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Newspaper Page TextIMl am (nP Regional Edition 55th Year Price 10 Cents MEDFORD Tribune yiittflr 5 'V ; t . 4 EI MM) 42 PAGES ark Long-Time Film Idol Succumbs To Heart Attack Recovery Apparent Prior To Seizure Hollywood - Him - C 1 a r k Gable, 59, the he-man "king" of Hollywood with the engag ing smile and big ears, died Wednesday night of a heart attack four month away from his life's dream - the birth of his first child. Private funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Church of the Recessional at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The reigning star of movies for 30 years died unexpected ly in the Hollywood Presby terian hospital seconds before his pregnant wife. could reach his side. '- He died without saying a word. ... Wife Left Room Mrs. Kay Gable, 42, had been with him only minutes earlier. She became sleepy and decided ,to go to the room across the hail she had oc cupied since his admission 11 days ago on Nov. 11. Gable was feeling fine when his wife left him and appeared well on the Way to recovery minutes biiftre the fatal seizure. Has Heart Ailment Mrs. Gable, the fabulously successful actor's fifth wife,, is expecting his child in March. Because she suffers from a heart ailment, her obstetrician expressed concern about the effcts of the strain. . B. J. Caldwell, administra tor at the hospital, described Gable's last hours. "Mr. Gable slept for an hour after dinner and was visited by Mrs. Gable. Laid Head Back "Mr. Gable was awake and being attended by a nurse," said Caldwell. "About 11 p.m. Mr. Gable just laid back his head and gasped. His nurse immediately summoned Mrs. Gable and the actor's phy sician, Dr. Fred Cerini, who was in the hospital at the time. , "Every effort was made to revive him, but it was too late," said Caldwell. "He was gone. There was no pain." '- (See story, pictures on page 2C) Republicans Claim California's Votes .'. Sacramento, Calif. - HIPP -Republicans claimed Califor nia for Richard M. Nixon to day on the strength of a last minute surge of absentee bal lots that wiped out a 35,000 volc lead once held by President-elect Kennedy. ". With only a few thousand votes remaining to be counted out of a total of more than 6.4 million cast, Nixon's1 lead was so slim the final results may depend on an official canvass and certification due by mid - December from the 'Secretary of state's office. If Nixon finally is awarded California's 32 electoral votes, It will have no bearing on Kennedy's election. ' i Washington-IUPP-The brok en parts of a booster rocket and man - carrying satellite cabin which plunged into the sea off Wallops Island, Va., Nov. 8 have been recovered Kennedy, Johnson Take To Hills on Deer Hunt Johnson City, Tex. - 0IPD -President-elect John F. Ken nedy and his running mate, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, went deer hunting today in the rugaed hills around Johnson's central Texas ranch, leaving until later in the day a con tinuation of a session to map plans for their new adminis tration. . The two Democratic leaders left the ranch by automobile after an early morning break fast. They were accompanied by two of Kennedy's associ Gable MA NAMED SECRETARY Miss Letita K. Baldridge, above, of Omaha, Neb., has been se lected as social secretary to Mrs. John F. Kennedy, wife of the president-elect, in the White House. (UPI Telephoto) Ballot Canvass 01 Central Point, Ashland Finished The official canvass of votes cast in Tuesday's election for city officials in Ashland and Central Point has been com pleted by the county elections department. The official count for Cen tral Point offices give Mayor Freeman Mason, 823; Record er Lyle Paull, 873; Treasurer Edward Jones, 846, they were unopposed. City council elections were for councilman at large, Ches ter Ayres 643; William Sax burg 596, and Donald E. Fa- ber 445; and councilman from ward 4, Ray Britton 149, and Calvin V. Bowers 65. In Ashland, the official count for the mayor shows Richard L. Neill 1,175, Wil liam R. Brown 904, Glenn M. Revel 572, Norman M. Lin- dahl 496, and Russell Osborn 391. For recorder W. E. Bartelt received 3,036 votes and Paul R. Finnell, candidate for treasurer, received 3,083. El- don Scripter received 2,902 votes and Frank H. Brant house 2,295 for the two park commission seats. Final tally for the three councilman seats give Emmett Whitham 2,295 votes; Duane Baker 2,178, George F. Ward 1,854, Mrs. Faith McCullough 1,728, and George L. Jones 1,350. The totals do not include write-in votes. The canvassing of ballots for the county is continuing in the elections department. The secretary of state has asked that canvassing be com pleted by Nov. 28. Superintendents Hear Briefing on Proposals Salem (UPU County school superintendents were briefed today on legislative proposals of four groups - the interim committee on education, state school boards association, Oregon education association and state education depart ment. The superintendents also heard a report from their own legislative committee. Salem-lUPU-Orcgon's capitol group is one of six in the na tion chosen by Hawaii offic ials in a study of state build ings. ates, Kenneth O'Donncll, his special assistant, and Rep Torbctt MacDonald (D-Mass.) Kennedy and Johnson's meeting was the first since the election, Ken nedy arriving Wednesday night by charter ed jet airliner from Palm Beach, Fla., his vacation head quarters. They planned to spend the rest of the day, after the hunt, in conference, either in John' son's 100-year-old white house or motoring around the ranch together. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1960 Dies Unexpectedly Brucker Balks at Ike's Order on Families Overseas Washington-fllPD-Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker to day promised to do everything in his power to prevent Presi dent Eisenhower's order limiting American military families overseas from hurting Army combat morale and effective ness. Brucker's statement was made at Ft. Benning, Ga., and released by Army headquarters here. Officials said it was not cleared with the Defense Department. "I recognize the directive as orders," Brucker said. "How ever, I intend to look into the details of the directive from the Department of Defense to see what I can do to ameliorate the situation and soften the impact on the families of our Army. The Army civilian chief said he will "do everything in my power to diminish the blow" to dependents and "to soften the effect on the com bat effectiveness and morale of our Army." This seemed to place Bruck er in disagreement with De fense Secretary Thomas E. Gates Jr. who said Wednes day he thought there would be no effect on morale be cause "our people are accus tomed to sacrifice." Eisenhower's order would reduce the number of U.S. de pendents abroad from 484,000 to 200,000. Brucker noted that in ad dition to boosting the morale of American forces abroad, military families have "con tributed greatly to the people-to-people understanding." The aim of the Eisenhower action was to slow the flight of dollars and gold abroad. The reduction of servicemen's dependents will be coupled by a drastic cut in foreign spend ing. Chase Ends in Jail Term, Fine ' A 23-year-old Medford man who didn't want to get a ticket was halted at a roadblock by Central Point police early Wednesday after leading Med ford police on a high-speed auto chase. He'll have 15 days to think it over. Police arrested Alan Michael McQuade, 823 Cedar St., on a charge of reckless driving. McQuade entered a plea of guilty to the charge in district court yesterday afternoon and was fined $150 and sentenced to 15 days in jail. In addition his driver's license was suspended for 60 days. McQuade also faces a charge of disobeying a red light and ignoring a police at tempt to stop him. He will be tried on these charges in municipal court tomorrow. Central Point police stopped the McQuade vehicle at a road block near Central Point about 1:30 a.m., after receiv ing a call from Medford po lice that McQuade was head ed their way. The chase started on Court si. near Manzanita st.. when a police officer on routine pa trol spotted the McQuade ve hicle going through a red light. Police said both the Mc Quade car and pursuing po lice vehicles reached speeds up to 90 miles per hour during the chase. After his capture McQuade told police: "I knew I was going to get a ticket and I de cided to try to outrun it. Santa Claus Will Arrive Here Nov. 25 Santa Claus will arrive in Medford via the Southern Pa cific railroad Friday after noon, Nov. 25, according to L. E. McEachron, Santa chair man for the retail merchants division of the Medford Chamber of Commerce. "Passenger service" of the railroad will resume for that afternoon through arrange ments by Robert Holmes, SP district agent. A special car will deliver Santa Claus at 3 p.m. with treats for the chil drcn who gather at the depot to greet him. His arrival will officially open the Christmas shopping season locally. White City Man Struck on Road; Dies of Injuries Lewis B. Williams, 52, of the Veterans Administration domiciliary, White City, died Wednesday evening at Sacred Heart hospital from injuries received about 7 p.m. when he was hit by a vehicle on Highway 62 near Agate rd. According to Oregon State Police, Williams was struck by a vehicle operated by Lloyd Lee Askins, 31, of 6249 Cra ter Lake highway, Medford. Askins told police that he was northbound on Highway 62 when another vehicle pass ed him. As the second vehicle cleared his car he saw Wil liams start to cross the high way between the two vehicles, Williams was hit by the As- Kms vehicle and carried- a short distance. Williams was taken to Sac red Heart hospital by Med ford ambulance. So far this year 17 persons have died in traffic accidents in Jackson county. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Perl Funeral home. Copco Has Largest Single Tax Payment California Oregon Power company Uiis year made the largest single tax payment in the county, according to the Jackson county tax depart ment. The company's check for $399,725.86 was received Tuesday. Second highest taxpayer in the county was Pacific Tele phone-Northwest, with a pay ment of $242,308.09. The Southern Pacific com pany paid taxes amounting to $56,579.15. Tax department officials reported that the busiest day for the department was Thurs day, Nov. 10. Lines also form ed at the department Mon day, but a last minute rush before the Tuesday deadline did not materialize. "There's Nothing Like White Pupils Boycott Schools In New Orleans Integration Order Removal Requested New Orlcans-flJPI) - Racial violence faded In the New Or leans school Integration dis pute today, but white pupils almost completely boycotted two integrated schools and the school board asked U.S. Dis trict Court Judge Skelly Wright to lift his integration order. The segregationist Louisiana legislature, meeting in special session at Baton Rouge, adopt ed a resolution to ask Presi dent-elect John F. Kennedy for his opinion of "judicial tyranny imposed on Louisi ana by Wright's court. Racil violence lasted more than 20 hours in New Orleans and police arrested 250 per sons, both white and Negro. Violence faded shortly before dawn. The uproar was precipitat ed by four 6-year-old Negro girls entering two white schools, McDonogh No. 19 and William Frantz Elementary Boycott Nearly Complete This was the fourth day In formerly all-white schools and for a time it looked as if Mc Donogh, which three of the Negro girls are attending, would be completely boycoyt- ted today by its 475 white pupils. But one white pupil finally went into a side entrance at McDonogh. She was the only one. Four white pupils went to William Frantz with one Negro girl. William Frantz normally has 576 white pupils, The school board asked Wright to vacate his integra tion order because of the boy cotts. Wright set a hearing Friday. Presidential Press Secre tary James C. Hagerty said in Augusta, Ga., that he knows of no plan of the Presi dent to send U.S. troops into New Orleans. But Hagerty said President Eisenhower is keeping in close touch with the situation. Stenographer Found Guilty of Assault Klamath Falls -HIPP- George W. Krohn, 33, unemployed stenographer, was found guil ty of assault with intent to kill by a jury here Wednes day in the shooting of Carl B. Young, Elks Club bartender. Young was shot five times as he stood behind the bar Oct. 13. He is recovering from the wounds. JUDGE SETS DEADLINE Los Angeles-(UP1I-A Super ior Court judge today gave eight leaders of a striking me chanics union until Sunday midnight to call off a metro politan transit strike or face contempt of court proceedings. A Good Smoke, Men" No. 207 Ike Ends Tariff Discrimination Against Poland Move Intended as Polish-Soviet Wedge Augusta, Ga. - lliril - Presi dent Elsenhower today ended U.S. tariff discrimination against Poland in a move ob viously intended to drive a wedge between Polish Com munists and the Soviets. He directed that the "most- favored nation" clause of the Trade Agreements Act of 1051 be reapplied to Poland starting Dec. 16 after an eight- year lapse. This means that tariffs on Polish imports covered by trade agreements will be at least as favorable as the du ties on imports from other na tions. 'The termination of the 1952 'suspension of such treat ment represents a further ad vance In the development of economic relations between the United States and Po land," the White House said in announcing the action. The tariff reductions would not affect Polish canned ham, which accounted for $21.9 mil lion of Poland s total exports to this country in 1959, valued at $31.7 million. Lower duties would apply to Christmas tree ornaments, wire, nails, casein, poppyseed, and calves' hides, the White House said. Eisenhower's order w i 1 make Poland the only Com munist country to benefit from the most-favored nation treatment. The United Stales cancelled this arrangement with Poland Jan. 9, 1952, but started sell ing surplus food for Polish currency in 1957 under Public Law 480. Since then, agreements to taling $365.3 million have been made with Poland under this law. Two More Bats Sent for Tests Two more bats from Jack son county are being sent, by the county health department to Portland to determine if they have rabies, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public health officer, said today. The bats were located alive In the county. Sanitarians were notified of one on a pile of lumber in Antelope creek near Eagle Point and the other was found on the top of a filing cabinet at the Jack son County Federal Savings and Loan. Dr. Merkel stated that the response by residents in noti fying the department of bats and animals in the county which may have rabies has been' good. He added that residents seem to have recog nized the seriousness of the problem since three bats found in the county have been found to have had rabies. Safeway Not Yet Notified of Charges E. R. Johnson. Portland, nf the Industrial relations depart ment of Safeway company, said today he had not received formal notice from the Na tional Labor Relations Board concerning unfair labor charges filed against the com pany by Retail Clerks Union, Local 265, Medford. The union yesterday said It was filing charges with the NLRB, The charges are an outgrowth of two employees of the Safeway store on West Main St., Medford, being dis charged. The local claim llm cm. ployccs were discharged ille gally lor union activity, and charges Safeway with Inter fering with operation of a union contract. Johnson would not com ment on the charges until he knows exactly what they arc. He did say, however, that the employees were discharged "for not performing work sat isfactorily." Phlladelphia-flJPD-Fumcs of a new type tear gas being manufactured for the Army sifted over a six-block area of North Philadelphia Wed nesday night sickening scores of persons. 1 1 yw ( ADMITS KILLING Chester Weger is led from a cave in Starved Rock Stale park near Ottawa, 111., after showing officers how he killed three prominent Chicago women on March 14. The women were hiking in the park when Weger came upon them. See story on Medford Officials Return from League Meeting in Salem Business at Mcdford's city hall was back to normal this morning with the return of 18 city omciuis from tne League of Oregon Cities con vention in Salem which end ed yesterday. With-the1 exception of the assistant, city manager and the planning consultant, all city officials and department heads attended the four-day conven tion. Candidates List Campaign Funds Four more candidates have filed their election .expense accounts with the county elec tions department. The four are Paul B. Ryn nlng, unsuccessful Republi can candidate for county com missioner, $962.75; Mark Boydcn, successful Republi can candidate for county sur veyor, $819.94; Chester L. Rapp, unsuccessful Republi can candidate for county trea surer, $348.40; and Norman R. Mattcson, candidate for Gold Hill justice of the peace, who was unopposed. The majority of the expens es listed by each candidate was for advertising. Contributors listed by Ryn nlng included J. E. Jorgenscn, George Flanagan, A. A. Laus mann, A. F. Scrsanous, B. L. Nutting, $50 each; Glenn Jack son, $49; L. C. Taylor, $38.75; T. W. Oliver, $35; William Schcl, Paul Culbertson, Floyd H. Baker, H. E. Bush, G. .1. Cottingham, $25 each; Lloyd Selby, Waller Garner, Dave Lowcry, Ray Frisbie, Otto A. Ewaldsen, O. M. Anderson, Adolph Wallenberg, $20 each; and R. T. Johnson, J. A. Hoff bur, and Floyd A. Sommcrs, $15 each. Boydcn listed contributors R. Mclntyre, $49; A Barron, $40; II. Skyrman, B. Bauer, C. Hubbard, $25 each; and M. Heitkamp, $15. The break-down does not Include money listed as com ing from the candidate, his parly or their affiliations. Mattcson listed no expenses for his aampaign. OREGON LEADS NATION San Francisco-JUPD-Wcstern Beet Sugar Producers, Inc., said today Oregon once again leads the nation in beet sugar production. Portland - IUH1I - Northwest Natural Gas Co. has announc ed a $2 million improvement plan here which includes mov ing Its head offices from the Public Service Building. WEATHER FOItKC'AST: Cloudy and mild with ruin tonight. A few show era early Friday, Clearing par tially Frldav afternoon. I.ow tonight 42. High Friday 95-57. Temp. Illgheit Yeaterday 52 l.oweit thU Morning 40 Free, to to a.m. Today 01 Our Skies Tonight fluniet today 4:47 p.m. Sunrl&e tomorrow .... 7:07 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow 6:33 a.m. New .Moon ... Nov. IS Tha planet, Ventla, now ap pear! directly helow Jupiter. The comparatively rapid move, ment of Venua on Its orhlt will hrlnf It helnw Saturn on the 2)th. 1$ page 2. (UPI Telephoto) Those attending from Med ford played an important role in the meetings, particularly Mayor John W. Snider who, as president of the League; presided over the entire con? vention. At the conclusion 'of the conference Mayor Snider was, elected to a one-year term as president of the league. The mayor has been president of the group for the past several months, moving into mat posi tion when Loren McKinley, former mayor of Tillamook, resigned the post to accept a position with the Oregon Museum of Science and Indus try. Mayor Snider was-vice president at the time. ' Plant New York Trip Next week, Mayor Snider will go to New York City for the minimi meeting of the American - Municipal associa tion. He will arrive in New York Friday for a meeting of the AMA's highway commit tee, of which he is a member. The sessions themselves will begin Saturday. The convention will be at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. City Manager Robert A. Duff was honored at the con vention for his 35 years of service to Medford's munici pal government. He was intro duced at a luncheon session of the convention along with nine other city officials in the state who also had served 35 or more years in municipal government. Included among these were Elmer C. Bicgel, city superintendent of Ash land. Duff also delivered a talk on Medford's experience with annexation at a general ses sion of the conference. Others from Medford who actively porticipated In the convention , were Parks and Recreation Director Robert Haworth and Building Super intendent O. R. McNeel. Haworth spoke on encroach ment of park and recreation sites at a meeting of park officials. He also was elected secretary of the League organ ization of park officials. Mc Neel discussed the role of building officials in zoning administration. CASTRO'S COURT HIDING Havana-IUPD-Two- thirds of the members of Premier Fidel Castro's hand-Dicked Suornmo Court were in hiding today, trying to avoid the necessity of branding two refugee fel low justices as "traitors." Jittery Bozeman, Mont., Area Jolted by Tremblor Bozeman, Mont.-(UPD - An earthquake today jolted this quake - jittery southwestern Montana city located only 00 miles north of the center of Montana's killer quake of August, 1050. The temblor apparently was local in nature and caused no serious damage. The physics department at Montana State college said Its Instruments showed the quake occurred at 9:08 a.m., (PST). Residents throughout the Gallatin Valley and from as far away as Wilsall, 30 miles President Orders Preventive Steps In Latin America Navy Units Said In Position To Help Augusta, Ga.-iUI'll-Presiclont Eisenhower today ordered tha Navy to prevent any "Communist-directed" invasion of Guatemala or Nicaragua, which both countries chargo is coming from Castro's Cuba. The White House said in a bomb-shell announcement that Navy surface and air units now are in position to help the two Caribbean republics block any possible invasion. The orders do not, however, call for any build-up of forces at the big U.S. naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba. Castro Blamed Both Guatemala and Nica ragua have charged thot re cent anti-government revolts against their governments were fomented by Cuban Pre mier Fidel Castro. The announcement was re miniscent of Eisenhower's his toric order Aug. 2, 1958, that ships of the 7th Fleet sail into . the Formosa Straits to defend Formosa and the Pescadores Islands from a feared Red Chinese invasion of the Na tionalist stronghold. The White House statement was issued today. It said: In Position To Assist "In response to the request of the governments of Guate mala and Nicaragua, surface and air units of the U.S. Navy are in a position in which they could assist these govern ments, should it become nec essary, to seek out. ana pre vent intervention on the part of Communist-directed ele ments in the internal affairs of Guatemala and Nicaragua through the landing of armed forties ,'or, s u p,p 1 i e s from abroad ." . , . " . The requests-for Navy help were received by Secretary of Slate Christian A. Herter in Washington. Herter flew to Augusta, where the Presi dent is vacationing, this morn ing to attend a National Se curity Council meeting. Ha conferred with the President Wednesday and again today. Could Touch Off War Guatemalan President Mi guel Ydigoras Fuentes charg ed that Castro was "aiding and abetting" the latest !at tempt against the Guatemalan government. Other leaders ot the Central American nation, wrested from the Communists In a revolt In 1954, warned that Cuban aid to the rebels could touch off a war between the two nations. Foster Cleared By Federal Jury James Foster, 3325 High- way 66, Ashland, was cleared of any negligence Tuesday by a U. S. district court jury In Medford in a suit brought by Chency-Chcrf and Associates, Seattle, against Foster. The suit concerned the death of Willie Thompson, Ashland, an employee of Cheney-Cherf, who are contractors for tha Talent project, who was burn ed in a tractor necident two years ngo on Neal Creek. In the suit the company was attempting to recover soma $53,000 which the court had awarded Mrs. Thompson and her five minor children ear lier this fall for Thompson's death. Foster, who owned the trac tor which was leased to tho Cheney-Cherf company, was found by the jury not to hava committed any breach of wari ranty In the leaso of the trac tor. Tho suit had contented that the warranty was breach ed by installation of a faulty gas tank cap. The trial was heard by Judge Gus Solomon. Baker - IUPD - Sale of the Boulder Park resort 43 miles northeast of here in the Wal lowa Mountains was announc ed today. to the northeast, reported feel ing the tremor and said It was accompanied by a distinct rumble. Some persons describ ed the noise as more like an explosion. A housewife In Belgrade, 11 miles west of Bozeman, said the temblor shook dishes from her cupboard. A resi dent of the Spring Hill area cast of Bozeman reported the jolt cracked wallpaper In her home. A woman who lives five miles south of here said, "it felt like the top story o the house was ready to fall off."