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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1960)
o Siveetland Claims Gunnar Using 'Smear' Tactics, Distorting Facts W7 '" jf EISENHOWER GREETED Surrounded by Springs, Calif. The President will stay in a group of women, President Eisenhower is a cottage on one of the famed golf club's given a warm welcome upon his arrival at fairways, resting and playing golf, the El Dorado Country Club . at , Palm . . ; (UPI Telephoto) Medford, kegional Edition Smith-Neuberger Debate Un In Air By United Press International The question of a radio television debate on defense and foreign policy between Oregon's two candidates for united States senator was up in the air today. ., Republican candidate Elmo ' Smith Monday challenged his Democratic rival, Mrs. Mau- rine Neuberger, to the debate. He said he was concerned be cause she had said she'would not risk nuclear war to de fend the U.S. treaty obliga tions to West Berlin and For mosa. Willing to Debate ' Mrs. Neuberger said she would be willing to have a de bate with debate procedures and she was pleased to know Smith was willing to debate on the question of what she called "initiating nuclear war." Smith said he was "appal led" at her reply and called It a "refusal to debate." He said "her implication that any American would initiate a nu - clear war is a discredit to the Northwest Lumber Firms Plan Merger : Portland-dlPD - Officials of two Pacific Northwest lum ber companies confirmed Tuesday that negotiations were taking place for mdrger, The firms are the Evans Products Co., and Aberdeen, Wash., Plywood and Veneers Co. v The merger reportedly would involve a transfer of Aberdeen stock for Evans itock. The Aberdeen company, which took over Harbor Ply ,wood co. and Harbor's chain of 23 warehouses earlier this year, has two mills at Aber deen, Wash, Evans operates a plywood plant at Coos Bay, one at Roseburg, a peeler plant at Brookings and a plywood plant at New Westminster, B.C. No-bake Treat New York-flJPD-Date-orange logs are a no-bake confection. Beat one 8-ounce package of cream cheese until soft. Add 1 cup of brown sugar and beat well. Blend in cup of finely chopped dates and 2 teaspoons of grated orange rind. Stir in 2V4 cups of quick cooking rolled oats, un cooked. Chill dough. Shape into logs, roll in chopped nuts and refrigerate until ready to serve. LABOR FORCE ' Current labor forces of the U.S. is about 68 million. COOKIES? You've Tried the Rest Now Try the Best! 4 Tribune Page 2A m intelligence of the people of Oregon," He said he still wanted the debate. .. The; two candidates were scheduled to make joint ap pearance in Eugene at noon and in Grants Pass tonight. ' Sen. Estes Kefauvcr, (D- Tcnn,), -was campaigning for the Democratic ticket in Red mond and Bend today. Ke fauvcr said in Pendleton Tues day night that foreign policy and not the religious issue was the most important factor- in the I960 preidential election. Los Some Votti He said Democratic nomi nee John F. Kennedy would lose some voles in the South but the relglous , question would not be of great im portance in. the nation as a whole. Irtiother political news: '. . .- Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. said In Grants Pass that "more adequ ate salaries" were needed for many groups of career state employees "and especially for teachers and workers in our state Institutions." ... Attorney General Rob ert V. Thornton charged In Klamath Falls that Gov., Mark Hatfield was conducting a campaign to purge him from office. Thinton is a candi date to succeed himself. Thomas E. Dewey, for mer GOP presidential candi date, and Rep. James Roose vedt, (D-Calif.), are scheduled to arrive in Oregon Friday to plug their respective party candidates. Stock Prices Slide In Early Trading New York - IUPD - Stock prices continued to slide in the early trading today with chemicals, steels and elec tronics among the softer groups. . Some brokers inject a note of optimism into the market's show of weakness. They say that If current selling actually is a test of last month's lows and a broadening of the base for a later effort, then they are satisfied with the orderly fashion in which the selloff got underway, DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - IliPIl - Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 Industrials 588.75. off 4.59; 20 railroads 126.71, off 0.91; 15 utilities 94.10. off 0.09, and 85 stocks 198.58. off 1.20. Sales Tuesday were about 2.22 million shares compar ed with 2.28 million shares Monday. Legion Delegates Hear Reports From Committees Miami Beach - IUPD - The American Legion interprets its high level briefings on foreign affairs and national security today with resolu tions that will be backed by 2,600,000 former servicemen. Most of the second day of the 42nd annual convention was set aside for reports from the Legion's standing commit tees. More than a score of the nation's top advisers in mili tary, foreign and domestic af fairs have made first hand re ports to the committees. ' And the two presidential candidates gave all 6,000 con vention delegates their assess ments Tuesday of the United States and its foreign rela tlons. Internal Affairs Dispute The convention also had its attention on an internal af fairs dispute with the 40 & 8 Society, the fun-loving branch of the Legion that was kicked out of the parent organization last year because it would not change its constitutional requirements that all mem bers must be of the white race, The Legion's Internal Af fairs committee beat down a move Tuesday to restore the 40 & 8 Society to good stand ing in the Legion. The com mittee's action is expected to be upheld by the full conven tion but could cause argument from the floor. The 90,000-member 40 & 8 will hold Its own convention on the Miami mainland after the Legion convention ends Thursday. Society members, who also belong to the Legion, were not permitted to parade their colorful uniforms, em blems and "trains" in the an nual Legion parade Monday. Tueiday'a prices on elected atocks: Allied Chemical ...... 40 Alum Co. Am 87 American Can (xd) 331k American Moton 2114 AT&T B2',i Anaconda Copper 43 Arnico Steel ea Bendlx Corp 50 Bethlehem Steel 41 Boeing Air 31 if, Caterpillar Corp, 28B Chryiler Corp 43 Continental Can 34 Crown Zellerbach 43 i Curtifi Wright Dow Chemical 744 Du Pont iB4 Eastman Kodak 104TV Firestone 35 Genernl Electric " 731 General Foods 64 General Moton 43 l Georgia Pacific 481. Graham Paige 1 Greyhound arut Gulf oil ; 5 Hnmeatake Mining 47 Idaho Power , 31 J- B M 537 Int. Paper mm Johns Manvllla 54 1'. Kniier J,, J' Kennecott Copper 721 Lockheed Aircraft 221 Montana Power ... 29 'i MontKomery Ward 27 i Nat'l Biscuit , m New York Central 16. Pac tlas Elec , 68 Penney, J. C 41 Penn RR u Radio Corporation (is Richfield Oil st' Safeway 34 k. Sears , sni Shell Oil 38'! Soconv Mrthil rill tfli. Southern Co 4Mk Southern Pacific 20 sianasra lanrorma . . 45 Standard Indiana 4Pli Standard NJ 40ai Sun Minei 6U Texas Co. 19 16 Texas Gulf Sulfur Texas Pac Land Trust Transamerica , 23 Trans World Air . ia Tri-Continental 34 Union Pacific 23 United Aircraft .. 39'i United Air Lines 32 U. S. Rubber .. ......... 43. U. S. Steel .. 74 li Youngslown S tt T 80 m.oui ut new IUIK City receives a higher annual lolnrv than mn nH.a II C mayor. It is $ 40,000 a year. ' Press Release Brings Attack by GOP Chairman By United Pren International State Sen. Monroe Sweet lanH nmnrratic nominee for secretary of state, under fire v... Ramihifmnft for a cam paign press release, charged today that state v-nu-man Peter Gunnar was using "smear" tactics and had "dis frioj" thp facts to make it appear Sweetland had attack ed the American economic system. Tho nnrnnr beBan over press release issued by Sweet- land last rrmay. uunnar, m statement Tuesday,, sa Stuoptlnnri "DUbliclv C a ! doubt on our great American free enterprise economic sys tem and then denied he had made sucn a statement. & .1. VMhMi-vjtcalna-QueiiionS Sweetland said: "In my press release, I said that Amprira's enemies seek to make our leadership of the free world dinicuu ana mai thnv alr nuestions which are embarrassing to us. I listed a series of four questions, which are asked, one of which dealt with America's economic sys tem." Thp Milwaukie Democrat press release was on remarks nAnofaJ fnr Hplivprv to Lln- field College at McMinnville last Friday. In it he listed six Hams nf "nnf nishpd business 'n rnmmuntties in cluding sectors of poverty ana slums, racial discrimination, nvorprnuHnH schools. Dolluted air and water, pockets of po litical corruption ana juvenue ripllnnucncv. : -, Aid, Comfort to Enemy Th rpipflse tnen saia 'Thnsp rpmainini blemishes tin thp American scene give aid and comfort to our ene mies. The question is asked: 'Why, If Americans believe all men are created equal, are Negroes and other minorities denied equal opportunities? Whv. if America is the richest nation in the world, are its schools over-crowded and Its teachers under-paid? Why, if free enterprise is the best economic system, do we nave HnnrpaapH nrpns of chronic unemployment? Why, if we profess concern for future generations, do we allow our streams to become polluted and our fish and wildlife jeopardized?" c ...a qt.t.m.nt 'Distorted' Sweetland' said today that Gunnar, "In an obvious use of smear campaign tactics by yanking a question from its context, has dellebrately dis torted my statment to make it appear as though I had asked fhpup nnpstinntt when ... I indicated these questions are being asked oy Americas enemies." r.unnnr cniri that Sweetland appeared Sunday night before a church group tn roruana nnH Minn nnlrpri "Just what ppnnnmir svatpm do VOU be- licve in now mat you nave nnhllMv stated vour nosition anainst our American econom ic svstem?" Gunnar said Sweetland replied 'that ". . . I made no such statement at Llnfield College . . ." Skipped Fart of Speech .Ci,o0tlnnrt snirl hp had eklnnprt thle nnrt nf his snppch "'"cr"" ...... , . . at Linfield because of time shnrtnffp. Gunnar also hurled "social ism" charges at Sweetland. Sweetland said that during the depression of the l3us i snnnnrtpri Nnrman Thomas for president." He said he had been an employer in Oregon since the end of World War II and "I own my own business and I believe with all my heart that America's free en terprise system is the best in the world." Secretary of State Howell Appling, Swcetand's Repub lican rival nharffpH In Rnsp- burg Tuesday night that Sweetland was filing one flnDrnnt misrpnrpspntatinn nn- to another in an attempt to cover up a Drazen attactc upon me tree enterprise system. Principals Approve Recommendations Salem - IUPD - The Oregon Elementary School Principals association Tuesday approved a stronger tenure law for teachers, a state sales tax to help back education and fed eral aid to education. Also liked was the idea of changing the law involving age of children beginning in school. The statute now says that children musi be at least six years old on The Nov. 15 following the opening of school. The new proposal calls for the chidren t.) be six on July 1 prior to the school year. 0 The association's recommen dations will be presented to the Oregon Education associa tion for consideration along with proposals Join , other principal and teacher groups. FBI To Get Evidence in Newhouse Shooting Case Portland - (UPD - Evidence gathered so far at the home of a newspaper executive who was wounded by a Sun day night shotgun blast will be turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for laboratory analysis, police said today. Pellets which wounded Donald Newhouse, 41, pro duction manager of the struck Oregonian, will be among the items turned over to the FBI. Recovering in Hospital Newhouse was recovering in Good Samaritan hospital Attendants said they expected him to be released in about a week. Khrushchev To Report on Trip Moscow-UlPU-Premier Nikita Khrushchev goes before an audience of 14,000 in the Lenin Sports Stadium Thurs' day to report to the nation about his recent trip to the United Nations, it was an nounced ')day. It will be Khrushchev's first public appearance since he returned from New York last Friday after his appear ances at the U.N. General As sembly. . Khrushchev's speech is ex Loected to last four several hours and to be broadcast by radio and television through out the Soviet Union. Pravda today, in a fitting prelude to Khrushchev's re port, published a full page of letters from Russian citizens unanimously approving the work of the Soviet delegation and Its leader in New York. Stevenson Points To Nixon Pledge New York-IUPD - Adlai E. Stevenson charged today that Vice President Richard M. Nixon is pledged to follow a Republican foreign . policy based on the principle "of talking loud and carrying a small stick." Stevenson told a board meeting of the National Coun cil of Jewish Women that Nix on and President Eisenhower both believed that it is "more important to balance the bud get" than to "lose the bal ance of strength." , : Stevenson said that the "most serious problem facing our generation is Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev's boast that the next genera tion will grow up under com munism." He said Khrushchev has presented a "new and frightening voice that woos new members of the United Nations." Local Youth Escapes Injury in Accident Gilbert Fred Quitt, 18, of 28 Chestnut St., Medford, es caped injury last night when his car went into a ditch at the intersection of Prune and Cherrry sts. Quitt was driving north on Cherry St., and failed to make the sharp right turn onto Prune St., officers said. His car received heavy damage. I m wearing . THE BEST all-at-the-ear HEARING AID Sonotone EVER MADE" The all -new Sonolone Model "66" is the smallest, most powerful hearing aid ever with so many features. Provides five times more power sensitiv ity than any previous miniature Sonolone it's the most power ful hearing aid of its size with fully Automatic Volume Con trol (AVC) for easy listening. Unique Battery Economizer lengthens life of every battery. The Model "66" is so small and light it is worn entirely at the car, with or without eyeglasses (eyeglass model illustrated above). A slender, transparent tube conducts sounds from the '66' to an eartip in the car. Com tn ana1 arc how M- can hftp yon- SONOTONE' 423 EAST MAIN SPring 2-5904 Police said they were hope ful that $10,000 in rewards offered by the Oregonian and the Oregon Journal might help in solution of, the case. The two newspapers have been publishing despite 'va strike called more than 11 months ago. Hi ANNIVERSARY Party Dresses and Gala Formals Reg. 29.95 & 35.95 A new collection of frothy formals and sophisticated party dresses specially priced for Our Anniversary. Your ... the small price. A new angle was reported Tuesday afternoon when a Portland attorney, Clifford B. Alterman, said an anonymous caller threatened his - life Monday evening. He said his wife answered the telephone and the voice of a middleaged man said: "Tell your husband Newhouse is lucky. He won't ANN J. VMA secret mm hx u be so lucky. He's next." The call was disclosed at a news conference called by Rene J. Valentine, director of the Portland Inter - Union Newspaper Strike committee. Valentine contended the shooting "could be related to factors other than the labor dispute." 1VERSARY NYLON LINGERIE Baby Dolls o Waltz Length Gowns o Nylon Slips By Van Raalte and other famous makers Reg. 5.95 SALE . J ' A Newhouse and Alterman re cently cooperated in an auc tion held to raise funds for the local zoo and the Museum of Science and Industry. Al terman said he could think of no reason why his association with Newhouse in the auction would make them target of a would-be assassin. SALE 3" 45 4 i
