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Editor's note: Walter IJnnminn. Nw Vork tlvralil Trlhtin
Syndicate columnist whose articles
km uau an cxciumvb interview wiui
xne iirst 01 cnree articles on the
By WALTER LIPPMANN
On this, our second visit,
my wife and I were taken on
a long journey by plane and
auto to Nikita Khrushchev's
country place in Sochi on the
Black Sea. Before we . left
Moscow, accompanied by two
interpreters and an official
of the press department, there
was much mystery about all
the details of the 'coming visit,
: such as when and where we
were to see the Great .Man.
In fact, as it turned out, he
had no other appointments
after half-past eleven in the
morning, when he met us in
the pine woods near the en
trance of his place. Eight
hours later, a bit worn by
much talk and . two -large,
meals, we insisted on leaving
in order to go to bed.
I would not like to leave
the impression that all eight
hours were devoted to great
affairs of the world. Perhaps,
all told, three and a half hours
were spent in serious talk.
The rest of the time went into
the two prolonged meals at
which Khrushchev, who is on
what appears to be a non-fattening
diet, broke the rules,
saying joyously that the doc
tor had gone to Moscow for
a 'day or two. The talk was
largely banter between Khru
shchev and Mikoyan, who
joined us for lunch, and the
banter turned chiefly on Ar
menian food and Armenian
wine and Armenian customs,
which include the compulsion
to drink all glasses to the end
at each toast. Though we;all
drank- a bit more than we
wanted, Mikoyan chose to re
gard us as American ascetics
who only sipped their , wine.
Finally Khrushchev took pity
on us by providing avbowl
into which we could pour Ihe
wine as fast as Mikbyaft.fUisd
our glasses. ' ' " '
Played Badminton . lSja...
Between this heroic eating
and drinking, we walked
around the place, which is
large, met Khrushchev's
grandson and Mikoyan's
granddaughter, inspected the
new and very gadgetry swim
ming pool and, believe it or
not, played badminton with
Mr. Khrushchev. '
In the serious talks, I might
say that my wife made fairly
full notes, I made a few jot
tings, but there was no tran
script and the translation was
done very ably by Victor M.
Sukhodrev who is an official
in the Foreign Ministry. It
was understood that I was
free to write what I liked
when I had left Russia and
to quote Khrushchev or not
t" quote him as seemed" de
sirable. I shall set down my
own understanding and inter
pretation of the most impor
tant' and interesting points
that he made. i
For an opening I reminded
him that we had last seen him
in October 1958, nearly a year
before his visit to the United
States. Much has happened
in these two and a half years
and would he tell me what
seemed to him the most im
portant events for good or
evil? ; ' ' '
Threat Dying Down )'
After a moment or two of
hesitation, he replied that dur
ing this period, the two main
forces in the world - the cap
italist and the socialist - have
concluded that it was useless
to "test" one another by mili
tary means. I took him to
mean by "test" the backing
of their political aims by the
threat of war.
In contrast with 1958, when
. he professed to believe that
the United States and Ger
many might attack him, he
spoke with confidence that be
cause of the growing strength
Elizabeth Taylor Made Sentimental
Favorite To Win Best Actress Honor
Santa Monica, Calif. - IBPD
Elizabeth Taylor, making her
first public appearance since
her brush with death, is the
sentimental favorite to win
the best actress Oscar tonight
at the Academy Award pre
sentations. The dark - haired beauty
suffered a near fatal attack
of pneumonia in London this
year but has recovered suffi
ciently to attend the event
with husband Eddie Fisher.
Comedian Bob Hope will
be master of ceremonies.
Nominees in the top five
appear regularly in the Mall Tribune,
soviet premier Hijciui rmrusncaev.
Interview follows.
of the Communist orbit, the
threat of war from our side
was dying down. As a result,
the United States was aban
doning the "Dulles doctrine"
that the neutrality of small
states is "immoral." He Him
self welcomed President Ken
nedy's proposals for a neutral
Laos. ; v - v. 'v v
You think then, ; I asked
him, that there has been a
change in United States, pol
icy? :To this he "replied that
while there were some signs
of a change, as for example
in Laos, it was not a "radical"
change, as could be seen in
the United States attitude to
wards disarmament. What, I
asked him, is wrong with the
United States , attitude? We
cannot see, he replied, that
any change is imminent when
the subject of disarmament
is put in the hands of such a
believer in armaments as John
McCloy. We thing well of. Mc
Cloy and during his time in
Germany we had good rela
tions with him. But. asking
him to deal with disarmament
is a case , of asking the goat
to look after the cabbage
patch.
(Continued on page 2)
Student in Chute
Jump Among Six
Accident Victims
By United Press International
. At least six persons . met
death in a variety of accidents
in Oregon during the week
end, including a college stu
dent in a parachute jump; -.
v Jerome Odell Bueller, 21,
Salem, a student at Oregon
State, feli about 2,600 feet to
his death near Corvallis Sun
day when,bis.chutef ailed to
open, The emergency cord
apparently was not pulled
until .the victim,' member of
the Beaver Sports .Parachut
ing Club, was about .100 feet
from-the grounds -; i .
Hillsboro Woman Killed
Katherine Modrow, ;78,
Hillsboro, was killed Sunday
in an auto accident on a coun
ty road about six miles north
west of Newberg.
Mrs. Dorothy Lois Korte,
45, Springfield, was killed
Saturday night when a car
left a road and plunged into
Fall, Creek southeast of
Springfield. ! -
Benton Randolph Yost, 26,
Troutdale, w as- presumed
downed in the Columbia riv
er near Portland Saturday
when a 13-foot boat capsized.
Three other men survived. ;
Killed by Tractor
Henry Victor Wilhelm, 73,
Sherwood, was killed Sun
day when run over by a trac
tor on his farm five miles
south of Wilsonville.
Mrs. Hazel Browning, 61,
Portland, was found dead in
her bedroom Sunday morning.
The coroner's office tentative
ly listed the death as acci
dental due ' to a fall down a
flight of stairs.
State To Get Cut
If Gold Discovered '
' Salem -HPD- If any gold
is found on the Evan's
Creek - Rock Point paving
project near' Rogue Riv
er, ihe state will get its cut.
The Highway commission
Friday spelled out such an
agreement on gold, or any
other precious, metal, with
Roy L, Houck Sons' Corp.,
which Is handling the job.
Panning has been done
by some private individu
als in the area of the Pacific
Freeway project.
categories are (with favorites
listed first):
Best actress: Miss Taylor
(Butterfield 8), Greer Garson
(S u n rise . at Campobello),
Deborah Kerr (The Sundown
ers), Shirley MacLaine (The
Apartment), Melina Mercouri
(Never on Sunday).
Best actor: Burt Lancaster
(Elmer Gantry),: Jack Lem
mon (The Apartment), Trevor
Howard (Sons and Lovers),
Spencer Tracy (Inherit the
Wind), Laurence Olivier (The
Entertainer).
Eichmann Trial :
Starts; Judges
Reject Defense
' Accused Enters
Plea of Innocent
Jerusalem-fflPD-Adolf Eich
mann pleaded innocent today
to the slaughter of six million
European Jews. Then he sat
back in a bullet proof glass
box and, hour after hour, lis
tened while the prosecution
delivered a catalogue of his
alleged crimes.
Contention Rejected ,.
'. After almost a week of legal
sparring, FUchmann's trial fin
ally got under way this morn
ing. A court of three Israeli
judges rejected Eichmann's
contention that it had no legal
right to try him and the de
fendant formally entered a
plea of innocent to each of
the 15 counts in the indict
ment. They charge -crimes
against the Jewish people and
crimes against humanity.
Then Gideon Hausner, at
torny general of Israel, open
ed the case for the state by
taking everybody in the pack
ed courtroom on a nightmare
verbal journey across the
dark and bloody ground of
Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.
Six Million Silenced
"When I stand before you,
judges of Israel," Hausner
said, "I do not stand alone.
Here with me stand six mil
lion witnesses. Their blood
cries to heaven, but their
voices cannot be heard. Thus
it falls to me to be their
mouthpiece and deliver this
heinous accusation in their
name." ; -. .
Lips Drawn Tight '
Eichmann heard Hausner's
Hebrew through earphones in
a German translation. His lips
were drawn tight,, and. there
was a slight twitch at the
corners of his mouth occasion
ally. He took many notes ias
though he realized .that 'one
escape door had been' slam
med against him by the court's
ruling on its competency to
try the case. From now on he
stands in .the shadow of the
gallows rand he is going to
fight all the way by partici
pating in his own defense. f
Area Made Ready
For Fishing Date
The Howard Prairie recrea-!
tion area is rapidly approach-,
ing readiness , for the opening
of fishing season Saturday,
County Judge Earl Miller said
this morning. '. '
He and Lawrence V. Espeyt
vice chairman of the Jackson)
county parks and recreation
commission, inspected the
lake area Sunday.'1 .-. -v
County road crews are ex
pected to do final grading of
the entrance road and parking
lot this week. Bridge crews
are putting in stairs to .., the
boat mooring dock.' Tile has
been installed to take the
overflow from the spring into
the lake.
Miller noted that several
trailers already1 are in the
park awaiting fishing season
The sheriff's office reported
one boating accident already
this season on Emigrant lake,
another county public recrea
tion area. A boat driven by
Don Warren Mann, 20, " of
1425 Stewart ave., sped into
the wake of another boat caus
ing it to spill. Mann was pick
ed up later uninjured by the
sheriff's boat patrol.
Recreation Officer
Serving in Portland
Ralpe Wlese, recreation of
ficer of Rogue River National
forest, has been placed on 30
day detail in the regional of
fice of the U.S. forest service
at Portland.
He is working in the divi
sion of watershed manage
ment, i " "
Handling his duties in the
Rogue forest is Asa D( Bud)
Twombley, Union Creek dis
trict ranger.
Best Pictures: "The Apart
ment," "Elmer Gantry," "The
Alamo," "Sons and Lovers,"
"The Sundowners." "
Best supporting actress:
Shirley Jones (Elmer Gantry),
Janet Leigh (Psycho), Mary
Ure (Sons and Lovers), . Shir
ley Knight (Dark at the Top
of the Stairs), Glynis Johns
(The Sundowners).
Best supporting actor: Sal
Mineo (Exodus), Peter Usti
nov (Spartacus), Peter Falk
(Murder, .Inc.), Jack - Krus
chen (The Apartment), Chill
Wills (The Alamo).
Regional Edition
MedfordMIII
18 Pages
limber lax
Voted by
GREETS IDAHO SENATOR House Speak
er Robert ' B.: Duncan; greeted U.S. Sen.
Frank Church; D-Idaho, during the eleventh
. annual Roosev.elt Memorial dinner ' at Mc-
f Loughlln Junior High school
Duncan was twice hailed as the "next gov- tended the annual fund-raising event here,
ernor of the state of -Oregon by the sen- ( V . i
Committee Moves
Toward Completing
Work on
The Jackson- county budget
committee moved slowly to
ward the scheduled windup of
budget work Thursday.
- Of the main budget items,
only the assessor's, sheriff's,
and the county clerk's offices
require further consideration,
County Judge Earl Miller said
this morning.
Van Displaying
Cuba Banner Halted
. State police stopped a furni
ture van 'between Medford
and Ashland Sunday, on , the
side of which were big letters
reading "Arms for Cuba, Inc."
; No arms were in the van
which was moving household
furniture from Roseburg to
Ashland, an officer said. In
the truck were two University
of Washington students, one
from Roseburg and the other
from Klamath Falls. . . '
; "The boys apparently
though it was a big joke. They
had used a grease pencil to
print the banners and it ex
cited a few Medford people,
when the truck passed through
the city," police said.
: The officer scolded the pair
and warned that such signs
could disturb the peace in
view of the current world sit
uation. The furniture appar
ently belonged to the father
of one of the boys. ,
DEATH DISCLOSED
Portland - (UPD - Word was
received here Monday of the
death in San - Francisco of
Louis P. Hopkins, 72, superin
tendent of the Portland di
vision of Southern Pacific
Railroad from 1944 to 1935.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Virlible cloudiness
through Tuesday. Chance of a
few scattered showers mostly
over mountains. Low tonleht
35. Low tonight 35. High Tues
day 10-74.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 7
Lowest This Morning 44
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today .1 8:53 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .. 5:26 a.m.
Moonset tonight ... 0:45 p.m.
First quarter April 22
PROMINENT STARS
Aldebaran, above the Moon,
Elnath.'welL above Aldebaran.'
(Aldebaran Is 68 light years
from the Earth; Klnath Is 300
light years away)
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1961
w
Saturday night,
the banquet,
Budget
Budgets approved so far In
clude treasurer, $12,573; coun
ty court, $28,543; circuit
courts, $36,576; distriot court,
$4,290; Ashland justice court,
$8,043; election department,
$19,210; county court ex
penses, $47,396; Jackson coun
ty farm home, $135,459; juve
nile department, circuit court,
$45,028; and health depart
ment, $105,100.
Revised Downward
The budget committee has
revised downward the budgets
considered so far. The com
mittee hoped to consider the
assessor's and sheriff's budg
ets this afternoon.. '
Most ofithis morning's dis
cussion was on a bookkeeper
which Jackson County Farm
Home Superintendent Millard
Hoffman - had hired without
prior authorization from the
county court.
The budget committee ap
proved a resolution to keep
the bookkeeper's $1,400 an
nual salary in the new fiscal
year's budget, but reserved
the right to reconsider need
for hiring this man another
year.-.' " - , r '. : ';. ; .
. Hoffman had transferred
unused funds to provide the
$1,400 salary for the current
year.- County Commissioner
Chester Wendt said. Depart
mental funds transfers are al
lowed except for salaries,
Wendt explained. Hoffman's
action was a violation of this
policy, he said. t
Tots Recovering
From Ant Poison
Two small children are ap
parently recovering from the
effects of drinking some dead
ly ant poison Sunday morning.
The children are Connie Gail
Adams, 2 . and Michael Ray
Adams, 4.
The parents of the children,
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ray
Adams, 801 South Peach St.,
told police the children ap
parently drank the poison
early Sunday morning. When
it was noticed that the chil
dren looked sick, it was re
vealed that they had taken
some ant poison.
With a police escort, the
parents transported the chil
dren to a clinic in Central
Point where their stomachs
were pumped out.
56th
Compromise
mouse; 56 to 2
s
I
ator, and by Jackson County Democratic
Chairman Harper Edwards. Church,, key-;
note speaker of the Democratic national!
convention last year, was main! speaker' at(
Approximately 340 people -att
Main Relocation "
Starts to Make
Way for Freeway
'City water ' department
crews this week are relocat
ing the first of four water
mains that have to be moved
to make way for the new free
way. Water Superintendent Rob
ert Lee said the relocation
now in progress Is at the west
end of Hawthorne park where
a 12-Inch water main extend
ing from Main st. to Biddle
rd. is being moved approxi
mately 50 feet east of its pres
ent location.
Another main that is in the
way of the new freeway, is lo
cated at the. intersection' of
Arcadia and Spencer sts. Lee
said this 6-inch main will be
replaced by a new main' to
be installed at the intersec
tion of 12th and Spencer sts.
City crews will also under
take this project.
A third water main project
is on Earhart st where a 10
inch water main will be
placed in a casing having a
span of five feet and a height
of more than two feet. Lee
said the freeway will pass di
rectly over the main at this
location and the casing, which
will , be 240 feet long, will
serve as a means of access to
the water main if mainten
ance should be required in
the future.
The fourth project will be
let out for bids early in May,
This will Involve relocating of
approximately 1,500 feet of
pipe at the site of the Bar
nett rd. interchange. The
main is currently 16 inches
in size. ' Lee said a new, 18-
Inch main will be relocated
to the north of the inter
change area..
. The estimated , cost of all
four projects is about $55
000, according to Lee. He said
the state will reimburse the
city water commission for the
entire cost of the projects.
Key Wardens' on Duty
For Forestry Division
Most of the key fire ward
ens of the southwest district
of the state department of for
estry were on duty today after
four more posts were filled.
' Wardens beginning fire sea
son duties today were Willard
Braunburger at Lincoln guard
station, Curt Gerhardt at Ap
plegate, John Black at Forest
Creek, and Larry Cook, who
will head a Medford head
quarters crew.
Year Price 1 0 Cents
Tribune
No. 22
Opponents Agree
Measure Betters
Present Practice
Minority Report ;
. Attempt Fails
Salem (UPD The House to
day approved 56-2 a Western
Oregon timber tax com'
promise 1 which opponents
finally admitted would be an
improvement over the present
law..
' HB1438 went to the Senate,
The bill moves toward alle
viation of the timber tax
burden of those who are slow
cutters. -The bill is called a
compromise between Oregon's
two timber giants - Georgia
Pacific . Corp. and Weyer
haeuser Co.
c Georgia-Paclfic tends to cut
its holdings faster than Wey.
erhaeuser and Weyerhaeuser
has complained of being
penalized by being taxed for
standing timber that produces
no income.
Committee Split
The House Tax Committee
was split sharply on the issue
and Chairman Richard Ey-
mann; (D-Mohawk) failed in
an attempt to get a minority
report adopted. The vote to
substitute the minority report
was defeated 42-16. ,
iThose voting for the minor
ity 'report, which Eymann
said would keep small timber
operators from being hurt,
were .. Reps. Back, Barton,
Fadeley, Bateson, Benedict,
Bradley, Halght, Howard,
Leiken, Morgan. Peck. Ey
mann, Van Hoomlssen, Whe-
lan, wilderman and Duncan.
Hep. W. O. Kelsay (D-Rose
burg), main supporter of the
majority report, then won a
suspension of the rules so the
majority bill could be acted
on immediately instead of
waiting until Tuesday.
Barton, Coquille Democrat.
said although he was disap
pointed In loss of the minority
report, he "recognizes that the
majority report is an Improve
ment over the present law."
feymann agreed.
The 86-2 approval was
strong endorsement for an
issue that has been battled
in the legislature for the past
two sessions. The two no
votes were cast by Reps. Hand
and Orr. Reps. Montgomery
and Dooley were excused,
15-Year-0ld Girl
Attempts Suicide
A 15-year-old Medford elr!
attempted to commit suicide
Sunday because, she said, "I
don't have any reason to live."
Police said the glrl ate ap
proximately 26 aspirin tablets
about 7:30 p.m., Sunday and
then called police. She was
taken to Rogue Valley hos
pital for' examination, and
then taken to the Jackson
county juvenile detention
home at the instructions of a
juvenile officer. ,
Saturday police had been
called to the girl's home hv a
friend who had then feared
that the girl might try to com
mit suicide. Police talked to
the girl at the time and made
an appointment for her to talk
with the Juvenile officer Mon
day. They said the girl was
cooperative and seemed will
ing to do this.
Police said the girl, the
youngest of eight children.
now lives alone with her
mother. The father apparently
left the mother some time ago,
and the family Is now on wel
fare. Teaching Career Month
Subject of Luncheon
Ashland - A program for
observance of Teaching Ca
reer month will be presented
at the Ashland Chamber of
Commerce noon luncheon
Tuesday at the Mark Antony
hotel. ' ,
Marlene Powell and Keith
Garrett, both teacher educa
tion seniors at Southern Ore
gon college, will discuss rea
sons why they chose the teach
ing profession.
TROOPS
BEACHHEAD
NEAR HAVANA
BY FRANCIS L. McCARTHY
''' UP! Correspondent
A strong force of rebel troops invaded Cuba
today in an attempt to
Castro. ,'',..,'"
By parachute and landing craft, the assault
force swarmed ashore only 90 miles from Havana
and established, a beachhead. Castro emotionally
proclaimed a state of national emergency. He
took personal command
; . me invaaers struck m the swampy area
around Bahia '. de Cochinos. the Bav of Pics.
shortly after midnight. :
Another lorce was reported to have landed
in Oriente Province in eastern Cuba Saturday
night. . . . ;.; ,':,;;.. '. : .., : ,.
. Sources of the Cuban Revolutionary Council estimated
5,000 anti-Castro troops had gone into action within the last
48 hours. .,
The Castro regime Immediately cut off normal com
munications to and from Cuba, and there was little informa
tion on the progress of the fighting.
out one m-oaocast indicated I
the casualties were heavy. Cas
tro- himself underscored the
gravity of the events in state
ments read over the country's
biggest radio station after a
12-hour silence.
The bearded premier told
the people of Cuba that in
vasion troops were attacking
various points of national ter
ritory in the south of Las Vil
las Province with the aid of
aircraft and warships.
He. called for action against
those who are surprised com
mitting . . . sabotage, shooting,
or assassination attempts"-ln-
dicating that an uprising with
in Cuba had accompanied the
invasion. ; ,
In his broadcast statement
Castro Identified himself
commander in chief and
prime minister," Indicating
mat ne naa assumed oom-
mand. President Osvaldo Dor-
ticos previously had been des
ignated as commander in chief
of the armed forces.
Castro called the Invaders
"barbarians" arid said they
nad come to take the land that
the revolution had given to
peasants to take the factories
from the people, to take the
sugar mills from the people
to take the schools from the
children, and to take from the
negroes the "dignity" that the
Castro government had given
them.
As the Cuban government
mobilized its forces against
the invaders, Raul Roa, Cuban
foreign minister, charged be
fore the United Nations that
the attack was waged by
mercenaries" from bases In
Florida and Guatemala.
U.S. Ambassador Adlai E.
Stevenson formally denied
that the invasion was launch
ed from Florida. '
In Cuba streams of persons
were reported jamming the
roads into the Escambray
mountains where guerrilla
bands have been operating
against Castro. They were be
lieved to be civilians on the
move and; not Invaders.
The progress of the fighting
was clouded because Cuban
radio stations had been or
dered not to report military
information and because tele
phone and cable service to the
island was cut off.
Troutdale-WPII-Bernle , Bis-
sonette of Troutdale ate 156
smelt .Sunday and was
promptly proclaimed the
world s champion,.
' .' V: Projectiles " "" W;: ,'
SET
overthrow Premier Fidel
of def ene operations.
Americans Said
n Sympathy With
uba Revolution
Washington-IUPD - Secretary
of State Dean Rusk said to
day "there is no secret about
the sympathy of the American
people" for the forces seeking
to overthrow Cuban Premier
Fidel Castro. ;.
But he emphasized that
'there is not and will be anv
intervention" in . Cuba by
United. States forces.'
Rusk also said the United
States is determined "to do
all we possibly can to insure
that. Americans do not partici-
pate'lnitpese actions in Cuba."
Not From U.S. Soil
Rusk said the landings were
not. mounted from U.S. soil.
Ana " he - rejected" Castro's
charge that the United States
was behind the invasion.
; The secretary made it clear.
however, that the United ,
States is "not indifferent to
intrusion into this hemisphere
by the Communist conspir
acy." :
recently at last December "de- .
clared its intentions to destrov
free instltlltinrtR In nil nnt'ia
of the world."
He was referring to the
manifesto issued in Moscow
last December by representa- :
tlves of Communist parties in
more than 80 countries.'
ommillee Reports
Set for Council
Ashland-Two committee re
ports will be presented at the
Ashland City council meeting
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the
council chamber. '
The ordinance committee
will report on city ordinances
governing purchasing policies.
Methods of soliciting bids
for city purchases has become
an issue in recent weeks.
Ordinances relating to es
tablishment of taxi stands on
city streets will also be dis
cussed. A hearing date for pro
posed changes in residential
zoning laws will be set.
i