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CARDINALS IN ROME American Cardinals attending
the 21st Ecumenical Council at Vatican City are shown as
Ihey strolled in the garden of American College in Rome
during a break in conference duties. They are, from left,
Ben Bella To
Confer Medal on
Cuban Premier
Havana - HIPP, - Algerian
premier Ahmed Ben Bella
was expected to confer his
country's first "Medal of
Honor" on Premier Fidel Cas
tro before leaving Cuba this
afternoon.
In a speech Tuesday, Ben
Bella said the Algerian "Na
tional Liberty Front" had
awarded its only medal so
far to Castro.
Ben Bella was the guest of
honor Tuesday night at a pri
vate banquet given by Castro
and President Osvaldo Dor
licos. Excerpts of his speech
were broadcast at half-hour
intervals by the Castroite tel
evision network.
Caslro welcomed Bpn Bella
on his arrival here Tuesday
with a speech heaping abuse
on the United States.
The bearded Cuban told
the Arab Algerian premier.
who had been a guest of Pres-1
iucui ft.-nui.u,Y (tl me vvnue
House only 24 hours earlier,
that his visit to Cuba in the
face of "Yankee imperialist
hostility" was a "gesture we
shall never forget."
Castro's brief speech was
his bitterest anti - American
attack since he seized power
in 1959. His hearers included
thousands of workers turn
ed out by his revolutionary re
gime to give Ben Bella a
warmer welcome to Cuba
than he received in the United
States.
"To make this visit at a
time when the powerful Yan
kee empire ... is using the j
threat of blackmail, bribery, j
criminal trade and economic1
blockade in an effort to make
nur revolution surrender
through hunger ... is an act
nf courage on your part, Mr.
Prime Minister." Castro said.
Moon Shot Reset
For Thursday
Cape Canaveral, Fla. - UPP -The
Federal space agency,
prompted by tropical storm
Ella's change in course, did an
about face today and decided
to go ahead Thursday with
an attempt to shoot its Ranccr
5 spacecraft toward the moon.
The shot was hastily
squeezed back into the range
firing schedule today, and in
formed sources said "right
now. it looks good."
HEWSd)BRIEFS
rriMi from m J ASOUNO THI OlOII
FIRE RAZES AMMUNITION BUILDING
Memphis. Tenn.-tPI'-Fire flashed through en ammunition
assembly building here today where ebout 30 employees
were working alter en incendiary-type bomb ignited and
touched off other bombs.
The sheriff's office said all of the workers escaped but
lour women were hospilalised for treatment of shock.
CUBA TRADE CRACKDOWN DISCUSSED
WashingtontPI-The Stele Department hes sent its top
lawyer to Peris to discuss with NATO officials the U. S.
crackdown on ships trading with Cube.
RUSSIA FIRES MULTI STAGE ROCKET
Moscow-IPI-The Soviet Union fired new type ol multi
siege carrier rocket more then
Srget eree in Ihe t,enirai recr'c ihio.t m
cfliciel Tass news agency said.'
MEDFORD,
Officials Discuss
Jefferson School
Combination Class
A first and third grade com
bination class at Jefferson
school was discussed at the
Medford school board meet
ing last night.
Selected children from
each grade were placed in the
combination class to relieve
crowded conditions in the two
grades.
Enrollment exceeded expec
tations at Jefferson, and the
Missing Woman,
Children Found
Dead in Vehicle
The Jackson county coro
ners office plans an autopsy
today on the
body of Mrs.
Nancy Carol Rohl, 27, Grants
Pass, and her two sons who
were found shot to death yes
terday afternoon in a car
parked at Gold Hill's Rocky
Point cemetery. The car was
locked.
Mrs. Rohl, who had been
missing with her two children
since Oct. 7, apparently shot
Eric, 5, and Carl, 2, then shot
herself, the Jackson county
sheriff's office reported this
morning.
The two boys were shot
through the head, but an au
topsy is needed to determine
where the bullet entered Mrs.
Rohl's body, deputies said.
A .22 caliber revolver with
five empty chambers in it was
found near Mrs. Rohl's body
in the front seat of the car,
deputies said. The coroner's
nffirt nctimatcri Ihe !rin had
been dead for six to eight !
days. '
The car covered with leaves
from the recent storm, was
found by a Gold Hill couple
about 3:50 p.m. yesterday
when they were placing flow
ers on a grave.
Mrs. Rohl and the two boys
were reported missing by her j
parents. Mr. ana Mrs. ueorgc
High, 605 East Park St.,
Grants Pass. Oct. 7, when Mrs.
Rohl said she and the boys
were going for a drive.
Both' her husband and her
parents said Mrs Rohl had
been despondent. She and her
husband had separated.
7.S00 miles into e preerranged
the
OREGON, WEDNESDAY,
Albert Gregory Cardinal .Meyer, Chicago; Richard James
Cardinal Cushing, Boston; Francis Cardinal Spellman,
New York; James Francis Cardinal Mclntyre, Los An
geles, and Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter, St. Louis. (UPI)
combination class was organ
ized to reduce other first and
third grade classes to within
state standards of not more
than 30 pupils to a classroom.
Mrs. Peter B. Shogrcn, 1705
South Columbus ave., Med
ford, told the board she be
lieved there was too much
distraction between first and
third grade pupils being in
the same classroom, and won
dered if such an arrangement
was common practice in
school districts.
Other Combinations
Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield,
superintendent, noted that
similar combinations have oc
curred previously, not only
in the Medford district, but
also in other districts in the
state.
"It is our job to see that
the child docs not suffer scho
lastically" in such a situation,
Dr. Mayfield said. He ex
pressed confidence that pupils
in the class will not suffer
educationally.
Elliott Becken, assistant su
perintendent, pointed out thai
pupils in the classroom were
selected on their ability to
work individually, and all of
them "arc progressing well."
He noted that Ruch and West
Side schools have used the
combination class arrange
ment in the past, and no ad
verse affects on the child had
been noted when they enter
ed junior high school.
Classrooms Planned
Dr. Mayfield said at least
two new classrooms are plan
ned at Jefferson by next fall
in the district's regular build
ing program, and the present
arrangement is not a proma
nent one.
Both Dr. Mayfield and Bec
kon stressed that if parents
of pupils in the classroom are
concerned about their child,
the pupil can be moved to
one of the other classes.
The board authorized a let
ter to the Jackson county rur
al school board expressing its
objection to the rural board
scheduling a public hearing
without consulting school
boards involved in the issue
The rural board called a
public hearing Oct. 29 on a
proposal to join thc Phoenix
and Medford school districts.
Neither board apparently was
consulted, and all but one
member of the Medford board
will be on an in-service
servation trip on the east coast
at that time.
The trip In
study teaching
techniques In
schools is part
observe and
methods and
the eastern
of Medford's
participation in the Oregon
Program, a S3 5 million Ford
Foundation financed project
lo improve teaching methods
and teaching itself.
Becken reviewed plans for
the trip of school personnel
and board members lo Lex
ington, Mass., and Norwalk,
Conn , to study teaching meth
ods. He pointed out that the
district is under no obligation
to adopt any one of the meth
ods or programs observed.
STORM TOLL NOW 17
Portland - 'IP!' - Tie acci
dental death toll from last
Friday's windstorm in Oreson
rnf to 17 today with two
mo.T deaths reported.
Tribune
OCTOBER 17, 1962
Vi
Pope Receives
Large Audience;
Requests Prayers
Vatican Cily-ll!PP-Pope John
XXIII today received about
10,000 persons in a general
audience in St. Peters Basilica
and asked them to pray for
the success of the Ecumenical
Council.
Those attending the public
audience filed past the empty
tiers of seats erected on either
side of the basilica to accom
modate the more than 2,500
cardinals, patriarchs, arch
bishops, bishops and abbots
attending the meeting.
The Council itself was in
adjournment while officials
counted ballots handed in
Tuesday by the church "fa
thers" for election of commis
sion members.
These will be announced,
or new elections held, during
the general congregation set
for Saturday.
Church experts said the
first discussion item on the
agenda of the council offers
a good chance to show how
much can be done towards
the idea oft Christian unity.
The 2.500 - plus Roman
Catholic group is to begin dis
cussion Monday on a new
constitution on sacred liturgy.
The subject, the experts
said, could play a major role
in bringing Christians of dif
ferent faiths togcthcr-or keep
ing them apart.
Liturgical reform concerns
the forms of prayers, acts and
ceremonies used in public
worship, particularly the
Mass.
Part of Pope John XXIH's
expressed reason for calling
the council, the first In al
most a century. If to bring
the church into step with mod
ern times.
Jackson St. Will Be
Closed This Week
Jackson st. between River
side ave. and Biddle rd. will
be closed part of Thursday
and Friday and all day Sun-
a.dy' .reler rv'uwu "
sircuun company oiuc.ai, au-
nnd today,
! Thc closure ,s to pr0,cct
i vc'nlclcs from tne Palnt wnlch
, wlM bc sprayed on thc beams
, on tnc freeway structure over
. Jackson si.
! Hours for Thursday and
,)b-iFriday when the street will
bc closed are from 1 to 4 p.m
and 5:30 to 7 p m. The opening
during the late afternoon will
accommodate peak traffic in
the area. City officials en
couraged motorists not to 'isp
Jackson st. on these days to
avoid congestion in the area.
Tax Revision Bill Signed
Washington - 1OT President Kennedy
signed into law Tuesday the tax revision
bill left on his desk by thc session of Con
gress that adjourned last Saturday.
In signing the tax meature Kennedy
praised thc $l billion tax credit for busi
ness. He hailed it as an "important bill,
one possessing many desirable features
which will stimulate the economy and pro
vide a greater measure of fairness in our
lax system."
) The bill, Irimmed-down vey.inn of lh
administration s original proposal. alw tight-
57th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 179
Power, Telephone
Service Continues
To Be Disrupted
More Than 70,000
Claims on File
Portland - WD - Many
homes and businesses in West
ern Oregon were still without
power and telephone service
today, five days alter the
worst windstorm in the re
gion's history.
Power and telephone com
pany repairmen were doing
their best, but a complete re
turn to normal is not expect
ed before next week.
President Kennedy Tues
day declared Oregon a "ma
jor disaster" area and au
thorized an immediate SI mil
lion in federal funds. "If if
determined that addition
al funds are needed I shall
take action to provide such
funds," the President said.
This money goes to repair
state facilities damaged by the
storm.
The Oregon Association of
Independent Insurance Agi nts
reported that property own
ers had filed more than 70,-
000 claims totaling $20 mil
lion by Monday night.
$9 Million in Portland
Damage in the Portland-
Vancouver area alone result
ed in 41,020 claims exceed
ing $9 million.
About 90 per cent of the
claims involved dwellings and
the rest were industrial or
mercantile. Figures did not in
clude insured cars, airplanes
or boats.
The number and amount of
claims ouisine Portland in
cluded:
Albany-Corvallis. 8,000, $2
million; Salem and vicinity,
7.000, $2,300,000; Coos Bay
North Bend, 6,500, $1,750,000;
Eugene-Springfield. 6,250, S2.
275,000; Gold Beach-Port Or
ford, 1.550, $1,500,000; Ban
don, 1,525, $875,000; Asloria
Tillamook, 350, $200,000,
Medford-Grants Pass. 300,
$50,000; Roseburg, 300, $50,
000. West Coast Telephone Co.
reported it had restored 13,
000 of the 25.000 telephones
knocked out of service. A
spokesman said thc Coos Bay
division suffered thc heaviest
damage with 4.930 of thc di
vision's 22,240 telephones still
out Tuesday afternoon. Only
30 telephones remained out in
the La Grande division.
Gov. Mark Hatfield's office
estimated damage at $1.1 mil
lion lo aircraft with 251
planes destroyed or damaged.
Thc Agriculture Depart
ment designated 19 Oregon
counties as areas where thc
Farmers' Home Administra
tion may make emergency
loans through Dec. 31, 1963.
Thc counties are Benton,
Clackamas, CJatsop, Colum
bia, Coos, Curry, Douglas,
Jackson. Josephine, Klamath,
Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion,
Mullnoamh, Polk, Tillamook,
Washington and Yamhill.
Thc big cleanup job contin
ued here. Trees and limbs
were being burned in the
South Auditorium renewal
area.
WAREHOUSE BURNS
Grandview, Wash. - HOT -A
warehouse containing 75,
000 boxes of apples and win
ter pears belonging to the
Yakima Fruit Growers asso
ciation was destroyed by fire
last night. Loss was estimated
at $375,000.
WEATHER
FOR F. CAST: Fair lhrmiBh
Thurkday. A f w patrhM nf
vallfv fog and frost a I expo-icri
orations ery Thiirhdav morn
In. Warmrr daytime leniprra
tiirrs. I.nw lonl(ht 23-31, lllch
Thursday 73-7.
Temp.
HlxhrU Yrstrrdav 7
Lowest Thts Morning
Our Skies Toniqht
Sunset today
V jl p m.
V?7 a.m.
9:01 p.m.
UM. 20 !
Sunrtse tomorrow
Moonrlse tonic hi
I, ai (Quarter
Thr planet, Mrmiry
rises .V'M a.m.
and Is now on that part of Us
nrntt nrareot to the Sun. Mer
rurv's distanre from Ihe F.arlh
ton lent is about an million
mile..
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WHITE HOUSE MEETING President Ken
nedy is shown as he conferred with West
German Foreign Minister Gerhard Sehroe
der, left, at the While House. The two con-
Storm Will Have
Effect on State's
Financial Picture
Salcm-IIM-Goy. Mark Hat
field said today last week's
hurricane will have a "sig
nificant effect" on thc stale's
finances for thc rest of Ihe
biennium, but thc magnitude
will nol be known until furth
er information is available.
This was reported in a state
ment of thc state's financial
condition prepared by the Fi
nance Department and Tax
Commission.
The statement is required
by law 20 days before the gen
eral election.
The statement shows the
exact figures reported some
weeks ago by State Finance
Director Freeman Holmcr
that the state will wind up
the biennium in June, 19B2
with a thin balance of $590,
427. At that time, the stale's in
come is estimated at $360,
8119,446, and expenditures at
$360,279,019.
Additional Expenditures
i Hatfield said storm losses lo
i state property not covered by
the state restoration fund
"will require additional, un
anticipated expenditures."
"The losses to individuals
and firms as a result of storm
damage will affect income and
other revenues. The magni
tude of thc impact of these
and other fiscal results of the
hurricane will not be known
until more complete data is
available," he said.
Thc report estimates thai
state revenues in the next
biennium will run somewhere
between $325 million and
$375 million, compared to thc
estimated $334 million In
1961-63.
Hatfield gave no estimate
on how big his propose ! 19H3
65 budget will bc, but he said
it will bc balanced.
Autopsy Scheduled
To Determine Death
An autopsy may be made on
the body of Paul Dee Rcyn-
olds
61, of route 3, box 212,
Metlford, who died in a truck
accident yesterday afternoon
at Phoenix, the Jackson coun
ty coroner's office said today.
Investigating officers said
Reynolds possibly died of a
heart attack. The flatbed
truck he was driving, owned
by Highcroft Orchards, Tal
ent, went through a stop sign
on First St. In Phoenix, cross
ed Highway 99 and went into
Bear Creek.
Reynolds had a history of
,li .IKI- honrl allele
stale police said.
Phoenix police. Jackson
county sheriff's officers and
stale police investigated the
accident.
ens rules governing lax deductions for ex
pense account spending.
It also raises taxes on savings institu
tions, mutual fire and casualty companies
and (arm cooperatives, and would bring in
more taxes from U S -controlled sales sub
sidiaries operating in "tax havens" abroad.
Thc hill docs nol provide for witholding
nf income taxes on dividends and interest,
a key proposal in the Kennedy plan. But it
sets up new interest and dividend reporting
rrriuirmcnts to co'cl such taxes.
JFK-Khrushchev
Meeting Possibly
Could Ease Tension
Washington - IDPH - Wesl
German Foreign Minister
Gerhard Schroeder said aft
er a White House conference
today that a meeting between
President Kennedy and Ni
kila Khrushshev could be
helpful if the Soviet leader is
in the right mood.
Schroeder made the com
ment as he left a 00-minute
mnfnrnnt.p with Ifnnnnrlv
which apparently was exclu-
sivcly devoled to the Berlin
crisis.
He said thai "I would nol
like lo give an opinion as to
whether a special meeting of
the two leaders on Berlin at
this time would be useful
whether it would be helpful
depends on the mood in which
Khrushchev comes here."
"Certainly talking is better
than fighting," the foreign
minister added.
No announcement has been
made thai Khrushchev will,
in fact, come to the United
Slates this fall. But there has
been speculation he would
attend sessions of the UN
General Assembly In New
York. Kennedy has expressed
willingness to meet him if
this happens.
Schroeder met the Presi
dent today as the high point
Clear Lake Cutoff
Dedication Held
Clear Lake, Ore.-IUPIl-A $3
million section of U. S. 128,
formerly known as the Clear
Lake cutoff, .was dedicated
south of here today, giving
Oregon a new all-weather
highway through the Cas
cades. Thc route is 20 miles from
the McKcnzic highway north
to thc Sanliam Highway via
Belknap Springs and Clear
Lake. Only a few years ago,
il was a primitive mountain
road.
Chief speaker at the dedi
cation ceremonies, at Sahalie
Falls south of here, was
Glenn L. Jackson of Medford,
chairman of thc Oregon High
way Commission. Other dig
nitaries came from Linn,
Lane and Deschutes counties.
Completion of the route
eliminates Ihe deadend that
has resulted in past years
when winter snows close thc
McKenzie pass.
Boy Injured in
Bike-Car Accident
Patrick Alan Jacobson, 12.
!LWLV'li
V ,,, ,iwji
!' thl
MMjimiiK mr a ncaa
f",1 8n? 1,1 Pr released. He was
n),'rpd bicycle col
I pd with an automobile at
I W1 Fourth ""d Oakdale
i avIl, .
l ne Diiy loin ivicninrn po
lice that Bruce Wayne Bailey,
81S West Main st.. was riding
on the handlebars of his bi
cycle at the time of the acci
dent. Driver of thc westbound
car was Mildred Amanda
Ray. 38, of 710 Pennsylvania
ave. Young Jacobson told po
lice he was eastbound on
Fourth si. and as he ap
proached t h c Intersection
looked left, right and rear,
then saw the car in front of
him. The bicycle hit the left
front fender of the Ray ve
hicle, officers said.
No citations were issued.
ferrcd on Allied military and diplomatic
preparations to meet any new threat to
Berlin by thc Soviet Union. (UPI)
of a five-day visit here about
the Berlin situation. It is in
preparation for thc Nov. 7
visit of German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer.
Officials said thc meeting
gave Kennedy an opportunity
to get the latest West German
assessment in preparation for
his conference late Thursday
with Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko which is ex-
pected to focus on the
Ber
lin problem.
It also gave Ihe President
a channel tor conveying his
own views on Ihe possible
course of events to Adenauer.
Schroeder has made it clear
in discussions here with Sec
retary of Slate Dean Rusk
and other high officials that
his government docs not nec
essarily share the Kennedy
administrations view that
Khrushchev is preparing to
whip up a new Berlin crisis
as soon as the U.S. elections
are over.
Reports on Meeting
While still predicting new
Soviet military, economic or
diplomatic pressure on Ber
lin in late November or De
cember, U.S. officials ac
knowledge they found no such
threat In Ambassador Foy D.
Kohler's report from Mos
cow on his three-hour meet
ing Tuesday with Khrush
chev. Khrushchev was said to
have ranged across a wide
variety of East-West prob
lems, but without devoting
undue emphasis to Berlin or
any other single Issue and
without repeating his de
mands for "liquidation" of
the Allied position on thc city.
The Soviet leader was un
derstood to have spoken at
some length of his efforts lo
develop Russian economy.
All In all, offcials said, it was
not. a tough confrontation at
all.
Jeannace Freeman
Rehearing Refused
Salcm-iUPIl-The Oregon Su
preme Court, without a writ
ten opinion, today rejected a
petition for a rehearing In the
first degree murder convic
tion and death penalty hand
ed to Jeannace June Free
man. 21, who threw a child
Into a Central Oregon gorge
last year.
This left standing the high
court's decision which af
firmed her sentence.
Thc court's mandate will
now go to Jefferson County
1 T. ,7. " '., Z ...
The only aVenue open ,o
im. Freeman now is
an ap-
peal for clemency
Mark Hatfield.
to Gov.
Tropical Storm Turns
To Northerly
Miami, Fla.-WD - Tropical
storm Ella, skirting thc Flor
ida coast, turned to a more
northerly direction today but
still kept thc South Atlantic
Seaboard within range of its
70-mile-an-hour winds.
The Weather Bureau said
the storm showed signs of
zig zagging and warned coast
al residents from Cape Can
averal, Fla., north to Cape
llatlcras, N.C., to keep in
touch with adversorics.
Tie direction change
brought an all-clear report for
Unauthorized
Sale of Surplus
Goods Disclosed
Thornton Demands
Inventory Release
Salem - OJPH - Gov. Mark
Hatfield today released the
state's audit of missing prop
erty at Camp Withyeombe in
Clackamas county showing
thc unauthorized sale of SB.
488 worth of surplus gocris
from thc Tongue Point Naval
Station, Astoria.
Thc action came almost
simultaneously with a de
mand from Atty. Gen. Robert
Y. Thornton ior release of the
inventory.
The audil indicated that
$3,576 in furnishings were
sold to junk dealers anJ
others. Another S-,712 was
derived from sale of logs at
Tongue Point.
In addition, the audit report
said, $398 was derived from a
"falsified claim" drawn on
slate funds, and another $163
was derived from a refund of
money originally paid from
federal funds.
Douglas F. DcCew, super
visor of state audits, said all
of this money, totaling $7,054,
was put into an "unauthorized
cash fund" set up on orders
from the late Oregon adjutant
general, Alfred E. Hintz.
Fund Set Up
DeCew said the former
commanding officer of Camp
Withyeombe, Lt. Col. James
J. Anderson, told authorities
he set up the fund on instruc
tions from Hintz.
Anderson "further stated
that $4,000 of the moneys of
the unauthorized cash fund
were turned over in cash by
him personally to Gen. Hintz,"
DeCew said.
DeCew said all but $4,472
of the fund has been account
ed for. He added that disposi
tion of the $4,472 "has not
I been definitely established "
DeCew noted a military
audit is still under way.
Thornton complained that
"legal slops should have been
taken long before this time to
recover this property or Its
fair market value from the
responsible parties."
"It further appears," Thorn
ton said, "that some or all of
this loss may be covered by
official bond."
Johnson To Arrive
Friday Evening
Vice President Lyndon B.
Johnson will arrive in Med
ford Friday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m.
and Immediately leave for
the Rogue Valley Country
club where he will be honor
ed at a dinner sponsored by
local Democratic organiza
tions.
The vice president's sched
ule was announced today by
Jackson County Democratic
Party Chairman Jean Mills.
Chairman of the dinner Is
Tom Reeder.
Also attending the dinner
will be Sen. Wayne Morse,
who with Mrs. Morse, will
drive lo Medford from Grants
Pass where the senator will
speak at the dedication of a
Grants Pass plywood mill at
3 p.m. They plan to arrive
In Medford in time to greet
Johnson at the airport. Also
present will be Ed Spencer,
state Democratic chairman
Bnd other officials.
Vice President Johnson and
Senator Morse will address
a public rally at Hedrlck Jun
ior High school at 8 p.m.
They will be Introduced by
Oregon Speaker of the House
Robert B. Duncan. Demo
cratic party officials and state
and local candidates will be
introduced.
Tickets for the dinner are
available at the Democratic
headquarters, 414 East Main
st., Puruckcrs Music House,
Medford Stationery Store and
the Lusk Piano company.
DAY OF PRAYER
Salem - IUPII - Sunday nas
been designated by Gov. Mark
Hatfield as a day of "prayer.
rededication, and as a tribute
to those who lost their lives
a result of '.he storm."
Direction
the cast Florida coast south
of Cape Canaveral.
The storm center at 11 a.m.
(PST) was located about 300
miles east of Cape Canaveral.
The Florida east coast was
receiving heavy showers and
gusty winds from the extreme
outer edge of the storm.
Garden City, Charleston
and Georgetown, S.C., also
were receiving gusty winds
and rough seas, the Weather
Bureau said. Tides were high
from Daytona Beas Fla., tn
Cape Hattcras, N.C.