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Russian Premier
Charges America
With Interference
Kozlov Extends
Warm Greeting
Moscow-flmVice President
Richard M. Nixon, arrived in
Moscow for an 11-day good
will tour today. He was met
by a chorus of anti-American
ism led by Premier Nikita
Khrushchev himself.
Nixon and his pretty wife,
Pat, were greeted warmly at
the airport by an official par
ty headed by First Deputy
Premier Frol Kozlov, but at
Imnst the same moment
Khrushchev was telling an au
dience elsewhere in Moscow
that America is 'interfering
in Soviet internal affairs." '
, 'Should Have a Look' -
The premier, reacting an
irrilv to President Eisenhow
er's proclamation of "Captive
Nations week." said sarcastic
ally that Nixon should "come
and have a look at the 'en
slaved people gathered at the
stadium."
Although neither the Presi
oroclamation nor the
congressional" resolution that K
inspired it mentioned any na
tion by name, Khrushchev
and the Soviet press were
quick to identify it as an at
tack on Russia.
Attacks Capitalists
"Nixon has asked to talk to
ordinary people," Khrushchev
said in a 40-minute speech to
1 a Soviet-Polish friendship ral
ly. "He thinks that as soon as
they hear an American they
will understand that -socialism
is evil and that capitalism is
good. '
"Well, he can go to see any
body he wishes. Let him hear
what the Soviet people think
and say ...
"When enslaved people
want to liberate themselves,
they get rid of the capitalists
and exploiters. The capitalists
regard as free those countries
where they could plunder and
not be responsible for their
anti-popular actions.
Denounced by Press '
The official Soviet press
nil Tsdio also hurled denun
ciations at America, inspired
for most part by tne "captive
nations" proclamation.
Today's issue of the Navy
newspaper Soviet Fleet pub
lished an article, - Americans
about America," quoting U. S.
newspapers and magazines
and the Congressional Record
to present a picture of hard
times in tne united oiaies
Kozlov. who recently visit
ed the United States, said in a
speech welcoming Nixon at
the airport that he hoped the
resident's stay here
would help to clear up "preju
dices and misunderstandings"
between the two countries.
Nixon replied with a prom
ise that he would do what he
could to help achieve better
understanding because "we
have reached the point where
we must either learn to live
nfPther or we will die to
gether."
Mount Shasta Girl Wins
Title in Beauty Contest
Time Beach. Calif. -(UPD-Ter
ry Lynn Huntingdon, a 19-year-old
UCLA coed who re
fuses to give up college for
an acting career, is the new
Miss U.S.A.
Won Over Four Blondes
The green-eyed dark-haired
beauty from Mount Shasta,
Calif., won the title Wednes
day night over four blondes
in the final round and will
represent the United States
against 33 foreign contestants
in competition for the Miss
Universe title which gets un
der way tonight. Miss Uni
verse will be chosen Friday
night.
i The 5-foot, 6Vi-inch, 120-
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1959
I :
2 Military Men
Said Afraid To
Speak on Waste
Washington-flJPDAA major general and a rear admiral
were afraid, to come before a congressional subcommittee
and tell what they knew about alleged waste in the foreign
military aid program, . it was disclosed today.
Rep. Otto E. Passman (D-La.), chairman of the House
foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, said the two
officers feared "charges of insubordination might result
if they should testify publicly ..."
Passman said the two high-
ranking military ' men told
him privately that the Penta
gon was "forcing" some for
eign countries to accept much
more war equipment than
they could use.
The congressman did not
identify the two officers but
Fire Danger in
Forests Remains
In Critical Stage
Fire danger in the Rogue
River, -national forest, re
mained in a- critical stage,
Howard Hopkins, U. S. forest
service official, reported to
day: .
With Medford in its eighth
straight day of over 100 de
gree weather the fire danger
is apt to become worse be
fore it improves, Hopkins
said.
Wednesday's tern perature
high was 103 with the lowest
this morning 71. Today's pre
dicted high is for near 100.
The longest period of con
secutive days over 100 in the
local . weather bureau's 48
year history is seven.
Friday's prediction is for a
high of 95, according to the
weather bureau.
Another Period
There is only one other
period during the past 12
years which is comparable to
current critical fire danger
conditions, Hopkins said. That
period was. September, 1955.
Forest service ratings of
fire danger are on a 10-point
scale with a Class, 10 day in
the explosive fire danger
category. ' ' .
Hopkins said that during
the past seven days the Ash
land ranger station has had
one Class 7 day, one Class 6,
and five Class 5 days. During
the critical period of Septem
ber, 1955, one Class 7 and
Class 6 day and two Class 5
days were reported. He ex
plained that on the average,
there are five Class 5 or 6
days in a fire season usually
scattered throughout the year.
Higher fire danger read
ings have been reported this
week at the Applegate, Pros
pect and Butte Falls ranger
stations, Hopkins said.' .
Low humidity reports here
have been 15 per cent, Hop
kins added, which is higher
than that reported in 1955,
but the hot weather has con
tinued for a much longer
period of time.
pound college sophomore, who
measures 36-23-36, threw her
self into the arms of her moth
er, crying:
"Momma, Momma! I can't
believe it. When I stood there
in the wings I just couldn't
move." .
Gets Cash, Personal Items
Her mother, Mrs. Iola Hunt
ingdon, a, slim gray-haired
woman', replied:
"I knew you had it all
along, honey."
Commercially, Terry's vic
tory was worth $1,000 cash
from a make-up firm and per
sonal items including a $500
wardrobe.
said in testimony made public
today that they were serving
in American military aid. mis
sions overseas.
Practices 'Unpardonable'
Passman said hearings by
his subcommittee showed
practices in the military "aid
program which were "almost
unpardonable."
Most of the alleged irregu
larities were uncovered by in
vestigators for the general ac
counting office which acts as
Congress' " watchdog on gov
ernment spending.
GAO .witnesses -testified,
however; that" their "inquiry
had been hampered by the re
fusal of the defense depart
ment and the International
Cooperation Administration to
provide the agency with cer
tain reports and other infor
mation. '
Loose Administration
Comptroller General Joseph
Campbell called the refusal
"one of the most serious
things that could happen in
government.";
He said investigations by
His auditors showed a "pat
tern of loose, lax administra
tion runs through the entire
complex" of America's for
eign aid program.
Ashland Manager
Pays Court Costs
East Side Abattoir Manager
Leslie Lusk, Ashland, paid $5
court costs in district court
Wednesday when he appeared
on a charge of polluting Bear
creek.
District Court Judge : Roy
Bashaw said today that he
did not give Lusk a six-month
suspended jail sentence aslwas
reported to the Mail Tribune
Wednesday by. District .At
torney Thomas Reeder.-
The erroneous report arose
from a "misunderstanding be
tween the reporter and Reed
er. Imposition of any fine or
jail sentence was suspended
six months and on the condi
tion that Lusk comply with
court requirements that . he
install an additional septic
tank, refrain from placing in
Bear creek any solid waste,
prevent the septic tank from
passing waste into the creek,
and prevent liquid waste from
reentering the stream.
The abattoir operator was
described as having one of
the cleanest of the county's
slaughterhouses.
Following the court action,
Reeder said further prosecu
tions of operations along the
creek would follow unless im
provements are made, by those
using the stream.
Boat Goes Aground
In Columbia River
Astoria (DPD The fishing
boat Dora B out of Astoria
went aground in the fog off
Desdemona Sands in the Co
lumbia river off Hammond,
Ore., six miles west of here
near the mouth of the Colum
bia early today.
Lamb and Mutton
Gracing Continued
Washington -(DPD- Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben
son, in a surprise move today,
announced that federal meat
grading of lamb and mutton
will be continued."
54th Year
(Tribune
No. 107
State Funeral For
Douglas McKay
To Be Saturday
Rites Planned in
House Chamber
Salem -(DPD- A state funeral
will be held here in the Ore
gon House of Representatives
chamber at 10 a.m. Saturday
for Douglas McKay, 66, for
mer governor and secretary of
interior, who died Wednesday.
' The Rev. Paul Newton Po
ling, of the Salem Presbyter
ian church will lead the serv
ice. Interment will be in Belle
crest Memorial Cemetery
here. , .
McKay, who sold newspa
pers as a boy in Portland and
later became the second man
from his home state to serve
in a presidential cabinet, was
head of the U. S. section of
the International Joint Com
mission at his death. The com
mission deals with water
problems arising between this
country and Canada.
Hatfield Represents Ike
Gov. Mark Hatfield was
asked by President Eisenhow-(
er to be the chief executive's
personal representative at the
funeral.
McKay's physician said
death was due to "uremia,
secondary to hardening of the
arteries in the heart and kid
neys, and high blood pres
sure." McKay entered the hos
pital here earlier this month.
Friend and foe alike joined
in personal tribute to the dy
namic man who. worked his
way through Oregon State col
lege', established a successful
automobile business here, be
came mayor of Salem, served
in the state Senate from 1934
to 1948. and was twice elected
governor. He was severely
wounded while fighting in
France in World War I.
Grants Pass Man
Killed in Mishap
A Grants Pass man was
killed ' and another injured
yesterday in a logging acci
dent in the Jackass creek area
about five miles from Butte
Falls-Prospect highway.
Oliver Roy Ragan, 345 Val
lev View dr.. Grants Pass,
died almost immediately when
struck by a log which rolled
from a truck being loaded,
the Jackson county coroner's
office said.
Lovd Silva, 287 Union st.,
Grants Pass, suffered leg and
possibly other injuries, ac
cording to Medford Ambu
lance service, which took him
to Josephine General hospital
in Grants Pass.
According to reports, the
accident occurred when the
men were checking binder
chains on a loaded log truck.
One log rolled off the load,
striking the two men. The
accident haDDened about 1
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Two Small Fires
Reported in Area
Two small fires in the
Rogue River National forest,
apparently holdovers from
lightning strikes, were report
ed this morning.
The U. S. forest service re
ported that three smokejump
ers were dropped to a fire in
the Applegate district in the
California portion of the for
est. The fire is at the head of
Alex creek, a branch of the
Elliott fork 'of the Applegate.
A crew from Lake of the
Woods ranger station was dis
patched this morning to .a fire
in the Klamath district, near
Four Mile lake.
Salem-flJPD-Paul H. Connet,
Gold Beach, has been appoint
ed justice of the peace for
District No. 2, Curry county.
"Don't Worry, Boss.
Hitler
Final Rehearsals
Start at Festival;
Building Complete
Ashland - Construction of
the new $275,000 theater has
been completed, and final
dress rehearsals are in prog
ress for the opening next
Tuesday, of the annual Ore
gon Shakespearean Festival
in Ashland.
Festival officials said prepa
rations, sloped by the simul
taneous construction activity,
are advancing on a day and
night schedule.
The . Festival opens next
Tuesday with the traditional
banquet, - the rf'Feast of the
Tribe of Will" at 6 p.m. in
Lithia park. Following that,
"The Maske of the New
World," an original produc
tion written for the Festival
by Carl Ritchie, will precede
the first play, "Twelfth Night."
Curtain time is 8:30 p.m..
Plays this year will be
staged in the new theater,
and patrons will find other
extensive improvements in
the theater grounds. These in
clude new Tudor Fair build
ings, elevation of the rear
.seating rows, installation of
new stadium seats, new rest
rooms, and removal of the
obstructing light towers.
Most Complicated
Most complicated of the
1959 staging problems, Fes
tival officials said, has been
"The Maske" production.
Serving as the theater's salute
to the Oregon Centennial, the
piece is set in Elizabeth's
court.
"The Maske" depicts a 16th
century revel occasioned by
the explorative departures of
Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis-
Drake and Sir Martin
Frobisher. The royal company,
in honoring the guests, stages
a gala "maske" or court
entertainment.
Small Sawmill on
Galls Creek Burns
A small sawmill in Galls
creek south of Gold Hill burn
erf about 2 o'clock this morn
ing, state forestry department
officials reported.
The mill is known as the
Old Jeddeloh Mill. Cause of
the fire is not known. One
crew responded to the call
and mopping-up was com
pleted by another crew. For
estry officials reported that
the sawdust pile was stm
smoldering.
Another crew was called at
8 D.m. Wednesday for a spot
fire near Dardanelles.
Mopping-up of a fire in
Sardine creek Friday evening
has been completed, officials
reported today. " The fire,
which burned nine acres of
grass and brush, was started
by a spark from a tractor
which ignited a bale of hay.
Four f o r e.s t r y department
crews fought the blaze.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Considerable 'clou
diness with cooler tempera
tures through Friday. Low to
night 68. High Friday 95.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday . 103
Lowest this Morning 71
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today . "7:41 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:55 a.m.
Moonrits tonight 9:44 p.m.
Last Quarter ? July 27
PROMINENT STARS
The Big Dipper, in the north
west at moonrise.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets 8:56 p.m.
Saturn, due south ....10:14 p.m.
Jupiter, low in south
west 102S p.m.
They Didn't Like
Either"
Original music has been
composed by W. Bernard
Wiridt, choreography was cre
ated by Jdhn Hawkins, with
lighting devised by Hugh
Evans, and costumes designed
by Douglas Russell and exe
cuted by Marie Melinat. Rich
ard Hay has designed scenery
and created special effects for
the production. It is being
directed by Jerry Turner, and
involves almost everyone in
the. company.
The 30-minute production
will serve also to launch the
new Elizabethean staged -.
Festival officials said ad
vance ticket sales continue to
be about 60 per cent ahead
of last year. Opening night
has been completefy sold out,
they said
General Manager William
Patton urged patrons to com
plete their 1 reservations as
soon as possible.
Besides "The Maske" and
"Twelfth Night," other plays
this season are "King John,
"Measure for Measure," and
"Antony and Cleopatra." The
four plays will rotate with
nightly performances through
Sept. 5.
Juvenile Escapees
Returned to Home
Almost a dozen sheriff's
deputies and state and Med
ford police officers scoured
an area near the county juve
nine detention home on South
Pacific highway Wednesday
evening ;n search of two juve
nile escapees..
The two aged 13 and 16,
were recaptured about an
hour after they left the juve
nile home grounds ' where
they had been working in the
yard.
Part of the chase was made
through waist-high water.
N Mrs. Kay Crowell, county
juvenile officer, said the
escapes were the second and
third which have occurred
since the home opened 19
months ago. .
The boys were doing yard
work under the supervision
of Superintendent Robert
Swan and ran away when he
went around a corner of the
building to check another
group, Mrs. Crowell ex
plained. The younger boy, who was
returned to the home, is being
held by the court since he
is considered to be beyond
parental control. The older
boy was Jodged in the county
jail. He is charged with atr
tempting to rape a minor girl.
Performance Slated
For Actors Orphanage
Lond"on-DP-More than 100
top stage and screen stars
from the United States and
Britain give a two and-one-half
hour benefit performance
at London's Palladium to
night. Proceeds go to the
Actors Orphanage.
Washington -flJPD Ma j. Gen.
Donald E. Kalrn, director of
the Air Force's nuclear pro
pulsion program, says the
United States should go ahead
with construction of an
atomic powered airplane.
Salem-fllPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field has urged Congress to
rjass legislation which would
provide additional funds for
construction of sewage treat
ment plants.
Last-Ditch Try
To Circumvent
Differences Set
Herter Assails
Soviet Proposal
Geneva-flJPD-Formal negotia
tions in the Foreign Minis
ters' Conference appeared
near collapse today, and the
Big Four scheduled new se
cret talks in a last-ditch effort
to justify a summit meeting.
Secretary of State Christian
A. Herter said the conference
has "little hope for success"
unless Russia withdraws the
"unacceptable" demands it
has attached to a Berlin truce.
Assails Proposal
Herter specifically assailed
the Soviet proposal for "All
German" talks on reunifica
tion, saying that the master-and-puppet
relationship be
tween Russia-and East Ger
many would mean in. effect
that the Russians would be
negotiating with West Ger
many with the western pow
ers shut out.
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko insisted stub
bornly that acceptance of Rus
sia's terms is essential to
agreement on any .kind of
Berlin truce. .
No Dale Set
Faced with this new evi
dence of an unbreakable dead
lock in the talks, the" minis
ters adjourned without setting
a date for further formal
negotiations.
They agreed to meet for
lunch at Herter's villa Friday
to make a new attempt to
iron out their differences in
secret talks.
Many observers believed
the conference had reached
the point at which there was
no use in going on unless one
side or the other had some
thing new and dramati" in
mind.
John Day Sets
Climbing Record
;-John; Day, 50, valley ranch
er and sportsman, and two
brothers from Seattle, Wash.,
this morning climbed Mt. Rai
nier m record time, he re
ported.
Day and Louie and Jim
Whittaker, former guides at
Mt. Rainier National park,
started about 1 o'clock this
morning, and reached the top
in five hours, ,20 minutes.
They stayed on top about 20
minutes, and returned to the
starting point in two hours,
10 minutes, he said.
Total elapsed time was sev
en hours, 50 minutes. Previous
best elapsed time was made
by Bill Butler, Mt. Rainier
ranger, 25 years ago.
The previous best time
climbing the mountain was
held by Dick McGowan, pres
ent head guide at Mt. Rai
nier, when he went up the
mountain in six hours, 50 min
utes on a rescue mission last
year.
Day said Mt. Rainier is rec
ognized as one of the toughest
mountains in America to
climb. The climber starts at
about 5,500 feet elevation, and
goes, to 14,410 feet, about a
9,000-foot vertical lift cover
ing about eight miles.
The climbers used ropes on
the top half of the mountain,
and remained roped until
half way down, Day said. The
Whittakers have climbed Mt.
Rainier more than 100 times
between them.
Day said it usually takes a
guided trip two days to climb
the mountain.
Washington Escapee
Has Brief Freedom
Milton-Freewater - IUPD - Er
nest W. Green, 32, a Washing
ton state penitentiary inmate
had two hours 6f freedom be
fore being captured by a city
policeman and a state patrol
man here Wednesday night.
Portland (DPD George Kro
nenberg, commissioner of the
Port of Bandon, has been
named president of the Ore
gon State Public Port Authori
ties association.
Grants Pass
Burns; Owner's Wife Seriously Hurt
Grants Pass -UPD-Fire early
today destroyed the former
Grants Pass Golf and Coun
try club here. The building
housed a restaurant owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Zottola,
Grants Pass.
Mrs. Zottola, 59, who was
alone in the building when
the. flames broke out about
1:30 ajn. was seriously in
legate
Fire Hover
30.000
By United Press International
A lightning caused fire, called the worst in the DesrhnlM
National forest since 1945,
today.
About 175 men including.
smoke jumpers plus planes
using water and a borate so
lution were being used to
combat the blaze, located
some 30 miles southeast of
Bend.
xae tire was burning in aH
reproduction area of young
trees, heavy sage and dry
grass. It endangered a stand
of marketable timber.
The northern tip of the fire
The power outage in
Medford Wednesday about
2:40 a.m. was caused by a
forest fire north of Klam
ath Falls. California Oregon
Power company officials re
ported. The fire was reported in
the area of the 23.000 volt
line which switched open
when fire burned equip
ment, they said, causing a
momentary interruption of
service.
this morning was 'about 20
miles directly east of New
berry Crater. It started near
Squaw mountain, raced across
Aspen flat and headed toward
Mahogany Butte.
Leonard Mayfield
To Be Able to Go
f o Russia in Fall
Medford School Superin
tendent Leonard B. Mayfield
aDDarently will be -able to
visit Russia this'fail,after'all
. Dr. Mayfield was one of 30
U. S. school administrators in
vited to join a tour of other
educators to the U.S.S.R. to
study Soviet education. Orig
inally, the Medford school
board planned to help finance
the trip, but a recent ruling
of .the attorney general
banned such use of school
district funds.
Now, however, two anony
mous donors have presented
Dr. Mayfield with funds total
ing $1,500 of the $1,700 need
ed for the trip from New York
to Russia and back.
No Concerted 'Drive'
School board members said
there is no concerted "drive"
to collect the added funds
needed for Dr. Mayfield's trip,
but they indicated that a num
ber of people have expressed
an interest in making contri
butions to assure that it is
possible.
The superintendent plans
to attend a meeting of edu
cators in Chicago en route
back from the Russian trip.
Dr. Mayfield said he would
use his personal tunas lor
whatever expenses are not
provided otherwise.
In making their contribu
tions, the two major anony
mous donors indicated their
feeling that the trip would
benefit the school district here
by providing its chief officer
with a greater and broader
understanding of educational
programs, both here and
abroad.
Contract Bridge
Championships Set
Chicago - (UPD - The summer
national championship of the
American Contract Bridge
league opens here Saturday.
The Arthritis and Rheuma
tism Foundation will be given
check for $140,000 repre
senting the bridge players'
contribution to the foundation
for the year ending June 30.
Restaurant Building
jured as she jumped from
second-floor window to escape
the quickly-spreading fire.
She was reported in satis
factory condition at a hospital
here suffering from fracture
dislocations of the right ankle
and right shoulder.
Damage was estimated at
more than $50,000.
Zottola was in Crescent
Meres
spread over some 30,000 acres
, '
Officials called it the worse
fire in the Deschutes forest
since the 1945 Minto Pass fire.
The fire area was "bombed"
at daybreak today by planes
loaded with water and a bor
ate solution. The Fox Butte
lookout station was aban
doned during the night as it
was in the center of the fire
area.
A small timber fire broke
out west of Meacham in east
ern Oregon along the Union
Pacific railroad. Lightning
also started two fires over
night in a single area of the
Umatilla National forest.
Ken Trumbull, Union Pacif
ic agent m Pendleton, re
ported the railroad line fire
started Wednesday afternoon
about two miles west of Mea
cham. The fire was con
trolled along the tracks but
was still burning in timber
higher up the mountain ridge.
In the Umatilla national forest
one blaze was in the Dale
area near Clear creek and an
other in the same area. Crews
were on the way.
Rain in Portland
The first measurable rain
fall since July 7 fell in the
Portland area today and the
fire danger eased somewhat
west of the Cascades. But the:
danger of f irecausing thunder
storms remained. '
In . Lake county 34 fires'
have been started by light
ning in the last three days.
One blaze covered 1,000 acres
in ponderosa pine and white
fir timber 25 miles northeast
of Lakeview.. Ten bulldozers
and some 200 men hoped to;
have the fire trailed by to
night. Vehicles Abandoned
Men had to abandon two
pickups and a bulldozer late
Wednesday when the wind
shifted suddenly. All three
were recovered later, scorched
but not destroyed.
A fire in the Fort Rock dis
trict in northern Lake county
covered some 2,500 acres. An
other fire called the Derrick
Ranch fire, near Fort Rock,
had covered 15,000 acres,
much of it in timber. Officials
hoped to have it under con
trol by tonight. More favor
able weather Was reported in
the area today with an over
cast. X
The state Wednesday again
had readings of more than
100 degrees with Pendleton
having 105, Medford 103, and
The Dalles 101. It was 91 in
Portland.
Combined Bid Low
For School Bonds
Rogue Valley .State bank
and Foster and Marshall, Med
ford, this week submitted the
low combined bid for $175,
Q00 worth of bonds issued by
Rogue River school district
for construction of additional
elementary school facilities.
The firms bid on an ef
fective interest rate of 4.284
per cent, which would amount
to $61,057.50 over the 15-year
life of the bonds.
Other bids were submitted
by First National Bank of
Oregon, 4.287 per cent, or
$51,102.50 in 15 years; and
the U. S. National Bank,
4.358 per cent, or $62,105 in
15 years.
The bonds, approved by
voters in a recent election,
will finance construction of
11 new classrooms, office
space, a library, a cafeteria
and kitchen in a building
which will join the present
structure with a walkway.
The bids were opened Tues
day by the school board.
City, Calif., at the time of the
fire.
Officials of the Grants Pass
rural fire department said
four rural fire trucks and one
state forest patrol pumper
were used to keep the fire
from spreading through dry
grass to nearby woods.
The Zottolas acquired the
building from the Grants Pass
Golf club three years ago.
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