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.
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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