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REFUGEES AWAIT EVACUATION Refugees wait at an
airstrip on ihc Plain of Jars in Laos for an airplane to
evacuate them 10 Vientiane, capital of Laos. Although the
situatio l- said lo have improved after pro-Communist
Khrushchev Reaffirms
Agreements on Free Laos
Harriman Told
01 Full Support
On Geneva Pact
I Moscow -IUPII- Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev to
day reaffirmed his stand on
the need for a free and inde
pendent Laos.
Khrushchev's support f o r
his 106 1 accord with Presi
dent Kennedy on Laos was
disclosed tonight after U. S.
president ia! trouble - shooter
W. Averell Harriman met
with the premier for 3'i
hours and presented him with
a message from Kennedy.
Visited in Office
Harriman. in Moscow on a
dramatic mission to save the
peace in Laos, saw Khrush
chev in the premier's office
after a meeting with Soviet
Foreigi Minister Andre Gro
myko. A joint Soviet - American
staterru nl released alter the
Kremlin meeting declared
that-both governments "fully
support the Geneva agree
ments on the Laotian ques
tion about which there was
an exchange of views between
them in Vienna and a mutual
understanding reached "
New Fighting in Laos
The Kremlin meeting oc
curred -win.-! .i background
of ronewrd fighting in Laos,
where Communist Pathet Lao
forces were reported to have
attacled an outpost of right
wing forces led by Gen Phou
mi Nosavan.
Earlier in the day Harriman
met for two hours and 40
minutes with Gromyko.
NEWS($BR1EFS
ITEMS FOM Wr MOONO THI MOM
HALLE CK SAYS EXCUSES RUNNING OUT
Washington-in-Home Republican Ltadei Charles A.
Hallack said today President Kennedy had broken so many
campaign promises that "Apologists for the administration
ara raining out of excuses."
SOVIET FIGHTERS CIRCLE U.S. HELICOPTERS
Berlin- i I'l-Two Soviet jet fighters circled two U.S. Army
liellteil 1 1 i over Berlin today, apparently lo underline Rus
sia! contention that the helicopter flights were illegal.
AMERICAN INSTALLATION FIRED IN VENEZUELA
Caracas. Veneiuela-lPI-Six masked men carrying torn
mrftnu today set fire lo the U.S.-owned Cordage Hull Cor-,
paar On the outskirts of Caracas. The three-hour six-alarm
fife caused S200.000 damage.
DA HOPES FOR HOT LINE' PROGRESS
Oeneva-1 1'l-The United States hoped to make some pro-
i.en a hoi line communciations una Deiween raoscow
fashington today despite
test issue.
I OUESTIONED IN SLAYING OF POSTMASTER
laden. Ala.-lPI-Police
of Floyd L. Simpson, picked up Thursday in con
with the roadside slaying of Baltimore postman
and dr.. ::ghts crusader William L. Moore. 35.
Representatives of
School District
Return From Visit
A group of representatives
from School District 549C re
turned yesterday from Den
ver. Colo., where they observ
ed teaching techniques, plant
facilities and specific educa
tion programs.
The trip was part of an in
service visitation program
conducted in con. unction with
Medford's participation in the
Oregon Program, which is fi
nanced on a state-wide basis
by the Ford Foundation.
Included in the group were
school bard members, admin
istrators, heads of depart
ments, supervisors, and ele
mentary school principals. Ac
companying the group was
Dale Skewis, Salem, super
visor of secondary education
for the state department of
education.
A Residential Section
Schools visited and pro
grams observed were in Jef
ferson county, Colo., a resi
dential section for people
working in the Denver region.
Members of the delegation di
vided into smaller groups to
observe specific areas of in
terest, although in some cases,
the entire delegation visited
a school or observed a spe
cific program.
The Jefferson County dis
trict was organized in 1950
from 39 small independent
districts. This year the district
has an enrollment of about
42.000 students.
Team teaching, one of the
more recent developments in
the gloomy outlook on the
today questioned the wife and
Pathet Lao Prince Souphanouvong made two proposals to
end fighting between his troops and neutralist forces led
by Gen. Kong Le, the latest reports have Communists
gaining ground. (UPI)
teaching techniques, is in its
sixth year in Jefferson coun
ty, and is no longer considered
an experiment as it is in other
areas of the country visited
by area educators on previ
ous in-service observations.
Cooperating With SOC
Information gained on the
trip, as with other such visi
tations, will be used in devel
oping teaching techniques to
help improve education
through better teaching and
better qualified teachers. Med
ford school district is coop
erating with Southern Ore
gon college in the Oregon Pro
gram. A small group of district
representatives visited schools
in southern California en
route to the Denver area, and
three school board members
remained in Denver to view
exhibits in conjunction with
the National School Boards
association convention which
starts this week end.
Frank Bash, member of the
Medford board and president
of the Oregon School Boards
association, is an Oregon dele
gate to the convention. He
plans to remain in Denver
throughout the week of the
convention.
Eagle Point School
Budget Vote Slated
Eagle Point - A budget, re
duced by $36,773, leaving a
U)ta of SS06,026.',7 to be
raised outside the 1 per cent I
limitation, will br presented j
to voters of Eagle Point j
School District in an election
May 14.
The Eagle Point school
board and the budget commit-1
tec met April 22 to study the ;
school budget, which was de
tested by voters of the district
April 17.
It was decided to eliminate
the purchase of a new bus, j
included in the original
budget, and lo cut all re
modeling, painting and re- j
pairs to a minimum. Only
necessary repairs and essen
daily needed plant mainten
ance will be done, board mem
bers reported.
The planned summer recrea-1
tional program has been re-j
moved from the budget and
some improvement to grounds
postponed.
Some equipment and sup
plies have been reduced and
board members expressed the
hope that they can be includ
ed next year
Board and budget commit
tee members said they had
tried to reduce the budget
with a minimum of detrimen
tal effect on the educational
program
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Fighting Erupts
At Four Locations
On Plain of Jars
Vientiane, Laos - (UPI - New
fighting has broken out be
tween Laotian Neutralist
forces and pro - Communist
troops at four different spots
on the Plain of Jars, inform
I ed sources reported tonight.
In addition, the Laotian De
fense Ministry announced that
pro-Communist. Pathet Lao
troops had attacked an out
post of right-wing forces led
by Gen. Phoumi Nosavan.
The new outbursts of fight
ing were reported as Laos'
beleaguered Neutralist Pre
mier, Prince Souvanna Phou
ma, scheduled a trip to the
Plain of Jars Saturday in a
personal effort to halt the
new battling that threatened
the existence of his shaky
coalition government.
Informed sources in Vicn
tane said that new fighting
had broken out Thursday
night and today at Khang
Khay, Xieng Khouang, Phon
savan, and Lat Houang.
The four localities arc all
on the Plain of Jars where
troops of the Laotian Commu
nist and Neutralist factions
have been fighting sporadi
cally for more than a month.
Premier Souvanna, mean
while, issued a statement criti
cizing "foreign'' charges - ap
parently those made by the
Russian - that the strife in
Laos had been instigated by
the United States.
Road Board Not
To Develop Dunes
Salem - (UPB - Gov. Mark
Hatfield said today the State
Highway Commission was
"only answering an inquiry"
when it expressed willingness
to develop the Oregon Dunes
area as a state project.
Hatfield said there was no
plan for the commission to
lake over development of the j
area.
The commission Thursday
suggested it could develop the
area as a possible compromise I
solution to the battle over the j
proposed national seashore in
Western Lane and Douglas '
counties.
Commission Chairman
Glenn Jackson said his agency :
is not opposed to federal de
Velopmenf and does not plan
to push the idea, but it Is
"ready and willing" to help
if called upon.
City Budget Committee
Sets First Meeting
The proposed preliminary
i963-64 budget for the city
of Medford will be presented
to members of the citizens'
budget committee at it initial
meeting tonight.
City Manager Robert Duff's
budget message will be deliv
ered to the committee. The
group will also elect its offi
cers for this year The meet
ing will be held at 7:30 p.m.
in council chambers in city
hall
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Hope Dwindles
For Eight Others
Missing in Shaft
30 Survive
Violent Explosion
Dola, W. Va. -HOT- Fourteen
soft coal miners were found
dead today deep inside the
explosion - torn Clinchfield
Coal company's No. 2 mine
I and hoDe dwindled fast for
eight men still missing.
The explosion, triggered
late Thursday night by either
methane gas or coal dust,
plunged this small mining
community of 200 people into
gloom.
As grim word was flashed
from rescue teams 330 feet
beneath the surface, the strain
began to tell on relatives who
had gathered at the pithead.
First two bodies were
found, then another, and then
a group of 11 in one of the
main working areas which
probably bore the full brunt
of the violent blast.
Thirty other miners sur
vived the tragedy by scamp
ering to the surface.
The general feeling at the
mine office was one of pes
simism. Shortly before noon, a
spokesman for the mine's man
agement disclosed that 24 rub
ber sheets had been ordered
from a nearby mortuary.
But in the tradition of coal
mining, rescue teams pushed
forward against time in an
attempt to reach the men still
unaccounted for.
Significantly, the Compass
No. 2 mine is located only a
short distance from the scene
of this country's worst mining
disaster. On Dec. 6. 1907, 361
miners lost their lives in a
mine near Monongah, W. Va.
Access Roads To
Freeway Section
Are Barricaded
''If motorists are determin
ed drive on the unopened sec
tion of the freeway, they will
find some way to get on it,"
according to Oregon State
Highway Department Resi
dent Engineer Donald Haller
after an Ashland man was
killed Thursday noon in an
automobile-construction truck
accident cn unopened Inter
state 5 near Talent.
Haller explained that all
access roads to the freeway
arc barricaded with "Road
Closed" signs, but explained
that motorists are able to
drive around them since work
men and construction equip
ment must use these roads.
He stated that motorists
have knocked down the bar
ricades, in some cases becom
ing stuck in mud when they
have driven around them,
have torn down fences and
broken padlocks to reach the
partially completed freeway.
The engineer explained that
Thursday's fatality occurred
in the most congested con
struction area of the freeway,
used frequently by heavy
equipment for transporting
gravel to and from the rock
crusher.
Haller noted that he had
observed families, with chil
dren, using the unopened
freeway. Work on the tree-
way continues nearly around;
the clock, he noted, so that 1
workmen and equipment arc j
in area the majority of the
time.
55 City Recorders
Attend GP Meeting
Grants Pass-Approximately
55 city recorders and treasur-1
ers from throughout the stile 1
arc attending t h c annual
workshop of the Oregon As- j
sociation of City Finance Of-1
ficers here.
Tile workshop opened yes
terday and will conclude this
afternoon. Presiding is Mr3.
Frances Juris, Prineville city
recorder-treasurer. New tech-1
niques in city finance manage
merit and legislation affecting
budgeting arc among topics j
being discussed.
Textbook Rental
Proposal Tabled
Salem - UPD - A measure'
which vould have allowed .
school districts to rent text-j
books to parochial high
schools was tabled Thursday
in the Senate Education com
mittec SURVEYS APPROVED
gatem 1 The State High
. way Commission Thursday
I approved location surveys for
a route for the McKenzie Riv
I er Highway between Blue
River and Mill Creek.
Regional Edition
Medford
22 Pages Two Sections
MINERS AWAIT WORD Fellow coalminers await word
from the men who were trapped inside the Compass No. 2
mine at Dola, W. Va., following an explosion late Thurs
day. Standing in center facing the camera ia John Mora-
Cuban Oil Refineries
Said Target of Raiders
'Mystery' Plane
Drops Five Bombs
On Installations
Miami, Fla. lUPD Anti
Castro raiders In a twin-engined
plane made a low-level
bombing attack Thursday
night on Cuban oil refineries
on Havana's eastern outskirts,
it was reported here today.
The mystery" aircraft
dropped five 100-pound bombs
on the refineries, former Esso
and Shell oil installations, but
Cuban exiles reporting the
raid said they were ineffec
tual. Not Identified
The attackers were not
identified but in Washington,
a free-lance newspaperman,
Alexander Rorke, said he, two
other unidentified Americans
and a Cuban participated in
the raid.
Rorke said the attackers
did not encounter either fight
er or antiaircraft opposition.
He said the homemade bombs,
one of them lighted from the
end of a cigar, were dropped
from 150 feet.
Rorke identified the Amer
icans on the raid as members
Of an organization called I
"U.S. Freedom Fighters." He
said it was a nonpolitical or
ganization formed to help
free Cuba.
Up to midday, Havana Ra
dlo had not mentioned the
raid. News agencies were not 1
able to contact their Havana
bureaus for information on j
the attack.
Skepticism Expressed
In Washington, the Slate
Department said it was
checking" the raid reports,
but expressed skepticism
about the attack despite Ror
ke's statement.
Exile sources said the at
lackers were out after a spe
cific undisclosed target, but
decided on a secondary ob
jective when they were un
able to pinpoint It for accu
rate nombing.
The bombs were homemade
and presumably ineffective
Rorke said they didn't blow
anything up "
It was the first hostile
bombing of the Havana area
since April 15, 1981. when
exiles strafed and bombed ma
jor airfields to set the stage
for the abortive Bay of Pigs
invasion two days later
AT08PAY SESSION
Salem - TPli The Oregon
House will be in session Saturday
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Students
Air Pollution Bill
While Serving Posts
A city council composed of
Medford and St. Mary's high
school students toyed with
passage of an air pollution
control ordinance yesterday
afternoon, but finally re
ferred it to committee for
further study.
The council meeting was
held yesterday afternoon in
city hall as part of annual
Student Government day ac
tivities sponsored by the Elks
lodge.
In other action, the student
council unanimously passed a
resolution endorsing a '20-year
plan to develop a civic center
in an area adjacent to the
Jackson county courthouse.
The proposed ordinance
wouid have enjoined area
firms from polluting the air,
threatening civil procedures
in circuit court, and would
have become effective imme
diately. One councilman expressed
concern over possible effect
of the ordinance on fruit
growers, pointing out that or
chards were "vital to the
growth and prosperity" of
Jackson county.
Another student said "the
major contribution" to air
pollution came from the mills.
In referring the measure back
to committee, a councilman
said he hoped that in a few
years ihe industry would
wive its own problem by bet
ter utilization of wood by
products. Conaressman
In Medford
r'nntri.tumun Rnhprl It
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Duncan of Medford, repre
sentative of the Fourth dis
trict, will arrive here by
plane at 0:30 p.m. Saturday
from San Francisco and will
be available for constituents
to talk with him at his home,
1500 Terrace dr., after 7 p.m.
He plans to go there Imme
diately after he deplanes t"
spend Saturday evening Inter
viewing constituents of this
area. This will be Duncan's
second visit to Oregon since
taking up his congressional
duties in January
The congressman will con
tinue to the coast area Sun
day, were he has arranged a
series of "open office inter
views" to give Fourth district
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1963
btto, who said "I was standing about a mile from the
scene of the blast when the concussion shook the shovel
out of my hand and knocked me to the floor." (UPI)
Consider
At the Student Govern
ment day banquet at Hedrick
Junior High school last night,
an audience of more than 2S0
heard the speaker. Dr. Fran
cis Nickerson, discuss "law
from the point of view of
education."
Cynicism For Law
Dr. Nickerson, chairman of
college-high school relations
committee of the state system
of higher education, said that
his generation has raised Its
children "with cynicism for
law."
"My age group operates on
a double-standard," he said.
"We obey the big laws, but
continually violate the little
ones."
Youngsters notice these
things, the speaker said, and
begin to sec adults not for
whal they say, but for what
they are.
"If you don't like this
world we have made," Dr.
Nickerson told the students,
"go out and design your own."
But the speaker urged the
youngsters to Institute their
reforms within the frame
work of established law.
"Law is the basis of free
dom," he said, "and freedom
can exist only where people
assume responsibility for
whal they do."
ASSESSMENT APPROVED
Salem iliPli-Thc Senate to
day approved a measure al
lowing counties to assess tim
ber lands in Eastern Oregon.
Robert Duncan To Ra
Saturday for
roi.t.,.t an nnnnrlimii .. In
residents an opportunity to
; bring their problems directly
to him. He will be in the Cur
ry county courthouse at Gold
Beach at 10 a.m. Sunday, and
i In the office of Attorney Mati
i rice Engolgau, 217 North Ad
' ams St.. Coquille, at 2 p.m.
Monday, April 20. office
1 hours for constituents will
start at 9:30 a.m. In the Leb-
anon city hall and at i p.m
in the Albany Chamber of
Commerce offices.
Press Conference Planned
Duncan also will visit the
Labor Temple In Coos Bjy at
I 4:30 p.m Sunday and hold a
press conference at 5:30 p m
I Sunday at 3600 Edgewoud dr.,
i North Bend.
His Monday schedule will
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WEATHER .
I rOMECAftl: BonU clearlnE to
nitbt. Inert ait rig cloudlntM
tuturdav. Rain halurrtav after
noon and night. A UU1 warm
er Saturday. Low tonight 38.
High Saturday 63.
Htghait Voaterday t
Lowwt Tkis Morning , Is
Prtc. to 10 a.m. Today ...... ,35
Our Skies Tonight
Suftitt today . y-.as p.m.
sunrise tomorrow fl:l,1 a.m.
M null lot (outfit'. lo w p.m.
Mr it Quarter , April 30
The planet, Mercury, it now
crowing dimmer and moving
nearer the Sun. It will re- I
appear as a morning planet In
June, north of where Venui
and Jupiter are now seen.
Maximum Speed
Limits Approved
Salem - OIPD The House
voted for maximum sneed
limits today In an effort to
curb the state's rising high
way death toll.
Rep. C. R. Hoyt (R-Corval-I
Is) said In an age when autos
cBn go so fast "we need some
thing to hcln us disciDline
ourselves."
Rep. James Redden (D-Med-ford)
said in other stales with
speed limits motorists heed
tnem, out in Oregon they take
advantage of a "five or ten
mile edge."
Oregon has the basic rule,
which reaulrcc a driver- tn
drive at a safe and reasonable
speed that will enable him to
keep his car under control
and not endanger others. In
addition. Orenon hiahwavs
have designated, or suggested
speeds, but they are not legal
speeds.
Speakers said the bill would
retain the basic rule, but put
a top on it.
The bill, which passed 35
18, would set a maximum of
75 miles on freeways and 85
miles on highways.
It also would increase the
residential area speed limit
from 25 to 30 miles and 'he
school zone speed from 20 to
25 miles.
Interviews
I 1..I..J. - 1
include a luncheon address
j before the Albany Chamber
j of Commerce.
Duncan will come to Med
j ford from San Francisco,
1 where he Is speaking on
I "Trade Prospects for Lum
I bcr." He will address a lunch
eon meeting of the Western
Forest Industries association
at the St. Francis hotel. About
1200 members of the associa
tion from Oregon, Washlng
I ton and California will be in
San Francisco for the annual
convention of the association.
Duncan also will attend
I meetings Saturday afternoon
with the WFIA committees
representing the O and C
counties.
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