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..... aHVAnn ADrAU 2 , ; Jj ) THURSDAY. JUNE 21. 1362 MEDFOHD mail Tmeur.s,. , . , Americans Accused of Huge Swindles Find Brazil Provides Haven MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. REGON THURSDAY. JUNE SI. 1861 Bio de Janeiro - (UPB - Bra zil, the wealthy fugitives home away from home, is currently harborinj at least three Americana accused of mulU-mlllion-dollar swindles. Earl Belle of Pittsburgh, Lowell Birrell of New York and Ben Jack Cage of Dallas have been living high in this tountry for years because Bra- Xil does not have an extradi tion treaty with the United States. - All three men say they vtrt framed, and all three ay they will return to the United States some day to clear their names. . Brazilians violently oppose capital punishment, and this country has consistently re fused to conclude an extradi tion treaty with any nation which executes criminals. ' U.S. negotiators succeeded recently in breaking down this attitude to extent of per. auading the Brazilian govern ment to agree to extradite fu gitives who do not face capital charges, but the treaty has jiot been ratified by Brazil's congress and it is not certain how soon it will be - if ever. In any case, the treaty is unlikely to affect ths Amer- leans already here since its provisions probably will not pe retroactive. Fathers Child J Belle certainly has no cause to worry. He has made him self extradition-proof by fa thering a child born in Bra- til. Under Brazilian law, no one who is providing for a native-born citizen can be ex belled from the country. ;, The Pittsburgher, who has been indicted on 31 federal fcounts of embezzlement from ;three banks, came here with his first wife Noemia. She bore two children in Brazil before they seperated and she dropped out of the picture. ! The whereabouts of the first child are uncertain, and some lources say it died. However, the second child is living with Belle and his second wife in their comfortable home here. jESSI Program Includes Eight Students Belle has talked at various times of sugar interests in Bahia State and cattle-raising in Goias, but no details of any business activities he may be engaging in here have been made public. Lives Alon Birrell, who is wanted on 69 counts of defrauding stock holders of a total of $14 mil lion, lives alone in a comfort able Rio apartment. He Ire quenls the bars of the Copa cabana beach resort strip. His American girl friend runs a tourist agency here Birrell maintains an office in Rio and describes himself as a "business consultant." He speaks of activities in oil, farming and diamonds, but like Belle he gives no details. He has a reputation as a good tipper and gels preferred treatment in Rio's night clubs and restaurants, but so far as is known he has not gained entry In the private clubs where Brazil's high society gathers. Cage, a dapper, graying Texan who looks more like an ambassador than an embez- zler, set the pattern for the modern version of "flying down to Rio." Gets 10-Year Term He came to Brazil when his financial operations began to run into trouble, returned to the United States against his attorney's advice to stand trial, then jumped bail and returned to Brazil after he had been convicted of embez zlement and sentenced to serve 10 years in prison. He wears, almost as a uni form, a black suit, black shoes, black socks and a black tie. He is a non-drinking pipe smoker who shuns night life and does not own a car. Although his Brazilian base is the southern Industrial city of Sao Paulo, Cage makes fre quent trips to Rio and his wife spends most of her time here. Belle and Cage work to gether to further their "mu tual interests." Friends in Sao Paulo say Cage looks after Belle's interests there while Belle keeps an eye on Cage's interests in Rio. The two men use aliases for reasons that are not fully clear. Cage calling himself "Sullivan" while Belle uses the name "Costa." Cage and Belle explain their reluctance to talk to newsmen by saying they have sold their "literary rights" to a New York firm. They say their contract requires them to charge $400 for an inter view - a price that no news paper is known to have met. "We did it because we need the money," Cage says. There is no indication, how ever, that the Texan is feeling the pinch of poverty. He spends $8,520 a year just for rent - $250 a month for his apartment in Sao Paulo and $460 a month for his wife s apartment in Rio. Shortly after coming to Bra zil, Cage organized a land company called Panlanco which at various times has had options on as much as 2 million acres of land in sparse ly populated Mato Grosso State. Cage says he gave up that activity in 1960 U go into a "rubber deal," but he is believed still to be master minding Panlanco operations. He owns two ranches, and has sidelines in the sale of toDaz and "ampliphones for conference telephone calls. Publishes Booklet The Brazilian Landowners' Association, a "non-profit" or ganization founded by Cage, publishes a $1 booklet entitled "How to Make Money in Bra zil." Its 42 pages are full cf facts1 about the country, but the booklet offers no specific advice on ways of making money there. At the height of his success in the United States, Cage operated a 74-company busi ness empire. He was regarded as one of the fastest-rising "business wizards In tha Southwest. His financial operations, which at one time included a one-month option on the services of actress Anita Kk berg, ranged from Texas to New York and even to lan gier. But Cage soared too high and drew too heavily on his far-flung businesses, taking out as much as $250,000 a year for personal expenses. He was found guilty in October, 1957, of embezzling $100,000 from one of his companies. Valley ' Corvallis - Eight youths from the Medford area are among 180 selected high school boys from seven states attending the seventh annual "Junior Engineers and Sci entists Summer Institute" at Oregon State university. i They include Don Ander iion, 2131 Hillcrest rd.; Curtis Barnes, route 3, box 220B; Gary N. Bigham, 1208 Mur ray at.; Todd D. Jones, 120 South Modoc ave.: Wayne Singley, 4218 South Pacific highway; Robert D. Stearns, 1308 Murray ave., all of Med ford; Michael R. Guss, 109 Kings Way; Toom Rozell, 846 Maple St., both of Central Point. The two-week course, which will end June 23, Is designed to give promising high school boys an Insight In to engineering and science career opportunities and atudy requirements ' All fields of engineering and science are covered in the Intensive two-week program. Oregon State university pro fessors are Instructors and boys are divided Into small gTOups to permit individual discussion and Instruction. Visit Laboratories : In addition to their daily classroom schedule, boys visit campus research laboratories and observe operation of such specialized scientific instru ments as the university's nu clear reactor, cyclotron, elec tronic computors and high voltage laboratories. . To qualify for the program, students must have demon strated outstanding scholar ship in science and mathe matics and been recommend ed by their high school prin cipals and science teachers. i Boyi attending this year's Institute are from California Washington, Oregon, Utah. Nevada. Indiana and North Dakota. . Started at Oregon Slate university in 1956, JESSI Is now setting a pattern across the nation as a means of en couraging young people to oreoare for scientific and technical careers. Similar pro grams will be held in 11 other states across the U. S. this year. I 1 I l a-7! mm. I'I'll 11 I I 1 - J S is Here S&JSf jSpls? pint & no. r mdzhdS Quarts aa. 90G ' Baby Chews Letter, Causing Confusion New York - (UPD - A claims manager of a moving com pany (Atlas Van Lines) re ceived this explanation from a customer as to why he had not responded to an earlier letter: "With reference to the above entitled claim, your letter fell Into the hand of my infant son and he chewed it up. Please send me a copy so that I may know what you wer writing about." Cor Choice May Show Type of Per$onoify New York - (UPB - A survey by Northwestern university graduate students concludes that to some degree you can judge a man's personality by the car he drives. Convertible owners tend to be "more active, more vigor ous, more impulsive, more dominant and more sociable than either standard or com pact car owners," the stu dents found. B .3 EASES BUMPS ; New York - (BPD - Don't dis card old garden hose. A strip of it placed along a garage wall will serve as a bumper fbr your car door. K1NDHEARTED BANDITS Chicago (UP0- Bandits who robbed the Oak Park Savings St Loan association of nearly $3,000 Tuesday also relieved Louis W. Turner of $100. "You can't do that, that's my mortgage money," Turner protested, "1 Just came in to make a payment." He got the money back. GONE TO THE DOGS Montgomery, Ala. (UPB State Sen. Carl Golson, whose support for a dog racing bill was credited with causing his defeat in a reeelection bid, Tuesday introduced his suc cessor to the legislature. "I found I couldn't outrun him or the greyhounds," Golson said. Saskatchewan Slates Institution Of Continent's First Medical Plan (Editor's Note: Whil. the controversy over Medical Car for th Aged under Social Security intensifies in tha United States, anoth er heated dispute involving government- financed medi cal care is under way in Canada. Tha government of the wheat growing province of Saskatchewan plans to put into effect July 1 the first program oi Socialised Medicine in North America. Th plan, patterned after England's National Health Service, is drawing bitter opposition, especially irom the mdical profession.) Regina Sask. - IIIPD - The Socialist Province of Sas katchewan plans to institute North America's first "Social ized Medicine" plan July 1, with or without the coopera tion of the province's 904 doctors. The doctors, members of the Provincial College of Physicians and Surgeons, are bitterly opposed to the $21 million plan and have ada mantly refused to practice un der it. The government has of fered and made some conces sions but also refuses to budge from the basics of its prepaid medical care for everyone pro gram. In Canada, health care, like education, is strictly a prov incial responsibility. There are no pending plans for na tionwide Socialization of med icine in Canada and the feder al government is not directly involved in the Saskatchewan controversy. The Administration Provin cial Premier, Woodrow Lloyd, passed the necessary legisla tion last November and began collecting Increased income, corporate and sales taxes to finance the medicare plan in January. The April 1 starting date was put back to July 1 in an effort to persuade the doctors to "give the program a fair trial." If anything, the members of the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons have become more unbending than ever, but Premier Lloyd has restated frequently the gov ernment's intention of putting the program into operation July 1 regardless. The protesting physicians have threatened to take their case to the courts. They also have threatened to move out of the province and a few have, though the number of defecting doctors appears not to be great. , One Regina doctor went so far as to forecast, "there will be fighting in the streets be fore this thing is finished." The College of Physicians and Surgeons has urged all Its members to remain "during this difficult period when we are trying to resolve the prob lems that confront the profes sion." While the physicians flatly state they will not work under the plan, they do say that they will provide essential emer gency services. How do they plan to do this is yet to be worked out. The Saskatchewan version f Socialized medicine - mod eled after Britain's 13-year-old National Health Service -covers everything but hos pitalization, dentistry, eye glasses and drugs. The gov ernment already sponsors a hospitalization plan. The pa tient can go to any doctor of his choice, receive any form of treatment - including surg-ery-that the physician deems necessary, and go back as often as he likes, provided the doctor agrees. patients are guaranteed pre manent treatment. The plan also includes fees for special ists, if the patient's family doctor refers him to them. If he goes on his own, the pa tient must pay the difference between the set fees of the general practitioner and the specialist. The government-set rates are 85 per cent of the 1959 scale of fees set by the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Pri vate medical plans now in operation in Saskatchewan now pay 85 per cent of the fee Gather your family 'rouru for this favorite... . cv r Mouth-watering . . . that's the best word for Safeway fryers! They are loaded with juicy, tender meat that practically melts in your mouth. And m-m-m ... the flavorl' You see, Safeway fryers are specially bred and raised to be more plump all over with meat so delicious your taste buds immediately tell you, "Here's chicken that's really good." mm f7v rr nri U.S. Grade "A" plump, meaty, whole drawn birds. Guaranteed to be the finest chicken you ever ate. They are especially selected for their superb eating quality. Fresh Cut-Up Fryers lb.35c lb. Hi)0 Here's corn to feast on . . . fresh as dawn, sweet as sugar, straight from the cornfields . . dew still on the silken tassels! Each gleaming ear is packed with plump, milky kernels, tender and sweet, cause Safeway corn is shipped in ice to keep sugar content high. Set out a steam ing platter full tonight. Plan on seconds (and thirds) for everyone! Here's an Outstanding Value for This Weekend For the FINEST Produce, Visit Our "Garden Room" Seedless Grapes C efars ) (0 C JO J only Pj) Sliced Bacon Cut-up Fryers Fully smoked, lean streaked, Yorkshire Manor House "US DA" Grade "A" Quick frozen 1-Lb. Pkg. Lb. 49 35 t Sunkisl Lemons Avocados Large Calif. Hatt Variety .. 5c 2 for 29c Lunch box favor ita Cantaloupes Larg from Calif. . 19c 4for$1 Smitten DEL MONTE all green leaf variety Reg. 2 for 37c value' 3 303 49c Canning Season Containers Pork Picnics Beef Steaks Corned pork Cry-O-Vac wrap ib. 39c Buttered 4 Servings 49c Link Sausage Safeway Beef Sausage lightly seasoned. Ib. 59c 3 lbs. $1 Freezer Frigid Pak Hamburger Buns 33 Plain and with sesame seeds or plain Hot Dog Buns. Skylark pkg. of 8 Skylark Bread Western Farms Ige. I. 35c uiuibii uibau Skylark lS-oi. loaf Skylark , 15-oi. loaf 31c 29c Slenderway Bread i.kib' Raspberry Tarts Mrs. Wright's, pkg. 39c Mechanix Illustrated Handy Books Helpful hints for the do-it-yourself man. Buy a book a week. Vol. 1 only 49c Volume 2 00i thru 12 WC Mixing Bowls Famous Haiel Atlas. 4 piece sets. Sizes 8-7-6-5. Save up ATa to VJ each setW W WiNers' Model Bakery BROWNIES S3c dox. DANISH PASTRIES ... 67c doz. Vegetable Bread 24c loaf IFIbuir Kitchen Craft finest all purpose. Sifted thru silk for lighter texture. Reg. 89c 1Mb. bag 79 o) 3 Royal Oak or Presto. Gives a clean, even heat. Tops for barbecues. Reg. 89c. 10-lb. bag ocoromiD or Spaghetti. Fine quality Sunrise brand. Reg. 59c value 3 9e COUPON Free! Picture Packet NO. 10 Effective June 21, Picture Packet No. 10 will be free with this coupon. Packets No. 11 and 12 cost only ISc each. Wonders of the Animal Kingdom DEL MONTE'S famous "Early Garden." Tender, young, 'n sweet. Reg. 4 for 89c Peos Utility Pishes 303 can A Real Value Pkg. of 6 21 Collect the jrtsctnating picture. We Give Saffola Mayonnaise 24-ot. jar 69g Saffola Margarine 1-lb. pkg. 43( GOIJ BOND TflfflP Sdfbw&l i Betty Crocker 4-oi. 5c 28-ot. bo"! M Margarine Gold-n-Swet oSaff lower 'Pt49c Poffee Tissue Best Foods ayonnaise Light Tuna MAXWELL HOUSE at a special low price, limit, please can I W Truly Fine, white, pink, yellow and aqua. Fine quality facial tissues. 5 Pkg 1 of 400 I Real Mayonnaise. A real value. Reg. 59c. Limit, please Nu Made, finest. Why pay more? Reg. 44c. limit, please Tempest, grated all light meat. Reg. 4 for 89c Full Quart 49c ICE CREAM SNOW STAR Vanilla, ' Strawberry, chocolate, and half Neapolitan. Fine quality. gal. 59' COOKIES Busy Baker big family, assorted ' cookies. Favorite flavors 1 Vi-lb. with the whole family. pkg. 49 Large AA Eggs Cream O' The Crop. The freshest eggs In town. Guaranteed by Safeway. Doz. 33 Quart 35c 5S-J No. I I Betty Crocker BISCUITS Buttermilk and Home Style with the patient paying the Indigent and chronically ill other 15 per cent. Under the new flan, mc uuviui ictcivca 85 per cent of what he nor mally would charge. To finance its medicare plan, the government will charge annual premiums of $12 and $24 for single per sons and families respectively. It is estimated this would be raised through an increase in the sales tax from three to five per cent, plus increased income and corporate taxes. Payments on personal premi ums have been delayed until November. Under Fire The medical plan came un der fire from Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's Royal Commission on Health Services as well as the medi cal profession. Last month during its sittings in Regina, one of the commission mem bers, Toronto Industrialist M. W. McCutcheon, accused the Saskatchewan administration of taking control of the medi cal profession. "Can you describe a more effective way to control a group than by controlling its income? I suggest you have the most effective control of the medical profession," Mc Cutcheon said. Saskatchewan Health Minis ter W. G. Davies, the object of McCutcheon's attack, ad mitted that any change in a doctor's fees would have to be approved by the Provincial Cabinet. The doctors have voiced several objections to govern I ment-controlled medical care, but have avoided discussion o I their fees and Incomes. They (have complained that the (medical care plan would kill I the so-called doctor-patient re llatlonship, force the doctor to 1 surrender his integrity and I freedom and "make him a I second class citizen." None lot the doctors have said in I plain language what most peo Iple realize - that It would I limit and in some cases, re- Iduce their earnings. I Doctors have proposed al ternate plans which they in sist would cost only a fraction I of the eovernment's plan. But the Lloyd Administration is In a Dositlon of already col- lRptlnB taxes for a plan that I hasn't rotten off the ground and they could hardly rescind ' them. i" 4 25 BISCUIT MIX 35 Mrs. Wright's. Makes the very best shortcake. Try it. You'll love it. 40-oz. pkg. Italian Swiss Sweet Wines Colony wine S flavors Gallo 6 flavors 5th Sth 69c 89c Grapefruit Sections No. 303 can 29c SAMSONITE Folding Chairs Fold easily and compactly. Perfect for all special occasion,. Reg. J6.9S value., with 15 purchase. Now Only s3" Stock Up on Frozen Foods Bel-air Corn French Fries Potato Patties Whole Kernel 10-oz. pkg. Bel-air. Reg. or I crinkle cut. 9-oz. Bel-air, easy fix. 12-oz. Chopped Spinach ?-ruS Scotch Treat Peas 10-oz. C 6 for $1 6 for SI 6 for $1 SI 51 Camay Soap Camay Soap Ivory Soap Ivory Flakes Oxydol Salvo Tablets Pink Dreft Joy Liquid Ass'td colors Reg. bars Pink bath bars Med. size bars Gentle-pure 12'4-oz. pkg. Detergent. 20-oz. pkg. Detergent 23-oz. pkg. Dishwashing del. 1 8-oz. Mild detergent. 32-oi. bottle 3 for 37c 2 for 35c 3 35c 39c 33c 49c 33c 99c Fancy Peas saw No. 303 25c S&W Baked Beans Delicious oven-baked beans. Just heat 'n serve. Reg. 55c value. Big 3-lb., 7-01. can 4ic Japanese Imports Of 'Big ' Crops Up 19 Per Cent Washington -IUPD- The For-. Ian Agricultural Service re ports Japan's "big 7". imports in 1961 set a record and for the first time exceeded $1 bil lion. The "big 7" Imports are wheat, barley, corn, soybeans. cotton, hides and skins ana tallow. The total imports cost Japan $1,012,900,000. Of this, $524,400,000 was paid to U.S. exporters. . Up 19 Per Cent Imports of the "big 7" crops as a group were up 19 per cent from 1960, the previous record year when they totaled $852,100,000. Only barley fall: ed to gain. Increased cotton purcnases accounted for more than half of the total gain, and com sales accounted for another 17 per cent. Large cotton pur chases reflected a good year for the Japanese cotton textile Industry and a generally booming economy. Increased corn purchases stemmed from . the rapid growth in the Japa nese poultry and livestock in dustry with increasing need for poultry and livestock leca. Increase One-Fifth Purchase of soybeans, hides and skins, and tallow also went. up. Japan s imports from t n e United States increased by one-fifth. U. S. wheat sales, however, took a fairly sharp drop as japan turned increas ingly to Canada and Australia to purchase wheat. The United States made strong gains as a supplier of corn, hides and skins, soybeans, and cotton. for 1 for Prices effective Thursday, June 21, thru Sat orday, June 23, at Safeway in Medford. Wt reserve the right to limit. Silent Tracks Laid 6 Eastern Railroad New York - (DPI) - The New York Central Railroad has started a campaign to elimi nate the "clickety clack" noise made by trains rolling along its tracks. The road will Install Its first 150 miles of silent track this year by "pressure weld ing" Individual rails Into con tinuous unbroken strings. O
