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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
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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 , "