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53rd Year Price 10 Cents Tribune Medford 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1959 No. 246 is OaifliiBS Mbhisg lrigt of $m Horn has mmmi law to " o 0 Order Issued by Castro for Havana Province Today No Explanation for Move Is Reported Havana (tIPD - Martial law was declared throughout Ha vana province on orders from rebel leader Fidel Castro to day. There was no explana tion for the move, but observ ers speculated it was made to ease the triumphant entry Into the capital of Castro and provisional President Manuel Urritia. There was considerable mystery about Urrutia's arri val in Havana. His plane made contact with the con trol tower at Rancho Boyeros International airport shortly , after 8 a.m. (pst). Airport sources said the plane carrying him from San tiago landed shortly after wards. However, the sources said he remained in the plane, refusing to leave it until the Presidential palace was evac uated by forces of the revolu tionary directorate. No Difficulty Seen . A spokesman for the direc torate said he did not believe there would be any difficulty in surrendering the palace to the provisional president. Castro himself was in cen tral Cuba, moving toward Havana with an armored col Rut tii triumnhal entrv into Havana was delayed en route by such urgent military matters as the organization of revolutionary forces to main tain law and order. He was now expected Tuesday or Wednesday. TTa bIca warn ncrrnccpri An A purge of "war criminal" fol lowers of ousted President Fulgencio Batista and round up .of Batista leaders. At least four army officers have been executed after summary court martials and a number of op position politicians have been jailed. No Americans Hurt The last of 2,000 or more American tourists stranded in Havana when Batista fled Into exile were sent home by plane or ship, and the U.S Em bassy announced that not a single American tourist was killed or wounded in the street fighting that took 70 lives and injured 300 in Havana. Castro, in a broadcast to the nation from Camaguey in eastern Cuba, said he was anxious to reach Havana to "offer excuses to the people" for the difficulties they have undergone. But he explained, his trip was slow because of organizational problems en route. He called for an immediate nd to the general strike be cause "triumph throughout the country has been assured and all military commands are for the revolution." He said the investment of Provi sional President Manual Ur rutia had fully restored liber ty and civil power. Appraisals Start For Highway Land Preliminary appraisal of property to be acquired for the freeway right-of-way through Medford has begun in the southern part of the town, a state highway official said today. The freeway will go through the city on a line along the east shore of Bear creek. Dale Curfman, right of way agent for the state highway department, also said that purchasing property in the Seven Oaks-Table Rock rd. section of Central Point is already under way. He said he could give no definite date for the begin ning of purchasing in Med ford. He reported that no pre liminaries have been started as yet south of Medford. The Medford area current ly receiving attention from Curfman includes Barnett rd. and the recently-annexed Ear hart tract north of it. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - (TPD - Dow Jones final stocks averages: 30 industrials 590.17, up 2.58; 20 railroads 161.86, up 2.14; 15 utilities 91.33, up 0.11, and 65 stocks 205.08. up 1.17. Sales today were about 4.210,000 shares com pared with 3,380,000 shares Friday. "Do You Think I've Film in Subjects Of Centennial Group Reports on beard-growing. obtaining wagons for a pro posed 4-H wagon trek, and production of an Oregon Cen tennial film were chief topics discussed by the Jackson County Centennial association this morning. . Ray Ryan, agricultural chairman, told members of the association that the Jack son county 4-H club members need wagons for their pro posed trip to summer school in Corvallis this June. ,-Any wagons, frames and parts will be acceptable, he said. Voca tional agriculture students in their shops will do the neces sary assembling arid repair work, he explained. Wagon Parts Needed Those having wagons or parts should contact Glenn Klein, county 4-H agent, in the extension office at the Jackson county courthouse, Ryan suggested. Nat Etzel, vocational agri culture instructor at . Eagle Point High school, Ed Griggs, Crater High school, Central Point, or Jack Dube at Phoe nix High school may be con tacted by wagon donors. Wag ons may be loaned or given. Klein, county 4-H agent, said today the Jackson County 4-H Leaders' association will meet with representatives of the 4-H Empire Builders' group and Ryan some time next week to discuss further plans and preparations for the wagon trek. Filming of Jackson county's part in the Oregon Centennial celebration will be done the last two weeks of March and the first two weeks of April according to Harry Paget, producer-director of the forth coming historical film, "Roots of the Tree." Paget made the announce ment while visiting in Med ford Friday. Jackson county will be included in the film ing at that time since it is one of the counties farthest along in Centennial planning, it was explained. Whiskers Sprout At this morning's meeting, it was noted that many beards to mark the Centennial are ap pearing in Medford and other Jackson county cities. Plans for the Feb. 14 cele bration marking the anniver sary of Oregon's statehood are now underway, it was report ed. Central Point Grange Money Said Taken For Tree-Lift Funds Police reported another violation of Yuletide spirit yesterday involving the theft of donations from Christmas trees left outside for the Moose Lodge tree lift. A 16-year-old Medford youth was apprehended by Am el Porter Butler, 28 Barneburg rd., for the theft of 50 cents from an envelope Butler had left on his tree yesterday afternoon, police said. The youth told police in a signed' statement that a com panion, 16, was involved in the thefts of several other donations in. that area. Donations collected in the course of the treelift are to be spent on playground equip ment fox the city. Quite Got Him?" members are planning to hold a banquet that evening. Grange members plan to dress in costumes of the pioneer period. Any organizations with sim ilar plans are asked to contact the Centennial association of fice in Medford. Letters will be sent out requesting all civic and farm groups' coordinate their plans with the celebra tion. Tree-Lift Project Brings $234 Total The Christmas tree-lift and burning sponsored by the Medford Moose lodge were completed Sunday. In spite of high winds yes terday the trees were burned at 6 p.m. in a field off Crater Lake ave., according to John Keener, tree-lift chairman for the lodge. A total of $234.01 was clear ed from the project and the money turned over to the city park commission for pur chasing playground equip ment. This year's . contribu tions from the annual pro ject were somewhat smaller. Twenty men and 25 Boy Scouts picked up 1,000 trees Sunday. Lodge members thanked businesses and vari ous persons who contributed equipment and services to the project. These included City Sanitary Service, Crater Lake Motors, Courtesy Chevrolet, J. Allen company, Skinner's garage, Medford Motors, Dean and Taylor Pontiac company, Huffman Truck and Auto Parts and members of Troops 8 and 9. The equipment purchased by the donations will be an nounced at a later date, the tree-lift chairman said. Those wishing to contribute further to the project should mail their contributions to Medford Moose Lodge, 11 Newtown st., Medford and mark their let ters "Tree-lift." Injured Persons Making Recovery Mr. and Mrs. Jesse T. Wil lis, Dunsmuir, Calif., who were injured in an automo bile accident Jan. 1 south of Talent, were reported in satis factory condition at Ashland General hospital today. Twelve persons who were injured in a two-car accident near Talent Friday, were treated at the Ashland hospi tal and released over the week end, hospital officials reported. Of the 12 persons injured, 10 were members of a Redondo Beach, Calif., family. 1 WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly cloudy to night and Tuesday with oc casional showers or mow flurries- and some periods of partial clearing. Snow in mountains above 3,000 feet. Low tonight 35. High Tuesday 40. TEMP. Highest Yesterday . 43 Lowest This Morning 40 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:52 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:41 a.m. 'The Moon rises 4:54 a.m. tomorrow and is in Perigee. The star below it is Antares. New Moon Jan. 8 PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Orion, in the east after sunset, will be high in south 10:48 p.m. and in the southwest 1:04 a.m. Vnnter Most if By United Press International Ice, snow and biting cold chilled most of the nation to day and growers feared that citrus crops might be endan gered in Southern Florida by early Tuesday. Vicious winds drove the Arctic outbreak into the At lantic states and rose above the 40-mile per hour mark in gusts from the Virginia coast to New England. Temperatures were under the zero mark across the Plains States and throughout the Northern, Midwest. Read ings of 10 to 15 degrees below zero were forecast for West ern and Central Pennsylvania tonight. Near blizzard conditions Winds Reach Gale Force in Area; Some Lines Hit High winds which blew in to the Medford area from the southeast yesterday had gusts reaching gale force before they tapered off, the Medford station of the weather bureau reported. Gusts of 48 miles per hour were recorded just before 6 p.m. Wind reached a sus tained force of about 40 miles per hour about the same time. The wind slackened to' 25 to 32 miles per hour about 7 p.m. and into the 20s by mid night. The hard blow resulted from low- pressure area cen tering off the Oregon coast, the weather bureau said. Trees Burned City firemen were busied by seven flue fire calls dur ing the high wind and they reported one case of an oil stove giving trouble because of the blow. Firemen stood by at the Moose lodge Christmas tree burning on Crater Lake ave. They allowed the. burn ing despite the wind because of the possibility that unau thorized persons might ignite the trees later. California Oregon Power company officials said this morning none of their power installations were damaged by the winds. Jack H. Creag er, local manager for the Pa cific Telephone and Tele graph company, reported no storm damage to telephone company lines. Ashland Power Out A section of Ashland near Southern Oregon college was out of power at different times Sunday totalling four hours, city officials reported. The entire city was out of power for approximately an hour. It was snowing in the Sis kiyous this morning, accord ing to state police. Five inches of new snow and 6 inches at roadside were re ported. Chains are required on all cars travelling High way 99 over the Siskiyous, police said. Snow flurries occurred on the Green Springs this morn ing and chains were required. Six inches of new snow was noted. Union Creek has 4 inches of new snow. It was snowing at Cave Junction, and chains were re quired, state police advised. Four inches of new snow was measured this morning. Sexton Mountain had snow flurries and motorists are ad vised to carry chains. AAoon Etocket Transmitters Stop Moscow (DPD The radio transmitters in the Soviet moon rocket stopped working today, 62 hours after the man made planet was launched. The Soviet Tass news agency said the rocket had soared 372,000 miles from earth and was continuing its flight into orbit around the sun. "With the exhaustion of re sources feeding it, reliable radio communications with the rocket ceased on the fifth January about 10 a.m. Mos cow time (11 p.m. Sunday p.s.t.)," Tass said. By that time, Tass said, the rocket had flown for 62 hours Grips Nation were predicted for parts of New York on the soulh shore of Lake Ontario. 'On the West Coast, sleet and freezing rain extended along the coast of Washing ton and Oregon, and rain reached into Central Califor nia. The frost warning service at Lakeland, Fla., which serves the state's big citrus and vegetable belt, said read ings would remain above the danger point in southern dis tricts today but it warned of possible freezing tempera tures early Tuesday. . Wirjd gusts up to 66-miles an hour were reported near Hartford, Conn., early today. At Philadelphia, winds Sun day blew in five display win dows and an eight-foot pane on the 13th floor of one building, sending glass shat tering to the street. No one was injured. Transportation over most of the eastern two-thirds of the nation was snarled Sun day by the weather. Storm in Oregon, California Slows Highway Travel By United Press International The first widespread snow fall of the winter slowed traf fic today and forced some rur al schools to close in Oregon and northern California. . The snow came late Sun day afternoon amidst freezing temperatures over most of the area. The weather was expect ed to moderate later today, however, with intermittent snow turning to rain. The snowfall in Oregon ranged from an inch in Port land to 14 inches at Crater Lake. Snowplows were out during the night on roads leading into Portland, and grade and high schools in Canby, Estacada, Molalla and other small communities were closed to avoid risky rides in school buses. Biting Wind A biting wind blew some highways free of snow, and drifted it to depths of several inches on other routes. Klamath Falls reported four inches of snow and brief power failures because of the storm. The snowfall in California's Siskiyou county to the south was heavier and covered an area as far south as Redding; Many Siskiyou county schools were closed including most of them in Dunsmuir, McCloud, Castella and Weed. Crater Lake's 14 inches of new snow brought snow depth to 36 inches. It was still "snowing and blowing" there this morning. The south and west entrance roads were open but in poor condition and chains were required. The road from the park head quarters to the lake's rim was closed with little chance of being reopened today. Heaviest reported snowfall in a populated area was at Mt. Shasta, Calif., which had I8V2 inches. Gearhart (DPD Highlight of the 65th annual Oregon Dairymen's Association con vention here this week is ex pected to be a proposed re organization of the State Ag riculture department. and was 372,000 miles from earth. "The program of observa tions and scientific investiga tion of. the rocket has been completed," Tass said. Up until then, the news agency said, reliable radio communications between the rocket and earth had been maintained. This, it said, enabled ob servations to be made of the movement of the rocket and made it possible to obtain in formation on the working of scientific apparatus aboard it. In two more days, Jan. 7-8, the rocket will enter ita TAKE OATH For a time this morning, the usual business at the court house was inter rupted as new Jackson county officials were sworn into office for the coming term. Pic tured above, left to right, are Circuit Judge Mikoyan Confers With Dulles; to Meet Eisenhower Washington (UPI) - Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan and ailing Secretary of State John Foster Dulles conferred for 95 minutes to day on the Berlin crisis and other problems of mutual in terest. The topics discussed during the lengthy conference were disclosed by Mikoyan who also told reporters he will meet with President Eisen hower when the Russian leader returns to Washington after a visit to Midwest and Far West. Dulles met with Mikoyan despite the fact that the sec retary -was suffering from a virus infection he picked up Sunday. Dulles was forced to cancel a trip to Ottawa today and left for home after the meeting. Useful Talk Mikoyan, discussing his un official meeting with Dulles, said "I think it was a useful talk." Asked if they discussed the Berlin situation, the No... 2 Red leader replied, "We dis cussed in general terms in a preliminary manner areas of common interest." He added that these included "the ques tions of Berlin, Germany, dis armament and trade." , Mikoyan, accompanied by Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov, arrived at the de partment two minutes late in an embassy limousine. He either ignored -or did not even hear-the "Mikoyan Go Home" chant of pickets representing former Hungar ian political prisoners. Seven Pickets The seven pickets, parad ing across the street from the State Department, carried placards deploring the "blood" of Russian aggres sion. Informed sources said Mi koyan will leave Tuesday or Wednesday for Cleveland to start a planned cross-country swing. He expects to be in Detroit Thursday, in Chicago Friday, and leave for the West Coast Friday night or Saturday morning. These sources said Mikoyan expects to return here Jan. 15 or 16. Mikoyan already has had a quick look at the sights of Washington and a peep at such capitalistic gadgets as doughnuts, popcorn. and orange juice machines. Bonn -DPD- West Germany today delivered a decisive no to the Soviet proposals to turn West Berlin into a de militarized "free city." periodic orbit as an artificial planet of the sun, Tass said. Its orbit will be between the orbit of the Earth and Mars. Tass said the new planet will not again approach the earth for another five years. The rocket will be moving along its solar orbit with a revolution period of 447 earth days. "A Majestic Event" "It is officially reported that the tasks set at the launching of the space rocket have been carried out," Tass said. "The launching of the- So viet space rocket which has forever become the first arti Officials Receive Oaths of Offices Retiring Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna gave the oath of office this morning to Circuit Judges Edward C. Kelly, and James M. Main and District Judge Roy E. Bashaw, in ceremonies at the courthouse. Others who were sworn in today were Earl Miller, coun ty court judge, and Joseph Walsh, sheriff, who received the oath from Judge Main. Judge Kelly administered the oath of office to County Com missioner Chester Wendt. Judge Main thanked Judge Hanna for administering the oath of office to the three judges, and thanked him for his assistance to the judges in the past. Traffic Deaths Below Estimates By United Press International Frigid weather and deter mined law enforcement held traffic fatalities below esti mates in the New Year's holi day week end, safety spokes men said today. The Christmas holiday figure also was below esti mates. The National Safety Coun cil had estimated traffic ac cidents would kill 390 per sons during the 102-hour New Year's holiday beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday. But a United Press Inter national count showed the na tion had 376 deaths in traffic. Fires took 58 lives, plane ac cidents 16, and other causes 114, for an overall total of 564. .California recorded the most fatalities, this time 41. North Carolina and Penn sylvania had 22 each; New York 21; Ohio 20, Illinois 15, Indiana, Michigan and Texas 14. Only Delaware, the District of Columbia and Wyoming reported no traffic deaths during the New Year's holi day. Normally, about 350 per sons would die in traffic ac cidents during a non-holiday perj-bd of the same duration in early January. Classes Resumed Throughout County Public schools in Jackson county resumed classes today following the Christmas vaca tion of approximately two weeks, schools officials re ported. Also resuming classes this morning was St. Mary's academy and high school, which recessed classes Dec. 19 for the holidays. ficial planet of our solar sys tem is a majestic event of the epoch of Communist construc tion and opens the era of in terplanetary flight." In Washington, U.S. space consultant Homer Joseph Ste wart said the Russian rocket probably will return eventual ly to earth, though it may take hundreds of years for it to get back. Stewart said the rocket's return would be marked by a brilliant flash in the sky, which earthly astronomers probably would be unable to distinguish from that caused by any. big meteorite enter ing the atmosphere. Edward C. Kelly, District Judge Roy E. Bashaw and Circuit Judge James M. Main. At right is retiring Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna, who administered the oath. All new . county officials began their term today. He commented on the fair, and impartial court that Judge Hanna has conducted during the years and stressed it is his aim that it be con tinued in that manner. The judge extended his best wish es for future happiness to Judge and Mrs. Hanna on the occasion of Judge Hanna's re tirement. Frank Farrell, president of the Jackson County Bar as sociation, speaking on behalf of the association, congratu lated the new judges and as sured them of the full cooper ation of the local bar associa tion. In giving the oath of office to Earl Miller today, Judge Main reversed a situation of several years ago when Mil ler, as mayor of Medford, ad ministered the oath of office to Main, who was then ap pointed municipal court judge. Earlier this morning, Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins, in her last official act as county clerk, swore in E. M. Madden to succeed her as county clerk. Madden then administered the oath of office to the dep uty court clerks and to Coun ty Coroner Carlos Morris. Mrs. Jeanne Brown, deputy clerk, gave the oath of office to the sheriff's deputies and deputy collectors. Following the ceremony. Sheriff Walsh appointed Paul Bettiol chief deputy and pro moted Deputy Robert Ghey sen to sergeant, filling the po sition formerly held by Bet tiol. Two Men Held on Cattle Theft .Four persons appeared in district court Friday after noon before Judge James M. Main. Three were bound over to the grand jury and the fourth was fined. Charged with larceny of livestock were Ralph Eugene Murphy, 21, of route 2, box 127, Central Point and a 17-year-old Central Point youth. The men were held on $1,000 bond each. The men waived the right to a preliminary hearing in district court and the youth waived the right to an attor ney. Murphy was represented by Attorney O. H. Bengtson. The men, who were arrest ed last month, are charged with the theft of a red short horn heifer calf belonging to Peter R. Bateman. They were both bound over to the grand jury. Also bound over to the grand jury was Jack Price Skipworth, 49, transient, who is charged with uttering and publishing a false check. He waived the right to an attor ney and preliminary hearing with bail set at $1,500. James Wayne Lick, 23, of 419 Alice st., Medford, plead ed guilty in district court to a charge of disorderly con duct. He was fined $50 plus $5 court costs by Judge Main and 30 days in the county jail to be suspended upon pay ment of fine and on condition he refrain from unlawful conduct. Los Angeles (DPD The County Fire Department Sun day declared the Topanga Canvon fire officially con trolled. The five-day blaze de stroyed 66 homes and 15 other structures and blacken ed 4,500 acrea of brush. Demo Criticism Follows Meeting With President Johnson Expresses His Disappointment Washington (UPI) - Presi dent Eisenhower outlined a defense budget of $40,900, 000,000 to congressional lead ers today and ran into imme diate Democratic criticism that his administration is not going farther and faster in its military and space programs. Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) told newsmen after the 2V-hour White House budget briefing that he is "disappointed" in the failure to boost funds for the two critical programs. Johnson refused to give any specific figures on proposed military spending. But Sen. Alexander Wiley (R-Wis.), who left the conference earl ier, said the defense figure was 40.9 billions. Speaker Sam Rayburn was asked whether the adminis tration disclosed plans to step up the space program in light of Russia's dramatic moon shot. Johnson Disappointed "They didn't say so," he re- plied. "They acted like they were moving as fast as they know how." Johnson said it was Indi cated there would be a "most substantial" increase in re quests for mutual security funds over the amount appro priated last year. But he would not give any specific figures, saying he felt the President was entitled to explain these and the reasons for them at the appropriate time. Johnson said Eisenhower did not outline domestic leg islative proposals at today's meeting which was attended by Democratic and Republi can leaders concerned with defense and foreign affairs. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles led off the briefing, followed by Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy. Reports also were made by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the head of the foreign aid program, and a representative of the U.S. Information Agency program No Discussion Johnson said there was no discussion by the legislators but instead "we listened and learned." First announcement of the defense spending figure came from Wiley, who let the con ference early to keep a dental appointment. Wiley told reporters that the defense budget for the new fiscal year would be $40,900,000,000. This is 100 million dollars above the esti mate for the current fiscal year ending June 30. Wiley said that Dr. Keith Glennan, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Agen cy, explored the American space program in relation to the Russian satellite now or biting the sun, and offered a number of figures on spend ing. But Wiley was unable to supply these. Yule Tree Lights Taken by Boys Medford police today re ported solving 12 cases of Christmas tree light thefts with the questioning of two boys, 12 and 11, and a third member of a young quartet of "Anti-Santa" vandals. A total of 136 lights, valued at more than $28 were report edly taken by the youngsters' in the course of after-dark raids during the week before Christmas police said. The thefts occurred along Haven st. and other streets in that immediate vicinity, ac cording to the report. One of the victims, police said, was Judge James M. Main, who was sworn in today as circuit court judge. The three boys were ques tioned yesterday but were not confined. The fourth was re portedly on a vacation with his family. Police said reports would be forwarded to the Jackson County Juvenile authorities. Klamath Falls-(DPD -Klamath county has taken into its road system a newly complet ed $266,000 all-weather road spanning the CalTius Butte area of the Klamath Indian Reservation.
