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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1960)
Russian Lawyer Will fight for Powers' Life Electronic Issues Stand Out as Most Groups Slip Notch New York - (UPD - Slocks were narrowly mixed In mod erately active trading today. Electronic issues stood out as most other groups slipped a notch from their opening levels. International Business Ma chines rose 3 points while Texas Instruments, Collins Ra dio and Zenith all added a point or more. Oils showed mostly frac tional losses but Jersey and Earning Proposal Said Not Enough Beaverton-IUPII-Elmo Smith Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, said Sunday that a Senate Finance committee recommendation to raise the ceilings on earnings permitted to retired persons is a step forward in the right direction but it doesn't go far enough. The Senate Finance com' miltee Saturday made a rec ommendation that would per mit people receiving social se curity retirement benefits to earn up to $1800 instead of the the present $1200 without having their social security pension reduced. Smith termed the current $1,200 restrictions as a road block against utilizing the tal ents of elder people. The for mer governor of Oregon add ed that "we need what our senior citizens contribute to society, and they need the in come." He said if they have the ability to continue work they should be permitted to do so without being penalized Smith flew to Medford to day to make a series of cam paign talks. Finch Trial Goes Info Eighth Week Los Angeles - IUPH - The second murder trial of Dr. R. Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff today moved into its eighth week, and perhaps the last week of the prosecution's case. The state's two star wit nesses, Marie Anne Lldholm, IB, and John Patrick Cody, 29, already have testified and have been closely cross-examined by the defense. Their stories add up to the state's main charges Finch, 43, and his sweetheart, Car ole, 23, unsuccessfully sought to hire a killer to slay the wealthy surgeon's wife, Bar bara, and then undertook the slaying themselves. The prosecution was ex pected to devote the rest of its time to introducing tech nical testimony to bolster the talcs told by Marie, the Finch maid, and Cody, a Minnesota hoodlum. As in the first trial, Finch was expected to testify In his own behalf after the state completes its case. Sinclair tacked on about 's each. Motors were mixed Steels eased from their open ing levels with Bethlehem and U.S. Steel down nearly '4 each. Vending machines continued firm with Automatic Canteen up 1 but Universal Match off a small fraction after a strong opening. Kennecott dropped a point in the coppers while Haven rose more than 2 in the mis siles and Vick more than a point in the drugs. Polaroid picked up nearly 2 in the cameras. Attendance at Festival Rises Ashland - At the midway point in its 20th season, the Oregon Shakespearean Festi val has played to 18,788 per sons, a lead of 1,183 over the same period last year. All four productions have now been presented five times each. "The Taming of the Shrew" still leads current box office totals with 5.841. "Jul ius Caesar" has tallied 4,852, Richard II" 4,092 and The Tempest" 4,003. Saturday night s noarcapa. city audience for "Richard" came within 12 tickets of be ing the first history play to sell-out a performance in Ash land. The house total of 1,117 was, however, the largest sin gle audience ever to see a his tory play at the Festival since its founding in 1935. All remaining "Shrew" per formance, except Sept. 1, are sold out. Several tickets re main for that final showing, and standing room tickets will be sold for all other dates. Patrons are invited to take folding chairs and camp stools and will be able to see and hear .the production from the lawn at the back of the house and from the top of the ele vated, ( dance plulform. Midwesf Cooled By Canadian Air By United Press International A mass of Canadian air cooled the Great Lakes area and touched off scattered thunderstorms from Ohio to Missouri Sunday night. The high pressure system sent the mercury down to 36 at Grantsburg, Wis.; 37 at Marquette, Mich.; 41 at Pells ton, Mich.; and 41 at Inter national Falls, Minn. A funnel clouo was observ ed near Richmond, Ind., as the cool air mass clashed with warm August winds. It also caused an isolated storm that dumped a half inch of rain on Kansas City, Mo. Scattered showers were forecast today as the cold front moved eastward from the Ohio Valley Into southern New England. When you start on a trip, leave anxiety behind ... 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After meeting Powers' fa- mer ana mother, Grinev went into conference with Powers wife, Barbara, 25. Visited Accused Man Grinev told Virginia attor ney Alexander Parker, who came nere with Barbara Pow ers to assist the family when me pilot goes on trial, that he had spent several hours this morning with the accus ed men. Grinev asked Oliver Pow ers how his wife was feeling. The elder Mrs. Powers came to Moscow despite a heart ail ment. The pilot's father told Grinev to tell his son that she was in "bad health." Wants to See Khrushchev The senior Powers asked Grinev how he could arrange a "father to father" meeting with Premier Nikila Khru shchev. The Soviet attorney said Powers should apply through the usual channels and he would get a reply. Powers' wife and his par ents were keeping apart in their dealings with Soviet of ficialdom and Grinev. Mrs. Powers was accompa nied by her attorney when she talked with Grinev. Final Plans for Defense Grinev said this morning meetings with Powers concen trated on making final plans tor the defense. His meeting with Powers' family was ar ranged by Intourist, the So viet travel agency. The American community In Moscow was reported dis turbed at what appeared to be a rift between the wife and parents of Powers. With only two days left be fore the start of his trial, there were signs of coolness between his wife and his par ents. Americans and other West erners in the Soviet capital also were upset at reports of arrangements by each side to sell the stories of their Soviet experiences to Western publi cations. Western observers in Mos cow got the impression they were "innocents abroad. OYSTER LOVERS Eaton's Neck, N.Y. - (UPII -Hundreds of skin divers co operated Sunday in a drive to prevent eating oysters out of season. The skindivers went hunting for starfish who prey on oyster beds in Long Island Sound. They scooped up more than half a million. w. Pi i! ill 11 -44 yPSvi m'fk j if immifi ,itiv.W,'vMH,fc,iii.im i mi rtf ,.. . .. : .1h kmmwbA .. . Jtests UsiMl ?orf1and Fire "Department Captain Killed in Collision with Bui; . . - I mum ft. I B ? . Three Persons Die in Two-Car trasn on mgnway iui near oorview , nn.n a -n , I , mgHntU f IfA . if lllovl tnfttjintlv when the accident occurred. The Tillamook county sher Portland police said Met- iff's office estimated time of calfe was riding in the front seat. Portland - (UPD- - A Port land fire department captain was killed here early Sunday in a collision of a fire de partment hook and ladder truck and a Rose City Tran sit Co. bus at Southeast 12th ave. and Hawthorne st. Dead was Capt. John Met- nalf 4fi. Warren. Ore. a 22- year veteran of the Portland fire department. A total of 10 persons - four firement, the bus driver and five passengers - were injur ed, two seriously. Driver of the bus, unester A. Hicks, 25, Portland, was r-iteH for failure to yield the right of way to an emergen cy vehicle. The lire true was MRS. POWERS TELLS VIEWS Mrs. Bar bara Powers, wife of U2 pilot Francis G. Powers, is shown at a press conference in Moscow Sunday. Mrs. Powers said she thought her husband did right by pleading guilty to piloting the U2 plane, but she said she considered him a "reconnaissance scout under orders from his government" and ' not a spy. The Russians indicated members of Powers' family will not see him before his trial. (UPI Radiotelepholo) Khrushchev Pledges Stronger Friendly Relations With Cuba Havana - (UPD - Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev hail ed Premier Fidel Castro in a message published here today as a "fighter for nrjeriy ana pledged "even stronger friendly relations between Russia and Cuba. The newspaper Revolucion, official organ of Castro's 26lh of July Movement, published Khrushchev's remarks, which were made in the form of a birthday greeting to the Cu ban Premier. Castro was 34 Sunday. Khrushchev told Castro that in the Soviet Union "You are known as the outstanding pa triot o your nation and a tire less fighter for the liberty and independence of Cuba and the realization of the highest ideals of the Cuban revolu tion." I am sure that friendly re lations between our nations will develop and become even stronger," Khrushchev said. Incidents At Churches Revolucion also reported that plans to read a strong anti-Communist pastoral letter drawn up by the island's Ro man Catholic prelates were frustrated by the congregation in a Santiago church Sunday. The newspaper said the congregation sang the national anthem to drown out the priest's voice. According to Revolucion s report, the priest was driven from the pulpit as the congregation shouted "Cu ba si, -Yankees no," and "Down with the Pharisees.'" Catholics leaving Havana Cathedral Sunday were hand ed written sermons reminding them of Fidel Castro's defi- MedfordJTribune Regional Edition Page 2 It It , , W tSJ nition of a "true Christian" as one who does not conspire against the revolution during mass. The distribution of the pro- Salem Man Tells 01 Being Beaten Salem-IUPII - A 59-year-old farm laborer told Salem po lice Sunday he lay helpless for four days at the bottom of a 50-foot cliff on the Wil lamette river bank here after four juveniles clubbed him Tuesday night. The man, who gave his name as Mitchell Redd, said he was sitting at the top of the bluff along the river Tues day night when four youths, who looked to be about 16 or 17, came upon him. Redd said one clubbed him on the head with a rock and that the quartet then kicked him over the edge of the cliff. Redd said he lay in tangled riverbank brush, too weak to climb out or call for help, until Sunday morning when he managed to make his way back to the top. He was taken to Salem Me morial hospital where he was treated for a three-inch gash on the back of his head. At tendants said he also suffered possible chest and back in juries and had bruises about the arms and hands. His con ditions was listed as satisfactory. Havana - IUPD - A new out break of anti-government ac tivities was reported Saturday in eastern Cuba as the nation prepared to celebrate the 34th birthday tomorrow of Pre mier Fidel Castro by buying Cuban bonds and cows. Barview, Ore. - (UPtt-Three persons, including a Portland policeman and his wife, were killed in a two-car crash in U. S. highway 101 near here early Sunday. The victims were identi. fied as Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Hickman, Portland, ana Lester Hamman, 41, Tilla mook. Hickman, 36, was a patrolman. The Tillamook county cor oner's office said the victims, the only occupants pf the two vehicles, apparently were the accident at 1:16 a.m. and said the Hickman car was northbound when It struck the auto driven by Hamman. DOG WORRIES CLUB Swansea, Wales (UPD -Swimming club officials pre sented a medal Sunday to Pitch, a Labrador retriever who outswam his master and nearly won a club race. But they were worried about what to do if Pitch enters - and wins the next race. There's an unwritten club rule that the winner buys a round of beer. OOOOOOl o o Pl90iy wiggly: NSUSHED 1896 I GREEN lTAMPS, o o r- mm OPEN EVERY DAY UNTIL 9 P.M. Castro propaganda by militia members gathered outside the ancient cathedral was the only incident reported as Cuba passed its first Sunday in sev eral weeks without anti- church violence. Endorses Church's Declaration A prominent Catholic lay organization meanwhile en dorsed the sharp anti-Commu nist declaration issued by the island's top prelates last week and protested Castro s accu sation that certain "Fascist" priests were conspiring against him with U.S: backing, "We lend our most decided support and absolute backing to each and every one of the bishops' declarations," said the National Catholic Organi zations -in a formal statement. As expected since early last week, President Osvaldo Dor ticos decreed the seizure of the $67 million Moa Bay Min ing Co., the next to last major business enterprise owned by U.S. interests in Cuba. To Take Legal Action Revolutionary militia were expected to occupy the big property in northern Oriente Province some time today. Owned by the Freeport Sul phur Co. of New York, it had been out of operation since March because of confiscatory taxes imposed by the Castro regime. In New York, the Freeport Co. said it would take all possible legal action to pro tect its rights. The "intervention" climax ed a week of "popular jubila tion" to celebrate the expro priation of other companies composing the one-time billion dollar U.S. business invest ment in Cuba. The Nicaro mining com plex, owned by the U.S. gov ernment, was the only major U.S. concern remaining. Bread & Butter Pickles Farming's 15-oz. jar 2 for 45 o o YSKBtlSHEO 896 f I GREEN lS TAMPS, o o Peanut Butter Hoody's Jumbo 3-lb. 12-ox. jar $1 29 SOAP BOX WINNER Winner of the 23rd annual All- Amer ican Soap Box Derby is 11-year-old Fredric Lake of South Bend, Ind. He won over 167 other races. Here young Lake shows off his trophy. He won a $5,000 college scholarship, among other prizes. He scooted down the 975-foot Derby Downs course In 27.73 seconds. lUPI Telephoto) 6 THRIFTY THOM SAYS: Open an account for as little as $10. Principal and interest available any time. 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