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Thousands of Red
Troops Reported
Still In Cuba
Four Combat Units,
Technicians Noted
' Washington - (UPD - Four
elite, fully-equipped combat
units of the Russian Army
are among the thousands of
Soviet troops and technicians
still in Cuba, U.S. sources
said Saturday.
These tank - supported for
mations, said to number be
tween 1,500 and 2,000 men
each, show no sign of depart
ing despite Premier Nikita
Khrushchev's Moscow state
ment last week that it was not
in the interest of peace "to
tarry with completion" of a
Cuba crisis settlement.
Qualified sources said the
combat units were part of a
surprisingly complete mili
tary "package" put together
in Russia starting last win
ter and shipped to Fidel Cas
tro's Cuba. The "package" ap
parently was to include even
tually 72 missiles that could
easily reach U.S. targets.
Equipped with Russia s
latest army weapons and man
ned by elite troops, the ground
units were believed to have
had two missions: To defend
the Russian missiles in the
island against Americans and
also to protect them against
any take-over by Castro.
Created Crisis
Their first priority was be
lieved to be ground defense
of the ballistic missile instal
lation whose presence created
the October nuclear war cri
sis. They also are presumed to
be key elements for defense
of the highly advanced Rus
sian anti-aircraft missile fa
cilities still on the island, one
of which brought down an
American U-2 reconnaissance
plane Oct. 27 at the peak of
the crisis.
Russia shipped 42 medium
range (1,000 miles) ballistic'
missiles out of Cuba over the
Nov. 9-11 week end and de
stroyed launch pads as well
as facilities being built for
intermediate range (2,200
miles) missiles.
Informants told UPI the in
termediate types never ;ot
to Cuba but evidence showed
Russia planned to have 30
there.
Some or all of the 2,200-mile-range
missiles were be
lieved to be on the high seas
when President Kennedy's na
val blockade was thrown
around Cuba Oct. 24.
Deadline Noted
For Toy Donations
The Mcdford firemen said
Monday is the last day for ac
cepting reparable toys for
Christmas toy distribution by
the Salvation Army.
However, the firemen will
still accept things which don't
require repairing or painting,
a fireman said. AH items
should be brought to the main
fire station at Third and Front
sts.
The toys must be repaired
and painted by Dec. 21 or 22,
then taken to the Salvation
Army warehouse for distribu
tion. "So far we have everything
from dolls, to wagons, bikes,
scooters, wheelbarrows, rock
ing toys, puzzles and games
-anything a child from two to
12 years would like," a fire
man said.
He estimated the firemen
have received about the same
number of toys as received in
other years.
ITlmJ PROM
SETTLERS SUPPORT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Salisbury. Southern Rhodesia -IPI- European settlers of
southern Rhodesia overwhelmingly rejected proposals to end
racial discrimination Saturday by voting into power a right
wing government pledged to maintain while domination in
this British African territory.
BRITISH TOLD COST OF MISSILE PROJECT i
Washington -IPI- Britain has been told it would hv"
to spend as much as S500 million if it took over the contro-
versial U.S. Skybolt missile project and produced about 100
of the rockets for its Royal Air Force, it was learned Satur-
day.
SOVIETS EXPLODE NUCLEAR DEVICE
Stockholm -1H- The Soviet union expiooea m one-mega- was 7i which also occurred
Ion nuclear device in the atmosphere over its Arctic testing jn jnjj), on Dec. 13.
station at Novaya Zemlya at 1 p.m. (EST) Saturday, the
Swedish Defense Research Institute announced. The force of BLOCKS ORDtR
the blast was equivalent to the explosion of one million tons Washington - lit - Chief
of TNT Justice Earl Warren Saturday
'temporarily blocked a feder-
ULBHICHT BACKS DOWN ON BERLIN POSITION al court order that both
Berlin 1 PI East German Communist Chief Waller UI-! houses of the Virginia Irgula
bricht said tn an apparent Berlin backdown Saturday lh.r;turc be reapportioned by Jan.
was no hurry in getting the West out of this isolated city. 31.
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HOLDS UP INFORMATION R o b e r t J. lion miles of space separating the earth and
Parks, planetary program director at Cal- the planet Venus. Two radiometers sent
tech's jet propulsion laboratory in Pasadena, back information on the cloud cover and
Calif., jubilantly holds up information ra- surface temperatures. In back is chart show-
dioed back from Mariner II across 36 mil- ing flight path. (UPI)
ariner Continues
To Send Deep Space
Data Back to Earth
Washington - H'PD - Mari-'more knowledge than he has
ner 2 sailed steadily into a ever had about the composi-never-ending
orbit of the sun ! tion of the planet and its at-
Saturday still sending back '
nri juiu hri. t fh mvs-1
teries of deep space.
The National Aeronautics
and Space administration
(NASA) said that at 11 a.m.
EST. the 447-pound space
craft had Rone 253,832 miles
past its rendezvous point of
Friday with the mystery plan
et Venus.
"Mariner 2 continued to
score successes after its sci
entific fly-by," NASA said.
In the 42 minutes it spent
21.000 miles from the face of
Venus on Friday afternoon,
the spacecraft accumulated a
wealth of information that is
expected to provide man with
Bulletin
Hollywood -IH- Charles
Laughton, whose gluttonous
performance ai Henry VIII
and exquisite sadism as
Captain Bligh became
screen classics, died of can
cer Saturday night. He was
63.
AROUND THI OLOII
EDFORD
""i"1"1.
In the next
weeks and
months scientists will be feed
ing Mariner's signals into
computers and analyzing the
results. They expect the data
to provide the keys to three
mysteries:
The temperature of the
planet. Ground-based observa
tions have indicated the sur
face temperature is around
615 degrees, about the boil
ing point of lead. If this is
true, life as earthlings know
it obviously does not exist
there. But there is specula
tion that the high tempera
ture may be caused by an
electrified layer in the plan
et's atmosphere, and that it
is actually cooler on the sur
face. How strong are the gravi
tational and magnetic fields
on the planet, and whether
radiation zones exist like that
which envelops earth. This in
formation is necessary for fu
ture astronauts.
Whether there is water
in the atmosphere.
Mariner's position as of 111
EST was calculated to be j
a.m.
36 6 million miles from the
earth and 66.6 million miles
from the sun as well as 253,
032 miles from Venus.
Friday Temperature
Sets New Record
Clear skies and sunshine
over Mcdford Friday helped i
to break all-time high temper-1
ature reading for the entire '
month of December here.
The official high at the,
Medford Weather bureau was
n was u deKrees warmer j
than the previous record hiah ,
for Dcc 14 fij degrees set in !
lgog j
And it was warmer by one
degree than the warmest De-1
cember day on record. The I
previous record for the month I
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1962
Officials Gloomy
About 'Voice' of
Relay Satellite
Washington - (UPH - Space
officials all but gave up Sat
urday on their newest com
munications satellite "relay"
because it is too weak-voiced.
The National Aeronautics &
Space Administration (NASA)
announced "it was decided to
turn off all transmission from
the satellite for an extended
period."
The communication moon
Ict was launched as a replace
ment for the now defunct tel
star satellite Thursday but
NASA said relay's "power
supply voltage has continued
to drop."
"The condition," the an
nouncement said, "will pre
clude the conducting of com
munication e x p e r i m e nts
which were planned unless
the situation changes."
Relay was supposed to
have provided a new radio
television link between the
United Slates, Europe and
South America.
NASA said the satellite was
interrogated at 1:30 pm
(EST) by a test station at Nut-
ley, N. J.
"Because of the condition
of the power supply, it was
decided to turn off all trans-
mission for the satellite for an
extended period." it added.
"When project officials decide
to resume interrogation, tele
metry will be analyzed peri
ndically to determine the sta
tus of Relay."
The satellite had been de
signed to pick up where Tel
star left off in international
broadcasting. Plans had called
for a "live Christmas ?now
Wednesday to be beamed into
millions nf U. S.. European
and South American homes.
SKOPPIII
DATS LEFT
CHRISTMAS SEALS tlkt TB intT
liter RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Kennedy Plans TV
Report To Nation
About His Record
3 Major Networks
To Carry Program
Washington - HOT - Presi
dent Kennedy, after nearly
two years in office, prepared
himself Saturday for a novel
experiment in communication
with the American people
A television review of his own
stewardship.
The Chief Executive flew
here from New York aboard
an Air Force DC6B Saturday
afternoon. He will devote
himself the rest of the week
end to surveying his two-year
record in preparation for put
ting it before the public by
television Monday.
Kennedy will appear on all
three major television net
works Monday evening in an
interview with a top newsman
from each network.
The one - hour review of
his first two years in office
will be video taped at the
White House this afternoon
and put on the air Monday
at 6:30 p.m. (EST) over fa
cilities of the Columbia
Broadcasting System (CBS)
and the American Broadcast
ing Co. (ABC). The same show
will be shown over the tele
vision network of the Nation
al Broadcasting Co. (NBC) at
8:30 p.m. (EST) Monday.
Review Record
The background of the Pres
ident's television review of
his own record, according to
White House officials, was
this:
Several weeks ago each of
the television networks sub
mitted separate requests for
a year-end interview on video
tape with the President.
He saw some desirability in
taking a long look at his first
two years in office, but pre
ferred to do it informally in
stead of in a set speech.
Kennedy thought of the pos
sibility of meeting with
small group of network news
correspondents to deal with
the larger trends in foreign
and domestic affairs over the
past two years instead of con
cenlratlng, as he does in his
regular news conferences, on
matters of some immediacy.
Last Tuesday night the Pres
ident asked officials of the
three networks to the White
House for a conference. At
this meeting it was proposed
and the networks accepted
the idea of having one man
from each network partici
pate in questioning the Chief
Executive.
Participating in the show
will be William Lawrence, of
ABC; Sander Vanocur, of
NBC, and George Hermann,
of CBS.
Medford Man Jailed
After Two-Car Crash
Pat Williams. 43, of 4 South
Orange si., Medford, was
lodged in jail Saturday eve
ning following a two-car col
lision in which three persons,
including himself, were in
jured slightly.
Williams, driver of one of
the two cars, was charged
with public intoxication.
Driver of the other car was
Berkeley August Pinkham,
Central Point. He and his
wife, Ruth Eileen Pinkham,
were taken to Rogue Valley
hospital, but they did not re
quire treatment.
The accident occurred at
5:04 p.m. at East Main st. and
Crater Lake avc.
Sports Bulletins
Medford defeated the Wil
lamette High school basket
ball team 59 to 54 hare last
night after gaining a 17
point margin early in the
fourth quarter. Jim Hill had
14 points and Jack Ford
13 for Medford. Gary Ross
and Phil Peterson each had
10 for Willamette. The
Black Tornado had a 35 to
22 halfway lead.
Central Point Crater
high basketball team thump
ed Ml. Shasta. Calif.. 79 to
36 here last night. The Com
ets were on top 44 to 22 at
halftime. Mike Glines had
19 points for Crater and
Bob Kennedy 12 for the
Californians.
New York -IN- Light
heavyweight contender
Doug Jones of New York
climbed off the canvas in
the first round last night
end scored the year's major
boxing upset by knocking
out heavyweight contender
Zora Folley in the seventh
round of their nationally
televised return fight.
oviets Hurl
At Three U.S. Oinlom
Syria Moves Up
Half of Its Army
To Israel
Jerusalem, Israel IUPD
Syria has moved half of its
army up to the tense border
with Israel, and heavy mili
tary traffic can be seen across
the border, informed sources
reported Saturday.
The sources said Syria also
had recruited all the coun
try's surgeons but there was
no indication whether Syria
might be preparing an attack
merely strengthening its
defenses.
Israeli leaders have said
the Syrian government is stir
ring up border tensions to
divert attention from internal
political problems. The other
half of the Syrian army was
reported deployed throughout
the country.
Yule Baskets For
400 Area Families
Asked By Council
Baskets of food and toys
will be needed for almost 400
families in Jackson county
this Christmas, according to
the Jackson County Inter
Community Council Christ
mas bureau.
individuals, groups or or
ganizations interested in pro
viding for a needy family are
encouraged to call the Red
Cross office, through which
the program is being handled.
i The Red Cross number is 772-
4405. ' .
Any group already having
selected a family to care for
should notify the bureau in
order to avoid duplication of
services. The bureau, in oper
ation for about two weeks, is
set up to coordinate Christ
mas giving projects.
Annually about half the
families handled through the
bureau are cared for by civic
and service organizations
throughout the county.
Families not provided for
by individuals or organiza
tions will be taken care of
through the cooperation of
the Red Cross and the Salva
tion Army.
Medford Post Office
To fie Open Today
The Medford post office
will be open Sunday from 1
to 5 p.m., according to postal
officials.
Windows will be open for
parcel post, stamp sales and
package delivery.
The Village Variety branch
office will be open from 10
a.m. to 6 p m. Sunday.
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DEBRIS OF WRECK AGE Extent of the force of the Fly
ing Tiger freight plane which struck Into a residential sec
tion of North Hollywood, Calif., late Friday can be seen
here. Bathtub at left Is mixed with other debris of the
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Some diplomatic reports
said the Syrian situation was
related to manipulations from
the United Arab Republic but
that the Arab world was clos
ing ranks behind Syria, which
recently split off from the
U.A.R.
Heavy rains along the Syrian-Israeli
frontier cased the
border tension some and halt
ed farming in the northern
area, where tractors in three
settlements have been the tar
get of Syrian snipers.
The sniping led Israeli Pre
mier David Bcn-Gurion to
warn Syria Tuesday night
that his armies would strike
deeply into Syrian territory
if attacks on Israeli border
settlements continued.
(The Iraq news agency re
ported from Baghdad Satur
day the government had "pro
claimed its policy of preser
vation of Arab integrity and
to repulse any aggression
from Israel or other imperial
ists." (Earlier, Lebanese Premier
Rashid Kerami said in Beirut
his country "would not hesi
tate to do her duty in the
event of any Israeli attack on
any Arab state." Jordan, Sau
di Arabia and the U.A.R. also
were reported offering all-out
support to Syria.)
Ben-Gurlon issued his warn
ing to Syria in an address to
armored units which had just
completed war games In the
Ncgev desert.
"Israeli defense forces will
seek them (Syrian snipers) out
in every place. In military po
sitions, as well as in places
they perhaps don't believe we
are able to harm them," Ben-
Gunon said.
Basketball Scores
Saturday College Scores
Oregon St. 70, California 60
Humboldt St. 62, Willa
mette 45
Loyola 75, Pacific 52
Stanford 44, USF 43
Idaho 64, Montana St. 63
Cincinnati 64, Kansas 40
Montana 75, Washington
St. 57
Duke 76, Louisville 75
Ohio St. 74, TCU 62
High School Scores
St. Mary's 53, Riddle 47
Brookings 37, Phoenix 36
Grants Pass 65, Roseburg
56
Klamath Falls 44,
Springfield 41
PENGUIN DIES
Portland, Ore. - (UP - The
first death among Portland's
new penguins has been an
nounced by commissioner Or
mond Bean. One of the 24
adelies recently brought from
Antarctica, died this week.
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OFFICER G. JOHNSTON
In Good Condition
Medford Officer
Hit By Car While
Checking Mishap
Medford Police Officer
Glenn Doyle Johnston, 24,
was injured Friday night
while Investigating an acci -
dent on South Riverside ave.
near the Central avenue in
tersection, according to Med
ford city polico.
Johnston was reported In
good condition Saturday at
the Rogue Valley hospital
while being treated for a bro
ken arm.
A car driven by Patricia
Jean Clans, 18, Eagle Point,
struck the officer about 9:40
p.m. as he was taking meaa-
involved Bruce Charles Ham
ilton, 19, Walnut Creek, Cal
if., and Waldo Oscar Burns,
5156 Table Rock rd.
Neither Miss Claus, nor her
passenger, Sandra Rae Poole,
Eagle Point, saw the accident
happen, according to reports.
A passing motorist, Robert
Torryl Walthers, 108 Flor
ence St., Medford, said he saw
the officer struck by the car.
He called the sheriff's office
from nearby Sambo's restau
rant and told a deputy to call
an ambulance.
Hamilton said he stopped
behind a car ahead of him
and his car was struck In the
rear by a car driven by Burns.
No injuries were reported.
Witnesses reported no
flares were placed around the
accident although two police
cars had their flashing red
lights operating, which were
clearly visible through the
dark, rainy night.
FLIES TO ALASKA
New York - tUPII - Francis
Cardinal Spcllman flew to
Alaska Friday night to begin
his annual Christmas tour of
American overseas posts.
wreckage of this home. Part of a lawnmower it In the
foreground. Nine persons died in the crash, four of them
members of the plane's crew. Pieces of the fuselage can be
seen in extreme background. (UPI)
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No. 230
Reds Say Embassy
Officials Caught
Receiving Secrets
Charges May Set '
Stage for Trial
Moscow - (UPD - The Soviet
Union Saturday accused three
more U.S. Embassy diplomats
of spying on Russia's defense
and scientific secrets.
It said the three were
caught red handed receiving
Information from a Russian
scientist it called a handsome
liar with loose morals.
The allegations in the Com
munist party newspaper Prav-
da and the government news-'
paper Izvestia set the ' stage
for a possible showcase trial
involving an alleged Anglo
American espionage ring un
covered with the arrest of
British businessman Grevllle
Wynne. Pravda promised
more disclosures later.
Seven Accused
The charges brought to sev
en the number of persons ac
cused in Russia of spy ac
tivities for the West within
six weeks. They include five
u.b. diplomats, Wynne, and
1 the Russian scientist named
Oleg V. Penkovsky: Two oth-
cr U.S. diplomats were expell
ed earlier this year on spy
charges..
The' Americans- named Sat
urday:
ais
Hugh Montgomery, 39, ot
Springfield, Mass., attache and
security officer, izvestia said
as security officer he also
spied on the other Americans.
Capt. Alexis H. Davison,
n ...i.t.-f ai-
Force attache doctor and son
of a Moscow-born mother. His
wife gave birth to their fifth
child, a daughter, in a Hel
sinki hospital Saturday. Iz
vestia noted that all of his
children had been named aft
er Russian Czars.
Robert K. German, 33,
of Dallas, Tex., embassy sec
ond secretary and an expert .
on the Russian language and
culture. Izvestia said he had
been trained at an American ;
spy school" in Oberammer-
gau, Germany. v
Poked Fun
Both Pravda and Izvestia
poked fun at the cloak and
dagger operations of the al- "
leged spy ring. An article in
Izvestia said It looked like
a bad detective film I .
would not have believed that
In the 20th Century, the nge
of atomic energy, such cheap
things are possible.
Neither the embassy nor "
the three Americans would
comment on the charges. No
expulsion orders have been
received from the Soviet For
eign Ministry and no word
was available whether the .
I men planned to leave Russia.
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