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T mm ulu I U A lo)M Ml kHz Mq)C mm The Beauties of Scenic - V:r , a. . yfp Koosah Falls is located Cascade mountains. Kennedy Calls Dean Home To Discuss Plans Washington (UPIt President Kennedy today reviewed new data on nuclear test detec tion with his top advisers and then summoned chief negoti ator Arthur Dean from Ge neva to discuss the question of whether to ease U.S. con ditions for a test ban. The White House said in a terse statement issued after the White House session that Kennedy also had "asked for certain supplemental assess ments" to round out the .new technical information laid be fore him by his advisers. White House sources said "no final decision" was reach ed loday on this country's position. But Press Secretary Pierre Salinger insisted there was "no substantial disagree ment" among Kennedy's ad visers. He specifically denied re ports of differences among key Kennedy aides as to whether the United States should cut back its inspection demands in an effort to win a test ban agreement. Advance indications were, however, that Kennedy might decide on puch action in a move to get the Geneva talks off dead center. Dean was asked to return to Washington for consulta tion. He will return to Ge neva by the end of next week to resume negotiations with the Soviets. Thompson Retires As Moscow Envoy Copenhagen -OIPIl- Llewellyn Thompson Jr. today ended five years as U.S. ambassador to Moscow and flew here for a reunion with the man who appointed him, former Presi dent Dwight D. Eisenhower. In Moscow, 40 members of the U.S. Embassy staff and the Western diplomatic corps Rave Thompson an emotional farewell. Women embassy em ployees wept. A Soviet official presented Thompson an auto graphed picture of Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Thompson, his wife, and their three daughters will sail for New York Saturday aboard the Swedish liner Kungsholni. Pacific Palisades. Calif. -vn- James H. Cutch Kindcl berger. pioneer aircraft man ufacturer, died today after s lengthy illness. He was 67. SfBRIEFS NEn ITEMS PROM SEABORNE DETERRENT STRATEGY SEEN Paris-'IPI'-The United Sutei and ill allies r likely to twitch progressively to a seaborne nuclear deterrent strategy in place o( land-based missiles following Gen. Lauris Nor stad's resignation as Allied Supreme Commander in Europe responsible Wcslern diplomatic sources said today. NO PROGRESS IN EASTERN NEGOTIATIONS Washington-ld-An Eastern Airlines negotiator said today there was "no progress" toward settlement of the flight en gineers' 35 day strike during mediation sessions at the Labor Department this morning. KENNEDY ASKED TO INTERVENE San Franciscotri-Presidenl Kennedy has been asked to intervene in behalf ol Japanese-Americans ordered by the Internal Revenue Service to pay taxes on reimbursements granusd tbtm by Congress. (Oregon State near the headwaters of the Alba Crowd Cheers As Mayor Speaks With Sister City Alba, Italy -IUPD-Something j called "the dawn of a new very strange happened in the town of Alba during the early morning hours today. I Despite the late hour, a crowd of 3,000 gathered in ' front of the town hall and , cheered, a band played, andjba's mayor and the mayor of American and Italian flags its sister city of Medford, Ore. fluttered in the night air. I Alba, translated into Eng lish, means dawn, and what happened this morning was Two-Month-Old Girl Smothers in Sleep A two-month-old baby was pronounced dead on arrival I at Rogue Valley hospital this morning after she apparent ly smothered while sleeping. The infant was Mary Louise Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Kent Baker, 345 West Second St. Baker called city police about 5:30 o'clock this morn ing to request a police escort to the hospital. The baby could not be revived, accord ing to police reports. Time Capsule Is 'Buried' in Hotel Jacksonville - A time sule has been "buried' cap in Jacksonville. Orville Smith, carpenter working on the new U.S. Ho tel balcony, assisted by Frank Carter, city police chief, and other residents, placed two plastic bags in a hollow post in the balcony last Saturday. In the plastic bags were booklets and brochures on the Jacksonville Gold Rush Jubi lee taking place Aug. 4 and 5, some copies of the Mail Tribune and the Jacksonville Sentinel and autographs from various Jacksonville resi dents. Apparently there is no set date at which the lime cap- ; officer for Rogue River Na sure is to be opened, but insti-j tional forest, said this morn gators of the project hope thai I ing 'hat "very critical" condi in some future year Jackson-1 lions prevailed in the forests, ville residents will enjoy ! Weather bureau forecasters looking over the yellowed . had earlier predicted 106 to pages of 1962 publications. ! 1 ' degrees today and tomor- j row, with a humidity of from Camas, Wash - IUPIi James I lo to 15 per cent, according C. Mull, 44, an electrician for j to Finch. Bonneville Power Adminis-j In appealing for public co tration. was hadly burned ' operation, forestry officials here today when he came in contact with a 115.000 volt current. AROUND THI 010(1 Oregon Highway Commission Photo) McKenzip river in Oregon's era" by townspeople of this 'city of wine. The event was an emotion- packed five-minute telephone call via the communications satellite Telstar between Al- As Osvaldo Cagnasso, may of this north Italian city of 16,500 inhabitants, tried to pack a lifetime into five min utes on the telephone, the crowd cheered and the town band, stood by to play the American and Italian national anthems. Mayor Cagnasso. a burlv. gray-haired man, obviously was moved by the occaeioii. He began speaking to Med lord Mayor John Snider. In the past, the two cities' school children have exchanged their school books and ex amples of their homework as signs of the good neighbor policy that links them. Speaking in Italian, May or Cagnasso told Mayor Sni der that he did not know where to begin. Should he start by raying how grate ful the people of Alba were for America's help in the postwar years? Should he tell his friends in Medford of Al ba's bustling new industries or its tasty wines? Cagnasso, his voice choked with emotion, told Mayor Sni der of all the suggestions his townspeople had given to him for the unique call. He sum med it all up by saying that Alba sent its "most en thusiastic salute to Medford." Residents Warned About Fire Danger Southern Oregon residents were cautioned today to be "very careful" this week end in the area's forests because of extreme fire danger. Doug Finch, a fire control saia mere was no end in sight for the extreme fire con- i ditions. It was pointed out i that under such conditions, j even a small fire could spread ' to major proportions. Mrs. Frank Bash Reelected by Welfare Astoria -vn- Dr. Ennis Kci zer. North Bend, was reelccl ed chairman of the Oregon Public Welfare Commission at a meeting here today. The commission also re elected Mrs. Frank Bash. Med ford. a. secretary and selected Jess Hill. Cottage Grove, as the new vice chairman. Reapportionment Ruling Suspended Littleton. N. H. OW V S. Supreme Court Justice Pot ter Stewart today suspended a ruling of the Michigan Su preme Court that required an immediate reapportionment of the state Senate. A FOREST FIRE i DANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN House Approves Record Peacetime Mililary Spending Measure Now Goes To Senate Washington-lUPl-The House voted final approval Thursday of a record peacetime mili tary spending bill of $48.1 bil lion, including $191 million for bombers unwanted by President Kennedy. The giant Defense Depart ment appropriation bill-workout by House-Senate eonfer-ees-now goes to the Senate for passage which would send it to the White House. It contains funds for the 1963 fiscal year which began July 1 and is designed to spur U.S. military might both for space age and conventional defenses. The Air Force would get S19.3 billion; the Navy and Marines, $15.1 billion; the Army, $11.5 billion, and the combined defense operations, $2 billion. Clash Threatened The controversial $191 mil lion unrequsted by Kennedy was ear-marked for speeding development of the RS70 re connaissance long - range plane. This was the issue that earlier this year threatened to bring on a clash of wills between the President and Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga.) of the House Armed Services Committee. Vinson at one time wanted Congress to endorse a move which would have ordered the President to use the funds for the plane. As it now stands, Kennedy is not com pelled to spend the money unless he wishes. Shortly before the House acted, Vinson said the bill "vindicated" the judgment of his House Armed Services that the Defense Department should speed the development of the supersonic RS70 war plane, once known as the B70. 600 Jaycees Are Expected at Event About '600 Oregon Junior Chamber of Commerce mem bers, including Jaycettes, are expected in Medford this week end for the state summer planning session. Meetings are scheduled all day Saturday and Sunday at Medford High school and the Medford hotel. John Merrifield will speak on "Where Do We Go From Here" at a luncheon at the high school cafeteria tomor row, and Richard Headlee, vice president of the United States Jaycee organization, will speak at a Saturday eve ning banquet at the National Guard armory. Registration for the session started at noon today at the Medford hotel. Jaycettc activities include a swimming party and brunch tomorrow morning at which Mrs. Reedy Berg, the former JoAnn Amordc, Miss Oregon ! of 1947. and Miss Martha i Louise Wyatt, Miss Oregon of 1 1902, will be guests. I Miss Wyatt also will be j guest at tile Jay eve banquet ' at the armory tomorrow night. Paving Project on Jackson St. Starts i One Medford paving, pro : jeet was started today by con i tractor's crews and another jwill be started Monday, ac j cording io Vernon Thorpe, : Medford public works direc '. tor. Rogue River Paving com pany, subcontractor for M. C : Lininger and Sons, began lay. ing blacktop on Jackson st ; this morning. The project will extend from Crater Lake ave. to Marie st. and is cx- ' pected to be completed today or Monday. Thorpe raid Page Paving company. Sa lem, will commence resurfac ing work on Stewart ave. at 4 am. Monday, Thorpe said. Al various times during the day. parts of SteWBrt ave. will be blocked off. Area mo torists are urfed by Thorpe to detour to other streets Mon- I day to avoid possible delay. STUDY REQUESTED Portland - ll'HD - The Metro politan Youth commission has been asked lo make a study n teen-l -age drinking Rogue Valley Edition Medford 22 Pages Two Sections WEATHER FORECAST: Fair, hoi md dry through Salurday. Low tonight 68, hiKh tomorrow DM. Tmn. Illghrsl Yesterday 105 Lowest This Morning Si Our Skies Tonight Sunset today Sunrise tomorrow Moonrtse tomorrow New Moon Pit UM INK N'T ST Alt Antares, due south VISIBLE I'LANKTS Venus, low in west 7 -.31 p.m. 4:59 a.m. i:2l a.m. July 31 It: 1,1 p.m. 8:36 p.m. 9:28 p.m. 2:07 a.m. 1:37 a.m. Saturn, low in south east ... Jupiter, In the south' east 1 Mars, rises New Prospectus Being Prepared For Ski Resort A new prospectus is being prepared for the Mt. Ashland Ski resort, and bids for con struction and operation of the resort may be opened about May 1 next year, according to the forest service. Bids were called previous ly on the project, but no of fers were received. Forest service officials said they be lieve no bids were received because construction of a road to the area had not started. The forest service said that in its new call for bids, the bidder need not start work until the road is completed, or construction well under way. Once construction has start ed, according to the forest service, the bidder will be al lowed to construct the facili ty in stages over a five-year period. Minimum facilities such as a lodge building and probably one small ski tow will be required the first year. Eventual cost of the facili ty is estimated about $300,- 000, but forest service offi cials said bidders would not need that amount of capital when bids are opened to re ceive the contract, Forest service officials said plans are progressing for con struction of the access road. and actual work may start early next spring. Engineer ing of the road probably will not be completed before then. The road to the Ml. Ash iana ski report area will ex- lend from the summit of the Siskiyous off Highway 99 Duncan Applauds Assistance Plans Robert B. Duncan, speaker of the House of Representa tives and Democratic candi date for Congress from the fourth district, applauded the administration's plans to as sist the lumber industry in the Northwest. "The president has moved to help the lumber industry help itself keeping in mind the broad overall national policies," Duncan said. "Increasing t h e available slumpage, increasing access road funds, and providing ma chinery for reduced water transportation rales are all things which I urged during the primary campaign and discussed al the White House last spring. This furnishes the climate in which the industry itself can increase Its produc tion and ils competitive posi tion not only with Canadian lumber but wilh competing forms of building materials. This means jobs for the fourth district. "There are those who will say that these proposals are jnol enough but I am convinc ed thai the lumber industry I wants to help itself and that, j freed from restrictions, il can and will compete. I "Senator Morse is to be con gratulated for the prompt, thorough and efficient consid eration which he has given to this problem and the results which he has accomplished," Duncan said. VVfhycombe Report Expected Late Today Oregon City - - fl'PIi The ' Clackamas County Grand ' Jury was expected lo report ' its findings late today in the alleged shortage of surplus equipment at Camp Withy i combe. j ANNOUNCES-CANDIDACY j Portland - "'Hi - Waller Tooze of Portland today an nounced his candidacy for the I short-term state senator posi- lion to be filled by Multno mah county voters in Novem- ! brr ) MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 27, Greetings Exchanged Via Telstar Telephone Call Snider, Cagnasso Talk in Historic Use of Satellite Mutual greetings were ex changed yesterday afternoon between mayors of two sister cities - Medford and Alba, Italy - in an historic telephone conversation via the Telstar communications satellite. It was one of 23 similar lis made by cities in the United States to their sister cities by means of the satel lite. The United States Infor mation agency made arrange ments for the exchange be tween the affiliated cities. At 3:4b p.m., Medford May or John w. Snider was ad vised by the telephone opera tor in Paris, France, that the line was ready for the call. Proud of Association Speaking over a telephone specinlly Installed in his office in city hall by Pacific North west Bell Telephone company. Mayor Snider told Alba May or Osvaldo Cagnasso that Medford was proud to be asso ciated with Alba "in a pro gram of mutual friendship." Snider concluded his two minute remarks by saying, "As the world becomes small er, my dear friend Osvaldo, let us hope that our friendship may become even greater. God bless you and the good people of Alba." Mayor Cagnasso responded with a five-minute statement. His voice was low in volume but was clearly audible. A hitch apparently developed in the arrangements, and his re marks were not translated. But the warmth and emotion in his voice conveyed his in tent. Telstar Out of Range The call was concluded about 4 p.m. when an opera tor informed Snider that Tel star was moving out of range. On the mayor's desk was a variety of gifts sent to him from officials and the people of Alba, including a spray of red and white carnations wir ed from Mayor Cagnasso. A note attached to the flow ers said, "Personal congratu lations lo you, Mayor John Snider, and the citizens of Medford on the occasion of this first message by Telstar." A group of about 25 city officials and dignitaries, tele phone company personnel, and members of the news me dia listened to the conversa tion In the mayor's office. In Council Chambers About 40 city employees and Medford residents gather ed in the council chambers to listen to the conversation over a loudspeaker Installed for the event. Al the conclusion of the call. Jack Creager, manager of the Medford office of PNB, presented the telephone lo Snider as a souvenir of the occasion. The telephone will be installed in Snider's home. A gold plaque affixed to the base of the telephone car ried details of the event. Medford and Alba first af filiated as sister cities in 1960. Snider Is chairman of the sis ter city program for the state. Near the end of the call, Snider spoke briefly with Miss Sandra Glllis, an Alba High school English teacher who translated his remarks for Mavor Cagnasso. He told her that he hoped to visit Alba some day, but had no Immediate plans to do so. Two Girls Escape From Juvenile Home I Two girls, one 17 and the other IB years of age, escaped i from the Jackson County Ju i venile Detention Home Thurs day. S The 17-ycar old girl is from Medford, and the other girl is from Prospect. Detention home authorities said the escape occurred about 7:05 p.m. At the time of the escape, the girb were wearing blue jeans and multi colored atrlped blouses, au thorities said. Tribune i.' ' f' r WAITING FOR CALL Mrs. Dorothy Sneddon, secretary to the mayor, pours a soft drink for Medford Mayor John W. Snider yesterday afternoon while he waits for a Pacific Northwest Telephone company technician out of sight at the left to complete arrangements for his call to Alba, Italy, Medford's sister city. fit : . r i , 1 : t vl ill 7mv ALL SMILES Jack Creager, Medford manager of Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone company, is all smiles as the call goes through about 3:48 p.m. and Mayor Snider began to talk to the people of Alba. He spoke for about two minutes. ALL OVER His call successfully completed, Mayor Snider relaxed and chatted wilh the group of city officials and dig nitaries who had gathered in his office to witness the his toric event. The call was completed about 4 p.m. when a Paris, France, telephone operator told Snider that Telstar was moving out of range. -iKnackstedt photos) Supporters of Ben Bella Seek To Enter Algiers Algiers -HTIi The vanguard of Ahmed Ben Bella's sup porters sought lo enter Algiers today - a move thai could touch off civil war or bring a dramatic end lo the political power struggle of newly Inde pendent Algeria Mohammed Khider. one of the seven men named ui Ben Bella' political bureau de - 57th Year Price 10 Cents 1962 No. 110 signed to run Algeria until an elected authority takes over, said Thursday night he would arrive in the city about midday from Oran. 0 If there is no violent reac t'on from Sup.utars of Provi sional Government Premier Ben Youssef P,en Khcdda, Ben Bella himself is expected to ; follow within 40 hours. i' i Aid Proposals Win Support Of Congressmen Voluntary Quota Will Be Sought By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special) A new Kennedy administration program to aid the northwest lumber industry won bi-par tisan support today, despite some Republican irritation at the way it was handled by the Democrats. A group of 14 Democratic senators and congressmen from Washington, Oregon, Montana, California, Idaho and Alaska, headed by Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, met with President Kennedy Thursday evening in the cab inet room to discuss lumber industry problems. Emerging jubilantly from the 40-mlnute meeting, Mag nuson and Sen. Wayne Morse spoke for the group and said they were "enthusiastic about the new measures ap proved by Kennedy. The chief measures are: To Seek Voluntary Quotas 1, The administration will try to get Canada to impose a quota voluntarily on Its shipments of softwood lumber into the American market previously dominated by Pa cific Northwest mills. Magnu son said the President does not have authority to slap an immediate quota on Canadian imports, as the industry and northwest lawmakers have urged. 2. The administration will endorse legislation to modify the Jones Act to help tide water American mills who have to pay higher rates on green lumber water shipments in American ships than British Columbia competitors must, pay In' cheaper foreign ves sels. Amalgamation ol Bills The new bill will be an amalgamation of bills intro duced earlier by Sen. Maurine Ncuberger (D-Ore.) and Rep. Thor Tollcfson (R-Wash.). It directs the secretary of com merce to suspend the Jones Act requirment on use of American ships in intercostal shipments when: A. There is no U.S. flag vessel available to ports or localities to which cargo is destined, such as between the northwest and Puerto Rico; or B. Intcrcoastal water-' borne shipments of such com modity have declined more than 25 per cent since 1950, and there has not been a cor responding Increase by a com peting mode of transporta tion; and C. Watcrborne freight rates to domestic ports avail able lo foreign producers of such commodity are at least 20 per cent below the tariff rate filed by American car riers for comparable dis tances. Opposition Feared Magnuson said he feared opposition to this proposal from railroad and trucking Interests but hoped for favor able congressional action this session. Congressman Toll e f s o n, who was Irked because Re publicans were excluded from the White House con ference, nevertheless en dorsed both of these propos als to aid the industry. The Tacoma solon is the top Re publican on the house mari time committee which would handle such legislation. Among other measures ap proved by Kennedy, one would give preference to use of American lumber in gov ernment construction and for eign aid programs - a device which : lagnuson predicted would provide an outlet for millions of board feet of lum ber. Also, the president direct ed the Forest Service to re port by Oct. 15 on an increase In the allowable cut "to as sure a continuation of tim ber sales at or beyond the rec ord levels achieved in the most recent quarter of 1962." He announced also an imme diate increase of 150 million board feet in the allowable cut of Oregon's OAiC lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Baseball NATIONAL Houston 1 10 2 Chicago S 11 0 Woodeshick. Ubricht (4), Tiefenauer (5), Kemmerer (7) and Smith; Ellsworth and Barragen. t
