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ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1964
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OAS Team
Successful
In Panama
5 Missing
Castro Pays
In Maryland
B52 Crash
Unexpected
Soviet Visit
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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,
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