MEDFORn MAIL TRIBUNE, IMEDFOIU), OREGON
SUNDAV. DKCEMRER 22, IflM
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HOSTAGES GREETED President Johnson is
shown greeting three of four Americans who
were held hostage by Bolivian tin miners.
They were greeted at the White House. Seat
ed, left to right, are Michael Kristula, Cadil
lac, Mich.; Bernard Rifkin, Montclair, N.J.;
and Thomas Martin, Bronx, iA. Maiming
are Paul Rifkin, Rifkin's son; President John
son; Mrs. Rifkin; Mrs. Kristula; and in front
of her, her 7-year-old daughter, Michele.
(UPI)
Signing of Columbia River
Power Pact Seen In Month
Ry MICHAEL GII.LAN
I'nitod Press International
OTTAWA (UPI) - External
Affairs Minister Paul Martin
said Friday he expects the pro
tocol containing a firm price
for the sale of Columbia River
downstream power benefits to
the United States will be signed
within a month.
Martin told reporters after an
all-day meeting with U.S. and
British Columbia officials he
would expect it to he signed be
fore Prime Minister Lester B.
Pearson visits President John
son Jan. 22.
Negotiation!; Near End
The final agreement appear
ed to bring near to conclusion
the drawn-out and difficult ne
gotiations over the price Brit
ish Columbia will receive from
the sale of power to the United
Freed Hostages Tell Of Bolivian Adventure
By DONALD MAY I project to build schools for the
United Press International impoverished muling commu
WASHINGTON (UPl)-H was'nity.
a Bolivian version of the wild The Americans had finished a
west, but the cavalry didn't gal- dinner with the Dutch manager
lop up in time to rescue the of one of the mines, Martin re
four American hostages. They called, when trucks pulled up
had to do it themselves in a ! outside. About "150 men barged I the
jeep. i into the house with rifles and
Three of the four cheerfully ! pistols" to arrest the Dutch-
told President Johnson and ; man, he said
Bolivian army was approaching labor groups wore going on to
and that if there were a fight, i effect a release,
everyone "might be killed." Martin said the captives lis
The captors, particularly the tened to two miners' assemblies
lady guards, were incensed that discuss terms for letting them
the U.S. government would not I go. But the talks seemed incon-
orcler tne hostages to give in to j elusive, and at one point
Slates generated by dams in
the West Coast province.
The external affairs minister,
who spoke for all parties at a
nnU'c rnnfornni'a cairl Ihn throo
parties gave consideration tn , heen arrested earlier on crimi
newsmen Friday of their 10-day
adventure while being held hos
tage by Communist-led tin min
ers in the mountains of Bolivia.
Most of their guards were
women whom they dubbed
"Lady MacRcths." Instead of
pistols, the ladies packed dyna
mite cans and wore black der
bies. But like women every
where, they cried in disappoint
ment when the men refused to
do what they wanted plead
for the release of two Commu
nist miners union leaders seized
by the Bolivian government.
The three, who were on their
way home today, are Bernard
Rifkin, of Montclair, N. J., a
foreign aid labor adviser;
Thomas M. Martin, of New
York, and Michael A. Kristula,
of Cadillac, Mich., both U.S. In
formation Service Officers.
Remains In Bolivia
A fourth, Robert Ferger
strom, a Peace Corps volunteer
from Honolulu, decided to re
main in Bolivia with other
Peace Corps members rather
than return for Christmas.
The men were captured by the
miners in an effort to make the
Rnlivian authorities release la
bor leaders, Iieneo Pimental
ami Federicn Escobar, who had
Blind Man Finds
Federal Judge Has
Christmas Spirit
. DETROIT (UPI) The
thought of Christmas without
food and warm clothing for his
pregnant wife was too much for
Walter R. Sain, a 42-year-old
blind man.
He showed Federal Judge
Wade Mc Cree a tin cup Friday
and said, "I tried standing on
LBJ Ranch House
Will Be Checked
JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (UPI)
Before jolly old St.. Nick will
he allowed to descend the LBJ
ranch house chimney, there will : press the alarm. There are four
be a security check by Secret j of us, two in the bank and two
street corners to get a few
cents hut the police kept mov
ing me on."
Sain and his wife LeWanda,
19, who is six months pregnant,
plotted to rob a bank. The at
tempt was a crude one.
They picked one of the busiest
and best guarded banks in De
troit. Sain and his wife walked up
lo teller Stanley Mc Hale of the
Detroit Bank and Trust Comp
any's main office in the heart
of downtown Detroit and hand
ed him a scrawled note. It read
in part:
"This man is truly blind. We
got his wife in the car. Do not
Service men. The same applies
to all holiday visitors at the Tex
as White House.
Otherwise, Christmas at the
ranch will follow the custo
mary pattern.
There will be church services;
lots of relatives, gaiety, decor
ations, feasting and the inevit
able politics.
Cowboy-butler James Davis
already has scouted the LBJ
ranch for the perfect five-foot
rnrlar rhrislmas tree.
The President. Mrs. Johnson : desperate
and their two daughters. Lucy,
16. and Lynda. 19. will help dec
orate it with "dime store"
bulb and tinsels. . . "like every
body's elses, just the usual as
sortment of colored lights, bulbs
and icicles." Davis said.
Four stockings will be hung
on the
are outside the bank."
The note demanded $50.
Mc Hale, however, pressed
the alarm and the guard took
the couple into custody. The
Federal Bureau of Investigation
said apparently no one else was
involved in the holdup attempt.
The couple was questioned ex
tensively by the FBI and taken
before Mc Cree for arraignment.
Sain told the judge. "I was
Our wedding rings
draft documents prepared since
they met a week ago in the Ca
nadian capital.
These documents were de
signed to facilitate the arrange
ments for the sale of Canadian
downstream benefits and for fi
nancing the development of the
Columbia," he said.
'We will not be engaged in
revising these documents, which
are necessarily voluminous be
cause they deal with a compli
cated problem. These will he
submitted to our governments
at an early date."
No details of the areas of
agreement reached Friday
were revealed, but further meet
ings were scheduled for next
week apparently to draft the
necessary documents. The three
parties will then meet in Wash
ington about Jan. 9.
Careful Of Words
Martin guarded his phrases
when asked if the latest meeting
meant the Columbia develop
ment project was finally to get
under way.
"It means these documents
will be submitted to our gov
ernments at an early date and
that these have been the most
successful negotiations since the
visit of the prime minister to
Hyannis Port," he said.
Pearson discussed the Colum
bia with the late President Ken
nedy last May.
The external affairs minister
also withheld detailed comment
on reports a group of U.S. Pa
cific Northwest power utilities
are gathering the money B.C.
Premier W. A. C. Bennett is
demanding to develop the river.
"These stories bear little re
lation in their context to real
ity," he said.
$10 Million Sum
The reports have said the
erouo had offered more than
nal charges.
The adventure began. Martin
said, on Dec. 6, after the four
had gone to the area of the Ca
tavi and Siglo-Veinte mines, 150
miles south o; La Paz, on a
Companions Seized
Martin said one of the armed
men recognized him as a U.S.
official and began "shouting"
to this effect, and in a moment
Martin and his companions also
were seized.
Seventeen other hostages Bo
livians and other nationals were
also taken prisoner.
Martin said the Americans
were taken tn the library of the
union hall at the Sigln-Veinte
mine. The library had a "fair
collection of books," Martin
said, but there were many large
photographs "of life in Russia
and Czechoslovakia."
A short time later. Martin
said, a Bolivian senator named
Arturo Crespo, who is also the
boss of the nearby Catavi mine,
arrived "in a rather intoxicated
state." Dramaticly, Crespo an
nounced that if the miners were
going to kill the Americans
they would have to kill him too.
"Rifkin replied, 'who's talking
about killing people,' " Martin
said. He said Sen. Crespo conti
nued alleged efforts in behalf of
the Americans hut it appeared
what he really wanted "was for
us to he his captives down at
Catavi."
During their 10 days in cap
tivity, the hostages said, they
were guarded by a group of
women led by the wives of Pi
mental and Escobar.
The hostages said they were
threatened only indirectly.
Statements were made that the
Drug Firm Accused
Of Keeping Some
Evidence Secret
cent suffer from silicosis or tu
berculosis. Even under gov
ernment operation the mines
are a losing business.
The hostages said only a
small corps of mine leaders
were Communists. They said
urging the release of Pimental! of confinement. Rifkin simplv j by town of Oruro. 'nine-tenths of the mine union
and tscobar. announced, "That's enough of! Rifkin told newsmen that the i membership voted to set them
At one point. Martin said, "the! uiis. ' s got om oi nere. people in tnis area ot Bolivia free, but the "handful of Corn-
All put on their coats and '1 very poorly. The miners' munists" were able to maneu-
marched out behind Rifkin. No I take-home pay is less than five ver the situation so that they
the people cheered us," Martin
said. The guards apparently felt
it was too late to intervene.
Then came what Martin
called "sort of like a wild west"
ride in a caravan of jeeps and
demands for statements ! Monday, Dec. 16, after 10 days ! other vehicles toward the near-
uiay MacBetns cried on my
shoulder, asking how the U.S.
government could be so cruel." one stopped them
Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts The guards had told them
by the U.S. government, other i they were "protecting" them
countries, the Red Cross, the I from the people outside. "Rut
Roman Catholic Church, and when we went through the door,
Animal-To-Man
Transplant May
Have Succeeded
DENVER (UPI) - A 40-year-old
patient at Colorado General
Hospital had hopes Saturday of
becoming the second man in
medical history to survive the
transplant of an animal's kid
neys to his body.
The unusual operation was
performed Friday and the man,
who was not identified, was re
pnrled in "satisfactory" condi
tion Saturday. The kidneys of a
baboon wore inserted in his
body lo replace his own diseased
kidneys.
The operation came three days
after announcement at New Or
leans of the successful trans
plant of a chimpanzee's kidneys
to a man. That operation was
performed Nov. 5 but not re
vealed until Tuesday. Doctors at
Charity Hospital in New Orleans
said their patient had recovered
sufficiently to go home for
Christmas.
In the only oilier known animal-to-human
transplant, a
woman received the kidneys of
a rhesus monkey Oct. ft but
they ceased to function and had
to be removed. She died two
days later.
Development of this tech
nique, called a hoterograft, is
significant because if animal or
gans ran be used for trans
plants, the problem of finding
suitable donors for such opera
tions will be removed.
Colorado General declined tn
reveal much about Friday's op
eration and said it would not
do so for several days. A
spokesman said the team of
surgeons who performed the op
eration wanted the publicity on
it to he "conservative."
WASHINGTON (UPI) One
of the nation's oldest major
drug firms was accused by a
federal grand jury Friday of
keeping secret laboratory evi-l
dence that a new drug may
have caused serious damage to
research animals.
A 12-count indictment was re
turned here against the. William
S. Merre.ll Co., a division of
Richardson-Mcrrcll Inc. of New
York. It charged that when the
company asked for government
approval of the drug "Mer-20,"
it failed to include damaging
results from tests on animals.
The indictment said false re
ports about damage to the eyes,
ovaries and bloodstreams of
monkeys, rats and dogs used in
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testing the drug were given lo
the Food & Drug Administra
tion (FDA). It said the firm
concealed the fact that several
rats died before experiments
were completed.
The drug was on the market
for 22 months and had been
prescribed by doctors for about
400,000 heart patients. It was
withdrawn from sale by the
company in April, 1062 under
strong pressure from the FDA.
Harmful Effects
During the last three months,
suits totaling more than $2!
million have been brought
against the firm alleging that
the drug, also known as tripar
nol, had resulted in various
harmful side effects.
R.H. Marschalk, president of
the parent firm, commenting on
the indictment, denied any in
tent lo deceive the government
and said he was confident a
"fair appraisal" would vindi
cate the company.
the Merrell division, founded
dollars a month. Some 70 per ' remained hostages.
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The Public Library of Med-
tni-A nnrt t,lrcnn Pnnnlu will
soon he able to offer the public wa,s a prime distributor
back files of newspapers, in
cluding the Medford Mail Trib
une and the New York Times,
in condensed micro - film edi
tions. A microfilm reader for the
library was approved for pur-
are in layaway and so is a coat
for LeWanda. She also needs
more winter clothes and we're
almost out of food.
"I didn't have a gun and all , between Ottawa and British Co-
$400 million in a lump sum forcnase ny me lioarn oi iru-iees
the downstream benefits. at the December meeting.
Under the original treaty, rat- At present only limited years
ified by the U.S. Senate but not : of these newspapers arc avail-
hv Canada heoause aereement ! aoie
I asked for was not more than
$50," Sain said.
Sain, who has been blind
mantle' of the roaring ' since he was IB, said he re
ceived only $103 a month from
the Aid to the Blind Association
and had been turned down for
welfare. He said he paid $00 a
month rent. Authorities said he
fireplace, labelled "Lynda,
"Lucy," "Mother," and "Fath
er." Lady Bird Johnson, as usual
...ill ,.,"in n fnA .Inlh arniinrl
the nose of a mounted deer naa no snoes, oniy uvei snues,
head in the hall and the musty when arrested,
old trophy will become "Ru-I "Can I depend on you both to
dolph" for the holidays. ! be bah?re m- 15 ,for, c!,m-
On Christmas Eve. when mation?" Mc Cree asked. After
manv uncles, aunts, cousins and they agreed to set personal
old friends gather, the presents! bond at $1,000 and released
will be opened
of the controversial drug thali-
aomicle - suspected or causing
deformities in babies when used
by expectant mothers.
An V DA spokesman said
1962 law passed after the lhali
domide scare could have pre
vented the Mer-2!) episode. He
said the FDA now has a closer
check on clinical investigations
of drugs under the new law.
Developed Cataracts
Dr. John O. Nestor, an FDA
investigator, recommended in
November, 1001, that Mcr-29 he
banned after four patients do
veloped cataracts. The FDA
did not act immcdiatclv he-
Thousands of news papers.
lumbia was lacking, half the magazines, books, documents
downstream power h e n e f i t s and other records are available
would be returned to British Co- on micro-film, the library board
lumbia. I pointed out. The ownership of a
But Hcnnetl warns tne power ; reader win mane pussimc a ...... , caus (npre Wf)s nn ,, pvi
sold in the United States and gram of purchasing micro-film j j.--- t h.t ,jm h ,
copies of newspapers ami pe-, werc druR.in(uc(,d
A p 7. 11 di(. however, require Ihe
will be he micro-f.lm ed, on (irm t jssu . ,
of the Medford Mail Tribune rinr.nr ,pMino , ?,,
for the United Stales to pay
enough money to cover cost of
dams and other construction
necessary to harness the Colum
bia in his province.
Milwaukie Council
Fires Patrolman
Cub Scouts Present
Tree to Local Home
tlinn, en (tinu rni,lrl "on hnmn
j UIC111 3" mij fe .........
for Christmas."
Mc Cree asked Sain what
i moved him to the holdup at
i tempt.
"What can a man do when
I everyone says 'no' tn him?"
Cain ovnlnnprl !
' . .. . J;- .... f.... 4U nr.lmn An.
There are otner solutions ana ; "'" f".c ...
MILWAUKIE (ITU The
Milwaukie City Council dismiss
ed patrolman Richard A. Car
ret from the police force here
Friday night.
He was allowed to remain as
wim i mul-i"-. Slde (fccl3 sucn as cataracts
University of Oregon. ! hajr ,oss am) h h
The micro-filming process isThe , rf f
tne Miming oi papers uc-: nU)cr (our amj onp hn,f monhs
tion in sye which .often he Mor cnouRh pvi(pncc was
rauu n . ...... "" " " " found to justify its withdrawal
process enables libraries which T. . .., , ...
are pressed for space, as the
local library is. lo expand serv
ices which would otherwise be
impossible.
5 'Olson-Lawyer High
Bidder for Timber
Frnest Ilinkle. leader of Cub
Scout Pack 8. Medford. present-j we'u taii about them when you partment until Feb. 1. when his
ed a seven-foot Christmas tree. romc back." Mc Cree said. "In employment will be terminated.
many presents and candies ana thc meantime here's a little Dismissal was recommended j Medford
fruits to the Jackson County Ju- something to tide you oyer by City Manager Max Thomp-' h ' h' J,,a' .lst' ttwk
venile Detention Home last Cnristmas at least." son following his investigation . bo(m (ppl of Natjona
week, according to Lawrence, The judge handed the couple into charges of insubordination trnrpsl timber in the Hop Creek
Tweedy, juvenile supervisor. an envelope containing $H5 made against Carrett by Police Sppp, arpa prnSperl Ranger
cavil u. uir .k, , nnrn nafj peen runt-civi ....... ..iv. rinim m luiii'ini...
their presentations in person. me jurge anr his staff. i
"A fine example of communi- There were tears, then, from . .
tv service was displayed by Cub cm and his wife. Mc Cree GeorqO-Pacif IC
Thc indictment charged the
firm plotted tn deceive federal
investigators who aked about
reports of injuries to test animals.
Iticnardsnn-Merrell also was
named in the indictment along
with three scientists who
worked for the Merrell divi
sion: Harold W. Werner, Wil
liam M. King, and F.vert F.
Van Maanen.
I District,
i Forest .
Rogue River National
Pack R and a special mention crjedj too
should be eiven to Ernest Hin- i
kle. the pack leader, and to the
den leaders, Mrs. Ernest Hinkle.
Mrs. Rav Huson. Mrs. Ray
Hooper, and Mrs. Janet C.riffeth
for their thoughtfulness and in
genuity, "Tweedy commented.
MrKAY IMPROVING
SALT LAKE CITY (I'PI) -Doctors
reported Saturday that
President David O. McKay of
the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-dav Saints is rapidly re
gaining full health and expects
to return to his office soon.
Indian Office Opens
In Woshngfon Sfafe
HOQL'IAM (UPI) - The Bu
reau of Indian Affairs has open
ed an office here to provide so
cial welfare services and cm
ployment assistance for Indians.
The facility, under direction
of the Washington Indian Agen
cy
to the Indian communities In
theOlympic Peninsula.
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wood production and sales for
the Georgia-Pacific Corp. at a
meeting of its board of direc
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The directors also elected O.
Forest Supervisor C. E.
Brown retried the high bid
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