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THY OUT SNAVELY - This group of Cub
Scouts from Jackson school wasted no time
trying out "Snavely" yesterday morning
following ceremonies dedicating the piece
of play apparatus, and other equipment,
which has been donated to Jackson park
by the Crater Lake post of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars. About $1,500 was con
Several Injured
In Philadelphia
Racial Protests
By United Press International
Two policemen were slash
ed and several persons were
injured today in a new flare
up of violence at a Philadel
phia construction site where
hundreds of Negro demonstra
tors protested alleged Job dis
crimination. One patrolman was slashed
on the wrist and another on
the arm during a fight which
broke out when Negro pick
ets refused to move to permit
workers to report, to their
jobs.
Five other policemen and
about 200 pickets were cut
and bruised in the melee.
The workers got. through
to the school construction site
which 'ha'dTSeeh the target of
protests for a week. It is lo
cated in a largely Negro
neighborhood in North Phila
delphia. Agreement Reached
The violence broke out two
hours before a seven-point
agreement was reached to end
the mass picketing and cm
ploy Negroes in skilled jobs
on public construction proj
ects in Philadelphia.
It called for the immediate
hiring of a qualified Negro
plumber, steamf itter, two
electricians and a sheetmetal
worker at the school site.
In the South, authorities at
Jackson, Miss., were prepared
to arrest racial demonstrators
by the thousands. Two large
buildings at the state fair
grounds were set up as tem
porary jails.
The city of Durham, N.C.,
announced it would open its
municipal swimming pools on
a desegregated basis, a move
taken earlier in the week by
Atlanta.
New Administrative
Assistant Named
Mrs. Marlin Sandvig today
assumed her new duties as ad
ministrative assistant to the
county assessor.
She had been undergoing
a year's training for the job
with Mrs. Elva Jennings, who
retired Wednesday after 39
years as a county employee.
Mrs. Sandvig has been in
the assessor's office for six
years and was principal clerk
before taking her promotion.
GOLF PRO DIES
Portland-ilPH-Boyd Bustard.
66, retired golf professional,
died at his home here Wednesday.
NEWS: '.BRIEFS
ECUADOR REJECTS APPEAL BY RUSK
Washington - '1 PI' - Ecuador today rejected a personal
appeal from Secretary of State Dean Busk for the immediate
relaEie of two American tuna boats charged with lull
ing without licenses.
PEACE CORPS ARRIVES IN INDONESIA
Jekarta - 'IPI' - The first U.S. Peace Corps contingent
to Indonesia arrived Thursday night to shouts of "Peace
Corps go home" by hundreds ol young Indonesians.
POLICE PATROL ARGENTINE STREETS
Buenos Aires - IPI - Federal police armed with sub
machine guns and tear gat bombs pitroled the streets of
Argentine cities lodey to prevent possible violence during
t one-day nelionwide "general strike."
tributed by the VFW for a flag, stand
ard and pieces of playground equipment
for the park. "Snavely," named after the
snake in the comic strip "Pogo," was de
signed by Charles Forrester, formerly of
Ashland. Final work on the piece was
done by Mrs. Betty Allen, Medford.
Parade Saturday to
Start Events for
River 'Boatnik'
Grants Pass - Festivities
for the Fifth Annual "Boat-1
nik" will get under way here
Saturday at 10 a.m. when the
Boatnik parade takes off from I
the Josephine county court
house with State Seriate Pres
ident Ben Musa and his wife.
Bill Failure May
Jeopardize Crop
"The failure of congress to
extend Public Law 78, admis
sion of Mexican Nationals
into the U.S. for harvesting
fruit, will jeopardize the
Rogue valley future pear
crop," Don Root, president of
the Jackson County Fruit
Growers League, said today.
Root emphasized he is
speaking only as president of
the league and his opinion
does not represent that of tile
board of directors. The league
will hold a special meeting
to determine what should be
done.
The pear crop normally has
a value of S15 million to
Jackson county and the stale,
Root said.
"Pear growers lime and
time again have proven there
are just not enough domestic
workers available to harvest
all of this valuable crop even
though qualified pickers av
erage $1.75 per hour," Root
continued.
"It has been our experi
ence after utilizing every do
mestic worker which the
growers, slate employment
service and tile U.S. labor de
partment can attract that do
mestics can harvest only two
thirds of the crop." the league
president emphasized. "Grow
ers and the community can
not conceivably afford the
loss of any of this crop," he
added.
Medford Youth Cited
For Damaging Property
A 17 -year -old Medford
youth was cited by city police
Wednesday evening for ma
licious destruction of public
property after he was appre
hended riding a motorbike on
the lawn at Hawthorne park.
An appearance in municipal
court will be scheduled lor
the youth. He was cited on a
complaint by Medford Park
and Recreation Director Rob
ert L. Haworth. The incident
occurred about 8:17 p.m., ac
cording to police reports.
AROUND THI OlOU
Rep. Katharine Musa, as mar
shals. Forty-two entries will be
represented in the parade, in
cluding floats, bands, march
ing and equestrian units, vint
age cars, the Boatnik court,
the Grants Pass Cavemen and
the Roseburg Paul Bunyans.
The parade will terminate
in the city's Riverside park
south of the Caveman bridge,
to be followed by an after
noon program of boat races
and entertainment starting at
1 p.m. with the coronation of
a Boatnik Queen from the
court of. six princesses: Sandy
Jubcra, Janet Brockus, Rheua
Rcid, Eva Zicgler, Grants
Pass; Lynn Riggan, Illinois
Vailey, and- Arlene -Webb,
Rogue River.
Six Races Scheduled
The boat race program will
include six closed course
races, five in various classes
willi motors of 25 cupic-inch
maximum, and one for pleas
ure craft.
Sunday's race will be the
"Boatnik." the famed 50-mile
white water chase between
Grants Pass and Galice. which
will climax the week end's
events. This starts from the
city park at 1 p.m., and ends
there about an hour lalcr.
During both afternoons re
freshments and entertainment
will be Drovidcd at the city
park, including such events
as a lumberjack competition
and demonstration, and bar
bershop quartet singing. The
barbershop quartet also will
perform Saturday night at
South Junior High school.
Retreat by Reds
Seen in Berlin
Berlin -lUPIj- Western diplo
mats saw another Communist
retreat today from demands
the Western Allies abandon
West Berlin.
They cited T h u r s d a y's
speech by East German Com
munist chief Walter Ulbricht
in which he said a German
peace treaty is only of sec
ondary importance.
Ulbricht has insisted In the
past that conclusion of a peace
treaty and the withdrawal of
Western Allied troops from
West Berlin were urgent mat
ters thai could not be delayed.
But Thursday, Ulbricht
said the arms race is the main
problem facing the world and
that a big power agreement
on disarmament must pre
cede a Germaadpcace treaty.
Fleet of Flowers
Held at Depoe Bay
Depoe Bay fl'PI The 18th
annual Fleet of Flowers, hon
oring those who have died at
sea. was held Thursday.
Adm. P"ter Colmar. com
mander of Ihc 13th Coast
Guard district, and State Rep.
Robert E. Jones, (R-Portland).
representing Gov. Mark Hat
field, were featured speakers.
Jet fighter planes flew
overhead as a procession of
flower-ladrn vessels put to
sea.
MUST WORK TOGETHER
Gettysburg. Pa - 'IPI' - Vice
President Lyndon B. Johnson
believes whites and Negroes
must work together to solve
racial tensions because ' It is
not our respective races which
are at state - it is our nation."
Regional Edition
Medford
18 Pages
Accidents in
One-Car Crash in
Portland Takes
Lives of Three
Powers Man Dies
As Car Leaves Road
By United Press International
Three persons were killed
in a one-car accident in North
Portland early today and
another accident claimed a
life in Coos county, raising the
state's Memorial week end
death toll to eight.
Three persons died In
earlier traffic accidents and
another man drowned. In ad
dition, an Oregon man was
killed in a California acci
dent. Walker Fred Aflughaupt,
58, Powers, was killed this
morning when his car went
off the road near Gaylord
south of Powers. His wife,
Ida Mae, 51, was injured.
Killed early today when a
car piled up at IME Columbia
and Union in Portland were
Albert C. Tweedy, 51; Mrs.
Maxine Hogc, 37, and Mrs.
Helen Stankard, 35, all of
Portland. Tweedy's daughter,
Mrs. Alphea Summers, 25,
was injured.
Drowns in Ocean
Joseph G. Reed. 23, Port
land, drowned in the Pacific
Ocean about four miles south
of Cannon Beach while he
was attempting to rescue two
Portland girls. The girls, Lin
da DeMarre, 15, and Rose Le
Vasseur, 17, of Portland, made
their way to safety after being
caught momentarily in an
undertow.
State police said two other
men vho went out in a rub
ber raft to look for Reed's
body narrowly missed being
swept out to sea. Police threw
a lifeline to the raft carrying
Bud Douthit, 24, of Beaver
ton and Ross Bridges, Van
couver, Wash.
Traffic accidents Wednes
day night and Thursday
morning took the lives of
Kenne'h D. Goodrich, 32, of
Reedville; Carolyn Turner,
20. of Roseburg, and Seaman
Clifford Igou of Denison,
Iowa.
Klamath Man Killed
William Hansen, 24, of Kla
math Falls was killed Thurs
day when his car plunged
over a 500-foot cliff Into the
Trinity river five miles north
of Hoopa, Calif.
In addition to the deaths,
there were a number of near
misses as Orcgonians flocked
to the beaches, streams and
parks for the long week end.
The Coast Guard reported
that three Eugene residents
were rescued when their 19
foot pleasure boat captized at
Ihc mouth of the Umpqua ri
ver. Life jackets kept them
afloat until John W. Ander
son of Roseburg could maneu
ver his boat to pick them up.
They were identified as
James W. Wilson, 42; his
nephew Darwin 1. Wilson, 25,
and Darwin's wife, Linda, 18.
Wilbert Jones of Lake Os
wego was injured when he
was thrown out of his 14-fool
boat on the lake and struck
by the propeller. He was re
ported in good condition in
a Portland hospital.
Fire Regulations
Effective in State
Salem -tlPli- All of Oregon
will be under closed fire sea
son regulations beginning at
midnight, the State Forestry
Department announced today.
Most of the state Is already
observing fire season regula-
: tions.
I Coming under the regula
tions at midnight are Baker,
, Union, Umatilla and Wallowa
I counties, and the Baker, Vale,
Burns and Lakeview Grazing
j Districts.
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CRASH KILLS SEVEN - Seven persons died in this auto
collision in Cornwall, Conn., Thursday. The sports car
skidded into the sedan carrying Mr. and Mrs. Albert W.
Holiday Traffic
Deaths Threaten
To Break Record
By United Press International
Americans were in danger
today of setting a record for
highway death over the long
Memorial Day week end.
More than 170 persons had
died in traffic in the first 42
hours of the 102-hour holiday
which began at 6 p.m. Wednes
day. The National Safety
Council had estimated be
tween 450 and 460 persons
might die in auto crashes be
fore the holiday's end at mid
night Sunday.
The previous record for
highway death over a four
day Memorial Day holiday
was 402, set in I960. A Safety
Council spokesman warned
thai if Ihis week end's death
pace continues "it will set a
new record high for Memorial
Day."
A United Press Internation
al count at 0:30 a.m. (pelt)
showed 177 dead in traffic,
41 by drowning, 6 in airplanes
and 22 miscellaneous deaths
for a total of 246.
New York Slate led the
death count with 23 auto fa
talities and California follow
ed with 22. There were 10 in
Pennsylvania, 9 in Missouri,
8 each in Connecticut and
Oregon, 7 each in Illinois an-
Indiana, and 6 each in Texas
and Utah.
The worst tragedy look
seven lives near Cornwall,
Conn. Crackups in Missouri
and Utah claimed five lives
each.
'Green Belt' Law
Sent To Governor
Salem-'liPH-A revised "green
belt" law wenl to the gover
nor today when the House ac
cepted Senate amendments.
The measure allows a tax
deferral to agricultural prop
erty near cities but not inside
specific farm zones.
Agricultudral land in green
bell zones is taxed as farm
land, not at its higher poten
tial value as suburban land.
The revised law would al
low farm property outside a
green bell zone to be taxed at
the agricultural rate as long
as it is used for farming.
The deterred higher taxes
would become payable if the
land is sold or converted to a
non-farm use.
Oregon State Will
Confer 1,836 Degrees
Corvallis - UPlt - Oregon
State University will confer a
total of 1,630 degrees at com
mencement exercises in the
Coliseum Sunday. The pro
ceedings will be televised on
state channels 7 and 10, at
2 p.m.
Idaho Loyalty Oath
To Be Tesfed in Court
Boic -IPI1- A sroup of edu
cators and lt-kislators today
brought suit In U.S. District
Court here to test the con
stitutionality of Idaho's con
troversial new state loyally
oath.
OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY
Oregon Claim
State Income Tax
Measure Approved
By 35 To
Salem -tUPB The House vol'
ed 35-24 today to approve a
$48 million increase in the
state income lax.
The House has nol yet act
ed on a companion sales tax
measure.
The income lax bill now
goes to the Senate for action.
When the roll call vote was
completed on the Income lax
bill, there were 33 voles
against it.
The measure won the need
ed 31st yes vote to pass when
Man Arrested for
Threat on Kennedy
Klamath Falls -IUPD- A man
was arrested here today on
a federal warrant issued in
Charleston, W. Va., charging
him with threatening the life
of President Kennedy, stale
police reported.
The man was identified as
Alex L. Holcomb, 30, Hunt
ington, W. Va. State police,
acting on a tip, arrested him
in front of the local employ
ment office. They said he for
merly lived here.
Frank Kcnncy, in charge of
the Secret Service in Port
land, said the charge Involved
a letter mailed to the Presi
dent from Huntington on May
11 "in which the text con
tained a threat against the
president."
Holcomb was being held in
the city jail here and was ex
pected to be taken to Portlnnd
for arraignment next Mon
day, Kenney said.
State police said the war
rant was issued by the U. S.
marshal in Charleston, W. Va.
Civil Defense Head
May Visit Hatfield
Wellington - UJPU - Civil
Defense Chief Steuarl L. Pitt
man today was said to he will
ing to confer with Oregon
Gov. Mark Hatfield or any
state, congressional or local
officials over civil defense
funds In Oregon.
Pittman, assistant secretary
! of tH'fi '"civil defense, was
described by a spokesman as
being willing to go to Oregon
or to meet the officials here.
The Portland City Council
last week voted down funds
for the cily'a civil defense pro
gram and Hatfield has met
legislative oppos 'ion in his
effort to salvage U dcral funds
for the state program.
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Oro.),
in a recent Senate speech,
took notice of the Portland
City Council's action and call
ed for a critical review of
the national civil defense pro
gram. HIKER INJURED
Seattle -Wl'- E. H Murray,
who was injured in a rock
ulide while mountain climbing
in the Cascades Thursday, was
reported by hospital attend
ant; to day to be In satisfac
tory condition.
Tribune
31, 1963
Wilklew and their
flames. (UPI)
24 Vote
Rep. Victor Atiyeh (R-Port-land)
changed his no vote to
yes. Five Democrats and IB
Republicans opposed the
measure.
Those voting no included
Reps. Bazett, Bennett, Bone
stecle, Branchficld, Chappcl,
Chuinard, Crolhers, Dellcn
back, Detering, Dickinson, El
der, Field, Gallagher, Hagan,
Howard, Hunt; "Jo'riesVlirahor,
Montgomery, Orr, Riddcr
busch, Rogers, Robert Smith
and Whelan.
Vii Switched
The parade of vote switches
came after House Tax Com
mittee Chairman Richard Ey
mann (D - Marcola) charged
that Republicans had voted to
spend money, but were un
willing to vote for a tax in
crease to finance the added
spending.
The income lax hike was
designed to raise an addition
al $48 million needed to fi
nance a $405 million general
fund budget for the 1063-63
blnnnium.
It was backed up by a one
shot speedup of withholding
tax collections if needed, and
carried a provision that if the
income tax raised more
money than anticipated, any
surplus in excess of $10 mil
lion would be used as a prop
erty tax offset.
Vol in 1964
The 3 per cent sales tax
would be referred to Hie vot
ers at the November, 1D84,
election. It was designed to
raise $1 25 million a bicn
nlum. Half this amount would
be used as an offscl against
property taxes. The legisla
ture would be "morally obli
gated" to use 25 per cent to
offset state income taxes,
with the balance to go into
the general fund.
While agreement on the In
come tax measure waa reach
ed Wednesday, Sen. Robert
Elfstrom (R-Siilcm) refused to
sign the committee report un
til tile sales tax question was
settled.
Compromise Drafted
EKstrom and Sen. Boyd
Ovcrhulsc (D Madrus) worked
with Rep. Richard Eymann
(D-Marcola) and Rep. W. O.
Kclsny (D-Roseburgi to draft
the Income tax compromise.
Elfstrom anticipated trou
ble with Houje members in
reaching agreement on the
sales tax measure - which
at the lime hadn't even been
p'id by the Senate - and re
fused to sign the report.
Thursday morning the Sen
ate voted 22-8 for a sales tax
measure which was Immedi
ately thrown Into conference
committee by the House.
Tallow Box Lookout Is
Placed by Department
The southwest dixUlit of
the state forestry department
placed a lookout Wednesday
on Tallow Box in the Apple
gate area.
Manning the station is John
Groner. He Is the first lookout
to be placed in the district this
season.
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 61
Eight
three children. Both cars burst into
Photos Showing
Thresher To Be
Studied by Board
Boston - UPD - Photographs
of the Ill-fated nuclear sub
marine Thresher lying in
8,000 feel of water off the
New England Coasl were to
be flown today to a Navy
board of inquiry investigat
ing history's worst submarine
disaster.
The pictures were taken by
the Lamont laboratory Te
search ship Conrad whtch-lo-catcd
the Thresher Thursday
in a 700-by-200 yard area
about 220 miles cast of Bos
ton. The Thresher sank April
10 with 129 men aboard.
Vice Adm. Alton W. Gren
fcl, commander of the Atlan
tic submarine force, said the
photographs would be flown
to Portsmouth, N.H., for
study by the board of in
quiry. Tile Conrad was due
here this afternoon.
To Make Decision
A spokesman said the board
will decide whether to send
the deep diving bathyscaph
Trieste to the scene to lake
more photographs. The Tri
este holds the world's diving
record of 35,800 feet.
Atlantic Fleet headquarters
in Norfolk, Va., said a rup
tured section of the Thresh
er's hull and diving fins were
clearly visible in the photo
graphs, along with the sub
marine's conning tower and
other vertical deck equip
ment. A Navy spokesman said the
Trieste could obtain additional
photographs of the Thresher.
Higher Education
Board Receives Grant
Washignlon-iliPH-The Urban
Renewal Administration has
granted the Oregon Board of
Higher Education $30,14(1 for
urban planning assistance,
Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Orc.),
said today.
The federal grant covers
about two thirds of the total
cost of planning work to be
undertaken for each of sev
eral localities In Washington
county, Norblad said. -
CONTRACT EXTENDED
Lcwlston, Idaho - llll'li - The
contract between Pntlatch
Forests Inc. and the Interna
tional Woodworkers of Amer
ica, scheduled to expire Sat
urday, has been extended to
July I, company and union
officials shUI today.
Pakistan Cyclone Toll
Expected To
Dacca, Pakistan All
thoritles feared today that the
death loll from a cyclone and
tidal waves in East Pasklstan
would exceed 10.000.
The toll mounted every
hour as delayed reports from
the stricken areas reached
Dacca. Officials believed the
casualties would leap to be-
tween 10.000 and 15,000.
Press reports estimated that
10,000 other persons were
missing and 2 million home-
less in tile affected 178 mile
Pontiff Said
To Be in Pain
As Death Nears
Crowds in Square
Offer Prayers
Vatican City -4IPD- Pope
John XXIII slipped painfully
toward death tonight.
The Pope was given the Ro
man Catholic church's' last
rites for the dying, and a late
Vatican announcement isii
his condition was "worsen
ing." At 10:45 a.m. (pdt) the Vat
ican press office said there
was "a further worsening" of '
his condition. It added that
he was "suffering a lot of
pain."
As crowds massed In St.
Peter's Square and offered
prayers, a Vatican spokesman
said', "The pontiff, in his suf
fering, prays.", ,
A Vatican communique said
Ihe Pope's condition worsened
during the evening with com
plications of "generalized pe
ritonitis." Peritonitis Is an in
flammation of membrane lin
ing tile abdominal cavity.
The communique said the
ontiff's pulse rate "and the
cardio circulatory system , . .
are deteriorating now because
of respiratory difficulties."
"The holy father is still lu
cid and is fully conscious of
his own condition despite
heavy suffering which he is
bearing with , , , resignation,"
the communique added.
Pope John himself seemed
to sense that the end was
near as he requested tile ad
ministering of the rite of Ex
treme . Unction, the final
anointing with oils of Catho
lics, before death.
Shortly fater 9:30 a.m. (pdt)
Father- .-.'.anno da Milano, a
Vatican priest who is close to
the Pope, told newsmen at the
Vatican press office after he
visited' the pontiff: "The Pope
looked as if he had only a few
minutes to live." .
.' Perhaps bis final act was to
be. a secret consistory vrhich
Vatican sources said he might
hold at his bedside this eve
ning to reveal the names of
three princes of the church he
-had created on March 28,
1980, but whose Identity has
been held secret.
Turn For Worse
The 81 -year -old spiritual
leader of the world's half bil
lion Roman Catholics took a
sudden turn for the worse dur
ing the night and his condi
tion became "critical." '
Up to that point, he had
been reported Improving in
his buttle with a stomach
tumor that medical men say
is cancerous. The Vatican had
announced he had "spent. .a
tranquil night."
Suddenly Turns Worse
Then, with stunning sud
denness, the Vatican an
nounced: "There has been a sudden
worsening of the condition of
the holy father."
Recreation Group
Gets New Members
Gird Levering, Shady Cove
motel operator, was appointed
this morning to the Jackson
county parks and recreation
commission by the county
court. ,
The appointment of Lever
ing and recently Gerald Wol
lam. Rogue Valley Manor,
completes the nine-member
commission. The two men re
place John Lcyen, Rogue Riv
er mayor, and Don Ashpolc,
Eagle Point. Leyen had re
signed and Ashpole had been
inactive for some time.
Gov. Hatfield Names
Portlander To Board
!.ulcmJUPi-Gnv. Mark Hat
field today named Nell Farn
ham of Portland to the State
Board of Architect Examin
ers. He succeeds Neil Kochen
doerfer of Portland.
Hatfield reappointed Ray C.
Cates of Salem lo the Public
Welfare Commission.
Pass 10,000
stretch along the Bay of Ben
gal.
The district deputy commis
sioner at Chittagong said 1,
200 had died in that area
alone. Chittagong is 120 miles
southeast of hre.
The casualty figure could
I rise drastically when the fate
I is known of a million persons
who Inhabited SCO offshore
Islands These islands were
said to have been swept away
by the tidal upsurge which
followed the cyclone earlier
'this week.