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FAMILY REUNITED The John Armonas Press reporter A..L. Ostrow, who escorted
family, separted 1914 years by the Iron , the family, center, and at top, John Armon-
Curtain, is shown as they arrived in New as, and his daughter, Donna, 24, who so-
York today, en route to a new life together
In Cleveland, O. At bottom are Mrs. Bar
bara Armonas and son John Jr., 20, who
were living in Soviet, Lithuania; Cleveland
Kefauver Paper
Denies Candidacy
InState Primary
Salem -(UPD- Secretary of
State Howell Appling Jr., to
day received an affidavit
from Sen. Estes Kefauver (D
Tenn.) denying Kefauver's
candidacy in the Oregon pres
idential primary-but it wasn't
the right kind. Appling said
although Kefauver had made
his "position clear" that he
was not a candidate, his affi
davit did not include a state
ment that he was without
qualification, "not now and
does not intend to become a
candidate for the presi
dency ..."
Form Enclosed -
Appling said he had writ
ten Kefauver enclosing a copy
of the Oregon form. Until
this affidavit is received, Ap
pling said, Kefauver's name
will remain on the ballot.
Deadline for filing affida
vits of disavowal is 5 p.m.
March 14. .
So far, only New York Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller's name
has been removed by affida
vit. An affidavit also is ex
pected from Adlai Stevenson.
Others named by Appling
under a new law as presiden
tial candidates included Vice
President for the Democrats
Sens. John F. Kennedy, Mass
achusetts; Hubert H. Hum
phrey, Minnesota; Lyndon
Johnson, Texas, and Stuart
Symington, Missouri.
Salem -(UPD- The state will
auction off 48 of its vehicles i
at the state fairgrounds next
Saturday. Up for sale are 29
cars with models as new as
1958, 18 other vehicles in
cluding trucks and an 18-foot
house trailer.
U. S. Losing World War,
Space Committee Told
Washington - (UPD - A form
er Truman administration of
ficial told the House Space
Committee today the United
States "is losing World War
III" by failing .to meet Soviet
missile and military chal
lenges. .
Thomas G. Lanphier Jr.,
who resigned last month as
vice president of Convair
Division of General Dynamics
Corp reiterated his charges
that President Eisenhower is
taking a "dangerous gamble
witjj U.S. defenses.
licited the promise of the reunion from
Soviet Premier Nikita Khurshchev when he
was in the United States last fall.
(UPI Telephoto)
B udget Committee
Considers Requests
Of Public
The Jackson county court
and budget committee are con
sidering a hew contract and
budget for-the Public Library
of Medford and Jackson coun
ty. The library - board is seek
ing a $14,404 increase in al
location for the new fiscal
year, or a raise from the
$31,860 allocated for the cur
rent year, to $46,264. The city
of Medford has been asked for
an $8,249 increase, up from
the $26,751 authorized for the
current year to $35,000.
Reasons for the requested
increase are extended hours
for the branch libraries, addi
tion of a clerk at $2,700 an
nual salary, increased service
to the branch libraries and
new equipment. .
The local library system is
expecting a state grant of
$20,000 which would allow
purchase of 7,500 volumes,
Omar Bacon, head librarian,
said. The library plans new
signs pointing out the library
building in Medford, and a
book drop facility similar to
the snorkel, mail box at the
Medford post office. This
would allow for a drive-up
book drop.
The requested allocation in
crease does not include Rogue
River and Ashland libraries
which operate independently
of the system. However, the
other two libraries will re
ceive similar increases should
the budget request be approv-
ed, County Judge Earl Miller
assured. He declined to say if
any movement is afoot to
bring the Rogue River library
back into the system as a
branch. A meeting between
the library board and the
Lanphier, a one-time aid to
and supporter of Sen. Stuart
Symington (D-Mo.), another
Eisenhower defense critic,
said the administration has
failed to recognize "that we
are and have been for a long
time actually engaged in
World War III."
"I believe we are losing
World War in," he testified.
"All things considered", our
guard is down. We are co
operating in our own destruc
tion. We are being put to
sleep.
Library
Rogue River people is sched
uled for the near future, he
added. Whether this subject
will be discussed Bacon said
he did not;know. -.
A number of -changes are
included in the new contract.
The name is changed from the
Medford Public Library to
Public Library of Medford
and Jackson county, all book
fines collected at the branches
will be returned to the central
library instead of being used
as petty cash as is the current
practice, branch libraries will
be open longer hours, and the
use of a county car to service
the branches will be dropped.
A tentative suggestion is
appointment of a county ad
visory committee to the li
brary board. This committee
would have no vote but would
only make recommendations
and suggestions.
Bacon pointed to a large
circulation increase of 28 per
cent this February over the
same month a year ago. Gen
eral circulation increase for
the last seven months has
been 9 410 per cent, Bacon
said.
, Figures given the county
court by the head librarian
shows Jackson county popula
tion served by the library sys
tem is 58,375 compared to
Douglas county's 68,800, Jose
phine county's 30,880, and
Umatilla county's 44,750.
However, Umatilla county has
volumes totaling 75,373 com
pared to Jackson county's 46,
326, 65,618 for Douglas coun
ty and 40,322 for Josephine
county.
BULLETIN
-Donald Martin Thompson,
34, of Klamath Falls was
sentenced io a life term in
the Oregon state peniten
tiary this afternoon by Cir
cuit Judge Edward C.
Kelly. v s
Thompson was found
guilty by a jury last Decem
ber for the Labor Day rob
bery of a Safeway store
here. He was charged with
assault and robbery while
armed -with a dangerous
weapon. A pre-sentencing
report had been requested
by his attorneys.
Thompson still faces
charges of participating in a
riot. Preliminary hearing
on that charge is scheduled
for Wednesday morning in
district court.
Castro Reprimand
For Blaming U.S.
In Blast Urged
New Crisis Might
Develop as Result
Washington -(UPD-An angry
congressman urged today that
the United States take Cuban
Premier Fidel Castro "to the
woodshed" for blaming U.S.
interests for an Havana ship
explosion.
State Department officials
said a sharp formal protest
denying any U.S. involvement
in the ammunition ship dis
aster might be forwarded to
day to charge d'affaires at
Havana. Daniel Braddock.
The State Department
sources said a new crisis , in
already strained U.S.-Cubah
relations might develop from
Castro's intemperate charges
and Cuba's detention of Don
ald Chapman, 26, of North
Bend, Neb., for two days
without allowing him to talk
with U.S. officials.
Rep. Lawrence L. Brock CD-
Neb.), who represents Chap
man's congressional district,
declared the youth was "be
ing made a scapegoat and was
being framed" until released
late Sunday, when the Cubans
"found they couldn't make it
stick." '
Brock said it was time the
United States "took a big
stick" to Castro. "We should
take him back to' the wood
shed and give him an old fash
ioned spanking," Brock add
ed. " ' i
The biggest "stick" could
be cutting or threatening to
cut Cuba's 3,000,000-ton sugar
quota, which the U n i t e d
States buys at double the
world market price. A num
ber of congressmen have ad
vocated at least threatening to
cut back on the purchases or
lower the purchase price.
But secretary of State
Christian A. Herter told the
House -Foreign Affairs Com
mittee Feb. 17 there were
both policy and treaty reasons
against using the sugar quotas
for reprisals. The Agriculture
Department, -has said -trimming
the price paid for Cuban
sugar would hurt; the U.S.
sugar industry. . .
Gift Added to
U. S. Hotel Fund
A gift of $500 was present
ed to the Siskiyou Pioneer
Sites Foundation Saturday by
Mrs. Nellie P. Dunford, Med
ford, in memory of her hus
band, the late O. W. (Ike)
Dunford.
The gift is designated to be
added to the U. S. Hotel res
toration fund, according to
Dr. F. D. Haines, Ashland,
foundation president. . Struc
tural restoration of the histor
ic Jacksonville landmark is a
current project of the organi
zation. Dunford, a Jackson" county
native, was a retired Jackson
ville businessman at the time
of his death. He was active in
community. activities and civic
projects and served as chair
man for the 1959 Jacksonville
Jubilee. The sponsoring Jack
sonville Lions club recently
gave $1,110 to the foundation
as the nucleus of a restoration
fund. The gift today brings
the present total to $1,610.
According to Dr. Haines the
organization is planning a
fund raising drive to finance
the project. Plans are being
prepared by Jeffrey Shute,
Medford architect.
"Our Position Has Been Misrepresented. We
Only Want To Deny The U.S. Senate
The Right To Vote"
Rogue Valley Edition
Medford!
18 Pages Section A
More Than 14,000
Members Quit at
Seven Major Lots
'Residual' Payment
Row Starts Walkout
Hollywood-flJPD-The nation's
glamour girls and movie hero
es grabbed their mink coats,
hopped into imported sports
cars and roared off to their
Beverly Hills mansions today
in the first actors strike in
filmland history.
More than 14,000 members
of the Screen Actors Guild
walked off the seven major
motion picture lots in a row
with movie moguls over "resi
dual" payments for post-1948
pictures sold to television.
The strikers included some
of the richest show-people In
the world Marilyn Monroe,
Marlon Brando, Gina Lollo-
brigida, Doris Day, .John
Wayne, Cary Grant and Jim
my. Stewart. .
But the glamorous cele
brities won't be marching in
picket lines carrying placards.
Most of the millionaire
stars will be lounging around
their swimming pools, visit
ing night spots, taking trips
to Europe and throwing par
ties. .
A spokesman for the SAB
said picket lines would be un
necessary because, "nobody
ever heard of scab actors.!'
But the wealthy few are a
minority. Guild records show
that'some TBOjper cent of the
membership earns less than
$4,000 a year. -.
Walkout, of. the performers
marked the first shut-down in
the , colorful and stormy his
tory of the studios.
The controversial "resi
dual" demand by performers
asks that all actors be paid
for their work in films made
since 1948 that are sold to TV
The actors claim sale of the
films would flood the TV
market, with recent pictures
and would put them out of
work.
Wrong Man Listed
In Sunday's Story
In a story appearing in the
Sunday Medford Mail Trib
une, Howard Rollin Brooks,
35, of 6302 Chaparral st.,
Central Point, was incorrect
ly listed .as one of the men
facing charges for participat
ing in a riot.
The name should have been
Edward Kenneth Rogers, 21,
Philomath, who was sen
tenced to four years in the
state penitentiary for burg
lary not in a dwelling.
Brooks was arraigned last
week on an indictment charg
ing him with larceny by em
bezzlement. He was not re
turned to Jackson county un
til after the Feb. 27 and 28
riot in the county jail.
The Mail Tribune regrets
the error. . 1
UdDed by Aetoirs'
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
President Flies
Back To Capital;
Report Scheduled
Ramey A.F.B., Puerto Rico
-(DPD - President Eisenhower,
apparently well - recovered
from a throat irritation which
bothered him, got in a final
round of golf today before
flying home to report to the
American people on his "Op
eration Amigo" tour of Latin
America.
The President, his son, Maj.
John Eisenhower, a White.
aide, his daughter-in-law and
four grandchildren, left here
about noon for Andrews
A.F.B. outside Washington.
The Chief Executive had an
early breakfast and left for
the Ramey Golf course, short
ly after 8 a.m. to play in a
foursome that included James
C. Haggerty, White House
press secretary; Col. William
G. Draper, the President's
pilot; and Brig. Gen. Joseph
J. Preston, commander of the
72 bombardment wing and
Delays in School
Construction
Would Be Cosily
" ! Ashland If construction
of this city's new. junior high
school is delayed, the result
ing problems. will be numer
ous, varied and expensive.
"But the worst part of it,"
Ashland School Superinten
dent Stanley Jobe said today,
"would be the shortchanging
of the youngsters' education."
The school district, Graff
and James, general contrac
tors for the school and the
Schlage Lock company of
San Francisco were to appear
in Jackson county circuit
court at 1:30 o'clock this af
ternoon. The complaint was
filed by W. L. Reid company,
Portland, concerning specifi
cations tor door locks on the
new building.
"If they hold the building
up," Jobe said, "it's going to
put us in bad shape."
He said the contractors al
ready are running a close
schedule in order to finish
construction by Sept. 1.
About 700 students will be
enrolled, he added, and the
crowded conditions in the
present school will - grow
worse if .construction is de
layed even one or two months.
Teachers Hired
Jobe said he also has to
hire eight or 10 teachers for
the new school and "I have
to hire early to get any selec
tion." Delay of the school's
opening, he said, would cost
the district about $3,500 to
$4,000 a month in teachers'
salaries.
The district also has order
ed about $40,000 to $50,000
worth of new furniture which
is expected to arrive about
Aug. 15, he said. A construc
tion delay would mean the
district would have to foot a
high bill for storing the furni
ture until the school was com
pleted. Students are so crowded in
the present school since clos
ing of the top floor, the sup
erintendent?, said, .that one
class already has an enroll
ment pf more than 60;
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudiness
with scattered showers through
Tuesday. Cooler. , Low tonight
36. High Tuesday 52-55.
"- Temp.
Highest yesterday 62
Lowest this morning .. .... 48
" Precip.
To 5 p.m. yesterday ( )
To 10 a.m. today .69
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today .
6:09 p.m.
. 6:36 a.m.
Sunrise tomorrow
Moonset tomorrow .
3:39 ajn,
Full Moon (and Total Eclipse of
the Moon) .... Saturday night
Regulus, one of the 29 brightest
stars, is in the east at sunset,
high in south .. 11:14 p.m.
ind in the west at 4:19 a.m.
Tribune
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1960
Eisenhower's host here.
The weather was bright and
hot, and Eisenhower had a
pronounced tan to show for
his golfing hours alongside
the waters of the Caribbean.
Tuesday 4 p.m, (p.s.t.) the
Chief Executive will go be
fore the American people via
radio and television and tell
them that North Americans
should .give friendlier and
more serious consideration to
the problems of their neigh
bors to the south.
Greater Understanding
The President is not ex
pected to advance any pro
gram of new substantive aid
for South America. Rather, he
will concentrate on the need
for greater understanding be
tween the two cultures of this
hemisphere. .
The President originally
had considered delivering the
speech tonight.
Then he decided to add an
extra day to his week end in
the Caribbean sun to give his
scratchy throat a chance to
recover . from the strain of
exposure and constant speak
ing on his tour of Brazil, Ar
gentina, Chile and Uruguay.
Sunday afternoon the Pres
ident's voice still was a bit
husky but was vastly im
proved over Friday when he
had to apologize publicly for
it during a speech at nearby
Dorado Beach.
Census Crew
Leaders Named
Three census crew leaders
have been named for Jackson
county, according to Edward
Bates, supervisor of the U. S.
Census Bureau's temporary
district office in Eugene.
Named were Marion B. Cas
ter, route 1, box 589B, Cen
tral Point; John E. Morris,
route 2, box 242, Central
Point; and Harold E. Sander,
P. O. box 124, Rogue River.
Each crew leader will su
pervise about 20 enumerators
in the nationwide census
which starts April 1. Crew
leader training was to begin
today for the rural crew lead
ers and on March 14 for the
city - leaders. Training session
topics will include procedures
for recruiting census takers,
how to train census ; takers,
canvassing methods, prepara
tion and submission of re
ports, and the supervision of
census takers for a complete
and accurate count.
"The crew leader is one of
the key people in the field
operations for the 1960 census
of population and housing,"
according to Bates. "It is his
responsibility to recruit and
train the census takers, plan
and allocate work assign
ments, review the work of the
census takers and take reme
dial action where necessary,
and to handle problems of dif
ficult enumeration."
Safe From Market
Recovered Saturday
Medford citv nolice recov
ered a safe which was taken
in a burglary of the O.K. Mar
ket, 102 North Riverside ave.,
Saturday morning and a stol
on nickun truck, which was
apparently used to carry the
safe.
The $2,500 which had origi
nally been in the safe was
missing but miscellaneous
checks and papers were re
covered, police said.
The safe and truck were
found on the Antelope Creek
rd. ; Saturday afternoon by
two persons who told police
they had first seen the truck
parked there at 6:30 a.m. Sat
urday. Police I estimate the
burglary took place between
1 and 3 a jn. Saturday.
They said an investigation
Into theaae is continuing.
54th Year Price 10 Cents
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UNIFORM MOTHBALLED
Nine - year - old Rickey Juer
gens' pint-sized lieutenant's
uniform was in the closet to
day as the Army investigated
a complaint that he had con
ducted his own "inspection"
of troops under the command
of his colonel . father. The
story on page 2.
UPI Telephoto)
Medford Armory
Reduces Rent for
Non-Profit Groups
, The rent' of the Medford
National Guard Armory has
been reduced to $50 per night
for non-profit organizations,
which will make it possible
for the Medford Police Ath
letic League club to stage
their fights there.
A spokesman for the Na
tional Guard informed Med
ford city police officers of the
change which, he said, will go
into effect immediately.
Rent of the armory had
previously been close to $150
which was one of the reasons
that the PAL club could not
stage their fights there.
In addition to the lowered
rent, the spokesman said, the
armory will also find a place
for the PAL club to store
their ring in the building,
another factor which had dis
couraged the use of the build
ing by the club.
Lt. Lyle C. Perkins, of the
Medford city police depart
ment and executive boxing
commissioner for the club,
said the change in rent will
now make it possible for the
club to fight there and they
hope to get the organization
back into operations just as
soon as they can.
Seating Problem
There is not too much that
can be done at present about
another drawback at the arm
ory, that of seating. Perkins
said there are now about 550
folding chairs at the armory.
When and if PAL fights are
scheduled they will still have
to transport much of their
own seating. .
One major item, a fighting
ring, has yet to be acquired
before the club can start hold
ing fights again, Perkins said.
PAL, which started in ism
as a youth fight group spon
sored by the police depart
ment, was forced to go in
active in 1958, because they
couldn't find a place to stage
their fights.
Brooks, Ore. -(DPD- A wom
an moving into a house here
Sunday found something oth
er tenants left behind and she
didn't want - 100 dynamite
caps. State police confiscated
them. .. I
Congresswoman Picks
Kennedy-Humphrey Duo
Washington - (UPD -Rep.
Edith Green (D-Ore.), a sup
porter of Sen. John F. Ken
nedy (D-Mass.) for the Demo
cratic presidential nomina
tion, today outlined what she
considers the "strongest pos
sible" team to lead the nation.
A national administration
headed by Jack Kennedy as
pre si dent, Sen. Hubert
Humphrey (D-Minn.) as vice
president, Adlai Stevenson as
Secretary of State, and Rep.
Chester Bowles (D-Conn.) as
Embassy Officers
Awaiting Note
From Washington
American Citizen
Receives Release
Havana DPD The United
States was expected today to
deliver a sharp formal protest
against Premier Fidel Castro's
ndirect accusations that
American officials were be
hind the "sabotage" of a mu
nitions ship in Havana har
bor.
U.S. Embassy officials said
they were awaiting the State
Department note from Wash
ington. On its arrival, they
said Charge d'Affaires Daniel
Braddock would request an
appointment with Foreign
Minister Paul Roa. U.S. Am
bassador Philip Bonsai was
recalled last month to Wash
ington for "consultations."
No Official Toll
There has been no official
death toll set- yet in the ex
plosions which wrecked the
French ship Friday, although
press reports said it would be
around 100. The semi-official
newspaper Revolucion report
ed today that 46 bodies had
been recovered and identified
thus far.
A U.S. citizen suspected of
touching ' off the disastrous
double explosion Friday
aboard the French ship La
Coubre was freed by revolu-
tionary authorities late Sun
day after 48 hours of question- -ing.
Charge Not Softened
Cuban officials, however.
made no attempt to soften
Castro's charge that the alleg
ed sabotage was planned by
the same hands that permit
airplanes to depart from their
territory to burn our cane
fields . . . and to organize eco
nomic aggression against us.
In Paris, the French govern
ment said it would have no
official comment to make on
the Cuban, charges until a
complete investigation has
been carried out and ,its re
sults published. However,
officials privately expressed -disbelief
that any U. S. offi
cial could have been .in on a
I plot to destroy the French
ship, which was carrying two
made munitions.
Relations At New Low
The accusation, combined
with the arrest and question
ing of Donald L. Chapman, 26,
of North Bend, Neb., in con
nection with it, left U.S.-Cu-ban
relations at a new low.
Chapman, a - free - lance
photographer who was aboard
the La Coubre as a passenger
on its trip from Le Havre,
France, said he was trans
ferred to "three or four" po
lice stations during his ordeal,
and every time he asked per
mission to contact the U.S.
Embassy he was told "later."
He was placed under the
personal custody of . Defense
Minister Raul Castro, Fidel's
younger brother, and ques
tioned by teams of interroga
tors including William Mor
gan, a North American serv
ing with the revolutionary
forces.
A U. S. Embassy official
finally received permission to
see him Sunday afternoon
when he was turned over to
a civil judge who then gave
him his freedom.
Week End Rainfall
Totals 1.26 Inches
Precipitation through Sat
urday and Sunday and up to
10 o'clock this morning
brought the March total to .07
more than the normal for the
entire month for Medford and
vicinity.
Medford station of the U.S.
weather bureau reported .48
of an inch of rain Saturday,
.47 on Sunday and .31 up to
10 a.m. This total of 1.23
inches brought the March
amount to 1.59. Normal for
the month is 1.52.
Scattered showers are an
ticipated here through Tues
day. ambassador to the United Na
tions, would be a superb team
for the next four crucial years
in our nation's history," she
said.
Mrs. Green made the com
ment as she announced her in
tention to seek election as
delegate-at-large to the Demo
cratic national convention in
July. The congresswoman
was an at-large delegate to
the 1956 convention where
she was selected by Steven
son to second his nomination.