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Formal Nassau
Talks Concluded
Nassau, Bahamas-WPD-Prts-
ident Kennedy and Prime
MinUter Harold Macmillan
met for two hours today in an
effort to resolve British Amer
ican differences over the Sky
bolt missile program and
other issues.
Negotiations (or
Prisoner Ransom
Near Completion
Havana - (UPD - Negotiations
for the ransom release of
1,113 Cuban invasion prison
ers were reported today to be
on the verge of a successful
conclusion.
A source close to the ne
gotiators headed by New
York attorney James B. Dono
van said "we are awaiting an
answer this afternoon," pre
sumably from Fidel Castro.
It was understood the only
hitch to announcement of a
successful end to the talks
was government verification
that Donovan's list of food
stuffs and medicines conform
ed to Castro's ransom demand
as outlined previously.
To Meet Again
Donovan was expected mo
mentarily to meet again with'
Castro to iron out the last
details of the prisoner swap.
Donovan and Castro met
"somewhere in Havana" Tues
day night. No details of their
discussions were made public,
and the secrecy surrounding
the prisoner release negoti
ations was as deep as ever.
Mrs. Berta Barreto, a Cu
ban go-between in the nego
tiations, would say only that
Donovan and others in his
party are "pleased with the
way things are going."
Mrs. Barreto said Donovan
will issue a statement as soon
as a decision is reached. ,
Student Suspended
From Medford High
Tile Medford school board
last night suspended a 17-year-old
boy from high school,
the first such suspension in
the past few years, and au
thorized Superintendent Leon
ard B. Mayfield to draft a
student behavior policy to
guide students, administrators
and the board.
Dr. Mayfield, in recom
mending that the student be
suspended, said the student
was incorrigible. His conduct
in class, and his attitude to
ward school and teachers was
such that suspension appeared
to be the only alternative re
maining to solve the problem,
he said.
The district's current policy
on student behavior was re
viewed, and the board asked
Dr. Mayfield to prepare a
written policy concerning stu
dent behavior and submit it
to the board.
Administrators noted that
there are several areas in
which a more stringent policy
could be followed and en
forced. The board said it would
support and help enforce any
student behavior policy adopt
ed and approved by the board.
SECRET 'RIDICULOUS'
Washington-HOT-Sen. Stuart
Symington (D-Mo.) said today
his stockpiling hearings had
shown clearly that keeping
government stockpile infor
mation secret was "ridiculous,
silly and damaging to the taxpayer."
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MON A LISA RECEIVES ROYAL WELCOME
New York-mMona Lisa, the fragile beauty of thi Old
World, received a welcome worthy of quean on htr arrival
here today.
Leonardo da Vinci's 16th Ctniury painting, valued by
experts at $100 million, completed ill tint Atlantic crossing
aboard the luxury liner France to begin a tour of museums
in Washington and New York.
PINBALL MACHINES SEIZED IN RAIDS
Washingion-TPIt-The Internal Revenue Service announced
today that special agents are teiiing coin-operated plnbill
machines In principal cities in the nation under a new law
classifying them as gambling devices.
U.S. DEMONSTRATES WESTERN RIGHTS
Berlin-HPI-The U.S. Army sent five helicopter flights
over Communist territory today in another demonstration
of Western lights in Berlin.
U.S. ACCUSES SOVIET UNION
Geneva-lPI-The United States accused the Soviet Union
today of wanting an uncontrolled moratorium on nuclear
testing so it can be iree to break promises like those it made
over the shipment ol weepomto Cuba.
of
They started their first for
mal conference at the stucco
cottage which Macmillan is
using as a residence while
here.
A White House spokesman
merely announced the end of
the meeting and said he had
no further information at the
time about what went on.
Before they met, officials
said they expected Kennedy
and Macmillan to make a
general assessment of East
West problems before they
tackled the issues of the Sky
bolt's future and a threatened
new crisis in the Congo.
In a luxurious cottage over
looking the Atlantic at Lyford
Cay club, the President and
prime minister were confront
ed by the grimest agenda of
their six conferences in two
years.
Expect U. S. Concession
The British knew before
coming to Nassau that the
United States had decided to
drop its end of the highly ex
pensive program to develop
the 1.000-mile air-to-ground
Skybolt missile.
What Macmillan was be
lieved to be seeking here was
a solid indication of what the
United States is willing to do
to fill the gap in Britain's nu
clear deterrent that will be
caused by Skybolt's loss.
The United States is ex
pected to make some sort of
concession but American offi
cials said flatly Kennedy had
made a final decision not to
pour further U. S. millions
into Skybolt.
The grave U. S. view of pos
sible Soviet intervention in
the Congo appeared to be the
newest element injected by
Kennedy into the Big Two
meeting.
Mission To Congo
Shortly after the President
arrived and received a warm
airport welcome from Macmil
lan and Bahamian official
dom, American sources dis
closed that a high level U.. S.
military mission had been
ordered to the Congo for a
fast survey of United Nations
and Congolese defense forces.
American officials reported
the Congo is becoming an in
creasingly tempting target for
Soviet ambitions. According
to these sources the failure of
efforts to integrate mineral
rich Katanga Province into
the rest of the Congo is shak
ing the central government of
Premier Cyrille Adoula.
Josephine Court
Decision Reversed
Salem-flJPD-The Oregon Su
preme Court today reversed
a ruling by Josephine county
Circuit Judge Orval J. Mil
lard and declared an advertis
ing promotion used by a
Grants Pass grocery store
was not a lottery.
The ruling by Justice
George Rossman, with Chief
Justice William M. McCallis
ter dissenting, came after
Tom and Nena Cudd, doing
business as Strike It Rich Co.,
appealed Judge Millard's de
cision declaring the plan an
illegal lottery.
The high court held it was
not a lottery because there
was no consideration. "The
worst that could happen
would be that a participant
would buy some groceries,"
the court said.
The plan consisted of week
ly registration at participat
ing stores of any interested
person, weekly drawings, and
payment of $100 to regis
trants whose names were
drawn if they were present.
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FREEDOM DASH FOILED Federal police point their several wounded in the 12-hour battle. The prlsoncri
weapons toward the Villa Devoto jail in Buenos Aires finally were subdued and returned to their cells, where
where some 400 armed prisoners made a spectacular dash angry guards murdered several ringleaders. (UPI)
for freedom. Reports said 25 persons had been killed and
Enraged Guards (Murder Ringleaders
Of Attempted Argentina Prison Break
O'Brien Woman
Dies As Flames
Damage Home
O'Brien - A 40 -year -old
housewife died here early
this morning when flames
swept through her home
while her husband was work
ing the night shift at the
Randolph Collier tunnel.
Dennis Ada Atkinson appar
ently died from asphyxiation,
according to reports. She and
her husband, Chris Atkinson,
57, had moved into the
O'Brien residence two weeks
ago.
Firemen said the fire start
ed from a stuffed chair that
had apparently been smoul
dering all night.
Les Pierson, a man who
previously had lived in the
house, spotted the flames from
a half a mile away while on
his way to work from Cave
Junction to a mill south of
O'Brien about 6:30 a.m.
All four units of the Illinois
Valley volunteer fire depart
ment responded. Part of the
house was saved, but Mrs.
Atkinson had already died
when she was carried from
the burning house, it was de
termined. The body was taken
to L. B. Hall Funeral home
at Grams Pass.
The couple moved to
O'Brien from Areata, Calif.
Atkinyon is employed by
Grafe-Callahan company on
construction of the Randolph
Collier tunnel through Ore
gon mountain south of the
California state line.
Klamath Falls Man
Arraigned in Court
Klamath Falls - (UPP - Jerry
Richard Haines was scheduled
to be arraigned on a first de
gree murder charge here this
afternoon in the shooting of
his pregnant wife, Christine,
Monday.
Haines was formally
charged with murder Tuesday
and District Judge Robert B.
Kerr continued the arraign
ment to give him time to ar
range for an attorney.
SHOPPIMQ
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Local Board Hears
Reportbf Visit to:
California Schools
Elliott Beckon, assistant su
perintendent of School Dis
trict 549C, and Mrs. Carroll
Haupert, board member, re
viewed some of the highlights
of a recent visit to San Fran
cisco area schools at a meeting
of the board last night.
About 30 representatives of
the school district visited
about 3U elementary, junior
high and senior high schools
on a week-long trip recently.
It was the second visitation to
schools in conjunction with
the Oregon Program, a four
year $3.5 million Ford Foun
dation financed project to im
prove education in Oregon.
The group included admin
istrators, school board mem
bers, supervisors, department
heads and other key person
nel in elementary, junior
schools and the senior high
school. Accompanying the
group were architects, repre
sentatives of Southern Oregon
college, the slate department
of education, and the Phoenix
Talent and Eagle Point school
districts.
Material Gathered
Material gathered at the
visitations is now being com
piled, and a brochure outlin
ing some of the more out
standing programs which
could be instituted in the
Medford district is expected
to be prepared in about a
month.
Bcckcn noted that the group
viewed a wide variety of team
teaching situations in the Cali
fornia schools. Teams ranged
from two teachers with no
clerical aides to as many as
five teachers with aides.
He stressed, however, that
schools which have team
teaching situations arc mov
ing slowly, and team organi
zation still is In the formative
stage.
Meetings Are Held
Becken reported that meet
ings have been held with de
partment heads to discuss
ways some aspects of the edu
cational programs studied
may be adopted in the Med
ford schools next year to im
prove the instructional offer
ing. He pointed out, however,
that space Lnd crowded con
ditions at Medford High
school will limit what can be
done on the secondary level
there
Desirable aspects of pro
grams studied on visits to the
east, mid-west and In the San
Francisto areas will be Incor
porated In the educational
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19,
specifications for a new high
' In 4l. -Ji-,..!.. Mr.-,.
at-ULfVl Jll IMC UI3L111.1. ITU1K
on the specifications is expect
ed to start in the near future.
The board also discussed
budget committee meetings
and preliminary meetings
held between the salary study
committee and the Medford
teachers committee. Work on
the district's budget for next
year will get under way
shortly, school administrators
indicated.
Fallout Shelters
Marked in Valley
Fallout shelters meeting
federal specifications were
marked in Medford yesterday
by special signs.
Hcino Annus, civil engineer
from the Portland office of
the U. S. Army Corps of En
gineers, and Buford Johnson,
Jackson county deputy civil
defense director from the
sheriff's office, marked eight
such shelters in Medford.
Monday they marked five
such shelters in Ashland.
Medford's shelters included
two at the Medford hotel, two
at the courthouse and one
each at the post office, Sacred
Heart hospital, Jackson House
and the Medford YMCA.
Ashland's shelters included
Selby Chevrolet company, the
Ashland Elks lodge and a
number at Southern Oregon
college.
Johnson said flic signs were
placed in the public buildings
at the end of each corridor in
buildings and at the shelter
area entrances.
The federally approved
shelters are provided with
food, radiological equipment
and sanitary facilities, John
son said.
Fire Damages Inside
Of Vacant House
Fire caused considerable
smoke and heat damage to
all of the interior of a vacant
house at 421 Benren st. early
today. Medford firemen re
ported. Fire Marshal Truman Nel
son is investigating to deter
mine the cause of the blaze.
Firemen were summoned
by a neighbor about 5:55
o'clock this morning. They
were told that the residence
has been vacant for some
time. Owner Is Charles L.
Ford, 1304 Reddy ave., Medford.
25 Persons Die
During 12 Hours
Of Bloody Rioting
Buenos Aires -IUPD- Guard,
police and troops crushed an
attempted mass break from
the Villa Devoto jail early to
day after 12 hours of rioting.
At least 23 persons were kill
ed and 30 wounded.
Enraged guards, avenging
the cold-blooded murder by
convicts of other guards, exe
cuted four riot ringleaders in
their cells after the prisoners
had accepted a "truce agree
ment" which ended the worst
prison disturbance in Argen
tine penal history.
No one escaped despite the
savagery of the fighting.
The last hours of the sav
age fighting which started at
1:30 p.m. Tuesday were the
bloodiest. Infuriated guards
rebelled against their superi
ors, stormed cell tiers and
used tommyguns to shoot
down ringleaders In retalia
tion. The official casualty total
was announced by Federal
Judge Miguel Irurzun In a
news conference nearly 24
hours after the fighting start
ed. He said the dead Included
10 guards and 15 prisoners.
Prisoners had killed guards
they were holding as hostages
at frequent intervals to "dra
matize" their demands. They
threw the bodies of two slain
guards out into the prison
courtyard from second story
windows.
Through an open telephone
switchboard held by the riot
ing prisoners could be heard
cries of "We will kill them
all" as the riot leaders sought
to negotiate their way to
freedom.
It was not until 4:40 a.m.
today that comparative quiet
returned to the big suburban
prison where 400 men. Includ
ing desperate criminals, poli
tical prisoners and jailed
strike-leaders, joined the riot
ing. Prisoners who did not Join
in the break forced their riot
ing fellow convicts to release
20 wardens they held as hos
tages for nearly 11 hours in
a fourth-floor washroom.
Grand Jury May Be
Called in Vote Fraud
St. Helens -Oil- Dist. Ally.
David Williamson aald today
that he probably will call a
grand Jury "sometime next
month" to seek an Indictment
In the Columbia County vote
fraud case.
Circuit Judges J. S. Bohsn
non and Glen Hlcber last Fri
day ruled that Republican Hoy
S. Wilburn defeated Demo
cratic incumbent Spencer
Younce in the county sheriff'!
election last month.
Tribune
1962
Model T to Lead
Caravan of Cars
At Dedication
A mechanical veteran of
the highways, a 1915 Model
T touring car, will carry
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield over a
section of the 15.4 miles of
new freeway at Medford Dec.
20 when the Governor and
the Oregon state highway
commission dedicate the new
est addition to the interstate
highway system.
The Model T will be the
lead car among about 14 an
tique "flivvers" that will be
at the head of a parade of
cars representing the first
public traffic over the unique
viaduct through Med ford's
east side as part of Interstate
Highway 5. The Rogue Val
ley's Old Timer Car club is
providing the antique cars.
The dedication ceremonies
start at 2 p.m. near the Bur
nett Road Interchange south
of Medford. Highway Com
mission Chairman Glenn L.
Jackson of Medford will be
the master of ceremonies and
will introduce the state, coun
ty, and city officials who will
be present. Commission e r s
Kenneth N. Fridley, Wasco,
and David B. Simpson, Port
land, also will be present
along with Forrest Cooper,
stale highway engineer.
Deliver Main Address
Governor Hatfield will de
liver the main address for the
program. Also scheduled for
remarks are Mayor John W.
Snider of Medford, who will
rcDrcsent cities In the area;
President Murray Gardiner of
the Medford Chamber of.
CommerceV who will repre
sent civic- groups; and Baird
seni civic- uruupiiT tmu dhiiu . - - ., -French,
regional engineer for beyond types the Un ted
the U.S. bureau ot public Sf haa .upplled United
roads.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony
will precede the public open'
Ing of the freeway. Governor
Hatfield will clip the ribbon
held by two Jackson county
beauties, "Miss Oregon," Mar
tha Louise Wyatt of Jackson
ville: and "Miss Sports Fair,"
Joan Callaghan of Eagle
Point.
The 15 miles of new free
way lies between Rock Point
near Gold Hill on the north
and Barnett rd. south of Med
ford. Total cost of this section
was about $10.7 million. Traf
fic will have its first oppor
tunity to travel over the
3,220 foot viaduct through
Medford. This is the longest
structure of its kind in Ore
gon. Second Gathering
The dedication will be the
second gathering ot the day
in Medford for the highway
commission. The first will be
at 9 a.m., when the commis
sion holds its regular meeting
In the Jackson county court
house. Included on the agenda
will be the awarding of 1J
highway and park improve
ment contracts expected to
cost an estimated $10 million.
The highway dedication
ceremonies will be held 1,000
feet north of the Barnett rd.
interchange on the south
bound lane.
Persons wishing to attend
should drive on Barnett rd.
to the freeway Interchange
and on to the northbound
Paul Godward Named
To Jacksonville Post
Jacksonville - Paul God-
ward, a longtime resident of
Jacksonville, was appointed
to the city council here last
night.
The council named God-
ward to fill the unexpired
term of John Crabb, who re
signed recently. Godward,
who was present at the meet
ing, accepted the post and was
sworn in.
Merchants
If the present level of
Chrlstmnj buying in Medford
holds up, many merchants re
port business during Decem
ber will be, at worst,- about
the same at last year.
However, some merchants
say they have scored major
gains over last year's Christ
mas buying season. One down
town store manager laid,
"This appears to be the best
season In the last six years."
Another said his store, as
of Monday, was runninrj 10
per cent ahead nf last year's
seasonal figures. He also taid
the store was ahead 24 per
cent of 1981 talcs.
Gathered In Survey
The statement! from Med.
57th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 233
lane. Medford police officers
will assist in parking.
Trie center railings have
been removed so persons can
walk from the northbound
lane of the freeway to the
southbound lane for the cere
monies.
Immediately following the
dedication, a caravan of cars
of all persons wishing to par
ticipate will drive north on
the freeway through Medford
on the viaduct and off at Cra
ter Lake highway inter
change. Oregon state police
will stop traffic on Highway
62 for the caravan. The cara
van will then turn left to en
ter the southbound approach
to the freeway and will re
turn to the Barnett rd. inter
change where it will disband.
No American
Troops Will Be
Sent Into Congo
Washington - (UPD - A high
U.S. official today ruled out
any possibility of dispatch of
American troops to the Congo.
Speaking to newsmen,
though without permitting at
tribution, he said such a pros
pect "certainly is ruled out"
The official made clear,
however, that the U.S. mili
tary team being sent to ithe
Congo will consider the pos
sibility of U.S. equipment aid
Nations forces In the past,
This assistance generally was
restricted to transportation.
Bigger Hole
This country has assumed
a bigger role in the Congo be
cause of Increasingly gloomy.
reports on UN secretary Gen
eral Thant's efforts to end the I
secession of Katanga Prov
ince, i
Officials said that the Ken
nedy administration consider
ed courses ranging from
abandonment of the Congo to
direct U.S. military interven
tion before deciding on its
new policy of greater partici
pation in United Nations
peace-keeping efforts here.
These officials said a full-
scale review of U.S. Congo
policy was conducted In re
cent weeks.
Dictionary Mistake
Noted by Washington
School 4th Grader
Mistakes can creep Into
even the finest of publica
tions, as Jimmy Ta, lor, a
fourth grade student of
Mrs. Ella Elle at Washing
ton school, knows.
Jimmy noticed an error
In the definition of thi
word "earth" in the Basic
Dictionary of American
English, and notified the
publisher.
Eden Force, chief copy
editor for the publication,
In a letter to Jimmy, thank
ed him for calling to their
attention the error. The
letter, in pert, said:
"You are, of course, cor
rect In saying that the
earth It third planet In or
der from the tun. We will
correct the definition In our
next edition of the diction
ary." The dictionary lilted the
earth at fifth planet in or
der from the tun.
Jimmy also was compli
mented on the letler he
sent as being well written.
Note B usiness Good
ford businesses were gather
ed In a random telephone sur
vey at mid-week.
One store manager In the
downtown area laid enthutt
astically that he appeared
headed for the biggest season
in the more than two decades
his store hat been In opera
tion. He agreed, though, with one
other downtown manager who
said that buying had started
slowly this Christmas season.
"The first week to 10 dayt
after Thanksgiving were quite
alow," he said. But he added
that aalet thlt week are show
ing "small gains" over the
tame week last December.
cdford Shopping Center
Expected Growth
In Next Biennium
Cited by Board
Group Seeking To
Maintain Quality
Salem .- OfPD - Higher educa
lion asked here Tuesday for
an additional $14 million to
add "the equivalent ot an
other University of Oregon"
to the state system in the next
biennium.
William Walsh, president of
the State Board of Higher
Education, said that is what
growth In Oregon's seven col
leges and universities will
amount to.
Walsh said the 1963 Legis
lature should appropriate $96
million in general funds for
higher education in 1963-65,
instead of the $82 million pro
posed by Gov. Mark Hatfield.
Financing Discussed
Walsh and Higher Educa
tion Chancellor R. E. Lieual
len discussed higher educa
tion financing at the climax
of the second day of a three
day fiscal review for members
of the approaching legisla
ture. -
Lieuallen told the lawmak
ers the 1961 Legislature esti
mated 24,500 college students
during the present biennium.
It turned out to be 28,100.
The board expects that to
jump to 33,336 in the next
biennium.
Walsh said the board was
asking only to maintain the
present quality of higher edu
cation for a growing enroll
ment. He said higher educa
tion's latest request was "set
up on the basis of what the
legislature figured was the
going rate" two years ago.
Extra Money Problem
Walsh admitted he doesn't
know where the extra money
might come from. But, he said,
that is the problem of the
governor and the legislature.
He said the board s job is to
give you all the facts as we
see them" about higher educa
tion s needs.
Walsh warned that the leg.
Mature faces a crucial cross
roads. He said unless addition-
al revenues are 4mmri. th
whole level nf snrvlreg will h
I chanced.
Walsh said higher education
got a fair DroDortion ot the
governor's proposed $405 mil
lion general fund budget, a
record. But he said higher
education needs more, even If
the total budget must be in
creased.
Won't Complain
He said if the legislature
listens to the facts and still
rejects the board's request,
"We are not going to com
plain , . . but we don't want
to be told we can do as good
a job on half or three-fourths."
Lieuallen also discussed the
board request for $47 million
for buildings during the next
two years. Hatfield has pro
posed a $45 million bond Issue
for construction over four '
years.
Lieuallen said classrooms
will be Increasingly over
used and laboratories are be
coming obsolete.
He added a delay In voting
on a bond issue until 1964
could be "quite a serious
thing."
AIR AMBULANCES USED
Travis AFB, Calif. -(UPD-A
flying ambulance service was
launched Thursday In an ef
fort to return military pa
tients now In overseas hos
pitals to their homes for the
Christmas holidays.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cnmlderanle
rlnudlnfii and a rhinr of a
few aprlnkles tonight Fog
ThurirUy morning. C 1m ring
Thursday afternoon. Increas
ing clourftneii Thumday night.
Low tonight 30-35. nigh Thurs
day 47-52.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday si
Lowtit Thli Morning 3t
Our Skies Tonight
unset today 4:41 p,m.
Bunrlie tomorrow 7:31 a.m.
The Moon rises :t a.m.
tomorrow and li In Apogee.
New Moon Dec, 21
PKOMINKNT KTARH
Aldebaran, In the east p.m.
The Pleiades well above Aide
baran. Altair, low In we it T:?S p.m.
Blrtui, rises :2J p.m.
merchants report being "very
satislfied" with business thii
December. They report "ln
creaset" over last year.
Business It Good
One manager there added,
"Business Is good, but it's
never at good at we'd like It
to be."
Several downtown stores re
port their tales are running
about the tame at last year.
However, they were unani
mous In nreHirtlnff henw
last-mlnute rush of shoppers! '
"since Christmas falls on
Tuesdav this year" nnm
said, "we exnect that this Sat.
urday will be particularly
gooa. Ana were ready tor
It."
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