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uba Maintaining Tight Security Blackout bini Movements of Mikoyan Regional Edition 16 Pages Nation Believed Most Powerful Country on Earth 45 Polaris Subs Said Nation's Need Washington - (UPD - A dm Arleigh A- Burke, chief of naval operations, today ex pressed his complete confi dence in the ability of this country to deter any attack by the Soviet Union. Burke told the House Space Committee he "thought the United States is the most Dowerful nation on earth." He said there was "nothing Rus sia can do to stop her destruc tion if she wants to start war." Mora Polaris Subs Burke said this "is true now and I believe it will be true in the future." But Burke also said that the U.S. should have a total of 45 Polaris missile sub marines. The U.S. is presently build ing nine missile-lobbing sub marines and there are funds for three more in the budget for fiscal 1961, which begins July 1. Burke disclosed that the Navy's original budget re quest had been cut by the De fense Department from $19 to $15 billion. He said, however, , that he "completely accepted" the present spending levels as adequate to meet defense needs. Burke told the committee that final tests on the Polaris missile would be begun in July and that the Navy hoped to have the first Polaris sub marines in operation "by the fall. He said the Navy had re quested more than the three Polaris submarines in the budget now being reviewed by Congress. But he aildnKthat the ad ministration might ask for ad ditional funds "when the sys tem becomes opeVational." 'Season on Goblins' . Meanwhile, Sen. Francis Case (R-S.D.) told the Senate this is the "season on goblins" in the arguments about the state of America's defense sys tem. Case, discounting fears about U.S. military strength, said he has heard similar ap prehensions for 20 years as a member of the Appropriations Committee of the House and Senate. But he added that the coun try should note that seven of the present eight space satel lites were "put there by the United States," that the Stra tegic Air Command has the greatest nuclear striking pow er in the world, that the Po laris missile-firing submarine "looks like the best in its class." Ike's Tour Said To Negotiate Bases Tokyo - (UPD - The Commu nist radio charged today that President Eisenhower's recent good will tour of Europe, Africa and Asia was "actually spent in negotiating rocket bases." Peiping broadcast a lengthy commentary entitled "What goes on behind U.S. President Eisenhower's pious phrases about peace." flavy (S Ion Hoi. Body of Man Found Under Rail Tressle Near Madras Madras, Ore.-UIPD-The body of Gibson' Moody was found Sunday under a railroad trestle half a mile west of Madras, and police said he apparently had been beaten on the head,. possibly with a tire iron, and his body dump ed from a car. The officers said tire tracks were found in mud near where the body of the Warm MEDFORD Ability NEW BED PUSH RECORD These four St. Olaf College students, members of Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, claim to have established a new record in the bed push, a race in which four persons push a bed with an occupant. They pushed this bed containing Joyce Anderson over a Sen. H u mphrey in Eastern Oregon To Press Candidacy La Grande - (UPD - Sen. Hu b e r t Humphrey (D - Minn.) brought his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomi nation to eastern Oregon to day, a day ahead of a rival's appearance in the western half of the state. Humphrey spoke to stu dents at Eastern Oregon Col lege this morning and plan ned to visit the high school Grants Pass Man Fined for Assault Howard Grisel, Grants Pass, was fined $100 and given a 50-day suspended jail sentence after he pleaded guilty in Medf ord's municipal court this morning to a charge of assault and battery. Grisel had been charged by tr ; city with striking an off duty Medford policeman, Don ald Lee Purcell, in the mouth last Thursday night without provocation when Purcell at tempted to question him about his activities. He had originally pleaded innocent to the charge but when he appeared in court with his attorney, Walter D. Nunley this morning, he changed his plea to guilty and was sentenced by Judge Alan B. Holmes. Judge Holmes suspended the jail sentence on condition that Grisel refrain from drink ing and causing any more trouble in Medford during the time of the suspended sen tence. Portland -(UPD- An estimat ed $6,400 was taken in a safe burglary and a holdup in the Portland area early today. Springs Indian Reservation farmer was found. A bloody trail indicated the man had crawled about 25 feet before he died. The body of the man, in his early 40s, was found by ' Madras Policeman Jim Thebo. Police early today picked up a 32-year-old Culver man and were questioning him. He was being held on an open charge. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1960 To istei' a six-mile course from St. Olaf, at Northfield, Minn., west along a highway and back again in an hour, five minutes and 14 sec onds. The pushers are, from left, Ernie Brhem, Dick Kasch, Bob Kooser and Dick Lillquist. (UPI Telephoto) briefly here before going on to Pendleton. Sen. John F. Kennedy CD Mass.), like Humphrey an avowed candidate for the nomination, appears Tuesday in Roseburg, Corvallis and Al bany. - Speaks in Baker Humphrey, who spoke in Baker Sunday night, said he regarded Sen. Wayne Morse's candidacy in Oregon serious ly. He also said he did not believe Kennedy had a long lead in the race for delegates. Both are campaigning for votes in Oregon's May 20 preferential primary which also will see other Democratic candidates on the ballot, in cluding Morse. Humphrey addressed a crowd of about 250 at Baker Sunday night and then held a question and answer period. During a stopover in Boise he said control of water re sources is the "great issue in the West" and the "Republi cans treat the west as a colony rather than an integral part of the United States." 'One Of Us' Will Win Once a Democrat is back in the White House, he said, western development pro grams will move ahead. "You don't have to wait long," Humphrey added. "A Democrat is going to be elect ed in 1960. I don't know which one it will be but it'll be one of us." He drove from here with Malheur county Democratic Chairman Tom Jones of Nyssa to Baker. Humphrey is scheduled to be in Portland Tuesday. Ken nedy will visit Portland Wed nesday, but the paths of the two candidates are not ex pected to cross while they are in the state. Assignments for Commissioners Told Members of the Jackson county court have received various assignments from the Association of Oregon Coun ties for 1960, the county court reported today. County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt has been elected to the legislative committee. He was also appointed to the county finance committee. County Commissio ner Ralph James was appointed to the urban affairs and home rule committee. Goiifidence Reserve Funds Recommended for Decline Study Salem - (UPD Chancellor John Richards of the state system of higher education said Saturday he would rec ommend that the board of higher education dip into re serves so it may continue a study on pear decline in the Medford area. Jackson county pear grow ers told the emergency board the research might have to be discontinued next June 30 for lack of funds. Phil Lowry, former state senator, said loss in the vitali ty of pear trees was first no ticed in 1957. About 73 per cent of the orchards in the area have been affected. Faced Extinction Charles Henry, president of the Jackson county fruit grow ers league, said the industry faced extinction unless the disease is checked. Oregon State college . has been directing research through Prof. Henry Hartman. Henry said this morning that Dean F. E. Price, of the Oregon State college school of agriculture, had testified that current research funds which he has would not be available for further pear de cline study unless some other research programs were cut. "We would not wish to have this done," Henry said. "Rich ards can direct use of reserve funds for the pear decline re search. He is to appear in 30 days before the emergency board and give his decision." Dogs Blamed For Killing Sheep Sunnysdie, Ore - (UPD- Dogs are believed responsible for the death of six award-winning sheep Sunday. The prize sheep, all regis tered Romney rams, were owned by high school student Richard Neuschwander and were valued at S300. They were a Future Farm er of America project of the youth. One of the rams was found dead and the others so badly crippled they had to be shot. A neighbor saw two dogs on teh Neuenschwander property and the sheep were found not long afterward. Tribune ttac Argentina Presses Hunt For Submarine Vessel Believed Caught in Gulf Buenos Aires - (UPD - Planes and surface craft searched in tensively today for a myster ious .unidentified submarine believed bottled up in the waters of Golfo Nuevo in southeastern Argentina. Argentine authorities said the mystery sub was detected by fleet units last week and an aggressive search was promptly initiated. Golfo Nuevo is 630 miles southwest of Buenos Aires in Argentina's Patagon i a n re gion.. It is 10 miles wide at its mouth and runs about 40 miles inland. The mouth of the gulf was sealed off and, while Argentine navy officials declined any direct comment on whether, the submarine was bottled up inside, they indicated there at least was a chance it was, and so the in tensive search was pressed. Navy Minister Gaston Cli ment denied reports Sunday that patrol planes had bomb ed the submarine and driven it to the bottom in 90 feet, of water, trailing an oil slick which indicated it might have been damaged. -. Climent - declined comment on repprts that the navy had "trapped" the sub generally supposed to be Russian in the Argentine Gulf. "An unidentified submarine was detected several times by naval units near the Nuevo Gulf . . ." the navy secretary said. ."There was no attack .-. . the search is under way." Officers Investigate Burglary at Omar's Ashland Sheriff's officers today are investigating the burglary at Omar's Steak and Chicken House, 1380 Siskiyou blvd., Ashland which occurred some time Sunday night. Approximately $886.45 in cash and $29 in checks were taken from the restaurant safe and a coin machine, sher iff's deputies said. Thieves entered the build ing by-cutting a hole in the roof, it was reported. Ashland Police Chief Herb Hayes and two sergeants have been investigating the case since before 8 o'clock today, it was reported: Chicago -(UPD- Minneapolis Moline Co. has purchased the Lamson Mobilift Corp., Port land, Ore., a subsidiary of Lamson Corp. of Delaware, for an undisclosed amount of cash. "Well, The Enlisted Men Aren't The Only Ones With Problems" 54th Year Price 10 Cents No. 271 Chessman Denied Appeal Hearing By Federal Judge Story the Same, Jurist Declares " Tucson, Ariz. UPD Federal Judge Richard H. Chambers today denied a new appeal hearing for convict - author Caryl Chessman. . Chessman is scheduled to be executed in 11 days. He was denied permission to ap pear in person before Cham bers and his case was present ed by attorneys. Arguments Heard Chambers, of the 9th Cir cuit Court of appeals, heard arguments last week by Chessman's attorneys and by the California attorney gen eral's office. Chambers, in a lengthy opinion said: "Chessman cannot get away, cannot shake the sim ple, vulgar violent story of what he lid. In his trying to shake the transcript, Im con vinced the story will always be the same. "I believe the petitioner has run out of points. "He has been represented by able counsel who must be given a grade 'A' for ingen unity, but such ingenuity does not put water in the bottom of the well where there is none." New Appeal Planned Attorney A. L. Wirin, American Civil Liberties Un ion lawyer serving as a friend of the court in the case, said he would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution. He said he had not decided to appeal to the en tire court or to a single jus tice. Highway Relocation Gives Land lo BLM Part of the old Green Springs highway rights of way in the Emigrant reser voir area will be turned over to the bureau of reclamation, according to a state highway commission resolution on file today in the county clerk's office. Under state law, whenever the highway commission relo cates or realigns a state high way or any section, the old right of way no longer needed reverts to the abutting prop erty owners, the resolution explained. The state in cooperation with the bureau of reclama tion has relocated and con structed a section of the Green Springs highway known as the Emigrant reser voir section. The relocated highway section has now been completed and is open for public travel. Lumber Production Highest Since 1956 Washington -(UPD-U.S. lum ber production in 1959 totaled an estimated 36,934,000,000 board feet, or 9 per cent over 1958 and the highest annual output since 1956, the Nation al Lumber Manufacturers As sociation reported. 1 MaksJ - I44 MIKOYAN'S WARNING-Soviet Premier Anastasia Mikoyan is shown above addressing a trade unionist meeting in Ha vana, Cuba. The meeting featured attacks on the United States by leaders of Cuba's semi-official unions. In an ap parent warning to the United States, Mikoyan said "those who threaten us with war should remember that if we can send a rocket with such precision to the moon, we can send it with equal precision to any part of the world." (UPI Telephoto) Week End Adds Vi February's Almost 1V4 inches of rain - fall during the last three days has brought February rainfall to well above normal here. The Medford station of the U. S. weather bureau report ed .68 of an inch of precipi tation Saturday, .20 , Sunday and .55 from midnight until 10 a.m. today, a total of 1.43 inches for the three days. Total rainfall for February up to 10 a.m. today was 2.35 inches. Normal for the month is 2.02. Precipitation for the agri cultural year, which began Sept. 1, 1959, is still well be low normal. The weather bu reau showed a total of 6.48 inches up to last midnight. This is 4.94 below normal. Showery weather through! Tuesday is forecast , for this vicinity. Snowing State police and irrigation officials reported that snow was falling on the Siskiyou and Green Springs mountains this morning. It was also re ported snowing in the Howard-Prairie area. Irrigation officials were checking the districts today for any rain damage and to determine rain and snow ac cumulations from the week end storm. Crater Lake national park has a total of 72 inches of snow, officials reported this morning, of which 5Vi inches fell during the past 24 hours. County streams were to be checked today for increased flow from the rains, D. C. Hendrix, county water mas ter, said. Ashland Burn Week end rain has caused no serious erosion problem in the Ashland burn area of the Rogue River National for est, Harold Thomas, Ashland district ranger said this morn ing. He said, however, that def inite value of contour furrow ing and check dam constru tion in the area swept by fire last August is beginning to be Israel To Step Up Military Purchases Jerusalem, Israeli !UPD Is-raeli-(UPD-Israel plans to step up purchases of arms and military equipment as a result of current border clashes with the United Arab Republic and to compensate for the recent flow of Soviet arms into Arab countries. WEATHER FORECAST: Showery through Tuesday. Low tonight 38-40. High Tuesday 50. TEMPERATURE Highest Yesterday 55 Lowest This Morning 48 PRECIPITATION To 10 a.m. Today .74 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . 5:33 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:17 a.m. The Moon, riding high tonight, sets tomorrow 5:03 a.m. and will be Full Feb. 12 Venus, brightest of all the stars and planets, has just passed to the east of Saturn. Next week it will pass by much dimmer Mars. !,, ; ' v-ij Rainfall Inches to Total .shown A total of 36 miles of contour furrowing was done and 209 check dams were constructed on the forest serv ice, bureau of land manage ment and city of Ashland land in the burn. Thomas also reported that there has been sufficient rain and warmth for grass seed sown last Oct. 19 to start germinating on the city, BLM and forest service areas. Counfy Bulls Among Top Grade at Sale Two Hereford bulls from Jackson county were among the six highest graded bulls at the 19th annual Red Bluff Bull sale which ended this week end, sale officials re ported. A Hereford bull from Dave Holmes' Arrowhead ranch and one from Raymond Re ter's Tabletop ranch both graded one minus the highest rating given six animals in the sale. Only two or three bulls have graded above that in the history of the sale, a spokesman reported. A pen of five Hereford bulls entered by John Bohnert and Don Bradshaw, both of Cen tral Point, placed third in the show and sale. The Red Bluff sale brought an average price of $776 on 374 head as the auction closed Saturday evening. Most sur prising sale result was the $850 paid for Herefords - well above what had been expect ed, sale officials said. Angus bulls averaged $552 and Shorthorns, $517. Glendale Telephone Hearings Suspended Salem-flJPD - Proposed rate increase adjustments for Glen dale Telephone Company of Glendale, Ore., have been su spended for three more months by Public Utility Com missioner Jonel C. Hill. Salem Man Appointed Control Board Secretary Salem-4UPD-J.. N. Peet, Sa lem, today was appointed sec retary to the Board of Con trol to succeed William C. Ryan, who is retiring. Peet has been assistant secretary since last September. The appointment is effec tive March 15. Ryan has been secretary to the board for 14 years. Solicitation Approved Peet, 34, entered state serv ice in 1952 in the accounting department at MacLaren school for boys. He attended the University of Iowa. The board today said it had no objection to a plan' for solicitation of state employees in the March of Dimes cam paign. State Representative Wal ker Larsen of the March of Action Follows Gunfire During Friday Gathering Cubans Being Told Russian Power Great Havana - (UPD - Premier Fi del Castro's revolutionary re gime maintained a tight se curity blackout today on the movements of Soviet Deputy Premier A n a s t a s Mikoyan, whose appearance at a Rus sian exposition here Friday was accompanied by a flurry of gunfire. Informed sources said Mi koyan would be the guest of honor at a supper-reception at 8 o'clock tonight in the Cuban "white house," but no infor mation could be obtained about his program for the day. Dinner Reported There also were reports that Mikoyan would give a dinner at the Havana Hilton hotel Tuesday ' night for Cas tro, President Osvaldo Dorti cos Torrado and diplomats from nations which maintain relations with Russia. The Soviet official appeared Sunday at a union-sponsored mass meeting featuring at tacks on the United States by leaders of Cuba's semi-official unions. Greater Power Reliable sources said Mikoy an spent Saturday at Vara dero Beach 70-odd miles east of Havana, touring the or phanage which now occupies the luxury home of ousted ex President Fulgencio Batista. Mikoyan has been telling audiences in Cuba that 42 years of Communism have made Russia a greater power than the United States. College Students To Name Attackers Ashland Two Southern Oregon college students who were beaten in a downtown brawl here early Saturday morning said they know the identity of their three attack ers and will file charges this afternoon, the college reported today. The announcement came from the office- of Student Affairs Director Dr. Alvin Fellers. The students, John H. Heitsmith, 26, and Mark M. Musgrava, 21, declined to name their assailants this morning pending further con sultations with their attorney, a SOC spokesman said. Musgrave, who suffered fractured jaw as well as numerous head wounds, was reported in "good" condition today by his nurse at Ashland General hospital. Heitsmith. whose injuries included a broken nose, was released this morning. The students told Ashland police the attack occurred at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday as they left a local all-night res t a u r a n t. Their assailants wielded a two-foot club, they said. Police are in possession of the weapon. Heitsmith is from Klamath Falls but now lives at 665 Leonard st., Ashland. Mus grave lives with his wife at 427 Hospital dr., Ashland. Rogue Basin Group Sets Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources associ ation will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the Josephine county courthouse, Grants Pass. Following the meeting, which is open to the public, a board of directors meeting will be held to elect five di rectors. During the annual meeting a summary of the past year regarding the Rogue basin will be presented and officers will give their reports. Dimes made the request. The board said, however, the so licitation must not be done on state time. The board withheld action on a suggestion that 200 acres of land at Dammasch State hospital be developed for farming. Inmates from Mac Laren would do the farming. A feasibility report on the proposal is to be made. Items approved by the board include: Transfer Approved Attendance of Hillcrest Su perintendent Marjorie Mc Bride at a conference at Colo rado state training school for girls Feb. 15 at no cost to the state. ' Transfer of 20 more pati ents from Fairview home to the mid -Columbia home at The Dalles.
