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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.
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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of Morocco announced that his troops had withdrawn about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.