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
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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.
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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
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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.
"It is clear," he said, "that
the local of the International
Typographical Union ancLits
president, Bertram Powers,
insofar as anyone can under
sand his position, are attempt
ing to impose a settlement
which could shut down several
newspapers In New York and
throw thousands out of
work."
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