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University cf Oregon Library Eugene, Oregon COliP o Freak' Fife C3ose Accident Mes Life Of Middle Resident Thailand Agrees To Permit Landing Of US Marines To Boost Anti-Red Defense WASHINGTON (AP) Thailand has agreed to admit U.S. combat Jtarinp from the 7th Fleet and will get further U.S. aid to shore up her anti-Communist defenses, lources said today. Informants said Gen. Paul D. Harkins, U.S. military advisory commander in South Viet Nam, conferred with Thai authorities Sunday and was given consent for the Marine landings. Meanwhile, though, Pentagon sources said no decision has been made on if or when the Marine batallion landing team would go into Thailand. They said the United States still has to make an independent de cision on whether to commit that force. Hiqh Court Up holds Beck Conviction WASHINGTON (AP)-The preme Court upheld today Su. the embezzlement conviction of Dave Beck, former Teamsters Union president who was sentenced to IS years in prison. The court's vote was 4-3. Justice Clark delivered the majority opin ion. Justice Black wrote a dissent ing opinion in which Chief Just ice Warren joined, and Justice Douglas wrote a separate dissent ing opinion. Justices Frankfurter and White did not take part. Beck, 66, was convicted in King county superior court m Wash ington state on a charge of pocket ing $1,900 from the sale of a Cad illac owned by the union. He was convicted in December 1957 but has been free on bail pending outcome ot appeals. Beck was not immediately available for comment in Seattle. where he has been active in real estata and other lines of business since his retirement as Team' gters' president several years ago, His attorney, Charles S. Bur dell, said there was a possibility the Supreme Court might be asked for a rehearing but it was too soon for him to say what course of action would be taken. Burdell said "It might be 30 days or more before the high court's opinion is received here, and of course, Mr. Beck will be free until that time at least." Fall From Cliff Fatal To Girl PACIFIC CITY, Ore. (AP) Gayla Beth Greenwood, 14, Van couver, Wash., fell to her death in the Pacific Ocean Saturday from 130-foot high Cape Kiwanda on the Oregon Coast. Authorities said the girl went near the edge of the cliff, and the ground crumbled under her feet. She apparently was killed out right. Her body was retrieved by two boatmen who put out into the surf. Gayla, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Greenwood, Vancou ver, Wash., was visiting the coast with a group of teenagers, led by Jack Potts, Portland. Potts, who saw the girl fall, made his way down the cliff in a rescue attempt. Potts was picked up by the boatmen. Rites Unite Grecian Princess, Pretender To Throne Of Spain ATHENS, Greece (AP) Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and Prin cess Sophie of Greece were mar ried today in two religious cere monies as tens of thousands of Greeks cheered. The dashing prince, groomed by Generalissimo Francisco Franco to occupy the long vacant Span ish throne, first married the daughter of Greece's rulers in his own faith at the Roman Catholic Cathdral of St. Denis. They rode together through the streets to the royal palace, smil ing and waving to the cheering throngs. Then they separated and were driven to the Greek Orthodox The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Partly cloudy tonight and Tues day. A little warmer Tuesday. Highest tamo. It 14 hours . 43 Lowit temp, last 24 hours 15 Highest temp, any May ($), Lowest temp, any May (54)'.. 24 rrecip. last 14 hsvrs T Queen Juliana of The Netherlands, Preeip. from May I .77 j King Olaf of Norway, Queen ln- Pracip from Sept. 1 Jl.Sfl grid of Denmark, Prince Rainier Excess frem Sept. 1 J.Mjand Princess Grace of Monaco Suns tonight, 7:2 p.m. and younger prince and prin- SunriM torn enow, 4:30 a.m. cesser, by the dozen9. It was indicated that about 1,- 090 of the Marines would be land ed, if the U.S. order was issued, and that these s-ould be "! to augment the 1,000 men of the 27th Army Infantry Regiment's battle group which is expected to move up to the Mekong River area in northeast Thailand shortly. The sources said the U.S. troops could be expected "to take physi cal military action" to prevent Communist forces from penetrat ing Thailand, if the Thai's invoke the SEATO treaty or a bilateral agreement between the United States and Thailand. The sources said "as of now there has been no decision to put U.S. troops in Laos." The move involving the Marines was ordered by President Kenne dy as part of his broad strategy to bolster anti - Communist deieuscs in Southeast Asia. It also was aimed at getting U.S. troops into position for quick intervention in Laos itself should he decide such action is necessary and desirable. Marines Move In In rapid developments: The Marine detachment of 2,000 combat ready men moved into Southeast Asian waters as part of a 7th Fleet aircraft carrier task force. Other elements of the pow erful 7th Fleet were steaming to ward the crisis area under orders issued Saturday by Kennedy. The President put on alert land, sea and air forces in Uie United States and the Pacific area. The U.S. Sets OH Eleventh Blast WASHINGTON (AP) The 11th blast of the U.S. nuclear test series in the atmosphere was set off today near Christmas Island in the Pacific. The announcement from the Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department said It was another shot in the intermed iate yield range, and the device was dropped from an airplane. That has been true of all but two of the shots so far. Intermed iate range covers a blast equival ent to between 20,000 and 1 mil lion tons of TNT. The time of the shot was given as about 11:30 a.m. EDT. AEC Chairman Glenn T. Sea borg says indications are that the United States is getting the in formation it seeks in the Pacific tests. Except for this remark Seaborg was as tight-lipped Sunday on a recorded television interview with Sen. Kenneth B. Keating. R-N.Y., as the government has been in announcing firing of the tests. The 10th Pacific explosion was announced Saturday. It was de scribed as an air drop of inter mediate yield meaning a blast equivalent to 20,000 to 1 million tons of conventional explosive force. The government also an nounced an underground test of intermediate yield at the Nevada proving ground, the 32nd in that series. Atlas Explodes SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP)-An Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile blew up in a test stand Sunday. The 90-foot stand, in which the missile was tethered for ground test of its engines, was destroyed, along with a number of nearby fuel storage tanks. There were no reported injuries. Cathdral for the Orthodox cere mony required by Greek law and Sophie's faith. Pope John XXIII gave special approval of the Roman-Orthodox union after the princess pledged to bring up her children in her husband s faith. Church bells rang, artillery guns roared out a salute and a gather ing of 120 royal guests looked on with excitement as the prince, 24 and the princess, 23, took their vows. It was the most brilliant wedding Athens had seen since Sophie's parents King Paul and Queen Frederika were married in 1938. Princess Sophie arrived at the church right on time. She was escorted by eight bridesmaids, their eight escorts and four wit nesses for the ceremony all princes or descendants of royal houses. The cathedral, decorated and j perfumed by thousands of red and yellow roses and carnations, was packed with royalty that Included alert was reported far short of the type of warning that would be giv en to troops in the event of war. Units alerted included those of the new strike command, which vu move swiftly in the event of so- called brush-fire wars. Gen. Paul D. Harkins, command ing officer of U. S. military ad visory forces in South Viet Nam, flew to Thailand to confer with officials at Bangkok. Kennedy's order that the mili tary take "precautionary meas ures" was designed (1) to put pow er behind U.S. diplomatic efforts to end peacefully the new outbreak of the Laos fighting and (2) to be prepared for a fight if neces sary. JFK Meets Advisers Kennedy met with his top mili tary and diplomatic advisers Sun day for 70 minutes, his third con ference on the Laotian situauud la three days. He cut short a schedul ed stay at his Virginia country place to hold the meeting with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other officials. Undersecretary of State George Ball left the conference to appear on a television interview. He said that a peaceful settlement was pos sible if the Soviet Union would cooperate. Ball reported the United States had asked Russia to get Communist-supported Pathet Lao troops pulled back to the cease-fire line from which they have been ad vancing in northwest Laos for about 10 days. Restoration of the year-old "-ease-fire would lead to re vival of negotiations for a "govern ment of national union" in Laos, and Ball made clear that is the immediate U. S. objective. Soviet Approval Given Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vastly F. Kuznetsov is reported to have told British Ambassador Sir Frank Roberts in Moscow Satur day that the Kremlin still wanted such a government. Ball said he was not certain by any meant that the Soviet Union "called the shots" when the Path et Lao forces launched their at tack on the Laotian town of Nam Tha, which they took from de moralized Royal Laotian govern ment troops. But he added: "In any event I am certain that the Soviet Union has under its power means to control the situ ation." Winston Man Killed In Crash A retired Winston millworker who was in Arkansas visiting rela tives was killed in an automobile accident near Springdale in that state Saturday. He was Martin C. Branscum, 64, a passenger in a car driven by his brother-in-law, G. J. Barnett, 76, of Gentryn Ark. An Associated Press dispatch quoted police there as saying that the Barnett car slid through a stop sign at the junction of two highways four miles west of Spring- dale. The car was struck by a sec ond automobile. Six other persons in the two cars were injured. Branscum, whose wife passed away Oct. 3, 1960, had just retired from his work at Green Valley Lumber Co. He had gone to Wilder, Idaho, to visit a daughter, Mrs, Carl (Alpha) Slagle and sons, Coy at Caldwell and Lonnie D. at Marcen. Idaho. From Wilder, the daughter and her husband had driven him to Arkansas, then went on to other places to visit, according to infor mation obtained by News-Review Correspondent Thebe McGuire at Winston. Branscum was visiting with Bar nett. He died at Silom Springs, Ark. The body will be shipped to Roseburg to the Long & Shukle Memorial Chapel, and services will be held later this week, it was an nounced. Another daughter, Mrs. H. F. (Gladys Mae) Coker, lives at Win ston. Also surviving are a brother, Claude Branscum of ML Sterling, 111., five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was born Oct. 12, 1897, at Marion County, Ark. Ha had Uvea at Winston since 1949, coming from Caldwell, Idaho. He was a mem ber of the Missionary Baptist Church of Winston. Brooks Named National AMA Student President PORTLAND (AP) -Jim Brooks of Roseburg, a junior at the Uni versify of Oregon Medical School has been elected national president of trie student American Medical Association The election was held at the group's annual meeting in Wash ington, D.C, Last vear Brooks was named president of tha Western region of uie siuoeni grcp. Tunnel Cave-In Kills Two At Six Injured, In Dam Fall; One Critical, MADRAS, Ore. (AP) A huge steel form, breaking loose when a cable anchor pin snapped plum meted ISO feet to the bottom of a spillway tunnel Sunday, killing two workmen and injuring six others. The accident occurred at the Round Butte Dam site, 10 miles west of Madras, just 15 minutes before the workmen's shift was to have ended. Dead were Robert L. Clinton. Bend, Ore., and Ireneaux E. Ochs. 36, Terrebonne, Ore. Olhe Lewis, Sandy. Ore., was still in critical condition late Sun day. Clyde E. EUenburg, 26, Me tolius. Ore.; John Eastling, 31, Greenville, Ala.; and Wayne Cor nett, 38, Madias, Ore.; remained in serious condition. Less badly hurt were Bob G. Cady, 24, and Howard E. Dim tags, 28, both of Madras. All of the injured were in a Madras hospital. ine form. 21 feet in diameter and 24 feet long, was being used to pour concrete for walla of a spillway tunnel shaft for Portland General Electric Co.'s $60 million Round Butte project, high in the Cascade Mountains of central Ore gon. Tha tunnel runs downward at a 52-degree angle. When the pm broke the eight men, working atop the form, were thrown 150 feet to the base of the shaft, deep inside a 1,000-foot canyon wall. Choir Members' Purses Pilfered As Organ Peals Apparently the sanctity of a church doesn't extend to the church choir. Several feminine members of the First Presbyterian Church choir had their purses ransack ed and money taken, while they were in the choir loft singing for the Sunday morning serv ices. As is customary, the women of the choir leave their purses in a locked cabinet. When the service was over and they re turned, several of them dis covered their money and car keys of one of them were miss ing, it was reported. A check by Roseburg City Police revealed a total of about $80 missing. Officers were summoned by Walter Fredrickson, a mem ber of the choir, when the dis covery was noticed. He said he had locked the cabinet him self. He told officers he had seen a man, who looked like he didn't belong in the church, just as the choir was marching in but thought nothing of it at tha time. - Grecian Princess Gives Up Throne ATHENS. Greece (AP) Prin cess Sophie of Greece, who mar ries Spanish Prince Juan Carlos today, signed a decree renounc ing her rights to the Greek throne i ne Zd-year-old princess was second in succession to the throne after her brother, Crown Prince Constantine. Her younger sister, Princess Irene, who became 20 Fnday, now replaces her. Sophie, a Greek Orthodox, and Juan Carlos, a Roman Catholic, must say their marriage vows twice to satisfy the rules of their churches and of Greece. After the two ceremonies, So phie will emerge from the church with her new title: Princess So phie of Estoril, wife of the Infant of San Juan Carlos, son Prince of Estoril, son of Don Juan, Count of Barcelona. The Orthodox Church of Greece today officially announced that it recognizes the marriage cere mony of the Greek princess to the spamsh prince. The double ceremony will be performed by the Roman Catholic archbishop of Greece, Benedict Brindisi, at St, Denis Roman Cath olic Cathedral, and by Archbishop Chryssostomos of Athens, primate of all Greece, at the Greek Ortho dox Cathedral. 16 Die In Algiers it r.iroe adi ,1...;.. tlonalist nmminrim sureed out of the Casbah by car and afoot ( lata todar and machine-eunned at! i lnt la F.urnneani n tth and wounded 24 others in widespread -auacu inrougnout me cuy. 1 111 llll I I, ljfy Ull M LL-, ai.yL L. L-jlli TWO UNIDENTIFIED workmen inspect damage after Into tunnel at Round Butte when tt tell, btx were injured 1 ' 1 '" ' 1 1 1 Break-In Reported At Local Drive-In Lyle E. Quist. 1517 NE Beufah St., reported to Roseburg City Po lice that the Qurstie Kremes Drive In, 356 NE Winchester St., was entered some time Saturday night or Sunday morning. Nothing was missing. Entry had been gained by some one ripping the screen loose at a rear corner. Theft of bottles from two differ ent places of business was report ed to officers. A 16-year-old boy admitted taking two pop bottles from Bloom's Service Station and taking them to the South Stephens Market where he sold them. Another 13-year-old admitted to police taking a grocery basket of bottles from the Safeway store on SE Cass Ave. He entered and left by a rear door, and told officers he planned to sell them elsewhere. He was turned over to the juvenile officer and released to his mother. A 10-year-old girl also was caught with a piece of jeweiery at the F. W. Woolworth store. Police were notified, and she was turned over to her mother. Clara Marie Taber, 1044 NE Klamath Ave., reported to city po lice the theft of two mud and snow tires, just purchased, some time Friday night. Special Election Section Today Politics has been pounding the voter from every side In recent days, and the tempo is expected to pick up in the last four days before the Friday primaries. In an effort to draw all the claims, counterclaims and Infor mation about the candidates to gether in one package. The News-Review today carries a roundup of the candidates and Is uei. The roundup appears as a spe cial second section as a service to News-Review readers. Also appearing In the section are sam ple ballots and the lilt of polling places. Rep. Green Supports Bid Of Walt Pearson PORTLAND (AP) State Sen Walter Pearson, Portland, has the support of Rep. Edith Green, D- Ore., in his bid for the Demo cratic nomination for governor. Mrs. Green disclosed her en dorsemcnt of Pearson at a week end reception at Portland in hon- ! or of Pearson, Rep. Green headed the Oregon Kennedy campaign committee in I 1980. and said Pearson was one of ' the hardest-working members luui cumnmicw. dam project site near Madras. and two died from Internol A " '. , 1 . ' ii1 .' ' i President Of Indonesia Escapes Fifth Attempt At Assassination SINGAPORE (AP)-Indoneslan President Sukarno reportedly es caped another attempt on his life today when an assassin tried to gun him down at an outdoor prayer meeting in Jakarta. Jakarta Radio said Sukarno es caped unharmed, but that five other persons, including two gov ernment officials, were injured slightly. The broadcast said police had seized the gunman who re portedly was acting on orders of the Darul Islam group of Moslem fanatics. Because today is an Indonesian national holiday, communications Here irregular between Jakarta and the outside world. It ' was believed news reports of the shoot ing were being held up by censor ship. Possibility Seen For Nuclear Ban WASHINGTON (AP) The chief U.S. negotiator at the Ge neva disarmament talks reported to President Kennedy today that he feels the discussions are going exceptionally well and there is a possibility for a workable nuclear test ban treaty. Arthur H. Dean, told newsmen after his conference with Ken nedy that he thinks the Soviet Un ion wants to go on with the dis armament talks. Dean said he had heard a great many rumors that Russia is plan ning a new scries of nuclear tests in the atmosphere, but that he had no definitive information on that. As far as he knows. Dean said, there is no plan for President Kennedy to meet with Soviet pre mier Khrushchev. When the present series of U.S. nuclear tests is completed, and possibly a new series of tests by Russia, Dean said, he feels the atmosphere will be more favora ble for negotiations for an effec tive and workable test ban treaty The new test, Dean said, would get away from the mutual feeling that each side has been cheated Dean said he will return to de neva after helping to dedicate the John Foster Dulles Library at Princeton University Tuesday, Evergreen Grange1 Sett KP Drum Corps Benefit A benefit dinner for the Knights ot Pythias Drum and Bugle Corps is slated May 20 at the Evergreen Granite Ha Proceeds will be used to help the corns finance a trip to the Seattle Worlds Fair. Swiss steak dinners will be served from 12 p.m. to of ;5 p.m. The public is welcome. Ad- -muu wm m ih,Ac., Madras fall of SDillwav concrete form Eight men were on the form Injuries, on Impact. , . - V' J. Muzhar, . Information oficer of the Indonesian consulate in Singapore, said he had reports of the assassination attempt, but that he had not received anv of ficial word from Jakarta: ' It was the fifth assassination attempt against Sukarno, 61, dur ing his long, turbulent career. The last try was made Jan. 7 while Sukarno was touring the South Celebes to drum up support for Invasion of Dutch-held West New Guinea. - Jakarta Radio said today's at tempt was made in the capital's ixaaa bquare during a prayer meeting starting sacrifice day commemorations, a Moslem holi day. The broadcast said the state security organization had been tipped off that Karto Suwirjo, head of a Darul Islam group, had ordered nine of his men to kill Sukarno As a result, security forces took "certain measures," the broad cast went on, . "A person suddenly attacked and fired shots at President Su karno," it said. "With God's pro tection, the president was not harmed by the attack. "The attacker was arrested Im mediately and investigation is now under way. Six Men Die, Three Missing In California Sea Tragedy NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP)I The bodies of six men, all but one manglad by sharks, were re covered from the wind-whipped ocean near here Sunday, Three others still were missing. The Coast Guard called it the worst sea tragedy in Southern California since 1952 when eight persons disappeared. Searchers also recovered a bait tank and. other debris from the 25-foot cabin cruiser on which the nine embarked on a fishing expedition early Saturday. The craft, known as both the Happy Jack and the Cindy, ap parently became swamped in choppy seas and sank Saturday. the Coast Guard reported. Winds were gusting up to 30 miles per hour. Sharks still thrashed about the bodies when they were discovered by the fishing boat Mardic. "There were so many sharks the men had to lower steel stretchers In the water to fish out the bodies," said Deputy Coroner Eugene Miller. "The sharks kept after the bodies and several even jumped into the stretchers at the victims as they were being pulled aboard," Miller added. Fire Viewer Hit On Neck By Wild Hose Hans Peterson. 55. of Riddle Hiorf Saturday at 6 p.m. in a Canyon. viue uuspuai apparently irom in juries sustained in a freak accident at a house fire in Riddle. Peterson, according to Mrs. Krma Best, correspondent, was a spectator at the fire which leveled the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Humiston at the corner of Second and Mary streets. Hose Hits Man Apparently a hose being used by the Riddle Volunteer Fire Depart ment got loose as it was charged and tha nozzle struck Peterson on the back of the neck. Dr. John Donnelly, county medical examin er, is investigating the death to day. The fire began about 2:20 p.m. while the Humistons were away. The alarm was turned in when flames were noted coming from the roof of the two-story older frame home. The house was a mass of flames by the time the fire department arrived, according to Mrs. Best. Some contents of the house wen vcd but the structure itself was total loss. Some insurance was carried. A vacant house next door was slightly charred from the flames but further damage was prevented by fire crews. A state fire marshall from Springfield was expected in Riddle today to investigate, the fire and fatality. Man Born In Sweden Peterson was born Julv 15. 1906. In Hogaster, Sweden, and had liv ed in the Riddle area for the past 14 years, moving here from Klam ath Falls. He came to this country a teen-ager. Peterson was a member of the Lutheran Church and VFW Post No. 9744, Riddle. He served In the Army during World War II. For the last four years he was employ, ed by Riddle Manufacturing. Ha married Mabel Flint Rowland, at Canyonville, Aug. 22, 1959. surviving are his wife; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Cob. letz, Riddle, Mrs. Pearl Cunning, ham, Lebanon, Ore.; Mrs. Purely Moore, Nehalem; three stepsons. James Rowland, Heading, una.. Jack Rowland, Sunnyvale, vain.. and Thomas Rowland, Gold tun; two sisters, Anna Johnson, Worba, . Minn.; Hulda Peterson, Hogaster; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held In the chapel of Ganz Mortuary, Myr tle Creek, Thursday at 10 a.m. Tha Elder George Knowles. of the Rose. burg Seventh-day Adventlst Church will officiate. Interment will fol low in a Canyonville Cemetery. Shots Wound Two Youths PORTLAND (AP) A Portland man told police today he fired shots at two youths who were prowling about his car late Sun day. : The youths, James Byron Nel son and Raymond C. Dobbs Jr., both IS, had earlier said they were wounded by mysterious shots aa they looked for an address. Gerald R. Vaughn, who signed a comolalnt axainst the youths. said one of them opened the hood of his car, which was parked on the street in front of bit home. He said he opened fire when they saw him and fled in their own vehicle. The youths were taken to the hospital after returning home. Nelson was in satisfactory con dition at a hospital with wounds on the back of his head and neck. Dobbs was released after being treated for a wound on his arm. Deputies said two shots had been fired through the roof of the car just above the rear window. The boat was on its first lea voyage unacr us owner, vnesier McMain, 45, of Norwalk. Miller said autopsies Indicated all six men apparently drowned. Shark bites could have been an equal cause of death of five of the men, he said. The Coast Guard posted small craft warnings Saturday, advising of rough seas, winds of 20 miles per hour and gusts to 30 mpb, with an excessive surface chop due to steady blowing. "A boat that site would bounce around like a cork" in such a choppy sea, an official said. McMain't body was among those recovered. Others recovered were: Charles Chudy, 52, ot Westmin ster; Harvey L. Johnston, 30, Los Angeles: Robert Herman Schmidt, 25, formerly of Stillwater, Okla., employed by a Los Angeles car loading firm; William F. Huff man, 29, Los Angeles, and John Treadway, 39, Bell Gardens. Still missing were: E. R. Huffman, brother of one of those found dead; Richard Cain, 28, of Bell Gardens and Robert Gibson, 21, f Norwalk, I McMain'a son-in-law. 9