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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1960
No. 116
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Morale Secrets
DEFECTS TO WEST North Korean pilot
2nd Lt. Chung Nak Hyun, 24, left, who had
"yearned for freedom" gunned his Soviet
built MIG-15 jet across the Bamboo curtain
to South Korea today. He is shown with
Young North Korea Pilot
Guns Plana To 'Freedom'
Seoul, South Korea - lUPn -A
young Communist North
Korean air cadet who was
"yearning for freedom" gun
ned his Soviet-built MIG-15
jet acrss the Bamboo Curtain
to South Korea today.
The defection was accom
plished in a matter of min
utes. Anti-aircraft batteries on
either side, of the demilitar
ized zone did not fire a single
hot at the speeding fighter.
Its pilot was 2nd Lt. Chung
Nak Hyun, 24, of the North
Korean air force.
He left North Korea's Won
an airfield on a training
flight shortly before noon,
Car Hit By Rock
On Crater
Highway
A large boulder, loosened
by construction work on Cra
ter Lake highway, extensive
ly damaged the side of a new
car about noon yesterday,
state police reported.
The car driven by Larry
Bennett Smith. 20, of 4758
South Pacific highway, Phoe
nix, had stopped at a flag
man's signal at the construc
tion area.
He noticed the large rock,
which was estimated to weigh
from one to two tons, rolling
down the hillside. It went
into a ditch and bounced into
the side of thf vehicle, police
said. Smith was uninjured.
Police said the Smith's car
had been driven only 232
miles before the rock struck
it.
"I Haven't Got The
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lay
circled the city a few minutes
and then streaked southward
to a rarely used ROK army
air strip at Taepori, about 35
miles below the 38th parallel.
The strip was poorly paved
but the landing was made
without mishap.
Chung, rushed to Seoul for
Barn, Hay Are
Destroyed By Fire
Talent - A barn owned by
R. S. Zapell on Holt Gulch
rd. west of Talent was des
troyed by fire last night,
Talent Police Chief William
Young reported.
Destroyed with the barn
were 20 tons of hay, a milk
ing machine, 4-H equipment
and various other farming
equipment, the police chief
said.
The Talent rural fire de
partment and the slate depart
ment of forestry responded.
The roof was engulfed in
flames when they arrived.
Zapell led out two sheep
which were in the barn. Also
destroyed were a chicken
coop, pig pen, rabbit hutches
and calf pens, all next to the
barn.
The Zapell family said the
fire apparently started from
spontaneous combustion in
the calf pen hay rack. A
neighbor, Goldy Abbott, spot
ted small flames breaking out
from the barn and telephoned
the Zapell family.
The barn and its contents
were insured, it was rcporte
Other Details Worked
Yet"
Be
ROK Air Force Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Kim
Shin. It was the first time since the end
of the Korean war that a MIG had willingly
been flown into the hands of the UN com
mand. (UPI Radiotelphoto)
interrogation, was reluctant
to talk to newsmen about his
adventure because he said he
was worried about his family
still in North Korea. But
when asked why he had de
fected, the slim, young offi
cer broke into aCfcrin and re
plied: "Because I was yearning
for freedom."
He was dressed in a khaki
cotton flying suit and was
equipped with service revolv
er, a parachute and binoculars
when he landed.
Ashland Council
Passes Ordinances
Ashland - The Ashland city
council last night passed one
ordinance which places fire
men under civil service and
another which rezones the
old junior high school prop
erty from a residential to a
business district.
The ordinance pertaining
to firemen was enacted to
comply with state law. A civil
service commission also was
created and the council ap
proved Mayor Richard Neill's
appointments of Robert Rein
holdt, Jean Eberhart and Rob
ert Ingle as members.
Approval of the rezoning
ordinance was merely a for
mality since the ordinance
had been approved earlier this
year. It had to be approved
again because it was published
only twice prior to the last
public hearing. Law requires
that it be published three
times.
A public hearing was set
for 8 o'clock last night but
no citizens were on hand to
discuss the ordinance. The
entire meeting lasted about
45 minutes. q
Gresham - IUP1I - The Mult
nomah county fair opens on
Thursday for its 54th annual
run.
Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 7 9 Q)
Chicago 3 6 0
O'Toole, Brosnan (7) and
Bailey: Hobbia, nFreeman
(6), Morehead (8) and Tap
pe, S. Taylor (8).
WEATHER .
FORECAST: Fair through Tues
day. Low tonight 52. High
Thursday 90.
Temp.
Hirhcst strdy 92
Lowest This Morning 54
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:29 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:07 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow 2:27 .m.
Full Moon Au.
RfdinK low, (he Moon li tonight
ieen near the planet, Jupiter.
Actually Jupiter It now Iftoi)
times as far away from the
earth as the Moon.
ked To4hare
With Russia
Request Hinted
To Help Obtain
Test Agreement
Secrecy Act Would
Have To Be Altered
Geneva - (DPI) -Owestern
atom ban negotiators may ask
the U.S. Congress as early as
next week to declassify cer
tain nuclear secrets for Rus
sia, informed sources said to
day. Officials admitted any re
quest for a revision of the
MacMahon Atomic Security
Act - coming just before the
U.S. presidential election -was
likely to become a hot
domestic political issue.
They suggested, however,
that unless the controversial
changes were accomplished,
the United States would lose
its chance to get Russia to
agree on a resumption of
underground nuclear testing
for control development pur
poses. Fear Partisan Debate
U.S. delegation sources said
both Vice President Richard
M. Nixon and his Democratic
rival, Sen. John F. Kennedy,
might be asked to help keep
the matter from erupting into
a partisan debate.
Particularly feared was any
political charge that the Ei
senhower administration was
capitulating to unreasonable
Soviet demands in the hopes
of landing a nuclear test ban
treaty before the elections.
The Soviet Union has
agreed in principle to the re
sumption of underground tests
aimed at perfecting detection
methods. Its one condition,
however, is that Russian ex
perts be allowed to examine
the internal mechanisms of
the explosive devices used, so
as to make sure the tests
actually are not contributing
to the development of new
weapons.
Workings Believed Known
Such a look-see is expressly
prohibited by the MacMahon
Act, even though American
experts feel sure the Soviets
already know the internal
workings of the more primi
tive U.S. nuclear devices.
Ambassador James J. Wads
worth, chief U.S. delegate to
the three-party test ban talks
which today went into the
237th session, had at first
suggested that the Russians
inspect only the outside of
the devices. But this was sum
marily rejected.
Siskiyou County
Judge, Wife Killed
Yreka, Calif. (UPI) Siski-1
you County Superior Court,
Judge James Michael Allen,
77, and his wife, Linnie Mae, I
. . , , ,
72, were killed Tuesday night
when their car struck the rear
of a truck on U.S. Highway
99 about 10 miles north of
Weed.
The California Highway
Patrol said they were dead
on arrival at Siskiyou Gen
eral hospital.
The truck was driven by
Paul Henris, 53, a Klamath
Falls, Ore., roofing contrac
tor. K suffered slight in
juries. Police said Judge Aen
may have fallen asleep sr the
wheel. Q
He was superic court
judge since 1953.
Katanga
Mobilizes Forces
Leopoldville, The Congo TOPli Katanga Prime Minister
Moise Tshombe announced the general mobilization of the
"Katanga armed forces" today, shortly after he announced
that United Nations units would have to "fight their way" if
they enter his Congo province this week.
Tshombe's defiant move followed an announcement that
U.N. troops would be sent into mineral-rich Katanga by the
end of the week. His own troop strength is unknown.
Katanga has announced its secession from the rest of the
Congo and wants to be recognized as a separate nation. Bel
gian troops have been there at the invitation of Tshombe to
preserve order. He has declared repeatedly that he does not
want U.N. forces to intervene.
Marine Said Killed
By Shark While
Escaping Cruelty
Concord, N.H.-(UPII-The parents of an AWOL Marine
Corps recruit said today he had told them one of his bud
dies was "devoured by a shark" while trying to swim from
Pan-is Island, S.C., to escape cruel treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Snell of Nashua made the state
ment to United Press International after a conference with
Sen. Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) at his office here.
Bridges said he already had talked by telephone with
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David M. Shoup and Parris
Island authorities who were undertaking an full investigation.
At Parris Island, Marine officials said Shell's charges
were "completely without foundation."
A spokesman said a thor-
ough investigation was being
conducted although no offic
ial complaints of mistreat
ment had been received.
Gerald Snell, 18, was ar
rested July 25 at Bel Air,
Md., two days after he had
escaped from Parris Island.
The Marine Corps said he fled
in an automobile stolen from
a master sergeant on the
base.
The Snells said their son
had received no abuse but
fled in fear of what had hap
pened to others in his squad
ron. The parents said they visit
ed him in Maryland and he
told them:
Charges Made
-One recruit was devoured
by sharks while trying to flee
the camp.
-Recruits had food stuffed
down their throats until they
vomited.
-One had three fingers
broken when he was kicked
by a non-commissioned offi
cer.
-Another lost "several
leeth".when he was struck in
the face with a steel helmet.
Young Snell had been at
the camp only three days
when he fled. The Marine
Corps already has denied that
he or any others were mis
treated beyond being "ad
ministered a haircut" and
taught how to make up a
bunk.
First Letters To
Alba Said Ready
The first official packet of
letters to Medford's sister
city, Alba, Italy, is scheduled
to be sent sometime Monday,
Councilman Robert L. Baccus
said today.
Twenty-seven townspeople
have contributed letters. Bac
cus encouraged other interest
ed residents to bring their
letters to the mayor's office
at the city hall.
The People to People steer
ing pnmmitlnn wfTl meet this
morninK to makc final plans
to send the letter pouch,
Baccus said.
Included among the letters
to Alba are letters addressed
Q a druKBisl a pc,.son intcr.
ested in trees, the garden club,
an 8-year-old pen pal, gentle
men's ready-to-wear, (j)home-
maker, a dentist, teenager,
college girl, librarian, woman
in broadcasting, stamp col
lectors (three), a Protestant
church and others.
Purpose of the correspon
dence is to encourage a closer
understanding l(c)ween the
peoples of the two cities.
Portland - tUPIl - The West
ern conference of Seventh
ly Adventists has submitted
pians for a 400-sludent secon
dary school here.
Minister
o
Nixon Takes
Election Bid To
Hawaiian Islands
Los Angeles-IUPII-Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon flew
to Hawaii today to press his
presidential campaign in the
land of the lei and the luau
with the tireless fervor of a
local candidate running for
constable.
Nixon and his wife, Pat, ap
peared chipper and smiling
after only a few hours sleep
following Tuesday s 21-hour
campaigning day when they
boarded a chartered plane
that took off from Interna
tional Airport at 4 a.m. (p.s.t.)
heading for the nation's new
est state.
Only about 10 persons
showed up in Ihe early morn
ing hours to see Nixon off on
his rigorous two-day cam
paigning tour in four of the
far-flung islands.
They were to have arrived
in Honolulu at 1:30 p.m.
(p.s.t.) and start off on a full
day's program after a big air
port welcome.
In his first long day of cam
paigning Tuesday, Nixon hung
the charge of "low road" cam
paigning on his Democratic
opponent, Sen. John F. Ken
nedy, and went on to say Ken
nedy had "paid the price" for
support of big labor leaders
through Democratic platform
enacted in Los Angeles only
three weeks ago.
Nixon said he was deter
mined to campaign on "issues,
not personalities" and said
several times he would have
nothing "derogatory" to say
;i.ul his Democratic oppo
nents. Girl Scouts Spend
Night on Mountain
Four Girl Scouts and their
counselor walked into Camp
Low Echo at the Lake of the
Woods this morning after
spending the night on Mt.
McLoughlin, Girl Scout offic
ials reported today.
The girls, all from The
Pioneer unit at the camp were
Jancele Playle, Kay Jones,
Arlenc Moulton, all Grants
Pass, and Louise Hoover, Med
ford. With them was Miss
Sherril Mason, Portland,
counselor.
Officials stated that tlifc
girls were part of a group of
more than 25 girls who left
camp Tuesday to hike up Mt.
McLoughlin. They are from
a special unit of girls from
the ninth grade and up who
do .primitive camping while at
jDp and are considered ex
perienced campers and hikers.
IVsts believed by Girl Scout
officials in Medford that the
party of five decided to climb
to the top of Mt. McLoughlin.
While there it became dark,
and rather than to risk a hike
down the mountain during
the night, remained at the top
over night.
When the girls failed to re
turn to camp last evening
with the remainder of the
parly a sea -ch was conducted
throughout the night. Assist
ing were the radio-communications
staff of Elk Lumber
company, Roxy radio, and
U.S. forest service personnel.
Salem - (UPlt - Dal Ferry of
Salem has been named Ore
gon Fryer commission chairman.
School-Park Unit
Spjestedfor
Basis of System
Report Prepared
Longford, Ivey
The preliminary park study
report rcQised today strong
ly suggests that Medford
should revise its park plans
to make the "school-park"
the "basic unit for the Med
ford park system."
The report, prepared by
Ned M. Langford and Rich
ard S. Ivey of the University
of Oregon bureau of munici
pal research, is intended to
provide background informa
tion relating to the develop
ment of a plan for parks and
recreation facilities.
The information may now
be used to work out the offi
cial plan for the development
of park and recreation facili
ties in Medford.
One Acre for 295
The report states that there
is one acre of park and recre
ation area (not counting un
developed park areas but
counting one-half of the de
veloped school areas) for .ev
ery 295 persons in -the Med
ford urban area.
The standard sot by the
National Recreation associa
tion recommends one acre of
park for every 100 persons.
If Medford were to pro
vide public parks at this rec
ommended standard, the re
port said, it would need at
least 470 acres of park land
by 1975 and 5K0 acres by
1980.
"At the present time there
is general agreement between
the city planning commission,
the park and recreation com
mission, the city council and
the Medford school district
that parks should be located
adjacent to school sites where
possible and that a large part
of the city's requirements for
recreation space can be met
in this way," the report said
General Policies
General policies submitted
for consideration include:
,".A plan for parks and rec
reation facilities should pro
vide for a program suited to
the needs of the different age
groups and interest groups in
the community.
'Parks should be centrally
located and easily accessable
to all parts of the area they
arc intended to serve.
"Because of programming
and maintenance considera
tions, parks should generally
be at least five acres in size.
Smaller parks - public plazas,
squares, and so forth - may
be desirable under special cir
cumstances.
(Continued on Page 2)
Newport, R.I. IUPII Presi
dent Eisenhower decided to
day to wind up his vacation
ind return to Washington
Sunday.
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CHECKS BUS Ralph Mundland, mechanic county start late this month and early next
with the Medford school district, checks one month. Stories relating to school openings,
of the district's 22 busses before opening of and other aspects of school operation appear
school. Schools Is most districts of Jackson In special section today.
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Verdict Overrides
State Tax Commission
Salem-IUPD-The Oregon Sit-
prenie Court today upheld a
Douglas county circuit court
decree which set aside an Ore
gon Tax commission order
hiking assessed values of all
timber land in Douglas county
by 50 per cent.
Circuit Judge Carl E. Wim
bcWy of Roseburg was affirm
ed. Justice Alfred T. Goodwin
wrote that the trial court had
found that the commission's
action in ordering the flat in-
Kennedyjays
Deflationary
Policies Used
Hyannis Port, Mass. (UPD
Democratic presidential can
didate John F. Kennedy
charged today that ''the Eisen
hower administration has fol
lowed deflationary economic
policies which had "an ad
verso affect" on the nation's
economic growth.
Kennedy made the state
ment to newsmen after dis
cussing the economy with
United Auto Workers Presi
dent Walter P. Reuther and
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle of
Ohio.
Further Talks Due
The nominee met with them
before holding further eco
nomic talks at his summer
home here with members of
his "brain trust" of professors
and other intellectuals.
Reuther gave Kennedy a
memorandum on unemploy
ment which said the number
of jobless in June even after
adjustment for seasonal fac
tors totaled 5.5 per cent of
the total labor force.
Reuther pointed to "warn
ings of the imminence of the
third Eisenhower -Nixon re
cession.
Young Ainsworth Said
In Good Condition
Ashland-Bruce Ainsworth,
12-yoar-old Ashland boy who
was accidentally shot in the
eye with a BB gun yesterday,
in satisfactory condition
nd hi eye is not believed
seriously damaged, his doctor
said today.
Young Ainsworth, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Ains
worth, 1135 Fern St., suffered
the injury while playing with
friend yesterday morning.
'he pellet apparently richo-
cheted oft a rock, going
through the boy's eyelid and
striking the eye.
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crease was fjasty and arbi- O
trary" and that evidence did
not sustain the commissi.Q.'s
attempt to show that the "re
sult reached by the 50 per
cent Increase was not grossly -out
of harmony with the oth
er assessed values within
Douglas county."
The high court agreed that
the commission "saw that
time did not permit an appli
cation of the statutory meth
ods which it was preparing
to follow in other counties,
so it attempted to achieve ap
proximate tax equality." The
specific statute which pro
vides a method for the assess
ment of the timber requires
the commission to "do more
than to recite in its order that
inequalities exist and that sub
stantial modification in timber
values may be necessary."
Following the commission's
action, Roseburg Lumber
Company brought the action
against the state agency, and
the commission appealed the
trial court's decision. .
In another case, the Tax
Commission's order prescrib
ing for the Coos county asses
sor the method of appraising
merchantable timber for ad
valorum tax assessment was
affirmed by tha court in an
opinion by Justice Goodwin.
Order Sustained
Coos County Circuit Judge
Dal M. King had sustained
the commission order and
Weyerhaeuser Timber compa
ny appealed.
The commission used a de
pletion factor in appraising
roughly approximating a hold
ing period of 30 years. The
timber company claimed it
was being penalized.
Goodwin said Weyerhaeus
er failed to prove that the tax
commission exceeded its au
thority in applying a uniform
depletion factor in Coos coun
ty "even though the result to
a particular . taxpayer may
prove to be either beneficial
or burdensome, depending on
what such taxpayers may ba
planning to do with his prop
erty."
Burglars Fail in
Ashland Safe Attempt
Ashland - City police re
ported no new leads today in
what Chief Herb Hays termed
the "amateurish" safe-cracking
attempt at a downtown
tavern Monday night.
Burglars failed in their at
tempts to open a safe at the
Bohemian club, 347 Main st..
with a 4 V-2-foot iron bar but
took about $45 in cash from
four coin boxes. The bar also
was used to gain entry
through the back door of the
tavern.
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