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I liiog Strife 31 si 9 I 1 I-.U.S. .ITo'lHIciIft'Cubca Plcmnie -Trips . Washington-flJPD-President Eisenhower announced today that the United States is using every facility available to prevent airplanes based in Florida from making unauthorized flights over Cuba. " T v r The President made the announcement at his news con ference in commenting on Premier Fidel Castro's angry charges that the U.S. has countenanced the "bombing" of Havana by planes flying from U.S. airfields. Eisenhower told reporters that Attorney General William P. Rogers is making every effort to keep planes from taking off in Florida and flying illegally over Cuba. Many Airfields Make Job Difficult He said, however, that this is a difficult job because there are more than 200 airfields in Florida and most of them are crowded with private planes. . At the same time, the President said he was puzzled by Castro's bitter attacks on the U.S., particularly in the light of the long record of American assistance to that country. In effect, he gently reminded Cuba that the U.S. is her best trade customer. - The State Department Tuesday denounced Castro's ac oncatinns as "utterly unfounded" and voiced U.S. "Shock and amazement" at them. Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos rejected the U.S. "viewpoints' presented to him in a memor andum and said tuba was considering sending a note. to Washington. ' , , , ,. Eisenhower pointed out that the U.S. helped Cuba gain from SDain and had a long history of try ing to help that country solidify its independence and in crease its trade. . The President mentioned frequent American trade con ,inr. to Cuba, the fact that, the U.S. is Cuba's principal market and the long history of close relations between the two countries. He then said this makes it a puzzling matter to figure out why the Cuban govenment , is so unhappy with the U.S. ' v ' Possible Motivations Not Discussed - - When asked what he thought was "eating' Castro, Jhe President replied that he would not discuss possible motiva tions of the man. He added, however, that he did believe that Cuba was a country which one might think on the basis of past history would be a real friend of the U.S. , . Meanwhile, Enrique Perez Cisnreos, Cuba's delegate to the Organization of American States, urged that the U.S. take "firm and precise measures'; to prevent anti-Cuban activities on U.S. soil. He said recent incidents have caused "reasonable and understandable" indignation in Cuba. The five-nation Inter-American Peace Committee met to day with U.S. legal authorities for a report on what steps are being taken against Cuban exiles. The U.S. had invited the committee to investigate the situation.. v ; School Buses Involved in Crashes Two Phoenix school district buses were involved in sep arate accidents Monday morn ing en route to school, state police reported. Four persons received minor injuries in the first incident, none of them school children. Police said that the first accident occurred onHighway 99 approximately . 2 Vi miles south of Medford and involved two automobiles in addition cto 9the school bus. The bus, operated by Alvin Louis Fenton, 36, of 117 South Main st, Phoenix, had made a stop for children and was just pulling back on the high way when the' accident oc curred. Police said an automobile operated by Delia Elizabeth Johnson, 50, of Quines Creek cafe, Glendale, Ore., had stop ped behind the school bus as required by law. The , John son car was hit by a third vehicle, operated by - Rose mary Schleigh, 17, of 1980 Table - Rock rd., Medford, which also hit the' bus. , Taken to Clinic Rosemary Schleigh was taken to the Medford Clinic for treatment by her parents, and Dearest Alice Squires, 74, Glendale, passenger in ; the Johnson car, was taken to the same clinic. She was , treated for neck and shoulder injur ies. Harry Elwood Squires, 70, another passenger was re ported to have suffered .a bruised leg. Mrs. Clifford Ray Expansion Program at Golf Course Planned An expansion program at the Rogue Valley Country club, which will add nine new holes to the golf course and cost an estimated $100, 000, was announced today. ; James Dunlevy, manager of the club, said the improve ments are being put in. by the Golf Holding company, the private firm which owns and operates the country club fa cilities under contract with the club itself. ; The new fairways will be to the southeast and east of the present golf course, in an area bounded by Barnett rd., the Phoenix-Hillcrest rd., and Hillcrest rd. It will be in a rough L-shape of nearly 100 acres, with homes in the Country Club Estates area surrounded on three sides by fairways. Work already has started, Dunlevy said, in clearing the land and improving drainage. It is hoped to have, the new course ready for use by early next falL Johnson. . 59, . .,also..Glendale, another : passenger, was not injured State police advised Rose mary Schleigh that a com plaint would be signed against her in district court for viola tion of the basic rule. The second accident, which occurred 25 minutes later one half mile from the first acci dent on Highway 99, also oc curred in heavy fog, police said. .. - :. A school bus, operated by Marvin M. Lumley, 40, of 301 Third st.,. Phoenix, attempted to make a left turn from the highway when it was struck by a car operated by Thomas Clarence Hutchins Jr., 16.,' of 3610 South Pacific highway, Medford, in the left rear fend er. Lumley told police that he not see the car until the ac cident occurred. No citations were issued by police. Game law Violators To Face Civil Courts Portland -(DPD - The State Game Commission said today that in addition to criminal penalties now imposed, game law violators in the future will face civil court action for unlawfully killing game ani mals. ; j. : ;-. .vr '" -, Such court action would be instituted against the offend er by the state for collection of damages to the public game resources. Use of the new nine holes will be integrated with the present operation of the club, although exact details have yet to be worked out, Dun levy reported, yr. Reason for the expansion, he said, is to provide addi tional facilities for golf in ah area where the demand now exceeds the available playing area. Growing population, and growing popularity , of the sport, now are overtaxing the fairways at the club, he ex plained. In addition, a whole new generation of potential, golfers now is growing up, Dunlevy said, and it is hoped that the expansion can better serve these young people as they are learning. The course is being de signed by Fred Federspiel, Oswego, noted golf course landscape architect, who has designed, among - other courses, a -new one at Olym pia, Wash., and the well known Royal Oak course at Vancouver, Wash. i (UPI Telephoto) ; ROBERT MURPHY Plans Private Business Robert Murphy To Quit Post As Herter Aide Washington -(DPD- Under secretary of "State Robert Murphy said today he will re sign his post to enter private business early in December. " The department's top pro fessional diplomat told a re porter that he will rest for a while before entering private business. He did not specify what firm he will join. - Murphy, who has been the top U.S. trouble shooter for more than a decade, has been under-secretary for only five months. His resignation came as somewhat of a surprise. ; Considered as Envoy President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Christian A. Herter had been reported considering Murphy to be the ambassador to West Germany to replace Ambassador David K. E. Bruce who wants to re sign this. fall. Murphy met Tuesday with Eisenhower to discuss his res ignation. Afterward all he would say was that he would not go to Germany. Murphy is a - long - time friend of the President, hav ing been attached to Gen. Eis enhower's command hi Eu- ' J 2 - TTT 1 1 ITT 1 TT ' .wki. . - - r shooter, Murphy is credited with doing the spade work in settling the dispute between Yugoslavia and Italy over Tri este and in bringing internal peace to Lebanon a year ago last summer. r " There have' been some re ports that Murphy was advo cating a tougher diplomatic line against . Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. But there was no immediate indication that this was the reason for his resignation Irrigation District Case Is Continued Circuit Court Judge James M. Mam filed an order in the county clerk's office yester day afternoon to continue the case, of various Eagle Point district water users vs. the Eagle Point Irrigation district to Dec. 16. The trial originally was set for Nov. 4 before Judge Main. The order was signed follow ing a hearing before Judge Main Monday afternoon on the motion brought by Mrs. Ann Todd on behalf" of the other water users. Attorneys Edward Branchfield and Frank Farrell appeared . on behalf of the district. Paul D. Conrad and other water users have brought suit to restrain the district from overloading or damaging a wooden si phon. In the complaint, the water users charge that in February a fill on Medford Lumber company property was wash ed out by water overflowing an irrigation ditch. If the wa ter had not overflowed the ditch the heavy discharge of water could . have damaged the siphon, it 'was alleged in the complaint. Machinery Company Employees Strike Thirty - two employees of Crater Lake Machinery com pany in Medford, Klamath Falls and Redmond, went on strike Tuesday morning after negotiations for a new con tract failed. On strike are members of the Hoisting and Portable En gineers, Local 701, known as operating engineers. Pickets appeared at the Medford branch early Tuesday. Company spokesmen said that contracts had been sub mitted by both the company and the union and were re ported ... to be of "different opinions concerning both wages and other benefits." Balloons To Be Released in Air Pollution Study Medford Release Due During Week Portland - (UPD - The impor tance of air turbulence and wind currents on air pollution will be dramatized this week by release of a series of gas- J filled pilot balloons from five Oregon cities. The State Board of Health said the experiment was- de signed to focus public ; atten tion on the 11th annual Clean er Air Week being conducted by air pollution control offic ials throughout the nation. Each of the brightly-colored balloons will carry tags bear ing a Cincinnati address. Find ers will be asked to mail the tags so performance tabula tions can be made for the more than 50 cities taking part in the test throughout the U.S. and Canada.' Mayor Terry Schrunk will release balloons in front of Portland city hall at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Other releases were scheduled during the week in Salem, Eugene, Med ford and Coos Bay. Project sponsors said there are numerous documented in stances in which dust and smog have been carried thou sands of miles to join local air. pollutants in causing dis comfort in industrial areas. They said some of the high level pollutants have been known to remain suspended in the air from two to three years. " - . ".. Enticement Cases Said on Increase A number of cases of in decent exposure and where men have tried to entice chil dren into cars with candy, have been reported to the city police during recent weeks, according to . Police Chief Charles P. Champlin. One of the cases occurred in Hawthorne park near the swimming pool building Sat urday afternoon when a sev en-year-old girl was approach ed.. -' ? Another incident occurred Friday afternoon near-Hed-rick Junior High school, it was reported, while other re ports have been received from near other city schools. Champlin reported that the city police have increased patrols in areas where such incidents have been reported, but stressed that parents should remind their children not to accept rides or gifts from strangers. They should also avoid dark , and , lonely streets, he said. Any child who is affronted by a stranger,- should imme diately report the incident to the police , or their parents. The child should attempt to remember the person's des cription or the car, including license number, the chief said. Hillcrest, Fairview i Annexations Suggested Salem-flJPD-Salem Planning Commission recommended to the city council Tuesday night that Hillcrest School for Girls, Fairview Home for the mentally retarded and the city airport be a-nexed to the city. Sulky With The Rogue Valley Edition Medford 22 Pages Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower reported progress today toward a west ern summit meeting. He said French President Charles de Gaulle would be ready for a meeting with his allies some time in mid-December. Eisenhower said the actual time and place would, have to be worked "out.- But, ' judging from the readiness of de Gaulle and British Prime Minister Harold -Macmillan to have a western conference, the President anticipated agreement on the mid-December timing suggested by de Gaulle. . Other highlights . of , the President's news conference: He announced that every facility available to the fed eral government is being used Central Point Boy Testifies at Cole Murder Trial inSF San Francisco - -DPD- The ironic trail of a gun assert- edly used by George Cole to kill a San Francisco police of ficer in 1956 - was unfolded during Cole's murder trial Tuesday. Clifford Pinkham, 14, Cen tral Point, Ore.,- testified how he first found the powerful .357 magnum revolver lying partially buried last July 18 near Highway 66, two and a half miles east of Bly, Ore. .. Pinkham, a stocky, crew-cut youngster", said his father, Ar den Pinkham, an insurance salesman, had been stopped by a deputy sheriff for speed ing. Young Pinkham wander ed off the road where he spot ted the cylinder of the re volver. , Deputy John Halloway of Beatty, Ore., took the number of the rusty weapon and told Pinkham he could keep it. The youth said he attempted to restore the gun but was un able to do so. He later sold it for $10 to Mervyn C. Gleason, owner of a Central Point sporting goods store. Burglars Stole Gun Gleason testified that on Aug. 26, burglars stole - the magnum and a .38 revolver. Gleason said he hasn't seen the gun since. But early this month, In spector Joseph Curtin of the San Francisco police depart ment, turned up in Central Point with the gun in his pos session. Just how he got the gun will be brought out in fu ture testimony. Chief Assistant District At torney Francis Mayer is ex pected to try to place Cole in the vicinity where the gun was found. Cole allegedly cashed a check in southern Oregon shortly after police of ficer Joseph Lacey's death. Fringe On Top UVlgSlllSUUU & CapyrMM. list, rtw Polltier Pobltsuaa M St. Urn Past-OaMtck MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1959 to prevent illegal flights from Florida air fields over Cuba. Eisenhower said the U.S. 'did not want to annoy her neigh bors, but he gently reminded Cuba that the U.S. is her best trade customer. -He thought both sides in the steel dispute should con tinue with utmost efforts to settle their dispute by nego tiation. He said the national benefits of full employment and production overrode any selfish interest of manage ment and labor.' The Presi dent thought the Kaiser Corp. agreement with the union should be, a signal to the union and big steel management to find a basis on which they can get back to full produc tion. -Eisenhower saw no immed IMI eh ru Preparing Policy Statement on Efed China Draft of School Plan Being Made A preliminary draft of the county school reorganization plan is now being drawn up, County School" Superintend ent Alf B. Mekvold said this morning. . , A public hearing last night on; four : administrative dis tricts- completed a second step beiore drawing up tne pre liminary school district reorg anization plan and submitting it to the state board of high er education. ' ' The Jackson County School Reorganization committee has asked for an extension of the deadline from October to Dec. 1. The proposal - will be pre sented to the state board of education at its Nov. 3 meet ing, Mekvold said he had learned. ; ; Jackson county reorganiza tion committee met with the Bids Called for Birdseye Bridge Bids will be opened Nov. 3 by the state highway commis sion for widening the existing bridge which carries the old alignment of Highway 99 across Birdseye creek about two miles south of Rogue Riv er. The bridge will be widened to 30 feet from the present 19 feet. Widening will be accom plished by extending the mid dle and end bents on both sides of the, present bridge without interrupting traffic. Traffic will be restricted to use of one lane on a "flag- through" basis while the bridge rail is being removed. Precast deck panels will be used and guardrails on each side will be erected. State forces will perform the addi tional grading and surfacing work necessary, the state highway commission said. The work is scheduled for completion during the late winter or early spring next year. Los Angeles -flJPD- Plans for a "space ferry" to shuttle men and supplies from earth to orbiting satellites were re vealed Tuesday by Lockheed and Hughes aircraft com panies, y WEATHER FORECAST: Fair and cool to night and Thursday with ex tensive vaUey fog late tonight and early Thursday. Low to night 32. High Thursday 62. . - Temp. Highest Yesterday ' 62 Lowest this Morning 33 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:11 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:40 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 3:55 a.m. New Moon Oct. 31 EVENING PLANETS Jupiter, sets 6:12 p.m. Saturn, low in south- . west ; 7:13 p.m. The bright star now seen di rectly between Saturn and Ca pella (a bit nearer Saturn) is Vega. iate prospect of making a sig nificant reduction in defense expenditures. This subject came up in the light of new Russian claims that their per centage of national income devoted to defense spending would be reduced next year. -In the field of foreign aid, he said the U.S. should not be regarded by other nations as an Atlas able to carry the whole world on its shoulders. Other nations, he said, should help in the development of underdeveloped nations. Eisenhower, meeting with 228 reporters, showed little if any, effects of the cold which has lingered for sev eral weeks. He held a news conference in Augusta, Ga., last Thursday and pictured himself as a sufferer from Josephine county unit school board in Grants Pass Mon day night, but had received no definite answer on Applegate school district joining with Josephine county instead of another unit in Jackson coun ty,.-;- : . ,.., Acted on Later If the decision "is delayed Applegate may be left out of the preliminary plan and acted on later, Mekvold ex plained. Administrative districts on which hearings were held were Districts Nos. 4, (Phoe nix), 6 (Central Point), 59 (Prospect), and 549 (Medford). Only objection raised was in the form of a signed state ment by Barnett rd. area resi dents . who oppose sending their children to Phoenix schools when they live within I the Medford city limits. How ever, the reorganization com mittee decided to leave the boundary line as it is. Frank Van Dyke, .Medford attorney, presented the state ment of objection signed by 28 parents. The statement said the existing boundary line is unfair to children in the Bar- nett rd. area who have to at tend Phoenix schools, "de priving them of the privilege of attending Medford schools." Sending pupils from the Barnett rd. area to Medford instead of Phoenix would eliminate construction of dup licate school facilities by the Phoenix district and save taxes, according to the state ment. Reaffirms Boundary Continuing its meeting af ter the hearing, the commit tee reaffirmed the boundary line between the two districts, The school district boundary board after considerable study and on the site inspection had established the present bound ary line, it . was noted. At its Sept. 8 meeting the boundary board noted that both district school boards ap proved the boundary. The committee also approv ed the recommendation from the joint meeting of the Talent-Phoenix school : boards that the newly consolidated district elect board members from seven zones, but that the entire district be allowed to vote on all candidates. There would be seven zones, three for the Talent-Wagner area and four for Phoenix proper, under the proposal. Zoning would follow the same policy in all other school districts, the committee decided. Oregon Sfafe Receives Clover Study Grant Corvalis (DPD A $25,700 grant from the National Science Foundation has been received by Oregon State col lege. It will be used for more basic research on the adverse effect of red clover and other legumes on small laboratory animal and sheep reproduc Price 1 0 Cents No. 183 chronic bronchitis. There was no mention of his health today. On the question of a west ern summit meeting the Pres ident said now that de Gaulle has said when he would be ready for such a conference, the allies can go ahead with diplomatic negotiations below the summit to solidify and coordinate their own positions in preparation for meeting Soviet Premier Khrushchev. It would be very bad to have a summit with Russia without first having a solid western position, he said. De Gaulle in recent weeks has advocated a more leisure ly approach to a major sum mit conference with Russia than preferred by Eisenhower or Macmillan. Conferences With Officials Holding Up Paper ' New Delhi-fflPD-Prime Min ister Jawaharlal Nehru is pre paring a mai or policy state ment on India's relations with Communist China, now strain ed by a series of border inci dent, high government sourc es said today. . He will deliver it when he has finished a series of con ferences with his trusted lieu tenants and foreign affairs ex perts including Home Minis ter tfovmd Ballabh Pant, Known lor his cool and ma ture judgment and his firm anti-Communist stand. Almost every major Indian newspaper appealed editorial ly today to Nehru to take a firmer stand against the Com munists, and not to minimize the gravity of the situation. The influential English lan guage daily Hindustan Times said failure to do so would im pair his ability to unite the nation behind him. The Hindustan Times also quoted President Rajandra Prasad as saying appeasement of Peiping had failed. T h e government sources said Nehru was taking into account public indignation at repeated Chinese Communist attacks on Indian border posts and that he was anxious to de fend India's border "at any cost." . They said Nehru will not make any compromise with Peiping unless the Commun ist troops withdraw from In-; dian territory. Nehru already has asked the military to take charge of all border areas and ordered them to be increas ingly vigilant. - . Chicago (DPD Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) was to arrive here today to speak at an Israel bond rally. ra Three Doctors' Offices Entered During Night Three separate buildings housing doctor's offices were entered during the night, city police learned this morning. Approximately $160 was tak en, police said. The offices of three doctors, Ralph Thompsen, Edwin R. Durno and Russell G. Barnes were entered at the Physic ians and Surgeons building, 902 East Main st. The entry was discovered at 5:20 a.m. Police said a window had been forced to gain entrance to the building then several door jambs inside were split to enter the various offices. Taken from a desk drawer in Dr. Barnes' office was $21.50, police said. Nothing was re ported taken from Dr. Thomp sen's office. Although an at tempt had been made to enter the .office of Dr. Durno, the door was not forced. Government Asks Supreme Court To Hasten Decision Union Opposes Interference Washington - (DPD - The gov ernment urged the Supreme -Court today to speed up action on an injunction to send the striking steelworkers back to work, but the union said a delay would not "irraparably damage" the nation. The Justice Department asked the court to set up a timetable requiring the union to file by noon Thursday its appeal against a back to work order or lose the six-day stay set by an appeals court. The union, in a counter brief, declared readiness to file a petition for review of the case by Friday morning but opposed any speed up that would interfere with the six day stay. Negotiation Urged ' In the midst of the 'legal maneuvering, President Eisen hower again urged that stqel management and union con tinue with utmost efforts to settle their dispute by negoti ation. He told his news con ference that the national bene fits of full employment and production should override any selfish interest of both sides. In papers filed with th Su preme Court, the union said the case "involves serious and important statutory and con stitutional questions." CiU Eisenhower's Delays It contended that "A delay of a few more days, indeed of a few more weeks, would not irreparably damage the na tional interest." The union petition noted that Eisenhower "stalled 86 days" before invoking proce- . dures of the Taft-Hartley Law which call for the injunction. It also pointed out that he gave a fact-finding board a three-day extension to report to him and argued the Su preme Court was entitled to at least as much time as the fact - finders to consider the case. ' - - : Emergency Cited Today's, legal maneuvering began when the government filed its motion for accelerat ing a showdown on the union's appeal against the back to work injunction. The Justice Department cited "the outstanding emergency creal? ed , by . the steel strike" as grounds for the speed-up. The union s then submitted its counter argument. It sug gested a compromise formula for expediting Supreme Court action. This hinged on the govern ment agreeing not to oppose the union's appeal to the Su preme Court to review the in junction. If the government did this, the union said it could file its full argument on the case by Monday. License Plates To Carry Slogan Salem-flJPD - Oregon license plates coming out in January will bear the slogan "Pacific Wonderland," the State Motor Vehicles Department said to day. The slogan was adopted by the 1959 Legislature. New plates will have reflectorized tabs instead of metal ones that will be fastened with ad- hesive. The color and num bering system of Oregon plates will be the same until 1963. The second building entered was the office of Dr. Bernard Thompson, 30 Crater Lake ave., reported to police at 8:20 a.m. A window had been forced to enter the office where approximately $61 was taken from a cash drawer. More than $.75 was taken from a file cabinet-safe in the office of Dr. Robert H. Reich ers, ? Myrtle st., according to police. The third entry was discovered at 9:20 a.m. That building was also entered through a window. ' Police said that all windows and doors had been pried open,, possibly with a large screwdriver. Nothing besides cash was taken from any of the offices, police said, and all doctors che ked their medicine and drug supplies after the entries were discovered. 1 !
