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Congo President
Resigns in Face
Of Mob Violence
Brazzaville, Congo - (UPTI -President
Fulbert Youlou re
signed today in the face of
a howling mob which be
sieged his palace and scream
ed for his ouster.
A Congloese army an
nouncement said the army
seized power in this farmer
French colony following You
lou's resignation.
The unfrocked former Ro
man Catholic priest who still
calls himself "abbe," quit aft
ter three days of demonstra
tions and violence in which
at least five persons were re
ported killed.
The army said that 46 - year
old Youlou signed his resig
nation at 1 p.m. and said it
would remain in power until
a new cabinet is formed.
Authoritative sources in
Washington said the Congo
lese army totals 700 men and
the gendarmerie 500.
The resignation came as an
estimated 10,000 persons
chanted demands outside the
heavily guarded palace that
Youlou quit.
A spokesman for ! t'h e
French forces here said You
lou's resignation has termi
nated the military support
given him by members of the
2,000 man French army gar
rison at the start of the anti
government riots Tuesday.
The rioting was started
when an estimated 3,000 trade
union members marched on
the city jail in an attempt to
free two of their leaders.
They burned and looted the
jail, freed all the prisoners,
burned down the television
station and looted private
homes of several government
ministers.
When the demonstrations
continued Wednesday, You
lou fired his cabinet members
and was reported trying to
form a new government when
he was forced to quit.
The rioters had demanded
that Youlou give up his plan
Center Boundaries
May Be Outlined
A resolution defining the
boundaries of a proposed civic
center in an area adjacent to
the Jackson county courthouse
is expected to be considered
by the Medford city council
at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Definition of the civic cen
ter area had been urged by
the Capital Improvements
committee at its Tuesday
morning meeting so that a
subcommittee of the group,
headed by John Pletsch, can
take initial steps toward land
acquisition.
A public hearing will be
held on vacation of alleys in
Block 69 and the north 75
feet of Block 70, Original
Town, site of the proposed
new federal post office build
ing. Public hearings also are
scheduled for paving projects
on Pearl St., and Whittle and
Dakota aves.
Baltimore Negro Gets
Life Term in Prison
New York -flIPD- Navy Yeo
man 1. C. Nelson C. Drum-
mond, 34-year-old Baltimore
Negro, was sentenced to life
in prison today for conspiracy
to commit peacetime espion
age for Russia.
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BUDDHIST NUN TAKES OWN LIFE
Saloon. South Viet Nam-tPti-A Buddhist nua burned hr
sail to daath today in ih coastal town ! Ninh Hea, reliable
government sources reported. II was the lourtn ouaanui sui
cide in recent weeks in prottst to government policies.
rmPNHOWER MENTIONS HATFIELD
New York-dPli-Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower
today mentioned Oregon Gov.
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rtlKkN KIDNAPING INVESTIGATED
London-mi-A Foreign Office spokesman said today Brit
ain sent a frigate to a small island in the Bahamas to inves
tigate reports that two Cuban gunboats landed Ihere Wednes
day and kidnaped torn Cuban .evil.
mm,
for a one party system, end
alleged nepotism in govern
ment and include trade un
ion representatives in the re
gime. .
(UPI)
FULBERT YOULOU
Palace Beteiged
Congressional
Groups Planning
Washington-fllPD-The House
and Senate commerce com
mittee were reported today
to be planning resumption
early next week" of hearings
on President Kennedy's pro
posal that the Interstate Com
merce commission solve the
railroad work rules dispute.
The committee ' had ' sus
pended action on the proposal,
a political hot potato because
of union objections to it, in
hopes that renewed negotia
tions sparked by Labor Sec
retary W. Willard Wirtz
would resolve the issue. But
the talks collapsed Tuesday,
and the onus today was back
on Congress.
Matting Scheduled
The House Commerce com
mittee, headed by chairman
Oren Harris (D-Ark.) sched
uled a meeting, expected to
be closed, for early next
week. The exact date was not
immediately disclosed.
The Senate Commerce com
mittee, with chairman War
ren Magnuson (D-Wash.) back
after an illness, was expected
to meet on the rails issue late
this week or early next week.
House Speaker John W. Mc
Cormack (D-Mass.) said the
House would wait for the Sen
ate to act before voting on
any bill. The administration
bill was expected to clear the
House Commerce committee
by a close vote.
Helicopter Lost
In Gulf of Alaska
San Diego - IUPD A jet
powered helicopter with four
crewmen aboard was lost in
the Gulf of Alaska early to
day, Navy officials reported.
GETS PROMOTION
Salem - IUPD - Alfred Shir
ley Jr., assistant state parks
superintendent in Salem, is
being promoted to assistant
division engineer" in La
Grande.
Mark Hatfield among a hand-
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Five Arrested;
Others Said To
Be in Custody
Portion of Loot
Claimed Recovered
London IUPD Scotland
Yard today cracked the $7.1
million mail train robbery
case - one week to the day
after it occurred.
The police arrested three
men and two women and it
was unofficially reported that
about $280,000 of the loot was
recovered. Unconfirmed re
ports said eight other persons
were taken into custody. None
was identified.
Arretted Nar Scan
An official police announce
ment said two of the men
were seized "for complicity in
the mail robbery."
They were arrested at
Bournemouth, a seaside re
sort, less than 100 miles from
the place in Buckinghamshire
where a gang of bandits hi
jacked a royal mail train last
Thursday and made off with
120 bags containing 2'i tons
of worn, but valid, pound
notes.
Both men, according to the
police, put up a struggle and
had to be subdued by arrest
ing officers. About 100,000
pounds ($280,000) was report
edly found in two cars they
had. '
Nabbed in Raids
The other suspects - a man
and two women - were arrest
ed in raids on London homes
by Scotland .Yard's "flying
squad" of detectives, but the
police . made- no formal: an
nouncement -about; them. It
was reported that, about 800
pounds ($1,400) was recovered
in those raids.
A London newspaper , re
ported that another man was
arrested in Surrey , and that
he was carrying 200,000
pounds '($56,000) of the record
loot. It said that the suspect
was taken into custody at . a
house not far from the East
Molesey police station.
Job Department
Pay Cuts Cancelled
Salem IUPD Plans to have
650 state department of em
ployment workers take a one
step pay cut were abandoned
today, employment Director
David Cameron announced.
Instead, all employees will
be laid off for one or two days
next month.
It was announced Wednes
day that 100 department em
ployees would be laid off, and
that 650 remaining workers
would get pay cuts.
The State Civil Service
commission, which met here
Wednesday, voiced objection
to the one - step reduction in
the pay scale. Instead the com
mission recommended one or
two day layoffs.
The pay cuts will average
about $15 a month.
The cutbacks were ordered
because congress has failed to
appropriate funds to operate
the department.
Medford Man Is
Lodged in Jail
A 31-year-old Medford man
who assaulted a city police
officer Tuesday has been
lodged in Jackson county jail,
charged with entering a motor
vehicle without consent of the
owner, and with assault and
battery
The district court warrants
set bail at $1,000 on each of
the two charges.
The charges against the
man, Marlton Lee Loftis, 11
Tripp st., were an outgrowth
of a fracas Tuesday when a
city police officer attempted
to question him about an as
sault of a Medford man ear
lier Tuesday.
Post Exchange Profits
Go To General Fund
Salem - IUPD - Profits from
the operation of the National
Guard Post Exchange should
be deposited in the state gen
eral fund as funds subject to
the military department fund
law, Atty. Gen. Robert Y,
Thornton said today.
n I A H IT
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1963
RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC DISRUPTED Firemen drench
smouldering remains of a truckload of hay which burned
and disrupted rush-hour traffic on the Northwest Express
way in Chicago. The blaze was blamed on a cigarette
House Group OKs
JFK Request for
Record Tax Cut
Washington - IUPD - Demo
cratic tax writers, having vot
ed to cut everybody's income
taxes, planned today to scale
down the relief that would go
to taxpayers receiving sizable
income from stock dividends.
- The House Ways and Means
committee Wednesday ap-
proved President Kennedy's
request for the biggest tax
cut in history. Every taxpay
er: individual and- corpora
tion - would share in the tax
relief starting next Jan, 1.
Their total tax savings would
be somewhat greater than the
net reduction of $10.6 billion
recommended by Kennedy. .
Passage 'Doubtful'
Senate Finance Chair man
Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.) said
today that passage of the tax
bill this year is "doubtful"
because of the logjam otpther
legislation still to be co lurid
ered in Congress, particularly
in the Senate.
"It's all up in the air," the
chairman of the Senate Tax
Writing nmmittee said in an
interview.
"We still have to consider
the test ban treaty, civil
rights, railroad legislation and
number of other important
things. There are a lot of im
ponderables that might hap
pen." (Continued on page A9)
Timber Operators,
Unions in Session
Portland -flJPIl- Negotiators
for the Timber Operators
Council and the two lumber
unions met here today to try
to ring down the final curtain
on the wage dispute that re
sulted in the Northwest lum
ber strike.
At the same time, another
settlement on the 30V4-cent
hourly formula over three
years was announced. Pot
latch Forests, Inc., and the
International Woodwor k e r s
of America, reached agree'
ment In Lewiston, Idaho, on
a three-year contract covering
J.ooo union members. Pot
latch had not been struck.
The 196-member TOC last
met with the union July 25
and offered a 26-cent hourly
increase over three years. This
was rejected. Since then sev
eral TOC members, the giant
Georgia-Pacific firm and the
Big Six, have settled on the
30 i cent formula.
Square Dancers Hold
Conclave at Eugene
Eugene - IUPD - Some 3,000
persons turned out Wednes
day night to open the Far
Western Square Dance con
vention here. It runs through
Saturday.
OPINION REQUESTED
Coos Bay - IUPD - An at
torney general s opinion on
the state forcsty board's au
thority to lease state timber-
land in Clatsop county to
Crown-Zcllerbach Corp. for a
75-year period has been re
Exchange
To Arrive
Friday Morning
Three students from for
eign lands who will attend
Rogue Valley schools under
the American Field Service
scholarship program will ar
rive in Medford Friday at
10:29 a.m. by Greyhound bus
from San Francisco.
Families, with whom the
students will. . make their
.homes while here, will be at
ffte station to greet them
-Coming .front'? Kent, - Eng-
land, is Miss Judith Guttridge,
who will live with the Vernon
Tomlinsons and daughter, Gin
ny, at Central Point.
; Bart de Beer of Voorburg,
The Netherlands, will make
his home with the Otto Frohn-
mayers and son, Philip, of
Medford.
Miss Christian Hoberg of
Hamburg, Germany; . will be
at home with Dr. and Mrs.
Herbert Cecil of Ashland.
Local Chairman
Local chairmen ' for the
American Field Service chap
ters are Mrs. Robert Sleeter,
Medford; Charles (Chuck)
Bateman, Central Point, and
Robert O'Harra of Ashland.
Mrs. H. D. Christensen is
Southern Oregon Regional di
rector of AFS.
Two other students will be
arriving soon to continue
their educations in southern
Oregon. They are Miss Maria
Castro of Costa Rica, who will
make her home with the
Ralph Hibbs family of Med
ford, and Tsutomi Sesaki of
Tokyo, Japan, who will be
attending Grants Pass High
school.
Students from this area,
who have been in other coun
tries under the Americans
Abroad program, are expected
Election Petitions
Received by County
Petitions containing 238
verified signatures have been
received by the Jackson coun
ty elections department.
The petitions call for a spe
cial election on the tax pro
gram enacted by the 1963 leg
islature.
Three other petitions were
received this morning, it was
reported and signatures on
these are being verified to
day. The petitions, being circu
lated throughout the state,
must be signed by 23,185 reg
istered voters prior to Sept.
1 for the referendum proposal
to be voted on this fall.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair and mild
throufh Friday. Afternoon
valley winds la-IS miles per
hour from northwest. Low to
nltht 41-52. Hllh Friday SJ-IS.
Temp.
Hlchest Yesterday S
Lowest This Mornlns 47
Our Skies Tonight '
Sunset today S:I4 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow . .. a.m.
The Moon rises . 3:33 ax:.
tomorrow and rides hlch.
New Moon ... Auf. 19
PROMINKNT STARS
The Twins, north ol the Moon.
Vmill.C PLANK.TH
Mars, low In west t:39 p.m.
Jupiter, low In east 11:15 p.m.
Saturn, due south .... 1:04 a.m.
United tress International full Leased Wirt
thrown from a passing auto. The burning hay spread over
two of the four lanes. No injuries were reported but the
hay, valued at $500, was a total loss. (UPI)
Students
in City
back in time for the fall open
ing of school with the excep
tion of Rex Culbertson of Del
Norte High school in Crescent
City. He will spend the entire
school year in Denmark.
James Rowan of Medford
will return from Gottengen,
Germany, Miss Karen Krebs
of Grants Pass will be home
from Stuttgart, Germany, and
Miss Judy Gargaetas of Cres
cent City will return from
Brazil.. ,..
Paul Named To Posf
Af Tucson Hospital
White City - Banks I. Paul
has been appointed assistant
director of the Tucson,. Ariz.,
Veterans Administration hos
pital. Paul has been assistant
director of the Veterans Ad
ministration facility at White
City since 1958.
Paul, in the Veterans Ad
ministration since 1953, grad
uated from Columbia univer
sity with a degree in hospital
administration. He received
his bachelor of science from
the University of Houston.
Paul served in the Navy
from 1942 through, January,
1946. He has served in in
creasingly responsible posi
tions with the Veterans Ad
ministration in Brooklyn,
N. Y.; Chicago, 111.; Pitts
burgh, Pa., and as assistant
and acting director at White
City.
Taylor Assures
Treaty Endorsed
Washington - IUPD - Gen.
Maxwell D. Taylor assured
the Senate today the joint
chiefs of staff endorsed the
nuclear test ban treaty with
out any administration "arm-
twisting ' and were kept "con
stantly abreast" of its develop
ment.
Taylor assured the Foreign
Relations, Armed Services
and Atomic committee mem
bers considering the treaty
that the joint chiefs suffered
no "unusual pressures" from
the administration in endors
ing the pact.
And he said he was kept
fully informed about negotia
tions on the treaty and in
structions given Averell Har-
riman, chief negotiator in
Moscow, and passed this along
to the other military leaders.
Oregon Weather Blamed on
Portland - (UPI) - Noted Den
ver Scientist Dr. Irving P.
Krick, president of the Amer
ican Institute of Aerological
Research, says residents of
the Pacific Northwest ought
to resign themselves to the
same kind of "unseasonable
dampish weather" they've ex
perienced this year.
Speaking at the 67th annual
convention of the National
Association of Mutual Insur
ance companies, he blamed
fit
58th Year Price 10 Cents
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Jacksonville Girl
Shows Champion
Steer at Fair
A yearling Angus steer
owned by Marcia Dunlap,
Jacksonville, took the over
all championship of the 4-H
beet show '-last-night at ' the
Jackson county 4-H and FFA
fair. .' . .
This was the first time in
24 years that an Angus beef
animal nas taken grand cham
pionship of the 4-H snow.
Reserve champion in th
beef show was a Hereford
owned by Jary Hansen, Ante
lope. '.x - .
Reserve' champion Angus
steer was shown by Kate Be-
ver, Antelope. Reserve . Here
ford steer is owned by Candy
Gail, Gold Hill. Carol Foote,
Central Point, - showed' . the
champion Shorthorn steer,
and Jim Christensen, Apple-
gate,, displayed the reserve
champion Shorthorn steer.,"
Finals Schadulad
This afternoon's fair events
lead off with 4-H beef show
manship with the finals sched
uled at 7 o'clock tonight.
Dairy judging will be held at
the same time.
Friday's events start with
the dairy judging contests at
8:30 a.m., continuing through
1 p.m.
Guide dog obedience judg
ing starts at 1 p.m.
The awards program and
Style Revue will be held at
p.m. Friday in the main
show barn.
Saturday's events start with
the agriculture demonstra
tions at 8:30 a.m. Dairy show
manship starts at the same
time.
The flower arrangement
contest will be held in the
show barn at 1 p.m. Saturday,
and judging of dairy goats
starts at 2 p.m.
The annual Bar B-Q will be
held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
The livestock auction will
be held at 6:30 p.m. starting
with the swine and followed
by the beef.
POOL TO CONTINUE
Salem -IUPD- Grade A milk
producers In Harney and Mal
heur counties will continue
to operate under a distributor
pool instead of converting to
the market pool established
as a result of the 1963 milk
price stabilization act, the Ag
riculture Department said to
day.
ON AUCTIONEER BOARD
Salem - IUPII - Gov. Mark
Hatfield has appointed Allen
Tanler of. Redmond to the
State Board of Auctioneers to
succeed Kerm Decker, Vale.
the situation on high altitude
nuclear explosions by the So
viet Union and the United
States. And, he said, the recently-signed
nuclear test ban
will not help the situation in
the near future. '.
This summer's weather has
been a source of hurt pride
for many Oregonians.
Dr. Krlck said the high
altitude nuclear tests have
had a tremendous effect on
atmospheric condition I,
Hatfield
To Favor
Sill Referral
Salem-IUPD-J. Francyl Howard claimed today that Gov.
Marx tiattieid had changed his mind and now favored re
ferral of the 1963 legislature's $60 million tax increase
package.
Hatfield termed the claim "Totally ridiculous and utterly
misleading."
Howard, editor of weekly newspapers in Corvallis and
Albany, is spearheading the drive to gain 23,185 signature
refer the tax package to a special election Oct, 15.
The lead editorial of today's Benton County Herald In
Corvallis, one of Howard's publications, is titled "Governor
Hatfield NOW for Referral."
Howard noted that earlier Hatfield had urged voters not
sign referral petitions.
"The governor stated that the $60 million income tax lav
was a mess and that he washed
gouge, the editorial said.
"Our readers will remember that our governor refused
sign this unneeded, unwanted and outrageous law. By doing
this he delayed the efforts to get
ten days," the editorial said.
The editorial then declares,
in the campaign to get the tax
Hatfield's Statement
Salam-WPIi-Gov. Mark Haifiald today issued a statement
reiterating his opposition to rafarral of the H63 legislature'
$80 million revenue increase package
The statement daelarad: 1
"There are many people in
tax law written by ih 1163 legislature was th best of all
possible bills. I share that view. At the same time, it seems
unthinkable that w should flirt with fiscal chaos by referring
ih bast product on which ih legislature could agr.
Thoa who ir alraady concerned about th adequacy
of our education program, thoa who ar alraady concerned
about th waight of ih property tax burden know that the
proposed referral will endanger us on both counts. 1 urge
again that anyone considering signing a referral petition rec
ognise that no special legislative session is likely to ado)t
better measure t: an th on
influential convert is Governor Hatfield. Our governor is a
wise man and wise men change their minds. -
'We have in our newspaper
our governor ... to a local Southern r acute Railroad man,
in which he says, quote:
'Oregon s constitution clearly affords the people the op-'
portunlty to vote on any program of expenditures that would
require an increase in taxes. It has been my recommendation
that, should additional taxes be
be tied to tax reform and the
the people'."
Howard's editorial concluded: " ItianK you Governor Hat-.
field." -
The governor told United I
Pres International "I recom
mended that an election be
held on any tax increase while
the legislature was in session.
The Democrats wouldn't let it
happen, v . .
rw l. n nuostinn the
people have right to vote,
Earlier this year, and in my
budset message I said the leg -
islature could avoid problems
by reaching an early decision
on taxes and having an elec
tion while the legislature was
in session. '
Hatfield said Howard's ed
itorial was "utterly mislead
ing," aind termed the sugges
tion that he had changed his
mind as "totally ridiculous. '
Only Three Fires
Reported in State
By United Praia International
Only three fires were re
ported on state protected for
est and rangelands in Oregon
Wednesday. All three were
man caused.
Largest of the fires was a
40 - acre grass blaze eight
miles south of La Grande. Of
ficials said it resulted from
debris burning, and while it
was not on state protected
lands, was battled by state
personnel to keep it irom
iDreadins.
The other two blazes, both
less than one acre in size, oc
curred in the Western Oregon
district.
Seventeen new, small fires
were reported on national
Forest land in Oregon and
Washington, all but four set
by lightning. Nine of the n
were in Okanogan and We
natchee National forests in
Washington.
Deleted Budget Items
Cannot Be Restored
Salem -uTPO- Items cut out
of the county budget cannot
be restored after final action
has been taken on the budget,
Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn
ton aaid today.
The situation arose out of a
cut in the Morrow county
budget for extension services.
A petition was later presented
to the county court to restore
the cut. Use of the emergency
fund was proposed.
Thornton said the purpose
of the budget law was to set
up barriers against greater
expenditures than approprl
ated.
changing Jet streams and
bringing about extremes in
weather conditions. Oregon
has experienced precipitation,
while other areas have had
extreme cold or dryness.
The white-haired sclentist
who has set up dozens of
weather modification projects
In the United States, Canada,
and foreign countries - said
his organization predicted the
weather developments which
have occurred this year.
MS
Tax
his hands of this income tax
'
referral petitions printed for
"the greatest single success
bill referred and the most'
Oregon who doubt that the
now on th books.
office a signed letter from
required, the increases should
issues referred for decision by
.
farm labor Qit.ce
OptnsinMwlioid
ft'. A temporary farm labor
olllce has opened tn a trailer
at 1831 South Pacific High,
way' between the Medford
1 Armory and the ball park,
Glen Hasty, farm labor rep
resentative of the State Env
ployment service for Jackson
county, announced today.
' The office will serve em
ployers ; and . employees in
every, .branch of .farm, work
and horticulture. Hasty said.
The tifflov will h on fhl" -
week from 8 a.m. to ff p.m.: .
Thursday and. Friday: Start-'
ins Monday the regular sched- '
ule of .5 a.m, to 3 p.m. will be.
observed .Monday, , Tuesday,;
Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. The offioe will be '
open from 6 a.m. to noon on
Saturdays. , ,
Anyone wishing informa
tion from the temporary labor
office is asked to telephone.
773-6877. i
Harvesting of the pear crop
to start in a small way this
week. Hasty said, with most
orchards moving into full
swing next week. Since the
crop is light he does not ex
pect the labor office to re
main open as late in the sea
son as it: usually does. It is
opening about the same time.
Kennedy Returns
To White House
Washington - IUPD - Presi
dent Kennedy, his family wor
ries eased by the return of
his wife from the hospital,
flew back to his office today
to tackle problems of the
Chief Executive. 1
Kennedy traveled by heli
copter from the first family's
vacation retreat at Squaw Is
land to the Otis Air Force
Base and then returned to the
capital by jet.
The President bid goodbye
to his daughter, Caroline, and
son, John Jr., at Otis after
they accompanied him there)
on the helicopter.
The first appointment on
his schedule was a meeting
with the new U.S. ambassador
to South Viet Nam, Henry
Cabot Lodge, former head ot -the
American delegation to
the United Nations and Re
publican vice presidential
candidate in 1960.
N-Tests
His theory is not a simple
question such as the hydro
gen bomb equals bad weath
er, but it is something simi
lar: "Something like nuclear
explosions causing change in
both the course and intensity
of the jet stream."
The jet stream is a hlgU
speed current of air which
moves west to east around the
globe at altitudes between
30,000 and 50,000 teet. "
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quested.