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regim's Sin-Year Poiresft IFire Jinx Bmlien - Bv ZAN STARK ing timber were toppled in the savage Columbus Day, 1962 storm. The "jinx" was born in 1933 in the first great "Tillamook Burn." That fire exploded over a 407-square mile area almost half the size of the state of Rhode Island. 12 Billion Feel Lost Destroyed was 12 billion board feet of timber more than enough to build a million five room houses. It was one of the worst forest disasters ever recorded in the United States. Six years later the same re-1 acre fire. : .. i. w.. . i- inci - : 11 The myth of the terrible "six With Oregon's timberlands state" because of storm blow- this year described by State down, officials prepared for the Forester Dwight L. Phipps as worst, "potentially the most dangerous There were massive education in the recorded history of the campaigns newspaper stories, Unlled Press International SALEM (UPI) -Oregon's six year fire jinx is broken. Jubllent state forestry offi cials, eyeing rain-dripping tim berlands, have declared the fire season over in Western Ore gon. They find it hard to believe that the state was not ravaged by flaming disaster again this year as it has been every six years since 1933, except for 1957. For this year forestlands were ripe for disaster. Millions of board feet of stand television appeals, radio an nouncements. Timber operators and forestry officials began mapping fire fighting strategy early this spring. They did everything but plead with the weatherman. He's the one who saved the day. . Oregon's summer was not the kind a Chamber of Commerce would order. It was unusually cool, and wot. There were a few dry periods, and the forests were closed. But each time rain fell before the situation became critical. As a result, instead of another jinx disaster, Oregon had one of its smallest forest fire losses in history. Lejs than 7,000 acres were blackened. There were 491 man-caused fires, 137 less than last year. Lightning caused 430 fires al most four times as many as the year before. They were a result of the storms which saved the timberlands from disaster, To foresters, it meant that the disasterous six-year fire jinx had finally been broken. uiuu was iuiu wd&ie uv a met ill laoi a ai'lies Ul uiiue ma- vnnr inv1 was firmly fixed. nnn aeres toll ulihni.ffh iho Tiiimnnk Foresters prepared for the Then in 1945 the area was hit area in Northwest Oregon was j'nx in 1957 but there were no again, this time by a 182,000 ! spared. I major fires that year. Regional Edition 58th Year Price 10 Cents Medford. Tribune 16 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1963 No. 196 WINNING FLOAT This float, entered by Su sanne Homes Hall, depicting "Picture Scenes of the Past," was first place winner in the annual Homecoming parade of Southern Ore gon College Saturday. Slogan for the annual Diem's Brother Turned Over To Vietnamese Government SAIGON, South Viet Nam (UPI) Slain President Ngo Dinh Diem's younger brother today look refuge in the U.S. consulate in Hue but was turned over to the provisional government, diplomatic sources said. The sources said the brother, Ngo Dinh Can, was flown to Saigon in a U.S. government plane. Can was Diem's overlord in the Hue area, scene of some of the strongest repressions of the Buddhists. He was hated and feared by the Buddhist majority in the central Vietnamese city and officials were concerned that his home there would be mobbed. He had been under house arrest since the coup Fri day. The sources said Can took refuge this morning in the U.S. consulate building, a house that combines consular offices and residences. How Can managed to elude the guards outside his house and reach the consulate was not known. It also was not known wheth er he asked U.S. consul John Helble for political asylum, al though it was believed likely he did so. The decision to hand Can over to Vietnamese authorities was made after discussions with the new government and with the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, t h e sources said. In Singapore, reliable sources said Diem was killed by a Viet namese soldier who fired a pis tol into the top of his head, ap parently after the president re jected a suicide chance. Ngo Dinh Nhu was shot down as he reached for a hand grenade in his belt, they said. The new premier heads a cab inet of 12 civilians and three officers. It is expected to serve only until the new elections HEWS( BRIEFS ITEMS from m is y M0UNB ' 0l0U POSTMASTER GENERAL MAY BE SUMMONED WASHINGTON (UPI) The House Post Office and Civil Serv ice Committee is expected to call Postmaster General John Gro nouski for questioning on his views about political activity by federal employes. GREEK KING SUMMONS FORMER PREMIER ATHENS (UPI) King Paul summoned former Premier Con stanlinc Caramanlis today (o continue the round of consultations that will lead to a new government, probably headed by Cara manlis' opponent, George Papamlrcou. JOHNSON ISSUES WARNING TO RUSSIANS ROTTERDAM. The Netherlands (UPI) Vice President Lyn don B. Johnson warned the Russians (oday that although the Soviet Union can win American friendship it "can also provoke our hostility." VENEZUELA TERRORISTS BLOW UP PIPELINE MARACA1BO, Venezuela (UPI) Pro-Communist terrorists blew up a vital American-owned oil pipeline for the eighth time in 18 months Monday, setting off a major oil fire. 1IOKFA GOES AHEAD ON TRUCKING CONTRACT WASHINGTON ( UPI ) Teamsters union President James R. Hoffa begins laying the ground nn a national contract with the his union's members completes U-4 promised by the officers who led the coup. - "II is the armed forces' pol- icy to transfer political power Administrators of District Make Nine Recommendations Nine recommendations con cerning the secondary school situation in School District 549C were submitted to the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Educa tion last night by administra tors of the district. The recommendations follow ed studies by administra tors and are based upon a philoso phy formulated by school of ficials and approved by the citizens' committee. The report was presented at a general meeting of the com mittee. More detailed informa tion concerning the recommen dations may be presented at individual committee meetings during the next couple of weeks. Following a study of the ad minis t ration's recommenda tions, the citizens' committee is expected to formulate its sug gestions for presentation to the school board. Recommend Philosophy The administration recom mended adopting the educa tion a 1 phiiosophy previously adopted by the school board be cause it is sound. Also recommended was a comprehensive educational pro gram, which would include grouping for college advanced placement, the advanced, the college preparatory, regular and the slow learners. This is known as a "five-track pro- work this week for negotiations trucking industry even before voting on whether he should. n Homecoming was "The Past in Review." The winning floats were seen again when they passed in review during half time at the Chico State-SOC football game at Fuller field, where the above photo was taken. to a popularly elected govern- ment when the situation per- mits," a junta announcement said Monday night. gram," and all courses of study, evaluations and programs are adapted to the ability and in terest levels in the groups. Administrators recommended that a building be planned and constructed suited to the most efficient and effective teaching methods, including new con cepts of teaching. Other Recommendations Other recommendations in cluded plans to continue sched uling 7-class periods with an added period for lunch and oth er special programs; climate control or air conditioning be included in the original build ing plans; a new secondary school site of not less than 50 acres; full consideration to the use of wood products from this area for construction, and adop tion of the 6-2-2-2 plan of organi zation. A 15 to 20-year bond issue was recommended for financing construction of a new building after an organization plan is approved and other details re lating to the building have been worked out. The administration did not recommend a site location. Ad ministrators felt the site loca tion should be postponed until an organization plan has been adopted, since the organization plan will have a bearing on location of the site. The 6-2-2-2 plan is outlined in more detail in a story on page A-ll of today s Mail Tribune. Firemen Seek Toys For Holiday Program The Medford Fire Department is launching its annual Christ mas toys program this week. The firemen will repair and paint old toys so that they may be distributed to needy children. The Salvation Army will handle all distribution. All kinds of toys are needed, firemen said. Toys should be taken to the main fire station at Third and Front Streets. Monfana War I Vets Eligible for Bonus SALEM (UPI) - World War I veterans who entered military service from Montana may ap ply now for a bonus enacted by the Montana legislature earlier this year, the Oregon Veterans Department reminded today. Information is available from the adjusted compensation divi sion, box 1196, Helena, Montana. Actual payment of the bonus has .not yet started. Armed m Block Am Parks Commission To Ask Court for Youth Work Plan The Jackson County Parks and Recreation Commission will ask the County Court to con sider a youth work project in county recreation areas for 1964-65 fiscal year, it was de cided at last night's commis sion meeting. Laurance Espey, commission chairman, indicated his pro posal is modelled after the Mult nomah County Youth Task Force. Espey proposes a set of regulations which include no smoking or drinking while em ployed by the county, work hours of eight hours a day, five days a week, curfew hours if in camp. At least 40 high school jun iors would be selected by their principals on a broad cross-section basis, Espey proposed. He said he had several letters from future employers who would be interested in hiring graduates from the program. He also re ferred to a list of various agencies which would help in establishing it. Indicates Interest Ledward noted that the Coun ty Court has indicated its in terest by letter , to federal agencies in developing the rec reation facilities at Agate reser voir on Dry Creek off Antelope Road, and 4 'A miles from the White City Shopping Center. He and Parks Commissioner Gerald Wollam emphasized the need for a rifle range and sighting-in facilities which this area could provide. Picnic and other facil ities also would be possible, it was pointed out. Ledward was asked to confer further with County Engineer Robert J. Carstensen to work out a solution to traffic prob lems during special events at Emigrant lake as requested by the Ashland Chamber of Com merce. The parks commission will study the possibility of acquir ing more land adjacent to the boat landing at Shady Cove to develop the landing site ade quately. The federal agencies involved have approved the new Lily Glen riding stables contract at Howard Prairie lake and com plimented the county court and commission on "another suc cessful fishing season." Medford Man Held Following Accident A 22-year-old Medford man was lodged in Jackson county jail on a reckless driving charge early today after he lost control of his car on Barnett Road and crashed into several objects. Avery Lloyd Casebolt, 2432 Barnett Road, told police his car ran off the road as he turn ed onto Barnett Road from El lendale Drive about 2:52 a.m. Headed east, the car ran in and out of a ditch, knocked down several mailboxes, hit a fence at 2216 Barnett Road, snapped off a speed control sign and crashed into a power pole. Casebolt, who was not injured in the accident, left the scene of the accident and walked to his home "to call a wrecker." He was taken into custody there a short time later. McCoy Placed on i Probation by Court Raymond Harold McCoy, 31, of Medford was placed on pro bation for five years when he appeared in Jackson County Circuit Court yesterday after noon on charges of burglary not in a dwelling. He previously had pleaded guilty to charges growing out of a burglary at Grandview Market Aug. 18. McCoy was directed to make restitution for all offenses com mit. ;d in Oregon. Russian Claim To Convoy Rules 'Unacceptable' WASHINGTON (UPI) - The State Department today reject ed as "completely unaccepta ble" Russia's claim that the So viet Union has the right to lay down rules governing military travel to West Berlin. The statement was issued shortly after Secretarv of State Dean Rusk told the Senate For eign Relations Committee that Russia's latest hlnrkarlp nf tho U. S. convoy on the Autobahn leading to Benin "cannot be permitted." Department spokesmen said the new blockade was "Hpnrlv the result of a Soviet initiative." Representative Clarifies Position On Sales Tax Bill Slate Representative Jjohn R. Dellenback issued a statement today to clarify his position on a proposed sales tax bill which is slated to be introduced at the special session of the legislature which commences Monday, Nov. 11. The statement said: "I have enme tn thp rnnrln- sion that a substantial trrnun nf citizens throughout .the state want the issue of a general sales tax once again submitted to the people of the state for their ap proval or rejection. If the basic policy issue of whether this third major economic leg should be aciciea to tne taxation structure of the state can be decided in a clear cut manner hv lhi npn- ple, it will add a great deal of stamuty to tuture unnancial planning for the state. Can Be Submitted "The issue can be submitted to the people by this special ses sion of the legislature cither in the form of a specific sales tax bill or in the form of a constitu tional amendment, which would spell out the general framework and leave the details to enact ment by the 1965 regular session of the legislature. I have not de cided personally which would be the better and more feasible road to follow in this special session to get this issue to the people for their approval or re jection. "I intend in this special ses sion to attempt to get his issue to the people for their decision. "1 do not personally approve enactment of a state sales tax without certain explicit restric tions, such as a limitation on percentage, some specific relief to other forms of taxation and certain specified areas of ex emption. Many of our people seem to feel the same way. "I have not as yet approved any particular bill. In the past. I have followed the invariable policy of sponsoring only pro posals which I have had occa sion to read and study, and I intend to continue that proce dure in the future." WEATHER KOKKCAST: Rain lonictit, oo rnMonally heavy. Shower and periods of partial clearing Wed nesday, fin sly lontherly winds (his eveniiiR. I.nw tonight 40 A5. High Wrdnctdsy 5 ()'-'. Temp. IHghtst Y rule r day 55 Lowest This Morning 36 I'reclp. To 10 a.m. Today .25 Our Skies Tonight Snnsel fnday 5:01 p.m. SunrltiP tomorrow 8:50 a.m. The Moon rlfict 1:59 p.m. UinlKht and rldrt high In Gemini, , Last Quarter Nov. 1 IMIOM1NKNT STAR SlrhM. rlxes 11:17 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, set 5:28 p.m. Katiirn, dip south 6:30 p m. Jupiter, high tn kontheatl 7:47 p.m. ssnamis encan They made no mention of the possibility of a "misunderstand ing" as was done during an earlier blockade Oct. 10-11. The ambassadors and senior diplomats of the embassies of Britain, France, and West Ger many were to meet this after noon in the State Department to plan the next Allied moves. They probably will include for mal protests to Moscow. Rusk made his statement to reporters following an hour-long closed-door meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee. He briefed the senators on both the Berlin situation and conditions in South Viet Nam. Rusk accused the Soviets of "attempting to unilaterally change procedures long in use on the autobahn. 01 course, that cannot be permitted. It is looked upon as a very serious matter." President Concerned The White House said just be fore Rusk emerged from the committee meeting that Presi dent Kennedy also was deeply concerned, and that officials were trying to resolve the inv passe both here and in Moscow. Press Secretary Pierre Salin ger also said the Chief Execu tive had discussed the matter with Rusk but that there were no present plans for a meeting between the two. He did not rule out the possibility of a later meeting, however. Medford Man In Denver Court On Fraud Charge DENVER (UPI) -A jury was selected in U.S. District Court Monday to try three former em ployes of Statewide Builders Supply Co. on charges of mak ing false statements to the Fed eral Housing Administration (FHA) to get home improve loans. Defendants are Mrs. Margery Kincheloe Lytic, 39, Salt Lake City; Thomas M. Roth, 32, Rockford, III., and Theodore J. Venable, 44, Medford, Ore. em ployes of Statewide Builders Supply Co. at the time of the alleged oflcnses. Mrs. Lytle, a secretary, and Roth, ex - general manager of the firm, were charged with 13 counts of fraud. Venable, a salesman, was named in three counts. The government charges they identified themselves as repre sentatives of Reynolds Alumi num Co. and asked prospective customers for permission to in stall aluminum siding on their homes. The customers were told, ac cording to the government, that their homes were selected as models and that they would re ceive bonuses of $100 to $200 on the basis of future sales of the siding. The government said the homeowners then applied, un knowingly, for FHA loans of up to $3,500 to finance installation of the siding and that btatcwidc then sold the contracts to com mercial banks. Oregon Men Named For Softwood Parley WASHINGTON (UPI) - State Rep Sidney Lcikcn, D-Roseburg and E. H. Bobbins of Eugene will represent Oregon's 4th Con gressional District at the Unit ed States Canadian aoltwood Lumber Conference Dec. 2-3, Rep. Robert Duncan, D-Ore., announced today. Lciken is president and man ager of L. and H Lumber Co., Sutherlin, and Robbins is gen eral manager of Timbcrlanc Lumber Co., Eugene. .1 i Aray Convoy 1 1 NOBEL WINNER Maria Goeppert-Maycr, professor of physics at the University of California as one of three winners of the work wiln nuclear sliell structure. (UPI) Two Americans Among Winners of Prizes in Physics STOCKHOLM (UPI) - Two Americans, including a woman nuclear scientist, two Germans and an Italian today were awarded the 19G3 Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. The physics award winners were Dr. Maria Gocppert May er of the University of Califor nia, Prof. Eugene Wigner of Princeton University, and Prof. Hans D. Jensen of the Univer sity of Heidelberg. The chemistry prize was shared by Drs. Karl Zicgler of Muchlhcim, West Germany, and Giulio Natta of Milan, Italy. Both prizes carry cash awards of $51,158. Half the physics prize will be shared by Dr. Mayer and Prof. Jensen, with the other half going to Professor Wigner. Ziegler and Natta will split the chemistry prize equally. Ceniral Committee Meeting Scheduled All Democrats interested in parly organization are urged to attend a meeting of the Jackson County Democratic Central Commitlee at 8 o'clock tonight, Charles Crary, chairman, has announced. Special order of business, Cra ry said, will be the platform convention plans. He hopes to make committee assignments so that work on the platform convention may get under way in the near fulure, and would like to have all party members participating. The meeting will be held in the Labor Hall. Efforts To Rescue Trapped Men Snagged PEINE, Germany (UPI) Ef forts to drive steel reinforcing pipe into a rescue shaft toward 11 men trapped in a flooded iron mine were snagged again by an obstruction today. Continue To at ban Diego, was named today Nobel prize for physics for her Dr. Mayer and Jensen were given their award by the Swed ish Academy of Sciences for their joint discoveries concern ing nuclear shell structure. Atomic Nuclear Work Wigncr's prize was for his contribution to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the activity of elementary particles. Dr. Ziegler and Natta were honored for their work in or ganic molecules which has made possible a number of new products in plastics, in the field of synthetic detergents, and in anti-knock mixtures for high oc tane engine fuels. Wigner, 61, was born In Buda pest, Hungary. He came to the United States in 1930 to lecture at Princeton University and taught mathematical physics the following year. He retained the post until 1937, the same year he became an American citizen. Mrs. Mayer was born in 1906 in Katlowitz, Poland. She stud ied at the University of Got tingen in Germany until 1930, when she went to the United Stales. She became a natural ized citizen three years later. Bonneville Research Facility Dedicated THE DALLES (UPI) - The government's new high voltage research station dedicated here today will be important in main taining America's leadership In power production, Rep. Al Ull man, D-Ore., said. Ullman spoke at the dedica tion ceremonies for Bonneville Power Administration's new Di rect Current Test Center, housed in a plastic-coated "bub ble" on the barren plcatcau above The Dalles Dam. The facility will be used to conduct experiments on ways to transmit direct current over long distances. Ullman said this country Is French, British Vehicles Allowed o Go On Way BERLIN (UPI)-The Russians blocked a U.S. Army convoy with armored cars and more than lno gun-toting soldiers in a dispute . over Berlin access rights for the second day today but permitted French and Brit ish convoys to pass a Soviet checkpoint. The Berlin-bound U.S. convoy ' 44 men in 12 vehicles has been held at the Marienborn checkpoint 110 miles west of Berlin on the East-West Ger man border since 9 a.m. Mon day because the Americans re fused a Soviet demand that they leave their vehicles to be count- 1- ' There was no indication whether the passing of the oth er convoys was the result ot a shift tn Soviet policy that could break the deadlock at Marien born. i The French and British, in a strong display of solidarity with tne Americans m support ot free Western rights of access to Berlin, . ordered similar sized convoys of their own to leave Berlin today to join the Ameri cans in the West at Marienborn. JThe French convoy of 48 men in eight trucks and two jeeps was neia up tor 65 minutes at the Soviet checkpoint at Babels berg just outside Berlin. It fi nally was cleared although the convoy commander refused to obey Russian orders to have his men dismount or to lower the trucks' tailgates for Soviet in- spection. The British moved into the Babelsbere checkpoint two min utes after the French left, and their convoy of 43 men in eight vehicles was cleared in 55 min utes after rejecting similar So viet demands. The Russians brought up ma chine gun-armed armored cars to hem in the Americans this morning in an incident which the State Department has term ed "quite serious." Western of ficials said the United Slates has protested to Moscow over the latest blockade. In Washington, Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the block ade "cannot be permitted." He accused the Soviet Union of "at tempting to unilaterally change procedures long in use on the autobahn." Mrs. Grove Named To Represent Board Mrs. M. O. . Grove, Phoenix. last night was appointed to rep resent the Jackson County In termediate Education District Board (the former rural school board) on the Jackson County Board of Health. In other business, the board heard a report from ils salary committee which covered job descriptions, an organization chart and a survey of salaries for both administrative and non administrative personnel. Assistant County School Supt. Dcalous Cox was appointed budget officer and a time sched ule for budget preparation es tablished. now in an energy race with Russia. "That energy race, though not so well publicized as the race to the moon, will probably mean far more In terms of real hu man benefit, for here we are concerned not just about pres. tlge, but about poverty, and ex panding populations, and the world-wide demand for a share of prosperity," he said. He said Russia's larger elec trical potential means the Uni ted States must make full use of its electrical energy and should be able to sent it where ever it Is needed. The new facility dedicated to day cost $2 million. J
