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Library Ku; v;.,. Civ -i Elks Unbeaten The Elkton Elks stretched their unbeaten basketball string to nine games Saturday. See page 5, Housing Due The Douglas County Housing Authority is now taking applica tions for its new development in Winston. See page 2. Established 1S73 16 Pages ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1964 10-64 10c Per Copy OAS Team Successful In Panama 5 Missing Castro Pays In Maryland B52 Crash Unexpected Soviet Visit f9 - 42 - " f - X x - ' , v - , 1 3 . &rA I iV1 PANAMA CITY (UPI) An Organization of American States , (OAS) peace-making team an nounced it has resolved Pana manian-United States differen ces in whith 23 persons have been killed and nearly 400 wounded in bitter street fight ing since last Thursday. The OAS team said in a com munique its mediation efforts have resulted in agreement by the disputing parties to crea tion of a mixed commission for coordination of peace aims, and U. S. reaffirmation of intent to fly the Panamanian flag along side the Stars and Stripes at all public sites in the controversial Canal Zone. The commission, the OAS said, will include two Panaman ians and two Americans and be presided over by an OAS offi cial. Chilean delegate Manuel Trucco will preside over the co ordination group which will in clude a military as well as civ ilian representative from both sides. The commission will draft measures to "prevent and re solve" any alterations of order and also decide on what areas should be subject to special vigilance, the OAS pcace-mak ers said. The five - man OAS mission called on President Roberto F Chiari at the presidential palace at 12:30 a.m. EST, to advise him of its findings. It was announced that U. S. Assistant Undersecre tary of State Thomas C. Mann, sent here by Fresident Johnson to investigate the dispute, would! postpone his scheduled depart-; ure until later today to permit him to hold another talk with Chiari this afternoon. The OAS group noted in its communique that U. S. Army Secretary Cyrus Vance ratified for the United States its inten tion to fly the Panamanian flag outside all public schools in the Canal Zone alongside that of the United States. Such an agreement had been negotiated a year ago and it was its alleged violation by Ameri can students since officially denied by zone authorities I that sparked last Thursday's Panamanian attacks on the zone and subsequent widespread anti American sniping, burning and looting. i Edwin Martin, ambassador- designate to Argentina and for mer assistant secretary of state for Latin American affairs, and Gen. Andrew M. O'Meara, com mandcr of the U.S. Army Southern Command, will be the American members. ' Panama will be represented by Augusto Guillermo Arango, Panamanian ambassador to the United States, and Col. Olivar Vallarino, commandant of the national guard. Diplomats said it was most important that the commission will provide a channel of com munication between the United States and Panama pending settlement of the issues under lying the dispute. Panama broke off diplomatic relations with Washington last Friday. The peacemaking committee also reconciled opposing posi tions on the flying of the Pana manian flag in the zone, limits of the zone, and measures for preserving order. One particular complaint of the Panamanians concerned the ripping down of a Panamanian flag by American students in . the zone. Bank From Your Car Make deposits or withdrawals without ever leaving your car. Use our convenient drive-up banking service. TFTTTOCrSP NATIONAL BANK lr IMS I otT LOOKING VERY STERN, Panama President Roberto Chiari, left, and Vice President Sergio Ruiz leod the funeral procession for 12 youths killed during the initial outbreak of hostilities in Panama City Sunday. Even as the funeral for the youths was being con ducted, two Panamanian national guardsmen were killed in Colon. (UPI Telephoto) U.S. Wont Leave Canal Zone-Rusk WASHINGTON (UPI) Secre tary of State Dean Rusk says the United States will not with draw from the Panama Canal Zone or give up its military base along the vital waterway. Asked Sunday if the United States could afford to give up the zone or its military base, Rusk said: The answer is no, and I have not heard any re sponsible person take any other viewpoint." In a television interview Rusk said all parties involved in ne gotiations started after the bloody rioting in Panama are agreed that "the first order ofl business is the restoration ofl peace." Panamanian President Ro berto F. Chiari has demanded renegotiation of the 1903 treaty! that give the United States per-, petual control of the Canal Zone and Panamanian Ambas sador Aquino Boyd has told the United Nations that the United States must give up the canal. Rusk indicated that Chiari was in agreement with u. S representatives in Panama that peaceful negotiations could iron out the crisis started last 'ihursday over flying of the Panamanian flag in the Canal Zone. ' The secretary has been in close touch with Thomas C. Mann, newly appointed assist ant secretary of state for inter- American affairs who has been handling talks with Chiari. Rusk said discussion was dif ficult under current tension in Panama. He reiterated that peace and security for U.S. citi Sewer Job Blast Hurts Nine Men MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPD- An explosion ripped through a sewer construction project to day, injuring at least nine men and trapping some of them un derground for a short time. Three of the injured were be lieved tJ be in critical condi tion. The cause of the blast was not immediately determined. Leo Lcsczynski, 36, Milwau kee, said he was working at the head of the 600-foot, 7-foot high project using a torch to dis mantle some steel. He said he thought a spark from his cutting torch may have ignited accumulated tun nel gas and there was a fur ious explosion." "A big ball of flame went rolling down the tunnel, all the way, to the mouth, Leszcyn ski said. zens and property in the Canal Zone were the key matters to which everyone is giving max imum attention." He blamed "elements hostile both to Panama and the United States" for intensifying violence and fomenting friction between the two nations. Rusk said Cuban Premier Fidel Castro "and Castro agents have been taking a hand in this one way or another." He add ed: "I think he has some re sponsibility for this." Six Killed In Chemical Plant Blast ATTLEBORO, Mass. (UPI) The death toll in an explosion that ripped through a chemical plant rose to six today. At least 23 other persons were injured Firemen battling fires that still raged hours after the blast at the Thompson Chemical Co., recovered a body this morning. It was not identified immediate ly. The dead thus included three persons who were identified and three who were not. The explosion Sunday night, fed by refrigeration gas, caused in excess of $3 million damage. Five buildings were leveled. More than 100 families were evacuated from their homes af ter the explosion that shattered house and school windows. Shock waves could be felt 40 miles away. A preliminary investigation by plant officials indicated the explosion erupted in a 33,000 gallon tank of fren gas which is used in refrigeration. More than 1,000 firemen and policemen from 10 communities fought the fires during the night. Three of the dead were iden tified as William Caniglai, 35, of North Providence, R.I.; Gil bert Laranger of Scckonk; and Norman Girard, 38, of Paw tucket, R.I. Mrs. Margaret M c A v o y, night supervisor at the- hospital said dental records and finger print checks would be needed to identify the other two dead. "One man was burned so badly he was almost unidentifiable," Mrs. McAvoy said. Eleven persons were treated and released at Sturdy Hospital and six others were admitted, one of them said to be in "poor" condition. Three persons were admitted to Pawtucket Hospital in near by Pawtucket, R.I., and three others were released after treatment. Police said the dead were employes of the chemical firm. It was believed that about 40 men were working in the plant as a skeleton crew at the time of the explosion, but police later counted 51 cars in the plant's parking lot, Coast Guard Action Saves Two Skindivers DEPOE BAY, Ore. (UPI) -An engine on a 14-foot boat failed Sunday and the Coast Guard rescued two young men when their craft was swept across the Yaquina bar. Robert Bruce, 19, Portland, and William Cushman, 19, Cor vallis, were unharmed. They had been skindiving in Yaquina Bay. SUPREME COURT MEETS WASHINGTON (UPI) The Supreme Court meets today to hand down opinions and orders before starting a second week of arguments in the January sessions. CUMBERLAND, Md. (UPI) An Air Force B52 jet bomber parrying two unarmed nuclear weapons and a five-man crew crashed in the snow covered Maryland mountains about 40 miles west of here early today. Pentagon spokesmen an nounced immediately there was no danger of a nuclear explo sion but warned the public to stay clear of the area "in the interests of public safety, na tional security and to facilitate removal operations. There was no immediate sign of survivors. A farmer who fives near the crash scene re ported he "didn t see any bodies. The Pentagon would say no thing about the type of nuclear weapons aboard the Strategic Air Command plane which was flying from Wi stover Air Force Base, Mass., to Turner Air, Force base near Albany, Ga Spokesman said, however, this was the eighth such crash in volving nucleai' weapons since March, 1958, and "there never has been any nuclear yield in our history of these crashes. Explosion Heard Residents of the area near Savage Mountain reported see ing a red flash in the sky and hearing a' loud explosion. The plane had lost radio and radar contact with the Washington ra dar center about 1:40 a.m. EST. The Pentagon said an ordinary explosion or crash in volving a plane carrying nu clear weapons would not touch off the weapons. There is a complex of safety devices to prevent any danger from a nuclear explosion unless it is intended to )e exploded," a spokesman said. The last ruch crash involved a B52 from Beale AFB in Call fornia on March 14, 1961. Rescue teams were hampered by deep snow in efforts to reach the scene. The Air Force rushed an "experienced explo sive ordnance disposal team to the site. Spokesmen explained that the weapons arc carried unarmed and in a crisis are prepared for explosion while the plane is in flight on orders from the ground. In March, 1958, an un armed nuclear bomb was ac cidentally dropped near Flor ence, S. C. The explosion of TNT caused no nuclear danger although six persons were in jured. On Training Mission The B52, described by the Pentagon as having "the best safety record of any aircraft we've ever bought," had been on an airborne alert training mission and had landed at West- over because o'. the snowstorm hitting the eastern part of the nation. Five troopers from the Mary land state police barracks at Cumberland and a snow plow from the Maryland Road Com for the crash scene but bogged dnwn in wind-driven snow drifts They had to call for help. Red News Agency Reports On Crime MOSCOW (UPI)-A 27-yoar- old Soviet draft dodger has been arrested and accused of the axe murders of three schoolboys and two women, it was announced today. Tass, the official Soviet news agency, made an unusual excursion into crime news to re port that Vladimir lonesyan and his "mistress and accom plice, A. Dmitriyeva," were ar rested for murders in Moscow and the town of Ivanovo. lonesyan also was charged with rape and assault. The arrest of the axe killer who has been terrorizing Mos cow was first reported Sunday night by semi-official sources. Passengers on Soviet buses were told the good news Sun day night over loudspeakers: "Citizens, don't be alarmed. The murderer has been caught." The killer's trail of murders caused . Muscovites- to lock and holt their doors for many days Rumors swept the capital, al though until today not a word appeared in the official news media. "The militia (police) found a hatchet and other material evi dence bearing on the crime," Tass said. "At the first interrogation lonesyan admitted commiting these crimes. The investigation ft continuing and soon the crim inal will be arraigned before court." f 51 CASTRO VISITS SOVIETS With interpreter standing between them, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, right, and Cuban Premier Fidel Castro, left, enjoy a laugh after Castro's arrival at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport Monday. The sur prise trip was described as a work-and-play visit, for the Cuban leader. (UPI Tele-photo) Leftist Rebels Tip Zanzibar's Regime ZANZIBAR (UPI) -A U.S. destroyer today began taking Americans off the newly in dependent island nation of Zanzibar, where a leftist rebel lion overthrew the British-backed sultan and proclaimed a re public. , (Observers in Nairobi, Kenya, on the African mainland op posite Zanzibar, said the new government was pro-Communist and some of its leaders were sympathizers with Communist China. There was speculation in Kenya that Zanzibar could become the Cuba of Africa the first Communist foothold in the area.) ' (Sources in Washington said some of the rebels are largely financed by the Communists including those headed by Abdul Rachman Mohammed Balm leader of the. .outlawed ,Umin.a party, and new defense and for eign minister. He was describ ed as pro-Peking.) First reports said three per sons were, killed and 26 injured in the fighting that toppled Sul tan Scyyid Jamshld Bin Khallfo Saturday night and Sunday. The nation's new leader is Sheikh Abed Karume, who was Hatfield Eyed For Top GOP Convention Post WASHINGTON (UPI) Na tional GOP Chairman . William E. Miller confirmed Sunday that Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield is being considered as perma nent chairman of the 1964 He publican national convention. The post traditionally is filled by the House speaker or in a Democratically controlled house by the minority leader. House GOP leader Charles A. Hallcck Ind., was permanent convention chairman in 1960. Miller told a television inter viewer ("Face the Nation,' CBS) that Hatfield was pro posed unanimously by a meet ing of Republican governors several months ago in Denver, and that their support would carry weight in the final selec tion. But Miller said Hallcck is still in the running, and that Sen. Thruston Morton, R-Ky., former GOP national chairman, n ay be a compromise choice. The permanent convention chairman will be elected by a majority of party s convention arrangements committee, which is expected to meet in May. The convention will begin in San Francisco on July 13. During the recent GOP na tional committee meeting here, Lowell Paget, the national com mitteeman from Oregon, told newsmen he would push Hat field as a candidate for the convention chairmanship. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Cloudy with showers today, partial during tonight, partly sunny Tuotday. Wirmtr to night. Hightit ttmp. last 24 hours 51 Lowest ttmp. last 14 hours 11 Hlghttt mp. any Jan. (59) 45 Lowot ttmp. any Jan. (42) -I Pncip. last 24 hours 01 Normal Jan. Prtcio. 5JS1 Prtcip. from Jan. 1 2.47 Proelp. from Stpt. 1 14.4? Sunset tonight, 5:01 p.m. Sunrii tomorrow, 7:42 a.m. nrJ J named president of the rebel republic. (Karume also is considered a Chinese Communist sympathi zer by many observers.) There were reports that the 53-year-old sultan, feted Dec. 10 as Zanzibar's first independent New Jersey Shack Fire Claims Nine PORT NORRIS. NJ. (UPI1 Eight small children and their mother were ' killed Sunday wnen an overloaded space heat er set their shack in this fishing community on fire. Firemen said Mrs. Virginia Johnson, 26, and her children "never had a chance." The father, David Johnson, 34, a commercial fisherman, was at sea when his family was wiped out. , Six of the children, ranging in age from 4 to 11 years were found in a pile inside the front door. Another child, 2, and one 10 months, were found in their beds. ' It went up so fast we couldn't get near it because of the intense heat," said Fire Chief Henry Taylor. He said an overloaded wood space heater in the living room started the fire. The heater was raised about six inches above the floor but ' the heat ap parently set the wooden floor of the shack on fire. Wo found them all in the front room. There were two beds, one on cither side of the room and a large crib against the door," Taylor said. He said it looked as if Mrs. Johnson ' had tried to pull the crib away from the front door. Firemen found the shack completely ablaze when they arrived, Taylor said. No one could enter until the flames were brought under control. These small places go up awfully fast," he said. "They just didn't make it before they all suffocated." The shack ' was located on Port Norris Road in this Cum berland County community Jaycees To Honor Bosses At Meet The outstanding young man of the year as selected by the Roscburg Junior Chamber of Commerce and the "boss of the year" will each be honored Sat urday, Jan. 25, when the Junior Chamber again hosts the Dis tinguished Service Award and Bosses' Night Banquet. The ban quel will be held at the Rose. burg Country Club, beginning at 7 p.m. According to the committee in charge, the public is urged to notify . Howard. Petersen, in care bf the Douglas County State Bank, of choice for the outstanding young man award Nominees may be 35 years of age or younger. Choice is made on the basis of service to the community. John Merrificld, president of the Insurance Company of Ore gon, will be the banquet speak er. Following Merryfield's ad dress, the awards will be pre sented by last year's winners Don Aker, distinguished service award, and John Todd, boss of the year. ruler in 132 years, had fled on his yacht. The American destroyer Man- ley rushed to Zanzibar and be gan removing the 57 Ameri cans here. A British ship, 'the Owen, headed toward the is lands to protect the 300 Britons here. The United States maintains space tracking station here. There was no indication it bad been endangered in the revolt (But U.S. sources in Wash ington expressed concern it re ports the rebel leadership in cluded leftists who have been agitating for removal of the U.S. station, which was one of the nrimarv tracking points for U.S. astronauts during the Mercury space program ,(The station would have) lesser role in the new Gemini space program, they said. " (Washington sources viewed with particular concern reports that Babu. was behind the re volt. They noted that he re turned last month from a trip to Peking and that his Umma party was reported to have de nounced "U.S. imperialism" during the tour.) The rebellion appeared to have racial as well as political causes. Left-wing members of Ka- mine's Afro-Shirazi party, which is backed by Zanzibar's African majority, led tho drive to oust the Arab-controlled coalition government. The Urn ma party apparently . joined them Britain ended its protectorate over Zanzibar last month but maintained commonwealth tics. 0SU Skier Found Safe After Night In Woods ALBANY, Ore. (UPI) - A Norwegian student at Oregon State University was brought out of the Hoodoo Bowl ski area Sunday morning after being lost overnight in the freezing high country. Svcn Wcydahl, 23, a member of the OSU ski team; became lost Saturday while helping pre pare a ski course for competi tion at the bowl. He was found unharmed but chilled 17 hours after he was reported missing and three hours after an intensive search began. Members of the Bachelor Butte ski patrol from Bend found the Inst student. Falling Tree Fatal To Glendale Logger James R. Hollnmon, 58, of Willis Avenue in Glendale was killed In a logging accident Sat urday 35 miles east of Glendale. Accprdlng to ' reports received this morning, Hullomon, a part ner in the Rogue Logging Co. of Grants Pass, was pinned be tween a stationary tree and a falling tree, The accident occurred in rug ged country on the west fork of Cow Creek about 9 a.m. and because of the ruggedness of the terrain, it was mid-afternoon before the body was able to 'be removed, and taken by ambulance to Ganz Mortuary in Myrtle Creek. Dr. C. W. Fletch er of Myrtle Creek, deputy county medical examiner, con ducted an Investigation at the scene of the accident. Hollomin wit born Nov. JO, MOSCOW (UPI) Cuban Pre mier Fidel Castro got I bear- hug greeting from Premier Ni kita S. Khrushchev today on his arrival for a surprise visit and talks expected to center on U.S. troubles in Panama. It was below zero when Cas tro's Soviet jet landed after t nine-hour flight from sunny Ha vanna, but Western observers said Castro's welcome was as warm as the one he received in May, when he spent more than month here. The visit was announced sud denly Sunday night, and the Cuban people did not learn of it until after Castro was airborne. The Soviets said Khrushchev in vited the bearded Cuban "again to visit the Soviet Union in win ter time to exchange opinions on questions of mutual interest to rest, to acquaint himself , with the winter landscape and hunt in the snow-clad forest of the Soviet Union." Western observers said these topics were likely to dominate the talks: The rioting in Panama: The vital Panama Canal Is only 750 miies south of Castro's is land. Pro-Castro agitators were reported active in the anti- American mobs in Panama City. Both leaders now hope to ex ploit the United States' trouble in Panama and can be expect ed to issue charges of U.S. co lonialism in a bid for support In Latin America. Cuba's loyalty to Moscow: - Castro was promised large - amounts of new Soviet aid dur ing his last visit here. At the time, he appeared to take Mos cow's side in the ideological dis pute with Communist China. But Castro obviously disap pointed the Soviets when he joined China and the other mil- uuius qi in? uiiamuniBi camp in refusing to sign the- nuclear taat linH Ir'Anl.. laaf fnll Tlin hi unit i.vatj mo, .nil. Alio treaty is a key part of Mos cow's co-existence drive. The' U.S. economic block ade of Cuba and recent Allied moves to trade with the island, ' including .Britain's 511 million bus sale. Awards Date Set By Local Chamber The Roscburg Chamber of Commerce's annual First Citi zen awards will be made at the annual banquet in the Umpqua Hotel Jan. 27, it was announced today by Chamber Manager Harold Reaume. One of tho major events of the year, the spotlight is play ed on one or two citizens who have contributed to the better ment of the community. In the past two years, both a man and woman have been named, The featured speaker at the banquet will be Dr. Carl L. Bauman of the Pomona College German department. Pomona . is at Clarcmont, Calif. Thornton Decision Due SALEM (UPI) - Atty. Gen. Robert V. Thornton said he would announce his future po litical plans Tuesday. Thornton, who is presently serving his third four-year term as Oregon's attorney general, is expected to seek re-election. 1905. at Nevada City, Calif., and was married to Bculah Docrsch on Sept. 14, 1941, at Hcno, Ncv. lie had been a resident of Glen dale for the past 18 years, com ing from Marysville, Calif. He was a member of the Baptist Church and a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army. Survivors Include his wife, at Glendale; one stepson, Charles II. Andrews of Portland; one sister, Florence Hnllomon; and two brothers, Ike and Clifford, all of Livermore, Calif. Funeral services will be held T-'crday at 2 p.m. at the Olivet Presbyterian Church, In Glen dale with the Rev. Norman Nauglcr officiating. Interment will follow at the Glendale Ma sonic Cemetery. Ganz Mortu ary in Myrtle Creek ia in charge of arrangements, I
