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""I CD o Tod n rows ypport to Kenn o Tkkeft Regional Edition M EDFORD 20 PAGES Jill pfe. XI PARTY GUEST. 'More -than 60 children, members of the Smpkey. the Bear reading program of the Public' Library of Medford and Jackson county, got to talk to Smokey . in person yesterday. The talking bear help-' cd Librarian Omar Bacon hand out certifi cates to children who completed the 10 books required in the summer reading pro ierter Calls Cuban Leader aciafor. San Jose, Costa Rica - IUPI) -Secretary of State Christian A. Herter called Cuban Pre mier Fidel Castro a "dictator" today and said his regime has expressed open contempt for the inter-American system. "II has been asserted that Record Set At Ashland Festival Ashland - An audience of 1.154 persons at the Oregon Shakespearean Festival last night set an attendance record of eight sold-out nights in a row, Festival Manager Wil liam Patton said. Last night's audience brought the total attendance for the season to 32.885, 3,438 ahead of the 1959 season on a comparable date. Each production since the Aug. 18 performance of "The Taming of the Shrew" has had a standing-room-only crowd, Patton said. Each play has now posted the standing-room-only sign at least once. Patton said good seating re mains for the remainder of the season except the final two night of "The Shrew," which are now sold out. Standing room still is available for those two nights, he said. "The chi-iW nlavs Aug. 27 and Sept. 1. Festival patrons have one more opportunity to see John Webster's "The Duchess of JUalfi." the first non-Shakespearean drama to be staged by the Festival. The play will be staged Aug. 31. A capacity audience saw the first staging Aug. 22. . WEATHER FORECAST: Fair tonight and over the werk end. Cool tonight and warnier Saturday and Sim day. Low tonight 48. Mich to morrow 66-"2. Temp. Highest Yesterday 80 Lowest This Morning 56 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ....... 6:56 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:31 a.m. Moonset tonight 9:20 p.m. First Quarter Aug. ZS PROMINENT STAR Vega, tow in north- - west ... 4:12 m. VIS1HLE PLANETS Venus, low In west .... 7:18 p.m. Saturn, due south 8:42 p.m. Juoiter, low in south west 10:39 pm, Mtrs. in the east 2:34 a.m. MEDFORD, gram. Three of the books must have been on nature and conservation for the children to qualify, and children over 8 years old be came eligible for the Oregon Green Guard Award sponsored by the Keep Oregon Green association. The children above reg ister a look of mixed emotion as they listen to a few words of advice on conservation. Blasts the Castro regime represents the will of the Cuban people and does not need elections," Herter told the Western Hem isphere foreign ministers con ference. "Never in modern history has there been a dic tator who did not claim to represent' the will of the peo ple. "Hitler did, Mussolini did and so did Josef Stalin. Damage Suit Filed Results From Fall Ashland city and public li brary 'officials are being sued for $20,000 in general dam ages plus $919 in special dam ages, according to a complaint filed today in Jackson county circuit court. Blanche Myers is seeking the damages as a result of an accident on the Ashland pub lic library steps Jan. 2. She claims in her complaint that she slipped, fell and received a severe and permanent in jury to her right leg. She also alleges her medical and hos pital expenses to date have totaled S919.90. She charges that city and ! library officials were negli gent in maintaining the steps "in extremely hazardous and slippery condition with heavy and uneven layers of snow and ice," that they failed to cover the icy surface with abrasive material, failed to remove the snow and ice from the stairway, and failed to warn her of the dangerous condition. In her suit, the Ashland woman names Mayor Richard Neill, City Councilmen Ar thur M. Peters, Glenn Revel. Donald Lewis, George Ward, Emmett Whitham, and David Kerr: City Superintendent Elmer Biegel, City Recorder William Bartelt, City Build ing Inspector William Yates, Librarian Cora E. Mason and Oscar Sander, library janitor. Astoria-WPU-Gov. Mark Hat field is scheduled to appear as grand marshall in a parade here Saturday afternoon high lighting the 40th annual As toria Regatta and Fish Festival, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST ime "So, too, the dictators of today." Herter charged that Thurs day's speech by Cuban For eign Minister Raul Roa clear ly indicated the Castro regime has no intention of giving up its Communist ties. Relying on Reds Roa, he said, made it clear "the Castro regime will con tinue to place reliance on the political and military help of the Sino-Soviet bloc, and will not submit itself to the prin ciples and disciplines of the inter-American system." Herter said U. S. concern over Castro government pol icies "has been increased by the contempt which has been expressed by Roa here for the principles and institutions of representative democracy and for the commitments assumed by Cuba at Santiago, Chile, only a year ago." He called on Cuba to re nounce Communist aid and ac cept free elections. Attack on United Slates Herler's rebuttal to Roa's speech, in which the Cuban said the United States, not Russia, jeopardized continent al peace, was delivered calm, measured tones but his remarks were biting. Medford Man Directors of A Medford man was chosen to the state Natural Foods as sociates board of directors yesterday. He is J. Verne Shangle, also a national direc tor of the organization. About 300 believers in the growth of foods by the use of natural fertilizers and pro cesses gathered in Medford yesterday for their annual state meeting. Other officers elected in cluded Mrs. James (Celia) Mas sie, state president, Grants Pass; Bob Biggs, first vice president, Portland; A. M. Cooper, second vice president, Canyonville; Mrs. Lyle (Hazel) Foss, third vice president, Eu gene; Mrs. Frank Muhr, (re elected) secretary, Eugene; Alexis S. Orloff, Roseburg and Mrs. John Roberts, Eugene, both directors Other directors who still have terms to complete in - Tribune 26, 1960 Russia Boots U.S. mbassy Moscow lUPK The Soviet Union today expelled George Payne Winters Jr., first secre tary of the U.S. Embassy, for alleged activities "incompat ible with his diplomatic sta tus." The move against Winters was linked with the 1959 ouster of U.S. Embassy Secur ity Officer R. A. Langelle, Mexicans Start Helping Pick Pear Crop in County More than 200 Mexican Na tionals started to work today in the local pear harvest, ae- lUllilUK IU JU1II1 J. I'UllUIl, manager of the Oregon state employment service here. Although the Mexicans were brought in by bus start ing Monday, they did not ac tually start work until this morning, Patton said. Full scale picking of Bart- lelts has been delayed two weeks because of hot weather, and D'Anjou harvest is just starling. The local and transient picker supply is getting short. Patton pointed to these rea sons for bringing in the Mex ican Nationals. Balance Demand The first three days this week supply of pickers bal anced demand, but now it has swung the other way and the Mexicans are needed and per haps more of them will be needed, Patton said. Fruit has failed to size up causing the delay in the Bartlett harvest, a grower pointed out. Bartletts are hitting their peak of harvest, some D'An jous are now being picked and peaches haven't started full scale yet, all causing a big demand for pickers, a local pear shipper pointed out. Peach harvest is expected to hit full-scale peak the middle of next week. Meanwhile, Bartletts are ripening fast, and must be picked as soon as possible. Patton estimated about 2,000 pickers are now work ing in valley orchards. Local people who want to pick should apply at the Oregon state employment service farm labor office at the fair grounds south of Medford at 6 a.m. Most of the orchards start picking at 7 a.m. or earlier, Patton noted. Ashland Men Join Instruction Job Two men from the Ashland district of the forest service will join 41 other Pacific northwest foresters in Cali fornia this week to instruct military personnel in the art of firefighting. The two Ashland men are Bob Asher and John Shollen berger. They have been sent to the Stanislaus National for est and will remain there for I approximately one week. Chosen to State Board of Natural Foods elude Mrs. George Heckman, Grants Pass; R. H. Woodruff, Portland; Louis Zielinski, Sa lem; Henry Eckstein, Milwau-I kie; Glc-ii Smith, Lakeview; Howard J. Snodgrass, Albany; John H. Telford, Grants Pass; Dr. R. D. Ketchum, Bend, and Elmer Grimm, Portland. Speakers for the group in cluded Dr. Forest Shaklee, Oakland, Calif., founder of the Shaklee Foundation; Louis Zielinski, Salem organic orch a r d i s t and Miss Elfrieda Rooke of Escondido, Calif. Loses Meaning The term "organically grown" has lost its meaning because of misuses and be cause of the charlatans and un scrupulous persons using it to sell any type of food according to Miss Rooke, Escondido, Calif., public health authority. who spoke for the closing ses- 1 sion of Oregon NFA last night. 55th Year Price 10 Cents No. 136 whom the Soviets said then was caught "red-handed" in intelligence activities in Mos cow. Today's action said investi gation following the case of "the arrested American agent" - apparently referring to Langelle, but not specifi cally saying so - established the complicity of other Amer ican officials here, particu larly Winters. The expulsion of Winters, who headed the embassy's economic section, came only 1 1 days after the departure of expelled U.S. Air Attache Col. Edwin Kirton. It also fol lowed tlie recent expulsion of I Soviet First Secretary Ivanov from the Soviet Embassy in Washington. Winters, who has been here since June, 1S58, refused to comment on his expulsion. He had already been scheduled lo leave his post here next month. His departure plans still were undecided. He was work ing on travel reservations to day, after hearing of the ex pulsion order. Winters, 40, is a bachelor. His home in the United States is in Denver. House Approves Compromise Bill On Medical Care Washington-(UPII-The House today passed compromise leg islation to provide government financed medical care for per sons over ba not having fi nancial resources lo pay for needed treatment. The Senate was expected later today to send the meas ure to the White House for President Eisenhower's cer tain signature. Terms of the new program, worked out by a Senate-House conference committee, fell short of the rival plans for a broader coverage of benefits supported by Democratic and Republican Presidential candi dates Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The new federal-state pro gram would become effective Oct. 1, but it was expected to go into operation gradually. Backers figured that the pro gram, at least in early years of operation, probably would provide actual benefits each year for less than 10 per cent of the 16 million persons over 65. Red Cross Chapter Sets Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the J a o k s o n county chapter, American Red Cross, will be held Thursday, Sept. 8, at the chapter house at 60 Haw thorne ave., Medford, officials have announced. The meeting will start at noon. Luncheon reservations may be made by telephoning the Red Cross office, SPring 2-4405, no later than Tuesday, Sept. 6. Associates Miss Rooke declared that about 90 per cent of the so- called "organic food" on the market could be labeled "pure bunk" and added "no wonder the department of agriculture laughs at us." The speaker said that the sincere, well informed persons who were producing true "organically grown" products, alarmed at the trend of the movement, shifted to the word "natural and then added "now the ma larkey Is spreading to that word, too." ffseial The best recourse now is to "do it yourself" Miss Rooke said, and advocated that citi zens grow their own food on good soil whenever possible and urged everyone to unceas ingly work for belter food, and better laws governing the growing, processing and sale of food. V . jpi Clx y RESISTS ARREST A Belgian military during a demonstration at the airport in police officer scuffles with a supporter of Elisabethville, Katanga province, this week, the Balubakat political party after the na- Watching them tangle are Belgian citizens tive tried to escape following his arrest and troops. (UPI Telephoto) Troops March On To Independent' Katanga Province Leopoldville, Congo -IDril-Congo troops advancing un opposed across a secessionist corner of Kasai Province, were reprted today within 30 miles of the well-guarded bor der of "independent" Katanga Province. The force of about 1,000 troops flown Into the area on Wednesday met no resistance as they marched through the diamond-rich "Mining Slate" which opposition leader Al bert Kalonji had carved out of Kasai. Katanga's President Moise Tshombe has warned, how ever, that the Congo forces are in for trouble if they try to invade his territory, which is guarded by native troops led by Belgian officers. Responds lo Appeal In response lo an appeal from Kalonji, Tshombe sent a shipment of arms to Bakwan ga, the "Mining State" capital, but he refused to withdraw as much as a single soldier from the positions his army has pre pared to resist invasion. The few roads and the sin gle railroad which traverse the jungled approaches to Ka tanga have been mined, and troops are reported ready to blow them up at the first sign of attack. Other troop detachments stood guard at Katanga's air fields, ready to block the run ways if Congo forces attempt ed an airborne attack. SHARK HUNT Police armed with sub-machine guns search the waters off Coney Island, N. Y., this week for sharks. Officers In a helicopter and aboard several launches leassignments of itudents Announced ly School Significant reassignmcnts of students from certain areas have been announced by the Medford public school super intendent's office. The reassignmcnts have re sulted from district reorgani zation, an increased number of students and additional classrooms being constructed in the district. ' - Seventh, eighth and ninth grade students from Ruch ele mentary school will attend McLoughlin Junior High school. Previously only ninth grade students from- Ruch have attended McLoughlin. Transporting seventh and eighth grades lo McLoughlin is the result of the Ruch dis trict consolidating with Med ford. Last year, a majority of Ruch area residents asked that seventh and e i g h t h graders continue at Ruch, and their attendance at one of the junior high schools be post poned until later. To Attend Hedrick Junior high school students from the West Side Elemen tary school will attend Hed rick Junior High school, offi cials said. Transportation will be provided. Ninth grade stu dents who attended McLough lin Junior High school may continue lo do so on request, school officials said. To relieve overcrowding at Roosevelt Elementary school, some students from this school service area will attend the new Hoover school, where six classrooms have been Officials added for school opening Sept. 12. Students in the former Roo sevelt area cast of and exclu sive of Sunrise ave., east of and including that part of Barneburg rd. south of H1U crest rd. and east of and in cluding that part of Highland dr. soutlrof East Mam st. will attend Hoover school this fall, officials said. : Sixth graders in this trans ferred area wishing to finish their last elementary school year at Roosevelt school prior to moving on to Junior high school will be permitted to do so, officials said. Last year, fourth grade students from Roosevelt were ' handled in classrooms at Hedrick Junior High school, but this fall, all Roosevelt school students will be cared for in their own school. School officials said trans portation will not be available to Ross lane students who at tended Jackson school last year. Students In this area will be transported to Oak Grove school, and can, if par ents so desire, continue at tending Jackson school. How ever, school bus transporta tion will not be available be cause of rerouting and in creased numbers of secondary students being transported from areas to the west. Lesser adjustments in school service areas and In transpor tation routing have been for warded to parents and stu dents, school officials said. spent several hours scanning far has proved unsuccessful.. One Member Votes Against Endorsement Council To Ask Board To Support Democrats Washington -IUPII- The AFL- CIO Executive Council today overwhelmingly endorsed Democratic Presidential nom inee John F. Kennedy and his running mate, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson. An AFL-CIO spokesman said the council would recom mend to the 170-man General Board of the federation that it throw its political support to the Democratic ticket in No vember. The council acted with only one dissenting vote. Randolph Opposes Only AFL-CIO Vice Presi dent A. Philip Randolph, head of tlie Sleeping Car Porters Union, voted against making the endorsement. Randolph, the only Negro member on the council, told reporters before the meeting there was "not enough differ ence" between Kennedy and his republican rival, Vice President Richard M. Nixon, to justify an endorsement. The council action was cer tain to be approved by the board and guarantee support of the 13.5 million member labor federation for the Dem ocrats this fall. Too Many 'Wrongs' On the AFL-CIO scorecard. Vice President Richard M. Nixon has cast too many "wrong" votes lo be consid ered for-a political blessing by the mainstream of organized labor. Kennedy; on the contrary, is listed in the AFL-CIO books as having a "perfect" voting record on labor lsues. Most union leaders also consider the , Democratic platform far more "pro-labor" than the Re publican' ""statement of prin ciples. ' The AFL-CIO supported Ad lai Stevenson for president in 1956, although Meany and sev eral other union chieftains were reluctant to make any endorsement. This year, it's different. Meany, Aulo Worker's Presi dent Walter Reuther, Steel workers' leader David J. Mc Donald and a host of other labor afflclals already are sup porting Kennedy's W h 1 1 1 House bid. t U.S. Breaks With Trujillo Regime Washington - IUPII - The United States broke diplomat ic relations with the Domin ican Republic today and re quested recall of the Domini can diplomatic mission here. The action followed a vote by the Organization of Amer ican States in San Jose, Costa Rica, last week end for all OAS countries to sever rela tions with Generalissimo Ra fael Trujlllo's dictatorship.;.'. the area but the hunt thus (UPI Telephoto) Brm ) , Kiwi ET K '". ' . 1. -1 ' I
