Cuba SaM To StilMPose 'Difficult Praieis';
Regional Edition
MedfordJTribune
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
Led Chinese
rive Indian
roops Back
New Delhi-dlPD-Communist
Chinese forces drove Indian
defenders back to within a
few miles of the teagrowing
Plains of Assam in the hours
before a ceasefire the Reds
had set for today.
But as the deadline passed,
there was no word from the
mountain front on whether
the fighting had stopped.
Communist China claimed
in a Peking Radio broadcast
heard in London that it had
cleared Indian forces out of
all strong points they held "in
Chinese territory" in western
. sectors near the Sino-Indian
border.
The Defense Ministry dis
closed that the Chinese attack
ers had broken through In
dian defense lines to within
a few miles of the Assam
Plains on the northeast fron
tier. Indians Cleared Out
There was an exchange of
fire in the Chusul area of
Ladakh in the northwest, but
Indian forces there held firm
to their positions.
A defense spokesman said
Indian troops had fallen back
80 miles along the Lohit river
southwest from the town of
Walong near the Burma bord
er, a route that led to the
Digboi oilfields in eastern
Assam. This was a withdraw
al of 64 miles since Tuesday.
Admits Chinese Gains
The spokesman said that in
the western sector of the
North East Frontier Agency,
the Chinese Communists had
made "some breakthrough to
ward the foothills," indicating
the attackers were nearing the
Assam Plains in this area, too.
He reinforced this view by
saying that "sporadic fighting
is in progress in the moun
tains some miles south of
Bomdila," the vital pass in
the Himalayas that gives ac
cess to the main road to Tez
pur, headquarters of Indian
army forces in the northeast.
Only a few hours before
the deadline for the ceasefire
which the Chinese Reds said
they would put into effect, an
official spokesman here re
fused to say whether the In
dians would end hostilities.
He pointed out that no for
mal communication had been
received in New Delhi from
Peking up to that time about
the cease fire.
But he pointed out that
Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru told Parliament later
in the day that "he would
consider the question of the
cease fire" as soon as he was
handed the Chinese proposal.
Nehru indicated he might re
ject Red China's cease fire
bid.
Offices, Stores To Be
Closed Thanksgiving
City, county, slate and fed
eral offices will be closed
Thanksgiving day and county
school students will not re
turn to classes until Monday,
Nov. 26.
The Mail Tribune will pub
lish a noon edition. It will in
clude Christmas shopper sec
tions. Among stale offices closed
tomorrow will be the Oregon
Liquor commission store on
North Grape St.
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AIR FORCE TO RELEASE RESERVISTS i
Washinglon-iri'-The Air Force loon will release more
than 14,000 reterviiU called to active duly in the Cuban;
crisit, it wii reported today. j
CUBANS INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY
WashingIon-ll'l-Thrt Cubant arrested last week end in
New York were indicted today en charges of conspiring to
sabotage American defense installations as agents oi the
Fidel Castro Government.
U.S. SENDING CARGO PLANES TO INDIA
Washington! PI The United States announced today it j
will send 12 jet-prop cargo planes with American crews to;
India in response to India's urgent plea lor fresh military!
supplies to counter Chinese Communists border assaults.
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Nehru told an angry Par
liament that India dose "not
propose to negotiate" with
Communist China until its
troops are pulled back to po
sitions they held last Sept.
8. But he refused to reject
the offer flatly until he saw
an official text of the note
from Peking.
In a surprise move, the Chi
nese Communists had an
nounced that they would put
the cease fire into effect to
day, but they continued to
roll forward as the deadline
neared.
Biddle Rd.Zone
Change Is Granted
By Medford Council
The Medford city council
last night granted a zone
change on Bidle rd., denied
a request for a sign variance,
and approved a change in the
parking ratio for commercial
zones in the city.
The council zipped through
the three - page agenda in an
hour and a half, disposing of
a number of troublesome mat
ters that had been carried
over from previous meetings.
About 10 acres of land ad
jacent to the Interstate 5 free
way interchange on Biddle
rd. were rczoned by the coun
cil from single-family to lim
ited commercial.
Vote Breaks Tie
The council was divided
evenly on the zone change
request, and it took Mayor
John W. Snider's affirmative
vole to break a 4 to 4 tie.
Councilman Robert Baccus
had warned that approval of
the request would constitute
an "intrusion into a residen
tial area." Councilman Stan
Stark countered that in view
Chlorine May Be
Added All Winter
There is a possibility that
chlorine will be added to
the Medford water supply
throughout the winter months,
Robert L. Lee, water superin
tendent, said today.
Chlorine was first added to
the water Nov. 15 as a pre
cautionary measupe to main
tain the water purity since the
heavy rains in October.
Lee explained that the de
partment may be able to re
duce the amount of chlorine
added later this year, but this
will depend entirely on tesls.
He noted that the department
found during the past two
years that after heavy rains
the water would not measure
up to its usual high standards.
The amount of chlorine
being added is one pound per
10,000.000 pounds of water.
The chlorine is added as a gas
at a point below Big Butte
Springs and is generally dis
sipated before the water gels
to the users, Lee noted.
He said the amount of cholr
ine being used here is approxi
mately one - thirtieth of the
amount used in other Oregon
cities.
.BRIEFS
AROUND THI OlOtl
Price 10 Cents
21, 1962
No. 209
BIRTHDAY John Nance
Garner, former vice president
of the United Slates, will cele
brate his 94th birthday on
Thanksgiving day with a quiet
day at his home in Uvalde,
Tex., where a few friends will
visit briefly. (UPI)
of the location of the proper
ty, he couldn't "visualize any
use but commercial." The
planning commission had rec
ommended the zone change.
A request by Standard Oil
company to erect a 50-foot
sign advertising its Biddle
rd. freeway interchange serv
ice station was turned down
by a 5 to 3 vote of the coun
cil. The oil company had ar
gued the unusual height for
the sign was necessary so it
would be visible over the In
tcrnational Harvester compa
ny building to north - bound
traffic on the Interstate 5
freeway.
Create Unsightly Mess
In voting against the re
quest, Baccus said he feared
if the one sign were granted,
the city would end up with a
"hodge-podge of signs at the
interchange which would cre
ate an unsightly mess."
Councilman Donald Hansen
concurred with Baccus. "One
such sign might not be offen
sive," he said, "but 30 would
be."
The council voted to change
the parking ratio in commer
cial zones from 4 to 1 (that
is four feet of parking space
for every one foot of floor
space in a commercial build
ing) to 3 to 1.
Cast No Votes
The vote on the measure
was 6 to 2, with Councilmen
Fred Robinson and Donald
Hansen casting no votes. Bac
cus qualified his yes vote by
saying he felt there was no
"great pressure to make the
change now," and that he
would have preferred to con
sider the matter at a later
time.
Speaking in support of the
change, Councilman William
Singlor said he felt the 4 to
1 ratio was "out of propor
tion," and that 3 to 1 was
more "realistic" and in the
interests of good planning.
The planning commission
had advocated the change in
ratio.
The measure, in effect, wiP
release about 25 per cent
more commercial land in
areas such as the Medford
Shopping Center for building
purposes.
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$289,001 Paid to
County by Company
Pacific Northwest Bell
joined other businesses and
residents of Jackson county
in paying l!)fl2-6'3 property
taxes last Thursday.
J. H. Creagcr, manager (or
the company, said a check lor
$280,001 97 had been sent to
the courthouse. The net
amount alter discount was one
of the largest payments in the
county this year.
"We certainly recognize
that it is actually our custom
ers who foot the tax bill."
Crcauer said. "Even though
the company sends in the tax
check, only people pay
taxes'."
Throughout (he stale, Pa
cific Northwest Bell paid tax
es totaling $5 4 million, an in
crease of some 7 8 per cent
over last yenr.
Kremlin Orders
Reveal Missiles
Ready for Action
Warsaw Pact
Orders Rescinded
Moscow - WPll - The Soviet
Union today canceled the
military preparedness meas
ures it took last month at the
height of the Cuban crisis. It
said President Kennedy's lift
ing the Cuban blockade made
the relaxation possible.
The orders to the Soviet
armed forces disclosed for the
first time that intercontinen
tal ballistic missiles had been
in a slate of "combat readi
ness" and indicated that some
submarines had been sent to
battle stations.
Told of Decision
The announcement came
shortly after Moscow Radio
told the Soviet people of the
President's decision to end
the blockade. But the broad
cast did not mention the fact
that U.S. aerial surveillance
of the island will continue.
Later, Moscow Radio broke
its silence on the Chinese
Communist cease fir? in the
Indian border war. It broad
cast a four - minute summary
of the Chinese decision with.
out comment.
The military measures in
cluded a holdover of rocket
forces and other key forces
scheduled for discharge and
an increase in the general
state of combat readiness of
all the armed forces.
Other Orders Rescinded
The official announcement,
broadcast by Moscow Radio,
said that similar readiness
orders given to the Warsaw
Pact forces of Russia's East
European allies also were be
ing rescinded.
It said the decision was
made "in connection with the
orders issued by President
Kennedy on the lifting of the
quarantine (blockade) of
Cuba."
The orders were given to
the forces, it said, "in con
nection with the possibility
that has appeared for liqui
dating the aftermath of the
dangerous crisis that has tak
en place in the Caribbean
Sea."
Grants Pass Man
Killed in Accident
Grants Pass - A Grants Pass
man was killed yesterday
afternoon when the car on
which he was working rolled
off two bumper jacks, pinning
him underneath the car.
According to Grants Pass
city police, John Robert
Noble, 54, of 1100 Southwest
L st., was installing overload
springs on the car when the
accident occurred.
He was discovered by a
neighbor, Leon P. Kellogg,
who arrived home about 1
p.m. Kellogg jacked up the
car and with his wife freed
Noble, but efforts to revive
him by police and firemen
failed.
Noble is survived by his
wife, Incze Noble, Grants
Pass. Funeral services will be
held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the
L. B. Hall chapel, Grants Pass.
Interment will follow at Hill
crest Memorial park.
Makeup Clinic Set
For Sabin Vaccine
A makeup session for all
people wlfo failed to receive
the Type II Sabin oral vac
cine will be held in the Jack
son county courthouse Friday
from 1 to 5 p.m., according to
Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public
health officer.
The makeup clinic is de
signed primarily for students
away to school when the earli
er sessions were held, and for
other individuals who missed
the earlier clinics for some
reason.
No new people will be start
ed in the clinic Friday, Dr.
Merkel emphasized. The clinic
is merely for those who have
had all except the Type II.
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JOHNSON CREEK FLOODS Heavy rainfall in the Port
land area forced Johnson creek to go over its banks and
Flood Danger Eases;
am Breaks in
Several Dozen
Families Flee in
Tillamook County
By United Press International
Flood danger eased today
after heavy rains washed out
an Oregon dam and sent
streams in southwest Washing
ton out of their banks as moth
er nature dealt the area its
third blow in less than six
weeks.
Families on lowlands along
Oregon's Nestucca river evac
uated late Tuesday when the
carthfill Mcadowlake dam
burst northwest of McMinn
ville and released waters of a
lake a mile long and 10 to 15
feet deep.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Mel
Walpole of Tillamook county
estimated at least several doz
en families left their homes
as the high water swept some
50 miles down the river to
the sea at Pacific City. All
families except one had re
turned to their homes by this
morning.
Takes Out Bridges
The wall of water shoved
logs and debris before it,
knocking out five small
bridges, including a 100-foot
Bureau of Land Management
structure. It also took out
some 200 foot of new highway
near the dam and washed over
several small roads.
Highway 101 near Hebo
was blocked for a while by
high water, backing up cars.
Cattle were herded from low
land farms to higher pastures.
The flooding came about
two weeks after an earth
quake jarred northwest Ore
gon and southwest Washing
ton and less than six weeks
after the region's killer wind
storm. It came just two days
short of the two-year anniver
sary of flooding that caused
evacuations on Thanksgiving
of 1880 in northwest Oregon.
Cooler mountain tempera
tures and a let-up in the rain
fall eased the floor! danger to
day and smaller streams were
going down. The weather man
said another disturbance had
formed in the Pacific and !
would reach the coast tonight, j
Southwest Washington was '
hard hit.
I The Lewis river covered j 30. Robert L. Sweany, gen
farmland.s in the Clark-Cow-1 eral manager of the Portland
j litz county border area and
some families in northern
! Clark county left their homes
Tuesday morning. Others
1 evacuated as the Kahuna river
i went up. A trailer court and
motel were inundated near
j Highway !)!). The Cowlitz
j river was excepted to crest
! at 19 5 fr et, half a toot over
flood stage.
school man hurt , To Support Liberals
Albany TPI Paul Mono. Vatican City - HTl' - Pope
vice principal of (he Milwau-' John XX1I1 intervened today
kie. Ore , high school was ser-1 to support "liberals" at the
iously hurt today when his car Ecumenical Council and halt
left the freeway south of Al-1 debate on a subject that could
bany and crashed into a sign, limit the pruspects of Chris
state police reported. tlan unity.
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Oregon Reclamation
Congress to Meet
In City This Month
"Reclamation and Recrea
iion" will be tin; theme of the
52nd annual meeting of the
Oregon Reclamation Congress
in Medford Nov. 28 to 30,
according to John Stewart,
Klamath Falls, president.
Although the Congress is
primarily an association of
irrigation districts In the
state, the meetings are open
to anyone interested in the
field of water resource, ac
cording to Marvin Shearer,
Oregon State university ex
tension irrigation specialist
and Congress secretary.
Meetings will be held in the
auditorium of the Jackson
county extension office.
Registration at the audi
torium will open at 1:30 p.m.
Nov. 28. Committee meetings
will fill the rest of the first
day's schedule. Those attend
ing also may register Nov.
29 at 8:30.
Engineer to Speak
A symposium on "Oregon's
Water Resources Situation"
will open the program Nov.
20. Chris Wheeler. Salem, Or
egon state engineer, will
speak on the watermastcr sit
uation in Oregon. The status
of ground water in the state
will be discussed by Jack
Sceva, Salem, state ground
water geologist, and the ac
tivities of the State Water Re
source Board will be describ
ed by Don Lane, executive
secretary of the board.
Luncheon speaker will be
Harold Nelson, Boise, direc
tor of region one, bureau of
reclamation, whose topic will
be "Recreation on Reclama
tion Projects."
That afternoon, Tom Hcl
selh, Portland, state conser
vationist with Soil Conserva
tion Service, will report on
the stains of Oregon projects
being planned under the small
watersheds act. Gill Stamm,
chief of Irrigation and land
use, bureau of reclamation in
Washington, D. C, will speak
at the banquet.
Annual Business Meeting
Congress members will
hold their annual business
! meeting Friday morning, Nov.
Chamber of Commerce, will
be the luncheon speaker.
Friday afternoon a second
symposium is scheduled, this
one to be built around Ihe
theme of the conference. Par
ticipants will be Andy Land
force. OSU extension wild
life management specialist
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flood southwest Portland. Some traffic tie-ups occurred as
drains plugged leaving streets inundated. (UPI)
Oregon
Jack tsmiord, Portland, ex
ecutive board chairman of the
Izaak Walton League; Le
Selle Coles, Prinevlllc, Na
tional Reclamation Congress
president; John Ncidcrmeycr, j
Medford orchardisl, and Joe
Smith, Klamath Falls, Slate
game commission member.
Freeway Section
Opens to Traffic
To North Medford
The section of Interstate 5
between Seven Oaks inter
change to Crater Lake high
way interchange opened this
morning.
Barriers were removed for
northbound traffic al 8 a.m.
and for southbound traffic at
8:30 a.m.
Local stale highway depart
ment officials reported that
department cars lead the first
vehicles through to direct
them to the proper exit
ramps.
Tentative plans call for the
opening of the section be
tween Crater Lake highway
and Barnett rd. the afternoon
of Dec. 20.
Turning Lane
Construction started this
week on a turning lane for
northbound traffic on South
Riverside ve. at Stewart ave.
The lane will handle the in
creased amount of traffic
turning onto Stewart ave. en
route to the Barnetl rd. Inter
change once that section Is
opened.
Approximately one-quarter
of an acre of Mcdford's Alba
park is being used for the
construction. A right of entry
was given the stale by the
Medford city council lasl
month. 11 was stressed that no
trees will be removed.
The widening necessitated
I the extension of a concrete
I box now under Stewart ave.
j Widening will be only on the
curve, it was noted, since the
1 present turn Is difficult to
maneuver.
I The triangular piece of park
i properly needed for the proj
ieel is approximately 73 feet
I on Riverside ave. and 88 feet
, on Slewart ave.
Highway department of
ficials said that no change will
be necessary to handle the
j southbound traffic.
ORDER REVERSED
Salem-ilPP-An order issued
by Public Utility Commission
er Jonel C. Hill which denied
a water rale Increase to bepoo
Bay Development Co, in Lin
coln county has been reversed
by the Marion County Circuit
Court here.
Kennedy Removes
Censorship on
Military Data
Washington -(UI'll- President
Kennedy says Cuba still poses
"difficult problems" although
Russia's agreement to take its
jet bombers home from Cuba
has removed the immediate
danger of East-West hostili
ties. Kennedy announced al the
opening of his news confer.
ence Tuesday night that So
viet Premier Nlkila Khrush
chev had assured him that all
of the IL28 twin-jet bombers
in Cuba "will bo withdrawn
I in 30 days."
Blockade Lifted
On the basis of this pledge,
Ihe President said, he had
ordered the U.S. arms block
ade of Cuba lifled. It was Im
posed Oct. 24.
The Navy, in announcing
the removal of Ihe blockade
ships, revealed the strength of
the force for the first time to
day. It said 63 ships and 25,
000 men were deployed. The
blockade force exceeded the
number of ships in the power
ful U.S. 0th fleet in the Medi
terranean. Ships To Be Checked
In agreeing to pull out the
bombers, Khrush c h e v also
said ships carrying the planes
back to Russia could be check
ed for compliance. The Navy
said these checks would be
carried out by Atlantic Fleet
antisubmarine forces, chiefly
with P2V patrol planes equip
ped with cameras.
The tension-easing bomber
removal pledge and the halt
ing of the U.S. blockade was
followed today by a Russian
announcement that military
preparedness measures it took
at the peak of the Cuban
crisis had been called off.
Humble Requests Lease
Along Willamette River
Salem - turn - Humble Oil &
Refining Co. Tuesday asked
the Oregon Land Board for an
oil and gas lease on 492 acres
of the bed of the Wilamctte
river in Marion and Polk
counties.
The acreage runs for about
six miles northerly from Salem.
Salem Man Named Deputy
State Highway Engineer
Salem - ll'PH - The Oregon
Highway Commission Tues
day appointed Roderick L.
Porter, 58, Salem, as depuly
.Vale highway engineer, ef
fective Dec. 1.
He will be the Oregon
Highway Department's num
ber two man, Just under
Stale Highway Engineer For
rest Cooper.
Porter, who has been an
assistant highway engineer
I for the past year, succeeds G.
S. Paxson, 69, who is retir
ing. Porter's job as assistant
will be filled by Lloyd P.
Shaw, metropolitan engineer
for the State Highway De
partment In Portland.
Fred B. Khiboe, Snlem, Bn
Kennedy Orders
Cuban Blockade
Force Removed
Russia Agrees To
Remove Bombers
Washington -HTD- President
Kennedy Tuesday lifted the
voluntary censorship placed
on military information dur
ing the Cuban crisis. He said
his recent information poli
cies might have prevented a
disaster.
Much of the President's
news conference Tuesday
night was devoted to the gov
ernment's handling of infor
mation during the Cuban
crisis, and new information
policies in the state and de
fense departments.
Kennedy said it would have
been "possibly disastrous" if
news of the Russian buildup
in Cuba had "dribbled out"
prematurely.
And during the days follow
ing the announcement of the
missile threat, he said, re
straints on information were
necessary to have the govern
ment "speak with one voice."
Lifts Press Order
He said the 11 points "that
we made to the press in re
gard to voluntary restraints
on the movement of troops
and so on" would be lifted im
mediately.
Kennedy also said "there
will be a change, I think, in
the State Department policy
directive" requiring all offi
cials to make reports on their
conversations with newsmen.
He Indicated no change in a
similar directive at the De
fense Department. "The need"
at the State Department, he
said, "is somewhat different
from what it is in the Defense
Department."
The Defense Department,
he said, deals with "very sen
sitive intelligence and the
methods by which that intelli
gence is received.
He said his only interest in
establishing such policies was
to prevent release of military
information "extremely inimi
cal" to the national interest.
Ho indicated he was mainly
concerned with the possible
leakage of intelligence infor
mation. Union Services
Slated in Area
Union Thanksgiving services
are scheduled in the Rogue
valley tonight and Thursday
morning.
In Medford, the service will
be held at Zion Lutheran
church. Fourth st. and Oak
dale ave., at 10 a.m. Speaker
will be the Rev. W. E. Martin,
First Church of God.
In Ashland, the service also
will be at 10 a.m. at the First
Presbyterian church. Edwin
Hamon, pastor of Ashland
Friends church, will speak.
In Talent, the service will
be at 7:30 o'clock tonight at
the Talent Friends church
with Mrs. Violet Bolliger, min
ister of the Methodist church.
speaking.
Also at 7:30 o'clock tonight
will be the service In Phoenix
at the Presbyterian church.
Individual churches which
have scheduled services in
clude Apostolic Faith, 10:30
i.; Ascension Lutheran, 10
a.m.: First Church of Christ.
Scientist, 10 a.m.: Sacred
Heart Catholic church, 8 and
a.m. masses; St. Mark's
Episcopal, 11 a.m.; St. Peter's
Lutheran, 10 a.m.; Unity
Church of Medford, 10 a.m.:
and Ashland Grace Lutheran
church, 10:30 a.m., all Thurs
day. Ail of the services are open
to the public.
assistant construction engi
neer, was promoted to Shaw's
Job in Portland.
Still another Dart of the
shakcup caused by Paxson's
retirement is the appoint
ment of Gilmore L. Decker,
Salem, a field construction
engineer, who will lake Kla-
boe's old Job.
The shakcup In personnel
also resulted in the promo
tion of two department em
ployees in Roseburg., J. F.
Putnam, assistant division en
gineer for southwest Oregon,
moves to Salem to take Deck
er's Job as field construction
engineer. John H. Qulncr,
resident bridge engineer for
southwest Oregon, will take
over Putnam's post In Roseburg.