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Salem Woman Shot, Strangled; Suspect Arrested Salem -IUPD- A Salem worn en was ihot and strangled to death late Monday in the Whitman's Ferry area near here and a female companion was being held in custody. The victim was Helen Sa rah Ped, 43. Being held in custody in a hospital -vis Carol Irene Ankle, 46, also of Salem. State police here said the ' 'victim was strangled with a rope or cord and shot, appar ently by a .22 caliber pistol. .The weapon was not immedi ately found. Police said Mrs. Ankle had admitted killing her friend. Officers said she called police early today after returning from the scene of the crime. She told them, police said, that she killed her friend while on a late evening drive and left the body by the road. Before calling police, offi cers said, she took a bottle t sleeping pills. When police checked a parking lot they found her car where she said she left it before returning home. Mrs. Ankle showed po lice where the body could be found, and shortly after, passed out from the effects of the pills. She was taken to a hospital for treatment and ' wa reported recovering from tlie effects of the pills. Officers said Marion coun ty District Attorney Hattie Kremen was expected to pre fer formal charges today. Mrs. Ped was separated from her husband. Mrs. Ankle's husband was not at home at the time. Assault Charges Filed Against Pair Woodburn fUPD Charges of assault with a dangerous wea pon were filed here Monday against two youths Involving what police termed a gun and razor fight between , farm laborers Sunday night. Held in lieu of $1,000 bond each were Peter Gonzales Jr., 19, Woodburn and Gabriel Eduardo Perez, 21, Silverton. Polices aid four shots were fired into a pickup truck op erated by Gregorio Valdez of Woodburn. No one was .wounded. Another youth, Ma rio Rodriquez of Mt. Angel, complained of being slashed on the arm in a razor attack. Man Penalized For Illegal Hauling Salem - IDPD - Robert N. McClure of Blue River Mon day, was penalized $200 by the Oregon Public Utility Com missioner involving a charge of transporting items not included in his permit. Commissioner Jonel C. Hill said although McClure had authority to haul logs, poles or piling on two occasions has moved heavy equipment. Hatfield To Attend Seafair in Seattle Seattle njPD Gov. Mark Hatfield of Oregon will play a role in the 1960 Seattle Sea fair, heading the grand parade on July 30. Hatfield will share grand marshal honors with Gov. Albert D. Rosel lini. The Seafair runs from July 29 to Aug. 7. First Shipment of New Volvo Arrives Arrival of the first ship ment of Volvo's new standard family sports sedan on the west coast has been an nounced by Fred W. Stevens, Stevens Auto sales, Inc., 505 North Central st., Medford. Stevens said supply of the automobile is expected to be short this year because of lim ited production and shipping. Western U.S. motorists are aid to buy six sports imports for every four sold In the east. High ' A bove the Valley in a quiet non-residential area , North Phoenix Road Phone SP 3-6162 or SP 2-7111 Rocky Fights for Aggressive Platform In Go-for-Broke Try for GOP Nomination Jack Expects With Republican Nominee Hyannisport, Mass. A spokesman for Sen. John F. Kennedy said today that the Democratic presidential can didate "presumes" he will have television debates dur ing the campaign with the Republican nominee. Pierre Salinger, Kennedy's press secretary, said the sen ator expected such joint ap pearances on the major tele vision networks during the fall campaign. Congress has enabled the networks to proceed with the debates by suspending legis lation which otherwise would have required them to give equal time to splinter candi dates. Sallinger also told news men that Kennedy will be briefed at his summer home on Cape Cod Saturday by Central Intelligence Chief Al lan W. Dulles. The -briefing will cover the general world situation, Salinger said, with specific attention to Latin America and Africa. This will be the first such secret meeting under an ar rangement nailed down Mon day by Kennedy and Presi MEDFORDiWrRIBUNE Rogue Valley Edition Stocks Seesaw, End on Downside xt v . aih n i.- Boeinf Air m xur-u.-ru-oiui.- acc- sawed within a narrow range today before finishing slight ly on the downside for the seventh consecutive session. Prices as a whole were firm after the opening but demand petered out near the close and dropped many issues to their lows for the day. i The better gains appeared in issue outside those used to compile the averages and gen erally ranged from 1 to 2 points. DOW-JONES AVERAGES ' New York-mPMDow-jones final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 624.78. off 1.22; 20 railroads 138.94, up 0.28; 15 utilities 94.43, off 0.06; and 65 slocks 207.32. off 0.18. Sales today wer about 2,430,000 shares compared with 2,350,000 shares Mon day. NEW YORK STOCKS By United Press InternaUonal AUled Chemical ; 34 V Alum Co. Am. . 78 American Can 40 American Mtrs. 20i AT&T 90", Anaconda Copper 50 Armco Steel 651 Bendix Avn. 65J: Bethlehem Steel 45 !i Britain Worried About Russ Policy London - (DPI) - Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan today expressed Britain's concern over the "new trend" in So viet foreign policy and warn ed that a mistake might plunge the world into a war situation "from which we can not escape." The warning was contained in a terse personal letter to the Soviet leader delivered in the Kremlin by the British ambassador earlier today. The Prime Minister told Premier Nikita Khrushchev: If the trend of events in the world continues we may all of us one day, either by m i s c a 1 culation or by mis chance find ourselves caught in the situation from which we cannot escape." TV Debates dent Eisenhower, who offered Uie Democratic nominee ac cess to intelligence data, Salinger said Kennedy was "going to start some work Wednesday. Mixing seagoing and sechi sion, the Democratic president tial candidate planned a sec ond day of boating and swim ming with his wife, Jacque line, and other family mem bers in the warm blue waters of Nantucket Sound. On land, Kennedy main tained a relaxed reading rou tine in his white-painted house a moment's walk from the beach. A steady stream of sight seers' cars Monday drove past Kennedy's summer house in this scenic Cape Cod resort. Their view was marred by a six - foot grey picket fence erected before the nominee's arrival Sunday to guarantee him privacy. Two police officers were on duty at all times to pro tec t Kennedy's half - acre grounds, adjoining a lawn surrounded home owned by his parents and another by his brother, Robert. Page 2A 28'4 35!, - 44 ... 38i .- 42', . 19 :, ... 83 '4 -.199 ..117a 35-j .. 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Steel 81", Youngstown S 4 T 101. 4 Macmillan disclosed his warning to the House of Com mons today. The letter was accompanied by a diplomatic note which cautioned Moscow that Bri tain "views with utmost ser iousness" the u n p r o voked downing of the U.S. RB47 plane in the Barents Sea. The note said Russia's ac tion "illustrates the danger implicit in the present Instruc tions to the Soviet forces." Macmillan warned the So viet Union that it bears "a heavy responsibility" for the action of the Soviet pilot who shot down the U.S. plane in international air space. Chicago-.tlPD - Gov. Nelson A, Rockefeller threw himself Into a go-for-broke effort Mon day to shape the Republican platform so It would best fit him as the GOP presidential nominee. Fighting for a more aggres sive and liberal platform than President Elsenhower and Vice President Richard M. Nixon want, the New York governor was the day's dom inant figure on the scene of next week's GOP convention. He was still available for a draft to head the ticket but not expecting it. And he de clared he was "positively" un available for the vice presi dential nomination. He was here officially for today's opening session of the com mittee to write the 1960 plat form. He was scheduled to testify before the platform committee this afternoon. Predicts Agreement Rockefeller is at odds with the Eisenhower administration on such major issues as de fense, medical care for the aged, economic growth and perhaps on civil rights. Yet he still was predicting a plat form that would be satisfac tory to almost all Republi cans. Charles H. Percy, Chicago Matter of Fact By Joseph Aliop WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Los Angeles-The voluntary combination of the two biggest men in the Democratic party, John F. Ken nedy and Lyn don B. John son, was a re m a r k a b 1 e event, which has astonished and bewilder ed a great many people. The true story deserves to be told. JOSEPH ALS To begin at the beginning. Kennedy telephoned Johnson before breakfast on the day after he received the Presi dential nomination. He in quired whether he could call on his defeated rival a little later. In the resulting Gaston Alphonse argument. Kennedy won. It was agreed that he would go to the Johnson suite in me uiumore as soon as breakfasfwas out of the way. Johnson hastily convened his inner circle-his wise wife, his campaign manager, John Connally, his chief Senate aide, Robert Baker, and one or two more. Their discussion of the course he should follow was inconclusive; and so, in deed, was the first talk with Kennedy which followed shortly thereafter. AT THIS morning meeting, Kennedy went through the motions of consulting Johnson about the Vice Presidential nomination, with the real pur pose of finding out whether Johnson would accept. He got Johnson's characteristic ad vice, to "go back and talk to the other party leaders, and choose whichever man you think is biggest and best for the country." He also got a very clear idea - for Johnson was quite frank about it - that Johnson himself was interest ed. Kennedy then returned to his own suite, to follow John son's advice. He asked leaders right across the spectrum. from Gov. David Lawrence of Pennsylvania to Walter Reu ther, whether the Vice Presi dency ought to be offered to Johnson. Most of them, re portedly including even Reu ther, agreed that the offer ought to be made. Perhaps some different ad vice would have been given if Kennedy had also indicated that Johnson might be expect ed to accept the offer. But in most cases, he did not do so. He justifiably believed that these others ought to be asked to resolve the problem on just the same terms on which he had resolved it himself. And he wanted to be advised to do what he already In fact in tended to do. WHEN the process of con " sultation was completed, Kennedy's formal offer was transmitted to Johnson. In the Johnson suite, meanwhile. consultation and debate had also been In progress. At the outset almost all the Southern leaders, even Including Speak er of the House Sam Rayburn, were against Johnson's accept ing the Vice Presidency. As the morning wore on. Speaker Rayburn and the moderates camo round to the idea. The Southern ultras. whoso behavior pattern so closely resembles the North ern extreme liberal pattern, always remained unreconcil ed. They wanted Just what the Northern liberals appar ently wanted - Johnson pass ed over, still Majority Leader of the Senate, smarting from his convention wounds, and leading the South in war a OT against the North. In John- ' inn'i rrt I n A In Annlfoil lYm businessman, Is chairman of the committee which will frame the platform for sub mission next Tuesday to the convention in the Internation al Amphitheatre In the Chi cago stockyards. Derides Platform In testimony prepared for today's opening platform ses sion: Sen. Thruston B. Morton of Kentucky, chairman of the GOP national committee, de rided the Democratic platform adopted at Los Angeles last week. He called it a "fairy- talc," promising a "lifelong Garden of Eden, a total wel fare state" and "cradlo-to-tho- grave . . , government charity for all." He said the GOP platform would be a Republi can program, not a response to the Democratic platform of the "strange" Kennedy Johnson ticket nominated by the Democrats. Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Eisenhower's first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defended the administration defense program and said the President had geared it for "the long pull," eliminating "cycles of feast and famine." Philippine women were granted the right to vote in 1933. need to reconcile and to unite bulked larger and larger as the discussion continued. - Even so, Lyndon Johnson's mind was not fully made up when the formal Kennedy of fer was received. It was not until sometime after luncheon that he decided, firmly and finally, where his duty lay. JOHNSON'S message to Ken " nedy that he would accept the Vice Presidency caused an explosion of excitement in the Kennedy suite. Kennedy had been almost alone in expect ing Johnson's acceptance. A good many who had approved the offer as a necessary ges ture, were both surprised and dismayed by the result. When the word was passed to the state leaders, there was angry talk of nominating another candidate in the Michigan and some other like-minded dele gations. Johnson had said to Ken nedy that he was "seeking" the Vice Presidency. It seem ed unlikely, at first, that Ken nedy would be able to repress the drive to put up an oppon ent to Johnson. Hence it was necessary to send Robert Ken nedy to the Johnson suite, to ask whether Johnson was still willing to stand for the Vice Presidency, even against op position. The answer, that Johnson was indeed willing, was given through Speaker Sam Ray burn after a fairly emotional moment of misunderstanding of the nature of the younger Kennedy's mission. This ans wer, that Johnson was ready to fight for the nomination if need be, was then passed on by Robert Kennedy to the gaggle of leaders in the Ken nedy suite. This isolated frag ment of the long story, re vealed by one of those pres ent, gave rise to the wholly misleading report that John son had asked for and insist ed on the nomination. The great moment of Ken nedy's announcement of his expected running mate, soon followed the Robert Kennedy Sam Rayburn exchange. It was a moment rich in ironies. MOT only were the Northern liberals and Southern ul tras the two groups that were simultaneously utterly dis pleased. By the same token, the announcement also knock ed into two simultaneous cocked hats the North-centered campaign strategy already prepared by Kennedy's staff, and the strategy based on a strong appeal to the South al ready prepared by Vice-President Richard M. Nixon; Kennedy's staff members were visibly upset to find their careful plans in sudden need of revision, but Kenne dy himself was far from up set. No doubt, he had been in fluenced by such factors as the temptation to block Nix on's known strategy. Mainly, however, he had been influ enced by his conviction that Lyndon Johnson was simply too large in human and in political stature, to be lightly passed over. For these reasons, as this reporter revealed at the time on the highest authority, Ken nedy had actually made up his mind to offer the Vlce Presldcncy to Johnson sever al days before he won the Presidential nomination for himself. It was a big man's decision. Johnson's answering decision, assisted by the wis dom of Mrs. Johnson and cer tain other advisers like James Rows Jr., was also the act of a big man. And so this as tonishing ticket was com posed. (Copyright 1980 New York Herald Tribuna Inc.) BRUSH FIRE RAGES ON A brush fire The forest service estimated that 4.000 per- blamed on a careless fisherman raged out sons In the Crystal Lake recreation area of control at San Gabriel canyon, Calif., were forced to leave by a side road. Tho Monday and today after burning an c.stt- fire Is 20 miles northeast of Los Angoles. mated 1,000 acres of valuable watershed. (UP1 Telophoto) Colonizers Get Visas For Trip To Galapagos San Pedro (WD - Seventy eight American colonizers who have been waiting nearly four months to sail for the Galapagos islands started re ceiving their visas Monday. Dr. Alfredo Donoso, consul general of Ecuador in Los Angeles, said authorization for the visas was received from his government Friday and that all 78 should be proc essed by the end of the week. The lack of visas has been holding up the expedition. Alex Reuss, Seattle, t h e group's leader, said the colon ists plan to sail for San Cris tobal island in about two weeks. They will voyage to the island GOO miles west of Ecuador on the 130-foot West ern Trader. Receiving visas Monday for themselves and their families were Don Gerrard and Don Stewart, Seattle; John Hoff man and Virgil Buhlcr, Ta coma, Wash.; and William Ad ams, Eugene, Ore. Five fam ilies will be processed each day, authorities said. Most of the colonists, who came here from Seattle on March 31, have been living aboard their ship docked in Los Angeles harbor. Reuss and his group are the second organized by the Is land Development company to settle a 64.000-acre planta tion on San Cristobal. The first contingent of 32 left here Feb. 25 aboard the Alert, a converted tuna clip per. Spokesmen said 21 col onists are still living on the island, the remainder having returned to the United States. Swathe SEE YOUR CAlOK ElKlRldl IttGUt MM For a Compefe Seecfon of Modern kt ConJfonirs Fast-Moving Brush Fire Threatens Summer Homes Azusa, Calif. MPD A fast- moving fire, which has taken a heavy toll of watershed and forced campers and home owners In its path to flee, to- Church Official Opposes Freeway Portland - (UPD - The presi dent of the Greater Portland Council of Churches has asked the state highway commission to make chnnges In tho pro posed foothills route for the Stadium freeway. Mark Schnltzer of the church group said Monday that his organization Is op posed to the foothills route as It now stands because It would forco the elimination of the newly-completed Jewish Syna gogue Congregation Shaarlc Torah. The building is valued at $628,000. The congregation Is made up of about 1,000 per sons. KF Jury Acquits Youth of Killing Klamath Falls-nJPt-Bcrnard J. Fltzpatrlck, 18, Billings, Mont., was acquitted here Monday in circuit court of a voluntary manslaughter charge In the bayonet stab bing death of Ralph R. Law- son, Pasco, Wash. The stabbing occurred here last Jan. 31 while Fltzpatrlck was AWOL from Fort Ord, Calif. The youth has since been discharged from the I service. I Fitzpatrick's trial lasted I one week. The jury that tried I him was made up of seven women and five men. AIR CONDITION ! Say goodbye to miserable, sleepless nights... eliminate hot, uncomfortable days . . . with modern air conditioning. You'll sleep better- and feel better in an air conditioned home this summer. Stay cool and de-humidified ...and get almost complete protection from summer dust and pollen. THERE'S NO PLAGE LIKE A day threatened about 80 cab ins and summer homes In An geles National Forest. The 3-dny-old blaze also advanced toward the Crystal Lake recreation area six miles away which is occupied on weekends by thousands of visitors. About 600 reinforcements from throughout the state, Arizona and New Mexico were flown in today to help 900 firemen already on fire lines in San Gnbrial Canyon. More than 4,000 acres of brush, squat oak and big cone spruce have been blackoned by the fire. Perimeter of tho blaze was 12 miles. Threo summer cabins In cluding one tho Forestry Serv ice said was valued at $30,000 have been destroyed since tho fire's start Sunday. A carelessly discarded ciga rette was believed to have caused the fire. Its southern tip is burning about six miles north of this Los Angeles suburb. Ray L. Casterline, M.D. Physician Announces that Francis H. Bogard, M.D. Physician Is Associated With Him In Practice Limited to Internal Medicine 823 East Main Phon SP 2-7440 Medford Day or Night sleep better feel better HOME! Grass Fire Burns Over 4,000 Acres Th DhIIi'h - Him - A giusi (h o that broke out vnrly Mon day about 20 miles oust of hero charred sniuo 4,000 acres by liilo Monthly. Officials suit) Dm burned out iiroii Included iilxuit 1,000 acres of ripened wheat. The flumes erupted In the niK Junction urea curly Monday and ranchers had It under control a short tints Inter, Spin k from a punning tniln wore lielleved cause of the first. Monday afternoon, the fire started up ngiiiii, flared out of control and burned through the wheal. A number of furm sheds were diunagod by tin flume hut farm houses wore not burned. DRIVING CITATION Salem -lllfD- Oregon State Police Issued 1,287 citations fur violation of tho buslc rule In June and In the iimi period handed out only seven warnings. A total of 83 ar rests wcro made for driving while intoxicated. IT COSTS NO MORE "SeeYour Travel Agent" Alrllnci know w cn http vou hivfl mors fun. That's whv lhv uv Seo your Travtl Afjont first. 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