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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
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OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1962
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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
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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.
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Qjvl pefense Mobilized
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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.
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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.
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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.