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Newspaper Page Text55th Year Em Recommended Price 10 Cents Subscribers MEDFORD United Preea International Full Leased Wire Tribune For an historic tale about two Jarkson county landmark!, the twin Table Rocki 10 miles north, wrst of Medford, see paf 12 of today's Mall Tribune. To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Med lord phone SP 2-6141. In Ashland MU 2-1021, and in Yreka. VI 2-2807. before 8:45 p.m. dally and 10 30 a m. Sunday If regular delivery arrivea shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminaUr ipecial nieuenger service. United Preu International full Leased Wiro 52 Pages Section A MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1960 No. 23 23 Crewmen Safe After Vessel Sinks SO0VEBER OTSOL D Mil 1 South Africa Police Plan to Use Force Johannesburg. South Africa -fUPD-A police official warned Saturday that all necessary measures "including force re sulting in death" may be used to smash a Negro stay-home strike called by the outlawed African National Congress. Reinforcements Said Rushing to Aid Fidel's Fight Havana -IUPD- Troop rein forcements Saturday were re ported rushing to the moun tains of Orients province to help Fidel Castro flush out a well-armed anti-Castro guer rilla band which has outfoxed him for six straight days. Premier Castro shrouded his activities in secrecy but the government was cracking down on opposition elements across the island. Castro agents were reported to be rounding up "dangerous" counter-revolutionaries. Deadline Past Castro was one day past his deadline for smashing the up rising led by a onetime aide, Capt. Manuel Beaton, in the Sierra Maestra, the mountain range of O r i e n t e province from which Castro launched his own revolution two years ago. All indications pointed to a long and possibly frustrating chase. A Castro supporter ad mitted Beaton "knows these mountains like Davy Crock ett." He also was reported to know where Castro's 26th of July revolutionary movement had arms caches hidden in the wild mountains. 5,000 in Mountains Castro had a force of 5,000 men in the mountains and re ports in Havana said more troops were being rushed to the scene from the Isle of Pines off the Cuban coast. The outburst of anti-government activity was reported bolstering Castro's determina tion to get jet warplanes for his air force. Orchards Heated Again; Temperature General orchard heating oc curred throughout the Rogue valley from 2 to 8 a.m. Satur day, an orchardist reported. This was the third night of heating. In some places, particularly in the area north of Modford, J the temperature dropped to ) 25 degrees. It stayed that low i almost up to 8 a.m. when the sun started to warm the trees, 1 a pear orchardist said. Lowest J temperature the pears will if stand without damage, gener i ally, is 32 degrees at the cur It rent fruit development stages. J This is the most critical stage for the yoiing fruit, a pear - J grower said. Unheated pear orchards undoubtedly receiv j cd at least some damage, he tr.ild. 1 3osc and Cornice are at the jr?ial fall stage. This occurs 'icr full bloom with from , :..- per cent to practically all 'of the petals fallen and fruit I no larger than a pea, County Agont C. B. Cordy said. Thu Thousands of pamphlets urging Negroes to stay away from their jobs for the week beginning Monday have been distributed in African town ships and settlements in widely-separated areas. The leaflets were signed by the "emergency committee" of the ANC which went under ground after the government banned It and"" the Pan-Afri-canist congress in the wake of Negro demonstrations against South Africa's strict racial laws. Appeal to Workers Senior police officials in Port Elizabeth on the Indian ocean appealed to Negro work ers to ignore the stay-home call. "If they do not, we will meet the challenge," one offi cer said. Force, including force resulting in death, will be used to prevent trouble if nec essary." A similar work boycott to protest the shooting of more than 70 Negroes during dem onstrations last month against a law requiring Negroes to carry passes was broken up by police raids and the arrests of "agitators" and "intimida tors." Natives in some settle ments complained that Negro strong-arm squads were form ed to enforce the work boy cott. Schools May Clot Police spokesmen in Pretor ia said Saturday the utmost protection would be provided to Negroes who ignored the new strike call and that strong measures would be taken against "intimidators." A government spokesman Friday warned that all Negro schools may be closed down permanently- if teachers or pupils responded to the ANC'i call. South Africa was general ly quiet Saturday with most whites and some blacks ob serving Easter services and ceremonies. Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd was reported mak ing "excellent" progress in his recovery from an attempted assassination last Saturday. Tulsa, Okla.-OJPD-A voilent ly destructive storm which police called a tornado struck Tulsa Saturday night, causing widespread damage and at least one death and some in juries. Dips to 25 Is very critical stage and damage can occur very quick ly. Also, all the fruit has set by this time and a moderate amount of blossom damage can result in fairly large crop losses. For all varieties, fir ing should begin at 31 de grees. Temperatures should be held there or a half degree higher, Cordy advised. D'Anjous and Bartlette are in the small green fruit stage when the fruit is larger than a pea. At this stage both tem perature and duration must be considered, Cordy advised. The larger the fruit, the long er period below 32 degrees it will stand. At this stage tem peratures for all varieties should be held above 30 de grees. However, they will stand 29 degrees If just at sunrise and it has not been below 32 degrees more than two hours. The trees should be held at approximately 31 degrees when heating. Norfolk, Va. - (DPB - All 23 crewmen of a Lebanese tramp steamer that sank early Sat urday off the Virginia coast were brought ashore Easter eve and prepared to attend midnight services to give thanks. Their ship, the 329-foot SS Ethel C, went down after a load of scrap iron she was carrying apparently shifted causing a leak which the ves sel's pumps could not handle. The weary crewmen were led ashore by their youthful captain, 37-year-old Dioman dos Caravias, a naturalized American. They had spent 14 hours bobbing in a lifeboat in the Atlantic. Caravias, who had two ships shot from under him during World War II, rushed for the nearest telephone to call his wife who is momentarily ex pecting a baby. 'Mighty Mean' "I'm glad to be on shoie and safe and thankful to God that nobody is missing," the young captain said. "It was mighty Fights Occur Near Integration Confabs By United Press International A white youth punched and broke the cheek bone of a Negro demonstrator in Sa vannah, Ga., Saturday and a new scuffle occurred on pick et lines in Raleigh, N.C., where a southwide meeting of Negro integration leaders is in progress. When I get out of here I'll be ready to go back and get hit again," John "McMillan, 25, said from his Savannah hospital bed. McMillan said Agriculture Group Holds Hearing Salem OIPD The pros and cons of an unfair, practices law aimed at processors were aired here Saturday before the interim committee on agri culture. The committee has not tak en a stand on the bill, drawn up by the Oregon Fruit and Vegetable Growers associa tion. Herbert Hardy, Portland, of the Oregon Canners, Packers, Freezers and Cold Storage council, said he doubted if the proposed bill is necessary to the formation of a growers bargaining group. He said the council, representing about 90 per cent of the processors in Oregon, is violently opposed to restrictions set out in the measure. Among other things, the bill forbids processors to inter fere in a growers' bargaining group. It also outlaws so- called discrimination by proc essors in prices, grades, quo tas, hauling terms, delivery schedules and loans or credits. About 50 persons attended the hearing. Walter Colett, Salem, of the Fruit and Vegetable Growers association, said processors have discriminated against growers in the past and such a law is necessary. Sports Bulletins By United Press International The Lot Angeles Dodgers scored three runs in the third inning Saturday night to edge the St. Louit Cardi nal! 3-2, and to ttay in a ti with San Francitco for the National League lead. Don Drytdal wat the winning pitcher, - Portland's Beavers drop ped the second gam of a day-night double header Saturday night to in Ta coma Giants by an 11-0 cor. Earlier in th day th Beavers won their opening gam of th season from Tacoma 7-2. WEATHER FORECAST: Conilrferable rloud Inena today with rhanre of ihnwtri Ihii afternoon and eve nlnt. Tartly cloudy Monday wllh few iratlered ahnwerit. High today CO. Low tonight 3S. UI(H Monday SI. Temp. nllhrat Yeaterday 61 l.oweal Yeaterday , 2ft Preclp. Yeaterday ..None Our Skies Tonight Snntet today 6:55 p.m. Sunrlte tomorrow .5:Zl a.m. Moonrlae tomorrow 1:19 a.m. l-a.t Quarter tomorrow 4:57 a.m. Jupiter and Saturn, the larceil plai,eti, are now rlilnr A mlnutea earlier earn -nIKht. They will he prominent in the evening iky UiU ummef. mean out there and I'm glad it's over." After getting a hot meal at the Coast Guard lifeboat sta tion where they were taken. the crew members, their clothing dirty and all in need of shaves, were taken to ho tels where they planned to clean up for midnight serv- ices. In addition to Caravias, tne crew was composed of 21 Greek nationals and one Brit isher. The crew met the Rev. Father Constantine Bithos of the Greek Orthodox church in Norfolk, who acted as an in terpreter for the crewmen. Anthanessics Dragoussnos, j i, ione oi tne ureek crew members told the minister: "We almost went upstairs to day. This is our life. This sort of thing can be expected." The Ethel C went down some seven hours' after Cara vias flashed a message that his crew could not halt the flooding and was abandoning ship. a white youth tapped him on the shoulder while he was sit ting at a dime store lunch counter and -punched him twice when he turned around. McMillan, who underwent surgery Saturday night to have the broken cheek bone wired, offered no resistance. Several youths later were picked up,, but McMillan was unable to positively identify any of the suspects as his white attacker. At the height of the Savan nah demonstrations firemen drove hook and ladder trucks into the heart of the business district and connected up noses to the hydrants. Firo hoses have been used in the past to break up similar dem onstrations in several south ern cities. The scuffle at Raleigh was the second in as many days. Andrew Maguire of Glenn Rock, N. J., a white youth who said he was attending the southwide Negro confer ence, told police he was slug ged by a white man. He sign ed a warrant charging Bill Pleasants of Garner, N.C. with assault and battery. A white ministerial student who joined the picket line Friday was struck by another white youth whom he was un able to identify. John North rup of Rochester, N.Y. suffer ed a cut across his chin which required seven stitches to close. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leader of the Montgomery bus boycott five years ago, told the Negro conference that the current wave of sitdown dem onstrations constitutes "an as sault on the whole system of segregation." He said the movement was not merely to free 17,000,000 Negroes, but "to free the soul of America. It is not just something to benefit the Negro, It will lift Denem me r-iegro, u win mi America's respect," he said. Radio Moscow Ridicules Easter But Message Falls on Deaf Ears London - (UPB - Radio Mos cow, the voice of Russia, Sat urday ridiculed Easter in a broadcast beamed to the free world as one of the "wildest and most stupid prejudices" of humanity. While Christians on the free side of the iron curtain, and many behind it, too, awaited Easter morning and the peal ing of the bells that will her ald again the resurrection, Ra dio Moscow campaigned for the Marxist theory that "reli gion is the opiate of the mass es." The broadcast said Easter prevents individuals from "working for the good of the people." Communist Version A member of the Soviet So ciety for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge gave the Commu nist version of the meaning of Easter. "Docs the Feast of Easter really strengthen the best feel ings in the consciousness of (Christian) believers?" he ask ed. "Does It really tducate 1 V'H.-tJW St. EGG SCRAMBLE-It was momentary bedlam when the gun sounded at the start of the annual Kiwanis club Easter egg hunt at Hawthorne park Saturday morning. An esti mated 500 to 700 children poured into the roped-off areas where the eggs were hidden, running as fast as little legs would go and scooping the eggs up on the fly. It was all Itinerary for Sen. Kennedy Listed Senator John F. Kennedy is scheduled to speak at an as sembly at Southern Oregon college at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 23. and to be honor guest at a coffee hour at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Kreisman from 9:45 to 10:45 the same morning, according to Robert A. Boyer, district chairman of the Kennedy for President committee. Both events will be open to the public, Boyer said. From 1:15 to 2:15 that af ternoon the Democratic presi dential candidate will be hon ored with a public reception at the Medford Hotel Crater room. All interested are in vited. Sponsoring the recep tion will be members of the Kennedy for President com mittee, assisted by the newly organized Eleanor Roosevelt League. A large welcoming commit tee is expected to greet the Massachusetts senator when he arrives at the Medford air port at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. Ashland events have been arranged by Dr. Arthur Kreisman, who says that fol lowing Kennedy s address at the assembly, there will be a brief question and answer pe riod. Senator Kennedy will leave Medford promptly at 3:30, Boyer explained, thus he will not be able to accept evening engagements ai had evening CuSa6n..vw . I been formerly planned. them In a spirit of elevated morality?" "A thousand times over -no," he answered his own question, Easter was denounced as "a means of strengthening dark ness and ignorance, for the maintenance of slavish moral ity." Celebrating It can only "strengthen the wildest and most stupid prejudices" of the human mind, the radio said. 'Great Harm' "The Easter sermons about being meek and humble cause great harm," the radio said. The very idea hinders "the construction of Communism." The words fell mostly on deaf ears as hundreds of thou sands of Christians attended Holy Saturday services. In ru ral Austria and Germany wooden rattles were shaken to call the faithful to prayer. Bells cannot be rung until Sunday morning. West German officials re ported thousands of East Ger man families crossing Into Mi Storms Belt Midwest, Plains; Six States By United Press International A heavy squall line swept across the midwest and plains states Saturday night, spawn ing tornadoes, pounding rain and hail storms, powerful winds and an Easter eve snow storm. i Twisters hit in Kansas, Mis- so"riAj,ow?',,,I,nc,,ana: I1ilnois and Ohio, klllinir at least one person and causing extensive damage. Demos Set To Fill Assignments Washington-fUPD - Fourteen Democratic National commit tee members meet at Los An geles next week to select men to fill the toughest assign ments at the Democratic Na tional convention in July. The assignments are for the keynote speaker, permanent chairman of the convention and the chairmen of the res olutions (platforms) and cre dentials committees. Party leaders reported un der consideration for the stra tegic posts include Reps. Hale Boggs (La.) and Richard Boi ling (Mo.), Sens. A. S. Mike Monronely (Okla.), Albert Gore (Tenn.), Frank Church (Idaho) and Joseph S. Clark (Pa.) and Gov. Gaylord Nel son of Wisconsin. The group meeting at Los Angeles Monday through free territory to observe the holiday. At one checkpoint, 9,400 cars were lined up awaiting Communist inspec tion and approval. The line stretched for eight miles. Thousands of Britons set out for a week end in the country. Thousands Attend In Rome, the 500 Roman Catholic churches were dim and silent, their statues and crosses draped in purple cloth of mourning for Christ's death. Thousands of Romans went silently to pray at the tradi tional Easter vigil which will end with midnight masses and the chant "Gloria in Excelsls" -the signal for all the church belli In Rome to peal the tld ings that "he is risen." Similar services were being held in the old city of Jcru salem at the scenes of Christ's suffering, death and resurrec tion. Thousands of Christian pll grlms, Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox, attend. d th solemn ceremonies. 1 . )(v Tw . over in less than a minute. Some of the youngsters left without claiming their prize for finding the specially marked eggs, and the prizes are being saved for them, according to Chairman Larry Horton. That is, if they haven't already eaten them . . , Hit by Tornadoes One tornado raked a high way truck stop in Washburn, Iowa, killing a man in a car ,. ... . ... ... trailer mown, over dv .iue winds. At Traer, Iowa, about 32 miles southwest of Washburn, a tornado hurled 41 cars of a Chicago and North Weitern freight train from the tracks. Officials said the twister plucked the cars "right out LA Meet Wednesday Is headed by Dem ocratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler. Convention officials are normally elected without contest by the del egates. Rayburn Bowed Out Speaker Sam Rayburn and House Democratic Leader John W. McCormack have served at recent conventions convention chairman and platform committee chairman, respectively, but both bowed out this year. Rayburn wants to be free to manage the cam paign of Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson for the presidential nomina tion. ' Boggs is Rayburn's candi date for the convention chair manship. He is understood to be facing some opposition, however, because he is a southern and a Catholic. Because a Catholic, Sen. John F. Kennedy (Mass.) is seeking the presidential nom ination, Democratic party managers are concerned this year about "religious balance" as well as a balance among regions and viewpoints in choosing convention officials. Burglar's Case Returned Here Salem - (UPB - Circuit Judge Val D. Sloocr Friday . set aside the 25-year state prison sentence of Delbert Lee Crow and ordered the case returned to Jackson county for further action. Crow claimed in court here that his trial judge had false information about previous convictions in determining his prison term. Crow wat sentenced Aug. 3, 1955 from Jackson county for burglary Involving explosives. Crow and his brother, Glenn Eugene Crow, both of Carthage, Mo., were arrested July 20, 1955, on the roof of the Mason and Ehrman Co warehouse. They admitted blowing a s a f e and taking nearly $1,000. Glenn Crow also drew a 25- year prison term. Presiding was Circuit Judge H. K, Hanna. - . of the middle" of a 78 car 1 train. cMiQV,if I tafetv . natrol warned eainst - highway travel in the state' snow-swept . panhandle. , snowstorm, powered by 'SS' mlJe-an-hour winds, oiled up hugs drifts and cut visibility to a few feet. Golf-ball size hail was re ported from Iowa eastward to Ohio, and the weather bureau said wind gusts of hurricane force whipped up blinding clouds of dust in Denver, Colo., and Garden City, Kan. Four tornadoes were sight- ed In the northwest corner of Missouri. The only one known to have struck ground leveled buildings, destroyed telephone service and knock ed out electricity in the Gen try, Mo., area. Tuesday Last Day For Registration An estimated 12,000 per sons In Jackson county win be unable to vote in the May 20 primary election unless they register soon, Joseph D. Walsh, chairman of the Jack son County Republican Cen tral committee, noted Friday. Tuesday, April 19, is the deadline for registering to vote in the primary, Walsh reminded those who have not yet registered. Walsh urged unregistered voters to use facilities at the county courthouse or at vari ous locations downtown in cluding Republican headquar ters at 3 West Sixth St., open from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mon day, besides the six days a week daytime hours. Two Held in Questioning Two men are being held by Redding, Calif, authorities on armed robbery charges and for questioning In connection with the shooting of Mrs. Marian Stella Hamilton, 40-year-old Ashland rancher's wife, Sheriff Joe Walsh re ported Friday. Both men had .22 clibcr revolvers with them and an swered the general descrip tion of the bulletin Issued to all points on the Pacific Coast by Jackson county authori ties, Walsh said. Pictures of the two men were received Saturday by the sheriff's office and one witness so far has failed to Identify either of the two men in Redding as a murder su spect. Walsh said Friday bal listic samples from the pistols the two men had with them will be compared to bullets Air Force Misses Pi ickup; Capsule Won't Come Down Rocket Failure May Have Caused Miscue Vandenberg Air Force Base. alif. - IUPII The Air Force Saturday failed to recover a 300-pound space capsule from the Discoverer XI satellite because it stayed in orbit, the Air Force announced. An Air Force announce ment said the bell-shaped cap sule apparently was ejected from the 17-foot long satellite at about the richt time and place - over the North Pole its 17th pass around the world, ' But the capsule did not fall back Into the atmosphere and plunge to earth in the Pacific as was planned, the military ia. tjiiicers rtidn t sav. but might have been a failure of the small rockets on the capsule that are supposed to slow it down enough to force it out of its path around the earth. Mott Successful' Despite the failure of the specially trained recovery teams to get a chance to snatch the parachuting car sule high in the sky, the Air rorce termed Discoverer XI the most successful Discover er to date." A two-stage rocket boosted the satellite into orbit over ' the poles of the earth Friday. irom tnis seaside base. The second stage an , Agena - made up the satellite. On Discoverer V; the cap sule also was ejected and stayed In orbit, several weeks after Its launch, to become a mystery satellite. . Scientists finally generally agreed that the mystery satellite - when later located in space was the capsule of Discoverer V still circling the earth. Hearing Slated on roposed Budget A public hearing on the Family Counseling and Child Guidance proposed budget of $4,000 for fiscal 1960-61 will be" held in the Jackson Coun ty Courthouse auditorium at 30 p.m. this Wednesday. The Family Counseling committee is asking the Coun ty Budget committee to sup port the expansion of . the present Child Guidance clin ic to include family counsel, ing service by contributing $2,000 in. addition to the $2,000 now allowed for the Child Guidance clinic. This will be an open meet ing sponsored by the counsel ing committee of the Child Guidance association for the purprre of giving hose who are in opposition to family counseling service an oppor tunity to speak, according to the association president, Har old Snodgrass. Discussion panel for the public hearing will include Ben Day, moderator; Dr. Tom Rutter; Jim Pullman; the Rev. Tom McCamant; Judge Ed ward Kelly; Dr. John Water man and Harold Snodgrass. Redding for on Murder from the scene of the shoot ing. Mrs. Hamilton, wife of Les ter Hamilton, of 2700 East Main rd., Ashland, was found murdered in their ranch home about two miles southeast of Ashland March 15. Deputies said she was killed by .22 caliber bullets fired from two different guns. Sheriff's deputies have found a while leather three quarter length woman's jack et missing from the Hamilton home. It was at the clean er's. They are still looking for a thin green leather wallet with a gold design with the snap on one end broken, for a man's brown dress hat, size 6, and a Dancraft Sterling silver bracelet with seven or eight Jensen charms with matching set of clamp on car rings with a sterling silver beetle design.