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Threatens To
Alert Said Ordered To Test
Washington -JUPD- The Pen
tagon has disclosed that Mon
ray's mysterious combat read
iness test for all U.S. military
commands was ordered by De
fense Secretary Thomas S.
Gates Jr. from Paris.
The unannounced exercise
gave some civilians the jit
ters. The Defense Department
said Gates wanted to check
high-sped military communi
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SNO-CAT DISCUSSION E. M. Tucker,
president of the Tucker Sno-Cat Company
of Medford, (at right, wearing hat) Sunday
discussed his vehicles with Congressman
Charles O. Porter, told him of their success
on last year's trans-Antarctic expedition,
and suggested their use in taking people to
Crater "lake in the winter. Porter (at right,
reading letter) showed interest in the Med-
Nixon Says Hatfield Can Have
Government Role if GOP Wins
Portland-ilIPH - Vice Presi
dent Richard Nixon believes
Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield is
one of the "top leaders in the
Republican party" and says
that if the GOP continues in
the White House after Novem
ber "he will have a part to
play to the extent that he
wants to participate in the
administration."
Nixon's remarks were made
in a filmed interview. The
questions were submitted to
Case Withdrawn by
Irrigation District
The Eagle Point Irrigation
district voluntarily withdrew
its suit in Jackson county cir
cuit court yesterday afternoon
which sought an injunction
against Mrs. Ann Stone Todd
and her husband. Howard F.
Todd, two Eagle Point Irriga
tion district water users.
Circuit Judge Edward C.
Kelly granted permission for
the district to enter a motion
for voluntary non-suit. The
district, as represented by
Medford lawyer Ben Day,
earlier had sought an injunc
tion asking that the Todds be
permanently enjoined with
interfering with, meddling in
and harrassing regular and
special meetings of the Eagle
Point Irrigation district.
Yesterday afternoon, Mrs.
Todd also presented a motion
to dismiss the case for want
of prosecution.
WEATHER
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cations as well as the alert
status of America's armed for
ces. Although Gales tried not to
attract public attention, word
of the test spread across the
country soon after midnight
as some pilots were reported
"scrambling" for their inter
ceptor planes.
The circumstances sugges
ted the test was designed to
check President Eisenhower's
m a y T
ford-made product, and promised to look
into opportunities for their further use. At
left, Mayor John W. Snider of Medford and
Park Superintendent Otto Brown (back to
camera) look on. Members of the party
later rode in the Sno-Cat, driven by Ralph
Ash (background, on snow), a veteran Sno
Cat expert. The group met at the parking
area at the rim of Crater lake.
Nixon by newsmen George i to Oregon to campaign in the
Sanders and Wallace Turner primary campaign because he
and his answers filmed in! had to make a basic decision
Washington, D C. regarding primaries. "Since I
Nixon said that any attempt 'laJ no opposition in the pri
to specify the Republican maries, I decided that if I
vice-presidential nominee be- wcn' into or: state it would
fore the convention would be I be necessary to go into all,
"premature." He described
the new concept of a vice
president and said ideolog
ical or geographical consider
ations should not be domin
ating factors in the selection
of a running mate.
"... the vice presidency
under President Eisenhower
has acquired a different posi
tion in our national life than
it had previously." Nixon
said, "and it is important in
selecting a vice presidential
nominee to do it on the basis
of whether he can work with
the presidential nominee and
whether he will be able to
contribute more to the posi
tion than any of the other
candidates."
The vice president said in
the interview that the chief
issues in the forthcoming cam
paign would be peace, eco
nomic security and progress.
Nixon said he did not come
Humphrey Write-in
Campaign Launched
Portland - rt'Pti - A write-in
campaign for Sen. Hubert
Humphrey (D-Minn.) for vice
president opened today for
Oregon's primary election
Friday.
Norman O. Nilsen, state la
bor commissioner and head of
the Humphrey movement In
Oregon, said he was advised
from Washington, D.C. that
Humphrey i s "entertaining
the idea" of becoming a can
didate for vice president. He
said the senator's administra
live assistant brought up the
possibility.
Humphrey's supporters here
met Monday night and voted
unanimously t o recommend
that his friends and backers
write him In as a vice presi
dential can-';iate on the Dem
ocratic ticket.
IS
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ability to keep instantaneous
touch with the Strategic Air
Command and other nucler
striking forces when he is out
of the country. No one but the
President can order these for
ces into action.
Informed sources said
Eisenhower obviously had ad
vance knowledge of the ac
tion taken by Gates, who is
in Paris as an adviser during
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and because I had so many
duties in Washington, I
thought that the better de
cision was not to personally
campaign . . ."
Nixon is the only candi
date on Friday's Oregon Re
publican ballot for president.
Phoenix School
Budget Approved
Phoenix The budget fori
the new Phoenix administra-1
tive school district passed yes-
terday, with 232 district pa
trans voting yes and 101 vot
ing no. according to Phoenix
School District Clerk Florence
Drake.
The 333 vote total is ap
proximately half of the total
of 630 votes cast last week
for school board members in
the district, she commented.
Total estimated tax levy
for the 1960-61 school year is
$500,895.82. including both
general fund and bond inter
est and redemption fund. This
is a decrease of $6,973.96 com
pared to the total of the Phoe
nix and Talent levies' total of
$507,869.78 last year before
the two districts were con
solidated, according to Super
intendent Ernest James.
The amount exceeding the
6 per cent limitation in the
proposed budget is $369,276.
43. This is $75,672 less than
the amount exceeding the 6
per cent limitation in the total
current Phoenix and Talent
districts' budgets passed last
year.
The $35 per census child al
lowed recently by the Jacksor
county court will provide on
additional revenue of Sid, 775
for the combined district, the
superintendent pointed out,
and will fur'mcr offset the
district's Ux levy.
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Communications
summit talks. Gates called off
the test after about seven
hours.
When word of the alert
spread Defense Department
spokesmen were unable for
several hours to give an ex
planation. They had not been
forewarned and were unable
to deal with inquiries pouring
in from across the country.
Eventually, the Defense De
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A storm system belled the Midwest and plains sUles
with tornadoes, high winds, hail and torrential rains Mon
day night.
The storm caused widespread damage but no serious in
juries.
Winds of 80 miles an hour lashed Keokuk. Iowa. Tor
nadoes destroyed farm buildings in Illinois. Kansas and
Missouri. Flash flood warnings
Wisconsin.
The Keokuk storm uprooted
trees, knocked down a radio
tower, capsized 75 private
boats moored on the Missis
sippi river, and tore the roof
off an industrial plant.
About 20,000 homes in
North St. Louis lost electric
power for a short time when
thunderstorm swept across
the city. Hailstones as big as
golf balls fell in St. Louis
county.
Strong winds and heavy
rain also knocked out elec
tric power temporarily in Ed
wardsville, Iill. Several power
lines were downed, and one
fell on a tractor-trailer truck,
starting a small fire.
A tornado destroyed farm
buildings near Peoria, 111.,
and Kirksville, Mo.
Other damage to farm
buildings was reported near
Chillicothe, Wheeling and
Chula, Mo.
Funnel clouds also were
sighted near Tulsa, Okla., but
they apparently did not touch
ground.
Police Investigate
Medford Explosion
Medford police are investi
gating an explosion which
shook the General Machine
Works building, 322 East
Fourth st., near midnight last
night.
The blast apparently oc
curred just outside of the
building on the sidewalk and
was of such force that it
broke 15 windows out of the
west side of the structure.
Police said no other damage
was done, and it did not ap
pear as if the building had
been broken into.
The only evidence found at
the scene of the explosion was
a small piece of blasting fuse.
Two youths who were sleep
ing in a home some distance
from the building told police
they heard the blast and when
they looked they saw a cloud
of smoke coming from the
corner of the building. They
said thev observed a man run
from the blast area and climb
into an awaiting car just be-
fore police arrived.
50 Per Cent Voter
Turnout Expected
Salem - HTM - State Elec
tions Director Jack Thompson
predicted today that not more
than half of the registered
voters in Oregon will turn
out for Friday's primary.
"The maximum that I ex
pect is 65 per cent," he said.
Oregon has 797,036 persons
eligible to vote in the pri
mary. If Thompson's predic
tion comes true, less than
400,000 registered voters will
go to the polls to nominate
candidates in the two major
parties for the Reneral elec
tion in November.
McLoughlin Cftorui
Sings of FDR Dinntr
The 70-member McLough
lin Junior High school chorus,
under the direction of Ray
Lrwis, participated in the pro
gram at the Roosevelt Memo
rial dinner Saturday.
Previously it was reported
that the Hedrick Junior High
chorus provided entertain
ment, a report which was
incorrect.
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partment issued this state
ment: "A communications readi
ness alert affecting all U. S.
commands was held and com
pleted Monday night and
early this morning. It was
conducted at the direction of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff."
The slatcmcnt was accurate
as it went. It was disclosed
later, however, that the Joint
Chiefs acted on Gates' orders.
reams
were issued for southwest
Deputy DA Says
$8,953 Collected
For Non-Support
Chief Deputy District At
torney Gerald Scannell today
disputed a statement made
earlier this year by James
Pullman, Jackson county wel
fare department administra
tor, and said his office has
collected $8,953.85 from non
support cases during the first
three months of 1960.
Earlier this year before the
legislative interim committee
on public welfare, Pullman
said his office records show
only $800 has been collected
in non-support payments. He
also said there is "an honest
difference of opinion between
our two offices over what
non-support cases should be
prosecuted."
They were referring to
cases where fathers fail to
support their families. In
many of these cases, the fam
ilies had been forced to turn
ot the local welfare depart
ment for financial help.
Scannell said today that re
search by the county clerk's
office shows S10.863.87 in
non-support payments were
collected in 1958, and $24.
451.24 in 1959. He estimated
that non-support payments
collected by action of his of
fice should total about $36,-
000 by the end of 1960.
Paymstnls lo Clerk
"This year we are attempt
ing to run all payments
through the county clerk's of
fice so we will have some
record," Scannell explained.
"However, unless we have a
court order requiring pay
ment to the county clerk's
office, the money is usually
paid directly to the mother or
wife involved."
Scannell noted that last
year the district attorney's of
fice was able to collect $1,500
from a man in Missouri who
was not paying his wife in
Ashland. A reconciliation was
reached later and she went
to live with her husband in
Missouri. This money was
paid directly to the wife so
no record was kept.
"When a complaint comes
in we have a personal inter
view with the man involved.
Then, he either pays the
money directly to his wife, as
usually happens, or to the dis
trict attorney's office or the
county clerk s office, Scan
nell explained.
"Every case coining into
our office has action taken on
it. We feel it is our duly to
decide what action is the best
action to take since it would
appear if a man has potential
capabilities of making sup
port payments to put him in
jail would cause the county
to support both him and his
family," he said.
Pullman replied today, "I
only wished that our clients
could realize a proportionate
benefit of this amount of
money which they claim they
are collecting. And if the dis
trict attorney's office is infer
ring that this is being collec
ted on behalf of our recip
ients, I would like to review
i the re.MTds from wMclt lit
igvt the figures."
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VISITS FORMER HOME President Eisen
hower, right, and British Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan, left, walk in a garden at
Marines-la-Coquette, Franch, after arriving
for a short visit. The village is where Eisen
Wildlife Service
Studies of Rogue
Well Advanced
U.S. fish and wildlife serv
ice studies of fishery prob
lems associated with the
Rogue river project are well
advanced, the service inform
ed Representative Charles O.
Porter recently.
The service said it expects
to complete field operations.
which will be concerned chief
ly with temperature and flow
correlations, by Nov, 1.
Design criteria will be for
warded to the Corps of En
gineers starting Jan. 1. 1961,
the service said, for the en
gineers to incorporate in proj
ect planning. "We expect to
finish our report in July,
1961, and the Corps of En
gineers expects lo complete
its report in July, 1961, and
the Corps of Engineers ex
pects to complete its report
in September. 1961," the serv
ice added. (This means the
proposal cannot be presented
to Congress before 1962. or
the second session of the 87th
Congress.)
The service said fishery
problems associated with
tributary development at Elk
creek dam, Meadows dam on
Evans creek, and Copper dam
on Applegate river have been
worked out.
Faced With Problem
"We arc still faced with
the problem of designing
measures In prevent serious
losses to fisheries by construe-
tion and operation of Lost
creek project on the main
stream of the Rogue river,'
the service added.
The service said It has un
der way, in cooperation with
federal and state agencies, a
study of temperatures in rela
tion to stream flows through
out the main stream and tribu
tary areas of the basin.
"We hope that on the basis
of these investigations, meas
ures can be developed lo In
sure desirable quantities of
high quality water in the
Rogue river to improve condi
tions for the important fish
ery present in the Rogue riv
er," the service said.
La Grande Counts
8,887 in Census
La Grande - The 1960 pop
ulation of La Grande has been
set at 8,997 In the prelimi
nary report of the Bend dis
trict office of the Oregon
census.
This compares with 8,635
listed in the 1950 census.
However the figure is under
jthe 9.11)11 population estimate
I in the Oregon Blue Book.
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Parks Commission
Asks Action on
Youth Camp Area
The Jackson county parks
and recreation commission has
requested immediate action
from the county court on rec
ommendations to establish a
youth camp area on the How
ard Prairie reservoir.
In a letter to the counly
court, Ed Strothcr. Shady
Cove, commission chairman,
asked that the county court,
with "concurrence of the bu
reau of land management and
the bureau of reclamation."
work with all interested par
tics in selection of an area
and approve preparation of
plans and specifications for
the youth camp.
The camp would be estab
lished this summer, Strother
said. "When ready for use
it would be controlled for
purposes of administration,
operation and maintenance by
the Jackson County Parks and
Recreation organization."
"It is understood by the
Masons Take Over
Plaza Cafe Area
Ashlnnd-Space which for
merly house the Plaza cafe
damaged in a fire last fall
will be opened by Ashland's
Masonic lodge sometime this
fall as an office and large
banquet room.
Frank H. Barnthouse, re-
corder for Ashland's Masonic
lodge, said today the new ban
quct room also will Include
space for dancing.
The lodge owns the build
ing, and previously had leased
the downstairs as the Plaza
cafe. The lodge office, now
on the second floor, will be
moved to the cafe area. The
banquet room will be In the
space formerly used as a din
ing room.
Barnthouse said renovation
of the downstairs is now be
ing done. There is no dead
line for completion, but he
said the spaces should be in
use "sometime this fall."
The lodge will continue to
operate its third floor dining
room and kitchen for smaller
groups.
A large conference room
on the second floor will en
able more than one Masonic
organization to meet simul
taneously. About eight organizations
connected with the lodge meet
in the building, and these
groups. Barnthouse said,
"have outgrown" the space
available on the second and
third floors.
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hower lived when he was commander of the
Allied Forces in Europe In the early 1950s.
At center Is Maj. John Eisenhower, the
President's son.
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commission that funds, mate
rials and labor have been
committed without charge to
the counly toward the pur
pose of establlsing the
camp," the commission chair
man wrote.
Strothcr pointed out that
technical help is available
from the national park serv
ice and plans for a youth
camp would be subject to re
view by the service before
work is started.
Representatives of various
church and youth organiza
tions appeared before the
counly parks and recreation
commission recently to re
quest a youth camp area bo
created at Howard Prairie
reservoir. The request had
been tabled until a special
meeting May 12 because of
lack of a quorum.
Possible Park Sites
Meanwhile, the commission
is planning a trip Monday,
May 23, along Bear creek
from Medford to Ashland to
look at possible park sites on
the creek as suggested by
Mark Aslnip, Salem, land
scape engineer for the slate
highway commission.
"We need lo submit a plan
immediately to the state high
way commission for proposed
park development," Robert
Haworth, Medford recreation
director, said today. Haworth
has been hired by the county
to work with its parks and
recreation commission.
The plan Is possibly to have
the new freeway contractors'
crews stub out the park sites
as the new highway Is con
structed through this area.
Russell W. Deforest. Med
ford lawyer, and chairman of
the Bear creek anti-pollution
committee, said yesterday the
group has completed its
studies on the pollution prob
lem, and is now starting to
draw up a report which will
be ready in a month.
Counfy Treasurer
Receives Boot Money
County Treasurer Karl Ja.
nouch reported today that he
has received a check for
$4,0B5 as the county's share of
boating licenses and permits.
Janouch said another check
Is expected In July from the
state marine board. The coun
ty court said recently that it
does not plan to earmark the
funds for marine recreation
area development or enforce
ment of the new boating regu
lations. The money will go
into the general fund, it was
reported.
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Premier Going
To East Berlin
On Wednesday
Public Apology by
Ike Could Save Talks
Paris-ilTD - Premier Nikita
Khrushchev boycotted an
emergency session of the col
lapsing Summit Conference
today and Communist sources
made it known he is prepar
ine, drastic new moves against
West Berlin.
The Eastern sources reveal
ed Khrushchev is ready to
carry out this week his threat
to sign a separate peace treaty
with East Germany, ending
four power rights in the ap
proaches to West Berlin.
Khrushchev told a sidewalk
new conference today he
would fly to East Berlin
Wednesday unless President
Eisenhower made a public
apology for U2 spy plane
"aggression" against the So
viet Union. Eisenhower re
fused and Khrushchev prepar
ed an even bigger Berlin
crisis even as the summit
talks were dying.
Face Empty Chair
President Charles de Gaulle
Invited the heads of state to
the Elysee Palace in a desper
ate effort to save the confer
ence. But Khrushchev, who
had been on a picnic, drove
instead to the Soviet Embassy
and the three western leaders
met with an empty chair fac
ing them.
Eisenhower, de Gaulle and
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan called a final meeting
tonight to decide whether to
write off the Paris summit
for good. There were nw
known plans for Eisenhower
lo meet Khrushchev.
Gravest Crisis Seen
Within minutes Communist
diplomats leaked word that
Khrushchev would fly to East
Berlin Wednesday to sign a
separate peace treaty with
East Germany a move that
could plunge the world Into
lis gravest crisis since World
War II.
Khruschev has made it
clear that such a treaty would
end all western rights in West
Berlin and he warned in a
series of violently anti-American
speeches last week any
attempt to save Berlin with
force would be met by force.
Communist diplomats said
this afternoon Khrushchev
considered the period of nego
tiations with the allies on
Germany terminated for the
time being and that Russia
would proceed unilaterally on
Berlin.
Repeats Ultimatum
The Communists said a
draft peace treaty already had
been worked out by Com
munist experts and that Khru
shchev brought it to Paris,
ready to sign it. They said
Khrushchev now felt himself
freed from last year's Berlin
truce accord with Eisenhower
and other western leaders.
And twice today Khrush
chev repeated his ultimatum
to Eisenhower to apologize
publicly for the U2 spy plane
incident and condemn the
"treacherous incursion" o f
such planes. Eisenhower re
fused although he disclosed
Monday the flights had been
slopped.
First Khrushchev repeated
his demands to newsmen be
fore setting out on a country
drive. Then, after skipping
the four-power session, he is
sued a ' rm-I statement at
the embassy announcing an
impossible d mand - he was
ready to return to the summit
if the United States publicly
condemned its "aggression, '
punished all those responsible
and assured Russia the flights
will not be repeated.
Red Propaganda Starts
II was clear the United
States could go no further
than to end the flights. To go
further would be public hu
militation before the eyes of
the world and an admission
thai the Soviets were the
"peace" leaders and the West
the "aggressors."
Elsenhower took note of the
remarks Monday. He said
Khrushchev had flown all the
way from Moscow to sabotage
the summit talk. He did not
reply to Khrushchev's with
drawal of his Invitation to
Eisenfcjwer to visit Russia.
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Dwyer Lumber Co. of Port
land, has been elected to fill
a vcncy on tle board o
trustees during opening ses
sions of the Douglas Fir Ply
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