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A LIBBY WORRIED - Former Atomic Energy Commissioner Willard F. Libby, shown testifying before the Senate For eign' Relations, Armed Services and joint Atomic commit tees today, said he probably "would favor" the limited nu clear test ban treaty but is "worried" that the U.S. has not tested a super bomb. (UPI) , Strauss Attacks Test Treaty as Security Risk Washington - IUP1I - Former atomic energy chairman Lew is L. Strauss attacked the nu clear test ban treaty today as a security risk. He urged the Senate to surround it with two formal reservations and four other safeguards against Soviet cheating. Strauss testified after' an other former AF-C member, Dr. Willard '-F. : Libby, gave what he called his "worried or reluctant acquiescence" to ratification of the pact bar ring all but underground tests. Libby said he "probably would favor" the treaty but is "worried" that, tile .United States has not tested a super- Partial Report Is Made of Probe of Boy Found in Lake Items concerning the un identified body of a boy found in Keene Creek reservoir in July are undergoing examina tion at the FBI Laboratory in Washington, D. C, the Jack son county sheriff's office was notified this week. A partial report concerning the wire and molds used for weights has been received. It was' explained that much of the information included in the report was already known to local officers investigating the case. The laboratory report showed that the two assayer's crucible molds used to weight down the body had been used for silver and gold. The distinctive lead sheath 14 gauge copper insulated wire which bound the bundle containing the child's body was not in general use for some 20 years. In addition to being used in underground conduit installation, it was also used in areas where gas is found, according to the report. Sheriff's deputies have tem porarily stopped checking footprints of infants at hospi tals in the county until the more detailed report is re ceived from the FBI. One dep uty spent more than two days checking prints with the ones taken from the body by the FBI. HRVS(Q)BRIEFS ITEMS (ROM S AR0UND ml 0l0H BRITISH PROTEST KIDNAPING London - HPH - Britain hat protested sharply to Fidel Castro's government in Havana against the recent kidnap ina ol Cubans from a British-owned Caribbean island and has demanded an apology ai captured, it was officially announced today. RUSSIA WON'T HELP CHINESE Moscow - lTi - Strong Soviet statements on Communist defenses indicated Red China cannot expect military help from Russia in any further aggression, diplomatic observers said today. - RF.n LEADERS VISIT SKOPJE Skopie. Yugoslavia - joined visiting Soviet Premier Nik ita S. Khrushchev in a trip to earthquake devastated Skopje today after indicating their once bitterly feuding Communist nations have patched up their differences. VIET NAM AMBASSADOR RESIGNS Washington - 'in - Traon Van Chuong, South Viet Nam ambassador to the United Statei. resigned today in approval of the policies of his governmanl. bomb in the up-to-100 mega ton range. Russia, he said, tested one in the 65 megaton range and could construct a 100-megaton bomb. The United States, he testi fied, probably could not at this time. Outlines Reasons Strauss, a veteran of 12 years with Atomic Energy commission affairs, outlined a broad range of reasons for continued atmospheric test ing and then concluded: "Since early ratification of the treaty now appears prob able on the premise that it is in the public interest 'on bal- jance,' with which I wish that I could see my way to agree, I am concerned as a private citizen that insofar as possi ble the rjjks'-to our country which the joint chiefs ' and other advocates concede to exist may be reduced so far as possible. ' He said this "might be ef fected by two Senate reser vations and four actions which the Congress might take." His reservations: -Clear up what he called "ambiguous language." in the treaty to make it clear the United States could use nu clear weapons to aid an ally hit by armed aggression. -Reserve the right to con struct harbors, canals and other peaceful works by use of nuclear explosives on U.a or friendly territory request ing it. 6,654 Attend Fair In Josephine County Grants Pass - Attendance at the Josephine county fair Wednesday totalled 6,654, ex ceeding all past records for the opening day, fair officials reported. The total attendance for opening day in 1962, a record year, was 6,394. In addition to increases in practically every exhibit field by Josephine county residents, there are many entries from Jackson and Douglas counties, according to Lee Pruitt, fair manager. Extra facilities had to be brought in for the arts and crafts exhibits and extra cages for the rabbits. well as the return of those UPI' - Yugoslav President Tito Regional Edition MEDFORD 46 Pages Five Sections Railroad Dispute To Congress Washington IUP1I The i crisis-laden railroad rules dis pute was turned over to Con gress today following another breakdown in peace talks con ducted by Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz. The Senate Commerce com mittee was expected to start serious work today on legis lation designed to avert a na tionwide rail strike at mid night Wednesday, The committee was sched uled to meet at 10 a.m. (edt). Chairman Warren G. Mag- nuson (D-Wash.) called the group to consider the failure to reach an accord despite tentative agreement on an ar bitration plan proposed by Wirtz. The Cabinet officer told Magnuson Wednesday night the breakoff of negotiations left no immediate prospect of a voluntary settlement before the Aug. 29 strike deadline. Congress Reluctant Congress was reluctant to get involved in the four-year-old controversy but appeared to have little choice in view of the collapse of Wirtz' latest mediation effort. The Senate committee was reported split, 9-8, in favor of President Kennedy's rec ommendation to give the. -Interstate Commerce commis sion power to approve new work rules that would remain in effect for two years. No strike would be allowed dur ing this time. Kennedy's plan has been endorsed by the railroads but condemned as a form of com pulsory arbitration by the five unions involved in the dis pute. Organized labor is backing an alternative proposal by AFL-CIO President George Meany which would tempo rarily block any rules changes Howard Amazed Referral Took Place So Fast Salem - (UPH - A surprised and elated J. Francyl How ard said today he was amaz ed that referral of the leg islature's $60 million tax hike had taken place in so short a time. "We're the most unorgan ized statewide organization you could imagine, and we got the signatures in about 12 days. I am surprised," he commented. Howard, editor of weekly newspapers in Albany and Corvallis, said he now had about 9,000 verified petition signatures in his possession. Already Verified A United Press Internation al poll of the state's 36 coun ty clerks indicated more than 24,723 petition signatures al ready had been verified. Thousands remained to be checked, and it appeared like ly the referral movement might get more than 30,000 signatures. Only 23,185 valid signa tures were needed to require a special election on the tax measure Oct. 15. Howard said he expected to turn the petitions over to Secretary of State Howell Ap pling Jr. late next week, pos sibly on Friday. Deadline for filing is 5 p.m. Sept. 1. "We fought for the right of people to vote on this tax increase, we haven't told peo ple how to vote," Howard commented. Helicopter to Try To Recover Body Mount Shasta, Calif. - IOTP -A helicopter crew was sched uled to fly to the 11.000-foot level of Mount Shasta today to recover the body of a 20-year-old forest ranger killed in a hiking accident. The ranger, Bill Mihm of Glennwald, N.J., fell Wednes day while climbing in an out-of-the-way area with a fellow ranger, Stephen Tellman. Rules Given while a congressional commit tee supervises renewed nego tiations. The railroad spokesmen said they intended to place sweep ing new rules into effect at 12:01 a.m. local time next Thursday despite union warn ing this would trigger a rail strike. Appropriations Sought by City Park Commission The Medford parks and recreation commission will request two appropriations from the funds already budg eted when recommendations agreed upon at last night's meetings are presented to the city council. The appropriations are for continuation of work already under way in the Jackson park development and in the Hawthorne park redevelop ment project. For Jackson $18,500 will be asked and $23,200 for Hawthorne park. While this money has been budgeted by the city, it was budgeted in a lump sum and it is necessary for the com mission to ask for appropria tions for specific projects. The city previously appropri ated $8,000 for basic develop ment at Jackson park. This was used for "underground" development including drain age, application of base rock and all work which was not described as "above ground," according to Robert Haworth, director. Parking Lot Development The money to be requested will be used for parking lot development, continuation of the planting project and con struction of a concession and rest rooms addition at Jack son park. The $23,200 to be requested for Hawthorne will be used to renovate the Hawthorne pool plant, Haworth said. This will include replacing the gutter and providing new sun decks around the pool. All of this work is being done in accord with the plan ning suggestions of the firm of Royston, Hanamoto, Mayes and Beck of San Francisco, hired by the city council to design the Hawthorne park redevelopment plan made necessary by the establish ment of the freeway through the area. The $1,500 previously ap propriated by the city to the Hawhorne project was used for play equipment and an other $18,500 for basic work in reinstalling the sprinkling system, which was cut up by the freeway. The figures to be presented to the council, Haworth said, are based on estimates only. Specifications for the projects will be prepared in some in stances by the park mainten ance crew and for other work by contractors. The park and recreation commission will be merely asking the city to spend money already budgeted for these parks. Six Witnesses Testify at Hearing Six witnesses testified for the state during the prelimi nary hearing this morning in district court of Raymond Harold McCoy, 31, of a local hotel, charged with burglary not in a dwelling. McCoy was bound over to the grand jury on the charge with bail continued at $1,000. Testifying for the state were Oregon state and Med ford city police officers, man ager of Grandview Market, the firm McCoy is charged with entering, and three eye witnesses. McCoy was arrested by state and city police early Sunday morning following a report of a burglary at the market. Missing from the safe In the post office substation at the market were stamps and currency amounting to some 204. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1963 Secerns Drill Trv Misses Trapped Men May Try To Pick Way To Drill's Hole Hazelton, Pa. -IUPII- A sec ond attempt to drill through to two miners trapped 331 feet underground for 10 days ended in disappointment to day when the drill missed the chamber where they are en tombed. The 24-hour drilling at tempt, which started at 7 a.m. (edt) Wednesday, was halted when the special 12-inch bit dug into rock below the tiny chamber. Tap on Drill, "It's apparent we missed the monkey tunnel," Dr. H. Beecher Charmbury, state secretary of mines, said. "All we can do is sit tight for the present, tapping on the drill to see if they (the trapped men) can locate where the hole is. "Then he' can try to get into the hole." Charmbury was referring to David Fellin, 58, one of the miners trapped Aug, 13 by a roof collapse with Henry Throne, 28, and Louis Bova, 42. Fellin and Throne were separated from Bova by wall of rock and debris. Drilling Stops Charmbury said the drill ing had stopped at 315 feet. "We are not going any deeper," he said. "We think we are into bed rock. We thought they were at 330 feet, but apparently they are high er." Some mining men theorized that, a "drift" of the' drill, fairly common in drilling, was responsible for the "miss." "We will drill another hole if we have to," Charmbury said, "but this time to the north. Meanwhile, we will see if they (the trapped men) can pick their way to the hole," The disappointing news was relayed to Fellin and Throne by state Deputy Secretary of Mines Gordon Smith on the intercom system through a six-inch hole drilled earlier. Chinese Charge Kremlin Aid to India Is Sellout Tokyo - IUPII - Communist China today denounced So viet military aid to India as a "sellout" by the Kremlin. Russia has sent modern MIG jet fighters to India, which is embroiled in a bor der dispute with Red China. An Indian military mission recently spent several days in Moscow negotiating for more help. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said last week the Chinese are mass ing troops near the border for a possible new thrust into Indian territory similar to that of last autumn. Communist China's leading official newspaper, the Pe king People's Daily, said to day Russia's relations with India have become "extraor dinarily intimate." Dirty Deal "The Soviet leaders have been more absorbed than ever in their anti-China alliance with U.S. imperialism and the Indian reactionaries since they made that dirty politi cal deal - the tripartite par tial nuclear test ban treaty -with the United States," the paper asserted in an edito rial. "This is not just a 'new chapter' in Indian - Soviet re lations," the editorial added. "It is also a new chapter of collaboration between the So viet leaders and U.S. imper ialism to ally with India against China." ASK CLEMENCY Oceanlake -WPU- Some 500 Lincoln County residents and other persons living along the coast near here have signed petitions asking clemency for former North Lincoln justice of the peace Lennart Berjitn. DISAPPOINTMENT - A second attempt to drill through to two . miners trapped 331 feet underground for 10 days ended in dis appointment today when, the drill missed the chamber where they are entombed. This diagram spots the big drill that missed its mark; small drill where a six-inch "con WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable cloud tncsfi tonight, and Friday with chance of a few show ers. Low tonight 50, hleh Fri day 76. Temp. Highest Yesterday H2 Lowest This Morning 48 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 8:03 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 6:26 a.m. Moonset tonight 10:06 p.m. First Quarter Aug. 26 The "star" seen between the Moon and Splca tonight ti the planet, Mars, which Is now more than twice as far away as the Sun. Medford Woman Attacked at Home A Medford woman, Mrs. Betty Rose Kistncr, 38, of .236 North Ivy St., beaten on the head by an unknown assailant about 2 o'clock this morning in her apartment, was report ed in "poor to fair" condition at Rogue Valley hospital to day. Mrs. Kistner was brought to the hospital by Medford ambulance about 2:30 a.m., and the extent of her injuries has not been determined. Medford police, called to the apartment by the land lady, are continuing their in vestigation of the case. They found Mrs. Kistner in coherent from her injuries, but able to tell them that she had been beaten on the head with a rock by a man with a white cloth over his face. He had broken into the dwell ing, she told police. She said she had fallen asleep on the davenport while watching television and was awakened by the assault. When she screamed, the man fled from the room. There were no possessions missing from the room and no attempt was made to attack the woman sexually, officers said. MILL BURNS Areata, Calif. -0IPi-A S500, 000 fire swept through the Haney's lumber mill Wednes day night for two hours be fore 100 firefighters could subdue it. 4. 58th Tribune . i ' . , - . . - -,: -.,.- . -, Elections Staff Is Preparing for Vote Scheduled Oct. 15 While elections department staff members continue veri fying signatures on the peti tions calling for a special elec tion on the tax program en acted by the 1963 legislature, work is under way for the election scheduled Oct. 15. County Clerk E. M. Mad den said today election boards have already been set up. Each polling place will have a day board with one addi tional member coming in at 8 p.m. to assist in counting. Madden explained that bal lots will be printed by the secretary of state's office with precinct name and num bers to be printed locally. Number of Places While the number of poll ing places has not been com piled, Madden explained that they will be similar to the last general election'. There are 128 precincts in the coun ty. Residents may register for the election up to 30 days before the election, Madden noted. He said that the office Earthquake Jars Los Angeles Area Los Angeles - IUPII - A sharp earthquake rattled windows througout a wide section of the Los Angeles area shortly before dawn today but no damage was reported. The quake apparently was centered in the southeastern section of Los Angeles coun ty but was felt throughout most parts of the Los AngcK'S basin. The sheriff's substation in nearby Norwalk said its tele phone switchboard was jam mod with calls by persons rc porting the jolt. A telephone operator at Los Angeles Civic Center said doors and win dows in the 28-story building rattled. 1 Year Price 10 Cents No. 132 tact" hole was sunk to isolated third miner, Louis Bova; and the pipeline thai has been sunk and used to supply David Fellin and Henry Throne with supplies. Rescuers will tap on the drill that missed to see if the trapped men can locate where the hole is. (UP) was awaiting a ruling by the secretary of state regarding the closure date since Sept. 15 falls on Sunday. Total number of registered voters in the county is not known at this time, since an official count will not be made until the last of the pe titions have been checked. As of mid-morning some 2,325 signatures had been verified on 34 petitions with nine more petitions received. Madden said applications for absentee voting may now be sent to the elections de partment. He estimated that the election will cost Jack son county more than $8,000 which will be reimbursed by the state. City Awarded Plaque for Traffic Engineering Plan The City of Medford was awarded a plaque Wednesday noon in recognition of its traf fic engineering program dur ing 1962. The presentation was made by Howard L. Eddy, executive secretary of Oregon traffic safety division of the depart ment of motor vehicles. The noon luncheon held at the Rogue Valley Country club was part of the activi ties scheduled during the two day annual traffic inventory analysis for the city. The announcement of Med ford's out standing achieve ment certificate in traffic en gineering was made in June by the National Safety coun cil in Chicago, III. This is the second year that Medford has received the certificate. RtcaivM 83 Points In an analysis of Medford's over-all traffic safety program the city received 83 points, only one above last year. The total score is a compilation Fight Plotted on Basis of Schools, Property Taxes Drive Expected to Start Immediately Salem - OJPU - The state was set today for a massive campaign to salvage the 1963 legislature's $60 million tax increase package. The campaign is expected to be launched immediately, and be fought on the basis of "save our schools" and "keep our property taxes from go ing up." Oregon voters will decide the fate of the tax bill at a special election Oct. 15. A drive to refer the meas ure to a special election al ready has won more than the 23,185 petition signatures needed, unofficial tallies indi. cated today. The Oregon Education asso elation, AFL-CIO, Associated Oregon Industries, and Ore gon j;arm Bureau Federation appeared ready to spearhead the drive to save the tax bill from defeat. Right lo Vote Upheld None of the groups opposed the peoples' right to vote on the bill but all appeared ready to wage a bitter cam paign to keep it from being defeated at the special elec tion. Cecil Posey, Oregon Educa tion association, said "We will try to save the tax bill. It is too important to educa tion. People don't realize that 60 per cent of the general fund goes to education. "The.legislature was skimpy in its appropriation for educa tion, and we fear a defeat of the tax bill would do great damage t,o education." tvan Concleton. executivn secretary of Associated Ore gon industries (ACI), was vis iting the governor, and was not available for comment. But an AOI spokesman said, "We .will oppose defeat of me tax ,bill: We don't like it but we support it because we Know. .what, will happen. ine legislature worked 141 days on that bill, and it was the best they could do. We doubt if it can do better at a special session. It could be worse." Labor To Assist Organized labor planned a campaign on the state and local level to keep the mea sure from being defeated. J. D. McDonald, president of the Oregon AFL-CIO, said "we have about 48 npr runt of the people in our ranks, and we plan a campaign to get as many people as we can to vote for the tax bill. We plan to work with other or ganizations. We will start im mediately." George Dewey of the Ore gon Farm Bureau Federation said the Farm Bureau Board wasn't happy with the tax bill, but would oppose its de feat for fear property taxes would be increased. Gov. Mark Hatfield, Senate President Ben Musa, House Speaker Clarence Barton, and most other state officials are on record as opposing defeat of the measure. Timber Firm Tells Expansion Program Seattle - IUPD - Simpson Timber Co. today announced plans for a $21 million plant expansion and improvement program in its Washington, Oregon and California forest products operations. C. H. Bacon Jr., president, announced $10 million will be spent on new construction and modernization this year and another $11 million will be invested in Simpson's lum ber, plywood, chemical and wood fiber production in 1964, 1965 and 1966. of points in seven categories - accident records, traffic engineering, police super vision, traffic court, school traffic safety education, pub lic traffic safety education and organization for traffic safety improvement. In addition to traffic engi neering, the city made im provements in the field of public traffic safety education and remained the same in po lice traffic supervision and traffic court. In accepting the plaque Wednesday, Mayor James Dunlevy said that he would accept it but that it was earned through the efforts of Medford Police Capt. Clyde Fichtner and City Engineer Vernon Thorpe. City officials are now studying the city's over -all program and considering recommendations s u g gested by the National Safety Coun cil. t
