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Newspaper Page Text-53?. Geoc:- o o on70 a rn I I 1-1 1 I All 7 Mil :-ZZ3 C;3CC3C-"D0 OOO OO O O CD OO I I Led I I IV I It 29 J U li lJ LJ Alert U.S. Posts Combat Ready Order Surrounded With Mystery 'Not Supposed To Attract Attention' Washington - CIPII - The De fense Department early today completed a surprise combat readiness alert for all Ameri can military commands throughout the world. Mystery surrounded the exercise, which a Pentagon spokesman called a "com munications readiness alert," which was ' not supposed lo attract public attention." Word of the alert, however, spread widely and c a used some cases of jitters among the civilian populace. Switchboards Flooded Denver residents flooded newspaper and radio station telephone, switchboards with frightened requests for infor mation. One family reported it was hiding in a basement after hearing this military or der by broadcast by a civilian station: "All fighter pilots F101 and fighter pilots F102 . . . code three alert, Hotcake One and Hotcake Six scramble Lowry immediately." Denver station KOA-TV re ported it was asked by local police, who relayed the re quest from Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, to read the or der. No Forces in Motion The defense spokesman said, however, no airplanes were "scrambled" into the air, nor were other forces put in mo tion. He said the test covers, among other things, the abil ity of all commands to com municate with key personnel and forces. There- was some apparent concern at the Pentagon be cause some field commanders were considered to have over done the test, leading to such reports as the Denver radio announcement. Method Extraordinary There also were some ques tioning privately in official quarters about the timing of the exercise. Routine or not, one official here conceded the mysterious way the operation was han dled was extraordinary in view of the current sensitive international situation. The test was so secret that Defense Department informa tion officers were not fore warned and they had no ex planation when inquiries be gan to pour in from across the country. Body of Klamath Boy Found in River Klamath Falls-HIPIi-The body of Harry Lynn Bell, 6. son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bell of Klamath Falls, was recov ered from the Klamath river Sunday afternoon. The lad drowned April 21 when he fell into the stream about l'-i miles south of Keno. Baker -OIPH- Sharon Myers, a 17 -year -old valedictorian from Baker high school has been named Miss Baker Coun ty Pageant. Morse See Defeat in Maryland; Win in Oregon Portland - IUPII - Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.) said today he would lose to Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) by a "sub stantial vote" in Tuesday's presidential primary election in Maryland, but would get at least 60 per cent of the vote in Oregon Friday. Gave Voters Choice "I've said throughout the Maryland campaign that I won't win, but I did give the voters there a choice, and I planted a few seeds of consti tutional liberalism," Morse said. He emphasized to reporters at a hotel news conference that he considers himself a dead serious candidate for the presidency although he enter ed the race reluctantly as the result of a "bad Orrgon pri mary law Uiat should be r- Ordered for NEW APPEARANCE An architect s sketch shows the proposed appearance of Pacific Telephone-Northwest's remodeled business Porter Plans Bill For Agate Dam as Soon as Possible Congressman C h a r 1 e s O. Porter said Sunday he plans to introduce a bill to construct the proposed Agate dam as soon as approval of the project is received from the state and the interested federal agencies. But he expressed some doubt that the legislation could be enacted before con gress adjourns. "It will take some speed on the part of the agencies to get their reports back, and then some luck to get the bill through before Congress quits early in July he said.' Porter, who attended the Roosevelt Memorial dinner here Saturday night after spending most of Saturday campaigning and conferring with friends and supporters Russia Hails Own Space Achievement Moscow-OIPH-The Soviet Un ion today hailed its launching of a huge model space ship, complete with a dummy space man at the controls, as well timed proof of Russian superi ority in rockets for both peace and war. The 9,988 pound space ve hicle, launched early Sunday from a secret site inside the Soviet Union, was traveling starbright in a soifth-north or bit that carried it over Paris where the Big Four chiefs are meeting-once every 91 min utes. Western scientists agreed the new satellite's record size represented an achievement that brought the- Russians close to manned flight in space. They pointed out that Amer ican's man-in-space project. Project Mercury, was not scheduled to begin tests on man-capable space capsules until July. Portland - IUPII - The local Moonwatch team said today that if there is clear weather residents of northwest Oregon should be able to see the Rus sian "space ship" about 3:20 a.m. Tuesday, traveling from northwest to southeast. pealed." He said he had spent less than $6,000 in Maryland "which wouldn't pay Jack Kennedy's postage bill for one mailing," and would spend less than $7500 in Oregon. Strength Undamaged Morse said despite the fact that many Democratic leaders in Oregon have lined up be hind other presidential candi dates, he feels his "broad grassroots strength" has not been damaged. "I have nofcd Jack's con tinuing attempts to down grade me as a favorite son candidate, but if this is so I don't know why he's spending so much to defeat me in Ore gon," Morse said. "He has avoided every other so-called favorite son candidate in (hi: country." (-X (-) O in Free World office at 131 North Bartlett St., Medford. Work started Monday, and completion is expected about Sept. 1. in Ashland and Medford, went to Crater Lake Sunday. Sno-Cat Ride There he and the group ac companying him rode in a Tucker Sno-Cat. the same be hicle which traveled 2,100 miles across the Antarctic with the Sir Vivian Fuchs ex pedition. E. M. Tucker, head of the Medford firm which builds the famous over-snow vehicles, was Porter's host, and describ ed the Sno-Cats' performance record, and his view that they are ideally suited to fulfill certain missions for the U.S Armed forces. He also broach ed the idea of using big model Sno-Cats for a winter-lime run from Union Creek to the rim of Crater Lake, thus saving the expense of clearing the roads of snow every winter. Porter promised to check with the national park service to obtain its view on the pro posal. He also inspected portions of the park in the company of Park Superintendent Otto Brown, and discussed with Brown the proposal to build a chair-lift, or "aerial gon dola" funicular railroad from the rim of the lake to the water's edge. Opposed to Proposal Tile park service is opposed to the proposal, and Porter pointed out that it still is "just an idea," and will never be built if it proves unfeasible, or if it can be shown to be in violation of the national parks' concept of preservation of natural beauty. Brown drove Porter along the rim road, where snow plows are now working to clear it to the north entrance, and showed him the huge drifts, some 'of them 30 or 40 feet high, which would en danger any permanent aerial gondola emplacements. Porter flew to Eugene in a private plane late Sunday to keep a speaking engagement. He campaigned in the Wil lamette valley today, and was to return to Washington to night. He will return to Oregon after congress adjourns in July. GUEST SPEAKER Ashland - Elmer Biegel, Ashland city superintendent, will be guest speaker at to morrow's noon luncheon meet ing of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce at Omar's. Bie gel will review the problems the city faces in several fields and list plans being made by citv officials to combat the problems. WEATHER FORECAST: mrtlr elniKlv nt rnolrr tonight. Gpnprallv rinurlv ttllh a frw thowrrs Tuetdav. Low tonight 38-40. HlRh Tues day 2-63. TKMPKRATVRK lllrhft Yr-alrrday Lowrst ThU Mornlnit 1'KKCII'ITATION To 10 .m. Today o HI .02 Our Skies Tonight SuntM today . ?:Z7 p m. snnrne tomorrow 4:4 a.m. MonnrWr tomorrow . iz.es a.m. I.att Quarter May II PROMINK.VT STAR splca. In thr outhFift 'af nn rt. will It due louth :5it-m. and In thr :r"fhnt at ii:m a.m. All Pacific Telephone Starts Remodeling Medford Office An extensive remodeling and expansion program at Pa cific Telephone - Northwest's Medford business office, 131 North Bartlett st., is under way, according to Manager J. H. Creager. "The changes will more than double the floor space for the business office as well as modernize the building's interior and front," Creager said. H. Barnhart Is the general contractor on the job. Com plelion is scheduled about Sept. 1. Architects are Edson and Pappas. Medford. Public Office Plans call for the public of fice to be located in the part ot the building now used to park company cars. It is im mediately south of the present office. 1 he remodeling will also provide new training quart ers, and a lounge for em ployees. The office entrance will be about 20 feet south of the present location. New pub lic phone booths will be plac ed near the entrance. The remodeled building will also provide quarters for the phone company's general sales office, and garage park ing for some company cars. Ihe telephone company ad dress will continue to be 11 North Bartlett st. Swimming Teams Planned in City A meeting lo organize city- sponsorr.'d swimming learns to compete among themselves, and with teams from other southwestern Oregon city teams will be held at the Hawthorne park swimming pool at 7 o'clock tonight. All intcrestd youths are in vited lo attend the meeting lo obtain information and regis ter for the teams, according to Kenneth Lyons, Medford rec reation superintendent and acquatics director. "We Want Somebody To Keep An Eye On That Guy" Ike's Prestige, GOP Peace Issue At Stake in Paris Confused Electorate Expected To Ponder By LYLE C. WILSON Washington - '1TH - More than President Eisenhower's prestige is at stake in this crucial moment of cold war maneuvering in Paris. At slake . Iso is the validity of Ihe Republican peace issue in the lOHO presidential cam paign. Peace and prosperity have been the foundation is sues in GOP campaign plans. Issue Damaged The peace issue has been damaged severely. N i k i t a Khrushchev seems to have knocked it down in Paris as surely as the American U2 spy airplane was knocked down far inside the borders cfi the Soviet Union. A confused electorate will be wondering about those pionage flights and what actually is the policy of the U.S. government with respect to them. The first policy was to deny that such espionage had taken place. The second policy was to admit it and to insist that it was essential fur national defense, and there fore, might be continued at Ihe discretion of the U.S. gov ernment. Another Policy The third policy, announced in Paris today, is that espion age flights over the Soviet Union have been suspended and will not be resumed. An nouncement of this third pol icy followed Khrushchev's brush-off of President Eisen hower as no U.S. President has been brushed off, at least in modern memory. Mr. withdrew his invita tion to Kisenhower to visit the Soviet Union. He capped that with a1 suggestion that the summit conference be post poned for some months, as many as eight. One of Khru shchev's' associates noted that this postponement would mean that Eisenhower would have left the White House and that a new President would represent the United Stales at any resumed sum- mil. Impact Pandered The chief executive of the United States has been taunt ed and rejected by the Soviet spokesman in Paris. What the impact of this will be on U.S. politics in a presidential year is something this political capital is pondering tonight. It scarcely can fail to raise vigorous partisan challenge to Eisenhower's firmly stated belief that he knows better than do his critics the field of national defense. Fleming to Speak At Williams Grange Leslie P. Fleming, Spring field, Republican candidate for nomination for representa tive in Congress from Ore gon's fourth district, will speak at the Williams Grange hall at 8 o'clock tonight. Fleming is in Medford to day and tomorrow morning in connection with his cam paign, according to Verne Sh'angle, a member of the Fleming coi..mittee here. Shangle said Fleming may be contacted through him. Regional Edition Medford, 18 Pages MEDFORD, r v.. V tit ? C1 5 jl WELCOMED TO MEDFORD if h "a. v 5 ' tian, talent, chairman of the Jackson Coun ty Democratic Central committee, (left) greets Mrs. Helen Gahagan Douglas, former U. S. Congrcsswoman from Calfiornia, (next to Christian), and Mrs. Maurine Neuberger, Jacksonville City Council fo discuss Contamination A problem of contaminated seepage into the Jacksonville city water supply has been re ferred lo the Jacksonville city council for action, according to Orie Moore, chief Jackson county sanitarian. One source of contamina tion may be a short pipeline connecting with one of two main lines leading to the city reservoir located slightly above the Dritt estate, the sanitarian explained. He said il is also possible thai check valves at the pump and main meters are not working prop erly. Water from the Medford system is carried into the res ervoir over one pipeline. Wa ter is also carried to the res ervoir from a spring in a tunnel on hillside west of Jacksonville. The latter pipe line had the short connection, it was explained. Moore said regular water samples were supposed to be In ken of the hillside spring, but apparently this has not been done. The mayor and ci(y watermastcr inspected the water supply and sources last week end, he said. UO Mothers Club Picks Roseburg Woman Eugene -IUPII- Mrs. Samuel Warg of Roseburg was elected president of Ihe University of Oregon Mothers Club here Saturday. Other officers elected were Mrs. Herman C. Jochimsen, Salem, vice president; Mrs. Paulsen Kasebcrg, Wasco, recording secretary; Mrs. Paul Newsnn. Eugene, treasurer; Mrs. Homer Parrish, Oswego, financial secretary, and Mrs. Norman Merrill, Salem, pub licity. Deputies Investigate Death in Central Point Sheriff's deputies today were investigating the death of Jake Gordon Myers, 61, of Central Point, by a gunshot wound about 10:20 o'clock this morning. Officers at the scene of the shooting, Myers' home on Up ton rd., said the death is bc lived a suicide. Myers' body was discovered by his wife. The weapon used was a 30-,'H) caliber rifle. No further details )re available at press time. 0 UTribune OREGON, j V f? MONDAY, MAY 16, I960 No. 48 1M A vWl v-J.'VVOf r'i, M ; , i iv- ii tvS ' Frank Chris- wife of the About 5C0 Attend Annual Roosevelt emorial Approximately 500 persons attended the J 6th annual Roosevelt Memorial dinner at Ilcdrick Ji ior High school Saturday night, according to Frank Christian, chairman of Jackson County Democratic Central committee. Christian said 700 places were set in the school audi torium, but that it was prob ably one of the largest crowds to attend the annual event sponsored by the J a c k s o n counly Democrals. Among the notables in the Democratic party who attend ed and sat at the head table were Edward (Ted) Kennedy, representing his brother, Sen. John F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential candidate: Mrs. Maurine Neuberger, candidate for her late husband's position in the U.S. Senate; C. Girard (J c b b y) Davidson, national committeeman; Representa tive Charles O. Porter; Robert Straub, state Democratic chairman; Helen Stoll, can didate for national com milloewoman, Elaine Hoff man, Lane county nation al commiltecwoman c a n d i date; Ward Cook, state sen ator, Multnomah counly, and County Judge Joe Jaross, Washington county, both can didates for state treasurer; Leslie P. Fleming, Spring field, Republican candidate for Congressional representa tive; State Representative Al Flcgel, Douglas county, na tional committeeman candi date; State Representative Beulah Hand, Clackamas county, national committee woman candidate; and Sen. Monroe Sweetland, Clackamas county, secretary of state can didate. Mastor of Curemonieg House Speaker Robert Dun can, Medford, acted as master of ceremonies. Gerald Scan n e 1 1, Democratic candidate for Jackson county district at torney, presented the featured speaker, Helen Gahagan Douglas, former congress woman from California, with a large Myrtlewood tray. Mrs. R. S. (Lenorc) Zapell, head of the Medford High school dramatics department, presented a dramatic eulogy of "We R r ember, FDR" with background music pro vided by the Ilcdrick Junior High school choir. The choir presented several numben and other Hcdrick Price 10 Cents r 1 late Sen Richard D. Neuberger, who is campaigning to succeed her husband. Mary Kelly, right, also met them at the Medford airport Saturday, Mrs. Douglas spoke at the Roosevelt Memorial dinner. (Knackstedt Photo) Dinner Junior High pupils performed Japanese dance numbers. Mrs. Bill Werner and Mr. and Mrs. Walter McMahon prepared the dinner. Invocation was given by the Rev. William Salariin of the Phoenix First Presbyterian church. Ashland Police Investigate Brawl Ashland - City police today are trying to untangle the facts surrounding an apparent brawl early Sunday morning during which a large plate glass window was broken at the Siskiyou Flower shop. Police have obtained state ments, most of them conflict ing, from eight persons known to have been involved and possibly will question several others. The fight, If there was one, apparently started just ouU side the Steak House cafe, 397 East Main st., which is ad jacent to the flower shop. One of the men questioned told police he fell through the window, but another had suf fered several cuts, and officers believe he may have been pushed or knocked into the window. No arrests were made immediately. Kennedy Cites National Importance of Primary Portland -iUPH- Sen. John F, Kennedy, slightly hoarse, to day stressed the national im portance of the Oregon presi dential primary on bis state campaign tour. The Massachusetts Demo crat said Friday's ' primary should be taken seriotisly be cause it is the first time the three major candidates for the Domocratic nomination have appeared on the same ballot. He named them as Kennedy, Sen. Lyndon Johnson (Tsxas), and Sen. Stuart Symington (Missouri). Trip To Coast Kennedy made afirlp today to the Oregon coast to view key industries - the Diamond Lumber Co. plant and the Tillamook Creamery associa i tion plant at Tillamook and Russian Premier Makes 'Insulting' Attack on U.S. President Offers To Negotiate Paris -(ITO- Premier Nikita Khrushchev today withdrew his invitation to President Eisenhower to visit Russia, and in an ensuing biLlcr ex change over U.S. spy flights was accused by Eisenhower of coming all the way from Mos cow just to sabotage the sum mil talks. The Big Four conference teetered on the verye of im mediate collapse af'.er Khru shchev delivered what west ern sources called an "insult ing" attack on Eisenhower and the United States. The Soviet Premier threatened at the opening three-hour session to walk out of the summit meeting unless the U.S. halted Us spy flights over Russia and punished those responsible. Eisenhower issued a state ment after today s angry and abortive opening session in which he said intelligence flights already had been sus pended since the U2 incident and asserted they will not be resumed. Offers to Negotiate Eisenhower then offered to negotiate directly with the Russians on such flights. Khrushchev also insulted Eisenhower in a different way. He suggested any sum mit talks be postponed for six to eight months, or until the United States has elected a new President to take Eisen hower's place. Eisenhower, m a statement read later by Presidential Press Secretary James Hager ty, was far more conciliatory although he was visibly an gered at the morning session and answered Khrushchev with heatedly firm remarks of his own. Eisenhower made It clear he is prepared to stay in Paris and continue the summit talks even though he refused to bow to the Soviet leader's ul timatum or to make a public apology as demanded by Khrushchev. Talks Seen Wrecked Western sources said there was general allied agreement that Khrushchev had wrecked the summit meetings with his tactics. Khrushchev said Eisenhow er was no longer welcome to visit Russia June 10 and de livered three demands: -The United States disavow and condemn the high-altitude, intelligence - gathering U2 flights over Russia. -The United States must promise not to conduct addi tional spy flights. -The United States must punish all persons involved with the spy flights. -The United States must punish all persons involved with the spy flights. Then Khrushchev said un less those demands were met there would be no Summit Conference-that today's meet ing was merely a preliminary get together. (Continued on Page 2) Indecent Exposure Case Is Reported Ashland - Five Ashland girls, aged 12 to 16, told city police Sunday afternoon that a man dressed In work clothes followed them through Lithia park and indecently exposed himself several times. The girls said the man was 35 to SO years of age, about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and was wearing tan work pants and shirt, a tan billed work cap and a black and white plaid jacket. fish cannery at Astoria. Kennedy's voice was Im proving after his doctor ad ministered antibiotic spray, al though Sunday he was forced to answer questions part of the time with a pad and pen cil. His younger brother, Ted, filled in for him on some occa- sions. Criliciaei Symington Kennedy criticized Syming ton for avoiding yie Oregon primary campaign. Kennedy said any arrangement by Sy mington to turn his support over to "favorite son" Sen. Wayne Morse "defeats the purpose of the Oregon pri mary." Symington said In a state ment from Washington he was not asking Oregon voters to cast ballots for him Friday. -'---"-' ' (') ( o . o O see O 0