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WE Nl Jl U Lbxru mm U.S. Wants Prompt Answer On Planes Public To Learn 01 Situation in President's Talk , News Conference 1 Scheduled Tuesday Washington (UPD Negotia tions for removal of Soviet IL28 bombers from Cuba re mained stalled today. Officials said the United States has made it clear that it wants an answer soon. Officials shied away from the suggestion that a dead line has been set for a satis factory answer on the bomber question. But President Ken nedy has scheduled a news conference for 3 p.m. (PST) Tuesday. Report Studied The President met with his Cuban cr:sis advisers today to study a report from John J. McCloy, head of a special negotiating committee. Mc Cloy spent more than five hours Sunday in consultations with Soviet Deputy Premier Vasily V. Kuznetsov at the Russian mission on Long Is land, N.Y. Kennedy conferred with the Executive Committee of the National Security council for one hour today after re turning by helicopter from a week end w'th his family at Middleburg, Va. Press Secretary Pierre Sal inger declined to comment on McCloy's report. But other U.S. officials said talks still were stalled on this country's insistence that the Soviet IL28 bombers be removed from Cuba. U.S. officials would say only that they hoped for a satisfactory response to de mands for removal of the lL28s soon - meaning some time today or Tuesday. It would be helpful, they said, if a response could come before Kennedy's scheduled news conference. To Provide Forum The President's news con ference, open to radio and television and scheduled for a convenient viewing hour in many American homes, would provide a forum for any an nouncement - such as a tight ening of the U.S. quarantine of Cuba to include fuel oil. That step has figured in speculation throughout the controversy over removal of the Soviet warplanes, which Kennedy has included in the "offensive weapon" category. Tlie United States has said that it will continue its aerial reconnaissance of Cuba de spite threats from Cuban Pre mier Fidel Castro to fire on American planes. Administration officials said that "if any planes are shot at, w'U announce it." Officials said the aerial mis sions are still being flown over Cuba. Woman Killed in Ashland Accident Ashland-An Ashland wom an died today shortly after she was struck by a truck on Main st. near First st. Rachel Kathrine Flcenor, 61, of 231 Gresham St., died at Ashland Community hospital about noon, according to Ashlpnd city police. The accident occurred at about 11:25 a.m. when she started to cross Main St. and walked in front of a truck, driven by Gerald Leroy Bishop. 38, of Eagle Point. Bishop was not cited. IWS()BRIEFS ITEMS FROM Oy AROUND THI OlOII U. S. WARNS ECM COUNTRIES Pari. - ID' - The United States bluntly warned Eu rope's Common Market countries to maintain and expand their purchase, of U. S. farm product, or lace economic reprisal.. COUNCIL URGED TO EXPOUND DOCTRINE Vatican City - UN1 - Liberal churchmen urged the Ecu menical Council today lo expound Roman Catholic doctrine "in charily, clarity, simplicity and gentlene..." taking care not to offend other churche.. KHRUSHCHEV TELLS REORGANIZATION Moscow - 'I PI - Primier Nikita Khrushchev today an nounced a .weeping reorganitation of the Communiit party', tructure to tighten control, orer indu.try and agriculture. The move appeared limed at supping up production with out curtailing the Soviet military and .pace program.. I jff j. $ Try (UPII DENNIS CHAVEZ Appointed in 193S Dennis Chavez Of New Mexico Dies in Hospital Washington - (UPII - The body of Sen. Dennis Chavez was to be returned to his native New Mexico today to lie in state in the capitol in Santa Fe. The veteran Democrat died Sunday of a heart attack brought on by cancer of the neck. He was 74. He died in Georgetown hos pital, where he had been since Nov. 7 for treatment of a virus infection. The infection had been cured and hospital officials had planned to re lease him Sunday. Filled Unexpired Term Chavez was a liberal, par ticularly on civil rights mat ters. He was appointed to the Senate in 193& to fill the un expired term of Sen. Bron son Cuttin, who had defeated him in 1934 at the polls. Chav ez was elected in 1936 and never again lost an election. His body was to be taken to Santa Fe today, where it will be met by an honor guard of National Guard and stale policemen. The body will lie in state in the Senate cham ber of the capitol all day Tues day. The body was to be taken to Albuquerque late Tuesday for funeral services. An ardent supporter of the New Frontier, Chavez stump ed the Southwest for Presi dent Kennedy, particularly among Spanish speaking peo ple. As chairman of the Senate Public Works Committee and of the appropriations subcom mittee on defense expendi tures, Chavez helped push through billions of dollars in federal outlays. He felt that the government should be willing to spend a lot of mon ey to get what it needed particularly national defense. Chavez had a strong hand in New Mexico politics. He campaigned this year for Democratic gubernatorial can didate Jack Campbell, who won the governorship from the Republicans. But Campbell does not take office until Jan. 1, so Chavez' successor will be named by the Republican incumbent, Gov. Edwin L. Mechem. District Attorneys To Meet in Portland Portland - OTP - Oregon dis trict attorneys will meet for their annual convention here Nov. 29-30. Arno Dencckc, newly elect ed justice of the Oregon Su preme Court, is scheduled to speak to the district attorneys. Poorly Trained Crews Believed Cause of Crash Vessels Collide In Japanese Canal Kawasahi, Japan -(UPD- The Maritime Safety Authority said today unseasoned crews of some of the hundreds of privately owned vessels which operate in the Keihin Canal here may have caused the collision of two tankers which claimed at least 30 lives. The small ships are called "kamikaze" vessels by Japa nese mariners because of the reckless techniques used by their poorly trained crews. 30 Known Dead The toll in Sunday's col lision betwe.n the 1,972-ton Japanese tanker Munakata Maru and the 21.634-ton Nor wegian tanker Thsold-Brovig stood today at 30 dead and nine missing, all of them Japanese. A picture of the Japanese and Norwegian tankers, tak en after the collision, ap pears on page 2A. AH 36 of the Munak3ta Maru's crew were dead or missing, and an additional three crewmen of two small barges involved in the dis aster were missing. All 47 members of the Nor wegian crew escaped without injury. The nature of the tankers cargoes, and the direction their two crewmen swam in trying to escape, apparently accounted for the fact that all the Norwegean crew es caped and all the Japanese crew apparently were killed. Outward Bound The Norwegian tanker had just unloaded a cargo of oil and was outward bound for the Persian Gulf to pick up more. The Munakata Maru was entering the port with 86-octane gasoline. After the Norwegian ship plowed into the port bow of the Japanese tanker, oil es caping from the latter caught fire. The Norwegian crewmen started swimming upstream. The Japanese crewmen swam downstream and were en gulfed by burning oil. The collision occurred in the Keihin Canal, a dredged channel in the harbor. Con tributing factors were believ ed to be heavy fog and the distraction of small barges weaving in and out around the larger ships. Canvass Of Votes Completed The official vote canvass for the Nov. 6 general elec tion has been completed, it was announced today. The complete results will be published in Tuesday's Mail Tribune. The official canvass docs not change any of the political race results. Closest race was for state representative. The official canvass put Democrat James Redden, Med ford lawyer, ahead of his closest rival Re publican A. A. Dumas, Med ford businessman, by 221 votes. Redden had 1 2.2'' 1 votes and Dumas 12.010. The third man in the three-way race, Alva Bradford, Medford Democrat and businessman, had a final count of 11.870. The results of this race gave the Democrats the ma jority in the Oregon House, 31 seats to 29. Deputi ies Arrest Woman for Forgery Lee Marie LaHorra. 38. of a local hotel, was arrested Sunday by sheriff's deputies on a charge of forgery. She is accused of forging five American Express Trav elcrs Cheques at Omar's Steak house in Ashland Nov, 17. Deputies are investigating the malicious damage done to a home at 3074 Crater Lake ave. during the week end. The resident, Fiola Ruth Hatfield, reported vandals tore electric wires loose from the barn, threw clothes around in the house, broke window in another building and broke spark plugs on the tractor when they tried to start it. V Cuban Diplomatic Team Leaves U.S. This Afternoon Sabotage Ring Leader Faces Trial New York - (UPD - A Cuban husband and wife diplomatic team accused of supplying a three-member sabotage ring with weapons will leave the United States this afternoon, it was announced today. A spokesman for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said Jose Gomez Abad, 21, and his wife, Elsa, 20, mem bers of the permanent Cuban mission to the United Nations, will leave aboard an Aero naves de Mexico flight at 2 p.m. (PST). Government legal experts said another Cuban, UN at tache Roberto Santiesteban Casanova, 27, was the leader of the ring and would be brought to trial for espionage. Santiesteban was held in $250,000 bail. He and two others, Jose Garcia Orellana, 42, and Ato nonio Suerio Cabreara, 22, were arrested by the FBI Saturday on espionage and conspiracy charges. The gov ernment said they planned to plant bombs in Manhattan de partment stores during the busy Christmas season and touch off fires at oil refineries in northern New Jersey. Cuban diplomats worked fe verishly to gain Santiesteban's release.. He arrived in the United States Oct. 3 under a diplomatic passport as an at tache on the mission. At the time of his arrest, however, his diplomatic pa pers were still being processed ty the State Department. U.S. legal experts said because of this Santiesteban could be brought to trial. The FBI raided Garcia's place of business, a costume jewelry store, and found a cache of guns and explosives. The FBI did not reveal what led the agency to dis cover the activities of the al leged saboteurs. An official here said this amounted to a "trade secret." Woman Reported In Good Condition Jacolyn Faye Langston, 49, of 2000 Woodlawn ave., was reported in good condition at Rogue Valley hospital today where she was taken after be ing injured in a two-car acci dent late Saturday night. Driver of the other car in volved was Earl Henry Hans corn, 58, of 3542 Alley lane. The mishap occurred about 11:30 p.m. at 11th and Holly sts. No citations were issued. Gregory Ray Esp, 16, of 889 Olympic St., was cited for dis obeying a traffic signal after the car which he was driving collided with a vehicle oper ated by Robert Alvin Min shall, 18, Jacksonville, about 11:10 p.m. Sati'rday at Jack son st. and Biddle rd. No in juries were reported, police said. In the first of two vehicle accidents Sunday, George Ray Prince, 22, of 805 Narre- gan st.. was cited for violation of basic rule after he report edly lost critrol of the car he was operating about 3:24 a m. at North Holly and Second sts. and damaged the lawn at McLoughlin Junior High school. Vehicles operated by Curtis Allen Harris, 18, of 4238 South Pacific highway, and Harry Clyde Bradford, 68, Eagle Point, collided about 6:50 p.m. on South Central ave. between 13th and Boyd sts. No citation was issued, police said. Injuries Keep Man In Local Hospital Jacksonville - Donald La- Pratt, 32, of Medford, was still hospitalized today as a result of injuries suffered in a spectacular auto accident in Jacksonville late Friday night. The accident was inves tigated by Jacksonville police. LaPratt was at Rogue Val ley hospital. He suffered abra sions, lacerations and a con cussion in the accident, which occurred on the Jacksonville highway at the north city limits of town. The car in which LaPratt as riding struck a telephone pole, shearing off a three-foot section of it. and then uproot ed a tree. The car was demol ished. Portland - ITU - Byron B. Gentry, commander in chief of Veterans of Foreign Wars, will arrive here Sunday for a two-day official visit with Oregon VFW leaders. Rogue Valley Edition Medford 24 PAGES Two Sections Barton Elected House Speaker At Demo Caucus 22 Ballots Needed To Choose Leader Salem -(UPD- Oregon House Democrats, after five hours of wrangling in a caucus, elected State Rep. Clarence Barton (D-Coquille) speaker of the 1963 House of Represent atives here Sunday. It took 22 ballots before all 31 Democratic representatives closed ranks behind him. Although Barton's succes sion to speaker Robert B. Dun can (D-Medford) won't be of ficial until the legislature ac tually meets in January, it is guaranteed because the Demo crats control the house 31-29. He will be the state's 51st House speaker and tiie fir: I from Coos county. Three Lose Out Barton, 52-year-old attorney and title company president. defeated three others who drew votes in the caucus. They were State Reps. Wil liam Holmstrom, Gearhart; Richard Eymann, Mohawk. and Norman Howard. Port land. Holmstrom was Barton's strongest competitor but his bid caved in as the fifth hour of haggling began. Ihe caucus lasted from 2 p.m. until 7:05 p.m. Barton said "I will try to carry on in the tradition of speakers who have preceded me, adding he hopes to do, with the help of all mem bers of the House of Repre sentatives, what seems to be best for the state of Oregon and its people. A veteran of three sessions. Barton has been a powerful figure tn the legislature par ticularly in the areas of taxa tion and general budget shap ing. In the 1961 session, he was co-chairman of the Ways and Means committee, the group that controls the state's purse strings. Eymann Majority Leader The caucus elected Eymann as House majority leader and Howard as House Democratic whip, two positions not filled by the Democrats last session. Their job will primarily be that of "communication" with the Democratic membership an attempt to further unite it. The caucus favored passage of a House rule to create a new position of speaker- pro tern. Such a person would en able House business to pro ceed more smoothly in t h e speaker's absence, Barton said. Barton announced appoint ment of a "committee of com mittees" headed by himself, to recommend committee ap pointments. Serving with Bar ton will be State Reps. Clin ton P. Haight Jr. (D-Baker), W. O. Kelsay (D-Roseburg), Howard and Holmstrom. Barton announced no com mittee chairmanships. It was indicated, however, that State Rep. Ross Morgan (D-Gresh-am) is likely to be co-chairman of Ways and Means. Bar ton said he expects the 1963 House to have about 21 com mittees, on a par with past sessions. Barton said a questionnaire will be sent out soon to all 60 House members asking them for their preference on committee assignments, and their backgrounds for such as signments. 1,563 Basic Rufe Violations Issued Salem - fl'PD - State police reported today they issued 1.563 basic rule citations dur ing September, and 94 persons were cited for driving while intoxicated. Police reported $79,813 in fines during the month for hazardous traffic violations. Revenue from all sources, including registration and li censing, and fines, totaled $108,299 for the month. WEATHER ronCAST: M'Mlv rlmifly with a Mill ruin at tlmM through Tii'lv. partly tunny Tufudiv afternoon. Low tonight 40-45. High Tuetday 50-4S. Temp. Our Skies Tonight Hichrtt VMtMnay 47 I.nwftt Thit Morning 40 Prpftp. to ift a.m. Today 01 Sunt today 4:4 p.m. ftiinrl tnmnrrnw Miim, Mnnnrlit tomorrow ... 12:35 a.m. w Moon Nov. 28 Th ptanM, Vtnut, now rtM a Itttlt nffnrf thf Run and tt 25 S million mllit away. Next An imt Ventit will h ISO million mllM from the P.arth. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER SURVIVORS OF FIRE - Shown above are the surviving children of the Richard Jar man family of Poulsbo, Wash., who es caped when fire destroyed their home Sun day. From left, top, they are Suzanne, 13; Captain Charges Cubans of Filling Tanks With Water Hamilton, Bermuda - (UPII - The captain of a freighter abandoned in a storm that wreaked havoc with Altantic shipping, has accused Cubans of filling his vessel's fuel tanks with water instead of oil. "We took on 18 tons and 88 gallons of fuel in Havana, and it was 15 tons of water," Capt. Edward Clark, 61, of the East Star said Sunday. Clark and 12 crewmen were brought to Bermuda after they were rescued from the helpless 155-foot freighter East Star which today was re ported to be still afloat. The captain said the freight er's engines were idled for nine days by lack of fuel and it had no power to navigate or use its radio. The 643-ton ves sel was tossed around by mountainous seas, unable to get aid from passing vessels until the tanker San Gaspar sighted its flares Saturday night. The flares were first spot ted by a plane searching for 18 missing crewmen of the Greek freighter Captain George, abandoned afler it caught fire and exploded. Seven members of the Captain George crew survived, but the Coast Guard gave up the search for the missing 18 men. A number of other vessels required assistance during the gale. A race between two schooners, the Windfall and the Curlew, ended tragically as the Windfall apparency sank off Cape Henry, Va., and the Curlew foundered near Bermuda. The Curlew's six crewmen were rescued, but the five men aboard the Windfall were lost. Swine Lost in Early Sunday Barn Fire Several hogs and 30 pigs were lost early Sunday morn ing in a barn fire at the farm of Mrs. Dora Dorich 422 Hen ley rd.. Central Point rural firemen reported. Machinery and a pickup truck also were lost in the blaze. There was some insur ance. Firemen, called about 1:20 a.m., said that a heat lamp was the possible cpuse of the fire. Portland - Wli - The weath er bureau today issued a wind warning for the Willamette valley and Portland arras, saying gusts up to 50 miles per hour were expected this afternoon through Tuesday. Tribune Area's Residents Return From Mall Study in Pomona A group of about 12 Med ford residents returned to the city yesterday from attending the two-day United States Mayors' Mall Workshop in Pomona, Calif. Friday and Saturday. The workshop was arranged by Pomona businessmen and city officials to publicize the installation of their nine-block shoppers mall and to inform other cities of their exper iences in rejuvenating their downtown business district. An estimated 300 mayors, city officials and other inter ested persons from all over tie United States attended the session. All aspects of the mall de velopment were reviewed at the workshop. Various speak ers, who had been instrumen tal in creation of the mall, re lated the problems and diffi culties they had encountered and surmounted in redevelop ing Pomona's core area. Dedicated in October Groundbreaking ceremonies on the $620,718 project were held on April 24 of this year and the completed mall was formally dedicated last month. Speakers at the workshop stressed the unusual coopera tion between tht diverse In terest groups in Pomona merchants, property owners, city officials and Chamber of Commerce that coalesced this summer in the pioneer project. Tax Deduction for Babysitting Favored Salem - (UPII - Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D-Ore.) said Sat urday she favors making the cost of a babysitter tax de ductible for the working mother. Sen. Neuberger said the cost of paying a babysitter or housekeeper often cats up much of the profit of work ing, tending to discourage some women from working including nurses and teach ers. She addressed the Salem branch of the American As sociation of University Wom en. She said a babysitter tax deductible law would supply the country with a number of trained women now slaying home. AUTO SHOW SLATED Portland - 1'PP - The Port land Auto Show will open at the Memorial Coliseum Tuesday. 57th Year Price 10 Cents 19, 1962 No. 207 Jay, 18; Traccy, 8; Richard, 10; Connie and Tina, 11. The 34-year-old father and five other children perished In the flames. Mrs. Jarman is in serious condition in a Bremer ton, Wash., hospital. (UPI) Enabling legislation (The Pedestrian Mall act) was passed by the California legis Iaturc in 1060, permitting cities to create malls and re strict vehicular traffic on them. Designer of the mall was Millard Sheets, nationally rec ognized artist and designer, a native son of Pomona. The project was financed by 71 benefited owners of 91 par cels of land which front on the mall. The total assessment levy was $542,218, or $118 per front foot. The bond term was 25 years at 5.10 per cent In terest. Pomona businessmen agreed that it was still too early to tell what impact the mall will have on their bus iness volume, but as one speaker put it, "the early re turns look good. ' Pomona Mayor Jnmcs S. Baker emphasized that the mall is not the final achieve ment in the rcvltalization pro gram, but is rather just the first step. The development plan also calls for the construction of a civic and governmental cen ter adjacent to the mall In the years Immediately ahead. Slated for construction are a $1,200,000 public library, a $3,500,000 superior courts building and a $2,020,000 pub lic safety building, already in the process of being built. The Medford delegation at the workshop included Mike Dietrich, Dick Honsclman, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Lovcjoy, Mr. and Mrs. John Moffatt, Bob Taylor, Ned Langford, Don McNeil, Jack Edson and George Bell, Mail Tribune re porter. Dying Couple Leaves Son on Steps of Church Beverly Hills, Calif. - lliPtl - A husky 3-month-old boy was found Saturday on the steps of St. Peter's Roman Catholic church. Pinned tn the boy's cloth ing was a note. "We have no relatives or relations with which to leave our son. Please ask your household to pray for us now and at the time of our death." The note then explained that the tot's parents were dying. It read: "Being at this time of a sane and sound mind and will, we here by renounce all present and future rights and knowledge of our beloved Chinese Score Biggest Victory Of Border War Key Highway Cut by Invaders New Dolhi -IIP.)- Prima Minister Jawaharlal Nehru tonight announced the falL of the key northeast fron tier bastion of fiomdila to Chinese Red troops and ap pealed lo the United States and BritainJor massive new1 rr.il itary aid. New Delhi - (UPI) - Chinesa Communist troops have cai tured Bomdila, gateway L'.j the Assam Plains, in the big gest victory of Red China's fast-moving drive into India from the northeast frontier, it was anounccd tonight. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced the capturo of Bomdila in a surprise ra dio broadcast. Heavy Chinese Red forces seized Bomdila, chief admin istrative center of the region, after leap-frogging 35 miles through Indian defenses on the northeast frontier, and cutting a key highway just north of the town. A Defense Ministry spokes man had said earlier that tho entire civilian population Bomdila, estimated at 2,000, had been evacuated In wl vance of the Red capture. Ho. said an estimated half di vision of Indian troops re treating from Se La had been cut off by the Red drive, which also isolated an Indian forward divisional headquar ters at Dirang, 25 miles to tho north. The new deep thrust into Indian lines followed capturo by the Red Chinese o key positions on three fronts nlom the border in slashing human wave attacks by tens of thou sands of Communist troops. Prime Minister Jawaharlul Nehru announced in Parlia ment today the Reds had seized the key northeastern anchor town of Walong along with its airfield, near the Bur mese border, and had taken. Se La Pass, a high mountain pass 300 miles to the west near Bhutan. The Walontf drive punched a hole at least 12 miles deep into Indian po sitions! Nehru said the Reds, in their biggest drive since Ilia border war started Oct. 20, . had also advanced on tho northwest in the , Lndnkh area, whore they were sneii ing the Chusul Airport run way, only landing strip in that region of Kashmir. Treasurers Vole To Write Charier The Association of Oregon County Treasurers voted to draw up a model home rulo charter for study by voters in Oregon counties, according to Jackson County Treasurer Karl Janpuch this morning. Janouch returned this week end from a Joint meeting with the Association of Oregon Counties where tho county treasurers went on record favoring home rule. The model charter would be drawn up and submitted in approximately a year, Jan ouch said. Core of the model charter would be a proposed board of control consisting of all the elected county depart ment heads and members ot the county court. The treasurers generally felt that the elective officers would be more responsive to the will of the voters than a board of county commission ers operating through an ad mlnistrative assistant and up pointed county officials. The county official.-; recom mended thai the tux office, now operated in the sheriff's department, bo placed in the county treasurer's office. Tho assessor's office would re main a separate office. son, whose Christian name 1.1 Richard. Our faith has been one of consolation in our hour of despair. With tho knowledge that our son is safely in the church's loving arms, we are at peace." Attached to the note wnj the baby's feeding schedule. There was a shopping hag filled with rlothlns beside tho basket holding the infant. The parents asked in their note that Ilichard be placed In a Catholic home through a Catholic adoption center and raised as a Catholic. Tha note said the father was a victim of spine cancer and the mother was suffering from a brain tumor.
