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Newspaper Page TextSt Louis Four .Wounded Aft I i SCHOOL DESTROYED - Fire believed set some shooting were reported in the pre- by arsonists during a near riot in Kinloch, dominately Negro suburb where more than ' a suburb of St. Louis, Mo., destroyed the 30 persons were arrested. (UPI) Dunbar elementary school. Several fires and ' Oregon's Population 1,825,138; Medford Estimated at 25,919 Portland - IUPR i-'"iiie State Board of Census says Oregon grew a -little during the past year, although coastal and eastern counties-. lost popula-. tion. ' The board, in' its new re port, said Oregon's population as of July 1, 1962, was esti mated at 1,825,138 - an in crease of 8,793 over the 1961 estimate and 56,451 over the federal census of April 1, 1960. The board said, however, the natural excess of births over deaths accounted for 46,569 of the two-year in crease. It said migration into the state following the 1960 census was reversed during the past year. Valley Gains Tne report said in general the Willamette Valley showed population gains along with Jackson and Josephine coun ties. Coastal counties and those east of the Cascades gen erally lost population. Clatsop county dropped dur ing the past year from 26,809 to 23,559, largely due to clos ure of the Tongue Point Naval Base. Multnomah county de creased from 526,554 to 526, 353. The board said losses in side the city of Portland were greater than gains in the rest of the county. Portland drop ped from 371,655 to 37U,uo. . Cities as a whole increased by 19.942 to make up 1,000, 192 of the state's population. Unincorporated areas de creased by 11,149. partly due to annexations in Benton, Clackamas and Washington counties and to the incorpora tion of the cities of Tigard and Veneta. Counting Portland, the re port showed Oregon with 14 HFAVSjBRlgS ITIM5 'ROM BUSK. GROMYKO HOLD CONFERENCE New York - 'tPli - Secretary of State Dean Ruik and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, flanked by ad visors on Berlin end other critical iiauet, held a lunch conference today in the secretary's 28th floor luite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. STEEL CONTEMPT CITATIONS REFUSED Washington - tPli - The Senate Judiciary Committee today refused to vote contempt citations against four steel companies and nine of their executives who refused to surrender secret cost dale. CONGRESS MAY ADJOURN NEXT WEEK Washington - UPti - Democratic leaders predicted today i thai Congress mey be able to close up shop by the middle of next week. They seid 11 would be one of the most pro-j ducttve senions in 17 years. OMNIBUS FARM BILL APPROVAL SEEN j Washington - TH' - Democrats were confident todey Ihil the Senete would approve a pared-down omnibus farm i bill, securing e pertiel victory for President Kennedy. cities with more than 10,000 people. All, except Portland, Klamath FaTI'sand Pendleton grew .during . the past year. The report left Klamath Falls exactly the same at 16,905 and Pendleton exactly , the same at 14,557. For the others, it showed these increases: Eugene, 52, 475 to 55,413; Salem, 49,614 tn 50 529: Medford. 25.254 to 25.919; Corvallis, 22,350 to 5.633; Springfield, 20,003 to Russia Accused of Maintaining Tension Moscow -4UPI)- The United States, Britain and France charged tonight the Soviet 1 Union was responsible for the "brutality" of the Communist East German regime and ac cused it uf maintaining ten sion in Berlin. The attack came in sharply worded notes delivered by the Western Allies to the Foreign Ministry here. They answered a Kremlin note of Sept. 5 which rejected Western appeals that the So viet join four-power talks in Berlin aimed at easing tension in the cold war city. The U. S. note declared that Russia bears responsibility for the Berlin wall and for the brutality of the East German i regime toward refugees. ' It also said Russia bears a 'heavy responsibility for re jecting proposed talks to ease I tensions along the Berlin wall and "evidences thereby its de sire to maintain tension in Berlin." 20,717; Albany, 13,230 to 13, 488; Roseburg, 12,434 to 12, 516; Bend,. 11,936 .to,.18,158; Milwaukie, 9,783 to 10,916; Grants Pass, 10,200 to 10,533; and Lake Oswego, 9,834 to 10,512. Astoria dropped from 10, 681 to 9.855. Granite in Grant county re mained uncontested as the smallest city with a popula tion of one. Nearest challeng er was Lonerock in Gilliam county with 29. The United States proposed such talks in notes sent to Russia .June 25 and again Aug. 24 and Aug. 27. In an unusually sharp reply, t h e Kremlin on Sept. 5 rejected the proposal and accused the Allies of a long list of actions. Murder Included -. , 'These included the alleged "murder'.' of East German bor der guards, bomb attacks on border installations, intrusion of West German military planes into East Germany and "continuing acts of sabotage.'' ' The U. S. note rejected all the Soviet charges. They seem ed, it 'said, "designed only to distract attention from t h e brutal activities of the East German regime." SOC Enrollment Hits Ail-Time High Ashland - Enrollment at Southern Oregon college has hit an all-time high, Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, president, an nounced today. Enrollment will continue until Oct. 8. I On Monday. 1.592 students ' had registered for this fall's j term. Last fall's registration ! was 1.465. with 1.313 rcgis 1 tered at a date comparable to I ivionaay s couni. i nis is a z i per cent Increase The previous high for regis trations at the college was for the 1962 spring term when 1,527 students registered. AMERICAN Chicago 0 S 0 Boston 4 9 0 Pisarro. Fisher (7). De bousichere (8) and Carreon; Monbouquette and Tillman. Los Angeles 2 8 2 Detroit 3 10 0 Lee. Bowsfield (9). Oiin ski (9) and Rodgers: Regan. Nischwits (9) and Brown. I Pi roRcsT r ire I DANGER TOMORPOVY KEEP OREGON GREEN : Drive To To Cuba By United Press International , Initial success of a privately backed American drive to halt further Russian shipments to Cuba brought sharp reaction today from Great Britain. British government sources in London said flatly Britain would not participate in any trade embargo or blockade of Cuba. The Times of London criti cized American efforts to halt Free World collaboration with the Soviet build-up of Cuba. The Times called the Ameri can effort "misguided" and predicted its failure. - The British stand was in sharp contrast with a formal Bonn announcement that West Germany, as of Wednesday, will force its shipping to get licenses for any Soviet-Cuban trade. That goes for anything from guns to bananas, Bonn said.. In the United States, the private campaign of shipping interests, waterfront unions Peruvian Issues Double-Barreled Warning in UN United Nations, N.V. OIPB Peru warned Russia today to get out of Cuba and at the same time cautioned the Unit ed States not to meddle in Peruvian affairs. Vice Adm. . Luis Edgardo Llosa, foreign minister of the regime which took over In Peru after a military coup last summer, issued the warn ing indirectly without men tioning either major power in a policy speech to the Gen eral Assembly. . Llosa's expounding of Peru vian policy was considered a significant development in Western Hemisphere politics. Disapproval Expressed When the Peruvian army took over after a closely con tested election last summer, the United States expressed its disapproval by recalling its ambassador. The tense situation still ex isting is reflected in the fact that Llosa has not yet agreed to attend the Latin American meeting called by Secretary of State Dean Rusk in Wash ington next week to discuss the Cuban problem. Peru wants assurances that the talks will be confined to the Cuban question. $40,653 Raised In United Drive A total of $40,653.76. ap proximately 25 per cent of the 1962-63 goal, has been raised during the first week of the campaign, Robert D. Heffernan, general chairman of the United Crusade cam paign said today. J. Russell Acheson, public employees division chairman, and Otis Swisher, president of the Medford Teachers' as sociation, announced that the public school employees have completed their campaign and have exceeded their goal by nearly S..0U0 with contri butions totaling $10,704. Mechanics Laundry and the Plywood Plant of Med ford Corporation have earned their 1962-63 United Crusade award for fair-share giving, with employees donating one hour's pay per month for 12 months. Snider's Dairy and the Big Y Shopping center reported 100 per cent em ployer-employee participation in this year's campaign. The luncheon meeting at tne nea cross tnapier Mouse i ine three left in a private Monday noon was attended j plane from the Hamilton by 109 volunteer workers. ) Ranch, just south of Ensenada Food was provided by the : Mexico. Saturday morning Medford Rotary club and was land were scheduled to arrive prepared and served by the at Las Paz. Baja California Rotary Anns. Jarl Dyrud, Saturday afternoon Medford High school student, Officials said there was a entertained the group withj,iorm over much , the , several folk songs The next report meeting for the United Crusade will be at the Red Cross Chapter House Monday, Oct. 1, at noon. MAYOR RESIGNS Tigard, Ore. rtJTO- Elton C. Phillips, elected last Novem ber it the first mayor here, said today he has resigned be cause he is moving out of the city limits Roaue Vallev Edition Sue vdiiey tuirion Medford 16 Pages Halt Shipments Brings Reaction and some legislators to halt the stepped-up flow of Soviet- Cuba trade was expected to move into high gear with the arrival in Houston, Tex., of the Yugoslav freighter Drzic. The Drzic is scheduled to load a grain cargo under the U.S. aid program for the United Arab Republic. How ever, longshoremen were ex pected to boycott the vessel as done earlier. The American Shipowners' association and the National Maritime Union spearheaded Corporation To Be Formed for Resort On Mt. Ashland A corporation of Jackson county citizens will be formed to construct a ski resort at Mt. Ashland if construction of an entrance road is assured, a group of Ashland residents told the county court this morning. The group will attend a meeting of the executive and roads committees of the As sociation of O and C counties in Eugene Thursday, it was cuK.c xnu.-,, u w cred H hospital in Med nnounced. County Judge Earl , ' f M. Miller and County Com missioner Chester Wendt said the group's appearance at the meeting would help obtain more road money for the pro posed winter resort area. We have been concerned with getting something started (at the proposed resort) so we will have something on which to base our requests, Wendt, who is an O and C executive committee member, said. Money Allocated " Already allocated Is" $200,- 000 from O and C funds for start of construction on the proposed road from the Siski you summit to Mt. Ashland, Miller said. An additional $200,000 is tentatively plan ned for allocation starting July 1, 1963, he said. Edd Rountree, Ashland, said he has been informed the for est service will open bids in May on the ski resort con cession. The Ashland group estimates it now has available $150,000 to $200,000 for con struction of basic ski resort facilities. Additional money would be raised by selling stock In a corporation to Jack son county residents, he said. Those meeting with . the county court this morning in cluded representatives from the Ashland Chamber of Com merce, the Ashland economic development committee and Southern Oregon college. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, SOC presi dent, noted that the Rogue River National Forest advi sory committee went on rec ord recently favoring the ski resort development. Ralph Wiesc, of the Rogue River National forest, said this morning O and C funds tor start of the road construe- tion would not come throu&h until the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year, April, may, June. Road construc tion would start next summer and be completed the follow ing summer. Oregonians Missing In Baja California San Diego fUPD Two Ore gon missionaries and a Mexi can minister have been report ed missing on a 700-mile flight in Baja California, . Mexico, the Coast Guard said today. A Coast Guard spokesman identified the two Americans as Robert Mishler, 29, of Sher idan, Ore., and Dona Mathte- !son, 19, of Woodburn, Ore. the same day. Mishler and Miss Mathieson are attached to the Latin American Fellowship, a mis sionary branch of the Men nonite group. Washington -lUrD- The Sen ate today gave final congres sional approval to a pared down version of President Kennedy's bill to cut farm surpluses. The vote was 52-41 MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1962 the drive with appeals to In ternational organizations i n their fields to cooperate in such a boycott. The NMU also ordered its members and affiliates to "keep hands off all cargo for Cuba," In some harbors, picket lines are already back ing the union's stand. Although the U.S. govern ment is cool to the campaign, some key legislators have pro claimed their support - like Sen. Warren Magnuson (D Wash.) who has asked for ac tion to determine the name and origin of every ship ply ing between Cuba and the communist world, and Ken neth B. Keating (R-N.Y.), who has asked for a ban on U.S. foreign a i d shipments in freighters which also carry cargoes to Cuba. Federal Grant Is Approved for New Hospital in City The department of health, education and welfare today approved a federal Hill-Bur ton grant of $623,000 for Sa- Maurine B. Neuberger and Congressman Edwin R. Dur no. The money was approved by the Oregon state board of health at a recent meeting in Portland. The money will be used for a 70-bed general hospital and 10-bed mental health depart ment, the first of Its kind In Oregon. , Sacred Heart hospital plans to construct the new building at the corner of Crater Lake ave. and McAndrews rd property for which has been purchased. Estimated cost of the total project is $2,370,117. Medford Mayor John W. Snider late last week was named chairman of a fund drive planned by the hospital board to raise matching fundi for construction of the facility. AFL-CIOToSue On Prison Labor Portland -(UPI)- The Oregon AFL-CIO said today It is suing to stop the state from using prisoners to build a women's prison at Salem. The labor organization said using inmate labor- violates the law by competing with free labor. AFI-CIO attorney Donald S. Richardson said the suit was being filed in Marion County Circuit Court, prob ably today. It Is being filed against the State Board of Control, which voted 2-1 to let prisoners build the structure. Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. ana Treasurer Howard Bel ton favored using inmates. Gov. Mark Hatfield opposed it. Only preliminary work has been done so far on the wom en's prison. The Board of Con trol was to meet today to con sider working plans for the new prison. Labor recently Won a vic tory when a Salem judge said using prisoners to build a green house at Dammasch State Hospital appeared to violate the law. The green house, however, was finished. The Judge declined to rule on future projects. Talent Irrigation Season Will End The Talent Irrigation dis trict will close Its Irrigation season Friday, Sept. 28, ac cording to Manager Walter Hoffbuhr. The irrigation season has extended two weeks longer than In previous years he said, and water conservation had to be stressed. Evenings are getting colder and bringing heavy dew in the morning which cuts down on the amount of moisture needed, Hoffbuhr said. The Friday closing will al low some time to do repair work on ditches and laterals before the rainy season, Hoff buhr said. PP ' W$ 1 w c CONGRATULATIONS - New Secretary of Labor W. Wit lard Wlrtz, left, and Arthur Goldberg, his predecessor, con gratulate each other at the White House after Wirtz was sworn to the Labor jjost. Almost simultaneously, Goldberg received a thumping vote of confidence in the Senate Ju diciary committee which voted 14-0 to approve his nomina tion to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. (UPI) Second Meeting Is Slated to Discuss Open County Fair A second meeting to discuss a proposal for an open class Jackson county fair will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at the fairgrounds cafeteria. It was decided last night. Representatives of various farm, community and business groups will consider starting a thorough study on location, facilities and cost of a coun ty fair. . - Stan Zapell, Talent, and Ray Johnson, Medford, act ing co-chairmen suggested to SO people last night that a 13-member council be named to represent lumber, fruit, and dairy industries, the 4-H lead ers' association, Medford busi n e a s community, Ashland business community, publici ty a n d public relations. Grange, Young Farmers, Farm Bureau and perhaps one representative at-large to con sult with miscellaneous small er groups. Representa tlvcs would speak for their group and sub mit group recommendations on the proposed fair. Repre sentatives should be elected by each group, Zapell sug gested. A motion was made by Slim Hardin, Jackson County Young Farmers' president, that the county court's pro posed sale of the 45-acre agronomy station at the north end of Talent, be delayed un til the group could determine if this would make an ade quate fair grounds. Youngsters Shaken In Bus-Car Mishap Three Medford youngsters were shaken up slightly but were otherwise unhurt when the school bus in which they were riding was involved an accident about B:5H a.m. yesterday at Corona ave. and McAndrews rd., according to ciiy ponce. Driver of the school bus, Willard Newton Richards, 62, Ashland, told officers he was headed south on Corona ave en route to Lincoln school As he turned left onto Mc Andrews rd., police said, the bus collided with a vehicle operated by Virginia Louise Berry, 38, Trail. The only children on the school bus at the time were Rcgina Ball, 9, of 2101 Corona ave., Mary K. Furman, 7, of 674 Midway at., and Donald McSwan, 10, of 2935 East Mc Andrews rd. Officers said none of the youngsters required first aid, but were driven on to Lincoln school In another bus for a checkup. No citation were issued. LEASE GRANTED Salem - IIIPD - Humble Oil St Refining Co. today was granted an oil and gas lease by the Oregon Land Board covering 816 acres of the bed of the Willamette river in Linn and Benton counties. 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 160 Asked If this suggestion would embarrass the county court. County Commissioner Chester Wendt said it would embarrass him. He explained he is the only i-omnlnlno month.. - th ' - county court which agreed to sell the 45 acres and the agronomy-, land below " the county farm home to help pay me cost of the new South ern Oregon 'branch experi ment station on Hanley rd. County Judge Earl M. Miller and County Commissioner Edwin Taylor were not on the court at that time, he said. Suggest Be Tried . County fair board member C. H. Bufflngton .suggested that an open class county fair be tried either before or. aft er the 4-H and FFA fair next year. ' ' However, the p r e s e n t grounds at the south city lim its of Medford are not ade quate for the combined ac tivities of the 4-H and FFA show, an open class fair and horse activities, he said. The horse activities are the crowd pleasers, he added. Carol Hibbs, representing the Southern Oregon Kennel club, opposed starting the open class fair on the pres ent grounds.. . Wendt suggested the coun ty fair proposal be submitted to a vote of the people. WEATHER FORECAST: nlr ind mile thrnujrh Wednesday. Low to nlihl 44. Hlih Hedneidiy S3. Temp. Mlfheit Yeilerdiy 91 Loweit Thli Mornlni 43 Our Skies Tonight Run set today 1:05 p.m. ftunrifc tomorrow . .. :3 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow 3:53 a.m. New Moon Friday PROMINENT STAR Pom i .haul, rliei ... T:2I p.m. VIKIIll.K PLANETS Jupiter, above Fomalhaut. Venua, icti 7:0 p.m. Haturn, due inutti .... S:23 p.m. Man, rlifi 12:24 a.m. Passenger Traffic at Airport Shows Decline Air passenger traffic at the Medford municipal airport continues to show a decline this year from Its peak during August, 1955, according to Gilbert J. Gutjahr, a I r port manager. A total of 2,701 passengers boarded commercial airplanes In Medford last month, com pared to 2,925 for the same month last year, Gutjahr said. Passengers debarking at the airport last month totaled 2, 925 compared to 2,827 during August, 1961. Air passenger travel to and from the Medford airport has continued to decrease, Gutjahr said, since August, 1955, when 4,487 persons boarded com mercial airplanes, and 4,538 passengers debarked. The airport manager ex plained there are at least three reasons to account for I the continued decrease: School Destroyed During Near-Riot In Negro Suburb Outbreak Follows Killing of Youth St. Louis -UIPD-Three police men and a bystander were wounded today by a shotgun blast when heavily armed officers tried to quell a noisy demonstration by more than 300 persons in front of sub urban Kinloch's City Hall. As 85 St. Louis county po lice and authorities from other suburbs rushed to the scene of the near riot, fires believed set by arsonists de stroyed the Dunbar Elemen tary School and damaged the new home of the community's police chief. More than 30 persons were arrested at the scene of the shooting in the predominately Negro suburb. The shot was fired from the window of an apartment building in a slum clearance project. Two of the victims. County Officers Kenneth Armstead, 29, and Hugh Hodges, 26,. were reported in serious con dition at County General Hospital. Another county po liceman, William Rushing, 33, and the bystander, Anthony Williams, 32, were treated and released. Police said the shooting and the fires were the latest and worst outbreak of violence . since a 19 -year -old Negro youth was fatally wounded in the abdomen Sunday while struggling with Kinloch Po liceman Isrel Mason. Some persons in the throng, . that blocked streets around the city hall, chanted, "We want Mason, we want Mason " Donnell Dortch was killed after Mason tried to serve him with a warrant on charges springing from a drag race. He resisted arrest, and in the ensuing struggle Ma son's .38-caliber revolver went off, killing the youth. on",,nB , ."V"1 sn"nB aunaay '""' 1U ',ulB"" D1Bla "e " r ,UR" l"? wln" dow4 of the Kinloch police de- Parment4 an h ;s Moke OUt. Tu r u t a t, - ii Hoskins auspended Mason pending hearing into the in cident, but noisy street gath erings continued. Mayor Clarence Lee, after meeting with the Board of Aldermen near the glowinc embers of the school, an nounced that a 10 p.m. curfew would go Into effect tonight. 1 ne situation Is very, very serious, and we've got to keep the streets clear," Lee said. He said he will consult with the city attorney to see what oth er safety precautions can be taken. Weafherly Defends Yachting Laurels Newport, R, I. -(M- The U S. 12-meter yacht Weath- erly won the America's Cup today by scoring a decisive fourth victory over Gretcl, tbfc Australian challenger. - With today's smaller spec tator fleet blowing its horns and Coast Guard ilrini screaming, Bus . Mosbacher ' skippered the blue - hulled Weatherly over the finish Una a good 1,000 yards and three minutea, z seconds ahead of Gretel and her Aussie crew. The Aussies had tried hard in this 18th challenge to win the old silver pitcher which the United States took from England 111 years ago and has defended successfully ever since. At the halfway mark. Mos bacher had Weatherly out ahead by 500 to 600 yards. He turned that marker two minutes and 23 seconds ahead of Jock Sturrock on Gretol. There Is a general slack ing nationally In the rate of increase In the number of per sons travelling by commercial airlines. The development of in terstate freeway systems has made It easier for persons tn travel by car. Some specific schedule changes by the commercial airlines have to some extent lessened the attractiveness of air travel from the Medford airport. Landings and takcoffs at the airport continue to increase. There were 6,918 landings and takcofts at the airport last month, compared to 5,558 dur ing August, 1955, the peak year for commercial passenger traffic. -. This increase, Gutjahr said, is due primarily to the con tinued rise in ownership and use of private planet.