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Rain Thursday Weather Report, Page ISA City Edition LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. 95th Year, No. 149 TWO SECTIONS 32 PAGES Eugene, Oregon, Wednesday, March 21, 1962 Second CUM Postaga Paid at Eugene, Oregon Price, 5 Cents aw cue muster-(A His Robbers Qive Store Owner Unwelcome Tax Deduction When Springfield grocery store owner Sanlord Rose makes out his income tax re turn for 1962, he'll probably be claiming an extra $200 deduction. That's the approximate amount which he was forced to turn over to two masked men Tuesday night during an armed robbery at Rose's store, the McKenzie Market, 5095 Mc Kenzie Highway. Rose was alone in the store when the two men entered at about 9:30 p.m. While one man, about 35, short and heavy set, stood near the door, the second man, taller, approached the counter. He pulled a revolver and said, "All right, let's have it," according to Rose. "It took me two or three seconds to get it through my head what it was all about," Rose High Court Orders Ballot Title Changed SALEM lfl The Oregon Supreme Court ordered a new ballot title Wednesday for the initiative measure that would give in creased legislative representation to Eastern Oregon. The decision now makes it possible for the sponsors to begin circulating petitions to put the proposed constitutional amend ment on the November ballot. The measure provides for apportionment of the House of Rep Plans Bloom To Deck City In Flowers Plans to transform Eugene Into a city of flowers in time for this summer's invasion of World's Fair tourists have grown into some tangible blos soms. A number of civic groups and garden clubs have joined hands and green thumbs in an effort to realize the plans proposed by the Mayor's Cen tennial Committee. At a Tuesday night meeting of the Centennial Committee's landscaping subcommittee, sev eral groups announced they are rolling up their sleeves in hones of creatine a "splash of color" for the three million or more fair-bound tourists ex pected to pass through Eugene starting next month. The subcommittee heard from Lane County Planning Consultant Howard Buford that the Eugene Rotary Club board of directors have agreed to provide 23 eight-foot-long planter boxes for placement along East Broadway and Co burg Road north of the Ferry Street Bridge. Junior Chamber of Com merce representative Russell Oda reported that the Jaycces will donate 100 man-hours of labor to help in the beautifica tion. From the Eugene Rose Soci ety, represented by Carl Pfeif fcr. came a pledge of 50 pounds of grass seed to be planted on a site southeast of the Ferry Street Bridge, which is pro nosed for development into a permanent flower garden. The Eucene Dark bureau has de signed the park site to include trees, shrubs, flowers, lawn, and a sprinkler irrigation sys tem. Already, the Eugene Garden Club has pledged $100 for that development, and has acquired another $150 from the State eti u-ation of Garden Clubs for the same project. Last week, directors of the Century of Progress Fund voted to do nate $1,985 to the site. The city's merchants also have been asked to place hang ing flower baskets in front of their stores during the World's Faij and Eugene's Centennigi r ration this summer. SANFORD ROSE 'Visitors' Hoped He Was Insured said. Both bandits wore tight plastic or rubber masks which distorted their faces. Rose said he took the currency out of the till and put it in a paper sack. Then the armed man demanded "the rest of it" and Rose finally gave him the change box. Rose said the armed robber commented two or three times during the robbery: "I hope you have insurance." "I don't," Rose said later. "But I can write it off on my income tax anyway. What's the difference?" After instructing Rose not to look outside for five minutes, the two robbers left. When he heard a car drive off, he phoned Springfield police. Springfield Police Chief Floyd Clower said the robbery was still being investigated Wednesday. resentatives by area as wen as population. Now, both houses are apportioned by population only. The court overturned Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton's bal lot title. It deleted any refer ence to the area-population part of the plan. Here is the new title: "Purpose: Changes legislative pportionment formula. Creates 30 perm anent representative districts. Permits enlargement of Senate to 35. Enlarges House to 65 or more. Provides en forcement." Here is the title that Thorn ton had prepared: "Purpose: reapportions leg islature according to area and population instead of popula tion only. Enlarges Senate from 30 to 35 members. House from 60 to 65 or more. The sponsors attacked Thorn ton's title, saying it was argu mentative. Justice Kenneth O'Connell dissented, saying Thornton's title was reasonably accurate The opinion was written by Chief Justice William McAllis ter. State Rep. George Annala, D-Hood River, a principal spon sor of the measure, arrived at the court as the decision was handed down. He said the petitions, bearing the new title, would be printed immediately. 'Looks ' .; - ," This being the first full day of spring, these chicks are playing V-w. i Firt If Horivrf to early-bird to get that first worm. They each take a turn, but the I OU UO 11, VjeUrge worm is an old hand at hanging on, so the two chicks give up and 0 r X j Jetty Repair Bid Totals $2.1 Million- An apparent low bid of $2.1 million for repair of the south jetty of the Umpqua River at Reedsport was received Tuesday by the Army Corps of Engineers in Portland. Three contractors, bidding jointly, offered the bid, which is $363,000 below the Army En gincers' estimate. Commercial Port If a contract is awarded, the job calling for the dumping of 310,000 tons of large-sized stones on the jetty is expected to be finished by next October. Ap parent low bidders were J. N Conley, S. D. Spencer Jt Sons and G. D. Dennis & Sons, all of Portland. The proposed project calls for improvement of the 30-year-old south jetty and a nearby 12-year-old training jetty. October Finish Reedsport-Gardiner area resi dents are seeking a federal study of the feasibility of creat ing a deep draft channel in the Umpqua, which runs into Win chester Bay. International Pa per Co. is building a pulp plant there and other major industrial developments are being consid ered, the Associated Press re ports. E. G. Dunn, chairman of the Umpqua Port Commission at Reedsport, has claimed that the iettv imorovements would re sult in the savings of lives of sports fishermen and would make it possible for commercial fishing boats to use the port the year around. Good' ' -. ' - -of" i Two-Handed Smooch Rummy VANCOUVER, Wash. UV That card game was either gambling or gamboling but he isn't sure which, wrote Police man Alfred Hankel of a rou tine investigation he had been sent to make. Neighbors had become sus picious of a car parked for a long time in a vacant field here. Hankel looked. Inside was a couple playing cards. "The stakes," he reported, "were rather interesting. When he won a game he'd smooch her. When she won she'd smooch him. I have looked in the book and do not believe they were breaking any law. "Oh, Spring." House Group Drops Fight On Bombers WASHINGTON Wl The fight between the Pentagon and the House Armed Services Commit tee over RS70 supersonic bomb ers ended Wednesday with the committee yielding to the ad ministration. The committee decided not to press its fight to direct the ad ministration to build the bomb ers, which Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said did not fit into the current military program. Rep. William M. Colmer, D Miss., so informed the House as it gathered for general debate on its military committees ad dition of $420 million for the RS70 to a $15 billion bill for construction of ships, missiles and aircraft. Before the House met, Rep. Carl Vinson, D-Ga chairman of the Armed Services Committee, had promised to make a "flat footed fight" to expand the RS 70 program. But Vinson was known tn have been under heavy pressure from administration leaders and from the White House itself to reach a compromise that would avoid a running battle with the Defense Department. The decision by Vinson to give up the fight was reached after a special meeting of the Armed Services Committee. As approved by the commit tee, the bill carried a provision to "direct" that McNamara spend on the RS70 $320 million more than the $180 McNamara requested. The plane was recently re classified from B70 to RS70. Planes Scan Ocean Again GUAM Ufi Thirty-two planes resumed searching Wednesday for a Flying Tiger Super Con stellation which vanished over the Pacific last Friday on a mili tary charter flight to South Viet Nam with 107 persons on board. The 107 included 92 U.S. Army troops. The Joint Rescue Coordina tion Center contacted Lockheed Aircraft and Flying Tiger line officials and provided them with a detailed description of a piece of alumnium tubing found afloat on Tuesday by the USS Cayuga County. The tubing, supported by fi ber glass insulation, was found about 65 miles southeast of the point where the Liberian freighter Linzcn reported see ing falling red lights at 1:30 a.m. last Friday. 'Hey, That's Mine' 3' X, Shots N Frondizi Keeps -Argentina- BUENOS AIRES Wl A strike call to two million workers raised new threats Wednesday to Arturo Fron dizi's thin hold on the presi dency of Argentina. The president, 53, was re maining in power as a result of his agreement to split his cabi net between military men and civilians, while banning all poli tical activities by followers of ex-dictator Juan D. Peron. The Peronists won sweeping vic tories in provincial elections Sunday, but Frondizi by decree has nullified the election of Peronist governors. Sixty-two powerful unions called a 24 - hour strike for Fri day to protest cancellation of the Peronist victories. There were fears the strike would last longer and lead to violence. Talks to Cardinal Andres Framini, the Peronist textile union boss whose victory for governor of Buenos Aires was washed out by Frondizi, told newsmen he believed the workers would act together "not to allow our victories to be taken from our hands." Earlier Framini, who as gov ernor would be second only to the president in power and pres tige, conferred 70 minutes with Antonio Cardinal Gaggiano, Ro man Catholic archbishop of Buenos Aires. He was reported to have described himself as "a Christian wanting social peace." He asked the cardinal for help in retaining Peronist victories. The cardinal later conferred with Frondizi, apparently bear ing a message from Framini. The crisis appeared to have eased Wednesday morning as the government announced the resignation of eight civilian cab inet members to make room for military men in the new coali tion. Peace Conference Frondizi made peace with the military in a 40-minute confer ence during the night with Gen. Raul Alejandro Poggi, the army commander in chief; Adm. Agus- tin R. Penas, chief of naval op erations, and Brig. Gen. Cayo Antonio Alsina, the air force commander. Afterward the government an nounced in a brief communique that the president would form a Cabinet of national unity after consulting today with "the rep resentatives of the Democratic parties and representative in stitutions." Frondizi also declared he would not retreat from his un popular austerity program, which was widely blamed for his election setback. Worst Challenge His agreement with the mili tary brought Frondizi through the worst challenge to his hold on the government reins since he took office in May 1958. He still faced the reaction of mil lions of voters who chalked up smashing victories for Peronists in Sunday's congressional and provincial elections. So far, how ever, the capital was surprising ly quiet. The United States reportedly sent word it would cut down or even eliminate Argentina's share in its Alliance for Prog ress aid program if the military took over. - i 4 Fly j Cooperation Pledged j K Approves j Space Proposal j MOSCOW UV-Soviet Premier Khrushchev sent a mes- sage Wednesday to President Kennedy agreeing to cooper- ate in exploring space. S He said immediate cooperation was possible in the use !l I of artificial satellites for long distance communication. !l Further, he proposed close cooperation in the use of space f ships in weather forecasting. The message was read over Moscow Radio. I Kennedy had proposed to Khrushchev that the two powers cooperate in various space programs such as com- I munications, the tracking of satellites, weather research J and the measuring of the Earth's magnetic field. J The Soviet premier said it was "desirablo to have an i international agreement" to bring closer cooperation in use $ I of space ships and particularly in giving greater security to t astronauts. P Khrushchev suggested the two nations get together in f 1 launching observation rockets to the Moon and planets. His letter suggested a series of joint research ventures including: I Use of artificial earth satellites for a long distance $ I communications system. I Organization of a worldwide weather observation service using satellites. . j I Organization of observations, both radio and optical, I under a joint program of objects launched in the direction t V of the Moon, Mars, Venus and other planets. ! Pooling of efforts in the study of the physics of inter- j planetary space and celestial bodies. f His letter replied to the President's letter of March 7 Sf calling for space cooperation. Kennedy At Soviet WASHINGTON Wl Presi dent Kennedy said Wednesday he is gratified at Russia's over tures for peaceful use of space but that the Soviet Union and the United States remain divid ed on nuclear test inspections on Earth. These two subjects were not ntcrlocked, but they were the first two that came up at Ken nedy's news conference. On the third subject, the President said he sees no con flict of views between his ad ministration and Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash) on the United Nations set-up. Undue Influence? Jackson said Tuesday he thinks the U.N. may exert un due influence in U.S. national decision making and there ought to be only one foreign office. Kennedy said he sees nothing contradictory in a strong At lantic community and a strong United Nations. He said he would be very unhappy if the United Nations were weakened or eliminated. His observations came in an swers to a question on Jack son's position that this country was putting too much empha sis on the United Nations. Kennedy opened the confer ence by saying he is gratified that Soviet Premier Khru shchev's reply to his proposal for outer space cooperation was constructive. He said there shnuM K" meeting soon in New York to 'Well, It's Spring' k (AP Wirephotol) turn to another springtime pursuit that any guy and gal will recognize right off the bat. Another reason they couldn't get the worm was that it's a rubber one put there by a photographer. in Algiers; - Gratified Overture discuss specific ideas and that Hugh Dryden of the space agen cy was designated to represent the United States. A reporter recalled that the Russians have expressed feeling that any on-site inspection, in enforcement of a nuclear test ban, would be an invitation to espionage. Kennedy commented that there did appear to be "a very basic difference between Russia and the United States," since this country insists that it must be able to delect what kind of disturbance has taken place when Instruments pick up indi cations of a blast. He was asked next about an annarcnt deadlock in Geneva on Berlin, disarmament and other issues. A reporter wanted to know whether the President thinks there is any use continu ing the talks. Should Go On Kennedy said he thinks the conference should go on "I am not prepared to abandon it in any degree." Another question had to do with the disagreement between the President and former Vice President Nixon as to what Ken nedy was told, as a candidate, about plans for an anti-Castro effort in Cuba. Kennedy de clined to amplify on his state ment Tuesday, in which he said Nixon was wrong in saying he had been told of such plans be fore the election. X Reins -Algeria- ALGIERS, Algeria fUPI) Gendarmes in armored cars broke up a European moo in suburban Algiers with machine gun fire Wednesday and fought a running battle through Oran with grenade throw ing extremists. First reports from Oran said there were "several casualties." Injuries in Algiers, where the Gendarmes fired over the headj of the Europeans, were report ed negligible. The Algiers action followed the slaying of three Moslems and the wounding of three mora in six attacks by Europeans. The casualties raised the day's toll to seven dead and ten wounded. This brought the cas ualties since Monday's cease fire to 135 killed and 126 in jured and the count for the year to 1,899 dead and 3,608 wounded. Commando Trapped The Algiers shooting centered In Bab-El-Oucd, a stronghold of the European Secret Army Or ganization. After the mob broke up, the gendarmes turned their machine guns on a building where an OAS commando was , hiding. There was no immediate indication whether the comman do was killed or captured. The Oran incident followed 13 other gun battles In the port - city Tuesday. The fighting broke out when the gendarmes seized a radio transmitter be- -lieved to belong to the OAS. Algerian guerrilla command-' ers made their first formal con-. tact since the cease-fire with the French army and staff of- -ficcrs said the meetings were , "correct, dignified and even', cordial." ' , Army sources said men who , Identified themselves as offic ers of the Army of National Liberation appeared at French gendarmerie headquarters late Tuesday night to talk about keeping peace and common ac tion against the European ex tremists of the Secret Army Or- frantyatlnn In Paris, the French National Assembly ended a two-day de bate on the ceasefire in pande monium Wednesday with right wing deputies shouting "trea son" at Algerian Affairs Minis ter Louis Joxe. President Charles de Gaulle's supporters banged their desk covers repeatedly in an effort to drown out the cries of right. ' wingers. Socialist and Communist dep uties added to the confusion by shouting "OAS murderers" a reference to the outlawed Se cret Army Organization which has vowed to fight to keep Al geria French. No Vote Taken Assembly President Jacques Chaban-Dclmas finally managed to close the debate. No vote was taken and none was called for. The Senate began debating the cease fire Wednesday after noon. The discussion was ex pected to last into the evening but as In the assembly no vote was scheduled. Joxe was interrupted again and again while he outlined the government's position on Al geria. Joxe said the ten million Mos lems In Algeria were "thirsty for respect. , . "But these Moslems want 1 can swear It to retain France's friendship. 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