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ZWJi City Edition Partly Cloudy Thursday Weather Report, Page SA tANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER 96th Year, No. 29 TWO SECTIONS 22 PAGES Eugene, Oregon, Wednesday, November 21, 1962 Second C1 Pfst Price, 5 Cents i 'iti i.yf - JL;fc iA ;,v Bombers By WHITNEY SHOEMAKER Of the Associxted Press WASHINGTON President Kennedy, saying there is reason for gratitude in this Thanksgiving week, has called off the U.S. blockade of Cuba in return for promised removal of Soviet bombers from the island. Serious problems remain, Kennedy emphasized Tuesday eve ning at his first news conference since the Cuban crisis spread jitters around the world. Until arrangements are made to verify the withdrawal of Soviet missiles and planes, preferably by inspection on the spot, he said the United States will do its own checking on military activity in Cuba. He clearly meant that among other measures this country would continue to send out reconnaissance planes to guard gainst another buildup in Cuba, despite Prime Minister Fidel Castro's threat to shoot them down. Yet, with the manner of a man reporting the worst is over, Kennedy said real progress has been made and a complete settlement could open the door to solution of other East-West issues. Philosophically, he added: "In this week of Thanksgiving, there is much for which we can be grateful as we look back Rains Ease, Rivers Falling Many Forced To Evacuate By ASSOCIATED PRESS Rains eased Wednesday in Oregon and Southwest Washing ton where Tuesday they pushed rivers onto farmland and roads and put so much pressure on an old dam in Oregon that it burst. Rivers dropped swiftly Wednes day under clearing skies. The dam break sent a wall of water swirling down the Nes tucca River, washing out al least seven small bridges in its path. The biggest, a 50-foot con crete and steel structure jusl below the dam, was swept away in minutes. Gilbert R. Dehut, Salem, was approaching the bridge in a pickup with two companions when the dam burst. "It took a terrific battering from trees and debris, and was gone," ho said. As the water flashed down the northwestern Oregon river to the Pacific Ocean 30 miles away it took out small public and private bridges, and forced the evacuation of some 30 fami lies in the area. No persons were reported in jured. The dam formed Meadow Lake, some 40 miles southwest of Portland. The lake is about a mile long and a half-mile wide. The dam, some 40 feet long and 18 feet high, was built around the turn of the century for log ging purposes. It later was re constructed and the lake has since been principally used for recreation. At Pacific City, where the Nestucca enters into the ocean, Quadruplets' Father Gets Prison Term TACOMA (HPD Warren Hal verson, 36, Gig Harbor, whose wife gave birth to quadruplets in Tacoma General Hospital last September, was sentenced to not more than 20 years in prison Tuesday on nis pica oi guilty to first degree forgery charges. Superior Court Judge John Cochran told Halverson, "I'm sorry for you. You could have been a hero, but it turned out the other way." Mrs. Halverson sat in the courtroom with tears in her eyes as her husband was sen tenced. She gave birth to quad ruplets Sept 6, but one of the infants died about a week later. The other three children are progressing satisfactorily. Halverson also has a war rant against him for the armed robbery of a drive-in restaurant which occurred a few days after the births of the quadruplets. Nuclear Ship To Visit Portland PORTLAND (. The nuclear-powered merchant- ship. Savannah, will visit Portland in January. Mayor Terry Schrunk said Wednesday the ship is sched uled to arrive in the Columbia River from Honolulu Jan. 3 and anchor overnight at Tongue Point. The following day it is scheduled to move upriver to Portland Bridge T-i ii heavy rams put added pressure on it. A wall of water swept down JT allS tlle riyer taking out at least seven private and public bridges on its .. . way to the Pacific Ocean, some 30 miles away. state police said debris was strewn around a bridge but the water was down to normal Wednesday and there appeared to be no danger to homes in that area. In the Oregon's Willamette Valley, the Breitenbush River above Detroit rampaged through the Breitenbush Hot Springs re sort. The power plant was washed away and three earth slides, caused by the heavy rain and winds, covered the road be tween the resort and Detroit. At Valsetz, in the foothills of Nyssa Football Player Loses Suit Against School District SALEM Lfl A Nyssa High School football player, who suf fered a broken neck in a game, lost his $25,000 damage suit Wednesday against the school district. Louis Vendrell, then 15, was hurt Oct. 9, 1953, in a game with Vale, and is paralyzed from the neck down. The Malheur Circuit Court al lowed him $25,000 damages, but the Supreme Court reversed this, holding that Malheur School Dist. No, 26C wasn't neg ligent. In an earlier case, the high court had ruled 4-3 that school Jury Indicts Three Cubans WASHINGTON WS Three Cu bans were indicted Wednesday on charges of conspiring to com mit sabotage and act unlawfully as agents of the Castro govern ment of Cuba, the Justice De partment announced. Department officials said the indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in New York against these defendants: Robert Santiesteban Casan ova, 27, a recent arrival in this country as an attache to the Cu ban mission to the United Na tions in New York. Jose Garcia Orellana, 42, op erator of a New York City jewelry store and president of the Casa Cuba Club. Antonio Sueiro, 22, New York City, a part-time employe of Orellana. to Leave; to where we stood only four weeks ago the unity of this hemisphere, the support of our allies and the calm determina tion of the American people. These qualities may be tested many more times in this decade, but we have increased reason to be confident that those qualities will continue to serve the cause of freedom with distinction in the years to come." The news conference, his first in nearly 10 weeks, was car ried by national radio and television networks. A few hours after Kennedy's announcement that the arms blockade would end, Moscow radio said the Soviet government had canceled the state of combat readiness it ordered for its armed forces Oct 23 because of the Cuban crisis. The order also said Soviet submarines should return to their normal stations, Kennedy opened the session with the dramatic announce ment that Soviet Premier Khrushchev had just promised in a personal message to pull out all IL2S jet bombers within 30 days. Khrushchev reportedly had placed 30-odd lL28s in Cuba. He also agreed to permit the planes to be observed and counted as they go. Authorities indicated the Russians would need 30 days in which to dismantle the planes, crate them and get ships to Cuba to haul them home. "Inasmuch as this goes a long way towards reducing the ' .. ....... - . This fifty-foot concrete and steel bridge Oregon's Nestucca River Tuesday after a formed the mile long and half-mile wide the Coast Range mountains, a total of 6.24 inches of rain fell between 5:30 p.m. Monday and 4:45 p.m. Tuesday. The Little North Fork River in North Santiam Canyon, 40 miles east of Salem, swelled over its banks, submerging some points on the road in 5 feet of water and ripping out a private bridge. In Tillamook County schools were closed in Tillamook, Hebo, Pacific City, Beaver and in Nes tucca. Highway 101 was closed at some points and traffic de- districts could be held liable to the extent that they carry lia-j bility insurance. The district in-H volved in this case had S25,ouo such insurance. Venderell claimed he was hurt because his equipment was faulty, because he was allowed to play against big rough and tough boys, and because the coaches didn't train him prop erly. The high court, in its decision by Justice George Rossman, said there was no evidence to sup port these claims. Company 'Not Negligent The decision reversed Circuit Judge Jeff D. Dorroh Jr., hold ing that he should have directed the jury to rule in favor of the school district. The court affirmed a Mult nomah County judgment in which Mrs. Mina Neidert failed to collect in her $50,000 damage suit against Portland Stages, Inc. She claimed she alighted from a bus, and turned to re enter to get a package she had forgotten. She said the bus then started up, causing her to fall. In the decision. Justice Wil liam C. Perry said the bus com pany was not negligent, since it had deposited her in a safe place. This decision affirmed Circuit Judge Paul R. Harris. Another Decision Upheld In another case, the Union Pacific Railroad won a $42,584 tax reduction for 1958. The high court, in a decision by Justice Gordon Sloan, found that the State Tax Commission J (AP Wlrephoto) collapsed into northwestern dam burst. The dam, which Meadow Lake, broke when toured around Sandlake. Portland suffered no major damage. Johnson Creek, as is normal in severe rain storms, flooded its banks but residents were reported staying in their homes. The weather bureau reported 1.88 inches of rain at Newport. Astoria got 1.56, but resumed ferry service with Megler that was stopped Monday. In southwestern Washington, rivers overflowed their banks and flooded highways and farm lands. violated the state constitution when it assigned the railroad a ratio of 117 per cent of true cash value, when all locally as sessed property had a 100 per cent ratio. The amount recovered by the railroad is the difference under the two ratios. The decision affirmed Circuit Judge J. J. Murchison. Upholding another Multnomah County decision, the Supreme Court awarded $8,800 to Helen C. Holmes for her property, lo cated m the South Auditorium Portland urban renewal proj ect. She claimed her property was worth $27,000. She claimed that in the low er court trial, all jurors who are taxpayers in Portland should have been disqualified. The high court, m the deci sion by Justice Harold Warner, said that was the rule before 1931, but it hasn't been since then. Circuit Judge Virgil Langtry heard the case in lower court. 1 '.. 8irF. ;sh INSIDE TODAY Women's News 7A Editorials J 8A Teen Page 5B Highclimber 2B Births - IB Theaters 6A Comics . 4B TV Previews 12B Stock Market 12B Business Beat : SA Classified 8-HB JFK danger which faced this hemisphere four weeks ago, Kennedy said, "I have this afternoon instructed the secretary of defense to lift our naval quarantine." As expected. Cuba and thorns still sticking out of the crisis dominated the half-hour in a room crowded with correspond ends. But the President made other significant news. He announced he had signed the long-awaited order to ban discrimination in federally aided housing. See Page SA. He said a team headed by W. Avereil Harriman, assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs, was leaving for New Delhi to determine India's needs in its undeclared frontier war with Communist China. See Page 3A. Responding to criticism of administration information prac tices, he said the government would clamp down on sensitive matters, especially in the intelligence field, but otherwise would lift any restraints from the free flow of news. See Page 8A. On the main question of the day. Kennedy said "important parts" of his understanding with Khrushchev on Cubs have not been carried out. Castro has not allowed the United Na tions to confirm the removal of all offensive weapons, he said, and no real safeguards have been established against the re turn of such weapons to Cuba. "Consequently, i the Western Hemisphere is to continue Cuban Batteries Fire on Plane HAVANA im Cuban anti aircraft batteries fired on a low flying plane over a Ha vana suburb Tuesday in ap parent accord with Prime Minister Fidel Castro's warn ing against continued U.S. surveillance of Cuba. The plane, presumed by eyewitnesses to be a U.S. Navy Neptune patrol plane, returned the fire briefly. There were no reports of any one on the ground or aboard the plane being hit. The plane flew off without apparent damage. The Defense Department In Washington said it had no in formation to substantiate the report. Rain-Free Thanksgiving Said Likely Most Emerald Empire fami lies will stuff the turkey, then stuff themselves Thursday, as regular activities give way to the Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving services are planned at many churches. Public schools and the uni versity of Oregon will close down until next Monday, The postoffice, other governmental offices, banks and most busi nesses will close for the day. AH stock exchanges will be closed. While the weatherman can promise only partly clear skies for the Eugene-Springfield area, he says there's a good chance that Thanksgiving will be free of rainfall here. The western Oregon outlook through Sunday is less promis ing. "Moderate to heavy ram is forecast. For those who plan to travel by auto, highways were reported in good shape in the mountain passes Wednesday. Both the Willamette and MeKenzie high ways are bare, although light roadside snow was reported on the Willamette Pass. Senior citizens, who are con ducting a craftsman safes fair at the Eugene Hotel, plan to remain open on Thanksgiving Day. .Hours are 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. In addition to services at in dividual churches, four union Thanksgiving services are planned Wednesday and Thurs day in the Eugene-Springfield area. These will be Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at St, Matthew's Epis copal Mission, 2200 River Rd.; Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 1850 N. 19th St., Springfield; Thurs day, at 10 a.m. at the First Evan gelical United Brethren Church, 834 Monroe St.; and Thursday at 10 a m, at the Allison Park Christian Church, 1520 Echo Hollow Rd. Air Reservists . To Be Released WASHINGTON 1 The De fense Department Wednesday ordered release from active duty of the 14,000 Air Heserv ists called up in the Cuban crisis. At the same time, it ended the freeze order which had held in service all Navy and Marine personnel whose service other wise would end by Feb. 28. An announcement said that every effort would be made to expedite the release of the Air Force Reservists and "return them to their homes as soon as possible." Lifts Border Cease-Fire Remains in Doubt NEW DELHI fliFB Commu nist Chinese forces drove In dian defenders back to within a few miles of the Plains of As sam in the hours before a cease fire the Reds had set for to day. But as the deadline passed. there was no word front the mountain front on whether the fighting had stopped. The United States and Britain continued to bolster India's de fenses with a flow of military supplies. Britain sent a politi cal-military mission to India and began airhttmg 150 tons o sup plies Wednesday morning. The State Department In Washing ton announced that trie urn tea States is sending 12 130 jet- prop transport planes with Am - . . . s t - , ; erican crews to India, iarner, President Kennedy disclosed he Americans Count Many Blessings nj ASSOCIATES FBKSS It makes no difference where Americans are whether at home, in hospitals or stationed around the world with the armed forces they'll have a lot ta be thankful for Thursday, Along with the feasting. Thanksgiving Day will bo day of prayer. President Kennedy gave this Thanksgiving thought at his news conference Tuesday night: "There is much for which we can be grateful as we look back to where we stood only four weeks ago the unity of this hemisphere, the support of our allies and the calm determination of the American people." There are other things the President did not mention: For one thing, the United Slates still is at peace. Per haps it has been a bit shaky In the past several weeks, what with the Cuban crisis and all. But at least there's no immediate danger of any American having to eat his turkey in a bomb shelter. For another thing, the nation still is a land of plenty. Americans can sUU pray in the religion of their choice the idea behind the Pilgrims migration to this country. In Plymouth, Mass, where the Pilgrims settled on Dec. 21, 1820, the city will carry on its traditional observance of Thanksgiving first celebrated by the Pilgrims In 1821, Each child will be given a Pilgrim hat at Plymouth's Pilgrim Hall, where refreshments will be served during an open house. A re-creation of the Pilgrim ship, Mayflower II, will be on display. Along the harbor front, where Plymouth Bock provided the stepping stone to the New World, a drum roil will signal the start of the annual Pilgrim's Progress march to a church where a religious service will be held. In another part of Massachusetts, at Hyanms Port, President and Mrs. Kennedy and tteir two children plan to spend the four-day Thanksgiving weekend at the family home with the rest of the Kennedy clan. Circuit Judge Studies Motion Made for Jeannace Freeman MADRAS UHA motion scck-j ing to vacate a court order set ting Dec, 8 as the date for exe cution of Jeannace Freeman was deferred Tuesday by Circuit Judge Robert II. Foley. After hearing arguments for and against the motion, the judge said he would "study the authority of this court and an nounce a decision m me near future," It was speculated that could mean early next week. Miss Freeman, 21, was con victed of the April 1981 slaying of 8-year-old boy. Her execu tion is scheduled for the gas chamber in the state prison at Salem. The bodies of the boy and his sister, 4, were found in the Crooked River Gorge of Central Blockade to be protected against offensive weapons, this government has no choice but to pursue its own means ol checking SB military activities in Cuba," Kennedy asserted. He would not say directly whether the United States would refuse to give a formal pledge against invading Cuba, but hinted that this was the case since there is no U.N, inspection to ton firm the removal ol weapons from Cuba. And while striving for peace in the Caribbean, he said "we will not, of course, abandon the political, economic and other efforts of this hem isphere to halt sabversion from Cuba nor our purpose and hop that the Cuban people shall some day be truly tree." He commented that "these policies are very different from any intent to launch a military invasion of the island." After four nerve-jarring weeks, Kennedy was able ta sia up the future with hope. "Human nature is the same on both sides, fortunately, on both sides of the Iron Curtain," he said, "which is why I am optimistic about the ultimate outcome of this struggle." He was able to laugh. He topes to spend Christmas wilh his family in Palm Beach, the President said. Chuckling, It added if a question about his holiday plans resulted from stories that "the tourist business in Florida is off because of our Cuban difficulties, I hope It will not be too dangerous in Florida this year," was sending a special mission; to New Delhi headed by W. Avereil Harriman. Communist China claimed in a Peking Radio broadcast heard in London that it had cleared Indian forces out of all strong points they held "in Chinese territory" in western sectors near the sino-lndian border. The Defense Ministry dis closed that the Chinese attack ers had broken through Indian defense lines to within a few miles of the Assam Plains on the northeast frontier. A defense spokesman said In dian troops had fallen back 80 miles along the Uohit Klver southwest from the town of Wa- lona near the Burma border. route that led to the Digboi oil fields In eastern Assam, Th was a withdrawal of 64 miles sines Tuesday, Oregon, Miss Freeman was found guilty of the boy's deatn. Her oartner in the killings, sirs Gertrude Nunes Jackson, the mother of the children, is serv ing a life sentence. In seeking the execution de lay. Miss Freeman's court-ap ooinled attorneys, William M Holmes and Cash R. Perrine, both of Bend, maintained that a 90-day period from Oct, 24 is al lowed in which an appeal can he filed with the U.S, Circuit Court of Appeals. Oct 24 was the date of a state Supreme Court man- date upholding her death sen tence by the circuit court. Dist Atty Warren Albright questioned the authority of Judge Foley's court to order the delay, but did not speeifi tally object to the delay. The spokesman said that ta he western sector of the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA), the Chinese Communists had made "some breakthrough to ward the foolWlls," Indicating he attackers were searing ths Assam Plains ta this area, too. He reinforced this tow by say- ng that "sporadic fighting is progress in the mountains some miles ; iulh of Bomdna, the vital pass in the Himalayas that gives access to the mam road to Teipur, headquarters o Indian army forces in the north east. Waiting Proposal Only a few hours be for th deadline tor the- ceass-tir which ths Chinese Beds said they would put Into eHeet, an official spokesman here refused ta say whether th Indians would end hostilities. He pointed out that no formal communication had been re ceived in New Delhi from Pe king up to that tuna about the cease-fire. But ho Minted out (hat Prime Minister Jawaharial Nehru told Parliament Tuesday that "he would consider the question of the cease-fire" as) soon as ho was handed the Chi nese proposal, Nehru indicated he might reject Bed China cease-fire bid. Nehru told an angry Parlia ment that India does "not pro pose to negotiate" with Commu nist China until Its troops are pulled back to positions they held last Sept 8. But he refused to reject ths offer flatly until he saw an official text of the note from Peking. In a surprise move, the Chi nese Communists had announced that they would put the cease fire into effect today, but they continued to roll forward as Mae deadline ncared. IMMUe Advance - Twin announcements ot massive withdrawal in tfea east ern NEFA ana tne Break through in the western NEFA meant that the Communist Chi nese had now driven more than 100 miles Into Indian territory n two sectors. A week ago, the deepest penetration had been only 18 miles south ol the Mc- Mahon Line, the disputed bor der between India and Bed China, Peking Kadio said the Chi nese troops in northern India would cease tiro at midnight tonight and prepare for limit ed withdrawal Dee. 1 as a pre lude to negotiations. The Chinese Reds said the withdrawal would take their troops 12.5 miles behind the positions they held Nov. 1, 1959. They termed unreasona ble" Nehru's demand that they withdraw to positions held prior to Sept, 8, 1982. CLASSIFIED DEADLINE For THANKSGIVING DAY Deadline for placing Ads to start on Thursday, November 22nd and Friday. November 23rd will be 5:30 P.M. on Wednesday, November 31st, it CHatisBS M CrF reclltms US a atsa tr JJfd tinm AM. lo A M. tor m 4; ftp I.
