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10c Per Copy 20 Paget ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963 276-63 Eitobliihed 1873
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JFK Lauds
THE FIRST LADY, Mrs. John F. Kennedy brushes back her hair during a pause
for opplause from a group of LULAC members at a bonquet in Houston Thurs
day night. With the President standing beside her, the First Lady spoke to the
group in their native Spanish. (UPI Telephoto)
bardman Project Back
Capability
Of New Jet
Assgssddds ESyMetts Eimicll
Life ff Mafcioinrs Lecadeir,
Woy ind Tencas Goveirinior
In Legislature Unsolved
SALEM (UPI) rf- Atty. Geu.jtrial development, particularly
Robert Y. .Thornton, today toss- "for :,the benefit of a "t specific
ed the Boardmart project Its corporation.'1 ' ' :; 7: .,'
legality unsolved-back to the : Thornton r e n e w e d' his aug
legislature. I gestion that the matter be re-
' He proposed a referendum or ferred to the voters. - ' ;
a court test, ;.. . '
The opinion arrived as the 12-day-old
legislature sought to
complete action on Boardman
its one remaining big problem
and adjourn. A salary-cutting
bill also remained alive.
Thornton suggested the legis
lature might pass new legisla
tion advancing the proposed
space age industrial park and
then submit it to an immediate
court test.
Thornton said the proposed
legislation was of doubtful con
stitutionality. He said a "grave
question exists."
He said the question centered
on whether it was proper to use
public money to subsidize indus-
Otherwise, he said "if the bill
passes when I suggest hat the
legislature pass a resolution di
recting this office to bring
test case, immediately."
The proposed legislation would
shift the project, and its finan
cial obligations, from the State
Land Board to the separately
funded Veterans Affairs agency.
Thornton first suggested re
ferring the question to the peo
ple . .
The idea received little initial
enthusiasm, either from legis
lators who like the Boardman
project or those who don't. One
senator said the complex plan
for acquiring a 100,000-acre in
dustrial park and leasing it to
FORTH WORTH, Tex. (UPI)
Before his shocking death to
day, President Kennedy today
defended the controversial TFX
figher plane as a powerful force
of freedom.
He said its true worth had
been relatively overlooked in
discussions of how the contract
was awarded.
The President opened the sec
ond day of his whirlwind Texas
tour with a breakfast speech
to the Fort Worth Chamber of
Commerce. He also was to ad
dress a public rally in a park
ing lot then fly to Dallas and
Austin for other speaking dates
later in the day.
The TFX was a prime topic
of conversation here where the
TFX (Tactical Fighter Experi
mental) will be produced by
General Dynamics, the com
pany that won the $6 billion con
tract over Boeing Aircraft.
After saying the TFX would
"serve the forces of freedom
in a manner no airplane on
earth can match," the President
in his prepared speech said,
"there has been a good deal of
discussion of the long and hard
fought competition to win the
TFX contract but relatively lit
tle discussion of what this revo.
lutionary plane will be able to
do.'
Kennedy listed some of the
advantages of the plane which
has become the center of a con
gressional row and the spark
for a far-reaching Senate inves
tigation: , . ., ' t
. Because the same basic plane
can be used by the Navy, as
well as the Air Force, the TFX
will save the taxpayers at least
$1 billion over the cost of build
ing separate planes for these
two services;
The TFX will be the first op
hrnfinnal aircraft nvor nrnH iinoH
aHhe $900,000 it was authorized to .i,., P8 iilRraiiv snreaH its
spend., wings in the air, fly from short
The land board is headed by rugged airstrips and with a cap
Gov. Mark -Hatfield, . the ability of carrying out missions
staunchest stiDDorterof the of speed, as well as distance.
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By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI White House Reporter
DALLAS (UPI) President Kennedy was assassi
nated today in a burst of gunfire in downtown Dallas.
Texas Gov. John Connally was shot down with him.
The President, cradled in his wife's arms, had been
rushed in his blood-spattered limousine to Parkland
Hospital and taken to an emergency room. An argent
call went out for neurosurgeons and blood. .
The President, 44 years old, was shot once in the
head. Connally was hit in the chest and wrist.
Police found a foreign-made rifle. Sheriff's officers .
were questioning a young man picked up at the
scene. v ( " -:
The. President was conscious! . . '
the Boeing Company of Seattle
was not . the type of .question
that belonged on the ballot.
Politically, rumbles of anger
continued over . the discovery
that , the State 'Land Board has
gone $91,000 in the bole on
Boardman already beyond
Thornton's Power Shows
At Special State Session
SALEM (UPI) -Atty. Gen.
Robert Y. Thornton has
emerged as a vastly powerful
influence at the special session
of the legislature.
a' The Democratic political foe
of Gov. Mark Hatfield has prob-
method of allotment controls to
meet demands of the voters
Oct. 15 rejection of the legisla
turc's tax increase.
But Thornton said Hatfield's
pta1' was an unconstitutional
transfer of legislative authority
ably had more influence than to the governor, and that, the
any oiner smnie innivinuai over; governor could not exercise sc
int: ai'!iueruuns unut'r va,y
here.
Legislators and the governor's
staff were forced to look to
Thornton to settle policy ques
tions. It's a new role for Thornton,
who has been deliberately cir
cumvented for most of Hat
field's administration.
Boardman project.
Morgan Blasts Apnllng
And Howard Morgan, a key
Democratic figure in Oregon,
termed it ironic that Secretary
of State Howell Appling Jr., a
member of .the land board. i ap
peared to be playing a two
faced role.
Morgan said Appling had con
doned on the Land Board pre
cisely the same type of illegal,
spending that, as state auditor,
he had assailed the State Board
of Higher Education for permit
ting in its system.
Behind the immediate legal
questions and political issues
lay the fact that the Boardman
project is to some unknown
degree a gamble. J
Most legislators agreed that a
chunk of land fronting the Co
lumbia River in Northeastern
Oregon was a good investment
for the state whether or not
it lured in space age industry
soon.' "
But the pertinent issues were
how to approach -the risk,
whether to act with speed or
caution, and how to fund the in
vestment. And, a group of legislators
was highly critical of an al-
The President also pointed out
that Australia, by purchasing
$125 million worth of TFX
planes before they were off the
drawing boards, "testified to the
merit of this plane.
The Chief Executive, on a
tour with strong political over
tones, reminded the business
men of Fort Worth that Texas
and this city in particular.
was getting a major share
of the defense dollar.
Kennedy said that Texas is
fifth among all the states ' in
prime military procurement
contracts and second in the
number of military personnel
on active duty. .
lective cuts over agency budg-,
els. ' - 'V '
Faced with these opinions,
legislators had to draft bills to
meet guides set out by Thorn
ton. The role of attorney genera!
Hi- .lth.oh ih j ready signed lease giving the
not carry the' weight of a court LBoe'n8 Company use of the land
The legislature ground to a!declsioDi nave ,remendous jm.,for 77 years at 60 cents an acre
halt Thursday tn give inorntoni , . a year.
lime to decide ll the proposed I( an atlorney general does The new Boardman problems
so.uuon io me poaiuman !'" n0, rhoose , rule on , ...... were dumped into the lap of the
lem was constitutional. ,,10n Uwmakers can proceed andjlegislature without warning last
The solution to the fiscal cri-1 ,el ,he cour(s dMjJe C0DStilueek by Hatfield. A number of
VLlJ"Jlt ThLin Vl 5sufs if ,hpy e nitti. "makers resented being
guides set down by Thornton ! R attornPV Bpnpra, asked, among other things, to
Pln Not Accepted . . ,i,- ,u. ,i ratify secret Bonrdinsn Boeine
" " i. j n luiiug, uic jinn; ta .
jforced to accept, his advice-inRBOiiaiions wunoui navmg me
;for tn move n nnnositinn n opponumiy io giv me legisia
isuch a finding would invite ai,ion. thoughtful and thorough
AIRPORT RECORDS ! court test . ;consiaerauon.
Clo-Jdy with period of rain And an attorney general! If the legislature failed to ct,
rd qvsty south winds today: would not be called upon to de-'the Boeing lease would termi
Wreuqh Saturday. Ifend an arm of state govern-nate next month.
Hiohstt temp, last 2 noun 54 ment which had flaunted his! The special session already
Lowet temp, last 14 Kourt 3 advice. : . lhas accomplished tust what the
Hatfield had pointed to a
the Weather
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
. . . nation's leader mourned
Livestock Men Set
Officer Elections
Hear Tax Problems
A panel , discussion group
brought Oregon's tax problems
into critical focus this morning
as the Western Oregon Live
stock Association convention en
tered its second day at the
Umpqua Hotel.
Convention officials said 180
delegates and wives have regis
tered for the association's 28th
annual session which is being
hosted by the Douglas County
Livestock Association and is at
tracting livestock men from
throughout the western part of;
the slate. -
Panel Staged
Moderator for this morning's
tax discussion was Dr. Grant!
Blanch, professor of agricultur
al economics at Oregon State
University. Panelists included
State Sen. Walter J. Pearson,
a major critic of legislative
budget handling and particular
ly of the General Fund budget
increases which Oregon voters
subsequently rejected in a state
wide referendum.
The other participants were
tax authorities George J. An
nala, Portland, Oregon Tax Re
search manager, and Loren J.
Smith, Corvallis, chairman of
the Agriculture Tax Committee.
Another program highlight
this morning was a talk by Wil
liam Southworth, chief of the
Animal Industries Division of
the state Department of Agricul
ture. (See other story.)
The delegates were scheduled
to get back to livestock matters
this afternoon. Dr. J. C. Miller
of Oregon State University was
slated to open the afternoon
program by discussing develop
ments in animal science. John
f.'ortham, Creswell, was to give
ers Association, and Roger
Dumdi, Yamhill, for the reso
lutions committee of the state
livestock group.
Delegates were to elect new
association officers in another
afternoon activity. Convention
fare tonight includes a social
hour at 6:00, banquet at 7:00
and dance at 9:30.
Closing convention activity
will be a 7:30 a.m. breakfast
and executive board meeting at
the Umpqua, with Myron Harp
er presiding.
Wives of delegates were feted
at noon today with a luncheon
and entertainment.
Rocket Kills
Nine Koreans
SEOUL, Korea (UPI) Nine
Koreans were killed and nine
injured Thursday by a U.S.
Army Honest John rocket while
gathering scrap metal on a fir
ing range, the Army announced
today.
The Koreans, all villagers
who lived near the range 30
miles north of Seoul, had been
warned by the Army to leave
the area before the firing. It
was the largest toll from any
firing range incident here.
Two Honest Johns were fired
by an Army artillery unit. The
Koreans rushed out to collect
the scrap from the first war
head and were hit by the second.
Tl. A.. .;J 4U- i l-uilliaill, wcov:ii, wda lu givt
la:Vf,!l?l !i report in connection with Ore
gon Beef Council activities.
Other Reports Due
Other reports were expected
Roseburg Man
Dies In Wreck
as ho arrived at the hospital.
Father Huber from Holy Trinity
Roman Catholic Church was
called and administered the last
rites of the church.
Vice . President Lyndon B.
Johnson, who now becomes
President of the United States,
was in a car behind the Ken
nedys and Connallys.
He was to be sworn into of
fice as soon as possible.
He rushed to the hospital and
was whisked away by Secret
Service men. His whereabouts
were being kept secret.
Hit in Right Temple
President Kennedy was shot in
the right temple.
It was a simple matter of a
bullet right through the head,"
said Dr. George Burkley, White
House medical officer.
The shooting occurred as Ken
nedy and his wife, riding with
Gov. Connally and Mrs. Con-
nally, were riding in the White
House bubbletop limousine
through a crowd of 250,000 peo
pie in downtown Dallas.
, As it neared the triple under
pass leading toward the Trade
Mart where Kennedy was to
address a lunch, three bursts of
gunfire sounded.
Kennedy died 30 minutes af
ter the shot was fired.
Gov. Connally was reported in
satisfactory con-mion.
Johnson Takes Over
Traveling behind a police es
cort, with his wife, Lady Bird,
Johnson headed under heavy
guard for seclusion Bomewherc
in midtown Dallas,
Presumably Johnson and his
staff will go right to work on
plans for taking a formal oath
of office to succeed the slain
President.
Kennedy lived for about an
hour. Then came the official an
nouncement that the President
was dead the fourth U. S.
president to be slain in office.
Gov. Connally was reported in
serious condition and in great
pain.
'Take care of Ncllis, his
wife, he gasped to an aide.
As the deadly gunfire sound
ed, motorcycle police raced up
the grassy knoll of a park near
by where a man and woman
were huddled.
There was pandemonium. The
President's car cut out of the
Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, who -was
in the same car, cradling
her husband's head in her lap. ;
Minutes after the shooting a
Secret Service man was heard
to say. "He's dead." .
However, Congressman Jim
Wright of Fort Worth said both
the . president and Connally
were' alive although in serious '
condition. ' -
Mrs. Connally was also In the
famous bubbletop car. The top
was down. Neither of the worn-'.
en appeared to have been hurt, ,.
at least not seriously. r
- Three Shots Heard '
Threo gunbursts of fire, ap-'
parently from automatic weap
ons, were heard. '
The Secret Service men, who
are constantly at the President's
side, unloosened automatic
weapons and drew pistols but it '
was too late.
Moments after the shooting,,
Kennedy lay slumped over in
Higftcs? temp, any Nov. ox ii mormons opinions are
Liwest temp, any Nov. (55) IS scorned by Hatfield and Repub
Preclp. !at 24 hours .Olilirans and many Democrats.
Normal Nov, precip. AM Thornton has emerged.
Preelp. from sepi. I . v.W;tnrough a peculiar chain of cir
Precip. from Nov. I
Sunt toniqht, 4.44 p.m
without authority" when hit.
A spokesman said they ap
parently counted on a longer in
terval between the rockets. Or
dinarily, they are fired at half
hour intervals, but Thursday,
only a few minutes elapsed.
The villagers were spotted on
the range about an hour before
(he firing and were warned to
from Walter Shrock, Prineville,
for the Oregon Cattlemen's As
sociatron: George Rtigg, Hepp
ner, for the Oregon Wool Grow
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:1 a.m. Irbe legislature
governor requested when It con-j
vened. It has dealt with the $6o!
million fiscal crisis caused byileave by leaflets dropped from
voter rejection of new taxes byia helicopter, the Army said.
annrnvin? ji nnepfl-iin in uith.l Rut ii,au hM in
i.j:curniances. as me major policy holding tax payments and cuts caves and were not seen in twoby policewomen that they be
maser ai in special session of in agency spending, school aid later air searches. 30 and Siallowed to wear trousers dur-
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PANTIES PROPER
GLASGOW. Scotland (UPD
Glasgow officials said today
they had approved a request
Gordon Delbert Larson, 47, of
430 SE Leland St., Roseburg
was a victim of probable drown
ing after the pickup he wa
driving crashed through a gu
rail on Highway 42 and went
infn flip Mirlrllo f7trlr nf llin fn.
quille River early today. IPT,
State police from the Couqillc
oiuce renori mai ine Kosenura .i' - f
man, a mechanic for the S. A.:( . ,Jf
Hiitchins Construction Co., wasiA. V-
alone at the tune. His watch
had stopped at 157, indicating
the lime the vehicle went Into
the water.
The accident was discovered;
about 5 a.m. today by four!
men driving along the road on
their way to work. They saw
the tail lights still glowing on
the partially submerged pickup
and investigated. Then they no
tified police at Coquilie.
The accident took place 17
miles east of Coquilie. Larson
has been staying in the area
while working with Hutchins
Construction, which has a con
tract on highway improvement
there.
Surviving are the wife' of
Roseburg and three children :
Donald, stationed at the A i r
1 0A? ' j
'and construction
I minutes before the firing.
mg the winter.
Force Base at Minot, N. D.;
a daughter, Joyce at Oregon
State College; Florence, a Rose
burg High sludent, and younger
son, Dennis, the latter two at
home.
JOHN CONNALLY
. . . wounded by assassin
line of travel and raced behind
screaming motorcycle police si
rens to Parkland Hospital. Two
litters were brought out for the
President and the governor.
The President lay face down
on the floor of the limousine,
which had its bubble top down.
The President and governor
were rushed lo a hospital with
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
. . . assumes presidency
the back seat of the car, face
down. Connally lay on the floor
of the rear seat. .
Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy was
heard lo scream as she reach
ed for her husband.
Rear Adm. George Burley,
USN, the White House physl .
cian, went-to the emergency
room where the President and
Connally had been taken.
The President was in Texai
on a two-day visit, one of whose
purposes was io buck up Demo
cratic presidential strength.
Both wives waited outside the
emergency room of the hospital.
Anxious members of the White
House staff assembled.
The President had landed on
ly a short time before at Dallas'
Love Field and was driving to
the trade mart to deliver a lun
cheon speech. '
The streets were lined by
crowds, the biggest turnout of
the Texas tour.
The motorcade was so strung
out as the result of the speedy
movement of the cavalcade that
members of the Kennedy staff
were IS minutes to a half hour
behind in reaching the Parkland
Hospital.
Blood was spattered over the
limousine, which had been flown
in specially to carry the Presi
dent. The driver was Secret
Service man Bill Greet.
Both the body and glass bub
ble of the car are proof against
most gunfire, but the top was
down so the President could
wave to the crowds.
KINO GETS AWARD
OSLO, Norway (UPI) King
Olav V was given the Nor
wegian Press Photographers As
sociation's highest award a
small bronze statue ' named
"Nice Boy" which is given an
nually to the celebrity who is
most cooperative with photographers.