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The board looked into mis sing property at Camp Withycombe. Salem - (UPD - A special three-man military board of inquiry has named late Ore gon National Guard chief Alfred E. Hintz in connection with "irregular" activity in volving surplus property at Camp Withycombe in Clack amas County. It also recommended that Lt. Col. James J. Anderson be discharged as Camp Withy combe commander and that I he present adjutant general "be directed to consider the advisability, of military ac tion" against him. Studied Results The board was named on Aug. 6 by Gov. Mark Hatfield to look into the matter. The Clackamas County grand jury earlier studied results of state police investigation without returning any indict ments. The property involved sur plus equipment from the old Tongue Point Naval Station. The military board was comprised of Brig. Gen. Har old A. Taylor of McMinnville; Col. Willis E. Vincent of Salem and Lt, Col. Arthur Lowe of Corvallis. Not Deposited Their report said " . . . documentary evidence estab lished that $6,388.35 was re ceived from the unauthorized sale of property, acquired by the military department from Navy surplus" and that "this money was not deposited in state funds ..." It also said "... the ac tivities of the then Adj. Gen. Alfred E. Hintz, deceased, and James J. Anderson, camp commander, Camp Withy combe, in connection with a portion of the property, were irregular and in violation of statutory directives." 74 Cuban Refugees Arrive in Florida Miami - (UPD - The first group of 74 Cuban refugees evacuated from Uruguay's Havana embassy 43 women, 12 men and 19 children ar rived here Saturday for a tearful reunion with friends and relatives. Some of the exiles had spent more than a year in the Uruguayan embassy while of ficials sought to obtain safe conduct for them out of Cuba. Most of the group looked pale and thin. Immigration of ficials would not permit the men to be interviewed. The women said they had agreed to terms of the Uruguayan I embassy not to discuss condi- a tion in Cuba nor inside the!,, embassy. Flemming Schedules Speech at Meeting Portland, Ore. - WPIi - Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, presi dent of the University of Ore gon, will be the keynote speaker at a national voca tional conference here next winter. The directors of vocational rehabilitation counselor train ing programs are scheduled ! representing the Italian con to hold their annual meeting ! sul of Oregon, to Giupscppe Dec. 3-5. The university will : Dutto, representing Alba, he host of the meeting. I Italy, and to City Councilman HEWSBRIEFS ITIMS FROM SOVIET BASE BEING INSTALLED ..: ml, k ..! 1 1 Cni,t n.il,lr kit. K.tnTrn.uir.d n. h. p.;r. exiles said here Saturday. TWO AMERICANS DIE IN PLANE CRASH Vientiane. Laos I PI Two American crew members were killed when a C46 transport plane crashed in!o a mountain side 120 miles north of Vientiane, it was reported today. TYPHOON WANDA BATTERS HONG KONG Hong Kong I PI Typhoon Wanda battered Hong Kong Saturday with peak winds of 114 miles an hour and torren tial rains, wreaking death and destruction in the refugee crammed Britith Crown colony before slamming into Com munist China. BRANDT SAYS ALLIES WILL FIGHT Berlin irt Mayor Willy Brandt told West Berliners Sat urday night the Western Allies will fight to defend their Isolated city but not to knock down the anti-refugee wall thet splits TALKS WITH FATHER Caroline, scratcn- from vacationing in Italy. Robert Kennedy, ing her leg, talks vith hor father, President attorney general, right, also greeted them. Kennedy, while her mother looks on. The (UPI) first lady and Caroline had just returned Park Dedication Highlights Alba Day Events in Medford Snips of two pairs of scis sors, a flutter of bright ribbon and Maple park at Medford's south city limits officially be came Parco d'Alba Saturday afternoon as the covering slid from a special plaque. Participating in the ribbon cutting were Giuseppe Dutto, representing Alba, Italy, and Mayor John W. Snider, for Medford. During the ceremonies in the grove of Maple trees the park actually was dedicated may times over as each of the speakers emphasized "the spirit of brotherhood" be tween the sister cities of Med ford and Alba, Italy. Thomas Vaughan, director of the Oregon Historical soci ety, and guest speaker, said the park's trees would stand as "signal signs of honor" for Medford and Alba. "This park is dedicated to the spirit of life and life con tinuous." the historian stated ..".".. - In a par a,?d Rardcn al1 men , ,f ,C,cr?"lc!?lc,i, Wl'" I nam lviansiicia, ivieaiora cuy j attorney, recalled that in the Mate 1920's the American Le gion encouraged its members and members of other veter an's groups to plant the ma ple trees in honor nf young men who died for their coun try in World War I. American Municipal asso ciation town affiliation char ciation town affiliation char ters were presented by Eugene Cecehini. Potland. AROUND THI OlOM Mi.i. n.-r; .,;,;., Cub.n Robert Baccus, representing Medford. . ,., - " The ceremonies started with Cannery Prices For Pears Agreed On at Meeting Cannery prices for local Bartlett pears were agreed upon Saturday afternoon dur ing a special meeting of a cannery representative with packing house officials in Medford. Fruit industry spokesmen declined to reveal the prices agreed upon, but reported the average price will be about S25 per ton less than in 1961. "This return on cannery pears is below the cost of pro duction," an industry spokes man said. "Since a variety of prices were set, we would prefer not to mention the prices." Earlier it had been report ed that local cannery pear prices would follow those set in the Yakima and Wenatchec, Wash., area by canneries. However, no word has been received here that cannery prices have been set in Wash ington. Local growers and shippers believed the cannery price de lay was an attempt to wait out the growers to see how desperate they would get be fore the prices were set. The unusually small size pears save placed the growers at a disadvantage in bargaining for prices. One grower noted the current Bartlett size is the smallest on record. Candidates Night Slated for Grange A 'Meet Your Candidates Night" will be held by the P Saturday. Sept. 8 in the Shadv Cove school gymnasium. All the county candidates, plus a number of the district and state nominees are ex pected to speak to the voters. Each candidate will be in troduced by his or her local party chairman and given a few minutes for a statement, according to a Grange spokes- man. An informal get - ac - quainted coffee hour will fol - l"w- Registration booths will be open throughout the evening. also. Registration for the No- vember general election closes Oct. fi a color guard from Battery B, 249th artillery, Oregon Na tional Guard parading the col ors before the white speak er's platform draped with the stars and stripes and the tri color of Italy. The Rev. D. K. West, First Presbyterian church, Med ford, gave the invocation. Following the charter pre sentations Dutto commented: "I realize now what this sister city organization means. It's something real. I feel we are friends." Flight of Jets The U.S. government was represented by a flight of jet fighters from Kingsley Field Air Force base at Klamath Falls, which thundered over the park preceding the cere monies. Various veterans' organiza tions and auxiliaries were represented. Curtis Nesheim represented the Medford Ki wanis club which nlanted a jlawn in the park and made various improvements. The Rev. Carl Mai, Sacred Heart church, Medford, gave the benediction. Thirty-five persons attend ed the no-host luncheon at North's Chuck wagon restaur ant in Medford as part of the Alba Day festivities. Sleeping Sickness Deaths Recorded : St. Petersburg, Fla. -1'PH-I Florida recorded its 13th sus- pected sleeping sickness death Saturday. The announcement ! prompted a statement by Gov. ;Farris Bryant urging residents i to remain calm. Apart from the deaths, an i additional 129 suspected cases have been reported since j health authorities first an ! nounccd the outbreak less I than two weeks ago. The latest death was that nf W C. Wilson. 66. of Wild ! wood, who died Friday night : in a Leesburg hospital. Cause of the death was listed as .encephalitis, the medical name for the sleeping sickness dis ! ease. 1 sTiinrAY night 1 American League: i Washington 3. Los Angeles ' 2 National League: j Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia S j St. Louis 10, New York i I Los Angeles S, Milwaukee 3 MIS Castro Denies His Vessels Fired on U.S. Navy Plane Cuba Premier Says Report Fabricated Havana - (UPD - Premier Fi del Castro Saturday said Cu ban naval vessels did not fire on a U.S. Navy plane off Cuba last Thursday and charged the reported incident had been "fabricated" by Washington to try to intimidate Cuba by "brutal threats." (Adm. Robert L. Dennison, commander of the U.S. At lantic fleet, indicated in Nor folk, Va., that the Navy would call up attack planes if any more American patrol air craft are fired upon over in ternational water near Cuba.) The bearded revolutionary leader, in an official statement broadcast by Havana radio, said Cuba will not be fright ened and cautioned U.S. troops "to be ready to die if they attacked the Caribbean island. Castro branded as "absolute ly phony" the charges made by the U.S. government that two naval vessels presumed to be Cuban fired on a U.S. Navy plane on a training mis sion over international wa ters off western Cuba. All Means Necessary The U.S. statement, which also was broadcast by Havana radio, added that U.S. air craft and Naval vessels have been authorized to employ "all means necessary" to pro tect themselves against any similar future attacks. Castro's statement said that U.S. military ships and planes have violated Cuban air space and territorial waters "hun dreds nf times," but Cuba "never answered provocations with provocations." A communique issued by the ministry of armed forces later in the day said there were two violations by U.S. planes of Cuba's eastern air space on Thursday. It said a jet flew within one mile of the coast off Imias Bay while a PV2 patrol--plane 'made three low passes over a Cuban ship near Nipe Bay. Friday, the communique said, another PV2 buzzed a Cuban vessel twice. Washington said that a U.S. Navy SF2 attack bomber on a routine mission with three Naval reservists was fired on about 15 miles off the port city of Cardenas, 100 miles east of Havana. Castro said the Washington report "is a purely fabricated incident, according to a meth od long used in Yankee poli cy." Teen Mob Threatens Seaside Violence Seaside, Ore. - (UPD - An un ruly mob of some 800 teen agers was milling about and threatening violence at this northwestern coastal town Saturday night, police said. Some 50 city, county and state policemen were mov ing in to avert property dam age and violence. A National Guard unit at Astoria, Ore., was alerted. City firemen doused the youths with water. Seaside Chif of Police John Yarmonchik said "We hope to have the mob broken up by midnight when the city curfew goes into effect." He said some 1,500 to 2,000 spec tators were adding to the problem. "There has been some drinking and the ringleaders appear to be college kids," Yarmonchik said. He added there was some light damage including the pulling down of a lifeguard tower. Student Arraigned On Murder Charge Corvallis - (UPD - A 26-year-old Oregon State university student from Thailand has been arraigned in Circuit Court here on a charge of first degree murder. Damrongsak Sirimungkla Is accused in connuection with the fatal stabbing of his sweetheart, Suvana Pakasuta, also of Thailand. Miss Pakasuta, also a stu dent at Oregon State, was killed last June in her apart ment at Corvallis. Circuit Judge Wendell Tompkins set next Tuesday as the time for Sirimungkla to enter a pica. BOAT BEACHED Reedsport. Ore. - (TPf - A fishing boat struck an ob ject in the water and was beached about four miles north of the. Umpqua river , bar Saturday. i Algerian Civil War Loom As Opposing Forces Bias Holiday Traffic Accidents Kill At Record Rate Two Die in Oregon Crashes Saturday By United Press International Traffic accidents killed Americans at a record pace six every hour on the first day of the long Labor Day holiday Saturday. Oregon counted two traffic deaths . today, the first day of the three-day Labor Day weekend holi day. As the count shot well past the 100-mark, the president of the National Safety Coun cil said if the trend continues "A new record of tragedy will be established." Howard Pyle said the toll was run ning 20 per cent higher than last year at this time and "the alarming increase is due to one of the biggest traffic jams in the nation's history. At 11:30 p.m. (EDT), A United Press International survey showed that 137 per sons had perished in traffic accidents. The breakdown: Traffic 137 Drowning 10 Boating .., 1 Planes 0 Miscellaneous 16 Total 164 Minnesota led the nation with 10 traffic deaths. One of those killed in Min nesota was .E. Ray Cory, 70, president of the Minnesota Automobile Association. Marty Wyatt Flies To Beauty Pageant Seaside (Special) Mar ty Wyatt, Miss Oregon of 1962, left Portland Interna tional airport at midnight Fri day, Aug. 31, for Atlantic City to compete in the Miss Amer ica Pageant. According to all reports from Miss America Pageant officials, this year's contest ants stack up as one of the best groups ever to partici pate in the annual event. Marty will be competing against 54 other contestants from the United States, Can ada and Puerto Rico. Her tal ent number will be an inter pretive jazz dance. Accompanying Miss Oregon to Atlantic City were her offi cial chaperone, Mrs. John Phillips, and two Miss Ore gon Pageant officials, Mrs. Alex Haralampus and Curt ! Sagner. A family picnic along " - L - All City Council Seats Contested; Two File Friday Two undcr-the-wire filings Friday raised to 11 the num ber of Medford men who have filed for the four vacancies on the city council in the No vember election. Filing Friday were John Lusk, Ward 4, and Arthur L. Cook, Ward 3. Thursday, four men filed for city council: Richard K. (Die) Walsh, Ward 1; William H. McKinley, Ward 2; Joe R. Hosick, Ward 2; and Edgar B. Van Horn, Ward 4. With three candidates run ning for election in three wards, and two opposing each other in Ward 3, every coun- EDGAR B. VAN HORN Council Candidate cil seat will be contested this fall for the first time in the last several elections. Die Walsh, 32, of 2560 Springbrook rd., is the owner and operator of a commercial art and sign studio located at 1030 Court st. He is married and has six daughters. A veteran of eight years service in the Marine Corps, Walsh has been active in com munity affairs since returning to the city in 1956. He is a director of Crater Lions club and past president of Lincoln school PTA. Joe R. Hosick, 39, of 1516 Jasper st., is married and has three children. He is manager and co-owner of Chapel in the Trees Mortuary, 2100 Sis kiyou blvd. He is a member of the American Legion, a past ex aulted ruler of the Elks lodge, and has served as county PTA The Beauties of the Oregon coajl is in a setli safety chairman for the past two years. William H. McKinley, 47, of 124 Newtown st., is the area representative for Otis Elevator company. He is mar ried and has seven children. A member of the Medford Assembly of God church, he has been active in the Med ford Gospel Mission. Edgar B. Van Horn, 49, of 605 Franquette st., is a driver for Greyhound Bus company. A resident of Medford for 37 years, he is married and has three children. He attends the Methodist church. . President and Manager Arthur Cook, 49, resides with his wife and three chil dren at 50 Kenwood ave. He is president and manager of Crater Title Insurance com pany, 510 West Sixth st. Cook is a member of the First Methodist church and belongs to the Crater Lions club. He is a veteran of World War II. John Lusk, 38, nf 333 South Riverside ave., is married and has four children. He is a member of the Masons, Shrine, Elks and Eastern Star. Lusk is also a past presi dent nf Crater Lions club. He is the owner and operator of Lusk Music company, 333 South Riverside ave. Final filings for council In clude'.- V , :i -' ' Ward 1: Robert' Cunning ham, George Joyce and Die Walsh. Ward 2: Donald Hansen, Joe Hosick and William Mc Kinley. Ward 3: Robert Baccus and Arthur Cook. Ward 4: Richard Travis, John Lusk and Edgar Van Horn. Three candidates for mayor, all present city coun cilmen, include: Fred Robin son, James Dunlevy and Wil liam Singlor.. Attendance High for State Fair Opening Soiam - (UPD Clear, sunny weather greeted crowds at tending the opening of t h e 97th State Fair Friday. Opening day attendance was 16,570, compared to 14, 800 who attended the opening last year on a cool, rainy day. The opening 11 - race card at Lone Oak track attracted 1,667 who bet $80,108. Open ing day handle in 1961 was $73,720. Scenic Oregon (Oregon State ng of golden sand dunes, green Fighting Stops After Two Hours; Talks Resumed Women, Children Plead for Peace Algiers (UPD Troops sup porting Algerian strongman Ahmed Ben Bella clashed Sat urday with his enemies' forces at two points within 100 miles of the capital, threatening the start of a civil war in this newly independent country. The news sent about 5,000 men, women and children surging through the streets of Algiers in response to calls . for demonstrations in favor of peace. Many o them waved Algerian flags. "Poni-p. neace." thev shout ed. "Seven years is enough, cyiwo i,a n onvprnment." Many women lifted their infants high and wailed, "Think o us. The radio in Algiers, strong hold of dissident military chiefs opposed to Ben Bella, reported Algerian tignung Al gerian al Boghari, 84 miles smith nf the rnnilal. and at Ain Adjillah, about 95 miles to the south. However, there were no re ports of casualties and there were Indications of etlorts to avert a full-scale civil war. Snnri-p.1n Rosharl renort t ed hearing two hours of mor- tar shelling, machinegun I bursts arid, rifle fire. But a police spokesman said the fighting c e a s e d after two hours at least temporarily when both sides sent emis saries to discuss the critical : situation, ' "The shooting never seem ed to become violent," anoth er source said.. "It would start I then stop." "The two sides would watch each other, then shoot again, half-heartedly." The source said when pro Ben Bella soldiers entered Boghari, stores and cafes be gan reopening and people di vided in their loyalty between Ben Bella and the Algiers military district (Willaya No. 4) began walking along to gether. "The atmosephcrc was re laxed." the source said. "The people cheered." There was no Information on the fighting reported at Ain Adjillah. FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN Highwey Commission Wv) trees and blue water. i
