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m IMl Ul n 1 1 VI to Kennedy and Nixon Have 'Very Cordial' Meeting Regional Edition Medford 20 PAGES i tV X, '( i TAKES CHILDREN AWAY A New Orleans mother who Identified herself as Mrs. Graf, leads her children from previously all-white McDonough elementary school after three Negro children were integrated into the first grade Perish on Oregon Computer Speeds Counting of Vote Returns in State Salem-IUPD - State elections director Jack F. Thompson an nounced today that electronic computing of state election returns has proved so success ful that the division lias con verted. The switch-over is effective Immediately and returns com ing in from counties from last week's general eletcion are being put on cards and run through a computer in the secretary of state's accounting division. The machine was in stalled last year, for account ing purposes. This will not take the place of the work the counties have to do but replaces the tedious job in the elections division of canvassing the total official vote. Job Cut to Eight Houri When returns from all 36 counties are in, the elections division will be able to can vass the entire state "vote in Jess than eight hours, Thomp eon said. Before, it took about two weeks to do this. A test was made in last May's primary and was "very successful," Thompson said. The new system will save roughly 400 work hours but Thompson said "speed and ac curacy are paramount." The computer has proved to be much more accurate than the clerks. Thompson has asked the counties to get their tallies in by Nov. 28 and if they do, the official canvass of last Tuesday's election will be completed before the end of the month. Seven counties had report ed by this morning. NO MEETING AU1 Tlio AuHlanH filv council will not meet Tuesday tho rpaiilnr meeting jiinii ------ , date. Councllmen and city of- jiciais are T ...... .a nf OreBfin PlIlPS COn dengue Vt-UMUll III fcjtuw... .. council meeting will be held Tuesday. .Nov. a. Aueusla. Ga.-ilPl' -President Eisenhower, pronounced In "great'' health at the age of 70, help? his wife celebrate her 64th birthday today. Medford Stores Will Be Open MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, V vt Heaviest Rain This Fall Recorded Here Medford vicinity had its heaviest rain of the fall this morning when .38 of an inch of precipitation fell from mid night until 10 o clock at the weather bureau station at the airport. Today s rain brought to .83 of an inch the total amount from a stormy period which began last Thursday. Actually, two storm fronts were in volved. Snow was seen on the hills surrounding Medford this morning as the freezing level dropped to 4,000 feet and the now level to 3,300 to 3,400 feet above mean sea level. With the week end's heavy rains throughout western Ore gon came announcement from the state forester s office that fire season will end at mid night tonight. The order is sued today affects the Rogue River National forest, and pri vate lands within it, as well as lands under protection of the southwest district of the state department of forestry. Permits for burning no longer will be required until fire season is decreed again. Curt Ncsheim, warden of the state's southwest district, reported that forests are too wet for slash burning after the week end storms. Rain, he said, "definitely put a damper on slash burning. He said more will be done if the weather dries off. Robert Torheim, fire con trol officer of the Rogue for est, stated that the Applcgate district received its "first real rain of the season." A total of .69 of an inch was reported over the week end. There has been no slash burning in the district, but it probably will begin this week, Torheim n dicated. Slash burning in oth er districts has been completed for some time. Torheim said that the Rogue forest received "a pret ty fair soaking" from the rains. The rain in the Apple gate area was the most that has fallen there since last May. Six inches of snow were re ported at Union Creek this morning and two inches at Butte Falls, according to the fire control official, i The week end rains began 'with .10 of an inch on Thurs Tribune today. The children are, from left, Doryk, 8; Paullclte, 11, and Margaret, 5, who is not yet in school but accompanied her mother. (See story on page 2), - (UPI Telcphoto) day, .13 on Friday, .06 on Sat urday and .16 on Sunday. Despite the .83 precipita tion total rainfall is still well below normal for this time of year. Total for the month up to midnight last night was .46 which was .93 below normal for November. Season total (since Sept. 1) up to midnight was 1.02 which was 2.62 be low the norm. All recent rains are going into the ground with very little runoff, irrigation dis trict managers said today. However, the rains are not penetrating deep, they added. Pasture lands will not be affected since the cold weath er has stopped the growing period. However, some farm ers in the Rogue Kiver Valley Irrigation district had to irri gate young seed crops as late as Nov. 10. Recent storms will alleviate this situation, RRVID Manager Harold Sexton said. Rains wetting down mountain soils will provide a better runoff this spring, Sexton ex plained. Runoff is not as good on dry ground, he added. Highway Conditions State police this morning reported 4 inches of snow in the Siskiyou mountains with chains advisable and Green Springs with 4 inches and chains required especially on the south side of the moun tain. Six inches of snow was reported in the Diamond lake area. The state highway depart ment in Salem today reported packed snow at Government Camp, Warm Springs, McKciv zie Pass, Green Springs, Bend, Sanliam pass, Ochoco summit, Willamette pass, Lapine, Che mult, Klamath Falls, Bly, Lakeview, Austin, Seneca, and Diamond lake. Icy spots were reported at Wilson River summit, Sunset summit, Prospect, Sisters Meacham, Baker, and Burns TUESDAY SPEAKER Ashland Dr. Wayne Wells will speak about his recent trip to Africa at the Ashland Chamber of Commerce meet ing Tuesday at 12 p.m. in the Mark Antony hotel. Wells has just returned from a trip to southern and eastern Africa. He will discuss economic and political development of the African nations he visited. 55th Year Price 10 Cents 1960 No. 204 j VVw. A V" If- 11 SUM 1 S Roads Train-Car Crash Instantly Kills Aumsville Family By United Press International Traffic accidents claimed at least eight lives, including three in a car-train collision, Oregon during the week end. The traffic safety division in Salem listed the 1960 toll to date at 402, six under the figure on the same date last year. . Three members of the Wil liam. C. Gilbert family of Aumsville were killed instant ly Sunday afternoon when their car hit a Southern Pa cific freight train near the community of West Stayton about 15 miles cast of Stay ton. State police in Salem identified the victims as Gil bert, 67; his wife, Nellie, 55, and a daughter, Irene Gilbert, 26. State police said the acci dent occurred when the car driven by Gilbert struck the lead engine of the train. John R. Stout, 49, Portland, the engineer, said the locomotive was traveling 25 miles per hour at the time of the crash and that the engine's warn ing horn was sounding when the accident occurred. Killed in separate accidents were Grant B. Marshall, 34, Lemon, Calif.; Frank R. Jones, 29, Klamath Falls, and Os wald Newell Stock, 61, Oro ville, Calif. Marshall suffered fatal in juries early Sunday in a bus car accident in Portland. Elev en other persons, either pas sengers in the car or the bus, escaped serious injury and only two were hospitalized. Jones was killed Saturday night when his car went out of control on U. S. highway 97 about 40 miles north of Klamath Falls and went into a ditch. Stock died Friday night in a two-vehicle accident near the Nevada-Oregon border. Buster Norman Howard, 25, Bend, was killed Sunday night in a one car accident just cast of La Grande when the vehicle struck a bridge. The driver, W. Joseph Kemp, about 70, Portland, was killed when struck by a car Sunday evening. Problems of Transition Aired At Vacation Site Pair Arranges To Meet in December Miami-lUPU-President - elect John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon today had what Kennedy de scribed as a "very cordial meeting" for about an hour at Nixon's vacation hcarimiai-- ters. They arranged to meet again in Washington, prob ably early next month. The president-elect said lio found Nixon 'very coopera tive" in discussing nrohlenis of the transition from a Re- Dllblican to a Demnrrntip ari. ministration and they discus sed the many problems fac ing the United States." Ken nedy saw reporters hripflv after the meeting, but Nixon naa notning to say immedi ately. Speaking for the Democrats, Kennedy said, "We are assum ing repsonsibility in a most hazardous time and I think it would be helrjful to see Ihp vice president again." Foregn Affairs Problem Kennedy also said he thought this was a time for bipartisanship in fnrpirm af fairs and he thought both par ties respected the situation. Asked about the possibility Of Using Nixon in hie nrimin. istration. Kennedy said. "Mr. mxon nas a responsibility as the leader of his party and perhaps he could hotlpr ripe cribe that responsibllty than i couia. Asked 'f he had offered the vice president a post in his administration, Kennedy said mcy aid not discuss it. Kennedy laughed when : newsman asked if Nlvnn In dicated he would try to run against him again in 1964. Another asked If there was discussion of the recently-con eluded 1960 cmapign. "We discussed it from a pro fcssional noint nf vipur " k'nn. nedy said amid more laugh ter, i asKea nim now hp innir Ohio." Deadline Tuesday For Tax Payments A long line of property tax payers were lined up this morning in the pnnntv tnv department. The deadline for paying county property taxes Is tomorrow. Mrs. Marjorie Brooks, chief tax deputy, said that over-the-counter receipts so far total S1.503.2R1.8S. Tav rnllppllnnc are neither ahead nor behind previous years, she said. Yet to come in this morning were checks from such major tax contributors as Bear Creek Orchards, Calfiornia Oregon Power company, California Pacific Utilities, Southern Pa cific railroad and Medford corporation. After tomorrow s tax dead line, taxpayers will be penal ized two-thirds nf 1 npr ppnt a month for the first quarter, Mrs. Brooks said. "We Didn't Do for Shopping Until 9 OXIock V POLITICAL RIVALS MEET President- nedy interrupted his Palm Beach vacation to elect John F. Kennedy is greeted by Vice i visit Nixon who is vacationing at Key President Richard M. Nixon in front of Biscayne. Nixon's hotel at Key Biscayne, Fla. Ken- (UPI Telcphoto) Moderate Quake Jars Washington Seismograph Seattle - IUPII - A two-hour earthquake recorded as mod erately strong on the Univer sity of Washington seismo graph here, struck beneath the Pacific ocean about 300 miles south of Umnak Island in the Aleutiartchaln Sunday. The quake struck so far out beneath the Pacific that no damage was reported to in habited areas of the Aleutians. The tremor sent the seismo. graph to a point of six of a Richtor scale of eight and one-half. Prof. Frank Neumann, Uni. versity of Washington seismol ogist, said the quake began at 3:26 a.m. and lasted about two hours. Tidal Wave Alert The temblor triggered a statewide tidal wave alert in Hawaii, where 64 persons were killed last May 23 as the result of earthquakes In Chile. There was no report of a wave being generated by Sun day's quake, but Civil De fense officials on Oahu sound ed the alarm as a precaution ary measure at 2:50 a.m. Oth er islands In the Hawaiian chain followed suit in a mat ter of minutes. On most of the islands, few people had time between the sounding of the sirens and the all-clear to dress and leave their homes. But at Hilo, where the May tragedy still was a vivid nightmare, neigh bors of the 64 victims were out of their homes within min utes. So Wtll Either" Vote Canvass Gets Under Way Today The official canvass of gen. cral election ballots started this morning in the Jackson county elections department. No deadline is set for the final tabulation, but state elec tion directions merely state "as soon as possible.' Those making the official count did not have any idea when they would be through. They said it may take them longer than usual since record number of ballots were cast in the county last.Tucs- Car, Fire Truck Collide Sunday Two women sustained ap parently minor injuries when car collided with a fire truck at the corner of Peach st. and Stewart ave., at 11:13 a.m. Sunday. Treated at Sacred Heart hospital for cuts and released were Joan Rae Snook, 24, of 3245 Freeland rd., Central Point, the driver of the car, nd Mildred Irene Stewart, 47, of 148 Winema Way. No citations were issued. In reconstructing the acci dent police said the fire truck, on its way to a fire, was at tempting to turn left from Peach st. onto Stewart ave. The car, which had been trav eling west on Stewart ave., hit it broadside in the middle of the intersection. The driver of the fire truck, Freeman E. Johnson, 49, of 915 Beckman St., told police he stopped the fire truck in the middle of the intersection when he saw the car coming. He said the driver made no attempt to stop or avoid the truck. Both women in the other car told police they heard the truck's siren but did not see any red light, nor did they see the truck until they were right on top of it. Police rioted that the red light cannot be seen by cars approaching at right angles to the truck. The fire truck' sustained moderate damage to the left front fender. The car was de molished. WEATHER FORECAST! Partial rlcarlnc to nliht with valley fog or low rlnudlnms late tonlcht and Tues day forenoon Inrreaiitnr. cloudi ness Tuesday afternoon with rain In valleys and snow In mountains heclnnlnc by eve nine. Low tonlcht 33-35. Illth Tuesday 4H-S0. Temp. Illfhest Vesterdav 45 Lowest Ihts Morning as .. - . Preclp. To 10 a.m. Today 47 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ; 4:50 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:03 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow .... 3:10 a.m. New Moon Nov IS PKCIMINKNT STAR Allalr. hlih In southwest : p.m VISjm.K PLANETS Venus, low In southwest j;s5 p.m. Saturn, low In southwest ;5i p.m. Juplt.r, between Saturn and Venus. Mars. In the east 11:53 p.m. dav - 32.603 cast ballots for president, including absentee votes. Meanwhile two candidates have filed their election ex pense accounts with the coun ty elections department. Ed Taylor, successful Democratic candidate for county commis sioner, filed total expenses of $267, and Karl Janpuch, Democratic , candidate who was reelected to county treas urer, filed a total of $158. Contributions Taylor listed only one con- trlbutor, Dave Whittle for $5, His major expenses were for advertising. Janouch's major" expendi tures listed $95.10 for adver tising. He did not list any contributors. Candidates for district at torney and state representa tive must file their election expenses with the secretary of state's elections department. All candidates have, 15 days after the election, or until Wednesday, Nov. 23, In which to file their expenses. All political organizations, parties and other cpntrlbutors have a deadline of 10 days after the election, or until Friday, Nov. 18. v . All indivduals who con tribute or expend over $50 for political purposes must flic a separate financial report with the appropriate elections offi cial and a duplicate report with the political candidate or organization, the elections de partment stated. Records Includ Candidates, political agents, committees and others filing must include in their records the name and address and amount given by persons con tributing $5 or more; and re ceipts or other evidence of payment for each expenditure In excess of $5'. Also, anyone receiving or spending money for a candidate or his agent, or a political organization must give a detailed account to the candidate within 14 days after the expenditure, in cluding all receipts for pay ment over $5, according to the Oregon Corrupt Practices act. Each candidate must file a personal report even though a political committee is filing a report in his behalf, accord ing to law. Radiant Heat Started Fire, Not Explosion, City Firemen Report Contrary to a Saturday re port, the ceramic furnace did not explode Friday at the home of Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Lowcry, 200 Windsor ave., city liremcn said today. . They reported that the fire was started from radiant heat from the furnace which was too close to a wall. The fur nace had been opened to cool and the heat ignited the wall. Fire damaged the garage and kitchen and resulted in ex tensive heat and smoke dam age through the entire) house. Guatemalan President Says Rebellion Halted Bombardment of Positions Stopped By United Press International Government troops in Gua temala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica moved to crush armed rebel forces on their territo ries today. Guatemalan President Mig uel Ydigoras Fuentes announ ced "liquidation" of the re. bellion in his country. He call ed off around-the-clock bom bardment of rebel positions in northeast Guatemala, saying he wished to avoid useless bloodshed. He said there still was scattered resistance but called it unimportant. In Nicaragua, one rebel group of 14 men surrendered to government troops and gave up unharmed 200 chil dren they had held as hos tages. A second rebel group fled toward the Costa Rican border in an attempt to es cape. All-Out Assault In Costa Rica, the govern ment launched an all-out as sault against guerrilla bands trying to invade neighboring Nicaragua. The insurgent forces were described by all three govern ments as Communists and "mercenaries" supported by Cuba's Fidel Castro, Only scattered casualty fig ures had been published, but losses at some points were be lieved to be heavy. Latest reports said loyal forces were in control in all three countries, but did riot discount the possibility that reinforcements from Lnos might change the picture at any moment. Part of Cuba Plot Officials In Guatemala charged flatly that the week end uprisings were part of a plot hatched In Cuba to clamp Communist control on all of Cuban officials denied any connection with the attacks. Central America. In Guatemala and Nicarag ua rebel forces scattered by government attacks had seized hostages in the hope of in suring themselves a safe get away. Wear Cuban Uniforms In Costa Rica, loyal troops were battling forces wearing the green fatigue uniform of Castro's Cuba. The guerrillas were using the country as an assembly area and a supply base for the invasion of Nica ragua. The rebel forces operating along the Costa Rlcan border were said to include bearded Cubans. Two-engined planes believed to be Cuban wera shuttling in and out of the area. Flag Gives Nixon Belated 'Support' Vice President Richard M. Nixon, unsuccessful candldata for President, got some belat ed "support" from the Rus sians this morning - at least according to a flag flying in Hawthorne park.. Inscribed with a large ham mer and sickle the flag reads the "USSR is for Nixon." Tha flag, two by three feet in size, was flying on a flagpole nor mally reserved for the Amer ican flag. The American flag was missing and presumed stolen. An employee of the parks and recreation department told Medford police the American flag was placed on the pole Sunday morning. It was not taken down- that night, he said. Police contacted the local office of the FBI; however, they were not Interested in the case. They 'doubted that the flag was placed in the park with Khrushchev's knowledge. Hunter Finds Cache Of Dynamite, Wire Thirty-six sticks of dyna mite and two rolls of wire were found under an old shack near Gold Ray dam Sunday, state police said. - A Sunday hunter found the explosives about a mile from Gold Ray and on the road into uom hiii, omccrs said. Tha hunter said the dynamite look ed old and wet and Is believ ed to have been there for some time. Tonight .A,
