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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. -
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Regional Edition
Medford
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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)
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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-
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The President was bound for
of a non-political tour of the
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Sunrise tomorrow 6:29 a.m.
Moonrlse tomorrow 5:29 a.m.
New Moon Oct. 20
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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.
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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