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ft - ..n, SWEEPSTAKES WINNER "Orchids In the .MoonliKhf ' is the title of the float entered by the City of Burbank which was named the sweepstakes winner of the Tournament QUEEN IN POSITION Queen Curole Washburn adjusts her skirt as she gets into position for the two-houi-long Tournament of Roses parade at Pasadena, Calif., Monday. Queen Carole and her six princesse.i rode on a huge floral replica of a mandolin, leading the procession of 60 entries themed to the overall motif, "Ballads in Blossoms." , (UPI Telephoto) City of Portland Wins Appeal Over Firing of .Salem-WPIl-The Oregon Su preme Court today ruled in favor of the city of Portland in an appeal against the Port land Civil Service Board over the firing of a city fireman, George L. Bell. The court reversed a Multnomah-County Circuit Court order which quashed a peti tion for review o the board's ' order to reinstate Boil. In 1057 Bell applied for sick leave duo to asthma. The court suld it was later fdlind that Boil moved to California, bought a business there and was registered to vote there. Name Takon Off ' City Commissioner Stanley Earl then notified Beil that Ills name was being taken off the list of city employees. BeH asked for a civil service board hearing, was reinstated and it is this order the city wanted to review. : The board said Beil had not intended to abandon his job as fireman and the dis missal was "not made in good faith." The high court said Earl's finding that Boil was no long er, a Portland resident, was sound and the board "missed the point" that Beil could not remain a Portland employee while not a city resident. , Other decisions: Libby Creek Logging. Inc., CLOSED FOR INVENTORY Wed.-Thurs.-Fri. - January 4, 5 and 6 o IN CASE OF EMERGENCY CALL SP 2-l 89 HUBBARD BROS., INC. Main Street at Riverside tf Fireman appellant vs. Dirk Johnson of J & S Timber Co.; appeal from Curry county; opinion by Jus lice Pro Tern E. H. Howell; Judge Robert C, Belloni re versccj; action on a promissory note for purchase price of timber in which defendant filed counterclaim for fraud; Judgment for defendant re versed and case remanded for new trial. Mary A. Boner, appellant vs. Vera A. C. Matthews, et al; appeal from Coos county; opinion by Justice Gordon Sloan; Judge Dal M. King re versed; car accident case, Judgment for the defendant reversed, new trial ordered. Icy Spots Noted On Oregon Roads Salem-IUro-Thc State High way department today report ed Icy spots at Wilson and Sunset summits, Astoria, Cas cade Locks, Tillamook, Sa lem, Salmon River. Detroit, Rosehurg, Prospect, Willam ette Pass, Bly, La Grande, Baker and from Oakridge to 7 miles east. Packed snow was reported at Meacham, Santlam Pass, Austin, Seneca, Government Camp and Warm Springs. Medford vi k ' - v 4 1 of Roses parade at Pasadena, Calif., Mon day. The entry embraces a floral shape fea turing a cantilcvcrcd petal-like canopy. (UPI Telepholo) Anti-Recession Program To To Get Full Effort Washington (UI'll The 87th Congress convening today is geared to throw its first full effort behind President-elect John F. Kennedy's anti-reces sion program with prospects of substantial success. But assistant House GOP Leader Leslie C. Arends, 111. predicted the new Democratic President would not get his five-point priority program passed "just the way he wants it." - Arends said there was a big "question mark" in the out look for enactment of a medi cal aid program for the aged tied to the Social Security system. This bill must originate in the House, and some (legisla tors feel the House Ways and Means Committer; might only hold hearings this session, putting off a showdown until the 1902 congressional elec tion year. Bui? House and Senate Democratic leaders ' 'insisted that Kennedy's program would pass in some "satisfac- Oregon Soldiers Land in Hospital Oakridge, Ore.-IUPII - Five Oregon soldiers escaped seri ous injury early Monday in a one-car accidoijt on Highway 58, just east of: Oakridge. All five were on their way back to Ft. Knox, Ky., after spending the Christmas holi days in Oregon. Four of the five were treat ed and released from Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene af ter receiving emergency treat ment and observation. State police said the acci dent occurred when the car In which the youths were rid ing skidded on ley pavement and went over a bank. Others In the car were Dcl bert Weston, 18, Dallas; Den nis Barker, 17, Salem, And Donald R. Wylie, 17, and Dav id Harry Saul, 10, both of Portland. Firemen Called to Two Medford Blazes Medford firemen were call ed out twice Monday to an swer fire alarms, About 12:09 p.m. a house fire occurred at the Cleo C. Epps residence at 2002 South Stage rd. Firemen said they believed the fire was caused by an electrical short in a light fixture in an upstairs playroom. The fire caused ex tensive damage to the attic, roof and Interior of.lhe play room, firemen said. A garage fire was reported about 2:15 p.m. at the resi dence of Wilford Husband, 1207 Morrow rd. In attempt ing in start a pickup truck. Husband had placed an elec tric heater under the truck hood, according to flrejncn. The truck caught fire and was a total loss, firemen said. The garage walls and items stored In the garage also were damaged, linemen said. Ernest Borgnine, Wife Live Apart Hollywood - IITO - A part to celebrate the first wedding anniversary of actress Kaly Jurado and Ernest Borgnine has resulted in the two per formers living apart today. "I have to talk to my law yer before making any com ment," said Borgnine, 45, win ner of an Academy Award. "I want to seek advice be fore saing anything," said Miss Jurado, :U, fiery Mexi can actress. FriennV said Miss Jurado left a party Saturday night nt the home ot Paul and Marv Markham after a bitter argument. Miss Jurndo was j nllorncy general s Crime 1'rc reporti'd to have taken her I vonlion commission and is a two children by n previous holder of the Spark Plug marriage with h0whcn she , award and the Walter E, Hoi left her home. I man award. FAIRYLAND SCENE "Beautiful Dream er" is the title of the float entry by the City of Commerce in the Tournament of Roses parade at Pasadena, Calif. Key to the tory" manner. . ' , . Here is what Kennedy wants first from Congress: , rA medical care plan for the aged within the Social Se curity program. A hike in the $l-an-hour federal minimum wage. -Expanded government housing programs. Federal aid to education. Help for areas suffering from chronic unemployment; Beyond these priority bills are others from uncertain fu-( lures.- They include a farm Regional Edition MEDFORDf MEBFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1961 Nikita Pledges SMew Willingness To Help Relations Moscow turn Premier Nikita Khrushchev pledged new Soviet willingness to im prove U. S.-Soviet relations Monday and called for an in ternational confer ence to solve the Laos problem. . In a speech at a Cuban embassy reception, Khrush chev castigated the outgoing Eisenhower administration as the "principal bulwark of in ternational reaction." The Soviet leader echoed Castroitc charges that 'ag gressive U. S. monopolists" are planning to atta-k Cuba, saying they, were i. ying to make it appear that Russian, rocket bases for use against the United States had been established in Cuba or soon would be. Nixon Begins Last Lap of Service As Vice President Washington - (UPII -Vice President Richard M. Nixon today began the last short lap of his service in the nation's second highest office. He faced a memorable weclt. The first task for the 47-year-old Nixon, who leaves office Jan. 20, was to gavel the Senate into session at noon for the opening of the 87th Congress. i As the Senate's presiding officer, he will be plunged immediately Into the thick of the fight over liberSl efforts to curb filibusters. Then on Friday the outgo ing vice president and Speak er, Sam Rayburn jointly will preside over Ihc counting on the 1080 presidential electoral votes which will put the final official seal on John F. Ken nedy's victory over Nixon. As id? from the . official duties. Nixon is spending his final Washington weeks quiet ly. Sunday he relaxed at his Wesley Heights home, dlctat- CorbetJ To Address Medford Jaycees O. W. (Cork) Corbetl, na tional ce president of the United States Junior Cham ber of Commerce, will address the Jan. 3 dinner meeting of the Medford Jaycees. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. at North's Cruick Wagon. i Corbett, who lives in Burns. Ore., is a pharmacist and has, been active In Jaycec affairs He Is a member ot trie urcgon; f. -4 , of 87th Congress bill, still to be worked out even in general terms; a va riety of government reorgani zation plans, including crea tion of a new department of urban affairs and housing foreign aids, unemployment compensation expansion and possible civil rights bills. Most of the Kennedy ad ministration's troubles will come in the House, as things now stand. Arends said the House prob ably would resist adding, fed eral aid for teachers' salaries Page 2A Tribune He accused the U. S. gov ernment also of aggressive ac tions against the "legal gov ernment of Laos" and the "le gal" Lumumba government of The Congo. On Laos, he added: "The dangerous . . . fire which has started in Laos must be extinguished in time. A conference of states must be convened urgently on the same lines as the conference which took place in Geneva in 1954, and the work of the International Commission in Laos must be renewed." Despite his blasts at the E i s (follower administration, Khrushchev later told news men: "I want to have good rela tions with the United States." ing some letters and then watching the Rose Bowl foot ball game on television. This morning, he planned to join President Eisenhower at special church service for re turning members of Congress at the National Presbyterian church. Those advocating a rules revision to. make it easier to curb Senate filibusters have thrust Nixon into the center of the fight by filing with him a legal brief to support their position. Upheld Senat Right This brief points out that Nixon, in previous advisory ruling, upheld the Senate's right to revise its rules at the opening of each new Congress. The Vice President may be called upon for another re statement of his position be fore the scrap is over. Nixois plans to return to California after the Jan. 20 inauguration of Kennedy and Ve President-elect Lyndon B. Johnson. Nixon will rescue the pri vate pracScc of law. But he'll stay active in politics as the GOP's titular head, looking toward the 1984 presidential race and the intervening 1962 Congressional ejections. ANNOUNCING Jhe OPENING of The A.L Taflor Shop Expert Work in Men's Tailoring, todies' Suits ond Coats FluhrerCBldg. Phone m Room 210 SP 3-3335 a a float is a fairyland scene beneath which poses the beautiful fairy queen. In the fore ground are three birds in flight. (UPI Telephoto) Be First to school construction funds in an education bill. He said the House would stick to the 15-cent boost in the minimum wage it ap proved last year and would insist on more limited cove rage than the 25-cent hike the Senate passed in I960. The Social Security ap proach backed by Kennedy for a medical aid plan was re jected by the House Ways and Means Committee last year by a 16-9 vote. The committee lineup has not changed mate rially in the new Congress, so the prospect of an early rever sal is not bright. Over-all, the Republicans have 21 more seats in the House this year than they had in the 86th Congress But, offsetting this increase in voting strength, the Demo crats will have the backing of the White House and ttfe re sponsibility to "deliver" on their party pledges. Kennedy forces, however, also will face opposition from some southern Democrats. Girl Locked in Room Six Days With Dead Mother New York-UM-Three-year-old Patricia McKiernan strug gled today for the life that started ebbing from her when she was locked in a bedroom for six days with her dead mother. . A policeman who broke in to Mrs. Jennie McKiernan's apartment Monday found the little blonde girl huddled near her mother's body. " No Food, Water , She had had no food or water, and was nearly dead from starvation. She could hardly utter a word. Her lips were parched, she was shiver ing and she had no strength to get on her knees. Patricia was taken to Mis ericordia hospital where she was reported in critical con dition. Police said Patricia ws trapped in the bedroom after Mrs. McKiernan locked the door with a chain too high for the child to reach and lay down for a nap seven days ago. The 33-year-old mother, a widow living on Social Se curity payments, had a his tory of heart trouble and ap parently died shortly after ly ing down, the cojoner report ed. Kept Careful Watch Police were alerted 'when Matthews Mahoney, Mrs. Mc Kiernan's brother-in-law, ask ed them to investigate because he had been unable to reach her for two days. Mrs. McKiernan's husband died two years ago, police said, and since then the moth-it er has kept a very careful watch on the child. That is why she locked the bedroom door Patricia had a habit of wandering off Cand lsMrs. McKierfian didn't want uie lime ((li I iuqjiuh ueisuu in the hallway. DIAL SYSTEMS New York It requires JpO tons of equipment to build dial telephone switching fa cilities serving 10,000 tete- phones out Df one central of-1 flee, according to current op-! eratmg procedures. Castro Orders U.S. To Reduce Strength Of Embassy Staff Hirene - (tW - An Amerl c n Embassy spokesman Hid todtf 76 staff members will leave Cuba Wednesday in compliance with Fidel Castro's demand the em bassy staff be reduced to 11 persons, the tame sin as the Cuban Embassy in Washington. Havana (DPB Premier Fidel Castro ordered the Uni ted States iVIonday night to reduce the strength of its embassy staff by Wednesday to 11 persons - the number of diplomats Cuba has in Wash ington - to "stop spying." The State Department was expected to comply with the Castorite demand, which early today had not yet been pre sented formally to the em bassy. An announcement is sued shortly after midnight said the embassy was plan ning to close its visa section today. Only New Feaiure The embassy demand was the only new feature of a 3-hour-and-8-minute Castro tele thon following a massive dis play of his regime's Communist-made military might. The bearded Cuban charged that the U.S. Embassy had a staff of more than 300 persons, "and more than 80 per cent of them are spies." Stocks Easier in Early Dealings New York-niPD-Stocks were fractionally easier in the first session of the new year today American Telephone open. ed late at 104 off 3V4 while Eastman Kodak suffered from an a-jcumulation of sell or ders, dropping 3. Capital Airlines, whose pro posed merger with United Air lines has been recommended by one CAB examiner, ran up more than 2 points ' while United lost around Vi." Most steel issues rose frac tions, Jersey Standard drop ped around in the oils, Uni versal Match fell over a point in the vendings, Sterling slip ped 1V4 in the drugs, Haveg sagged more than 2 In the electronics, and N e w m o n t gained over a point in the mining stocks. Jackson 'Lights On' Program Scheduled Mrs. Bernice Kunzman, re tired teacher, Mrs.' Everett Faber, representing the Coun cil of Church Women, and Circuit Court Judge Edward C. Kelly will make up the panel for the Lights on for Education" program at Jack son school at 7:30 p.m. Thurs day, Jan. 5 " The program Is one of those s c h e d uled throughout the county in a state-wide pro gram sponsored by the Ore gon Congress of Parents and Teachers in cooperation Wjltn the Oregon Education associa tion and the Oregon School Boards association. Mrs. Jack Wolgamott, Jack son school prog-ram chairman, said the panelist for the pro gram wift be introduced by Mrs. Bernard Rice, Jackson school Parent-Teacher associ ation president. A question aind answer pe riod will follcjv the presenta tion by the panel, and refresh ments will be served. The program is being con ducted statewide to stimulate interest in possible legislation in Oregon affecting education and the welfare of youth. 'BERNARD P. KELLY and . ROBERT M. -GRANT BiRinoMnxe'tteip sosiaian fop Vft gawasrail prart-itcT lavs ufe f'ir-Wi r$k. kelly- & mm ' announce a, t6e Suit 24. 'The revolution has had much patience about this plague of agents, disguised as diplomats, who have been con spiring and implementing ter rorism," Castro said. 'Let Them Co' "The revolutionary govern ment has decided that before 48 hours have passed the Uni ted States will have no more officials herethan we have there ... if they all want to go, let them." The crowd took up the cry, chanting "Let them go!" Counter-Hopping Gunman Robs . Portland Hotel Portland - (UPD - A counter- hopping gunman robbed the Benson hotel of $1,250 early today and escaped in a stolen taxicab. PoQce said the holdup man entered the hotel lobby about 3:30 a.m., drew a revolver from a new briefcase he was carrying and ordered night clerk Gary Hazlegrove and night auditor Charles Tucker to lie on the floor, . Cash Drawers Emptied The gunman then vaulted over the counter and emptied contents of two cash drawers into the briefcase. He leaped back over the counter as a taxi pulled up in front of the hotel, told the employees to remain on the floor and went outside and ordered taxi driv er John Bettger Into the build ing. Bettger was told to lie on the floor while the robber jumped back over the counter and found currency in two metal boxes on a shelf, police said. Wanted Safe Opened The robber hopped back over the counter as laundry man Lawrence Snyder enter ed. Snyder was ordered to join tHe others. The robber then made another counter hop and tried to get Tucker to open the safe but was in formed the auditor had no key. The bandit left in the taxi after a Japanese emp!oyeenap peared on the scene and fled when he saw the holdup in progress. The taxi later was found abandoned. AIRCRAFT AGE W a s h i n g t o n The U.S. bought its first military air craft in 1909 just six years after the Wright brothers made their first historic flight on the sand dunes in North Carolina. OREGON'S UNINHIBITED LADY SENATOR! ' . Sale's sleek, slender Maurine Neuberger newly elected U.S. Senator from Oregon. And friends are betting she'll bring some surprising antfcs to the somber Senatel In this week's Saturday Evening Post, you'IJ learn why she once addressed the Oregon legislature in her stocking feet! You'll read about the time she whipped up a batch of margarine in a state com mittee meeting. And you'll find out how she shocked Oregon society when she posed for a cheesecake magazine photo! Don't'miss "Madam Senator from Oregon" in this week's Post. Keep Posted read The Saturday Evening Post. and the removalofhiiDip m Si to - mall b0ildin? Medford, Oregon A spokesman at the em bassy said any reduction Of its staff of 87 would have to be ordered from Washington. "A great deal rinnains to b clarified," he said; Rehashes Old Charges Castro's speech was largely devoted to a rehash of his charge that the United States is planning to "invade" Cuba, presumably sometime before President Eisenhower leaves office Jan. 20. "The world hopes that the putrid leadership of the pres ent administration will not carry the United States to the most criminal, shameful, cow ardly and repugnant of all its acts - the invasion of Cuba . . ." he said. 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