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Newspaper Page TextI'.) r West Dissolves armament Conference jj) Far East Trip Success, Ike Tells Nation Washington-IUPD-President Eisenhower says his personal diplomacy has been so successful that it drove the Com munists to extreme measures to block his visit to Japan. The President told the nation Monday night that Russia and Red China forced the Japanese government to cancel the Tokyo trip because they realized his worldwide missions have helped to obstruct Communist imperialism. His radio-television report on his 23.000-mile Far East tour drew mixed reaction from congressional leaders. State Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) said he hoped and prayed Eisenhower was correct in believing that the Asian tour had produced beneficial effects for the . free world. Rules Committee Scuttles Omnibus Housing Measure Washington-WPH-The House Tules committee today scut tled an omnibus $1,365 bil lion housing bill that was a "must" on Democratic lead ers' program for action be fore Congress adjourns. The conservative-dominated committee refused by a 6-6 tie vote to send the bill to the House floor for action. Chairman Howard W. Smith (D-Va.) told newsmen the com mittee felt it advisable not to clear the complicated meas ure for action "at this late stage" of the congressional cession. The bill was the second Democratic "must" measure that the Rules committee has consigned to the scrap heap in recent weeks. It refused to permit House-Senate negotia tions on school aid leigslation. Efforts were being made, however, to get the commit tee, to reconsider its 7-5 vote ngainst a House-Senate con ference on school aid. The roadblock imposed by the rules committee against the housing bill probably will force Democratic leaders to 'resort to the suspension of rules procedure to get floor action, on housing legislation. This requires a two-thirds vote for passage. County Transfers Department Funds The Jackson county court Issued two orders today trans ferring a total of S8.842.54 from county emergency funds to departments which had ex ceeded their budgets. Largest item was to com pensate for travel expenses in the criminal department of the sheriffs office at $3, 550.14. The county court is sued a separate order trans ferring S206.42 to the juve nile department as "expenses for efficient operation of the Juvenile detention home." Other county allocations from the emergency fund in cluded district court supplies, $337.69; justice court, Gold Hill, 88 cents for supplies; sheriff's civil department, SI, 506. 16 for travel allow ances; election department personnel salaries, $1,350.28; courthouse extra help, S702.59; courthouse building repairs, $469.84; courthouse heating system repairs, $155.40; coroner autopsies, $208; veterans' service officer, extra office help, $52.49; and $31.70 for medical expenses; board of equalization mem bers, expenses, $12.60; and constable's travel e: penscs, $251.20, and supplies $7.15. The county court said it turned down a bill of $402 for expenses submitted by Sheriff Joe Walsh for his trip to the national law enforce ment officers' convention at Colorado Springs. Colo., re cently. County Judge Earl Miller said the refusal to pay the sheriff's expenses is not a criticism of Walsh. The sum was not budgeted, he ex plained. Fontana. Calif. (ITU - A medium - rated earthquake shook a wide area of San Ber nardino canyon todav. Need for Oregon Labor Relations Law Discussed by Portland - - The need for an Orefon libor relations law was questioned Monday by several members of the jjegislativ Interim Commit tee on Lebor-Minflgement Re lations. The suggested measure, still in its embryo stage, would follow in some respects the Landrum-Griffilh federal law. Som committee members Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen (111.) call ed the speech "an adequate answer" to Democratic critics of the President's trip. Eisenhower said the Com munists suffered a sharp set back, even though they blocked his Japanese visit. He said ratification of the U.S. Japan security treaty was a "signal defeat" for the Reds that far outweighed cancella tion of his Tokyo stop. The President said he had no plans for any more such trips before leaving office next January. But he said he would not hesitate to travel again if the need arose-and he urged his White House suc cessor to follow his lead. "So long as the threat of Communist domination may hang over the free world, I believe that any future Presi dent will conclude that recip rocal visits by heads of friendly governments have great value in promoting free world solidarity," he said. Eisenhower said the Com munists apparently concluded some time ago that top-level exchanges that have taken him to 27 countries in 7 'A years, '"were of such positive value to the free world as to obstruct Communist imperial ism." Oppose Ike's Trips For this reason, he said, Russia and Communit China "went to great lengths and expense" to stage the riots in Japarj, wn!ch forced the. gov ernment of Premier Nobu- suke Kishi to call off his Tokyo visit. Declaring that the Commu nists have used every possible method to try to block his world trips, Eisenhower said the Reds "bitterly opposed my entry into the Philippines, in Taiwan, in Okinawa, in Korea, and of course, Japan." But he asserted that no pol icy against Communist impe rialism can be carried out if the United States permits it self to be "bluffed, cajoled, blinded or frightened." The free world, he said, must never be "timitd, passive or apologetic." Retired Bonneville Statistician Dies Portland - HOT - Funeral services will be held Wednes day for Claude R. Lester, 71, retired chief of the rate and statistics department for Bon neville Power Administration Lester died Sunday in a hos pital. Medford Woman Doesn't Know Who To Tfionfc for Stamp Mrs. P. M. A 1 dredge, 1403 East Main st would like to thank some thought ful person, but doesn't know who it is. Some time ago Mrs, Al dredge addressed a package and letter to her grand daughter. 11-year-old Penny Howell of Chino, Calif. Be tween her car and the post office, she lost the letter, which was unstamped. Mrs. Aldredge mailed the pack age, a dress which was a gift to her granddaughter, and then wrote a second letter. This morning she receiv ed a note from Penny say i n g "Grandmother, you must have a kind friend in Medford." Both letters had been delivered. So, to the unknown person who put a four-cent stamp on Penny's letter, goes Mrs. Aldredge's sincere "thank you." Legislative Committee said they questioned need for enactment of such legislation on the state level. Attorney William J. Mas ters, representing Oregon In dependent Retail Grocers, urged passage of such legis lation on the state level and asked that the law follow as closely as possible the nation al law. William F. Luberskey. representing manage m e n t , Regional Edition Medford 20 PAGES ' . - ; & . ',l5,i?as -tit: ? imn THE TANARO Pictured above is a view of the Tanaro river wnere it Hows past Aioa, Italy. Alba, a city of 17, 000, recently became Mcdford's sister city. The city is interspersed with both ancient and modern buildings. It has a history which dates back to pre-Roman times. In the background of the picture can be seen some of the tall, red gothic towers, which stand above the city. At a breakfast meeting in the Medford hotel this morning, the Johnston Store's Bid for Stand at Lake Is Accepted The bid by Johnston store, Medford, for a temporary con cession at the Howard Prairie reservoir was accepted by the Jackson county court this morning. The bid, which offers the county 10 per cent of the gross receipts from the con cession operation, was sub mitted by Robert P. Johnson, Glen F. Bailey and William L. West of the Johnston store, 112 South Riverside ave. The bid will now be refer red to the bureaus of reclam ation and land management, for final approval. The Jackson county parks and recreation commis s i o n this morning recommended the Johnston store bid be ac cepted. The Johnston store bid was one of three considered. A Grants Pass firm submitted a bid only on condition that it be for much longer than the 18 months specified by the county. Other bidders were Cecil and Agnes Hall, 2133 Spring St., Medford, 3'4 per cent; Bernard Stormberg. 712 South Modoc ave., and Philip Huntley, 623 South Modoc ave., 2 per cent. A concessionaire is to be established at the recreation area by the July 4 week end. The Johnston store people proposed to place a wood frame and plywood building on skids for dispensing such things as box lunches, sand wiches, soups, stews, soft drinks, gas and oil. Also offered were a repair service for boats and motors, an emergency first aid and rescue service and minimum rental of a boat and motor for the sheriff's water patrol plus charges for gas and oil. Mary's Peak Shrine Trek Slated Aug. 7 Corvallis - 0IPH - The 15th annual Mary's Peak Shrine Trek will be held Aug. 7 .un der the direction of Shrine clubs from Benton, Linn, Lin coln and Polk counties. A highlight will be a family pic. nic featuring barbecued beef prepared in open pits on the oeak. said "we are seeking some thing that will improve the climate of labor-management relations in the state. We need rules and regulations against coercion." Donald S. Richardson, rep resenting the AFL-CIO, asked that labor management dis putes be handled as they are done under existing processes. MEDFORD, OREGON, - , ..... . .ft.' . ' ' Town Affiliation Group Emphasizes Need of Volunteers Reemphasizing the need for volunteer workers, and a dis play of new literature from Alba, Italy, highlighted Mcd ford's Town Affiliation com mittee meeting this morning. Formal confirmation from Alba was received here last week. Perhaps the greatest need of the committee at this time, it was pointed out, is trans lators and public relations personnel. Because of the quantity of mail being re ceived by Mayor John Sni der's office, and the expected correspondence, the commit- Attempted Burglary Of Store Thwarted An attempted burglary at Weisfield's Jewelers, 122 East Main St., late last night was thwarted by several youths who chased the burglar away before he had a chance to take anything. Lewis M a n f o r d Tarter, Portland, told Medford police he heard a crash in the vicin ity of the jewelry store about midnight while he and some friends were walking in the downtown area, and he went to investigate. When he got near the jcwqI ry store, he said, he saw a man standing in front of the large plate glass window at the front of the store. The window was broken. Tarter told police he start ed to chase the man but be climbed into an awaiting car and drove off. Police later located the car in downtown Medford. Inves tigation showed the vehicle had been stolen from Skinner Buick-Cadillac company lot late yesterday. Police said the window of the jewelry store was shatter ed with what appeared to be a large pop bottle. The store manager was called, and he confirmed that nothing had been taken. Senofe Approves Tax Rate Extension Washineton - H'PD - The Senate today approved a bill extending present income tax rates on corporations and con tinuing a variety of wartime excise taxes on liquor, ciga rettes, automobiles and the like. The bill was senl to the White House where President Eisenhower must sign it be fore midnight Thursday to forestall tax reductions and a $4 billion loss in revenue. Washington - H'PD - King Phumiphon Aduldct of Thai land was greeted by President Eisenhower today on his ar rival for live-day state visit. 0 TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1960 . -.."- town affiliation committee, which is organizing the sister city program here, encouraged all interested citizens to volunteer for participation in the program. The program will involve an exchange of people, products, art, literature and other things that will be indicative of the way people live in the two cities. Interested persons should contact the mayor's office in the city hall. lee urged anyone interested in working on the project to contact one of the committee members or the mayor's of fice. Personnel for all phases of affiliation work are needed. Steering Committees Five steering committees are now set up, according to Chairman Robert B a c c u s. They are the service commit tee, organization, leisure, com merce, and professions. Pro fessions Committee Chairman Mrs. Jo Anne Smith was un able to attend this morning. Committee chairmen report ed on progress of the volun teer plea issued last week. Several members had been contacted and many local townspeople have indicated a willingness to assist in the program. The appointment of sub chairmen for committees is still awaiting more volunteer workers, Baccus said. Committee members said they would display also liter- ature about Alba, and other groups about the when asked. 'Grass Roots' Level Committeeman Omar tell city Ba- eon said contact with the Ital ian community should be on a "grass roots" or personal con tact level. Civic and church organizations arc urged to participate, he noted, but indi viduals will be the key link to the city. As the program de velops participation by schools in the fall, and per haps "pen pal" clubs, could be utilized. Mayor Snider noted that Napa, Calif., has a sister city affiliation with Como, Italy, and said correspondence with Napa would bring about great er background information In dealing with an Italian city. Mayor Snider also present ed a letter from Alba Mayor Osvaldo Cagnasso's office re porting that a silver plaque is being prepared to be sent here. Bacon, librarian of the Pub lic Library of Medford and Jackson county, said English Italian dictionaries and other associated material would be available al the library within the next few weeks. WEATHER FOKKCAST: Afternoon ind v nlng ihnnrtf rutormi mostly over mountain, intith and rut todav and W dnrnday. low tonight 54; high tomorrow Rfl. TRMI'KKATUItK High YMttrday l l.nweit thlt Morning SI Our Skies Tonight Snnrt todiiy 7, S3 p.m. Ktinriir tomorrow ...... 4:37 a m. M on run tonight 10:3. p.m. Hrt Quarter July I PROMINENT PTAR Refill ut. nrar the Moon. VIMIII.K PLANETS ftattirn, due south 12:49 a.m. Man. rlnm 1:37 .m. Jupiter, low In totith- wctt . 2:47 a m. 55th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 85 Gold Hill Girl Saves Boy from Irrigation Ditch Gold liiU-A.16-year -old Gold Hill girl saved an 11-year-old boy from drowning in an irrigation flume yester day afternoon, state police said. Jumping from one board to the next, Naomi Jean Walker, route 1, box 24, Gold Hill, was able to run across a flume to reach Kenneth Joseph Mar tin, 11, son of James C. Martin, route 1, box 92F, Gold Hill. He had been swept down stream 150 feet and ki.ockcd his head against a heavy board across the flume, stale police said. After pulling him out, the girl worked on the boy until he regained consciousness. Stale police and Medford Am bulance Service came shortly afterwards, gave the boy oxy gen and took him to Crater Osteopathic hospital in Cen tral Point. Kenneth was re leased late yesterday, state police said. Playing on Board The accident occurred about 3:40 p.m. Monday while the boy was playing on a board across an irrigation ditch at the intersection of Galls creek and Old Stage rd. He slipped, fell into the dilch and was swept downstream 10 feet where the water spills into the flume to carry it across a small canyon. The bottom of the moss-covered flume was slippery, making it impossible for the boy to regain his foot ing in the swift flowing water, state police said. His younger brother, who was playing with him, ran to the home of Nathan Banry, route 1, box 54, Gold Hill, to get help. Naomi Jean was one of those who responded to the boy's plea for help. Television Booster Stations Legalized Washington (UPli The Sen ate today passed on a voice vote a bill legalizing televis ion booster stations and sent it to the While House. The bill was first .jasscd by the Senate but amended for a technicality by the Houc. The Senate accepted the House amendment today. The problem of what to do about boosters has been the subject of controversy for more than two years. The boosters are used pri marily to carry television sig nals to remote areas, princi pally in the West. Portland -IUPII- The Ameri can Newspaper Guild has filed with the National Labor Relations Board charges of unfair labor practices against the Oregon journal and the Oregonian, Stored Water Used Rapidly, Manager Says Medford Irrigation district's stored water supplies are being depleted rapidly, Jack Hoffbuhr, district manager, said today. The distict has some 60 days more of orchard irrigation and 90 days for pasture irrigation, he added. Water use Is split 50 per cent between these two agricultural uses, he said. The district started feeding water into Fish Lake from Four Mile lake Saturday morning, Hoffbuhr said. This is the first Four Mile water to be drawn into the equalizing reservoir. Water storage at Fish lake is down to 5,048 acre feet, or nearing the half-way mark in the reservoir with a storage capacity of 8.300 acre feet. "At the present time, we are drawing 140 acre feel a day for irrigation," Hoffbuhr said. Orchardists plan to pick Aug. 5 to 15. "This means we have roughly 15,000 acre feet to draw from during the 60 days of orchard irrigation." Stream Flow Low Hoffbuhr added that stream flow which usually helps sup plement the storage water is "way below normal." To help eliminate waste, district personnel are trying to hold down the flow of water through the laterals as they release it from the reser voir. They are patrolling the district, to try to curtail all pyj" waste. A .g the ditch patrol is a new mobile radio network with the base station at the irrigation district office on Barnctt rd. Mobile radio units were recently installed in each of the ditch riders' vehicles. Anyone ordering water can call SPring 3-4573 and in case of shutoffs or trouble the ditch rider can be notified immediately, Hoffbuhr said. Since Rogue River Valley Irrigation district also draws from the MID sources, it is facing the same water supply situation. Draw TID Water MIO started drawing water from the Talent Irrigation dis trict's Howard Prairie reser voir. Rogue River Irrigation district may be authorized by the bureau of reclamation to do so in the near future, a TlD spokesman said today. Big bottleneck is the Green Springs canal connecting with Howard Prairie since only about 60 second feet of water can be drawn through it. TID reported a sufficient supply of water since the bu reau is allowing the district to move more water from How ard Prairie to compensate for loss of Emigrant reservoir supplies this season. Present work on raising the dam and enlarging the Emigrant reser voir is scheduled for comple tion this fall. Hatfield Chosen To Draft Platform Glacier Park, Mont. - (Ml Gov. Mark Hatfield of Oregon Monday was chosen to draft health bill platform for Re publican governors at the Na tional Governors Conference here. Hatfield will submit his draft to GOP governors and then it will go to the resolu tions committee. The Oregon governor also was one of six discussion lead ers on the topic of "education - a reappraisal at all levels." He said he hoped Oregon would enter on a program of state scholarship aid for needy intellectually - promising stu dents." He said many students who graduate from high school at the top of their class cannot go to college because of a lack of money. Russia Accused Of 'Hypocrisy' Washington - (UPD - The United States today accused Russia of "hypocrisy" for walking out of the Geneva disarmament talks and then demanding a United Nations General Assembly meeting on arms control. But a State Department spokesman indicated the United States would agree to such a U.N. session. Russia, after breaking off the Geneva talks Monday, asked that disarmament be placed on the agenda of the General Assembly's next meeting Sept. 20. Miners Trapped in Wales Explosion Abcrtillcry, Wales - (UPD -An explosion ripped through a coal mine here todav. trar ping dozens of miners below ground. A heavy death toll was feared. The National Coal Board said nine bodies have been recovered. A hoard snnkpaman ntd in to f men still were trapped in the six Belli colliery. Cuba-Grown Sugar Destroyed In Boston Blaze Boston TtlPD A spectacular million dollar w; terfront fire that blazed through the night after spreading from a freight er to a warehouse was brought under control today. The fire destroyed approxi mately 71 million pounds of Cuban-grown sugar in the Re vere sugar refinery ware house and aboard the 3,736 ton Honduras freighter Clio- loma. Firemen Threatened No injuries were reported as a result of the four-alarm blaze that broke out shortly before midnight although scores of firemen and crews of six fireboats were threat ened with the poisonous fumes given off by the burning sugar. The blaze leaped from the moored freighter to a pier and to the three-story brick warehouse on the Mystic river that empties into Boston har bor. Arson Unsuspected The arson squad rputineljt investlgates large fires of un determined origin. Neither sabotage nor arson, however, was suspected immediately. The Revere sugar refinery, which employs between 750 and 1,000 persons, is a sub sidiary of United Fruit Co. which has extensive holdings in Cuba. American Legion To Burn Flags Portland - IUPII - The Ameri can Legion plans a massive flag-burning ceremony at its 42nd annual state convention in Seaside July 7-9. James Abrell, Legion chair man of ceremonials for Ore gon, said part of the purpose was to prevent a repetition of recent discovery in foreign countries of women wearing outaaled American flags dresses and the use of flags as rags. He said the burning will be to provide honorable dis posal for worn and outdated flags. Abrell said residents of Oregon may deposit outdated and unserviceable flags for disposal at any American Le gion post up to July 4. Body of Abandoned Tot Found in Portland Portland - IUPII -Police said the body of an eight-pound in. fant boy was found aban doned in a waste can of a service station restroom on N.E. Holladay street late Mon day. A deputy coroner esti mated the baby had been dead since mid-afternoon. "You Always Hurt The One You Love . . ." " -' Record Ordered Sent To UN for General Debate Delegates Wait For Russians Geneva-rtlPO-The West to day called a halt to the 10 national disarmament confer ence in the face of a Com munist walkout and ordered the conference record sent to the United Nations In New York. The action marked the com plete collapse of the talks whicn had began with high hopes three months ago. Open Forum Debate It meant that the problem of international disarmament would go back to the United Nations where it will be de bated by more than 80 na tions In an open forum in stead of a select group meet ing in closed session. The representatives of the United States, Britain, France, Italy and Canada gathered for a formal session this morning al the Palais des Nations de spite the fact there was no hope of the Communists show ing up. Soviet Decision Final For 10 minutes the five delegates, who since March have sought some means of reconciliation with the Soviets on the arms question, waited in silence. Then Britain's David Ormsby-Gore took the chair and called the meeting to order. He described a meeting he had had with Soviet delegate Valerian A. Zorin Monday night when the latter made it plain the walkout was final. Death Pronounced The shadow session ad journed briefly for the par ticipants to confer off the rec ord. Then Ormsby-Gore re convened it long enough to formally pronounce as dead three months of delicate East West negotions on the arms race. He ordered the records sent to the United Nations where Russia was pressing for a General Assembly debate on the disarmament issue. Three in Battle Against Atlantic Charleston, S.C. - (UPD -The captain and two crewmen ot a stricken oil tanker, aban doned by the rest of the crew, rode the ship today in a bat tle against the sea. Forty of the crew of the George MacDonald were tak en off by another tanker and a Coast Guard cutter but the captain and two members of the crew stayed aboard the MacDonald, disabled when a rupture in the engine cooling system flooded the engine room. The Coast Guard reported that the ship had stopped set tling in mild seas and there appeared to be a good chance the captain and his two plucky crewmen would make it. Vice Chairman for Durno Group Named Robert Booth, Lane county chairman of the Edwin R, Durno for Congress commit tee, has announced the ap pointment of Mrs. Gordon Corum as vice chairman for the county. She was born and raised in Medford and has known Dr. Durno for many years. Mrs. Corum, her husband and two daughters live in Eu gene. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Luman, 624 North Central ave., Medford. .O CO 0 (J)