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FALLING HOTEL A ..surprised twist was crashed at .the foot of his crane. People
taken by a hotel Saturday in urban renewal watching the incident thought, the crane
area near Portland as A -bulldozer tugged "at, operator was under the building and had to
a cable to bring it down.. Arrow points to ' wait for dust;
the1 crane operator leaping from the cab to . safe.
run for his life seconds before
John sori Says U.S.
Would Go It Alone
Manila-fllPI-Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson told Phil
ippine President Carlos P.
Garcia last night the United
States is prepared to go it
alone if necessary to halt
further communist expansion
in Southeast Asia.
Johnson made the statement
in an exchange of toasts at a
state dinner in his honor wind
ing up a busy day. during
which he repeatedly reassured
nervous Filipinos of the Unit
ed States determination to
help its allies resist the red
menace.
The, vice president began
showing signs of fatigue from
the hectic pace he has been
setting on his tour of the Far
East.He remarked last night
that he had only 30 minutes
sleep Friday night and 90 min
utes the night before.
Meeting Again
Johnson was meeting again
at breakfast with Garcia. They
were expected to take up the
touchy issue of American mili
tary bases in the Philippines.
In exchanging toasts, John
son said the United States
"will continue to honor our
obligations, and if so asked,
proceed unilaterally or with
our allies to maintain the free
world position in Asia."
Garcia said Asians "deeply
appreciate the reasurrances"
of the Kennedy administration
that the United States ''shall
maintain unaltered and in
alterable her stand that Asia
shall ever be the land of free
dom, progress and the pur
suit of peace."
Filininos were amazed al
Johnson's energy and drive
and admitted they were heart
ened by his declarations of
support.
Will to Survive
He said he had found a
will to survive in South Viet
Nam and in the Philippines
and pledged: "The United
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States will stand together with
you, and with any free nation
which will not surrender."
. Johnson made the vow in
a speech at the University of
the Philippines before making
a similar address to the Phil
ippine congress.. . .
The Philippine government
has made no secret of its ap
prehension over the advance
of communism in Southeast
Asia and the failure of SEATO
to take firm action against
the Reds in Laos.
The vice president flew
ere from South Viet Nam,
his first stop on his two-week,
28,500-mile goodwill mission
to six Asian nations.
Boardman Still
Wanted by Boeing
Portland - (UPD - The fact
that the Boeing Company of
Seattle will not bid ort a Sat
urn rocket phase "will not af
fect Boeing's requirement"
for the Boardman Industrial
Park. But it "could have some
affect on the timing" at
Boardman as far as the June
1 construction start is con
cerned. ,
That was the word Satur
day from Samuel H. Malli
coat, director of the Oregon
Department of Planning and
Development.
Mallicoat said he talked
with Boeing officials yester
day morning and "my impres
sion is that the decision not
to bid on a particular phase
of the Saturn program does
not relax Boeing's desire to
acquire Boardman."
Earlier indication was that
Boeing hoped to begin test
type operations at Boardman
about June, w(,th this part of
the program involving a B00
man payroll. The state's orig
inal schedule was for Boeing
td start construction July 1.
In Salem, Gov. Mark Hat
field said Boeing's occupancy
of Boardman will probably be
before July 1. Hatfield dis
closed that agreements have
been "virtually completed"
for acquisition of adjacent
lands to permit occupancy of
the site by both Boeing and
the Navy.
PAPER EXPANDS
Portland - WW - The Daily
Journal of Commerce newspa
per has announced plans to
build a new $300,000 plant in
Portland.
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Scholarship Fete
Slated Tomorrow
' More than 150 persons are
expected to attend the first
annual Scholarship banquet
honoring high school students
set for 6:30 p.m. Monday at
the Rogue Valley Country
club.
To' be honored are three
students from St. Mary's High
school and 26 members of the
Academic Honors group at
Medford Senior High school.
The graduating seniors repre
sent the top academic students
in their classes.
The banquet is being ar
ranged by a committee made
up of representatives of the
majority of the service clubs
and organizations Hfc Medford.
The Rev. Carl Ml of St.
Mary's and William Ruck of
Medford High are school liai
sons for the affair.
Dr. John R. Richards, chan
cellor of the state system of
higher education and a
UNESCO official, is slated to
be guest speaker. State repre
sentative John Dellenback
will represent the governor
and Robert Duncan will speak
for the House of Representa
tives. During the program
The Shadows, a student musi
cal group, will perform.
Local civic organizations
are sponsoring the dinner in
order to recognize those stu
dents who have excelled aca
demically in high school. Each
senior will be introduced at
the dinner.
Tickets will be available at
the door.
Thad W.
Thad W. Hatten, 401 Park
St., Medford, Friday after
noon was unanimously ap
pointed new Jackson county
assessor.
Hatten, who has worked in
the assessor's office here for
nine years, will be sworn in
by the County Clerk Marvin
Madden Monday. His term
will expire in January, 1962.
The county court waited
until late Friday afternoon to
go into a closed door confer
ence, to make the appoint
ment. County Commissioner
Chester Wendt nominated
Hatten. The nomination was
seconded by County Com
missioner Edwin Taylor and
County Judge Earl Miller
turned over his slip of paper
showing he had agreed with
the other two court members.
"I believe your experience
and qualifications make you
the best person for the Job,"
Laos Peace Talks
Still Deadlocked
Geneva (UPD The Western
foreign ministers called on
Soviet Foreign Minister Gro
myko in relays Saturday but
failed to break the deadlock
on start of the Geneva confer
ence. They went into a second
crisis session last night in
hopes of saving the meeting.
Secretary of State Dean
Rusk visited the Russian for
an hour yesterday morning
in his first direct meeting
with the Soviets but failed to
budge him from his demand
that the Communist Pathet
Lao rebels be seated as equals
at the conference on Laos. He
reported "no progress."
French Foreign Secretary
Lord Home called on Gro
myko last night and as he
came away reported that Gro
myko was holding fast. He
had talked with Gromyko
twice Friday without success
and start of the meeting was
postponed indefinetly.
Plan Strategy
Rusk, Couve De Murville
and Lord Home met together
to plan strategy against Gro
myko. They met again last
night for the second time of
the day to try to decide what
to do next in hopes the meet
ing would start Monday or
Tuesday.
Informed sources said they
agreed Home would draft a
list of alternatives to meet
the Soviet insistence of seat
ing the Pathet Lao alongside
the neutralist group of Prince
Souvanna Phouma and the
U. S.-backed Royal Laotian
group.
The sources said Lord
Home probably would seek
a Sunday meeting with Grot
rhvko to seek a compromise.
Rusk ended his day with a
pre-midnight "fence-mending"
call on Canadian External Af
fairs Minister Howard Green
who was said to be slightly
"out of line" with the Big
Three regarding conference
procedure on Laotian repre
sentation at the talks.
Charge Stalling
Russia was making tne
most of the situation with a
series of broadcasts and edi
torials accusing the United
States of stalling and charging
Rusk with trying to "sabo
tage" the conference, harsh
words which boded ill for the
Geneva meeting.
Another complication arose
when the Vanguard of a dele
gation from the Royal Lao-
Union Strikes GP
Plywood Plant
Grants Pass OJPD The ply
wood plant of the Bate Lum
ber company, eight miles
northwest of here was closed
Friday afternoon when some
240 workers walked out in a
dispute over the seniority
clause of a contract which ex
pired April 1.
Fred Lynch, business agent
of local 3009 of the Lumber
and Sawmill .Workers union,
said the men walked out at 3
p.m. between shifts. Pickets
were stationed around the
clock.
Lynch said the dispute is
over management's interpre
tation of the clause. '
It was the first strike called
by the local since 1954 when
an industry wide dispute over
wages closed down many Ore
gon lumber plants.
Hatten New County
County Judge Miller told Hat
ten when he was notified of
the appointment.
The new assessor replaces
Ray Schumacher who died
last month while in office.
Mrs. Elva Jennings, chief
deputy In the office, has been
serving as temporary assess
or. Most of Hattert's previous
experience has been in ac
counting, he said. He worked
in the automotive business
and In the rural electrifica
tion administration. He has
had some experience in title
work in Akron, Ohio.
Hatten operated his own
accounting office in Klamath
Falls for two years. Hatten
also was deputy county treas
urer in Iowa for four years.
He has been head of the per
sonal property division of the
assessor's office for five
years.
tian government arrived and
announced it would not attend
the Geneva conference until
a cease-fire is verified in its'
homeland.
That situation is . expected
to be eased when official word
arrives from Vientiane that
the three warring factions in
Laos signed a formal cease
fire yesterday in the Commu
nist held village of Namone
to supercede the shaky truce
in effect since May 3.
JOHN R. RICHARDS
, May Leave Oregon :
California Wants
Oregon Official
Sacramento, Calif; - (UPD -
Chancellor John R, Richards
of the Oregon State System of
Higher Education may take a
similar post with the Califor
nia education system, sources
said here Saturday.
Richards -was unavailabl
for comment. . - i
D. R. Larson, an assistant to
Hichards, indicated that Rich
ards may become head of the
Co-ordinating Council of Cali
fornia System of Higher Edu
cation. Larson would not con
firm an appointment, how
ever. .
Sources in Sacramento said
the coordinating council had
probably made a choice, but
would not make it public un
til the middle of next week.
Congo Leader Will
Convene Parliament
Coquilhatville, Congo -OJPD
President Joseph Kasavubu
announced Saturday the Con
golese Parliament will be re
convened when the current
conference of political lead
ers here ends.
It would be the first meet
ing of parliament in more
than eight months but wheth
er the leaders of such secess
ionist provinces as Katanga,
Oriental and Kivu Province
deputies would head the ap
peal and Kasavubu's guaran
tee of safe conduct was prob
lematical. Katanga President Moise
Tshombe has been jailed by
the Kasavubu regime to stand
trial on charges of high trea
son and the murder of former
Premier Patrice Lumumba.
Oriental Province leader An
toine Gizenga is cool to any
thing Kasavubu suggests. The
same goes for the leaders of
the various tribal factions in
Klvu.
' "There will be no change In
personnel or policy for the
time being," the new assessor
said. "I will do jny best to
carry on to the best Interests
of county taxpayers."
Before making the appoint
ment the county judge re
marked that he thought two
well-qualified men had been
overlooked in the Democratic
party recommendations made
for the assessor's position . . .
Hatten and Ray Barker, head
of the commercial division In
the assessor's office.
However, Judge Miller
noted that Barker had been
in the office only tor one
year.
According to state law, the
appointee had to be a Demo
crat since Schumacher was a
Democrat.
' Earlier the Jackson County
Democratic Central commit
tee had submitted three
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Warring Factions
Sign Cease-Fire
Treaty in Laos
Royal Government
Makes Concessions
Namone, Laos - (UPD - The
three warring factions of Laos
met in a dirt floored school
house far behind Communist
lines Saturday and signed a
formal cease-fire agreement.
The meeting was so friendly
there was laughing and joking
on all sides.
Representatives of the pro
western government of Prince
Boun Oum, the neutralists of
Prince Souvanna Phouma and
the Communist Pathet Lao
also agreed to meet today and
try to name a joint delegation
to the Geneva conference.
An agreement might make
it possible for the Geneva
talks to begin. They have
been delayed by Soviet Insist
ence on seating the Pathet
Lao on an equal footing with
the other Laotians although
the west contends the Pathet
Lao is a rebel armed unit and
not a political group.
Yesterday's meeting in this
thatched village 60 miles
north of Vientiane represent
ed a series of major conces
sions to the leftists by the roy
al, government since an in
formal and shaky truce went
into effect May 3.
The first was the decision
to go ahead with joint politi
cal and military talks at the
same time, a demand put
forth repeatedly by the Com
munists.
The second was to travel,
via helicopter, to Namone
deep in Pathet Lao territory.
The government had held out
earlier tor the village of Hln
Heup In no man's land.
The third was to negotiate
with the Pathet Lao although
the Soviet - backed guerrillas
have not even claimed to have
a formal government.
The agreement to hold mili
tary and political talks was
Announced by gover n m e n t
Gen. , Sing Rattanasamay and
was greeted with clapping by
representatives of the two
rebel factions. '
Both military and political
figures took part in yester
day's talks. Correspondents
got the impression the Sou
vanna delegate, Pheng Phong
Savan, former national assem
bly president, gave the im
pression he was dealing with
small quarrel among chil
dren.'
But all were jovial. "
The Saturday meeting was
the first formal face-to-face
political contact between the
rival factions since Prince
Souvanna fled to Cambodia
last December to avoid being
overthrown by pro -western
military forces. Boun Oum re
placed him as premier.
Iranian Government
Arrests Generals
Tehran, Iran (UPD Iran's
new government Saturday ar
rested five top-ranking gen
erals - including two former
cabinet ministers - on charg
es of corruption, embezzle
ment, misappropriation of
funds and abuse of power,
authoritative sources said.
The move appeared to be a
dramatic first step in Pre
mier . Dr. All Aminl's cam
paign to wipe out alleged
high-level corruption that was
one of the factors leading to
the fall of the previous sov-
ernmcnt of Sharif Emami last
I week.
Assessor
recommendations for the posi
tion after the county court
requested two. Their recom
mendations according to pref
erence were Central Commit
tee Chairman Harper Ed
wards, Alt Wcrnmark, party
worker, and Ralph James, ex
county commissioner.
Observers have noted that
the county court, In recent
years, has consistently by
passed recommendations for
appointments made by party
organizations.
Present County Treasurer
Karl Janouch was first ap
pointed to that position when
the Democratic Central com
m 1 1 1 e e had recommended
Andy Hauver and Ralph
James for that position.
Earlier this year 'Lyndel
Newbry had been splinted
state senator when the Re
publican Central committee
had recommended Mrs. Steph
erG. (Eve) Nyt for the Job.
'
ACTOR GARY COOPER
Movie Hero Dies In Sleep
Two Children Found
Murdered
I dentity Unknown
-Redmond (UPD-Authorltles
Saturday were trying to learn
tha identities of two children
who were brutally murdered
and apparently thrown over
a cliff into a rocky 300-foot
gorge near here late Thurs
day or early Friday. .
The nude arid battered
bodies of the victims, a boy
Hollywood Blaze
Burns 24 Homes
Hollywood - (UPD - A 1,200-
acre fire in the Hollywood
hills that burned 24 luxury
homes was under control last
night with only standby crews
remaining on duty to guard
against a possible . flareup.
The last hot spots in the
fire were taken care of by
two U.S.' forest service aerial
tankers that went Into action
with water borate bombs.
One of the homes that burn
ed down in the massive wind-
fed fire last night belonged
to author-philosopher Aldous
Huxley. Actress Spring By
Ington's canyon home came
within four houses of going
up in flames that were visible
throughout the Los Angeles
area last night.
Some of the homes many
in the $30,000-$100,000 class
were only damaged by the
blaze that was driven over
the brush and eucalyptus cov
ered hills near famed Griffith
park by 40 mile an hour
winds.
Others including a five-
story stone structure known
here as simply "the castle"
had nothing left standing but
the foundations.
Huxley managed to escape
the fast-moving fire with a
manuscript for his latest book
"Island." He went to the home
of friends where he said:
"Thanks to a bright, alert
boy who maneuvered the car
out of the burning garage, we
still have a car and the clothes
my wife and I are wearing."
S. Viet Nam To Host
100 U.S. Guerrillas
Washlngton-(UPD-The United
States plans to send a team of
100 crack guerrilla fighters to
South Viet Nam to train Viet
namese soldiers, it was learn
ed Saturday.
Reliable sources ' reported
he offer, approved by Presi
dent Kennedy, had been made
to South Viet Nam President
Ngo Dinh Diem by Vice Presi
dent Lyndon B. Johnson, who
currently Is touring southeast
Asia.
The troops drawn from the
commando-type Rangers, will
act merely as instructors and
will not engage In actual bat
tle. The initial 100, however,
will later be Increased, it was
reported.
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iiiideerjWlw -
in Oregon;
about six and a girl
aboutl
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four, were found Friday bylHUU and Bel-Air, unmarked
tnree forest, service workers
in the' chasm at a point be -
tween a highway bridge, and
State police at nearby Bend
said a ; preliminary investiga
tion indicates the two vie
and possibly , strangled and
then thrown into the gorge).,. Last week during a brief
near Highway 97 ' 10 miles (period ot consciousness Coop
north of here. ' ' " er said: "It Is God's will, and
Murder Casea.:" " ' ' : ' r m not afraid of the future."
"This is definitely two
cases of murder," Jefferson
County Coroner Ronald Toms
said, .''.-'
Authorities said an autopsy
Indicated the victims had
been dead from 24 to 36 hours
before their bodies were .dis
covered. Dr. George McGreary,! a
pathologist from Bend, who
conducted the autopsy early
yesterday, said- "the ' fall
would have killed them If
they had not been killed be
fore." No clothing was found
in the area where the bodies
were discovered.
Removed by Crane
The bodies were lifted out
by crane about four hours
after being discovered after
men worked their way down
the north wall of the gorge
to the bodies.
State police issued an all-
points bulletin throughout
the state as authorities at
tempt to learn the identities
of the two children.
Reports of the discovery
spread through the Central
Oregon area but there were
no reports of missing children.
"Gentlemen. This Here Town Is Due For
Some Changes" . '
End Comes While
Wife, Daughter
Standing Nearby
Doctor Says Actor
Had Will To Live
Hollywood (UPD - Gary
Cooper died peacefully in his
sleep Saturday after a four
month battle with cancer. He
was 60 years old.
The tall,' soft-spoken hero
of a hundred motion pictures
was pronounced dead at 12:27
p. m. PDT by Dr. Rex Ken
namer at the actor's Holmby
Hills mansion.
At his side when the end
came were Cooper's' wife, Ver
onica, and daughter, Maria,
24, in addition to his priest,
Msgr. Daniel Sullivan, who
administered the last rites of
the Catholic church.
Even as death approached
Cooper maintained the strong,
silent steadfastness which,
characterized the man off
screen and on.
"He had a great will to
live," Dr. Kennamer said, "or
he might not have survived
this long."
Known of Death
Cqoper had known he was
dying for several months. -
"He died peacefully in his
sleep," Dr. Kennamer said.
, A score of newsmen waited
outside the Cooper home when '
the announcement of his death
was made. At the rear of the
house motorcycle policemen
were ' stationed . to escort bis
remains to m funeral parlor.
It was brloht. sunny dav
in the -fashionable community
which ll" between Beverly
I by curiosity seekers who have
1 marred the deaths of other
film greats. ... . .
During the past week tha
actor was unconscious much
of the time and fed intraven
- 1
ously. Visitors were lorbid-
oad'a Will .'
Twelve hours before
hours before the
end came Dr. Kennamer told
United Press , International,
"It Is just a matter of hours
now.'' There is no hope."'
In the past two weeks Mrs.
Cooper or the couple's daugh
ter remained at his bedside, .
to make sure one of them was
there when he awakened
from his drugged sleep.:
One ot his last visitors said,
"Coon was simply a wasted .
frame at the end, except for
his face. He never was a
heavy man, and he lost
weight .steadily during the
last montn.
"Everything was gone for
him. His stomach - gone. The
cancer was eating all through
his body." '
Shockingly Revealed
News of the star's illness
was shockingly revealed to
the world last April 17 for
lowing the nation-wide tele
cast of the Academy Awards.
Cooper's close friend, Jimmy
Stewart, - accepted a special
Oscar for the actor, and in an
emotional speech said, "We're
very, very proud of you.
Coop. All of us are tremen
dously proud." -.'...''
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