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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 1958
No. 85
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Soviet Union Asks
U.S. to State Its
Position on Tests
Note Reiterates
Russian Position
(Moscow (TPI) The So-
vie tJnior asfced the United
StoteilAC ntv note Saturday
tor sJlt elesrly before the
start t ht Geneva confer
ence 1fcfctthr it intends to
discoriinC nuclear tests.
The noi iterated the pre
vious Soviet, position that a
meeting of experts on means
of detecting nuclear tests
would be a "waste of time and
only lead to the deception of
people" if it does not result
in an "immediate universal"
test ban.
Th note left still unan
swered the question whether
Russia will attend the Geneva
meewng Scheduled to begin
Tuesday after an original sug
gestion by President Eisen
hower. The United States has said
it would not agrep to any nu
clear test ban in advance.
Russians May Attend
An indication that the Rus
sians might attend the meet
injjgwas seen yesterday in a
report from an authoritative
source that the Soviet delega-
tion had applied for and re-
ceived the Swiss visas needed
to attend the Geneva session
Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko handed Saturday's
note to U. S. Ambassador
Llewelyn Thompson. The note
said "In connection with the
beginning of the conference
of experts, a full and clear
understanding regarding the
purposes of this conference
must be achieved between the
governments."
It continued, "The Soviet
government would like to
hope that the U.S. govern
ment will make an unequiv
ocal statement in this regard."
France Changes
Arm? Command
tti (UPI) Premier
i4.f4HI gmm Gaulle s govern-
mgn hock up the top com-
mfftj et the army Saturday
Ifta pp4 new measures to
(3&9 ttitig pece to Algeria.
Aftct 40-minute cabinet
glMtitf, h fovernment an
fseVe-i V , resignation of
S8. Hni Lorillot as army
effif tft tff and appoint
ment 99 Gtn. Andre Marie
Zeller, ti, to replace him.
Announcement of the Nex
measures fcr Algeria was
withheld until De Gaulle
goes to the strife-torn North
African territory this week.
The change in the army
command was unexpected and
no reason was given. But it
could be interpreted as a vic
tory for the extreme right
wingers in the army.
Yesterday marked the end
of De Gaulle's first four weeks
in office and the signs were
that he was getting impres
sive national support for the
record of things he has done
so far.
The government crisis has
vanished. Armed police and
curity guards have disap
peared from the streets. The
Frenchmen have responded
5 overwhelmingly to his ap
peal for a loan pegged tp the
price of gold. Work has be
gun on new constitution.
Eagles Elect Local
sk J sk asm A m sO Am JlllM
r dll Aj IUI UUUUI
Pendleton (UPI) Port
land roofing contractor Bill
Bigoni was elected president
of the Oregon State Eagles at
a thre-day convention that
pened here Wednesday,
-j Bigoni succeeds Francis
Baker of Pendleton.
0(Jher officers included"
Leonard Wildish, Eugene,
vice president; Bill Kemp,
Coos Bay, chaplain; Jack Web
ber, Medford, conductor; Ken
neth Bcstum, Nyssa, inside
guard; and Marvin Hame
street, Klamath Falls, outside
guarc
r. e
Contract Awarded for
Reservation Road Work
Klamath Falls (UPI)
Klamath Indian reservation
superintendent's office Satur
day announced the award of a
contract for repairs to a road
within the reservation to Nor
quist Brothers of Sweet
Home.
The Norquist bid was $191,
666. The work is financed by
the Buretvi of Indian affairs.
BUDGET COMMITTEE Members of the
United Medford Crusade budget committee
submitted a budget totaling $131,030 for
the 1958-59 campaign goal, according to
UMC President Tom Polk. Members of the
Goal of $131,030
Set By Local Fund
The 1958-59 campaign goal
for the United Medford Cru
sade has been set at $131,030,
according to Tom Polk, presi
dent. - The UMC directors adopted
the report of the budget com
mittee as given by Chairman
Edward Branchfield at a meet
ing Friday eyening.
Dick Travis, UMC cam
paign chairman, said he is
confident that the goal, even
though high, will be achieved
An effort will be made to
reach more people this year,
Travis said, who have not
been given the apportunity to
give before.
"If all will give on the
fair share plan, one hour's
pay per month for 12 months,
we will have no-difficulty in
reaching the goal," Travis
said. Those who have been
giving on the fair share scale
will not be asked to increase
their gifts, he concluded.
The campaign kick-off date
is Sept. 15, but this year
plans call for starting the
campaign in mid-August in
the lumber and construction
workers division.
Agencies budget are: Amer
ican Red Cross, $20,000; Arth
ritis and Rheumatism Founda
tion, $1,000; Boy Scouts, $17,
250; Camp Fire Firls, 2,600;
Southern Oregon Child Guid
ance Clinic, $4,000; Girl
Socuts, $11,000; Salvation
Army, $18,750; YMCA, $21,-
750; Rogue Valley Council on
the Aging, $250.
Oregon Appeal
The Oregon United Appeal,
including 10 child-care ag
encies, .USO, Oregon Prison
assn., Amercian Social Hy
giene association and four
YMCA-YWCA college campus
activities, $18,000.
A $4,000 reserve for uncol
lectible pledges and $11,930
for campaign and administra
tive expenses also are includ
ed in the campaign goal,
about $3,000 above the
amount raised last year, and
$8,000 above the 1957-58 cam
paign goal.
If all agency requests had
been granted in full, Polk
said, the goal would have
been $11,000 more. Budget re
quests were trimmed in order
to arrive at a goal that is
possible to achieve, he ex
plained. Due to several recent
changes in- connection with
the Oregon State Chest, now
known as the Oregon United
Appeal, the UMC has lost
some agencies and gained oth
ers. Among the agencies with
drawn from the crusade are
the Mental Health Association
of Oregon, the White Shield
Home, and the American Can
cer Society.
Agencies new to the cam
paign this year are the Uni
versity of Oregon YMCA and
YWCA, the Oregon State col
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudiness
today, tonight and Monday.
Possibly a few showers over
the mountains tonight and
Monday. High today 75; low
tonight 45; high Monday 72.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 75
Lowest Yesterday 44
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:53 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:37 a.m.
The Moon rises 6:25 p.m.
Riding low in the sky, it
set tomorrow 4:20 a.m.
SATURN, seen near the Moon
tonight, is now about 845 mil
lions miles away. The orbits of
the Earth and Saturn are now
carrying these planets away
from each other at the rate of
about 425,000 miles per day.
lege Round Table, and the
Rogue Valley Council on the
Aging. The latter organiza
tion, recently established
comes in for a small allocation
to cover incidentals in pro
moting the Golden Age Club
and other promotional work
Transport Plane
Fails to Report
Washington (UPI) The
defense department said Sat
urday a transport type air
craft, believed to be a C-118,
has not reported on a flight
from Nicosia, Cyprus,, to Teh
ran by way of Turkey.
The department said the
U.S. Air Force is Europe re
ported tnere were nine per
sons aboard the plane. A
C-118 is the military version
of the DC-6 four-engine civil
ian craft.
The department said it did
not know whether the miss
ing plane was the one report
ed by Moscow to have been
forced down Friday by two
Russian fighters over the Ar
menian frontier.
A defense department
spokesman said the Pentagon
had "no knowledge or con
firmation" of the incident
He also said he could give no
explanation why a U.S. plane
would be flying over Arme
nia, in Soviet territory. Radio
Moscow claimed the craft
with nine aboard was forced
down 149 miles inside Ar
menia. The state department said
it has not yet received a Rus
sian protest that the plane
violated Soviet air space.
Harbison Appointed
To Rural Board
Sam Harbison, Medford at
torney, has been appointed to
the rural school board, ac
cording to Alf B. Makvold,
county school superintendent.
His v appointment was effec
tive Friday. :
Harbison was appointed by
the board during Friday's
meeting to fill the position va
cated by C. E. Hedberg, for
mer vice president and man
ager of the First National
Bank of Portland, Medford
branch. Hedberg had resigned
effective last Monday.
Hedberg has been appointed
to an administrative position
in the head office in Portland.
Harbison will complete
Hedberg's three-year term.
Hedberg was elected" last fall
as one of the members(at large
to the rural school board.
Secrecy Planned for
Washington (UPI) An-
other attempt , may be made
Monday to throw a shroud of
secrecy around any new sen
sational charges Boston fi
nancier John Fox might make
in the Adams-Goldfine affair,
it was disclosed Saturday.
Rep. Joseph P. O'Hara (R
Minn.) said he would raise
anew the question whether
further testimony by Fox be
fore House investigators
should be heard in public.
The House influence-investigating
subcommittee, of
which O'Hara is a member,
resumes hearings Monday on
the relations between Sher
committee are, left to right, Wililam Du
haime, Ray M. Sorenson, Dunbar Carpenter,
Edward Branchfield, Tom K. Oliver, Law
rence Clark and Dr. Merle Foland. Branch
field is chairman of the group.
Efforts of Cancer
Society to Work
With Drive Fails
Efforts to work out a way
in which the Jackson county
unit of the American Cancer
society could work with the
United Medford Crusade have
failed, it was reported Satur
day.
As a result, the cancer unit
will not participate in the
UMC drive this year.
The difficulties stem from
a recently-adopted policy of
the national ACS, which gave
1960 as a deadline for local
units to disaffiliate from
united fund drives.
Similar Policy
But the Oregon division of
the ACS last month adopted
a similar policy, and made it
effective immediately.
John Dellenback, Medford
attorney who is president of
the local Cancer society , unit,
attempted to work out a
method by which the local
unit could 'work cooperative
ly in in - plant solicitations
with the, UMC, but the list of
conditions imposed by the
state organization made the
UMC board, at a meeting
Friday night, decide that it
just wouldn't work out,"
and that the conditions could
not form a sound basis for
cooperation.
As a result, the Cancer so
ciety withdrew from the
UMC, effective immediately.
Discussion Scheduled
This leaves up in the air
any Cancer society plans on
a local level. Dellenback said
Saturday that a series of dis
cussions among the members,
and with the medical profes
sion, will be conducted to de
termine what course of action
would be the best for the
community.
In some instances, , local
Cancer societies have ter
minated their organization as
a result of the "no - united
fund" ruling, and formed in
dependent organizations de
voted to anti-cancer activity.
What action, if any, will be
taken locally will not be de
cided until further considera
tion is given to all phases of
the problem, Dellenback said.
And he emphasized that the
dilemma, caused by outside
forces, has caused no ' hard
feelings whatsoever on the
local level.
Air force to Seek
Cause of Fatal Crash
Westover Air Force Base,
Mass. (UPI) The Air Force,
announced Saturday that ex
perts will "probably" attempt
to piece together the shred
ded remains of a jet strato
tanker that rose in hope and
fell in death for 15 men.
man Adams, chief assistant to
President Eisenhower, and
Boston millionaire-industrialist
Bernard Goldfine. Fox will
return for his third day of
testimony.
O'Hara said he did not
have "the slightest - idea"
whether Fox had more
charges up his sleeve of the
type he made last week. But
if he does, O'Hara said, the
witness should be heard only
in secret.
Adams and the White House
have flatly denied and label
ed as "malicious falsehoods"
an array of accusations Fox
made in public testimony
Thursday and Friday. Among
Body of Dean of
Pharmacy at OSC
Discovered in Car
Crossen Reported
Missing Thursday
Corvallis (UPI) The body
of George E. Crossen, 52
dean of pharmacy at Oregon
State college, was found in
his car yesterday afternoon
one-half mile northwest of
here on Cemetery Hill road
apparently a suicide victim
police said.
Crossen had been the sub
ject of a statewide search
after he was reported missing
from his home and work
Thursday morning.
The body was found in the
locked auto by 'city policeman
u. D. .Downing. A vial was
found in a ditch beside the
car, according to Benton coun
ty coroner Joe McHenry.
Explains Disappearance
Crossen was first sighted
Saturday at 3:04 p.m. by po
liceman Kenneth Burright as
Crossen drove into Corvallis,
He said he talked to the dean,
who appeared to be "okay,
Crossen said he was headed
home. He explained his dis
appearance by saying he had
driven to the Oregon coast
and back. Then he drove off
toward homp, Burright said.
A check a short while later
revealed he had not arrived
home and another search was
launched. The body was found
at 3:40 p.m.
McHenry said a four and
one-half page note was found
in the car also. . He said the
text of the note, written to
Crossen's wife, Helen, was
highly personal" but indi
cated Crossen had been in a
state of "mental depression.
Last Seen Thursday
Crossen had been last seen
at 10 a.m. Thursday at his
office. He told his secretary
he was going to the Corvallis
airport but he was not1 seen
there and he did not return to
his office or home.
He had been dean of the
school of pharmacy at OSC
since 1945. He also taught at
University of Minnesota and
Drake university, where he
was dean and professor of
pharmacy ' before coming to
Corvallis.
In 1952, he received the
"outstanding a c h i e v ement"
award given by the Minne
sota ' school to outstanding
alumni.
Baccus Named to
Succeed Jones
Robert L. Baccus, 39, princi
pal of Jackson school, has
been appointed by Medford
Mayor John Snider to serve
out the unexpired term on the
city council of Stanley C.
Jones Jr., who resigned be
cause he moved from Ward 3.
The appointment is effec
tive July 3, subject to the ap
proval of the council.
Baccus, who was born Nov.
24, in Picher, Okla., lives at
747 West Jackson st. He is
married and has two children.
He has. been principal of
Jackson school for fhe past
three years, and will become
principal of the new Wilson
Elementary school this fall.
The school is now under con
struction. Coming to Oregon in 1947,
he received a bachelor's de
gree from Southern Oregon
college in 1949, and his mas
ter's degree in 1954. He is a
Methodist, a Mason, and is a
member of the Phi Delta Kap
pa educational fraternity. He
also is a member of the Na
tional Education association
and the Oregon Education as
sociation. Baccus' term will expire
Jan. 1.
Adams Case Hearing
other things, Fox said that
Goldfine boasted:
Of buying a house for
Adams to live in during his
Washington stay.
Of buying securities for
Adams and' other public offi
cials. Of sending checks to
Adams at regular intervals
before, the former New Hamp
shire governor came to the
White House.
That Adams had prom
ised to "take care of Gold
fine's troubles with two gov
ernment agencies and in one
instanie actually did so.
Goldfine himself will testi
fy before the subcommittee
Grandview Area
Sanitary Trunk
Lines Authorized
Council Acts After
Continued Hearing
The Medford city council
Friday night authorized con
struction of a sanitary sewer
trunk system in the Kenwood
Grandview district following
a continued public hearing in
the Jackson county court
house auditorium.
Bids on the sewer will be
opened July 11. The trunk
system will serve about 1,170
acres, will require about 67,-
000 linear feet of pipe, and
cost an estimated $325,000.
The council voted 6-0 in fa
vor of the sewer. Councilman
Fred Robinson was unable
to attend Friday night's meet
ing, and the eighth council
man, Stanley C. Jones, Jr.,
resigned at the last meeting
because he moved from the
ward which he represented
The hearing was continued
from the June 19 meeting to
accomodate residents of the
area who crowded the council
chambers and hallaway at the
city hall. About 80 persons at
tended Friday's hearing.
City Manager Robert Duff
said work on the system prob
ably will start early in Au
gust, and be completed in 200
calendar days. Sections of the
system could be used prior to
completion of the project, he
said.
Questions submitted .by res
idents were answered by city
officials at the start of Fri
day's hearing, after twhich
Mayor John Snider called for
representatives lavoring " and
opposing the project to pre
sent their cases. Prior to the
council voting, Mayor Snider
asked that residents indicate
their, approval or opposition
by raising their hands. Those
favoring the trunk system out
numbered those opposing it
about 2 to 1.
Most the opposition voiced
at both hearings centered on
the preliminary estimated
costs or assessments.
Duff pointed out that as
sessments for such improve
ment can be financed under
the Bancroft act, and City At
torney Roy Bashaw noted that
recent legislation has made it
considerably easier to secure
Bancroft financing.
Under the " Bancroft plan,
property owners pay assess
ments in semi-annual install
ments for 10 years. Duff point
ed out that there is a 6 per
cent interest on the deferred
charges. Most of the property
owners in the district will be
eligible to finance assessments
under the Bancroft plan.
(See story on page 12)
Voter Registration
Challenge Issued
A voter registration chal
lenge has been issued by the
Democratic party to the Re
publican party, according to
James A. Redding Jr., chair
man of the Jackson County
Democratic Central commit
tee.
The charge is that the Dem
ocratic party and its workers
will register more voters for
the November election than
will the Republican party.
A second challenge, also
from the Democrats to the Re
publicans, is that the Demo
cratic party will transport
more voters to the polls on
election day than will the
workers in the Republican
party.
Tuesday. He had served no
tice that he will deny Fox's
basic testimony under oath.
Fox insisted he has "docu
mented proof" to back up
some of his statements.
Goldfine's. lawyers , asked
the 11-man subcommittee be
fore Fox first appeared to re
quire him to testify behind
closed doors to avoid defam
ing and degrading the char
acter of both Goldfine and
Adams. . ,
The . subcommittee refused
to do so. But the lawyers re
newed their request Friday,
claiming Fox's Thursday tes
timony had been "shocking,
revolting and incredible."
: : ; I :
The 'Top Kick" Sets the Pace
(Herblock Is
No Action Taken on
Transfer Request
The Jackson county bound
ary board Friday took no ac
tion on a proposed transfer
of land from the Prospect
school district to Elk Trail
district because the Elk Trail
district recently approved
consolidation with Eagle
Point. ,
Alf B. Mekvold, county
school superintendent, said a
new petition will have to be
submitted for the proposed
land transfer to the former
Elk Trail district. Now, the
request will have to be to
transfer the land from Pros
pect to the Eage Point school
district. ,
The boundary board Friday
canvassed election votes in
the Eagle Point and Elk Trail
school districts consolidation
election. The official tally
showed 55 yes votes to 10 no
votes in the Elk Trail district
and 47 yes votes with no op-'
position votes cast in the
Eagle Point district. At the
request of school board direct
ors, the effective date of con
solidation will be July 1, 1958,
Mekvold said.
Approve Rezoning
The boundary board also
approved rezoning the non-
high high school district in
the county. Consolidation
with Eagle Point of Elk Trail
district and Shady Cove dis
tricts eliminates zone 2 in the
non-high school district, Mek
vold explained.
The non-high school board
Medford Woman
Named President
Redmond, Ore. (UPI)
Miss Laurene Kell, Medford,
was elected president of the
Department of Oregon Vet
erans of Foreign Wars Aux
iliary at the closing sessions
of the 37th annual state con
vention in Redmond Friday.
She succeeds Mrs. Harriett
Shoemaker of Portland.
Chosen as senior vice presi
dent was Mrs. Viola Mansfield
of Portland. Mrs. Patricia
Conley, Cloverdale, was elect
ed junior vice president. '
Other officers are Mrs. Lil
lian Stanton, Cannon Beach,
treasurer; Mrs. Jean Peterson,
Portland, chaplain; Mrs. Mel
Clemens, Salem, conductress;
and Mrs. Leon Bennett, Port
land, guard.
Installation ceremonies were
held Friday night in the Red
mond High school gymnasium.
Sports Bulletins
Portland (UPI) The
Portland Beavers evened
their Pacific Coast League
series with Salt Lake City
at Two games apiece by
drubbing the Bees last
night, 4-1.
Phoenix. Ariz. (UPI)
Big Bob Jenkins, a terror
for the Spokane Indians in
the series with the Phoenix
Giants here, stayed around
long enough for a fourth
inning beaning to start his
team on the way to a 12-6
triumph.
Vancouver. B.C. (UPI)
The Vancouver Mounties
won a B-5 victory over the
San Diego Padres last night
before 2,667 fans at Van
couver's Capilano Stadium.
Prrnvn 'i
ON TAKING- v
G-IFTS
on Vacation)
had considered recently and
recommended to the bound
ary board that Griffin Creek
school district, now a part of
zone 4, be made into zone 2,
the county school superintend
ent said.
The law requires five zones
and five board members on
the non-high school board.
An appointment of a school
director to the non-high board
to represent this zone will be
made during the next annual
school meeting. The board is
expected to meet soon tov act
on high school - tuition pay
ments from non-high districts
Guardsmen Home
From Ft. Lewis
Southern Oregon National
Guardsmen returned Satur
day from their annual summer
encampment at Ft. Lewis,
Wash. Nearly 250 men from
Jackson county participated
in the two-week training exer
cise. The local men came home
with second place in the 41st
Division rifle competition.
Memben of the team, com
posed of marksmen from the
first battalion of the 186th Infantry-
Regiment were Lt.
Jack Phillips, Medford; Lt.
Ed Prefontaine and MSgt.
Jim D. Schelenbaum, both of
Grants Pass; Capt. John A.
Parsons and Pfc. Larry R.
Lane, both of Roseburg; and
Sgt. Gary B. Olsen,- Creswell.
First place in the hoot was
won by the second battalion
of the 186th.
About 7,500 troops ' from
units in the Sunset division
participated in the 11th an
nual training program which
marked the first camp attend
ed by men who have been
trained under the Reserve
Forces' Act six-months' pro
gram. Highlight of the training
period was the Governors'
Day parade, attended bj both
Gov. Robert Holmes of Ore
gon and Gov. Albert Rosellini
of Washington.
Four Teenagers Hurt
In Auto Accident
Four teenagers suffered
minor injuries Saturday night
when the car in which they
were riding struck the rear
of a house trailer on Highway
99, near the state police office.
According to Rogue Valley
hospital attendants the four
youths were treated and re
leased. They were Dean Le
Roy Smith, 19, Brookings;
Charles Patrick Thorn, 19,
Brookings; Lawrence Eugene
Way, 18, Harbor; and John
John David Baldwin, 19,
Brookings.
Smith, the -driver, was cited
for violation of the basic rule,
according to state police.
A car' driven by v Bennett
Bradener Lewis, 42, of 2695
Merriman rd., Medford, was
towing a 16-foot house trailer
south on Highway 99. He had
stopped to s make' a left turn
when the car driven by Smith
struck the rear of the trailer,
police said. i
Officers said the trailer and
both cars were seriously
damaged.
Sailors, Marines
Bound for Base in
Guantanamo Bay
24 Men Reported
On Cuban Vehicle
Washington (UPI) The
Navy said Saturday a bus
carrying 24 U. S. Navy and
Marine personnel bound for
the American base at Guant
tanamo Bay, Cuba, was found
empty Saturday afternoon 30
miles from the base.
The Navy said the men left
Guantanamo City Friday
evening in a bus maned by a
Cuban civilian crew.
Text of the Navy state
ment: "A bus maned by a Cuban
civilian crew consisting of
driver and conductor depart
ed Guantanamo Citv. Cuba-
Friday evening (at) 9:25 p.m.
Havana (UPI) Cuban
army detachments searched'
the Guarantanamo region '
last night for 24 American,
sailors who failed to retur
to the Naval base and were
presumed to have been kid
naped by Cuban rebels. ,
When the bus failed to
return as scheduled, a U.S.
Naval, air search was car
ried out. A ground patrol
from the U.S. base failed to
locate either the Cubans or
the American passengers.
U. S. Ambassador Earl
Smith said he had contacted
Cuban government authori
ties, who immediately dis
patched a squadron of
troops to conduct a thor
ough search .of the region.
with 24 Navy and Marine
Corps personnel on board, in
cluding three Navy Shbre Pa
trolmen. It was' bound for the
Naval Base at Guantanamo.
It failed to arrive.
Bus Found Empty -
"Saturday - afternoon he
bus .was found empty about
30 miles east of the Naval
base."
Earlier, a Navy spokesman
said communications from
Cuba appeared to bear out re
ports that Cuban rebels had
kidnapped 27 or 29 Sailors
aboard a Guantanamo bus.
If the Sailors and Marines
were indeed kidnapped, it
would bring to 34 the total
of U. S. citizens nabbed dur
ing the past three days by
guerrillas headed by revolu
tionary Fidel Castro.
- The State Department said
Friday rebel sources have
promised early release of 10
Americans and two Cana
dians kidnapped Thursday
night. . ,
Declines to Identify
A spokesman said U.S.
officials were given the
promise by sources they be
lieved to be authentic. But he
declined to identify these
sources or to disclose how
they met with department
representatives.
He said the same sources
reported the captives were
"safe and being well cared
for."
A band led by Raul Castro,
brother of the rebel leader,
seized the 12 engineers. at a
mining company project in
Oriente Province and took
them to a hideaway in the
hills.
The rebels were reported to
have staged the Thursday ab
ductions because they be
lieved the United States was
providing gasoline for Cuban
Army planes. State Depart
ment sources said they had
no confirmation of this.
First National Bank
Plans Change in Name
Portland (UPI) The
First National Bank of Port
land will be known as the
First National Bank of Ore
gon after August 1, C. B.
Stephenson, bank president,
said Friday after sharehold
ers voted to change the name
of the institution at a special
meeting held in Portland.
The bank which now has
77 banking offices serving 55
Oregon communities was the
first national bank to be
chartered west of the Rockies.
The charter was granted in
1865.