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Co o O Oco o LibrarV q o -. ., Orv; rn CG: Fouir eopemi Plants1 AUTOS f". rf-Atvl. : i . A - '".Sfwv ' HAITI CHARGED before the Council of the Organizotion of American States Tuesday that an invasion force of Haitian Exiles has landed on Haitian territory in an effort to topple the regime of Francois Duvalier. Here at the meeting are, left, Jose L. Mendoza, minister from Guatemala; Fern Baguidy, Ambassador from Haiti; and Armando Interiano, minister from El Salvador. (UPI Telephoto) Established 1873 12 Poges ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1963 185-63 10c Per Copy Haiti Note Demands immediate OAS Action To Halt Dominican Invasion (UPI) Haiti today protested a i.stein from exile claims to that ef second time against Dominican ; feet made in New York Tuesday, aggression in a note to the Or-j Two-Pronged Drive Ionization of American States and j In Sanl0 uomingo, exile spokes demanded that body take linme-1 mcn claimed their invasion troops ediate action to halt it. j were pus,jng a two-pronged drive The new Haitian protest coin-j into the Haitian northeast, pick eided with the dispatch of three j ing up support along the way planeloads of troop reinforce-1 from army deserters and the meats from Port au Prince to j peasantry. Cap Ifaitien in the officially la-1 , . , belled northeast "war zone." The troops carried light and heavy niachineguns and other combat equipment. They traveled in Haitian army troop carriers. The new Haitian protest to the OAS hinted at a possible serious Hun in military developments in the northeast. The original .Hai tian protest, taken up by the OAS Tuesday, did not ask that body to take any action. There was no indication how many troops were airlifted to the front today hut it was speculated that anywhere from 35 to 50 were aboard each plane. Rumors circulated in Port au Prince of a new exile landing at Grande Saline, on Haiti's west coast, but this was believed to I For First Lady ITS A OTIS AFB, Mass. (UPI) Mrs. j When he arrived at the hospi Jscqueline Kennedy, wife of the; tal. the baby already had been President, gave birth today to a I delivered 25 minutes earlier. A-4-pound lOVi-ounce son at the , waiting the President was his sis- utis Air rorce Base Hospital. The baby, five and one-half weeks premature, was born at; 10:15 a.m. PDT while the Presi dent was en route from Washing ton by jet. Presidential news secretary Pierre Salinger reported that the baby's condition was "good" but that he was olaced in an oxygen lent. He also reported that Mrs. ; Kennedy was in good condition, a parallel to the birth of John The child was the .third born to Jr. President and Mrs. Kennedy and In that instance, Kenncdv. the their second son. president - elect, was en route to Salinger reported that Mrs. Ken- Palm Beach. Fla.. on a Thanks nedy went from the Kennedy's , giving evening. He landed at rented summer home to a stable i Palm Beach to be informed that area owned by the Kennedy fa-i Mrs. Kennedy was taken to the mily near Ostervillc this morn-; hospital. ing. Howver. she returned home The President learned in the immediately and Dr. John W. air on his wav back to the capi Walsh. a Washington obstetrician tal that he was the father of a who has been staying in the area, fine looking, healthy boy, born was notified while she was still prematurely. en route home. Mrs. Kennedy had been expect- The baby was born by Cacsa- ed to give birth to her third child rean section as were the other on a set date at Walter Reed two children. Army .Medical Center in Washing- Goes to Hospital ton. The idea was to insure more Walsh was at the Kennedy I security and more privacy for the house on Squaw Island off Caie ' First Ladv. ( od when Mrs. Kennedy arrived. ne arciuea immeuiaieiy nun .-ue should go to the Otis Air rorce Base Hospital. ' the Kennedy compound at Hvan-j Sebastian La Rocca, in Philadel- Mrs. Kennedy left the house by nis. Her two children, Caroline, I phia. Angelo Bruno, in Buffalo, helicopter, accompnied by nearly 6. and John Jr., have bc?ni.. Y., Stefano Magaddino, in Bos Walsh, for the trip to the hospi- with her and she has devotoi 1 ton. Raymond Patriarca. and in tal. She was taken to the sur- most of her time to takine them I Cleveland. John T. Scalish. gery ward immediately. The President still at the White House, was notified by telephone that his wife had gone to the ho- spital. He left the White House within minutes by helicopter for A,.- ITnro Rio and the .i. .... ;-w jet flight to Cape Cod. Since the Presidents regular plane was unaerT-r n.duu'.-.. ance work, he made the trip of about one hour in an eight-pas- senger jet Star. SHws-twfew Gangland Puts Price On Head Of Informer WASHINGTON (UPI) - To the ( syndicate's answer to the defec underworld, crime syndicate stool 'tor: A reported $100,000 price on pigeon Joseph Valachi is a living 1 dead man To the Justice Department, he is a breathing card index on the underworld and it intends to keep him that way. Valachi became a man on the run when he defied the syndicate's hlnnrl nnth r,f cilnnrn unrl In.-n,,,! informer for the government. The BOY! ter. Mrs. Stephen Smith, at the hospital. ; The convicted New York narcol- Assisting Walsh, who also washes dealer was removed from a the obstetrician when John Jr. was born Nov. 25, lfMiO. were Col. Paul H. Stavig, Sioux Falls, S.D., Maj. Frank Mahon, Panama Okla.. the anesthetist- Cant Wil. , Iiam Jablonski, Boston and Maj Leonard fnhh ?nn.i- 111 The circumstances were almost I She has been vacationing iinceigpph Magliocco. In Chicago. Sam; juiy 3. However, at a leased sum- mer home on Squaw Island nearitroit. Joseph Zerilli. in Pittsburgh to parks and beaches. Mrc R'nnn.rW- u ill Ka ,!, f.ct President s wile in TO vears to give birth to a babv. The last White House babv was horn on Sept. 9. 183. to Crover Cleveland. l vmA.. k - t.,. ,,,iitu, Hi" a iii.-mui , of hardships in pregnancies and premature births. Before t h e junp. 01 Laroune in a Iew York hospital, she had previously suf-1 fered a miscarriage and still tijrth. () Paul Vernas. general coordina tor of the llatitian National Demo cratic Union (UDN) backing the invasion, said the rebels "have cut off the northern department" of Haiti from the rest of the coun try in their drive to topple the autocratic regime of President Francois Duvalier. There were indications one of llls head. But the Justice Department is just as determined to keep Valachi alive as the underworld is to kill him. "We are going to take every I precaution necessary to protect ims man, a department ollicial said. One source who interviewed Val achi said the short, graying priso ner, whose record goes back 46 years, "knew he would be dead in a very short time" if the crime syndicate corners him. Feared For Life It was this very fear of death by his former friends that drove Valachi to talk. He gave the Jus tice Department dozens of names that, fitted together, gave officials an inside view of an underworld operation that was cheating the public of billions of dollars a year. In return for the information, Valachi was promised protection. "He was well aware that he was pulling a price on his bead, one imirrp uil federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Ga. a year ago. Where he is now, is a tightly held secret. One source said his hideout has been changed several times to elude wou d-he executioners, ""at sent Valachi over to the side of "ic government, reportedly was word that he had been mark ed for elimination. Once he made his talk-for-protection deal wilh the government, Valachi was trans ferred from Atlanta. Since then he has been in hiding. Valachi's testimony during the past year has been hailed by Ally. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy as the biggest breakthrough yet in the fight against organized crime. It was Valachi who revealed the long secret name of the organization. It is "Cosa Nostra," or "Our Thing" in Italian. High command Based on Valachi's information, the justice department has work ed out a table of high command for the underworld that includes: New York hoodlums Vito Gcno vesc, Joseph Bonanno. Carlo Gam- bino. 1 nomas Lucnese ana jo Giancana was pinpointed, in De - '. Justice Department sources said0f the state where officials report- . the imnnrtance of Valachi's testi-iH m,,m tl,-n i t;- nr n m0"y cannot be underestimated l,e is expected to tell the ful slory before the Senate permanent ; investigations subcommittee, nui Miurces saiu ne direauy lids nnuu iioht - n,,mh,r nf unsolved ltr,M" u' 3tl 1 111115 UI " el" 'Jf nalanrt mur ?rs including ther. : Gn7ccessful murder attempt oil The Burea. at Load Sana- i racketeer Frank Costcllo, and the successful killing of pangster Al - bert Anastasia 1937. in New York in NLRB Complaints Expected Against Big Six Companies For Illegal Mill Closures PORTLAND (UPI) Some 14, 000 men began returning to work at four Big Six employers' bar gaining association lumber com panies in the Pacific Northwest today. Two striking lumber unions agreed Tuesday to put their men back on jobs at Weyerhaeuser, International Paper, . Crown-Zellcr-back and Rayonier plants in Ore gon, Washington, California and Montana. The plants were shut down June 7 in a retaliation lockout by the Big Six for a strike called two days earlier againsl its other two members. U.S. Plywood and St. Regis, by the International Wood workers of America and the Lum ber and Sawmill Workers unions. The firms announced Monday they would reopen the plants today. However, union spokesmen, speaking at a news conference here, said the latest action did not mean the 04-day-old strike was nearing its end. The spokes- the invading columns might be attempting to reach the western coastal city of Gonaives, he said. The other column was appar ently encircling the area round Cap Haitien, Haiti's key northern port and second city, in a prelude to besieging the city, Vernas said. He said there were no reports lot .casualties but the. rebels met "some resitancc" around Fort Li berte, the northern Haitian port near the scene of the Monday morning invasion. The invaders reportedly cap lured Fort Liberie and the near by towns of Derac and Trou in the first day of the invasion, but this has not been confirmed. The former Haitian diplomat said "all indications" are that the attack is moving ahead success fully and encountering little mili tary resistance. He said "about 300" men were in the original invasion force and he guessed that their number, swelled by Haitian army deserters and friendly peasants, may be about 500. The staging area for the inva sion remained a mystery. Vernas claimed Tuesday the attack was launched from an island some where in the Caribbean, but Hai tian officials have charged it came across the border from the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Hai ti. The rebels are led by Gen. Leon Canlave, 52, exiled former chief of the Haitian armed forces. His top aides are reported to include exile political leader Pierre Ri gaud and former army Col. Rene Leon. Lighting Starts Many Idaho Fires By United Press International Firefighters expected to contain a lorest and grass fire near La Grande today, while in Idaho more than 200 blazes were touched off by lightning storms. The man-caused blaze about eight miles east of La Grande had covered an estimated 700 to 800 acres, according to District War den W. M. Curtis. He said it was held during the night with 85 mcn on the fire lines. Planes dropped borate on the blaze Tuesday. Gerald Peterson, a firefighter from La Grande, was overcome by smoke while fighting the blaze but was reported in good condi tion. A 120-acrc fire was reported un controlled in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest near Joseph. Anotner fire consumed 200 acres of Brass and stubble on state-pro ;ieciea land near fendleton. rour omer smaller ures were controlled on state-protected land Tuesday. Three were man-caused and one was caused by lightning. In Idaho, the worst outbreak ap peared to be in the southwest part tro Gov Roncrt Smylie ordered ne atjona (;ar(j to asslsl Tne ,jres ran(;r.d from t yazes on jsoiated TlAQS to a uooo-acre in- , ... .... ... . . rnent called in mnttiuarf per 1 sonnel from neighboring flatcs Aerial tankers took off at dawn to drop chemicals on the bl afS, men said more strikes could be called. Marvin Williams, IWA busi ness representative in Rosebuig, said he was informed late Wed nesday morning that talks are scheduled with the Big 6 for 1 p.m. Monday in Portland. An estimated 20,000 mcn were idled at the Big Six plants in four states. Another 9,000 are out on strike against oilier companies in the region including Georgia-Pa cifie Corp. Harvey Nelson, president of the Western States Regional Council of the IWA, and Earl Hartley, ex ecutive secretary of the Western Council of the LSW, appeared at the news conference. NLRB Action Seen Nelson predicted that the Na tional Labor Relations Board would file complaints against the Big Six "within the next 10 days for their illegal shutdown. The unions filed unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB against the employers' bargaining association because of the lockout. Hartley said that unfair labor practice charges were being pre pared against the Timber Opera tors Council, a 1-meinber cm plovers' bargaining association. Hartley said the action stemmed from a TOC announcement last week that it had recommended putting wage increases for the next three years into effect with out consulting the unions. Several TOC members have been struck. Lowry Wyatt, a spokesman for the Big Six. announced Monday that work would be resumed be ginning with the day shift today or as soon thereafter as prepara tory work would permit, at the woods and plant operations of the four locked out companies. He added that work also would be available for the employes of the two struck firms. Other developments: ...The IWA accepted a wage offer from the Coos Head Lumber Co. at Coos Bay. Some 450 union members were to vote on the agreement. ...About 250 members of the LSW struck the Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Co. after the firm posted notices it was 'putting-into 'effect the wage offer made bv tne TOU. A union spoites man in Seattle said other firms in the area also would be idled if they followed the TOCs advice, USP Plant Rumor Unfounded Some 100 members of the strik ing International Woodworkers of America appeared at the picket lines at the U.S. Plywood Corp. plant in Roscburg early this morn ing on a "look see" basis in an swer to a rumor that workers from the coast were planning to cross the picket line, IWA business rep resentative Marvin Williams told The News-Review. Williams said the men dispersed when no one showed up to try and cross the picket line, which has been in effect for just slightly over two months. Ho added, however. the men would return to the picket lines in answer to any such rumor. U.S. Plywood Corp. plant man ager R. J. Moore told The News Review: "As far as we're concern ed, the union has struck us, and work has been available ever since June 7. We are not, however, plan ning on doing anything behind the picket lines of the IWA." "If the employes, however, should decide on their own initia tive to return to work, then work is available as it has been since June 7," Moors daid. "The rumor about men coming here from the coast to work has no merit what soever. We have no intention what soever of operating with anyone other than our own employes. Following the look see outing this morning, the picket lines were once again manned by tho same number of mcn which have been on the pickets since June S, when the strike was called. Williams said he will attend a meeting of the IWA advisory coun cil in Portland Thursday to dis cuss the general strike stiutation throughout the noruiwest. The situation remained unchang ed in the Roseburg area today, as both unions, the IWA and tho Lum ber and Sawmill Workers union, awaited word on negotiations cur rently being carried on in Portland. I.SW business representative Nor man Lee said there were no new developments at LSW headquar ters in Roseburg. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Fair and continued warm today. ' ,or"9hf nd Thursday, Highest temp, last 24 hourt Lowest tem(!. last 24 hours i Highest temp, any Aug. ) ,,. . A Lowest temp, any Aug. (56) .... 41 Precip. from Aug. 1 0 Normal Aug. Precip 031 Normal Precip. ?-l to (-1 .... 32.77, Precip, from Sept. 1 35.05 Sunset tonight, 8:28 p.m. POT I sunrise ;umorrow, 4:11 a.m. PDT BLAST AREA REBUILT Four years after the blast which tore out a big section of the city, a transformation 'has taken place. The aerial photo by News-Review photographer Andy Fautheree was taken from o helicopter. Cutting through the center of the area is the new SE Pine-Stephens couplet. The U-shaped building at upper right center is the new Holiday Motel, flanked by the Farm Bureau warehouse. The long building just below it is the new Lockwood Motors Co. structure just opened for business. The Central Junior High School property is now being changed by the construction of Roseburg Plaza. It in cludes a new Safeway store (right center, below the merging point of Pine and Stephens) and a new Pay Less store, lower left. Four Years Ago-Holocaast; Today, A Four years ago today, the down town area ol Jtoseburg was a shambles of wreckage of shattered buildings and death. Today, it sparkles Willi a new look that makes it hard to believe the worst Oregon disaster in 1959 tore a gaping hole out of the busi ness district of Roseburg. A truck carrying nitro-carbo-ni-tralc, which had been parked next to a building supply company blew up, leveling about eight blocks and spreading destruction over a vast area ot tne city. Fire Triggers Explosion The explosive material had been set off by a fire in the building supply company. Tho explosion oc curred at 1:13 a.m. shortly after firemen arrived on tho scene to battle the blaze. When the final count was in, 14 people had died, Heiress Found Dead In Hotel PORTLAND (UPI) Police pressed an investigation today in to the death of Airs. Irene . Davis, 41, an attractive Idaho cat tle heiress whose body was found in a partly-filled bathtub at the Hilton Hotel Tuesday. A nylon stocking was twisted about her r.czk. She was wearing a black half slip. The coroner's office, awaiting final results of an auntpsy, tenia lively listed cause of death as strangulation and asphyxiation. Police said she apparently had been strangled. There were other signs of a disturbance in the hotel suite. The body was discovered by a maw 'iucsday morning. Mrs. Da vis was last seen alive about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday leaving a hotel rooftop restaurant and bar. Em ployes said she was accompanied by three men as she stepped to ward the elevator. .Mrs. Davis was the daughter of the late Eastern Oregon and Ida ho cattleman Gus Davis. Several travelers' checks were in the room, along with other items including receipts of several purchases made m Eastern Ore gon and Idaho amounting to sev eral thousand dollars, police said. Mrs. Davis arrived from Pay ette Sunday afternoon. A brother- in-law, Robert Rose, in Payetti said the woman had apparently come to Portland for a few days vacation. Airs, uavis was divorced sev eral years ago from Robert Solo mon and had two sons by the marriage, relatives said. They said she had assumed her maiden name following the divorce. SOME FRIEND KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) Last December, Edwin L. Edison! of nearby Lake Lotawana loaned his oil company credit card to a w man he thought was a friend. Since then, Edison reported to day, his credit card bill has to taled 31,159. 4 v- jut- i. A-'-'-titgp N.. 7f v.-' ' S nT' if,' Bright New look' an estimated 125 people had been injured and about $9 million in properly damage had been dealt. Now the scars of that horrible blast have been virtually cover ed. The vaslness of the rebuilding job, however, is indicated by the fact that construction is still under way. The latest project to be complet ed was Lockwood Motors. It was built right over the blast center. The site of the 10-foot-dccp hole will be marked officially in the near future. Fred Lockwood and Gordon Smith, of the Lockwood Motor Co., report that space has been provid ed in connection with the new sales and garage building recently com pleted, to permit installation of a marker. The company is searching for a large natural stone to be placed on the space provided for it. The city of Roseburg, in turn, is planning a bronze tablet to tell of the tragedy and to call attention to the fact that the marker stands adjoining the spot where a truck loaded with explosives created the most costly municipal disaster of the year. ueraiu rending Movement of the street center Waldport School Head Dies In Woods Mishap NEWPORT. Ore. (UPI) - Charles Phelps, principal of Wald port Junior High Scnooi, was killed in a logging accident 25 miles southeast of hero Tuesday afternoon. Phelps, 41, was employed by the M and W Logging Co. of Waldport. He was dead on arrival at a Newport Hospital. Dr. Karl Hotllaiil, medical ex aminer for Lincoln County, said Phelps was crushed when he ap parently fell off a truck while loading logs and a log fell onto him. Police Slay Coos Bay Man In Bullet-Punctuated Chase COOS BAY (UPI) Amos Gib son, 39, was shot and killed by police Tuesday after abducting his estranged wife and leading authorities on a bullet-punctuated chase in a hilly area south of here. His estranged wife, Kathy Gib son, was treated for shock at a hospital but was otherwise unin jured. Gibson was killed in an ex change of shots with deputy sher iffs Dave Tankersley and Spencer Gaston who located him after a search of nearly three hours. Authorities gave this account: Mrs. Gibson returned from a trip to Idaho and sought to visit her children. Gibson refused and, according to Mrs. Gibson, threat ened to kill her. She fled his home and was walking in downtown Coos Bayj with her mother when iiiDson uiove up in a car. lino during the construction of the Pine and Mill Streets, permits erection of the marker at almost the exact silo of the explosion. Final details still are being ar ranged. Approval by the City Coun cil will be required to authorize the expense of the bronze marker, Craig JIcMicken, city manager, re ports. Lockwood and Smith are still conducting a search for an adenuato natural stone. Meanwhile, the rebuilding con tinues. A new shopping center will be opened this year on the site of the former Central Junior High School which was destroyed, and a new park is being planned for the bank of the South Umpqua River to put the final touches on the, re birth of a cily. Road Mishaps Take Four More Lives By United Press International Four persons died in Oregon traffic acciccnts Tuesday. Kenneth AI. Murdock, 63, Seat tlu, was killed when his car left Highway 30 and struck a large boulder about 11 miles west of The Dalles. Ethel Frances Cunningham, 36, Madras, was killed late Tuesday night when struck by a cement truck on the Round Butte Dam road eight miles southeast of Madras. Police said she apparent ly had been slightly injured in an earlier accident when the car in which she was riding struck a utility poll. Ernest Duwayne Nyman, 18, Newberg, was killed Tuesday night near Six Corners in Wash ington County when his car went out of control and crashed. Mervin Andrew Foster, 18, Du- . fur, was killed and his father in jured when their pickup truck left a rural road and overturned in a canyon 15 miles southeast of Tho Dalles Tuesday. Mrs. Gibson said ho fired at her mother and then forced her into the car. They drove to his home. Trankcrslcy and Gaston arrived with a warrant for his arrest Tha officers came upon the couple and ordered Gibson to drop his .30-.30 carbine. Shots were exchanged and Gib son fled up a hill into heavy un derbrush, forcing his wife with him. The officers radioed for help. State and city police joined dep uties and for nearly three hours combed the hills. Shortly before 7 p.m. TanKcrsicy ana uasiun vamo upon the couple. They said Gib son first fired at his wife, missing her as she ducked behind a tree. Gibson then was killed in an ex change of shots. Gibson, a farmer, lived In the Boise addition south of here. 0 f
