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0! um? Americans Speed Eirodus From Cuba Castro Angrily Denounces U. S. For Sugar Action Deteriorating Situation Noted llaviinn. Cuba -(UI'D-A grow' Ing number of American! were reported preparing to pull nut of Cuba today In the (nee of probable seizure of all remaining U.R.-owncd prop erly and the possibility of In creasing anll-Amrrlcnnlam. Cuban Premier Fidel Ca tro underscored the deterior ating situation with another wild-eyed denunciation of the United Slnlei for sloshing Cuba's sugar quota Wednes day. Exodus Stepped Up There has been a big ex odus nf American residents from Cubn In the past year, reducing from 6,000 to about 3.000 the number left here. Hut In the fnc of worsening Cuban-American relations, the exodus Is being stepped up, with private companies getting their employees and families out of the country even though the U.S. Embas sy is not urging Americans to leave. In an angry pout-midnight two-hour speech before the closing session nf the Metal Workers Union Congress, Cas tro said Wednesday night the United States slashed the Cuban sugar quota In a "fren- r.v 01 nail;. ' Flnt Reaction This was his first public reaction to President Elsen hower's action in cutting the sugar quota. Castro declared that the "real fight" is Just starting with the United States. He charged that Wash ington waa trying to run Cub and ruin its economy. But Castro surprised soma observers by falling to an nounce specific roprisals for the sugar cut in his speech. It was believed now that n may purposely wait until a scheduled television address Friday nlghL. C rtiirl HaaiIc I anrl VVUI I lVVUJ LUIIU For New Freeway The county court yesterday approved deeding 1.S2 acres nf county farm home land to the state highway commission. According to Judge Carl Miller, the court accepted the state's appraisal price of $1,025 for the land, which is in tne projccien new ireeway right of way. The land, now used for grazing by the farm home, is In the norlhcn.it sec tion of the farm! The court had estimated the land's value at about $1,000 per acre, Miller said. The court also appointed Mrs. A. A. Griffin, Jackson ville, to the Jackson county library advisory board. She replaces Mrs. Lewis M. Ap plebakcr, Jacksonville, who waa appointed to the board June IS but was unable to serve, Miller said. In action Wednesday, the court approved the contract for both the Laurelhurat and Paul B. Rynnlng brldgos In Jackson county submitted by S and D Construction com pany, . Portland; The com pany's bid wns $174,000 for the two structures. . Bids wore opened Inst week In Sulem by the slate highway commission. Portland - lliril Nineteen Oregon high school students are en route to New York to visit the United Nations. "He Very Busy, But You Can See Him On TVV Nixon Receives Checkup; Said In Excellent Shape Washington - IUM - Vice President Hichard M. Nixon received complete physi cal checkup at the Army's Walter Reed Medical Cen ter April 2D, and his health was found to be "excollent in all respects," his office said today, The report showed that Nixon occasionally suffers from hoy fever. Area Unemployed Higher Than It Was a Year Ago Migrants seeking new I oca lions owoy from large centers of population are finding it hard to find Jobs In this arcu at the present time, according to John J. Potion, manogcr of the Medford office of the state employment service. The migration from out of stole, he said, continues to be heavy, but relatively few of them are able to locate here because of the employment situntlon. The number of unem ployed In Jackson county, Patlon said, Is higher than It was a year ago, when Jobs were plentiful and rapidly in creasing. Current unemployment, he added, Is not from any one Industry, but has Its source In terminations scattered among nearly all kinds of business, with no large amount from any one source. Good wenther throughout June created a favorable con dition for an increase In out door work, and to some ex tent this Increase occurred, he said. It was partially offset by numerous brief shutdowns In the plywood and lumber Industry. Construction did not pick up much except for resump tion of work on highway-con-tracts Patton noted. Housing construction remained slow, and many plans for new com mercial construction have been announced,, but as yet few of the project are under wy. Agricultural work ha not orovldcd the usual number of Job because of the small amount of thinning in orch ards, he said. While the over all fruit crop Is good, there has not been an extra heavy set of fruit -which requires thinning. "All of this," Patton said, "resulted In less hiring than usual, June proved to be a somewhat dis appointing month from the standpoint of the Job seeker." City Council Tours Recreation Sites The Medford city council this morning loured the rec reational facilities of the parks and recreation depart ment. The tour was for Informa tional purposes only - to let city council members see for themselves Just how much progress the city has made In the field of recreation. Start of the tour was at Medford High school where the city, In cooperation with the school district, conducts tennis, baseball ' and gymna sium Instruction .classes. The .council also visited Hawthorne park,, both swim ming pools, and Ihe Washing-; ton school playground. Australian Boy Kidnaped; Call Demands Ransom Father Winner Of Lottery Prize Sydney, Australia - lUI'll -The 8-year-old son of a travel ing salesmen who won nearly quarter of a million dollars In a lottery was kldnupcd on his woy lo school today. Two hours later Ills mother receiv ed a telephoned demand for $36,000 ramiom. The disappearance of Fred erick Hilton Thornc triggered one of the biggest police hunt in Australia's history. Aus tralians were shocked by what appcircd to be the first known Iniitnncc of the kid nuping of a child for money here. ! Frederick's father, Basil Thornc, 3V, won the $224,000 first prize In the Sydney Open House lottery lost month. The boy left home as usual at 8 o'clock this morning, wearing 'his gray school uni form and carrying his lunch and books under his arm. He hod to walk about 100 yards o meet Mr. Phyllis Smith. Mr. Smith, a family friend, accompanied young Thorne to the exclusive Scot College for Boy at Bcllevue Hill every day. When the usually punctual boy failed to show up on time, Mrs. . Smith went to the Thorne apartment to Inquire. A quick telephone check dis closed! he had not gone on to school alone. Polic Alerted At 9 o'clock, Mrs. Thorne and Mrs. Smith alerted police. An hour later, Mrs. Thorne received a telephone call from i a man who, she said. ipoko In a gullcral voice. She said pe demanded 25,000 Aus tralian pound for the return of her son. Man Arraigned on Burglary Charge Theodore Leonard ' Jones, IS.. of 8467 Chaparral si., was arraigned In district court on Wednesday afternoon on a charge of burglary not in a dwelling. He was bound over to the g.-and Jury with bail set at $1,900. Jones was arrested by Med font city police July 2 on a 1058 district court warrant charging him with using a motor vehicle without the owner's permission. Following his arrest he ad mitted the burglary of the George W. Hilton and Sons Lumber company, 350 Amy .U, Central Point, June 28, police said. ' He admitted to sheriff's deputies that he participated ihihe cashing of seven of the forged chcckJ which had been written to him by a 17-ycar-old Central Point boy. The boy, arrested by sheriff's dep uties, admitted forging the checks. The boy, a ward of Juvenile court, was lodged In the Juve nile detention home. 35 Acres Blackened Near Dodge Bridge Fire which broke out In a hay field on the Jim Wilson place, near Dodge bridge, burned 35-acre area yester day afternoon, according to the southwest district office of the state department of for estry. Patrolmen, who were called lo the scene about noon, said that grass and some brush were consumed by the flames. Fifteen patrolmen fought the fire, using five pumper trucks and a half-track tanker ve hicle. The blaze was con trolled about 4 p.m. The district office said that whether a smoking employee or a spark from a tractor was the cause of the fire was not determined. Jacksonville Dump Closed Temporarily The Jacksonville garbage dump will be temporarily closed to the public, Anthony Boltano, co-owner of the City Sanitary Service company said today. ' Boltano said the dump 1 being closed because of the fire hazard in that area.. He said the dump ia surrounded by dry grass which could easily catch fire. Notice will be given when the dump is again open, he said, Boltano urged persons who haul their own trash to use the old dump at While City while (he Jacksonville dump li closed, Kit 'It 1 t1- BLIMP SINKS IN OCEAN helium, a huge Navy blimp Ocean off Barnegate Light, Cooler Weather Said En Route As State Sizzles By United Press International ' It's going to get cooler. That' what the weather man said today after temperatures shot . over the ' 100-dcgrec mark at several western Ore gon locations Wednesday. Fire danger approached the critical level. Grants Pas reported a scorching 104, Medford and The Dalles had 103, Roseburg had 102. Salem 101, Eugene an even 100 and Portland B9. East of the mountain Pen dleton had SB, Redmond 05 and Burns and Baker 92. Marine Air Due . Highs today were expected to range up to 88 in the Wil lamette valley, -but Friday' forecast railed for high of 80 to 88 in the same area. The weather man said weak cold front would cause a push of marine air "which will bring ' cooler tempera tures today Into northwest Oregon and a cooling trend cast of the Cascades." With humidities low, a fore cast of lightning storms in the Cascades raised the dan ger of forest fires. , Stevenson Group To Arrive in City i The Washington State Ste-venson-for-Prcsidcnt commit tee's 50-foot mobile headquar ters trailer is scheduled to ar rive in Medford this evening. The trailer is part of what has been termed a "four-day Stevenson avalanche" to the national Democratic conven tion. A ' New York "Avalanche for Stevenson" motorcade left several days ago for the West coast. It was expected that local motorcades such as the Washington one would join it on the way. Donald W. Moss and John J. Fiedler, co-chairmen of the Washington committee, said that the truck trailer head quarters, complete' with a spcoker system, brochures and campaign equipment, will travel on Highway B9, mak ing "horn stops at major cities on the way. The stops are designed to arouse further enthusiasm for the Stevenson ground- swell sweeping the nation," they said. The motorcade is expected to be in Medford overnight. - ' Portland - lUPO - Fred Ed munds Sr., 89, who was cur ator of the International Rose Test; Gardens at Washington Park here for more than 15 years, died Wednesday. Amplification of Light Achieved by Scientists New York - IUPII - Man has achieved 1 true amplification of light, a feat long sought by scientisla throughout the world. The possibilities arc enormous and include the hor ror weapon of science fiction, the death ray. -Done In Laboratories It was done In the research laboratories of the Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, Calif., .and was an nounced here today by Dc, Theodore H. Maiman, who headed the scientific team which did It.- Many labora tories have been trying In do It, including Russian ones, doubtlessly. i ' ," . - , iyj ' : -ik ,y, : , i".- -. Its nose held up by trapped sinks slowly Into the Atlantic N.J. On a search for a missing Oregon Mt. Tunnel Project to Start With Ceremonies Ceremonie tomorrow atop a mountain near the Oregon California border on the Red wood highway will open a $30 million project which eventually will provide a more direct route between southern Oregon and the Pa cific coast. More than 2,000 persons, in cluding numerous public offi cial irom Oregon, California and Nevada, are expected to attend the groundbreaking on Oregon mountain, located just souin oi me stale line. Hearings Are on , Council Agenda' Four public hearings and an amendment to the city code to provide (or limousines are on the agenda for the Med ford city council meeting at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the city hall. One of the public hearings concerns a proposed annexa tion to the city of an area be tween Prune and Dakota sts. from Albert st, east to the city limits. Other public hearings are on paving Black Oak dr. from Barnett rd. to Juanipero Way; paving Juanipero Way from Black Oak dr. to Murphy rd.; and for a proposed vacation of an alley between Hawthorne arid Gcncssee sts. The proposed ordinance to govern the operations of lim ousines will make it necessary for each operator to pay a $250 operator's charge plus $75 for each limousine op erated. The council will also act on proposed one -year agree ment with Jackson county whereby the county would use the part-time services of the city's parks and recreation director and pay for such use. Another proposed agree ment with the county would provide for the housing of city prisoners in the Jackson county Jail. This also would be a one-year agreement. WEATHER Forecast: Fair through Friday nxcrpt a frw irattfred thundf r I ilormi over mountains south, tnri rast. Low tonight 60. High: Friday 95. I TKMPFRATURB Htghtst yesterday 10i Lowest this morning 1 Our Skies Tonight Sumrt today 7:M p.m. sunrise tomorrow 4:43 a.m. The moon rlxes 8:43 p.m. today and rides low. Full moon July l PROMINENT STAR Vca, high overhead, 11:42 p.m. Well below this star In the south are the planets. Jupiter and Saturn, and halfway be tween them tonight Is the moon. Light produces heal, among other qualities. If you could truly amplify It, you could focus H onto Jncredibly tiny points over incrt'tilble ' dis tances. The heat of light am plified lo that degree would vaporize anything It was fo cused upon. The Hughes re search 'established the princi ple by which this can be done. Crealer Than' Sun Indeed, Maiman spoke of light and heat Intensities greater than those emerging from the very center of the sun, and visualized vaporiz ing parts of bacteria which are so tiny they're visible only under the microscope, Rogue Valley Edition Medford yacht, the blimp went down been reported saved.- The project will include boring of a 1,740-foot tunnel through the mountain. Work on the tunnel is scheduled to start late this year with com pletion expected sometime in 1962. ; - . Shorten Highway The tunnel will shorten the existing highway by 2.8 miles and reduce the number of curves on the winding moun tain road Irom 134 to 10.' The California department of public works has allotted 5770,000 for the tunnel- ap proach, which will' begin about one mile south of the urcgon Dordet. plus more than 3.9 million tor the tun nel Jtself. The entire 'project call' for reconstruction of nearly 23 miles of the Red wood. highwayHighway 199 in. uei nqrte county. ; Principal . speaker at to morrows event will be Cali fornia- State Sen. Randolph collier, who spearheaded the campaign for the project. Oth er official guest will include state senators. anH rpnrecpnta- tives and highway commis- sioners and engineers from sioncrs and engineers from the three states. Dedication Site Ceremonies will begin at Hazelview summit at 2 p.m. Oregon time (3 p.m. California time). The dedication site can accommodate only about 30 cars but parking lacuities have been constructed in six other areas from one to three miles away. Buses will oper ate between the distant park ing areas and Hazelview sum mit. ; ' . I The Oregon state highway commission meets in Salem Friday morning but arrange ments have been made for a special plane to pick up the commissioners shortly before noon and fly them to a point near the California line. They will complete the trip by au tomobile. ' Del Norte county officials have predicted that 1.6 mil lion tourists annually will mo tor into that county through the new tunnel. . Leaders in southwestern Oregon- are pressing for a highway on the Oregon side to meet the stand ards of California's Redwood highway., ,' -. Hopeful Nevada officials see the project as a link in a proposed "Winnemucca-to-the-Sea" route stretching from Wlnncmucca, Nev., to the Pacific. Scott To Be In State Three Days Sen. Hugh Scott ,'(R-Pa.)' who will speak at a Republi can fund raising dinner here July 15, will spend three days in Oregon, Peter Gunnar, Sa lem, Republican stale chair man, told 1 local Republicans last night. Gunnar said Senator Scott's three-day visit to Oregon Is "convincing evidence that na tional party leaders recognize the revitalization of the Re publican parly in this state." Senator Scott will speak at Ihe Armory July IS. He also Is scheduled to speak in Eu gene, Salem, Cubs Bay, Klam ath Falls, Bend, and Ontario. . Scott was elected senator in 1958 following 16 years as a congressman from Pennsyl vania's sixth district. 1 1 Tickets for the fund-raising dinner here are available at R e p u b 1 1 can hcadquarlers, SPring 3-7561, or from Mrs. L. L, Sawyer, SPring 3-3138. -KLA XT MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1960 with 21 men aboard. Four have (Exclusive UP! Telephoto) Eisenhowers Begin Seaside Vacation Stay Newport, R.I. - (UPD - Presi dent and Mrs. Eisenhower, in festive moods, flew to this sun drenched naval base today for a summer vacation. Within 20 minutes of his arrival here the chief execu tive headed for . the nearby country club golf course for a pre-dinner round. Uncertain Duration The President' vacation' Is of uncertain duration.- After Congress reconvenes in-Au gust, the President is expect ed to retain Newport as a base of operations, but teturn to WasbinEton two or -three days each week to deal with business here; '.. . . -. s. : ii i. :ki. .!.. j..i ing the summer, he and Mrs. Eisenhower may visit the First -Lady ailing mother. Mr. Euyera Doud, in Denver. . Eisenhower planned to mix business and pleasure, during; his first few days at Newport He will slay at the naval base there and golf at. the country club across the bay. I;e has a number of measures sent to him by Congress to deal with within the next week. Bulletin Coqullle, Or. ll'Pli Fir today destroyed Ihe Co quille Country Club build ing near Norway -with loss estimated at $50,000. - Rome. Italy -mril- Police opened fire on Communist led rioters Thursday in R.g gio Emilia in the bloodiest battle of a week of violence aimed at toppling the gov ernment of Premier Fer nando Tambroni. lion mwvtsMmMJfmvf i-.'!Wi.3. wmmcwvf . wnmi.mtn i. n. ii.iim ii .... I' JAMBOREE BOUND Two Boy Scouts from Korea are shown arrl'ving at the Med ford airport. Wednesday night. Greeted by local Scout leaders Shlrrell R. Doty, left, and Norwood H.' Gladfelter, are Ki Soo Kim and Sung Vung Kang. Doty is hosting Young Kim while Kang will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hinesly, 1032 Murray St., Medford. The Scouts will stay In Medford until Tuesday morning when they leave by -In limp lead Sought By Frogmen Barnegat Light, N.J. - HOT -Frogmen were sped today to the wreckage of the giant Navy blimp ZPG3W in a des perate effort to retrieve bodies of 17 men presumed dead in its gondola before heavy seas break up the crashed air ship remains. The cause of ZPG3W's crash Wednesday during a mercy mission off the New Jersey coast remained a mystery. One of the three survivors de nied any explosion occurred. Navy authorities feared the gondola might break up with in hours and the bodies of the trapped men might be claimed forever by the sea, along with clues to what brought them to disaster. Only one man from the Far West was aboard the ship, and he wa listed as missing. He was Lt. (jg) Richard J. Hall, Richland, Wash. Criticises Airship Structure Even as two separate Navy investigations were begun into the cause of the collapse and sinking of the lighter-than-air ship, a long-time veteran 'of such flights charged the trag edy was "undoubtedly related to the questionable wisdom of building such large airships on the.non-compartmented or blimp principle." Retired Navy Vice Adm. C. E. Rosendahl said in New York ''this is not just another airship accident .to be. swept under the rug but another condemnation of airships in general." . . -. ', "Rosendahl blamed the trag- ledy partly on"the.navy con- Itlnued bhid refusal to prop- i . . .-.j j... j , - teriy evaiuaw, iuraii mo ueu- efit '. from the rigid airship lessons of the past and so b'uild co'mparlmentcd . struc tural, airship, He de manded a congressional or other "neutral , investigation: The Reliance class airship collapsed and went down 15 miles off the Jersey coast, south of Barnegat Light on Long Beach island. One man died who escaped from the wreckage and was picked up. There were three known sur vivors. Eight officers and 13 enlisted men were aboard. On Mercy Mission Capt. F. N. Klein Jr.. com mander of Flight Airship Wing l at Lakehurst, N. J., the doomed blimp's base, de nied reports . the airship col lapsed following an oxygen explosion. No one in his right mind would pump oxygen, into a fuel tank." Klein said. The blimp had taken off from the Lakehurst Naval Air Station on the Jersey shore Wednesday morning lo search for two vessels reported over due in the Newport, R. I.-to- .Price 1 0 Cents No. 93 Crash Bermuda yacht race. Both of the yachts turned up safe. The three Injured survivor were Joseph G. Culligan, avia lion electrician 2C, of Keans burg, N: J., h e a d injuries; Donald L. Saumler, air con trolman 3C, Flint, Mich., bro ken leg, and Antonio Contrcr as, aviation electrician 3C. Geronimp, Tex., cuts1 ane) bruises. All were reported la fair condition. ' Russian Premier Accused o( U.S. Washington-IUPI- The State Department accused Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev today of making "slanderous , attacks" on the United State during his current tour of Austria. . t The department urged th Austrian government to "dis associate itself" from the Sov iet leader's remarks. During his Austrian tour. Khrushchev blasted U.S. for eign policy as "sheer piracy" and said the United States ' "wastes no pains on small na- ... tions." . - , White Comments Ue told an audience on Wednesday that Austrian neu- ' trality would be violated ii , the United. States, used IU uutei oases ia northern, iiaiy : -. Commenting-, on this . t; mark. Sta,.e Denartmpnt Prui Officer Lincoln White told re porters today: ' ',' . , ; ; ; "Thi 1 another In a series at rpefint haw. hanWrt Cn. let statement obviously made in an attempt . to intimidate our friends.!' , White said "friends"' meant both Italy and Austria. Ashland Watershed Closed to Traffic Ashland - Ashland District Ranger Harold (Red) Thomas announced this week that all persons, either on foot or in vehicles, are barred from the Ashland watershed because of fire danger. Roads and trails into the watershed are clearly posted, Thomas said, and trespassers are subject to arrest.. He add ed that a number, of motor cycles have been reported in the area during the past few days. ' 1 . : .-. . Nyssa, Ore. - (UPD - George Cleaver, 63, Malheur county commissioner since 1956, has resigned. """m', 1 chartered bus with some 65 other .focal Scout for the Jamboree In Colorado Springs, Col. The fifth annual Jamboree, to be held July 22 to 28, will draw about 55,000 Scouts from all over the United Slates and guest Scout from foreign coun tries, Sung Yung Kang. 13, and Kl Soo Kim, 17, will accompany Medford Scouts Terry Hinesly and David Doty lo the Jamboree. CKnacksUdt.Phota) . 1
