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Newspaper Page Textn Man Knianner ourse Regional Edition 57th Year Price 10 Cents FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMOqflOVT Tribune Medford KEEP OREGON GREEN 20 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1962 No. 143 Story Page 2A PROPOSED OLYMPIC STADIUM Mayor Terry D. Shrunk and Everly Thompson, executive committeeman of Portland Metropolitan Future Unlimited, Inc., look over proposed Olympic stadium to be located in Portland if the Federal Land In County To Be Sold At Auction The bureau of land manage ment announced today that 16 lots of federal land in Jack son county are betng offered for sale at public auction as home sites. Stanley D. Lester, land office manager, said the lots vary in size from S to 6.38 acres, and are located about a mile west of Jacksonville in what is known as Kanaka flat. The area is accessible from High way 238. Lester said electricity and telephone, facilities are, avail able. The appraised value of the lots varies from $650 to $750, he said, and no bid will be accepted for less than the appraised value. Time of Auction The auction sale will be held in the bureau of land management warehouse area, Armory dr., Medford, starting at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19. A diagram of the land and detailed information may be obtained from the land office, room 121, 710 NE Holladay St., Portland, or at the Med ford BLM office. Bids by mail will be accepted at the land office until 3 p.m. Sept. 14. Mailed bids must be ac companied by the amount of the bid in the form of a cer tified or cashier's check, post office money order, or bank draft, Lester said. Personal checks will be accepted from bidders attending the auction, he added. This is the first public sale of home sites from federal land in this area for many years. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair wtathtr km smoky in the valley tonight and Thursday. Low tonight near SO, High Thursday 93. Temp. Highest Yesterday 9! Lowest This Morning S3 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:40 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:41 a.m. Moonset tonight . . 10:13 p.m. First Quarter . Thursday night PROMINENT STAR Altalr. high In south 8:59 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 7:47 p.m. Jupiter, In southwest 9:0. p.m. Saturn, due south .... 9:44 p.m. Mars, rises 12:47 a.m. rashBRiEFS itims from CUBA CHARGES AIR VIOLATIONS Waihlnglon-tPP-The Cxechoilovakian ambassador today handed In United Statti a nott from Cuba which he said charged about 20 violations of Cuban air space by U. S. planes. SOBLEN TO BE DEPORTED THURSDAY London-4TO-The British government turned down run away Dr. Robert A. Soblen't lait-dilch appeal today and announced he will be deported to the United States Thurs day aboard a New York-bound Pan American jetliner. RUSK SCHEDULES TALKS ON CUBA Washington lTt-Secre!ry ol State Dean Ruik invited the ambassadors of the Latin American government to meet with him this afternoon to discuss the threat posed by the Soviet-aided arms build-up in Cuba. REFUGEES ESCAPE TO WEST BERLIN Berlin-TPti-Two young refugees crashed East Berlin border fortifications in a speeding truck and swam to safety in West Berlin undr Communist gunfire today. West Berlin f-lic. re; '. School Personnel Hear That Students Are Learning More Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent of Medford public schools, told more than 400 teachers and guests yes terday that what "goes on in the classroom has expanded to the point where it is world wide in its Implications." Dr. Mayfield addressed teachers, Parent-Teacher as sociation officers, school board members, and others interest ed in education at an in-service training session for teach ers at Hedrick Junior High school. Schools in the district open next Monday, following a week-long in-service training program for instructors, su pervisors, and other school personnel. Dr. Mayfield said that "in spile of what some critics say, students in every grade are learning far ..-re today than at any time in the past. There is much evidence to prove this. Today we are not teach ing students what to think, but rather how to think." He pointed out that new concepts of teaching, learning, space exploration, new tech nology and their uses have changed "us from strictly subject-oriented group-centered type of instruction which typified so many school rooms of yesterday." "Today we are on the thres hold of a new kind of world in comparison to that which we have known." "lie said "This new world demands that we as teachers constantly review, explore, carry on re search as effectively as possi ble if we are going to pre pare our youth to meet these new conditions and demands." Through research, he noted, educators will, be better pre pared to keep the best of the old and adr7kthe best of the new. Will Continue To Do "This," he continued, "we have done, are doing, and will continue to do in the Med ford schools." He reviewed some of the changes planned in the pro gram this year. These include a class of advanced senior mathematics; college advanc ed placement classes in chem istry. U.S. history, European history and English composi tion: and research on the AROUND THI OlOH Rose City is chosen to host 1968 Summer Olympic games. Organization will present bid to United States Olympic committee in Chicago Sept. IS. See story on Sports Page 3B. (UPI) planning and initiation of flexible scheduling involving team or cooperative teaching with large and small class in struction groups in both ele mentary and secondary schools. These changes, he pointe.l oi't, "do not mean that we will completely revise oui basic philosophy in Medford. . . . We will continue to stress, teach, and inrist upon learn ing the fundamentals. Actu ally, the new concepts add to, rather than substitute or take away from our existing pro gram of striving for academic excellence." Three Accident Reported in Area Extensive property damage was reported in three acci dents Tuesday on highways in the county, according to Ore gon state police. No injuries were reported. Ross Arthur Carlson, 19, of Chicago, 111., escaped injury about 11:30 p.m. yesterday when his vehicle swerved to miss a porcupine on Highway 62 near Prospect. The station wagon went off the highway and turned over, state police said. Earlier two vehicles and a trailer were damaged in an accident on Interstate 5 one mile south of the Gold Hill junction. Police said a station wagon pulling a house trailer was northbound when a car stopped in front of it. A pick up truck behind the station wagon and trailer could not stop and struck it, police said. The station wagon was op erated by Jack Raymond Brown, 27, of Lodi, Calif. The pickup truck was being driven by Howard Edward Splane, 53, of 1080 Kubli rd., Grants Pass, police said. The third accident was re ported to police shortly after midnight and occurred on the Upper Applegate rd. A car, operated by Joseph Simeon Doyon, 63, of box S3, Jackson ville, was southbound when it went off the west side of the pavement and into a ditch. The driver was lodged in the Jackson county Jail on a charge of being drunk on a public highway, police said,. Earthquake Shakes Willamette Valley Lebanon - IUPI) - A slight earthquake shook this Wil lamette valley area Tuesday night. No damage or injuries were reported. The quake rattled dishes and shook houses. A spokes man for the Oregon State Uni versity Department of Ocean ography at Corvallis said sev eral telephone calls were re ceived from residents in the area. The Oregon State Unlver stiy seismograph recorded an intenstiy of 4 on the modified Mercalli scale of 12, and I magnitude of 3.5 on the Rich ter scale of 10. The quake was recorded at 9:37 p.m. (PST). On Tuesday night, a light quake shook the Eureka, Calif., arei. Fire Believed 'Contained' Alter Burning 110 Acres A "touch and go" situation still existed today in a fire which broke out yesterday morning near Moon Prairie guard station and spread over an inflammable 110-acre area of scattered timber, snags, downed logs and brush. The fire, in an old burn area, was "contained" about 8:30 p.m. yesterday. Today's mop up crew of 66 men nevertheless still faced the problem of mid-day winds, the state forestry department reported. Safety lines were being built. Fire Spots, Spreads Crews had hoped to hold the blaze to a few acres yes terday but a midafternoon whirlwind caused the fire to spot and spread. Several air drops of fire suppressant were made. The fire, a mile north of the old guard station was reported about 10:15 a.m. yesterday. It broke out at the edge of the road into Moon Prairie and was thought to be smoker caused. Three crawl tractors were on the scene today along with 12 pumper trucks, three each belonging to the U.S. forest service and Elk Lumber com pany, two to logger Bill Bea gle and four to the state for estry department. Fifteen U.S. forest service and 20 industry firefighters assisted state for estry crews today. Rotten "punk" logs were re ported a problem in the area. Fire danger remained ex treme today with the possi bility of afternoon or evening dry lightning in the mountain areas. Action Planned To Enforce Zoning Law Action will be taken soon to enforce the south Talent zoning provisions regarding one wrecking yard which ap pears to be in violation, Coun. ty Commissioner Chester Wendt said this morning. Following personal inspec tion of the area yesterday, Wendt noted that the fence around one wrecking yard is down and a number of cars are parked in front of what should be the fenced area. Residents of the south Tal ent area have complained to the Jackson county planning commission which referred the problem to the county court. The county court Is charged with enforcement of a zoning ordinance. Early in August, County Commissioner Edwin Taylor inspected the wrecking yard about which complaints had been received. He reported that all wrecking yards in the area complied with Oregon state statute and the zoning ordinance. Goldwater Advocates Resuming U2 Flights Tacoma IUPD The United States should resume U2 spy flights over Soviet territory, Sin. Barry Goldwater (R Ariz.), said today. "I think a few U2 flights would be rather revealing," he said at a news conference here. "Let's spy on them (the Russians) they spy on us," hr; said. U.S. to Use Necessary Force to Stop Cuba Threat to Hemisphere DeGauile Favors Tighter Political Tie With Germany Bonn -IUPD- French Presi dent Charles de Gaulle today proposed early and tighter po litical union between France and Germany. De Gaulle revealed his thoughts about an early po litical union between the two nations at a dinner Tuesday night. He outlined them in de tail today during a two-hour morning conversation and a one-hour session with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. A West German spokesman said the Bonn government welcomed de Gaulle's public remarks about strengthening Franco - German cooperation. He said Bonn felt such a move could only benefit Europe. But the spokesman said he was unaware of specific pro posals by De Gaulle so far for tightening the Franco-German ties. De Gaulle, who Is in West Germany on a six-day state visit aimed at underscoring the new-found friendship of the two nations which fought each other in three bloody wars in a century, will con tinue his talks with Adenauer during a boat ride from Co logne to Duesseldorf and Duisburg Thursday. After the working session this morning between the two elder statesmen, they drove together toward the Bonn market and city hall. About two blocks from the market, De Gaulle got out and walked Party Opposes Sale Of County Lands The Jackson County Demo cratic party officially opposes the sale of county-owned ag ricultural land planned for a county prison farm, tie Jackson County Democratic Central committee said last night. Petitions will be ilrculated opposing the sale of 36 acres of agricultural land at the county farm home and 45 acres at the old agronomy ex periment station at Talent, the party declared. County Commissioner Ed win Taylor, Democrat, and District Court Judge L. L. Sawyer and District Attorney Alan Holmes favor use of the land for a prison farm on which misdemeanor prisoners would produce fond for three county institutions, the farm home, juvenile detention home and county jail. Thirty six acres at the farm home is now being used for this purpose. County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt, Republican, said this morning that he and County Judge Earl Miller do not Intend to sell the county farm home agricultural la-d, but they do plan to sell the agronomy station property on a sealed bid basis. Five Watches Are Taken from Window Five wrist watches, valued at approximately $340, were stolen Tuesday evening from a display window at Law rence's store, 21 North Cen tral ave. Medford police were noti fied at 10:52 p.m. by Jackson County Sheriff's Deputy Sgt. Glenn E. Wright that the win dow had been broken. He was sitting In his patrol car at the intersection of North Central ave. and Sixth st. waiting for the traffic signal when he heard breaking glass. A hole, about 14 inches in diameter, was broken in the window to the north of the front door, Medford police said. The watches were taken, leaving the empty watch cases in the window. Three men's watches, and two ladies' watches, one con taining two small diamonds, were reported missing. among the crowds, shaking hands with enthusiastic on lookers and giving his security men the jitters. Later, the two men visited Cologne, where Adenauer was lord mayor before becoming chancellor and the reception there was even warmer than it was In Bonn. Algerian Conflict Continues Despite Cease-Fire Pact Algiers, Algeria - IUPD Forces opposing Vice Premier Ahmed Ben Bella fought his troops today at three places outside Algiers despite cease-fire agreement. Ben Bella flew to two of the areas where fighting rag. ed, Amaule and Berroghia apparently to confer with lo cal officials on stopping it But the battle of machine gun fire and exchanges of automatic rifle and mortar volleys . were reported con. tinulng at midafternoon. Hospital authorities at Or- leansvllle, 140 miles from At giers, said an artillery ex change began this morning at Massena, a small town a lew miles to the southwest. Later reports said machine gun and cannon fire con tinued through the afternoon. The dissident military lead- era of Wlllaya Three and Four announced Tuesday night that a cease-fire agreement had been signed with Ben Bella. One said the agreement opened the way for national elections within 10 days. Ben Bella claimed victory over the dissident military leaders Tuesday night with the announcement that "the Political Bureau is resuming its task in Algiers." Earlier leaders of Military District Four, who opposed the civilian Political Bureau headed by Ben Bella, an nounced that their troops had left Algiers In the face of increasing pressure from ad vancing forces loyal to the Political Bureau. "The crisis is definitely finished," Ben Bella told an estimated 4,000 cheering Al gerians in the city's Forum. "This day Is considered a new day of Independence." Two Inmates Escape From Necarney Camp Manzanlta, Ore.-UPI) - Two Inmates of Necarney Camp of the MacLaren school for boys fled the minimum supervision facility near here late Tues day night. MacLaren superintendent Amos E. Reed said Robert McClure, 16, Sweet Home, and Bruce Hansen, 17, Rose- burg, were missing after the 11 p.m. bed check. The camp is located on the Oregon coast. Adminiitration Officialt Say U.S. to Continue Patrol Near Russia Washington - IUPD-Administration officials said today that U.S. planes would con tinue to patrol international waters near the Soviet Un ion but with added precau tions against straying off course. This was their reaction to the latest U2 incident, Rus sia charged Tuesday that an American U2 flew over So viet held Sakhalin Island north of Japan Thursday and the United States said the plane might have "uninten tionally" violated Russian air space. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Defense Secretary Rob ert S. McNamara and other official wax expected to 4i " ""y ' RECEIVES BADGE Miss Oregon, Marty Wyatt of Jackson. vllle, receives her Pageant Mobley, Miss America 1959, as the 54 Miss America con testants gathered to begin the annual beauty pageant in Atlantic City, N.J. Marty Wyatt To Dance Tonight In Talent Competition Atlantic City, N.J. (Special) -Miss Oregon, Marty Wyatt of Jacksonville, tonight will open her campaign for the "Miss America 1963" title In the first round of judging at the nation's top beauty pag eant here. The 19-year-old Southern Oregon college freshman will perform an interpretive jazz dance in the talent division, the first of three preliminary hurdles on the road to the crown. "I'm glad I'm In talent on the first night," Marty said today. "All my rehearsals will be finished and done with, and I'll have some free time to go sightseeing and perhaps I'll even get to take a dip in the ocean." Swlmiult Judging Thursday evening the Ore gon charmer will be Judged in her swimsult, and on Fri day night, she'll appear in the evening gown competition. Friday afternoon an informal Interview session with the 10 judges will give them additional knowledge of her poise, charm and intelli gence. No points will be scor ed for the interview, how ever. But during the three night time contests, points are scor ed, and the 10 girls having the highest totals when they're added up Saturday morning will be named semi finalists that night. The top 10 will battle it out for the Miss America crown while the other 44 will be automati cally eliminated from the competition. . Last night, in a 40-minute rainstorm, Marty got her first look at the pageant-going pub cuss the incident at a closed briefing today with members of the Senate Foreign Rela tions and Armed Services committees. The angry Soviet protest charged that the flight over Sakhalin was a "deliberate provocation." It warned of possible retaliatory attacks on foreign bases where U2's are stationed and demanded "im mediate measures to prevent future violations ol Soviet air space." The U. S. reply said the pilot had reported he was flying "a directed course well outside Soviet territorial wa ters but encountered severe winds" and therefore might have flown over the southern tip of Sakhalin. I- badge Sept. 3 from Mary Ann lic and vice versa during the traditional boardwalk beauty parade. Some 100,000 spectators sat through the rain to cheer the 94 beauties as they rolled along the three-mile route atop open white convertible autos. "They were open all right," Miss Oregon laughed later. "I got pretty wet, but every one was so kind, and called such lovely compliments to me that I didn't mind It at all." In the parade, Marty wore a sapphire blue chiffon gown in Grecian style. A white fox stole covered her shoulders. With her brown hair piled atop her head, she was a pic ture of charm despite the ele ments, and received a warm hand - and quite a number of "wolf whistles" - as she rode down the walk. Earlier Tuesday, press cam eramen got a preview of the three rounds of swimsult com petition when the beauties gathered at the Chalfonte ho tel pool for a two-hour bulb snapping session. In her blue suit, Marty's trim 35-23-35 figure was a popular "target" for the lens men, and she enjoyed the morning's work, too. "That ocean looked so good, and we were so close to it," she said, "I kept wishing I could go In for a dip. But I got wet enough in last night's parade to last me for i while." NO NEWS CONFERENCE Washington - I'JPD- President Kennedy will not hold a newt conference this week, the White House announced to day. "If the pilot cf the aircraft In question did in fact violate Soviet territory," the note said, "this act was entirely unintentional and due solely to a navigational error under extremely difficult flying con ditions." The American note was de scribed as a "reply or ex planation" rather than an apology by U.S. officials. The note added that U.S. policy of reconnaissance flights over Russia had not been altered since President Kennedy stated on Jan. 25, 1961 that they had been sus pended and he had ordered they not be resumed. The Elsenhower administra tion ended the U2 flights de signed to penetrate Soviet ter JFKSaysWeapo.iS Supplied by Reds Are 'Defensive7 Statement Made To Inform U. S. Public Washington-OIPD - President Kennedy has declared that the United States will use whatever means necessary to prevent Cuba's buildup of So viet arms from threatening the Western Hemisphere. Kennedy indicated that the weapons so far supplied to the Fidel Castro regime were of a defensive nature. He warned Russia and Cuba that the United States and other hemisphere countries would make sure that the Increas ed armaments would not be used offensively. Served Purpose The President issued a statement Tuesday night that was intended to Inform the American public on the ex tent of the Soviet-Cuban arms flow. It also served the pur pose of notifying Russia and Cuba of the official U.S. posi tion toward the Caribbean de velopments., .-,.. The statement , was issued after Kennedy met-with the congressional, leaders of both parties.:; ,T, r"-, : . Kennedy's . ' statement cli maxed a week of reports which the White House denied that actual Soviet "troops" had arrived In Cuba, . . . Kennedy emphasized tn his statement that the "Cuban question" was part of the worldwide Communist threat to peace. He said it must be dealt with in that light as well as in its application to the Western Hemisphere. . He stated the U.S. view this way: Aggressive Purpose "It continues to be the pol icy of the United States that the Castro regime will not be allowed to export its aggres sive purposes by force or the threat of force. It will be pre vented by whatever means may be necessary from taking action against any part of the Western Hemisphere." Kennedy said Soviet aid to Cuba had Included: -A number of anti-aircraft defense missiles with a slant range of 25 miles. -Several Soviet-made motor torpedo boats "carrying ship to ship guided missiles having ' a range of 15 miles." It was assumed that Kennedy was speaking of electronically guided torpedoes. -Approximately 3,500 So viet military technicians are either in Cuba or en route there to assist in setting up and teaching the use of the new equipment. Talent Family of Six Is Missing A Talent family of six has been missing for four or five days, it was reported to the sheriff's office at noon today. Missing since Sept. 1 are Bud and Mae Griffin and their four children. The re port was phoned in by Mrs. Dorothy Lincoln, Phoenix. ritory after Francis Gary Powers' plane was downed In Russia on May 1, 1960, touch ing off an International furor that blew up the Pari! sum mit conference. In July, I960, a U.S. Air Force RB47 was shot down by Russian tighten in interna tional waters of the Barents Sea while flying along the Soviet Union's Arctic borders. Kennedy, in announcing Russia's release of the Impris oned crewmen tn January, 1981, drew a "distinction" be tween overflights of Russia and reconnaissance flights along the Soviet periphery. "I know of no orders to suspend flights over interna tional waters," an administra tion source said today.