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Fears
Cuba
Fanning
nvasiori
wains
U.S.
Candidates' Parade
(Edltor't note: These are the seventh in a series of statements by
candidates for congress from the fourth district, state legislature
candidates, and candidates for county offices. Statements are
either from the candidate personally, or a representative of the
candidate with the candidate's approval.
(Space for the statements has been offered by the Mall Tribune
following a longstanding policy of the paper.
(Today's statements are from Karl L. J an ouch, Democratic candi
date for reelection as county treasurer, and from a commmitte
supporting Chester L. Raup, Republican candidate for county
treasurer. 1
CHESTER L. HAPP
Chester (Chet) L. Rapp, a
31year-old native of Jackson
county seeks election to the
office of county treasurer of
Jackson county.
People have asked, "What
does Chefs candidacy offer
the public?"
He has been a resident of
Jackson county his entire life
except for the four years
spent in the United States Air
Force. He is aware of the fis
cal problems facing the tax
payers of Jackson county and
is very much interested with
the progress of our county.
Chet graduated from South
ern Oregon college with
courses in accounting and
(Continued on page 9A)
Fourth Boy Arrested
For Dynamite Theft
A fnnrfh vnllth was arrest
ed by local law enforcement
agencies early Sunday morn
ing and charged with the theft
of a large quantity of ex
plosives from the White City
ammunition dump last week.
Three younger boys were
arrested in connection with
the theft Saturday night and
some 400 pounds of stolen
dynamite and more than 1,000
dynamite caps were recov
ered. James Leonard Slenerson,
19, of 2216 West Main St., has
been lodged in the county jail
on a charge of burglary not
in a dwelling.
The three boys, wno were
arrested Saturday night, were
lodged in the juvenile deten
tion home on charges of lar
ceny, burglary and auto theft.
Two of the boys were 16 and
them are students at Medf ord
Hieh school. I
All four boys admitted their
part in the theft. The three
younger boys told police they
were "thinking about" blow
ing up the covered McKee
bridge in the Applegate valley
as a Halloween stunt. They
said, however, that they prob
ably would not have done
this.
Received Tip
The Jackson county sheriff's
office, state police and Med
ford city police all worked on
the case. The arrests came
after police were tipped off
that one of the youths was
seen with a dynamite cap.
Following their arrest the
boys led police to a tree house
in front of the residence of
one, where the dynamite was
hidden. The dynamite caps
were found in back of another
house.
The three younger boys also
admitted to stealing several
cars in recent weeks. One of
them was slightly injured in a
Saturday afternoon traffic ac
cident in one of the stolen
cars. Stenerson was apparent
ly not involved in the car
thefts.
The boys told police they
made three different trips to
the White City bunkers on
Oct. 16. Stenerson went with
them only on the last trip, they
said.
Exploded
On Monday, the day after
' the theft, the boys said they
exploded three sticks of dyna
mite near a mill pond on the
outskirts of the city. They also
exploded several dynamite
caps, they said.
It is not yet known if the
youths were responsible for a
number of telephoned bomb
threats that were reported to
Bedford Stores pen
Until 9 o'clock Tonight
KARL L. JANOUCH
Four years ago Carl Jan
ouch appeared before the pub
lic as a candidate for the of
fice of county treasurer of
Jackson county. At that time
he stated his qualifications
and made definite promises
that if elected he would con
duct the office in an efficient
and economical manner and
to the best Interest of all tax
payers. He was elected by the larg
est number of votes given any
candidate for county office.
He believes it is agreed that
he fulfilled his promises and
on that basis he respectfully
solicits your votes on Nov. 8.
Four years of additional ex
(Continued on page 9A)
police during the last few
weeks, three of them at the
high school. The third high
school bomb threat was re
ceived by police on Friday,
the day.beffire the arrests. Po
lice checked out the school,
but found nothing.
Sheriff's deputies said to
day that the youths were ap
parently not responsible for
the theft of dynamite and caps
from a mine near Rogue River
which happened on the same
day as the thefts from the
White City bunkers. That case
is still under investiagtion,
they said.
Oregon Mountain
Tunnel Bids Asked
Sacramento - (UPD - A $4.18
million job for construction of
the Oregon Mountain Tunnel
on U.S. Highway 199 in Del
Norte county was put out to
bid today by the State Di
vision of Highways.
The tunnel project includes
construction of the tunnel, the
north approach embankment
and a ventilation .building
about 2.5 miles south of the
Oregon border.
The project is one of three
to complete the relocation of
U.S. 199 at Hazelview Sum
mit. Bids on the third and
latest will be opened Nov. 30
in Sacramento.
Details Studied
For Fifth Debate
Washington - IUPII - Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
and Sen.. John F. Kennedy
sought to work out details
today for a fifth "Great De
bate" on radio and television.
Representatives of the rival
presidential candidates were
assigned to make plans for
the debate after Nixon and
Kennedy agreed to another radio-TV
encounter in a hot ex
change of telegrams Sunday
night. ,
Nixon, in accepting Ken
nedy's challenge to the fifth
debate, stipulated that it
would be limited to the Cu
ban problem. Kennedy agreed
to the condition but protest
ed that it was a "gag" on pre
election discussion and said
other issues also should be
taken up.
The Dalles - IUPD - The body
of Ed Coburn, 54, an electri
cian blown overboard in an
explosion on a barge here
Oct. 11, was recovered today.
Court Orders
Further Study of
Bible Decision
Pennsylvania
Ruling Vacated
Washington - (UPD - The Su
preme Court today directed a
federal district court in Phil
adelphia to take another look
at a challenge to Bible read
ing in Pennsylvania public
schools.
The brief order vacated a
lower court decision which
banned the readings under a
"compulsory" reading law
that has since been modified.
Further Proceedings
The Supreme Court order
ed such further proceedings
as "may be appropriate" in
light of the amended statute.
The case was brought to
the high court by Abington
Township, Pa., school district
which appealed a decision by
a three-judge court for the
eastern Pennsylvania federal
district. The three jrdge- had
ruled unconstitutional a Penn
sylvania state law which said
a public school teacher must
open each school day with
the reading of 10 Bible verses
or face dismissal.
The law was challenged by
Mr., and Mrs. Edward L.
Schempp, Roslyn, Pa., whose
two children are students in
Abington schools. The
Schempps are members of the
Unitarian church. They said
some of the religious doc
trines "purveyed by a literal
reading of the Bible were con
trary" to their religious and
family teachings.
The law was amended last
December to strike out the
"compulsory" feature of the
Bible session. It now requires
a teacher to excuse any child
from attending the Bible
reading on written request
of the parents.
Results of Straw
Ballot Announced
The results of the straw bal
lot conducted during the. past
several weeks by the Medford
League of Women Voters and
radio station KMED were an
nounced today.
A total of 766 persons voted
in the poll which visited 11
locations in four Jackson
county cities. The results
showed that 511 persons voted
for Nixon and Lodge with
235 for Kennedy and Johnson.
Mrs. Thomas Rutter, League
service chairman, stated that
the poll was to stimulate in
terest in the general election
and is not intended to be
necessarily indicative of the
outcome of the general elec
tion. In no way was the poll
conducted scientifically.
Two of the 15 measures to
be voted on in the Nov. 8
election were included in the
poll. The results were day
light saving time, 382 yes,
313 no, and billboard control,
425 yes, 206 no.
Other results showed: U. S.
senate, Smith 423, Neuberger
314; U. S. congress, Durno
504, Porter 238; secretary of
state, Appling 462, Sweetland
245; representatives from
Jackson county, Eve Nye 465,
Dellenback 442, Duncan 291,
and Gregory 135; district at
torney, Holmes 452 Scannell
230; and county commissioner,
Rynning 410, Taylor 272.
The results of the straw bal
lot were tabulated last week
end by the League of Women
Voters.
Britain Warns on
Soviet Proposals
United Nations, N.Y.-IUPD
Britain warned today that the
next war is bound to be a nu
clear conflict and said that
Russia's proposals would
mean no disarmament for 40
years.
Prime Minister of State Da
vid Ormsby-Gore told the
United Nations Political com
mittee that even if stockpiles
were destroyed and produc
tion of nuclear weapons end
ed "you cannot destroy the
knowledge in the minds of
men."
The 99-nation Political com
mittee was in the second week
of a disarmament debate
which Soviet Premier Nikita
S. Khrushchev in suffering
the worst defeat of his recent
visit, had demanded be con
ducted on the floor of the
General Assembly.
Regional Edition
Medford
18 Pages
Congo Capital
At Mercy of
Wild Soldiers
Leopoldville, The Congo - IUPI) - The capital of The
Congo became a city of fear today at the mercy of wild
and apparently leaderless Congolese soldiers.
Reports filtering out of "Le Beige" the African quar
ter of modern Leopoldville said 11 persons had been
killed in a week end of terror.
The Congolese soldiers blocked entrances to the African
section with troops and armored cars and prevented Euro
peans from entering the area to assess damage and count
casualties.
The situation appeared to
leave a power vacuum ripe
for the return of Patrice Lu
mumba as premier or the
emergence of a new strong
man. The United Nations com
mand, which did nothing to
stop the week end rampage,
was reported trying to get
members of parliament to
meet again to try to establish
some form of government.
The violence started Sat
urday night when Congolese
soldiers clashed with civilian
supporters of Lumumba. A
soldier was reported to have
been one of those killed.
Entered in Force
Sunday soldiers entered
iho African quarter in force,
spraying machinegun and rifle
shots through th streets, mo
lesting pedestrians and pull
ing Lumumba supporters oui
of their homes.
Col. Joseph Mobutu, the
army chief of staff who seiz
ed power Sept. 14, was not
in the capital when the trou
ble started. He had flown to
Coquilhatville, capital of the
Equatorial Province. -,
Mobutu broke with the
United Nations S a t urday,
charging it was protecting Lu
mumba. It appeared he had
lost what tenuous control he
had had.
Senator To
Speak
For Candidates
U. S. Senator Carlson (R
Kan.) will campaign in Klam
ath, Josephine and Jackson
counties Oct. 27 and 28 on be
half of Republican candidates,
GOP State Chairman Peter
Gunnar, Salem, has announc
ed. Senator Carlson is schedul
ed to speak in Grants Pass,
Ashland and Klamath Falls.
He will arrive at the Med
ford airport from San Fran
cisco Thursday, and will be
met by a delegation of Re
publican party officials, in
cluding Don Stathos, Medford,
GOP state secretary.
At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
26. Senator Carlson will speak
in Grants Pass at a dinner
sponsored by the Josephine
County Central committee
Friday, Oct. 27, he will
drive to Medfrom Grants Pass,
where he will tour Medford
before going to Ashland, for
a campaign luncheon at 12:15
p.m. A tour of the Ashland
Shakespearean Festival facili
ties is scheduled early that
afternoon.
At 2:30 p.m. Senator Carl
son and his party will leave
for Klamath Falls, where he
will sneak at a Ron Phair
rally in the Klamath Falls au
ditorium. He win return to
San Francisco that evening
Forest Crews Mop
Up Four Fires
State department of for
estry patrolmen were mop
ping up today on four fires in
an area near Derby Station
off the Butte Falls rd.
Three blazes were confined
to snags. The other was larg
er although information on
its size was not available from
southwest district headquar
ters. The fires were noted
Sunday evening. Cause was
not learned.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER
Lakeview Woman
Killed in Crash;
Four Others Die
By United Press International
Mrs. Betty Vancil, 36, was
killed and six other persons
were Injured In a two-car col
lision about 12 miles west of
here Sunday evening.
Her death brought Oregon's
week end traffic toll to five.
Police said her husband,
William, 41, and Ervin Bla-
lock, 52, were injured in one
car and that Lee Davis, 18,
Dean Davis, 15, Barbara
Thomas, 17, and Melba Wy
man, 15, were injured in the
other vehicle.
Miss Thomas was taken to
a Medford hospital by Mercy
Flights air ambulance today
and the others were being
treated at a Lakeview hospi-
tal. All lived in the West
Side area near Lakeview.
"Two persons died in Port
land traffic crashes Sunday,
A hit-and-run accident In
Hillsboro Saturday killed a
teen-aged boy and a Gold
Beach woman was Killed in
dav near Bandon.
John Spencer, 20, was killed
Sunday only blocks from his
home. Spencer, an airman,
was returning home from
Fairchild Air Force base in
Spokane. His mother heard
the crash.
Mrs. Clara Louise Hanlon,
37, was dead on arrival at a
Portland hospital after she
was involved in a collision
with a car driven by Leona
F. Shepherd, 28.
Gene L. Morse, 18, Hills
boro, was the victim of a hit-and-run
driver on the Hills-boro-North
Plains road Satur
day, police said. The victim
was driving a motor scooter
when he was struck head-on,
Mrs. Mabel I. Martin, 58,
Gold Beach, was killed in a
collision between a car and a
truck on Highway 101 seven
miles north of Bandon Friday.
Motor Carrier
Revenues Decline
Salem - (UPD - Public Utll
ity Commissioner Jonel C.
Hill said today that motor
carrier earnings in Oregon
continued to decrease in the
second quarter of this year.
The decline in net revenue for
the first six months of 1960
amounted to 32.70 per cent,
Hill said. Although carrier
revenues increased 3.36 over
1959, expenses increased 6.04
per cent.
"How Shocking! Truman
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USIA Report Said
To Show Belief
Russia Stronger
Sentiment Abroad
Said Favoring Soviet
New York - IUPD - A secret
report of the U.S. Informa
tion Agency contains evidence
of strong sentiment abroad
that Russia now is militarily
stronger than the United
States, the Columbia Broad
casting System reported to
day.
CBS said the report also dis
closes "overwhelming belief"
among America's allies that
the Soviet Union will have a
definite military edge over
the United States in 1970.
Unimpeachable Source
CBS said it had obtained
from "unimpeachable sources
details of the August 29 re
port from "unimpeachable
sources" in Europe. Chairman
J. William Fulbright of the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee has been demand
ing that the State Depart
ment make the report public.
"The report Includes opin
ions of the allied governments
as well as public opinion polls
abroad on a variety of ques
tions connected with East-
West military balance, to de
termine whether they consid
er Russia or the United States
stronger today," CBS said.
"The reaction was mixed,
with a slight edge for Russia,
Favored in Germany
"On the question of who
will be stronger in 1970, al
most all of the respondents
named Russia. Even in West
Germany, one of the most pro
American of the nations, the
polls came out favoring Rus
sia over the United States.
The State DeDartment and
the' USlXliv Washington de
clined to comment on the
CBS report.
CBS said the report was
compiled by the Research Di
vision of the United States
Information Agency at the re
quest of the military confer
ence oh public relations in
Paris last summer.
Ike on Goodwill
Mission to Mexico
Palm Springs, Calif.-(UPD -President
Eisenhower left this
desert spa today for a good
will mission to Mexico after
a week end of leisurely golf
ing. . The President's jetliner lift
ed into the clear desert sky at
the southern California resort
at 7:46 a.m. (PST) for Laugh
Un AFB, Tex., the first leg of
the trip to Cuidad Acuna.
A crowd of local officials
and residents cheered as Eis
enhower arrived at Palm
Springs airport via helicopter
from nearby La Quinta Sun
day where he dedicated a new
golf course.
The President accepted a
box of new golf balls and
promised to return to the spa
early next year.
DIES OF INJURIES
Bend - IUPD - Ray Albert
Thrasher, 54, Bend logger,
died Sunday in a hospital
from injuries suffered last
Friday when a tree fell on him
while he was working in the
woods near Suttle Lake.
Used the Word 'Hell' "
55th
Tribune
24, 1960
GREETS GOVERNOR Roy
'.
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iS. ,,r-""5 ISA!
G. Mennen Williams of Michigan when he arrived in Medford
this morning to make several
behalf of the Democratic candidates. Picard was selected
by the Jackson County Democrats to greet the governor
as he is a former Michigan
ernor Williams here was Mrs.
who is seeking reelection from
Michigan
Arrives in
The men in the Kremlin
are only going to recognize
strength," Michigan Gov. G.
Mennen Williams told a group
of persons this morning at
tha opening ceremonies of the
Ashland Citizens for Kennedy
headquarters.
"The kind of strength they
are going to recognize is not
strong talk, but strong de
fense and a 'good educational
system," the speaker contin
ued. He called Vice. President
Nixon's stand of "tough talk
when dealing with the Rus
sians" wrong. Governor Wil
liams commented that Nixon
has been stressing the impor
tance of his travels in foreign
countries and talks with
heads of state as qualifica
tions for the presidency.
Williams said that Kennedy
had also talked with heads of
foreign governments, includ
ing Khrushchev, and has trav
eled as extensively as Nixon.
Domestic Issues
"It Isn't . really important
where you have been," the
governor - continued, "what
matters Is what you learned
while you were there. Appar
ently Mr. Nixon didn't learn
his lesson very well."
.In contrast to Williams'
Oregonians Get
Deportation Stay
San Francisco - (UPD - A
temporary stay of deportation
for William A. Mackie and
Hamish Scott MacKay, both
of Portland, was granted here
Saturday by Senior Circuit
Judge Richard Chambers of
the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals.
Mackie was to be deported
to Finland and MacKay to
Canada. The temporary stay
extends to Tuesday noon and
Judge Chambers ordered that
the two men's application for
a permanent stay of deporta
tion, pending hearing of their
appeal on its merits, be given
to a three-judge panel today.
Three Die in Crash
South of Dunsmuir
Dunsmulr, Calif.-UIPD-Threo
members of an Oregon family
were crushed to death Sunday
when their car was smashed
by an out of control truck on
U.S. 99, about 15 miles south
of here, police said.
The victims were J. W. Bor
der, 38, his wife, Dorothy
Jean, 35, and their 13-year-old
son Russell of Milton Free
water in Eastern Oregon.
The truck driver, Alton Glen
Davis, 30, Pacoima, Calif.,
was Injured seriously. Police
said the truck went out of con
trol, after its trailer broke
loose and ran off an embankment.
Year Price 10 Cents
No. 186
Picard, Medford, greets Gov,
appearances in the valley on
resident. Accompanying .Gov
Edith S. Green, congrcsswoman
the third district.
(Knackstedt photo)
Governor
Valley
talk on foreign policy, Con
gressman Edith S. Green, who
accompanied the governor to
the Rogue valley, spoke on
domestic issues In the cam
paign. She said that she be
llevcs the Democrats will-win
in Oregon. ' ,,
Following the event attend-
ed by about 40 persons, Wil
liams told a Mail Tribune re
porter that he thought, that
Kennedy did extremely well
in the four nation-wide tele
vision programs. He also fore
cast a Democratic victory in
Michigan next month.
Governor Williams was
met at the Medford airport
this morning by representa
tives of the various Democra
tic organizations In the
county. He was greeted by
Roy Picard, a former Michi
gan resident. Traveling with
Williams are two aides, Vic
Navasky and Jack Withrlch.
The governor attended a
buffet luncheon at the Crown
room in the Mark Antony ho
tel in Ashland and this after
noon, with Mrs. Green, was
honored guest at a reception
and coffee hour at the Med
ford hotel.
' He will speak, this evening
at a Democratic rally in Port
land and plans to be In Colo
rado Tuesday before return
ing to Michigan' Wednesday.
WEATHER , f :
FORECAST: Incretifnr cloudl
neu tonight. Cloudy Tuiday
with chance of thowars In after
noon. Low tonight 45. High
Tuesday 65.
Temp.
H I he it Yeiterdiy 72
Loweit Thli Morning 50
Preclp.
To 10 a.m. Today Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sit met tndav 8:16 P.m.
Sunrise tomorrow :36 a.m.
Moonaet today 9:Qi p.m.
The Moon rldei low and la in
Perigee.
Pirit Quarter Oct. XI
The planet, Jupiter, teen below
the Moon tonight, li now about
525 million mllei from the
Earth.
Poison Bait Program To Bo
Explained at
G. M. Patterson, supervisor
of rodent and predatory ani
mal control for the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, will ex
plain his poison bait program
at 8 p.m. Friday In the coun
ty courthouse auditorium.
County Commissioner Ralph
James said the Hound Own
ers' association here has com
plained that the poison bait
program Is dangerous to dogs,
birds and other than preda
tory animals.
During a meeting in the
county court hearing room
Friday afternoon County Com
missioner Chester Wendt ex
plained that the program was
started last year on request of
the Jackson ' County Stock
men's association and other
farmers.
Patterson said three poison
bait stations using 1080 poi
Attack Would
Start War lllr
Newspaper Says
Candidates Called
'Enemies, Liars'
Havana -IUPD- Premier Fidel
Castro's newspaper Revolu
cion today warned the United
States that any attack against
Cuba could start World War
III. It also stepped up attacks
against both American presi
dential candidates by calling
them "enemies of Cuba ana
liars."
The newspaper's front-paga
proclamation appeared to cov
er cither a United States
launched or U.S.-supported at
tack. The newspaper strongly
condemned Democratic presi
dential candidate John F.
Kennedy's call for government
and allied aid to overthrow
the Castro regime, but mada
it clear that both he and Re
publican candidate Vice Presi
dent Richard A. Nixon ivera
'equally enemies" of Cuba.
Can't Be Topped
As liars nobody can top
either of them from what
we ve seen, , the newspaper
said. However, Revolucion
noted that Nixon's speech In
answer to Kennedy shows "at
last the Yankees are con
vinced that this business of
the rockets' would become tha
tragic truth (war) if they
dared to land on our soil." .
Bearded Premier Castro
was due to address the closing
session of the national associ
ation of rebel youth tonight.
Meanwhile, Cuban officials,
radio and press whipped up
fears that the United States
was going to support an in
vasion against Cuba from
Guatemala.
Public Support Sought
Observers said indications
were that Castro's regime was
fanning the invasion jitters to
rally public support for soma
major move against the Uni
ted States, possibly a demand
for : the .withdrawal from the
Guantanamo naval base.
Ihvaaion' rumors have been
sweeping Havan even though.
there was no evidence to back:
them up. The Communist
newspaper Hoy , and the pro
g o v e rnment publication El .
M u n d o featured interviews
with the man - in - the - street
Sunday asking what he would
do in case of an attack on
Cuba.
All responded In the sama
vein - saying they would fight
the invaders to the bitter end.
Delegation To Meet
Tuesday Afternoon
The Jackson county delega
tion to the Governor's Con
ference on Children and
Youth will meet Tuesday,
Oct. 25, at 3 p.m. in tha
board room of the Public Li
brary of Medford and Jack'
son county.
About 12 persons from tha
county are expected to attend
the conference In Salem Nov,
2, 3 and 4, according to Capt.
William Ricken, chairman of
the delegation.
Among those expected to
attend the Tuesday meeting;
are student body presidents
from Ashland,- Medford and
St. Mary's schools and repre
sentatives from the parent
teacher : associations, county
welfare, churches and cham
ber of commerce.
Salem -IUPD- Gov. Mark Hat
field was off to California to
day to address the Bible In
stitute of Los Angeles tonight,,
and Thursday he flies to Min
nesota and Michigan for a
business conference and soma
campaigning.
Salem -IUPD- Burglars broka
Into Llpman's department
store In downtown Salem over
the week end and took a
quantity of jewelry, polica
said today. -
Friday Meet
son were set out last year in
the Lake Creek area. From 8
to 12 stations will be set out
this year Patterson said, pos
sibly in the Siskiyou area
where coyotes are reported to
be numerous.
Phllrtrnn pnnnnt unt fwntich
of the poison to kill them,
Patterson said, and the poison
cannot be transferred from
one animal to another. Before
the baits are put out the pro
gram is well advertised and
the area well posted.
The poison bait program
supplements the work of Gov
ernment Hunter Kirby Tant,
Brownsville, he explained.
Otherwise, a second govern?
ment hunter would be needed.
Coyotes In Jackson county
seriously threaten livestock,
particularly sheep, and tha
deer population, Patterson
noted.