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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1959
No. 293
Me
South Vie) Nam
Denies Charges
Of Kidnaping 82
Communist Chinese
Claims Arouse Fear
Saigon, South Viet Nam -(UPD
- The South Viet Nam
governemt yesterday denied
Communist Chinese charges
that a Vietnamese Navy gun
boat kidnaped 82 fishermen
from the Percels Islands in
the South China sea.
The Communist charges
aroused fears of a new Red
inspired crisis in Asia. The
Parct.-ls Islands, which lie 280
miles off the Viet Nam coast,
are claimed by Communist
and Nationalist China, South
Viet Nam and the Phillipines.
Officials in Saigon said yes
terday that 50 Chinese who
landed on Duncan Island in
the Parcels in two junks were
held briefly for investigation.
Allowed to Leave
After the fishermen had
been identified and question
ed, the officials said, they
were given food and drinking
water and allowed to leave
for their homeland. The ar
rest took place Feb. 22, the
officials said.
The Chinese Reds said Fri
day the incident took place
Feb. 26. They accused the
Saigon government of Pre
mier Ngo Dinh Diem of in
vading the islands, tearing
down Communist flags, "kid
naping" 82 fishermen and
seizing five fishing boats.
Earlier this month the Pei
ping Regime reported it was
colonizing the island group,
which it calls Hsisha West
Sands.
Will Investigate
Government spokesman in
Saigon said last week South
Viet Nam, a staunchly anti
Communist ally of the United
States, would investigate the
Chinese reports.
Peiping made the charges
in a foreign Ministry state
ment issued through the of
ficial New China News Agen
cy. The Communist charges
and threats aroused fears in
some parts of Asia that Pei
ping now planned to stir up
a new crisis over the Parcels
to succeed current tension
over Quemoy and other off
shore Islands.
Sports Bulletins
Central Point Grants
high kept in contention for
a slate A-l basketball tourn
ament berth by trimming
Crater 41 to 38 here last
night. The Cavemen over
came a five-point fourth
quarter deficit to gel the
triumph. Chuch Turner had
15 points for Crater and
Rick Sabin 13 for Grants
Pass.
Klamath Falls Klamath
Falls claimed its third
straight Southern Oregon
conference basketball title
by downing Medford high
71 lo 67 here last night.
The Pelicans of Klamath
had quarter leads of 16 to
11. 36 to 33 and 50 to 41.
Medford's Jerry Anderson
put in 29 points.
New County
Specific Provisions for Responsibility
A contract for continued ex
tension of services to Jackson
county by the Medford Pub
lic Library was signed Fri
day afternoon.
Signers were Mrs. Leland
Mentzer, president, and H.
Dewey Wilson, representing
the library board, and Judge
Earl Miller and Commission
ers Ralph James and Chester
Wendt of the county court.
The new contract is the
latest of a series starting in
1920 when the county court
first contracted with the Med
ford Public Library board for
extension of its services as a
county library. The contract
has been modified and im
proved through the years,
with the revision of 1954 in
force up until the present
time.
The new version, recently
completed in -conferences be
tween the county court and
the library board, was under
taken in order to achieve an
agreement more specific in
several respects and thus
more practicable in operation,
according to library officials.
Certain provisions strength
en the administrative duties
and responsibilities of the li
brary board, while others en
sure a measure of local con
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CENTENNIAL THEME - Students and
teachers of Lincoln school, to stimulate in
terest in the school carnival, attended
classes Friday in old-fashioned costumes.
The carnival theme was "pioneer days,"
tying in with the Oregon Centennial ob
Red Trawler deliberately
Cut CabBe, Official! States
New York -(UPD An offic
ial of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company said
test night a fishing trawler
apparently had deliberately
cut the trans-Aatlantic cable
that has sparked a new cold
war incident between the
United States and Russia.
John A. Bowman, general
manager of special projects
for AT&T's long lines depart
ment, s aid the repair ship
Lord Kelvin had located the
cable break about noon some
195 miles off Clarenceville,
Nfld.
Bowman said the Kelvin
had raised the cable to the
surface and found it to be
"badly scuffed," indicating it
had been dragged aboard a
vessel previously.
"From the looks of the
cable," Bowman said, "it ap
pears that it had become foul
ed in trawling gear, was haul
ed aboard a trawler and cut
to free the gear."
The leader of a U. S. Navy
party that boarded a Russian
trawler in the area said in
Washington yesterday he be
lieved the Soviet fishing ves
sel cut the cable accidentally.
The officer, Lt. Donald M.
Sheely, said there was no evi
dence to indicate that the
cable had been cut on pur
pose but "I am not convinced
they didn't cut it deliber
ately." Bowman said the cable, one-and-a-half
inches in diameter
been placed in service in Sep
tember, 1956. He said it nev
er had . been broken pre
viously. Asked at a news confer
ence whether there appeared
Spring, Summer Hours
At Museum Announced
Jacksonville - Spring and
summer hours at the Jackson
ville museum have been an
nounced by Miss Mary L.
Hanley, curator.
The museum will be open
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
on weekdays, and between
noon and 5 p.m. on Sundays
and holidays, she said. The
spring and summer hours
start today.
- Library Contract Offers
trol by communities served
with branch libraries, accord
ing to Wilson, who, with Dis
trict Attorney Tom Reeder
and former Medford City At
torney Roy Bashaw, drew up
the document.
In general, the headquar
ters library is responsible for
provision of books and other
reading materials and sup
plies, and for the staffing
and supervision of personnel.
Communities served by
branches remain responsible
for housing and equipment.
This is the general pattern of
county library service,
throughout the United States,
according to library author
ities .
The responsibility of the
library board for employing
and compensating branch li
brarians, thus freeing local
community funds for library
improvements and needed
equipment, has been spelled
out in the new agreement.
Selection of such personnel
will be made "with the ad
vice of and subject to the ap
proval of the council of the
city furnishing the facilities."
A new provision permits
the local librarian to spend
money received as fines and
to be anything suspicious
about the break in view of
the fact that such a thing
never happened before, Bow
man said, "not in terms of
past experience with other
ocean cables."
He said underwater West
Moscow Radio Calls
Search 'Provocation'
London - (UPD - Moscow Ra
dio charged last night that the
sian trawler off Newfound
land was a "premeditated act
of provocation" designed to
intensify the cold war.
In the first official Soviet
comment on the incident,
Moscow Radio claimed the
High Speed Chase
Results in Arrest
A high speed chase Friday
night by city and state police
resulted in the arrest of a
Medford youth on charges of
burglary, auto theft and reck
less driving, state police said
Saturday.
David Dexter Staniforth,
alias Bernard Joseph LeBlanc,
20, of 560 Clover lane, is
being held in county jail on
the three charges, according
to the report.
State police said they were
looking for a car stolen from
near a Medford hotel Friday
when it was spotted on the
North Phoenix rd. being driv
en by Staniforth. Police pur
sued him on North Phoenix
rd. into Medford, where city
police joined the chase.
Medford police said he is
charged with breaking into
the Hoover school and taking
a clarinet, a high fidelity tape
recorder and two phono
graphs. The school was entered by
breaking a small window over
a door latch, they said. The
car belonged to Margo Jean
Bowers, 104 South Holly st,
Medford.
fees, whereas former contracts
required that such money be
turned over to the county
treasurer. Another new pro
vision specifies that the coun
ty shall furnish a means of
transportation of books from
headquarters to. the library's
branches. This is an improve
ment over the previous use of
private transportation,
Consistent with the policy
of the library board of meet
ing with councilmen of towns
served with branch libraries
for fuller understanding of li
brary policies and practices,
uie new contract also pro
vides a procedure by which
inquiries can be made and
explanations received by resi
dents of the area served. The
document is to be renewable
annually.
The librarian and members
of the board pointed out that
county library service is ren
dered not only through nine
community branches and sta
tions, but is also available to
all residents of the area serv
ed from the headquarters li
brary, where books, reading
rooms, and professional refer
ence services are available to
rural as well as to city residents.
servation this year. Above, third grade
teacher Mrs. Ethel Chastain shows an old
time school bell to students Kirby Lusk
and Krista Hord. Prizes for the best cos
tumes went to third grader Victor Haas
and Linda Emery, sixth grade.
ern Union telegraph cables
were broken frequently. The
telephone cable break occur
red at 10:43 a.m. last Satur
day, and four Western Union
breaks occurred the follow
ing Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, he said.
search had been arranged in
advance in conjunction with
the state department.
The Radio rejected the idea
that the trawler Novorossock
had anything to do with the
cutting of five transatlantic
cables. It charged that a
boarding party from the U.S.
Destroyer escort Roy O. Hale
had no right to search the
trawler 120 miles east of New
foundland Thursday.
The Soviet News agency
Tass reported the incident
Friday under the headline
"an unlawful action of the
American Naval fleet in the
open sea" but made no other
comment.
Moscow radio commentator
Viktor Korotkov opened yes
terday's broadcast with the
charge that "the war play of
the U.S.A., whose obvious
purpose is to undermine
peace, has been taking uglier
and more provocative forms.
Korotokov charged that the
boarding incident was unpre
cedented, premeditated and
provocative.
He claimed that American
planes had been following the
Soviet fishing fleet off New
foundland, and that the search
was timed to coincide exactly
with the moment the Novor
ossick reached the area of
the damaged cables.
The U.S. Fleet's action
against the Russian trawler
was arranged earlier with the
state department, the radio
charged, and the boarding or
der was issued by Atlantic
Commander A d m. Jerauld
Wright with the knowledge
of defense Secretary Neil H.
McElroy.
"It goes without saying the
American search party found
nothing on the Soviet ship
that could have harmed the
sea cables." the radio said.
"Did They Say This Was A Balanced Budget
Or A Juggled One?"
Khrushchev Plans
Junket This Week
To East Germany
Macmillan Continues
'Understanding' Plea
Moscow-(UPD-Premier Nikita
S. Khrushchev will fly to East
Germany, apparently to press
ahead for a Berlin showdown,
at the conclusion of his chilly
summit talks with Prime Min
ister Harold Macmillan, it was
announced yesterday.
(There was immediate spec
ulation in the West that the
Soviets premier would negoti
at a separate peace treaty with
the East German government,
paving the way for the Soviets
to turn over control of the
West Berlin allied lifelines to
East Germany on May 27.)
Mikoyan As Host
As Macmillan toured his
toric Leningrad with Soviet
Deputy Premier Anastas I.
Mikoyan as his unexpected
host, the official Tass News
Agency disclosed that Khrush
cheve would fly to the East
German Leipzig International
fair which opens this weekend
and runs to March 10.
He was expected to leave
soon after Macmillan ends his
Russian tour on Tuesday. "Tass
said the Soviet statesman ac
cepted an invitation from he
East German government to
visit the fair.
Time was running out for
Macmillan and his "reconnais
sance" mission which began in
an aura of goodwill last Sat
urday and quickly degenerat
ed into a diplomatic freeze
when Khruschev rejected the
Western call for a big four
foreign ministers' conference
on Berlin.
One more formal summit
meeting was scheduled on
Monday between Khrushchev
and Macmillan.
The British prime minister
continued to appeal for mutual
understanding and further
East-West negotiations because
"hopes for peace are not
enough." Macmillan again
warned that governments
'must work for peace and
avoid actions which lead to
dangerous situations."
Annexation Ballot
Scheduled Monday
Central Point A special
election to annex an area
about a block wide and a
half a mile long will be held
in the Central Point Rural
Fire Protection district to
morrow. The area to be annexed ex
tends about 80 feet south of
G st. in the Camp White in
dustrial area. The election is
necessary to correct an error
in the description of the pro
perty which was annexed last
December , board members
pointed out.
The board of directors of
the district recommended that
voters approve the annexation
since it will add materially
to the assessed valuation of
the district at no expense to
the operation of the district.
Board members pointed out
also that fires in the section
of land proposed to be an
nexed would be fought by the
department, to protect prop
erty within the district at
the present time. The White
City fire hall of the district is
only a block from the area
to be annexted, members
noted.
DISCOVERER I. L
FROM VAGIDEG.RER
Tanganyika Sends
invading Police
Info Nyasaland
Zomba, Nyasaland -(UPD-The
Britissh trust territory of Tan
ganyika sent an invading po
lice force into Nyasaland to
wrest control of the strategic
Fort Hill airfield from Afri
can hands, it was announced
officially last night.
The announcement said a
police unit crossed the border
into the Nyasaland British
protectorate, "occupied Fort
Hill and cleared the airfield."
There was no violent resis
tance, the announcement said.
Field Seized
African rioters, in a nation
alist outbreak earlier last
week, seized the field from
a handful of European offic
ials and blocked the air strip
with boulders and oil drums
to head off troop and police
landings.
British authorities have
sent army and police rein
forcements into southern and
northern Rhodesia and Nyas
land to check spreading "in
dependence" demonstrations
by Africans. The three terri
tories are linked in a central
African federatiton.
Last night's announcement
said Tanganyika took the ac
tion "by arrangement" with
Nyasaland Governor Sir Rob
ert Armitage and to prevent
African bands roaming across
the border into Tanganyika's
southern highlands. The ac
tion was part of the govern
ment program to protect the
lives of law-abiding citizens
endangered by rioters, it said.
The latest outbreak occur
red Friday at Chigarus, Ny
asaland, when 250 rioters
tried to attack the courthouse
to free two African national
congress officials. One Afri
can was killed and two were
wounded when British-led Af
rican troops fired into the mob
to halt the riot.
Tri-Sfafe Power Tie
Parley Set March 4
Salem -(UPD Gov. Hatfield
has set March 4 for a confer
ence of representatives from
California, Washington and
Oregon on a power inter-tie
that would unite the three
Pacific Coast states.
The first meeting will be
between government agency
heads from the three states,
Hatfield said.
Hatfield has named Public
Utilities Commissioner Jonel
Hill; Water Resources Direc
tor Don Lane; State Engineer
Lewis Stanley; and Natural
Resources Secretary Dan Al
len to attend the conference.
The three chief executives
will meet to name representa
tives of both public and pri
vate power for further study
of a power inter-tie after the
agency heads have agreed on
a framework for the study. ,
Mental Health Group Would Provide
Permanent Family Counseling Agency
The Jackson County Metal
Health committee has agreed
to set about establishing a
permanent, countywide family
counseling agency.
This agreement was reached
at a committee meeting Thurs
day night. Miss Celia Walker
was named chairman of a
steering committee to take
charge of the agency's forma
tion. Two immediate objectives
of the steering committee are
to draw up a constitution and
name a board' of directors.
Both these steps are required
for incorporation. Then,
money must be found.
Annual Requirement
Miss Walker told some 55
persons at a luncheon Friday
that at least $10,000 or $12,000
would be required annually
to operate the agency.
The principal expense, she
said would be the salary of a
properly qualified profession
al counselor. This, she explain
ed, could be anywhere from
$6,000 to $8,000.
Other expenses Miss Walker
listed include office facilities,
office help and conusltation
SATELLITE VEHICLE - This 78-foot-tall rocket was used
to carry the Discovered I satellite up toward its north-south
orbit over the polar regions. The missile, shown standing on
its launching pad at Vandenburg Air Force Base, Calif., is
composed of a first-stage Thor IRBM and a Lockheed-designed
second stage housing the Discovered.
Neuberger Says
U.S. Won't Enter
Draft Head Dispute
Washington (UPD Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
said yesterday he. has. been
informed that the selective
service system does not in
tend to enter the controversy
over the appointment of a
new service director in Ore
gon.
Neuberger said the selec
tive service here told him that
it is the policy of the system
"to approve any nomination
for state director made by a
governor."
The senator said he had re
ceived requests from Oregon
to determine whether Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, the nation
al director, has ratified Gov.
Mark Hatfield's appointment
of Sprague Carter of Pendle
ton as Oregon director. Neu
bereer said Carter's selection
by Hatfield has been "under
fire as politically motivated
by various draft-board mem
bers in Oregon."
Neuberger said he does not
plan to ask Hershey to inter
fere in the selection because
"I think Governor Hatfield
ought to assume the respon
sibility which was his."
fees for the necessary services
of a psychiatrist. She said that
from 10 to 40 per cent of the
agency's budget would be re
imbursed by those receiving
its assistance.
She said it is a tradition in
marriage counseling that those
able to pay for the help they
receive, do so. But no set fees
are exacted.
Primary Support
Mrs. Freida Burnside, rep
resenting the Family Service
of America, told he-luncheon
audience that united funds or
community chests have pro
vided primary support for ag
encies in other communities.
But, she explained, such
support is permissible only
after the agency has operated
on its own for one year and
proved its worth and stability.
For the first year the agency
must seek support elsewhere.
Mrs. Burnside mentioned local
foundations, legacies, endow
ments and individual contribu
tions from a fund-raising drive
as possible sources. She zid
any fund campaign should
avoid conflict with other com
munity drives.
OFTED
Air Engineers'
Visit Scheduled
Preparations for a full-scale
study of air conditions" in the
Medford area should begin
within the next two weeks, ac
cording to Ted Gerow, en
gineer with the state air pollu
tion authority.
Gerow, who lives in Grants
Pass, said yesterday he and
an engineer from Portland
are scheduled to bring air
sampling equipment to Med
ford "the first part of March."
The two engineers, under an
agreement made early in
January, are to provide the
equipment, and train a city
employee in its operation.
Under the joint city-state pro
gram, the city employee will
do the field work and the
state will analyze the samples
he collects. The study is ex
pected to take "about a year."
Its purpose is to determine
whether the Medford area has
a serious air pollution prob
lem. Token sampling last fall
disclosed the presence of
"nuisance conditions," on the
basis of which the state au
thority recommended a full
study.
She also urged integration
of the agency with other social
services in the community, for
maximum mutual benefit.
A pilot project in marriage
counseling has been under
way here since last Septem
ber. Ten voluntary counselors
met Thursday night. They
agreed that in nearly every
instance those who came to
them received a better under
standing of themselves and
their relationships as a result
of the counseling.
22 Couples Helped
Tom Goff reported at Fri
day's luncheon that 22 couples
have received counseling. He
said that a total of 102 inter
views lasting about an hour
and a half each have been
held, with some couples hav
ing as many as 12 interviews.
He said the counselors held
16 weekly staff meetings.
They were assisted by Dr.
Harry Davidson, Medford psy
chritist. Interviews with some of
these couples are still being
held, it is understood, al
though no new cases have
been accepted since Feb. 1.
Officials Report
Satellite's Voice
Remaining Silent
Moon's Orbit Entry
Not Confirmed as Yet
Vandenberg Air Force
Base, Calif. -flJPD- The U. S.
launched the first Discoverer
Satellite yesterday but the
voice of the artificial moon
remained silent and the Air
Force could not confirm the
1300-pound artificial moon
had been put in Polar orbit.
There was no trace of the
satellite by 10:30 p.m. (PST)
and none of the various track
ing stations had picked up any
signal. There was no visual
observations reported.
Officials refuspH in K ;.
u wW
heartened. They still held
nope that sometime during
the. night a tracking station
would pick up the first radio
signal from the blunted-oen-cil
shaped artificial moon-
Sluggish at First
It was lofted from iin -naA
on the Sandy Beach range
some 160 miles north wt
Los Angeles at 1:49 p.m. PST.
was slow, almost sluggish,
at first. Then, given a boost
by the first stage Thor mis
sile, it shot almost straight
up oeiore arcning into a hori
zontal, southerly flight.
In less than four minutes
it was out of sight. Only a
wide, yellowish white vapor
trail was left in its wake as it
disappeared high in the skies
in the general direction of Los
Angeles.
At 1:54 p.m., right on sched
ule, the second stage-the 18.8
foot long satellite-was nit
loose from its booster. The
tracking station at nearby
Point Mugu Naval Station
picked up its signal for six
minutes.
Then Silence
The downranse tracking
ship, some 950 miles at spa
south ' of here, received the
signal briefly. Then silence.
There was no signal when it
was scheduled for its first
pass over Alaska. None,
either, nearly two hours later
at 5 p.m. PST when it should
have zoomed over Hawaii.
But diehard launch offic
ials were hopeful. Adm. John
E. Clark, deputy director of
the Advance Research Pro
jects agency which worked
with the Air Force on today's
test, told a press briefing that
"we have not confirmed the
orbit."
Then he qualified his state
ment. "I would like to think
it was in orbit," he said. He
pointed out that all conditions
were peifect for orbit. "If we
didn't make it, it was very,
very close."
Pressed for an explanation
of the silent radio, Adm. Clark
noted the Discoverer's radio
antennas were located in its
nose cone. At a certain height
a covering was to have been
jettisoned and the antennas
ejected. He theorized that the
covering failed to jettison.
Lithia Lumber Co.
Ruled in Violation
Portland-(UPD-James R. Hem
ingway, trial examiner of the
National Labor Relatioas
board, ruled yesterday that.
Lithia Lumber company, Ash
land, violated the Taft-Hartley
law by refusing to bargain
with a local of the AFL-CIO
Woodworkers of America.
Hemingway recommended
to the board that it order the
company, upon request of the
union, to bargain with the
woodworkers union.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable high
cloudiness today. Lowering
cloudiness tonight. Mostly
cloudy Monday. High today
64. Low tonight 38. High Mon
day 58.
TEMP.
Highest Saturday 67
Lowest Saturday 33
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:00 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:47 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 1:39 a.m.
Last Quarter tonight 6:51 p.m.
WUPITER, the largest planet,
will remain nearly stationary
among the stars for the next 5
weeks and GRAFFIAS in the
constellation, Scorpio, is the
tecond magnitude star seen quite
near Jupiter during this period.