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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1963
No. 139
JFK Makes (Public Mpeal for
Ekstoral of Foreign Ai
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HOME FOR MINERS Here is the mine shaft that was
home for trapped miners David Fellin and Henry Throne
for two weeks. Miner's helt hangs from timber (left), and
Kennedy Plans
State to Check
September Visit
Part of Western
Inspection Trip
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribunt
Washington Correspondent
Washington - (Special) -President
Kennedy reported
ly is considering taking a
look at the proposed Oregon
Dunes National Seashore next
month on a flying western in
spection trip of conservation
projects.
The White House and In
terior Department are map
ping out a trip that would
include the Pacific Northwest
if international issues don't
prevent the trip.
Senator Maurine Neuberg
er has been advised that Ken
nedy plans to touch down in
Oregon if he makes the trip.
It would be his first visit to
the state since his election as
President. He visited the
Seattle Worlds Fair last year
but flew over Oregon without
stopping en route to Califor
nia. The Oregon Senator is eag
er for the President to see the
Oregon dunes area because
she is enlisting support for
her "sill to create a new Na
tional Seashore Park on the
Oregon Coast. The Kennedy
administration supports her
bill, which is expected to be
reDorted favorably in modi
fied form from the Senate In-!
lerior Committee after Labor :
Day.
Rep. Robert Duncan Is
sponsoring a smaller park 1
bill in the House. The Ken
nedy administration prefers
the Neubcrger bill. ,
If the President docs take
time to look at Oregon dunes,
his inspection will probably
be by air and not on the
ground, informed sources say.
VFW Adopts Bill
Opposing Test Ban
Seattle -UHi- The 64th an
nual convention of the Vetcr-!
ans of Foreign Wars Thurs-
day adopted, without opposi-
tion, a resolution opposing
Senate ratification of the nu-
rlear test ban treaty.
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DEFECTOR ARRIVES WITH WIFE
Hong Kong-'IPI Albert C. Belhoiame. Belgian-born for
mer U.S. Arsny seraeenl who defected to Communist China
10 years (go, arrived bar today with his Chinee ife ana
tht lhrtt sons ht base will baee "a belter future ta tbe
outside worle."
CASTRO PAYS FOR STUDENTS' EXPENSES
New York-IPI-lt cost Fidel Castro at least S150.000
from a dollar-short national treasury to pa the expemtat
of S3 American students for seven weeks in Cube as gov
ernment gueets. it was estimated here today.
AAS TRY TO DILUTE RESOLUTION
United Nations. N.Y.-'IPI-The Arab states, backed by
Russia, today sought lo dilute an Anglo-American resolu
tion condemning the "wanton murder" of two Israelis in
a raid on the Syrian-Israeli border.
SEARCHERS FIND 'FLOATING JUNKYARD'
Miami-'IPI-Searchers looking for two missittg Air Force
Stratoiankers and II crewmen found a 10aillaquare
Viloating junkyard" of debris Viday in the- Allet!:.) 2S0
4.niles southwest of Bermuda, tru a fftae$
Public Assistance
Payments Exceed
ADDfODriated Sum
Salem -IUPD- Public assist
ance payments in Oregon dur
ing July - the first month of
the 1963-65 biennium - were
more than $113,000 more
than had been alloted, the
State Public Welfare commis
sion was advised today.
Welfare Administrator An
drew Juras blamed the over
allotment expenditures on the
lumber strike, and a tempo
rary lull in agricultural em
ployment. Juras said "if this keeps
up, we will have to sound
the alarm.'1
General assistance was
S104.763 over budget, old age
assistance medical over $28.
1RR, aid to dependent rhil-
New Traffic Lane
Opens Near Store
The new traffic lane for
northbound traffic at the
corner of West Main and Ham
ilton sis. will be open to
motorists today, City En
gineer Vernon Thorpe report
ed. The lane, which will be for
northbound traffic moving
into Rose ave., was made pos
sible by the deeding of a
triangle to the city by Safe
way Stores.
The lane is at the intersec
tion where Hamilton, West
Main and Rose will be clear
ing traffic coming to and from
Safeway's new store, nearing
completion at the corner of
West Main and Hamilton sts.
The triangle deeded to the
city is 42 feet long on Hamil
ton St. and 22 feet long on
West Main. The lane will be
primarily for northbound
Hamilton st. traffic, Thorpe
said.
FIPM PURCHASED
Portland -JUPI- A New York
based firm has purchased the
Northwestern Ice and Cold
Storage Co. here for s price
reported to be in excess of SI
million.
on floor are sleeping bass, coveralls, and thermos jtiRS.
Photo was made Thursday by lowering camera into the
chamber and firing it electronically. (L'Pl)
Trip to
Dunes
dren over $40,649. aid to dis
abled over $3,200. and two
nursing home programs over
$71 and $256.
Eleven of the programs
were under budget amounts
ranging from $286 to $16,370.
In the new medical aid to
the aged program, $15,690
more was spent far drugs
than had been budgeted, hos-
pltal payments were $4,200
over budget, and miscellane
ous expenditures $9,410 over
expectation.
These were offset by pay
ments lo physicians which
were almost $30,000 less than
expected, and nursing home
payments which were $7,270
under budget.
Before Revision
At the meeting the former
medical aid to the aged pro
gram which was in effect fr.r
20 months before being re
vised by the 1963 legislature,
was reviewed.
During the period of the
old program, Nov. 1. 1961.
I to June 30, 1963, 12.574 ip
j plied, and 9,368 applications
were approved,
i Benefits were actually paid
I to 4,372 persons and the av
I erage payment per case was
j$206.
! The average hospital stay
l was eight days, and the aver
! age nursing home stay 24 ' i
! days under the old program,
j Payments of $903,599 were
made. $221,468 to physicians.
and $682,131 to hospitals and
nursing homes.
The program was expand" d
' and liberalized by the legis
lature because participation
: in the former program war
' far below expectations.
County Applies for
! Television Hook-up
The Jackson county school
superintendent's office has ap-
plied lo the county court for
! sn educational television
hook-up.
I "This does not mean thai
I this county is moving into
educational television." Assist
! ant County School Superin-
tendent Dra Cox emphasized
, this mornina
"The hookup will he with
channels 7 and 10 sn local
educators can see what is
available on programs from
I Portland and Corvallis. ' Cox
explained.
The television hookup
would not cost the county
nor the school superintend
ent's office any money. Cox
I said. The television receiver is
already located in the coun
ty curriculum materials cen
ter. "This is the first time this
office has been aware of the
availability of this educational
television hookup." Cox said
PROMOTION
Portland - I'PI' Kenneth
H. Spies, deputy director ol
the Oregon State Board of
Health's division of sanita
tion and engineering, has been
promoted lo director of ihe
eUvkioa.
DA to Investigate
Possible Foul Play
In Mine Accident
Shcppton, Pa.-lUPII-A televi
sion camera today recorded
"what appears to be a body"
in the same underground
chamber occupied for 15 days
by two rescued miners. Dist.
Alty. Harry Lighthouse ar
rived at the scene to "see if
there is any foul play to be
investigated."
Lighthouse's a p p e arance
came as rescuers prepared to
lower a volunteer more than
300 feet in an effort to find
Louis Bova, trapped since
Aug. 13 by a cave-in.
"I'll see if there is any
foul play to be investigated,"
Lighthouse said. "I've heard
about some puzzling develop
ments. I'm putting everyone
on notice that there could pos
sibly bp something in my
jurisdiction. "
Chief Detective
Lighthouse . was accompa
nied by William Keuch, chief
Schuylkill county detective.
H. Beecher Charmbury,
stale mines chief, said the
television ' camera recorded
what looked like the "entire
body of a man" in the same
chamber in which David Fel
lin and Henry Throne were
trapped.
They were rescued Tuesday
but Bova had been separated
from the other two by a wall
of rubble and was last heard
from four days after the cave
in. Charmbury said the camera
showed "a miner's hat, head,
shoulders, arms, legs and
boots." He said it appeared
lo be in a sitting position
against a wooden post.
107 Petitions Are
Checked by Clerk
The Jackson county elec
tions department late Thurs
day completed checking 107
petitions referring the legis
lature's $80 million tax pro
gram to the voters. A total
of 6.069 signatures nn the
petitions were found to be
valid.
According to Counly Clerk
E. M. Madden, the petitions
are being taken tn Albany
today by Mrs. Lea J. Zundel,
2148 Starlight lane, county
coordinator for circulating
the petitions. They will the:i
be taken by J. Francyl How
ard lo the secretary of state
office in Salem for filing.
Madden reminded residents
that those who have moved
since they registered to vole
and wish to vote in the Oct.
IS special election, must no
tify the elections department
of the change of address.
New residents who will
have lived in the state six
months and in the precinct
30 days by Oct. 15 are eligi
ble lo register and vole in the
election. Madden noted.
Residents who have not reg
istered, or who need to regis
ter, may do so at the county
courthouse until 8 p m. Satur
day. Scpl 14.
WEATHER
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through Saturday with ritcr
rd licht showfr. or posiihlr
thundTinrm8 during the ft
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Our Skies Tonight
SunvH today . . V.Mt p.m.
Siinrlsf tomorrow . ,m.
Moonsrt tomorrow . . 2-M a.m.
Full Moon ... Sept. 1
PROM1NKNT STAP
c. high overhfJid J:0S p.m.
VIMIII.K PLANETS
Mar, set - : p.m.
Saturn. In iouthrat V04 p m.
VupMer, l 'a, ta-t to 14 p.m.
U. S. Refuses to
Surrender Two
ist Priests
Saigon, South Viet Nam -(UPll
- The United Slates stood
firm today on its refusal to
give up two Buddhist refu
gees despite an apparent eas
ing of tension in South Vict
Nam's religious-political cri
sis. Diplomatic sources said
U. S. Ambassador Henry
Cabot Lodge again turned
down Thursday night a gov
ernment request to hand over
two Buddhist priests who
took refuge in the U.S. aid
mission during the raids on
pagodas last week.
The request was made by
Acting Foreign Minister Tru
ong Cong Cuu in a 25-minute
telephone conversation with
Lodge, the sources said.
Cuu reportedly told Lodge
the government released a
large number of Buddhist
priests and students Thursday
in an effort to reduce the ten
sion tha.t built up in the light
ning repression of the coun
try's Buddhists.
The releases followed a re
laxation of the original 9
p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew and
other restrictions imposed
under martial law decreed 10
days ago.
The United States has voic
ed strong disapproval of the
government's strongarm lac
tics in the crackdown on
Buddhist opposition, and the
Washington and Saigon gov
ernments have differed pub
licly over who initiated the
raids and wholesale arrests.
Three Killed i--
Oregon Accidents
By United Press International
Three persons died in auto
accidents in Oregon Thursday,
two of them in a two-lruck ac
cident near Oakridgc. '
Jack Edwin Wiley. 17, and
Kennclh Edmund Heinrich,
16, both of Oakridge, were
killed instantly when their
pickup truck collided head-on
with a truck and trailer just
west of Willamette city on
Highway 58.
Driver of the truck and
trailer rig, Robert Dewey Hil
linga, 23, Boise, Idaho, was
not hurt.
A sailor slalioncd at San
Francisco, Wayne Simpson,
21, was killed and three other
young people were hurl Thurs
day nighl in a one-car crash
nn Sauvie Island. Injured were
Belly Faye Farley, 17, and
Pat Gentry. 18, both of War
ren, and Thomas Thompson,
17, San Francisco.
NAACP Plans Action
In Medford Region
Portland -tUPD- The Nation
al Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
plans to act soon on what it
considers racial problems in
the Medford - Ashland-Crants
Pass area, its local president
said today.
Mayfield K. Webb, presi
dent of the Portland chapter,
refused to specify the prob
lems or the type of action e
peeled. He said an announcement
on that subject would be made
in a few days by Ihe organiza
tion's executive board.
Webb said there are no
plans tor a civil r;lils march
on Salem similar to the or
on Washington Wednesday.
"There's no need for it,"
he commented.
Threo-Diy Holiday
Commences Today
Public officials of Medford
and Jackson counly with the
exception of law enforcement
officers, will start a threeejay
vacation al office closing time
today.
The cily hall and the court
house will be closed until
Tuesday morning.
There will be no delivery
of mail Sunday and Monday
and (he post office will be
closed both days, Acting
Postmaster Al Bradford an
nounced, adding that special
delivery mail will be deliv
ered as is the custom on all
hwdays.
TREE TRIMMING Twigs and leaves are
coming down In Mcdford's City Center park
this week as Linebaugh Brothers Tree Serv
ice carries out a contract with the cily of
Mcdford. The pruning and shaping of the
trees is part of the city's park program ap
proved for this year, according to City Man
Khrushchev, Tito
Proclaim End to
Major Differences
Velenje, Yugoslavia -IUPII -So
viet Premier Nikita S. lhru
shchry,. today proclaimed ma
jor Yugoslav - Russian differ
ences al an end.
In a speech climaxing his
current bury-the-hatchet visit
to Yugoslavia, Khrushchev
told a massive (own square
meeting here that "the basic
questions between our parties
and our people have been
solved."
The Kremlin leader said
both nations "are for joining
our efforts to fight against
capitalism."
The officially estimated
crowd of 50,000 persons thun
dered their approval. They
shouted, "Khrushchev . . .
Khrushchev . . . Khrushchev"
in rhythmic chant while
Yugoslav President Tito stood
by smiling.
Khrushchev dropped his
prepared text to announce the
agreement pounded out in
talks between Tito and him
self. Waving his arms and jam
ming a pointed finger in the
air. the Kremlin leader also
tore into his Communist Chi
nese and Albanian opponents.
The Yugoslav audience
cheered loudly and long.
He cried for the struggle
for peace. He praieed Ameri
can and British "sincere co
operation" in making possible
the recently-signed partial nu
clear test ban treaty.
Application for
Grant To Be Made
! Jacksonville - Korme) ap
plication for a 4 1,08 federal
rant to study the feasibility
and cost of prenf rving and re
toriru? the central busine.-e
area of isc-eioftville will be
made shortly.
Jack SutVA. coordinator for
plnnnine, o the Jacksonville
Historic Preservation en
Restoration project, seii he
hopes lo gel the application
off to the Housinai an Home
Finance agency of the fedaral
Urban Reieal administra
tion office in Sain Prflncisco
by Ihe end of next week.
Tl. application received
approval of the Jacksonville)
city council this week All
that remains is for it to be)
checked by City Attorney tr
fin B. Hogan.
If the application is approv
ed by the federal government,
a year-long study of the pro
posed restoration area would
follow to determine what it
would cost to restore each
building to code specifications
and whal other improvements
would be desirable.
STORE TO BE CLOSED
Due to the Labor Day holi
day Monday, the Oregon Liq
r Commission store on
North Crape st. will be closed
all that day, store officials
rermvded residents.
Probe Under Way in
Utah Mine Blast; 5
Rescued Last Night
Moab, Ulah-tllPll-The. grim
task of identifying bodies of
victims of a potash mine, ex
plosion began today in a
truck repair shop converted
into a temporary morgue.
At the same lime, federal
and stale agencies began a
full-scale invesligalion of the
Youth Remains in
Critical Condition
Forrest Alan Newman, 17,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
D. Newman Jr., of 128 Elk St.,
who suffered severe head in
juries in a traffic accident
Thursday, was still in critical
condition at Sacred Heart hos
pital today.
Newman's motorbike struck
the rear of a car operated by
Robert H. T. Moffetl, 55, of
Inglewood, Calif., when both
were southbound at the inter
section of South Central ave.
and 10th si., according to
Medford police. The car had
been stopped for Ihe traffic
signal to change.
The boy, who had waved al
a friend, according lo wit
nesses, apparently failed In
note the traffic signal and did
not see (he car, officers said.
EXTEND SERVICE
San Francisco ll'Pti Mat
on Navigation Co. said Thurs
day it will extend its Cali
fornia - Hawaii container
freight service to Seattle and
Portland.
Police Hunt 'Lunatic'
- New York-IWIi-A "lunatic"
who made obscene end threat
ening phune calls was sought
today in the carving knile
sleyinft of two career girls
l their fashionable Daiil Side
MsnhatleQ spsrtmeat.
One of the victims, prette
Janice 1ylie, 21, niece of
writer Philip Wylie, recently
had received wvartl crank
calls from an unidentified
mn, accOjiejinf to her lither
and one of her friend.
5Thcy eera from some lun
ajtic who used obscene Ian
exieaje," the fricnO said Miss
Wylie told him.
"She was plagued and ter
rified by th. calls. Two weeks
agn she told th man, 'Don't
ever call me again,' " The
friend related lo police.
The friend reported that
the caller answered: "Then
you'll have to take the conse
quences." Miss Wylie, an aspiring ac
tress who worked for News
week magazine, and one of
her two roommates, Emily
Hoffcrt, 23, a school teacher
and daughter of a Minnea
polis surgeon, were found
WcdnestJ!; night tied togeth
er with sheets in a bedroom of
their apartment.
ager Robert A. Duff. Dead wood is being
removed from the trees and they are being
shaped with pruncrs for the first time in
"many, many years," the city manager said.
Charles Linebaugh is clearing away the
primings in this photograph.
blast, which killed 18 of 25
construction workers nearly
.3,000 feet below tlie earth's
surface
The makeshift morgue was
set up when word reached of
ficials that the remaining 18
men slill In the mine were
dead. Seven men-survived the
blast. Five were, rescued
Thursday nighl; two were res
cued Tuesday, the day of the
.explosion.
Sheriff John Stocks, who
knew most of the victims per
sonally, said it appeared that
visual identification would be
impossible in most cases. He
said there was a possibility
he would ask the FBI to aid
in the identification.
Order'. Inquiry
T!ie federal Investigation
into the blast was ordered by
the Interior Department in
Washington Thursday follow
ing a statement by the direc
tor of the Bureau of Mines
that "all but one" of four fa
tal accidents involving work
ers at the mine property dur
ing the past 20 months "were
preventable."
Bureau Director Marling J.
Ankeny said corrective meas
ures had been recommended
to the shaft-drilling contract
ing firm, Harrison Interna
tional, Inc., of Miami, Fla., a
Canadian concern.
Ankeny said the mine slill
was in custody of, the Harri
son organisation at the time
of Tuesday's explosion, but
thai Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.
"was exercising some surveil
lance over the contractors."
JAHICE WYLIE
The bodies were discovered
by Janice's father. Max Wy
lie, a writer and advertising
executive, who was let into
the four-room flat by the third
roommate, Patricia Tolles, 23.
(Miss Tolles ls-t saw the
twckirls alive when she left
it
Congress Warned
Our Commitments
Are Endangered
Newsmen Called to
Special Conference
Hyannis Port, Mass. -IDP0-
President Kennedy made a
strong public appeal today for
the Senate to restore Housa
cuts in his foreign aid pro
gram and said Americana
must realize that "freedom
does not come cheaply or eas
uy."
Kennedy warned Congress
and the nation that unless tha
billion dollar cuts are restor
ed.'U. S. commitments from
South America to Southeast
Asia will be seriously endan
gered.
Kennedy called newsmen to
the Cape Cod White House to
restate his insistence upon un
doing the House action after
meeting more than an hour
with foreign aid director Da
vid Bell and retired Gen. Lu
cius D. Clay, who headed a
special committee which stud
ied the program.
Continue Aid
Unless the cuts are restor
ed, Kennedy said, the United
States "will not fulfill its com
mitments"1 to Latin America
under the' Alliance for Prog
ress or be able to continue
military aid to nations rim
ming the Iron Curtain.
"This will limit very much
our ability to influence tha
events in these areas," Kenne
dy said.
It was the second time in
a week that Kennedy has
made special-appearances be
fore reporters to denounce tha
House decision and to urga
Senate restoration of the mon
ey. - -.;,..',
The House ilast week slash.
ed $585 million from the for
eign aid authorization bill aft
er its Foreign Affairs commit
tee already had chopped about
$400 million' from it This re.
duced the amount from Ken
nedy's $4.5 billion request to
$3.5 billion.
Too Far
The President already had
scaled his request down by
$400 million at the urging of;
Clay's committee. And Clay
last week also said the House
had gone too far.
The President's words wera
even stronger. He said that
the 1960s will continue to be
"very difficult" for the free
world, adding that "peaceful
coexistence with Russia will
be very intense."
Press Secretary
Has Appendectomy
Salem -IUPII- Travis Cross,
press secretary to Gov. Marie
Hatfield, was in Salem Me
morial hospital today recov
ering from an appendectomy.
Cross first complained of
not feeling well Wednesday
afternoon. He was hospital
ized and underwent surgery
Thursday. His condition was
reported good.
Killer
EMILY HOFFERT
at around 9:30 a.m. EDT on
Wednesday for her Job at tha
book division ot Time, Inc.
Police said the girls wera
slain later that morning by a
quiet killer who ransacked
the apartment but apparently
did not steal anything.
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