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Section A 60 PAGES
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1962
Six Sections
No. 33
JFK, MacMillan Agree to
Consider Summit Meeting
57th Year
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Army Dismisses
Maj. Roberts for
Making DAR Talk
Officer Demands
A Court Martial
Washington -H'PH-The Army
claimed full legal authority
Saturday for its action in dis
missing Maj. Arch E. Roberts
from active military duty be
cause of his unauthorized
speech before the Daughters
of the American Revolution.
Roberts has demanded a
court martial. But an Army
spokesman disputed his asser
tion that his more than 18
years of active service pre
vent his being cashiered with
out his consent.
The spokesman further said
that Roberts' release from
duty was technically an ad
ministrative rather than a dis
ciplinary action, and that no
court martial or formal ap
peal procedures apply in his
case.
Improper Statements
Army Secretary Elvis J.
Stahr Jr. late Friday dismiss
ed Roberts from active duty
on the grounds that he made
"improper statements" and
"violated traditional standards
of conduct for an officer" in
his April 19 appearance be
fore the DAR. Roberts at one
time served as an aide to for
mer Maj. Gen. Edwin A.
Walker.
After the Army had refus
ed to approve a speech he
had prepared for-the occasion,
Roberts appeared before the
DAR on an impromptu basis.
He accused Los Angeles May
or Sam Yorty of having a
"communist background" and
also said Assistant Secretary
of State G. Menncn Williams
had "leftist leanings"
Refused to Accept
At Ft. Lee, Va-., where he
has been restricted since his
suspension following the
speech. Roberts refused to ac
cept the Army's action as fi
nal. He appealed to Sen. Gor
don Allolt (R-Colo.) to inter
vene in his behalf.
A vital question for the 47-year-old
Roberts was the fact
that an officer on active duty
may retire on a pension equal
to one-half his base pay as
soon as he compeltes 20 years
of service, whereas an officer
in the reserve status to which
he is being returned cannot
get a pension until he is 60
years old.
Gold Star Mother
President Chosen
Mrs. Hilda Thomas, Coos
chapter, was installed presi
dent of the Oregon depart
ment, American Gold Star
Mothers, in the closing ses
sion of the 14th annual con
vention of the group Satur
day night at the Jackson
House.
She succeeds Mrs. Ord
Castle, Toledo. Also taking
office were Mrs. Mary Champ,
Salem, first vice - president;
Mrs. Mildred Edner, Tilla
mook, second vice-president;
Mrs. Helen White, Salem, re
cording secretary: Mrs. Lois
Hollenbeck, Honor chapter,
Portland, treasurer; and Mrs.
Freyda Brpse, Memory chap
ter, Portland, assistant treas
urer. Also installed were Mrs.
Norma Dellagc, Eugene, chap
lain; Mrs. Roberta Wheeler,
Albany, sergeant - at - arms;
Mrs. Clyde Sturgill, Medford,
historian: Mrs. Mary Hamil
ton, Grants Pass, custodian of
records; Mrs. Martha Ball,
Roseburg. flag guard; Mrs.
Mary Jensen. Honor chapter,
banner guard.
MS(BRIEFS
TEMS FROM X?V UNB olM
JAPA..ESE DEMONSTRATE AGAINST TESTS
Tekyo-lPI-More than 3,000 singing, chanting Japanese,
led by Communists, marched through Tokyo Saturday de-1
mending an end to U.S. nuclear tests and the scrapping oi
the U.S. -Japan security treaty.
vnrr shows confidence
Karachi. Pakistan-lPI-Early returns in Pakistan's first r) Jail After Crash
"basic democracy" elections today indicated vole of eon- 88-year-old Medford man
fidence lor pro-Western President Mohammed Ayub Khan. was lodged in Jackson county
jail Friday night after he
INDONESIAN ARMY ORDERED ON ALERT I was Involved in an auto col-
Jakarta-WI-Indonesian army, nary and air lorce unite lision at Highway 99 and Bil
poised along the West New Guinea front have been ordered ; ijngs Hill,
on standby alert lor what could be an ell-out invasion of i James Wallis Ambler of
the disputed territory, according to a PIA news agency 1 28 North Orange St., Med
report Saturday. I ford, was jailed on a charge
NATIONWIDE STRIKE LOOMS
Buenos Aires-IPI-The possibility of I nationwide general
strike before or after May Day loomed Saturday as the
Peronisl-controlled 62 unions of the General Labor Conled-j
eretion mapped plans for a protest against the nullification
of last month's elections results.
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PARADE-What looked like "poor weather" for Medford's
annual Pear Blossom parade turned out to be pleasant
after all and thousands of spectators were on hand to view
the event. The picture above shows part of the crowd
and one of the band units that provided lively music for
Extremist Group
Clashes With LA
Police; One Dead
Los Angeles -HOT- Extrem
ist black Muslims battled po
lice with guns, bottles, fists
and feet early Saturday out
side the anti-white sect tem
ple in a riot that killed one
muslim and injured 11 men.
About SO muslims and an
equal number of police were
involved by the time the riot
reached a climax at 12:30
p.m. It started an hour ear
lier with a seeming routine
questioning of two peddlers,
and concluded when police
jailed nearly a score of the
rioters.
Involved in Episode
Wounded by gunfire were
one officer and six members
of the black muslim cult, four
of the latter reported in cri
tical condition. About 10 0
muslims with brush-cropped
haircuts and police were in
volved in the episode, which
officers said "caught us com
pletely by surprise."
A crowd of about 200
watched the battle.
Dead was Robert Stokes,
28, Los Angeles, identified
by Lt. Ronald Williamson as
one of the black-suited cult
ists. Police said apparently
all those who engaged offi
cers in the frenetic midnight
battle were muslims, exclu
sive of other members of the
Negro community where the
incident occurred.
The cult advocated a sep
arate "black nation" within
the United States for Negroes
despite p u b 1 ic opposition
voiced by local and national
Negro leaders to its extrem
ist stand.
National Following
The secret muslim group.
headed by a self-proclaimed i
"Muhammed" its founder
Elijah Poole is anti-white,
anti - integration, anti-Christian.
It preaches "without a
struggle, there is no prog
ress." Poole claims a national
following of 250,000, but the
best police estimates place
the number at 60,000.
An apparent minor inci
dent, in which two patrolmen,
Stanley Kensic and Frank
Tomlinson. questioned two
men peddling clothes from a
car touched off the riot. Po
lice said one peddler shouted:
"We didn't do anything.
You're only doing this to us
because we're muslims."
Police said those arrested
included 15 adult Negroes,
all muslims, on suspicion of
assault with intent to commit
murder. A 17-year-old boy al
so was in juvenile custody.
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Church Float Wins
Sweepstakes Prize
In Blossom Parade
A float depicting Alice in
Wonderland sitting under a
weeping pear tree won the
grand sweepstakes prize for
best theme portrayal in Sat
urday's pear blossom festival
parade in Medford.
The winning float was en
tered by the primary associa
tion of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints,
2nd Ward, in Medford.
Larceny Suspect
Lodged in Jail
John Henry Earle, 29, of
Burbank, Calif., has been
lodged in county jail by Med
ford police, charged with lar
ceny in connection with the
theft of nearly $1,300 from
a Medford dentist's office
Wednesday.
Earle was brought back to
Medford from Salem Friday
night by Lt. Lyle C. Perkins
and Officer Milt Hanson who
went up to question him.
Earle had been apprehended
by Salem police Thursday.
According to Medford po
lice, Earle answers the de
scription of a man who took
close to S1.300 in cash and
checks from a receptionist in
a Mall building dentist's of
fice between 10:45 and 11:15
a.m. Wednesday.
Earle is also suspected in
connection with similar thefts
from doctors' offices in Chico,
Calif., Roseburg, Eugene and
Grants Pass.
High-Speed Chasei'
Ends in Arrest
A high speed chase by slate
police early Saturday morn
ing resulted in jailing Rob
ert Lynn Cripe, 18, of 2682
Crater Lake highway, on
reckless driving charges.
State police said Cripe at
tempted to outrun a patrol
car while headed cast on Mc
Andrews rd. It ran through a
traffic light at Riverside ave.
and a stop sign at Biddlc rd.
At times the patrol car speed
ometer hit 90 miles an hour.
The Cripe car skidded some
distance before crossing Cra
ter Lake ave. and the rear
end hit a Copco power pole.
At this point, a passenger.
Calvin Lee Granger, 18, of
2303 Spring St.. either fell or
jumped from the car and ran
away.
The car continued on and
turned onto Buckshot hill rd.
It was finally stopped a half
mile off Crater Lake ave. As
the car slowed to a stop, a
: second Dassencer. a 17-vcar-
i old. jumped out and ran.
I state police said further
charges may be made against
! Cripe.
I Medford Man Lodged
'of being drunk on a public
highway
He suffered minor injuries
when his auto struck 8 car
driven by Verne Alva Wig
gins, 32, of 1305 Siskiyou
blvd . Ashland.
the parade. Sweepstakes winner was a float entered by
the primary association of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints,
dcrland.
2nd Ward,
Following the parade, be
tween 1.000 and 1,200 per
sons gathered at Hawthorne
park for the blossom bucks
auction, where some 80 items
were sold to the highest bid
der at prices that seemed
more like those of gold rush
days than of the present.
Few items sold for less than
$5",000 in blossom bucks.
Some buyers brought large
sacks of bucks. The most cost-
lv merchandise sold was
polaroid camera bought by
Claudio Paterilini and Doug
las Smith for $56,000.
The auction lasted from 4
to 6:15 p. m. and an estimated
$150,000 in blossom bucks
was spent.
Theme for this year's par
ade was "Pears in Storybook
Land," and the primary as
sociation's float showed Alice
sitting under the weeping
pear tree next to a sign point
ing "To Pearland."
Jonah and Whale
Winner of the sweepstakes
award for best design was
the Medford Free Methodist
Church Sunday School with
a float depicting Jonah and
the whale, labeled as the
Bible "pair."
Susan Gannon won the
grand sweepstakes award for
best comic.
In a special category for
the float best depicting the
value of the fruit industry
to the Rogue River Valley,
St. Mary's Neighborhood Girl
Scouts came in first. An entry
by Teddy Hansey and Terry
Piche was second.
In awards for organizat
ional floats. Child Evangel
ism Fellowship was first, Ne-wa-can-tanda
was second and
Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of
the Nazarene Sunday school
third.
Awards to costumed walk
ing groups went as follows:
Winchester Avenue Gang,
first; Brownie Troop 36, sec
ond; Robin Murray group,
third; Talent Girls Marching
team, fourth; Cralerian Guard
Baton corps, fifth; Brownie
Troop 54, sixth, and Laurie
Kerry Trautman and Gary
and Kathy Conlcy, seventh.
Raapke Girls
Vehicle decoration awards
went to t h e Raapke girls,
first; Molly Wilson, second;
Dana and Patrice Nicdermey
er, thiro: David Compton and
Lynn Louise Swascr, fourth:
David McEachron and Stan
Horton, fifth: Billy Pearson,
sixth, and Billy Jones, sev
enth. In Hip animal and pets cat
egory. Shelley Haysc, Chris
tine Haysc and Michael Bail
ey were first; Pamela Sorcn
son, second; Susan Kimball,
third: Jeff Plankenhorn,
fourth, and Keith Robbins,
fifth.
In the individual section
Debra Tycer was first; Carol
Lambrecht, second; Carol
Kagy, third; Nancy and Su
san Davidson, fourth; Diane
Huntemann, fifth; Pamela
Wiese, sixth, and Pal Taylor,
seventh.
The Chamber of Commerce
announced that prize winners
who did not pick up their
checks at the park Saturday
may do so at the chamber
office anytime this week.
Sports Bulletin
Saturday Night Baseball
Nationel League:
Milwaukee 9. Houston 3
American Leegue:
Baltimore 3, Ken. City 2
which depicted Alice in Won-
Justice Brand To
Be Main Speaker
During Law Day
Retired Chief Justice of the
Oregon Supreme Court James
T. Brand will be the princi
pal speaker Tuesday, May 1,
during Law day activities in
Jackson county circuit court
number 1.
The activities, open to the
public, will start at 9:30 a.m.
Judge Brand was appointed
judge of the military tribunal
for major war criminals in
Nurnberg, Germany in 1947.
A graduate of Obcrlin col
lege and Harvard Law school,
Judge Brand was admitted
to the Oregon bar in 1914
a"d was awarded an honorary
doctor nf law degree from
Willamette university in
1948. He practiced law on
the coast and served as city
attorney for Coos Bay prior
to being appointed circuit
judge in 1927 for the second
judicial district. He was ap
pointed to the state supreme
court in 1941 and served as
chief justice from 1951 to
1953.
Although retired, he serves
as a law professor on the
staff of Stetson university, St.
Petersburg, Fla.
During the Law day pro
gram the winner of the local
high school student editorial
contest will be presented with
her award. The winner. Miss
Mary Clare Stuart, 2650
Beall lane, Central Point, is
a senior at Crater High
school. Her editorial on the
theme of Law day, appeared
in the April 4, school news
paper. The daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Stuart, she
will receive $25 and a certi
ficate from the Oregon State
Bar association.
Chairman of the activities
in Medford, under the auspi
ces of the Jackson county
Bar association, are A. E. Pi
azza and Paul Haviland.
Ashland Woman Hurt
When Struck by Bike
Ashland Teresa Crew,
20, of Campus Trailer court,
Ashland, suffered minor iin
juries Saturday when she
was struck by a boy on a
bicycle in the Ashland plaza.
Timothy Reeder, 12, of
Granite St., Ashland, was on
the bike. The accident oc
curred at 2:45 p.m.
"How Dare You Follow Me, You Criminal!"
Series of High
Altitude Nuclear
Tests Scheduled
May Be Set Off
In Next Few Days
Washington -WPP- A series
of high altitude nuclear shots
may be set off in the next
few days at Johnston island,
800 miles southwest of Hono
lulu. So far joint Task Force 8
has fired two atmospheric
shots since the current U. S.
testing series began last Wed
nesday. Both blasts were trig
gered near British-controlled
Christmas island, 1,500 miles
from Hawaii.
But Johnston island, a small
coral atoll, is due to become
operational on Monday under
plans previously announced
by the Atomic Energy com
mission. Shots fired there
might be seen from Hawaii,
a situation which has not been
true with the two devices ex
ploded near Christmas island.
First Real Test
Johnston island is going to
be the site of nuclear blasts
set off at extremely high alti
tudes. In addition, a nuclear,
tipped Polaris missile may be
fired there in the first real
test of this submarine-borne
deterrent.
In keeping with its policy
of releasing a minimum
amount of information about
the tests, the AEC has given
out no schedule of forlh.com?
ing shots.
But, the pace of the first
two indicates that they will
be frequent. Friday's shot was
set off almost precisely 48
hours after the initial explo
sion in the scries.
President Kennedy has di
rected that the tests be car
ried out as rapidly as possible.
They probably will be com
pleted sometime in June.
The U. S. tests are proceed
ing on two fronts. In addition
to the Pacific blasts, the Atom
ic Energy commission is con
tinuing with its underground
scries in Nevada. Friday, it
set off the 30th publicly an
nounced underground shot
there since last September.
Medford Duo Wins
Mechanics Contest
Portland - lUPD - Two Med
ford High school seniors,
Clarence Lamp and Jim Sev
cik captured first place in the
Oregon Plymouth trouble
shooting contest here Satur
day. The youths captured the au
tomobile mechanics contest in
competition with eight other
two-man teams. They earned
the right to represent the
stale at the national Plymouth
trouble shooting contest at
Detroit, Mich., June 26.
Lamp and Scvcik remedied
several pre-arranged engine
malfunctions in 46 minutes
and 53 seconds.
SPECTATOR-Joyce Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duane
ClarK, Mcaford, waves ai a pair of ciowns in tne Pear Blus-
soin parade Saturday afternoon. The off-and-on sunshine
SPECTATOR-Joyce Clark.
ClarK, Mcaford, waves at a
soin parade Saturday aftci
made people squint and P
trying to calculate cxposur
made people squint and played havoc with photographers
trying to calculate exposures.
More Welfare Aid
Said Offered for
Less Local
Jackson county is receiv -
ing more services trom me
county welfare department
for less local money.
Because of this, Jackson
county may have approxi
mately $46,000 for other serv
ices than what Is Included in
the tentative county budget,
noy, under cqnsideratioa by
the county budget committee.
This fact became known
Friday after the stale wel
fare commission, in a region
al meeting in Medford, ap
proved the state's 1962-63 fis
cal year budget for $45,904,
673. Jackson county's share is
$1,454,191. Of this $758,469
is from federal funds, 487,005
from state funds, and $208,
717 to be supplied from coun
ty sources.
Matching Funds
James Pullman, county wel
fare administrator, explain
ed that this reduction in costs
of welfare from local sources
is a trend that was started
about four years ago. In 1959
60 the county had to pay
$256,839 for local welfare
services and this part ol the
budget has gradually decreas
ed with the fcdoral matching
funds and slate moneys mak
ing up the difference.
In the tentative county
budget now under considera
tion by the county budget
committee, some $254,658 has
been slated for. the welfare
department.
During the Friday after
noon session of the commis
sion meeting, H. D. Christen
sen, chairman nf the Jack
son county welfare commis
sion, presided during a dis
cussion period.
Some administrators of the
Sfraub to Speak
On Public Power
Robert Slraub, Eugene, who
Is seeking the Democratic
nomination for Representa
tive of the Fourth district,
will speak at a no-host lunch
eon on May 1 at Kim's res
taurant. South Pacific hwy.
His topic will be, "Public
Power and Its Effect on Ore
gon." A question and answer pe
riod will follow the talk.
Then he will speak to the reg
ular meeting of the Demo
cratic Central committee at
7:30 o'clock that night at the
Labor Temple in Medford.
Yonks in Finals of
World Piano Contest
Moscow -UPli- Two Ameri
cans placed Saturday among
the 12 finalists at the second
international Tchaikovsky pi
ano contest.
They were Roy Vincent Bo
gas of Richmond, Calif., and
Susan Starr of Philadelphia.
Four Americans out of the
10 who began the competition
managed to reach the second
round.
J
Money
, medical aid for the aged pro-
gram, established: uclooer,
1961, felt that something was
wrong with the program
since oniy iwo per ccm oi
tne aiioiment money nad been
spcnl.
Dr. James H. Stewart, di
rector of the division of medi
cal care. of the state public
welfare commission'stressed
that any new program starts
gradually. He believes that
the number of cases will in
crease. The state budget in
cludes $3,000,000 for this pro
gram.
Dr. Ennis Keizor, North
Bend, chairman, explained
that in setting up this MAA
program, they had no figures
to find out the maximum
number of persons who could
use this program.
All seven members of the
state welfare commission1 at
tended the monthly meeting.
It was one of the six regional
sessions held by the commis
sion outside of Salem each
year.- Welfare administrators
from Jackson, Coos, Douglas,
Curry, Josephine, Washing
ton, and Klamath counties at
tended the meeting.
County Budget Group
May Wind Up Work
The Jackson county budget
committee, already behind in
its budget work, will meet
Tuesday and Thursday in
hopes of winding up the budg
et studies' this week.
Major budget items yet to
be passed on are the county
clerk's department, recrea
tion, sheriff, county assessor
and salaries for . all depart.
mcnt heads.
Friday, the budget commit
tee still had taken no action
on the $7,000 requested for
a teacher at the juvenile de
tention home. Earlier the
budget committee had tenta
tively disallowed the Item. In
dications were Friday that
committee members would
make this a positive "no"
Tuesday.
Considerable Discussion
Referring to the other ma
jor budget time which receiv
cd considerable discussion Fri
day, County Judge Earl Mil
ler said the budget committee
has tentatively established a
capital improvement fund of
"not more than $150,000" to
cover the county's share of
the proposed health clinic
building.
Federal Hill-Burton funds
would provide one-third of
the estimated cost of the clin
ic building, or $30,144. Dr.
A. Erin Merklc, Jackson coun
ty public health officer, has
been instructed to get a more
accurate estimate on the build,
ing costs.
Miller said the $150,000
tentative allocation would
also cover equipment for the
clinic building. However, he
noted that Dr. Mcrkel Is ask
ing the budget committee for
approximately $61,288 for Its
Talks To Be Held
Only II Results
Are in Prospect
Time Said Not
Ripe at Present
Washington - (VPO - Presi
dent Kennedy and British
Prime Minister Harold Mac
Millan agreed Saturday to
consider a summit meeting
with Nikita Khrushchev If
there was any prospect It
would produce useful results.
However, U. S. and Brit
ish sources said conditions for
fruitful meeting-at-the-top
did not appear ripe at the
present.
They cited the continued
Berlin deadlock and Russia's
flnt iwfiirnl In oriniint an af.
ban
Jnnhitno lhal
,L u
' '
Will continue
The discussion of the pros
pects of meeting the Soviet
premier was one of several
topics covered by MacMillan
and Kennedy in day-long talks
at the White House. These
sessions will continue today
before the British premier
leaves for Canada.
AppnrHino in Ampriran anrl
British sources, the two allied
loaders aerecd the United
sla(. should press ahead
wli, t8 talks with the Rus-
an8 in an effort to find a
basis, (or. solving the Berlin
tl IBIO.,
. But as far as the summit
was concerned, they noted
that Khrushchev, -in a recent
interview! had come to agree
with Kennedy's view that
there was no use. holding such
a conference unless there was
some prospect it would make
progress.
The President was said to
still stand on his three con
ditions for a summit meeting
-it must show promise for
success, or be necessary to
avert a major crisis, or be In
the "national interest."
Berlin and disarmament oc
cupied the morning session,
which was followed by a
luncheon given by the Presi
dent in honor of his guest.
Then in the afternoon they
resumed the talks, devoting
them in part to the six-na
tion common market which
Britain - with U. S. backing
-is getting ready to join.
Kennedy described the mor
ning session as "very good.
share . of a . proposed public
health clinic building.
Friday, the budget commit,
tee approved $53,681 for.
courthouse . expenses compar
ed to $55,096 for the current
year and ' $1,332.50 for six
months the county coroner's
office will be In operation.
The new. medical examiner
program under the public
health office becomes effec
tive when the present coro
ner's term of office expires
Dec. 31. , .
Annual Salary 1
It also approved $8,043 or
the Ashland justice of the
peace court budget and grant,
cd the justice of peace a $204
raise to $4,032 In annual sal -ary.
Also approved was a $4.
050 budget for the Gold Hilt
Justice of the peace court, in
cluding a $154 raise for the
justice of peace to an annual
salary of $2,484.
It also approved an alloca
tion of $7,500 to hire a soils '
scientist to make e compre
hensive soils classification .
study of Rogue valley soils. '
The approval followed letters
from Oregon Milk Producers,
the Jackson County Stock- '.
men's association, Jackson
county planning commission,
county assessor, county health
department, all three irriga
tion districts, Agricultural
Conservation and Stabiliza
tion office. Farm Bureau,
First National Bank of Ore
gon, Medford branch, and T.
H. Haight, real estate oper
ator. The committee also approv
ed $19,089 in mental health
funds for an expanded pro
gram. The state will grant
$19,089 If the application is
approved In Salem.