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Eight Kennedy To Meet Defense Officials To Review Budge) Welfare Meeting Rescheduled Friday Palm Beach, Fla.-OIPP-Presi-dent Kennedy plans to meet here Thursday with top de fense officials for a year-end review of the nation's military position and final decisions on armed forces spending next year. This was announced today by Press Secretary Pierre Sal inger shortly after the arrival here of Treasuray Secretary Douglas Dillon and other fis cal advisers to blueprint the administration's tax reduction proposals for 1963. Meeting Postponed Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara is scheduled to fly here Thursday with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Deputy Secretary Roswell Gilpatric for the defense status talks. A meeting scheduled for Thurs day with Welfare Secretary Anthony J. Celebrezze to dis cuss his department's new budget was postponed until Friday. Kennedy thus expanded the working agenda which previ ously had been announced for him at the vacation White House, a borrowed ocean front villa where he arrived Friday and is expected to re main until Jan. 7 or 8. Take Yacht Cruiae Arriving with Kennedy's fiscal advisers and several White House assistants aboard a giant Air Force jet transport was Senate Democratic Lead er Mike Mansfield. He and Mrs. Mansfield joined the President and his family for an early afternoon cruise aboard the White House yacht Honey Fitz. During their nautical lunch, the President and Mansfield discussed the forthcoming ses sion of Congress. Weather Takes Toll in Europe London-UIPIt-Soaring death tolls dampened Christmas spirits today as Britain and the continent were locked in the grip of a bitter cold wave. More than 200 persons died violent deaths on the roads, rivers and lakes, as well as in fires and weather-connected fatalities. Ninety-seven died by 4 p.m. today in Britain, where the Christmas holiday began Fri day. The Transport Ministry said it expected the toll to rise sharply as holiday travel ers drove home tonight. France led the continental tolls with 40 dead, 13 direct ly attributed to the freezing weather. Italian officials reported 31 deaths. The Netherlands 15, Germany 9, Spain, Switzer land and Sweden 3 each. Three dozen avalanches struck Swiss resort areas in four days but only one man was reported caught and he was dug out alive. One of the worst holiday accidents hap pened near Chatellerault, France, where a truck mowed down and killed four pedes trians. The snow and ice froze Holland's canals, lakes and even the ditches. Four skaters drowned. Snow began falling at noon today in London where the temperature dropped to 25 degrees. London's 29-degree Christmas was its coldest since 1944. Ashland Woman Gets Peace Corps Assignment Portland - ITI - Two young Oregon women were sched uled to leave for Peace Corps assignment in Nigeria. Barbara A. Baer, 23. Port land, and Grace A. Hamilton, Ashland, will be among a group of volunteers who are to depart Jan. 3 to work as school teachers. NEWStBRIEFS rriMS mom xJ RUSSIA ACCUSED OF 'ANTI-AMERICAN CAMPAIGN' Waihington-ITI-The Stele Depertment today eccuicd Russia of conducting in "anti-American cempaign" through ill chergtt of espionage in the U.S. Embatiy in Moscow. Depertment spokesmen Lincoln White, speeking et t news conference, added that the campaign "hardly Jibes" with statements by high Soriet officials calling for improved U.S.-Soviet relation! in the aftermath of the Cuban crisis. BLACKLISTING OF CONTRACTORS SUGGESTED Weihington-'tFt'-Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D N.M.l, hat uggetted that the Pentagon blacklist any eentrector whose advertising divulges vital nucleer power informetion. Anderson made the proposal last spring at a meeting of the House-Senete Atomic Energy Committee. The censored wcord of the hearing wis made, Jublie Tuesday. East wri) WARREN R. AUSTIN 111 for Several Months Warren Austin, First Ambassador To UN, Dies " Burlington, Vt. - (UPD - For mer Sen. Warren R. Austin of Vermont, the stocky, red faced country lawyer who be came the United States' first ambassador to the United Nations, died Tuesday at his home. He was 85. Austin, a Republican, had been ill and partially para lyzed since suffering a stroke late in 1953. He had been ser iously ill for the past several months. Death was caused by bronchial pneumonia. Named By Truman Austin was named UN am bassador in 1948 by former Democratic President Harry S. Truman and served through the stormy years of the Kor ean conflict. He retired in January of 1953 because of his health. Straightforward and im placable, he once denounced Communist lies as "apple sauce." On another occasion he flatly accused then Soviet delegate Jakob Malik of try ing to foist "a big lie" on the UN Security Council. Quiet Life Since his retirement he had lived the quiet life of a gen tleman farmer and stead fastly refused to speak on in tcrnational affairs. When his health permitted he busied himself in his beloved apple orchards. Austin's blend of Yankee shrewdness, frankness and in tegrity had made him a Re publican leader in the U. S. Senate when President Tru man crossed party lines to name him UN ambassador shortly after World War II. Race With Train Ends in Deadlock Pasco-IUPD-A race to a rail- mart rrnssinff ended in a tie here Tuesday night and Frank Hollenbaugh, 27, Pasco, was hospitalized in critical condi tion with a broken neck to day. Hollcnbaugh's automobile wac cmashpri hv the engine of a Spokane, Portland and Seattle railroad train and car ried 400 feet down the grade. Hollenbaugh moved here re cently from Seattle. The accident was one of 40 in the Tri-Citv area during the long holiday week end. Academy Award Winner Arrested Sherman Oaks, Calif. -UiTO-Academy Award winning cameraman Lionel Lindon, 38, was booked Tuesday night on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon for asscrtedly attempting to strangle his wife with a scarf during an argument. Mrs. Mary Lou Lindon, 34, was not injured, police said, and left the house to go to the home of neighbors. Lindon won his Oscar for "Around the World in 80 Days," made in 1056. MOUND THI OLOII Nina II Welcomed at San Salvador San Salvador, Bahamas-(UPI) . The Nina II, replica of the smallest ship used in Christo pher Columbus' discovery of the New World 470 years ago, today completed a similar voyage 97 days after sailing from Palos, Spain. Columbus did it better. His ships, the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, reached San Salvador in 70 days, 27 days farter than the Nina II. Columbus sailed from Palos on Aug. 3, 1492, while the Nina II sailed from the same port last Sept. 19. The Nina II crossed the At lantic safely, despite fears it had foundered, become lost in a hurricane or sunk, and the crew reenacted Columbus' landing on this Bahamian Is land almost five centuries ago. Impromptu Celebration The vessel, a tiny, round bottomed square-rigger which is a replica of Columbus' smallest ship, anchored off San Salvador late Tuesday night. The crew came ashore and was greeted by an impromptu Bahamian celebration, includ ing a brass band and dancing on the beach. Navigator Robert Marks, the only American aboard, said the ship did not over shoot San Salvador as origin ally indicated. He said the 40-foot sailing ship came along the southern tip of the island on Christmas Eve. But because it wc after dark the crew planned to dock for the night off the community of Cockburn on the lower west shore. This was done because landing ceremonies were set for Christmas day. But, since the crew was un able to attract attention from shore by waving lights, the vessel was driven west by a strong east wind. They did not have charts for the waters to the west, Marks said, so they decided to ask for a tow when an inter- island airliner sighted the Nina II about 16 milest west of San Salvador. In response to their signal, the U.S. Navy sent a 26-foot launch to tow in the Nina II. Strong Wind But the wind continued so strong that the tiny vessel could make no better than two knots even with the tow as it edged along to the opening in the beautiful but treacherous coral reef offshore of the point where Columbus first set foot in the New World. Actually, the Nina II was Medford Firm Bids Low on Dump Trucks International Harvester Sales, Medford, was apparent low bidder this morning on six dump trucks for the Jack son county roads department. Net bid was $37,511.90 which included trade-in allow ances for six old county dump trucks. Only other bidder was Par sons Motor company, Med ford, with a net bid of $38. 574 on six 1963 Dodge dump trucks including trade-ins. The bids were submitted to the county engineer and pur chasing coordinator for study of specifications and recom mendation for awarding the contract Friday. Oregon's Terms To Be Considered Olympia -1?D- The Wash ington Highway Commission will meet in special session here Friday to consider ratify ing the Oregon Highway Com mission's terms of sale for the remaining $12 million worth of bonds for construction of the Astoria-Mcglcr bridge. Oregon is responsible for building and operating the bridge on U. S. 101, and the Washington commission has the power to concur on the terms of the bond sale. The Oregon Legislature in 1961 authorized a $24 million bond issue to pay for the bridge. The additional $12 million sale which the Wash ington commission will con sider is the balance. Washington will build ap proaches to the span on its side and has agreed to help pick up the deficit not to ex ceed $200,000 per year if the bridge operation goes In the red. The new 4 2 mile facility now under construction is ex pend to open in mid-196S. nans Crew sighted Monday afternoon by a resident of the isolated com munity of Lyndcn Hill on the east shore. But by the time his report was relayed Tues day morning, the Nina II was far out of sight and this re port was considered a false alarm. (See picture on Page SA) Last Hours of Holiday Prove Deadly on Roads By United Press International The last hours of the 102- hour Christmas holiday prov ed to be the deadliest and the total of highway deaths dur ing the long week end passed 650, late reports showed to day. The final surge of fatality reports made the experts look tragically correct. The Na tional Safety Council had csti- mated that from 650 to 750 persons would die in holiday traffic accidents. When the first hours of the holiday passed with a comparatively low death rate, the council revised its estimate to 550 deaths. But the hopeful sec ond thought did not hold up. Count Shows 652 The United Press Interna tional count from 6 p.m. Fri- day until midnight Christmas showed 652 traffic deaths. The holiday death break down shows 652 dead In trof- fie, 102 from fires, 14 in air planes, and 73 from miscel laneous causes for a total of 841. An average of six persons died every hour in traffic during the holiday. California Leads California led the nation with 59 traffic deaths, follow ed by Texas with 55, Illinois with 43, and New York State with 34. Oregon had 13. It was the second deadliest Christmas holiday on the high ways on record. A total of 706 persons died in the four-day "Black Christmas" week end of 1956. In other four - day Christmas holidays, 594 per sons died in traffic in 1958, 556 in 1952, and 539 in 1951. FBI Agents See SF Bank Holdup San Francisco-WPft-A young man who attempted to rob a downtown bank today was arrested by two FBI agents who happened to be in the bank at the time, the FBI reported. Frank Price, agenl-in-charge here, identified the suspect as Richard Dean Holtan, 27, originally from Watertown, S.D., and most recently from Huntington Park, Calif. Agent Monte A. Hall was in the Hibcrnia bank at Jones and Market sts. at 10:15 a.m. on FBI business when he no ticed Holtan. Holtan aroused his suspicions as he lingered behind a Christmas tree for several minutes, gazing around the lobby. Hull watched as Holtan walked over to a counter, wrote something on the back of a withdrawal slip, and, carrying a folded newspaper, got in line in front of teller Maureen Laval, 24. Meanwhile, another agent, James E. Tarleton, walked into the bank and Hall signal ed him to join him in line di rectly behind Holtan. Miss Laval appeared ner vous after Holtan handed her the withdrawal slip. She hur riedly slapped about $1,400 on the counter without counting It. FBI Agent Hall yelled, "Have you been robbed?" and she could only nod speech lessly. Hall and Tarleton grabbed Holtan and Immediately re covered the money and the note. It read: "This bomb in the newspaper can blow up the whole block. I want $!, 500. Please be careful." The "bomb" was a transistor ra dio. Holtan was to he arraigned later today on bank robbery charges before U. S. Com missioner Donald Constine. Police said Holtan was on parole from a burglary con- viction in Sioux Falls, SC., land had a prior robbery con viction. ATTORNEY DIES Portland-l'Pt -George Clark Durham, veteran Portland at jrncy, died Sunday. He was Escape Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages Two Sections WRECKAGE The pile of twisted metal above was all that was left of the light plane that crashed and burned near Ashland Sunday with three persons aboard. Killed in the crash were Reginald Imperatricc, his wife, Jane, and their 10-year-old daughter, Mary Jane, Lake Creek. The Hundreds Prepare To Leave Cuba Aboard Freighter Havana (UTD Relatives of Cuban invasion prisoners lined up by the hundreds to day along Havana s water front, preparing to board the freighter African Pilot lor Port Everglades, Fla., and freedom. The first 600 of the 1,000 children, women and men waiting to Join their fathers, husbands, sons and brothers waited patiently alongside the ship's dock. American and Cuban Red Cross representatives worked feverishly to install 500 cots and 1,000 blankets flown in for use by the relatives on their overnight, 12-hour trip. It was expected the ship would be able to sail by dusk. An American Red Cross- chartered plane landed in Ha vana today from Miami carry ing a medical team and sup plies for the prisoners' rela tives scheduled to leave aboard the African Pilot. A doctor, seven nurses and a "co-ordinator" were aboard the aircraft as well as 500 cots, 1,000 blankets and odd supplies. The plane's cargo was unloaded immediately by American and Cuban Red Cross representatives. Western diplomats here speculated that Premier Fidel Castro may follow up the re lease of the 1,113 invaders captured last year by freeing all of his foreign political prisoners and some Cubans as well. New York Attorney James B. Donovan, who negotiated the release of the invaders, announced in Miami Monday that Castro had promised to free Americans imprisoned In Cuba for "anti-stale crimes." Although no full list of the American prisoners has been made public, sources here said there actually arc only 22 Americans In Castro's prisons. Potato Warehouse Burns at Prineville Prineville-'IW-Flre heavily riamascd a nntato warehouse near here early today. Cause of the blaze was undetermin ed and a damage estimate was not made. Thi uarr-hmne. owned hv W. A. Hartin and R. P. Sin clair of Prineville, was about two-thirds full with 800 tons of potatotes. It took three hours to halt the fire. Fuel Oil Tossed On Home, Ignited Portland -'VP!'- Fire Investi gators today were probing a case in which a quantity of fuel oil was tossed on the home of Jehovah Cherry and ignited. ' The blaze was discovered about midnight by neigh bor. Damage was estimated at ilW $100. m MEDFORD, OREGON, Investigation into Crash Continues by Two Federal Groups The Civil' Aeronautics Board and the Federal Avia tion Agency continued their investigation today of a light airplane crash Sunday which killed a Lake Creek, Ore., rancher, his wife and daugh ter. State police said this morn ing victims of the airplane crash have been Identified positively as Reginald Domi nick Imperatrice, 34, his wife, Jane Imperatrice, 31, and daughter, Mary Jane, 10. The airplane crashed on a timbered ridge about two miles south of Ashland Mine rd. The wreckage was spot ted by Ashland City Council man George Ward and J. H. vonKuhlmann who conducted an air search of the area when the plane was reported mis sing en route from Ashland to Fresno, Calif., for the holi days. A ground search party con sisting of state police, coron er's deputies, civilian volun teers and two members of Rogue Flying Service, from which Imperatrice had rented the plane, arrived on the scene yesterday morning and removed the bodies late yes terday afternoon. London-Bound Train Wreck Kills One London - (UPD - A London bound passenger train plowed into the rear of another pas senger train tonight near the tiny Cheshire village of Min shull Vernon. Railroad officials said first reports indicated one person was injured. Several others were reported trapped in the wreckage. The officials said the rear coach of the first train was telescoped. Mint-hull Vernon is a small town about 35 miles southeast of Liverpool and ISO miles northwest of London. Officials said the two trains were crowded with holiday travelers. The train struck from be hind was en route from Liver pool to Birmingham. The sec ond train was en route from Glasgow to London. Portland Warehouse Fire Under Study Porlland-OTi-The Portland fire marshal's office said to day it was continuing an in vestigation of a fire Monday which gutted a warehouse here. Two firemen were Injured fighting the blaze. The burned building was owned by Triangle Mills and occupied by E. J. Bartcllj Co., anoljniulation and Wires, Inc. A rmor Tribune WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER plane crashed in the fire-blackened timber of the Ashland burn, and if the weather had been clear residents of Ash land could have seen the burning airplane on the ridge some 1,800 feet above town. State police officers and sher . iff's deputies are shown in the background. Visibility was reported as poor Sunday when Impera trice look off from the Ash land airport. Observers said the plane would have missed the ridge if it had been 200 yards higher. State police started a rou tine check of nearby landing strips and airports when the plan was reported missing. No flight plan had been filed, they said. Court Sets Hearing Date for District The Jackson county court today set Jan. 30 for a public hearing on the proposed Evans Valley Rural Fire Pro tection district. County Commissioner Ches ter Wcndt said petitions con tained the required number of verified signatures of prop erty owners or contract buy ers within the proposed dis trict boundaries. The law re quires that 25 per cent of the property owners or 200 resi dents sign the pennons, whichever is the smaller num ber. The assessor's office show ed 179 verified signatures of 556 permitted. However, it was estimated earlier the pro posed district would include 200 residents within the 45 square mile area. Although an fcvani vauey rural volunteer fire depart ment is now In operation, the proposal would set up a dis trict with a board of directors empowered to levy a tax. Two-Car Collision Kills Portland Woman Portland-aiPD-Mrs. irtathilda M. C'hlottl. 57. Portland, was killed and another woman In jured In a two-car crash here today. Mrs. Tllllc R. Bcderman, 40, Portland, was reported In good condition at st. vinceni hospital. Police said Mrs. Chlolti's car apparently skidded out of control on an icy strip and careened into westbound traf fic. WEATHER rrntrr 4MT- rilr Innlfht. part ly rloiidv Thurrlav. Low to. nllht l to 21. II If h Thiireoay 42 to 47. Tuna. Hlfhrit Yesterday 42 l.owett Thla Morning H Our Skies Tonight Unmet today 4:41 p.m. ftunrlte tomorrow .... 7:t a.m. New Moon today .... 2:St p.m. The planet, Marl, rliee ... P" tonight and ll now beginning a wetward movement among the dlitanl eteri In lie bark- ground that will tonunue near Uv three month!. 57th Year Price 10 Cents 26, 1962 No. 239 mm Russia Officially Supports Charges Against Embassy Moscow - (UPD - The Soviet government today officially backed up- newspaper spy charges against the U.S. Em bassy here but indicated that three American embassy of ficers, accused of espionage, would be allowed to remain in the country. The action came In a For eign Ministry statement that did not order expulsions but demanded that the U.S. Em bassy take measures to re strain Its personnel from ac tivities "incompatible" with their diplomatic status. U.S. Embassy Acting Min ister Richard Funkhauscr. who was read the statement at the Foreign Ministry this morning, Immediately reject ed the allegations of misbe havior by embassy personnel as "unfounded." Intensive Campaign , Soviet newspapers, radio and television have been wag ing an Intense "spy scare" campaign here In recent weeks, accusing five embassy staff members, a British busi nessman and a high Soviet scientific official of partici pating In an Anglo-American espionage ring. Two of the Americans al ready have left the country. The three who remain are U.S. Embassy doctor and as sistant Air Force attache Capt. Alexis II. Davison, 31, Atlanta, Ga.; Second secre tary Robert K. German, 35, Dallas, Tex.; and embassy attache and security officer Hugh Montgomery, 39, Springfield, Mass. AWARD PRESENTED Portland - IUPII - An award for more than 25 years of un interrupted coverage under Oregon's workmen's compen sation act has been presented to members of the Portland chapter, Associated General Contractors. Dockmen Picketing New York-WPt- Longshore men began picketing in full force today at docks In At lantic and Gulf Coast ports. Extra police were called In one city to forestall violence. En masse picketing went Into effect for the first time since the International Long shoremen's Association called the walkout Sunday night. Police were sent to the docks In Galveston. Tex., ti guard against a clash between a subsidiary of the ILA and a newly formed Independent labor group, the Banana Workers Cooperative. But the situation remained orderly when 100 members of the co operative crossed the picket lliils to unload bananas from Freedom Seekers Evade Gunfire Of Border Guards Escapee$ Carry Personal Items Berlin-fflFD-Eight East Gef mans rammed an armor-plat ed bus through Communist barricades and a fusillade of gunfire today in a spectacular escape to freedom in West Berlin. Four small children were among the refugees, who were members of two families. Ona of the two men was the owner of the bus and the other was his driver. Eight machine pistol bullets fired by Communist guards hit the bus, but the only injury was a glass splinter cut re ceived by the driver. Carefully Planned The escape was so carefully planned that the families brought along their belong ings, Including a living room clock, five sofa cushions and doll carriage. The bus smashed through three barriers on the main highway to Berlin and mada it safely to the U.S. Army checkpoint on the edge of tha western sector of the city. At a West Berlin refuges camp, the escapers said they had planned to flee on Christ mas Eve but had to defer tha venture because the radiator on the bus froze. They said they stayed up all night to thaw the radiator. Sign Misled Police As part of the plan, tha refugees placed on the rear of the 30-seat bus a sign read ing ' repair shop car to maka police think it was under way on a repair job. They said the Communists vlgilence apparently was re laxed over the holiday be cause the only time they wera challenged in their 150-milo ride was just outside Berlin. Usually the Reds check travel ers at several points on high ways leading to the city. We threw ourselves on the floor to evade the bullets but one grazed my hair," one of! the women said. "I was lucky. We armor-plated the bus, but the bullets camo in anyway." The bus belonged to tha owner of a transport firm In the town of Ncugersdorf, Dis trict of Sachsen, near Loebau on the Czech border. The oth er man worked as a driver for the owner. "We were not controlled once on the long trip fcem our home town," the wife of tha bus owner said. "We hit tha first control at the Berlin bor der." The children, ranging from 2 to 10 years, were not told of the escape plan. They were not aware anything unusual was happening until they were told to He down on the bus floor as the vehicle ap proached the C o mm u n 1 s t checkpoint. Guards Start Shooting As the vehicle neared the divided city, Communist bor der guards controlling heavy traffic to and from West Ber lin opened fire with machine pistols. Bullets broke the wind shield. Others bounced oft steel plates the refugees had attached to the sides of the vehicle for protection. A glass splinter from tha windshield cut the thumb ot tne driver, but that was tha only injury. Recommendation Made To Purchase Truck Jackson County Purchasing Coordinator William Cochran and the Jackson county health department this morning rec ommended to the county court that a three-quarter ton pick up truck be purchased from Courtesy Chevrolet, Medford. Courtesy submitted the low est of five bids at $1,977.88. The truck will be used In tha county mosquito control pro gram. Begin in Force a Swedish vessel, the Brlta Thordon. Otherwise, all reports Indi cated that picketing elsewhere along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts were proceeding in an orderly manner. Both the shippers and the ILA were reluctant to resume negotiations in the dispute which arose over a shippers' demand that the union reduce the size of work gangs from. 20 to 17 men. A move by Mayor Robert T. Wagner of New York City to persuade negotiators to re turn to the bargaining table by Thursday was Ignored, and federal mediators had no im mediate plans for scheduling more talks. J
