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,if.-. i '"V T Rogue Valley Edition Medford 18 Pages Castro Prepares To Seize U.S. Mills Move Said Likely Retaliation (or Quota Reduction Grab of Other Property Expected Havana, Cubadlrli Premier Fidel Castro's government prepared lodtty to selic all United Stnlca-owncd sugar mills In Cuba n n likely first step In reprisal rgainst U.S. etita In the Cuban sugar quoin. Informed sources believed that confiscation will follow its aoon n President Eisen hower signs legislation em powering liim to reduce or rllmlnute Cutin'i share of the U.S. sugar market. After tliut, they helleve nil other Ameri can property here probnbly will bn seized, AmonK thu most likely Ut eris for immedliite neizure nre the S:illO million Cuban Klec trie Compnny, which Is hnlf nwncd by the American and Foreign Power Company, and Hie $123 million Cuban Tele phone Compnny, about 65 per cent of whose stock Is owned by the U. S. International Telephone and Telegraph Company. U. S. Suspends Imports The Commodity Staolliia lion Service of the U.S. De partment n( Agriculture tut- . pended all Cuban sunar Im ports Tuesday In a prelimi nary move. And there la no doubt here that Elsenhower Is going to make a slash In the remainder of Cuba's 1080 augnr quota. The sources said that as soon as the President formal lies the Import cut, Castro will start a "clean sweep" of American properties here. Sugnr union leader Conrado Bccqucr snid Monday that 37 of lfll sittinr mills are American-owned, with a value of $200 million. Cuba and the United Stales thus were at the end of a 58-year-old trail of friendship and economic relationships. Vital U.S. Naval Base But the most vital point in Cuban-American relations Is considered by many In be the Iuikc U.S. Guuntamimo Naval Base, which Castro would like to force out of Cuba or take over himself- althouifh he hns said repeatedly that "wc will never attack II." Statements by lop Navy of ficials including Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Ar lelgh Burke, in recent months seem to make it certain thnt the Pentagon has no plans to pull out of Giianlanamo. Yet In the opinion of some military experts, the United Slates easily could move its fleet operations lo Roosevelt Bonds, Puerto Rico, where a vast base, virtually abandon ed since World War II, could rapidly be rebuilt. . However, If the United Slates moves out of Gunntnnn mo, it would have lo nbnndon vital radar defenses of the Panama Canal, Such a move also 111 1 Kill constitute at least an Indirect "invitation" to the Soviet Union to move In. Temperature Hits 100; Cooler Weather Forecast By United Press International Oregon had another scorch er today but cooler air is on the way. Temperatures up In and possibly over 100 degrees were forecast for Willamette valley and sniilhnrn Oregon areas today, - Fire danger was high, 100 at Medford Tuesday It got up lo 100 al Medford, 811 at Salem and The Dalles, 07 in Eugene mid Roaeburg, 04 in Portland and Pendleton, 1)2 in Baker and 88 in Burns and Klamath Falls. 11 wan cooler along the south coast with Brookings reporting a high of 58 in foggy weather and North Bend 69. Says MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1960 f ' !' v F V LABOR LEADER DIES Deputy Labor party lender Aneurln Uevan died In London today at the age of 62. Bcvan, fire brand of British politics for a ailing for years. Aneurin Bevan, 62, Leader of Labor Party, Dies London-lUrD - Aneurin Bcv-ible .... . ... an, 62, Labor party acpuiy leader, died ... ... i today after a long Illness. The fiery Briton died at his home, Ashcrldge Farms, Che slinm, not far from London, Bevan waged a strong fight for his life right up to the end. Bcvan, who had been ail ing for years, underwent a major abdominal operation last December. While recup erating at his country home, he suffered a blood clot In his leg In May and a relapse last Saturday. Typical Struggle His struggle to live was typical of the rough and turn- Directors Named For Zoning Board The Jackson county court appointed four men lo the Oak Grove zoning board to day. The new directors are Jim Pcdcrson, 38 Pcrrydale ave.; Ralph Mallack, 3287 Forest live.; William E. Duhaime, 3484 Forest ave.; and A. Merle Scott, 3278 Forest ave. G. W. Kclllngton, 87 Perry dale ave., is the remaining member on the board. Pcdcrson and Duhaime will servo for 3-year terms: Mat lack and Scott, ,1-yea- terms; and Kclllngton has 2 years of his term remaining. Aslorla of 83. however, had a high Maritime nlr is expected bring cooler air over the western part of the stale Thiirsdny, There may be a few weak showers west of the Ciiscndcs Snlurdny. Fire Near Grants Pass A flli-ncro brush fire about six miles north of Grnnl.i Pass was brought under control about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday after winds had whipped It up, For a time several houses were threatened. Another Tuesday fire de stroyed a barn near Perry' dale, with damage estimated at $10,000 'Eight brush and' timber blazes were reported nn slate forestry lands, but all were quickly controlled. (: y fci a Tribune r ff 1 I quarter of a century, had been (UPI Tclephoto) British - career he built in British I nnltll... 1 - , apojecsmen lor uueen r.nz- abclh, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Labor party leader Hugh Galtskell ex pressed "shock," "sadness" and "a deep sense of loss" over Bcvan's death. Macmillan and Gaitskell scheduled tributes to Bcvan in the House of Commons. Struggle for Ltadarihlp Bcvan's death will touch off a new struggle for leader ship of the Labor party, po litical experts predicted, and may well result in ousting Gaitskell from his top post. The experts said it could trig ger a struggle for control by warring extreme left and right wing factions. Bevan was a powerful Brit ish laborltc who fought his way up from the coal pits of wales to the summit of the political scene. To do so he often used ruthless tactics. Assessment of U.S. Among the giants that Bcv an took on was the United States. His blunt assessment of the U.S. government dur ing the critical cold war years was contained in this state ment: I don't believe that the American nation hns the ex perience, sagacity, or the self- restraint necessary for world leadership at this lime. And of President Eisenhow er, uevan once sulci: "lie s an ignorant general." Hatfield Approves Shedding of Coats Snlem - HJM - Gov. Mark Hatfield today authorized de partment heads in state gov ernment to permit stale em ployees lo shed coals and tics when the temperature reaches 00 or more. Portland -IUPII- The city council has approved for sub mission to voters In Novem ber a $0.5 million Dock Com mission bond issue. WEATHER Fnrccsult Srnltprfrt llntnrtfr llflrmi nvr inimitMllii nmtth mill tast IIiIr livening. Ullirnvlin, f Air Hirniith TliurkiUy. I.nw In nluht .111-60. Illlh ThuncUy 85 100, , TKMnHHATUIIK , tllftiMt yesterday Ion Lowtit thli morning S3 Our Skies Tonight Hiiiunl toilny i...7:Sl p.m. Humid tomorrow ..-1:42 a.m. IMoniirloo today S:3S p.m. Mootuifli tomorrow 3:42 a.m. Full moon July ft Thp plnnM, Siliirn, now ru ins at stinart, la S39,4on,ono miles from thft Mrlh tonight, (he neareit It will be Ihli year. Suto Price 10 Cents No. 92 Open Burning Ban Ordered by State Authority Ruling To Take Effect July 15 Portland-lUPlI - The Stale Sanitary Authority has order ed a prohibition of open burn ing within six miles of any city with 43,000 or more per sons effective July 15 when new regulations concerning air pollution go Into effect. This affects Portland, Eu gene and Salem. In cities of 10,000 to 45, 0(10 the limit Is three miles. These include Albany, As toria, Baker, Bend, Corvallis, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Medford, Pendleton, Rose burg, Springfield and The Dalles. The new law look effect July 1 but a 13-day grace period was granted to Port land lo allow some existing contracts to be completed. Opposition Voiced The law will be enforced through the fire marshal's of fice. The regulation has brought opposition from some contractors who have demoli tion contracts for urban re newal and freeway projects. The measure is aimed at curbing open burning of re fuse from land clearing, building demolition and other similar activities. The new regulation will re quire demolition contractors to hnul debris cither six or three miles outside cities of more than 10,000 population before burning. I Open burning will be allow- I cd only at single-family and I two-fBmlly dwellings after uuiy 14. 4jic new proniDluons will not apply to burning In enciosea incinerators.- - - Four Small Girls Stage Benefit Show To Help Foundation Four small Medford girls wanted to do something to help combat polio recently and they decided io put on their own amateur-benefit show with the proceeds go ing lo the local polio found ation. This week the girls turn ed over exactly $1.83 io the polio foundation. To get this money they charged all who wanted lo attend a nickle apiece to watch them dance and sing. According to all reports, "the crowd loved it." The girls are Judy Cate, 11, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Fred G. Cate, 1141 Loal ave,, Leanne Barnum, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Barnum, 1132 Loal ave., and Patty Huff man, 11. and Susie Huff man, 6, daughters of Mr, and Mrs. Everett Huffman, 1149 Loal ave. Mrs. Cate said the benefit show was entirely the girls' idea. Thty wanted to do something io help combat polio, the said, and ihey de cided ihat putting on a benefil show would be a good way of doing it. The show was no spur of the moment thing either, at the girls spent nearly two waekt practicing and get ling their routine worked out. Wat it worth 117 The girlt will tell you it wat, and to will Ihote who were lucky enough lo tee the show. S.v-jf 't'lMaeiaajaj Base U.S. Would Take Steps To Protect Own Interests Washington (UPI) President Eisenhow er today signed the sugar bill and immediately slashed 700,000 short tons from the Cuban sugar import quota for this year. Wushinglon-lUPli - President Eisenhower said today the. Unllcd Stales would lake whatever action It saw fit to pro tect Its own interests if Russia established a submarine base in Cuba. He told his news conference he does not think it likely that the Soviet Union would construct such a base, but there Is a possibility of anything. lie said in such an eventu u- ality the United States would confer immediately with the Organization of American Stales and, pending OAS ac tion, would take any steps necessary lo protect its own interests. The President's statements were made in announcing that he will act later today or early Thursday on a bill giving him authority to crack down on Fidel Castro s anti-American government by cutting Cuba's share of the U. S. sugar mar ket or drying it up complete ly. Imports Suspended The government already has suspended all Cuban sugar imports pending his signing of the bill. The President emphasized that the government is trying to impress on the Cuban peo ple that its quarrel is not with them, but with Castro and such Inexplicable actions as his seizure of U. S. properties. Need Each Other Actually, Eisenhower said, the Americans and Cubans need each other, because one needs to sell sugar and the other has to buy it. Eisenhower also made these other points in his news con ference: He charged that Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev is making very crude attempts to Interfere In the American presidential election. ' He disagreed with New York's Qov. Nelson Rocke feller' that tile Vntted States has declined in military, ecc- n a m I m mnA - navrhnlnffir-ol strength as compared ' - with I Russia. I Recession Rejected He rejected suggestions that the American economy was now in a recession, saying the only dark spot as he saw it was currently low steel pro duction. He saw no reason for des pair because of his cancelled trips to Russia and Japan. He predicted that the new Presi dent would want to visit oth er countries and that his suc cessor would not reflect the feelings of the American peo ple unless he worked to the greatest possible extent for peace. M-T Columnist To Be On TV Program Walter Lippmann, colum nist for tl.e Medford Mail Tribune will make his first television appearance on an hour-long special program, CBS Reports," Thursday, July 7, over KBES-TV at 6:30 p.m. The ad-lib discussion, en titled "Lippmann on Leader ship." with interviewer How ard K. Smith will be carried as a prelude to the national political conventions. Lipp mann is to speak bluntly of the Eisenhower record and of America's purpose and goals for the 1960s. Cape Town, South Africa -(UPli- A major South African newspaper has openly at tacked the government for keeping 1,600 persons in jail for three months without charges or court appearances. w Anti-Billboard Backers To File Ballot Petition Salem d'PD - Supporters of an initiative lo regulate bill boards along Oregon's high ways were to file their peti tions at 2 p.m. today-putting the issue on the November general election ballot. Deadline for filing petitions with the state elections divi sion for initiative measures in November is this week. The Highway Protection committee sponsored the bill board measure. It would regu late placing of billboards and the size and distance from state highways Rudie Wil- helm, Portland businessman and former state senator, is chairman. May Mist Deadline Supporters of a move to repeal the state school dis trict reorganization act have not indicated whether they will be able to make the dead line. This move is spearhead ed by Save Our Slate, Inc., of Portland. Backers of an initiative drive to put log and dump trucks under public utility commissioner . regulations in Yolyint penuilA luid aald lUiu . Iiavc given up.-- Korean Scouts to Visif in Medford Two Korean teen-agers are scheduled to arrive here this evening by plane en route to the National Boy Scout jam boree later this month in Col orado Springs, Colo. They are Sung Yung Kang, 13, who will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hincsly, 1032 Murray St.. Medford; and Ki Soo Kim, who will reside with Mr. and Mrs. Shirrell Doty, 46 South Keenway, Medford. The Scouts will stay in Medford until Tuesday morn ing when they leave by char tered bus for the Jamboree via Los Angeles, Arizona, and New Mexico. The Jamboree, set for July 22-28, will draw some 55.000 Scouts from all over the U.S. with guests from foreign countries. About 62 boys will attend from Josephine, Jack son, and Siskiyou counties. Judson Compton, executive director of the local Boy Scouts office, said the Korean boys will be accompanied to the Jamboree by local bcouts Terry Hinesly and David Doty. Ashland Approves Housing Moratorium Ashland The Ashland city council, in an attempt to freeze" construct ion of homes until a new city plan ner arrives, last night approv ed an interim moratorium limiting residence construc tion to single-unit dwellings. The action is effective im mediately. The council also set public hearings on estab lishment of a moratorium The first will be held by the city planning commission at 8 D.m.. Monday, July 18, and the second by the council at the same time (he following night. Ashland's first fulltlme city planning consultant is sched uled lo arrive here and begin work within the next two weeks. Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 1 ( 1 Chicago 10 9 0 Gibton, Duliba (3), Kline (5), Bauta (7) and Smllhi Hobble and Tappe. D iriong Mm 'rj y aami iiMataBa tJ - i ! ;t-?-fi N ''tis -y" . " Vi "'i : Z' ' i v f fl - T r'i n iiritr til"? im il itr'i 1 1 inul - 1 Tiaau nit ' laanai -fria CHARGES INTERFERENCE President Ei senhower answers questions at his first news conference since May 11 when he took re sponsibility for and defended the U2 spy plane flight over Russia. The Chief Execu- 'Friendship Pouch' Planned for Alba In City Program A '"friendthlp pouch ;wlU carry letters from the people J of Medord to the people of i uoa, xiaiy, .ftieajora s surer I city. , I This was one. of several I steps taken by the local town affiliation committee this morning to get the sisterrcity program under way. . . The committee is urging as many persons and groups as want to, to write letters of introduction and friendship to residents in Alba. It was pointed out that the friend ship pouch should contain thousands of letters. Letters can be written in either English or Italian, pre fcrrably Italian, if the writer knows the language. The let ters may be taken to the mayor's office at the city hall by Aug. 1. Ihcy will be put into a large mail bag and sent to Alba. Postage will be paid by the affiliation committee. ' Only Few Words The letters need not con tain more than a few words. The choice of subject is up to the writer.' The committee suggested that the letters be addressed to a person's counterpart in Alba. Bv counterpart, the committee means someone with the same type of job, interest or hobby. The same goes for groups and social clubs. Letters need only be ad dressed to "a doctor, a lawyer, a barber. Boy Scouts of Alba, Alba Lions -club, and so forth. The intent of the com mittee is that Alba- city of ficials would then distribute the letters to the proper party or group. The committee also urged persons to include phpto graphs or snapshots in their letters. The pictures would be of the writers own choosing, although the committee sug gested that pictures of homes would be good. Contacts Planned Contacts will be made wilh various groups and service clubs in Medford to gei them started on their own exchange programs with their counter part organizations in Alba. Mrs. Margaret Neshelm, teacher of art ind music at Jackson school, will serve as historian of the sister-city pro gram. Mrs. Ncshelm's parents are originally from a small town near Alba, and she was brought up in a home which spoke the Italian language She has been doing translation work for the committee. Affiliation Committee Chairman Robert Baccus said that nearly 20 persons have already volunteered to work on the sister -city program, but many more are heeded. Placement jo( Vbliin leer rwlll -begin" sKbrttyTi'BaccW said,-as soon as the commit tee know on what - pecific committee each of the volun teers would like to serve. The committee said it "will contact each of the volunteers in the near future. The committee reempha- sized its point that there will be room for all volunteers in the sister-city program. Deputies Arrest rrigation Official Charles Elmore, of Thomp son Creek, president of the Thompson Creek Irrigation association, was arrested -by Jackson county sheriff's depu ties yesterday on a charge of using irrigation waters with out a permit. He was released after posting bail.' County Watermaster D. C. Hendrix charged Elmore witrt using irrigation waters on land under his control having no permit to appropriate said waters. , Hendrix said Elmore was using irrigation water on 10 or 15 acres he did not have a permit to irrigate. Elmore was warned three times about the violation, Hendrix said. Hendrix said this is the only time an arrest has been made on such charges in the last nine years in Jackson county. Usually we don t press charges if the water-user is willing to cooperate, such as taking out a permit for using the water," the .watermaster explained. Hendrix said a more com mon violation is Interfering with a headgate once the water amount or volume has been established or illegal use of water to the detriment of another water-user. These violations are not so common in the Rogue valley area as they are in eastern Oregon, Hendrix added. , Radium Capsule Theft Results in Warning Hobbs, N.M.-IUPII-The thief who stole a 200-pound ' lead capsule from .the back of a truck may not realize it, but In the wrong hands it can be come a radioactive killer. Inside the hunk of lead is 300 mlllicurics of radium, worth about $10,000. It Is de scribed as "extremely danger ous." ' Police in New Mexico and Texas were alerted. They were not positive that the cap sule wai itolen, but doubted tive charged that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev is making very crude attempts to interfere in the American presidential -election. . . - (UPI Telephoto) Blimp Crashes In North Wlanfic b.-:.;' Durum Search M Navy's largesi blimp crashed " in the Atlantic off the New Jersey coast today while par ticipating in vast search tor a racing 'yacht missinar on a cruise from Bermudas. - Between 20 and 25 men were reported aboard ' th blimp. : , . Vessels that had been par ticipating in the search for the racer Vat 69 rushed to the aid of the blimp, identified aJ ZPG3W, The Reliance, based at the Lakehurst, N. J., Naval Air Station. Crew Saved The aircraft carrier Essex and helicopters plucked mem bers of the Reliance's crew from the water. - .; The Reliance plunged into the sea eight miles southeast of Barnegat Lightship. Navy helicopters and aircraft and Coast Guard vessels that had been searching for the Vat 69 turned immediately .to the blimp's aid. Yachtt Still Missing. Ihe sea search originally was launched for two yachU missing after the Newport- Bermuda yacht race. One ot them, the ketch Carastee, ra dioed that' it was all right and was merely "running late' on its return . trip to New York. The other yacht,, which left Bermuda June 29, was owned by Dr. Maxwell Y. Simkin; a Great Neck, N. Y., dentist. Simkin and a crew of four to seven men sailed from Ber muda, June 27, and had not been heard from since. ' .. Salary Hikes Go To Superintendents Salem-dJPS-Raises of $500 a year were given today by the Stale Board, of Control to the superintendents of three stata institutions Mid-Columbia home at The Dalles, Hillcrest School for Girls and the Stata Correctional Institution, both near Salem. : that it could have been lost accidentally. i It turned up missing from a truck driven by Jim Self, 29.' He was delivering It to Hobbs for Frontier Perfora tors of Odessa, Tex., which uses it In' oil exploration to determine the porotity of tha earth. Self disclosed Tuesday that the capsule was missing. Ha thinks it was taken from tha truck sometime after he ar rived at Hob b i Saturday night. I I
