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Revolt Against
De Gaulle Ends
Without Fight
Barricaded Zone
Being Dismantled
Algiers -(CPU- The French
settlers' revolt against Pres
ident Charles de Gaulle col
lapsed today. The insurgents
surrendered their barricaded
positions in Algiers without
a fight.
Last to surrender against
the overwhelming odds was.
Pierre Lagaillarde, 29, the
red-bearded former para
trooper. The end to the eight-day in
surrection against de Gaulle
came at 3 a.m. (p.s.t.).
Barricades Come Down
Lagaillarde marched out of
the barricaded zone in the
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heart of Algiers followed by
500 members of his armed
forces. Moments later, the
barricades thrown up last
week began coming down and
army troops moved into the
areas.
News of the surrender
spread like wildfire through
the streets of Algiers. Thou
sands of civilians gathered in
the streets to shout for the
insurgents and chant "Alberie
Francais"-" Algeria is French
-the insurgents' war cry.
Barricades Torn Down
Two army helicopters hov
ered over the barricaded zone
while groups of stragglers
dragged out stocks and equip
ment and loaded them into
army trucks.
Lagaillard led his men out
from the barricades behind
a French Tricolor. They
boarded trucks and army of
ficials said they had been tak
en to the Foreign Legion Reg
iment's base at Zeralda, 18
miles west of Algiers.
Tears in Eyes
Moments later, other
French settlers who had de
fied de Gaulle and the French
army for more than a week,
began dismantling the main
barricade. Many had tears in
their eyes.
Unconfirmed reports said
that under the terms of sur
render, Lagaillarde and his
men would be permitted to
join the ranks of the army in
the fight against the Moslem
nationalist rebels.
Norblad Notes
Soviet Advantage
Washington -UPD- Rep. Wal
ter Norblad (R-Ore.) said to
day that the Soviets' method
of reporting to the world the
length of its long-range mis
sile shots gave them a decided
advantage over the ' U.S. sys
tem. Norblad said in a state
ment: "The Russians are re
porting the distance of their
long-range missile firings by
way of statute or land miles,
while we are reporting ours
by way of nautical miles. This
fact has not been made plain.
"The difference in measur
ing miles gives us a-disadvantage
in the figures which
are published. While I do not
begrudge our authorities the
right to compute our ICBM
shots by nautical miles, they
should translate this to statute
(or land) miles when making
the information available to
the world."
A nautical mile is longer
than a regular mile.
Galapagos Colonists
Progressing
Astoria - (UPD - The convert
ed refrigerator ship, Alert,
carrying 24 colonists who
hope to settle in the Galapagos
Islands, today was progressing
toward the California-Oregon
border making about five
knots, the Coast Gy-rd re
ported. Early today the Coast Guard
said the Alert had reached a
point about 105 miles south
of here and was in radio con
tact with the Coast Guard sta
tion at Coos Bay.
Vessel Detained
The vessel was held up by
the Coast Guard for several
days in Grays Harbor on the
Washington coast. The Alert
was towed into Westport Jan.
16 taking on water through
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Medford
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LIGHTS TORCH Ronelle Thompson, 7-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roland
Thompson, Ashland, lighted the "torch of
hope" to start the county's Heart Fund
drive today. Young Ronelle was chosen to
President
Increased
For Space
Denver -OIPD President Eis-'
enhower announced today he
would ask Congress to in
crease spending for the na
tion's space program by $113
million, principally for the
Saturn Project.
The President, during a
brief stopover en route to
Washington from a West Coast
holiday, said the 1961 appro
priation request for the Na
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration should be in
creased to $915 million.
White House Press Secre
tary James Hagerty said the
additional funds were re
quested by the President "to
accelerate progress on Saturn
and other elements of the na
tion's super-booster program."
The Saturn, a cluster of
Jupiter rockets having an esti
mated over-all thrust of 1,500,
000 pounds, is considered the
nation's best bet to carry man
on his first trip into outer
space.
The President also an
nounced he was asking an ad
ditional $23 million for the
NASA program this year. The
current fiscal appropriation
totals about $530 million.
INJURED
Mrs. Theo Jones, 41, Gold
Hill, was taken by ambulance
to Sacred Heart hospital for
treatment of neck injuries fol
lowing a three-car accident in
the 1000 block of Court st.
about 12:40 p.m. today. City
police said she was passeng
er in an auto driven by her
husband Wilford J. Jones.
Vandenberg AFB, Calif.-(UPD-Firing
of Discover IX
satellite was postponed for
the second time Sunday be
cause of technical difficulties.
Southward
her seams. She originally left
Seattle Jan. 8.
The Alert was escorted over
the Grays Harbor bar Satur
day afternoon and headed
south. A Coast Guard spokes
man said that repairs which
were required before the ves
sel could leave Westport had
been made.
Permission To Lear
The colonists actually had
permission to leave last Mon
day but they were held up
until Saturday by mechanical
difficulties and weather.
Aboard the Alert were 16
men, three women and five
children. They hope to estab
lish a colony in the Galapagos
Islands, about 600 miles west
of Ecuador.
ebeDs
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1960
to Ask
Spending
Program
The President, looking tan
ned and refreshed after his
brief holiday at Palm Springs,
Calif., arrived aboard a jet air
liner at Denver's Stapleton
Airfield.
Mrs. Eisenhower has been
in Denver visiting her mother
since the President flew West
last week.
The President and Mrs. Eis
enhower later continued on to
Washington.
California Crash
Kills Local Man
Chico, Calif. - (UPD -r David
Hess Griffith, 28, of 213 North
Holly st., Medford, was killed
Sunday when his car was in-J
volved in a three-car accident
1 1 miles west of here on High
way 99E.
Griffith's wife, Elaine, 19,
suffered a broken leg.
Highway patrolmen said
the collisions occurred when
a southbound car driven by
David A. H e c o x, Magalia,
Calif., went out of control and
glanced off a northbound
auto, driven by Steve Ward,
18, of Troberta, Calif., then
swerved into the path of
Griffith's car, also traveling
northward.
Hecox, also injured, was re
ported in good condition.
Griffith was born April 2,
1931, in Jackson county. He
is a graduate of Medford High
school and several years ago
was employed by Mt. Pitt
company. Central Point. Sur
vivors include a sister, Mrs.
Lenard England, 218 Jackson
st.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by Conger
Morris, funeral directors.
High School Girl
Reported Missing
A 17-year-old Gold
Hill
girl, reported missing follow
ing a basketball game at Cra
ter High school in Central
Point Saturday, has not been
located, state police reported
today.
The girl's mother, Mrs. Ray
Crow, route 1, Gold Hill, told
state police Sunday that her
daughter, Judith Mohle, had
not returned home from the
basketball game. She told of
ficers she thought the girl
might not have gone to the
game.
The girl was last seen on
the Savage Creek rd. Satur
day afternoon with some oth
er teen-agers in a car, sher
iffs deputies learned.
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light the torch as she had open-heart sur
gery in Portland last November. With her',
are Floyd Hart, general chairman of the
drive, and Medford Mayor John W. Snider.
Lighting of Torch
Starts Heart Fund
Drive in County
A "Torch of Hope" was
lighted by a small girl today
as the Jackson County Heart
Fund drive was officially
launched by Medford Mayor
John W. Snider.
Because she ' underwent a
life-saving, open -heart oper
ation at a Portland hospital
last November, 7 - year - old
Ronelle Thompson was a liv
ing symbol of the great medi
cal achievements brought
about by heart research. The
Ashland child is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roland
Thompson.
Mayor Snider pledged his
support to the month - long
campaign which opens today
throughout the country. He
stated, "The heart diseases
are, unquestionably, our na
tion's' and Jackson county's
number one enemy. The Heart
Fund is our numoer one de
fense since it supports the re
search program of the Heart
association."
Floyd Hart, general chair
man of the Jackson County
drive, pointed out that, "The
heart diseases are not, as
some believe, a problem of
old age. In the so-called pro
ductive years below 65, the
heart diseases take more lives
than the combined total of
the next five causes in that
age group cancer, accidents,
pneumonia, suicide and cirr
hosis of the liver."
Funds will be raised during
February by personal calls,
direct mail and telephone, ac
cording to Hart, with the
drive reaching its peak on
Heart Sunday, Feb. 28. Mrs.
Ronald Ricketts is chairman
of the Heart Sunday door-to-door
collection which will be
made by volunteers through
out the county.
Russia Completes
Series in Pacific
Moscow-IUPD-The Soviet Un
ion announced today it fired
a second super missile into
the Pacific Sunday to com
plete its present series of rock
et tests in that area ahead of
schedule.
The Tass announcement did
not give the precise point of
the rocket's impact, but said
the next to last stage with a
dummy nose cone had "reach
ed the intended region in the
Pacific Ocean" at 8:58 a-m.
(p.s.t.).
It added that this shot suc
cessfully ended the presently
announced test series design
ed to develop a more power
ful multistage rocket for
earth satellites and to prepare
for flights to other planets.
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No. 265
Israel, Syria
Armed Units Mix
In Bitter Battle
Israelis Launch
Reprisal Attack
Te Aviv, Israel-IUPD-Israeli
and Syrian armed units fought
a bitter battle in the demili
tarized zone near the south
ern end of the Sea of Galilee
today.
The Israeli army launched
an attack on Syrian military
positions in reprisal against
the Syrians for the killing
Sunday of an Israeli border
patrolman and the wounding
of two others.
Reports Conflict
Reports from the two sides
conflicted, but apparently
there were casualties in the
clash by night. It was the
most serious in a string of
incidents that erupted along
the tense Israel-Syria border
last Wednesday.
A military spokesman in
Damascus said two Arabs
were killed and four wound
ed in the four-hour battle and
that artillery and tanks play
ed a prominent part in the
fighting. He claimed the Is
raelis suffered "great losses."
No Mention of Tanks
An Israeli army spokesman
in Tel Aviv said one Israeli
was killed and two wounded.
The Israeli spokesman made
no mention of tanks but said
an artillery duel took place.
He said that -15- minutes 'after
a cease fire arranged by
United Nations observers on
the scene went into effect at
4 a.m., the Syrians resumed
shelling.
The spokesman claimed Is
raeli forces demolished Syri
an army positions in the Al
Tawafik village in the demili
tarized zone. The buildings
destroyed in the village were
said to have been converted
into military strongholds.
De Gaulle Granted
Emergency Powers
Paris - (UPD - The French
Cabinet granted Gen. Charles
de Gaulle full emergency pow
ers today and Parliament was
summoned into special session
Tuesday to ratify the decision.
An announcement to this
effect was made by Informa
tion Minister Roger Frey fol
lowing an hour and a half
Cabinet session held shortly
after the settlers' rebellion in
Algiers collapsed completely.
The Cabinet session came
as de Gaulle moved swiftly to
solidify his political advant
age in the wake of the blood
less military victory in Al
geria. Salem -IUPIP Vernon L. Bur
da, The Dalles, has filed as
a candidate for delegate from
the second congressional dis
trict to the Democratic convention.
"Relax Maybe I'll Pick Your Presidential
Candidate For You"
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TRUCKS BLOWN UP Ten trucks serving
the struck Oregonian-Oregon Journal were
blown up in the Portland area Sunday night.
The trucks were under contract to haul
newsprint for the two newspapers which
Surgeon Flown
To Bedside of
Gen. MacArthur
New York-(UPD-Army Sur
geon General Lt. Gen. Leon
ard D. Heaton flew to the
bedside of ailing General
Douglas MacArthur today. A
joint medical bulletin issued
by Heaton and MacArthur's
personal physician said it was
too soon to tell whether sur
gery would be required to
correct the general's prostate
condition.
The bulletin said there
were "indications of some de
gree of. kidney involvement"
in MacArthur's condition,
"but the exact' degree of this
can be determined only by
further study."
Gradual Improvement
Heaton flew here by Army
plane today and examined
MacArthur with the civilian
urologist, Dr. George W.
Slaughter.
The two doctors said Mac
Arthur "has been showing
gradual improvement which
can be expected to continue
with minor variations."
The statement said "there
are no indications of any pro
gressive disorders which
would further endanger the
general's health. On the con
trary, further gradual im
provement is expected."
Grass Fire Stopped
Short of Explosives
Ashland Firemen here
avoided a possible catastrophe
Sunday when they extinguish
ied a fire which was burning
rapidly through a field toward
a dynamite storage shed.
Firemen were called to the
D. J. Lamar property, about
a mile south of Ashland, at
1:05 p.m. The fire, which fire
men said was unauthorized,
was brought under control
about 30 feet short of where
the explosives were stored.
The blaze, fanned by high
winds, also was heading to
ward Lamar's mill, which also
was saved from damage.
Two Badly Burned
In Fire, Explosion
At Albany
Albany -(UPD- Two Albany
men remained in critical con
dition in General hospital
here after an explosion and
fire Sunday at the Oregon
M e t a 1 1 u rgical Corporation
plant.
Kenneth Lamb, 22, was In
the hospital with nearly 100
per cent third degree burns
and Gerald Fifler, 30, suffer-
County Has 256
Influenza Cases
A total of 256 cases of in
fluenza was reported in Jack
son county by the county
health department last week.
Dr. C. I. Drummond, pub
lic health physician, said the
number is about normal for
this time of the year. He add
ed that the Asian flu, reported
in southern California and in
the Portland area, has not
been reported so far in south
ern Oregon and northern
California.
The doctor suggested that
residents contact their physi
cians for flu shots.1 He asked
that any schools or industries
in the county which have a
sharp rise in absenteeism due
to flu to notify the public
health office.
The doctor said that symp
toms for the Asian variety
are the same as for other types
of flu. Temperatures of 102
to 104 degrees and general
aching are the commonest
early symptoms, he explain
ed. Once a person contacts the
flu he should stay at home,
he said.
Of the influenza cases re
ported last week 130 were
in Medford; 85 in Shady Cove;
14 in Central Point; 12 in
Ashland; 9 in Jacksonville; 4
in Phoenix, and 2 in Rogue
River.
There were 47 cases of oth
er communicable diseases re
ported during the week, re
ports show.
Budget Discussions
Slated by County
The county court has set
dates for preliminary county
budget discussions with de
partment heads and official
budget committee meetings,
County Judge Earl Miller
said today.
Preliminary departmental
budget talks will be held Feb.
1 through Feb. 15.
The county budget commit
tee will meet March 1, 4, 22
and 25. Other budget com
mittee meetings will be held
April 5, 8, 26 and 29.
"The budget committee
meetings were set so the lay
members could meet with as
little inconvenience as possi
ble to themselves and their
businesses," Miller explained.
Final hearing on the coun
ty budget will be in June.
Budget committee members
are County Judge Earl Mil
ler, County Commissioners
Ralph James and Chester
Wendt, and three lay mem
bers, Lynn Newbry, Ashland;
Gordon Hudson, Medford; and
Arnold Bohnert, . Central
Point.
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have published a combined edition since
a sterotypers strike began last November
and other newspaper craft unions observed
picket lines.
(UPI Telephoto)
Plant
ed third degree burns over
50 per ' cent of his body, ac
cording to hospital authorities.
Fighting Small Fire
The blast occurred Surlday
morning in the experimental
laboratories where four men
were fighting a small fire with
fire extinguishers. The other
two men went after more fire
extinguishers while Lamb and
Fifler remained to fight the
fire. The blast occurred while
the other two were away.
Two other blasts occurred
before firemen from Albany
could control the flames. Dis
aster was averted, according
to state police, when the
flames were contained before
they could reach tanks of
highly volatile material used
in processing rare metals.
Cause Undetermined
The fire did not extend to
other parts of the large con
crete building which covers
several acres.
Cause of the fire was not
determined.
The Oregon Metallurgical
Corporation is engaged in
work on rare metals under
government contract.
Assault Trial Is
Continued by Court
The jury trial of Carrol
Gene Zachary, 819 Taylor st.,
Medford, charged with assault
with a dangerous weapon, has
been continued until March 7.
The trial was scheduled to
start this morning in Circuit
Judge Edward Kelly's court,
but Zachary's attorney, Rob
ert Boyer, Medford, reported
that one of the witnesses for
Zachary was ill and unable
to attend the trial. The motion
was made by Boyer to contin
ue the case and the order was
entered by Judge Kelly.
Zachary is charged with as
saulting Special Deputy Lon
nie L. Varner, 6240 Table
Rock rd., on Aug. 2 by push
ing a .45 caliber automatic
pistol in Varner's ribs when
Varner asked him to move
his car which the deputy said
was blocking traffic in Jack
sonville. SAFE ROBBED
Jackson county sheriffs of
ficers today were investigat
ing a safe robbery at the
Homestead tavern at Rogue
River. They said that the safe
had been "punche d" and
"peeled" and approximately
$2,500, mostly in cash, taken.
Deputies said that entry was
made between 11 p.m. yester
day and 7 a.m. today. A back
door was pried open.
Deadlock on Civil Rights
Bill Broken in House
Washington -4UPD The long
House deadlock on a civil
rights bill was broken at
least temporarily today by
the House Rules Committee.
Hearings To Begin
The committee bickered hot
ly over the long-stalled bill,
then voted to begin hearings
later this week on whether to
clear the controversial meas
ure. Chairman Howard W.
Smith (D-Va.), an opponent
Ten Vehicles
Heavily Damaged
By Explosives
Wrecked Vehicles
Served Newspapers
Portland-mri) - The Port
land Inter - Union Newt
paper committee today of
fered a $1,000 reward for
the apprehension of those
responsible for dynamiting
10 trucks which serve the
combined Oregon Journal
Oregonian here. The com
mittee said it was match
ing a similar reward offered
by the Portland City council.
Portland - !UPD - Ten trucks
serving the combined Oregon
Journal - Oregonian were
wrecked or heavily damaged
by explosions late Sunday
night and police said sabotage
was suspected.
The two newspapers have
had labor difficulties since
last November.
Police said the explosions
occurred at Oregon City, a
dozen miles south of here,
and in northwest Portland
about five minutes apart.
Trucks Unattended
There were no injuries. Po
lice said the trucks had been
left unattended on parking
lots for the week end.
Police Lt. Dean Blackwood,
bomb disposal officer, said
this was the work of some
one experienced in handling
dynamite." Police estimated
about 30 dynamite sticks were
used.
Mayor Terry Schrunk
promised a "full investiga
tion" and said "it would ap
pear from the reports that this
is a vicious crime.
Local and state authorities
i i : 1 1 ..a
were conautuiig an an - uub
invpctiontinn T h o TTpHpral
Bureau of Investigation said
the incident did not come un
der its jurisdiction.
Unions involved in the
strike issued a statement call
ing the dynamiting of the
trucks "senseless," adding it
"can only be harmful to our
cause and possibly alienate
some persons who are now
sympathetic to the striking
newspaper unions." They said
"we are anxious that the real
culprit in this act of wanton
destruction be apprehended."
Wrapped Dynamite Found
A police officer disarmed
three sticks of dynamite found
on the floor of another truck
attached to a five-foot fuse
which had fizzled. Later, a
young boy found several
sticks of wrapped dynamite,
in southeast Portland.
Four of the trucks were on
a lot in northwest Portland
and the others were located
in Oregon City. There were
at least four explosions in
Oregon City and the Portland
blasts followed a few minutes
later, authorities said. Four
trucks at Oregon City were
badly burned as well as blast
ed and two others were heav
ily damaged.
State Policeman J. F. Bing
ham said explosive charges
had been placed between the
gas tanks and the frames of
the trucks at Oregon City.
The van-type vehicles were
owned by the Wymore Trans
port Company, under contract
to haul newsprint from the
Crown - Zellerbach Company
to the Oregon Journal and
Oregonian.
New York - (UPD - A tele
phoned bomb threat Sunday
caused Trans World Airlines
to call back two Constella
tions carrying 117 passengers.
WEATHER
FORECAST Cloudy and windy
with occasional rain tonight
and Tuesday. Low tonight 45.
High Tuesday 55.
TEMPERATURE
Hi chest Yesterday 57
Lowest This Morning , 47
PRECIPITATION
To 10 a.m. Today .04
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
5:24 p.m.
7:26 a.m.
10:44 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow
Moonset tonight .
First Quarter Feb. 4
No planets are to be seen In
the evening sky this Winter but
many bright stars in the con
stellations. Cants Major, Orion,
Taurus, Leo and Gemini are
prominent this month.
of the bill, conceded that
backers had enough votes to
send it to the House floor,
perhaps this month.
No Time Limit
But in setting the hearings,
the committee did end the
stalemate that has bottled up
the bill since last session.
Smith said no time limit
was set on the hearing but
told newsmen he would not
"dilly, dally or delay" the
proceedings.
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