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wine tamn DP MrDFOM) r) JACKSON COUIJZI MEDfORO, OREGON 1L1K MI wig Rogue Valley Edition Medford Price 1 0 Cents Paratroopers Tribune Seize Control mm fo)fpf?(g 20 PAGES Russian Premier Receives Stern Warning by U.S. Plane Incidents To Bring Consequence! Washington - (ITU - NlkiU ft. Khrushchev was under a tern Amrrlcun warning to day that Russia would pro voke "the mini serious conse quences" If It shot clown any mora U.S. planes over Inter natluniil water. A allff- worded U.S. note delivered lo the Kremlin anld an Air Force RH47 recon naissance bomber was on an "entirely legitimate mllon" river the li lull arm in the Arctic when a Soviet fliihler blasted It from thcaky July 1. ' The wiirnlnu wiia this coun try', reply lo Khrushchev' chargo that the aircraft hud violated Russian alripac while on an espionage ml aion. Tough. r U.S. Altitude The nolo appeared to repre sent a tougher U.S. altitude toward the Russian premier's dream ol charges and atlucks. The Incident brought a new chill to the cold wur Just two month after the U2 spy plane affair and sent Jitters through other Wc.ilern capitals. Secretary of Stale Christian A. llcrler. who put off a dip lomatic vb.ll lo Canada Tues day (o deal will) this and oilier foreign crises, decided today lo call olf the Canadian trip entirely. Officials here would not speculate for publication on whal this government had In mind when II threatened Ru ala with "lerlous conse quences." Before the U.S. note waj mad public, President Klscn hower accused Khrushchev of a "deliberate and reckless at tempt lo create an Interna lion Incident." Denies Bad Charges In a statement Ixsued by the vnratlon While House at Newport, R. I., Elsenhower anld the six-Jet RB-47 "at no time flow over Soviet terri tory, Soviet waters, or Soviet air spare." The U.S. note, delivered in Moscow Tuesday, demanded that Russia release two crew members captured when the piano was downed In the Bar ents Sea north of the Soviet Union. Four other crewmen are believed dead. The United Stales also de manded the right to claim "full compensation" and the right lo Interview "without delay" the two survivors. I,o Angeles - WPIl - Noted fashion designer Don Loper aald after n fashion show at tended by families of candi dates "they were well-dressed, t was glad to sec that there were no hokey-pokey clolhcs." WEATHER , rORKCAUT: Fair tltrmifl. Thurnrlav. Low Kinltht A3. HUh Thtinilny hmr 80. rem p. Illlhftt Yrfttrrriny , 90 Lowell thli Morninf ..... 32 Our Skies Tonight Ktimrt inriiy ',. 7:4 p.m. Kunrhf tonwrnw .... 4:4? ii.ni. MonnrUr tonight 11:03 p.m. !.Mt. Uitartrr July Tht IrUnglr nf Vega. Deneh and Altalr, In Ihr nnriheail at Mimet, will be high In the rait at tnoonrlie. Veia. th htghext of (he thru Kara, li alio the brighten. $431,000 Damage Suit Continues in Court A $431,000 dam.ige suit in Jackson cnunly circuit court ac.iiln.Hl the Kllno Logging company, Medford, continued this morning utter Jury selec tion yesterday. . Robert F, Kline, owner and manager of the company, and Harold A, Monroe, foreman at Ihe tlmn of the accident, both testified this morning. Their loallmnny centered on the logging operation In which an accident occurred and each drew n sketch tor the Jury and Circuit Judge James M. Main to show how (be falling operation was being conduct ed. Carl O. Hilleslad I seeking $400,000 In general damage and $31,000 In special dam ages as a result of a logging accident July 24, 1058, in the Elk creek area. ft' MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1960 Enforcement Of Pollution Laws Sought The Jackson County Waler Pollution Fact finding com mittee said today that "prompt remedial action should be taken lo control cause" of stream pollution and provide Increased stream flow in this area, particularly In Bear creek. The committee submitted a report of Its year-long study to the Jackson county court this morning. The report was accepted. In summarizing, tilt committee said "action should be taken to enforce existing laws relating lo streams pollution," 11 noted that the committee was of the "opinion that wide spread pollution docs exist as previously pointed out." Major sources of pollution, the committee said, were In dustrial, municipal, agricultural, private and causal. Second Phase of ChamberProgram Jet Tomorrow The second phase of th "40 million for 1 club" program will be launched at a break fast sponsored by tiie Medford Chamber of Commerce al 7:30 a m. Thursday al the Jackson hotel. The "40 million for 1 club" dramatizes the fact that if each tourist in Oregon spent an extra day, It would Intro- j duce an additional $40 mil lion Into state trade channels, Don McNeil, chamber man ager, said. Tomorrow's breakfast, ar ranged through the chamber' tourist committee, t designed to acquaint employees of selected retail establishments with visitor's point of Inter est In the area, and the avail ability of tourist literature. Contact Tourists Firm w h o e employees ordinarily come In contact with tourists Include drug stores, groceries, bakeries, men' and women' clothing stores, sporting goods, and toy and novelty shops. McNeil (aid employee of hotels, restaurants, service stations, and motor court also have been invited to the breakfast. The wayside Indus tries normally have the first contact with visitors. Many people are not aware of the variety of literature available on this area, Mc Neil said, and the chamber' hope at the breakfast I to create an awareness, acquaint resident with three or four suggested points of interest, and impress upon them the location of the chamber office for visitors seeking informa tion. The first phase of the pro gram was distribution of ma terial to holds, restaurants, service station and motor courts with suggested things to do In the area, McNeil said. Baseball New York - HIM - Eddie Mathewi, Willie May. Stan Muslal and Ken Beyer sup plied the power today with home run to pace the Na tional laague to a ( 0 vic tory over the American league in th lecond and last of 1980' All Star games. In his complaint, Mlllestad charges the logging company, Monroe and Raymond H, Bowles, also associated with (ho company nl the time of the accident, woro negligent In allegedly allowing the acci dent to occur, 116 charges negligence In that every care and safety device were not used, He al lege the felled tree knocked down a smaller tree In lis path, causing Hilleslad' In jury. Hlllestad also allege that the felled tree was more than four feet In diameter, yet was felled by a one-man saw. The strip of limber was too narrow and confined for a bucking operation, and en dangered the npcrntor from falling trees, ha alleged further. 'I lie- committee noted that logging of drainage basins of Bear creek tributaries Is caus ing heavier than normal wa ter run-offs resulting In addi tional silt being deposited into Bear creek and III tribu taries. Sill, sawdust and pos sibly tannic acids are drained Inlo Bear creek from mill ponds, seriously affecting fish life. More conservative logging practices or some type of cov er could prevent excessive run-offs. It was recommend ed. Mill ponds should be drained only during high wa ter periods for the streams to better disperse log pond contents. During gravel removal and washing operations, the por- lion of the stream being used iliould be separated from the main channel by retaining wall, and settling: basin should be constructed to pre vent muddying of the water In the main Chanel, the com mittee (aid. Most of the grav el companies do follow thi procedure, It. pointed out. The committee suggested that solids from daughter houses be screened and de livered to rendering plants or other adequate disposal facili ties. The remainder should be handled through separate and adequate sewage disposal sys tem. It recommended the lagoon type of sewage treat ment if possible. ' ' Facilitits Inadequate The committee pointed out that Ashland sewage treat ment facilities are inadequate now and certain area of the city and outlying districts are not under the municipal sew age treatment system. Oil run off and drainage inlo dreams and tributaries feeding Bear creek has been a particular problem in the Ashland area. The solution Is lo increase the disposal facilities In size and scope and Incorporate the outlying streets into the city' sewage disposal system," the committee suggested. "Plans arc being made to enlarge the sewage disposal system and Incorporate the outlying dis tricts," the committee noted. "Completion is scheduled for 1901." Sam Type Problem Talent has the ame prob lem, the committee noted. A more adequate sewage dispos al system is planned for oper ation by 1962. Both Phoenix and Central Point are tied into the Med ford disposal system, but both towns must provide for tu ture growth. The city of Med ford cannot continue to sup ply services to outlying areas on an ever Increasing scale, the committee slated. Since Jacksonville docs not have a municipal jewagc dis posal plant a sewage disposal district should be formed and Inadequate sepllc tanks and outhouses be eliminated, the report said, Request for Sign Referred to Board Request for a sign on the county fairgrounds for Rogue Valley Mnnor was referred to the Jackson county fair board this morning by the county court, Manor officials had request ed that a sign be erected al the sou lb end of the fair grounds to Identify the build' ing on Barncburg hill to the motorists. -., The mailer will be consider ed at a Joint meeting of the county court and fair hoard County Judge Earl Miller laid. .No. 98 United States Shies Away From Troops To Congo Aircraft Carrier Speeding To Scene Washlnglon-IUPD-The United Slate jhlcd today from lend ing troop to restore order In the rlot-rlppcd Congo but rushed the aircraft carrier Wasp to save Americans from harm in the new African nation. The Summer White House In Newport, R.I., reported President Eisenhower op posed the dispatch of U.S. troops to the Congo, even as part of a U.N- police force. Background Preferred State Department officials here Indicated they preferred to keep this country In the background of any U.N. ac tion, perhaps supplying only airlift for an international force drawn from neighboring African countries. Officials feared the use of American troop in the vio lence-lorn Congo might spark Russian charges of U.S. im perialism and, even worse, might prompt the Soviet Union to offer troops of its own. Help Requested The Congo government has asked the United Nations to help restore order in the two- wcck-old country. In a sepa rate request Tuesday It ap pealed for the immediate dis patch of 3,000 U.S. troops- ,U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold arranged an informal meeting of the Se curity Council today on the Congo situation. It appeared the Congo appeal . lor U.S. troop would not be put lo the council lor a vote at that time. Bids on Shop at Mac Are Opened The Medford school board last night accepted the bid of Harold W. Salter, Rogue Riv er, for alterations and addi tions to the shop building at McLoughlin Junior High school. Sailer's basic bid was $58,- 836. The board took a 30-day option on an alternate amount ing to $14,701 for additional studies on a heating system for the building. The alter nate Is included in the basic bid. Four oilier firms submitted bids. They were Ausland Construction company, Grants Pas, $66,920; Blickenstaff Construction company, Med ford, $60,251; Don L, Jacobs Construction company, Med ford, $60,577; and Wiley com pany, Ashland, $66,700. School officials had esti mated the alterations and ad ditions would cost about $44,000. Officials Indicated that bids apparently are higher than estimates because the cost of plumbing, heating and electrical work has in creased at a more rapid rate than general construction work. The work Is part of a two- year building program financ ed by a $750,000 bond Issue which was approved by the voters. . Now, Let Ui Consider The Next Well-Known Candidate . ..." ah ,. -'"a. 'jrs,' I IIMst. . i-m ZJr '-iitV , Ufy V' V - 'S4 t -i,ir,.iff . ii'.i w "V'ftr r.'b.-air f a i mil - Fa KENNEDY AMMUNITION Kennedy jupportcrs are shown as they get some new ammunition to help boost their favorite candidate before the actual balloting begins Kennedy Gets Enough Pledges for Victory Los Angeles - (UPD - New Jersey today promised Sen. John F. Kennedy enough vote lo put him over the top in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Shortly before the parly convention's first balloting session started, the New Jer sey delegation voted to give the Massachusetts acnator 3 Hi of Ha 41 ballot. Firt lor Meyntr ; " " , The New Jersey delegates will cast their votos first however, for Gov. Robert B, Mcyncr as a lavortie son. They left it up lo him to determine when the delega tion should witch to other candidates. If the switch comes at the conclusion of the first roll call, Kennedy would be as sured of a first ballot victory. Before the New Jersey ac tion, a United Press Interna tional tabulation showed Ken nedy had 740 votes, 21 fewer than the necessary 761. 72 '4 for Stevenson This tabulation gave Sen. Gun Forgotten; Holdup Man Nabbed Portland-ltirn-A 31-year-old ex-convict from Portland who said he "forgot to. buy a gun for his bullets" was arrested here Tuesday by police and charged with attempting lo hold up the Security Bank of Oregon. Police Identified the man as Robert Jay Tesdahl, parol ed only last Tuesday from the Oregon state penitentiary on another robbery charge. Tesdahl, who is being held In the city Jail in lieu of $10, 000 bail, was caught only three minutes after the at tempted robbery, two and a half blocks from the bank. He told police that - the bullets they found later on his per son were for a gun he did not remember to buy. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas 423 votes, Sen. Stuart Syming ton of Missouri 78, and Adlai E. Stevenson 72 'i. The remaining 20714 votes were uncommitted or scatter ed among favorite son candi dates. Earlier, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota hadiearncd that Minnesota Gov. (ever, change the outcome -perked up the stop-Kennedy jOrvillc L. Freeman will put I the, convention was headed Hearing on Rate Increase Continues The California Oregon Power company's overall rate increase would be 5.36 per! u,erf wo.um e no excuse lor , ., .. . ,. la rate change, cent, if the Oregon public Tl!mn.v , ,hl utility commission grants Copco's requst for a rate change, Frank C. Bash, Copco vice president and treasurer said this morning. This would be an annual $1,280,675 increase in reve nue, he said. Yesterday. Lew Greenberg and Harold Pierce, public util ity commission examiners, heard Bash testify that reve nues have not kept pace with either growth m rate base from new high cost construc tion, or the increased costs in financing associated with it. This has -led to decreased earnings per share of common stock,' Bash testified- Koch Testifies , Also heard yesterday was Frank Koch of Central Point. Koch said that Copco was not interested in equitable rates. He claimed that Copco's promotional bonus paid for used water heaters, its tele vision program and anti-public power advertising were being paid for by present rates which are too high. Dispute Leads To Klamath Slaying Klamath Falls -(UPD- A dis pute over money triggered the - gunshot death of John Aldon McDonald, 33, here at 11:05 p.m. Tuesday, police re ported today. City police said they were called to the scene and found McDonald being held down on- the front lawn by John Locke Irwin, 70, a retired lo comotive engineer, McDonald suffered a ,22-caliber gunshot wound just above the heart, and died before he could be placed in an ambulance. Police ' held Irwin on an open charge. They said he, Gertrude Smart and Eva Es rey had been in a dispute with McDonald after they had reg istered a complaint with po lice that McDonald had forged the Smart, woman's name to a check. MEETING POSTPONED The regular meeting of the Medford parks and recreation commission has been postpon ed until Wednesday, July 20, at 7:30-p.m., .In the Medford city hall, The meeting had originally been scheduled-for tonight, at the third session of the Democratic National Conven tion in Los Angeles. They are unloading a trailer-truck filled with signs, banners and pictures of Sen. Kennedy. (UPI Telephoto) movement by throwing his, support to btevenson. But New Jersey more than nulli- The Minnesota division re fied that. fleeted the tension which Humphrey's action split the Minnesota Democratic lonrinnhin A ttin coma im A ......H. ... ....... the senator anounced his sup- pon oi. oievenson,, u was If Copco did not have this give away," he said, then morning by Copco officials in cluding Bash, Arnold O. Op grand, and P. G. Humphreys. H. P. Bosworth Jr- was sched uled to testify this afternoon. Following the hearings, the commission is expected to re view the testimony and grant or refuse the application, or set what it feels is an equit able rate. Aerial Mapping Of Area Planned ; Jackson 'county will nego tiate with the. state tax com mission for joint participa tion in aerial mapping of the county for tax purposes, the county court agreed this morning. ! The county has allocated $15,000 in the current budget for mapping to be done this summer of the northern por tion of the county. In addi tion lo the timber lands, aerial mapping will also be done of a center strip through the Rogue valley of agricul tural land. The' stale tax commission has offered $3,280 for flying expenses in addition to the $15,000 the . county would spend for both aerial photog- j raphy work and drafting It has been proposed that a cooperative program be worked out with the bureau of land management which also has an aerial mapping program of its approximately 430,000 acres of timber land. Quintuplet Calf Birth Reported : Klamath Falls - IUP0 - A young Hereford ct)w owned by Maggie Crlss and Sons of MacDocl, Calif., may have set a ' world record for multiple births. ' A week ago the cow pro duced five normal nearly full size calves on the Bar-Y ranch on the Klamath Marsh, ' One calf died a few hours after birth, but the remaining quads are reported normal and healthy. . Veterinarians said quintup lets are extremely rare among cows' and even quadruplets are rarely born and rarely live. ' ' mw : ' 1 J "5 - I . li: Kennedy In nomination this evening. gripped the previously apa- thetic delegates as the hour 1 innpno a A (na iUn nnu Jnn. yiia.uc- tial roll call. n wm noi Dy iiscii, now- toward Kennedy victory or -the biggest political. upset in recent history. The 4,000 delegates and alternates- were to be called into sesion at - the Lo An geles Sports Arena at 4 p.m. (p.s.t.) to begin the noisy rit ual of nominating speeches and "spontaneous" demon strations for "the man who Stop - Kennedy forces, fighting down to the line, made small inroads on his strength in the California, Nevada, Delaware, Nebraska and New Mexico delegations. The United Press Interna tional tabulation of indicated first ballot preferences reg istered a slight ebb in Ken nedy's lead during the past 24 hours. Time was fast running out for maneuvers and predic tions. The convention advanced to the nominating point aft er adopting a 1960 campaign platform Tuesday night and forcing onto the South the most drastic civil rights plank in the party's history. Johnson, Symington and the orgai.ization trying to draft Stevenson for a third nomination refused to con cede that Kennedy was in. They denied that Kennedy had the needed 761 votes at hand and insisted that he had run . inlo serious eleventh- hour trouble. Kennedy Suffer Setback Kennedy did fail Tuesday to come up with any spectac ular gains like those he scor ed on Sunday and Monday. On the contrary, he suffered a couple of setbacks. A poll of the 81-vote California del egation gave him only 30VJ votes against 31'2 for Steven son. This happened in the state where Gov. Edmund G. Brown had abandoned his fa- voriate son candidacy and en dorsed Kennedy. Smog, Water Problems To i Portland - (UPI) - Oregon's smog and water pollution problems will be aired Thurs day afternoon at the State Office Building here a few hours before a statewide ban on refuse burning goes into effect. Ban at Midnight , The session is scheduled to precede a midnight ban by the stale sanitary authority on the last open burning of refuse in and around major Oregon cities. Beginning Friday, only single and double family resi dences will be permitted to burn trash, provided It docs not create a public nuisance. V Of Leopoldville ; Offensive Designed A To Safeguard Whites ' By United Press International ' Belgian paratrooper baU' tied Congolese army force . and seized control of the city of Leopoldville and the near-' by Ndili Airport today in a ' , major offensive designed to- safeguard whites in the chao tic Republic of the Congo. ' The Belgian military drivB ' came as the United States and the United Nations pursued an initial policy of "quiet , diplomacy", to end the strife, , which one high African offi- cial called a "jtate of war" ,' between Belgium and thei Congo. Council Summoned In New York, Secretary- general Dag Hammrskjold . summoned the U N. Security Council into extraordinary session tonight to discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Congo. At least one Congolese sol dier was reported killed In Leopoldville. Belgian com- -mandos were - reported to have killed other Congolese troops who tried to prevent the white soldiers from re-'' capturing that city. The paratroopers drove Congo army troops from the airfield and reopened it to traffic this morning. The Afri- . can troops had interrupted an i airlift of fleeing white refu gees for several hours before -the Belgian troopers battled their way back into control of the field. Appear on Streeti Shortly afterwards, para-' ' troopers showed up on the tension-ridden streets of Leo poldville despite the Congo governments ultimatum that tneir appCarance' would b. . me( w,jn frce Congo troops also tempor- ,rilv haUefl ,th Con. riu lerry service which has been used by other whites shuttling -from Leopoldville to Braita-' ville in the former " French " Congo Republic on the other., side. . ; Congolese Information Min-' ister Anicet Kashamura told a wild session of Parliament," in Leopoldville that "Belgium has declared war on us." ; "The situation amounts to. a state of war between the Congo and Belgium," he said. Letters Promise Armory Aids Letters from the adjutant general of the Oregon Nation al Guard and Gov. Mark Hat field indicate money will bo provided for improving the accoustics of the National Guard armory here, County Judge Earl Miller said today.' Governor Hatfield wroto Miller that the requested funds for the accoustical Im provements would be pre sented to the next legislative session. He suggested that th. county court indicate its in terest in the improvement to the local legislative delegation so the state senator and rep resentatives would have a full' understanding when the re quest is presented. The letters answered com-i munications from the county judge in which he explained the need for the accoustical improvement for fuller public use of the building. . . He had reported also that Max Sig Communications and Products company had made a survey of the armory in-, terior and estimated Installa tion of a speaker and amplify-, ing system would cost an esti mated $2,340. Miller said he understands bleachers are being put in the armory now to increase the seating ca pacity. Pollution Be Aired The authority members aald they expected to serve notice at the meeting that communi ties along the lower Wlllamet. te river must proceed with plans for installation of sec ondary sewage treatment sy terns in the near future. . Cilia Affected '. Secondary treatment re moves virtually all solid and provides disinfection of liquid waste. ; The ruling would ' affect Willamette. View Manor, Mil waukee, Oregon City, Oswego and West Linn. Newberg, Sal em ' and Eugene previously were notified they muit pro vide aecondary treatment '
