Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 27, 1963, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text-4 fo) IU1 nluv UUU iru I ASCCS 11 mm . . . , , V . 1 ?r i , If? irffV i ISLAND FORMING This giant cumulus cloud formation, reaching to 30,000 feet in the atmosphere, was formed by the heat of creation of a new island in the Westman -Island group some seven miles off the south shore of Iceland. The land mass, caused by a Damage Suit Is Expected To Go To Jury Today A $161,000 damage suit against two Medtord Osteopathic physi cians in Jackson County Cir cuit Court is expected to go to the jury today. :'?-' ,, Final arguments -startd"W mid-morning today following a brief consultation among the at torneys and Circuit Judge James M. Main. Don W. Sprinkle, Biddle Road, brought the suit in behalf of his daughter, Cheryl Lou Sprinkle, now 6 years old, and. charges that her leg was permanently injured and disfigured while in traction. She broke her leg when struck by a vehicle on the road near her home in June, I960. In presenting his final argu ments, Robert Grant, represent ing the Sprinkles, said the most significant fact is that the acci dent damaged the thigh area, but now following treatment by osteopathic physicians Drs. Cleatis Lemley and Paul T. Rut ter, the entire damage is below the knee. Grant charged the casting pro cedure was "completely incom petent." Normal treatment for such a fracture, according to testimony presented by - local physicians, is to use an elastic bandage so the circulation can be observed and the pulse of the leg can be checked constantly. Grant alleged further that by placing the leg in traction above the heart level, it made circu lation through the leg a "dan gerous" problem. Flowers Mark Site Of Assassination DALLAS (UPI) - Mounds of red, white, purple and yellow flowers banked the grassy slopes around the site of Presi dent Kennedy's assassination to day ana tilled the air with scent tlEWS(VjBilErS ITtMJ FROM AUN THI OlOM VIET CONG GUERRILLAS DRIVEN OFF SAIGON. Viet Nam (UPI) estimated 200 Vict Cong guerrillas today after the Communists attacked an American-Vietnamese Special Forcea camp near the Cambodian border about 120 miles south of here, a military spokesman reported. PARK'S PARTY WINS IN SOUTH KOREA SEOUL, Korea (LTD President-elect Park Chung Hce's Democratic-Republican Party today won a majority In the new national assembly on the basis of nearly complete returns from Tuesday's elections. STRIKE SLASHES FRENCH RAIL SERVICE PARIS (UPI) A strike by most of France's 300,000 railway men drastically slashed passenger and freight service throughout the nation today. PRAVDA CALLS FOR SUMMIT MEETING MOSCOW (UPI) The Communist party newspaper Pravda today gave Iront-page prominence to a call tor a summit meeting between President Johnson and Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev. Grieving America Makes Preparations For Thanksgiving By United Press International A grieving and heavy-hearted America prepared today to fol low the words of its dead young President and gather in home and: sanctuary to give thanks "for the glorious gifts of God." George Washington, in pro claiming a day of "public thanksgiving and prayer" 174 years ago, asked Americans to call upon. God. and Deseecn Him to pardon our national and other transgressions." Stunned by a weekend of vio lence, the nation was ready to do that. President Johnson called upon Supreme Court Upholds Decision SALEM (UPI) -The Oregon Supreme Court today upheld Multnomah County Circuit Judge Charles W. Redding and declared Frank Eugene Vaw ter had not been subjected to unreasonable delay in bringing his case to trial. Vawter was indicted for con verting entrusted property, and tried 7V4 months later. During the intervening period he was in the state penitentiary serving a sentence for another offense. The Supreme Court held there had been no unreasonable delay in bringing Vawter to trial, and denied Vawter's motion for dis missal of the indictment. Whidby Plane Hits Power Line; Crashes ' PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (UPI) A twin-engine A3D at tack bomber stationed at Whid bey Island Naval Air Station hit a power line 14 miles south of here today and crashed. There definitely was one sur vivor. The plane usually car ries a crew of three. Fiehter-bombem drnvc nlf n submarine eruption, was estimated after six days of formation, to be 300 feet high, 2,000 feet long and almost a mile in circumference. A portion of the island may be seen in the lower part of the photo, made from a U.S. Navy plane. (UPI) churches and synagogues to have the late President John F. Kennedy's Thanksgiving Day proclamation read at. Thursday "as a merooriali to mm. "ijj; Expression of Gratitude "Let US gather in snnrhmi.ioc dedicated to worship and in homes blessed by family affec tion to express our irralil.,H h. the glorious gifts of God," Ken nedy said in his proclamation, his last. "Let us earnestly and humbly pray that he will conti nue to guide and sustain us in the great unfinished business of achieving peace, justice and un derstanding among all men and nations." As we exDress nnr oral!. tilde, the President had said, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live bv them." Across the nation A mnrinanc gathered together to heed his words. A big turkev WAS HflilArnr! Tuesday to the home at Hyan nis Port, M; js.. whnro th v... nedy family probably includ ing me t-resiaent s widow and two children were expected to gather Thursday. In Ventura, Calif.. 96 descend. ants of a pioneer family planned to be together on Thanksgiving Day for the tradi tional lurKcv dinner. The lone survivor nf Iho firci of the pioneer family that went to California in 1868 is Edwin S. Duval, who will be 84 Thurs- aay. To Feed Needy in Des Moines. Iowa, a tinv neignDornooa restaurant will make sure hundreds of neeriv families enjoy a free turkev dinner. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Sar gent, who operate the restau rant, ordinarily serve between 900 and 1.000 persons each Thanksgiving. The weather bureau said most of the nation would have mild weather for Thanksgiving. The holiday traffic death count a grim part of every holiday will begin at 6 p.m. local time today and continue until midnight Sunday. Last year 484 persons died in traffic accidents during tne inanKsgiv ing holiday, the National Safety Council said. Italian Socialists Reach Agreement ROME (UPI) - A Socialist agreement to participate in a new "center-left" coalition led today to final negotiations on cabinet posts in what could be Italy's first strong government in years. Premier-designate Aldo Moro, a Christian Democrat, is expect' ed to take office at the head of the coalition by Monday at the latest. It could happen as early as Saturday. Rogue Valley Edition MEDF0RD 18 Pages Two Russians Told U.S. Continues Ready for Talks WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Johnson has sent word to Swint Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev that the United States stands ready now, as in the past, to make every nonor nhle effort to solve East-West problems which could spark nu clear war. At the same time, the new President has made strenuous efforts during the past two days in mnvinrp Allied reDresenta- tives that there will be ho fal- tprinff in American leadership of the non-Communist world. White House sources said Johnson told Soviet Deputy Pre mier Anastas t. MiKoyan aur ing an hour - long conference Tuesday that the United States was ready to "go its part of the wav in tne searcn ior measures to ease tension. No Concessions These sources emphasized. however, that thenew Presi dent was not willing to maite gnv nam afFpffi nr mnCPSSionS which might imperil the Western position. 1 .-. Any hint of this on Johns's part, it was pointed out; would be political suicide at home in addition to being disastrously damaging to Allied morale in Europe and elsewhere. Milrnvan who remained here after the funeral of President Kennedy especially to sound out the new Chief Executive, was lpavine todav for Moscow to carry Johnson's views to Khrushchev. Johnson also conferred Tues day with a number of major Allied representatives and staked out for himself within the next ' few months a full schedule of personal diplomacy. He . obviously hopes this will 'strengthen Western unity and thwart any Soviet eflorts to take advantage of any Uncer tainty in the Western camp which may follow Kennedy's death; '-' ' .' ' ' Among those Johnson talked with Tuesday were British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home, West German Chan cellor Ludwig Erhard and Presi dent Diosdado Macapagal of the Philippines. Supports Alliance In a swiftly scheduled radio television appearance, Johnson also pledged his administration to continue the Alliance for Progress program of aid for Latin America as a living me morial to Kennedy. He told a group of diplomats from troubled South America, in the capital for the Kennedy funeral, that the U. S. govern ment would "carry on the job." LBJ to Address Nation Thursday WASHINGTON (UPI) - Pres ident Johnson will deliver a Thanksgiving Day message to the nation on television and ra dio Thursday at 3:15 p.m. (PST), the White House an nounced. The President will speak from his office at the White House for about 15 minutes, Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said. The White House said the pro gram would be carried "live" by the NBC and CBS television and radio networks and pos sibly, by ABC. "It will be in the form of a Thanksgiving message to the American p e o p 1 e," Salinger said. Coast Rock Samples Studied for Oil CORVALLIS (UPI) - Rock samples taken from the ocean floor off the Oregon coast by oceanographers at Oregon State University are being studied by oil company geologists hunting underwater oil deposits. WEATHER FORECAST: lair thrmifh Thursday, rxrtpt for patrhe nt n I it hi and mnrnlnf fog. Low tonlftht 25-30 and high Thuri day S0-J5. Temp- lltlhru Yesterday 43 Lowest Tht Morntnc : 3 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 02 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today Ktinrti tomorrow .. Moon n't tomorrow Full Moon .... PROMINF.NT STAR Vea, low In north west VISIIH.F. PLANETS 4: p. . 7:i7, a. . 4:10 a. ....Nov. . i-.n p Venui, leu In louth- ' wejt . 1:0? P- Jupiter, high tn touih eait K:H P Haturn, In southwest 11:03 P Sections He spoke from the same White House room in which his pred ecessor announced creation of the alliance program nearly three years ago. Johnson promised early con sultations with the British and West German leaders. Officials said these would come shortly after the first of the year. He also appeared to have commit ted himself to a relatively early visit to West Berlin and other parts of Allied Europe to em phasize continued U. S. determ ination to defend that area against any Soviet threat.' Hint at Another Motive for Ruby Given in Dallas DALLAS (UPI) - The dis tinct attorney hinted today that striptease nightclub owner Jack Ruby may have had a more sinister motive for killing ac cused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald than vengeance for the Kennedy family. Henry Wade refused to ac cept Ruby's story that he felt sorry for the widow and child ren and was emotionally over wrought. "It may have been a desire for publicity, or it may have involved something far deeper," Wade said. "Our law enforcement agen cies are still checking to de termine if links exist between Oswald and Ruby. As far as I know, they haven't found any. But I don't know everything they've found." Wade- and defense..; counsel Tom Howard squared off over wnetner Kuby was insane when he shot Oswald as millions of Americans watched on televis ion. " To Plead Insanity Howard said he will have Ruby plead temporary insanity. He said a psychiatrist for the defense will examine him in a few days to help prove that the baldish, 52-year-old self-appointed executioner suffered an emo tional shock from the Kennedy assassination and did not know what he was doing when he pulled the trigger. Ruby was indicted on charges of murder with malice Tuesday by a Dallas County grand jury. Wade said he would demand the death penalty. He already has had a psychiatri ': examine the former Chicago street brawler and gambler. He said he regarded Ruby's trial as one of the most import ant in Dallas history. "Our whole judicial system will be on trial," he said. "This trial will determine whether Dallas has a government based on the orderly processes of law or a government in which an individual can take the law into his own hands." County Fair Board Member Resigns C. H. Buffington, Campbell Road, Medford, has resigned from the Jackson County Fair Board, the County Court an nounced yesterday. Buffington, who served about four years, did not give any reason for his resignation in his letter. The resignation is effec tive immediately. Buffington said today that he felt somebody else, "somebody with new ideas" should have a chance to serve. As of this morning, the County Court had not decided on a new appoint mcnt. Hatfields Planning Traditional Holiday SALEM (UPI) Oregon's first family plans a traditional family gathering Thanksgiving Day. Travis Cross, press secretary for Gov. Mark Hatfield, said the first family would share the day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hatfield of Salem, and her parents, Mr. iflnd Mrs. Vin vint Kuzmanich of Portland. SEED GROWERS MEET PORTLAND (UPD-The 23rd annual meeting of the Oregon Seed Growers League will be held here Dec. 9-11, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1963 JOINT SESSION ADDRESSED Lyndon Johnson is shown as he joint session of Congress today. Other Welfare Expenditures May Be Pro-Rated SALEM (UPI) - Ambulance services, dental fees, and cost of glasses may have to be placed on a pro-rata basis, welfare ad ministrator Andrew Juras said today. He made the comment at the State Welfare Commission meeting while discussing the fact that "miscellaneous" ex pendituresthe fund from which such' services are paid jump ed $11,521 over budget during uctooer. ' Economics Explained General assistance payments for Ontoher wer SK4.71R nvpr budget bringing this item to $307,789 over budget for the first four months of the fiscal year. Juras explained the rigid economies put into effect Nov. 1 when the commission shaved $1.6 million from its budget wouldn't reflect in department statistics until next month's meeting of the commission. Welfare department expendi tures during October totaled $4.1 minion. Of this $2.1 million was federal money, $1.5 million state money, and $507,794 county funds. Senate Approves Step in Wheat Sale WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Senate, moved by a letter from the dead President, voted TueS' day night to give the new Chief Executive a free hand in nego tiating the proposed wheal sales to Russia. By a 57 to 35 vote, the Senate defeated a bill sponsored by Sen. Karl E. Mundt, R-S.D., that would have prohibited the Export-Import Bank from guar anteeing commercial U.S. bank loans to finance the sales. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, Mont., in dramatic prologue to the show down vote, read to a hushed chamber a letter from the late President Kennedy, written week before his assassination, vigorously opposing the restric' tion. Hydrogen-Fueled Rocket Launched CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) - The United States today suc cessfully launched its revolution. ary hydrogen fueled Centaur rocket a forerunner of the ve hicles that one day will power men to the moon. The II -story Centaur, first U.S. rocket to use high energy liquid hydrogen for fuel, lifted from its launching pad at 11:03 a.m. (PST) and climbed toward the heavens in what appeared to be an unerring flight. About 10 minutes after liftoff, as the Centaur's second stage neared the end nf its spectacu lar flight, an official at Cape Canaveral jubilantly reported: "Over Africa and through the gate," indicating a solid success. Tribune Ml f President addressed a Behind him are Hen. John Speaker, and Pro Tempore Services Slated at Churches Offices Will Close The annual union Thanksgiv ing services in Southern Oregon communities will be held to night or Thursday morning, Nov. 28 Public offices, businesses and retail stores' in Medford, with the exception of the few that remain open to provide emer gency; 'services, will be closed tomorrowfor" i observance. . of Santa Claus Arrive Saturday Santa Claus will arrive in Medford Friday, Nov. 29, to of ficially open the 1963 Christmas season. Under the auspices of the Medford Chamber of Com merce, Santa Claus will arrive via helicopter and land at the Jackson County Fairgrounds next to the National Guard Armory south of Medford. The landing will be at 1:30 p.m. outs ot Christmas candy will be distributed to the children who go to the Fairgrounds to see Santa. Stores will open nights starl ing Friday remaining open un- tel 9 p.m. The Medford Shop ping center stores will be open every night while downtown merchants will be open each night except Saturday. Dunlevy Receives Telegram from Alba Medford Mayor James Dun levy this morning received a telegram from Alba, Italy, of ficials extending their condo lences over the death of Prcsf dent John F. Kennedy. The telegram, in Italian, was sent by Alba Mayor Ettore Pag. anelli. Alba, Italy, and Medford are sister cities. Judge Miller Of Local Welfare Program Is In Order Jackson County Judge Earl M. Miller said yesterday after noon that the local welfare pro gram should be re-evaluated. "There are more people on welfare than need to be," the county judge said. He was replying to sugges tions that more welfare patients should be admitted to the coun ty farm home. Jackson County Welfare Administrator David Kuhns at yesterday's Welfare Commission meeting said his staff is barely able to get enough nursing home beds for welfare patients. "Just how far should the com munity go into welfare?" Mil ler asked. "The current year's county budget includes $209,000 for welfare and $66,000 for care for indigent patients at local hospitals." Some people think the farm home should be turned over to 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 215 W, McCormack. left. House Sen. Carl Hayden, President of the Senate. (UPI) in Valley; Thanksgiving Day, which Is national holiday. Post offices and schools throughout the county will be closed. In many churches there will be a continuation of memorial services in tribute to the late President John F. Kennedy. The Medford service, spon sored by the Medford Minister ial Association,- will be held at First Baptist Church, 649 Cra ter Lakj Ave., at 10 a.m. Thurs day. John Heberling, minister ot central Church of Christ and association president, will speak, The Ashland service, . under the auspices of the Ashland Ministerial Association, will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the First Methodist Church, North Main and Laurel Streets. The Rev. Kenneth Heriford, minister of Foursquare Gospel Church will give the sermon. The community service in Tal ent is scheduled at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the Assembly of God Church. Pastor A. Clark Smith of Talent Friends Church will speak. Other services scheduled at 7:30 o'clock tonight include a joint service of Medford Con gregational Church and St. Luke's Methodist Church at St. Luke's Methodist, 2320 Siski you Blvd.; Zlon Lutheran Church, North Oakdale Avenue and Fourth Street; and Bercan Baptist Church, Crater Lake Highway and Avenue A, White City; and Ascension Lutheran Church, 2617 Barnett Road. Thursday services include Apostolic Faith at 10:30 a.m.; First Church of Christ, Scientist, 100 Windsor Ave., at 11 a.m.; St. . Mark's Episcopal, Fifth Street and North Oakdale Ave nue; at 11 a.m.; St. Peter's Lu theran, 1020 E. Main St., at 10 a.m.; Unity Church, Holly and Haven Streets, at 10 a.m. In Ashland the Grace Luther an Church, Frances Lane, will hold a service at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Believes Re - welfare patients, others feel only extremely low Income pa tients should be admitted and others feel the farm home should have half welfare and half non-welfare patients, Mil ler summed up. "Maybe we do need a change in the farm home for the bet terment," Miller commented, "maybe we should build anoth er wing on it." County Commissioners Don ald E. Fabcr and Edwin Taylor said $60,000 loss on welfare pa tients was an over - estimate by the Hawthorne Convalescent Home. Fabcr suggested that the farm home to turned into a ju venile detention home in two or three years and relatives be made to assume responsibility tor the farm home patients. Mrs. Jean Hazen, new Haw thorne administrator, told the welfare commission that Haw Chief Executive Urges Memorial To Kennedy Solemn Call for Action and Help WASHINGTON (UPI) -In solemn call for action and help, President Johnson asked Con gress today to pass a civil rights bill as a legislative me morial to assassinated President John F. Kennedy. , ; Speaking firmly1 but emotion ally to a joint session of Hia House and Senate,' the new President also appealed for euduuneni oi uie $n Duuon tax cut bill which harl Wn ursaJ by Kennedy. In return, Johnson promised to conduct the federal govern ment with "nlmnst thrift onj frugality." He closed his 24- minute address with an appeal for all Americans tn "mil on end to the teaching and preach ing oi naie ana evil and vio lence" that cost Kennedy his life. The text of President Lyndon Johnson's mes sage to the joint session of Congress appears on page 2A. This SftnlAnr0 rlrour fha prolonged a d o I a u s nf tha speech from the legislators. Cabinet members, Supreme Court justices and spectators who filled the House chamber to near tne new President's first major address. At times, Johnson sneak ing to his long-time congression al colleagues became husky- vuicea wun emotion as ne paid tribute to his slain predecessor. Asks for Action But he was firm in askine Congress to act. The 55-year-old Texan who had served Kennedy as vice presi dent recalled Kennedy's chal lenge of "but let us begin" from the 1961 Inaugural Address. "Today in this moment of new resolve," Johnson said, "I would say :to fellow Americans: Let us, continue." Standing before old colleagues of the House and;- Senate, the new 'President opened his first address as Chief Executive by expresing his sorrow over his young predecessor's death. "All I have I would hava given gladly not to be standing here today," he said. "The greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time." Then he spoke of the "dreams" : of the slain Presi dentconquering space, a strong alliance of friendly nations, full employment, a Peace Corps . . . But, apparently lest there be any doubt about his stand on one of the key points of the Ken nedy program, the 55-year-old Texan put special emphasis on civil rights. . And above all the dream of equal rights for all Ameri cans, whatever their race or color. . ." Recalls Past Bill , Johnson pointedly recalled that 1 as Senate Democratic Leader he had urged passage of a civil rights bill in 1957. While he did not say so, Congress went on to enact the first major civil rights measure since the Civil War. The President also recalled that again in 1960 he called for enactment of civil rights legis lation. Now, he said, "no memorial oration or eulogy could more el oquently honor President. Ken nedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought. "We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for 100 years or more. Yes, it is time now to write the next chapter and to write it in books of law." Evaluation thorne lost $60,000 last ytiar on welfare patients. "We lost $10 each day on wel fare patients over cur labor costs," Mrs. Hazen said. "We cannot afford to provide nurs ing care for welfare patients at this rate. This is over the $9, 500 we pay the county in prop erty taxes." The county farm home food cost average is 37 cents a day since is receives government surplus food. Hawthorne can not compete with this, Mrs. Ha zen said. She noted from coun ty budget reports that the coun ty subsidized the farm home last year with $10,000. . Rogue Valley Hospital is hav ing a similar problem. Last year it wrote off $197,000 to charity cases and had to add over $3 a day to private patient bills to help compensate, Mrs. Hazen said. .