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Dozen Pacifists Arrested Friday At Navy Shipyard Vallcjo, Calif. -HID- A doz en pacifists were taken into custody Friday when they crossed the government prop erty line at Mare Island Naval shipyard. Some collapsed limply to the ground and were carried . into a detention room on stretchers by Marines. Others were escorted inside. There were no incidents of violence. All had been warned by Marine Col. William J. How att before they approached the shipyard's main gate that they would be guilty of unlawful trespass if they sought to en ter. Jeered Pacifiiii A crowd of nearly 2,000 gathered outside the gate, jeered at the pacifists, and cheered as each one was taken Into custody. The demonstration at Mare Island, where nuclear-powered, missile carrying subma rines are built, was sponsored by the Committee for Non Violent Action. Among those arrested were a woman and a man from Saraswati, India. The dozen arrested were part of a group of about 40 participants In the "San Di ego to Vallcjo Walk for Peace." The rest did not cross the property line, but maintained an all-night vigil outside the yard. They had started marching from San Di ego Aug. 7. No one is admitted beyond the Mare Island gates except on legitimate business that must be explained to security guards. Commuted Threat Navy and Marine spokes- ment at the yard said appear ance of the pacifists at the gates constituted a "threat to the defense of the United States." U. S. Marshal Edward Hea lep said those arrested would be taken to Sacramento be cause the U. S. court there has jurisdiction over the Val- lejo area. Russians Refuse House Inspection New York - (liril - Russian diplomats and two insurance men from the free enterprise system reached an impasse recently on the question of unilateral Inspection. The Russians decided to In sure against fire their UN delegation' headquarters on Park ave. and contacted the Royal-Globe Co. The company sent two men to inspect the premises. The Reds showed them the first floor, but when the Inspect ors made motions towards the four upper floors, the Soviets said no, due to the "Nature of the work" being done there. The baffled inspectors backed out. Company officials reacted calmly. They told the Reds. In effect "No inspection, no policy." NATURAL GAS EQUIPMENT COMPANY On Display the largest selection of gas heating equip ment in So. Ore. COLEMAN Space Floor Unit Forced Air Uptlow Down Flow Horizontal Wall Furnaces Hot Water Heaters. Ill West Main Phone 772-2322 CL Until Noon Monday, Sept. 24 In Respect To Our Deceased Employee ELVIS C. ARNOLD Parsons Motor Co. Your Dodge Dealer k I 'JYI 6 LOAD RUBBISH - Where it all came from is anybody's guess, but three pickup loads of rubbish were collected along the first mile and a half of Roxy Ann road by mem bers of Boy Scout Explorer Post 103 yes terday afternoon. The picture above shows members of the group loading trash into one of the trucks. Members participating Oregon Bar Votes to Delay New Constitution Until 1965 Coos Bay -IUPII- The Oregon State Bar has voted to ask the 1963 legislature to delay consideration of a new state constitution until 1965. The vote for postponement came after some 350 lawyers at the bar's 28th convention refused to reject outright the work of the Oregon Constitu tional Revision commission. The commission has nearly completed drafting a compre hensive new state constitution for presentation to the 1903 legislature. A special bar committee headed by Thomas H. Tongue recommended outright reject ion by the bar. Tongue said the proposed new constitution was too comprehensive for the time spent. Tongue said the bar was not sufficiently con sulted. Stale Rep. George Layman Allstate Names Man To Medford Office Lou Williams, an Allstate Insurance company employee for 11 years, has been assign ed to Medford from the com pany's regional headquarters at Salem. Williams, 40, Is a past presi dent of the Oregon Casualty Adjusters association and a graduate of the University of Washington. The steady Increase in southern Oregon policyhold ers during the past several years made establishment of a full-time claim representa tive necessary, according to Regional Manager C. E. Col bert. The total number of pol icies in force in Oregon has doubled since 1050 when the regional office was establish ed, Colbert said. OUR BUSINESS WILL BE Gift (R-Newberg), the commission chairman, replied that the commission was charged with producing a sound, modern constitution. He said all revi sions proposed by the com mission would be subject to legislative decision. Layman added nine of the 17 members of the commission were attor neys and members of the bar. Seaside Considers Hospitality Plan Seaside - (UPIl - Seaside was reported considering a plan for organized hospitality to youths visiting the beach re sort town. The plans Include beach games, and a welcoming hand from the businesses. The action follows a Labor Day riot in which an estim ated 1,500 people partici pated. Businessmen of the com munity were agreed that they want the young people back and the owners of the Seaside Hotel proposed the plan. Vern Raw and Roy E. Smith were circulating a let ter in the area which gives details of how the city of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., dealt with the same problem. Under the Fort Lauderdale plan, con structive activities are organ ized, campuses notified in ad vance of basic ground rules, and citizens enlisted to give volunteer help to arrange en tertainment programs. Raw said the plan at Sea side was still in the talking stage. Few Communicable Diseases Reported Only a few communicable disense cases were reported to the Jackson county health de partment last week. Medford reported three cases of influenza, one case of German measles, one ease of measles, and three cases of whooping cough. Ashland reported two cases of influenza, Central Point three cases of measles and Jacksonville one case of in fectious hepatitis. One case of gonorrhea was reported. L J k III 1 were Tom Ness, president of the post, Bill Edwards, Mike Lorton, Cecil Pence, Jim Moyer, Rob Hight and Ed Moad. Truck drivers were Tom Ness, Sr., Robert Dames, Tom-Mec and Phil Stump. The remainder of the B't mile road to the top of Roxy Ann will be cleaned up today, Ness said. After voting to ask the leg islature to delay action on the constitution for two years, the attorneys listed their main objections to the new draft They said they disliked proposals to give the Supreme Court rule-making power and to use the "Missouri plan" of having judges first appointed, men later ratified by the vol' ers. The bar voted to support increases in judges salaries, probably at the 1903 legisla ture. They said a Supreme Court justice's salary should be raised from $19,000 to $22,- 500 and a circuit judge from $10,500 to $19,000. The delegates also voted to recommend a fourth circuit judge for Lane counly. Canoe Traveler Reaches Astoria Astoria, Ore. (UPIl Heavily bearded Alex Laird, 23, pad dled his canoe into the East End Mooring Basin here Thursday, ending a 1, 208-mile journey down the Columbia river. Laird was met by Mayor and Mrs. Harry Steinbock and Norris Johnson, manager of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce. Laird, of Tustin, Calif., started from Canal Flats, B.C., July 4 with three companions and two canoes. The other three men dropped out 150 miles and two shipwrecks later Laird continued despite some damage to his canoe when it overturned in the Kinbaskct Rapids of British Columbia. Official Collapses During Ceremony Vancouver. Wash. IUPI) - Howard J. Ashe of Portland, field operations officer for the Bonneville Power Admin istration, collapsed while act ing as master of ceremonies here Friday night at the De partment of Interior em ployes' annual golf banquet. He was taken from the Royal Oaks Country Club to a hospital, where he was pro nounced dead. Ashe was employed by the Great Northern Railway, with headquarters at Skyomish, Wash., from 1923-41, when he joined BPA as operator of the Alcoa substation at Van couver. lie rose to BPA's mainlen- ante headquarters at Spokane in 194(1, and went to Seattle I In 1952 as area power man- ; ager. He was sent to Portland in 1957. moving up to direct or of field operations early this year. Salem Voters Turn Down Bond Issue Salem - H'PP Salem voters Friday defeated a $5 6 million bond issue for a new sewage treatment plant, but not by much. The vote was 2,084 for and 2.524 against. The issue will probably come up again on the Novem ber ballot. Salem's present sewage treatment plant has been de scribed as vastly outdated by the State Board of Health, and city officials. Local canneries staged -stiff opposition to the bond issue, complaining about rates The Salem Chamber of Commerce supported the canneries. A second question on the ballot passed easily. 2.K66 . 1.880. It merges the city's sanitary sewer department with the city water department. SECRETARY McNAMARA SAYS: U.S. Faces Worst Crisis Since Washington - (UPD - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNa mara has said the United States is facing its worst mil itary crisis since the Korean war. To cop? with the situation, McNamara told the House Armed Services committee, the Defense Department Is considering bolstering the size of the armed forces. McNamara made the state ment last week. A censored transcript"; of his testimony was released Friday. Asked by the committee if I EVERYTHING 5 it's so easy y -rf' , I to just ,.y, DRESSED YOl I CHARGE ,TI ' SCH00L 1 w? iliyk NEW DUSTERS I IIUvNX ...Quilted and i -s -v USE NEWBERRY'S W -m. i Mm r imp y I- .:.. Vi I 'TyC 1,0 block-"!! necessary. OO 97c he thought there was any dif ference between past cold war crises and the present situa tion, McNamara said: "I would say that the cri sis today in terms of military requirements and potential military operations is more se vere than at any time since the actual Korean War." McNamara was backed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, chair man, said he agreed with Mc Namara's estimate, but Lem initzer's reasons for his stand were censored. 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