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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.
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pwmivai auuauon n as
Qn1 .1 n-t . i .
strike-born Portland Reporter
Nov. 1 tamat . J.n. '
D. Webb said today.
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