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9 e Nixon's Campaign Manager Denies Story on Loan to Brother CHECK DYNAMITE AND CAPS A- Bill Wattenberg (left), county general road su perintendent, and Medford Police -Sgt-. Ray Seely, check part of the dynamite and elec-. trie biasing caps found Wednesday after noon near.-the summit of Roxy Ann. In the . background is County Engineer Bob Car- , ttensen. The dynamite and caps were point ed out to area officers by one of seven ' Durno,: Porter To Station Tonight Rep ublttan Congressional Candidate J3r. Edwin 'R. Dur no, Medford," ''and - Congress-' man Charles O. Porter, Eu gene, will debate issues of the campaign in a 30-minui.e, tele vision program starting at 9 o'clock tonight on fire sta tions in the northern section of the fourth district. ' :! The debate will be carried over KVAL in Eugene, KPIC in Roseburg and KCBY in Coos Bay. But whether the debate or a film of the debate will be" available for' viewer's' of Medford station, KBES-TV, was uncertain late this morn ing, i v ' , ; Originally, the debate was scheduled to be televised si multaneously over all stations, including Medford's, but the television station this moring reported that as of then the debate was not scheduled here. t Reason given, station offi cials said, was that funds were not available to pay the line charge to transmit the debate from KVAL in Eugene to Medford. Station officials did not know whether a film of the debate would be available for later viewing in this area. -. Porter, who was in the valley sthis morning, said he offered to pay half the cost to have the debate transmit ted to Medford, but that Dr. Durno refused to pay the oth er half the cost. '.-'' ( Manville Heisel, Dr. Dur no's campaign manager here, said he understood a film of the debate would be available for viewing from the Medford television station later, but the time for viewing would have to be arranged-by the station. . : Salem - (UPD - The Marion county courthouse was half filled with steam this morn ing after a regulating valve on a large water heater in the basement became stuck. Kennedy, Porter Win In SOC Mock Election ; Ashland - Southern Oregon I college faculty members and students in a mock election yesterday passed all but two measures which appear on the November general elec tion ballot. ' Sen. John F. Kennedy, Democratic c a n d i date for President, nosed out Vice President Richard Nixon by 22 votes in the mock voting. Kennedy received 264 votes and Nixon had 242. Richard Swinney and Don Roberts, co - chairman in charge of the vofng, a regu lar event at SOC, said '526 mock ballots were cast. . Students backed ballot measure 6 for self-liquidating higher education facilit i e s, 448 to 53. The two measures defeated were No. 4, permit ting prosecution by informa- 'l youths questioned Wednesday about dyna mite thefts from bunkers at White. Clty.: Later in the day sheriff's deputies found additional- caps in a cabin in the Little Applegate. The explosives are being stored, by the county. With the recovery Wednes-, day of the dynamite and caps only ona such theft is still unsolved in the county. Students Reveal Cache of Dynamite Seven St. Mary's High school students, questioned by Jaw enforcement officers Wed nesday, revealed the location i more dynamite and blasting iaps.xstolen last' month' from bunkers at White City- i f The ' seven boys, j three 17j three 18, and. one 14 yearsold, were released to school-authorities following question ing, and Were also referred to ;juvehlle ' authorities. , , ' . i Special Session Mayor John W. Snider has called a special Weting of the Medford city council for next Monday to consider sev eral items of business regard ing the new freeway through the city. The meeting, will' start at 7:30 p.m., in the city hall. -;, A request from several con tractors to have the city sus pend its noise ordinance dur ing construction of the free way through the city will be considered. The contractors argued at the council's Oct. 20 meeting, that without suspension of the ordinance which prohibits work between the hours of 6 p.m. and 7 a.m., it will take longer than the state wants to complete the freeway. The council also will con sider the proposed agreement with the state for sale of fill material for the highway from city property-near the airport. ''- , A third item involves the proposed sale of one-quarter acre, of land at Crater Lake highway and Bear creek to the state for freeway right-of-way. ' San Francisco - (UPD - The Coast Guard said today the air and sea search for pos sible survivors of- the three man crew of the ill-fated raft "Leaky Tiki" had been aban doned. !: , tion or Indictment, and No. 14, the personal income tax bill. Democrat Charles O. Por ter received 260 votes to Dr. Edwin Durno's 243 in the con gressional race, and Mrs. Mau rine Neuberger received 287 votes to Elmo Smith's 221 for the short senatorial term. Mrs. Neuberger got 272 to Smith i 222 for the term start ing next January. Dr. Marshall E. Woodell, SOC professor of political science, said the college fac ulty and students have in past years, voted in the mock election on state and national candidates the way the regu lar election goes almost 100 per cent of the time, and that they vote cn measures the way the people vote almost 70 per cent of the time. 0 "ran a According to Medford city police and the Jackson coun ty sheriff's deputies,! one of the boys was : contacted:7 by police' Wednesday and he in tura implicated' the others. . n The police learned the name of the ;youth from , tips Te ceived since the week, end: ar rest of four other youthf(for similar (hefts in the, valley. , A 17-irea&old boy tookvol- ficersto.a cache on Roxy Ann butte where 75 sticks of, dyna? mite, 719. electric blasting caps and '36" fuse caps were located. Police said it was about 150 feet below the loop road at the intersection with the road leading to the radio transmitter station. The boys told officers that the dynamite and caps had been taken Labor Day week end from three bunkers at White City. Late Wednesday evening sheriff's . deputies recovered several hundred additional electric blasting caps from a cabin on the Little Applegate south of Ruch. The cabin was reported to belong to the fam ily of one of the boys. . - Sheriff s deputies said that with the apprehension of the youths, all dynamite, thefts in the county have been solved except "for the theft of some dynamite from a mine near Gold Hill. ". Embezzlement Case Costs $2,277.75 The O. H. Bengtson embezzlement case cost the county approximately $2,277.75 in accountant serv ices, the county court learned today. '" i - - With" some . verbal protest from County ' Commissioner Chester Wendt, the members of the county court approved a final statement of $1,177.75 from George R. Polski, certi fied public accountant. It ap proved previously a state ment for $1,100 from Polski The work was done on the Medford Escrow company sit uation, which may involve other indictments against Bengtson. Bengtson, , Medford lawyer, was convicted on one charge, another is pending, and other indictments may be brought, according to the district attorney's office. Bengtson's attorneys havej filed motions for a new trial and to appeal the case to the state supreme court. Students Rebuild for Homecoming Bonfire Ashland-Underclassmcn at Southern Oregon college are busy today rebuilding the school's homecoming bonfire which 'was set ablaze last night two days ahead of schedule. Much of the material for the fire was destroyed in tlS blaze. The culprits (believed to be upper classmen) are still at large. The fire is scheduled to be kindled tomorrow night following the school's home coming variety show. liipfio lps 6pg Troops IfitMra Belgians Said in Concerted Effort To Regain Power Some Troops Still At Strategic Spots Leopoldville (UPD Congo lese troops pulled out of most of their positions in the city and returned to barracks on the outskirts today in accord ance with Col. Joseph Mobutu's- promise to the United Nations. The U.N. command has re ported to Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold that there appeared to be a concerted ef fort by Belgians to regain power in the Congo, authori tative sources said. Some at Strategic Points ' Some of Mobutu's troops mained at strategic points. They included a cordon of soldiers ringing ousted Pre mier Patrice Lumumba's residence. The United Na tions did not object to the guard. i Troops who have been roaming the city searching for arms allegedly hidden by Lumumba's supporters .had vanished and others pulled out of police stations .they had been occupying since last Saturday. . .. ., . Given Armory Control Motubu, who rejected charges his men had commit ted the rapes and killings of the past week end, agreed to withdraw his troops to their barracks on the outskirts , of the city at the United Na tions' request. In return, he was given control over-the city armory which is well equipped. How ever,, though, the Congolese army already was reported to have sufficient arms and am munition, the U.N. command was confident it could handle the troops in the event, of a fight. . v . Carrying Out Agreements Belgian sources' said they merely are carrying out agreements drawn up at the political and economic round table conferences in Brussels at which The Congo was granted independence July 1. The sources said Mobutu has appointed Belgians as tax commissioners and . has sent 36 officer cadets to be trained at the Belgians military academy.' Each flight from Brussels brings ' back more than 100 of the Belgians who fled before anti-white terror ists last July. Treasurer's Office Receives Check The county treasurer's of fice received a check from the secretary of state this week for $7,417.50 as the county's share of racing revenues for the quarter ending Sept. 30.- The money goes to the county fair board. LOOKOUT DOWN Mrs. Thelma Sims, lookout on Anderson . butte, was brought down from that sta tion today by the southwest district '; of the state depart ment of forestry. Lookouts re mained, however, oil Tallow box and Burnt peak, the dis trict headquarters on Table Rock rd. reported. "What Happens When They Run Out Of 'Foreigners?" i ' Rogue Valley Edition 36 Pages Holifield, Carlson To Campaign for Parties in County Noon Luncheons Set In Medford, Ashland Congressman C h e t Holi field (D-Calif.) and Sens Frank Carlson (R-Kans.) will be in Jackson county tomorrow campaigning for their respec tive party candidates. . Holifield will campaign in behalf of Congressman Charles O. Porter, and Sen ator Carlson will campaign in behalf of Nixon-Lodge presi dential ticket. The Kansas senator is ex pected to arrive in the valley early this evening, and will proceed to Grants Pass where he will speak at a dinner sponsored by the Josephine County Republican Central committee. He wilj return to Medford about 10:30 a.m. Friday, and will appear at a public coffee hour on the mezzanine of the Medford hotel. At noon he will speak at a luncheon at the Mark Antony hotel in Ashland. Dinner Engagement Following a tour, of the Shakespearean theater in Ash land,; Senator Carlson will leave -for Klamath Falls, where he has a dinner en gagement. . Holifield will speak at a luncheon Friday in the Med ford hotel. He will share the platform with - Porter, who served with Holifield on the post office and civil service committees in congress. ' Holifield also serves on the joint committee on atomic en ergy, and has attended several international conferences re lating to peaceful . use of atomic energy. He was con gressional. - advisor to the American delegation at the conference on the discontinu ance of nuclear weapons tests at Geneva in 1959. ' Talks by Holifield also are scheduled in Roseburg and in Lane county. . , Gates, Ore.-i-fUPD-The mayor of Gates, William R. Hutche son, 69, died at his home Wednesday. A furniture store owner, he had been mayor since 1953. V WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with rain tonight. Showeri and partial cleartng Friday. Low tonight 38. High Friday S2. - Temp. Highest Yesterday .. 60 Lowest Thli Morning 35 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:12 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 6:40 a,m. Moonset tomorrow ..12:15 a.m. Full Moon (Hunter's Moon) ....Nov. 3 Castor and Pollux (the Twins) rise tonight at 10:00 p.m. The 'planet. Mars', seen a lit tle to the right of these two stars, Is now much brighter than either of them. - MEDFORD, OREGON, Washington - (UPD - The United States, Britain and France have warned Russia that any interference with air corridors into Berlin would create "a dangerous situation" for which the Soviet govern ment "would be held fully responsible,", it was disclosed today. , In identical notes delivered in Moscow Wednesday and re leased in the western capitals today, the three western pow ers took a firm stand against recent grow 1 n g communist pressures, on the potentially explosive Berlin situation. At the same time, the allies released the text of another set of identical western notes to Russia dated Sept. 12. These accused the East Ger man authorities of "harass ing" persons traveling to Ber lin "by prolonged delays in rail and road traffic, sub jection to frivolous police in terrogation, and in many cases outright denial of pass age." ,."M or e - th a n 1000 indi viduals," the Sept. 12 .notes said, "were thus,' without Porler Says GOP Opponent Looks to Past, Not Future 1 Ashland - "My Republican opponent looks to. the past, not toi the future," Congress man Charles O." Porter (D Ore.) told an assembly meet ing at Southern Oregon col lege this morning. "He has no positive pro gram but has been entirely negative both in his one ses sion of the legislature and in this campaign." . Porter said that, "there are vast differences between us. I am for liberal housing bills to aid Oregon's lumber industry- - my opponent opposes them and' the president of his own party has vetoed housing bills three times. "I am for medical care for the age'd through social se curity - I want to do some thing to help care for our older citizens. My opponent, the retired Medford doctor, opposes this program and In stead wants to substitute the medicare program or some other more to the liking of the American Medical associ ation." -' "I'm for. federal aid to edu cation -. we must do some thing to relieve the unfair burden of property taxes. We need more schools but proper ty alone can not bear the major burden. My. opponent is' against this program and apparently doesn't. care that there are 10 million children (20,000 In Oregon) who are in overcrowded or understaff ed schools. "My opponent's farm pro gram Is 'to leave it to a Re publican . President and Re publicanCongress.' This is an Irresponsible way to view our disastrous farm program which makes ' rich farmers richer and poor farmers poor er." - Dog Control Office In White Rat Business Th Jackson county dog control office is now in the whit rat business. A stray whit rat was turned over to Medford po lice Wednesday by man who said h found th rat in front of a houi at 1926 Table Rock rd. A number of children in th area wr contacted io im If th rat might belong to thm. It didn't. . Not knowing what ls io do with it, pollc lurntd lh rat ov to th dog con trol officer. Russia Warned on Berlin Interference "0 Tribune THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, cause, denied use of rail or road." The U.S. Sept 12 note said. "The United States govern ment has never recognized any limitations on the free dom of movement within greater Berlin." It called the latest .'restrictions a "grave violation of Berlin's four- power status." i Condemnation Suits Filed for The Oregon state highway commission has filed a series of routine condemnation suits for land in the Medford area for the right of way for the Seven Oaks-Neil Creek sec tion of the new Pacific freeway.- .' ' A complaint has been filed for acquisition of .12 acre from Joseph E. and Hazel Lester. This includes the land needed for construction and mainte nance of the connection be tween the Crater Lake high way and Biddle rd. No rights of access are granted. True value is estimated at $2,060. The highway - commission is also seeking several parcels of land from Doloph E. and Mary E. Phipps, Wright L. Phlpps and Ruby Phipps, Dale and Lois Phipps and Donald and Clarice- Phipps,- Calista and Martin Dunsmuir, Robert and Alice-Jackson and Mar guerite and Walter Thayer. Total Is a little over two acres. No rights of access are grant ed, Easement is allowed for Rogue River Valley Irrigation district. True value of the par cels Is $6,125. Seeks 4.96 Acres -i The commission is seeking 4.96 acres from Chester E. and Glenna V. Irish and Emma Childrcth for the Seven Oaks Neil Creek section. The acre age in the Cummlngs rd. area is appraised at $27,000 true value, the commission claims. Condemnation is sought for Agreement on Radio Signed by Court The Jackson county court yesterday signed a formal agreement with the city of Medford for use of a radio station on Roxy Ann Butte Dy tne sneriirs otlice. "We ' have had a verbal agreement between city and county for years for operation of the radio station there. This merely formalizes it," County Judge Earl Miller explained. ' The lease covers 10 years. The. existing structure may not be changed without ap proval of the city. Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association and Cali fornia Oregon Power company also have short wave trans mitters on the butte. Vandals Break into County Building ; Vandals broke into the Jackson county 4-H building at the fairgrounds for the third night in a row last night, but it is not yet known if anything was taken, Med ford police said this morn ing. Entry to the building was gained through three windows which were apparently broken several days ago. Lit tle, if anything, was taken during all three of the break ins, police said, but the van dals made a considerable mess out of the inside of th build ing. Police said during Tuesday night's break-in, the vandals, probably juveniles, scattered papers around the interior, left the lights burning all night and wrote profane words on a blackboard. 55th Year Price 10 Cents I960 No. 189 The notes said the Soviet government would be held "fully responsible" for- any consequences of interference with the air corridors. "It is clear," they said, "from the Allied Control Council decision that the three powers have the right to use the corridors without restriction." Freeway two parcels of land owned by J. S. Lydiard and Harriet B. Lydiard in the Crater Lake nignway area for the Seven Oaks-Neil creek spction of the new freeway. One parcel is 1.25 acres and the other 1,500 square feet. A right of way is allowed for Medford, Crater Lake railroad company and California Oregon Power com pany. True value of the prop erty is appraised at .nan The commission Is Ing condemnation of .83 acre owned by John D. and Lor raine G. Hetison for the same freeway right of way section. Easements are granted Rogue River Valley Irrigation dis- ines ana a right-of-way is .. lowed the California Oregon Power company.- True value is estimated at $4,325.. Sisfer-Cify Plan To Be Reviewed A meeting of all persons interested In Medford's sister city program with Alba, Italy, has been called by the Town Affiliation committee tor 7 o'clock tonight In the speech room at Hedrick Jun ior High school. . Robert Baccus, committee chairman, said a progress re port on what has been done so far will be given, and per sons will have the opportu nity to hear a talk by Greg Mllnes, a Willamette univer sity student, who visited Alba on behalf of Medford during the summer. Baccus said all interested persons, whether or not they have previously worked on the program, are invited to attend the meeting. Among those expected to at tend are representatives of the Medford Chapter of the Oregon United Nations asso ciation, currently celebrating United Nations Week. The local UN group has an nounced plans , to send a sequoia tree to Alba as a sym bol of peace. , STATE OF SIEGE ENDS . ; San Salvador, El Salvador - (UPD - EI Salvador's new ruling junta today restored constitutional government by ending the state of siege which has prevailed in the past two months.: . Nw Yarlt mph Th. dorstd S.n. John F. K.nntdy . Th Tlrna- mmlA l - - two chief riasons it selected Kennedy war "a matter of foraian nollrv". mnA "tV. - ......... 1 1 .1 i . . ; horn. - Canava nipn Th. Vic President Richard M. Nixon's announced intention to imDOS a Fab. 1 daadlina una h- .,,.1... . I i.il. la ha is elected president. Portland IUPD Th will not be able to meet its publication. Publisher Robert n iaio mecnanicii promemi involving remodeling of - 45-year-old building and installation of printing equipment will mean a delay of at least a month. Portland (lipn Tk. -- ... pw-a.Mdi.r Aiiai (iBin nai omma spread to Oregon by bats wa j under investigation today bf the state health department. ' Three bats with confirmed cam of rabiti hare been found in Oregon during th past several weeks, two In in Klamath Falls atei and on in Mtdiord, th department said. Columnist Says Favors Given to ' Industrialist Pearson Offers To : Produce Photostats New York -(UPD- Columnist Drew Pearson's report that industrialist Howard Hughes : received government favors after making a loan to Vice President Richard M. Nixon'j brother Don was called "ab solute nonsense" by Nixon's presidential campaign direc tor. Robert N. Finch said Pear son's report Wednesday con tained "many false . allega tions" and "to come up in the last days of the campaign makes it another , Pearson lear. . Pearson said Wednesday night in Washington "I should be delighted to produce photo stats of the secret deeds, trans fers and other documents per taining to the Howard Hughes loan, and show them on tele vision with Don Nixon of Howard Hughes or Robert M. Finch present to deny them." Brother Won't Comment . Nixon himself made no - comment on Pearson's column but the vice president's broth er smilingly told a reporter in New York: "Let's just say I have no comment." . - He was asked if he intend ed to comment in the future. "There will be some com ment, but none at this time," he replied. Pearsons syndicated col umn Wednesday said Hughes' attorney; Frank J. Waters, ad vanced $205,000 to Don Nixon through Mrs. Hannah M. Nix on, mother of the vice presi dent and Don Nixon. ' Pearson said that at tha time of the. loan in December, 1056,, Hughes, who has' sub stantial holdings in Trans World Airlines and RKO pic tures, had "various important.' matters before, the govern ment ; - , .1 ' . Better, Treatment j - ' "Many of : these, problems got Deucr treatment alter tna loan," Pearson said.."Whether the improvement was connect ed With the loan is not known."- - ' ; '.i :; - .- ' Farson said th vice prest- t dent has asked .Waters to ' fl 1U ..!') Ul- I 4U I that, the loan had not been Finch Said the load transac tion was closed several years ago..';;.; :; .- ',v,'f s, ' ;;-'.'-.'V-' ' . The story alleges that a loin was made to Don Nixon ana that in some way the . vica president is Implicated and that, Hughes benefited," Finch., said in . Washington. "That is absolutely nonsense." Mncn said, .tne vice presi dent's office had "no commu- nipatlnn with Hiitfheacat aiW time." - :- -.I, : , .. -. A spokesman for Sen. John V. Kenneriv. Nivnn'H nnnonnt in the presidential rac, said in 1 Detroit where . Kennedy campaigned Wednesday tha senator' would have no com , ment on the Pearson story. Orchardists Visit Drainage Sites A group of valley orctfard iats attended an orchard win t e r drainage demonstration given by the county extension service Wednesday afternoon. The group visited Vilas and Clark orchards and watched land preparation for disposal of winter rainfall. The or chardists observed ditch shap ing with a road grader be tween the tree rows and uss of disk plowing for making get-away ditches, outlet de velopments and disposal sys tems. Part of the group visited Kenwood orchard on Biddla rd. where they observed tha winter drainage system put in there last year which re ported good results. The demonstration' and in spection took about two hours, it was reported. ' Briefs v..i. i j ' for president. -1-1 I- . ..,. . ., pwmivai auuauon n as Qn1 .1 n-t . i . strike-born Portland Reporter Nov. 1 tamat . J.n. ' D. Webb said today. ..:u:ii... L -. ..vi i l 5
