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Newspaper Page Textmi. mm T Rogue Valley Edition. Medford 56 Pages Six Sections United States, Russia low Tojl Secretary's Appeal Kennedy's Reply Fails To Reveal , Blockade Plans Russia Ready To Accept Conditions Washington - TPD - While House officials said flatly today thai the U.S. Naval blockade against offensive arms shipments to Cuba "will continue." United Nations, NY. -0IPH-The United Slates agreed to day to Acting Secretary Gen eral Thant's proposal for talks to discuss arrangements for easing the Cuban crisis. But President Kennedy's re ply to Thant's appeal did not state whether the United States would accept his pro posal for the lifting of the Cuban blockade and the sus pension of Soviet arms ship ments for a two to three weeks period. The Soviet news agency Tass announced from Moscow that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchpv had informed Thant that Russia was ready to accept the double-barclled conditions: Kennedy's reply to Thant said in part: . "As we made clear in (he Security Council, the. Misting threat was created by the se cret introduction of offensive weapons Into Cuba, and the answer lies in the removal ni such weapons. "You have made certain suggestions and have invited preliminary talks to determine whether satisfactory arrange- menls can be assured. "Ambassador Stevenson is i ready to discuss promptly ; these arrangements with you. Tass. reporting Khru shchev's reply, said: "Nikita Khrushchev replied to U Thant that he agreed to his proposal on the suspension j for two to three weeks of all arms shipments to Cuba on the one hand and of the quar antine measures involving the searching of ships proclaimed i by the United States on Ihc j other hand." "I declare to you that I agree with your suggestion which is in the interests of peace." K h r u s h chev told Thant. Sleel Executives Fined by Court New York - UPP - Five steel I structures will be for Bul company executives who had j ler Creek rd., 277 feet long, pleaded no contest in an anti-j and East Main sl., 385 feel trust indictment today were long, both over the freeway, fined a total of $44,000 in fed- i and a third 343-foot long struc eral court. jture at the South Ashland At the same time, Judge Interchange. This project is Sylvester J. Ryan refused to 0 be completed next spring. acceDt similar pleas of no contest by four corporations and a trade association indict ed for price fixing and bid rigging in the sale of steel forgings to the government and other customers. No dale was set for the trial of the companies. The highest fine of S20.nno was imposed on Robert B. Heppenstall Sr. of the Mid vale - Heppenstall Co. F.mil Lang. 77, hoard chairman of Erie Forgr and Sleel Corp. was prrrnitled hy the court to fix his own fine at $10,000. A fine nf $1,500 was im posed on Robert S. Barnes, and $7,300 on Erg Rugney. both of Bethlehem Sleel Co Homer Lackey. Erie Forge prpsidenl was fined $5,000. IWS(f)BRiEFS (TIMS IIOM 'ft CI ' AHOUND THI OlOII RUSSIA BLAMED FOR RADIATION BELT ' V ""y T' ' Fof W.,hingon-m-Offici.l source, indicated today lh.1 a 6 bv rc submitted re high .lt.lud. nuclear explosion triggered by Russia earl, ; w dWrtoe ne Monday creeled new artifici.l radiation belt around the ; ""J Oincl. be '''" ; The Phoenix board said it i"is opposed to the consolida- RUSSIANS STACE DEMONSTRATION ' tion nf the two districts, and Moscow - IPt - Demonstrators protesting President Ken- j would make every effort to nedy's Cuban blockade gathered outside the U.S. Embeny relain its present status, thai lor the second straight dey today, chanting "hands oil Cuba" ; nf a separate unified adminis and picketing the building with placards. I trative school district." MEDFORD, as. s, . ji ast i-'f1 SECRETARY APPEALS tary General Thant appeals mier Nikita Khrushchev to r. S - fit XV-',' , , Highway Agency Calls for Bids on Area Freeway Work Bicis 011 sta(e highway pro nis in .tai-kson cntintv. ex pecteti to total more than $2.7 million, will be opened Oct. 30 at the highway commission office in Salem One of the projects pav ing and signing of the North Ashland Interchange South Ashland Interchange section I of Interstate 5 - will com- plete the interstate freeway system from 10 miles north of Grants Pass to the south end nf the project, three miles south of Ashland. The total ! distance will be approximate ' ly 55 miles. The project is scheduled for completion next fall. Commis sion estimates for the Ash land area freeway project is $2.1 million. Olhcr projects will include the construction of three 1 structures on the same lnter ! state 5 'section at an esti ! mated cost of $340,000. The Freeway Access Other projects concern free way access to one slate park WEATHER FOIUXAST: -Mehl and mnrn tnE fnc: otherwise, fair through I Fridav. Low tomcht n-4fl. HtKh : Friday fin-fit. ' Temp. I Miehet Yesterday in Lowest Thts .Morning ... 40 ' jOur Skies Tonight Sunset tnrtav . Vis p.m. ' Sunrise tomorrow . . fi:17 a.m ! I The Moon rises 4-10 m. j ' tomorrow and It In Apogee. ' New Moon Ort. 2 ' I visini.t PI. VKT luptter. In the southeast at sunset, will he In the . southwest 1 1 :fle p m. ' ' tsatitrn. low In south- i .west S1I pis ; stars, tn the east z a m. i Merrnrv. helow the Moon OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1962 - - . - & sY s , v x Acting Secre-( arms to Cuba. At the same time he asked to Soviet Pre-' President Kennedy to suspend the U.S. naval stop shipping blockade of Fidel Castro's island. (UPI) and another for constructing additional facilities. One project, estimated to cost approximately $166,000, will be for grading, paving, roadside improvement, and signing work on the Valley of of the Rogue State park about two miles south of Rogue Riv er. Plans call for interchange ramps on the east and west sides of the highway to pro vide access for both north and southbound traffic. The areas between the in terchange roads and highway will be seeded to grass with trees planted to provide a screen against light glare from oncoming train traffic, state highway department officials noted. The project is scheduled tor completion next spring. Park Improvements Facilities at Casey State park on (he Trail-Crater Lake highway about 29 miles from Medford, are scheduled for ex pansion. The project, to cost an estimated $9,000 to be com pleted next spring, will pro vide sanitary disposal, water, and electrical service. The fifth project, on which bids have been called, is for widening a bridge over Evans creek on North River rd. in Rogue River. This project will be financed by Jackson coun ty with the bid work done by the stale. The bridge, to cost an esti mated $62,000 will be widen ed to 26 feet. Traffic will use the existing bridge during widening operations, it was noted. Phoenix Board Is Opposed To Plan Phoenix The Phoenix j school board this week adopt- led a resolution expressing op position to a proposal to join ' the iMcdford and Phoenix ! school districts. A public hearing on the ; proposal will be held Thurs day, Nov. 8. in the Jackson j county courthoiue auditori um. The hearing was called ; by the Jackson county rural cr.tsr.nl knarri ,1,-. Tribune " "' Gromyko's Return Expected To Shape Policy on Cuba Moscow-HIPii-Western diplo mats anticipated that Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's Cuban policy would take more defi nite shape today with the re turn of Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko from the Unit ed States. Gromyko, who conferred with President Kennedy last week before the announce ment of the U.S. naval block ade against milifarv shinmentx- I tn Pur,!, rtn.l, hantr tn Mnenn,,, Wednesday from a stopover in East Germany. Kennedy, in his television address to the American peo ple on Monday night, report ed that Gromyko had told him last Thursday that Soviet aid to Cuba was for defensive purposes- only, nnl offensive, Kennedy labeled the state ment "false." Although there was no offi cial word, it was assumed that Gromyko and Khru shchev started conferring on the situation immediately. Unorthodox Meant Characteristically, Khru shchev used unorthodox means to give his first reac tion to the blockade - a three hour interview with an Amer ican businessman and a let ter to a British philosopher. The Soviet premier receiv ed William Knox, president of Westinghouse Electric In ternational, and chatted with him for three hours Wednes day in what apparently was his first direct talk with an American since the blockade announcement. There was no word in Mos cow on the substance of their lalks hut it was expected Knox would rush to Wash ington when he returns to the United State tonight. Khrushchev's letter went ! to Bertrand Russell, the B0 j year-old British philosopher 'who had wired the Soviet pre !mier his fears that the crisis ! would erupt into a nucclar ! war. Invasion of Cuba ' Said Possibility l San Francisco t'Pli- Sen. j Thomas H. Kuchel (R-Calif ) said today a U.S. invasion or )i pin-point bombing nf Cuba : was a possibility within the ; next few days. ; Kuchel. returning here aft er hi p artisan conferences iwith President Kennedy, said ithp military blockade was I only a first step in action which may he necessary In prevent Soviet use of Cuba as a nuclear launching pad. 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 186 A Glance at Cuban Crisis By United Press International PENT AGON -The Defense Department discloses that a Soviet tanker carrying petroleum, not considered an offensive cargo under the blockade proclamation, was allowed to proceed to Cuba after being intercept ed by the Navy this morn ing. Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Sylvester says "at least & doton" oth er Soviet vessels en route to Cuba had turned back, presumably because- they are carrying "offensive ma terials." The depart' tent re leases aerial photos show ing missile sites in Cuba. ' WHITE HOUSE-Congres-sional leaders, sent home by the President after sec ond briefing on the crisis, directed to be available for return within eight hours. Regional conferences set up for briefing of congress men today. Cabinet mem bers withdrawn from poli tical campaign. MOSCOW-Soviet Premier Khrushchev, in a letter to Earl Bertrand Russell, sug gests a summit meeting and promises Russia "wilt not take any reckless deci sions." Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko returns to Moscow today from the United States, UNITED NATIONS-U.N. Acting Secretary General Thant calls lor Russia and United States to withhold Cuba action for two weeks, to allow time for negotia tion. President Kennedy re ported considering plan un acceptable becaute it does not provide for suspension of construction of missile sites or assurance that sitae already completed would be dismantled. U.S. (tends firm on assertion that block ade will continue until So viet arms build-up in Cuba ceases. Security Council re sumes meeting at noon to day. WASHINGTON - Organ iiation of American States endorses the "us oi aim ed force" to carry out the quarantine of Cuba by a 19-0 vole. HAVANA - Government puts controls on eantumtr goods to halt wave of panic buying. MilJitary prepara tions speed up, with em placement of machine guns and antiaircraft weapons, VATICAN CITY - ?op John XXIII issues an "an guished cry" to world lead ers to "spare the world the horrors ol war that would have disastrous conse quences such as nobody can foresee." Messages 22 tot In Favor of Stand Washington-dlPn-The While House said today ft has re ceived telegrams on Presi dent Kennedy's Cuba embar go speech with the messages running 22-1 in favor of the President's stand. While there were no com parative statistics readily available, some White House veterans- thought that the in flux of telegrams was the heaviest in such fl brief period since the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945. "The mail is ver.- heavy," Press Secretary Pierre Salin ger said. But he said there were no statistics available on letters hecause " 're slill trying to dig out from under the telegrams-.'' At the same lime, he said the While House had not been able to locate any telegrams from British philosopher Bert rand Russell. Russell said he had sent messages to Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on the Cuba crisis. Portland Storm Cost Said Above $2 Million Portland - 1Tfi - City offi cials estimatrd today that more than $". million damage was causec" to public facilities !n Portland by the Oct. 12 windstorm. City Commissioner William Bowes said it would result in some services being elimi nated and others curtailed be cause nf the drain on the city budget. Petrobn, cargo Not Included in Embargo Order Af Leasf 12 Ships Change Course Washington -WW- A U.S. Navy blockade ship intercept ed a Russian tanker in the At lantic today but let it proceed through the quarantine ring to Cuba because no prohibited materials were aboard. The high seas encounter was the first reported since President Kennedy ordered the naval blockade to cut off the flow of Communist mis siles and other aggressive weapons to the Fidel Castro regime. Ships Turn Back The Defense Department said that, at least 12 other .So viet ships which might be carrying offensive material had turned hark presumably rather than meet the block ade head-on. Reports from congressmen and governors attending a Slate Department briefing in New York City said the only contact was by radio and that there was no boarding party. There was no official con firmation of this here. But the Defense Department an nouncement indicated that the tensely waited meeting be tween a Russian and a U.S. ship had occurred without in cident. New Jersey Gov. Richard J. Hughes, who was present for the New York briefing. said the Soviet captain an swered a radio message from the U.S. ship. No Ban on Petroleum The Soviet captain, accord ing to another congressman, said his cargo consisted of pe- Ltroleum. There has been no ban on shipments of this to Cuba. Hughes also said there was "other 1 n f o r m a tion" that made it unnecessary to board the ship. In Washington, there was speculation that the ves sel and the nature of its cargo may have been known in ad vance through intelligence ac tivities. Ring in Place The U.S. blockade ring around Cuba was firmly In place today and there were no signs this would be changed. President Kennedy replied to UN Secretary General Thant's proposal that he lift the block ade temporarily to allow lor negotiations over the crisis. The reply was not imme diately made public. But U.S. officials were said to feel that lifting the quarantine would be folly as long as there was no guarantee that Russia will stop its arms shipments. State Rests Case In Homicide Trial Thp state rested iLi case this morning In the trial of Keith Edward Sc-hroeder. 30, of route 3, box 195, Medford, who is charged with negligent homicide. The trial started Monday in Jackson county circuit court. Immediately following the state's testimony, E. A. Piaz za, lawyer for the defendant, presented motions beore the court charging that the state had tailed to prove negligence in the case. The charge against Schrne der was filed following an ac cident on Highway 99 near Bear Creek orchards April 8 when the vehicle he was driv ing struck a car operated by Annie Matildia Innes. 6R, of 1059 Morrow rd., Medford, who died In the accident. I' " iMOOIr ON IAUNIH m :,-llgffjtHlmiAgs ,."- -. - -zjr-' .V.V .aTJ t3- "v K IrkT 1 s V'rSW? V AERIAL PHOTO This is one nf a series nf aerial reron- naissante photos released by the Pentagon in Washington, Qjvl pefense Mobilized , . . . M VMS John Steinbeck Awarded Nobel Literature Prize Stockholm -IttWi- Calilornia born John Steinbeck, whose novel "The Grapes of Wrath" ranks as one of the classics of 20th century American fic tion, today was awarded the 1962 None! Prize for litera ture. Steinbeck, who rose to fame in the 1930s with novels and short stories that reflect ed the "common people" and the depressed economic con ditions ol the ago, thus be came the sixth American to receive the Nobel award. The other five were Wil liam Faulkner, Ernest Hem ingway, Sinclair Lewis, Pearl Buck, and playwright Eugene O'Neill. Steinbeck was born on Feb-. 27, 1902 in Salinas, Cal if., a seclion that provided the background for many of his novels and stories. 'Make Up Yout Own.' Once, when asked to fur nish biographic information, Steinbeck said: "Please feel Irce to make up your own facts about me as you need them. 1 can't re member how mucn of me really happened and how much I invented . . . biog raphy by its very nature must be half-fiction." ' The Swedish Academy of Letters, in naming Steinbeck the recipient of (he award, praised the American novelist for "his at one and the same time realistic and Imagina tive writings, distinguished as they are hy a sympathetic humor and social perception. Steinbeck's. I i r t three books sold only a few thou sand copies and he languish ed in obscurity until the pub lication of "Tortilla Flat" In 1935. Labor Novels "Tortilla Flat." the story of Mexican and other loreign laborers in California, was a prelude to his classic sludy of another group of laborers Macmiilan Raps Missile Build-Up London - IIIPD - Prime Min ister Harold Macmiilan fold the House of Commons today (he Russian missile build-up In Cuba was "a deliberate adven ture designed to test the abil ity and determination of the United Stales." To cheers of "hear, hear" from Conservative and Labor benches alike, the prime min ister declared: "There must be no break or wavering amongst the Al lies. That perhaps, is the main purpose of the Russian Initi ative." A review of the Cuban crises was the first order of business when Parliament re assembled to close out the ses sion after a summer recess. The new session will convene next Tuesday. Macmiilan reviewed the facts of (he U.S. arm blo-jK ade and told the House, of Commons nf the events lead ing up to it. Foreign Secre tary Lord Home gave a simi lar flll-ln to the House ol Lords. QX GUUd.. UflSIS fl Li JOHN STEINBECK Sixth American Winner the mfsory-forn "Okies" in "The Grapes of. Wrath." Following the success of Tortilla Flat," Steinbeck moved into the political realm with the publication ol "In Dubious Battle, a portrait of background communist movements in a strike of Cali fornia fruit pickers. One nf his most sympathet ic and famous novels was his next published, "Of Mice and Men, the study of two itin erant farm hands. Steinbeck received full crit ical acclaim In 1939 when "The Grapes of Wrath" was published. Capitol Grounds Restoration Eyed Salem -iimu The Capitol f'tflrtmng- Commission today marie recommendation for rs- storing the capifof grounds nit nard by the big Columbus day storm. One of the recommenda tions lo the secretary of state was for lull restora tion of the circuit rider statue east of the canitnl. It war toppled by the storm, and is sun resting pn lis head, Jiorse and all. James 1,. llnncon Vnnenti. ver, Wash., sculptor, eslimatr ea cost ol repairing the statue at between $3,800 and $5,400. He valued the statue at 000. A stained glass skylight fn the Supreme .Court building will cast SH.Oan tn rml. the commission wast told. Sixty-seven tree were de stroyed on the grounds, and 24 others had heavv daman. The commission favored re placement by a combination of larRe and small trees. The Bnlrion nioneer nlnn the capitol escaped damage. An engineer said the aiaine- was not weakened by ihe storm eitiier. TO ATTEND MEETING Salem - WPII - William A. Callahan of Portland, state in dustrial accident commission er, will attend the labor con ference of the National Safe ly Congress in Chicago start ing Saturday. rt, 7 I " aHa.ii Hi, JaiMsaaHBMJ . ..-A It shows a medium range ballistic missile base In CV, with Ihe various Installations as labeled. (UPI) Sales ol Food, Survival Supplies Shoot Upward Recrwifing Stations Report InYistments By United Press Jnlemeijonal Governors and . mayors throughout the country today spurred mobilization of Amer ica's civil defense fit the face of the mounting Cuban crisis. Safes of food and survival supplies shot up In scattered areas from Florida to Califor nia. Several big city recruit ing stations reported increased enlistments, and queries about draft status flooded oth ers. New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller called a meeting of the National Governors Committee on Civil Defense for Saturday at the Pentagon in Washington. Concern Echoed Rockefeller said he wanted "lo be sure that the states take every step necessary to be In maximum readiness." His concern was echoed across the nation. All congressmen will be brought up to date on the cris is In five regional meetings scheduled today and Friday at New Vork, Chicago, Atlanta, Ga Fort Worth, Tex., and San Francisco. The meetinfa were called by the State De partment. . At least six governors tem porarily interrupted their po litical campaigns because of the crisis, including Gov. Ed mund G. Brown of Calif ornta who planned to spend the week, end In Washington. Lost Angeles city and civil rielense otiiclals sought to pre vent another run on canned ' goods and bottled water, re ported Wednesday ' In the , metropolian area. The heavy buying followed a suggestion by (he city civil defense di rector, Joseph M. Quinn, that residents buy a two-week sup ply of food. Normal Pncaufion Acting Los Angeles Mayor , Harold Henry called the sug gestion a "normal precau tion" and "nothing new." He said, "there Is no 'cause tor . alarm" regarding food sup plies in the city. In many cases, civil de fense authorities' planned to reveal Immediately the loca tion of buildings designated as emergency fallout shelters for hundreds nf thousands of people. The drive lo stock, them wfth emergency rations got under vay. In Utah, state agencies, de partments anA cWi deiense units were on a standby alert. Trailer House Blast Hurts Portland Man Portland - niPtl - George Kosch, AS, Portland sullered serious burns this morning when his frailer house was nearly demolished by an. ex plosion. Kosch was teported In, se rious condition at Providence hospital. An operator of the Cherry Grove TTailer Court Just east of Portland said an explosion ripped through the trailer. Cause of the blast and sub sequent lire was not Imroedl- . I alely known.