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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1963
No. 33
58th Year
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Firmly In Power,
Karriman Says
Premier Said Willing
To Cool Off Crisis
Moscow -WPD- U.S. trouble-
shooter Averell Harnman
aid Saturday he found Sov
iet Premier Nikita S. Khrush
chev still firmly in power and
apparently willing to help
cool off the crisis in Laos.
He said the Soviet leader,
during their three and a half
hour conference Friday, gave
no hint he is thinking of re
tirement. "He gave me every indica
tion he was very vigorous and
strong as captain of the Sov
iet ship of state," Harnman
told newsmen.
He said he and Khrushchev
discussed "almost every sub
ject" of joint concern to Rus
sia and the United States, but
concentrated on Laos.
The U. S. Undersecretary of
State said he straightened
Khruschev out on some false
impressions of American in
tentions in Laos.
He said he emphasized the
need for the International
Control commission to be free
to investigate any cease fire
violations in Laos and the
desirability for close liaison
among the U. S., Soviet and
British ambassadors there.
He said Khrushchev 'ac
cepted in principle the need
to do this," But he did not
know what practical steps the
Russians would take to re
store peace.
Harriman said he would
fly to London today to talk
to British officials before re
turning to Moscow on Mon
day. Violent Explosion
Kills Three Men
Rocket Center, W. Vi. -mt
- Throw men were killed
and 11 others injured Satur
day when a devastating ex
plosion tore through the Alle
gany ballistics laboratory,
one of the chief sources of
fuel supply for the Polaris
missile.
The thunderous blast,
which occurred about 3:30
a.m., in a chemical process
ing building, shot flames 400
feet into the air, unloosed an
atomic - looking cloud of
smoke and rumbled the
ground for distances up to 10
miles.
The facility is operated by
the Hercules Powder compa
ny for the U. S. Navy. Its
number one product is solid
fuel propellant and it was
one of the prime developers
of the Polaris missile.
On May 22, 1961, a blast
demolished another chemical
processing building and killed
nine workers. That occurred
during the day shift.
Costa Rica Declares
State of Emergency
San Jose, Costa Rica - OIPD -Congress
unanimously adopt
ed a resolution urging the
President to declare the na
tion in a state of national
emergency Saturday due to
widespread crop 'damage
caused by falling ash from
Volcano Irazu.
NWS(f)BR!EfS
CUBAN DEFECTIONS DELAY
u;.mi UTIi - Several refuqeei arrmng nere irom nav-
na Saturday night reported
freighter American Surveyor
by the defection oi Cuban omcera ign.a s. ...
set. The American Surveyor
late today and arrive at Port fcvtrgiaaea. ri...
Miami, with 800 more Cuban refugees.
RICKOVER TO TESTIFY IN
Portsmouth, N. H. - m - "ice sam. nym-n "-;
who is credited with developing the atomic '
testify Monday before a court of inquiry investigating the
Thresher tragedy.
JORDANIAN STUDENTS SEIZE EMBASSY
Cairo 1PI Some five hundred Jordanian students in
Iraq seised the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad Saturday,
destroyed pictures of King Hussein, and vowed to remain in
""building until the monarch falls, the Middle East New,
Agency (MENA) reported today.
STORM DELAYS EVEREST
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four days has delayed plans of an American !"' '.
our o r Moii.ioei Mount Everett, expedition
leedert reported Saturday.
trartaM na
LHHArtu in iin.i....
Minuter and Chancellor-designate Ludwi? Erhard intervened
gtotrylohead off e melal industry strike that could
fhreaien the future of hi. "economic miracle."
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TO JOIN IN SEARCH - The bathyscape
Trieste is shown as it arrived aboard the
USS Point Defiance at Boston. The bathy
scape will join the massive hunt for the
Balanced Budget
Presented To City
Citizens Committee
A balanced proposed pre-1
liminary 1963-64 budget for
the city of Medford, with all
operating costs off-set by an
ticipated revenues, was pre
sented Friday night to the
citizens' budget committee.
Estimated general fund rev
enues and expenditures are
matched at $930,476, which
represents an increase of $30,
518 over the estimates for the
1962-63 budget.
The administrative budget,
which includes all city funds,
totals $3,033,788. This total,
however, excludes budgets
for the water department and
the public library.
In his budget message to
the committee. City Manager
Robert Duff said that a total
of $208,703 had been elimin
ated from budget requests of
the various departments in
order to blance revenues and
expenditures.
Duff, however, defended
the original departmental re
quests, noting they were "log
ical and would have provided
increased service and greater
efficiency or both."
As he had last year, the
Plane of Alleged
Bomb Raider Seized
Washington - IUPD - The
Federal Aviation Agency
Saturday night seized a plane
owned by freelance photo
grapher Alexander Rorke
who said he staged a bomb
ing raid over Havana Thurs-
rlav
The plane, a two-engined !
Beechcraft, was taken
into
custody at Meridian, Conn.
A spokesman said the plane
was owned by Rorke and
Geoffrey Sullivan, a commer
cial pilot.
Sullivan, was questioned
by Federal Bureau of Investi
gation agents Saturday but
the FBI refused to comment
on whether the Beechcraft
was the same plane used in
the raid.
FREIGHTER
mat oepanure 01 uw u.
from Cubs has been delayed
is scheduled to Hare Havens
THRESHER PROBE
CLIMBERS
Heavy snowfall during .. , pt
UFTSt. DISPUTE
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nuclear powered submarine Thresher,
which vanished April 10 with 129 men
aboard. (UPI)
city manager again called the
attention of the committee to
the "necessity for developing
new sources of revenue for
the city."
"The ad valorem tax levies
cannot be further increased
without seriously affecting
the property owners' ability
to pay," he warned.
The budget message con
tained happy news for prop
erty owners. Duff said it was
estimated that this year there
will be a 2.1 mill reduction
in the total city tax levies,
which is represented by a re
duction of $31,481 in the
amounts to be levied.
The budget also reduces the
general debt of the city by
$291,082. Duff said. The city's
outstanding debt at the end
of the 1963-64 fiscal year will
be $2,742,845, excluding im
provement bonds issued-.for
Bancroft projects, he said.
Contained in the proposed
budget are four major capital
improvement programs: arte
rial streets, storm sewers,
park improvements and air
port development.
The city manager also call-
l ed on the budget committee
to give "serious considera
tion" tc implementation of
planning studies already pre
pared for the civic center
plan, the school-park plan, the
public building plan, and to
downtown development.
A series of meetings will
be scheduled in the weeks
ahead, during which time the
budget committee will go over
individual department budg
ets and make its recommenda
tions. The first of these meet
ings, which are open to ine
Publ!c' wi JUfSdfhy'
ADril 30. at 7:30 p.m. in the
city council chambers on the
second floor of the city hall.
John Nuich was elected
chairman of the committee
and Dr. Thomas Anderson,
secretary.
Butte Falls Plans
Fire Department
Butte Falls - A meeting
will be held in the Butte Falls
community hall at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 1. to organ
ize a town fire department,
according to an announce
ment from the Butte Falls
city council.
A representative nf the
Medford fire department will
alL. nn nivri nf 3 firp HPD3rt-
. rt m.rhanir r,f nr;an-
:iiza,ion
A sp0esman sajfi gat-
lirday Butte Falls has an old
Medford lire truck, but not
an organized group of volun-
teers. The city council hopes
to reduce the present fire in-
h m beUer orRanizcd fir0
S0systen,E
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By Haitian Police
New York - (UPC - The Brit
ish embassy in Port Au
Prince. Haiti said today by
telephone that Bernard Died-
rich, correspondent there for
Time magazine ana me as-
sociated I Press , h., ibeen ar-
Time magazine and the As-
TO RESUME RELATIONS
Cairo, U.A.R. -Wit- The
United Arab Republic and
Tiirkov will resume dinlomat
ic relations severed since 1961.
the U A R foreign ministry
announced Saturday
I
County Welfare
Budget $9,000
Above Estimate
Jackson county's share of
the local welfare program for
1963-64 is $209,026, according
to the budget approved Friday
by the state welfare commis
sion at its monthly meeting
in Salem.
The total welfare budget
for the county is $1,455,640
of which $758,880 will be
from federal funds and $487,-
734 from the state.
The Jackson county budget
committee approved a local
budget for the welfare depart
ment of $200,260. Approxi
mately $9,000 is needed to
meet the budget.
To Proles! Increase
Members of the Jackson
county court Friday didn't
know where the additional
$9,000 would come from.
"I'll tell you this, I intend
to protest the increase. The
S200.260 allocation we in
cluded in our county budget
was based on estimates from
the state office. Now they
want $209,026!" County Judge
Earl M. Miller said.
The $209,206 was the fi
nal amount approved by the
welfare commission. The
$200,000 was an estimate, it
wis explained. The total wel
fare budget for the county is
$1 455,640 of which $758,880
will be from federal funds
and $487,734 from the state.
David Kuhnz, local welfare
administrator, said he hoped
to receive an explanation
Monday or Tuesday from
the state office.
Matching Funds Decline
Kuhnz said he doesn't
know where the increases
would come in the commis
sion's budget. Federal match
ing funds to the state have
dropped about 2 per cent since
Oregon's economy is consid
ered good, he said. This means
increased state and county al
locations. The budget for medical as
sistance to the aged is being
re-worked so nursing home
costs can be paid out of it,
Kuhnz said. This will make
the program better utilized.
However, there is not much
county money in this cate
gory, he added.
All Oregon Goes
On Daylight Time
All of Oregon went on day
light saving time today, with
!l hri,,r set ahead nnr
hour.
churchgoers were remind-
erj that services will take place
on daylight time today, and
Rogue valley school district i
officials reminded parents and
studeits that school buses will
operate on daylight time start
ing Monday.
Present Oregon law calls
for daylight time to end the
last Saturday in September,
but if a Senate bill approved
Friday by the House is signed
by the governor, daylight
time will be extended through
the last Sunday in October,
the same day it ends in other
Pacific Coast states.
. " PEACE
TO
i Vientiane, Laos - 1IPP - Pre
mier Prine Souvanna Phou
ma flew Saturday to Commu
nist Pathct Lao headquarters
to discuss peace with his half
brother "Red Prince'' Soupha
nouvonz but ran into politi
cal demands that could wreck
the coalition government.
Russell Osborn,
Ashland Theater
Manager, Slain
Body Found on
Living Room Floor
Ashland - Russell Osborn,
50, operator of the Varsity
theatre here for the past
three years, was found dead
on the living room floor of
his home at 725 Walker ave.
late Saturday afternoon. He
had been murdered, Jackson
County District Attorney
Alan B. Holmes reported.
Osborn's body was discov
ered by his half-brother, Roy
Carier, of Yreka, shortly be
fore 5 p.m. There was a gun
shot wound on the right side
of his face, Holmes said, and
his hands and neck were
bound. A portion of a skin
diving mask had been placed
over his face.
Bulletin Issued
An all points bulletin has
been put out for Osborn's car,
a 1963 model, which is miss
ing. Police are also seeking
the whereabouts of Harold J.
Bibeau Jr., 21, who is report
ed to have resided with Os
born at the Walker ave. home
at some time.
We don't have a real sus
pect," Holmes said, however,
but he added, "We know be
yond any question of a doubt
that it was murder."
Osborn leased the Varsity
theatre from Oregon - Cali
fornia Theatres, Inc. He
closed the theatre himself
Friday night, and accompan
ied by the theatre projection
ist, made a bank deposit, it
was reported.
Call Attempted
Then when Osborn failed
to show up at the theatre
Saturday afternoon, the thea
tre chain was notified. Car
ier, who is manager of the
Broadway theatre in Yreka,
attempted to call Osborn.
Then when he got no answer,
he drove to Ashland and dis
covered the body.
Holmes reported that Os
born appeared to have died
sometime after midnight Fri
day. An autopsy has been order
ed. It is scheduled to be per
formed some time today.
Holmes said there may have
been other wounds and it was
not immediately known if the
facial gunshot wound was the
fatal one.
This was the second murder
in Ashland in a little over
three years. On March 15,
1960, Mrs. Marian Stella
Hamilton, 40, of 2700 East
Main St., was found murder
ed in her ranch home about
two miles southeast of the
city.
Klamath Man Wins
Out-of-Court Award
San Francisco - (UPt - Rob
ert G. Narramore, 31, Klam
ath Falls, Ore., Friday won
an out-of-court award of $391,
667, one of the largest in1 Cali
fornia history,
Narramore, a former South
ern Pacific brakeman, was
paralyzed as the result of a
fall from a box car in 1980
when he was tripped by a
wire strung across a spur
track in Canby, Modoc coun
ty, Calif.
Sports Bulletins
Walnut. Calif. - HID -Al
Oerter broke his own
world record in the great
est discus series of all
times, ihe Arisona State
university mile relay teem
set a new world mark of
3:04.5. and C. K. Yang
opened his bid for a new
decathlon record Saturday
in the Mt. San Antonio re
lays. Oerter, who two weeks
ago turned from e computer
to ihe discus to start prac
tice, threw ihe sphere 205
feei. 5' 2 inches to break
his year-old record by 7
inches. He threw the dis
cus five times over 200
feei on ihe series an un
precedented achievement.
Pullman. Wash - Iff -The
University of Oregon
Ducks took a dual track
meet from Washington
State university, (7 to 57
Saturday in Pullman.
NATIONAL
Cincinnati 1 0
Houston 0 3 2
OToole (4-1) and Ed
wards; Johnson. McMahon
(9) and Baieman. LP-John-on
(1-3).
Rousing Welcome Due
On Arrival in Russian
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CASTRO IN RUSSIA - Cuban Premier
Fidel Castro, right, wearing a Russian cos-sack-style
hat, and Deputy Premier Anas
tas Mikoyan, left, have warm smiles for
each other after Castro arrived by Russian
jet at Murmansk, a northern Russian part.
Italians Expected
To Cast Ballots
For Communists
Rome - (im - Great sum
bers of Italians In their Sun
day best were expected to
attend Roman Catholic mass
today and then go from the
church to the polls - to vote
Communist.
That is, unless they have
changed their minds since
the last time. But if they
have, it will not be because
of the sermons of the parish
priest.
It will be because of Khru
shchev and Mao, Stalin and
Hungary, Socialist Leader
Pietro Nennl and the car: and
washing machines of the "Ital
ian miracle.
Some Quit Parly
And not the smallest share
of the credit will go to the
tinv patrol of ex-comrades
who have quit the party and
are now campaigning for the
Socialists or Social Democrats
with the crystal clearness of
men who have conquered
Communism within them
selves.
The strange to non-Italians
phenomenon of peo
ple who are Catholics in pri
vate life and Communists in
politics has marked all of It
aly's postwar years. Although
99.6 per cent of Italians are
nominal Catholics, this coun
try's Communist party is the
largest In the Western world,
with some 1,700,000 card
holders and a vote of 6,704,
000 In the last elections in
1958.
Nearly all of the party
members and voters are nom
inal Catholics. A considerable
part of them are also occa
sional or even regular church
goers. Barred From Church
The late Pope Pius XII in
1949 excommunicated all
Communists barring them
from the sacraments of the
church. No Communist could
be married in church, receive
holy communion or be spon-
sor at a baptism.
Nothing happened.
Communist vote kept
i
oln,!
up.
The phenomenon has been
variously explained. The most
radical explanation is that
Italians are one of the world's
least believing nations. Reli
gion, to them, is Just a set of
ceremonies, mere outward
ritual, as it was in the emi
nently practical times of an
cient Rome.
Coal Mine Explosion
Under Investigation
Dola. W. Va. - Him - An in- i
vesication was mapped Sat
,h. . H.i.rmin. iho ranae
ni an exolosion that killed 22
coal Zer. wotl"
'utes before they were to go
!off duty in the Cllnchficld
Compass No 2 mine
The Investigation is expect -
cd to take several days and
will be followed by a public
hesring. sccordlng to Timms
The man in the center is unidentified.
Castro, who arrived a day earlier than
expected, is due in Moscow today. He is
expected to spend about a month in the
Soviet Union. (UPI)
U.S. Still
Work With Cuban
Refugee Groups
Washington - IUPD - A high i with Individual Cuban refu.
State Department official told
Cuban refugees today the
United Slates Is still willing
to work with them In splinter
groups or in a new exile or
ganization, should thev over
come their differences and
create one.
But Edwin M. Martin, as
sistant Secretary of State for
Latin American affairs, ex
pressed doubts that the U.S.
community of Cuban exiles
will find the task of unity any
easier today than it ever was.
Evidence Confirmed
Martin's carefully phrased
remarks tended to confirm
strong evidence that the ad
ministration has decided
neither to support only nor
to oppose the creation of a
new Cuban exile organization
or of any exile government in
exile, which President Ken
nedy has called "imprudent."
The State Department of
ficial, said the recent admin
istration clash with the exile
leadership In Miami docs not
"in any way change our gen
eral interest in the problems
of the refugees or our inter
est In continuing relations
Third Body Found
In Boating Tragedy
Miami fUPD Authorities re
ported Saturday night they
had found the body of a third
victim of a gay boat-hopping
party that ended in tragedy
when a yacht hit a rock at
high speed near Bimini In the
Bahamas.
The luxury yacht Jerry Mar
hit a shoal late Friday night,
60 miles cast of Miami, and
23 survivors of the tragedy
reported at once that Dr. Ro
land Phillips, Coral Gables
physician who was a host for
the Dartv. and Mrs. Tov Pcrlc
j obcrdorf, wife of a Cleveland
manufacturer, were lost.
I It wasn't until Saturday
' night after an Inquest Into
the accident by British au-
thorities that the body of W.
II. Barnard, 41, a Miami in
dustrial distributing firm
president, was found.
Hood River Youth
Believed Out of Area
Hood River -WD- The Hood
River county sheriff's office
said Friday that a teen-age
boy missing since last Sunday
from his home south of here
""' "VI -
,ne area'
The office said that the bl -
u ". -
1 Akins, 16, Parkdale,
I 'T ' k" W,,e l.
notc attaehed sayn he lelt
he ,hould leave home and did
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1 atiCT nim-
The boy was the object of
1 an intensive air and ground
1 search.
t
Willing to
gee groups, or, if a larger,
unified group should emerge,
with that." Martin noted that
Cuban exiles in the
States have long had dt
rulty In unifying. He ssid
probably would not "become
any easier."
The word circulating m of
ficial Washington circles to
day Is that the administration
will maintain contacts with
exile leaders st all levels, but
will not take the Initiative in
any effort to re-mobilize the
exile movement.
San Diego Woman
New Mrs. America
Miami Beach, Fla. -(0PD- A
statuesque brunette from Cali
fornia was crowned Mrs.
Americs Saturday night to
end the week-long pageant of
the 51 top homemakers of
America.
Mrs. Marilyn Mitchell, 35.
stunning in a lime - colored
full - length evening gown,
crossed her hands In front of
her chest when judges select
ed her from among the 10
finalists.
Mrs. Mitchell is the wife
of s Pacific Telephone com
pany executive, R. Lyle Mitch
ell, San Diego, and the moth
er of three children.
Injunction Against
Picketing Refused
Portland - IUM - Federal
Judge Gus Solomon has up
held Teamsters Union picket
ing of retail markets in the
Salem and Lebanon areas.
Solomon said he was fol
lowing a court precedent in
refusing to Issue an injunc
tion against the picketing.
Youth Admits Guilt in
Slaying of Medford Man
Reno, Nev. - (CPU - Lester I Barrett. The Nevada Supreme
Morford pleaded guilty Friday
to a charge of murder in con
nection with the shooting of
a honeymooning husband and
the rape of his bride, and was
i turned over to a three-Judge
panel which will determine
his fate.
Trial Siaris Monday
Morford, 10, Santa Rosa,
, -
was to go on trial in
j Waimrje county ditrct court
i next Monday for the fatal
shooting of Jack Foster, 23,
1 Medford. Ore., last Aug. 22
, near 1-aKe lanoe. Mrs. rosier
told police Morford then
dUmPd ,he h0dy 'r0m h"
car and forced her to accom-
pany him on a tour of the
i laxe. sne sam sne was rapea
j twice before she could jump
from the car,
Morford made his surprise
'pica before Dlst. Judge John
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Castro
Capital
Greeting By
Khrushchev Due
Bearded Cuban
Radio Moscow
Joint in Praise
Moscow -TOTD- Cubsn Pre- '
mier Fidel Castro headed for
Moscow by train Saturday
night for a bear hug greeting
by Premier Nikita S. Khrush
chev and one of the most en
thusiastic welcomes Russia
has ever given a visiting for
eign leader.
The Soviet capital already
was gaily bedecked with
flags and slogans for the
forthcoming May day cele-
uinuvua, wu v.asm a mam
moth Red Square welcome
was expected to ecllnse those
given to Prime Minister Ja-
waharlal Nehru. President
Tito and Chinese Communist
leader Mao Tie-tung.
Long Distance Call
The bearded Cuban flew .
Into Murmansk early Satur
day on a flight from Cuba in
a Soviet TU-114 transport. He
received a "viva Fidel" wel
come from waiting dignitaries
and a long distance csll from
Khrushchev who told him:
"The whole Soviet people
are waiting,. for you. I am
looking forward to seeing you
in Moscow tomorrow."
Diplomats here said the un
precedented propaganda out-
pouring on the eve of the
visit was partly an attempt
to 1 toe up Castro solidly on
the aide ol the Kremlin in
the Sine-Soviet Ideological
aiapute.
ff lueceaaftl. they ssid. It
could signal greater Soviet in
fluence in Latin America.
First Deputy Premier Anas
tea Mikoyan, who greeted
Castro Jn the northern Rus
sian port, accompanied him
to Moscow by train.
Castro, who plugged away
on the theme of Soviet-Cuban
friendship on his arrival, was
expected in Moscow at ap
proximately 5:30 p.m. today
(7:30 a.m. PDT)
Radio Joins In
The government newspaper
Izvestla devoted two of its
six pages to the Castro visit
and used such headlines as:
'Welcome dear friend and
brother."
"The Soviet people hearti
ly, enthusiastically receive the
welcome guest from the island
of freedom."
-"Long live Cuba!"
Greetings were reported
from throughout the country.
Radio Moscow weighed in
with more praise and Cuban
music.
The Russisns tend to regard
Castro as a David standing
up against the U. S. Goliath.
If there was any trace of bit
terness, between Castro and
Khrushchev over the missile
pull out last October it was
submerged by the outpouring
of mutual admiration.
ROYALTY RETURNS
Hong Kong -0JPD The Duke
and Duchess of Kent returned
to Hong Kong Saturday after
attending the wedding of
Princess Alexandra in Lon
don. The duke, an army lieu
tenant, Is assigned here. .
Court will appoint two other
district judges to hear testi
mony in the case, determine
the degree of guilt and the
penalty.
Mrs. Foster said she and
her husbard were kidnaped
by a young gunman at their
Reno motel. After the shoot
ing and her escape, Morford
was arrested white driving
the Foster car at a service
station at Silver Springs, east
of Carson City.
Armed Wiih Pistol
Morford, a dark-haired itin
erant farm worker, was arm
ed with a .22 caliber pistol.
Under questioning by Diat.
Atty. William Ragglo, Mor
ford Indicated he may have
been under the Influence of
glue fumes when he accosted
the couple at their motet at
4 a.m. and forced them to go
with him.