Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 01, 1960, Image 2

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    MEDFORD mail tribune, medfohd, ohe.
MONDAY. AUGUST 1, I860
Reds of East Germany Increase
B.- fl 1AI p. T7
rressure Against wesi yernn
move against the city if it
does.
West Berlin Mayor Willy
Berlin - IUPII - The East
German Communists increas
ed their diplomatic pressure
on West Berlin today in a
new indication of a possible
Red move against the free
city before the U.S. presi
dential elections.
The West Berlin newspaper
Telegraf reported Sunday
Communists planned to move
against West Berlin and said
it received reliable reports
that East German Communist
Leader Walter Ulbrichl has
organized "storm troopers"
for an assault.
Previous reports in Bonn
have told a major buildup of
Cody Confesses
Lying for Money
Los Angeles-(UPI)- Glib John
Fatrick Cody today admitted
he had in the past lied for
money as he underwent cross
examination on his talc of
"m u r d e r for hire" at the
Finch-Tregoff murder retrial.
The self-styled ladies' man
testified last week Dr. R. Ber
nard Finch, 43, and Carole
Tregoff, 23, paid him $1,400 to
kill the wealthy surgeon's
wife, Barbara, 33.
Cody insisted, however, lie
would draw the line some
where in what he would do to
get out of jail.
The prosecution witness
said he was a salesman but
when asked sarcastically by
Defense Attorney Grant Coop
er if he supported himself by
his wits Cody replied:
"When I'm not working,
yes." Cody claimed he never
planned to go through with
the murder plot, and engaged
In talks with Finch and Carole
only for the purpose of bilk
ing money from the wealthy
surgeon and his mistress.
Communist armed forces
circling Berlin and diplomatic
sources In Washington have
heard reports the Communists
may move against the West
ern outpost.
The situation, was becoming
so tense that a government
spokesman in Bonn indicated
the West German Parliament
would not meet in West Ber-
Judge To Visit
Brother in China
Hong Kong - Judge Wil
liam Walsh entered Commu
nist China today to visit his
imprisoned brother, Roman
Catholic Bishop James E.
Walsh,'
Judge Walsh, of Cumber
land, Md., was met at the
barbed wire frontier by a Red
Chinese border guard.
He did not know his actual
travel plans in advance, other
than the fact that he was
taking a train to Canton, but
he undoubtedly will be ac
companied all the way to
Shanghai by a Chinese Red
Cross official.
Judge Walsh's wife, who
came to Hong Kong with him
from the United Slates, re
mained in the colony.'
The judge took two pieces
of luggage with him, mostly
clothes and things he hopes
to be able to give his brother.
Bishop Walsh is serving a
20 year prison term in Shang
hai on charges of "espionage."
Since he is 69, Judge Walsh
said he assumed his brother
would never leave the prison
alive.
Happy Camp - Nellie Gil
more, Mail Tribune carrier,
reports that there are three
drag line operations started
along the Klamath River be
tween Highway 09 and Happy
Camp.
Iin this fall, apparently be
cause of Soviet threats to
Brandt, now vacationing in
Austria, told the West Berlin
newspaper B. Z. today he
would abandon his campaign
to become chancellor and re
main in the city as mayor if
a new Berlin crisis arose.
The new diplomatic pres
sure by the Communists came
in the form of a memorandum
to all the nations that took
pari in the war against Nazi
Germany. It was issued to
mark the 15lh anniversary to
morrow of the Potsdam agree
ment which divided Germany
among the allies.
Old Charget Repeated
The memorandum repeated
its old charges that the West
ern 'allies, particularly the
United States, had violated
the Potsdam treaty repeated
ly, thus nullifying it, and had
supported the revival of Nazi
and militarism in West Ger
many. It said such violations meant
the Western allies had lost
their rights to remain in West
Berlin. It denounced West
Berlin as a "dangerous
trouble spot" and again de
manded a peace treaty be
tween the Western powers
and the two Germanies.
Gun Accident
Kills Reservist
San Bernardino, Calif. MUPD
A 23-year-old Air Force re
servist was accidentally killed
Sunday when a pistol he had
bought for his wife's protec
tion, discharged as he showed
her how to use it, police re
ported.
George Michael Howard
had just returned home after
serving a 10-day duly tour as
a flight engineer and was re
hearsing his wife Wanda, 22,
in the use of the .22-caliber
automatic.
She slipped the cartridge
clip out of the gun and was
attempting to eject a live bul
let from the chamber when it
discharged and struck Howard
in the heart, police reported.
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SHOE
NAIL
SUB
Every Summer Shoe
Must GO To Make Room
for Fall Shoes
EXAMPLES:
17.95 GEPPETOS Now 58.95
14.95 Accent Town & Counlry Now $7.45
12.95 PENALJO Now $6.45
7.95 College Deb FLATS Now $3.95
MANY MORE FAMOUS BRANDS at 50 OFF
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Thunderstorms
In Western Area
By United Pre International
A rash of thunderstorms
broke out in the West today
while weathermen on the
East Coast marked the demise
of tropical storm Brenda with
a forecast of fair and pleasant
weather for New England.
Western showers during the
night were scattered mostly
from the Central Rockies
through Nevada and Northern
California into Southern Ore
gon. North Dakota reported
drizzles.
Light rain fell on Rich
mond, Va., and Charleston,
S.C., and. in Louisiana and
Southeast Texas some six-
hour totals exceeded iVt in
ches. ,
Elsewhere the week began
under generally clear skies
and temperatures in the 70s
and 80s except for cooler
nighttime readings from Iowa
and Missouri northeast
through Ohio, Michigan and
the Northern Appalachians..
The U.S. Weather Bureau
predicted sunny skies today
for the Great Lakes and Ohio
Valley west to the Central
Great Plains, in New England
and in California and South
ern Nevada. Scattered after
noon thundcrshowcrs would
accompany warm and humid
weather along the Gulf and
South Atlantic Coast west lo
the Rockies, the Plateau and
the Upper Mississippi Valley,
the bureau said.
NOT FUNNY TO HER This little lady must not realize that
it's National Clown Week. Pamela Duncan is encouraged by
her mother that Seattle Seafair clown Tom Herbert is not
something lo be afraid of. But Pamela won't go near the
clown. Clown Week runs through Aug. 7.
MedfordWTribune
Regional Edition Page 2A
Ike Interrupts Golf Vacation
To Meet With Security Council
Newport, R. I. - IUPD - Pres
ident Eisenhower resumed his
golfing vacation here today
with time out to meet with his
National Security Council
and to accept another honor
ary degree - his 49th to date.
He returned with Mrs. Ei
senhower Sunday from a side
trip to Denver where the
President could only pat his
foot on the country club
porch. Since the President's
heart attack in 1955 his doc
tor bars golf at Denver's mile.
high altitude. ;
Security Council members
- top policy-making officials
in the military and foreign
affairs fields - were flying
up from Washington for to
day's session at the summer
White House. ' ' ' - '
No emergency was. involv
ed, press secretary James C.
Hagerty said. He called it a
regular routine meeting of the
council, from which no pub
lic announcement was expect
ed.
Afterwards Eisenhower was
flying by helicopter to near-by
Kingston, R. I., to receive
an honorary degree of doctor
of civil laws from the Uni
versity of Rhode Island. ' . ,
Lake George, - N. Y. IUPD
Historians today studied pho
tographs that might shed
some light on the outhentici
ty of a fleet of British ships
believed scuttled in Laks
George in 1758.
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Post-Vote Rioting
Breaks Out in Korea
Seoul, Korea - IUPII - Savage
post election rioting broke out
in three areas of south-central
Korea today and the govern
ment mobilized army troops
to restore order.
Demonstrations also broke
out in Seoul for the first time
since the April revolution
which toppled the regime of
former President Syng man
Rhce.
The rioters and demonstra
tors all were protesting the
handful of members of Rhce's
Liberal-Democratic parly who
were elected to the new Na
tional Assembly in balloting
Friday.
There were some charges of
election rigging, particularly
in cases where Liberal-Democratic
candidates ran for
office successfully despite the
fact they were in jail.
Stock List Firms
In Early Trading;
Buying Distributed
New York - IUPD - Stocks
firmed in the early trading
today with electronics, some
steels, aircrafts and .drugs
providing most of the thrust.
An advance today would
give the list its third consec
utive rise since the federal
reserve board cut the margin
rate to 70 per cent last Wed
nesday. Buying was well distrib
uted throughout the list
with stocks in the averages
getting almost as much play
as some of the leading glam
ours ana special issues,
Youngslpwn . featured in
the steels with a gain of a
point followed by U. S. Steel
and Bethlehem with smaller
rises. The aulos were most
ly mixed with Ford, General
Motors and Chrysler easier
and American Motors firm.
Proctor & Gamble, a blue
chip, spurted 6 points during
Ihe first hour and General
Foods, trading ex-dividend,
rose more than 1. Vick added
more than 3 in the drugs,
while National Lead lost more
than 1 in the metals.
'Absolute Rest'
Ordered for Castro
Havana -IUPD- Premier Fidel
Castro's doctors today order
ed "absolute rest, mental as
well as physical," for the
bearded Cuban leader suffer
ing from an ailment that has
kept him out of public view
for days.
Castro's illness has touched
off speculation of a crisis in
leadership in Cuba but most
observers believed his anti
American brother Raul would
serve as acting premier until
Castro recovers. His doctors
gave no time but said he
would be back "soon." j
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Sign Taken From
Hatfield's Lawn
Salem -IUPII- A lawn sign in
scribed "Tile llattields" was
taken from the property of
Gov. and Mrs. Mark Hatfield
at their home in southeast Sa
lem while they were away
during the week end.
The black metal sign, a
wedding gift, was reported
missing Saturday by Mrs. Vin
tcnt Kuzmaiiizh, Mis. Hat
field's mother.
The 1 tut fields arrived home
Saturday night from the Re
publican National Convention
and Ihe Seattle Seafair parade.'
Gunman Gets Money
At Multnomah Bank
Hillsdale -IUPII - A gunman
held up the Hillsdale Branch
of the Multnomah bank here
this morning and escaped
with "probably several thou
sand dollars" according to a
vice president of the bank.
A CENTURY OF SIGNALS
Ft. Monmouth, N.J. - More
than 20,000 military com
munications relics - from wig
wag signal flags to electronic
satellite models - may be
found at the Army Signal
Corps museum here. The dis
play, spanning a century of
signalling history, started as
n post museum in 1!M2.
PROFESSIONAL COURTESY
Knoxville. Tenn. Police
raided a bailbond office lo
cated in the rear of the city
jail and arrested the two pro
prietors on lottery charges.
They were freed when a com
peting bonding firm posted
bail for them.
FALLS FROM HORSE
Williams Miss Barbara
Webb, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Webb, was tak
en to Josephine hospital last
week after she fell from her
horse. X-rays showed no in
juries and she was released.
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