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Jahn Fitzgerald 1963 President To Rest Car Hits Young Boy City Observes Mourning Port O rford jo in e d the U nited States and the rert o f the w o rld Monday to m ourn the t o n of Prraldent John F. Kennedy, the day o f hi< fin a l rlte i. A c tin g m ayor Lloyd Betel la id In h it p ro c la m a tio n "Because thia nation hat suf fered a great lo a and tragedy beyond a ll measure- w i t h the death of our beloved president John F. Kennedy and To enable the people o f Pott O rforil, Oregon to h o n o r h il m em ory a n d to e x p re u our g rie f to h li fa m ily I, Lloyd W. Bates, a ctin g m ay or o f Port Orford, Oregon, order and proc la im that Monday, Nov em ber 25, 1963, be »et aside as a day of m ourning for a ll c i t i zens o f Port Orford, Oregon and Whereas this day o f November 25, 1963, has been declared as a day o f m ourning, I do hereby request that a ll business cease on th e day o f Novem ber 25,1963, Al Brown, member of Oregon In order to honor his m em ory SporUmen'g Const Council, and a n d to express th e ir sympathy Bob Macklroy, of Coos Bay. past for his f a m ily . " Most lo c a l business houses president of the Council, atten closed down the e n tire day ded a Game Commission meet were to h o n o r the m em ory o f the ing in Portland last week President. Food stores and one They submitted a resolution or tw o others opened la te r in the to the Game Commission to con afternoon. trol the taking of shad fish on Port O rford citizens pa id th e ir the Coquille river and all coast I personal tributes to the President al streams having a shad run. in special services conducted at The resolution was well re lo c a l c h u r c h e s o r at home ceived by the Game Commis w a tch in g t h e funeral rites on sion. te le visio n . W herever, the fe e l- i n g in every heart was one of -v s - i deep remorse. Flags were displayed at h a lf i m a s t at the c ity ha ll, grade school a n d A m erican Legion ha ll. F o u r-y e a r-o ld M ich a e l Ray M lltn o v ic h was h it by a car as he * < i crossing the highway In front o( th r Shr 11 service it at ion about I0 i2 0 a. m. Monday. A ccord in g to p o lic e c h i e f Barney Issel, the car w a i driven by John C. Calhoun, 16. la id •aid C a.npun wa> t r a w lin g notch when the boy and a com panion, d a r t e d d ia g o n a lly a c ro it the itre e l and w a i struck. The other y o u n g s t e r w a i not tou chrd. Young M lltn o v ic h w a i treated for bruises and ab ratlo m at the m e d ica l c lin ic . Witnesses reportedly la id the accident w a i unavoidable. Control of Shad Fishing on Coast Streams Requested FLAG ROPE BREAKS a« uw? tuff.' w —— eV' I »* *r-a « V The fla g at Port O rford's c ity h a llw a sn o t lo w e re d to th e h a lf- staff position u n til la te Saturday NATIO N AL A s s o c i a t i o n of Organizations 196.3 top award lo r intrastate advertising was p.-eicnted to Oregon State U igliw uy Departm ent this week in Saul rancisco. Charles Thorn v ce president o f Popular e ,-n • n ta g a /in r a n dch aim tnn o f the NATOawanfe co m m itte e , presents award to Jack L. Sugg, vice president o f C ole and We ber. Inc. , the Portland adver tisin g agency w h ich creates the I lighw ay departm ent's advertis ing. The cham ber of com m erce w i ll hold a noon luncheon m e e t in g next Monday, Novem ber 2, at Orfords Cedar R o o m . The m ee ting was o rig in a lly set for Monday of this week. When word cam e o f the Presi dent's assassination p o lic e c h ie f Barney Use! went im m e d ia te ly to the c ity h a ll to lo w er the flag, but the flag po le rope broke in the process. Itsel was not able to secure proper he lp to rehang the rope from the top o f the pole u n til Saturday. Curry Bridge Authorized MEMORIAL SERVICES HONOR LATE PRESIDENT About a hundred people at tended the grange and commun ity churches dinner Sunday at the Sixes Grange hall In the afternoon a Memorial .Service was held for our late President John F Kennedy Speaking were the Rev B ill Mai of 1-anglois and the Rev. Jamie France of Port Orford Singing by the congregation and a solo by Mrs. V irg il Libby of Sixes were also part of the program Other Memorial services were held early Monday morning at Zion Lutheran church and St. Christopher's Episcopal church. Curry Park Gels New Land The Oregon State H ighw ay' C om m ission today accepted a g ift o f 34.83 acres of land as an ad dition to Cape Sebastian State Park in Curry County The g ift w a s made hy C. H. Young o f Medford. The tra c t lies between the existing park a n d the P a cific ocean. The land is quite pre cip itou s and does not lend its e lf to p u b lic u s e but is valuable from the scenic aspect. The n e w ly-a cq u ire d p a rk la n d is aiiout six m iles south o f G old Beach and ju st west of the re constructed Oregon Coast H ig h way. LOCAL NEWSPAPER C IT E D BY TREASURY Travel CHAMBER MEETINC PORTLAND—Announcem ent was made here today by Thomas S. Prideaux, C hairm an o f the Oregon Savings Bonds C o m m it tee, o f the aw arding of a U nited States Treasury LX-partment C i ta tio n to the Port O rford News. The C ita tio n was presented to the p u b lica tio n in re co g n itio n o f its lo n g -tim e sup|K>rt o f the S a v in g s Ronds Program, and p a rtic u la rly for its backing o f the Freedom Savings Bonds D r i v e w h i c h was com pleted e a rlie r this year. It carries the fo llo w ing w o r d in g ! " U nited States Treasury Departm ent C ita tio n T o Port O rford News in reco gn i tio n o f p a trio tic s e r v i c e In strengthening the N ation and its citizens t h r o u g h the U n ited States Savings Bonds Program. " Itis s ig n e d b y both Douglas D il lon, Secretary o f the Treasury and C hairm an Prideaux. There are a lo t o f good w-ays to become a fa ilu re , hut never t a k i n g a chance is the most successful. Lyndon EL Johnson, form er, vice president, was sw orn-in as the 36th President o f the United S t a t e s shortly a fte r President Kennedy died o f wounefe from a sniper's bullets last Friday. False Fire Alarms Noted The Port O rford Volunteer fire departm ent h a s on record 51 false fire alarms so far this year. Not recorded are the numerous short, or "one peak of the siren, " alarm s estim ated to be about 35 to date, m a kin g a to ta l estim a te o f about 90. Anyone con victed o f turning in a false fire alarm canbe f in ed up to $100. 00. Parents are urged by the fire departm ent to keep a check on th e ir phones any tim e the alarm is blow ing. Some youngsters, they say, th in k it cute to d ia l the phone and hear the fire a- la rm , then hang up. Telephone em ployees can trace calls back to the phones being used, should the same phone be used consis te n tly , the departm ent pointed out. Members o f the volunteer fire departm ent are asking the co op era tion o f everyone to help in stopping these numerous false alarms. Duncan Serves In Rome Congressman Robert R Dun can (D -O re) le ft Novem ber 16 for Rome, Ita ly , where he w i ll serve as the U nited State's o f f ic ia l Congressional Adviser at the Conference o f the Food and A g ricultu re O rganisation o f the U nited Nations. Duncan, who serves on the House .Agriculture C o m m itte e , was appointed to this p o sitio n by Speaker John W. M cC orm ack. M cC orm ack to ld Duncan he had been chosen "u p o n the re c o m m endation o f H arold D. C ooley (D -N .C ,,), C h airm a n o f the A g ricu ltu re C o m m itte e ."C o n g re s sman Duncan was expected to be in R o m e fo r at least one week. " I was fla tte re d to receive this appointm ent," Duncan said. " I th in k Fourth D is tric t farmers and processors w i ll b e n e fit from the knowledge of w o rld food and agriculture needs I should gain w h ile a tten din gthe Conference. Health Men To Study Areas Because Oregon is becom ing symposium on re cre a tio n a l fa progressively i m p o r t a n t as a c ilitie s w ill he held. Members recre atio nal area the p u b l i c of the symposium w i ll include he a lth aspects o f thisstate's in representative o f the Oregon creasing nu m be rof fa c ilitie s arc State Highway Departm ent, U.S. going to be given close scrutiny Forest Service Regional O ffice , at th isye a r's annual c a lle d con Portland General E le c tric C om ference o f lo c a l health officers pany, W illa m a la n e P a r k and scheduled fo r December 9-11 Recreation D is tric t and the U.S. at the state o ffic e bu ild in g in Bureau o f Land M anagem ent. Portland. The afternoon session w i ll in Local sanitarians w ill jo in the clude an a n a l y s i s o f sewage health o ffice rs during the first com plaints as r e l a t e d to the day o f the conference when the South Salem sewer project. Nine projects in fiv e counties w ere approved today ( Novem ber 22) by the Ckegon State Highw ay Com m ission as part o f the con struction w ork authorized on the County F ederal-aid-S econdary Highw ay System. The to ta l funds for these pro- j acts amounted to $809.000. The counties arc Baker, Curry, Jef ferson, M ultn om a h and Polk. The Baker County project in volves grading, surfacing, and o ilin g o f 2.0 m ile s o f the Low er Powder R iver Road to K eat ing. The proposed p ro je ct calls for w i d e n i n g o f the existing roadway, the p la c in g o f crushed rock base and an o il m at wear- in g surface 20 feet w ide w ith 4 - foot shoulders. E xisting a lig n m ent and grade w i ll be fo llo w ed as closely as possible The construction is te n ta tiv e ly set for 1965. The C urry County p ro je ct in v o 1 v e s the construction o f a bridge a p p ro xim a te ly ISO feet long and 26 feet w ide over Lob s t e r Creek on the North Bank County Road. T his is scheduled for 1964. As the w o rld m ou rne d fin a l rites for President John F itzgerald Kennedy were cozulucted M onday, N ovem - 25, at St. M a t h e w 's Cathederal in W ashington, D. C . , by R ichard C ardinal Cushing o f Boston, in what was described as a sim ple Rom an C a th o lic mass. President Kennedy's life and career cam e to a tra g ic end when he was cut down by sniper's b u lle ts during a m otorcade in downtown Dallas, Texas, on Friday, Novem ber 22. The President was 46 years old. M illio n s w atched the te le vise d events from the Na tio n 's C a p ito l throughout the w eekend in solemn qu ie t ness. Each fe e lin g his own g rie f in his own way w h ile try in g to fin d some understanding in w hat had occured. F ollow ing services in the histo ric Cathederai, Ken nedy's fla g -d ra p e d casket was fo r the last tim e placed on the caisson for its ride to A rlin g to n N ational C em etery and its resting place w ith oth er heroic dead. Leaders througlxiut the w orld, m any of them per sonal friends o f the President, came to Washington to m ake th e ir fin a l gestures o f homage John Fitxgerald Kennedy, the 35th President o f the U nited States, died ap p ro xim a te ly one h a lf hour a fter being struck down by bullets p o lic e said were fire d from a r if le held by Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24 y e a r-o ld s e lf- styled Com m unist, of Dallas. Mis. Kennedy, rid in g in the car w ith him , cradled h it head in her la p as they s p e d o ffto an em ergency hospital. Texas Governor T om C o nn ally was also h it by the gunfire. A Dallas po lice m an was also k ille d by Oswald when he stopped to question him . But Oswald's fate was not planned to le t h im stand tr ia l fo r his assassination o f the president, nor the death o f the p o lic e o ffice r. Oswald was k ille d by a Dallas n ig h tclu b operator. Jack Ruby, as he was being transferred from Dallas c ity j a i l to the county j a il. As m illio n s o f T V viewers w atch ed, R u b y slipped through p o lic e secu rity in the j a il basement and in front o f T V cameras p u lle d a p isto l and shot Oswald in the stomach. He die d lesa than tw o h o u r s la te r in the same hospital where the president succumbed. Forest Patrol Tax Rate Can Be Reduced All ranchers who have chang ed the use of their land from tim ber to grazing may apply for the grazing rate on fire pa trol taxes, according to Lou Oester, county extension agent. Applications w ill be taken at the extension office until Dec 5 and inspection of property w ilt be made by a representative of Coos Forest Protective Associ ation after that date. The pur pose of the action is to reduce forest patrol tax on land where the fire hazard has been re duced. This would only apply to land tnat has changed use during the past year, unless action was not taken in previous years, says Oester. THE T im b e r Operators C ouncil, progress tow ard the re d u ctio n o f Inc., was presented the 1963 As accidents in t h e lu m b e r and sociatio n Aw ard of the N ational wood products industry. " Safety C o u n cil at th a t group’ s The TOC safety program is annual m e e tin g re ce n tly in C h i- the most extensive safety e ffo rt cago. TOC was honored for its in the P a c ific Northwest's lo g - outstanding safety program in j ging, lu m b e r and wood products industry Inclu de d is the lo c a l the Northwest's lo g g in g lum ber C o o s Bay area safety c o u n c il, and wood products industry. Pre senting t h e award to Frank J. ch a irm a n n e d b y KenC . Sheaffer. M uscutt, rig h t, TOC safety co " T h e T im b e r Operators Coun ord in ator, is How ard Pyle, le ft, c il" , accerding to the N a tio n a l S afety C o un cil, 'w o n th is award president of the N a tion al Safety in re c o g n itio n for the fo llo w in g C o u n cil. a c tiv itie s in the p re ve n tio n o f accidents: The T im b e r Operators Coun " Sponsorship and p a rtic ip a tio n in m o n th ly m eetings o f 16 c il, Inc,, was fo rm a lly presented w ith the N a tio n a l Safety Coun lo c a l industry safety co u n cils in c il's 1963 /AssociationAward at Oregon and W ashington; th a t group's recent annual m ee t "R e g u la r surveys o f m em bers' Mrs. V irg in ia Noah and Mis. ing in Chicago, according to safety a c tiv itie s and d is trib u S ylvia H o ne yw ell arc c e rtifie d K a r l F. Gios, Portland, TOC tio n o f in fo rm a tio n re c e iv e d to home nursing instructors for the e xe cu tive v ic e president. m em bers o f TOC; A m erican Red Cross after co m • "Sponsorship o f supervisory The presentation wasmade by p le tin g an instructors course in N a tion al Safety C o un cil Pres I safety tra in in g courses; home nursing g i v e n in G old ident Howard Pyle to TOC Safety "R elease o f special b u lle tin s Beach rece ntly. C o ordinator Frank J. Muscutt. on serious in ju rie s o r sp e cia l in They w i ll be a va ila b le for "T O C was c ite d by the Coun dustry hazards; courses In home nursing w hich c il " , said Pyle, " f o r sig n ifica n t " P u b lic ity on m em bers' safety they pla n to start a fte r the first achievem ents in its o v e r - a ll achievem ents in trade m ag a- o f th e year. safety program and continued jC o n tin u e d on page 2) Two Complete Nursing Course
