I Orer,o Library EUQEHEt 0RSa0I Atlantic City blaze claims 23 elderly persons See story Col. i Partly cloudy tonight. In ForeCQSt creating clouds Tuesday with showers in tha afternoon; highs 48-53; low 25-30. rm-ir-ir-n-r, Jl JHLJtU TIN Low tait night, 33 degrees. High yesterday, 45 degrees. Sunset tonight 4:34. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:05. Hi and Lo SERVING BEND AND CENTRAL OREGON 60th Year Ten Pages Monday, November 18, 1963 Ten Cents No. 293 IfcmiiM emidls bp ff odt Tuesday atocjiiiepi Iraq coup topples Baathist regime Aref reports his forces 'in control ' BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) Iraq's figurehead president, Ab dul Salara Aref, today led his country's army and air force in a dawn coup that Baghdad Ra dio said toppled the Baathist party regime. Fighting between the regular army and the Baathist national guard accompanied the take over, but at 4 p.m. Baghdad Radio announced the army had established "control." Aref, who although president had been virtually powerless under the old regime, an nounced over Baghdad Radio bis forces had taken control of the capital and had named him Junta chairman with "excep tional powers." President Gamal Abdel Nas ser of the United Arab Repub lic Immediately offered support for Aref, in turn, called for Arab unity among Iraq, Syria and the U.A.R. The ousted Baathist regime that was head ed by Premier Ahmed Hassan Bakr had been at odds with Nasser, j ; Students Celebrate i ' nteports from Cairo said sev eral thousand Cairo University students staged a jubilant dem onstration 1 on the campus in support of the coup, cheering bJ aUmilinn "Inner livA Arpf" B11U OIIUU.UI, "6 " end "long live Nasser.") Aref, who ordered the army and air forces to take control, Is not a member of Baath, the Arab Socialist movement that has swept to influence in the Middle East during recent years and gained control of the governments of both Iraq and Syria. The 42-year-old Iraqi president had made a career of master minding Iraqi revolutions. He helped former dictator Abdel Karim Kassem stage the July, 1958, revolt that brought down the Monarchy In Iraq, men, last February, he led the up rising that overthrew Kassem and established the Baathist re gime. The broadcast announcement that the army had established control came 12 hours after the first announcement of the mili tary move by Aref. In Its 4 p.m. announcement, Baghdad Radio said that "a large number of national miardsmcn have now surren dered. Thcv were well treated." Aref proclaimed himself chief ,ot state and clamped an around the-clock curfew on the country until further notice. In his initial announcement. Aref ordered the national guard a para-military organization formed by Baathist strongman Deputy Premier All Saleh Al Saadi dissolved and instruct ed its members to turn in their arms. Leader in Exile Saadi is in exile in Madrid where he flew last week when an attempted coup by a right wing faction of the Baath party was crushed. Observers here said today's revolt apparently was staged to fend off the possibility that Saadi. leader of the Baath ex tremist wing, might return from exile and try to seize the government. The reports of the fighting In dicated that some of the young rational euardsmen loyal to Saarli resisted the takeover. flhservers in Beirut pointed out. however, that the national guard, which was relatively noorlv armed and organized, could be no match for the hiph- ly efficient army whose tanks were known to nave oeen rins ing the city up to Sunday night. At stake appeared to be the future of the international Baath partv whose leaders have called it "the wave of the future" in the Arab world. The Baath party was formed in 1940 bv two Svrian politicians Mi chel Afla'k and Salah Bitar. , ? ""c'vj-': r Kyis? - ifBift ? 1 AUCTION ITEMS COLLECTED Members of the Bend Ki- his donation of juniper shrubs are Kiwanians Don Conner, left, wanis Club fanned out into the Bend business community today to collect donations of merchandise and services for the club's big radio-telephone auction to be held on Dec. 5, 6 and 7. Among the first to offer a contribution was Robert N. New land, center, owner of Newlands Greenhouse. Shown accepting and Bob Thomas. The club uses proceeds from the auction in its boys and girls work. General chairman for the affair this year is Cort Hackett. He is being assisted by Ted Creighton, last year's chairman. Flames hit 9 hotels on Boardwalk Ruling says Hatfield lacks power to make selective reductions By Zan Stark UPI Staff Writer SALEM (UPI) -Hopes for Tuesday adjournment of the leg islature were dashed today by Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton who said the governor "has no power to make selective reduc tions in expenditures. Thornton's decision means the legislature will have to set rigid guidelines to authorize cuts, ana set down a list of priorities for possible budget restorations. While the ruling is a victory for legislators who have wanted Eludes established, It is anouier major setback for Gov. Mark Hatfield who had asked virtual ly unlimited control to make re ductions and restorations based on changes in the state's fiscal position. Rep. Kcssler Cannon, R-Bend, had asked Thornton if the gov ernor had the authority to eli minate the community college building program, and other ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (UPI) A pre-dawn fire turned a hotel-convalescent home into a funeral pyre for at least 23 elderly persons today and spread to eight other Boardwalk hotels.. Fire Marshal Michael Bloom berg said indications were that only seven of the 30 guests registered at the 120-unit Surf side Hotel had escaped. By noon EST, liremen had re moved three charred bodies from the smoldering rubble The blaze also destroyed the six-story Stratmorc, the Leon ard, and the Imperial hotels and the Breyer guest home. It also damaged the Nixon Hotel mc HUlivnuw, I ami nail aim ... . i . vi u a. mill uie tAutuuuii n i,. . "..-" jsj th. snrfsirt- thP hntPls hart no Thornton said the governor did . . . 1 nnl Yora that tuithni-ltV guests and contained only token I maintenance crews. Uniform Percentage At least 12 persons were in- Then the attorney general iured, including a woman guest I went on to say the governor whn was rennrleri in critical "has no power to make selec- condition. One policeman and tive reductions in expcnuiiuici. twn f remen Un were nmnne ...allotments to an auctwu amio the injured taken to Atlantic I agencies must be reduced by a City hospital. un"rm percentage, Barghoorn held for 16 days in small cell NEW HAVEN, Conn. (UPI) Yale political science Pro fessor Frederick C. Barghoorn, 52, spent 16 days in a small lighted cell in Lubyanka Prison at Moscow, it was learned to day. Mrs. Elizabeth Barghoorn, 70, mother of the mild-mannered professor, said, "the food was very poor, and he lost 10 pounds." The professor's mother, who lives in an apartment adjacent to her son s said two nussian policemen arrested him "and he was handcuffed." She said they took her son to a "little cell" where a light burned 24 hours a day. "The Russian guard looked in on him all the time," she said. Mrs. Barghoorn said that, when her son was freed, "they took him right to the plane. They didn't allow him to get in touch with the people ai me (U. S.) Embassy. He had cock tails there the night before he was supposed to leave (prior to his arrest)." She said her son "came home dead tired." and went to bed early Sunday night. He "was in a state of complete exhaustion," she said, but noted that he was up bright and early today. "He was waiting for a call from Washington," she said. Mrs. Barghoorn indicated ner son probably would go to Wash ington to report on nis imprisonment. U. S. denies plan for joint declaration WASHINGTON (UPI) -State Department officials today de-l nied the United States has plans to join Canada in declaring a 12-mile offshore limit for fishing rights. "There are no present plans at all for any such action," an official said. Canada announced in May its intention to establish a 12 mile fishing limit. The United States recognizes only a 3-mile terri torial sea limn, umciais wiu the United States and Canada have held two meetings and plan another soon on the problem. ixri McKenzie closes-mmmmomi - - - . ! ' ' . , ' Winter settles over mid-state Cascades l Winter settled over the Mid Oregon Cascades this past weekend, closing the high Mc Kenzie Pass to travel for the 1963 season, providing a great weekend of winter sports at Bachelor Butte and creating dangerous driving conditions in some areas. The weekend fall of snow was not heavy, but it was suf ficient to cause maintenance difficulties on the exposed, mile high lava divide between Des chutes and L,ane i,ounuc5. ns a result, the crews were with drawn from the pass Sunday and barriers were erected at both the east and west ap proaches. The McKenzie route, now by passed by the Clear Lake Cut off, was in use less than six months this year. It was open ed to travel on May 23. Closure of the pass in 1962 occurred on December 2. Snow in the mountains at tracted a large crowd to Bach elor Butte over the weekend. The double - chair lift was in operation for the first time this fall. Attendance Sunday was de scribed as "big." with all fa- Brooks-Scanlon offers top bid Brooks - Scanlon, Inc., with an offer of $14.60 for the pine, was the successful bidder for an estimated 8.300.000 board feet of timber in the Poly Top No. 2 sale area when an auction was held this past weekend, at the Deschutes National Forest of fice. Brooks-Scanlon was the only bidder for the timber, and all offers were at the minimum price. This will be the second Brooks-Scanlon cutting in t h c same area. A sale was also held there in earlier years. The sale gets its name from a landmark, Poly Top, old vol canic butte in the Fort Rock District about six miles south east of China Hat. LAUNCHES ROCKET WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (UPI) The National Aeronau tics and Space Administration (NASA) launched an Aerobee sounding rocket Sunday carry ing instruments to measure ul tra violet radiation. o cilities in operation and the1 main parking area filled. Ski ing was good. Joining in winter sports on the high slope of the old dome, veneered with fine "skiing snow," were skiers from all parts of Oregon. Road conditions over the Cas cades this morning were im proved over slick, snowy areas encountered Sunday, ai uovern ment Camp this morning, the snow was packed and well sanded, following a night fall of five inches and a roadside depth of 11 inches. Motorists using the Santiam early in the day were advised to carry chains. Only half an inch of new snow was measur ed. Spots of ice were reported from the Willamette aiviae, and from other Oregon routes in the snow belt. Another storm is moving in from the Pacific, with increas ing clouds and showers Tues day afternoon predicted for Central Oregon. The five-day forecast calls for a cooline trend later in the week, with lows expected to drop to the 15-25 degree brack et, and with cool daytime temp eratures in prospect. Heavy rams are predicted for Confidence vote poses test for Douglas-Home LONDON (UPI) Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas Home, challenged by the oppo sition Labor party to call im mediate general elections, to day faced the first confidence test tor his new government in the House of Commons. Douglas-Home was expected to win the vote easily because of the 100-vote margin his Con servatives hold in the House. The motion attacks the govern ment for failing to deal ade quately with housing and slums in its legislative program. An other motion Tuesday charges the government has made no effective proposals for man power utilization. Although Labor was given no dunce to carry either motion, it clearly hoped that the de bates would gain it increased support among the voters for the general elections which must be held in the next 11 months. The party in power can call the election at the lime it con siders most favorable, and most observers believe Douglas-Home will wait at least until spring. A delay would appear to help the Conservatives. Labor has been leading recent public opinion polls and Douglas-Home is not well-known to the voters as yet. coastal areas, with from two to three inches exnected. East of i DOW JONES AVERAGES the Cascades, the precipitation I By United Press Internatioal expected late Tuesday is ex-1 Dow Jones final stock averages: nected to droD from one-fourth : 30 industrials 734.85, off 5.15; i. - ult : U t n.;,ln,i I 90 railrnnrie 170 75 nff 1 Rl - 15 lu a nan iiii-ii ui inuioiuii., ...... ...... .... , -- ----- ----- . . - n o iha h nhor ill ips H7 . oil o. in. ana Db mere, nui we aiun i ium mm, level I stocks 259.37, off 1.75. many." Dooney said. I flation. Firemen Helpless The fire's early start and lis extreme heat and smoke forced firemen to stand by helplessly as the Surfside burned to uie cround, Screams and wails of the per sons trapped inside could be heard above the noise ot tne fire-fighting equipment. The fire was discovered shortly after 4:30 a.m. EST and 30 minutes later the general alarm was sounded, bringing out fire apparatus from a half- dozen shore resorts. The fire was contained at about 8 a.m., although some of the buildings were still burning. The Surfside was on Mary land Avenue, about 300 feet off Iho famed Boardwalk. It is a summer season hotel and be comes a residence for the ill and aged in the off-season. Hears Screaming "I heard screaming and wails from the Surfside," said Board walk artist Louis Levine, who lives nearby. "I panicked and didn't know what to do." Levine said police did a "heroic job." Only one of the Surfside sur vivors was admitted to Atlantic City Hospital. She was Anna Shallit. 63, of Mill St., Morris town, N.J., listed in critical condition with severe body burns. The blaze sent flames roaring 200 feet into the air. Officials declined to make damage es timate, but observers said it would be well over $1 million. The fire was discovered by Capt. James Dooney and Pa trolman Ace Godowski, answer ing a routine police call to the area. Dooney said he opened the lobby door of the Surfside and was met by smoke and a wall of flame. "We heard hollering inside and knew there were people in "There is no indication that the allotment of one agency is entitled to a higher priority or creater dierutv than mat ot an other," Thornton said. After voters rejected the tax increase Oct. 15, Hatfield eumi nnipH rnnit.il construction pro grams, trimmed general iuna agencies, ano canea me icgiam ture into special session to give him authority to cm pasic JFK sees rosy U.S. economy TAMPA. Fla. (UPI) Presi dent Kennedy said today that measures taken by his admin istration have greatly benefited business and helped to raise profits to an all-time high. Kennedy appeaicu i "" nessmen to work with the fed eral government "in harmony instead of nosinuy anu mote prosperity for all. He said in a speech prepared for the Florida Chamber of Commerce that passage of his $11 billion tax cut proposal was "indispensable" to continue eco nnmin exnansion next year. Tlii President defended his taxation and spending policies and denied that federal budget deficits or the mounting nation al rfoht wou d lead to Dann- ruptcy or Inflation in the Unit ed States. Kennedy painted a rosy pic ture of the economy that con trasted with his statement to the AFL-CIO convention Friday that the need to provide more jobs and reduce unemployment was the top domestic issue of the day. Even though prices have been more stable than in any com parable recovery period, he Business leaders iear in- school appropriations, and to en act a one-shot speedup of with holding tax collections. Thornton said the legislature : ould have to enact specific S; guidelines to make selective cuts legal. House Speaker Clarence Bar ton said, "The problem can easily be taken care of by set ting down guidelines." Thornton said, "The legisla ture will have to set guides, but may not be easy to do." Thornton said some legislators have questioned the constitution ality of the allotment control law, but added "I did not go in to that." Barton said the legislature could pass a bill dealing with the slate's present emergency. and set maximum reductions tor each state agency, and list a priority program for restoration if money becomes available. "I don t question the law, Barton said, "but it seems to me hospitals and welfare serv ices are a lot more- important than the Rogue River Coordina ting Board or Civil uetense. Guldos Were Sought Rep. John Mosser, R-Beaver-ton, has been fighting for legis lative euides on the governor's authority since tne special ses sion was called. Hep. oiauora Hansell, R-Hermiston, has urged the legislature to draft a com--plete new budget to meet the fiscal crisis. The Boardman Issue remained a auestion mark. Further committee hearings were planned today on an em ergency bill asked by Hatfield to remove legal entanglements which threaten the space age industrial park in northeast Ore gon. Legislators did not appear en thusiastic about having once again to pull uie tsoaruman chestnuts out of the fire; The Roeini? Co. which has leased the land for an industrial park, said it would not honor the lease if the legal cloud was not removed. Barton said, "there'll be quite bit of storm and fury raised over this thing. There will be lots of 'I told you so' from op ponents. But we've got to go ahead." So far, the special session has been a bad one for Hatfield. Two of his vetoes have been overridden by the legislature. The Boardman project, a Hat field pet, has blown up again. And now the governor's author ity to make selective allot ment cuts has been challenged. Fine presidential timber Maurine has good words for Sen. Smith WASHINGTON (UPI) Poli tics aside, the lady senator from Oregon thinks the lady senator from Maine is fine presidential timber. Sen. Maurine Neuberqer, D- Ore., did not go so far Sunday lo say she would vole for Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, R Maine, who has been consider ing running for the GOP presi dential nomination. Mrs. Smith also has been mentioned as a possible Repub lican vice presidential candi date. Mrs. Neubergcr said she thought the only other female senator should "take a fling" at going after the presidential nomination. A female president is inevita ble sometime, Mrs. Neubergcr said, "and I can't think of a better person to pioneer than Margaret Chase Smith." Mrs. Smith might garner some votes from women who were only being loyal to their own sex. Mrs. Neubcrger pre dicted, but she said the Maine Republican was more than able to stand on her own record. "She has a long record of legislative experience, she s an able member of the Senate. . . as she was of the House," Mrs. Neubergcr said in a radio inter view. Mrs. Smith still has not de cided whether she will enter the New Hampshire presiden tial primary March 10 against Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and probably Sen. Barry Goldwa tcr. R-Ariz. Mrs. Neuberger said Mrs. Smith would be an "asset to any of the proposed nominees on the Republican ticket, be cause all of them have some faults or some shortcoming in the minds of the public." Others who have praised Mrs. Smith include: President Kennedy, at a re cent news conference, said the lady from Maine would be a "formidable" opponent If she decided to enter the New Hampshire primary. Rockefeller described Mrs. Smith as a "wonderful person and a very able woman and I hope she will come into tne New Hampshire primary." Sen. Clifford P. Case, R N.J., said in a radio Interview SuneViy that Mrs. Smith would ma "an excellent vice president." Bend's Yule decorations are put up Heralding the approach of the Christmas season, yule decora tions were placed on wires across downtown streets in Bend Sunday by the Jaycees, with the erection of the com munity tree set for this coming weekend. The decorations were placed earlier than usual this year be cause the Jaycees have other obligations facing them in the weeks just ahead. Illumination of the downtown streets will not take place until after Thanks giving, when Christmas lights will blaze. New overhead decorations are being used on the streets this year, and one string suffered considerable damage this morn ing, when wires of a plastic loop got entangled in a passing truck with a high top. The break in the string oc curred on Wall street at tha Minnesota intersection, and firemen were called out to pick up the pieces and clear the way for traffic. Red, plastic strips torn from the overhead decor ations drifted up the street be fore a wintry breeze. The Christmas tree that will be erected at the Wall-Oregon intersection by the Jaycees this coming weekend is being do nated by Mr. and Mrs. Seaton H. Smith, on Drake Road. v i I o