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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)
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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