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Newspaper Page TextWeather 56th Year K . Price 10 Cents Subscribers FORECAST: ClondT Bill Bora lni. partly cloudy thli afternooa vnlni, elaaSy tcv. Bight and Monday nornlBt. scattered ibowiri today, mainly jvr tha mountain!. Hlih today day5W to,u,u , , ' TEMPER ATlfKI Hlthcit Yeitorday ' Loweit Yeiterday No precipltaUoa Tribune MEDFORD To teport mpTW w twmv 6e)ivery oi ih Mat. Trtbun in SP l; AZanUcue cut Ycefc pbw GLrb 3171 beJcr p m. dtfy tt'.33 J Sunday. K fcgutw detWty CTtv shortly after you pi United Press International Full Leased Wire Uniled Press InterruUonel Futt Leted W Section A 60 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1962 Six Seeiions No. 21 Ransomed Cuban in U.S.; 25 .Heed Prisoners Land Medical Sare : ; - v.vV "-.Si - VlV . mf ' - uM 1 jf :;:jwr?y n--Mf s .... -iy? ryVji : z- . y sf ..Giasja ' FINALLY CAVE BIRTH Belle, Portland', long teasing ; . elephant,' finally gave birth to her long expected calf. Zoo d. officials report that the birth was easy, and that mother Belle Gives Birth to 175-Pound Son; Zoo Portland - IUPD - A newly bnrn 34-inch baby elephant wobbled around its mother, Belle, in Portland Zoo this morning, while the zoo direct or rested in a hospital after collapsing from the strain. It was the first such birth in this country in 43 years. Belle, a 10-year-old Siamese elephant, gave birth to the wee, grey baby at 5:58 this morning in the holding room of the elephant house. Three other female ele phants were present, and one of them, Pet, tried to attack the baby. Zoo director Jack Marks and other attendants grabbed Peace Center to Be Open Monday A Peace Center sponsored by Medford chapter, Oregon Association of the United Na tions, will be opened Monday, April 16, at 126 East Main street, and remain open dur ing Holy week. The room will be open from 12 noon until 3 p.m. daily and will be manned by volunteers from the chapter and cooper atin gorganizations such as the Methodist Race for Peace and the American Friends Service committee. Anyone interested in infor mation about disarmament and personal and group ef fort in the interest of world peace is invited to call at the center. NEWSBRIEFS ITEMS fROM THREE NATIONS ACCEPT U.S. VIEW Gneva-lP!Thre of tha tight nautral nations at tht Geneva Disarmament conference have accepted the Ameri can viewpoint that atmospheric nuclear tests ire necessary ; Sources 5aid it appeared if there it no policed treaty banning them, informed .oureei;most certain that U.S. policy .am aaiuraay. U.S. CONSULATE BOMBED Caracas, Vtneiuel-Jn-The U.S. consulate at Puerto De ' La Crui was bombed Saturday, killing one local employee and injuring another person, the U.S. embaiiv announced. OAS BROADCASTS FALSE REPORT Algiers 1 11 A Secret Army Organisation (OAS) radio trammittar Saturday niahl broadcast a false report that con demned OAS leader Gen. Edmon Jouhaud had escaped from hit Paris prison, and hundreds of European youthi flooded the streets ol Oran in a joyful demonitraiton. U.S. PROTESTS PREMATURE DISCLOSURE Wahington-IPI-Tht United Statei strongly protested to West Germany Saturday that premature disclosure of a new U.S. plan for settling the Berlin criiit wat endangering forth coming talks with Russia. hooks to steer the three to separate quarters. Then Marks, who has paced the floor with Belle for many days and nights during the past two months, collapsed Oregon's Beaches Proposed as Parks Salem, Ore. - (DPD - A pro posal to set aside Oregon's beaches for recreational pur poses only was made to a sub committee of the Oregon Con stitutional Revision commis sion here Saturday. The suggestion came from Willis A. West, Democratic candidate for Congress from the first district and a neph ew of the late Gov. Oswald West. Gov. West took over Ore gon's beaches as state proper ty before World War I. The younger West, a Mult nomah county assistant dis trict attorney, proposed to the commission's finance and lo cal government subcommittee that the new constitution ded icate the beaches solely for park purposes. He said under current law the state land board has per mitted sale ui sunn ana oxn- u t 1: - i ,1. . . mt,ii. ir .h. v,-w:by Ashland police m that city to the detriment of their rec reation value. . j He said his proposal also ' would prevent the use of the , j beaches for industrial purpos- j AROUND THI OlOII and baby (a male) are doing well. The new Portland zoo resident weights about 175 pounds and came Into the world at 6:58 a.m. Saturday. (UPI) t Hospitalized and was rushed by ambulance to a hospital. Hospital attendants said he I probably would remain one day. They said he was exhaust ed and was suffering from a strained shoulder muscle. Belle and the baby were doing fine. The baby, estimat ed at 175 pounds, tottered to its feet within ten minutes and started nursing within a half hour. Belle nuzzled it affection ately as it weaved through the straw and hid between her legs, wiggling its 18 inch trunk. Belle gave all signs of Youths Jailed on Larceny Charges ' Talent - Two 18-year-old youths have been lodged in county jail on a charge of larceny in connection with the theft of two microphones and some gasoline from Pacific Concrete Co. here. Bill Young, Talent police officer, said the two admitted taking the microphones from the firm's building on Old Pacific highway in Talent March 8 and gasoline from the firm's truck on several occasions. The youths were picked up o.Du a. 111. oniuiudr Htier they had been observed driv ing around the streets. . nedy ReVieWIRg j Nuclear Aid Policy Washington - TO - French President Charles DcGaulle has persuaded the Kennedy administration to review this country's long standing policy against providing nuclear weapons aid. informed sources said Saturday. The review has been going on for a number of weeks. ' would remain the same. As in past years when the I subject has come up, the joint chiefs of staff have again urged that France be given nuclear information and ma- workers Thursday that money terials for Weapons develop-1 received and pledged of ma ment. trial lo date exceed 42 per The state department, as in the past, has flatly opposed this, and sources said it ap- pearcri this view would again prevail. Secretary of State Dean Rusk has frequently spoken out on the dangers of more countries on either side of the cold war gaining nuclear I weapons. j being a protective mother and j zoo attendants kept their dis- tance. The last recorded elephant birth in this country was April 29. 1918. when the old circus elephant. Princess Alice, gave birth to a baby at Salt Lake City. That baby died. Its death was believed to be the result of its inability to digest cow's milk after the mother refused to nurse it. -Two More Expecting Bell two months ago spark ed round - the - clock ele phant house vigils when she started giving false birth alarms. She carried the baby for 633 days. Two of the ele phants present at this morn ing's birth - Hosy and Tui Hoa - also are expecting. Attendants said the new baby was a male. Earlier it was believed the sex of the infant pachyderm could not be determined for some time. Rockefeller Not to Seek Governorship Little Fock. Ark. - lOT -Winthrop Rockefeller, young er brother of New York's Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, told j the people of Arkansas Satur ; day he will not try this year to become their first Repub lican governor since recon j struction days. In a 10-minute talk over I seven television stations, the 49-year-old gentleman farmer i said hp had decided after much soul - searching not to become a candidate. Ticket Sales in Crater High School Stadium Fund Drive Pass 100 Mark Ticket sales in the Crater I High school stadium drive I have passed the 100 mark! during the first 12 days o( the drive. Everett Faber, gen- era' chairman of the drive. reports enthusiastic support throughout the school district, which includes Central Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley. F. C. (Cliff) Ayrcs. chair man of the finance committee, reported at a meeting of drive cent of the $30.00(1 goal. The stadium is estimated to cost ' that sum. Announced Soon Further money raising plans; in addition to the sale of three-year tickets were dis- cussed at the meeting and j opens In September, will be announced toon. j Facilities which have been Moving of dirt for the base I used for the past 10 years -of the 2,000 seat grandstand ' at the old Central Point high Pompidou Named French Premier As Debre Resigns DeGoulle Thanks Debre for Service Paris IBPB Premier Mi chel Debre and his govern ment resigned Saturday and President Charles de Gaulle named banker Georges Pom pidou to be France's new pre mier. Pompidou, SO, one of De Gaulle's closest behind-the-scenes advisers during the past 18 years although he never has sat in Parliament and never held a cabinet post before, was received by De Gaulle at the Elysee Palace at 6 p.m. (12 noon EST). Arrirdd Alon A greying, heavy-set man in a dark suit, Pompidou ar rived alone In a chauffeur driven car. He was conducted at once to De Gaulle's second floor office. Three hours earlier, Debre and his outgoing cabinet hand ed their resignations to De Gaulle at a 15-minute fare well session. The resignations were ac cepted at once by De Gaulle, Who thanked Debre and his ministers for their support during their record-breaking three years and three months in office. Rflaxtd and Smiling Debre, who had presided over a SO-rmnute farewell meeting of his ministers at his Hotel Matlgnon office this morning, arrived about 15 minutes ahead of time, look ing relaxed and smiling He waved to newsmen and photographers as he walked up the Elysee Palace steps. The other cabinet ministers followed in quick succession. GP Supermarket Damaged by Fire Grants Pass - A raging fire extensively damaged a super market on the south side of Grants Pass early Saturday morning. It burned for almost three hours before firemen were able tb bring it under control. State police spotted flames at the Oregon Food Store, 255 South Rogue River highway, and turned in the alarm at 3:28 a.m. Flames were confined to the rear third of the market, but well over 50 per cent of the stock was damaged. Grants Pass city firemen said no estimate has yet been made of the amount of damage. The fire started in a store room behind the produce de partment. Cause of the blaze has not yet been determined. . Some smoke damage also was reported at the Bon Ba zaar, a clothing store next door to the supermarket. Sports Bulletins SATURDAY NIGHT BASEBALL Lo. Angeldt S Milwau kee 4 Kama. City 7, Chicago 3 is expected to start this week. About 10,000 yards of dirt are available at the site. Ar- rangements to obtain an ad ditional 4,000 yards from I nearby source are being made. The grandstand will be lo cated on the east side of the football field at Crater. It will be a covered stand 180 feet long and 20 rows deep. Some 500 of the seats between the 40-yard lines will have backs and will constitute the main reserved section. Target Date Seat sales will continue! through April and the first part of May. May 15 is the target date for completion of the fund raising so that work can start in time to have the stand ready when school Senator McCarthy For Morse's Re-election At Roosevelt Banquet Vehicles Collide Near Shady Cove; Four Hospitalized Four persons were injured during a collision involving two logging trucks, a car and a pickup truck Friday on Cra ter Lake highway at the In dian Creek rd. intersection near Shady Cove, state police said. Injured were Henry Fred erick Hertager, 48, Eagle Point, driver of the pickup truck, with cuts and bruises; Malinda Jane Johnson, 27, Shady Cove, driver of the car, possible head injury; Nor man Ailen Johnson, also of ShBdy Cove, abrasions, kept for observation; and Becky Johnson, Shady Cove, facial cuts. Both were passengers in the Johnson car. All are reported in fair condition or better by Rugue Valley hospital attendants. Hertager apparently was not admitted to the hospital. Slate police said the acci dent occurred about 5:20 p.m., ' Friday when the Johnson car stopped to make a left .turn into Indian Creek rd. The Hertager pickup truck stop ped behind it. A logging truck and trailer driven by Floyd Clifford Evernden, 55, of route 2, box 764E, Central Point, came up behind the pickup and struck it in the rear knocking it forward into the rear of the passenger car. The passenger car - was 1 shoved into the path of a log ing truck operated by Vernon Forrest Copeiand, 36, Iran. The force of this collision spun the car around again and it was hit, by the two logging trucks and the pickup truck was knocked into a ditch. State Carpenters Set to Strike Portland -WPI- More than 10,000 carpenters are set to go on strike throughout Ore gon Monday morning unless a new agreement is reached. Executive Secretary Gerald Larson of the Portland Dis trict Council of Carpenters announced Friday that a three year contract proposed by the Associated General Contrac tors was rejected in voting this week by the Portland council, the state council and the State Pile Drivers coun cil. He said the Southwest Washington council still is fabulating its vote. Larson declined to reveal the vote, but said the contract was rejected by a "substan tial margin." He said the dis agreement is over wages. Union members voted last week end to strike If the pro posed contract was not ap proved. school site which now is the junior high school field - pro vide seats for only about 300 in a covered stand and 400 in open bleachers. Lack of adequate facilities during the past six years of competition in the athletic conference with Medford, Ash land, Grants Pass and Klam ath Falls has resulted In a loss of several thousand dollars potential revenue, backers of j the stadium drive state, I They believe that the en- largcd seating capacity of the new stadium will during the next few years provide more than enough revenue to pay i construction costs. Drive backers also point out that the stadium site on the Crater high grounds already has a well turfed football field with a quarter mile track around it and that plenty ot parking area is available "Senator Wayne Morse (D- Ore.) should be re-elected for three basic reasons" Sen. Eu gene J. McCarthy D-Minn.) told the. crowd which attend ed the 32th annual Roosevelt Memorial dinner at McLough lin Junior High school in Med ford Saturday night. "These ace: for the good of the country, for the good of the state of Oregon, and for the good of the United States Senate," the senator fold the people, both Democrats and Republicans, who filled the large auditorium. McCarthy indicated he was returning the favor which Morse had extended to him by campaigning for his- (Mc Carthy's) election In Minne sota. Best of Tiada "The Democratic party got the best of the trade when Senator Morse switched to the Democratic party," the Minnesota senator said. "How ever, there were a few die hards in the party who in sisted the party got only what it deserved! Senator McCarthy pointed out Morse's accomplishments for Oregon such as the Talent irrigation project and promo tion of the Rogue basin prol ific!. Hit critics claim the sen ator has not done for Oregon everything which he should hay done. It Mace had done everything which needs to be ; done well, under those con ditions he might as well have been a Republican! McCar thy quipped. "He (Morse) has' continued to fight to preserve the great wilderness areas in our coun try when no state has had such bitter opposition to if than his own stale of Oregon," McCarthy pointed out. Dynamic Conservatism ' Swinging Into an attack on the Republican party. Sena tor McCarthy traced the "re shaping of the party after the image of Eisenhower to pro gressive moderation" to dy namic conservatism. "This apparently means the Republicans are doing every thing they can to keep things j as they are," McCarthy grin-! ned. ( Before introducing Senator ; McCarthy, Morse said, "I have ! had a wonderful day In Med- j ford. 1 haven't met so many j Republicans in a Jong, long time!" The Medford Chamber of Commerce legislative commit tee Saturday aliernoon was particularly concerned over the "passing into the execu tive branch of too much Con gressional power without checks." Both he and McCar thy have fought to preserve those checks, Morse asserted. Morse said he supported Mc Carthy on his legislative watchdog committee proposal for the Centra! Intelligence Agency. Would Get Loan Morse noted thBl be was able to tell a Grants Pass del egation Saturday afternoon, also, that they would get $812,000 loan through the federal Area Redevelopment administration re-opening of a plywood plant. He said he is hopeful of making good progress on the Rogue basin and Agate dam projects and move Into u thortzation of both projects soon. The Oregon senator noted that he has been working with Ray Keter, of Reter Fruit company In Medford for 17 years and has made progress tor the pear industry "time and time again." He referred to a meeting Saturday after noon with representatives of the pear industry in Medford and discussion of labor problems and the V. S. Labor department'! new stringent regulations tor using Mexican Nationals and the $1 an hour minimum wage set for such fruit harvest labor. He prom ised then he would work on the problem at committee lev el first. PORTLANDS LINKED Portland - IW - Portland Ore., and Portland, Maine, have been linked by direct distance dialing Calls State Welfare Commission to Meet in Medford The Jackson county public welfare commission will be host in Medford on Friday, April 27, to the second series of regular regional sessions of the Oregon state public wel fare commission held in the six districts of the state. Ses sions will be In the auditori um of the Jackson county courthouse. Starting at 8:30 a.m., the meeting will be adjourned for a no-host luncheon at North's Chuck Wagon, and the afternoon session is expected to adjourn not later than i p.m. Regular business wilt be conducted durmg the morn Ing. In the afternoon there will be discussions of any s- peci ot puottc welfare pro- svams ne group may wtstt to explore ana a questlon-and- answer period in which the public is encouraged to . par - tiopate, Andrew F. Juras, state administrator, reports. , JLtk Questions . , These regional meetings ace held to give the puMic . as well as persons connected, with the county public wel- fare commissions in each tlis. Strict an opportunity to ask ijuesiions ano mane sugges-1 along a roped-off Jane to wsit tions concerning the pro-f ing ambulances and limou-' grams, problems and goais of (sines. Laughing-sobbing rele- public welfare in Ores on. Open to ihe public, the ses sions will draw state legisla tors, county public welfare commissioners and adminis trafors, civic leaders, officials and other interested persons from Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson and Josephine coun ties. . . Ennls Kctzer, M.D., North Bend, chairman of the state commission, will preside dur ing the business session, and H. D. Christensen, chairman of the Jackson county public welfare commission, will pre side during the afternoon ses sion, in charge of arrange ments and reservations is James Pullman, Jackson coun ty public welfare administra tor. Medford Residence Damaged by Smofee - A two story house t 4.2S Garfield ave. received exten sive smoke damage Friday noon when fire broke out in the attic. Mcdtord firemen re sponded to the alarm at 11.59 a.m. The fire broke out in the fiue of the home, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Wiliard Dudley, and then spread to the attic. Vow to Return to Prison Unless Others Ransomed Majority Suffering From Malnutrition Miami - - Fidel Casiro ransomed 80 sick and wound ed invasion prisoners Ittn freedom for $2.5 million Sat urday. Proud and hobbling. they were welcomed back by 20,000 of their cheering refu gee countrymen. Twenty-tlve were hospital ized for "reconstructive sur gery and medical care," the others were returned to joy ously tearful families. Ail vowed to go back td Castro's jails unless ransom i raised for nil 1,179 captives- taken in the aborative Cuban invasion. ' " ; . Prised Worms 1 The newly freed captives said their treatment in prison . had depended on how- negotia tions for their freedom were progressing. When their prop aganda vaiue rose, one said, "we became prized worms " ' Doctors said most of the men were suffering from mal nutrition, but none appeared overly gaunt or underweight. Only one was a stretcher case. A hush fell over the snx- ,ioua .. ltte big four. . cnme nlane returnm the prisoners from Havana Tolled 1 up to the unloading lone, I The caotlves - some atl . jWutah.es, some .mining arm i!ana " others wn pullet lemoeoneo in ineir ooaiea v Ualuted smartly as they ap. Wared tn the doorway c-t th i plane. - ' Waif ino Ambulances - . i Tbwi fhv ilmnoti faurn tha (steep steps and for TS yard tives broke throagh the mas- ' slve crowd to rejoin iiiein men. ' Immediately ' upon arrival the newly-freed captives is sued a statement saying lney , would "consider arseJve prisoners until the last one of our companions Is at liberty; the brigade 2506 is pne and indfviaible." ' '. Brigade 2S0S was the unit that stormed ashore at Jh Bay of Pigs April 17, ISatv only to be captured three day later by Cuban Premier Fidel Castro's militia. ; ) ' Those returned ; Saturday were - the most seriously injured member of the In vasion force. Subpoenat Ordered Against Sleet Firms Washington -(OT- Subpoe naa were ordered ' Saturday against 12 big steel compa nies, by . Senate subcommit tee which pressed Its atrtl trust Investigation despite the industry's peii jneil retreat from a $8 a ton price Increase. 13. S. marshals were set in serve the subpoena which demand that the . firms pro. duce cast records for the Senate anli-monopojy group headed by Sen. Estes Ketau ver tD-Tenn.).