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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1963
Six Sections
No. 234
U.S., Britain
To Push Nuclear
Defense Plans
Washington - (VPD - United
States and British officials
will begin a week-long meet
ing here Monday to push
plans for creation of a multi
lateral nuclear defense force
for NATO, it was announced
Saturday.
Emphasis placed on the
meeting by Washington and
London authorities underlin
ed the determination of the
Anglo - Americans to forge
ahead as rapidly as possible
to carry out the Kennedy
Macmillan Nassau agreement,
despite French President
Charles de Gaulle's refusal to
participate.
Hope 01 Strike
Settlement
Called Very Dim
New York -OJPP- The print
ers' strike which has blacked
out nine newspapers in this
city wound up its 10th week
Saturday with apparently no
hope of settlement in sight.
F. M. Flynn, president of
Jhe struck Daily News, called
the situation "serious" in a
letter sent Friday to employ
ees of the News.
He said that the continued
stalemate in the negotiations
between the Publishers Asso
ciation of New York City and
Local 6 of the International
Typographical 'Union (ITU)
had led him to believe that
"it now appears that a nego
tiated settlement will be ex
tremely difficult, if not im
possible, to achieve."
- Bertram Powers, president
of the striking local, returned
to the city Saturday from ITU
headquarters in Colorado
Springs, Colo., and said there
was "no pressure from the in
ternational or any other
source to end the strike."
It was learned that repre
sentatives of five non-striking
unions and the publishers in
volved in the longest and
costliest newspaper strike in
the cily's history, now 71
days old, met Friday night.
The unions represented at
the meeting were the press
men, photoengravers, machin
ists electricians and the de
liverers.
Not represented were the
printers, newspaper guild,
stereotypers, mailers and pa
perhandlers. There was no announce
ment, however, on the pur
pose or the results ot the
meeting.
In Colorado Springs, ITU
President Elmer Brown, who
had summoned Powers for a
discussion of the strike, re
ported that "there is no more
outlook for a settlement now
than there was at the first
week of the strike."
- It had been reported during
recent 17 straight days of
marathon talks between May
or Robert F. Wagner and both
sides that tentative agreement
had been reached on the is
sues of automation and bogus.
The automation would in
volve the use by newspapers
of automatic tebtypesetting
machinery. Bogus is the prac
tice under which printers re
set in type all work which is
done outside the newspaper
and delivered in the form of
mats.
The State department said
the discussions will concen
trate particularly on two as
pects of the agreement which
President Kennedy and Brit
ish Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan reached last Dec.
19-21:
"The sale of Polaris mis
siles to Britain." Britain will
build the submarines to
launch them and supply her
own warheads.
"Initial assignment of
forces to NATO by both gov
ernments." They have agreed
to assign some of their nu
clear bombers and tactical
forces already existing to
NATO as quickly as possible.
Tyler To Head Group
The U. S. delegation will
be headed by Assistant Secre
tary of State for European
Affairs William R. Tyler. He
will have Defense Depart
ment General Counsel John
McNaughton as his deputy.
Representatives from the
U. S. Atomic Energy commis
sion also will participate, ac
cording to Stale Department
Press Officers Robert J. Mc
Closkey, who made the an
nouncement. The chief British represent
ative will be Denis A. Green
hill, minister of the British
embassy here. Technical ex
perts from London will join
the latter stages of the discus
sions.
While the talks are in prog
ress, the chief American nego
tiator on the new multi-later
al force, Livingston T. Mer
chant, will be making final
preparations for a trip to Eu
rope to discuss the project
with other NATO allies.
Trip Planned
Merchant is scheduled to
leave toward the end of this
month for Rome, Bonn, Paris,
Brussels and possibly other
capitals to discuss their pos
sible participation in the multi-lateral
defense force.
In Paris he will meet with
NATO officials but not dis
cuss matters with the French,
who have said they intend to
build their own independent
nuclear force.
British and American offi
cials last month held two pre
liminary discussions on im
plementing the Nassau agree
ment. Chairman Waller Ros
tow of the State department
policy planning council, and
Assistant Secretary of De
fense for International Secur
ity Affairs Paul Nitze, were
in London Jan. 17 and 18 for
talks with British technical
officials.
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BATTLE DOWN TO THE WIRE Communist slogans, ap
pealing for the votes of West Berliners in today's elec
tion of a new cily government, appeared on the Berlin
J 1
wall here last week. The signs translated say "Vole for
SED-W (Communist Party-West), Wall of Peace." (UPI)
Auto Rolls Over, But
Driver Escapes Injury
A 39-ycar-old Portland man
escaped injury Saturday af
ternoon after he swerved to
avoid another car on Inter
state 5 near the Foots creek
interchange and rolled over
several times before coming
to a stop upside down, accord
ing to state police officers.
Driver of the vehicle, Max
Edwards Sherk, told officers
another car cut in front of
him suddenly as he was south
bound on the freeway about
6:20 p.m. His car went off the
road into the area between
the northbound and south
bound highways. Officers said
the vehicle received consider
able damage.
State Sheriffs
Posses Meet
At Grants Pass
Grants Pass - The stale con
vention of the Oregon Mount
ed Sheriff's Posses association
concluded its activities here
Saturday wilh election of
1063 officers and an awards
banquet.
Over 225 persons attended
the convention, representing
some 20 different mounted
ridine groups from counties
throughout the state.
New officers include: pres
ident, Clell Laird, Coos coun
ty; first vicp president, CHI-
fort Elliott, Yamhill county;
second vice president, Joel
Dolan, Lane county; third
vice president, Frank Riley,
Multnomah county; secretary-
treasurer, . Floyd McNclly,
Coos county; publicity chair
man, Joel Barker, Josephine
county; and immediate past
president, D. W. Gillespie,
Josephine counly.
A number ot iropnies were
awarded at the evening ban
quet. The Sportsmanship tro
phy went to wasninsion coun
ty, the Parade of Champions
trophy to Clackamas county,
the Trailride Attendance tro
phy to Washington county,
and the Royce Lawrence Me
morial trophy went to Mult
nomah counly.
The High Point Posse tro
phy was awarded to Benton
rountv. the James Applegate
Memorial trophy to Josephine
rnuntv. and Lucky Warren of
Josephine county was present
ed with the tropny lor dchik
the high point man at the an
nual Shodco. Two convention
attendance trophys were won
u rviiifTia; rinintv. and the
rnmmnnitv service awaiu
went to Coos counly.
Registration for the conven
tion began Friday. The event
concluded Saturday following
the banquet and a dance.
K Has Won Cuba Objectives,
Lodge Tells Lincoln Audience
While Khrushchev tempo-
rarily lost face during the
Cuban crisis, he has accomp
lished his objective not to
destroy the United States
with a missile attack, but to
complete his conquest of
Cuba," the Lincoln club of
Jackson counly was lold Fri
day night.
The speaker, former Con
necticut Governor John D.
Lodge, made his statement as
part of an hour-long attack on
the foreign and domestic pro
grams of the Kennedy admin
istration at the 40th annual
Lincoln Day program. About
125 persons attended the ban
quet at the Jackson House
More Than Coincidence
Lodge said Kennedy s ac
tion in Cuba was "overplayed
and misunderstood." He sug
gested it was more than co
incidence thai the crisis de
veloped just before the na
tional elections last fall.
"Those weapons had been
in Cuba for many weeks,"
Lodge said, "but just two
weeks after the election, Ken
nedy determined the threat
no longer existed."
But Lodge denied the crisis
was over.
"We know the weapons
were not withdrawn," he said.
"Castro is still a threat. We
don't actually know what was
inside those missile cases the
Russian ships carried out of
Cuba."
On the domestic scene,
Lodge contradicted President
Kennedy's recent evaluation
that the state of the union was
good.
The speaker pointed to the
anticipated $12 billion budget
deficit, the rising cost of liv
ing, the dwindling gold re
serves," the current wave of
strikes in the country, and
the high unemployment
among the labor force.
Lincoln would be dist
ressed if he should come back
today," Lodge said.
The speaker was intro
duced by State Representa
tive Edward Branchficld. Al
so seated on the speaker's
platform were State GOP
Chairman Phil Roth, Hugh
Jennings, chairman ot the
Jackson county central com.
Fiery
West
Campaign Marks
Berlin Election
Berlin -HTIi- West Berlin's
Communists, hopeful of gain
ing seats on the municipal as
sembly in today's election.
campaigned with threats and
promises yesterday. The three
democratic parties called for
a record anti-Communist vole.
The democratic parties, the
West Berlin city government
and the western press joined
in urging the anti-Communist
vote to show the world that
"Berlin's political vigilance
has not relaxed."
Police said two bombs ex
ploded at the Communist wall
on the French sector last
night, but did not damage it.
An organization called the
"Peter Fcchter Action Group"
said it set off the bombs.
The organization is named
after a youthful East German
shot down at the wall by
Communists guards as he
tried to escape. In plain sight
of West Berliners, the Com
munists allowed him to bleed
to death.
Summit Said Only
Hope For Test Ban
mitlec, John Ness, chairman
of the Young Republicans
club, and Wanda Williams,
president of the Jackson
counly unit of the Women's
Republican club.
iJick Couilright read a
resolution praising the late
Kenneth Denman as an "out
standing citizen of county and
state. Master of ceremonies
for the event was James Rag-
land.
Lodge left Medford Imme
diately after the banquet to
fly to Portland. He has
speaking engagement tonight
in Connecticut.
50-Mile Hikers Asked
Not To Telephone JFK
MSBRIEFS
tr" FROM py MOUND THI OlOII
Sports Bulletins
Two free shoti by Dan
Miles wilh 1:40 left broke a
deadlocked score ai Medford
high noted Klamath Falli 49
to 47 here to lake over third
place in the Southern Oregon
conference basketball stand
ings. Rich Benner had 18
points for Medford which led
11 to 7, 25 to 21 and 39 to 36
at the quarters. Wayne Cham
berlain scored 13 for Klamath
Falls. Medford is now 6-5 in
the conference and Klamath
is 6 6.
Grants Pass The Grants
COUNTESS ADMITS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
Paris - il PI' - A pipe smokinj French countess who
once crid at Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's interpreter
has admitted faking part in the plot to kill President
Charles de Gaulle, police said Saturday.
AMERICAN PRESS CRITICIZED
Saigon - UPI - The gorernment-supported Times ot
Vietnam Saturday attacked the American press and de
mended that Washington consider censoring American
correspondents in South Vietnam.
TANKS RUMBLE THROUGH BAGHDAD
Baghdad, Iraq - IPf - Tanks rumbled through the
streets of Baghdad Friday night and isolated shots
sounded as the rerolulionary government pressed its
search of Communist and opposition leaders.
BLIZZARD ALMOST BLOTS OUT SUN
London - IPI' - A blmard that "turned day into
night" hit northeast England Salurdiy at both fresh
mows and lhawt harried western Europe. The auto
mobile association laid the blinding blimrd in the
northeast began it noon, almost blotting out the tun.
Pass Cavemen rolled to a lop
sided 70 to 48 basketball win
here Saturday night over the
Crater High Comets. The half
lime margin wat cloter wilh
the Cavemen ahead by a 38
to 33 count. Jim Pippin was
highpoint man for the Cave
men wilh 31 pointt. Howard
Tomlinton led the Cornell
with 22 points. The two teams
now share the lead in the
Southern Oregon conference
wilh identical 7-4 recordi.
Ashland Southern Ore
oon college Red Raiders
evened up their two-game j
teries wilh Portland Stale's
basketball team here Satur-
! day night with I 57 to 52 vic-
1 lory. High point man tor bOL
was Dave Hughes with 13
counters. John Nelson and
Jim Hollingsworlh of Port
land State shared honors with
14 points each. Halftime icore
favored SOC 30 to 21.
Ex-Cubans Ottered
Spot In U.S. Army
Washington - (UPI) - The De
fense department Saturday
offered Spanish language
military training and a pos
sible haven in the U.S. armed
forces to 2,500 members of the
Cuban refugee brigade which
conducted the abortive Bay
of Pigs invasion in 1961.
The offer, the first to in
clude Cuban officers, was ex
tended both to the 1,113 ex-
prisoners who were returned
to Miami under the December
ransom agreement with Com
munist Premier Fidel Castro,
and to members of the brig
ade who did not actually land
in Cllha.
Though it is both possible
and probable that the trainees
will some day return to Cuba
lo fight Castro, it was stressea
dial lliev would not be
trained for that purpose nor
will they be formed into
strictly Cuban unit.s. Instead,
they will be absorbed into
various units of the armed
forces.
Washington - fllPH - The
President's Council on Phy
sical Fitness indicated Satur
day that a 50-mile hike might
improve a person's physical
stature but will not do a thing
for his social status at the
White House.
Richard Snider, adminis
trator of the fitness council,
issued a press release in an
attempt to dissuade "I'm a
hero" hikers from calling the
White House to seek recogni
tion for their accomplish
ments. "The inquiries about hik
ing were a welcome relief
from the many people who
want to challenge the Presi
dent and his stalf to a game
of touch football," Snider
said.
But he went on to say that
the relief was wearing thin
it certainly has focused alien.
lion on the fitness effort.
"Naturally, we favor reg
ular exercise and activity
over a spectacular one-shot
cfforl. But we certainly want
lo commend those who made
the 50 miles, and those will
ing to try."
There was a strong sugges
tion that that statement
should be reward enough for
anyone making the effort and
any attcmpl for further recog
nition from the White House
would only detract from the
merit of the accomplishment.
Geneva -IUPII- U. S. disarma
ment negotiator William C.
Foster Saturday failed to get
the Soviets to agree to resume
the nuclear test ban talks
they broke off earlier this
month, reliable sources said.
Many diplomats here said it
would take action by Presi
dent Kennedy and Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev lo
get the deadlocked 17-nation
disarmament conference here
moving again.
Foster met wilh Soviet
First Deputy Foreign Minis
ter Vassili V. Kuznclsov Sat
urday to set procedure for
next week's sessions of the
disarmament talks, of which
they are co - chairmen. A
spokesman said they agreed
the talks should continue,
with all 17 nations taking
part.
Bui the sources said Kuz.
nctsov again blocked Foster's
attempt to get the smaller
meetings going aRaln among
the three nuclear powers here
the United States, Britain
and Russia.
The West, with the backing
of the neutral, nations at the
conference, has been pressing
for resumption of (he nuclear
talks, but the Soviets have
been busy aide-tracking the
test issue since tne conference
resumed Tuesday. Instead,
they want lo discuss the larg
er field of general disarma
ment. '
Kuznclsov said Friday the
Russians were willing to sign
a test ban treaty only on their
own terms, wilh no further
bargaining. But the present
Soviet position on the number
of on-site inspections and oth
er safeguards is not accepta
ble to the West, and the Brit
ish accused the Russians of
using "lake il or leave it"
bargaining tactics.
Foster will rctilrn to Wash.
Ington for five days Wednes
day and is expected to report
to the President. It is not
known if he plans another
meeting with Kuznetsov be
fore then.
Meanwhile, in Washington,
key legislative leaders in
fo rmed the administration
that a nuclear test ban treaty
is impossible unless Russia
moves away from its present
attitude that it will not budge
beyond acceptance of three 1
on-site inspections, coupled
with a "black box" detection
network, to police a test ban
treaty.
It was learned Saturday
that legislators had Informed
Foster, even before he left
for the conference last Wed
nesday, that such a proposal
was unacceptable.
They told him that a treaty
based on the current Russian
stand might not get even
majority vole in the Senate,
much less the two-thirds vote
needed for ratification,
There were reports Sat
urday that the walking
craie had spread to the
Rogue valley.
A group of five youths
was spoiled by patting
motorists and itate police
officeri Saturday morning
valiantly hiking down In
terstate 5 near Rogue River.
No information wat avail
able about the identity of
the hikers, but apparently
the group wat attempting
to walk the tome 30 free
way milei between Med
ford and Granti Pass.
Vandcnbcrg Air Force Base,
Calif. - lUPli - A Titan 2 mis
sile, launched for the first
lime from an underground
silo, blew itself lo pieces Sat
urday, spoiling an attempt to
demonstrate retalilory com
bat readiness.
Police Doubt Male
Nurse's 'Confession'
Lowell, Mass. -IUPII- A male
nurse surrendered to police
Saturday and "confessed"
that he strangled a woman in
Boston where eight such un
solved slayings have taken
place since last June.
The 41-ycar-old Lowell resi
dent was drunk when he ar
rived at Police headquarters,
but authorities said he re
peated the story after he sob
ered up. His story was so
vague, however, police doubt
ed it was true.
Circus Performer
Fighting For Life !
Madison, Wis. -IUPII- A hew
set of bearings under a
rnpeze bar may have caused
Mary Lou Lawrence, 28, to
miss her grip and fall 30-fcet
lo a concrete floor during a
circus performance here. !
Miss Lawrence, billed as
the "Hollywood Skyrocket"
with the William Kay circus,
fought for her life in a hos
pital bed Saturday as her par-
ents kept a bedside vigil.
She was swinging on a
trapeze Friday when she tried
to switch hatods and plunged
lo the floor before a stunned
opening day audience of 2,000
at the Dane counly fair
grounds.
The West Borlin Reds dan
gled before voters the hope
that a Communist bloc in the
assembly could negotiate with
Communist East Germany to
get passes for West Berliners
visit friends and relatives
on the other side of the Com
munist wall.
Red Party 'Tiny'
West Berlin's tiny Commu
nist party, which polled only
31,572 votes or 1.9 per cent
in the 1958 election, warned
that a vote for an anti-Communist
policy will bring re
sults "intolerable for a peace
ful citizen."
The East Berlin newspaper
Neue Zeit told West Berlin
ers yesterday a Communist
vote would be a vote fop
friendly relations with East
Germany.
East German police yester
day shot up a car which ram
med through two of three
road barricades in a desperate
bid for escape to West Ger
many, and captured the three
young occupants. One of them
was wounded.
The police fired 40 lo 50
machine pislol bullets into
the car. The car's tires were
punctured, and it veered out
of control, overturned and
burst into flames. The car
burned just 80 yards short of
the third barricade and West
Germany territory.
One Wounded
The dawn escape attempt
was made at the Marienborn
checkpoint, at the end of the
1110-mile Berlin-Hclmstadt au
tobahn through the Soviet
zone.. The three young men
who scrambled from the flam
ing wreckage were hustled
away by Communist police. A
West German truck driver
who was awaiting processing
at the checkpoint reported
one was slightly wounded.
Political observers here
doubted that the Communists
will poll the necessary 5 per
cent of votes needed to win
seats under the city's propor
tional representation system.
The democratic parties urg
ed the record turnout to pre
vent the Communists from in
creasing their percentage by
default. The cily government
said "Whoever does not vole
weakens democracy. Whoever
does not vote lets down our
countrymen on the other side
the .wall. Everyone must
vole for a free Berlin."
California Plane
Crash Kills Six
Livermore, Calif. - 0IPD - A
private, - single-engine plane
crashed into a hillside about
five miles east of here last
night, killing all six persons
aboard.
The names of the five pass
engers were not immediately
nown but the pilot was ten
tatively identified by the Ala
meda county Sheriff's office
as Edward Silva of San Lean
dro, Calif.
Hijacked Freighter Cruises Toward Brazil
Caracas Venezuela - OJPII - I of National Liberation I los Andres Perez has declared I the freighter with dynamite
and he and his staff now were
becoming "somewhat weary"
of telephone calls and letters
about hiking too.
Snider, however, was care
ful not to discourage anyone
who wanted to take a 50-mile
hike, or a shorter one for that
mailer. He just did not want
to hear about it.
"It's a good challenge for
those fit enough to attempt
it," he said. "The interest in
Vinson Supports JFK
Handling Of Cuba
Washington -dTO-Chairman
Carl Vinson of the House
Armed Services committee
Saturday threw renewed sup
port to President Kenncriy'i
handling of the Cuban crisis.
"t am confident that the
administration is taking an
necessary steps to bring about
the removal of Soviet troops
in Cuba," said the veteran
Georgia Democrat who has
received regular reports on
Cuban developments.
Basketball Scores
Saturday College Garnet
OSU 67 Oregon 57
Stanford 68 Calif. 58
USC 59 Washington 53
Wichita 65 Cincinnati 64
Arizona 74 Utah 70
Arizona St. 104 BYU 87
N. Carolina 79 Clrmson 63
Tulsa 66 St. Louis 65
Bradley 75 N. Texas St. 72
Loyola (Calif.) 58 U. of Pa
cific 51
Sacramento St. 70 San
Francisco St. 54
EOC 100 OCE 77
Saturday Prep Garnet
St. Mary'i 66 Rogue Riv. 63
Henley 81 Lakeview 70
Caracas, Venezuela - IDPII -
A U.S. Navy patrol plane Sat
urday sighted the Communist
hijacked Venezuelan freighter
Anzoalcgui north of Surinam
(formerly Dutch Guiana)
cruising toward the north
east shoulder of Brazil.
Three Venezuelan destroy
ers were ordered in pursuit at
full steam. A Venezuelan gov
ernment spokesman predicted
interception by noon today.
U.S. aircraft were granted
permission by the Surinam
government lo land and re
fuel at Surinam to keep track
of the elusive vessel, formally
declared a "pirate" by Ven
ezuela. (In Washington, the De
fense department said last
night that the navy plane
fired rockets in the path of
the hijacked freighter in an
effort lo attract Its attention
The rockets were fired, it
said, after the freighter failed
to answer blinker and radio
messages ordering It to set a
course for Puerto Rico.
Not An Attack
(A spokesman added that
the rocket firing was "cer
lainly not an attack on the
ship." Despite the rockets, he
said, the ship continued on
course and was being kept un
der surveillance. At last re
nort it was about 180 miles
north of Surinam.
(The Defense department
said navy planes had no in
ftructions lo attack the ship
if it continued to refuse to
contact surveillance planes.)
An authorized spokesman
for the terrorist Armed Forces
i
(FALN) said here the pirate
crew has offered to dock the
hip if the Venezuelan gov
ernment promises them am
nesty and dispatches Inde
pendent Senator Arturo Uslar
Pictri to an undisclosed port
of discmbarcation to assure
protection of the hijackers.
But Interior Minister Car
that the ship must be sur
rendered and the hijackers
face trials which could net
them 15 to 30 years.
The anonymous woman
telephone caller who has been
the FALN contact with press
organizations here for several
weeks said earlier the hijpxk
ers have mined the hold of
the freighter with dynamite
and will blow it up, with the
crew, if "warships of any na
tion" attempt to detain it.
The ship was captured at
gunpoint Wednesday, appar
ently by stowaways in collu
sion with a segment of the
crew headed by Second Mate
Wisnor Medina Rojas. It was
en route to Houston, Tex.
PUERTO
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All ANTIC
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PIRATE CHASE Declared a "pirate"
ship by Venezuela, 'the hijacked freighter
Anzoalcgui Saturday continued to lead
three Venezuelan destroyers and surveil
lance planes on a chase. Hijacked by Com
munists after it left La Guaira (1), the
Anzoalcgui was lighted in the Atlantic off
Surinam (2) early Saturday by a U.S. Navy
t.
patrol plane. A Venezuelan Navy spokes
man said it it believed the hijackers are
headed for Brazil and possible asylum since
they are heading In a south-southeasterly
direction. On such a course, they could
make port at Belem (3) or Recife (4) in
Brazil. (UPI) '