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LOOKING FOR DADDY - Two little boys
peer through the bars at La Cabana mili
tary prison in Havana, looking for their
fathers who are prisoners inside. Some 560
accused agents and supporters of the over
thrown Batista regime are being held in
Castro's Executioners Again
Echo Shot Throughout Cuba
Havana -(CPU-Firing squads
echoed throughout Cuba at
dawn again today but authori
ties in Havana said the "No.
1 war criminal" of the Batista
regime had temporarily escap
ed revolutionary justice..
The reports said Maj. Gen.
Eulogio Cantillo had been
hospitalized for an operation
for stomach ulcers. Fidel Cas
tro has accused him of a dou-
Washinglon (BPD Rep.
Wayne Hays (D-Ohio) pro
posed today that the United
' States impose a trade em
bargo or forbid tourist
travel lo Cuba if necessary
to hall widespread execu
tions by the new Castro
regime.
blecross for allowing ex-Presi
dent Fulgencio Batista and
his nrincinal henchmen to
flee Havana.
Castro himself was reported
running a fever caused by
grippe or flu and was ordered
by his doctors to remain in
bed.
Demobilization Begun
At the same time the gov
ernment announced the first
step towards demobilization
of the civilian army which
crumbled the military dicta
torship and presented Cuba
with its first citizen president
in six years.
Trial and execution of
"war criminals" was reported
interrupted throughput most
of Cuba Wednesday although
Cuban radio station CMQ an
nounced 19 more had been
executed by firing squads
Wednesday morning.
Today the trials and execu
tions resumed and Castro
pledge they would continue
until the last of the "Batista
assassins" are shot. Several
thousands suspects are in
Oregon Has Good Travel
Year, Jordan Tells Club
Oregon enjoyed a good tra
vel year in 1958, Carl Jor
dan, director of travel infor
mation division of the- state
highway department, told
members of the Medford Ro
tary club this week.
He noted that Crater Lake
National park attendance fig
ures showed an increase of
3.2 per cent as of September,
while at Oregon Caves, for
the same period, the increase
was 12.5 per cent.
Stayed 3.84 Days
The division's annual trav
el survey shows 1,800.000 li
censed vehicles, carrying an
average of 3.2 people drove
an average of 440 miles and
stayed 3.84 days, Jordan
noted.
Total expenditures from
the visitors, he pointed out,
is computed to be 5135,440,
000 with another $14,500,000
estimated to have been spent
by. those traveling by rail,
bus and air,
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the prison by the new revolutionary govern
ment of Fidel Castro. The new government
has said that several thousand Batista sup
porters throughout the island face "revolu
tionary justice."
jail, 600 of them in Havana.
Among the 600 taken to
Cabana Fortress was Cantillo
who attempted personal peace
making negotiations with
Castro a few days before Ba
tista's flight and who headed
a short-lived junta 1 govern
ment bequeathed by the fall
en strongman.
Informed sources said Can
tillo was removed from the
Cabana Fortress to Camp Co
Major Breakthrough
Achieved
Portland -(UP&- Scientists at !
the Bureau of Mines labora
tory at Albany, Ore.,, have
achieved a breakthrough im
portant to this nation's space
and missile programs, the In
terior Department said today.
Produced at the Albany
plant was the world's first
molybedenum casting. Bur
eau . Director Marling J. An
keny said molybdenum melts
at the extremely high temp
erature of 4748 degrees Fah
renheit and until now had
thwarted efforts to form it
into a casting because in its
molten state it destroyed the
crucible.
Metallurgists managed to
produce a simple cylindrical
molybdenum casting and are
now seeking to improve tech
niques so various intricate
shapes' can be created by the
process, Ankeny said. He add
ed that such items would
help advance the nation's de
velopment of missiles, rock
ets and satellites.
Ankeny explained that
molybdenum has excellent
strength at high temperatures
which is needed for certain
applications in missile parts
to withstand intense heat. The
The survey shows that 43
per cent of Oregon's visitors
came from California, 23 per
cent from Washington, 5 per
cent from Canada and Idaho,
and other states in the order
of the number of visitors are
Texas, Colorado, Utah, Iowa,
Illinois and Kansas.
Jordan -said the travel di
vision received and serviced
166,822 mail inquiries which
were generated by the divi
sion's advertising program.
Park Popularity Increases
He noted that the popular
ity of Oregon's state parks
increased considerably dur
ing 1958. At the end of Oc
tober, the division noted
more than a 30 per cent in
crease in the number of
camper nights, Jordan Said.
The number of camp sites and
trailer spaces in Oregon state
parks in 1958 was 1,560, and
by June this year, the numb
er is estimated to be 2,100,
he said.
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53rd Year
Tribune
lumbia Military Hospital for
emergency stomach ulcer sur
gery. His trial had been
expected this week..
Among the first ordered to
face the firing squad today
was former v Army . Capt. ' Isi
dore Lopez, whose trial and
conviction was witnessed
Monday by a UPI correspond
ent at the town of Colon in
Matanzas Province.
. (See Siory on Page 7)
at Albany
use of molybdenum castings,
heretofore unavailable, thus
will give the missile engineer
more flexibility of design and
a cheaper way to construct
certain, vital components, the
Bureau believes.
Of the 96 natural elements,
only carbon, tungsten, rhen
ium, osmium and tantalum
have a higher melting temp
erature than molybdenum.
U. S. reserves of molyb
denum comprise about 90 per
cent of the known world total
and are estimated at more
than three billion pounds.
Moccasin Clue To
Missing Martins
Portland -IUPD- A child's
white moccasin was the latest
lead today to the disappear:
ance of the missing five-member
Ken Martin family of
Portland.
The size 7 moccasin ; was
found in a load of logs in the
Willamette river at the Crown
Zellerbach Paper company at
West Linn. It will be shown to
relatives and friends on the
chance they might be able to
identify it. The moccasin was
found' by Earl St. Jacque of
West Linn and turned over to
Civil Defense Director H. I.
Jackson of Clackamas county.
Martin, his wife, and their
three daughters have been
missing since Dec. 7.
Higher Gasoline
Tax Bill Introduced
Salem - (UPD - A bill to in
crease from 6 to 7 cents per
gallon the tax on gasoline
for. the next five years was
introduced ' in the Oregon
House today.
Portland - (UPD - Sale of the
33-year-old Bedell women's
store was announced Wednes
day. DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York iTPD Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 594.81, up
3.17; 20 railroads 167.38,
up 2.75; 15 utilities 32.01.
off 0.10, and 65 slocks 207.
84, up 1.37. Sales today
were about 4,500,000 shares
compared with 4,090,000
shares Wednesday.
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Judge Drops
Case; Presents
Reasons for Move
Not Employee of
Municipal Group
Ted Flury, secretary-manager
of the Eagle Point Irri
gation district, this morning
was cleared of criminal
charges against him.
Circuit Judge James M.
Main dismissed the case
against Flury on the grounds
that an employee of an irriga
tion district is not an em
ployee of a "municipal sub
division" within the meaning
of the Oregon statute under
which the prosecution was
initiated.
Flury was indicted by a
grand jury last fall, and
charged with the acceptance
of consideration by public
official for services rendered
for a person dealing with a
public body.
The indictment followed
allegations by Mrs. Ann Todd,
a water-user of the district,
that Flury had improperly ac
cepted payments from the
California Oregon Power com
pany while employed by the
irrigation district.
Jury selection started
Wednesday and the group was
empaneled today shortly after
10 o'clock. The trial came to
a quick conclusion with Judge
Main's ruling on the motion
of a defense attorney.
In his ruling the judge
stated that the case involves
the issue of whether an irri
gation district comes within
the meaning of the statute
which prohibits employees of
municipal subdivisions of the
state from certain acts.
"It is the opinion of the
court that it was proper for
the district attorney to bring
this charge in order to obtain
a court decision of the ques
tion involved as there is no
Oregon law of record deciding
this particular point. The
court cannot give advisory
opinions and therefore this
was the only method the dis
trict attorney could follow to
have the matter decided."
Opinion to Count
The ruling further stated
that it was the opinion of the
court that it was proper for
the defendant's counsel to
wait until this time to make
a motion against the charge
as it is not until now that his
client has been in jeopardy,
according to the Supreme
Court.
"The legislature as well as
our Supreme court have at
times indicated the classifica
tion of an irrigation district.
The act under which irriga
tion districts are formed was
first enacted in 1895 and in
1915 the act was amended.
In the amendment the legis
lature specifically provided
that 'such districts when so
organized shall be known and
designated as municipal sub
divisions of the state'."
This law wss repealed In
1917, it was reported, and
subsequent acts under which
irrigation districts are' form
ed have not designated the
irrigation districts as muni
cipal subdivisions of the state.
The ruling states that if the
court were to determine that
an - irrigation district would
come within the meaning of
municipal subdivision of the
state as stated in the statute,
the court then would require
both the state and ' the de
fendant to put on their respec
tive cases and would allow
the jury to determine whether
or not the defendant violated
the terms of the statute.
"The court is of the opin
ion that irrigation districts do
not come within the applica
ble providence of the statute.
A violation of this section is
a felony as it carries a possi
ble penitentiary sentence.
. (Continued on page 13)
General Marshall
Suffers Stroke
Ft. Bragg, N. C. -UPD- Gen.,
George C. Marshall suffered
what Army doctors called a
"mild stroke" before dawn to
day and was rushed to the
Army hospital here.
Doctors said the attack was
transitory and did not leave
paralysis of any kind. They
said the condition of the 78-year-old
general and states
man was "satisfactory at this
time."
Marshall, World War II
Army chief of staff and later
secretary of state and de
fense, fell ill at his home at
Pinehurst, N.C -
'I'm Constantly On Guard Against
You Spenders"
President's Defense
Budget Emphasizes
Air-Atomic Power
Washington-OJPD-The heavy
emphasis in President Eisen
hower's new $40,900,000,000
defense budget will be on air
atomic power and interconti
nental missiles.
The fiscal 1960 spending
program, which will be sent
to Congress next Monday, will
hold the Army to its current
manpower strength of 14 di
visions. It will allow only
about half of what was want
ed for a five-year Army
equipment modernization pro
gram. Missile Projects Cut
It also will slow down some
Army missile projects, nota
bly the 200 mile range Red
stone which is now deployed
in Germany and the Hawk
anti-aircraft missile which is
about ready for service.
While the Army is low man
on the totem pole, the Navy
also will fall short of some
of its main desires. It will not
get a second atomic-powered
aircraft carrier, according to
informed reports, but will be
authorized to obtain a new
60,000-ton super carrier of the
Forrestal class.
The Navy may get an addi
tional Polaris missile launch
ing submarine to go with the
mine now ordered or planned.
Form Atlas Squadron
A big slice of the" budget is
earmarked for Air Force pur
chases of Atlas and Tital in
tercontinental ballistic mis
siles, and B52 and B58 jet
bombers. For the first time,
an intercontinental ballistic
missile unit-an Atlas squad-
Payroll Checks
Forged, Cashed
; Sixteen payroll 1 checks of
Skeeters and Skeeters, Tal
ent, on the Rogue Valley bank
have been forged and cashed,
according to Jackson county
sheriff's deputies today. . . , -
The checks were part of a
known : 30. blank payroll
checks stolen . from the com
pany's ' camp office ,at Pros
pect several months ago.
Total amount of the checks
returned to date is $2,421.09,
deputies reported.
Forged on the checks were
signatures of Eldred R. Col
ver, office manager of the
firm, and Charles Skeeters,
deputies said. The checks were
cashed in amounts ranging
from $20. to $197.28 during
the last two weeks in Decem
ber. Of the 16 checks which
have returned, nine were
cashed in Medford; three in
Ashland; two, Klamath Falls;
one, Shady Cove, and one at
Camp White.
Both Jackson county au
thorities and Medford city
poliee are working on the
case.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Generally cloudy
with a chance of a little light
rain tonight and Friday. Low to
night 38. High Friday 50.
TEMP.
Highest yesterday 35
Lowest this morning 33
PRECIP.
To 10 a.m. today Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:04 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:38 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow 12:10 a-m.
First quarter Friday
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets -r. 5:51 p.m.
Mars, high in
southeast 6:20 p.m.
Jupiter, low In
southeast .... 5:04 a.m.
is now much brighter than
Mars.
Saturn, rises J:3i .m.
ron-will replace a piloted air
craft unit in the Strategic Air
Command.
This is the approximate di
vision of the defense spending
program for the year starting
next July 1:
Office of the Secretary of
Defense, including the ad
vanced research projects
agency-$l,400,000,000.
Army-$9,260,000,000.
Navy-$11,570,000,000.
Air Force-$18670,000,000.
Bids Called lor
Freeway Grading
The state highway commis
sion will receive bids for
grading 5.68 miles of the new
Pacific highway freeway
from the North Grants Pass
interchange to the Jackson
county line Jan. 20, the com
mission has announced.
The work calls for grading
to provide four traffic lanes
on the main highway road
bed with complete separation
of local and through traffic
by means of frontage roads
and overcrossing structures at
county roads, the commission
said.
The section of highway is
north of Rogue river . and
part of the freeway section
which will extend to the
Gold Hill vicinity from the
Josephine county line.
Right of way for the
section between the Jackson
county line and the Gold Hill
area is now being purchased.
Extensive revisions of ex
isting irrigation systems are
to be made where new con
struction interferes with ex
isting facilities east of Grants
Pass.
The project is being under
taken as part of the federal
aid interstate highway sys
tem program and is scheduled
to be completed in the early
fall of 1960.
Transient Held on
Charges of Assault
Ben Bradsher, 30, a tran
sient, was held in Jackson
county jail today in connec
tion with the alleged stabbing
of Harold Raymond Benson,
1911 Hazel st, in a Front st.
tavern Tuesday afternoon.
Bradsher is charged with
assault with a dangerous wea
pon, according to Medford po
lice. Bail is set at $1,500.
Benson, 44, who said he for
merly boxed Under the name
of Jackie Nelson, was re
leased from Sacred Heart hos
pital yesterday: His wound
was reported as superficial.
Bradsher was arrested by
Ashland police yesterday on a
charge of drunk in public. He
was interrogated by Medford
police in connection with the
Front st. incident and later
lodged in county jail.
Baiiley Elected Head
Of CP Planning Group
Central Point-Dale Bartley
was elected chairman of the
Central Point planning com
mittee at an organizational
meeting this week.
John Smock was elected
secretary. Other members of
the committee include Vic
Noel, Jerry Bianconi, Harry
Tonn and L. P. Love joy.
The committee set the meet
ing date as the last Monday
evening each month,
Case Expected
To Be Filed in
High Court Today
Delay Claimed
'Inexcusable'
Salem -(UPD- Marion County
District Attorney Hattie Brat
zel said today she expected
proceedings to be filed in the
Oregon Supreme Court this
afternoon to try to settle the
secretary of state problem.
She said the "quo warranto"
proceedings must be typed
and one more conference held
between her and Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton
before the way is cleared.
Her approval is needed be
fore the case can be presented
to the Supreme Court.
At the same time, Gov.
Mark Hatfield hit Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton
for "dilatory inaction" in the
case.
"Our , pleadings, position
and all papers were ready
Monday," Hatfield said.
"When the private legal
counsel for former Gov. Rob
ert D. Holmes (Orval Thomp
son) bowed out, the attorney
general demanded that he
Checks totalling approxi
mately $140,000 usually re
ceived by the county from
the Secretary of Stale's of
fice have not arrived, ac
cording to County Treas
urer Karl Janouch.
The checks expected are
quarterly payments to the
county for motor license,
amusement device, and
liquor license and tax taxes.
Local officials believe the
delay is due to the con
troversy over the secretary
of state's office in Salem.
might play the role of the
initiator, and we acceded. His
failure to come to decisions
on his approach is inexcusa
ble," Hatfield continued.
"We demand that he take
action so that state business
may again flow in an orderly
manner," Hatfield said.
Hatfield charged that- the
problem would have been
solved by now had "friendly
cooperation", between Thomp
son and Hatfield's legal ad'
visors, Lamar Tooze and Roy
Shields, been permitted.
"The responsibility for the
delays, the confusion and the
needless dramatics rests solely
upon the shoulders of the at
torney general," the new
Republican governor said.
Thornton earlier this week
had asked for "more time"
to" study procedure in the
case. He represented O'Hara.
Major concern in the battle
over whether Holmes ap
pointee O'Hara or Hatfield
appointee Howell Appling is
secretary of state stems from
the fact that until the case
is decided, state ' financial
business is at a standstill.
Appling has assumed all the
duties of the office except
signing warrants for bills the
state must pay.
State Sen. Anthony Yturri
(R-Ontario) and Rep. Robert
L. Elfstrom (R-Salem) sug
gested a way out of this im
passe today by advocating the
designation of Harold Phil
lippe to sign the warrants
until the Supreme Court de
cides who will fill the office.
The two Republicans sug
gested to Thornton that both
Appling and O'Hara give
Phillippe the power to sign
warrants as a temporary relief
measure.
Phillippe already has an
accumulation of about 2,000
unsigned checks which he is
holding up on orders from
State Treasurer Sig Unander.
Democratic Social
Club Plans Meeting
The Jackson County Demo
cratic Social club will elect of
ficers at a meeting at 7 p.m.
Saturday at the Medford ho
tel, according to William
Deatherage, Medford, presi
dent. : .
A program for the corning
year also will be planned.
Dinner reservations may be
made by telephoning the Med
ford hotel, Deatherage said,
and added that all Democrats
are invited to attend.
Propane Gas
Damages Highway Department Shop
Bend (UPD A propane gas
tank explosion at a Highway
Department shop h ere Wed
nesday afternoon severely
burned one man, knocked an
other down and caused an
estimated $5000 damage to
the shop.
Shop Superintendent Floyd
Starkey said that about 40
per cent of an estimated 500
glass window panes in the
concrete building were splint
ered and steel window
ran mmw
for county
IS SiSi ESTER
The Jackson County Plan
ning commission last night
recommended that a separate
county parks and recreation
commission be established.
County Judge Earl Miller,
in suggesting the parks and
recreation commission, said
an independent group is need
ed to handle the large scope
of such developments. He not
ed that other counties use
such a group for development
of parks and recreation facil
ities. The parks' and recreation
commission would work with
the planning commission,
which would screen sites sug
gested by the parks and recre
ation group before making a
recommendation to the county
court.
The county court would
have to approve such a pro
posal before it goes into ef
fect. Plan Public Hearing
The planning commission
last night also planned a pub
lic hearing on the proposed
subdivision ordinance, and
Mikoyan Believes
East-West Talks
Will Take Place
United Nations, N.Y.-UPD-Soviet
Deputy Premier Anas
tas I. Mikoyan said today a
high-level conference between
East and West "is bound to
take place" but it is difficult
to say when.
The touring Soviet leader,
answering unrehearsed ques
tions at a news conference
attended by more than . 250
correspondents, repeated his
appeal for an end to "nyet-
nyet (no-no) diplomacy and
the institution of "da-da" (yes-
yes) relationships.
But, under pointed ques
tioning from diplomatic cor
respondents, he did not re
treat an inch from Soviet
positions expressed here and
at international conferences
in the past.
Mikoyan, behind a phalanx
of New York police cars, ar
rived 10 minutes early for a
visit to Secretary-general Dag
Hammarskjold. They talked
and Hammarskjold took the
Russian on a brief tour of
the building.
Predicts Summit Meeting
At noon, Mikoyan, flanked
by Soviet Ambassador Arka
dy A. Sobolev, Oleg Troyanov,
the ever-present Kremlin in
terpreter, and Boris Ivanov,
Soviet delegation press offi
cer, walked into the confer
ence chamber of the General
Assembly's Main Political
Committee.
Correspondents sat at the
double tier of horseshoe desks
usually occupied by diplomats.
Mikoyan, who has been
picketed by exiled Hungarians
and nationals of other Iron
Curtain countries throughout
his U.S. visit, said Communist
Hungary requires no help
from the United Nations in
its domestic problems.
No U.S. Fliers Held
Without saying so definite
ly, he implied that Sir Leslie
Munro of New Zealand, ap
pointed last fall as the Gen
eral Assembly's special repre
sentative to investigate the
Hungarian situation, would
not be welcome.
Asked if and when Russia
would release 11 American
fliers who were downed in its
territory, Mikoyan snapped:
"There are no Amejncan
fliers in . our country! One
American plane crashed near
the Soviet border. The bodies
were handed over to the
Americans. We have no other
bodies nor living people. This
is only alleged in order to
poison the atmosphere."
Tank Explosion at Bend
frames were twisted out by
the explosion.
Workman Alvie Hill, about
45, Bend, suffered burns on
his face and hands, and Clif
ford Stowell, who was pass
ing by a doorway at the time,
was knocked some 10 feet
by the blast.
Starkey said the explosion
occurred when Hill was
cleaning a propane tank in
the washroom, using a steam
hose. He said the steam very
decided to continue its study
on a proposed garbage dispos
al ordinance.
Tentative date for the sub
division hearing is March 11
in the Jackson county court
house auditorium. This will
give commission members suf
ficient time to talk on the ord
inance befqre various groups.
All speaking engagements
will be coordinated through
the publicity subcommittee
chairmanned by Jerry Lath
am, assisted by' Dave Lowry
and Bob Boyer.
Action on the proposed
county garbage disposal ord
inance was deferred until
next month's 'meeting to give
the commission more time to
examine an opinion by the
district attorney's office
which says in effect that it '
does not conform to state law.
Deferring action will also
give new members time to
study the proposed ordinance.
New Members
New members of the county
planning commission attend
ing last night were C. O.
Lovejoy, Old Military rd.,
Medford; Ron James, 3710
Calhoun rd., Medford; and C.
W. Duggan, route 2, Sams
Valley.
Edwin Gebhard, Central
Point, was reelected planning
commission president for a
second term, Jerry Latham
was elected vice-president,
and new Commissioner Ron
James was elected secretary.
As the first of a series of
talks which planning commis
sion members hope to make
before various groups, Geb
hard and Planning Technician
Jack Eaton were to discuss
the proposed subdivision ord
inance before the Live Oak
Grange in Rogue River at 1
p.m. today.
Other groups desiring
speakers from the planning
commission on the subject
'should contact the planning
commission office in the
courthouse.
The request from Live Oak
Grange is the only one in re
sponse to cards mailed by the
commission on Dec. 18, com
missioners noted.
(See Story on Page 13)
Council Agenda
Lists Hearings
Public hearings on the pro
posed Temple dr. sanitary
sewer and a zone-change re
quest for the Nick Gier prop
erty on North Pacific highway
head tonight's agenda for the
Medford city council.
.The council meets at 7:30
p.m. at city hall.
One item not on the agenda
is the appointment of a new
municipal judge. Mayor John
W. Snider said this noon that
he intends to poll the council
men today for their approval
of his alternate choice.
A. Eugene Piazza, Mayor
Snider's original selection for
the municipal bench, .with
drew after being named two
weeks ago when it was discov
ered that residence beyond
the city limits rendered him
ineligible.
Consideration of awarding
contracts for the Eastover ter-
race-Hillcrcest rd. sanitary
sewer and for new police cars
is also slated for tonight.
City Manager Robert A.
Duff notes in his report to the
council that the sewer bids
ran from 55 to 107 per cent
over one engineer's estimate.
He suggests a review of the
situation with an eye to alter
nate routes.
The councilmen postponed
action on bids for the police
cars pending receipt of a re
port on operation and main
tenance costs of vehicles dur
ing the 1957-58 period. This
report, according to city offi
cials, is now in the hands of
the Cornell.
likely heated the tank, caus
ing the gas to expand and
leak out the safety valve.
The gas, which is heavier
than air, dropped to the floor
and escaped into an adjacent
boiler room where it was ig
nited by a burner, Starkey
surmised.
Three overhead doors were
wrecked by the blast and
large windows at the east and
west end of the building
shattered. s
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