ight CCillledl mi ire
goo yig
"You Think You Can Get My Bandwagon
; Going Again?"
Reds Ordered Aerial
Photos of Portland
Portland lltPU-Sovlet agents
ordered aertal photographs of
Portland iind three o I li e r
Writ Coast cities In IDS8 a
a part of general program
of obtaining aerial photos of
critical U. S. cities, It was
disclosed In a rrpnrl tent to
Mayor Terry Schrunk here
todny.
The information wai re
leased by the FBI in a ipe-
Girl Injured in
Boating Accident
An 18-year-old Central Point
firl wan injured during a
water skiing accident Sunday
near Savage Rapids dim on
the Rogut river, Hale police
reported. -
The girl, Joanelta Peterann,
J35 Maple t. Central Point,
vnt reported In fair condition
th is morning. She auffertd
aeveral cut in her right leg,
possibly from a boat propel
ler, according to Rogue Val
ley hospital attendant!.
The girl apparently fell off
her ikil, atnte police laid.
Then the boat operator circled
back in the boot to pick her
up, and Jumped into the water
to help her and the wind
caused the boat to drift over,
the propeller cutting her leg,
investigating officer! were
told.
Miss Peterson was taken to
the hospital in a private car.
Slate police said they did not
know the identity of the boat
operator.
Salem - IUPU - Gov. Mark
Hatfield will attend the grand
opening Tuesday evening in
Portland of the Bush Japanese
Garden and the next day he
will make a National Forest
visit on Mt. Hood.
Bulletin
Washlngton-Wli-Tha Or
ganisation of American
Stales council voted unani
mously today to call an
emergency foreign minis
ters' mealing to consider
"threats" lo democracy and
unity in the hemisphere,
The vote came after Cuba
announced it would agree
lo the meeting proposed by
Peru.
! Cuban Ambassador Carlos'
M. Ltchugt,, emphasised,
however, thai his country's
attendance at the meeting
"necessity depend on its
agenda and alte."
Hit?
VOLCANO ERUPTS Mount Etna erupted
Sunday and again today with i fiery roar,
spewing truck-sized incandescent boulders
into the air like pebbles and sending panic-
clal report to the U. S. At
torney General for use by a
subcommittee of the Senate
committee on the Judiciary.
Mayor Schrunk had asked
for a copy of the report made
in connection with the com
mittee investigating t h c U-2
spy plane incident.
It said that Kirill Sergce-
vlch Uoronkin, a film editor
for the department nl public
Informations. United Nations,
was given specially ordered
photographs of Chicago at a
clandestine meeting in a
Scarsdale. N. Y. parking lot.
The source, unidentified,
also said he was asked to get
aerial photographs of Port
land, Seattle. San Diego and
San Francisco.
The FBI reports that Soviet
agents began subverting
American citizens after they
were stopped from using le
gal sources to purchase pho
tos..' ..'".! ,. ., .
2nd Finch Trial .
Ready To Start .
Los Angeles -(UPD-A Jury has
been selected and testimony
is nearly ready lo begin in the
second Flnch-Trcgoff murder
trial today, one year after the
physician's wife was slain.
All that remains to be com
pleted in the retrial's prelimi
naries Is the choosing of four
alternate Jurors,
Eleven women and one man
were selected Friday to hear
the second trial of Dr. R. Ber
nard Finch, 43. and his attrac
tive mistress. Carole Tregoff,
23. on a charge of murdering
his wife.
Demo Nominee
Starts Vacation
HvannlspnM, Mass. (Urn
Sen. John F. Kennedy settled
down today to a relaxed vaca
lion week with his wife and
family In seaside setting re
mote from the stresses and
strains of last week's conven
tion and next fall's campaign.
The Democratic presiden
tial nominee arrived at this
picturesque Cape Cod resort
Sunday night to a rousing
welcome from airport and
street crowds which police
said totaled up lo 100,000.
Los Angeles - (Urll - About
10,800 machinists have ended
their strike against Lockheed
Missile and Space Division
and returned lo their Jobs to
day for the first time since
June IS.
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Medford
18 Pgi MEDFORD,
Ikeda Succeeds Kishi
As Japanese Leader
Tokyo (DPI) - The Japanese
parliament today elected Ha
yato Ikeda, leading economist
who has a long record of close
cooperation with the United
States, as the new prime min
ister of Japan.
Hp replaces Nobusukc
Kishi, forced lo resign by a
violent leftwing opposition
against Japan's military tics
with the United States.
Ikeda, who served as min
ister of international trade
and industry In the outgoing
Kishi cabinet, won easily,
polling 279 votes of 438 cast
In the lower chamber. He
needed only 220,
Ills closest opponent was
Inejiro Asanuma, chairman of
the opposition Socialist party.
Asumima had 121 votes.
There was little doubt that
Ikeda would be named pre
mier from the lime he was
named successor to Kishi as
president of the ruling Liber
al . Democratic party last
week, a post he won after a
bitter fight that almost split
the party.
Kishi, recuperating from
slab wounds Inflicted last
week by a disgruntled right
ist, was unable to attend the
election of his successor.
Mt. Etna Erupts
Again; Villages
May Be Destroyed
Catania, Sicily (UP -Mount
Etna's mighty volcano erupt
ed through a second crater
with a roar today, spewing
forth smoke, glowing rocks
and ashes for an hour.v,0,i
Volcano experts feared the
10,738-foot volcano, biggest
In Europe, wa on the verge
of spilling out a giant flow
of lava that would destroy
tillages and vineyards on its
slope.
The central crater of the
man-killing volcano erupted
Sunday with a violence un
matched In modern times. The
crater had been long dor
mant. Today's explosion came
from the more active north
eastern crater.
Three Earthquakes
Three earthquakes rocked
the Ternl area, 50 miles north
of Tome and 330 miles from
Etna, early today but there
was no indication they were
linked with the volcano's
rumblings.
. Sunday's explosion hurled
huge chunks of lava into the
air and a mushroom-shaped
cloud shot up five miles with
the speed of an express train.
The slopes of the mountain
trembled.
Housing Agency
Kicks Oft Program
Washington - (UPI - The
housing and home finance
agency today kicked off a new
program to boost housing con
struction for elderly persons
by establishing a special di
vision and appointment of a
man lo head it.
The program became effec
tive last week when President
Eisenhower signed a $20 mil
lion appropriation bill.
stricken peasants fleeing down the moun
tainside from their villages and vineyards.
' " (UPI Telepholo)
OREGON, MONDAY, JULY
HAYATO IKEDA
New Prim Minister
Damage Suit To
Continue Tuesday
Testimony in the $431,000
damage suit in Jackson coun
ty circuit court against the
Kline Logging company, Med
ford. is expected to continue
tomorrow.
Testimony was not heard to
day since the presiding Judge
James M. Main had to be in
Klamath Fells today to pass
sentence as a result of a mur
der trial there.
The suit, which Carl O.
Hillestad has brought against
the logging company as a re
sult of an accident, will con
tinue tomorrow morning with
Raymond Bowles, tree taller,
taking the stand.
.. - Bowles, who felled the tree
causing Hillcstad's injuries,
did not complete his testi
mony Friday.- He testified as
to the tree falling operation
and his view of the accident.
Much of Friday's testimony
centered on Hillestad, who
was under vigorous cross-examination
by Medford attor
ney George Roberts, of Rob
e r t s. Kclllngton, Branchfild
and Hcffcrnan, which is rep
resenting the logging com
pany. Hillestad testified as to
his eyesight at the time he
signed insurance papers while
in the hospital and his under
standing of what he was sign
ing. He identified the papers
and checks which he had en
dorsed for payment of insur
ance money for his Injuries.
The testimony is expected
(o continue to Wednesday.
Commissioner Hired
By Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pa. - IUPU - The
state fish commission today
named Albert M. Day, of Port
land, Ore., as executive di
rector. Day, 63, was director of
the federal fish and wildlife
service for seven years from
1946 lo 1953. He retired from
federal service in 1955 after
serving for 36 years-most of
them with the fish and wild
life service.
Day has served for the past
two years as director of the
Oregon State Fish commis
sion, but had planned to leave
that post when the fish and
game commissions are merged
by the Oregon Legislature.
Rockefeller Drive
Picks Up Steam
Chlcago-lUPP-The drive to
draft Gov. Nelson A. Rocke
feller picked up steam today
but lop Republican leaders
said it would fall short of the
party's presidential nomina
tion. National Chairman Thrus-
ton B. Morion, an early ar
rival for the GOP convention
opening next Monday, said a
heavy majority of Republican
leaders want Vice President
Richard M. Nixon lo head the
ticket. He added Rockefeller
was "welcome" to make a
ficlil for It.
"This will be a free and
oncn convention and Gov.
Rockefeller, or any other
candidate, is free to do what
he wants," Morton said.
Lebanon, Ore.-lUPD-Kenneth
Morgan, 19, Lebanon, ran
away so fast from a hornet's
neat Sunday that a pistol in
his holsler went off, wound
ing him in the leg.
Price 10 Cents
tribune
18, 1960 No. 102
U2 Pilot's Trial
To Start Aug. 17,
Says Tass Report
Moscow - IUPU - The Soviet
Tass news agency announced
today that the trial of Ameri
can U2 pilot Francis Gary
Powers will begin Aug. 17.
Tass said the case would be
"an open, court session" of the
Military College of the na
tion's Supreme Court.
Powers, 31, Albany, Ga.,
was shot down by a Soviet
rocket May 1 near Sverdlovsk
while making what the Rus
sians called a spy flight from
Pakistan to Norway.
Espionage Charge
Powers was charged offic
ially with espionage a week
ago. The decision to try him
was made by Military College
of the Supreme Court, Tass
said.
The American is charged
under Article 2 of the Soviet
law on criminal responsibility
for state crimes.
The charge carries a maxi
mum sentence of death and a
minimum of seven years im
prisonment. $80 Million Spent;
Navy Kills Project
Washlnglon-flJPD-The Navy
today killed i project for de
veloping a plane-launched
guided missile called Corvus
after spending $80 million on
it.
An announcement said the
Navy had learned "much"
from the project, but had dis
covered the weapon would
have too limited use to pur
sue further development.
The Corvus was to be
rocket-powered guided missile
launched against enemy
targets from naval airplanes
and was to have a range of
more than 100 miles.
Attorney Raps
Hoff a Lieutenants
Washington-rtlPD - A New
York attorney charged today
that lieutenants of Teamster
President James R. Hoffa of
fered to accept any settlement
of the big union's snarled
legal status as long as Hoffa
is retained as president.
Godfrey P. Schmidt, form
er attorney for 13 rank and
file teamsters who challenged
Hoffa's right to the presi
dency, said two men close to
the controversial teamster
leader offered to let Schmidt
write his own terms to settle
the dispute.
Albany - IUPD - Linn County
Circuit Judge Victor Olliver
today gave 25-year prison sen
tences to two Walla Walla,
Wash, men for last Thursday's
$17,000 holdup of the Bank of
Lebanon's Halscy branch. Sen
tenced were Charles Lee Lor
aine, 33, and Leo Eldon Har
ris, 19.
Woodlands Group
Opposes Tax Plan
Salem - IUPU - The Small
Woodlands association took is
sue today with timber tax pro
posals of the state tax com
mission and the industrial for
estry association.
Addressing a session of the
legislative tax committee's
sub-committee on timber and
transportation taxes, W o o d-
lands Secretary Verne D
Bronson, Eugene, said that
neither plan is equitable with
other classes of property.
Bronson said both would ap
ply 100 per cent of true cash
value to timber land but then
proceed to effect "double tax
ation by assessing the growing
crop after it becomes mer
chantable but long before ma
turity, and then taxing again
as a severance tax under dif
ferent names at the time of
harvest."
'Cut-Throat' Sets
Frog Jumping Mark
Jefferson, Ore. -IUPU-A
frog named "Cut -Throat"
Jumped 13 feet, 6Vi Inches
hart Sunday afternoon to
win the Mint Festival Frog
Jumping contest.
The frog, owned by Leigh
ton Waddle, defeated a field
of 71 and shattered the ex
isting frog leap record here
of 11 fast, 11 'i Inches set In
1951.
HOSTILE OBSERVERS Under hostile here between the Belgians and Congolese
gaze of natives, Belgian paratroopers on soldiers as a small but growing army of
patrol keep in touch with headquarters in U.N. troops spread through the Congo.
Leopoldville, during the week end. Forces
from Tunisia and Ghana took up positions (UPI Tcicphoto)
Belgium, Congolese Senate
Reject
By United Press International
Belgium and a rebellious
Congolese Senate today re
jected Premier Patrice Lu
mumba s ultimatum that Bel
gium withdraw its troops from
the Congo by Tuesday or face
Soviet military Intervention.
The Congolese Senate learn
ed of the Lumumba ultimatum
a few hours later and rejected
it unanimously. It adopted a
resolution demanding the im
mediate withdrawal of Bel
gian troops, approving the use
of U.N. troops and condemn
ing the Lumumba ultimatum.
It said it "energetically re
jected" any attempts at Soviet
interference.
The Belgian Cabinet met in
Youths Boast About
Crime; Police Called
Two Medford youths were
arrested by police on charges
of burglarizing a service sta
tion Sunday after they were
overheard boasting about the
crime.! , ..,..
One of the youths, age 15
was charged with burglary
not in a dwelling and con
fined in the juvenile deten
tion home. The other, age 17,
was charged with being an
accessory to burglary and was
lodged in the county jail.
Medford police arrested the
two youths after a waitress
at a local restaurant reported
that one of the boys had said
to her that he just burglarized
service station.
Investigation by police re
vealed that the two youths
had broken into Jim's Signal
station, 3000 Crater Lake
highway, where one of the
boys was employed, and tak
en an estimated $101. Only
$65 of the money was recov
ered.
Firemen Battle
Blaze Near Sisters
Sisters - IUPD - Firefighters
Sunday night threw a line
around a blaze, that burned
about 100 acres in the Round
Lake area near Sisters.
Fifty men remained on the
fire lines Sunday night and
100 men were expected- today
in an effort to bring the fire
under control.
Six planes dropped borate
on the fire Sunday.
The fire had burned 10
acres when it was first report
ed about 3 p.m. Sunday and
had grown lo 100 acres by
midnight.
Religious Sect
Still Hiding Out
Benson, Ariz. - IUPD - Mem
bers of a small religious sect
started their third week coop
ed up in bomb shelters today.
They are awaiting either
tor a nuclear attack on the
United States or word from
the "Lord to tell us to come
out."
The approximately 120
members of the Full Gospel
Assembly burrowed Into their
shelters July 4 and have re
mained there since devouring
huge stores of food they took
underground with them.
Thornton Issues
Ruling for Judges
Salem -0IPD- Oregon district
judges serving before July 1
of this year ore barred from
membership in the Public Em
ployes' Retirement system, ac
cording to Attorney Robert Y
Thornton, '
All district judges appointed
and serving after July 1 are
required to be members of th
retirement system,
Lumumba Ultimatum
emergency session in Brussels
to discuss Congolese Premier
Patrice Lumumba's demand
that Belgium pull out by Tues
day or face the possibility of
Soviet intervention.
Government spo k e s m a n
Paul Meyers, tne minister of
health, announced afterwards:
'There are no new elements.
Our position remains un
changed."
That meant Belgian troops
would continue confronting
mutinous Congolese troops in
the former Belgian colony
until the safety of tens of
thousands of Europeans is as
sured by building of the
United Nations peace force.
Mobile Strike Force
Already heavily armed Bel
gian infantry units were pour
ing into Elisabethville by air
while paratroop units there
were regrouping to be used as
a mobile strike force where
ever they may be needed.
The situation of Europeans
- and some Americans - was
reported desperate in scatter
ed areas of the Congo where
Mercury Rises But
Doesn't Beat 1 959
Those sweltering 'in the
current hot spell here can
take some consolation in the
fact that the weather is not
quite as sizzling as it was at
this time one year ago.
The mercury at the Med
ford station on the weather
bureau was expected to rise
to 102 degrees today, making
this the third straight day of
100-degree-plus temperatures.
Near 100 is forecast for to
morrow.
Last year at this time the
Medford vicinity cooked in
temperatures of 102 degrees
or better for seven straight
days. The spell began with
102 on July 16. On the follow
ing day-the reading was 104.
A year ago 106 was regis
tered, the highest temperature
on July 16 on - record. Then
followed days of 103, 104, 106
and 103. On July 23 the ther
mometer dropped to a "cool"
98.
The five-day forecast for
the current period calls for
temperatures much above nor
mal ' with a cooling trend
about Friday. The weather
station had readings of 100
even on both Saturday and
Sunday.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair and hot
throush Tuesday. Low lnniht
60. Htsn Tuesday near 100.
TEMPERATURE
HUhest Yesterday 100
Lowest this Mornlni........ SI
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today ......7:45 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:31a.m.
Moonrlse tomorrow 1:33 a.m.
New Moon July 23
Tomorrow morning- the Moon
will pass In front of Aldebaran,
completely hldlnr that star (or
a Ume. This occultaUon will be
visible over all of North Amer
ica. Anti-Castro
Airplane; Seeks Asylum
Kingston, Jamaica -OIPU-The
anti-Castro pilot of a Miami
bound Cuban airliner forced
the copilot at gunpoint lo land
here Sunday with 52 passen
gers. He Immediately asked
for political asylum.
The pilot, Capt, Jose Perez
Mencndez, 41, said he was a
member of an organization
called t h e "Movement for
Revolutionary Recovery" ded
icated to overthrowing Pre
mier Fidel Castro and ridding
Cuba of Communism.
The plane had Just left Ha
vana airport when Menendez
drew a gun on copilot Guedo
the mutinous troops have car
ried out rape, murder and pil
lage.
Several hundred U.N.
troops from other African na
tions were trying to restore
order but there were far too
few of them tn cope with the
disorders.
Troops from the African
nations of Tunisia, Ghana
Morocco and Ethiopia were
on hand. It was reported in
New York UJJ. secretary-general
Dag Hammarskjold was
appealing for forces from non
African nations - Yugoslavia,
Ireland, Sweden, Burma and
Haiti.
Irrigation Lowers
Storage Water
With heavy orchard irriga
tion just started this week. 41
nar nui nr in, ttnran waier I
at Fish lake and 27 per cent ot
that at Four Mile has been
An
drawn, Medford Irrigation
District Manager Jack Holt
buhr reported today.. ....;,:
The district started on stor
age supplies on June 18. The
district then had 6,188 acre
feet in the reservoir and Four
Mile 10,946. Fish' lake has
been drawn down to 3,645
acre feet and Four Mile down
to 7,484 acre feet.
Hoffbuhr said this is the
last irrigating for the major
ity of the Bartlett pear crop
before picking starts.
Last week the district had
the advantage of some cooler
weather. However, the week
end's hot weather made up
for it, the MID manager said.
If August weather is cooler
the district may come out
even on its water supplies,
he added.
The lower 20 per cent of
the reservoir water flows
more slowly through the grav
ity flow system, Hoffbuhr ex
plained. Molalla Man
Killed in Fire
Molalla -IUPD- Sheriff's depu
ties and firemen ' from the
Molalla' fire department re
covered the body of Matt
Hoikk, 65, of Molalla, Sunday
night after responding to a
fire alarm at Hoikk's home.
A Clackamas county deputy
sheriff reported that Hoikk
was seen alive about half an
hour before the blaze and it
is believed he suffocated try
ing to escape from his burn
ing home. "
- The fire apparently started
in an overstuffed chair.
Long Beach, Calif. - IUPD
State Sen. Monroe Sweetland
of Oregon, Democrat, has
challenged the Republican Na
tional Convention to include
a plank in its platform to in
crease federal benefits for
veterans of World War I.
Pilot Seizes Control of
Colli, 35, and forced him to
fly to Palisadoes airport. He
slammed the door between the
pilot's section and the passen
gers who did not know what
was happening until they
reached Jamaica.
In seeking asylum, Menen
dez said "Castro wants to rule
all of the Caribbean and Latin
America and all of these conn
tries should wake up to the
grim Communist threat."
He surrendered his gun to
authorities upon landing. .
"I had to flee Cuba because
the Communists have taken
over my country," he said.
"Fidel Castro, Raul Castro,
Accidents Claim.
Five Saturday,
Three on Sunday
Latest Fatality Is
Cottage Grove Man
By United Press International
The Oregon traffic death
toll for the week end rose to
eight with report today ot
the death of a Cottage Grove
resident on highway 99 at th
Creswell junction late Sun"
day.
The victim was Mel- Ed
ward Moore, 37. Police said
his car skidded In a turn and
struck a metal power pole.
His wife, Lois, 28, was re-'
ported In satisfactory condi
tion at a Eugene hospital.
Five fatalities occurred Sat'
urday and three Sunday.
Victims were Otto C. Kel
aid Lloyd Murray, 21, Mc-
Minnville; Helen T. mmitt,
44, Marcella Marie Schmitt,
37, Michael Edwin Talbert,
25, all of Portland; Robcrl
Thomas Cobb, 36, Oakridge,
and Otto E. Ballhorn, 55,
Yachats. : -
A man identified as Otto C.
Keller was killed in a one
La Grande on highway 237
Sunday evening. According to-
state police, a car registered
to Keller went off the road,
travelled 211 feet, turned over
and caught fire.
Murray was killed Sunday
about 3 a.m. In a one-car ac
cident on the highway 18 by
pass and 12 miles southwest
of McMinnville.
The Schmitt sisters and
Ballhorn died in a two-car col
lision near McMinnville. State
police said the Schmitt vehicle
swerved off the road and into
the path of-a car driven by
Ballhorn. -
Cobb was killed early Sat
urday morning when his car
failed to negotiate a turn at
the south Oakland junction on
highway 99, 17 miles north of
Roseburg, and plunged down
an embankment.
"' r"" nu
I wrtjti: tuiuueu iicdu-un wivn
a car driven by Herman Kauf
man, 54, Sherwood; at Scholia
on highway 2l0.v- - ' -j -.;
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Reported in Area
Three safe robberies were
reported in the Rogue valley
last night.
Hudson's Pharmacy, , 613
East Main st. was entered and
the safe robbed sometime last
night. No details were avail
able at press time. '
In addition, a safe was kid
napped in Grants Pass and
one was 'peeled' open in Ash
land last night. No definite
link between the three rob
beries has been established.
The door, of the Ashland
Lumber Company office was
forced sometime before 5:15
a.m., Ashland police said. The
thieves then peeled the door
of the safe and ransacked the)
office. About $29.15 was tak
en.. In Grants Pass, a window
of the Mobile Gas bulk plant
warehouse office was forced
by the burglars. They then
forced the office door and
rolled the safe to a waiting
vehicle, Josephine county
Sheriff's officers said. ' .
The safe contained about
$100 in cash and two checks
worth $700. Greatest loss to
the company, officials said,'
was the ledgers which th
safe contained.. ,
Ashland Speedway
Minus Beer, Candy
Approximately $40 worth ot
beer and candy was taken'
during a burglary of the Ash
land Speedway on Valley
View rd., Ashland, Sunday,
Jackson county sheriff's depu
ties said todav.
Thieves entered through a
window of the concession
stand, deputies said.
in Jamaica
Che Guevarra and all the olh
er top people are Communists,
Thousands are rotting in Cu
ban jails while many foreign
ers arc In Cuba in the guisa
of technicians but in reality
they are Communists from Po
land, Czechoslovakia, China
and Russia."
Menendez Is the nephew of
Mrs. Esther Menendez, owner
of the daily newspaper Av
ance which recently was tak
en over by the Castro regime.
She fled to the United States.
Menendez's wife and two
children also left Cuba about
two months ago and are now
living In Miami.