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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 (-)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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