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Highest Yesterday 36 Lowru Saturday Morning 33 Precipitation To 5 p.m. Yeterday 01 Tribune United Press International Full Leaked Wire United 1'ress International Full Leased Wir 44 PAGES Section A MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1962 Six Sections No. 236 57th Year Release of Cuban Prisoners For Foodstuffs Begins First Arrivals Expected Today Havana -HOT- Cuba began transferring prisoners from its Isle of Pines stronghold to Havana Saturday in prep aration for an exchange that will set them free in return for millions of dollars of drugs and foodstuffs from the Unit ed States. A total of 214 leaders of the abortive invasion attempt were being taken from their maximum security quarters on the island. (Reports in Miami said the freighter African Pilot sailed from Port Everglades last night and would deliver its bulging cargo of supplies in Cuba about noon today, planes Flying Today (Reliable sources said char tered Pan American World Airways cargo planes would take off from Florida this morning and return with the first ransomed prisoners about 8:30 a.m. the same day. About 100 prisoners will be the first to arrive in the Unit ed States, it was reported.) The Communist newspaper Revolucion reported the ex change would start Monday. The prisoners on the Isle of Pines were the leaders of the attempt to overthrow Pre mier Fidel Castro. Mostly, they were company command ers and the sons of prominent Cuban exiles, considered the most recalcitrant of the 1,113 Cubans taken prisoner in April, 1961. The huge "model prison" on the Isle of Pines is where Cuba's major political prison ers are kept. Officials say there has never been a suc cessful escape from the big, octagonal jail. The invasion leaders were transferred there about seven months ago. Signed Friday Final agreement for the prisoners' exchange was sigm ed Friday night by Premier Fidel Castro and New York Attorney James B. Donovan, counsel for the Cuban fam ilies committee for the liber ation of prisoners of war. Early Saturday morning Castro accompanied three of ficials of the Cuban Red Cross to Havana airport from where they flew to Miami in Dono van's chartered plane to "in spect the medical supplies and other goods being amassed at Opa Locka airport. All government newspapers Saturday headlined the sign ing of the agreement, empha sizing that the full price of S62 million set by a revolu tionary tribunal for "indem nities" on the prisoners will be met. Basketball Scores i Saturday College Scores Oregon State 61, Iowa 55 ! Cincinnati 72. Davidson 46 I USC 55, Nebraska 53 i Illinois 93, Oklahoma 90 i Butler 66, Notre Dame 59 ! Ohio State 101. Detroit 66 Loyola 93, Seattle 83 : Kansas 62. Northwestern 57 ! Arizona St. 98, Minnesota 79 Idaho St. 74. Texas St. 72 Kentucky 79, West Virginia 73 Dayton 47. Miami 42 BYU 75, Baylor 57 UCLA 77, Wisconsin 63 j Utah St. 102, Michigan St. 87 Stanford 72. Texas 48 Calif. 60. Wyoming 55 ITtMS FROM ifWSft)BRIEFS KHRUSHCHEV WILL VISIT YUGOSLAVIA London -in Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev has accepted an invitation from President Tilo lo visit Yugo. slavia, Moscow Radio said in heard in London. ANTI-COMMUNIST CLAIMS VICTORY Santo Domingo I PI Juan Bosch, leftist antiCommunist presidential candidate of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). claimed victory Saturday and (aid he is not bothered by reports of a plot lo assassinate him. PLANE CRASHES WITH 40 ABOARD Brasilia 1 11 A Vang Airlines Convair carrying 40 per-, sons crashed and exploded last night while coming in for t landing at the International Airport here, according to air port officials. There was no immediate indication how many -if any died. POPE JOHN SEES GLIMMER OF HOPE Vatican City -111- Pope John XXIII said last mghl in his annual Christmas message to the world that there are now glimmers of hope for international peace. The Pope, in one of the most optimistic holiday messages of his four year reign, said his calls for peace during the grave Cuban crisis apparently were heeded. ' K. T7 ' tJnV , VM,f X V' r V-ii TASTY TRIMMINGS C a n d y canes and luscious-looking ice cream cones just natur ally appeal to youngsters. That is why most of the lower decorations on the Christmas tree at Jackson County Federal Savings and Loan Association, Medford, show signs of having been nibbled on. Although the ice cream is made of plaster of paris, the cones Hoffa Jury Deadlocked After 14 Hours; Nashville, Tenn. -(OTP- The jury trying Teamsters' Presi dent James Hoffa on a SI million conspiracy charges re ported after 14 hours of delib eration last night that it was still deadlocked. A Sunday session was ordered. Winter Arrives, Blankets Nation With Snow Fog By United Press International Arriving winter Saturday delivered a rabbit punch of heavy snow from Virginia to Maine more than a foot of it in Virginia gales on the north Atlantic coast, and bit ing, wind-blown cold from Montana and Michigan to Tex as. Freezing rain veneered highways and airports with ice as far south as North Carolina and westward through the Ohio valley, de laying holiday travelers. Fog created air and highway traf fic hazards and delays from JJli'ii Black Tornado Basketball Team Suffers 1st Loss Medford High school's Black Tornado basket ball team suffered its first defeat of the season Saturday night at t h e hands of a driving Soulh Eugene quintet, 65 to 58. Medford was ahead go ing into the fourth quarter, 48 to 46, but after the lead changed several times. South Eu gene went ahead 53 to 51 with 5:15 remaining and held on for the win. High scorer for the game was Eugene's cen ter. Jack Willis, with 23 points. Top man for Med ford was Jack Forde with 18 counters. AROUND THI 010(1 French language broadcast are real and it didn't take the toddlers long to find out, for many of the ends are bitten off. Little Joanne and Glen Ernst, above, sample the yummy decorations. Joanne was a little put out by the imitation ice cream, but felt better after Glen gave her a bite of candy cane. Sunday Session Set The jury foreman told Fed eral Judge William Miller the panel was "hopelessly deadlocked" for the third time at 10:45 p.m. (EST), and Miller ordered the jurors locked up for the night. Miller asked Foreman San Diego, Calif., to central Washington early in the day. Tile weather was blamed for at least 68 deaths, 23 of them in New England. Indiana had eight deaths, Tennessee seven; Maryland and New York five each; Illi nois and Montana four each; Virginia and Iowa three each; Wisconsin two, and Minneso ta and California one each. At Havre, Mont., Jim Car rywater was found dead of exposure outside the home of a friend he had been visiting. Inside, the friend, Patrick Pepper, was found dead of a heart attack. Up to 9 inches of snow fell in New York state. A 3-inch j snowfall at New York City i caused 137 traffic accidents ; in Long Island's Nassau coun ty, injuring 70 persons. A mother and two children asphyxiated in their blizzard stalled car near Shelby, Mont. Four inches of snow fell in parts of North Dakota and Minnesota and winds up to 55 miles an hour fanned a bliz gard, cutting visibility to 116 of a mile at Grand Forks, N. D., and ;l4 of a mile at Thief River Falls, Minn., as the temperature plummeted toward the zero mark. Medford, Alba Exchange Greetings Christmas greetings have been exchanged by cablegram between the mayors of Med ford and its sister city, Alba, Italy. On Dec. 12, Medford Mayor John W. Snider sent the fol lowing wire to Alba's mayor, Osvaldo Cagnasso; "Christmas greetings to the people of Alba from the peo ple of Medford." Friday, Mayor Snider re - ceived a reply from Mayor Cagnasso: "To the city of Medford and its mayor, the warmest wishes SHOPPING OH IEFI CHRISTMAS SEALS fight TB and ilker RESPIRATORY DISEASES 1 1rl Walter Harper if he thought the jury might be able to reach a verdict if brought back Sunday or Monday. "I don't know," Harper said, "it seems like we have given it a lot of time. But if we had more time, maybe we could do something." Begin Again Today Miller ordered that delib erations begin again at 10 a.m. EST after the jurors told him they had rather hold a Sunday session than wait un til Christmas Eve. Twice earlier in the even ing the jurors sent out re ports that they were unable to decide if the Teamsters' president was guilty of ac cepting an illegal payoff from a Michigan trucking firm. Both limes Miller ordered the jury back. "Go back and stay with it," he told them. After the second dead locked report, Hoffa's attor neys asked for a mistrial, but Miller turned the request down. Defense Attorney Jacob Kossman argued that "any further consideration at this time would be a great mis carriage of justice and a de nial of due process of law1' in arguing for a mistrial. But Miller agreed to gov ernment attorneys' request to issue supplemental instruc tions to the jurors and let them continue their delibera tions. At least once during its de liberations the jurors asked that evidence on Hoffa's lax returns and the Judge's charge to the jury be sent to them Tedium from the nine-week trial apparently had begun to show on all concerned. Once during the proceed ings today Miller reprimand ed Hoffa for his nervous habit of hitting the table with his hand. 1 "I'm going to have order in my courtroom and I'm not going to have a table banged on." Sports Bulletin Central Point Crater high fought from behind in the third quarter and expend ed its lead in the fourth here last night lo beat Lebanon basketball team 64 to 48. A two game week end sweep gave the Comets a 6-0 I record at the completion oi 1 pre-conference play. I Mike Glinei scored 20 points and Lou Alvarex 15 for j Crater. Tim Blanchet had 14 i nd Dave Slurgii 12 for the Warriors. Lebanon was ahead 30 lo 2i at the hall and Crater 40 lo 34 after three quarters. Ashland Chico State's basketball team jumped to a half lime lead of 52 to 19 over Southern Oregon college here Saturday night and coasted lo a 80 to 58 win. High scorer for the game was Chico't Mike Leitner with 18 points. SOC'i Larry Hink wai high for the Red Raiders with 12 points. : High School Scores: j Ashland 61 Phoenix 31 I Nmth Eugene 61 Grants I Pass 55 j Eagle Point 77 Onkridge 48 Butlc Valley 51 St. Mary's ' JO Skybolt S But Projec MacMillan Flies Home To Face ifical Furor British Press Cries 'Surrender' Nassau - (UPD - Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan flew home last night from his "landmark" conference with President Kennedy to face a political furor over the Anglo American agreement on nuc lear strategy and equipment. The successful firing of a skybolt missile Saturday at Cape Canaveral added to his embarrassment. The Kennedy - Macmillan talks ended Friday but Mac millan remained here for con ferences with Canadian Prime Minister John Diefen baker. A joint communique issued by Diefenbaker and Macmil lan said they discussed a wide range of topics including east west relations, disarmament and nuclear testing. Express Hope It said the two leaders ex pressed hope the "present sit uation might offer opportun ities for constructive moves in the problems outstanding in these fields." Noticeably absent from the 250-word communique was anv reference to the Mac-1 millan-Kennedy agreement on the creation of a British Polaris submarine fleet for eventual integration into a NATO nuclear force. Macmillan, who came lo Nassau to seek a solution to the major domestic political crisis over the U.S. decision to scrap the Skybolt missile, appeared headed for an equal ly rough reception for the new plan under which Britain will acquire Polaris missiles for a submarine fleet which eventually is to be integrated with a NATO nuclear force. "First Class" British Defense Minister Peter Thorneycroft called the Nassau nuclear agreement "first class" when he returned Saturday from the Bahama conference between President Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. But British newspapers lashed out with headlines such as "Macmillan's surren der" and "Macmillan's nuc lear folly." The London Evening Stand ard predicted there would be a "big showdown" over the skybolt decision when Par liament reconvenes next month and added that Mac millan "may find it necessary to seek a vote of confidence." Labor party defense spokes man George Brown called the agreement a "terrible indict ment" of Britain's "complete and utter failure on defense." Liberal party leader Jo Grimond saw it as a face-saving arrangement that exposed the idea of an independent British nuclear deterrent to be a "myth." SBA Temporary Office Closing The temporary field office of the SBA (Small Business administration), located at the American Red Cross offices, 60 Hawthorne avc., will not be reopened Dec. 27 and 28, according to SBA officials. All further inquiries result ing from the flood damage during the week of Dec. 2 by Jackson and Josephine coun ty residents should be for warded to the SBA olficc, 1121 Southwest Washington st., Portland, Ore. Information will be furnish ed as to procedures for filing applications and eligibility. Inquiries can be filed up to six months from the dale of the flood. Literature and information arc still available by contacting the Amrricnn Red Cross office for guidance prior to submitting complete information directly to the SBA In Portland. SECOND SUCCESS London - il'PIi - Skybolt had another success last riight. This Skybolt is a dug It won (he seventh race at the New Cross Greyhound Stadium. v y SKYBOir LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY The U.S. Air Force successfully launched its contro versial Skybolt missile from a high' flying jet bomber Saturday and scored a success that may pave the way for a Congressional fight to save the program from extinction. Missile Intercept Launch Successful Washington -(LTD- The Army's Nike Zeus anti-missile missile Saturday intercepted an Atlas 1CBM that was launched on a 5,000-m 1 1 e course over the Pacific and released decoys to confuse ground defenses, the defense department announced. Thf thrno-slaCp Nike-Zeus rnarpH nut nf the Armv's S75 million base on Kwajalein is land in the Southwest Pacitic to pass "well within lethal ra dius" of the authentic Alias warhead, fired from Vanden berg Air Force Base, Calif., the announcement said. It was the third lime the Nikp 7.poK had intercented an intercontinental ballistic mis silo nn a 5 (100-mlle trajectory. and the first time decoys had been used. The previous intercepts, al- I so from Kwajalein, were on Dec. 12 and July 19 this year. As in previous tests, the Nike Zeus carried no explos ives. Ground tracking stations determined that it passed the Atlas nose cone within the lethal r a d i u u( the nuclear war head designed for the Nike Zeus to carry In war time. First 24 Hours Of Christmas Week End Safest In By Uniled Press International I Holiday travelers by the millions clogged the highways Saturday but the first 24 hours of the four-day Christ mas weekend proved the saf est in nine years. The National Safety Coun cil, which had estimated that a many as 750 persons might die in traffic accidents dur ing the 102-hour holiday per iod, reported that wintry weather apparently was hold ing the death toll In the low est figure since lil'.;i when the council began keeping hourly figures. At 12:30 a.m. EST. the United Press International had counted 153 traffic deaths since the holiday per iod started at 6 p.m. local time yesterday. In addition 43 persons died in other types of accidents. uccessfully W ill The Skybolt Zorin Relieved Of Soviet UN Position Moscow (DPI) Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin has been replaced as Soviet ambassador to the United Nations, the official news agency Tass said Satur day. Zorin, 60, is a long-time Communist party member and diplomat and served in sev eral key posts under Stalin. (It was Zorin, together with U. S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson, who engaged in one of the most heated ex changes ever heard in the United Nations during the Cu ban crisis. (Last Oct. 25, Stevenson displayed to the UN Security Council photographs of Rus sian missile sites in Cuba and challenged Zorin to comment about their existence, "yes or no. Zorin s reply was rau cous laughter. ("I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over," Slevenson said. ("I am not in the clock of an American courtroom, sir," Zorin replied. "You will re ceive your answer in due course." (At one point previously, Zorin had denied that Russia had offensive missiles In Cu ba. Shortly after his exchange with Stevenson he was super 9 Years Says Safety The breakdown: Traffic 153 Fires 2 Miscellaneous 17 Total . 19B Texas and Illinois each had 17 traffic deaths. California was next with 13 and Ala bama had 10. The nation's worst traffic accident occurred three miles south of Clarks, Neb., where seven members of a Dcs moincs. Iowa, family died when their car plunged off a curve at a bridge approach and overturned, all but sub merged In icy water and mud. The car was found Saturday, some 12 hours after the acci dent. An hour before the start of the holiday period, tour miners cn route lo work and two mine officials homeward Be missile is shown under the wings of a B52 11 bomber in the top photo, while the newschart below shows the flight the missile took after is was launched (UPD ceded by another Soviet first deputy foreign minister, Vas sily E. Kuznetsov, in U. S. Russian negotiations about taking them out.) Fedorenko Named Tass said Zorin has been replaced by Nikolai Fedoren ko, a 510-year-old career diplo mat and former ambassador to Japan. Tass gave no indication whether Zorin had been mov ed to a new post. It merely said that the coun cil of ministers has named Fedorenko to take over the posts of permanent represent ative at the United Nations and as the Soviet representa tive on the Security Council. City Employees To Get Extra Holiday Employees of the city of Medford, by action of the city council, will receive one ex tra holiday, either the Mon day before Christmas, or the Monday before New Year's day. City Manager Robert Duff, who recommended the action to the council, said that city hall will be open both Mon days operating on a skeleton crew. bound for the holidays were killed when a car collided with a pickup truck near Carlsbad, N.M. Two small children drowned In Lake Huron near Port Huron, Mich., Saturday while playing on the ice. 200 Cars Collide At Anaheim, Calif., a giant chain-reaction traffic crash in volving an estimated 200 cars in dense fog on the heavily travelled Santa Ana freeway early Saturday claimed the life of a Catholic nun and re sulted In injuries to about 50 motorists. "It looked like a giant junkyard," a news photog rapher said in describing the scene of the monster pllcup along a mile-long stretch of the freeway. Dead was Sister Mary Refuge of the St. Francis Fired, Propped i Defense Officials Say Program Still Be Scrapped Congress May Have Different Ideas Cape Canaveral -(Wr-Amer- lca s controversial bkybolt missile scored its first success in six starts Saturday, but the impressive 900 mile flight came too late to save the pro gram from the presidential ax. The Air Force, however, is still hopeful it can pick up congressional support for the costly program. In a desperation overtime bid to save its high-priced baby" from extinction, the Air Force held the Atlantic missile range open an extra day to shoot for a success that might impress the con gressmen who will be return ing to work on a new budget next month. The gamble paid off. A sleek B-52 jet bomber streak ed past Cape Canaveral and dropped the 39-foot Sgybolt from its swept-back wing at an altitude of more than 40, 000 feet at 9:15 a.m. (EST). Reverses Past Mark Completely reversing Its previous performance record of five consecutive failures. the Skybolt climbed steeply into space and sent its nose cone in a high arc to its tar get within 20 minutes. But hardly had the roar of the rocket engines subsided before the administration made clear that the success would not change President Kennedy's mind about the Skybolt program. Tins word came both from the Defense department in Washington and the winter White House In Palm Beach, where the President is spend ing the Christmas holidays. The Defense department, in bluntly-worded statement, said that "today's single test did not conclusively demon strate the capacity of the mis sile to achieve the target ac curacy for which the Skybolt system was designed." "This flight test was one of an extensive series planned for the research phase of the project," said Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric. "It Is always expected that some test of this sort should succeed and that others will fail. Many additional tests had been planned and would be required during the research phase to prove out and perfect this complex weapons sys tem." The phrasing of Gilpatric's statement that further tests had been planned" ami would be required" Indicat ed that no more Skybolt tests will be conducted, although Gilpatric did not say so ex plicitly. SPY SCARE SPREADS Moscow - (IIPII - The Soviet Union's big spy scare spread Saturday. A Russian physics teacher with a love of ab stract art was accused of passing secrets to the Amer icans and a West German tourist was expelled for pho tographing defense objects. Council home in this Orange county community 35 miles from Los Angeles. A dozen ambulances rushed the injured to hospitals in the area and some 30 tow trucks were dispatched to the scene to remove smashed vehicles strewn along both i 'bound and outbound lanes. It took more than three hourj to clear the wreckage. One Oregon Death Oregon recorded its first Christmas holiday traffic death Friday night. The victim was Alice Thompson, 28, Eugene. She was killed in a one-car acci dent on U.S. Highway 20, 14 miles west of Burns. State police said her car went out of control and turned over after hitting Ice on the highway. The accident occurred at 9:13 p.m. K f
