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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1959
No. 103
54th Year
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Caitro's -'Reslgiiatldh
lmjgeiii by iabinet
Urrutia Replaced
As President by
Osvaldo Torrado
Ministers Make '
Public Appeal
Havana -(DPD- Fidel Castro's
revolutionary govenufienf cab
inet last . night rejected his
resignation as premier and
left him in supreme command
of Cuba after the first major
political . crisis of his regime.
Announcement of the re
jection came waiter cabinet
ministers pleaded with the
bearded Castro , to withdraw
the resignation he tendered
Friday in a move that jchased
President Manuel ' Urrutia
Llea out of office and into
seclusion behind armed
guards. v
In rejecting the resignation
the ministers made a public
appeal for Castro to continue
his official functions.
They addressed the- appeal
to "the indisputable leader of
the revolution," and asked
him to continue as the "chief
political leader" of the state.
Presides at Meeting
. The cabinet meeting was
presided over by Df. Osvajdo
Dorticos Torrado. who re
placed Urrutia as president. i:
, Urrutia resigned early Sat
urday while Castro was on
television accusing him of in
dulging in near treason for
needlessly attacking Commu
nism in the Cuban revolution
ary movement. He also
charged that . Urrutiat once, a
close friend of Castro's, bought
a big house too soon after the
government took power.,' -:
Another major complaint
was that Urrutia blocked
revolutionary legislation that
Castro wanted passed quickly.
(Dr. Osvaldo Dorticos Tor
rado, a longtime member of
Castro's 26 July movement
and a onetime exile with Cas
tro in Mexico,, . assumed the
presidency as a loyal"Fidel
ista." The country wa-quiet.r-No
disturbances were reported
Schedules Meetins
The cabinet scheduled '
meeting and it was believed
Castro's resignation. as prime
minister would : be 1 formally
withdrawn. '
: Government ministers vow
ed loyalty to Castro and de
nounced Urrutia. The press.
including the. Communist
newspaper Hoy, spread the
news of Castro's.: victory over
.Urrutia. ' '-, . . 1
" The bearded rebel v chief,
who ousted 'ex-dictator Ful-
gencio Batista Jan. 1, won the
battle ia a four-hour radio and
TV broadcast Friday night in
which he charged that Urru
tia had tried to "make a Pearl
Harbor" in Cuba. . '
Denies Communism -.
- He denied that he was a
Communist and he accused
Urrutia, a former judge, of de-
lavine the revolutionary re
forms Castro had proposed
Urrutia resigned in the
midst of the speech. On ad
vice of Raul Castro, Fidel's
brother and corrrmander-in-
chief of the armed forces,
Urrutia and rug iamily re
mained at the presidental pal
ace overnight." Thirty extra
soldiers were assigned to the
building.
Saturday morning, the Ur
rutia family drove off to his
brother-in-law's home.. Dor
tico moved into the palace
; Castro said he and Urrutia
began to split two months ago
when, the president bought a
private home. . -
Welfare to Watch
Policy for Aid
" Portland (DPD The State
Welfare commission Friday
announced a major tightening
policy in eligibility require
ments particularly, in ' $id to
dependent children!
The commission , said the
new policy would mean closer
checking on parental respon
sibility and on the individual's
financial and work resources.
Friday's action . came at a
regular meeting- of the com
mission here and followed
closely recommendations of
the. welfare department staff
as made in a study report, de
veloped after action of the
1959 legislature.
'Goodness, She's Practically Showing Her Limbs'
e i iiiihiiiiii m
Port lander Elected
Secretary to State
Carpenters
George Harm, business
agent for the Portland district
council of carpenters, was
elected executive secretary of
the Oregon Council of Car
penters Friday afternoon.
The three-day convention i
ended with the'conclusion of I
business" Saturday.
Harm won , the executive
post over a number of candi
dates, : ' including incumbent
Ivor T. Jones, Salem. It was
the only, contested office. ,
Robert C a 1 e y, .Roseburg,
was elected nrst vice presi
dent and Joseph O'Neal, Coos
Bay, second vice president.
Duncan Speaks . ' .
. Robert Duncan,' Medford at
torney and speaker 'of the Ore
gon House of Representatives,
spoke to The convention - Fri
day. -
He urged the council "to
spend some time helping" the
labor - management : interim
committee appointed !-by the
last legislature.
"The most pressing need,"
Duncan declared, "is to set up
an election procedure for
unions attempting to organize
a plant." , . .
He asked ?fbr 'a bonafide
election where employees can
express their desires, and
through which results would
No Car Shortage
Seen This Year
- Portland-(DPD-No freight car
shortage this year is a forecast
of the West Coast Lunrber-
man'sassociation.; .
Oregon shippers are, report
ed to have a surplus of cars
in mid-summer to carry their
loads. ' ' -
, K. C. Batchelder, traffic
manager of the Lumberman's
association was optimistic, but
at the same time, warned the
nation's railroads that have
been reportedly" retiring
freight ars faster than they
build them, that such a policy
is dangerpus. '
There 'has been a shortage
of wide door boxcars, Batch
elder said,- but generally
speaking, supplies of cars
have been ample.
707 Has Landi ng Gear
New York -(DPD- An Ameri
can Airlines transcontinental
jet airliner carrying 120 per
sons made a perfect landing
on Idlewild International air
port's runway 13 Saturday
after temporary failure of its
landing gear sent a fleet of
emergency crash equipment
to the. scene. . -
The fifth case of landing
gear trouble encountered by
a Boeing 707 jex ana tne sec
ond in eight days brought an
immediate demand by a con
gressman' for grounding all
the huge craft until , they
could b t thoroughly re-
Council
be binding on both manage
ment and labor for a specified
length of time.
Expresses Opposition
The legislator, a Democrat,
also expressed .extreme oppo
sition; t? the : movement to re
fer to the voters 'House Bill
670, the income tax bill passed
by the last session. He pointed
out that it raises $12,000,000
in ' additional -t revenue, , "a
goodly portion of which was
paid by the ' federal govern
ment and all of .- which was
necessary to pay for services
during the next bienniurri."
Duncan explained that if
the referral is successful, it
would suspend collections un
der the new tax, and if the
tax commission's estimates of
revenue production are accu
rate, "Oregon would be oper
ating in a deficit for the next
twp years."
Another Democrat, 1 Fred
Manash, executive secretary
of the AFL-CIO Portland
Building Trades council, prais
ed Gov. Mark Hatfield, who
was recently, under attack
from organized labor for .ve
toing a number of bills.
Criticise Hatfield
Manash declared that some
people in the labor field have
been criticizing Hatfield "just
because he is a Republican."
, He, conceded that Hatfield
"has done some things
wrong," but said "that young
fellow made a very good im
pression on me and I think we
of labor should go to him and
let him . know what .our pro
gram iS."
- Another speaker was Bert
Sleeman, international repre
sentative and member of the
Portland carpenters union,
who warned against splitting
the union into little closed
districts. . .
J. D. 1 McDonald, Oregon
AFL-CIO president, announc
ed that the union has begun a
new campaign 'aimed at get
ting every Pinion member reg
istered to vote. One person in
each local is being assigned
the job of making sure regis
tration is fully effective in his
organization. " .
One hundred delegates at
tended the convention.
checked.
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon is due to fly to Moscow
Wednesday on;-one of - the
three versions of the 707
bought by the Air Force for
use by President Eisenhower
and other key officials.
.The American airliner,
flight No." 2, flying' non-stop
from Los Angeles to New
York, touched down' at 6:03
p.m. EDT, only eight minutes
late, to the cheers of waiting
rescue teams and , newsmen.
All 10 wheels were in place.
"What's all the fuss about?"
Capt Byron Warner, of Loi
Western Allies
Agree to Plan
For Commission
Would Counter
.Russian Demands
Geneva - (DPI) - The Western
allies have agreed on a plan
for a big-four commission on
Germany to counter unaccept
able Russian demands for a
Berlin truce, authoritative
sources said last night. ,
The sources at the big four
foreign ministers conference
said the plan probably will be
presented to Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei A. Gromyko
Monday, after the week end
recess.
". Secretary of State Christian
A. Herter and the British and
French foreign ministers
agreed on their own plan aft
er rejecting a Russian propos
al for an alT-German commit
tee to discuss reunification ofj
Germany. - . .
May Pave Way
- The West held that the Rus
sian plan, giving East Ger
many e q u a 1 representation
with West Germany, might
pave the way for a- commu
nist grab of the entire coun
try. . ,
' Russia has made acceptance
of its proposal a condition of
a Berlin truce. ;
The Western ministers ap
proved their own plan : at a
private meeting Saturday
morning with West German
Foreign Minister Heinrich von
Brentano present.
Western Plan
The Western plan would
have the commission compos
ed of the United States, Bri
tain, France and Russia, with
the West and East Germans
sitting in only as advisors.
The Germans could sit as a
subcommittee but would haveJ
no final say on any decisions.
The commission would:
lead the way to reunification
of divided Germany;' increase
East and West German con
tacts through trade,, travel
and cultural relations; and
prepare an all-German peace
treaty.
Major Western differences
of opinion on how to organize
the commission were ironed
out, the sources said.
Klamath Man
Drowns at Hyatt
Walter Harvey Knapp, 33,
of 1145 East st., Klamath Falls,
drowned about 7 o'clock Sat
urday night while fishing on
Hyatt lake with his two sons,
according to state police.
State police, Sheriff Joe
Walsh and deputies were
searching the lake for - the
man's body Saturday night.
According to reports, Knapp
was fishing with his two boys,
one 11 years old . and? one 8
years old when he fell out of
the boat.- He could, not swim,
state police learned.
4 '
Queen Said Tired
From Traveling
Whitehorse, Yukon Terri
tory - (DPD - Queen Elizabeth's
physician issued a medical re
port last nVght saying the 33-year-old
royal traveler was
run. down physically by the
strain of her function-packed
trip across Canada.
Surgeon Capt. G.. D. D.
Steele-Perkins said in the
brief bulletin that the queen
was "tired but otherwise
well." He refused to elaborate.
There was no indication
whether the physician's report
meant that Elizabeth planned
to cut short her 45-day ,15,000
mile tour which is scheduled
to end Aug. 1.
Angeles, pilot of the $5,000,
000 airplane, radioed when he
was ordered to delay his land
ing a few minutes beyond the
scheduled arrival time of
5:55 pin. EDT.
Warner was reported by an
American Airlines spokesman
to be "mad as hell" for all
the stir his emergency caused.
He was said to have feared
another" "Roman holiday"
would develop on the ground
such as the mob scene that
hampered the emergency
landing last Saturday of a
Pan American World" Airways
Boeing 707 that had 'lost two
Ld
FT
Governor Hatfield
Orders Sections
Open to Permits
Federal Closure
Noted in Forest
. Several sections of the
Rogue River National f oresl
in southern Oregon and north
ern California have been clos
ed because of the fire danger,
the forest service announced
late Friday. v
The closuresf directed by
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield, are
effective immediately, forest
service personnel said.
Above-90 temperatures dur
ing the past 10 days, andtem-
peraxures 01 more xnaniuu
degrees in the -lower eleva
tions the past three days have
resulted in high fire danger
in the forests. Temperatures
are expected to remain warm
during the next few days.
The only federal closure in
the Rogue River National for
est is in the Elliott creek sec
tion of the Applegate district,
the forest service said. Elliott
creek extends east and west
just south of the California
state line in Rogue National
forest.
Areas Closed
Areas closed by Governor
Hatfield in the Rogue forest
include: . .
Applegate district - Baldy,
Kinney, Carberry and Yellow-
jacket ;areas;' Ashland Ash
land canyon area; Klamath
district Sevenmile, and
Threemile areas; Union Creek
district National,' Rabbit-
ears, B y b e e, Huckleberry,
Woodruff and Ginko areas.
The forest service said per
mits to enter closed areas may
be obtained from the Star
Ranger station in the Apple-
gate .district; Ashland ranger
station in the Ashland dis
trict; Sevenmile guard station,
Lake of the Woods ranger
station and the Klamath Falls
ranger station in the Klamath
district; and the Union Creek
ranger station in the Union
Creek district.
The closure will remain in
effect until Dec. 31, Governor
Hatfield said.
Prospect Youth
Falls Over Clitf
Paul Rogers, 17, of Prospect,
state forest department crew
member, was reported in crit
ical condition in Sacred Heart
hospital Saturday afternoon
following a 70-foot fall over a
cliff. . -
Rogers was a member of a
forest fire fighting crew which
was returning from fighting
a fire in. the Prospect dump.
He apparently stepped on
loose rock and fell backwards
for 30 feet, hit a ledge then
fell another 40 feet, according
to reports.
The youth was brought out
on a stretcher and taken to
Sacred Heart hospital by mem
bers of the state forestry de
partment. Rogers is suffering
from head injuries, pulled
vertebrae and three or four
broken ribs, department per
sonnel said.
The dump fire was probably
caused by someone dumping
hot ashes, according to the
department. The iire did not
spread to timber. - .
Trou b I e
of its. 10 wheels
The New York City fire de
partment reported at 5:05 p.
m. EDT that a jet airliner had
suffered a complete hydraulic
breakdown'and might have to
make a crash landing.
That alarm sent fire en
g i n e s, emergency helicop
ters, police emergency squads,
boats, ambulances and other
equipment rushing to the air
port. Police acted hastily to
shut off the main routes to
the airport to all but essential
traffic, so jams such as those
that clogged the roads last
Saturday would not be repeated.
HB, Moef
1 ri?"
VISITORS WELCOMED -' The 10,000th
visitor to register at the Centennial stock
ade on Siskiyou summit was Stephan Piskur
from Alexandria, Va., who, with his family,
arrived in Oregon yesterday to visit rela
tives. The family was greeted by County
Judge Earl Miller (who is shown above pre
senting Piskur with the key to the stock-,
ade), Jack Creagqr, president of the Jackson
County Centennial association, and Cen-
: : -
Layoffs in Steel
Related Industries
Gain Momentum
Pittsburgh -(UPD- Mass lay
offs in steel-related industries
are ..gaining .momentum al
though-the "nation's rsteel fur
naces have been shut down
for only four days.
Coal mines, a railroad and
a manufacturing company
were the latest to lay off
workers in the . nationwide
strike of the United Steel
workers Union.
In Uniontown, Pa., the
Frick , Coal district of U.S.
Steel announced Friday that
it will close down five more
coal mines in the district be
ginning Monday.
The Norfolk and Western
Railway a major coal hauler,
cut 615 men from the work
force Friday at its Roanoke,
Va., shops because of the
steel strike and the conse
quent, drop in our traffic vol
ume." This layoff followed by
three weeks the idling of 237
men because of what was
termed the steel situation's
uncertainty. The newest lay
offs are effective Monday.
Sharon Tube Closes "
In Sharon, Pa., the Sharon
Tube Co., announced that it
was closing this week as a
result of the strike. More than
170 production workers will
lose their jobs temporarily be
cause of the equipment-makers'
shutdown.
And in the Chicago area,
4,000 members of the AFL-
CIO Construction Workers
Union refused to cross USW
picket lines thrown up around
plants in the South Chicago
Calumet - Gary area, where
90,000 Steelworkers are on
strike.
A construction" union offi
cial said refusal to cross the
picket lines, which has halted
200 million dollars worth of
construction projects, was not
ordered by the .union but is
traditionally left to the indi
vidual. The - policy of the
tradesmen is not to cross
picket lines.
A dispute within the strike
itself resulted Friday at the
Columbia - Geneva Steel Di
vision of U.S. Steel Corp.,
near Provo, Utah. Mainten
ance crews, kept on the job to
keep equipment in good work
ing order, were ordered off
the job by W. A. Biggs, presi
dent of USW Local 2701 in
Geneva. He said the crews
had been working from 8 a.m.
until 4 p.m., but were told by
company officials they must
now work from 8 a.m. until
4:30 p.m.
Lane County Sheriff
In. Congressman Race
Eugene - (DPD - Lane county
Sheriff El Elder said Friday
he would be a GOP candidate
from the 4th district for U. S.
congressman next May.
Joe and Thelma' Fowler,
were named co-chairmen of
his campaign committee. El
der, 39, was elected sheriff in
1952.
(5
tennial Coordinator Ernie Hood, left above.
Among gifts presented to the family were
a dinner at Rogue Riviera, a boat trip on
the Rogue river and a variety of souvenirs
from the Ashland Chamber of Commerce,
Bear Creek Orchards, Foster's Pharmacy,
' Jacksonville, and Nina's cafe on Siskiyou
summit. The two Piskur .children, Fran, 15,
and Steve, 13, are standing behind their
father in the picture above.
2,000 See Wagon
Train Arrive in
Boise Saturday
Boise-(UPD-More than 2.000
Boiseans turned out on a hot
summer's morning to welcome
the On-to-Oregon wagon train
into Idaho's capital Saturday.
The milling crowd roundly
applauded the seven wagons
as they rolled up in front of
the massive state capitol build
ing, and youngsters and old
sters alike surged forward to
engulf the train when it . stop
ped. Led by Wagonmaster Tex
Serpa, the cavalcade arrived
Festival Ticket
Sales Increase
Ashland - Ticket sales for
the 1959 Oregon Shakespear
ean Festival continue to show
a remarkable increase over
the same period last year, Fes
tival officials said Saturday.
William Patton, general
manager, said , membership
sales are now leading last sea
son by 19.5 per cent, while
individual ticket reservations
are holding a 59.8 per cent
gaing over the same time last
year.
Patton suggested that Rogue
valley patrons make their res
ervations as soon as possible,
even though elevation of rear
seating rows and the removal
of light poles has made every
seat a good one both for view
ing and hearing.
Festival officials said the
$17.50 1 membership is the
'best bo office buy." The mem
bership entitles the holder to
eight transferable $2.40 ad
missions. Membership sales
close at midnight July 27.
The 1959 Festival opens
July 28 with the Feast of the
Trible ef Will at Lithia park.
At 8:30 p.m. that night, "The
Maske of the New World," a
special Oregon Centennial pro
gram, and "Twelth Night,"
will sart. Other plays sched
uled are "King John," "Mea
sure for Measure," and "An
tony and Cleopatra." The sea
son ends Sept. 5.
Sports Bulletins
Portland - (UPD - Frank
Howard and Tommy Davis
each belted two home runs
here last night to pace the
Spokane Indians to a 10 to
6 Pacific Coast League win
over Portland.
Vancouver. B.C-0!Pn-The
last place Seattle Rainiers
last night prevented the
Vancouver Mounties from
moving into sole possession
of first rlace in the Pacific
Coast - league by defeating
Vancouver 5-1 before 5.702
fans.
Phoenix. Ariz.-dPD - The
Phoenix Giants parlayed six
home runs and the five hit
pitching of Bud Watkins in
to an 18-0 Pacific Coast
league win over the San
Diege Padres last night.
Am Cllsdl
in Boise right on the dot-9:45
a.m. .
It was led into the city by
red-sbirted Ada county sher
iffs mounted posse members
and police. Although no state
dignitaries were on hand to
extend a, welcome, the crowd
did its share with an enthus
iastic cheer as the train came
clanking down the street.
Boise residents started ar
riving an hour early and found
respite from the sun by seek
ing shady spots on the capitol
lawn, but children of all sizes
and cameramen crowded
around to talk to the travelers
Munch on Grass
Meanwhile, saddle horses
from the train munched plac
idly away on the green capitol
lawn grass waiting for the
train to roll on, having found
the first cool spot of the -day.
The wagon train remained
in Boise a little more than an
hour before starting a winding
trip to the Earl Coffey ranch
on the south side of the Boise
river about 12 miles from the
city for a week end camp.
It was hot for the Centen
nial wagon train Friday as
the temperature hit 121 de
gress at one point, forcing
the train to stop frequently
to water horses.
Overhead, National Guard
jet fighters buzzed the train
and a special helicopter
brought the Boise mayor out
to the camp at Black Creek
armed with a two-foot long
key to the city to give to the
train leaders.
Independence - (DPD Final
plans were being made Satur
day for the Aug. 15 arrival of
the On-to-Oregon wagon train
which is scheduled to cross
the border into Oregon Tues
day. There are already more than
60 entries in the big parade
scheduled for 11 a.m. Aug. 15.
Parade chairman Alan Op
pliger said there was still a
need for more bands and that
every type of float would be
welcomed.
A crowd of 40,000 is ex
pected for the Wagon Train
Days celebration Aug 14-16.
The Polk County Fryer as
sociation will have 22 barbe
cue pits, operating to
chicken dinners.
serve
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued fair, hot
and dry through Sunday; except
some afternoon thundershower
activity over surrounding moun
tains late in the afternoon and
early evening. ParUy cloudy
Mounday. High Sunday near 100.
Low Sunday night near 62. High
Monday near 95.
TEMP.
Highest Saturday 106
Lowest Saturday 65
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:44 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:51 a.m.
Moonrise today 7:15 p.m.
Full Moon tonight 7:33 p.m.
Venus, setting earlier and a bit
further south each night, is now
only about 47 million miles from
the Earth. It will reach it
greatest brilliance next Sunday.
BBW
Mercury Climbs -
To 106 Degrees
In City Saturday
Thundershowers
Forecast in Area
Little relief from southern
Oregon's 100-degree temper-"
atures is forecast by the Med
ford weather bureau station
until tomorrow, the weather
bureau reported yesterday.
Officials said some thunder
storms, which may increase in
rumbers over the Cascades
later today, may provide some
relief, but temperatures . are
expected to eo near or moro
than 100 degrees for the fourth
consecutive day today.
Saturday was the third
straight day in which the mer
cury went over the 100-mark.
Thursday, the high was 102.
Friday it was 104 and, and
yesieraay it was 106. The
temperature today is expect
ed to be near or more than
100 degrees, the bureau said.
L.OW Humidity
Low humidity in southern
Oregon has ranged from 17 to
22 per cent during the past
week, according to the weath
er bureau.
Late yesterday and earlv
last night thunderstorms were
reported in Montague, Calif..
moving northeastward into the
Klamath Falls area. Thunder
heads were visible southeast
of Medford, but were not ex
pected to approach the valley
area, i Lirhning - was visible
south of here last night.
No forest fires were report
ed ia the Rogue valley area
yesterday, and the state de
partment of forestry said the
fire which burned over 2,600
acres of brush and pine lands
northeast of Klamath Falls ap
peared to be controlled yester
day. Temperatures thro ughout
the state soared yesterday
with The Dalles reporting a
high of 106. It was 105 there
Friday. Other temperatures at
4 p.m. Ssturday included 93
at Portland, 98 Eugene, and
100 at Roseburg.
Pony Express
Run Set Today
Members of the Ashland
Sage Riders will leave the
Siskiyou summit stockade
at 8 o'clock this morning car
rying the mail for the third
and last pony express run this
summer.
About 20 riders are expect
ed to carry the mail to the
Josephine county line where
it will be met by other riders
in the journey to Portland.
An auxiliary run is planned
again from Jacksonville to
Medford where the mail will
be picked up by the main
run going north. The auxiliary
run will come into the Jack
son County Centennial asso
ciation headquarters south of
Medford. Members of the
Jacksonville Riders will carry
this section of the mail.
Stops to pick up mail will
be made in Ashland, Med
ford, Central Point and Rogue
River.
Oregon Employment
Shows Increase
Salem-DPD-The Oregon Em
ployment department has re
ported that state total employ
ment spiraled in June to 12,
800, giving Oregon a bigger
employment percentage than
the national average.
The department also said
last month's figure was the
greatest increase for June
since June, 1950.
Of all workers covered by
Oregon unemployment com
pensation, only 2.2 per cent
were idle last month. Nation
ally the average for June was
3.3 per cent.
Richland - (DPD - R. W.
Schaffer, business agent for
Electrical Workers Union Lo
cal 77 here said Friday the
union would picket the Han-'
ford Atomic Works plant as
long as there was a non-union
contractor performing work
in the area.
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