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MR m InJIM MINIS - m n f r 111 life infmnniQ) julUJiyJlra RIOTING IN ALGERIA Moslem demon strators are shown near an overturned car which was set afire in Cite du Petit Lac district at Oran. Rioting Moselms set fire to Goldfine Family Row Over Residence ' Boston - (UPI) - Industrialist' Bernard H. Goldfine, released from a hospital so he can re cover mental peace in a home atmosphere, was involved to day in a bitter family dispute over where he should live. Goldfine, whose career was rocked by income tax trials following revelations of his gift -giving association with former Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, moved into a hotel as he became the cen ter of two or three ' family squabbles on Christmas Eye and day that turned into pub lic affairs. The most recent came Sun day when police were called to Goldfine's Newton, Mass., home to quell a reported ar gument between his wife and daughtcr.-Gwendolyn. The dispute apparently was a continuation of the family quarrel which erupted when Goldfine, pale and shaken, ar rived at the airport Christmas Eve after undergoing two months of psychiatric treat ment. Son Warns Family The battle prompted Gold fine's son, Solomon, 34, to warn the rest of the family against violating the terms of the court order which freed the industrialist. Goldfine, whose lavish gifts led to the resignation of Adams in 1958, still faces fed eral charges for evasion of nearly $800,000 in personal and corporate income taxes. He was confined to a Wash ington hospital last October after he was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial on the tax evasion charges. . His arrival 'late Christmas Eve touched off heated argu ments involving family and at t o r n e y s. Goldfine's wife, Charlotte, attempted to take her husband to their palatial Newton home.- Solomon, in whose custody Goldfine was released, con tended this would violate the federal release order. He eventually succeeded in tak- Man Hospitalized In Sunday Accident Nathan Edward Harper, 23, Fortuna, Calif., was reported In fair condition in Rogue Val '.ey hospital this morning with oossible back and head inju res following a one car acci dent last night at the King st. nd Stewart ave. intersection. State police said the car Jriven by Harper failed to itop for a traffic light at King t. and Stewart ave. and kidded across Stewart ave. !rom King st. and into an irri lation ditch. Harper was tak m to Rogue Valley hospital jy Medford Ambulance serv-ce. Communist Broadcasters Warn of War in Laos Tokyo - It'PD - Communist jroadcasters filled the air vaves today with warnings of .11-out war in Laos and tharges of U.S. intervention n that Southeast Asia nation. 'There was no letup in prop ganda barrages from Radio 'eiping. Radio Hanoi. Radio 'yongyang and the Red un derground Radio Laos. Two Themes The broadcasts hammered wav at two themes: the West is risking full cale war in Laos. -The entire confused Laos ituation is the fault of the European cars and stopped firemen wno rushed to the scene in the second consecu tive day of violence. A curfew has been ordered by French authorities. (UPI Radiolelephoto) Center of ing his father to a Boston ho tel. His son said he would not allow the interference with the court order, and added that his father would remain with him in their hotel suite until other arrangements could be made. Solomon said he planned to make a home for his father in Boston while the industrialist Belgium Withdraws Armed Patrolmen Brussels-UJPD - The govern ment withdrew armed troops from, the streets today in an apparent move to ease ten sion in strikebound Belgium. After three days of guard ing buildings the troops armed with submachine guns vanish ed from their posts as the Socialist-led strike went into its sixth day. The government offered no explanation for the move which came at a time when the Socialists were reported to be trying to incite a mutiny among the troops if they should be used against strik ers. Boat Owners May Apply for Licenses New boat owners and those who received licenses last year may make application for 1961 boat licenses now, R. F. Rittenhouse, director of the state marine board, wrote to the Jackson county sheriff's office. No deadline was set in this preliminary letter. The notice would apply to 1,417 Jackson county boat owners who were licensed during the current year. Those who were licensed boat own ers last year may apply for license renewals by filling in the reverse-side of the 1960 application, Rittenhouse stated. This form should be forwarded to the marine board with the required fees. The licenses are required of all boats with motors of 10 or more horsepower. The license fees are the same as last year: $3 for boats less than 16' feet long, $5 for boats from 16 feet to 20 feet, S5 for boats over 20 .feet plus SI per foot or fraction of a foot over 20 feet in length. The sheriff's office was notified that boat license plates have been received from the manufacturer for 1961. The sheriff's office also received mimeographed lists of all persons in Jackson coun ty who were licensed boat owners last year. United States because it "in terefered" by sending in arms. No mention was made of So viet arms shipments to Red guerrillas. Demand Echoed The most belligerent broad cast today came from Radio Hanoi in Communist Noi!h Viet Nam. It quoted a message sent by Foreign Minister Pham Van Dong echoing Rus sia's demand for an immedi ate meeting of the countries which participated in the 1954 Geneva conference, which brought an end to the Indo china war. Bitter undergoes further psychiatric treatments as an out-patient. Mrs. Goldfine also claims to be her husband's legal guardi an. After Goldfine left the air port another dispute develop ed among attorney Lawrence Cohen; Maxwell Goldfine, a son of the industrialist, and Mildred Paperman, Goldfine's longtime secretary. Withdrawal of the soldiers left steel-helmeted ripl. police with rifles still patrolling' the streets and guarding post of fices and railroad stations. The only violence reported in Mons where a stone stattered the front window of a Social Christian newspaper office and where a Molotov cocktail, which proved to be a dud, was thrown into a cafe. Socialist mayors in the Borinage coal mining section met Sunday night and voted to ignore interior ministry in structions to list municipal employees who stayed away from work. The mayors said the instructions were contrary to their sense of duty and dignity. Blackest Chrisimas The strike, called to protest (he "austerity" program or dered by the government to offset the loss of revenues from The Congo, made Sun day Belgium's blackest Christ mas in years. Christmas presents were piled up in post offices because most mailmen had joined the strike. Shipments of Christ mas delicacies were stopped at the ports by striking long shoremen. Lighting Contest Winners Listed Winners of the fifth annual Chrisimas lighting contest, sponsored by the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce were announced today by James Ristau, contest chair man. Rislau said a record num ber of entries competed in this year's contest. Seventy five displays were judged. Electric appliances were the prizes awarded to winners. A display at the A. C. Pierce home in Pierce Heights won first prize in the home and yard division sweep stakes. Runner-up was a dis play at the A. M. "Dutch" Farfan residence on 723 South Newtown st. A display at the-Burr Pye home on 102 Mistletoe st. won first prize in the front entrance division sweep stakes. The W. D. Mattson dis play at 1036 Mt. Pitt won runner-up honors. Displays were judged over a four day period from Thurs day night to Sunday night, Ristau said. Original plans had called for judging to be Thursday and Friday nights, but heavy fog made it neces sary to extend the judging period. Other winners will be list ed in Tuesday's Mail Tribune. La Paz, Bolivia-iUPIi-A bomb exploded in the residence of U.S. Ambassador Carl W. Strom on Christmas Eve, breaking several windows but injuring no one. Noon Edition Medford 28 Pages President Spends Half Day at Desk Reading Reports Only Eessential Persons Working Washington -(UPII- President Eisenhower worked a half day in his office today al though it was an official holi day for most government em ployees. The President, an early riser, walked from the resi dential quarters of the White House to his office in the west wing at about 8 a.m. and busied himself reading intel ligence reports which . had come in since Saturday, No Emergency Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said there was noth ing of an "emergency nature" about the reports, although they dealt with "serious" mat ters around the world. The chief executive wound up the morning by catching up on unanswered letters and other matters. Elsewhere, the capital was quiet. Government offices were officially closed and only a few building guards and other essential persons re ported to work. At the State Department communications officers and code clerks manned their stations to trans mit messages to and from gov ernment outposts around the world. Family Gathers Spending the holiday week end'in the second floor resi- dehfial quarters of the gaily necoraiea wnue House were V, 5rJ?.51ae,nl s 5n. 'sennower, wno lives in Gettysburg, Pa., his wife Barbara, their four children David, 13, Barbara Ann, 11, Susan, , and Mary Jane, 4 -and Joel Carlson of Boone. Iowa, Mamie Eisenhower's uncle. No details of the gifts ex changed or of the Chrisimas dinner were announced be cause of the President's re quest for privacy. AVIATION PIONEER DIES New York-(UPD-Guiseppe M. Bellanca, 74, a pioneer in aviation, died today. City Police Also Find Driving in Fog a Problem Medford city police have nothing on the average mo torist when it comes to be ing lost or confused in the heavy fog that has plagued the city during the past week. This morning one of Med ford's "finest" called the station io report that his patrol car had become lodged on a stump and he couldn't get it off. The officer said he was turning around in a lot at the rear of 443 South Cen tral ave., when he backed his patrol car over a stump that was hidden from him by the fog. A tow truck was dispatch ed and the patrol car was eased from its perch. Noth ing was damaged, police said, except possibly the officer's dignity. "Good Heavens That ' MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1960 ft -iKI if' , , 5 GIRL SOUGHT - Chicago po lice have started a nationwide search for Karin Schomer, 16, above, who has been miss ing from her home since Dec. 8. She is the daughter of the Rev. Howard Schomer of Chi cago. The missing girl, a stu dent at the University of Chi cago, is five feet, eight inches tall, with dark brown eyes and light hair and . weighs 140 pounds. She speaks French and English, having been raised in France. Anyone hav ing knowledge of her where abouts is asked to contact their local police. (UPI Telephoto) Tourists Visiting Holy Land Hear Christmas Carols Nazareth, Israel-IUPB-Chrlst mas carolers serenaded tour- ists speaking a dozen differ ent languages Sunday in this town where Jesus Christ lived nearly 2,00.0 years ago, The Chrisimas pilgrims vis ited the site of the Annuncia tion and wandered through the market place and narrow alleys of the town, little changed since Jcsus's day. An unusually large turnout included smartly-dressed dip lomats, U.S. soldiers and Afri cans in colorful native dress. Religious services were held at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church and at a Bap tist church wherefor the first lime-a midnight carol service took place. The traditional visit to Naz areth highlighted the world wide observance of Christ's birth which brought tempo rary peace even to such customarily-turbulent places as Algeria and The Congo. Other pilgrims paid solemn visits to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born under the light of the prophetic eastern star. In the West Algerian port of Oran, scene of a Christmas Eve outbreak in which one person was killed and four wounded, Christmas day pass ed quietly except for an occa sional insult shouted by de fiant Arabs. SCIENTISTS MEET New York-(UPIl-The largest and broadest scientific meet ing in history got underway today with about 12.000 sci cntisls busily advancing their knowledge of mart, his endless problems, the creatures, plants and space. Stuff Is Dangerous!" Tito Denounces Communist China For Policy Attack Charges False, Assembly Told Belgrade - (UPII - Yugoslav President Tito denounced Communist China today for urging the recent Communist 'summit conference" to at tack him and his policies. In a review of foreign and domestic policy before the National Assembly, Tito claimed attacks made on Yugoslavia at the meeting were downright untruths and "attempts to jeopardize the achievements of our peo ple s revolution. Rotten Accord 'We know," he said, "that the initiators of this policy were the Chinese delegates . Is u admissible from the standpoint of Socialist morali ty to reach a rotten accord at the expense of a small Social isl (Communist) country by means of false charges?" Tito said the final commu nique of the Moscow meeting called Yugoslavia's leaders 'revisionists." No Convincing Proof 'Those who accuse the Yugoslav leaders of being re visionists are incapable, after 12 years of this allegation, of showing any convincing proof of what constitutes our re visionism," he sajd. lncse cnarges . , . are ex clusively in the nature of in terference in Yugoslavia's in ternal affairs and distortion of the reality of its develop ment and foreign policy." Quiet Christmas Reported in Valley Christmas day in the city of Medford was as quiet a day as the police department has seen in a long time. There were no traffic acci dents in the city for police to investigate, nor were there any burglaries. Police activi ties were confined to break ing up a fight at a local tav ern; finding a lost dog: and lodging two men in (he cily jail on charges of being drunk in public. Jackson county sheriff's deputies were looking forward today to what they hoped would be a peaceful and quiet 24 hours. Last year from Christmas to midnight no complaints were reported. Yesterday only one complaint was noted. That was on Edward Lee Lynch, Butte Falls, who was jailed by sheriff's officers on charges of being drunk on a public highway. Last year the day after Christmas only five complaints were recorded. Saturday, Cloy LeRoy Pat terson, 324 Grape st., report ed the theft of his check book some time Monday. It was missed at the Medford Bowl ing lanes, he told deputies. Five checks have been report ed forged from it already, he said. Turkey Dinner Served Prisoners A turkey dinner with all the trimmings was served to 48 county and city jail prison ers Christmas day, Paul Han lin, county jailer, reported to day. All of the prisoners were county prisoners except for two who were taken to the county jail shortly before 3:30 p.m. so they would also have a Chrisimas dinner. Medford police officers re ported that three other city prisoners posted bail before dinner was served. The dinner, cooked in tire county jail, included turkey, potatoes, yams, dressing, gravy, cranberries, olives, pickles, celery, hot rolls, fruit, mince or pumpkin pic, coffee and candy. Hanlin explained thai the jail staff and sheriff contrib ute towards the meal as the cost is above the amount budgeted. The turkey was do nated,. he said. The number of meals served yesterday was lower than the last holiday. Thanksgiving, Hanlin added. That day 58 meals were served. Tribune V s- J f ,2 f 5?' , ,1 k is s 4 v ' Ml f7j PI t BLESSING. TO WORLD Pope John XXIII, speaking from the balcony overlooking crowded St. Peter's Square in Rome reads his blessing to the world and a cherry, multi-lingual "Merry Christmas and Happy thousands of persons, many with children, cheered the Christmas greeting in eight jeweled, triple crown as he . . i it;-, t , . Oregon Accidents Claim Seven Lives United Press International At least seven persons have died in Christmas week end accidents in Oregon, including six in traffic and one in a fire A Greyhound 'bus' skidded and rolled over on an icy high way about 50 miles .north of Klamath.' Falls early today, killing Yvonne Butler, ,34, Milwaukie, Ore. A dozen per- Three Accidents Reported in City Three traffic accidents were reported to city police during the holiday week end, none of which happened on Christmas day. The most serious of the ac cidents occurred this morning about 7:30 o'clock when two cars collided during heavy fog at the intersection of Riv erside and Stewart aves., causing apparently minor in juries to a 6-ycar-old girl. Police said Tamara Lee Daly, Coos Bay, received a bump on her head when a car operated by her father, Nor man Leroy Daly, 33, collided with a car operated by Donald Lee Jimcrson, 28, Ashland. Daly told police he would see that his daughter received medical attention. Damage to both cars was moderate, po lice said, and no citations were issued. As the result of another ac cident, city police arrested Vernon Richard Wynkoop, 40. of 2642 Springbrook rd., on a charge of drunk In public. Police said a car operated by Wynkoop struck a parked car on Jackson st. between Genes- sec st. and Howard ave. about 7:30 p.m. Saturday. A hit-and-run accident was reported to police Sunday morning by Wayne Herbert Jackson, 308 Newtown St., who said someone struck and damaged a car that was parked in front of his resi dence during the night. WEATHER FORECAST! Pnt In vallfy through Tuesday. Tartly rlntldy above log. High today 38. Low tonight 32. High Tueiday U. Tr-mp. Highlit Yesterday in Lowest This .Morning 34 I'rcclp. to 10 a.m. Today. 04 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:45 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:40 a.m. Moonset tomorrow .' 2:31 a.m. Full Moon ;..Jan. 1 I'ROMINLNT RTAItS Altalr, low In west.t.... 7:01 p.m. Regiilus, rises 9:33 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, rlsei 5:13 p.m. Venus, sett 7:53 p.m. 55th Year Price 10 Cents No. 240 New Year to all." Tens of of them foreigners and many Pope as he went through his languages. He is wearing his delivers his discourse. (UPI Radiotclephoto) sons on the bus were taken to Klamath Valley hospital but attendants said none of the in juries appeared to bo serious. The other traffic victims in cluded William Holcomb, 65, Foster; William Robitsch, 74, Tillamook: Bert Chaffin Jr., 8, and his 6-month-old sister, Edith Emeline, both of St. Helens, and Tony Jensen, 29, Clackamas. Victim Unidentified The fire victim, still uniden tified, perished in a Friday night house blaze near Port land. Holcomb's body was discov ered Sunday in 'his auto after a one-car accident near Foster Saturday night. State police in Albany said the accident apparently occurred when Holcomb's castbound car went into a ditch, traveled 160 feet, hit a culvert, and bounced back on the road before com ing to a stop. Robitsch was killed Satur day night in a two-car acci dent on U. S. Highway 101 four miles north of Tillamook. His wife, Elsie, who was a passenger in the car, and the two occupants of the other car, Joseph S. Blazer of . Ne halem and his son,: Michael, 15, suffcrcd'minor injuries. Killed Saturday - The two Chaffin children were killed early Saturday In a four-vehicle smashup on icy, fog-shrouded Highway 30 just north of Ontario. Nne other persons were hospitalized. Jensen, an uncle of the Chaf fin children, was en route to Ontario for a Christmas ren dezvous with the Chaffin fam ily, when his car slid off the road at an icy spot and flipped over on Highway 20 west of Pendleton. 1 Cold Front Spreads Over 13-State Area By United Press International Now England and the Rocky Mountains lay at each end of a 13-state cold front today that followed Christ mas into the nation's northern tier. Temperatures Drop Accompanied by showers and snow flurries from Maine across the Great Lakes and Northern Great Plains into Washington, Canadian cold air dropped temperatures sud denly and slicked highways for Christmas travelers on their way back to work. The Weather Bureau pre dicted occasional showers along the northwest Pacific California Leads Auto Carnage With 36 Deaths Toll Ahead of Figure Year Ago By United States International Christmas travelers died in accidents on the nation's high ways at a rate of nearly six an hour today and the Nation al Safety Council said the toll was running a little ahead of one year ago. A continuation of the trend, including a stepup in the lata homeward rush, might make Tuesday's final figures show the traffic toll for the 78-hour week end surpassing last year's 481 for the same period of time and the council's 1960 estimate of 510. Record Set in 1955 But the toll is expected to fall far short of the record 609 deaths in the 78 -hour Christmas week end of 1955. A United Press Internation al count at 9:30 a.m. (p.s.t.) showed 374 dead in traffic ac cidents since the week end be gan at 6 p.m. Friday. The breakdown: Traffic .374 Fires : .'. 63 Miscellaneous 77 Total 514 A spokesman for the Safety Council said highway trage dies are running ahead of both last year and the 1960 esti mate. Until late Sunday we wers running a little behind last year," the spokesman said. but now we re a nuie aneaa, and the most dangerous part of the week end is ahead of Late today and tonight thousands of people will ba driving back to. their homes. which calls for extra care ana courtesy." California Leads California led the nation in. , deaths on the highway with ' 36. Texas reported 28, Geor gia 23,: New York. 22, Michi gan 21, Missouri 1H,- Illinois 17, North Carolina and Flor ida 16, and Wisconsin and South Carolina 12. Despite record travel, nina states -went through Christ mas day without a reported highway death. They included the two newest states, Alaska and Hawaii, along with Dela ware, Idaho; Massachusetts, New, Hampshire, Nevada, North Dakota and Vermont. Six lives in California's heavy toll were lost Sunday night in a head-on collision near Boron on a straight, little-used section of U.S. 466. Two other persons were criti cally injured. Authorities said that one of the death cars was driving without lights on tha wrong side of the road. Violence Takes Toll Fires and Christmas week end violence took a tragio toll. In Stamford, Conn., a ber- , , serk, 48 -year -old estranged husband shot and killed his two teen-aged daughters, In jured four other persons by hurling acid and then commit ted suicide as police closed in on him. ' , In Las Vegas, Nov., a wealthy man admitted killing his wife of four months but refused to explain more than 'I had a good reason for doing it," police said. Ashland Police Check Burglary Ashland - Ashland police are investigating the burglary of the Siskiyou Confectionery, 607 Siskiyou blvd., Ashland, which occurred Friday night or early Saturday morning. One dollar in pennies, mag azines and possibly candy and cigarettes were taken, accord ing to police. The burglary was discovered when the own er, W. E. Kerr, opened tha store Saturday morning. Police report a side win dow was broken. Coast, show on west slopes ot the Rockies, and snow or snow flurries from the Dako tas east to Maine throughout the day. Iowa weather typified tha abrupt end to fair Christmas conditions. In southwestern Decatur county, Lamoni ex pected lows around 10 degrees tonight after registering a rec ord Christmas day high of 59 degrees. Showers in Northwest A Pacific Northwest front spread showers along the Ore gon and Washington coasts and drizzle up the Columbia River Valley where rainfall at the mouth of the Columbia measured a quarter-inch. I 4 (i I ', j
