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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1960
No. 6
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Note Threatens
Another Round
Of Exchanges
Castro Renews
Aggression Charge
Havana-(UPD-A formal pro
test accusing Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter of
making an "unfriendly" state
ment about the Fidel Castro
regime threatened today to
trigger another round of
sharp diplomatic exchanges
between Cuba and the United
States.
The Cuban protest, deliver
ed to Ambassador Philip W.
Bonsai last night, denounced
as "far from true" Herter's
recent statement that Commu
nist sympathizers hold high
positions in the Castro govern
ment. Charges Renewed
Castro himself, in two ma
jor speeches Sunday, renewed
charges of open aggression
against Cuba by the U.S. gov
ernment. As he has done repeatedly
in past weeks, the young pre
mier hinted that an outright
military invasion of Cuba
may be in the planning. But
he said that Cuba was strong
enough to, defeat foreign in
vaders "from abroad."
Latest in Series
The Cuban note marked the
latest in a bitter series of dip
lomatic exchanges with Wash
ington which started with the
government's seizure of American-owned
business proper
ties in Cuba. Protests and
counter-protests followed over
Castro's accusation that U.S.
officials plotted the sabotage
of a French munitions ship in
Havana harbor.
"Large segments of the
North American press, numer
ous legislators and responsi
ble officials in other branches
of the U.S. government have
expressed incorrect and even
, painful opinions of the Cuban
revolution," the note said.
Public Discussions
Tonight, Tuesday
Public discussions relating
to the Medford school district
$750,000 bond issue election
for proposed classroom build
ing and additions and renova
tions have been scheduled to
night and tomorrow.
The first meeting will be
tonight at 8 o'clock in the
cafeteria at McLoughlin Jun
ior High school. The second
will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday,
March 29, at Hedrick Junior
High school in the speech
room.
All interested persons are
invited to attend. District pa
trons will vote on the bond
issue Thursday,, March 31.
Spokane (UPD Delegates to
the Confederation of North
west Catholic Colleges have
endorsed the controversial
loyalty oath required for re
cipients of loans under the
National Defense Education
Act.
Rep. Russell
Of Washington Dies
Washington -UPD-Rep. Rus
sell V. Mack, 70 (R-Wash.),
collapsed and died on the
House floor today.
Mack was stricken while
standing at the rostrum to
answer a quorum call. He top
pled to the floor and lay on
his back.
Carried to Sofa
Five colleagues carried him
off the floor to a sofa in the
adjacent speaker's lobby.
As thev lowered him to the
sofa, Rep. Walter Judd (R
Minn.) a physican, murmured:
"He's finished."
Dr. George W. Calver the
attending physician at the
Croitol, was summoned and
f iter an examination an
i: -need that Mack was dead.
Mack was born in Hillman.
Mi"-h., June. 13, 1891. He had
served in Congress, represent
OFFICIAL TICKETS Newly elected Cardinal, Archbishop
Rufino J. Santos of the Philippines left, receives his official
tickets of Nomination to Cardinal at the Dominican Fathers'
Monastary at Rome. He will receive his "Beretta," red hat
of Cardinal, March 30. (UPI Radiotelephoto)
Newspaper Craft
Unions Schedule
Portland Meeting
Washington -(UPD- Officials
of newspaper craft unions
have scheduled ' a meeting
Thursday in Portland, Ore.,
to study progress of the 4V
month old strike which has
idled some 800 of their mem
bers in that city. - :- '
William J. Farson, execu
tive vice president of the
American Newspaper Guild,
said one purpose of the meet
ing is to "implement plans al
ready made and to make fur
ther plans for the successful
conclusion of the strike."
Refused To Cross Lines
The Guild representing edi
torial, advertising and busi
ness employees, is among
unions whose members have
refused to cross picket lines
since the Stereotypers Union
struck Portland's two dailies,
the Oregonian and the Oregon
Journal, last Nov. 10 in a dis
pute over contract renewal
terms. However, some Guild
members have, returned to
work.
Those scheduled to attend
the March 31 meeting in Port
land are Farson, President
James H. Sampson of the In
ternational Union of Stereo
typers and Electrotypers,
President Anthony J. Dean
drade of the International
Printing Pressmen & Assis
tants Union, President Elmer
Brown of the International
Typographical Union, and
President Wilfrid T. Connell
of the International Photo
Engravers Union.
Federated Group Studied
The union executives agreed
at a meeting in Phoenix, Ariz.,
last week to consider combin
ing all newspaper unions in a
"federr'u organization for
mutual benefit and protec
tion." The proposal was made at a
gathering of the board of gov
ernors of the International
Allied Printing Trades Associ
ation. The Guild is not a mem
V. Mack
ing the 3rd district of Wash
ington since June 7, 1947.
Mack was the second rank
ing Republican on the Public
Works committee which has
jurisdiction over rivers and
harbors and highway con
struction. Mack, a resident of Ho
quiam, Wash., attended Stan
ford university and the Uni
versity of Washington.
Mack was the second mem
ber of Congress to die this
month. Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger (D-Ore.) died of a cere
bral hemorrhage earlier in
the month.
Olympia, Wash. -(UPD- Wash
ington state law requires Gov.
Albert D. Rosellini to call a
special election to choose a
successor to Rep. Russell V.
Mack (R-Wash.) who died to
day. -
ber of that group but its offi
cers sat in on talks involving
the Portland strike and inter
union cooperation.
Burglars Get
$1,700 From Safe
Medford police are con
tinuing their investigation
into a Friday night safe bur
glarly at Dunham's Inc., 1951
North Pacific highway. An
estimated $1,700 was taken
from, the safe.
Police said the safe was
"peeled" by means of a sledge
hammer and crowbars which
were left at the scene of the
burglary. The fact that two
crowbars were found, indi
cates there are two persons
responsible, they said.
The burglars gained entry
to the store by climbing
through a roof gable to the
attic and from the attic to the
main floor by breaking a hole
in the ceiling. .
The hole in the ceiling was
made just above a ladder, lo
cated in the store, indicating
the burglars had previously
familiarized themselves with
the premises, police said.
Abel Conviction
Affirmed by Court
Washington -(UPD- The Su
preme Court today affirmed
the 1957 espionage conviction
of Col. Rudolf Ivanovich
Abel, 57, veteran Soviet agent
who posed for nine years in
New York as a down at the
heel artist.
The vote was 5-4.
The meek-mannered Rus
sian is now serving a 20-year
sentence in Atlanta Federal
penitentiary.
Justice Felix Frankfurter
spoke for the majority in af
firming the conviction.
Abel contended that the
way the government arrested
him and searched his room
violated the Constitution's
guarantee against unreason
able searchers and seizures.
Signatures Verified
On Petitions Filer.
To date, 50 signatures have
been verified and filed with
petition . supporting an. out
door advertising control meas
ure for the state, according to
the county elections depart
ment. The initiative measure pro
poses restricting signboards,
billboards and other forms of
outdoor advertising on free
ways and throughways, ex
cept for certain areas along
highways and roads and at ap
proaches to cities.
Salem (UPD The state's
new Labor and Industries
building in the Capitol Mall
will begin to go up Wednesday.
Midwest Plains
Inundated by
First Major Thaw
Water Knee-Deep
In Some Towns
Chicago (UPD The first
major thaw of the spring sent
rivers and streams over their
banks in midwestern plains
areas today, and some Kansas
and Nebraska towns report
ed streets deep in water.
The Vermillion river
flowed several feet deep
through the business district
and some residence portions
of Frankfort, in the north
central part of Kansas. Heavy
mud . caked . as the waters
began to drop. Some families
moved from their homes over
night. Eight to 10 blocks of low
lying areas in Columbus,
Neb., were flooded by waters
of the Loup river. At Bea
trice, Neb., waters from the
flooded Bug Blue river seep
ed into a residential area.
At least 60 families were
forced to evacuate their
homes in the Nebraska towns
of Lynch, Verdel and Monowi.
Like Huge Swamp
Col. Don Penterman, assist
ant adjutant general, said the
eastern part of Nebraska be
low the Platte river was like
a huge swamp. He toured the
area by air Sunday.
Floods were reported, but
mostly of . river . bottom areas
often flooded in - springtime
in Missouri, in Iowa, and in
the Dakotas. Some roads were
closed in all flooded areas.
The "villain" in the flood
picture was the heavy late
snowfall which came after
midwinter, and in some parts
of Kansas and Nebraska had
piled up to the deepest layer
in a half century or more.
National guardsmen were
called upon to aid rescue
groups in some communities.
Authorities in flood-hit states
said that there would be other
and perhaps worse floods to
follow as the spring wore on.
Fort Jones Man
Fatally Burned
Yreka, Calif. (UPD - Alvin
Beasley, 38, Fort Jones, suf
fered fatal burns Sunday
after grease spilled over on
a kitchen stove and ignited a
bucket of paint thinner on
the floor.
Beasley, a bachelor, was
frying chickens in deep fat
when his arm struck the
handle of the kettle, tipping
it over. He grabbed the flam
ing bucket of paint thinner
and ran outside where, his
clothing was ignited. A friend
put out the flames and rushed
Beasley to a hospital. He died
at 10:50 p.m. about eight
hours after the accident.
"Don't Sit There Looking At Me Like That"
Russia Warned To
Agree on First
Disarming Stages
Veto-Free Plan
To Prevent Cheating
Geneva-OJPD - The United
States warned Russia today
that unless it is willing to
agree on the first stages of
disarmament, it is useless to
discuss later steps.
The American w ar n i n g
came after Russia's Valerian
A. Zorin dumped cold water
on a detailed western blue
print for a veto-free watch
dog organization to prevent
cheating on disarmament.
Zorin said he would dis
cuss controls only after the
10-nation Disarmarment Con
ference here had elaborated
a concrete agreement on "gen
eral and complete disarm
ament." Presented by Italy
But chief American dele
gate Frederick M. Eaton re
minded the Russian that the
United States will accept no
disarmament agreement
which does not include sub
stantial inspection and con
trol insurance.
The western proposal was
laid before the conference by
Italy's deputy delegation chief
Francisco Calavetti on behalf
of all five western powers rep
resented here.
One of the chief functions
of the new disarmament org
anization Calavetti proposed,
should be to set up machinery
to ban nuclear satellite war
fare from outer space.
Executive Commiltee
The western proposal sug
gested that the international
disarmament o r g a n i z ation
should have a 14-member ex
ecutive committee, some per
manent and some rotating as
in the United Nations Security
Council. It also would have
a council of states and a di
rector general.
; There would be no veto,
such as the Soviets have used
to hamstring the U. , N. Se
curity Council.
City May Prosecute
14 Local Businesses
The city of Medford will
prosecute 14 local business
establishments in municipal
court unless they acquire
business licenses within the
next 10 days, City Attorney
Joel Reeder said today.
Maximum penalty for not
obtaining a city business li
cense is $100 and 50 days in
jail. The delinquent business
es include a doctor, a lawyer,
a restaurant, a kindergarten,
a construction firm and a
trailer sales company, Reeder
said.
Business licenses are issued
to raise city, revenue, not for
regulation, and range in cost
from $11 to $20 depending on
the type of business. An addi
tional fee is charged for the
number of employees a busi
ness has.'
The licensesvare good from
July 1 to June 30 of each year.
The 14 businesses named have
been operated since last June
30 without the licenses, Reed
er said.
SERIOUS MOODS President Eisenhower a helicopter
and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan ap- are on their
pear in serious moods as they walk toward their private
Friday Is Deadline to File
As School Board Candidates
Friday, April 1, is the dead
line for filing candidacies for
school board positions to be
voted on" at the annual school
meeting scheduled for May 2
according to County School
Superintendent Alf B. Mek
vold. State law now (requires that
Over 100 Names
on
Well, over 100 signatures
have been obtained on county
wide dog control measure pe
titions, Gerald Scannel, depu
ty district attorney, said he
has been informed.
The county elections depart
ment said they have not yet
been filed. Petitions are also
being circulated in Rogue
River to establish a dog con
trol ordinance there, reports
indicated.
For county - wide dog con
trol to go on the primary elec
tion ballot, at least 100 au
thentic signatures of register
ed voters must appear on pe
titions filed with the elections
department. Twenty signa
tures are required for such a
measure to apply to an incor
porated city, and 15 signa
tures for any particular pre
cinct, Scannell explained.
He added that he would
probably put each measure on
the primary election ballot
separately. If the county
measure passes, then dog con
trol would automatically be
come effective for each of the
cities. If only the city meas
ures pass, then the ordinances
could be established only for
those cities.
Bend Girl Injured
In Highway Accident
Eugene (UPD Shirley Kin
slow, 18, Bend, was in critical
condition in Sacred Heart hos
pital today from injuries suf
fered in a one-car accident on
the Willamette Pass highway
about 17 miles southeast of
here Sunday evening.
Thomas Agan, 19, Eugene,
driver of the car, was less
seriously hurt. ,
Khrushchev Arrives
In Eastern France
Dijon, France (UPD - Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
flew into this eastern French
city today from Marseilles,
where he was frightened by
over-enthusiastic Communists
and cheered by lunatics and
where he promised to take the
mayor to the moon. -
Application Filed
For Coauille Project
Salem-flJPD-Pacific Power &
Light company has filed an
application with the Oregon
Hydrolectic commission to
build the Eden Ridge hyro
electric project on the south
forth of the Coquille river in
southeast Coos county.
Salem (UPD The Oregon
Statesman, second oldest
newspaper in the state, is 109
years old today, j. '
all districts, first, second and
third class, with a population
of less than 100,000, shall
elect directors on the first
Monday in May, Mekvold
pointed out. Filing deadline
is 30 days before the election.
Nominating petitions must
contain at least 3 per cent of
the number of qualified elec
tors voting for school director
at the last annual school dis
trict election, and never less
than 10t he said. : r ; r,, :
One exception, to this pro
cedure is for the new Phoe
nix administrative school dis
trict which now combines
Phoenix and Talent and Wag
ner Creek . districts. A new
Ashland Fire Burns
Garage and Vehicle
Ashland Fire early this
morning caused heavy dam
age to a privately-owned ga
rage and destroyed a 1954 car
parked inside it, the Ashland
fire department reported to
day.
Firemen were called to the
home of Vern Hastings at
1643 Parker st at 3:05 a.m
Cause of the blaze is un
known, they said.
An alarm from the Oregon
hotel at 68V2.East Main st.,
also was answered by Ash
land firemen at 6:05 p.m. Sun
day. It was termed a smoke
scare, however, as they found
no fire.
lkers Brother
Confined to Bed
Baltimore, Md.-(UPD-Dr. Mil
ton S. Eisenhower. 60. the
President's brother, was con
fined to bed today by an ill
ness that forced postponement
of his departure on a trip to
Rome.
The president of Johns Hon-
kins University was described
by his secretary, Keith Spauld-
mg, as still confined to bed,
but getting ' well." -
The university president
had been scheduled to leave
Sunday night for Rome to
dedicate a" new building at
the Bologna center of Johns
Hopkins' School of Advanced
International Studies.
Hatfield Returns
To Capital Desk
. Salem-UPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field was back at his desk to
day following last week's busy
eastern tour to lure national
industry to Oregon.
ASHLAND SPEAKER
Ashland-Bill Rogers of the
U.S. Weather, department's
frost warning service will be
guest speaker at tomorrow's
noon luncheon meeting of the
Ashland Chamber of Com
merce at Omar's. Rogers, who
is in charge of the service for
the Rogue ,valley area, will
explain the department's operations.-
Hollywood (UPD Screen
star Debra Paget, 27, was
secretly married Sunday night
to director Budd Boetticher in
Tijuana, Mexico.
on the White House lawn. They
way to Camp David, Md., for
talks. (UPI Telephoto)
seven-man board is to be elect
ed there on Mary 2. Nominat
ing petitions for these offices
may be obtained from the dis
trict clerk or from the county
school office and must be filed
with the county school super
intendent by April 22.
Nearly 14,000 View
Lions' Sporfsfair
Nearly 14,000 persons at
tended the two - day. Crater
Lions Sportsf air Saturday
and Sunday, Gene Barlow,
publicity chairman for the
event, announced today.
The total attendance is
about 1,000 less than last year,
but Barlow explained that the
1959 fair lasted three days.
Exhibitors started removing
displays Sunday evening with
work continuing today. Clean
up of the Medford Armory
and grounds will be held
Tuesday, he said.
Barlow added that Sunday's
rain storm kept some of the
people away from the event.
Connelly, Caudle
Denied Hearing
Washington -(UPD- The Su
preme Court today for the
third time denied a hearing to
Matthew J. Connelly and T.
Lamar Caudle, two former
Truman administration offi
cials convicted in 1956 of con
spiring to defraud the govern
ment in an income tax case.
The court's brief order
means the two will soon be
called to start serving the two-
year jail sentences imposed
on them in 1957. They were
also fined $2,500 each.
Connelly was a White
House aide of former Presi
dent Truman. Caudle is a
former chief of the Justice
Department's Tax Division.
National Elks Ruler
Visits in Corvallis
Corvallis-(UPD - William S.
Hawkins, grand exalted ruler
of the national Elks Lodge,
visited Corvallis Saturday.
Majority of
Reported in
Maioritv of orchard trees
in the Rogue River valley are
either in the full white stage
or in full bloom, according to
County Horticultural Agent
Clifford B. Cordy, today.
Buds in full white stage,
with an- occasional one in
bloom, on Bartletts, Boscs and
D'Anjous will stand 29 de
grees; Cornice, m degrees,
and Nelis, 27 degrees, all for
30 mmutes. When heating,
temperatures should be held
to 2 degrees hieher then
stated, Cordy pointed out.
The same temperatures ap
ply for buds in full bloom
with the exception of the
Nelis variety which will stand
only 28 degrees. However, the
horticulturist warned, if the
Bosc follow the natural habit
of the variety and practically
Joint Statement
Sees Agreement
On Nuclear Tests
Helicopter Takes
Pair to Retreat
Camp David, Md. (UPD
President Eisenhower and
British Prime Minister Har
old Macmillan opened their
crucial nuclear test ban talks
today by expressing hope of
arriving eventually "at a prop
erly safeguarded agreement
with the Soviet Union" to sus
pend tests. .
Joint Statement
The President and Prime
Minister flew by helicopter to
this snow-covered retreat in
the Catoctin Mountains of
Maryland.
Before starting their talks
over the luncheon table, they
issued a joint statement fore
casting agreement as partners
in development of a western
policy on test suspension.
Eisenhower and Macmillan
said they thought an East
West agreement on suspend
ing nuclear tests might give
impetus "to progress in a
broader field of the reduc
tion and control of arma
ments." To B Joined by Nixon
Eisenhower and Macmillan
landed on a small helicopter
field within this heavily
guarded camp and drove over
a slushy road to Aspen cot
tage, where their talks will
continue until Tuesday night
or early Wednesday.
Eisenhower and Macmillan
will be joined here Tuesday
by Vice President Richard M.
Nixon and Secretary of State
Christian A. Herter.
May Accept Demand
The two leaders were re
ported willing to accept on a
limited basis Russia's demand
for an unpoliced moratorium
on small test blasts to be link
ed with a formal ban on larg
er explosions. I
But Eisenhower was said to
be ready to agree to the mora
torium only for the remainder
of his term in office about
10 months while Macmillan
wants one of at least 18
months. Russia demanded a
moratorium of four or more
years.
Millworker Loses
Arm in Accident
A 27-year-old millworker
whose left arm was amputat
ed Saturday following a me
chanical accident at a White
City plywood mill was re
ported in good condition to
day at Rogue Valley hospital.
Billy Cardwell, of route 1,
Eagle Point, was cleaning a
glue - spreading machine at
Carolina Pacific Plywood
company at about 4:30 a.m.
Saturday when the accident
occurred, a spokesman at the
mill said.
He was taken to the hos
pital and the arm was so
badly mangled that doctors
had to amputate it between
the wrist and elbow. The
hospital said Cardwell was
admitted at 6 a.m.
Cardwell had been work
ing at the mill for about one
year.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with
occasional showers through Tues.
day. Low tonight 38. High Tues
day 55.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday 60
Lowest This Morning 37
PRECIPITATION
To 10 a.m. Today .32
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:23 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:59 am.
Moonset tonight 8:14 p.m.
First Quarter April 3
The pointer stars of the Big
Dipper, Dubhe and Merak, will
be high in the north at 10:46
p.m. and pointing down to the
North Star.
Fruit Trees
Full Bloom
all of the blossoms onen on
the same day, an orchardist
can lose his entire crop in a
single night. While Bosc will
stand 29 degrees for 30 min
utes without damage, it is un
safe to let them get below
that temperature, he warned.
Most tender stage of devel
opment of a blossom is just
before it opens, Cordy cau
tioned. If a large percentage
of the tree blossoms are in a
full popcorn stage, just ready
to open up the next day, or if
a large percentage have just
opened, firing should begin at
least at 30 degrees for Bart
lett, Bosc and D'Anjou; 29
degrees for Cornice and 28 de
grees for Nelis.
Temperatures for all varie
ties should be held at 31 de
grees after firing has begun.
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