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Temperatures Skid Far Below 1 in Great Plains Area Oregon Accidents Take Lives of 12 By United Preu International Twelve persons died In ac cidents in Oregon during the long Christmas holiday week end. The week end began Fri day at 6 p.m. and ended to day at 12:01 a.m. Traffic accidents claimed seven lives, three persons were killed In a plane crash, one was hit by a train and ' one died in an accidental shooting. The burned bodies of a Lakccrcek cattle rancher, his wife and small daughter were recovered from the wreckage of a light plane two miles south of Ashland Tuesday night. The wreckage vas sighted from the air earlier in the day. En Route To Fresno The single-engine aircraft crashed and burned Sunday after taking off from Ashland on a flight to Fresno, Calif. Killed in the crash were Reginald Impcratrice, 34; his wife, Jane, 31, and the cou ple's daughter, Mary, 10. A ground party recovered the bodies and took them to Ash land. Mrs. Regina Heleniak, 76, Vale, was killed when the car in which she was riding struck a telephone pole at Vale Tuesday night. Her hus band was driving the car. John Fager, 23, Salem, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lynne Kofford, 25, Portland, were killed when their car crashed into a tree off a Union county road Vh miles southeast of La Grande Tuesday. Mary Sakach, 17, Klamath Falls, died at a Klamath Falls hospital Tuesday from in juries suffered in a one-car accident Monday night. Air man 1-C Gerald Kendall, 23, Yelm, Wash., also lost his life in the crash when the car went off a Klamath coun ty road and flipped over two miles west of Klamath Falls He was stationed at Klngslcy Air Force Base at Klamath Falls. Young Mother Drowns An expectant mother died In another one-car accident near Klamath Falls Monday night. Mrs. Rosemary Willi ams, 19, Seattle, drowned when a car driven by her husband plunged into a water-filled irrigation canal off U.S. Highway 97 12 miles south of Klamath Falls. William Kneale, 37, Gcr vais, was struck and killed by a Southern Pacific switch train one-half mile north of Gcrvais Monday. Clarence Tye, 20, Cottage Grove, acci dentally shot and killed him self when he dropped his rifle at Dorena Sunday. He had been target shooting. Alice Thompson, 28, a Eu gene school teacher, was kill ed in a one-car accident on U.S. Highway 20 some 14 miles west of Burns Friday night. SAVE ON FAMOUS SKIN CARE PRODUCTS ...and discover a younger look in the bargain! CLEANSING CREAM or Dry Skin regularly '2.50 NOW...I1.BO SKIN FRESHENER LOTION regularly '2.00 NOW... $1.10 3 SKIN FIRMING LOTION regularly M.7S NOW... 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Winners in Words In Ward I, Earl Richardson, 2133 Crater Lake ave., was awarded first prize; Russell Hoguc, 2200 Hillcrcst rd., sec ond; and Bud Ray, Trailer 56, Elmore Trailer Village, third. James Kubalek, son of Dr. and Mrs. Miln Kubalek, !f()7 South Oakdiilc ave., was awarded first prize In Ward II for his work in decorating i tnc Kuoalek home; W. D. Malison, 1424 South Ivy st., was second; and Don Colt rane, 1118 Winchester ave.. third. In Ward III, Bob Sindlcr. 2435 Stearns way, was first; Adolph Slerton, 59 Summit ave., second; and Mrs. DonHld Brown, 3284 Hollywood ave.. third. Ward IV winners were Dan Gross, 1324 Siskiyou blvd., first; William Downing, 777 Ellendale dr., second; and Ray Dahl, 7B7 Ellendale dr., third. Keep Flowers Fresh With Immediate Care Washington -lUPli- Keep the holiday posies fresh, i h e American Society of Florists suggests. As soon as you ar rive home with cut (lowers. place their sli m ends In deep warm water. Pour warm wa ter into Hie container in which they will be arranged. Cut the slrm ends diagonal ly wilh a .sharp kmle. Remove all foliage below the wat-r level in the arrangement. Arid a commercial (lower preserva tive to the water. Snow Creates Traffic Hazard In Upper Midwest By United Press International Frigid air drove tempera tures far below zero through out the Great Plains today. The mercury plunged more than 30 degrees In the upper Midwest after a massive Christmas Day snowstorm created hazards for holiday traffic. The temperature dropped to 31 below at Eagle, Colo., and 27 below at International Falls, Minn., this morning. In Iowa, Decorah registered 26 below, Emmetsburg 25 below Waukon 23 below, and Spen cer 22 below. It was 18 below In Minne apolis and St. Paul. The be low zero cold stretched to Missouri where It was 10 be low at Kirksvillc, and Kansas where the mercury dipped to 8 below at Manhattan. Warnings Railed The weather was bad from Massachusetts, where small craft warnings were raised from Eastport to Block Is land, to San Francisco, where Bay Area residents bundled up in 31-dcgree temperatures. Snow, driven by winds up to 50 miles an hour, created hazardous driving conditions in New Mexico, where state police advised motorists to use chains on snow-packed highways. Snow-slick highways near Grants and Los Lunas, N.M were blamed for two traffic accidents. Near Muldrow Okla., a motorist was killed when his car went out of con trol on icy roads and flipped over another auto. Three hundred barges stranded at Cairo, 111., located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi, were freed by recent precipitation and three dredges working be tween Cairo and St. Louis, Mo. The barges had been hung up by low water. Body Recovered Divers recovered the body of a fisherman who drowned Christmas Eve when he fell through the ice on Jewell lake near Fergus Falls, Minn. Frozen rain caused power lines to snap at Gainesville, Ga., Christinas Day. Nearly an Inch of moisture was regis tered at Atlanta, Ga., ; d Raleigh, N.C. The nation's capital had Its fifth Christinas snow storm since 1H8B and the'record 5.3 inch fall left roads snow cov ered and slippery for a 200 mile radius. Mixed rain, snow and sleet fell in North Carolina from the mountains into nvch of the Piedmont, and driving over almost all of the stale was hazardous. Hazardous driving warnings were out for almost all of New England, and the snow was expected to change to freezing rain and sleet, wilh the temperatures dropping to zero. Most of the nation had a white Christmas. Calls for Elimination of Castro Regime Mounting Among: Cuban Exile Leaders; Unity of Governments Urged in Plea Subscribers iinproi drliveiy of the Mail Tnhune m Mrdtord phone 772-6141 ; Ash-tan-t cm I at 41fl HrtriKi at., or ptiiMi? 4H2-:inOJ; Yrek. phont Victory 'J-aflHH before fi 4IS urn. daily ann 11 30 a m. Sunday. If reculur delivery arrtvta nhnrtty alter vpu calt plea-e not if v of fire. thu eliminating penal incrncr aervice. Foreign Briefs PACIFIST APPEALS TO END OF NUCLEAR TESTING Hiroshima. Japan-'IM-Dr. Earle L. Reynolds, an Amer ican Pacifist, failed in public here Tuesday ai an appeal for an end to nuclear letting. Reynolds, a teacher at a Hiroshima university, failed lor 12 hours in the Hiroshima Peace park, lite of history's firit atomic bombing in World War II. He was joined by hii wile, Barbara, and their eldeit daughter, Jessica. TUNISIANS SOUGHT IN ASSASSINATION PLOT Tunisa-'tri'-Tuniiian police today searched for 30 persons involved In a plot to assassinate President Habib Bourguiba and overthrow the government. Another 30 to 100 already were in custody. All the plot ters are believed to be young ollicers or iludents who belong to an exiled opposition movement. The government made no mention ol any anamination plot. It said only that the group was preparing a "plot against the security of the State." Reliable sources said the Blotter. planned to kill Bourguiba. i KREMLIN CLAIM SAID PROPAGANDA Moscow-ll'l-Western diplmali today dismissed ai propa-i ganda the Kremlin's latest claim that Russia would end I nuclear testing by Jan. 1 If the West did the same. i NATURAL GAS EQUIPMENT COMPANY On Divplfv the Uigrsl selection ol e's heeling equip ment in Sn. Oil'. COUMAN Srre finer I 'mi fe.ce,l Air Uptir Don Flow Hernenul Will fuin.ru Hoi Woe. Heaters. MiamHUPIl-Calls for oblit eration of the Castro regime mounted among leaders of the Cuban exile community to day in the Joyous reception given to 1,113 Bay of Pigs invasion prisoners who were airlifted to freedom. The captives, who were shuttled to liberty by 10 air planes Sunday and Monday after 20 months in Cuban jails, anxiously awaited news of the freighter African Pi lot, which was scheduled to leave Havana tod; y with 1,000 of their relatives! All harkened to a pledge for Fidel Castro's demise sounded by Manuel Artime, a leader in the abortive inva sion and last on the list of prisoners to be returned. At a press conference Tuesday, Artime promised hoarsely that "we shall return The 30-year-old Cuban cajl- ed on the governments of the Western Hemisphere to mount a siege against Fidel Castro's regime. Such unity, he said, could "topple the Cuban Com munist rule within a week." Determined To Reassault Artime said the released prisoners were determined to reassault the Caribbean is land. "We have given our word to our dead, to the Cu ban people, and to the free world that we will liberate Cuba or die in the attempt," he declared. "We feel that Fidel Castro can only be overthrown by a military action," he con tinued. "We also think that the Cuban problem is not local problem. It is the prob lem of the Western Hemi sphere." Artime, who has emerged as a focal figure in the exile community, spoke at the su burban Miami home of a prominent Cuban exile. He emphasized that all the re turned prisoners regarded themselves as the "troops of the revolutionary council." Joyous Reunions Elsewhere in Miami, the gaunt prisoners indulged in joyous Christmas reunions with their families, strolling the streets, engaging in fes. Firmness Shown By Stock Market New York - IUPD - Stocks showed increasing firmness early today although gains in most issues were limited to fractions. Chemicals paced the blue chips, Du Pont and Kodak managing point -sized gains. Owens Illinois and Chrysler were also up large fractions. In general the oils and autos were a trifle improved but steels stayed narrowly mixed. Electronics and specialties were in the vanguard of the advance, IBM, Polaroid and Xerox tacking on roughly 2 apiece and Texas Instruments and Beckman ahead well over a point. Regional Edition Medford Page 2A Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1962 tive dinners and savoring their freedom But all were preoccupied with an event in Havana: The tangled arrangements for the return of 1,000 relatives on the African Pilot. This craft had delivered to Havana the bulk of the $53 million food and medical ransom for the captives' release. Officials Beseiged More than 3,500 of their relatives were reported to have beseiged the Havana of fice of the Cuban Families committee, pleading to be among the 1,000 persons the ship is scheduled to carry to day to Florida. Fidel Castro told 100 of these relatives Tuesday that the United States might refuse them entrance. "I would be more than willing to let go without passports, visas or anything all relatives who could go," he said, "but you should know you might en counter problems with the U.S. government upon your arrival." 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