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Newspaper Page TextLimited Nuclear Test Ban Agreement Could Contain Hidden Strings By STEWART HENSLEY I dav the Russians hnii nnt a. I HniioJ clntne Thee. nnn. I --.J I ui j I mi.. n . . i ..... ... By STEWART HENSLEY day the Russians had not as United States. These con take a new and more favor either foreign or domestic The President faces would certainly react with Warsaw treaty countries. Washington - HIPD - The limited nuclear test ban agreement that Under Sec retary of State W. Averell Harriman seems likely to bring home from Moscow next week could turn out to have hidden strings at tached. Harriman can only initial a tentative treaty and offi cials acknowledged the pos sibility of some slip between that point and formal signa ture, which could be many weeks hence. Authorities here said to detectable blasts will en. of Tuesday night tied any unacceptable conditions to the proposed pact to ban land, sea and air tests for the time being. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev has not, for example, insisted on the NATO-Communist non aggression pact or an un policed moratorium on un derground testing as the price for the test ban pact. The Soviet leader has, however, tossed Harriman a grab bag full of ideas he wants to discuss with the cern "European security," East-West trade and other issues. The implication appears to be that Khrushchev ex pects President Kennedy to able look at some old Rus sian ideas on these sub jects in the warm glow fol lowing tentative agreement on a test ban. If the administration, for reasons, can give Russia no encouragement on any of these points, the tentative test ban might never reach a point of formal signature and ratification. delicate diplomatic task In reacting to some of the Khrushchev suggestions. West Germany, the major military power in NATO after the United States, alarm to any indication Washington was favorably considering Khrush c h e v's p r o p o sed non-aggression pact between the Western alliance and the Communist The West Germans fear such a treaty would give diplomatic recognition to Soviet-occupied East Ger many and perpetuate the division of the country. U. S. concessions to Rus sia on trade issues would in volve abandoning Washing ton's long-time policy-maintained against growing op position from Britain and some other Allies-of barring all possible strategic goods from the Communist bloc. And even a partial test ban allowing only readily counter strong opposition from senators who distrust any agreement with Mos cow. However, the adminis tration probably has enough votes in the Senate to get the pact approved if there are no jokers in it. In any event, authorities agree that even if Harriman comes back with an appar ently acceptable agreement, it would be wise to reserva judgment until all implica tions of his suggestions on other Issues have been care fully weighed and discussed with the Western Allies. Regional Edition 58th Year Price 10 Cents tribune MEDFORD 22 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1963 No. 103 REPAIRING CANAL FAILURE On a Tugged hillside not far from Butte Falls, employees of the -Eagle Point Irriga- ; tion district and Tru-Mix Concrete of Medford are working 16 hours a day in an effort to get the district's main canal repaired in time to restore water service Saturday or Sun day. The workmen are "Gunniting" the surface of the canal, a method that involves spraying concrete with heavy air pressure. The problem with the canal at this point is Youths Arrested After Speed Chase Toward Gold Hill Two Medford teen-age boys drove at speeds upward to 120 miles per hour early this morning while fleeing from a Medford city police officer who tried to stop them for driving the wrong way on a one-way street. The chase, which lasted nearly a half hour, finally ended on the outskirts of Gold Hill when a tire on the boys' car blew out. Sgt. Tom Furnas spotted the youngsters about 4:30 o'clock this morning on Court st. driving the wrong way. He turned on his siren and flashing light, but instead of stopping the pair hit the accelerator and sped away. The officer chased them along Court st., through the Big Y junction and up Crater Lake highway, at speeds well in excess of 100 miles per hour, Furnas radioed to other law enforcement agencies in the area for assistance. The youths turned off Crat er Lake Highway down High way 232 toward Gold Hill. A state police officer and a Central Point car, alerted by Furnas' radio call, set up a road block at Gold Hill. When their tire blew, forc ing the youths to stop, Furnas arrested a 16-year-old boy for reckless driving and cited his 17-year-old companion for curfew violation. t!EWS('?BRIEFS IT IMS UOM lfc AOUND THI OlOM EARTHQUAKES ROCK ITALIAN RIVIERA Genoa. Italy 'tPl A series ef earthquakes rocked more than 200 miles of the famed Riviera vacationland today, driv ing thousands of tourists and residtnit from hotels and homes in panic. DOMESTIC AIRLINES REPORT LOSSES Waihinglon-lPI-Th nation's major domestic airlines lost more than S12 million in the first five months of the year, the Air Transport Association (ATA) reported today. RED CHINA PROTESTS EXPULSIONS London-'tPI-Red China today proteittd to Communist Ciechotlovakia against an "unreasonable" order txpalling three Chines news correspondents from Prague. Formal Dedication Of Collier Tunnel Scheduled Saturday Stale Representative John R. Dellenback will represent I Gov. Mark O. Hatfield at the dedication Saturday of the Randolph Collier tunnel on Highway 199 south of the Ore gon state line. The only governor of the three states through which the Winnemucca - to the-Sca highway travels, of which this section of Highway 199 is a part, who plans to attend the dedication festivities is Cali fornia's Gov. Edmund Brown. Nevada's governor, Grant Sawyer, the only governor to attend the ribbon cutting cere monies last September at Do herty Slide 60 miles east of Lakeview when that section of the highway was dedicated, will be unable to attend. He will send a representative. Open for Traffic The $7.5 million tunnel will be open for traffic immediate ly following the celebration and ribbon cutting which is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. All activities are scheduled for the south portal of the 1,835' foot tunnel. The program will begin to morrow at 1 p.m. with a bar becue at the site followed by introduction of dignitaries and entertainment. Guest of honor will be California State Senator Randolph Collier, Yreka, for whom the tunnel is named. Premier Suggests caused by saturated earth slipping off the rock foundation .beneath it, resulting in movement of earth masses and large fissures and holes on the canal. By "Gunniting" the canal surface, the saturation of earth cause of the whole prob lem can be avoided, district officials said. Plans call for restoration of partial irrigation service Saturday and full service Sunday. More than 2,000 persons are expected to attend the bar becue and dedication. Parking will be provided at the south approach to the tunnel, it was explained, with traffic police officers present to direct traf fic and assist in parking. Leave from Medford About 25 people from Med ford plan to leave this after noon for the Elk Valley Forest camp in California about six miles south of O'Brien to camp overnight. The group is sponsored by the Medford Chamber of Commerce. Don McNeil, local chamber manager, said a busload of persons from eastern Oregon en route to the dedication will go through Medford late this afternoon, spending the night in Grants Pass. A 8 o'clock dinner has been scheduled there for them. Saturday evening the group will return to Medford, spend ing the night here before proceeding east. A no - host dinner for them as been sched uled by the Medford chamber at the Rogue Valley Country club. Break Indicated In Lumber Dispute By United Press International Negotiators for Simpson Timber Co. met with two labor unions in Portland to day amid unconfirmed reports that an agreement was near. James Farmer, chief nego tiator for the big independent firm, reported some progress at the last session Tuesday. Today, the Portland Ore gonian newspaper quoted an unnamed "reliable source" as saying the two sides would agree on a contract calling for a wage increase of 32 to 35 cents an hour over three years. That would be about eight cents more than the com pany's last offer. The International Wood worker! of America originally demanded 40 cents and the Lumber and Sawmill Wcirkcrs 60 cents. Medford Council Denies Musical Device Request ' By a 4 to 3 vote, the Med ford city council last night declined to amend the city code to permit operation of sound devices on motor ve hicles in the city. The issue was raised in con nection with the request of Herb Herzog, 546 Fairmount dr., who sought permission to operate a musical device on an ice cream vending truck. In submitting the matter to the council. City Manager Robert Duff pointed out that the request was "not neces sarily recommended by the administration." He said that sound devices "should be sub ject to regulations established by the city council." In declaring his intention to vote against the matter, Councilman Richard Travis said he thought it would be a "mistake to open the door, even this crack." The council had earlier granted permission to an ap plicant to advertise his vend ing vehicle by means of a hand bell. In other action, the council by identical 6 to 1 votes, re fused to call for a public hearing to consider cither va cating the easterly 156 feet of an alley extending from Haw thorne st. to Gcnessee St., or to vacate the entire alley. The matter had been hotly debated at earlier planning commission and council meet ing! by Attorneys Manville Hciscl and Frank J. Van Dyke. Residents in the area of the alley had appeared at the meetings, both to support and oppose the measure. WEATHER FORECAST: Ftlr tonliht. YmrWy rlnudy Saturday. Low lonlfht il. high ftaturdir as. Hlirhrtt YiMttrdav Lowest Thta Morntnc ..." J? Our Skies Tonight Unmet today :H p.m. Sunrlap tomorrow S:Si a.m. MoonrU tomorrow 3:3 a.m. An ecllpte of the Sun occurs here tomorrow afternoon. If you mutt tee ft. tne heavily tmohed flats and only (lance at the Sun ei than a aecond at a time, retting the eyet e v e r a I teronda niw ten fiance. Many rae of perma nent damage to the eei have orrnrred In put eclipse of the Sun. Cowards Seek War, Khrushchev Tells Red China Attempt To Oust Leader Said Futile Moscow-WPII - Premier Ni kita Khrushchev, in a sting ing rebuke to Red China, said today that only cowards seek war and warned the Chinese Communists their attempts to force him from power in the Soviet Union would be "fu tile." Khrushchev challenged any one seeking to overthrow his government to visit any fac tory or plant in Russia and see how firmly the soviet people are behind him. Toughest Language "Futile are the attempts of those who are trying to change the leadership in our country," Khrushchev said In a Kremlin speech that was considered perhaps the tough est language ever fired by the Soviets against the Red Chinese in the widening breach between the two Com munist giants. Khrushchev lashed out at the Peking regime for insist- ting on "the necessity of un leashing a world war to dis pose of the destinies of peo pies." He reaffirmed the So viet stand of peaceful coex istence with the West and said despite what the "cow ards" thought, communism will conquer capitalism with- out a war. Probable Death Knell The Soviet leader's re- marks, delivered as Russian and Chinese Communist lead' ers met once more to try to settle their ideological dif ferences, was seen as proba bly a death knell for the al ready chilled efforts to seal the rift between Moscow and Peking. Some diplomats considered Khrushchev's remarks almost an ultimatum to the Chinese Communist delegation cur rently in Moscow either to toe the party line or clear out for home. Khrushchev said "imperial ism" which the Peking Com munists want defeated by war if necessary "trembled" be fore the strength of socialism. "So why be in a hurry to go to war at all?" the Soviet leader asked in an obvious jibe at Peking. Grants Pass Jail Escapee Is Caught Grants Pass - Kenneth Ray mond Barr, 20, one of two men who tunneled their way out of the Josephine county jail early July 7, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of In vestigation In Santa Ana, Calif., yesterday. Barr, who was from Santa Ana, was being held here on a parole violation charge when he and Wesley Earl San ford, 30, escaped by digging a tunnel under the jail wall. Sanford was apprehended a week ago in Hanford, Calif., the city in which he was wanted on a burglary charge. Barr will be returned to Grants Pass to face additional charges here. Final Pleas Heard In Morford Trial Reno, Nev. -OIPli- Final ar guments opened today before a three-judge panel hearing testimony at the murder trial of 19-year-old Lester E. Mor ford III. The defendant, an itinerant ranch hand from Santa Rosa, Calif., has confessed shooting Jack Foster, 23, Medford, Ore., last Aug. 22 while Fos ter was on his honeymoon here. The job of the three Jurists is to decide whether the defendant is guilty of first or second degree murder and then pass sentence. The defense and prosecu tion wound up their presenta tions Thursday with testimony from psychiatrists. How to use the 'SUNSCOPE' Cardboard Box Sunt Projected Image Whit. SL FOR SAFE WATCHING A big cardbourd box and a piece of white paper are the only materials needed to make a "sunscope" for safe watching of the eclipse of the sun Sat urday. Based on the principle of the pinhole camera, the sunscope has a pinhole to the user's back to catch the sun's rays, which Eye Protection Urged Saturday During Eclipse By United Press International For a fleeting moment Sat urday afternoon day will turn into night in a narrow path across the Atlantic and part of North America when the moon moves between the sun and the earth. For most Americans the eclipse will be partial; the moon will obstruct only part of the sun. For a few, mostly in Maine, it will be total. The most zealous of these will be astronomers in jet planes and 20 teams of scientific observ ers perched atop uaauiac Mountain in Maine. The airborne observers, traveling at nearly twice the speed of sound, will pursue the shadow as it speeds across the face of the globe at 1,750 miles an hour. They will not catch up to it, but they will be able to see the total eclipse for longer than the 59 sec onds it will be visible to teams on the ground. Precision Study More important, they will be above much of the earth's atmosphere, and thus able to take clear photographs of the rare event and study it with precision. For non-professional astron omers across the land, tne warning is clear: Do not look at the eclipse. Don I even peck. Experts advise that one second's exposure to the full rays of the sun can cause per manent damage to the eyes. Because the sun is partially obscured, no pain is felt, but invisible ultraviolet and Infra red rays do their damage. Surgeon General Dr. Luther Terry says this: "Watch it on television." For those who shun the video approach, this is recom mended: Punch a pinhole in a piece of cardboard; then, with your back to the sun, hold the cardboard above one shoulder and let the sun's Image reflect on another piece of cardboard held In front of you. Sports Bulletin ProTo, Utah-OiPH-Young Pat Mti of Carmichael, Calif., defeated Mary Cord nier of Medford, Ore., 6-3. 6-3. today to win the 16 and under flirls novice division of tha International Junior Chambar of Commerce boys nd girls tennis tournament. Troop Vie if I 11 I ing an eclipse, aocieiy lor Don't look Regulations Along Rogue River Trail Discussed Grants Pass-Discussion of wneuicr or not the Rogue River trail should be. closed to motorized vehicles, horses and pack animals dominated a public hearing here yester day afternoon on proposed trail regulations. The two-hour meeting, at tended by 60 persons, was conducted by the bureau of and management to discuss five proposed rules governing use of the Rogue River Rec reation area. The area Includes 10,000 acres of land In a 26-mlle long strip along the Rogue river from the Almcda bridge to Marial, In Josephine and Cur ry counties. The trail, por tions of which have recently been Improved, runs through the recreation area. All those present concurred in four of the proposed rules, regulating camping, camp fires, disposal of Tcfuse and defacing of improvements. Provoke Disagreement It was the fifth rule which provoked disagreement. The proposed regulation would provide that unless specifi cally authorized, motorized vehicles, pack animals and horses be strictly prohibited from entering the area, ex cept in case of emergencies such as transport of injured persons and f Irefighting. Twenty of the 60 persons present spoke. Six were In favor of the regulation as pro posed, 11 favored barring mo torized vehicles but allowing horses and pack animals, two favored opening the trail to motorized vehicles, and one was non-committal. After the hearing, Russell E. Getty, BLM state director, said he intended to consult with other agencies to see how the proposed regulations would fit Into "the total rec reational complex of the state." He emphasized that the bureau is not trying to set a pattern but rather is trying to find out If there Is a pattern it can fit into. Beit Contribution The bureau is interested In making the best possible con tribution to recreation first in the interest of Oregon as a whole and next In the local interest, Getty said. Those voicing opinions at the hearing included repre sentatives of several organiza' lions. Don McGregor, Jose. phlne county commissioner, fepeeaoi are then projected onto the white paper In front of the user. The device obeys the cardi nal rule for protection of eyes while watch as set down by the National inc prevention ot Blindness: din . ly at the sun. (UPI) in GP i said the county board of com- missloners had gone on record in favor of the regulations as proposed. Paul H. Welland, represent ing the Jackson county chap ter of the Izaak Walton league, urged going one step farther by removing the words "unless otherwise au thorized" from the fifth reg ulation. Those opposed to use of the trail by vehicles or animals felt lhat such use would be unfair to hikers and increase maintenance prob lems. In Favor of Horses Those in favor of use by horses and pack animals, but not vehicles included a del egation from Curry county, among them County Commis sioner William L. Campbell, who spoke for his county court, and Bob Pruitt, a Rogue River boat guide. They argued that the trail has been used by horses for some 100 years, that barring of animals would hinder use of the trail by senior citizens, and that the availability of pack trips through the trail would bring a "new kind of tourist" Into the area. Speaking in favor of use by motorized vehicles was Dan Adams of Salem, rcpre entlng Western Motorized Recreation, Inc. He said he thought all individuals should have the right to use the trail 'without one group trying to dictate to another." A scoot er is a modern person's horse, he added. He suggested that restrictions be made on the use of vehicles, however, and he presented a proposed list of them. State, Federal Welfare Programs Said Shocking Portland-WPli - An Oregon Public Welfare commissioner who announced his resigna tion Thursday has charged that state and federal welfare programs are "a shocking scandal" and a "fantastic giveaway." Foy Webster, Hood River orchardist, said he thought "the multi-million dollar wel fare program should be rolled back to 1936 levels before it ruins the economy and makes bums out of our young people." Control Teams Would Be Allowed Inside Russia Proposal First Offered in 1958 Moscow -UPI)- Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev to day suggested a troop inspec tion proposal that would per m 1 1 international control teams Inside the Soviet Union to guard against surprise at tack. Khrushchev's proposal was a renewal of a Soviet plan introduced in 1958 at a 10 nation Geneva Conference called at the suggestion o former President Eisenhower. Said Form of Spying While advancing the troop inspection plan In a Kremlin speech, Khrushchev continued to noia tils position that on site inspection of a nuclear test ban would be merely a iorm ol espionage. the Soviet premier's speech coincided with the fifth day o negotiations by representa tives of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union wno are seeking a partial nu clear test ban in an atmos. phere of Increasing optimism. mere is "now a hope" of con ciuaing a limited test ban. Khrushchev said, barring any "radical change" in the posi tion of the United States and Britain. Potential Breakthrough I some Western diplomats) saw the revival of the Soviet's five-year-old troop Inspection offer as a possible indication ot a potential breakthrough in East - West noirotiatinn. hut the suggestion was not new. "We . . . think it would ba useful to return ... to our proposals tabled as far bacle as 1858, on carrying out measures for preventing sur prise attack." Khrushchev said in an address welcoming; Hungarian Communist chief Janos Kadar to Moscow. South Freeway o Open July 26 Salem -iUPIt- A new freewav project between Medford and Ashland featuring Oregon's rst concrete highway built without joints will open July The nearly 10 miles of new . road is between Barnett rd. in Medford and the North Ash land interchange. It will connect with an ex isting completed section o freeway which ends just south of the Medford viaduct. State Highway Engineer Forrest Cooper said comple tion of the new unit means motorists will have an unin terrupted freeway for 48 miles starting on the north near Sexton Mountain north ot Grants Pass, Price Dispute Halts Coast Salmon Fishing United Press International Commercial salmon fishing5 out of Astoria, Newport and Florence was at a standstill today as Independent fisher men tied up their boats in protest over the price being paid for silver salmon. About 30 boats were oper ating out of Charleston and Coos Bay, but Oregon Fish. Commission member Leonard Hall, Charleston, estimated another 200 were tied up. Webster, 62, was appoint ed to the seven-man commis sion two years ago by Gov. Mark Hatfield. He said that despite his resignation, he re mains an "admirer" of the governor. Webster said he would scrap all programs, including Aid to Dependent Children and Aid to the Blind, and put them under family and church welfare programs. "Welfare is the quickest way of subsidizing the vot ers," he commented.