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CROWD AT FEAST Shown above Is part of the 1,001) or
10 Oregon Shakespearean Festival palrom who attended
the pro-opening "Feast of the
Foresters Keep
Eyes on Possible
Lightning Storms
Southern Oregon forester
kept their eyes on the weath
er tndny, as Uie possibility of
lightning threatened the
area's forests.
Carroll Brown, supervisor
of Rogue River National for
est, mid there Is an 80 per
rent chance lightning will be
reported In the forest today.
The forest service, he noted,
Is without 37 men, who have
been sent to eastern Oregon
and Washington to help sup
press forest fires.
Ycstcrdny, Brown said any
local fires would be fought
by area loggers, who hBvo
been alerted through the
Southern Oregon Conserva
tion and Tree Farm associa
tion's Roxy radio network.
The weather bureau this
morning forecast scattered
showers and thundcrshowcrs
In southern Oregon this after
noon. Forest personnel said they
hoped molsturo in clouds har
boring lightning may help
prevent serious forest fires,
and indicated that although
ycstcrdny morning's rain was
general, there was not enough
to ease the forest fire situa
tion. Trace of Rain
Only a trace of rain was
recorded at the weather sta
tion at the Medford airport,
the second day in the past 61
thnl a trace has been noted.
Ma'ny of the local forestry
personnel who left here last
week to help fight fires In
northeastern Oregon havo re
turned in the last two day,
according to local forestry
agencies.
The state department of
forestry reported four local
men were sent to that area
and all but one, Wcs Stan
field, technical assistant, have
returned.
Four men from the Rogue
National Forest returned from
that area Inst night. Thirty
seven remain Iherc.
Man Sent to Cody
Throe supervisory men loft
Ihe local bureau of land man
agement office today for a
fire at Cody, Wyo., according
to District Manager Ross
Voungblood. They were divi
sion sector bosses, Young
blood explained, Twelve men
from other Oregon BLM dis
Irlcts havo also boon shipped
to Cody, ho added.
Curt Ncshelm, district war
den for the state department
of forestry, said the local area
Is In "good shape." Approxi
mately 80 fires havo boon re
ported this season so far,
which Is even with tho same
period last year, he Bald, but
the acreage burned 1 much
less,
MEDFORD,
Opens to Capacity
. .
Tribe of Will' In Llthla park.
FEBTIVAL OPENS Among the 1,220 per
sons attending last night opening of the
lflUO Oregon Shakespearean Festival was
Speaker of the House Robert B. Duncan.
Duncan la shown (right) chatting with his
wife and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vaughn of
Italy Asks Russia to Allow Red Cross
To Contact Survivors of Downed Plane
United Nations, N.Y.-IUPD-Italy
proposed today that Rus
sia permit the International
Red Cross to get In touch with
two known survivors of a
U.S. RB47 rcconna I a n c c
plane downed by the Soviet
Union over the Barents Sea
July 1,
Italian Ambassador Egldlo
Ortona made the proposal In
a resolution put before the
Security Council, debating for
the second day Russia's de
mand that the United States
be condemned for the flight
of the RB47, which the Krem
lin contends was-.shot down
over Soviet territory?!..
Investigation Asked
The United States has pro-poscd-and
Russia was expect
ed to veto-a resolution calling
for an impartial investigation
or submission of the RB47
case to the International Court
at The Hague, The . United
Stales charged that the plane
was downed in international
waters after a Soviet fighter
sought to force it over to
Russia.
U.S. Ambassador H e h r y
Cabot Lodge was expected to
sum up the case this aftcr-
Portland Reporter
Plans Jo Go Daily , ;
Portland -lUPD-The Portland
Reporter, now a leml-wcekly
newspaper supported by strik
ing Portland newspaper un
ions, announced plana today
to onter the aftornoon daily
field around Nov. 1.
OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY
1 -v?jC
Rain, which threatened earlier In the day, failed to dampen
activities as the Festival opened a 41-nlght run in Ash
land Inst night.
Portland. Vaughn is director of the Ore
gon Historical society. Most of the opening
night crowd attended the "Feast of the
Tribe of Will" which preceded the pre
miere production of "Taming of the Shrew."
(Classic Studio photo)
noon and the council was
scheduled to vote before ad
journment tonight.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
ister Vastly V. Kuznetsov de
clared Monday that the U.S.
record of the flight, obtained
from undisclosed scientific de
vices and corroborated by
equally secret British means,
was "a coarse fabrication."
Rejects Lodge's Proposal
Kuznetsov tlntly rejected
Lodge's proposal for a Joint
U.S.-Sovict commission, with
mutually acceptable third
party, to examine whatever
wreckage there might be of
the plane and to question sur-
Jacksonville Man
Released by Judge
' The man who Jackson coun
ty sheriff's deputies arrested
Friday afternoon at a Cali
fornia border cabin was re
leased by ordor of District
Court Judpe E, Roy Bashaw
this morning. ,
' Twcnty-flve-yoar old Oliver
Oricn, Jacksonville, was re
leased to the custody of. his
parents after the judge deter
mined that tho crime of tres
pass with which he hnd been
charged "was not a serious
thing and no damage had boon
dono."
Tho deputies had been look
ing for two escapees from the
San Quentln prison honor
camp at Happy Camp, Calif.,
when Oden was arrested. The
two men escaped from the
camp July 17, and were be
lieved to be In the southern
Oregon or northern California
area.
Tribune
26, 1960
vivors and any eye witnesses.
Kuznetsov said an investi
gation would only serve to
confuse public opinion.
In short, he demanded that
the council accept the Russian
story at face value-without
any outside corroboratlon-and
discount the U.S. story as a
big lie.
Annexed Areas Add
122 Persons To City
The annexation of two
areas to the city of Medford
at the last election added 122
persons to Mcdford's prelimi
nary census count, Adminis
trative Assistant Gilbert Gil
tjahr said today.
The addition sets Mcdford's
unofficial population at 24,.
368, instead of the 24, 246 fi
gure released several months
ago.
Gutjnhr said the census
count in the recently annexed
areas wns made by fire de
partment personnel who also
studied the fire safety condi'
tlons of structures in the two
areas.
' Although the 122 persons
will not be added to the fed
eral census, they will be
counted by the stntc and will
be figured In tho allocation of
state liquor and gas tax reve
nues, he snid.
The largest of tho two an
nexed areas contains 113 per
sons. This area has been com
monly referred to as the "Y"
area and is located In north
Medford. The other area con
tains nine persons and Is lo
cated In cast Medford.
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Crowd
Howard Belton
Officially Opens
Annual Season
Ashland - A standing-room-only
crowd of well over 1,100
people last night attended the
opening night of the Oregon
Shakespearean Festival.
Threatening rain failed to
materialize, and the largest
aggregation of Oregon politi
cal figures west of Chicago
joined theater patrons from
every walk of life In enjoy
ing balmy weather as the
curtain rose on "Taming of
the Shrew," first of the four
plays to be presented in night
ly rotation through Sept. 3.
Earlier, in Lithia park, a
crowd nearly as large as the
plsy's audience dined on broil
ed chicken, listened to Festi
val singers, watched festival
dancers, and foot-tapped to the
bagpipe music of the Ashland
Kilty band at the annual prc
opening "Feast of the Tribe
of Will."
State Treasurer Howard
Belton, ranking Oregon Re
publican still in the state, rep
resented conventioneering
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield as the
state's official festival-opener
and grceter.
Belton, an old hand at pub
lic ceremonial occasions, later
confessed to catching a small
chill of stage fright from
nervous actors behind the
scenes, but resolutely welcom
ed the throng to Ashland,
saluted the event's contribu
tion to Oregon, and declared
the season open.
Robert Reinholdt, president
of the Festival association,
made the usual introductions
of visiting dignitaries, includ
ing figures in the political,
educational and cultural
fields.
Move Smoothly
Both the dinner and the
opening ceremonies moved
smoothly, with few hitches.
and busy Festival officials
afterward breathed a sigh of
relief that the months of work
and worry once again had
culminated in success.
Tonight's production will be
"Julius Caesar," directed by
Jerry Turner. Wednesday's
will be "The Tempest," with
James Sandoe directing, and
Thursday's will be "Richard
II," with Richard Risso di
recting. The four plays will rotate
nightly through Sept. 3, with
special productions of "The
Duchess of Malfi," by John
Webster-the first time that a
play by an author other than
Shakespeare has been present
ed as a regular part of the
Festival. Sandoe will direct.
WEATHER
FORKCAST: Variable hlfh
cloudlneit tonight and
Wrdneiday. Scattered ihowers
over the mountains, Low to
night 58; high tomorrow RS-90.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday S7
Lowest this Morntng 60
Prec. to S p.m. Yesterday, T.
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today ..7:38 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:59 a.m.
Moonset tonight 9:10 p.m.
First Quarter July 11
PROMINENT STAR
Altalr, high In south 11:40 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, due south ....10:50 p.m.
Jupiter, low In south
west 1!:44 a.m.
Mars, In the east .... 2:51 a.m.
"But I Gave Him Hi
MARK AND ROCKY New York Governor
Nelson Rockefeller, shown talking with Ore
gon Governor Mark Hatfield during a gov
ernors' breakfast this morning, reaffirmed
his refusal to accept the GOP vice presi
dential nomination. Rockefeller said as far
Firefighting Plane
Crashes; Two Killed
By United Press International
Forest fires in eastern Ore
gon and southeast Washington
claimed two more lives today
when a B-2S borate bomber
crashed over the man-caused
Beaver lake fire in the Oka
nogan National forest in
Washington.
Four other persons have
died fighting the fires report
ed to be the worst in three
decades.
Aboard the Wenatchee Air
Service bomber were George
Carey, Wenatchee, and J. C.
Brcm, about 25, of Bellevue,
Wash..
Both Die Instantly
Forest service ofiicials said
the plane was running over
the 700 acre fire to drop
borate when the plane crash
ed. Both men were killed
instantly.
Earlier two pilots were kill
ed lighting t he Wallowa-
Whitman National forest fire
in Oregon and two men died
as a result of burns while
fighting fires in the Umatilla
National forest in southeast
Washington.
Suffers Heart Attack
In addition, a Stayton, Ore.,
man, Ray Matthews, suffered
a heart attack fighting the
Wcnatch-e Creek fire and
was removed to a hospital in
Pomcroy, Wash., where his
condition is said to be not
critical.
James Spencer Jr., 48, Top
penish, Wash., died in a Pom
eroy, Wash., hospital Monday
after being burned while
fighting a fire on Crooked
Creek near Pomcroy. Ray-
Maid Testifies
In Finch Retrial
Los Angeles-flJPD - Pretty
Marie Anne Lidholm, 19, ap
peared on the stand today to
tell a murder retrial jury how
she , answered screams for
help and found Dr. R. Ber
nard Finch and his wife
struggling for the gun that
killed her.
The Swedish maid in the
Finch home replayed her role
as the star witness for the
prosecution before a jury that
will determine if Finch, 43,
and his mistress, Carole Tre
goll, 23, are guilty of murder.
Independence, Didn't I?"
mond Pike, 41, an inmate of
Washington State Prison at
Walla Walla, who had volun
teered to fight a blaze in the
Cummings Creek area, was
fatally burned Saturday.
in the Pomeroy district of
the Umatilla National Forest,
38 separate fires were report
ed, with the worst listed at
Wenatchee creek, Crooked
creek. Mount Misery and
West Tucannon.
U.S. Plywood To
Distribute Medco
Ply Production
. A major portion of plywood
manufactured in Medford
Corporation's new ptant,
whichvisnow under construe.
tion, will be distributed by
U.S. Plywood Corporation.
Alger Chaney, New York,
president of Medco, and Gene
C. Brewer, New York, presi
dent of U.S. Plywood, an
nounced the long-term sales
agreement in New York to
day. Medco s plywood plant is
expected to be completed
early next year, and is being
designed for an output of 7
million square feet of fir ply
wood monthly.
Chaney declared it "will be
the most efficient in the in
dustry." Money Rates
With money rates easing,
mortgage financing should be
facilitated and we look for
improvement in building ac
tivity during the months
ahead," Chaney said. "For
Medford, this sales contract
with one of the world's largest
manuiacturers and distribu
tors of building materials
means a ready market for our
plywood."
Brewer noted that "Medco's
entry Into the plywood field
will provide U.S. Plywood
with another reliable source
of supply to meet the Increas
ing demand of our 125 sales
branches and warehouses in
major markets throughout
the country."
Brewer said that fir ply
wood accounts for less than
40 per cent of the firm's gross
sales, which totaled more
than $276 million in the year
ending April 30.
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION Work Is pro
gressing on the Highway 99 freeway project
between Seven Oaks and Central Point.
Above is an overpass east of Central Point
as he was concerned there would be no
change in his position although he appreciat
ed the feelings of the governors who wanted
to change his mind. Gov. Hatfield promoted
the breakfast session.
(UPI Telcphoto)
Delegates To Try
To Draft Rocky
For No. 2 Spot
Chicago -ITJPD- The Nw
York delegation will cast
its 96 national convention
votes for Richard M. Kixon
for the GOP presidential
nomination, it was announc
ed today.
Chicago-IUPti - a group of
New York delegates said to
day they will make a last
ditch effort to draft Gov. Nel
son A. Rockefeller for the
GOP vice presidential nomi
nation despite his adamant re
ntal to accept the post.
The move was announced
by Bernard Newman, a dele
gate, within hours after Rock.
efeller firmly rejected a plea
by a group of governors that
he reconsider and agree to be
Vice President Richard Nix
on's running mate.
Rockefeller earlier had re
affirmed his statement that
he would not accept the vice
presidential nomination -at
breakfast attended by seven
other GOP governors who
sought to" persuade htm to
change his mind.
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield of
Oregon, who promoted the
breakfast session, told news
men Rockefeller s position
was unchanged "as of this
moment."
Rockefeller broke In to say
that, as far as he was con
cerned, there would be no
change in his position al
though he appreciated the
feelings of the governors who
wanted to change his mind.
80 Paratroopers
Dropped in Congo
Leopoldville, The Congo RJ?D
-The Belgian army dropped
80 paratroopers Monday at
the town of Tshikapa to pro
tect Europeans threatened by
Kasai warriors, it was dis
closed today.
The Belgian defense minis
try informed U.N. headquar
ters here the action was tak
en because a U.N. force mov
ing on Tshikapa by read
would not arrive in time.
Tshikapa is about 400 miles
southeast of Leopoldville.
The Belgian announcement
said the Belgian troops will
be withdrawn as soon as the
U.N. convoy arrives. The Bel
gians have taken over the
town of Tshikapa and its airfield.
&3mmm
Committee Action
Is Victory For
Nixon and Rocky .
Texas Retaliates By
Freeing Delegates
Chlcago-tUPD-The Republican
Platform committee by a vota
of 06-41 cleared the way to
day for revision of Its civil
rights plank to conform with
the views of Vice President
Richard M. Nixon.
The action was announced
by the platform chairman.
Charles H. Percy. He said tha
eommlttne alan enmnletnH an.
tion on its education plank
and revised its national de
fense plank to pledge mora
flexibility in the allocation of
funds for the Polaris mlsslla
program.
The civil rights action was
victory for Nixon and Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller of New
York. It came when the plat
form group upheld a ruling
by Vice Chairman Alvln R.
uaira mat inc rules couia
be suspended to reconsider
the civil rights plank by a
simple majority vote rather
than a two thirds vote.
Nixon called the .commit
tee's action a "good vote" and
added that "we should be able
to get a good platform on civil
rights." ......
The action had Immediate
repercussions. The Texas dele
gation, which was instructed
to vote for Nixon for presi
dent, agreed to free its mem
bers to vote for anyone they
pleased in retaliation against
the "pressure" on . the plaU
form committee.
The move to scrap the stata
convention .instructions was
passed by a 3-1 margin. Co
chairman Thad Hutcheson said
ne anticipated the move would
trigger similar action by other
southern delegations.
He said Texas was ready
for a floor fight on the civil
rights Issue but said this
would be directed at Rocke
feller rather than Nixon. Ha
accused the governor of "ex
""is uituDuai acuuu on U1Q
aPlatform committee. -. .
. Nixon's political prestige
was at stake. The platform
committee had to choose be
tween : (1) repudiating tha
views of . their presidential
candidate or (2) reversing tha
stand it took by overwhelm
ing vote Monday.;.
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Chicago Welcomes
Ike To Convention
Chicago IOTD - This town all
but buried President Eisen
hower in confetti today as ha
came here to receive the hom
age of his party on "Thank
You, Ike" day at the Repub
lican national convention. '
An estimated one million .
persons greeted him.
On Michigan ave., tha
crowds, cheering and scream
ing with delight, pressed so
deeply into the streets at
some points that the Presi
dent's motorcade was forced
time and again to a virtual
halt while harrassed police
and security agents shoulder
ed the President's fans out ot
the way of his convertible.
GOP Challenged 1
Hyannisport, Mass. - (UPD -Sen.
John F. Kennedy chal
lenged the Republican party
today to match the Demo
cratic civil rights plank which
he said "sets a standard for
the GOP in drafting its plat
form." The Democratic presidential
candidate, asked to comment
on the Republican Convention
battle over the party's civil
rights progi im, told newsmen,
"I hope they write one as
clear and effective as ; tha
Democratic plank."
over the freeway right-of-way. Earlier this
year the state highway commission awarded
contracts for construction of structures along
th route.
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