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Letters Sent To
Allies Proposing
Big Three Parley
Paris Confirmed
As Talk Location
London -(UPD- French Presi
dent Charles de Gaulle has
sent letters to his allies pro
posing Dec. 19 as the date for
a western summit meeting in
Paris, informed sources re
ported' today.
The word from Paris came
shortly after British Foreign
Secretary Selwyn Lloyd told
Parliament here that a west
ern summit meeting probably
would be held in mid-Decem
ber, v '
The Paris sources said they
understood de Gaulle sent the
letters Wednesday to Presi
dent Eisenhower, British
Prime Minister Harold Mac-
millan and West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
Follows NATO Meeting
No replies have been re
ceived.
The date for the western
summit session had been pin
pointed earlier by French
Foreign Minister SM a u r i c e
Couve de Murville, in a state
ment which informed sources
said he made to the National
Assembly's Foreign Affairs
Committee.
The Dec. 19 proposal meant :
that the western ; summit
would follow immediately
after the Dec. 15-17 meeting
In Paris of the NATO Council
of Ministers.
v In Washington, U.S. sources
reported that while mid-December
is still an accurate
forecast for the timing of the
western meeting, no definite
date has been selected. They
confirmed that Paris would be
the site.
' "It now looks as if the date
for a western summit meet
ing most likely to suit all gov
ernments will be some time
in the middle of December,"
Lloyd told the House of Com
mons. -. .
"As for the date of the full
summit meeting, we still con
sider that it should be held as
soon as practicable. It is not
only the convenience of the
Soviet government of Mr. Ni
kita Khrushchev,
"It may be a very risky
thing to say in the field of
foreign affairs, but I do think
we are making progress at last
in getting this ; program - of
meetings fixed up."
McMinnville (UPD A new
Linfield Research Institute
building, Linke Hall, will be
dedicated Saturday.. ,
M Id Wants Due. II
BALLOONS RELEASED-Medford Mayor than 50 cities
John Snider is shown above as he released
balloons this morning at Hawthorne park,
as part of a nation-wide effort to point up
the 11th annual Cleaner Air Week now in
progress. Each of the balloons carry tags
bearing a Cincinnati address, and finders
re asked to mail the tags so ths perform
ance tabulations can be made for the more
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1959
Goblins Take Notice
Naughty Spii iritis
(Given Warning
Against
Salem -(UPD - Naughty
spirits who might have it in
mind to soap a few windows
this Halloween got a warn
ing from Attorney General
Robert Y. Thornton today.
While there is no specific .
state law against soaping
windows Thornton - s a i d
that any bit of mischief that
amounts to defacing prop
erty is severely frowned
upon. .'-v: i ; -;; .
The attorney g e n e r a 1
gave his approval to such
school or church stpnsored
activities as collecting
funds for the United Na
tions annual appeal for aid
to underprivileged c h i 1 -dren.
. : : . .
Laws Passed
He warned, however, that
state law forbids anyone to-.
falsely represent or pretend
to be obtaining money for
a charitable cause. .. ,
Oregon's lawmakers may
have done their share of
swiping pumpkins in their
youth, and don't mean, to be a
killjoys now, the attorney
general allowed. But the
fact remains, he said, that
they've passed a lot of laws
that do mean to eliminate
vandalism on All Hallows (
eve or any other time, for
that matter.
Even the ghosts or witch
es wh o a r e traditionally
supposed to frolic in grave
yards at midnight had bet
ter be careful, because there
are state laws against dis
turbing the dead, toppling
gravestones, or otherwise
being a nuisance in ceme
teries. , !'r
In ancient Anglo-Saxon
Ashand Lights Off
About 30 Minutes
Ashland - Electric service
of the Ashland City Light de
partment was off about 30
minutes Thursday when a
jumper from a line near the
California Oregon Power
company sub -station burned
but.
City Superintendent E. C.
Biegel said city crews repair
ed the jumper in about 30
minutes.
Helping Mayor
jahr, adtainistrative assistant for the city
of Medford, center, and Robert Kelsch, city
employee assigned to air pollution duties.
The balloons, which could travel several
hundred miles, headed in a southerly direc
tion. ' ' ' " '" ' - " " '.v :-
Franks
times, cemeteries were call
' ed "God's Acre" and were
held to be sacred, hence not
a proper place for fun and
games. Today, stiff punish
ment may await those who
aren't duly' respectful of
contemporary mores re
garding the deceased. Even
more antique prohibitions
against even mentioning
the names of the departed,
however, are no longer en
forced. - .v.'-.o
- Besides grave markers,1
there are a great many spe
cific objects protected by
state law from damage or
defacing including: build
ings, crops, : fences, gates,
hedges, machinery, monu
ments, motor vehicles,
shrubbery and signposts,
Thornton said. . . ; ;
'Rumbling' Said i
Fain! Sonic Boom
A faint "rumbling'' -noise
iifthe Rogue valley about 11
o'clock this morning probably
was caused by high-flying jet
planes, local sources indicated.
Federal Aviation agency
personnel at the control tower
at-Medford airport said jet
planes were in the vicinity,
flying about 30,000 feet, about
the time. ' .
Residents from various sec
tions of the valley reported
the "rumbling" resembled an
earthquake, since doors rat
tled. - One resident reported
what may be described as an
"after boom," a rumble which
lasted a few seconds.
Personnel at the Air Force
reserve office here said such
"after booms", are typical of
high - flying planes breaking
the sound barrier. A plane
flying lower creates a sharper
sonic boom, Air Force per
sonnel said. ,
The boom this morning was
duller than many sonic booms
heard in this area earlier.
Earlier this year, Air Force
officials at Kingsley base m
Klamath Falls said such
booms probably would be
more frequent since the base
now houses a fighter-interceptor
squadron. , - -
participating in the tests
Snider above are Gil Gut-
Price 1 0 Cents
Tribune
No. 184
Castro To Assign
Supervisors at
Power Supply Site
Havana Blackout
Reason for Action
Havana-IUPD-The Fidel Cas
tro government announced to
day it would name engineer
ing supervisors to oversee the
electric power supply in Ha
vana where the second mys
terious power failure in six
weeks blacked out the city
most of the night.
The blackout in Havana
and the neighboring towns of
Marianao, Regla and Guana
bacoa came at 1:50 a.m. dur
ing a meeting of the Cabinet
with President Osvaldo Dor-
ticos. Many of the ministers
traveled with Dorticos to the
Tallapiedro power, plant to
investigate."
It was later reported that
the breakage of a cable caused
the trouble. The blackout
which lasted until 4 a.m. shut
down international cable
lines, delayed morning news
papers and caused some radio
stations 'to go off the air.
Newspaper reports on the
first major power failure six
week ago said the failure was
caused by sabotage. Castro
condemned- the reports and
said they were rumors spread
bjvntiastroelemettts He
said that break came on the
million-to-one chance of an
engineer throwing the wrong
switch. ' ', .
Communications Minister
Enrique Oltuski told newsmen
today the power company had
done nothing to avoid such
incidents after the previous
one and " that the " governor
would name engineering su
pervisors to ensure the serv
ice. He said the company did
not seem to care how many
power failures occur.
Forest Inspectors
Hold Meeting Here
A meeting of forest inspec
tors of the five southern dis
tricts of the state department
of forestry was held Tuesday
and Wednesday at. the south
west district headquarters on
Table Rock rd.
i Purpose was to- discuss
methods, procedures and in
spection policies pertaining to
forest laws regarding indus
trial operation. Members of
the state staff were here from
Salem to conduct the meeting
and Lee Port, area supervisor,
was in charge.
About 35 men attended in
cluding some personnel of the
U. S. forest service.
Phoenix Festival
Set for Saturday
Phoenix - All organizations
planning to have booths in
the Phoenix Halloween Festi
val Saturday are asked to con
struct booths Friday night, ac
cording to Lloyd O. (Nick)
Nikodym, b o o t h planning
chairman. - -
Others who are unable to
work on booths Friday night
may install them Saturday
morning, the chairman said.
A total of 13 booths are now
planned for the new annual
Phoenix event, Nikodym add
ed. Purpose of the festival is
to raise funds for maintenance
of the Community club build
ing and to purchase equip
ment for a new youth recrea
tion program. This event re
places the annual Spring
Festival.
Count Officials af
Builders Convention
County Engineer Paul B.
Rynning and Assistant Engi
neer Robert J. Carstensen are
spending this week at a con
vention of the American Road
Builders association in Min
neapolis. ... ., v, ,-f,-, -.
Carstensen is expected home
Friday and Rynning will be
back in his office Nov. 6.
Aluminum Pacts
Extended; Copper
Industry Closed
Steel Industry
Resumes Bargaining
Pittsburgh (UPD Major de
velopments affecting the . na
tion's basic aluminum and
copper industries took place
today as management and
union prepare to resume in
dustry-wide bargaining in the
marathon steel strike.
As the four-man bargaining
teams representing the basic
steel industry and the United
Steelworkers Union went into
direct bargaining, the union
announced devel o p m e n t s
which- erased a threat of a
strike in the aluminum, in
dustry: but shut down the na
tion's last major copper pro
ducer still operating.
Indefinite Extensions. .
. The union announced it had
agreed to "indefinite" con
tract extensions with the "big
three" of the aluminum in
dustry - Alcoa, Reynolds and
Kaiser. Together they produce
virtually all the nation's
aluminum. The extensions
provide for retroactivity to
Aug. 1 of any final settle
ment, which will be patterned
after whatever settlement is
reached in the steel industry.
Copper Producer Struck
The USW also announced
that the White Pine Copper
Mines of White Pine, Mich.,
last, major copper producer
still operating, was hit by ' a
strike Wednesday night. All
other major copper producers
have been shut ' down by
strikes by the USW and the
Mine, Mill and Smelter Work
ers Union.
The bargaining teams re
suming direct , talks in the
steel strike today . were head
ed by R. Conrad Cooper, for
the industry, and USW( Presi
dent David J. McDonald, for
the union. -
Changes in Dog
S-l
Pound Are Noted
Changes in operation at the
county dog pound, 2872 How
ard ave., were announced to
day by Chris Hagler, dog con
trol officer. The pound is
under the jurisdiction of the
county court and is super
vised by Hagler.
Mrs. Stella Hewitt and son,
Gary Hewitt, have been hired
as pound managers replacing
Joe Taylor, who had been at
the pound since May.
Hagler also announced that
the pound will follow a strict
er procedure in caring for
dogs which are brought to the
pound by owners who wish
them placed in homes, rather
than disposed of.
The dog control officer said
that puppies and "nice ani
mals" who have no record of
trouble will be kept at the
pound for a week awaiting
new homes. After that period,
he said, they must be disposed
of because of the pound's lack
of facilities.
Over 40 dogs were at the
pound today, "too many" for
adequate care, he said.
This year's income for the
pound, which comes from sale
of dog licenses, is the highest
on record, according to Hag
ler, but cost of improvements
and maintenance has left less
money than in past years for
operation.
Females left at the pound
must be spayed before they
are placed in private homes
and owners must meet the
spaying cost.
Dave Beck! Busies Self
With Seattle
Seattle-IUPD-It's a big step
from laundry truck driver to
millionaire president of the
Teamsters Union. And, it's a
big step down from : number
one boss of the teamsters to
parkling lot attendant.
Dave Beck has taken both
steps.
There was Beck Wednes
day, making change, direct
ing cars to parking stalls, and
chattering with customers. He
Photo on Page 2
was dressed just a tie better
than most of his counterparts.
- But portly Dave, convicted
of income tax evasion, isn't
broke. It's just that the park
ing lot-is one of his many
business interests and "the
only way to make something
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WINNERS Chattering
High school are the two first
place ' winners in the Moose lodge essay,
contest. ' First -place winners will reign as
king and queen of the Youth Honor Day .
ball at the Medford armory Saturday. The
essay was written on "Is juvenile delin
quency a serious problem in Jackson coun-
Regional Meeting
Of ASCD Slated
The regional fall conference
of the Association for Super
vision and Curriculum Devel
opment will be held at Hed
rick Junior High school Nov.
2 and 3.
Dr. Robert E. Bills, chair
man of the department of psy
chology, Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, Auburn, Ala., will
be consultant during the con
ference, which is expected to
attract association members
from Josephine, Jackson,
Klamath and Lake counties.
i . .;The conference will start at
3:30 p.m. Monday in the little
theater at Hedrick, following
registration and an exhibit of
ASCD materials under the di
rection of Glenn Linn, princi
pal at Hedrick.
Alf B. Mekvold, : superin
tendent of Jackson county
schools, will greet delegates,
and Miss Irene Hallberg, sec
retary of the Oregon ASCD,
will discuss the roll of the as
sociation in public education.
Dr. Bills will discuss "A
New Concept in Educational
Psychology a Process Con
ception of Education" at 4
pjn. Monday, followed by a
discussion period. He also will
address a .dinner meeting
Monday night on "A New
Look at Believing and Be
having."
Tuesday's sessions will in
clude presentations by visit
ing regional and state ASCD
officers and a summary of ad
dresses given Dr. Bills by
Verne H. Speirs, assistant su-
Derintendent of Ashland
schools.
At 2 p.m. Tuesday a panel
will discuss "The Process
Conception of Education To
dav and Tomorrow." Modera
tor will be Dr. Harold Cloer
of Southern Oregon college.
Other panel members will in
include Warren Cook, Grants
Pass school; Isabelle Brizner,
Klamath Falls schools; Anne
Sprague, Lake county schools;
Garry E. Robertson, Klamath
Falls; and Jack Kelly, South
ern Oregon college. -
Dr. Bills will address the
Tuesday afternoon session on
"Some Promising Practices in
Education," with a conference
summary by Robert Wendt,
principal of Highland school,
Grants Pass.
Parking Lot
of what you own is to be there
yourself."-
i '.Tve. been working here
three or four hours a day for
the past few months," he ex
plained.'."! have a four year
lease on the property and I
wa vi to see for myself how
it's going to grow."
Not Hurling for Money'
Beck, who has $73,961.52
tied up in bail money? while
appeals on income tax eva
sion and grand larceny con
victions are being studied by
higher courts, was quick to
point out he isn't hurting for
money.
He produced a photostat
co of what he said was a
check for an income 'tax re
fund for last year 334,000
plus.
I don't take a cent in sal
ary here," he said, speaking
In City Tuesday
of the parking lot,
outside Medford t ty?" First place winners are John Alansky
and two second
(second from
Sophomores Named
Winners of Youth
Day Essay Contest
Two Medford High school
sophomore students will? be
proclaimed king and queen
Saturday evening at the
Youth Honor day ball at the
Medford armory sponsored by
the Moose lodge. ' r
The king and queen were
selected on the basis of essays
written on "Is juvenile delin
quency a serious problem in
Jackson count?" To receive
the $50 U.S. savings bonds
for first places? are Lois Sted
man, 15, daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. - Robert' Stedman, 1367
Kings highway, and John
Alansky, 15, son of Mrs. Caro
lyn Russell, Stewart ave.,' and
grandson of Mrs. Faye J. Hall,
324 South 'Orange st.
Miss Stedman is a member
of Girls League, and Future
Teachers of America. Young
Alansky's activities include
the debate team, Spanish club,
and International Relations
league.
Second Place
Winning second place in the
essay contest are two sopho
mores, Nancy J. Duncan, 14,
daughter of Mrs. and Mrs.
Robert Duncan, 1500 Terrace
dr.. and Carl Washburn, 15
son of Mrs. Gene Washburn,
372 O'Gara st. Miss Duncan
is active in debate and pho
tography. Washburn is presi
dent of the sophomore class
Defense Opens in
Cole Murder Trial
San Francisco -(UPD- The de
fense opened its case today in
the murder trial of George
Cole, accused of the fatal
shooting of a San Francisco
police sergeant during a hold
up in 1956.
. The prosecution concluded
its case Wednesday by tracing
the strange, two and one-half
year history of a gun believed
to have been - used in the
shooting of Sgt. Joseph Lacey.
The weapon, a .357 mag
num pistol, was identified by
Homicide Inspector Joseph
Curtin as the same one found
by Clifford Pinkham, 14, of
Central Point, Ore., in south
ern Oregon, where Cole was
known to have been shortly
after the holdup.
Atlas Missile Test
Launching Successful
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -flJPD-Atlas
intercontinental ballis
tic missile was successfully
test launched "less than full
range" down the Atlantic today.-
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WEATHER
' FORECAST: Fair and cool to-
night and Friday. .Patchy val
ley fog Friday morning. ; Low
tonight 30. High Friday 62.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday e 60
- Lowest this Morning 29
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:10 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:42 a.m.
Moonrise. tomorrow ' 5:05 a.m.
New Moon Oct. 31
EVENING PLANETS
Venus, low in east at 3:13 a.m.,
-is now the only planet in the
morning sky. This Winter it
will be joined first hy Jupiter
and Mars and then by Saturn.
left) of 324 South Orange st.,
and Lois Stedman. (second from right) of
1367 Kings highway. Runners-up in the con
test were Nancy .J. Duncan (left), 1500 Ter
race dr., and Carl Washburn (right), 472
O'Gara st.
(Knackstedt photo)
and is active in debate, Latin
club, and the International
Relations club.
Miss Stedman in her essay
comments on the attitude of
many who do not worry about
juvenile delinquency as long
' as it does not concern them
directly. She states that juve
nile delinquency is a serious
problem in the country but
that "adult - delinquency far
outshines juvenile! delin
quency.'' She asks "Why dont
the adults set good examples
themselves?
Alansky answers the essay
question with a "no" but adds
that "we are hot infallible."
He asks "Why let it become
a serious problem?"
Alansky stresses that the
county must support projects
in the. field of youth recre
ation. Authorities show that
crime usually stops when
youth are given an opportun
ity for constructive activity.
Commend Lodge
Both Mayor John W. Snider
and Gov. Mark O. Hatfield
have commended the mem
bers of the local Moose lodge
for their promoting of the
Youth day in the valley.
Admission to the dance Sat
urday will be by pledge cards
which have been distributed
to all schools in the county.
The pledge cards, which will
also be available at the arm
ory Saturday, states that the
persons who signs will not
deface, mutilate ; or ; destroy
property or perform any act
harmful to others during the
Halloween season. ,
The dance will be from 9
p.m. to midnight. The orches
tra will be provided by mem
bers of the Musician's union
and The Shadows, vocal group
from S.t. Mary's school, will
sing.
Footprints To
Official Sources
Deny Build-Up
On Iraq Frontier
Reports Create
Feeling of Tension
Beirut, Lebanon (UPD The
United Arab Republic and
Jordan were reported today
to have strengthened . their
frontier forces opposite Iraq,
but official sources denied any
major troop build-up is in the
making.
- UAR Vice President Mar
shal Abden Hakim Amer, in
an interview with the Chris
tian Science Monitor publish
ed locally, also denied the re
ports appearing in the Mid
east press. He said the UAR
army was "standing with full
force on the front lines facing
Israel." .
, The reports of fresh troop
movements, some coming
from travelers arriving here
and others from western and
Mideast, diplomatic sources,
have created an atmosphere
of tension. . ' '
This . was particularly true
in Baghdad where Iraqi of
ficials view any military
movements along the Iraqi
bonder as a possible prelude
to "intervention" by the UAR
or Jordan, or both. '
There has been widespread
speculation between Iraqi
Communists and Nationalists, 1
although such a crisis has been
predicted before without any
thing happening.
Jordanian officials joined
those in Cairo in denying any
recent troop activity along the
Iraqi border.
A report that" Jordan last -week
seized an Iraqi Jeep '
that crossed its border and
held its four occupants also
was denied. Sources in Am
man said the Jeep was found,
but already abandoned.
Iraqi Premier Adbel Karim
Kassem warned that Iraq was
strong enough to crush any
aggressor and that it has the
most powerful army in the
Mideast. :
Growing Season
Ends With Frost
The growing season in the
Medford vicinity was virtual
ly over this morning with the
first general frost of fail.
Medford station of the U.S.
weather bureau reported a
minimum temperature of 29
degrees.
It was the first reading
below freezing this fall. Tem
peratures of 33 degrees were
recorded Oct. 1 and yesterday
morning, each accompanied
by spots of frost in the area.
The weather station report
ed that the first freezing tem
perature is later than usual.
October 17 is the mean date
for the first reading of 32 de
grees orunder.
A low of 30 is forecast for
tonight.
$240 Million Wanted
For Rocket Program
Washington-ttJPD- Dr. Wern-
her von Braun said today he
wants $240 million for the
Saturn super rocket program
next year, $100 million more
than the Defense department
has recommended.
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