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Murdered: Regional Edition Believed 55th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune Medford IP or! I a mid (Collegian Found Kidnaped No. 216 Venezuela Army Called To Quell Demonstrations President Acts Alter Fourth Day Of Uprisings Some Constitutional Rights Suspended Caracas, Venezuela - IUPD President Romulo Betancourt called out the army today to crush an anti-government up rising and to prevent Venez uela from falling into the Communist camp . Betancourt acted after left ist students and agitators ram paged through downtown Caracas in the fourth and worst day of anti-government demonstrations. ."We will fight to prevent Venezuela from falling under Communist dictatorship," he said as he called out the army to join police and the nation al guard against the demon strations. Betancourt also suspended some constitutional guaran tees throughout Venezuela to ' enable the army to move free ly against demonstrators the government said were led by pro-Castro leftists. Police used tear gas and rifle fire to try to quell the demonstrations but they grew in scope during the day and the toll of injured was ex pected to rise steadily. Twenty five demonstrators already had been toported hurt, one by gunshot, and sev en policemen by shots fired from Caracas rooftops, bring ing the four-day riot toll to three dead and more than 100 wounded. The government rolled out tanks to protect the president ial palace as the situation worsened and Betancourt warned "the government can not tolerate civil war." Convicted Slayer To Be Resentenced Portland - (UPD - The Mult tiomas county district attor ney's office said today that convicted slayer Harry Wil liam Braley will be resen tenced some time this week. The Portland frycook origi nally was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death but last Sept. 14 the Stale Supreme Court reduced the judgment to second de gree, sparing him from the gas chamber. Braley has been in the county jail here since Nov. 10, awaiting his new sentence. Second degree murder carries a mandatory penalty of life imprisonment. Braley, 38, was convicted in 1958 for the knife slaying of Judith Violet Knudsen in Portland. "We're Almost Ready Bedford Stores Will Be Open RIOTERS IN STREETS Riolers arc shown racing through the streets of Caracas, capital of Venezuela. National Guardsmen fired their submachine guns into a crowd of Lumumba Evades Guards To Return To Stanleyville Leopoldville, The Congo -(UPI) - Ousted Premier Patrice Lumumba has slipped away from his heavily guarded home here to return to his political stronghold at Stan leyville in the eastern Congo, it was reported today. The bearded leftist evaded guards posted around his resi dence by strongman Col, Jo seph Mobutu and rode away in a chauffeurcd car, informed sources said. Both Surprised President Joseph Kasavubu and Mobutu were informed of Lumumba's departure while they were across the Congo river in Brazzaville attending ceremonies proclaiming the first anniversary of the inde pendence proclamation of that former French colony. Both appeared greatly sur prised and Mobutu rushed back to Leopoldville. Neither would comment. In a statement distributed to the press after his depar ture, Lumumba said he was going to Stanleyville, but "not as a refugee." Kennedy To Meet Bowles, Acheson Washington (UPD President elect John F. Kennedy today set up conferences with form er Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Chester Bowleg Both have been mentioned in connection with key foreign policy posts in the new admin istration. Kennedy arranged to meet wfth Acheson this afternoon. He will see Bowles at a break fast meeting Tuesday. To Take Off Again" MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, Court of Appeals Upsets Conviction Of Apalachin Gang New York - IUPII - The U.S. Court of Appeals today re versed the conviction and sen tences of 20 delegates to the Apalachin, N.Y., underworld convention of Nov. 14, 1957. The men had been charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. In the opinion of the three judge panel, "There is noth- Man, Son Beaten At Club Parking Lot A 45-year-old Medford man and his son were the victims of an apparently meaningless assault early Sunday morning at the 21 Club, 1309 North Pacific highway. Police said an estimated 15 persons grabbed an beat up Robbin Collins Jackson, and his son Robbin Terry Jackson, 21, both of 1223 Maple Park dr., as they were getting in their car at the club parking lot following the 2:30 a.m. closing hour Sunday. The elder Jackson's wife, Marjorie, was also at the scene of the assault, but was apparently not involved. Mrs. Jackson told police the gang of men grabbed her husband and began beating hinu up. After he was knocked to the ground, she said, they began jumping on him. Robbin C. Jackson was tak en to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Ambulance serv ice. Hospital officials reported that he was to be released to day. None of the family could give police any reason why they were attacked. The as sault was not reported "to po lice until several hours after it occurred. Police are investigating the incident. Yugoslavia To Get New Constitution Belgrade - HIPP - President Tito announced to day that Yugoslavia will adopt a new constitution in 1962 which will reduce the role of the Communist government in the nation s growing economy and give more power to the work er. Tito said the future const! tution would make man the "producer and manag-- while the state should appear only as a factor of coordination." He said this would emancipate labor "in the sense that the citizen has the undeniable right to work and acquire an equivalent for his work. The speech, carried by the official news agency Tanjng, was made on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the founding of the republic. NOVEMBER 28, 1960 several thousand stone-lhrowing anti-government rioters wh" had taken possession of San Martin ave. in downtown Caracas. At least 50 persons were wounded. (UPI Tclephoto) ing In thd record of the trial to show that any violation ot federal or state law took place or was planned at the gather ing . . ." The 20 delegates to the so- called "hoodlums convention" were sentenced last spring to prison terms running from three to five years and 13 of them were fined $10,000 each, The men were freed in bail pending their appeal. The de cision today upset two years of efforts by federal law en forcement agencies which had sought to discover the reason for the conclave at Apala chin. Although many theories had been advanced, including that the meeting had been called to punish members of the Mafia underworld organi zation, the government was not able to prove it. Major Reversal The ruling was a major re versal to the Justice depart ment's new strategy against alleged crime syndicates. This strategy had been to prosecute for criminal conspiracy in cases where suspected syndi cate leaders jointly refused to answer questions on grounds of self-incrimination. The Apalachin case was the first application of this legal concept and today's ruling was the first appellate test. Dog Bite Said No Reason for Alarm Portland - HJPD - A spokes man for the state board of health said today that just because a person is bitten bv a dog is no reason for alarm about rabies. ' The health officials issued the statement so that pets would not be destroyed need lessly because of undue con cern about rabies. The spokesman said that certain precautions should be taken, such as tying up the dog for observation and con sultation with the family psy sician or health officer. "How ever, there is no need to de stroy the animal that does not become sick or show any symptoms of r a b I e s," the spokesman said. WEATHER FOR KC A ST: Cloudv tonight ind Tuesday with occasional light rain Gusty wind In valley to night. Low temperature tonight 38-40. High Tuesday 50. Temp. HI K h est Yesterday 45 Lowe it Thli Morning 34 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:41 p.m. Sunrlne tomorrow 7 :1ft a m, MoomPt tomorrow 3:36 a.m. Full Moon Dec. 2 VISIBLE PI. A MKTS Jupiter, iet :09 p.m. Venus and Saturn set :53 p.m. (Venui li much brighter than Saturn) Man. rlsei 7:47 p.m. Mercury, rliei 5:59 a.m. 18 Pages County 4-H Club Member Wins $400 Scholarship Philip Krouse, 18, Apple gate 4-H club member, Sun day was named one of six winners in the National 4-H agricultural program. He was presented a $400 college schol arship from the International Harvester company at the 39th National 4-H Club Con gress in Chicago. Philip Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Krouse, who operate a 276-acre Jackson county livestock farm. He won the award for outstanding work in 4-H agricultural proj ects. He has completed beef, sheep, swine, tractor mainte nance, electricity, forestry and junior leadership projects during his nine years of 4-H work. The Applegate youth now has 82 head of registered sheep and 26 head of cattle. He was reported as doing his most outstanding work in leadership and community service. Led Drives He played a leading role in raising funds for the March of Dimes and contributions to send other 4-H youngsters to summer school and camp. Through scrap drives, charity basketball games, minstrel shows and gathering and sell ing mistletoe, Philip and his, fellow 4-H'ers have raised a good deal of money for these purposes. During the summer of 1959 Philip led the 4-H wagon trek from Jackson county to the 4-H summer school at Corval lis. As wagonmaster he had the responsibility for the 65 members who made the 225 mlle trip in the five old cov ered wagons. Purpose was to celebrate the Oregon Centen nial and to publicize 4-H. In April, 1960, Philip was named a delegate to the Na tional 4-H club conference In Washington, D. C. The winner's work in the agricultural program was su pervised by Glenn Klein, Jackson county 4-H agent. Two other Oregon 4-H members also received $400 scholarships. They are Roger R. Schaad, La Grande, for his work In the 4-H tractor pro gram, and Fay Udell, Leba non, a winner in the entomol ogy program. Hemorrhage Blamed In Salem Man's Death Salem-IUPD-Coroner Charles Edwards said Saturday an au topsy showed that William Alton Toycen, 55, Salem, died of a cerebral hemmorrhagc. Toycen died Friday night after he was found uncon scious in a ditch near here Wednesday. Edwards said the cause of death was natural. It was not known what brought it on, although the victim suffered from a hypertensive condi tion, he said. for Shopping Until 9 O'clock Purse Found in Car Spurs Hunt For Companion Couple Met at Crater Lake Park Portland -IUPII- A 19-year- old college student was found stabbed to death in his car parked in a lover's lane Sun day night and sheriff's officers said they feared his coed com panion was kidnaped or slain. A search was under way in the Forest Park area just west of here for Beverly Ann Al len, 19, whose purse was found in the car beside the body of her boy friend, Larry Ralph Peyton. Had Dinner at Horn Miss Allen, a student at Washington State University from Port Townsend, Wash., had been visiting hero during the week end. The couple had not been seen since 9 p.m. Saturday after they had din ner at the home of the slain youth's 'parents. Young Peyton's body was found about 9:30 p.m. with 14 stab wounds on the right side of his chest and nine in the back. It was located in the front scat of his 1949 car on a knoll overlooking the city, Bullet Hols Found An unexplained bullet hole was found in the window near the dashboard. Sheriff Francis Lambert or dered the car loft in the posi tion where it was found and fingerprint experts were going over it today. The dead youth was a stu dent at Portland State Col lege. He lived with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph O Peyton. The boy's father is a partner in the Crater Nation al Park Co., which operates Crater Lake lodge in south ern Oregon. The father said his son met Miss Allen last summer when the girl was employed at the souvenir counter at the lodge. The coroner's office said the victim also suffered a de pressed skull fracture about the size of an egg on the top of his head. Deputy Finds Body Deputy Sheriff Allen Gad berry said he was checking the area and came upon the car. He found the body when he flashed his spotlight into the car. The deputy sheriff said there apparently was a "ter rific struggle" with clothing scattered on the seat and floor. A jacket believed to belong to the girl was found. Sheriff Lambert said a small pen knife was picked up near the car but that it was not known If this was the murder weapon. Officers theorized that the slayer came upon the couple parked in the car and pulled a gun on them and that Pey ton struggled with the slayer. Traffic Accidents Kill Five Persons By United Press International Five persons, Including three out of state residents, died aa a result of Oregon traffic accidents during the week end, and a 75-year-old Oregon man died Sunday from injuries received In an Idaho automobile accident. The victims were Michael John Hclllgso, 16, Astoria; Aaron Lee Pugsley, 64, and his wife, Clara, 33, Notus Idaho; Tony Ross, 56, Aptos, Calif.; Lcland King, 51, Mad ras, and Robert Wallace, 75, Adrian. Air Force To Close Three Big Air Bases Washington -HJPD- The Air Force, in a missile-age shake up of its U.S. operating bases, announced today that It will close three big air bases by June, 1962. Mitchell Air Force Base, Long Island, N. Y., will be closed by June, 1961. Chen- nault Air Force Base, Lake Charles, La., and McDIIl Air Force Base, Tampa, Fla., will be shut down by June, 1962. RADIO STATION SOLD Klamath Falls - (UPI) - Radio station KLAD, Klamath Falls, has been sold for $175,000 to Ogden Knapp, formerly of the National Broadcasting com pany, it was announced today by station manager Jimmy Oakcs. STUDENT KILLED Larry lege student, shown at right, was found stabbed to death in his car parked in a Portland "lover's lane" Sunday night and sheriff's officers said they feared his companion, Beverly Ann Allen, 19, a Washington State University student from Port Townsend, Wash., The upper photo shows clothing scattered on the seat and floor of Peyton's car, which indicated to officers that a "terrific struggle" had taken place within the car. Pearson's Requests Resign Demo Post Portland-(UPti - Oregon Sen ate President Walter J. Pear son, (D-Portland), said Sunday he has asked State Sen. Rob ert Straub (D-Eugcno), to re sign as chairman of the Ore gon Democratic party. Pearson said he wrote a letter to that effect to Straub several days ago. Straub said he did not plan to resign Not Committee's Aflair " Pearson said his decision to write the lotter was reached after the executive committee of the state Democratic party passed a resolution endorsing State Sen. Alfred Corbett, (D- New Hospital Wing To Match Building The addition to Rogue Val ley hospital to be constructed next year, will be four stories high and its exterior will match the existing building, according to specifications listed by the hospital board's building committee. The steel frame structure will Include single rooms and two-bed and four-bed wards as well as a maternity depart ment with nurseries and or thopedic section. An exterior terrace of concrete and tile will be provided for patients, it was reported. The wing will be completely air con ditioned. Bids for the more than $1H million addition will be open ed at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, by the board of directors. The hospital has received $558, 000 in Hill-Burton funds to aid in financing the project. Local Man Charged With Tool Thetl A second man has been ar rested on charges of burglar izing the tool shed of Graff and James Construction com pany. Leo Patrick Davis, 40, of 1122 Sunset ave., was arrett ed by sheriff's deputies Sun day on charges of burglary not in a dwelling, and is be ing held In the county jail. The other man arrested on similar charges was Joe Fran cis Dubuque, 51, of 242 Bcatly St., Medford. He was arrested Friday by sheriff's deputies. The two men are charged with taking about $500 worth of hand and power tools from the tool shack located near the city sewage plant on Oak st Deputies recovered about $350 worth of tools at a home in Gold Hill. Medford police assisted In the investigation. The Dalles -(UPD-Slate Wei fare Administrator Jeanne Jcwctt said today that at the end of October there were 32,812 persons on welfare rolls, compared to 30,694 In October of 1959. Ralph Peyton, 19-year-old col had been kidnapped or slain. (UPI Telephotos) Letter Straub To Portland), for president of the 1961 Oregon Senate. Pearson is a backer of State Sen. Harry Boivln, (D-Kla-math Falls), for the presi dency. Pearson said the election of the Senate president is "not the state committee's affair." He said he thinks that Straub should resign as head of the Democratic party. Tells Disappointment In Eugene, Straub said he would not resign and said he was disappointed that Pearson had called on him to do .so. Straub said Pearson and himself were two different kinds of Democrats. "Pearson stands for the cautious wing pf the party," Straub said, "and I identify myself with the wing of the party that at tempts to develop programs which are adequate for the needs of the people." Four Negro Girls Return to Classes New Orleans - IUPD - Four Negro girls went back to first grade classes at two newly integrated schools today after a week's holiday and were greeted by the smallest crowd of hecklers since integration began, Three Negro girls returned to classes at McDonogh it) school, but not one white stu dent was seen to enter the building. This was the situa tion when school let out for a holiday - a complete boy cott by the more than 500 white students. But at William Frantz school, where one Negro girl is going, while attendance may have picked up by one. On the last day of school only four while students out of more than 400 altended, but today a fifth youth went in. POWER INTEREST SHOWN Spokane - (UPD - Inquiries indicating an Interest in some one million kilowatts of pow er have been received since Bonneville Power Administra tion announced a new indus trial power availability, BPA Administrator Dr. William A. Pearl said today. Briton Calls Russia 'Greatest Oppressor' United Nations, N.Y.-HJPP-BrilBin. calling Russia "ih greatest oppressor of our day," charged today that the Soviet Union had forcibly taken over 22 million people since 1939 while 500 million formerly under British rule had achieved independence. The charge by British Minister of State David Ormiby Gore brought an immediate indignant objection from Soviet Ambassador Valerian A. Zorin, who failed in an attempt to have Britain's charge ruled out of order as "interference in the internal affairs of the Soviet Union." The Anglo-Soviet claih marked the start of the General Assembly debate on Soviet Premier Nikita, Khrushchov't propaganda demand for immediate freedom for all tha world's remaining "colonial" people. r.'.-i . it-. ; ""? ' ! I 1.-. -,. i j Court, Republicans Discuss Successor The executive committee ol the Jackson County Republi can Central committee met with the Jackson county court today at noon to further dis cuss the matter of a successor to Slate Sen. Edwin R. Dur no, who will resign his seat next month to go to Congress, Earlier this morning tha committee met at the Med ford hotel, but a Mail Tribune reporter was not admitted to the meeting. The Republican committee last week recommended tha appointment of Mrs. Evelyn Nye to succeed Dr. Durno, but the court pointed out it has requested three names to choose from if it wished, not just one. French Colony Gets Independence Nouakc Hott, Mauritania - (UPU- A green flag bearing a gold star and crescent rose to the top of this sand-dune capi tal's highest flagpole today, and a 101-gun salute proclaim ed Mauritania's independence. At midnight, with sheep slaughtering and other cele brations already under way, Premier Moktar Ould Daddah. officially Informed his 800, 000 countrymen that this for mer French colony had be come a republic. About 200 delegates from 28 nations, including the Aga Khan and two American am bassadors, attended the cere monies which freed the last of France's African posses sions. . ' TUESDAY. SPEAKER Ashland Harold Thomas, forest ranger of the Ashland district of Rogue River Na tional forest will speak to tha Ashland Chamber of Com merce at the regular noon luncheon In the Mark Antony hotel Tuesday. Tonight
