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Russia Rejects
Latest Proposal
On Nuclear Ban
Geneva - 1DP1I - The Soviet
Union said today it "will notjbors bill, of which the Rogue
consider agreement" on a nu-1 basin project is a part, is hung
clear ban on the basis of new
Wertcrn proposals made Mon
d a y by President Kennedy
and British Preimer Harold
Macmillan.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
ister Vasili Kuznetsov reject
Pd ihe new Western initiative
for the second day in a row
as today's session of the nu
clear subcommittee of the 17
nation Disarmament confer
ence. But American Ambassador
Arthur H. Dean said he still
hope? "the Soviet Union has
not said its final word on the
subject."
The West, he said, is "pre
pared to wait as long as neces
sary for the Soviet govern
ment to give due thought and
consideration to these propo
sals." The Western proposals,
made Monday, were almost
immediately rejected by Kuz
netsov, who backed up his
rejection today.
The Soviet diplomat said
his country "will not consid
er an agreement on the basis
of these proposals which can
only increase the arms race."
The President and Macmil
lan offered to drop on-site in
spection of testa in the atmos
phere, under water and in
outer space, but retained the
Western insistence on on-site
inspection of underground
tests.
Victim of Amnesia
Asks Help in Portland
Portland - 01PH - A man be
lieved suffering from amnesia
found his way to the police
station here today and asked
for help.
He complained of a severe
headache. He was put to bed
in the police emergency hos
pital while detectives investi
gated. The man is about 30 to 35
i-oort nM ahnnt five feet ten
inches tall, weighs about 200 1 A spokesman at (-oiunima-pounds,
and is of a husky I Presbyterian Medical Center
build, with medium dark hair said the lormer chief cxecu
and blue eyes. ! tive was in satisfactory condi-
He had no wallet or other j tion at the end of the three
identification. i hour operation.
iiewsMbriefs
ITEMS FROM
SATELLITE BILL SENT TO KENNEDY
Waihinoton-'IPlThe House today passed and sent
President Kennedy the bill setting up a privaieiy ownea
but government regulated satellite communications corpora
tion to handle world wide relay of television, telephone end
other communications.
TAX PLAN CLEARED BY SENATE
Weshington-'IPKThe Senate cleered the way today for
an early decision on whether to keep or kill President
Kennedy's controersil investment tax credit for American
business.
Ank.ra-ITI-Vice President
j t..,,. . Mnrin Atlaniic Trentv Oraaniialion base
ngra a j PQ luinvTon"
at Ismir on the Aefiean Sea.
The Beauties of
bnages, reminiscent of the
Basin Project Said
Hung Up by Group,
Directors Are Told
The omnibus rivers and har-
up in a house committee, Bon
Hilton, president of the Rogue
Basin Flood Control and Wa
ter Resources association, told
the group's directors last
night.
John A. Blatnik (D-Minn.)
chairman of the house sub
committee on rivers and har
bors, has said no action will
be taken on tile omnibus bill
by his committee until the
S900 million public works bill
clears the house, Hilton told
the group meeting in the
Rogue Riviera, Gold Hill.
"This may mean that no
Attorney Named To
Represent Ryles
Robert Lee Ryles, 37, for
merly of Columbus, Ga., ap
peared in Jackson county dis
trict court this morning on a
charge of assault with intent
to kill. The charge resulted
from a boxcar fire in which
a man was severely burned
Sunday.
John Ross, Medford law
yer, was appointed by the
court to represent Ryles.
Ryles is charged with as
saulting Clair Almon Camp,
51, Lebanon, Kan., by setting
fire to a box car. Medford
police arrested him early
Sunday.
Camp was reported in seri
ous condition this morning at
Rogue Valley hospital where
he is being treated for second
and third degree burns over
his body, a hospital attendant
said.
Hoover Undergoes
Abdominal Surgery
New York - lUPIi - Former
President Herbert Hoover, 88,
underwent surgery today for
removal of a growth on the
interior of his large intestine,
AROUND THI OlOtl
to
Lyndon B. Johnson today
rf
Scenic Oregon
(Oregon State
past, still remain in some places
further action will be taken
until the bill is re-introduced
next year," Hilton said. The
directors had hoped to get
some planning money for the
project this year.
"The next two weeks will
determine what Congress is
going to do on the omnibus
bill," Hilton added. "There is
no chance now of getting it in
troduced as a separate bill.
Senate hearings on the project
started today."
Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D
Ore.) said the omnibus bill
could come out of the house
budget committee and be sent
to the public works committee
any time. She wrote Hilton
that she is urging immediate
clearance of the project, but
action on it "will likely be
delayed until next year."
Material on the proposed
Rogue basin project has been
mailed Rep. Walter Norblad
(R-Ore.) and the Redwood Em
pire association has asked two
California Congressmen to
help.
(The project section on the
Applegate river would extend
into a small part of northern
California.)
Pear Growers Will
Discuss Can Prices
Local pear growers will
hold a meeting Thursday to
discuss cannery prices, a
spokesman for the industry
said today.
No prices have been set on
the Bartlell pears which us
ually go to canneries in Med
ford and Ashland, It was re
ported. Growers will not finish the
Bartlett harvest this week as
! earlier expected. The Bartlett
j harvest will crowd the
, D'Anjou picking, which is
scheduled to start next week.
Bartlett pears so far are
small, but this is the first
picking. Quality of the fruit
is exceptionally good, a fruit
j industry spokesman
said.
Some ripe fruit is showing
on the trees which makes
nancinng ainicuii. iainornia
has had the same problem this
season, it was noted.
Bomb Scare Clears
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'
A bomb scare at the Pay
Less Drug store in the Med
ford Shopping Center was
checked out by Medford po
lice Monday afternoon. Offi-
tcrs said nothing was found.
The assistant manager of
the drug store. Gerald Charles
Laizure, 4425 Jacksonville
highway, told police that one
of his employees. Robert Phil
Gates, 1280 South Stage rd
had received the bomb threat;5"'"" -'
in a telephone call about 2:45 s, According to Judge Main s
decision, the ordinance is
The person reportedly toId ,val,d ,or wimming pools at
Gates There i a bomb in
,.,'lif."
The store was immediately
emDlnvees and Dolice checked.
.
but found nothing.
Highway Commission Photo)
in Oregon.
Ben Bella Foe
Seeks Talks by
Algerian Groups
Algiers, Algeria - HOT - The
major opponent of leftist
strongman Vice Premier Ah
med Ben Bella called today
for new talks among all fac
tions of Algeria's warring po
litical groups "to find a rapid
solution to the problem of
leadership." -
The call was made at a
news conference by Belkacem
Krim, deputy premier in the
provisional government
(GPRA) which was shoved
into limbo when Ben Bella
set up his political bureau in
Algiers.
Ben Bella, in turn, was
ousted in a power struggle
with dissident military lead
ers in Algiers and the Kabylie
regions who have refused to
bow to his political bureau
and its demand that the Na
tional Liberation Army (ALN)
be put back in power.
Strong Support
Ben Bella appeared to have
won some strong support from
other military leaders. Simul
taneously, he gained new sup
port from the Algerian Com
munist party, which issued a
communique calling the po
litical bureau the only cen
tral authority capable of or
ganizing elections "in the
present circumstances."
Krim, 40, who had remain
ed silent until today since the
advent of the political bureau,
has emerged as the smoothest
and most able opponent to the
installation of Ben Bella as
leader of the country. It was
Krim who headed the Alger
ian delegation which signed
the Evian accords with France
which paved the way to Al
gerian independence this year.
Swimming Pool
Case Is Decided
A court test of the city of
Medford's swimming pool or
dinance has resulted in a rul
ing that it is valid for resi-
donees but does not apply to
industrial concerns.
The ruling was handed
down by Jackson County Cir
cuit Court Judge James M
Main late last week.
Two suits against the ordi-
nallcc had becn brought si-
multaneously by George M.
.T....-J
and McGrew Brothers Saw
mill. Inc. Plaintiffs sought a
declaratory judgment that the
ordinance was invalid.
The ordinance stipulates j public for tonight's prcscnta
that a 3-foot high fence with tion of the Medford park and
self-closing gates must be 1 recreation department's an
maintained around swimming jnual water show at Haw
pools and bodies of water jthorne park. Director Robert
within the city It is designed 'L. Haworth said today,
as a protective measure for I About 40 participants will
residences, oui oocs noi, oc-
cause of its language, apply!
! l" bodies of water maintained
bv industrial concerns.
' The case was
tried
three months ago
FOREST FIRE
DANGER TOMORROW
KEEP OREGON GREEN
TROPICAL STORM
Wilminglon, N. C- IPlu
Tropical storm Alma was
expected to brusli the North
Carolina coast with 50 mile-an-hour
winds today and
then veer out to sea.
The season's first tropical
storm caused little excite
ment among coastal resi
dents who have weathered
some of the mightiest of
California Resort
Area Continues
As Danger Spot
Lakeporl, Calif. -IliPII- Fire
fighters hailed a violent fire
storm forest blaze today after
it swept through about 9,000
acres of brush and timber, but
danger continued to the Lake
county resort area, from
which 1.000 persons fled Mon
day. A California Division of
Forestry spokesman at Kel
seyville near the fire area said
the "forward advance of the
fire has been temporarily
checked."
10-Mile Path
About 600 men with 200
pieces of equipment were on
the fire lines. Flames seared a
10-mile path through the dry
brush and for a time threaten
ed the Cobb Mountain resort
area near the Clear Lake va
cation area.
State fire fighters also re
ported progress in controlling
fires near Redding to the
north and Mariposa in the
Sierra Nevada foothills. Two
smaller fires in Napa county
were under controL .....
A spokesman said the Cobb
Mountain blaze may have
been deliberately set. It broke
out Sunday and Monday flar
ed into a firestorm generating
high winds as it leapfrogged
through dry grass and shrub
bery. 6,000 Acrei Burned
The Mariposa fire was con
tained today after burning
6,000 acres. A 7,000-acre fire
that was running wild Mon
day night near Lake Shasta
!was 85 per cent controlled to
day and officials hoped for
full control by Wednesday.
Division of Forestry offi
cials in Napa county said fires
in Wild Horse valley and the
Dry Creek area were brought
under control early today af
ter burning several hundred
acres of brush.
Theft Investigated
By Medford Police
The theft of S137 in cash
from Medford Pharmacy, 101
North Central ave., is being
investigated by Medford po
lice today.
Manager of the pharmacy,
Ivan Austin Burton, Central
Point, told police that a bank
deposit bag containing the
money and several checks was
overlooked and not locked in
the safe when the store was
closed Saturday night.
The theft was discovered
about 9 a.m. Monday, and re
ported to police.
Shortly afterward, the phar
macy was contacted by post
office officials who said the
deposit bag had been found
by a mailman in the
mailbox at Riverside ave. and
McAndrews rd.
The sack still contained the
check, but the cash was gone,
officers said.
Bleachers Installed
For Hawthorne Show
Extra bleachers have been
installed to accommodate the
"""" l'V . ' " ,
variety of act, during he
j hour and a naif show, which
j is scheduled to begin at 8
p.m., jiowui in jdiu.
Entitled "Orbits in
Water
, Fantasy." the show is the cul
imination of the city s sum
about imer swimming program. Ad
i mission to the show is free.
Regional Edition
MedfordTribune
14 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1962 No. 136
hurricanes. There was little
or no advar.ee preparation
for the storm which one
man dismissed as "just an
other gale."
The latest advisory issued
by the U. S. Weather Bu
reau at Miami said the
storm's center was about
20 miles southeast of More
head City. N. C. It was mov
DISPATCHERS BUSY Coordinator Ross
Dunwoody of the California division of for
estry in Sacramento, directs firemen and
equipment to hot spots by radio. Dunwoody
WEATHER
FOHECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Wednesday morntin,
clrariiiR by Wrdne.sday allcr
noiin. low tonight 45, high to
morrow X0-H5.
Highest Yesterday JU
Lowest This Morning 44
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:53 p.m.
Snnrlsp tomorrow .. . 5:33 a.m.
Moonrlse tomorrow .. 5:0(1 a.m.
New Moon Wednesday night
Sirius, brightest of all the stars,
rises ... 3:47 a.m.
and will he In Ihe southeast
at sunrise. Ahove Sirius Is the
constellation of Orion.
Strong Tremor
Hits Greece, Italy
Athens, Greece IliPII - A
strong earth tremor centered
65 miles southwest of Athens
shook Greece and southern
Italy today, causing panic, one
death and some property dam
age. In Greece, police al the
town of Corinth said a man
of 00 died of Injuries. In
Naples, Italian police said a
woman in her 60s injured her
self when she fled in panic.
Otherwise, authorities re
ported only damage to build
ings. But the tremor caused
momentary terror here and in
towns and villages all over
earthquake-conscious southern
Italy, where a series of quakes
last week killed 18 persons,
Injured hundreds, made scores'
of settlements uninhabitable,
and caused an estimated $100
million worth of damage.
Bend Youth Drowns
As Bike Misses Bridge
Bend A youngster
drowned here today when his
bicycle missed the approach to
a footbridge over the Des
chutes river.
Ricky Russell, 11, pitched
over the handlebars into the
water. Friends tried in vain
to save him.
Flying Farmer Killed
In Tulelake Crash
Tulelakc, Calif.-iUPH-A fly
ing farmer trying to stir up
air currents over his crops
was killed today when his
light plane crashed.
He was Gayle Johnson, 35,
of Tulelakc, a father of three.
Neighbors said he believed air
currents would protect his po
tato crops from trost damage.
nf A TT
HEARING
ing towards the northeast at
about 15 miles per hour.
Gale warnings were dis
played from Moorhead City,
N. C, to Cape Charles, Va.,
and small craft from ihe
coast of the Carolines north
ward to Cape May, N. J.
were warned to remain in
port.
Red China May Have
Nuclear Device Soon
Washington-IUPll-Rcd China
may be capable of detonating
a crude nuclear device in a
year or so, U.S. officials said
today.
The said they had no Intel
ligence information indicat
ing the Peiprag regime might
reach this stage in the next
few months.
This explanation was given
to newsmen after a senior of
ficial of the U.S. Arms Con
trol and Disarmament agency
told a group of newsmen that
Communist China would
"probably" be able to set off
Its first nuclear explosion
"within a matter of months."
The official, who declined
Anti-Poll Tax
Measure Approved
Washington -HJPll- Congress,
after decades of bitter wran
gling, has acted against the
poll tax and asked the 50
states to join In a constitu
tional ban on it.
The House Monday voted
205-88 for a proposed consti
tutional amendment that
would forbid states to levy a
poll tax as a condition for vot
ing in congressional and presi
dential elections. The Senate
approved the measure last
spring, 77-16.
The amendment now goes
to the Mate legislatures. If 3R-three-quarlers
of the total-ratify
the measure within seven
years it will become the 24th
Amendment to the Constitu
tion. MacLaren Escapee
Held on Rape Charge
Bend JtlPH- A 17-year-old
escapee from MacLaren
School for Boys was held here
today on a charge of raping
ii 12-year-old girl near Horse
Cave east of here Monday
afternoon.
RULES APPROVED
Salem -HOT- First come,
first served rules for leasing
state lands for oil and gas ex
traction were approved Tues
day by the State Land board.
Conflicts will be determined
by drawing.
57th Year Price 10 Cents
CAROLINA
Tides of two to four ioet
above normal were forecast
for most of the North Caro
lina coast.
Brisk winds and rough
seas pounded the coast Mon
day night. But, other than
securing small boats, there
was no battening down for
the storm.
and his coworkers are controlling more than
600 men and 200 pieces of equipment in try
ing to contain a 5,000 acre fire at Cobb
Mountain near Lakeporl, Calif. (UPI)
to be quoted by name, later
qualified the statement, say
ing that by a "matter of
months" he meant a year or
two rather than several
years. This was the estimate
previously given by U.S. offi
cials.
The estimate is that even
if China succeeded in explod
ing a simple nuclear device
it would be a number of years
before it could develop any
thing approaching a weapons
system.
Officials said information
on the exact state of Commu
nist Chinese nuclear develop
ment was sketchy.
Scientists Withdrawn
Russia entered an agree
ment to give the Pciping re
gime technical assistance In
the field of atomic science in
1055. But less than a yenr
ago, at the height of Moscow's
Ideological dispute with Pel
ping, Russia withdrew most
of her technicians and scien
tists from China.
When the Russians pulled
out, however, they left be
hind scientific equipment, in
cluding that which could be
used by the Chinese in nu
clear projects.
10-Year-Old
Gives Police
The wild but believable
story of a runaway 10-ycar-old
Medford boy gave city police
a workout early Monday
morning before the youth fin
ally broke down and told the
truth.
About 2:31 a.m., police were
called to the municipal air
port by officials at the weath
er bureau who said they had
found the youngster among
some helium tanks near their
building.
The boy told police that he
had become separated from
his family Sunday. His family
was travelling to Portland, he
said, to visit his grandmother.
Stops for Gas
When his father stopped for
gas at a Medford station, the
boy told officers, he had gone
to the restroom, and when he
came out he found the family
had driven off without him.
Space Explorer
Expected To Pass
Close To Planet
Scientists Laud
Guidance Success
Pasadena, Calif. - (UPD -
America's Mariner -2 space
craft hurtled on a steady inter
planetary course today for
man's first closeup "look" at
the mysterious planet of
Venus and for what could be ,
an epic space triumph for this
nation over Russia.
Scientists at Caltech's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, head
quarters for tracking the
craft, said that as of 11 a.m.
(PST) today it would be 296,
834 miles from Earth and
traveling at a speed of 7,312
miles an hour.
Guidance Success
The instrument-loaded space
explorer, on its 181 million
mile flight, .is destined to pass
within 10,000 miles of the
mystery planet whose secrets
are hidden beneath a perma
nent mantle of strange clouds.
It may discover whether life
exists there.
The Venus-bound trajectory
of the Mariner-2 was regard
ed as an amazing guidance
success for American scien
tists and missilcmen.
If the 447 -pound space
probe fulfills its scientific
exploration of Venus the
United States also will score
a dramatic space triumph.
The closest a manmade object
has come to Venus previously
was Russia's Sputnik 8,
launched early in 1061. It
came within 62,000 miles of
the planet.
Mid-Course Maneuver
It was feared shortly after
the Mariner was launched
from Cape Canaveral Sunday
aboard a 130-ton Atlas-Agena
rocket that it had veered too
far off course.
Had the preliminary fig
ures been correct, it would
have meant the probe would
have missed Venus by at least
loo.ooo miles.
But revised figures Monday
showed that a corrective mid
course maneuver could be
carried out to send the 447
pound space probe close
enough' to Venus to carry out
its scientific experiments.
Plans Being Made
For Alba Event
Plans are taking shape in
Medford for obseryance Sat
urday of Alba day, recently
proclaimed by Mayor John W,
Snider.
Highlight of the activities
during Alba Day will be the
re-naming of the city-owned
park located at Stewart ave.
and Barnett rd. as "Parco d'
Alba," or In English, "Park of
Alba."
Known as Maple Grove
park since the mid-1020's
when the maple trees were
first planted, the park will of
ficially be renamed in honor
of Medford's sister city.
Principal speaker at the
dedication ceremonies, which
are set for 2 p.m., will be
Thomas Vaughan, director of
the Oregon Historical society.
Represented at the cere
monies will be the Medford
sister city committee, Med
ford city council, all area vet
erans organizations, the Ore-'
gon National Guard, and Ital
ian diplomatic officials from
Portland.
Pino Dutto, the young at
torney from Alba who is cur
rently visiting in Medford,
will officially represent his
city at the dedication of the
park.
The public Is invited to the
event, as well as to a no-host
luncheon at North's Chuck
Wagon restaurant at noon.
Runaway
Workout
The youth said he had wan
dered around looking for them
and had ended up at the air
port. Police fired off bulletins to
state police and records bu
reaus In Salem in attempts
to locale the boy's family.
Everything came buck nega
tive. Admits Living He.-e
Finally, about 4:45, the
youngster admitted to officers
that he actually lived in Med
ford, that a local couple were
his legal guardians. He had
apparently run away from
home.
The guardians were noti
fied. They had assumed the
boy was asleep In his room.
At 5:30 a.m., the youngster
was lodged In Jackson county
Juvenile detention home,
pending further investigation
of the matter.