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Library F.'tvr.e. Oiv Pemmo SoDodds Push Established 1673 28 Page ROSEBURG, ORE. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964 7-64 10c Per Copy Truck Firms Get Threat From Hoffa CHICAGO (UPD Teamsters President James R. Hoffa has threatened to call a strike against six nationwide trucking firms if a new national agree ment is not reached by next V'ednesday. "I have notified the industry that six trucking firms, all of which have terminals in Chi cago, will be struck here and the strike will spread to their operations throughout the coun try," Hoffa told trucking nego tiators and federal mediators V'ednesday. Hoffa and trucking firm ne gotiators said that many issues, most of them minor, have been agreed upon, but sessions have , Doggea aown on economic is sues, including wages, vacations and pension plans. Hoffa has been engaged in ne gotiations here seeking a na tional trucking contract cover ing 400,000 union members. The talks were scheduled to continue through this week, including Saturday. Would be Selective The strike, if called, would be "selective," Hoffa said. The companies, which he did not nr.me, will include two with Western operations, two operat ing in the East, and two in the South, he said. Several Chicago trucking of ficials called Teamster demands "exorbitant." It was reported the final pro posal of the unions calls for a three-year contract v ith pay in creases of 10 cents an hour the first year, 8 cents the second ear and 10 cents the third year. The Teamsters also asked for increases in the pension and health and welfare payments of 55 a week for each employe with $1.50 the firrt year, S1.50 the second year and $2 the third year. The truckers now pay $10 a week into the funds. Eugene McCarron, general manager of the Illinois Motor Truck , Operators Association said the Teamster demands would necessitate a 15 per cent increase in trucking rates. Planned Bargaining Hoffa has sought a national contract for some time. He per sonally master-minded bargain ing that led to contract expira tion dates ranging between De: ccmber, 19G3, and September, 1964, so he could negotiate a national contract. j The national contract idea has been supported by some of the big national trucking firms who say it would bring about uni formity in the industry and halt undercutting by some truckers. Hoffa has been holding down on wage demands in order to obtain a national contract. He has been seeking a three-year, ' CO-ccnt package broken up into 30 cents for wages and the rest in fringe benefits. The fringe benefits Hoffa is seeking include, lowering the present retirement age from 57 to 55 and increasing the present S200-a-month pension. He also would like extension of free dental care. The nationwide minimum of $3.03 an hour has been estab lished for truckers and some are getting minimums as high as $3.27. 9 .1 . II' I J. J: ( ' 'I I "W t. i I . I ' MW I II tJl'ilOO VA r" o v, V-mi ''m'JAJtij) O ; ginr 11 yM&jSm, PRESIDENT SPEAKS President Johnson is shown ot the Capital in Washington delivering his first State of the Union message to a joint session of Visitor Almost Took 'Cleaning' CALDWELL, N. J. (UPI) A Uruguayan was almost tak en to the cleaners Wednesday, but came out in good shape thanks to a 23-year-old Bible student. Carlos Salguero, sales man ager for a tobacco company in Montevideo, Uruguay came here three weeks ago with his wife to visit old friends. He brought along a tuxedo for evening wear, and 55 $100 bills, which he stuffed into a pocket of the tux for safe keeping. His wife unknowingly took the tuxedo to Kalter's Dry Cleaners with the money still in. the packet. Shelton Thompson, 23, a Bi ble student and part - time worker at the store, came across the money while proc essing the suit. He gave it to the store owner, who put it in a safe and returned it when Salguero arrived Wed nesday. "I feel like a fool," said Salguero. "But a happy fool." Congress Wednesday. Behind him are House Speaker John McCormack, left, ond President Pro- Tern of the Senate Cqrl Hoyden. (UPI Telephoto) Widow Sets To Burn Deeper Assassin Brand On Oswald DALLAS (UPI) Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald, convinced her husband shot President Kcnncd dy, today prepared for the task of burning deeper the assassin brand on the man she loved. Marina Oswald consented to appear before the Warren Coin mission. She was expected to tell the federal panel she be lieves her husband killed Ken nedy, wounded Texas Gov. John Connally on Nov. 22 and earlier Rockefeller Adds Medford Speech PORTLAND (UPI)-Gov. Ncl son Rockefeller of New York has added a Medford speech to his Oregon visit Feb. 6-8. A spokesman for the Repub lican presidential nomination candidate said Rockefeller would speak at a Lincoln Day dinner in Medfopd the night of Feb. 7. Earlier that day he gives a luncheon speech to the Portland Realty Board. On Feb. 8 he will speak at the state Junior Cham ber of Commerce dinner meet ing in the Salem Armory. Rockefeller is scheduled to arrive in Portland the evening of Feb. 6. Bus Sale To Cubans Angers U.S. Solons FatherOnO Held In Fiery Death Of Wife fired a sniper's bullet at formerTVov Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker. After this testimony, expected behind closed doors this month, the 22-year-old Russian-born woman will start building a new life in a strange land for herself and the couple's two young daughters. James H. Martin, a business adviser of the attractive moth Fob EarDv Actioon on Li J s IProgirco mro 25 at Fort Worth, has been under guard by Secret Service agents since Oswald was arrested. She asked for tlio protection, but Martin said she was free to . move as she pleased. . Her time is spent in a secret motel or hotel room. She has moved' several times, taking ltachael, 2 months, and June, er, saw wecinesaay me wmow who is nearly 2 years old, with was convinced by evidence iler. she watches television and against her pro-Marxist nus- often cried when the face of band. It was made .Delicvamo jacaueline . Kennedy anneared by an ugly transformation she on the screen. - WASHINGTON (UPI) A British firm's sale of $11 mil-; lion worth of buses to Cuba pro voked angry congressional crit-j icism today not only of Britain but of U.S. policy as well. The sale, one of the largest single transactions by a non Communist nation with Cuba in recent years, was concluded de spite the U.S. government's ex pression of opposition to the British during negotiations. U S. regulations prohibit American firms from selling anything but medical supplies and certain foods to Cuba. The United States has never able to persuade its Allies to observe such an embargo, how ever. ' ' Britain, concerned over the American reaction, said it was powerless to halt the sale be cause the arrangement was a private deal between Ley land Motor Corp. and Cuba. U. S. protests raised fears In London that the transaction may mar talks scheduled for next month in Washington be tween President Johnson and The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS VALE, Ore. (UPD Malheur County sheriff's officers today took custody of a father of 10 children who was indicted by a grand inry for first-degree mur dcr in the burning death of his wife. The inrlirtmpnt against Wil- ford Harris, 39, "Salem, was re turned early this morning here. Dist. Atly. John Hutchins said the count accused Harris of "deliberate and premeditated malice" in killing his wife, Vera, 37, by "burning her to death." Mrs. Harris' body was found in a burned automobile 50 miles north of Jordan Valley, Ore., late the night of Dec. 16, 1963. Oregon State Police records had listed the death as the result of a traffic accident. ' Officers at Salem, where Har ris was arrested, said the charge was based on an autop sy performed hy a Boise, Idaho, pathologist. - Both the patholo gist and Hutchins declined com ment. Malheur county officers and State . Police were expected to arrive in Vale late this after noon with Harris. The woman's body was found in a car' near the Burns June tion on State Highway 78. Authorities at Salem said the auto went over a 15-foot em bankment 50 miles north of Jor dan Valley, and rolled down a 260-foot slone. Her body was found hanging outside of (he blackened auto, and Harris was found nearby by- truck driver the following morning. Harris offered no resistance when 'two state police officers and the Malheur County sheriff arrested him at his North Ivy Way home after 11 p.m. PST Wednesday. A letter by Harris appeared in a Salem newspaper this morning expressing his thanks to the community for sympathy expressed after news of his wile s death was published. saw in Oswald, Martin said, aft er the detector to Russia rje turned to the United States-,-' "He had become more moody," Mrtin said, "more unhappy." Mrs. Marina Oswald,' in con trast, was fond of the new coun try. She was forbidden by her husband to learn English. She now practices the new lan guage, but words come hard. She hopes to become a citizen of the United States. The widow told Martin that she had no ill will toward any one, including her husband's slayer Jack Ruby. She said she would not sue either the city of Dallas or Ruby. 'I . guess she would have a valid suit against Jack Ruby for wrongful death, Martin said. Under Guard Mrs. Oswald, who has visited her husband's unmarked grave three times since his burial Donations- have come. - in- for i ne tamiiy, loiaung aoout $28, 000. The Southern Baptist Con vention has urged lis members to send her money. British Prime Minister Sir Alec been Douglas-Home. Sen. Kenneth B. Keating, R- V.Y., told the Senate Wednes day that the "deliberate breach" of the United States Mostly cloudy witn occasional hc Brjtish firm ,.ouId ..makc thowtrt today, partly cloudy nnM. ,nT c:.lro , .,. with patches of night and morn-, . , . ,--.-.,,; 5vstcm!-Antonio Domingucs, 42, Mishap Involves Bob Kennedy Car WASHINGTON' (UPI)-Atty Gen. Robert F. Kennedy was involved today in a rush-hour traffic accident on his way to the Justice Department from his home in McLean, Va.' Kennedy was not injured, but at least one person in the other car suffered injuries. The accident happened in the morning rush hour traffic along rain-slicked George Washington Memorial Parkway. The chauffeur-driven Kennedy limousine was reported struck in the rear when it stopped in a traffic tie-up caused by another accident. Kennedy, in the hack seat with his dog Brumus, was asked if he was injured. He said, he wasn't. Brumus was okay, too However, the driver of the other car was known to have suffered cuts from the impact. By FRANK ELEAZER WASHINGTON (UPl)-Demo- cratic leaders turned on the pressure today to shove through Congress major parts of Presi dent Johnson's program' and to get them enacted by summer, as he bluntly suggested. They set tentatively for Feb ruary a House vote on John son s top priority measure, a broad anti-discrimination bill aimed at safe-guarding Negro rights in voting, schools, jobs and use of public accommoda tions. ' Hearings started on the meas ure today, in the rules committee. In the Senate leaders stepped up the timetable for final com mittee action on a House-passed $11 billion tax cut next on Johnson's legislative must list and tentatively planned to put it to a floor vote in February, about the same time the House acts on civil rights. Pushing For Spd Senate leaders also were act ing bn new moves to speed the lagging legislative machine for earlicr-than-usual handling of other controversial chores, such as the dozen or more annual money bills Congress must pass. In his first State of the Union message Wednesday Johnson put the civil rights and tax bills at the top of his list, but pack aged them with an array of other welfare and economic re quests.' Congressional leaders said privately some of these simply could not be handled this year. One problem area is a "pov erty package" which Johnson outlined in general terms. He is expected to detail the plan more fully in an economic mes sage to be sent to Capitol Hill on Jan. 20. Senate Democratic Whip Hu bert Humphrey, Minn., said Johnson already was at work on another message limited strictly to farm issues, which some members complained went unrecognized in Wednes day's spe.-ch. Humphrey said this would propose new legislation dealing with wheat, cotton and other commodity, support programs, and -also would outline special steps to combat rural poverty. Democrat Laud Mtssag The general Democratic rcac- Union address was that it was great. Republicans called it a political document and won dered how Johnson proposed to do so much more in so many fields and at the same time cut the federal budget. Johnson, an old congression al hand who may go down in history as the Senate leader best at having gotten things done, was up to his top form c in his appeal to Congress to act and act fast. "All this and more can and must be done," he said. "It can be done by this summer." The first session of the 88th Congress ran ur.til Dec. 30. This session should wind up before the Republican National Con ventoin starts July 13 and, in any case, before the Democrat ic convention starting Aug. 24. Johnson In Plea For Tax Cut Bill WASHINGTON (UPD-Prcsi-dent Johnson told Senate tax writers today that each month's postponement of enactment of the $11 billion tax cut bill keeps $600 million out of wage earn ers' take-home pay. The President asked the Sen ate Finance Committee to pump hundreds of millions more dol lars into the economy this year by cutting the present 18 per cent payroll withholding rate to 14 per cent as soon as the bill measure is enacted. Johnson spelled out in a letter to Chairman Harry F. ' Byrd, D-Va., the proposed 14 per cent Argentine Plane Crash Claims 25 tion to Johnson's State of thei British Press Raps U S. Bid To Halt Bus Sales To Cuba LONDON (UPI) The Brit ish press today ridiculed U. S attempts to halt the sale of British buses to Cuba. News papers accused the United States of using blackmail and double standards. . There were indications that another ally of the United States, Spain, was determined to go ahead with trade with Premier Fidel Castro's regime despite U. S. disapproval. In formed sources in Madrid be licve Spain will build about 100 ships for Cuba worth about $500 million. , - In both the ship deal and the agreement to sell Cuba $11.2 million worth of British double- decker buses, the argument used by the sellers is the same: If the United States can sell CRIED WOLF TOO OFTEN Inn Inn fonioht and Fridav. High.tt temp, latt 74 hour, 48 aRam' Lowett temp, latt 24 hours 31 Keating blamed Kiulwil lemi. anv Jan. (59) 45 largely on what the incident he termed GRANDOLA, Portugal (UPI) a In cal eccentric, threatened sui cide so often that villagers paid Lowest temp, any Jan, Precip. latt 24 houri ...... Normal Jan. Precip. Precip. from Jan. I Precip. from Sent 1 Suntet tonight, 4:57 p.m. Sunriti tomorrow, i.m no attention he bought a .Wednesday when coffin, put aside British Avert Cyprus Fight NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPI). British troops Wednesday night averted possible fighting be tween Greek and Turkish Cyp- riot police who confronted each other with guns drawn around 10 government bouses in Nicosia. . After three hours, the British persuaded both sides to with draw. millions of dollars worth of grain to the Soviet Union, and its satellites In Europe, other Western nations ought to be able to do business with Cuba Britain said it has no legal means to stop the sale of buses by the Leyland Motors Co. Gov ernment sources noted that Brit ain is not participating in the American trade boycott of Cu ba and that the buses have no strategic value. The British press was more outspoken. 'For the love of Pete!" the London Daily Mall exploded. 'The fact is that the United States applies double standards when it comes to trade with the Communists," It added. "Both tlie administration and Congress approved the sale of wheat to the Soviet Union and rightly so. But we could argue that fill ing a Russian belly is far more strategic than saving Cuba." The dispute has caused irri tation on both sides of the At lantic, and British officials said they hope it will die down be fore the meeting between Pres ident Johnson and Prime Min istcr Sir Alee Douglas-Home next month. They noted that the bus deal negotiations have been public knowledge both here and In Washington for months, with each side fully aware of the other's position. ZARATE, Argentina fUPI) An Argentine ALA Airlines plane crashed and burned here early today. At least 25 of 31 persons aboard were killed, according to first reports. Police headquarters said the plane, a DC3 with 28 passen gers and three crewmen aboard plunged to earth just short of the local airstrip and exploded into flames. Authorities said the pilot earlier reported a fire aboard while airborne and that he was trying for an emergency land ing. ,-, ,. I , ...v-.. The flight originated in Santa Fe, north of Buenos Aires, with a scheduled halt at Rosario. It was to have arrived in Buenos Aires at 9:30 a.m. Airline sources said while the flight was approaching this port city 50 miles northwest of Buenos Aires, the pilot reported mechanical trouble. He asked for the local airstrip to be cleared for an emergency land ing. ' ' ' : 'The plane Is on fire," he told authorities. The crash site was just a mile north of this city of 50.000 population. The Zarate hospital reported four badly burned sur vivors. Two other survivors were reported in the Belgrano clinic. Aside from those six persons, no other survivors were report ed. All of the survivors were said to be in critical condition. ALA Argentine Airlines is Aviacion Litoral Argentina, national airline' competing with the state-owned Argentine Airlines. rate that he said Wednesday in his State of the Union message ne would ask to be put into ef fect this year. Under- the house-approved tax bill before Byrd's committee the withholding rate would bo cut to 15 per cent as soon as the measure goes into effect but would not drop to 14 pur cent until next Jan. 1. The President said that un less the lower rate is made ef fective as soon as possible, it ' would delay "a significant part of tho economic stimulus from the tax program until . . . some time in late winter (of 1964) or early spring of 1065." Johnson, still pushing for pop ular support of the tax biH, also scheduled White House meet ings today with two groups. They were the executive com mittee of the Business Commit tee for a Tax reduction, headed by Henry Ford II, and the Citi zens' Committee for Tax Re duction and Revision, a group set up to help the administra tion at the grass roots level. 1 Prodded by Johnson, the Sen ate Finance Committee is gain ing momentum in its drivo to complete work on the tax cut biggast in history by the end of the month. Tho 17-membcr committee mot In vnlintr mnnd fnr tho second day of closed sessions to act on sections of the meas ure. Barrlne anv surprise unscts. nrnunoMn Imnrnverl Hint flm panel would finish i(s drafting work and send the bill to the Senate sometime within the next three weeks. Search For Plane Draws Near End Dale Hoskins To Head Rural Fire Decprtrtent Dale Hoskins has been elect ed president of the board of directors of the Roseburg Rural Fire Department to preside for 1964. Other new officers elected at Wednesday's meeting included Cecil Thompson, vice president, and Jim Suiter, secretary-treasurer. A dinner for the board of di rectors and their wives will be held Jan. 15 st the Roseburg Country 'Club to honor Roy E. Crain. Crain U a past presi dent and a nine-year member of the board of directors of the Roseburg Rural Fire Department. HONOLULU (UPI) The greatest air search in Pacific history was drawing to a close today without having turned up a trace of its object an, Air Force C124 Globemastcr cargo plane which ..disappeared ou Jan. 1 with nine men aboard. Military planes from Hawaii, California, Guam and Japan have logged - more ' than 4,000 flying hours in nearly 300 indi vidual search sorties. Planes and ships covered and recovered some 600,000 square miles of ocean in the search for the Globcmaster, lost on a flight from Wake Island to Hawaii. No trace of the- plane or its occupants was found although several radio signals believed to be distress messages were reported early in the search, There also were reports of flare sightings, including a red flare early Wednesday, but these were checked out with negative results. At one phase there were 69 aircraft specifically assigned to the search, and on one day there were 46 planes flying their precise search patterns simultaneously. Thrco Navy picket ships, the Landing, Falgou't and Hall, have been continuously on station- assigned the job of Investigating reports from the aircraft. The last message from the plane was received just three hours before it was scheduled to land in Hawaii. Search planes were In the air within minutes after the Globcmastcr's estimated time of arrival be cause the cargo plane still had not appeared mi the scopes of Hawaii's elaborato radar de fense net. Residents Urge County Museum At Court Meet Forty citizens, including pro fessional people, educators and club representatives, were on hand Wednesday at the Court house to present their views on the establishment of a county museum board. The Douglas County Court remarks, touched on historical facts about the state and county. He mentioned published histor ies of Douglas County and said that children, in learning the history of the county, need more than the printed word. They need artifacts, documents, etc scheduled the public meeting in i to make the lessons more vivid rdcr to hear testimony on the! and graphic. county Historical Society petl- Mrs. Victor Micelli, president (42) -1, "half-hearted and inclfective ac-monev for burial fees and.tion requesting establishment ofiof the Douglas County Histori- lj tions by the United States. He promised to fire a firecrackcrla seven-person board. cal Society, said that most ad- 5 ci said this country has not per- hefore killing himrclf. I No dissenting voice wasijaccnt counties cither have a j.H uaded any other nation that ill a few hours later Domingucs! heard. All urged establishmcntimuscum or are In the process 13.M has a firm policy with respect'was found dead on the floor of of a committee, and ultimately, of building one. She mentioned ;to Cuba's interference in other his home between the coffin a museum. , that I museum was considered hemisphere governments. jand the firecracker a dud. j Arthur A. Wilson, in opening! a well-established asset to community, both s i benefit to education and n tourist attraction. She said the county is losing much valuable material to oth er museumi simply because there it no room for it. She challenged that any cmnty In the state had a more colorful history and said she hoped the County Court would recognize the need and value of a muse um. She regretted that many ' aluable things are finding their way to antique dealers and to other museums. Endorsement Given Mrs. L. E. Adams, speaking for the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, heartily en dorsed the museum. She stated that members of her organiza tion had many things to share with the public if only there were a place for them. The Roseburg Business and Profes sional Women's Club also went on record as endorsing the museum. Kenneth Barncburg, superin- tendant of county schools, and Kenneth A. Stuart, superintend- ant of Riddle schools, both urg ed the establishment of mu seum as an important aid to ed lucatlon. Judge V. T. Jackson of the County Court said that It Is. evi dent that ciliztw! do want a mu seum, and that a seven-man board would be appointed. He said it was good to sec such a substantial representation at the meeting. He pointed out mat tne es tablishment of a board would be only the first, and easiest, step in acquiring a county mu seum. In his opinion, ne sam, "A way would be found." Further work in this dircc- . i I 1 I I . I 1 - .1 I .1 111 i .. 1 ed.