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Newspaper Page Text0) fo) fo) MA Jew Of Summit Talks Appears London - (LTD - An East Wgst summit conference seemed certain today to be postponed. President Eisenhower, Brit ish Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Soviet Premier likita Khrushchev all had in dicated their preference for an earlier meeting. But French Premier Charles de Gaulle's suggestion Wed nesday to postpone any sum smit conference until next spring apparently has short circuited that prospect. These were the develop ments in 1he fast moving summit picture: -President Eisenhower told his news conference in Augus ta, Ga., that he still strongly favors a western summit con ference as soon as possible. But he said he does not feel the same sense of urgency about a full scale summit Reclamation Body Urges Steps to Build Agate Dam Th e Oregon Reclamation Congress has urged and re quested federal agencies to "undertake such steps as may be necessary and appropriate to accomplish completion" of the Agate dam and reservoir project. " The Congress unanimously adopted a resolution support ing he project and the Rogue iverg basin reclamation pro gram at a meeting in Klamath Falls earlier this week. The Oregon group noted tha the Agate dam and reser voir project "will provide storage of an additional 4,500 acre feet of water as an in tegral part" of the Rogue ba sin program. . V Additional Acreage , The reservoir, which would be located within the Rogue.' River Valley Irrigation dis trict, would provide "valu able equalization and -peak Sow control," and enhance the operation of the irrigation district's system. It would pro-a vide water for an additional 1,800 new irrigable acres. The project has been sup ported by the state water re sources board, which recom mends its construction, and the bureau of reclamation has found that the project would have a favorable cost-benefit ratio. The Oregon Congress urged and requested the bureau of reclamation, Congress and other appropriate federal ad ministrative agencies to take steps necessary to accomplish construction., " Pool-Plan Shifts Noted by Manager A new set of plans for the proposed Jackson park swim ming poor will probably be presented to the Medford city council at its Nov. 19 meet ing. City Manager Robert Duff said today. If the council approves the -revised plans, then a second call for bids will be issued, the city manager said. Bids would be opened about Dec. 11 which would allow comple tion of the swimming pool project by the next swimming season, he said. Included in changes for the main pool would be a plastic instead of a stainless steel filter, a change iri depth of some of the pits due to plumb ing alterations, and a smaller drain, Duff enumerated. V Bids for the Jackson pool project were rejected by the council Oct. 1 as being too high. Duff said he learned of the proposed changes early this week while attending the League of Oregon Cities meet- . ing in Portland. He met with Stevens and Thompson, Port-' . land engineering firm, vien. Lowest combined bid of the i t 4LA nr 1 ....... pirn uiicc iui uic w was jiui, 582 submitted by the National Gunite company, Salem. It was $ll,582 more than the engineer's estimate of $90,000 for the main pool, bath house, mechanical plant and diving tank. i Deferment Certain meeting with the Soviet Un ion. -Soviet Ambassador to Par is Sergei Vinogradov told re porters after an interview with French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville that "President Eisenhower has proposed a summit confer ence for the end of the year. We are in agreement with this." However, Eisenhower emphasized at Augusta that he had not made concrete pro posals, but had outlined his personal feelings in the mat ter in communications to the other world leaders. -A Foreign Office spokes man in London disclosed that De Gaulle released his views on the summit in the form of a Cabinet communique Wed nesday without warning Brit ain beforehand. -George F. Kennan, for mer U. S. ambassador to Rus sia, told a lunch meeting in Washington that the West's stand on Berlin today is "stilted, cramped and inflex ible," and said a compromise is necessary. Berlin is one of the principle questions which must t be dealt with at any summit session. Kennan also said the! West "need have no doubt" about the sincerity of Khrushchev's desire to avoid a major war. ' -No Comment -The Soviet press in Mos cow published Wednesday's French communique about the summit without comment. Khrushchev Visit lo Paris , -Unofficial, but well-founded reports -circulated in vari ous capitals that De Gaulle has invited Khrushchev to Paris. ! . -Dispatches from Bonn said West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is believed to feel that" no summit meet ing should be attempted until February at the earliest. (What appears to be in the works is" a number of prelim inary meetings before a date for the summit is firmed up. , De- Gaulle and Khrushchev probably will meet in Paris, for the French leader is known, to want to hold a per son to person session with the Soviet' Premier before any East-West parley. License Payment Received by County ;'. Jackson county has receiv ed its share of the state motor license payments for the quarter ending Sept. SO, ac cording to County Treasurer Karl Janouch. The payment was for $142, 711.76 and- will ' go into the genera road funds. Janouch said that the quarterly . pay ment . was -more than $4,000 less, than for the same period last 1 year. He added that the total amount collected in the state was 62 per cent below 1958? V . No reason . was given for the reduction by state officals. Nigerian Engineer Studies County Roads Tamajong Ndumu, an engi neer-from Nigeria on the west coast of. Africa, is visiting Jackson .. county to study roads, bridges and other pub lic works projects. .Ndumu, who arrived, here Tuesday afternoon after four weeks in Lane county, ex pects to remain in Jackson county 2Vs weeks. He is about halfway along on a six-month tour of the United States under the joint auspices of this country and his .own through the Interna tional Cooperation adminis tration. " Paul Rynning, county engi neer and surveyor, this week was conducting Ndumu on in spections , of various road projects. Ndumu, who was graduated from the Univer sity of London , in 1952, ex plained that Jackson county was selected for him to visit because of its varied engi neering problems and its suc cesses in meeting them. . ... - He is especially Interested in roads constructed into pre viously inaccessible 'areas, which are projects of particu lar and pressing importance in his own country. He also hopes to study mechanical equipment, construction mate rials and their sources, and projects in such related engi- Medford 36 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22,1959 No. 178 Italian Poet Wins 1959 Nobel Prize; Dispute Possible Writer Once Called Sputnik 'God's Work' Stockholm, Sweden -(UPD-The 1959 Nobel Prize for Lit erature was awarded today to Salvatore Quasimodo, a Left leaning Italian poet who once wrote that the Soviets took over God's work when they launched their first Sputnik. It appeared the awarding of the prize to the 58-year-old Quasimodo might touch off a major controversy in Italy where Roman Catholics were outraged by his reference to "God's work" in his poem "The New Moon." The winning of the prize also may alienate anti-Communist elements who look askance at Quasimodo's fall ing in step with Communist attacks last year on Russia's Boris Pasternak who won the 1958 Nobel Prize for Litera ture. Quasimodo described Pasternak as a little bourg eois who lives like a lord. Quasimodo, the first Ital ian in 25 years to win the cov eted $42,610 prize, received it for "his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expressed the tragic experience of life in our times," the Swedish Academy of Literature said. Quasimodo was a member of the Communist party for three months at the end of World War II but he said he resigned because he wanted all his freedom and "I could not limit my activity to a poli tical field." Schools Must Hold Exercises Salem (UPD - Oregon schools must .hold exercises Friday in memory of Francis E. Willard, a crusader against demon rum during the 1890's. ' Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton said the law requir ing the celebration is still on the books. It was passed in 1917, two years before the country voted in prohibition. Thornton said most" school officials probably a r e n o t aware of their responsibility in the matter. The education committee of the 1957 Legislature tried to get rid of the 1917 law, but backtracked when temper ance advocates demanded continuance of the ceremony. City Finance Officer Named to Committee Darell Huson, finance offi cer for Medford, was elected to the executive committee of the Oregon Association of City Finance Officers at the recent League of Oregon Cities convention in Portland. The finance officers associ ation held its meeting in con junction with the league convention. VISITOR TO COUNTY Paul Rynning, county engineer and surveyor, shows con struction plans to Tamajong Ndumu, en neering fields as water supply and sanitation. Some problems known to Jackson county have their counterparts in Nigeria, Ndumu notes. One example is timber access roads. Nigeria's hinterlands have large stands Commission IKiears Ferguson Appeal!; Record 8s IPransed Salem -(UPD- An appeal by Clifford Ferguson from his firing as head of the rail transportation division of the Public Utility commission was heard today by the state civil service commission. Ferguson was fired in Sep tember by Commissioner Jon el C. Hill in a reshuffling of the department. Hill charged Ferguson with insubordina tion and other failings. The opening session of the hearings saw witnesses de fending Ferguson on the stand. - Morgan Backs Him E x - P U C Commissioner Howard Morgan,' now a live stock rancher, called Fergu- 608 Acres Are Seeded to Grass Ashland A total of 608 acres of land in the Ashland watershed was aerial seeded to grass Monday under the direction of Harold Thomas, forest service ranger for the Ashland district. Seeding was done by a specially equipped forest serv ice plane piloted by Ed Scholz. The operation took eight hours, and 8,600 pounds of seed were applied. The seeding is a prelimin ary erosion prevention treat ment of the land in the Ash land burn area. The grass is used to obtain a ground cover and bind the soil, the forest service noted. Trees will be planted later to obtain a for est stand. City of Ashland, forest serv ice and bureau of land man agement land was seeded in Monday's operation. Thomas also is constructing check dams and contour fur rowing portions of the burn ed area to prevent erosion as much as possible. Although some erosion is inevitable un til such, time as the grass be comes firmly established, the furrowing and check dam construction will tend to al leviate this, the forest service said. State Calls Down Tallowbox Lookout Southwest district of the state department of forestry called down its last lookout today. The lookout was John Gro ner, who has manned the Tal lowbox post in the Applegate area. Patrolmen stated that the fire season is not yet over, however. Decision on its of ficial ending is up to the gov ernor. Whether any lookouts in the district are manned again ; this year depends on the weather, it was said. of such timber as mahogany which have yet to be logged. Washouts and floods are oc casional problems here. But they could hardly compare to conditions in Nigeria, where Ndumu reported it rains in some areas as much as 26 Price 10 Cents Tribune son "an aggressive, honest public servant." He said he had more dealings with him than any "of his other depart ment heads. "He never lied or was dis honest," Morgan said. At the time of his dismissal there were hints he was fired because of pressure by the railroads on Gov. Mark Hat field's office. Witness Robert Bulger, Med ford, said Ferguson had a record "far above reproach." Tom Reynolds, Grants Pass, plant manager for Spaulding and Sons, said Ferguson was very helpful in getting clean and repaired rail cars into his area. c . Shippers Said Happy Raymond Martin, director of the Southern Oregon Ship pers association, said Fergu son was. "the finest public representative we have met in the PUC." He said southern Oregon shippers were' happy with what Ferguson had done for them concerning southern Oregon's perennial boxcar shortage. Ferguson worked with the governor's emergen cy transportation committee on this matter. George Brown, political ed ucation director for the Ore gon AFL-CIO, said Ferguson was "especially qualified" to deal with the boxcar shortage problem. Brown was a mem ber of the emergency com mittee in 1955 and was its chairman in 1957. Ferguson was hired by ex PUC Commissioner Charles Heltzell. fo Extension of Time R and M construction com pany, contractors for the new Eighth st. bridge, said today they plan to seek a 30-day extension from the state. Although the city of Med ford is financing construction, estimated to cost $51,038, the state is doing the engineering so would have to approve the extension of time, City Engi neer Vernon Thorpe said. The bridge was originally set for completion by Oct. 31, but due to a delay in engi neering plans and steel ma terials delivery, it will not be completed until later in No vember, company officials es timated. The company was awaiting engineering plans on the foot ings which have been poured. The walls are being raised now and the beams will be poured about a week from Monday, a company official said. Prefabricated steel truss es are expected next week, it was reported. Construction on the new bridge started July 16. gineer from Nigeria who is here to study roads and other public works. inches in a single day. In his country, which gains full independence from Great Britain next year, Ndumu has been executive engineer in charge of all public works projects ' in a" district about the size of Jackson county. VICTIM TREATED-!-Cuban doctors treat head Wednesday. At least two Cubans were a victim of stray machine gun fire which killed, and many more injured. sprayed Havana during an air battle over- v (UPI Telephoto) Cuban Newspaper Implies U.S. Involved in 'Bombing' of Havana Havana-(UPD-The newspaper Revolucion, semi-official voice of Premier Fidel Castro's gov ernment, implied today that the United States was involv ed in Wednesday's leaflet bombing of Havana. In the subsequent attack on the leaflet raider and in a series of ground bombings and wild shooting escapades, at least two persons were kill ed and almost 60 wounded. The night attacks culminat ed a day of anti-Castro ac tivity in this island republic and brought a call for a mass labor demonstration today in support of Castro's regime in its latest crisis. Castro scheduled a tele vision appearance tonight to discuss the air incident and the treason charges levelled against Maj. Hubert Matos, former military commander of Camaguey Province. Matos is in jail, while another of ficer in the Camaguey area committed suicide. Others also are under arrest. Jn an editorial today, Rev olucion said the leaflets sign ed . by the "traitor" Maj. Pedro Diaz Lanz indicated he had accomplices in the U.. S. Senate. Diaz Lanz, former Cuban air force major who fled Cuba last July and later told a U. S. Senate subcommittee County Youths Back from Fair County 4-H Agent Glenn Klein and Jackson county 4-H members who attended the Pacific International Live-, stock exposition, in Portland returned to the valley yester day. Klein reported that county 4-H members received above market prices for their steers and lambs at the auction sale Wednesday morning. Receiving 30 and 31 cents per pound for steers were Judy Bradshaw, Eagle Point; Carol von de Hellen, Central Point; .Allice Woolfolk, Eagle Point, and Jon Jennings, Cen tral Point. The market was reported to be 28 cents. Terry Gail, Gold Hill, re ceived 23 and '27 cents- per pound for lambs, which were considerably above the 19 cents market price. t Klein said the group was fourth in beef herdsmanship and ninth in sheep herdsman ship. The county livestock judg ing team of Rick Anderson, Eagle Point; Truman Elmore, Applegate; and Bill Anhorn, Central Point, placed 11 in that category, Klein said. The score was high enough to place them in the blue ribbon group. Mletan Havana, Cuba (UPD Po lice said an assassin attempt ed lo kill Premier Fidel Casiro with a knife today. H was not successful. about Communistic elements in the Castro government, al so was accused by Revolucion of having U. S. accomplices in Florida. So far as is known, the leaf let raider was not hit. Other persons were be lieved to have been injured by motorized raiders who sped through the city later Wednesday night, tossing home-made bombs or hand grenades out of the windows of their cars. i Delegates to the convention of the American Society of Travel Agents that opened here Monday watched excit- Candidates To Be Featured at Event Jacksonville Candidates for the city council will be introduced at a town meeting at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, in the Jacksonville commun ity hall, Mayor E. O. Graham has announced. Councilmen will be named in the city election Tuesday, Nov. 3- Candidates for the three council . positions are John Caird, Harvey Parrott, John Crabb, Donald Wendt, Ronald McCay and Mrs. Ruth Bowne Walker. Caird was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Gra ham, councilman who was elected mayor in the last elec tion. - The- election . will be held between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the Jack sonville city hall, corner of South Oregon and California sts. ' "They Don't Just Want The Answers They Want Money, Too!" edly as warplanes roared low over (Havana, their machine guns spitting fire. None of them was injured. The air battle and the bombings caused momentary panic in the heart of Havana but the citys life went on much as usual. Night spots and gambling places remained open although there were few tourists on hand. The leaflets that showered down on Havana were signed by Maj. Pedro L. Diaz Lanz, a former commander of the Cuban air force who resigned and fled to the United States last spring in protest against what he described as growing Red infiltration of Castro's revolutionary regime. Thousands of leaflets fell in the vicinity of the hotels where the ASTA delegates are staying. Earlier Wednesday, Castro flew to Camaguey to deal with a new "Diaz affair" -the resignation of Maj. Hu bert Matos, military comman der of Camaguey Province, in protest against "Communist influences within the govern ment." Wash House Destroyed By Flames Yesterday " A wash house at the rear of the William Blunt resi dence, 3954 South Pacific highway, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Medford firemen called to the scene said that the blaze apparently started from a de fective stovepipe. They re ported that the 16 by 16-foot building was completely in volved in flames when they arrived and was a total loss. CoerrttBt. is, ni Potmet PuBiuua Ca it. UUU PMI-DUMICa Arguments Held; Judges to Decide Early Next Week Panel Continues Stay Until Decision Made Philadelphia - (DPD - A panel of three federal judges finish ed hearing arguments today on a back to work order ap peal in the 100 -day steel strike and said it would "dis pose" of the case early next week. The court continued a stay to the back to work order. until it reaches a decision. Chief Judge John Biees Jr. heard more than three hours of arguments from represen tatives of the United Steel-. workers union and the gov ernment. - "We will not be able to reach a decision, of course, in this case today or tomorrow," Judge Biggs said. "We will however endeavor to dispose of the case early next week." Biggs then adjourned court until next Wednesday morn ing when it will resume its normal case list. The steel case was completed today. The jurist indicated that a decision might be handed down Monday or Tuesday in the steel appeal. Union President David J. McDonald, who had promised to fight the injunction in the highest court of the land if necessary, said the union made a "substantial argu ment" to have the Taft-Hart ley injunction dismissed. "Now we will wait for the decision of the court which I understand will be some time next week," McDonald said. The union challenged the government's claim that the strike imperiled the nation and said the walkout "could continue until 1960 without any adverse impact on the economy." A panel of three . judges ordered an indefinite stay of a DacK to worjE oraer nanaea down Wednesday in Pitts burgh. But the stay merely supported another ruling Wed nesday which staved off en forcing the injunction. Arthur J. Goldberg, 53, gen eral counsel for the union, said the court should toss out the injunction on grounds that the Taft-Hartley Law was unconstitutional and the na tion was not imperiled by the strike. "I would say our evidence shows that the strike could continue until 1960 without any adverse impact on the economy," Goldberg said. He was asked by one of the judges whether he had any idea how long it would take to. settle the dispute. "President McDonald (un ion President David J. Mc Donald) says were it not for the fact that the companies count on these 80 days, the strike would be quickly set tled," Goldberg said. John Biggs, Jr., chief judge of the Third U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals which is hearing the union's plea to dismiss the work injunction, said the "stay will be con tinued until the arguments on the merits have been heard." He then began taking testi mony on the merits of the in junction appeal. At the same time the appeal was being heard. President Eisenhower said at Augusta, VJTCi., bllUV Irl.. 0V n. ."' u.v ed down production of vital missile base facilities and pro duction of the missiles them selves. He said the walkout threatens to "imperil the na tional health" and added that steel supplies were "nearing the exhaustion point." Goldberg said it was the "plain intent of Congress that there should be an immediate danger before Taft-Hartley is invoked." Taft-Hartley is unconstitu tional because it vests in the courts a nonjudicial function." McDonald, who had vowed to fight the injunction in the highest court of the land if necessary, was in the crowd ed courtroom. McDonald said he was there "merely as an onlooker." WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable cloud iness with a little light rain tonight. Patchy fog in valleys and partly cloudy Friday. Mild temperatures. Low tonight 52. High Friday 6S-70. Temp. Highest Yesterday 51 Lowest this Morning 50 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .21 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:20 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:33 a.m. Moonrise tonight 9:47 p.m. Last Quarter Oct. 24 PROMINENT STARS: Square of Pegasus, high . In south - 9:38 p.m. VISIBLE PLANENTS: Jupiter, sets 6:32 p.m. Saturn, low in southwest 7:34 p.m. Venus, low in east . 3:28 a.m.