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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.
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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. '
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.