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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1961
No. 24
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BATTLE SNOW i Snow descended on Ashland shortly
before noon yesterday and left a white blanket covering
ground in some areas. The storm made life miserable for
three Southern Oregon college .coeds on their way to a
POT LIGHTERS Barry' Gioodroad, (left, above).and Hafold
Bailey are among valley high school students a little short
on sleep' today afte'r they were called from home'. to light
orchard heaters late Tuesday night. Temperatures fell to
25 degrees in the coldest spots. The two are shown with
Kenhed
Has GOP Backing
Washington -(UPD- President
Kennedy's warning to Russia
to keep hands off Cuba drew
strong support today from key
Republican senators.
- Kennedy's pledge Tuesday
to block any Soviet armed
Intervention in Cuba was
praised by Republican Sens.
Styles Bridges (N.H.), Jacob
K. Javits (R-N.Y.), and John
S. Cooper (B-Ky.).
Javits said Kennedy is "en
titled to .the support of all
political elements in this coun
try." Meanwhile the White House
indicated that Kennedy pub
licly will speak out on Cuba
Thursday for the first time
since the week end invasion
of the island by the anti-Castro
forces.
Optional Time
Bill Sent Back
Salem (UPD Rep. Ken.
"Maher (R-Portland) today won
another chance for a once-defeated
bill to let cities or
counties choose summer day
light time.
; The measure was sent back
to the committee on planning
and development with sug
gestions the bill be rewritten
calling for uniform statewide
fast time and another referral
to the voters. The voters de
feated a similar plan last
years.
Russia Demands UN
Condemnation of U.S.
United Nations, N.Y.-IUPD-Russia demanded United Na
tions condemnation of the United States today for its alleged
participation in the Cuban Invasion.
.; Soviet Ambassador Valerian A. Zorin. in a midnight
resolution, called on all countries to support Fidel Castro's
government if asked and "repel the aggression." His resolu
tion was placed before the General Assembly's Main Po
litical committee. .'
The committee hoped to dispose of the resolution, one of
four before it on the Cuban situation, in time for the General
Assembly to take final action before its adjournment dead
line Friday.
H, v - 'it if if S: , ; "
Damage Reported In
Valley Orchards
A cold front moving south
ward yesterday brought rain
and snow to southern Oregon
and resulted in what probably
Mrs. Jennings,
Temporary Assessor
The Jackson county court
this morning signed an order
appointing Mrs. Elva Jen
nings, chief deputy . in the
county assessor's office, as
county assessor until a regu
lar appointment can be made.
The temporary appoint
ment is to fill the office va
cated by the late county as
sessor, Ray Schumacher, who
died last Friday.
County Judge Earl Miller
said today he would send a
letter to Harper Edwards,
chairman of the Jackson
County Democratic Central
committee, asking for two
recommendations for a regu
lar appointment to the asses
sor's office.
The executive council of
the Democratic committee is
scheduled, to meet tonight to
consider nominees for the ap
pointment. Next, a meeting of
all Democrats in Jackson
county will be called and
vote held on nominees.
1 W iVf'T
class. The girls are unidentified. Why?: They were un
willing to $top in the gale long enough to tell the Mail
Tribune ptjtographer their names.
their kerosene lighters touching the pots of crude oil in
Perrydal,e orchards oh Jacksonville- h i g h w a y. Frost
damage' yras reported In some unhea ted orchards. This is!
Bailey's sixth season lighting.the pots, and it is Goodroad's :
second, V-v ' ;
was thef-lnost extensive or
chard heSting in the valley.
County Agent Clifford B.
Cordy said this morning that
considerable damage occurred
to the pear crop in the com
paratively small, unheated
colder orchards in the area.
Only minimum frost dam
age, if any, occurred in the
heated orchards, he added.
Temperatures fell to 25 de
grees in the coldest spots this
morning, and temoeratures
are expected to get as low
tonight, according to the
weather bureau.
Yesterday morning,' the
cold front brought snow flur
ries to Medford, and in Ash
land it snowed hard enough
to remain on the ground for
a short time.
Other Damage
Freezing temperatures may
also have damaged neaches
and strawberries, Cordy said.
Some orchardists fired heat
ers as early as 10 p.m. yester
day, and most were l't by 1:30
o'clock this morning.
Both Bartlett and D'Anjpu
trees have the oetals off, arid
young buds fully exnose(l to
freeing temoeratures, while
the Bosc anrt Com'ce are still
In blossom. Low temperature
limit for the netnt fall stage
is 31 degrees for the Bartletts
and D'Anjous. and 2R to 29
decrees for the Cornice and
Bosc.
Pears which have, been pol
lenized may have enough of
a hormone balance to stick
on, he added. It Is too early
to tell if any marked or mis
shnnen pears w"l result from
this freeze, Cordy said.
"H's interesting to note that
fruit acreage? heated has in
creased 50 per cent during
the last six years. However,
the smoke has not been as
bad as in former years," Cor
dv said. "At least 40 per cent
of the old heavy smoke pro
ducing heaters hRve been con
verted to the less smoke pro
ducing ones," he added.
Eichmann Voice
Heard at Trial
Jerusalem - IUPD - The re
corded voice of Adolf Eich
mann told the court today he
deserved no mercy and per
haps ought to have hanged
himself in public.
The voice boomed through
the courtroom from a tape
recorder. It was a statement
Eichmann dictated shortly af
ter he was flown to' Israel
from Argentina for the pur
poses of being put on trial
here, on charges of slaughter
ing six million Jews.' '
At a point where he was
placing the main blame on his
superiors, he added:
"I cannot claim my hands
are clean ... I will ask for
mercy. I am not deserving of
mercy. Perhaps I ought to
hang myself In public so that
all the world's anti-Semites
can have the terrible nature of
their acts made clear to them."
Thursday' is the 13th an
niversary of the creation of
Israel as a state. There will
be no court session. -"
Two Receive Life
Terms for Slaying
Portland IUPD Two men
were sentenced to life impris
onment Tuesday for the hold
up slaying Jan. 18 of James
Chambers, a service station
operator. '
Both Thomas Cullen Hudg
ens, 26, and Paige W. Church,
30, entered pleas of guilty to
second degree murder.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable eloudlr
pass tonight and Thursday.
fIRavv frost tonight. A little
warmer Thursday. Low to
night 2R at airport. II I f h
Thursday 35.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 51
Lowest This Morning 29
I'rec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:57 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:23 a.m.
Moonset tonight 11:37 p.m.
First Quarter Aprlf 22
At moonset tonight the Twins
will he In the west, the Big
Dipper In the north. Capella In
the northwest, and Vega In the
northeast.
House Committee
Asks Appearance
Salem (UPD - A Portland
steel firm official has been
asked to explain to the House
Labor committee, where he
heard about three-way work
men's compensation votes,
"worth $2,000."
Requested to appear and
confront a state employee be
fore the committee April 27 is
George Jones, personnel man
ager of Oregon Steel Mills.
Comm.nt Denied
Jones testified at an earlier
three-way hearing that State
Industrial Accident Commis
sion Inspector Ed York had
told him "it is well known
that a vote was worth $2,000."
The committee decided to
recall Jones and York at the
same time after York Tuesday
denied making such a com
ment. ;'
The three-way bill, which
would shift millions of dollars
in industrial accident insur
ance from the state to private
firms, was tabled in the com
mittee by a 6-3 vote.
Airing Asked
One of the three members
voting for the bill said in
ferences implied in the com
ment should be aired.
The committee agreed to
summon Jones after examin
ing a transcript of the earlier
hearing ' on the heavily - dis
puted measure.. ;
At that time, the record
said, Jones described a dis
cussion on the three-way fight
during a visit from York.
Inspector Quoted
Jones quoted the inspector
as saying " a lot jot lies have
been, told about the accident
commission" by backers of
the three-way bill. !
Then, Jones said, York
asked if he had contributed
to a fund to back the three-
way bill and made the com
ment about votes worth
$2,000.
York denied the reference
to $2,000 votes, and told the
committee Tuesday there was
nothing improper about his
visit to Jones. '
Facilities Jo Be
Ready at Lake
Recreation facilities at How
ard Prairie lake will be ready
for fishing season opening Sat
urday. 'County Engineer Rob
ert Carstensen said this morn
ing. This includes the moor
ing docks. !
"Further Improvements will
have to be made on the docks,
but they can be used this
week end he told the county
court this morning. :
,The county court directed
the county engineer to assume
full charge and responsibility
for all construction in the
Howard Prairie recreation
area.
Considerable confusion oc
curred there this week be
tween the county engineer's
crew, City-County Recreation
Director Robert Haworth and
Bob Johnston, concessionaire.
It seems to be a problem of
too many bosses, It was re
ported. "Someone had ordered two
heavy rocks be placed atop
one of the docks which tipped
it over and warped the con
cessionaire's booth out of
shape," Carstensen said. "Ap
parently the idea was to float
the dock to a desirable spot
and kick the rocks off."
He commended Haworth's
crew on its construction of the
floating docks, but said con
necting cables will have to be
used to compensate for wave
attion. .-. -
Hornbroofc Voters -Create
Problem for
Political Expert!
Hornbrook - Voters in
Hornbrook couldn't make
up their minds in a special
school .lection held yester
day. Included on the ballot
was a measure for the re
call of two school board
members, Frank Cardoia
and Jack Wayne. Vot.ri re
called both men by identi
cal, two-vole margins. An
drew Skeahan was named
to replace Cardosa. The
term will expire in' July.
Ralph Bennett, a wrlie-in
candidate, was elected to
, fill out Wayne's term, alio
expiring in July. So Wayne
is off the board. But in a
contest for a regular school
board post, the term begin
ning in July, Wayne led all
candidates.
Let the political experts
figura this ona out!
Ouba Invaders Said
Ud
GE Executive
Tells of Orders
On Price Fixing
Secret Meetings
With Competitors
Washlngton-flJPD-A General
Electric Co. executive testi
fied today that his superiors
ordered him to meet secret
ly with competitors to fix
prices on electrical equipment
In violation of the antitrust
laws.
The executive, L. B. Gezon,
former manager of marketing
of low voltage switch gear at
GE's Philadelphia plant, said
he knew he might be Indicted
by the courts if he participat
ed in price fixing.
Yet he went to secret meet
ings with competitors, he said,
because if he didn't other ex
ecutives would.
Started In 1953
Gezon, testifying before the
Senate antitrust and monop
oly subcommittee, said he
started going to secret price
fixing sessions with execu
tives or competitor firms in
1953.
He said he stopped in April,
1956, on the advice of a new
superior, Frank E. Stehlik.
But he said that in the fall
of 1958, Steklth countermand
ed the order, probably on
command from higher up, and
directed, him to start partici
pating In the meetings ' again.
The superiors who told him
to '.engage in- the conspiracy.
he said.lu kept .reminding him
that the practice was contrary
to pHlclal company policy.
Leveling Slarls:;
For New Building
Ground leveling and" other
preliminary work begah ' to
day 6n: a three-acre site- of a
102-bed convalescent hospital
on Stephens st. near the Med
ford Shopping center. I
Plana for the large hojpltal
were announced last fall' by
Western Convalescent Foun
datlon, Inc. Payne and Struble
are architects.. ., .
Total cost of the structure,
land and furnishings is ex
pected to be $750,000, accord
ing to William Brooks, spokes
man for the foundation, The
hospital will be in the shape
of an X, and made of light
weight block, vertical red
wood siding and glass, with a
crushed rock roof.
Administrative offices will
be In the center of three pa
tient wings and a service
wing. Visitor parking and an
interior drive are also plan
ned. Rooms will be primarily
double; eight will be single.
Gardens are planned for the
back.-
The Institution is believed
to be the first of its kind to
be financed through the Fed
eral Housing administration's
current loan program, Brooks
said. Completion is scheduled
for this fall. , .
Mitchell Victor at
New Jersey Polls .
Newark,. N.J. -(UPD- Former
Labor jSecretary James P.
Mitchell swept to the Republi
can gubernatorial nomination
today on a wave of personal
popularity that could carry
the GOP back Into executive
power In New Jersey for the
first time in eight years.
National Republican leaders
were jubilant over Mitchell's
45,000-vote victory over two
strong opponents in his first
try at an elective office.
Mitchell, who had little or
ganizational support, beat off
a determined bid by State
Sens. Walter H. - Jones and
Wayne Dumont. In the No
vember showdown he faces
former Superior Court Judge
Richard J. Hughes, who won
the Democratic nomination
overwhelmingly. . ' -
QUITS POST
Baker-WPD - Baker County
School Supt. Lowell Hall has
announced his resignation ef
fective Jijly 1.
With Guerrilla Groups
Obscene Material
Bill Approved
Salem - IUPD - The Senate
today approved and sent to
the House two bills designed
to crack down on obscene
literature and those who
knowingly traffic in It. Sen.
Carl Francis (R-Dayton) car
ried both bills and the vote
was unanimous.
SB94 puts a new crime on
the lawbooks-that of know
ingly peddling literature that
"manifestly tends to corrupt
the sexual morality of a
child," those under 18. It re
tains the penalty of a $1,000
fine, . one year in the county
jail, or both, or up to five
years in prison.
SB542 r e defines obscene
literature as that which ap
peals to "prurient interest."
Francis noted that while the
state supreme court recently
held the present law constitu
Odds Seen
Against Success for
Invaders of Cuba
Editor's note! Francis I,. Mc -
LaUn " American news editor and
vtrn' at cnvftrlnr unheavala In
South America ana eisewurra, nss
been rollowlnt the Cuban Invasion
I4V- anri Mlvht ( It heiSH three
rfaW atfn. In the fallowing dlSUatch
he- presents hla considered .perian
al assessment ol the plltht of the
invasion xorcea.
By FRANCIS L. MCCARTHY
i. Wl Correspondent
u The :b(Jds ;npw Appear to be
oilina uD grimly ana neavny
against tne a-day-oia invasion
of Fidel Castro's uurja.
The position ot. the out
numbered Invaders in the key
area around Cochlnos Bay
may, be described as des
perate.
Information iiitering out
Ashlandef Named
To Church Post
Ashland - Carroll W. Smith,
nn Clav st.. has Been ap
pointed president of the West
ern Canadian mission of the
Latter-Day Saints church, ac
cording to church officials at
Salt Lake City, I
Smith is owner of a trucK
lna firm in Ashland, and is
president of Memory Gardens
Memorial parK. He is presi
dent pf the Klamath stake of
the church, chairman of the
Ashland school board, director
nf the Ashland-Talent United
fund, a member of the- Jack
son County Scnooi reorgani
zation board,, and vice- presi
dent of the Boy Scout Council.
Hii son-in-law, Clair Schlff
man, will operate the trucking
firm In his absence.
Smith, who expects to mi
the new position for three or
four years, will be In' charge
of missionary work of the
church in Alberta and Sas
katchewan Provinces, with
home, offices in Edmonton.
About 170 missionaries work
in the Western Canadian mis
sion. He replaces Parley A.
Arave, Blackfoot, Idaho,
rancher, who has presided
over the mission since man.
The church has 16 missions.
throughout the world,
Ponderosa Pine
Tax Wins Approval
Salem - IUPD - An Industry
supported plan to levy a har
vest tax instead of a property
tax on ponderosa pine in
eastern Oregon won 54-2 ap
proval today from the House.
The measure now goes to
the Senate. '
The bill, HB1114, Is a com
panion to a bill combining
property and severance tax
principles for Douglas fir in
the western part of the state.
Cutting practices for the two
kinds of trees differ..
The western Oregon meas
ure, an Industrial Forestry
association compromise, also
has gone to tha Senate.
tional, it said the law as a
whole is shaky. This bill
strengthens it. '
'In the House, a harvest tax
to replace the present proper
ty tax on eastern Oregon pon
derosa pine won 54-2 and
went to the Senate. The meas
ure had support of virtually
ajl eastern Oregon timber op
erators and Is a companion to
a value tax plan for Douglas
fir In western Oregon. i
A resolution requiring lob
byists to register and list the
interests they represent in or
der to obtain house lobbying
privileges was introduced in
the House by the rules com
mittee. It was read and . re
ferred to that group.
House Speaker Robert B.
Duncan, Medford, said he sup
ports such a requirement for
the lobby.
Mounting
ifrom the fiehtintf nrpn la that
the rebel forces put ashore
Sunday night and Monday are
fighting on. But their fate
grows more doubtful by the
hour.. '
Overwhelming Odds
TheMnvaders went ashore
In the -face of over whelming
superior' numbers. They have
driven at least 20 miles In
land arid have formed an air
strip on a. 10 mile by 10 mile
area of liberated ground
But their numbers do not
seem to be sufficient to hold
the position, particularly in
the face of the modern Wea
pons that Castro . has been
able to hurl against them
Two factors probably are
most responsible for the
grave turn of-events for.. the
invading forces: " v
Castro's use of Commu
nist-made MIG Jet i aircraft
against the propellor-driven
aircraft of the rebels plus the
speed with which he was able
to use his Soviet-type tanks
and cannon in the landing
areas.
Defections Not Realised
Rebel hopes for massive
anti-Castro uprisings by the
populace and for heavy de
fections from , the armed
forces apparently have not
been realized. - There have
been some. But Castro's 300,-
000-man militia has clearly
been effective in keeping it
down.
As of . midday today, the
situation ' can hardly be de
scribed as anything better
than touch and goj Some cru
cial hours clearly are ahead
SALE AUTHORIZED
Salem - (UPD - Sunnyside
Telephone Co., has been auth
orized to sell 87,664 shares of
its $1 par value common stock
to June 'S. Jones, : Portland
Investment broker. '
"I Hold In My Hand
U.S. Underground
Linked
Castro Declares
Enemy Will Be
Eliminated Soon
Americans Killed
By Firing Squads
By FRANCIS L. MCCARTHY
u correspondent
The Cuban Revolution,,,...
Council said today its invad
ing forces have "completed
the planned first phase of
their military operation in the
south of Cuba" and linked
uo with guerrilla groups in
the - Escambray mountains.
The operation was reported
to be under continuous attack
by Soviet MIGs. heaw tnnU.
and artillery."
h ;,cuncil,s communique
said, Numerous elements of
the forces from the Cochlnos
Bay area have comnleted a
movement north of Cienfue- '
gos from which they will be
able to reinforce the patriots
.ready ngntlng in the moun
tains." .
Clenf uegos is about 50 miles
to the east of the original
beachhead in the Bahia da
Cochlnos area.
Resist Soviet Tanks
it can , also be revealed
that additional guerrilla units
n a ve -infiltrated Matnnraa '
province,",, the communtqua
said. ."The heroic action of a
small hdlding force which re-
sistea soviet tanks, artillery
oim .anxraii during the last
nours made this result pos-.
aime.- , . ,
The revolutionary eomrnunb ,
que was issued shortly, afteiC
Premier. Tidel , Castro's govi ,'
ernment claimed it shot. down .
four ;planes-0n bombinb- mi.
slonsi over Cuba this; morn.
ing,( Including one piloted bv
an American. . -. , t ,-
The. Castro
regime also
the Invasion
boasted that
forcIn "south central Cuba
, vypifld-.be 'totally wiped out In
-a' matter ,of . bours.'N ,
, Dlltina the nleht' Pnof.
looted V- a ; wave of terror
thOuf Sout Cuba in an effort
tcfr Jt p the Invasion from
ieiwnj off an internal
. up-
rising,w - .
Two Americans Executed -
Castro firing sauads pxppnf.
ed two Americans Angus
McNalr, , Coral Gables, Fla.,
and Howard Anderson, Yak- -lma,
Wash. In aditlon, there
were mass arrests of Cubans,
U.S. citizens and other for
eign nationals. - ,
A mldmornlng communlaua
broadcast over the . Castro
government's emergency radio
neiworn said a third Amer
ican was killed' when : his
'military plane" was shot
down over Cuba. The Spanish
speaking announcer gave his
name as Leo Francis Burney .
or uuney, of Boston.
Portland Post Office :
iMove To Go Ahead
Washington -IUPD- The Post
Off ie. Department announced
today' that It has decided to
go ahead with the transfer of
Its Pacific Northwest region
al office from Portland to Se
attle. A List Of 179 Million
Communist Agents!"
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