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Mging on nemova Rogue Valley Edition Medford, 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1962 No. 196 Continued Aid To old bv German Peace Treaty Declared To Be Necessary No New Conditions On Berlin Issue Moscow-(UPH - Firsl Peputy Premier Alexei Kosygin today pledged continued Soviet aid to Cuba and issued a new call for the conclusion of a German peace treaty. In an address to the nation on the eve of Wednesday s 45th anniversary celebrations of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolu tion, Kosygin said a German peace settlement "can be af fected without affecting the fate of any state." But he attacked alleged mil itaristic tendencies on the part of West Germany and said that "without the signing of a German peace treaty there can be no idea that the West German militarists will give up their ideas." End of Moratorium Kosygin's reference to Ber lin coincided with the end of the moratorium on a Berlin crisis that the Soviets had de clared would last until to day's American elections. But the Soviet first deputy premier notably imposed no apparent new conditions for regulating the Berlin issue. Speaking to a packed holi day audience of 6,000 persons in the ultra-modern Kremlin Palace of Congresses, Kosygin laid down a vigorous'defense of Soviet Cuban policy that included a promise of future aid. But he did not specify whether it would be economic or military help. "We have been rendering, we are rendering assistance to the Cuban people," he said. Round of Applause His declaration brought a round of applause from the audience and from Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev, who was on the stage with other Inn Soviet dignitaries. Kosygin repeated the Soviet thesis that the Kremlin's "peaceful policy" in the Cu ban affair had headed off a world war and won the grati tude of peoples throughout the world. Although he scored Amer ican "imperialists" and "mili tarists," for allegedly aggres sive designs against Cuba, Kosygin admitted that at the height of the crisis neither side lost its composure and did not take the last step in starting a thermonuclear war Downtown Cafe Is Sold To GP Pair The sale of the business which encompassed Brown's cafe, the Grotto Dining room and the Alley lounge, was an nounced today by Charles W. Brooks and his brother, Joe E. Brooks, former co-owners. The new owners, John La Follctte and Ray Zerr, both from Grants Pass, assumed operation Nov. 1. No change of operation is planned. The Brooks brothers plans for the future have not been announc ed. ITIMS FROM HEWSBMEFS NATIONAL VOTER TURNOUT HEAVY Washington-lPI'-Record turnouti for a midterm election were reported in hot political battleground areai today at Americem cast balloti which will determine the political hue of Congress and perhapi give a clue to the GOP presi dential candidate in 1964. DEAD PILOT TOOK BUILDUP PICTURES Washington-it Pl-The Air Force said today thai Maj. Ru dolf Anderson, killed in t mission over Cube, and Mej. Rich ard S. Heyser were the two reconneisance pilots who "ob tained the first conclusive evidence of the Soviet missile build up in Cuba." Anderson and Heyser. presumably Hying U2s, look their phoiogrephic evidence Oct. 14. THANT TO MEET WITH RED CROSS United Nations. N.Y.-'IH-Acting Secretary General Thant scheduled a late afternoon appointment today with top In ternational Red Cross officials to work out details of check ing against hidden offensive erms in Soviet cargoes bound lor Cuba. I h S&JTribune Sovi t. j j- $ . j w J jot'?1 j,,.; :'-v " J !- -" I ; w- i,' ,-- 'I P7 t 1 TV- " 1 i y ' ! - l i PRESIDENT VOTES President John F. Kennedy is shown as he left a voting booth in Boston, Mass., after casting his ballot this morning. It took the Chief Executive less than a minute to vote. (UPI) Indian Forces Repel Communist Chinese Attacks New Demi IUPII I n d i a n forces drove back two Com munist Chinese attacks in the northeast today amid reports the Reds have begun a troop build-up near the vital air supply base of Chusul in the northwest. The Defense Ministry an nounced that the Chinese had been repulsed in the central and eastern sectors of the Northeast Frontier Agency re gion of the border region. No Strings Attached The slight flare-up of mili tary action was reported as U.S. Ambassador John Ken neth Galbraith said the Unit ed States is giving India mili tary aid without any strings attached. In another development, it was announced that ousted Defense Minister V. K. Krish na Menon and four retired military commanders will be members of India's newly formed 30-man National De- AROUND THI OlOM 57th Year Price 10 Cents T Oisba 8fiSC6r fense Council. Later, amidst rumors of his impending resignation from his new post as minister of defense pro duction, Krishna Menon said in a speech that no matter what his job, "I will contrib ute my might to the country's war efforts." The Defense Ministry spokesman said that "Chinese reinforcements were observed arriving near Cl.usul" in La dakh on the western front, Chusul is the most important supply point for Indian forces in the forward Ladakh area. Airlifts Since 1958 The Indians have been op erating airlifts to Chusul, west of Spanggur Lake, since 1958. The spokesman said the Communist b u i 1 d-up was under way only "a matter of a few miles" from the airstrip at Chusul which lies about 15,000 feet high in the Hima layas. Galbraith said the U.S. aid "is not intended to involve India in a military alliance or otherwise influence her policy." "Our aid is designed to help defend India's independence and not to compromise it," he said. Galbraith added that the United States does not want the border conflict between India and the Invading Red Chinese continued or ex tended. WEATHER HMEC' ART: fnrrfiiOtif rlnudl-nrj-s tontrht. tlmidy with a rhftnr? of a few prinklP!i Udnr .(). I.rtw tonlehl 33 to 40, High tmnorrnw 37 In 8?, Temp. irifhrt Yfstfrday S3 Lowest This Morning ... M Prtc, lo S p.m. Yenlff rday, Trace Our Skies Toniqht I Riinft today , 4:SS p.m, i Sunn tomorrow ,. . :S3 a.m. ! Monn( tomorrow I:? a.m. ! Full Moon Nov. It , Thr hrifiht "itar" to thr rlsht i of the Moon lonlEhl Is th ' planet. Jupiter Thr rtal Mar well below the Moon ti romil- Oregon Voter Turnout Light As Fog Prevails Increase Seen Later in Day Portland tUPIt Fog slowed balloting in parts of Oregon after the polls opened at 8 a.m. today as voters passed judgment on a bulky slate of candidates and issues headed by races for U. S. senator and governor. Election officials expected the turnout to increase later in the day as the fog burned off, but the overall prediction was for a relatively light off year turnout. Early voting in Bend was reported "light to moderate" with light voting reported from Salem, Portland, Med ford, Corvallis and Coos Bay. Portland had an estimated 10 per cent turnout in this first two hours. Voters also decided on four Congressional seats, a labor commissioner, a new State House of Representatives, part of a State Senate, and local officers. They gave their verdicts on nine statewide ballot meas ures, including daylight time, legislative reapportionment, and school district reorganiza tion. They also voted on local issues ranging from water fluoridation to a proposed merger in the Coos Bay-North Bend area and whether to end prohibition at Newberg. Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. predicted a turn out of only about 70 per cent of the state's 883,690 regis tered voters 473.561 Demo crats, 395,351 Republicans, and 14,778 others. Morse After Fourth The U.S. Senate race pitted 62-year-old Sen. Wayne Morse against 49-year-old Republi can challenger Sig Unander, former state treasurer and federal maritime commission er. Morse sought his fourth term - his second as a Demo crat. The gubernatorial race put Republican Gov. Mark Hatr field, 40, against Democratic Atty. Gen. Robert Thornton, 52, and independent Hobert Wampler. In the four Congressional races, three incumbents were seeking reelection - Republi can Walter Norblad to a ninth term, Democrat Edith Green to a fifth term, and Democrat Al Ullman to a fourth term. Whipple Seeks Seat In the first district, Nor blad was opposed by 32-year-old former Oregon Demo cratic secretary Blaine Whip ple. In the second, Ullman was opposed by Bend Publish er Robert Chandler, and in the third Mrs. Green faced Portland pharmacist Stanley Hartman. Two slate legislators vied in the fourth district of South west Oregon for the seat be ing vacated by GOP Rep. Ed win Durno. Democrats were hoping Oregon House Speak er Robert Duncan, a Medford attorney, would recapture the seat for their party. Republicans were hoping State Rep. Carl Fisher, a Eu gene radio executive, would retain it for the GOP. Washingtonians Hurt in Accident Two men from Yakima, Wash., were injured yesterday when the station wagon in which they were riding col lided with a stalled log truck on the Crater Lake highway near Prospect, Oregon state police reported today. Being treated for lacera tions today in Sacred Heart hospital are John Ryan and Charles Peterson. Both were reported in good condition. A truck, belonging to Steve Wilson Lumber company, had stalled "n the highway and another logging truck was at tempting to hook onto it with a chain and pull it from the highway, police reported. Operator of the stalled log truck was Herbert McDonald, 48, of Trail. Ryan was driv ing the station wagon, police said. Both vehicles were heav ily damaged. An accident occurred earli er on the South Pacific high way near Phoenix when a car driven by Ewell C. Phillips. 43. of 1549 South Ivy st., Med ford, collided with a south bound car driven by Ella Ann Gillespie, 49, of Star route, box 240. Prospect. The Gillespie car was at tempting to make a left turn, police said. PLAN TALKING POINTS London 'UPI' Britain and the United Stales arc prepar ing four major "talking points" for East-West talks ex pected to begin once the Cu ban crisis ends, diplomatic .sources said today. i art Governor May Bring Action Against Druggist Untrue Statements Claimed in Letter Salem (UPI) Gov. Mark Hat tield today threatened legal action against a Portland phar macist who allegedly said the governor has "brought pres sure" on pharmacists in a dis pute with Oregon newspaper publishers. In a letter to the pharma cist, Ralph Robertson, Hat field referred to a mimeo graphed letter directed to pharmacbists in Robertson's name. The mimeographed sheet said ". . . the Oregon society of news editors attacked us, and backed by the governor's office brought pressure to bear . . ." Hatfield said "this is untrue. The governor's of fice did not enter into this dispute." The Oregon Newspaper Publishers association filed suit earlier this year in Lane county circuit court against the State Board of Pharmacy. The suit protests a board rule prohibiting pharmacists from advertising the prescription price of drugs. The sheet also said the gov ernor's office requested with drawal of the action, but Hat field said this also is noLjp. In the letter to Robertson, Hatfield said "It is requested that you acknowledge wheth er or not you are the author. If so, it is requested that you publicly retract the state ments which have been point ed out as being untrue. If you do not make such a retraction this office will consider ap propritte legal action." Non-Profit Groups To Hold State Convention Here The annual stale meeting of Oregon Non-Profit organiza tions will convene in the Med ford Elks club building Nov. 8 through 10, with events scheduled at the Rogue Val ley Country club and Ashland Elks club. About 100 delegates are ex pected. James Garrett, Prine ville, president, will preside. James Dunlevy and Richard Phair are cochairmen. Represented from through out the state will be Elks, Eagles and Moose lodges, city clubs, country clubs, veterans groups, and other lodges and clubs. A board of directors dinner meeting will open the activi ties at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8 in the country club. Friday noon wives of mem bers will meet at the Medford Elks club for transportation to the Ashland club for lunch eon and an afternoon of bridge. Those who wish will be conducted on a tour of Jacksonville and the valley. Mrs. Phair, Mrs. Dunlevy, Mrs. Frank Van Dyke, Mrs. Ray Iluson and Mrs. Claud Hoover make up the commit tee in charge. On Friday evening a buffet dinner will be served at the Medford Elks club and from there the group will go by chartered bus to Grants Pass for the Medford-Granls Pass football game. A floor show and dancing at the Medford Elks club will be held follow ing the game. Elections will be held Sat urday morning and activities include golf, skeet shooting at the Medlord Gun club, fishing trips and tours of the valley. The president's banquet will be held Saturday evening at the country club. Juveniles Arrested For Area Burglaries Two Medford juveniles, 14 and 15 years old, were arrest ed by Jackson county sheriff's officers yesterday on charges rthw of burglary. They admitted lo a series of burglaries including the Rnguc Valley Sporting Goods, McLoughlln Junior High school, Crater Country Store, Cummins Diesel and use of a vehicle from Page Paving company. They were released to the custody o their parents pend ing further action by authori ties. i oauo f v 3. . OPPONENTS Donald II. Clausen, Crescent City, Calif., Republican, right, is running against Clem Miller, left, for Representative in Congress in the first California district in today's election. Miller was killed Oct. 7 in an airplane crash while campaigning. If Miller wins the election, a special election will be required to fill his seat. (UPI) Voter Turnout Is enoried 13 Jackson County A late morning random sampling of voting precincts in Medford and Jackson coun ty today revealed "mixed" voter turnouts. One precinct in Hcdrick Junior High school reported a heavy turnout this morning. At 11 a.m., about 104 persons had voted out of a total of 404 registered voters. A precinct in Jacksonville also reported a "heavy" voter turnout. But workers in at least a dozen other precincts scatter ed throughout Medford said the turnout was "a little slow." By late morning, something less than 20 per cent of those registered had voted in the majority of the precincts con tacted. Precincts at Hoover Ele mentary school, however, re ported heavier than usual vot ing during the first hour this morning. With anticipated clearing of weather conditions this after noon, precincts workers ex pected the number of voters going to the polls to increase steadily. Appeal Made for Radio Free Europe The newspapers boys of the Mail Tribune today will par ticipate in a nationwide cam paign to collect funds for Ra dio Free Europe the prin cipal source of Free world news for millions of persons behind the Iron Curtain. Some 18,000 envelopes for use in making contributions to Radio Free Europe are being distributed today to persons who receive their Mail Trib une by home delivery, street sales or from the newsstand. Radio Free Europe, a pri vate, non-profit American net work, broadcasts each week almost 3,000 hours of truthful news, undistorted information and messages of hope of iriendship to 80 million cap tive persons in Poland, Hun gary, Czechoslovakia, Ruma nia and Bulgaria. Money or checks made out to Radio Free Europe fund may be sent directly to the Mail Tribune. Contributions lo the fund arc tax-deductible Hie name and address of the sender should appear on the envelope. Belongings Lost in Early Morning Fire A Central Point area man was left with only a few arti cles of clothing and a blanket when his cabin burned lo the j ground at 3:10 o'clock this j morning at Crater Lake high , way and Vilas rd. ! Vance Jones, 67, escaped in jury, but losl all of his be longings when the cabin burned due lo an overheated stove. Central Point Rural fire department responded to the alarm. The cabin belonged to the Dr I. D. Phipps estate and was leased by Bill and Leona Huffman. Central Point. Jones was renting the cabin from .hem. ce $naice re 'tlxed' Polls will close as usual at 8 o'clock tonight, election of ficials said. Employment For October Was Best On Record Locally October was a month ot ex treme in employment In Jackson county but proved to be the best October on record from the standpoint of non- agricultural jobs filled by the local state employment serv ice office, according to John J. Patton, manager. At the end of the month there still was no sign of any sizable layoffs in Jackson county although, as usual, there was a small increase in the amount of local unem ployment after the end of the fruit packing season, the man ager said. It now appears that the first large reduction in employ ment will not occur until win ter weather forces curtailment of logging and construction operations. A week of heavy rain pro duced a flurry of unemploy ment near the middle of the month, Patton noted. Other than this, the month was fea tured by an unusually high level of employment. In non agricultural work both the construction and lumber In dustries operated with little loss of time, other than that caused by the rain. Pear Crop Large In agriculture, a very large pear crop caused the harvest season to extend well beyond the usual duration. The heavy rain created mud conditions in the orchards which slowed or stopped picking for about a week. On Oct. 12 the windstorm destroyed a largo amount of of the unpicked fruit and caus ed additional damage by bruis ing, much which remained on the trees. A severe shortage of pick ers occurred when nearly nil domestic migrants left the area during the rain. An ap peal for local help met with good response and picking continued until the remaining usable fruit had been harvest ed, the manager said. Voung Hunter Found Safe, Another Dead By United Press International A 14-year-old Eugene boy missing since Sunday was found safe today southeast of Eugene. But a National Guard officer was found dead south west of La Grande in another search. Burl Courtney, 44, La Grande, a National Guard major and an Oregon Liquor Control Commission em ployee, was found dead In the rough Lumberjlm creek area three miles southwest of Ln Grande. He had been missing since Saturday. Wayne Fuday, 14, whose father Leo, was found un harmed Monday, was found In dense underbrush along Chalk creek today. , t? V Vat Windows Broken, Chimneys Fall; School Closed Hardest Tremors Noted in Portland Portland - (UPI) - An earth quake that measured 6 on a scale of 12 rocked northwest Oregon and southwest Wash ington Monday night, causing scattered damage. No injuries were reported. The quake came almost a year to the day after the last major shock in this area. It came 24 days after the re gion's most severe windstorm The University of Washing ton seismograph said the quake seemed to center north of Portland. Oregon State University placed it just south of Portland. Windows Broken Reports of the hardest jolts came from the Portland area where windows were broken and chimneys, a school and church steeple damaged. The quake registered six on the modified Mercali scale of 12 at both UW at Seattle and OSU at Corvallis. It was felt as far north as Longvlew and Kelso in South west Washington, as far west as Astoria and Newport on the northern and central Ore gon coast, as far south as Eu gense 100 miles south of Portr land, and as far east as Hood River some 60 miles up the Columbia river. The quake occurred at 7:37 p.m. (PST). The seismograph at Seattle recorded disturb ances for the next ten min utes. Buildings Sway Residents in the quake area reported furniture jumped, dishes rattled, and homes and buildings swayed, There was some minor breakage. Portland General Electric Co. reported a power outage of about 40 minutes in the Hillsdale area. Some cracks appeared in the fourth-floor Oregon Jour nal newsroom and at some in side walls of the Sheraton Hotel. Some telephone outages were reported at Tillamook and in Clackamas county. A telephone operator in Astoria said she clung to her switch board "trying to keep it in place." School Closed The quake forced a tempor ary closure of the Montessori School in Portland. It dislodg ed a portion of the chimney and the furnace was put out of order. The last major quake In this area was reported almost a year ago from Monday night's shock on Nov. 6, 1961. The quake marked the end of one political campaign. Ally. Gen. Robert Thornton, candidute for governor, was shaking a few last hands in front of the Portland Labor Temple when the quake start ed. The crowd dispersed, and Thornton declared his cam paign to be officially ended. TALKS CONTINUE Havana -(UFO- Soviet First Deputy Premier Annstas Mi koyan is expected today to continue efforts to iron out Russian "differences" with Fidel Castro's revolutionary regime arising from the Cu ban crisis. City Officials On Meeting Medford city officials will take an active part In annual convention of the League of Oregon Cities to be held In Portland next week. All city officials and department heads have received Invitations from Portland Mayor Terry D. Schrunk, president ot the league. Mayor John W. Snider is a director and immediate past president of the league; City Manager Robert A. Duff is a member of Ihe league's legis lative committee, and City Councilman Donald Hansen will serve as a member of the league's resolutions commit tee. A number of other city of ficials are expected to attend the convention to be held Nov. 14 through 1(1. City responsibilities under home rule will be emphasized at this year's league conven tion. Among the speakers will Soviet Diplomat Downgrades Jels On Weapons List U.S. Insisting Planes Be Moved Washington - (UPI) - Soviet diplomats have been hedging slightly on whether Russia will remove its nuclear-capable jet bombers from Cuba, in formed sources said today. Premier Nikita Khru shchev's special envoy in New York, Vasily V. Kuznetsov, has never flatly excluded So viet IL22 jet bombers from the category of "offensive weapons to b withdrawn from Cuba, but has tended to 'downgrade" them, U.S. sources said. Confronted With Fact U.S. special negotiator John J. McCloy, officials said, has confrontettJRuznetsov in New York with the fact that U.S. aerial reconnaissance shows no evidence the bombers were being dismantled, although this is tUe case with the mis sile sites. Kuznetsov replied with as surances that Russia would live up to its commitments. But these assurances were less than explicit, officials said. Recent U.S. air reconnais sance of Cuba has also shown " slightly more assembled IL28s in Cuba than previously had been observed there. U.S. of ficials cautioned that this does not necessarily mean assem bly of the bombers has con tinued since Russia's Oct. 28 promise to remove "offensive weapons." It may only mean that some of the planes have been rolled out from under camouflage. Shipped in Crates During the Soviet build up the IL28s were shipped to Cuba in crates for assembly there. McCloy is understood to have told Soviet diplomats in the strongest terms that the United Slates insists the bombers are part of President Kennedy's agreement with Khrushchev , for . removal of offensive weapons. Staffs Join for Election Returns The newsgathering facili ties of two newspapers, a radio station and a television station will combine tonight in a Joint effort to bring the latest election returns to Jack son county residents. Staffs of the Medford Mail Tribune, Ashland Daily Tid- . ings, KBES-TV and KYJC will cooperate to collect elec tion returns and broadcast them as quickly as they are compiled. Television cameras will be set up in the newsroom of the Mail Tribune, election center for the joint project. National election returns, as compiled by CBS news network, will be broadcast starting at 4 p.m. Local election returns will be reported beginning at 8:23 p.m. Dave Allen and Bob Llnd strom, KBES-TV, Tom Mc Leod, KYJC, and Eric W. Allen Jr., managing editor of Mail Tribune, will broadcast stale, county and local re turns over television and radio. Area residents are urged not to telephone either the Mail Tribune or the Tidings for results. Telephones will be needed by the news staffs to process returns from county precincts. DROWNS IN RIVER Vancouver, Wash, (UPI) James G. Fagan, 37, Vancou ver, drowned in the Columbia river early today after falling from a 20-foot cabin cruiser. To Serve Committees be Robert B. Duncan, Med ford, speaker of the House of Representatives and a mem ber of the President's Ad visory commission on inter governmental relations. Special section meetings at the convention will be held for various city department heads. An orientation session will be held for newly elected of ficials on the opening day of the convention. All city of ficials Including those who are elected today and their wives are Invited to attend the convention. Immediately preceding the convention the Oregon Recre ation and Parks association conference will be held in Portland. NAMED MAYOR Beaverton -IUPR- Steve Loy, 37, was named mayor of Beaverton Monday night by the city council.
