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O Or o o GO O aos i we in o a ood mem erter n Foreign Policy Campaigns Not To Haye Effect On Readiness Cuban Seizures Come Under Attack Washington - iUPB - Secre tary of State Christian A. Her ter told Russia today to "take warning" that U.S. foreign policy will continue to be forceful and effective during the coming political cam paigns. "Our opponents," Herler told his press conference, "should take warning that the American government and people can move with speed, force and unity just as at any other time." Herter said in a statement he wanted to disabuse the Russians of any idea that U.S. foreign policy becomes "par alyzed" during election per iods lest the Kremlin mis calculate U.S. intentions and spark World War III. Blasts Cuban Seizure On other major points of Herter's news conference: -He blasted as "completely arbitrary" Cuba's seizure this week of virtually all remain ing American owned proper ty. He said the seizures left out the two essentials of inter national law - adequate and prompt compensation. -He said the United States would continue to file diplo matic protests against such Cuban actions to put this country s legal position on record in case some day there is a change in the Cuban gov ernment. -Herter said the adminis tration is considering - as one of several possibilities - ask ing Congress to amend atomic secrecy laws so Russian tech nicians could observe U.S. un derground nuclear blasts. Latin America Problems -Herter said there must be some time limit on this coun try's tentative moratorium on nuclear testing. But he did not say what the limit might be. President Eisenhower last January put the moratorium on a day to day basis. -Also on the subject of Cuba, Herter said the problem is not Cuba vs. the United States but , a much broader threat of Communist influ ence affecting all of Latin America. He indicated this would be the U.S. position at 1he Organization of American States foreign ministers meet ing iii Costa Rica Aug. 16, which will consider "sub versive" forces in Latin America. AdelGeyser Spouting Again Adel UIPII The No. 1 gey ser three miles north of here on the Charles Crump ranch is spouting once again. The man-made geyser roars up vfrv 12 hours. It was drilled in 1955 to a : depth of 100 feet. Another geyser, the number two, which was drilled last year to a depth of 1,684 feet, stopped two months ago. Crump said that may be the reason the number one started again. The number two, which for a while was the world's only lenown continuous geyser, stopped after vandals started throwing rocks into it. Spokane -ftlPU- A meeting of the Columbia Interstate Com pact Commission here Monday ended In a stalemate when the Oregon delegation of commis sioners could not come to an agreement with the group's power article of the compact. Ashland Board Opens Bids for Insurance, Fuel Ashland-The Ashland school board last night accepted a bid of S7.500 from Atkin McCullough Insurance, Inc., Medford, for a blanket cover age pupil insurance policy. Only other bid was from Erwin Insurance agency, Ash land, which asked S9.500 for a blanketQcoverage policy. Four bins for fuel oil were opened but the board rejected them and decided to call for bSis again. They will be opened at the board's Septem ber meeting. Two resignations were ac cepted last night. Charles Frcdrickson. E n g li s h and speech teacher at the high Warns Russ - - ,4"- -. ' wSl,if- v. V,yvtV . f RUSSIA WARNED Secretary his news conference m Washington today, told Russia to "take warning" that U.S. foreign policy will continue to be forceful and effective during the coming political cam paigns. He said he wanted to disabuse the Russians' idea that U.S. foreign policy becomes "paralyzed" during election periods lest the Kremlin miscalculate U.S. intentions and spark World War III. UN Authorizes Forces To Enter Katanga Province United Nations, N.Y.-OMS- The Security Council early to day authorized Secretary Gen eral Dag Hammarskjold to send the Urtlted Nations force into the Congo's secessionist Katanga province. It called upon Belgium to withdraw its troops from Katanga "imme diately." The vote, on a Tunisian Ceylonese resolution, was 9-0 with France and Italy ab staining. It came at the end of a marathon session that started at noon Monday with inter- Field Consultant To Be Here Wednesday John E. Slayton, field con sultant for the American Mu nicipal association, Washing ton, D.C., will be in Medford Wednesday to meet with city officials . to discuss the asso ciation's transportation pro gram. The American Municipal as sociation has a one-year pro gram under way designed to encourage cities throughout the United States to work out comprehensive traffic plan ning studies. In recent years the national committee on ur ban transportation has pre- pared a series of procedures that cities can use to assemble ail the traffic and planning facts needed to reach balanced conclusions as a basis for com munity action. s Mayor John W. Snider, pres ident of the League of Oregon Cities, is making arrange ments for Slayton's Medford visit. Snider is a member of the transportation committee of the association, and is a former chairman of the com mittee on city-state highway department relationships with the League. Goldendale, Wash. ffiPB Seven-year-old Keith R. Loft house was killed near here Monday when he was struck by a car. school, resigned to accept the principalship of Pine - Eagle High school in Richland, Ore., and Robert Anderson, music teacher at the junior high, also resigned. He gave no in dication of his plans. The board signed a con tract for Otis Hussey, South ern Oregon college gradual who will teach seventh grade language arts at the new jun ior high this year. The Cove schoolhoOse and surrounding land, located about 16 mi!e northeast of Ashland, were sold to William Gibson for $400. The school has not been in use for many frears, of State Christian Herter, at (UPI Telephoto) ruptions only for meals. The total meeting time was 11 hours and 37 minutes. The crisis session was call ed by Hammarskjold to con sider the threat of Katanga President Moise Tshombe to meet the entry of U.N. troops into his province. Returning to Congo Immediately after the vote Hammarskjold made plans to return to the Congo about midnight tonight to resume direct charge of the explosive situation. Hammarskjold warned the Security Council, m what some observers consiaerea his most outspoken statement, that a quick solution of the Congo problem was a "ques tion of war or peace. "And when saying war or peace, I do not limit my per spective to the Congo!" be added. Despite the long session, the debate was relatively re strained except for outbursts by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily V, Kuznet sov. He reiterated a Soviet offer to help the Congo militarily if necessary to "repel the ag gressor." Woman Arraigned On Murder Charge Salem-IWB-Mrs, Jessie Lou Patzer, 35, Salem, was ar raigned in District court here Monday afternoon on a charge of first degree murder. Judge E. O. Stadter Jr. said preliminary hearings would be held Wednesday on the charge. Mrs. Patzer is accused ot stabbing her husband, Robert Howard Patzer, 50, following an argument at their home Friday night. Resurfacing of City Streets Is Under Way Resurfacing of several Med ford streets will continue to morrow with operations on Grape st. between Jackson st. and Main St., according to Vern Thorpe, public works director. Thursday the construction crews will probably resurface Jackson st. between Columbus st. and Holly St., he added. Thorpe emphasized that no .parking is allowed on these streets during construction work, gnd residents are asked not to park in the area. Limit ed traffic is allowed, how ever. Portland Assistant Postmaster Dies Portland - gPB - Frank A. Tarrant, assistant postmaster at Portland and a veteran of nearly 52 years of service with the Post Office depart ment, died Monday in a hos pital here. He was 68, Congo Premier Says Troops To Enter Katanga Emergency in Nation Ordered Leopoldville, The Congo iUPB Congolese Premier Pa trice Lumumba said today his government will enter the dis sident Katanga Province soon, "ready to fight and die for our country." "If Belgian troops want to kill us, they can," he said. Lumumba's statement was made at a news conference shortly after his government decreed a state of emergency throughout the nation. Deadline Passed It came as the deadline for explusion of Belgian Ambas sador Jean Van Den Bosch and his staff passed. Lumumba said he lias given Gen. Victor Lundula, his army commander in chief, "full powers to reestablish order and arrest any trouble makers, be they white or black." "My government will take drastic measures to curb anti- government propaganda and any secessionist movements," he said. He implemented this with the state of emergency decree. Lumumba rejected all Unit ed Nations aid. other than that offered in a spirit of co operation. To Invite Technician He also warned that the Congo's frontiers would be tightly sealed against anvone who would attempt to exploit the republic. He bitterly, at tacked Belgium again for "or ganizing the Katanga seces sion" and refusing to with draw her troops. Lumumba said that his gov ernment would call in Amer ican, Russian and African technicians in fact, those of all nations who wanted to help The Congo. But he warn ed that The Congo would make its own selection. Dog Control Listed On Court's Agenda Medford city officials will meet with the county court tomorrow morning to consider common methods for dog con trol enforcement, according to the agenda for tomorrow's regular county court session. City Manager Hobert A. Duff and Police Chief Charles P. Champlin are scheduled to meet with the county court at 10 a.m. The county court will con sider further the requested liquor license for the Alaska Cafe at Wimer later . in the morning. Robert L. Haworth, city parks and recreation director, hopes to meet with the coun ty court on county parks and recreation development. Man Not Seriously Injured iit Tumble Portland- BPB - George yers, 19, fell to the bottom of a 20-foot pit here Monday and was showered by chunks of concrete, but was not seri ously hurt. Myers was treated for head and arm lacerations. Police said Myers and an other man were preparing to lower the first section of a concrete septic tank into the hole. As the slab was placed over the hole it disintegrated, and Myers who was standing astride it, dropped to the bottom. "What If I Were To Threaten To Turn Up At The U. N. Wearing One Of These?" jJJJJJM x -y 5? ftw"" Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages Park Development, Acquisition Heard y Group Plans for acquisition and development of a number of park and recreation sites in Jackson county were discuss ed last night by the county parks and recreation commis sion. The group also heard re ports on plans for develop ment of permanent facilities at Howard Prairie reservoir. The county court has re vealed that preliminary plans are being made for possibly widening of the present How- Hearing Resumes On Copcofs Rate Increase Request Oregon Public Utility com mission hearings on the Cali fornia Oregon Power com pany s rate increase recon vened this morning in Jack son county circuit court. David Don, chief engineer for the commission, testified that the PUC staff felt that the rate increase should he spread between both resi dential and commercial pow er users. Specifically he said thai the staff reco mmended the abolishment of two discrimi natory rate schedules. These schedules provide power on a flat rate basis to some water heater users and at a lower rate to about 27 auto court owners, .. . ,;. , Second person . to testify was Al Wiekert, also of the PUC staff. Wiekert compared the rate of return as com pared by Copeo and PUC methods. The difference was only .03 per cent. Hearings are scheduled to continue this afternoon. Illegal Use of Water Brings Fine Charles Elmore, Appiegate, was fined $50 in district eourt yesterday for using irrigation water without permit on June 28. Elmore pleaded guilty to the charges. Imposition of a county jail sentence was sus pended for one year on condi tion that he divert no water from use on land if his appli cation for water use permit is denied, and that he divert no water for acreage before the permit is assured if any objec tion is raised by other water users or the county water master. Florence Area Indians To Gather on Sunday Florence - SPSS - Oregon coastal Indian tribal members gather Sunday for a grand council to discuss matters af fecting their welfare, and to have a good time, Activities scheduled include a salmon bake and tribal dancing. MEDFORD, OREGON, Monday ard Prairie boat ramp, con structing a permanent con cession store, for building a floating dock and ramp, and j establishing an electric powr i source. City - County Parks and Recreation Director Robert L. Hnworih said the present boat ramp may be widened from 22 feet to 88 feet to handle four cars with boat trailers at a time. Kormal winter weather would assure cover ing the lower end of the ramp with water, James Caihui, bureau of reclamation project engineer, told Haworth, A design is being worked out so the floating dock and ramp would automatically adjust to the reservoir water level, Ha worth said. A store building and coffee shop may be started soon, he said, at an estimated cost of $25,000 to $30,000. Electricity Talent Irrigation district is considering extension o a California Oregon Power com pany line from the Green Springs highway to Hiatt res ervoir. It may be possible to take the line into Howard Prairie reservoir or have the county establish its own pow er plant at the recreation area, Haworih said. The commission last night recommended that the county court take steps toward acqui sition of the Willow springs recreation area from the Med ford water commission. City Attorney Joei Reeder is al ready working on a contract between the city and county, Haworth said. The water commission Is unable lo maintain adequate recreation facilities to meet public demand, the recreation director explained. The For est Service has agreed to put a road around the lake, which is located east of Butte Faiis, he added. Some 8,000 to 7,000 persons use the take every spring when ashing season opens. Park Planning The commission also agreed io help local organizations in planning an eight-acre pai-k at Prospect as suggested by Ed Slrother, Shady Cove, com mission member. Another proposal, for estab lishing a roadside park area on Blackwelt hill, will be re ferred to Clayton Anderson, state supervisor of recreation, state parks and recreation di vision of the state highway commission. LaHuc Morris, owner of the Hidden Valley ranch, said the two acre site, located across from his ranch, now belongs to the state and con- tains "Gold Gulch" model frontier town, Wiilow Springs county road passes under the j North Pacific highway and dead ends at the property. The state highway comma-: sion is planning to widen the highway to four lanes there and the heavy equipment could be used to provide easier access to the spot, he pointed out. Anderson wilt be asked to survey the land and report to his office on its recreational capabilities, Suggeit Park Sites Commission member Don Ashpole, Eagle Point, suggest ed the group plan for a park area along the Eagle Point to Klamath Faiis section of the proposed Winnemucea-to-the-Sea highway route. As high w a y construction advances some new natural park loca tions will be revealed, he said. Mrs. Marcel LePlniec, Ap piegate, commission member, suggested three additional park sites - on the Little Ap piegate, at Sulphur springs, and on Thompson creek. John Leyeii, Rogue Hlver mayor and commission mem ber, reminded the group of the Savage creek park pro posal. A tentative county parks and recreation commission meeting was" set for 7:30 p jn Monday, Aug, 22 to consider a proposed athletic stadium at the cour.ty fairgrounds. The county court has asked the commission for a recommen dation prior to possibly put ting It on the November gen eral election ballot. The citi zens would Ttot have to ap prove a bond issue, but mere ly indicate their wishes re garding the proposal TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1960 f ... . Hot Weather Boosts City Water Usage To High For Year if today's temperature enrabs to 103 degrees, it will equal the record high for the date established in 193S, Officials at the U. S. weath er bureau station at the air port indicated this morning that the record could possibly be broken. If the mercury passes the 100 degree mark, it will be the fourth straight day of 180- plus weather, Monday's high of 104 de grees was the same as Sun day's high. Saturday was a "coot" 103, Officers Check Lead In March Shooting Another lead in the shoot- tag of an Ashiand rancher's wife on March 15 was re vealed today by the Jackson county sheriffs office. A .22 caliber revolver foam! along a Lane county road has been sent to the state crime laboratory for examination. Sheriff Joe Walsh said the revolver may have some con nection with Uie shooting a Marian Stella Hamilton, 2?00 East Main St., Ashland. it was learned that the gun was sold originally to a Jack son county resident who had a son attending Southern Ore gon college in Ashland. Depu ties are now seeking the whereabouts of the original owner who has since moved out of the county. The local sheriffs office was notified of the gun's dis covery by Use Lane county (sheriff's office, I This is the twentieth gun I which the sheriffs office said it has cheeked out as betag possibly connected with the shooting. Festival Attendance Tops 13,000 Mark Ashland - Attendance at the Oregon Shakespearean Festi val topped the 13,000 mart last night, Festival officials announced. Fifteen perform ances have been completed and 28 remain, "The Taming of the Shrew" is leading the box office fig ures, having been sold out for three of its first four preses tations. Last Saturday, 1J3S persons watched the comedy, making it one of the largest audiences. The present attendance total Is ahead of test year's record- setting attendance figures. Scenes from "The TamiBg of the Shrew" will be broad cast over the Rational BroadV easting company network Monday, Aug. is. A tua sour dramatisation of "Richard II" will be heard on a number of stations throughout the Unit ed States. WEATHiR FORECAST! rir ms st of afisrasss ihtrntiersierms ever msssistiH. ijiw &3is& 68, JiigiJ Wsajty St. Temp. Hfckrit VtKjf it Lowt thtt SSansius . . S3 Our Skies Tonight Sunset toty f Stinrisp fefiusrrew SsIS s, iSeeenHs tesis&t pjm tut QbkSw Attf. U At mooBrtw SeafsIJt the pltei. Batons is JapiSr liise fcrtjhtiv la iht ath. Afce tbt ki(k i t tt to iKe trlamtl of Va. Mn nmt Aiiair, 55th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 121 Relief -may be in sight, A maximum temperature of 9? degrees is forecast for Wed nesday. As the temperature rose to 104 degrees again yesterday, the Medford water depart ment recorded the biggest wa ter usage day this year. Su perintendent Robert Lee said this morning. Some 22.8 million gaHosss of water were used yesterday, compared to 23,8 million gal lons used on the largest con sumption day last year, which j i was in July, Water consumed ion an "average day will ts- j tai about S.l million gallons, I he added. Lee noted that yesterday iveuid probably be the record dare this year because too days are getting shorter." However, he noted, if the 180- degree weaMier continues if could go over the 22.8 million mark. He said it is unusual to ha'e the record usage date in August, as it generally oc curs m Juiy, Lee said more water was used Mosday on lawns be cause oi Hie extreme aeai.i Then, too, he continued, more water is used on Mondays and Fridays than any other day in the week, due probably to people watering heavily on Friday, vacationing over the week end, then again heavily watering on Monday. Shortage of Bean Pickers Reported Salem-St-A bean picker shortage was reported by the Farm Labor Office here Mon day and calls for 580 more pickers were placed for to day. Labor office officials said the existing shortages were is Turner, Central, Howell asd Roberts bean fields. A num ber of bean yards in the sntd Williamette Valley have sot yet started to pick officials said. When they do start, the shortage will be ven more acute. The evergreen black berry harvest which is about ready, wilt Increase the need for pickers. Republicans To Pick Presidential Electors Portland - P - The Re publican State Central Com mittee will sseet Sunday, Aug, 27 to pick Eepublieas candi dates for presidential electors. Willamette Valley Seared by Hot Weather By United Press Islsrnstsssal Hoi weather again scorched the Willamette valley today and the weather man forecast the possibility of iire caus ing thunderstorms In eastern Oregon mountains by Wed nesday. Fire danger was extremely high in westers Oregon where logging operations were cur tailed and where the temp erature shot up to 104 de grees Monday at Salens and Medford, Portland Has i88 Portland had its high for the year also, with the mer cury climbing to 1S8 degrees, The weather maa said another warm day was wax- ' evoiufionanes Seize Control Of Kingdom Cabinet Ministers Reported Arrested Saigon, let Sam - BS -A revolutionary group led fey a young air force eaptaitt seteed power ia a fefoodless coup in the tiny landlocked southeast Asian jungle king dom of Laos today, and tame diateiy SBnouneed it would "sweep out all foreign bases' from the country. Sketchy reports fillertog out of Laos, which has been the scene of prolonged mili tary and political troubles, in dicated thai the second coup in eight months had bees en gineered by a CapU Losglae, reported to be head of a para troop baUahos. Arrests BepoHed Most reports indicated! the new regime had arrested all cabinet sataisters of Premier Tiao Sonssanilh, although the prime minister himself was reported not in custody. There was eonflictisg tofer matioa ss to Lengiaes politi cal leantogs, Early ward was that the coup was leftist In spired, But later information said the revolutionary esss mittee headed by Lsngtoe ap peared la be from a right-wtog faction, A clique of army generais seized power for a brief pe riod is Laos last Dec. St. Tsey relinquished control after a week, but Brig. Gen. Phosani Sosavan still was believed to have bees the real power be hind the Ssmsanrth govern ment, Ho Bloodshed Official commuslcaHsa channels with Vientiane were silent. There was no indication of any bloodshed. The Pathet Lao guerillas have bees warring agatast fee royal gawersnseBi off and oa almost siiiee the csustry at tained independence !toa Stance is. S.S49, Tax Base Erosion Hit by Candidate Oswego - 9 - Ssn, Ward Cook, Democratic eandHate for State Treasurer, Moaday told the Oswego .Rotary eitiit here that mash of our current budgetry probiem is eaased by erosion of the tax base for the payment of property tax. Cook, vsce chairman si the interim tax committee st toe legislature, said a teeesi esti ntate by toe state tax essssiis sion shows that one-third st the gross revenues of Oregon are not available as a base for taxatioa due to existing ex emptions and dedaeUoss. He said this causes budg etary hardships for school districts, sturtties and eKies. He said the interim eorsmii tee fa seeking replacement for the inventory and persoEat property taxes which sow ac count for $30 million of Ore gon's ad valorem valuation, Cuba Establishes Mineral Institute Havana, Cuba - - The Cuban government set up a mineral Institute today te a move apparently foreshadow ing seizure at ?I75 roBHoa is U, S,-owsed mining proper ties. Almost sure io be affected by toe cabinet actios were the huge $1S0 million IF.S. govemmeat - owned Hfcars mining complex and the $75 milliss Moa Bay nickel and cobalt properties of the American Freeport Sulphur Company, The cabinet, in effect, na tionalized the mining petrole um and electric power Indus tries by making them strictly state functions; cated today bat that tf appear ed likely thai by Wednesday marise air would puss Is land, cooling things off a Mi. Some moisture from toe east was working its way tats easlers Oregss asd afterssen clouds by Wednesday with possibility of same evening thunderstorms in the isonn tatns were forecast Logging Shut Sews The state forester office ordered fogging shut dsws effective at raldnighi Monday in Columbia, WasbSngtss, Yamhill, Polk and Bents counties and la Luteals, Clat sop ssd Tillamook coustte except along the coastal strls, where tessperatsres were cooler snd feaasidt h'sgmr, .- -V
