HAITI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NEAR WAR
Regional Edition
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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.
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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."
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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 ,.
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, 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