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1 11 SHWRS mi CAHAM ffl U A Powers Declares Defense Attorney Hopes Admissions Lead To Leniency Acting on Orders, U2 Pilot Asserts Moscow - IUPI1 - Francis G. Powers, 31, fighting for his life, today repented his U2 flight over Russia as a "bad service" to his country. His defense attorney said he "hoped for the court's leni ency" because of the defend ant's admissions. Powers, speaking from the prisoner's dock, emotionally pleaded that he could not kill, even in self -defense and stressed again and again that he was acting only on orders and not of his own volition, in making the flight over Russia May 1. Hopes for Leniency The Tass news agency said defense attorney Mikhail Grinev told the Powers' fam ily that, "Considering Powers' behavior during the trial, his repentance and regret about the committed offense, he (Grinev) hoped for the court's leniency." , The statement could be an Inkling that the military tri bunal would not mete out the death penalty. The pilot told the three military judges hearing the espionage trial in which he has pleaded guilty that the people who sent him over the Soviet Union should have thought of the consequences. Friday is expected to be the last day of the trial. , -''. Right To Final Speech''' The prosecution and de fense are expected to make their summation speeches. Then Powers will have the right to make a final speech to the court. The seemingly naive Vir ginian clearly was trying to avoid a Communist death sen tence. If the trial ends Fri day, the three-judge court is expected to postpone the ver dict and possible sentence un til Saturday. Mo Thought of Consequences Powers told the packed Courtroom he never even thought of the fate of his May 1 flight, let alone that it might wreck the Paris summit con ference or even lead to mili tary conflict. Bad Service "Do you think now you did your country a good or bad service?" asked Chief Judge Viktor Borisoglebsky. "I would say very bad," Powers replied. "Did it occur to you that a flight might provoke military conflict?" "The people who sent me should have thought of that." The prosecution had called another technical expert, Lt. Col. K. V. Voroshilov, at the afternoon session when Pow ers made his dramatic plea of pacifism. . Voroshilov identified a pis tol equipped with a silencer as part of .the gear found in Powers' high -altitude plane when it was downed over Si beria. (Continued on Page 2) . WEATHER FORECAST: Fair and warm through Friday. Low tonight 55. High tomorrow 95. Temp. Hlghrst YMterday . 99 Lowest This Morning 59 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:09 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:22 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 2:55 a.m. New Mnon Aug. 22 PROMINENT STAR Arcturus, sets 11:26 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, low in west 7:29 p.m. Jupiter, due south .... 7:54 p.m. Saturn, due south . .. 9:15 p.m. Mars, rises at midnight Smith Urges United Legion for Peace Portland-(liPD-Ex-Gov. Elmo Smith today urged that the United Nations "establish a permanent United Legion for peace." Smith, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, told a business men's luncheon that he visualized a permanent, small army of soldiers for peace, organized along the same lines as the present U.N. emergency force. It should be made up, he said, of troops from small, neutral nations who would not fight except in enice' To Oountry JU4-M wsyi V . ' c i V r . L I ' V Ufm POWERS ANSWERS QUESTIONS American pilot Francis Gary Powers, his hand on a map, answers prosecution's questions on the second day of his espionage trial in Moscow today. The 31-year-old airman admitted he had flown over neutral Afghanistan on his May 11 U2 trip and that he had indeed been lift "by something" at a height of 68,000 feet over Russian soil. , - State Democratic C h a i rman Accuses Appling of Portland-IUPI) -. Democratic state chairman Robert w. stranh accused Secretary ot State Howell Appling Jr. Wed nesday of making serious blunder" in the admistration of election laws for the elec tion of county coroners. Straub charged Appling with failure to announce the coming election of coroners in 21 counties until it was too late for voters to nominate candidates in the primary election. The Democratic chairman's remarks came after a state ment by Appling Tuesday that coroners must be elected in 21 counties since the new law to abolish elected county coron ers does not become effective until January. . In spite of Appling's ruling this week, Straub said, "not a single filing for coroner, was accepted, nor was provision for nomination ; of coroners made" in the primary elec tions in May 1 Voters Said Denied Rights ' Straub, accused Appling of a "lapse ... in disregard of his duties," which, .Straub said, "has denied voters their right to nominate coroners and has placed an unecessary and in some cases an impossible bur den on both Republican and Democratic county ' central committees." Salem - (UPll - Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. said today that Democratic State Chairman Robert W, Straub had the facts a bit twisted in accusing his office of a "serious blunder" in admin- Permanent self defense, or to preserve the peace. . He said the U.N. provides a theater for world diplomacy "but it lacks a permanent tool to put its diplomacy into action." Smith said that, when the emergency force was first or ganized in 1956, the United States sponsored the principle of limiting the force to troops from small neutral nations. He called this "a wise provision to keep Soviet troops out of the troubled area, . y y (UPI Radiotelephoto) Blunder 'istration of election laws for the election of county coro ners. But Appling said he had no intention of getting into a political dispute with Straub on the subject. Appling stated: "The taxpayers are not pay ing me to play political games with Straub. It is obvious his hysterical charges originate in his ignorance of Oregon elec tion procedures. I am sur prised that as a state legisla tor he does not know that it is the local county clerks, not the secretary of state, who conduct the election of county coroners. Acted With Legal Advice , "I have acted in this matter in complete accordance with the legal advice of the Demo cratic attorney general. My only purpose is to insure that the people are provided the opportunity in November to vote for county coroners. In that I have succeeded. "If Mr. Straub has any po litically inspired speeches to make I suggest he make them to the attorney general and to the member of Mr. Straub's political party who wrote the vaguely-worded coroner bill. "In the meantime I have work to do.' Aircraft Search On 'Reduced' Scale The search for the missing Cessna aircraft, which disap peared Monday after refueling at Medford, continued today on a "greatly reduced scale," according to Brian Douglass, local search and resuce chief for southwest Oregon. Only three Medford planes were reported to be searching in the area south of here this morning. Douglass stated that the search will definitely be dis countined tonight if the craft is not found today. The plane, with two Cali fornia couples on board, was on a flight from Bellingham, Wash, to Modesto, Calif. Salcm-WPD-Viesko Post of Salem Wednesday was award ed a contract to build a 240 unit men's dormintory on the campus of Williametlc Uni versity her. Flight Eisenhower Sees No Evidence of Brainwashing Statement Puzzles Some Officials Washington-(UPl) - President Eisenhower says he finds no evidence that the Russians have brainwashed Francis G. Powers. What is brainwashing? The official U.S. Air Force dictionary says to brainwash is: "To manipulate various psychological and moral fac tors so as to induce a person to reveal confidential informa tion or to subscribe to false statements." On that basis, Eisenhower's statement puzzled some other officials who studied accounts of the opening session of Pow er's spy trial in Moscow. Rep. George H. MeMahon (D-Tex.), suggested Powers may have been brainwashed, on the strength of the pilot's testimony that his U2 was shot down at 68,000 feet. That suited the Kremlin's desire to show Russia could be defend ed against air attack, but it did not agree with belief here that Powers had plane trouble which brought him to much lower altitude before the Rus sians got him. Barred From Commenting Officials in the executive branch of the government were barred by a stern State Department order from com menting publicly on the trial and Powers' conduct. But authorities privately noted subtle turns in the tes timony which indicated the kind of compliance with prosecution wishes that char acterizes a witness subjection to brainwashing. Powers, under prosecution and defense examination, test ified he was sorry for his part in the U2 incident. He said he came from a "strictly non capitalist" family, flew under military orders because he had to and had been treated "very nicely" in the Soviet Union. The effect of this testimony appeared to some to bear our advance predictions that Rus sia was endeavoring to put the .United States on trial and that Powers would be pictur ed as the pawn in Washing ton's so-called war-like pol ices. Total of 286 Pints Of Blood Donated A total of 286 pints of blood was contributed by valley resi dents during Wednesday's visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile Delighted Red Cross officials at t ie Medford chapter house rep rted that 320 persons call ed there between 1 and 6 p.m. They included 178 drop-ins, Thirty-four were rejected for medical reasons. The total number of pints was but four short of the 290 pint quota set for the Medford visit. The Bloodmobile which is in Grants Pass today, will return here in October. . "Of Course I Want To Dag Will Request Confidence Vote In Congo Dispute Secretary's Good Faith Questioned United Nations, N.Y. - IUPD - Secretary General Dag Ham marskjold will ask the Secur ity Council this Saturday-for show of confidence in his dispute with Congolese Pre mier Patrice Lumumba, in formed sources said today. A delegation representing Lumumba was due to arrive from Leopoldville late today to challenge Hammarskjold's refusal to use the U.N. force in the Congo to restore seces sion-minded Katango Prov ncei to the central govern ment. The Congolese premier has seriously questioned Hammar skjold's good faith, because of this refusal. He warned Wednesday he would send his own troops into Katanga un less "neutral observers" were dispatched there immediately by the United Nations. Lumumba's position was backed by Soviet Deputy For eign Minister Vasily V. Kuz netsov who conferred with Hammarskjold privately for 70 minutes Wednesday. De tails of the talk were kept se cret1 and it was not known whether the Russian would carry his objections into the Security Council session. Hammarskjold o r l g i nally had planned the council meet ing for Friday. But the sources said various African delega tion learders persuaded him in a two-hour conference Wednesday night to make the one day postponement. The Africans wanted to af ford a chance for Ghana to try to mediate a settlement be tween Lumumba and Katanga President Moise Tshombe that would obviate the need for any decision on the disposi tion of U.N. forces. Fingerprints Show Man Held Using Assumed Name Medford police disclosed to day that Prentias Hubert Alexander, arrested Saturday on a muraer cnarge, is using an assumed name. His actual name is Leonard Eugene Nel son. The identification was made through fingerprinting re ports submitted to the FBI and crime bureaus in Oregon and California. When told of the findings, Nelson told officers that he had "wanted to tell the truth" ever since he was arrested. Nelson is being held pend ing court action regarding the fatal beating of William Car ley Campbell early Saturday in a downtown parking lot. Seeking Witness Local police are still look ing for a possible witness de scribed as a "well-dressed man of stocky build" seen by both another witness and Nelson. Keith Duane Adams, 32, Medford, was arraigned this morning in circuit court on a Jackson county grand jury indictment of first degree mur der, according to District At torney Thomas J. Reeder. Robert R. Dickey, Medford, was appointed his attorney. Adams is accused of stran gling his ex-wife, Mrs. Hazel jean Adams in her Medford residence on Aug. 4. Help The Aged. Here" Regional Edition Medford 40 PAGES MEDFORD, HOME AGAIN Among more tnan 50 per- Medford merchants and a gold key to the sons on hand to greet Miss Rosemary Doolen city was given to her by Medford Mayor (Miss Oregon, 1960) when she arrived at John Snider. Miss boplen Is the daughter of Medford airport this morning was Miss Mrs. Horace M. Doolen, 612 West Second st., Shirley Satterfield, Miss Jackson county, Medford. She will remain in Medford while left. The bouquet of flowers was presented preparing for her trip to Atlantic City for to Miss Doolen by Tony Manno on behalf of the Miss American pagoant in September. Discoverer XIV Satellite Launched; To Try Recovery Vandenberg AFB, Calif. -WPD Discoverer XIV satellite rum- bled skyward today on an at tempt to return the second straight gold-plated capsule from orbit, An attempt to put up two satellites within moments of each other failed when a Courier I-A communications satellite rocket blew up about two minutes after it was launched at Cape Canaveral, Fla. If everything works as well on Discovered XIV as it did on No. 13, the 300-pound cap sure should come spinning back to the recovery area near Hawaii Friday after the 19 foot satellite's 17th pass over the poles. A capsule was re covered last Thursday from Discovered VIII, giving the U.S. a notable space advance ment. The Air Force hoped to Money Taken From Phoenix Laundry Phoenix-A total of $157 was stolen from the Econ-O-Wash laundry, Fourth and North Main sts., early today, stale police reported. The money was taken from two change-making machines, one of which was also reported missing. Ed Landis, Grants Pass, is owner of . the laundry and Fred Weishaupl, Phoenix, is manager. Report of the burglary was made to stale police about 3:50 a.m. by a motorist wno saia he law a man in the building. Foreign Experts To Study Forestry Los Angeles IUPD A group of 109 forestry experts from 37 nations today were en route to northern California and Yosemite Park to study U.S. forestry operations. Represented in the group were forestry men from Swe den, Norway, Denmark, Eng land, Australia,-New Zealand, Japan, Ireland, Venzuela, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, Bel gium, and several other na tions. The foresters will go to Seattle, Wash., Aug. 28 for a 10-day meeting, part of the Fifth World Forestry Con gress. Southampton, England - IUPD -The Queen Elizabeth sailed today for New York packed with cheering American tour ists. The vessel's departure broke the stranglehold of woldcat strike that disrupted the Queen- Mary's schedulf last JveeK. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1960 No. 129 I snag the p'ara'chutingina cap sule with snare-trailing air planes this ; time instead of having the navy pluck it from the water, but a program offi cer cautioned: . 1 - "Just because we, got ft back last time doesn't auto matically mean we'll succeed every time from here on out." The Lockheed-built Agena satellite made up the second! Demurrer Filed In Escrow Case A demurrer to test the suf ficiency of the indictment against O.H. Bengtson, Med ford lawyer, in the Medford Escrow case, was filed in cir cuit court yesterday. According to Bengtson s lawyer, Robert A. Boyer, the demurrer is based on the fact that the indictment does not conform to the requirements of the Oregon code since it does not contain a statement of facts constituting an of fense in ordinary and con cise language. The district attorney will now file an answering memo. This will be followed by a reply memo from the defense counsel and the demurrer will be' heard in. court on Aug. 30, according to Boyer., Locating Suitable Logs Delays Detour Construction of . a . detour bridge over Evans creek on the Evans Creek, rd. is pro gressing as rapidly as pos sible according to Bob Car stensen, county engineer. It was hoped, he said, that the detour could be completed by the : week end, . but con struction cannot get underway until suitable' logs for the bridge have . been cut and hauled- to the site. - , The -bridge - was collapsed last Friday when a log truck attempted to cross lt. The bridge is located about V4 miles west of the junction of Evans creek and Ramsey Canyon rds. Bottle With 25,000 Pennies Said Stolen Porlland-IUPD-A giant glass bottle was reported stolen from the Jack I. Russell home here while the family was away, police said Wednesday. Police said ' the burglars must have had some difficulty carrying the bottle off, since it contained an estimated 25,000" pennies which the fam ily had saved. Salem-(UPI)-All fires on state protected forest land are un der control, the State Forestry Department laid today. Price 10 Cents Tribune - istage of the 78-foot long Dls' - coverer rocket which blasted off at 11:58 p.m. (PST). It normally takes about two hours for officers to determine if the satellite is in, orbit, In Florida, the rocket ap peared to be traveling normal ly when it suddenly exploded into a ball of smoke and fire to the northeast high oyer, the Atlantic. There was no immediate ah- nounccment from the Air Force as to what caused the failure of the satellite launcher f 1 r s t setback for fhe Thor-Able'-Star which had sent two transit navigational satellites into orbit earlier this year. . . The shot at Cape Canaveral left the pad exactly one min ute after- the Discovered was fired at the California base. Maurine Neuberger To Arrive Tonight Mrs. Maurine' Neuberger, Democratic candidate for the United States senate, will speak at a no-host luncheon at noon Friday at the Medford hotel. She will be honored at reception at 10 a.m. tomor row at the home of Mrs. Sid ney Ainsworth, 1135 Fern St., Ashland. The candidate, who opposes Republican Elmo Smith in the wovemDer election, is 10 ar rive In Medford this evening. Tickets for the luncheon may be purchased at the door. Further information may be obtained by calling Demo cratic headquarters, SPring 3-4777. - Washington-iUPD - President Eisenhower has ' nominated Gen. George Henry Decker as Chief of staff of the Army. New Cave Junction Park Approved by Commission Salem - IUPD Survey of the cost of moving Cove Palisades Slate Park to a new location and the creation of a 160-acre park near Cave Junction were approved today by the Slate Highway Commission. 1 After a study of the result of borings taken on potential sites for the Cove Palisades Park which will be put under water by the construction of Round Butte dam. State Parks Director. Chester Armstrong recommended a location be tween the Deschutes and Crooked rivers on a slope to ward the Deschutes.: . $350,000 Oifarad Portland General Electric Co., which is building the dam has offered the state $350,000 to pay for the relocation of the park, but the commission Men Apparently Mistaken For Belgian Troops Incident Occurs During Inspection Leopoldville, The Congo-dlPD -Native Congolese troops dis armed three Canadian soldiers of the United Nations emer gency force and beat them with rifle butts at nearby Ndjili Airport today. The three men were taken to hospitals but were not re- -ported in serious condition. They were identified at Capt. C. A. Taschereau, Quebec; Cpl. R. T. Conroy, Kingston, and Signalman Andre Ma- thieu, Montreal. Forced To Lie on Ground The men were forced to lie on the ground after they were disarmed, tnen were beaten. Taschereau was reported to have suffered a concussion. The Congolese were inspect- ng luggage and identity cards a search for Belgian spies V and disguised paratroopers when they overhead some of the Canadians speaking French. This apparently mis led the Congolese into believ ing they were French-speaking elgians. The Canadians were board ing a piano to take their unit Coquilhatville in Equatorial Province and Luluabourg in Kasai, where they were to set U.N. communications. Delegation En Route UAnn,..kiU ..-1 delegation flew toward New York abqard a Soviet airliner warn the U.N. Security Council against turning The Congo Into a "second Korea." The delegation was author ized by Premier Patrice Lu mumba to deliver a three part ultimatum bringing grace ac tion should the council refuse to send "neutral observers" to the Congo-a direct slap at the good faith of Secretary Gen eral Dag Hammarskjold. Lumumba threatened to rush troops of his central gov ernment into secession-minded Katanga Province. He said he would renounce all United Nations aid and Four Color Ad for Local Firm Printed The first advertisement to be published in black and three colors by a Medford firm appears in today's' edi tion of the Mail Tribune. The colorful ad has been placed by the Big Y Super Markets and features a spec ial autumn sale of Del Monta canned foods. The layout and arrange ment of the Big Y Markets' Del Monte color- advertise ment were made by William A. Gifford, general manager of the Big Y group of stores, and by Ersel Hallsted of this city,' representative for the California Packing Corpora tion. Color plates were pro duced by the ROP Color Serv ice of the Milwaukee journal, Milwaukee, Wise- The use of four colors In local advertisements was made possible by the Mail Tribune's recently - installed new press equipment. Divers Recover Bod of Youth The body of 17-year-old Gary L. Strum, Portland, was recovered today from Dia mond lake, according to state . police. ' ' ' Skin divers and police have been dragging the lake since Strum drowned Saturday while diving from a boat op erated by his mother. Vancouver, Wash.-UPD-The Clark County Fair opened to day for a four-day run. today decided to have an en- ginecring survey of the de velopment to determine the . actual cost of the facilities needed before accepting the company offer. The new park in Josephine county will be located on the east and west forks of the Illi nois river and its entrance will be from U.S. Highway 199, one-half mile from the Oregon Caves junction. Camping Extended Because of increased de mand for overnight camping at state parks, the commis sion voted to allow it for the first - time at the following parks: Farewell Bend, Owy hee, Chandler, Booth, Collier, Kimball, Loeb, Lewis and Clark, Ben and Kay Dorris, Shelton and the Thomas Condon-John Day fossil beds. V.
