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Crewmen of Shrimp Boat Describe Shooting Attack Key West, Fla. - tUFD -A crewman of the American shrimp boat attacked Wednes day by Cuban MIG jet fight ers says the planes fired ma chine guns, not rockets, at the drifting verel. "I could see the bullets spraying in the water, maybe a couple of hundred yards away," said Benjamin Wash ington, 27. "It was a machine gun. It wasn't no rocket." The Defense Department, in announcing the attack, said the U.S. pilots who observed it reported that the Cuban based Jets fired rockets. The department conceded later. however, that the fliers may have been mistaken. Radio Havana said the Unit ed States "invented" the t- tack on the shrimp boat Ala to cover up refugee raids on Cuban vessels. Tie transmit ter said the Russian-made MIGs which "flew over" the U.S. craft were "trying to lo cate two Cuban fishing boats which were attacked a few days before." Premier Fidel Castro re gime has blamed Cuban ef ugees living in the United States for the alleged "at tack" on Cuban fishing boats. Hit Tha Deck Washington and Paris Jack son, 44, skipper of the wo man Ala said the attack curred about 60 miles north of the Cuban coast. "We hit the deck and lay there," Jackson told news men here after he and Wash ington arrived aboard a Navy destroyer escort. "It really scared me. God, I was really scared. We Just lay there because there wasn't anywhere else to go." "We were scared to go into the pilot house or galley for fear they mlgnt ininK we naa guns or ammunition or some thing in there. They'd sink us right there," said Wash ington, The men said they left Fort Myers Feb. 10. They fished, collecting 800 pounds of shrimp, until late Sunday night, when their dlesel en gines burned out. Their ra. dio was out, too, and their why don't you iYEBALL this art show before if doses Thursday gef vigorous versatile OCULAR experiences from the CONFRONTATION with original oil paintings by Victoria Staley you are invited to see . . . to fake a look . . . to view, observe, perceive . . to behold, scan, examine . . . to scrutinize and inspect . . . to react . . . to assess, evaluate, and criticize . . . at Fontaine's Art Gallery at 329 S. Grape between 10th and Ilfh. this show closing thursday Feb. 28th. automatic bilge pumps. So for three days they drifted and Bailed About 9:30 p.m. Wednes day a jet fighter flew over their boat near Elbow Cay, about 78 miles southwest of Key West. They signaled, hoping the pilot would see them and send aid, "I waved at him with an old green rag and pair of cover alls," said Washington. "He flew around a lighthouse at Elbow Cay and circled back. It took him a couple of min utes. Then he started shoot ing." Three More Jets The jet made the first fir ing run across the stern of their boat, the shrimpers said "Then all of a sudden there were three more Jets. Silver ones. One of them was up high circling and the other tnree came at us all in a row, one of them shooting," said Washington "The second time the bul lets went across the bow pretty close to the anchor line I wasn't watching too close." All of this happened in about 15 minutes, the men said. About 8:45 p.m., a U.S, Jet came over the horizon at low altitude, while the Migs were still circling high over head, their attack apparently ended or in abeyance. When the U. S. jet came into view, the MIGs disappeared. Two more U. S. planes then appeared, JacKson said. Radio Havana said "piracy" by Cuban refugees "organized and directed by the U. S. Cen tral Intelligence Agency has created a disturbing situa tion." Radar Signals Bounced Off Mars As Part of Plan Goldstone Tracking Station. Calif -(UPD- Radar signals are being bounced off Mars to pre pare for sending a spacecraft past the planet in 1965 similar to the Mariner 2 probe of Venus. Scientists at Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said the experiments with the Earth's nearest planetary neighbor, and the planet be lieved most likely to sustain life, were begun by the deep space instrumentation facility here Jan. 21. The planet was closest to Earth-about 63 million miles- Fee. 2. Data from radar waves indicates Mars has both rough and smooth areas similar to the Earth and the moon. Longtst Radar Contact Similar radar probes were made of Venus preparatory to the Mariner 2 flight. And Thursday radar signals were bounced off Venus in calibrat ing JPL's parabolic 85-foot antenna. The 180 million miles was the longest radar contact ever made. JPL scientists say, however, that it is much more difficult to obtain usable data from Mars than it is Venus because Mars is only half the size of Venus and rotates much fast er, thus smearing the return signal. bclcntists said more than 15 hours of data were re quired to produce clearly Identified signals from Mnrs, but only a few minutes were necessary for Venus contacts. SENATOR DIES Mnntpelicr. VI. -WPD- Asa S. Bloomer, 71, the senior member of the Vermont Sen ate, died Thursday. Hatfield Urges Reduction in State Holi Sale m (UPli In a special message to the Legislature to day. Gov. Mark Hatfield paid homage to Presidents Lin coln and Washingon then jrged their birthdays no longer be observed as state holidays so the state could save $180,000 a holiday. Hatfield repeated a mes sage to the 1961 session ask ing that Lincoln's and Wash ington's birthdays, and pri mary and general election days, no longer be considered state holidays. He suggested instead that Feb. 14, Oregon statehood day, be established as a legal state holiday. Hatfield said "It was esti mated . . . that at least $180,- 000 in productive time was lost each day of these holi days." The governor pointed out that public schools and the department of higher educa tion do not suspend opera tions through these four "par ticular" holidays. "It simply docs not make good business sense," Hatfield said. "By no stretch of the imagination should it be a sop in lieu of salary." "Today the halls, the of fices, the activities of state government save for those involved in the legislative process are virtually at a standstill. This was true ten days ago. "I should like to emphasize that election day . . . has an even more specious basis In these days . . ." The governor said "Since you adjourned from the 1961 session in which you declined my invitation to strike these four holidays we have paid at least $1,080,000 in salaries for which we have not had commensurate productivity. In these days I could not con tenance a continuation of these circumstances without calling them to your atten tion through this special mes sage." The governor, in reference to Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays said "We honor their memory and their con tribution to this nation and its people. We do not honor them less by working in the public service even as they did." Area Men Arrested On Game Charge Two Ashland men were ar rested by state police yester day on charges of Illegal pos session of an animal (venison), nd one of them admitted he had forged checks and took some payroll checks in California. They are David Allen Gras- man, 28. and Walter Lee Dav is, 23, alias Bill Gcrl Owen, both of Klamath Falls Star route, box 76, Ashland, po lice reported. Owen admitted to passing fictitious checks in Califor nia and is wanted by the Ven tura, Calif., sheriff's office on charges of forgery, state po lice said. He also admitted taking some payroll checks and a check protector in California. They are being liclu in the Jackson county jail. Oregon Stamp Society Denied Tax Exemption Salem lUPlt Tax Court Judge Peter Gunnar Thurs day denied a property lax ex emption to the Oregon Stamp society. Gunnar ruled the group was a hobbyist society and not an exempt scientific or literary institution. Foreign Briefs POPE JOHN SENDS BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Vatican Clly-Urn-Pope John XXIII Thursday tent birth day grading! to his secretary ol state, Amltto Cardinal Cicognani, who will b 80 yaars old this Sunday. LONG-MISSING ENGLISH STATUES RECOVERED London-arit-Two 14th century statues of English kings thai had been mining from Westminster hall for at Uast 150 yaars hava been recovered, tht public building ministry announctd Thunday. It said tha statuai wtr purchased from tht owner ol an amply manor hout in Lincolnihirt for $140 each. BRITAIN CONSIDERS ASSISTANCE TO INDIA London-OPC-Tha British government taid Thunday it it contldtrlng not only military but other forms ol tniitanca to India in rltw ol the strain on that nation's aconomy lot lowing tha bordtr attacks by Communist China. John Tllnay, undersecretary ol state lor Commonwealth Rtlations, told th House ol Commons that it was hoped to announc a decision on tha milter ol further linancial as sistance to India alter further consultation. ES.eT " h"WI M. 1" a 'J- T"C.'' . " !3" " . ff."V NINE PERSONS DIE Neighbors inspect in an early morning fire. The lone survivor the charred ruins of a frame tenant home escaped by leaping from a flaming window, near Lu-Ora, Ark., where nine persons died (UPD Kennedy's Suggestion in Newspaper Strike Favored New York -fflPP- Two non striking newspaper unions to day backed President Kenne dy's suggestion that the city's longest newspaper shutdown be solved by a third party. The Newspaper and Mail Deliverers, through union President Joseph Baer, joined the New York Newspaper Guild's action in praising Kennedy's suggestion made at his news conference Thurs day. The guild Thursday night urged Mayor Robert F. Wag ner to take the position sug gested by the President and Baer agreed with the guild. "I agree with the recom mendations made by the Pres ident . . . that the strike should be settled on terms recommended by an independ ent body," Baer said. "I be lieve that Mayor Wagner is in a position to put the Presi dent's recommendation into effect without arbitration." He said he believed Wagner's recommendation would be an "honest and reasonable ba sis" for a settlement. At a mass meeting Thurs day night, about 1,800 guilds- men shouted approval of a resolution urging Wagner to submit concrete proposals for a "just settlement" to pub lishers and striking printers by next Thursday. The resolution said that "all mediation has failed" and noted that Wagner, "as a re sult of four weeks spent strug gling with the situation, is more familiar with all the issues involved in the stale mate than any other individ ual outside the bargaining ranks." The mayor made no imme diate reply. A city hall spokes man said he needed time to study the proposal. Represent atives of the printers and publishers were not available for comment. However, the publishers have suggested they would be will ing to have the dispute re solved through arbitration, while printers' representa tives say arbitration is pro hibited by the union consti tution. The guild, one of 10 unions idled in the 77-day-old im passe, gave no indication Regional Edition Page 2A MedfordJIIITribune MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1963 California Senator Plans Objection To Appointee of Brown VALUABLE PAINTING RETURNED BY MAIL AlxenProvence, France-lrt-A valuable painting stolen from the Granet gallery here last Sundsy was returned by mail Thursday, according to a tpokeiman lor the gallery. He taid the painting, a small portrait ol a young girl by tha 18th century German artist Lucai Cranach the Elder, was undamaged. The spokesmen called the art work "very valuable" but he declined to estimate how much it was worth, UGANDANS DIE IN TRIBAL WARFARE Kampala, Ugindt-'in-Ntarly 70 men, women and chil dren died in tribal warlare in Uganda's wild norlheaitern diitrict earlier this week, reports reaching Kampala taid today. Sacramento - 'UPD - A fresh man state senator has said that he may use one of the senate's fraternal rules to pre vent Thomas Bradcn's reap pointment to the state board of education. The statement came Thurs day from Republican Sen. Jack Schrade of San Diego, who told newsmen that he would fight Bradcn's reap pointment because "Braden Is very obnoxious to mc." According to traditional rule, if a senator says on the floor that an appointee from his home county is "obnox ious" to him, the senate will refuse to confirm the appoint ment. Braden, 43, is publisher of the Occanside Bladc-Tri' ur?, a newspaper t' opposed Schrade during his success ful campaign last November against the Democratic in cumbent, Hugo Fisher. "I suppose," Braden said, "that the reason Schrade is opposing mc is that I opposed him as a newspaper editor in his district." Will Temper Remarks Newsmen asked Schrade if he would repeat his words on the senate floor when Gov. Edmund G. Brown's reap pointment of Braden comes up for necessary senate ap proval in about two to four weeks. i "It's possible," he said, add-1 ing that "1 will temper my re- ! marks on the letters and com-i munications I receive." ' Schrade denied that his op position to Braden rcjulud from partisan politics. "The education of our children is much more important than party politics," he said. lie said that he was acting because of letters, telegrams , and petitions he had received i protesting Bradcn's reappoint- j nirnt. He said the petitions : were being circulated in San Dieso and would be mailed to the governor. "I was elected to represent the people." Schrade said Senate president pro Hugh Burns (D-Fresno) said that Schrade's use of protocol could make it "very difficult for Braden to be reappoint ed." But he also noted that Bra den, who was recently re elected board president, is reappointee, that the senale granted confirmation in 1959 when the governor first ap pointed him to a four-year term on the board. This fact. Burns continued, could make a "little differ ence in Bradcn's favor." what action it might take if a Wagner solution was re jected by the disputants. Guildsmen had ratified a new two-year contract with the publishers one month before the current dispute began. However, the guild made clear its opposition to com pulsory arbitration, rejecting a resolution which would have urged settlement by that means. The guildsmen heard and cheered a reading of Ken nedy's reference earlier Thursday to the dispute at his news conference. Seeks New Approach The chief executive pro posed a solution which ap peared to fall somewhere be tween mediation and arbitra tion, saying, "In my view, one solution to this prolonged dispute, if no immediate prog ress is made, would be for the striking printers, companies, and other involved unions, to submit their differences to in dependent determination of some kind." "Collective bargaining has failed," Kennedy declared. "The most intensive media tion has failed. This is a situa tion which is bad for the un ion movement all over the country, bad for the newspa per managements and bad for the New York citizens,' more than five million, who are newspaper readers." The President startled his audience by singling out the president of the striking printers' local for critical comment. It was Kennedy's most blunt comment on any labor leader since he took office. 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