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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1962 " No. 238
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Return of
Prisoners
Of Hard
Washington-ll'PD-It took 14
months of frustration, hard
work and persuasion to make
this a merry Christmas for
1,113 survivors of the 1961
invasion of Cuba.
It began last year when the
Treasury Department handed
down a routine ruling that tie
Cuban Families Committee
for the Liberation of Prison
ers of War, Inc., was a chari
table group and tax-exempt.
It ended Monday night,
when the last of Fidel Cas
tro's prisoners landed on
American soil, ransomed for
Prisoners Vow
Return; Others
To Be Released
Miami-flJPIl-The 1,113 hag
Rard men airlifted lo freedom
from 20 months of agony in
Cuban prisons entered a joy
ous Christmas reunion today
with impassioned vows to re
storm Fidel Castro's island.
Manuel Artime, who once
carried a $500,000 ransom
price, told a meeting here
last night of the men and
their families, "we have come
to tell you with voices of the
number of our dead that we
are calling you to the war
again in the names of the
mothers who gave their pons.''
Relalvies To Be Freed
As the last of the prisoners
were checked in from the
two-day airlift, Cuban au
thorities announced in Ha
vana that about 1,000 relatives
of the men would be freed at
dawn Wednesday as a "Christ
mas bonus to the ransom
deal."
The relatives were to leave
aboard the freighter African i
Pilot, which delivered to Ha
vana 1,800 tons of the food
and medical supplies demand
ed by Castro as a $53 million
ransom price for the release
of the captives. -
James B. Donovan, the
New York lawyer who nego
tiated the release, flew in to
Miami with the la?t contin
gent of prisoners and declared
he had a "firm pledge" from
Fidel Castro for the early re
lease of 23 Americans still
imprisoned in Cuba.
Saved From Slow Death
In Palm Beach. President
Kennedy hailed the freeing
of the prisoners as "saving
Ihem from a slow death" in
Cuban jails. "I know the
American people are proud
to welcome these brave men,
who have endured so much
in the cause of freedom, to
our shores," Kennedy said.
. Miami's vast Dinner Key
auditorium was the scene last
night of a tearful and stirring
reunion, as the last of the
freed prisoners were driven
hy bus from Homestead Air
Force Base to meet their
relatives and friends.
Two Persons Hurt
In Head-On Crash
Two Medford men were
hurt in a two car head-on col
lision last night in front of
1170 West McAndrews rd.,
stale police said this morning.
Kenneth G. Hill. 27. of
1103 Reddy ave.. Medford, is
being treated for a broken
hip at Sacred Heart hospital
where' both men were taken
hy Medford Ambulance Serv
ice. Don P. Slanley, 67. Han
ley ranch, is being treated for
a broken leg. Both men were
reported in good condition.
Police said the Slanley car
was eastbnund and the Hill
car was wesl bound on Mc
Andrews rd. when the acci
dent happened.
MS( BRIEFS
ITIMS FROM Jjt AOUNO THI 01OM
CHRISTIANS OBSERVE BIRTH OF LORD
Jerusalem, Israel-'IPI The church bells of peace peeled
today across the angry border dividing the Holy Land,
uniting Christian with Chriitian in celebration of the birth
of their Lord.
Midnight celebrations in Jeruialem and Natareth were
the focal point ol Chriitian observances in Israel. Both
Catholic and Protestant services were held in the two cities.
. RUSSIA SETS OFF NUCLEAR EXPOSIONS
Uppsala. Swedn-lrr-The Soviet Union detonated two
nuclear devices Christmas Eve and one today, the teiimo
logieal inititute of Upptala University reported.
Cuban
Result
Work
$53 million worth
drugs and medical
of food,
supplies.
Working Behind Scenes
It took the efforts of untold
numbers of private citizens,
American industry and gov
ernment officials of every
rank, working behind the
scenes.
The fact that the govern
ment, and particularly Atty.
Gen. Robert F. Kennedy,
played a leading role In the
campaign to free the prison
ers for Christmas was not dis
closed until most of them
were already released. It was
feared that if the government
stepped into the plan offic
ially, Castro would stall even
more or back out of the deal
altogether.
The Treasury ruling for the
Cuban Families Committee,
made in September, 1961, was
handed down after a State
Department official told the
relatives of the prisoners that
a tax-exempt status would
help them in their effort to
raise Castro's ransom - then
500 tractors.
Stuck With Effort
That official, Robert A.
Hurwitch, special assistant for
inter-American affairs, stuck
with the effort throughout.
But the tractor deal fell
through and the families start
ed trying to raise their cash
value - $28 million.
The ante was almost doub
led after a Cuban court set
fines totaling $62 million on
j the prisoners.
President Kennedy had per
sonally helped set up the com
mittee to trade tractors for the
prisoners. "The President took
personal responsibility for the
failure of invasion," a Justice
Department said Monday, "so
ne telt a personal responsi
bility for the safety of these
men.
In June of 1962, the Prcsi
dont.s special adviser Gen
l.ucius i-lay, neaaed a com
mittee of 51 persons to help
the families try to raise the
money. He prompted Ken
nedy to make another state
ment of the government's
sympathy for the private ef
forts. More Objective Person
In August, Atty. Gen. Ken
nedy, who had been keeping
close watch on the effort, sug
gested lo the Cuban Families
committee they needed a
more objective person to ne
gotiate with Castro a nego
tiator Without relatives at
stake. He suggested James B.
Donvan.
He had not yet met Don
ovan, but Donovan was the
man who negotiated the re
lease of U2 pilot Gary Powers
from Russia.
Donovan promptly deter
mined that Castro would lake
goods instead of cash, and
ncgotialed the figure down to
$53 million. He told Castro's
aides to send a list of what
was wanted.
When it came, It contained
more than 10,000 items, all of
them in Spanish.
Two days later, the United
States threw a blockade
around Cuba and negotiations
collapsed.
(Continued on Page 2A)
American Army Units
Plan Parties in Korea
Seoul - (ITU - Church serv-1
ices, parties, shows and the i
traditional turkey dinner
highlighted the U.S. Army's
18th observance of Christmas
in Korea, but for most Gls the
gaiety didn't compensate for !
the loneliness of a Christmas
spent far from home.
Just about every American
Army unit in Korea planned
a party tor Korean children.
Francis Cardinal Spellman
visited Korea last week, and
Bob Hope is here now with a
Hollywood troupe which will
give six Yuietide shows.
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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS This is the scene at the Pageant of Peace
on (he Ellipse across the street from the White House in Washington, D.C.
The lights on the national Christmas tree, the large tree in the back
Traffic Deaths
Pass 500 Mark
Across Nation
By United Press International
The Christmas holiday
death toll on the nation's
highways increased sharply
and passed the 500 mark to
day with the bulk of the
homeward-bound traffic flow
yet to come.
Snow and freezing rain
brought hazardous driving
conditions to much of the na
tion this Christmas day. Safe
ty officials hoped the obvious
danger of slippery highways
and poor visibility would
force drivers to slow down
and be alert, and thereby hold
down the expected final surge
of fatalities.
The four-day 1962 holiday
for a time appeared likely to
go into the record books as
the safest on record for mo
torists. The death count pro
ceeded more slowly than ex
pected during the first half
of the holiday.
Speedup in Rale
But a marked speedup in
the traffic death rate on
Christmas Eve threatened to
dash the National Safety coun
cil's hopes that the final toll
would fall short of its esti
mate by as much as 200 lives.
Before the 102-hour holi
day began, the council esti
mated that 750 persons would
die before the count ends at
midnight tonight.
The weather bureau warn
ed of critical driving condi
tions from the Ohio valley
and Great Lakes westward lo
Kansas. Heavy snow blew into
West Virginia and Tennessee,
and also whipped into Iowa,
Missouri and Kansas,
Freezing rain glazed streets
i and highways in the middle
( Atlantic stales and the central
i Mississippi valley.
Breakdown of Deathi
i At 8:30 a.m. (PST) the
j United Press International
i count showed 51 1 persons had
i died in traffic accidenls since
'the 102-hour holiday period
began at 6 p.m. local lime
Friday. The breakdown shows
traffic accounted for 511
deaths, fires 81, planes 11 and
miscellaneous 64 for a total of
667.
California led the nation
, with tra(fic deaths, follow
cd by Texas with 41. Illinois
with :tfi, and New York, Geor
gia and North Carolina with
20 each.
Christmas Another
Work-Day in Russia !
Moscow -HW-Western diplo-
mats and newsmen celebrat
ed Christmas today, but for
Russians it was Just another
working day.
The Rev. Donald Roberts
officiated at a Christmas serv
ice for Protestants at the Brit
ish embassay, across the river
from the Kremlin, and Father
Joseph Richard held several
Christmas Masses for Roman
Catholics in the Welcin col
ony, Moscow was covered with
a light la.wr of snow. During
I Hie day the temperature was
24 degrees.
! The Soviet Union, which Is
nffirtally atheistic, does not
.celebrate Chri.tma. Russians
t do observe New Year's.
Oregon Death Toll
11 With Christmas
By United Press International j
An airplane crash and three i
tnrisimas morning trailic
deaths today raised Oregon's
accidental death toll for the
holiday week end to 11.
Three were believed dead
in the wreckage of the plane
that was found today. Six
died in traffic since the holi
day week end started Friday
and two in other accidents.
Lake Creek Family Involved
Presumed dead in the char-j
-red wreckage of their Cessna
near Ashland were Reg Im
peratrice, his wife and small
daughter, of Lake Creek, near
Eagle Point. The plane be
came missing Sunday on a
flight from Ashland to Reno,
Nev., in foggy weather.
Cuban Relatives
To Sail Wednesday
Miami - (UPI) - A freighter
which will be used to trans
port about 1,000 close rela
tives of the ransomed invasion
prisoners from Cuba lo the
United States will leave Ha
vana Wednesday afternoon for
Port Everglades, Ft. Lauder
dale, Fla., a spokesman for the
American Committee of
Steamship Lines said today.
Peter McChesney, here en
route to Havana to work out
final details of the move, said
earlier plans had called for
the boat to leave Havana early
Wednesday for Key West.
"But we decided to delay
the departure and go to Port
Everglades so the refugees can j
arrive during daylight hours,"
McChesney said. !
He said the refugees would
be processed and given a hot
meai at ine fori, men turned
over to their relatives. i
McChesney said the refu
1 gees probably would arrive at
i Port Everglades "early Thurs
day morning."
i Authorization for the refu
1 gees' departure was granted
j by Premier Fidel Castro, an
j Inferior Ministry spokesman
said Monday.
Ex-Communisf
Leader Released
Washington Wli President
Kennedy Monday freed Juni-1
us Irving Scales, former Com- j
munist party lender In the I
C a r o I i n a s and Tennessee, :
from the Lewisburg federal
prison in Pennsylvania.
The
President commuted
Scales' sentence tn the 15!
months he already has served
on a six-year term.
Scales, who filed a clem
ency petition with the attor
ney general ? office last June,
would have been eligible for
parole next October.
Scales served as Commu
nisi party chairman in the
: Carolina from 194H to 1937. : IMPORTS LIMITED
He broke with the parly fol-; Washington llJPli The Inlerl
lowing the Hungarian revolu-; or department has limited the
lion Claiming to have totally i licensed imports of crude and
renounced his Communist af
filiations. Scales said in his
pelition ' I do not believe my
self to he a danger lo my
country."
ground, and
represents a
John Collier Fager, 23, of
Salem and Lynne Ellen Kof-
ford, 25, of Portland were
killed when their ear smashed
Into a tree east of La Grande
early today.
At Klamath Falls, Mary
Sekack of Klamath Falls died
this morning of injuries re
ceived in a Christmas Eve ac
cident. Airman 1C. Gerald Ken
dall, 23, of Yelm, Wash., died
in the same accident when the
Most of Nation
Covered by Snow
By United Press International
Most of the nation got a
white Christmas today, so
much so, that a sleigh of old
might have provided the fast
est and safest way to grand
ma's house for dinner.
The weather bureau issued
snow and hazardous driving
warnings for a wide area of
the nation. A sharp cold snap
was predicted for the Mid
west. Heavy snow warnings were
issued for Tennessee and
West Virginia. Four to eight
inches of snow were expected.
Two to six inches of snow
were forecast for Wisconsin,
Michigan, Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio. The weather bureau
said critical weather was oc
curring from Kansas to the
upper Great Lakes.
Up to three inches of new
snow already was on the
ground today from Kansas to
Wisconsin. The Chicago
weather bureau issued a cau
tion lo drivers and said snow
would pile up to six inches
! nightfall
Tunisia Presses
Hunt for Plotters
Tunis aiPD The government
pressed a manhunt today for
about 20 soldiers and civilians
wanted in connection with a
"plot against the state."
The government announced
Monday night It had "un
masked" a plot "directed
from abroad" against the pro
Western regime of strongman
President Hablb Bourgulba,
who has been in power since
July 25, 1937.
The announcement said a
score of persons, including
isome military men, were be
ing hunted, informed sources
said 30 tn 100 persons were
already held.
According to unofficial
sources the plotters had
planned the assassination of
President Bourguiba, who lelt
here Monday with his wife to
spend his year-end holidays in
Kef In the mountainous area
of northeastern Tunisia.
unfinished oil and finished
petroleum products in the
United Stales and Puerto Rico
during the first half of 1063
lo 1,146,230 barrels daily.
i
the Washington Monument are
state of the Union. (UPI)
Soars To
Crashes
car he was driving went off
a Klamath county road and
flipped over. He was station
ed at Kingsley Air Force Base.
Another Christmas Eve acci
dent in Klamath county claim
ed the life of Rosemary Wil
liams, lfl, of Seattle.
Mrs. Williams, on expectant
mother, drowned when a car
driven by her husband
plunged into a water-filled
irrigation canal oft U.S. high
way 97 12 miles south of
Klamath Falls.
Husband Escapes
The car plunged into 13
feet of water. The victim's
husband, 22, escaped. The cou
ple was visiting at Klamath
Falls.
William Kneale, 37, Ger
vais, was struck and killed by
a Southern Pacific switch
train one-half mile north of
Gervais Monday. Slate police
said Kneale was sitting on the
railroad tracks.
At Dorena in Lane county,
Clarence Tye,, 20, Cottage
Grove, accidentally shot and
killed himself when he drop
ped his rifle. Tye had been
target shooting.
Alice Thompson, 26, a Eu
gene school teacher, was kill-J
ed in a one-car accident on
U.S. Highway 20 14 miles west
of Burns Friday night.
Red Chinese Boss
Attacks Russians
London IUPD Communist
Chinese Premier Chou En-lal
used a dinner for visiting
Mongolian leaders today to
launch new attacks on Soviet
leadership of International
j communism.
I The New China News
Agency reported in a hroad
Icasl monitored here that he
repeated the Chinese attack
on Soviet fremier jnikiih
Khrushchev for airing Com
munist problems In the open.
He said Mongolian and Chi
nese leaders must work to
gether to build a spirit of
peaceful coexistence between
nations with 'different social
systems.
He spoke to the dinner
honoring Mongolian chief Y.
TsendenbHl and his aides who
arrived In Peking tn sign a
new boundary accord with
China.
Mongolia Is now one of Ihc
major test fields for Soviet
and Chinese leadership with
in the Communist bloc.
County Prisoners
Get Holiday Dinner
Prisoners in the Jackson
county jail were scheduled lo I
have a big Christmas dinner!
(his afternoon. '
The menu consists of turkey
with dressing, mashed pota
toes with glblet gravy, can
dled yams, fruit salad, green
peas, hot rolls and butter,
bread, hard randy, oranges
and nuts.
The prisoners will be fed
in their cells since they seem
(o prefer It that way, the act
ing jailer said.
A prisoner. Odis Taylor,
, Medford. had finished roasting
(the turkeys Im mornrn.
visible. Each small tree
Young Father Is
Held on Charge
Of Beating Son
A three-year-old Medford
boy is spending Christmas In
Rogue Valley hospital today
where he Is recovering from
a beating his father gave him
for opening some presents too
soon.
The boy's ' father, Robert
Joseph Garcia, 24, ot 113
Tripp st., an employee of a
local radio station, has been
lodged in the Jackson county
jail on a charge of assault by
means of force likely to pro
duce great. bodily harm.
Medford police were called
lo the Garcia residence about
5 p.m. yesterday by the
youngster's mother. Julie Ann
Garcia. She told officers over
the telephone she was afraid
her husband was going to kill
the boy.
When police arrived they
found Garcia standing over
the boy, Jeffrey Norman, In
a bedroom, beating him with
a doubled-up leather belt.
Mrs. Garcia told police her
husband had been abusing the
boy intcrmittantly since last
Thursday when he discovered
the youngster had opened
some Christmas gifts without
permission. ,
A similar incident occurred
Dec. 10, according to police
reports, when Mrs. Garcia
called officers for help after
her husband spanked the
couple's 1 Vi-year-old daugh
ter, and drove the wife and
boy from (he house.
Hospital spokesmen said
boy Is In fair condition today.
He Is being treated for mul
tiple abrasions and contusions.
Proud Owners of New
Bicycles Purchase
Licenses First Thing
Two proud owners of
shiny new Christmas bi
cycles showed up bright and
early this morning at the
Medford police department
lo obtain licenses permits,
Desk Officer Gerald But
ler typed out the forms for
the two boys, Robert James,
12. of 910 West 11th St., and
Dan Lee Cuddle, 14, of 415
Western ave,
James is a student at Lin
coln school, and Cuddie at
tends McLoughlln Junior
High school.
' As he affixed the license
to his new blue and white
bicycle, Cuddie looked up
and beamed.
"Gee, it's Just what I've
always wanted," he seid.
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State police reported this
noon that a party, including
a ttate police officer, had
reached the ecene of the
airplane accident, and that
the pilot had been Identi
fied ai Reginald lmperat
rice. Police laid positive Ident
ification had not yet been
made ol the plane's pai
sengers. '
Ashland A light aircraft
believed piloted by Reginald
Impcratnce and carrying his
wife and child, all of Lake
Creek, was found crashed near
Ashland early this morning
above the Ashland Mine rd.
Troops in Congo
Spending Day on
Special Alert
Leopoldville-(UPD - A brief
but savage battle in Katanga
revived tension In the Congo
and the 17,000 UN troops in
the troubled nation spent
Christmas Day on a special
alert.
Katanga gendarmes ex
changed heavy fire with Ethi
opian UN troops and shot
down a UN helicopter carry
ing a number of Indian UN
troops near the big Belgian
owned copper smelter In
Ellsabethville Monday.
An Indian officer was kill
ed, .an Ethiopian soldier and
five Indian soldiers - were
wounded and eight men
aboard the helicopter were
captured but later released
Four of the Injured Indians
were beaten by gendarmes
and the fifth was reported
"wounded on the ground"
resumably shot.
Despite the alert, the UN
troops found time to celebrate
Christmas. Trees had been
down in from Sweden, and
Yuietide dinners -were pre
pared according to the various
tastes of the national contin
gents. U. S. Ambassador Edmund
Gulllon was to Join large
crowd Journeying across the
Congo river to Brazzaville, In
the former French. Congo, to
attend the annual tom-tom
Mass In the Church ot St.
Anne de Congo.
Other Leopoldville resi
dents went to Brazzaville to
sample the more luxurious
and expensive fare In that
city's fine restaurants.
Shops here were almost
bare of Christmas gifts. Such
holiday fare as whisky, cham
pagne and cheese have not
been seen here for months
except In UN canteens.
Pope John Pays
Visit to Hospital
Vatican Clly-MPD-Pope John
XXIII paid a Christmas visit
to a children's hospital today
and assured the young pa
tients that his own health Is
fine.
The 81-year-old pontiff left
the Vatican by car for a visit
to the Hospital of the Infant
Jesus. He spent about 45 min
utes walking through wards
and chatting with excited
boys and girls.
"We are In an atmosphere
of doctors here," he said In a
brief speech,
"You may have heard that
the Pope was 111. But now he
is well, in head, eyes and ears
but above all in his heart
and this Is his greatest de
sire." The trip was the Pope's
first venture outside the Vati
can since he was reported ill
on Nov. 27. Pope John Is suf
fering from anemia and stom
ach trouble, believed to be a
bleeding ulcer.
Kennedy, Family Spend
Traditional Christmas
Palm Beach, Fla. - (UPO -President
Kennedy and his
family are spending a quiet
Christmas day In all the
privacy the White House staff
and security personnel can
provide.
Their holiday schedule In
cluded opening presents
around a big tree in the living
room of Ihe-C. Michael Paul
residence, a spacious tropical
mansion which the Kennedy's
also borrowed for the Yuietide
last year. Then the President
and his wife, with possibly
other members of the family,
planned to attend a special
Christmas mass.
Traditional Dinner
A traditional Christmas din
ner was set for early after
noon at the nearby home nf
the President's father, Former
Ambassador Jnseph P. Ken
nedy, and mother, Rose. The
chief executive, i two children,
The airplane was spotted
by two Ashland men from the
air.
Ashland City Councilman
George Ward and J. H. von
Kuhlmann searched for the
plane early this morning when
they heard the plane had been
missing since Sunday after
leaving the Ashland airport.
They reported the plane had
crashed and burned on a tim
bered ridge.
State police were en rout
to the accident scene this
morning while the two Ash
land men circled overhead in
their plane to mark the crash
scene.
Ward reported the plane
apparently took off in zero
visibility, and would have
cleared the ridge if it had
been 200 yards higher.
The airplane was described
as a blue and brown Cessna
182 model. No flight plan had
been filed, state police said.
Police have been making a
routine check of nearby air
fields to see if the plane could
have landed unannounced.
Positive identification of
the pilot and passengers in
the plane has yet to be made.
Western Europe
In Grip of Cold
London -(UPI)- A chill wind
from Russia brought a white
Christmas and record Yule
tide misery to Western Eu
rope today.
From Glasgow, where snow
fell on Christmas for the first
time in 24 years, to the snow
bound mountain towns of cen
tral Italy, a midwinter cold
wave gripped the continent.
The snow stranded 200
Swiss trains, blocked key
passes and tunnels and cut
off skt resorts from the out
side world. Villagers In Ober
matt, Switzerland, abandoned
their homes when avalanches
threatened the village.
I Marseille. France, reported
Its heaviest Christmas snows
since 1866. Temperatures dip
ping to 11 degrees below zero
brought Austria ..its coldest ,
Yule since 1940.
Winds up to 75 miles an
hour lashed Trieste. Weather
forecasters said icy blasts
from Russia and Scandinavia
would drive thermometers to
new Christinas season lows
across the continent.
Heavy snow In southern
France grounded airplanes
and halted trains and autos.
Firemen were called out to
dig stranded motorists from
their cars.
Three-foot snows driven by
fiO-milc-per-hour winds blan- ;
keted Yugoslavia.
In the northern Adriatic,
BO-mile gales tied up shipping.
International trains ran hours
behind schedule.
Ice and snow also slowed
road traffic and trains in Ger
many, Retired Senator
On Danger List
Providence, R.I.-ai?D - The
condition of retired U.S. Sen.
Theodore Francis Green (D
R.I.), remained serious and
unchanged today at Jane
Brown hospital.
A hospital spokesman said
the name of the 95-year-old
millionaire remained on the
danger list because he la "a
very sick man."
Green, a bachelor, entered
the hospital Wednesday after
what doctors described as a
series of slight cerebral
shocks. He was In a coma for
two days but has regained
consciousness.
Caroline and John Jr., will
be among those at the festive
meal.
Mrs. Kennedy's sister. Prin
cess Lee Radziwlll from Lon
don, also was here for the
holidays as the house guest
of the President and his wife.
If olher members of the fam
ily from out of town were
present, their Identities were
being kept out of print as far
as the White House staff was
concerned.
Sets Conference
The President planned lit- .
tie or no work today but
Wednesday he will start three
days of budgetary confer
ences. On his appointment list
for Wednesday here were
Secretary of Treasury Doug
las Dillon, chairman Walter
Heller of the Council nf Eco
nomic Advisers and other pro
nnmle experts to discuss the
administration's 1963 tax re
duction program.
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