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HEADY FOR TRIP Miss 20X, who may be the first large
animal to be sent by the U.S. into orbit in a Discoverer
satellite this fall, meets the press in her blue space suit to
day at the Air Force's Aero Space Medical center in San.
Antonio, Tex. The anmial is one of five being trained by
Shady Cove Area
Fire Covers 1 25
Acres of Brush
A fire which broke out yes
terday afternoon and spread
over 125 acres in brush and
some timber across the river
east of Shady Cove was under
control and being mopped up
today, according to the south
west district office of the
state department of forestry.
The forestry department
had 35 men on the scene this
morning, including a 20-man
crew from Buck springs in
Douglas county. Fifteen men
from Trail Creek Lumber
company were assisting.
The fire was spotted from
Buck Rock lookout about 1:25
p.m. yesterday. Driven by a
strong northwest wind, the
blaze extended southeasterly
over a long, narrow strip.
Large rocks and several bluffs
hampered the firefighting by
some 70 men.
CaUse Not Known
Cause of the fire, which
originated up on a ridge near
Old Ferry rd., had not been
determined this morning. The
forestry department said the
blaze possibly was smoker
caused. Sixteen forest patrol men
were joined by about 30 men
of the Shady Cove area and
about 25 from the Medford
vicinity in fighting the fire
yesterday.
The forestry department al
so dispatched a crew yester
day evening to a small grass
fire in the White City area.
The site was being checked by
a crew today.
The southwest district head
quarters listed the fire danger
in this area now as high. It
had been regarded as mod
erate for several days.
Bradford Files For
Reelection To Seat
Alva N. (Al) Bradford, 1023
Mt. Pitt ave., Medford, today
filed a petition seeking re
election as city councilman
from Ward 2.
Bradford's petition is t h e
fourth filed by candidates
seeking municipal offices in
Medford. Deadline for filing
is Sept. 6, next Tuesday.
Others who have filed for
reelection include Mayor John
W.. Snider, Councilmen R. L.
VanSickle, Ward 3, and Jim
my Dunlevy, Ward 4. '
Councilman Ed Hall, whose
seat is "the other one up for
election this year, said this
morning at the present time
he does not plan to seek re
election, but that he "reserves
the right to change my mind."
He said he understands that
a petition is being circulated
nominating him for reelec
tion, but that he has not yet
signed it. '
Bradford, who has lived in
Medford since 1945, is a part
ner in Saylor's Barber shop,
and has been active in t h e
Jackson County Barber's Un
ion. He has served on the
council since 1957.
Funds Approved For
Projects In Oregon
Washington-IUPD- Rep. Clar
ence Cannon, (D-Mo.), chair-
man of the House Appropria
tions Committee, supplied for
'. the Congressional Record to
day a breakdown of addition
al tunas for general investiga
tions during this fiscal year.
There was no breakdown
. available on Congressional ad
ditions from the general fig
ures carried in the bill as ap
proved by Congress Tuesday
and sent to tne wnne nouse.
r The additions included: Or.
egon-Coquille river, $10,000,
Port Orford $9,000, Tillamook
Bay $10,000.
Castro Says U.S. Plotted To
Shoot Down Plane Carrying
Roa Back From OAS Meeting
Havana - (UPI) - Premier
Fidel Castro whipped up a
new international uproar to
day with charges of a U. S.
supported plot to shoot down
an airliner carrying Cuban
Foreign Minister Raul Roa
home from San Jose, Costa
Rica.
The charge - sprung by the
bearded revolutionary leader
in a speech from his palace
balcony Tuesday night - was
spread throughout the island
by the government controlled
press and radio to give im
petus to a mass rally set for
this Friday in Havana.
Castro called the demon
stration to show Cuba's con
tempt for the anti-Communist
declaration issued last Mon
day by 19 hemisphere foreign
ministers in San Jose and its
determination to stick 'by its
new Soviet and Red Chinese
'friends."
Called "War" Airplanes
The premier claimed that
"two airplanes of war based
in Guatemala" had been alert
ed to attack Roa's Cubana
airliner over the Carribean on
its return from San Jose.
He said the aerial ambush
was to have been carried out
"by international gangsters
who are supported by the
United States" but that the
plot was foiled when Roa left
five hours earlier than sched
uled on a secret flight ar
ranged by the Costa Riean
government.
"You all know how many
bandits there are, how many
killers, gangsters and merce
naries who find work assured
in the intelligence service of
the U. S. State department,"
Castro told a hushed street
assembly of an estimated 5,
000 persons. Roa stood by his
side.
The premier said Costa Rie
an authorities were notified
of the alleged plot by t h e
Cuban delegation and cooper
ated fully in arranging the
special flight, while keeping
Roa's regular airliner on the
ground as a decoy.
Informed sources in San
Jose stressed that steps taken
to protect Roa were perfunc
tory and did not imply Costa
Rica's belief that the plot
charges had foundation. They
said local authorities first
heard of the alleged danger
in a handwritten note from
the Cuba foreign minister.
The Good
the ASMC at Texas university at Austin, but only one
candidate will be chosen for the space flight. Final decision
on which one won't be made until shortly before the blast
off. Air Force specialists said.
(UPI Telepboto)
Residents
Cemetery
Over Allegations
Medford residents living In
the neighborhood of the East
wood IOOF Cemetery were
up in arms last night and this
morning over allegations of
vandalism in the cemetery,
made to police by Carl S. Hos
kuis, cemetery sexton.
Several informal "indigna
tion committees" met last
evening after Hoskins' reports
were printed in the Mail
Tribune, and this morning a
Mail Tribune reporter was
conducted through the ceme
tery and given the "other
side" of the story by a group
of neighbors.
A broken gravestone, pic
tured on the front page of
Tuesday's Mail Tribune, was
broken more than two years
ago and not during recent
weeks, they declared.
Hoskins had claimed that
the cemetery has sustained
some $1,000 in loss and dam
age in recent -weeks and
blamed children living near
by as being the worst offend
ers. 'Sour Reflection'
Mrs. Richard Wray, 1518
Terrace dr., said the story of
Hoskins' allegation "is a sour
reflection on the kids." She
said she doesn't like the van
alism blamed on "our small
children, because they don't
play over there."
Mrs. Robert (Marijane) Dun
can, 1500 Terrace dr., said
her children are the ones that
have been riding horses
through the cemetery and that
they have been doing it with
"parental consent" as Hoskins
stated.
"But," she said, "he (Hos
kins) didn't tell the kids they
couldn't." She added that Hos
kins had seen them riding
through the cemetery many
times and had never told them
not to.
Although Hoskins knew
they were her children, Mrs.
Duncan said, he never once
came to talk to the Duncans
about keeping their children
out of the cemetery. Further
more, she stated, when her
children did ride through the
cemetery they rode only on
the road.
It seemed to be a general
complaint of the neigbhors
Humor Men
Near
Alarmed
that Hoskins had never once
come to them and asked them
to keep their children out o
the cemetery.
Mrs. Duean said, "it came
an awful shook" in hnun
the police come to our door
ana tell us that it wa3 wrong
for them to be in the ceme
tery. Several of the neighbors
said they had been given per
mission by Hoskins to walk
through the cemetery to a
grocery store on the other
side. When their children did
en intrt thp wmptorv' thnv
said, they almost invariably
stayed on tne road and didn't
play around the graves.
Several of the neigbhors
took the reporter into the
cemetery this morning to air
some of their own grievances
about the cemetery.
Paul Bauer. 1522 Tnrrart.
dr., pointed to the gravestone
that was pictured in yester
day's Mail Tribune and said
it naa Deen oroKen more than
two years ago. Although most
of the fragments had been re
moved since yesterday's pic
ture. Bauer nninted In nn in.
dentation in the ground and
said that is where one of the
pieces had lain for some two
years.
If it had been knocked over
just recently, he said, it would
not have left an indentation
like that in the ground. One
piece of the gravestone was
lying nearbv. and Bai
ed out the broken edges on
H noting that they were dirty
and old looking.
Bauer pointed out another
gravestone that was lying on
its side. This one was nearly
Covered With old tin pans Hp
said that gravestone, too, had
lam there for more than a
year.
Deplores Condition
Mrs. Wray pointed to some
graves where some of her
relatives are buried. She de
plored the condition of the
area surrounding the graves,
noting that it had been years
since u was watered.
The residentn Also pynrpssH
concern over the conditions of
the cemetery as a whole, par
ticularly where It bordered
me oacK of their properties.
Both Bauer nnri Knnnnlh
Farner, 1512 Terrace dr.,
pointed to the foot-high grass
that borders their property.
They said this is a "deiinhe
fire hazard" and because the
cemetery management never
watered it, they would water
it themselves on occasion.
Squirrels Abundant
Farner said, too, that dig
ger squirrels that are abund
ant in the cemetery would
come into his yard and ruin
his flowers anrf nfanfe Thp
cemetery could get rid of
inese u iney wanted too, he
claimed.
Farner was also critical of
the numerous weeds that
grow in that portion of the
cemetery, saying they would
grow Into his yard.
The residents said that teen
agers may be responsible for
some vandalism at the ceme
tery, but said their children
should be absolved from
blame. Bauer said if $1,000
damage had been done at the
cemetery in recent weeks, he
would like tn tn H "In fart."
he said, "I would iike to see
any ol it."
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Regional Edition
Medford
24 PAGES
Candidates For
Congress Praise
Action of OAS
Both candidates for Con
gress from (his district (his
morning praised the action of
the Organization of American
States in condemning the Do
minican Republic as an ag
gressor and deploring Com
munist influence in Latin
America.
Edwin R. Durno, Medford
physician and Republican,
lauded the OAS action as "de
cisive, positive and orderly."
Charles O. Porter, Eugene
Democratic incumbent, said
he was pleased that the OAS
took the matter up, that he
has long urged, and that he
is very pleased at the action
concerning both Castro and
TrujiUo.
Durno's statement, issued
from his campaign headquar
ters here, took a swipe at Por
ter in declaring, "They (the
OAS) did not U-y to do it nine
months ago through the "lips
of one man, thus raising the
possibility of inciting prema
ture rebellion among the un
fortunate people oi that coun
try." Work With Committee
Porter, on the other hand,
declared he has worked with
members of the OAS peace
committee closely, is personal
friends with several of their
influential members, and that
it Is now "gratifying" to him,
after four years, lor Ihe Ad
ministration and the OAS to
join him in saying that Tru
jiUo is a "hemispheric crimi
nal" and tyrant.
He said he wished the con
demnation of Communist in
fluence, which by Indirection
was aimed at Castro's Cuba,
had been stronger. But he
staled that the action taken
shows the U.S. no longer dom
inates the O.A.S.
Durno's statement added,
"How much better it is to
handle matters of (his sort
through our own state depart
ment and through the OAS
than to attempt to accomplish
it as a maverick congressman
on (he Post Office and Civil
Service committee, who tries
to act as a one-man slate de
partment in his ill-advised
and reckless interference in
the Internal affairs of other
sovereign states."
But Porter indicated that it
was because the present ad
ministration has had no plan
for Latin American relations
that matters in Cuba, and
growing influence of Com
munism elsewhere in Latin
America, have gone as they
have.
He plans to support Presi
dent Eisenhower's recent rec
ommendation for a half-billion
dollar Latin American aid pro
gram, but pointed out he has
long said that the United
States must invest more In
the area to stop what has been
happening.
10 Dogs Picked Up
Under New Law
Dog control personnel in
Jackson county reported this
morning that several dogs
have been picked up since the
county dog control law went
into effect yesterday.
Medford Police ' Chief
Charles P. Champlin said this
morning that one or two calls
had been rtciiK-a by police,
but no dogs had been picked
up In the city. Police officers
had been Involved in a couple
of "chases," he added, but the
dogs got away.
The county dog control
board said about 10 dogs had
been picked up since yester
day morning. The exact num
ber and circumstances were
not reported.
Chief Champlin said there
were "a lot less fdogB) in
view" since the law took ef
fect, and the dog owners are
"really cooperating."
Vo Surprise: Marv
Owens Opposes Draft
Fort Ord, Calif. -WPII-Pvl,
Marv Oweni was discharged
from the Army on orders
from Army Secretary Wll
ber C. Brucker Monday so
he could begin his campaign
against incumbent Walter
Norblad for Congressman
from Oregon.
Owens promised that if
elected h would fight to
ibollib th dntt.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1960
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'GOOD PROGRESS' President Eisenhower
chats with ailing Vice President Richard
M. Nixon at Walter Reed Army Medical
center Tuesday. Eisenhower compared his
"football knee" Injured during playing days
Presidential Rivals
Agree On Rules For
Television Debates
Washington - IUPII- Demo
cratic presidential candidate
John F. Kennedy and his GOP
rival, Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, have agreed on the
ground rules of their tele
vision debates, It was an
nounced today.
Pierre Salinger, Kennedy's
press secretary, told newsmen
that the schedule of the TV
debates probably will be an
nounced later today or Thurs
day. Salinger said "general
agreement" has been reached
Ike Backs Dunes
Seashore Park
Washington - WW - Secre
tary of Interior Fred A. Sea
ton told Rep. Charles O. Por
ter (D-Ore.) today that the
Eisenhower admin istration
supports the establishment ot
the Oregon Dunes National
Seashore park.
Porter asked Seaton for a
clarification of administration
views alter reading a news
paper (Florence, Ore., News)
interview last July which
quoted Ervin L. Peterson, as
sistant secretary of agricul
ture, as saying (he adminis
tration does not favor the pro
posed park. ,
In reply, Seaton said the
administration had specifical
ly endorsed legislation to es
tablish three national seashore
areas, including the Oregon
Dunes. But he also noted that
the Oregon seashore lands are
now under jurisdiction of the
agriculture department and
Peterson 'has every right to
express his opinion."
"However," Seaton acded,
"I assure you the administra
tion does support the estab
lishment of these seashore
areas."
954 See 'Richard'
At Oregon Festival
Ashland - Attendance fig
ures at last night's production
of "Richard II" at the Oregon
Shakespearean festival here
reached B54, icstival oUlcialt
said this morning. ,
The total attendance, In
cluding last night, is now 38,
488, compared to last year's
season total of 38,583.
Festival officials pointed
out that good seats are still
available for tonight's "Duch
ess ol Malll,"
between Republicans and
Democrats. Final details are
being worked out by the three
networks, he said.
Previously Salinger had
said there would be between
three and five joint appear
ances by the candidates.
'Tough and Hard'
Salinger said Kennedy still
thinks the presidential race
will be "tough and hard"
despite a new public opinion
poll which showed the candi
dates running even,
The same poll showed Ken
nedy mining behind Nixon two
weeks ago,
Kennedy will hit the cam
paign Irai) Friday on a quest
for voles inai win urne nun
throuBh 17 states in 18 days,
After touching base in his
native Boston. Kennedy will
carry his strenuous campaign
nto two traditionally ttepuD'
llcan strongholds, New Hamp
shire and Maine, v
Packed Itinerary
From there, he wi)) go on lo
Alaska, Michigan, Idaho,
Washington State, Oregon,
California, Texas, Missouri,
New York. New Jersey, yenn
syivania, Maryland, North
Carolina and West vtrgina.
Interest In these states cov
ers almost the whole range
of election-year Issues - civil
rights, medical care lor (he
elderly, economic distress,
urban problems, farm trou
bles, labor relations.
Kennedy served notice
Tuesday that one of nis main
themes on this and future
campaign tours would be
"vigorous" criticism of the
Eisenhower administration's
defense policy. But he said (he
criticism would Be "respon
sible and constructive."
Eugene -flJPD- The search for
seven-year-oid Aiice Louise
Lee, missing since Monday
morning from a' bean' yard at
Trent, 20 miles east of here,
was concentrated today
around the grade school at
Trent, sheriff s deputies said,
after bloodhounds led them re
peatedly to the school area.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Vrll)le cloudlnew
tonight nd Thuricljy. Low to
nliht 4S. Illicit Thuriday 7S-7S.
, Temp.
Illchut Vnterdty 90
Low tit Thlt Morltlnt
Our Skies Tonight
Suniet todny CM p.m.
Kunrltie tomorrow .... 5:37 a.m.
Tha Moon nil ,. lilt a.m.
tomorrow and ridtt )ow.
Full Moon Sopt. 5
Saturn ft the planet leen near
the Moon tonfuht. Now about
880 million mflei awav. Saturn
It, like Jupiter, moving away
Irom the Earth.
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at West Point with Nixon's infected knee
which forced him to be hospitalized. The
vice president was reported today a maWni
"good progress." '
(UPI Telephoto)
Nixon's Progress
From Infection ,
Reported 'Good'
Washington-IUPD-Vice Presi
dent Rtchacd M. Nixon was
reported making "good prog
ress" today In his recovery
from a knee Infection which
has taken him off the presi
dential campaign circuit for
the next 10 days.
Nixon's office said that
swelling has decreased and
that the Injured left knee was
less painful than it was Tues
day. Nixon continued to feel
well and busied himself with
work on campaign speech
drafts and memoes to his
staff.
The vice president was
counting on his running mate,
Henry Cabot Lodge, to help
take up the slack in the GOP
campaign while the president
ial nominee recovers.
Lodge Pinch Hits
Lodge and Mrs. Nixon rep
resented the vice president
Tuesday night at an Informal
reception the Nlxons gave for
newsmen who have accompa
nied them on overseas trips
to Africa, Latin American and
Russia,
Lodge will not replace Nix
on In any of the three out-ot-town
campaign appearances
the GOP presidential nominee
had , planned for the next
week In Jackson, Miss.,
Charleston, W.Va., and den
York City.
Wrong Figures Result
Of Misplaced Decimal
A misplaced decimal point
resulted la a number of. la
correct figures n a story
which appeared i.n the Region
al edition of the Mail Tribune
yesterday, , ' !
The story told of new tax
millage figures for county
areas.
The figures were corrected
tor the Rogue Valley edition.
A more complete and com
prehensive story about the
tax mlllages in the various
taxing districts of Jackson
county will appear la tomor
row's edition of the Mail
Tribune. '
Taxing districts which have
Increased levies follow. The
figures shown ace 1 ttve In
creased number of dollars per
$1,000 assessed valuation
which will have to be paid
over last year. They are not
the total tax lvy in the areas.
. They are: code 1-1 (Jackson
ville), $2.70; code 6-1 (Gold
Hill), $1.40; code 33-1 (Rogue
River). $10.10: code 8-8 (school
,t
But Congo Army
Must March Into
Katanga, He Says
Government Has To
'Liberate Countrymen'
Leopoldville, The Congo
IUPII Congolese Premier Pa
trice Lumumba today puWiciy
praised the work of the United
Nations in the Congo and
pledged his government would
do everything to assure the se
curity Di Sorces.
But he said both the Con
golese government and army
were "obsessed" wilh the idea
of marching into secessionist
Katanga to "liberate our conn'
trymen."
Tihomb Thraatens
Even as Lumumba spoka
here at the closing session ot
a six-day "congress of inde
pendent African states," tha
Katanga government of Presi
dent Moise Tshombe issued a
communique in Elisabeth.vU.lA
threatening to destroy tha
huge former Belgian military
base of Kamina if the U.N.
does not guarantee that Con
golese troops will be kept
from landing there.
Premier Joseph Ngalula ot
the so-called "mining state"
announced in Elisabelhvilla
shortly altei-waid that Baiuba
tribesmen had recaptured the
diamond center of Bakwanga
from Lumumba's army. Ha
said 120 Baluba men took;
over the tity today.
Proclaimed Independence
Bakwanga, about 124 miles
south of Luluabourg, was de
clared the capital of the min-
tng state in southern Kasaf
Province by Baluba leader Al
bert Kalonji about three
weeks ago, Kalonji proclaimed
himself president of the new
sta(e and announced its seces
sion from the rest of The Con
go. 'But Lumumba sent a Con
golese army force by air and
took the city without firing a
shot laSt Friday. Since then,
there had been reports of
fighting in the outskirts.
A , few minutes after Lu
mumba spoke the H-vattaft
congress announced its unani
mous regret over recent inci
dents involving U.N. person
nel a reference to the beat
ing American liters; Cana
dian signalmen, and the man
handling of Indian and other
U.N. people by Lumumba's
troops,
Jt pledged iu)J support to
Lumumba's drive for Congo
unity and also praised . tha
work here of Dr. Ralph J.
Bunche, U.N. under-secretary.
This statement was applauded
noisily by the audience.
Threat Still temaini
But Tshombe's government
showed ivs stgt of yielding to
Lumumba, with its communi
que threatening the Kamina
base as the latest in a series
of hardline pronouncements.
Tshombe, feared tha Fsmmi
base, only lightly held by the
U.NI's 33rd Irish Battalion,
could be captured by Lumum
ba's troops and used to subdue
his entire secessionist jto
vince. Earlier, a U.N. spokesman
denied knowledge of reports
of fighting in the Kasal Prov
ince between the Xalon and
Lumumba forces, the latter
allegedly led by Czech
officeri. ,
Washington TO The fioiv
rnment has asked industry to
help design a maneuverabla
three-man spaceship to fly
around the tnoon and batls. in
the next 10 years.
fire and Elk city water),
$10.40; code 35-2. (school di
(rict 35, outside city), $5.70;
code 35-3 (school district 35
and Rogue River rural fire),
$5.80; 1 ,
Code 6H (school district
62, Evans valley school),
$13.20; code 84-1 (school dis
trict 94), $2.50; code 100-10
(school district 549, Medford
rural lite, and Elk city wteti,
$8.30; code 100-12 (school dis
trict 549, Central Point rural
fire and Elk city water), $8.50;
code 100-15 (school district
548, city J Medtotd and Ells,
City W.B.), $8.90;
Code 100-16 (school district
549, city of Medford,' Berry
dale sanitary and E.C.W.B.),
$6.90.
Increases of 30 cents Der
$1,000 of assessed valuation
were noted in parts of school
district 6C. .... , j,
JoTty-tlvree distvlcts ave i.
ported to have decreased rates
compared to last year. Great
est decrease ($19.80 per
$1,000) was in the former
TalfiA whool tWstiitt