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Meredith Protests Lack of Negro 1 '-Mitt a 'J a"" - vur - GAME POSTPONED Rain today forced Cisco Thursday where play will be resumed postponement of the fifth game of the the following day. Above, groundkeepers World Series between the San Francisco sweep water off a tarpaulin stretched over Giants and the New York Yankees. The the infield at Yankee Stadium prior to the game will be played in New York Wednes- pqstponement decision. (UPI) day, with the teams traveling to San Fran- State Senator William Grenlell Kidnap Victim Portland - IUPD - State Sen. William A. Grenfell Jr., 37, (D-Portland), a candidate for Multnomah county commis sioner, was injured early to day when abducted and then pushed from his moving ve hicle, police reported. Grenfell was taken to Bess Kaiser hospital where attend ants said his injuries were believed to be "not serious." Police reported Grenfell was working late at his cam paign headquarters and walk ed to his station wagon about 2 a.m. after which he went back inside the building to get some items he had for gotten. Held Hand in Pocket Grenfell told officers thai upon his return to the vehicle he was confronted by a large man who held his hand in his right trousers pocket. He told police the man said he had a gun and told him to get into the car. He said the assailant forced him to hand over the keys and then drove across the Steel Bridge and north on Union avenue. Grenfell said that as the var neared the 900, block the driver slowed down, forced open the door on the passen ger side and shoved him to the pavement after which he irove away. Police telctyped a stolen tar report on the missing sta tion' wagon. The assailant was described is between 35 and 45 years old, six feet tall and weighing about 200 pounds. Valley of Rogue Park Access Bid Called Salem (UPI) Direct access to the Valley of the Rogue park from the Pacific high way is provided by a grading and paving job announced in today's bid call by the Ore son Highway Department. The interchange will be about 1 1 miles south of Grants Pass. The project also calls for roadside improve ments, and signs. Bids will be opened here Oct. 30. HiWSdPEFS itims from ASy AII0UND mi Ol0,, CASTRO HOLDING UP PRISONER TALKS Havana-lPI'-Uiually informed sources said today Premier Fidel Caitro'i abience from Harana was holding up a re sumption of talks aimed at the release of 1,113 Cuban in ration prisoners. RUSK PLEDGES AID TO CUBANS Washinglon-iiriSeerelary of Slate Dean Rusk pledged today to work lor the "economic and social deYelopment" of the "oppressed people of Cuba" if they were Ireed from Communist rule. DE GAULLE SAID MARKED BY UNDERGROUND Paril-4n-An anti-Gaullist leaflet said today President Charles de Gaulle has been "sentenced to death for high treason" by the underground Secret Army Organisation. SOBLEN DEATH BLAMED ON BARBITURATES London-tn-A coroner's jury ruled today that Soiel spy Sr. Robert A. Soblen. facing life term in prison in the United Stales, committed suicide last montb by tak-ing an overdose of American-made barbiturates nV. rKtftAcf. email able in Britain. ---, . - v mrj , Technicalities Delay Action on Proposal To Join Districts Legal technicalities have held up temporarily further action on a proposal to join the Phoenix and Medford school districts, County School Superintendent Alf B. Mek- vold said today. He said he and Glenn L. Smith. Medford. rural board chairman, have held a lengthy telephone conversation w 1 1 n state department of education officials on the technicalities Deputy Superintendent James L. Turnbull, Dennis Patch, former director for reorgani zation. and the attornev gen eral's office plan to confer on the problem, MeKvoio saia. Two petitions have been submitted, Mckvold noted. One is a petition to transfer property from Medford school district to School District 6C. which includes Central Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley.- The other petition is the re- Salem Newspaper Woman Killed Hcrmiston fUPI Marguerite Gleeson, 68, well-known Sa lem newspaper woman, was injured fatally in a one-car accident late Monday two miles east of Boardman on Highway 30, state police re ported. Officers said she was alone in her car and heading east when the vehicle struck a steel signpost. She was brought to a Hermiston hos pital where she died from injuries. Miss Gleeson also has work ed for newspapers in Bend and Corvallis. For the past 10 years she worked for the Salem Capital Journal. At her death, she was the Capital Journal's li brarian. She was active in numerous groups, including Oregon Press Women and the Legion of Mary, a Catholic organiza tion. She was a member of the National Federation of Press Women. 4-1 V',"Vr organization of the Medford and Phoenix school districts, Mekvold said. Two Petition Problem The problem is having two petitions to consider at the same time, he added. Ordi narily, the transfer of prop erty petition would bs con sidered first, since it" is al ready in the hands of the state board of education, Mek vold said. Any action on the first peti tion would further delay ac tion on the reorganization pe tition. During its regular meeting last night, the rural school board had set Monday, Oct. 29, as a public hearing date on the petition for reorganization of the two districts. Normally the board would send its plan under the amend ed state school district reor ganization law to the state board of education in' Salem. Then, if the plan were approv ed, the rural board would hold a second hearing, following which the rural ooard mem bers would decide if the join ing of the two school districts is feasible. i Remonstrance Petition If a remonstrance ..petition should be filed by a group opposing the petition, then an election would be held in each of the two districts. A major ity vote in each of the two districts would be required to pass the proposed reorganiza tion. If passed, the plan would be effective July 1, 1963, when a new administrative school district would be created. Since, according to the law, the two joined districts must assume the name of the most populous district, the new ad ministrative district would be known as Medford School Dis trict 549C. Since the new administra tive district would have an estimated population of mora than 40,000 two additional members - at - large would be elected to the board at the regular school election follow ing July 1, 1963. All assets ana liabilities in each district would become the common property of the new administrative district, plus all debts. One equalized school district levy would be used to retire all existing indebted ness, Mckvold explained. Pupil transportation and continued use of existing facil ities would be at the discre tion of the new board. Antitrust Suit Names Three Oil Companies Washington-dTD-The Justice Department announced today it has filed an antitrust suit in Los Angeles 8gainst three of the nation's largest oil companies. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Ken nedy said the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, asked that Cities Service Co.. Sinclair Oil Co. and Richfield Oil Co. be or d'er.ed tra tea!.t allwation of Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages Two-Inch Rain in Area Stops Work, Cuts Fire Danger More than two inches of rain in the Rogue valley since late ' yesterday has brought about a considerably reduced fire danger, closed down maj or construction projects, and curtailment of harvesting ag ricultural crops. The Medford station of the weather bureau reported at 10:30 o'clock this morning that 2.10 inches of rain fell since the storm started about 6:45 p.m. Monday. As of 4 o'clock this morn ing, a total of 1.83 inches of rain fell since Oct. 1, which is 1.43 inches above normal. The season total as of 4 o'clock this morning was 2.59 Candidates Fair To Be Highlighted By Debate Tonight A debate between fourth congressional district candi dates Carl Fisher, Republican of Eugene, and Robert B. Dun can, Democrat of Medford, will highlight the Medford League of Women Voters can didates fair at 8 o'clock to night at Medford High school auditorium. The candidates will debate the topic: "What should be the role of the federal govern ment?" Mrs. Dunbar Carpen ter, state voters service chair man, Oregon League of Wom en's Voters, will be moder ator for the debate. Candidates for county, state and national offices will have an -opportunity; to' speak' dur ing the. fair. County candidates will be given two minutes in which to speak, candidates for state representative and sen ator will be given three min utes, as will labor commis sioner candidates. Governor candidates will have five minutes each, and candidates for U. S. senator will have eight minutes. Following-the talks, candi dates will be assigned tables in the high school cafeteria where voters may talk with them individually. Coffee will be served. Mrs. Bullock Will Lecture Wednesday Mrs. Helen Dupree Bullock of the National Trust for His toric Preservation, Washing ton, D.C., will present a slide lecture at the Methodist church in Jacksonville at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10. The lecture is being spon sored by the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation. Mrs. Bullock's talk will be on the preservation of histori cally significant buildings, and her lecture is entitled, "A Future for Our Past." Restoration and preservation of Jacksonville is one of the major projects of the Founda tion. She served as archivist at Colonial Williamsburg, Va., for Ify years prior to being named director of information of the national organization. Mrs. Bullock is author of several publications, a mem ber of the Society of Archi tectural Historians and last year was elected honorary member of the American In stitute of Architects. The lecture is open to the public with no admission charge. 38,357 People Are Registered To Vote The Jackson county elec tions department today re ported a final count of 38.357 voters registered for the Nov. 6 election. Registration closed Saturday. The total represents a 1.766 registered voter in crease over the final registra tion for the primary election in May. The Democrats show the greatest registration increase with a gain of 936. from 18.- 323 to 19.259. The Republi cans show an increa.e of 749, from 17.379 to 18.128. Mis cellaneous registrations in creased "I. from B!)! to 970 MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER inches, 1.54 inches above nor mal. More than 1.50 inches of rain fell during the night, when at times it fell in a downpour. Rain continued to fall steady during the day today. Rain closed construction on Interstate 5 freeway proj ects, and resumption of work will depend on clearing skies. The forecast calls for con tinued showers. It rained more than an inch in Medford last night, but residents on Corona ave. near McAndrews rd. thought there was a little too much water in the area this morning so they called the Medford water depart ment. A broken fire hydrant was discovered. According to Robert Lee, city water superintendent, the hydrant apparently had been hit by a car which broke a cable and clamps so the hydrant blew off. About 4,000 gallons a min ute poured from the open eight inch main, he re ported. The majority of one block between McAndrews rd. and Grand ave. was under water, with considerable damage reported to some lawns, although no report was received that water had entered any houses. Lee said that since the area is low and with the heavy rainfall, crews were hampered in repairing since they had to wait more than an hour for pari of the wa ter to drain off. The break was discovered about 6 'o'clock, Lee said.'The block area was without water for more than two hours. City street crews reported several drains stopped up due to a cumulation of leaves, but the drains were opened by the regular street cleaning crews. City Engi neer Vernon Thorpe report ed. Work on the portion of the freeway scheduled to be op ened this fall is progressing on schedule, according to the state highway department en gineers. Expected to open this fall is a section from Sev en Oaks interchange north of Central Point to Barnett rd. interchange in Medford. The fire danger in southern Oregon has been reduced con siderably because of the rain, but state and federal officials pointed out that more dry weaihcr this month is pos sible. Forces Curtailed Forestry officials pointed out that only the governor can declare the fire season officially over. However, most forest fire suppression forces are being curtailed this sea son. The storm seriously af fected the remaining pear harvest, according to area fruit growers. Picking stopped Monday In many orchards, and all pick ing slopped today because of heavy rains. Fruit growers said it may be several days before ladders can be moved back into the orchards to re sume picking. "A prolorged rain will kmean a loss ot tne remaining crop," one orchardist said. "About two-thirds of the Bosc crop still is on the trees." Farmers who planned to start grain planting have been delayed because of the rain, but it has been beneficial to pasture land, and has been a welcome relief to dairy farm ers who may not have to start feeding hsy as early this year as they did last year. WEATHER FORECAST: Ocmlonil rain through Welnei)av. l-ow to night 45 to SO. High tomorrow 35 to 69. Temp, Hlghfit Y'ttrriliv . . S.S Lnwnt Thti Morning ... 4 Prerlp. to Midnight ... 1 00 To 10 i.m, Today , 1.03 Our Skies Tonight ftunm tfidar P Bunrtte tomorrow . . O.IKa.m. Monntft tomorrow 2:33 a.m. Full Moon (Hunter"! Moon) Bit urday. The Dlanet, Katiirn. due south tonight at l it p.m., ! now he ginning i low eastward move ment among the tiara that will continue until June 1, 1903. SCENE OF CRASH Shown fuselage and tail section of which crashed into Chapparal miles east of Eureka, Calif., 42.3 Per Cent of United Crusade Goal Is Pledged A total of $71,328.48 was reported collected or pledged at the United Crusade of Jack son county report luncheon yesterday at the Red Cross chapter house here. The total is 42.3 per cent of the $167,683 goal this year. The Crusade campaign is con ducted throughout the county with the exception of the ara served by the Ashland-Talent United Fund. '-'Campaign chairman Robert Hcffernan urged all solicitors to continue their contacts in order that all sections have re ports by next week's meeting. Several Events Planned Frank Rush, special events chairman, said several events are planned in the near fu ture. Proceeds from amuse ment rides in the Medford Shopping Center parking lot will be contributed to the campagin on Oct. 8 and J4. The Rogue Valley Council on Aging will hold open house Oct. 21 at the Senior Activity Center for the Crusade, and North's Chuck Wagon plans a dinner and the Rogue Valley Country club will sponsor a golf tournament Oct. 27 for the Crusade. Division chairmen who list ed contributions thus far in clude Bob Nelson, forest pro ducts, $21,940; Russell Ache son, public employees, $13, 228; Wynne Grier, service, $15,893; John Dubay, profes sional, $2,914; Robert Kyle, retail, $3,829; Daryl Farn ham, commercial, $2,366; Rob ert Dill, distribution, $1,965; Mrs. Scott Davis, special gifts, $8,650; and A. L. Sams, town and country, $539. Lunch was provided by the Kiwanis club. Enrollment Reaches 1,843 at College Ashland Enrollment at Southern Oregon college yes terday reached 1,848 students, and was expected to go over the 1,850 mark, according lo College President Elmo N. Stevenson. A few students have not yet registered because of sickness or non-arrival of transcripts, he noted. The enrollment reached a new all-tlrric high, surpassing the previous high enrollment of 1,527 students last year. It Is an increase of about 26 per cent. Of the total, 1,087 are men, and 781 are women, increases of 25.4 and 27 9 per cent, re spectively. Details of enrollment, and a statement by Dr. Stevenson appear on page 5A of today's Mail Tribune. Uganda Severs Last Link With Britain Kampala, Uganda -I'PIl-The Duke of Kent today formally turned over control of Uganda to newly sworn Gov. Sir Wal ter Coutts in solemn cere monies marking this country's independence from British rule. Tribune 9, 1962 No. 172 above is the the airplane Mountain 30 killing Con gressman Clem crash were the son, Ronald, 13. Miller's Name May Appear on Ballot Despite Death Eureka, Calif. -IUPII- Dem- ocrats today launched plans to elect a dead man next No vember to one of the largest congressional districts in the United States. The name of Clem Miller, killed in the crash of a light plane Sunday, will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot. Under the state's unusual election law, Democrats had .two alternatives. They might sponsor a write-in campaign for a new nominee or they might hope Millers name would receive a majority of votes. If the latter course were pursued and Miller won, a special election would follow to name his successor as representative of the giant First District in northern Cal ifornia. Baan Too Costly Although party leaders planned to announce their final course of action later this week, they indicated that Candidates in Jacksonville Noted Jacksonville - Contests for both mayor and three city council posts are In the offing here, since there are two can didates running for mayor and seven for the council. Deadline for filing was last Saturday. The election will be Nov. 6. Names of the candidates, in advertantly left out of yester day's Mail Tribune election story, are: Incumbent E. O. Graham faces William C. Dobbyn in the mayor's race. Running for the three coun cil seats are Incumbents George Brewer and Lynn Mc Beth, and others Roy A. Clarke, Arthur Davies, Ken neth Purscll, John L. Sullivan and Foyd Wyatt. Kennedy's Absences Attract Criticism Washington - (UPIl -Sen. John L. Willams (R-Del.) criti cizing President Ken nedy's absences from Washington, said today the chief executive is using the White House as a stopover between week end vacations and political Junk ets. Parks, Recreation Commission Favors Opening Area Lakes for The Jackson county parks and recreation commission last night approved opening county lake areas to bird shooting. This would not include de veloped recreation areas such as the concession area at Howard Prairie, it was noted. Robert Mabcn, state game commission fluent, told the commission last night he would write the county court recommending bird shooting areas be established at the lakes. This would Include 57th Year Price 10 Cents Miller. Also dead in the pilot, George Head, and his (UPI) efforts to develop a write-in campaign so near election would be costly and fruitless. Meanwhile, messages in tribute lo the late legislator continued to pour in follow ing discovery of Miller's body a nd those of two others wild country 30 miles cast of here early Monday his death "a personal loss to me and the American people." The President called Miller a progressive legislator, strongly dedicated to his dis trict. He spoke with great elo quence for the needs of our people, particularly In the fields of conservation. y ' Plan Hits Mountain '' Miller was klUedAvhile fly- lug over his huge! district as he campaigned for reelection. The crash occurred Sunday night when a light plane pil oted by retired Air Force Major George Head, 41, of San Rafael, Calif., slammed into Chaparral mountain. The pilot and his son, Ron nie. 13, also were killed. Miller was a grandson of Charles R. Miller, former gov ernor of Delaware. The con gressman was born in Wil mington, Del., and was gradu ated from Williams college. Kansan Arrested By Officers in City Louis Potter Lane, 30, of Wichita, Kan., was arrested last night in a Medford hotel by police and federal agents. He is wanted In Kansas for a federal housing administra tion violation. Lane was arraigned this morning on a fugitive warrant before U. S. Commissioner Frank J. Van Dyke. He waiv ed the right to a preliminary hearing and is being held in the Jackson county jail on $2,500 hall for U. S. marshals. Lane was arrested after a Medford police officer recog nized a car in the hotel park ing lot as on described in a teletype message received earlier that day. RCA SALES UP New York - IDHi - Radio Corp. of America has record ed the best nine months for sales and profits in its his tory, president Elmer W. Eng strom said Monday. Howard Prairie, Emigrant, Hyatt and Willow lakes. The best duck hunting probably would be after Klamath lake freezes, Mabcn noted. A lot of hunters use Emigrant lake. Hyatt lake would be better than Howard Prairie for developing duck populations since the irriga tion waters stored at Hyatt does not fluctuate as much. However, both Maben and Parks Commissioner J. H. Ebcrhart, Ashland, pointed out that chances of bagging many ducks it Howard Rowdy Students Smash Window Of Cafeteria Only Negroes Said On Garbage Detail Oxford, Miss.-IUPl) - Negro James Meredith complained today that troops keeping the peace since his admission to the University of Mississippi have been desegregated. His statement followed a student outburst Monday night that was the rowdiest demonstration since rioting broke out more than a week ago. However, Army Secre tary Cyrus Vance announced In Washington today that an, other 5,900 regular Army troops were being withdrawn from the general area. Othtrs Removed The withdrawal of troops being held in reserve at Mem phis and Columbus, Miss., was in addition to the removal, announced Monday, of 5,400 men from the same reserve stations. Neither action affects the approximately 7,000 regular troops and nearly 3,000 Mis sissippi National Guardsmen still in the immediate Oxford vicinity. Meredith issued from his apartment in a dormitory a hand-written statement com plaining that "Negroes have been purged from their posi tions in the ranks" of troops guarding the campus. He said the only Negroes he has seen since the first two days of his stay here were working on a garbage detail, guarded by armed white soldiers. Army garbage details often are I worked by disciplinary pris oners who are guarded by armed MPs. Rock Smashes Window In the demonstration Mon day night one ' rock crashed through a front window of the campus cafeteria where Mere dith was eating, narrowly missing a U. S. marshal. An other rock hit a news photog rapher outside. "Get that nigger," came shouts from the predominant- ma.le crowd- Two soldiers ln, 8 3eeP Parled outside the -"' ra tear gas gre- nades, but the crowd made no attempt to enter the cafe teria. Crowd Taunts Soldiers The crowd let the air out of the two front tires of the marshals' car and began chant ing "Mickey Mouse" when three jeeps filled with soldiers, drove up. The students surrounded the jeeps, taunting the soldiers with shouts of "Kennedy Is I coon keeper." There was no violence, however. President Slates Portland Speech Washington -WPIW President Kennedy will address an, eve ning political rally at Port land Oct. 25, and then prob ably will swing into Cali fornia to take a hand in the hot governorship race, It was announced today. Pierre Salinger, White House press secretary, said he would expect the President to make other political stops be fore and after the Portland meeting. He said he was not yet ready to announce them, however. Salinger thought it likely that the President would go from Portland to spend the week end campaigning in Cal. ifornia, where Richard M. Nixon is trying to unseat Gov. Edmund B. Brown. Adjournment Seen For Thursday Night Washington - IUPD - Senate Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey said today that con gressional leaders are shoot ing for adjournment Thursday night. FAIR DRAWS 31,980 Seattle -IUPI- Attendance at the Seattle World's Fair Mon day was 31,960, boosting the total for 170 days to 8,726,581. Bird Hunting Prairie are remote compared to Klamath lake. Ducks can get out ln the center of How ard Prairie where it is diffi cult to hit them. In other action, the com mission discussed a second tree-planting program at Em igrant, equipping two depart ment tractors with equipment for lce-clearlng operations at Howard Prairie during the ice skating season, and ob taining a piece of Weyerhaeus er Timber company property at Willow lake for recreation al development. (
