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Newspaper Page TextEastro innation- ipt Told Mi Poimomo flmsuir.geinifts Mome 8ibert Aitdos os Leader Rebels Seized Shortly After Coastal Landing Council Meeting Held in Washington Panama City-(UPD-Captured members of a rebel invasion force that landed Friday on Panama's Atlantic coast iden tified Roberto E. Arias as the leader and financial backer of the Panamanian insurgents. Three of the rebels were seized by a national guards man Sunday morning, about 36 hours after they landed near the village of Santa Isabel on the San Bias Penin sula. 36 in Fore They said they had left Ba tabano, Cuba, on April 19. There were 36 members of the invading force, including one woman, they" said, but three of the rebels drowned when their small dinghy over turned while landing. The rest were reported marching westward along the coast toward Colon, at the border of the U.S. Panama ' Canal Zone. A communique issued by President Ernest de la Guar dia Jr. and his cabinet said the latest information indicat ed there were about 80 men and one woman in the invad ing group and that all but one were Cubans. Emergency Meeting In Washington, a special commission of the Council of the Organization of American States called an emergency meeting today to consider the Panamanian invasion. Two of the captured men, - Gilberto Bertancourt, a 25-year-old Cuban who caljed himself a "100 per cent Fidel isto," and Guillermo A. Gon zalez, 32, a Panamanian, were interviewed by the press in national guard headquarters here late Sunday night. Gonzalez said that "as far , as I know, Roberto Arias fi nanced the revolution." Arias, "former Panamanian ambassador to Britain and husband of British ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn, is a political refugee in the Brazil ian Embassy here. Gonzalez said Arias person- i ally gave him $4,000 to deliver to rebel contacts in Havana. Neuberger Shocked By Seashore Stand Washington - (UPD - Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) says he is "shocked and dis mayed" by opposition of the Lane County Chamber o f Commerce to creation of a national seashore park in the Florence area along the Ore gon coast. , . Neuberger, in a wire t o Lane county Chamber Presi dent James Neilson, said that in other parts of the nation many Chambers of Commerce were urging creation of na tional parks in their areas. Neuberger is author of a bill to establish the park. He said the National Park Service had cited the Oregon seacost dunes and the Sea Lion caves as one of only four areas along the entire Pacific shoreline worthy of national stature and recognition. "I regretfully regard your position as a blow to prog ress and to one of the greatest encouragements to tourist travel in western Lane county which could occur," Neuber ger said. Endurance Fliers Plan Another Try Klamath Falls-(UPD-The Can cer Society's light plane that was forced to land here Thurs day evening and break off a try at the world's record en durance flight, will resume the trip Wednesday morning, according to pilot Lew Beck er, Seattle. The plane, named "ACS Crusader," took off from Se attle over two weeks ago on the record breaking attempt and was forced to land after 11 and -one-half days when a fuel pump broke. Becker said today repairs are expected to be completed, 54th Year Medford 18 Pages Camp White Man Found in Creek Sunday Morning, Police Believe Man Dead for Two Weeks State police Sunday identi fied a body found in Little Butte creek as that of Jack Dewey Davis, 61, of Camp White domiciliary. The body was found yester day in the creek along Crater Lake highway near Eagle Point junction, and was taken to Conger - Morris Funeral home in Medford, pending notification of relatives. Davis, whose home address is listed as Reno, Nev., is reported to have a sister, Mrs. Henry Fikan, in Atwood, Kan., state police said. The body was identified by laundry marks and by a mem ber of Camp White domicil iary. Dead Two Weeks Officers said that condition of the body indicated that the man had been dead at least two weeks. There was noth ing visible which would indi cate foul play but cause of death could not be determined immediately because of the condition of the body, police said. Mary Evelyn Wolford, 349 West Valley View rd., Ash land, who was driving by, noticed what appeared to be a body in -the creek between 9:15 and 9:30 a.m. She spoke of it to Henry Nahss, 185 Schultz rd., Central Point, who was visiting in the vicin ity. In the meantime the body floated downstream about 150 yards and lodged on rocks. Nahss investigated and noti fied police. Mrs. Luce Said To Be 'Unqualified' Washington (UPD Sen. Wayne L. Morse, (D-Ore.), charged today that the nom ination of Mrs. Claire Boothe Luce as ambassador to Bra zil was "solely political" and said she was "unqualified" for the post. In a blistering attack on Mrs. Luce, a former play wright, actress and congress woman, Morse told the Sen ate that the nomination was "one more example of the Eis e n h o w e r administration's practice of paying off politi cal hacks with ambassadorial appointments." Morse, who cast the only opposing vote when Mrs. Luce was approved 16-1 by the Sen ate Foreign Relations com mittee, also attacked the in fluence of Time magazine in President Eisenhower's ad ministration. Mrs. Luce's hus band, Henry R. Luce, heads the Time-Life-Fortune organ ization. Bandon Woman, 65, Dies in House Fire Bandon- (UPD -Mrs. Gertrude Danielson, 65, died in an early morning blaze today that de stroyed her home about six miles east of here off high way 101. Efforts to get her out of the house failed when her husband was driven back by flames and smoke. He suf fered shock and was hospital ized at Coquille. Wednesday tonight and Tuesday morning the plane will fly to Medford for an engine check. Wednes day morning, barring other in cidents, Becker and co-pilot Gene Tanner, will take off for Reno on the first leg of a new try. FAA officials in Medford reported this morning that they plan to check the plane in Klamath Falls. It had been previously reported that the pilots would fly the plane to Medford for a flight check and a new license. . . MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1959 Glenn Jackson Named To State Highway Post Gov. Mark Hatfield today announced the appointment of Glenn L. Jackson, Med ford, to the state highway commission. Jackson, a vice president and director of the California Oregon Power company, suc ceeds Robert E. Chessman, Astoria publisher, who re signed from the commission last week. The appointment is for the rest of Chessman's term, which expires March 31, 1960. Other members are M. K. Mclver, Portland, and Ken neth N. Fridley, Wasco. In accepting the appoint ment, Jackson said he would resign from two other -state jobs he now holds, as member of the state planning and de velopment department's advi sory commission, and of the state parks advisory commit tee. Jackson has a long record of civic activity on both a state and local level. He served several terms as presi dent of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce a few years ago, and is now a mem ber of the chamber's highway committee. " The governor's office point ed out that Jackson's record includes a wide variety of experience, particularly fit ting him to serve on the com- Search for British Plane Moves Nearer To Russian Border Nicosia, Cyprus -(UPD- The search for a missing British transport plane, carrying sec ret rocket equipment, moved closed today to the Soviet bor der area where an unarmed U. S. transport was shot down in September. Planes from the United States, Britain, Turkey and Iran swept thousands of square miles of desolate Turk ish and Iranian mountains seeking some trace of the mis sing plane and its 12 crew men. Belief was growing that the plane had been forced down in Soviet Armenia, but this theory c6uld not be confirm- Truman Article Due on Tuesday Appointment of Christian A. Herter as Secretary of State has resulted in questions which touch on the entire fu ture of the free world. Can we expect changes in U. S. foreign policy? What about a summit meeting? What should our stand be on such questions as asking Pre mier Khrushchev to the U. S. What about the neutral ism of India's Nehru in light of the Tibet revolt? These and other major pol icy' matters are treated in a wide-ranging, provocative art icle by former President Har ry S. Truman, which will ap pear in the Mail Tribune Tues day. Hatfield Reiterates Stand on Sales Tax Portland -(UPD- Gov. Mark Hatfield today reiterated his stand against a sales tax. He told the annual convention of the Western Council of Lum ber and Sawmill Workers that such a tax is "regressive rath er than progressive." Salem (UPD The Oregon House has passed and sent to the governor a bill allowing private individuals to sue any state agency for breach of contract. Tribune GLENN L. JACKSON To Succeed Chessman (Landis Photo) mission, which is responsible for the development of Ore gon's highway system. In ad dition to his experience on the development and parks groups, he is a member of the advisory board for the, bureau of land management's Med ford district, is a vice presi dent and director of Pierce Freight Lines,.and a director of Standard Insurance com pany and the U.S. National Bank of Portland. ed. A British air force spokes man admitted the possibility, but would not comment on it. Knowledge Disclaimed In London, the Foreign Of fice said Russia has disclaim ed knowledge of the plane, as it did in the case of the U. S. transport until some time after it had disappeared. The Foreign Office advised relatives of the 12 missing men there is only a "very slim" 'chance that any of them survived the plane's disap pearance. While the search was in progress, Iran protested to Moscow that Soviet jets have trespassed on Iranian air over Guilan and Azerbaijan prov inces in a number of instances during the past 45 days. The protest cited instrusions by six Soviet jets. Position Radioed The missing British planes a four-engine Tudor charter ed by the government and headed for the British rocket range at Woomera in Austra lia, left Ankara Thursday on its way to the Persian Gulf island of Bahrein. Its route lay over Turkey and Iran, passing close to the Soviet border. The plane radioed a rou tine position report when it passed over the Turkish town of Mus, about 100 miles from the Russian frontier. It has not been heard from since. The U. S. plane that was shot down over Soviet Armen ia last year carried 17 men. At least six were killed-the Russians have returned their bodies-but the other 11 are officially missing. The Russians have denied any knowledge of their whereabouts. Firefighting Easement At 077 Passes House Salem - (UPD - Legislation to allow the Board of Education to grant easements for fire fighting equipment across the grounds of Oregon Technical Institute at Klamath Falls passed the House today and went to the governor. -Easements ior transmission lines also would be allowed.- Price 10 Cents No. 32 FBI, Troopers Press Search for Mississippi Negro Clothing Ruled Out As Possible Clue Poplarville, Miss. (UPD FBI agents and state troopers worked around the clock to day, trying to find a young Negro who was dragged screaming from a jail cell by a hooded lynch mob. The Negro, M. C. Parker, 23, was to have gone on trial today on charges of raping a young white mother. He was beaten and abducted early Saturday. Clothing Ruled Cut No leads were reported in the case, although bloody and dirty clothing found in woods 25 miles from Hattiesburg, Miss., Saturday was chemic ally tested by the FBI. The clothing was ruled out as Par ker's by the FBI, according to Hattiesburg Patrolman Lu ther L. Robinson, acting night police chief. Some officers believed that Parker would never be found, dead or alive. FBI Seeks Mob Gov. J. P. Coleman, how ever, instructed the Mississip pi Highway Patrol to continue to search through the swamps and pine forests of southern Mississippi "as long as there is any area left to explore." The FBI indicated similar de termination. Also sought by about 40 FBI agents and an equal num ber of state highway patrol men was the mob that kid naped the Negro. The well-organized mob broke into the unguarded Pearl River county jail be fore dawri Saturday. The 9 or 10 men who entered the jail beat Parker with gun butts and clubs in his jail cell. They dragged him screaming to a waiting get away car. 'The Right One Parker was charged with raping a 23-year-old white wo man as her four-year-old daughter looked on. The wo men's only comment to news men who called at her home at Petal, Miss., was: "They got the right one." Senate Fireworks Seen on Tax Bill Salem -(UPD When the Ore gon Senate convenes here on Tuesday it will have before it the complete tax package proposed by the House. All three bills of the package passed the House Saturday. . Fireworks were expected in the Senate which has vow ed to take a "hard look" at the program. The key bill (HB 670) was the last to be passed with only two representatives com menting on it - Rep. Clarence Barton (D-Coquille), chairman of the House Tax committee, who favored the bill and Rep. Douglas Heider (R-Salem) also a tax committee member, who opposed it. Vote on the major income tax measure was 37-23. School Principal Dies in VA Hospital Vincent P. Be vis, 711 Wa verly ave., Medford, principal of Hedrick Junior High school since it was established, died last night in the Veterans Ad ministration hospital in Port land, it was reported here to day. He had been ill for some months, and entered the Port land hospital early this year. Mr. Bevis came to Medford in 1948 from Pocatello, Ida., as principal of Lincoln school, a position he held until the completion of the new junior high school in 1955. Survivors include his wife and three children. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Chapel 1 Mortuary. lker Herter Disappointed by Khrushchev Balk Soviet Boss Rejects Proposed Program Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower and Secre tary of State Christian A. Herter expressed disappoint ment today that Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev has balked at going along with the U.S. first-step proposal for limiting nuclear tests. Eisenhower and Herter dis cussed the rejection over the week end and conferred again this morning on Khrushchev's refusal to accept the program proposed by Eisenhower in a letter of April 13. The Soviet leader turned down the pro posal in a letter received Sat urday. Leaves for Paris Herter leaves later today for the western foreign min isters' conference opening in Paris Wednesday. Because of the firm Soviet refusal to relinquish the right of vetoing an inspection sys tem in an international ban on nuclear testing, Eisenhow er proposed in his April 13 letter that a step - at - a - time plan be put into effect. As a first step, Eisenhower suggested a ban on easily de tected atmospheric explosions up to an altitude of 30 miles. Khrushchev turned down the Eisenhower proposal and said he wanted a complete test ban instead. Three Basic Points White House Press Secre tary James C. Hagerty issued the expression of disappoint ment while the President and Herter were conferring at the White House. Eisenhower and his new secretary of state made these three basic points: -They were disappointed by Khrushchev's response. -Contrary to the impres sion the Soviet leader tried to create, the U.S. also wants a complete test ban and has been trying to get such an agreement for five months from the four power test sus pension conferences in Ge neva. -Khrushchev's reply did not address itself to a key point-the veto power on which the Russians have insisted. City Wafer Official Back from Meet Robert L. Lee, Medford water superintendent, . was back at his desk today after attending a conference of the Pacific Northwest section of the American Water Works association last week at Van couver, B. C. Lee, a member of the pro gram committee, moderated a panel session on what he called "tricks of the trade." These, he said, include install ing service connections under paved streets with hydraulic power, use of photographic records, development of tools' efficiency and transmitting records by closed-circuit tele vision. Lee is also Oregon chair man of three other commit tees water works advance ment, legislative, and short course and certification. Some 400 water officials from Oregon, Washington, western Idaho, British Colum bia and Alaska attended the annual conclave, which began Wednesday and lasted through Friday. John L. Geren, man ager of the Salem water de partment, was elected chair man of the Pacific Northwest section for the next' year. Oregon Caravan Eyes Nebraska St. Mary's Kan.-(UPD - Ore gon's Centennial wagon train hopes" to cross from Kansas into Nebraska late this week. The modern pioneers left here today after a week end stop. "We've got sore arms from waving at the folks that line the highways," said Wagon master Tex Serpa, of Ash land, Ore. "We've been sur rounded by people since we started last week." Despite weather conditions which have ranged from ex treme cold to very warm, Serpa said the members of the train were in good spirits. The 10 mules and 12 horses were described as in good con dition. "They're getting tough er every day," Serpa said. Portland-(UPD -Chains were required for travel to Tim berline Lodge today with six inches of new snow reported. "You Know, I Don't Think The U.N. Ever Replied To Our Ultimatum Last Year" Talent Irrigation District Starts Use Of Storage Water Talent irrigation district started using storage water this morning at 8 o'clock, ac cording to Walter H. Hoff buhr, manager. He said that the quota set for this season is 18 inches an acre, the same as last year. The use of storage water in April is approximately one month earlier than normal, Hoffbuhr said. June 1 is when storage water is usually first used. The manager estimated that stream inflow this year has been approximately half of normal. Carry Over High The three reservoirs in the district have normal amounts of water due to a large carry over, Hoffbuhr explained. School Budget Group to Meet Medford school budget com mittee will meet Tuesday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the school administration build ing. On the agenda will be the 1959-60 proposed budget for the consolidated district. Frank Bash, chairman of the school board, reported that the school budgets as prepared by the five districts which consolidated with the Medford recently will be stud ied in preparation for com bining operations of the new district. He reported that when the budget committee has com pleted their work, members of the Medford board and school officials will meet with school board members of con solidated districts prior to the budget hearing and election. The board plans to meet at the school houses of each of the consolidating districts, Bash said. The purpose of the meeting to present and explain the budget and consider recom mendations by the respective boards. Also to be considered at the Tuesday evening meeting will be the opening of bids for the music and classroom addition to the Medford High school. Buffaloburgers Due at Centennial Portland-flJPD-Visitors to the Oregon Centennial Exposition will be able to eat buffalo burgers if they want them. Twenty-two head of the big animals arrived today from Montana. They'll be fattened near here before being slaugh tered for consumption during the Centennial Exposition. Seattle, Wash. - (UPD - The first of three jet transports ordered by the Air Force for rapid transportation of U. S. government executives and military staff members will be delivered this month. WEATHER Forecast Considerable cloudi ness and chance of a few light showers tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 40. High Tuesday 68. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 60 Lowest This Morning 46 PREC. To 10 a.m. Today Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:06 p.ra. Sunrise tomorrow 5:12 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 12:10 a.m. Last Quarter April 29 Mercury, the smallest planet, is now a litUe over 80 million miles from the Earth. It may be seen low In the east just be fore sunrise for the next few mornings. Acre feet per reservoir are, for Emigrant, 7,000; Hiatt, 14,610; and Howard Prairie, approximately 10,000. With the current amount of stored water about normal and the season starting a month early, there is a possi bility that a shortage may occur near the end of the" sea son, the manager stated. Hoffbuhr added that be cause of work on the new dam next year Emigrant reservoir will not be used for storage. He explained that due to the limited capacity of the de livery canal at Howard Jfrairie, a large demand will be made on Hiatt reservoir during peak season. The man ager said that due to these factors,, the district this year will try to carry qver as much water as possible. Other Districts Neither Medford nor Rogue River Valley irrigation dis tricts have had to start using storage water, district officials reported today. A meeting of tne board of directors of the two districts is scheduled this afternoon. Week end rains have eased the irrigation situation espe cially for the open pastures, Jack Hoffbuhr, manager of the Medford district reported. The Medford office of the U.S. weather bureau reported .36 of an inch of rain over the week end, also the month's total. County Budget Sets Court Salaries Equal The $6,072 salary allocated the county judge under the proposed county budget mere ly places the county judge's salary on par with the two county commissioners, County Judge Earl Miller said today. During county budget meet ings last year the salary of Rodney Keating, then county judge, was raised 10 per cent with the salaries of the two commissioners. The county judge's salary then was al ready higher than the com-' missioners. It was agreed during budget time last year that the county judge's salary would be made equal to the salaries of the two commis sioners in the next fiscal year's budget since a county judge's position during later years has been equivalent to. that of a county commission er. The salary under the pro posed budget is $6,072 com pared to the present salary of $6,204. Legislation May Eliminate State Bounty County Judge Earl Miller said this morning he plans to inquire about a bill now be fore the state legislature which he understands would eliminate funds for bounties on predatory animals. Miller said he would call State Sen. Edwin R. Durno to inquire into the status and na ture of the bill. Eight Jackson county cat tlemen appeared before the county court this morning ob jecting to possible removal of the bounty. They said they understood it would be re moved in two months. A gov ernment hunter would be in stalled in this area instead to Cuban Premier Heads for Texas Following Report Killers Said on Way From New York Montreal -fUPD Cuban Pre mier Fidel Castro left by plane today only a few min utes after police received a message from authorities in New York saying that two men were on their way here to assassinate him. The bearded Prime Minister came here Sunday for a 24 hour visit. His Cubana Air lines plane headed for Hous ton, Tex. ' Castro was whisked aboard the plane a few minutes after Royal Canadian Mounted and Quebec Provincial Police were informed that two known sus pects were en route here from New York apparently bent on an assassination attempt. Message From FBI Police said the message came from FBI headquarters in New York and was relayed to them by radio as Castro's 27-car convoy headed from downtown Montreal to Dorval airport. When the message was re ceived, the convoy made a brief halt to allow one of Castro's personal security guards, who knew the sus pects, to transfer to the Prime Minister's auto. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector D. E. McLar en said the report was one of many that had come to law enforcement agencies here during Castro's brief stay. Very Discreet' "This is routine," he said, "and I don't want to go into details about it. We're very discreet about these matters." Very few persons were at the airport to see the Cuban rebel hero depart. He was greeted by large crowds on his arrival Sunday. Castro was scheduled to ar rive at Houston this afternoon for a brief stopover before heading for Buenos Aires where he will head the Cuban delegation at a conference of American states. He was scheduled to spend the night in Trinidad. . Livestock Theft Brings Sentence Two men appeared before Circuit Judge James M. Main this morning on charges of livestock theft. Ralph Eugene Murphy, 22, of 5369 Table Rock rd. re ceived a three-year suspended sentence. Ralph Bruce Keys, 18, of Central Point, received a three-year sentence to the Oregon state penitentiary. The two men were charged with stealing a short horn heifer calf from Peter M. Bateman's ranch, five miles north of Medford on Tabl Rock rd., on Dec. 27, 1958. In signed statements the two men admitted to hitting the calf in the head with a double-bladed ax on the Bate man property then carting it away in a truck. Both men were bound over to the grand jury Jan. 2, 1959, pleaded guilty to district at torney's information on Feb. Z3,.1959 and pre-sentence in vestigations were ordered. California Assembly Votes Horse Race Tax Sacramento-UPD-The Assem bly today passed. 44-32 a bill boosting horse racing taxes by about $20 million a year. The action came shortly after a bill increasing inheritance taxes was approved. . i Tokyo - (UPD - Tough, cold Liu Shao-chi, Red China's No. 2 Communist, has been chosen to succeed Mao Tse-tung as head of the Peiping govern- Payments operate under the state game commission, it is understood. The cattlemen said they have a good government hunt er now but he has too large a territory to cover. The boun ty should be increased instead of removed, they added. Coy otes, in particular, have been doing lots of damage, they said. County Clerk Marvin Mad den, when questioned by the county court, said the county pays part of the bounty mon ey paid. The county has an allocation of $4,500 in the proposed budget for this item which is the same amount as the current year, the county court said.