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Newspaper Page Text1 Ml p ui V The Beauties of Scenic row. A tunnel through sheer rock along the side of the Snake river north of Homestead, Ore., makes this part of the canyon accessible. Test Ban Group Conducts Protest March in Moscow Mnscow-JUPIi-A handful of Western ban-the-bomb advo cates staged a "silent vigil" protest against big power nu clear policies in Red Square today, but had their banners yanked away from them by several Soviet women who opposed their demonstration. The disarmament demon strators called off plans to picket the American Embassy in the face of Soviet opposi tion. Instead, they marched into Red Square with three banners unfurled to protest nuclear tests by both East and West. Originally, 40 planned to demonstrate but only 20 showed up. Followed by Women The demonstrators were followed by a group of Soviet women who took the banners away, rolled them up and stalked off. 'They are undecorous," muttered one Soviet woman as she walked away. The demonstrators, here for t h e Communist - sponsored World Congress for General Disarmament and Peace, si lently watched the loss of their banners which bore such slogans as "We demand no more Russian tests" and "We condemn Anglo-American tests." The demonstration had been called despite Soviet warn ings that it would be illegal and that demonstrators could be deported. But many who had originally planned to go to Red Square to participate dropped off as the extent of Soviet opposition became ap parent. ITIMS FROM tlWSBRSEFS COLD WAR REVIEW EXPECTED Geneva-ilPI'-Communist diplomats said today they expect Russia to push for 1 wide ranging cold war review el next week't Eatl-Weit ministerial talks here, with increased pres sure for e Berlin settlement. 'CLIMATE' BELIEVED IMPROVED Waihinglonm-H. Ladd Plumlev. president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce said today he believes the "climate" between President Kennedy end the business community hat improved. EDITORS INTERVIEW KHRUSHCHEV Moscow-lPt Twelve visiting American newspaper editors had a 2'j hour interview with Soviet Premier Nikita Khru shchev in the Kremlin today on East-West and Internal So viet problems. The meeting alsa vsstln4 by e number of leading Soviet journse.it.' V Medford Planners Postpone Action on Request for Change A short-handed Medford planning commission last night postponed a decision on one zone change request, but granted two others in connec tion with property located on Biridle rd. The group voted to post pone (for a period not to ex ceed 12 days) action on a re quest to rczone a piece of property at the northeast cor- Mink Rancher Not To Get Federal Aid Portland - H'PO - A rancher whose mink were literally scared to death by an airplane won't get any help from the government, federal Judge John Kilkenny ruled Thurs day. Canby rancher Buck Witt sued for some $30,000 in dam ages and mental anguish. He said two Air Force pilots i flew near the he ranch, causing ! the mink to panic and kill their young. The judge said the govern ment was not liable because pilots were flying outside the scope of their mission. Witt said he will consider whether to sue the pilots as individuals. COMMISSION TO MEET I Salem - HIPP - The Oregon 'Welfare Commission will meet I July 27 in the Clatsop coun j ty courthouse in Astoria. State Welfare Administrator I Andrew F. Juras said today. FIRES REPORTED Salem - HOT The Oregon Forestry Department reported 10 small forest and brush fires in the state Thursday. AROUND THI Ol OH Oregon (Oregon State Highway Commission Photo) ncr of McAndrews and Bid- die rds. The applicant seeks to have the property rezoncd from single-family to commercial to permit construction of a service station, and plumbing and electrical shops. The group, because three of its members were absent and because the commission ers felt they needed more time to study the whole Bid die rd. situation, agreed to defer action and to hold a special meeting in the near future to reach a decision on the request. Approve Requests In other business, the com mission approved two requests for rezoning in connection with a 9.8 acre parcel of land on Biddle rd. adjacent to the freeway interchange. The developer of the site told the commission he plans a "tourist complex" on the property, including a motel, restaurant, lounge and pos- sibly other commercial build ings. City Planner Ned Langford told the group such a use by the developer would be con sistent with the determina tions of a land use plan for the city which his office is now preparing. A unanimous vote followed to rezone the property from single-family to limited com mercial. A request for a use vari ance to permit the operation of a kindergarten at 121 Val ley View dr. also was approv ed by the group. The commission's decisions will be forwarded to the city council for final action. ; Portland Doctor ; Endorses Medicare i Portland-WH - A Portland doctor Thursday endorsed ; President Kennedy's plan for : financing medical care for the aged under social security. In an address to the Oregon Building Congress, Dr. Char les M. Grossman said there . has been "sufficient demon stration of need" for the plan. He said some of his own aged patients have had their prlv- ate insurance canceled. i The chief locic in the so cial w-ity plans, he said, is that the cost is spread over a large group the entire working class. So the cost per person is very small. i Dr Groisma". criticized the ; non-social security Kerr-Mills plan for grants to states. He 'said it requires the elderly to nend their life saving be- i (ore they can quali?- FOREST FIRE! DANGER TOMORROW is- KEEP OREGDN GREEN Russia Fails To Oder Anything New on Berlin Tempers Show Signs of Rising Washington - IUPII - Diplo matic tempers in Moscow and Washington showed signs of rising today because the Unit ed States and Russia have failed again in an effort to narrow their differences over Berlin. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, in a one hour and 40 minute meeting with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dob rynin Thursday, failed to find any change at all in unaccept able Russian demands that the Western Allies pull out of Berlin. The secretary now looked forward to a meeting in Ge neva soon, perhaps next week, with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko for indica tions as to whether the Rus sians intend to whip the Ger man crisis to new proportions. Rusk told a new confer ence just before his futile talk with Dobrynin that there was "no basis for serious negotia tions" if the Russians contin ued to insist on talking only about ending the Allied oc cupation of West Berlin. He was reacting to new Moscow charges that he had not given serious considera tion to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's new proposal to replace British, French and American troops in Berlin with contingents from small countries on both sides of the Iron Curtain. The Soviet official news agency Tass, in a long state ment describing Berlin as a "powder keg" which could blow up Europe at any mo ment, strongly criticized U.S. reaction to Khruschev's new plan. Rusk said the proposal made by the Soviet leader last Tuesday was not worth talk ing about. Bids Opened for Dormitory Unit A s h 1 a n d Bids for four prime contracts for the con struction of Unit D of Cas cade hall at Southern Oregon college were opened Wednes day afternoon at Churchill hall. Apparent low bidders for each of the contracts were Ausland Costruction c o m pany, Grants Pass, $205,900, general work; Patterson's Plumbing, Medford, $48,080, mechanical; Stceck Electric company, Medford, $18,900, electrical; and E. F. Shuck Construction company, Taco ma. Wash., $29,151, building furniture. Add bids received were be low the estimates, it was re ported. Four bids were re ceived for each of the general and mechanical work con tracts and three each for the electrical and furniture work contracts. The building is the fourth of a five unit dormitory com plex under construction at the college. Architect is R. J. Keeney, Medford. Bids are now being checked by the comptroller's office in Eugene. Scientists Pleased by Christmas Isle Tests Washington - (UPlt - Scien tists today were reported "quite pleased" with the re sults of the Christmas Island atomic tests, the first in the atmosphere since 1958. The Atomic Energy com mission announced Thur.day that after 25 shots, the series centered around the British held island in the Pacific was over. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair Ihrnurh Kit nrday. Frrvh niMhtvrtrl villrv hrez in aftrrnnnn. I,nw lonttht 4R32. Hlfh Kalur day M-B Trmp. tflrh'it Vtrriav HI l.nwtat Tht Morning 4R Our Skies Toniqht fluntM tn1v ?:4S p.m. Hnnrtt tnmnrrnw 4:4 am. 1nnl tomorrow 2:23 a.m. Full Moon July n PROMINENT HTAft Antar-, nar th Moon. VISIfll.F PI.ANFTS mn, In Uif at suntft. Hat urn, low In touih- fiM l:2i p m. JupHrr, In thf iouth au I :M I m. Mart. wP Dp In th fait at Regional Edition Medford 22 Pages Two Sections Soviet Union Feels Free To Conduct Unclear Tests Macmillan Shuffles C Butler Moved Up; 7 Ranking Officials Resign London - ItlPD - Prime Min ister Harold Macmilllan shook up his government today, with seven cabinet ministers resigning in the shuffle. In the most imoorlanl change, R. A. (Rab) Butler left his post as home secre tary to take over a new job -that of first secretary of state. Observers said this probably meant Butler was assuming the mantle nf nn. official deputy prime min ister. Chancellor of the Exche- Distance Dialing To Start Sunday in Southern Oregon Three words - direct dis- tance dialing - are destined to make a big difference in the long distance calling hab its of Medford and vicinity tel- epnone userB starting at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, July 15. Local telephone calling re mains the same, and calls to telephones in nearby commu nities that have been dialed on a toll-free basis also will be unchanged. The method of DDD is the same - lust dial the phone number. By spinning phone dials 8 or 11 times, customers in Medford, Grants Pass, Ash land. Jacksonville. Phneniv Talent, Central Point, Rogue River and Gold Hill will be able to place station-to-station long distance calls directly to some 76 million telephones in the United States. Eight spins on the dial will reach most phones in Oregon. Eleven pulls on the dial are needed to call anv nhnnp out. side Oregon, whether in near- Dy Yreka, distant Washing ton, DC, or Winnipeg, Mani toba. Information in New Book Complete information for the new way to call long dis tance is in the front of the latest phone book, according to Jack Crcager, local man ager for Pacific Northwest Bell. The telephone operators from t'.e unit at 145 North Bartlett st. will move to the central office building at 502 North Central ave. Services performed at the old location will be shifted to the enlarged operating unit in the new building. Specially designed information and DDD switch boards have been installed. The conclusion of the $16 million project In the valley this week end brings the num ber of Pacific Northwest Bell telephones in Oregon that are equipped for DDD to 440,000. Located in some 35 communi ties, these phones number about two-thirds of the total PNB serves In the stale. River Swimmer Resumes Journey Wallula Junction, Wash. -'Id'- Ex-Navy frogman Spenc er Campbell. 24, returned to the cold, wind-swept Colum bia river near here this morn ing to resume his 557-mile swim from Oroflno, Idaho, to Astoria, Ore. Campbell had planned to swim last night but high winds and a dust storm halted his progress. He was the guest of the Umatilla Chamber of Commerce for his stay there last night. The marathon swimmer said he does not plan to swim through McNary Dam near Umatilla until Saturday. I MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 13, abinet quer Selwyn Lord resigned and was replaced by Rcginal Maudling, former colonial secretary. Sir Reginal Manningham -Buller, former attorney gen eral goes to the House of Lords as lord chancellor, re placing Viscount Kilmuir, who resigned. Once Quit Post Defense Minister Harold Watkinson was replaced by former Aviation Minister Pe ter Thorneycroft. T h o r n e y croft was making a major comeback, since he had quit as Macmillan s chancellor of the exchequer in 1B57 In a budg et dispute. Henry Brooke, former chief secretary to the treasury, succeeds Butler as home sec retary. Sir David Ecclcs, the much- criticized minister of educa tion, resigned. He was re placed by Sir Edward Boyle, who had been financial sec retary to the treasury. Like Thorneycroft, he was a budg et rebel in the past. Duncan Sandys M a cm 11 lan's former son-in-law, re tained his post as common wealth relations secretary. In addition, he took on the post of colonial secretary, former ly held by Maudling. Old Friend Resign! Lord Mills, Macmillan's old friend and minister without portfolio, resigned and was replaced by William Dcedes, a member of Parliament. Sir Keith Joseph became minister of housing and lo cal government and minister for Welsh affairs, replacing Dr. Charles Hill, who resign ed. The seventh change was Minister of Health Enoch Pow ell, whose post was raised to cabinet rank. The government reshuffle came as Macmillan's Conserv ative Party suffered another of many setbacks in local par liamentary elections, finish ing a poor third in a contest in a Midlands constituency. Mistake Seen in Constitution Vote Salcm-IUPII-State Sen. Tho mas R. Mahoncy (D-Portland) today told Oregon's Constitu tional RevLsion commission it would be a mistake for the commission to recommend a sweeping overhaul of the state Constitution to the 1903 legislature. Mahoncy, himself a com missioner, asserted his view in a telegram to the other 16 commissioners. He was not present at today's commis sion meeting here and the telegram came from San Diego, Calif. Up until now, Mahoncy had sided with a majority of com missioners who favored a thorough overhaul of the con stitution. At last summer's organiza tional meeting, the commis sion voted to recommend a highly revised document in stead of piecemeal changes. The commission today be gan a review of the new con stitution they previously ap proved, going over all of the new language again. Job Placements Up More Than 8 Per Cent Salem - IUPII - The slate em ployment service said today It made 106,781 job place-, ments last month, up more than eight per cent over June ! of last year. I This brought the total num ber of placements for the fls- j cal year which ended June 30, to 424.804 - an Increase I of 1 1 er ant f eer the re- i vious fiscal year. I ' 4 THE 13TH - Who says Friday the 13th is unlucky? Neither are black cats or standing un der ladders, according to the Rausch twins of El Cajon, Calif., who are celebrating their 13th birthday today. They're the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Rausch. (UP1) - . First 'True' Call Via Satellite Slated (or Relay New York - (UPli - American Telstar scientists, unruffled by French-British oneupman- ship in space, today planned to relay the first "true trans atlantic telephone conversa tions via the tiny, orbiting sphere. Eugene McNcely, president of American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Is scheduled to chat with Jacques Marette, French minister of post and telecommunications. A British official, also will converse with the Andover, Maine, sta tion. The feasibility of the calls was proved Thursday night when the Britons, still sim mering over a French first in sending television to the Unit ed Slates, broke into techni cal tests on the 24th orbit and made telephone contact with AT&T men at Andover. Cooperated Tolerantly Their gallic counterparts drew abreast on the next orbit when they also reached Andover by telephone. Ameri can officials cooperated toler antly in both experiments. The transatlantic callers said "How do you do?" and "Do you hear me?" to each other, matching in oratorical power the historic first sen tence uttered over the tele phone, in 11)7(1. At that time Alexander Graham Bell bel lowed a command along the wires to an assistant in the next room: "Mr. Watson, come here. I need you." Technicians said both of Thursday night's unscheduled calls were successful. Bachelor Butte Ski Lift To Be in Use Rend - IUPII - A double ski lift at Bachelor Butte 21 miles west of here goes into sum mer week end operation this week end ax a tourist attrac tion. It will be the first sum mertime operation of the win ter lift. St- - . Fisher Declines To Debate Medicare With Duncan Until Views Made Known Coos Bay - IIIPH - Coos Bay Young Democrats said today that the Republican nominee for congress in the Fourth dis trict. Carl Fisher, has declined to debate Democratic nominee Robert B. Duncan on medicare until inter in the campaign. Jay Morgenson, president ofehe Voting Democrats here, i4 tie dreate was to taw.ie tnkenftt nltttyti '". ftii' 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 1962 No. 98 Tass Statement Says West Makes Steps Necessary Disarmament Talks Scheduled Moscow-UPH-The Soviet Un ion served official notice to day that it feels free to con duct another series of nuclear tests. The warning came In an official Tass statement given out by the Foreign Ministry. The statement recalled what it said were "hundreds of ex perimental blasts" in the West, and claimed each one serves to perfect existing weapons and create new ones. "Under these conditions not only morals and right, but also the Interests of general peace and security require that the Soviet Union should be the last to conduct nuclear tests," the statement said. The statement came on the eve of the East-West disarma ment talks scheduled to re sume Monday in Geneva. And it followed a similarly firm line reaffirmation of Soviet policy on Germany and Ber lin in a Tass statement releas ed Thursday. Absurd Demands The statement today charg ed that the U.S. government nan Deen iorcea 10 enier nego tiations on a nuclear test ban and had done everything to foil them by placing "absurd demands" on the Soviet Un ion. The statement charged that the U.S. State Department was trying "to present things in such a light as if it were the Soviet Union and not the United States of America who had triggered off the nuclear testing race and its buildup." The statement repeated the old charges that the United States had started the nrms race "and used them against the peaceful population of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Troops in Nevada For Role in Tests Nevada Test Site - HIPP - Army ground troops will learn the fury of nuclear war fare at first hand during the next few days when they par ticipate in tests here, the At omic Energy Commission said today. Conventional artillery fir ing will be conducted by the troops in exercise "Ivy Flats" as a low-yield-to 20,000 tons of TNT device is fired in the atmosphere. The troops, 900 men of the 4th Infantry Division from Ft. Lewis, Wash., have moved Into the area recently and spent leave time In Las Vegas attired in battle fatigues. Tanks were moved into the test site area last weekend on flatbed trucks. The AEC said "maximum peace-time safety rules would be in effect during the test at which 105 millimeter artil lery would be used. Swifchmen's Union in Tentative Agreement Chicago tUPIi A tentative agreement was announced to day by the Switchmen's Un ion of North America and the western railroads of the na tion, ending a three-year-old wage dispute. television station, in about two weeks. Morgenson said Fisher was unwilling to meet Duncan in such a debate until, according to Fisher, Duncan makes his views clear on medicare. Fish er advised thaa-hen Duncan does tlt;c-awlll accept the Invitation to debate, Morgen son s;tftl. . Bunren., M(?aford tttfirnep asi speaker of the Oregon Hatfield Angered By Refusal To Negotiate Strike Governor Charges Defiance of Interest Salem-IUPD-Gov. Mark Hat field, angered by refusal of the iron workers union to negotiate in his office with contractors and a federal me diator, charged union officers today with "open defiance of the public interest" and a "play for power." In Portland, the six mem bers of the union negotiating team issued a statement say ing they were at the contrac tors' headquarters ready to negotiate without the gover nor. Juel Drake of St. Louis, vice president of the interna tional union, also was present. He said the team would re main at the Portland head quarters until the contractors "show up or tell us they don't want to meet." Open Defiance Union representatives fail ed to show up here at 9 a.m., the time set by the governor, although a negotiating team from the Associated General Contractors and federal medi ator George Walker, Portland, appeared. Hatfield set another dead line of 1 p.m., but the union announced it didn't plan to meet then either. Hafticld issued a statement late this morning that said "the failure of the iron workers negotiating team to show up here this morning is open defiance of the public Interest and lends substance to charges that some individuals in the leadership of that union are more interested in a play for power than in Improve ment of working conditions for the membership." Hatfield indicated that John O'Halloran, business repre sentative of " Iron Workers Local No. 29. Portland, had gone back on his word by re fusing to show up. Hatfield referred to a July 7 telegram, from O'Halloran indicating a willingness to meet here. "It is now apparent that 'more than the improvement of working conditions, there is a play for power not just of ruling one local in Oregon, but of over the entire two states" of Oregon and Wash ington. At Bargaining Table Drake replied to the Hat field statement by remarking. 'This will not be settled in the newspapers and on tele vision, but at the bargaining table." Referring to earlier ar rangements for a negotiating session In Portland today without tlie governor, the council said the change in plans was first called to the attention of the union late Thursday. "We will remain here where the meeting was scheduled," O'Halloran said. "We await the contractors return to this meeting room." Drake added O'Halloran was "only one member of the committee that made the de cision." Change To Benefit Lumber Industry Wasliington-fllPH-The Treas ury Department and the Ag riculture Department have adopted new depreciation schedules for the lumber In dustry, Sen. Wayne Morse ID Ore.) announced today,' Morse said the changes would be "of substantial benefit" to the Northwest lumber Industry, although it will not close the cost gap be tween U.S. and Canadian lumber. Depreciation schedules for logging equipment have been reduced from 10 to 15 years to six years, compared to 6.67 years in Canada. Sawmill .de preciation life, which previ ously went as high as 25 years has been cut to six years for portable mills and 10 years for permanent mills, compared to 10 years for all mills in Canada, Morse said. House, said he has made his views on medicare "abundant ly clear," both before the May 18 primary, and since then. Duncan said he favors medi care through Social Security, and care under the Kerr-Mills bill for those not on Social Security. Duncan also said he favfirs reasonable compro mjses to get some kind of Im proved program through con-;grcss,ngw.