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Section A
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, I960
No. 179
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Coalition
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UMC Home Crusade
Will Start
Kickoff for the home cru
sade for the United Medford
Crusade will be at 9:30 a.m.,
Monday at the Red Cross
building, according to Mrs.
Margaret Rowan.-home cru
sade chairman;
Workers will meet at that
time in the Red Cross build
ing to receive their materials
and information about the
UMC agencies. Calls will (be
made Monday and the Cru
sade finished by Friday. Mrs.
Rowan added that'--one', of the
duties of the division; .this year,
will be to thank those people
who have donated already.
"The home crusade 'this
year will be thorough and fast
in line with the policies of
the general ' campaign'Tshe
said. '.-- :;
Assistant to Mrs. Rowan is
Mi's. R. B. Thierolf. Area col
onels are the Mesdames Alvin
FOOTBALL SCORES
COLLEGE
Oregon Technical Insti
tute 21. SOC 19
Oregon 21, Washington
State 12
Oregon State 28. Idaho 9
Southern Cal 27, Cal 10
Washington 10, UCLA 8
San Jose St. 34, Stanford
20
Wyoming 40, Colorado
St. 8
Auburn 9, Georgia Tech 7
Tennessee 20, Alabama 7
Georgia 20. Miss. St. 17
Michigan 14. Northwest
ern 7
Indiana 34. Marquette 8
Iowa 28. Wisconsin 21
Purdue 24, Ohio State 21
Michigan St. 21, Notre
Dame 0
Navy 35, Air Force 3
Oklahoma 13, Kansas 13
Arkansas 24, Texas 23
Maryland 19, Clemson 17
Minnesota 21, Illinois 10
Syracuse 21. Penn St. 15
Nebraska 14, Army 9
Yale 22. Cornell 6
Harvard 8, Columbia 7
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KL.. FDY PhOTISTS Democratic Presidential candi
dal J-.m F. Kennedy protested Friday when ponce tried
o haul away an unidentified admirer who wanted to shake
o-
Monday
Edwards, George Joyce, Paul
Haviland, Ralph McKay, Fred
Sears and Ray Gamier.
Area captains are the mes
dames Richard Pervorse, Rus
sell DeForest, Robert Walker,
A. E. Stoehr, Harold Hewlett,
George Brennen, Ronald Hall,
W. A. Scoville, Floyd Hart,
Robert Root, John Dellen
back, Thomas McFadden,
James Dunlevy, John Snider,
Robert Shepard, Netta Rector,
E. R. Hoppe, Audrey Roberts,
Frank Crews, Kenneth Pick
ens, Don Lawrence, Dwayne
Richardson, Richard Ketchum,
Lucille Lowman, Ward Lamp
din and'H. F. Griffiths.
Ted Kennedy Plans
SOC Speech Monday
Ashland - Political fervor
in the area is anticipated to
reach new heights when Ted
Kennedy, 25-year-old brother
of John Kennedy, United
States presidential candidate,
appears at a Democratic rally
in Ashland Monday, Oct. 17,
at 9 a.m. His topic will be:
"why students are interested
in the 1960 election."
The student sponsored rally
will be held in the Britt cen
ter ballroom on the Southern
Oregon college campus and
will have national publicity.
According to student chair
man, Bob Burrows, television
cameras will be used and the
film may be released in Port
land that night. A Life maga
zine photographer will be
with the Kennedy party.
Kennedy and his party will
arrive in Medford at 8:30 a.m.
and will depart later in the
morning for other Oregon
colleges and' Universities to
the north.
Portland - IUPI) - Lew Wal
lace, 71, two-time Democratic
nominee for Oregon governor,
died of a heart attack at 7
p.m. Friday night in his Port
land home.
IUE Local Votes
To End GE Strike
At Schenectady
Schenectady, N. Y. - (DPI) -
The executive board of Local
301 of the International Un
ion of Electrical Workers last
night recommended that its
9,500 members return to work
at the strikebound General
Electric plant here.
The move was foreshadow
ed yesterday when Leo Jan-
Bengfson Friends
Plan To Petition
For Court Appeal
Friends of O. H. Bengtson,
Medford attorney found guilty
of embezzlement, are circu
lating petitions and soliciting
money to have Bengtson s
case appealed to the Oregon
supreme court, it was learned
Friday.
"We realize the petitions
have no legal bearing, but
they will indicate public sen
timent," one of the petition
bearers said Friday. He re
fused to have his name men
tioned.. . ,
As of late Friday afternoon
15 persons had signed a peti
tion, he said. He did not know
how much money was col
lected. 1
The petition heading reads,
"We, the undersigned, hav
ing full faith in the innocence
of O. H. Bengtson; not with
standing the verdict of the
jury, rendered on the l!th
day of October, 1960, in the
case of the state of Oregon
versus O. H. Bengtson, do
hereby donate the amount of
money set opposite our re
spective names, for a fund
-.'i-W'JS- hA' ::
preme court.''.
.'. Wednesday, Bengtson was
found guilty' by unanimous
vote of a Jackson xounty cir
cuit court jury. Circuit Judge
Orval Millard, Grants Pass,
is expected to pronounce sen
tence Monday. Maximum oon-
alty for such a conviction is
10 years in the Oregon State
penitentiary.
Two Persons Killed
In Yosemile Storm
Yosemite National Park
Calif. - (UPD - Two persons
were crushed to death and
one was injured Saturday un
der falling trees as strong
winds whipped through famed
Yosemite vally.
Park rangers immediately
declared an emergency and
began moving people out of
campgrounds. They also warn
ed visitors at entrance stations
that wind conditions were ex
pected to make outings dan
gerous. Those killed were Kenneth
C. Miner, 19, Fresno, Calif.,
and Margaret Gnall, 41, Ro-
selle Park, N. J. They were
killed while sleeping about
6 a.m. when a heavy gust
buckled nearby trees.
hands during a Kennedy parade in Grands Rapids, Mich.
At Kennedy's insistence, she was later allowed to meet him.
dreau, business agent of the
local, walked out of a meeting
of the IUE's negotiating com
mittee in New York. He
charged that IUE President
James Carey was "showing a
complete disregard for the
facts" in the nationwide strike
against GE.
The walkout by 70,000 IUE
members in 55 of GE's 166
plants began Oct. 2.
The announcement by Lo
cal 301 last night said the
board had recommended that
the strikers return to their
jobs with the first shift Mon
day morning.
Earlier this week, the 301
membership voted at a mass
meeting to give the executive
board power to recommend
continuation of the strike, or
a return to work.
Firmly Convinced , ,
The board said it was "firm
ly convinced" that the imme
diate cause of the strike in
Schenectady has been tesolv
ed by the latest company of
fer. The company has offered
to continue all terms of the
old contract except a cost-of-living
escalator clause if the
union returned to work while
negotiations continued.
In New York, no negotia
tions are scheduled in the
strike until Monday. Federal
mediators said no progress
was made in a meeting Fri
day. Schenectady was one of sev
eral locals that originally
voted against the strike. The
local later voted to join the
strike, an action that was re'
versed last night. '
; , ''.By United Press International
,' Pittsfield Mass. President James. B. I Carey of the
International Union of Electrical Workers said last night
that Local 301 had violated the IUE constitution in recom
mending that 9.500 strikers return to work at the General
Electric Co. . )
Manila Typhoon Lola, leaving a toll of 32 persons
dead in the Philippines and more than 10 million dollars
worth of property damage, moved through the South China
sea and towards the Asian mainland Saturday.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Milwaukee Journal
and the Atlanta Constitution endorsed Sen. John F. Ken
nedy tot president Saturday and the New York Herald
Tribune put its support behind Vice President Richard
M. Nixon.
Algiers-Troops of the French Foreign Legion wiped
out a band of 172 rebels taking only 25 as prisoners
in the biggest single Algeria war clash of the past two
years, the army command announced Saturday.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. About 1,800 workers walked off
their jobs here today at an atomic plant that produces
Uranium 235, the principal explosive in nuclear devices.
Springfield, 111 Vice President Richard M. Nixon to
night called on Sen. John F. Kennedy to cease giving the
world a picture of an America seriously split over whether
to defend the Chinese Nationalist Islands of Quemoy and
Matsu.
Washington Sen. John F. Kennedy said tonight that
Vice President Richard M. Nixon has "now retreated to
the administration's view" that the Islands of Quemoy and
Matsu should be defended only as part of the defense of
Formosa and Pescadores.
UPI Teleplo) I
Merger Approved
For Rogue Valley
And Oregon Banks
Bank Established at
Eagle Point in 1911
Directors of the Rogue Val
ley State Bank of Medford
and The Oregon Bank, Port
land, have voted to merge the
two establishments.
The announcement was
made by Clarence H. Young,
president of the Rogue Valley
State Bank, and Charles F.
Adams, president of The Ore
gon Bank.
The Rogue Valley State
Bank was established in 1911
as the First State Bank of
Eagle Point. In December,
1954, it moved to Medford
and changed its name to the
present one. It has two branch
es, one on Court st. and the
other near the Medford Shop
ping Center.
The Oregon Bank, which
was formerly called the Port
land Trust Bank, has been in
business since 1887. It has
the oldest trust service west
of the Rockies.
Directors of both banks will
present the merger proposal
to their respective stockhold
ers for approval.
Approval is also necessary
from the superintendent of
banks for the state and the
board of governors of the
Federal Reserve System,
Washington, D. C.
If the merger is approved
no change of personnel in
either bank is planned, both
presidents stated.
Deposits in Rogue Valley
State Bank as of Oct. 3 to
taled $5,972,476.54, compared
to deposits totaling $5,355,-
242.92 on Oct. 6, 1959, Young
said. Loans and discounts Oct.
3 this year were $2,293,-
949.23, compared to $1,802,-
247.72 on Oct. 6, 1959.
21 Cuban Escapees
Seek Asylum in U.S.
,Key West, Fla. - IUPD -Twenty-one
Cuban men. in
cluding 15 escapees from Ha
vana's Morro Castle prison,
crossed the Florida straits in
a small motorboat Saturday
to seek political freedom in
the United States.
They ran out of fuel right
in the middle of a U. S. Navy
DomDing ana rocket range
near Marquesas Key, 60 miles
west of here.
The Coast Guard managed
to get a call through to the
Navy just in time to hall a
scheduled rocket firing prac
tice on the range. A Coast
Guard vessel then towed the
drifting refugees to safety.
WEATHER
KOflKCAST: Fitr tnrf viR
through Monday. High today
and Monday near 10. Low to
night nrar 1.
' Temp.
Hi eh rU Vetterday ...QL1
I.fiweit Thli .Morning ......?zik
Precipitation none.
Our Skies Tonight
Sun let today ...5:2lt p.m.
Sunrlie tomorrow 6:26 a.m.
Moonrhe tomorrow .. 3:22 a.m.
Thr Great tlquar of ppgaiu It
hleh In the touth at 9:39 p.m.
The hrlKhtrst liar of the square
li Alphralx In the uoner left-
Kjhand rorner; the upper rlfht-
'jiand star li Hrheat.
2 AMERICANS RECEIVE
CUBAN DEATH PENALTY
iMMm mmM n Invasion Try
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i PLANTS TREE President Eisenhower is commissioners. The tree was planted on the
shown throwing the first few shovelfuls' oi '.south grbunds.of the White :Hdusoi Part of
'dirt around the roots of a 20-foot red oak a crowd of some 5,700 persons, who were
tree -that was presented to him on his 70th admitted to the grounds to sec the ceremony,
birthday Friday by District of Columbia are shown looking on. (UPI Telephoto)
County To Study
Recreation Pad
For Willow Creek
The Jackson county court
was expected to take under
further advisement a contract
with the city of Medford for
county operation of the recre
ation area at the Willow creek
reservoir near Butte Falls.
Before taking any action
the county court wanted to
discuss the contract the pres
ent concessionaire at the lake
has with the city. It met with
Lloyd Morris, concessionaire
at the reservoir and also Fish
lake, this morning,
Morris told the court that
"it just isn't in the cards" to
pav more than 1 per cent, ne
said that is what he pays now
to the Forest Service at Fish
lake. He said he couldn't af
ford to pay 8 to 10 per cent
of his Eross receipts. How
ever, City-County Recreation
and Parks Director Kooert
Haworth said this morning
the National Park Service re
ceives from 2'j to 20 per cent
of gross receipts for con
cession leases under their
jurisdiction.
Medford Water Supt. Robert
Lee told the court any ar
rangements made with Morris
was up to the county. County
Judge Earl Miller said the
court would consider Morris's
suggestion that the county
take over existing facilities,
add others and lease them to
him.
Willow creek reservoir
Could be an even better recre
ation area than what the
county now has, he said. A
golf course could be built
near it, sailboats could be
used on the reservoir and a
road built around it would
provide more area. Morris
opposed, and the county court
agreed, that not more than
one concessionaire h o u 1 d
operate there, and that water
skiing should be prohibited.
Sports Bulletin
Klamath Falls - Oregon
Technical Institute touch
downed with 4'i minutes
remaining here last night
to nose out the Soulhwn
Oregon college team 2lVo
e3bwls are n un
Jbeaten leaders of the Ore
)n Cojftaisle conference. I
,
Drainage Problems
Will Be Discussed
District Attorney Thomas
J. Recder said Friday, he will
confer with a representative
of the area south and west
of Medford before taking
steps -to prosecute those peo
ple with illegal septic tanks
and drain fields.
Reeder said he also plans
to confer with Medford Irri
gation district officials. Septic
tank effluent this summer was
found draining into the MID
system canals and latrals.
The district attorney said
11 people found in violation
have responded to letters sent
by his office by making im
provents. Sheriff's deputies
found that 23 had not. A few
of the violators listed live in
other districts. Main problem,
however, seems to be in the
area southwest of Medford.
"I intend to have a confer
ence with Wally Brill, chair
man of a citizens' committee,
to ascertain whether his com
mittee has made substantial
progress in seeking a solution
to the sewage problem in the
area," Recder said. "Most of
the violators seem to live on
Lozicr lane."
"I anticipate that I'm going
to confer with MID officials
and will advise them that they
may sign complaints against
those who have done nothing
to correct the problem," Reed
er said.
A spokesman for the irriga
tion district personnel refuse
to clean out ditches contain
ing effluent. "It's been so bad
W2 havo even found toilet
paper with raw excrement,"
the spokesman said."
Local health officials have
been worried also about the
possible spread of disease
epidemics'.
On Sept. 11, Recder an
nounced that he had called
for 0relimlnary investigations
which might lead to I if pros
ecution of residents whose
septic tanks drain into the
irrigation system. He said then
that over 90 days ago he had
issued warnings.
This summer a committee
hcadod by Brill was formed
to conduct an opinion poll ofekin increase in basic school
the area. Six petitions favoiS'support of about $10 million
ing annexation of the area to just because there are more
r . . - J
Medford were turned Into the
Medford administration Sept.
12. Th,e petitions were under
stood to contain signatures of
several hundred persons liv
ing in the Ross and Lozier
lane areas.
Brill said almost all of the
signatures were drawn from
the area Immediately adjacent
to west Medford and east of
diver lane.
Petitions bearing the signa
tures of 244 persons opposing
annexation of the area were
turned over to the city earlier
in September. However, not
all of the opposing signatures
were of residents of the af
fected area. Some were from
other areas, It was noted.
Duncan Cautions Against
Possibility of
The report of the state's
financial condition filed by
the department of finance
makes excellent pre-election
reading," Robert Duncan,
Democratic candidate seeking
reelection as state represent
ative, said Saturday, "but I
would caution against becom
ing jubilant over any possi
bility of state tax cuts."
-. All of the figures are esti
mates and are subject to re
vision between now and the
end of the two year period,
he said. .,..,-
"There is nothing ' unusual
about expenditures running
about $3 million below t h e
budget. In the 1949-51 bien
nium reversion was almost $5
million and it ran over $3
million in each biennium
since," Duncan said.
"There may have some
economics which I applaud,"
he said, "but it is impossible
to budget to the dollar 2Vi
years before the budget pe
riod ends.
"I have no doubt that the
governor's requesledjbudgct
will be substantially larger
than the present one. Infla
tion can account for a con
servative 4 per cent or at least
$12.5 million. There is a built
Court Turns Down
Last-Minute Appeal
Havana - (UPI) - Two Ameri
cans were sentenced to death
by firing squad last night by
Cuban military court on
charges of taking part in an
invasion of Cuba. The execu
tion was set for early morn
ing. An appeals court quickly
approved the trial court sen
tence and set the execution
for 4:30 a.m. EDT at the San
Juan Valley, where another
American was executed by a
Castro firing squad Thursday,
Allen Dale Thompson, 36",
of Queen City,' Tex., and
Moonngsport, La., and Robert
Otis Fuller, 25, of Miami,
were convicted of taking part
in last week's invasion of
Oriente Province.
They were the second and
third Americans to receive
the death-sentence in a Cas
tro court in the past week. ; .
Part of Force
Premier, Fidel Castro's stale
prosecutor charged that the
two men were part of the
same 27-man. invasion force
that included Anthony Zar
ba, , 28-year-old , Somervllle.
Mass;, .man 'who became the
first American executed by .
me Castro regime last Thurs
day. ' v " ft ;
Two Cubans who faced the,,, ,s
same court. at Santiago wUh,..tf
Fuller and Thompson escaped ' ,
the death; sentence and were .
given terms of 30 years in C
prison. i ,.. . ' ' ,
The mother o Cuban-born'
Fuller was in the courtroom
when sentence was passed. S
U.S. embassy observer lso--''
were present. !.-'..'
In the case of Zarbe, the
Cuban government Ignored
appeals by the U.S. embassy
for a stay(of execution.
.The Americans' defense at
torney,: who once defended
Castro Un the early days of
his revolution, pleaded with
the court that neither of hli
clients had hurt anyone in
Cuba because they had not
fired their weapons. -Refused
to Testify
Thompson refused, to testi
fy. , Fuller took the witness
stand during the three -hour,
trial and said he believed
Thompson had . been "de
ceived" by Cubans in the in
vasion force.
He said he believed Thomp
son, whom he described as a
Florida fisherman, was not
aware he was landing the
group in a foreign country. :
Fuller spoke Spanish and
described himself as a Cuban,;
although he was born of
American parents and spent -most
of his adult life in the
United States.
Tax Cuts
students. This is without
granting an Increase in the
amount allowed per child,"
the speaker of the house said.
The interim education com
mittee will recommend an in
crease in basic school support
per child, Duncan pointed out.
The governor has never taken
a stand on increased basis
school support so nobody
knows what he will recom-.
mend, he said.
"Assuming a satisfactory
distribution - formula, however,-
an Increase is in order,'
Duncan noted. How much re
lief real property taxpayer
can expect will depend on to
what extent this is done. Re
lieving this burden on real
property will mean switching
the burden elsewhere, he not
ed. "It will not be possible for
the governor to do this and
reduce state income taxes,
too," Duncan said.
"There are some state pro
grams that I have and will
work to reduce," Duncsn em
phasized. "There are others
which the state must expand.
I wonder what the governor
plans to do about the backlog
of about 120 mentally retard
ed patients who need care,
and the need for outpatient
facilities for the mentally ill
to which he is committed, plui
other needs in state govern
ment." . -
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