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KJBLIC IIJKARY Dl SttCO0 end JACKSON COUfcttl C3ATFI ASK V.P. ''CONTEST ELD, DTDS 'WIDE WIW : Rogue. Valley Edition Medford 20 PAGES Nixon Says Civil Rights Plank 'Unsatisfactory' p NIXONS ARRIVE Vice President Richard Nixon md his -wife, Put, leave their plune upon arrival in Chicago loduy lor the Republican National Convention. They were Krcctcd by their two daughter, Tricla, 14, with Nixon, and Julie, 12, with Mrs. Nixon. (UPI Tclephoto) Follow-Up Report on Air Pollution in Fall ' A follow-up meeting on tlx "Medford area air pollution W.UI. ...ill U- kU ILI. fall after the fruit harvest, Judge Earl Miller mid today. . Ha told T. M. (Ted) Cerow, , district sanitary anil near. -thai would be the proper time to hava a follow-up report from lumber and fruit Indua trlea on their progress in re ducing smoke over the area. Cerow told the county Judge that he had hoped to have a follow-up survey made on the orchard h c n t e r convorlon . while the fruit l on the trees. Growers hava voluntarily agreed lo convert 20 per cent nt their old-style heaters each year for five years. Cerow noted. However, the growers .did not quite make the 20 per "cent conversion this year, he aid. " "Orchard healing was not bad this last season so the public did not demand or chardlsls to live up lo their .voluntary agreement," Gerow .explained. "However, the growers have not presented the state sanitary authority llh a written copy of their agreement as they had agreed 4o do. The slate sanitary uthority has not insisted on ' jl since' the growers seemed 4o be working through the county according to a verbal agreement," he added. - Cerow noted that While jClty area lumber mills are iot "falling into line" with ihc anti-air pollution program. hc state sanitary authority vlll probably have to follow Up with letlors and personal ',UII. In na-h milt HrrnW -laid. He noted that the Mt. 3ltt lumber company. Central '.'Pfttnt imid tn create a lot of itnoke but has done "quite a 'People, Principles and Peace' Listed By Congressman as i960 "With your help, I'll return to Washington late in Novem ber, and strive to improve my service as your representa tive In Congress,"' Charles -Porter lold a group of some inn nmnni.Dli nt Iho nnrlv'a ' unntial picnic at TouVclic " park yesterday afternoon. , . The Eugene Congressman, 'recently returned from the Democratic National Convcn- 11,-m in l.n.q AnKoles. was prin cipal speaker at the cvcnl, which also featured gnmes jind onlflinmcnl. Porter covoreel a number of aubjocls In his talk, ranging ' ifrom his efforts to secure en 'aclmcnt of fodoral projects In ..H.he Fourth district to foreign .policy. He cited specifically his work on the Rogue River project, on the proposed Sel-'ima-Gold Beach forest road, on Increases In allowable plumber cutting and forest ac tress roads, on mining recrea tion (Including the proposed .Oregon Dunes National sea- !ahore), and on port develop-Jnent, MEDFORD, bit" to overcome the smoke problem from waste burners. Miller explained that the White City area mills were not Included in the county program since the committee working with the county court felt thai they did not affect the Mocjford.arca, Gerow was in Medford this morning (o see about shifting his office from Crania Pass to the Jackson county court house. U.N. Troops Open Port in Congo Lcnprildvllle, The Congo-ilTI'-Unitcd Nations troops, showing their growing ability to command law and order in this chaotic republic, today opened up the supply port of Maladi for the nation now suf fering a severe food shortage. American Lt. Gen. Ray mond A. Wheeler, 74, retired Army Engineer who once freed the Suez Canal when It was blocked during the 1056 crisis, arrived lo super vise, restoration of full port operations at Mntadi and on the Congo River. U. N. authorities announced that 7,133 U.N. troops were on hand and that another 350 troops Tunisian would ar rive during the day. During the next 24 hours 12,00 to 1,500 Ethiopian Iroops were scheduled to Join the -U.N. force. There was still no indication of what would happen In "seceded" Katanga Province. .Provincial Premier M o i s e Tshombe v proclaimed Katan ga's independence and said he would fight If U.N. forces are sent there. On the national level, he reiterated his support for med ical care for the Bged, for belter housing legislation, for aid In education, for a high er minimum wage, for aid lo depressed areas. And, in International af fairs, he repeated his pledge of previous elections lo de vote onc-lhird of his time to ward working for a peaceful world, Steps loward disarma ment, Increased communica tions and trade, and support for democratic nations were cited as means to this end, Porter said the .Kennedy Johnson national Democrntlc ticket Is a strong one, mid their victory would end "di vided government," with Con gress controlled by one parly and the administration by the other. lt also would mean the end of an indifferent, absentee presidency, he declared, . "People, principles and peace" was offered by Porter as the, watchwords for 1980, and he called for a return to "our deepest traditions," for OREGON, MONDAY, JULY Vice President Wants Stronger Stand on Issue Chicago (WD - Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon said today the civil rights plank approved by the GOP plat form committee Is "unsatis factory as far as I am con cerned" and should be re placed by a stronger decla ration. The vice president arrived In Chicago lo find a sharp split in the platform commit tee on the subject of civil rights. Nixon told a crowded news conference soon after arriv ing here from Washington that "I believe it essential that tlie Republican conven tion adopt a strong civil rights plnnk - an honest one which will deal . , , with the spe cific problems we desire to reach." To Command Sit-ins He said, for example, that he would insist that the plank 'commend Negro sit-In dem onstrators and recognize the right of people to assemble "peaceably, without violence" to secure their Just rights. Nixon said he had taken a personal interest in the civil rights plank and had studied the issue with an eya to de vising proposals which were attainable. . Nixon said he was not "wedded" to any specific Ian guage so long as his objec tives were spelled out ade quately. He made the statement when asked if he would in sist on the specific language used in .the . 14-polnt state ment of principles propound' cd by himself and Gov. Nel son A. Rockefeller at their secret New York conference last week. Turning to the vice presi dency, Nixon said he would not make known his pref erence for a running mate un til the party selected its pres idential candidate. He is a shoo-in for the nomination. Nixon again declared his belief that Rockefeller is out of the vice presidential fig ure. Nixon said he would talk with Rockefeller today as well as other delegates vital ly Interested In the platform. He also said that whoever is chosen vice president must share his views on foreign policy, humon rights and ec onomic policy. DATE INCORRECT The grand Jury has return ed an indictment against O. H. Bcngtson, Medford attorney, charging he took $3,701.14 il legally from the Medford Es crow company funds on or about Oct. 21, 1SS9, and not Oct. 21, 1951. A typographical error was made in the story of the Indictments in Friday's Mall Tribune. Bcngtson is charged also with taking $1,700 from company funds on or about Feb. 2, I960. Watchwords using our heads and our re sources to avert chaos and disaster. Porter declared that, In his (wo terms in Congress, he has made mistakes, - but he said he has learned a lot and still has a lot In learn, and thai with the help of Demo crats and independents, he will return to do so. Robert Duncan, Democratic stale representative from Jackson county and speaker of the house, also spoke, call ing for Democrats on the local level lo follow the example of the leaders of the ticket, lo unite lo back the candi dates and ideas of the parly in the coming campaign "Democrats can and do fight out their differences with great enthusiasm, but once the fight is over, we ac cept the will of the majority and close ranks," Duncan said. , A number of out-of-town parly members were guests at the picnic. Jerry Scanncll was master of ceremonies, and In troduced parly officials and dignitaries, Tribune 25, 1960 Feast, Play Opens Festival's Season Ashland - The 20th season of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival will open tonight to a standing-room-only house. The audience, including special guests, will see Shakes peare s comedy "The Taming of the Shrew," first of four performances in rotation at America's first Elizabethan Theater. At 6 o'clock the annual Feast of the Tribe of Will will begin in Ashland's L 1 1 h i a park. Scrolled invitations have been issued by the Fes tival to Us patrons, bidding them lo "dine with ye festival fellowship before a merry play upon the comc-uppance dealt a parlous Shrew." The invitations promise that . . young folk sing and foot it on the lawns to make you merry while birds are a roast ing over tlie coals; and you shall all set to over trenchers of fowl, hot ar.d hot, with summer garden stuff, and swcels lo end withal." After the feasting and the entertain ing, ". . . pipers of the town pipe ye company to ye play house at eight of ye clock to see Master Will's players - and to all a high heart for the time." Stalt Treasurer Representing Gov. Mark O. Hatfield at the evening's event will be State Treasurer How ard Bclton. The governor is attending the Republican con vention In Chicago. Other governmental officials on hand for the opening arc U.S. Representatives Charles O. Porter and Edith G.een; As sociate Justice of the Supreme Court William C. Perry: and Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton. Among the many educators attending are form er chancellor of the state sys tem of high education. Dr. Frederick Hunter; President E 1 mo Stevenson, Southern Oregon college, and President Harry Dillin, Llnfield , col lege. Also attending will be British Consul James McDon ald and Mrs. H a r m o n a Bowles, winner of the NBC television program, "Queen for a Day." Tonight's performance will be directed by Robert Lopcr. The next three nighU produc tions will be "Julius Caesar." Tuesday directed by Jerry Turner; "The Tempest," Wed nesday, directed by James Sandoe, and "Richard II" di rected by Richard Risso which will be performed Thursday. . The four plays will rotate nightly. Two special produc tions of John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi" have been set for Aug. 22 and 31. The I960 season closes Sept. 3 after 41' consecutive nights. Advance ticket sales con- Family Injured in Sunday Accident A family of five was severe ly injured in a two car colli sion Sunday night at the Ta ble Rock and Vilas rds. inter section, state police said to day. Listed at Sacred Heart hos pital as suffering from multi ple Injuries were Charles D Craig Sr., 47, of 1113 Stevens St., Medford, his wife, Estelle, 36, and youngsters Michael, 14, Shannon, 10 and Brian Charles, 4. Information as to their exact injuries and condi tions was not Immediately available this morning. Stale police said they had not yet learned the Identity of the driver. A car driven by Walter Lin coln Sewell Jr., 22, of 5202 Table Rock rd., Central Point was driving north on Table Rock rd. when the Craig ve hicle, headed south on the same road, made a left turn in from of the Sewell ear, slate police said. State police sain a com plaint would be filed against the driver ol the Craig car lor making an Improper turn. WEATHER KOHKCA8T! Varlatitf etnudlnfis lonl.hl atitt TiiHd.y. Low to nllht s.l. 111th TiiMday 85. Tamp. tll.lirat Vi-slrrday . 9.1 Lowl thll Mornlni S3 ri-fcip. To 10 t in. Today Trace Our Skies Tonight Sumet today -.7:J p.m. sunrise tomorrow 4:.1 a.m. illootuet tonight ins p.m. Flnt Quarter July 11 PBOMINKNT STAR RfBuliii, nrar thr. moon. VISini.E PLANKTS .Inplter, due louut p.m. Alan rlM 1 2:4. a.m. Saturn, low In loulhweit 3:09 Price 10 Cents tinue In lead last year, Fes tival officials reported, but they said excellent sealing remains for all performances Her tonight. Russians Accused Of 'Piracy' in Downing US Plane United Nations, N.Y. - HOT - The United States accused Russia today of a "criminal and reckless act of piracy" In shooting down an RB47 recon naissance plane. ' It said a Soviet fighter plane tried to force the RB47 onto Soviet territory before it was shot down over international waters. . U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabol Lodge said secret U.S. electronic devices based in England tracked the p 1 a n a throughout its entire flight. He asked If Russia was seek ing a pretext for war. Wants Investigation In a formal resolution Lodge challenged Moscow to submit the case to investiga tion by a commission of the United States and Russia and third party acceptable to both, or to take it before the ntcrnational Court of Justice at The Hague. Russia imme diately rejected the demand. The United States wanted the commission to inspect the site, examine the wreckage and question the survivors and other witnesses. U.S. Calls It Piracy "Our purpose here is not lo defend ourselves," Lodge said. "We have done nothing which requires defense. v We want the council to deal with this criminal and' reckless .act of piracy committed by the So viet union so that our men, now In Illegal detention, may be freed, and so that the whole world may breathe more easily again." Soviet Deputy Foreign Min ister Vasily V. Kuznctsov promptly termed Lodge's pre sentation "a coarse fabrication from beginning to end made up for the deceit of the people of the United States and world public opinion" with 'no factual material behind it." Market Owner Dies in Accident Bryon N. Ellis, 59, owner and operator of the Ellis Mar ket, 820 Crater Lake ave.. died Sunday in the surf near Florence when his 16-foot boat overturned In hreakers opposite Tahkenitch lake. With Ellis at the time of the accident were his wife, Iva, and two sons, Bobby Joe, 11, and Carl, 23. According to United Press International, Carl waded to shore to seek help and saw his father col lapse and disappear when a wave hit him. lt is believed he suffered a heart attack. A group of clam diggers rescued Mrs. Ellis and Bobby from tlie overturned boat and brought the body to shore. Carl told authorities that his family had gone fishing In the ocean and had become lost in the fog trying to re turn to Winchester Bay. The sile of the accident is about five miles north of the bay. Mrs. Ellis and her sons re turned to Medford late Sun day.' Finch Jury Goes To Murder Scene .Los Angeles UIPII - Jurors hearing the second murder t rial of Dr. R. Bernard Finch, 43, and Carole Tregoff, 23, left the Hall of Justice today for a trip to the $65,000 home where the surgeon's wife was shot to death little more than a year ago. - Finch and his pretty mis tress accompanied the judge, jury and attorneys) lo the home where Mrs. Barbara Jean Finch, 33, was shot to death July 18, 1959. They rode the 30 miles to West Co- vina in station wagons. The sojourn to the swank home which Finch has had lo sell lo defend himself against murder charges is the prelude to a stepped-up pace in the retrial of the surgeon and Carole. H .,1 WIIWMMIIHIIitl ll.,lll..l.M. III. in -in 1M1"' ' ' i W GOVERNOR BUTTONHOLED Governor and Mrs. Mark Hatfield of Oregon are shown shortly after their arrival in Chicago Satur day for the Republican National Conven tion. Pinning the Nixon button on the gov Fires Continue to Blaze; 1 Man Dead By United Press International Fires in Northeast Oregon and Southeast Washington continued to blaze today after taking one life and thousands of acres of prime timber. James Spencer Jr., a Top penish, Wash., Indian, was fa tally burned late Sunday while on the fire lines of the Wenatchee creek fire in the Pomeroy district of the Uma tilla National Forest. Forest Service officers said a sudden change in trie wind trapped Spencer and he tried to run. He apparently stum- Tree Farm Group Schedules Meet The first meeting in Med ford of the tree farm found- crs will begin Tuesday,- July 26, at the Rogue Valley Coun try club. - According to E.' W.' Pease, Trail Creek Lumber company, and S. V. McQueen, Kogap Lumber Industries, local di rectors of the Industrial For estry association, 17 "associa tion and 8 men from forestry staffs in western Washington and Oregon will attend. Field trips for the board have been arranged for Wed ncsday and Thursday by Cal vin L. Smith, the association's southern Oregon forester. Southern Oregon associa tion members, consisting of lumber and plywood compa nies in Josephine and Jack son counties will join the board of directors at the coun try club for dinner Wednes day. B. L. Nutting, Medford Corporation general manager, will host the board for a visit to the Medco's tree farm Wed nesday and Howard Hopkins, assistant forest supervisor, will be In charge of a field trip Thursday in the Rogue River National forest. C. W. Richen, Portland, as sociation president, said that the meeting in southern Ore gon recognizes the importance of the area's timber-growing potential. ' Premier to Meet With U.N. Group United Nations, N.Y. - (UPI) - Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba meets for the first time today with Security Council members In' whose hands lie the ultimate fate of his floundering young govern ment. p .-. . , The meeting was arranged by Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, who also plan ned to confer privately with Lumumba later in the day on the role of the U.N. task force now holding the riot -torn Congo together. The premier said his first meeting with Hammarskjold after his arrival from London Sunday had made him "opti mistic" about the future. Funds Apportioned For State Highways Washington lUPD - The of fice of Rep. Walter Nor blad (R-Ora.) said today that the Secretary of Com merce has apportioned the following federal aid high way funds for fiscal year 19B2 lo Oregoni Primary highway system 14,566,870) secondary or leader roads, $3,200,1051 urban highways, $1,305,214) and Interstate system, $37. 530,281, for a grand total ef (45,603,170. - ernor is airline stewardess Nancy Ebel of Seattle. Gov. Hatfield will place Nixon's name in nomination for ' the ' Presidency. ' " (UPI Telephoto) bled and the flames roaring in cheat grass covered him be fore he could escape. He died during tne mgnt Rogue Rivar National for est Saturday dispatched 28 men, including two from the bureau of land management, ts help battle forest fires in northeastern , Oregon and southeastern Washington. Rogue Forest Supervisor Carroll Brown said that eight timekeepers from the forest service and two from the BLM were sent Satur day morning to Pomeroy, Wash., en the Umatilla for est. Fifteen overhead super visory . men . were flown Saturday night by United Air lines chartered plane to Pendleton where they were put on a bus for Baker on the Wallowa-Whitman forest. : r.i - " A- iotel 6f 41 men from the Rogue foreit ere bow assisting' with' the luppres ; sion of the biases in -the critical area. Eighteen men previously were dispatched. While o many men are . away from their posts here. Brown pointed-out that this area, through Southern Ore gon Conservation and Tree Farm association and its Roxy radio, is well organ ised to combat , fire. "If we have something, we're going to pounce on 'er with log gtri.'f Brown declared. He said that the weather bureau has forecast light ning storms in this area this afternoon but that it is hoped that moisture in the storms . will - ease the fire danger. Brown reported that the rain which fell this morning was general and hit the upper Siskiyou moun tains about 6 a.m. . A forest service officer said today that over 20 million board feet of timber has been destroyed in the Anthony Lakes fire In the Wallowa Whitman National Forest in Oregon, But the official said they have revised the estimate of total acreage burned in that region down to 15.000 acres from 25,000 acres. Smoke cleared and plane spotters could more accurately esti mate the area burned, he said. Some 3,900 men were work ing on the fire in that area. At least four other fires raged out of control In the Wallowa Whitman forest. rney included a s,400 acre blaze near Spring creek, a 10, 000 acre fire near the Pony Waterspout, 4,000 acres near the north fork of the Burnt river in the Unity District and smaller fires near Vance creek, . Copco Hearing Set Here on Aug. 9 Salem - (UPD - Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill said today that a hearing on the application of California Oregon Power company for a hike In residential rates will resume at Medford Aug. 9. The proceeding is expected lo wind up as far as testimony is concerned, he said. The company presented Us case July 12. Hill suspended the proposed rales. They would provide an annual additional gross in come of $1,013,572 - to be paid -by Oregon customers. Washington - (UPD - A Civil Aeronautics Board examiner today recommended a big ex pansion of U.S. airline service across the Pacific with Pan American World Airways to get the nation's first trans pacific routes lo the Far East from the eastern seaboard, Opinion Asked Regarding School Boundary Board An opinion on whether the county school reorganization committee can be over-ruled by the boundary board will be requested of the attorney gen eral. Judge Earl Miller said today. He referred to the pro posal to annex the area south of Barnett rd. from Phoenix school district to Medford school district. He said the opinion would apply to annexation of an area, a move which does not necessarily fall within the state reorganization program In a previous opinion, the attorney general's office stated that the boundary board could not Initiate an action. Any thing affecting reorganization of school: districts has to go through the reorganization committee -first, County School Superintendent AM B- Mekvold said. . "I'm sure, however; juris diction lo change boundaries is vested in the boundary board," Miller said. Boundary Board ' Miller, County Commission ers Ralph James and Chester Wendt and the county school superintendent comprise the boundary board. Miller told Ben Lombard, Ashland law yer who represents the Phoe nix school district, that copies of the attorney general's opin ion would be provided both sides. The. boundary board meets at 8 p.m., Aug. 11 to consider the annexation prob lem. ' " - , If the annexation approved last Wednesday by the reorga nization committee should be approved by the boundary board, also, this would be the fourth transfer of land from the Phoenix district to. Med ford in about two years. First such transfer was the Hoover elementary school site on Jan. 21, 1958; then an area on Modoc ave. on Sept. 22, 1958; and the area north of Barnett rd. on Sept. 8, 1959. The Modoc ave. area was transferred since it formed a penninsula jutting into the Medford district. It was locat ed at Modoc ave. and Carnng ton St., north of Crestbrook rd- South Pass, Wyo. tUPD - The centennial rerun of the Pony Express, with twentieth cen tury riders keeping the his toric pace was In its second stage today. "We Hope You Didn't We Don't Have Seven Governors Plan to Make Request of Nixon Illinois' Stratton Will Maka Appeal Chicago IUPB - Gov. Mark Hatfield of Oregon and tlx other governors agreed to day to ask Richard M. Nixon to permit a "wide open" con- test at the Republican Na tional convention for the vlct presidential nomination, . Nixon, assured of nomina tion for president, by; tradi tion could pick his own running-mate If he wished. Or he could leave the selection up to the delegates. Gov. Harold H. Handley of Indiana said the seven gov ernors decided to appeal to Nixon through Illinois Gov, William G. Stratton "to make it wide open. . The other governors Includ ed Hatfield, who will.. nut Nixon in nomination for pres ident; j. Hugo Aronson of Montana, . Christopher Del Sesto of Rhode Island, Rob ert Smylie of Idaho, and . J. Caleb Boggs of Delaware. : Mark Praises Meetmg ' Gov. Hatfield praised Sat urday's meeting between Vice President Nixon and New York Governor Nelson Rock efeller. " .:'.' ,. ' - Hatfield said the 14-polnt agreement reached between Nixon and Rockefeller-was not a surrender by either side. . The governor, who arrived here Saturday a day ahead of schedule, was accompanied by Mrs. Hatfield, secretary of State Howell . Appling and Mrs, : Appling, and Gerald Frank,' member of the gov ernor's advisory commission on development. . Disagrees with Goldwater Hatfield disagreed . with Sen. , Barry Goldwater (R Ariz.)who termed the 14-point platform agreement between Nixon. and Rockefeller a sur render. by the vice president. I Oregon s--, 38-year-old. chief executive expressed pleasure) with r 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 . tlie 14- point agreement as one in which Nixon and Rockefel ler commit themselves to an economically strong Ameri ca. . He said the ideal GOP tick et in November would be a Nixon-Rockefeller ticket. - Call (or Strong, Plank Rejected Chicago (UPD The Repub- lican. Platform committee early today shouted down the strong civil rights plank advo cated by Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller. The committee Instead hammered out a compromise plank and approved it by' voice vote. Rockefeller promptly served notice that compromise was unacceptable to him. He said he committee would be asked to reconsider its action when it reconvenes this after noon. . "We will continue to fight in committee, if possible, and on the convention floor, if necessary," Rockefeller de clared. - ' Get The lmprewion That Any Uie for You" , t X
