Police Use Clubs, Guns in Effort To
Drive African Negroes Back To Work
While Clergymen
'Deeply Shocked'
By Police Raids
At Least 84
Persons Injured
Cape Town, South Africa-BPP-Police
clubbed, whipped
and shot their ,way through
the native township of Ny
langa outside Cape Town to
day in an effort to drive stay-at-home
Negroes back to their
jobs.
The series of raids by heav
ily armed policemen left at
least 84 African men, women
and children injured - some
critically. One Negro police
man was killed before a
drenching rain imposed an
uneasy calm on the area.
A Negro detective was
found hacked to death after
the latest raids.
Police Maj. J. J. Rheeder
aid the detective constable
apparently emptied his re
volver at his attackers before
he was killed. Rheeder said
the revolver was taken from
his body by the attackers, who
apparently were black Afri
cans.
Clergymen 'Shocked'
Meanwhile, 14 white Angli
can clergymen announced to
day they were "deeply shock
ed" by reports that Africans
had been beaten with whips
and clubs on the streets of
this city Monday.
The clergymen appealed "in
the name of God" for police
to handle the situation with
"restraint, and regard for hu
man dignity."
They also called on white
citizens to report to higher
police officers any examples
of brutality.
Dozens of injured Negroes
were given first aid. A first
aid worker, who was not iden
tified by name, said in the
telephone report that "there
were some bullet wounds
among the injured."
In another development, the
Anglican bishop of Johannes
burg was reported to have
fled to neighboring Swaziland
because he feared arrest for
denouncing police shootings of
the Negroes.
Dragged From Homes
Africans in the native quar
ter said police ripped into
Nyanga, smashing doors and
windows, and dragging blacks
from their homes.
Messages from inside the
Negro township said every Af
rican girl with the least bit of
first aid experience was mo
bilized to help Dr. C. K. Ma-
zikiza, the only medical man
In Nyanga.
The raids today were a follow-up
to a series of lightning
swoops carried out in Nyanga
Monday in the 16th day of ra
cial violence throughout the
Union of South Africa.
Civil Rights Vole
Seen by Tonight
Washington (UPD Republi
can Leader Everett M. Dirk
sen (III.) said today he thought
the Senate could finish work
on amendments to the civil
rights bill and possibly reach
i final vole tonight.
But other senators were less
optimistic. Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.),
noting I stack ot potential
amendments, would make no
predictions.
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. (D
N.C.), unofficial "lawyer" for
the well-organized Southern
forces, said: "I doubt very
much if the bill will be passed
this week."
Ervin said the Southern
lenators had "a lot of talking
to do regarding the Iniquities
in this bill" before a final
vnt But neither he nor other
Southerners would indicate
whether they would launcn
mother full-scale talkathon.
Communist
Cheer U.S. Land Seizure
Havana - (UPD - About 4,000
Communists from 15 nations
epened convention here
Monday night with cheers for
n announcement mai v,uu
has seized 173.137 acres of
farmland owned by a U. S.
company.
Conrenlion Televised
The clapping of hands and
the stamping of feet accom
panied a chant of "down with
American Imperialism" at the
opening session in theater
here. The convention was tele,
vised bv the government net-
wnrk and broadcast by the
rebel radio.
Several top-ranking officers
Rogue Valley Edition
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BUS WRECK HURTS 18 Eighteen persons
were injured, two of them critically, when
this bus was forced into the path of an on
coming bus by a motorist passing on a curve
Ike Gives
Boost on Eve of
Wisconsin
Washington -(UPD- Abundant
praise from President Eisen
hower gave Vice President
Richard M. Nixon a timely
boost today in his bid for
votes In the Wisconsin presi
dential primary.
Until a few days ago, Nixon
was almost a forgotten man
in today's Wisconsin voting
because he was unopposed in
the GOP race. Republicans
still fear he will run behind
Democratic Sens. John F. Ken
nedy of Massachusetts and Hu
bert H. Humphrey of Minne
sota. Voters Reminded
Eisenhower, who had pre
viously given an informal en
dorsement to Nixon at a news
conference, did his best Mo
day night to remind the vot
ers that Nixon is his candidate
by pouring praise on the vice
president.
The President spoke at a
rally and box supper here at
tended by about 7,uuu per
sons, including the 3,000 dele
gates to the annual National
Confer ence of Republican
Women.
Eisenhower said the 1992
GOP convention had picked
"a highly talented man" for
the vice presidential nomina
tion. "None of us has ever re
gretted that choice," he de
clared. "Dick Nixon has been
Tentative Parks
Budget Submitted
A tentative Jackson county
narks and recreation commis
sion budget totalling $22,495
was presented last night by
Lawrence V. Espey, Medford,
commission member.
Some main budget items
included $3,600 for part-time
director for four months and
possibly other staff members
assistance, $600 for part-time
secretary, $4,200 for off sea
son labor crew, $1,875 for
part-time caretaker and $2,625
for miscellaneous off season
work, $600 for outside profes
sional help. $2,400 for miscel
laneous materials such as sta
tionery, map printing, and
$400 for contingency fee to
provide for emergency expen
ditures. Delegates
of the Cuban army and repre
sentatives of Premier Fidel
Castro's "28th of July" move
ment were present at the
opening of the self-styled
youth congress.
From Many Lands
Delegates to the convention
come from Bolivia. Canada
Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cze
choslovakia, Ecuador, France,
Red China. Romania, Russia,
the United States, Venezuela,
and "free Germany"-presum-
ably meaning that country
Soviet zone.
Groups of refugees from the
Dominican Republic and
Spain also were present.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 5,
in driving rain near Pitman, N.J. George
Duncan, driver of this bus, was one of the
critically injured.
(UPI Telephoto)
Nixon
Primary
credit to the administra
tion, to our party and to our
country. Since 1952 he has
gained nearly- eight years of
added governmental experi
ence at the highest level-a
tour of seasoning unmatched
in the nation's history.
"All t us know him as a
man of integrity and deeD
faith-one who is Intelligent,
mature, and uniquely knowl
edgeable in the problems and
personalities in the world
scene. And along with this he
has that priceless gift, a stfnse
of humor indispensable in
politics."
State Rests Case
In Circuit Court
The state, represented by
District Attorney Thomas J.
Reeder, rested its case this
morning in the circuit court
jury trial of Robert Carr Mix,
43,of 215 C St., Phoenix, who
is charged with assault with
a deadly weapon.
Testifying for the stale dur
ing the trial, which started
yesterday, were Mrs. Aletha
Mix, Mix's wife; Mix's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mix;
Lt. Orlo McGee, Medford city
police; Garnett Stoltenburg,
ex-Medford policeman; Gene
Depew, city policeman; Sgt.
Dean Deberry, and Deputy
Jack Dunlap of the sheriff
office.
Witnesses testified as to
what happened at 2542 Wal
den place when Mrs. Mix had
locked herself in a room and
her husband allegedly shot
through the door, and what
happened when Mix was ar
rested near Phoenix Nov. 13
Alan Holmes, Mix's atlor-
ey, called Deputy ana jailer
Paul Hanlon and Phoenix Po
lice Chief John Atchison to
the stand this morning.
Scheduled to testify for the
defense later today were Lois
Radomske, physical therapist,
Hanlon, and Ed Stevens, Phoe
nix businessman. .
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Chessman Loses
Another Attempt
San Francisco - WPD - Caryl
Chessman today last another
attempt to evade his ninth
execution date in 12 years,
this one scheduled for May 2.
The California District
Court of Appeal denied with
out comment a request by
Chessman's attorney for a
writ of habeas corpus and a
stay of execution.
A death row guard at San
Quentin Prison notified Chess
man of the court's decision
and he merely said "thank
you" and turned away. A
short while later he was
brought downstairs for a con
ference with one of his attor
neys. Rosalie Asher.
Attorney George T. Davis
asked the court Monday to re
verse a decision last week by
Marin County Superior Judge
Jordan Martinelli.
Demo Hopefuls
Put Stakes on
Wisconsin Vote
Milwaukee, Wis. -flIPD- Wis
consin voters today picked the
winner in the first duel be
tween John F. Kennedy and
Hubert Humphrey in their bat
tle for the Democratic presi
dential nomination.
Neither candidate predicted
victory in today's Wisconsin
presidential primary.
"I just hope," Kennedy said
when asked if he thought he
would win.
Gain Noted
"I have been gaining the
last few days, Humphrey re
ported. But beyond that he
would not go.
Both senators said Kenne
dy's much - discussed Roman
Catholicism would have little
or no effect on the outcome
of today's balloting.
Kennedy said he hoped re
ligion "will have no effect
and I'm sure it won't" and
Humphrey agreed that "the
religious issue has not been
an asset for either of us."
Weather prospects for the
first major primary test of
the 1960 presidential cam
paign were near perfect-a sun
ny sky and temperatures rang
ing up to 52 degrees.
Million Voles Expected
Polls were to close at 3 p.m.
(ps.t.) in northern and rural
Wisconsin areas, where Hum
phrey's strength is strongest.
In MUwaukee, considered Ken
nedy territory, and where one
third of the vote is expected
to be cast, balloting will con
tinue until 6 p.m. (p.s.t.).
The head-on conflict be
tween Kennedy and Hum
phrey was expected to draw
more than one million of Wis
consin's 2,300,000 registered
voters-perhaps more than the
1952 primary record of 1,-
018,000.
Crash Victim Owned
Part of Local Firm
Owen Charles Redwine, 34,
of Milwaukie, Ore., who was
killed in a private plane crash
near Cascade Locks Friday
night, was a part owner in the
Highway Ready Mix concrete
company off Barnett rd. here.
He also was part owner In
the Milwaukie Highway Ready
Mix firm.
The light plane in which
he was flying developed me
chanical trouble near Cascade
Locks along the Columbia
river, according to reports.
Salcm-flJPn-The motor reve
nue department of the public
utility commissioners office
took in $3,415,306 during the
first three months of 1960.
WEATHER
FORECAST: ClnndT thmurti
Wtdnridsy with orrailonal
llchl rain WrdnrilRV. I.nw to
night 45; high Wednriday M-
Temp.
Hlfhrt Vfllrdr m
Lowest this Morning 10
Our Skies Tonight
Sunirt todiy p.m.
flitnrtip tomorrow 5:46 s.m.
Mooniet tomorrow 2:51 a.m.
mil Moon - April 11
PftOMINKNT STARS
Vtmii. thr hrlKhtftt nlinrt, It
alowlv movlni nearer thr Sun
and becoming harder to ob
serve. It will return at an eve,
nlng planet early In August.
55th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
1960
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Welfare Committee
Opens in Medford
The legislative Interim com
mittee on public welfare op
ened its public hearing here
today by listening to Klamath
county problems involving
shortages of medical care
funds.
A Klamath county repre
sentative said the county has
a completely inadequate wel
fare budget for medical items,
hospitalization, and drugs. Be
cause of this shortage of funds
the Klamath County Medical
Society withdrew from the
welfare program by resolu
tion on Aug. 31. This meant
the doctors refused to make
out reports on medical care
for welfare patients and re
fused to charge for services
rendered.
'Fifty per cent of the doc
tors in Klamath county are
not charging for their serv
ices, otherwise we could not
get by on our curtailed bud
get," Mrs. Richard Smith.
Klamath County Welfare com-
i mission chairman, testified.
! Reason for Curtailment
One reason for the curtail
ment is that the Klamath
County Welfare commission
was overdrawn $750 in med
ical funds, the commission
learned March 14. The state
welfare funds, the commission
allowed $900 to cover this
shortage, Mrs. Smith explain
ed. However, the county com
mission needed $1,250 to car
ry its medical proKram from
March 14 to March 31.
Twenty- patients had to-be
refused medical care during
that time. ater 41 hospital
ized welfare receipients had
to be told there was no funds
to continue their medical
treatment.
Eugene-IUPD-Alfred Villines,
44, has been sentenced to life
imprisonment for the shotgun
slaying at a Cottage Grove
tavern last January of Roy
Lee Bell.
League President
To Judge Contest
Between Two Cities
The Mayor of Medford
yesterday wrote a letter to
the Mayor of Baker. This is
what it said:
Mr. Bill Jackson
Mayor
City of Baker, Oregon
Dear Bill:
If you recall, about a year
ago we exchanged a chal
lenge to see which of our
two fine cities might excel
in a civic beauiification pro
gram. At that lime it was agreed
that the Judge of this con
test would be the President
of the League of Oregon
cities.
This Is to let you know
that he will be in Baker to
do the judging the week of
April 25.
Yours very truly,
John W. Snider
President
League of Oregon ,
Cities. J
Pinocchio
Mrs. Grace Oliver Peck,
stale representative (D-Mult-nomah
county), interim com
mittee chairman, said this
morning that any interested
person can present ideas and
problems to the committee.
These working for local
welfare commissions may con
tact Edwin E. Benedict, state
representative (D-Multnomah
county) without fear of losing
uieir jods or possible advance
ment. Dr. Ennis Keiser, North
Bend physician, and commit
tee member, said the commit
tee is not trying to Dut any
body on the spot but it mere
ly making an objective study
of welfare problems in the
state. Such problems also
have national scope he added.
A number of recommenHn.
tions have already been made
and referred to the state wel-
lare commission, which has
accepted and acted on them,
Mrs. Peck noted.
The committee held a is.
hour hearing in Eugene yes
terday and will meet next in
LaGrande in May.
Lane County Circuit Judze
William S. Fort sueeested
that illegitimate children be
made wards of the court, be
sides children of divorced
couples as is done now. Lane
county officials urged federal
and state aid in pursuing wet-
lare iraud cases, particularly
in trie aid to dependent chil
dren program.
Soviet Plan for
Disarmament
Rejected by West
Geneva-(UPD-The West today
rejected Russia's gradiose plan
for world disarmament in tour
years and the United States
warned the Soviet Union it
would sign no East-West arms
pact that endangers American
security.
Thus, the 10-natlon Disarma
ment Conference appeared
near total deadlock at the end
of its 18th session, with both
the Soviets and the West now
having rejected the other's
plan.
Careful Balance
U. S. delegate Frederack M.
Eaton told the Soviets at the
two-hour and 50-minute ses
sion, one of the longest since
the group convened March 15,
that any East-West agreement
to cut troops and arms would
have to be carefully balanced
so that U. S. security is not
jeopardized.
France's Jules Moch follow
ed up this U. S. warning with
a sweeping rejection on be
half of the West of the entire
Soviet disarmament plan put
forward by Premier Nikita
Khrushchev himself and echo
ed here by Soviet chief dele
gate Valerian A. Zorin.
Washington -(UPD- President
Eisenhower will not hold a
news conference Wednesday.
i if 01 xvC- ' ; J
BUILDING BURNS Pictured above are
Medford firemen combatting a fire which
burned underneath the floor of the Crater
ian Bo.uty Shop, 45 South Central ave.,
yesterday morning. The fire which started
in a men's rest room in the basement was
confined to a relatively small area under
Park Group Agrees
Ha worth Should Be
Hired as Director
The Jackson county parks
and recreation commission
last night agreed informally
that Robert L. Haworth, city
parks and recreation director.
should be hired as part-time
county parks and recreation
director.
The proposal will be refer
red to the city parks and rec
reation commission Wednes
day and the Medford city
council Thursday. County
Judge Earl Miller, who at
tended last night's meeting,
emphasized that administra
tion of the Howard Prairie
reservoir area is the first and
most important problem in the
county parks and recreation
program.
County court membera, rep-
resentatlvea ot the county
parka and ticitttlo
commission, and various rec
reation groupa vhlch may
use Howard prairie reservoir
will tour the area Tuesday,
April 12, it was decided. A
meeting of all Interested
groups will be held that night
to lay out tentative zoning
plans and possibly consider
regulations for use ot the
reservoir, such as boating,
fishing, sailing and water
skiing.
Road May Be Blocked
Thomas Parker, Ashland
contractor, who is working
on the recreation features of
the reservoir area, will prob
ably have a half mile of con
necting road to the lake block
ed when fishing season opens
April 23, since the road is yet
ncomplete, according to
James Callan, project en
gineer for the bureau of recla
mation office here. However,
several trails and all but one
mile of county road to the
public recreation area will be
open and useable providing
they dry out in time, he said
this morning.
Russ Jamison, chairman of
the city parks and recreation
commission, said he could see
no reason why "arrangements
couldn't be worked out" so
Haworth could work part
time for the county.
Most of last night's discus
sion centered on zoning the
lake for fishing, water skiing,
Gamble Benedict
Missing From Home
New York (UPI) Gamble
Benedict, 19, heiress to a Rem
ington typewriter fortune, has
been missing from her grand
mother's town house for 24
hours. It was her second dis
appearance since Dec. 27.
The Braircliff college fresh
man, who ran off to Paris
with her lover, Andre Porum
beanu. 33. in her first disap
pearance, has been under
court order not to see the Ro
manian-born former U. S. Air
Force man.
Gamble attended school
Monday morning, but did not
show up for an appointment
at noon or another date at 6
p.m. She did not return home
Monday night.
Porumbcanu also Is missing
from his New York City
haunts, friends of the hand
some European said,
Thornton To Address
Meeting of OLCC
Salcm-fllPD-Attorney Gene
ral Robert Y. Thornton will
address the State Liquor Con
trol Commission In Portland
Thursday.' Ills subject will be
the role of the attorney gen
eral's office in law enforce
ment, ,
the rear of the shop and firemen had to cut
a hole in the floor to reach it. The fire did
not cause serious damage but the smoke
attracted a crowd estimated at 50 persons
who viewed the blaze from across the
street.
(Knackstcdt Photo)
sailing, swimming and skin
diving. Earl Knight and Hen-
DeVoss represented the
Izaak Walton League, and
Bud LeRoy and Roy Brown
e Aqua Ski club.
Groupg Agree
Water skiers and fishermen
gree that the south end of
Howard Prairie reservoir
could be zoned for waterski-
ing. DeVoss said he noticed
last year that the north end
of the lake was the best fish
ing spot and thought possibly
the fish spawned there. Sail
boats would not interfere
with fishing but would with
waterskilng, it was pointed
out. Sklndivlng might also
have to have its zone.
DiBcuaalng enforcement ot
the new atate boating regula
tlona. Sheriff .lna Walsh enlO
t .wr'.f' d.n.rimant boat 1 avivejr was on ms irosi savage
and crew equipped -with rampage in memory. ,
radio will be kept at Howard Puncture. Two Dikes : .. .
Prairie reservoir seven days The father of waters punch?
a week. Regular deputies may ed through, two dike near
be assisted by members of the Quincy, III., and sent it mud
Roeue Aaua Ski club, who dy water coursina- over 7x.nna
acted as special deputies last! to 80,000 acres of corn, bean
boating season, he added
A mobile boat unit will be
used to patrol the other water
areas In the county, he said.
Deadline Set for
Festival Royalty
The deadline for entering
candidates In the annual Pear
Blossom Festival king and
queen contest has been ex
tended until Saturday, April
9, festival officials said to
day. Entry forms, which are
available at the Medford
Chamber of Commerce office,
should be submitted to the
Pear Blossom Festival associa
tion at room 2. D'Anjou build
ing, South Riverside ave.,
Medford.
Candidates may be 5 or 6
years old, and may be spon
sored by any Rogue valley
business club, organization,
professional group or individ
ual, officials said.
The king and queen will be
selected at special ceremonies
Saturday, April 18. They will
reign over festivities during
the festival April 23 and 24
in the Rogue valley. Among
events is a parade in down
town Medford Saturday, April
23. Sen. John F. Kennedy
(D-Mass.) will be grand mar
shall. Entry blanks for king and
queen candidates, festival of
ficials said, should include the
name of the sponsoring organ
ization or individual, the name
of a representative of the
sponsoring group, address, the
candidates name, parent's
name and address.
Portland (UPD Plans have
been announced for a $100
000 addition to the Phelps
Dodge Copper Products Cor
poration's distribution facili
ties here.
Foreign Aid Budget
OK'd by Committee
Washingion-TPD-The Home Foreign Affairs Committee
formally approved a 14.038,500.000 foreign aid authorisation
today, cutting $138,500,000 from President Eisenhowers
budget and barring any assistance to Cuba.
The vote was 18-5, with one member voting present.
The measure would ban U. 8. aid to Cuba unless the
President specifically ruled such assistance to be In the na
tional or hemispheric interest."
The measure, which was tentatively approved by the
commitiee last week, face, efforta at further cuts in ih
House,
Swollen Rivers
Batter Dikes
In Middle West
By United Press International
The Mississippi and IvTisKmi.
rl rivers pounded badly weak
ened levees and swamped
thousands of acres of farm.
land today in racing toward
their confluence near St.
Louis.
Nearly 100,000 acres of val.
uable crop land lay eight to
ten feet under water in IUi-
noia ana Missouri.
National Guardsmen, col
lege students, convicts and
volunteers labored round the
ciocn to shore ud sassmir
dikes protecting river towns
and farms from the -worst'
floods tn year.
The crisis centered on a 10-
mtie awewn ot tne MiMiaeippv -
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" "w '
i ana wneat farmland. ,
But the punch had been ex
pected and 1,000 bottomland
residents had time to pick up
their belongings and move to
high ground.
Rain-swollen rivers also
plagued Alabama and New
York areas.
National Guard troops evac
uated 200 persons from their
homes near Elba, Ala., as the
Pea river swept across thous
ands of acres of southern Ala
bama bottomland.
Declares Disaster Axea
The Mohawk, Susquehanna
and Hudson rivers overflowed
their banks in upstate New
York. Damage was light but
at least 30 families left their
homes and a 6-year-old boy
was injured when the base
ment of his home collapsed.
President Eisenhower de
clared Nebraska's hard - hit
flood belt a disaster area and
dispatched Civil Defense Di
rector Leo Hoegh and Red
Cross President Alfred Gruen.
ther to tour floor areas in
Iowa, Nebraska, South Dako
ta and Illinois.
Jensen Arraignment
Set Over for Week
Salem-niPI) - Circuit Judge
Val D. Sloper Monday set
over the arraignment of two
state prison inmates on bur
glary charges for one weeK in
order to appoint counsel lor
them.
The prisoners are James
Norman Jensen, 31, and Jack
Stanley Amason, 29, who es
caped from the criminally in
sane ward ot the state hospital
last month.
Salem (UPI) Salem Mayor
Russell F. Bonesteele is un
opposed for reelection this
year. The deadline for filing
was Monday. He has been
mayor since 1955.