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Newspaper Page TextNeutralist Countries Gail for isenhower-Khrushchev Parley ' . ... ss CLEANING UP Workmen on the new four-lane 10th st. bridge over Bear creek are shown above cleaning up after pouring cement for the bridge beams and girders Thursday. After the cement has had time to set, additional cement for the bridge deck will be poured. Medford Public Works Director Vernon Thorpe said he thinks the deck will be poured next week. Contractor on the $91,000 project is the Inter-City Construction company, Eugene. Thorpe said "Sir! What Are You Ike in Denver for Rates; Lauds Nixon n a i- HIPli President Eisenhower arrived in Den ver today to attend the fu neral of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Elivera Doud. The chief executivR made the melancholy journey from Chicago to attend final rites for Mrs. Doud, 82, who died late Wednesday night after a lingering illness. In Chicago Thursday night, Eisenhower gave Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon his biggest endorsement by de scribing him as the man best prepared to enter the White House. The Chief Executive hailed the vice president as a man of vast diplomatic and Cabinet-level experience in appar ent contrast to his Democratic rival, Sen. John F. Kennedy. The President attempted to correct any impressions that he downgraded Nixon's con tribution to the Eisenhower administration in a speech to a Republican fund-r a 1 s 1 n g dinner here. Democrats have been mak ing political capital out of a presidential news conference comment that it might take h.'m a week to think of any T rnnprpssman Charles O. Porter (D-Orc.) who had been "disinvited" to a meeting of the Rogue Basin Flood Con trol and Water Resources as sociation board, showed up at the meeting place last night and told an estimated 25 per sons that "this is a political campaign and I am trying to make my stand clear." The board had withdrawn its invitation to Porter and cancelled its meeting, sched uled for last night, because of a press release that Porter is sued prior to the meeting, which it felt violated the "non-partisan nature" of the association. Porter, hearing that he was disinvited, said he was going to show up anyway, as sched uled, and talk about the Rogue Basin project to any frie who was there. M 'Sire 12. tfvIwEShJ Doing in My Boudoir?" decision Nixon made on a key policy-matter. Eisenhower said he wanted to "set the record straight" with this tribute to Nixon: "His counsel has been in valuable to me. He is dedicat ed, decisive, persistent in pur suing new ways for improv ing government and a man possessed of the character, patience and sound judgment so essential for effective lead ership in the troubled world of tomorrow." 100 Churches Are Listed in Area . This week the number of churches within the Mail Tri bune's circulation area that regularly contribute news, to the church news pages reach ed the 100 mark. Added to the church direc tory in today's Mail Tribune are three churches in Siskiyou county. Of the total, 44 churches are in Medford, 8 in Central Point, and 0 in Ashland. Jack son county rural churches sub mitting news to the church news section of the newspaper total 88. . , . : ' Porter Goes to Meeting Among those attending last night's meeting, held at the Rogue Riviera, near Rock Point, were four of the 16 members of the board of di rectors of the association and their attorney, Ben Day. Board members attending were Alva Walker, Ralph James, Bill Jess and Claude Eaker. Although Porter said last night he was willing to meet with the board at a future date, there was no Indication whether or not the board would again invite him to do so. Porter said he would "make no apology" for the press re lease, but was "sorry if there was any minunderstanding.'' He defended what he said is "my right" to make his views and position clear during an ejection year. the project is proceeding on schedule and should be com pleted by mid-November. Also under construction at this location is an extension of 10th st. from Riverside ave., across the new bridge to Portland ave. A portion of this extension from Cottage st. east is completed and open to traffic. Completion of the rest of the extension awaits con struction of the bridge. 36,092 To Vote; Saturday, Jackson county Democrats hold a voter registration lead of 681 this week, according to the Jackson county elec tions department. Democrats have 17,954 reg istered voters compared to the county Republicans' 17, 273, according to official reg istration figures. Independ ents have 856 registered for a total of 36,092. ' Deadline for registering for the November general elec tion is Oct. 8. The elections department in the Jackson county courthouse will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to liandle late registrations, according to state law. Some registrars throughout the county will also register late comers until 8 p.m. on Oct. 8, it was reported. The Democratic registra tions total shows a steady growth from 18,420 at the end of the registration period be fore the 1956 general elec tion. The new total of 17,954 also compares with 17,013 registered Democrats on elec tion day in November, 1958's general election. Drop in Registration The Republicans show a drop in registration earlier going from 17,964 at the end of the registration period for the 1956 general election, to 17,697 on election day for the general election of 1958. The Republican registration lead dwindled over the same peri od from 1,544 in 1956, to 684 in 1958. The Democrats gained a lead of six registered voters on April 27, 1960, to lead the county in voter registra tions for the first time, as far as anyone can remember. This lead jumped to 184 on May 1, to 162 on May 23, to 186 on June 28, to 207 on July 26, to 314 on Aug. 24 and now to the current lead of 681 registered voters. From April 27 to Wednes day's current registration to tals, the Democrats have in creased their registration as follows: April 27, 15,960; May 1, 16,386; May 23, 18, 411; June 28, 18,451; July 26, 16,564; Aug. 24, 16,780; and finally 17,954. Porter's press release con tains highlights of the state ments he intended to make during his meeting with the board. Porter said press re leases are a means of commu nicating with the electorate and added that releases are "standard procedure" among all candidates. He noted that the release was dated so that it would not have gone to press until after the meeting. Board member Eaker said that 12 members of the board of directors were able to at tend a meeting "called on a few minutes notice," and their decision to disinvite Por ter was unanimous. Eaker, who identified him self as a Democrat, said the Rogue Basin project is impor tant to the entire valley, Its economy and future, and shotjjd be above politics be Register Deadline Oct. 8 For the same period the Republicans, also showed a steady growth, 15,954; 16,202; 16,249; 16,265; 16,357; 16,466; and finally 17,273. Those who have no't regis tered and who cannot do so at one of the regular registra tion locations, will be offered the opportunity to register by Young, Democrat and Repub lican organizations in the county. 4 -- Mobile Units The two organizations have mobile registration booths. The primary purpose of both is registration of voters no matter what political lean ings the person may have. The Republican sponsored booth will be at the corner of Main st. and Central ave. be tween 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in down town Medford. The Young Democrats, who have conducted an area reg istration campaign for the past three weeks, will station its mobile unit evenings at different locations. The unit will be at the B and B Auction yard on Jack sonville highway tonight, and at the Oregon Food Store, Ashland, and Tom Thumb Market at Four Corners on Table Rock rd. Saturday dur ing the day. Next week the Young Dem ocrats unit will be at Edwards and Beatty sts. Monday eve ning; at the Shell service sta tion in Jacksonville, Tuesday evening; at Tom Thumb mar ket, Wednesday evening; at the Red Barn Auction house in Phoenix Thursday evening; and at the B and B Auction yard next Friday evening. In addition, the unit will be in downtown Medford from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in front of Woolworth's Thursday, in front of Stewart and John sons Friday, and in front of the Western Thrift store Sat urday, Oct. 8. During the past three weeks, the Young Democrats have registered about 640 people, organization officials have announced. The mobile unit is being worked on a non-partisan basis, and the only sign on the booth Is one which reads "Voters Register Here." Place to Make His Stand on Rogue Basin cause It "affects everyone He said the association "had held a non-partisan viewpoint as strongly as it could, but the Interjection of (Porter's) .itrong political flavor in It did not set well," with the board. It was pointed out that the meeting with Porter was to have been a private one. Por ter said he did not know this and if he had, he probably would not have Issued the press release. Porter read his release to last night's audience at the outset of the meeting. The board objected to such state ments in Porter's release as: "If the Rogue River project Is ever to be built, it will have to be built with the help of the Democrats In Congress." Porter defended this state rr'it last night, calling the General Assembly Gets Resolution From 5 Leaders Proposal Follows 'Summit' Meeting United Nations, N.Y.-OIPD-Flve top neutralist countries today called upon President Eisenhower and Soviet Pre mier Niklta Khrushchev to resume their personal diplo macy with a conference. Premier Jawaharlal Nehru of India, President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic, President Su karno of Indonesia, President Tito of Yugoslavia and Presi dent Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana submitted for immedi ate General Assembly action a resolution asking the meet ing. The move resulted from a "neutralist summit confer ence" held Thursday night at the Yugoslav Embassy in New York. It followed an appeal earlier this week from Nasser for the two men to meet and discuss disarmament. Impasse Grows Worse The five neutralist leaders acted as the cold war impasse grew steadily worse. A two hour meeting Tuesday night between British Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan and Khrushchev ended in com plete deadlock. The situation was so serious that Macmillan decided to fly to Washington this week end for a conference with Eisen hower on the Soviet's rough house tactics in the United Nations and to coordinate al lied strategy for the fight ahead. There were rumors Eisen hower might make a third visit to New York during the U.N. session but there still was no indication he would meet with Khrushchev. They have not met since May when Khrushchev torpedoed the Paris summit conference. - Macmillan and Khrushchev were reported not to have discussed a possible Eisen hower - Khrushchev meeting. Eisenhower has opposed such a meeting until Russia meets certain conditions but Khrush chev has indicated he would accept a meeting. Arson Suspected In House Blaze Arson is the suspected cause of a fire that did minor dam age to an unoccupied house at 1511 North Riverside ave., last night. Police and the city fire mar shal started investigating the possibility of arson after a gasoline-soaked rag was found stuffed under the northwest corner of the house where the fire aparently started. Firemen had the blaze ex tinguished shortly after it was first reported at 7:28 p.m. Damage was confined to one door and a portion of a wall, they said. The unoccupied residence is owned by M. E. Morse, 45 Perrydale ave., and M, D. Singler, 1270 Ross lane. A witness told police that he observed a young man run out of the rear driveway of the residence and drive away in a car just prior to the time of the fire. Police later located a ve hicle, answering the descrip tion given by the witness, in downtown Medford. The own er of the car was contacted and he denied driving the ve hicle last night, A friend of the owner said he drove the vehicle but denied any knowl edce of the fire. The Investigation Is con tinuing, police said. Democrats "the party of (hy droelectric) power." He said that the five dams on which construction started In the northwest during President Eisenhower's a d snlnistration, were done "over the objec tions of the Republicans." The only dam which receiv ed the approval of the Re publican administration, Port er said, is the Green Peter dam, and this came in an "election year." He said: "The Democratic party Is the party that hat been promoting these projects and it is through the Demo cratic party that we're most likely to get construction funds," for the Rogue Basin project. Porter said, In effect, that the Rogue Basin project Is In politics, whether the board likes; 11 or not. Regional Edition Medford 22 Pages On Nixon for Appearance on TV Chicago-IIM-The Chicago Daily News said today Vice President Richard M, Nix on's aides have admitted they made up the presiden tial candidate for his tele vision debate with Sen. John F. Kennedy Monday night. In a copyrighted story Thursday, the newspaper said there had been "nu merous complaints" about Nixon's appearance on TV Monday night and an Inves tigation was under way to find out whether there might have been sabotage. But today the newspaper quoted Herbert Klein, Nix High Communist Court To Study Russ-China Tiff London - IUP1) - Comunist na tions have set up a high court of inquiry to examine the con flict between the Soviet Union and Communist China, Iron Curtain sources disclosed to day. The sources said Its findings may either mend or break completely the Ideological split between Peiping and the rest of the. Communist world. They said the investigating coinmlssion-a sort of Com munist world high court-Is comprised of top representa tives of the Red camp, ex cluding renegade Yugoslavia. The Moscow representative is no less than chief theoretic ian Mikhail Suslov, a member of . the Soviet Communist Party Presidium and one of the top Kremlin leaders. The court is to report its findings to a Communist sum mit meeting Nov. 7 in Mos cow and recommend whether the Moscow or Peiping policy line is to prevail. The outcome may be a com promise of some sort, but If the Moscow summit fails to reach a settlement the Red camp may formally agree to disagree, the sources said. This would be tantamount to an official Ideological break in the Communist world. Irrigation in MID Stops s; Lack of Water Irrigation of farm and or chard lands in the Medford Irrigation district terminated today, according to Jack Hoffbuhr, district manager. All usable water has been drawn from Four Mile and Fish lakes, he said, and stream flow is now at a min imum. WEATHER FOUKCAST: Fair through Sat urday. Little temperature change. Low tonight 48. IH(h Saturday 90. Temp. Highest Veiterday 92 Loweit Thii Morning 41 Our Skies Tonight Hiiniet today ,. 5:55 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... :0ft a.m. Moonsrt tomorrow 2:24 a.m. Full Moon (Harvest Moon) ;. Oct, 4 For the next 7 weeks the J Janet, Venus, lets a hit fur tier south on the horizon etch night, During . this period Venus Is also moving nearer Jupiter. Porter also came under fire last night for an alieged dis interest in the Rogue Basin project during the past year. Jess said that; the board, "had the feeling that you (Porter) are not interested In the Rogue Basin as an Imme diate project but more inter ested In Agate dam." Jess said that if the Agate dam proposal Is Introduced to Congress prior to the Rogue Basin bill, as is scheduled, then "you are faced with the prospect of getting just so much allocated to this small area." "It would be reasonable," Jess said, "for Congress to say: 'We have Just finished the Talent project; we have ap propriated fundi for Agate dam; now the Basin project should wait until Agate Is comiWcd'." MEDFORD, OREGON, on's press secretary, as say ing the trouble was televi sion and not make-up. "Mr. Nixon is in excel lent health and looks good in person," Klein said. He said Nixon used only a light dusting powder on his face Monday night. This does not require services of an expert, he said, and Nix on's staff handles It when necessary. Klein said Nixon's staff is checking lighting, "which is more pertinent," with an eye to making the vice president look more like himself on TV. Thursday's Daily News Chrushchev-Macmillan Talk Fails To Ease Deadlock New York -IUPII- A two-man summit meeting between Britain's Harold Macmillan and Niklta Khrushchev failed to case today the East-West deadlock, reinforcing Ameri can warnings the Soviet Pre mier's United Nations visit would be a "washout." Macmillan, calling at the Soviet legation Thursday night in a dismal drizzle, talked Dtnvtr IUPII Presidsnt Eiianhowor will e o n ( t r Sunday morning in Waih lliglon with Prim MinliUr Harold Macmillan and Au stralian PrcmUr Robert G. Mnioi. But th Whilt Houia said he still hat no plans to meet with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev deipile growing pressure for such a conference. with Khrushchev for two hours and 12 minutes. Neith er side gave an Inch. Khrushchev did not see the British prime minister out to his car, Macmillan emerged U.S. Closes Big Cuba Nickel Plant Washinglon-IIM-The United States aimed a new economic blow at Cuba today by clos ing Its $110 million Nlcaro nickel plant there and consid ering export controls like those on Russia and Red satel lites. The State Department an nounced Thursday night that the U.S. government - owned Nicaro plnnt In Orlente Prov ince would be closed down by Saturday because of what it termed "confiscatory taxes and harassment" by the Cas tro regime, The Cuban government had delivered an ultimatum after last Saturday no nickel could be shipped from the plant un less special taxes were paid. Thousands of tons of refined ore piled up because . the United States refused to pay the levy. Any Spies Caught in Cuba To Be Executed . Havana -ftlPD- Cuban Pre mier Fidel Castro warned to day that he will execute any "American spies or saboteurs" caught in Cuba. Porter hopes to introduce a bill to construct Agate dam In 1961 and the Rogue Basin project is not scheduled for presentation to Congress un til early 1962. The Agate dam would be located northeast of Medford on Dry creek and would be primarily for Irri gation purposes. Foil er emphatically denied any disinterest on his part in the Rogue Basin project. He said that he has done all he can on the project for the time being, and he has receiv ed assurances from the corps of engineers that work is pro ceeding as fast as possible. He defended his support of the Agate dam bill by saying: "The Agate bill is a good bill . . . why shouldn't I work for It?" James asked Porter If he thoeht the Agate dam bill Tribune FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, To Make said it wasn't certain who made up Nixon. Syd Simon, make-up art ist who was in the studio on a stand-by basis, said a man carrying a case walked Into the studio before the broadcast and maintained he was the make-up man. But Simon did not know his name, the Daily News said. "We all say a Democratic make-up artist made him up," the Dally News quoted John Hall, business agent of the Make-up and Hair Stylist Union's New York local. "They loused him up without a word. His face was taut. A British Foreign Office spokesman revealed the two men had made no progress on the three major problems they discussed - Berlin, disarma ment or the Russian call for dismissal of U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. "Each side- expressed its views and held to them," the spokesman said. American U.N. Ambassador James Wadsworth said earlier this week that unlo'ss Khrush chev showed some reasonable ness his vist would be useless Closed Area Will Remain Closed An area of forest land along both sides of the Butte Falls-Prospect road will re main closed during the deer hunting season. The area was closed to all persons Sept. 21 by a gover nor's proclamation, and will remain closed until Dec. 31. The closure was ordered be cause of the extreme fire danger brought about by dry weather and logging slash on the ground In the area. The southern boundary of the closed area Is about two miles north and cast of Butte Falls, and Includes about two townships. B. L. (Bud) Nutting, gen eral manager of Medford Corporation, which owns some property In the closed area, said its property In the area would remain closed. The closed area represents about 20 per cent of the Med co ownership in the area, he said. The rest of the Medco tree farm will be open to hunters. Hunters planning to go Into the general area may contact the state department of for estry for exact location of the closed area boundaries. ' No permits will be Issued for persons to hunt or for other recreation purposes in the closed area, according to Curtis Ncsheim, southwest district warden, state depart ment of forestry. Permits are being issued by the state for work, only, and those Issued working permits are not al lowed to hunt In the closed Project Clear would hurt the Rogue Basin project. Porter replied that It is his opinion and the opinion of the engineers, that "right now, we do not think It would hurt. If I thought It would hurt the big project, I would be against It. That's always been my stand on it," Porter said: "We (southern Oregon) have had lots of proj ects In the past and there is no reason why we can't have lots of them In the future-we need them." Concerning the Rogue Basin project, he said, "there hasn't been anything else that could have been done or should have been done." Jess disagreed with Porter and said: "You feel nothing more could have been done; we (the board) do not, and the fact that we feel this way ihowahere has been break 55th Year Price 10 Cents 1960 No, 166 - Up Job so badly that a Republican couldn't have done that job." CBS officials at Chicago said a CBS New York staff member, Frances Arvold, made up Nixon Monday night. She flenied even getting near the vice presi dent, the Daily News said. A CBS spokesman told the Daily News the network has received "numerous complaints," and "some peo ple have accused us of mak ing him up to look bad." CBS emphatically denied any partisan manipulation. Kennedy wore no make up for the broadcast. , and the sooner he went homo the better. At the Khrushchev-Macmll-lan meeting: -Agreement was reached on one thing. Khrushchev will repay Macmillan's visit early next week. Meantime they will think over their differ ences. -The question of President Elsenhower seeing Khrush chev was not discussed. -Macmillan will stay here longer than he originally in tended. He may see Elsenhow er again before he returns to London. Just before Macmillan ar rived at the Soviet headquar ters residence, Khrushchev came out under an umbrella and compared Macmillan with Neville Chamberlain, the World War II prime minister who has been blamed for ap peasing Hitler. Khrushchev said Macmillan was taking a similar role with German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. The Foreign Office spokes man was asked whether Mac millan was aware that Khru shchev had characterized him as a "Chamberlain." "I am not aware that Mr. Macmillan was aware, but In our country the Chamberlaips are very distinguished peo ple." (See picture on page 2) Train Stopped to Extinguish Fire Fire broke out In the rear boxcar of a freight train trav eling through Medford early this morning and the train was brought to a halt while city police and Southern Paci fic crews extinguished the blaze. The fire was noticed to ba burning in an empty boxcar, the last car on the train, at 2:05 a.m., and the train was brought to a halt at the inter section of Main at. and the railroad tracks. Two transients, who were seen jumping from the boxcar shortly after the fire broke out, were arrested by police on charges of vagrancy. They admitted being in the boxcar but denied any responsibility for the fire. Police said the fire appar ently started in a pile of wrap ping paper, .No estimate of damage to the boxcar wa.t given. down In communications." Jess added, "we felt we no longer had a good contact In Washington so we worked through our Senator." Porter said he was not aware that there was a break down In communications and said "If reelected I hope there will be a greater liaison on' the thing." He said he has answered every letter sent to him concerning the basin project. "" Porter read portions of a report on fie progress of the Rogue Basin project, prepared by his administrative assist ant and dated Sept. 15. The report pointed out that com pletlon of the Rogue Basin study was held up temporarily pending completion of tern perature and flow studies by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service. .. .