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Newspaper Page Textrmrvi mm nn HIP WWW mi due rant EMM MCI uua jthnishchev Warns in Western Fiorea Soviet Troops Not in Germany To Play Games Big Three Notes Not Yet Answered Moscow -UPD- Soviet Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev, in a speech released today, warned that any Western at tempt to use force to break through to Berlin by land, sea, or air would be met with force. He said in a speech at Tula Tuesday night that Soviet troops were not stationed in East Germany just to play games. The Western powers, in notes delivered Monday, re jected Soviet proposals to end the occupation of Berlin, The United States, Britain and France also reiterated their, determination to "up hold . by all appropriate means" their rights of access " to West Berlin. West Awaits Reply The Soviet government has not ' yet replied to the Big Three Western notes which 'suggested a Big Four foreign ministers conference to dis cuss the problem of Ger many, Khrushchev warned that if anyone opened fire over Ber lin: "This will mean the be ginning of war." He called for agreement on a peace treaty with Germany and again reiterated that .all nations were open to "great destruction" from modern weapons. March of Dimes Dance Saturday A March of Dimes "fare well" dance will be held at the Medford armory Saturday night, with dancing from 9 to 1 ajn., it was announced to day. Music will be provided by the Tunesters, with the Shadow?, local singing group, to makr a guest appearance The dance is being sponsored by wives of 20-30 club mem bers and by the county TAP committee. At 11 a.m. a queen of the county TAP program will be crowned. The queen will be chosen from the high school in the county which raised the most money, on a per cap ita basis, for the March of Dimes. Schools with a suffi ciently high per capital to enter a girl in the queen con test are Eagle Point, Crater and Medford. Tickets for the dance are on sale at Purucker's Music store, Medford, Central Point pharmacy and Foster's phar macy in Jacksonville. Cyprus Conference belayed by Crash London - (UPD - The Cyprus conference was postponed to day pending the recovery of Turkish Premier Adnan Men deres from injuries received in a plane crash that took 12 lives Tuesday. Menderes, who was report ed suffering from shock and bruised ribs, will undergo a full physical examination to determine whether he will be able to withstand the ten sions and rigors of -a major diplomatic conference. The premier was one of 10 persons who survived when their plane crashed in a wood in a dense fog near Gatwick airport south of London. Ike Sees No Revive Jobless Pay Aid Washington -fflPtt- President Eisenhower told his news conference today that he saw no reason for the federal gov ernment to revive emergency aid to the unemployed while the economy is in a period of rising prosperity. March Suggested The chief executive responded to questions based on recent statements by Walt er Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers union. Reutherjias suggested a march of unemployed on Washington to seek more fed eral aid. Reuther is now attending He. Still Filling if t suwseW f r u Ike Wants To Stay at As Long as Possible Washington -4UPD- President Eisenhower said today he wants cancer-stricken John Foster Dulles to stay on as secretary of state as long as he feels like carrying on be cause he has no equal in the world in wisdom and know ledge of foreign affairs. The 'President said doctors have assured him that the secretary's heart and mind are not affected by his dis ease. He said he has not discussed specifically with anyone the possibility of a succesor for the ailing secretary. A hernia operation last Fri day disclosed that Dulles has a recurrence of cancer that first struck him in 1956. Agree on Preparations Eisenhower said he and Dulles ' agreed during a talk at the Army's Walter Reed Medical Center Tuesday that the United States and its Three Grants Pass People Injured Three Grants Pass young people and an Air Force man stationed at Hebo, Ore., were injured in a one-car accident about ,11:30 p.m. yesterday just north of Rock Point bridge on Highway 99, state police reported. Listed in serious condition at Sacred Heart hospital are David J. Manary Jr., 19, who police believe was driving the car, and Harry L. Tant, 20, who is stationed with the. Air Force at Hebo, was listed as critical this noon. Two other passengers, Jan is Woodson Manary, 17, and Kathryn Mignat, 18, were tak en to Rogue Valley hospital by Medford Ambulance ser vice. Their conditions were listed as "fairly good," by hos pital attendants. Police said the car, owned by David Manary, was trav eling north when it crossed the highway, went 137 feet in the ditch on the west side and rolled over. The occu pants were thrown from the vehicle, they said. Reason To an AFL-CIO meeting in Puer to Rico. The President said he questioned whether people on sunny -beaches were pre pared to make a march on foggy Washington at this time of the year. No Resignation Talk Other news conference highlights: -He said Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy had told him when he entered the Cabinet in 1957 that certain factors might prevent his serving un til the end of this administra tion. But McElroy has not brought up the question of resigning at a particular time. (Continued en Pag 10) The Seat In A Way' Dulles Post t allies should go right ahead in their preparations for high level negotiations with Rus sia on the Berlin crisis and German problems. (Continued on Page 10) Reorganization Group to Meet The Jackson county school district reorganization com mittee will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, to consider further steps in school dist rict reorganization or consoli dation, according to Alf B. Mekvold, county schools su perintendent. ' The committee will con tinue to work 1 on tentative plans on school district con solidation or reorganization, Mekvold said. The plans must be submitted to the1 state board of education when it meets March 10 and 11, he explained. Consolidation of a number of Jackson county school dist rict was recommended Feb. 10 by the committee. Consoli dation was recommended for Talent and Phoenix .districts; for Lone Pine, Griffin Creek, Jacksonville, Ruch and How ard with Medford; and for Eagle Point and Butte Falls me committee made no changes in its previous recom mendations that Evans Valley and Rogue River be consoli dated. Action is still pending on possible consolidation of the Applegate school district with Medford. School District 6C which in eludes Central Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley would remain the same with slight boundary changes to solve any transportation problems, Ike To Fly South For Mexico Conference Washington -UPD- President Eisenhower was to fly south today for two days of shirt sleeve diplomacy with the new president of Mexico, Ad- olfo Lopez Mateos. After an overnight stop at Austin, Tex., Eisenhower will spend Thursday and Friday as the guest of Lopez Mateos in Acapulco, a fabulous Mexi can beach resort. Washington OJP0 A Sen ate labor subcommittee has approved a Democratic-spon sored labor reform bill that includes Taft-Hartley law changes demanded by AFL CIO leaders. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with occa sional showers tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 35. High Thursday 52. Temp. Highest Yesterday 5 Lowest this Moraine 41 Prec to 10 ajn. Today 05 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:47 p.m. 7:04 a.m. 4:13 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow Moonset tomorrow . Fuu Moon Feb. 23 Venus, easily seen in the west soon after sunset, is now about 140 million miles from the Earth. It will be a prominent evening star for the next 6 months. Truman Sees No Objection To Macmillan Trip Occasion May Enable Soundings Copyright, 1959, by Harry S. Truman North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc. (Reproduction of this article in whole or in part is forbid den without written author ization). I hope the visit of Prime Minister Macmillan to the Kremlin results in the open ing of a door. I, for one, can see no objection to the initia tive of the British Prime Min ister. Macmillan may be able to use this occasion to take soundings of the Soviets' im mediate intent. All recent at tempts to engage in exchanges and conservations with the Kremlin have proved futile and have been subverted for propaganda ourposes. Trip All To Good Despite all the discourage ments suffered by the West to date and the continuing skep ticism of the Kremlin's peace ful intentions, I think the Macmillan trip is all to the good. This mission cannot be construed as arising out of weakness, or division of the West, or appeasement and is one not likely to be used by the Russians for external propoganda purposes. If the Russians have a grain of peaceful intention in their program, the Macmillan visit might provide them a chance to return to constructive di plomacy where matters may be discussed quietly, without the need for waving missiles in public. Public Suggestions In my judgment, this ap proach could not now be un dertaken by President of the United States or the Vice President without such a move being misunderstood and leading surely to another serious setback. I have seen some public suggestions that the Vice President undertake a -trip-? to -. Moscow,, uv- return, for the Mikoyan visit and ad dress the Soviets and the Russian people, with the stip ulation that all of his re marks be published as given. (Continued on Page 7) Hearing Called on District Budget Central Point-Central Point Rural. Fire Protection district has drasia up a 19594960 budget ofVS28,300, Budget Committee Chairman John ! Laden has announced. He said that a public hear ing will be held on March 10. , The budget as set up is $30,588.82 less than the out lay for the current fiscal year. The $58,888 sum for this year was set up in order that debts on equipment could be paid off. Weather Satellites Could Detect Bombs Washington- (UPD - Congress was told today that the U.S. weather satellites such as the Vanguard now in orbit could be used to detect H-bomb tests in Russia. John T. Hagen, chief of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Van guard division, made the dis closure in answer to ques tions before the House Space committee". Hagen said development of the Vanguard weather satel lite, .placed into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tues day, may have outflanked Soviet refusal to set up an effective international inspec tion system to police a nu clear test ban. Medford Man Elected By Retail Lumbermen Portland -UPD- W. H. Ger- retsen, Roseburg, Tuesday was elected president of the Western Retail Lumbermen's association. The 6th annual convention of the WRLA was being attended by more than 1000 delegates here. Region al vice presidents for the com ing year include R. B. Thier olf, Medford. Havana -UPB- Maj. Jesus Sosa Blanco, Cuba's twice convicted "war criminal No. 1" was executed today by a firing squad to which he gave the order for his own death. Spokane-UPD-A four-month old gasoline price war in the Spokane area apparently was at an end today. Log Tinuick jpeiraftoirs Cheer For Defeat off Salem-(UPD-Some 150 owners and operators of log trucks gathered in a hearing room and cheered Tuesday when their representatives urged a joint highway committee to defeat House bill 28 repealing the optional flat fee now accorded to log haulers. Following this hearing, opposition was voiced aeainst Senate bill 89 which would increase membership on the State Highway commission from three members to five. Rep. Al Flegel, vice chairman of the House Highway com mittee and chairman of the Highway Interim committee which recommended the increase, took the witness stand to oppose the bill. Flegel explained that the was not unanimous and that who appeared at state-wide membership on the commission, he felt that many of these did not know that distribution of highway funds is made on a formula that provides equal allotments to five districts, taking into consideration population, use of highways and other factors. ' The only word said at the 53rd Year 16 Pages Castro's 'Precarious', Porter Claims Rep. Charles O. Porter (D- Ore.) said last night that Fidel Castro of Cuba is in a precarious" position but will succeed as a peacetime leader "if he, takes advice and uses his staff and associates." Porter told an estimated 70 guests " at a Jackson County Democratic Social , club din ner that he will return to Cuba this week end. He also outlined a pro gram for bringing about trade with Red China to help boost Oregon out of "chronic un employment." In addition, the former Eu gene attorney made these major points: - Faygrs Sleyenson ., i. .... 1. He said he favors Adlai Stevenson for the Democratic presidential nomination in I960,- with Sen. Hubert Hum phrey (D-Minn.) his second choice. 2. He said he believes Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles, currently beginning treatment for cancer, "will not return to active leader ship," and added that should C. Douglas Dillon succeed Dulles it would lead to "more teamwork and cooperation" in the state department. 3. He charged that Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield's position on state spending "shows an attitude of despair when we need an attitude of hope and optimism." 4.- He said he will "do what I can" to hasten studies by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and the federal fish and ' wildlife service in order to fit the Rogue river basin flood control project into the omnibus public works bill at this session of Con gress. Chair-Lift at Lake Porter also discussed a plan for installing a chair-lift at Crater Lake from the rim to the lakeshore. "I would like to see that lake used more," he said. On the subject of Castro, he said it is "almost inevitable that he will become presi dent." The rebel leader as sumed the duties of premier Monday. Porter described him as "not a soldier-statesman like Julius Caesar" but a man with ' intelligence and "good intentions." "He does have a lot of good men with him," the Congress man noted. He referred to these men as "honorable, able . . . amateurs most of them." He singled out Manuel Urru- fort Klamath Rancher Guilty of Larceny Klamath Falls - (UPD - Paul Robert Wilson, 29, Fort Klam ath rancher, was convicted here Tuesday of larceny of livestock. Denver -UPD- Radford S. Hall, executive secretary of the American National Cattle men's association, died Tues day. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York-UPD-Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 588.82. up 2.11; 20 railroads 162.18, up 1.28; 15 utilities 90.32. off 0.02 and 65 stocks 204.72 up 0.79. Sales today were about 3. 480.000 shares compared with 3.190.000 shares Tuesday. action of the interim committee while the majority of people meetings favored the increased hearing for the bill came from MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1959 Position in Cuba tia, the current president, as one example. He called Castro's position "dangerous, or should I say precarious." But, Porter said, "If he takes advice and if he uses his staff and .his asso ciates, he ' will succeed." He said Castro enjoys great popu lar support. Coverage 'Lousy Porter described U. S. press coverage of the revolution as "lousy." He said he was in formed by Castro and by "a newspaperman", that Asso ciated Press and United Press International representatives in Cuba "were being paid by Batista." '' "The "AP : never refers to Batista as a dictator," Porter said. "They call him 'Strong man.' Some of their own men were being paid or bribed by Batista." He said that newsmen em phasized the executions, while "more important to my mind was the great social up heaval." Porter stated that trade Offord Elected SOCTFA President j Ray Offord, Jacksonville, was elected president of the Southern Oregon Conserva tion and Tree Farm associa tion at last night's meeting at the Rogue - Valley country club. Elected vice presidents were Steve Wilson, for the Medford area, and Bob . Kel so, for the Grants Pass area. Leo Hoag, Prospect, was re elected treasurer.. i New directors elected last night were Lloyd Silva, for Grants Pass area, and Dick Swan and Glen Duysen for the Medford area. : Outgoing president is Rob ert Kline, Medford, and T. K. (Tom) Oliver and Bob Kelso, outgoing vice presidents ' for the Medford and Grants Pass areas, respectively. Outgoing directors are Ben Nork, Shady Cove, and James C. Parkhill, Grants Pass area. Remaining directors are Ray Offord and Steve Wilson.. Boy Leaps 1 Floors To Escape Spanking ; New York (UPD An 11-year-old boy, who leaped 17 floors to escape a spanking, was in" critical condition to day with ' severe internal - in juries. James Bell plunged from the window of his parents' housing project apartment Tuesday after his mother threatened to punish him for taking a quarter from "her purse to treat some friends to sodas. Jimmy fell 200 feet and landed on a bank of soft earth. He was taken imme diately to Beekman-Down-town hospital where 'he re gained consciousness. Phy sicians 'held little hope for his recovery. 5 DIVORCE DUE DEBBIE Hollywood -tOIPD- Debbie Reynolds -will appear in Su perior Court Thursday to get an uncontested divorce from singer Eddie Fisher, her at torney said today. . jpttiondl Sen. Harry D. Boivin (D.-Klamath Falls). He said that one present commissioner was from Astoria, another from Port land and the other living near the Columbia river. "They are actually all from one district," he said. He fa vored a seven-man commission so that work could be par celed out. : The bill repealing the optional flat fee for log haulers drew protests from T. C. Stout, Springfield,, that it would increase present rates more than three times and that loggers couldn't afford the increase if they were required to pay the weight-mile rates. ( Charles Sanford, representing the Associated Oregon In dustries, told the committee that the optional flat fee plan was adopted in 1947 as an aid to the small log operators. Sanford suggested that the bill be amended to allow the flat fee for mileage up to 25,000 miles and application of the .weight mile fees on mileage above that figure. Robert Knips, representing the Oregon Trucking associa tion, said that many of the small log truck operators couldn't exist if the bill. were passed. ' with Red China in non-stra tegic' materials would offer an "unlimited potential" and "thousands of jobs for, Ore gon." He said the lumber in dustry and wheat farmers would benefit, and "We could get new industry and assem bly plants if we could get a better economic justification for them." Undermine Government "I'm for undermining, the Red government," Porter said. "But we've seen for a long time that we're not un dermining them, just forcing them into the hands of the Soviet Union." :- . ' ' Porter, listed three steps in his program to lift the present trade embargo. First, he said, he is hav ing three bills drafted to amend present restrictions. Second, a Committee for Trade With China is being formed, and will visit Wash ington to meet with high of ficials and "see what can be done, For the third step, Porter said, "We're going to organ ize a trade mission to Red China." He said this mission would be under the authority of a Congressional commit tee or, if necessary, on its own. "I hope to be a part of that group," he said. In stating his preference for Stevenson as the Demo cratic 1960 presidential nom inee, Porter said, "We need today men who are skilled in foreign policy, and humani tarians." Asked about John F. Kennedy, he ' said the Massachusetts senator is "a very fine man." Whites Boycott School Integration Front Royal, Va. (DPD Twenty-two Negroes walked into a million-dollar high school boycotted by its white students today in the fourth case of lowering color bars in Virginia public schools. . None of the more than 800 white students at Warren County High showed up for the first day of classes at the school since it closed last Sept. 12 to prevent it from complying with federal court integration orders. The school was one of those where the racial barrier was removed upon collapse of the state's massive resistance stand against integration. Norfolk, Arlington and Alex andria, all metropolitan areas in contrast to the more rural aspects . in Front Royal, ad mitted 30 Negro pupils earlier this month, to 10 pre viously white schools. There have been no incidents. Road Conditions ' Highway - 66, ..Green Springs: snow flurries, 2 . inches new snow, 9 inches at roadside, road sanded, chains not required. Highway 99: Siskiyoust pavement bare, 13 inches of snow at roadside, few spots of ice. Highway 62: raining at Prospect, pavement bare. Highway 99. north: clear. Highway 199: clear. Highway 101: one-way traffic in Trinidad, Calif., area. i IFee Price 10 Cents .Tribune No. 284 Seven-Year-OId Killed While at Play on Truck Jack Lynn Weisenburger, 7, son of Mrs. Shirley Mae Wei senburger, 824 Dakota st., was killed instantly Tuesday afternoon while playing on a flatbed truck at the rear of 840 West 14th st. According to city police, the boy was apparently play ing on the truck bed and swinging on a steel cable that was attached to a steel "A" frame type boom built on the rear of the truck. The cable, it was said, was secured to the steel frame built behind the truck cab and on the forward end of the truck bed. The weight of the boy on the cable caused the "A" frame to fall for. ward, striking the boy on the head. The truck, owned by Her bert Wilson Gifford of the 14th st. address, was parked on the Gifford property at the time of the accident. Beck Income Tax Case Goes To Jury Tacoma, Wash. - (UPD - U. S, District Judge George S. Boldt instructed the jury hear ing the Dave Beck income tax evasion case today that if they found that funds Beck received from the Teamsters Union were not loans, as claimed, those funds must be considered as taxable income. The case went to the jury at 11:47 a.m. (PST). The judge told the eight men and four women of the jury that if the funds in question were loans they were non-taxable. The judge stressed that the jurors must find that Beck willfully in tended to evade income taxes in order to convict him. Boldt said that negligence alone or errors resulting from negligence "however great" was not sufficient for con viction. Tougher Shoplifting Laws Requested Salem - (UPD - Tougher laws on shoplifters were asked by representatives of retail mer chants Tuesday at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Com mittee. A bill is under con sideration to permit an ar rest when a merchant or po lice officer had reasonable cause to believe someone has taken merchandise. Commissions To New Quarters Soon . Three county and state commissions are expected to occupy space in the new Wil-son-McCabe building at the corner of Fourth and Grape sts., it was reported today. Occupancy of the building has been tentatively sched uled for the first of, the month. Two commissions, the Oregon Tax and the Jackson County Welfare, have rented area in the new building, it was reported, with the third renter to be announced. The state tax office ' has been at its present location in the Leverette building since the early 1950s. Local offic ials reported that the new building's office arrangement would be more suited for as sisting taxpayers. I Removal of Rilea Aides Apparently Center of Ruckus Battle for Control Seen Responsible ' ' Salem -flJPD- A major shake- up in the Oregon National Guard appeared in the wind today. It centered around the removal of three top aides of the late Adjutant General Thomas E. Rilea. . Apparently to be replaced were Col. Carl Cover, Salem, assistant adjutant general; Mrs. Libby Horton, project of ficer for the Portland office of the National' Guard; and Maj. Carl Shoemaker II. per sonal aide to Rilea. The latter two are from Portland. Battle for Control Budget cuts of Gov. Mark Hatfield and an internal bat tle for control of the 6,000- man Oregon Guard were ap parently responsible for the shakeup. Gov. Hatfield has nominat ed Sprague Carter, Pendle ton, as Oregon director of Se lective Service but his nomi. . nation must be approved by National Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey. Carter s nomination w a questioned by the Jackson County Selective Service Board earlier this week. Acting Oregon Adjutant General Col. Robert Irving. Salem, has said the Portland office of the Guard will close and all but one employee has been notified that their jobs will end Feb. 28. Col. Cover may be retain ed as Guard fiscal officer, a position he had before be coming Rilea's assistant. Saving Seen The Guard hopes' to save some $59,000 by closing its Portland office, although an information officer may be re tained there. Sen. William Grenfell (D Portland), chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs com mittee and author of a propos al to overhaul the state's mili tary code, -protested the re ported Hatfield move. i He termed the reported fir ing of some of the National Guard leaders as "a disgrace" and protested especially the announced discharge of Mrs. Horton, whom he said "has been of tremendous aid in the National Guard's public relation's program." Used As 'Hatchet Man' Grenfell said the firings were being made because of the closeness between the headquarters staff, Rilea and ex-Gov. Robert D. Holmes. He charged that Hatfield was using Irving as "a hatchet man" to "do the bloody work" for the next adjutant gener al. As the Guard controversy brewed, a bill was introduced in the senate to require a confirmation vote of two thirds of the Senate in ap pointing adjutant generals. 17 Persons Indicted On Narcotics Charges San Francisco -(UPD- A Fed eral Grand Jury indicted 17 persons today on conspiracy charges in an alleged narcot ics ring doing $4 million worth of business on the Pa cific Coast in the last two years. The indictment also linked Portland murder to the ring, stating that one suspect- another each paid $1,000 for the killing last year of Sylves ter Jackson of Portland. Bill Would Include Medical Care for Aged Washington -UPD- House liberals today kicked off a drive to pass a controversial labor-backed bill that would expand social security bene fits to include medical care for old folks. Plan Move They stated that the tele phone number would remain the same, SPring 2-4516. At the present the auditor is available to assist with tax problems on Mondays, it was explained. His schedule at the new office will be announced by the Medford branch office following the move. The welfare commission is also expected to move from its quarters at the Leverett building to the Wilson McCabe building about March 2, it was announced. A. A. Wilson reported that the frontage on both Grape and Fourth sts. will be land scaped sometime within the next two weeks and the plant ers will be planted with flow ers and shrubs.