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F TS TO ml III 1 IIMI If I '0 JV P7E 1 0) Atlas -Squadron fit :-Vamttenberg: Washington (DPD The United States is preparing to declare its first intercontinen tal ballistic missile unit "com bat ready." After a two-month delay to fix mechanical troubles, the first part-strength Atlas ICBM squadron is being turned over to the Strategic Air Com mand at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The unit has five missiles three mounted on launching pads and two spares. Later squadrons will have 10 mis siles. Each of the three missiles kept at the ready at Vanden berg will be assigned a Rus sian target iust as strategic bombers are. That means each rocket will be kept upright on it launching pad with its guid ance system always set to di rect the missile and its hydro gen warhead to its Soviet tar get more than 6300 miles away. There was considerable mys tery about the Defense De partment's delay in declaring the first Atlas unit part of the nation's war arsenal. Such an announcement seemingly would increase U. S. prestige and give more cold war bar gaining power. Diplomacy Causes Problems Some quarters apparently were apprehensive about an nouncing the missiles' military readiness and going ahead with a training shot during the current period of East-West diplomatic negotiaions. They seemed worried about the possible international re percussions of making the an nouncement and the training launch during President Eis enhower's talks with western leaders in Europe, billed as non-missile rattling confer ences, or during Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev's vis it to the United States -later this month. After five explosive failures In a row at Cape Canaveral, Fla., in the spring. Atlas tests were suspended. Defense Sec retary Neil H. McElroy said then there would be a two month delay beyond the July 1' deadline for making the weapon operational. When tests were resumed at Cape Canaveral, four shots in succession of the combat version Atlas-D came within a mile of their target, an au thority said. About Ready for Test If the four successful test shots had come earlier in the summer, the squadron at Van denberg would have followed up quickly with its training launch over the Pacific mis sile range. But the delay push ed the time for the training shot into the period of the Eisenhower trip to Europe and the Khrushchev visit here. The SAC squadron is about ready for its training shot, per haps in a week. But there was no indication whether the ' Pentagon would give the go ahead. The Defense Department has refused consistently to concede that Russia has ICBMs on the firing line ahead of the United. States. When he announced the two month delay in June, McElroy said the Soviets were having trouble too. Khrushchev has said Russia had ICBM's in "se rial production," the step be fore mass production. First of Nine, The Vandenbere unit is the first of nine Atlas squadrons now planned and on oraer James Elkins Trial Slated for Oct. 19 Portland (DPD James B. El kins, local nightlife figure, will go on trial Oct. 19 on a charge of conspiracy to com mit safe burglaries in the Portland area in 1957 and early in 1958. The trial date was set Monday by circun Judge Frank Lonergan. Six others also were charged in the case. WEATHER Forecast: Fair and warm through Wednesday with low afternoon humidities. Low tonight 48. High tomorrow 90. Temperature Highest Yesterday 81 Lowest this Morning Our Skies. Tonight Sunset today . 6:47 p.m. 5u?7 ajn. Moonrise tomorrow TS..5:13 a -in- New Mcon Sept. 2 PROMINENT STARS ' Highlight of the phenomena in the skies above this month will be the return of Venus, brightest of all the stars and planets. It will soon be seen low in the east just before sunrise and it will remain as a morning planet until late in April. The second squadron, at War ren A:r Force Base, cneyenne, Wvo.. will have 10 missiles and six launchers. The remain ing squadrons will have 10 missiles and nine launchers. Warren will get two more 10-missile, nine - launcher squadrons later. Other an nounced Atlas bases will be at Offutt AFB, Omaha, Neb.; Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Wash.; Lincoln AFB, Neb.; Forbes AFB,. Topeka, Kan., and Shilling AFB, Salina, Kan. Missile Checks Sun Interference, Navy Discloses Point Arguello, Calif. -(UPO- Successful firing of a missile to check radio interference caused by sun flares was an nounced today by the Navy. A two-stage Nike-Asp rock et was launched to a height of 150 miles Monday from the Naval Missile Facility on the Pacific missile range here. The Navy said the 21-foot missile carried radiation sensing devices and a trans mitter to send its information to earth. It was launched dur ing an actual sun flare, one of the huge explosions which occur on the sun at frequent intervals. . Radiation Increases When a sun flare occurs, the radiation received by the earth from the sun increases manyfold and causes serious interference with radio com munication, sometimes black ing out radio transmission around the earth. - Yesterday's shot at 2:52 pjn. (p.d.t.) was the'hinth in a series of 12 missiles to be fired in support of Project Sunflare II. A 10th missile was launched at 4:10 pjn. but the Navy termed it only a "hardware" shot. The mis siles, fired from the shore here, were launched almost straight up and fell into the sea upon returning to earth. Dedication Set For T'Vaulf Plaque The Siskiyou pioneer Sites foundation will dedicate a plaque honoring Col. William T'Vault on Monday, Sept. 7, at 2:30 p.m. at the Darda nelle site on Highway 99 near Gold Hill. T'Vault was a pioneer post master and publisher in Jack son County. Chris Kenney of Jackson ville, a grandson of T'Vault, will be the guest of honor. Jack Sutton,' history in structor at Grants Pass Junior high school, will give the dedi cation spech and a brief biog raphy of T'Vault. The invocation will be given by the Rev. Robert Bridges. Gold Hill Boy Scouts will present the colors.- , , The public is invited. Man Charged With Slaying at K. F. Klamath. Falls-rtlPD-Leonard Marvin Lugo, 21, was held on a murder charge today in con nection with the! fatal shooting Monday night of Joseph Owen Martinez, 26. Policeman Russell Matmil ler discovered Martinez' body in an alley after hearing a shot. He said Lugo was at the scene. Police said Lugo and Mar tinez had spent the afternoon arguing in a local tavern over Martinez' estranged wife. Crossing Proposal Before PUC Today A hearing on Medford's pro posed Barnett rd. railroad crossing and resignalization at the Stewart ave. crossing was scheduled before the Oregon public' utilities com mission here this afternoon. Several Medford officials planned to attend the meet ing, which was expected to get under way at 1:30 p.m. at city halL Approval of the Barnett rd. crossing would permit the extension of Bar nett west from South River side ave. across the Southern Pacific tracks to join Melrose ave. at Grape st. Ike, Khrushchev Will Hold Talks At Camp David Leaders To Discuss Topics in Seclusion , Washington (TIPD President Eisenhower and Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev will go into seclusion at Camp Da vis for two days of fateful cold war talks at the end of the Russian leader's U. S. tour. This was disclosed today by diplomatic sources who said Eisenhower plans to take Khrushchev to the isolated and tightly guarded presiden tial retreat in Maryland's Ca toctin mountains on Sept. 25. Eisenhower will remain there with him until about mid-day Sept. 27. Behind Security Ring There, behind a tight secu rity ring of U. S. Marines, secret service officers and state department police, the leaders of the world's two most powerful nations will try to find grounds for easing the tensions gripping the di vided globe. The Camp David sessions will take up almost all of the three days allotted for Khru shchev's wind-up visit to Washington just before he leaves the country. The cere monial aspects will be taken care of when he arrives for the first time in Washington on Sept. 15 and goes through a round of formal functions on Sept. 16.-. Cross-Country Tour Between his two visits to Washington, Khrushchev, his family and his official party, will visit New York, Los An geles, San Francisco, Des Moines and Ames, Iowa, and Pittsburgh. Eisenhower selected Camp David as the site for his hard rock talks with the tough So viet leader in order to give him an opportunity to assess the real intentions of Khru shchev entirely removed from the intrusions and pressures of protocol and press. . Mekvold Seeks Opinion on Issue A legal question may con front those people planning a community swimming pool for Central Point, it was indi cated today. County School Superinten dent Alf B. Mekvold has asked the district attorney's office if a school district can make an agreement with a city or other organization to finance and operate a swimming pool. A spokesman for the Cen tral Point swimming pool committee, however, said no definite site has been selected yet. Mekvold said that accord ing to state law such an agree ment can be made. However, to .be sure, he has requested the opinion from the district attorney's office. ' He asked -specifically if a school district can legally en ter into an agreement "with other municipality or with a private organization to joint ly finance and administer fa cilities, buildings, swimming pools and recreation or educa tional facilities." Mekvold indicated this might also apply to Phoenix where the Community club is considering possible con struction of a pool on the high school grounds. Salem-(DPD-CiviL defense of ficials . from five Western states will meet in Portland Sept. 10-11 to discuss emer gency rescue programs. Directors The Eagle Point irrigation district board of directors has gone to court against Mrs. Ann Todd and her husband, Howard F. Todd, for alleged "disturbances" at the district board's monthly meetings. A suit was filed Monday in Jackson county circuit court to permanently enjoin the Todds, district water users, from "disturbing, interfering and interrupting or hamper ing or otherwise meddling or harassing the board of di rectors of the plaintiff during its duly called and regular monthly meetings and all spe cial meetings." The complaint lists the district itself as plain tiff. 'Intimidate Me' "Efforts have been made to intimidate me and to gag me ever since last summer," Mrs. Todd commented today. "Any time that I address the board it is on matters that con cern me andor the welfare of the district. "I think the district can use its funds to much better ad 54th 16 Pages 'What's the Idea Trying to Be Patient and Peaceable?" Hawthorne Pool To Be Used by High School PE Classes Cooperation with School District 549C will permit ex tending the swimming season at Medford's Hawthorne park pool, according to City Parks and Recreation Director Rob ert L. Haworth. Effective Sept. 14, Haworth reported this week, the pool will be open to the public, weather permitting, from 4 pjn. to dark week days and from 1 p.m. to dark Saturdays through Oct. 9." Itwillj how ever, be ciosed Sundays. "A similar arrangement is planned for the month of May, 1960," Haworth said. The extended schedule this fall, he explained, coincides with the Medford High school physical education program. Hoses Taken from Site of Plant Fire The Medford fire depart ment removed its hoses from Jackson st. between Fir and Front sts. about 4 p.m. yester day and the street is again open to traffic. . It had been closed since t"he Morton Milling company plant burned Friday night. Some feed and grain is still smoldering at the site, the department said, and is ex pected to continue for some time. . ' Bohnert Named to Equalization Board Arnold Bohnert, Central Point, yesterday was elected to serve on the Jackson coun ty board of equalization. He was elected by members of the Jackson county budget committee. County Commis sioner Chester Wendt was elected previously to repre sent the county court on the board. Both Wendt and Boh nert, in turn, yesterday elect ed E. H. Singmaster, Ashland, as a non-office holding mem ber to the board. " Seek to Stop 'Harassing' From vantage for the district's bene fit than to try to gag me by bringing a civil suit. If I'm disturbing the peace, all they have to do is sign a complaint and have me arrested." Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly has ordered the Todds to appear in court Sept. 14 to show cause why a tempo rary injunction should not be issued against them pending trial of the suit. . Meanwhile, Mrs. Todd to day reported receiving a sec ond letter from Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) concerning her challenge of federal disaster relief funds paid the district after the 1955-56 floods. Questions Benefit Mrs. Todd has communi cated with a number of fed eral, state and local officials asking whether these funds did not benefit the California Oregon Power company, with which the district has a con tract, rather than the district itself. Federal law limits the disbursement of these funds to units of government. Year MEDFORD, Lee Ragsdale, school dis trict health and physical edu cation director, explained to day that tentative plans call for swimming instruction this fall for sophomore girls' at Medford High school. High school sophomore boys would receive comparable instruc tion next spring. Provide Instruction Ragsdale said the current plan is to provide instruction three-days a - week for -four weeks!' Weather, he added, may cause this to be fore shortened to five days a week for a shorter over-all period, "This is the first time since the pool was built in 1950 that the facility ha. been in cluded in the schoois' PE pro gramming," Haworth com mented. "The arrangement falls in line with the general coopera tive programming now being pursued by the city of Med ford recreation department and district 549C. "This cooperative arrange ment for the use of municipal facilities by the school PE de partment is common through out the Northwest where heat ed swimming pools are avail able." Meanwhile' through Sept. 13, Haworth said, the pool will be on the regular 1-9 p.m. schedule seven days a week. "The1 fourth and last session of instructional swimming came to an end Friday Aug. 28, with a total of 800 chil dren and adults accommodat ed throughout the four ses sions' he said. This figure represents maximum enroll ment. Oregon Road Deaths In Auqust Set Mark Salem (DPD Oregon traffic fatalities hit a record high of 61 in August, the Traffic Safe ty Division reported today Last year, 58 people were kill' ed in August accidents. Sen. Morse, in a letter dated Aug. 26, informed Mrs. Todd that "immediate action is being taken to obtain the rec ords pertinent to the federal disaster assistance given to the Eagle Point irrigation dis trict." Morse stated he had been advised of this action by Leo A. Hoegh, director of the of fice of civil and defense mo bilization. "The Hoegh report will be of special help to any federal investigatory agency," Morse added. "I shall send you a copy of the Hoegh report as soon as it reaches my office." Improper Action Mrs. Todd's challenge of the disaster funds is the latest in a series of attempts over fhe past year to take the dis trict's directors or manage ment to task in court for what she alleges are improper ad ministrative actions. She has also challenged the validity of the district's contract with Copco. r ' ' TU.A.JLT OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1959 ' Oklahoma Ends 52-Year Ban on Sales of Liquor Mississippi Only Dry State Left Oklahoma City -UPD- Pro hibition ended in Oklahoma today at noon with "temper ance becoming tne waxen word of the wets. Gov. Howard Edmondson, the man most responsible for repeal of the 52-year ban on the sale cf liquor in the state, urged the wets to mark the new era with limited imbib ing. "I know that the people of Oklahoma will meet this era of the legal sale of alcoholic beverages with temperance. I look forward to a time when prohibition will be behind us," Edmondson. said. Prayer Called The state president of the Women's Christian Temper ance Union, Mrs. Elizabeth House of Stillwater, on the other hand, called on Okla homans to pray for protection "from this terrible holocaust of liquor." Mrs. House said special prayer sessions would be scheduled in churches and pri vate home in some areas. R ep e a 1 leaves Mississippi the only legally dry state in the Union. Always Consumed The repeal of prohibition in Oklahoma marks the first time liquor has been sold le gally since the state joined the Union in 1907. However, liquor has always been con sumed by Oklahomans in about the same quantities con sumed in other states. ""No organized demonstra tions were scheduled by the wets when the more than 500 stores now licensed to sell liquor open for business. 'Bargain Days' Slated by Paper Departing from the pattern of past contests which the Mail Tribune has conducted to publicize its annual "Bar gain Day" subscription cam paign, this year's contest will be in the nature of a sweep stakes award. All resident 18 years old or over in Jackson and Jose phine counties and Siskiyou county in northern Cali fornia are eligible to enter. There will be nine separate awards, one being , chosen from entries daily Sept. 5 through Sept. 15, except on Sept. 6 and 13. Winners will receive $15 in cash, and if that person has renewed or paid a year's subscription in advance an additional $10 will be paid as a bonus. Entry blanks may be found in the Mail Tribune and they may be either mailed or brought to the Mail Tribune circulation department. Contestants may enter as many times as they wish and winners will be chosen from the entries received until '6 pjn that day. The complaint in the dis trict's suit against the Todds is supported by affidavits by the three directors, C. J. Greb, Elbert Bigham and Ed Green wood; by the secretary-manager, Ted Flury; and by C. C. Hoover, who states he attend ed the directors' Aug. 4 meet ing. The complaint alleges that Mrs. Todd "has hindered and hampered the board of direc tors in its normal transaction of business by speaking from the floor without recognition by the chairman of said board, has shouted and ranted at said board members without recog nition and without good cause, has rudely interrupted others when they were speaking, and has raised her voice so as to drown out the voices of other speakers, and has so , com pletely disturbed, hindered and hampered, interrupted and meddled, caused confu sion and disrupted order, that said board is unable to pro ceed with the orderly dispo Tribune una Minister. orvice Qujt Positions New Delhi, India -(DPD- De fense Minister V. K. Khrishna Menon and the heads of In dia's army, navy and air force resigned today. The internal dissension in the nation's armed forces erupted as fresh reports came in that Communist Chinese troops were massing along In dia's northern frontiers. The resignations caused grave concern throughout the country, and threw the gov ernment and Parliament into turmoil. Playing Politics Charged The service chiefs quit be cause they said Khrishna Men on was playing politics with the armed forces. Khrishna Menon offered in turn to quit himself. Prime Minister Jawaharlal City Engineer Testifies at Roseburg Hearing Roseburg (DPD An 'Inter state Commerce Commission hearing into the Aug. 7 ex plosion and fire here was told today that a section of about eight or nine blocks was re duced to rubble. Kenneth M e n g, Roseburg City engineer, said that des pite the extent of the damage his department had found it necessary so far to recom mend that only one standing building be condemned. This is a two-story brick structure at SE Jackson and Washing ton st. - Meng told ICC Examiner Robert Murphy that a window of his home located one mile away was cracked by the force of the explosion. He was the first witness; The blast occurred when a truck laden with 6V tons of explosives blew up after it had been parked near a build ing supply company where fire broke out. Thirteen per sons died and property dam age was estimated at $10 mil lion. . Held in High School The hearings were being held in Roseburg high school, across the South Umpqua riv er from the destruction scene. About 100 persons were on hand. Murphy, presiding over the three-day probe, has sub poenaed 17 witnesses. He said, however, that anyone "with information of a pertinent na ture" will be welcome to testi fy. Findings are expected to help the ICC and the state ascertain whether new regu lations should be recommend ed for hauling of explosives by private and contract carriers. Oregon PUC Commissioner Jonel C. Hill is taking part in the probe. Among those here was George Rutherford, 47, Che halis, Wash., who was the driver of the truck. Mrs. Todd sition of the irrigation dis trict's business. " Refrain From Action The complaint further al leges that Mrs. Todd has re fused to refrain from such action, that her husband has "acted in concert" with her and that he has "threatened" to carry on with disturbances if his wife alone is enjoined from doing so. The complaint points out that the board has important business to transact in the near future. It states that the board has no objection to the defendants' asking questions or speaking after being duly recognized in accordance with the board's rules of conduct or during the "that period of time set. aside ... for dis cussion or questions from the floor," but asks that the Todds be enjoined "from otherwise speaking or talking." The board's September meeting was scheduled for this afternoon. Mrs. Todd stated she was planning to attend. Price 1 0 Cents No. 135 Chiefs Nehru has not yet accepted the resignations. But he is due to make a statement in Par liament Wednesday, when he is expected to announcti his decision. It was reported that fresh wave of Red Chinese troops backed up by mule -packed heavy weapons was advancing toward northeastern India. Denies Mass Invasion Press reports from Jorhat, in the border province of As sam, said the Reds are moving along the border between In dia and Communist - con quered Tibet "where an in cursion has already taken place." This was an apparent reier- ence to the Longju area, where the Reds seized an In dian border post a week ago. An Indian government spokesman, however, denied that the Red Chinese were be ginning a mass invasion. He said the reports were "base less." Ready for Action But the Reds were reported ready for action, with Indian and Chinese forces only a stone's throw apart in some nlaces. Thus far. there have been no major incidents, only minor skirmishes. ; In Calcutta, Premier Jigmi Diorji of Bhutan, one of the tiny border states between In dia and Tibet, said there had been no invasion of his coun try. He said if there had been, he would have been the first person to know of it. " An Indian Foreign Office spokesman also denied the in vasion reports and aescriDea them as "false and incorrect." Serious Internal Crisis There was no denying the seriousness of the internal military rift. The nations three chiefs of state - Lt. Gen. Ks. Thimayya, Vice Adm. R. D. Katari and Air Marsnai s. Mnkheriee - handed in their resignations in protest against Khrishna Menon s nananng oi military affairs. They said promotions were given without consulting them, a move which demor alized many officers and men. They also said they -were not satisfied with the treat ment given them by Khrishna Menon. The resignations confronted Nehru with one of the biggest problems he has faced, since India's independence. Ritchie Low Bidder On Bellview School Ashland Loren Ritchie, Medford contractor, last night was awarded the Bellview school addition contract on his bid of $111,945 by the Ashland school district board. The addition of six class rooms and a kitchen, is slated for completion Jan. 4, 1960, in time for use during the s e e o n d semester . starting Jan. 25. The six other bidders, and their bids, are: Cummings Construction company, Grants Pass, $115,758; Starr Builders, Lebanon, $116,490; Wiley company, Ashland, $117,294; Dwight L. Seely, Medford, $118,400; Ausland Construc tion company, Grants Pass, $119,300; and Southern Ore gon Construction company, Grants Pass, $119,998. Bellview an elementary school, is located south of Ashland on Highway 99 at Coleman Creek rd. Root Reappointed To Resources Board Salem-(DPD-Gov. Mark Hat field today made two appoint ments to the State Water Re sources board. They are Brig. Gen. Louis H. Foote, Forest Grove, re placing Byron C. Brinton, Baker, whose term expired, and Robert Root, Medford, who was reappointed. Both appointments are sub ject to confirmation by the state Senate. Gen. Foote is the retired former North Pacific Division Army engineer. Leaders Lacking Agreement on Summit Parley President Devotes Time To Business London -(DPD- President Eis enhower refused to bow to Prime Minister Harold Mac millan's pressure for an East West summit conference dur ing their cold war talks here, it was reported on high au thority today. The two leaders wound up their discussions still without full agreement on summit policy. But the sources said Eisen hower and Macmillan were hopeful, though not necessari ly confident, that the Presi dent's coming talks in the United States with Russia's Premier Nikita Khrushchev ultimately may lead to a sum mit meeting. Conducts Business The President interrupted his cold war peace mission for a day to devote himself to an accumulation of White House business. He spent most of the day working at his desk at Winfield House, official resi dence of U. S. Ambassador John Hay Whitney. . The President flies to Paris Wednesday to confer with President Charles de Gaulle. The President and Macmil lan wound up their talks here in - what was described as broad agreement on a "firm but flexible", line to be adopt ed by Eisenhower when he meets with Khrushchev Sept. 15. But the two leaders, in a historic televised fireside chat Monday night, indicated that they still are not fully in step on summit policy. Eisenhower, it was learned today, still insists that Khrushchev must withdraw completely his threat to drive the western powers out of Berlin. He believes adequate advance preparation must be made before a summit meet ing can be held - probably at another Big Four foreign ministers' conference. -Difference of Opinion Macmillan, on the other hand, believes that differ ences between East and West over Berlin were narrowed sufficiently at the end of the foreign ministers' conference that ended in Geneva Aug. 5 so that a summit meeting would be the next logical step. Eisenhower and Macmillan were reported in full agree ment that it would be folly to convene a summit meeting which they believed in ad vance would fail. Missouri Couple Theft Victims Here Clothing and other personal articles with an estimated to tal value of $650 were stolen Sunday night or early Mon day morning from the car of an Independence, Mo., couple here, Medford police re ported. Police identified the vic tims as Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Henry Alofsin, who were staying at the Cedar Lodge motel, 518 North Riverside ave. Alofsin lost about $400 worth of articles including suits, a suit case, bowling equipment and a salesman's sample case with samples, ac cording to the report, while his wife's $250 loss included a suitcase and clothing. The thief or thieves gained entrance to the car by prying open the left wing window, then reaching in and opening the door, police said. The car was parked at the motel at the time. Youths Sentenced To Prison Terms Three Medford youths were sentenced to 2V& years each in the Oregon state peniten tiary yesterday in circuit court on charges of contribut ing to the delinquency of a 16-year-old girl. Sentenced yesterday after noon by Circuit Judge Ed ward C. Kelly were Chester Leon Allison, 19, of 1119 West Fourth st.; Waymon Ross Blackwood, 20, of 2520 Mer riman rd.; and Basil Victor DeRushe, 20, of 332 Mary st. All three had pleaded guil ty. A pre-sentence report on Sam Keith Garett, 20, of Ft. Dix, Calif., is still pending. He has pleaded guilty to the same charges. The incident involving the four youths and the girl oc curred on the upper Apple gate during the July 4 week end, according to the court records. V
