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Newspaper Page TextBlunt Challenge To Soviet Union Puts Alternatives Bv PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Newt Analyst President Kennedy scarcely could have stated his chal lenge to the Soviet Union in blunter terms. Nor could he have been more forthright in accusiiii! both the Soviet Union end its foreign ministers, Andrei Gro myko, of iying when they said that Soviet arms to Cuba were strictly of a defensive nature. Having announced the Unit Regional Edition Medford mm iuimi in w,. ns ram nmnram w m mt m mm mm v f i i i i mm ar i - t e III U I I I 1111 I 1 1 W I II I VI I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 W. I I I I III ir:.n mm m m m m m m m mm m m i - . . i. 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1962 No. 184 Russia Cancels Military Leaves Photographs Show Missiles Pointed t United Washington - (UPI) - U.S. photographs taken high over Cuba show launching pads in jungle clearings and mis siles half-hidden by canvas. A Pentagon spokesman said the pads were pointed at the United States, and the trail ers standing by carried mis siles that could reach practi cally any point in this coun try. He told about 150 newsmen at a special briefing that the government did not know pos itively that there were nu clear warheads in Cuba. But he said it was "almost inconceivable" that Russia's latest medium and intermedi ate range missiles, capable of traveling up to 2,200 miles, would be used with anything but nuclear warheads. Photos Enlarged The photographs, enlarged 30 times, were pasted on stage placards beside the spokesman. He pointed at the first of them and said in the drone of a lecturer: "This is the photograph of a portion of Cuba, which be came available to us Monday midnight or Tuesday morn ing. "These are launchers, here and here, aligned to a specific section of the United States. These missiles on trailers are backed up against the launch er, the missile is grasped by the launcher, erected, and the trailer moves away." "This is a mobile installa tion," he continued. ' It can be put in place in a matter of days. We have sequential pho tographs separated by a peri od of a day or two, and you can see the movement of the equipment onto the site, the erection of certain buildings used in checking out missiles, and the movement of convoys carrving the missiles onto the site." Thousands of Feet The spokesman said the photographs were part of "literally thousands of feet" CANAVERAL 'SPACEPORT' IWSBRIEFS IT MS MOM m OONB ' t0M Cape Canaveral-UPI-Thii huge spaceport, which may have gotten key pictures of missile besei in Cuba, look on a new and grim job today ai gathering spot for forces to back up the U.S. blockade of the island nation. More than 30 warplanet, including 24 F10S jet figlhert, were on ttendby at Patrick Air Force Base, the administra tion center 19 milei louih of here which runt Cape Canaveral. OAS COUNCIL SUPPORTS ACTION Waihington-tPH-The council of the Orgenitation oi Amer ican Stales today unanimously supported a U.S. proposal for immediate collective action to deal with the Communist mililary build-up in Cuba. RED CHINA IGNORES INDIAN BORDER New Delhi-'in-Red China lifted any restraints on its in vasion of norther India today, formally authorising its troops to ignore the border and preiumebly to advance ai far is force will carry Ihem. ed States "quarantine" of Cuba, and backing it with air and naval forces and a rein forcement of the U. S. Guan tanamo base, the President has taken the initiative in an admittedly dangerous game and placed, the Russians in a position of limited alterna tives. On Sept. 11, the Soviet news agency Tass stated as an official Soviet position that an attack on Cuba or upon States taken by U. S. planes and analyzed by "literally hun dreds of phota -interpreters." He said the only thing hard to make out in the photo graphs was which of the fig ures shown were Cubans and which were Russians. " There also waj a picture of a site for assembling Russian 1L28 jet bombers carried in metal cocoons on the decks of Soviet freighters.' One bomber was already assembled, and a long row of crates containing parts sat around waiting to be put to gether. The pictures were so clear the reporters could count the tents and the trucks and see a barbed wire fence going up around a mssile site. The spokesman spoke of the great altitude from which the pictures were taken, but he did not say what kind of airplane look them. They ap peared to be taken from di rectly overhead. Civil Defense in Oregon on Standby Portland - lUPD - Civil De fense departments of the cities and the state of Ore gon are on a 24-hour stand by basis, officials said today. But Portland Civil Defense Director Jack Lowe empha sized there is no cause for alarm. Gov. Mark Hatfield put state CD agencies on a 24 hour alert following Presi dent Kennedy's message Mon day. Mayor Terry Schrunk said there is a duty officer at CD headquarters and the rest of the organization is on alert. He added, however, "We will not start manning the civil defense center until there is some deterioration in the sit uation." IN READINESS Soviet ships bound for Cuba would mean war. The Soviet statement said it was "no business" of the Unit ed States what Russia shipped to Cuba. A second Soviet course might be to expel the United States ambassador from Mos cow and withdraw its own representative in Washington. Such a course would render difficult, if not impossible, any further direct talks be Price 10 Cents Tribune U. S. Accused of Moving Toward Nuclear Warfare Security Council Meeting Demanded . Moscow - (UPI) - The Soviet Union cancelled all military leaves today, halted discharge of key men from its armed forces and accused the United States of moving toward an H-bomb war by its blockade of Cuba. In swift reaction to Presi dent Kennedy's blockade an nouncement the Kremlin also called a meeting of military officers of the Communist Warsaw Pact nations and de manded a meeting of the Unit ed Nations Security Council. Preparedness Increased The official Soviet Tass news agency said measures were being taken to increase t h e nation's military pre paredness. One move in this direction was the decision to halt the "discharge from the Soviet army of senior age groups in strategic rocket forces, anti-aircraft defense troops and the submarine fleet." The Russians called for an immediate meeting of the Se curity Council to deal with the situation and warned that "if the aggressors unleash war, the Soviet Union will deliver the mightiest blow." In a government statement handed to U.S. Ambassador Foy Kohler, the Soviets ac cused the United States of di rect aggression against Cuba and repeated the claim that Soviet arms shipments to that country were solely for Its defense. No Hint of Action The statement, broadcast by Moscow Radio, gave no hint as to whether the Russians would attempt to break the U. S. cordon around Cuba by sending through another ship load of arms. Although its tone was in. dignant and harsh, it appeared to designate the Security Council as the arena for the first test of the U. S. decision. It was understood on good authority here the Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev had let it be known In Western diplomatic circles that he had given "go through" orders to Soviet ships In the event tnai the Americans threw a cordon around Cuba. It was not clear, however, whether this would prevent Soviet ships from slopping to be searched if they were so ordered. Hours at Jacksonville Museum Are Changed Jacksonville Beginning I Nov. 1. the Jacksonville Mu seum will go on winter schd ule and will close on Mondays. Hours for the remainder oi the week will be from noon until 4 p.m.. and Sundays and holidays the hours will he from noun until S p.m.. Miss Mary L. Hanley, curator, announced. tween the two nations. On this point, the President seemed to leave the door slightly ajar when he said: "This nation is prepared to present its case against this Soviet threat to peace, and our own proposals for a peaceful world, at any time and in any forum - in the OAS, in the United Nations, or in any other meeting that could be useful - without lim iting our freedom of action." L ( ', I C t , r rAf - Viz a - - . . f " 1 " ' '" BROKEN WINDSHIELDS This picture vandals threw heavy rocks and pieces of shows part of the scene that that confronted automotive equipment through the wind employees of the Jay Allen Used Car lot, shields and side and rear windows of. 28 1078 Court st., when they came to work . vehicles on the car lot. Employees estimated Monday morning. Sometime between 2 and the 35 different pieces of glass will cost 7:30 a.m., according to Medford city police, about $3,900 to replace, , A Glance at Cuban Crisis By By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL While House President Kennedy describes Russian missile sites in Cuba, out lines blockade measures to be taken on military car goes bound for the island, demands withdrawal of of fensive weapons, and warns Russia the U.S. will consid er an attack from Cuba at a declaration of war. Pentagon Detente De partment declares that all thips bound for Cuba will be slopped and tearched, in cluding Soviet vetiels now in the Atlantic. Those carry ing offentive weapon! will be turned away. Ships at tempting to run the block ade will be tunk. Caribbean More than 40 U. S. thips and 20,000 men mast in the Caribbean area to tuftsin the blockade. De pendents evacuated from Guantanamo Bay Bate. Air bates in Florida alerted. Jet fighters mobilise at Cape Canaveral. United Nation! The United Nations 11 -member Security Council wat sum moned to meet at noon to day. The United Slatet ask ed for the meeting, demand ing ditmanlling and with drawal of the Soviet mii lilet. Cuba alto called for council meeting, branding U.S. action an "act of war." Motcow The Soviet government, in an official tlalement, warnt the United Stales that it mutt take the retpontibliy for any conte quencet anting out of Ken nedy'! get-tough policy. "In Ihit alarming hour," the tlalement taid, "the Soviet government contidert it ilt duty lo ittue a warning to the United Slatet, that in Implementing thete meat uret, the United Slatet tokei on iltelf the retpontl bility of the contequencet." Wathington The council of the Organisation of American States, after Sec retary of State Dean Rutk warnt it of the Cuban threat lo the hemisphere, uneni mouily tupportt U.S. pro posal for immediate collec tive action to deal with the Communiit military buildup. A third possibility which the President also took into account is violent Soviet reac tion against a United States ally or against Berlin. On the matter of world opinion, a risk that the Unit ed States had to take involved the obvious comparison of a U.S. base in Turkey on Rus sia's boundaries and a Rus sian base 90 miles from the United States in Cuba. On that score, the Presi U.S. Armed Forces On Special Alert Washington IUPTi - From the small West Berlin garri son to worldwide bomber bases, the U.S. armed forces were on a special alert today to be ready for any Soviet counter-moves to America's blockade of Cuba. The first test of the block ade, with a possible clash be tween Communist bloc and American ships, may be only hours away. Ships of both Russia and its satellites were reported churning through the North Atlantic toward the area where a cordon of U.S. warships was deployed to prevent any more often- Police Still Seek Parents of Chi Authorities were still searching today for the par ents of the infant boy aban doned in the women's rest room at Parco D'Alba some time Sunday. Attendants at Rogue Valley hospital today said that Baby Boy Doe, believed to be less than a week old, is healthy and eating well. When found by a Grants Pass woman about 4:14 p.m. Sunday, the baby was resting In a cardboard box crib. The box, police said, was origin ally used to distribute federal surplus food to the needy. Authorities have determin ed the box was not issued in Jackson county, but are checking a possibility that it may have been given out In Josephine county. City police Monday sent out an all-points bulletin to law enforcement agencies in an effort to gain leads of the baby's parents. One possible suspect, a Montana woman, was checked out by police Monday with negative results. Durno Supports Action by Kennedy Washington t!PTi Rep. Ed win Durno (R-Ore.) had this to say today regarding Presi dent Kennedy's order for a blockade of Cuba: "I wholeheartedly support the President in what he is doing. My only criticism is that it is about three months too late." dent accused the Soviet Un ion of upsetting the world's delicate armament balance by moving secretly In Cuba in contrast to the U.S. policy of moving openly to bolster its allies. It was noteworthy that no where in announcement of the Cuban quarantine did the President mention the Mon roe Doctrine, long-time key slve weapons from entering Cuba. The result could be a di rect confrontation of Soviet and American forces at sea, a situation potentially more lethal than the occasion last year when Russian and U S tanks pointed their guns at each otner across the Berlin Wall. The Defense Department said Monday night it was pre pared to sink any Soviet ship carrying missiles or oth er offensive weapons toward Cuba if the vessel refused U.S. orders to turn away. Detailing plans to enforce the blockade, a defense spokesman said the American armed forces around the world had been put on a step-ped-up alert to deal with any of a series of moves the Rus sians might take in reaction to the Cuban quarantine. He listed a "few" of the measures soon after Presi dent Kennedy finished his ad dress to the nation, making clear that the alert had been gathering momentum for two days. Air defense units have been reinforced on the U.S. East Coast. The Marine garrison at Guantanamo Bay Naval base has been doubled. Civilians have been evacuated from Guantanamo. The Strategic Air Com mand, which always kemj half its bombers on lS-minute alert, is on an increased alert status as are all other U.S. armed forces. Units have been designated to protect U.S. merchant shipping. The blockade of Cuba should be In full operation by Wednesday. WEATHER rORKCAMT: Gvnrrally fur, hut with vallry log lair nlchl and mnrnlng hour Ihrnufh Urdnn day. l ow tonlxht ntar 40. High Temp, M 31 lrr. fllfttftt Vfitrrdiy Lowei Thli Morning To S n.m. Yetrrfav To la a.m. Today a Our Skies Tonight ftfimrl today .. SIX p m. Kiinr4 tomorrow ... :JS a.m. Moonriie tomorrow ,. J:44 a.m. Nw Mnrm Oct. 21 PMOMINKNT HTABR The Plrladei, high In "i l:3 p.m. VIMHI.K PLANKTB Hattirn, dnt touth .... i:3J p.m. Jupiter. du ninth .... ft: p.m. Mart. In Iht eail , . 7:12 a.m. M'rtury. rliti . 1:24 a.m. .01 stone of U.S. hemispheric policy. Rather, he chose to base his action on the 1347 treaty of Rio, Articles 6 and S. The first of these deals with "aggression which is not an armed attack" and pro vides for consultation among the American republics on measures which must be taken. The second says. "For the purposes of this Communist Ships Heading Toward Castro's Island Actual Blockade Waits Proclamation Washington -IUPH- The Unit ed States and Russia neared a potential hot showdown in the cold war today as Commu nist ships plowed through the Atlantic toward a U. S. tlpct blockading offensive arms shipments to Cuba. The test of purpose and strength could come by night fall. A Defense Department spokesman said Monday night the U. S. forces were expected to encounter the first Soviet bloc ships within 24 to 48 hours by tonight or Wed nesday night. Not Yet in Effect V Technically, the block a d e announced by President Ken nedy Monday night was not yet in effect. But U. S. ves sels already were patrolling the Atlantic In the greatest crisis since Korea, and possi bly since World War II. Diplomatic officials said U. S. ships and planes which swept Into the Caribbean would not actually begin stop ping' and searching foreign vessels until the President Is sues a formal order proclaim ing the blockade later today. But all was in readiness. Normally 13 to 20 ships have been in the Communist pipeline carrying military and other supplies to Cuba. During the past few days, the United States had moved more than 40 ships and 20,000 men into the Caribbean area. All U. S forces were on an alert basis. Defense officials said the blockade line would be ex tremely flexible. The plan. they said, was to spot ships by plane as soon as there was any suspicion they were head ed for Cuba. If tracking con firmed the island was their destination, they would be In tercepted at sea. Such ships first would be requested to stop for search. If a vessel refused, a shot would be fire across its bow. If it still failed to stop, this country's ships would be free to try to sink it. Kennedy's blockade deci sion was disclosed to the na tion via television Monday night. Even as he spoke in calm, matter-of-fact fashion, ships, planes and men were moving into position to en force the arms quarantine. The blockading forces were especially on the lookout for a huge Soviet ship specially rigged to carry ballistic mis siles, a spokesman said. The ship was reported to have re cently made a delivery to Cuba, and if it followed Its normal schedule, would turn up again in a week to 10 days. Hatfield Denies Thornton's Request For Independent Withycombe Probe Salem - (ITJ - Republican Gov. Mark Hatfield Monday refused to authorize Alty. Gen. Robert V. Thornton to make an independent Investi gation into the disappearance of surplus property at Camp Withycombe I n Clackamas county. He charged Thornton, his Democratic opponent for gov ernor, with trying to "make political capital out of this sad occurrence In the history of our National Guard." Report Withheld Hatfield also refused to re lease the report of the state police investigation at Camp Withycombe, ordered by Hat field. In a letter replying lo Up To treaty, the measures on which the organ of consultation may agree will comprise one or more of the following: Recall of chiefs of diplomatic mis sions; breaking of diplomatic relations; breaking of con sular relations; partial or complete interruption of eco nomic relations or of rail, sea, air, postal, telegraphic, telephonic and radio-telephonic or radio telegraphic com CARIBBEAN SEA Swift Security Council Action Asked in United Nations, N.Y.-IUPIi- The United States today sought swift Security Council action on the Soviet u.isslle build-up In Cuba and the Cu ban government also pressed for a meeting on what it termed an American "act of war." The 1 1-member council was summoned to meet at noon today. U.S. Ambassador Adlal E. Stevenson asked Monday night for an urgent session of the council, charging that Russia secretly had installed long-range missiles and other offensive weapons In Premier Fidel Castro's country. Cuba Requests Meeting Ironically, the liming of the meeting depended on So viet Deputy Foreign Minister Turkey, Berlin Eyed Anxiously As Trouble Spots Washington -(UPtl- Turkey along with embattled Berlin, was eyed anxiously today by U. S. strategists as a possible area for Communist counter moves in the wake of the U.S. quarantine of Cuba. Informed sources said. thai both Berlin and Turkey fig ured prominently In Monday's White House meetings be tween President Kennedy, his top aides and congressional leaders from both parties. The possibility of some Communist move against Iran was also discussed along with obvious spots In the Far East. Retaliatory 8teps In their discussion of pos sible Sino - Soviet counter moves, participants In the White House talks were said to have been briefed on a communication from British Prime Minister Harold Mac mlllan. It dealt wilh possible retaliatory steps among other things. Turkey, a long-time U. S. ally situated on the Russian border, is viewed as a con stant cold war danger spot With Russian submarines known to ply the Black Sea, moves on land or sea have been considered possible there. . The possibility that the U S. naval blockade against Cuba might increase the threat to Turkey was said to have been among the matters considered by U. S, strategists. Thornton's demand lost week for an inventory and other data, Hatfield said discrepan cies In the handling of $0,300 worth of property at the camp "came to light soon after the death of Gen. Hlnlz." mean ing the late Oregon Adjutant General Alfred E. Hintz. Raised Questions, Too Hatfield said Hlnlz is "the only person who could answer most of the questions you have raised - many of which arc ones I have raised from the beginning of this case. But unless you possess some super human quality that enables you to take testimony from one who no longer Is alive, 1 can see no purpose served In authorizing the inlcpendenl Kremlin munications; and use of arm ed force." A number of Latin Ameri can nations, notably Mexico, Brazil and Chile, have been reluctant to agree to any kind of intervention against Cas tro's Cuba. U.S. photographic evidence of the offensive nature of the Cuban military build-up will be the new factor in seeking their support. Crisis Valerian A. Zorin, Russia's chief delegate, who is council president for October under the rotation system. Stevenson's action was fol lowed this morning by Cuba's call for a meeting in a letter to Zorin from Dr. Garcia In chaustcgul, Cuban delegate to . the United Nations. "The United Stales govern ment is carrying out this act of war in disregard of the in ternational organizations; in particular in absolute con tempt of the Security Council , . . and is creating an immi nent danger of war," the let ter said. , The United States draft pro posal submitted to the coun cil asked that it demand "im mediate dismantling and with drawal" of missiles under United Nations' supervision. The American resolution was almost certain to be ve toed by the Soviet Union it 11 did gain the required seven votes on the council. May Go to Assembly If, as expected, the Soviet Union vetoes any such reso lution, the United States then could take the case into the 110-member General Assem bly as has been done in past instances where Russia block ed Security Council action. Aside froin Russia and the United States, the other mem bers of the Security Council now are Nationalist China, Britain, France, Chile, Ghana, Ireland, Romania, the United Arab Republic and Venezuela. In London, the Foreign Of fice said Sir Patrick Dean, permanent head of the Brit ish delegation to the United Nations, had been instructed to support the American re quest for Security Council recommendations to end the Cuban danger. 103 Rescued as Airliner Ditches Sitka, Alaska - lOT - A passenger wrenched his back, a baby swallowed too much salt water and the pilot suf fered a sprained ankle. This was the extent of in juries Monday when a North west Airlines DC7 with 103 persons aboard ditched in the Pacific Ocean about 17 miles from here. Everyone aboard the mil itary charter flight from Mc Chord Air Force Base, Wash., to Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage, Alaska, was rescued before the plane sank 23 minutes after it hit the wa ter. Investigation which you re quest," Hatfield said. A full probe ensued after Hintz' death, Hatfield said, and all Information was turned over to the Clackamas county grand jury, which closed the case, although call ing Thornton before it last week because of statements by Thornton that as much as (60,000 worth of missfng goods might be involved. Hatfield said the grand jury "apparently found your testi mony to be without sufficient basis." The governor also noted that he appointed a special military board of Inquiry to investigate, and It did, with the findings published.