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ftBill. LlitfAt 1 Of MEOfOMJ and JACKSON COuWWi MEDfORO, OkEGON J Oil II so on for Preside Rogue Valley Edition , Medford Price 10 Cents Auslrisns Show Third Ballot ; Tribune Increased Warmth Victory Seen RuC.mmtrl,, 18 Paget MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1960 No. 91 Official Race Health Issue Into Democra t FIA - s v. vv y -mp ROSEBURG CRASH KILLS 4 Oregon'! wont highway accident of the holiday week and occurred nenr Roscburg when two cart Daylight Burglar Finds Going Not So Easy; In Jail An eaiy-gning burglar found the going not 10 easy Mondny and was lodged in the county Jail, charged with the dnyllghl burglary of a downtown Med ford Jewelry store. Harry llownrd Gray. 51), White City Domiciliary, ad mitted to Medford police (his morning Hint he broke the front display window of Bro phy'l Jewelers. 209 East Main at., about 1 o'clock Monday afternoon, and took a wrist watch valued at about $150. Police were assisted In fhclr apprehension of Gray by James Albert Lile, a Louis ville, Ky., transient, who saw Cray take the watch. Lite told police tluil Gmy did not run alter taking tho watch, but walked away "as If nothing hnd happened." Followad Sararal Blocks Lile said he followed dray for several blocks until Gray picked up n newspaper nl the corner of Sixth and Bartlctt its., then sal down on a nearby planter box to rend It. Lile then went back to the Jewelry (tore and wnited for police. When police arrived Lile . Jed thein to where Grny hnd been sitting and, sure enough, he was still-there. Police have not yet located tho stolen watch,' Gray told them he threw It away short ly before his arrest. Gray also admitted to po lice that ho broko a window in Welsflcld'i Jewelers, 122 East Main si., about noon, but (aid he did not lake anything. Welfare Committee To Review Program Portland - IUPH - The Legis lative Interim Committee on Public Welfare, which mecls here Thursday and Friday will review Washington ulntc's program for reducing welfare costs by giving voca tional training In welfare re ciplcnta. 21-Months-Old Child Lost Near Kam loops, B. C. Knmloops, B.C..-ilirii-A 30 man hand-picked team of vol unteers loft hero today lo Join a search for a 21-month-oId baby missing in rough coun try. Belly Juan Masters toddled away Sunday evening and Hoyal Canadian Mounted Po lice, Iheir tracking dog and residents of the Red Lake area ; Hiwmmmmmimm: collided, killing four membera ot a Rcdonda Beach, Calif., family In ont car and critical ly injuring two occupants of the other auto. (UPI Telcphoto) Oregon Accidents Account for 13 Dead on Week End By United Preas International uregon counted 13 persons dead from accidental causes during the long Fourth of July week end. Seven of them died In traffic accidents, five drowned and one man was killed at his . home while working on his car. Three drownings added to the toll Monday, Glen W. Slsco, 45-year-old Rainier longshoreman, drown ed In the Columbia river near Rainier In an effort to save Nation's Highway ' Crashes Kill 437 A United Press Interna tional tally showed at least 437 persons were killed In traffic accidents between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Monday. Another 161 drowned and, .125 died in' rnlscellanoout accidents for a violent death total of 723. California led the nation In traffic deaths with 38 and Ohio had 30. New York re ported 27, Texas 23, Wis consin 21, North Carolina IB, Georgia and Michigan 16, Pennsylvania 15, New Mexico 14, and Arltona. Colorado and Missouri 13. his son, Roger, 11. The boy, who had stepped off a. ledge into deep-water, was reseiud by Stanley Zaske, Portland. Slsco's body was recovered late Monday. Child Drowns William Warren Boone, 4, Portland, drowned In a fam ily swimming pool Bt Gresh am. the sheriff's office said he fell Into the pool while playing. Mrs, Clara DuBols, 58, Jo seph, drowned while fishing In (he Lostlne river after after falling into swift water, Enrlior downing Saturday claimed the lives of Steve D. Groves, 17, Eugene, In .Odell hike, and Robert Rustom, 20, Tncoma, In tho Pnclflc ocean near Gcnrharl. The worst traffic accident look the lives of four mem- could find no trace of her. The baby Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Mas ters of Copper Creek, who wero vlsltina friends at Red Lake,' 30 miles north of here. When the youngster had not neon found by Monday morn ing, two lumber mills In the area shut down and workers Joined the search, Finds Way Campaigns bers of a Redondo Beach, Calif., family Just north of Roscburg Sun day irorning. The victims were Harold K. Peterson, 46; his son, Harold K. Jr., 18; and daughters Ann Ruth, 12. and Sharon, 5. The mother, Mrs. Ruth Peterson, 41. remained in a hospital in serious condition. California Girl Diet Mary Chamberlain, 18, Ross, Calif., a student at Lew is and Clark college, was kill ed near Portland early on the Yourth of July In a two-car collision. Other traffic accidents claimed the lives of Kenneth G. Gocdl, 17, Powers, cast of Roscburg on Saturday, and Mrs. Hazel Snook, 60, Oregon City, killed Friday night. Clyde Comstock, 46, Pen dleton, was killed Sunday when his propped-up car fell on him while he was working under the front end of the vehicle. Two Taken Home By Mercy Flights Two young California men, Injured near Dunsmulr In an automobile accident Saturday night, were flown to their home late Sunday by a Mercv Flights, Inc., plane from Med ford. Robert Coulter and Charles Llndstadt, both 19, of Sun land, Calif., near Burbank, were driving north when their car collided head-on with a truck south of Dunsmulr, and plunged over a 123-foot em bankment, It was reported Both suffered severe head In juries. They were picked up by the Mercy Flights plane about midnight Sunday Bt Mott field, near Mt. Shasta, and flown to Burbank. ' They were the 1140th and 1141st patients flown by the non-profit air ambulance cor poration. WEATHER ' FOMtCAST: rlr and contliuifd hot Uiroush Waanaxlay. t.ow tonlsht 55-Jis hlsh tomorrow sj-ss. TKMPKRATUBR Mlthflt Yaitarday IS Lowest this Mornlni SS Our Skies Tonight Sumrt today 7iM p.m. Sunrlac tomorrow 4:41 a.m. Mnnniat tomorrow ,...;.2t47 a.m. mil moon July PROMINENT STAR Antaraa, below tne moon. Th lllht of lhl dlatanl alar rearh Ini lha rarlh tonlsht left An tarea bifora Columella left Spain. Kennedyjohnson Backers Discuss Health of Rivals Kennedy's Office Issues Report Los Angeles -flJPO- Political agonU of Sen. John F. Ken nedy and Lyndon B. Johnson dragged the health Issue to day into the pre-convention contest of these two rivals for t h e Democratic presidential nomination. Kennedy's convention head quarters issued a medical re port to back up Its statement that the Massachusetts sen ator's physicians has found him "in excellent health and with a normal life expec tancy." By its action, the Kennedy camp in effect Invited John son to do the same. Kennedy and Johnson are rated In that order In early ballot strength among Demo crats contesting for the presi dential nomination at the na tional convention open lng here next Monday. John B. Connally, chair man, and India Edwards, vice chnirman of the Johnson for President Committee, held a news conference here soon thereafter. They were asked if they regarded Kennedy's re marks as an oblique Jab at Johnson, 51-ycar-old Senate majority leader, who fluttered a heart attack 'In 1955. - "-'.-; Accept Medical Challenge They replied they would be glad to match Johnson's medi cal record against Kennedy's history of Addison's disease. Connally also referred to Ken nedy's long absence from the Senate in 1954 when the Massachusetts senator under went operations for a back Injury. Mrs. Edwards said it was no disgrace to have Addison's disease but that she was wary of Kennedy's "muscle flcxinR" to show that "he is in better health than anyone else." Robert F. Kennedy, brother and campaign adviser of the senator, called another news conference four hours later. He said the senator never had an ailment described classically as Addison's dis ease, which is a tuberculous destruction .of the adrenal gland." Salom-(UP!)-The state sca bies quarantine on Baker county was lifted Tuesday by the State Agriculture Depart ment, effective immediately. Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 3 5 1 Chicago 2 5 0 Simmons, McDanitl (7) and Smith: Cardwell. Schaf fernoth (9) and T a p p e, Averlll (8). "Boy, What NOT PLANNING TO QUIT Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) told a press conference In New York Monday that he does not intend to step aside at anyone's request in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. (UPI Telephoto) Sen. Kennedy Not To Step Aside at 'Anyone's New York - (ITU - Sen. John F. Kennedy told the nation in general and former President Truman in particular Monday he would not quit the race as a presidential candidate be cause youthful (trength, health and vigor is needed in the White House. The 43-ycar-old Massachu setts Democrat, front runner for ..his ..party's presidential nomination, Tcplied point by" point Jn a televised newt con ference to the challenge thrown at him Saturday by Truman. Haiardi Surveyed '- To Truman's suggos 1 1 o n that he step aside as a candi date, Kennedy said, "I do not intend to step aside at any one's request." The senator said he was the only candidate to enter all the primaries and had "encount- Symington Sees 'Battle Royal' Los Angelcs-flJPD-A spokes man for Sen. Stuart Syming ton (D-Mo.) predicted today that a Kennedy-Johnson "bat tle royal" will result In either Symington or Adlai E. Steven son winning the Democratic presidential nomination. The forecast was made by Rep. Charles H. Brown (D Mo.), Symington's campaign chairman. He announced he had telegraphed all Syming ton delegates to "stand firm" In the face of what will be a "r e a 1 Democratic Donney brook" at the Los Angeles convention opening next Mon day. ' Washington tUPD Sen. Hall S. Lusk (D-Ore.) says presi dential approval is expected of an extension for another year of the Korean orphan immigration program. . Leadership!" Request' ered and surveyed every kind of hazard and opposition. To Truman s assertion that the convention was "pre-arranged" to favor him, Ken nedy said, "to the extent that I have anything to do with it, it will be an open convention - as every convention of our broadly-based party is open. First Ballot Nominations .The senator pointed out that me democratic . presidential nominee had been chosen on the first ballot in all but one convention since 1932, includ ing Truman In 1948. - Mr. Truman regards an open convention as one which studies all -the candidates - reviews their records - and then takes his advice," he said. Kennedy said he hoped the convention would consider all prospective nominees, includ ing those Truman named and some he did not name. He did not mention Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas by name. To Trumans charge that Kennedy supporters used im proper "pressure" on conven tion delegates, Kennedy said, "Not one concrete example has ever been namcd-I do not want any votes that have been pressured." Recalls Primary Victories Kennedy said his votes came from the open primaries that he entered and from rank-and-file Democrats who voted for him in state con ventions. The senator said Trumans prospective candidates did not enter one primary on their own. He said these candidates had been "properly sized up," as Truman recommended, "and they have their own backers who are not,. I am told, without influence and the opportunity to pressure delegates." Finally, Kennedy dealt with Truman's suggestion l.iat the young congressman was not ready for the country and the country not ready for him. The senator cited his 18 years in the service of the United States-four as a naval officer in World War II and 14 as a member of Congress. Selective Service Office Notes Hours Selective service officials have announced a change in office hours effective immedi ately until Sept. 1. ! New hours will be from 7:30 a.m. to 4 P.m., Monday through Friday. The Medford office will be closed Satur days and Sundays. ; The local office also re minded young men becoming 18 years old that they must rea slcr at the selective serv ice office within five days of their birthday. Los Angeles (UPI Louisiana National Democratic Commit teeman Camllle F. Gravel to day pleaded iimocent lo ' a drunk charge based on accu satlona he imbibed too freely of martinis during an airplane trip. For Khrushchev Jovial Premier Greets Villagers Imlau, Austria-flJPU-A play ful Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, sticking out his tongue at children and Jovi ally handing out Sputnik pins, dropped in on this pic turesque village today. It was an unscheduled slop In a tour marked by a notice able increase in warmth for the visiting Russian leader. Here in tills Salzach Valley village, Khruuhchev turned on the jovial Uncle Nikita charm, shaking hands with the villagers, kissing babies and inviting everybody to visit Russia. Reaction' Becomes Warmer The popular reaction has become increasingly warmer iiince Khrushchev was in Vienna, repeating the experi ence of other western coun tries during . Khrushchev'i tour. In many villages there were small groups of people waving flags and posters. Khrushchev and his wife went to bed early Monday night while the other mem bers of the party sat around and sang Russian songs. Studies Request Earlier today in Salzburg, Khrushchev studied a request for the pardon and release of former Nazi youth leader Bal dur von Schriach. The letter was written by von Schriach's wife, and was one of several the Premier received in the early mail from Austrian citizens plead ing for reunions with relatives behind the Iron Curtain, 20 Per Cent of MID Water Used Approximately 20 per cent ot available storage water in Medford Irrigation district has been used with 80 per cent of the irrigation season remaining, according to MID Manager Jack Holfbuhr. The district has been on storage for two weeks and has about 10 weeks left, it win ir; rlgate to Scpt. l5K' Hoffbuhr said. Hoffbuhr noted that irriga tion has been exceptionally heavy during the last 10 days. The next six weeks, mainly of orchard irrigation, will be the heaviest, he predicted. This is the period just before the pear harvest when orchardists irri gate heavily before crews move in and start picking. The last four weeks in the season will be mainly for pas ture irrigation, the MID man ager said. As of today. Fish lake has 4.343 acre feet in available storage, and Four Mile lake has 9,946 acre feet. Equipment Lost In Ashland Fire Ashland - Fire of unde termined origin swept through a combination shop and tack room here early this morn ing, destroying about $1,300 worth of cquesterian equip ment and power tools. The building was owned by Alvin C. Athanas, 780 North Mountain ave. and was situ ated at the rear of his home. The house received no dam age. Ashland firemen, who an swered the alarm at 12:01 a.m., said the shop was almost destroyed when Atnanas dis covered the fire. Athanas said the building contained four saddles, bri dles, buggy harnesses and shop tools. He had used some of the equestrian equipment In yesterday's Fourth of July parade here. Water Main Being Installed in City Medford city water depart ment crews today started in stallation- of a 6-inch water main on Harrison ave., which will serve residents on the south side of Harrison ave. Water Superintendent Rob ert Lee said the project w(U take about 10 days to com plete and should not Interrupt the flow of traffic in this area. The main will extend on Har rison ave., from Valley View dr., to Sunrise ave., and then continue on Sunrise ave. to Aloha si. Governor To Start Vacation on Friday Salem-IUPI)-Gov. Mark Hat field has no speaking engage ments this week and on Fri day he starts a vacation. Wednesday he will greet (he annual convention of the National Association of Slate Budget Officers In Salem, i- ' -V; LYNDON JOHNSON ' Backers Predict Victory Bard's Heyday Is Scheduled Sunday At Ashland Site Ashland - The Bard's Hey day, annual event sponsored by the Tudor Guild, is. sched uled Sunday, July 10, at the Oregon Shakespearean Festi val Theater grounds. Tne Hey day, in the nature of an old English Fair, will start at 5 and last until 8 p.m. A nomi nal admission : fee will , be charged . As has been done in past years, the Guild will set up booths, schedule entertain ment, sell various articles, and provide an air of Elizabethan merry-making. The Tudor Guild Booth will be open, Belling an assortment of articles. Beta Sigma Phi will have a soft drink booth. An assortment of food will be available, including saffron bread, pasties, different types of sandwiches, fruit, cole slaw, cold punch, ice tea arid coffee. Gamts Planned Thee will be games for children, according to Mrs, C. H. Putney, publicity chair man for the event, and the hobby horse and fishpond will be operating. There will be a magician, . John Eads, Med- ford, , and photographs . ol Shakespearean figures will be available."' - - ' ."' Entertainment will be pro vided by Festival musicians and dancers, and there will be a pantomime contest between the Festival com pany actors. The festival box office will be open that day from 1:30 to 5 p.m. to accommodate those who wish to purchase tickets to the plays. The Festival season opens July 25 and will continue into September. Fire Destroys Home Of Talent Family Talent-A Talent area fam ily which was burned out of its home Sunday morning has received considerable amounts of clothing and some house hold items, according to Tal ent Police Chief Bill Young. Donations for the James Huff family, including . four children, have included cloth ing, beds and mattresses, stove and an iron. However, dishes and cooking utensils are need ed now, Young said All such items may be left at the Tal ent city hall. Young said he is pleased with the public response in aiding the family. Meanwhile, the family is moving into a rented home on Anderson Creek rd. The farm house in Yankee Gulch which the Huffs were renting burned Sunday morn ing as the family was haying in a nearby field. The Talent rural fire department respond ed to the call from neighbors, but the house was engulfed in flames when firemen ar rived. Cause was given as defec tive wiring in the attic. The family was able to save only its deep freeze.- Moscow - ll'PI) - The- Soviet news agency, Tass reported to day that the Soviet Union has launched a rocket from Rus sia to a target in the Pacific ocean. , , Mystery of Russian Flag at Roseburg Solved Roscburg (UPI) - The mystery of the home-made Russian flag atop Ml, Hebo in Roseburg was solved today with the ar rest of five teen-agers, thrco boys and two girls, police said. They said it was just a prank, but aroused citizens who offered more than $900 for their arrest and conviction didn't think so, And neither did police, who held one of the girls, 18, for the Douglas county grand jury and turned the other tour, all 17, over , & ' ' Need for 'Seasoned' i Leadershia NotarJ Washington fuTD - Senate - Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson formally announced today he will actively seek the presidential nomination at the uemocrauc national conven tion next week. The Texan told a news con ference: "My name will be placed in nomination at the Democratic convention In Los Angeles." , , He added some of his sup porters predict a third ballot victory for him at the Lot Angeles voting. Johnson, the leader of the Senate Democrats since 1933, became the chief rival of Sen. John F. Kennedy . (D-Mass.) whom Johnson slapped at re peatedly. Although Johnson had not officially entered the race, his supporters have been active for weeks. ... . , f He cited his Senate record and the need for "seasoned'1 leadership as his qualifications for the White House. He dwelt at length on the problems face ing the next occupant ot the White House. ' . Dig at Kennedy ' . "All the forces of evil In this world will stand poised, ready to strike at freedom through whatever weakness we m a v a h a w." h aalrl "These forces will have no mercy for innocence, no gal lantry toward inexperience, no patience toward errors." - This was considered a dig at the youthful Kennedy. Johnson said he had been unable up to now to jump into the race because his posL tion as majority leader re quired him to be in Washing ton. Someone had to tend the store," he said. Cites Soviet Threat Now that Congress is In recess, "I am now a Demo cratic candidate for the presi dency of the United States." I Johnson formally entered the Tace three days after for mer President Harry S. Tru man cnarged tnat the conven tion was rigged for Sen. John F. Kennedy (Mass.) the front running candidate. ' Statement Read Reading a prepared 1,500- word statement to the crowd-' ed televised news conference, Johnson stressed the chal lenges that will face the next President from Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev. The next President is not going to be a talking presi dent or a travelling presi dent," Johnson asserted. "He must be a working Presi dent." He -said the Communists are "moving in to kill on American leadership and to destroy the Free World itself. Explosion Reported Off Ashland Road ; Ashland - City police, fire men and local forest rangers yesterday answered several calls reporting an explosion off the Mt. Ashland loop road about three quarters of a mil beyond Crowson reservoir.,: Police, who received the first call at 4:30 p.m., said the explosion had occured in a wooded area about 30 feet down a hill from the road. ; The report said the. "odor of dynamite was heavy in the air." and added . that those responsible . apparently had tossed the explosives from the road and th;n fled in a vehicle. The dynamite, the polica report added, may have been part of that stolen from, a powder house in the canyon more than a year ago. Two minor fires started In the area shortly after officials arrived on the scene, but both were extinguished. Havana, .Cuba-IUPD -Britain has , lodged a strong protest with Cuba over seizure of the Anglo-Dutch Shell Oil refin ery in Havana, it was dis closed today. to juvenile authorities. The five were not Identified by police. . . Police said the fathers of the boys learned of the Inci dent and were about to turn them over to the authorities when they were contacted by police, who received tip from an' unidentified source. Police said the five teen agers all graduated from Rose burg area high schools this year, and all five had high scholastic records, ' ;
