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Hectic Presidential Campaign Ends With Both Hopefuls Hard at Work UNDERGROUND STAY ENDS A portion of a crowd that riinrt A-bomb shelter at Camp Parks, Calif., gives a rousing cheer as the moment of Russian Military Might Displayed On Anniversary Moscow -IUPD- Defense Min ister Rodion Malinovsky dis played Soviet missile might for the elite of the Communist world today and warned it would "crush" anyone who tried to start a war against Russia. Several dozen short and me dium range rockets as well as some conventional artillery and anti-aircraft rolled across Red Square in a parade mark ing the 43rd anniversary of the BolsheVik revolution. Among the missiles was a 10-foot silver replica of the ground - to - air type the Rus sians said shot, down the Uni ted States U2 plane over Rus sia May 1. The military section of the parade took only about 10 minutes of the 45 minute dem onstration, making it one of the shortest in the history of these annual celebrations. Khrushchev on Stand Premier Nikita S. Khrush chev stood on a reviewing stand atop the Lenin -Stalin mausoleum flanked by Lie Shao-chi, chairman (president) of Communist China, and oth er foreign and Soviet Com munist leaders. Among the guests on hand for the observance is Ernesto Che Guevara, president of the National Bank of Cuba and one of Fidel Castro's closest advisers. Foreign diplomats and mili tary attaches were scattered through the crowd but they saw no new weapons. The largest rocket shown was an intermediate range weapon with a range of 500 to 700 miles. PREDICTS VICTORY Portland - 0IPD - Ex-Gov. Elmo Smith predicted today that Oregon voters will send him to the United States Sen ate. SERVICE STATION ROBBED Dallas - MPD - A man armed with a .22 pistol robbed the Time, service station here of $440 early today. The attend ant was locked in a rest room. Hatfield Protests East's Vote Outcome Prediction Salem - HJPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield said today he has sent telegrams to the nation al networks and wire serv ices in New York aslMng that no electronic determinations of the outcome of Tuesday's election be released until the polls close in Oregon at 8 p.m. (pst. "The West should not be stampede nor tranquilizcd by eleclronics." he said. "Here in Oregon we have many issues and candidates deserving of our attention and Bedford Stores Will Be Open Polls To Be Open 12 Hours Tuesday; Offices To Close Polls in Jackson county for the Tuesday, Nov. 8, general election will be open from 8 am; io 8 p.m. The. county clerk's office in the courthouse will be open tomorrow from 7 a.m. and through the night to be avail able for information and deci sion on problems that may occur. A list of the polling places in the county appears on page 9B of today's Mail Tribune. All other offices in the courthouse, except the sher iff's office, will be closed Tuesday, it was announced. Also to be closed election day will be the Public Library of Medford and Jackson county Pickels Appear At Sears Store Pickets appeared this morn ing at- Sears Roebuck and company store at the Medford Shopping Center. The two pickets, members of Retail Clerks Union local 265, AFL-CIO, carry plaques which state "Stop Don't Shop at Sears Roebuck and Com pany. Support your fellow union members." It is signed by the Sears Roebuck and Company Boycott committee of the AFL-CIO. Officials of the local said today that the pickets will re main at the store area during shopping hours. They stressed that only Sears in the shop ping center is being picketed. Further plans in the boycott of Sears by the union will be discussed at a meeting tonight, union officials stated. Earlier this year letters were mailed by the Retail Clerks Union local to area residents encouraging them not to shop at Sears. The dis agreement between the com pany and labor union concerns the firing of 262 employees by Sears in California earlier this year. no premature predicted re sults out of the East should dissuade any of our citizens from voting," he said. "Car ried to an extreme the me chanical predictions based on early eastern returns could cause a concession before the polls even opened in our 50th state. Hawaii'.' His statement was prompt ed by network plans to elec tronically predict the elec tion's outcome on a program starting at 7:30 p.m. (est) elec tion day, 4:30 p.m. (pst). 7 emergence arrives. It was the lion's first family-sized nuclear and all branch libraries, Med ford city offices, and state of fices. To vote, a registered voter must appear at his precinct polling place, identify him self, sign the poll book, mark the ballot in a booth provided, and deposit the ballot in the ballot box. County Clerk Marvin Mad den explained that each bal lot must be marked properly to insure its being counted. Marking the ballot consists of placing an X in the box between the number and the candidate's name, or, in the case of measures, in the box provided beside the "yes" or "no." Instructions as to the number of candidates to be elected appear at the top of the section provided for each office. Mismarked Ballots Mismarked ballots should not be erased or crossed out, Madden said. The mismarked ballot should be returned to the election board which will issue a new ballot. The county clerk added that persons who have moved within the county or state do not necessarily lose their right to vote. A person who has moved from one precinct to another in the county prior to the close of registration Oct. 8 may return to his old precinct, complete an "application for re-registration" and vote on state and congressional dis trict candidates and measures. Madden staled that this in cludes both president and vice president electors as they are considered state candidates. If a person moved within the county after the close of registration, he may get a certificate of registration from the county clerk and vote in the ,new precinct on the en- lire ballot. Transportation to the polls will be available throughout the day by both political par ties and by the Moose lodge, SPring 3-3171. Logging Equipment Theft Investigated State police are investigat ing today the recent theft of logging equipment belonging to Donald Harper, bhady fnvp Harper said a water pump and motor, double-bit axe. and a gallon can of grease were stolen sometime between Oct. 23 and Nov. 5 in the Prospect area Estimated value Is S400. Officers are also investigat ing a call this morning irom Mrs. Elizabeth Bessell, route 1, box 68, Ruch, who said her home had been broken into. 31 -r...-.oJI S first family lest of the Na- safety facility. (UPI Telephoto) Motion Hearing In Bengtson Case Not To Be Held A hearing scheduled for this afternoon in circuit court on a motion for a new trial for O H. Bengtson, Medford lawyer, will not be held, Deputy Dis trict Attorney Gerald Scannell said this morning. After checking with one of Bengtson s attorneys, Scanncl said he understands no briefs will be filed for the Medford lawyer and the motion will merely be allowed to remain on the record. That the hear ing will not be held was de cided by Circuit Judge Orval J. Millard, Grants Pass, Scan nell said, due to letters re ceived by the court from Bengtson's attorneys. On Oct. 12, Bengtson was found guilty of embezzling $3,701.14 from the Medford Escrow company. On Oct. 17, Judge Millard sentenced him to three years in the Oregon Correctional institution. Mean while, Bengtson is out on $5,000 bail. Bengtson s attorneys had filed motions for a new trial and for an appeal to the state supreme court. The question had been whether the motion for an appeal removes the case from the circuit court juris diction and automatically places it before the stale su preme court. Judge Millard had been expected to rule on that point this afternoon. Bengtson's attorneys had filed the appeal to keep the Med ford lawyer out of jail while further legal action is pend ing. Thursday, a Jackson county grand jury considered evi dence presented against "a defendant" in the Medford Es crow case. Eight secret indict ments were relumed. Bengtson is scheduled to be tried on a prior indictment for $1,700 on Dec. 13, Scannel said. Salem Youth Hurt In Hunting Accident Salem - (UPO - A 16-year-old Salem boy, Gary Olds, ac cidentally shot himself in the foot Sunday while hunting near here with a shotgun. Two toes were shattered and he was hospitalized. WEATHER FORI-X'AST: Varlabtf rloudtnrss with oci atlnnal lltht showers thronch Tuesday. Low tonight 38. llttrh Tuesday S3. Tcmn. Hlehcst YMirrrtay Loweit Till .Morning fin 40 Prerip. ... Trace To 10 a.m. Today Our Skies Tonight Sunnet tortav P m, SunrUe tomorrow fl;.'ila.m. Th Moon risen R:2! p.m. tonight, and ridn high. Last Quarter Nov. 11 Mercury pauses In front of the Sun today; IhU happen on an average of 13 llmei In a century. (Venus, now a bright evenine star. the only other planet moving between the Farth and the Hun.) ill L II II mm 4 JL 1 Regional Edition Medford 28 Paget Durno's Porters By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington No campaign expense report for Dr. Edwin R. Durno, Medford congressional candidate, has been filed s of Monday noon with the sentatives as required by law. A report by Rep. Charles but it failed to reveal Porter's Congressional candidates Oct. 20, to have their reports reports are supposed to show spent and contributed to their lime they filed. The reports are required by act. All candidates are notified by the clerk about the law's requirements and sent the proper forms to be filled out and mailed back. The clerk's office said it the reports thus far received. gressional candidate had not filed a report. He is Marv Owens, the Democratic challenger against Rep. Walter Nor blad in the first district. Porter's report filed here Durno's missing report in revealing how much has been spent in their hot race. Porter said he had personally not received any money or spent a committee. Panel Unable To Reach Verdict In Second Trial Los Angeles - (UPD - The sec ond murder trial of socialite Dr. R. Bernard Finch and his mistress, Carole Tregoff, end ed today in a hung ury. It was the second time a jury was unable to come to a decision on the charges that the doctor and his red-haired girl friend murdered his wife Superior Judge Leroy Daw son, after dismissing the jury, set Jan. 3 as the date for an nouncing a date for a third trial. Longest Criminal Case Dawson dismissed the jury on the first day of the 20th week of the trial, the longest criminal courtroom case in the annals of California, when foreman Edwin F. Fry Jr. said that 11 jurors considered the deliberations hopelessly dead locked. The 12th juror said she felt that a verdict could be reached by continuing de liberations. The end came after 59 bal lots and 71 hours, 5 minutes of jury consideration. On the actual vote, Fry said the jury stood 9-3 on the "guilt or innocence" of Miss Tregoff, while the jury had reached a verdict on the doc tor but could not concur on "degree of guilt." It was understood that the 9-3 vote on Carole was for con viction. Salem - IUPII - The Oregon Association of Police Chiefs will meet here Nov. 13-15. "Say, That's Some Km t Ends m lung Jury llil! for Shopping Until 9 O'Clock MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1960 Expense Said To clerk of the House of Repre O. Porter was filed last week campaign budget. had until midnight Saturday, mailed and postmarked. The how much money had been election campaigns up to the the federal corrupt practices was up to date in filing all Only one other Oregon con was of no greater value than any because it was handled by BLM Director Is Keynote Speaker For Convention Featured talk of the 48th annual convention of the Ore gon Cattlemen's association here this week will be that of Edward Woozley, Washington, D. C, director of the bureau of land management. The convention starts Wed nesday with registration at the Medford hotel. Woozlcy will speak Friday during the convention general assembly in the Medford High school auditorium on "Past, Present and Current Trends in Public Land Management and Use." Another key speaker will be William H. Thompson, manager of public services, Union Oil company. Thomp son will be master of ceremo nies for the banquet scheduled for the Medford National Guard Armory Friday. Ho was the creator of "Mr. Wimple" and "Old Timer" characters on the Fibber McGce and Molly radio show. Thompson Is a nationally recognized authority on youth and his activities are a part of Union Oil company's exten sive youth development pro gram, an oil company spokes man said. The convention, which is ex pected to draw about 1,000 people, gets under way Wed nesday with registration at 1:30 p.m. An executive com mittee meeting is scheduled for the Medford hotel at 7:30 p.m. and a standing committee meeting at 8:30 p.m. Campaign Button" Tribune Report Be Incomplete Political committees are their expenditures unless they function in more than one state. Some of the committees which must file reports listed funds disbursed to both candidates. The Republican con gressional campaign committee has made four contributions to Durno starting with $1,000 lasl June 8. The total comes to $2,500. The AFL-CIO committee on political action sent $10,000 to the Oregon State COPE, presumably for disbursement to COPE'S favored candidates in Oregon. How much went to each congressional candidate Is not reported. Porter was not alone in evading a report on committee contributions. Rep. Edith Green and Mrs. Maurine Noubprger bolh chose not to list their contributions, and Rep. Al Ullman listed only a handful which he said were turned over to his campaign committee. Elmo Smith sent in a list of contributions and expendi tures, according to the senate secretary's office, but didn't put them on the proper form. figures were available. The only candidates who did report their campaign funds with completeness were Rep. Walter Norblad and Mrs. Green's rival, Wallace L. Lee. Both men had budgets under $10,000. Thursday, a general assem bly will be held in the Holly theater and meetings of all committees. The Rev, George It. Bolster, St. Marks Eplsco pal church, Medford, will give the Invocation and Medford Mayor John W. Snider Will give the welcoming address. Major addresses will be given by Stewart Holmes, Terre bonne, Oregon Future Farm ers of America treasurer, and by Fred Dressier, president of the American National Cattle men's association. A luncheon and fashion show will be held by the Ore gon Cow Belles, the associa tion's auixliary organization, at the Rogue Valley Country club Thursday noon. Addresses and panel discus sions will follow a "buckaroo breakfast" Friday. Speakers will include Dick Richards, manager of the Pacific Inter national Livestock exposition; E. E. Davis, chairman of the Oregon Beef council; Nelson Crow, publisher of the West ern Livestock Journal, Los Angeles, Calif.; Dr. Roy O. Peterson, president, Oregon Veterinary Medical associa tion; and Don Stahali, Swift and Company, Chicago, At 11:15 a.m. Friday a cat tleman's and Veterans' Day parade will be held in Med ford. The convention will be climaxed by a hospitality hour and dinner dance at the Med ford armory Friday evening. The public is invited to at tend the assembly meetings and tickets will be on sale at the hotel headquarters for so cial events. Final assembly, election of officers, and introduction of the county cattlemen of the year will end the convention Saturday morning. Basketball Player Injured in Accident Corvallls -IUPH- Bob Nlles, 20, Klamath Falls, a lettvrman on the Oregon State college basketball team, was injured seriously in a one-car crash on Highway 20 on the out skirts of Corvallis Sunday. He was a passenger in a car driven by William Tom Ham lin. 20, Medford. Hamlin and another passenger, Keith Bur nett, 21, Price, Utah, suffered slight injuries. Nlles suffered a fractured right leg fractured pelvis and two broken arms. Nlles is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Nilcs, former ly of Medford. Hamlin's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ham lin, 2309 Hillcrcst rd., left here to visit their son In Cor vallis following the accident. 55th Year Price 10 Cents No. 198 Missing; nol required by law to report It was sent back and so no V (UPI Telephoto) CLARK GABLE In Hollywood Hospital Clark Gable Has HearfAffack; Said Satisfactory Hollywood- (UPD Movie star Clark Gable, 59, suffered a slight flareup in the hospital early today where he is recov ering from a heart attack, but his condition was listed as satisfactory. Dr. Fred Ccrini said he gave the matinee idol an in jection to counteract a pain in his heart. Gable was stricken Sunday morning by a slight coronary thrombosis and was rushed by ambulance to Hollywood Presbyterian' hospital where Dr. Cerinl said his patient would spend at least three weeks. Attonded by Six Nurses The actor's wife, Kay. spent the night with her husband and said "He rested prcttv well except for an ache around his heart." She slept in the same room with her husband who also was attended by six nurses, two per shift, on an around-the-clock basis. Bulletin San Diego -0IPD- Postal authorities reported that a bomb was found today in a package addressed to Vice President Richard M. Nixon. It was discovered In the San Diego Post Office. Nixon-Lodge I " l tit f' To Cost $41,000 Hourly Washington - ITU - Leonard W. Hall, campaign manager for Richard M. Nixon and Ilenrv Cabot Lodge, said to day the television time for the GOP presidential candi date's telethon from Detroit today would cost $41,000 an hour. Answer to Charge He then made the figure public In apparent answer to a charge from the Democratic presidential candidale's camp that the Republicans were spending $500,000 on the tele thon and three other half hour segments In "prime TV time." Hall said in a statement: Opinion Polls ndicate Kennedy Has Narrow Lead Nixon Lieutenants Say Timing at Peak Washington-UPD-The hectic 1960 presidential election campaign comes to an end to day with both candidates act ing as if victory depended on few more voters who could be converted by handshake or glimpses at a TV screen. Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Sen. John F. Ken nedy both undertook man- killing schedules for this elec tion eve before awaiting the) verdict from Tuesday's voting. Public opinion polls Indi cated Kennedy was ahead but not by a margin big enough o generate overconfidence in Democratic command posts. Nixon lieutenants disputed the polls and said they failed to reflect that Kennedy had passed a crest two weeks ago and that the vice president's timing carried his campaign to its peak at election time. Important Religious Issue Both sides recognized that the religious issue-Kennedy is Roman Catholic-was one of the big unknowns of the cam paign and that it could both help and hurt each candidate. Another unknown factor was the impact of President Eisen hower's vigorous 11th hour campaign In behalf of Nixon. A record turnout Is expect ed Tuesday. A forecast from Republican National head quarters put the figure at about 67 million or within the 65 to 68 million range. Demo cratic headquarters predicted that the vote might climo above 69 million, compared with the previous record vote of slightly above 62 million in the presidential election of 1956. In his final sprint, Kennedy was booked today for appear ances In Rhode Island, Con necticut, Vermont and New Hampshire, before moving into his Jiome territory ot Boston tonight. He will hear the returns Tuesday night at his summer home at Hyannis Port, Mass. . , After fulfilling a pledge to campaign In all 50 states by flying to Anchorage, Alaska, Sunday, Nixon headed back east in an overnight flight to Madison, Wis. Nixon Makes Telethon From a brief stop in Madi son, he moves to Detroit, where he will make a four hour telethon, unprecedented in a national campaign, to answer questions telephoned to the studio. After a Chicago slop for another TV appearance, he flics back to his home state of California. He votes Tuesday at Whilticr and receives elec tion returns at a Los Angeles hotel. The President and Henry Cabot Lodge, GOP vice presi dential nominee, campaigning today in New England, will share the TV screen with Nix on. Eisenhower will be shown from Washington and Lodge from Boston. The GOP has lime on all three national TV networks between 10 p.m. and midnight (e.s.U. Kennedy scheduled his final TV appeal from Boston over CBS at 11 p.m. (e.s.t.). ' Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, Democratic vice presidential nominee, was making his final campaign appearances in his home state of Texas, one of the major battlegrounds of the campaign. Seven Big Slates Campaign managers for both candidates are most con cerned about seven states with the largest blocs of electoral votes - New York, Pennsyl vania, Ohld, Michigan, Illi nois, Texas and California. These states combined have 205 of the 269 electoral votes needed by the winner. Telethon The telethon is being spon sored by five committees -"T h e Republican National Committee, the Independent Television Committee for Nixon-Lodge, the Volunteers for Nixon-Lodge, the National Re publican Senatorial Commit tee, and the National Republl can Congressional Commit tee. Less than Prime Time "The cost of the television time Is $41,000 per hour, or $164,000 for the entire four hours. This is considerably less than prime evening time. There will be some additional expenses for production and telephone charges." 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