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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1963
Six Sections
. No. 8
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CHARRED INTERIOR - Fire, which started up again that served as insulation in the building smouldered
after it was thought to be extinguished, caused extensive through the night and flared up about 4 a.m. The pic
damage to the penthouse over the Wilson-McCabe Re- turd above shows the blackened interior of the apart
frigerating company early Saturday morning. Sawdust ment. (Knackstedt Photo)
'Hate America'
Congress Ignites
Political Squabble
Rio De Janeiro - (UPI) - A
week long Communist-spon-iored
"hate America", con
! r e s s Saturday sputtered
.oward an end, already writ
en off by observers as a flop.
But it did touch off a new
lued between pro-American
jov. Carlos Lacerda of Gu'a
labara state and left-leaning
'resident Joaoi Goulart.
And there also were reports
)f a Moscow-Peking type d is
jute over Marxist theory be
.ween Brazilian Communist
eader , Luis Carlos Prestes
md Cuban Premier Fidel
Castro. " . " ; .
Goulart Saturday sent army
.roops and marines fanning
hrough Rio De Janeiro,
vhich was to have been the
lite of the pro-Castro hemi
phere congress until Lacerda
itepped in. He banned the
:ongress and it moved across
;he bay to Niteroi, in Rio De
faneiro state.
Leftwing Justice Minister
toao Mangabeira said troops
vere ordered in because La
cerda arrested 53 members of
?ranclso Juliao's Brazilian
jeasants league when they
Tied to board a ferry for
"Jitcroi. He charged Lacerda
vent too far in his efforts to
ar the congress and "sus
)ended at his own pleasure
:ertain constitutional guaran
.ees for certain persons."
But Goulart's military aide
aid the troops were sent to
Mo to assure free access to
'ederal buildings and guar
antee government services be
cause a walkout by streetcar
notormen threatened to
ipread into a general strike.
Many federal office buildings
at ill function in Rio, which
was the federal capital until
.he government moved to
Brasilia.
HEVSfBRIEFS
IT IMS FROM kJy
AVALANCHE ROARS DOWN ON FRENCH VILLAGE
Plan-Du-Var. Franc - 1PP - An avalanche of mud
and 50-ton boulders roared down onto this village Sat
urday, flattening everything' in its path and crushing
to death three members of a teacher's family iniide
the village school.
CUBAN APOLOGY SEEN AS MOVE TO AVERT WAR
Havana - Hfli - Wetlern diplomatic circle Satur
day interpreted Cuba's quick apology over the MIG
jet attack on a U.S. freighter as an indication that th
Castro regime wants to prevent the Caribbean cold
war from getting hot.
SOVIET UNION RENEWS BERLIN PROPOSAL
Washington - 'ITU - Th Soviet Union hat renewed
Its propo;;! that the Berlin problem be "solved" by
handing over th allied western sector to th United
Nations, diplomatic officials disclosed Saturday.
SIX DIE IN BELGIAN HOTEL FIRE
Ciney. Belgium - IPt' - Six persons, including th
manager and his family, died Saturday when a flash
Jir destroyed th Albrt hote,hr.
Lacerdo denounced ' the
Goulart move as a plot to in
tervene in' the' Guanabara
state government.
Some observers said Gou
lart's action may have been
designed at humiliating La
cerda, a candidate for presi
dent in the 1965 elections.
Lacerda- has been reaping
headlines with his crackdown
on what he termed a "re
union of traitors."
Grants Pass Names
Leading Citizen
Grants Pass - W. Stewart
Orr, manager of a Grants
Pass retail building supplies
firm and a past president of
the Grants Pass and Jose
phine County Chamber of
Commerce was presented the
chamber's outstanding citizen
award here Saturday night.
Orr, a longtime Josephine
county resident who has been
an officer of numerous area
organizations, was honored at
the chamber's annual ban
quet. Rep. Clarence Barton (D
Coquille), speaker of the Ore
gon House of Representatives,
addressed the banquet on the
history and future potential
of Oregon and Josephine
county.
He also offered some com
ments on the current state
legislature, remarking that it
"probably will be known to
its everlasting credit by the
bills that didn't pass."
TO VISIT HATFIELD
Salem - (UPU - Consul and
Mrs. Lucicn Ruys of the
Netherlands will visit Gov.
Mark Hatfield at his office
Friday.
AJtOUNO THI OLOU
Proposal Limiting
Freeway Signs in
Medford Drafted
'The final draft of a pro
posed ordinance relating to
signs along the freeway in
Medford was completed late
Friday.
It is the result of some six
weeks of work by members
of a sign committee appoint
ed by Mayor James Dunlcvy
Feb. 21. The committee, head
ed by Al Bradford, council
president, included Council
man Terry Green and Walt
er Higgins and Elwood Hed
berg, planning commission
members.
The proposed ordinance
will regulate the size and
height of signs within 600
feet of the centerline of In
terstate S through Medford.
The ordinance was recom
mended after signs started to
apped along the viaduct
within the city: It was then
learned by city officials that
state and federal sign regula
tions were not in effect with
in municipalities.
The ordinance allows signs
only if they identify the. busi
ness on which they are placed
in the area within 600 feet
of the freeway centerline and
not to exceed a total height of
30 feet.
Surface Limited
Signs constructed within
270 feet of the freeway cen
terline are not to exceed 100
square feet of advertising sur
face. Signs within this area
which do not comply-with the
ordinance must be removed
by April 4, 1B68.
Signs within the area not
less than 270 feet from the
freeway centerline, and not
more than 600 feet, may not
exceed 200 square feet.
Copies of the proposed or
dinance, which will be pre
sented to the city council at
Its meeting Thursday, April
4, are available in the city
manager's office in city hall.
Stop Gap Measure
At the council's session
Feb. 21 an ordinance called
a "stop-gap" measure was ap
proved by the council which
restricted the construction of
signs within 270 feet of the
freeway's centerline.
Concern has been expressed
by residents and city officials
over the possibility that a
row of billboards, tall enough
to be viewed from the via
duct would be constructed.
The freeway bisects Medford
on a viaduct which rises to
35 feet.
CASTRO MAKES VOW
Miami - (UPH - Cuban Pre
mier Fidel Castro admitted
last night that "counter-revo
lutionary" bands are still op
erating in Mantanzas prov
ince but vowed that they will
be wiped out "within a few
worsts."
i
Two Fires Cause
Heavy Damage At
Cold Storage Plant
Fire broke out twice at Wit
son - McCabe Refrigerating
company at Fourth and Fir
sts. Friday night and early
Saturday morning, causing
heavy damage.
The crowds, estimated at
several hundred, started to
gather as fire trucks roared
up to the refrigeration plant.
More came when a sonic
boom caused many to think
an explosion occurred at the
plant. Columns of thick black
smoke poured from the rear
of the plant where the fire
reportedly started when sev
eral tires stored in one of the
rooms caught fire.
Deputies Called
Police said they had no
trouble holding the crowd
back, although they called for
sheriff's deputies to assist. At
one point people crowded out
onto the street and up to a
ladder truck, but a policeman
roped the crowd off.
Firemen thought they had
.the fire, which started in a
small storage room to the
rear of the plant, extinguish
ed and returned to their sta
tion about midnight.
A second alarm came early
Saturday morning and fire
men discovered the fire had
smouldered unseen in sawdust
insulation, then crept into the
sawdust in the attic, came
back under the roofs and
sprr-d into one of the apart
ments and penUiouse.
Expensive damage was done
Portland Slaying
Reward Withdrawn
Portland - (UPD - A $1,000
reward for information lead
ing to the conviction of the
slayer of Beverly Ann Allan
has been withdrawn by the
girl's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Allan of Port Town
send, Wash.
The 19-ycar-old Allan girl
and her boy friend, Larry
Ralph Peyton of Portland,
were the victims of a still un
solved murder Nov. 28, 1060.
Peyton's body was found
the next day in his automo
bile in Portland's west hills.
The body of the Allan girl
was found six weeks later
along the Sunset Highway
40 miles west of Portland.
Flames Extinguished
At Central Point Home
Central Point - Eight vol
untcers from the Central
Point fire department re
sponded Saturday morning
to control a fire on the roof
of the J. W. Stevens resi
dence, 440 Bush st.
The fire, reported at 11
a.m., apparently started from
sparks from the chimney.
There was about S400 fire
and water damage to the
hpusc, firemen said,
i
BUILDING DAMAGED - Medford firemen, above, work
ing both inside and outside of the Wilson-McCabe Re
frigeration company building, kept a raging fire under
control Friday evening. Extensive damage was done to
to the big cold storage room
under the penthouse where
the fire came through " the
penthouse floor. Most of it
was water damage.
Prisoner Crews Used
Some observers fell the
fire started in the back end
where the heavy electric
wires came in. The apart
ments were badly burned
overhead and suffered exten
sive smoke and water dam
age.
Only a few packages of
food stored in the county's
surplus food distribution cen
ter in part of the plant were
damaged. County Commis
sioner Don Faber had county
prisoner crews organized ear
ly Saturday removing the
damaged food parcels to a
place where they could be
dried. Clothing stored by the
welfare department above the
surplus food room was de
stroyed,' Faber said.
The plant was fully cov
ered by insurance, according
to Morris Byrne, Applegate,
partner with John McCabe in
the cold storage plant. Byrne
said he received numerous
calls at his home after the
fire broke out.
Two Persons Hurt
In Ashland Wrecks
Ashland - Two minor in
juries were reported in auto
accidents here Friday and
Saturday.
Charles W. Reeves, 20,
of Hilt, Calif, suffered slight
injuries when his car was in
volved in a collision with an
auto driven by John M. Rob-
erson, 50, of 1716 Parker St.,
at Highway 99 and Harmony
lane Saturday around 12:40
p.m.
Reeves was checked by a
doctor at ' the accident scene
and further treatment was
not found necessary. Ashland
police said they plan to file
a citation against Reeves for
following too close.
In an accident at 4 p.m.
Friday, Bonnie Vanderwood
15, of 5000 Highway 99 South
complained of a bruised knee
after a collision involving the
car in which she was riding,
driven by Eugene Magrudcr,
17, of 678 Siskiyou blvd., and
a second car driven by Wil
liam Aftring, 16, of 980 Mary
Jane avc. The accident oc
curred near 895 North Moun
tain ave.
Mistaken Identity
Brings Apologies
Racale, Italy - 1PH -Ertelindo
Schito, 40, told
police Saturday that Eiio
Troiti fired six pistol shots
at him, mined each time,
then took a closer look and
aid: "Sorry, I mistook you
fCr someone elie."
Hatfield Voices
Appeal lor Higher
Education Funds
Klamath Falls - (DPI) - Gov.
Mark Hatfield appealed to
the people Saturday -to help
"snatch higher education
from the jaws of devastation
in this session of the legisla
ture." . - s
. Noting a "serious probabil
ity of a $5 million cut in that
budget," he said the legisla
ture faces two choices.
"It can by its inaction make
Harry Truman's 'do nothing'
charges about the 80th Con
gress pale by comparison," he
said.
"Or It can move out of com
mittees and onto the floor
some of its enlightened, pro
gressive proposals which fur
ther humanity and prepare
for the future."
Appealing to the people,
the governor declared, "Your
voice can still be heard: Make
it known."
"Failure of friends of edu
cation to react would be tra
gic," he said., "Failure to re
act by those who abhor the
individious abrogation of re
sponsibility would be uncon
scionable." The governor spoke in an
address prepared for delivery
to the Second Annual Conven
tion of the Oregon Stale
Building Trades Council here.
He said the legislature's
treatment of higher education
threatens "the teachers, re
searchers, and the facilities
from which come our doctors,
our Improved agriculture
productivity, 'the proles
sions." Would Curtail Treatments
Hatfield said cuts at the
medical school, hospitals and
clinics could curtail treatment
of some 131,000 patients. He
said agricultural experiment
stations could be closed, re
search curtailed drastically;
and 4-H programs immobil
ized. "If Oregon is to achieve
major league status in the
eyes of the nation, we can
not tolerate public officials
who do not know the meaning
of team play, cooperation and
dedication," he said.
Rains Increase
Level of Rivers
By United Prss International
Heavy rains brought rivers
up in Western Ortgon valleys
and in the coast range Sat
urday, river forecasters said,
but no heavy flooding was ex
pected. River Bureau forecasters
said, however, the main stem
of the Willamette was expect,
cd to remain well under its
banks. The Clackamas river
was In no danger of floods
because of a low freezing line
and colder weather.
Most of the precipitation
was falling as snow in the
Cascades.
the big fruit storage room, but no damage was done to
food products in the locker rooms, a spokesman said.
(Knackstedt Photo) . . ,
U.S. Intensifying
Steps To Prevent
Anti-Castro Raids
Miami - (IN) - Th United
Statei government Satur
day night suddenly restrict
d prominent Cuban exil
loaders to Dad county, a
2.S00 square - mil area
which Includes Miami.
Washington
United States
urday ii is -measures
to
T..mra - The
nnounccd Sat-
"intensifying'
prevent the
launching from American ter-
ritory of raids by anti-Castro
refugees "against Soviet ships
and other targets in Cuba." .
The state and justice de
partments said in a joint
statement that the United
States sympathized with the
desire of Cubans to see their
country freed from Commu
nist control. But It could not
permit violation of U.S. laws
or "tolerate activities which
Bidault Applies
For Visa To Brazil:
Lisbon - (UPD - Anli-Gaullst
former French Premier Geor
ges Bidault has applied for
a visa to enter Brazil, a Bra
zilian embassy . spokesman
said Saturday.
The spokesman said it was
not known when a decision
would be made or when Bi
dault hoped to leave Portu
gal to take up residence in
Brazil.
Bidault, sworn enemy of
French President Charles de
Gaulle, came here from West
Germany when Bavarian state
authorities refused to grant
him political asylum unless
he dropped his anti-Gaullist
activities. '
He has been playing hide
and seek with police and
newsmen since he arrived
here incognito last Monday.
Police found him, questioned
him for 10 hours and he van
ished again. .
Publishers Accept
Contract Revisions
New York - IUPII - Publish
ers Saturday accepted the re
vision of a contract proposal
that will be voted on today
by the last holdout union in
the 113-day-old New York
newspaper strike.
The publishers' acceptance
was announced by Mayor
Robert F. Wagner who urged
members of the striking Pho
tocngravcrs union to approve
the contract.
The photoengravers reject
ed a similar contract proposal
earlier this week, but the cur
rent revisions were worked
out by their president, Frank
J. McGowan, and other un
ion leaders who were confi
dent the rank and file would
accept It.
might provoke ' armed repri
sals, the brunt of which would
be borne by the armed forces
of the United States."
Includes Puerto Rica
The announcement said
that the Federal. Bureau of
Investigation and the Immi
gration and Naturalization
Service, with the cooperation
of the Coast Guard and Cus
toms Service, "are intensify
ing their investigations."
Officials said this meant
more men, ships and planes
would be thrown into the ef
fort to make certain that at
tacks such as those recently
carried out on Soviet ships
in Cuban ports "are not
launched, manned, or equip
ped from U.S. territory." They
said this included Puerto
Rico.
The state and justice de
partments said "Our prelimi
nary evidence suggests that
these raids have not In fact
been launched from the ter
ritory of the United States"
but measures were being
stepped up to provide addi
tional safeguards.
The American statement
came two days after an at
tack by Soviet - built Cuban
MIGs on an American freight
er which was widely inter
preted as a gesture of retali
ation for recent sea borne
raids by anti Castro refugee
groups. The most recent of
these took place last Tues
day on the Soviet vessel
"Baku" which was loading
sugar in. the north Cuban
port of Calbarlen,
Youth Governor Signs
Six Legislative Bills
Salem -(UPD- Six bills, la
eluding measures on traffic
safety, truth-in-lendlng, and
abortion, were signed into
law here Saturday by Youth
Gov. Randy Guyer of Baker
at the close of the 1963 youth
legislature.
About 280 high school stu
dents from throughout Ore
gon attended the 16th annual
YMCA youth legislature
Thursday through Saturday.
Purpose of the event Is to
acquaint youth with self-government
in the United States.
The students participated In
a "mock" legislature which
Included an address from the
youth governor, introduction
of some 70 bills, committees,
House and Senate session, and
Joint session. -
Only nine bills finally
cleared both houses and went
to the governor. He signed
six, vetoed two, and failed to
act on one.
Two of the six bills signed
dealt with traffic safety. They
would require at least two
Government Files
Mississippi Suit
On Registrations
Act Backs Negroes
In Voter Efforts
flrpenwncvt Mies ITrpfl
The federal government filed
suit Saturday demanding of
ficials of th's north Mississip
pi town halt alleged acts of
"intimidation" directed at
Negroe voter applicants.
The suit also requests the
release of eight Negroes jail
ed last week when they and
about 100 others marched on
city hall to protest acts of
violence aimed at persons
taking part in a local Negro
voter registration drive.
One registration worker
was wounded recently by
gunfire from a moving auto
mobile, and two shotgun
blasts were i fired into the
home of another worker last
week. ' : .
Police, Negroes Clash
During the past week po
lice clashed repeatedly with
groups oi Negroes attempting
to marcn enmasse to the Le
Flore countv courthouse in
register.
The suit, first annnnnperl
by Attorney General Robert
F. Kennedy in Washinol nn
was filed with Judge Claude
c. uiayion at oxford. Clay
ton agreed to hear the action
Monday at Aberdeen.
The suit specifically seeks
a temporary restraining order
against interference with vot
er resistrnlinn. anrl nt?ma
long list of local authorities
as aetenaants.
Mayor Named
One of those named. Mavor
Charles E. Sampson, said ho
was not surprised by the gov
ernment's action.
"This is the government's
usual policy in supporting the
agitators," he said. "We'll con
tinue on as we have until
alter the hearing.
City officials have said
they, would not interfere wlthJLi,.
Aicgiuea aiiempuae, :u regis- -ter
so long as they did not
attempt mass marches on the -courthouse.
' Gray Evans, the local pros- -
ecutor, complained that
should the government's re
quest be granted it would
"permit a mob of any size to
form and move down the '
street."
Sampson said he couldn't i
see where the government
had any ground to stand on,
but added: "For the past few
years the government hasn't
needed any. They stay up in
the air all the time."
Negro Selected
For Space Program
Washington ItfPl The
first Negro has been selected
for possible participation In
future U. S. manned space
flights, it was disclosed Sat- .
urday.
He is Air Force Capt. Ed
ward J. Dwight Jr., 29, of
Kansas City, Kan., who is
among 14 new candidates
chosen for the Air Force's
aerospace research pilot pro
gram at Edwards Air Force
base, Calif.
The Air Force training uro
gram parallels, but is not co
ordinated with, the National
Aeronautics and Space Ad
ministration's space flight
program.
seat belts in cars, and would
exempt medical personnel or
nurses from liability for giv
ing first aid.
The governor signed a
truth-in-lendlng bill to re
quire statement of simple an
nual interest rates. He also
signed a bill that would ex
empt new manufac luring
firms from taxation until they
start to manufacture.
The governor signed a bill
to make therapeutic abortions
legal under specified condi
tions. Signed Mansion Bill
He also signed a bill to
provide for a governor's man
sion. Vetoed were bills provid
ing for periodic, examination
n(t licensed drivers and for
an educational driving pro
gram. Guyer said parts of the
measurer; were already in the
law.
Guyer took no action, be
cause of time, on a bill pass
ed by both houses to require .
certification of marriage counselors.