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ACCEPTS DEGREE -o A .grinning James Negro's enrollment at Ole Miss last fall re
Meredith accepts his Bachelor of Arts de- suited in mass riots which were quelled
gree from University of Mississippi Chan-, when federal troops were ordered onto the
cellor J. D. Williams here Sunday. The-, campus.-(UPI) .
Meredith Handed
Degree at Ole
Miss Graduation
Oxford, Miss. - OiPD - Negro
James H. Meredith graduated
from the University of Missis
sippi in a quiet ceremony Sun
day in an oak grove within
rock - throwing distance of
the center of last fall's riot
ing touched off by his enrollment.-
The 30-year-old Air Force
veteran, wearing the black
cap and gown of the graduating-
senior, received a bach
elor of arts degree in political
science to become the first
Negro alumnus in the school's
115-year-old history.
Campus police and federal
marshals stood guard during
the 1 Vi-hour program, held
In a shady grove-of giant oak
trees about 100 yards from
the center of rioting which
erupted last autumn follow
ing Meredith's arrival on
campus.
Two men were killed and
scores injured in the Sept. 30
riot that brought 30.000 fed
eral troops streaming into
this small college town.
But the last of the troops
were gone Sunday. The grad
uation went off without a
hitch. There were no incidents.
CiEl7S)BRIEFS
IT IMS MOM 2
BUDDHISTS DEMAND BODY OF NOVICE
Hut, South Viet Nam - i(W - Angry Buddhist leaders
today threatened more suicides by fire if they are not given
the body of a 17-year-old novice priest who burned himself
la death Ui! week.
fOLICE QUESTION MOROCCANS
Rtbat, Morocco - DPi - Security police Sunday night
were reported questioning about 104 Moroccans arrested in
connection with plot to assassinate King Hassan end over
threw the government.
TITO HOPES FOR JFK MEET
Belgrade - 'VPI' - Yugoslav President Joiip Bros Tito
aid today he hopes to meet President Kennedy in the United
States this fall.
HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED IN HAITI
San Domingo, Dominican Republic - 'lPr - Armed ex
iles seeking to overthrow Haitian President Francois Duva
lier have reported taking part in new heavy fighting in
mountainous northeast Haiti, according to exile sources
g
Chief
MEDFORD,
Twelve Lose Lives
In State Accidents
During Week End
By United Press International
Twelve persons lost their
lives in accidents in Oregon
during the week end. Ten
died in traffic and two
drowned.
Thomas McGralh, 13, Bea
verton, was killed in a two
car collision on the Wilson-ville-Hubbard
highway near
Aurora Sunday after noon.
Three other persons wer: in
jured. .
Anthony Naglich, 47, Port
land, was killed when he
leaped in front of a moving
car on Slate Highway 213
near Portland early Sunday.
State police called it a sui
cide. Mrs. Martha Geelan, 63,
Aurora, drowned in a small
lake across the Willamette
river from Newberg early
Sunday. Her body was re
covered Traffic accidents Saturday
took six lives in the state.
Jimmy Holliday, 9, Rose
Lodge, was killed when he
was struck by a pickup truck
on State Highway 18 near his
home in Lincoln county, and
Iva Ludwick, 58, Stayton,
died in a two-car accident on
Slate Highway 22 near Stay
ton. AROUND THI OLOU
of
OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1963
James Moulton, 40, Veneta,
was killed in a one-car crash
on State Highway 126, 10
miles east of Springfield. Da
vid Coursey, 26, Eugene, lost
his wife when his motorcycle
collided wilh a car at a Eu
gene intersection.
Mrs. Helen Krochek, 54,
and her son, Robert, 22, both
of Spokane, were killed in a
two-car, head-on collision on
Interstate- 5 about 20 miles
south of Roseburg.
' Willie Lowen, 41, Keno,
drowned in the Link river at
Klamath Falls while attempt
ing to rescue 1 1-year - old
Stephen Michels Saturday aft
ernoon. The boy was taken
to safety by Lowen's son,
Robert.
Lumber Strike Is
Closer to Ending
Portland, Ore. -WPP- The
lengthy Pacific North west
lumber strike was a step clos
er to complete settlement today-Announcement
was m a d e
here Sunday afternoon that
members of the International
Woodworkers of America and
the Lumber and Sawmill
workers' unions had ratified
a three-year contract negoti
ated with the Big Six employ
ers' Bargain association last
Tuesday nighl.
Harvey Nelson, president
of the Western States Region
al Council of the IWA, made
the announcement but would
disclose the actual vote. How
ever, he said the proposed
pact was approved by a "big
majority."
East German Police
Hold Four Americans
Berlin - 'UPIl - East German
police held four Americans,
including a girl, for two hours
at gunpoint Saturday when
they were on a tour of East
Berlin.
They were picked up with
out explanation and released
without being interrogated,
one of them reported today.
QUEEN TO REIGN
Burns CP Queen Stepha
nie Sinkty of Burns will
reign over the 39th annual
Harney county fair, rodeo and
race meet which will open a
fou-day run here Sept. 5.
Staff
Tribune
Trapped Winers
Alive; Condition
Reported Good
Hazelton, Pa. - (UPIl - Three
coal miners, trapped more
than 300 feet down a mine
shaft for six days and nearly
given up for lost, were con
tacted through an air hole
Sunday night and reported in
good condition.
Police said rescuers shout
ed to the men through a hole
Young Democrats
Ask Renewal of
Cuban Relations
Berkeley. Calif. - (UPIl -Young
Democrats from 15
Western states have called on
President Kennedy to resume
diplomatic and trade relations
with Cuba.
By a vote of 10-7, delegates
to the western state confer
ence of the YD Sunday night
adopted a resolution that last
October's Cuba crisis might
have been avoided "if there
had been contact between the
Cuban government and the
United States prior to the es
tablishment of Russian mis
siles in that country."
It added that the United
States has diplomatic rela
tions with other socialist na
tions; and this does not imply
approval of the existing gov
ernment. Furthermore, the resolu
tion said it is well to mini
mize. Soviet influence in the
Western Hemisphere and "this
could best be brought about
by lessening of Cuban depen
dence on the Soviet bloc."
Resolutions Urge .;
Among 32 resolutions pass
ed by the representatives
were ones urging-
-Reforms in Viet Nam and
the withdrawal of United
States troops there.
-Condemnation of any fed
eral program for civil defense
and fallout shelters.
-Abolition of the House
committee on un - American
Activities; repeal of the inter
nal security act, and complete
revision of the McCarran
Walters immigration law.
-Lifting of the prohibition
on travel to such countries as
Cuba and Red China.
-Support for the United Na
tions. -A conference of young
political leaders from the
Afro Asian Pacific rim coun
tries. -Endorsement of the forth
coming civil rights march on
Washington.
Hospital Escapee
To Be Prosecuted
Minneapolis, Minn. - IUPI) -
Minneapolis police said today
they expect to prosecute Ore
gon State Hospital escapee
Royal Kenneth Hayes, 26, for
an attempt to steal narcotics
from a downtown drug store
Hayes, who told police he
lived in Westboro, Mass., was
arrested Friday. Police said
he tried to leave the drug
store with a bag of narcotics.
Hayes was committed to
the Oregon hospital at Salem
after a judge found him inno
cent by reason of insanity in
the fatal shooting of Theodore
Robert Ross, a fellow security
guard at the Oregon Journal
building in Portland. He es
caped Aug. 11.
Police Investigate
Possible Forgeries
Portland - (UPli - Police were
were investigating operation
of a possible juvenile forgery
ring at Grant High school
here.
The probe began Saturday
when a 16-year-old boy was
arrested while trying to cash
a forged check for $23.65 at
a Lloyd Center store.
CHAIRMAN APPOINTED
Portland - WD - Philip N.
B I a d i n e, publisher of the
weekly McMinnville News
Register, today was appointed
Yamhill county chairman of
the Oregon Draft Goldwaler
committee.
Salem-iUPMvor T. Jones of
Salem, a field representative
for the Associated General
Contractors in Oregon since
1960. died here Sunday. He
vs 59.
endors
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 129
six inches in diameter. One
of the trapped men said two
of the miners were unhurt
while the third was injured
slightly. The hole was drill
ed Sunday in a last - ditch
effort to find them.
Authorities at the Fellin
Coal Co. mine, which is about
three miles from here, were
expected to bore a hole 28
inches in diameter today in
an effort to drag the men out
of the shaft. They plan to
slip steel pipe casing in the
hole after it is bored and then
lower ropes and straps to the
miners.
Rough One
"This rescue operation still
is going to be a rough one,"
police said.
The three involved were
David Fellin, 48, who operat
ed the mine with his brother,
Joseph; Louis Bove, 42, Pat-
tersonville, and Henry
Throne, 28, Hazleton.
They were working deep in
the old shaft, which police
said was sunk many years
ago, when the thundering
cave-in occurred last Tuesday.
Police here said the uniden
tified miner who was con
tacted reported that he and
his two companions heard the
roar of Ihe cave-in in time to
jump from the main shaft to
a gangway stemming from it.
Eastern Oregon
Fires Unchecked
By United Press International
Two large fires were racing
out of. control in the -grass
and sagebrush land of Eastern
Oregon today.
The largest had burned
about 3.000 acres some 25
miles north of Vale by mid
morning, according "to Ken
neth Burkholder of the Bu
reau of Land Management in
Portland.
He said about 150 men, aid
ed by trucks, other heavy
equipment and a helicopter
were battling to save a num
ber of ranch buildings in the j
area.
The second blaze had burn
ed about 1,000 acres four
miles west of Huntington in
Baker County. Burkholder
said 75 men were fighting the
flames in sagebrush and grass
lands. He said both were man-
caused and broke out late
Sunday.
'Pirate' Bomber
Hits Cuban Base
Havana (UPIl - A rocket-
firing bomber attacked gas
oline deposits at Casilda, in
T.9i Villas Drovince early
Sunday, the government press
reported today. At teasi one
truck tanker was destroyed.
The "nirate" craft, accord
ing to the newspaper Revolu
cion, attacked by surprise
ahnnt 9. a m It said the Cu
ban air force "repelled" the
attack but admitted the plane
escaped safely.
The raider illuminated the
fnrcpl area with a flare and
then rocket attacked gaso
line deposits. One rocket set
aflame a tank truck wltn a,
124 gallons of gasoline. Oth
er rockets "fell near" and
damaged a tank containing
two million gallons of crude
oil.
GIVES APPROVAL
Washington, D.C. -'UPP- The
Department of Agriculture's
Soil Conservation Service has
given its approval to start a
work plan development sur
vey for a soil conservation,
irrigation and flood control
project in Lane and Benton
counties.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly rlnudv to
nijht and Tuesday. Low tonight
30, hlch Tuesday 82.
Tmp
HUhrM. Vrlrday . jn
Lowest This Mornlni 52
Our Skies Tonight
Suni't today K:0H p m.
8 inriif tomorrow f:2.1 a m.
Moonset tonight S:4Sp.m.
First Guartrr Aur. 26
PROMINLNT fcTAH
Arrturus, in the west 9:59 p.m.
VI 81 BLR PLANETS
Man. ie(s , 9 -in p.m.
.luplter, rises in .14 p.m.
Saturn, due south 12:4? i.m.
e Test ian Treaty
FIRST-HAND ENDORSEMENT - The na
tion's four service chiefs today gave first
hand endorsement of the limited nuclear
test ban treaty, although the Air Force and
Navy leaders expressed concern about the
Soviet Union's, lead in the "big bomb" field.
Shown as they appeared before the Senate
Festival To Hold
Auditions Next
Week (or 1964
Ashland - Auditions for
the Oregon Shakespearean
Festival's 1964 company will
be held in Ashland during the
week of Aug. 25.
Producing Director Angus
L. Bowmer indicates that all
interested actors, actresses,
and technicians are welcome
to attend the sessions. Many
positions are open for next
year's extended schedule.
Routine for the audition
week has been kept flexible
to allow for individual prob
lems. Each day between Sun
day, Aug. 25, and Saturday,
Aug. 31, Bowmer will be at
the Elizabethan theater at 3
p.m. to meet all applicants.
Upon arrival, the candidate
should check in with Stage
Manager Fred Chapman. An
exact appointment will then
be made.
Acting Positions
Those seeking pbsitions in
the acting company should
attend" prepared 'to do two
short scenes for Bowmer, se
lected to display contrasting
characterizations. Ample time
will be given to each appli
cant and there will be oppor
tunity for personal consulta
tion with the producing di
rector.
This innovation in audi
tions procedure is necessitat
ed by next year's observance
of Shakespeare's 400th birth
day. The Ashland theater will
convene on April 23 for cast
ing and rehearsal. On June 14,
the entire company will trav
el to the Frost Amphitheater,
Stanford university, for a two
week engagement, opening
June 23. By July 6, the en
tourage will be back in Ash
land for further rehearsals
and a July 11 opening. Basic
scholarships for the 4'
month period will be $1,000.
Longest Season
With the guest appearance
at Stanford and the early
opening at the home theater,
the Oregon Shakespearean
festival will be playing a 70
performance season - its long
est by far. Festival officials
hope the extended run will
solve the current problem of
selling out before all ticket
orders are filled. Scheduled
for production are "Twelfth
Night," "King Lear," "Mer
chant of Venice," and "Henry
VI, Part One."
Work Resumes on
Astoria Bridge
Astoria-llPll-jWork resumed
at the Astoria-Mcgler bridge
site today after settlement of
a strike Saturday.
The stoppage which bc.-?an
Wednesday reportedly was
caused by a jurisdilional
dispute among craft unions.
Union officials declined com
ment on the dispute, which
idled 170 men.
Construction on the bridge
across the Columbia river is
already about three months
behind schedule, officials of
the DeLong Corp. have esti
mated. Costly Home Burglary
Reported in Portland
Portland - UPIl - An esti
mated $7,400 in appliances,
jewelry and cash was stolen
in one of the most costly home
burglaries here In recent
years, police said Sunday.
Mary M. Barker said she
discovered the burglary when
she returned home after sev
eral days at the coast.
CATTLEMEN TO MEET
Baker (UPli The Oregon
Cattlemen's association will
hold its 30th annual conven
fion,.here Nov. 6-8.
Divers Search for
Missing Bodies in
Oki nawa Disaster
Naha, Okinawa-lUPD-Divers
made their second attempt to
day to recover bodies believed
trapped in a sunken ferryboat
which capsized and sank off
Okinawa with at least 270
persons aboard.
Rescue officials said 142
persons who were aboard the
Midori Saturday had been
rescued. They said 13 bodies
had been recovered and 116
persons were reported miss
ing. 11 was one of the worst
maritime disasters in Okina
wa's history.
The exact number of peo
ple aboard the ferry, a con
verted wartime Japanese navy
patrol ship, was not known
since many of the passengers
were not- listed.
The passengers included
about 90 children returning
to their homes on the island
of Kume from Naha, Okina
wa. ,.,. j.. . .... -' . ,
Americans Rescued
Four Americans aboard the
ferry were rescued. They
were identified as Capt. Finis
Scotland Yard
Hunts for Man
London - IUPH - Scotland
Yard checked passenger lists
t London Airport today in
search of a tall, dapper man
who may be linked to Brit
ain's daring $7.3 million train
robbery.
Detectives believed a black
sports car left near the air
port may have been bougnt
by one of the gang the day
after the Aug. 8 robbery.
Definite proof of the con
nection was not immediately
available when the car was
found Sunday nighl, but po
lice laboratory experts check
ed It out minutely for finger
prints and other possible clues.
Other detectives went to
the airport to check passen
ger lists for the possibility
someone linked to the rob
bery was on an outgoing
plane.
Officers Capture
Crazed Moonshiner
Littleville, Ala. - IUPII - A
crazed moonshiner sought for
killing a sheriff and police
chief, was captured today by
a huge posse combing the
rugged hills of northwest Ala
bama. Reports from the remote
scene said he was captured
alive.
More than 250 law enforce
ment officers, using blood
hounds and armed with sub
machine guns, searched for
Troy Thornston, who after
killing the two officers Sun
day with a shotgun, grabbed
a rifle and critically wounded
another officer.
Thornton, 40, then forced
his daughter to drive hiin
into a heavily wooded hilly
area where he disappeared
wilh the rifle and a pistol.
Duncan Attends
Building Dedication
North Bend - UPli - The
$170,000 North Bend Airport
Administration building was
dedicated Saturday. Rep. Rob
ert Duncan (D-Ore.) attended
the dedication ceremonies.
The building was construct
ed under the federal govern
ment's accelerated public
wrks program.
Foreign Relations, Armed Services and
Joint Atomic committees are, left to right:
Gen. Curtis LeMay, Air Force chief of staff;
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, Army chief of staff;
Adm. David L. McDonald, chief of naval
operations; and Gen. David M. Shoup, com
mandant of the Marine Corps.-(UPI)
E. Drinkwater of Phoenix,
Ariz.: Airman 2C. Edward G.
Bangkroft, Waukegan, 111.;
Garry D. Little of East De
troit, Mich., and Robert Oster
miller of Reno, Nev.
The ferryboat sank within
a few minutes after being hit
by a sudden squall in treach
erous waters, with whirlpools
and swift currents, near
Kamiya Island.
Stamps, Money
Taken in Market
Burglary; 1 Held
Raymond Harold McCoy,
31, of a local hotel, arrested
by state and city police Sun
day following a report of
burglary of the Grand View
market at 5:50 a.m., is lodged
in Jackson county jail on
burglary charge.
The case is being invest!'
gated by the U.S. postal au-
thorities and state and city
police. The safe at the mar
ket, which is a post office sub
station, . was entered and
stamps and currency amount
ing to approximately $204
taken, Postal Inspector J. A
Eidswick and Acting Postmas
ter Al Bradford reported this
morning.
McCoy is scheduled for ar
raignment on the burglary
charge today.
The arrest was made fol
lowing a call to city police
from neighbors who notified
officers that they had seen
someone enter the market at
2330 Crater Lake ave.
Gas Bomb
Arriving al the scene offi
cers found that the subject
had broken a window, appar
ently from the interior of the
building and escaped in a
car.
The safe had been 1 torn
open and the odor of a gas
bomb was evident through
out the store.
The bomb, attached to the
combination of the safe, went
off when the safe was punch
ed and it was the tear gas
which apparently drove the
suspect from the building.
Waller Claud Davidson,
1508 Eureka circle, owner of
the building, conferred with
officers in the investigation.
Less than an hour later, at
6:30 a.m., McCoy was arrest
ed and taken to the police
station for questioning. An
other suspect was also appre
hended, but released when in
adequate evidence was uncov
ered to hold him in connection
wilh the case, police said.
f- 1 Vn I'M!
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CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY - Bernard M. Baruch, Ameri
ca's eldest statesman, celebrated his 93rd birthday today.
The financier is shown here at his home in Old Westbury,
N. f in a photo taken last year.-(UPI)
1 u
LeMay Sees Some
Net Disadvantage
To U. S. in Pact
General Concedes
Political Offsets
Washington-rtlFI)-Gen. Cur
tis E. LeMay told the Senata
today that from a military
standpoint, the limited nu
clear test ban contained "net
disadvantages" to the United
States.
The Air Force chief of staff
said, however, these were off
set by "political advantages"
if proper safeguards wera
maintained.
LeMay and the nation's
other three military chiefs en
dorsed the treaty with soma
concern about Russia's "big;
bomb" lead but apparently
were satisfied that futura
safeguards would be provid
ed. Needs Safeguards
LeMay, Air Force chief who
did most of . the testifying,
told senators of three commit
tees that most government
officials "more or les" agree
with the Joint Chiefs of Staff
that the treaty must be ac
companied by safeguards
against Soviet test cheating.
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler.
Army chief of staff, remind
ed the lawmakers that Presi
dent Kennedy had stated that
nuclear laboratories and un
derground testing would ba
maintained as part of an "ac
tive development program"
under the treaty. All are part
of the safeguards upon which
the Joint Chiefs conditioned
their approval f the pact.
After Ratification
. The Defense Department
said, meantime, that a "bill
of particulars" on safeguards
to be provided after ratifica
tion of the treaty was nov
being prepared and should
reach Congress "in about a
week."
The statement was oeing
prepared in response to two
Senate groups which wanted
specific assurances about the
various safeguards consider
ed vital by the Joint Chiefs.
LeMay said his final deci
sion to support the treaty,
along with the other mem
bers of the Joint Chiefs was
based on political factors. But
he acknowledged that "I'm
probably more pessimistic
than any of the other chiefs''
about the "political gains" to
be derived from the pact.
Explosion Kills
Four in Canada
Woodfibre, B. C. - (UP!) - A
shattering explosion shook;
this tiny pulp producing town
Sunday, leaving four men
dead and four others hospi
talized in critical condition.
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police have identified one of
the dead as 34-year-old Har-
chan Kler of the Vancouver
area. The names of the oth
er three dead men were be
ing withheld pending notifi
cation of next of kin.
The injured were identi
fied as 41-year-old Anthony
Zwierko of Squamish, B. C-.
19-year-old Allan Dewey and
19-year-old William James.
both from Vaancouver area,
and Jacques Forticr.
Officials Check into
Fatal Airplane Crash
Mackay, Idaho - (UP - An
nvestigation into a light
plane crash that killed fouf
persons near here Friday
night was continued today by
federal and state aeronautics
officials.
Kiillcd when craft smashed
into the side of White Knob
mountain were Charles Mil
ler, pilot of the plane uid
manager of the airport south,
of Mackay; Jim Pullen; Mrs.
Bert Cook, and her daughter,
Stephanie Cook, 14.
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