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Highlights of Eisenhower's Addre ss Washington -UPD- Highlights of President Eisenhower's television-radio address Mon day night on the Berlin crisis, defense, and mutual security: We have no intention of f or . gefting our rights or of desert ing a free people Soviet rulers should remember that free men have, before this, died . for so-called "scraps of paper" which represented duty and honor and freedom. The shirking of our respon sibilities would solve no prob lems for us. It would mean the end of all hopes for a Ger many under government of German choosing. Certainly, the American and Western peoples do not want war. Global conflict under modern conditions could mean the destruction of civilization. The Soviet rulers, themselves, are well aware of this fact. But all history has taught us the grim lesson that no nation has ever been successful in avoiding the terrors of war by refusing to defend its rights by attempting to placate ag gression Whatever risk of armed conflict may be inherent in the present Berlin situation, it was deliberately created by the Soviet rulers . . . Our final choice is negotia tion, even while we continue to provide for our security against every threat. We are seeking meaningful negotia tion at this moment. The Unit ed States and its allies stand ready to talk with Soviet rep resentatives at any time and under any circumstances which offer prospects of worthwhile results . . . The Soviet note of March 2nd appears to be a move to ward negotiation on an im proved basis. We would never negotiate under a dictated time limit or agenda, or on Mrs. Duncan Found Guilty of Murder In Hiring Killers Ventura, Calif. -CPD- Eliza beth Duncan, still maintain ing her innocence, today fac ed possible death or life in prison for hiring two killers to murder her son's pregnant wife. Eight women and four men convicted the . 54-year-old de fendant of first degree mur der Monday in the "for hire" slaying of her' daughter-in- law, Olga, after deliberating 4 hours and 54 minutes. The same jurors return to court today to decide on the penalty Mrs. Duncan must pay. It could be death in the gas chamber or life imprison ment. A third hearing, man datory under California law, will establish her sanity or insanity. . Outward Calm Mrs. Duncan, whose , outbursts of "liar" and "that'i a lie," repeatedly disrupted . her 20-day trial accepted the jury's verdict with outward calm. But she broke into tears in a jail meeting wtih her 30-year-old son, Frank, and her defense attorney S. Ward Sul livan, sobbing: I "I don't see how the jury I rnnlH rln this tr me T Hirln't do it." She had been told by Sul livan and her attorney-son to brace herself against an out burst in court. Duncan sat be hind his mother and main tained his composure after the reading of the verdict. Later, he appeared pale and shaken. At first, he refus ed to comment on the verdict but then said, "I suspected it was coming but you can't prepare for it. It's like death." Believed Her Guilty Asked to comment on the case, District Attorney Roy Gustafson, who prosecuted the matron with cool deliber- ateness, said, "I - wouldn't have prosecuted her if I did n't think she was guilty." Despite the confession of Luis Moya, 22, and Augus tine Baldonado, 25, implicat ing Mrs. Duncan, the graying defendant who under cross examination admitted being married at least 11 times and having six or seven children hoped she would be found innocent. other unreasonable terms. We are, with our allies, however, in view of the changed tone Soviet note, concerting a reply to that note. It is my hope that thereby all of us can reach agreement with the Soviets on an early meeting of the level of foreign ministers. Desilu Playhouse Show Described as Cookpot Of Shopworn Situations William Ewald By WILLIAM EWALD New York -EPD- There is something about the Irish Re publican Army and the time of "the trou bles" that bring out the worst in TV playwrights. Monday night, CBS- TV's Desilu Playhouse un boxed an IRA number, "The Innocent As- sasin," that was earnest and boasted a cast of sporadic competence, but despite this, it was a tedious affair, blem ished by a paralyzing overlay of cliches. Shopworn Situations James Comorthoon and Irv ing Cooper dropped a script in the lap of Piper Laurie, James MacArthur and a queue of Irish players -that was really nothing more than an old cookpot of shopworn situations and hand-me-down dialog. There was: The cowardly traitor who had to be killed, the young men of conscience assigned to bring the traitor in, the brag gart friend of the young man who fails in the clutch, the young girlfriend - "the pret tiest in the county Dublin" -who suffers and waits, and the mother of two captured rebels who keens wildly when her boys are hung "me lovely, Peter. Me lovely, John," she wails, and adds of the British, "May a mither's curse destroy 'em." Some of the lines were of incredibly hackeyed quality: "You know, Paddy, life is a quare thing ..." Killed for Love And: "Ah, sure, you put the heart crossways in a man." And: "Some men kill for hate. Some for gain. You kill ed for love." And: Father to daughter af ter slugging her "I never raised my hand to you in my life. I'm your father, but, Eileen, you shouldn't talk to me like that." Swamped in this formular ized colcannon, Piper Laurie, an actress of shiny nose and shiny manner, toiled effec tively. So did Sean McClory, who played her dad, or as they put it last night - her da'. Eisenhower Gels Strong Support For Firm Stand Washington -41TD- Presi dent Eisenhower got strong bipartisan support in Con gress today for his firm stand in Berlin but Democrats took issue with him on the nation's defense needs. Members of both parties said they welcomed the Presi dent's statement in his radio TV address Monday night that he would be willing to attend a summer summit con ference if developments just ify it. Mansfield Impressed Senate Democratic Whip Mike Mansfield (wyo.), a member of the Senate For eign Relations committee, said he was "very much im pressed with the emphasis and clarity with which the President expressed his views on the Berlin situation." "I think the President took a long step forward in indi cating to Mr. Khrushchev his desire to negotiate on an hon orable basis and to consider the possibility of a ' summit meeting this summer based on possible results achieved in the forthcoming confer ence on foreign ministers. But he made it very plain the United States doesn't want a summit conference for press propaganda purposes." Regarding the President's assessment of U.S. . military preparedness, Mansfield said there "is room" for honest dif ferences of opinion." Senator Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen (111.), praised Eisenhower for ex pressing readiness to "nego tiate with the Russians on reasonable terms." Reminded that the Presi dent previously has said he did not think much good would come from a summit meeting, Dirksen said Eisen hower's revised position evi dently was based on "new de velopments" in the diploma tic exchange with Soviet Premire Nikita S. Khrush chev. Jacksonville to Be In Canoe Fete Eugene - Jacksonville has been chosen as one of the 10 cities in Oregon to be repre sented in the annual Univer sity of Oregon Canoe Fete. ,The theme of this year's Canoe Fete, which is sched uled May 15, will be "Oregon Trail Marks." In keeping with the Oregon Centennial cele bration, each float will fea ture a major event in history which occurred in the several cities that are to be repre sented. Cities, other than Jackson ville, which will be depicted in the Canoe Fete floats, will be Ft. Klamath, Oregon City, The Dalles, John Day and Canyon City, Pendleton, Port land, Gold Beach, Astoria and Salem. Student chairmen of the celebration are working with the chambers of commerce and junior chambers in each of the named cities in secur ing participation of local cit izens. ' The Fete is a featured part of the University's Junior Week, held each May on the campus. Also included in the Junior Week festivities is the Gas Company Seeks Increase in Rates Salem (CPD Northwest Na tural Gas Company is seeking an average 10 per cent rate in crease effective May 1 affect ing most of its customers in nine Oregon counties and Clark county in Washington, it was announced Monday. In filing the request with the Oregon Public Utility Commission here and with the Washington State Public Service Commission at Olym pia, W. A. Cook, vice presi dent of the firm, cited North west's "inability to hold the line against inflationary trends ..." Oregon counties affected would be Multnomah, Wash ington, Marion, Lane, Clacka mas, Polk, Benton, Linn and Wasco. Mother's Week end program. The latter program includes a Saturday' morning breakfast on May 16, followed by the business meeting of mothers of university students. (Mil RELIGIOUS Easter Cards The joyous spirit of Easter "rs besi expressed in the beautiful Easter Cards we now have on display Assuming developments that justify a summer meeting at the summit, t"he . United States would be ready to par ticipate in this further effort. If the United States, alone, had to carry the full burden of defending its interests from the Communist threat, we would have to draft a much larger portion of our manhood into the armed serv ices, spend many more bil lions of treasure, and put a more intense strain on all our resources and capabilities. We would become more and more like a garrison state. r Fortunately, we do not have to adopt such a desperate course. Nearly 50 nations have joined with us in a co operative effort fo protect freedom. Of late I and I am sure the American people have heard . or read conflicting claims about our'defenses. We have heard that our military posture has been sub ordinated to a balanced budg et, to the jeopardy of our na tional defense. We have heard that our de fenses are presently or they will be sometime in the future inadequate to meet recur rent Communist threats. We have heard that more manpower-in our forces than I have recommended is essen tial in the present circum stances, for phychological rea sons if for no other. My friends, such assertions as these are simply not true. They are without foundation Fellow Americans, of one thing I am sure: That we have the courage and capacity to meet the stern realities of the present and the future. We need only to understand the issues and to practice the self discipline that freedom de mands . . . Together with our allies we stand firm wherever the prob ing finger of an aggressor may point. Thus we lessen the risk of aggression: , Thus we shall with resolution and courage, struggle ever forward to the dream of a just and perman ent peace. God helping us, we shall stand always equal to the challenge. Hula Hoop Not New in Indonesia Jakarta UPB The hula hoop has just now come to Indone sia. But a Djakarta paper said its nothing new Indonesians have been hula-hooping for years. "Long before the hula hoop was introduced to this country from far away regions," the English language Indonesian Observer said editorially, . "a similar type of circle made out of rattan was used in physical education classes. . "For years schools of danc ing, like the 'art of movement' school, have adopted the hula hoop for slenderizing exer cises," the paper said. "Only the thing was not called a hula hoop. It was nameless, but very useful in physical education classes." MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, March 17, 1959 5 SEEK DIVORCE Hollywood - (UPD - Actress Joan Caulfield, 34, , and pro ducer Frank Ross planned to day to seek a divorce because their lives had become incom patible after nine years of marriage. 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