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:
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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
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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.
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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.
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the removalofhiiDip
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to
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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.
"We hope the new adminis
tration will rectify the U.S.
attitude somewhat ... or else
the world will be carried to
ihe catastrophe of war."
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