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Uaivoivity :jf Crtgvij KmwMiev Of Cold War Tension Predicts- E kP A M fi CLOSE-UP VIEW of the back of the Roosevelt Hotel shows bed sheets hanging from windows -and guests sticking their heads out to escape smoke-filled rooms. Death toll so far is 27 persons, most of them football fans in town for the Gator Bowl game played Saturday (UP I Telephoto) , "iy1 1 "nwitmmfyyjuin o v. -r p Tm MISS AMERICA, Donna Axum, 21, describes the position she found her chaperone, Lucille Previtti, after Roosevelt Hotel become engulfed in smoke early Sunday. They both spent the day in a hospital re covering from smoke inhalation. (UPI Telephoto) Miss America Safe After Fire In Hotel m$-$LwUw Esioblished 1873 10c Per Copy ROSEBURG, ORE.MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1963 306-63 10c Pet Copy IFire Odd Inlotel Seven-Story Drop Claims One Victim Clcoimnis 21 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI) Fire marshals, building in spectors and insurance inves tigators combed the 14-s tory nooscveit Hotel today for clues for ihK Ken.ihlic.m nnminuiim. iu uiu cause 01 a lire mat Hatfield Welcomes Rocky To Primary; Walsh Heads Effort SALEM (UPI) Gov. Maritime to the Rockefeller cam Hatfield today welcomed New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller into Oregon's 19(14 presidential primary "as I do any aspirant JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI) Miss America of 1964 her honey-brown hair covered with grime and her eyes reddened, said it with stark simplicity: "I didn't think that we would get out of there alive." Clad in a white hospital gown and sitting in a wheelchair, beautiful Donna Axum, told newsmen how she was rescued from the Roosevelt Hotel after spending more than an hour in a smoke-filled room on the 10th floor Sunday. She met with newsmen only a few hours after her ordeal The first thing I heard this morning was the telephone ringing in the living room ol our suite," said the 21-year-old University of Arkansas student from El Dorado. Ark. . The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Senate Okays Foreign Aid Compromise WASHINGTON (UPI) The Senate today approved the S3 billion compromise foreign aid money bill, paving the way for congressional adjournment to day. - . The vote came less than four hours after the Senate met and agreed to limit debate. Despite grumblings of some members about the need for meeting to day and a last stand attack on the aid program by Sen. Vayne L. Morse, D-Ore., the Senate did not even use all of its allotted time on the bill. Senate leaders hoped to clean up remaining routine business and wind up the longest con gressional session in 22 years by nightfall. The roll call approval of the money bill, a vote on which the prestige of Johnson administra tion was pinned, came after Democratic Leader Mike Mans field, Mont., won the agree ment to limit debate. The Senate first approved by a 56-14 vote the bill's money items and most other provi sions. It later adopted by voice vote the conferees' recommendations on two nonmoney items which were reported to both -houses in disagreement. The action sent the bill to President Johnson. One provision restricted use of Export-Import Bank funds to underwrite credit on commouuy sales to Communist nations. The other was a minor section lim iting employment of non-Amcri cans on aid projects abroad when they do not reside in the aid receiving country. killed 21 persons and injured 60. Most of the victims were choked by the deadly black smoke that rose from a fire on the first floor and filled the ho tel, blocking escape routes. The hotel was filled to ca pacity with Gator Bowl football fans, including Miss America who was hospitalized from smoke inhalation. City Fire Marshal E. C. Mc- Dcrmon said "I have a pretty good idea what the cause was." McDermon indicated it would be sometime, however, before the cause was determined with certainty. He refused to esti mate how long the investigation would take. The investigators included representatives of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, the National Fire Protective As sociation, the Mutual Investiga tion Bureau and the City Build ing Department. A terrified woman leaped or fell to her death from the sev enth floor while scores o the hotel's 499 guests were crawling to safety on makeshift ropes of sheets and blankets Others were rescued from the roof by helicopters and firemen raised ladders to the lower floors of the 50-year-old build ing to bring others to safety. Authorities' said that appar ently all of the victims except the woman who plum me ten from the-,.- seventh floor were killed by, the choking smoke that curled up elevator shafts stairwells, air ducts and even loose pipe fittings, making some exits impassable. The fire, which broke out ai 7:45 a.m. EST, collapsed the first floor but the flames could not spread because the brick structure was fire-proofed. Miss America, Donna Axum, was trapped in her 10th floor room for an hour before she managed to escape. She held a news conference in a hospital to announce she was unharmed shortly after fleeing the build ing clad in a fur coat over pa jamas. Authorities met tins morning to look into the cause of the fire. I have a pretty good idea what the cause was, said city tire marshall E. C. McDermott, but he declined to comment further. Bright orange Navy helicop ters, battling updrafls from the heat, hovered over the roof and took off injured persons. Of the 60 persons taken to hospitals, 19 were admitted. Screams pierced me air ana a policeman with a megaphone stood in the street urging gucsis not to jump from the windows. Crawled Through Halls Guests crawled through the hulls and hid in bathrooms, but many of them suffocated in the, murky smoke. "It was awful," said a sur vivor. "The worst thing you could imagine. One man found a way out anu cnun i come hack to tell anyone." Firemrn rescued the Manhat tan College basketball team, here for the Gator Bowl bas ketball tournament, from the fourth floor windows. The Uni versity of Florida basketball team, also housed In me uoo- SEATTLE (UPI) Police andjgcvolt, escaped unharmed. Most of the dead were found above the seventh floor. I he Rockefeller announced in New York Sunday he would enter the primary and tba' William E. Walsh of Coos Bay, president of the Oregon Board of Higher Education, would be his statel campaign manager, Hatfield, who has been men tioned as a possible nominee for! vice president on a Rockefeller ticket, earlier invited GOP pres-J idential candidates to enter the Oregon primary. "I welcome him as I do any a s p i r a n t for the Republican nomination to the presidency," he said. Rockefeller's announcement came as no surprise since he already had declared himself a candidate for the nomination. Under Oregon's unique primary law he would have been on the ballot anyway. Strong Campaign Likely But his announcement does, in all probability, mean he will campaign extensively in the state. In Coos Bay, Walsh said that in accepting the appointment as state chairman of the Rockefcl ler campaign, "I am joining a team ot Republicans who have a candidate for President who is not only eminently qualified for that high office, but one who paign. Walsh has been in Republican politics for ma'.y years. In 1952 he was a delegate to the GOP national convention which nom inated Dwight D. Eisenhower. He said ho probably would run for delegate to the 1964 con vention. Walsh served 12 years as a legislator and was president of the state Senate in 1949. Walsh said Rockefeller has shown "he is a middle of the road leader of national stature. He cannot only lead us to vic tory as Republicans, but he has the ability and understanding to lead this count'-y of ours to a fuller and happier destiny among the great nations of the world." LBJ, Aides Talk Budget For Defense JOHNSON CITY. Tex. (UPI) President Johnson started at the breakfast table today a sb- ries of conferences aimed at quick completion of the fiscal 1965 budget. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and the Joint Chiefs ot Staff arrived today at LBJ ranch for a conference with the President. The conference also was primarily concerned with the budget Johnson met at breakfast with Budget Director Kermit Gor don, Chairman Walter Heller of the Council of Economic Advis ers, and Theodore C. Sorensen, special counsel . to 'he Pios- ident. i!, The saie three men were li.V Five Areas Are Listed For Accord Greeks, Turks Accept Neutral Zone Proposal NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPI) I British Commonwealth Rela tions Secretary Duncan Sandys announced today both Greek and Turkish Cypriots have ac- MOSCOW (UPI) - Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev said to day that 1964 can be "a year of decisive change for the bet ter" in the cold war if the Unit ed States and the Soviet Union "are united in the interest of peace." In an exclusive statement to . United Press International an swering tills correspondent's questions on the prospects for peace in 1964, Khrushchev said he believes agreement can be reached on a number of steDs toward relaxing international tensions, including reduction of armed forces md military spending on both sides. Ho quoted with approval the words of tho late President Ken- nedy that the two nations need a better weapon than the hy drogen bomb or missiles "and. that this better weapon is peace ful cooperation." He said President Johnson's stated intention to carry on Kennedy's policies has been! met with gratification in the Soviet Union. Khrushchev cited Soviet bud- get cuts for military spending' earlier this month and said "It would be a good thing it; other states took similar ac- session with the President unlit 'on .! ' : ' 1 ,woum ca 1 lt P ui jiiumui example in me well afler midnight' Sunday1 night. t Three Principal Alms .-' Their conference s.liiid three principal aims the new budget which must be "locked up" im mediately in order to complete printing of the massive docu mcnt in time for submission to Congress next month: the Pros ident's Stute of the Union mes sage, and his annual economic report which will be submitted to the House and Senate In late January. curtailment of thi arms race.' Khrushchev listed these areas! of possible agreement: ' The slowing down of the arms race and further allevia-'. tion of International tensions. ; Cite Arms Reduction Reduction in the armed forces and cuts in military cx-; penditures. The 'reduction of armed - forces stationed in other coun-, tries. 1 "We're hero to have a final A non-aggression pact bc- can unite all Republicans for victory next November." Walsh Indicated Rockefeller planned to viAt Oregon in early f ebruary. ; v- The announcement from Rock cfeller headquarters said Walsh would resign his education po sition in January to devote full cepted his proposal for a neu rcvlew 01 u,c ",m """Bev .! iwcen tno Norm Atlantic Treaty, tral zone along the ccuso.tiro Namara Baid when ho arrived at Organliatlon (NATO) and the; line in Nicosia. uergsirom Air corce ouo wommuniai Warsaw 1 ireaiy st,naeTSediateW and -offl. h on VBHU:J estabUshment ot nu- cials hoped It would be com- c, LTara.,,' ,r,fiu ln ?lear-ree .zos an(i 05ree.mont resiorauon 01 some ox-uw i"'lulcleur weapons. Vandals Hit High School We just thought it was the telephone operatbr trying to wake us early, so we ignored it. But then I heard the sirens and smellrd the smoke." Forced Back To Room Miss Axum said she woke her chaperone. Miss Lucille Previt ti of Lynwood, N.J., and they donned bathrobes and slippers and tried to enter the hall. The smoke in the hall was terrible so we went back into our room," Miss America sairj. We tried to stay at the win dow but Lucille passed out and school officials today were in dronned to the floor." she con-lvestigating vandalism at Lin tinned. I could tell she was coln mgr. scnool nete wnicn in- smoke was inickcsi in me up still hreathine so I didn't wor-icluded the ripping and shred-!cr rooms. ry about her. . ." !dinK of 15 U.S. flags, some of) Hundreds of dazed survivors Mis Avum said she wa. ahleimem still draped vim oiacK wandered the streets around to carrv on a shouting conver-'bunting of mourning for the late! the hotel clad in night clothes Tl :.i 1 t.- 1.. , . ... 4 ciin ith ii I'.ihmin the rresiueni neiiiieuy. x ana. in some cases, umy iuwcis mo., i hnroo f hr f.ntnr Officials said the vandalism! The Gator Bowl football Bowl annearanee as he stood,u,:,:u,,,;u l"e"-- uumhb ""- teams iwm Carolina anu me vti-cnt;iiu biiu mat uai.ast- wm. air r OTCB AtaueillJ " ti ed about $1,000. auartered in other hotels near "It was obvious that the ln-!by, as were other basketball tent of the raiders was to dese-u,,,,,,,, hcrc for the Gator Bowl crate every flag in the school, basketball tournament. said Charles O loole. cmet se Youths Rough Up Hotel Picketers Two pickets at the T.ose Hotel coffee shop and bar room were roughed up, and the sign car ried by one was destroyed, they reported to city police. The incident occurred anout! 5:55 p.m. Saturday. Carl A. Johnson of 342 SL' Pilzcr St., Roscbiu g, told officers t w o young men, one ol mem tan nd the other short and stocky came along where he was picketing. He said one of the men lore the sign from him, damaged it and struck him on the shoul der. About that time, Goldie Klcich came by to relieve him as a picket. She was cursed, called foul names and shoved around. One of them is alleged to have asked "what was she unfair to?" Johnson reported the incident: to the police. He said both men appeared to have been drinking but were not necessarily drunk. lie signed a complaint for their arrest today. in the street below. Asked what she said to him,! Miss America smiled and an swered: "Come get mc." Miss Axum said that after she and Miss Previtti had been curj,v offjcer for ,he 'schm)1 dis.j trict. "The other destruction; Home Loans Gain Considerable cloudinen today nd Tuesday with late night and morning, tog. Little change in temperature. Highest temp, lest 24 hours 55 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 42 Highest temp. ny Dee. (51) 49 Lowest temp, any Due. (62) 16 rw. eia. S.M Carried Across Hall Iceilines of the art room, slash-i million in home insurance loansnoar Eugene Saturday. C a reorganization will meet tempor Dr.,in .m Dec. 1 2.00 Fieltleii then carried the two ed upholstered furniture, a n d in 1963. iThaler, 89, Portland was injur-jai ily, starling Tuesday night Preeio from Sept. I U.Kiwomen across the hall to the dumped papers from deskj The office serves Oregon andjed fatally when he was struckiat the St. George's Episcopa Sunset toniqht, 4:47 p.m. room where he, his father and drawers onto the floor in the Clark, Klickitat and Skamaniaiby a car in roruand hnday Parish ilaU. Meeting lime wi in the room an hour William rieioen jr., i. son oi ine )u.i-!spm.(, ... u. an aft,rthouEht lie relations man from Miami; In aditon to desecrating the' PORTLAND (UPI) The Port who has been handling her fjags tne vandals broke door I land Office of the Federal llous. norma appearance, KicKca;windtm, t0 cas down her door. ;ei najni on the walls, Is DroKe aoornana unice oi uie rcueiai uua- - looms, splash- ing Administration said todayMark Bussear, 16, alls, floors andjthat lt approved a record $93.Slin the crash of a Four Lose Lives On Oregon Roads By United Press International Six Oregon residents lost their lives In traffic accidents during the weekend. Four of the deaths were recorded in the stale. Donald Lingal, 35, Canby, was struck and killed by a car while pushing a ear on U. S. Highway 99 near Canby Saturday night. Warren Storm-, 16, a resident of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge died when the pickup truck in which he was riding collided with a Union Pacific train on State Highway 205 near Burns Saturday night. James Crawford, 77, Klamath Falls, and his wife, Cclla, 72, were killed when their car was struck by a Southern Pacific freight train on I'. S, Highway 97 at Dorris, Calif., Saturday. Eugene, died pickup truck pleted by this evening bandyB , made . the announce ment after presiding over a 13 hour meeting of a political liai son committee representing all sides to which ho put his pro posals for halting bloodshed on the island. The meeting endod just before dawn. . 7'he cease-fire line was set up Saturday. Sandys' plan laid down the withdrawal of Greek and Turkish Cypriot fightor from their strongholds along the line and tho establishment of the neutral zone by British troops. Sandys took the proposal to President Mnrknrios at his pal ace this morning for his ap proval on behalf of the islands Greek Cypriots. British High Commissioner Sir Arthur Clark carried it to Vice President Fazil Kuchuk's residence at noun for his ap proval on behalf of the Turkish Cypriot community. A half-hour of sharp gunfire in Nicosia Sunday broke Into! the tense truce but there were no reports of casualties. Last week's battles and snipings on the island were est i muted to have killed 200 persons. Informed sources said atten tion was focused on Nicosiu as the heart of the problem." The crisis centers on Presi dent Archbishop Makarios's plun lo change the three-year old constitution. The constitu tion, as it now stands, gives certain minority rights lo the island's Turks who make up only 20 per cent of the popula tion here and these Turks fear any change will wipe out these rights. cut-by - Johnson.-lrom "An effort should be made to requests made by the armed I ,, ..,.. ,, services. ! ''','.',..,.. step, thereby fostering'a favor- jonnson s no recui my ..o ' nble atmosphere for the radical cut originul requests of the ., , ,ht. i. ih.ah armed services by $9 billion. , j Jt " This was a decision made some t Khrusncnev sad. time ago and official sources ' ,,,.,...,' ,l..l,,l l,i .c mnxh nf n AUUiessniK Ullliseil IU U1B UCO- r.., t wisnussinns plo of the United States, he atwi (i. " ...... ........... . . The chiefs were believed to bo 1 more interested for the moment in seeing that their funds are not cut below levols of the cur- cnt fiscal year FourTeen-Agers Saved From Rock CANNON BEACH, Ore. (UPI)' Four young persons from Portland were rescued from a high rock on the beach near Chapman Point Sunday evening. The four, Pally Harrison, lli; Sandy Embtirg, 17; Nick Dc mico, 16, and William Norton, 21, were brought lo safety by half a dozen Cannon Beach vol unteer fire department mem bers using ropes. Tho four were climbing on the rock when Miss Emburg screamed for heip when rocks1 began to fall. People on the bciieh went for help. Norton was struck on tho head by a falling rock and re ceived emergency medical enre. said: "In the coming year we want to see the development of rela tions of peaceful cooperation. good neighborllness and friend ship between the people of the United Stutcs and the Soviet Union. Friendship Ii Important 'This is Important for our countries. It is Importunt for other nations, too." Arguing that the Soviet Union needs peace to advance its am bitious economic plans, Khrush chev said: The American people, we believe, do not want war either. Tho Soviet people ro gratified to note that many people In the U.S., including prominent fig ures, bellevo it necessary to seek ways to bring i.bout mu tual understanding and achieve agreements, peaceful settle ments, on disputed problems." Khrushchev endorsed the lale President Kennedy's policy of peaceful cooperation and ex pressed satisfaction that Presi dent Johnson has declared his intention to continue thi policy. AA Meeting Place Ravaged By Blaze Alcoholics Anonymous mem bers will be meeting at a new place Tuesday night. The for mer meeting place was badly dumaged by fire Saturday night. Itosehurg firemen were called lo Ihc meeting place at 424 NE Winchester (formerly the Brok en Door pizza parlor) Saturday night at 10:40 p.m. They put out the fire in the two-story frame building hut not before extensive wall and structural damage was done. Damage was estimated at $900. The fire department reported that after a Saturday meeting, someone had apparently emp tied ash trays into a waste pa per basket, setting off the blaze. A spokesman for AA said the Sunrise tomorrow, 7;4 a.m. brother were staying. .main office. 'counties in Washington. night. be 8 p.m. Savings Deposits Made by January 10 Earn Interest From January 1 im NATIONAL BANK