from a blunt instrument. District Attorney Alan B. Holmes said this morning that there was some question as to who had jurisdiction in the case. Evidence regarding the inci dent was retained by the Unit ed Slates attorney in Portland until June of this year when it determined that the federal did not have jurisdiction, and returned the evidence here. Holmes said that since that time his office has been re viewing the case for presenta tion to the grand jury at this time. Parade To Launch Livestock Exposition PORTLAND (UPD-The 53rd annual Pacific International Livestock Exposition opens here Saturday morning with a pa rade through the west side busi ness district. The stock show will continue at its north Portland plant through Oct. 20. Bear Creek Park Name Selected for Area The recently purchased 78 acre city park site along Bear Creek will be known as Bear Creek Park at least tempo rarily. This was the decision reached after about an hour of discussion at an informal meeting of city councilmcn and members of the city parks and recreation com mission at the Medford hotel yesterday. It came about like this: First, a number of possible names for the park were sug gested for consideration. They i n c 1 u ded Highland, Siskiyou, Barnett, Pear City, Bear Creek, Middlcford, 99, Applcgate, Lake side, Pioneer, Rogue and Gate way. The names of several individu als after whom the park might be named also were brought up. Those present then decided to make an effort to 'determine Tribune U.S. Registers Strong Protest Against Block WASHINGTON (UPI) - The United States today made a pro test "in strong terms" to the So viet Union against the blocking of American military traffic to and from West Berlin.' Secretary of State Dean Rusk summoned Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin to his of fice to express the U.S. objec tion. Officials said Rusk demanded an explanation. Dobrynin prom ised to consult Moscow. Also emphasizing the seriousness of the situation senior diplomats of the United States, Britain. France and West Germany gathered at the State Depart ment to confer on the matter. This most tense U.S. Soviet controversy in several months was raised Thursday night by president Kennedy with Soviet a oreign Minister Andrei Gromy, ko during their two-hour White House conference, it was dis closed today. Disclaims Knowledge Officials said Gromyko, when asked by Kennedy why the Rus sians were holding up U. s. military convoys, replied that he did not know the (acts about the incident but would endeavor to find out. The White House said today the President was being kept abreast of the Russian harass ment on the West Berlin access routes. Press Secretary Pierre Saling er declined to make any defini tive comment except to note that Dobrynin had been called to the State Department earlier by Kusk. The senior diplomats who met to discuss the situation shortly after Dobrynin left Rusk s office comprise an allied steering committee. The snarl over the access routes to encircled West Berlin tended to raise questions about whether the Soviet Union was really anxious for more cordial relations with the United States Jacksonville House Destroyed by Fire JACKSONVILLE - The for mer residence of the late Mr. and Mrs. Augustc Petard at the end of South Oregon st. was de stroyed by fire early this morn ing. The two-story home, more re cently owned by Capt. Ben Fer guson, was believed to be at least 50 years old and possibly older. It was currently unoccu pied. Jacksonville volunteer fire men were called at 1 o'clock this morning, but the roof of the home was already in flames when they ' arrived. Firemen were unable to reach the house with a hose and had to fight the fire with buckets of water. They were at the scene until 3 o'clock then returned at 3:30 a.m. when the fire broke out a second time. Cause of the fire was believed to have been defective wiring. The building was a total loss. what general type of a name they would prefer. Three cate gories were suggested: a name referring to the geography of the park site, one with historical significance or one picked to honor a specific individual. A show of hands was taken. Seven voted for a geographical type of name, no one for either of the other categories. Several personr- suggested run ning a public pull with ballots to be published listing six pos sible names, plus a line lot write-in suggestions. The six nominees for the ballot were Gateway, Bear Creek, Middle- (ord, Pear City, Pear Valley and City of Medford Memorial Then others present voiced the opinion that the councilmcn, as elected representatives of the people, should pick the name. Someone else suggested 58th Year Price 10 Cents 1963 No. 175 in the wake of the nuclear test ban agreement. This had been the indication following the meeting by Ken nedy with Gromyko, even though the Soviet envoy indi cated the Russians were unwill ing to make any significant con cession on major points of fric tion such as Berlin and Ger many. David Franklin, GP Businessman, Dies at Home David M. Franklin, 46, Med ford and Grants Pass moving and storage executive, died late Thursday at his home in Grants Pass after he choked while eat ing. He was born June 21, 1917. He was owner and manager of Franklin-Mayflower Moving and Storage operation in Med ford and brants Pass. Earlier this year he was named Inter national Mayflower Warehouse man of the Year during the Mayflower Warehousemen s as sociation' convention in Los Angeles. Mr. Franklin was a past president oi crater Lions club, Mediora, was active in both Medford and Grants Pass Cham bers of Commerce, being member of the Medford cham ber's highway committee at the time of his death. He has served on several committees of the Crater Council of Boy Scouts of America, and was a mem ber of the Elks lodge in Grants Pass. He was a past director and present vice president of the northwest district of the May flower Warehousemen's associa tion. He and his wife, Patricia Franklin, who survives, have lived in Grants Pass for the past 15 years. Other survivors include a step-son, Timothy; his mother, Mrs. Clark Frank lin, Fremont, Calif., and one sister, Mrs. Phil Lattcrcll, Fre mont. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Hull and Hull Fu neral home, Grants Pass. Deadline Saturday For City Petitions JACKSONVILLE - Potential candidates for the Jacksonville city council in the Nov. 5 elec tion here were reminded today that Saturday is the deadline for filing nominating petitions. In order to be a candidate, one must secure the signatures of at least 25 registered city voters. Petitions are obtainable at the city recorder's office. Three councilmcn will be elected. Those whose terms ex pire are Don Wendt, Ruth Walk er and Paul Godward. that everyone present at the meeting vole on which name they preferred. Suggestion Followed The latter suggestion was fol lowed. Bear Creek and Middle ford each won three votes, Gate way 1, the other none. About 20 persons were present. In the meantime, one parks and recreation commissioner had suggested not naming the park at all, figuring that per- haps a more appropriate name miiiht come along at a later date. And so at this point In the meeting a vote was taken on this suggestion. It lost, 4 to 3. Then another commissioner asked if the councilmen still wanted to have the park named in the immediate future. The council members present voted 5 to 0 to the effect that they did want it named now. American Army Convoys Stopped At Crossing Point Pressure Increased i By Reconnoissance BERLIN (UPI)-Soviet troop3 mounted a major threat to the Allies' single highway link be tween this isolated city and West Germany today. The Unit ed States immediately protested to the Soviet Union. A U.S. Army convoy was be ing held at the Soviets' Babels berg checkpoint at the West Berlin end of the 110-mile auto bahn through East Germany. Second in 24 Hours It was the second time one of the convoys had been held up in 24 hours. Another U.S. Army convoy moved down to the autobahn and joined it. The Soviets also partially blocked the autobahn between Babelsberg and the West Berlin crossing point a mile away with more than a dozen armored per sonnel carriers. Each side increased pressure on the other with aerial recon naissance flights over the oth ers checkpoint, using helicop ters, artillery spotter planes, ' transports and a single Soviet jet fighter. U.S. Berlin Commandant Mai. Gen. James H. Polk met with the British and French com mandants for an hour and three quarters to discuss the tense sit uation. They "will continue to keep it under review," an of ficial spokesman said. I he crisis escalated rapidly from a relatively commonplaca disagreement between a Soviet control officer and a U.S. con voy commander Thursday. ine soviet control otticer de manded the U. S. commander order his men to dismount and line up at the side of the road to be counted. The commander, as the U.S. Army claims is its four-power right, refused. But the Russians said the per sonnel carriers would continue to block the autobahn until the new East-West controversy is settled, Audit of Books Discussed Joday Alter 1'4 hours this morning Of charges and counter-charges. statements and contradictory statements, County Commission er Edwin Taylor and R. J. (Bob) McNeil, Medford businessman. appeared no closer to obtaining complete and impartial au dit" of the Howard Prairie con cession books. Taylor said at first he only wanted to see the regular audit made by County Auditor George Stacey. Later in the public meet ing he said a complete audit should be made to show Con cessionaire Bob Johnston's prof- and loss statements. Johnston, of Johnston Stores, Medford, in a prepared state ment said he would have no objections to revealing his How ard Prairie earnings to a duly appointed official or official group if it would serve a con structive purpose." Joe Brooks, local business man, and former unsuccessful bidder on both Emigrant and Howard Prairie concessions, also urged a complete audit including the concessionaire's net profit. "You will not gel this profit and loss statement because Johnston Stores is involved in more businesses than just the Howard Prairie operation," Johnston said. "I'm not so sure we make a profit at Howard Prairie considering the down town business we have to han dle for Howard Prairie. I would like to be able to charge those expenses off to Howard Prai rie." Someone else suggested a poll of the commissioners on the question of whether they thought the park should be named im mediately. There was a tie vote. Fill Out Form Then City Manager Robert A. Duff mentioned that when fill ing out a federal government form some time back he had found it necessary to call the park something, and so he hud listed it as Bear Creek park. The form was sn application for an open space grant aid offered by the federal govern ment to help cities acquire park sites. Upon learning this fact, one councilman suggested leaving the name Bear Creek park un til such time as another one may seem more desirable. His suggestion was approved by a 9 to 1 vote.