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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 21. 1961
No. 51
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De Gaulle Halts
French Fighting
In Algerian War
Rebels Decline
To Follow Suit .
5 Algiers, Algeria - (UPD - The
Trench army ceased offensive
military operations against
the Algerian Moslem rebels
at 6 p.m. Saturday - the first
cease-tire in 6 Vi- years of the
Moslem war of independence.
. Within minutes after the
cease-fire there were out-
bursts of violence among both
the Moslems and the angry
French settlers in Algiers.
- A hand grenade - favorite
weapon of Moslem terrorists
-exploded in Algiers wound-
Ing five Moslems. A plastic
charge - favorite weapon of
the settlers - exploded in
front of the home of lawyer
Jean Morinaud, injuring two
persons.
. Authorities feared another
night like Friday night when
settlers who want to keep Al
geria French went on a ram-
page anu exploded more than
40 plastic bombs in Algiers,
Oran and other cities and
rioted in . Oran. The secret
army organization (O.A.S.)
was reported to have called
further demonstrations : last
night.
The first explosion came
shortly after Jacques Coup de
Frejac, spokesman of the
French administration In Al
geria, formally announced the
cease-fire ordered personally
by President Charles de
Gaulle. .
The cease-fire order was
carried out despite statements
by leaders of the Algerian
rebel government in 'Tunis
they would pay no attention
to the conciliatory move by
the French government and
they criticized it' as a 'propa
ganda move." .
Off Guard '' i f -
The dramatic move caught
the rebel leaders off guard
just as peace 'talks began
earlier Saturday at Evian-les-Bains,
France, on the edge of
Switzerland s Lake Geneva. 1
.. The. cease-fire was announc
ed in Algiers by de Gaulle's
delegate General Jean Morln
who told a news conference it
applied to all of Algeria ex
cept for 20-mile areas on the
eastern frontier with Tunis
and the western frontier with
Morocco. .. . '.;:
Morin's .Statement implied
that French troops in those
regions were at liberty to
mount small scale attacks if
necessary to foil any rebel at
tempts . to storm through - the
electrified barbed wire barri
cades separating Algeria from
Its neighbors. ;
Jeff Chandler
On Critical List
" - Culver City, Calif -TOPI- Ac
tor Jeff Chandler remained
on the critical list Saturday
but was reported continuing
to regain his strength.
",. 'Chandler received a 55-pint
blood transfusion Wednesday
during emergency surgery to
correct an internal hemorr
hage. He ate for the first time
yesterday since the operation.
Sc.
THEATER ADDITION Construction is progressing on the
basement section of a new wing for Ashland's Shake
spearean theater. It will house costume workshop and
A ,
Local Residents
See Fiery Object
In Evening Sky
A large, bright object, apparently a meteor of substantial
size, was observed In the . sky northwest of Medford at
dusk Friday.
The object was sighted in four states and Canada, according
to reports from United Press International, and Phil Brogan
of Bend, who is a recognized authority on meteors.
State police in Medford reported receiving several tele
phone calls on the meteor, which was seen about 8:14 p.m.
Some residents thought the fiery object may have been
a jet plane crashing. This has been discounted, however, by
officials of the Federal Aviation agency.
One resident said the object had a white-hot appearance,
and another said it had a light-orange hue.
High Speed
The object was seen traveling at a high rate of speed
toward the western horizon. One man said it appeared to be
falling at an angle of 70 to 75 degrees before it exploded.
Brogan told the Mail Tribune it is unlikely it was a
satellite returning into the earth's atmosphere because of
its - fiery duration and the enduring train left when it
burned. He said most probably it was a large meteor.
. He said it was unusual to have the meteor "train" the
particles remaining after it has burned in the earth's atmos
phere to remain visible so long. He estimated the smoke
was visible about 15 minutes after the meteor itself disap
peared over the Pacific ocean.
r Irregular Trail
Soon after the meteor passed through the atmosphere,
high strong winds caused the trail to become quite Irregular,
giving the appearance that a jet plane may have been in
trouble and fallen uncontrolled before exploding.
Because the object was seen as far east as Las Vegas,
Nev., and as far north as Vancouver, B.C., Brogan estimated
it started its fiery journey toward earth a couple hundred
miles above earth. He estimated it probably exploded about
60 miles up over the Pacific ocean.
Brogan said the American Meteor Society will attempt
to trace the meteor's path and determine its height from
reports submitted. Brogan is Pacific Northwest director of
the Society. , :
Medford Hosts State
Postmen Convention
More : than 100 letter car
rier i delegates are attending
the 58th annual convention of
the Oregon State association
of the National Association of
Letter Carriers here , this
week end. . '
More than ' 300 people at
tended a Luau at the Medford
Labor Temple Friday " night,
according to Larry M. Rose,
Medford, chairman of ?t h e
state convention here.'
: -Election of officers and
passage of state resolutions
are the two chief items set for
today's concluding business
session from 0 a.m. to noon.
Most of the resolutions con
cern improved working con
ditions. , ; ; '
- All business meetings for
the men are being held in the
Labor Temple. The auxiliary
is meeting in the Rogue room
of the Medford hotel, conven
tion headquarters. .
Lewis Speaks
Saturday night the convention-goers
attended the an
nual state association banquet
at the Rogue Valley Country
club. There J. Stanley Lewis,
of the national executive
board, NALC, Washington,
D.C., and Charles N., Coyle,
also of the executive board
and field director of the Pa
cific Northwest region, sum
marized the current legisla
tive program for the letter
carriers.;
Lewis pointed out that tile
association has been plugging
for increased delivery service
since 1950. That was when
the postman's trips were re
duced from two to one, he
noted.' ' - ' v ' " V:
;t"The public Js not getting
the service which it could get
with no increase in costs,"
Lewis said. "It's ridiculous
what with our speedy trans
portation that the mail must
stay in the local terminals at
least 24 to 48 hours before it
is . delivered!" he declared,
adding: "It needs more fre
quent delivery!"
WEATHER
FORECAST: Considerable cloud
iness today and Monday. Show
eri thd afternoon and Monday.
High today 70. Low tonight 45.:
High Monday S.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday .... 69
Preclp.
To 5 p.m. Yesterday 01
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:32 p.m.j
Sunrise tomorrow 4:44 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow ....12:33 a.m.
First Quarter
tomorrow 8:1 a.m.
PROMINENT STAR !
Regulus, near the Moon. I
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, sets 11:48 p.m.j
Jupiter and Saturn, In I
the southeast .... 1:2ft a.m.
Venus, low In east ...... 3:54 a.m.
L
will be used for additional rehearsal space. The new wing,
part of a long range expansion, program, is scheduled to
be completed Junn 8.
Jackson Hotel
Closes; Financial
Reasons Given
Stockholder Says
Not Local Support
Medford's Jackson hotel
closed its dqors Friday night
and unless something unex
pected happens they will re
main shut.
As soon as present guests
leave all business will be ter
minated.. The hotel is operat
ed by the Jackson Hotel com
pany, Salem. According to
W. W. Chadwick, principal
company stockholder, the ho
tel faced financial difficulties.
He said no money was avail
able for operation and credi
tors have filed suit against
the company. .
Chadwick added that "no
support had come from local
people to keep the hotel
open." He declined to elabor
ate on this statement.
No Plans
A company spokesman said
future plans haven't been de
termined. "I am not a liberty
to say what will happen," the
representative said.
The building was construct
ed in 1928 by J. H. Cooley
and Porter Neff, both de
ceased. . The Jackson hotel
company has held a lease on
the building since 1926. The
Cooley hotel company owns
the building. C. B. and John
C. Collins, of Medford, are
Cooley stockholders.
Many local organizations
have used hotel facilities for
weekly meetings. One of
these, the Medford Chamber
of Commerce roundtable, will
meet at Ping's Gardens at
noon Monday, according to
Ken Baker, roundtable chair
man.
New Government
Takes Over Korea
Seoul, Korea (UPD The new
government of South Korea
took office today in, a formal
ceremony marked by snappy
military salutes and martial
band music. .'.
The military cabinet was
sworn in at a brielf Sunday
session In the National Assem
bly building. The oath of of
fice was administered by Lt.
Gen. Chang Do Yung,, leader
power last Tuesday.
The new cabinet members
swore to "wipe out corruption
and accumulatingf injustices
and to "build up strength for
territorial unification" of Ko
rea. They also, pledged their
efforts to "strengthen ties with
the United Nations and friend
ly nations." '
Following the ceremony,
Gen. ' Chang urged the new
cabinet to try to achieve its
goals "within the shortest pos
sible period." He mentioned,
all the previously stated aims
of the junta except the prom
ise to return power to civilian
authorities. This was comple-
ely ignored.
S
';iiKr:'t
Mi
To Quell Alabama
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Erf' sv i
GUARD TERMINAL Mounted sheriff's deputies in .
Montgomery, Ala., guard a Greyhound bus terminal along
with several highway patrol cars Saturday after members
of a mixed racial group called the "Freedom Riders"
Castro Prisoners
InU.S.ToTrade
Men ior Machines
; Miami - (UPD - Ten Cuban
prisoners of war arrived here
from . Havana Saturday to
start negotiating, with, the
tacit approval of the U.S.
State Department, Fidel Cas
tro's offer to. swap 1,200 of
their comrades for 500 bull
dozers or tractors.
The State Department in
Washington said ' it would
give most sympathetic con
sideration" to issuing export
licenses for : the' exchange
equipment.
A group of prominent
Americans headed - by Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Milton
Eisenhower and labor leader
Walter Reuther set a nation
wide campaign in motion to
raise the money.
Would Return
The prisoner - negotiators,
members of the ill-fated in
vasion force which landed on
Cuba April 17, said they had
promised Castro they would
return to Havana within 72
hours if the U.S. government
refused to permit their ne
gotiations. They were given
five days to conduct the ne
gotiations and 72 hours more
in which to return to cap
tivity. The apparent leader of the
prisoners, Ulises Carbo, then
emerged to tell waiting news
men that a formal statement
over' Cardona's name would
be issued "within a few
hours," and that possibly the
prisoners them selves would
talk with newsmen.
"As military members of
the (Cuban Democratic) front.
we are not allowed to make
an authorized state men t,"
Carbo said. "Only Dr. Mlro
and our government in exile
can make a statement."
He said, however, the 10-
man commission "might" be
interviewed later by the
American press.
1.200 Prisoners
Carbo said that if negotia
tions for the tractors-for-mcn
swap fell through, he and the
other prisoners were
"pledged" to return to Cuba
under moral agreement with
the other prisoners in Cuba.
Carbo put the number of
prisoners still there at 1,200
instead of 1,000.
He said the commission
members were elected by the
other prisoners in Havana,
where the invasion captives
are interned.
Tractors run from $1,700 to
$6,000. The total cost of the
ransom for the 1,000 men of
the invasion band would run
somewhere between $1150,000
and $20,000,000. What Castro
wants Is either tractors or
bulldozers, not I combination, ,
Sends
..J. . f .VMl
White Mob Attacks,
Beats Mixed Group
I n Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala. - (UPD - A
screaming mob of whites at
tacked and mercilessly beat
members of a mixed group of
"freedom riders" Satur day
and the Kennedy administra
tion, over state objections, or
dered more than 300 armed
federal officers into Alabama
to keep order.
Byron (Whlzzer) White,
deputy U.S. Attorney General
arrived at Maxwell AFB here
last night to take personal
charge of steel-helmeted fed
eral forces.
Estimates of the number of
persons injured in the wild
disorders which flared and
subsided several times during
the afternoon ranged from 20
to 75.
Three persons, Including a
personal aide of President
Kennedy's, were hospitalized
as the result of beatings. ,
Us Tear Gas
Police finally broke up the
unduly crowd with tear gas
jut tension continued far into
the night. Patrol cars with
emergency lights blinking
Iriftcd past the downtown
t station where the violence
was centered.
The freedom riders were at
tacked when they stepped
from a Greyhound bus that
brought them from Birming
ham to this former capital of
the Confederacy.
James Zwerg, one of the
white youths among the free
dom riders, was the most ser
iously beaten.
"Kill the nigger-loving
- ," several white
women screamed when the
Appleton, Wis., youth stepped
from the bus.
Lay Bleeding
Four burly, bearded youths
pounced on him and beat him
to the pavement, where he
lay bleeding profusely. Other
whites pressed in, stomped
and pushed Zwcrg's already
unrecognizable face into the
hot, tarry surface of the road
way. Two white girls on the bus
- Susan Wilbur of Pcabody
college in Nashville, Term.,
and Susan Herman of Los
Angeles, a student at Fisk
college - escaped the mob and
ON CRITICAL LIST
Portland-IUPU - Stale Sen.
Robert White, (R-Salcm) was
placed on the critical list Sat
urday at the University of
Oregon Medical School Hos
pital here.
COOPER ESTATE
Los Angeles - HJPD - Gary
Cooper, who died last Satur
day of cancer at the age of 60,
left most of his estate to his
widow, daughter and mother,
terms of his will showed Saturday,
U
fTT - p was. .
. ".if IF 'airv
rode into the city. Deputies used tear-gas to disperse one
crowd of about 1,500 persons,-but violence broke out
later in the day.
1 (UPI Telephoto)
fled , to the police station,
Later they boarded a train to
Nashville and safety.
The mobs attacked a num
ber of Negroes on the streets
who had no direct connection
with the freedom ride.
Whites, who showed any
sympathy for the students,
were similarly beaten.
President Kennedy's per
sonal representative, John
Seigenthaler, 32, ran afoul of
the crowd in this way. Seigen
thaler, who was here trying
to bring about an easing of
racial tensions, was jumped
when he tried to help a white
girl the mobs were chasing. .
Struck From Behind
Seigenthaler tried to get
girl into his car to protect
her. He was struck from be
hind in the process and left
lying unconscious in the
street.
Eight persons, including
Frederic A. Gach, 32, and his
wife Anna, white integratlon
ists, were arrested during the
disturbances. The Gachs bit
terly protested their arrest
but an unidentified officer
said we "had to get them out
of there or they would have
been killed." ;
Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy sent the federal of
ficers in to deal with the vio
lence after the President told
him to take whatever steps
necessary to bring an end to
the continuing disorders In
Alabama.
County To Consider
SP Resolution
County Judge Earl Miller
said Friday the county court
would consider a resolution
favoring consolidation of
Southern Pacific company
and Western Pacific railroad
company,
'I will have to study this
thing. I don't know enough
about lt," Miller commented,
while accepting a resolution
from the pear industry.
The Medford Pear Shippers
association has gone on record
favoring consolidation of the
two railroads.
'The savings and economy
under this program would
help forstall further rate in
creases," the resolution read.
This would make possible
more efficient operation and
improvement of east bound
service."
NELSON MARRIES
Hollywood - r?4 - David
Nelson, son of Ozzie and Har
riet Nelson, and actress-model
June Blair were married Sat
urday In private ceremonies
In Forest Lawn Memorial
Park's Church of tha Hills In
tha Hollywood hills.
1
arshals
Violence
' .i ' " " 'S
2 Women Accused
01 Killing Tots v
Returned to Bend
Bend - (UPD A 25-year-old
mother and her teen-age girl
friend, charged In connection
with the brutal killing of two
small children in central Ore
gon, were brought here from
Oakland, Calif.', Saturday
night. ; ' ' . :'
The pair, Mrt. Gertrude
Mae Jackson, the mother of
the slain youngsters,' and
Jeannance Freeman, 19, were
lodged in the Deschutes coun
ty jail. " 1
They were returned to Ore
gon after waiving extradition
at a municipal court hearing
in Oakland Friday. '
The bodies of the two chil
dren, Larry Jackson, 6, and
Martha, 4, were recovered the
night of May 12 from the
Crooked river gorge In Jeffer
son county near here.
The women were taken Into
custody Tuesday night at Oak
land. Jefferson County Dlst. Atty.
Warren Albright said Mrs.
Jackson and Miss Freeman
would face a preliminary
hearing at Madras Monday.
He said they have been
charged with first - degree
murder.
3 Oregonians Die
In Auto Accidents
By Unttad Prsss International
At least three persons were
killed In Oregon traffic acci
dents Friday and five persons
were Injured in one of the
crashes.
The latest reported fatality
was Susan Lee Byard, 19, Eu
gene. She was killed in a two
car collision, 3 miles south of
Eugene. Five persons were in
jured in the crash, none of
them seriously.
Herbt G. Haller, 53, Port
land, was killed when his car
crashed into a concrete bridge
over Indian Creek 25 miles
east of Florence on Highway
36.
Died Immediately
State police said it took
more than an hour to ex
tricate Haller from the wreck
ed auto. He apparently died
immediately.
Mrs. D el la Sneed, 34,
Myrtle Creek, was killed
when hit by a truck on U.S.
Highway 99 about 30 miles
north of Grants Pass Friday
night. .
She was apparently out (or
a walk when the accident oc
curred. The truck driver was
not cited.
V
President's Move
Climaxes Day
Of Racial Trouble
Action Similar
To Little Rock
Washington - (UPD - The fed
eral government - acting on
President Kennedy's orders-
Saturday dispatched from 350
to . 400 armed and steel'
helmeted U.S. marshals and
other law officers to Alabama
to quell the racial violence
that has rocked the state.
The sending of the federal
enforcement agents climaxed
a series of moves announced
by Attorney General Robert
F. ' Kennedy, the President's ,
brother. The action came after
a mob at Montgomery, Ala.,
beat members of a mixed
group of "freedom riders."
The chief executive directed
the attorney general to take
all necessary steps to deal
with the strife.
A justice department
spokesman estimated that
most of the marshals and dep
uties will have taken up sta
tions in Montgomery by Sun
day noon. They were, to carry
sidearms, riot clubs and wear
steel helmets and identifying
arm bands.
'Safe Passage '
Their assignment is to guar
antee "Safe passage" in inter
state -1 travel. Y10ence has
flared on two successive week,
ends in Alabama over tha
"freedom'' riders" who are
testing bus segregation prac
tices in the South.
Dispatching of the marshals
to Alabama recalled former
President Eisenhower's action
on Sept. '24, 1957, when he
ordered National Guardsmen
and paratroopers into Little
Rock, -Ark., to stop violence
caused by the integration of
nine Negro students into Cen
tral High school.
The justice department also
said it would ask the U.S. fed
eral court in Montgomery to
Issue an injunction to bar tha
Ku Klux Klan, the National
States Rights party and other
persons from interfering with.
interstate bus travel.
A department spokesman
said more than 300 law en
forcement officers already
were headed for the Mont
gomery area to protect per
sons, property and vehicles in
Alabama.
Extra Team
The attorney general also
sent in an extra FBI team to
intensify its investigation of
Saturday's beatings of "free
dom riders" attempting to
challenge bus segregation
practices in the South.
(The U.S. officers are either
marshals or : deputized as
marshals and are not military
men, the spokesman said.
"They are .on their way
now by air and automobile,"
he said.
All of the officers, except
for some FBI agents and 20
marshals from the Washing
ton, D.C., area are from south
ern states, he added. The at
torney general notified Ala
bama Gov. John S. Patterson
of the moves in a telegram
sent late yesterday.
Byron (Whizzer) White,
deputy attorney general, was
reported to be in charge of
the special federal forces in
Alabama. .
"I trust we will have your
cooperation and the coopera
tion of the local authorities,"
Robert Kennedy wired Pat
terson. '
Representative Hurt
The Justice Department ac
tion climaxed a day of racial
tension in Montgomery. A
personal representative of the
President was assaulted by
mob members and suffered a
mild concussion.
Just before the Justice De
partment . moves were an
nounced, the President issued
a special statement ordering
that "all necessary steps" ba
taken to deal, with the situa
tion. President Kennedy also
called on Alabama officials to
preventf urther violence.
Under certain conditions, it
directs the President to use
the militia or the armed
forces or both or take any
other means he considers nec
essary "to suppress, in a stats,
any insurrection, domestlo
violence, unlawful comblna
tion or conspiracy." ,