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tb.ivor-i-ily Cf crcgvii Library Tyifltes 0peim Fire mi liroteinis y 4 ' i) J-'-'-'-'-CLj MRS. LYNDON JOHNSON appears pensive as she takes a bite from barbecued rib while watching her husband. President Lvndon B. Johnson, talk to news-' men during a barbecue they gave for newsmen on the LBJ Ranch Friday. Mrs. Johnson later said "there is no nice way to eat ribs." (UPI Telephoto) Established 1873 10c Per Copy ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1963 305-63 10c Pe. Copy President Hosts German Leader JOHNSON CITi', Tex. (UPl)iwall dividing free and Comma President Johnson welcomed nist Berlin in their remarks at Federal Economy Drive Stepped Up JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (UPI) President Johnson today strengthened his drive for fed eral economy especially in mil itary spending and indicated he wants a close consmtive rela Northwestern Funds Okayed tionship with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Johnson said Friday he had directed Central Intelligence Agency Director John A. Mc Cone ta setup a meeting with Eisenhower and discuss the Johnson administration's econ omy drive. The Eisenhower-McCone meet' ing also would review intelli gence in world affairs for the Republican and explain the ad ministration's actions on sug- estions Eisenhower has made West German Chancellor Lud- wig Erhard with pomp and ccr oniony today to start their ranch-style summit conference with "new hope for a world divided by such tensions as the Berlin wall. As a 19-gun salute boomed out over Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin and the bands played the U.S. and West Ger man anthems, the two newest leaders in the Western alliance greeted each other under a clear, crisp sky. Johnson's welcoming com ment that Germans and Ameri cans "stand united against dan ger and strong in hope," was answered by Erhard's wish that they succeed in efforts to "pre serve peace and freedom in this world. Both men stressed the Berlin Salem Lad Said Guilty PORTLAND (UPI) The North Pacific Division of t h e! since Nov. 22. Lorps of . Army Engineers has The President announced he been allotted $85 million for Pa- had set-up a board of top de cide Northwest and Alaskan pro- fense officials to survey military jects tor the 1964 fiscal year, it'installations that could be re was announced loaay. duccd in cost or closed over The funds include both civil Hie next several years." works and military activities I Earlier he announced closing'at the north Roseburg city lim- of the corps. ;ur renucuon oi m aeicnse in- its at 3:45 a.m. Friday. , , , -, . siaiiauons ana saia rriaay me Largest single item is fa3.800.-BcUon drew mail almost J 000 for construction on the John,one in filV0r of le acUon Day Dam on the Columbia Iiiv- In nis sixm on.the.record er near Arlington. Other Orogonincws conference, Johnson also projects inciuae ureen i eier-iannounccd. Jessie Francis Murray, 19, Sa lem, was found guilty of reck less driving in connection with an accident in which the auto mobile he was driving left the highway and struck a sign post He will meet Mexican Pres ident Adolfo Lopez Mateos at Los Angeles and Palm Springs, Calif., Feb. 21-22. Teodoro Moscoso had been relieved of duties coordinating the Alliance for Progress. Thom as C. Mann, recently designat Foster Reservoir on the Santi am River. $10,730,000; Blue River Reservoir, 8930,000; Fall Creek Reservoir, $2,490,000, and Cougar Dam Reservoir, South Fork of the McKenzie River, $3,800,000. The division ulso announced that work wiU.be started oni0(1 . assistant secretary .of, stale .deepening the Columbia RiverIor micr-American anairs, w.ii channel from Portland to llielnBSUlne . ie responsibility. Mos mouth of the river as soon uslcoso- 'Ilc rank P a",bas assurances of local cooperation "dr' w,u bc a sPec,al adv,Bor from Washington state are re- Tahc Pl.csi(knt that ceived Assurances already havc!ca)inct llcpartments nad CH, been forthcoming from Oregon , ,leil. bu(get rcquests by $731, sponsors and four Washington llmlion and 10.000 johs nnly ports. The channel will bc;thl.cc davs aftcl. he told thcm dredged to a depth of 40 feet atto trim lneir spcn(ling plans. He a total estimated cost of S21,700,-jsajd federal employment 000. The project is scheduled foridropped, largely through attrit- completiun in 1968. Welfare Drug Pay Protested ion, by more than 1.000 jobs in November. He noted a 3.500 'job drop in federal employment since November, 1963, but said the record of eliminating non essential jobs must bc im proved. . Some 200 reporters and pho tographers were guests of John so.i on the front lawn beside the Pcdcrnalcs River. He spobe! from a lectern perched on stack of hay bales. Trial of Murray was held be fore District Judge Gerald R. Hayes Friday afternoon. Tosti niony of the arresting officer, Howard Frew, deputy sheriff, was to the effect the car jump ed a highway curbing and trav eled 90 feet before striking the sign posts, shattering tho sign and knocking one piece 75 feet Murray was released on his own recognizance to appear for sentencing Jan: 7..- . ,; Dennis- Eugene Murray a4nd Ted -.Edmund Dodson, both 4 22 and of Salem, who were with the younger Murray boy, were found innocent of vagrancy by the judge. Ihey had been ac cused of being abusive with the oificcr. On preliminary hearing Stan ley Milo Sherman, 24. of Win ston, was bound over to the Grand Jury on a grand larceny charge. He was accused of theft of money from the purse of Ruth Mary Lewis Dec. 20. The sum was listed as $184. . the air base. Then they boarded a helicop ter and flew off to the LBJ ranch to start their weekend of talks that will stress East-West issues and U.S. trade with Eu ropean Common Market nations. Erhard was a few minutes late arriving by jetliner from Houston wl ere he spent the night after his flight from Bonn Friday. Considtr Common Market There was more to the meet ing with Erhard than explora tion of . bettor highways to peace with Russia and the bloc countries. Johnson and Agriculture Sec rotary Orville Freeman in news conferences at the ranch Friday made it clear that one prime topic of discussion will be ac cess to the Europeai. Common Market for U.S. farm products In an effort to keep commu nications between the principals as free and flowing as possible the President and 'the chancel lor planned to start their con ferences with a long conver sation between just the two of them. After a ranch lunch for more than 30 guests, the principals were to meet with their chief aJviscrs joining the talks. Es sentially the same group plus a lew extras will dine at the John son home tonight. Hopes For Progress As for East-West relations which would include such mat ters as the Communist threat to Berlin, continued diplomatic probes of Soviet policy and the armed might of the NATO pow ers, Johnson i . a news confer ence Friday said he thought there was a chance for prog ress. "We are going to go down any road that can possibly lead to.. peacQ,"..he said-i'I express the hope that all , the other leaders of the other nations will do likewise." , He added that lie did not know of any world leader who would not prefer peace to war for his people. The job," he added, "is how to secure it, what road to fol low. We are going to be con stantly and genuinely searching for that road. " GERMAN CHANCELLOR Ludwig Erhard (left) speaks to Houston Mayor Lewis Cutrer (right) and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (center), accepting a key to the city and an honorary citizenship upon his arrival at Ellington AFB, Texas Friday. Erhard stopped overnight in Houston before proceeding to President Johnson's ranch. (UPI Telephoto) Castro Expected To Give Major Talk Cyprus Sights Ships, Planes; Tension Grows LONDON (UPI) A Red Chi nese report from Havana moni tored here today said that Cuba's Premier Fidel Castro plans to make a major political speech on Jan. 2, the fifth anni versary of the Cuban revolu tionary takeover. The report, carried by the of ficial Hsinhua news agency. was seen by experts here as an indication that. Peking appar ently was anticipating a major policy pronouncement by Uio Cuban leader. ' ' The announcement coincided with a Peking ronort that the Cuban ambassador in Red Chi na had been hosting members of the Slno-Cuban friendship as- The Chinese strategy appar ently is designed to weaken So viet influence over Castro whom Khrushchev has been seeking to win over and com mit to his brand of communism that preaches so-called peace ful co-existence. Castro, while formally com mitted at present to the Krem lin line, has been reported wav ering in his loyalty. He depends for economic survival on Rus sian aid which currently runs a, an estimated- $1.5 million day. Inclined Toward Peking But politically and ideologic ally the Cuban leader was be lieved inclined towards Po- NICOSIA (UPI) - Armed Turkish residents of this bitter- ly-tlividcd city opened fire for undetermined leasons today on a group of Britons in the north ern suburb of Neapolis, it was reported nere. "We are surrounded bv Turks," said a telephoned dis tress call to the British High Commission (Embassy). "Three shots were fired directly at us. One British lady was hit in the leg." It was the first reported inci dent of deliberate attack on for eigners in the fighting which has killed dozens of Greek and Turkish Cypriots and wounded scores here this week Jet planes unofficially identi fied as Turkish but later said to be British RAF Javelins screamed over Cyprus today for the second time in three days, a few hours after Turkish warships were signed off the coast. Citizens of Greek extraction relaxed when it became clear the ships were not approaching this island nation, but govern ment lenders denounced their appearance as an act of "gun boat' diplomacy.' (In New York, Turkish Am bassador Adnan Rural told Uie United Nations Security Council the ships were on the way from one city In Turkey to another. Cyprus lies about 40 miles off the Turkish coast. ' (Similar assurance! u-fi- ennt As a fiery revolutionary, Cas- to Athens, where the rennrt nf tro has sought to build up pres-j Turkish naval movements had tige throughout 'Lutin America. Isent Deputy Permicr Sophocles anmntinn win. tnncin ii, king's hard lino which encour- growth of the Sino-Cuban fra- asa armou revolutions against SALEM (UPI) -A State Wcl- fare Commission meeting Fri day brought protests from drug gists about state payments for welfare patient prescriptions in December. m-. ..v - v;luuv MEDFORD (UPI) -A funeral secretary ,o me ni.a . u, u- . f GcorfC Jantzer, 73, g.sts Association said dngg.stSj h M bat Congel,Mor. were disappointed over the 71,.. . hnroh .. View Of Moon Eclipse A preliminary hearing pends QaMflrdpfl A DAUhlfUl on Jasper Lauvcrn Osburn, 24, Winston, accused in the same case. Nearly Inch Of Rain o Falls In Glide Area Jantzer Rites Held per cent prorate payment. Last month Iticy received 65 per cent payments from the com mission. - Dr. Ennis Keizcr, Jantzer, a former sawmill op erator, died Dec. 22. He was also known as a trapshooter llo u-ae hm-n Tnv 9ft 1RQ0 nl Welfare Eric, Pa. and operated sawmills Commission chairman, cited iBt starveout Creek, Prospect lower welfare payments to doc tors and hospitals in rebuttal, and said physicians and hospital patients who can afford to pay were carrying an even larger share of the welfare medical burden. Welfare's December payments were only 54 per cent of the amount billed by doctors and 65 per cent of the amount billed by hospitals. Dr. Keizcr commented that welfare was "hurting in almost every program and that the ven dor groups were really hurting." Commission members were hopeful that they would receive some of the S900.000 in emer gency funds put bark in the general fund when the Board man project was taken over by the Veterans' Department. and Trail before Medford in 1945. moving to Nearly an inch of rain fell in 24 hours in the Little River Dis trict, according to Mrs. Arthur Se!by, correspondent. The Wolf Creek Guard Sta tion reported .95 inches of rain-j fall in the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. today, with rain still falling. The weather station at the Roseburg Airport reported .80 inches for 24 hours, and at Win- I PORTLAND (UPI) The Weather Bureau here held out little hope today that wakeful Orcgonians will be able to sec an eclipse of the moon early Monday. The full eclipse will begin at 1:25 a.m. PST and the moon will bc completely in the earth's shadow from 2:28 to 3:47. It will emerge entirely from uie shadow at 4:50 a. m The eclipse, caused by the earth passing between the moon and (he sun, , will be visible throughout North America and from the west coast of South America, weather permitting. "It doesn't look very hopeful," a weather Bureau spokesman said.. Cloudy skies and periods of tcrnal friendship." Red China s determined cam paign for closer ,.tles - with Cuba's Ciififrp i was spotlighted earlier this week by a series of significant remarks by Premier Chou En-lai, who is. currently touring Africa. -Experts said they appeared clearly designed to encourage Castro's revolutionary policies in Latin America and to boost his fading prestige in the Latin continent. Points Out Character In Algiers a few days ago the Red Chinese premier went out of his way to stress the revolu tionary character of Castro's policies. He said it was Castro s determination to "fight to the death" which stopped the late President John F. .Kennedy from invading the island. This was an obvious indirect hit at Soviet' Premier. Nikita Khrushchev who claims it was his decision to withdraw Soviet i missiles which saved Cuba from destruction. Peking ac cused him of "cowardice"-for having done so. the so-called imperialists every Chester it was' .73 The river shows only a slight rain arc forecast for all sec rise, said the weatherman. lions of the state. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Cloudy with showers this aft trnoon. Rain again tonight andj Sunday. Scattered showers and, partly cloudy late Sunday. Lit-! tie change in temperature. Highttt temp, last 24 hours 54 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 48 Highest temp, any Dec. (51) 69; Lowest temp, any D. (62) U Preclp. l-st 24 hours .80 Normal Dec. precip. S.M Precip. frtm Dec. 1 2.00 Precip. from Sept. 1 U.W Sunset tonight, 4:45 p.m. , Sunrise tomorrow, 7:4S a.m. I ' "" ' '"' ''MMHmMMHiMBMMHaHMMMMJ SUPER CRIB Jomes Allan, a physicist, adjusts a "Super Crib" he built for his daughter, Jessica. A thermostat maintains constant temperature ond humid ity end reacts to thousandths of o degree variation in either. A continuous sheet on rollers mokes changing automatic, and an intercom broadcasts Jessica's every wish into her parent's bedroom. A germicidal lamp kills germs ond ony malfunc tion of the crib's facilities causes on alarm to awaken the parents. The crib is used only at night for Jessica's bed ond dad says she sleeps better . . . and so does he. Cost of the, device was about $300. (UPI Telephoto) Doyle Pressnall Drowning Victim Doyle Leonard Pressnall, brother of Mrs. Willard Har riott and former school teacher in Douglas County, drowned in Mexico Christmas day. ' Ilc was a graduate of North western State Teachers College at Alva, Okla., and taught school in this area for 12 years, first in Myrtle Creek and then at Joseph Lane Junior High and Benson elementary. For the past two years he has been re siding at Riverside, Calif. Pressnall was born at Moore- land, Okla., Aug. 11, 1918, and was a member of the Metho dist Church, Elks Lodge, a Life Master in the American Con tract Bridge League, and was also active in several bowling leagues while residing in Rose burg. In addition to his sister, he is survived by four brothers and three sisters living in California and Oklahoma. Funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of the body from Mexico. Burial will be In San Diego, Calif. Yank Is Killed By Viet Congs SAIGON (UPf) A U.S. Army first lieutenant was killed today by Communist guerrilla fire which ripped through the cockpit of the HU1B armed helicopter he was piloting over (ho Mekong Delta, an American military spokes man said. The spokesman said the craft was with a flight of; armed helicopters escorting a command helicopter carrying a senior American military ad visor on an administrative mission. The incident occurred some 55 miles south southwest of the capital near the village of Mo Cay. According to the spokesman, no other military personnel aboard the helicopter were in jured and the co-pilot took con trol of the craft bringing it buck to its base in Saigon. The pilot's death raised to 162 the number of American military personnel killed in combat action or accidents here since 1901. Apparently he has seen himself in the role of leader of a sweep ing Latin American "libera tion campaign against United States influence. Latest reports suggested that Moscow, suspicious of Castro's wavering, has quietly dropped him as a leader of commu nism's subversion and penetra tion campaign in Latin Amcri ca. Red China, In the view of ox perts here, apparently wants to cash in on these developments nml In miuh him mmn flrmlv m tho harder line by picturing DaAliAdia Jk him in the role of a Latin IWICaiCU American liberator.. I In effect, recent reports saidl Ernesto (Chci Guevuru, Cas tro's, influential minister of In-I duatl-y and one of tho lop lead- Venizelos into urgent consulta tion with military leaders.) (In Ankara, Uie Turkish gov ernment issued a communique formally denying the Greek charges. It said "certain units of Uie Turkish navy are head ing for the southern ports of Turkey,"- but were not heading for Cyprus or Cypriot territori al waters.) Fleet Moves By Cyprus "UNlTm NATIONS, N. V. era of the revolution, has called ,i!V.!;U! Cla!'i!ed T."rk,ey . .... .. .... Itt'lfn i criinhnfir fllnlAmMtv" In. for armed rebellion in American countilos was said to have urged the unl fication of all revolutionary forces in the hemisphere. BATTLE FIREWORKS NAPLES, Italy (UPI) - Itul ian police today pushed their annual battle against illegal New Year's firecrackers mak ers following the acain oi a woman in an explosion at a clandestine factory at Santa Maria di Licordln. Red Wheat Sale Close At Hand WASHINGTON (UPI) - The first direct sale of U.S. wheal to Uie Soviet Union appeared today to be near at hand. Continental Grain Co. of New York was granted export li censes by tlie commerce uo partmcnt to sell $40.6 million worth of surplus U.S. wheat- to Russia. Continental was Understood lo have requested the licenses lo have them in hand when its representatives go to Moscow to continue negotiations on a wheat sale. The firm still is engaged, in negotiations with the Russluns. Undersecretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. said, however, that issuance of the li censes Thursday showed that consummation of the wheat deal was "strongly enliel paled." Final U.S. government ap proval of the salo will not coino until Die Soviets submit a state ment that the wheat will bc consumed within Russia and will not be re-exported. This is a routine part of all such trans actions. - ; t . .7- with i "gunboat diplomacy" (o- ii.-.i.nFi'1'' sending1 a 12-warahip ill. w . I j. . . I UUCl IUWU1U 118 cuusi, gnu suju a midnight meeting of the Se curity Council may have avert ed an invasion Turkey retorted that the Greek community in Uie divid ed capital city of Nicosia set out lust Sunday on a campaign to. "annihilate and massacre" the Turkish inhabitants. The Socurity Council con vened at 11:35 p.m., EST Fri day night and adjourned an hour and a half later wiUiout taking action. No date was set Immediately for another meet ing. U.S. Ambassador Francis T. P. Plimpton, presiding in the absence of Adlai Stevenson, ad journed the meeting after hear ing statements from Cyprus, Turkey and Greece. It was the first meeting con vened so late at night since November, 1956, when the coun cil met at 3 a.m. to debate the movement of Russian troops into Hungary to crush that country's anti-Communist revolt. Cypriol Ambassador Zenon Rossldcs told the council he was informed at 5 p.m. Friday that five Turkish submarines, four destroyers and three troop ships were 25 miles from Cyp ruswhich lies some 40 miles steaming toward the island. Thirty to 45 minutes later, Ilossidcs said, his government advised him that the fleet had changed course, but only after sending flares over Cyprus. 1963 Highway Awards Exceed $107 Million SALEM (UPI) The Statcincction with federal aid panic!- Highway Department awarded pating projects, and $3.9 million $107.6 million In contracts dur- was for state-financed construe- ing 1903 $31 million more Inanition. Mjurine Called Back For Foreign Aid Vote PORTLAND (UPI)-Scn. MaU- rine Neuherger, D-Orc., will In tcrrupt her Christmas vacation here Friday to return lo Wash ington D. C. at the special re quest of Senate Majority Lead er Mike Mansfield. Mansfield called members of the Senate hack to the capital in order to hold a role on the foreign aid bill Monday. were awarded in 1962, Highway Engineer Forrest Cooper said today. In all, 16S contracts were awarded, compared w i th 195 the year before, Cooper laid. He estimated the department would let $61 million in con tracts during 1064. Of the $107.6 million contract ed during the year, $16.7 mil lion was for bond projects, $3.2 million for construction on the county road system, $260,000 for work on city streets off the state highway system, $3.4 mil lion was In cooperation with the U.S. Armv Corps of Engineers in connection with the relocation of U.S. 30 near the John Day Dam, $80.1 million was In con- Contracts awarded in 1963 in cluded 158 miles of grading. 184 miles of rock base construction, 86 miles of oiled wearing sur face, 130 miles of asphaltic con crete pavement, 4 miles of Port land cement pavement, and 89 bridges and structures. About 50 miles of interstate highway was completed or open ed to traffic during the year. At yearend, 116 miles were under construction to freeway stan dards. This leaves 260 miles to be put under construction to complete the Interstate highway system in Oregon before the tar get date of 1972. The highway department and U.S. Corps of Engineers are re locating the Columbia River Highway between Rufus and Boardman to skirt waters to be impounded behind John Day Dam. The 28-mlle stroicn De tween Rufus and Arlington is all on new location high on a hill. East from Arlington to Board man much of the Columbia Riv er Highway will be salvaged and become a part of the final four-lane divided interstate free way. About 208 miles downstream from tho John Day Dam, con struction is underway on the $24 million bridge over the Co lumbia between Astoria and Meglcr, Wash. South from Ashland to the California state line, the rugged Siskiyous are bowing to the highway builders. During 1963 three contracts were let involv ing the expenditure of $13.7 mil lion for the construction of 8'. miles of highway.