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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.
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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)
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