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96th Year, No. 29
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Eugene, Oregon, Wednesday, November 21, 1962
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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