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United Press International Full Leased Wlra United Press International Full Leased Wire 60 PAGES Section A MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1961 No. 21 MEDTORfc.Ma'RIBUNE For Appointment As U.S. Marshal Medford Man Has Served as Deputy Portland - IUPD - Paul Han- lin of Medford may be ap pointed as the U.S. Marshal of Oregon, the Washington Bureau of the Oregon Journal said Saturday. The bureau said that there were strong indications that Hanlin will be President Ken nedy's choice for the job. President Kennedy will soon send his nomination for PAUL HANLIN -Possible U.S. .Marshal Oregon's U.S. Marshal to the Senate. . ' The bureau also said that Sid Lezak of Portland was in line for U.S.- Attorney of Ore gon and Edna Scales'of Sandy would be' appointed the state's collector of customs. Appointment Rumored Hanlin's appointment to the federal post has been rumored in Medford for some weeks,' awaiting ' confirmation "fro Washington. -'vi j Hanlin, 60; a resident of Medford and deputy U.S. ' Marshal serving the Medford area from .1937 until his re tirement some months ago, has been serving as chief jailor for Jackson county in recent months. . Mr. and Mrs. Hanlin live at ' 508 King st Medford. They are the parents of three grown sons and a daughter, all mar ried.' During his years as deputy . marshal, Hanlin served the territory including Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, Coos, Cur ry, Klamath, Lake and Har ney counties. Tomorrow Deadline For Tax Returns Taxpayers have been re minded that tomorrow is the final day for filing state and federal income tax returns " without penalty. Although the usual dead line is April 15, the date was extended until Monday, since the 15th was Saturday. Local offices for the Ore gon state tax commission, 124 West Fourth St., Medford, an nounced earlier this month plans to remain open tomor row to help last-minute pa trons. Washington -UPI)- President Kennedy announced Satur day he would nominate Philip Wilson Bonsai, the last .U. S. ambassador to Cuba,-' to be ambassador to. Morocco;. Duncan Possible Hatfield Opponent What may be the opening gun in the 1962 gubernatorial race sounded here Saturday night as House Speaker Rob ert B. Duncan was twice hail ed as the "next governor of the state of Oregon." ' The Medford Democrat's candidacy was suggested dur ing the 11th annual Roosevelt Memorial dinner, f i r s t by Jackson County Democratic Chairman Harper Edwards and later by U. S. Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, the main speaker. - Both references brought vigorous bursts of applause from the estimated 600 per sons attending the banquet. There has been increasing speculation that- Duncan, a powerful and popular legisla- Freeman Favors New Forest Bill Klamath Falls A new forest, to be called the Wine ma National forest, has been officially 'incorporated from the timberlands of the Klam ath Indian reservation.' Orville Freeman, secretary of agriculture, okayed a bill Thursday that created the new national forest. Regional For ester J. Herbert Stone of the U. S. Forest Service in area meetings held earlier this year explained that there would be an adjustment of some portions of the Fremont and the Rogue forests in cre ating Winema. Reduce Area Rogue River area is to be cut to. 620,592 acres from its present size of 886,493, and the Fremant area will b e sliced from 1,245,608 acres to 1,217,292. - , ..-. The Winema forest will then have 900,633 acres with an'- annual, allowable cut of 90 million feet. Stone . said all of the forests Involved are tn hpnnfit. hv t.hp new forest. ..Reports ' say that timber harvest from the reservations lands in the Winema area would bring an - estimated $340,000 in additional 25-percent funds for counties that divide the forest service sales funds. . A i forester - has riot been named fpr the new forest, pending the official signing of the proclamation creating the forest. Israeli Army Expert Held on Spy Charge Jerusalem - IUPD - Col. Is rael Beer, top Israeli military expert has been arrested on charges of spying for the Com munists for "ideological rea sons," it was announced last night. An Israeli spokesman, ask ed whether Russia was the foreign power for which Beer spied, replied, "No comment." Beer, foremost Israeli mili tary historian and analyst, was arested March 31 on the basis of Information supplied by American and NATO intel ligence officials, it was an nounced. TRUMPETER SENTENCED Lucca, Italy-(UPI-An Italian court Saturday sentenced American jazz trumpeter Chet Baker to 19 months and 10 days in jail and fined him $448 on narcotics charges. tor the past two years, might seek the Democratic nomina tion for governor next year. Non-Commital Duncan remained non-com-mital. All Democrats are, since their likely opponent is Gov. Mark O. Hatfield, whom the Republicans say is more popular than ever. Duncan did say, however, in response to a question, that he is "confident the Democratic party will win the state capi tol back and retain a majority in the legislature in 1962 re gardless of who the candidate (for governor) may be." Others mentioned as possi ble Democratic contenders for governor next year have been Sen. Alfred Crbett of Port land;. Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton: Sen. Walter J. Pearson, Portland; and Senate President Harry Boivin, Klamath Falls. Introduces Church Duncan was master of cere monies of the banquet and in troduced Church who said: "It's a pleasure to be intro duced by Oregon's next gov ernor." Church, asked if he 'con siders Hatfield a national po litical threat to the Demo crats, said, "that will depend on his future political for tunes in Oregon." Rep. Edward J. Whelan, D- Portland, who accompanied Duncan on his first trip home since the legislature convened in Salem last January, said the Speaker has exerted "tre mendous leadership" in the legislature and "for Demo crats throughout the state." Endorses School Aid ., The crux of Church's speech was a fiery endorsement of federal aid to education, spe cifically the Kennedy Admin istration bill sponsored by Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Ore. Church said the struggle with world Communism boils down to "brain power" in stead of "muscle power" and therefore better schools through, federal aid is a "must" in the current Con gress.,.. -- " ""i? "If you don't believe we're being threatened," he said, "then you're ignoring the front 1 pages of the newspa. pers." He referred to Russia's cosmonaut triumph of the first man into space. The traditional annual din ner, the eleventh, featured presentation of a myrtlewood gift to Senator Church,' a scene from '.'Sunrise at Cam pobello," the , play about Franklin Roosevelt, directed by Mrs. ' Lenore Zapell, and songs by the Marian choir of St. Mary's school. Greetings were extended on behalf of the city by Mayor John W. Snider. Claude Mclntyre Dies in Hospital Claude Edwin Mclntyre, 66, of 2508 Argonne Way, Med ford, a prominent valley sub divider, died in a local hos pital Friday. A member of the Medford Realty Board and the Nation al Association of Real Estate boards, Mr. Mclntyre was in strumental in developing sev eral subdivisions in the Med ford area during the past few years. He was born in Boise, Ida ho, April 19, 1894. He was active in the First Presbyteri an church, a member of the Elks lodge. Lodge 327 AF& AM of Long Beach, Calif., the Scottish Rite and Hillah tem ple of the Shrine of Ashland. He also was a member of the Rogue Valley Country club. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alma G. Mclntyre; one son, Robert E. Mclntyre; one daughter, Mrs. Sharmoan An drews, all of Medford; one brother, James Mclntyre, Wil liams, Ore.; one sister, Mary Ethel McPartlan, Long Beach, Calif.; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Perl Funeral home. Dr. D. Kirkland West will officiate. Entombment will be in Siski you Mausoleum. The Medford Elks lodge will participate in services. PRISONERS STRIKE San Quentin, Calif. - IUPD -Twenty-nine condemned pris oners scheduled to die in San Quentin's gas chamber, went on a hunger strike today be cause they did not like their food. Quincy, Mass. - IUPD - The USS Bainbridge, the nation's first nuclear powered guided missile frigate, was launched Saturday at the Bethlehem Steel company shipyard here. U.N. Resolution Asks Belgians To Leave Congo Also Asks Convening Of Congo Parliament United Nations - (UPD - The General Assembly last night called for the withdrawal of all Belgian military personnel and mercenaries from the Con go and urged the immediate reconvening of the Congolese parliament to decide the fu ture form of government for the politically-divided repub lic. Concluding its long debate on the Congo crisis, the 99- nation body urged the Con golese leaders to stop fighting and solve their problems by peaceful means. The delegates called for the release of all political prisoners in the Con go so that reconciliation and negotiation can begin. The Assembly also called upon Belgium to accept its responsibilities as a member of the United Nations and to comply fully and promptly with resolutions passed by the Assembly and the Securi ty council in regard to the Congo situation. The actions were incorpor ated in two resolutions ap proved by the Assembly. Before the final votes on the resolutions, the Assembly turned down a Soviet propos al to delete the words "by the secretary - general" from a clause urging necessary action to bio c-k military supplies from entering the Congo. The communists have withdrawn their recognition of Secretary- general Dag Hammarskjold, and rejection of the proposal was viewed by many diplo mats as a new vote of confi dence for Hammarskjold's mandate in the Congo. In addition to the nine Com munist . delegations, Guinea and Cuba voted for the Soviet proposal. Mali, ' Congo (Leo poldville), Yugoslavia, France and Morocco, abstained. Russian Answer On Laos Expected Washington-IUPD-Soviet For eign Minister Andrei A. Gro myko has indicated Russia will reply in a few days to a call for a cease fire in Laos, it was learned Saturday. Reliable sources said Grc myko informed U.S. Ambas sador Llewellyn E. Thomp son, Jr., of this in a talk in Moscow Thursday. i The talk occurred when Thompson conveyed President Kennedy's deep "concern" over Russia's failure to reply to the Western cease fire re quest which has gone unan swered since about four weeks ago. i U.S. officials remained cau tious despite Gromkyo's hint of an early answer. They not ed that when Gromyko saw President Kennedy here sev eral weeks ago he promised a Soviet answer in "three days." No Comment Officially, the state depart ment had . no comment on Thompson's meeting Thurs day except that "matters of interest, among them Laos, were discussed. However, it is known that the Kennedy administration feels events of the next few days may be crucial in decid ing whether' there will be peace or stepped up strife in Laos. Authoritative sources said that recent high hopes have given way' to new talk of American determination to keep Laos from falling to the Communist Pathet Lao troops. There was growing concern in the administration that Russia may be backing out .of' what the West had felt was a tentative commitment to a cease fire. Gas War Continues Here; Prices Drop As the local gasoline war starts its seventh week, the price of regular gas dropped to; an average of 26.9 cents a gallon at southern Oregon service stations. Local dealers have express ed optimism,. however, that some agreement will be made at a special meeting to be held this Friday. It is hoped that all stations will be repre sented, according to the Jack son County Gasoline Dealers association. Spokesmen noted .that the latest price fight started the first part of March. Mann orfielis .(fc S,L. "' -. '-VL. v v ' J ,:. . n - f i i ti in- .l-C.ljj FLEES CUBA Members of the U. S. Bord- asked for asylum after participating in a er Patrol keep a watchful eye on a Cuban bombing attack on Cuban military installa- Air Force plane at a Miami airport Satiir- tions. ' day. A Cuban pilot landed the plane and ; . . . - . (UPI Telephoto) .( tor? I.. ' "5 .1 t ' SABOTAGE ON RISE Smoldering ruins . outbreaks of sabotage against the Fidel Cas of the nationalized EI Elcanto. department ..tro regime in Cuba. . r ' . store m Havana are evidence of stepped-up, ; , , ":. f . v (UP-Telephoto) Senator Discusses Variety of Sen. Frank Church (D-Ida.) covered a wide range of top ics during a press interview Saturday afternoon and in his talk at the annual Roosevelt Memorial banquet here Satur day night he discussed prob lems facing . the administra tion and particularly per taining- to Oregon. - . The young senator from Idaho dealt with these in a relaxed, rapid fashion and discussed high unemployment, the lag in public education, inadequate ; medical care for old people, unequal economic treatment of the farmer, high Interest rates causing a de pressed 5 economic growth and the low level of construc tion. ... If we find adjustments for those problems facing the world and can materially re duce the armed forces and economic aid to foreign na tions', then we will have re duced taxes," Senator Church id. "No. I don't know when this will happen," he replied to a question during the press interview. Tax Reform He indicated there is like ly to be a tax reform program with special attention to small business. The new "Peace Corps" seems most promising as seen in Africa, the senator, a mem ber of the senate foreign re lations committee, noted. However, it cannot be a sub stitute for economic aid to the depressed areas of the world, he pointed out. ' - "Money spent abroad is like water on a water-wheel," the slight, dark complexioned senator remarked. The wheel makes one turn and like the water, the money is lost in the main stream flow. The in fluence of the "Peace Corps" should be more lasting," he noted. - - v ' Has the Soviet space achievement of orbiting man in a rocket harmed the United States foreign pres tige? The senator answered it is "just further evidence that the Russians are main taining their lead in space." Get Worie "You must remember that President Kennedy said when he took office things would get worse Instead of better at Topics first. We need a speeded up space effort, but a more prop erly directed one." , J "The Kennedy' administra tion is trying to obtain a cease-fire agreement in Laos," the senator stated. It wants a neutral Laos, which is a re verse, .of the U.S. foreign poli cy in that country. We might have had it readily before if we had not attempted to com mit the government there to the west." The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was never a realistic approach, Senator Church remarked. "We are not having ' difficulties in Cambodia in Southeast Asia because we did not make the same serious mistake as in Laos." Hopes for Support - . Referring to Republican Congressman Edwin Durno's remarks that the ' "honeyr moon" congressional support of Kennedy is almost over, Church replied, "Certainly President Kennedy doesn't have Dr. Durno behind him But we hope the bulk of the President's program is sup ported by Congress." "If the Communists persist in Laos, of course we will have to honor our commit ments there," the senator re plied to another question. "We would have to ' intervene through SEATO." The President would pre fer to avoid summit meetings because these have become "propaganda feasts" and ac complish little diplomatically, Senator Church pointed out. Red China will be in the United Nations, but not this year, he remarked. Past votes in the U.S. Senate Indicate a trend to let Red China in, the senator noted. "I have little reason to believe it won't (be in). The President has re affirmed his opposition to Red China entering membership of the United Nations." PHELPS GETS LIFE Klamath Falls-flJPD-Arthur A. Phelps, 43, Klamath Falls, who pleaded guilty April 3 to a second degree murder charge in the strangulation death of his wife, was sen tenced to life Imprison Frl; day. It1 ' x r it Ex-State Senator George W. Dunn Dies at Age 97 Ashland George W. Dunn, 97, of Ashland died Satur day afternoon in an Ashland rest home. Mr. Dunn was ac tive in state and local gov ernment for nearly 50 years. He was a representative in the state legislature from 1896 to 1898 and served as county, judge from 1904 to 1908. Later he served as state senator for 20 years, extend ing from 1923 to 1943. ; In addtion, Mr. Dunn, was instumental in founding the First National Bank of Med ford. He was a bank director until 1935 and served as vice president for several years. Bank President He was president of the First National Bank, of Ash land and was a director for 32 years. ,:.'.,!'."..' - Mr.- Dunn was born near Emigrant creek south of Ash land Jan. 4, 1864.' He had lived in Ashland all his life. His wife, Laura, died on Jan, 9 of this year., - He is survived by two sons, George Edwin Dunn and Mill er P. Dunn, both of Ashland, and one daughter, Mrs. Ada D. Tropauer, of Huntington Park, Calif. Funeral arrange ments are being made by Lit willers of Ashland. , . Japan Lumber Not Competing Locally Portland Japan is not re exporting cheap lumber pro ducts to Oregon which com pete with the state's lumber industry, the Japanese consul here said Saturday. The consul, Katsuma Urabe, made the statement in reply to charges made by several southern Oregon newspapers. Urabe said Japan docs not re-export any lumber products in any form from logs Import ed from Oregon. He pointed out that transportation costs would make this too costly. He also said that Japan was in the, midst of a large house building program and was utilizing all its imported lum ber for the program. 2. m. v Invasion roops Mobilized Havana-WPD-Six and possiblv and bombed three airfields i-iumier riaei uasiro Dlamed the United States for the at tack and ordered mobilization of his 300,000-man militia against a feared invasion.- 1 : Two mystery planes flew over the outskirts of Havana . last night and machinegun fire rattled In the Miramar dis trict near Havana, increasing tension. ' Authorities said 10 persons were killed and 54 wounded , in the morning assault on Camp Liberty air field outside Havana, the San Antonio de Los Banns air finlrf ahnnf 25 miles from Havana, and the Roa Charges U.S. Was Responsible For Cuban Raids United Nations, N. Y. - (UPD - - Cuban : Foreign , Minister Raul Roa charged Saturday that the dawn air raids on Cuba were a U. S.,' "act of imperialistic piracy" and said another bombing of Fidel Cas tro's Island stronghold was planned shortly. Roa said the next attack was scheduled for 10 p.m. last night. . However, that hour passed without any new attacks. Two unidentified planes were reported by Cuban au thorities to have been spotted near Havana earlier last night but they apparently flew off without engaging in any hos tile action. : ... i Charges Rejected ' U. S., Ambassador Adlal E. Stevenson categorically re jected Cuba's charges of Washington - planned aggresi slon and told the General As sembly's main political com mittee tne united states "will do everything it possibly can to make sure that no Amerl cans participate in any ac tions against Cuba." ' Soviet Ambassador Valeri an A. Zorin said a ""single word from the government of the United States would have sufficed and not a single plane would have taken the air to bomb Cuba's cities - but un fortunately, the facts show that this word never was spo ken." In a thinly-veiled warning, Zorin told the 99-natlon. com mittee: We should not forget, Cuba is not alone today. Among its most sincere friends the Soviet Union is to be found. The Soviet delega tion wishes to make this state ment today most clearly and most definitely." Emergency Session The political committee, called into a 43-minute emer gency session after a Cuban attempt to take the bombing Incident directly before the General Assembly was ruled out of order, adjourned until Monday morning, without tak ing action. . Roa, reported 111 from in fluenza this week, shook with visible agitation as he lev elled Castro's's "aggression" charge against, the United States. ' "I have been Instructed by my government to denounce before this committee the van dalistic aggression carried out at dawn today against the ter ritorial Integrity and Inde pendence of Cuba with the most grave Implications," he said. "The responsibility for this act of imperialistic piracy falls squarely on the govern ment of the United States of America." Hatfield Vetoes Bill On Welfare Transfer Salem-TOPD-Gov. Mark Hat field Friday vetoed a bill to prevent him from moving the state public welfare commis sion to Salem. This means the move prob ably will start about June 1 as ordered by Hatfield earlier. An override is unlikely. Hatfield's proposed welfare commission move opened a controversy revolving around charges of chaos in welfare activities. He said bowing to regional interests in locating state agencies "could result in log-rolling of a nature the slate of Oregon has to a re markable degree avoided over the years. Feared seven B26 hnmhors si in Cuba at dawn Saturday. Antonio Maceo air field at Stantiago in Oriente Province. Land In Florida ' Two of the bombers lanrfprt in Florida where their pilots -identified themselves as rio- fecting Cuban air force offi cers, une had been damaged heavily by Cuban anti-aircraft fire. A third plane, also dam aged, landed in a "foreign country," Cuban exiles in Mi ami said. Cuba - accused thi? TTnifoJ : States of aggression before a special United Nations meet ing in New York hours after the raid, and President Osval do Dorticos in an interview said thaf the bombers were piloted by "mercenaries" from unuea atates bases. Dorticos said six or seven 'foreign based" B2S nlnnoa were involved in the attacks. ine pilot of one bomber which landed in Florida said he had taken off from San An- ionio ae los Banos and then bombed and strafed it. He said two other pilots made ex- cuses for getting into the air ana' tnen attacked other air iiems. The origin of other pianes involved In the' attacks was not Known; : . - Prelude, to" Invasion ' ' Major - Ernesto,; (Che) : Gue vara,, Cuba's Matxist Indus trial czar,. accused "the Cath olic Kennedy", of "testing his arms- against Cuba, and said - 1 the attacks were a prelude to invasion of the island. The two - mystery planes came in i over -the coast at Gu. anabacoa last 'nisht on th . outskirts of .Havana.- Police patrol cars rushed to the area but the planes aDDarentlv hart flown away. . The machinegun fire broke out in the Miramar district near Havana. Police said per sons in 10 cars "fired on au thorities of public order" and ordered pursuers to shoot to kill if necessary to capture them. Authorities also announced that four more persons were sentenced to death at La Ca bana prison Saturday and would be -executed by firing squads Monday morning. They were convicted of terrorist ac tivities. ; . ; Dawn Attackers The government said the dawn attackers destroyed at least six planes, most of them military aircraft, on the ground, A military reconnaissance plane and a combat plane were destroyed along with a DC-3 Cubana Airlines plane and a small Beechcraft plane at San tiago, the government said. At San Antonio de los Ban os, another combat plane and a military transport plana were destroyed. In his accusation, Dorticos said the B-26s were the "same type" aircraft which the U. S. , press has said is being used by anti-Castro "mercenaries" believed training in Guate mala; , -i Much of Camp Liberty on the edge of Havana city was wrecked by bombs and ma chinegun bullets. Bloodstains were everywhere on the ground. In Washington, the White House and State department disayowed any advance knowledge of the bomings. The 20-mlnute raid on Ha vana shortly after dawn touch off thunderous explosions with direct hits on Camp Liberty ammunition dumps. The series of explosions lasted 40 min utes. (-, WEATHER FORECAST: Fair today and to night. Partly cloudy Monday. High today 78. Low tonlfht 38. High Monday 70. , Temp. Highest Yesterday 75 Precip. To 5 p.m. Yesterday .o Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ..6:S4 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .5:2S a.m. Moonset tonight 8:43 p.m. The planets, Jupiter and Saturn are now slowly movln cast- ward among the stars of Caprl cornus. Next month first Saturn and then Jupiter will begin moving westward , among the urs. 4
