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CUBAN TRANSPORTATION This photo,
obtained from the Cuban magazine Bohemia
Libre, now published in exile in New York,
shows Cubans traveling in crude cattle cars
converted for use in passenger trains, ac
cording to the magazine. Bohemia Libre
ATTEND BRIEFING Oregon legislators
are shown in San Francisco, where they
attended a briefing of western governors
and congressmen on the Cuban crisis. From
left, they are Rep. Edwin Durno, fourth
Durno Claims Evidence Shows
issile Build-Up on Cuban Soil
San Francisco Evidence
that Russia has emplaced me
dium range and intermediate
range ballistic missiles in Cu
ba is "incontrovertible," Con
gressman Edwin R. Durno (K
4th Ore.) said today.
He spoke following a two
hour briefing by state depart
ment officials for some 50 to
75 governors, congressmen,
senators and others from the
Oregon Job Growth
Said Under Average
Portland-iUPD-The Democra
tic candidate for governor,
Ally. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn
Ion, said Thursday night Ore
gon's growth in employment
is 22 per cent below the rest
of the nation.
"Despite the rosy publicity
flowing from the governor's
office," he said, meaning GOP
Gov. Mark Hatfield, "Ore
gon's economy is just not
moving ahead with the rest
of the country and certainly
not with Washington and
California."
Thornton said employment
figures show that in the last
three years of the Hatfield ad
ministration, total average
annual employment in manu
facturing dropped from 146.
700 in 1959 to 138.600 in
1981.
Likewise, jobs in lumber
and wood products fell from
74.700 in 1959 to 66.900 in
1961. Thornton said. In food
processing, total employment
averaged 21.400 in 1959 but
by 1961 it dropped to 20.800,
he added.
CONVENTION SET
Eugene OTP- The Oregon
Motor Court Association and
the Oregon Mobilhome Park
Association will open their
18th annual convention here
Sunday.
KWStQhBflES
IUMS FROM m Xr AROUND THI OlOII
RUSSIA CALLS WESTERN DIPLOMATS
Moscow-JlPI-The Soviet Fortign Ministry has ordered a
number of Western diplomats who have been traveling
through the Soviet Union io return to Moscow, it wat learn
ed today.
EAST GERMAN GUARDS DELAY TRAFFIC
Berlin-"! PI East German Communist guards resorted lo
harassing tactics today that seriously delayed Wast German
traffic on the 110-mile super-highway linking Berlin lo the
West.
DE GAULLE WARNS FRENCH NATION
ParisIPI-President Charles da Gaulle delivered a new
warning to the French nation today that he will quit at one
unless it gives him a sweeping "yes" vote in Sunday's con
stitutional referendum.
district Republican; Congressman Al Ull
man, second district Democrat; Congress
woman Edith Green, third district Demo
crat, and Congressman Walter Norblad, first
district Republican. (UPI)
western statesiiere this morn
ing. Gov. Mark Hatfield and
all four Oregon Congressmen
attended.
The officials were shown
pictures taken of emplace
ments on Cuban soil, Con
gressman Durno said, and
were shown the sites of both
medium and intermediate
range missiles, as well as
bombers and MIG fighter
planes.
Rep. Durno said the state
department is convinced that
Soviet technicians and soldiers
have entirely taken over the
military resources of Cuba,
and have the missiles under
their, rather than Cuban, con
trol. The current blockade or
quarantine of Cuba is Phase
1 of President Kennedy's pro
gram, the congressman said,
with Phase 2 being a morato
rium on more missile ship
ments, and Phase 3 being the
'Do Not Disturb'
Signs Available
Signs for elderly and ill
people asking Halloween trick
or treaters to refrain from dis
turbing them are available
from the two junior high
schools in Medford.
Residents west of Bear
creek desiring a "Do Not Dis
turb" sign should telephone
McLoughlin Junior High
school at 773-4513, and those
living east of Bear creek
should call Hcdrick Junior
High at 772-7186.
Signs will be delivered be
fore Halloween, and picked
up the next day.
Residents wishing one of
the signs should call the school
in his area prior to Tuesday,
school officials said.
The project is sponsored
each year by the student bod
ies of the schools.
5S Washinglon--The State PliJl F I U L I 3 1 1 I 1 5 WAT
was made necessary by shortage of rolling Department made clear today HIE D Hwl EM VVIMSHIV vJV
n rhn rimari.; the maeazinp said, that "further action of an pM i. '
nliostion of how tn see that
the offensive weapons now in
Luba are removed
San Francisco - IUPH - Ore
gon Gov. Mark Hatfield
emerged from a U.S. State
Department briefing on the
Cuban crisis here today and
said the public "is being kept
well informed" as tn U.S. ac
tion. He was one of 10 Western
governors at the conference,
along with about 40 congress
men and senators, including
Oregon House members.
Hatfield said the briefing,
also conducted by a Defense
Department spokesman, went
into details on the Soviet
build-up in Cuba, including
number and type of weapons,
but the details cannot be
made public.
Hatfield also said there is
a "very strong determination
to stand by our actions and
not back down whatsoever."
Rep. Walter Norblad (R
Ore.) said the briefing reveal
ed that no missile in Cuba
has the capacity to strike ei
ther Oregon or Washington,
and that the build-up in Cuba
is nowhere near that capaci
ty. Contract Awarded
For Work at Lake
A contract for widening,
realigning and paving lO'a
miles of Highway 62 between
Annie Springs and the south
entrance to Crater Lake Na
tional park has been award
ed to a Portland firm.
According to Sen. Maurinc
Neuberger, Acme Construc
tion company was awarded
the contract for $816,994.
Crater Lake park officials
said construction is expected
to start early next summer
and is to be completed in 180
c-.lrhdar days. The highway
will be 20 feet wide with
three, foot shoulders.
Recently completed was the
highway from Anne Springs
north to the lake's rim. Sched
uled as the next project fol
lowing the completion of the
contract just awarded will be
rebuilding the remainder of
the Highway 62 tie-in from
Annie Springs to the west
park entrance.
I Hospital Employees
Fail To Cast Votes
Salem - 1?n - Less than
! 200 of the 900 employees of
i the state hospital here showed
up at the Eagles Hall for a
i vote on whether to join a un-
ion.
i No vote was held and Frank
' B. Hippie of Public Employ
! ees Council No 12, Portland,
1 said another attempt will be
made to get registrations here
Tuesday.
Washington-IUPD-The Slate
Department made clear today
that "further action" of an
unspecified nature is being
considered to deal with the
continuing Soviet m i s s 1 e
build-up in Cuba.
State Department press of
ficer Lincoln White stressed
in a statement to reporters
that construction of medium
and intermediate missile fa
cilities in Cuba still is going
on.
White called newsmen's at
tention to President Kenne
dy's statement over nation
wide television Monday that
should "offensive military
preparations in Cuba con
tinue, thus increasing the
threat to the hemisphere, fur
ther action will be justified."
While did not elaborate.
White issued his statement
after Adlai Stevenson, U.S.
ambassador to the United Na
tions, was called to Washing
ton for an unscheduled White
House conference during the
morning.
At the same time, it was
learned that President Ken
nedy would cancel his sched
uled trip to Brazil next month
because of the crisis.
Secretary of State Dean
Rusk, ambassador at large
Lewcllyn Thompson and U.S.
disarmament chief William
Foster arrived at the White
House shortly after Steven
son. Rusk is a member of the ex
ecutive committee of the Na
tional Security Council which
has been holding daily meet
ings with Kennedy at the
White House during the crisis.
Thompson, a former am
bassador to Russia and an ex
pert in Soviet affairs, and Fos
ter are not members of the
committee.
Missing Paintings
Found in California
Ashland Two paintings
by a Leaburg, Ore., artist,
missing since the close of an
Ashland art exhibit early in
September, have been recov
ered in California, Ashland
police said today.
The two paintings valued
at $600 were part of an origi
nal group of five, valued at
about S970, that was discov
ered missing after the exhibit
at the Mark Antony hotel
closed.
The paintings were all by
Mrs. Veltie Pruilt.
Ashland police recovered
three of the five Sept. 7 in
Ashland. Later officers receiv
ed a tip that the other two
had been seen on the bedroom
wall of a 17-year-old Ashland
juvenile.
Upon investigation, howev
er, it was discovered that the
juvenile had since moved to
Fairfield, Calif.
Authorities in Fairfield
were contacted, and they sub
sequently apprehended the
youth, who admitted taking
the two paintings.
The disposition of the youth
is pending further directions
from juvenile authorities, Ash
land police said.
Valley View Paving
Nears Completion
Crews from M. C. Lininger
and Sons Construction com
pany are expected to com
plete the paving of a portion
of Valley View dr. today, ac
cording to City Manager Rob
ert Duff.
Valley View dr. will be
paved from East Main st. to
Hillcrest rd. Paving of East
Main st. from 150 feet north
of Eastwood dr. to Valley
View dr. is expected to begin
early next week, Duff said.
Manager of Portland
Store Robbery Victim
Portland - HTIi - A holdup
man. driving a new car, forc
ed the manager of a southeast
Portland Safeway store lo
open the safe and escaped
with an undetermined amount
of cash today.
Manager Don Bevans taid
the bandit carried a gun. He
said the robber was driving
a 1962 to 1963 car that had no
license plates. The holdup oc
curred about 10 a m.
I Merrill m The 26th an
i nual Klamath Basin Potato
Festival will open here to
- night. Some 2.500 persons are
rxprcted for the fvent
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Chinese Troops
Threaten Border
Capital City
Another Column
Near Burma Border
New Delhi, India -IUPD- The
novernmcnl proclaimed a
stale of emergency through
out India tonight.
There was no immediate ex
planation of the move.
But it came as an Indian
spokesman announced that
Communist Chinese troops
have driven deeper into India,
threatening the northwestern
border capital town of Bom
dilla. Parliament To Meet
The disclosure of new Com
munist advances in the unde
clared border war with India
came as parliament made
plans to meet in "emergency
session a week from next
Thursday to deal with the Red
China menace.
The Indian spokesman said
the advance guard of some
10,000 Chinese troops that
Wednesday captured the mon
astery town of Towang Thurs
day swept five miles east of
the town and clashed with In
dian troops at Jang.
This is on the jeep track
to Bomdilla, the capital of the
Northeast Frontier Agency.
Another Chinese force has
driven 15 miles south from
Kibitoo near the Burmese
border, the spokesman said.
There was no immediate in
formation as to the matters
that would be discussed at the
emergency parliamentary ses
sion. Passes Captured
In the East, the radio claim
ed the capture of three stra
tegic passes and a bridge. New
China said that in the West,
advancing Chinese forces oust
ed Indian troops from strong
points north of the Chipchap
and Changlung river valleys.
Indian spokesmen admitted
heavy casualties. They offered
no figures, but claimed Chi
nese losses were "heavier,"
Duff To Attend
Portland Meeting
City Manager Robert Duff
expected to leave Medford to
day for Portland to attend a
meeting of the legislative com
mittee of the League of Ore
gon Cities.
The purpose of the meeting
is lo review proposed legis
lation that will be submitted
to the coming session of the
state leigslature. The commit
tee will make recommenda
tion with respect lo the pro
posed legislation, Duff said.
About 24 mayors and city
managers from Oregon com
munities are expected to at
tend the meeting, which will
be presided over by Portland
Mayor Terry D. Schrunk,
chairman of the League of
Oregon Cities.
TRUCKER FINED
Salem -OJPD- Public Utility
Commissioner Jonel C. Hill
said Thursday he has fined
Elmo V. Galleton of Curtin
$1,500 for hauling logs with
out proper authority from
Dougias county to a mill in
Cottage Grove.
WEATHER
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! day 60-65.
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Our Skies Tonight
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Mtmnrw tomorrow. 5:3d i.m.
New Moon Oct, 21 '
the planet. Mars, i
met 1 1 :4I p.m.
Its brilliance is now tm:reuiig
nrttfreahlv as tl move nearer '
the 1 arth at the rate of hnut
7 t0.fl(l0 mile per day.
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Rep. Grace Peck
Misses Portland
Welfare Meeting
Salem - WPli - Slate
Rep. Grace Peck (D
Portland) was the chief
battler in the 1961 leg
islature against moving
the Oregon Welfare
Commission from Port
land to Salem, but the
move was accomplished
anyway, more than a
year ago.
Since then she has
continued to attend each
monthly meeting of the
commission, as in years
past, trekking to Salem.
Mrs. Peck showed up
in Salem this morning,
for today's commission
meeting, too.
But the commission is
meeting in Portland.
SlSB
Thant in First
Moves To Freeze
Crisis in Cuba
United Nations, N. Y, (UPD-
Acting Secretary General
Thant started talks with the
United States, Russia and Cu
ba today in an effort to freeze
the Cuban crisis pending ne-
gotians for a settlement.
The United Nations an
nounced Thant would talk
separately with representa
tives of all three nations, start
ing with U. S. Ambassador
Adlai E Stevenson.
Then he planned to call In
Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
ister Valerian A. Zorin fol
lowed by Cuban Ambassador
Mario Garcia-Inchaustcgui.
It was possible all four
might sit down together later
on. Ths preliminary talks on
a Cuban standstill were ex
pected to lake three days.
Engaged In Battle
Thursday night Stevenson
and Zorin engaged in a gloves
off verbal exchange In the UN
Security Council.
The charges and counter
charges all but obscured of
ficial notification to the 11
natlon group that President
Kennedy and Soviet Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev had
agreed to seek a settlement
of the Cuban crisis.
Stevenson, seeking to Jus
tify the U.S. arms quarantine
on Castro Cuba, challenged
Zorin to deny that the Soviet
Union had provided medium
and long range nuclear mis
siles to the island country.
Zorin sidestepped. He prom
ised an answer "in due
course."
"I am prepared to wait for
my answer until hell freezes
over, Stevenson snapped. "I
am also prepared lo present
the evidence in this room."
The American then display
ed a series of aerial photo
graphs of Cuban missile bases
while an aide pointed nut
their significant points.
Ignored Photographs
At first, Zorin ignored the
photographs. But finally he
gave them a grudging glance
and then doubted their au
thenticity. Zorin charged that last
year Stevenson displayed pic
tures of a plane said to have
attacked Havana. The plane
turned out to be a U.S. B26
bomber, according to Zorin.
"What value is there in oil
your photographs?" the Rus
sian asked Stevenson. "One
who has lied once will not
be believed a second lime."
(See Story on Page 2A)
TITAN ROCKET FIRED
Cape Canaveral -1I.N1- The
United States today success
fully fired its mightiest war
rocket, a 10 -story Titan-2.
some 3,000 miles across the
Atlantic in a military test.
A Glance at : :X?
Cuban Crisis
PENTAGON: Defense De
partment announces Leba
nese freighter bound for
Cuba under Soviet charter
was boarded, searched and
allowed to proceed, about
180 mules northeast of Nas
sau. The boarding party met
no difficulty.
UNITED NATIONS: U.S.
Ambassador Adlai E. Ste
venson flies unexpectedly to
Washington for consulta
tions at the While House.
WHITE HOUSE: Kenne
dy agrees to talks on U
Thant proposal for two or
three-week freese of Ameri
can and Russian action, but
says blockade will continue
until missile menace in
Cuba is dispelled.
PENTAGON: Officials say
that work is continuing on
missile sites in Cuba. Indi
cations mount that more di
rect action than the block
ade will be taken if the sites
are not voluntarily disman
tled. MOSCOW: Khrush e h v
agrees io Thant proposal
for a moratorium, tn the
crisis. Personal relations be
tween Americans and Rus
sians in Moscow continue to
be friendly.
UNITED NATIONS: U
Thant starts talks today
with American, Russian and
Cuban diplomats. Security
Council was the scene
Thursday of a dramatic con
frontation, as Stevenson
challenged Zorin to deny
build-up in Cuba. Zorin
sidestepped Immediate an
swer. KEY WEST: Military
build-up continues in Flor
ida Keys, 90 miles from
Cuba.
Jury Deliberating
In Homicide Case
A Jackson county circuit
court Jury started deliberating
al noon today in the trial of
Keith Edward Schroeder, 30,
of route 3, box 195, Medford,
who is charged with negli
gent homicide.
Both Chief Deputy District
Attorney Thomas Owens and
Defense Counsel Eugene Pi
azza summed up their cases
this morning.
Piazza stated there Is rea
sonable doubt that Schroeder
was under the influence of
liquor when his car hit one
driven by Annie Matildia In
nes, 68, of 1059 Morrow rd.,
Medford, who died in the acci
dent. He also questioned that
Schroeder's declared speed of
about 50 miles per hour was
faster than road, weather and
traffic conditions prudently al
lowed. Owens pointed out In his
summary that two doctors
testified that Schroeder was
intoxicnled shortly after the
accident. He said Schroeder
was driving too fast to stop
in lime to avoid the collision.
J, 500 Pounds of
Pumpkins Taken From
Highway Fruit Stand
Somebody is preparing
for Halloween in a big way,
Jackson county sheriff's
deputies noted this morn
ing. Someone look from 1,500
to 2,000 pounds of pump
kins from Hartley's fruit
stand on Highway 99 near
Talent last night.
The pumpkins were In a
pile and on a cart behind
the roadside fruit stand,
Mrs. Florence Hartley re
ported. Reteil value would
be about $60. she told dopu-
57th Year Price 10 Cents
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ADLAI STEVENSON
Capitol Caller
Stevenson Flies
To Washington for
White House Talks
United Nations, N.Y. - !IM
- U.S. Ambassador Adlai E.
Stevenson postponed a morn
ing meeting with Acting Sec
retary General Thant today
and flew unannounced to
Washington for While House
consulations on the Cuban
crisis.
Stevenson was expected
back In New York later in
the afternoon when he was
scheduled lo hold his post
poned session with Thant.
U.S. Representatives Charles
W. Yost and Francis T. P.
Plimpton were substituted
for Stevenson for an 11:30
a.m. (EDT) meeting with
Thant,
The acting secretary gen
eral's talk with the U.S. dele
gates was his first in the ef
fort to freeze the Cuban cri
sis pending negotiations for
a settlement.
The United Nations an
nounced that Thant would
meet with Soviet Deputy For
eign Minister Valerian A. Zor
in al 4:30 p.m. and Cuban Am
bassador Mario Garcia In-
chaustegui at 5:30 p.m.
The U.S. delegation had no
comment on Stevenson's sud
den trip to Washington except
to say he was summoned for
consultations. In Washington
the White House said Presi
dent Kennedy wanted Steven
son to attend a strategy meet
ing this morning.
FIRE FATAL
Weston, Ore. TUPIl Howard
Caan, 45, Weston, died when
a fire destroyeo a rooming
house here Thursday.
Cost of Living Increases
Due to Farmers' Strike
Washington-OIPIl-The cost of
living rose six-lenlhs of one
per cent In September largely
because of a farmer's strike
that withheld meat from the
market, the Labor Depart
ment announced today.
This was the largest month
ly increase since February
1958
Considered Temporary
Ewan Clagut, commissioner
of labor statistics, said the
rise was considered tempor
ary. He said he expects the
consumer price Index to level
off during October.
A strike by the National
Farmers organization, in
which meat supplies were
withheld from the market In
$earCied;
Sno prohibited
Materials Found
Freighter Crew
Shows Cooperation
Washington - (UPn - Two
U.S. Navy destroyers halted
a Lebanese ship sailing under
Soviet charter to Cuba todjy,
boarded and searched it and
then allowed it to pass through
I the blockade.
The vessel, the 7,268 ton
freightet Marucla, was al
lowed to continue its passage
to Cuba because no prohibited
materials were found in its
cargo, the Defense Depart
ment announced.
First Incident
It was the first boarding in
cident since President Ken
nedy's quarantine of arms
shipments went into opera
tion. The freighter was order
ed to halt early this morn
ing by two destroyers on duty
about 180 miles northeast of
Nassau in the Bahamas.
The boarding party was
from the destroyers Joseph
P. Kennedy Jr., named for
President Kennedy's brother
who was killed during the
war while on a volunteer mis
sion over Europe, and the
Pierce.
In their messages to Wash
ington, the destroyer crews
reported that the Marucla co
operated in the search which
lasted for nearly three hours.
The boarding party sent a
radio message which said:
"No prohibited materials
aboard. All papers in order.
Have obtained copy of mani-
tesl."
Under Lebanese Flag
The Marucla was register
ed under the Lebanese flag
and apparently owned in Lon
don. Bui it was chartered by
the Soviets for the voyage to
Cuba from the Russian Baltic
port of Riga, Latvia.
The Lebanese Embassy had
no Immediate comment on the
incident. Its flag has been in
volved in a relatively minor
way with the Cuban trade.
A recent U.S. maritime ad
ministration report lists Leb
anon 10th among free world
flags involved In the trade
with the Cubans.
State Industrial
Growth Continues
Portland IUPD Industrial
expansion in Oregon contin
ued to show an accelerated
rate during September, Gov.
Mark Hatfield said through
Ihc Department of Planning
and Development today.
He said the department's
monthly report listed 18 new
plants and plant expansions
with a combined capital In
vestment of $5,667,000, creat
ing some 500 new Jobs in basic
industry.
Hatfield said expansions by
existing Oregon industry ac
counted for most of the
month's industrial growth, .11.
though the report included
establishment of Oregon oper
ations oy three companies new
to the state. These are Rich
hold Chemicals, White City;
Animal Research Co., McMin
ville, and Texas Instruments,
Baker.
Alain St. To Be Closed
During Sale Tonight
Main st. from Riverside
ave. to Front St. will be closed
to traffic between 7 to 11
o'clock tonight in connection
with the "Moonlight Sale" of
the downtown merchants.
Permission for the street
closure was granted by the
Medford cily council at its
last meeting. Extra police of
ficers will be on duty to as
sist with traffic.
order to Increase prices, end
ed Oct. 3.
Clague emphasized that the
September Increase had noth
ing to do with the current
international crisis. He said
there was an abundance of
food and other products on the
;rarkct and he did not expect
the Cuban crisis to have any
effect on the cost of living
"unless something more hap
pens." Apparel Contributes
The September Index stood
al 106.1 per cent of the 1957
59 average.
' While most of the Increase
1 was caused by higher meat
i prices, eggs and apparel also
contributed to the climb.