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Nlew Us,e Trouble Hrypfts. 00 IFBoiriidlci All Quiet Along Democrats Increase Margin of Voters In Jackson County .TanWsnn rountv Democrats have slightly increased their margin of registered voters in recent months, and now lead the Republicans by 314, more than double their lead of last April county elections depart ment records show. Registered Democrats out numbered registered Republi cans for the first time in many years at the close of registra tion for the primary election last May 20, when they led by 149. By May 18, the lead had grown to 162. As of April 19, there were 16,388 registered Democrats, 16,239 registered Republicans, and 683 listing themselves as miscellaneous, for a total of 33,310. ' May 18 Total By May 18, this had chang ed to 16,410 Democrats, 16, 248 Republicans and 684 mis cellaneous, a total of 33,342. And as of Aug. 24, the most Fidel Levels Blast At OAS Declaration Havana-(UPI)-Premier Fidel Castro branded as '.'treason" today the anti-Communist dec laration issued by 19 Amer ican reputiics at San Jose, Costa Rica. "Why should we renounce Soviet support to remain alone and weak?" the revolu tionary leader demanded to know in a wrathful post-midnight address to an assembly of school teachers. He called for a massive pub lic rally in Havana this Fri day "the biggest public dem onstration yet," for Cubans to show their contempt of the San Jose warning against Sino-Soviet intervention in the Western Hemisphere. GARBLED GOBBLERS Seven hundred and fifty torn turkeys, valued at $4,000, spilled out onto a road in Merced county, Calif., Monday when the driver of the truck in which they were riding missed a curve and the vehicle overturned. The driver, Billy McMillin, 22, The Potomac recent compilation showed 16,780 Democrats, 16,466 Re publicans, 741 miscellaneous a .total of 33,987. Deadline for registering to vote in the Nov. 8 general election is Saturday, Oct. 8. The elections department will be open from 8 a.m. until about 8 p.m. that day to ac cept last-minute registrations. Would-be voters can regis ter there on any business day between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. until the deadline. Osborn Files For Ashland Mayor Post Ashland Russell Osborn yesterday became Ashland's fifth candidate for mayor and George L. Jones joined three others' in the race for three city council vacancies. Osborn, owner of the Var sity theater and an Ashland resident since 1956, said to day he regards incumbent Mayor Richard Neill as "a swell guy" but added that "I think it's time for a change in city hall." Osborn said that "offhand" he expects his toughest oppo nent to be City Councilman Glenn Revel. Other candidates for the mayor's job, in addi tion to the mayor himself, are Norman Lindahl and W. R. Brown. Jones, a retired Navyman, will be competing against Du ane Baker and incumbent Councilmen Emmett Whitham and George Ward. The three vacancies are those of Whit ham, Ward and Revel. New York -OJPII- A tugboat sank when it collided with another vessel off Randall's Island in the East river today. The 13 crewmen aboard the tug were rescused. Bombs Believed Intended For Jordan's King ' Premier, 10 Others Killed During Blasts Amman, Jordan - IITO -King Hussein tonight charg ed the United Arab Repub lic with "direct complicity" in the time bomb assassina tion of Premier Hana Al Jajali. Amman, Jordan (UPD The two time bombs that killed Premier Hazza Al-Majali and destroyed the Foreign Minis try building apparently were intended to assassinate King Hussein, and the entire Jor danian cabinet, it was report ed today. There were indications the assassins whose bombs killed 11 persons Monday have fled to Damascus, capital of the Syrian region of the United Arab Republic. The first bomb, which shat tered the right wing of the three-story Foreign Ministry building, killed Majali when it exploded in his office. He was next door, in the cabinet room, when the blast came. King Postpones Meeting The bomb exploded an hour and a half after a scheduled cabinet meeting. King Hussein had been scheduled to attend the cabi net session. But the king postponed the cabinet meeting for three hours to give him time to take care of other appointments. The second bomb ripped apart the opposite wing of the building. Both bombs were time bombs. Among those killed was a 12-year-old boy. Body Uncovered The premier's body was un covered from the rubble two and one-half hours after the walls of the building were smashed. In grim procession, mem bers of the cabinet led by the new Premier Bahjat Talhouni accompanied Majali's body this morning to his native vil age of Karak, 93 miles to the south, for a funeral. Funds OK'd For Water Projects Washington - (UPD '- Con gress today sent to the White House a $3,969,985,000 appro priation bill containing funds to begin construction of 55 new water development proj ects throughout the country. President Eisenhower re quested funds for 37 new proj ects. Congress turned him down on five, but voted money he didn't request for 23 new projects. The bill also carried funds for renewing work on four other projects which had been discontinued by the Ei senhower administration. The five construction starts budgeted by Eisenhower but rejected by Congress includ ed 5300,000 for Santa Cruz harbor in California, and $173,000 for the Bully Creek Vale project in Oregon. of Dinuba, Calif., suffered minor Injuries and about 100 turkeys were killed. Traffic on the road was blocked for two hours but the turkeys finally were rounded up and transported to their destination a slaughterhouse. (UPI Telephoto) Reduced Rates In Most Tax Districts Seen Millage rates released to day indicate that most taxing districts in Jackson county will have lower rates than in 1959-60. Forty-three districts have decreased their rates, accord ing to Ray J. Schumacher, county assessor. Smallest de crease (?10 per 51,000 assessed valuation) was in the city of Butte Falls. Greatest decrease (S198 per $1,000) was in the Talent school district. Increased millages were not ed in 19 code districts how ever. These code districts include: Jacksonville (527 per 51,000), Gold Hill ($17 per $1,000), Rogue River ($101 per $1,000), school district number 35 out side city ($57 per $1,000), school district 35 and Rogue Cattlemen Plan All-Breed Show At Convention Between 500 and 1,000 ranchers, and an exhibition barn full of steers, are expect ed for the Oregon Cattlemen's convention here Nov. 10-12. According to Convention Chairman Armin Richter, the everit will be highlighted by an all-breed livestock show, the first of its kind in Jack son county. Plans for the show, sponsored by the Cal- Ore Hereford association, now call for the exhibition of about 60 head of cattle, but entries can still be made. Also to be shown are com mercial exhibits which in clude "gimmicks, gadgets, chutes, shots, sprayers, spread ers, feeders, fumigators, de horners, delousers, detectors, developers and other devices unique to the cattle industry." Cowbelles to Meet At the same time that the Oregon Cattlemen's associa tion is holding its meetings, the Oregon Cowbelles will also conduct their own ses sions. Both groups will meet in the Medford hotel. Local cattlemen working on convention committees in clude Jim Wariner, conven tion program; Mrs. Robert Fields, Mrs. Armin Richter and Mrs Joan Rickets (Jackson county Cowbelles), Cowbellc luncheon; Ed Meeker and Glen Klein, livestock show; Jim Pollard and Wilson Hilde- brand, commercial exhibits; the Applegate Stockmen s as sociation, buckaroo breakfast. Sam Richardson, pre-dinncr refreshments; Mrs. Frank Hopewell and Mrs. Joan Rick ets, dinner dance; Lorraine von der Hellen, Garth Flint and Jack Reid, decoration of Medford; Duane Vanekamp, convention transport a t i o n; Rosemary Young guest accom modations; Wariner, advance information, and Arnold Ha- range, beef film 'and lectures River rural fire department, code district 35-3, ($58 per $1,000), school district number 62, Evans Valley school ($132 per $1',000), school district number 94 ($25 per 51.000). school district 549, Medford rural fire department and Elk city water, code district 100-10 (583 per 51,000), school dis trict 549, Central Point rural fire and Elk City water, code district 100- 12 (585 per 51,000), school district 549, city of Medford, Elk City water board, code district 100-15 (569 per $1,000), school district 549, city of Medford, Berry dale sanitary and E.C.W.B., code district 100-16 (569 per $1,000) and school district 6, Central Point rural fire and Elk City -water, code district 6-6 ($104 per $1,000). Increases Noted Increases of $3 per $1,000 were noted in various parts of school district 6C. Schumacher said that the rural school levy was down 2.5 mills. This is also the fourth consecutive year that no levy was needed for coun ty government, he said. Ashland school district codes S-l, 5-2 and 5-3 were reappraised under the six-year reappraisal law and placed on the rolls this year. This new value gave Ash land taxpayers a 6.3 mill re duction; while outside the city of Ashland in codes 5-2 and 5-3, a 10.5 mill reduction will give some taxpayers relief, Schumacher said. Others who were enjoying a tax benefit because of low value before the reappraisal will now be paying their pro portionate share of the tax load. Vice President Said Satisfactory Washington - (DPI) - Vice President Richard M. Nixon is making "satisfactory prog ress under treatment for a badly infected left knee, it was reported today. Nixon's press secretary, Herbert G. Klein, said the GOP presidential nominee spent a comfortable night at the Army's Walter Reed Med ical center where he will be confined for about two weeks. The vice president has no fever and is enjoying a nor mal diet, Klein said. Chafing at his confinement, Nixon spent most of this morning and part of Monday evening conferring by tele phone with staff members and key figures in his presiden tial campaign organization. He was visited Monday eve ning by his wife, Pat. The Republican presiden tial nominee entered the hos pital Monday for treatment with antibiotics. His ailment was diagnosed as hemolytic staphylococcus aureus, an in fection caused by the same germ that causes boils and carbuncles. Nixon cancelled all public appearances for the next two weeks, including speeches on Sept. 7 at Jackson, Miss., and Charleston, W. Va. GOP strat egists hoped he would be able to hit the full-time campaign trail on schedule in mid-September. County Booth Being Built At Fair Site Members of the Pomona Grange left today for the state fair to begin construction of the Jackson county booth. The booth is being financed by a $1,100 grant from the county, according to Commis sioner Chester Wendt, and is being staffed by Grange mem bers. Theme for the booth is "Agriculture: as constant as the flow of a river." Hal Bis hop, Gold Hill, was commis sioned to portray the theme with a mural depicting the Rogue river. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair throuh Wednesday with occasional hllfh cloudiness, low lonigni is hi eh tomorrow 85. Temp Highest Yesterday 8ft Lowest This Morning 48 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . 6:49 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:36 a.m. Moonset tomorrow ....12:15 .m. Full Moon Hept. 5 Jupiter, the planet seen right below ne moon lomcni, is now below the Moon tonight, li now about 450 million miles from ui Is Increasing. Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST Xi - VANDALISM Carl S. Hoskins, sexton of Such a monument, made in 1910, is almost the Eastwood Odd Fellows cemetery, Med- irreplacable now, Hoskins said. A $500 fine ford, looks over some of the damage done can be imposed on persons convicted of such by vandals in recent weeks. The turned action, and, in addition, they can be sued marble headstone was broken in three by the family involved, according to Hos- pieces when it was pulled from its base. kins. Break On Wage Deadlock Fails To Materialize Washington- IUPII -Incensed House members cleared one more adjournment obstacle to day, but a hoped-for break in the long deadlock on mini, mum wage legislation failed to materialize. The House reluctantly agreed to work with the Sen ate toward a compromise sup plemental foreign aid fund which it said was not needed and ought to be dropped until January. This removed a major hur dle to adjournment of the 86lh Congress. But the mini mum wage deadlock remained as a big roadblock, as did con troversial "must" bills to au thorize a new program of eco nomic assistance for Latin America and possibly shut off the Dominican Republic from a pending "windfall' 'on sugar sales to this country. Compromise Offered In the minimum wage nego tiations, Democratic presiden tial nominee John F. Kennedy offered House-Senate confer ees another in a series of pro posed compromises-apparent-ly built around Kennedy's willingness to accept a $1.15 hourly wage floor as opposed to the Senate's $1.25-but this was rejected by the adamant House conferees. , It appeared the wage con ference was building toward a final blow-up-and no bill-possibly this afternoon. Rogue River Man Named To Group MacLeod Maurice, Rogue River, was elected the ninth member of the Jackson coun ty home rule committee at a special meeting of the com mittee yesterday afternoon in the county courthouse. Mrs. Alice Rutter, a mem ber of the committee, said Maurice was selected "with an eye to giving representa tion to that part (Rogue River Gold Hill) of the county." Although Maurice is a Re publican, Mrs. Rutter said that was "not a consideration" in his selection. Maurice is retired. The committee will meet again on Wednesday to elect permanent officers. The meet ing will start at 2 p.m. in the public library. Candidate Ordered Released From Army Washington -WPD- The secre tary of the Army Monday or dered the reiease of an Oregon private from the Army today to allow him to campaign for Congress. The order was made by Secretary Wilber BrucKer in behalf of Pvt. Marv Owens, 25, who is the Democratic candidate opposing incumbent Rep. Walter Norblad, Oregon Republican, in Oregon's 1st congressional district. $1,000 in Reported Eastwood Some $1,000 in loss and damage at the Eastwood Odd Fellows cemetery, Eastwood dr., Medford, has been report ed to Medford police. Carl S. Hoskins, manager, told officers that Friday morning some 10 to 15 gallons of gas had been stolen when a storeroom was entered. He also said considerable damage has been done to graves and monuments. Hoskins reported that this KennedyPromises Criticism Of Ike Washington - (U PI) - Demo cratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy today prom ised hard-hitting criticism of Eisenhower administration de fense policy in his campaign but said his. criticism would be "responsible and construc tive." Kennedy discussed national defense as an issue in the 1060 campaign at a news con ference where he announced appointment of a four-man advisory committee on de fense. The Massachusetts senator said the four-man group would sek advice on a non partisan basis from "the ablest and most experienced author ities In the nation." He said Its work would have nothing to do with the election campaign, unless there should be an interna tional crisis, but would help him frame policy for his ad ministration if he wins the presidency. Paul H. Nitze, director of the Stale Department policy planning staff during the final years of the Truman admin istration, was named chair man of the advisory group. Nitze identified himself is a former Republican who is now a Democrat. Adams Enters Plea On Murder Charge Keith Duane Adams, 32, pleaded innocent to charges of first degree murder in Jackson county circuit court today. Adam's counsel, Rob ert Dickey, also filed a mo tion to allow him to offer evi dence of insanity or mental deficiency. Trial date was set for Nov. 21. Dickey said that he has not planned the defense yet, and that the motion Is only to preserve the defendant's rights to offer such evidence should it be necessary. Dickey said that Adams plans to un dergo medical tests before the trial. Adams is charged with the murder of his former wife, Hazel . Jean' Adams, who Was beaten and strangled while sleeping at home Aug. 4. The couple had been divorced only three days. Tribune 30, 1960 No. 139 Damage Done at Cemetery had been going on for several weeks, but recently it has got ten -out of hand." Hoskins told the Mail Tribune that children living nearby are the worsi onenaers. Play On Grounds The manager declared that young people ranging from small children in tnnn.D urn.. freely play on the cemetery grounds ana nave been known to destroy property. Hoskins said a few youths have been known to ride horses through the cemetery, apparently with parental con sent. Hoskins has taken no legal action except calling in the city police. But he said he plans to request action bv juvenile officials. City Attorney Joel Recder said yesterday there are spe- cinc icgai provisions concern ing the desecration of a ceme tery. Serious penalties can be levied, if cemetery officials wish to prosecute, he said. An Oregon state statute pro vides a maximum fine of $500, 30 days In county jail, or both, for most offenses concerning cemetery property. Addition al civil prosecution may re sult on trespassing grounds. Hoskins said he hopes to stop this situation immediate ly as valuable property is be ing destroyed, much of which cannot be replaced. Even chil dren running around on the cemetery grounds has resulted in a poor atmosphere for fu nerals and processions, he de clared. Both city and state laws car ry provisions against breaking or cutting through a funeral procession, although the neighborhood youngsters do it on many occasions, according to the manager. Good Seats Final Round Ashland - Good seating for the final round of Oregon Shakespearean Festival plays, with the exception of "The Taming of the Shrew," still remain, festival officials said today. The final round of 1980's highly successful season starts tonight with "Richard II." "The Tempest" Saturday night ends the season. . Following Saturday night's performance, the festival com pany will offer their last good night In traditional closing night ceremonies. Festival of ficials urged patrons planning to attend the final night to make reservations as soon as possible. Five Plays Left With the five performances remaining, including John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfl" tomorrow night, at tendance this season has al ready surpassed last year's 36,503, Festival officials said. Last night s audience ot 1,015 at "The Tempest" boost Negroes Set Fire To Three Stores; One Negro Killed 'Molotov Cocktails' Tossed Into Buildings Jacksonville, Fla. -(UPD- Ne groes armed with rifles and gasoline bombs set fire to three white-owned stores early today, and a Negro man be came the first fatality in four days of racial strife. An uneasy calm that held for hours after 83 whites and Negro street fighters were sen tenced in municipal court was shattered shortly after mid night despite a city-wide po lice crackdown. Roaming Ne gro gangs began moving! through the western part ot this, northeast Florida port city, firing bullets into a serv ice station and tossing "Molo tov cocktails" into stores. Patrolman John R. Mulli gan challenged the Negro oc cupants of a car in the strife torn area. The car sped away and slammed into a utility pole. One of the men in it was killed instantly, and another, identified as Willie Green, 47, was seriously injured. Three Stores Ablaze The "Molotov cocktails," bombs made of gasoline-filled jars wrapped with rags, set fire to an appliance store, a dry cleaning firm and a small grocery, all owned by white merchants. Another bomb was tossed into a furniture store but did not explode. The fires were quickly extinguished. . By 3:30 a.m. the city ap peared again quiet, but no one seemed to know what to ex- pect next. Police were kept busy with scores of calls and blanketed the city with a 24 hour alert. The NAACP would not say If it planned to resume lunch counter "sit-ins" and picket line demonstrations which, were suspended Sunday be cause of street fighting and general tension. The fighting began Saturday afternoon in the downtown area where Ne groes had been picketing against segregated lunch counter facilities. Court Hearings Set More court hearings wera scheduled for about 140 per sons arrested in connection with the violence which in jured at least 65. Eighty-three of the first 84 persons charged were convicted in municipal court Monday and received sentences ranging from $10 fines to 90 days in jail. Mayor Haydon Burns said he believed the worst might be over. He turned down Gov. Leroy Collins' offer of "every assistance of the state ... to make certain that all citizens will have the protection of law and good order." Burns blamed most of the trouble Monday night on "ju venile gangs roaming the streets." He said his orders that crowds be held to four persons or less would remain in effect, and that violators would face "full prosecution." Counsel Appointed For Jones Brothers Counsel has been appoint ed for Riley Filmore Jones and Guthrie Edwin Jones, brothers of Tulsa. Olcln.. and both charged with burglary not m a dwelling. Robert Heffernan will de fend the former and Sum R. Harbison will defend the lat ter. The two were arrested aft er a hole had been cut in Dunham's roof, 1B51 North Pacific highway, and an at tempt made to rob. the safe. Remain for of Plays ed the 1960 attendance total to 37,452, which is 4,615 ahead of last year. A record only 10 days old was broken Saturday night when 1,313 persons attended the next-to-last performance of "The Taming of the Shrew," which has been the Festival's most popular play this year. The last perform ance of the "Shrew" is Thurs day, end there is standing room only left, a situation which has prevailed almost all season. Largest Audience Saturday night's crowd was the largest single audience to attend a production. The pre vious high mark was set at the seventh performance of "The Shrew" Aug. 18, when 1,293 saw the play. After "Richard II" tonight and "The Duchess" tomorrow night, the plays are "The Taming of the Shrew" Thurs day, "Julius Caesar" Friday, and "The Tempest" Saturday
