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o o Recommended ' As campsites are full to over flowing in other states Jackson county has just started develop .lls outdoor recreation la. amies at Howard Prairie res "voir, nart or the Talent rec lamation project. A story on the growing nationwide demand for surh facilities and what Jackson county is doing about It appears on Pas 6 a jof today's -Mail Tribune. - - , ' 55th Year Price 10 Cents Subscribers Medford Tribune To report Improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune In Mediord phone SP 2-6141, in Ashland MU 2-1021. and in Yreka. VI 2-2807. beiore 6:48 p.m. daily and 10:30 a.m. Sunday ' If regular delivery arrive shortly after vou call pleaw notify office thus eliminatinl ipecial messenger service. United Piwi International Full Leased Wire United Press International Full Leased Wlra . Section A MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1960 No. 119 Up From The Jungle Council on Aging Asks Reactivation Of Housing Group The Jackson County Hous ing Authority should be reac tivated, the Rogue Valley Council on Aging has suggest ed in a letter to County Judge Earl Miller. . Reactivation of the group would make the county elig ible for funds under public housing laws. These could be used to finance surveys to point up the need for low-cost housing developments and nursing homes for the aged, plus urban renewal projects. Another purpose of a reac tivated housing authority would be to take immediate action on completion of the survey to provide the neces sary housing projects for Jack son county citizens, the coun cil said. "The need tor low cost housing exists in Jackson county," the council's letter stated. "We, the executive board of the Rogue Valley Council on Aging hereby peti tion the Jackson county court to reactivate the now inactive housing authority." "Statistics made available to this council show that ap proximately 6,500 of Jackson county s population are de- pendent on social security benefits for their existence,' the letter explained. "The amount the recipients are paid is below the national average and many are living in sub standard housing. The Jack son County Public Welfare commission has many cases of welfare recipients living in substandard or inade q u a t e housing at rents higher than 1 .ft dSKK:'' " ijM ,TVX ' F s ... ' .-: ,i . it... iv ' ' BOMBING ANNIVERSARY A Japanese tained in the shrine. Tne bomb instantly k.ll- ' family worships before cenotaplr in Hiro- ed 78,150 perso0s, injured 37,425 and some hima a memorial to the more than 90,000 13,000 are listed as missing and presumed i victims of the atomic bomb dropped on the deal. Center, background, is the skeleton of I city exactly 15 years ago Saturday. Each the five-slqry Industrial Exhibition Hall over : vrar on the anniversary of the bombing, new which the bomb exploded. ,namel of victims are added to the list con- "IPI Telephoto) the. alloted amount provided per family." During Thursday's meeting of the Rogue Valley Council on Aging, William Hoxie, ex ecutive secretary of the Jack son County Labor council and RVCA housing committee chairman, was instructed to forward the request to the court. The RVCA asked that commission members be ap pointed. Prior to the decision, the housing committee led a dis cussion on population growth, the large percentage o older people in the area dependent on social, security benefits and the need for older people to have housing . especially de signed to keep them well and able to care for themselves. Kansas CMv - I1IPII - Robert Kennedy Saturday night ac cused the Republican admin istration of coldly standing by for seven straight years while farm incomes grew rap idly lower. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair and hot through Monday except for pos sible thunderstorms over the mountains Sunday afternoon. High today 103. Low tonight 65. High Monday 98. Temp. Highest Yesterday 103 Lowest Yesterday - 55 Precipitation yesterday none. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:24 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow . 5:11 a.m. Moonrise tonight 7:49 p.m. Last Quarter Aug. 13 The planet, Venus, sets 7:40 p.m. An evening star for the next seven months. Venus will slow ly grow brighter and its dis tance from the Earth will de crease. $1 e ' Russia Accused of Hysterics Over U2 Pilot's Trial Washington - (UP1I -The United States accused Russia Saturday of waging a "hys terical" campaign to inflame public prejudice before the spy trial of American U-2 pilot Francis G. Powers be gins in Moscow Aug. 17. The stale department also reported the Soviet Union has rejected a U.S. request that American attorneys be allow ed to help prepare Powers' de fense. U.S. officials have been refused permission to see Powers since he was captur ed May 1 when his reconnais sance plane was brought down 1,300 miles inside Russia. Department spokesman David Waters bluntly charged that the Russian propaganda machine is trying to whip up anti-American public opinion before the Pound, Va., airman is tried. He cited as evidence a claim published in the So viet newspaper Trud that American exchange student Edwin Morrcll was expelled from Mosoow University for spying. Accusation Denied Denying the Morrell accu sation as completely false, Waters said: "The Soviet press seems to be full of this kind of fairy tale now. It is only too apparent that the ob jective is to inflame public opinion in advance of the scheduled trial of Frances Powers. "I doubt that these some what hysterical efforts will have much effect outside of the closed societies of the Communist bloc," he said. I Waters said Morrell was asked to leave Russia last June on grounds he had fail ed to carry out his academic work satisfactorily. No charg es of espionage were made against the 31-year-old student until Friday, he noted. Soviet rejection of an ap peal that American attorneys be allowed to help Powers was contained in an Aug. 4 note from the Russians in which they announced that a Moscow lawyer identified only as "attorney Griniv" had been assigned to defend him. Attorneys Barred The Soviet note said that three attorneys named by the Virginia Bar association to try to aid the airman could not be permitted to partici pate in the case under "So viet judicial legislation." But the note advised that members of Powers' family would be allowed to confer with his Soviet attorney when they reach Moscow. Visas allowing entry to Russia have been granted the airman's wife, Barbara Gay Powers, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Powers of Pound, Va. They plan to reach Moscow Aug. 16, the day be fore the trial before a Soviet TTJJ:'hZ r military tribunal gets under way. U.S. officials said the three Virginia attorneys, who were refused permission to enter Russia to help in Powers' de fense, now are reapplying for visas which would simply per mit them to accompany Pow ers' wife io Moscow without participating in the case. The three named by - the State Bar association are Frank W. Rogers of Roanoke, Alexander W. Parker of Rich mond, and John C. Parker of Franklin. Dag Says War Can Be Averted By Compromise United Nations, N.Y. - IUPD -United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold returned to New York from the Congo Saturday for an emergency session of the Se curity Council at which he hinted that "war" in Africa might be averted through a Congo compromise. Hammarskjold was reluc tant to talk to newsmen who tried to interview him as he walked from a jet Swissair plane to Idlewild Internation al Airport terminal, hut he did emphatically deny that he had any plans to resign, de spile recent Soviet criticism of him. "Why should I resign?" he asked. "1 don't know why I should." The hint of a possible com promise came in a report on the Congo that Hammarskjold sent to the Security Council as he flew from l,eopoldville to reopen the Congo crisis before an emergency Security Council session at 8 p.m. (edt) Sunday. European rep resentatives on the council were reported preparing a resolution by which U.N. forces would enter Katanga, the province that broke away from Congo, peaceably on condition that Hammarskjold would sponsor negotiations for a Congo con federation. Wnen asked wlfal he would recommend to the Security Council, Hammarskjold told newsmen at the airport, "that you'll hear in the Security Council." Hammarskjold was running into a certain diplomatic clash between East and West and the possibility of new Soviet personal attacks on himself and Dr. Ralph Bunche, the troubleshooter whose report on Katanga's determination to fight led Hammarskjold to cancel plans for U.N. forces to enter Katanga Saturday. Attack By Moscow He already was under at tack by the Moscow press and radio for what the Russians said was condoning "Belgian aggression" in the Congo. Those attacks led to hints in the British press he and Bunche might resign but ob servers here seriously doubt ed he would quit under fire. The disgruntled Congo cen tral government, angry at Ka tanga's secession and angrier still at Hammarskjold's re fusal to dispatch U.N. forces to fight the Katanga troops, said Saturday the secretary had done his best to ignore the Security Council. The Security Council, which met twice before in crisis session over the Congo, has ordered U.N. forces to re place Belgian troops in the Congo. Friday Hammarskjold ruled out the use of force and called the council into session Sunday night. GOP Headquarters Moved fo Hotel Republi can headquarters will be located in the lobby of the Medford hotel effective tomorrow, Joseph D. Walsh, Jackson County Republican Central committee chairman, has announced. The office will be staffed from 10 a.m. until noon, and from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m., Mon day through Friday, he said. Washington - IliPIl - Allen W. Dulles, director of the Cen tral Intelligence agency Satur day was named winner of t? 1960 Bernard Baruch award of the Veterans of Foreign Wars for "outstanding con tributions to the cause of American security, unity and world peace." Administration To Push for Clew Civil Bulletin Havanna-UIPD-Ailing Fidel Castro this morning decreed the expropriation of $800 million worth of American owned properties-virtually all United States Invest-, ments in Cuba. Fidel made th jtartling announcement to a wildly cheering, dancing crowd of about 40.000 persons galh ered in the Havana base ball itadium for the closing sesson of the Red-lining Latin American Youth Con gress. ! Fulfilling hu montl).old. promise to "leave Americans- with nothing but the nails in their shoes," Castro invoked the July 61h cabi." net law authorizing him to arbitrarily nationalize any, or all American properties "in the national interest." - In a restingly hoarse and barely audible voice which had forced him io withdraw temporarily from the micro phone earlier, Fidel an nounced the expropriation of: -The Cuban Electric com pany, valued at $300 million and owned by the Ameri can Light and Foreign Pow er Co, ; -The Cuban Telephone company, valued at $150 million, a subsidiary of the International Telephone and Telegraph Co. -All 28 American-owned sugar mills and all other American - owned sugar properties with a total val uation of about $350 mil lion. -The Esso Standard Oil company's $75 million re finery and properties; and the Texas company's $350 million refinery and prop erties; and the Sinclair Oil company's $3 million mar keting operation facilities in Cuba. Hoffbuhr Resigns From Committee Jack Hoffbuhr, Medford, has resigned from the Jackson County Reorganization com mittee, County School Super intendent Aif B. Mekyold said Friday. In his letter of resignation accepted by the committee, Hoffbuhr, committee v i c e chairman, wrote that much of the committee s work has been completed, and pressures of his worl' as Medford Irri- cation district manager re quire more of his time. According to law, Cecil Kec, Shady Cove, third com mittee alternate, was appoint ed to fill the vacancy. The first alternate, Dr. Leo. Mol- lish, Medford, was appointed when Archie Fries Jr., Ash land, resigned. The second alternate. Dr. Robert Tolle, has moved from the Apple In other business, the com mittee elected Otto Bohncrt vice- chairman Thursday night. The reorganization commit tee also decided to recommend a change In electing school hoard members for newly or- sanized administrative: dis tricts. LOCAL RKSIDENTS ATTEND MEETING OF Inclusion of 0 and C Funds En Equalized Flat Grant System Discussed at Meeting The first skirmish in what, could prove to be a prolonged fight over the Inclusion of I O and C revenues in the Equal- ized Flat Grant system of school fund distribution took place Saturday In Medford. ' Speaking before the Inter im Committee on Education, Al Flegel (D-Roseburg), vice chairman of the interim com mittee, moved that the O and C funds 'now scheduled to bo distributed . by the proposal be lowered from 25 per cent to 12V2 per cent. Flegel said" that 'unless this Health Officers To Be Provided Members of the Jackson County Medical Society will provide acting county public health officers for the clinic al the courlhouse, the Jack son county board of health announced Friday. . The clinic is held each Tues day and Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. during August. This is a temporary arrangement be cause of the illness of Dr. C. I. Drummond, Jackson county public health officer. Coordi nator of the rotation plan will be Dr. Brandt Bartels, mem ber of the Oregon state board of health and the Jackson county board of health. Jackson county has been without an active health offi cer since June 1 when Dr. Drummond became ill.- He has been given a leave of ab sence until Oct. 1 when the local health board hopes he will be able to resume his duties. Pending expiration of his leave of absence the board has done nothing toward se curing a permanent health of ficer, it was reported. 'The local medical society has always been helpful in these emergencies and the Jackson county health depart ment sincerely appreciates Its generous cooperation," Miss Frances Clink, nursing super visor, said. Medford Woman Killed in Crash Portland-IUPU-A train crash ed into a stalled car here Sat urday morning, killing a 78-year-old Medford woman and badly Injuring her son. Mrs. Flora Cardoza was thrown 75 feet to her death when the train plowed Into the car at a railroad crossing at Tacoma st. and S.E. 26th place. Her son, Richard L. Car doza, 37, Portland, received multiple fractures of both legs and severe head and face cuts. A third passenger, Mrs. Iris I. Rotter, 87, Portland, left the car just before the train struck, and was not injured. to Hold INTERIM COMMITTEE ON is done, the resulting baltlollhe opinion that the commil- could be as bad as the one in 1957 over the Key District formula. ... Nothing would expedite the! passage of the proposal than! to have the county lobbyists either neutral or working for the proposal, Flegel said. This would happen, he promised, If the amount of O and C monies was cut to 12'i per cent But, he said, nothing could be worse than to have these same county, lobbyists oppos ing the proposal because the 25 per cent figure. Action Delayed Action on the motion was delayed until 'a special meet ing to be held in two weeks in Salem, but Rep. Stuart Compton seemed to be will ing to1 concede to Flegel.' Compton said that he might be willing to go along with Flegel because the amount of O and C money provided would not be large enough to risk endangering the whole program. He said that the O and C funds would constitute only about 1 per cent of the total program or about $2 per child or less. Sen. Ward. Cook,' chairman of the committee, was also of Linn Named Rogue River's Man of Year; Dan Smoot Speaks at Annual Event Rogue River Mayor John Linn was named Man of the Year Saturday -night at the Man of the Year banquet held at the Rogue River High school. Presentation of the award was made by Dan Smoot, po litical commentator who de scribed himself as an "arch- conserative." Smoot said thai he thought freedom in America ts dying but that It can be revived. . Individual freedoms are be ing infringed upon . by the federal government, he said The old patriotic attitude was one of deep suspicion and distrust of government, he said. These patriots knew that only threat to a man's life, liberty and property was the government that he lives under, he added Today's liberals no longer believe thae men can govern themselves, he said. These leaders, he continued, believe that governments Bhould have unlimited power to do to and for the people what the gov ernment thinks is good for them. - ' This theory is based on the false assumption that "po litical power makes men wise," he said. Smoot said that he wanted the restoration of constitu tional government by consti tutional means. Unless this Is done, Smoot said, then some Back On Rights EDUCATION I tee might have to go along with Flcgcl. I This might result, he said. it there are not enough voles to pass the proposal with the 25 per cent provision. . Only Justification .. . Speaking of Flegel. Cook said, "but this is the only- ius Ufication that he .can -give. 'In a Statement before the committee, Flegel said, "With the exception of the O and C penalty,' the committee's. pro posed distribution formula is generally, acceptable.. : tne basic formula is a marked improvement over the existing formula and, I be lieve, will meet the general approval of the public, educa tors and other public officials. That portion of the propos ed formula providing for the division of O and C funds does violence to the basic concept of fairness and, indeed, the in clusion in the proposed for mula of the O and C contro versy will have, I believe, dis astrous effects not only in the O and C counties but in many other counties in the stales where various federal funds are provided." (See additional story on page 2.) day the ' people will rise up and revolt to retake the liber ties that have now been taken from them Congo Charges Dag Ignored It .. Leopoldville-UIPU-The Con go government charged Satur day that United Nations Sec retary General - Dag Ham marskjold had "done his best" to ignore it in making his de cisions to fly back to New York and call off the entry of U.N. troops into Katanga Province. . The Central government of Premier. Patrice Lumumba charged also that Hammarsk jold had taken a line favor able to the secessionist Katan ga regime of Premier Moise Tshombe. , In a declaration issued by Vice Premier Antoine Gizen- ga after a cabinet meeting, the Congolese government insist ed anew on full movement of U.N. troops' Into Katanga Province. ' The government statement was Issued shortly after U.N, spokesmen here said cancel lation of the order to move troops into Katanga had not changed anything in the U.N resolution. ' "Belgian troops must with draw and the U.N. troops will go . Into the Katanga," U.N. spokesman said. Plans Laws Idea Abandoned As Not Being Politically Wise Nixon-Rogers Plans Have Been Revised Washington -IUPB-' The ' El senhower administration has abandoned as politically un wise plans to pressure for new and stronger civil rights leg-' islation in the session of Con gress beginning Monday, it was revealed Saturday. High officials said they be lieved that in view of the par tisan racial rights squabble" expected to break out in both. Senate and House, such a move might be construed as a cynical attempt to embarrass the Democrats. The justice department ear lier had planned to make a renewed plea for some of its old civil rights proposals and to offer new ones. But sources, said that this strategy, work ed out by Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon and his close adviser. Attorney General William P. Rogers, has been revised since Nixon was nam ed the GOP presidential nom- inee. Put Demos on Spot Some Republican members of Congress already have, an nounced they will introduce civil rights legislation em bodying Democratic platform pledges in a lranK attempt to put the Democrats on th spot. .'' Planning this tack is Rep. William Miner w-w.xo. cnairman 01 me Kepuoncan congreisnai committee wno - ulB "lui"m 'VB 111 Democrats a chance to "stand up and be counted oyer iAhorhi thov .rjiiiNv innnii their own platform." The- administration ' is 1 re luctant to become embroiled in such a situation. , It ' has steadfastly claimed that.it has posted a strong non-partisan civil rights record for which it has not been given full credit. '..;'. Meet With Executives This was underscored Sat urday by Nixon's disclosure that Rogers has been meeting with the executives of chain stores with southern outlets to try and convince them. they should end discrimination against Negroes. The administration s views came to ngnt as rtogers re ceived a report from Assistant Attorney General Harold R. Tyler Jr., who heads the jus tice department s civil rignts decision. . ., Tvler reoorted on the status of voting cases brought under the legislation passed both in 1957 and earlier this year. He noted that voting cases are now pending in Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. whil another case in Tennessee was successfully complete di, April. : ' : ' "Significantly, the. act 01 1957 and I960. have been.ulti mately upheld in everycourt test of these statutes. to date,", justice department state ment said. , . : i . ' Democrats Move To New Location Democratic head quarters has been moved to its ,nev, location in the Medford Hotel building and will officially open tomorrow,. Harper Ed-S wards, Jackson County, Demo- -cratic C e n t r a 1 committee chairman, announced recent-, ly. The office will be staffed from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Mon day through Saturday until the November elections. Those wishing to volunteer their services have been asked to telephone the headquarters at SPring 3-4777. ; Edwards also said the next meeting of the Central com mittee would be Wednesday, Aug. 10 at the Labor temple, 24V4 South Grape st. at 8 p.m. A candidate for the office o state representative - will be nominated to fill the vacancy caused by the recent resigna tion of Inez Holcomb. , Helsinki - IUPD - Scientists from 60 nations Saturday ap proved an "upper mantle project" proposed by the So viet Union to study the earth's insides. .. . ,
