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26 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1963
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PATROL STREETS South Vietnamese soldiers patrol
street in provincial city of Hue, which has been under
martial law since last Friday, following the fifth Buddhist
suicide by fire to protest religious policies of the Ngo Dinh
Diem
Throughout South Viet Ham
Armed Troops Hit
Headquarters of
Buddhist Leaders
Washington - IUPII - The
United States today de
nounced in blunt terms
what it called "serious re
pressive measures" by the
Diem regime in South Viet
Nam against Buddhist lead
ers. Saigon, South Viet Nam -lUWl
- President Ngo Dinh
Diem declared martial law
throughout South Viet Nam
today and sent his heavily
armed troops storming
through pagoda headquarters
of Buddhist opposition.
At least 100 Buddhist
monks were arrested in raids
carried out under a state of
siege decreed by Diem amid
reports that a coup d'etat
was imminent.
In a massive crackdown on
anli - government elements,
the president appointed a new
military governor of Saigon
and a new chief of staff. He
also imposed press censorship.
The long - smouldering religious-political
crisis in this
Southeast Asian country ex
ploded suddenly early today
when thousands of soldiers
and policemen swept into the
main Xa Loi pagoda and
rounded up more than 100
monks.
The government forces
tired pistol shots and used
tear gas bombs and hand gre
nades as they swarmed into
the center of Buddhist oppo
sition to Diem's authoritarian
regime.
Raid Other Pagodas
Soldiers also raided at least
three other pagodas in the
most serious flare-up of vio
lence in the 15-week dispute
between the government and
the Buddhist majority over
alleged religious discrimina
tion. Thousands more troops
were deployed at vital points
in and around Saigon - at the
airfield, the national radio
building, the presidential pal
ace, telephone and power sta
tions and road intersections.
It could not be determined
immediately whether there
were any casualties in the
raids.
tWSBRIIFS
ITIMS FROM IS AOUND THI 010H
SOVIETS ISSUE WARNING TO CHINA
Moscow-lfl-The Soviet Union warned Communist China
today to abandon its dreams of producing nuclear arms in
quantity before the effort ruins the country's economy.
UN TEAM RUSHES TO FLARE-UP
Jer usalem, Israel 'I Pi United Nations truce observers to
day rushed an investigation into the latest flare-up be
tween Israel and Syria in anticipation of an emergency
U.N. Security Council meeting on the tense situation.
U.S.. RUSSIA WEIGH ADVISABILITY
Geneva-'IPI'-The United States and the Soviet Union ap
peared today to be cautiously weighing the advisability of
opening serious negotiations on means of preventing sur
prise attack.
KHRUSHCHEV URGES ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Belgrade. Yugoslavia - ilPH - Soviet Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev urged the Socialist countries today to work out
a program of "economic cooperation" which he called the
best way of outproducing capitalism and insuring com
munhni'i eventual triumph.
Declares
Ashland Receives
$45,000 From State
For Hospital Site
A s h 1 a n d The City of
Ashland has received $45,000
from the state board of
higher education for the
property on Siskiyou blvd.,
the location of the old hos
pital. City Attorney Harry
Skerry announced at the
Tuesday evening meeting of
the city council that the title
to the approximately two
acres of property had been
cleared. The city has been at-
Bomb Rips Home
Of Negro Leader;
Angry Mob Forms
By United Press International
A bomb blasted the front of
a Negro integration leader's
home in Birmingham, Ala.,
Tuesday night digging a two
foot hole in the ground and
bringing 2,000 angry rock
hurling Negroes to the scene.
Shots were fired but no seri
ous casualties were reported.
Police fired over the heads
of the milling Negroes and
several shots were fired from
a darkened area by unidenti
fied persons.
The blast, heard 10 miles
away, shattered windows,
loosened bricks, blew in a
garage door, damaged two
cars and slightly damaged one
room inside the house of at
torney Arthur Shores, a long
time court battler in Alabama
integration cases.
One policeman was struck
in the head with a rock taken
to a hospital during a tense
period when Negroes congre
gated near the site of the
bombing.
In other developments in
the nation's turbulent racial
scene, Negro demonstrators
promised more protest march
es today in racially-tense
Plaquemine, La., a small town
on the Mississippi River.
In Mobile, Ala., a federal
court judge was scheduled to
rule on a plan to desegregate
the city's grade schools.
Diem government. Today, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo an
nounced that all of South Viet Nam has been placed under
martial law, as police and soldiers raided four Buddhist
pagodas. (UP1)
Martial Law
tempting for about three
years to clear the title to the
property so it could be sold.
The property will now be
added to the Southern Oregon
campus. The old hospital
building last year was used
as a supplemental men's dor
mitory. No plans have been
announced for the use of the
property.
In other action, the council
heard a request by Allen Por
ter, Medford, to establish a
business at the Ashland air
port to sell gasoline, service
planes and give flight instruc
tions. The city currently holds
the lease on the property.
After considerable discus
sion the council took the re
quest under advisement. It
was noted that the city was
in favor of having someone at
the airport at all times.
The offer by Pacific Power
and Light company to pur
chase Ashland's light system
is being studied by the city's
electrical committee, it was
stated. The committee will re
port at the next meeting of
the city council, Sept. 5.
The council accepted the
resignation of John Reed
from the city planning com
mission. Reed, a long time
member of the group, resign
ed due to ill health.
Two Arrested for
Shoplifting in City
Two adults were arrested
for shoplifting in Medford
Tuesday and three juveniles
were apprehended and re
leased to the custody of their
parents, city police reported.
Dick Paul Dice, 38, of 1501
North Riverside ave.. was
lodged in Jackson county jail
on a charge of petty larceny
after his arrest at the Big Y
Shopping Center at 6:10 p.m.,
police said.
Roscoe Galey Harrington,
68, of Boise, Idaho, was ar
rested for shoplifting at the
Pay Less Drug store at 585
East Jackson St. Two juve
niles also were arrested for
shoplifting at the same store.
They were released to their
parents. Harrington is lodged
in Jackson county jail.
Another juvenile was taken
into custody for shoplifting at
Singler's Auto Supply at 220
East Jackson st. He was re
leased to his mother upon the
advice of the juvenile officer,
police said.
Recent Rains Lower
State Fire Threat
By United Press International
Recent rains and cloudy
conditions have reduced fire
danger slightly in Western
Oregon, forestry officials said
today.
The State Forestry depart
ment reported 12 fires burned
20 acres of state-protected
land Tuesday. The largest was
a 10-acre blaze near Roscburg
All but one were man
caused and all have been con
trolled. The U.S. Forest Service re
ported 10 fires in Oregon and
Washington in the 24 hours
ending at 10 a.m. They burned
I less than an acre.
Dr. Minear Visits
Team Workshop
At Hoover School
Dr. Leon Minear, state su
perintendent of public instruc
tion for Oregon, visited the
elementary team teaching
workshop at Hoover school
today.
Dr Minear observed filming
of the worshop, which is be
ing done for distributtion
throughout the state in con
nection with the Oregon Pro-
gram, which is sponsoring
the workshop here. He also
will be in the film.
The workshop is moving'In
lo its last days with several
television presentations sched
uled over the closed circuit
at Hiover. A seminar this
afternoon will be on the role
of the principal and public
relations.
Thursday morning's sched
ule includes science and so
cial studies in the morning
and a public meeting in the
gym starting at 1 p.m. to
morrow. Area residents have
been invited to attend the
public meeting at which ques
tions concerning team teach
ing may be asked for mem
bers of the Lexington, Mass.,
to answer.
The four - member team
from Lexington has been con
ducting the workshop here.
Friday is the last day of
the workshop, but no tele
vision presentations have been
scheduled since the workshop
will be evaluated through a
testing procedure for students
participating and discussions
among the teachers partici
pating. 1,664 Signatures
Are Verified Here
A total of 1,664 signatures
have been verified on peti
tions received by the Jackson
county elections department.
The petitions call for a spe
cial election on the tax pro
gram enacted by the 1963 leg
islature. Nine petitions have yet to
be checked, an elections de
partment spokesman said. A
large number of petitions are
expected this afternoon.
All such petitions must be
in to J. Francyl Howard, Al
bany, president of the Citi
zens' committee for Economi
cal and Equitable Taxation by
Aug. 27.
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 tonight. Parl
iv rloudv and rooler Thurs
day. Low tonight 31, high
Thursday near 80.
Temp.
Highest Vesterdav J
Lowest This Morning . 48
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
Sunrise tomorrow
Moonsrt tonight
First Quarter
PROMINENT STAR
:ilj p.r
25 I I
9:41 p.r
... Aug. :
Veza. high overhead 9:15 P-r
VISII1LE PLANETS
Mars, sets S:?J pr
Saturn, In southeast 9:12 p.r
Jupiter, low In east 10:51 P
U.S. Preparing
To Resume Tests
If Ban Breached
Washington-UJPIi-The United
States is making preparations
to resume atmospheric testing
in the "unhappy eventuality"
that Russia should breach the
nuclear test ban treaty.
President Kennedy told his
news conference Tuesday that
$22 million had been allo
cated to prepare Johnston Is
land in the Pacific for a re
sumption of tests if they
should be required.
Commission Asks
Court to Refer
Problem to DA
Residents of the South Tal
ent interim zoned area and
individual members of the
Jackson county planning com
mission are disturbed over the
lack of action to correct al
leged violations of a wrecking
yard in the area, the planning
commission has written the
county court.
The county court referred
the matter to the district at
torney for investigation.
The letter signed by C. O.
Lovejoy, planning commis
sion president, advised the
county court that the wreck
ing yard is a non-conforming
use within the interim zone
ordinance.
Slate statute provides that
non-operating v e h i c 1 e s for
sale or display outside of
wrecking yard enclosure shall
be in an area of not more
than 5 per cent of the total
wrecking yard area. However,
the wrecking yard in question
has an area as large or larger
than the enclosed area and 90
per cent of it contains wreck
ed vehicles, the commission
charged.
Also, auto parts and junk
are scattered outside the
premises, although stale law
says the wrecker must keep
the outside premises clear and
clean, it charged further.
"If found to be in violation,
the county court is asked to
request the state motor ve
hicle department to revoke
the license to operate this
wrecking yard unless Hie
wrecker agrees to, and docs
comply with the provisions of
state law," the commission
urged.
30 Projects Are
Under Way in City
There are 30 public works
projects now going on in
Medford in the area of street
improvement, and installation
of sanitary and storm sewers,
Vernon Thorpe, city engineer,
announced today, reporting
two more paving projects
which will get under way
this week.
One is on Siskiyou blvd.,
and the other on Olwell Way.
The Siskiyou blvd. project
calls for placing base rock
on part of the street and regu
lar paving on about 150 feet,
Thorpe said. The contract,
granted to M. C. Lininger and
Sons, was for $3,697.50. The
project extends from 10th st.
to Willamette ave.
On Olwell Way, one block
is to be paved and gutters
and sidewalks installed.
Portland Firm Low
Bidder on Project
A Portland firm submitted
the apparent low bid for the
construction of three du
plexes in Crater Lake Na
tional park, according in Na
tional Park service officials.
Roy Berg, Por'l'ind, bid
$138,582 for construction of
the two-story building which
will include six living units
each. An additional bid of
$5,209 was for installation of
utilities.
Garage and utility areas
will be on the first flour with
living quarters on he second
floor. Each unit will include
three bedrooms, living and
dining rooms, kitchen and
bath.
Other bidders w"re Lorcn
S. Ritchie, Medford: Thomas
J. Parker and Associates,
Ashland, and Ausland Con
struction company, Grants
Pass.
He cited this preparation
as one of four safeguards be
ing carried out by the govern
ment to protect U.S. security
under Ihe test ban pact.
Kennedy said the three oth
ers were:
"Activated and vital" nu
clear laboratories to maintain
testing readiness; continuation
of a "vigorous scries" of un
derground tests, and improv
ed methods of detecting any
clandestine nuclear tests.
The test ban dominated dis
cussion at the wide-ranging
news conference in which
Kennedy also called for ap
proval of his foreign aid pro
gram, reported a decline in
Soviet troops in Cuba, ruled
out a summit meeting with
Soviet Premier Nikita Khru
shchev, and rejected job
quotas for Negroes.
The President rejected a
charge by Dr. Edward Teller,
"father of the H-bomb," that
the administration curtailed
atmospheric tests in 1961 for
political reasons. Kennedy
iid. "I don t think that
charge is valid."
He said that every atmos
pheric lest produced fallout
and "we would, it seems to
me, be remiss in not attempt
ing to keep the number of
tests to the minimum consist
ent with our national secur
ity." Kennedy noted there were
36 atmospheric tests in the
1961 scries plus 97 under
ground blasts in the last two
years.
Brown Says Treaty
Would Better U.S.
Military Position
Wnshinglon-IUPD-The Penta
gon's research chief told the
Senate today that the limited
nuclear lest ban treaty would
"actually improve somewhat"
rather than damage the U.S.
military position.
Dr. Harold Brown testified
that even if Ihe Soviet Union
cheated on the treaty "to the
maximum extent possible
with secret tests, they could
not obtain "any substantial
military gain" compared with
unrestricted nuclear testing.
The Defense Department re
search -engineering director
fully supported the treaty and
the general views given pre
viously to the Senate Foreign
Relations, Armed Services
and Atomic committees by
Defense Secretary Robert S.
McNamara.
Brown's testimony follow
ed assurances by President
Kennedy to the Senate that
he would carry out "safe
guards" to protect U.S. se
curity against possible Soviet
treaty violations.
The President, at his news
conference Tuesday, also re
jected a charge of physicist
Edward Teller that the Amer
ican series of atmospheric
tests in 1961-62 was curtailed
for political reasons by the
administration.
Jail Administrative
School Is Slated
A jail administrative one
day school will be sponsored
by the Jackson county sher
iffs office Sept. 3.
The training will be con
ducted by Harold R. Swenson,
correctional program officer,
U. S. department of justice,
bureau of prisons.
The classes will be held in
the courthouse auditorium, j
and will cover all phases of
jail operation.
City, county and slate law
enforcement agencies from
Jackson, Josephine and
Klamath counties plan to send
representatives. ,
I Police Press Search
I For Holdup Suspect
l Portland - UPli - Police to-
day pressed their search for a
well - dressed
held up the
I branch of the Willamette
Savings and Loan association
in northeast Portland Tucs-
' day morning.
I The man, who was reported
carrying a chrome-plated re
I volvcr. escaped with $3,163.
PRESSES EAR A rescue worker Dresses his ear to the six,
inch pipe Tuesday through which communication and sup
plies are maintained with trapped miners David Fellin, 58,
and Henry Throne, 51, some 300 feet below the surface. The
two trapped miners communicated with the third miner, in
another part of the shaft, by tapping on the wall and told
rescuers that Louis Bova, 42,
not covered with rock. (UPI)
Crews Drill New
Hole in Effort
To Save Miners
Hazelton, Pa. -(UPD- Rescue
workers began anew today
the grueling task of drilling
through 331 feet of rock and
earth to reach three miners
buried for nine days by a
cave in.
Teller Invitation
To Meet Recalled
While Sulphur Springs, W.
Va. -IUPII- Southern governors
uninvited" Dr. Edward Tel
ler from their annual meeting
today to avoid a battle over
the hotly disputed nuclear
test ban treaty.
Teller, who opposes ratifi
cation of the treaty, was "in
vited" to the annual confer
ence of southern and border
stale governors by the South
ern Interstate Nuclear Board,
a compact among the states,
apparently with the idea he
would speak on the final day
of the meeting here.
But when the governors got
wind of Tuesday's invitation,
conference chairman Gov. Or
val Faubus of Arkansas let it
be known thai the distinguish
ed nuclear scientist would not
be asked to address the gover
nors. Faubus advised Teller it
might be embarrassing for
him to appear at the plush
mountain resort hotel where
the conference was winding
up today.
Teller was reported to have
departed Washington Tuesday
night on an overnight train,
then left the train before it
arrived here and returned to
Washington.
He was to speak at the Na
tional Press club in Washing
ton today.
Soviet Troops Evacuate Cuba
Washington - IUPII - Some
2,000 Soviet military person
nel, mostly combat troops, ap
pear to have left Cuba in the
last three months, sources
with access to U.S. intelli
gence reported today.
President Kennedy told his
news conference Tuesday
there had been "a decline" in
Soviet forces in Cuba in the
past two and one-half months.
gunman who i But he did not give the num
Walnut Park ; ber.
Kennedy said the U.S. mili
tary intelligence community
believed the troops remaining
were mainly concerned with
training the Cuban armed
forces rather than being "con
centrated military units."
If yM
the third, was bleeding but
A 12-inch drill ground to
within 138 feet of two of the
miners , Tuesday but the
hoped-for escape channel had
to be abandoned when one of
the trapped men, David Fel
lin, 58, reported by telephone
that pressure was causing
cracks in Ihe ceiling of . the
tiny chamber where he is
entombed with Henry
Throne, 28.
The third miner, Louis
Bova, 42, is separated from
Fellin and Throne by a wall
of debris.
Sixteen hours were con
sumed in sinking the probe.
Its withdrawcl indefinitely
prolonged the desperate effort
to rescue Fellin, Throne and
Louis Bova.
Suggests Removal
Fellin, communicating
through a six-inch-wide hole
drilled earlier, suggested
that the probe be moved. Of
ficials withdrew their equip
ment and planned a new
probe 18 feet west of the
present hole, to start as soon
as the drill could be moved.
Fellin and Throne have
been in good condition
throughout their ordeal.
They joked and conversed
with their wives over the
phone Tuesday. But for 39
hours since 9 a.m., EDT,
Monday Bova had remained
silent; he was feared dead.
Three taps the traditional
sign of safety in the Pennsyl
vania mines disclosed late
Tuesday that Bova still was
alive. Fellin, who had shout
ed to his co-worker to tap,
relayed the dramatic news to
the surface.
CONE APPOINTED
Salem-lUPI)-E. E. Cone, Eu
gene, has been appointed a
member of the State Speed
Control Board for a two-year
term beginning Sept. 10, the
governor's office announced
today.
"But there are still Russians
there," Kennedy said, "and
tliis is still a matter of con
cern to us."
Asked to estimate how
many Soviet troops had been
withdrawn, the President re
plied: "It Is difficult for us to
say precisely."
The a d m 1 n 1 s tration has
been reluctant to make public
its estimates of Soviet troops
in Cuba for these reasons: Dif
ferent intelligence channels
vary on how many troops
have left and on how many
were there in the first place.
Officials believe the Russians
are likely to remove more
troops if they can do so quietly-
Less Than 3,000
Names Still Needed
Salem-OJPIl-The 1963 legis
lature's $60 million tax in
crease measure has been re
ferred to a special election
Oct. 15, a survey by United
Press International revealed
today.
A check of county clerks in
each of Oregon's 36 counties
showed more than 20,208 re-
referral petition signatures al
ready have been certified, and
more than 8,254 have been
turned in but not yet check
ed.
A total of 23,185 signatures
are needed before the spe
cial election can be called.
Anticipating a possible re
ferral of the tax increase
package, the legislature set
aside $300,000 and the Oct. 15
date for a special election be
fore it adjourned last spring.
More Petitions Expected
Clerks in several counties
said they expected more pe
titions to be turned in. They
reported they were finding
from 80 to 90 per cent of
the signatures submitted to
be valid.
This would mean that the
8,254 still unchecked signa
tures would produce mora
than the total needed to re
quire the special election.
When told of the poll re
sults, Gov. Mark Hatfield told
UPI "if the remaining signa
tures are valid, the people
will have to face up to the
reality of deciding the ques
tion of vastly increased prop
erty taxes or vastly decreased
educational opportunities."
Circulation of petitions was
begun Aug. 6 by J. Francyl
Howard, editor of weekly
newspapers in Albany and
Corvallis.
Deadline Sept. 1
Deadline for filing petitions
with the secretary of state is
5 p.m. Sept. 1.
Education groups, organiz
ed labor and the Associated
Oregon Industries are on rec
ord as opposed to referral,
and a spirited pre-election
battle could result over the
issue.
At the special Oct. 15 elec
tion Oregon voters would
either approve or reject the
legislature's tax measure. If
approved It would become
law, retroactive to Jan. 1,
1963.
If rejected, Hatfield would
have to trim $60 million from
the state's $404 general fund
biennium budget, or call a
special legislature session so
lawmakers could make the
cuts or enact a new tax meas
ure. Scotland Yard Net
Closes on Robbers
London flJPD Scot land
Yard appeared today to ba
closing the net on Britain's
record train robbery gang and
the remainder of its S7.3 mil
lion loot.
"We certainly think arrests
are immiment and we hope
they will be," Det. Supt. Ger
ald McArthur in charge of
headquarters for the manhunt
at Aylesbury, Bucking ham-
shire, said Tuesday night.
It was the most optimistic
police statement to date in the
search for the well-organized
gang that robbed a Glasgow
London mail train near Ched
dington two weeks ago. Five
persons have been arrested so
far in connection with the
crime and $667,420 of the loot
recovered.
A London newspaper, the
Daily Herald, reported that
an underworld stool pigeon
has given police full details
on how the robbery was car
ried out and the names of 31
members of the gang includ
ing hijackers and accomplices.
It was variously estimated
there were 21,000 or 22,000
Soviet military personnel in
Cuba at the height of the Oc
tober crisis. Kennedy said
previously that 5,000 left in
November and, taking into ac
count some new arrivals, a net
of some 4,000 left during
March and April.
This would have left some
12,000-13,000 in late April.
The departure of 2,000 more
would leave 10,000-11,000 So
viet military personnel In.
Cuba. Most of the 2,000 recent
departures were reported to
have been combat troops.
There have been 5,000 to
6,000 of these. -
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