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wt K , arena w m Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages Medford Firm n local $3,032,472 Bid For Seven Oaks, Jackson St. Job No Bids Received On Douglas Project . Salem - IUPII - Peter Kiewit Sons, Medford, today was the apparent low bidder with $3 032,472 for the Seven Oaks- Jackson street section of the Pacific highway north of Med ford. There were five other bidders. The federal-state project in volves 2.29 miles of grading, , 6.78 miles of paving, nine ilructures and signs. Bids opened today by the state highway commission ran 15.9 per cent below highway department estimates. Mo Douglas Bids There were no bids lor a Douglas county job, an esti mated $80,000 project. It is the Douglas avenue-South City limits section of the Oakland- Shady highway in Roseburg Bids will be sought again. Other apparent low bidders, by county: Curry: Extension of over night camping area in Hum bug Mountain State park on Coast highway, Ferry Creek Bock Co., Brookings, $32,911. Klamath: Klamath Falls traffic signal- installation; Sleeck Electric, Medford, $21, 500. Lane: Q street-Ferry street bridge section of Coburg road In Eugene; .58 mile grading, paving; Roy L. Houck Sons, Salem, $61,527. Linn: Albany-Santiam in terchange section of the San tiam highway east of Albany; .87 mile grading, paving; Morse Brothers, Lebanon, $222,426. Roadside Improvement Linn: Santiam interchange Halsey interchange section of the Pacific highway southeast of Albany; roadside improve ment; Solomon Aichele, Port land. S45.660. Wasco: Mayer State park shelter latrine and facilities west of The Dalles; Harold Moffatt, Inc., Troutdale, $20 548. Wheeler: Service Creek Richmond road section of the Service Creek-Mitchell high way; 5.1 miles grading and surfacing; Stanley Wilt, Cor vallis, $71,525. Siskiyou Sheriff Alerfed for Escapee Yreka - The Siskiyou coun ty sheriff's department was alerted early today to be on the lookout for Stanley Wil liam Fitzgerald, accused mur derer, who escaped from the Nevada county jail in Califor nia Sunday night. . , Nevada county authorities have reason to believe Fitz gerald is headed for the Sis kiyou area, deputies said. He formerly made his home near Happy Camp. Prior to ins arrest, Fitzgerald was on the FBI's 10 most wanted list. He is reported to be driving faded red 1956 Ford 3 ton inirb u,ith California lippnsp number PDP 470. Appling Deplores Tactics Being Used in Campaign Pnrtlnnd-iUPD - Secretary of Slate Howell Appling Jr. said today he "deplored" tactics being used to discredit him and his opponent, State Sen. Monroe Sweetland. (D-Mil-waukie), in the. current cam paign. Refers To Literature Appling referred to his statement to literature he said was being circulated about Sweetland which District At torney Charles Raymond of Multnomah county said was "untrue" and which he has ....rim invnstiaation. Appling, campaigning here today, said that when the inti - Sweetland statement came to his attention last wppk he issued a statement repudiating it. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1960 Freeway ) , X . 9 j 1 1 OPENS PARLIAMENT Looking radiant and regal, Queen Elizabeth II rides in the State of Parliament in London. The Britain's alliance with the United States was a mighty force for peace. See story on page 2. (UPI Radiotelephoto) Council Approves Agreements With State Commission The Medtord city council! last night approved two agree ments with the state highway commission which it hopes will speed up construction of the new freeway through the city. One of the agreements pro vides for the sale of fill dirt from city-owned land a the municipal airport and the other approves the sale of one quarter acre of land at Crater Lake highway and Bear creek to the state for $1,200. The council considered the matters at a special meeting last night. A third proposal that the city suspend its noise ordinance during construction of the freeway - was unani mously denied. A suspension had been requested by several contractors. The first two actions clear the way for construction of the first section of freeway in the city running from Seven Oaks rd., near Central foint: to Jackson st. Bids were open ed for this section in Salem today. Construction is tenta tively scheduled to start in March. Remaining Agreement One remaining agreement- the sale of Hawthorne park I property - remains to be He said, "It has come to my attention that material de signed to damage my oppon ent is being circulated and that rumors designed to damage me are being method ically circulated in a whisper ing campaign. While we dis agree on many issues, I am certain that Mr. Sweetland would join me in deploring such tactics as our respective political enemies are now re sorting to." Not From Committee The statement said, in part, "I do not . . . approve of the tactics that are now being used against my opponent or against me. They do not orig inate in my campaign com mittee and I am sure they do no. in his." Tribune Low Coach en route-to the opening Queen told the Parliament that worked out before construc tion of the second, or middle section, of the freeway is as sured. City Manager Robert Duff said the proposed park prop erty agreement will be pre sented to tile council at Thursday night's meeting. The state has offered the city some $160,000 for the 4.6 acres of park property that is needed for freeway right of way. The city and state have been negotiating this proper ty for the past five months The city proposes to use the money to acquire and partial ly develop another park site south of town. It contends that the loss of 4.6 acres of the park and the construction of the freeway next to it, will virtually destroy the park value of the rest of the park The Medford Chamber of Commerce at a meeting Fn day requested the city council to approve this agreement in order to expedite construction of the freeway. Several councilmen have indicated, however, they are not satisfied with the $160,000 price tag and would like to hold out for much more. (Continued on Page 3) North Bend Man Victim of Shooting North Bend, Ore. - fliPD E. Boyd Swenson, 32, North Bend, was in critical condition today after being wounded in pistol at a drive-in restaurant the head with a .22 caliber Monday night, police report ed. Police said a 17-year-old girl had been turned over to juvenile authorities. The inci dent was still under investiga tion. Swenson was flown to Med ford by Mercy Flights after receiving emergency treat ment at a hospital here. Swenson is a forester for Menasa Timber Co. Klamath Falls - OTP - The Pelican theater here, built in 1929 at a cost of $526,000, will be torn down to make way for an eif-UfftSi parking lot. 55th Year Price 10 Cents No. 193 Bidder Work New York Post Says Loan Deal OK'd by Nixon Mother's Property Lost in Transaction New York - IUPII - The New York Post today published a statement of a Los Angeles ac countant that all decisions in volving a $205,000 loan to Donald Nixon by industrialist Howard Hughes were cleared with Nixon's brother, Vice President Richard M. Nixon. A Wash inglon dispatch quoted the accountant, Phillip Reiner, as saying all corres pondence on the loan was masked to keep the vice presi dent's name from being in volved in his brother's fi nancial difficulties. It said code names such as "East" or "Eastern Division" were used. Financial Interest Denied 'There was never any con fusion that it was the vice president," Reiner was quoted by the Post. Donald Nixon said Sunday night that his brother never had any financial interest In his company, Nixon's Inc., a restaurant chain which went bankrupt. Donald Nixon ad mitted he received a $205,000 loan from the Hughes Tool Co., with a lot in Whittier, Calif., owned by his mother, Mrs. Hannah Nixon, being put up for security. Mother Lost Property Donald Nixon said because of his business failure "the loan secured by my mother's property could not be repaid and a deed to tho property was given by my mother to Phillip Reiner in lieu of fore closure and in payment of the debt." Reiner, according to the Post, was named along with a Pat DiCicco (otherwise not identified) to oversee the af fairs of Nixon's, Inc., in a meeting in February, 1957, in the office of Noah Dietrich, Hughes' executive vice presi dent. Not Interested Party The Post said Reiner was asked if he had been used as front" to conceal the iden tity of the Hughes representa tives in the loan deal. 'That is the inference," he was quoted as saying by the Post. "I was not an interested party in the property." He secretly assigned the deed to Mrs. Nixon's property to the Hughes Tool Co., he told the F ost. Salem - IUPII - Gov. Mark Hatfield suggested to his ad visory committee on the fed eral-state medicare program that it think in terms of a $13 million program in Oregon for the next biennium. 'You Say Kennedy Is Young And Impulsive And ' Spends Money. Tell Me More About This Terrible Man" Two Killed When Peacock Causes Truck to Swerve Logging Rig, Car In Highway 62 Crash Two California people were killed when a logging truck and car collided head-on yes terday afternoon on the Cra ter Lake highway four miles from Prospect. State police said a peacock flew into the windshield of the logging truck, causing the truck driver, Jack Wesley Brophy, 50, route 1, box 479, Eagle Point, to swerve the truck. The truck skidded on the wet, slick road into the path of a car. Leo Lester Jones, 54, Val ley Crest Trailer Court, Lan caster, Calif., the driver, and his passenger, Areslee Jones were killed. Her age and ad dress are unknown, but she is presumed to be his wife, state police said. Taken to Clinic The truck driver was taken to the Shady Cove clinic by a local physician where he was treated for bruises near his ribs. The bodies of Leo and Are slee Jones were taken to Con ger Morris Funeral home in Medford. Feathers near the truck's headlight and outside rear view mirror proved the driv er's story, state police added. Brophy told them other pea cocks were crossing the high way at the time. Owner of the peacocks is not known. The truck skidded 48 feet before the collision, officers said. After the impact, the truck started into a ditch on the north side, the front wheels cramped and it turn ed around, striking the car. The car went off the highway on the north side, and ended with the front of the car off the highway. The bodies of the two victims were on the ground next to the right side of the car, state police said. Candidates Fair Thursday Night One of the last candidates' rallies to be sponsored by a local group prior to the Nov, 8 election will be held Thurs day, Nov. 3. at the Labor tem ple. 24Vfe South Grape st. The rally will be sponsored by the Medford barracks, Vet erans of World War I, and will start at 7:30 p.m. It was reported that 20 of the 24 candidates for national, state and county office have noti fied the local group that they will attend or will be represented by a member of their campaign staff at the rally. Each candidate will be giv en an equal amount of time to speak, it was reported. A short question and answer pe riod will be held at the close of the rally. Among the candidates who have indicated they will at tend is Charles O. Porter, who will be in Jackson county Thursday and Friday. Besides attending the candidates' fair, Porter also will be guest at a Friday luncheon sponsored by the Democratic party of Jackson county at the Mark Antony hotel in Ashland. The public is invited to at tend the candidates' fair and no admission will be charged. Boring, Ore. - (UPD - Linda Lee Madray, 19, missing since about 8 p.m. Monday, was found safe today. A LOOK AT GRANDSON Like grand- who was born to the Shah and Queen Farid mothers all over the world, the mother of . Diba Monday. The nurse at right and the the Shah of Iran, left, and Mrs. Farida Diba, man are unidentified. The Prince is the center, mother of the Queen, gaze fondly at Shah's first son. - the Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Cyrus Ali, , (UPI Radiotelephoto) Four Die as Car, Truck Collide Near North Bend North Bend, Ore. - 0IP1I -Four persons including a baby boy were killed early today when a car and a logging truck collided near Lakeside about 12 miles north of here. Police tentatively identified the victims as Edith Lee Sipple, 25, Longview, Wash.; Edward Dale Hossner, 19, Bor ing; Lloyd F. Welbes, 22, Port land, and the baby, Dennis Gregg Sipple, 3 months. The accident occurred about 5:15 a.m. The log truck driv er, George Packebush, about 30, Florence, was hospitalized here with undetermined in juries. Howard Mcintosh, a driver for Pacific Motor Transport, said he had a breakdown on Highway 101 and had pulled off the road and was trying to get a ride. He said two log ging trucks came by and that one slowed up and pulled off the road ahead of him. The following truck and the north bound car collided. The car had to be towed to North Bend so the bodies could be removed. The baby's body was not discovered until the car arrived here. The three adults were in the front seat. Ashland Council To Meet Tonight Ashland-The Ashland City council will consider a pro posed ordinance prohibiting building of new service sta lions and repair garages from east Main St. to the city limits on Siskiyou blvd. and Ashland st. at its meeting tonight. The proposal has been re ferred to the council from the c i t v planning commission, which met last night. The commission held a hearing on the proposal. Representatives of several oil companies at tended the hearing and voiced opposition to the proposal. A hearing on paving Sum mit st. between Hillcrest and Terrace sts. will also be held at the council meeting. The council water committee will report on the possibility of providing city water to some residents living near the Bell view area. A continuation of a hearing on paving the alley between Mountain st. and Palm ave. will also be held. A resolution for naming of three streets branching off of Grandview dr. will be con sidered. Proposed names of the streets are Sunnyview, Orchard and Westwood. Strong Earthquake Rocks Southern Chile Santiago, Chile - (UPI) - An earthquake of strong intensity shook southern Chile today, terrifying citizens but injuring no one. The shock was felt in the area around Concepcion and Puerto Mont which last May were devastated by seri ous earthquakes. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair through Wednesday except patchy val ley fog Wrdnesdav morning. Colder tonight. Low 33. High Wednesday 65. Temp. Highest Yesterday Lowest Thli Morning 44 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:05 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:16 a.m. Moonrlse today 4:31 p.m. Moonset tomorrow 5:46 a.m. Full Moon Nov. 3 Especially worth watching this month is the planet, Venus. Now well to the r'ght of Jupi ter and Saturn, the movement of Venus on 1U orbit around the Sun will bring ft near Jupiter nn the lMh. and then near Saturn on the 21th. Law Agencies Kept Busy on Halloween; 'Was Not Halloween pranksters kept, local law enforcement agen cies busy last night but of ficers seemed to be in gen eral agreement that "it was not too bad. The most potentially inci dent to occur last night was when about 50 youths gather ed in front of the Jacksonville museum and started throwing green pears at both the muse-, urn and the night watchman. Sheriff's deputies arrived at the museum in time to pre vent any damage and to keep the youths from getting out of hand. In Butte Falls deputies had to undo a Main st. roadblock consisting of large boulders, cans and a load of sawed up logs apparently erected by juveniles. Car Fire The Central Point - Rural fire department was called up on to extinguish a car fire at the intersection of Hanley rd. and the Jacksonville high way. A 1928 model car had been towed into the street and set afire. A deputy was hit on the leg by a rotten egg while he and Eagle Point authorities were investigating a car fire on Crater Lake highway. Several sheriff's cars were also struck by rotten eggs during the night. Vandals reportedly broke a Starlite drive-in sign during the night and stole a dozen sign letters. City police had about 50 calls during the night, but Chief Charles P. Champlin said it was no more than us ual. The most serious vandalism in the city, according to po lice, were two reports that juveniles threw objects through windshields of two passing cars during the night. Broken Windowi City police had a number of reports of broken windows, stolen bicycles, and a turned on fire hydrant. Police took no juveniles into custody dur ing the night but they con fiscate several cars. Police said when youths were apprehended in an act of vandalism involving their cars, police took the cars away from them. The cars were parked behind the police station and their owners were Mink Stoles Are Taken from Store Two mink stoles having a combined value of $800 were stolen Monday from Burel son's Ladies -to -Wear store Main and Bartlett sts. Medford police are looking for two women suspects who may have been involved in the theft. One of the stoics is of dark brown mink and is valued at S495. The other is of light brown mink and is valued at $385. A store clerk told police that two women came into the store about 10 a.m. and tried on various items of clothing She said the two women were alone in one of the dressing rooms for awhile and when they came out they said thoy would buy an overcoat and asked her to wrap it up. The two women then said, the clerk told police, that they had to get the money from one of their husbands who was waiting outside. They never came back. Police surmise that one of the women, who was said to be quite fat, wore the stoles out of the store underneath her clothing. Too Bad' free to pick them up this morning. Champlin said several of- iicers nan been placed on stand-by duty in preparation for last night s activities, but the repartment did not find it necessary to call them, Wording in Ads To Be Changed Secretary of State Howell Appling s office has asked Dr, Edwin R. Durno to change misleading advertising copy and billboards, Al Flegel, chairman of the Reelect Por ter to Congress committee, said today. Congressman Charles O, Porter is seeking reelection from the fourth congression al district. Dr. Durno, Med ford, is Republican candidate for the seat. The secretary o( state's of fice received a letter from Jackson County Clerk Marvin Madden. Madden said he had received complaints from sev eral residents of the wording of Dr. Durno's advertising. Billboards read "Elect Dur no .. . Your U.S. Congress man." The use of the word "your" also was used in news paper advertising. Madden said. The word "your" indicat ed Dr. Durno was the incum ment, the clerk said. Jack Thompson, director of elections of the secretary of state's office, said, "I can un derstand how an individual may find some of the state ments contained (in Durno's advertising) to be somewhat misleading and unclear." Thompson said he contacted the advertising agency, which said the wording on the bill boards and in newspaper ad vertising would be changed. Youth Caught at 4-H Fair Building A 12-year-old Medford boy was apprehended by Medford poilce this morning in the act of breaking into the Jackson county 4-H building. The boy admitted being re sponsible for four previous break-ins during which the interior of the building was ransacked and minor damage done. Police confined the youth in the juvenile deten tion Home. The boy was apprehended at 7:15 o'clock this morning by an officer who was keep ing an eye on the building Britain Will Provide Polaris Submarine Bases London -(UPI)- Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan said today Britain will provide a base in Scotland for Ameri can Polaris missile sub marines. "It must be our aim to keep the western deterrent power as effective as possible until a disarmament agreement can be reached," Macmillan told the House of Commons. "The deterrent would be strengthened if sheltered an chorage on this side could be available for a submarine de pot ship and a floating dock," he said. "This the government has undertaken to provide." On Paceiim Patrol The anchorage In the Holy Loch in the River Clyde in Scotland will "be used by U.S. submarines on routine patrol in peacetime," Mac millan said. Tass Maintains Suspect Trained n West Germany False Credentials Said in Posession Moscow - (UPI) - The Soviet Tass news agency said today an American-trained spy with orders to collect secret infor mation by all means possibla has been arrested in the So viet Union. The agency identified ths alleged spy as Mikhail Platov sky, alias Andrei Kreps, alias Pyotr Sosnovsky. It said he had been trained at U. S. Army-operated es pionage schools in West Ger many, and had been smug gled into Russia with another alleged agent identified only as Slavnov with orders to liva near Minsk and carry out in telligence operations. The news agency said Pla- tovsky was arrested as a re sult of an investigation fol lowing the arrest in August of Slavnov, who the Russians said was an American-trained spy caught while trying to cross the border into Iran after a mission inside ths Soviet Union. . At the time of the arrest. Slavnov was described by Tass as a former Soviet citi- zen who entered Germany after World War II and was recruited by U. S. intelligence. Tass said Platovsky was equipped with false creden tials, radio transmitting equip ment, ciphers and codes. It said he was to collect data on Soviet military units, impor tant defense and industrial in stallations, rocket sites, air defense bases, and other eco nomic and political informa tion. The agency added he was Instructed to go so far as to contact "morally loose ele ments" and enlist them foe espionage. It also said he car ried 30 foreign gold coins and ' an ampule with poison for suicide in , case of imminent detection.',' Bad Homburg, Germany -(UPI) - A clerk named by tha Soviets today as a courier for American spies in Russia said today the whole affair was "complete nonsense." "I never heard of any of these people for whom I am supposed to have passed se crets to the Americans - and even if somebody gave ma some secrets I wouldn't know what to do with them," Bern hard Buchtcl, 50, said. He was named by the Soviet news agency Tass today as an alleged courier to whom an American trained spy in tha Soviet Union was to send mili tary information. Candidates To Be At SOC Assembly Ashland - Candidates for state representative from Jackson county and for coun ty offices plan to attend an assembly at Southern Oregon college's Britt Student Center ballroom at 10 a.m. Wednes day, Dr. Marshall E. Woodell said today. The assembly will be open to the public, Dr. Woodell said. Albany Man Killed When Struck by Train Albany-IUPB-Basil W. Coop er, 76, Albany, was struck and killed by a Southern Pa cific freight train here Mon day night. The accident occurred about three . blocks from Cooper's home. The engineer of the train said Cooper appeared to be laying on the tracks. An au topsy will be held by tha Linn county coroner's office. He said the depot ship "should be established thera during February of next year," . . Labor M.P. Archie' Manuel demanded to know whether the missile submarine was not "offensive in character and not defensive" and Macmillan replied: "Of course, It is an offen sive weapon. This is another form of the present deterrent and it has perhaps this ad vantage: At present one side could be tempted to think it could destroy the other with out any retaliation, if quick enough. But here's a weapon which can retaliate. "I believe this house and tht country will feel we had no other choice."
