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HAPPY RETURNEES Cuban repatriates in Florida today. Other prisoners are shown
exult in foreground as they spot familiar coming down the plane ramp in the back
faces in the crowd on hand to greet them as ground. (UPI)
they arrived at Homestead Air Force Base
Castro May Free
23 Imprisoned
U. S. Citizens
Miami -ILTli- An American
Red Cross official said Sun
day that 23 United Slates citi
zens now imprisoned in Cuba
may soon be released if Fidel
Castro is "in a good mood."
Cuba's return of invasion
prisoners in exchange for
food and medical supplies
may have set the right "psy
chological atmosphere" for
bringing the jailed Americans
home, according to Raymond
S. Eaton, vice president for
international relations for the
Red Cross.
Donovan Seeking Release
It was reported that James
V. Donovan, New York attor
ney who negotiated the Cu
ban prisoner swap, is attempt
ing to obtain the release of
the U. S. captives.
Eaton said the 23 men and
women have been held on a
"variety of charges." Reports
from the Swiss embassy in
Havana have said some of
them arc in "poor shape."
He said the Red Cross "has
been unable to form a basis
for negotiations with the Cu
ban Red Cross for the Cuban
government" on the releases,
despite year-long efforts.
SAILOR KILLED
Gorman. Calif. - IIW - Mi
chael R. Williams. 22-year-old
sailor from Gladstone, Ore.,
was killed Sunday when a car
in which he was riding
swerved off California route
138 in the mountains east of
here and overturned.
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BUS CRASH IN MEXICO KILLS U
Mexico City-lPI-Two inlerurban busei collided c
mountain highway near Queretaro today. At least 11 persons
were killed and 20 injured.
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CUBAN SETTLEMENT HOPES DWINDLE i
United Nations. N. Y.-'iri'-Hopei of fettling the Cuban,
crisis by Chmtmai dwindled
other round of talks Deiween u. B. ana soviet negonaiors.
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SENATOR BYRD IN HOSPITAL
Baltimore Md.-tH-Sen. Harry F. Byrd spent Christmas
Eve in Baltimore's Union Memorial Hospital. A spokesman
said the Virginia Democrat
dition."
FOOD POISON HOSPITALIZES MANY
Andalusia, Ala.-ICI-Seven persons were lilted in critl-i
cal condition with food poisoning Sunday resulting from
Christmas party at textile plant. Officials said 16S persons!
were stricken.
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Safest Christmas
Period on Record
Seen on Highways
By United Press International
With the quiet of Christmas
Eve at hand, Americans were
on the way to. celebrating
their safest Christmas holiday
period on record.
The National Safety Coun
cil had estimated between 650
and 750 persons would die in
traffic accidents during the
102-hour holiday period from
Portland Victims
Receive Gilts
Portland - IUP1I - The Air
Force played Santa Claus Sun
day to residents of several
homes in east Portland that
had been wrecked by a crash
ing jet fighter.
Top Air Craft brass deliv
ered presents to 17 children
whose Christmas may have
been ruined by the crash of
the Air National Guard fight
er Friday night.
No one was hurt in the
crash. The pilot and co-pilot
parachuted when the plane
had a flame-out.
The gifts were presented by
officers including Brig. Gen.
Gordon Doolittle, chief of
staff of the Oregon Air Na
tional Guard, and Col. Don
ald H. Lynch, Portland Air
Force Base commander.
Each gift was selected aft
;Cr the officers had conferred
I with parents of the children.
AROUND THI OlOII
today witn tne tenure oi an-;
was in "quite satisfactory con-
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6 pan. Friday until midnight
Tuesday.
"If the present trend
holds," said Howard Pyle,
president of the safety coun
cil, the total would be as low
as 550. This would be the saf
est Christmas holiday on rec
ord," based on miles driven
and cars oh the road.
The council has been keep
ing records for 26 years.
At 9:30 a.m. (PST) United
Press International had count
ed 334 traffic deaths since the
holiday period started at 6
p.m. local time Friday.
The holiday traffic death
breakdown:
Traffic 334; fires 51: planes
8; miscellaneous 40; total 154.
California led the nation
with 30 traffic deaths. Illinois
had 29 fatalities.
Other states' traffic toll in
cluded Texas 24, New York
14, Georgia and Florida 13
each and Indiana 12.
Huss Files Report
On Campaign Costs
Salem - OT - Walter Huss,
director of Portland's Free
dom Center, filed a statement
of campaign expenses with
the secretary of state today,
and civil action brought in
Marion County Circuit Court
was dropped.
Huss filed the statement
late Friday with Marion
County District Attorney Hat
tie Kremen. She asked the
case be dropped, and turned
the information over to State
Elections Director Jack
Thompson.
Huss did not appear in
court.
Huss' statement said 250
copies of the pamphlet "Edith
Green Supports Mothers for
Peace March ' were printed
at a cost of six-cents each. He
said 142 were distributed, and
listed campaign expenses of
S8.52.
Unti fllin- thc jisl of cam.
pajgn cxpenses, Hus had in-
, sjs(cd tne pamphiet were ed
lucational rather than politi-
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i PROTEST PLANNED
Buffalo, N Y. - UTt - A
handlul of American students,
angered at U.S. and Canadian
government moves that have
killed their plans to spend
Christmas as guests in Cuba,
planned today to protest to
.Canadian officials
Kegional Edition
MEDF0RD
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Strang
Tie mi East Coast
Union Turns Down
Kennedy's Appeal
For 90-Day Truce
Military Cargo
Will Be Handled
New York - (DPD - A strike
by 75,000 longshoremen tied
up ports from Maine to Texas
today. They were joined by
the 50,000 seamen of the Na
tional Maritime Union who
said they would not cross any
picket lines.
Leaders of the Internation
al Longshoremen's Associa
tion, confident of an early
victory, turned down Presi
dent Kennedy's 11th hour ap
peal for a 90-day truce and
ordered their members to halt
work along the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts.
William Perry, assistant to
NMU President Joseph Cur
ran, announced today that
NMU members would not
cross the ILA picket lines.
NMU members make up
the crews of ships but do not
include officers necessarily.
Perry said those crewmem
bers on board ships still at sea
will work at their duties until
their vessels make port.
Cooling Period Expires
The dockworkers helped
shippers load and unload
cargoes In the feverish last
hours of port activity, then
walked off the piers at thc
appointed hour of 2 p.m.
(PST). An 80-day "cooling
off" period ordered under the
Taft-Hartley Act expired at
that time.
In answer to Kennedy's
warning that the strike would
"choke the economy and cut
the nation's lifelines with the
rest of the world," the ILA
replied it would be "fruit
less" to delay a walkout for
three months of talks. The un
ion promised to continue han
dling all military cargo.
The main issue in trie
dead-locked dispute was over
the size of work gangs. The
New York Shipping associa
tion wants the gangs reduced
from 20 to 17. The ILA cleams
such a reduction would re
sult in 5,000 longshoremen
losing their jobs.
Predicts Short Strike
Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason,
vice president of the ILA, pre
dicted the strike would be
short.
"They're very weak, we'll
lick 'em fast," he declared.
Similar views were express
ed by ILA officials in other
cities.
In New Orleans, ILA Local
1418 President Alfred Chit
tenden estimated the strike
will last only 8 to 10 days
because "the country can't
take it" any longer.
A Virginia dock foreman
said a settlemen will come
"after thc holidays when ev
erybody will be more suitable
to concentrate.
Traffic Signals Are
On Flashing Amber
Traffic signals in front of
Jackson, Roosevelt and Hoo
ver schools were put on
flashing amber operation to
day, according to Vernon
Thorpe, Mcdford public works
director.
The signals will be return
ed to normal operation,
Thorpe said, when the young
sters return to school on
Jan. 2.
WEATHER
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Tmp.
Hlfheit Vtitrdty 20
Low m Thli Morning 29
Preclp. to 10 a-m. Today 01
Our Skies Tonight
Sunwt todav 4:43 p.m.
ftnnrtip tomorrow 7:Ja.m.
Moonrlif tomorrow .... (:11a.m.
Nw Moon Dec. 21
PROMINENT STARS
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Alpheratr. highest and brightest
of the four itari of the aqnare,
Ib In the comUIUtlon, Andromeda.
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SILENT KNIGHT Not a creature is stirring at Pier 82
South on the Delaware river at Philadelphia after mem-
bers of the Inter national Association of Longshoremen
British Experts
To Be Sent Here
On Missile Deal
London (UPI) Prime Min
ister Harold Macmillan, un
der one of the heaviest at
tacks of his career, will send
a team of experts to Washing
ton early next year to settle
details of his missile deal with
President Kennedy, it was
disclosed today.
Authoritative sources said
financial and technical ex
perts will work out the details
"on a joint Anglo-American
basis."
Macmillan, meanwhile, took
advantage of the Christmas
holiday to draft plans to fight
back against the raging tide
of criticism threatening to
swamp his future because of
thc Anglo-American Polaris
deal.
Month's Grace
The Prime Minister had a
month's grace before facing
a political showdown with
representatives of all parties
including many of his own
Conservatives when Par
liament reconvenes Jan. 22
after its Christmas recess.
Thc influential Times of
London represented President
Kennedy as having been "less
than honest" with Britain In
the reasons given for drop
ping the Skybolt missile pro
gram end replacing it with
Polaris. It also said the Presi
dent was dismayed and sur
prised by the critical press
reaction here. 1
Russian Transport
Plane Intercepted
Miami -flJPfl- The U. S. Air
Force has confirmed it Inter
cepted a high-flying Russian
transport plane over the At
lantic about 50 miles east of
West Palm Beach.
Sleek F102 fighters scram
bled from Homestead Air
Force Base and "routinely"
Intercepted the TU1I4 Rus
sian plane late Saturday, the
North American Air Defense
Command said Sunday.
Thc plane was on Its way
to Havana, according to Maj.
Gen. Thomas J. Gent, com
mander of thc 32nd Norad
Region.
He labeled the interception
"just routine" and said the
Red plane was allowed to con
tinue on its way.
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iHistrial Declared
In Hoffa Hearing;
Probe Ordered
Nashville, Tenn. - (UPD - Fed
eral Judge William E. Miller
declared a mistrial Sunday in
the conspiracy trial of Team
ster President James Hoffa
and ordered a grand jury in
vestigation of "shameful" at
tempts to bribe Jurors.
The mistrial was declared
after the jury had deliber
ated 17 hours and reported
they were "hopelessly dead
locked." It was only after the final
deadlock report that Miller
disclosed that three efforts
had been made to tamper
with jurors during the nine-
week trial.
He called thc attempts
'shameful" and ordered a
grand jury Investigation.
The investigation was ex
pected to get under way ear
ly In January with presenta
tion of evidence.
The fiery little Teamsters
boss said he was "naturally
disappointed" at no acquittal
and strode from the court
room followed by his huge
entourage of lawyers, secre
taries and bodyguards.
Flys To Detroit
They flew to Detroit in
two private planes.
Hoffa remains under bond
In thc case, charged with con
spiracy to receive payoffs for
insuring labor peace for a
nationwide automobile trans
port firm.
The mistrial climaxed an
involved, nine-week trial en
livened by one armed attack
on Hoffa and two mysterious
secret sessions.
It was disclosed Sunday
that one of thc secret sessions
was called to hear reports
from the Justice Department
on jury tampering.
The other was to hear a
request for a mistrial from
Holla's attorneys on grounds
that FBI agents visited homes
of relatives and friends of the
Jurors.
Hoffa's lawyers charged
that FBI agents told them
there was a $3,000 reward for
Information on anyone who
had contacted the Jury. Miller
denied thc motion.
Thc Justice Lioilii.tui
charged that union associates
close to the Teamsters boss
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ignored President Kennedy's appeal for a 00-day truce to
protect "the national interest" and walked off iheir.joba.
(UPI)
offered a $10,000 bribe to a
prospective Juror, offered a
"promotion" to the highway
patrolman. husband of another
juror and approached a Ne
gro juror with a still undis
closed offer.
The bribe alltegedly was
offered to James C. Tlppins,
a Nashville insurance man,
before the Jury was selected.
Tlppins was on the venire, but
was not selected.
Government attorneys also
said thc husband of Mrs.
James Paschal held a clande
stine meeting with Ewlng
King, president of Teamsters
Local 327.
Woman Arrested in
City for Vagrancy
A Venice, Calif., woman,
dressed in men's clothing,
was arrested by Medford city
police on a charge of vagran
cy early Sunday after she
was found hitch-hiking on
North Pacific highway.
Police said the woman,
Barbara Joan Pushman, 26, is
being questioned regarding
some 130 pills and nearly 200
capsules found in her suit
case which officers believe to
be drugs.
The woman admits to a
number of prior arrests on a
variety of charges In cities
in Washington and Califor
nia. She is being held in city
Jail.
Christian Pilgrims Flocking Into
Bethlehem for Annual Observance
Bethlehem, Jordan-flJPD - Thousands of
Christmas pilgrims flocked to Bethlehem to
day. They included black robed priests, Crhis
tian Arabs wearing the traditional burnoose
and Americans and Europeans in smartly
cut suits and dresses.
More than 2,300 Israeli Christians took
advantage of thc blennlcl break in the dis
pute with the Arabs and passed through
thc Mandlcbaum Gate In the wall dividing
Jerusalem for thc pilgrimage to this birth
place of Jesus Christ.
At a signal from frontier guards on the
fortified Jordanian-Israeli border, Israeli
and Arab Christians boarded special buses
for a ride through the famous gate and fol
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I Airlift of Ransom
Goods to Castro
Said Completed
Havana-fUPD-The airlift to
Cuba of the goods being ex
changed for the Cuban Inva
sion prisoners has been com
pleted, a Pan American World
Airways spokesman said to
day.
He said the last four car
go planes to arrive In Havana
would be used to fly prison
ers back. With four aircraft
available for their transport,
the airlift of prisoners was
expected to be cornpleted by
late afternoon.
Thc morning newspaper
Rcvolucion meanwhile quot
ed Premier Fidel Castro as
telling relatives of the prison
ers still In Cuba that the gov
ernment had no objection to
their leaving the island with
their kinfold, but that they
might have troube with U.S.
Immigration authorities.
Trying To Sail
Reports were current in
government circles that moth
ers, sisters and wives who
remained in Cuba to be near
the prisoners were trying lo
sail aboard thc African Pilot,
the 10,000-ton freighter used
to bring the first ransom car
go into Havana.
The air cargo was being
stored In warehouses near the
airport pending distribution.
Antibiotics and other drugs
needing refrigeration, how
ever, were trucked Into Ha
vana hospitals with those fa
cllltlcs.
Ports
Castro Delays
Departure To
Check Ransom
Relatives Wait
At Auditorium
Miami -(UPD- The mercy air
lift bringing Cuban prisoners
of war back to their loved
ones entered the final phase
today, ending a heart-stopping
delay caused when Fidel Cas
tro insisted on making sure
personally that he had all the
ransom goods.
The bearded Cuban premier
demanded every promised
pound of the first payment
on a $70 million ransom in
drugs, medical supplies and
foodstuffs before he permit
ted continuation of the flights
to freedom. The Red Cross
said that the goods finally all
had been delivered.
After that, sterting at 6:25
a.m. (PST) the first plane car
rying 109 captives imprisoned
in the aborted Bay of Pigs
invasion was permitted to
take off. It was followed by
a second plane carrying 108
former prisoners. Added to
the 423 freed Sunday, this left
only 471 prisoners still in
Cuban hands.
Clean Shaven
Today's first plane, the fifth
in the two-day freedom airlift
twice Interrupted by long de
lays, touched down at Home-'
stead Air Force Base near
Miami at 7:23 a.m.
There, as before, the clean
shaven but shagy haired and
slightly underweight prison
ers were processed, fed, given
new khaki clothing and a $100
check and then sent by bus to
meet their waiting relatives
and friends.
Relatives barred from the
air base waited impatiently at
Dinner Key auditorium 18
miles away to end a separa
tion of more lhan 20 months.
The second place of the day
already was winging toward
Homestead, the Red Cross an
nounced, as the morning's
trail blazer rolled up to its
ramp bearing among its 109
passengers one stretcher case
and one ailing prisoner who
was, however, able to walk.
Waiting Relatives
At the Dinner. Key auditor
ium, a skeletal and cavernous
former clipper seaplane hang
ar now used for various types
of exhibitions, relatives had
begun to straggle in at 6 a.m.
The long wait of Sunday
had taught them a lesson in
patience, and by the time the
first plane arrived at Home
stead there were only 3,000 in
the hall. They had, they knew,
probably two hours to wait
before the prisoners arrived
by bus.
Decorations, Lights
Taken From Yards
A number of Medford resi
dents reported thefts of out
door Christmas lights and
decorations over the week
end, according to city police.
Tow strings of lights valued
at $4 were stolen Saturday
from a residence on Wood
lawn dr., two reindeer from
a South Oakdale ave. home, a
Santa Claus from a yard on
Old Military rd., and several
lights from a residence on
West 14th St., police said.
Sunday, 24 bulbs valued at
$4 were stolen from a resi
dence on Fair Oaks dr., 14
bulbs valued at $2 from a
Plum st. residence, and be
tween 60 and 100 lights val
ued at $15 from a home on
Acorn Way, according to re
ports. A Suiter st. resident report
ed to police today that about
50 lights valued at $8 were
stolen from his yard some
time last night.
ASKED TO RECONSIDER
New York - (UPD - Tederal
mediators have asked disput
ants in the 17-day-old news
paper strike to reconsider
their positions over the
Christmas holiday and start
"moving together" toward a
settlement when negotiations
resume Wednesday.
lowed thc path of the Magi to this little
town.
In Bethlehem, they joined thousands of
other pilgrims some of them from as far
away as the United States and Europe to
celebrate the birth of their Lord 1,962 years
ago.
Bccidss the Israeli Christians, another
S.OOO persons were due to arrive here to
day. The old street! already were jammed
with a mixture of modern Western automo
biles and the familiar donkey carts.
Thc Mandelbaum Gate is the only break
In the wall which divides the Israeli and
Jordanian sector of Jerusalem. The wall
Is fortified by sandbags, barbed wire and
pill boxes because of the 14-year-old dis
pute between the Israelis and the Arabs.
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