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Regional Edition 18 Page Mr. Presidents . ..!!" Fire Danger Gets Relief, Snow Falls In Mountain Areas Showers late yesterday and early today brought a tem porary end to southern Ore gon's forest fire danger, cool er temperatures and the first snow of the season to the higher elevations. Curtis Nesheim, warden of the southwest district of the state department of forestry, said the rain brought only temporary relief, and that for est lands will dry out soon afler showers stop. Forest service officials said the storm was not general, al though some relief is apparent in precipitation and - lower temperatures. Dutchman peak, officials said, reported about a half of an , inch of snow, while Robinson .Butte lookout, at a lower elevation, reported about two inches of snow during the night. Nesheim estimated the show ers lowered the fire danger from extreme to moderate. This, he noted, is a temporary condition only. Six Inches of Snow Crater Lake National park officials reported about six inches of snow at the rim dur ing the night, and about four inches at park headquarters. It was snowing lightly there this morning. Snow was reported on the ground this morning at Four Mile lake, but it was not ex pected to remain long. Irrigation district officials said the rain this morning will have little effect, if any, on the irrigation picture. Con tinued showers could benefit FULL SCALE PEAR HARVEST The . orchard north of Medford last week when Roeue valley pear harvest is expected to picking was still light. Rain nearly shut enter full scale tomorrow providing rainy down the pear harvest today in many or- ufMther doesn't interfere with operations, chards. Myron Root and company owns the , " 'ding to pear Industry spokesmen. This orchard in which the above picture was picture was taken in the Indian Springs taken. i , ' I MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, I960 the irrigation districts, offici als said. The greatest benefit to ir rigation districts from the storm front which moved across the area over the week end was cooler temperatures, which reduce considerably the amount of evaporation from irrigation canals and lakes, they indicated. The Medford weather bu reau station recorded .02 of an inch of rain up to 10 o'clock this morning., ! Continued cool weather is forecast tonight and tomor row, and the five-day weath er outlook for western Ore gon is for temperatures below normal and precipitation more than normal. The precipita tion is expected in one or two showery periods, the weather bufe'Su said. - Huckleberries May Be Sparse This Year A few ripe berries have been reported in the Huckle berry mountain area, the for est service said today, but the crop is expected to be sparse. Many berries will not ripen, according to the report, prob ably because late March snow delayed the growing process. The berries normally would be in full harvest peak at this time of the year. Green huckleberries seen on recent trips into the area by forest service personnel numbered considerably fewer than during a normal year. Boundary Board Has Final Say On Suggestions The Jackson county school boundary board has the final responsibility of accepting or rejecting the county school re. organization committee's re& ommendations, District Attor ney Thomas J. Reeder said this morning. Reeder gave that as his in terpretation of an attorney general's opinion received by mail this morning, affecting an area in the Phoenix school district south of Barnett rd. "The district boundary board may exercise its discre tion to determine whether the proposed boundary change is for the best interests of .the district or districts concerned Security Council Endorses Dag's Policy in Congo Untied Nations, N. Y. - (UPD -The Security Council, ignor ing Russian opposition, indors ed Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold's Congo policy early today without a formal vote. , ' A Russian resolution pro posing the creation of a con sultative committee to "aid" Hammarskjold in The Congo the only concrete proposal ad vanced at a marathon council session that lasted well past midnight - was withdrawn in the face of sure defeat. During the 9 hour and 23- minute debate, all of the coun cil's 11 members except Rus sia and Red Poland supported Hammarskjold's refusal to in volve the U.N. in The Congo's internal affairs. Ambassador Armand Ber- ard, the council's French presi dent of the month, summed up the consensus in two sen tences. Clarification for Dag "We have heard different views and questions," he said. "We are convinced that the secretary general will have found the clarification he re quired, and that no doubt will help him in the continuation of his task." , Hammarskjold summoned the council to an extraordi nary session when his policy of neutrality toward the se cession of mineral-rich Katan ga province was challenged by Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba. Tribune No. 132 and may act accordingly," the opinion stated. "In our opinion," the letter stated, "the district boundary board before acting upon or taking cognizance of the peti tion, must receive the consent of the county reorganization committee and secure a find ing from the committee on de sirability of the boundary change and if it will conflict with any contemplated reor ganization." Summing up, the opinion stated: "If a finding or con currence with the proposed change is received, the district boundary board can then en ter its own determination as to the desirability of the pro posed change of school boun daries and enter its order ac cordingly." The boundary board will decide Wednesday aft on whether the area south of Barnett rd. will be shifted from the Phoenix school dis trict to the Medford school district. Burglars Caught In Act in City Two jail escanees from Maryland were apprehended by Medford police and sher iff's deputies early Sunday morning in the act of burglar izing Dunham's Inc., 1951 North Pacific highway. Arrested on charges of bur glary were Riley Filmore Jones, 21, and Guthrie' Edwin Jones, 25, both of Tulsa, Okla. They are lodged in the county jail. The two were caught after sheriff's deputies spotted them in Dunham's shortly after midnight and requested as sistance from city police. Of ficers from the two agencies surrounded the building. One. of the men attempted to break out of the cordon of officers by throwing a step ladder through a- window and then jumping out after it. But he was met by a police officer with drawn gun, and gave up saying, "please don't shoot." The other burglar was cap- lured inside the building, po lice said. Before being apprehended the two men allegedly took some $1,000 from the safe by opening it with a cutting torch. The money was recov ered. Entry to the building was gained by cutting a hole in the roof, police said. The two. men are also re ported wanted by Pikesville, Md., police for escape from the Hagerstown jail, and by Tulsa, Okla., authorities for a burglary there. Russia Demands Action on Flights Moscow-lllPIWRiissin hns de manded that the United Na tions debate the U2 and RB47 airplane incidents and "take appropriate measures." Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, in a letter to U.N. Secretary-Genera's Dag Ham marskiold. said that Ameri can flights over and near the soviet Union were aggres sive actions" which constitut ed a "menace to general peace." The letter, released Sunday, demanded that both flights be "considered" hv iho session of the U.N. General Assembly. The Soviet demand was sent to HammarskinlH a rfav after a Moscow court sen tenced U2 pilot Francis G. Powers to 10 years In prison for spying. Gromyko accused the Unit ed States of "continuing its Policy Of vinlatimr thn air. space of the Soviet Union" ana said this "constitutes a direct act of aggression." WEATHER cloudiness and continued cool Inn trn bn.1 m. . . , . -uu. ,n I luesafly. L.OW to night 40-42. High Tuesday 72. HiBhMt Yesterday TCm?6 Loweit Thii Morning'-"" 48 To 10 .m, Today P' Our Skies Tonight tomorrow 3:27 a.m. Flrit Quarter Au 29 and ?h.n 'j,uP'Mn'tne ,0uth. fh 2r.tpl,nel Venu'- 'ow ln Venu. I. .hI'S1? .. " venui li the brlfhter nf fh. 1 KATANGA OFFICIALS LUMMA OUSTER CANNIE PRESS CONFERENCE As reporters lake notes, a woman displays space dogs Strelka and Bclka at a press conference in Moscow today. The canines were successfully returned to earth after a rocket trip to outer space. The Trail Man Killed In Accident on Butte Falls Road George Ersal Myers, 50, of Elk Creek route, Trail, Ore., was killed almost instantly in a one-car accident on the Butte Falls highway about 6.2 miles east of Crater Lake highway, early Sunday morn ing, slate police reported. Myers evidently died of head injuries when he threw himself in front of his wife when the car in which they were riding tailed to make a right curve. State police said Myers must have hit his head against a rock bank which tore away the car s front and side and damaged the lop. He was sil ting in the center of the back seal with his wife on his right side, officers reported. Myers' wife, Beulah Dar- lcne Myers, 43, was reported in fair condition today in Sacred Heart hospital where she is being treated for a broken collarbone and frac tured ribs. Treated, Released Treated and released were the driver, Edward Victor Gurska, 1205 Coling ave., Richmond, Calif., U. S. Navy, who had minor culs on his arm and other passengers, Shelby James Gurska, 18, same address, minor abrasions and bruises and Ersal Gene Myers, 18, Elk Creek, Elk- Trail, lacerations and bruises. Passenger Thomas Leroy Porcher, 18, Elk Creek route, Trail, was reported uninjured. Stale police said the car was travelling west on the Butte Falls highway when it entered a right curve, crossed to the shoulder on the left and back across the highway where it struck a rocky bank. Funeral services for Mr. Myers will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrcst Memorial chapel on the North Phoenix rd. Conger-Morris fu neral home is in charge of services. Former Oregon Governor Oswald West Dies at 87 Portland (UPI) - (UPII Oswald West, 87, colorful former gov ernor of Oregon who led the battle to make Oregon's beach es publicly owned, died in his sleep at his home here today. West, a lifelong Democrat, was governor of Oregon from 1911 to 1915. He would have observed his 63rd wedding an niversary had he lived another 30 days. Although he suffered a se ries of illnesses during the last several years after a heart attack in 1945, he remained alert and kept up correspond ence with many friends in all parts of the state with hand written notes. Wrote Many Articles. In recent years he was known for many articles, edi torials and letters to the edi tor. He was known for his biting, to-thc-point phrases. Survivors Include his wid Riot Involves 10G Persons Near Club In Medford Sunday Medford's police depart ment, the sheriffs office and fire department joined forces Sunday . morning to quell riot involving more than 100 persons at the 21 club, 1909 North Riverside ave. Several police officers were roughed up durinjr the melee which started when two offi cers tried to break up a fight. There were no reported in juries. One man, Carl Gilbert Du- senberry, 22, of 1906 Hazel St., was arrested at the scene of the riot, and more arrests may be forthcoming, accord ing to Police Chief Charles P. Champlin. The riot was of short dura tion, from 2:18 to 2:40 a.m. Explosive Situation Chief Champlin said it was "real explosive situation" and "could have been much worse." He attributed the riot to "mob psychology" and "ex cessive drinking" on the part of much of the crowd, most of them early Sunday morn ing patrons at the tavern. The riot started when Offi cers Richard Hamilton and S. Reese attempted to break up a fight at the club. Officer Reese said a large crowd was gathered around two men who were fighting. He was able to get one of the men to the police car without incident but the second man refused to come. The man backed off with bell wrapped around his hand, Reese said, and Reese tackled him, forcing him up against the side of a parked car. S e v er a 1' persons then grabbed him, Reese said, and the fight was on. Reinforcements were re quested and several sheriff's deputies, eight police officers ow, Mabel, and two daughters, Mrs. Helen West Stone and Mrs. Frank J. McHugh Jr., of Portland. Funeral services are pending. Served One Term West served only one term as governor, quitting politics for law practice in Portland. He was born May 20, 1873, in Guclph, Ontario. He attended public schools in Portland and Salem and started his business career at the age of 15 with a job at the Ladd and Bush bank in Salem. ' ' Although well know for his fight to keep Oregon's beaches public, West also was a prime influence in prison reforms, strengthening of slate institu tions and creation of the game and highway commissions, the Board of Control, and for in dustrial welfare measures in cluding workmen's compensa tion and child labor laws. dogs waged their tails and press conference, showing no ride. - , and two pumpers from the (re department responded. 1 Several police officers were roughed up and had their shirts nearly torn off. Officer Richard Hurner was hit in the face by one of the rioters, and his glasses were broken... Officer Dennis Perkins, who was in plain clothes, but had a badge on his shirt, said he saw Duscnbury draw back his fisl during the melee to start to strike one of the offi cers, and he (Perkins) grab bed him by the neck and threw him to the ground. Perkins said he did it in a manner "not to hurt him, but lo restrain him." . Dusenbury is believed lo have been one of the instiga tors of the riot, and, according to one officer, he was "cursing t the pollicc and yelling for the crowd to get us." Rioters Handcuffed Police at first had four of the rioters handcuffed and in patrol cars, but someone gave an order to release them. Chief Champlin said today he still trying lo find out where the order came from. Champlin emphasized, how ever, that the main thing is to break up" the riot and "not wanting to arrest a lot of people."- . : . j The chief said he talked lo Duscnbury this morning and he was "very definitely" sorry about the incident and blamed the whole thing on too much drinking." The two pumpers from the fire department were not used at the riot, because, according to officers, when the crowd saw them it quickly dis persed. Dusenbury was sentenced lo 30 days in jail each on charges of disorderly conduct and interfering with duties of a police officer. He appeared in municipal court this morn ing. . . . Ballplayer Sued For $1 Million Chlcago-lUPIl - Pitcher: Jim Brewer and the Chicago Cubs in a joint legal move, today filed a $1,040,000 damage suit against Billy Martin, Cincin nati second baseman, for his attack on Brewer during the Cub-Cincinnati game Aug. 4. The complaint, filed ln the Circuit Court of Cook County, asked for damages to be divid ed equally between Brewer and the Chicago National League baseball club. Brewer, 22, a southpaw, has undergone two operations as a result of Martin's attack and still Is hospitalized. Mar tin, claiming that Brewer had thrown a beanball at him, walked out to the mound and punched Brewer in the eye, m 15 DAYS 1 scampered about during the ill affects of their satellite CUPI Radiotelepholo) Space Dogs Meet With Press; Both Okay Alter Jaunt Moscow (UPI) - Strelka and Bclka, the two dogs the Rus sians successfully returned to earth from outer space, held their first news conference to day. They wagged their tails nuzzled newsmen ana scam pered about, showing: no effects of their trip in a space ship. Pravda said the payload of the Soviet "flying zoo satel lite fell in two parts into a "peaceful meadow", some- where in Russia. . , Prepared for Year A Soviet scientist said it look a year lo prepare the two mongrels for their historic trip. The two dogs sat on lable under the bright lights of the conference, dressed in their space suits and occasion ally scampering about and nuzzling newsmen, according to the Soviet news agency Tass. Olcg Gazenko, a spokesman for the Soviet Union's Acad emy of Sciences, conducted the conference for the dogs and explained that they were chosen for the flight because of their tranquil nature and equilibrium. Fed Twice a Day Strelka (Little Arrow) and Belka (Squirrel) were fed au tomatically twice a day dur ing their space trip, Gazenko said. One Moscow radio reporter held his microphone up in front of one of the dogs but he was ignored. Moscow radio correspond ent Vladimir Tregubov, broad casting on the home service, told his listeners later: "Com rades, I have just returned from the most amazing press conference I have ever at tended." Attendance Being Set at Ashland - Attendance rec ords are being set almost nightly at the Oregon Shake spearean Festival's ; currenf 1960 season. On Sunday evening, Rich ard Risso's staging of "Rich ard II" established a new mark for chronicle history productions by selling out and playing to standees. Total au dience for the night was 1,172, or 28 over seating capacity. This broke the record set by the same show Aug. 13 this year when 1,117 attended. This was the first time in Festival history that a chron icle play has sold out, and it happened on a traditionally low-count night, with unsea sonably cool weather, festival officials noted. Sunday was the fourth sell out in a row for the successful Festival season. Never before have productions sold out con secutively at the Elizabethan theater. Heavy advance sales indicate more to come, with 10 over-capacity nights ' al 'Determined to Overthrow' Him. Says Secessionist Congo Premier Makes Appeal to Nation Leopoldville. The Congo - rt!PI-Premier Patrice Lumum ba was confronted today with a warning from secessionist leaders now meeting at Ka tanga Province that he cannot last more than two weeks. Leopoldville, The Congo -IDPII-The government of Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba announced today it "once again has confi dence in the United Na tions" and has decided . against asking for military help from "other friendly countries." "We are determined to over throw Lumumba ..." said opposition leader Paul Ka tanga at the secessionist meet ing. "I can assure you that Lumumba will fall within 13 days." The Congolese premier ap pealed to the nation by radio not to heed the secessionists meeting in Elisabethville at the invitation of Katanga President Moise Tshombe. The most important faction at the meeting was a group ot officials of Congo President Joseph Kasavubu's A b a k o party. The Puna and MNC-Kalon- ji parties also were represent- cu in lams annea at reor ganizing the Congo Republic confederation with a strictly - limited central gov ernment. There was little Lumumba could do to break up the con ference short of carrying out his recent threat to invade Katanga. U.N. Force Aloof The United Nations police force has remained aloof from, the secession agitation on the, ground that it is strictly a matter of internal politics. It was this policy of neutrality that inspired Lumumba's heat ed denunciations of U.N. Secretary-general Daff Hammars kjold and the continuing har rassment of U.N. personnel by Congolese police and soldiers. The premier sent an emis sary to negotiate with Tshom be Sunday but he was prompt ly arrested on arrival by Ka tanga authorities. The Tshom be government said it would would hold Congolese Justice Minister Rene Mwamba as a counter-hostage for the wifa and four children of Albert Kalonji who are now in cus tody of the Lumumba regime. Other Arrests Kalonji heads the dissident faction of Lumumba's MNC party which bears his name. There were unconfirmed re ports that Tshombe's police seized other persons on the same Belgian airliner, which was rerouted on his orders from the U.N.-patrolled main airport at Elisabethville to Belgium's Kamina military base. Barbara Appeals to Top Soviet Leaders Moscow - (UPD - The wife of American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers wrote personal appeals today to Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev and President Leonid Brezhnev seeking reduction of her hus band's 10-year sentence fo espionage. , Records Are Ashland ready In the books, officials said. - Patrons who have, not mad arrangements are advised to do so immediately. Best sell ing is still for the last round of plays, starting Aug. 30. The final "Taming of the Shrow" performance, however, h a a been sold out. Standing room tickets for $1.20 are available on all sell-out nights. After seven c o m p le t rounds of productions, audi ence totals have reached 28, 098. This is 2,678 more than last year at this time. The 1959 total of 36,993 was a hew all-time high for the theater, "Shrew" - still leads at the box office, having now reach ed a total of 8,328. Second ia "Julius Caesar" at 7,217. "The Tempest" . has moved Into third with 6,323 and "Richard"- has been seen by 6,230. All. four major production! have now sold out at least once. The season continues nightly through Sept. 3.
