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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
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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
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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.
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Tribune
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quarter of a century, had been
(UPI Tclephoto)
British -
career he built in British
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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.
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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.
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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.
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(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.
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