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55th Year Price 10 Cents iff ij r Tribune Regional Edition Medford i t CHOWD AT FAIR A part of the more than 800 persons who attended the Medford League of Women Voters 'Candidate's Fair listen to Mrs.; Thomas Ruttcr, Medford, League voter service chairman, during intro ductory remarks at the event last evening. Congressional, state and Affidavits Claim Statements Wrong In Bengtson Case Two statements indicating that a woman . juror allegedly was prejudiced in the O.'H. Bengtson embezzlement case are not true, Deputy Dis trict Attorney Gerald Scan nell said today- Scannell produced other affidavits and one statement, from members of the Jolly Stitchers' club. .'They state tat prejudiced statements al legedly made by Ausia Bar neburg, a woman juror, were nt made, Scannell said.. Two other members of the Jolly Stitchers' said' ' there ' were hard feelings at times be tween Mrs. Barneburg and Gladys Rammin; one of her accusers. Four women at the sewing club' quoted' Mrs.- Barneburg as : remarking only -that "Bengston is gu(lty and it' was 1 unanimous.'-' Jean ' Ed wards stated she heard Mrs: Barneburg say "Bengtson is guilty. "I think she also said he is to be sentenced Tues day," Mrs. Edwards added, according to Scannell- . ; Refuses So Sign Myrtle Atwood, according to Scannell, refused to sign an affidavit but did give him a statement agreeing with the sworn statements made by the other women.- She said she sign an afffidavit for Bengtson and remarked, . "I didnt know what else to do." She! quoted Mrs. Barneburg as : saying, "Bengtson . is guilty. He got what he' de served,", Scannell said. Scan nell explained that Mrs. At wod said she didn't see any sense in signing two affi davits. All of the women agreed that Mrs. Barneburg .. had never used bad language in referring to Bengtson which the two women, Claire Bringle and Mrs. Rammin, said she used, Scannel said All the women signing affi davits or' giving a statement said Mrs. Barneburg had Noise Ordinance Suspension Sought- Two contractors, prospec- . live bidders for construction - of a section of the new Pacific freeway, through- -the city, 1 asked the Medford city coun cil last night for a temporary ; suspension in the city's noise ordinance. A decision was c postponed. . Rodney Miller, represent ing Peter Kewitt and Sons : Construction company, said that under the existing ordi nance which prohibits work before 7 a.m. and after 6 p.m., the company could not com- ; plete the freeway in the 200 days allotted by the state for construction. Miller said that the con ' tractor on the project would have to pay approximately s600 a day in penalties for the imount of time it took him to complete the project 'er the !po-day requirement. Asks Consideration Miller, and a representative " of another contractor from Salem, asked the council to consider the matter last night since they need to know be fore project bids are opened on Nov. 1, they said. never dicussed Bengtson be fore in their presence as she was charged with doing in the two accusing affidavits, the deputy district attorney added. ' ; In Charge of Prosecution Scannell, who has been in charge of the Bengtson case prosecution, said this morn ing that, there is a total of $67,000. missing from the Medford ; Escrow-' company. Other cases probably will be brought . before, - the ' grand jury involving this amount!, he added. ! .'"I 'did-not feel that during the first trial that further in dictments should be brought since I felt . that -it ; would prejudice the case against Mr., Bengtson"-He said, : 1 The motion to set aside the judgment and for a new trial will' probably be heard by Circuit Judge Orval Millard, Grants, Pass, about Oct. 31, Robert Boyer, attorney rep resenting Bentson, said this morning. Bremerton Officials To Visit Medford A group of business lead ers ' from Bremerton, Wash., will arrive in Medford Mon day to study this city's suc cessful Park and Shop plan, Medford Chamber of Com merce Manager Don McNeil said. Thursday.' , 1 "! McNeil said arrangements have been made to show the group the complete operation and meet the persons most di rectly involved in the pro gram here. ) McNeil noted' that- the Bremerton group apparently heard . about the local pro gram through the National Parking association in Wash ington, D.C. They apparently are visiting here with an eye to adopting a similar program foritheir city, McNeil said. The majority of the coun cil was-in favor of consider ing the matter last night, but Mayor' John W. Snider used the power of his chair to post pone the request until a spe cial meeting. Miller said if the contrac tors on the project are not given a special permit to work during the hours prohibited by the noise ordinance then they would have to figure the penalty in their bids to the state. Miller said the penalty money would be taxpayers' money. Miller said he would like to have the ordinance sus pended so construction could be done between 5 and fl a.m. and 1 and 2 a.m. inclusive. Not Prepared Mayor Snider said the mat ter should not be considered last' night because "I don't think we could be prepared to give an opinion tonight on something of such magni tude." Snider said if the ordi nance is there for a good rea son then "it should be J3b served." (2) 6 Power Companies Discuss Merger, Copco Announces A. S. Cummins, president of the California Oregon Pow er company, said today that an offer to merge Copco with the Pacific Power and Light company will probably be made within the next 30 to 60 days. Cummins said the two com panies have been "discussing" the; proposed merger for the past several months. He-stressed that the discussions were initiated by PP&P and any offer would have- to come from.that company. . .Cummins' said if the offer to merge is made it will be considered by the board of directors. If the board thinks the proposal is a good one it will then pass, it on to the company's stockholders with a "favorable" recommenda tion. .-,:".' Portland Based PP&L is a Portland-based firm serving much of the Wil lamette valley and Columbia basin. It also serves a large portion of Wyoming and northern Idaho. Copco, with headquarters in Medford, serves seven coun ties in southern Oregon-northern California area. Cummins said if the merg er is accepted PP&L will be the surviving firm: He said he does not think the merger will benefit the people in this area and doesn't se any reduc tion in rates or any more de pendable service than people are getting now. Cummins said the purpase of the merger from the stand point of PP&L is the same with mergers of any compa nies. That is, he said, that the bigger a firm is, the more capital it has and the larger the projects it can undertake. To approve the merger, Cummins pointed out, the stockholders represnting 60 per cent or more of all classes of the company's stock would have to be in favor. He esti mated that the company has some 22,000 stockholders both preferred and common. The section of the freeway on which Kewitt and others are bidding will extend from the north city limits to Jack son st. Miller contended that there are not too many resi dences in the ' area along which the freeway will ex tend that would be bothered by construction noise. A motion to refer the mat ter to committee failed 5 to 3 with Councilmen Fred Robin son, Jimmy Dunlevy, Don Hanson, Al Bradford and Rob ert Baccus voting against re ferral. Councilman Stanley Stark, Ed Hall and Robert Van Sickle voted in favor. Suspension of Rules The maf er could only be considered last night with the suspension of the council rules as the request was not on the agenda. Mayor Snider then asked that the council rule not be waived. This is a prerogative of the mayor's chair. City Attorney Joel Reeder said it would take unanimous agree ment among the councilmen to override the mayor's prerogative. X -Tin . county candidates spoke during the Fair, and afterward interested persons talked with, them during a coffee held in the school cafeteria. The flags of UN countries were loaned by the Medford chapter, United Nations association. . Senate Candidates Debate Issue of Talks With Russia The nuclear age world is not thrilled by countries bick ering with Khrushchev, Mrs. Maurine Neuerger, Demo cratic candidate for the U. S. senate, told the audience Thursday evening- at the League of Women Voters Can didate's Fair. They are interested in those men who can sit down with him at the bargaining table and negotiate, she continued. "Who is wise and who 4a fool ish?" she asked. : ,: f rUr . - Mrs, Neuberger, in her def bate with Ex-Gov. Elmo Smith, Republican seeking the senate scat, mentioned her experience as a member of GOP Rally Set Saturday Night An old-fashioned political rally will be sponsored by local , Republicans on the county courthouse lawn Sat urday night. Main speech will be given by Gov. Mark Hatfield. Short talks will follow by Republi can candidates Dr. Edwin Durno, for representative from Oregon's Fourth Con gressional district; Mrs. Stephen (Eve) Nye and John Dellenback, state representa tive candidates; Alan B. Holmes, for district attorney; Herbert Hunter, for county as sessor; Paul B. Rynning, for county commissioner; Chester L. Rapp, for county treasurer; and Mark E. Boyden, for county surveyor. Medford Mayor John Sni der and County Judge Earl Miller will meet the public with the candidates at an in formation booth. Refreshments will include coffee, hot dogs, cookies and soft drinks. A barbershop quartet and a Dixieland band will provide entertainment. Councilmen Hall and Stark voted against suspension of the rules, the others voting in favor, and the mayor's prerogative was upheld. Mayor Snider indicated that the executive c o m m i 1 1 e would consider the matter in the near future. He pointed out too, that all the contrac tors bidding on the project will have the same problem and so the state highways de partment might call for new bids, if the council's decision is not known in time to pre pare for the Nov. 1 opening. Miller said: "That is fair." Councilman Bradford ex pressed the sentiments of sev eral of the councilmen, who were in favor of prompt con sideration of the matter, when he said: "It would be better to have the project done in 120 days than 240 days ... It would alleviate a lot of prob lems (traffic) by working at night." Bradford did not say he was in favor of suspending the ordinance but did say it was worthy of consideration last night. v- u fz it.'- V f m ! . PDW -vf -,. " "' I i L2 the U. S. delegation at the North Atlantic Treaty Organ ization meeting'in London last year, and of the many times she had attended sessions of the senate and congressional committees. She commented that the Russians are catching up with the United States in areas of national power and economic growth. She continued that the United States has too many times been caught "off- balance ' by Russia, , Replying to her statement on negotiating with Khrushf chev, Smith said that, we have recently had a month's demonstration in New York on how we can negotiate with the Russians." He said that the . United States is not second best to Russia or anyone else, and added that those who say so are not sold on their own country or are uninformed. Sufficient Strength Smith said that to maintain peace the United States must have sufficient strength so that other ' countries will not attack us. "If Khrushchev did not be lieve It he wouldn't have 6ome to thd UN," he continued. He cited the great respon sibility the constitution gives a senator as the senate ap proves or rejects matters of vital importance in foreign policy. Mrs. Neuberger in her re buttal talk stated that as long as negotiations are under way way "we aren't at war." (See story on page 2) $600 AiloledTor Fog Dispersal Plan The Medford city council last night voted to spend not more than $600 a year as the city's share of a fog dispersal experiment at the municipal airport. City Manager Robert Duff, who requested that the coun cil approve tjiat figure, said $600 is approximately half the cost of the fog dispersal project. Duff said other users of the airport that would benefit' by the experiment should help pay the rest of the cost. He said, however, that they have not yet agreed to do this. The fog dispersal experi ment was originally proposed by United Airlines. It in volves dry ice suspended from a balloon and would be ef fective only with "super cooled" fog. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy ind tmoky tonight. Cloudy Satur day and occasional rain likely by afternoon or evening.-Low tonight 43. High Saturday 60-65. Temp. Iflghfiit Yeilrrday ...... 60 Loweit Thli Morning .... 40 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:20 p.m. Sun rite tomorrow 6:33 a.m. Mooniet tonight 6:33 p.m. I'lrat Quarter Oct. Z6 PROMINENT STARS Square of Pegaiui, high In the aouth 9:39 p.m. The lower right-hand lUr of the square li Markan; the low er lfthand star It Gamma Fegasug. . i ; 20 PAGES i ! 7 ?r nrpii?i CANDIDATE SPEAKS Dr. Edwin R. Durno, Medford, Republican candidate for the congressional scat from the fourth district opposing Congressman Charles O. Porter, was one of the 24 candidates who spoke at the Medford League of Women Voters Candidate's Fair Thursday eve ning at Hedrick Junior High school. Durno and Porter Estimated 800 Attend Fair at Hedrick High Gym An estimated 800 persons attended the Candidate's Fair sponsored by the Medford League of Women Voters at Hedrick Junior High school Thursday evening. Congressional, state and local candidates spoke during the event. Highlights of the meeting were the debates be tween Congressman Charles O. Porter and his opponent, Dr. Edwin R. Durno and U.S. senate candidates Mrs. Mau rine Neuberger and Elmo Smith. Both contests became heat ed at times, and some booing and hissing as : well as t ap plause and cheering was heard. ' : . State eandidates were given two - minutes each to state their qualifications for office, They included Howell Appling Jr. (it) and Monroe Sweetland (D), for secretary of state; Howard Belton.(R) and Ward Cook (D), for slate treasurer; Carl Francis (R) and Robert Y. Thornton (D), for attorney general. ; The four candidates for state representative from Jackson county also spoke two minutes each. They were John R. Dellenback and Mrs. Evelyn Nye, Republicans, and' Robert B. Duncan and John L. Gregory, Democrats. Candidates for Jackson couniy offices were given one minute in which to give their qualifications. Those speaking included Alan B. Holmes (R) and Gerald Scannell Jr. (D), district attorney; Paul Ryn ning (R) and Edwin H. Taylor (D), county commissioner; Karl Janouch (D) and Chester L. Rapp (R), county treasurer; Herbert Hunter (R) and Ray J. Schumacher (D), county assessor; and Marki E. Boy den (R) and Edward A. Mc Giny (D), county surveyor. A stuffed toy elephant was received by the Republican party for having the greater number of registered voters attending the Fair. The final tally showed 323 Republican and 145 Democrats. Mrs. Thomas Rutter, Med ford League voter service chairman and master of cere monies for the evening, an nounced the results and stress ed that not everyone present had checked at the tally desks. Following the program cof fee was served by the Med ford 20-30 Active club in the school cafeteria. A "heated" argument be tween Porter and Durno oc curred during the coffee Dcriod in the cafeteria. nrs- cribed by several witnesses as' a "disgraceful exhibition." it attracted observers due to the I loud talking. I It was reported to have , started near the Porter booth when he was approached by j Durno regarding the expenses of having the television film of their scheduled debate In I Eugene Oct. 27 brought to I Medford. The argument is reported to have followed after an agreement was reached on the costs. It mainly concerned for eign policy and Porter's charge that Durno refused to schedule additional debates with him, with Durno stating that his schedula until elec tion time is full. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1960 Porter, Durno Air Stands on Affairs at Congressman Charles Por ter, Democrat, and State Sen. Edwin Durno, Republican, clashed in a heated debate last night at a candidate's fair sponsored by the Jackson County League of Women Voters. ' The two candidates for U.S. Representative from the fourth district debated "the Eugene - Bob van Leer, campaign manager for Con "gressman Charles Porter, aid today arrangements: for a TV debate over Eu- j gene area stations between; Porlor and his GOP oppon ent, Dr. Edwin Durno of Medford, are virtually com'-i plete.; : ! He said attempts are be ing made to arrange that the debate also will be seen over KBES-TV in Medford. Eugene stations have agreed to carry the debate as a public service.- role of a Congressman in for eign affairs" at the meeting attended by about 800 people alHcdrlck Junior High school. Durno, Medford physician and state senator from Jack son county, lashed out at Por ter accusing him of "trying to be a one man slate depart ment in U.S. foreign affairs." Legislative Branch Durno said that Porter should remember he is a Con gressman in the legislative branch of the government. The executive branch of government handles most of our foreign affair policies," Durno reminded Porter. Porter responded by saying that Congressman should be active in foreign affairs, "not like the current administra tion in forming policies." He said, "the slate depart ment has been dangerously wrong in dealing with world policies." "The prestige of the U.S. is at its lowest ebb in many years," Portur added. Can't Follow Goldwater He said that in foreign af fairs "we can no longer fol low the conservative policies of Barry Goldwater and Ed win Durno." Porter called for' positive and active men in Congress. The Eugene lawyer said there has never been a great er need for action In world affairs than at the present." Congressmen and all Amer icans must work for disarma ment. Porter observed. "The disarmament problem has reached a point of disarming for survival," he commented. "Most of us sadly concede that our prestige In the world has dropped," Porter said. "As new steps in foreign policy," Porter said, "we must stop appeasing dictators in all areas of the world." Increase Communication As a first step for world disarmament Porter suggest ed increased communication with Red China. Porter said, "We will have to contend with the Chinese some day and it's best to do it now, while they don't have atomic weapons." "I have actively worked for action on disarmament while in Congress," Porter said. Ha debated. "The Role of a Congressman in Foreign Affairs." Also debating at the Fair were Mrs. Maurine Neuberger, Democrat seeking the U.S. Senate seat, and Ex-Governor Elmo Smith, her Republican opponent. Other speakers included state and county candidates from both political parties. . Foreign Event pointed out that there are only 40 people employed by the government working on the disarmament problem. "We have spent only $140,000 on disarmament in the last years," Porter added. , , i Porter promised to con tinue his active efforts in for eign affairs if elected. Challenges Durno : He challenged Durno to dis cuss the "real" issues facing America. ........ Durno said Porter, had de clared; he; wou,d M willing to stand, on his Congressional record before the campaign began." .However,, when-1 at tacked this record lie, called it foul play," Durno., com mented, ', : ', ' , ; i "Porter, thinks he Is the self-appointed representative of the Liberals in dealing with foreign countries,", Dur no charged. Durno defined the role of a Congressman in foreign af fairs as: I. Being informed on all world conditions. 2. Insuring that personnel in state department branches in foreign countries be of high quality. 3. Supporting foreign pol icy of the administration if sound, and criticizing it If weak. 4. Not identifying himself with political factions when visiting foreign countries. 5. Carrying his full share of responsibilities on foreign affairs committees while in Congress. Candidates' (Editor's note: These ire men is by candidates for congress from the fourth district, state legislature candidates, and candidates for couniy of ficials. Statements are either from the candidate personally, or a representative of the' candidate with the candidate'! approval. ' - (Space for the statements has been offered by the Mail Tribune following a long-standing policy of the paper. , (Today's statements are from Edwin H. Taylor, Demo cratic candidate for county commission, and Robert R. . Dickey, Medford, on behalf of Paul B. Rynning,, Republi can candidate for county commissioner.) m ti Nil PAUL B. RYNNING Paul Rynning's many years experience with our county government makes him an ideal candidate for county commissioner. . He Is an excellent adminis (Continued on page SB) ' ) , ' ' ' No- 184 Ike Accused of Partisan Attack On Sen. Kennedy San Francisco (UPD Call fornia Democrats charged to day that President Eisenhow er made an "openly partisan attack on Sen. John F. Ken nedy. They demanded equal radio and television time lo answer it; - V . ( Eisenhower Thursday night indirectly accused the Demo cratic-presidential nominee) of debasing the truth in cam paign statements that U.S. p.'estige abroad t has fallen sharply in recent years. Igf Roger Kent, state chairman of the Kennedy forces, imme diately labelled the address before ,, the Commonwealth, Club' as "an attack on Sen. Kennedy -and an endorsement of Vice President, Richard, M. Nixon," the GOP nominee. . "This shows that the Re-; publicans - are crudely ' using Mr. Eisenhower's office to ad vance Nixon - Lodge," -Kent said. : , , It was the first official Democratic anger expressed since the President began tak- Ing oblique pokes at the op position during a cross-court- -try tour called "non-political" -by the White House. . - ' The President flew to Salt Diego today. Stage Set for Major i UN Financial Crisis United Nations, N. Y. - OfPB -The Communist bloc set the stage today for creating a ma jor UN financial crisis when Czechoslovakia announced it would refuse to help pay for "the dirty role played by the United Nations in the Congo." Parade , the fifth in a series of state- EDWIN H. TAYLOR I, Edwin H. Taylor, tht Democratic c a n d t d a te for county commissioner, ; have been a lifelong citizen of Jackson county. I was born on a farm on the slopes pt (Continued on page SB) -.,v
