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Newspaper Page TextThornton's itle on Tax ' Referendum Upheld Regional Edition MEDFORD 24 Pages Two Sncli-ns Northwest Lumber Unions Call Additional Shutdowns tuxO Jt&V tfr?W P Vf"2C.i yv4Cit 4Assr" DESCRIBES ORDEAL Mrs. Yang Chun policemen. Col. William Higgins, of Colum- Soon, 52, right, describes how she discov- bus, Ga., commander of the 4th U.S. Cavalry, ered North Korean infiltrators and was seiz- left, and Mrs. Yang's daughter look on as ed by them before they were killed in a the woman was interrogated at Seoul. (UPI) clash with U.S. troops and South Korean . South Korean Forces Told To Take 'Punitive Measures' Seoul - WPll - Gen. Park Chung Hee, strong man of South Korea's military junta, ordered his forces today to take "proper punitive meas ures" against Communist bor der raiders. Park issued the order to De fense Minister Kim Sung Eun and Foreign Minister Kim Yong Shik after conferring with U.S. Gen. Guy S. Meloy Jr. The proposed "punitive measures" were not spelled out. Earlier, the defense min- Incorporation Plans Aired at Meeting Ashland Incorporation plans were discussed Monday night when Bellview residents belonging to the Anti-Annexation committee met in the Grange hall. Reports from the current survey indicated that of the voters contacted in the seven areas once considered for an nexation to the city of Ash land, 135 favor incorporation; 120 are opposed; 52 are unde cided and 20 have not yet been polled. Final decision is to be made at a meeting set Aug. 12. Cost figures and compari son of services were present ed at the Monday night ses sion conducted by Milton Hamilton. Statistics and esti mates were given by the League of Oregon Cities and by the State Sanitary Author ity. Provision of sewer and wa ter service are of paramount concern to residents of the area lying to the south and east of Ashland city limits. These were the issues during several months of controversy when petitions for and against annexation were studied by the city council and finally dropped last month. If the completed survey in dicates that a majority of the Bellview residents approve incorporation an election will be called. MEWS02)BRIEFS GASOLINE TAX DEDUCTION REJECTED Waihinglon-in-The Houie Ways and Meant Committee today affirmed its earlier decision to deny moloriiti the right to claim federal tax deductions for the state and local taxes they pay on gasoline. McNAMARA IN BONN FOR TALKS Bonn-lPt-Defente Secretary Robert S. McNemara arrived today (or talks aimed at closer cooperation between West Ger man and U.S. military forces. PICKETS CONTINUE AT MILWAUKIE PLANT Mil wukie-l Pi-Picketing continued at the P k C Tool Co. here today by Local 1432 of the International Association of Machinists. The union struck and closed the company Monday. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY ister had said South Korea's 600,000-man army was alert ed to forestall any attempt "to renew the war in Korea." He said the Communist at tacks appeared to be part of a plan to increase tension. U.S. On Alert Kim Sung Eun made his statements in an interview with UPI after three clashes between American soldiers and North Korean raiders this week left three Americans, four North Koreans, and one South Korean dead. U.S. forces here also have been ordered on a full com bat alert for the first time since the Cuban crisis last Oc tober. "We should not overlook the fact that the North Ko rean puppets can renew war in Korea whenever conven- Traffic Count at Crossing Taken Talent - Southern Pacific personnel from Portland are conducting a traffic count at the Main st. railroad track crossing, scene of a fatal ac cident last week, Charles Rob erts, Talent police chief, re ported this morning. Roberts said he understood the count was being taken to determine if the crossing should be signalized. At pres ent there is only a sign there. Elmer Fred Peterson of Tal ent died July 22 from injuries sustained in an auto - train collision at the crossing earli er in the day. The city of Talent has pe titioned the Public Utilities commissioner for a signal warning device at the cross ing. Labor Group To Seek Compensation Bill Portland - HJPD - The state labor convention will be asked in September to approve an initiative measure to put the workmen's compensation is sue on the Oregon ballot this year. ient to them; and whenever they are ready," Kim, said. "In m opinion, the latest illegal, barbarous attacks on the UN troops were aimed at creating tension here in or der to check Soviet Russia from making approaches to the West as a result of the Sino - Russian ideological struggle," he added. In London, informed sourc es said today that Communist China, which dominates North Korea, may be planning such pin-prick acts of aggression as part of Its anti-Soviet cam paign. In Washington, the State Department said Tuesday that the Korean attacks may be part of a Peking drive to in crease tension in Asia. Kim said South Korean of ficials have no indication that the North Koreans have im mediate plans to renew fight ing. Since the truce ended the fighting 10 years ago this month, a state of war has con tinued to exist between the two halves of the peninsula, but a demilitarized zone mark ing off their borders has curb ed incidents. (See dory on Page 2A) Oregonian Appears Before Official Phoenix, Ariz.-IUPI-An Ore gon man was held without bond today pending arrival of charges that he illegally brought Mexicans into the U.S. as farm laborers. Immigration authorities ar rested Joe Frank Langston, 23, of Brooks, Ore., Tuesday. He appeared before U.S. Com missioner N. B. Wilson, but a hearing was postponed until formal charges arrive. Federal authorities said Langston and Marion Kenneth Wilson, 58, of Portland, Ore., were suspected of enticing some 50 Mexican farm work ers to enter the country to take Jobs picking cherries in Oregon. Authorities said Wil son was arrested and arrai,n ed Monday in Dcming, N.M., and is held on $1,000 bond. The workers were sent back to Mexico after being ques tioned in Deming. House Gets Measure For Tighter Controls Washington -JUPD- The Sen ate passed and sent to the House Tuesday legislation to impose stricter federal con trols over stock tradings in the over-the-counter market. The measure, approved by voice vote, would extend present financial disclosure provisions and put stiffir controlt over brokers, deal ers, and other employees en gaged in selling or trading over-the-counter issues. Tribune 31 1963 Officials Accept Hatfield's Bid For Conference McCloud Strike Said Imminent . By United Press International : Northwest lumber unions carried out their threat to call surprise strikes against mem bers of the Timber Operators Council today with shutdowns at Sweet Home, Lebanon and North Bend, Ore. The closures came hours be fore Region 3 President Har vey Nelson of the Internation al Woodworkers of America and Earl Hartley, executive secretary of the Western Council of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers were to meet in Salem with Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield. The union officials Tues day accepted Hatfield's invi tation to talk over means of settling the contract dispute which has idled more than 29,000 workers in four states since June 5. Pickets appeared today at Santiam Lumber Company's plywood plant and sawmill at Sweet Home, idling about 450 men. The company's Leb anon plywood division and mill were struck at the same time, throwing another 300 men out of work, according to company estimates. The Sweet Home workers are represented by the LSW and those at Lebanon by the IWA. Workers walked off their jobs at the Menasha Plywood Corp. plant at North Bend when pickets appeared at 7 a.m. The day shift already had started when the pickets reached the plant. The LSW represents about 325 workers at a plywood plant and stud mill. Another 100 men in logging crews continued to work to day, but there were reports the strike would spread to them Thursday. Dick Gilman, public rela tions director for the IWA in Portland, also announced the Rainier Manufacturing Co. at Rainier, Ore., would be struck today. However, a company spokesman said 170 workers there already were on their annual vacation and were not scheduled to return until Aug. 12. No pickets had appeared this morning. The IWA served notice Tuesday night that a strike against the McCloud River Lumber Co. at McCloud, Calif., was "imminent." Paul Pugh, regional area admin istrator for the union, charg ed the firm had failed to live up to prior commitments. Talks broke down shortly be fore the announcement. Robert Kennedy Under Attack by Southerner Washington-JUPB-Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy was bit terly attacked again today by a Southerner opposing the administration's civil rights program. Mississippi State Sen. John C. McLaurin accused Ken nedy of "deliberately white washing" alleged connections between communism and the leaders of the Negro civil rights movements. David Smashes Goliath's Mirror Milwaukee -UPI- A high way In this city was the scene Monday of a David and Goliath saga. Police said a small for eign car was cut off by a tractor trailer. The driver was forced to hit the brakes to avoid a collision. When the truck slopped for a traffic light, the driv er of the automobile pulled up in front of the truck, got out. and with a tire wrench smashed the recr view mirror of the larger vehicle. "As long at you don't ute it, you don't need it," he laid, and drove off. The truck driver teid he would not tign a complaint. 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 113 ' 4 v It PATRICK HURLEY Former Ambassador Patrick Hurley, Critic of Yalta Agreement, Dies Santa Fe, N. M. - (UPIi - Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, for mer secretary of war, diplo mat, and bitter Republican critic of the Yalta agreement which he said established Communist power in China, died in his sleep Tuesday night at the age of 80. Hurley's career as a soldier, lawyer, oilman and public ser vant spanned two world wars and brought him wealth and high honors. But he was defeated in three attempts to win a seat in the U.S. Senate. And he was nev er reconciled to the policies which led him to resign as ambassador to China in 1945. Protetted Yalta Pact He quit in protest against the provision of the Yalta agreement which said: "The former rights of Russia vio lated by the treacherous at tack of Japan in 1904 shall be restored. Last year, Hurley said this provision "not only revived and restored imperialism to China, but owing to the fact that there was no longer a czar nor any Russian govern ment other than the Soviet, the former Imperial rights of the czar were given to the Chinese Communists. "I declined to make that provision effective and re signed as ambassador," Hur ley recalled. "General George Marshall was sent to China and did make that provision effective. Blueprint for Conquest "At the time I stated: 'The Yalta secret agreement is the blueprint for the Communist conquest of China.' " The other major controver sy in his public life came in 1952, when in his third cam paign for the U.S. Senate he was defeated by the Demo cratic incumbent, the late Dennis Chavez, by fewer than 5,000 votes. Hurley charged widespread election fraud, and had the ballots impounded. But the ballots in three counties were burned. A recount was impos sible, and Chavez was certi fied by state officials as re elected. Portland Council Approves Negroes Portland - (UPI) - The Port' land City Council today sus pended its rules and unanl mously approved an agree ment to employ two Negroes in the park department in re turn for withdrawal of a state civil rights complaint against the city. The council also unanimous ly adopted a report to shelve the controversial Albina pub lic housing project. No discussion was held on the issues and there were no protests from spectators. Mayor Terry S c h r u n k brought up the Items. He had recommended the passage Tuesday. The agreement with the Civil Rights Division of the State Labor Bureau calls for hiring of Samuel Macon and Nathan Jones, Negro college students, wno had claimed their applications for summer work were turned down be cause of race. COURT CLERK DIES Portland-flJPli - Elmer Ben nett of Portland, clerk in the Multnomah County District Court since 1943, died Tues day. He was 69. A funeral tcrvice was scheduled for Friday. Court Rejects Appeal Presented By Lane County Circulation of Petitions Slated Salem - (Urn - The Oregon Supreme Court this morning cleared the way for circula tion of petitions for a special tax referendum by upholding the ballot title written by Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn ton. The court turned down an appeal by a Lane county group that the wording be changed. State Sen. Edward Fadeley (D Eugene) argued for the change in a court hear ing Tuesday. In a brief opinion this morning, the court said Thorn ton's title complies with the law. The Thorton title reads: "To increase state revenues. Abolishes federal tax deduc tion. Lower personal tax rates. Provides minimum tax. Increases corporation rates, effective on or before Janu ary, 1963." Petition Deadline Sept. 1 Foes of the 1963 legisla ture's bill to raise an added $60 million in tax revenue now have until Sept. 1 to col lect 23,185 signatures needed to bring the issue to a vote Oct. 15. Albany publisher J. Fran cyl Howard, who is leading the move to get the bill on the ballot, snid he was "high ly delighted" with the court's speedy decision. He hopes to get petitions in circulation next Tuesday, although the big job of print ing the petitions hasn't start ed yet. Howard waited until the court decision on the ballot title before going ahead with the printing job. Each petition can carry only 20 signatures but will have to include the full text of the tax bill, which is 18 pages long. Howard said he docs not have a statewide organization to push for the petition signa tures, but he has received pledges of help from through out the state. Hurson Becomes Domiciliary Head Appointment of James A. Hurson, 47, as director of the Veterans Administration Dom iciliary at White City has been announced In Washington, D.C., according to Sen. Mau rine Neuberger. Hurson will succeed Banks i. Paul, who has been acting director since C. T. Jackson retired. He will assume his duties Sept. 1. Hurson has been with the Veterans Administration since 1946, when he completed his service with Die United States Army, in which he served as a captain In World War II. He comes to Mcdford from the medical office at Trenton, N. J. Hurson received his bacca laureate degree from Seattle university and his master's from Northwestern university. Survivors' Search Resumed in Skopje Skopje, Yugoslavia - (UPI) -The almost hopeless search for survivors buried In the ruins of this earthquake-shattered city resumed today while engineers fought im pending disease with dyna mite and anti-vermin sprays. The French, team leading the quest for victims of Fri day's early morning dlsl"r uncovered only one survivor in the last 24 hours with their ultra-sensitive search appar atus. They found Bogdan Mar- ckovic under tons of rubble Tuesday night and he was quickly flown, in serious con dition, to Belgrade for treat ment. But outside this once-bustling city, U.S. Army medics worked around the clock aid ing injured citizens of Skopje, and the survivors' confidence and morale rose sharply when they heard the GI' would stay as long as they are need cd. WEATHER FORK ANT: Continued fair with Utile chin ft In tempera lure, i.ow tonight 47, high Thuriday HI. MH hnt Yesterday . I) Lowest This Morning 41 Our Skies Tonight Suntet today .... 1:34 p.m. ftiinrise tomorrow .. t:02 a.m. Moontet tomorrow .. 2:35 a.m. rull Moon ... Aug, I PROMINENT STAR Arcturus, In the west 11:13 p.m. (The planet, ftalurn, aeen In ihe southeast at this time. It now nearly at bright as Arcturus.) lr .v . 1 rVX V : :a v I 1 v CSSitfciat 5e' LOCKED IN CHAMBERS-Asscmbly Speak- to vote on the controversial budget because cr Jesse Unruh (D-lnglewood) locked Cali- they had not seen the education bill which fornia Assembly Republicans in the lower goes along with it. They got together and chambers at Sacramento and wouldn't let sent out to a caterer and had the food sent them go out firr dinner when they refused in. Now they are ready for almost anything. (UPI) California Legislature in Deadlock Over School Issue Sacramento-UIPD - A bitter power struggle between As sembly Speaker Jesse M. Un ruh and Republican Assem blymen today threw the leg islature into a marathon dead lock. The Assembly mot all night in an attempt to reach an agreement, but there were no Bracero Extension Bill May Be Taken To Senate Washlnglon-WPH-Three Sen ate liberals prepared today to carry to the Senate floor their fight against extension of the Mexican bracero farm labor program. The ' liberals, headed by Sen. Harrison A. Williams Jr. (D-N.J.), were expected to keep hammering at the point that the bill had been pushed through the Senate Agrlcul ture Committee without hear ings. Joining Harrison in the drive against the bill to ex tend the program were Sens. M a u r i n e B. Neuberger ID Ore.), and Eugene J. McCar thy (D-Minn.), who unsuccess fully opposed approval of the bill In the Agriculture Com mittee. The bill, introduced by Sen. Gordon Allott (R-Colo.). would extend for one year a program under which hun dreds of thousands of Mexi can workers - the Braceros -have been brought into the United States for temporary work on farms. Williams, chairman of the Senate Migratory Labor sub committee, succeeded in get ting the Kennedy Administra tion on record against the bill, which was introduced after the House killed legislation to extend the program for two years. Labor Undersecretary John F. Hcnning termed the pro gram a "betrayal" of Amer ican f ii I'm workers and snid it was a "wretched law that should be buried." If extended, Hcnning said, it should be changed to re quire American farmers to offer similar benefits such as free transportation and housing to domestic workers before using Mexican labor. Suit Against Union Upheld by Court Salem-IUPIi-The Oregon Su preme Court today upheld dis sident union members In their suit against the Hoisting and Portable Engineers Local 701 in Portland. The decision means the Multnomah County Circuit Court will retain jurisdiction of the union's affairs. The court supported the de cision of Multnomah County Circuit Judge James W. Craw ford, who also granted at torney fees to union mem bers who brought action against the local and appoint ed public accountants to su pervise an impending election and audit the union's books for a year. The high court removed from the decree the order of the lower court to spend S22 to reproduce and distribute 4,000 copies of its order to all members of the union. GRANT AWARDED Washington - (UPD - The Ur ban Renewal Administration announced Tuesday that It has given $15,700 to the Ore gon Board of Higher Educa tion for planning projects In the state. .;),; ' " . -i . ' t. . aid1''-'' 1 ,.ZSiM signs that GOP was abandon ing its hard line. The Issue was this: Republicans believed Un ruh planned to make an "all or nothing" bid for adoption of a countrywide school tax on a bill to boost state aid for schools during the next two years by $100 million. Floor The onnnsitinn testimony was taken on a bill before the Misratorv Labor Commit tee which wnulri sot tin a tin. mcstlc farm labor recruitment Drocram administered hv the Labor Department. Under the DroDOsed Drnaram. rinmnsttn workers would get most of the benefits now granted Mex ican workers. Further opposition test! mony before Williams' sub committees was shut off when Sen. John Tower (R-Texas), a member of the committee, objected to hearings being held while the Senate was In session. Weiser Range Fire Being Mopped Up By United Prett International About 500 firefighters were mopping up a blaze that burn ed 22,000 acres of rangeland north of Wclser, Idaho, the Bureau of Land Management reported today. The fire, believed to be man-caused, broke out Sun day. Forestry officials reported no large fires In the North west today. The U.S. Forest Service put out 15 In Oregon and Washington in the 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. They burned a total of 12 acres. The State Forestry Depart ment reported five fires, all man-caused, started Tuesday. Three small grass fires caused by cigarettes and children playing with matches broke out In the Southwest and Douglas districts. THORNTON HAS GUESTS SBlem-IUPU-Four members of the Costa Rlcan Congress were luncheon guests of Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton Tuesday. TO GET HOSPITAL Portland-UIPIi-Portland will get a kidney treatment hos pital in 1064, the Veterans Administration said Tueclty. Dr. Ward Convicted After Suicide Londun - UPI) - Dr. Stephen Ward, 50, was convicted today on vice charges after he at tempted suicide with an over dose of drugs. A jury of 11 men and 1 woman found the society play boy osteopath guilty on two vice counts and innocent on three others. The jury, which deliberated for 4 hours and 35 minutes, found Ward guilty of the first two counts brought against him - living partly off the immoral earnings of Christine Keclcr. 21, and Marilyn (M a n d y) Rice Davies, two playgirls who lived at vari ous times in his flat. The osteopath, whose intro ductions of pretty girls to some of Britain's most promi nent men exploded this coun try's greatest scx-and-securHy scandal of the century, had They claimed that if the coun trywide feature failed, Unruh would try to defeat the aid bill outright. As a result, the GOP de cided to vote as a solid bloc against the state's budget aug mentation, approved by a con ference committee Tuesday, until they saw a conference report on the education bill and were assured it would pass the legislature. The 27 GOP members pres ent Assemblyman George Milias of Gilroy was absent simply sat on their hands and refused . to . vote. With one Democrat' Assemblyman Clayton': Dills of Gardena absent the .Democrats were able to -get only 51 votes for the conference committee re port. This was three short of the needed two-thirds major ity. . , " '. In' an angry floor debate, Unruh, an . Inglewood Demo crat, accused the GOP lead ership of "blackjacking" tac tics on ther own members and said that "technically" the Republicans were commit- ling H leiuuy in abbcuijiwK to trade one bill for another. Rusk To Head Group At Treaty Signing ; Washington -(UPII-Secretary of State Dean Rusk will head an 11-member U.S. delega tion which will leave for Mos cow Friday night for the sign ing of the limited test ban treaty, the White House an nounced today. . The specific date for sign ing of the treaty has not yet been set, but it was under stood that the ceremony prob ably would be held Monday. The delegation will include five U. S. Senators - three Democrats and two Republi cans. , The inclusion of the two Republicans - Sens. George Aiken (Vt.) and Leverett Sal tonstall (Mass.), tended to con vey a bipartisan air for the trip to the ceremonial signing of the treaty. No Progress Made In Railroad Distputa Washington - (UPD - An in dustry spokesman said today there had been no progress so far In the government's latest efforts to settle the rail road dispute. The comment came in the wake of a statement by a La bor Department official that union and management nego tiators had exchanged new proposals on the key Issue of the need for firemen on die sol trains. Attempt been tried on three charges of living on the earnings of prostitutes and two charges of procuring young girts for vice. Ward was in a coma at St. Stephen's hospital when the Jury Tcached its verdict. Dur ing the night he took an over dose of sleeping pills and was rushed to the hospital this morning two hours before court opened. The Jurors found the society osteopath and artist Innocent of living off the immoral earnings of two admitted prostitutes - Ronna Rlcardo, 20, and Vtckl Barrett. 20. They also cleared him of procuring young girls under the age of 21, identified at his trial only as Miss R and Miss X, for the purpose of persuad ing them to have intimate re-, lations with other p-ople.