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EUGENE REGISTER GUARD, Wed.. Jan. 16. 1963 Vage 3A King Urges AllOut Drive To Wipe Out Segregation CHICAGO (UPHThl Rev Mar. tin Luther King Jr. said Wednes day it is "most gratifying to Negroes" that America's white churches are beginning to take a more active part in the fight against segregation. He said a hardhitting cam paign for racial justice by hith erto "apathetic" religious bod ies will encourage Negroes to continue their struggle by non violent means, and prevent their drifting into movements such as the Black Muslims which feed on "an atmosphere of de spair." 'Historic' Conference King, president of the South ern Christian Leadership Con ference and pioneer Negro leader of non-violent resistance to segregation, made the state ment to reporters in comment ing on the importance of a "Na tional Conference on Religion and Race" in progress here. "This conference is one of the most significant and historic ever held in this nation." he said. "For the three major re ligious faiths to come together to discuss ways and means of breaking down racial barriers is a most encouraging develop ment." The conference, first of its kind in U.S. history, is spon sored jointly by the National Conference of Churches, the Na tional Catholic Welfare Confer ence, and the Synagogue Coun cil of America. Representatives of 70 Protestant, Catholic and Jewish organizations are par ticipating in the four-day meet ing, which will end Tuesday. King said the churches and synagogues can do a number of things to "speed the transition to an integrated society." He said they can "remove the yoke of segregation from their own bodies" by eliminating all racial barriers in worship, and in the staffing and admissions policies of church-related insti tutions such as hospitals and schools. They also can combat racial discrimination in housing by "educating their members" to accept Negro families in white neighborhoods without hostility or panic, he said. Kilg approved of President Kennedy's recent executive or der banning discrimination in federally assisted housing. But, he said, it is not strong enough and should be broadened. Shriver Speaks Sargent Shriver Jr., director of the Peace Corps, addressed the conferees Tuesday night and suggested that church members could tithe their time and form volunteer religious units to worV to eliminate racial bar riers in the United States. Shriver, brother-in-law of President Kennedy, raised a question of why clergymen can not map out specific programs for their congregations. "Suppose 5.000 congregations in America were to set up volun teer groups to combat racial prejudice and eliminate racial tensions in 5.000 precincts throughout America," Shriver said. Such religious volunteers, he said, would invite Negro fami lies to social functions and would obtain entry for Negroes into previously all-white neigh borhoods. Salary Increases Approved by Board BEAVERTON W The school board Monday night approved a S200 increase in the base pay for teachers. The raise will increase the lowest pay to $4,700 a year. There will be proportionate in creases for higher paid teachers up to the top of $8,400. The teachers had asked for a minimum starling salary of $5,000. r -v VI r On Deck (AP Wirepholo) Lt. Chaiiene Suncson, who joined the Navy recruiting office in Columbus; Ohio, last weekend, is somewhat of an oddity in the Navy. She is the first and only Wave to serve as a line officer aboard a Navy vessel. The native of Chicago came to Columbus from the transport General Mann. Five Killed In Air Crash FAIRBANKS, Alaska Lf) Five of six men on a twin-engine plane were killed Monday night when it crashed on the ice pack three miles east of the Barter Island airstrip. The survivor was Edwin R. Rich. Granite City, 111. He was flown to a Fairbanks hospital where his condition was report ed, as serious. The dead included three Air Force officers identified as Maj. Paul F. Hart, Yuba City. Calif.: Maj. Charles F. Packer. Lan caster, Ohio; and Capt. Lester L. Mahon, Dunkirk, N. Y. The others were Wilson M. Sibley, Portsmouth, Va., and A. H. Thompson, 48, a pilot who had been flying for Wien Alaska Airlines, which owned the plane, since 1956. Thompson is survived by a wife and two children in Yaki ima, Wash. An older son, Rob ert, is attending the University of Alaska in Anchorage. Rich was a DEW line site manager at Point Barrow for the Federal Electric Corp., which maintains the defense warning network. Sibley was the com pany's site manager at Barter Island. A. E. Hagbcrg, vice president of the airline, said the group was returning from a 650-mile flight to Cape Parry, in the Northwest Territories of Can ada, after a conference. The Constellation Again 3 Men Lose Legs On U.S. Carrier SAN DIEGO, Calif. I.F-Elev-en crewmen of the disaster prone carrier Constellation were injured in an aircraft landing accident. Two of them lost both legs, another one leg. In a little more than two years, 56 men have been killed and 20 injured on the 75,000 ton warship. The latest accident occurred Tuesday when a steel arresting cable snapped and whipped across the deck as a jet fighter attempted a landing. 'Cracked Whip' "It was like a cracked whip." said a flight surgeon. "It had a guillotine effect. There was no time tu get out of the way." The accident occurred during Clean Bridges SAIGON South Viet Nam has some of the world's clean est bridges because of the Com munist guerrilla war. Govern ment bridge sentries stop all motorist and pedestrian Jitter bugs and make them sweep and clean the bridge immediately. The practice was initiated to thwart Vict Cong attempts to throw explosives on bridges. landing tests as Comdr. IT. S. Matthews, 41, of nearby C'oron ado. was coming in for a land ing. The carrier was 110 mile west of San Diego. The cable, supposed to snag the jet, broke. Matthews gunned his engine, look off and flew to Miramar Naval Air Station. Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate Eugene Williams, 37, of nearby National City, and Air man Gordon D. Ruckman, 19, of Grand Island, N.Y., lost both their legs. Ens. Lcroy G. Hud son. 31, of San Diego, lost his right leg. Others suffered brok en limbs and deep cuts. Other Accidents The Navy said an arresting engine sheave failed, causing the cable to break. Fifty men were killed when the ship burned on Dec. 19, 1960. while under construction in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Two workers fell from a scaf fold on her at the same yard and were killed in May 1961. Four men were killed and nine injured in an engine room fire Nov. 8, 1961, when she was sailing 60 miles southeast of New York City. 11 i r::u h -m -' v.v "1 1M - i S-rn JpS6 -. V M j QUILTED" ELEGANCES i Read Why Dollar for Dollar this Value Can't Be Beat! 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