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Newspaper Page TextK edy Ur TTo Steps site leoioiy Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages Two Seetiom Oivil Seek TRANSPORTATION A Sunday afternoon trip doesn't necessarily have to be an auto drive, especially if you have part of the Ohio river flowing down the main street. French Execute Ringleader of Plot To Assassinate De Gaulle Paris - IUPD - The French government today executed a former army officer convict ed of leading an assassination a t tempt against President Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle personally spared two other plotters. An army firing squad shot ex-Lt. Col. Jean-Marie Bas-tien-Thiry, 35, shortly after dawn in rain-swept Fort d'lvry. De Gaulle commuted death sentences to life imprison ment for Alain de Bourgrenet de la Tocnaye. 37, and Jac ques Prevost, 31. The three were convicted with 11 other defendants last Monday for the Aug. 22 at- icmpi on ue duu s .... ... the Paris suburb of Petit Clamart. There was no judi cial appeal possible from the special court's verdict, and only De Gaulle could com mute the sentences. Informed observers said the swiftness with which Bastien Thiry's execution was carried out appeared designed as a warning to the Secret Army Organization (OAS) and Coun cil of National Resistance (CNR) that terrorist acts will be punished severely. The sources said De Gaulle probably would have spared Bastien-Thiry's life except for growing indications that the OAS and CNR, which is headed by former Premier Georges Bidault, were step ping up pbns to try to over throw and possibly assassinate De Gaulle. Since the Petit Clamart trial ended. Paris banker Hen- MlVSd)BRIEFS ITtMS KOM AAOUND THI OlOM 7S AMERICANS KILLED IN WARFARE Saigon-'IPI-U. S. authorities disclosed today thai two mmi American! have been killed in South Viet Nam one of them by Communiit sniper bullet to raise to 75 the toll of U. S. military dead in the guerrilla war. VENEZUELA OIL TARGET OF SABOTEURS Caracas. Veneieula-'iri'-Terrorist saboteurs knocked out about ene-sixth of Veneiucla's oil production and triggered a vast fire by dynamiting two pipelines in the interior, it was disclosed today. SOUTH KOREA THWARTS Seoul-m-Sou!h Korean arrest of 19 persons including four former North Korean i army officers on charges of junta chief Gen. Park Chung Hee and seise power in a coup d ctat. RUSSIA ADMITS OVERTURES TO RED CHINA Moscow-lHThe Soriet Union publicly admitted tonight it has been making a behind-the-scenes effort to persuade Communist China to enter bilateral talks with the Kremlin on ending the Sino-Sovie! quatel. Defense Advisers Help to Save Budget Above, William Hon, who apparently doesn't own a boat, uses his horse to get about in New Richmond, Ohio. (UPI) ri Lafond has been shot to death in the street and sev eral spectacular bank raids have been carried out, ap parently by OAS terrorists, Believed still plotting an at tempt on De Gaulle's life is School Board Urged To Provide for Another Classroom Petitions are being circu lated in southwest Medford urging the School District 549C board to provide an ad- ciassr00m at Jeffer- son school next year. Mrs. Kay Phillips, 1549 South Ivy St., Medford, who is among residents circulating petitions, pointed out that en rollment last year made it necessary to combine first and third grade pupils in one classroom. When parents expressed concern at that time, school officials indicated that addi tional space would be provid ed for the 1963-64 school year, Mrs. Phillips noted. However, there is no provision in the proposed budget for adding more classrooms to Jefferson school. Mrs. Phillips noted that esti mated enrollment figures for 1963 indicate that unless a room is provided, there will again be a combination of grades and classroom enroll ments which exceed state ac- cepted standards COUP authorities today announced the plotting lo "eliminate" military MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, Georges (The Limp) Watin, 40, one of three men con demned to death in absentia at the trial. The other five defendants two tried in absentia received prison terms. She said that "it was not only a matter of great con cern lo the parents of chil dren attending Jefferson school, but to those with property in the area because of the reluctance of potential buyers to move into a crowd ed school area. Dr. Leonard B. Mayficld, superin tendent, said this morning the petition had not yet been received in his of fice, but it would be consider ed, either by the board at its next regular meeting, or dur ing the budget hearing Friday night. Dr. Mayfield noted that the combination class was made up of students selected by teachers and the school prin cipal. They were students who could more readily adapt themselves to such a situation If parents do not wish their children in the combination classroom, the pupil was transferred into a regular classroom of cither first or third graders, he pointed out Drop in Students Prior to the school census earlier this school year, school officials believed that a class room addition at Jefferson school would be necessary by tne 1963-64 school year. How ever, the census showed drop in the number of slu dents in the Jefferson school service area, and district plans for class room construction were revised accordingly Two factors were consider ea ot prime importance in revising plans for Jefferson school, school officials said One is the fact that a class room addition there would have to be at least two class- rooms because the nature of the building makes it uneco nomical to add a single class room. The other factor was con sidcration of the district' over-all proposed budget and building needs. The budget committee and school officials made every attempt to keep proposed expenses to a mm mum without jeopardizing th academic program in any school. Tribune MARCH 11, 1963 Aid ol National Director Talked o Save Program Role of Agency Said Misunderstood Salem - (UPI) - The possi bility of enlisting national civ il defense director Steuart Pittman in the battle to save Oregon's civil defense organ ization is being considered by the governor's advisory coun cil on civil defense. The advisory group met this morning with Gov. Mark Hatfield. Hatfield and advisory com mittee members agreed the biggest reason civil defense was under fire was that no body understood the agency's role. The advisory group called for strong action on the part of city and county civil de fense agencies to fight for the governor's civil defense budg et. Agency Explained Hatfield spent more than 30 minutes explaining the present battle over the CD agency to advisory council members. "Civil defense has been under a great deal of fire in the past several sessions, the governor said. "I feel a great deal of this results from basic policy changes made on the federal level. Civil defense has moved from the evacuation to t h e shelter philosophy. The agen cy itself has been shifted round under different direc tors and is now a part of the department of defense. "There is basis for the pub lic's lack of understanding. Hatfield said people don't understand that CD has changed from it's active role in World War II to its present advisory capacity. We're caught on the horns of a public dilemma," he said. Hatfield, in an obvious switch from bitterness shown in last week's statements, ad mitted "many legislators have sincere doubts about civil de fense." Crisis Faced It is our responsibility to protect CD, so we will have an organization that can pro tect the people of this state. We face a crisis here, Hatfield said, "if correction is needed in civil defense it cannot be achieved by abol ishing the agency. It is time for use mobilize public support and under standing." Members of the advisory council denied recent news paper reports that CD com munications were inactive during the Columbus Day storm because a radio tech nician was on a fishing trip Civil defense communica tions were working," Hatfield said, "I know. I sat right in this room and watched them work with highway, state po lice. National Guard and other state agencies. Advisory committee mem bers were considering the pos sibility of having city and county officials take the bat tie to save civil defense to the legislature. Pendfefon Round-Up Queen for 1963 Picked Pendleton, Ore. - IUPD Kelly Ann McCormach, 18, has been named queen of the 1963 Pendleton Round-Up. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orval McCormach, who have a ranch in the Pen dleton area. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable elnadtrtMi ton! frit antj Tuesday tth a few HKM ihowrri. Low tonight 32 3C High Tueiday 48-33. Temp. Highest Veterdav Si I. oett This Morning ... IS Precip. to i a.m. Today... Trace Our Skies Tonight Sumet today :tl p.m. Munrlte tomorrow g:Ja.m. Moonrlie tonight T:(4 p.m. liU quarter March It BnK.HI ST STAR ffiriut. in the south at moon Hit. VIMBIT PLANPTS Mars, high overhead .1:19 p.m. Venus, rlfi 3:05 am. Saturn, rises :4W.m. 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 303 Humphrey Vows GOP Budget Will Be Thwarted Senator Forecasts All-Out Battle Washington (TJPD Senate Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.) today pre dicted Democrats would beat any Republican effort to use meat-axe on President Kennedy's budget. But he said it would be 'an all-out battle" demanding unity and help for the White House from all Democrats. Humphrey's remarks came as the Senate prepared for a showdown vote on the admin istration's outdoor recreation program which has been a prime Republican target for economy cuts. Senate GOP Leader Ever ett M. Dirksen (111.) urged Re publicans to "show your teeth now" or give up in any econ omy battle. There is no money involved in the bill. But a companion measure in the interior com mittee, Dirksen's main target, provides $60 million a year for eight years in federal mon ey for a land and water con servation fund to underwrite outdoor recreation projects. Other congressional news: Draft: The House was ready to approve a four-year exten sion of the draft law. Al though an attempt to cut the top age for those coming un der the Selective Service Act from 26 to 22 and to limit the law's extension to two years was predicted, strong opposition was foreseen. Ratings: The television-ra dio rating services were call ed before the House Com merce Investigating commit tee which is looking into the influence of networks and sta tions to offer programs which would get a high rating rath er than be in the "public in terest." Test Banr Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) said he is convinced the Soviet re fusal to accept a nuclear test ban agreement indicated that Russia was preparing for more tests. Answering critics of the test ban, Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) said those at tacking the proposed treaty should "have some faith in our administration" and re member the Senate must rati fy any treaty negotiated. Civil Rights: A New York congressman accused uov, Nelson A. Rockefeller of mak ing a "political football out of civil rights." Rep Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.) criticized the New York governor for call ing the administration's civil rights message too little and too late. Grenfell Dropped By Fire Bureau Portland-IUPD-Former State Sen. William Grenfell Jr., 37, Portland, was dismissed today from the Portland Firs Bu reau. Grenfell last week was fined $250 and sentenced to two years' probation for fail ure to remain at the scene of a fatal automobile accident. Grenfell. whose father is a retired fire chief, was notified of his dismissal in a letter from City Commissioner Stan ley Earl, who is in charge of the fire bureau. Grenfell has 10 days to appeal the dis missal to the Civil Service Board. Grenfell, who is on crutches as the result of auto accident injuries, has applied for a $116.69 per month disability pension based on 11 years of Fire Bureau employment. The application is sched uled to be considered Tues day by the fire and police dis ability and retirement fund board. However, if the dismis sal stands it would mean no pension and he would receive only a refund of the money he has put into the retirement fund. City Police Check Assault, Robbery Medford city police today are investigating the assault and robbery of a 50-year-old Medford man in a downtown parking lot late Sunday aft ernoon. Patrick H. Murphy, 310 North Bartlctt St., told offi cer) an unknown assailant struck him and robbed him of about $153 around 8 p.m. as he was crossing a parking lot on Front st. between Main and Eighth lU. i 1 mm h lm WZl ' Hlfi-U 'tHft VN ; V"" i . v ' y I m Asf I M L lik.O.r KIDNAP VICTIMS Hollywood police de tectives Ian Campbell, 30, left, and Carl Hettinger were kidnaped Sunday by two men and forced to drive their unmarked po lice car to Matlcr, near Bakcrsfield, Calif., where they were dumped from the car and Officer Campbell shot to death. Hettinger Ex-Convicts Blame Each Other in Death Of Police Los Angeles - IUPD - Two ex- convicts who kidnapped two police officers and brutally shot one to death in a farm field, alternated confessions today and blamed each other for the slaying. One suspect was captured soon after the crime. The other, taken into custody Sun day night less than 24 hours after the shooting, was to visit the death scene today en route to Los Angeles. Officers Ian Campbell, 30, Hearing Slated On School Budget Eagle Point A public nearing on the proposed Ea gle Point school district budg et has been set for Wednes day, March 27, at 8 p.m. in the high school library. ine budget committee ap proved the budget which calls for a tax levy of $726,386.84. Of this amount $79,474.14 ex ceeds the six per cent limita tion. The increase is due lo In creased operational costs and the need for more personnel to accommodate the rising school enrollment. Four new teachers, two elementary, one high school science and one for the intermediate grades, are being sought and two part-time clerical assist ants to work in the grade school libraries. Also included Is a salary Increase for certified person nel which is comparable to other salary schedules in the county. The purchase of new lan guage arts textbooks, which were recently adopted by the state department of educa tion, will be spread over a two year period. The purchase of two buses is also included. Capital outlay increases are due to some new furniture and equipment for additional classrooms which will be for the increased enrollment. A copy of the district's budget may be found on Page 8A in today's Mail Tribune. William Rogers Arrives in Medford William Rogers, of the fruit frost warning service, arrived in Medford yesterday after noon for the current orchard heating season. Fruit bud development Is early and compares to 1941 and 1958 seasons, County Horticultural Agent Clifford B. Cordy said this morning. However, present cold weatn- er will hold bud development back for the present, he said If the present cold weather continues, bud development will be later. The county agent noted that he is still receiving many orchard thermometers. They will be tested tomorrow and orchardists may pick them up Thursday and Friday. LOAN APPROVED Washington - lUPli - The Ru ral Electrification Adminis tration today approved a loan of $514,000 to the Coos-Curry Electric Co-Operative Inc. at Coquille. Ore. CHILD RECOVERING Yakima. Wash. - IWO - Mar- lin Todd, 5, Wapato, who was poisoned Saturday when he ate water hemlock, was re covering in hospital toddy. escaped after being beaten. Bakcrsfield po lice arrested Gregory Powell, 20, who was said to have in his possession a brief case belonging to Campbell. Powell is shown at right In Los Angeles police station follow ing his return from Bakersficld. (UPI) Officer and Karl Hettinger, 28, wore forced to drive to the field near Bakcrsfield, Calif., about 95 miles north of here late Saturday night. Campbell, of Chatsworth, a father of two young girls, was shot in the face, then killed with four bullets pumped into his chest as he lay in the furrowed field. Het tinger escaped when a cloud drifted across the full moon and he was able to zig-zag across the field as the gunmen fired at him. Gregory Powell, 30, Boul der City, Nev., was arrested near Bakersfield a few hours later as he attempted to ilee In a stolen car. His partner Jimmy Lee Smith, 32, Los Angeles, was arrested In Bakersficld rooming house shortly before midnight Sun day. Neither man resisted al though both were armed. After hours of intensive questioning, Powell told Sgt. Piece Brooke he and Smith had robbed several liquor stores and drug stores in the Los Angeles area. "We were looking for a holdup, we were armed and hot . . , when the officers stop ped our car we had our guns ready. I jumped out of the car and drew on the two cops, Powell told Brooks be fore he was returned to Los Angeles. He blamed Smith for the actual killing of Camp bell. Smith also confessed to tak ing part in the kidnapping but said Powell was the slayer. Brooks said at this "particu- ar point in the investigation, both suspects shot and killed the officer." Voter Pamphlet Measure Killed Salem - lUPIl - A bill to cut down on the number of voter pamphlets mailed by the sec retary of state was killed 33 25 by the house today. The vote came after the session s first call of the house" requiring all repre sentatives but those excused by the speaker to cast their vote. Only two members were excused. Under the defeated bill. one voter pampnict would have been mailed to each house, rather than to each voter, for an estimated $51 000 saving. Russian Troops To Crush Cuban Revolt Would Be 'Invasion Act' Washington - (UPli - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNam ara would consider it "an in vasion" if Russia shipped more troops to Cuba to crush a revolt against Fidel Castro, it was disclosed today. In previously secret testi mony released today, McNam- ara said if Russia attempted to use the same strategy it used in Hungary, "I would inter pret it as an invasion." McNamara's reply came In answer to a question by Rep. F. Edward Hebert ID-La.), Weapons Said Stored In other testimony, Mc Namara told the House Armed Services Committee that Cuba is using under ground caverns to store weap ons. There arc probably "sev eral hundred" surface-to-air defense missiles stored In Caliban caves, McNamara said. i v V jMI I ? 1 I III J Mi II Eight Dead in State Accidents By United Press International Traffic accidents in Oregon claimed eight lives during the week end. Four persons died in a grinding three-cur crash . n U.S. Highway 26 two and a half miles cast of Grcsham Sunday. Five persons were in jured. The victims were Howard Cofficld, 23, Eagle Creek; Russell Sheets, 23, Montrose, Colo., and Mrs. Anna Marie Barber, 36, and Reginald Tate, 50, both of Portland. Mrs. Anna Mae Owens, 44, Albany, was killed in a one car accident on State High way 226 one mile south of Scio Sunday. A 34 - year - old Bcavcrton man lost his life in a one-car accident in Portland Sunday. He was James Sullivan. James Miller, 18, Spring field, was fatally injured in a one-car crash one mile south of Eugene and Lowell Smith, 53, Aurora, was fatally injur ed when his bicycle was struck by a car on a Marion county road near Hubbard Friday night. LOW BIDDER Hcrmiston, Ore. IUPD- Been tel Bros., La Grande, was ap parent low bidder for con struction of an addition to Good Shepherd hospital Hcrmiston. The firm bid $267,877. But he said he did not be lieve Castro had an offensive missile hidden on the island. Asked by Rep. Philip J. Philbin (D-Mass.) if it would be possible for Castro to con ceal offensive missiles with out the United States being aware of it, McNamara said it was possible, but no likely. No System Perfect "We have a very extensive surveillance," McNamara said. "However, no system of surveillance of the Commu nist bloc activities can be con sidered perfect and I don't wish to indicate that ours is perfect." However, McNamara said he did not believe that any thing as large as a missile sys tem could be reintroduced in to the island without being detected. he defense secretary gave President Sees Need To Reduce Unemployment Labor Secretary Expands on Themei Washington 0IPI1 President Kennedy told Congress today thai immediate efforts to stimulate the economy must De supplemented by long range steps to combat unem ployment. In a broad-ranging report to Congress required by the Manpower Development and Training Act passed last year, Kennedy mUscd no oppor tunity to plug for his tax pro posals and other recommenda tions to stimulate the nation's economy. ". . . Our foremost manpow er concern is the lack of ade quate growth in employment opportunities," he said. "Un employment Is our No. I economic problem. Not Doing Best "It wastes , . . lives. Con tinued under - use of human and physical capacity is cost ing us some $30 to $40 billion of additional goods and serv ices annually ... it means we arc not doing our best." But the President said he expected "retraining and skill upgrading will become even more significant as unem ployment is reduced." In an accompanying report which went into greater sla tistical detail, Labor Secre tary W. Willard Wirtz ex panded on the President's theme. "The tax changes and other measures required to gener ate the needed economic mo mentum are matters of over- nuing importance." wih said. "But even if we achieve ine aesircd over-all growth rate, we cannot rely wholly on it as a panacea for all our manpower problems." numoer To Grow Both Kennedy and Wlri noted that employment since ma i lias increased an average of less than a half million new joos a year. Wirtz noted that employ ment' increased 17 per cent between 1847 and 1962 while the labor force was adding about 21 per cent. Both the President and the secretary predicted that the number of new job seekers will grow much faster in the future. 05U Coed Has Spinal Meningitis Corvallis - IUPD - Patricia West, 19, Oregon Stale uni versity coed from Redmond, was off the critical list and "doing well" today after suf fering an attack of spinal meningitis. According to her physician, Miss West look a "fine turn for the better" during the week end and her full re covery is expected. Her contraction of the dis ease last Thursday brought a wide rush for protective medi cation among students with whom she had been in con tact. No other cases have been reported. Home in Shady Cove Area Damaged by Fire Shady Cove - Fire caused a small amount of damage to the home of Hubert Werrlein on Rogue River dr. yesterday evening. The Shady Cove volunteer fire department made two trips to the house. The first alarm came at 7 p.m. Fire men returned at 9:05 p.m. when the fire area was re ported still smoking. The fire started in a parti tion between the chimney and false front of tho fire place. his testimony over several days beginning in late JanU- ry. It was part of the House committee's annual examina tion of the nation's defense posture. Earlier Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen id a "selective blockade" might help topple Castro. Regime Musi Fall Dirksen said Sunday lie agreed with President Ken nedy that a complete block ade of Cuba would be an act of war and very risky, He said "nobody wants to take the chance of plunging this country into war if he can help It." But the GOP leader safe! Castro's regime must be de stroyed and one way might he to institute a selective block ade If experts on internation al law should decide that II would not be an jict of war.