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Newspaper Page Texto o s s e O O O o e s cs o o o o o eosoesooo ceo O O BO oso c OS CO Recommended The Mfdrnrd unit of the V s Army Rrtervei u onr of four iuch linili in Hie mtr Read bout the training and arlivi lln of this ermip on Dale 14 of today a Mall Tribune. 66 PAGES Section A "We Shoula Get TogefheV Nfofe Owen - Truman Raps Nixon At Big Demo Dinner Washington - (UPD - Former President Harry S. Truman said Saturday night that Dem ocrats won't let Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon "es cape" from the record of the Eisenhower administration in this year's presidential con test. Truman and Speaker Sam Rayburn belittled that record in speeches before some 5.000 Democrats attending a $100-a-plate congressional cam paign dinner here. Nixon Main Target Truman, choosing Nixon as his chief target, said of his long-time political foe: Convicted Burglar To Be Resentenced Delbert E. Crow, Kansas City, Mo., is to be resentenced on charges of burglary with explosives, according to the Jackson county district attor ney's office. Crow appeared in circuit court Friday, and Stanley Jones, Medford attorney, was appointed to represent him. Crow was sentenced by Cir cuit Judge H. K. Hanna to 25 years in the Oregon state penitentiary for blowing the door off the safe in the Ma son Ehrman building in Med 'ford July 19, 1955. However, the sentencing was successfully appealed on the grounds that "the matters considered by the sentencing judge do not appear of record and constitutes a violation of constitutional rights. Crow was returned to Jackson county last week for resen tencing. Jacksonville, Fla. - (UPD - A proposal to dispose of all church stock in tobacco com panies was rejected Saturday by delegates to the 100th gen eral assembly of the Presby terian Church, U.S. SPACE PROBE Key workers on the Re coverable Interplanetary Space Probe Just announced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are shown with a model of tht vehlclt. from left Mtilon Trigeur, Medford United Preu International Full Leased Wire, - - I "Just think how, in addi tion to all his natural handi caps, he has to suffer under the burden of carrying on his back an administration like this." Noting that many Republic an members are retiring "vol untarily" this year, Truman said: "How would you feel if you had to run for Congress on a ticket headed by this vice president. All I can say is there are some things much worse than retirement. Rayburn Agrees Rayburn. -in -his prepared text, also criticized Nixon, saying the vice president probably would be "trying to disavow his inheritance, but he won't get away with it." Rayburn dropped the refer ence to Nixon, however, and discarded most of his pre pared text when he actually spoke. He said Truman al ready had expressed his sen timents. In his extemporaneous re marks, Rayburn took a verbal slap at Eisenhower and charg ed that "the old guard has taken over the Republican party body, boots and britch es." Cops Seek Lana's Daughter, Carhop Hollywood - IUPD - L a n a Turner's teen age daughter, Cheryl, an escapee from a home for wayward girls, hid from searching police Satur day while officers tried to lo cate the young carhop her mother fears she might marry. Cheryl, 16, who stabbed the actress' underworld lover to death two years ago, fled with two other teen-age girls Fri day night from the county operated El Retiro School for Girls by scaling a 12 -foot fence that surrounds the 10 acre, suburban institution. jM 1m laMatoatBH ir group leader, Dr. J. H. Laning, deputy as sociate director of the laboratory and Dr. Richard H. Battin, mathematician who fig ured out orbital paths for the proponed soaee trip. UH Ttlephoto) 55th Year Jack and Hubert Swapping Insults Charleston, W. Va. - (UPD - The Humphrey and Kennedy camps trjiird .insuJj.s at. !ons; range Saturday as the West Virginia presidential primary campaign n e a r e d its final week. The fireworks were touch ed off by a statement issued in the name of Sen. John F. Kennedy accusing Sen. Hu bert H. Humphrey of smear tactics, attempting to distort Kennedy's record and in gen eral conducting a "gutter cam paign." Humphrey at first denied ths fehaif.es.oi low-level attack and said Kennedy'-""carM ex pect to win 'cm all." 'Brother Bobby' Later, Humphrey issued a stronger statement. He charg ed that the original Kennedy statement was not authored by the Senator. He said it was the work of another Kennedy -the senator's brother, Robert. "Jack will have plenty of chances to speak for himself without handouts through his brother Bobby," Humphrey said. "Politics is a serious business, not a boy's game where you can pick up the ball and run home if things don't go according to your idea o who should win." Kennedy, campaigning in the Charleston area with a sore throat, declined to".:om ment on the Humphrey charge concerning his brother. "I don't want to get into a Ceremonies Here To Note Law Day Ceremonies noting "Law Day" will be conducted in Jackson county circuit court at 9:30 a.m. Monday. Frank Van Dyke will be the speaker, on the subject, "The Rule of Law as a Road to World Peace." Miss Lavonne LaFever, a student at Crater High school, will be presented with a cer tificate and a $25 cash award by the Jackson County Bar association for her winning essay on the role of law. The presentation will be made by Edward Branchficld, presi dent of the local bar associa tion. Among those attending will be Circuit Judges Edward C. Kelly and. James M. Main, and I tormer circuit juuge n. Hanna has also been invited to participate. Lawyers of the county will attend, and the public is welcome. Paul Havilsnd is chairman of the committee arranging for the Law Day ceremonies. WEATHER FORECAST: Motlv rlnudv and a few light showers this morn ing. Partial clearing with oc casional sunny periods this aft ernoon. PMly rloudv tonight and Monday. Continued cool to day but a little warmer Mon day. High today 65-68. Low to night 60-72. High Monday 72-75. Temp. Highest Yesterday 5 Lowest Yesterday 17 Preclp. to 9 p.m. Yesterday trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:11 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:05 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 12:12 a.m. The unseen stars In the Sun's background are now those of the constellation, Aries; the stars In the Moon'i background tonight are those of Gemini. -rjtt ; gpjj mud-slinging battle," he said. But Kennedy couldn't keep Jtom 'tfirowing f.i'ewilaubsioij: mud. "Humphrey is merely serving the interests of other candidates while campaigning in West Virginia," he said. Humphrey quickly follow ed with another statement. "It has always seemed rath er amusing to me to see Jack publicly challenge otl;cr can didates to enter the primaries. Then when someone else does enter, he complains there's a conspiracy to stop him and to deny him the nomination," he said. Dick Clark Will 1 Face Tough New Quiz on Monday Washington - IUPD - House payola investigators Saturday readied a tough new quiz for Dick Clark, the nation's top disc jockey, who according to his own testimony did nothing improper but was richly fav ored by fortune. Key members and staff ex perts of a house subcommittee looking into alleged side pay ments to disc jockeys and other "deceptive practices" in broadcasting spent Saturday scanning the transcript of Clark's explanation of how he parlayed investments of $53, 773 into a cash return so for of $286,604 and a current net worth of $576,590. Clark, who underwent his first question ing r riaay, was insiruuieu iu return Monday morning. "I'm going to examine Clark rather closely Monday, prom ised Rep. John E. Moss (D- Calif.). "He says he took no payola. Yet he got so many things of value for nothing - such things as copyrights and cut-rate investments. Rep. John B. Bennett (R- Mich.) urged the subcommit tee to make public testimony of another disc jockey dropped by Clark's employer, the American Broadcasting Co. Bennett said the activities of the dismissed disc jockey, Alan Freed, differed little from Clark's. The congressman said he ex pects the subcommittee to meet in closed session briefly Monday, prior to the resump tion of Clark's command per formance, to vote on making public Freed's testimony tak en earlier in a closed session. Freed was let go by ABC after refusing to swear he took no payola. 2 Oregon Men Die In Airplane Crash Pacific City, Ore. - (UPD -Two men were killed in a pri vate plane accident about five miles from this Orepm coast town Saturday night. They were Identified by sheriff's officers as Dan Ward, 29, Neskowin, Ore., and Ro land Earl Huntley, 23, Sheri dan, Ore. The accident happened about 5:50 p.m. when the plane, an Aronca, plowed into an open field. Police said the nose was buried in the earth, but there was no fire. Civil Aeronautics board officials plan to Inves tigate the crash. Sheridan Girl Saves Sisters From Death Sheridan, Ore.-fliPD - A 16 year old Sheridan girl rescued her three younger sisters from a fire that completely destroy ed their' honv in Sheridan Saturday. Credited with making the rescue is Judy Coby Stable man. She saved Terry, 7, Sherry Dawn, IB-months, and Lilly Ann, 7-months. The parents of the family are Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Stable man. The girl awoke shortly after midnight to find the house in flames and the exit through the front door block ed. She made her way to the back bedroom where the three girls were sleeping and drop ped them out a back window to safety. The drop was only five feet and none of tht chil dren wtr hurt. W MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1960 Scl Tomorrow in All County Districts School elections will be held in all Jackson county school districts between 2 and 8 p.m. tomorrow, Mon J day, May 2. Elections will be held for board members in the in dividual districts, rural school board memberi and the rural school district levy in all districts in the county. In addition, some district voters will vole iiiv the amount of the budget for the 1960-61 fiscal year ex ceeding the 6 per cent lim itation. Phoenix Bond Issue In the Phoenix district only, voters also will cast ballots on a $107,000 bond issue which will finance construction of an addition to the Phoenix High school. A list of polling places for all districts in the county, aspects of the school district budgets ex ceeding the 6 per cent lim itation, school board mem ber candidates, and the as pects of the rural school district levy appear on page 10 of today's Mail Tribune. Mayor Loses Bet, Makes Another Mayor John Snider judged himself the loser of a bet last week, and immediately made another one. Visiting in Baker, during nis eastern Oregon trip president of the League of Oregon Cities, he inspected that town with its mayor. Bill Jackson. Last year he had bet Jack son that Medford's "clean-up" program for the Centennial would show better results than Baker's. And he left it up to the president of the league to decide. A few weeks ago, he him self became president of the league, so he found himself in the position of being 1udee for his own wager. "What else could I do?" he said. "I picked Baker. It's a pretty, neat, well-kept town." Thursday evening, at a reg ional league meeting in La Grande, he presented Jackson with a "key to the city" of Medford, and then challenged Baker to match the clean-up campaign now being conduct ed by the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Jackson said he would convey the challenge to the Baker Jaycees. Jacksonville Man Held for Violation Norman Nutter, 22, of route 2, Jacksonville, was arrested Friday night for parole viola tion when federal, state and county officers discovered a liquor still five miles up Sterl ing creek. Nutter was arrested by Ford Hagen, Jackson county parole and probation officer, sheriff's officers said. State police, sheriffs of ficers, Hagen and an officer of the federal alcohol and to bacco tax division uncovered tne still in an underground cave connecting with a 40 foot trench. The still had not been filled yet, sheriff's depu ties said. Officers also found .22 caliber rifle and sawed- off shotgun. sports Buiieiin By United Press International The ban rrancisco Gianis, led by home run hitting Willie McCoroy, unleashed their big bats Saturday night to defeat the Lot An geles Dodgers, 6-3, before a huge ladies' night crowd of 85.065. McCovey ltd the barrage with two homers to run his total for the young season to seven and take the Na tional league lead in that de partment. Ed Bretsoud and Jim Marshall also homered for the Giants while catcher Joe Pignatano and Don Dernier homered for the Dodgers. The Giants picked up five of their runs oif starter Don Drysdale in the five innings he pitched, all on homers. Billy O'Dell received the win (t the Giants' starter, although he left the game alter five innings. He in jured i finger and Btu Miller preserved the victory. Tribune CHESSMAN n CLAIM Gluckmann Still Lost Somewhere In Pacific Ocean San Frangsco - (I'PD - Peter Gluckmann. San Francisco's flying watchmaker, was miss ing Saturday somewhere in the Pacific ocean and no search was being made for him because the area was too vast. Gluckmann, 34, disappear ed somewhere between Tokyo and the Pacific coast of the United States on an attempted non-stop solo flight to New York. He left Tokyo at 315 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday in an attempt to set a new world record for distance in a light plane. The U.S. Coast Guard said that all clues to his where abouts had been checked out unsuccessfully and that it was j not feasible to attempt a search of the 1.5 million square mile area in which he might have been forced down. stations Alerted All civilian and military air-' craft, sttipping and radio sta tions in the Pacific were noti fied to be on the alert fo Gluckmann's plane, a life rail or signals from his emergency radio transmitter. The only contact with the 260 - pound flyer since his takeolf was made by a U.S. Coast Guard vessel between Tokyo and Midway. Gluckmann had enough gasoline aboard for 60 hours of flying and that supply would have long since been exhausted. - - - " ' " Capt. A. J. De Joy, Coast Guard western area opera tions officer, said that the "projected flight path from Tokyo to the U.S. mainland presents a nearly futile task nasmuch as it would require the scouring of 1.5 million square miles of ocean - an area 5,000 miles in length by 300 miles In width." Gluckmann's plane was equipped with a life raft, sev en days of survival food ra tions, canned water and a signal device. Bodies oi 2 Crash Victims Found Hill Air Force Base, Utah - (UPD - The bodies of airmen missing more than a week since the B-58 Hustler bomber they were flying crashed in Salt lake were found and re covered Saturday. The men were identified as Ray E. Tenhoff, 30, pilot of the ill-fated supersonic jet, and Walter Simon, 30, navi gator, both of Fort Worth, Tex. A third crewman, Kenneth G. Timpson, 29, also of Fort Worth, who was flight engi neer, parachuted to safety just before the B 58 crashed April 22. The Air Force said the front section of the fuselage contain ing the bodies was recovered from 22 feet of water at the north end of the lake. Navy Looking for Secret Test Sites Washington - IUPD - The Navy took steps Saturday to find more secret Polaris test sites in the ocean vastnesses to halt scrutiny by intrusive Soviet vessels and their crews. Navy officials acknowledg ed that tighter security will be devised in the wake of the incident involving America's tirai Polaris submarine, the George Washington, and the Soviet trawler Vega, off the Atlantic coast. The Vega openly observed missile tests being conducted by the George Washington, then apparently headed for home. Havana - I'PD - Thousands of neasants and canefield workers poured into Havana Saturday for a monster May day rally organized to demon strate support for Premier Fidel Castro and condemn "Yankee aggression." Price linitSii t'fee lmprKatlnttaf"uTi7Tu?aBed "irV MEW EVIDENCE f ONE MORE DAY? Convict-author Caryl Chessman, sched uled to die in the gas chamber tomorrow, holds a copy of his latest book. "The Kid Was a Killer, during a press con ference at San Quentin prison Saturday. While Chessman war hnlrlina what mnv Vtnvp Vtocn hia Inst nrou rnnfumnen his attornevs were maklns courts to save his life. Foreign Press Asks Chessman Reprieve London - (UPD - A chorus of foreign pleas to spare the life of California convict-author Caryl Chessman swelled Sat urday. The press in Europe, Asia and Latin America de tailed minute by minute his last legally allotted hours of life. Apeals for Chessman came from persons ranging from Dr. Albert Schweitzer to Brig itte Bardot. A Spaniard living in Portu gal, Agostin de Llase Branco, sent a bottle of fine port wine from Lisbon via airfreight to death row In San Quentin prison. It left Saturday - and might not reach him on time. Asks Postponement In Vienna, Austrian journal ist Rudolf Koerner proposed a 40-ycar postponement of the execution which already has been put off eight times In the last 11 years, and which again was scheduled for Mon day. The Roman Catholic church newspaper Osservatore Ro mano has denounced the exe cution as "barbaric," and Sat urday, Jesuit Priest Virgillo Rotondi, a prominent commen tator On the Vatican radio, sent an open letter to Califor- FT7 L v - - 1 it) ,... ........ , "i s.: , ITW 1((Bf(tf(lffi,, iif ,iiifiinr'r1ii"' r'"n n i r SNEAKY TRAWLER This Soviet trawler, identified as the Vega, was photographed off Long Island, N. Y. last Tuesday within mile of tests being conducted by the Poiarn miasiii submiruM George WteiiUig- 10 Cents ATTORNEYS new aDoeals to slate and federal tUPl TelephotoM nla Governor Edmund G. Brown for a reprieve. Admitting the severity of the kldnap-sex c r 1 m s for which the "red light bandit" was condemned, Father Ro tondi said he had Undergone "horrible suffering" during his 11 years on death row. . Moral Question The last hours of Chessman and the efforts of his attorneys again to save him filled the newspapers of Paris. Some papers played up the "Chessman talked to me about literature and television" vari ety of Interview. Others ques tioned the morality and legal ity of executing a man who has lived In the valley of the shadow of death for so long. The paper Le Monde said the "French committee for Caryl Chessman" received 8. 000 letters asking for clem ency and sent them to Brown. Le Monde said famed medi cal missionary Dr. Albert Schweitzer, whose humanita rian efforts won him a Nobel prize, had added his name to the appeal. Brlgltte Bardot and her hus band, actor Jacques Charrier, were among those urging clemency, lb Subscribers To report Improper or non Heliverv of the Mail Tribune In Medford phone SP 3-6141, la Ashland MU 2-1021. and in Yreka. VI 2-2807, before 45 p.m. dailv And in 10 a m. Sunday If regular delivery arrive ihnrtly after you rail please notify office thus eliminating No. 35 Stale Supreme Court to Consider Petition Monday Court to Meet 1 Hour Before Death Date San Quentin, Calif. - IUPD -Caryl Chessman's attorneys -Saturday filed a petition with the California Supreme Court that may delay decision of the convict-author's fate until his final scheduled minutes of his life. Attorney George T. Davis filed the petition Saturday af ternoon and the court an nounced that It would meet to consider it at 8 a.m. (PDT) Monday - one hour before Chessman is slated to be ex ecuted in San Quentin's gas chamber for kidnaping, rob bery and sex terrorism. The court said copies of the petition would be distributed to the judges at their homes by bailiffs of the court. They will consider the petition over the week end and meet in con ference Monday to render their decision. Earlier in the day a federal judge turned down a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a stay of execution for the condemned man, who appear ed to De more auietul than during his nearly 12 years on lucofc" uw. wotmng nignia Chessman, in what may have been his last pre-ji inter view, said he had been work ing most of the night recently instead of sleeping. "I will have ample oppor tunity to catch up on sleep af ter Monday," he said. "I say flatly I am not the red light bandit," said the man who was given two death sen tences as the terrorist of lovers lane couples in Los Angeles. "I am prepared now with out pointing the finger to any one to prove this." . He claimed he had new evi dence that would show "the knowing use of perjury, wil ful suppression of evidence and conviction obtained through use of fabricated evi dence." 'New Evidence' "I don't think you can en tertain apprehension or anxi ety and remain rational," Chessman said in discussing his date with death. "I'll start dying at 9 o'clock Monday morning and I don't Intend to start killing myself in pieces." Davis, who conferred with his client for two hours this morning, said the new peti tions had "a considerable amount of new evidence." Cairo -MPD-President Gamal Abdel Nasser, In a speech critical of President Eisen hower, charged Saturday that the U.S. government had been 'slack" in taking measures to lift the New York dockers' picketing of the Egyptian ship "Cleopatra." 1 ton. The Navy said she was In International waters about 60 miles south of Long Island. Photograph was taken from Navy airship based at Lskehurst, N.J., iuefeui Dept. Photo from UPI Tslephoto)