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Medford Firm
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$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
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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."