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0 Jyd co dd 0 'Is O Medford 20 Pages CUBA IE. KE IF GENEROUS Bernard Goldfine (right) gift- giving financier, arrives in Washington with his 'wife to answer charges (GoOdffone Mrh Charges off FoBStics . Washington (TJPI) Indus trialist Bernard Goldfine swore today that he neither sought nor got special favors from his friend Sherman Adams. He charged that poli tics prompted a House sub committee's airing of charges to the contrary against him and the presidential assistant. . Kep. John E. Moss (D-Calif.) immediately denounced Gold fine's long statement pre paftd and released to the pared in advance as reading like a "professionally written scenario." Moss said Gold- McDonald to Appear On Television Show James McDonald, Medford, will be one of four panelists interviewing former Harvard President James B. Conant on College News Conference over the ABC-TV network Sunday afternoon. McDonald, president of the Student National Education association, is in Cleveland, Ohio, this week for the an nual NEA meeting. He resides here with his wife and chil dren while he is attending Southern Oregon college in preparation of becoming a teacher. In addition to carrying a fall academic program, Mc Donald works in the office of the superintendent of the Jackson County School sys tem as director of audio-visual aids and public relations. Portland (UPI) Dr. Rich ard Boyd, 43, Mapleton, has been named research director of the Oregon Education q Association. Results of Lighting Tests Said Gratifying Results of a recent test of new downtown street lighting have been announced by City Manager Robert Duff. The California Oregon Pow er company conducted the test June 16 to determine effec tiveness of the 20,000-lumen color-corrected mercury lamps installed May 1 on Main and Sixth sts. "The results are gratifying and have exceeded expecta tions," Frank A. Benesh, dis trict manager for Copco, told Duff. Light intensities of the new lamps were measured and found to represent an average increase of 43 per cent over the old, 15,000-lumen lamps. Specifically, the increase was approximately 49 per cent in mid-block areas and 38 per MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1958 ilHMEILS that he once troubles with Denies Favors fine's charge of politics was "vicious and absolutely false?' As the 67-year-old New England textile manufacturer, who rose from immigrant boy to millionaire and close friend of the mighty, conclud ed almost three hours of tes timony, there were these high lights: G o 1 d f i n e disiisjed as lies, conceived by a sick man, sensational charges by John Fox, Boston financier and one time Goldfine friend, that Gcldfine had claimed Adafhs was taking care of his .troubles with the federal gov ernment. He nnnrpflpn he eavp presents 10 Aaams. rui on Bal ance, he said, the presidential assistant and Mrs. Adams gave Goldfine and his wife presents worth more than those he gneP Mrs. Goldfine gave them. Roger Robb, Goldfine's counsel, told United Press In ternational that Goldfine def initely deducted costs of his favors to Adams as a business expense on his incorife tajc re turns. The Internal Reveftue Service says true gifle may not be deducted The p-tlyo Goldfine, sur roundedTy a getirgie ofattog neys, public relations men, Irreducible School Fund Earnings Distributed Salem (UPI)-? The state land board today ordered dis tribution to the schools of the State net earnings? of the irre ducible schoolofund for the fiscal year amounting $398,180. - o School districts share money on the basis of . to the tae number district. of children in each cent at intersections. While actual output of the new lamps was nown to be 33 per cent greater, topco had estimated only a 25 pr cent increase in the light in tensities. Donald D. Cobleigh of Copco reported afterward that the greater increase was "un doubtedly the result ofo wie shorter length from the socket to the light center of the new lamp." The length was reported to be seven inches, while in the old lamps it was seven and three quarters inches. "This length," CobleigJ? added, "moved, the light source closer to the reflector and evidently into a location where both .the reflector and auxiliary reflector have bet ter control over the light." ? ? 11 Li LiU Uim DEB9AG3DS , jjK U "UL-U boasted that Presidential Aide Sherman Adams had promised to take care of his Federal agencies. and family members, told the subcommittee that it obvious ly was not interested in him, but merely in using him as a cub to beat Adams. His charge touched off an uproar in which Rep. John B. Bennet (R- Michi joined sub committee Democrats in a Sharp repsimand to the wit ness. "That is ridiculous," Ben nett said flatly. In a po9t-hearjpg interview Goldfine denied that hesever bought a houe in Washington fer Adams,brthat Adams had any, interest in ' eGoldf ine's textile mflls. fie lad testified he never asked Adams to intercede for him with any federSl agency. Asked by newsmen if he thought Adams ever made suifh intercession anyway, Goldfine said: " don't think Lhe did, judging by the results I got." . Committee Chairman Oren Harris (D.-Arki agreed with Mo and Betfnett0 that Gold- fine's false' political charge was 1 "I do not think there is ny basis to the cljarge at all," Harris said. Robb's disclosure that Gold fine claimed a tax Seduction onthe jfpenses he bore in AdairiV behelf promised to touch off a flurry9 of ques tions when tbg hearing re sumes Thursday. Today's ses sion -s cut short to permit subcommittee members to tak ert in House debate on the foVeign aid till. UnconsernJChanges Whn Operator Finds ToortAany TuTkqys Bill Doakes of Brown's lunch, "Mexlfbrd, was un concerned when "the deliv ery man asked him yester day wjiere he wanted Ms or der of frozen turkey placed. Without turning around he said, "Just stick it there by the fregzer." The delivery man began to laugh and said, "By the freeze?. . .This order will fill the whole room." No one seems to know whose fauft it is, but some where betweeen placing the order andothe delivery ,ihe 100 pounds of turkey that Doakes ordered got switch ed to 100 cases, or 6,112 pounds. The Merchants Distribut ing company Medford some what embarrassed, quickly put the semi-trailer load of turkeys in cold storage here (all except the 100 pounds) so Doakes would not be serving cold turkey sand wiches for the next five years. Tribune No. 88 o V hi uy u Use of Marines Urged To Release Kidnaped Yanks Castro Gang Not To Changje Position Havana (UPI) Cuban rebels grew more defiant to day despite calls in Washing ton for use of U.S. Marines if necessary to rescue 47 Ameri cans kidnaped by the forces of rebel leader Fidel Castro. The hundreds of Americans fh Cuba were asking "who will be next?" Position Desperate A United Press Internation al dispatch from Santiago quoted rebel sources as saying the United States "can send in Marines or anybody else" but the Castro gang w,ill not change its position because its position is desperate "and "things could not get any worse. The rebels indicated they might free three Canadian captives in the immediate fu ture bat hinted theyewere in no hurryQto release the Ameri cans captured at the rate of1 nearly 10 a day for the past five days. Americans Angry s Americans were increasing ly apprehensive because t of rgbel control of Oriente Prov ince, site of many Ainerican plantations and mines. The rebels there control all but the cities and towns and are able to strike at will. Americans here were in creasingly angry at the kid napings, and statements in Washington drew general ap proval, especially oneQby Sec retary of State Johr Foster Dulles saying the United States would not pay "black mail." e Should Get 48 Hours They also paid attention to a statement by Sen. Styles- Bridges (R-N.H.) calling far the use of Marines if neces sary and a demand by Sen. Wilfiam F. Knawland (R Calif.) that the rebels should be given 48 hours to release the Drisoners. Otherwise he, sueeested sending in arms and Equipment to help Cuba maintain law and order; Bank Debits in Area Show Increase Bank debits totaling $65, 518,564 for May, 1958, we're reported by 11 banks in Jack son, Josephine, and Curry counties. This is a 7.2 per cent increase over April of this year but it represents a 4.5 per cent decrease from a year ago. . Bank debits are considered good indicators .xt business activity because they repre sepMhe dollar value of checks drawn against the deposit ac counts of individuate and busi ness firms. The overall debits In the state 'for May, 1958 came to 81,641,780,596, according to figures compiled by the Uni versity of Oregon bureau of business research. This is up 3.8 per cent, over the "April total but is a decrease of 2.4 per cent from May, 1957. The bureau compiles bank debit reports from 167 banks and branches monthly. Field Mice Plague Tulelake Farmers Tulelake,. Calif , (UPI) Tulelake basin farmers today reported new field mice in festations that were, in some areas, "much worse" than those of 1957. Farmers in the Klamath and Tulelake basins last year suf fered an estimated $5 million in crop damage in 1957. Ken Baghott, basin farm adviser, said hordes of -the rodents were moving from infested to clean fields, mostly . into stands of hannchen barley, one of thenajor grain crops here Justice, Little Rock Style I'M rVTTWGYOU AWAY2iYEAK, SO YOU CAN'T MAKE TROUBLE" (Herblock Is Local Headquarters Company Receives Excellent An excejjent rating was- re ceived by Headguarters com pany, 1st Batallion, 186th In fantry during its recent sum mer camp training at Ft. Lewis, Wash. The rating was based on strength, training, "and abil ity to operate as a unit under standards set up by the regu lar Army. Theunit, currently consist ing of 72 enlisted men and 10 officers, also was ordered to step-up its training pro gram so it can be converted into a pentomic k fighting force. The pentomic concept Ucalls for training in the use of atomic weapons and aem- & Democrats Plan . Picnic August 3 " The Democratic . Party of Jackson county will hold its annual picnic at TouVelle State park beginning at noon Sunday, Aug, 3, according to Democratic County Chairman James A. Redden. Gyest speaker will be announced later. o General chairman for the event will be Mrs. Frank Christian, assisted by Larry Sheehan, Mrs. Lewis Ulrich, Karl Janouch, Marcus or ton, Marvin Madden, Mrs. James Redden, Scott Hamil ton, Mrs. William V. Deathe rage, Clyde Fichtner, Ralph James, Stan apell, Mrs, Har lan Bosworth and Mrs. Albert Straus. Democratic candidates for all public offices will partici pate 0 in the program. Musical entertainment and games will be featured throughout the afternon. A picnic dinner will be served buffet style from potluck contributions. A "get acquainted party" for Democratic precinct com mitteemen will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Christian, Talent, Sunday, July 6, from 5 to 7 p.rm Mrs. Christian, picnic chairman said, plans for 'the Aug. 3 event will be outlined at the pafty, which is open to all elected or, appointed precinct committeemen and or hus hands and wives, she said. - Young Wood Gets Citation ior Work- A citation for his contribu tion to the Keep Oregpn Green movement was present ed to Ross A. .Ypungblood, district forester here for the bureau of land management, in Coos Bay recently. Youngblood served on the Coos County Keep Oregon Green committee for 14 years before he was transferred to Medford in Nov.ember, last year. In 1945 Be and ofhtsr mem bers of the committee inaug urated an annual tree plant ing program which has con tinued to this time.. The state department of forestry fur nishes trees, for school chil dren to plant under the super vision of that and several fed eral agencies, Youngblood ex plained. Holiday Weather To Be Partly. Cloudy Portland (UPI) The weather man said today partly cloudy weather with afternoon sun is likely on the Fourth of July holiday for Oregon. Forecasters called for fair, warmer . 'weather through Thursday but said a weak dis turbance off the coast would cause morning clouds to move in Friday. There' is a chance of a few showers but they are expected to be light. . fir urtt -JWLHMV it on Vacation) Rating phasizes increased fire-power capabilities. Several phases of field training were emphasized during the two-day field ex ercises with the various phases coordinated by M-Sgtd Harold Vessey Jr., first ser geant. . Building Exercises The pioneer and ammuni tion platoon, commanded by M-Sgt. P. Bateman, carried on demolition and road buil ding exercises and assisted the rifle companies in tactics and range operations. The communications pla toon, commanded by M-Sgt. Darold Garmon, and the in telligence section, under Sfc. Duane Chaney, participated in field command post exer cises. The 35-vehicle battalion r&otor pool was run by Sgt. James Heberling., ' Pvt. Lloyd M. Miles was selected by the entire company- the outstanding soldier in the outfit and M-Sgt. Dar old N. Garmon was chosen the ! outstanding non-commis sioned officer. Eleven members of the unit, whose full strength calls for 81 enlisted men and 11 officers, are scheduled to en ter the Army's six-month training program during the next few months. . Flash Floods In iowa Kill 8 By United Press International Flash floods swept across Southwest Iowa today, killing eight persons and chasing at jeast 80 families frSm their homes. At least 12 other per sons were reported missing. The floods came after tor refttial rains dumped more than 12 inches of water of al ready swollen rivers, streams in creeks in the stricken oarea. The towns of Exira and Au dubon were the hardest hit. Rescue workers recovered four drowning victims at Ex ira and three at Audubon. An eighth victim was unidenti fied. Torrential-rains swelled the Nishnabotna river, tributaries of the river, and several small creeks over the banks in at least a two-county, area. The water rose swiftly Tuesday night ando by mid night posed serious flood threats to a half dozen com munities. Rescue workers worked through the night and eyacuated numerous residents at Exira, Audubon, Hamlin, and Atlantic., by morning. Fireworks Illegal Keminder Declareso Portland (UPI) Oregon ians and tourists alike were reminded today that Fourth at July fireworks are illegal in this state. . The only such displays per mited are sparklers and caps such as those fired in toy pistols. Portland (UPI) From .now on the Portland Gas & Coke Company will be known as the Northwest Natural Gas Company. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy through Thursday. Afternoon and evening - thundershoweri ovv mountains. Mild tempera tures. Low tonijht Si. High Thursday 85. Temp. Highest Yesterday 73 Lowest this Morning 54 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . 7:52 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:39 a.m. Moonrise tonight 8.4S p.m. Moonset tomorrow 725 a.m. Last Quarter July S EVENING STARS Jupiter, in the south at sunset, will be in the south west 9:26 p.m. Saturn, low in southeast at sun set will be due south 10:50 pan. State High Court Holds Opinion of Four-Year Office Stopped Judicial Duties by Legislation Salem (UPI) The State Supreme Court today denied a rehearing in connection with its opinion holding that the term of office of Jackson County Judge Rodney Keat ing was four rather than six years. The court pointed out that under Qimended Article VII of the state ' constitution the Legislature was authorized to and did deprive the Jackson county court of all judicial powers and left it with noth ing but administrative func tions, o Therefore, the court said the office of county judge had ceased to be a judicial office for which the term is six years and instead became an office created by the Legislature, the maximum term of which can not exceed four years. Asked to Reconsider A petition Asking the su preme court to reconsider its opinion was requested last month by the law firms of Roberts Kellington and Branchfield. The petition was filed on behalf of County Clerk Bereth Hopkins who received a writ of mandamus from the su preme court Feb. 28 directing her to allow Democrat K. C. Wernmark, Central Point, to file for nomination for county judge in the primary election May 16. Wernmark, who was defeat ed by Scott Hamilton, Central Point, in the Democratic race for nomination, filed for elec tion on the ground that the term of county judge should be for four years, rather than six, since it is not a judicial position. ' Reverses Opinion District Attorney Thomas Reeder first issued the opin ion that the term should be for four years, but Attorney General Robert Thornton re versed Reeder's opinion, stat ing that Keating was serving a six-year term. - The term was again ruled to be four years when the su preme court ' issued the writ of mandamus to Mrs. Hopfins. The supreme court's recon sideration on the case was re quested by the clerk's legal representative on its own in itiative after asking Mrs. Hop kins' approval, it was previ ously announced. County Judge Keating was defeated in the Republican race for nomination by Earl M. Miller, Medford. Bend Pageant To Attract Thousands Bend (UPI) This central Oregon city today announced itselg ready to entertain thnucanric nf visitors over the holiday week end as the show- place of the state, site of tne 25th anniversary Mirror Pond Pageant. The pageants will Be pre sented on Friday and Satur day nights at.dusk. Opening each show will be Queen Carole Ann Matson, a Bend hirH school senior, who will ride a huge illuminated float in the form of a swan into tne Deschutes river at the head of of flotilla of other floats. Princesses Betty Barnett, Kela 'Hinds, Olga Niemi and Jane Nolana will ride cygnet sized floats.. Rim Road at Crater Lake Opens Today The rim road around Cra ter Lake opened to traffic this morning, Tom Williams, superintendent of Crater Lake National park, announced to day. Work erews started clear ing snow from the road abould mid-June, when the north en trance road was opened. Hollywood Movie Studio, Expensive Equipment Destroyed in Costly Fire Hollywood (UPI) A three-alarm . fire erupted at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios in Wes Hollywood early to day, destroying what was re ported to be the world's sec ond largest sound stage and thousands of dollars worth of film-making equipment. Many Cameras Destroyed Studio superintendent Mar shall Wortman said the loss might go as high as $2 mil lion. He said many expensive cameras, electronic equipment and other photographic gear were destroyed, including a $300,000 Todd A-O camera. Ike Reaffirms Plans To Keep Adams on Job Washington (UPIH-Presi- dent Eisenhower stood pat to day on his decision to keep Sherman Adams as his top aide despite Republican state ments that he should resign because his usefulness has been seriously impaired. The President told a news conference that the statement he made two weeks ago on Adams now is no more or no less an expression of his con: fidence in Adams than it was then. The President then con ceded anew that Adams had been imprudent but the chief executive said that he still needed Adams.' After giving that answer to a question about whether he might be reconsidering his de cision on Adams, the President said he would have nothing more to say at this time on the matter. Ashland Council Discusses Talent Recreation Sites Administration of possible recreation sites in the Talent irrigation project seems to have narrowed down closer to Jackson county as a result of a meeting of the Ashland city council last night. . Ashland City Attorney Harry Skerry told council members that the' city park commission could not legally act as administrator of the proposed Emigrant reservoir recreation site.' He said it would not be legally feasible for the city to maintain a recreation site out side the city limits. This is par ticularly true, he said, when such an area -would be used by mostly non-residenis. -No Decision The Ashland city council did not come to a decision, ac cording to the city attorney. Members felt they would have to know more of the terms in volved in the administration of such ap area. County Judge Rodney Keat ing appeared before the Ash land council to acquaint mem bers with recreation possibil ities of that area. Keating hoped to learn if the city would be willing to take over administration of the pro posed Emigrant reservoir re creation site near Ashland. Both city council and park commission members s a 1 a they are willing to work as individuals with any admin istering agency which would possibly assume responsibility for the site. The Talent Irrigation dis trict board of directors is to meet July 8 to consider pos sibility of the irrigation dis trict assuming administration of the recreation sites. . ' To Reach Decision The county court hopes to reach a decision on what the county's role will be on the recreation development by July 11. Meanwhile, Ross A. Young blood, district forester for the bureau of land management here, returned Tuesday from a two-day . meeting in Port land with officials from the bureau of reclamation and the national park service. They discussed a proposed agreement between the bu reau of of reclamation and the administrating agency for re creation facilities in the Tal ent project. , . Salem (UPI) Carl W. Chambers has been named chairman of the Oregon State Tax Commission. The roof of the sound stage collapsed as flames 'shot hun dreds of feet into the air and threatened to engulf the entire studio. The fire was clearly visible in downtown Los An geles, about 10 miles away. Seen By Watchmen Nineteen companies of fire men from Los Angeles county and city fire departments rushed to the movie lot after night watchmen Andy Buck and Ray Middlebrook discov ered tlwAlaze on the 200-400 foot stage. -, "We ran towards it, but it went up like an explosion, and then the whole set began He pointed out that the House subcommittee hearings still were going on. He added that he would not have any comment or entertain any other questions today on the Adams case. . Income Tax Question But a few minutes later he did say in response to a ques tion that he assumed the In ternal Revenue Service would report to him on whether tex tile tycoon Bernard Goldfine had charged off as an income tax deductions his gifts to Adams on the ground that they were a business expense. The President said that he heard only this morning that Goldfine may have done that. In other news conference highlights, Eisenhower: Made a strong plea for restoration of the House Ap propriations Committee cut in his foreign aid program. He said the committee's cut add ed up to "taking reckless risk with our safety." Such a cut, he said would "have grave consequences in portions of the Free -World and to our nation's security and will en courage Communist imperial ism." Nothing Reckless Said that he was not dis posed to do anything reckless in an effort to rescue the Americans captured by the Cuban rebels. He said we are trying to get live Americans back. The action of the Cuban rebels was unjustified and this government is doing every thing it can in an effort to convince the rebels that they were wrong, the President added. Made clear that he will not show any preference in the contest for the Republican nomination for governor in New York. Said that he hopes the presently anticipated federal deficit of more than $10 bil lion for fiscal 1959 (which began Tuesday) can be cut. He based this on hope for in creased revenues resulting from an economic upturn and reductions from the present estimates of expenditures. -Depends on Americans Proposed that Attorney General William P. Rogers would go as far as the law permits him to enforce racial integration. But he added that he has always believed that the true cure for racial diffi culties depends on all Ameri cans observing correct pro-' cedures rather than acting from individual prejudices and emotions. Expressed hope that sen sible solutions which will not be too damaging to either country will result from dis cussions of common problems on his forthcoming visit to Canada'. He listed the prob lems as dealing , with water, oil, lead and zinc and surplus wheat. Expressed hope that some kind of understanding which can lead a little bit toward better East-West relations, will result from the atomic technical talks started in Geneva Tuesday. He -said he was pleased that Soviet scien tists showed up. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 4 11 0 Baltimore . 1 6 0 Monroe, Duren (8) and t Howard; O'Dell and Tri ndo. Washington .5 8 0 Boston ... ..... 3 71 Pascal, Hyde (9) and Courtney; Brewer, Kiely (8). Wall (9) and While. burning," said Buck. The movie "Porgy and Bess" was being made on the stage, which was shut down during the night. Other Buildings Protected . Firemen turned their hoses on the roofs of surrounding buildings and residences to keep them from being ignited by embers. Only Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio in nearby Culver City has a larger sound stage than that at- Samuel Goldwyn's sprawling plant. The fire burned from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. before being report ed under control, ! A
