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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1960)
United States Resuming Military Aid to Troubled Laos 7 rTCl'M ; ft 1 WORKER CHECKED John Waytovich, 59, leaves a police van at New York City after a medical check following his rescue from the burning aircraft carrier Constellation. A veteran of 20 years as a workman in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Waytovich, of Cop- lauge, N.Y., spent nearly seven hours In the anchor chain locker three decks below the flight deck before he was rescued. He said he kept tapping on the steel plates with a metal bar, (UPI Telephoto) Russian Treaty With Cuba Will Strengthen Influence Moscow lUPII Western ob servers said today Cuba's new trade treaty with Russia will strengthen Soviet influence on the Caribbean island republic 80 miles south of Florida. They said the agreement, obligating Russia to buy 2.7 million tons of Cuban sugar if the United States refuses to do so, would lessen the effect of U.S. economic sanc tions on Premier Fidel Cas tro's regime. To Do 'Utmoit' Russia agreed to "do its ut most" to supply Cuba with vital products which it is no longer able to obtain from the United States. Cuba also proposes to sell Russia nickel, fruit and hides in exchange for Soviet wheat, machinery, metals and techni cal assistance. Premier Nikita Khrushchev, appearing in public at a re ception here Monday night for the first time since Dec. 2, renewed his promise of sup port for the Castroites. Would Aid Defense "If there should be a need for Cuba to defend itself against aggression ... it could count in such an emergency on the help of the socialist Communist countries," Khru shchev said. Maj. Ernesto Che Guevara, the Castro aide who signed the pact for Cuba, said 100 factories built with Soviet help would soon go into pro duction in the Caribbean nation. Guevara has signed trade treaties with a number of other Red regimes during his current lour of the Commu nist world. Foreign Datelines Havana-iUI'lUPremier Fidel Caslro threatened early today to wreck the world sugar market if "imperialism" tries to develop new sugar-growing areas at Cuba's expense. Munich, Germany-fUI'D-Germans and Americans joined today in a solemn memorial service for the victims of a Saturday plane crash that claimed its 50lh life today. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia-IIII'D-Emperor Haile Selassie's army roamed the countryside today ferreting out the last of die hard imperial guards who tried to overthrow the throne last week. Juarez. Mexico-dll'IWStage and screen star Ethel Merman filed suit in Civil Court Monday for a divorce from Robert Six, president of Continental Airlines. Harrisburg Signal Dismissal Denied Salem - WTO - Public Utility Commissioner Joncl C. Hill today denied a motion to dis miss a complaint by the city of Harrisbure against the Southern Pacific Co. involv ing signals at the La Salle st. crossing. The city contends the cross ing is unsafe, and that two automatic electric flashing signals with gongs should be installed by the railroad at its own expense. Southern Pacific contends it should pay only half the cost. Hill said a new hearing on the case will be set. Midwest Gets Cover of Snow By United Press International Snow spread a welcome mat for winter's official arrival from the Northern Plains across the Midwest today, and even wcatherwise Chlcagoans .found it tough to take. Winter arrives Wednesday by the calendar, but most Midwest erners were con vinced its time-table was off. Their cars crawled at a snail's pace along snow-laden roads Rnd travel was slowed even on the network of superhigh ways which have gradually extended across the central states. Thousands o f Chlcagoans were late to work as a tine snow which began early Mon day evening piled up, drifting in spots, to a depth of 4 lo 6 inches. BOARD CHAIRMAN DIES New York - (UPD - Henry J Davenport, 80, honorary chair man of the board of Home Title Guaranty Co., died Sun day. Adair Construction Bids To Be Opened Soal.lle-IUPII-Army engineers said today bids for a half mil lion dollar construction proj ect at Adnir Air Force Station near Corvallls, Ore., would be opened Jan. 20. Work will include modifi cations and completion of three existing buildings and a sewage treatment plant. Cascade Plywood To Close Lebanon Plant Lebanon -IUPII- Cascade Ply wood Corp. plans to shut down for a week the first pari of January because of a lack of orders, company offi cials said today. The firm employs about 1,000 men. Bar Association Petition Planned Sulcm-IUPD - Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton said today he will file a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it lo keep the require ment that attorneys must be bar association members in order to practice law. Similar petitions are being filed by attorneys general of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming and Idaho, he said Stable Pro-West Government Seen For Kingdom Washington (OPD- The Unit ed States is resuming military aid to turbulent Laos in hopes that pro-Communists have been ousted there and s stable, pro-western govern ment finally established. The State Department au thorized military arms ship ments to the government of Prince Boun Oum, which took control of the capital of Vien tiane in a shell, tank and gun fire fight last week and sent Soviet-armed troops fleeing to the northern part of the country. U.S. arms shipments to the land-locked Asian kingdom were first reduced and then cut off entirely during the civil war between pro-Western, Communist, and neutral ist factions which followed a neutralist coup Aug. 8. Officials here kept a wary watch for signs that Laotian pro-Communists led by para trooper strongman Kong Le, who fled to the north, might be reinforced by Russian, Communist Chinese or Red North Vict Namese aid, cre ating a Korea-like situation. Could Request Troops If this happened, the Boun Oum regime could call for U.S. troops to back up treaty obligations to protect Laos from Communist aggression. It was disclosed Monday that the United States is re suming arms shipments lo Laos. This country, which traditionally has borne most of the cost of the royal Laos army, has shipped no military goods to the country since Nov. 30. Boun Oum became premier last week after neutralist Prince Souvanna P h o u m a fled to nearby Cambodia. Navy Secretary To Probe Carrier Fire New York IUPD Navy Sec retary William Franke joined an urgent investigation today into the $75 million fire that seriously set back completion of the nation's most advanced aircraft super-carrier and claimed 46 lives. Investigators wanted to know, among other things, why combustible wooden scaffolding was permitted in the huge vessel. The wood helped feed Monday's fire. The Navy announced that Franke was flying from Washington to make an in spection of the fire damage to the carrier Constellation at the Brooklyn Navy yard, still smouldering although the Rogue Valley Edition Medford Page 2A Tribune Stock Prices Suffer Another Mild Drop; Volume Dries Up Grange Notes Phoenix Phoenix Grange will hold a party Tuesday, Dec. 27, at the Grange hall at 7 p.m. It will be preceded by a potluck supper. Members are to take their own table service. Plans for the parly were made at the Dec. 13 meeting of the Grange. Tile Home Economics club is meeting tiiis afternoon at the home of Harland Glass cock, Phoenix. A potluck luncheon was held. State Committees To Discuss Bridge Across Columbia Portland -HOT- Oregon and and Washington Legislative Interim Highway committees plan to meet here again Jan. 21 to discuss further the pro posed Columbia river bridge between Astoria and Mcglor. Committee members will report lo their respective high way committees when legis latures of the two states con vene next month. At a meeting here Monday Oregon legislators said, tbey doubted this state would ac cept a 75-25 split on cost of the bridge deficit with Oregon paying the larger amount. Washington lawmakers ex pressed doubt that Oregon's proposal of a 50-50 split in costs would be acceptable there. . The bridge would cost some $24 million with Oregon sell ing the bonds to finance it. Lawmakers said that a com promise might be possible The Washington group also proposed that each state pay for its bridge approaches, urc gon's would cost some $1,570, 000 and Washington's $179,- 000. Rep. William Holmstrom of Astoria said that if tne legis latures could agree on a per centage particpation, Oregon "certainly would be in a po sition to look favorably on the proposal for separate state fi nancing of the approaches EX-AMBASSADOR DIES Paris-IUPD-Former Canadian Ambassador Jean Dcsy, 67, died Monday. Talk to a Specialist Thfl only person qualified to advise you correctly in the purchase of a memorial estate is one who spec fatizes in this field. I Hi 1 (crest Memorial Park has trained counsellors, one of whom will gladly call at your home with all the ii lukia jruu anviuiu iu j iMicinyciiiijr unu olui - omically. A phone call can arrange the appoint ment. II1111 North Phoenix Road SP 3-6162 or SP 2-7111 V "-.S.-: "1 -4 I ".I F 1 11 New York-IUPD-Stocks suf fered another mild decline to day but volume dried up no ticeably on the downside. Holding down the Dow- Jones industrial average were Procter & Gamble off around 3'i and General Fobds down around Vb. Union Carbide tacked on 1V4 in a narrow chemical group. Several good gams showed up among the aluminums and aircraft issues with Alcoa ahead 2, Reynolds a point and North American, Chance Vought and Northrop closing all up a point or more. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - (liPII - Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 614.82. off 0.74; 20 railroads 127.96, off 0.40; 15 utilitiei 98.38, up 0.19, and 65 stocks 204.04, off 0.17. Sales today were about 3.34 million shares compared with 3.63 million hares Monday. Mill Prohibited From Buildi r4 , - Vn--H V V I It Line Under Beach Raiom-nrpn-Attv- Gen. Rob ert Y. Thornton said Monday in an opinion far the State Land Board that International Pnnpr rnmDanv at Gardiner may be permitted to overflow lands between nign ana low watermarks bordering S 1 1 1 coos and Tahkenitch lakes. But on another point, inorn ton said present state law pre Iho hoard from author izing the company to build a subsurface pipe line irom a proposed mill u,naer me puD lic beach for disposal of wastes in the ocean. International Paper pro poses construction of a large pulp mill near Gardiner. The overflow opinion au thorizes the board lo grant the firm "flowage easements." Needs Amending As to right of way for the beach pipeline, Thornton said the legislature would have to amend the law first. The pipe line would be buried beneath (Vta ennri "Any contemplated change in the law should take into ac count the fact that the off shore oil explorations re ferred to in last week's opin ion might possibly take the form of slant drilling of test wells," Thornton said. "Such holes might well pass through or under the beach itself. In ti,ic tamp connection, the leg islature should also consider that there may also be a need for surface pipelines over the ocean beach for transmission of oil and gas from off-shore wells, if the oil or gas is found in pnmmorc lal Quantities." Last week Thornton said that the Land Board has no authority under present law to enter into a lease with a private firm for oil explora tion on the submerged off shore lands. Today s prices on selected Allied Chemical Alum Co. Am American Can American Motors AT&T Anaconda Copper Armco Steel Bendljc Corp Bethlehem Steel Boeing Air Caterpillar Corp Chrysler Corp Continental Can Crown Zellerhach Curtiss Wrliiht Dow Chemical Du Pont .' Eastman Kodak Firestone General Electric General Foods General Motors Georgia Pacific Graham Paige Greyhound Gulf Oil Homestake Mining ldho Power I. B. M. Int. Paper Johns Manvlllc Kennecott Conner Lockheed Aircraft Montana Power Montgomery Ward Nat'l Biscuit New York Central Pac Gas & Elcc ud Penney, J. c Penn RR Radio Corporation Richfield Oil Safeway Shell CM Socony Mohll OH Southern Co Southern Pacific Standard California Standard Indiana Standard N, J Sun Mines Texas Co Texas Gulf Sulfur Texas Pnc Land Trust Transamerlca Trans World Air Trl-Contlnentat Union Carhide Union Pacific united Aircraft United Air Lines U. S. Rubber U. S. 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Fire Chief George David was quoted by the newspaper as saying the inside of the carrier was "like a regular lumber yard. The maze of wooden scaf folding on the galley decks and hangar of the huge at tack carrier, which was being outfitted for commissioning next spring, was set aflame by acetylene torch sparks landing in spilled diesel oil instead of jet fuel, as the Navy originally announced A spokesman said today the oil was used to operate gen erators that provide electric power for the ship. He said the diesel oil was "chemical ly about the same stuff" as jet fuel and "the burning as pects and the safety aspects of both substances are very similar." Possible Total Loss The fire set the completion date back many months. Some officers thought the $275 million flattop might be a total loss. The holocaust burned through Monday and into the night before being brought under control. Forty six bod ies were recovered and 43 persons hospitalized. A total of 157 were treated for injuries. The Navy said 36 bodies have been identified and that 10 men listed as missing may be accounted for when the 10 other bodies arc identified. The 1,045-foot long carrier was a blackened hulk, . its main deck buckled and its in terior plates still hot from the searing blaze. It was listing more than two degrees and icicles hung from its super structure. Water stood three feet deep in some of the flooded passageways. s Francis To Propose Electoral College Bill Dnvton. Ore. (1'Pll State Sen. Carl Francis (R-Dayton), said Monday he planned to in troduce a resolution at the Oregon Legislature in favor of abolishing the National Electoral College. Francis said "it's an out moded may to elect a prcsi-1 rlpnt." He said the winner of! a plurality of the total popu-; lar vote should always De the winner. , Gift Last Minute THAT'S SURE TO PLEASE handy little dandy traveling companion sweet as sugar candy.' 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