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New Vistas Opened for Beginning of End to East-West Gold Oar By HENRY SHAPIRO Moscow - (UPII - A new era in East-West rela tions, opening new vistas ior the beginning of the end of the cold war, was launched with Thurs day's tri-power test ban agreement. It was the first major breakthrough in the cold war since the Austrian stale treaty of 1955. The treaty also marked a personal tri umph for President Ken nedy's trouble shooter, Under-Secretary of State W. Averell Harriman, who by Soviet standards is an "imperialist" of the deepest dye. It would be an over simplification to suggest that the representative of one of America's "sixty ruling families" found a way to Premier N i k i t a Khrushchev's heart when so many others have tried and failed. Yet Harriman was able to perform the double task of persuad ing skeptical Americans that the time has come for an East-West detente and to prove it by ex tracting a treaty from the tough bargaining Russians within record time. The five-year log jam in the Geneva nu clear negotiations was broken within 10 days. By all accounts the Moscow talks were con ducted in a thoroughly businesslike yet cordial atmosphere which augurs well for forth coming series of East West negotiations lead ing up to the summit be fore the end of the year. What explains the ap parently sudden change of heart in the Krem lin's top leadership? The new orientation in Soviet foreign policy can be plausibly traced to the Cuban crisis of last October when Khru shchev snatched an un easy peace from the very jaws of nuclear dis aster. The Cuban compro mise precipitated a sav age attack from the Chi nese Communists, which must have been one of the greatest shocks in Khrushchev'i troubled career. The Sino - Soviet alli ance has always been un real and shaky as demon strated by the one sig nificant fact that the Russians never trusted Peking with nuclear weapons. Both ideologi cal conflicts on the in terpretation of Marxism and old national clashes dating back to the Ro manovs and the Manchu emperors were bound to erupt. But the intensity and fury of the Chinese at tacks after Cuba must have genuinely surprised the Russians. Although the rupture in the bloc appeared a foregone con clusion as early as last January, the Russians appeared for a time to mark time in their for eign policy. By mid-June the die was cast. On July 2, in his East Berlin speech, Khrushchev offered the first olive branch to the West when he proposed a partial nuclear test ban treaty. By that time Ken nedy had already warn ed that this was prob ably the last year when a halt to the disastrous nuclear arms race could be reached. Kennedy's June speech at the American University in which he called for reassessment of relations with Mos- cow was neither a flash in the pan nor a fortui tous accident. ' It followed a long se ries of confidential ex changes between him and Khrushchev which gave reason to hope that an East-West rapproche ment was possible and in the offing. - . , The Sino-Soviet con flict is growing. China appears to have been written off entirely as a factor in Soviet foreign policy. According to all indications, the Kremlin is now on a threshold of a global peace offensive and is looking toward the West for a more re alistic understanding of the problems of war, peace and disarmament, , than it can expect from the rampaging Chinese. Regional Edition Two Sections 58th Year Price 10 Cents " " r m m " C 73 TJ p " ' A """""T Medfoi , tiBUNE (I o ? ' ( 1 nil SvA i Wy , Circuit Court Jury j.rp'-n f Major Yugoslav T i r A I WV Finds Man Guilty . 2 City More Than F' J! ( ( , Of Brglary Charge fy. , M Half Destroyed Sh- ?T JU , .y $4 ! 1 f I Jack R. Allen, 31, Ashland, J Belgrade, Yugoslavia -OJPD- mmWi ' V. r-U.-- .. . . 11 ,w: ' ; : ' I V 'r! I J f was found guilty of burglary A- SKll A "catastrophic" earthquake ""'Sr, , ft U - i ' i A- W M h I not in a dwelling in connec A J? flll destroyed more than half the f , . ; Wl I iV A.... , ,JT ., .. ... .. . ,, & ..".jtF: SJr'Bpi city of Skoplje today, and ' AZJf Vc Vk' . ft A ..';.. 1 VVrXv. . 1 , JjF. ' tion with the robbery of the fjr death estimates ranged up to LVf k ' WJ. J V tPv Jeddeloh Brothers Sweed W-df 5,000 persons dead with thou- Mf VWWf - JV ' ' V ' ?r nr 1 -rf i't rf7te& Mills-Inc-GoId Hm-when 8 injured. R CS2S warf ' " ' 1 l rAY-'ir "M, ii$M4 Jackson county circuit court fff The actual casualty toll was ff 4 f V. rrXT9 yt" ' I " YJ1 1 X, I iJB unknown. 3?; W 5l X-k I fS' wV A ' V I iSt--XipS hour ater ,tarting delibera- 111 The official Yugoslav Tan- -J Vvy' ' fl8?," ' Pri ifyt'rif 43fl tion today. If iff jug news agency quoted res- y -.i A- ',11 A 1 K i &X '1 1 f m4 The jury received instruc- ifft' ' cue teams in the stricken city "' J A ' 1 Vn I lf :-'t"V&w "W ';ons'roJm Judge James W. of more than 200,000 as say J. $ 1 ' IS VI J4 'Miy h f,A Crawford of Portland, who ' 1 ing "over a thousand" persons j ' " W 1 'Jt I W yVV' ':'"i'3f has been presiding during the J EDWARD DAY had died in the disaster that , ,. , Han I bV: it m A n.- llr U trial, and started delibera- J. luwahv uat tr,nioH 4.11 hnlMinm I 1 -flK?-;" .'." ' 4V mk Jjf tions about 10:30 a m. 'Unusual Oppo TnTured ex- f , ' J ' . V V'VIV f TiVX Al The case opened Thursday , ceeds several thousand," it I i , ' . JfS r - ' . 'l if l - - V5 l inrv nf a witness. Dale Col- ' In Geneva, the League of " ,. I;VV 7l cf tt'1! ' lins; and the second time to ?7jfi V:-. Ti clear the way for another ac- RETURN TO OREGON Gov. and Mrs. Mark Hatfield are shown as they arrived at Portland International airport Thursday Unions Veto WageOffer; Pope and Talbot Struck By United Press International Northwest lumber unions followed their rejection of a Timber Operators Council wage offer in Portland Thurs day with a strike at all Pope and Talbot, Inc., operations in Oregon and Washington to day. The action by the Interna tional Woodworkers of Amer ica and the Lumber and Saw mill Workers Union idled an other 970 workers, pushing the number out of work in the Italian Visitor Expected in City Members of Medford's Sister City committee will meet Monday to draw up final plans for the arrival of Enrico De Maria, Medford's second visit or from Alba, Italy. De Maria is scheduled to arrive in Medtord by bus at 2:35 p.m., Sunday, August 4. He will slay in Medford for several weeks and will live in the homes of various families here. Last summer, Pino Dutto, a young attorney, visited here. He was the first goodwill am bassador from Medford's sister city. ESCAPEE CAUGHT John Day-mPU - Raymond Leslie Parker, 20, who escap ed from the Crook County jail at Prineville Thursday, was recaptured near here to day by Oregon Stale Police and John Day Police Chief Charles R. Mansfield. VENEZUELA POLICE SEEK Caracas. Venezuela - IIT - HElVSd)BRIEFS itimj from ur y wno thi otou Caracas today, seeking about 80 convicts who escaped from La Plants prison Thursday in the biggest jailbreak in Vene luelan history. JUDGE RULES HOFFA MUST STAND TRIAL Nashville, Tenn.-IPIA federal judge ruled today that Teamsters President James R. Hoffa must stand trial here on charges of attempting to fix a jury. COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE LAUNCHED Cape Canaveral-an-The United States today launched a Syncom 2 communications satellite toward an apparently ucceisful eliptical orbit and planned to boost the spacecraft Into a "hanging'' orbit 22,300 miles abore earth about five hours later. NIXON MEETS WITH ADENAUER Bonn, Germany-inuFormer U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon discussed nuclear testing and ether issues with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer today, giving him a private cititen's views not always "in line with U.S. policy." night after attending the nors' Conference industry contract dispute to about 26i000. Negotiations between the unions and the Timber Oper ators Council, of which Pope and Talbot is a member, were broken off Thursday after a wage increase of 26 cents an hour was rejected. Unions Demand 3312 A TOC spokesman said the unions demanded 33 Vi cents over a three-year period. That was the increase in an agree ment with Simpson Timber Co. last Friday. The TOC quoted union offi cials as saying they would close all 196 members of the employer organization, one by one, if necessary: "The unions' decision to spread the strike would be CAB Turns Down West Coast Request The Civil Aeronautics Board has turned down West Coast Airline's application to bypass Klamath Falls and Sacramento on flights be tween Medford and Oakland. Word of the decision was received today by Medford Mayor James Dunlcvy. The CAB verdict was reached Julv 24. West Coast had sub mitted its request June 4. The decision staled that permission for West Coast to ovcr-fly the two cities would present unfair competition to Pacific Airlines. West Coast had sought to make the Med ford - Oakland flight non-stop. CONVICTS Polic combed the byways of Gover in Miami, Fla. (UPI) regrettable," commented Karl F. Glos. executive vice presl dent of the TOC. "Additional closures of mills in an effort to pressure settlement on the basis of unrealistic demands would only bring more hard ship to workers and families and to many communities." Pope and Talbot was the second TOC member to be struck in as many days. Ed ward Hines Lumber Co. plants at Westfir and Dee, near Hood River, closed Thursday. Scott Meeting Monday Federal mediator LeRoy Smith said today only one more meeting has been sched uled in the industrial dispute which broke out over terms of contracts to replace those which expired June 1. That is between the IWA and Scott Paper Co. in Portland Mon day. Dick Gillman, public rela tions official for Region 3 of the IWA said a decision on which firms will be next would be made at a meeting of his union's regional ad visory board in Portland Sun day. Evidence Presented In U.S. Court Case The defense in the case o Capital Sky Park versus W. I, Kestcrson. the onlv case to be heard in this term of the U. S. District Court in Med. ford, completed the presenta tion of evidence this morning Federal Judge John F. Kil kenny started handing down opinions on some issues in volved. The rescission case was brought by the California company to cancel a contract with Kesterson, claiming a defective title. It opened Tues day with J. A. Ciacomini and Esther Mix of Sacramento representing the plaintiff, and William Borst as counsel for Kesterson of Klamath Falls. Testimony has been given by witnesses from California, Oregon and Canada. The list included Fred Hale and Rob ert D. Watts of Sacramento, Louis W. Soukup, Canada, Lester S. White, Portland, Orth Siscmoro, Klamath Falls, and Chet Stinson of that city. Kestcrson, who testified for himself, also was called as an adverse witness by the plain tiff. HARBOR PROJECT URGED Washington, D.C. - lUPli - The Board of Army Engineers for Rivers and Harbors Thursday recommended ap proval of the Port Orford Harbor improvement project. National Jack R. Allen, 31, Ashland, was found guilty of burglary not in a dwelling in connec tion with the robbery of the Jeddeloh Brothers Sweed Mills, Inc., Gold Hill, when a Jackson county circuit court jury reported less than an hour after starting delibera tion today. The jury received instruc tions from Judge James W. Crawford of Portland, who has been presiding during the trial, and started delibera tions about 10:30 a.m. The case opened Thursday afternoon after two postpone ments, one because of the in jury of a witness, Dale Col lins; and the second time to clear the way for another ac tion in Jackson county circuit court. No evidence was presented by the defense. Testifying Thursday after noon for the state were Dep uty Sheriff Lee Rice; Collins, office manager of the mill; Melvin Edwin Snodgracs, 25, who was returned to Medford from ' Baker on a criminal subpeona last Friday by sher iff's deputies. Detective B. Blornsen had started presentation of his testimony when court adjourn ed Thursday and he was call ed back to the stand today. Also testifying this morning was Detective Sgt. Dean De- Berry. The robbery of the mill oc curred last March. Snodgrass, a brother-in-law of Allen, was arrested with him at a later date but bailed out of Jack son county jail and moved to Baker. He was arrested there on a similar cnarge ana win be returned to Baker, accord ing to the Jackson county sheriff's office. Talent Water Rate Increase Effective Talent Minimum water rates here have been raised, effective with this month s bills now being mailed, in order to raise funds for fi nancing of the city's new wa ter project. The rate for users inside the city limits has been raised from $2.50 to $3.50 covering consumption up to 5,000 gal lons. For users outside the city, the rate has gone up from $3.50 to $3. The rates for additional 1,000 gallons remain the same as before, 30 cents per 1,000 gallons for commercial users and 25 cents lor nomes. Construction of facilities to increase the city's water sup ply by taking water from Wagner creek is now in pro cress. Present supply comes from wells. Cost of the project is estl muted at $185,000. City coun cilmcn are hopeful of raising the entire amount through water bills, according to city official. Investigation Into Shots Is Continued The Jackson county sher iff's office is continuing us investigation of complaints from the Butte Falls area of shots being fired at several children. An invest gating otticer. visiting the region, found that three shots had been fired at children, ranging in ages from five to eight years, he report ed Thursday night. Fire Danger Increasing In forested Regions National forest service per sonnel today reminded area residents of the increasing fire danger in high elevation for ested areas. Rogue River National forest officials pointed out today that moderate dry winds are blowing off the desert regions of eastern Oregon, Increasing the danger of fires. J. Edward Day j Quits as Postal Department Head Washington -(UPII- Postmas ter General J. Edward Day has resigned to accept what he called "an unusual oppor tunity" to enter law practice in the nation's capital. The Post Office Department announced Thursday night that Day had submitted his resignation in a letter to Pres ident Kennedy expressing "deep regret" at leaving the post. President Kennedy has ac cepted the resignation, a post office spokesman said. Day told Kennedy July 15 that he Was resigning, the spokes man said, and it was agreed at that time that the an nouncement would be made at Kennedy's discretion. Authoritative sources said President Kennedy has not yet decided upon a successor to Day. There have been recurring rumors that Day would re sign. Asked last March about such a report, the President told newsmen that he had no plans to replace the postmas ter general. Said in Disfavor Day was reported to have been in disfavor with the White House since last fall when he was Involved in a dispute with Deputy Postmas ter General H. W. Brawley, Brawley left and joined the Democratic National commit tee as executive assistant to the chairman, but there was speculation that Kennedy was displeased with Day's posi tion. Day is the third cabinet member to leave office in the Kennedy administration. Oth ers were Abraham Ribicoff, former secretary of Health, Education and Welfare who is now a senator from Connect!' cut, and Labor Secretary Ar thur J. Goldberg, who was named to the Supreme Court. Grants Pass Men To Enter Pleas Grants Pass - Entering of pleas by two Josephine county men charged with first de gree murder was postponed from today until Monday on agreement nf the attorneys for each man. Gerald Oden, 25, Wolf Creek, and Norman Thomas, 22, Grants Pass, were indict ed by the gran-1 jury here in connection with the death of Lloyd Harper, 48, of Grants Pass July 12. Robert Boycr, Medford at torney, is representing Oden. Thomas' attorney is Charles Telfcr of Grants Pass. The case is being heard by Judge Orval Millard of Josephine county circuit court. Chlorine Gas leak Overcomes Swimmers Reading, Pa.-UPH-A chlor ine gas tank sprang a leak at a crowded city-owned swim ming pool today and deadly fumes felled dozens of swim mers, most of them young sters. h Belgrade, Yugoslavia (UPn "catastrophic" earthquake destroyed more than half the city of Skoplje today, and death estimates ranged up to 5,000 persons dead with thou sands injured. The actual casualty toll was unknown. The official Yugoslav Tan- jug news agency quoted res cue teams in the stricken city of more than 200,000 as say ing "over a thousand" persons had died in the disaster that toppled tall buildings. "The number of injured ex ceeds several thousand, it added. In Geneva, the League of Red Cross Societies said Yu goslav Red Cross officials feared the death toll might reach 5,000. The league promptly sent out a world wide call for disaster assist ance. The earthquake struck with fearful force early this morn ing while most people were asleep in Skoplje, the capital of the Yugoslav republic of Macedonia which lies in the mountains 200 miles south of Belgrade. Old clay buildings and mod. em new concjrete. structures of 10 and 12 stories collapsed like matchwood in the inten sity of the shock, which rock ed the growing industrial city - a boom town since World War II. Tanjug reported that all 80 guests" in the 80-room hotel Macedonia, one of the main buildings in Skoplje, were killed and the structure itself "completely shattered." Tens of thousands of peo ple are standing in the streets scared, many of them injur ed," Tanjug said. A Yugoslav woman near the disaster area told UPI by telephone that "thousands were killed and many more injured. Alcksandar Blagojevl, a Yugoslav airlines pilot who flew to Belgrade from Skoplje after the earthquake, said he saw "great numbers of dead and injured lying in the streets." The earthquake, which was centered in downtown Sko plje, struck about 5:15 a.m. All the buildings" in tne center of the city were "par tially or completely destroy ed," Tanjug said. "Entire settlements, includ ing a large number of those built after the war, are com pletely destroyed," it report ed." Signal Installed At Intersection A flashing type overhead signal has been installed at the intersection of Hanley rd. and Bcall lane near Central Point, Robert J. Carstensen, Jackson county engineer, re ported today. The signal will flash a red slop light to motorists travel ing east and west on Beall lane. The stop signal will allow traffic to enter the in tersection only after coming to a full stop. A flashing yellow signal will be observed by the mo torists using Hanley rd. as a warning to proceed through the Intersection with caution The signal will go into op eration about July 30. Seattle Demonstrators To Appear in Court Seattle - HJPU - Nine ot 23 demonstrators arrested Thurs day in the climax to a four- day sit-in at the Seattle City Hall were to appear tn Lor Deration Court today. The sit-in, including 17 Ne groes and six white persons, were protesting what the Ne gro community here feels is the inadequacy of Negro rep resentation on a Human Rights commission recently set up to deal with racial problems. HARRIMAN GREETED W. Averell Har riman; chief U.Sv negotiator at nuclear test ban talks in Moscow, is greeted at a last round of talks at the Kremlin by Soviet Premier Nik It a Khrushchev. Informed Khrushchev Pledges No Shortage of Goodwill Moscow - IUPII - Soviet Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev ap pealed to the West today to follow up the partial nuclear test ban pact with new ne gotiations aimed at erasing cold war differences. He pledged "there would be no shortage of goodwill on the Soviet side." In a joint interview with Tax Referendum Title Challenged Salom-flJPIl-A Lane counly group Thursday filed a peti tion with the Oregon su preme Court challenging the ballot title Atty. Gen. Robert Y, Thornton prepared for the controversial tax referendum. The petition was filed at 15 p.m., 45 minutes before the deadline. Stale Sen. Ld ward Fadelcy (D-Eugcnc) sub mitted the petition as attor ney for the "Committee for Sensible Taxation. Signers were Richard Mill er, a member oi tne tugene School Board; Tom Powers, superintendent of Bethel school district; Lyle Swct- land, an executive of the Lane County Central Labor Coun cil, and Omer Vrooman, for mer Springfield city council man. The petition challenges the ballot title on seven dillcrcnt counts. Ward Tattled, He Tells Court London -diPIl- Dr. Stephen Ward testified today at his vice trial that while playgirl Christine Kccler was living in his apartment he was so upset by her Immoral behav ior that he told her moinor on her. Christine's mother then told him, he said, that the only time she felt happy about her daughter was when Christine was in his flat. Under cross-examination by the prosecutor, Ward sought to picture himself as the po tcclor of Christine, whose af fair with War Minister John Profumo touched off Britain's sex scandal. TRAVELS ON SKATES Portland -"I'm- A 16-year- old Portland youth started Thursday on a 2.500 mile trip to Toledo, Ohio, on roller skates. lit. V.. the official government news paper Izvcstla and the offi cial Communist party news paper Pravda, Khrushchev said the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain should not rest now that a partial test ban treaty has been reached. ' The Soviet leader said the treaty "ought to promote a general relaxation of interna tional tension, thus creating favorable conditions for a so lution of long-matured inter national problems." But he warned that it did not end the arms race and could not by Itself "avert the danger of war." "We appeal to the Weat- ern powers with a proposi tion - let us agree on all these questions" the Soviet leader said. i "We have jointly made the PACT CONCLUDED New York -UPU- The na tion's five major aluminum companies today concluded a new contract with the United Steel Workers Union in which virtually all 30,000 workers represented In the industry will get a 13-wcck extended vacation once every five years. Musa Denies Pledge To Hatfield Violated Salem - lUPli - Senate Pres ident Ben Musa today denied he had violated any pledge in making an appointment to the State Welfare commission. Gov. Mark Hatfield, -who has been attending the Na tional Governors' conference in Miami, has been critical of Musa for naming Ralph W. Pcrrv Sr., Hood River, to the welfare commission wnue act- ilia as temporary governor "The pledge tne governor said I violated 1 remember very distinctly," Musa declar ed today. Pledge Quoted He said he told the gover nor: - - -.- "I assure you, sir, that in any of your aosences irom the state you need have no worry that I will remove from office any of your ap pointments, or discharge any of your employees or assist ants. I have no intention to rock your ship of state or to frustrate your administra tion." Musa declared today, "No ijtff sources said the two conferred on the par tial nuclear test bah.treaty. and other meas ures aimed at easing1 East-West, tensions. " ' ' ' ' WP1) beginning by agreeing on ban ning nuclear weapons tests. Let us continue toward lessen ing international tensions and liquidation-of the cold war; thereby we will open ihe way toward deciding the funda mental questions on general . and complete disarmament'' He said the question of a" "peaceful German settlement", was basic to ending interna tional tensions. "The Soviet government is" ready to conduct negotiations on these questions with rep resentatives of the Western powers on a businesslike basis In an effort to negotiate and conclude a corresponding agreement," Khrushchev said. WEATHER FORECAST: Fiir inrl warm through ffMturday. Low to ntfht SO, high Saturday 01. Temp. Hlfheat YMterday 82 Lowest This Mo mint 46 Our Skies Tonight Snnseet today a.- 8:3B p m. Sunset today . p.m. Moomet tomorrow 12:04 a.m. Ftrtt Quarter July 2 The bright Uar nearest the Moon tonight la Splca. The three planets visible tonight, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter, are also occasionally seen i near ftplca. mention was ever made that I would not fill a vacancy in any office if 1 believed in my judgment it was in tna best Interest of the state to do so. I shall continue this policy as long as 1 have the obligation to d s" . Musa assumes full duties oc governor whenever Hattieia leaves the state. Hatfield Returns Home Hatfield returned to Ore- eon last night and spent this morning in Portland. He said the whole Issue emphasized the need to change the state constitution to eliminate the eovernor's surrender of pow ers when he leaves the state. He said he did not know Perry at all, and admitted ha might be a competent mem ber of the commission, but he added he had intended to announce his own appoint ment soon. "I must say this sort of conduct does not add to my peace of mind should I hava to leave the state again," the governor said. its J
