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Mexican Crews
To Arrive Tuesday
For Fruit Picking
Thirty-two Mexican Nation
als will arrive in the Med
ford area Tuesday and start
picking pears Wednesday, ac
cording to Shelby Tuttle, of
the Medford Pear Shippers.
Another group of Mexican
Nationals will be recruited
Aug. 31, Tuttle said. He esti
mated that the total working
force of Mexican Nationals
will be between 200 and 250.
"This is less than the 327
Mexican Nationals we had last
picking season because we
have a pretty good supply of
domestic labor this year.
Many of these are green card
Mexicans, Mexicans who have
applied for their U. S. citizen
ship papers."
Local growers now have 43
Navajo Indians picking pears.
They were recruited Aug. 18
and arrived in Medford Sun
day, Tuttle said.
Pleated With Indians
"We are quite pleased with
them. They are increasing
their pick nearly every day,"
Tuttle commented. "I would
say they are averaging about
70 to 80 boxes a day."
Earlier the U. S. depart
ment of labor offered the
Navajos to fill in the picker
supply before bringing in
Mexican Nationals. Growers
were somewhat dubious be
cause they did not know much
about them. However, the
Navajos are considered the
cleanest, neatest and most or
derly pickers the labor camp
has seen, Tuttle said.
The crucial picking period
is expected to be about the
second week in September
when the winter pear harvest
is well under way, but when
high school student labor has
returned to school. The Bart
lett harvest is expected to
be almost completed in an
other week. Seckel picking
will overlap Bartlett picking
and D'Anjou harvest will start
about the same time, growers
said.
SOBLEN APPEALS
London -d'Pt- A High Court
judge ruled today that run
away Soviet spy Dr. Robert A.
Soblen, 61, may be deported
to the United States. Soblen
immediately appealed the decision.
HEWSCBHBS
ITtMS FROM
STRIKERS RETURN TO HUNTSVILLE
Huntsville, Ala.-iri-About two-thirds of the electrical
workers whose strike has held up space project construction
el the Redstone Arsenal returned to work today.
VICE PRESIDENT FOR FRANCE URGED
Paris - IP!' - The attempted aisaitination ol President
Charles de Gaulle, 71, brought demands today thai the French
gorernmen! create the office of rice president who would
succeed the president in the erent of his death.
RUSK BRIEFS CANADIAN LEADERS
Ollawa-'VnScretarr of State Dean Rusk briefed Cenadian
leaders for 90 minutes today on fhe developing Berlin crisis.
hunters have a field day at
Oregon coast.
250-Acre Brush Fire
Being Mopped Up
On Poorman's Creek
A 60-man crew was mop
ping up today on a 250-acre
i fire on Poorman's creek in the
Applegate area.
The fire, which broke out
early yesterday afternoon,
was brought under control
about 3:10 o'clock this morn
ing. Grass, brush and some scat
tered timber burned, the state
forestry department reported.
Johnson To See
Iranian Officials
Tehran, Iran - HOT - Vice
President Lyndon B. Johnson
was flying here today for
high-level talks with Iranian
officials concerned over with
drawal of American military
aid funds.
The vice president, accom
panied by his wife and daugh
ter, were scheduled to arrive
here from Beirut.
The highlights of Johnson's
first day of his 48-hour stay
were a reception by Foreign
Minister Abbas Aram and a
visit to the shah's summer pal
ace for dinner.
Johnson started his two
week goodwill tour of Mid
dle East and Mediterranean
countries Thursday in Leb
anon. After arriving by presi
dential jet from Washington,
he spent the day in Beirut
mixing with people in the
streets and visiting with Leb
anese leaders, including Presi
dent Fuad Chehab and Pre
mier Rashid Karame.
Grants Pass Boy
Dies in Hospital
Richard Dale Cook. 15,
Grants Pass, died in Sacred
Heart hospital here today of
a broken neck suffered when
he dived into a shallow irri
gation ditch at Grants Prss
Thursday.
The boy was transferred
later from the Josephine Gen
eral Hospital in Grants Pajs
to Sacred Heart.
He was the son of M" and
Mrs. Dale E. Cook of Grants
Pass.
AKOUND THI OlOII
Oregon
(Oregon State Highway Commission
v -ye.
Agate beach on the central
The fire started along the
highway at the foot of Jack
sonville hill on the Applegate
side.
Southwest district officials
were not certain how the fire
originated, but said it was
assumed to be smoker-caused.
Approximately 100 men
battled the fire'-and three
crawl-type tractors were used.
The 25-man special U. S. for
est service crew stationed at
Star Ranger station, went on
the blaze about 6 p.m. Two
air drops of fire retardent
were made by U. S. forest
service-contracted planes.
A state forestry department
dispatcher at district head
quarters said one crew lost
its tools. It was trailing up a
hill when a spark caused a
fire across the trail. Crewmen
had to drop their tools and
run.
The fire reportedly first
burned to the north. Wind
took it to the west and then
in the evening to the east.
The blaze was reported
about 12:30 p.m.
The southwest district office
said that a four-acre fire in
brush on Bird.seye creek early
yesterday afternoon started
from allegedly illegal debris
burning. One load of fire re
tardent was dropped nn the
blaze.
Traffic Signals
Being Removed
Medford public works de
partment crews today are re
moving traffic signals from
two intersections along Man
zanita St., according to Ver
non Thorpe, city public works
' director.
I The signals will be installed
on Eighth st. at its intersec
tions with Holly and Fir sts.
! in three or four weeks. Thorpe
said.
I Stop signs will be installed
at the intersections of Manza
nita st. and Riverside ave.
and Manzanita and Courts sts
i to replace traffic signals.
The project is being under
taken jointly by the city and
the state highway department
j since all four intersections are
j located on the state highway
system, Thorpe said.
I The city will furnish most
jof the work and installation
i costs on the project, Thorpe
said, and the highway depart
jment will pay the majority of
costs for materials.
The change in location of
the traffic signals was made,
Thorpe said, because the need
for traffic control was greater
!at the Eighth St. intersections,
i The Manzanita st. intersec
Itions, he pointed out. are of
the "T" type and traffic there
I Is relatively light.
GETS SCHOOL POST
Pilot Rock -JITI- Ivan W.
Wilson has been named super,
intendent of the Pilot Rock
school district.
FOREST FIRE
DANGER TOMORROW
KEEP OREGON GREEN
Russians Renew
Demand for West
To Quit Berlin
Moscow-OIPP-The Russians made new demands today that
Western Allied military forces get out of Berlin.
Pravda, the official Communist party newspaper, blamed
the increased tension in Berlin on "West German mili
tarists" and said that only a speedy end to the four-power
occupation status of the divided city could insure peace.
In a dispatch from Washington, Pravda reiterated Mos
cow's demands that West Berlin be turned into a free,
demilitarized city.
On Wednesday the Russians
abolished their post of com
mandant in Berlin. The move
was interpreted as another
step in the Kremlin's cam
paign to sign a peace treaty
with Germany and end West
ern occupation rights in the
city.
"American policy makers,"
said Pravda correspondent S.
Vishnevsky, "should consider
what tremendous advantages
a German peace settlement
holds out for the peoples of
the United States. How the or
dinary American . . . would
sigh with relief."
The Pravda dispatch said
that it is "necessary without
wasting time to settle the Ger
man problem peacefully, to
normalize the situation in
West Berlin on the basis of a
mutually acceptable treaty
which would convert it from
a NATO military base into a
free demilitarized city."
Warning on Patience
Coupled with this was a
warning about Soviet pa
tience.
"The Soviet Union and oth
er peace loving countries," the
dispatch said, "have displayed
much good will and patience
for a constructive action on
the part of Washington. The
patience of course cannot last
forever."
.This .theme, , an apparent
reference to the signing of a
separate Russian-East German
peace treaty, has been
stressed by Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev in recent months.
The official Soviet govern
ment newspaper Izvestia
Thursday night charged that
recent incidents which have
arisen in Berlin following the
fatal shooting of an 18-year-
old fleeing East Germany
were due to West German
"revanchists" and "fascists."
Two Districts Are
Made Administrative
Rogue River and Eagle
Point are now administrative
school districts under the re
organization law, according
to County School Supt. Alf
B. Mekvold.
After rejecting it earlier,
the slate board of education
Aug. 13 reconsidered - par
tial plan of school district re
organization for Jackson
county, according to James L.
Turnbull, of the state depart
ment of education.
Prospect, Central Point,
Medford and Ashland school
districts earlier had been de
clared administrative units.
Mekvold said that by be
coming an administrative dis
trict the present operation is
not changed, because the pur
poses of the reorganization
law largely were accomplish
ed prior to the proposed re
organization plan, he said.
Boundaries are not changed
and t h e present district
school board continues.
However, an administra
tive school district can in
crease its board to seven or
nine members after being
declared an administrative
district. This is done by peti
tion of 50 legal voters cf the
district or 10 per cent of the
legal voters. The increase
must be approved by a ma
jority of qualified district
voters during an election.
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Rogue Valley Edition
Medford
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Foster Killing
Suspect Held on
Murder Charge
Reno, Nev.-IUPIl-A teen-age
ranch worker was held on
a murder charge today after
a honeymooning Oregon man
died of bullet wounds receiv
ed when he and his bride
were kidnaped and taken on
terror-filled ride to Lake
Tahoe.
Jack Foster, Medford, who
was shot on his 23rd birthday
Wednesday, died of two .22
calibur bullet wounds in the
head.
Lester Morford, 18, Santa
Rosa, Calif., was arraigned in
Justice Court on the murder
charge.
He was ordered held with
out bail pending a prelimin
ary hearing Sept. 14.
Officers Alerted
Morford was arrested near
Carson City when he drove
the Foster car into a service
station for repairs. Law en-
forcement officers were alert
ed after Mrs. Patricia Foster
staggered into another service
station and said a kidnapper
had shot, her husband and
raped her twice. "
The attractive woman and
Foster came here Sunday and
were married Monday. They
were checking out of their
motel when they were ap
proached by a youthful gun
man, who ordered Foster to
drive them to Truckee, Calif.,
and to Lake Tahoe.
Two Bullets
At a viewpoint overlooking
the scenic area, the gunman
reached across her and pump
ed two bullets into her hus
band. Then he dumped him
down an embankment.
Mrs. Foster said she was
raped twice after the shooting,
and she was able to Jump out
of the car In Carson City. She
was placed under sedation.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Rector of Medford, were
to accompany her here to be
interviewed by Dist. Atty.
William Raggio.
Investigators hinted that
Morford, who was staying at
he same motel as the Fosters,
may have been under the in
fluence of intoxicating fumes
from mode airplane glue.
Foster's mother, Mrs. Irene
Turner, went to Reno follow
ing the shooting. She was ac
companied by a daughter,
Mrs. Charlotte McCorkle.
The victim's wife, Patricia,
had been a student at Medford
High school and was graduat
ed In 1957. Her husband had
worked as a laborer on sev
eral jobs in the Medford area.
Assault Charge Is
Dismissed by Court
Charges have been dismiss
ed against Sgt. Roger Kent
Olson, 29, of San Francisco,
Calif., who had pleaded in
nocent to a charge of assault
and battery, according to
Jackson County District Court
Judge L. L. Sawyer.
Olson was arrested by Med
ford police Inst week end
after an incident Involving
Olson and Sgt. First Class
Harvey Cline, of the Army
recruiting office, Medford.
Judge Sawyer approved the
motion for dismissal "after
further investigation indicated
there was not sufficient evi
dence to produce a convic
tion." Cuba Blockade Urged
To Counter Buildup
Washington (ITU Dr. Jose
Miro Cardona, president of
the Cuban Revolutionary
Council, called today for a
blockade of Cuba to counter
a reported build up there of
Soviet bloc troops.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1962
GROCERIES SCATTERED An earthquake
..of 5.5 Eicbter. scale intensity hit northern
California Thursday, causing extensive dam
age but no injuries. In the above picture
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FRED E. ROBINSON
Candidate for Mayor
Fred E. Robinson
Will Run for
Mayor of Medford
Fred E. Robinson, down
town Medford merchant and
councilman from Ward 1 for
the last two terms, announced
today that he will be a candi
date for mayor in the Novem
ber election.
He is the third councilman
to enter the race for mayor.
James Dunlcvy and William
Singler filed several weeks
ago.
In announcing his intention
to file for mayor, Robinson
said he will run on a plat
form of "efficiency and econ
omy in government."
He promised that if elected
he would conduct an admin
istration that would bc "pro
gressive, efficient and operate
on a pay as you go basis."
The candidate has served
as chairman of the finance
committee and past president
of the city council. He is a
member of the Medford Cham
ber of Commerce and at pres
ent is chairman of the special
activities committee of the
Medford Rotary club.
Robinson, 4R, resides at 118
Sunrise avc. He is married
and has four children and one
grandchild.
He has been active in estab
lishing the Park and Shop pro
gram in downtown Medford
and is the owner of Robinson
Brothers clothing store, 114
F.ast Main st.
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Del Norte County
Earthquake Damage
May Total 5500,000
Eureka, Calif.-(UPII-A sharp
earthquake struck a 125-mile
area of the northern Califor
nia and southern Oregon
coast Thursday, causing con
siderable damage but no cas
ualties. The tremor, measured at
5'ii on the Richter scale at
the University of California
in Berkeley, was felt between
Eureka and Grants Pass.
Sheriff Ozzie Hofgard of
Del Norte county, Calif., said
preliminary estimates indicat
ed damage In that county
alone might reach $500,000.
Merchandise Toppled
The quake, reported be
tween 12:29 and 12:31 p.m.
lopplcd mayonnaise, oil and
fruit Juice from grocery store
shelves in 'Crescent' City,
Calif., creating a useless salad
dressing on the floor.
Hofgard mid reports indi
cated "at least one out of
every five buildings In Del
Norte county suffered some
damage."
In Crescent City, where the
heaviest damage was report
ed, the pla.e glass window of
a department store was brok
en, the stock of a glassware
Medford Picked for
Publications Test
Washington -ItlPD- Oregon
Sens. Wayne Morse and Mau
rine Neuberger said today
Medford has"Tecn chosen as
one of 100 cities where public
Interest in government con
sumer publications will be
tested.
The project starts early
next month. A display calling
attention to government pam
phlets on bealth, safety, food,
clothing, home building and
child care will bc place in the
Medford Post Office. The dis
play will Include order blanks
for the 72 publications.
TRIP AplpROVEID
, Washington -OIPII- The State
Department today approved a
trip to Havana by New York
attorney James B. Donovan to
discuss with Cuban officials
possible release of prisoners
from last year's abortive Invasion.
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are shown cleaning up the
Stocks were dumped from
.
gift shop was shattered, and
the floor in a variety store
cracked.
University of California
Seismologist Don Tocher said
the quake was centered 300
miles northwest of Berkeley,
offshore near the California
Oregon line.
A forest ranger In Trinity
county, Calif., said his fire
lookout tower swayed so vio
lently It binged against sup
porting cables,
Eureka residents said it was
the strongest shock felt since
1954, when a temblor caused
serious damage.
In Brookings, Ore., real
dents ran into the streets. In
addition to shaking, they
heard a rumble, lasting about
25 seconds. Groceries and
dishes fell from shelves and
a water pipe in an apartment
was broken.
Communities a 1 1 around
the Medford, Ore., area re-
ported feeling the quake, and
various reports Indicated
there were a series of shocks
over a 45 minute period. At
Gold Hill, one cupboard was
overturned
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Nottebarl (4). Willey (8) and
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Russia Rejects Bid
For Talks on Berlin
Washington-JIIPD-Russia has
rejected a Western proposal
for a series of four-power
talks on Berlin at the deputy
foreign minister level, U. S.
officials iRld today.
The proposal was made in
Geneva last month to Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Gro
myko. The proposal was sep
arate from four-power talks
the West is now seeking on
on the recent flare-up of ten
sions in Berlin.
They would have been
Soviets Fail To
Carry Out Threat
Against Convoys
Vehicles Travel
Without Incident
Berlin (UPD The U.S. Army
escorted Soviet troops in three
personnel carriers into West
Berlin today as Russia charg
ed that the recent stonings of
its buses had been staged
"with the obvious connivance
of U.S. occupation author
ities." In another development tha
U.S. Army sent hundreds of
men and vehicles in six con
voys along the East German
autobahn without incident.
The Soviets made no attempt
to carry out their threat to
insist on a Red army escort
for the convoys as a result of
U.S. action in escorting Rus
sian troops when they came
into West Berlin.
U.S. Car Stoned
As the U.S. troops moved
across the autobahn connect
ing Berlin with West Ger
many it was disclosed that a
U.S. military car was stoned
and daubed with paint in East
Germany Thursday.
American military officials
said no one was hurt in the
attack. Officers at the Heid
elberg headquarters of the
U.S. Army in Europe said
the windshield of the sedan,
attached to the liaison mis
sion in Potsdam, East Ger
many, was broken and green
paint splashed on the body.
The attack on the Ameri
can car apparently was made
in retaliation for the stoning
of Russian buses by West Ber
liners protesting the shooting
of an East German refugee.
The Soviets warned in a
note presented to U.S. officials
in Moscow that Russia would
take "necessary measures" to
protect its diplomatic and mil
itary personnel passing
through West Berlin.
West Berlin Angry
It' charged "fascistic ele
ments" had staged "dangerous
provocations" against Soviet
military personnel en route to
the Soviet War Memorial in
West Berlin. Earlier this week
West Berllners stoned buses
carrying the Soviet troops in
demonstration of their anger
over the shooting of a refu
gee at the Berlin wall.
The convoys involved rou
tine shifting of troops, but
they gave the Communists a
chance to try to impose their
threat of military escort.
West Berlin police feared
the slaying Thursday night of
Hans Dieter Wesa, 19, might
trigger new riots by West Ber
llners In protest against the
Communist built antircfugee
wall.
West Berlin police said
they were "absolutely cer
tain" that Wesa, a transport
policeman, was In Western
territory when he was cut
down by Communist border
guards.
Body of Californian
Found in Applegate
State police officers found
the body of Mrs. Anne Os
borne Cozine, 28,!of Santa Bar
bara, Calif., near the Apple
gate shopping center Thurs
day afternoon ending a four
hour search for her.
Police said the woman ap
parently drowned in the Ap
plegate river.
Mrs. Cozine was found
about 1:25 p.m. Thursday. Her
husband, Herschel Thomas
Cozine, had reported her miss
ing about 9:23 a.m.. according
to Jackson county sheriff's
deputies.
Cozine said his wife dlsap
peared from the Dryden ranch
on Highway 238 sometime
between midnight and 8 a.m.
Thursday.
The couple and their 4-year-
old son arrived here Sunday
to spend the week vacationing
in this area. Mrs. Cozine was
released recently from a Cali
fornia hospital and had been
In poor health, deputies said.
much broader in scope and
designed to replace or supple
ment the recent, fruitless
scries of U.S.-Sovlct "explora
tory talks" seeking some basis
for ncgoltating a long-range
Berlin solution.
Officials said the Idea was
rejected In a recent diplo
matic contact.
The State Department still
was pressing for a four-power
meeting, preferably in Berlin,
on the recent flare tip of ten
sions there.