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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.