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ma Candidates' Parade (Editoi'i note: These ere lhe third in a series of state ments by candidate! for congress from the fourth district, state legislature candidates, and candidates for county of cicials. 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 the Mail Tribune following a long-standing policy of the paper. (Today's statments are from John R. Dellenback, Re publican candidate for state represenative, and the Duncan for Legislature Committee. Ward Spalz, chairman, for Robert B. Duncan, Democrat who is seeking reelection as state represenative. (There are four candidates for state representative from Jackson county. Two will be elected at the general elec tion Nov. 8.) JOHN R. DELLENBACK The legislature o the state of Oregon consists of a Senate with 30 members and a House of Representatives with 60 members. We voters of Jackson coun ty have as our delegates to our legislature one senator and two representatives. Our numbers are thus small com pared to the total membership in both the Senate and the House, and as a result it is particularly important that we send to the legislature delegates who are aware of the problems facing our peo ple in this county and whose primary concern is to make certain that Jackson county's (Continued on page 3A) Ashland Council Proposes No More Stations in Center Ashland-A proposed resolu. tion declaring the. main busi ness district of Ashland closed to future new service stations and repair garages was sent to the city planning "commis sion by the Ashland City council last night. The proposal would affect Ashland st. and Siskiyou blvd. from the intersection of East Main st. southeast to the city limits. The council set a hearing on the question for Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. in the council chamber. At its regular meeting,, the council approved paving and gutter installation on Mary Jane'ave. A request for paving of the alley between Mountain st. and Palm ave. was adjourned until the next council meeting Nov. 1. The council received a petition from land owners along the alley favoring the paving project. However, the petition lacked signatures of owners possessing at least 51 per cent of the alley land. A request for city water fa cilities in the Bellview area outside the city limits was sent to the council water committee for consideration. Action on improvement of Gresham st. from Fairview to Iowa ave., was delayed until early next year. Council mem bers indicated that they felt improvements should be County Court Considering To Help Hospital in Interim Period A proposal that Jackson county help Sacred Heart hos pital financially while the new Rogue Valley hospital wing is being constructed is under consideration by the county court, County Judge Earl Miller said today. "I think it is a very worthy project, but we need more in formation which I have asked the representatives of the two hospitals to provide," Miller said. The coury court wants to know exactly how long the interim period will be, total amount needed from the coun ty to cover Sacred Heart's deficit during the interim pe riod, and how much capital expenditure would be needed during interim period to re pair or replace hospital equip ment. Can't Meet Overflow Rogue Valley hospital rep resentatives told the county court their hospital does not have enough remaining beds ROBERT B. DUNCAN : Robert B. Duncan, Demo crafc 39. is seeking a third term to the Oregon House of Representatives from Jackson county. His high qualifica tions for this office and his abilities are well-known to most of the residents of this area. In the 1957 session, Duncan distinguished himself as chair man of judiciary committee: a hard-working member of powerful ways and means committee, and on the floor, in debate. He was appointed to three important interim committees: t h e emergency board, sometimes called "the little legislature," education (Continued on page 3A) made. 1 However, some land owners along the street are opposed to the. project. Ear Group To Consider Problem The problem of an overbur dened sheriff's civil depart ment and a constable's office operating at less than capacity will be referred to the Jack son County Bar association tomorrow. Edward Branchficld, asso ciation president, told the county court yesterday that the problem in serving civil papers will be mentioned at tomorrow's meeting. Lawyers will be asked to consider the problem, but no official ac tion will be taken since it is not a business meeting, he ex plained. Sheriff Joe Walsh reported to the county court recently that the department's civil deputies were overburdened with .serving civil papers and the constable's office did not have enough work. A subse quent investigation by the county court revealed that the number of civil papers served by the constable had dropped while the sheriff's office load had increased greatly. to meet the overflow if Sa cred Heart should close be fore the new wing is in opera tion. On the other hand, Sa cred Heart officials told the county court more indebted ness would be created if they had to remain in operation for the full period. The hospital representa tives asked the county court to meet any deficits incurred by Sacred Heart if it should stay in operation the estimat ed 18 months interim period. Certain departmftits, how ever, would be closed. Sister Luke, administrator of Sacred Heart, emphasized she did not know when the sisters would be called away to other duties. The sisters have been asked to stay dur ing the interim period to pro vide the needed supervision. Forced To Close Sister Luke had announced last Wednesday that the hos pital would be forced to close its doors within the next year U.S., Canada in Basic Agreement On Columbia Eisenhower Lauds Resource Program . Palm Springs, Calif. - (UPD - President . Eisenhower an nounced today that the United States and Canada are in basic agreement on a broad, long range plan to develop the wa ter resources of the Columbia River Basin. The White House said the 10-year Canadian - American program would sharply re duce hazards of floods, great ly increase output of low-cost electric power and help spur the economic growth of the Northwest. The announcement came shortly after the President be gan a round of golf at the nearby Eldorado Country Club during a day of rest from his "nonpolitical" cross-coun try speaking tour. "The agreement is hearten ing proof that two neighbor ing nations sharing a common resource can sit down togeth er and plan a mutually ad vantageous development," Ei senhower said in a statement. A treaty embracing the agreement on the Columbia river was expected to be draft ed in time for Eisenhower to submit it to Congress next January before his term ex pires Jan. 20, the White House said. Another Grand Coulee Power benefits available to this country after Canada builds storage reservoirs on its side of the river will equal to building another Grand Coulee dam, the nation's big gest hydroelectric project, it said. America's neighbor to the north agreed to construct res ervoirs within 10 years to provide 19.5 million acre-feet of storage. The agreement also opened the way for this country to build the Libby Project on the Kootenai river in Northern Montana, approved by Con gress in 1950. North Entrance Road Open Again The north entrance of Cra ter Lake National park was reopened to automobile traf fic today. Park Superintendent OUo Brown said it had been blocked by snow drifts and ice from a recent storm, but warm weather the past few days made it possible to open the road with a blade scraper. The rim road, however, will remain closed for the winter, he said. Weather at the park has been ideal this week, he de clared, except that the view has been dimmed by slash burning smoke drifting across the lake. Dunsmuir Man Dies In Tractor Mishap Yreka Richard Pringle Queen, 36, of Dunsmuir, Calif., was killed early today when a tractor he was driving rolled over and crushed him. The accident occurred about 3Vi miles south of the Hearst estate on the McCloud river. Queen was dead on arrival at Mt. Shasta hospital. Death was caused by a frac tured skull, according to Al Cottar, Siskiyou county coro ner. Queen is survived by his wife, Theresa, and five chil dren. Proposal or two. She said during the half-century the hospital has been in operation, it has ac cumulated a debt totaling $285,000. The decision was made by the local hospital board and was approved by the head quarters of the Sisters of Providence nursing order. It followed receipt of a recent comprehensive study of the two hospitals and local medi cal needs. James A. Hamilton Associ ates, hospital consultants, had recommended Sacred Heart build a new hospital contain ing only beds and no operat ing rooms or similar facilities next to the new Rogue Valley hospital on Barnett rd. Its al ternate recommendation was that Rogue Valley be the sole hospital in the Medford area. Sister Luke said yesterday she had received many small donations, but declined to give the total. Regional Edition Medford 20 Pages Orated States Ban Castro Regime Left Without Source for Parts Russian Reliance Expected as Result Washington - (UPD - The United States moved today to cut away the economic foun dation of the Fidel Castro government, banning the sale of "most commodities," ex cept food and medicine to Cuba. The Castro regime, which nationalized nearly 400 pri vate businesses earlier this month, will thus be left with out a source for replacement parts to run its seized U.S. made machines. The Commerce Depart- ment's action, sharpest taken since this country wiped out its subsidy program for Cu ban sugar, was teamed up with a Maritime Administra tion crackdown on sale, trans fer or charter of U.S.-owned ships for Cuba. The action came less than 12 hours after Vice President Richard M. Nixon, campaign ing for the presidency, told the American Legion at Miami that it was time to "quaran tine" Cuba and that plans to do that were in the works. The action, which will not stop exports how in transit will deny the Castro regime spare parts and chemicals it needs to keep running the oil refineries, sugar mills and other industries it confiscated from American owners. Seen Push Toward Soviet U.S. officials hoped the move would' cause trouble for the Cuban economy, which has relied on the United States for 70 to 75 per cent of all its imports. The action also was ex pected to push Cuba towards heavier economic' reliance .on the Soviet bloc. U.S. exports to Cuba de clined sharply - from $617.5 million in 1957 to $436.7 mil lion in 1959. In July they amounted to only $19.3 mil lion. At the same time, Russia has increased her trade with Cuba, mainly in the fields of oil, tin plate, fertilizers and arms. Republicans Plan Dinner Tomorrow A no-host ' dinner will be held by Jackson county Re publicans at Kim's restau rant, south of Medford, prior to the Candidate's Fair to morrow night, Joe Walsh, Re publican central committee chairman, said today. Republicans are invited to meet state and local candi dates at that time, he said. Dinner will be served from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. "Which Face And What Opinions Will Dick Put On Next? Tune In Again ..." MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1960 on Exports To Cuba Williams To visit Here Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michigan, who is sched uled to speak in Oregon on behalf of John F. Kennedy for President, will arrive in Medford Monday at 10 a.m. by United Airlines. He will be accompanied by Congrcsswoman Edith S. Green, according to Henry Padgham, Jackson county chairman of the Citizens for Kennedy committee. Williams, who will make three appearances in Jackson county, will speak in Port land the same evening. These are his only Oregon commit ments. Accompanied by Mrs. Green, he will be guest speak er at the opening of the Ash land Citizens for Kennedy headquarters at 11 a.m. Mon day. Guests at Coffee Williams and Mrs. Green will be honor guests at a re ception and coffee hour at the Medford hotel from 1:45 to 3:30 .p.m. The event, open to the public, will be sponsored by the Jackson County Demo cratic Central Committee, as sisted by the Eleanor Roose velt League, Jackson County Mark Hatfield to Attend GOP Rally Gov. Mark Hatfield and Dr, Edwin R. Durno, Medford candidate for congressman from the fourth district, will be featured speakers at a Re publican rally Saturday, Oct. 22, on the Jackson county courthouse lawn. ' The rally is being sponsored by the Jackson County Young Republicans,' of which Mrs. Lloyd Bishop is chairman. The rally will start at 6:30 p.m., and will include other Republican candidates for state and county offices. Mrs. Evelyn Nye and John R. Del lenback, Republican candi dates for state representative, have indicated they plan to attend. Mrs. Bishop said anyone interested may attend the ral ly. Coffee and other refresh ments will be served. Members of the Old Timers Automobile club, who are asked to meet at the Medford airport at 6 p.m. Saturday, will form a motorcade to bring Governor Hatfield the site of the rally. to Castro Expects Invasion of Cuba United Nations, N.Y.-0JPD-Premier Fidel Castro has no tified the General Assembly he expects a "large-scale inva sion" to be mounted against Cuba from the United States "within the next few days," it was officially disclosed today. Young Democrats, Citizens for Kennedy committee, Farmers for Kennedy Com mittee and the Jackson Coun ty Democratic Social club. Talks on behalf of the Ken nedy-Johnson ticket will be made by Governor 'Williams and Mrs. Green, with Harper Edwards acting as master of ceremones. Pouring at the coffee table will be Mrs. Har perEdwards, Mrs. Dee. New ton, Mrs. Hugh Friel and Mrs. Lewis Ulrich. From 4:00 to 4:15 Governor Williams, Mrs. Green and Robert B. Duncan will appear on a presidential panel dis cussion over KBES-TV. The Michigan governor and Mrs. Green will return to Portland by air at 5.25 p.m. Political Focused Fair Thursday Night Oregon's political spotlight will be focused on Medford this week, with events sched uled at which candidates seek ing national, state and local offices will appear. . Chief interest will be a de b a t e .between Congressman Charles O. Porter, who is seeking reelection, - and his Republican opponent, Dr. Ed win R. Durno, Medford. They will debate "The Role of a Congressman in Foreign Affairs" at the Medford League of Women Voters Can didate's Fair at Hedrick Jun ior High school gymnasium at 8 p.m. Thursday. Another highlight of the Fair will be talks by Mrs. Maurine Neuberger, Democrat seeking the U.S. senate seat, and ex-governor Elmo Smith, Republican seeking the senate seat: They will discuss the is sues of (he race following the Porter-Durno debate. Slate Candidates Republican and Democratic candidates for all stale offices in whiqh there is a contest in the November general elec tion, will speak for two min utes on their qualifications for office. ' Contestants Include Howell Appling Jr. (R) and Monroe Sweetlahd (D), for secretary of state; Howard Belton (R) and Ward Cook ,(D), for state treasurer; Carl Francis (R) and Robert Y. Thornton (D), for attorney general. Candidates for slate repre sentative from Jackson coun ty who will have two minutes during the program are John R. Dellenback and Mrs. -Ev elyn Nye, Republican, and Robert B. Duncan and John L. Gregory, Democrats. Jackson county candidates for district attorney, commis sioner, treasurer, assessor and surveyor will be limited to one minute each in which to review their qualifications for office. Rebroadcasts Scheduled Radio station KYJC will transcribe the entire program for later rcbroadcast, and sta tion KMED will transcribe the Porter-Durno debate for later rebroadcast. Other features of the Fair will include a political party registration contest, pre-Fair WEATHER FORECAST: Continued fair to nlRht and Thursday. Smokey In valleys. Variable high cloud i. Low tonight 40-45. Hlffh Thun day near 70. Temp. Highest Veiterday 72 Lowest This Morning 40 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:23 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:30 a.m. Moon rise tomorrow 6:33 a.m. New Moon tomorrow 4:03 a..m PROMINENT STARS Slrlus, rises 12:23 .m. Deneb, low in north west 2:05 a.m. Slrlus, n.1 light years away. Is much brighter than Drnrh, which Is 1600 light years from the Earth. Tribune Tightens .. V'N G. MENNON WILLIAMS Schedule! Appearance Spotlight on City entertainment, t h e League KMED sponsored straw bal lot booth, and refreshments, The political party with the greatest number of registered voters attending the Fair will receive a prize, according to Mrs. Thomas Ruttcr, Med ford, League voter service chairman.- - ,The Hedrick Junior High school band will provide pre Fair entertainment starting at 7:30 p.m., Mrs. Rutter said. Massed flags of the United Nations will serve as a back ground for the speakers. , Straw Ballot Booth The straw ballot booth, which 'has been located throughout the county in re cent weeks, will be open during the Fair. It will close when the Fair is over, Mrs. Rutter said, and ballots wi'l be counted during the week end. The straw ballot Is an Informal poll of Jackson coun ty opinion. Following the program, coffee will be served by the Medford 20-30 Active club in the Hedrick cafeteria. The county central committees of the two major political par- ties will decorate the hall with campaign material. Other political events this week end which will attract attention throughout the state will be a Republican Rally on the Jackson county courthouse lawn Saturday night, and the appearance of G. Mennen Williams, Michigan governor who is campaign in Oregon in behalf of John F. Kennedy, Demo cratic candidate for president. Mrs. Neuberger To Speak in Ashland Ashland Mrs. Maurine Neuberger, Democratic candi date for U.S. Senator, will speak on the Southern Ore gon college campus Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. in the Britt Cen ter ballroom. Having been active in poll utes for more than a decade, Mrs. Neuberger is seeking election to the office held by her late husband, Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger. She gain ed first hand experience through extensive 'assistance given her husband while he was in office as well as through her own offices held in the Oregon State House of Representatives. The public is Invited hear Mrs. Neuberger. to REVENUES SHARED Salem-iUPIi-Orcgon counties received $3,062,357 In state highway revenues in the three-month period ending Sept. 30, ranging from $874, 593 to Multnomah to $4,582 to Wheeler. 55th Year Price 10 Cents No. 182 National Forest Sends Lookouts Back to Positions Drying Conditions Noted by Officials Rogue River . aNtional for est has re-manned six of its 14 lookouts because of current weather conditions. Doug Finch, assistant fire control officer, said this morn ing that the forests have dried out again from east wind conditions and the for ests will burn." He added that "we are getting right back to where we were before we had rain." Lookouts are up now on Pelican butte in the Klamath district, Robinson butte in the Ashland district, Rustler peak in the Ashland district, Hall's point and Bessie rock in the Prospect district and Squaw peak in the Applcgate district. Hampers Lookouts Smoke, which has mostly drifted in from "other areas," is hampering lookouts in their work. Visibility was reported at l'j to two miles this morn ing. Finch reported that smoke usually clears out some in the afternoon and It is planned to send up a reconalssance plane this afternoon to. assist lookouts in scanning, tor .pos sible lires. ' . .V State department of forestry reported no slash burning in its southwest district. Man ning of Tallowbox lookout by the state has proved helpful to the federal forest service in the Applcgate ' district, Finch said. , ; . . i Most Wanted Man Has Been in City The federal bureau of in vestigation this week added to its "Ten Most Wanted" list of fugitives a .man who has been known to have visited relatives or friends In the Medford areai , Wanted for unlawful flight to avoid confinement for bur glary is Merle Lyle Gall, 37, a native of North Dakota. - He uses several other names andor the identification of John Conley, Leroy K. Knut son, William Francis McDer mott, Berl J. Penrod, John W. Thomas or Turner and others. Gall was reported to dress neatly, preferring . sports clothes, likes late model can and travels extensively some times using private and com mercial air travel. He has an extensive arrest record dating from 1942, and is known to carry firearms on both his person and in his car. Persons having information regarding Gall are asked to contact local law enforcement oflfcers or the FBI. . School Census Starts In Meclford District The I960 school census in the Medford school district started this morning, district officials said today.. The census, which Is re quired by state law, is used as a basis for school statistical information and the determi nation of county school funds, which are furnished by coun ties to Individual school dis tricts. Individuals between 4 and 19 years old are counted in the census. This year, In or der to secure population data essential in the planning of school buildings end program needs, the Medford district is also enumerating all. children between 1 and 4 years old. School officials, noted that by listing the younger age levels, the district will have data on which to base future enrollment figures. Children are counted wheth er or not they are In school. This, officials noted, Includes young people in the service, (-"-vf - n HI, oet i-CmJ VI IC llllhlCIl Luumvi ...... in college or married and liv" home, school officials noted. Supreme Court Verdict Reverses Lane Decision Definition To Be Standard in State Salem-IUPD-The Oregon Su preme Court ruled 4-3 today that the state s obscenity sta lute is constitional. The verdict written by Jus tice George Rossman reversed former Lane County Circuit Judge Alfred T. Goodwin, now a Supreme Court Jsutice, in . the state versus William Jackson, a book seller in Eu gene. Jackson had been charged with selling a book entitled The tSrange Three," and the indictment described the vol ume as "indecent and obscene, tending to incite lascivious thoughts and tending to arouse lustful desires." The high court said it was accepting the American Law Institute's definition of ob scenity as a standard for Ore gon courts. This definition says "a thing is obscene if, considered as a whole, its pre dominant appeal is to pruri ent intcre , i.e., a shameful or morbid Interest in nudity, sex or exfretion and if it goes substantially beyond cutom ary limits of candor in des-crip- or representation of such matters." The court said the obscenity law can be enforced against "only those who knowingly violate its provisions." No Prior Restraint, Rossman, who was joined in the majority report by Chief Justice William McAllister and Justices William Perry and Orval Millard, pro tern, said the law imposed no prior restraint and was constitutional- ; The dissenting opinion was filed by Justice Keith O'Con ncllj who quoted U.S. Su preme, Court Justice William, Douglas as saying that the standard of what offends the: common conscience of the community is "too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of expression to be squared with the first amend ment." - Justices Harold Warner and ; Gordon Sloan joined withf Justice O'Connell in dissent--Ing.; Conviction under the ob scenity statute provides a term of six months or a fins of S500, or both. Weapon of Censorship O'Connell added that "ex tra legal censorship can come from various sources and the pressure upon the district at torney's office to prosecute is sometime great, - and when prosecution is imminent or threatened, the book dealer frequently, and probably us ually, prefers to withdraw the book under attack rather than endure the inconvenience and expense incldont to the pros-. ecutlon. 'Thus the vagueness of the test for obscenity may be come a weapon of censorship In the hands of those whose Interest in free expression is overridden by an excess zeal for virtue as they understand it," the opinion said. Siskiyou Deputies Check Plane Wreckage Y r e k a Siskiyou county sheriff's deputies are investi gating a report of airplane wreckage: discovered about 20 miles southeast of Cecil vllle. , - .- , ' , The wreckage has appar ently been- there some time, deputies reported. It was dis covered by a hunting party In the area. ing in their own homes. Although certain informa tion is available from school record cards for those in school, .complete data requir ed by the census must be se cured from the home resi dence, school officials noted. It can be important, they said, to the child that his census record be correct in all details, since he may need to refer to it for work permits, birth certificate or for other purposes. The census report is a permanent record, of ficials noted. School officials said that family circumstances often change and that the required procedure dictates the com plete census check every oth er year, even though the chil dren have previously been checked. Women serving as enumer ators will have identification cartis which are presented on the Initial contact with tne
