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o o MHEW TURM.UP m M Kennedy Gets NATO Base Explanation Pair Blames U.S. Mmm ! Q W -i - IK dsyssaw Regional Edition Medford 24 PAGES Wv f 17 1 POWER BATTLE IN CONGO-Moderate President Joseph and order" in the strife-torn Congo. The Belgain-trained Kasavubu, center, announced he has toppled pro-Russian Kasavubu nominated Senate President Joseph Ileo, right, Premier Patrice Lumumba, left, from power and he called another moderate, to succeed Lumumba. (UPI Tclephoto) on the United Nations to assume responsibility for "peace Congo Soldiers Fire Info Crowd Leopoldville, The Congo -(UPD - Congolese troops fired into a crowd demonstrating In favor of President Joseph Kasavubu today. Eyewitness es said at least two persons were killed. ' li ' It was the first violent out break in the struggle for power between the president and Premier Patrice Lumum ba. The shooting took place within blocks of Lumumba's house. Eyewitnesses said besides those killed, other persons were injured. The eyewitnesses said about 2,000 followers of Kasavubu had been parading through the area when the firing oc curred. Most of the marchers apparently were members of Kasavubu's Abako political party, the eyewitnesses said. The violence came hours after Lumumba's government formally tried to fire Kasavu bu and warned the United Nations and other countries not to help him. The Kasavubu supporters were shouting their support of the president when the po- Swimming Pools MayCloseSept.il Medford's municipal swim ming pools at Jackson and Hawthorne parks will not be closed before Sept. 11, City Parks and Recreation Direct or Robert Haworth said today. Whether they will remain open after that date or not, Haworth said, depends on the Medford school district. The city has made its pools avail able to the school district for 'instruc tlonal purposes, he said, and if the school district wants to use them the pools will remain open for certain hours each day. v If the schools do decide to use the pools, then they will remain open from 4 p.m. to dark on weekdays and from 1 p.m. to dark on Saturdays, weather permitting, Haworth said. Wenofchee Golf Course Clubhouse Destroyed Wenatchee, Wash. - (UPD - Fire today leveled the club house at Three Lakes Golf Course south of here. . Holiday Auto Accidents Leave 415 Persons Dead By United Prji International American motorists put a how on the road during the Labor Day week end - a show ; that killed more than 400 per sons, but failed to reach the record levels that had been feared, a highway fatality count showed today. ' By 8:30 a.m. (p.s.t.) today, with only scattered fatalities yet to hi recorded, United Press International count MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1960 t Backin lice opened fire, witnesses said. The incident look place in Leopoldville's Kalina section. United Nations forces took complete control of Leopold ville during the day. A communique issued after an all-night meeting was Lu mumba's answer to Kasavu bu's radiq talk Monday night firing the premier. But who will go and who will stay still was uncertain. Kasavubu promptly won the backing of President Premier Moise Tshombe of Ihe secessionist Katanga Prov ince. Tshombe read a state ment to a hastily-summoned news conference in the Ka tanga capital of Elisabethville. saying that Kasavubu's action Federal Effort in Fire Fighting Hit Salem-fflPD-State Treasurer Howard C. Belton told Gov. Mark Hatfield at today's Board of Control meeting that Belton heard strong com plaints from local authorities in Union and Baker counties about the way the federal government participated in the fight to control Eastern Oregon's ravaging forest fires last month. Belton, who toured the area during the fire-fighting op- ertions, said he was told the federal agencies involved were not coordinated, and this resulted in a slower job of battling the blazes on that level. The state's effort to curtail the fires was praised. Belton said the state should "en courage" the federal agencies to work out a better system of coordination. Hatfield Names Two Clackamas Judges Salem - (UPD - Clackamas County District Judge How ard Blanding and District At torncy Winston Bradshaw to day were named by Gov. Mark Hatfield as circuit judg es for Clackamas county un der a law calling for addition al jurists when the county population warrants. Blanding and Bradshaw led polls conducted by the county bar association requested by the governor two weeks ago. showed Dead in traffic, 415: drown ed, including 14 in boating accidents, 105; dead In other mishaps, 85. The overall total was 605. California led the states In highway deaths with 42, fol lowed by Texas 28. Pennsyl vania 24, New York 21, Illi nois and Kentucky 19 each, Ohio 18, and Michigan and North Carolina 14 each. g President in dismissing Lumumba was "perfectly constitutional." Tshombe said this constitu tionality was proved by the fact that "Lumumba no long er has a majority in Parlia ment." He claimed that Lu mumba had ignored the con stituted authorities of the country by his recent actions. He added that by Lumumba's appeal to the constitution of a "popular govern m e n t" he "had shown beyond doubt the communist objectives which had been the aim of his poli- Mrs. fleuberger Would Aid Buyers Portland-IUPII-Mrs. Maurine Neubcrgcr, Democratic sena torial nominee, said today that if elected she would work for legislation to protect con sumers who buy on time. She said enactment of what she called a truth-in-lending bill was needed to "expose ex cessive finance charges to the fresh air of facts and protect American consumers who have piled up personal debts of more than $180 billion. Mrs. Neubcrgcr told East Central Democratic Women here that more than $52 bil lion of the personal debt was owed for consumer credit on items such as automobiles, personal loans and charge ac counts. Bengtson Enters Innocent Plea A plea of innocent to two charges of embezzlement was entered this morning by O. H. Bengtson, 122 Oregon Ter race, Medford. Trial date was set for Oct. 10 in circuit court. The trial will be for the alleged embezzlement of $3, 7.01.14 from the Medford Es crow company Oct. 21, 1059. The second indictment, for the alleged embezzlement of $1,700 Feb. 2, is still at Issue, but no trial date has been set, according to Gerald Scan nell, deputy district attorney. Bengtson. a Medford law yer, is free on bail. - Three Forest Fires Reported in Area Rnoitn Pivnr Natinnal Fnr- cst officials said this morning they nad received reports cur ing the Labor day holiday of two lightning fires and one small "man-caused" fire, none causing extensive damage. In the Butte Falls district two lightning fires were re ported, burning less than an acre combined. A fire in the Applegate district near the McKee bridge was said to have burned less than an acre of land. Salem - d'Pli - The Stale Board of Control has awarded a $106,390 contract to C. J. Hansen of Salem for the Mac Laren steam line and physical plant expansion project. Pric 10 Cents Tribune No. 145 cies during the past two months." The United Nations, mean while, closed every airfield in The Congo, but diplomatic sources said four Russian planes succeeded in taking off for unknown destinations Monday night and early to day. California Man Caught in Ashland Ashland - City police here arrested a 22-year-old IUver- side, Calif., man Monday nisht after he ran from police who were questioning him regard ing his refusal to pay for gasoline at a local service station. Authorities are looking for another man who also fled from police. The car the two men were in was found to have been stolen from Medford earlier in the evening. Arrested is Larry Lee Walker. He is charged with drunk and disorderly conduct pending further investigation, police said. Walker was arrested at 10:10 p.m., police said. Hours earlier the car in which he was riding had been stolen in downtown Medford. Walker and the other man allegedly purchased some gasoline at an Ashland service station but refused to pay for it. Police were called and on their arrival the two men fled on foot. Police gave chase and caught Walker, but the other man got away, they said. Rome (UPIl Rafer Johnson, Kingsburg, Calif., surged from behind on the last four events tonight to win the Olympic decathlon championship. -fM. rti iTeW fW , " . , ' Russian Planes o On Food Mission, Greeks Informed State Department Responds To Query Pocatello, Idaho - IDPH - Sen. John F. Kennedy said today the State department has given him a "completely satisfactory" response to his demands for an explanation of reports that Soviet planes were refueling at a Greek air base on their way to The Congo. The Democratic presidential candidate told a news confer ence that a department offi cial informed him today that the field in Athens "is under the control of the Greek gov ernment" and that the Soviet planes which stopped there had "stated that they were on a food mission." Asked To Explain Kennedy had asked the de partment Monday to explain a published report that a NATO airbase in Athens had been used for the Russian refueling stop. He had also warned against allowing NATO bases to become "an unwitting instrument" of So viet subversion in The Congo. Commenting here before addressing a political rally, Kennedy said his press sec retary, Pierre Salinger, had spoken on the telephone today to Max Krebs, an assistant to Secretary of State Chris tian A. Herter. Kennedy sent Herter a telegram on the mat ter Monday. Kennedy Satisfied "The explanation that Sec retary Herter's assistant gave me was completely satisfac tory," Kennedy said, "and ob viously they were concerned about the matter and Were following it closely them selves. (See story on Page 5B) Mayor Petitions Are Resubmitted Ashland - Russell Osborn and Norman Lindahl have re submitted their petitions for mayor of Ashland and the number of candidates today was back up to five. Some confusion resulted last week after it was dis covered that neither Osborn's nor Lindahl's petitions con tained the necessary number of signatures. City Attorney Harry Skerry ruled that the deadline should have been Sept. 6 instead of Aug. 29, however, and the two men were given time to file again. Both filed Friday. Other candidates for mayor are Mayor Richard L. Neill, City Councilman Glenn Revel, and W. R. Brown. There are three council va cancies, seats now held by Emmett Whitman, George Ward and Revel. Whitman and Ward have filed for re election and ' Duanc Baker and George L. Jones arc the other two candidates. Filing deadline is 5 o'clock this afternoon. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 7 9 0 New York 1 3 1 Muffet and Nixon, Pogll aroni (2); Grba. Maas (6), Duren (9) and Berra, How ard (8), TURN UP IN RUSSIA Bemon Mitchell, left, and William Martin, right, two missing employees of the U.S. National Security Agency, turned up at a Moscow news con ference today and announced they had de fected to the Soviet Union, Tass news agen cy reported. Tass said they read a statement saying they had defected because they be- Silverton Woman Queen of Kitchen At Oregon Fair Salem - (UPD - Mrs. O. W. Olson of Silverton Monday won the title of "Queen of the Kitchen" at the 1060 Oregon State Fair, edging out Mrs. Toivo Kivisto, Astoria, by only seven points. Tt uiaa tl-iA fifth time Mrs. niann hnd rantured the title Sho ontnrnri In all divisions and excels In pies, breads and cakes. nTro TCIvlsfn tins been run nor-up (he past two years and is noted for her cakes and candy. Mrs r.ewis Hnllov of Junc tion City was third and a La Grande homcmaker, Mrs. Leone Worthington, was fourth. The chamnion bull an nounced Monday was one from Ihn Double M. Hereford Ranch at Aurora. The female champion beef cow also came from the ranch. Herbert Chandler of Baker displayed both the reserve champion bull and the reserve champion female. Boring Man Wins In dairy cattle, a Guernsey Hull nwnpri bv M. C. Fleming of Boring was grand cham pion with reserve Honors go ing to Wilsona Farms, Tilla mook. Fleming also had the female grand champion. In Future Farmers of Amer ica nun rrls Jalnn Van Nice of The Dalles received the farm mechanics contest. The Corvallis FFA chapter was awarded the Jenks-White plaque for best exhibition of grass or legume seeds. Jerry Kahlnr of Corvallis was sin gled out for special mention. Women's Regional Prison Idea Out Salem-(UPII-The idea of a .women's regional prison In Oregon Is out for the present because of a lack of Interest In neighboring states. But the possibility of a smaller insti tution to serve Oregon exclu sively was described today in a report to the State Board of Control. The smaller facility could be built on a 10-acre plot between Fairview Home and Hillcrest School for Girls in Salem, the report said, with the facility using healing and other facilities from the ad jacent institutions. Dr. Theodore Shay, analyst for the Oregon Finance De partment, prepared the report for Gov. Mark Hatfield,, who will draw from it In making recommendations for a wom en's prison to the 1961 legis lature. A woman's prison proposal was rejected by the 1059 legis lature. ' Seattle -(UPD- Establishment of an Arctic wildlife range In Alaska and replacement of park lands Inundated by wa ter power and reclamation projects are among 20 Srmnl resolutions adopted by the Federation of Western Out door Clubs at Its 29th annual convention near hero. came convinced that the U.S. government "knowingly makes false and deceptive state ments to defend its own policy and con demn the actions of other nations." Tass said the Soviet Union had given the pair political asylum and had grunted their re quest for Soviet citizenship. (UPI Telcphoto) Dog Control Again To Be on Ballot More than enough signa tures have been received to place a county dog control measure on the November bal lot again, according to Mar vin Madden, county clerk. This measure will be on the county-wide ballot, Madden satu, and may also be on ballots twice in those areas where individual precincts! dog control measure passed! lear oI causlnB economic dam. , , , It ... j -1 nDn . I,. ntViai-n " have also petitioned Election department offlcl- also report that 184 legal sig natures have been turned in to place the county measure on the ballot. Minimum nec essary is 100 signatures, The petitions arc the result of tho May 20 primary elec tion, when dog control was voted on throughout the en- Deadline Is Today For Filing For Medford Offices Unless a change appears be fore 5 o'clock this afternoon, Medford's municipal elections in November will merely be a formality. With the deadline for filing petitions for nomination to city offices just hours away, only five petitions had been received - one for each office. Of the five petitions re ceived, four are from incum bent office holders seeking re election. The fifth petition is from Bill Singlcr who is a candidate for the city council scat from Ward I. The Incum bent Ward I councilman, Ed Hall, has indicated he will not seek reelection. Incumbents seeking reelec tion are Mayor John Snider and Councilmen Al Bradford, Ward 2; R. L. Van Sickle, Ward 3; and Jimmy Dunlevy, Ward 4. Run For Third Term Snider will be running for his third two-year term as mayor. All three Incumbent councilmen are seeking sec ond four-year terms. The only elective positions in the city are the offices of mayor and councilmen. The other four city council members, Fred E. Robinson, Ward 1; Donald Hansen, Ward Robert Baccus, Ward 3; and Stanley Stark, Ward 4, are not up for reelection this year. City elections will be held at Ihe same time as the gen eral elections on Nov. 8. There will be no measures on the city ballot this year. Dr. Finch Describes Reconciliation Move Los Angeles - (UPD - Dr. R. Bernard Finch today told of a reconciliation petition he had secured prior to the slay ing of his wife although he admitted the move was not a sincere one. The-murder retrials of Finch, 43, and his red-haired mistress, Carole Tregoff, 23. was delayed in getting under way while Superior Judge Le roy Lawson sustained pros ecution abjection. tire county, and In several smaller areas, including Med- lord and Rogue River. Due to widespread confu sion over the wording of the ballot title, however, doubt VUWl UUUUl arose as tn thr. ant. ml ini.m nf mnnv ni.r. nA ih n. nn no fnr nnn hn, tint. 1. t effect, seokinn a rem nf 'th last Mn . ' Nine precincts, including one in the city of Medford have also turned in legal peti tions. These precincts include number 19. Lake Creek fLnka Creck community hallj; num - ber 21, Eagle Point north (Eagle Point High school gym); number 5BB: Medford (Hoover school gym); number BJ, laient east rura (Talent school gym); number 66, Jack sonville rural (Jacksonville community hall); number 74, Sams Valley (Sams Valley ele mentary school auditorium), number 81, Applegate (Apple gate school gym); number 32, Ruch (Ruch school gym' and number 83, Copper - Sterling (Ruch school gym). Petition deadline is Sept. 23. Pear Harvest Is Below Normal The pear harvest Is below normal but about the same as Inst year, according to C. B. Cordy, Jackson county horti cultural agent. The bartlctt crop has just about been harvested and the picking of d'anjou is In full swing. Cornice and bosc pick ing will be started next week, he said. The bartlctt crop as a whole weighed one-fourth less than last year. Two-thirds of the crop is going to the cannors and one-third will be sold as fresh fruit. This Is consider ably more canning fruit than usual, he said. Practically all of the bart lctt crop was of good ma lurlty, Cordy said. Size was satisfactory as a whole and was Better than Inst year, which was a poor year, he said. Quality of the bartlctt crop was not too good. The bosc crop, Cordy said, is generally light. Cornice is generally good. Two reasons given for (he poor crop this year arc frost and lack of pollination, Cordy said. Hurricane Kills 66 in Puerto Rico San Juan, P. R. - IUPD - Hurricane Donna killed 68 persons In its sweep through Puerto Rico Monday, Civil Defense authorities announced today. Oov. Luis Munoz Marin mobilized the National Guard for emergency duties In northeastern Puerto Rico where the tropical storm ravaged the countryside. A mass relief operation was launched Immediately. First reports reaching San Juan said most of the cas ualties were due to drowning. Forty-three bodies were said to have been recovered tn flooded areas In northeastern areas at the Interior. Spy Activities0 For Defection Scientific Work In Russia Goal MOSCOW - (UPD - Twn miso. ing junior mathematicians em ployed by the United States National Security agency turned up in Moscow today and announced to a news con ference they had defected to tne boviet Union. The pair. Bcrnon F. Mitch. ell, 31, and William H. M.irtin, z, both bachelors and U. S. Navy veterans, had disnnnpnr. ed in the United States Juno 24. Washington - tlTO - The White House said today that President Eisenhower re gards the two young mathe maticians for the National Security Agency who de fected to Russia as "self confessed traitor.." The Defense Department issued a brief statement de nouncing them as liars. It declined to specify which of the remark, were false. Thev told 200 Soviet anrt foreign newsmen they defect ed because of United StatM espionage activities. They cit ed reconnaissance flights, al leged interception of secret messages of U. S. allies and recruitment of aeents from among employees of its allies. in one of two statements with which they opened the conference Mitchell and Mar tin charged the U. S. covern. ment "knowingly makes false and deceptive statements to defend its own policy and condemn the actions of other nations." To Become Citizens They said they wore be coming Soviet citizens and hoped to do scientific work; in Russia. Mitchell and Martin said ,i lii.. ..... "y uiiuea 10 acieci over year ago." They said they 1 -vjr wuu.it uc nuic vj u research In Russia "without lage to others. ," cnslacr mai irom a Pni or view we snau - Icel "aPPler. y said, After reading the two state- - ments Mitchell and Martin I answered questions in a ses- lson that lasted nearly three I hours. The conference was hc'd at the headquarters of tne Soviet Journalists' unljn and they were introduced by Minima Kliarlamov, chief of the Foreign Ministry's press department. Statement Tells Rea.ons The first statement, read by Mitchell, was said to be a copy of an original they said they had deposited In Mitch, ell's name in a Laurel, Md., bank. They said the statement. which explained their rea sons for defecting was made "without consulting with the government of the Soviet Un ion. The second statement, read by Martin, charged the U. S. government had suppressed the statement they had left behind. "We can only explain this by the fact that the Elsen hower administration does not want certain aspects of its policy to become known to the American people," it said, (Continued on Page 2) Spokane Warehouse Damaged By Flames Spokane - IUPD - The North ern Paper Stock Co. ware house, built to replace a structure which was burned to the ground 13 months ago, was severely damaged by fire Monday. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair throuih WrrhitMifay. Low tonifht 45 High Wedncaday near 85. Temp. JIlKhrst Yeittrday lit I,oweal (hit Morning 41 Our Skies Tonight ftuniet today :17 p.m. Sunftt tomorrow 3:43 m. MoonrUe tonight 1:32 p.m. I.ant Quarter Sept. 12 HIIK1IITK8T STAR Blrlui. rltff 3:14 a.m. and will be In the loutheast In the morning twilight. It will be the last aUr to fade out before aunrite. J 0 C9
