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DAMAGED HOME Workmen at Crater Lake National
Park start removing a tree which was blown across the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carlisle about 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
The house was extensively damaged, but the Carlisles es
UN Refuses Demand
To Surrender Lumumba
Law Stipulates
Parliament Must
Lift Immunity
Leopold ville, The Congo -(UPD
The United Nations re
fused today to hand over de
posed Premier Patrice Lu
mumba to Congolese Army
Chief of Staff Col. Joseph
Mobutu. .
In a formal statement, the
UN said the Congolese funda
mental law stipulates that
deputies cannot be arrested
unless their parliamentary
immunity is lifted by Parlia
ment. Protection of UN Guard
The statement pointed out
that the principal "political
dignitaries of the central Con
golese government have long
enjoyed the protection of a
United Nations guard."
"As a neutral in the inter
nal political crises, the United
Nations cannot change the
orders of the guard to facili
tate the serving of a warrant
of arrest," the UN statement
added.
The deadline of 3 p m. fixed
by Mobutu passed without the
Congolese army taking any
action.
Troop Movement Reported
However, it was reported
that an armed squadron of
Congolese army troops was en
route from Thysville on Mo
butu's orders.
The United Nations put
more than 100 well-armed
Ghanaian troops into a palm
grove near Lumumba's resi
dence this morning. But it
evidently decided they could
provoke trouble and with
drew them after Mobutu or
dered armored cars into posi
tion facing the UN force.
BULLETIN
Point Arguello, Calif. -(ITU
- The United Stales to
day launched the first
SAMOS "sky spy" satellite
designed eventually to re
place the U2 spy plane.
Appling Says
'Stalling on Issues'
Portland-(UPi) - Republican
secretary of State Howell Ap
jling Jr. today charged his
Democratic opponent, Mon
! -oe Sweetland, with "stalling
in the issues of this cam
aign" and demanded that
Sweetland "answer some im
ortant questions for the peo
lle of Oregon about your rec
! rd."
Addressing the Northwest
ortland Kiwanians, Appling
aid Sweetland should account
o the voters fosJl.) Opposing
t "badly-needeS' 18 per cent
ax cut in 1957, (2.) Fighting
cgislation now protecting the
": i
Politicians Differ
On Meaning Behind
Employment Figure
.Washington - (UPD - Which
way do the new 1 job figures
Doint? x.
Democrats and some Inde
pendent economists are afraid
that if a recession is coming
this winter, the figures spell
serious trouble in thp form of
heavy unemployment.
Republicans stress the rec
ord number of people with
jobs. This shows, according to
a government expert, that a
business recession is not oc
curring. The situation is somewhat
confused because employment
is good but unemployment
also is high.
The latest figures, released
1,357 Students Are
Enrolled at SOC
Ashland Incomplete reg
istration figures for the fall
term enrollment at Southern
Oregon college reveal that a
total of 1,357 students had
enrolled through Saturday,
Oct. 8. This is an increase of
more than 9 pel cent over
the comparable enrollment
figure for the preceding year
of 1.240.
Mrs. Mabel W. Winston,
registrar, stressed the incom
pleteness of the total, saying
that a number of students
were not as yet officially en
rolled because of the failure
of record transcripts to arrive,
illness, or other reasons.
Of the 1,357 reported, 787
were men and 570 were wom
en students, Mrs. Winston
said.
Alan Missing as Barge
Explodes at Dalles
The Dalles - (UPII - One man
was missing and feared drown
ed and another was injured
seriously today in an explo
sion aboard a big barge here.
Ward Warren, about 40, a
welder, was injured seriously,
and Ed Coburn, 54, who also
was working on the barge, was
missing and feared drowned.
Sweetland
people against a state proper
ty tax increase, (3.) Opposing
twice a law under which the
state now gets more than $27,
000 a month in defrauded wel
fare payments, and (4.) Voting
to boost taxes by nine per
cent this year "when the fact
is that the sound management
of this administration has
helped to build up surplus of
otf S30 million more than
it needs."
Taxes can be held down,
Appling said, "but not if we
permit big spenders with no
management experience to
take over the reins of government."
caped without injury. After the tree damaged the home,
the Carlisles and other residents of the park took refuge
in the maintenance building until the storm subsided about
3'2 hours later.
by the Labor Department
Monday, show September en
ployment at 67.8 million - s
record for the month. But
there were 3.4 million persons
unemployed - or 5.7 per cent
of the labor force.
This is the second highest
jobless rate of the year, below
only August's 5.9- per cent.
The rate has been above 5
per cent in every month but
two this year. This is high
for a non-recession year. In
the three years before the
1958 recession, unemployment
averaged 4.3 per cent. It did
not hit 5.7 per cent until the
1958 recession was five
months old.
Problem Acknowledged
The administration has ac
knowledged that unemploy
ment is high enough to be a
problem. But some officials
have argued that it is a special
kind of problem and not
symptomatic of a general
weakening of business.
These officials contend that
that the unemployed consist
heavily of young people, who
always have more trouble
finding jobs, and unskilled
workers who are out of work
for technological reasons.
In this category are factory
production workers who have
been displaced by automa
tion, and coal miners.
Hunter Mistaken
For Deer, Shot
An Eagle Point hunter mis
took another hunter for a
deer yesterday afternoon and
wounded him in the arm, state
police said.
The victim, Charles Eugene
Taylor, 26, Fairchild Air
Force base, Spokane, Wash.,
was reported in fair condition
at Rogue Valley hospital this
morning. The bullet entered
just below the right elbow
and came out just above the
elbow. He was taken to the
hospital by Medford Ambu
lance Service, state police
said.
Lassedor Nelson, 52, Eagle
foint, told state police the ac
cident occurred one mile
northeast of the Butte Falls
junction. He said he saw what
he thought was a deer and
mistook the rifle Taylor was
carrying as one point of a
horn. Te said he fired as the
object.
Vofer Pamphlets To
Be Mailed This Week
Sa!cm-(UPD-Mailing of the
November election Voter's
Pamphlet to rcgisted voters
will begin this week, Secre
tary of State Howell Appling
Jr. said today.
The distribution is expected
to be finished before . 23.
Appling said 880. 000 pam
phlets are being printed, using
88 tons rgpaper.
I r
National Park
Homes Damaged
By Freakish Wind
Repair work has started on
residences at Crater Lake Na
tional park damaged in a lo
calized, freakish wind storm
about 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
The storm lasted about 314
hours, and felled some 40 to
50 trees, some ranging in size
up to five feet in diameter, in
the three residential areas at
park headquarters.
Park Superintendent Otto
Brown estimated damage to
the residences was about sz
000. Repair work started im
mediately because of the
threat of snow at any time at
the park. The cost of remov
ing the trees from the areas
was not estimated.
One tree extensively dam
aged the house of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Carlisle, who were
in it at the time. They, and
seven other park residents,
moved to the reinforced con
crete maintenance shop build
ings some 300 yards from the
homes, where they stayed un
til the storm had subsided.
Besides the Fred Carlisles,
others moving into the main
tenance shop were Mr. and
Mrs. James Carlisle, Mr. and
Mrs. George Woodley, Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Hartell, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Norris, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Gerald and
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Truelode
and their three children.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Varnum
did not move to the tempo
rary refuge, Brown said, be
cause one member of the fam
ily was ill.
After the residents had
evacuated their homes, the
residence of Hartell sustain
ed a crushed back porch from
a tree which also tore off the
eaves and broke the water
pipe of the adjoining Harold
Norris home.
In addition to the trees in
the Sleepy Hollow residen
tial area, some 11 large trees
fell in the new William Steel
circle residential area. No
damage was reported to resi
dences there.
Other trees fell in the up
per residential area, some
narrowly missing the chief
ranger's house.
Brown said no one was in
jured in the freakish storm,
and estimated wind about 75
miles per hour to fell the size
trees it did
He said the storm probably
originated from winds which
whipped into the residential
areas located in a canyon sid
ed by steep slopes on both
sides. There were no other
locations in the park where
felled trees have been noticed,
he said.
Frazier Listed in
Fair Condition
Joe R. Frazier, 25, of 7C4
West McAndrews rd.. was re
ported in fair condition this
morning at Rogue Valley hos
pital suffering rom injuries
rer-oiveH in an automobile acJ
cident Sunday evening.
The driver of the vehicle
John Lyle Thatcher, 23, of
1100 East Main St., was ex
amined and released by the
hospital, it was reported.
A story in the Mail Tribune
Monday had listed Thatcher
as hospitalized.
I
Bank Officer First
To Take Stand in
Trial of Bengfson
Opening Statements
Given This Morning
Peter Ruef, operations offi
cer for the First National
Bank of Oregon here, was the
first witness to testify this
morning in the circuit court
case involving embezzlement
charges against O. H. Bengt
son. Ruef testified as a state's
witness on bank statements
presented as evidence in the
case.
Stipulations were entered
into by attorneys from the
district attorney's office and
lawyers representing Bengt
son as to evidence to be pre
sented. This is expected to
shorten the time taken for
arguments. It means that the
attorneys agree on certain
points concerning the evi
dence. Deputy District Attorney
Gerald Scannell, in his open
ing statement this morning,
advised the jury to "keep
your eyes on the ball," the
date, Oct. 21, 1959, and the
amount $3,701.14. This is the
amount with which Bengtson
is charged with embezzling
from the Medford Escrow
company Oct. 21, 1959, while
an officer of the company.
Withdraws Money
Scannell said Bengtson had
withdrawn money from two
personal accounts but needed
$3,701.14 to settle a claim of
$5,000. This he alleged was
settled on Oct. 21, 1959.
Scannell said he would
show evidence of Bcngtson's
financial condition, show in
tent, show the date of all
transactions and show that an
application had been made for
a cashier's check to be drawn
on the $3,701.14 in question.
Richard R. Carney. Port
land lawyer, noted that his
client, Bengtson, has been a
lawyer in Medford "for close
to 30 years." He had been a
manager of the Jackson Coun
ty Savings and' Loan associa
tion for a long time.
The Medford Escrow corn-
pany . was founded when he
was manager pf the savings
and-loan" Carney safd., When
Bengtson left the company,
he took the escrow company
with rum,
Mrs. Rachel Peterson Car
ter, Jacksonville, secretary of
the Escrow company, soon
took over all of the escrow
company operation, Carney
said. All checks were signed
by her with the exception of
a few personal checks from
Bengtson, he alleged.
Takes Over Company
Mrs. Carter took over the
escrow company operation
since Bengtson was busy with
his law practice, Carney ex
plained. Mrs. Carter later be
came company president, and
has received $2,600 interest
on her investments in the
company, he added.
Bengtson,, in effect, borrow
ed $3,600 from a local woman
who had left the money in the
escrow company to be invest
ed, the attorney explained.
Mrs. Carter set up a loan ac
count with an interest rate I
and made a payment on the
loan to the woman. Bengtson
was also going to put up a
mortgage, the attorney al
leged. This was simply a debtor
creditor relationship. No at
tempts were made to cover up
the transaction. There was no
embezzlement, Carney empha
sized. Candidates to
Debate Issues
Ashland Robert Dun
can, Democratic candidate for
reelection for state repre
sentative, and Republican can
diatc John Dcllcnback will
debate controversial election
issues in Ashland Wednesday
night.
Te debate is being sponsor
ed by the American Associa
tion of University Women. H
will be held in Britt ballroom
on the Southern Oregon col
lege campus at 8 p.m.
Each candidate will clarify
his position regarding O and
C timber funds, income and
sales taxes and othfr issues
of special interest to voters
of Jackson county.
Following the opSiing state
ments by the candidates, a
question and answer period
will be held. Archie C. Fries,
Jr., will act as moderator.
FIRST NEGRO LAWYER
Portland - (UPD - Mrs. Mer
cedes F. Deiz today became
the first practicing woman Ne-
gro attorney in Oregon when
she took the counsel table in
the court of Circuit Judge
Lyle Wolff. Mrs. Deiz recent
ly completed legal studies at
the Northwestern College of
Law here and was admitted
to the bar.
May Expand Nuclear Arms Glut
Washington - (UPU - Sen. Al
bert Gore (D-Tenn.) said today
"A tremendously important
development" in methods of
producing atomic explosives
and fuels may bring 20 or
more nations into the nuclear
arms club in the next four
years.
- Other atomic sources said
it was even conceivable that
a small country like Cuba in
time could use the new meth
od to put together a crude
nuclear weapon at a cost of
not much more than $50 mil
lion. They added, however,
that Cuba would have to en
list the help of Soviet or pos
sibly Red Chinese technic
ians. Atomic Energy Commission
experts discounted the likeli
hood of any immediate in-
Regional Edition
Medford
18 Pages
Sailor
hip Asks Asylum in U.S.
Hatfield's
On Boardman Trade
Denied by
Heppner, Ore. - (UPD - Rep.
Al Ullman (D-Ore.) denied to
day that an amendment of his
to legislation providing for
exchange of land for the
Boardman Bombing Range
jeopardized the measure.
Ullman said Gov. Mark
Hatfield in Pendleton last
Saturday said that the Ullman
amendment to the exchange
amendment to the exchange
legislation was "headed off
and "jeopardized" the legisla
tion.
"The governor has demon
strated flagrant irresponsibil
ity by making the Boardman
exenange a political iootoaii,
Ullman said.
The 2nd district congress-
School Field Work
To Start in Ashland
Ashland - A low bid of
$12,176 for grading and ex
cavating playgrounds and ath
letic fields of the new junior
high school was accepted by
the Ashland board of educa
tion Monday night.
The bid was submitted by
Bostick and James, Medford.
The contract calls for grading
and excavating a physical edu
cation class area, plus football
and baseball fields. About 10
acres of land adjacent to the
school will be improved.
Stanley Jobe, superinten
dent of schools, said work will
start immediately.
Hornbrook Man
Killed in Crash
Yreka-AIfred Amos Albers,
36, Hornbrook, was killed,
and John William Jerry, Ft.
Jones, was injured late Sun
day when the car in which
they were riding went off the
Ft. Jones rd.
California Highway patrol
men said the car rolled over
several times. Both men were
thrown from the car, which
Albers was driving.
Police said the car was ap
parently traveling at an ex
cessive speed. There were no
skidmarks on the pavement,
they said, but there were
marks and debris in the dirt
along the south side of the
mountain road for about 235
feet.
Patrolmen said Albers died
almost immediately, and Jerry
was taken to Siskiyou Gen
eral hospital here.
37,211 Registered
To Vote in County
Jackson county voter regis
tration has hit an all-time
high of 37,211, according to
an official count made by the
elections department here.
This includes only part of
Saturday's late registration,
election department officials
said. This is the highest num
ber of voter registrations ever
recorded in Jackson county.
It gives the Democrats a lead
of 894. The final official vote
tabulation is expected Thurs
day. Of the total, Democrats
number 18,594, and the Re
publicans 17,700.
A
crease In the number of na
tions able to make nuclear
materials in large quantities.
They said the new system
still is in the research and
development stage and that it
will be some time before its
effectiveness is known.
But according to Gore and
others, it is at least far enough
along to raise the threat of
being a tremendous complica
tion in international negoti
ations for control of atomic
weapons.
The development cited by
Gore is the revival in West
Germany of the gas centrifuge
method of separating explo
sive uranium-235 from the far
more plentiful inert uranium
238 with which it is mixed
in nature.
Theoretically, at least, the
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER U, 1960
From Khrushchev's
Remarks
Ullman
man said "The fact is that my
amendment passed unani
mously in Congress. As a
matter of fact, without the
amendment; the legislation
would have failed."
The legislation enabled
Oregon to trade land in Lake
county for the 96,000 -acre
Boardman range which the
state; wants to develop as a
space-age industrial park.
Ullman said he took part in
both meetings that brought
the' governor s representa
tives, the Defense Department
and the Navy together. "Since
December, 1858, I have been
working almost continually on
this problem. .
Safeguards Included
The safeguards for the peo
ple of Oregon that were adopt
ed in the final action, includ
ing the public domain of the
land, were included al my in
sistence."
Ullman also said he inter
vened to delay the proposed
permanent transfer of the
bombing range from the Air
Force to the Navy early in
1959, before Hatfield had ex
pressed an interest In the land
exchange, "The first official
recognition of the Boardman
range's 1 n dustrial potential
came in August, 1959," Ull
man said.
U. S. May Quit UN
f China Admitted
United Nations, N.Y.-IUPD-
The United States warned to
day it might withdraw from
the United Nations if a war
like Red China were admit
ted. The United States also
rejected Premier Nikita
Khrushchev's call for an
emergency session of the
General Assembly to discuss
disarmament.
U. S. Ambassador James J.
Wadsworth told the assembly
the United States was "pre
pared to go back to the nego
tiating table today" but did
not want to turn dlsarma
m e n t negotiations into a
"table thumping, disarma
ment spectablc."
Wadsworth followed Khru
shchev to the rostrum after
the Soviet leader had pro
posed a special summit con
ference early next year in
Europe to discuss disarma
ment. BODY IDENTIFIED
Portland-IUPI)-A man whose
body was recovered from the
Columbia River near Trout
dale Monday has been identi
fied by the Multnomah Coun
ty Coroner's office here as
Charles Augustus Miller, 88,
a county farm resident who
had been missing since Sept.
14,
WEATHER
FORKCAKT: Cloudy with fciit
tprofl hotQ-r tonight and
Wednesday, Low tonight 40.
JUrh tomorrow $2.
Temp.
Ilteriest Yeitrrday 87
Lowest Thli Mornlnf 37
Our Skies Tonight
timet today 3:36 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 6:21 a.m.
The Moon rtiei 10:3ft p.m.
tonight and forms a triangle
with the planet, Mart, and the
star, Alhena In the constella
tion Gemini. Mart li t tlmei
ai bright a Alhena.
Latt Quarter Oct. 1Z
gas centrifuge system devel
oped in West Germany would
cost millions instead of bil
lions. It has not been estab
lished, however, that it could
produce U-235 as cheaply in
operation as the U.S. method
does.
Cheaper Per Kilogram
"We can produce U-235
cheaper per kilogram than
even the most optimistic esti
mates for the centrifuge," one
AEC spokesman said.
The reason that the gas
centrifuge is emerging again
is that the postwar period
has seen development of ma
terials with extremely high
tensile strength which were
not available when this coun
try was pioneering with the
atom.
Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-
Tribune
3t
. VICTOR JAANIMETS- -.
Goes Ashore for Good
LMC Campaign To
Wind lip Oct. 27
The United Medford Cru
sade campaign will, officially
end Thursday, Oct. 27, Hal
Gardner, chairman, announced
at the Monday report
luncheon.
Following next Monday's
luncheon, he said, the Over
the Top" committee headed
by Jerry Gastinc .u, president
of the Rogue Valley Life Un
derwriters association, will
give- special attention to re
port material not turned in.
The association Is sponsoring
the "Over the Top commit
tee. The Home Crusade, under
direction of Mrs. James Row
an and Mrs. R. B. Thleroff,
will start next Monday,
Bids Called for
Freeway Projects
The Oregon State Highway
commission will open bids
for work along the Highway
99 Freeway north of Medford
at 9 a.m. Nov. 3.
Bids have been called for
29 miles of grading and
78 miles of paving, erection
of nine structures and sign
ing on the Scvcn-Oaks-Jack-
son st. section of the freeway.
Many of the structures
from the Seven Oaks junction
southward have been com
pleted, or started. Grading
as been completed to near
the freeway's junction with
Table Rock rd.
Washington -(UPD- The Agri
culture Department has esti
mated the 1060 corn crop at
4,258,511,000 bushels.
Pauling Again Refuses
To Disclose Petitioners
Washington -(UPD- Dr. Linus
Pauling again refused today
to tell the Senate Internal se
curity subcommittee who col
lected signatures of scientists
in SO natioiis to a petition call
ing for a ban on nuclear weap
ons tests.
Reprisals Feared
Pauling, Nobel Prize win
ning chemist, told the subcom
mittee he would not reveal the
names for fear "reprisals will
be visited on them by this
subcommittee."
Pauling was subpoenaed to
appear before the Senate
group, headed by Acting
Chairman Sen, Thomas J.
Dodd, (D-Conn). and to bring
certain records with. him. Us
Mass.), the Democratic candi
date for president, referred
to the gas centrifuge in his
recent statement on the East
West atomic test ban negoti
ations. He said an agreement
is extremely important be
cause "new advances in tech-,
nology have brought atomic
weapons within reach of sev
eral additional nations."
Kennedy Adviser
Gore, a member of the
House-Senate Atomic Energy
Committee, is one of Ken
nedy's campaign advisers. He
said "it is possible, if not
probable, that within the ten
ure of the next president of
the United States the capabil
ity of producing nuclear
weapons will be within the
reach of as many as 20 or
more nations."
55th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 175
Seaman Quoted
As 'Having Fill'
Of Soviet Premier
New York - IDP1) - A seaman
from Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev's liner Baltika
who sought asylum in the
United States today" said
"practically everybody" In his
native Estonia wants to flea
to the West.
Victor Jaanimets was being
questioned, by U.S. immlgra-
lion authorities about his plea
tor asylum following his dra
matic escape from fellow
Baltika crewmen while on a
shorelcave shopping tour.
Fill of Khrushchev
"I've had my fill of Khrush
chev," the New York Journal
American quoted the stocky,
blond seaman as saying. "He's
a tyrant - another Hitler,"
Jaanimets told officials of
the International Rescue Com
mittee he would do "any
thing" to stay in the United
States. ' .. "
Protected From Russians
Immigration officials kept
Jaanimets under wraps and
said the Russians would not
be allowed to see him if they
tried. So far, the Russians
have not acknowledged Jaani
mets' escape.
In Washington, the Justice
Department said immigration
officials would keep Jaani
mets in custody for five to '
ten days to complete their in
vestigation before ruling on
his plea for asylum.
"There are others on the
ship who will try to get away
now that I have escaped," the
Journal American quoted
Jaanimets as saying. "Half the
crew would walk off right
now if they could."
'Russians Told Lies'
The Baltika arrived here
three weeks ago with Khrush
chev and Iron Curtain leaders
aboard for the General Assem
bly of the United Nations. It
has been docked at an East
river pier under heavy police
guard. .
"I have been In America
only a short time but I have
seen enough to know that all
the bad things said about your
country in the Soviet Union"
are propaganda," the Journal
American said Jaanimets said.
"The Russian people are told
nothing but lies, lies, lies ..."
Salem-(UPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field today came out for meas
ure No. 4 on the November
ballot, permitting prosecution .
for a crime by information
signed by a district attorney
as an alternative to a grand
jury indictment.
told a news conference Mon
day he would refuse to ap
pear but later changed his
mind.
The scientist supplied the
subcommittee with three
bound volumes of petitions
carrying the signatures o ( '
11,-021 scientists from 50
countries. The petitions, in
cluding names of Soviet sci
entists, were presented to the
United Nations in 1958.
List Provided
He handed over a list of
1,200 names of those he con
tacted forhelp in collecting
signatures, but refused to dis
close which ones actually did
the work.