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iwo M aid Existing in Caribbean By MATT KENNY UPI Correspondent There is a cold war on in the Caribbean, too. There are two main, and distinct, areas of tension. One centers about the Do minican Republianc. Pitted against that nation's strong men, Generalissimo Rafael L. Trujillo, are his bitter politic al foes in Cuba and Venezula and, to a lesser extent, Puerto Rico, who hope to end his 29 year "era of Trujillo." The other involves Haiti, an overwhelmingly Negro nation and neighbor of the Dominican Republic on the island of His paniola. Political opponents of Presi dent Francois Duvalier, in power only 16 month', are working in Cuba, the United States, and secretly inside Hai ti itself to topple his govern ment, which they call "dic tatorial" a charge he denies. The Dominican Republic and Haiti themselves officially have good relations, having signed a non-intervention pact outlawing meddling in each other's affairs only last Dec. 22. Invasions Feared Both the Trujillo and Duv alier governments fear inva sion attempts and have warn ed that their respective enem ies are planning such a move. This correspondent, during a just completed tour of the area, found theVconsensus par ticularly concerned about the Dominican situation. There is apprehension in many quart ers, including the Dominican government, about a blow-up between Trujillo and Fidel Castro in Cuba and president Romulo Betancourt in Vene zuela. Duvalier recently charged that Haitian exiles in Cuba are plotting an armed attack with at least the tacit approval of the Cuban government. Exile leaders deny this. An invasion of Haiti by only eight men, five of whom were Americans, took place last summer and almost succeeded in over-throwing the govern ment. The opposition to Trujillo In Cuba and Venezuela is in tense. But responsible quart ers point out that the Trujillo regime is strong militarily. Unlike Haiti, the nation is in good economic condition. These two factors make at tempts at revolution difficult at best. Nevertheless, Dominican ex-1 lies have taken heart at the explusion of the Batista and Perez Jimenez dictatorships in Cuba and Venezuela respec tively. Enemies of Trujillo Both Castro in Cuba and Betancourt in Venezuela dis like Trujillo. Castro calls the 67-year-old Dominican ruler "The Shame of the Carib bean." Betancourt is probably Trujillo's oldest, diehard op ponent. If there is an invasion at tempt against Trujillo, it will require considerable planning, men, arms and money.- But many observers believe it could come before the end of the year. Much depends on internal developments in Cuba and Venezuela, whose new govern ments face serious economic and political problems of their TRY OUT & SEE ABOUT OODLES OF OOMPH ON A HATFUL OF GAS regular, low o j o , The Lark for miles and miles with peak performance, whether you drive , the spirited six or the super-responsive V-8. 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California Home of Nixon Played Part In Democrat Choice Washington OJPD Highly placed Democrats said Mon day the fact that Los Angeles is Vice President Richard M. Nixon's home territory was an important factor in the se lection of that city for the 1960 Democratic national con vention. It was an unspoken argu ment during the almost four hours of debate which preced ed a 71 to 35 national commit- Grange News Griffin Creek Griffin Creek Grange met Feb. 25. Preceding the meet ing Gerald Latham, Robert Boyer and Jack Eaton, repre senting the Jackson county planning commission, ex plained the purpose of the proposed subdivision ordi nance and its functions. Ques tions were asked by the audi ence following the talks. During the business meet ing a motion was made to submit approval of the pro posed ordinance to the plan ning commission board. The Grange accepted the offer from the Eagle Point Grange for trees and plans were made to plant them in the yard around the grange building. Lecturer Mrs. Clyde Stur gill and Home Economics club chairman, Mrs. Roy Le Vander, were escorted to the master's desk to receive awards for reports sent in during the past year. The agricultural committee will be in charge of the March 12 meeting. The Earl Crofts and Lewis Clarks were in charge of re freshments. Tranquilizers May Aid Hive Sufferers Chicago-(Science Service) People who suffer from chronic hives may find relief by taking tranquilizers. Pa tients suffering from hives that resulted from emotional conflicts and physical irri tants were given hydroxyzine hydrochloride by mouth. Among 50 patients, the tran quilizer relieved itching and hives in 32. The medication did not cause undue drowsi ness or impair mental alert ness, Dr. ben C. Eisenberg of the University of Southern California Medical School re ported to the American Med ical Association here. - cost economv eas! A mere snrinlclinc of if tat Tension Trujillo, who still runs the country although his brother Hector is president is taking no chances on being surprised. Reliable informants believe the Dominican army has been increased to 18,000 and pos sibly 20,000 by a reported call up of some 6,000 reserves. A special Marine Corps, model ed after that of the United States, has been developed. The Air Force and Navy are also guarding against attack. tee vote late Friday to put the convention in Los Angeles. But some of the Democrats made it clear later that they liked the idea of nominating their presidential candidate in the home town of Nixon, whom they regard as the prob able GOP nominee. Nixon's home state of Cali fornia was the setting for a spectacular Democratic vic tory in the 1958 elections Backers of the Los Angeles recommendation said the con vention should be taken west to recognize growing Demo cratic power in that region. Reject Two Others Supporters of Chicago and Philadelphia fought down to the final roll call. They con tended that Los Angeles would mean heavy travel ex penses for too many delegates and that the three-hour time lag behind the East Coast would cut down on the tele vision audience. The national committee re jected the Philadelphia bid by a vote of 68 to 37 and Chicago by voice vote. It then approv ed the site committee choice of Los Angeles by a vote of 71 to 35. The contest was another in direct challenge to the leader ship of party chairman Paul M. Butler, who supported the site committee. Only the south voted against him last Dec. 6 when the committee adopted a resolution praising his leadership and his militant stand on civil rights. Lawrence Opposes Site Most of the South opposed the Los Angeles selection on Friday but on that vote they were lined up with such pow erful northern Democrats as Gov. David L. Lawrence of Pennsylvania, J. M. Arvey of Illinois and Carmine DiSapio of New York. None of these three is counted among But ler's admirers. The Democrats will con vene July 11 in Los Angele's new convention hall and sports arena which seats 16, 700 persons. Los Angeles put up a cash bid of $350,000 for the con vention. But county extras, such as free headquarters space, the bid was estimated to be worth more than $750, 000 to the Democrats. The Republican National Committee has not yet picked the site for the GOP conven tion but is expected to choose between Chicago and Phila delphia within a month or so. BY STUDEBAKER Automatic Transmissions available on all models .! I III! ,,l , b I U I II H ? V ' WW 4 TESTIFYING at murder trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Dun can in Ventura, Calif., Luis Moya says he and pal killed Mrs. Olga Duncan in $6,000 "slay for pay" deal. Chain Stores Oppose Fair Price on Fags Salem-flJPD-Representatives of two grocery chains Mon day called a proposed fair trade law for cigarettes as price fixing. The House State and Fed eral Affairs Committee held a hearing on a measure which would prohibit sale of cigar ettes at "less than cost." Of ficials of Safeway Stores and Fred Meyer opposed the bill which was supported by to bacco distributors. There were about 65,000 automobiles manufactured in 1908. By 1940 that . number could be produced by U. S. plants in five days or less. We are angry as a LION and we have a right to roar! Let's face it . . . our buyers goofed and now we're left with a big overstock of dresses, blouses, suits, sweaters, skirts, jew elry, etc., that we must get rid of . . . we cant' eat 'em, we can't sell 'em at the already low prices ... so we are forced to offer them at practically GIVE-AWAY prices! Just take a look at these slashes prices . . .and don't get squashed in the rush down to PICK'S! Costume Jewelry $1.00 Value 2 100 Blouses Values $1147 to 4.95 U ea, Nylon Hosiery 60-15 1st qual. Q'lt 1.25 Value pr. 6 Wool Suifs Ouch! 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One Crucial Difference But there was one great difference between those trouble spots and Berlin. No soviet troops were committed at Quemoy or Lebanon. In East Germany, 300,000 Soviet troops stand ready to go into action if the Soviets consider East Germany's bor ders violated. The Soviets and East Ger mans have not spelled out in detail what they have in store for the West on May 27. On that date, the six-month deadline set by the Soviets for 77' $v97 MANY, MANY MORE for conversion of West Berlin into what they call a free, de militarized city expires. The Soviet plan calls for the withdrawal of Western al lied troops from West Berlin and transfer to East Germany of authority over Western al lide military traffic through the Soviet zone to West Ber lin. Western diplomats have been able to piece together from Eastern statments the plan's rough outline. They have reached these conclusions: The Soviets will not use force to attempt to get the U.S., British and French gar risons out of West Berlin. There will be no imme- Bill on Inmate Costs Returned Salem -4UPD- A bill advocat ing a new method for de termining costs for inmates in mental institutions was re turned to the Joint Ways and Means Committee Monday for further study. Rep. Clarence Barton (D Coquille) said there were sev eral other bills dealing with similar subjects in Ways and Means now and they all should be coordinated. Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eu-gene), co-chairman of Ways and Means, said there was a need for some uniform sys tem for determining costs for all inmates and patients in state institutions. LOOK AT THESE! 72 DR; Values to $19.95 $1197 a 1 & o SWEATERS All Fur Blends Many Styles and Wide Range of Colors Values to $14.95 $597 o SKIRT! Famous Make Wools Sizes 8 to 18 Values to $16.95 $197 o VALUES! BEGINS TOMORROW! ALL SALES FINAL! diate blockade of vital Ger man supply traffic to the city. Any interference with traffic at the beginning will be confined to Western allied traffic. But as time goes by the Communists will institute blockade measures against the German civilian supply traffic that keeps West Ber lin alive. ' It is thought that at the be ginning at least the East Ger mans might merely insist on the right to check Western allied travel documents as the Soviets already do. However, the Western allies do not recognize East Ger many and they have said they will not allow East Germans at border checkpoints to con trol Western allied traffic in any way. Such a stand could put the western powers in a position where they might appear to be blockading themselves. "Show us your papers and you can go through," East German guards might say on May 27. Could Push Through -,The Western allies then could either show their pap ers, or refuse to go through on such a basis and push through East German border controls instead. Some diplomats think it will be difficult to explain to the world why it would be considered necessary to break through barriers that would be raised if only papers were shown. Nevertheless, the whole Berlin problem appears to re volve around just this point. NO LAMB -NO LION! IT's JUST vwft i P J Take'em away $197 $697 F,",ey $497 S07 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, March 1, 1959 J L:-! - FACING variety of federal charges, Abner. Zwillman, onetime top gangster, hangs self in West Orange, N. Y. Eppley Sisters Gospel Quintette Wednesday, March 4, 7:45 p.m. First Baptist Church N. 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