Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 01, 1963, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textn Regional Edition 20 Pajes Two Sections IK'-" EXPLOSION AREA This is a general view of explosion area at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis last night. In background is stage where the ice show was TwoNewBranches 01 First National Planned in City Past and potential growth of the Medford area has prompted the First National Bank of Ore gon to proceed with plans for two new branch offices, Ralph J. Voss, president of the state wide banking system, said to day. Voss said the new banking offices have been in the planning stages for several months. The comptroller of the cur rency has issued permits for a South Medford branch in the vicinity of Barnett Road and South Riverside Ave. and a West Medford branch in the vi cinity of West Main St. and Ross Lane. ' According to Voss, the West Medford permit was issued in August and the South Medford permit was approved early in September. "We will proceed as rapidly as possible with new facilities to serve the south and west areas of the city," Voss stated. Three in Mcdfurd The new banking offices will bring the number of First Na tions branches in Meford to three, and the number in Jack son County to seven. The state wide bank has offices in Ash land. Phoenix, Central Point, and White City. The White City branch opened in August and a new building for the Central Point branch will open later this month. "Our faith in the economy of Medford has always been justi fied and the new banking facili ties will serve as an expression of our continued faith in the area's future," Voss said. MS(t$BRIEF$ RIMS MOM m J AROUND THI OLOH ALGERIANS LAUNCH MASSIVE ATTACK RABAT. Morocco (LTD Algerian forces launched a mas sive artillery and infantry attack against the border town of Flgulg at dawn today. A short time later. King Hassan of Morocco announced that his troops had withdrawn about a mile from the town. SOVIETS LAUNCH SPACE VEHICLE MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet Union today launched a new unmanned "space vehicle" to cam out further research In the cosmos. DOMINICAN PLOT SMASHED SANTO DOMINGO. Dominican Republic ( UPI V The gov ernment smashed a revolt pint today and arrested five per sons, including lo liii;h air force officers and ex-Scnatc President Juan Casasnovas. MEDFOR alloween Ice Question of What Constitutes Pioneer Will Be Discussed What constitutes a pioneer is a question which will be asked and perhaps answered at Jack sonville tomorrow when the Southern Oregon Pioneer Soci ety holds its annual meeting, Frank E. Ross, president of the organization, announced today. Membership in the Society has been limited since 1905 to de cendants of families who came to Southern Oregon prior to 1060. The first date for quali fication was 1855. The restric tion was later eased to 1853 year of statehood, and then to 1860. MOH Charged with School Fund Raid EUGENE (UPI) -Sen. Ed ward Fadeley, D- Eugene, charged today the governor was "raiding the basic school fund in favor of welfare." Fadeley referred to a $1.2 million reversion balance in the basic school .'und which has been earmarked for the Welfare Department. "In effect, the governor is trying to appropriate money to welfare which the legislature has already appropriated for basic school support. The mech anics of the transfer don't quite show this. bi the results are the same," Fadeley said. "The result is that local school district voters will be asked to vote property taxes to replace money sliced off from the basic school fund the same I as a local propertv tax for wel- : fare," the Eugene senator said. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, being staged. More than 60 are are injured. (UPI) xnlosion Ed In order to keep the organiza tion flourishing as the instru ment to preserve early history, some members feel that it would be beneficial to include all persons who came to South ern Oregon during the 1800s, Ross said. He will present the suggestion at the Saturday luncheon. Most members today, Ross noted, are members of the third and fourth generations of pioneers. In choosing the "prior to 1900" date, Ross said, he used as his basis the date chosen by the state of Oregon in issuing spe cial hunting and fishing licenses. The Saturday luncheon ot uie Pioneer Society will be held in t h e Jacksonville Community Hall at noon. Dr. George G. Roseberry, minister of the First Methodist Church in Medford, will be the principal speaker. Music for the program will be furnished by Mr. and Mrs. W. Bernard Windt of Ashland, ac cording to Frank Davis of Ash land, program chariman. Election of officers will be held following the luncheon. Relatives and friends of So ciety members and all persons interested in pioneer history are invited to attend the luncheon and meeting, it was emphasized by Ross. Tax Commission Action Dismissed SKAMANIA, Wash. (UPI) -An action by the Oregon Tax Commission to collect income tax and penalties from Wash ington residents working at Bon neville Dam has been dismissed in Superior Court here. Superior Court Judge Ross R. Rakow ruled that the statute of limitations had expired and or dered the Oregon commission to pay court costs and attorney fees. The decision leaves unresolved Oregon's contention that it has the right to lax Washington re sidents employed federal pro jects on the Columbia River. Judge Rrkow based the ruling onlv on the ground the action had not been brought within the time limit prescribed by Wash ington law. SALEM (UPI)-W. A. Calla han has been reappointed to the State Industrial Accident Commission, the governor's of fice announced today. known dead and many Show Tragedy Worst in History of City; 341 Persons Hurl INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UPI) A tremendous explosion turned a gala Halloween ice show into nightmarish tragedy Thursday night, killing at least 63 persons and injuring 341. Officials said the explosion might have been caused by compressed gas used in cooking hot dogs and for pop corn pop ping. The catastrophe largest in Indianapolis history killed 63 men, women and children, ac cording t o official sources. There was such confusion after the explosion some bodies were counted twice and, at one point, officials had set the toll at 70 before revising it down ward. Hurled Bodies The explosion roared through the Indiana Coliseum at the conclusion of the opening night performance of "Holiday On Ice." It tore through the con crete floor beneath the $3.30 box seats, finest in the house, and hurled bodies 50 feet through the air onto the ice, where moments before skaters had pirouetted. Panic swept through parts of the audience. Crowds surged toward exits. One spectator said, "1 saw people jumping over the balconies to their death." Shortly, there were mink coats from women in the audience strewn on the ice. along with popcorn boxes and empty beer cups. Many of the box seats direct ly above the explosion were oc cupied by prominent Indianap olis residents. Coroner Dennis Nicolas said, "apparently it was an accumu lation of leaking propane gas used for the concession stands." He said the explosion may have been caused by a leak in cop per tubing and not in a gas tank. Gov. Matthew E. Welsh or dered an immediate investiga tion. Board Studies Plan For Landing Strip PORTLAND I UPI) - The State Board of Aeronautics to day had under advisement plan for a landing strip and sea plane base at Hayilen Island in the Columbia River A hearing was held on the im plication Thursday with support and opposition about evenly di vided. The application was made by Columbia Marine Co. Tribune 1963 Three Trapped Miners Rescued In West Germany PEINE, Germany (UPI) -Three men trapped for more than a week in a flooded iron mine were brought to the sur face today and cheered by a crowd of waiting miners as they stepped out into the daylight. The underground ordeal for the three miners ended when they came up a 262-foot escape shaft that had been punched through to them in days of te dious drilling. After three hours in a decompression chamber to prevent the possibility of an at tack of the "bends" the men walked out under an overcast sky. About 800 fellow miners and friends cheered them. Private Reunion A mine official said the phys ical and mental coi.u.tion of the rescued men was extraordinar ily good. After pushing through the crowd of well-wishers the men went into a Red Cross tent for a private reunion with their families. Relatively Quiet Halloween Noted By Area Agencies A relatively quiet Halloween was experienced last night in Medford, according to Medford city police records. . While city police investigated 46 reports of Halloween pranks where no destruction of proper ty resulted they also checked eight incidr-ts of broken win dows and three cases of eggs and tomatoes being thrown. The largest window broken was one at Singler Auto Supply, 220 E. Jackson St., valued af $128, police reported. William George Mcllvaine, 1125 E. Main St., Ersla Mae Dykes, 2412 Spring St., and Thomas Todd Kersten, 135 Van couver Ave., reported that eggs and tomatoes were thrown at their cars. Medford firemen were dis- Datched about 10 p.m. to turn off i fire hydrant pranksters had turned on on Madison St. between Queen Anne and Reddy Aves. Bomb in Mail Box A reported bomb in a mail box and a broken store window were the only incidents of van dalism noted ly the Jackson County Sheriff's office on Hallo ween, il was reported today. Mrs. Carl F. Neidermeyer, 305 Hanley Road, Central Point, re ported to deputies that a bomb went off in her mail box. . Jewell Bennett, 6079 Table Rock Road, reported to sher iff's deputies that a window was broken in Ben's Gibbon Mail.et. Opie Frazier, Associated Fruit Company, Phoenix, reported that some irrigation pipe was damaged in one of the orchards he supervises, but he was not sure it happened last night. State police said some van dalism was reported to them last night, most of it occurring along Interstate 5 involving in cidents in which objects were thrown at passing vehicles. WINS HONORS SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - "Sunnycrest Vivid Laree, en tered bv Lawrence Allen of Bend, Ore., won the junior Guernsey female honors Thurs day night at the Grant Nation al Livestick Exposition. WEATHER FORECAST: Occasional rain tonight. Partial clearing; and a few shower Saturday. Warm er tonight. A Utile cooler Sat urday. Low ton t ((lit near 40. IIIK h Saturday about 50. Snow level about 4.000 (eel late to night and Saturday. Temp. Highest Vesterdav 5.1 Loweit This morning 24 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:0 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow :45 a.m. The Moon rises 3:12 p.m. tonlfht and Is In PerUee. l ast Quarter Nov. 7 PROMINENT STAR lie neb, high overhead at moon- rte. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets -1:2 p.m. Saturn, due south 8:46 p.m. Jupiter, high in southeast 8 M p.m. 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 193 Rescue worker Paul Syska went down 'in a rescue capsule through the emergency shaft to help the men to the surface. Emil Pohlai, 34, was the first of the trapptd miners to be res cued, followed by Fritz Leder, 36, and Gerhard Hanusch, 43. Pohlai entered the decompres sion chamber shortly after noon (6 a.m. EST) and Syska, the last man, climbed into it 23 minutes later. The rescue capsule was test ed by ballast before Syska went down in it. Strict secrecy was maintained until he did. MARY JO BATZER Homecoming Queen Medford Student Is Homecoming Queen at College ASHLAND - The Queen's Dance, with Mary Jo Batzer of Medford in the role of queen, will be held Saturday night, Nov. 2, in the Britt Ballroom as the grand finale of the 1963 Homecoming at Southern Ore gon College. Miss Batzer, a senior in ele mentary education at the col lege, and t h e daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Batzer, 933 S. Holly St., Medford, received her crown Thursday. Members of her court are Pam Gilkinson, Nancy Calloway, Pam Ely and Minica Sctty. Music for dancing will be played from 8:30 p. m. to 12:30 a. m. by the Martin Denny Combo, which has played in the night club circuit from New York to Honolulu. Known for his exotic sounds produced by glasses, cymbals, bamboo sticks with drum heads and Oriental effects, the Denny repertoire will include Bossa Nova, Exotic, and folk music as well as music from films and shows, both "danccable," according to the dance chairmen. All SOC alumni and faculty are invited to join students at the dance. Homecoming Buttons will be accepted as admission, and can be purchased at the dance. The Saturday Homecoming program opens at 10 a. m. with the parade. In the afternoon the football game is the major ac tivity with the Red Raiders meeting Chico State College. BPA Announces Rate Increases PORTLAND (UPI) -Bonne ville Power Administration to day announced a preliminary proposal for an average in crease in wholesale firm power costs ot bi per cent. Charles F. Luce, BPA admin istrator, said this would up BPA s revenues from firm pow er by about $6.5 million in the first year applies. A revised rate would become effective Dec. 20, 1964. If approved by the Federal Power Commission it would be the first rate change in BPA's 25-vear history, he said. "We emphasize that these are preliminary figures," Luce said "They could be pushed either up or down by develop ments in the Northwest power picture. svZ air OVERPOWERED Vietnamese today launched a coup against Dinh Diem (above) and were special "Palace Guard after fierce street fighting. (UPI) Kennedy Huddles With Top Advisors On Viet Nam Crisis WASHINGTON (UPI)-Presi-dent Kennedy met for 45 min utes today with top diplomatic and military advisers on the military coup directed against the government of South Viet Nam. A spokesman said afterwards that the President was given "direct information" on the sit uation in Saigon by Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Defense secretary Robert S. McNamara. Press Secretary Pierre Salin ger said that there would be no immediate White House com ment on the fast-developing sit uation. He said, however, that there is "no problem" in White House communications with Saigon and "our reports are coming in very fast." Those attending the meeting also included Central Intelli gence Agency Chief John A. McCone; Gen. Maxwell Taylor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Undersecretary of State W. Averell Harriman, Roger Hilsman, assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs, and McGeorge Bundy, the Pres ident's assistant for national se curity. Hatfield Presents Award to Jackson SALEM (UPI) -In today's tense push-button era, there is need for the urban resident to get away from it all, Gov. Mark Hatfield said today. In an address to the Oregon County Park Association, Hat field said "we are moving to ward a reduced work week, both in Oregon and nationally." With more leisure time, more park and recreation facilities will be needed. We must recog nize the technological changes that are being made, and begin planning now," he said. If we are careful in planning our park and recreation pro grams, we ned not fear indus trial growth. At tne conclusion of his ad dress, Hatfield presented a mer it award to Highway Commis sion Chairman Glenn L. Jackson of Medford, "for his outstanding contribution to outdoor develop ment and recreation. U.S. German Forces Will Not Be Reduced WASHINGTON (UPD-Presi- dent Kennedy has given flat as surance that U.S. combat forces in Germany will remain there at present strength. Moving to calm West German jitters caused by reports of a U.S. troop reduction, Kennedy told his news conference Thurs day: "We intend to keep our combat forces m Germany as they are today; that is, more than six combat divisions." Kennedy said that as part of a reorganization of the Army's European logistics (supply) forces, there are plans for some reduction of "non-combat" personnel. "But we do not." he said, "intend to bring back any units or personnel whose return would impair the military ef fectiveness of our forces in Germany." DISCONTINUED PORTLAND (UPI) - The State Fish Commission said to day the salmon rearing opera tions at Millicoma Pond on the East Fork of the Millicoma Riv er in Coos County would be dis continued next January. Marines and some Army troops the government of President Ngo believed to have overpowered his Bundy, who awakened the President at 3 a.m. EST to tell the President of the develop ment, maintained a White House "situation room" where reports from Saigon were re ceived. He briefed the Presi dent again at 6 a.m. EST. White House officials said Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge would remain in Saigon "as long as necessary." Lodge previously had planned to fly to Washington this weekend to give Kennedy a personal report on events in Viet Nam since the big crackdown on the Bud dhists. On Capitol Hill, members of Congress were generally cau tious in their initial reaction to the coup reports. Children Perish As Fire Sweeps La Grande Home LA GRANDE (UPI) -Flames raced through a two-story home here early today and took the lives of four small children. The victims, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Mann, were identified as Robbin Marie, 4; Timothy Ray, 3; ; Sonora Grace, 2; and Brian Seth, 1. Mrs. Mann said the children were asleep in two upstairs bed rooms when the blaze broke out about 7 a.m. Mrs. Mann was asleep downstairs and Mann had left for work. Firemen were seeking t h e cause of the blaze. Mrs. Mann said she awoke after 7 a.m. and saw the flames roaring around a chimney in the kitchen and the stairwell leading upstairs. She said she ran to her broth er's home nearby for help when she was unable to get through the flames to the children's rooms. She said her brother, Nick Schooler, tried to enter the housu four times but was driven back by the flames. Equipment Failure Darkens McMinnville McMINNVILLE (UPI) -Equipment failure at a Bonne ville Power Administration sub station cut off power to the city of McMinnville for eight min utes Thursday afternoon. The failure occurred at 2:51 p.m. and was repaired immediately. Bids Called for Paving on Lake of Woods Highway b. m. rrencn, regional en gineer for the Bureau of Public Roads, has announced that bids are being called for base course surfacing and bituminous pav ing along a section of the Ore gon Lake of the Woods Forest Highway in Jackson and Klam ath counties. The proposed work will cover a 16.257 mile strip shoulder to shoulder to 40-foot minimum top width. The proposed improvement will provide a paved surface wearing course extending over the graded 4.464 miles let to contract, and under way along 11.802 miles under contract. Slide correction along 2.159 miles of the initial mileage is now under way. JJe work on the latter two Sources Say Diem Arrested, Brother Killed by Rebels U. S. Fleet Ordered To Move to Area SAIGON, South Viet Nam (UPI) Vietnamese marine, army and air force units rebelled today to overthrow the regime of President Ngo vma Diem. The United States promptly ordered forces in the Pacific to start moving toward Viet Nam to protect American lives it necessary. Diem was arrested and jail ed and his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, powerful head of the sec ret police, was assassinated by rebel forces, diplomatic sources said in Tokyo. ' The rebels struck at midday. By nightfall they were reported in control ot most of the coun try following fierce fighting. The American forces ordered to Viet Nam are primarily part of the 7th Fleet, and were ex pected also to include soma air and ground units. The Unit ed States already has an esti ated 15,000 troops in Viet Nam. The rebels appeared to be in virtual control of Saigon and other parts of the country ex cept for the immediate area around the presidential palace, according to reports reaching Washington. Heavy fighting continued around the palace. Diplomatic sources in Washing ton cautioned, however, that it still was uncertain whether tha coup was successful. There was no immediate word about the fate or where abouts of Ngo Dinh Nhu, Diem's brother and head of tha government security police. Madame Nhu, the president's controversial sister-in-law, i s touring the United States and currently is in Beverly mils, Calif., with her 18-year-old daughter, Le Tuy. The Japanese foreign office in Tokyo also said it had re ceived a cable from its acting ambassador in Saigon reporting that Saigon radio announced the formation of a new govern- ment some time around 4 a.m.' EST. The coup forces were he lived to be pro-American. A U. S. Embassy officials in Manila said there had been fierce fighting. "One plane has been shot down and the presi dents palace has been sur rounded," the official said. Russek's Purchases Fir-Ply Inc. Stock A. B. McGuire, vice presi dent of Russek's Inc., Thurs day, announced purchase by Russek's Inc., of all outstand ing capital stock- of Fir-Ply Inc. from E. A. Clark, A. W. Mickelson and R. W. Van Du- ker. Fir-Ply, Inc., is located at White City and was founded by the previous owners in 1955. Approximately 135 persons are employed at the plant. McGuire has assumed man agement of the company, and announced that he contemplated no change in personnel. Russek's Inc., also owns Ore gon Veneer Co., located at White City. McGilvra Named to Stale Legislature I HILLSBORO (UPI) - Hugh McGilvra, 57 - year - old Forest Grove publisher, today was named to the Oregon House of Representatives to succeed Rob ert E. Jones, who was named a Multnomah County Circuit Judge. McGilvra's appointment was made by Washington County commissioners after he was rec ommended by the county's Re publican Central Committee. projects is scheduled for com pletion late this fall or early next spring, French said. The westerly end of the im provement Is approximately 28 miles north and east of Medford. The easterly end is a p p r o x I mately 31 miles north and west of Klamath Falls. It will serve the area between and connect ing the Grants Pass - Medford area with the Klamath Falls area along a highway extend ing from Eagle Point to a junc tion with the Dead Indian Coun ty road near the Lake of the Woods, crossing the Cascade Mountain summit at an eleva tion of 5.106 feel. The construction is being fi nanced with Forest Highway funds. Contract time allowed is 300 calendar days.