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Newspaper Page Texty M Shelves mi Cobai Debase Rogue Valley Edition ' Medford 16 Pages Veteran Dies While Friend Attempts to Obtain Assistance A 88-yriir-old disabled veto rnn died at the Hex hold Sun day afternoon while friend wns mnkliw (utile attempt In set help rnrni the White City domiciliary. Henry C. Hersog, doml ciliary manager, lold tha Mall Tfibuna that racerdt at tha .domiciliary ihowad that tha lalaphona operator there had received a lala phona call about 2 p.m. 8unday reporting man 111 at tha Hax holal. Tha voice wii raportad to ba garblad. Hanog axplainad tha! tha talaphona oparator only had access to tha locator cardi el pratent mambart at tha domiciliary 10 Baa'i nama would not have baan llitad. Ha addad lhal II lha callar thought that lha man wai arloutly HI ha ihould have aikad for a phyiician at tha hospital. Tha managar addad that lalaphona calli to tha domi ciliary ragardlng tick par toni ara not uncommon. Ha taid that In many eases frlandi will call from local tavarm to raport aomaona 111. Hanoq itrtnad that Raa had applied at lha domicili ary July 7 for readmit lanca and wa strongly ad vliad at that tlma that ha hould ba admlliad immedl ataly. Raa told tha domi ciliary registrar that ha had to raturn to Madford for oma paraonal belonging. Ha did nol raturn to tha domiciliary. Dead Is Jnmcs Albert Ren, a resident at the Rex hotel. A doctor attributed his denth 1o an apparent lu-n i t nttnek. Othcl Wnlker Russell, nlso of tho Rex hotel nnd a friend of Rca, lold the Miiil Tribune Hint he personally cnllcd the White City hospital twice In nn effort to net help for Rac, but he wns refused both times. Rca died nt 2:30 p.m. Rus VAX " FUTURE MILL SITE Shown In tho Initial singes of construction Is the proposed ply wood mill silo for tho Medford Corporation. Workers nre now preparing the south end of tho rIIc with some of the concrete found ation forms already being laid. B, L. (Bud) Nutting, general manngcr, said that fill dirt Is being taken from the ares shown to build MEDFORD, OREGON, sell sntd he called the Domi ciliary once at 1:30 and a sec ond time at 2:10 p.m. Russell said he was sure Rca belonged at the Domicil iary because he always picked up lilt mall there. When Rra started having difficulty breathing about 1:13 p.m., Russell said, ha could tell he was In "bad shape" so he left the hotel to get to .a telephone. When he called the Domi ciliary, Russell said, he told the man on duly that there was a man at the hotel who was In need of medical assist ance and ha was sure he be longed at the Domiciliary. Russell said tho attendant said he couldn't find the man's record' there and could not help him. ' Thinking that he may have made a mistake about his be longing at White City, Rus sell went back to the hotel and double-checked. At this time, he said, Rea was much worse. With a DAV card in his hand Russell again called the Domiciliary and this time pleaded with the attendant saying: "this man needs help, I know he belongs there." Again he was refused assist ance. Russell said the attend ant told him that because he couldn't find Men's record he wouldn't bother the officer of the day. Not knowing what else to do, Russell said he then called Medford police. No attempt wns made to contact any of the other hospitals, he snld. By the time police arrived, Rca had died. Elizabeth Phcbus, mnnagcr of the Rex hotel, said Rca had been In the Domiciliary until about a year ago, when he was discharged. However, Mrs. Phebus said Ren told her recently that he hnd been cleared for readmls slon and could go back any time. up the place where the mill will be situated. The area will then be filled with waste dirt. The scene above Is looking cast toward North Pacific highway. Construction on tho project began earlier this month, with the completion date set for sometime next spring, Nutting said. 55th TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1960 Russia Demands That US Mission Leave the Congo Unltad Press International The Soviet Union demand ed today that the United States Immediately withdraw a 20-man military mission It said was stationed in Leo polvlllc, capital of the Congo. The Soviet demand was made by Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko In Moscow as Dolglum began withdraw- Tickets for Feast Still Available, Manager Reports Ashland - Tickets for the Oregon Shakespearean Festi val's Feast of the Tribe of Will July 23 still are available, William Patton, general man ager, said today. Patton added that tickets for the Lithia park banquet, which will feature Oregon produced foods, are expected to be sold out soon, and Fes tival patrons planning to at tend should order them as soon as possible. The banquet starts at t p.m. next Monday. The first play, "Tha Taming of the Shrew," will sUirt in the Festival's Ellzabothcan theater at 8:30 p.m. Tickets for the first night play have all been sold, Patton aald. The banquet Is being pre pared In cooperation with the Oregon Broilers association and the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce.. En tertainment will Include Ash land's Kilty band, the Festival Dancers and the strolling singers. Patton aald ticket sales for the 20th season continue to lead last year's total, but good seats still are available for all 40 nights which follow Monday's opening play. In addition to "The Taming of the Shrew," other Shakes peare plays being presented this year Include "Julius Caesar," "The Tempest." and "Richard II." John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi" will be staged Aug. 22 and 31 only. The season ends Sept. 3 with "The Tempest." Reservations for the ban quet and all plays may be made at the Festival's central box office In Ashland; Mann't Department store, Medford; Redwoods hotel. Grants Pass; Wl-Ne-Ma hotel, Klamath Falls; The Inn, Mt. Shasta, Calif.; and the Treasure Trove, Shady Cove. - Elections Official To Be in Medford Jack Thompson, director of elections for Oregon, will meet with representatives of southwest Oregon counties here Aug. 8, nccording to County Clerk Marvin Madden this morning. Madden said this will be a prc-gcneral election meeting to discuss election details. It is one of four such meetings being held In the state. Others are scheduled for Bend, Gear hart and Wallowa. Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 103 Ing Its troops from Leopold vlllc and announced it would demand a U.N. embargo on Community and other arms for the Congo. The Tass news agency said Gromyko told Charge d'Af- fuircs Edward Frccrs, that un less the American mission is withdrawn "the Soviet gov ernment will have to draw the appropriate conclusions from this in Its actions." No Military Forcas It was not Immediately clear what Gromyko was talking about. The United States has a handful of tech nicians and ground crews in Lcopoldvillc helping bring in U.N. supplies and troops and some helicopter rescue crews but no military forces. The United States rejected a Congolese demand that it send in trofiu io help keep order' and suggested a U.N. force be sent Instead. On the other hand there have been Soviet threats against Belgian colonialism in the Congo. Gromyko told Frccrs the Soviet government "expects the above-mentioned military group to be immediately witn- drawn from the territory of the Republic of the Congo. Radio Report Moscow Radio cited an American press report as say ing Americans had landed at Leopoldvtlle to "render aid in operations by troops which were being sent to certain states to the (,ongo in con formity with the known deci sion of the Security Council. : Dr. Ralph Bunche. chief United Nations representative in Lcopoldvillc, announced the withdrawal of Belgian troops from the capital and said the move would be com pleted by Saturday night. U.N. forces were pouring Into Lcopoldvillc by the hun dreds and complete pull-out of Belgium s troops is expected when the U.N. force is strong enough to maintain law and order throughout the new republic. School Annexation To Be Discussed More than 100 people liv ing in the area south of Bar nett rd. are expected to at tend the Jackson County Re organization committee meet ing at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the county courthouse to discuss annexation of the area to the Medford school district. ' The area, which is south of Barnctt rd. and east of Bear creek is now in the Phoe nix district, but within the Medford city limits. Attorney Frank Van Dyke, represent ing the people of the area de siring annexation, claimed previously that he hnd peti tions with 100 per cent of the resident's signatures. Twelve more signatures representing newer residents have been turned into the county school office office on another pe tition from the Barnctt rd. area residents, he said. A large group of Phoenix school dlsrict residents with their attorney Ben Lombard of Ashland nre also expected to attend the meeting. Coffee Prices To Be Reduced Here Prices of most 1 standard brands of coffee arc expected to be reduced 2 cents per pound at locnl stores, It was reported todny. One mnjor food compnny plnns lo reduce coffee prices effective tomorrow, and It wns Indicntcd thnt other mnjor firms probnbly would follow suit in the nenr future. Most mnjor brands of cof fee now retail nt 77 cents per pound and $1.53 for two pounds. The new retnll price will be 75 cents per pound and $1.4!) for two pounds. Retail coffee prices vary with the quality of coffee. Martins - IUPIV- Henry Louis Mcuret, 32, of nearby Culver, wns killed nt 8:05 a.m. today when his spray plane went Into a steep bank, then crash ed on the Bud Miller ranch Just north of the Crooked river nnd enst of U.S. highway 07, about 20 miles south of Madras, 11 H IKW.UVMW r0F ALL Hkim$ . II X J 11.11 H,L FRIENDSHIP? Chanting slogans and carrying placards printed In English, pro-Castro demonstrators marched across the street from U.N. headquarters in New York Monday. The demonstrators, about 100 in number, timed their ap pearance to coincide with Cuba's appearance before the U.N. Security Council to charge the U.S. with "economic aggression." UPI Telcphoto) Cities Make Pitch For Share of Taxes Salcm-UPII-The 200 cities of Oregon made a pitch Monday afternoon for a chunk of the state's income tax dollar. Springfield Mayor Edward Harms Jr. made the presenta tion here for the League of Oregon Cities before the Leg islative Interim Committee on Taxation. Asks Considoralion The league suggested the state give "serious considera tion" to allocation of state in- Carole Tregoff Forcibly Jailed Los Angeles - IUPD - Carole Tregoff, handcuffed and sob bing hysterically, was forc ibly Jailed today after slap ping a woman deputy who In vcsligatcd why she failed to appear for'her murder reUial with Dr. Bernard Finch..., ; Superior Judge Leroy Daw son issued .. bench warrant for Miss Trcgoff's arrest because she did not show up for to day's trial session, and an examination by doctors failed Immediately to substantiate a claim she was suffering from hives. Deputy Gabriclle Johnson accompanied a doctor to the Tregoff home and said she tried to plead with Miss Treg off to return to jail. "She slapped me In the face and said she wasn't go ing to," the officer said. She said Carole later punched her in the stomach when the wom an deputy refused to let her enter the bathroom alone. The admitted paramour of the West Covina, Calif., sur geon had been free on $25,000 bail since the end of the first trial, although Finch was de nied freedom. Bulletins Newport Beach, Calif. (ITU Ten men were killed today when two U.S. Navy de stroyers collided in dense fog off the Southern Cali fornia coast, ih Navy re ported. The daath list was revised upwards after at least one of the injured died and an additional body ' was dis covered. The new figures, which included at least eight injured, were an nounced by the Navy at a press conference. Saligilter, Germany (UPIt Fire in a lower Saxony coal mine killed 21 miners today and trapped at least 23 oth ers in the main shaft 1,200 feet underground. Eugene - IUPD - University of Oregon graduate student, Edwin L. Palmer, his wife Marcin, nnd their two chil dren, Pattl Jo, 3Va, and Linda Sue, 2 months, escaped un harmed from their flaming apartment in the Columbia street university housing proj ect early today. WEATHER PORRCAST: Continued fair ant. hot throiiRh Wednesday, A few lute Afternoon nnd evening tluinderrttornift over mountains antilh and east. Low tonight 61, high tomorrow 95-100. Temp, lllKheat Venterday Oil Lowest this Morning 61 Our Skies Tonight Rnmet today 7:44 p.m. Snnrlne tomorrow .... 4:53 a.m. MnonrWv tomorrow-.. 2:34 a.m. New Moon July 33 PKOMINKNT UTAH Antnres. due south ,. 8:46 p.m. VI HI HI, P PLANET 8 Saturn, due south .11:20 p.m. Jupiter, between Saturn and Antart, Mars, rlsei 12:56 a.m. !...' l.Kiair XSS10H V vi t , 'rr come tax revenue to cities on a population basis, plus sharing 01 insurance Dremium taxes collected by the state. Mayor John ' W. Snider. Medford, said the league has no objection to the "state changing the debt base of cities from 60 rjcr cent nf assessed valuation to true cash value m a proposed bill. But the league cautinnpH nnv ari. justment of the statutory per centase limitation. nn th amount of indebtedness that can be outstanding at any one time. Snider, who is Dresidcnt of the league, said the group has no oiuciai position as to whether inventorics-or per sonal property in general should be exempted from the property tax. .Although the league did not suggest a specific formula. Harms said ntntji i npnmi lavM I could be shared by giving either a definite. percentage of not collections or "a-llat per capita grant similar to that in New York. League Setlu Hike The league earlier n- nounced it seeks a hike from 10 to 15 per cent in the cities' share of state liquor profits. This alone would provide cities with another $900,000. Harms said the cost of city government in Oregon gained 332 per cent in the 15-vear period from 1942 to 1957. Costs are on the rise and many cities now face serious finan cial problems, he said. $900 Missing in Drug Store Burglary Burglars broke open a safe at Hudson's Pharmacy, 613 East Main St., late Sunday night or early Monday morn ing and took an estimated $900 in cash. Left at the scene of the crime were the tools used to break open the safe, and po lice suspect they are the same tools taken in a burglary of the Ashland Lumber company the same night. Burglars took only money although there were checks and narcotics valued about $1,000 in the safe. Police said entry to the pharmacy was gained by breaking open an air vent on the roof. Mrs. Todd Says Altercation Story 'Inaccurate Gives Her Version of What Happened in Scuffle Editor's note: Mrs. Ann Todd of Eagle Point has de clared that a story concern ing her. which -appeared in the Mail Tribune July 12, is "grossly inaccurate and ex aggerated," and has asked the Mail Tribune to pub lish her version of the events as described in the story. The Mall Tribune is glad to do so, and below prints pertinent portions of a state m e n t prepared by Mrs. Todd. The story dealt with an altercation between Mrs. Todd and George (Dad) Put man of Eagle Point. In printing Mrs. Todd's statement, the Mail Tribune is not acknowledging any inaccuracy of the earlier story, and has reason lo be lieve it can be substantiated by a number of witnesses. Mrs, Todd's statement, in major part, follows) "As U. S. Ambassador Lodge told the U.N. last week that it wns time to set the record straight concerning Russia' s malicious gossip, slnndcr and libel against the United States, so I request a V Russia, Poland Abstain From Council Voting U. S., Reds Exchange 'Hands Off Waminqi United Nations, N.Y. - IUPD - The Security Council, with Russia and Poland abstaining, voted today to shelve United Nations debate on Cuba's dispute with the United States pending action by the Organization of American States. The vote followed a sharp exchange of "hands off warnings by the United States and the Soviet Union. Soviet Ambassador Arka- day A. Sobolev warned: Don't touch Cuba" and said Russia would use its full mili tary might for the Cubans if Cuba asked for it. U.S. Ambassador Henry Ca bot Lodge replied: "Don't touch us. Don't touch those with whom we are allied." Russia sought unsuccessful ly to delete from an Argen- tine- Ecuadorean resolution any reference to the O.A.S. or its efforts to handle the threat of Soviet interference as well as the Cuban dispute with the United States. Tunisia abstained as the council voted down a Soviet amendment to this effect, 8-2. Kussia and Poland offered the only ayes. Lodge said the United States and its hemispheric al lies would not be deterred in their efforts to prevent estab lishment of a regime dominat ed by international Commu nism. Replying to Sobolev's charge that the United States held Latin America as vassal countries. Lodge said, "No country on earth has a worse record with regard to small countries than the Soviet Union." He cited oppression by Rus sia of the Uzbecks and other minorities, its occupation of Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania. Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bul garia and other satellites and the Soviet occupation , of Hungary. ... . : He accused Russia of "shed ding " crocodile tears"' over Cuba and said, "Mr. Sobolev. you and the government you represent do not come into court with clean hands.' Damage Suit Case Continues Today Testimony in the $431,000 damage suit against Kline Logging company, Medford, is expected to conclude late this afternoon, according to court observers. Raymond Bowles, tree fall- er with Carol O. HillesUd, who brought the suit, con cluded his testimony this morning. It was largely a repetition of his testimony Friday afternoon. " , Much of this morning's tes timony was from Harold Mon roe, logging company foreman at the time of the accident which injured Hillestad. He testified as to how the logging operation was set up. He said he took in-urance papers to Hillestad In the hos pital to sign. He also testified as to whether he had observed the condition of Hillestad's eyes when he visited him in the hospital. Other testimony from Mon roe included his observation of Hillestad's injuries imme diately after the accident in the woods, and what he had told an insurance adjustor. correction of your printed story, which was published, solely on the word of an un identified 'Eagle Point resi dent' who purportedly got the story from Mrs. Short and Mr. Putnam, but without asking mc my version of what hap pened. - "Your story was that 'Put man had walked downtown to pick up his mall and visit friends and was standing un der a shade tree in front of Brown's market talking to Mrs. Short when Mrs. Todd walked up behind Putman.' The truth is that I was re turning from the Post Office to my parked car. Putman nnd Mrs. Short were standing on the path In the shade of a tree half way between the Engle Point Irrlgntlon Dis trict office nnd Brown's mnr ket. Mrs. Short reached her foot forword nnd pressed It over Mr. Putmnn's, so I Jok ingly said, 'HI, Mr. Putman, talking nbout me?' (An ex change of words discussed in Mrs. Todd's statement is omit ted here.) He raised his cane over my head. "I am not a coward, but I am only five feet tall; scarce- OUT OF SICKBED Fidel Castro left his sickbed Monday to warn "counterrevolutionaries" not to make an attempt to , use churches as their trenches in thptr maphlnoitnn aaain ; his government. Castro, ill with pneumonia, made a 3-hour , TV appearance on the second consecutive day of fighting between revolutionists and Roman Catholics outside church es. (UPI Telephoto) Castro Accuses U.S. Of Bribing Defectors Havana-OIPD - Fidel Castro got up from his sick bed Mon day night to denounce Roman Catholic priests as "fascists" and accuse the U. S. Depart ment of bribing his old friends to defect. The young premier, stung by public outcries against his growing attachments to Com munist countries, derided those false Christians who go to church to conspire in stead of to pray." Court To Open- Bids For Awnings The county court will open bids on awnings for the court house tomorrow morning. One of the main items of business at tomorrow's regu lar court session, will be se lection' of members of a home rule committee. According to state law, me county court appoints four members, the legislative delegation appoints four and a ninth is appointed by the committee itself. Th r,mlv rnnrt will l.o consider a request from the planning commission to amend the county subdivision ordinance to require removal of pear trees on subdivided land. The district attorney's office is expected to submit a legal opinion on the proposal. It will also go over public notices and the recording for vacation of a 15-foot strip on the Foothills rd. The county court also will consider vacation of an alley In the Oak Grove area. It will consider a release of undertaking on the Pleasant Creek rd. This would make the access rd. into bureau of land management timber part of the county road system. Medford Police Check Report of Bomb Medford police searched the area around Mary's Casa, 537 Mary St., Monday evening af ter receiving a telephone call that a bomb was planted there in bushes and due to ex plode at 8:30 p.m. Police failed to find any bomb, and suspect that the false bomb report was done as a practical joke. ly weigh 100 pounds, and today is my 50th birthday. I am not physically strong. Mr. Putman is a large man, at least six feet tall, and has often boasted to me of his grent physical strength. "Your printed story is that I 'walked up behind Mr. Put man, exchanged sharp words with him, and as he picked up his cane to leave, that the diminutive Mrs. Todd, wit nesses reported, grabbed it, and he lost his balance.' I abhor violence. (Perhaps It is Instinctive self - preservation because of my small stature.) Your statement is not true. "You stated, 'he then slap ped Mrs. Todd, who kept struggling for the cane, the reports added.' Had Mr. Put mnn slnpped me, he could have blinded me by brenklng my glnsscs. He did not slnp me. He grabbed mc by the hnlr and yanked my head . . , while he raised his cane with the other hand .... I grabbed for the cane, and managed to hold on to it, meanwhile Mr. Putman began to twist the cane and my lame right arm. I called for help. Fortunately for me, I was able to hold on 1 He called on "good Chris- tians" to chase out of their ' churches "those who want to make the temple trenches" against his revolutionary re gime. He charged that two Roman Catholic anti-Corn-: munist demonstrations in the past two days were coordinat ed by the State Department. 3-Hour Harangue The bearded revolutionary ; leader interrupted a 10-day . convalescence from pneu monia to deliver an emotion packed, three-hour harangue " on television. He claimed to have evi dence showing that one rank ing Cuban ambassador had been offered large sums of money and other Cubans had ' been promised protection for ' tneir property against any future U.S. invasion provided ' UTey "agreed to flee the island for propaganda purposes. The speech followed the ' second major: anti-Communist v demonstration sby Roman: Catholics in Havana in as : many days a rally broken UP onJv by the warning shot , I and rou8h arm tactics of rev- J olotlonarjr militia. ... "'"f" VP "nks The entire family of New , Haven, Conn., businessman Irving B. Price was caught up by the melee in an inci dent that was expected to . bring a strong protest from the U.S. Embassy. ' Mrs. Bertha Price and her . two sons, Jeffrey, 18, and , Richard, 14, both of whom ; were born in Cuba, were driv- . ing past the suburban Jesus de Miramar church when the mob descended on them. All three were hauled from the car and pummeled by the mob which broke the glass in their car and dented the body. Mrs. Price warned Richard to l run and he escaped to the U.S. Embassy with minor ' hurts, arriving almost hys terical. Jeffrey was beaten and suf- f fuered head injuries before ' four mob members took him to headquarters of the army intelligence and announced they had a "Yankee prisoner." They were particularly in flamed because Jeffrey had a camera with him. Mrs. Price, who was bruised and shaken, escaped. Cuban authorities took her on a tour of Cuban jails until they found Jeffrey. to the cane , "Your story says 'the fight was short, the Eagle Point resident said, but drew a large crowd.' The truth is that there was no crowd; but rather, the only witness to the perform ance was a small, elderly, non resident passerby. He tried to stop the assault on me by twice telling Mr. Putman to 'leave her alone,' but Mrs. Short, twice, told him to keep out of it and to mind his own business, vlth Mr. Putman repeating the words after her. It was after thnt, that Mrs. Short took Mr. Putman by the ' arm and said 'Let's go, Dad.' "As you know from Mr. Paul Conrnd, he personally contacted the gentleman who tried to stop the beating, and he verified my version of ' what really happened. "Your story continues that 'Mrs. Todd went Into Brown's market,' which I didn't. 'But before doing so, it was report ed, she asked a truck driver making a delivery at the store to serve as witness.' The truth: I didn't talk to any truck driver, nor ask him, nor anybody else, to witness for me ..."