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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1960
No. 107
Republic Near Collapse
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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.