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at liraraia . n nirir 01 . Kennedy tiiryggle Qufcome Will Test Strength Of Free Nations Democrat Speaks To Salem Students Sslem-tfPD-Sen. John Ken nedy (D-Mass.) said today in o foreign policy address to "Willamette university stu jktni bddy that the struggle .teVveen India and China for feoaomic and political leader- rfiipof the East was one of rcial importance to all the tnt world. Kennedy, who only smiled the suggestion that his Ore- c trip had anything to do pHh the Democratic nomina 0o for president in 1960, told 4fte students that the outcome o9 the competition of India V0& China would test compara tive strength of Communist aavfl free nations. estrn Tour . The Democratic presidential ful arrived here from San Fsncisco early today on a "Irtstern speaking - tour. The eIuical significance of the! cfiat was heightened by Ore jftm's new "wide open" presi dential preference primary (Mr which allows the Oregon 9eretary of state to place the ame of any person "generally Advocated in national news o ffcedia," for president on the date's primary balfot next 29. the Republican side 0ae President Richard Nixpn JkE visited Oregon lately and tKv York Gov. Nelson Rocke feller has a speaking date in Keyemiber. SMia Keeping Human Dignity la his foreign policy speech Kennedy, said "India follows Kute in keeping with hu nn dignity and individual ttrdom. Red China repre sents the route of regimented cotftrols and ruthless denial of .human Ti&U?..v He said Red China had susged ahead of India " eco- noraically in the last decade. "Kennedy said that if India owhese population represents AO per cent of the uncom mitted world, should lose the tuggle, India herself . and iost f Asia would fol- nCemmunism would have its , great bloodless " he warned. vic fain Others -M k not enough that we . Jieipat on a crash basis, temporary relief," Ken- f4r id. m9f must be willing to join ther western nations in $ atrious long-range program . &i long-term loans, backed up If technical and agricultural wsiitanct designed to enable icna to overtake the chal lenge of Communist China," o he tool for this program, Kennedy said, might well be wit development loan fund Q Kennedy said he was sur- , prised about recent criticism oft himself by Sen. Wayne M$rse CD-Ore.). . Laber Vote Criticized , .Morse has criticized Ken- ' J&edy for his voting on recent labor legislation. Kennedy safd he was "sur prised that' Senator Morse wojjld make this a personal matter" in criticising Ken nedy's vote for the recently P8ed labor legislation. Setired Malin Man ; &ie After Wreck Klamath Falls - (UPD - Emil iFdhir, died in a local hos pital Jtfonday night after an guWkmrobile accident on the BmaMza-Malin cutoff, about vtdas east of here. Interim Committee to Kfcet Here Next Monday 3fca Legislative Interim committee on agriculture will meeVi Medford Oct. 26, ac aordtfig to State Senator Fran c& Ziegler, Corvallis, chair man. - The committee will visit the Southern Oregon branch of the Oregon State college agri culture experiment station the afternoon of Oct. 26, and meet in the Jackson county court house, auditorium at -7:30 o'clock that night. The night meeting is open to the public,, and residents may participate in discussing t&e area's agricultural prob lems, Senator Zieglar said. The committee was estab lished by the 1959 legislature, which noted that appropriate Sees Dndia-ied China off . Crucial Dm porta nee ) DISPLAY COUGAR Miss Joyce Conner, left, and Miss Gail Wunderlich, both of Shady Cove, display the cougar they shot - while huntmg deer Sunday on the Upper Shady Cove Women Kill Cougar While Hunting on Sunday Two fahady Cove women, 'Miss Gail , Wunderlich and Miss Joyce Conner, shot and killed a cougar Sunday at 5:30 p.m. on Upper Elk creek near Little Bear camp. The animal, which meas ured six feet, four inches from nose to tip of . tail, was re ported to be one of the largest Meeting Set to Christmas tree trespass pre vention and enforcement will be the subject of a joint ses- i . I Sinn nf -fprlAral anrt lnrtrl -man. 1 agement agencies, park serv ice, and federal and local law enforcement, agencies Thurs day, Oct. 22, in the bureau of land management meeting room, South Riverside ave. The meeting, which will be gin at 10 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m., will be opened by Carroll Brown, supervisor of the Rogue River National forest of the forest service. . Some 35 persons are expect ed to attend representing the federal land .management agencies in the area and ad joining national forests, fed eral bureau- of investigation, Jackson county district at torney's office, state police, state board of forestry, South ern Oregon Tree Farm associ ation, and Southern Oregon Christmas Tree association. Forest service officials said that- an exceptionally high number of trespasses were re ported last year. Of these, four persons were tried in federal court and convicted for thefts in the Rogue River National forest. Others were also convicted of tree thefts on BLM lands. A similar meeting was held in Klamath Falls Oct. 8 to organize cooperative efforts in that area for the same re sults, it was stated. About 25 persons attended. " Portland-flJPD - Legal argu ments have slowed selection of a jury for the conspiracy trial of James B. Elkins, local nightlife figure. state agencies should develop and promote forward looking plans to strengthen the total agricultural resource in Ore gon because of the impact of agricultural activities on the state's economy. ' Medf ord's meeting is one in a series of meetings the com mittee is holding throughout the state to discuss agricul ture with producers, industry representatives and others in terested. Members of the committee, in addition to Zieglar, are Senators Loyd M. Key, Milton Freewater; Robert W. Straub, Eugene; and Representatives Roy Fitzwater, Lebanon; Ar thur P. Ireland, Forest Grove; Joe Ro"rs, Independence; and Don McKinnis, Summerville. Discuss Trespass nose to tail. killed in the area. Its weight was not learned. The two women, who re port that the kill was a com bined affair, used .30-.30 rifles. Miss 'Wunderlich and Miss Conner said that they were hunting deer Sunday morning in the Upper Elk creek area approximately 21 miles from Highway 62 when they came upon a four-point buck which the cougar had killed. They explained that since the buck had rbeen . only, partly ..eaten they returned later in the day. It was then that they shot the animal. . The women, who did not j. xi : j 3 i r lTn V , ' I at the county courthouse Mon . .. day. The bounty is paid $10 by the county and $50 by the state. Five-Year-Otd Takes Strychnine Kenneth Owen Butler, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Robert Butler, 219 North Grape st., Medford, was taken to Sacred Heart hospital Monday after he swallowed some strychnine poison, Medford police . re ported. " v , i v An attend ing physician pumped, out the contents of the boy's stomach, and told Butler the boy was in no danger. A meal eaten shortly before swallowing the poison helped to alleviate any poison ous effect, the doctor said. , Butler told police he saw traces of powder around the boy's mouth when he asked for a drink of water. Asked what he had eaten, the boy led his father to a garage, and showed him a bottle labelled strychnine poison. An officer and Butler, later searched the garage and found another bot tle, police said. The garage was closed and the property owner, Melvin Harvey Hall, route 2, box 464A, Old Stage rd., contacted. Quintuplets Born To Couple in Texas San Antonio, Tex. - .(DPB- Quintuplet daughters were born today to the wife of an Air Force lieutenant. All were said to be in good condition. The . quints were bdrn to 1st. Lt. and Mrs. Charles G. Hannan, Taylor, Tex. If the babies live, they would be the first surviving quintuplets in American rec ord. . ' WEATHER FORECAST: Increasing cloudi ness tonight and Wednesday. Occasional light rain. Low to night 43. High Wednesday 65. Temp. Highest Yesterday 69 Lowest this Mnrnlng- 42 Pree. to 10 a.m. Today .05 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today .. 5:23 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow fi:30 a.m. The Moon rises 8:12 p.m. tonight and is - in Apogee, be ing over 252,000 miles from the Earth. Early next month when the Moon is in Perigee, it will b nearly 30,000 miles nearer the Earth. Last Quarter Oct. 24 Elk creek area near Little Bear camp. The cougar measured six feet, four inches from (Knackstedt Photo) Plea of Innocent Entered in Case Against Resident A plea of innocent was en tered in district court Mon day for George S. Reilly, Ash land man arrested for keeping a minor child, his daughter, from school. Reilly was represented by Medford Lawyer Loren Saw yer, while Deputy District At torney Gearld Scannell ap peared for the state. Reilly himself was not in court. Judge E. Roy Bashaw con tinued i Reilly's $50 bail, and set - a " trial datrTr-NovrI9,r which he said was the earliest possible time. He said he was giving the. case priority since t le action for which Reilly was charged, by the nature of the charge, a continuing one. Girl About 9 Scannell said he understood Reilly's daughter had never attended public schools since she became old enough to do so. Her current age has been given by various officials as about 9. Scannell said he did not think the court should con cern itself with he girl's own interests but just with the charge against the father. He said there were other govern ment agencies which could look after the child. He explained later that he was considering alerting coun ty authorities to the situation. Reilly, whose home address is listed at 338 Laurel st. in Ashland, has expressed in let ters in the Mail Tribune his conviction that Communists and "profiteers" have taken over various governmental agencies.: Portland -(DPD- The Oregon State Board of Health said in its. October bulletin that Oregon has fewer licensed physicians than the national average, but more nurses and dentists. , Tuneup . Judge Main Joins Kelly in Sending Letter to Board Says Criticism Was Proper Circuit Judge James M. Main has joined his colleague, Circuit Judge Edward C. Kel ly, in leveling criticism at the state board of control. Their criticism is aimed at the board's recent questioning of the juvenile court commit ment here -of a - 16-year-old Ashland youth to MacLaren School for boys. " The board called it "ob viously a case which should never have been committed to MacLaren in the first place in view of the long history of delinquency." William C. Ryan,, the board's secretary, first wrote Judge Kelly, as the commit ting judge in the case, to in quire among other things about the court's "philosophy" m sending the yourth to Mac Laren. Committing Judga Judge Kelly pointed out that Judge Main was actually the committing judge, but took the opportunity of replying to the board himself in a sharply critical letter. . v - Judge Main, said he would not reply to the board until a letter was written to him personally. He received such a letter Friday, similar to the one Judge Kelly had received. "The court is at a loss to understand why the board considers that this boy has a long history of delinquency," Judge Main replied, with re ference to . the youth's case record, in a letter to the board today. "I do not believe the board had before it the actual facts of this case and feel that when they review the matter they will conclude as the court did that MacLaren is the proper place for this boy 'to receive the training he needs," he stated. Board Criticized Judge Main observed that the board had already been "severely criticized" for seek ing assurance from-4he-court that if the boy were returned here from MacLaren he would be brought to trial. A charge of rape 'by force and violence has been pending against the youth. "I feel that the criticism which has been directed against the board of control was proper under the circum stances," Judge Main said. The board stated that it through the Oregon Correc tional Institution would be a more appropriate place for the youth. But Judge Main pointed out that if the boy were convicted of the pending charge, he would be ineligible under Oregon law for com mitment there. Manrubia Sentenced To Penitentiary Term Jose Manrubia Martinez, 27, of 441 North Grape si, was sentenced to a maximum of four years in the state peni tentiary today by Circuit Judge James M. Main. Manrubia was arrested Oct. 4 in connection with burglar ies in the Rogue valley. He had been on probation since last spring, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of grand larceny in connection with thefts of building materials. . Judge Main revoked Man rubia's probation today. Capynau. iw. rn Pntttitt Poftitstua ca u la Pmt Pittina Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1959 No. 176 iit. rt tf ' ' TAFT-HARTLEY NOT WANTED Mem bers of the United Steelworkers picketing the Homestead, Pa., works of U.S. Steel Court Asked To Issue Injunction In Steel Dispute Pittsburgh - (DPD - A U.S. attorney, acting under orders j of President Eisenhower, to day asked federal court to issue an . injunction to halt the 98-day steel strike for 80 days. 1 - U.S. Attorney Hubert I. Teitelbaum handed the Taft Hartley back to work petition to the clerk of the district court, putting it up to Federal Hearing on Air Pollution Postponed A hearing on progress in various areas of air pollution abatement, scheduled for this afternoon, has been postponed until Oct. 27byjthe. Jackson county court. County Judge Earl M. Mil ler Monday explained the postponement resulted from a conflict with the League of Oregon Cities convention, which a number of officials from Medford and other val ley communities are attend ing., Scheduled for the hearing, whenever it is held, are re ports from spokesmen for the pear and lumber industries, among others. The air pollution -problem in the valley was discussed at a meeting of the Rogue Valley section of Professional Engineers of Oregon last night. The story appears on page 11 of today's Mail Trib une. Concerted Effort Sought in UMC Del Landing, chairman of the United Medford Crusade, has urged UMC divisions to make a concerted effort to coj; lect funds as the final days of the campaign draw near. At Monday noon's report luncheon, a total of $72,734.54 was reported pledged, leaving $66,047.46 remaining to be pledged toward the $138,782 goal. The public employees di vision, .directed by Elliott Becken, assistant superinten dent of Medford public schools, is closest to reaching its goal with less than $106 to be pledged to reach the $12,- 200 goal. Lunch at yesterday's meet ing was provided by the Med ford Junior Chamber of Com merce with entertainment by Robert Wievesiek, accom panied by Mrs. Myrna Capsey, and Fred Haupert. The last scheduled report luncheon will be at the Med ford Elks temple at noon Monday, Oct. 26. Red China Asked To Recognize Tibetans United Nations, N.Y. - (UPD -Ireland appealed to Red China today to negotiate a peaceful settlement with the Dalai Lama and recognize "the right of .the small Tibetan people to control their own destiny." The appeal was made by Irish External Affairs Minis ter Frank Aiken in the open ing round of the Soviet-opposed United Natidns debate on last summer's suppression of Tibet by the Chinese Communists. Corporation show what the strikers think of the government's use of the Taft-Hartley act. (UPI Telephoto) Judge Herbert P. Sorg to de cide whether to order 500,000 ' steelworkers back to their jobs. Hearing Date Undecided Sorg accepted the petition and then went into a closed session with Teitelbaum and clerk James Wallace, saying "until I have read the peti tion, I cannot say when a hearing will be held." The petition asked for an injunction directing the Uni ted Steelworkers Union, on strike since July. 15, to in struct its members to return to work for 80 days and for the immediate issuance of a temporary restraining order pending issuance of the in junction. Union To Appeal -A spokesman for -ihe-union said USW general counsel Arthur G. Goldberg would appeal the petition on grounds that: ; " -"The steel strike does not imperil the national health or safety within the meaning of the Taft-Hartley Act. , "The provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act which have been invoked are unconstitu tional,' The spokesman did not elaborate on the union's con tention of unconstitutionality. Grand Jury Named For New Term Grand jury members for the new term of circuit court here were selected Monday before Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly. , Named as foreman was George R. Hagan, 630 South Holly sti, Medford. Other jury members in clude Thomas E. Fowler; box 213, Ashland; Mrs. Maisie Bowman, 29 Summit st., Med ford; Mrs. Virginia June Ross, 322 Garfield st.,. Ashland; Mrs. Grace Sharp, route 2, box 22, Jacksonville; Lewis C. Wilkins, box 95, Butte Falls, and Mrs. Jesse E. Pugsley, 516 Edwards st., Medford. - They will serve until the third Monday in January. Army MBssBDe Mead Von Braun AssaSDs Washington (DPD Rocket expert Wernher von Braun said today that Maj. Gen. John Medaris resigned as head of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency because he was dis couraged with "foot dragging" in the U.S. space program. 'Indecision' Assailed Von Braun himself assailed what he called indecision by "someone in Washington" and said there must be a long range program "if we don't mean to abandon the heavens to the Reds." He said Medaris wanted to "pitch in and help" this coun try catch Russia in the space race, but was not given any "challenging task." Medaris announced Monday night that he is retiring as head of the Army Ordnance Missile Command. Von Braun said he had no intention of quitting the agency at this time, but that he might get out and go into private industry unless the Price 10 Cents Tribune Eagle Point Bond Issue Approved by Voters, 106-73 Eagle Point Eagle Point residents yesterday approved, by a vote of 106 to 73, a $130,000 general obligation bond issue to help finance construction of a sanitary sew er system in the city. A total of 183 persons vot ed. Four ballots were dis qualified because of irregular markmgs, city officials said. There are 260 registered vot ers in the city. City officials expressed ! pleasure over the turnout of voters, and said that only 10 of these voting, were rentors rather than property owners. The city council last night canvassed the vote, but no further action on the sewer system is expected until the Nov. 3 council 'meeting. Estimated Cost J. W. Cunningham and As sociates, consulting engineers, estimated the sewer system will cost about $170,000, of which about $40,000 may be financed through Bancroft bonds over a 10-year period. General obligation bonds will be sold for the other $130,000, but that amount may - be reduced by about $18,000 through hook-up charges, city officials noted. The system will include laterals, trunk, manholes, cleanouts and other facilities within the city limits, and outfall to. pump, a pump sta tion, sewer line from the pump to a pond and the pond and fence. Land for the oxidation pond is expected to cost about $11, 000. An oxidation pond was selected oyer, a disposal plant because ponds are as satisfac tory as a disposal plant and are less expensive. The system city officials said, is expected to handle two to three times as many residents as the pres ent population.' Los Angeles Brush Fire 'Contained' Los Angeles - (DPD - The Forest Service said that the 14,200-acre brush fire flaming through the Angeles National Forest for the past week was "contained" today. GEN. JOHN MEDARIS . Agency Head Discouraged Army team is given impor tant work to do. He told a news conference that he, Medaris and others at the ABMA in Huntsville, Ark., want a "crash" program to develop the 1,500,000 pound thrust Saturn rocket needed to match the heavy loads Russia has boosted into space. But he said the government 'Homage To Hysteria' Said Paid by Brown Attorney Appeals To Supreme Court ' San Quentin, Calif. - (UPD -Chessman who sidestepped the gas chamber for nearly 12 years after being con demned for robbery, kidnap and rape-lashed out today at California justice. The 38-year-old convict-author also criticized Gov. Ed- . mund G. Brown, who refused to grant clemency which would have saved Chessman from the gas chamber for the seventh time. He is scheduled to die at 10 a.m. (PST) Friday. Deliberate Career Seen In denying clemency Mon day, the governor said the evi dence of guilt against Chess man was "overwhelming" and showed "a deliberate career c of robberies and kidnaping!, followed by sexual assaults and acts of perversion, ac- complished at the point df a loaded gun." Chessman-who still insists he is innocent immediately charged that Brown's action was the "politically expedient thing for him to do." "He has made his bid, made his verbal bow-and paid his homage to hysteria," Chess man, with the same calm and? cockiness he has shown during . his long stay on death row. "I am just as pleased that he took the action he did be cause it clearly defines the quality of justice-or lack of it-in the Chessman case," the convict said. Meanwhile, his a 1 1 o r n e y, George Davis, scheduled a meeting with Justice William O. Douglas of the U.S. Su- preme Court. Davis filed an application for a stay of exe cution last r nday. Confident of Court Action Chessman, who claimed he did not want a clemency hear ing before the governor be cause it amounted to an ad mission of guilt, was confii dent that the Supreme Cour? would act favorably in his behalf. -Gov: Brown said one of the main reasons he denied clem ency was because Chessman showed no signs of contrition. "It's a terrible commentary on California justice when the price an innocent man must pay to escape the gas chamber is to falsely admit his guilt," Chessman said. "I am certain this atmosphere of passion and prejudice will not penetrate the U.S. Supreme Court cham bers. Two Suffer Burns By Hair Compound Portland-(UPD-A Clackamas county beautician and a cus tomer suffered severe 6kjri burns last week from a "pow erful" alkali hair straighten ing compound purchased through mail order from ten- o tral America, the State Board of Health said today. A spokesman said the inci dent was brought to thS at tention of the federal Food and Drug Administration. Postal and customs officials also are being warned about the compound, marketed un- . der the brand name "Aliset Americano," the Health Board said. The compound was report ed to have been brought to the beauty shop by the cus-.. tomer and the burning occur red less than five minutes after treatment began. Quits; Program has not thrown extra money into this project. Von Braun said it was "quite possible" that the So viets would have within two years a rocket which could put a "bus load, of astronauts" into orbit around the earth.- It would take the U.S. four to five years to develop such a rocket under the present program, and at least three , years even if extra money is provided. Von Braun lashed out sar castically at the new U.S. space policy. He said the de cision to give the Air Force full control of space projects shows lack of confidence "in a proven rocket team." Further Lag Threatened He said the shift threatens to throw this country evln further behind in the race with Russia. The German-born scientist headed a team which perfect ed the rocket that hurled tfee first U.S. satellite into orbit. Oi ( o o v - if; o fW.B t -f- t-m - ?1 f- -A'
