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HAITI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NEAR WAR Regional Edition MEDFGRD 18 Pages Tw6 Sections Hatfield Opposes School Support on Biennial Basis Proposal Could Throw Districts Into Turmoil Governor Speaks At News Conference Salem - lUPI) - Gov. Mark Hatfield said today that plac ing basic school support on a biennial appropriation basis "could throw local school dis tricts into complete turmoil." Such a step has been sug gested by the Ways and Means committee. Hatfield told a news con ference it was all right for the legislature to change for mulas for various school pro grams. But he warned that school districts "can't wait for each legislature to set the budget." Said Poor Management The Legislative Fiscal Of fice has termed the present continuing open end basic school program "poor fiscal management." The Senate Ed ucation committee will hold a hearing Tuesday on the pro posal to place the appropria tion on a biennial basis, sim ilar to other state programs. "We must have time for school planning," the gover nor said, "It is all right for the legislature to change the formula, but not to set the allotment each session." He said the proposal to take special programs out of the basic school support fund "has some merit," but added, "stability is needed in all pro grams. There is no guarantee the legislature will appropri ate money for the special pro grams. "I would leave the special programs in the basic fund, they are a vital part of the educational program." Workmen's Bill Hatfield said he would meet with labor leaders to discuss the senate-approved workmen's compensation bill. He said the increased bene fits and universal coverage features of the bill were good, but he hoped the House would improve procedures for handling claims. He said he favored the pro visions allowing private in surance companies to under write some employers. Hatfield said he hoped the 1 House would improve the bill, j Opposition Reiterated Of Senate President Ben I Musa's request to double the ! proposed state civil defense j budget to finance a six-man j agency, Hatfield said, "I am glad to see there is concern by legislative leaders with civil defense." He was optimistic the Sen te would approve traffic safety bills to "end the slaughter on our highways." I Hatfield reiterated his op position to bond programs to finance highway construction. He said the proposed in terim study of game manage ment was an argument for his proposed natural resources department. NEWS&jRRIEFS SUSPECT IN POSTMAN'S DEATH RELEASED Gadsden. Ala.-'lff-AuIhoritiei today released on $5,000 bond a grocer charged wiHSrnurdering a Baltimore postman civil rights crusader who was killed last week on a march through Alabama. Officials released Floyd L. Simpson. 40 the father of six. pending grand jury action. DISCHARGE OF MARINES INVESTIGATED Washinglon-iPI-The House Armed Services Committee today began a preliminary inquiry into the discharge of four Marine officers who sought to cover up the slaying of a suspected Castro agent outside Guantanamo Naval Base. WRECKAGE OF HELICOPTER INVESTIGATED Ellenburg. Wesh.-'TPi'-Mililarr authorities today probed the charred wreckage of an Army helicopter which hit e power line and crashed Sunday, killing three men and in juring two others. BOMB RAID ON HAVANA BEING PROBED Washington-trt-The Customs Bureau is investigating re Dorts of a one-plane bombing raid on Havana to determine whether the attack violated the Neutrality of Munitions Control acts, a spokesman said today. aW m -aSroM READY FOR TALKS Cuban Premier Fidel Castro is armed with a cigar and Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev wears some medals as they met at the Kremlin Castro, Khrushchev Settle Down to Serious Discussions Moscow - lUPD - Cuban Pre- mier Fidel Castro, the cheers of an unprecedented welcome still ringing in his ears, set tled down to serious business with Premier Nikita Khrush chev in the Kremlin today. The official news agency Tass said the two leaders be gan a conference in Khrush chev's studv at 10 a.m. This meeting and others during Castro's extended stay are expected to deal with a wide range of vital questions, including economic aid for Cuba, Soviet military pres ence on the Caribbean island Valley Youth Drowns In Lake Selmac Selma Rodger Bryan Wal ler, 22-year-old son of a Med ford couple, drowned in Lake Selmac Sunday afternoon after he fell into the water from a small boat. Waller was the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Hall of Med- ford, but was living in Cave Junction with his grandmoth- j er, Mrs. Jennie Knight The youth was out in the ; boat with Ernest Dean Paqu ette, 23, and his sister. Alice Faye Paquette. both of Selma. Both Waller and Miss Paquette fell into the water j around 5 p.m.. sheriff's depu-j ties reported. The girl swam ! to safety. Waller apparently was unable to swim. His body was recovered a little over an hour later. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, today. They conferred privately hours. Details of the conference disclosed. (UPI) and the problem of armed at tacks against Castro's Com munist regime. The tone for Castro's visit was set during Sunday's wel coming ceremonies at Vnuk ova airport and in Red Square. Veteran western ob servers said the red carpet treatment was the best ever accorded a foreigner here. Given Bear Hug Khrushchev gave the beard ed Cuban the familiar kiss and bear hug as he did when they last met at the United Nations in 1960. Castro, wearing his famil iar military garb and a fur hat. was cheered by thousands of Russians lining the 12-mile route from the airport to Red Square, where he was given a 24-gun salute. Thousands more cheered as he spoke with Khrushchev from atop Len in s marble mausoleum. The Cuban flew in from Murmansk, in the north, where he had arrived unan nounced from Cuba Saturday. His intention to visit the So viet Union at the invitation of Khrushchev was disclosed in Havana last month. Duration Undetermined The length of Castro's visit baa not been announced, but j it was expected to be at least I several weeks. One of the highlights will be the May Day celebrations Wednesday, i While outwardly the visit of' Cuba's leader seemed all , sweetness and light, diplomat ic observers detected a lack 1 of spark which characterized his 1960 meetings with Khru-; shchev in New York. Some Western observers be lieve Castro's feelings still are i ruffled over the Kremlin's de claion to pull Soviet rockets out of Cuba last fall Removal of the rockets was negotiated over Castro's head by the So-1 vict Union and the United ; States. In their speeches from Lenin's tc-nb Sunday. Castro and Khrushchev praised Ru- i sia and Cuba - but not to each other. They seemed polite and correct in their relations - but not effusive and warm as in 1960 The relatively short and Building Complex Planned in Portland Portland-ITI -Plans will be I unveiled Tuesday before the City Council for a S35 million i huildinc complex in east Port land near the Memorial Coli seum. The complex includes two high-rise apartment buildings, two multistory retirement apartment buildings, and a motor hotel. I Tribune APRIL 29, 1963 for two were not mode rale speeches stressed the themes of Soviet aid to Cuba, friendship and solidar ity in the face of "imperialist" threats to the Cuban revolu tion. Castro told the rally thai if it were not for Russia's help, "the imperialists would have strangled our tiny country." Neither Castro nor Khru shchev mentioned the United States by name, and they avoided any reference to the removal of Soviet rockets from Cuba, Covered Bridge Is Damaged by Fire Applegate Valley Fast ac tion by three youths and their neighbors saved the McKee covered bride from burning late last night, after some one deliberately set the his toric structure on fire. John Winningham and De! mer and Danny Hawkins saw the fire around 10:30 p.m. They ran over and started throwing water on it. Neigh bors came to their aid and formed a bucket brigade. hTe fire was out when sev en men and a pumper from the Star Ranger station arriv ed. The forest service men kept the bridge wetted down to make certain it would not rekindle. Neil Suttell, district ranger, reported that damage was confined to charring. Both he and sheriff's dep uties confirmed that the fire was deliberately set by some one who spread gasoline up the middle of the deck and also up the sides. The sher iff's office is investigating. Three Killed in Traffic Accidents By United Press Iniernaiienal Three persons were killed in traffic accidents in Oregon during the week end. The separate accidents occurred early Sunday. James Harper. 20. Wald port, lost his life in a two car collision on U.S. Highway 101 four miles south of New port. James Wheeler, 21. Beaver ton, and Daniel Belvcz. 22, Portland, died in one-car crashes in the Portland area. The deaths brought Ore gon's traffic toll for April to 31. compared to 28 for the same period in 1982 Since Jan 1. 145 persons have died in Oregon traffic, compared to 121 in a similar period last year. 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 33 Business Income Tax Relief Given House Approval Partial Answer To Business Problem Salem (UPIT Tax relief for businesses with large inven tories and small incomes was voted today by the Oregon House. The bill went to the Senate. It would levy a 1 per cent tax on net business income, which would be collected at the state level and distributed to the local units that now collect the inventory tax. It would offset inventory and personal propeity taxes for a reduction of about 25 per cent, or $7 million a year. It is a partial answer to the problem of taxes on business inventories and personal prop erty that the legislature has tried unsuccessfully to deal with before. Rep. Richard Eymann (D Marcola), chairman of the House Tax committee, said it was fair to relate taxes to business earnings, not to the property or stock a business has on hand at the end of the year. "A business making the least money has the greatest inventory," he said. Prevent! Shutdowns Eymann, chairman of the House Tax committee, said the measure would help prevent plant shutdowns toward the end of the year in an effort to reduce taxable inventories. He said an income tax would mean businesses would pay more in profitable years, less in lean ones. "This is a partial step, we'll find out how it works," he said. Opponents objected the bill was badly drafted. The bill passed 37-21. Most attorneys, who have little in ventory or business property, voted against it. Requests Received For Agate Water The Rogue River Valley Ir rigation district received re quests for the proposed Agate water to irrigate over 2,800 presently unirrigated acres, according to Harold Sexton, RRVID manager. Saturday noon was the deadline for signing up, Sex ton said. Allocation under the present project has been set at a 1,800 acre limit. How ever, considerable acreage now covered by applications will not meet the federal gov ernment's land classification standards, he said. "We will try to screen out as much acreage as we can before the federal government does its screening. These peo ple will be asked not to sign formal petitions for Inclu sion." Meanwhile, RRVID officials are calling applicants in to have them sign formal peti tions. Most of the applications made prior to Saturday were informal, it was explained. The proposed dam will be on Dry creek south of Ante lope rd. The project has been approved, but allocation of construction funds has yet to be made by Congress. Cuba Sending Arms To Other Countries Miami, Fla. -IlPli- An Amer ican eyewitness to the Com munist build-up in Cuba said in a copyrighted radio report today that high-speed vessels are transporting "tons o( arms" and men from Cuban ports to Latin American coun- tries almost daily. The report, copyrighted by Miami radio station WGI1S ! and the Storer Broadcasting co., also said the Fidel Castro regime has "at least" 1,000 i missiles which can reach Hie , U.S. mainland. The American and his wife said they were residents of Cuba for more than eight years. They recorded their story for the radio station but i declined to permit use of their I names for fear of reprisals against friends on the island. Boring. Ore.-UPIi-Lissa Mc Cullough is not going to be a favorite of the dairy industry. Miss McCullough, who will celebrate her 100th birthday j on May 1, said, "I've lived to be pretty old and I don l drink m Ik." : I .t.ssssssssssv mmmm Lm J4 IVmMoWLm.' fJI ' aSSSSSSSm mmw .fir if1 iB : w '- mr MWkmrn mWi T 'aLaB ''!WS!$&i38W P1' m .j-ilfgB ' "... ' C ssssTssK'WM$bbI H aSSSW :RztV' '"V2H ssH JBk-jSbH bW' WMfm s bv CSmwm SB SBbbWP 4 MM Mmfydk, nHKKLfl I LvoK MM HV aP" I . IBx . 'lsiiimrf ... yM ... WKmm MM . mmmm. M RETURNED Harold James Bibeau, 20, (left) who has confessed the Saturday morn ing murder of Russell Osborn, 51, Ashland, theater manager, was returned to Medford Sunday after he was arrested in Portland late Saturday by Oregon state police. With H. J. Bibeau Admits Killing Ashland Harold James Bibeau, 20, who has admitted the killing of Russell Waldon Osborn, 51, Ashland, Varsity theater man- agcr, early Saturday morning, was arraigned Sunday after noon before Circuit Court Judge Edward C. Kelly on a charge of first degree mur der. He is specifically charged with the premeditated shoot ing and strangling of Osborn, who was found In the living room of his home at 725 Walker ave., Ashland, late Saturday afternoon. Osborn had been shot in the head, ac cording to Jackson county sheriff's deputies, who with the Ashland city police and Oregon state police arc inves- tigating the crime Osborn s hands were bound to his ankles with cord and cord was also around his nec-K, omcers said, tne Body was discovered by his half- brother. Roy Carier, Yrcka, Calif , who, as manager of the Broadway theater in Yre- ka, was notified when Osborn failed to show up at the Var sity theater Saturday. Results of an autopsy held Sunday showed that the prin- cipai cause ot death was jr and Joel Reeder were ap strangulation, according to i nointed his lawyers. The ar District Attorney Alan B. Holmes. Missing from the Osborn residence was his 1963 car and some money, officers said. Police throughout the slate were alerted to be on the lookout for the missing car. and Oregon stale police lo - ... ,,,., ' ".'- land late Saturday. Bibeau. ; wno is reported to be In the felonies be Immediately ' brought before a magistrate NAMED VICE PRESIDENT within the county having jur Dcnver - 'UPli - Frances J isdlctlon over the crime to be Smith of Portland. Ore., has told of the crime with which i been elected vice president he is charged. Bibrnu was ; of the Associated State! lodged in the county jail with i Boards of Education. j out bail. WEATHER ronrtAKT: Partly cloudy with a rhanrc of a few ihnwrrt to. night and Tueaday. Low tonight acr l'i High Tuesday near S. Temp. ! Hilheit Yetterday 12 Lowtit Thli Morning 42 luntet today X:ogp.ni. fltjnrlkr tomorrow 4:09 a.m. Our Skies Tonight Mooairt tomorrow . 2 JJ s.rB. ' rlrtt Quarur tomorrow s:es a.m. (hiivim I SIA1CS Aldbiran, rli 9:12 p.m. Bctclt'im. low to writ 9:SS p.m. Capflli. low in northwrtt .. te:St p.m. Altalr. low In MM 11 a.m. Theater Manager 1 U.S. Army stationed al Fort Gordon, Ga., was alone In the motel when arrested. Bibeau was taken to the Milwaukic state police office and was returned to Medford Sunday by Ashland Police Chief Herbert Hays. Under sheriff Paul Bcttiol, and Ore gon State Police Sgt. Russell Brendle. Also returned to Medford were two girls, Ethel Jeanette Simons, 18, of 135 North Hol ly St., Apt. 5, Medford, who is being held in the Jackson county jail on a check charge, and a 17-year-old Medford girl, who was turned over to local juvenile authorities. Officers reported that the j WOmen traveled to Portland with Bibeau Saturday after noon. They were arrested at the Portland motel when they returned following Bibeau s ; arre8t. Local authorities be jl. thnv are not invnlveri in the murder. Revolver Found Also returned In Medford , Wlls Osborn's car. Police said thnl a ,38 caliber revolver was found in It. Bibeau was arraigned at 5:45 p.m. Sunday Stanley C. Jones raignment was continued un til today in district court. Holmes said that the case Is expected to he presented to the grand jury Wednesday. Judge Kelly, the only judge available yesterday explained that the arraignment was held , Sunday due to a U.S. Su - preme coun ruling wnicn re - quires persons arrested for Arizona Escapee Nabbed at Mofaffa Molalla 'UPI' A 21-year-old escapee from a federal cor rectional institution at Tuc son, Ariz., was apprehended at his parents' home here Saturday night by KBI agents. Frank Everett Williams was serving a sentence lor a conviction of interstate trans portation of a stolen motor vehicle. He escaped last Mon day. B Bibeau is Jackson County Undersheriff Paul Betliol, who with Ashland Police Chief Her bert Hays and State Police Sgt. Russell Brendle, went north Sunday to get the youth. Bibeau is charged with first degree murder. (UPI) Police Saturday also were looking for Bibeau, who had been staying with Osborn for several days and had former ly lived with him, Signed Statement In his signed statement to state police In Milwaukie and again to local law enforce ment officers, according to Holmes, Bibeau said that aft er the murder at 2 a.m. Sat urday, he drove around the valley and admitted forging Osborn's name to three blank checks he had taken from the residence. The checks were later given to the girls to cash, Holmes said. He arrived in Medford about noon and with the two girls, left for Portland about 2 p.m. Following his arrest and being taken to Milwaukie early Sunday, the three local law enforcement officers left Medford about 3 a.m. Sunday, returning here late Sunday afternoon. ; The revolver is being check- 1 ed for fingorprinls at the stale police laboratory in Sa- icm and irom there will be sent to the State Crime Lab oratory in Portland for bal listics tests. Other evidence In the case has been sent to the FBI laboratory in Wash ington, D.C.. It was reported. Osborn has lived in Ash land for about six years, mov ing there from Oakland, Calif. nc naa leased the Varsilv ! theater for about three ,. i Kimnrai .,,;.,...,....., m u , announced by Litwilicr's Fu- 1 neral home. Ashland Extension of Marriage Waiting Period Defeated halcm -Wli- A measure to extend the marriage license waiting period from Ihree lo seven days was killed 19-9 to day in the Senate. The Senate also approved revisiuns of the uniform com mercial code which will go Into effect Sept. 1, and a measure which allows an em ployer with a good safety rec ord lo pay less for workmen's compensation coverage. The marriage license wait ing period bill had been ap proved in the House. Sen. Vernon Cook (D-Gresh-am) termed the bill "unreal istic and impractical." He said I Deadline Set For Troops To Leave Embassy Alert Ordered; Leaves Cancelled Br United Prets International Venezuela offered the Do minican Republic armed sup port today In Its apparently Imminent showdown with Haiti that threatened to Hare into fighting between the two neighboring Caribbean Island nations. The Dominican Republic cancelled troop leaves under a state of alert and threatened to take armed action against Haiti, including dispatch of gunboats to the capital of Port-au-Prince, unless Haitian troops left the Dominican Em bassy there by 5 p.m. (PDT). Embassy Seised Haitian troops were report ed to have seized the Domini can Embassy to capture oppo sition Haitian officials who had taken refuge there. In Santo Domingo, a Do minican Foreign office spokes man said Venezuelan Presi dent Romulo Betancourt had assured President Juan Bosch by telephone that his country would furnish the Dominican Republic any air and naval support it might need in the showdown. Warships on Way Dominican Foreign Mini ster Andrew Freitas said the Dominican navy already has dispatched warships to waters off Haiti. "The Dominican Republic will take whatever action is necessary to defend its sov ereignty," Freitas said. The Organization of Amerl. can States, in emergency moves to head off fighting, in- voked the Inter - American Mutual Defense Treaty and voted to dispatch a five-mem ber investigating committee to the Caribbean Island. But departure of the mission from Washington was delayed, ap parently by a transportation problem. A State Department spokes man said the United States 4oM provtd plane as ed. There was no immediate request. The United States was not expected to be a member of the mission because of trou bles this country has had with the Haiti regime of Francois Duvaller. It was believed the OAS for the same reason was avoiding use of a U.S. mili tary lane. Man Critical After Accidental Shooting An Ashland man was re ported In critical condition this morning at Roiuc Val ley hospital after accidentally shooting himself Sunday. Mate police said Richard Brian Rensfleld, 24, of 155 Ohio st., Ashland, was driv ing his pickup truck along Valley View rd. when he reached back to set the safety on a .22 caliber rifle behind him. His finger accidentally hit the trigger. The ricochet ing bullet hit him in the back. Rensfleld, in trying: to ston Gerald Houtz Wenncr, 88, of 1U7 Aiida St., Ashland, was involved in an accident when his truck hit the left rear fender of the Wenner vehicle. As he got out of the truck, Rensfleld collapsed. A passerby notified state police and the Medford Am bulance service which took him to the Ashland Commun ity hospital. Rensfleld was later transferred to the Rogue Valley hospital. Extension Council Meetings Due Tuesday Corvallla - IUFP - About 750 homcmakers are expected to attend Oregon Home Econom ics Extension Council meet ings starting at Oregon State University Tuesday. passage of the bill would sim ply result in more Oregonlans going to Washington, where there is no waiting period, to get married. The uniform commercial code was approved In the 1961 session, but its effective date was delayed to this Septem ber to give commercial inter ests time to study it and be come familiar with its provi sions. The bill passed today makes several changes in the 1961 proposal. One removes from the code any reference to au tomobile title. Ownership of automobiles will be certificat ed as in the past t
