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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1963
Six Sections
No. 2
! DEBRIS OF DRUG STORE - Mayor Robert Welch (sec-
iond from left) talks with policemen who had been gather-
ting up women's purses from debris of drug store in San
; Jose, Calif., Saturday after a boiler exploded in the base-
Ex-Janitor Held
Police Believe
Explosion Was
Not Intentional ;
San Jose, Calif - '(DPI) - Po
lice said Saturday a janitor
fired from J. C. Penney's less
than an hour before the-sub-basement
boiler 1 exploded,
: killing three and injuring 72
, others, admitted ., leaving a
: safety valve open. '" '
Chief of detectives Barton
Collins said, "I don't think
" the fellow did It Intentionally,
but his negligence caused
three deaths." . ... ,
Collins said maintenance
man Ricardo Mello told in
terrogators that he turned the
valve earlier in the day and
then forgot about it.
Mello, 27, will be held over
the week end. Evidence col
lected, Collins said, would be
turned over to the district at
torney's office Monday.
The blast occurred at 4:51
PST Friday at the height of
the rush-hour, destroying a
Thrifty Drug Store which oc
cupied the four sfiry building
with Pciiney's. Penney's suf
fered extensive damage.
, Eight .of the injured are in
critical . condition, and five
others are still considered se
rious. ' Within minutes ot the cx
' plosion at First and Santa
Clara streets, main intersec
tion of this city of 200,000,
police picked up Mello, who
. lives in Milpilas, a . small
nearby community.
Collins said a police officer
helping cordon off the street
corner overheard Mello tell a
bystander that there had been
some trouble with the boiler.
He was taken into custody,
questioned and given a poly
graph test Friday night. Ac
cording to Collins, Mello
"flunked two of the most vi
tal" questions - whether he
was angry with Penney's for
being-laid off and if he had
, tampered with the boiler.
Collins said that after later
questioning and a second lie
detector test Saturday Mello
admitted leaving the boiler
valve open. "He knew what
tt would do," Collins said, "but
he didn't intend to hurt any-
HSd)BRlffS
ITEMS FROM Vy M0UN W' 9
PRESSURE PUT ON KOREAN REGIME
Seoul - il'Pli - Tht United States Saturday was re
ported exerting diplomatic pressure on the Korean mil
itary regime to abandon its announced intention to re
main in power another fonr years.
MACMILLAN HOPES FOR SUMMIT MEET
London - 'If I' - Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
hopes to meet President Kennedy for an informal sum
mit in late spring, diplomatic sources indicated Saturday.
ARABS CONDEMN FRENCH TESTS
Cairo - UPI1 - The Arab League Council Saturday
recogniied the new regime in Yemin and approved a
resolution sponsored by the United Arab Republic (UARI
condemning French nuclear tests in the Sahara.
DE GAULLE OFFERS PAY INCREASE
Paris - art - President Charles De Gaulle's gov
ernment Saturday night oilered striking coal miners a
7 4 per cent pay increase to bring salaries in line with
workers in private Industry. The Initial miners union
reaction was that it was "not enough."
Kennedy Warns Of
10-Year Depression
Without Tax Cuts
Chicago - IUPI1 - President
Kennedy took his call for a
$10 billion tax cut to the peo
ple Saturday and warned the
alternative could be a decade
of depression.
' The President made, a di
rect appeal to "the will of the
people" to back his economic
program in a speech before 1,
400 civic - and airline digni
taries. In effect he went over
Congress' head in calling for
action now to find jobs for
tlie nation's "tide of manpow
er."' As is often his custom, the
President eliminated large
portions of his prepared ad
dress in actual delivery.' '
Health Center
Plans Finished
Working drawings of the
proposed Jackson county pub
lic health center at the fair
grounds are now complete,
Medford Architect Robert J.
Keeney informed the Jackson
county court last week.
The plans will be' sent . to
the state board of health, then
to U.S. health officials as an
other step in approval of con
struction for the federal Hill
Burton matching funds. These
funds will provide a third of
the overall cost.
Next step would be to put
the construction up for bid.
Federal health officials would
have to approve the bids, also,
it was explained.
Overall estimated cost is
$180,000, of which the county
would par $120,000.
County Judge Earl M. Mil
ler said construction probably
would not be started in this
fiscal year which ends June
30.
NAMED QUEEN
St. Paul - 01PII - Sherry Gil
bert of Newbcrg has been
named queen of the 28th an
nual St. Paul Rodeo July 3-4.
merit ot the building, killing three , persons and injur-
ing some 72 others. The building was shared with the
. J. C. Penny's store and both establishments were crowd-
ed with shoppers when the blast occurred. (UPI)
for Boiler Blast
Among the deleted portions
was the somber forecast warn
ing that unless the manpower
situation is solved "I must
warn you this nation faces. a
decade of chronic troubles and
recession : charcterized by
the economic Waste and hu
man tragedy' of unemploy
ment."! n. .
He said instead that the
country faces "serious prob
lems" because of the "tide
of manpower which is going
to be hitting our labor market
in the next five years.
Stand Behind Text ' ;
When Kennedy alters his
text in this fashion it is White
House policy to stand behind
the original text as well as
the actually delivered version
as long as there is no sub
stantive change in . meaning.
There was no such substan
tive change Saturday.
The President left no doubt
of his belief that, even
though there is no single mag
ic solution to the nation's ec
onomic troubles, the most im
portant action the country can
take now is to "release the
brake of war time tax rates
which are now holding down
growth at the very time we
need more growth to create
jobs."
Bill Introduced to
Redraw Districts
Salem -(UPli- Rep. John
Mosser (R-Beaverton) has in
troduced a bill to redraw Ore
gon's four congressional dis
tricts so that each would have
nearly the same population.
The plan would divide
Multnomah county at the Wil
lamette river. The districts
would be:
First: Benton, Douglas,
Lane, Linn and Marion coun
ties. Second: Baker, Coos, Cur
ry, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant,
Hood River, Harney, Jackson,
Jefferson, Josephine, Klam
ath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow,
Sherman, Umatilla, Union,
Wallowa. Wheeler and Wasco.
Third: Multnomah county
cast of the Willamette.
Fourth: Clackamas. Clat
sop, Columbia, Lincoln, Polk,
Tillamook. Washington, Yam
hill, and Multnomah west of
the Willamette.
Four Hospitalized
After Accident -
Between four and six per
sons were reported injured in
a two-car collision on the
Jacksonville highway near
Janney lane shortly after 9
p.m. Saturday. Both autos
were total wrecks. .
Identity of those injured and
the extent of their Injuries
was not immediately known.
A Medford ambulance reore
sentative reported that four
stretcher patients were taken
to Rogue Valley hospital. Ob
servers at the scene said one
or two others may have been
Involved.
New York Papers
Plan to Publish
Today or Monday
New York -4UPD New York
City newspapers got set Sat
urday night to resume publi
cation tonight and Monday,
with some hoopla reminiscent
of a Hollywood snectacular.
, Barring unforeseen difficul
ties, the city's longest and
COStliest newSD&ner strllr will
come to an end after 106
days today with a union rati
fication meeting at Madison
Square Garden..
' The New York Mirror said
it Plans to set off aerial hnmKi
high over the city at about
the hour the printers were
expected to approve their
new contract shortly after 4
p.m. (EST). When 1s nn.
start later in the evening it
said it would set off tiro.
works over the East river
and the Hudson river.
About 6,000 members of
Local 6 of the International
Typographical Union (ITU)
were expected to vote on set
tlement terms today with
their president, Bertram Pow
ers, urging them to accept.
The printers were under
the threat from ITU President
timer Brown that if they
turned down the spHlpmnnl
as they did once before, the
strikers would be cut off from
the international's strike ben
efits. Grants Pass Woman
Dies in Collision
Grants Pass - Lauretta No
ble, 87, of Grants Pass was
dead on arrival at .Tntrnhinf
General hospital here Friday
anernoon following a colli:
sion between the car in which
she was riding anri a lumher
truck.
Colliding- nn Hirhum' 93R
at its junction with Frultdale
dr. were an autn driven bv
Fred Theodore rirnw nn nf
Grants Pass, and the truck
driven by L.C., Sonny Bohan
non, 46, of Grants Pass.
Mrs. Duncan Finds
Editor's note: Mrs. Robert B. Duncan, wife of the recently-elected
congressman from Oregon's fourth Congres
sional district, has promised to write occasional articles for
the Mail Tribune, her "home town" newspaper. The first
one follows. Of it she says, "This Isn't exactly what I'd
promised, but will do a piece for the Women's Page soon."
She added, "In these first few hectic months, Bob
has been virtually concerned with the business of Congress
and his job as Representative. As a wife and mother, I
have been .deeply concerned with much of what I have
observed in our Nation's Capital. I have enclosed some of
my comment on Washington, D.C., as I sec it. I believe that
it might Be of special interest to the women of Oregon."
By MARIJANE DUNCAN
The striking thing about Washington to me is not Its
famous monuments nor its famous people, the Capitol Mall,
the Japanese Cherry blossoms, or "Embassy Row." Viewed
in the ordinary perspective that of a tourist come to
see the sight these are Imposing and memorable. But
even the casual tourist can -hardly avoid seeing, if not
being appalled by, Washington's most striking feature
desperation, denial, and want at the very heart of the
richest country in the world.
We are not residents of the District but of Maryland.
At first I felt this inhibited my right to comment on or
criticize the conditions therein. Then it dawned on me
that Washington is my city, as It is yours. It belongs to us,
as citizens of this country. In a very unique way. It is not
Communist Meet
Gets Approval of
Brazil President
400 Foreign Reds
Slated to Attend
Rio dc Janeiro - HIPP - Jubi
lant sponsors Saturday said
about 400 "foreign personali
ties" will attend an anti
United States Communist con
gress as the result of Presi
dent Joao Goulart's go-ahead
It was announced Friday
that Goulart "will not inter
fere in any way" with the
wecklong hemisphere con
gress whose theme is "Peace
and freedom from world dom
ination by Yankee imperial
ism." Goulart's' hands-off decision
was made in the face of ef
forts by a Brazilian economic
mission in Washington to con
vince the United States to
give Brazil $500 million in
new aid. The mission also is
seeking to win postponement
of the repayment of $1.5 bil
lion already owed the United
States.
The congress will be kicked
off Monday night with rallies
here and in Sao Paulo, the
site of the "hemisphere con
gress." Keynote Address
Luis Carlos Prestes. 61, sec
retary general of the still
illegal Communist party of
Brazil, will deliver the key
note address here to what is
expected to be the biggest
public concentration of Reds
in Brazil in recent years.
The Rio rally will be held
in the auditorium of the Bra
zilian Press association. In
sharp contrast to previous
years, the meeting of the Bra
zilian Communists will be
open to the press and public
for maximum publicity effect.
Prestos, who spent much
of the 1930s and 1940s in
prison, has headed the Bra
zilian Communist party- for
more than 30 years despite
periodic inter-party divisions.
Francisco Juliao, leader of
the leftist peasant league of
northeast Brazil, also is ex.
pected to attend the rally.
Statewide rallies will be
held through Sao Paulo Mon
day night. Sponsors said about
1,400 Brazilian Communists
are expected to be on hand
when the foreign delegates ar
rive for the conference there
beginning Thursday.
Congress spokesmen said
"fraternal delegates" are ex
pected to come from 54 Afri
can, European and Asian na
tions in addition to those from
countries in the western hem
isphere, Including the United
States.
Sports Bulletins
Eugene-North Eugene won
the Oregon A-l high school
basketball championship last
night by defeating Tigard 67
to 58. Sandy captured third
place with a 44 to 35 decision
over Astoria. Medford's Jack
Forde and Grants Pass' Alan
Hutchins were named to the
all-stale second team.
Louisville-iUPIl-A Tip-in by
big Dick Rouse in the final
seconds of an overtime period
Saturday night gave Loyola
of Chicago an upset 60-58
victory over Cincinnati and
the NCAA basketball cham
pionship. LODGED IN JAIL
Norman Dell Lcsina,-32, of
San Bernardino, Calif., was
lodged in Jackson County jail
Saturday evening on a charge
of larceny. Lcsina was return
ed from Stockton, Calif, on a
Jackson County District court
warrant.
1,500
ali Volcano
5J
I
CAUSING DISASTER - The volcano shown
above, Gunung Agung, erupted in Bali last
Sunday . causing disaster In which 1,900
persons may have perished. In the fore-''
ground is the Besakih Temple, four miles
White City Game
Area Renamed in
Honor of Denman
Portland - lUPH - T h e Ore
gon State Game commission
Friday voted , to rename the
Rogue River Game Manage
ment area at White City for
the late Kenneth G. Denman
of Medford. -
Denman was a long-time
game commissioner, and one
of the state's leading conser
vationists.
The commission also de
cided to hold a series of seven
meetings In various parts of
the state . before its public
hearings on big game hunting
regulations In Portland May
24 and June 7.
The meetings will be held
In Enterprise, Baker, Bend,
Klamath Falls, Medford, Gold
Beach and Coos Bay. Dates
will be set later. The meet
ings will give sportsmen In
those areas a chance to ex
press their views on hunting
rules.
Conditions Appalling in Washington
only our capital; It is truly our responsibility.
Our elected representatives here In Congress are di
rectly responsible for the District of Colutnhla. There arc
committees set up in both Houses to regulate its affairs.
There are no elected officials for the District. Citizens here
have begged for years for home rule not a change in form
of self-government, such as caused controversy in many
Oregon counties last election. Just self-government, period.
Whether home rule would bring with it solutions to
the ills that beset this unfortunate city is a moot question.
But the people who have come to Congress, hat In hp.-r1.
session after session, believe that local frrnJuae would be
a big step in the right direction.
However, right now the cxplosivcncss of the situation
here la too real to permit speculation - as to alternatives.
Things need doing without delay, and that puts it squarely
up to Congress.
i - The President has asked for adequate financing for
District needs. There are proposals before Congress to im
plement the specifics. The newspapers here are filled dally
with testimony of school officials, police officials, admin
istrators. Yet, in the face of a frightening raise In the crime
rate, a high percentage of dropouts In the dreadfully In
adequate schools (most without even libraries, all terribly
overcrowded and understaffed, some shamefully obsolete),
and appalling welfare problems that dwarf those' of the
rest of the nation, there Is, on the part of many Influential
lawmakers, a reluctance to act. Why?
Theories vary, from the good old "it's going to cost
Feared
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Anti-Red Cubans
Declare State Of
War Against Castro
Miami - IUPI1 - Delegates of
22 anti-Communist groups in
Cuba set up an underground
government and declared a
state of war against the re
gime of Fidel Castro; accord
ing to information received
here by private sources from
Havana.
The report of the meeting
and of Dr. Carlos Marquez
Sterling's designation as presi
dent of the "Republic of Cuba
In Arms" was confirmed by
UPI Friday night In a tele
phone conversation with Mar
ques Sterling in' New York.
The report coincided with
an announcement In Havana
that government forces had
annihilated three anti-Castro
rebel bands operating in Ma
tanzas province which lies to
the cast of Havana.
A Cuban refugee who ar
rived in Miami from Havana
Friday said anti-Castro rebels
ambushed and killed 130
members of a militia unit In
lead in
Eruption
l 3 . A
from the foot of the mountain. Fate of the
temple was not known Saturday, but Be
sakih village and four other villages are
believed to have been destroyed by the
swift lava flow. (UPI)
Las Villas province last week
Reports on the secret meet
ing said the delegates met as
a national assembly , "in a
place of national territory,"
proclaimed Marquez Sterling
president and declared war
"against the Communist occu
pation" of Cuba.
Elect Delegates
The delegates also said they
would abolish the Constitution
of 1940 once the Castro re
gime is overthrown. . In . the
meantime, they said, the "peo
ple should elect delegates to
a constituent assembly." ' '
The delegates then voted
approval of a "provisional sta
tute" which would serve as
the basis for a provisional gov
ernment. In addition to naming Mar
quez Sterling as president, the
delegates selected ministers of
foreign affairs, Interior, war,
public health and finance. But
their identities were kept secret.
the taxpayers" (when it's costing them so much more this
way) to "the segregationists won't give D.C. a chance be
cause of Its heavy Negro population. Such sentiment would
preclude forever the fond hope that Democracy's capital
might someday become the showplace of Democracy. Then
there arc those who would give more money, yes but
only for police purposes, brushing aside the demonstrated
truth that crime, like weeds, flourishes in untended areas.
This Is not the exciting account I expected to write
home' of our first few weeks in Washington. We have had
:tc.':":--nt, of course, and a gratifying sense of participa
tion In this tremendous and complex government of all the
people of the United States. But it is impossible to Ignore
the cries for help that emanate from every front page of
every dally paper ... the sight of massed black humanity
clustered, as if hopefully, around the core of our country
. . , the obviously unequal opportunity for children who
arc not only unfortunate as to race but as to geography
. . . the television program, inept but heart-rending, about
"Junior Village" (row after row of small beds filled with
unwanted, unloved children over 700 In space meant for
400).
Coming from a state considered relatively "poor," I
have never felt so rich. Coming from a middle-sized Amer
ican community with excellent schools, I have never felt
so privileged. Lke the great majority of the people In this
country, I had no idea that our Capital needed help to
desperately. I only hope the help- is tendered before the
whole world is as shocked as I am.
5 Bali Villages
May Be Buried
Under Lava Flow
Hindu Sanctuary
Thought Destroyed
Denpasar, Indonesia-HIMUA
four-mile high cloud of black
smoke towered Saturday over
volcanic Mt. Gunung Agung
in silent token of the disa.
trous eruption Sunday in
which 1,000 persons may have
perished.
Authorities here notified
civil defense headquarters in
Jakarta that 400 persons are
Known aeaa and another 1,
100 are believed to have burn
ed to death while praying
when lava raced down the
volcano's slopes. ' . ; v
The swift lava flow is be
lieved to have destroyed the
villages of Pura, . Besakih,
Pohnangka, Kedampul and
Batu Ringgi.
Besakih is, or was. the aite
of Bali's most sacred Hindu
sanctuary, : where a religious
celebration . held only once
every 100 years took place
this month. , The fate of the
temple was not known, .
Continued Prayers ' '.
The Antara News Agency
reported one priest and 60
worshippers at Besakih van
ished after refusing to leave
me Hindu shrine as the lava
flow neared. The report Bald
mey continued prayers in an
effort to halt the fiery erup
tions. . ...
i , Australian trained asricul-
Uurist Wajen Dang In told
United Press International
one-fifth of. Bali's farm land
was out of production, as the
result of the eruption ot the
"majestic mountain."
Life was calm at this Bali-
nose capital city. The streets
were relatively untouched by
the ash which has rained
down on Javanese cities -as .
far away as Jakarto. The '
volcano, 70 miles distant. Is
invisible behind the smoke
cloud. i
I Representatives of the pro
vincial government plan to
ny to tne Indonesian capital .
today to appeal for emergency
aid.
Minnesota Governor
Problem Settled
St. Paul, Minn. - IUPD - Re
publican Gov, Elmer L. An
dersen gave up his long, bit
ter battle tor reelection Sat
urday and said he'll turn over
his office to Democratic . re
count winner Karl Rolvaag
Monday. " ';
- Andersen could have ap
pealed to the state supreme
court from Rolvaag's slim vic
tory In the four-month re
count battle one of the
longest and bitterest in his
tory. Rolvaag won by only
91 votes out of a total of a
million and a quarter.
But instead, smiling and
Joking, Andersen announced
at a news conference over
flowing with newsmen and
politicians that he would not
appeal. Ho sent the 49-year-old
Rolvaag a letter saying:
"You have my very best
wishes as you take the office
of governor."
"If