Red Chinese Military Buildup Opposite Matsu, Quemoy Concerns U.S.
By STEWART HENSLY
Washington-JUPIt-The White
House said today the United
States is "watching with con
cern" a large-scale Chinese
Communist build-up of air
and ground forces on the
coast opposite Quemoy and
Matsu.
Press Secretary Pierre Sal
inger told newsmen of this
concern. He declined further
comment on the situation,
which some high U.S. officials
described as a possible pre
lude to a Red attack against
the two Nationalist-held is
lands. '
Administration sources said
reports on the Red build-up
were being studied "with
great interest." They would
not hint at whether any steps
were being contemplated by
this country.
Officials theorized that the
Red troop movement could be
a defensive move sparked by
recurring Chinese Nationalist
threats to attempt an invasion
of the mainland.
But a high government
source said the number and
character of troops involved
in the movement also was con
sistent with the theory that
the Communists might be
planning an offensive.
Some officials felt Chinese
Communist chief Mao Tse
tung might be preparing on
assault on Quemoy rnd Mat
su to direct U.S. attention
from Southeast Asia.
Salinger had been asked to
comment on reports that the
administration was gravely
concerned over this situation.
He replied:
"It is a fact that the admin
istration has been watching
with concern the build-up of
Chinese air and ground troops
on the Chinese mainland ad
jacent to the off-shore islands
of Quemoy and Matsu."
Since taking office. Presi
dent Kennedy has not ex
pressed any stand on defense
of Quemoy and Matsu - one
of the hottest issues in his
1960 campaign against Rich
ard M. Nixon.
In the campaign, Kennedy
described the islands as inde
fensible. He said the islands, accord
ing to the best military judg
ment, had no strategic value
and were not essential to the
defense of Formosa, about 100
miles away.
Intelligence officials gave
few specific details. However,
they said the buildup appear
ed to be considerably larger
than the last big operation in
1958, when the Reds leveled
a heavy artillery barrage
against Quemoy and Matsu.
Current intelligence reports
do not mention any great
buildup in the Red air force
in the area as in 1958. Nor is
there any mention of landing
craft necessary for a serious
assault.
These factors led seme offi
cials to conclude that the Red
operation was purely defen
sive. The United States has been
concerned lately by the in
creasingly frequent threats of
the Chinese Nationalists to at
tempt an invasion of the main
land. Officials said some Nation
alists appeared to believe the
near-famine in China and the
industrial trouble would
make this an opportune time
for an invasion.
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No. 79
XI5 Pilot Takes
Plane To Nearly
50 Miles in Sky
Edwards AFB, Calif. - IHPD -Air
Force Maj. Bob White, 37,
who has flown winged air
craft faster than any man, be
came the highest flying air
plane pilot today by taking
the X15 to a world record
altitude of nearly 50 miles.
The X15's powerful 57,000
pound trust engine shot White
up to approximately 250,000
feet, 47.3 miles, only 165 sec
onds after being launched by
a mother ship in flight.
His flight to the edge of
space at five times the speed
of sound surpassed the prev
ious altitude mark of 46.7, or
246,700 feet, set by test pilot
Joe Walker in the bullet
shaped X15 less than two
months ago.
Over Mile a Second
The 37-year-old veteran of
15 flights in the rocket ship
glided to a safe landing fol
lowing a 10-minute, 218-mile
high looping flight in which
he hurtled at about 3,682
miles per hour r overa mile
a second. ' "
From his lofty position
White was able to vie the
..,n(r.rn frinee of the United
States and just before landing
commented over his commu
nications system. "It's just
lumanHni!! "
White flashed 4,093 mph
i.i. i-ci viar to grab the
.rf ..ocnrd of winged air
craft. He also held the alti
tude mark previous to Walk
er's soaring fligni oi npi"
Two other milestones mark
cd today's flight:
-The X15 attained its
fiiflht objectives,
reach an altitude of 250,000
feet and a speed oi ,uuu num.
-Its automatic control sys
tem operated successfully in
the first of two demonstration
flights at 250,000 feet.
The automatic control sys
tem senses atmospheric con
ditions surrounding the Aio
in flight, determines what
movement is necessary and
makes the proper adjustment
to help the pilot steer the ship.
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WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued fair and
warm through Friday. After
noon up-valley winds 10-15
mllea per hour. Low tonight
45. High Friday 90.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 91
Lowest This Morning 46
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:52 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:34 a.m.
Moonrtse tonight 10:5? p.m.
Last Quarter June 24
Today the Sun rides high In
the sky and at 1:24 p.m.
Spring ends and Summer be
gins as the Sun enters the
Sign of Cancer.
Public Hearing in
Phoenix Adjourns;
Stalemate Reached
Court Discusses
Health Center Plans
Members of the Jackson
county court, Dr. A. Erin
Merkel, county health officer,
and Robert J. Keeney, Med-
ford architect, discussed pre
liminary plans of a proposed
county health center this
morning. County Judge EaTl
Miller explained that prelim
inary plans of the center must
be submitted to the state
board of health by June 30 in
order for it to be considered
for Hill-Burton funds this
year.
.Federal funds are granted
to state on a matching basis
to Dav ud to two-thirds of the
cost of constructing public
and nonprofit hospitals and
health centers.
Miller added that the dec
laration of intention to erect
such a health center with the
preliminary plans of the cen
ter will be sent to the state
board following today's meeting.
K.F. Transportation
Firm Fined by PUC
Salem -HOT- Public Utility
Commissioner Jonel C. Hill
said today he has fined Em
pire Transport. Inc., Klamath
Falls, S500 and suspended its
operations for two wee ks. HiU
charged illegal use of a PUC
permit.
Hill's transportation direc
tor, James E. Singleton, said
the firm on five occasions il
legally leased or rem
PUC permit to others.
Spencer Candidate
For Demo Reelection
Salem -HTD- Oregon Demo
cratic Chairman Ed Spencer
said todav he is a candidate
for reelection at a party con
ference here July 3.
Fisher to Speak at
Community Club
Carl Fisher, Republican
candidate for Congress from
the Fourth district, will speak
at the Girls Community club,
Medford, at 8 p.m. Friday.
Fisher has served in the
Oregon House of Representa
tives where he was assigned
to legislative committees in
cluding joint ways and means,
labor and industry, forestry
anH mining, education, high
way, commerce and utilities.
The meeting is designed to
nmvide an opportunity for
of southern Oregon to
become better acquainted with
the Republican candidate ior
Congress according to John
Ness, chairman of the Jackson
County Young Republican
club, which made arrange
ments for Fisher's appearance.
SOC Registration for
Summer Reaches 639
Ashland - Registration for
the 1962 summer session at
Southern Oregon college in
creased to 639 Wednesday, the
third day of registration.
There were 258 men and 381
women enrolled.
On a comparable date last
year, 654 had registered.
Registration will continue
through Monday, June 25. ac
cording to Mrs. Mabel W.
Winston, registrar.
Phoenix - A public hearing
Wednesday night in the
Southwest Phoenix interim
zoned area ended in a stale
mate after a lengthy discus
sion, and at the close of the
meeting a Sams Valley resi
dent attempted to rally those
attending in opposition of
zoning.
The public hearing was call
ed by the Jackson county
planning commission to re
ceive suggestions on a pro
posed development pattern
for the area. It is the next re
quired step, according to Ore
gon law, for interim zoned
areas.
Some 60 persons attended
the hearing, and the principal
discussion was on a proposed
zoning ordinance and build
ing code rather than the de
velopment pattern"
Only people who reside 'in
the zoned area, approximate
ly six square miles southwest
of Phoenix, were allowed to
speak. Ray Ridge, Sams Val
ley rd.,- Gold Hill, was not
recognized by C. O. Lovejoy,
commission president who
presided at the meeting.
Ridge, in turn, at the close
of the session, attempted to
continue the meeting.
Opposed to Pattern
After an informal vote
showed that the majority
present opposed the proposed
development pattern, but
were in favor of zoning, the
public hearing on the pattern
was adjourned and will con
tinue July 18.
Many people who opposed
zoning wanted to know when
and how the area became in
terim zoned since some did
not realize they were living
in a zoned area until the plan
ning commission about a year
ago posted zone signs in the
area.
The original request in
1959, it was explained, was
made by more than the re
quired 10 per cent of the vot
ers in the area.
Several people, a number
who had lived in the area for
many years, spoke in favor of
zoning, stressing that stand
ards are necessary and that
"zoning will enrich every
property owner in the dis
trict." Included Two Districts
The proposed development
pattern included two districts
-single family residences and
agriculture-and basically fol
lowed existing uses along
property lines. It was pointed
,out that amendments to cor
rect particular situations
would be added as requested.
In commenting on the hear
ing this morning, Lovejoy ex
plained that the meeting was
adjourned at 10:30 p.m. be
cause the planning commis
sion felt that discussion was
getting too far away from the
development pattern. He add
ed that due to the time, many
people had left and members
felt that continuing the hear
ing would accomplish more
than continuing the meeting.
Bettiol Suggested
For Sheriff's Post
The Jackson County Re
publican Central committee
last night recommended to the
county court that Paul Bettiol
be appointed to fill the va
cancy created when Sheriff
Joe Walsh, who has resigned,
leaves.
Bettiol, in accepting the
nomination for recommenda
tion, said he would not be a
candidate for the office in the
general election in November.
First nominated to fill the
position was De Armond
Leigh, Ashland, Republican
candidate for sheriff. How
ever, Leigh declined the rec
ommendation, saying he did
not wish to take advantage of
a situation wherein his op
ponent in the general election
would not have had a similar
opportunity.
The committee made only
the one recommendation, rath-1
er than the requested three.
s Named Head
Of Demo Committee
Jean A. Mills, Medford. was
elected chairman of the Jack
son County Democratic Cen
tral committee last night.
Others elected include Mrs.
Ralph Poston, vice chairman;
Mrs. Ed McGinty, secretary;
C. H. (Pat) Redmond, treas
urer; George A. Loftir,, alter
nate delegate to the chair
man; Mrs. Frank Christian,
alternate delegate to the vice
chairman; and Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Norton, Congressional
committeeman and woman.
Selected as the district
nominating committee were
Mrs. Dee Newton, Ashland;
Mrs. Larry Sheehan, Rogue
River; Mrs. Marvin Madden,
Medford; C. W. Timmons, Ash
land: and E. C. (Tex) Phillips.
Medford.
Flight Engineers
Settle Dispute;
Strike Cancelled
Settlement Follows
Ail-Night Session
Washington-il'PD-The Flight
Engineers Union today settled
its jet crew dispute with
Trans World Airlines and call
ed off a threatened strike
while the agreement is sub
mitted for union ratification.
Labor Secretary Arthur J.
Goldberg announced the set
tlement of the 20-month-old
dispute following an all-night
negotiating session in his office.
Union spokesmen said they
were pleased with the agree
ment and would recommend
its adoption by the 615 TWA
flight engineers.
Approval Expected
Goldberg said he was con
fident the pact would be ap
proved and thus cancel the
strike. He said it assured an
orderly reduction of jet crews
from four to three men on
TWA
The cabinet officer told a
news conference the agree
ment should be helpful in
solving similar disputes be
tween the engineers and Pan
American and Eastern Airlines.
"In the opinion of the ad
ministration," he said, "the
settlement is clearly in the
national interest and avoids
the disruption that would
have taken place if a strike
occurred."
To Offset Higher Costs
The labor secretary said
payroll savings resulting from
a reduction in crews on some
jets will more than offset any
increased costs stemming from
economic settlements still to
be worked out by TWA and
the flight engineers.
President Kennedy's pres
tige was at stake in the dis
pute since he had said there
would be no excuse for a
walkout over the jet issue.
Informed of the settlement,
Kennedy said "It is of great
significance that this question
was. resolved without a
strike." He said the issues
were "resolved humanely in
terms of the people involved
and sensibly in terms of the
industry involved.
Job Rights Protected
Goldberg said the settle
ment protects the job rights
of engineers and the airline
pilots involved in the dispute
without impairing safety or
efficiency of the airline.
The agreement generally
provides that engineers now
flying for TWA or about 67
of them on furlough will re
ceive the first crack at the
third seat in jet cockpits.
It also provides some pilot
training for the engineers and
liberal severance pay if they
do not meet the higher quali
fications that are spelled out
in the agreement.
Under the pact, both sides
will negotiate for another
week with the aid of Mediator
Nathan P. Feinsinger to try
and solve economic issues, in
cluding wages.
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FOREST FIRE
DANGER TOMORROW
KEEP OREGON GREEN tive "plans
Hatfield Will
Offer Resolutions
At Conference
Governors Will
Hear Proposals
Salem -(UPII- Gov. Mark
Hatfield will submit five res
olutions at the 54th gover
nors' conference 1 1 Hershey,
Pa. July 1-4,. his office indi
cated today.
One of them is a slap at the
Kennedy administration titled
"government intervention in
prices and wages."
The resolution says that all
governors should express
their concern that "the feder
al government act only with
restraint and with reluctance
in those instances in which
price or wage decisions in pri
vate business differ from that
which individuals in the fed
eral government might deem
inappropriate."
To Propose Memorial
Other Hatfield resolutions
are on medicare, federal-state
relations, civil rights, and a
memorial to the late Donald
G. Nutter, Montana governor
killed in a plane crash last
January.
The medicare resolution
says that "proposed federal
legislation would provide lim
ited assistance only to those i
older citizens eligible for So
cial Security and under a
rigid and uniform national
system." This was an attack
on President Kennedy's medi
care plan.
His Proposal Listed
Instead, Hatfield proposes
that each state enact its own
medicare plan under provis
ions of the present federal
law, and that in any new fed
eral provisions the law will:
Assure inclusion of those
not eligible for Social Secur
ity.
2. Clearly allow recipients
choice of methods to meet
medical care needs.
3. Preserve, as far as prac
ticable, opportunity for sup
plemental state programs.
The federal-state relations
resolution complains that
growth of "the national bu
reaucracy has imposed upon
the slates unnecessary con
trols of stale administrative
organization and procedures.''
Appeal Procedure
Hatfield called for an ap
peal procedure to allow judi
cial review of rulings by fed
eral agencies, and that chang
es be made in federal require
ments for taking part in fed
eral-stale programs. Qualifi
cation? of stales, Hatfield
said, should be based solely
on a review of state law and
not on the basis of adminislra-
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YOUNGSTER FOUND Clifford Altman, 7, of Portland, Is
shown resting at his home after being found Wednesday eve
ning. The boy. who was unharmed, had been lost in the
Mount Hood area since Sunday. (UPI)
Clearing Bear Creek
Being Delayed for
Lack of Equipment
Clearing of Bear creek for
future park development has
been delayed because of the
lack of heavy equipment and
the need to obtain permission
from private property owners
to work on their lands, Paul
Rynning, Bear Creek project
coordinator, told the Jackson
county court yesterday.
Considerable work, spear
headed by the Crater Lions
club, was done along the
creek last winter.
Several heavy equipment
operators donated equipment
and labor during the slack
construction period during
the winter, Rynning noted.
The cquipmenl is now tied up
in construction work, he said.
Contact Representatives
Rynning said he contacted
representatives of three irri
gation districts which use the
creek. No irrigation district
funds are available for clean
ing up the creek, he was told.
The county has allocated
$2,500 in the new fiscal year
budget for survey and study
of the project. Rynning said
this would finance consider
able planning, but would not
meet all planning costs.
"It's impossible to clear the
I creek from Medford to Ash-
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(Oregon Slate Highway Commission Photo)
land in one year," he said
f "More work will be done af-
f ler the new planning lunds
I are available after July I, the
beginning of the new fiscal
year."
Until . the grading of the
new freeway is completed,
possibly by this' fall, there is
not much clearing work that
can be done along the free
way right-of-way, Rynning
said.
Rynning said he had receiv
ed many inquiries from peo
ple wondering why the creek
project has not been continued.
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Jennings Named
By GOP Committee
Hugh P. Jennings, Medford,
was named chairman of the
Jackson County Republican
Central committee ;ast night.
Also elenied to the execu
tive committee were Margaret
Denman. vice chairman;
George Bruse, alternate vice
chairman: John Snider, treas
urer; Don Geren. congression
al committeeman; and Evelyn
Nye, congressional committee
woman. Jennings, 40. has lived in
Medford for 15 years. He is a
former manager of the Gen
eral Adjustment bureau, and
now operate an insurance
i business.
He has served the Republi
can farty recently as candl
! dates assistance chairman and
special pven5 chairman.
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Council to Consider
Condemnation Plans
The Medford city council
will consider passage of three
condemnation resolutions at a
meeting at 7:30 o'clock to
night in the council chambers
in the city hall.
The eminent domain pro
ceedings involve a parcel of
land owned by Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Parlier near the inter
section of Highland dr. and
Siskiyou blvd.
Two other pieces of prop
erly near Grape and Melrose
sts. are also concerned. They
are .083 of an acre owned
jointly by Janice and Charles
L. Ghclardi and Yvonne R.
and Bob C. Reynolds: and
.006 of an acre belonging to
Dr. G. N. Gltzen.
The property owners and
the city administration have
been unable to agree on terms
for sale of the property in
question, so condemnation
resolutions will be presented
to the council tonight.
The property is being sought
by the city to facilitate cer
tain street and intersection
improvements.
Two Loggers See
YoungsterEmerge
From Brush
Tearful Reunion
At Campground
Portland - IUPD - "I wasn't
scared."
Plucky Clifford Altman, T,
spoke those words to his joy
ful parents Wednesday night
after he was found alive -and
well - southeast of Mt.
Hood.
He had spent three nights
alone in the mountainous ter
rain. Hope had about been given
up. Organized search was
called off earlier in the day.
It had gone on since last Sun
day afternoon when Clifford
"decided to go for a hike" and
left his grandparents at Bear
Paw campground.
Then, shortly before 8 p.m.,
daylight time, Wednesday,
loggers Richard Larsen and
Leo Pelers of Portland saw
the boy emerge from the
brush beside a road, 4V4 miles
northeast of the campground
from which he disappeared.
Tearful Reunion
They took him to the camp
ground where his mother.
Mrs. Kenneth Altman, and the
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Donald E. Grant, were wait
ing. . The father was at Gov
ernment. Camp - telephoning
tor more volunteers.
"It was a tearful reunion,"
Stale Policeman Jim Hanson
said.''-":
Ironically, Clifford was
found in the opposite direc
tion from which most of the
search was conducted. Blood
hounds had repeatedly led
.searchers to the Clear lake
road. The lake was dragged
Wednesday.
It turned out that a pair ot
shorts found in the area did
not belong to the boy and foot
prints on various roads were
not his.
What's all the excitement
about?" Clifford said shortly
after he was returned to the
campground.
"I just started to take a lit
tle hike," he said. "Then I
decided to walk a little far
ther." Sleeps By Logs
"I slept by" logs." He said
he drank a lot of water "but
sometimes it was kind of hard
because it leaked through my
hands."
He said he heard a hell- ;
copter Monday, but saw no
people.
The blue-cyed first grader
suffered numerous scratches
on his hands and face from s
brush.
The family physician. Dr.
George Nash, said "he's in
remarkably good condition,
mostly Just tired. The reason
he's in such good condition -is
that he got adequate sleep '
and drank lots of good, moun- "
tain water."
Some 500 persons took part
in the search. But after all
apparent leads reached a dead
end, most searchers left. His
parents and grandparents re
mained behind.
"We never lost hope," his
mother said.
The parents brought him
home to Portland and he slept
in a bed for the first time in
four nights.
BETTER PRICES SOUGHT
Washington -OTIi- A labor
union has set up a lobbying
and educational organization
to try to help fishermen get
higher prices for their catch.
Myrtle trees border highways in Coos county, where many o f them are protected in grove, where no . ulting is permitted.
Government Enters
Ford Labor Dispute
Cleveland, Ohio-(UPIi-The government today moved Into
!!t Ford Motor Co. strike which has stopped the production
of Ford cars and idled about 75,000 persons.
The company and the United Auto Workers announced
they would accept the assistance of the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service in an effort to end the crippling
strike over production standards.
The chief issue In the 15-day strike centers around what
is a fair hourly production quota on Comet quarter panels.
The panels are the part of the body over the rear wheels.
About 25 persons are involved in this dispute, one of three
which led to the walkout at the suburban Walton Hills stamp
ing plant June 6. There now are 43 Issues In dispute.
The company said It felt 300 panels an hour was fair
standard, based upon Its time studies. Jerry Wllse, prpsident
of UAW Local 420 at the plant, said 237 panels an hour
was fair standard.
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