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fo) Jfl DA 0) Wit Appling, Kliever Key Witnesses 01 Subcommittee Question To Be Left To Courts Salem DPD Discovery of a military scandal and names of officers who signed orders relating to it were detailed here Thursday by the head of the' Oregon National Guard and the secretary of state. The testimony came at a tense meeting of a Ways and Means Subcommittee, which also heard one officer admit he had questioned activities of his superiors but taken no action. The key witnesses were Secretary of State HowpII Appling Jr., and Adjutant General Paul L. Kliever, who became head of the Oregon National Guard when the late Alfred E. Hintz died last Hay. Irregularities Revealed Shortly after the death of Hintz, irregularities at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas county were made public. Continuing investigation, Appling said, revealed the ex istence of a srecial cash fund, irregular disposal of surplus goods, and diversion of money to unauthorized projects, in cluding improvements to Hintz's home. The secretary of stale gave the committee audit reports and documents bearing names to back up his statement. Kliever said the irregular ities first came to his atten tion the night after Hintz's funeral, when he expressed concern that Hintz's widow would have to complete pay ment for improvements to the Hintz home. Kliever said he was told by Lt. Col. James J. Anderson that "we didn't have to wor ry, that the general had re imbursed himself." Kliever said Anderson then "related the sale of these logs and various equipment." The reference was to logs and equipment from the abandon ed Tongue Point Naval Sta tion. Kliever said he reported at once to the governor's office. The investigation followed. Left To Courts Appling, whose auditors spearheaded the investigation, stressed he would "leave to the courts the question of whether there was or was not criminal or illegal action on the part of any national guard personnel involved in these matters." He said he was bringing his findings before the committee because he was concerned over the standard of conduct they reflected. "Whether the degree of participation be one of insti gation of irregular proced ures, actions which serve to make it possible, or simply silence on the part of those who are aware of these oc currences, the result seems to me to contribute to the same end." he said. (Continued on Page 5A) Ashland Elementary Schools Are Entered Ashland Walker and Bris coe elementary schools were broken into last night, Ash land police reported this morning. Entry was gained at t!3ch school by prying open a roar door and then prying open the doors to the respective principal's offices. Between $25 and 5)0 in change was taken from Walk er school. Nothing was found missing from Briscoe, police said. MEVSC?)BRIEFS MEDICARE PROGRAM PIGEON HOLED Washington - 'tlM' - Congress today consigned lo a(quiei pigeonholt President Kennedy's new medicare program which would boost Social Security taxes above S200 a year for tvery worker earning $100 a week or more. The con troversial plan will not be pulled out lor many months. SPEEDY EXPLANATION DEMANDED Wahing!on-m-The United States hat demanded a speedy explanation from Cuban Premier Fidel Castro of the attack by MIG lighters on an unarmed American shrimp boat in the Florida Straits. BIG THREE TEST BAN TALKS REJECTED Geneva-'tPI-The Soviet Union today rejected any Big Three nuclear test ban talki and said the issue mutt be ham. trjejed out by the entire 17-ntioiy Disarmament Conference. jiycombe 'Mf- STATUE DETERIORATES George Washington stands quietly alone in Lafayette Park in St. Louis, Mo., to observe his 231st birthday. The statue, having withstood 94 years of St. Louis weather, is showing the effects of exposure and neglect, the face and body marked with spots of erosion. The statue is one of five bronze castings made by a sculpture done in 1788 by the great French artist, Joan Antoine Hou don, who was a contemporary of Washington. The St. Louis park board is considering ways and means of restoration of the statue. American Exchange Student Accused By Russian Moscow -IUPII- A Russian newspaper has charged Chica go exchange student Joel Pichncy with the major So viet crime of speculation and suggested he be kicked out of the country. The Leningrad youth news paper Smycna (The Shift) said the 25-year-old student also was guilty of "anti-Communist ravings" and whisper ing to strangers in the streets of Leningrad about "discrimi nation against Jews" in Rus sia. "Isn't that just about Flu Vaccine Shots Are Recommended Adults and children, unless they are suffering from chronic disease such as heart trouble, should receive flu vaccine, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson county public health officer, said yesterday. Dr. Mcrkel said his office has received a number of tele phone calls from people in quiring as to whether they should give their family the vaccine. Prc-school and school age children especially should re ceive the vaccine, the public health officer said. However, the family physician must give the vaccine and advisa bility of taking the shots in each individual case must be decided by the physician. The U.S. public health serv ice is recommending the vac cine, Dr. Mcrkel said. 'DO PASS' URGED Salem The first of six bills aimed at sex offend ers was forwarded to the house floor today with a "do pass" recommendation. Scandal Paper enough? It's time to take this insolent American student by the collar and toss him back home beyond the ocean," Smycna said this week. Pichney and his wife, Clem entina, 22, currently arc wait ing in Moscow while United States embassy officials con sider the case. The Soviet government has lodged no formal charges against the University of Chi cago graduate. He declined to comment Thursday because the embassy advised him "to say nothing at this time." Speculation in money or goods is a major crime in the Soviet Union and several death sentences have been passed in recent months against those convicted of such charges. Western legal experts here, however, said such sentences are passed only for large scale economic crimes and Pichney hardly qualified. Could Be Tried But they said he technical ly could be tried and con victed if the Soviets believe he was guilty of speculation. Smycna said he was guilty of auctioning off women's blouses, handkerchiefs, cig arettes and other "trash for "cash on the barrelhead." The article was the first newspaper attack known to have been made against the 33 American exchange students now in Russia. Pichncy, a bearded, sandy-haired litera ture student, is one of 12 at Leningrad. Students in Custody For Theft at Home Two Hedrick Junior High school students were taken into custody by Medford po lice Thursday in connection with the theft of some coins from a Medford residence Feb. 8. The youngsters, one 14 and the other 15 years old. gave statements to officers admit ting they broke into the home of Gerald Walter Hobbs, 311 Ashland avc , and look a var iety of small coins, some cf them antique. The bovs were released to the custody of their nantnts after questioning, on the ad vice of juvenile authorities, officers said. TO OPPOSE BILL Portland a'Pl' -The Oregon Republican Action league will oppose a Sunday closing bill now before the state legisla ture, chairman Roger Van WUkle said Thursday. ( Regional Edition Medford 22 Pages Two Sections Plan To Outlaw Speed Traps in State Proposed Measure Proposes Maximum Speed Salcm-IUPII - Proposals that would outlaw radar speed traps, set maximum speed limits, and make attempted suicide a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment, were introduced in the house today, which would establish zoning of land used exclusively for farming, and a measure .vhich would give juvenile courts jurisdiction over a child whose parent or guardian had failed to provide for him. Bans Evidence The bill by Rep. Philip Lang (D-Portland) would ban radar evidence in prosecution for speeding violations. The House Committee on Highways introduced the bill which would repeal the present prima facie speed law. The bill would set maximum speed of 70 miles per hour on state highways, and would increase present 20, 25, and 55 mile zones to 25, 30 and 65. Lang also introduced a bill providing that anyone trying or threatening to commit sui cide be punished by county jail imprisonment of one year, a $1,000 fine, or both. The Senate Agriculture Committee submitted the farm zoning proposal. It calls for farm land to be assessed at its true cash value for farm use and not at the true cash value it would have if applied to other uses. Sen. Alfred Corbett (D-Port land) submitted the juvenile court measure. It would give the court jurisdiction when a child was allowed to become dependent on a public or priv ate child caring agency that needs services of the court in planning for the child's best interests. Lakes Purchase Is Waiting Clearance Final agreement on pur chase of Hoover lakes in the White City area for the state game commission is pending clearance of a technicality with the General Services Ad ministration, it was reported today. While City Realty is pur chasing four of the lakes and the surrounding approximate ly 300 acre area for the game commission in exchange for other White City area land now under control of the state game commission, a spokes man for the realty company said. The General Services Ad ministration has some control over transfer of state game commission property because it formerly was federal prop erty, it was explained. The state game commission would use the chain of la goons fed by Rogue River Valley Irrigation district run off water for a game refuge. The C. C. Hoover family created the lakes about 15 years ago as a recreation area. Since they arc now subdivid ing their former farm land and find it difficult to police the lakes, the Hoovers have sought for some time to place them under stale game com mission administration. Salcm-lUPIi-A cigarette tax and a broader based personal income tax should be ap proved to raise new revenues for Oregon, Associated Ore gon Industries said Thursday night. WEATHER fORKCAKT: fi.tr through flaU ufdy, except for vat lev fog ' low tioudinf it In morning, low tnnlclit J0-3. High Saturday 50-51. exrrpt five degree warmer above log areas. Temp. Hlfhett Yetterday 5 l.oneit Thl Morning 31 Free lo 1 a.m. Today, Trare Our Skies Tonight ftiintft todav . .. fcnnrite tomorrow M (ton rise tomorrow i it p.m. i a.m. J:fl(l a.m. New Moon F'h. 23 The lelescopie planet. I'ranut, li now In the constellation, l.eo. Tonight It It l.MH.000.000 mile from the F.arth, the near, fit It hat been In many year. Betailed at Hearing MEDFORD, Ilk J' ROAD BLOCKED Devil's Slide, the pcrcnniul Coast Highway 1 headache of slate engineers and highway patrol men, was closed near Pacifica, Calif., by slides Thursday. Mann's Request Is Discussed by Medford Council A request by Mann's De partment store to vacate the west 100 feet of the alley be tween its store and Western Thrift store, 30 North Central ave., was discussed by the Medford city council last night. A public hearing on the re quest will be scheduled. In making the presentation, John Moffat, Mann's presi dent, explained that with the alley vacation the store could increase its size from 25,000 square feet to approximately 43,000 square feet. An offer of $1,000 per lin eal foot was made for the alley, and Moffat asked that the cily pay the cost for mov ing utility distribution lines in the area. Cost Not Determined City Manager Robert A. Duff stressed that the cost for moving the utilities in the alley is not known and this will be checked for presenta tion at the public hearing. The city also scheduled an appraisal of the property to be vacated. It was mentioned that Fred Robinson is negotiating to purchase the building which housed the Medford Furni ture store on the southwest corner of Sixth and Bartlett sts. for a parking lot. Moffat said that while he had had a truck turn-around in the alley that would re main following the vacation of the west end, the parking lot in the area would open up that corner of the block. The store official said that even with the final approval of the request and the com pletion of engineering plans, actual construction on the ex pansion could not get under way for at least a year. Swallows Return to Grants Pass Home Grants Pass Spring may not be busting out all over, but Marvin Clark. Grants Pass, has a sure sign that it hat arrived in southern Oregon ihe swallows have returned. Clark, who each year has been noting the arrival of the harbingers of spring, said it is the second time in 20 years that the swallows have returned here this early. Ordinarily, he said, they put in their first ap pearance about the middle of March. Tif A T T OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1963 Ordinance Prohibits Billboards Along Freeway in Medford An ordinance to prohibit billboards along Interstate 5 inside the city limits was ap proved by the Medford city council last night. In other business regarding signs, Mayor James Dunlevy voted to override a planning commission recommendation, when the council vote tied. The ordinance, to prohibit billboards within 270 feet of the center line of Interstate 5, was described as a "stop-1 gap" measure until city coun cil and planning commission members with members "f the sign industry can work out an overall plan. The ordinance allows signs within this area only if they identify the business on which they arc placed and are less than 100 square feet. Appeal Is Approved Also approved was an ap peal from a planning commis s i o n recommendation by Standard Oil Company re garding a 50-foot high sign on property cast of Biddlrd. at the Interstate 5 inter change. The planning commission had recommended a 35-foot sign. In defending the com mission's action, Elwood Hcd berg, president, explained that the group did not feel that several such high signs would be desirable in that area. He said that the 35-foot height was decided upon so that the sign would be visible above neighboring buildings. Company officials stressed that the requested height was necessary so it could be seen far enough along the freeway for safe lurn-"ff. Voting for the higher struc ture were Councilman Wil liam Singler, Robert Cun ningham, Al Bradford, and Joe Hosick. Opposing it were Robert Van Sickle, R. L. Bac cus, Richard Travis Bnd Terry D. Green. Prior lo his lie-breaking vote, Mayor Dunlevy explain ed that he felt that if a 50 foot high sign was not needed at the location, the company's engineering firm would not have requested It. He added that in other areas where similar signs have been plac ed by the company where there are no regulations, the firm did not install signs higher tha what they thought necessary. Interested in Ordinance Most of the more than 50 persons who attended the council meeting were inter ested in the proposed sign prdiriiju-e amendment. Tribune One mass of mud closed one lane and a rock slide finished closing the road. Above, heavy equipment starts removal of the obstruction.- (UPD In. presenting the proposal, Biiccus said that he had viewed with alarm the bill board row that was starting lo appear on the west side of Interstate 5. Speaking for Ihe sign in dustry were Anrrcw Ha cr, Ryan Avcrtising; John Eads and Ira Phelps, Electrical Products Corporation; and E. E. Carpenter, Allied Neon SiRn company, Hawvcr stressed that his firm would construct signs according to national stand ards and that they would be maintained. He commented that the distance stated in the amendment-270 feet from the freeway's centerlinc - would would be approximately 150 feet from the right of way, discriminating against prop erty owners closest to the freeway. He added that the average lot Is 100 feet deep. Support Situation He said his firm would sup port the interim situution and would cooperate with the city council in setting up an or dinance. They all urged speed In for mulating the permanent ordi nance amendmci.t. Appointed to a committee by Dunlevy to work with representatives of ihe sign in dustry were Bradford, Van Sickle and Green from the council and Walter Higgins and Hedbcrg from the plan ning commission. That part of the proposed amendment making it retro active to prohibit the erection of billboards along the free way by firms currently hold ing city building permits was deleted on a vote by Ihe council. Eugene Man Claims $10,000 Stolen, Minor Stab Wound Inflicted by Woman Portland - HOT - Llndley A. (Dick) Warren of Eugene re ported to police early today he was robbed of S10.000 and stubbed by a woman. Warren, 53, owns Top's Restaurant and Warren En terprises in Altany. He was taken lo Good S? .uritan Hos pital with what was described as a non-serious stab wound. He told police he met the woman in a Eugene bar after converting romc stocks to cash to buy a new house trailer in Portland. He Iden tified her only as "Ann." 8ald be passed out aft 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 289 Estimated 500 7 Persons Killed In libya Quake Benghazi, Lybia - flPH - A devastating earthquake that "practically leveled" the re sort town of Barce was re ported today to huve killed up to 500 persons and injured 1,000 others. The quake hit Barce, 55 miles northeast of Benghazi, Thursday night, wrecking communications and virtual ly reducing It .to- rubble. American and British mili tary rescue .workers ' dug through the ruins in a frantic search for survivors among the town's 3,000 population. Barce, once an Italian fort ress and a World War II bat tlefield of the Axis and Allied desert forces, apparent ly was at the epicenter of the quake. The temblor did hot affect Benghazi, one of the two capitals of Libya, or other cities. Supplies Rushed The British, who maintain a military headquarters at Benghazi, rushed troops, doc tors and medical supplies into the disaster area. Planes from the U.S. Air Force base at Wheclus Field outside Tripoli, the second capital 400 miles to the west, dropped paramedic teams over Barce and flew an en lire mobile hospital and other equipment to Benghazi for overland transport to Barce. The British set up a vital radio link with the outside world, replacing the shatter ed landlinc communications. Traffic on the link between Barce and Benghazi was con fined to requests for medical aid, food and blankets. er hiring another woman to drive the two of Ihem to Port land, but revived to find his companion trying to stab him. He said the driver then left and a man he believed to be his companion's husband look him to Portland. He discover ed his money was mining when he reached the hospital. Warren told police his loss es included S8.500 he re ceived for stock from his broker Thursday morning, and about SI, 500 in cash he already had. He said he invited "Ann" to aoeompany him to Port Attack on Cuba Would Result in War in America Annihilation of Countries Promised Moscow (UPtThe Soviet Union warned the United States today that any attack; on Cuba would start World War III. Soviet Defense Minister Marshal Rodion Malinovsky also said that Russia and its allies would regard a war against Cuba as a war against all of them. "This war will be waged not only in Cuban territory but on the territory of tha United States too," Malinov. ' sky said in a major speech at ceremonies marking the 45th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces. Ships En Route Malinovsky issued his warn ing at a time whpn Kn.,i ships were reported en route to i,uba lo remove several thousand of the estimated 17,. (100 Russian troops stationed there. It also came shortly after the United States sent a sharp note to Cuba demand ing an explanation of the at tack by MIG fighters on an unarmed American shrimp boat in the Florida Straits. Soviet Premier N i k i t a Khrushchev, appearing in his army uniform for the first time in 18 months, listened attentively a s Malinovsky spoke. Would Start War "We want to admonish the aggressive circles," Maliniv- sky said "that an attack on the Cuban renublic would mark the beginning of a third ' woria war. He said that in the event of any such' attack, the Soviet Union would be in the fore front of. those to help Cuba. lt is impossible to intim idate us," ,he said. "We have the power to burn up the ag gressors in the first hour ol attack," . He also charged that Amer ican submarines were monar. I ing Soviet ships In the Carib bean. Malinovsky added that the Soviet Union "will wipe out civil and military objects of the United States and anni hilate countries which have U. S. weapons" in "the event of an attack on Russia.' The defense minister claimed in a major address that Russia would reply with a salvo of three times as many rockets as those the United States might launch against the Soviet Union. Global Rocket Malinovsky repeated Soviet claims that it possessed a global rocket" that could pierce any enemy defenses and said ever-increasing num bers of these were being sup- piled to the Soviet armed forces. These rockets, he said. woulu "irresistibly reach their largcls and deliver their lethal cargo." The defense minister claim ed that Soviet might had been a consistent factor in holding dbck alleged imperialist ag gression, particularly in Cuba. Mis main theme was to boast of Soviet might, includ ing me claim of an intercon tinental missile with a 100- megaton thermo-nuclear war head "capable of fully destroy ing all military and indus trial targets in an area of several thousand square kilo meters." Snider Replaced on Aeronautics Board Salem IIIPD Mayor Robert Veatch of Klamath Falls to day was named by Gov. Mark; Hatfield to the Board of Aero nautics. Veatch, a C - 47 pilot in World War II, replaced for mer Medford Mayor John W. Snider, who resigned. land but that she objected that he was in "no condition" to drive. He said he agreed and that the woman told him she knew a woman cab driver who would operate his car He said he hired the wom an cabbie and that he "passed out" some time during the trip. He revived to find "Ann" attacking him with a knife he kept in his glove compartment. She was able to inflict only a minor wound. It was at this point that the woman driver left the car and Warren found later that a man had taken over the wheel,
