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loodshed, Cabinet Crisis Mark Independence for Cyprus Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages sm-- i-T i- .. "i i ' iii iataii imp ' i mil 111 1 1 1 1 i i i i EXPLOSION LIFTS ROOF Part of the roof of the Rheem Manufacturing Co. at Houston, Tex., was blown off in a violent explosion of a lacquer oven Monday, Firemen are John L. Gregory Candidate for Legislature Post ' John L. Gregory, '49, coun ty real estate developer, was selected as the Democratic candidate for state represent ative at a meeting of the Jackson County Democratic Central committee last eve ning. The post, for stale repre sentative, was vacated recent ly by the withdrawal of Miss Inez Holcomb. Gregory, who lives on Hol comb Springs rd., Sams Val ley, has lived in the area for three years. Prior to moving here he was a rancher, has also been employed in juve nile work with the California youth authority, and mining. He attended San Jose State college, City College of Los Angeles and Whittier college. He is a licensed real estate salesman. Gregory is a member of the Shriners, St. Mark's Episco pal church and the Civil Air Patrol. He and his wife, Hel en, have two children and three grandchildren. Principal Concern One of his principal con cerns, he says, is with the tax structure of the state of Oregon. "I feel that the tax struc ture of the slate of Oregon in antequated and needs new thinking as well as new struc ture," he said. Gregory claims that the right people are not always being taxed at present. He cited elderly people and young married couples as groups which have suffered. As a result, he said, a tax climate which will be equit able to new business and the new labor pools which will come with this business must be created. New Name Suggested For South Pacific Highway The present South Pacific highway from Willow Springs to Ashland will be called Rogue Valley blvd., once the new Pacific freeway is con structed. The name was agreed on today during a meeting called primarily to discuss signs along the new freeway. About 20 persons representing Med ford, Ashland, Jackson coun ty, Medford Chamber of Com merce, and the motor court association heard proposals of Val Johnson, state highway commission representative. By calling the old highway Rogue Valley blvd., it will get away from the highway idea, it was explained. This will be an arterial route serv ing the valley and with the predicted population growth probably will be a boulevard. Tjwo under and over pass MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1960 Congolese Police Crack Down With Credentials Check ' Leopoldville, 'The Congo-HIPlJ-Armed Congolese police swept through United Nations headquarters, hotels and priv ate homes today, checking credentials and arresting Eur opeans whose papers were not in order. On orders from Premier Patrice Lumumba, the police began "looking for Belgian spies" before dawn this morn ing. UN Workers Arrested ' Later, they crashed uncere moniously into U. N. head quarters and arrested several Chinchilla Firm Charged by FTC Washington -(UPD- Gold Seal Chinchillas, Inc. of Tacoma was charged by the Federal Trade Commission today with misrepresenting the ease and simplicity of raising these animals. Also named in the complaint was Estell G. Streets, an offi cial of the concern. The commission further al leged in its complaint that the Tacoma firm misrepresented the chinchilla's rate of produc tion, the value of stock raised and the expected returns from their pelts. Divers Fail To Find Body in Diamond Lake Roseburg - (UPD - Skin div ing operations in Diamond lake have failed to turn up the body of Gary L. Strum, 17, Portland, state police said today. Strum was apparently drowned Saturday. The state police said it had been drag ging the lake for three days. es should be allowed between Phoenix and Medford inter changes, those attending the meeting recommended. One would be at Voorhies cross ing, the other was not pin pointed. The group also discussed the possibility of placing signs along the freeway point ing to the Jacksonville route. Lead up signs to cities will be placed two miles out from the city limits so motorists can get Into the proper lane and slow down. It was gen erally agreed that one or two interchanges is better than a number to prevent confusion. Representatives of Eugene, Salem and Grants Pass pre ferred that drop-off signs at interchanges not be desig nated business routes, but merely carry the city name. shown extinguishing a flash fire that occurred after the blast. Four persons were reported killed. (UPI Telepholo) U.N.' employees who had for gotten to bring their required pink passes with them.". A whole section of the Eur opean quarter of the city was cordoned off by the policei who parked their trucks to block key points in the streets. The police entered hotel rooms and demanded that everyone produce his creden tials. Other police stopped Europeans in the streets. Dozens of persons were taken, protesting, to police headquarters for further in terrogation. Persons wearing U.N. arm bands were questioned close ly. Those who could not pro duce a card signed by U.N. Secretary-general Dng Ham marskjold were arrested, even through some merely had for gotten to transfer the card when changing suits. The police even slopped Jeeps carrying U.N. troops and demanded their identity cards. The police told the troops that "hundreds of Bel gian paratroopers are hiding under the identity of the U.N." ' The sweeping police action which lasted two hours was the latest in a growing series of angry incidents between the Congolese government and the U.N. forces. Medford Planes Join Search for Aircraft An Air Force search is underway today between Med ford and Modesto, Calif., tor a missing twin engine Cessna 172 plane piloted by Harold L. Klefecker, believed to be from Hawthorne, Calif. The plane left Medford at 12 noon yesterday, it was re ported by Brian Douglas, local sparrh and rescue chief for southwest Oregon. The plane had scheduled fuel stops at Medford and Modesto before continuing to its destination at Los Angeles, it was report ed. The plane took off from Bellingham, Wash, early Mon day morning. Believed on the plane are Mrs. Klefecker and another couple. Six Medford planes have joined in the search today, Douglas said. 20 New Cases of Hepatitis Reported Portland - (UPD - Twenty new cases of infectious hepa titis were reported In Ore- eon this week to bring the state's number so far this year to 628. Last year at this time there were 489 cases. Salem-IUPD-Democratic pre cinct workers from Marion, Polk, Benton and Linn coun ties will take part in a neigh borhood discussion here Thursday. 55th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 127 BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 0 3 0' New York 1 8 0 Estrada. Hoeit (8) and Triandos; Ford and Blan chaid. Boston 5 9 0 Washington 8.. 14 0, Delock, Sturdivant (7),' . Wills (8) and Nixon; Ramos, Moore (9) and Naragon. Congo May Call For Russian Help Leopoldville, The Congo - (UPI) - A diplomatic blowup with Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold raised the pos sibility today that Premier Patrice Lumumba will renew his threat to call for military help from the Soviet Union or Afro-Asian nations. An exchange of letters be tween the two in which Lumumba finally expressed no confidence in Hammar skjold threatened to wreck the United Nations effort in this chaotic new African country. II a m m a r s k jold, coldly brushing off a request to take a Congolese delegation with him, flew put of Leopoldville Monday night and headed back for the United Nations to let the Security Council solve the problem. Thornton Rules For . Rural School Board Salem - (UPD-A rural school board may include an item for uncollected taxes in its budget, Attyt Gen! Robert Y. Thornton said Monday. The- 'Opinion had been sought by the Jefferson coun ty rural school board. "You Can Take The Boy Out Of The Country But Can You Take The Country Out Of The Boy?" Terrorists Strike Minutes After Colonialism Ends President Lacking Foreign Minister Nicosia, Cyprus - (UPI) - The strategic Mediterranean island of Cyprus stumbled off to a wobbly start at independence today in bloodshed and a cabinet crisis. Terrorists, striking in the first minutes after the island officially became sovereign at midnight, shot and serious ly wounded the wife of a police sergeant who is a mem ber of the Turkish-speaking minority. Minister Post Rejected At the same time the new president, Archbishop Makar ios, came to his inauguration lacking a foreign minister after his old friend, Nicos Kranidotis, rejected that post in a surprising last -minute reversal. A crowd of 20,000 persons gathered outside the House of Representatives to hear form er British Gov. Sir Hugh Foot proclaim an end to 82 years of colonial rule. Makarios followed with an appeal for "close cooperation" among various political fac tions. Queen Elizabeth II met the occasion with a message of "warmest good wishes." Follows Fighting Independence had been slated for the island earlier this year but was held up dur ing negotiations for the con tinuance of British military bases. Self - determination was granted only after four years of bloody guerilla fighting by EOKA nationalist forces. The war and accompanying terror ist activity between Greek and Turkish-speaking island ers resulted in almost 2,000 killed and wounded since 1955. Portland Bean Picker Shot by Drink Companion Salem - (UPD. Allen Scott Reed, SSyear-old Portland bean picker, was shot in the face with a .22 caliber rifle after he told a drinking com panion he had no guts, au thorities said today. Sheriff's deputies were searching for Timothy Mike Morris, 47, who was charged with the shooting. Reed remained in fair con dition today at Salem Me morial Hospital. Wine Drinking Spree The shooting occurred Mon day night at the Sunshine bean farm about five miles southwest of Salem. Officers said Morris, Reed, and two other pickers went on a wine drinking spree, and Reed and Morris got Into a dispute. Witnesses told officers that Reed threatened to get his shotgun and "clean up the camp." Morris had his 10-ycar-old son get a single-shot .22 cali ber rifle from his nearby cabin. Deputies said Reed con tinued to berate Morris with taunts of "yellow" and "chic ken" and charges he was afraid to use his rifle. A shot rang out and Reed staggered off with a bullet wound in his jaw. United Nations, N.Y. - IUPD -Secretary General Dag Ham marskjold was flying back from Africa today to lay be fore the Security Council a direct attack on his integrity by Premier Patrice Lumumba of the Congo. - T HIGHWAY MYSTERY Red Bluff, Calif. - (UPI) Two California highway patrolmen have reported sighting - and then racing .- a mysterious flying foot ball - shaped thing which gave off a mysterious red glow. At least eight other per sons also reported spotting the object, which was de scribed as being the size of an airliner. They reported that sometimes it hung silently in the air only 200 feet off the ground. The strange story began about 11:45 p.m. Saturday w h e n Patrolmen Stanley Scott and Charles A. Carson were cruising in their patrol ear 18 miles south of here. IMS kM -r.r;r- v.-iv :? C- ' p, , k. k , xv,cft v , v yw' i w ECHO 1 OVER MEDFORD Easily visible p.m. with the satellite traveling in a south to valley residents is Echo I satellite which west to northeast direction. It was nearly was photographed Sunday p.m. by John R. Phillips, 703 4-minule time exposure was Herfer Calls for Stronger West Hemisphere San Jose, Costa Rica - IUPII - Secretary of State Chris tian A. Ilcrler called on American nations today to strengthen the bonds of hem ispheric solidarity. Heading the U.S. delega tion at an emergency meet ing of Western Hemisphere nations called to discuss So viet Russian political inter vention in the New World, Hcrter was greeted on arriv al by Costa Rican Foreign Minister Alfredo Vargas Fer nandez and other local and U.S. officials. History Noted Herter noted Cosla Rica' democratic history and called it a propitious site for the continental conference. "In this free atmosphere, I think that all of us who are representatives of our respec tive governments will be Parcel of Land Sold For Righf-of-Way A parcel bf land containing 7.69 acres between the Med ford Shopping Center and Bear creek has been pur chased by the state highway commission for about $138, 500, according to deed records in the county recorder's of fice. The property was sold by Buttress and McClellan, Inc., trustee, and J. K. Houssels Jr., Alice M. and J. Kell, Mark A. Goldy and Nellie C. Goldy, Max R. and Ruth Ginsburg, and William and S o n y a Blonder. The land Is In the right-of-way for the 'new freeway to be constructed along the east bank of Bear creek through Medford, starting later this year. ; Democrats for Phair Cause Commotion Pendleton - (UPD - The big gest commotion at the open ing of the Ron Phair for Con gress headquarters here Mon day was prompted by the aft ernoon arrival of a huge bou quet of gladioli. ' Workers for the Republi can candidate for the second district seat opened the card, which read: "Congratulation from Dem ocraUifor Bon Phair." PATROLMEN REPORT SIGHTING OBJECT IN SKY NEAR RED BLUFF Scott Monday night re ported that he first. saw the thing about a mile and a half away at an altitude of 200 feet. It seemed to have a row of horizontal lights and "something on the end that made a red beam" and appeared to be sweeping the ground, he reported. As they kept looking at it in disbelief, it suddenly shot noiselessly up about 500 feet. They sent out a radio alert and then put their flashing red light on. The object swung its red beam and then began to slide across the sky, they report ed. They pursued the ob ject for about two hours. !tl 1 . shortlv after 10 overhead when it moved oft the edge of the Beatty st. The film. A Speed Graphic camera with royal started at 10:15 ! pan film at Ties in stirred to work harder to pre serve the principles of ' de mocracy in the Western Hem isphere," Herter said in a brief airport speech. Delegates to the sixth con sultative assembly of the For eign Ministers of America scheduled a private session for this afternoon prior to the formal opening of the conference. Rabbit, Poultry Champions Named Five grand champions were named following rabbit and poultry events during the third day of the Jackson County 4-H and FFA fair yes terday, fair officials reported. Kathleen Badcock, Evans Valley, had the grand cham pion senior doe. Linda Som mer. Talent, was named grand champion rabbit showman and exhibited the grand cham pion senior buck. The 170 pens of rabbits entered is con sidered the largest rabbit ex hibit ever shown at the fair, fair officials said. Bob Kuest, Central Point, had the grand champion poul try exhibit, Craig Wright, Medford, was named cham pion poultry showman. Other poultry champions were Kathy Zapell, Talent, light breeds; Craig Wright, a pen of marked birds, and Bob Kuest, champion In heavy breeds. Nation's Industry Production Study Washington - (UPD - The na tion's Industrial production held steady in July, the Fed eral Reserve Board reported today. The board's July Index of the output from the nation's mines, mills and utilities was unchanged from June at 109 per cent of the 1957 average. This was about the same level at which the Index has hovered since early spring. "Iron and steel production showed somewhat more than the usual shrp curtailment in July," the board said. Steel mills, operating at half of capacity, were 30 per cent below the 1957 level. How ever, most steel consuming Industries were holding at or abye the 1997 average. At one time, it went into "various maneuvers -straight up and down, and sideways." But it soon left its pursuers behind. Three deputy sheriffs, hearing t h e radio alert, raced into the hunt. They reported that they saw it too, but were also out maneuvered as the thing disappeared over the east ern horizon around 2 a.m. All this time, the patrol men's radio was full of static, presumably caused by the flying object. Meanwhile, here in Red Bluff, the night jailer, Clar ence Fry, picked up the ra dio alert. About 1 a.m. he marched four prisoners on fit - nr I f4.5 .was used for the picture. WiinessSoughi By City Police ' Medford police said today they are still searching. for a well-dressed man of stocky build, believed to be in his 50s, and wearing a white shirt. He is wanted as a wit ness to the fatnl beating of William Carley Campbell Sat urday morning. - Prentias Hilbert Alexander, who was arrested by city po lice Saturday, was arraigned on a first degree murder charges yesterday in district court. He waived a prelimi nary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury. Police said this morning that Aloxander has given off i c e r s an "additional state ment," indicating that he robbed the victim of 30 cents. While being held, his request to police was for "a Bible and a package of cigarettes," ac cording to department spokes men. Campbell was the subject of a brutal beating early Satur day in the parking lot behind Robinson brothers store, 114 East Main st. The suspect was picked up immediately In the vicinity. The victim was a long-time resident of Medford, Alexan der was a transient from Portland. Besides robbery, the only motive evident arose from an argument in a near by bar, according to police. Russia To Attend Disarmament Talks United Nations, N.Y. (UPD Russia decided today to at tend a U.S.-summoned meet ing of the U.N. Disarmament Commission which - it had threatened to boycott. Despite month-long hints that It would not attend the session, the Soviet Union in scribed Itself as the second speaker in the debate sched uled to start this afternoon. U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge was the first list ed speaker, followed by the Russian delegate. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair with slowly riling temperaturei through Wednesday. . Temp. Hlfheflt Yeiterday 88 Lowest this Morning . 47 Our Skies Tonight - Sunset today H 7ill p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .. 5:20 a.m. The Moon rises 1:15 a.m. tomorrow and rides high. Bl nath is the star directly above the Moon and above EInath and to the left shines brighter Ca pella. New Moon -. Aug. 12 g -rtWA't -fit fflnniiMiimin i m nnw i in to the front steps' of the jailhouse. All five men testified to seeing the glow ing mysterious object "about ' 25 miles to the south." . , Neither officers would identify it as a "flying saucer." Albany, Ore. -fflPH- A U.S. Air Force spokesman said here Monday night that the Air Force is investigating reports of "flying saucers" ; sighted in the Red Bluff, Calif., area Sunday morn ing, j The latement was is-, sued by Capt. Byron Lig gett, information officer of the Portland air defense sector. Democrats Voice Dissatisfaction On Committee Continuing d i s satisfaction with the county court's selec tion of nome rule study com mittee members was voiced by Democrats last night. Chairman Harper Edwards, speaking before the Jackson County Democratic Central committee, said, "Due to the amount of publicity breaking over our heads, I feel con strained to make this state ment." Since the home rule study committee is of vital impor tance to everyone in Jackson, county, "we reassert that this committee should be bi-partisan," he said. Who is there in this en lightened age who does not subscribe to the philosophy of one .or the other of the- major political parties?" he asked. Thus is becomes in creasingly apparent that the county court, with but one dissenting voice, has decided upon .a, Republican non-parti san committee." "If this is truly a non partisan committee, why is it a well known fact that it ia overwhelming Republi b a n? ' he asked. , v - "Let us not be deterred by ' criticism or threat from seek ing a just and' equitable solu tion to 'the problem at hand. and others of equal impor tance that will arise in thei future." . ' Criticism Noted Only other person to speak on the subject was William " Deatherage, local lawyer and - leading Democrat. Deatherage criticized , both the county ' court ana i!.ric w. Alien, man aging editor of the Mail ' Tribune. He said that the "attack" by County Commissioner Chester : Wendt and County Judge Earl Miller was unjustified. This he attributed to the fact that Republicans can't take criti-, cism. He also attacked an edi torial in the Friday Mail Tribune which suggested that , such a committee should be non-partisan rather than bi partisan. , Deatherage said that Demo crats have one theory of gov-' ernment and Repub 1 1 c a n s another. Both, he said, should be represented. Body of Pastor Sought in Columbia Portland - IUPD - The Mult nomah county sheriff's office continued dragging operations in the Columbia river near the Rooster Rock state park today to find the body of Willis Guy Kennedy, 35, Portland. ' Kennedy, a pastor of the Apostolic House of Prayer here, apparently drowned Saturday. A search for his body has been going on for three days. . IT'S OH! SO EASY! GIVE BLOOD ; A total of 50 appointments have been made for the Wed nesday visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile at the chapter house, 60 Hawthorne ave. The Bloodmobile will be here from 1 to 6 pjn.: A total ot 350 donors are needed to ob tain the 290 pint quota. Ap pointments may be made by telephoning the Red Cross, SPrlng 3-3813. y .-?i.-.'-'r-j.f;.-.wt..riJi..;.il
