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Wwli Communist leaders Start ShOTSff90KfBD Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages Unique Procedure Proposed To Arbitrate Railroad Dispute t r a"- fv K w FOR GOLDWATER Supporters o Sen. dent rally. From left, they are Mrs. Elyce Barry Goldwater from Cook County, Illi- Woessner, Mrs. Lillian Fleischmann and nois, display their banners and posters in Mrs. Mary Ostcrman, all from Palatine, 111. Washington prior to a Goldwater for Preai- . , (UPI) Oregon Traffic Claims Three During Holiday By United Presi International Three persons have died in Oregon traffic accidents since the Fourth of July week end began Wednesday evening. In addition another person drowned and a man died in a car fire. Alexander Volk, 48, Eu gene, was killed Wednesday night in a one-car accident about six miles west of Burns. Two other persons died in Thursday traffic accidents. Sharon Lee Christiansen, 18, Chiloquin, was killed in a one - car crash between Sprague River and Beatty. Mrs. Margaret Louise Bus sey, 58, Milwaukie, died as a result of injuries suffered when the car she was in crash ed on a curve on the Smith River road near Rcedsport. Boy Drowm A 13-year-old Portland boy, Lawrence Robert Adams, drowned when he fell into the South Santiam river near Sweet Home Thursday eve ning. Dnvid K. Lund. 36, Oregon City, died early today when his car burned. The Clacka mas county medical examin er's office said Lund appar ently had gone to sleep in the back seat after driving home when the blaze broke out. A United Press Internation al count at 10:30 a.m. (pdt) to day showed 188 persons had died in traffic accidents on the nation's highways since 8 p.m. Wednesday. Cali fornia ran up the worst total with 21. BODY FOUND The Dalles flJPI The body of Cora Engels, 63. who had been missing from the Colum bia Park State Home since June 6 was found Thursday about 300 yards from the in. stitution. HEIVS(BRIEFS JTIMJ MOM OUNO THI MOM ARGENTINA PLANS NATIONWIDE ELECTIONS Buinot Airet-Jtn-The provisional government of Presi dent Joie Maria Guido todey mede final preperationt for nationwide elections Sunday despite an announced boycott by followers of exiled dictator Juan D. Peron. KENNEDY STARTS HOLIDAY WEEK END Hyennis Port. Mas.-ilN-Preident Kennedy settled into the easy pace of holiday week end today and planned en a cruise aboard hit yacht for the first time in several months if the good weather whicn MEDFORD, OREGON;. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1963 aMaMaaaaaaaiaV f " . - va Large Crowds Are Reported at Events In Valley on Fourth Bands played, flags waved and bells rang in celebration of the nation's 187th birthday yesterday. Thousands of spectators and participants flocked to Ash land and Eagle Point for events including parades and horse shows in both commu nities and evening fireworks at Emigrant lake. An estimated 1,500 watched the parade in Eagle Point. A larger crowd viewed Ash land's parade, but no crowd estimate was available. Neil Ledward, county parks and recreation director, estimated that 2,400 viewed the fire works display. Four jets from Kingsley Field zoomed over Ashland to signal the start of the parade there. Grand Marshal Whitland Locke headed the line of inarch from the Siskiyou boulevard staging Lilhia park. Continuing Ways Ashland Garden area to club con- tinued its winning ways by taking the 1963 sweepstakes award of $50 for the most beautiful float in the parade. The large yellow and lavender platform centered with a floral arch of hanging bells was a blending of garden flowers and a bevy of tiny children in lavender apparel. In keeping with the parade theme, "Ring the Bells for Freedom," it was entitled "Freedom Is Their Heritage." Mrs. William Davis was chair man of the float committee of the Garden cluo. Lithia park was the center of daytime activities high lighted by the city band's pro gram of martial airs directed by Dr. Herbert Cecil, and an address by John vonKuhl mann, a talk In which he stress- greeted nil arrival nere neia up. Tribune ate,.:" rv ?s v ft. I 1 - f ed the individual citizen's ob ligation to his country, as well as a deeper appreciation of the meaning of freedom. Amusements and food, plus pony rides and carnival games, attracted hundreds to the park during the after noon, while many attended the Ashland Wranglers' show at the Bcllview arena. Main Attractions For other hundreds of cele grators Emigrant lake was the main attraction from morning until dark, when Ashland Jaycees brought the festivities to a spectacular cli max with a fireworks display over the water. What could have developed into a holocaust was prevent ed after a grass fire got start ed on a hillside on the north side of the lake. Pirked cars hindered extinguishing the fire in dry, tall grass. Ashland police reported only one serious accident which came shortly after noon in the park when 4-year-old Cherie Cady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Cady, Cen tral Point, fell on the balloon she was carrying, causing the stick to penetrate her eye. She was taken to Ashland Commu nity hospital where she was treated and later released. Eagle Point's celebration got under way Wednesday evening, when Sandra Char ters was crowned Miss Eagle Point at a coronation ball. The Eagle Point Jaycees sponsored a breakfast yester day morning, which was fol lowed by the parade shortly after noon. Good crowds were reported at the Desert Pega sus horse show and at various booths and concessions during tne attornoon White City Post j Office Moves Today Today is moving day at the White City post office, now a branch of the Medford office. The branch is moving into the building on Crater Lake highway at White City for merly occupied by the Town and Country shop which has moved into the Cascade Vil lage Shopping center. Norman Jahn, formerly clerk in the Medford post of fice, is branch superintendent at the new installation. Zip code number for which is 97542. 58th Year Price 1 0 Cents No. 91 Labor Secretary Assistant Would Attend Sessions Sunday Deadline For Acceptance Washington - (UPI) - Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz today urged the railroad man agement and union leaders to submit their strike - threaten ing dispute to a unique pro cedure of binding negotiation on two major issues. Wirtz asked both the rail roads and the five railroad unions to notify him by 1 p.m. (pdt) Sunday whether they would accept his pro posals for settling the snarl over makeup of rail crews. The labor secretary asked the parties to negotiate for 20 days on both issues with As sistant Labor Secretary G. J. Reynolds participating. Reyn olds would have the power to assure a settlement. The railroads announced earlier that they would out new work rules into effect next Thursday - and the unions said if this were done, they would strike. Question of Firemen The main issues in the dis pute are whether firemen are needed on modern diesel en gines and on the makeup of track crews. These are called the firemen and crew consist issues. ' Both of the issues would be settled on the basis of recom mendations made by an emer gency board, which President Kennedy appointed earlier in the dispute. The settlement would be in effect for two years during which time there would be continuing negotia tions on more permanent set tlement of the issues. The labor secretary said he recommended the two pro posed settlements and urged their acceptance because both sides had indicated acceptance of the inevitability of either a nationwide railroad shutdown or the possibility of legisla tion by Congress to end the dispute. Would Damage Economy Wirtz said he could not ac cept only these two alterna tives. He said a shutdown would damage the national economy to an extent it could not afford and legislation would result inevitably in weakening free collective bar gaining. Wirtz emphasized that the proposals did not constitute compulsory arbitration. But he said Reynolds would have the responsibility for "sug gesting a solution if the par tics are not able to reach one by themselves and to see that a settlement is reached." Table Rock Speed Limit Is Sought The Jackson county court this morning approved a peti tion for formation of a speed zone through the Table Rock community. A petition asking for a speed zone was signed by 60 Table Rock area residents. The request will be for warded to the state speed con trol board. Residents are re questing that the Table Rock rd. from Sams Valley high way to the Table Rock store be posted at 45 miles per hour. County Engineer Robert J. Carstenscn said it is not nec essary to post the area since the state's understood speed limit is 45 miles per hour. Carstenscn said he has map ped an improvement of the curve which Table Rock area residents feel is dangerous. Straightening the curve will take about three acres off the Modoc orchard property, Car stensen said. The county court must ap prove the mapped improve ment before work can be start ed. WINS CONFIDENCE Rome- iUPIi - Italian Premier Giovanni Leone tonight won a Senate contidence vote for his stop-Rap cabinet that is designed to we this politically-divided nation through the summer. W 3 - " 1 i rW y ' " jJ DELEGATION GREETED Mikhail Suslov. right, chief Soviet delegate for crucial ideological talks, is shown as he greeted members of the Red Chinese delegation at Moscow airport today. Suslov is shaking hands with Red China's French President, Adenauer Fail To End Differences Bonn, Germany (UPI) Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer and French President Charles de Gaulle apparently failed at a two-day summit meeting that ended nere today to settle their differences over the fu ture of Britain's relations with the Common Market. A joint communique issued at the close of the meeting this afternoon did not even men tion the problem. To Be Considered Again Spokesmen for the French and German delegations, pressed by reporters, would say only that the Common Market question was discuss ed and would be considered again at a ministers meeting of the six-nation economic grouping in Brussels next week. f The -Germans had insisted the question be considered at today's meeting. But the French, who had torpedoed Britain's bid to enter the Com mon Market were unwilling to agree here on any organ ized method , of maintaining liaison between the market and Britain. French Foreign Ministry press chief Claude Lebcl told questioners only that "various ideas were discussed." Matter of Study The communique reiterated Thursday's failure by the I French and German delega tions to reach agreement on common European grain price, by saying tne wnoie subject would be the matter of a fresh export study. The two governments, how ever, did agree tney snouia aim at common prices for beef, dairy products and rice by next spring. De Gaulle has been visiting West Germany in connection with the friendship treaty con cluded by the two nations re cently. His trip came shortly after President Kennedy's vis it to West Germany during which he hit out at some of De Gaulle's policies. Martin Selected as Grants Pass Mayor Grants Pass - Robert C. Martin, Grants P-s auto deal er and a former mayor and councilman, has been elected mayor here, succeeding Char les B. Gill Jr., who was ap pointed to the State Indus trial Accident commission June 24. Martin will be sworn in July 17. Until that date, Reese Jameson, council president, will serve as mayor. Martin was a city council man from 1049 to 1952 and mayor from 1953 to 1958. Action naming Martin may or came on a unanimous vole of the city council Wednesday night. weather I'llllKCAST: VarUhlr rlmiSI wllh mild tr ntperaturcA to nltlil nil Klumy. Low In night Si. Illlh Saturday near '0. Temp. Illfhfil Vratrrdsy ' Loweat Tltli Morning SI Prec. To 10 a.m. Today it. Our Skies Tonight unft today S:S2 p.m. riunrlst tomorrow S:'l a.m. Moonrlst today S:02 p.m. Full Moon July PIKIMINKNT STAR Alialr. hlh In tnitthau ....l?:ee a.m. VIHIIII.P. PI.ANKTS Man. low In wait ..... II:J pm. Malum, flt . Il:l P m- Jnpltrr, low In fail 1:1" am Vrnni. rle 4:S a.m. Public Hearing on Regulations for River Trail Slated A public hearing to discuss proposed rules for use of the Rogue River recreation area northwest of Grants Pass will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 18, in the Josephine county courthouse in Grants Pass. The Rogue River recreation area is a 26-mile strip of pub lic land adjacent to both sides of the lower Rogue river be tween Almeda bridge at Grave creek and Marial. It ex tends from one hp If to one mile from each bank of the river, and is made up of O and C lands under bureau of land management administra' tion. Russel E. Getty, state di rector of BLM, pointed out that it is the BLM's "desire that the Rogue River recrea tion area be developed tn such a fashion that It will complement related I o t a I, state and other federal public recreation programs.". Land Is Withdrawn The land was withdrawn from appropriation and dis position under the public land and mineral laws and perma nently dedicated to public Innocent Plea Is Entered by Bibeau Harold James Bibeau, 20, U. S. Army, Ft. Gordon, Ga pleaded innocent in Jackson county circuit court this morning to a charge of first degree murder. Trial was set for Sept. 3. Bibeau was reindicted last week by the Jackson county grand jury due to a techni cality in the original Indict ment. Previously, Bibcau's trial had been set for July 8,' then July 22. He is specifically charged In connection with the death of Russell Wadlon Osborn, 49, Ashland Varsity theater's manager. Osborn was found in the living room of his home at 725 Walker ave., Ashland late Saturday afternoon, April 27. Osborn had been shot in the head and strangled, ac cording to Jackson county sheriff's deputies, who with Ashland and state police in vestigated the crime. Bibeau was apprehended In a Portland motel later. Eagle Point House Destroyed by Fire Eagle Point - A home on Alta Vista rd. occupied by the Elmer Edward Baker family was destroyed by fire early this morning, Jackson county sheriff's deputies reported. Cause of the fire is not known. The Eagle Point Rural Fir department responded to the alarm, as did a truck from the White City station of the Cen tral Point Rural Fire Protec tion district and a Pacific Power and Light company crew. Clothing and household ar ticles are being collected for the family bv the Antelope Social club at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ragsdalc on Crater Lake highway and Alta Vista rd. FORMER MAYOR DIES Woodburn -H)Plt- Harold M. Austin, former Woodburn mayor, died here today at the age of 75. He served five terms as mayor of Woodburn. chief delegate Teng Hsiao-ping as the latter's chief deputy, Peng Chen, looks on. At right behind Suslov is Pan Tau Li, Red Chinese ambassador to Moscow. (UPI) recreation use by the BLM in 1958. Construction of a hiking trail on the north side of the river from Grave creek to Whiskey creek, a distance of about four miles. Is not yet completed, but is expected to be finished in the near future. Unforeseen difficulties tn con struction delayed opening the trail July 1, as previously planned. Getty said that with the trail opening and subsequent increased rccreatton uscage, establishment of basic regu lations governing use of the trail and recreation area are necessary. ... Recommendations made by the Medford district office of the BLM will be presented and discussed at the public hearing, Getty noted.. -Among Recommendations Among recommendations made was one limiting use of the trail to hikers only, thus prohibiting the use of two- wheeled motor vehicles and pack and trail horse riders. This recommendation was made, local BLM officials pointed out, because of safety reasons, since the trail in many places is too dangerous for travel other than by foot. Getty said state and local government agencies, the new bureau of outdoor recreation, which has overall responsi bility for coordination of fed eral recreation programs, the forest service, various conser vation organizations and oth er interested groups and citi zens have been invited to at tend the public hearing. JFK Acknowledges Khrushchev's Note Hyannis Port, Mass. - (UPI) - President Kennedy told So viet Premier Nikita S. Khru shchev today that he shares the Russian leader's expressed uYoIre to "move forward with understanding" toward solu tion of East-West problems. "The world has long passed that time when armed con flict can be the solution to International problems," Ken nedy told the Soviet leader. His remarks were in a mes sage cabled to Khrushchev Thursday, and made public by the vacation White House to day. It was a reply to the pre- mlers message to Kennedy congratulating the United States on its July 4 eclcbra tlon of the 187th anniversary of Independence, The American people are grateful for your message of good will," the President told Khrushchev. Hearing on Medford Budget Set Tonight A public hearing on the proposed Medford city budget is scheduled at a meeting of the city council at 7:30 o clock tonight In the council cham bers. The budget to be presented today totals $3,006,012, of which the total tax levy Is $1,150,239. The figure repre sents about 29 mills, which constitutes a reduction of 4Va mills over last year's tax levy Other hearings scheduled today concern annexation of 3.4 acres of land east of Mur phy rd. and 4.7 acres south of Garfield rd., and vacation of east-west alley from Haw thorne to Genessce its. Three Arrested, Cache of Bogus Money Seized Oakland, Calif. - IUPII - A bearded college laboratory technician Is the latest per son arrested In the smashup of what officers call the largest counterfeiting opera tion in the history of the U.S. secret Service. With the arrest Thursday of Eugene Allen. 36. of San Lcandro, secret service agents 1 V7LI. v . J ,C 4 a near period" szo and S50 That raised the totaltthe Chinese Communists ar- amount confiscated to more than $1.4 million In bogus bills. Alton tiorf n accomnllm. In Oaklnnrf ritv Jall. The two are Guy W. Smith, 39 - year - old tavern owner, and .Joseph Mcmoli 40, who runs an Italian res taurant. A task force of 10 Oakland officers and five Secret Serv. Ice agents Wednesday nitrht graDoea smith as he steDDed irom nis car outside of Mem oil s restaurant. They then battered their way Into the restaurant office to grab Memoli and hundreds of fake Identity cards. They also confiscated S1.2 million in counterfeit money. The officers said Allen led them to the counterfeiters' m 1 n t," an inconsDicuous house here. Allen is an electronics en gineer by training and is em ployed by Alameda State Col lege, he told police. A police spokesman said that two more men "who have long since departed" were Iso being sought in connec tion with the ring. Tom Hanson, head of the San Francisco Secret Serv ice office, told his superiors In Washington that the money represented the largest cache ever seized In the United States. Sale of PP&L Bonds Approved Salem - JPI) - Sale of $30 million in first mortgage bonds and 100,000 shares of serial preferred stock by Pa cific Power and Light compa ny has been approved by the public utility commissioner, it was announced today. Proceeds from the sale will be applied to the retirement of notes and to redeem 90,000 shares of 6.16 per cent serial preferred stock issued In 1937, the PUC said. PP&L plans to sell the bonds and stock at competitive bidding. Bids will be Invited about July 18, and opened about July 30, the PUC said. Seeping Gas Scare in Massachusetts Woburn, Mass. -IUPD- Cook ing gas fumes filled thousands of homes In this city today when a faulty regulator in creased gas pressure. The mayor declared a state of emergency. Police said they received "several thousands" telephone calls from frightened house holders. Fire apparatus and rescue squads with sirens screeching sped through the city checking out reports of gas-filled homes. One woman was overcome Reception for Red Chinese Delegation Cool Arrival Goes Unnoticed in Press Moscow-IUPD Soviet and Chinese Communist leaders, locked in an all-out ideologi cal battle for leadership of the Communist world, today held their first meeting in. their showdown Moscow talks. The Chinese delegation got a chilly reception when it ar rived in an atmosphere elec trified with hostility by a last minute exchange of bitter charges. Behind Closed Doors The Chinese Communists and a high-level Soviet dele gation went behind closed doors several hours later and met for an hour and 43 min utes. The first meeting was held in the modernistic "House ot Receptions" in the Lenin Hills section of Moscow, where it was understood the Peking delegation will be staying during the negotiations. Chief Soviet delegate Mik hail Suslov, the Kremlin's senior ideologist, had suggest ed to the Chinese on their ar rival that the first meeting b held late this afternoon, but there was no announce ment where it would be held. Newsmen, however, finally spotted the delegates arriving at the House of Receptions and clocked them out an hour and 45 minutes later. The Chinese negotiating team flew in by special plane from Pelking and was met at the airport by Suslov. Ignored by Press But the Russian' press 12- j .v,i i.., u ,ut u.hi... v- 4U Tass new agency or the gov- tTuo.tia'. .riitinn rnUari M 1 rived so ' there would have 1 been sufficient time to publish I news of their, landing. j It was believed today's first Sm0 - Soviet meeting was de voted largely to procedural and protocol matters and the delegates would get down to. business Saturday. Election Today in Sanitary District White City - A budtfet eleo tion is being held today tor- voters within the White City Sanitary district. Polls will be open until 8 o clock- tonight the Central Point Rural Fire Protection district station Avenue G and Agate rd. On the ballot is a proposed 1963-64 budget of $7,425, the same figure as the previous year's budget. A pub)!? meet- ng will be held at 8:10 p.m. the fire station at which time residents are invited to ask questions about the budget. District directors announced that a proposed lagoon dispos- system cannot be built for least six months, because of a delay in acquisition of the necessary land. The land acquisition In volves a trade of properties with the state game commis sion, for which congressional authorization Is required. A bill to approve the transaction is now in congress, the direc tors explained. Meanwhile, the board has invested about $9,000 In bond interest payment funds so that it may earn interest until needed. Interior ot Home Is Damaged by Blaze Kerby The interior of a residence occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nolan burned here Wednesday evening. Only a few furniture .items were saved. Firemen from the Illinois Valley Volunteer fire depart ment responded at 6:43 p.m. They said the fire started in a shed behind the house. The cause was undetermined. Fumes Bring by gas and taken to a hospital for treatment. No explosions occurred. The tautly regulator sent high pressure gas into low pressure pipes with the result that gas seeped from pipe Joints. Gas poured out of pilot lights in gas stoves with such force that it extinguished the pilot flame. Houses with no gas appliances were filled with gas seeping from neigh bors' homes with gas stoves. More than 4,000 homes In the city are served by gas. I
