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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.
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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.
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Mars, high overhead .1:19 p.m.
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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.
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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.
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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.