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Newspaper Page Text? Regional Edition 58th Year Price 10 Cents MEDFOED Tribune 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1963 No. 106 FIRE AT THE GHOTTO Heavy smoke damage and some lire damage were re ported as the result of a fire at the Grotto restaurant, 10 North Front St., last night. The fire, reported at 7:32 p.m., broke out in the kitchen when grease on a grill ignited. The entire kitchen was damaged, Mcdford firemen said, and smoke caused damage to the restaurant itself. In addition, the fire extended up a range vent, igniting the wall and areas between false ceilings on the first Hoffa Charge Nashville, Tenn.-IUPII-Argu-menls were scheduled before U.S. District Judge Frank Gray Jr. today on the validity of an indictment charging Teamsters President James R. Hoffa with jury tampering. This was one of 12 issues raised by the defense in pre trial motions seeking dismis sal of the indictment or a change of venue. Four of the issues were resolved in favor of the government Monday when Gray overruled one of Hoffa's two dismissal motions. Hoffa and ten others are acoused of tampering with the jury which tried the un ion leader's $l-rnillion con spiracy trial which ended in a mistrial here last year. All have pleaded innocent.. Other Issues Among the other issues to be resolved at the pre-trial hearings are whether govern ment representatives are guil ty of illegal conduct in the case, whether the defendants should be granted separate trials in another city and whether the defense is en titled to transcripts of grand jury testimony. Defense attorneys charged Monday that U.S. Dist. Judge William E. Miller, trial judge in the conspiracy case, had made prejudicial statements about the defendants and that special assistants to U.S. Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy had come here from Washington to do a "hatchet job" on Hoffa. Attorney Joe Binklcy of Nashville charged that Miller found defendant Ewing King, president of Teamsters Local 327 here, guilty in statements Residents Reminded Of Burning Hours Trash may be burned in the city of Medford only during the hours from daylight to 10 a.m., the Medford fire de partment reminded residents today. Burning permits are requir ed unless the burning is done in a barrel with a screened top or an incinerator. Fire men yesterday extin guished three fires that result ed from burning after hours. At 12:11 p.m. they went to the rear of the Everett Hardin residence at 402 Clark st. where a 20 foot area of dry grass burned. At 3:54 p.m. they were called to the S. R. Reese resi dence at 321 West Jackson St. and at 5:03 p.m. to the M. D. Marken residence at 2740 Elliott avc. tlEWS.BnlfFS ; IUM5 FROM m JUT A"0UND THI Ol0H CRIPPLED TANKER TAKEN UNDER TOW Portsmouth. Va.-ilPf-A sea-going tug took tha crippled Norwegian tanker Honnor under low today and crept toward tha Eait Coait under th watchful tyai of a Coait Guard cutler. Tht 527-foot Honnor was damaged in a collision Sun day with tha Amarlcan ship San Juan. HORNE NAMED TO LOAN BANK BOARD WihinglonlH-Prtidnt Kennedy Monday named John E. Horna at a member of tha Federal Home Loan Bank Board deipite tome congressional hopes that Home remain head of tha Small Buiintst Administration (SBA). COMMERCIAL FISHERIES AID APROVED Wmhinaton-IH-The Senate Monday approved a 128.250,- 000 program to aid stales in fisheries. and second floors and portions of the attic. Fire damage was held to a six foot square area through to the attic. Firemen had to remove a wall section in an upstairs office, and there was smoke damage to the second floor offices. Three pumper trucks and a lad der, with a crew of 17 men, were used. They returned to the station at 9:15 p.m., then went back to the restaurant at 11:51 p.m. to check some materials that were still smouldering. (Knackstedt Photo) Jury Tampering Argued in Court the judge made in declaring a mistrial in the conspiracy case last Dec. 23. At that time. Miller said he had received evidence that "close labor union associates" of Hoffa attempted to contact and influence members of the jury. Attorney Z. T. Osborn said that from Miller's statements and actions, the judge intimat ed that Hoffa was "circum- Rail Management Asked To Postpone Work Rule Changes Washington-dlPIl - Congres sional leaders appealed indi rectly to management today to sidetrack the threat of a nation-wide rail strike by de laying work rule changes while Congress considers Talent Man Dies From Injuries Elmer Fred Peterson, 63, of route 1, box 509, Talent, died shortly before midnight Mon day at Rogue Valley hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile - train collision about 8 a.m. Peterson was driving cast on Main st., Talent, when the car apparently stalled on the Southern Pacific railroad tracks and was hit by a 70 car freight train. A passenger in the car jumped before the impact. The train's engineer, Basil William Wilson, Eugene, said the train was traveling about 35 miles an hour. Following the collision the car was pushed for about 53 feet. Auto Manufacturer Said Eyeing Coast Portland - WPH - Republican nnliiical candidate Jim Baca- loff said today he has learned that a major automobile manufacturer is planning a $50 million assembly plant on the West Coast, but high prop erty and inventory taxes may keep it out of Oregon. TOURNAMENT ENDS Billings, Mont. - ll'PU - The Western I n t e rmountain di vision Contract Bridge Tour nament wound up here Mon day with nationally - known bridge ace Oswald Jacoby and his partner. Paul Levitt, taking the championship in open pairs competition. tha development of commercial . stanlially responsible" for the alleged jury tampering ef forts. The government has accus ed King of offering to help obtain a promotion in the highway patrol for James Paschal, husband of a woman juror. It also contends that bribes totaling at least $75, 000 were offered to influence jurors and prospective jurors to vote for Hoffa's acquittal. President Kennedy s peace keeping formula. , The Association of Ameri can Railroads voted unani mously this morning to sup port Kennedy's plan to turn the work rules dispute over to the Interstate Commerce Commission. A spokesman said in re sponse to questions, however, that the action did not have any bearing on management's decision to put the work rule changes into effect at mid night Monday. The rail unions have threatened a nationwide strike if this occurs. In their appeal, the congres sional leaders indicated they expected the carriers to post pone imposition of the work rules, which eventually would cost 55,000 workers their jobs. "I assume they will con tinue the status quo while Congress is acting." Speaker John W. McCormack told newsmen after a breakfast meeting with Kennedy Democratic House Leader Carl Albert (Okla.) backed McCormack's view. Both said they were doubtful that Con gress could pass legislation to put the Kennedy plan into effect before the work rules deadline. However, they said every effort would be made to get a quick decision The leaders shied away from any forecast of when the bill might be approved but Senate Leader Mike Mans field (D-Mont.) said "prospects look favorable'' for passage of the legislation to turn over the dispute to the Interstate Commerce Commission for binding determination. Kennedy Appoints Automation Group Washinglon-iM - President Kennedy is appointing a com mission on automation to search for means of easing the unemployment backwash caused when machines re place men. The President announced appointment of the commis sion Monday as part of his message to Congress asking that the Internstatc Com merce Commission step into a prime example of the impact automation can have the railroad work rules dispute. He said the commission would outline the effects auto mation is likely to have dur ing the next 10 years and recommend governmental ac tion. The commission "should undertake the most compre hensive review of this com plex and many-sided subject ever ventured, is. e n n e a y said. He gave the commission un til the end of next year to icorrtlcte its study. GOP Governors Hope To Retain Issue on Rights Republicans Lose First Round Test Miami Beach -HOT- Repub lican governors promised to day to keep the civil rights dispute before the annual con ference of state executives even though they were over whelmed in the first test on that issue. Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York, leader of the campaigns to get the gover nors' conference to issue a civil rights declaration, tried to lay responsibility directly on President Kennedy for Monday's conference vote to shelve the issue. The vote came on adoption of a rules change to junk the resolutions committee and abolish the entire resolutions process which has caused in creasing controversy in the conference during the past four years. The 33 to 16 vote was almost a straight party line count with a single defec tor - Democratic Gov. Wil liam A. Egan of Alaska sided with the Republicans against the new rule. To Try New Tactics Republican governors im mediately began searching for parliamentary tactics to force one or more additional roll calls on the civil rights issue. Another party caucus was call ed for the lunch break today. The revised agenda for the conference called for talk without action on civil rights this afternoon. This debating session was programmed by Gov. Albert D. Rosellini of Washington, conference chair man, in one of the Democratic moves to defuse the civil rights issue. Rosellini and other Demo crats argued that any civil rights resolution adopted by the conference would be meaningless, might cause it to flounder in a Southern Democratic filibuster and even break up the organiza tion. Morse Criticizes Somali Aid Effort Washington - IUPII -Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) today criticized a $7.5 million U.S. aid program to build a port in Somali which will provide a shipping point for farm crops "which do not now exist." Morse cited American for eign aid to the semi-arid East African republic as a "classic example of the kind of foolish ness we have engaged in over the past years." He noted that $7.5 million has teen devoted to construc tion of a port at Chisimaio on the southern Somali coast. "The reason for building this port," Morse asserted, "is to provide an outlet for exports in the one moderately promis ing agricultural area of the country." "However, the problem Is not only that the crops do not now exist - the land has not even been rendered fertile as yet." Egypt Develops First Submarine Cairo-4IPll-Egypt, displaying its military might on the 11th anniversary of the coup that put President Gamal Abdel Nasser in power, today an nounced it has built its first submarine and will test it within 15 days. But Nasser's plans for ex tending the United Arab Re public appeared to be all but finished for the present. He charged in a speech Monday night that Syria, which was to have joined Egypt and Iraq in the new U.A.R. by September, "has been con verted into a vast concentra tion camp." He said he would never federate with Syria as long as its Baathist party rulers remain in power. He did not mention Iraq, also ruled by the Baathists. WEATHER MmFCAST: Pirlly floudv to ntcht nJ WfdnMday. with a fpw raittrtd how?ri In th mnnnlatn, l,nw tonight 5015. HiRh tomorrow IX-fU. lmp. HtehPtt YMterd'av XI l.owrkt This Morning 46 Our Skies Tonight Kuntrt todnv .... 11:41 p.m. fcunrli. tomorrow ... 5:55 a.m. MoontM tonight 10:44 p.m. F trt tjtirttr . July Zt I'KOMIM.NT ftTARS ntarrv du south -1:31 p m. Via, hirh ovtrhnd 1 1 : J p.m. Aluir, high In south 12-51 a.m. Drnrb. high overhead 1:47 A.m. Musa Appoints Hood River Man To Welfare Post Acting Governor Makes Selection Salem (UPI) Temporary Gov. Ben Musa today named Ralph W. Perry Sr., 65, a semi-retired Hood River or chardist, to the State Public Welfare Commission. It is the first time since Gov. Mark Hatfield has been in office that a substitute governor has made an ap pointment to a state board or commission. Musa, president of the Ore gon Senate, has full powers when Hatfield is out of state. The senate president said today he recalled that a tem porary governor years ago had appointed a circuit judge. Sen. Walter J. Pearson pardoned a murderer who was serving time in the Ore gon penitentiary when he was temporary governor In I960. Hatfield Not Told Hatfield, who is In Miami attending the National Gov ernor's Conference, was un aware of today's appoint ment. Warne Nunn, Hatfield's administrative assistant said he "wouldn't recognize Perry if he walked in the door." "I . think the governor will be real happy with this ap pointment," Musa said this morning. He explained the naming of the new commissioner wasn't aimed at embarrassing Hatfield. "I just wanted to add to the stature of that commis sion. I think I'll be compli mented for doing a good job," Musa declared. Musa Recommended Perry Musa said he had known Perry for many years and he had recommended Hatfield appoint him after Roy Web ster, also of Hood River, re signed from the commission last week. Wcbtser and Perry are neighbors in Hood River, which is a part of the senate district Musa represents. Both men are orchardists. Perry was a member of the Hood River County Wel fare Commission from 1936 until 1956, except for one two-year interval. Hatfield Remarks On Musa's Action Miami, Fla. -WH Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield confirmed that the appointment of Ralph W. Perry Sr. to the State Wel fare Commission today was made by Acting Gov. Ben Musa without his knowledge. "I will be interested in learning what critical emer gency existed which required Sen. Musa to take such action in violation of a gentleman's agreement which he voluntar ily made at the beginning of his term," Hatfield said. The governor indicated he and Musa had an Informal agreement that Musa would make no major decisions while Hatfield was out of the state. Railroad Promotes Klamath Falls Man St. Paul, Minn. IUPH Thomas J. Lamphicr has been appointed special assistant to the vice president of Great Northern Railway, it was an nounced today. Lamphicr is now superin tendent of the Klamath Divi sion of the railroad with head quarters in Klamath Falls, Ore. He also has been select ed as a special representative of the Association of Ameri can Railroads to visit France for a special study. Laniphier will be succeeded at Klamath Falls by D. D. Hoag. now superintendent of Seattle's King Street passcn gcr. station. " 9 fSP n ECLIPSE RECORDED The eclipse of the sun Saturday afternoon is recorded in this picture of a tree casting its shadow oh a Negroes Reach Agreement on Cambridge Strife By United Press International Negro- leaders from strife. torn Cambridge, Md., pledged todays to halt racial demon stralions Indefinitely under a five-point argeemont worked out between city officials and Atty. Gen. Robert F. Ken nedy. Kennedy, In Washington, announced settlement of the sometimes violent integration dispute in the Eastern Shore city where National Guards men had been sent several times to impose martial law. School Desegregation The attorney general said the agreement provides for de segregation of the first four grades of school by Sep tember; a low-rent public housing project for Negroes; hiring of a Negro in tnc Cam bridge office of Maryland s Department of Job bccurlty; appointments of a bi-racial committee including four Ne groes; and united opposition to a referendum that could change a charter amendment providing for desegregation of public facilities. Demonstrators Arrested In New York, police today arrested 73 demonstrators at two construction sites and city officials sought ways to satisfy Negro demands for a larger share of building trade jobs. Hearings arc to open July 31 on charges of discrimina tion by contractors for city construction projects. Police arrested 58 men and women pickets on charges of disorderly conduct and resist ing arrest today when thsy lay down in the path of con struction vehicles at the Downstate Medical Center In Brooklyn. Cottage Grove Man Arrested in Idaho Lewiston. Idaho -Wll- Jude C. Kaus, 29, Cottage Grove, Ore., was held in the county jail in lieu of $10,000 bond today while awaiting further court action on charges of at tempted armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. Kaus was foiled in a holdup attempt at a nightclub near Lewiston Sunday when a mu sician, Max Durham. Wlllits, Calif., tried to take Kaus' 22 caliber pistol from him. Dur ham was shot in the chest during the scuffle, but was re ported in satisfactory condi tion after the bullet was re moved Monday night. Kaus waived preliminary hearing Monday when he was - arraigned here in justice court rock walkway. The eclipse Is seen In the half-moon design created by the shadow of leaves. (Knackstedt Photo) 55-Acre Blaze Near Shady Cove Being Mopped Up by State A lire which burned 53 acres . of rugged brush land about three miles southeast of Shady Cove was being mopped up this 'morning by a state forestry department crew of 17 men. The fire apparently started from an abandoned campfire, forestry department officials said. It burned up a draw from a point near Indian creek and was reported at 2:04 p.m. A 40 - man crew brought it under, control last night. A few pine trees were de stroyed by the blaze, but oth erwise the acreage involved was mostly in brush. Fire fighters were hampered by the rugged terrain of the area, which made access dif ficult. Craw Is Dispatched Meanwhile, the 25-man for est service fire suppression crew station at Star Ranger station in the Applegatc val ley left the Medford airport Monday in a C46 aircraft to aid in fighting a large fire in the Wallowa-Whitman na tional forest 14 miles north cast of Baker in northeastern Oregon. This morning, United Press International reported the fire was under control and being mopped up by 285 firefight ers. The blaze covered 600 acres of timber and range- land. It was the second fire to which the suppression crew ha been dispatched. The first was in Utah. Two other large fires were reported In the Baker area and several smaller ones In other parts of the state, under scoring the increasing fire danger in Oregon, especially cast of the Cascades. All Under Control All the blazes were report ed under control today and mop-up operations were un dcr way. The Bureau of Land Man agemcnt said a 1.500-acre fire eight miles northeast of Baker was controlled Monday after noon. Much of the scorched area was rangeland North Yamhi Basin Study Requested McMinnville - UP!) - Farm ers and businessmen In the North Yamhill River Basin have announced plans to sub mit a formal request to the Bureau of Reclamation for a study of the basin. FURTHER STUDY Salem - HOT - The Capitol Planning Commission decided Monday to take another look at the location of the new staJc c agricultural building j ... i j - ... acu.m in. uui.icu -i,my acres.- m n . t I v . rnneeland. southeast of the cily. . State forestry officials also reported six small fires .in various parts of -the state. Continued fair weather was forecast for Eastern Oregon today, but clouds and show ers were expected In the west ern part tonight and Wednes day. Teen-Age Killers Await Execution Carson City, Nov. - 0IPD - Two teen-age killers - Thomas Lee Bean and Lester Morford III, were scheduled to move into cells on death row at the stale prison today. Bean, 18, heard the death sentence read to him in Washoe District Court Mon day. He murdered and raped tlractlve British ski star Sonja McCaskie, 24, in Reno April 5. Morford, 18, an itinerant ranch hand, was found guilty of first degree murder by a three-judge panel In Reno last week and sentenced to die In the gas chamber. He shot and killed 23-ycar- old Jack Foster of Medford, Ore., near Reno last Aug. 22 after kidnaping his victim and bride of two days from their Reno motel room. Thornton Rules on Injured Teacher's Pay Salem -IUPL- A school dis trict can deduct the amount an Injured teacher received from the state Industrial acci dent commission from his sick leave pay, Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton said in an opinion today. Thornton said the action could be done under the school board's rule making power. The opinion was requested by Supt. of Public Instruction Leon P. Mincar. Israeli, UAR Planes Clash Over Desert Cairo-iir!-IsraU and United Arab Republic lighter planet clashed today oyer U.A.R, territory above tht Sinai Desert and ont Israeli plant was shot down, a military spokesman said. In Jerusalem, an oflicial spokesman claimed it waa Is raeli territory which was violated by two U.A.R. plants. Tht spokesman said Israeli (Ighttrs chased tht U.A.R. planes back across tht border, hitting ont In a britl dogfight, and then returned safely to their basts. Tht U.A.R. spokesman said lour Israeli planet Infiltrated Egyptian ttrritory ovtr tht Sinai, which Is tht U.A.R. fron tier provinct with Isratl and which lies tar to tht east of Caijo. j Negotiators Tackle Other Major Problems Pact Expected To Be Signed Wednesday Moscow - IUPI) The United States, Russia and Britain to day ended historic talks that diplomatic sources said seal ed final agreement to end East-West nuclear tests in space, in the atmosphere and underwater. The major nuclear powers were expected to initial tha agreement Wednesday, just aa t a s t European Communist leaders convene for a summit conference designed to close Red ranks against Communist China. Other Discussions The East-West talks that diplomatic sources said might prove to be one of the major disarmament breakthrou g h 3 in the post war period ended at 6.30 a.m. (pdt). The nego tiators plunged immediately into additional discussions on other topics that could thaw the cold' war. Presidential trouble-shooter W. Averell Harrlman, Brit ain's i Science Minister Lord Hailsham and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko dis missed their advisers and dis cussed "other matters of mu tual Interest." Although Harrlman and iiansnam came 10 jhoscow ,,(h. ,h..t , , mP, I out agreement on a nuclear test ban,, the informal discus sions which followed their formal bargaining could lead to talks settling additional is sues. Wants Risk Eliminated President Kennedy was re ported to have asked Ham- man to sound out the Soviets on Premier Nikita Khrush chev's proposal that East and West exchange observers who would report from strategic areas to cut the risk of sur prise attack. Gromyko also was expected to sound out privately tha views of the two key Western Allies on Khrushchev's call for talks that could lead to a full treaty of non-aggression between the Western Alliance and the Communist Warsaw Pact nations. Diplomatic sources said the possibility of a Berlin settle ment also might be discussed, perhaps pegged to another Khrushchev proposal that Al lied officials serve with Com munist forces in East Germa ny while Soviet officials serve with Allied forces In West Germany. Major snag to the proposed agreement on a non-aggression pact between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact nations was the Western fear that It might mean recognition of Communist East Germany. Portland Housewife To Seek Candidacy Portland IPII Mrs. Ralph Duncanson, 33, a Portland housewife, announced Mon day she will file for state representative by petition. GRANT APPROVED Washington-JUrD-The Com munity Facilities Administra tion has approved an $85,000 grant to DuFur, Ore., for a sanitary sewage collection fa- cllity to cost $220,000, it has I been announced.