irr's leath Leaves Administiration With
Leadership Sap
PORTLAND ENTRY Belle's First, entered her equally famous son, Packy. The float
by the City of Portland and the Portland is shown as It moved down Colorado blvd.
Rose Festival, features the nationally-known at Pasadena, Calif., during the Tournament
mother elephant at the Portland Zoo, and of Rose parade Tuesday. (UP1)
American Killed, Helicopters
Downed by Viet Cong Gunfire
Saigon -JUPII- An American
Army captain was killed to
day and three other Ameri
cans wounded, two of them
seriously, hy Communists who
shot down five U.S. Army heli
copters, a U.S. military
spokesman announced.
The spokesman said the
slain captain was a military
adviser taking part in a gov
ernment assault on the east
ern cdo of the Plain of Reeds,
about 30 miles southwest of
Saigon.
lie said the wounded Amer
icans apparently were heli
copter crewmen.
Four of the downed copters
were 1121s from the 83rd
Helicopter Company stationed
at Soclrang. The other was an
HU1B from UT Company, sta
tioned in Saigon.
A spokesman at Soctranfi
told UPI two of the heli
copters were repaired and
fiown back to Tan Hiep Air
field, the staging area for
the assault.
The three others were still
in the rice fields where they
fell. '
Informed military sources
said the assault was mounted
by a strong Vietnamese force
against what is estimated to
be a battalion of Viet Cong.
They said about 1,200 gov
ernment troops were airlifted
into the area in an attempt to
trap the guerrillas.
The aircraft met intensive
fire from the ground, how
ever, and five were shot down.
This was believed to be 'the
largest single day total since
the fight against the Vict
Cong began.
A company of amphibious
M13 armored personnel car
riers were rushed to the scene
to protect the downed hell
copters until they could be
flown off again, sources said
These also met heavy fire
from the guerrillas despite
harassment by Vietnamese
T28 and AD6 fighter bombers.
Hubbard Bros., Inc.
WILL BE
CLOSED FOR
INVENTORY
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
January 3, 4 and 5
In Cue of Emergency Phono 773-7777
Ik.:, I :
' , TP rf
r ' 'J7L a13
I '- " w fy . TP it
r ihiifK B Urn
L
A noted artist and personal friend depicts,
in words and pictures, this beloved dean of
American letters on his 85th birthday
PiH't, historian, biographer, novelist, anthologist
and singer of the folk songs that Ix-Ioiir to all the
people arc included in the range of work achieved
by Carl Sandburg. For a heart-warming insight of
the man many people describe us America's greatest
living author
Read The Intimate Portrait by WILLIAM A. SMITH
"THE CARL SANDBURG I KNOW"
in the JANUARY 6TH Weekend Issue of
JFhxTiilyr T4S&GlcIy
with your cof.y of the
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNb
Body of Lenin
Moved to Safety
In World War II
Moscow - lUPU - The Soviet
press has lifted the veil on
one of the Kremlin's best
kept secrets by admitting that
the body of Lenin l.ad been
secretly taken out of its Red
Square mausoleum and re
moved to safety during World
War II.
For nearly four years,
from July, 1041, when the
German army was approach
lng Moscow, until April
1843, virtually the eve of the
Allied victory, Lcnlns re
mains were hidden at an un
disclosed location far from
the Soviet capital, the news
paper "Economic Gazette"
(Ekonichiskaya Gazctta) re
vealed. During all ti.is time the
world was officially left with
the belief that the body of the
USSR's first great leader was
still in its coffin in the shad
ow of the Kremlin wall.
Slalin Stayed in Capital
Former Soviet dictator Sla
lin made a famous appear
ance on the mausoleum re
viewing stand during revolu
tionary anniversary celebra
tions Nov. 7, 1041, as a sign
to his people and the world
that he had not left the cap
ital despite the German ad
vance. But the government never
made any announcement dur
ing the war or after that Len
in's body had already been
taken out of the mausoleum
at that time. Since the red
and black marble tomb was
closed throughout the war,
there was never any way to
check.
The Economic Gazette, in
an article dealing with the
history of the mausoleum, dis
closed however, that appar
ent fear of a Nazi bomb
striking the inmb led the
government to spirit away
Lenin's remains.
Difficult Task
"In the grim sumi ler days
of 1041, when the ai.ti-air-cnift
defense alarm signal
Mmiulcd in Moscow and Hit
ler invaders were on the of
fensive, heading for the cap
ital. Red Stiiare and Ihr
mausoleum, Lenin's body was
urgently evacuated in July,''
i tl io newspaper said.
I "The transportation of the
body was a very difficult task,
j Yet the doctors and engineers
. had to plan every detail of
the transportation and ship
ment and their effort were
not in vain, because the pro
longed journey came off suc
cessfully. "In April, 1045, Lenin's
bedy was returned to Moscow
and on Sept. Hi, ItM.V the
mausoleum was reopened for
visitors." the newspaper said.
Party Lineup
In Senate Will
Be Unchanged
Washington - (UPI) - The
death of Sen. Robert S. Kerr,
"uncrowned king of the Sen
ale," left the Kennedy admin
istration with a leadership
gap in Congress today with
the new session only a week
away.
The Oklahoma Democrat,
possibly the most influential
man on Capitol Hill, died of
a heart attack at 7:50 a.m.
(PST) Tuesday in Doctors hos
pital while sitting on a bed
talking to his physician, Dr.
James L. Keating.
Kerr was admitted to the
hospital three weeks ago with
a virus ailment. A few days
later he had a heart attack
but his administrative aide.
Burl Hays, said Monday that
Kerr was "showing steady
improvement."
Funeral services will be
held at 2:30 p.m. Friday in
the First Baptist church at
Oklahoma City, an office
spokesman said today.
President Kennedy had
counted on the 66-year-old oil
millionaire to help steer his
tax-cut bill and other legisla
tion through Congress. Noti
fied of his death, Kennedy
said Kerr would be greatly
missed when Congress opens
next Wednesday and "even
more so in the months ahead."
Kerr's death will not
change the party lineup in the
Senate where the Democrats
have a 67-33 edge on the Re
publicans. There was specula
tion that Oklahoma's outgoing
Democratic Gov. Howard Ed
mondson might fill the Sen
ate scat.
Edmondson could resign be
fore Republican Henry Bell
mon takes office as governor
on Jan. 14 and get Lt. Gov.
George Nigh to appoint him
to the Senate until the next
regular election in 1064.
Democrats Lota Prestige
Though they won't lose the
Senate seat to the GOP, the
Democrats suffered a tremen
dous loss in prestige and in
fluence in Kerr's death. Both
his friends and foes called him
the Senate's "uncrowned
king" because of the power he
exerted in legislative councils
Tlic President, who planned
to attend Kerr's funeral, said
In a statement of sympathy to
the senator's family, that "his
legislative accomplishm e n ts
were exceptional."
"In the last two years
alone," Kennedy said, "al
most every major bill enacted
bore the mark of his uu,tiring
leadership and skill: The
space program, the trade bill,
the tax bill of 1062, the im
provements in social welfare
and in national resource de
velopment." Kerr was born on Sept. 11,
1806, in the East Central In
dian Territory that later be
came the stale of Oklahoma.
He became rich after oil was
found near his birthplace.
Heavy State
On Agenda
of investigations
lor Coming Congress
Washington - ItlPO - Con
gress is planning a heavy diet
of investigations this year
with inquiries already set on
such diverse subjects as the
baby adoption racket and nar
cotics peddling.
Other scheduled investiga
tions range from sales of pep
pills to teen-agers, to news
paper mergers and stockpile
surpluses. Even the Billie Sol
Estes farm scandal may take
an encore.
Last session Congress spent
more than $3 million on in
vestigations, a c c u m u lated
thousands of pages of government-printed
testimony and
heard a bewildering number
of witnesses testify with moist
faces under the glare of cam
era lights.
One f last year's inquiries,
perhaps the major accomplish,
mcnt was enactment of tight
er federal controls over the
manufacture and sale of
drugs. This grew out of hear
ings on the baby -deforming
drug, thalidomide.
Congress also passed a
package of laws cracking
down on gambling and the
interstate shipment of gam
bling devices, largely as the
result of Senate crime hear
ings. The preliminary lineup of
Investigations for the new
GSth Congress, which con
venes Jan. 9, reads like a
handy catalog of crime and
profiteering.
The Senate Foreign Rela
tions committee will try to ex
pose the operations of foreign
lobbyists who work against
the interests of U. S. foreign
policy objectives.
Sen. John L. McClcllan (D
Ark)., chairman of the perma
nent investigators sub-committee,
has inquires scheduled
into world trafficking in dope.
He also may look into the
current dock strikes, alleged
bribing of college athletes,
and the awarding of a multi
million dollar contract to
General Dynamics for the all
service F-lll fighter plane.
McClellan already has ex
tended an invitation for indict
ed Texas farm financier Estes
to testify in the marathon
farm scandal hearings.
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd (D
Conn.) wants his juvenile de
linquency sub committee to
wind up its sessions on the
sale of pep pills to teen-agers,
and mail order sales of guns
to youngsters.
Dodd also had preliminary
plans for investigations into
the baby adoption racket and
the condition of juvenile de
tention home.
Regional Edition Page 2A
MEDF0RDeJtWrRIBUNE
iHhUKORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2. 1063
In the House, Rep. Emanuel
Celler (D-N.Y.) has announced
he will inquire into news
paper mergers and monopoly
ownership bv newspapers of
radio and television stations.
House subcommittees are
sure to dig into Defense De
partment spending and waste
or inefficiency in the giant
foreign aid program.
Sen. Stuart Symington (D
Mo.) will continues his inves
tigation into alleged excessive i
profits in the nation's multi
billion stockpile program.
For Fast,
Efficient Service
t. Ship It
LASKE
to or from
Oakland, San
Francisco, Los Angeles
and Other California
Points
Call
Jack Fittqerald
773-7761
Q?
Stocks Start Year
Irregularly Higher
New York 4UPD Stocks be
gan the New Year irregularly
higher today.
Steel issues brightened, fea
turing U.S. Steel and Youngs
town up nearly a point each.
Autos firmed, oils were
steady, and chemicals a trifle
soft. American Telephone slid
around t on a slower rate
of earnings growth in its final
quarter and Sears shed close
to a point.
Magma Copper tumbled 3 1 i
and Ncwmont Mining around
2 as the Justice Department
started an antitrust suit
against them. Norfolk & West
ern dropped 1 in a mostly
firm rail group and utilities
were narrow.
Foreign Briefs
PAKISTAN OFFICIAL HOPES FOR FRIENDSHIP
Rawalpindi. Pakistan-HTh-Paklslani Foreign Minister
Mohammad Ali expressed the hope yesterday that the border
agreement between Pakistan and Communist China would
pave the way for further strengthening of friendship be
tween the two countries.
Ali stated his position in a telegram to Red Chinese Pre
mier Chou En-lai.
BRITISH LIBERAL TO VISIT UNITED STATES
London-'ll'I'-Joieph Grimond, who has revitalised the
British Liberal party, will go to New York Friday for a
visit to the United States and a meeting with President
Kennedy.
Grimond, 49, will see Kennedy mid-way through a 16
day tour of the United States and Canada. The trio includes
a live-day stay at Yale University at the invitation of the
Chubb Foundation.
FORMER URUGUAY PRESIDENT INJURED
Montevideo. Uruguy-ln-Ex-Preiident Benito Bardene
and his wife suffered minor injuries In a traffic accident
here Tuesday when the car in which they were riding col
lided with another vehicle.
CROWDS PAY COURTESY CALLS AT IMPERIAL PALACE
Tokyo-ill'I'-A total of 174.740 persons including some
foreigners, paid New Year courtesy calls at the Imperial
Palace today.
Shouts of "Bansail" from the predomlnanlly.Japanese
crowd groeted members of the Royal family on their Ircquent
appearances on a platform above the visitors filing through
I the palace grounds.
! GUINEA PRESIDENT REVEALS NEW CABINET
Conakry. Guinea-1 Pl-Prcident Sekou Toure of Guinea
. Tuesday night announced new cabinet, with fewer port
j folios and more popular leaders.
' The new cabinet has 13 ministers and three secretaries
of state against a previous 19 ministers and lour secretaries
ol state.
Highway Traffic
Increase Reported
Salrm-'IW Traffic on state
highways showed an increase
during November, 1!IH2. as
compared to the same month
in 10111, the Oregon State
Highway depurmi nt said
Rural highway traffic In
creased 8 4 per cem. and ur
band highway traffic Increas
ed 2.8 per cent.
far
l Fifth and
ECONOMICAL
Ramblfi Suptt. 4 dY Stdin, i Cvl ,
Stndrd Tram, tor fconomv. Hit Re
clining Still, R ( H, One Owner.
ciioartn
Yours tor Onlr IOsUU
LEA RAMBLER
Bertlett Phone 772-61 85
I
We just completed our inventory and
this merchandise must gol Save up to
70! Now is your chance to really
stock up on wanted yardage. Our Loss
Your Gain! We must move this stock
at once to make room for our spring
yardage.
Sportswear
Original values to 1.59 yd.
Assorted, blended, solid colors!
1532 HPc
yards Jjjj
950 yds. of Assorle
Original values to 49c yard. Some
crease resistant finish. 36 in. wide,
saving!
t
drip drys andsfl
sensationally 1
1
mm uV.X v Lb
m f w
41
&m-t FTO P?v I
50 YARDS
UPHOLSTERY
FABRICS
REGULARLY 1.99 YARD
250 YARDS!
Yardage Assortment
e Dacron end Cottons
e Denims Chiffons
Cotton Lace
Nylon Organdy
Values to 98c yard
Charge
It
J3
i
i
65 I
i
SI
'5
3
m
WM1
TP
faajf"
fUs