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CALL ON PRESIDENT Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr.
and members of his family
Catholic Council
Selects Members
01 Commissions
Vatican City-ll'PH-The more
than 2,500 "fathers" of the
Ecumenical Council cast bal
lots today for members of- 10
vital commissions that will
determine whether the strong
ly Italian Vatican administra
tion will dominate the great
conclave. Then they adjourn
ed until Saturday.
The balloting signaled an
end to the deadlock in voting
procedure that had marked
the opening session last Satur
day when a liberal group of
cardinals urged a postpone
ment then so that the dele
gates could become more fa
miliar with candidates.
The council cardinals, arch
bishops, bishops and abbots
filed out of St. Peter's Basilica
one hour and 20 minutes after
they had convened.
Work Said Achieved
One of the bishops told
United Press International
"the work was achieved."
"The council fathers voted
for 10 commissions, filling out
10 separate ballots with 16
names on each," he said.
A simple majority of 50 per
cent of the vote can elect. Af
ter two unsuccessful ballots,
a plurality is sufficient.
Achille Cardinal Lienart of
France, who abruptly brought
a suspension of Saturday's
first working session by ques
tioning the method of select
ing candidates, coincidentally
presided today. The presiding
post alternates among 10 car
dinals of the council presi
dency. Damage
e Estimated
At Stale Colleges
Salem- (UPD -The governor's
office today released a break
down of estimated damage to
the nine state-owned colleges
and universities by Friday's
storm. Total damage was
$617,000 plus $214,000 in
cleanup costs.
Oregon College of Educa
tion was hardest hit, with
$275,000 worth of damage.
Other estimated damage:
Oregon State university.
$250,000; including $150,000
in damage to OSU forest
lands: University of Oregon
S64.000: U. of O. Medical
school $10,000; U. of O. Den
tal school $2,000; Southern
Oregon college $1,000; Ore
gon Technical Institute $10,
000; Portland State college
$5,000; Eastern Oregon col
lege, none.
Of the $617,000. some $372.
000 is covered by the state
restoration fund and another
$31,000 is covered by insurance.
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RADIOACTIVE DEBRIS FALLS ON ISLAND
Honolulu-'IPI-Joinl Tk Force 8 announced lodey thai
"a number of imall piecei of radioeclive contaminated
debri" fell back on Johnston Island Monday night after
the rocket-borne nuclear device wai destroyed in flight.
BABNETT CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT
New Orleant-'iri'-The U. S. Fifih Circuit Court of Ap
.!. iod tekei under adviiement the contempt caie of
Misi"ipp
Johnson.
Got. Ro R.
SOVIET CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO MEET
MocowlPI-The Central Committee of the SoTiet Com
..;.( nariT will be called to meet Not. 15 20 to diicuu
internal and international affair probably including Berlin.
well informed tourcei laid
visit with President Kennedy
People of Monaco
Unite in Political
Fight With France
Monte Carlo, Monaco -IUPH-The
people of Monaco united
behind Prince Rainier and
Princess Grace today to stave
off the catastrophe that this
tiny Riviera principality might
lose out as a tax-free paradise
because of a diplomatic fight
with France.
A spokesman at the palace
said the mailman i.ad been
bringing messages of good
will from the various local
and foreign residents of this
360-acre country.
So far, no foreign country
has come forth with any state
ments of solidarity for toy-
Losses in Storm
Said Deductible
Salem - IUPD - Oregon law
permits state income tax de
ductions in the same amounts
as the federal law for provable
losses from Friday's hurricane
winds. Gov. Mark Hatfield
noted today.
Damage to houses, cars and
other property not covered by
insurance is measured by the
difference in value of the
property immediately prior to
the storm, and immediately
after the damage was done.
Hatfiele, said this often can
be measured by the cost of
restoring the damage. But he
added the loss can never ex
ceed value of the property be
fore the damage. For ex
ample, a $100 car cannot be
damaged beyond its $100
value, even if it takes $200
to repair it.
It also was pointed out that
tax losses are reduced by the
amount of any insurance pay
ments received by the owner.
A chief problem is proving
the value of ornamental trees
and shrubs. Hatfield urged
taxpayers to obtain loss data
as soon as possible, and back
up values with persons with
special knowledge, such as
realtors, nurserymen or
praise rs.
ap-
Bggesf Douglas Fir
Suryives Big Storm
. Astoria - (UPD - Oregon's
record size Douglas Fir sur
vived Friday's storm without
heavy damage, a spokesman
for Crown-Zellerbach said to-
day.
Earl Weed, personnel super-
visor for the firm's Clatsop
Tree Farm said the 15.48-foot
diameter tree, which is some
1.000 years old. was "doing
fine.'
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AIOUNO THI OlOII
Barnett and Lt. Got. Paul B.
tonight.
Walter III, 12; Schirra, Suzanne,
sized Monaco, embroiled in a
tax war with France.
But a ralace spokesman said
never before in the history of
Monaco had t:ie citizens so
enthusiastically demonstrated
patriotism.
The National Council (par
liament) has often been in dis
sension with the prince about
various matters but now they
are "solidly united, ' the gov
ernment official raid.
Little Monaco awaited an
invitation from France for ne
gotiations to resume.
Meantime, citizens bravely
continued business as usual.
The official attitude was to
icsue optimistic statements to
outsiders.
No Money Withdrawn
The palace Insisted no for
eigners had picked up their
money and left town in view
o the fact that they may have
to pay taxes.
The spokesman .it Barclay'r
Bank told reporters that no
businesses had withdrawn
their money.
One union leader, present
at a meeting of trade union
executives Monday mpht, said
he was not worried that for
eign businessmen would close
their doors.
Duncan Asks Aid
For Three Counties
Eugene-iUPI'- Oregon House
Speaker Robert B. Duncan
(D-Medford today asked
President Kennedy to cut
three Oregon countkj in for
a share of funds under the
emergency public works bill
recently passed by congress.
The counties are Josephine.
Coos and Douglas.
In a letter to the White
House Duncan, Democratic
nominee for congress in the
fourth district, said each
county has been hard hit by
mill closures and high unem
ployment and each qualifies
for aid.
Duncan also said that the
"type of work that would do
the most long-range good In
these areas would be ' road
construction for both recrea
tional and timber access pur
poses, reforestation by plant
ing or seeding, experimenta-
I tion in intensive
forest man-
agemeni and the development
i of trails and additional for-
i et recreational facilities."
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Moon Shot Set
For Wednesday
Cape Canaveril -1TP- U. S.
space scientists, working un
der an ever-tightening time
restriction, pusheo an "all-out
drive" today to get a 755
pound probe rejdy for a shot
at the moon Wednesday.
The probe, a gold- and
chrome-plated spacecraft nam
ed Rangfr-5. will attempt to
get some 150 clos.rup pictures
of the moon and try to "crash
land" a packaue o' scientific
instruments safely on the lu
nar surface.
The moon is in the rUht
position for such a shot only
about five days t: i is month.
Scientists saw the first day of
that "window" i'rp by when
the launching of rtanger-5. or
iginally set for t ).'!;. was de
! laved for 24 hours because of
i payioad prooirm
5, and the President. (UPI)
Stumbo Trial on
Charge of Setting
Fire Is Postponed
The Jackson county circuit
court jury trial of Harry War
ren Stumbo, 34, of Wolf
Creek, who has been charged
with setting fire to forest land
was continued this morning.
The trial was scheduled to
start today.
A -stipulation to continue
the trial and have the case
reset at the next circuit court
docket day was signed before
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ney man a. nninies, xvieaiora
Lawyer Robert Boyer. repre
senting Stumbo, and Circuit
Court Judge Edward C. Kelly.
Docket day is scheduled for
the first Monday, in Novem
ber. The jury trial ni Walter
Chase, 41, of route 2, box 68B.
Central Point, on similar
charges is scheduled Oct. 30
in Jackson county circuit
court. .
A third man, Leo Vincent
Thompson, 30, Rogue River,
who pleaded guilty Sept. 11
to a charge of setting fire to
forest land, is awaiting sen
tencing. He is being held in
the county jail in lieu . of
$2,500 bail. Stumno and Chase
have been released after de
claring their innocence, and
posting $2,500 bail each.
The charges involve a series
of fires which broke out in
an area north and east of
Grants Pass extending into
Jackson county during a two
hour period on the afternoon
of July 16. Twelve were small
and quickly extinguished, but
one burned 250 ai.res in the
Granite hill p.rea, ore mile
north of Grants Pass.
United Crusade Gels
55 Per Cent of Goal
The United Crusade of
Jackson county neared 55 per
cent of its $167,683 goal yes
terday when pledges amount
ing to $22,658.81 last week
brought the total contributed
so far to $95,963.71.
Robert Heffernan, campaign
chairman, said "reports from
division chairmen indicate
that many sections are near-
ing their goal." He urged all
solicitors to complete their
contacts this week.
Two firms were added to
the list of valley businesses
which have earned plaques
for united giving. They are
KMED-TV and the Pacific
Northwest Telephone central
office, which has received the
award for the fifth consecu
tive year.
Specially recognized for sec-
linns which have exceeded
100 per cent of their goal dur
ing the week were Byron
Puhlcr. White City Veterans
Domiciliary: Mrs. Ruth Arndl,
licensed beverage operators;
and Andy Hampster, Butte
Falls representative, who said
that with contributions still to
come, the town should reach
200 per cent of its goal.
The next report meeting
will be held Monday noon at
the Red Cross building, 60
Hawthorne ave., Medford.
Largest Multnomah
Tox Assessment Listed
Portland L'Pl1- The largest
tax assessment in Multnomah
county history, $76,800,762,
wag certified Monday and de
livered to the sheriff's office
for collection.
It was more than $.1 mil
lion over the figure for last
-.ear.
Residents Cleaning
Debris From Storm
Southern Oregon residents
were settled back to a more
routine way of life today, still
cleaning up debris from Fri
day's storm, the last of the
power outages expected to be
repaired, and an estimate
made of the storm damage to
residences in the Medfnrd
area.
Most electric power lines in
Jackson county knocked out
have been repaired and power
restored, Pacific Power and
Light company officials said
today. 11 was expected the
line into Union Creek will be
fixed by this afternoon.
Power has been off since
the storm at the Union Creek
Ranger station, several rest
deuces there, Becky's cafe
and about 15 summer homes
The lines at Howard Prai
rie. Hyatt Lake and Red Blan
ket road area near Prospect
have been repaired, PP&L of-
ficials said
Many Hospitalized !
Raymond Heidenricch, of
954 SE N St., Grants Pass, a 1
PP&L linesman reported
Monday as shaken up when
a pole on which he was work
ing toppled, was injured ser
iously enough to be hospital
ized in the Josephine County
hospital. He was later trans
ferred to the Rogue Valley
hospital here for treatment of
head injuries. He is reported
in fair condition.
The Oregon Association of
Insurance Agents today esti
mated residential storm dam
age in the Medford area about
$50,000, including some 300
dwellings.
But local insurance men
said this estimate is probably
too low. One indicated that
several independent adjusters
have each gone over the 100
dwelling unit mark, and that
the total involved may be sev
eral times that estimated by
the association.
Also, they pointed out, the
association makes no mention
of the roofs of commercial
buildings, automobiles, boats,
and other items covered by
specific insurance clauses or
extended coverage.
New Money In Area
They point out that, as
damaging and tragic as the
storm had been throughout the
state, the widespread insur
ance coverage will bring con
siderable new money into cir
culation locally, to assist con
struction and manufacturing
payrolls, and material deal
ers' income. Not only will
these benefit, but so will in
surance agents, one of them
said today, in asmuch as they
can now expect an increased
volume of business from peo
ple who were inadequately
insured.
uamage to cabins, power
lines and water systems in the
Diamond lake resort area
from Friday afternoon's storm
is estimated about $8,000, ac
cording to John Koch, man
ager of the resort.
Uprooted Huge Treei
Gale winds toppled and up
rooted huge trees, he said,
some of them landing on the
better cabins of the area.
Twenty-eight units, -which are
scheduled to be torn down tl
fall to make way for construe-1 tember of last ve. :. Tass re
Hon of 30 new units, went un- J portr.d hi(,h d,.Krf.e , ac.
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rvocn saia nis crews rjravea
the height of the storm to
turn off gas appliances, water
heaters and to move vehicles
from among falling trees, cut
ting down on the amount of
damage.
Friday's wind caused fivr
foot waves on the lake, he
said.
S. J. Fagonc, 629 Pine St..
Medford, who has a cabin at
Diamond lake, said several
boats broke loose, and one
Doat was smashed on rocks f.t
the north end of the lake.
He said several cabins have
trees either leaning on them
or through the roofs of them
Power lines in the area are
down, and Pacific Power and
Light company officials are
surveying damage.
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VISITS GRANDSON Former President
Dwight Eisenhower says goodbye to his
grandson, David Eisenhower, right, after he
paid a visit to the boy at Phillips Exeter
Target Areas
1,000 Miles From
Launching Sites
Moscow -lUPII- The Soviet
Union, aware of President
Kennedy's challenge to a race
to the moon, tndr.v began a
six-week period of test-firing
new space rockets into t h e
Pacific ocean.
The rockets wre to be fired
from Soviet soil to two target
areas 7,000 miles away in the
Pacific, one cloi,c to the area
where the United States failed
in an attempt to lire a nuclear
test device todi'y.
The official Soviet news
agency Tass announced the
shots Monday as including
"new variations of multi-stage
carrier rockets for cosmic ob
jectives." Such tests in the past have
preceded new Rus'ian space
achievements, although West
ern experts here said the
rockets could !o ntvc mili
tary significance.
Issues Warning
Tass warned all foreign
ships and airplanes to stay
out of the two target areas
from today though Nov. 30.
One area, about 100 miles
square, is about 1 000 miles
southwest of Hawaii and 500
miles from Johnston Island,
the U. S. nuclear testing site.
This is the same g" neral target
area used by the Ruuians for
previous tests.
The second target area Is
located in the northern Pacif
ic, about 600 miles northwest
of Midway Islmd. It Is rec
tangular, measuring roughly
200 by 400 miles. It has not
been used before.
I Fourth Time
The announce:! tests mark
the fourth series over the Pa
cific ocean by Ihe Soviet Un
ion. Russia previously tested
long-range boosters in Janu-
arv and .lulv. 10KI) anrl W
curacy achiev.-d in each test
series.
Tass said the multi-stage
rockets in the current series
will not fire their last stages.
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Hatfield Requests
S2.7 Million To
Alleviate Damage
Portland-fdrh-Rep. Edith
received word from Ihe White
has allocated SI million to
disaster relief because of last
By United Press International
From the Ptesident to the
private citizen moves were
under way today to case Ore
gon's storm parlaysis.
President Kennedy was the
recipient of a request from
Gov. Mark Hatfield for $2.7
million to start repairing pub
lic damage.
A presidential disaster team
was deciding whether to rec
ommend that Oregon get aid
a "major disaster area."
The typhoon-spawned storm
Friday left 22 dead In Oregon.
Losses were estimated at $170
million.
Hatfield put state foresters
at the disposal of local of
ficials to survey forest dam
age and remove dangerous
weakened trees. He appealed
for harvesters for fallen pears
in Southwest Oregon and nuts
in the Willamette Valley.
More schools reopened to
day, including most Portland
schools and many In other
communities.
Adjusters Busy
An army of Insurance ad
justers was setting up head
quarters and getting down to
the task of settling "catas
trophe area" claims.
An insurance spokesman
said, however, "patience Is
the watchword."
In spite of efforts by II
men described as "frantic and
fantastic devotion to duty" by
the governor, outages continu
ed to be a major problem
Some 2,000 power and tele-1
phone crewmen worked on
lines from the coast through
the Willamette Valley and in
Southwest Oregon.
Portland had most of its
power restored. Some outly
ing regions still lacked power.
Thousands of telephones re
mained dead. Spokesmen for
power and telephone firms
said some areas might not get
service before next week.
The Small Business Admin
istration set a special disaster
loan 'program In motion.
Stricken farmers turned for
help to the Farmers Home Ad
ministration. Hatfield said some 26,000
veterans in Oregon could seek
help from the Bureau of Vet
erans Affairs.
Emergency Fund OK'd
The State Emergency Board,
an agent of the legislature,
made the entire balance of Its
emergency fund, $320,000,
Academy at Exter, N.H. The youngster is
a freshman at the school. Mr. Eisenhowed
continued on to Manchester to make a po
litical speech. (UPI) .
Green (D-Ore.), said foday ihe
House ihat President Kennedy
Oregon in Initial funds for
Friday's storm.
i ava,abe to ,he govern0I... of.
1 fiCe for damase reonlrs.
The State Agriculture De
partment was instructed to
make special meat and milk
inspections to prevent the sale
of any supplies spoiled by lack
of refrigeration.
Hatfield said his Initial re
quest for a $2.7 million fed
eral grant represented one-
tenth of the estimated damage
to public property in Oregon.
He said the state would seek
more federal aid later.
He estimated private dam
age at $133 million and said
his figures did not include a
"very high uneatimated
amount" of damage to private
and federal forests.
Hatfield said if the federal
grant is made, regional offices
will be set up In Portland,
Salem, Eugene, Roscburg,
Medford and McMinnvillo to
brief local officials on eligi
bility for federal aid for pub
lic damage.
Hatfield praised Oregon's
response to the storm. "The
destructive power of the ele
ments could not match the
constructive power of the
will, Initiative, neighborlincss
and determination of our peO'
pie," he said. "
Welfare Commission
Will Meet Oct. 26
Salem - IUPD - State Welfare
Administrator Andrew F.
Juras said today the Oregon
Welfare Commission will meet
in Portland Oct. 26, in the
public service building.
Multnomah
Repudiate Sen. Grenfell
Portland -UPC- Democratic
State Sen. William Grenfell
stood repudiated by his party
today for making a false
statement to the police.
County Chairman Frank
Roberts said the Multnomah
Democratic executive com
mittee voted to withdraw
support from Grenfell because
his recent statements do not
give the public a basis for
trust and confidence In him
as a public servant."
Grenfell is running for the
Multnomah County Commis
sion.
Partial Blame
For Success by
Castro Reported
Subcommittee
Criticizes Officer
Washington -fllPH- The State
Department today defended
the continued employment of
Foreign Service Officer Wil
liam E. Wieland, criticized
Monday by the Senate inter
nal security sub-committee.
The subcommittee said in a
formal report made public
Monday that Wieland must
take part of the blame for the
Communist takeover In Cuba.
It charged he was lacking In
"integrity and general suit
ability." State Department Press Of
ficer Lincoln White said Wie
land had been kept on after
a "full review of all the evi
dence" by Secretary of State
Dean Rusk a year ago.
He said Wieland is serving
as a management analyst in
the department's Office of
Management. But as a foreign
service officer of class one,
he Is subject to other assign
ments at any time.
Received Clearance
White said Wieland re
ceived a security clearance
after last year's review of his
case, which was requested by
the subcommittee.
The subcommittee has been
critical of Wieland's activities
i as an expert connected with
the Cuban situation from
1941 until a couple of years
ago.
It said Wieland's case was
an example of "much of what
is wrong with the State De.
partment from a security
standpoint." Loyalty, it said,
was riot' involved; rather
"such factors as integrity and
general suitability."
Kennedy Found Nothing
President Kennedy was ask
ed about the Weiland case
and that of another State De
partment official at a news
conference In January. At that
time he said he had looked
into the cases and found noth
ing to substantiate charges
against the officials.
In my opinion," Kennedy
said, the officials can carry
out their duties "without
detriment to the Interests of
the United States."
But neither State Depart
ment officials nor Wieland's
office made any comment
Monday, on the subcommit
tee's charge.
In a 200-page report, the
subcommittee said:
"Mr. Wieland was not 're
sponsible' for the Communists'
Cuban takeover in the sense
that he alone brought it about.
Neither can he escape a share
of the responsibility."
Some Reports Withheld
It said that exact pinpoint
of blame for certain failures
in the department can not be
made because some official re
ports were withheld.
The report complained that
Wieland had seen intelligence
data for years Indicating that
Fidel Castro was pro-Communist,
and had Communist
associates. At least as early as
1938, the report said, Wieland
was telling friends that Castro
was a Communist surrounded
by Communists.
"Yet he never told his su
periors officially or wrote In
any department paper down
to the day when Fidel Castro
stood before the world as a
self-proclaimed Marxist, what
he told friends privately . , ."
the subcommittee said.
HEARINGS OPEN
Portland (UPI) The Civil
Aeronautics Board opened
part two of hearings on West
Coast Airlines here today.
Democrats
Grenfell, recovering in a
Portland hospital, replied,
"There is nothing that any
one can do to me, including
Mr. Roberts and the Demo
cratic executive board, which
can hurt one-tenth as much as
the knowledge that this acci
dent has taken the life of Mr.
(Harold) Jones."
Grenfell and a Portland
housewife were in a car in
volved in the Jones death last
week. Grenfell, found hours
later, at first said he was kid
naped, then admitted his in
volvement In the accident.
f.