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United frets Internatlnrtal Full Leased Wtrt 40 PAGES Six Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1963 No. 140 JFK Will Visit Slate This Month, ; Diem Seen Heading 0 ,fJ 'v; White House Says For Diplomatic Showdown h . ft If M u.s Stops At Dunes, Portland Slated Hyannis Port, Mass. - tUPlt -President Kennedy will vis 1. tttt - - -' t fa-, ft H' HI k ; ! lid' ! it Oregon as part of a 10-state tour of conservation and nat ural resource areas late in September, the White House announced Saturday. The White House said no details of times or places were available, but Rep. Edith Green, (D-Ore.) said in Wash ington, D. C. that Kennedy planned to speak in Portland Saturday, Sept. 28, at a ded ication of the city's new high rise public housing project for the aged. It also was expected Ken nedy would visit the Oregon Dunes seashore area. Nine other Slates The White House said Ken nedy's trip would take him to Pennsylvania, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wy oming, Utah, Washington, Or egon, California and Nevada. The President said he hop ed the journey would "focus attention on the vital part of American life and stimu late further efforts in the field of national conserva tion." The White House said Ken nedy's trip would take him to national parks, national sea shores, wilderness areas, dams and power and rede velopment projects. Hantord Visit Possible There has been talk of the President possibly visiting the Hanford atomic works and Grand Coulee dam in the state of Washington. The project visit to Port land Sept. 28 would bring Kennedy into Oregon just I wo weeks before Gov. Nel son Rockefeller of New York and Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona, two Republican pres idential nomination possibil ities, attend a Western GOP nlueting in Eugene Oct. 12. Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D-Ore.) said in Portland, "The President's announce ment to visit Oregon bears out the plan that I knew he had to visit the site of the Oregon Dunes National Sea shore. I am delighted that he will have the opportunity, to compare at first hand the Or egon dunes with his own Cape Cod, which he has long taken an interest in." The White House announce ment said an advance team of White House aides would embark next week on a plan ning expedition. Central Pointer Wins Blue Ribbon Salem - (UPI) - Walter Vale of Central Point was one of six blue ribbon winners in honey competition at the Oregon State Fair Saturday. Officials said that opening day attendance Friday total ed 16,700, compared with 16,- U V:..: ''?.! ..:. . '! down to 1.535 from last year's 1.831, officials said, but the take was up to $85,059 from $80,108, last year. Sports Bulletin Saturday Night Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE New York ft, Ballimorp 3. Kansas City 7, Los Angeles 0. Buston 5. Washington 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee 4, New York 3. hews(QDbrief BROADSIDE FIRED AT RUSSIA Tokyo - 4Pi - Communist China Saturday lirtd an other broadside in the propaganda war with the Soviet n . . . . . charging Russian leaders "have degenerated into . , ... of nucU.r w..pos." Union worshippe KHRUSHCHEV VISIT CONFIRMED Stockholm - tt PI . Sweden announced Saturday Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khru.hchet's Tisit here will t.ke pl.ee as scheduled n.xt spring despite strains on Soviet-Swedish relations used by . major POPE DEPLORES DISPUTE C.stel G.ndolfo. Italy - 1Pf - Pope Paul VI told dele gates to a United Nations tourism conference Saturday he Heplored their dispute over Portuguese and South African racial policies. BRITISH DEFECTOR SUCCUMBS London - IPr - Guy Burgess, the elder hall of the British diplomat ietm who delected Is th. Soviet Union with their briefcases bulging with milit.ry secrets, was reported Saturday night to Moscow hospital. 7 sv,t , tJ wjf mo. i m r win iiw i a .Jua DEMONSTRATORS IN VIET NAM - Banner-carrying pro-Government demonstrators jammed city hall square in front of the U.S. Information agency in Saigon, Viet Nam Saturday to demonstrate support of the South Viet- namcse government's crackdown on Buddhists. The dem- Highest Taxes Seen In Eagle Pt., Jacksonville, Rogue River Three small town areas will have the biggest tax millage in the county for the 1363-64 fiscal year, according to figures released this week by the Jackson county assessor's office. The city of Eagle Point, Code 9-1, will have the lead ing millage rate of 102.0. This reflects only a slight increase in the millage rate over the current year, .7 of a mill. A mill is one-tenth of- one cent. A resident of Eagle. Point whose property has been valued at $10,000, generally speaking, would pay $255 in taxes for the new tax year. School Tax Drops The Eagle Point school dis trict has the biggest share of the millage, 42 milles com pared to 46.7 mills during the current year. This shows a drop of 4.7 mills. The city of Eagle Point Racial Skirmishes Flare In Six States Memphis, Tcnn.-lUPP-Abnut 500 Negroes protesting crowd-uensc ed schools staged the largest demonstration in Memphis's history Saturday and police clamped tight security meas ures on racial hotspots in Louisiana and Pennsylvania. brought arrests in North Caro-1 lina, South Carolina, Louisi-! ana. Ohio and Pennsylvania in the most active day of ra cial demonstrations since the civil rights march of 200,000 persons in Washington last Wednesday. Authorities put a 10 p. m. curfew into effect in the Philadelphia suburb of Fol- croft where an angry mob of i whites early Saturday sacKea ql,jncey Newman, South Caro and attempted to burn the linn field secretary of the home of a Negro famifr which naACP - were arrested and moved into a white neighbor- charged with trespassing hood. ! when they attempted sit-ins at Jail in Louisiana ! segregated businesses in Police wielding e 1 e c I r i r ; cattle proas herded more than 30 demonstrators to jail in the Slississippi River town of spy case. . have died ol i heart .Hack tn shows a 2.8 mill increase, 31.2 mills compared to 28.4 mills for the current year. The rural school, levy is al most the same, 26.3 mills. The county has levied 2.5 mills in all areas this year to provide school funds on a basis of per school census child as re quired now by state law. The city of Jacksonville, Code 1-1, will have the second highest millage rate for the new year, at 101.2. This shows an increase of 12.1 mills and is due mainly to the new sew er system being installed. A homeowner in that area with a house valued at $10, 000 will pay $30.25 more in taxes for the new tax year, generally speaking. Such a property owner's total taxes would be $253 for the year. City Rate Up Most of Jacksonville's new millage rale is refleqted in Plaqucminc, La., where a desegregation drive is. underway. State troopers moved in at sunset with an emergency units, "gas mas ks and horses and special deputies were appoinnted to b o 1 s t e r the town's 12-man force. About BO Negroes were ar rested during day-long picket ing at businesses in the North Carolina farming community of Enfield and authorities ar rested seventeen racial dem onstrators at a department store in Dayton, Ohio. More than 20 Negroes - includinR the the Rev. I. De Orangeville, S. C Dogs Used Police does on leashes and electric prods were used to control a crowd of about 50 Negroes picketing and silling in at two drug stores in St. Augustine, Fla. Twelve of the drmonsrators were arrested. In Montgomery. Ala., a 100 car caravan headed by uni- formed, jack-booted members of the National States Rights Party drove to the state capitol and presented a 30.000- , name petition demanding ,.,, , D!,i..h.n! i c osure of any Birmingham Lchool th imgratcd. ... , u -It J fvlKB 5efS- Viearora Coro. V6fe Seof. 5 ' Portland -il'PP-The National Labor Relations Board will hold a representative election Sept. 5 for production and maintenance employes of the lumber division of the Med : ford Corp. ! The election is tn determine if Local 2715 of the Lumber and Sawmill Sorkers Lmon will be retained a collective j bargaining representatives of i thfj employes. onstration reportedly came about on the orders of Ngo Dinh Nhu, powerful brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem. About 20,000 took part, although the government press claimed 200,000 had been on hand. (UPI) the city millage rale of 41.4 mills compared to 28.4 mills for the current year or an increase of 13 mills. Medford school district 549 millage rate shows a slight drop from 34.5 mills to 31 mills. The city of Rogue River, Code area 35-1 is third high est in the county with a total millage of 100.6 for the new year. A home-owner in that area with property valued at $10,000 would pay $25 mtfre in the new tax year. His total taxes for the new year would be $251.50. - The city millage rate is al most the same. The school millage rate shows a slight in crease of 9.7 mills, or 44.8 mills compared to 35.1 mills. Butte Falls, code 91-3, shows the greatest drop in millage for the new tax year, 25.2 mills less or $63 on a property appraised at $10,000. Most of this decrease is re flected in the drop in school district millage, 47.8 mills to 22.3 mills, or a difference of 25.5 mills. Pinehurst in Big Drop Pinchurst shows a millage drop of 18.6 mills for the new tax year, or 52.4 mills to 33.8 mills. Most of the decrease is reflected in the school mill age, a drop from 26.2 mills to 5 mills, or difference of 21.2 mills. The rural school mill age is 26.3 mills for the new year, the same as in other areas, and 2.5 mills for county levy. One possible reason is the increase of timber re ceipts for that area. Applegate school district showed the largest decrease in school district millage, a drop from 59.1 mills to .5 mills due to a decrease in its new school budget which is about half of what it has been. Other areas in the county show only a slight increase or decrease in tax millage. Only One Company Bids on Bleachers Safeway Scaffold company, Portland, was the only bidder on bleachers for the new Jack son county ball park at the fairgrounds, the county court noted Friday. The bid was in three sec tions, one for the platform : typo and two other bids for ; the regular type of bleachers. ; Total bid for the bleachers painted was $18,989 and $19,- 1 007 for the ri nDcd lor ine aippca. rnA m,niv rnnrt The umy ourt will an nounce Wednesday whether or not it will award the con tract. Bid specifications will be checked-mcanwhilc. Fences for the ball park are almost completed. County Commissioner Donald E. Fa bcr said. Footings are already in for the dressing rooms, Fabor not ed. Estimated cost of the dressing rooms including showers and public rest rooms Is $4,000. The county commissioner said the bleachers borrowed from the high school football field tltti summer will be re turned and installed Tuesday. C- Tax Referral Petitions Filed; 50,048 Signatures Salem -WPP- Petitions lo re fer the 1963 legislature's $60 million tax increase measure to a special election Oct. 15 were turned over to the secre tary of state Friday afternoon. J. Francyl Howard, who spearheaded the referral drive, said the petitions con tained 50,048 valid signatures. Only 23,185 valid signa tures were needed to refer the tax bill to a special elec tion. Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. told Howard he expected the check of peti tions would be finished and the measure formally referred to the ballot on Tuesday. Work Involved Appling said circulators' af fidavits would be checked, certification by county clerks would be confirmed, and a count made of valid signa tures. Earlier Friday, state offi cials and education leaders met here to map plans to salvage the tax increase meas ure. The meeting was called at Gov. Mark Hatfield's re quest with a full scale plan ning session scheduled Sept. 6. Delivery of the petitions took place in a near carnival like atmosphere. About 20 of Howard's co workers joined in a car cara van to the Capitol building. J The autos were decorated with small American flags, and carried signs proclaiming "Howard's petitions." After posing for photog raphers and television camera men, Howard and his sup porters marched to the secre tary of state's office. Threats Said Received Howard said "I wasn't sup posed to get here, you know. I received telephone threats on my life, and threats that 1 would never be able to de liver the petitions." Howard said thousands of dollars would he spent by groups opposed to defeat of I the lax bill. "I don't know if ! we can combat the attempt i that will be made to brain I wash the people of j&pegp.? He said he was opposed to 'a special legislative session if j the bill is defeated. ! The legislature enacted the Max increase, measure to help 1 finance a $404 million gen jeral fund budget for the IBM- 65 biennium. Canadian In Critical Condition Here Paul L. Robinson, 18. son of Dr. C. L. Robinson. Van couver. British Columbia, was reported in critical condition at Rogue Valley hospital Saturday. Robinson, who was flown to Medford Friday by Mercy Flights Inc., was reported In jured in an automobile acci dent Thursday near North Bend He is suftering from a broken left leg and severe head Injuries. Washington May Try To Apply Intense Pressure Possibility Of Coup Still Looms Saigon, South Viet Nam -IUPII- The United States ap peared Saturday to be head ing for a diplomatic show down with the South Viet Nam government of President Ngo Dinh Diem. Indications pointed to new attempts by Washington to pressure Di em's regime into abandoning its anti - Buddhist campaign through diplomatic means. An American Army general in charge of U. S. forces fight ing the Communist Viet Cong from North Viet Nam told re porters that Vietnamese mili tary leaders were not involv ed in Diem's repression of the Buddhist majority and were not informed in advance of the action nor of the decision to impose martial law. Coup Still Hinted Some sources interpreted the general's statement as an invitation to leaders of the South Viet Nam army to seize power from Diem in a coup d'etat. The general said he was aware of the implications of his remark and that it con tradicted a statement by Diem that the military was aware of the impending crackdown and recommended it. (Washington dispatches in dicated the Kennedy admin istration now favored the use of intense diplomatic pressure rather' than a military coup to reform the Diem govern ment. Formerly all indica tions in Saigon were that a coup by the military was con sidered almost certain.) Rally Supports D'em The Diem government, gen erally believed led now by his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, indicated Saturday it was not changing its viewpoint. About 30,000 persons, most of them civil servants or soldiers in civilian clothes, staged a rally in downtown Saigon in sup port of the Diem stand. Government press reports of the meeting said 200,000 persons attended and enthusi astically heard speakers de nounce Buddhist leaders as "political speculators." Actu ally the crowds were much smaller and the only enthusi asm came wiicn they were freed to return home. The rally was organized by Diem's brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, to show support for the nationwide crackdown on Buddhists. About 10,000 of those attending were mem bers of Nhu's blue uniformed Republican Youth Organiza tion or members of Madame Nhu's women's solidarity movement. Numerous Fires Started By Storm Friday night's lightning sl.irm set about 10 fires in state forests in the area, but all were under control by late Saturday, a state forest ry department spokesman said. The blazes, each consider' ably less than an acre in size, were located in timb ered area between Butte Falls and Prospect. A forestry department plane took off about 6:30 a.m. Sat urday and spotted eight of the small fires. Another flight was made in the afternoon. Two smoker fires were locat cd during the afternoon. The department spokesman said about 30 men were dis patched Saturday to put out the fires U. S. Forest Service sent about 265 men into the Ka math National forest Satur day to battle 2? small light ntngsct fires there. Most of the fires were less than an acre in area MISS USA NAMED Huntington. W. Va - tUP!) -Miss New York City, Ml chele Mctnnko, a blue-eyed, ash-blonde, was chosen Sat urday night as Misa USA. NO 'FOUL PLAY' DISCOVERED - A vol unteer was lowered Friday into the cham ber near Sheppton, Pa., from which miners Dave Fellin and Henry Throne were res cued to see if a form noticed in pictures taken by a TV camera could be the body of a man. The "body" was found to be only some rescue materials that gave the Miner's Descent To Look For Bova Scheduled Tonight Sheppton, Pa. -WPII- Miners David Fellin and Henry Throne probably would have been crushed to death if their rescuers had tried to briny them to the surface in a spe cially designed escape capsule, tests showed Saturday. A perforated capsule was lowered to the bottom of the 309-foot chamber from which Fellin and Throne were re trieved early last Tuesday. It snagged on the side of the 18-inch hole about 80 feet below the surface. When its cable was lowered to free it, the escape hatch at the top fell through. A man's head would have been crushed by the hatch had he been in the capsule, said Clyde Machamer, president of the Independent Miners and Associates. In last week's rescue oper ation, officials decided at the last moment not to use the capsule, and Throne and Fel lin were brought to the top in a parachute-type harness. Saturday's test was made to satisfy curiosity over how the capsule would have worked. Meanwhile, high- speed drills cut through rock and TRAFFIC LANE READIED-George Bayne, left, and Don Anderson put finishing touches on "Jiggle bars" as street marker : painting is completed to open new lane for northbound traffic at the intersection of West Main and Hamilton streets. Accord ing to John Compagnoni, of the Traffic En- lil 3 1 ,'jh' v 111 K' CMAI earth lo widen a hole for a miner's risky descent in search for miner Louis Bova, living or dead. The volunteer will go' down tonight, the second man to be sent underground to 'look for the missing wildcat miner. The drills were silenced for a time and a super-sensitive microphone was lowered into a new hole, the 13th to be completed since the cave-in Aug. 13. Rescue leaders strain ed to hear the sound of breath ing but heard only the noise of dripping water. The name of the volunteer who will be lowered under ground was kept secret so his family would not be alarmed. Andy Drebitko, 36, of Potts ville, who spent 16 minutes in Ine chamber occupied by Fellin and Throne, was the first volunteer to be sent be low. He went down Friday night to investigate an image tele cast to the surface by a closed circuit TV camera. It looked to some like a seated man, but turned out to be only a coil of rope and a plug which had been shoved through In the rescue operations. , mm i I semblance of a human form, however. The above newschart shows where the volun teer was lowered Friday (circle). A shaft also has been drilled (left) into the cham ber where missing miner Louis Bova is believed to be located. A volunteer will go down after him tonight. (UPI) AAA Criticizes Traffic Campaigns 'Washirigton-OJPD-The Amer ican Automobile association Saturday, deplored what it termed "highway scare cam paigns" to hold down traffic casualties during holiday pe riods such as the Labor day week end.. ' It said that such tactics "have no permanent value in preventing accidents." A spokesman added when questioned that the scare type campaign "hoped to frighten, intimidate or just plmn bully the motorist into driving sane ly." The spokesman said, "The AAA believes it to be general ly true that the number of deaths recorded over a holi day week end is no greater than that recorded for any other normal week end." Meanwhile, Labor day traf fic smashups claimed lives at a record pace that safely ex perts termed "alarming" dur ing the early part of the week end Saturday. A United Press Internation al count at 12:30 a.m. (ee'l) Sunday showed 178 persons dead in traffic since the s'-nt, of the holiday at 6 p.m. Friday. eincering division of the Department of Public Works of the City of Medford. "jig gle bar. let you know when you're off the traveled way." Thcae nised chevron, give any lrying motorud a sudden and star tling three-dimensional reminder of the proper flow of traffic. II
