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55th Year Medford 18 Pages Nation Mourns Soldiers Killed In N ine Wars Washinglon-ltlPD-A torch, a wreath and a minute of silence will mark Veterans Day today at the white marble tomb of three American soldiers known but to God. The torch, kindled In Antwerp, Belgium, will be en shrined near the tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, final resting place of 107,000 service men killed in nine wars. A wreath from President Eisenhower will be laid before the tomb to commemorate the day set aside to pay homage to the men, living and dead, who took up arms to defend their nation. The minute of silence was to be observed at 11 a.m., exactly 42 years after the Armistince was signed ending World War 1. Veterans Day celebrations included religious observances, parades and patriotic addresses throughout the United States and in countries whose sons were allied in the cause of freedom. The Belgium torch was lit from the flame that burns night and day in Antwerp to honor fallen warriors. Music Educators Meet at Hedriclt Between 200 and 250 music educators from public and pri vate schools in Oregon are ex pected to register for the state conference at Hedrick Junior High school today and tomorrow. . Dr. Justin L. Dyrud, music supervisor in Medford public schools and host chairman, 6aid most districts in Oregon will be represented at the con ference, which is being held in Medford for the first time in organization's history. Theme for the conference is "Music in a Changing World," and it will be key noted by an address by Mrs. Beatrice Perham Krone, au thor of several textbooks and composer and arranger of sev eral songs for elementary and junior high school students. Mrs. Krone and her: .hUs-' band. Max Krone, are found ers of Idyllwild Music and Art Center, Idyllwild, Calil. . Clinics Scheduled Clinics and symposiums to day and tomorrow will be conducted by Mrs. Krone, C. Robert Zimmerman, director of Portland Symphonic choir; John Stehn, Portland State college; Wayne Mercer, Uni versity of Oregon; and John Drysdale, Medford public schools. Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent of Medford DUblic schools, will welcome delegates at a conference ban quet at 6 0 clocK mis evening at the Rogue Valley Country club. Other conference speakers Include Dr. Arthur Kreisman of Southern Oregon college, who was scheduled to speak at a noon luncheon today, and CJ Mayor Banks Reelected to Post Cave Junction Carrol Ranks was reelected mayor of Cave Junction in Tuesday's election. He received 117 votes. Former Mayor Elwood Hussev received 1 write-in vntp New councilman is Leslie W Henry, who received 112 vntps. Mrs. Vivian Deaton, in cumbent, received 104 votes, The other candidates were Mrs. Ken Mann, 1, and Mrs. Boh Steimer, 3. Laurence dishing, the pres ent justice of the peace, won that post with a write-in cam naien. He received 67 votes comDared to 61 votes received bv Arthur Keller, who beat Cushing in the May primary election. Another candidate for the post was James Allen who received 2 votes. An amendment to change the name of Cave Junction to Cave City was defeated by a vnle nf 80 no to 38 yes. The school tax measure was also defeated 86 no to 35 yes Portland -41PD- Crow's Lunv bcr Price Index registered a slieht eain during the two- week Deriod ending Nov. 10 WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable iniiin and cooler teinprra- thrnneh Saturdav. Occa sional rain tonlrht and si"'- dav. Patches or vanry ms w urdav. Win both dayi 55. Low n'tht 40- Temp, ..i.i,.., v.ilrrriav 50 Lowest thli Sloriilru 44 Prep, to 10 a.m. iwuar .. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . 4:53 p.m cunriie tomorrow .... 6:59 a.m Moonrtse tomorrow 12:06 a.m. New Moon Nov. 18 PROMINENT STARS ttevitliK. near the Moon. Betelceuse. tow In east 9:12 p.m Vena, low In north west 11:10 p.m i,i. due south .... 3:24 a.m Arrturus. rises 4:08 a.m. Dr. Bill Sampson Southern Oregon college, who will dis cuss "New Certification Pro posals" with college faculty members at a luncheon tomor row noon. Musicians from public schools and colleges in Cot tage Grove, Roseburg, Ash land, Klamath Falls and Med ford will perform during the conference. Exhibits representing 32 na tional and state music houses and organizations have been set up in the cafeteria at Hed rick for delegates to view. Active 20-30 Club Convention Starts Registration will get under Way this afternoon at the Jackson hotel for the area convention of the Active 20-30 club. About 500 dele gates from Oregon, northern California and Nevada are ex pected to attend. The convention will con tinue through Sunday. Speakers Saturday evening at a dinner at the Rogue Val ley Country club will be Leo nard Carlson, Medford, who was international 20-30 presi dent while a member of the Reno, Nev., club, and Jack Kummert, Santa Rosa, Calif., international first vice presi dent. Saturday's activities include business meetings for the delegates and tours through local industries by the non- delegates. Mr. Elmo Steven son, president of Southern Oregon college, will speak at luncheon while the dele gates' wives will attend a luncheon and style show at the Rogue Valley Country club. Camp Fire Girls Lease Agreement Planned Medford s city parks and recreation commission Wed nesday night directed the city attorney to draw up an agree ment for the city to lease some land at Prescott park to the Camp Fire Girls for use as a recreation area. It was inadvertently report ed in Thursday's Mail Trib- that the agreement was to be between the Girl Scouts and the city. Approximately 37 acres of land west of the Roxy Ann picnic area would be involved in the agreement. "Some Day That Thing's Gonna Blow Up In My Face" PO VICE PKtSIPeeJr- MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, V&fjL'i&& far? v ; 1?: - l f pilfer v i iliiinawi HiUlil ilfllinriiiii n is. lanin r m in no i&iMmwmm&hmMBMPm WAR DEAD HONORED Four Royal Canadian Air Force Sabre jet fighters, returning from a patrol over eastern France, sweep low over the American Military cemetery Tabulation of Electoral Votes By UPI Shown By United Press International The indicated electoral vote as shown by United Press In ternational tabulations, today gave 332 votes to President elect John F. Kennedy and 191 votes to Vice President Richard M. Nixon. An additional 14 votes were in doubt, as under Ala bama law 6 of its 11 votes could be withheld from Ken nedy, and Mississippi's 8 votes were won by a slate of unpledged electors. States carried by Kennedy and their electoral votes fol low: Alabama 5, Arkansas 8, California 32, Connecticut 8, Delaware 3, Georgia 12, Illi nois 27, Louisiana 10, Mary land 9, Massachusetts 16, Michigan 20, Minnesota 11, Missouri 13. Nevada 3, New Jersey 16. New Mexico 4, New York 45, North Carolina 14, Pennsylvania 32, Rhode Island 4, South Carolina' 8, Texas 24, West Virginia 8. States carried by Nixon and their electoral votes. Alaska 3, Arizona 4, Colo rado 6, Florida 10, Hawaii 3, Idaho 4, Indiana 13, Iowa 10, Kansas 8, Kentucky 10, Maine 5. Montana 4, Nebraska 6, New Hampshire 4, North Da kota 4, Ohio 25, Oklahoma 8, Oregon 6, South Dakota 4, Tennessee 11, Utah 4, Ver mont 3, Virginia 12, Washing ton 9, Wisconsin 12, Wyo ming 3. Durno To Address UO Football Banquet Eueene-fliPD-State Sen. Ed win Durno. newly-elected con gressman from Oregon's 4th district, will be the featured sDeaker at the annual Oregon football banquet here Nov. 21. Tlic banquet, sponsored by the Oregon club, will honor the University of Oregon foot ball team. The Hoffman tro phy for the most valuable player on the Duck grid squad is scheduled to be presented at the banquet. Salem -UPD- The state traf fic safety division said today that 49 persons were killed in Oregon traffic accidents last month and this was the worst I October toll since 1955.. NOVEMBER 11, 1960 Woozley Speaks at Cattlemen's Event The four-day Oregon Cattle- mens convention will be cli maxed today with a series of speeches in the Medford High school auditorium, a veter ans Day parade and dinner- dance at the Medford Armory tonight. Key speech of the general assembly this morning was a scheduled talk by Edward Woozley, director of the bu reau of land management, Washington, D. C, on "Past, GOP Group May Suggest Senator The Jackson County Repub lican Central committee prob ably will consider a recom mendation for state senator to replace Dr. Edwin R. Durno at a committee meeting Mon day, Nov. 21, Joe Walsh, GOP chairman, said, today. The recommendation will be submitted to the county court, which will appoint a senator to fill the unexpired term of Dr. Durno, who de feated Democratic Incumbent Charles O. Porter, Eugene, for the fourth congressional dis trict seat. Walsh said the central com mittee will make a recom mendation, but the county court is not bound by it in making the appointment. County Judge Earl Miller indicated that the court would seek a recommendation from the GOP central committee once the court receives formal notice that Dr. Durno has been elected. Walsh said several names have been submitted to the central committee for con sideration, but said he was not in a position to say whose names were suggested. Don Stathos, Medford, sec retary of the state GOP com mittee, said he has been ap proached concerning the ap pointment of himself as stale senator, and that he would ac cept if appointed. He said it would be up to the precinct committeemen and commit teewomen to decide who they believe is best qualified for the position. Building Permits Increase in Value The total valuation of build ine permits issued in Medford last month was $457,504. It was the second highest valua tion for the month of October in the city's history. According to the building department's monthly report, last month was exceeded only by October, 1958, when $1 129.821 worth of permits were issued. That was when the Medford Shopping center per mit was issued. Last month's figure was well above the October, 1959, fig ure when the department is sued $293,126 in building per mits. Contributing most to last month's total were two per mits valued at $176,840 for re pairing and remodeling insti tutions (schools). One new church permit valued at $70, 400 and four new residence permits valued at $47,000 were also issued during the month. The total number of permits issued was 96. The building department collected $2,295 in fees during October, Tribune largest in Europe near St. Avoid. Some 10,500 U.S. dead of World War II lie buried there. (RCAF Photo UPI Telcphoto) Present and Current Trends in Public Land Management and Use." Since cattlemen use government range land ex tensively in this state for graz ing beef, the talk is particu lar y significant, convention spokesmen said. Today's events started at 7 a.m. in the Medford High school cafeteria with a buck- aroo breakfast for the some 600 cattlemen registered for the convention. Other Activities Other activities scheduled during the general assembly today are a panel discussion on revision of federal beef grading; "P. I. Pipeline" by Dick Richards, manager of the Pacific International Live stock Exposition; "Beef Coun cil Proposed Legislation," by E. E. Davis, Oregon Beef coun cil chairman; "Impact of Im ports," by Nelson Crow, pub lisher of the Western Live stock Journal, Los Angeles, Calif.; "The Rancher and the Veterinarian," by Dr. Roy O. Peterson, president of the Ore gon Veterinary Medical asso elation; "Tenderization of Beef," by Don Staheli, Agri cultural Research division, Swift and Company, Chicago, 111. Saturday will feature a gen eral assembly at the Holly theater and a summary of findings of special and stand ing committee meetings yes terday. Tomorrow s events at the general assembly will also in clude introduction of the coun ty cattlemen of the year, a report of the resolutions com mittee, convention city selec tion for 1961, convention af fairs, election of officers and their installation and a dis cussion of the policy program by the new president. Following adjo u r n m e n t about noon tomorrow, the ex ecutive committee will hold a session in the Medford hotel. Neill Wins Mayor's Post by 200 Votes Ashland - Final Ashland city election returns show that city voters favored Incumbent Mayor Richard Neill by more than 200 votes over his closest rival in the mayor's race. Neill received 1,106 votes. W. R. Brown, his nearest rival, had 874 votes. Other mayor candidates were Dr. Glenn Revel, with 540 votes; Nor man Lindahl, 478, and Russell Osborn, 370. Final returns show that Em- mctt Whitham, Duane Baker, and George Ward were elect ed to the city council, Whith am led all council candidates with 2,192 votes. Baker had 2,071 and Ward 1,773. Mrs. Faith McCullough had 1,634 votes and George L Jones, 1,273, for unsuccessful council bids. The city dog control ordi nance was put into effect by a large margin. A total of 830 votes were cast favoring dogs running at large, while those against totaled 1,801. Purported Vote Fraud Charges To Be Studied Washington -WPD- Republi can National Chairman Thrus ton B. Morton instructed GOP officials in 11 states to look Into complaints of "purported vote frauds" in the presiden tial election. But he empha sized that he did not believe any recounts would upset John F. Kennedy's victory. Price 10 Cents No. 202 City Officials To Attend Meeting Of League Sunday Some 18 Medford city offic ials, including Mayor John W Snider, will be in Salem Sun day attending the 35th annual League of Oregon Cities con vention. . Mayor Snider, who is presi dent of the League, will pre side over the convention. An estimated 700 state, city and federal representatives will attend the three-day meet. The theme of the conven tion will be "Oregon Cities in the 60's." Emphasis will be put on state and local finance; annexation as a solution to ur ban service needs; planning for new industry; develop ment of water resources; and law enforcement. , Medford city Manager Rob ert A. Duff will be among several city officials from throughout the state to be honored for his 35 years in municipal government, Speak on Annexation ' Duff will also speak at one of the - sessions on Medford's experience with annexation. Dr. Frank L.- Kldner, Uni versity of California business economist - will deliver the the keynote address at the opening of the general session on Monday. Other speakers and discus sion leaders from this area will include Robert Haworth, Medford parks and recrea tion director; O. R. McNeel, Medford building director; and Richard Cottle, Ashland municipal judge. Others attending the con ference from the city of Med ford are City Councilmen Jimmy Dunlevy, Stanley Stark, Fred, Robinson, Al Bradford and R. L. Van Sickle; Councilman-elect Bill Singler; Public Works Di rector Vernon Thorpe; Re corder-Treasurer Darrcl Hu- son; Police Chief Charles P. Champlin; City Attorney Joel Reeder; Fire Chief Gordon Barker; Planning Commission members Harold Snodgrass and Paul Selby; and the may or and city manager's secre tary, Dorothy Sneddon. Planning Commission, Mail Tribune Criticized By Holmes; Medford lawyer and district attorney-elect Alan B. Holmes appeared before the city plan ning commission last night, criticized both the commission and a Mail Tribune reporter,' and then withdrew a request for a variance to a zoning ordinance. Holmes criticized the com mission for making a number of unflattering comments about him at its Oct. 13 meet ing. The commission had been irked at the meeting because Holmes failed to show up, on two occasions,, to speak for a variance to a zoning ordi nance he was requesting. The second time Holmes failed to appear to speak on behalf of his request, such comments were made by plan ning commission members as: "Maybe we're going to have to make an appointment with Mr. Holmes to appear ..." Uncalled For Remarks Holmes last night called the commission's comments "ill advised, ill-timed and, under Noon Edition Lawyer Arraigned On Eight Charges n Circuit Court Secret Indictments Returned Last Week O. II. Bengtson, Medford lawyer, was arraigned ight charges of larceny by embezzlement in circuit court Thursday afternoon before Judge Edward C. Kelly. Eight secret indictments were turned by the grand jury gainst him last week. Bail was set at $1,000 for each indictment. Bengtson is free on bail, The total amount of money Involved in the eight indict ments totals $6,295 and was tho property of the Medford Escrow company of which Bengtson was an officer. Bengtson on Oct. 12 was found guilty of embezzling $3,701.14 from that company. He is scheduled to be tried on another indictment for $1,700 on Dec. 13. The approximate date and amount involved in each In dictment is: July 28, 1959, $1,500; Nov. 18, 1959, $300; Oct. 29, 1959, $1,045; Jan. 15, 1958, $2,000; Jan. 21, 1958 $500: Jan. 23, 1959, $150; Nov. 23, 1959, $300; and June 29, 1959, $500. Dates Set Judge Kelly set Nov. 18 and 28 for Bengtson to enter pleas, Four indictments will be con sidered at each time. Attorneys for Bengtson are Richard Carney, Portland, and Robert Boycr, Medford. Following Thursdays ar raignment, Boyer reported that he planned to complain to the district attorney's of fice regarding the amount of publicity that office has been giving the case. In a statement to the Mall Tribune Boyer said that he was "extremely concerned with the fact that we hear about Information that's to be presented secretly to a grand jury on television immediate ly preceding the grand jury hearings. Mentions News Story He also mentioned a news story in the Nov. 7 Mall Trib une which stated that "a Jackson, county grand' jury considered evidence presented against 'a defendant' in the Medford Escrow case and that eight secret indictments were returned. Boyer said that the releas ing of such Information was in violation of Oregon statute, "It Is our feeling,'1 Boycr continued, "that Mr. Scannell (Gerald J. Scannell, chief deputy district attorney) has been using the Medford es crow case as a political foot ball. The fact that this case has been under consideration by the grand Jury for approxi mately five months and that the first indictment was re turned four months, three days ago, makes It entirely Inexcusable to return eight in dictments five days before an election in which the deputy handling the case Is running for district attorney. "It is our feeling that the last presentation was used en tirely as a method to obtain publicity, and that the release of the fact that the secret In dlctments were returned was necessitated by the fact that Mr. Bengtson was not In Jackson county and no publi city could be obtained prior to the election If they were treated secretly." Variance Request Is Withdrawn the circumstances, quite un called for." Regarding the Mall Trib une's account of tho meeting In its Oct. 14 edition, Holmes said he "considers it an ex treme error in judgment for being reported that way." Holmes added that: "I feel I was very unjustly taken over the coals (by the Trib une) at a very Inappropriate time." Holmes, who was the suc cessful candidate for district attorney, also objected to it being pointed out in the story that he was Medford's munici pal Judge and a candidate for district attorney. He was act ing in his private capacity, he claimed. Request Variance Holmes had been requesting a variance to the commercial zoning ordinance for the Tru Mcch company which was as sembling stamp dispenser ma chines in a shop at 111 North Fir st. When Holmes did not show South Nam Chief Said Ousted 50 Persons Declared Dead in Bloody Revolt Saigon-HIPD-Army paratroopers led a bloody revolt against South Viet Nam President Ngo city and claimed to have ousted holding out In his palace. Fifty persons were reported killed. Unconfirmed reports from the neighboring kingdom of Laos said pro-Western Gen. Phouml Nosavan had seized con trol of the government there from neutralist Premier Sou vanna Phouma and captured the royal capital of Luang Prabang. Heavy fighting was reported underway. The South Viet Nam rebels paratroop colonel said they had the nation from communism and corruption." The paratroop ers accused Diem of failing to combat communism properly and promised to keep South Viet Nam in the ranks of the free nations. HowOregonians Cast Ballots On Measures Portland-lurD-Hore is a run down on how Oregonians vot ed on the 15 measures, based on unofficial returns from 2851 of 2896 precincts. 1. Legislator's terms, Yes 538,564, No 90,666. 2. Daylight time, Yes 346 573, No 378, 349. 3. Urban redevelopment, Yes 313,392, No 290,709. 4. Prosecution by Informa tion, Yes 286,811, No 315,701. 5. Revise constitution, Yes 334,045, No 271,749. 6. Higher education bonds, Yes 451,063, No 229,953. 7. Voter qualification, Yes 470,189, No 174,177. 8. Bonds for state building. Yes 226,663, No 418,170. 9. Retirement for Judges Yes 537,096, No 118,320. 10. Elective offices, Ye 446,987, No 161,017. 11. Improvements in coun ties, Yes 379,200, No. 217,132 12. Continuity of govern ment, Yes 532,954, No 90,461 13, War veterans lonas, Yes 399,257, No. 261,629. 14. Income tax bill, Yes 114,019, No 549,766. 15. Billboard control, Yes 255,031, No 457,558.. How measures fared in Jackson county: No. 1, fixing legislators' term: yes, 22,510; no, 3,374, No. 2, daylight saving time: yes, 11,449; no, 17,601. No. 3, redevelopment proj ects: yes, 13,183; no, 11,034. No. 4, prosecution by infor mation or indictment: yes, 7, 687; no, 17,749, No. 5, revising constitution: yes, 15,409; no, 9,161. No. 6, bonding for higher education facilities: yes, 19, 812; no, 7,554. No. 7, voter qualification amendment: yes, 21,001; no, 6,025. No. 8, state building pro gram: yes, 10,729; no, 14,898. No, 9, retirement of judges: yes, 18,860; no, 8,625. No. 10, elective offices be come vacant: yes, 18,946; no, 6,297. No. 11, financing Improve ments in home rule counties: yes, 15,759; no, 8,399. No. 12, continuity of gov ernment: yes, 23,209; no. 2, 502. No. 13, war veterans bond ing and loan: yes, 18,208; no, 8,161, No. 14, personal Income tax bill: yes, 4,509; no, 22,214. No. 15, billboard control measure: yes, 10,795; no, 18, 143. up at the September meeting, the commission unanimously recommended denial of the re quest for a variance. Holmes appeared at the next city council meeting and said he was not notified of the public hearing. The coun cil then referred the matter back to the commission ask ing that Holmes be heard. It was at its next meeting that the commission was visi bly perturbed and the com ments were made. Notice Published The commission has point ed out that the notice of the first public hearing was pub lished In the Mail Tribune un der tho legal notices as re quired by the city code. Holmes said he did not notice this publication because he vas out of town. There was no publication of the second time the matter appeared be fore the commission. Holmes said last night that "it's foolish for me" to try and get the variance now, but said he "is hoping for a policy Viet Dinh Diem today, seized the him. But at midnight he was led by an American-trained overthrown Diem to "save - There were few details of the reported coup in Laos where Prince Souvanna re gained power last fall when a group of paratroopers staged a revolt against the pro-Western government and installed Souvanna as premier. Since then, Souvanna has battled Communist P a t h e t Lao rebels in the north, as well as pro-Western forces in the South led by Phouml, de fense minister in the ousted government. Little Surprise The coup against Diera caused little surprise in other Asian nations where he was regarded as a ruthless dicta tor who had led his nation into discontent and dissatis faction. It caused rejoicing in Seoul where Diem was com pared with ousted President Syngman Rhee. In Washington, State De partment officials said the coup in Viet Nam did not ap pear to have been Communist- inspired, although they noted that the Communists might try to take advantage of the confusion' to create trouble. The officials also said they had no reports of any Ameri cans injured in the coup. Refuses to Resign . Col. Nguyen Chanh ThI, the young paratroop colonel who led the revolt, actually enter ed the palace and conferred with Diem after paratroopers had stormed through the pal ace gate. Diem refused to re sign, apparently holding out until armored forces could be rushed to his aid from Myhto, 90 miles southwest of Saigon. The rebels told newsmen the revolutionary forces were in control of all key points in Saigon. They also seized the radio but not before Diem had radioed for help. There were no signs of Diem's reinforce ments this afternoon. First Major Assault ' It was the first major as sault on the five-year-old ad ministration of Diem and ap peared to be led by followers of former Emperor Bao Dal. The rebel forces began their coup by attacking the Presi dential Palace with tanks and armored cars. They were met with heavy fire from Diem's palace guard. Some eyewitnesses reported that as many as SO bodies littered the streets around the. palace. Other reports put the death toll at 11 soldiers and three civilians. Marilyn Monroe Planning Divorce New York - tUPD Marilyn Monroe and her playwright husband, Arthur Miller, have separated and the actress will file for a divorce, it was an nounced today. change." He said "it Is only good policy and good practice, that the person who submits the request be notified either by phone or letter (of the hearing)." It was indicated last night that the commission is giving some consideration to a more personal typo of notification in the case of public hearings. Four Present Only four of the seven member commission were present last night. Of the four, Commission Chairman Paul Selby and member Jack Edson did admit that some of the comments at the Oct. 13 meeting may have been "Ill-advised." Selby said: "No one on the commission intended any harm." In withdrawing his request for the variance Holmes said the Tru-Mech company Is moving its operations to White City "at no little ex pense." Holmes said the com pany now admits It was Its error In tho first place for moving Into the wrong zone. I
