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Press Conference
Ike Replies To
Democratic Critics
Washington - IUPI) - Presi
dent Eisenhower said pmnhat
ically todav Coneress rannnt
take the view that politicking
is more important than the
national interest.
The President also told his
news conference that it was a
little bit silly for Democratic
critics to accuse him of un
loading new programs on
-ungress wnen ne merely had
restated recommendations he
made during the preconven
tion session of Congress.
He made another reply to
Democratic critics - specif
ically Sen. John F. Kennedy,
the Democratic presidential
nominee - when he said there
was nothing in the economic
picture now to indicate that
recession or depression is
in the offing.
Eisenhower fielded a num
ber of qur-sti jfis about the cur
rent precampaign session of
Congress when he met with
205 newsmen for his first
news conference in five
weeks.
Defends Legislative Program
Eisenhower said he stood
for a number of"things which
were reflected in the 22-point
legislative program he sent to
Congress Monday and he was
not deserting those positions
now.
In other news conference
comments, the President said:
-He had not frozen $621
million in defense funds as
charged by Senate Democrat
ic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson.
Congress cut some items in
his defense budget, he said,
and increased others and the
result requires a lot of study
so that the question of im
pounding appropriated money
was not before him in those
terms.
-This country's patience
may be running out in refrain
ing from nuclear tests in the
face of discouraging disarm
ament negotiations with Rus
sia. But he said the United
Stale would not under any
circumstances conduct tests in
the atmosphere which might
cause worldwide worries over
health.
Calls It Propaganda
-Soviet Premier N i k 1 1 a
Khrushchev's proposal for the
heads of stale of all United
Nations members to attend
the General Assembly meet
ing next month was obviously
propaganda. He has given no
thought to a meeting with
Khruschev if the Soviet lead
er should come to the U.N.
but might suggest one if he
thought it would be useful.
-Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson, the adminis
tration's political target in the
farm belt, has embraced pro
grams that the President be
lieves to be correct and it
wouli be a betrayal of his
own views if he regretted
keeping Benson in the cab
inet. -During the presidential
campaign, he will do what
ever he can do for the Nixon
Lodge ticket whose election
he thinks would be for the
good of the country. But his
activity would not necessarily
mean making a set of partisan
speeches. He thinks Vice Pres
ident Kichard M. Nixon and
Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge can take care of them
selves very well,
Senate To Ratify
Antarctic Treaty
. Washington flfPI The Sen-
ale, voted today to ratify the
12nation Antarctic treaty
which is designed to preserve
the area tor peaceiui pur
poses. ' Salem - WPD - A plaque
honoring Cornelia Marvin
Pierce, Oregon's first state li
brarian, has been presented
to the Slate iiDrary.
Testimony
Testimony ended yesterday
in the second hearing on the
proposed California Oregon
Power company rate increase.
The state public utilities com
mission staff spent the day
presenting their analysis of
the testimony which Copco
officials presented at the
previous hearing.
The testimony from both
hearings wiil now be-studied
by the Oregon PUC commis
sioner and a judgment will be
made. PUC examiners could
give no estimate when this
decision will be reached.
Copco's strongest objection
was to a PUC staff suggestion
that lines between Oregon
and California be metered.
This was designed to give a
better check on power usage
In the two state? snouio mere
'GIANT BLOW TORCH' The oil tanks on the Albert
and Frank Straus dairy farm appear to be a "giant blow
. torch" as they burn in Tuesday's fire on th" north r'-1
of Lower Table Rock. The 1,100-acre fire destroyed a
considerable amount of supplies and equipment on inc iu...i
Alaskans Favor
Retaining Juneau
As State Capital
Anchorage, Alaska - (UPD -
With about two-thirds of the
votes counted in the Alaska
primary election, residents of
the 49th state appeared to
have voted in favor of retain
ing the state capital in the
colorful gold mining town of
Juneau, 1
With approximately two-
thirds of the estimated vote
counted, United Press Inter
national tabulations showed
14,898 votes against the cap
ital move ' initiative and 10,-
620 votes for the measure.
The initiative would have
moved the capital from Ju-.
neau where it has been-located
for the past 54 ears, 570
miles northwest in the vicini
ty of Anchorage.
Democrats Win
Democrats swept across the
primary ballot with an over
whelming majority.
Incumbent Sen. E. L. Bart-
lett, unopposed for the Demo
cratic nomination, garnered
14,578 votes out of a total of
20,340 cast.
The Republican who will
oppose Bartlett in the Novem
ber general election will be
Dr. Lee McKinley, a dentist
from Anchorage who defeat
ed Fairbanks labor leader
Lawrence Brayton.
In the Democratic race for
the House of Representatives.
incumbent Rep. Ralph Rivers
trounced Kenai Peninsula
homesteader David Boyer.
The closest race was be
tween Fairbanks newspaper
man Jack Ryan with 2,460
voles to 2,306 for Anchor
age accountant Ron , Rettig
for the GOP nomination for
the House. ' '
Nuns Attend First
Sisters' Conference
Portland -(UPII- Some 225
nuns from 10 stales and Brit
ish Columbia were expected
today for the first annual Sis
ters' Conference on Spiritual
ity on the University of Port
land campus. The conference
ends Saturday.
Ends on Copco's Rate Request
be future rate change hear
ings.
Cost of the meters would
be about $250,000 and would
produce results which would
not be much more accurate
than present estimates, H. P.
Bosworth Jr., vice president
and assistant to the general
manager, testified.
Local residents were also
given a chance to speak and
ask questions. Four were
present to do so and a petition
protesting the rale increase
was presented on behalf of
K. M. Byers, Rogue River,
who was unable to be present.
The 83 signers of the peti
tion were from Rogue River,
Grants Pass and Cave Junc
tion.
Copco's television adver
tising and bonus offers for
appliance purchaser! were
Officials Discuss
Enforcement Of
Dog Control Law
Medford city officials and
county court members agreed
this morning, following a dis
cussion, to proceed cautiously
in enforcement of the dog con
trol law.
City Attorney Joel B. Rced-
er interpreted the law as pri
marily protecting livestock
from dogs, dogs with muzzles
can run at large, according to
the law, which does not pro
tect yards and gardens, it was
pointed out. The law exempts
dogs used for, herding live
stock. Dogs under the con
trol" of their masters, do not
have to be leashed, Reeder
pointed out.
The law should be . en
forced up to its limits, but- not
beyond that," the Medford
city attorney suggested.
Candidates File
For Ashland Posts
Ashland Ashland Mayor
Richard L. Neill said today
his campaign for re-election
would be based on "my past
record" and "continued pro
gress" for the city.
Neill yesterday filed a peti
tion for re-election to another
four-year term in a move that
came as a surprise to many
Ashland residents.
His decision to run, he said,
came after "many people" had
expressed "d i s a ppoinment"
that he was not going to seek
re-election and had urged him
to run again.
Two other candidates, W. R.
Brown and Norman Lindahl,
have filed for the mayor's
post. Aug. 29 is filing dead
line. Three city council seals,
those of Glenn Revel, Emmett
Whitham, and George Ward,
also will be up for grabs in
the November balloting. Neill
said he planned to turn in a
petition for Ward later today
Recorder Dargelt also said
today that Frank Barnthouse
has filed a petition to seek re
election as city park commis
sioner.
among- the cniei areas or
criticism by residents present.
Most vocal of these protests
came from Frank Koch, Cen
tral Point and Mrs. Howard
F. Todd, Eagle Point.
But these expenditures are
considered proper advertising
expenditures by the PUC
staff, according to Al Wickert
of the PUC staff.
These bonus offers tend to
encourage the use of electric
power and thereby bring more
profit to the company rather
than lax the existing rate
payers, he said.
Mrs. cTodd also protested
the equal' rates in California
and Oregon. Although it costs
more to deliver power lo Cali
fornia, the company feels that
an equal "postage stamp" rate
be charged.
cnargea.
Company officials hava ex -
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before being brought under control about a p.m. Cause
of the blaze has been contributed to a spark from a state
highway department tractor working along the highway.
Other equipment and buildings were lost in the fire by
nearby ranchers along Highway 234.
Both County Judge Earl
Miller and Medford City Man
ager Robert A. Duff agreed
that enforcement of the dog
control law is "a burden prin
cipally on the county."
Reeder said, "I feel certain
thai the city can gel into dog
control on lis own.
However, Medford Police
Chief Charles Champlin point
ed out that the county has the
only dog. pound. At present
Medford police call the Coun
ty Dog Control Officer Chris
Hagler to pick up dogs should
be continued, it was agreed.
Ashland Patrol
Hagler noted that he would
also have to patrol Ashland
at night. Medford and Ashland
are the most trouoiesome
spots in the county, he said.
Hagler said he has two
wagons and a staff of three
full time and one part-time
person. Some of these may
have to be dismissed due to
lack of funds, he pointed out.
Those attending the meeting
today seemed uncertain if the
fines collected could be used
for hiring personnel. The state
law specifies $10 for first of
fense and $25 for second of
fense for allowing dogs to run
at large illegally. Champlin
pointed out that Medford po
lice do not have sufficient per
sonnel to act as dog control
officers and are chiefly con
cerned with vicious dogs.
Another Crew Needed
The temporarily large crews
used to enforce the dog license
provision of the state law
seemed effective. Perhaps
another such crew could be
used for a period to enforce
the dog control laws and get
people in the habit of keeping
their dogs off the street, it was
suggested.
The group agreed that
many voters did not realize
what they were voting on
when the dog control measure
was passed in Kay.
They added that there was
and continues to be consider
able confusion over the dog
control measure. County
Clerk Marvin Maddan said to
day he has one county-wide
petition against dog control
but it does not contain suffi
cient names to be effective.
plained this rate lo be similar
lo postage rales. The same
four cents is paid for a stamp
whether the letter is to go
across town or across the na
tion.
Mrs. Tood said that she felt
that it was unjustly discrimin
tory for Oregon power users
to subsidize California custom
ers. To prevent this, she asked
that an interim rate be estab
lished until metering equip
ment can give data to estab
lish unequal rales.
Also heard was Alva A.
Walker, Gold Hill, a represet
ative of the Gold Hill Grange.
Walker said that the company
was taking the path of least
resistence by increasing resi
dential rales and suggested
that an Increase in commercial
1 ate.
rates would be more appropri-
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Motion To Set
Aside Indictments
Denied by Court
A motion lo sel aside em
bezzlement indictments
against O. H. Bengtson, Med
ford lawyer, in the Medford
Escrow case, was denied by
Circuit Judge James M. Main
this morning.
The motion was based on
an alleged error in the list
ing of witnesses who appear
ed before the Jackson county
grand jury. Richard Carney,
Portland, with Robert A. Boy
er, -Medford, represented
Bengtson.
This morning Judge Main
granted Bengtson until Aug.
17 lo file a demurrer and
memorandum, and Gerald
Scannell, deputy district at
torney, until Aug. 24 to file
his answer and a memoran
dum. Arguments on the de
murrer will be heard on Aug.
29 at 10 a.m., Judge Main
said.
Asked if he had any objec
tions, Scannell said he would
like "to speed up the case as
much as possible, otherwise
it will drag into September,
October and November."
"Boyer and Holmes are rep
resenting the defendant and
it's possible Holmes could be
elected district- attorney
which would put him in the
position of both prosecuting
and defending the case,
Scannell said. (Alan . B.
Holmes, Republican, is run
ning against Scannell, a Dem
ocrat, in November's general
election for district attorney).
Indictment Returned
Smiling, Judge Main re
plied, "I don't think counsel
need be concerned over that
problem." (Holmes has disas
sociated himself from the
case).
A grand jury returned an
indictment against Bengtson
charging he took $3,701.14 il
legally from the company
funds on or about Oct. 21,
1951, and in another indict
ment charged he took $1,700
on or about Feb. 2, 1960.
The same grand jury also
returned an indictment that
Rachel Peterson Carter,
Jacksonville, took $224.81 on
or about May 14, 1958, from
company funds. Mrs. Carter
has requested time in which
to obtain out of town coun
sel. Th sfalp has evidence lo
show in. the $3,701 case that
the money was used lo pay
in part a malpractice claim
and in the $1,700 case that
(hf mnnnv was Used to Day
nrpmiums for a Dersonal life
insurance policy belonging to
Bengtson, scannen saia mis
morning following the argu
ments in circuit court.
High Court Affirms
Bod Conviction
Salem - TO - The Oregon
Court today affirm
ed the Benton county convic
tion of Wayne Bodi on a man
slaughter charge.
Bodi had been convicica oi
killing a 4'4 month old girl
bv beating the baby on the
face and head.
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Strang-Deucl farm, firemen
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20 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1960 No. 122
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair InniRht mid
Thursday. Low tonight &2. High
Thursday 02.
Highest Yesterday 1(10
Lowest this Morning 51
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:20 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... .1:14 a.m.
Moonrlsc tonight .... 9:34 p.m.
Last Quarter Auc. 13
The planet Mars rises 12:15 a.m.
it ts now moving near Aide,
baran In (he constellation. Tau
rus, and Is a bit brighter than
niai star.
School Addition
Plans Discussed
By School Board
Proposed . plans for the
senior high school classroom
and boys' physical education
addition, teacher resignations
and elections and the award
ing of bids for school supplies
were among the items dis
cussed Tuesday evening at the
Medford school board meeting.
Following a discussion by
the board with the architect
on the classroom and physical
education addition, the board
instructed the superintendent
and architect to study and
revise the plans so they will
be within the money availa
ble for the project.
Resignations were accepted
by the board from Edamae
Adamson, Edna Stewart and
Norma Grossman. New teach
ers hired were Corinne Kane,
intermediate; Gordon Brad
shaw, high school English,
and Alice Saunders, elemen
tary orchestra.
Contracts were awarded for
supplies lo the following com
panies: Simplex, Portland,
time clock and bell at Griffin
Creek school, $927;. Mobile
Oil company, Medford, oil
and lubricants, $587.06; Don
McCurdy and company, Med
ford, installation of gasoline
storage tank and pump sys
tem, $2,712; J. K. Gill, bleach
ers al McLoughlin Junior
High school, $4,665; Valley
Shade company, sun shades
for Hedrick Junior High
school, $1,554.
Other contracts awarded
were for paper, Blake, Mof
fat and Towne; light bulbs,
Westinghouse; and musical in
struments, Purucker Music
house and Emerald Music com
pany. : -
Also reviewed at the meet
ing was the paying of expens
es of staff members to ap
proved meetings. The board
approved this item on the
same basis as the slate.
Two Men Jailed For
Monmouth Holdup
Dallas - (UPII - Two men
charged with the holdup of
a Monmouth service station
late Tuesday were in custody
at Polk county jail here to
day following their capture
at a slate police roadblock at
Junction City.
Held on armed robbery
charges were Leland Everett
Little, 31, and Richard Ed
ward Swafford. 20, both of
Marysville, Calif.
New York - (UPll-Lockhcod
Aircraft- Corp. manufacturer
of the Electra airliner, lost
$55.4 million in the first six
months of this year, Chairman
Robert Gross has reported.
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swept uncon- the property. Two horses huddled together
buildings on for mutual comfort as flames roared and
concentrated crackled in the high wind,
buildings on
Russia Expels Two
American
Moscow-IUI'lUThe U.S. air
has been ordered out of the
ligence actlvmei incompatible with his diplomatic status,
the official Tass news agency
I he agency (aid Air Attache E. M. Kerton and his as
sistant, I. T. MacDonald, were detained recently after al
legedly photographing military objectives at Kurgan in
Ihe trans-Ural Mountain region.
Washingion-UllMITh Stat
Russia's-exclusion of a U.S.
retaliation"., for this country's ouster' el i Soviet diploat
juiy-.2z..
Congo lese Premier
S (igh fly Inju red
During Ri
Leopoldville, The Congo
(UPII - Congolese Premier Pat
rice Lumumba was slightly
injured tonight while trying
to help quell riots which
broke out between his follow
ers and rival federalist groups
of Africans.
The rioting started when
Lumumba's Congo followers
tried to enter the headquarters
of the federalist Abako party
leaders in the Dendale district
of the capital.
Burglars Get $406
After Opening Sale
About $406 was stolen
sometime during the night
when a 500-pound safe was
forced open at Skinners'
Buick and Cadillac sales, 143
South Riverside ave., city po
lice report.
Fred Boenig, a company
workman, told Medford police
today ' that the thieves had
evidently entered the building
through a rear window after
breaking the glass. Police re
ports indicate that the burg
lars "peeled" the door from
the safe
Left by the safe were sev
eral tools, and two empty
soft drink bottles. Two vend
ing machines were pried open
and the coins, removed.
Police said today that the
job is similar to a safe-crack
ing in Eugene , during me
week end. The police believe
that two persons were in:
volvcd. .
Although money, automo
bile titles, and other docu
ments were taken in a burg
lary at the company last year,
only money was taken this
time. Police say there is "no
connection" with last year's
crime.
Thornton To Attend
London Conference
Salem -flJPII- Attornsy Gen
eral Robert V. Thornton will
fly to London this week to
take part in a United Nations
congress on the prevention of
crime and treatment of of
fenders which is now in ses
sion. '
Washington - (UPD - The
Agriculture Department es
timates the 1960 corn crop at
4,111,854,000 bushels.
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55th Year Price .10 Cents
Attaches
attach to th Soviet Union
country for conducting intel
said today.
Deaprtmenl laid today th
air attach was "obviouslv
off ng
The Abako members. resist
ed the forced entrance of the
Lumumba group and fighting
Broke out. .
Vice President Hurt ' ,
Abako Vice President' Vital
Moanda was - injured along
with two Abako guards at the
doorway, , . , .
Hearing of the fight, which
rapidly attracted hundreds of
onlookers, Lumumba jumped
Into a car and drove from his
residence to the Dendale sec
tor. . . :
Arriving at the Abako par
t y headquarters, Lumumba
tried to calm the mob which
by then had risen to several
thousands and was battling
with police. ;
Lumumba jumped out of
his car, but ran smack into
Abako supporters. He was
slapped around and punched
in the face. But he climbed
back into his car-and, drove
away, presumably back to his
residence. .
The rioting was the second
report- of violence during the
day.
Earlier, United Nations
sources said five lunisian
soldiers of the U.N. contingent
were killed In skirmishes with
tribesmen in the Luluabourg
area of the Kasai Province
three days ago.
Touchy,
Homes, Livestock.
Threatened in
Lower Table Rock
Blaze Attributed To
Spark From Machine
A wind-fanned blaze which
swept over farm fields," de
stroyed a number of ranch
buildings, burned grass and
brush, and threatened homes
and livestock on the north
side of Lower Table Rock,
was being mopped up today
by state department of forest
ry and Central Point rural
fire department crews.
The fire, which the forestry
department said covered some
1.100 acres, broke out along
Highway 234 in midafternoon
yesterday. It was brought un
der control about 8 o'clock
last night.
State forest patrolmen at
tributed the blaze, which
poured a streamer of smoke
over the Medford area, to a
spark from a state highway
department tractor. They said
the equipment was crushing
rock in a ditch along the highway.
Burned on the Albert anrl
Frank Straus ranch were a
larce machine shed, a hav anrl
bedding barn for cattle, and
several smaller structures.
Also destroyed were a hay
barn on the Charles Hutchin
son place and a storage shed
full of hay, and a former hog
house on the C. Virgil Strang
Dcuel ranch. The Strauses had
hay stored in the Hutchinson
barn.
Equipment Burned
Flames swept over soma
450 acres owned by the Straus
families. Burned in the prac
tically new machine shed
were a truck, a car, two trac
tors, a hay baler and other
tools ana equipment, ine
Straus combine was lost in a
stubblefield on the Strang-
Deuel property. Other losses
to the Strauses Included a tool
shed, a chicken house and. a
saddle shed and a 25 or 30-
acre field of alfalfa being
saved for seed. A storage
barn and milking parlor were
saved.
Homes threatened included
six in the vicinity where the
fire broke out. ... " .
Crws at Scan V.. '..::..'-
. ine Slate ivreairy oeifi-
ment had 32 men on the lira
last night and the rural .dis
trict 18. An estimated 200
persons helped out at 'tne
scene. Three tractors, six
pumpers, and the half-tracfc
tanker-pumper were dispatch
ed by the forest patrol to the
fire. Central Point rural had
five trucks at the fire which
went up to the rock on the
north side of Table Rock and
over the lop and down into
the "U" a bit.
Southwest district of- the
state forestry department had
36 men mopping up this morn
ing. Six Central Point rural
firemen were at the scene.
Four men of the Leo Hoag
logging crew were felling
snags. i
The fire was "definitely
under control and' in very
good shape," the southwest .
.Hatpin nffina rannrted ' thia
morning. .. ; 1
The big "smoke" seen west
Central Point this morning
was from stubble-field burn
ing by Otto and Arnold
Bohnert. , - . . , .
Ted Kennedy Slated i
As Portland Speaker v
Portland-IUPD-Ted Kennedy,
brother, of Democratic presi- .
dential candidate John F. Ken
nedy, is scheduled to speak
Sunday at the opening of the
Citizens for Kennedy-John
son headquarters here. .
Hy Raskin,-campaign man
ager for the senator, also if
scheduled to be on hand.
Isn't He . .'.?"