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Section' A 52 PAGES "I Want To Protect You" Belgians Leave Congo; Action Planned by Phoenix District on Possible Annexation Phoenix school district rep resentatives said . they plan further notion when the coun ty boundary bonrri meets at 8 p.m., Auk. 11 to decide on possible annexation of the arra south of Barncll rd. lo the Medford school district. "I can't tell you just what we are planning, but 1 will tell you ll't going to be plen ty. You don't pull your punch es In something like this," Mis Kay Cnrver, spokenman fur the group opposing the annexation, said Saturday. - . Wednesday night, the Jack aon county school district re organization committee voted In (avor of a propoal to trans fer tha area toulh of Darnell rd. and east of Bear creek Into the Medford achool dis trict. It affccla 65 children who are In achool or will at tend . school tills fall. The switch would alio Includt the Rogue Valley Manor... ' High' Tax Revenue A spokesman for the Phoe nix group estimated that when completed, the manor would bring lux revenue of $125,000 year to the achool district In which It la located. 'However, County Assessor Hay Schumacher said Satur day he could not tell so far In advance what the assessed val uation of the manor would be. To figure $125,000 In annual taxca from the manor would mean the asacised value would have to be S1'4 mil lion, and the Phoenix achool district. If It had the manor, would havclo have a 100 mill levy, the assessor explained. Although he did not have official figures before him, Schumacher said the nilllage Jn the Phoenix district is now about 98 mills. Observer Commtnls "I've often wondered why the Phoenix people didn't of fer to give the Medford dis trict the area south nf Barnctt road without the manor," an observer remarked. Assessed valuation of the area without Ihe manor has been estimated at $500,000. "Then Phoenix could have the manor to bolster lis lax revenue, and those people wanting lo go to Medford achools can go there," the ob aerver aaid. "It looks like a Pony Express Indians; No Scalps Taken .Fort Casper. Wyo. - mm Indians stomped through a war dance and the sheriff's posse was out In force Satur day, but riders continued to race across Wyoming on the centennial re-run of the Pony Exprcys. i The westbound riders, at tempting lo slash 180 miles off the run from St. Joseph, Mo., to Sacramento, Calif., encountered the Indians at old Fort Casper in central Wyoming. 1 , Friendly Indians However, the Indians want ed no pail nf a skirmish, but went lliroiiRh their dances, while the Cnapor band played end spectators, dressed In vealcrn garb, tried to relive Ihe days of the original Pony Express. The riders were scheduled to make Split Rock, In Sweet water county, by midnight about halfway aoroas th (lata. k ' ': ' . '' selfish argument between dis tricts over the manor prop erty to me." The Medford school board hns gone on record that any additions to the district should be sufficient to balance liabil ities and assets as near as pos sible. This, the board has said, would keep arras entering the district from being a burden on present taxpayers In the Medford district. Benson Sticks Out Neck for Rocky Washington - flTH - Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson declared Saturday that- Gov. Nelson A. Rocke feller would be a stronger GOP presidential candidate than Vice President Richard M. Nixon, .. In a hastily called news conference after the political bombshell was dropped, Nix on refused to take issue with Benson but said "W need a new approach" lo farm policy. Nixon said "it isn't for me lo say In my own self-Interest I am the strongest candidate." Benson's statement, issued on the eve of the Republican convention that is certain to nominate Nixon, said Rocke feller would be able to win over Sen. John F. Kennedy (Mass.) the Democratic can didate. The secretary said the New York1 governor "would pull heavily from Republicans, In dependents and Democrats and, I strongly believe, he would win." Rockefeller, he added, "would make a great Presi dent" even though he "may be somewhat too liberal" on some Issues.. But he said "ho should certainly appear on the Republican party's na tional ticket," Nixon noted that he has had "some basic disagreements" with Benson over farm policy and said the secretary's state ment "should not come as any surprise." ' Riders Meet Meanwhile, the oaslbound rider arrived at Fort Brldgcr In the southwest corner of the stale Just in time for a plale of slew being served out of 800-pound kettles and a quick view of an open-air dance and a rodeo, Historic Pageant The ceremonies at Fort Brldgcr, where the rider pass ed through the same gate that his predecessors of a century ago moved through, also In cluded a pageant, featuring replicas of vehicles used In the '-1880a with the people dressed In clothes of that period, . Sheriff George Nlmmo, chairman for the Wyoming. leg of ihe re-run, directed the eastbound riders Saturday. One of hia men was George Twltchell of Green River,"' a direct descendant of ona of tha original riders, Wife of Injured Logger Sues Kline For $50,000 Mrs. Carl Allcen Hillestad, Medford, Is seeking $50,000 In damages agalnsl Robert F. Kline of Kline Logging com pany, Medford, as a result of a logging accident. This Is a follnwup suit to one brought by her husband, Carl O. Hillestad. Following a lengthy trial, In Jackson county circuit court, a Jury awarded $110,100 dam ages to Hillestad as a result of the accident. This Is con sidered by local attorneys as the highest amount ever awarded In a personal Injury suit In Jackson county. Bernard Kelly, Medford lawyer, who represented Hillestad in the prior suit, is also representing his wife. Mantsl Anguish In her complaint, Mrs. Hillestad charges that she has suffered mental anguish by being forced lo witness the suffering endured by her hus band "whereby her own nerves and health have been seriously and permanently shocked, weakened and im paired and has been denied the care, protection, consider ation and companionship of her husband and has been re quired to remain at home for long periods of time." The accident occurred July 24. 1058. near Elk creek while Hillestad was falling trees for the . logging - company. Mrs. Hillestad charges that the company was negligent In causing a tree to fall onto her husband resulting In severe injulei to, him. Mayfield Named Group's President Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent of Medford public schools, was elected president of the Oregon As sociation of School Adminis trators In Eugene laie last week. Other officers elected in clude Floyd Light, superin tendent of David Douglas in Multnomah county, vice presi dent; and Willard Bear, state department of education, sec retary-treasurer. Theme of the two-day meet ing centered on three sub jects. They were Improving instruction In schools, school fini.ncing and upgrading the profession and how it can be done. SILENT OBSERVERS A group of silent In Leopoldvllle. A. U.N. official said In Congolese look on as Swedish General Carl Ihe Congolese capital Saturday lhal the Von Horn, commander of U.N. forces In the government as a modern republic has 'vlr- Congo, walk by ihortly after his arrival tually collapsed." ; (UPI Telephoto) Leopoldvlllo, The Congo - Itll'D - Belgium lowered its flag hero Saturday abandoning this capital city of its once great African empire lo the United Nations. The Belgians pulled out In a haze of bitterness and anger. UN officials said the 23-day-old Congo republic had "vir tually collapsed" as a modern state and appealed urgently for medical aid to stave off epidemics. But one sign offered, new hope that the Congo's threat ened political disintegration might not take place. In Ellzabcthvllle, Kolanga pro vincial Premier Molse Tshombe offered lo lead his mlncral-rlch province back into a confederation of Congo stales. Tshombe proclaimed seces sion of the province earlier this month. Ho did not rescind the action, but he called for an alliance among "the other Congo states who decide lo re ject the virtual dictatorship of the central government." GUeful Smiles Congolese lining the tarmac at the airport smiled gleeful ly, as young Belgian para troopers moved up to b'jard the last plane flying out just In time to meet the 6 p.m. deadline set for Belgian troops lo leave the city. The young Belgians looked away when newsmen tried lo question them before they left for the Belgian military base at Kilona. The Belgians' helplessness in the face of the situation was underscored by the ar rival of a giant Russian 1L-18 transport which shouldered Its way onto the take-off strip while a Belgian military transport plane waited, quiet ly for a clear runway. ', , The Russian airliners have been flying In food cargoes as well as UN troops from Ghana. '.-.' Last Proud Geiture ; , In a last gesture of pride, a Belgian lieutenant colonel 'an nounced thai the final plane carrying paratroop headquar ters units was lifting off the runway exactly at deadline time "and not one minute be-' fore." Asked what his feelings were at the moment, the colonel said: "That is not for me to say. I am a soldier but I don't think that you will find it difficult to Imagine what we feel." Behind him stood his offi cers, their uniforms creased and their faces tense. Cars of some of the ministers of the central Congolese government were among those parked at vantage points around the air field to watch the Belgians depart. ' iF (i i Deputies Raid Cabin in Search For 2 Escapees Jackson county sheriff's deputies raided a mountain cabin near the California-Oregon border Friday afternoon after receiving a report that an escaped convict from Cali fornia might be hiding there. Deputies did not find the prison escapee but they did find Leonard Oliver Oden, 25, Jacksonville. Officers said he was armed with a rifle and pistol and could not account for his presence in the cabin. Burglary Charga He was arrested on a charge of burglary and confined in the county jail. Deputies have been looking for two escapees from the San Quenlion prison honor camp at Happy Camp, Calif. The two men escaped from the camp last Sunday and are be lieved lo bt in the southern Oregon or northern California area. The escapees have been identified as Joseph P. Palen co, 37, and Chris Weber, 27. They arc thought to be oper ating a U.S. forest service pickup truck stolen from the Happy Camp area last week. Four deputies journied to the cabin by horseback Fri day after the owner, Robert Crandall Jennings, Yreka, told authorities he saw a man, armed with a rifle and pistol, in the cabin early Friday afternoon. The cabin is located on Cow creek approximately lour miles from Dutchman's peak. Kennedy Briefed By CIA Director Hyannisport, Mass. - HOT -Sen. John F. Kennedy got a top - secret briefing from the nation's intelligence chief Sat urday on problems the United Stales faces in Berlin, Cuba, the Congo and elsewhere around the world. The Democratic presidential candidate conferred for two hours and 15 minutes at his summer home with Allen W. Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, who made a special flight here for their meetings. Kennedy told newsmen af terward that he would meet with Dulles again in Wash ington after Congress recon venes Aug. 8. He said Dulles also would arrange for a de fense representative to fly here within the next two weeks lo bring the nominee up to dale on military affairs. iki ROCKY IN CHICAGO Carrying banners banners and placards saying "Draft Rocke-. feller," some 300 supporters greet New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller on his Hatfield Praises i Meeting Between Nixon and Rocky Chicago - (UPf - Governor Mark Hatfield arrived here Saturday evening for the Re publican convention and im mediately praised the meeting between Vice President Rich ard Nixon and New York. Gov ernor Nelson Rockefeller. - Hatfield said the 14-point platform agreement reached between Nixon and Rockefel ler' was not a surrender by either side. . The governor, who arrived here a day ahead of schedule, was accompanied by Mrs. Hat field, Secretary of State Howell Applinjr and Mrs. Ap pling, and Gerald Frank, member of the governor's ad visory commission on develop ment. Men of Good Faith' Hatfield disagreed with Sen; Barry Goldwater (R- Ariz.) who termed the 14 point platform agreement be tween Nixon and Rockefeller a surrender by the Vice Presi dent. Oregon's 38-year-old chief executive expressed pleasure with the Nixon - Rockefeller conference and added "it shows that men of good faith and statesmanlike conduct can get together and narrow down their differences. This kind, of solidarity of purpose is good for the party." Hatfield termed the 14-point agreement as one in which Nixon and Rockefeller com mit themselves to an . eco nomically strong America. Goldwater Blasts Nixon-Rocky Meet Chicago - (TOD - Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona said Saturday the celebrated New York meeting between Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefel ler could ' "live in history as the Munich of the Republican party." He said the results of the Nixon-Rockefeller agreement, if allowed to stand, could lead to a GOP defeat in November. Goldwater, leader of the Senate's conservative wing, accused both Nixon and Rockefeller of engaging in "Immoral' politics." He said they attempted to dictate the Republican platform by com promising on their previous differences. WEATHER FORECAST; Contlnurd fair warm and dry today and Mon day. HI th today !0. Low tonight it, High Monday 93. ' Trmp. Highest YeMerilny ffl I.owrst YMterday , ...42 Precipitation none. j Our Skies Tonight Simsft today .........7:3!) p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:.M a.m. Moimsft today .1 .1:08 n.m. First Quarter .July 31 The planet, Snturn, la now about 845 million mltiM away, mort than twice the dlitance of lu- Biter, ue ftflufh l I0:.W p.m., flattirn now seta before annrUe, ry'ti. .? v- intr . , iVL.ii J Most Oregon Fires Now Under Control By Unilad Pr International An estimated 119.000 acres of timber and rangeland were burning or charred and smoul dering in eastern Oregon Sat urday .night but officials said all but a few fires were under control. '.,'.... i Lumumba Escapes Brawl in London London - (UPt - Congolese Premier , Patrice Lumumba left for New York for po litical and economic talks Saturday night after escaping attack in a fist-swinging Lon don demonstration that felled a Ghanian diplomat. The demonstrators, follow ers of British Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley, tried to block Lumumba's way as he left his hotel for the airport. One man struck Ghana high commissioner to Britain Sir Edward Asafu-Adjaye, ap parently mistaking him for Lumumba. The Mosley followers, who campaign with the slogan "keep Britain while" and were blamed for the 1958 race riots in London's Notting Hiil district, shouted "we'll sort you out one day, you black rapists!" As the Con golese party left the hotel. The man dashed from the crowd and hit Asafu-Adjaye. The crowd gasped as the blow staggered him back against his car. A second blow knock ed him to the pavement. Police sprang to the diplo mat s aid as one women tried to reach him and kick him where he lay, ... . FBI Traps Spy In Russ Embassy Washington - (UPI) - Petr Y. Ezhov, Russian embassy of ficial ordered expelled this week for spying, was trapped red-handed by an FBI agent, authoritative sources said Sat urday. . The agent was the unnamed com mercial photographer" whom the state department said yesterday was hired by Ezhov, -third secretary at (he embassy, to take aerial photo graphs of American cities, in cluding military Installations. The FBI refused any com ment on Its role in the case. But ,it was understood the agent, posing as a photograph er, wormed his way into Ezhov's confidence. This explained a not for attribution" remark by an American official Friday that Ezhov never got any photo graphs of critical intelligence value, The photographs, for which he paid the "photographer" more than $1000. were check ed for security before he got them, .aVx , t 19 - T. V. U. at arrival in Chicago Saturday' for the Re publican National Convention. The gover nor was accompanied by his wife, Mary, and three daughters.. (UPI Telephoto) Officials . tn three - major fire control agencies-the U.S Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the State Board of Forestry re ported only a half dozen ma jor fires remained out of con trol. All of these were In the Urnatilla and Wallowa-Whit man national loresis. - Forest Service Regional Dis patcher Clarence Edgington said 39,000 acres of forest land were still flaring or smoking in the two national forests, with 3,700 firefighters still manning firelmes In the rugged mountain country. Mop Up Operations Edward Booker of the Bu reau of Land Management re ported fires had taken a toll of 70,000 acres-mainly graz ing land-controlled by the BLM. Booker said the brush fires on BLM lands' were all under control Saturday night. but a crew of 1,000 men were performing mop up opera tions. . . ": . Worst of the fires still burn- i ing on national forest land was the 10,000 acre Anthony Lake blaze, which jumped firclines in several spots.- Still Uncontrolled Other uncontrolled fires were at Spring creek, Pony creek, and Waterspout creek in the Snake river country. The Forest Service Saturday night was recruiting 1,000 vounteers to help fight these blazes. At least two fires were still spreading in the Pomeroy dis trict of the Umatilla national forest. In addition to Fortst Serv ice and BLM lands, the fire control division of the Oregon State Board of Forestry re ported an additional 10,000 acres of private or state lands had been left blackened in the wake of the rash of fires touched off by lightning Tues day. - ' : ! Former Governor Long Fights for Political Life Alexandria'. LaHJPD-Ex-goV, Earl K. Long retreated to the hill country where he was born for a last-ditch fight to save his political life Satur day night iid shoved his way into a runolf lor a congres sional seat. With 311 of the 316 pre cincts in his home eighth dis trict reporting, Long had 25, 654 votes to 29,635 for his bitter political enemy, incum bent Rep. Harold B. Mc Sween. The third man In the race, former state Rep. Ben holt,; was eliminated with 10,- 171 votes. The second primary will be held Aug. 27. Two Other Races Louisiana had two other colcsted congressional races In Saturday night's Demo cratic primary. In the seventh district, incumbent U.S. Rep. T. A. Thompson headed for a runoff with former State Sen. Arsene L. Stewart, and In the third dlstriot Rep. Edwin But Rockefeller Still Says W To No. Two Spot Republicans Now 'Firmly Together Chicago - lUPD - Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rocke feller reached "general agree ment" in their policy disputa Saturday-but Rockefeller de clared once'and for all that he would not accept the vie presidential nomination and wouldn't serve if elected. Simultaneous statements by Rockefeller in Chicago and Nixon in Washington nailed down Rockefeller's refusal to take second place on a Nixon ticket at the Republican na tional convention opening Monday. : ; - In rejecting the spot. Rock efeller said that if the oc casion arose he would take the same position as Gen. William T. Sherman who turned down the presidential nomination with the words: "If nominat ed, I will not run. If elected. 1 will not serve. In Washington, Nixon told news conference he accept ed the New York governor's decision -and would not try to pereuade him to change his mind. His statement made Henry Cabot " Lodge and Thruston B. Mprtori favoritiei tor the vice presidential spot. Rockefeller also left Nixon with practically a clear field to the presidential nomina tion. He said he knew of; no plans to place him in nomina tion for the presidency and he would not permit any such step unless there was a genu ine draft. He added that, real fstlcally, he saw, no such signs despite existence of a "Draft Rockefeller" committee. The Nixon and Rockefeller statements came after the two men reached agreement, on major foreign and domestic issues at a dramatic New York meeting only hours be fore Rockefeller arrived here for the GOP convention. Rockefeller was jubilant upon his arrival in Chicago where the concensus already was that Nixon had made most of the concessions. Rock efeller proclaimed he now could support the party plat form with "pride and vigor." Before he had deemed it "se riously", inadequate. Waving aloft a statement he had issued in New York with Nixon's approval, the gover nor said: "If you don't think that represents my views, you're crazy." Shortly afterward Nixon telephoned Rockefeller from Washington and then held a news conference where he re plid indirectly to charges by conservative Republicans that he had "surrendered" to tha New York governor. Nixon said that while he and Rockefeller had reached general agreement on major issues they still disagreed on details. Ho said he conferred with Rockefeller in New York merely to "set the record straight" and show there was no major GOP split. Willis won re-election by a 3-1 margin over his sole op ponent. ".'.' , ; A majority vote Is neces sary to win the Deiriocratle nomination tantamount to election since Republican op position Is negligible, , The madcap former gover nor has mounted a bitter campaign aglnst , McSwcen and Holt. McSween has twice before beaten Long-backed candidates, " and this is lite ifrst time that Long has ever, personally entered ,. a race against him.' ; ' ' 1 . i ' A First for Long '' This is also the first tlma that. Long has run for an of fice that didn't require a state wide vote. , The eighth dlstiot Is com. posed of eight parishes (coun ties) In the wooded hills ot north central Louisiana where Long and his brother Huey, the famous Kingflsh, war born and raised.