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mm m to Capitulation of Agriculture To Estes Charged Washington HJPH Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.) today charg ed the Agriculture Depart ment with "complete capitu tion" to Billie Sol Estes on cotton allotments. The depart ment denied it. Mundt said department of- Lester McFall, Eagle Point, Dies 01 Crash Injuries Lester McFall. 45, of 324 South B St., Eagle Point, died Thursday as a result of in juries received in a two ve hicle accident Sunday morn ing. Two other persons were killed in the collision, and a fourth is reported in critical condition at Sacred Heart hos pital. Killed Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Jake Delroy Brown, Eagle Point, who were pas sengers in the McFall vehicle. In critical condition is Mrs. Sharon Lee Bennett, 20, of route 1, box 396, Cold Hill, a passenger in the other ve hicle. Reported in fair condition at the same hospital are Mrs. Lester (Laura) McFall, 40, also Eagle Point, and Mrs. June Marie Coburn Ryland, 28, of 2511 Crater Lake highway, driver of the car in which Mrs. Bennett was riding. The accident occurred at the intersection of Crater Lake highway and Agate rd. Two 4-H Members Named for Trip , Two Jackson county 4-H members have been awarded trips to the National 4-H Con gress in Chicago, and a third has been named an alternate, according to the state 4-H of fice in Corvallis. Winning trips are Georgia Hubbard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hubbard, and Alice Woolfolk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Woolfolk. Ron Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Anderson, was nam ed an alternate. All are from the Antelope club. Twenty-six outstanding 4-H club members from Oregon will attend the national Con gress in November. Selection of delegates is based on 4-H projects and activities, 4-H leadership and personal de velopment. Miss Hubbard won the dairy award for achiveements in the project area and her contri butions to others as a junior leader. Miss Woolfolk was named winner of the girl's leadership award, designed to encourage the development of leadership qualities. Anderson was selected as an alternate in the beef award division. All three club members are in their ninth year of 4-H club work. Anderson and Miss Hubbard are seniors at Eagle Point High school, and Miss Woolflok is employed by the Bank of Oregon. WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly cloudy to ninht and Saturday morning, becoming partly sunny Satur day afternoun. A tw light shower at times and wow (lurries In mountains above 1.500 to 4.000 feet. Low tonight 45. High Saturday 60. Temp. Hlshest Yesterday 74 Lowest This Morning 48 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today - 7:29 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:47 a.m. Moonrlse today 8:41 p.m. Full Moon tomorrow.. 6:32 a.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mercury, sets f:4S p.m. Venn, follows Mercury. Jupiter, rise 2:04 a.m. Saturn, low In south east 2:1 a.m. Mars, rises 3:44 a.m. ITIMS FROM a S. TO MAKE VOICE HEARD Wathinglon-'tPI-Preiident Kennedy laid Thunder night the United States would continue to make ill voice heard on European security mailers ai long as it supplies men end dollars toward the common INDONESIAN PARATROOPERS DROPPED Hollandia. West New Guine-lPI-The local Dutch gov ernment reported today thai 60 more Indonesian pirAroope.4 were dropped on the New Guinea south coast in recent days. "NUCLEAR WARHD LAUNCH CONSIDERED o Washington-! Pl-The United States todey was reported considering the launching of IIBIIC missile carrying nubicni waiuvau iui uv(wiai" the Pacific testing area near Christmas Island. ficals revoked cancellation of Estes' cotton allotments after the Texas financier met with them and two Texas congress men. TTie Agriculture Department confirmed that the meeting was held and said the date and purpose of it had been known to the press since the case was first discussed by the department. Order Follows Meeting The Agriculture Depart ment said the order to with hold cancellation of Estes' cot ton allotment was made afler the meeting. It was decided after the meeting that all persons in volved in the case should be given an opportunity to sign sworn statements to the effect that cotton allotment transfers they were involved in were legal and valid, a spokesman said. When Estes and some oth ers involved in the case failed to supply the sworn state ments, the department can celled their allotments and as sessed penalties totaling S734,- 328, including a penalty of $544,162 against Estes, the spokesman said. The congressmen were iden tified later as Sen. Ralph Yar borough (D-Tex.) and Rep. J. T, Rutherford (D-Tex.). An aide to Yarborough said the senator was acting in behalf of a constituent "the same as he would have for any other." Rutherford was not immedi ately available for comment. Mundt said: "This was more than favoritism. This was com plete capitulation to a guy out on the make." Mundt is a member of the Senate investigations subcom mittee which ordered a full investigation of the ease Thursday shortly before Presi dent Kennedy told his news conference that government investigators were "staying right on Mr. Estes' tail." - Kennedy said 76 FBI agents had been assigned to the case and promised that "if mem bers of the executive branch are involved" they would be "immediately disciplined ap propriately." Armed Forces Day Activities Set Armed Forces Day will be observed in this area tomor row with an open house at Kingsloy Field, Klamath Falls, and at the Naval re serve unit facility in Mcdford. About 20.000 people are ex pected lo attend activities at Kingsley field. Activities will start at 9 a.m. Saturday with a parade in downtown Kla math Falls. More than 30 different types of aircraft from the Navy, Army, and Air Force will be on display at the field following the parade. Aircraft wil linclude the F-101B Voo doo, which is stationed at Kingsley field. Included in Armed Forces Day activities will be a fly over of four aircraft flying in precision formation from Kingsley. The fly-over will start in Klamath Falls at noon, and continue to Mcd ford at 12:15 p.m.; Grants Pass at 12:18 p.m.; and Ash land at 12:22 p.m. The Naval Reserve Elec tronics division 13-5, Mcdford, has invited area residents to an open house between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday at its facility at 709 Columbus ave., Mcdford. Radio equipment will be in operation, and films on Navy activities will be shown. Salem - (I'PD - Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg will speak at a Democratic-sponsored dinner here next Friday night. iBRIEFS MOUND THI OlOII defense. n Atlas inteiAintinental bel CHOSEN Cherie Lynne Vig gers, above, has been selected by students at Wilson High school in Portland as their Rose Festival princess. The 18-year-old beauty is five feet, three inches tall, weighs 107 pounds, and has dark hazel eyes. (UP1) Voter Turn-Out In County Slow, Check Indicates A comparatively light voter turnout was reported from a spot check of downtown Med ford and Ashland precincts this morning as Jac'.ison coun ty voters went to the polls to nominate candidates for the November general election and decide three issues, two state and one county. Polls in the 123 precincts in the county will be open until 8 o clock tonight. One factor which may have contributed to a slower voter lurn-out than some political observers expected was threatening weather. Voting at precincts at the Jackson county courthouse up to 11 o'clock this morning was light. A total of 145 peo- pie had voted at the four polling places. Three Polling Places Some 97 people had cast ballots at three precinct poll' ing places In the Red Cross building, f Mcdford. by mid morning. uVdMng at Mbdford High s?rfcrol; was reported steady, tnlirtfot spectacular. Voting at precincts at Hed rick and McLoughlin Junior High schools was reported from slow to average for a primary election. By 10:50 o'clock this morn ing, 140 people had voted at four locations at McLoughlin Junior High school, and 172 had voted in four precincts at Hedrick Junior High. In Ashland, a check showed that 66 had voted in three precincts at Walker school by 11 o'clock. Board Canvasses Rural School Vole The Jackson county rural school board this week can vassed school election results. Official returns from the May 7 election show the rural schol levy passed 1,479 to 738. James H. Grieve, only can didate for board member from Zone 3 (Eagle Point, Prospect and Butte Falls) received 400 votes. There were three write in votes. Jeannette P. Grove, route 3, Medford, candidate for Zone 4 (Phoenix and Apple gate) received 319 votes. Twelve write-in votes were cast. John Spangler was elected m e m be r- at - large by 1,987 votes. There were 19 write ins. The resignation of James McDonald, county curriculum materials center director was I accepted by tne rural board. He wil, t to ,nc Lanc county school superintendent's office July 1 to start organiz ing a curriculum .materials center there. 'international' Mishap Reported in Ashland Ashland Motorists from Canada and The Philippines met in Ashland Thursday, but in a somewhat un expected manner. Their autos collided. i Rustice Altarcs Edora. 31, of the .Philippines and Ervin Allman. 60, of Richmond, , B.C., Canada, were both noriiiDouna on riortn main si. about 12 50 p.m. when their autos collided near Skidmore st. Neither was injured. NVOY CHOSEN Washington - 1PP - Presi dent Kennedy today an. nounccd his nomination of - 1 Aim. Aim. Alan G. Kirk. 73. ai in L i. Ambassador to National 1st iina. Americans Will Be Driven Out, Khrushchev Says Plans To Resume Nuclear Tests Told Obnova, Bulgaria 0JPI So viet Premier Nikita Khru shchev said today that Ameri can forces sent into Thailand will be driven out. "It is only a question of time," Khrushchev added. Speaking at a welcoming ceremony as he arrived in this collective village on his Bul garian tour, Khrushchev also said the Soviet Union will re sume nuclear testing. It was "stupidity, Khru shchev said, to send U.S. troops into Thailand. Referenct to Decision 'The President Kennedy has ordered American troops into Thailand," Khrushchev said in reference to the Ameri can decision to help defend the borders of Thailand against any Communist en croachment from neighboring Laos. "However, the Americans will be driven out of Thailand. It is only a question of time. They are afraid of not only losing Laos but also losing Thailand. The best thing the United States could do is to give up playing the role cf international policeman." Khrushchev did not say who would drive the Ameri cans out of Thailand, but the implication appeared to be that this would be done by the Thais. Blood Being Shed "In Viet Nam," Khrushchev said, "the French fought for seven years and the Ameri cans are, blood is being shed." But they will get out of there. "In North Viet Nam where the people are in power, cre ative work is done. In South Viet Nam! where the Ameri cans are, glood is being shed." Of Kennedy's decision to send American troops to Thai land, Khrushchev said: "This does not bespeak a great mind. It Is an unreason able decision . , , Blood will be shed there." On nuclear testing, he said: "We have exploded a cer tain number of nuclear weap ons; a certain number has been exploded by America. "The Americans have just resumed nuclear tests. There fore, we will resume the tests." Oregon Man, 28, Gets Prison Term Cleveland-WPD-U.S. District Judge James C. Connell today sentenced Edward W. Ed wards, 28, Portland, Ore., to 15 years in prison on his guilty plea to an Akron bank robbery. Edwards robbed the Arling ton Plaza branch of the iFrst National Bank of Akron of $8,000 last Jan. 16, while his pregnant wife, Marlene, 19 sat in thdr cari apparenlIy unaware that her husband was robbing a bank. The couple was arrested in Atlanta. Edwards, while awaiting trial, apparently in tended to attempt to escape from the county Jail. Authori ties said they found a rope made of 19 sheets in his cell Telephone Directories Now Being Delivered Delivery of the 1962 tele phone directory this week signals the start of All Num ber Calling (ANC) for Med ford, Central Point, Gold Hill. Jacksonville, Phoenix and Talent, according to J. H. Crcager, Pacific Northwest Bell manager here. Customers in these com munities will receive the di rectory through the mail dur ing the six-day period ending Wednesday, May 23. "With the gradual replace ment of letter-numeral type phone numbers all over the nation by ANC numbers, phone companies can provide enough all-numeral telephone numbers to handle population growth for many years to come," Creager said. The front cover of the 1962 phone book, featuring sketches of major economic cornerstones in the state, is cagaioned "Oregon Land of Opportunity." Includcd arc scenes of shipping, manufac turing, power production, ag riculture, lumbering and scenic attractions. s One major addition to the directory is several pages of Information about Direct Dis- tance Dialing. DDD is due In Regional Edition Medford 24 Pages Two Sections Parachute System Plagues Program Another Attempt Due on Tuesday Cape Canaveral - WPP - A parachute problem that plagued the space voyage of John Glenn three months ago returned Thursday to haunt America's second manned or bital flight and forced a new postponement until next Tues day. U.S. scientists decided at a top-level conference Thursday night the trouble posed too much of a threat to the life of spaceman-elect M. Scott Car penter to risk going ahead with the launching Saturday as scheduled. The three-day delay, third schedule hitch in little more than a week, will be used to install additional equipment to make the critical parachute system, designed to lower the astronaut and his capsule to soft ocean landing, even more safe, officials said. Carpenter, a 37 - y e a r - old Navy lieutenant commander who had been described as awaiting his planned three orbit space flight "as anxious ly as a kid at Christmas," at tended the conference and took the decision with an of ficial grumble. The postponement "gives me a better chance to work with confidence," a formal announcement by the National Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration quoted him as saying. 3,279 Get Sabin Vacine at Clinic A total of 3,279 persons re ceived Sabin oral polio vac cine during a two-day makeup clinic at the Jackson county health department in the I courthouse, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer. Dr. Merkel said 2.401 re ceived the vaccine Thursday and 878 received it Tuesday. This brings the total number of doses administered in the county through the clinics last week end and the makeup clinics to 43,586. Dr. Merkel said most of those receiving the vaccine at Thursday's clinic purchased their coupons, indicating that they decided to take advan tage of the polio immunity after it was too late to par ticipate in the week end clinics. The second part of the three-dose program will be of fered at clinics throughout the county June 9 and 10. The third in the series will be given in September, Medford, Ashland, Central Point, Gold Hill, Grants Pass, Jacksonville, Rogue River, Phoenix and Talent July 15. "Since DDD is not effective flntil July 15," Crcager said, "the instructions on pages four through nine do not, of course, take effect until that time." Another instruction that doesn't take force until July 15 is Included in the explana tion of calling in the "local area and to nearby towns" on page two of the Introductory section. Of the 36.500 Mcdford di rectories printed, some 24.100 will be delivered initially. The remainder are kept for replacements during the year, for distribution to new cus tomers or to other telephone companies throughout the United States jnd Canada. Directories for the tele phone company's Ashland customers ll be delivered at the same time as those for Mcdfo) and the other com munities. The Ashland direct ory will list all ge new All Number Calling telephone numbers. Ashland changed to the ANC type of numbers last 'year Space Difficulties in MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1962 Launch Delayed 1,1 I t f v? fLii V V BEATING CHARGED Teamster President James R. Hoffa, left, and Samuel Baron, right, field director of the Teamsters Ware house Division, are shown outside Municipal Hoffa Accused of Beating Union Aide; Trial Slated Washington-IUPI) - Teamsters President James R. Hoffa was granted a jury trial starting June 19 on charges that he beat up a union aid "like a man berserk." , Hoffa entered a plea of not guilty before Muncipal Court Judge Thomas C. Scallcy and requested the jury trial. Samuel Baron, Hoffa's ac cuser, sat silently a Jew icet away from the stocky teams tors' chief during the brief courtroom ceremony. Baron's eyes were blacken ed. There was a long gash un der his left eye which he said was result of Hoffa's blows in a scuffle Thursday morning in the Teamster presidents ot- ficc.1 Refuses Comment Hoffa refused lo comment on the charges to newsmen. He said he would leave the matter to his lawyer, H. Clif ford Allder, who appeared with the Teamster chief this morning. Baron's apartment was guarded by two deputy mar shals today following his charges against the union lead er. Baron, field director of the teamsters warehouse division, said "it would be absolute suicide" for anyone to testify against Hoffa on the charges that the union leader knocRea him down twice and shoved him over a chair. If found guilty, Hoffa would face a maximum penalty of a year in la I and a $1,500 fine. Baron said "If anything happens to me, at least it will be publicly known who my enemies arc. Cut Over Eye Baron had a cut over his right eye, a small cut on the right side of his nose and severely swollen left eye. Hoffa, 49, who was freed on $500 bond, said "This is a court case and I will not say anything until I appear in court." Baron, who was paid $17,- 000 a year hy the union, said: "I am not going back to the Teamsters." He said he would "do everything I possible can to convince members of the Teamsters Union they arc locked in by the worst group- with many exceptions - of trade unionists I have ever seen in my life." Me said he and Hoffa had been at odds since 1954. Baron said Hoffa called him into his office Thursday as he was preparing for a confer ence with representatives of a large nationwide furniture company on the possibility of a national contract. Hoffa, Baron said, Ticmand ed to know "what you are do ing." He said Hoffa repeated his demand three times loudly and "cut me off each time I triccr to answer." Hoffa was "like a man ber serk," Barron said. He said he Tribune Court in Washington, D. C. today. Hoffa was granted a jury trial on charges that he beat up Baron "like a man berserk". (UPI) started walking away, Hoffa yelled at him again. : Baron said mat in trom oi about 10 persons, Hofta again shouted "What are you trying to do?" . "I turned around quickly," Baron said, "and said Jimmy, I do know what I am doing.' " . Hoffa then went "absolute ly frantic," Baron said, and yelled " 'Nobody talks to me that way,' and came toward me with his fists clenched and his eyes flashing." "Nat for a moment did It occur to me that he would hit ," Barron said. "But before I know, it he swings, he catches me in the left eye and knocks me down, I got up - I wish I had the muscles, but I don't - and all I could do, I banged him - pushed at his Council Amends Code To Permit New Grandstand The Medford city council, after 1V4 hours of discussion that bordered at times on out right confusion, last night voted to amend me city s building code to permit the construction of a new football grandstand at Medford High school. The controversy hinged on interpretation of a provision in the building code which stipulates that grandstands employing combustible ma terial may not exceed nine feet in height. The stadium plans call for the use of three-inch wooden decking in the roof. On top of the decking would be a covering of corrugated steel. Sheltered Seats The difficulty arose when the designers planned to con struct two rows of sheltered seats on the roof. Building Safety Director O. R. McNeel supported by City Attorney William Mansfields Intcrpre tation of the provision, held that this was not in conform' ance with the building code. Since the building code permits no variance, an im passe was reached: Mcdford attorney Paul Haviland, rep resenting the stadium build ers, insisted the city's inter pretation was wrong, and City Attorney Mansfield strongly advised the council that his interpretation was correct. City Manager Robert Duff said the city administration "had no discretion In the mat ter." The building code had to be enforced. Selected parts of It could notee waived on re quest, he sai4. Haviland called uin Fire Chief Gordo Barker to tell whel'iJr he thought the sta dium would be safe from the fire standpoint If it were built according to plans. 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 50 shoulders with all my might. 1 I nearly knocked him down. "Before I shoved him I said "You bum, you would use your muscles.' " "I, turned and started to walk away. I thought they were holding him, but all of a sudden he grabbed me by the shoulder and spun me around and hit me in the right eye. "As ! was getting up, he pushed me over a chair." Onlookers then restrained Hoffa, he said, and Baron left the Teamsters' headquarters. OPTOMETRISTS TO MEET Gearhart - IUPII - More than 100 Oregon optometrists are expected here for the annual convention of the Oregon Op tometric Association May 25 27. satisfied the fire danger was minimal. Councilman . AI Bradford said that while he supported the city administration's stand in the matter, with assurances that there were no dangers in volved, he felt the council was free to take a less restrictive interpretation of the code. On the motion of Council man R. L. Van Sickle, the council voted to make what ever amendments to the build ing code were necessary to permit construction of the stadium. A unanimous vote followed. "It. All The Work Of The Communists Who Don't Exist Under Our Regimes" Combat Troops Leave Hawaii For Buildup Nations Indicate Readiness To Heip By United Press International Nearly 500 more American combat troops were disclosed to be flying toward Thailand today as Soviet Premier Ni- kita Khrushchev said that U.S. forces sent into that Southeast Asian nation "will be driven out." A Honolulu announcement said between 450 and 500 more American troops - com bat specialist and combat sup port troops - flew from Ha waii Thursday in Air Force ' transport planes to join 2,800 ' American troops already in Thailand. Another 500 troops were scheduled to depart early . next week. Sets Up Headquarters Gen. Paul D. Harkins, the newly appointed commander of U.S. forces in Thailand, flew into Bangkok today to set up his headquarters. He immediately began a round of conferences with U.S. Am bassador Kenneth Young and senior Thai military staff officials. As the American military ; buildup continued. Thai Prime Minister Sarit Thanart was reported to have told his - cabinet that every SEATO pact nation except France has indicated its willingness to send a token military unit to join U.S. troops in Thailand. Believed Sufficient Premier Sarit, the Bangkok Post reported, told his cabinet . he feels Thailand's 80,000-man army plus the U.S. force is sufficient for the time being. "There is no likelihood of : war at present," the Thai prime minister was quoted as I saying, '"but the stationing of I American troops (in Thailand) I wi,ll be. a deterrent to the Communists if they plan to commit aggression against this country." (See story on Page 2 A) Council Postpones hriinn nn C rtiolf HbllVII VII VI 1111 The whole matter of mak- . Bea creek adlacent lo UawOinrnn n o r If InnltfHInff providing off-street parking under the freeway viaduct, was tabled last night by the Mcdford city council. Two new developments caused the council to feel It needed still more .time to study the matter: 1. A letter has been received from the Oregon state high- . way commission which states ' uie kuiiiiuisaiuu in suuaiieu with present conditions in the : area under question. The let ter said realignment of the creek channel next to the park was not considered necessary, nur whs mere any neea xor riprap. 2. The city park and recrea- nun commission naa a joini meeting with the council Tues day and went on record, by an 8 to 1 vote, to recommend against paying for off-street parking facilities under the viaduct with park and recrea tion department funds. Several councilmen made the point that the motion to table did not mean the pro posed project would be al lowed to die. Rather, it would allow time to meet with all interested parties and perhaps work out a compromise that would be satisfactory to all. i decided to leave and as he 1 The fire chief said he was
