The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, July 21, 1962, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

The news-review., July 21, 1962, Page 1, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1962)

Page of 12 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.7 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 12 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page Texto University cf Oregon Library Eugene, Oree- COlP CCemiiniedly Slhyffles Gen. Taylor Named Joint Staff Chief Ertobtiihed 1873 12 Pages ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1962 172 62 10c Per Copy Top Amy liross Kennedy Of Strike HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (UPI) President Kennedy appealed to day for a 60-day delay in a threat ened strike at most of the na tion's missile plants and bases. He also named a three-man board to investigate the stalemated situa tion. "In this important defense in dustry all parties have a respon sibility to cooperate in achieving a settlement without any interrup tion of work," Kennedy said in a telegram to all parties involved. Kennedy acted outside the ma chinery of the Taft-Hartley Law in calling for a solution to the con troversy which threatens to shut down most of the nation's missile program. But administration sources said that if this plan didn't work he still would have open the Taft-Hartley recourse of seeking an 80-day back-to-work in junction. The White House said the dis pute involves 150,000 workers at 53 missile plants and bases. Ken nedy dispatched his telegrams at 10:30 a.m. EDT from the summer White House here today after talk ing by phone with Labor Secre tary Arthur J. Goldberg in Wash ington. France Agrees To Pull Troops From Bizerte PARIS (UPI) France and Tunisia resumed diplomatic rela tions today after France prom ised to pull its troops out of the big naval base at Bizerte at aome still unspecified date. A communique issued by the ' French Foreign Office Friday night said the two countries de cided, following the visit of Tuni sian Minister Bahi Ladgham, to resume diplomatic relations and to exchange ambassadors. As he flew' back to Tunis today, Ladgham told newsmen no speci fic date for the evacuation of the troops had been agreed upon. President Charles de Gaulle al ways has said firmly that France will retain the base so long as the threat of .world con flict exists. "In my conversations in Paris I can say that a positive step has been accomplished towards the normalization of relations be between Tunisia and France," Ladgham said. "I received formal assurances that the process of withdrawal of forces stationed in the Bizerte region, already completed from the arsenal of Menzel Bourguiba and its supporting outposts, will be continued and completed as rapidly as possible and in a reasonable period," he said. An estimated 800 persons were killed in the four-day battle at Bizerte last July. The battle started when demonstrators against French occupation of the base blocked French communica tion and supply routes among various sections of the spread-out base.' In fighting which followed, thousands of rounds of French mortar fire poured into the Bi zerte casbah's cramped streets and houses, killing men, women and children. Wildlife Refuges Said Essential To Maintenance Of Agriculture WASHINGTON (UPI) - A Cali fornia state official warned Fri day that the shrinking of wild- The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Variable high cloudiness, other wise fair today, tonight and Sun day. Possibility of thunder show ers in the mountains south anil east tonight. Continued warm. Hiohest temo. last 24 hours . tz Lowest temp, last 24 hours ... 51 Highest temp, any July (61 )..lt Lowest temp, any July (42) . 39 Preclp. last 24 hours Oi Precip. from July 1 T Precip. from f tpt. 1 12.49 Excess from Sept. 1 2.3S Sunset tonight, 7:47 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:53 a.m. Loggers' Fire Weather Temperatures today and Sunday will hover about 90 degrees. Hu midities both days will range be tween 25 and 30 per cent. North west winds of S to 8 m.p.h. are expected. Outlook for Monday is continued, hot and dry weather, with thunderstorms along the Cas- eadps in the afternoon. Appeals For Delay At Missile Bases Kennedy arrived Friday night for his third consecutive weekend here with his family after receiv ing a gloomy report on the strike situation from Federal Mediation Service Chief William E. Simkin. The report, relayed by Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg, warned Kennedy that union con tract negotiations in the aerospace industry were deadlocked and a strike might begin Monday that would halt work on much of the U.S. missile and aircraft program. Kennedy was confronted by a situation which Sen. John C. Sten nis, D-Miss., chairman of the Sen ate Armed Services Preparedness Lumber Scheme Told By Morse ' PORTLAND (UPI)-Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Ore., Friday night out lined a plan to bolster the North west lumber industry that in cludes tightening the reins on the Forest Service. The Oregon Democrat said he would take the problems to Pres ident Kennedy Monday. Morse spoke before lumber in dustry executives at a meeting ar ranged by the steering commit tee of the Lumbermen's Econom ic Survival Committee. Morse said solution of the state's lumber problems lies in the fields of foreign policy, bet ter liaison with, and more checks on, the Forest Service and some changes in the Jones shipping act. He touched also on the current iron workers strike and praised Gov. Mark Hatfield and Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg for bringing the dispute to arbitration. In the matter of foreign policy, Morse said that whereas the eco nomic health of Canada is im portant to this country, he did not like to see the giving of a big loan to ' Canada followed by im position by Canada of import duties on American products. "I do not propose to see the liquidation of the forest industry for the benefit of Canada," he said. Changes suggested He said he wanted to see temporary quotas assigned to Canadian timber. Morse suggested policy and procedural modifications in the Forest Service. There should be someone at secretary level with whom Congress and the industry could deal, he said, because Con gress never delegated policy mak ing power to those beneath secre tary level. He added that the Forest Service "will hear from me Monday" re garding a letter sent to the in dustry seeking detailed informa tion on operations which the serv ice said Morse had requested at a recent hearing. Morse denied he asked for the information. . He said the bill to remove the present 6 per cent differential enjoyed by West Coast ship builders is in committee and he expects it to stay there. The senator was to meet this morning with fescue growers in Portland and later today was to speak in Medford and attend a Democratic picnic on the Rogue River Sunday. He expects to return to Wash ington Sunday night. fowl refuges in Northern Californ ia and Oregon would prove "dis astrous" to farmers in the Cen tral Valley of California. Harry Anderson, deputy direc tor of fish and game, told a House Interior Subcommittee that the Tulelake, Lower Klamath and Up per Klamath wildlife refuges were "absolutely essential" for the maintenance of agriculture in the Central Valley. Andei-jon joined conservationists in supporting Senate-passed legis- i lation intended to stabilize the ref- 1 uges used by about 80 per cent i of the migratory birds on the 'Pacific Flyway. Loss of the marshlands and any 1 cut in the size of the refuges ; would deprive millions of birds OI a resting place on me nyway, Anderson said. He said this would result in their descending one the crops of California farmers. Spokesmen for the Klamath drainage district in Oregon ap peared in opposition to some features of the bill. They were in troduced by Rep. A! Ullman, D- Ore., who said the bill was contro versial in his state but that most were in support of its general principles The Oregonians asked that Subcommittee, described as a threat to production of all the na tion's strategic missiles Atlas, Ti tan, Minuteman and Polaris. A strike by the United Automo bile Workers and the International Association of Machinists would stop work on such projects as Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg AFB, major rocket and missile launching sites. There was a likelihood that the President would take some action connected with this situation by mid-day. In arriving here Friday, Ken nedy for the second week in a row pulled the name of an im portant nominee from a bag hid den even to close confidantes. This weekend, the case in point was Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, Ken nedy's current special military adviser and his new choice for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Last week, It was Cleveland's Mayor Anthony J. Celebrezze, the administration's new Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. When Kennedy flew here from Washington Friday the betting ran fairly heavily on Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer to succeed Gen. Lauris Norstad as U.S. commander in chief in Europe. As such, Lem nitzer presumably would also fol low Norstad as supreme command er of North Atlantic Alliance forces. Fut there was little, if any, spec ulation on Lemnitzer's being suc ceeded as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by Taylor. That was the big secret, lust as Cele brezze was a week ago. And it was a well-kept one. Loggers Quit Woods As Humidity Drops Low humidity forced loggers out of the woods in the Little Kiver, North Umpqua and Diamond Lake Forest Districts Friday, reports Mrs. Arthur Selby, Glide corre spondent. The loggers left the woods be tween 10 a.m. and noon. In Roseburg the temperature soared above the 90-degree mark for the first time this year reach ing 92. The previous high was an 88 recorded in May. The outlook for the weekend Is continued hot weather, with a 70 per cent chance of lightning over the Cascades. Humidity in the Lit tle River, North Umpqua and Dia mond Lake districts is expected to range between 25 and 35 per cent. Campers and picnickers using the forest lands are asked to be extremely careful with fires as dry conditions prevail. All fires sup pression crews are on the alert at the present time. Iron Workers' Strike Ends WASHINGTON (UPI) - Iron workers in Oregon end Washing ton have agreed to go back r work, ending the six-week old con struction tie-up In the Northwest. Secretary of Labor Arthur Gold berg announced the settlement this afternoon. lands in the so-called Klamath Straits unit of their privately owned Klamath drainage district not be included In the refuge They also asked that the land be sold to private owners. C.L. Langslet, who said h e sDoke for 26 organizations, said private ownership of the land would add about $100,000 a year to the economy of Klamath County. The district officials proposed amendments which would provide payment for the drainage and ir rigation facilities built by the dis trict and for the sale of public lands within the district. Among those supporting the senate-passed bill wjs Col. Paul H. Weiland, Medford, Ore. Wei land, who represented the Oregon division of the Izaak Walton League' said the legislation would help perpetuate wildlife which "is precious to use for its recreational and resulting economic values." Ross L. Leffler, former as sistant interior secretary for fish and wildlife, said homestcading would continue to be a "festering gre" unless the legislation were passed. Everett E. Horn, Los Angeles, spoke for the DuO: Hunter Association oi California in support ot the bill. Solons In Try To Scuttle Tax 'Break' WASHINGTON (UPI) Pow erful Senate forces plan to try to scuttle the $1.1 billion tax break for business which the Senate Fi nance Committee approved last week. Finance Chairman Harry F. Byrd, D-Va., was in the vanguard of those senators opposed to the provision which grants business men and utility companies a tax credit to spur investments in new equipment. Byrd has been quietly conduct ing a poll of Senate sentiment and has become convinced there are enough votes to kill the fea ture when it comes before the full Senate, according to reliable sources. The. tax "bonus" is the maior revenue-losing provision in the trimmed down tax revision bill tentatively approved by the com mittee Friday. Its elimination would put the bill back in balance. As it stands now, the drastically amended bill is heavily in the red. When the over-all ,tax revision bill came to the Senate pan el from the House March 29, it would have produced an estimat ed $120 million in new revenues. The finance committe whittled it down to the point where it now is estimated it will cost the Treas ury anywhere from $500 to $800 million in revenue losses a year. Although the bill still la subject to further change, and a final vote on July 27, the committee for all practical purposes has completed its work on the meas ure. In eight days of closed draft ing sessions, it gutted the House bill. The result, if allowd to stand, amounted to another legis lative reversal for President Ken nedy, who was counting on nick ing up revenues to balance the budget by closing some tax. loop holes. Mariner Missile Shot Postponed CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI)- An errant radio signal in the rocket booster early today forced the United States to postpone for 24 hours an attempt to launch a space laboratory to study the planet Venus. Scientists said the difficulty was "very minor" and It was ex pected to be cleared up within a matter of hours. The Mariner-1 shot tentatively was rescheduled for 4:44 a.m. EDT Sunday. The countdown for today's launching had progressed to with in two hours of the planned blast off when it was stopped at around 3:15 a.m. EDT. Scientists said the trouble was in the radio transmit ter in the Atlas-Agena rocket. They said an errant signal was being transmitted. The shot must be made within the two-hour period from 4:44 a.m. to 6:38 a.m. EDT, scientists said, because of the advantageous position of the earth at that time. This position gives a trajectory angle permitting the fullest utiliza tion of the rocket thrust, they ex plained. Ben Kedda Frees Army Commander ALGIERS (UPI)-The provision al government of Premier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda has freed a National Liberation Army com mander who was discharged and arrested June 30, informed sourc es said today. The former commander, Maj. Si Slimane, was fired along with two other ALN leaders. He was reported to have headed for the Tlemcen headquarters of dissident Vice Premier Ahmed Ben Bella after his release. Ben Khedda's discharge of the ALN officers brought into the open the premier's power struggle with Ben Bella. The rift among the leaders has hindered Algeria's movement toward full Independ ence. Algeria's military leaders, who have been meeting in the hills south of here this week in an at tempt to settle the rift, were re ported close to a dcicision on whom they favor. Informed sources said they were most likely to pick Ben Bella, who seeks to turn Algeria iQo a one-party so cialist state. START AIR IERVICI MOSCOW (UPI) Air servioj oeiwcen noscow ana Havana nas been started, the official"" news agency Tasa said Friday. p w mm HMHKHHBMSMbaR. .u-fij&dia.iii.-sV n mi is mL-; RESIGNATION of Gen Lauris Norstad as supreme commonder of the American and NATO forces in Europe resulted in changes in the U.S. top military echelon. President Kennedy named Lyman L. Lemnitzer (bottom left) to succeed Norstad as U. S. com mander in chief in Europe. Kennedy chose Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor (top left) to replace Lemnitzer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Stoff. Also in the military reshuffle, Kennedy announced that Gen. George H. Decker (top right) will retire as Army chief of stoff upon the conclusion of his term Sept. 30. Decker will be succeeded by Gen. Earl G. Wheeler (bottom right) now deputy U.S. commander in chief in Europe. (UPI Telephoto). U.S. Attitude 'Not Justified', Peru's Military Leaders Claim LIMA, Peru (UPI) The armed' forces junta Friday night charged the United States with taking an "unjustified" attitudo toward the military coup in Peru and impos ing sanctions "precipitately." The junta foreign minister. Vice Adm. Luis Edgardo Llosa, said the new government believes the United States has allowed itself to be influenced by the governments of uosta Kica and Venezuela in opposing the military takeover. "We see with pain that an old friend, in a difficult moment, does not want to help us and takes sides precipitately," he said. Llosa said the military leaders deposed President Manuql Prado last Wednesday- to defend the country's constitution and laws. He said the June 10 presidential elections, which triggered the po litical crisis, were fraudulent. (The United States followed up Its suspension of diplomatic rela tions with Peru and the halting of economic aid under the Alli ance for Progress by suspending military assistance Friday). Public opposition to the military takeover continued with riots in Lima by thousands of students and workers. Mobs that in cluded many women ran through the streets, breaking windows, up rooting trees and setting automo biles on fire. It was the capital's third consecutive day of disor ders. No deaths or Injuries were known, but reports said police ar rested 20 persons. Assault troops sprayed the mobs with fire hoses and heaved tear gas to disperse the demonstra tions. Business establishments closed. The ' General Confederation of Workers, which claims 350,000 Traffic Light Bids Called For SE Pine The Oregon Highway Depart ment will open bids Aug. 9 on a new traffic light installation to be located at the intersection of SE Pine St. and SE Washington Ave. Police Chief John Truett said this will be a regular traffic light controlling the cross-traffic situa tion to be created by completion ot the Washington Ave. bridge. Due to its proximity with the ex isting traffic signal on SE Steph ens St. and SE Washington Ave. (they will be approximately 100 feet apart), tho new signal will be operated in conjunction with the other to avoid any pile-up of traf fic on the one-way street, Truett reported. This will involve operat ing both signals on the same stop and go basis, with the farthest sig nal delayed by a few seconds. Boy Narrowly Misses Being Struck By Car A near-accident involving a car and a six-year-old boy was investi gated Friday afternoon by Rose burg City Police. Officers said Reeve Paxson, 42, of 999 NW Broadway St. was driv ing west on Fullerton St. when the boy, Randolph Fritz Rietman, darted in front of the vehicle. The youngster fell down but ap parently was not struck by the car, police said. Parents of the boy re side at Tri-City., Paxson told offi cers that as he passed SE Hoover Ave. the boy ran In front of his car from behind an ice cream truck parked at the other side of the street. Violet Mae Aquiso, Roseburg, aunt of the youngster, applied im mediate first aid a band aid to ,al(e care rf , (,g polce i(j otherwise the boy appeared 'not to be injured. members, called a general strike Monday as a protest against the military regime. It also demand ed the reinstatement of Prado and the national congress, which was dissolved by the junta. Workers Angry Telephone service, partially re stored for the first time since the junta took over, indicated a burg eoning strike movement among sugar workers in the north. The northern region is a stronghold of the American Popular Revolution ary Alliance, whose running feud wnn tne military was an underly ing cause of the political crisis. i Gen. R I e a r d o Perez Godoy, UAR Enters Space Age With Launching of CAIRO (UPI) - The United Arab Republic successfully launcnca tour single-stage rockets today to publicly enter the space age. President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who watched the tests, said they Assault Charge Holds Youths NEWPORT (UPI) Two 19- year-old youths were being held in the Lincoln County jail , here today on charges of assault and robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon. They are Blair H. Record Jr. of Seattle and Joseph R. Haber of Tampa, Fla. The youths were arrested by state police following a high-speed car chase south of Eugene Fri day. They were accused of hold ing up a service station at Agate Beach near Newport earlier in the day. A 15-year-old girl from Seattle, who was a passenger in the car, also was taken into custody. The vehicle belonged to her parents. Record and Haber were cap tured after a nine-mile chest from Goshen to Creswell. Police said the youths' car hit speed of more than 100 miles an hour and said they fired one shot which hit the trunk of the car. The girl was returned toner parents. Police said two youths, armed with a knife, took $3 In cash and did not pay for $5 worth of gas at the station. County Men Appear On U. Of 0. Panel Two Douglas County men par ticipated in panel discussions Thursday and Friday during the summer conference of the Oregon Association of School Administra tors at the University of Oregon M. C. Deller, superintendent of Roseburg School District, appear ed on a panel discussing "Improv ing School Community Relations." Lyle Fenner, Roseburg radio sta tion manager, appeared on a pan el with three other representatives of mass media. They discussed how the mass media view the schools and the school story. About 200 school superintendents attended the meeting. Those from Douglas County included: Harry Jacoby, assistant superintendent of Roseburg School District; W. M. Campbell, assistant county super intendent of schools; George Cor win, superintendent of Winston-Oil-lard School District; Donald Fluke, superintendent of Glide School District; and Kenneth Stu art, superintendent of Riddle I School District. chairman of the four-man junta, told newsmen Friday night that "reru nas sufficient economic re sources of its own to allow it to subsist by itself" If International economic sanctions are imposed on tne nation. He said Peru would not re-establish diplomatic relations with Premier Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba "while Cuba is still Commu nist." Llosa said Prado would be re leased soon from his detention aboard a naval vessel. He Indicat ed the release would not come be fore July 28 when Prado' s elected! term as president will end. Four Rockets were not the first rockets his na tion had launched. He said the U.A.R. launched rockets from Egyptian soil 14 months ago, or two months before Israel's first announced test last July. It was the first announced launching of a rocket by an Arab nation. Israel's "weather rocket" was launched 50 miles into the sky on July 5, 1961, and drew strong verbal attacks from the Arab bloc. Official announcements aaid the first U.A.R. rocket launched today soared 600 kilometers (372 miles) into space and iis "arrival at its distant target was successfully re corded." It did not identify the target. The rockets were believed to have been launched from some where in the Egyptian desert. Cai ro Radio said the rockets were named "Al Qahir," (The Con queror). "Other models of the XL. A. R. rockets will be launched," the broadcast said. In announcing the first firing, the broadcast said it heralds the U. A, R.'i entry into the apace age." Jesse Fowler Chosen Posse Man For Juno c Posse Man of the Month for June Is Jessie Fowler of the Douglas County Sheriff's Posse. A 1953 graduate of Roseburg High School, Flowler is engaged In small livestock and horse raising In the Garden Valley area, He has been a member of the oosse since 1959. Fellow members say Fowler has always been willing to help la the posse when at all possible, Dr. Donnelly's Resignation Accepted By County Court The Douglas County Court Frl day received the formal resigns tion of Dr. John Donnelly, county health officer. Donnelly is resigning effective Aug. 11, to accept a post as assist ant county health officer for Mult nomah County on Aug. 15. Earlier this week he made ver bal announcement to the Court of his dcJlre to resign. In his resignation, he notes i "I leave Douglas County with mixed feelings. Professionally, the new position is very attractive. Yet the time I have lived in Doug las County will remain memorable years for me. I value the associa tions I have made, both personal and in my public capacity, I have enjoyed working with an excellent staff in the department. While I have had occasional differences with Individuals and groups, I do WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Kennedy's overhauling of the nation's military leadership raised the possibility today of drastic changes in organization, command and traditional war roles of the armed forces. It also opened the prospect of new controversies over the size of the forces and the relative weight to be given conven tional and nuclear arms. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, con troversial Army officer selected for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is on record with firm proposal to abolish the joint chiefs system and replace it with single "defense chief of staff" with "great authority." mat idea always has been an athema in Congress and Taylor seems assured to be questioned on it when he appears before congressional committees. Forecasts Military Merger Kennedy himself is on record - with a forecast that the mid 1960's may bring a merger of the Army, wavy and Air Force into single service "dominated bv a single command." That prophesy, in his 1960 book. "The Strateer of Peace" may have new signifi cance now that the President has slate of military leaders who are, with the exception of the Marine commandant, of his own choosing. - Announcement of the U.S. high command shakeup came swiftly r naay aner word leaked out in Paris that U.S. Air Force Gen. Lauris Norstad would resign ef fective Nov. 1 as supreme Allied commander in Europe and com mander of American forces in Europe The dynamic general is 55 and has been a general officer for 19 of his 36 year service. He hat commanded NATO forces for- the ' past aix years and held high NATO assignments for aix year Deiore that. Mo one Is more close ly identified with the formulation and articulation of NATO strate gy. He haa had differences with the Kennedy administration on as pects of strategy but there was a warm exchange of letters In con nection with his retirement. Ken nedy called him "a living sym bol" of NATO's strength. Announces Other Shifts A few hours after confirmlna! Norstad 's retirement, Kennedy announced these shifts: , Army Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitz er, 62, chairman of - the Joint Chiefs, will succeed Norstad as U. S. commander in Europe, NATO is certain to select him also as supreme Allied command er. His two-year term as Joint Chiefs chairman expires Sept. 30. xayior, so, who retired as Army chief of staff in 1959 in disagree ment on strategy with President Eisenhower and his joint chief colleagues, will succeed Lemnitz er. Kennedy recalled him to ac tive duty last year as his person al military adviser. Army Gen. Earle 6. Wheeler. 54, deputy VS. commander in Europe and a rising star, will succeed Gen. George H. Decker as Army chief on Oct. 1. Decker will retire. Wheeler took up his post in Europe only last March and bis elevation to Army chief was seen as a boost towards fu ture chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs or NATO commander. Both the Lemnitzer and Taylor appointments could be for short terms. Both are beyond normal retirement age. The Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, and the chief of naval operations, Adm. George W. Anderson, are Kenne dy appointees. Only the Marine commandant, Gen. ' David M. Shoup, is holdover from the Ei senhower administration Joint Chiefs. TO VISIT MILITARY WASHINGTON (UPI) - De fense Secretary Robert S. McNa mara flies to Honolulu Sunday for his fifth conference with Pa cific commanders on the progress of the war in South Viet Nam and other development In South east Asia. - not believe these differences have been resolved to tne detriment ot the public. Some may be regarded 'unfinished business' to be resolv ed, perhaps, by my successor, "I have had the satisfaction of seeing progress made in many health matters these past three years: progress in development of In restaurant sanitation, refuse dis posal lites and other environmen tal control matters; health educa tion activities; strengthening of certain voluntary health agencies; improved relationships between the department and practicing physi cians; expanded services In the mental health field; development of smoothly functioning medical investigation program; expansion of specialized services to school children and pre-schoolers; promo ting community organization ap- S roaches to defining and solving eslth problems andmany others."