Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 16, 1962, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textcurt Order for Reapportionment Irks Alabama Governor ir Force Captain Denies Givina Information To East Germany Wiesbaden, GermanjMUPD-A U S. Air Force captain today denied he gave defense infor mation to East Germany while in East Berlin in 1980. Capt. Joseph P. Kauffman, 43, tpld an eight-man military court trying him, "I did not answer any questions about Uie security of the United States." Kauffman is accused of passing secrets to Communist East German agents and agreeing to work for the Com munists. Kauffman took the stand in his own behalf as the trial en tered its second week to de scribe his activities after leav ing Sonderstrom Air Base, Greenland, on Sept. 23, I960, for a vacation before report ing to a new assignment in California. He said he did not know there were restrictions on tra the .U.S. forces and bought a train ticket without difficulty. "About one hour out of Hamburg three individuals in gray uniforms entered the train and asked me for my passport," he said, "t showed them my orders, which is a passport for military people, but they took me off at the next stop." Kauffman said he was tak en to what appeared to be a police station where he wait ed two-and-a-half hours. No body questioned him. He later was taken to a house where a uniformed man introduced himself as the local comman dant, he said. "I objected to my treatment and told him I was merely traveling to Berlin on leave," Kauffman said. "He said he had to contact somebody on this and left." Kauffman said he spent the night in a chair and the next introduced himself as a teacher of philosophy" escort ed him in a car to a "two story stucco building enclosed by a high fence." "As we arrived, a woman and a slim individual entered the house with us. J was led into a room with the heavy set man and the slinj individual and they posed a number of questions to me through the woman interpreter," he said. "The subjects of inquiry in cluded what I thought of the President of the United States, what the feeling of the people was toward the President, how many aircraft we had at Sonderstrom Air Base and what our mission was in Greenland." Kauffman said he only an swered questions "concerning my name, rank and serial number." Foreign Briefs AMERICAN CARGO SHIP ON FIRE Beirut, Lebanon-IUPII-The 7-240-ton American-owned cargo ship Theopan. carrying a cargo of coconuts to Beirut, caught fire outside the harbor here Sunday night. There was no report of injuries to crewmen. vol to Berlin by members of ' morning a heavy-set man who EASTER LILIES! Wholesale & Retail f Short, dark green foliage ' ff?Mh anc' 'arBe white blooms Wm RCOUE VALLEY Mmw Grecnhosiss S Florist Phone SP 2-9384 625 Franquette OPEN FROM 7:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M. ANDREI GROMYKO IN YUGOSLAVIA Belgrade-UPll-Soviel Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko arrived today by plane from Moscow for an official visit to Yugoslavia and talks with government officials. INDONESIANS DIE OF FOOD SHORTAGES Jakarta, Indonesia-Wll-Seventy persons have died from food shorteges caused by a long drought preceded and fol lowed by floods in a district in West Java since February, Indonesia's official Anlara news agency reported. Montgomery, Ala.-fflPD-Gov. John Patterson, bridling at court demands for quick ac tion, will decide this week whether to call the legisla ture into special session to re apportion legislative strength. A three-judge federal court Saturday gave the legislature until July 16 to grant city voters more representation or threatened to do the job itself. First Court Demand It was the first such court demand to result from the U. S. Supreme Court's histor ic decision March 26 that federal courts could take jur isdiction in reapportionment cases. Previously such cases had been considered political matters-and thus outside the domain of the courts. ' In a ruling which could set a nationwide pattern in such cases, the court took note of the fact that the Alabama constitution requires readjust ing legislative strength every 10 years, but that no such action had been taken in 60 years. However, the court re fused a Tcqucst to require action before the May 1 Dem ocratic primary. The court ruling caught I holding a special session to Patterson in Latin America, ward off court action, at the tail end of a 15-day; The Alabama legislature trade mission, and Alabama in the midst of a lively gov ernor's race. It quickly over shadowed the campaign ora tory. On his arrival home Sun day, Patterson quickly voiced stern objections to the court's order. He said he would call legislators into special ses sion "only If I truly want to do this myself." Special Session Costly "I don't like for the federal courts to dictate state policy. And as long as I'm governor, they will not dictate it. I don't like to act under threat of duress of federal courts." He said the court apparent ly failed to consider that a special session would cost the state at least $500,000. But he told newsmen he would confer with top aides and de cide within the week what to do. The court decree did not take Alabama officials by sur- prise. Before leaving for Latin America, Patterson had been polling state politicians to see what they thought ol has not been reapportioned since the adoption of the con stitution of 1901 and there have been repeated attempts at reapportionment by big city lawmakers. Patterson's administration last year backed a plan to ex pand the 105-seat House and the 35-scat Senate to give representation to larger coun ties. But when this plan failed, 14 citizens from Birmingham -largest metropolitan area in the state-brought suit in fed eral courts. Regional Edition Page 2A EARTHQUAKE SHAKES DOWNTOWN TOKYO Tokyo-iUPIi-A mild earthquake shook downtown Tokyo tonight. There were no immediate reports of damage. CUBAN IN MOSCOW FOR LENIN MEETING Havana-iUPI-Juan Marinello, a Cuban communist leader who recently was appointed dean of Havana university, flew to Moscow yesterday for the annual meeting of the Lenin Peace Prise committee of which he is a member. JETS PAY HOMAGE TO LEONARDO DA VINCI Vinci, Italy (UPI) A squadron of jets Sunday roared over the small stone house where Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15. 1452, to mark the birth anniversary of the genius who believed man would learn to fly. 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Edward Hebert (D-La.) stands between the Pentagon and the powerful forces arrayed in behalf of the guard. These include the Na tional Guard association, a number of slate governors and some members of Con gress. At issue is an administra tion plan to eliminate four Guard and four Reserve di visions and trim the size of the Guard from 400,000 men to 367,000 men. The National Guard As sociation, through its presi dent, retired Maj. Gen. Wil liam H. Harrison Jr., has ac cused the Pentagon of de liberately campaigning to downgrade civilian forces and planning complete distruction of the Guard. The subcommittee also in tends to investigate a charge that 28 per cent of the Re servists in 17 selected units involved in last fall's mobili zation were assigned positions for which they had not been trained. Other congressional news: Estes: Chairman Harold Cooley (D-N.C.) plans to dis cuss with other members whether the House Agri clulture Committee should 48 in. jji x n 54 in. 72x54 2.39 48x84 95x54 3.29 72x84 120x54 3.98 96x84 120x84 5.93 144x84 98 pair 4.98 ',i'", I- I m mm Steels Decline In Active Market New York-dOT-Stcels mov ed lower in an otherwise steady and moderately active stock market today. Declines of a point or more appeared in Lukcns Steel, Jones & Laughlin, Inland. Re public and U. S. Steel. Weak ness in this group follows the back down on steel prices by companies which earlier had announced across - the board price hikes. Motors firmed and Du Pont tacked on more than 1 in a somewhat higher chemical section. Among the oils. Ohio and Amerada added roughly 1 each. Drugs, electronics, rails, en tertainments, metals, building supplies and foods all display ed point-sized gains. look into the dealings of In dicted Texas farm tycoon Billie Sol Estes. Cooley said the committee may decide whether it should investigate j Estes' relations with the Agri culture department. : Stockpile: Senate stockpile ' investigators will begin hear- ings today into profits on de ferred sales of copper to the national stockpile in the mid 1950s. Four officials of the General Services Administrat tion have been summoned to testify before the Senate Armed Services' subcommit tee, headed by Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.). Discharges: Rep. Florence P. Dv yer (D-N. J.) asked De fense Secretary Robert S. Mc Namara today to make it easier for Reservists called up during , the Berlin crisis to get hardship disciiargges. Mrs. Dwyer, in a letter to Mc Namara, called on the De fense Department to return to the pre-Berlin standard for the consideration of hard ship discharges. Morse Reports on OAS Conference Corvallis - "Letting com munism rot in Cuba" will do the cause of democray "much more good" in Lalin America than a Cuba martyred by "Yankee aggression," Sen. 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