Oregon Delegation Split Threatened
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SPEAKER WARMS UP Idaho's Sen. Frank
Church, who stopped into politics as a young
oratorical contest winner, started out in sub
dued fashion as he was about to deliver the
keynote address at the Democratic National
Democrats
At Opening Day of Convention
Sports Arena, Los Angeles
HIPII Throughout the land
Monday night, and perhaps at
remote bases overseas, Repub
lican ears must have been
burning.
At intervals for nearly two
hours someone was talking
about them in this great hall
dedicated to great sports.
Some of the things said
were uncomplimentary. Gov.
Edmund G. (Pat) Brown of
California, for example,
charged the Republicans with
"moral corrosion." Demo
cratic National Chairman
Paul M. Butler said they were
abetting Russia's effort to
make us "second best
everything."
1 Not all the things said were
bad, however, Butler by
ference admitted Republicans
to the human race. Noting
that all the public proceed
ings of this year s Democratic
National Convention are be
ing televised, Butler said
"the whole world is present in
this hall."
No Dying Art
It may be a small world,
but it's big enough to accom
modate a number of Republi
cans, many of whom are re
ported to own TV sets.
If they had their sets on,
for whatever masochistic
pleasure it may have given
them, they know that oratory
is by no means a dying art.
It may be moribund, as critics
have said for half a century,
but as long as Frank Forres
ter Church of Idaho shall
wave, oratory will live.
Youngest Senator
Church, who will be 36
come July 25, is the youngest
member of the U.S. Senat
Man, 66, Collapses
In Portland Fire
2 Portland - (UPD - An elderly
tenant collapsed in an apart
ment house fire here early
today.
y Emil Krause, 66, was taken
to St. Vincents hospital for
treatment after he suffered
from a combination of too
much smoke and a heart con
dition when the Royal Arms
apartments storage room
burned.
f Mrs. Krause said Emil and
$he opened their ground floor
apartment door to meet "a
wall of smoke" and had to
crawl on their hands and
ynees to fresh air.
Firemen prevented the
flames from spreading, but
smoke filled the building and
Charred woodwork and con
tents of the storage room.
T The Royal Arms was the
scene of a $17,000 three-alarm
fire in March that started in
a fourth-floor apartment. And
in 1956, a storage room fire
at the apartment building
caused evacuation of 20 tenants.
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I Member National Selected
Rap Republicans
The Democrats picked him as
their keynote speaker for this
year s convention
They were well advised to
do so. When he was in high
school, Frank Church won a
national oratorical contest
staged by the American Le
gion. Those who heard him
Monday night are convinced
he could do it again.
Butler introduced him as
"the official voice of the
Democratic Party." Church
didn't content himself with
giving his fine, far-carrying
Refugee Declared
Slayer of Four
In Kew Jersey
New Brunswick, N.J. (UPD
A Hungarian refuge., being
sought in the murders of two
policemen, was positively
identified today as the mass
slayer of four persons on a
doctor's country estate Jan.
26.
A vast manhunt for Michael
Fekecs, 25, turned to Newark,
N.J., when police found a
stolen pickup truck with
Fekecs' ' fingerprint on the
rear view mirror. All police
were placed on a special alert
and ordered to check cab
stands, bus terminals, railroad
stations and all bridges and
tunnels leading to New York.
Caution Urged -
The alarm urged 'extreme
caution' in dealing with Fe
kecs: ' '
The Jan. 26 slaughter oc
curred on the country estate
of Dr. Francis M. Clarke,
North Brunswick, a locally
p r o m i nent physician. His
wife, Edith, 58, a practical
nurse, Miss Dorothy Moore,
66, a maid, Mrs. Cora Thad
dies, 29, and Newark, N.J.,
taxi driver Morris Michael,
60, were mysteriously slain
in the physician's home.
All were shot, once in the
head and their bodies were
laid out neatly in second
floor bedrooms.
Sunday, Patrolmen John
Lebed, 30, and George Wil
liam Dunham, 31. were found
shot to death in Fekecs High
land Park apartment.
To Obtain Bail
The patrolmen had taken
Fekecs there ostensibly to al
low him to obtain $250 bail
for a traffic violation in near
by Franklin township.
Police investigators imme
diately noted similarities in
the Jan. 26 massacre and the
police killings, For one thing,
all the victims had been shot
in the head.
Fekecs also called himself
a freedom fighter. Hungar
ians who lived in the quiet
town of Franklin township
where Fekecs roomed doubt
ed his story, as did police.
Morris
DIRECTORS
AT SIXTH
Morticians by Invitation
Convention in Los Angeles, but It wasn't
long before he was well warmed up and
spoke with enthusiasm during his speech,
as the above photos show, (UPI Telephoto)
baritone voice to the party.
He threw in a dazzling assort
ment of gestures, postures,
even-tested smiles, and glan
ces to left and right and up
and down.
Seldom has a political con
vention seen such perfect
matching of voice and action.
When he spoke of the spiral
ing inflation the Republicans
have inflicted on us, Church
made a spiraling motion with
his right arm.
When he spoke of freedom
he gestured to the right.
When he spoke of Commu
nism he gestured to the left.
From time to time he jabbed
the air with a forefinger. Now
and then he beat fist upon
fist. When he said we must
drive ahead, he made a push
ing movement with both
hands.
Applauded 34 Times
Church was applauded or
cheered about 34 times in his
45-minute speech. He was for
the most part grave and
earnest. But now and then he
favored his audience with an
appealing boyish smile.
He had memorized his
speech and made little if any
use of the mechanical prompt
er designed to keep political
speakers on beam.
The Democrats applauded
and cheered him for six
minutes.
Cuban Minister
Sets Meetings To
Obtain Support
United Nations, N.Y. - (UPD -Cuban
Foreign Minitser Raul
Roa scheduled a series of
meetings today with Commu
nist, LatimAmerican and Afri
can delegates in an effort to
whip up support for Premier
Fidel Castro in his diplomatic
battle with the United States.
The Castro regime called
Monday on the U.N. Security
Council to consider what it
termed United States "aggres
sions" against Cuba. The U.S.
promptly denounced the alle
gations but said it would not
oppose the meeting because it
wanted the world "to know
the truth."
The Communist bloc is ex
pected to back Castro to the
hilt. Roa conferred Monday
with Soviet Chief Delegate
Arkady A. Sobolev and Fe-
dosn N. Gryaznov of Byelo
russia.
Said First Step
Diplomatic observers said
the Castro move apparently
was the first step by the
bearded Cuban revolutionary
leader to build himself up as
the Latin American cham
pion of the small nations of
the world against American
"imperialists." Last Thursday
Castro pictured Cuba as the
"leader" of newly-developing
states in their struggle to
shake off the bonds of "im
perialism." On Friday he
served notice he was orga
nizing a worldwide propa
ganda campaign "to mobilize
world public opinion in pro
test against U.S. aggressions".
Ambassador Jose A. Corre3
of Ecuador is currently presi
dent of the Security Council
under the rotation system, tt
was to him that Roa submit
ted the Cuban indictment of
the United States, charging
"repeated threats, harrass-
mcnt, maneuvers, reprisals
and aggressions.
Corrca said he could not set
a date for a session until he
has conferred with U.N. Sec
retary General Dag Hammer
skjold, Actress Gene Tierney
Weds Oil Millionaire
Aspen, Colo. (UPI) - Movie
actress Gene Tierney and Tex
as oil millionaire W. Howard
Lee honeymooned today at a
mountain hideaway.
Miss Tierney, 38, and Lee
51, former husband of actress
Hedy Lamarr, were married
Monday by the Rev; Keith
M e rr i m a n at Community
church here. No advance pub
lic announcement was made
of the wedding.
Interpretation
Of Rule Would
Permit Bolt
Los Angeles - IUPK - An In
surgent element threatened
today to crock Sen. John F,
Kennedy's solid support in
the Oregon delegation to the
Democratic National Conven
tion. The first hint of a delega
tion struggle came from Rep.
Edith Green, chairman of the
state's contingent and an avid
backer of the senator.
Could Ignore Mandate
She said a rule interpreta
tion allowed Democratic Na
tional Committeeman C. Gi
rard (Jebby) Davidson and
National C o m m itteewoman
Virginia Grant to ignore the
Kennedy mandate of Oregon's
May primary election - if they
wanted.
Davidson was not expected
to take that course but Mrs.
Green said Mrs. Grant may
choose to cast her one-half
vote for Senate Majority lead
er Lyndon D. Johnson of
Texas.
"She doesn't feel that she
is morally bound by the pri
mary at all like the rest of
us," Mrs. Green said. "That
could mean Oregon will cast
only 16 votes for Kennedy."
Kennedy, the convention
front runner, won the Oregon
primary in a walkaway from
Sen. Wayne Morse, trying for
a "favorite son" nomination.
Oregon for Kennedy
Thus the delegates are ob
ligated to support Kennedy
until he is nominated, receives
less than 35 per cent of the
votes for nomination, releases
the delegate from his pledge
or until two convention nom
inating ballots have been
taken.
The delegation held its
first caucus Monday in a jam
packed conference room at
the Mayfair hotel and passed
out convention credentials.
Battle Fails
An anticipated battle over
proxy votes failed to mater
ialize and Mrs. Green said
delegates who planned to
make a fight "just changed
their minds.
Because the delegates were
solidly committed to Kennedy
for the Presidential nomina
tion, the delegates were not
approached at the caucus by
supporters of other candidates
as were those from uncom
mitted states.
But Congresswoman Green,
mentioned as a possibility to
second the Kennedy nomina
tion Wednesday night, said
Oregon would have its chance
to meet the candidates in
person if possible. She hoped
to have them at Wednesday's
caucus.
Douglas Renews
Charge of Waste
By Armed Forces
Washington - (UPD - Sen.
Paul H. Douglas, dismissing
a Pentagon denial as "grossly
inadequate," today renewed
his charge that the Armed
Forces are paying billions of
dollars too much for the
items they buy.
The Illinois Democrat
blamed the alleged w;.ste on
the "terrible evil" of nego
tiated contracts. He said only
13 of every 100 military con
tracts were open for compet
itive bidding.
The Defense Department
Monday issued a voluminous
reply to Douglas waste
charges first made in a Sen
ate speech June 13. The de
partment said it could find
"no evidence" to support the
charges.
Douglas immediately call
ed a news conference to re
peat his complaints. He said
the Pentagon explanation "is
either absurd or raises even
more serious charges."
Incentive Charged
The senator said half the
military contracts specify, that
the government will pay sup
pliers for their costs plus a
fee for doing the work.
"That's an incentive not to
save money," Dougias declar
ed. In his Senate speech, Doug
las displayed 10 items rang
ing from lamp sockets to
small wrenches and said the
armed services paid from six
to 100 times their actual
value. For Instance, he said
tho Navy paid $21.10 each
for lamp sockets which sold
for 25 cents In hardware
stores.
The defense department rc.
plied that many of the Items
Douglas cited were experi
mental or made to special
military standards which
could not be found in itorcs,
Southerners See Defeat
If Civil E3iahts Plank Voted
Los Angeles - U'PD - Tho
Democratic Party was asked
today to adopt the toughest
civil rights program in its
history despite warnings it
would drive the South from
the fold and cost Democrats
the November election.
A "party of hope" platform
keyed mainly to the civil
rights issue and booming a
wide range of other liberal
causes goes before the Demo
cratic convention late today
for ratification.
Spokesmen for nine South
ern delegations worked late
into the night to complete a
stinging minority report ask
MEDF0RD
Rogue Valley Edition
Stock Prices Cut
Sharply in Rush
Of Profit Taking
New York-IUPD-Stocks were
clipped back sharply in a bar
rage of late profit taking to
day. Price erosion generally
was slight in the early trading
but picked up momentum
sharply around the close.
It was the second decline
in a row.
Aircrafts generally counter
ed the lower trend as inter
national tensions continued to
mount. But even this group
showed signs of backing down
in late selling.
Some coppers moved up in
the wake of a firming price
picture. However, the group
was well below its highs at
the finish. Owens Illinois
dropped around 4 in the blue
chips where Du Pont and East
man Kodak lost 2 more. IBM
toppled around 13 in the elec
tronics. DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - UPD - Dow
Jones final slock averagei:
30 industrials 634.12, off
6.32; 20 railroads 139.71,
off 0.93; 15 utilities 94.09,
off 0.53, and 65 stocks
209.20. off 1.76. Sales to
day were about 2,860,000
shares compared with 2,
920,000 shares Monday.
Todnv't prices on selected stocks:
Allied Chemical SS'i
Alum Co. Am. .. 82'.
American Cnn 3!s
American Motors 21 '4
AT&T - S!)'
Anaconda Copper 40 't
Armco Steel 67
Bcn-ix Aviation (M'a
Bethlehem Slcel 4Vi,
Boeing Air 2H,
Caterpillar Corp.- 27
Chrysler Corp. 44s
Continental Can 3SJt
Crown 7.ellerhach 44' 4
Curtlsi WrlRht , lflJ,
Dow Chemical 8R'
Du Pont 2054
Eastman Kodak 123
Firestone 30
General Electric SB
General Foods 130
General Motors 43
Georsla Pacific 54 ',4
Graham Paige 2
Greyhound 22
Gulf Oil 27 H
Homestake Mining 3ft'ii
Idaho Power .134
I. B. M 4(17
Int. Paper . . flB'.i
Johns Manville AR
Kaiser Ind 10
Kaly 4
Kennccott Copper 79
Lockheed Aircraft 21 '4
Montana Power 20 '-j
Montgomery Ward 40 '3
Nat'l Biscuit (1.1
New York Central 21 B
Pac Gas & Elcc 64
Penney, J. C. 43'.'4
Penn BR 13
Radio Corporation 64 "a
Richfield Oil 71 ',,
Safeway 37
Sears 3!S
Shell Oil 11
Socony Mobil Oil 371,
Southern Co 4fla
Grants Pass Man
Killed in Idaho
Mountain Home, Idaho-IUPD
-A Grants Pass, Ore,, sailor
on leave was killed early to
day when the car he was driv
ing collided with another ve
hicle on the Hammett over
pass. '
The victim was Identified
by military police at Moun
tain Home Air Force Base as
Seaman Robert Allerheiligen,
22. Critically Injured was his
passenger, Non-Petty Officer
Charles D. Berry, and Air
Force Staff Sgt. Pete Berry,
Pratvllle, Ala, The sergeant
was driving the other car and
was assigned to Mountain
Home.
Officers said Allerheiligen
and the other sailor were on
their way from the U.S. Navy
Submarine School at New
London, . Conn., to assign
ments on the U.S.S. Sea Devil
at San Diego, Calif. They
were on a 30-duy leave.
Rome fUPD Pictro Cardinal
Fumasonl-Bondl, 87, head of
the Roman Catholic Church's
world-wide missionary activ
ities, died today,
ing If delegates would "lend
their party to defeat with the
halter of a platform (rained
upon the insistence of a radi
cal wing of our parly."
"We call upon delegates
from all tho states of this
union , , , to join with us in
defending against the calcu
lated effort which Is being
made by the radicals of both
political parties to drive tho
states of the South from tho
Democratic Party," the South
erner said,
Demand Federal Action
The 17,000-word platform,
.4,000 words of which will
be read at the convention
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Voman Prisoner
To Have Hearing
Salem (UPD Marlon County
Circuit Judge George A.
Jones will hear a motion by
the state here Wednesday In
the post conviction proceed
ing of Mrs. Ann Whitney
Avcnt, formerly of Portland,
serving a life term In Oregon
State Penitentiary for
murder.
Mrs. Avcnt, 54, filed a peti
tion last April under Oregon's
new Post Conviction Relief
Act, seeking her release.
She was convicted in Mor
row county of second degree
murder in September, 1055,
for the gunshot slaying of
Portland attorney Dellmorc
Lessard in a Heppncr cafe.
In a 30-page document she
claims, among other things,
that she was not brought into
court soon enough, that she
was refused right of counsel
and that the state's key wit
ness committed perjury.
The motion to be heard was
filed by Assistant Attorney
General Robert Danlclson and
states that Mrs. Avcnt's peti
tion was incorrectly prepared.
It asks the court to require
her to revise it and submit
arguments and citations in a
separate memorandum.
Nearly half of the nation's
department stores have start
ed charging for deliveries,
and three-quarters charge for
pickups for something that is
returned.
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session, was approved Mon
day night by tho 100-meiiiber
platform committee.
Overriding Southern ob-
Strong Winds,
Rains Batter
Upper Midwest
By United Press International
A heavy thunderstorm
churned through lowu and
Minnesota Monday night, bat
tering towns in its path with
lornado-llko winds, drenching
rains and hailstones as big as
baseballs.
Several minor Injuries, but
no deaths, were reported.
Town officials at Slayton,
Minn., said the winds demol
ished eight or 10 trailer
homes, threw a grandstand
roof a block, damaged several
cars and homes and knocked
out all electricity, and water.
Fire Chief James V.
Knoarch said he had received
reports of a tornado, "but It
appeared to me to be Just a
good strong wind."
The storm roared on Into
northern Iowa, where it
ripped the roof from a Spirit
Lake factory and hurled It
Into a barn, destroying the
barn.
Hailstones the size of base
balls rattled on roofs and
smashed windows at Spencer
and Milford, Iowa.
M c a n w h 1 1 c, Hurricane
Abby, the first hurricane of
the season, was 200 miles
south of the Dominican Re
public and snarling west
northwest through the Atlan
tic at about 15 m.p.h. Winds
were estimated at 95 miles an
hour.
Other showers were report
ed last night over Nebraska,
the Rockies and along the
Southern Atlantic and East
ern Gulf coasts. Grand Island,
Neb., reported an Inch of rain.
The Weather Bureau pre
dicted more thoundcrstorms
today for the Rockies through
the Western and Central
Plains and Mississippi Valley
into the Ohio and Tennessee
Valleys and East to the South
Atlantic Coast and East Gulf
Coast.
REPUBLICAN
LUAU
Pd. Pol. Adv., Rep. Central Com., Joe Walsh, Chrm.
P.O. Box 923, Medlord, Ore.
MAIN ST.
- Jecllons on
a Utl-24 volo, tho
committee approved a civil
lights plank demanding vig
orous federal action "to make
equal opportunity n living
reality for nil' Americans,"
Tho plank, touching on just
about every controversial area
of civil rights, was approved
after two hours of Impassion
ed debate behind closely
guarded doors at a hotel far
from tho convention hub-bub.
Southern arguments were
typified by the warning of
Sen, John Slcmils (Miss.) that
adoption of the plunk would
mean "almost certain defeat
for the party In great areas
of our Southland."
The Northern liberal stand
was exemplified by Rep.
Emanuel Celler (N.Y.) who
said anything less than the
approved plank "might spell
defeat and disaster" for tho
party in November. ,
Threaten Floor Fight
Committee members from
nine Southern states Imme
diately repudiated the plank
and threatened a floor fight
tonight when the Issue hits
the convention flour. But the
extent of the fight was still
undetermined.
United Press International
obtained a copy of the civil
rights plank shortly after It
was approved by the commit
tee. It Included this sympathe
tic reference lo Negro sit-in
demonstrations In tho South:
"The peaceful demonstra
tions for flrst-clnss citizenship
which have recently taken
place In many parts of this
country arc a signal to oil
of us to make good at long
last tho guarantees of our
Constitution.
"The time has come lo as
sure equal access for all
Race Track Groom
Drowns at Resort
Maplo Valley, Wash. - (UPD -Dwayne
C. McConnell, 20, a
Longncrcs race track groom,
drowned at F o s s Shadow
Lake Resort near here Mon
day night hen he fell from
a pier. Ilia body was later
recovered 20 feet from the
pier In about eight feet of
water.
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