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Newspaper Page TextCAP SOLI tSlLWW Rogue Valley Edition Medford 24 Paget MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1960 No. 112 I III. l . pyjwwii II inn TV p'-'fe- :.;.:r 4 Vv,., kvrt ini-i .. tatamiui. k'VfcM oW4' -VrVvv.rrv v-i-'w-; 'Ar-iAU' ;- .- '',, . . v., ..'? v .' . . r-cv 1 - . BUILD UP The cuimiliK clouds tliul have been nliowlnK themselves (or the Inst few days In southern Oregon hull- cute an tinensy situation In the area'i tlmbcrlnnds, as a rash of liKhtnliig-causcd fires have been reported in the Siskiyou and Cascade ranges. Although not "full-blown" thunder- Ruling May Result In Purchase of Sheriff's Cars Thret'more sheriff's cars may hiva to b purchased be rausa of recent , tllofhoy general' ruling. It was learn ed In county court this morn f ' Vo privately owned cars can b covered by mileage . allowance when used on crlm- ' l -1 ..J I . . M ...III. UIN1 miu tivu vai-i win. few exceptions, the opinion tstrd. This would affect three prl vately owned cars, one In the tax department, one In the civil division and one In the criminal division, Sheriff Joe watsh snid ths mornng. . Five cars purchased June 30 are to be delivered soon to the criminal division, Walsh said. Five other cars were re ceived In April, also for the criminal division. . May Daclara Emergency County Judge Earl Miller aald it may be necessary to declare an emergency exists and purchase thrco more cars for the sheriffs department without the usual bid pro cedure, but District Attorney Thomas J. Rccder said today he doubts if this could be done legally. Although the attorney gen eral's opinion would be effec tive Aug. 1, about 30 days could bq allowed in which to con. ply with the opinion, he explained. The opinion applies to all counties with a populiv tion of more than 50.000 per sons, the . district attorney added. The matter of mileage al lownnces and travel allow ances for the sheriff's office was originally investigated by County Clerk Marvin Mnd den. Walsh said he had. asked for- tho attorney general's opinion through the district attorney s office a year ago, It was dnted July 7, but due in nrnaaiifn nt hiiDlnn,. Il.n matter wasn't brought to the county court's attention until this morning, Reedor snld. County Commissioner Rnlnh Jnines denied that the prob lem had been brought up be cause or political reasons. Mofad Exceptions Reedor noted some excep tions to the ruling would be when a member of the sher iff a department must travel out of the county in making an arrest, to return prisoners or to transport convicts, The opinion stated Hint the form In which mileage claims are . prcscnlcd can bo decided by tlm county court. Tho shorlff snld this ruling would work a hardship, par ticularly on certain dcputlos who are buying their cars and applying mileage allowances tn those payments, The crim inal division could double up on cars, but this would leave certain areas unprotected while deputies , come to the courthouse to pick up the of ficial county cars, he ex plained. ' ' ' 1 30-Man Crew Mopping Up 400-Acre Fire Near Ashland A 30-man crew Is mopping up today on a fire which (lashed over a 400-acre area yesterday on Walker creek off Dead Indian rd. east of Ash land. ............ i ! The blare was touched" off t. .. i . n . . .. t .. uj ,r Euiiliua; cwiiiiik a thunderstorm and Is one of some 25 which were ignited by lightning on slate forestry Switch Engine Hits Car at Main Street A Soutliern Pacific switch engine crashed into a car at the Main st. rnllrond crossing in downtown Medford early Oils morning. There were no injuries. ' The car was operated by William Forbes Lynch, H8, Jacksonville, nccording to po lice. They said the enr sus tained only moderate damage to the front end. Witnesses told police that the signals at the intersection were working but Lynch ap parently failed to heed them. The accident occurred at 2:45 a.m. High Temperature Of Season Recorded Highest tcmpcrnturc for Medford vicinity tills summer was recorded yesterday when the mercury climbed to 105 degrees al the airport station of the U. S. weather bureau. The 105 was also a record high for July 28. Highest pre vious temperature on that dntc hero, according to weather bu reau flics, was 102 In 1 958. "Sometime I Feel Like , But I Don't Know heads, the clouds In the picture above, taken yesterday afternoon, show thunderstorm potential east of Medford. A total of some IB fires have been brought under control, and area fire crews expect to deal with a number of "sleeper" fires resulting from recent storms. department protected and Rogue National forest lands. Flames on Walker creok swept through foxtail and grass, brush and some oak and .nlnvlnjbr,.. Uio,ouU wtsl district office of 'the slato forestry department re ported. A line wu put around the fire by 10 o'clock 'last night and it was declared un der control by 10:30 p.m. Little If any further trouble from the blaze was anticipat ed, forest patrolmen said. Some 40 men were on the fire at its height. Of eight other fires on land under state protection, the largest was a lli-acre blaze on Poole hill. Others were under an acre in size. Crews were mopping up on these and they were described as in "pretty good shnpo." SixKen Biases Reported Sixteen blazes on the Rogue forest were reported out or in the mop-up stage, except a new one on Poole hilt on the forest boundary. Largest of the 16 was about one acre. The forest service has man aged fire suppression with its own personnel despite being short of help because of men sent to other areas. Threat of additional fires still hangs over the area. The state forestry department re ported some lightning and light rnln In the southeast part of the district this morn ing. More lightning activity was foreseen this afternoon and evening. "We hope we can get through today. It looks a little rough" a state forestry spokesman stated. The district had a recon naissance plane In the air looking for possible "hold over" fires. There's a chance Running Away, Too, Where To Go" 55th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 1 some are still smouldering from lightning strikes, it was said. The 30 mopping up on Walker creek today included ,12 men from .the Ray O fiord longfng -!irflv:aiMl Hill' Beagle Ashland, with his tread trac tor.-.. Others were forest ua trol crews and "pick-up" help, Spring Lake Fire Considered Worsi By United Press International Six mountain climbers with cables and winches attacked remote sections of the Spring Lake fire today after being dispatched into the rugged Snake River canyon country Thursdiy. The stubborn 6,700 - acre blaze was considered the worst still burning in eastern Oregon. In rough, craggy country, the fire has resisted efforts of ground and air fire fighters to bring it under con trol. - Forest service officials said the mountain climbers would try to prevent the fire from crawling across rocky faces of land to cn'cr new timber land. In other areas, fire control centers reported most fires under control today, including 40 small fires started by lightning Tuesday and Wed nesday. Board Considers Leasing Fair Area Possibility bf leasing the south end of the county fair grounds fronting the baseball park is being considered by the Jackson county fair board, C. H. Buffington, fair board member, said today. The fair board had been leasing the arcn to Kognp Lumber Industries, Medford, and Inter, part of It for Go Knrt racing. However, the two Interests seem to conflict, and Kognp no longer wished to lease the property, Buffing ton explained. Revenue from the lease Is used for operation of the fair grounds buildings, he said.' McLeod Bridge To Be Closed Two Days County Engineer Robert Carslenscn announced todny that the McLeod bridge over Rogue river at McLeod will be closed during Monday, Monday night and Tuesday, Aug. ,1 and 2, for reconstruc tion. The blrdge will be open Tuesday evening for resident traffic. Carstcnsen said the bridge does not meet state loading standards, as the load limit restrict! ita us. Belgium Pulls 1,500 Troops From Congo Receipt Increases Noted in County During Past Year Substantial increases in county receipts during the 1050-60 fiscal year are noted in the annual statement by the county treasurer to Jackson county court. Treasurer Karl L. Janouch reported total receipts of $13, 504, 772.29 during the period, compared to $10,970,434.14 during the previous year. Largest increases were noted in payments from the U. S. government, up $722,550.18, county taxes and fees, up $549,473.46, and from the state of Oregon, up $118,- 163.91. Income from interest on deposit and investment earn ings more than doubled dur ing the last year, 'a.'.uch said. During the 1959-60 fis cal year a total of $118,806 98 was received for interest, compared to $54,457.23 dur ing 1958-1959. This money was distributed $73,312.14 to county government; $44,949- .84 school funds; and $545 irrigation districts. Four Reasons Noted Janouch gave four reasons for the increase in Interest earnings. 1. More money on deposit. 2. Earlier receipts, a $2, 314,670.07 Oregon and Cali fornia fund check arrived one month early; . 3. Prompter deposits of money with treasurer by county offices: and ' 4. Higher Interest iratesr "Total receiptsplus $2,337,- 270.06 cash on hand July 1, 1959, totaled $15,842,042.60, for the year. Total disburse ments were $12,802,754.60, leaving a cash balance June 30 from all taxing units of $3,759,287.75. These figures include both county tunas. and money collected and dis bursed on behalf of cities, school districts, and other taxing units of the county. The county government ended the year with a net cash balance of $1,446,145.4.1 in the budget accounts. The county treasurer stressed that this amount is not a sur plus." Ho stated that the fis cal year ends June nv ana sufficient funds must be on hand at that time for operat ing expenses until the arrival of the O and C fund check. The check has been receiv er by the treasurer as early as mid - August and as late as October. Average monthly operating expenses is $380,- 000, Janouch said. The remainder of the cash balance is in accounts of oth er taxing units, schools, wa ter districts, et cetera. Denver - (UPD - President Eisenhower feels Republicans face a hard fight for the White House this year, but with the "strong and experienced ticket they picked at Chicago he is sure they will won. MORTON REELECTED Top Republican leaders engaged in a three-way handshake' before the GOP National committee meet ing in Chicago's Hilton hotel today after Senator Thruston Morton (left) of Kentucky Lcopoldville, The Congo - (DPIi- Belgium announced to day It would recall lmmcdate- ly 1,500 of its 10,000 troops in tho Congo in view of the Unit ed Nations emergency forces growing strength in main taining law and order here. The U.N. Security Council ordered Belgium to withdraw its troops but set no time lim it. The Belgian cabinet met to day in Brussels and a spokes man announced the first 1,500 would be flown out "in the next few days." 1 "Belgium's military inter vention in The Congo was purely to save the lives of our countrymen," Belgian Health Minister Paul Meyers said after the Cabinet meet ing. Status Not Clear The announcement did not clarify the status of Katanga Province which has declared its independence from Congo and asked Belgium to keep its troops there. U. N. Secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold was disclosed today to have rejected sug gestions he visit Katanga, ap parently for fear a visit there would lead support to Katan ga's secession from the Congo. Observers said he appeared to have rejected the idea be cause a visit would amount to some form of recognition of the rebel government of Pre mier Moise Tshombe. Hammarskjold's spokesman said he would leave for South Africa on Tuesday and re turn here Aug. 7 to -meet Premier Patrice Lumumba who would have returned from bis American trip by then,-,. , . , .. aims He's Misquoted Hyannis Port, Mass. CUFD Democratic presidential can didate John F. Kennedy said today GOP leaders know they are misquoting him when they say or imply he favored apol ogizing to Soviet Premier Ni kita Khrushchev for the U2 spy plane incident. Kennedy again denied any such proposal and said that he had stated only that it "might have been useful to express regrets" if this would have saved the summit con ference. He told newsmen Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon and former Gov. Thomas E. Dew ey of New York, who raised the apology issue, both "knew very well" the extent of his "regret s" statement when they raised the issue at the GOP National Convention. Kennedy said he listened to Nixon's speech on televi sion Thursday night and found it "interesting." Los Angles IUPD A Minne sota ex-convict was called back today to testify about his claim of bargaining with Carole Trcgoff over the price to kill 1 her co-defendant's wife, socialite Barbara Finch. '&' . ! SPACE TEST FAILS The first major test of the Mercury space capsule riding aboard an ICBM Atlas missile met fail ure about six miles off Cape Canaveral today when the booster exploded and the missile and capsule plunged into the Atlantic. Above photo was taken just before launching. GOP Starting From Behind, But 'We'll Win Says Nixon Chicago IUPD Richard M. Nixon, pledging to campaign until our throats are raw, said today he believes he is "starting from behind" in the race for the presidency but that he will win in November. The Republican presidential nominee said anyone would have a hole in his head who did not admit that the GOP national ticket was "starting Koreans Stage On Election Day ; Seoul, Korea - (UPD - Twen ty thousand Koreans demon- started in Masan today against a former government mem ber as the nation elected a parliament to replace the one named in "rigged elections" of the Syngman Rhee regime. The demonstrators marched on the county office and threatened to burn the build ing down if former Liberal candidate Lee Young Bum took an election lead. Lee, victim of such demonstrations for two weeks, was arrested Thursday on an attempted murder charge. The election committee de layed opening the ballot box es because of the threatened violence, the only reported throughout South Korea. Masan is the South Korean town where students sparked the demonstrations that led to the ouster of Rhee. Sacramento -(UPD- The mail arrived in Sacramento right on, time Thursday night, 10 days after it left St Joseph, Mo., on the 100th birthday of the Pony Express. was reelected the party's, national chair man. Vice President Nixon and U.N. Am bassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees respectively, addressed the committee. (UPI Telephoto) '4 (USAF Photo via UPI Telephoto) behind" in the race with the Democrats. Nixon also: -Outlined a whirlwind schedule of early campaigning that will take him next week to Nevada, California, Hawaii and Washington State before he returns to the nation's cap ital lor the congressional ses sion beginning Aug. 8. -Said the Republicans have a fighting chance to win control of the House of Rep resentatives. .3 He said .' that chance rests on the. party's farm program: -which he vflll sycii uui i nis campaign. Most Democrats Registered In explaining why he is "starting behind," Nixon ex plained that ' the Democrats have a larger registration of voters and have far more members of Congress, whose presence on the ballot would strengthen local tickets in the Nov. 8 elecaon. Hence, he said he believed at this point that his opponent, Sen. John F. Kennedy, "be gins with an advantage." However, he said there is a tendency for voters to sup port men instead of parties and that "We start with no pesslmism-we believe we'll win." ' ' No Overconfidenca Nixon suggested that there was some advantage in start ing behind because there was no possibility that the party' workers would be overconfi dent as ' they were when Thomas E. Dewey lost the 1948 election . to President Truman. . Nixon told a news confer ence, his meeting Saturday with Midwest farm leaders will be' "primarily a listen ing session" for him. He said sometime in the next two weeks he will set a date for the "major farm speech" he will make early in the cam paign. Nixon added that the GOP farm program "must be one the farm members can run on", and that so far the Re publican farm plank has been very favorably received . Nixon's news conference followed an appearance be fore the Republican National Committee. Preliminary Report On Parks Received A preliminary report con taining a comprehensive study of Medfords park problems was presented to the city plan ning commission Thursday night during a special "execu tive session. ' The report was prepared by the planning staff under the joint federal - city planning program. It reportedly con tains an analysis of the exist ing park situation and recom mendations for future park policy. It was submitted to the planning commission for its consideration and will next go to the parks and recrea tion commission and city coun cil. ' , ; City Manager Robert A. Duff today refused to permit Inspection of the report by the press, pending its presentation to the council. He emphasized it Is purely tentative, and sub ject to revision, rejection or approval. Atlas Explodes 65 Seconds After Smooth Launch v Mercury CaptuU's v Maiden Flight Fails Cape Canaveral, Fla - (DPI -The first working model of America's man-lnto-spaca cap sule apparently was blown to bits miles high in the sky to day when the Atlas misslla it was riding exploded 69 sec onds after a smooth launch The National Aeronautic! and Spate administration made this terse anr ounce ment little more than two hours after the inaugural flight of the type space craft that soon will carry an Amer ican on an adventure into space: Probably an Explosion ' : "Some event occurred o( a catastrophic nature; prob ably an explosion" about 65 seconds after the big rocket and its bell-shaped capsule were fired at 6:13 a.m. Scientists said the one-ton capsule probably plunged into the Atlantic Ocean and sank between four and 12 miles east of Cape Canaveral. ' .,' Hunt for Wreckage The capsule tipped Atlat was fired in the rain and dis appeared Into a bank of cloud just a few second later. . It was soon announced that scientists attempting to track the capsule's scheduled 1,500 mile un-manned flight had lost radio contact 65 seconds after takeoff. ' Crews Comb Area '" Search crews combed the area in an attempt to recover the wreckage. ' This was to have been the Mercury capsule's maiden flight on th- Atlas and a mile stone that would have gotten Project Mercury, the nation's) high-priority and high-priced dream for manned conauest of space well off the ground Government tnroarl in Tiifia t Havana (UPD A rapid fire series of political develop ments following the illness of Premier Fidel . Castro raised speculation today of major changes in Cuban policy and a shakeup of the Castro gov ernment . . These developments includ ed a Cairo announcement that Raul Castro, , brother of tha premier, bad cut short his vis it and was rushing back to Cuba, a decision by Foreign Minister Raul Roa to post pone a Sunday television ad dress, and mounting criticism of the Venezuelan govern ment. ' -j ' There was only govern ment silence here on Raul Castro's quick return but un confirmed rumors aid it was connected both with his broth, er's illness and with Roa's de- uisiuu w (mi unpaid iii Organization . of American States meeting in Costa Rica Aug. 15. . . Rumors on Illness Spread The OAS is to take up tho question of Russian Interven tion in Cuba. Raul Castro is a violent opponent of the or ganization and it was believ ed he would insist that Cuba boycott the meeting. Roa had been expected to outline Cuba's position Sunday. The wildest rumors swept Havana as to the nature of the illness of Castro, who. has been reported recovering; from an attack of pneumonia. The consensus of doctor! here appeared to be that ha was suffering from something other than the effects of pneumonia, but what it wal remained uncertain. rnii-n II A R. - (UPD - Th United Arab Republic Thurs day nigh, called on the peo ple of Iran to revolt against Shnh Mnhnmmed Reza Pah- lev! for his "crime" of grant ing diplomatic recognition to Israel. It urgea omer Ann atntf tn follow Cairo's lead and break relations with tha Tehran government, WEATHER FORECASTS! VtrUnl cloudi ness win thuniUrihoweri In vi cinity throuih Ssturdsy. Low tonliht IS. Illih Urdu 3. Temp. Illlhm Yesterday I0S Lowest this Mornlni ... 17 Our Skies Tonight : Unmet todiy . .......... 7:11 p.m. sunrise tomorrow ..m. Moontet tonliht ..tl:4 f.m. First Quarter July 11 PROMINENT STARS Splca, near the Moon, -Arr.turut, hifh ahovf. Spies Aldebaran, rises , . 1:11 a.m. The Preladet, well abova Alde-baran. 4