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Regional Edition United Press InlerniUonii Full Leased wire N.'u.jg?Ni-. i 16 Pages Doctor Arrested On Spy Charges Naturalized U.S. Citizen Claimed Member of Ring Brother Serving Espionage Term -Washington-IUPD-FBI agents today arrested Dr. Robert Soble, a naturalized U. S. cit izen, at Orangeburg, N. Y., on charges of conspiring to com mit espionage as a member of a Soviet spy ring. . FBI Director J. Edgar Hoov er said the arrest was one in a series involving efforts by Soviet agents to obtain U. S. defense secrets. . Soble was identified as the brother of convicted Russian spy Jack Soble, currently serving a seven-year prison term. He was taken into custody as he left the Rockland State Hospital at Orangeburg to go to lunch. Soble, 60, a native of Lithuania, entered the Unit ed States in 1941. He has served as resident physician at the Rockland Hospital since 1854. Hoover said Soble was "a member of a Soviet espionage ring which sought to obtain information connected with the national defense of the United States." He said the physician's goal was to get information on "personnel and activities of the Office of Strategic Serv ices and other intelligence op erations of the United States and its armed forces." - "Information obtained was to be furnished to the Soviet Union," Hoover stated. A federal 'grand jury in New York City indicted Soble today on charges of violating the espinoage statute. If con victed, he faces a maximum penalty of death or imprison ment for life. U. S. Offers To Pay Congo Cost Share . United Nations, N. Y. -flJPD-The United States offered to day to pay almost half the $60 million costs of the U. N. Con go operation to date provided the item is made part of the regular budget of the world organization. Sen. George D. Aiken (R-Vt.) a member of the U.S. delega tion, made the orfer in the General Assembly's Adminis trative and Budgetary Com mittee in an effort to force Russia to carry its share of the operation for which the Soviet bloc countries have an nounced they will pay noth ing. Soviet delegate Alexei A. Roschin sought to forestall the U. S. move by arguing that the charter requires that fi nancing of emergency U.N. forces shall be worked out in agreement between the Se curity Council and the coun try assisted. Nixon Declared California Winner Sacramento, Calif.-d'Pll-Vice President Richard M. Nixon won California's 32 electoral voles by a slender margin of 35,623 popular votes over President-elect John F. Ken nedy, an official canvas by Secretary of State Frank Jor dan showed today. Arguments in Bengtson Case Are Scheduled Richard R. Carney, Port land attorney, today was scheduled to argue motions on behalf of O. H. Bengtson seek ing to quash eight indictments and setting aside the indict ments which charge embezzle ment of Medford Escrow funds. Bengtson was scheduled to be arraigned on four indict ments Nov. 18 and four other indictments this week. How ever, a motion covering four indictments was filed in Jack son county circuit court by Robert Boyer and Carney Nov. 18, and a motion cover ing the four remaining Indict ments was filed this morn ing. The motions charge that the court failed to examine the grand jurors as to their quali fications to act as jurors, that Republicans Not To Submit Other Names For Senate Vacancy . The executive committee of the Jackson County Republi can Central committee met Monday with the county court and elected to make no further recommendations on a candidate to fill the state senate seat soon to be vacated by Congressman-elect Edwin R. Durno. In a statement approved by a 4-3 vote the committee said it would "vigorously object" to recommending anyone for the post other than Mrs. Eve- Police Continue Search for Friend Of Slain Youth Portland - IUPD - Dead, one youth. Missing, his pretty co ed girl friend. Clues, almost none. Sheriffs deputies faced these grim facts today as they searched intensively for Bev erly Ann Allen, 19, Washing- on State university student, in hopes of saving her life. Some of the officers who cbmbed the heavily wooded afea in northwest Portland with the aid of bloodhounds feared that she may already have been kidnaped and mur dered. . From circumstantial evi dence, . police were able to conclude that the girl and her boy friend, Larry Ralph Pey ton, 19, were, attacked late Saturday night or early Sun day in a lovers lane in his cur. They put up a terrific struggle butJPcyton was kill ed and Miss Allen is missing, Peyton s body was found Sunday night, in the Forest Park area by two sheriff's deputies who were making routine check of roads. Capt. Gordon Auborn of the sheriff's office said it had been established that the crime occurred after 11:30 p.m. Saturday. He said that a friend of Peyton's saw the youth in his car, with a girl in the vehicle, in downtown Portland at 11:30 p.m. The next seen of the Peyton car, as far as officials have learn ed was about 2 p.m. Sunday when a motorist passed it at the slaying site. Body of Jacksonville Man Sought in River Roseburg - IUPD - Douglas County police today said they were keeping a watch on the North Umpqua River for the body of Riley J. Norris, 64, Jacksonville, feared drowned more than a week ago. His pickup truck was found in the fast, rushing stream 10 days ago, but high water pre vented a search for the body. HEARINGS DECIDED Washington-IUPIl - A special House committee on campign expenditures decided today to hold hearings oh ways to shorten and cut the cost of presidential and congressional campaigns. the county clerk, in preparing a preliminary jury list from which the jury panel and grand jurors were drawn for the October term, arbitrarily discriminated in rejecting cer tain prospective jurors who would have otherwise been qualified to serve. The motion also charges that the county clerk failed to select names by lot from the latest tax roll and registra tion books. He rejected as prospective jurors all persons over 70 years old. He also failed to inquire as to the competency and qualifications of the Jurors, the motion al leges. The county clerk also rejected those in certain oc cupations, it continues. All this is contrary to the state law. the attorneys state in their motions. lyn (Eve) Nye who received the central committee's en dorsement at a Nov. 21 meet ing. Earlier, County Judge Earl Miller expressed a "personal feeling" that the central com mittee refrain from taking any further action on the mat ter. He said -the selection of someone to fill the vacant scat is the responsibility of the county court. Misunderstanding Both Miller and Central Committee Chairman Joe Walsh agreed that there had been a "misunderstanding" over a request from the court that the central committee recommend three names. Walsh said he felt the re quest for three names by Judge Miller was merely a "personal request" and not an official request from the county court. Judge Miller agreed that his request was unofficial but said no official request could be made until Durno had actually resigned his seat. Miller said he received a letter from Durno which said he would keep his seat until Dec. 17, at least. Before the meeting with the county . court the executive committee met by itself, at which time they excluded Mail Tribune reporter' from the meeting. Regret Walsh said at the meeting that his "only regret" con cerning the matter Is that the committee's : recommendation of Mrs. Nye for the senate seat "may have been placed in jeopardy.'.' He said he would ask the court that this not happen. In the executive commit tee's statement to the court the feeling is expressed that if Walsh had pointed out at the Nov. 21 meeting that the court wanted three names it would not have "overturned the majority" vote in favor of one recommendation. A vote at the meeting to rec ommend only one name to the court was 81 to 27 in favor. Lebanon Man Indicted by Jury Newport, Ore.-IUPIl-TTie Lin coln county grand jury Mon day indicted Jerry Wayne Gibson, 21, Lebanon, on a charge of second degree mur der in connection with the shooting death Nov. 18 of Lawrence Bruce Ludahl, 18. The grand jury returned a not true bill against the orig inal charge of first degree murder. Newport police said Ludahl was shot after he attempted to intervene in an argument between Gibson and Gibson's estranged wife. "Just Think Some Ail-American MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1960 RIP RAP In order to prevent erosion to the east bank of the Rogue river that runs along TouVclle State park, some 500 yards of rock and gravel are being used to cover the sandy soil at the river's edge. During heavy run off periods, the water running through the channel be- Compensation Plan Is Reviewed At Local Meeting About 150 persons filled the Red Cross auditorium Monday night to hear a dis cussion of Oregon's unem ployment compensation coin mission program. In charge wore the three state commissioners, Chair man Sidney Lewis, represent ing employers; Mrs. A. V. Lo gan, representing the public; and William A. Callahan, la bor. Also attending were a num ber of chief staff members of the slate commission, which employs more than 500 per sons in administering unem ployment compensation, and industrial accident laws. "The three ' commissioners who are appointed . by the governor for four-year terms, were in Medford to talk witli labor and management repre sentatives, local physicians and otners interested. They answered questions from the audience during a lively discussion period which followed talks by each com missioner. Nearly 26,000 employers in uregon are sunject to the un employment c o m p e nsatlon act, which insures over 375 000 workers. Oregon s rates to employers which are lower than those of California and Washington, were explained in a comparison of costs. Many in the large audience were employers, some of whom expressed enthusiastic approval of the Oregon pro gram. A similar meeting is sched uled in Klamath Falls today Salem Man Cleared Of Pointing Fir arm Salem - IUPD - A 61-ycar-old Salem man has been cleared of a charge of pointing a fire arm at his son. The charge had been filed by James Shadrick against his father, Gillam Edgar Shad rick last November. Day He Might Become Quarterback" Tribune Duncan Names 15 To Interim Robert B. Duncan. Med ford, speaker of the state house of representatives, to day named 15 members to a special interim committee which will get a prc-legisla-tive session preview of the state's fiscal outlook for the next bienniuin. The cdmmlttee, composed Venezuela Troops End Street Fighting Caracas, Venezuela - IUP1I Acmy troops and tanks re stored order in Caracas today after four days of wild street rioting in which eight persons were killed and 200 others wounded. Dawn brought the first calm to the city since last week end when, the govern ment charged. Communists launched a campign to set the stage for a revolution. Army troops called out by the gov ernment to restore order kill ed three persons and wound ed 30 others between 6 p.m. Monday, when they went Into action, and midnight. The wWd, leftist-led mobs burned 26 vehicles before their midcily rampages were halted, official sources said. Anderson, Calif., May Get Pulp Sacramenlo-(UPH-Slatc offi cials said today the approval of a giant pulp mill on the Sacramento river near Ander son, Calif., was all but official. Col. Joseph S. Gorllnski. executive officer of the Cen tral Valley Water Pollution Control Board, said "I am confident that the company (Kimberly . Clark Corp.) of Neenah, Wis.) will go In there with all due protection to other water users." Kimberly-Clark has asked the state to approve the dump ing of waste into the Sacra mento River from the pro posed plant. The board will hold a special meeting in Redding or Anderson within month to consider waste limits to be set on the river. Medicare Plan To Be Presented The Dalles - IUPH - A medi care plan for the aged which will cost about $6.5 million annually has been framed and will be presented to Gov. Mark Hatfield the first of the year. State Public Welfare Com mission Chairman Joseph E. Harvey Jr. outlined tentative details of the plan at th6 com mission meeting here Monday. The plan is to coincide with the federal medical care for the aged legislation passed by Congress last August. It was estimated that the plan in this state would pro vide medical services for be tween 55,000 and 65,000 per sons 65 years of age or older who are not now on public welfare rolls, but who have limited income. 55th United Press International full Leased Wlr twecn the island and the park has been cutting into the bank because of the turn it makes to re-join the main body of the river. The picture above, taken this morning, shows a truck dumping its load, while Carl Bennett, state parks division employee, oversees the job. Group of prospective members of the ways and means and tax ation committee, will meet Dec. 12 to 16. Duncan said the committee will cover Oregon's economic outlook for the next two years, including the industrial outlook, population growth, financial conditions, the fund structure of the slate, get a preview of the governors budget, a forecast of reve nues, and discuss taxation, in cluding recommendations of the interim committee on tax. alion. Salary Program It also will review the sal ary program for state em ployees and higher education, Duncan continued, along with reviews of capital construc tion, basic school support. highways, natural resources, public welfare, higher educa tion, mental health, correc tional institutions and the governor's r e o r ganizalional proposals. Information on various as pects of the state's financial condition and outlook will be presented by top officials in the state government, he said. Among those who are ex pected to appear before the committee, Duncan said, are Howard Bolton, state treasur er; John Richards, chancellor of higher education; Rex Put nam, superlnlcndcnt.of public instruction; the state highway commission and engineer; representatives of natural re sources; the welfare commis sion, the board of higher edu cation, and directors of hos pitals and correctional Insti tutions. Rep rcsentatlvcs asked to serve on the special interim committee include Democrats W. O. Kclsay, Roseburg; Ben Evick, Madras; Clinton Haighl, Baker; Richard Eye man, Mohawk; George Van Hoomissen, Multnomah coun ty; Ross Morgan, GreshHm; William Bradley. Portland: W. H. Holmstrom. Gearhart: and Republicans Raphael Raymond, Helix; Leon Davis, Hillsboro; Victor Atlyct, Washington county; William Gallagher, Portland; Carlton Fisher, Eugene; Douglas Heidcr, Salem; and Robert Elfstrom, Salem. Home Rule Group Continues Study The Jackson county home rule study committee con tinued its personal Interviews yesterday afternoon with county officials and ex-county officials. Paul Rynning, former coun ty engineer, and Earl Day, former county Judge, present ed their views on county gov ernment. The committee plans to hear County Assessor Ray Schumacher and former coun ty . clerk Bcreth Hopkins Thursday night In the Public Library of Medford and Jack son county. The group changed . the meeting time to 7:30 p.m. Thursday to accommodate William L. Jess, committee member from Sams Valley who said it will be impossible for him to attend afternoon meetings, . . Mrs. Lester Adams, commit- t Year Price 10 Cents No. 217 Suggestion to Drop Sams Valley Zoning Planned The Jackson county plan- ning commission will receive a recommendation during its December meeting to drop any further consideration of interim zoning for Sams Val ley, Commission President Clifford Lovejoy said today. Lovcjoy said the recom mendation will come from himself, Vice President Wil liam Duggan, Sams Valley, and Planning Technician Jack Eaton, The three men met with a group of Sams Valley' residents last night in the planning commission office to see if they could Iron out differences over the zoning proposal. Duggan originally had in vited about six people pre senting both pro and con sides of the question to attend an informal conference. How ever, one of those Invited ap parently told others about the meeting and, fearing a "secret meeting" which would at tempt to "put something over on us about 80 people filled the office ' and overflowed into the hall, The few people who did get a chance to say they favored interim zoning were shouted down by those op posed to it. Lawyer Appears Bruce Manley, Medford lawyer, appeared on behalf of the Jackson County Taxpay ers' League and some Sams Valley residents, to protest proposed interim zoning. A number of those objecting confused the interim zoning with a building code and sub division ordinance. Lovejoy told the group that many of the people there were objecting to the zoning be cause they were not informed on it. He also explained that no secret meeting was planned. He said he and the other two men thought it would be much easier to work with a small group to sec If the proposed two square miles of zoning could be whittled down to eliminate many of those who arc opposed to the Idea. - Lovejoy said "We cannot properly arrive at any deci sion until a hearing Is held." tee member from the Apple gate, is seriously ill, and will have to resign, Chairman Mrs. i nomas nutter, Medford, on- nounccd. The county court will ap point another member to fill her place when her resigna tion is received, besides a new member to replace Gordon Hudson, who resigned earlier In the year. He was appoint ed by the Jnckson county leg islative delegation, but they failed to act within the pre scribed time, so reappoint has fallen to the county court. Committee member Mac Leod Maurice, Gold Hill has written Kenneth Tollcnaar, executive secretary of the As sociation of Oregon Counties, asking him to appear before the committee. Maurice also has asked Orval Elter, staff attorney, bureau of municipal research . $ Police Seize Mastermind In Kidnanin Los Angeles - (UPI - Frank Mar rone, suspected master mind of the daring $200,000 kidnaping last week of wealthy sportsman Anthony Alcssio, was captured without struggle today by FBI agents. Marrone, 31, a convicted murderer with a long police record, had $4,593 of the ran som money in his possession when he was caught while driving his auto, agents said. More Monty Sought About $77,000 of the ran som paid for the safe return of Alcssio, who lives in San Diego, had been recovered Friday when agents arrested three other kidnap suspects, including Marrone's wife. Agents said they were searching for more of the ran som money, presumably at Marrone's room, although they did not specify where. Marrone, considered ex tremely dangerous, was un Naval Reserve Unit Presented Awards Capt. R. H. Holmes, USN, deputy chief of staff for the 13th Naval district, Seattle, presented the national third place and the district first place awards to Medford's Naval Reserve division at spe cial ceremonies in the Hod rick Junior High school audi torium last night. In presenting the awards Captain Holmes congratulated the 85 officers and men of the Medford Electronics Divi- sion for their hard work and sacrifice which led to winning the awards. Speaker . of the Oregon Hatfield Lauds Purpose of Trip Salem-IUPD-Gov. Mark Hat field was back at his desk to day following a goodwill trip to South America with 27 other governors and he said the visit was "an excellent demonstration of President Elsenhower's people to peo ple diplomacy." Hatfield, his wife, and his legal assistant, Loren Hicks, arrived at Portland Interna. lional Airport Monday night. The governor said he was impressed with the goodwill shown toward the United States by the Brazilian and Argentine people. Hatfield was asked about the release from prison by Acting Gov. Walter Pearson of Chester Fltzwater, 47, who had served seven years of a life sentence for second de gree murder In connection with the slaying of Fltzwater's wife. Hatfield said Pearson "has every bit as much legal au thority to do this as I would have if I were making the decision." He declined to say whether he believed the re lease was Justified until he has time to study the action. WEATHER rOUKCAST: Cloudy with wind and occasional rain tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight 40. High tomorrow 55. Temp. Ulchest Yesterday M 45 Lowest This Morning H 37 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:41 p.m. Hnnrhe tomorrow 1:30 a.m. Mooniet tomorrow .. 4:38 a.m. r'ull Moon Dec. 2 I'HOMINKNT HTAItS r'omalhaut, due south 6:23 p.m. The Twins, rise 47:51 p.m. Capella, high ahove Ihe Twins. Altalr, low In west .... 5:47 p.m. Vega, low In northwest 9:51 p.m. and service, to provide the Jackson county group with background material on mu nicipal charters and prepare a scries of proposed legisla tive measures which might bridge the gap between mu nicipal charters and Oregon laws. Rynning yesterday recom mended combining the en gineer's and surveyor's of fices. Such a combination would provide maximum use of crews, office personnel and equipment and time, he point ed out. Such a shift would mean a change In state laws and would make both positions county court appointment. Now only the county engineer Is appointed. Rynning agreed with Coun ty Judge Earl Miller's recom mendation that a full-time county counsel separate from armed when agents dragged him from his 1953 car on a southwest Los Angeles area street at 1 a m. "I knew the FBI was smart but I have never seen so many in one place," he said. Marrone was free on an ap peal bond from his 1959 sec ond degree murder conviction In Alaska. He has an arrest record dating back to 1B46. Family in Hiding San Diego Police Chief A. E. Jansen revealed Monday that Allcssio, 41. and his wifo and two young daughters had gone in hiding because of fear of underworld revenge for tipping authorities about his kidnaping. Jansen said he was concern ed about all seven Alcssio brothers and their families, "particularly as long as Frank Marrone is at large. Marrono is a mean, vicious, desperate criminal capable of taking revenge." House of Representatives Rob ert B. Duncan, Medford, serv ed as master of ceremonies at the event. Also In attend ance were Councilman Jimmy uunievy, who represented Mayor John W. Snider: and Cmdr. Ray V. Jenkins, Gov- ernor Mark Hatfield's Naval aide, who represented the governor. 100 Attend More than 100 persons at tended the presentation cere monies, many of them wives and relatives of members o the Medford Electronics Divi sion. The reserve unit sat on the Hedrlck stage in full Navy uniform. . ' Prior to the award cere monies, . the Medford High school band, under the direc tion of Irv Mirick, played several numbers. Accepting the awards on behalf of the division was' Lt. Cmdr. R. A. Schuchard, commanding officer of the Medford reserve unit.' During last night's ceremonies,. Cap tain, Holmes administered tha Navy oath to five new recruits. The Medford Electronics di vision placed third In national competition with the 202 elec tronic divisions in the U.S., after winning the 13th district competition. The competition was based on all aspects of the reserve unit's activities, Including total manpower and the quality of the unit's train. Ing program. Responsibility Noted The Medford division has the responsibility' of tralnltiff radiomen,-electronic technici ans, signalmen and radarmen for the Naval fleet. It com prises nine officers and 78 enlisted men, not counting tho five new recruits sworn In last night. Lt. Cmdr. C. J. Fox. elec tronics program officer at tha Medford division, also spoko last night, and said tha achievement of placing high in the national ratings "re quired a tremendous amount of effort, devotion to dutv. and patriotism ... on the part of all leaders of the division and all the men." During his talk. CaDtaln Holmes called for continued competition, In all fields among the three branches of the Armed Forces as a means of gaining more efficiency and further advancement in the U.S. defense program. Captain Holmes also con gratulated the wives and fam ilies of the men of the Med ford Electronics division for their support and sacrifices fit time and effort which helped the division to win the nation al award. the district attorney's office be hired. This appointed of ficer should be with the coun ty court at all times as tho city attorney Is with the city council. Personnel in the dis trict attorney's office do not have the required time to act as legal advisors to the court? ty court or other county of ficers, Rynning noted. Both Day, tjx-county judge, and Rynning said the execu tive office . of the county should be non-partisan. Day thought that If a county-manager is used an eight to Io nian council should serve with him. Each council member would be elected by district to on sure that a broad area of tha county would be represented. he said. However, Day thought mat me county's citizens ara not; yet ready for appointive county offices. i , "
