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Newspaper Page Texttee The Beauties of Scenic lr Fishermen find die white-water McKenzie river in Oregon Algerians Ask End To Country's Latest Crisis Algiers, Algeria fUPH Thou sands of Algerians stormed through the streets today call ing for an end to the newly in dependent country's latest crisis. National Liberation . Army (ALN) troops were poised within 80 miles of the city in a show of strength intended -qiTBSrfn "lwelnon of mili tary commanders m Algiers. Radio broadcasts every 10 minutes, apparently from Wil laya (military zone) IV which controls the city, summoned the demonstrators. "Seven years is enough" the war weary Algerians cried in the streets. The threat of civil war hung over the country as troops backing strongman Ahmed Ben Bella waited for order?, in positions south and west of here. There were no reports of fighting by late afternoon but ALN troops backed by artil lery were poised on the bord ers of the districts held by the two anti-Ben Bellist sections of the army, Willayas III and IV. The demonstrations here began at 3 p.m. when trucks and carloads of men, women and children began circulat ing through the city brandish ing Algerian flags and ban ners and shouting slogans in Arabic and French. Voters in Talent Approve Bond Issue Talent Approximately 150 voters in Talent turned out Thursday to authorize bonded indebtedness of up to $185,000 for improvement of the city's water system. An unofficial total of 119 persons voted yes, and 31 vot ed against the proposal. The council will meet tonight to canvas votes. Approximately 300 registered voters were eligible to participate in the cnrrtal election. The vote authorizes the city to sell bonds to finance con struction facilities to take water out of Wagner creek, purifv it and deliver it to home's in the Talent area. IHMS FROM MEWSBBEFS MILITARY ACTIVITY STIRS HAVANA Havana-! Pi-Havana ilirred wilh unexplained military ac tivity Thurjday night. Some sources laid Iroopi end mili tiamen had been ordered to report to duty ilationi at once. SOVIET MISSILES RING AIR CORRIDORS Berlin-1 TN-The Sorielt have ringed the three Allied ir idori lo Berlin with doieni of enliaircreft missile baiei. , highly placed We.tern military intelligence ouree laid today. GIANT BRUSH FIRE CONTROLLED ," .naeie-'lPI'-Firemen today were in complete control , -. of two gint b'U'h wmch "9i '"00 " I ?uablt watershed land and had contained a l-in Mat th.T broke cul UaH .imult.n.ou.ly. (Oregon State fit - Mrs. Kay Crowell Submits Resignation As Juvenile Officer Mrs. Kay Crowell, Jackson county juvenile officer for It) years, has submitted her resig nation effective Oct. 20, ac cording to Mrs. Ben Day, Gold Hill, chairman of the Jackson county juvenile council. Mrs. Crowell has accepted employment with the adult division, Sacramento county, Calif. L probation department. She will be responsible for pre-sentence Investigation of adult women and investiga tions in disputed custody cases, she said this morning. In announcing the resigna tion, Mrs. Day said a succes sor has not been selected yet. Mrs. Crowell submitted her resignation to Circuit Court Judge James M. Main earlier this month by letter. Circuit Court Judge Edward C. Kelly was on vacation at the time. The two judges would appoint Mrs. Crowell s successor. "A careful analysis should be made of applicants for juvenile officer to find a per son with proper experience and background to fill this demanding position," Mrs. Day recommended. In accepting the resignation, Judge Main wrote: "It is with much regret I learned of the resignation of Mrs. Crowell Soblen Loses Deportation Case London -IUPIU Convicted So viet spy Dr. Robert A. Soblen, 61, lost his final court case against deportation to the United States and a life term in prison today. Then, in ef fect, he threw himself on the mercy of the British Home Of fice to let him go free. A three-judge Court of Ap peal turned down his plea against deportation and the pale-faced espionage agent was escorted back to Brixton Prison to await final steps for his return to New York. It took the judges only 25 minutes to deliberate before returning to the courtroom with their verdict, although the hearing was drawn out over several days. MOUND THI OLOII lay Oregon Highway Commission Pro.o) V 4 " both thrilling and satisfying. as juvenile officer as she had devoted her entire lime to the juvenile department. Primar ily through her efforts and those of the advisory council, we have one of . the. finest detention homes and juvenile programs. It is gratifying she has accepted . excellent em ployment in the Sacramento department as it offers a much greater future than .we could offer." Mrs. Crowell became Jack son county juvenile officer Aug. 12, 1952. She is credited with guiding the development of the present counseling pro gram and fostering the deten tion home which opened De cember, 1957. II was the sec ond such facility in Oregon then. Multnomah county had the first. Fairview Home Patients in Riot Salem-IUPII-Mental patients at Fairview Home smashed furniture and shattered win dows Thursday night in a two-hour disturbance at the state institution. State Police said one at tendant was injured slightly in the melee. Superintendent Dr. James Pomeroy blamed two maxi mum security inmates, Ken neth Newman, 20, and Philip Stevenson, 18, for starting the riot in a day room. Pomeroy said attendants used water hoses to quell some of the patients, but Newman, Stevenson, and six others barricaded themselves in the day room and con tinued the destruction. They were finally talked into giving up by Dr. Pome roy, other attendants, and State Police officers. Newman and Stevenson later were transferred to the maximum security division of the Ore gon State hospital. State Police said they re ceived the first call to the in stitution at 8:05 p.m. The dis turbance ended about an hour and 40 minutes later. Hatfield Calls for IStop To Slaughter By United Press International j Oregon concluded a record ! month for death on the high way today and began the long ' Labor day week end with a ; plea from the governor to stop the slaughter. Gov. Mark Hatfield asked ail Oregonians to drive with their headlights on in the day time during the week end a a reminder of extia holiday hazards ' He said it should al.o serve as a reminder of the "tragic" ! August toll of at least 69. ! The latest was Lorette Mi' ;rie Torgeson, .18, Poulsbo, Wash., who diea Thursday night when her car went over a bank in southwest Oregon near Keno. le FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN Sustained Yield Food Program Plans Revealed Corvallis -IllPIl- An interna tional project aimed at devel oping a sustained yield food program to meet the world's population explosion was de scribed here Thursday night by an eminent geneticist. Dr. G. Ledyard Stebbins, secretary-general of the Inter national Union of Biological Sciences, and geneticist at the University of California, re vealed outlines of the long range project at the conven tion of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The AIBS is concluding its week-long conference at Ore gon State University today. Almost 4,200 scientists from all states in the union, eight Canadian provinces and sev eral nations attended the con ference, making it the largest AIBS meeting ever held and the largest gathering of scien tists ever seen in the North west. At least 32 nations - includ ing the United States and Rus sia - will participate in the international biological pro gram that is scheduled to begin after 1965, Dr. Stebbins said. It will last from three to five years, he said. Pool Knowledge He said it will be patterned somewhat after the recent In ternational Geophysical Year. It will call on the world's plant and animal scientists, biochemists, geneticists, geog raphers, physiologists and oth er biologists to combine their knowledge toward the food problem, he said. The overall research will be carried on under the gen eral title, "The Biological Ba sis of Productivity and Hu man Welfare." In other reports, the dele gates were told: - Conformity: It isn't just a way of life for many insects - it's, a way of staying alive. Dr. E. G. Linsley of the University of Cali fornia said insects such as beetles and moths have learn ed to "mimic" other 'insects which are distasteful to birds. -Laundry: Dry Edith Mc Neil of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said washing with hot water and soap doesn't destroy disease caus ing bacteria in home laun dries. Of three types of disinfect ant used, chlorine bleach in combinations with soap and hot water is most effective, but it cannot be used on all types of fabrics, Dr. McNeill said. Grain Discovery -Grain: Surplus grain may someday be useful in produc ing chemicals for industry and drugs for health, because a discovery by Drs. Max E. Ra- fclson Jr. and George H. Scherr of the Chicago area. -Families: Americans with lower IQs have more children when they marry. But the na Six Car Prowling Cases Are Reported There were about six cases of car prowling reported in Medford yesterday, but one thief a little too bold for his own good got caught in the act. He was caught while tempting to take some items from a car parked in front of city hall. The owner of the car, Joseph Reich Hosick, 1516 Jasper st., was in the city hall at the time filing his petition for city council. When Hosick came out, he saw a man later Identified as Raymond John Hill, 49, a transient, going through his car. The man fled but cily po lice offiers apprehended him a short distance away. He was lodged In city jail, where he gave officers a statement admitting the attempted theft Five other Medford resi dents reported that various items were taken from their cars while they were parked in the downtown district yes terday. Police officials urged area motorists today to be sure their cars are locked and the windows rolled up when they leave them parked downtown. DEFEAT URGED I Washington -HW-Officiala of '40 public and private water i supply agencies in Southern j California have Joined In urg l ing defeat of the Pacific j Northwest power preference ibill. hiargecl I Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages tional intelligence level is staying about the same be cause Americans with higher IQs marry more and thus raise more families, three doc tors said. -Onions: Drs. Walter Wil kens and John Harmon said onions that won't cause cry ing when peeled may soon be grown. Holiday Traffic Expected To Take 410 to 490 Lives By United Press International Nearly 75 million American motorists will begin taking to the highways today for a 78 hour Labor Day holiday from which hundreds may never return. The National Safety Coun cil estimated that from 410 to 490 persons will be killed in traffic accidents during sum mer's last three - day week end. As many as 20,000 may be injured, the council said. A similar non-holiday period would claim 330 lives. In addition to the millions traveling by car, other mil lions headed for holidays by plane, train and bus. United Air Lines forecast a 9 per cent boost in travel over the same period last y ar. Caution Urged Authorities throughout the nation appealed for caution in driving, eating, drinking and funmaking. In California, which tradi tionally leads the nation in traffic deaths, Highway Pa trol Commissioner Bradford Crittenden predicted that 44 persons would die in traffic accidents over" the holiday seven more than last year but 12 less than the 1948 record. Governorn of at least seven states -Ohio, Nebraska, Con necticut, Minnesota, M a s s a chusettes, Maine and Missouri-asked motorists to drive with headlights on during the daytime as a safety reminder. Hawthorne Pool Will Remain Open Hawthorne swimming pool, which normally is closed after Labor Day, will remain open for public use until Sunday, Sept. 9, City Parks and Rec reation Director Robert L. Haworth said today. Jackson pool, however, will be closed after Labor Day. Haworth explained the closure is necessitated by a shortage in pool staff, most of whom are college students now re turning to classes. Hawthorne pool will be open every day from 1 to 7 p.m. The special Family Hour will be maintained from Tues day through Friday, Haworth said. During that lime, only youngsters over 18 years of age, or who are accompanied by at least one parent, will be admitted to the pool, the di rector said. Season tickets will be valid at the pool during the extend ed opening. Talent Residence Destroyed by Fire Talent The residence of Mrs. Betty Robinson, Camp Baker rd. was destroyed by fire early this morning, ac cording to reports from the Talent rural fire department and the state forestry depart ment. Rural Fire Chief Ralph Con ner said the house was com pletely in flames When rural firemen arrived. Origin was not determined. Conner said only a car port was saved. He reported that no one was at home at the time. Conner said the alarm was received about 12:20 o'clock this morning and that 12 vol unteers responded. Two state forestry department pumper crews were sent to the scene. The alarm reportedly was turned in by Mrs. Lester Igo, a neighbor. ELECTED AS TREASURER Corvallis -UPl- Dr. Edward Novitski of the University of Oregon was elected treasurer of the Genetics Society of America. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1962 i 1 DRIVING REMINDER Staff Sergeant R. J. driving in Labor Day traffic. It is part of Courtney, stationed at Parris Island Marine the Provost Marshal's program for safety. Corps base in South Carolina, rides around (UP1) the post with a good reminder to those Washingtonian Killed in Crash On Highway 66 Miss Lorette Marie Toi-ge son, 38, of Poulsbo, Wash., was killed last night when the car she was driving wont over a bank on the Green springs highway, Highway 66, and rolled over. The accident was Investi gated by officers from the Klamath Falls office of the state police who were near the scene of the accident. The accident occurred just inside of the Jackson county line near Pinehurst. It is Jackson county's 11th traffic fatnlity this year. A passenger, Maxine Elean or Dudley, 36, also of Poulsbo, Wash., is being treated in the Ashland Community hospital for bruises, an injured right arm and possible back in juries. Her injuries are not serious, and she is in good condition, a hospital spokes man said this morning. Miss Torgeson's body was taken to the Ashland Mortu ary by Medford Ambulance Service. She apparently lost control on a curve, investigating of ficers said. Subscription Rates For Paper Increase Subscription rates for the Mail Tribune will be increas ed effective Sept. 1, according to Dale Erickson, circulation manager. The increase has been made necessary by increased oper ating costs and margins to carriers, who act as independ ent merchants, Erickson said. The last raise in Mail Tribune rates was in September, 1956. The new rates by carrier will be $21 per year, $10.50 for six months; $5.25 for three months; $1.75 for one month; and 50 cents per week. Mail rates will also be in creased. For one year the price will be $18 instead of $15; six months will cost $10, rather than $8, and the price for three months will be $5 rather than $4.25. During the annual Mail Tribune Bargain Days, sub scribers may order the news paper at the old rates of $18 per year by carrier, and $15 per year by mall in Jackson, Josephine, and Siskiyou coun ties. Bargain days will take place from Sept. 8 through 17. WEATHER roilKCAUT: lr tnnljtu anil Saturday. Afl'rnnnn alndi I o-l A pr hour, l.ow tonight 45-50. Iflch Saturday 90. Temp. Hlrhrat Yr-atrrflay . !I0 l.owtat Thli Mfirnlrtf 47 Our Skies Tonight Hunan ftav . 11:4. p.m. flunrl tomorrow 5:5s a.m. Mnnnirl tonight . .. T:53 p.m. Firat quarter pt. ft The planet, Merrnry. near the Hmb tonlfht, I now making a hrlef appearanee In the eve ning akv. It l ahont 1h mil lion mllea from the r.arth tu-nlthl. mm Mayor Snider Signs First Proclamation For Alba Day Event An official proclamation was issued today by Medford Mayor John W. Snider, the first one in his three terms of office. It proclaims Saturday, Sept. 1 as Alba Day In Medlord. Tbc proclamation reads: "Whereas, the City of Med ford, Oregon, and the City of Alba, Italy, are sister cities and are bound unto each oth er with ties of mutual friend ship, and "Whereas, the Cily of Alba as a token of such friendship has named a street in sniri City of Alba in honor of the City of Medford, and "Whereas, the City of Med ford feels honored by the visit of Mr. Pino Dutto, a citizen of the Cily of Alba, and Whereas, the City of Med ford, on July 27, 1962, re ceived via Telstar telephone connections the oral state ments of good will from the Honorable Mayor of the City of Albn, and "Whereas, the City of Med ford desires to express Its friendship and good will to ward the Mayor and citizens of the Cily of Alba; Proclaim! Alba Day "Now, therefore, by virtue of the resolution of the City Council and by virtue of my authority as Mayor of the City of Medford, I do hereby proclaim that September 1, 1962, shall be Alba Day in the City of Medford." Meantime, city officials learned todny that Dio Di Gregorlo, Italian consul of Oregon, will be unable to at tend Alba Day festivities In Medford. In his atcad, Eugene Cccchlnl, a resident of Port land, will act as the official Oregon's Time Situation More Confused Before September Ends By United Preii International Oregon's mixed-up time sit uation promises to become a little more confused before It clears up at the end of Sep tember. Many cities which nnoffc ally joined the "legal list' on daylight saving time ri'.ring the summer months wiU re vert back to standard t;me starting next week when school gets under way. Others plan to stay with what they have. Early 03U Clauei Corvallis plana to keep un official daylight saving time until Sept. 30 the dale that Multnomah, Clackamas, Hood River, Washington and Colum bia counties end official day light time. This means that Oregon Stale University will have "early classes until the end of September, or about a week. But neighboring Albany will Una iu clocks back early 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 139 representative of the govern ment of Italy. Dedication ceremonies of the city park at Stewart ave. and South Riverside ave., which will be renamed Parco d'Alba, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, .. ... Present Certificate At the ceremony, Ceechini will present official Ameri can Municipal association ex change certificates to Robert Baccus, chairman of the Med ford sister city program, and to Pino Dutto, visitor from Alba in Medfird. City Attorney William Mansfield will act as master of ceremonies for the occa sion. A Medford National Guard unit will provide the color guard. Boy Scout Troop 7, un der Scoutmaster Bob Hawk ins, will direct parking of cars, distribute programs, and guard a display of Oldtimers Car club vehicles. A no-host luncheon will be held at North's Chuck Wagon restaurant at noon. Interested persons are en couraged to attend all the events that have been sched uled, city officials said today.' Tripped Relay Switch Results in Outage A tripped relay , switch at the Medford substation of Pa cific Power and Light com pany resulted in a general power outage In the Medford area at 10:37 o'clock this morning, according to A. L. Sams, assistant district mana ger of the company, Cause of the tripped switch is not known, he said. The I outage lasted two minutes. next week so schools will open on standard time. Eu gene, where public schools open Sept. 10, plans to end unofficial daylight time the day before. Thus the Univer sity of Oregon, where classes start Sept. 24, would have no problem. Baker lo Chang East of the mountains, most areas plan to get back on the standard time bandwagon with the start of school. Bak er, which started unofficial daylight time when school was out last spring, goes back to standard Sunday. Klamath Falls plans to end unofficial fast time Tuesday a day be fore school jttarts there. SchnnU In Bend stari Sept. 10 but that Central Oregon city plans to end fast time Sept. 4. Businesses In The Dalles which went on fast time hours plan a gradual shift back until the end of September, but schools there 1 1 Subcommittee Recommends Senate Action Officers Defy Request for Data Washington -HIPP- The Sen a t e antitrust subcommittee voted today to recommend contempt of Congress citations against four big steel com panies and nine of their of ficers for defying subpoenas for production cost data. The vote was 5-2 along straight party lines. The eighth member of the com mittee. Sen. Alexander Wiley (R - Wis.) was out of town. Democrats cast the majority votes. Fail To Show Up The action came only a few hours alter the four com panies and the nine officers failed to show up as ordered by the subcommittee, headed by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D- Tenn.) and to produce the re quested cost data. Kefauver had accused the four firms and defiant execu tives or "contumacious con duct" when they failed to ap pear at the hearing. Four empty witness chairs mutely testified to the com panies' boycott of the hearing. Subpoenas had been served on both the officials and the com panies ordering their appear ance. After calling the roll of the four companies - Bethlehem, Republic, National and Arm co - and the nine subpoenaed officials, Kefauver denounced their refusals to appear as "willful premeditated c o n tempt of Congress and the processes of a duly author ized committee." Had Closed Session After oral wrangling be tween Democrats and Repub licans, Kefauver called a closed door meeting for this afternoon to seek action on the contempt resolution. Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R III.) protested Kefauver's use of adjectives such as "con tumacious" and "obstinate" in referring to the steel execu tives. He said he did not ihink the adjectives should be used on a citizen who was doing "what he feels was within his rights.." . Via urging contempt action, Kefauver said: "It is amazing that such representatives of these large steel companies completely ignored a duly constituted committee in de fiance of the Senate and its processes. Points io Agreement He said their conduct was "even more amazing" inas much as the subcommittee had worked out an agreement with U.S. Steel and seven other companies to keep all cost data confidential. To bring contempt action against the nine executives, the citations must be ap proved by the subcommittee's parent Judiciary Committee and the Senate. The citations would then be sent to the Justice Department for pros ecution. Jackie, Caroline Heading for Home Ravello, Italy -IUPD- Roses, skyrockets and music from a brass band closed out Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy's three week Italian Idyll today and gave her a worm sendoff for the United States and a re union with her husband. Hundreds of residents of this medieval village, all dressed In their Sunday best, applauded the American first lady and her daughter, Car oline, 4, when they drove to Amalfi before boarding a boat for Salerno. To Become start Sept. 8 on standard time. Astoria apparently will re main on unofficial daylight time until the end of the month, but the Lincoln county beach area plans to go back to standard at midnight Sept. 3 for opening of schools. 4 The Oceanlake city councST decided informally last week to remain on fast time until Sept. 30, but on Wednesday decided to ret jrn to standard time when schools start next week. Newport and Delake plan to go along. No Problem In Medford Cities that remained on standard time, such as Salem, Roscburg, Medford, Coos Bay, and Ashland, have no prob lem. In November, voters will decide if Oregon will have un iform daylight time next sum mer. The five "legal list" counties got fast time because of a 1061 legislative act and the other areas Joined unofficially.