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Ill n n n nn jl ILU Is Lrb mm Candidates' . (Editor'i note: These ire menti by candidates for congress from the fourth district, state legislature candidates, and candidates for county of I ficials. Statements are either from the candidate personal : ly. or a representative of the candidate with the candi date's approval. (Space for the statements has been offered by Mail Tribune following a long-standing policy of the paper. - (Today's statements are from Mrs. Evelyn Nye. Re publican who is seeking reelection as state representative, and John L. Gregory, Democratic candidate for state rep resentative from Jackson county. (There are four candidates for state representative from Jackson county. Two will be elected at the general elec tion Nov. 8.) MRS. EVELYN NYE My decision to run for a second term in the state legis lature was based first on my conviction that Jackson coun ty's best interests are served only when our representa tives are independent and free from political pressures. Second, I felt an obligation to follow through on the work I have been doing for the past IS months on the interim education committee by work ing for legislative approval of a sound educational program. My voting record on key issues in the last session of the legislature proves that I have not sought personal po litical advantage and that I ( Continued on page 11) ' Affidavits Allege Prejudice oh Part Of Juror iri "Trial Two affidavits alleging prejudice on the part of a woman juror have been filed In Jackson county circuit court as a new development in the O. H. Bengtson embez zlement case. The affidavits were filed as part of a motion for a new trial for the Medford lawyer, who was sentenced yesterday afternoon to three years in the Oregon Correctional Institu tion by Circuit Judge Orval Millard, Grants Pass. Mean while, Bengtson is out on $3,000 bail. The two affidavits were signed by Claire Bringle and Gladys Rammin, members of Anti-Catholic Literature Found Several pieces of anti Catholic literature, including the false and libelous Knights of Columbus oath, have been turned over to Medford police recently by persons who said they found the leaflets on their cars. Chief of Police Charles P. Champlin cautions that the placing of this type of liter ature on cars is construed to be a violation of a city ordi nance prohibiting the placing of handbills on vehicles. A person convicted of vio lating the city's handbill or dinance can receive a penalty of 50 days in jail and a $100 fine, Champlin said. Salem Registration Establishes Record Salem-IUPD-Saiem has set a record for voter registration with 21,059, according to the Marion county clerk. The Republicans lead in the city 12,741 to 8,022 for the Democrats. Newport, Ore. - IUPD - Voter registration in Lincoln coun ty for the Nov. 8 election shows the Democrats leading with 7,092 against 5,317 for the Republicans. Kennedy Says U.S. Strength Slipped; Nixon Hammers at Democrat Platform Miami Beach, Fla. - (UPD -Sen. John F. Kennedy said today that the "harsh fact" is that American strength by comparison with that of So viet Russia has slipped during the Republican administra tion. The Democratic presidential candidate told the national American Legion convention that "the immediate danger to h Parade the itcond in serin of itate- JOHN L. GREGORY As one of your legislative candidates, I will discuss the issues and problems that will face the 1961 session of the legislature. A campaign should be based on the issues and not on one's church, so cial club or civic affiliations. A candidate who refuses to discuss the issues is afraid of the voters. My Republican op ponents to date have failed to acept my challenge to dis cuss the issues. One of my opponents states that government should act only where people cannot act for themselves. However, he fails to state on which prob lems government should now ( Continued on page 11) the Jolly Stitchers' club to which the juror in question, Austia Barneburg, belongs. Claire Bringle stated, "As Austia Barneburg came in she advised us that she had just come from jury duty, having been a member of the jury in the Bengtson case, and she stat ed Bengtson was guilty. It was unanimous, he got what he de served, she said," according to the affidavit. "He is crooked and I have never liked him anyway." Gladys Rammin, an other member of the same club, stated the same thing. Generally the motion to set aside the judgment and for a new trial alleges that: (1) One of the jurors, Austia Barne burg, made false statements during her examination con cerning her qualifications as a juror, particularly respect ing any bias feelings; (2) There was insufficiency of evidence to justify the ver dict; and (3) there were a number of "errors in law." Robert Boyer, Medford, and Richard Carney, Portland lawyer, representing Bengt son, have also filed notice of appeal and motion for arrest of judgment. A question remains wheth er the notice appealing the case to the state supreme court removes it from the jur isdiction of the local court. Judge Millard questions whether it does and intends to either grant or deny the motion for a new trial. Gerald Scannell, who has been in charge of the prosecution, said the notice of appeal auto matically removes the case from circuit court jurisdic tion. On that point, he agrees with Carney, Bengtson's at torney, who filed the notice to keep Bengtson out of jail temporarily. Meanwhile, another indict ment charging embezzlement of $1,700 remains, Scannell said this morijing. Scannell did not indicate this morning what the district ' attorney's office would do regarding the remaining indictment. our survival" is in the realm of military power where, he said, "the Communist advance and relative American decline can be most sharply seen." With Nixon - 0JPB - Vice President Richard M. Nixon, bidding for Florida's pivotal 10 electoral votes, told Dixie supporters that anyone "truly loyal" to the Democratic par- V Interim Group Suggestions Listed by Francis Speaks at Peace Officers Meeting State Sen. Carl Francis (R. Yamhill) made public for the first time last night recom mendations of the legislative interim committee on crimin al law. Francis was speaking at a meeting of the Southern Oregon Police Officers as sociation here. - Francis is chairman of a committee that was directed by the last session of the state legislature to make a study of the state's criminal code and bring back a report and recommendations on how it can be improved. He told the 57 persons, rep resenting law enforcement agencies in Jackson, Jose phine and Klamath counties, meeting at the Port O'Call restaurant, that if adopted the recommendations" will change the structure of our criminal code." Among Recommendations Chief among the recom mendationr, Francis said, is a proposal that the legislature "legally" establish a state bureau of criminal investiga tion and identification. Francis, who is the Repub lican candidate for state at torney - general , said that funds were appropriated for this bureau in 1957 and it has existed since then, but "without the mandate of the legislature." He said two previous bills to legally establish the bu reau have failed. One, he said, was vetoed by Gov. Robert Holmes "under a mistaken im pression" of the bill, and the other one died in the legisla ture at the last session. Another recommendation, he said, will be to correct "the unfortunate results" of the juvenile code adopted two years ago. This code elimin ated a definition of "delin quency," he pointed out, which has meant there is no status relating to contribut ing to the delinquency of : a minor.; This will be corrected, Francis said. . ". (Continued on page 11A) No Basis for Al Sarena Action, Porter Advised Washington - (UP1I - The Jus tice Department has advised Rep. Charles O. Porter, (D Ore.), that under existing law "we must conclude that there is no basis" upon which an action to set aside Al Sarena mining patents in Southern Oregon could be successful "as a result of the informa tion to which you have re ferred." Porter said the reply "misses the point." Considered Strong Case Porter late last month call ed attention of the depart ment to the sale of Al Sarena timber in the Rogue River National Forest to a Medford firm. He said he considered the sale a ''strong case for voiding the mining patents Issued to the Al Sarena Min ing Company" several years earlier. The congressman said "I hardly expected this adminis tration to be interested." He added, "Despite the finding of the department, I am still con vinced this a give-away of timbef that should be reopen ed and rescrutinized by an ad ministration interested in the conservation of natural re sources." Working With Others Porter said he was working closely with other members of Congress, including Sen. Wayne Morse, (D-Ore.), and Rep. Lee Metcalf, (D-Mont.), to see if there, was any fur ther possible action under the existing administration. "If the Democrats win the national election I will ask the new attorney general to re view the case again," he said. The Al Sarena case was tne center of debate in the 1954 and 1956 Oregon elections. ty cannot vote for its platform or its presidential candidate. The Republican presidential nominee, appearing in pro Eisenhower but Democratic territory in Jacksonville, also hammered away again at Sen. John F. Kennedy on the Que-moy-Matsu issue, insisting the Democratic candidate's stand is "not an invitation to peace - it is an invitation to war," a. Portland Papers Offer Rewards Police Have Little Evidence In Shooting Case Bits of Wadding Indicate 12 Gauge Portland-IUPD - Police indi cated today they had little evidence with which to track down the shotgunner who wounded Donald Newhouse, 41, production manager of the Oregonian, from ambush be hind the newspaper execu tive's home Sunday night. Detectives expressed hope that rewards of $5,000 each offered by the city's two daily newspapers might help bring about solution of the case. Police said they had not found the spent shotgun shell but had determined from bits of wadding from the cartridge that the weapon probably was a 12-gauge shotgun. Officers said No. 4 shot, a size usually used by duck hunters, was used. Recovering in Hospital Newhouse, who was shot while working in the base ment of his home, was recov ering satisfactorily in a hos pital. The shot was fired through a window in the rear of the home. M. J. Frey, Oregonian pub lisher, said "an attack upon the safety of any citizen is an attack upon all." William W. Knight, publisher of the Ore gon Journal, said "The Jour nal does not know whether or not the attack on Mr. New house was an outgrowth of the strike situation. However, ill an atmosphere of labor strife such an attack on the employee of any company creates a suspicion that there may be a connection . . ." The two newspapers were struck more than 11 months ago by the Stereotypers Un ion and other unions joined in the walkout.! Both papers have continued to publish. Believed Not Connected Rene Valentine, director of the Portland Interunion News paper Strike Committee, said he was convinced that the shooting incident was in no way connected with the news paper strike. He said he has offered his cooperation to the proper authorities. Police questioned several persons Monday but took no one into custody. Newhouse, a cousin of the Oregonian's owner, S. I. New house, was shot in the right hip. Doctors found about 100 pellets imbedded in the hip and thigh. Board to Consider Hospital Request The state board of health tomorrow will consider final approval on Rogue Valley Me morial hospital's request for $556,850 in federal Hill-Burton funds to help finance con struction of a new wing on the hospital. The board, which will meet in Burns, will give final ac tion on allocation of a total of $1,530,930 in federal aid to Oregon hospitals. Cnstruction of the new wing has been held up pend ing action on the request. More tjian $1 million has been donated for construction of the three-story addition. - "Tricks Or Regional Edition Medford 22 PAGES ON TOUR OF NATION goodby to Detroit, prior to copter which shuttled the Education Board OKs Report on Migrant Children ' Salem - (UPD The State Board of Education today ap proves a report on Oregon's pilot program for education of migrant children and a bill establishing a program in the regular school years and con tinuing the summer program for two more years. The measureto be intro duced in the 1961 legislature, calls for an appropriation of $115,000 a biennium begin ning July 1, 1961, with this breakdown: $65,000 for the winter program; $60,000 for the migrant summer schools; and $30,000 for research and supervisory expenses. School districts with an in flux of migrant children dur ing the regular school year would receive as much as $35 a child from the state, if the influx accounted for from 51 to 100 per cent of their regu lar enrollment. Graded To Districii The formula is graded down to districts whose enrollment Includes six to 10 per cent of migrant children, and these schools would get a flat $15 per migrant child. The summer pilot program, conducted last summer at several Oregon elementary schools, would be extended under the bill for two years beginning next July 1. (Continued on Page 2) Treaties" V-Vo &Jrfhs . o o ymuil. m . ef ,- ' Lrni - ) 11 lif Vj5eW mi MEDFORD, OREGON, President Eisenhower waves boarding a U.S. Marine hell- President to his jet plane at Home Rule Group D raws U p Rules, Discusses The Jackson county home rule charter committee ap proved some rules of order and continued its study of the Jackson county government organization at y e s t e r day's meeting in the Public Library of Medford and Jackson coun ty. The rules were drawn up by Frank Farrell, committee member. One rule' applying to charter recommendations specifies that no action shall be taken by the committee recommending or approving any charter provision or pro visions except at a regular meeting or at a special meet ing called for such purpose and then only by affirmative vote of five committee mem bers. This rule also states that any member of the committee not present or voting against a recommendation may, with in 10 days after the meeting, file with the secretary his or her written objections to any such action of the committee and such objections shall be a part of the meeting's minutes. Feels Important . Another rule which the committee felt important wfes that residents shall not par ticipate in any discussion of the committee without the consent of the committee. Residents wanting to be heard must request the chairman's permission and state briefly his purpose. The committee also ruled out discussion "of any matter unrelated to the hearings purpose." In continuing the study of the present county organiza tion, the committee noted that one of the principal duties of the county court is to appoint the necessary boards and com missions. Many of these boards and commissions are authorized by or under the authority of the state govern ment, it was noted. The county planning com mission has prepared land use maps and formulated a coun ty subdivision ordinance now in effect, Mrs. Thomas Rutter, committee chairman, noted. The committee noted the problem of septic tank efflu ent being drained into irriga tion ditches south and west of Medford. Under home rule, the county could enforce sew age control, it was pointed out. Home rule would also allow the county to Bancroft sewage Improvements as the cities now do, committee mem bers added. The local welfare commis sion is operated under state control, and the county bat Tribune TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, Detroit Metropolitan airport. Minneapolis, the second stop United States. Study little to say about welfare operations. Granting com, pletely local control of wel fare departments would mean many separate welfare units operating independently of each other: rommlftpo mom. ber Frank Farrell pointed out. Committee Member Mac Leod Maurice wnnrlpr uh both the county and city did noi operate tne airport. It looks as if Medford just went out and hoiieht th nrrtnorfir without consulting the coun ty, lie remarKea, Committee members learn. ed that the county contributes money tor poor patients' un paid bills, but has no control over the local hospitals. Home rule will not change operation of the various coun ty COmmittepc anH pnmm!B- i o n s, committee members agreed. Baker Man Elected Hereford Vice President Kansas City, Mo. - IUPD ' Charles Chandler of Baker, Ore., was elected Monday as vice president of the Amer ican Hereford Association. Earl Monahan of Hyannls, Neb., was named president. Hatfield Not Smearing, Francis Says "Attorney General Robert Thornton s accusation that Gov. Mark Hatfield was guilty of smear tactics in exposing Thornton's record is an amaz ing statement coming from a man who has done more to smear the good name and reputation of the state of Ore gon than any other official in the history of the state," State Sen. Carl Francis, Re publican candidate for attor ney general, charged In ' a television speech here Mon day. "Thornton's charges of vice and corruption in Lincoln county In 1956 drew national headlines but an investigating grand Jury found no basis for his charges. "The next year, Oregon's name suffered again by na tional publicity on the Port land vice probe. The attorney general obtained 183 indict ments at a cost to taxpayers estimated at $200,000. Thorn ton's mishandling of the case produced only one conviction from those 183 indictments. The nation was left with the Inescapable conclusion that in Oregon either Innocent people had been indicted b;, t politi- 55th Year Price 10 Cents 1960 No. 181 The President was bound for of a non-political tour of the (UPI Telephoto) WEATHER ' FORECAST: Variable rloudl fleas tonight and Wednesday, i.ow lonignt 42. uign weanei 'day -76.- a .. ' . Tamp. Higneat veateraay , , us Loweit Thli Morning 41 Our Skies Tonight ' Sumet today 5:25 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:29 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow 5:29 a.m. New Moon Oct. 20 PROMINENT STAR " Betelgeuse, low In eait 10:46 p.m. 520 light yeari from the Earth, Betelgeuse li one of the most distant of the brightest, stars. New Drive-Up Mail Box Is Installed An additional "drive up" courtesy box 1 for deposit of mail has been placed on the south side of West Main st. at Ivy St., according to announce ment from the Medford post office. . - In addition to the regular business collections, the box will be collected between 4:30 and 6 p.m. in the same manner as the two boxes at the post office. This means that mail will be collected and dispatched the same as if It had been deposited in the post office. A no-parking strip has been painted at the new box to give motorists the opportunity to, conveniently use the box. Use of this box will help de crease congestion at Holly and Sixth sts., post office officials said. Guilty of cally hungry attorney general who was planning to run for Congress later that year or that criminal- prosecution by the office of our attorney gen eral was pitifully and danger ously Incompetent," the Re publican candidate charged. Francis asked that his op ponent answer "the eglht seri ous charges of Incompetence against Thornton contained In a special report of the Mult nomah county grand Jury with respect to his handling of the Portland vice probe." Francis quoted the grand Jury report as saying that "our attorney general's inabil ity to match the skill of cither the organized or Itinerant criminal is readily apparent to us," and said the grand jury report concluded with the declaration that "although neither ineptitude or passivity are crimes under our statutes, when they hinder the per formance . of public duties, they are as harmful to our community as is a corrupt Intent to not enforce the law." Francis charged that Thorn ton never frankly answered these charges. h Officials Grant Demands; Guards Freed Unharmed Insurgents Said 'High' on Narcotics Wethersfield, Conn. - (UPD . Three insurgent inmates held three guards hostage for sev en hours today in the state prison hospital, but gava themselves up whenauthon- tics granted their demands for meetings with an attorney and a state legislator. The guards were reported "shaken" but unharmed. The three convicts, led by Walter Doolittle, a ringleader of last January's riot, had threatened to kill their hos tages unless their demands were granted. Locked in Isolation Two of the three inmates locked themselves in isolation cells after they released tha guards, and authorities feared they might harm themselves. However, the prisoners let themselves out and surren dered after a few minutes. After talking with Doolit tle, the attorney and state legislator reported they wera unable to determine what prompted the uprising but said no ill treatment was in volved , Armed with Knives One of the hostage guards, Theodore Carbone, said tha Inmates were armed with knives, presumably obtained from the kitchen. He said he was captured when a convict threatened him with a club if he didn't "come quietly." Asked how he spent his lime as a hostage, Carbona replied, "I Just kept quiet." About 65 state policemen armed with riot guns raced to the institution. -'High' on Narcotics About 20' prisoners were in the hospital when the rebel lion flared but the others ap parently were taking no part. A - prison spokesman said some of the insurgents had gained access to narcotics and were "pretty high." : . 1 " Officers Express Concern at Theft Of Blasting Caps Local law enforcement agen cies are becoming increasing ly concerned over a rash ol thefts of explosives In recent weeks. The fact that a number of "bomb scares" have also been reported doesn't maka their Jobs any easier. Two more thefts of dyna mite were reported last night, one at White City and the -other at Rogue River. Sheriff 's deputies believe both thefts are connected. At White City an arma ment storage bunker was broken Into during the night, and at least two dynamite caps were stolen, according to deputies. An "undertermined" quan tity of dynamite and blasting caps were taken in a burglary of the Owl Hollow mine on Savage Creek rd. near Rogua River, last night. Found in Mall Box One of the dynamite caps taken from the armament bunker was found this morn-ing-in a mail box. Glen Odin Loomer, a postman, brought the cap into the Medford po- ' lice department this morning and told officers he found it In a letter box located at tha intersection of Main arid Sum mit sts. Police described the cap as being a copper metal cylin der with 8-foot detonating, wires fastened to one end. Less than ' a month ago four bunkers at White City were burglarized and an un known quantity of caps and dynamite were taken. Depu ties said this morning they have not yet recovered those explosives. Medford Police Chicl Charles P. Champlin said to day that the bomb scares re ported in the past month-two at Medford High school and several in local residences dur ing the past week end-make officers' Jobs much more diffi cult. He explained that police must be cautious and thorough in checking out a place in which a bomb scare was re ported because of the dyna mite that Is known to be in the area, undoubtedly In irre sponsible hands! Albany, N.Y.-fflPII - Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican vice presidential nominee, predict ed flatly today that a quali fied Negro will serve In tha cabinet if Vice President Richard M. Nixon Is elected
