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DON RESCUE GEAR Rescue workers don their rescue
scar in preparation for going down main shaft of Texas
Gulf Sulphur company's Cane Creek Potash operation at
Two Rescued, 23 Others
Remain Trapped in
Bill Clears Way
For Legislation
On Surplus Power
Washington-lUPI)-The House
Tuesday approved Senate
passed legislation intended
to pave the way for construc
tion of transmission lines to
carry surplus power from
federal dams in the Pacific
Northwest as far south ts I
Los Angeles. I
But the legislation, as
passed by the House on a
voice vote, contained a con
troversial amendment re
quiring the Interior Depart
ment to get specific congres
sional approval for the con
struction of federar transmis
sion lines outside the Pacific
Northwest.
Despite their distaste for
the amendment offered by
Rep. Jack Westland (R
Wash.) other backers of the
bill quietly went along with
it. Apparently feeling that
the amendment would help
get the bill through the
House, they pinned their
hopes on its elimination by
a House-Senate conference.
First Call
The legislation would give
the Pacific Northwest first
call on power produced at
federal dams. II was designed
to meet objections that firm
power now going to private
industry might be drained
away under federal power
laws.
The measure would pro
vide an exemption from laws
which give public agoncics
first call on power from all
federal projects.
NEVS($)BRIEFS
IT IMS OM lk iSy M0UND IHI l0M
MILITARY TAKES BLAME FOR RAIDS
Saigon. South Viet Nam-UPI-South Vietnamese military
leaders, whose forces are supported by American aid, put
themselves in direct conflict with the United States today
with their acceptance of full responsibility for the recent
raids on Buddhist pagodas.
The military chiefs said they, and not Ngo Dinh Nhu.
initiated the crackdown which resulted in the arrest of
thousands of Buddhist leaders and the imposition of mar
tial law throughout this Communist-threatened country.
SEARCH BEGINS FOR MISSING MEN
Ketchikan, Alaska-IPI-An extensive air search was
started Tuesday for the superintendent of Alaska's largest
logging camp and his young nephew, overdue on a goat
hunting expedition to high country near the Canadian
border. ,
COMMITTEE TO MEET WITH RUSK
Washington-1! Pl-The Senate Foreign Relations commit
tee arranged a closed session with Secretary of State Dean
Rusk today before getting down to actual consideration of
klhe nuclear test ban treaty.
Moab, Utah-lUPII-Two men
were rescued today from a
3,000-foot-deep potash mine
in which they and 23 others
were trapped by a fiery ex
plosion. At least seven other men
were known to be alive in
side the mine.
One "of-'the rescued men,
identified as Don Hanna,
Price, Utah, told rescuers he
was "all right."
The other's name and con
dition were not determined
immediately.
Hanna was brought up first
by rescue workers who gave
him oxygen from a portable
container while he was lifted
to the surface in a buckei
used for ore.
Both men were able l
stand on their feet when they
reached the top shortly before
noon (PDT). They had been
imprisoned since the explo
sion nearly 19 hours before,
at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Earlier a rescue worker
made voice contact with the
nine men.
The worker, one of a dozen
rescuers who braved deadly
gases and 130-degree heat in
search of the trapped men, said
he made the voice contact
while exploring debris deep
in the mint.
He said the men were be
hind boulders. He asked how
many were alive, and the
answer was "nine."
There was no immediate
word about the fate of the
other 16. All of the trapped
men were construction work
ers. They were in the mine
Tuesday afternoon when an
explosion rocked the multi
million dollar potash facility
situated in a ruggedly beau
tiful valley in the remote
southeast corner of the state
known as the Utah Badlands.
Rescue teams encountered
carbon monoxide fumes as
they went into the charred
shaft, but they said air pocketi
may have been formed in the
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY,
Moab. Utah, today. Some 25 workers are trapped at about
the 3.000 foot level of the mine. (UPI)
mine, permitting survivors of
the explosion to breathe.
The vertical mine shaft
plunges 2,713 feet into the
earth, and two drifts or tun
nels branch out from the bot
tom. One shaft is 3,300 feet
long and drops at a 10 per
cent grade while the other,
2,500 feet long, is level for
a short distance and then
goes downward at a 14 per
cent grade.
The report that some of the
men survived the blast came
after earlier pessimistic state
ments. Rescue teams were hopeful
today that at least some of the
men were alive. They said
Krouse Nominated
For Youth Exchange
Philip Krouse, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Krouse, Ap
plegate, is one of four young
men and women in Oregon
who have been nominated to
participate in the 1964 Inter
national Farm Youth Ex
change (IFYE) program.
The announcement was
made by Miss Ruth Brasher,
Oregon State university exten
sion 4-H club agent.
Others nominated from Ore
gon are Nellie Joan Van Cal
car, Coos Bay; Susan Amund
sen, Astoria, and William
Crook, Pistol River. Final se
lection will be made by the
National 4-H Club foundation
which also assigns IFYE's to
their host countries.
The nominees will be intro
duced Sunday, Sept. 1, during
the IFYE program at the Ore
gon State fair.
Krouse has completed one
year at Oregon State univer
sity and has been a 4-H mem
ber for 1 1 years as well as
being active in Future Farm
ers of America. His parents
own a farm in Jackson coun
ty. ! Travelers to Cuba
Worried About Trip
Madrid -HOT- A group of 54
I American students who defied
a government ban on travel
to Cuba today were reported
worried about the effect the
trip will have on their future.
Several have refused to
give their names or home
towns to reporters on the
ground they might face dis
missal from colleges or be
barred from enrolling.
They were expected to fly
to New York Thursday and
face removal of passports by
the State Department and pos
sible prosecution for viola
tion of the Cuba travel ban.
Maximum penalties are five
years in prison and a S5.000
fine.
Salem-CPI'-The Oregon law
governing the hours of serv
ice of truck drivers will go
out of existence next Tues
day, the public utility com-
mfcsioner said toay.
Tribune
AUGUST 28, 1963
there was a possibility that
parts of the crew was strand
ed in passage - ways leading
from the base of the vertical
shaft of the mine where rescue
squads worked in 130 degree
temperatures.
JFK Stresses Civil
Rights in Labor
Day Statement
Washington - IUPH - In a La
bor Day statement heavily
emphasizing civil rights, Pres
ident Kennedy said today
1963 probably will go down
as one of the turning points
in the history of American
labor.
Kennedy noted that income,
production and employment
all have reached new peaks in
the nation. He indicated satis
faction with the "continued
steady gain in living stand
ards" of Americans, and he
cited figures showing that
more than 70 million persons
are employed, with the aver
age weekly factory wages at
an all-time high of more than
$100 a week.
But, the President said,
there still are many people
who are not tasting the fruit
of economic progress.
Release of the statement by
the White House on the day
of the massive civil rights
march on Washington appear
ed to be no coincidence.
Albany Haircuts
Increased to $2
Albany, Ore. - lUPli - Prices
in nearly all Albany barber
shops will go up 25 cents
Sept. 3. it was announced to
day by Bill Smith, president
of Barbers Local 468.
Haircuts for adults will be
S2. For children 11 years and
under the price will be $1.75.
Prices also are going up in
Corvallis.
Smith said the price sched
ule follows "earlier leads" by
Portland, which raised prices
in July of 1962, and several
coastal cities.
This is the first price change
in Albany since July of 1959.
Money Reported Gone
From Ashland Firms
Ashland - Two Ashland
business establishments were
burglarized last night and a
total of about $100 in cash
was taken.
Police said someone broke
into the Dee Ide Mobil sta
tion on North Main st.
through a rear window and
into the Snow White Freeze
on Siskiyou blvd. by prying
open a back door.
Between $40 and $50 was
missing from the service sta
tion, $56 from the ice cream
mrlor.
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58th Year Price 10 Cents
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Solons Expect
To Pass Bill to
Avert Rail Strike
Walkout Deadline
Set for Midnight
Washington -ilIPD- Congress
was expected today to beat a
midnight strike deadline and
enact legislation to avert a
nationwide railroad strike.
A House leader predicted
approval of a Senate-passed
bill to refer the two major
issues in the rail dispute
firemen's jobs and composi
tion of train crews to an ar
bitration board for a binding
decision.
The Senate approved the
measure and sent it to Presi
dent Kennedy for his signa
ture, hopefully before 12:01
a.m. Thursday when the rail
roads plan to put strike-triggering
new work rules into'
effect.
Barring any last-minute
legislative snags, government
officials predicted there
would be no strike. The rail
road unions have threatened
a walkout if the work rules
are put into effect.
Chairman Oren Harris ID
Ark.) of the House Commerce
committee, who is charged
with guiding the bill to pas
sage, told a reporter: "I don't
think we'll have any trouble."
Two House members who
had supported union opposi
tion to the legislation said
they would vote for the Senate-approved
bill as the best
solution available.
Rep. John B. Bennett (R
Mich.) said the hill was "the
best way out of an unsatis
factory and almost impos
sible situation." Rep. Harley
O. Staggers (D-W. Va.), said
the measure was not loo far
from the stand taken by the
unions last week. .... .
As passed by the Senate,
the legislation would set up
a seven-man board two each
representing the railroads
and the unions and three rep
resenting the public to arbi
trate the two key issues. The
arbitration award would be
in effect for two years.
Workers Approve
Three-Year Pact
Portland - WPP.- Officials of
the International Woodwork
ers of America (IWA) and
Lumber and Sawmill Work
ers Union (LSW) announced
today their members have
ratified three-year contracts
with the Timber Operators
Council and three independent
firms.
The contracts call for wage
increases of 30 4 cents an
hour.
The independents are Pot
latch Forests Inc. of northern
Idaho and Montana and two
Tillamook firms, Diamond
Lumber Co. and American
Wood Preserving Co.
Harvey Nelson, president of
the IWA's Region 3, said
workers voted overwhelming
ly in favor of the TOC agree
ment in a referendum con
ducted by that union. He de
clined to give any figures.
The LSW left it up to its
locals to approve or reject
the contract, and Ted Prusia,
executive secretary of the
Willamette Valley District
Council, said all have gone
along.
Fishing Vessel
Subsidy Is Upped
Washington -WPP- The Sen
ate Commerce committee vot
ed Tuesday to increase feder
al subsidies for construction
of fishing vessels by $10 mil
lion a year.
The bill, approved during a
closed door session, would ex
pand the existing program by
making more builders' eligible
for matching aid, and increase
the subsidies from $2.5 to
$12.5 million a year for the
next five years.
The subsidies would range
up to 55 per cent of the cost
of building fishing vessels,
similar to the present pro
gram of federal subsidies for
commercial cargo and passen
ger ship construction.
URGED PARTICIPATION
Salcm-iUrii-Gov. Mark Hat
field today urged Oregonians
to participate in observance
of National Child Safety
week, Sept. 4-11.
DEMONSTRATORS GATHER This aerial nation's capital
view shows demonstrators gathered near forming on the
the Washington Monument for the start of tent at upper
the March on Washington ceremonies in the
Khrushchev, Tito
To Call Summit
Meeting for Reds
Pula, Yugoslavia -(UPI) So
viet Premier Nikita Khru
shchev and President Tito in
tend to call a summit confer
ence of Communist parties to
stand up and be counted for
either Moscow or Peking in
the ideological dispute, veter
an diplomatic observers said
today.
The observers said the two
Communist leaders have
worked out a joint policy for
battling a Red Chinese bid for
leadership of the Communist
camp.
During Khrushchev's cur
rent 15-day visit to Yugoslav
ia, the Soviet premier and
Tito have reached an under
standing for a new "collabor
ation" between their two
countries. Both have been tar
gets of bitter Chinese criti
cism. The quarrel revolves on
Khrushchev's policy of peace
ful coexistence based on the
belief that communism will
overcome capitalism without
resort to a nuclear war that
could destroy the world. The
Peking regime insists on a
more militant policy calling
for armed rebellion to spread
communism.
An announcement Tuesday
night said Khrushchev and
Tito had discussed the inter
national Communist move
ment, with emphasis o n
"strengthening the unity" of
the movement.
Trucking Operation
Found in Violation
A cattle trucking operation
in the North Central Point
zone is in violation of the
zoning ordinance. Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Thomas Owens
said this morning.
He said he has dictated a
letter to the county court stat
ing that. He has suggested that
the trucking operator be giv
en a reasonable time to cease
his operation or apply for a
zone variance.
"There is some evidence
that this man has started the
operation in good faith and
is not in violation of the ordi
nance per sc, that is the op
eration in itself is not objec
tionable," Owens explained.
Meanwhile, County Judge
Earl M. Miller said this morn
ing he has not received the
district attorney's letter on the
alleged violation of the South
Talent interim zone. It was
not on the agenda for today's
county court meeting. He said
he would consider it as soon
ast arrived.
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Growers Term This
Third Worst Year
On Record in Area
Most Jackson county fruit
growers expect to complete
the first phase of their pear
harvest by the end of this
week and are calling this the
third worst year on record.
Many packing houses ex
pect to complete picking of
Bartletts this week end. Some
said their crops are below
what was originally estimat
ed, and others said although
they have about 20 per cent
of a normal crop, it is close
to pre-season estimates.
This season ranks with
1943's short crop year and
the 1954 year when the crop
was severely frost damaged.
Three packing houses, part
of two packing house opera
tions, did not open this season
and a fourth is not packing
Bartletts, according to re
ports. Most packing houses
arc running short crews and
short hours. One packing
house is running 10 hours a
day with a short crew.
Bartletts have been brought
in from Roseburg for the first
time In many years in an at
tempt to increase the pack
out.
Growers expect to com
plete the harvest in Septem
ber and start work on next
year's crop in October. They
have their fingers crossed on
WEATHER
FOIIKCAST: fair and warm
Indiv and Thursday. I.w to
night 51, high Thursday 90.
Temp.
Hliliril Yesterday no
LoweiiL This Mnrnlng 55
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:54 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 6:32 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow .. 1:11 a.m.
Full Mnun Sept. 3
I'KO.MINKNT STAR
Arrtitrus, sets ..11:46 p.m.
VISII11.K PLANETS
Mars, sets 9:06 p.m.
Jupiter, rises 9:57 p.m.
Saturn, due south .. 12:10 a.m.
Microphone,
Chamber of
Sheppton, Pa. -HJPli- Rescue
workers drilled through 305
feet of earth, rock and coal
today to the chamber where
they believe Louis Bova, 42,
has been trapped since Aug.
13. They lowered a micro
phone and camera to detect
possible signs of life.
The super sensitive mike,
capable of picking up the
slightest breath or heartbeat,
was lowered by rope down a
12Vi inch wide shaft, which
was completed shortly after
8 a.m. EDT. A camera also
vas lowered.
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today. Entertainers are per-
stage at upper right. The
left is March headquarters,
(UPI)
the D'Anjou crop. Pressure
tests indicate this variety is
ripening much slower than
expected which could mean
a few days' lag between Bart
lelt and D'Anjou picking.
Sixty-seven Mexican Na
tionals will be brought into
the vallev near the season's
end. This is the smallest num
ber on record, one fruii in
dustry snnke.smnn said "Wo
just can't afford them," an
owner of one of the larger
packing houses said.
One shinner and rrnwur
was optimistic over the con-
auion oi me trees, fear trees
generally seem to be makine
excellent growth and are
showing good bud develop
ment due to Dlentv nf rain
and a mild season. Hot weath
er which usually comes this
time of year is hard on the
foliage, he said. Much of the
good growth reflects recov
ery from psylla infestations.
Packing house owners re
marked this is the second bad
vear in a row. A thlrH nru
year next season will force
some nouses out oi business.
Last year was long on ton
nage, but short on pear re
ceipts, they noted.
Usually about 9,000 to
10,000 tons of Bartletts are
being canned locally. Far less
is being canned this year. A
few token shipments are go
ing to outside canneries in an
attempt to keep old custom
ers.
The Yakima, Wash., price
this Vear which is imprt ac a
base cannery price locally is
Siuo a ton for No. 1 grade
Dears nlus $2.50 for haiilinp-
$70 on No. 2's plus hauling
cnarges oi $2.50. Most pack-
ina hniisr rnntar-tprl pstimnl.
ed they were getting most of
tneir Bartletts in the $100 a
ton classification.
Camera Lowered to
Third Trapped Miner
Lt. Richard Anderson, a
U.S. Navy survival expert,
listened at the surface through
specially designed earphones
for any trace of Bova.
All drilling stopped and the
crowd of onlookers was push
ed back to cut down the noise.
Rescuers said the mike would
be "left down there" until It
was definitely established
whether there was a trace of
life. They said this could
"take hours."
Though there has been no
ciimunication from Bova for
Marchers Appear
In Holiday Mood
During Mass Meet
Rally Ends With
Fervor of Revival
Washington (TTPn IVmnn.
strators tentatively estimated
ai lva.uuu to 200,000 strong
marched "for jobs and free
dom" here today in Ameri
ca's greatest rally for Negro
rights.
The throng gathered in the
space between the Washing
ton Monument and the Lin
coln Memorial was greater
than the population of many
an American city. It was an
orderly crowd which began
the march in a holiday mood
and concluded it with all the
fervor of a gigantic revival
meeting.
Massed Crowd
The DrCSS was sn nrnat that
hundreds fainted, and had to
be lifted bodily over the
massed crowd and carried to
itrst aid tents.
Many of the thousand
unable to' get within seeing
distance of the Lincoln Me
morial where the m a i n r
speeches of the day were
made. Monster traffic jamj
threatened as manv nf the vis
itors attempted to make their
way DacK to trains and buses.
It took 2VS hours to get all
of the marchers assnmhloH in
the monument grounds for
me short parade to the me
morial. The Rev. Fred r.. Shuttle.
worth, a leader in the Bir
mingham, Ala., desegregation
effort, said today's march will
"inpvitnhlv IasH tn
break of little? Washington'!
in over the country."
"We now need to oroaniza
similar demonstrations
throughout the country," he
said, "so the Negro every
where can lift up his head."
It was' t symbolic "march
for jobs and freedom" which
covered an actual distance of
only eight-tenths of a mile.
But demonstration leaders
called It a trek o far greater
dimensions for the future of
America. They said:
"We march to redress old
grievances and to help
resolve an American crisis."
The marchers came here
aboard 20 special trains, near
ly 700 buses, nine chartered
planes, and by car and foot.
An early morning trickle of
arrivals swelled in a few brief
hours to scores of thousands.
At 11:15 a.m. EDT, police
estimated the crowd jammed
between the monument stag
ing grounds and the Lincoln
Memorial at 100,000 and still
growing.
Beekman House Due
For Coat of Paint
Preparation for painting
the Beekman house in Jack
sonville will start some time
Thursday, Jackson County
Commissioner Donald Faber
said this morning.
The U.S. National Bank of
Portland, Medford branch,
has donated the paint, he said,
and county prisoners probably
will scrape old paint off with
the county maintenance crew
painting, Faber said.
County Judge Earl Miller
said that while painting the
house is not in the agreement
with the Siskiyou Pioneer
Sites Foundation, administer
ing agency for the house, the
county court is glad to coop
erate. It has been suggested that
a landscape artist plan land
scaping of the Beekman house
grounds.
Further restoration work
in Jacksonville includes brick
ing up a large hole at the rear
of the old U. S. hotel, replac
ing mortar between some o
the bricks and plans for ap
plying a sealant in the near
future.
A large fireplace at the
rear of the building on the
main floor has been restored,
also, it was reported at last
night's meeting of the Sis
kiyou Pioneer Sites Founda
tion. eight days, David Fellin and
Henry Throne - who were
dramatically rescued early
Tuesday - believe their com
rade still may be alive.
The effort to locate .3ava
also Involved two other
shafts - a three-inch hole that
nearly was at the 178 -foot
mark, and a 6 '2-inch shaft
that had progressed more
than 100 feet.
The shafts, within a dozen
feet of each other, were plot
ted by Fellin, 58, who blue
printed today's drilling.