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Arms Possibly
On Crashed Plane,
Attorney Charges
Pilot Said Owner
Of Florida Shop
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (UPD
The pilot of a mystery-shrouded
airliner crash, caused by an ex
plosion, trequently carried arms
and ammunition on his flights
between Miami and New York,
it was charged in federal court
today.
Some of the arms were sold
to Cuban exiles, according to
charges made by an attorney in
volved in insurance litigation.
The plane crashed on Jan. 6,
1960 in North Carolina, killing
34 persons, including Julian
Frank, 32, Westport, Conn.,
businessman whose life had
been insured a few months
earlier for $1 million, and pilot
Dale H. Southard, Miami, of
National Airlines.
The plane, a DC6B, was rip
ped apart in the air by the
explosion and plunged into a
marshy area near the town of
Bolivia, N. C. Three days later
Frank's mutilated body was
found in the surf of Kure Beach
on the Atlantic Ocean, about 16
miles from the crash site.
Claimed Suicide
The Occidental Insurance
Company of California, which
held $500,000 of Frank's policies,
claimed that Frank committed
suicide by blowing up the plane.
In opposition to this, the charge
filed today said:
". . . There are indications
that gun-powder was being car
ried aboard the National Air
lines DC6B being piloted by Mr.
Southard that crashed at Bo
livia, N.C."
Some time ago, the insurance
company started civil action
against Frank's widow seeking
a judgment that it would not
have to pay the $500,000. The
policy contained a provision that
if the insured died by suicide,
the company's liability would be
limited to the amount of the
premiums paid, in tms case
$2,757.60.
Frank's widow, former blonde
model Janet Frank, who now is
Mrs. Joseph F. Rafferty of San
. Francisco, has taken court ac
tion to collect the money.
Owned Gun Shop
The charge that Southard car
ried arms between New York
and Miami was made in papers
filed in Mrs. Rafferty's name
in U.S. district court by her
lawyer, Morgan P. Ames, of
Stamford, Conn.
Southard allegedly held a con
trolling interest in the Gun
Shop, Inc., in Miami Shores,
Fla.
Ames stated that Southard
"used to purchase the merchan
dise for the Gun Shop when he
was in New York City on Na
tional Airlines flights."
"He was often in National
Airlines uniform when he made
such purchases . . ." the lawyer
charged, adding that in 1959
". . . Southard made purchases
at the Stoeger arms factory in
Long Island City on at least a
dozen occasions, and probably
more."
According to Ames, Southard
would stop at the gun factory
on his way to Idlewild Airport
by taxi, make a purchase, place
the merchandise in his personal
baggage and then put it on the
plane he was flying to Miami.
In Miami, the charge said.
Southard would take the arms
and ammunition to the Gun
Shop, "where it was sold to the
general public, including Cubans
residing in the Miami area who
required arms and ammunition
for certain purposes."
However, the papers filed to
day did not state that Southard
carried ammunition, arms or
gun powder aboard his plane
the day of the fatal crash, but
did say "there are indications"
gun powder was aboard the
flight.
PATIENTS ROUTED
CHICAGO (UPI) Fire start -
ed hv a hlnwtnrch swent a nart i
of the roof and fourth floor of The sum represents the state s
Mercy Hospital today and about share of proceeds from the man
65 patients were removed lo agement of resources on BLM
safety. land in Oregon.
PUNISHMENT DEMANDED FOR BRAZILIAN REBELS
BRASILIA (UPI) .Military authorities today demanded "rig
orous punishment" of the BIX) enlisted Marines, soldier and air
men who took part in Thursday's abortive revolt.
ONE MISSING AS NAVY LAUNCH CAPSIZES
PORT JEFFERSON. N.Y. UPI -A small Navy launch return
ing 21 sailors to their ship after i night ashore capltrd in wind
swept Long Island Sound early today. All but one man were
rescued.
JACKSON ANNOUNCES TREATY SUPPORT
WASHINGTON (UPI Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) a
key figure in congressional nuclear and military affairs, an
nounced his support today for the nuclear test ban treaty.
Head sales restricted i Moscow
MOSCOW ( UPI 1 New restrictions on the sale of bread in Mnv
("Ow focused attention today oit Russian agriculture as Premier
Niklti S. Khrushchev's most Important domestic problem.
Two Youths Die
In Accident on
Blackvell Road
Two Crater High school soph
omores, David Eugene White,
15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thom
as White, route 1, box 344. Cm-
tral Point; and Paul Charles
Thompson, 16, son of Creighton
Thompson of Mexico, were kill
ed last night in an accident in
volving their Honda motorcycle
and a pickup truck on Black
well road.
State police said the two
youths were riding home from
high school when the motorcy
cle collided with a pickup truck
operated by Raymond Edward
Christie, 39, of route 1, box 46,
Gold Hill.
The head-on collision occurred
about 7:30 p.m. on the north
slope of Blackwell road 4.7
miles from the freeway inter
change, state police reported.
Officers were unable to dolsr-
mine which vehicle was on the
wrong side of the road and
which youth was operating the
motorcvcle. They are stm in
vestigating the accident.
Immediate, Future
Needs of Airport
Reviwed for Group
Immediate and future needs
at the Medford municipal air
port were reviewed at a meeting
this morning of the Medford
Capital Improvements commit
tee. Development plans for the air
port totaling $1,174,272 were pre
sented to the group by Airport
Manager Gilbert J. Gutjalir.
The sum, Gutjahr said, repre
sents the cost to the city for
the improvements. The federal
government would pay 66 per
cent of costs on most of the
planned improvements. -
Gutjahr said the improve
ments are planned looking for-
Increase Noted in
District 9 Schools
EAGLE POINT-A 9 per cent
increase in enrollment in Eagle
Point School District 9 was re
ported today by Glenn D. Hale,
superintendent.
Total registration on Thursday
was 1,493. Enrollment for the
same time in 1962 was 1,366. Ad
ditional enrollment is expected
at the end of the harvest season,
Hale said.
The largest increase was in
the Eagle Point High school,
where 435 students enrolled, rep
resenting a 17 per cent gain over
1962 when there were 372 stu
dents enrolled the first week.
Shady Cove elementary school
had the next highest increase
with a 12 per cent rise from 164
students in 1962 to 183 this week.
The Eagle Point elementary
school followed with 387 stu
dents, an 11 per cent gain over
the 1962 total of 349. Elk Trail
school increased from 121 to 124;
the Eagle Point Primary school
gained four students to bring
the total enrollment to 364.
Hale explained that the fig
ures are preliminary registra
tion figures, which probably will
be increased in October.
State Receives Check
From BLM Proceeds
SALEM (UPI) -The Oregon
State Treasury was mailed a
cheek for SR6.622 from the Bu-
Ireau
of Lands Management
Thursday
AROUND THI OlOM
School officials at Crater
where the youths are members
of the junior varsity football
team, said the boys had remain
ed after school for a short prac
tice session and to try on new
uniforms preparatory to to
night's game.
Young Thompson was making
his home during the school year
with his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Thompson of Gold
Hill, with whom several other
members of the Mexico fami
ly have lived in order to at
tend Jackson county schools.
Both youths were active in
athletics at Crater High school.
In addition to playing football,
White was considered a "very
good basketball prospect."
Funeral arrangements for
White are being made at the
Pearl Funeral home and Lon
ger-Morris Funeral home is in
charae of arrangements for
Thompson.
ward to about 1975 when the
airlines are expected to begin
using medium-range jet aircraft
in this area. Short range prop
jets are currently being used
by one airline at the municipal
airport.
Needed Immediately
The airport manager said
about $37,800 is needed immedi
ately for the city's share of
acquisition of about 30 acres of
property at the north end of the
airport for future extension of
the runway and tor noise con
trol. About $22,600 is needed for
widening three small taxiways
and for reconstruction oi a con
crete apron near the terminal.
During the six-year period
from 1963 to 1969, about $294,832
will be needed by the city for
its share of improvements at
the airport. The sum includes
$150,000 for construction of two
hangars for private aircraft, a
cost which will be recovered in
a 7 to 10-year period in rental
fees. Other projects planned for
the period include construction
of a holding apron and resurfac
ing the cross runway.
From 1969 to 1975, a total of
$353,980 will be needed, Gut
jahr said. Planned are land ac
quisition ($47,000), runway ex
tension ($166,980) and erection
of two more hangars ($150,000).
Gutjahr told the committee
that in the interval between
1975 and 1988 plans call for ex
pansion of the terminal, con
struction of a freight building,
erection of three hangars, and
maintenance of a crash fire res
cue unit. Total cost of all proj
ects during that six-year period
is $455,000.
Oregon Marshal
Dies at Seaside
SEASIDE (UPI) - Paul
Kearney, U.S. Marshal for Ore
gon, died suddenly here today
of an apparent heart attack. He
was 63.
Kearney was here to attend
a convention of the Lower Co
lumbia Peace Officers associa
tion, of which he was a char
ter member. Death came in his
hotel room.
Kearney, appointed U. S
Marshal by President Eisenhow
er in 1958, had been on t h e
brink of losing the position from
the beginning of the Kennedy
administration.
Rep. Walter D Norblad (R
Ore.) appealed to Democrats to
allow Kearney to stay in office
until he was eligible for feder
al retirement. A patronage bat
tle among Democrats also con
tributed to delay in appointing
a replacement.
Kearney resigned as Clatsop
County sheriff in 1958 after 21
years to accept the federal ap
pointment. He is survive! by his
widow, Martha; a son, HototI,
and a brother, Vincent, both of
Astoria.
WEATHER
FonF.CAST: Fair InnlrM and
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Saturday M.
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Lontut Thll Mornlnc S
Our Skies Tonight
ftunaet todav
1:U p m
stinrlie tomorrow
lonnri tomorrow
a.m.
1:? a.m.
New Moon
Sept. 17
rrturiM. the brlfht alar
the neat after ittntet. la IS
llrht years from the r.arth and
hat a diameter of about 2
million miles.
Regional Edition
Medford
24 Pages Two Sections
VarianceRequests
Approved by City
Planning Group
Clears Way for
Church Construction
Two variance requests which
will clear the way for erection
of a new Community Congrega
tional church on the northeast
corner of East Jackson st. and
Berkeley Way were unanimous
ly approved by the Medford
planning commission last night.
Both requests, which will now
go to the city council for final
action, were granted despite the
protest of James Flora, 303
North Berkeley Way, whose
residence is located across the
street from the proposed struc
ture. Flora told the commission he
had no objection to the location
of the church, but he was op
posed to the request for a tem
porary construction sign and
for a variance to height re
quirements in a single family
zone.
Members of the church build
ing committee appeared before
the commission to support their
requests. They told the group
the roof of the church would
be 50 feet high, the spire would
rise to 80 feet, and a 15-foot
high aluminum cross would be
placed on top of that.
Flora complained about the
"excessive height of the
church" and said it would be
an "eyesore" in a residential
neighborhood.
Church members, Henry
Padgham, Emment Bullard and
Gatewood Smith, however, said
they felt the church would be
a "definite asset" to the com
munity and would enhance near
by property values.
City Planning Director Ned
Langford, in answer to a ques
tion, told the commission It is
"general planning policy" in
the country to permit construc
tion of churches in residential
neighborhoods.
No Committment
Made on Repairs
The Jackson county court
made no committments as to
further maintenance and repairs
on the C. C. Beekman home in
Jacksonville yesterday afternoon
following a closed door session
with the caretaker of the home.
Mr. and Mrs. George Brewer,
Jacksonville, asked the county
court to repair balcony posts,
put in a new ceiling in the kitch
en and hall and paint the picket
fence. Mrs. Brewer has been
caretaker of the home for the
University of Oregon, the own
er of the property on California
st.
She and her husband are also
members of the Siskiyou Pio-1
operating the house under a one
year lease obtained through the
county court.
The Brewers insisted the re
pairs must be made before de
lay makes the damage more ex
tensive. Mrs. Brewer said the lease
with the university makes the
county responsible for such re
pairs and maintenance. How
ever, county court members
said the agreement with the
Sites Foundation is that it fi
nance all such repairs and main
tenance. The court is only re
sponsible for obtaining the lease,
County Commissioner Don Fa
bcr and County Judge Earl Mil
ler said this morning.
Nuclear Explosions
Shake Las Vegas
NEVADA TEST SITE (UPD
Two underground nuclear explo
sions, one of which may have
been as large as a million tons
of TNT, were set off here today,
jarring buildings as far away as
Las Vega, 65 miles to the south
east. It was the first time an under
ground nuclear blast had been
felt in Las Vegas, although early
atmospheric tests conducted at
the site had broken windows.
The tests were the 95th and
96th underground shots conduct
ed by the United States.
The hardest hit area appeared
to be the Clark County Court
house, a block from the casino
center where gambling contin
ued as usual.
Some structures in downtown
Las Vegas shook for 15 minutes,
shaking some people so hard
at one said "I felt like I was
fge
getting seasick.
MEDFORD,
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WATbK MAIN INSTALLED A 12-inch water main across Bear
creek is being installed this week by city of Medford water de
partment workmen. The pipe sections were put together on the
Oregon School Districts
Face Crisis if Tax Loses
Editor's note: School districts.
and eventually the property tax
payer, will be hardest hit If (he
legislature's SCO million lax in
crease measure is defeated at
the Oct. 15 election. This is the
fourth of a five-part series.
By ZA.V STARK
SALEM (UPI) Local school
districts in every part of the
slate will face a crisis if voters
reject the legislature's $60 mil
lion tax increase measure Oct.
15 and basic school support is
slashed.
Public Instruction Supt. Leon
P. Minear said an 11 per cent
cut in basic school allotments
for the 1963-64 school year alone
would range from a high of
$1.4 million in Multnomah coun
ty to a low of $10,537 in Gilliam
county.
Loss of this money could be
a disaster to the local districts,
Budgets Approved
School districts already have
had their budgets approved, and
the counties alreadv have fixed
tax ra(es t.s (oo 'a(e ,njs year
to make chances.
. .
lhe C1"S a.r(i m,a(l' Sd,00lS
will have to cut back every pos-;
cih o nvnnncn nnrl trv In
j e.- i
through. Many districts might I
have to borrow money or revert
to paying teachers with war-;
rants if they run out of cash, j
Warrants are official IOU's that i
can be cashed in at some fu-;
ture date when money is avail- j
able to pay them. !
Teachers with families to feed ,
expense and try to get
couldn't be expected to put up
with such a situation. Anywav, j
salaries paid in California are al-, Oden struck him, and that the
ready more than 20 per cent j accused struck Harper only bc
grcalcr than those paid to Ore- j callp he had made advances
gon teachers. j ,0 ,ll" Kin, not in the act of
Such a financial crisis could committing a robbery,
cost Oregon thousands of leach-! T"p K'rl. Bonnie Irene
1 'Bobbie) Cosier ol Walla Walla.
Local school districts would be ;
trapped until next year. Then the 1
full impact would explode on the
local property tax payers.
Taxes would have to be raised
high enough to make up for the
cutback in state allotments, and
higher still if money were need- i
nacn,SnS r W8rran,S-1
impac t 1 Je iiyrii
It would be more than a year
: from now when the impact show
ed up in proiwrty tax bills.
This is why education leaders
are fighting frantically to sal-
They aren't threatening. taxpay-l
crs with dire results if the in
come tax increase is defeated
It's a fact that has to be under
stood by the voters.
STUDENTS QUIETED
S A I G O N, South Viet Nam
(UPI lSludents at two high
schools staged minor disturb-;
ances against the government I
today, but were quieted quickly I
j;hen police and troops rushed ;
10 the scene. :
OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
V ' .. v
; Educalors fear Ihal voters I vote for higher or lower taxes,
don't really understand what's Tne fu(ure of ,he s(ale.s gov.
involved in the Oct. 15 elections, j emment and education system
They realize taxpayers are in hang in Hie balance,
revolt. But they warn the ballot Next: What are the allcrna
choice Oct. 15 isn't simply a! lives?
State Expected to
Complete Its Case
In GP Trial Today
GRANTS PASS - The state
was expected to conclude pre
sentation of its case today in
the trial of Gerald Richard
Oden. 25, of Wolf Creek, who
is charged with first degree
murder.
Larry Aschenbrcnncr, Jose
phine county district attorney,
called a number of persons lo
i ",B s u-Muiiuny ijcbhh
I luesday in an nllorl lo support
his contention that Llovd Miles
Harper, 48. Grants Pass, was
b?a''.n death on the night
i?f Juy ""'"'"R the act of be
1 ing robbed by Oden and Nor-
! man ''wari i nomas, 22, 01
j Grants Pass.
' Thomas is scheduled
on ...j.., nc)i, rm,s,,av
lo go
; Dcfense Attorney Robert Rov-
cr of Medford, on Iho other
hand, seeks to prove that Harp
died as a result of a fall
from the car in which he was
riding wilh Oden, Thomas and
a 17-year-old girl, after making
improper advances lo the girl.
Claims Advances Mailr
The defense contends thai
Harper was already dead when
' 'he stand Wednes-
shp confirmed that Harper
had made advances to her. but
insisted under lengthy cross-examination
by Boyer that Harper
did not fall from the car.
Miss Gusler testified that j
"r",. , vlc,lm
I
r hnnn nu lino hlmu
Dr. R. C. Henry, chief modi
fill PViimmnr f,.r .!..,. r.(
Oregon, testified that Harper's'0"1?'.
death probably resulted from a
blow to the back ol the neck
-'-teol'r
chopping Ivpe of blow.
Dr. Robert Buck. Medford
pathologist, earlier testified.
however, that the iniurv which!
caused Harper's death could
ihave resulted from falling out
of a car as well as from a chop-
ping type blow,
Annlher witness for the state
was Bob Buckmaster. Grants
Pass jeweler, who testified that
a M atch found in the overhead
lining of the car driven by Oden
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Main st. bridge and lowered down. The pipe was placed under
the bridge walk way. It is expected to be completed in about
two weeks. The main being replaced was installed in 1908.
and Thomas after Harper's
death belonged to the deceased.
Regarding the watch. Miss
Gusler testified that Thomas
had told her it was Harper's.
The watch testimony was part
of the state's efforts to prove
that robbery was the motive
behind the beating of Harper.
Statement Is Admissible
The slate's case received an
other shot in the arm when
Judge Orval J. Millard ruled
Thursday that a statement Oden
made after his arrest at Rose
burg would be admissible as
evidence.
In the statement, Oden is re
ported to have admitted that
he and Thomas took Harper
wilh them after consuming sev
eral drinks at a Grants Pass
tavern in order to "relieve
Harper of his money."
Boyer had objected to ad
mission of the statement on the
grounds that it had been taken
while his client was "upset"
and that it had been taken bv
I an officer who had no right to
arrest mm.
The police officers involved,
however, took the stand and
testified that Oden had been
advised that he legally did not
have to make a statement but
went ahead and did so any
way. Treatment
Medford was praised yester
day as one of the "better com
munities" in the state for its
treatment of minority groups by
the administrator of the civil
rights division of the Oregon bu
reau of labor.
The official, Mark A. Smith,
noled however, that "this has
come in recent years,"
adding, "I hoiie you will not rest
on your laurels." I
Smith was the featured speak-.
er at a luncheon in the Jackson
House sponsored by the Med-1
ford Human Rights council,
Medford Mayor James Dunlcvy
was the official host. More than
1W persons attended
Cnmiilles Record
Beginning with the Fair Em
ployment Practices act in 1949,
I the Oregon legislature has com
I piled a "tremendous record" of
j civil rights legislation, Smith
iaid.
He pointed to such actions as
Year Price 10 Cents
Clearing Forecast
Today, Saturday;
Two Fires Started
I Generally cloudy conditions
prevailed in the Medford area
today as temperatures lowered
and humidities rose in the wake
of a thunderstorm yesterday af
ternoon. Medford residents, however
experienced the lightest rainfall
Wednesday afternoon, when .19
of an inch of rain fell in a heavy
shower. Phoenix reported .75 of
an inch of rainfall, and Ashland
had .55 of an inch.
A general clearing (or today
and tomorrow are indicated, but
rain is scheduled again for Sun
day night.
Pear crops were not damaged
by the heavy downpour in areas
yesterday, but picking was de
layed today in order to lei the
fields dry. If the clear weather
continues, picking will resume
tomorrow.
The rain accompanying a
thundershowcr aided fire crews
dispatched last night to two
small fires in the Applcgate dis
trict in northern California, of
ficials of the Rogue River Na
tional forest reported today.
The fires were caused by
lightning, and both cover about
one quarter of an acre each.
Attempts to fly in food rations
to tlic fire crews this morning
were hampered for a few hours
by lhe foggy conditions over the
Medford airport, but forest offi
cials indicated the planes would
be able to leave later.
Oregon AFL-CIO Sets
Convention at Eugene
SALEM (UPI) - A possible
move of its headquarters, ex
pansion of workmen's compen
sation benefits, and the tax ref
erendum will occupy the Oregon
AKL-CTO at its state convention
in Eugene next week.
of Minorities Noted
the 1959 repeal of the miscegina
tion law and passage of the 1953
public accommodations 1 a w.
Smith said there has been "no
organized opposition" to civil
rights measures In the state
since 1949.
He said that government in
volvement in the field of civil
I ngius was a projier roie lor
government, and that govern-
ment's "influence must be
brought to bear on problems of
discrimination in accord a n c e
with the Constitution and the
laws of the land
The siieaker warned that mi
nority groups, and the Negro in
particular, are "no longer will
ing to accept token change or
empty promises."
He said there is a "mounting
demand" against injustices, and
that minorities are now receiv
ing support from responsible
leadership in the majority
gup.
Demonstrators
Ejected During
Police Struggle
Travel To Cuba
Being Investigated
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Si
student demonstrators were
ejected from a House committee
hearing today in a renewed
flare-up of violence over an in
vestigation into illegal student
travel to Communist Cuba.
Two of the six, kicking and
struggling, were bodily hustled
from the room. The other four
went without much of
struggle as Chairman Edwin E.
Willis (D-La.) of the Committee
on Un-American Activities stood
and shouted to police: "Throw
them out!"
Three of the students ejected
were teen-agers. They identi
tied themselves as Tad Lauer,
16, Bloomington, Ind., a special
student at Indiana University;
Mark Brady.- 17. New York, a
City college student, and Clifford
Mctzler, 21, Long Island City,
N. Y., a Hunter College student.
All Three Carried Out
All three were bodilv carried
out of the building and deposited
on the sideqalk.
iney said they had annlauded
a statement of the witness, Phil
lip A. Luce, 26, of New York
City, one of more than 50 stu.
dents who defied a State Depart
ment ban and visited Cuba dur
ing the summer.
The new outbreak, which fol
lowed a pattern set at Thurs.
day's opening session, came as
wiins objected to applause when
Luce said he considered it his
"duty" to break the travel ban.
"There are certain rules and
regulations that must bo bro
ken," Luce declared. He s a i d
Emerson and Thoreau advoca
ted civil disobedience against
what they considered intolera
ble situations.
Compares Trip
Luce also compared his t r i p
to Cuba with the civil disobedi
ence used by Negroes and oth
ers in the' South in civil rights
matters.
At this, a group of students
started clapping and demon
strating and Willis gave the or
order for the removal of t h e i t
leaders.
As the police rnoved fn and
grabbed the first two, Luce
turned around in the witness
chair and loudly deplored their
removal for what he declared
was "just clapping.'
"This is something you can
get away with in Louisiana or
Virginia, but I can't stand it
herel" he shouted over the din.
The names of the other eject
ed spectators were not imme
diately available.
Mexicans Wounded
In Morning Fight
Two Mexican nationals, em
ployees of Bear Creek orchards,
were treated for knife wounds
they suffered In a fight in front
of Otto's Tavern, 39 South
Front St., about 12:10 o'clock
this morning.
According to Medford police,
Brigid Garccz Sanches. 36, was
cut in the chest during the
melee by Jose Concepcion
Amaya, 38. Miguel Castro Vi
varas, 24, was wounded slight
ly in the back by a knife, police
reported.
Both men were treated at
Sacred Heart hospital. Officers
said 23 stitches were taken in
Sanches' chest to close the,
wound. The men were not ad
mitted as patients.
Officers said an argument de
veloped between Amaya and a
group of four nationals, includ
ing Vivaras, about midnight.
The men left the tavern and
went outside where the ficht
developed.
Amaya fled following lhe en
counter, but officers arrested
him about 5:10 o'clock this
morning at the Greyhound Bus
depot. He was lodged in Jack
son county jail.
"We must not rclcRate anyone
to unemployment or slum liv
ing," Smith said. "Any man
ought to have the opportunity
to rise as high as possible oh
his own merits."
Undergoing Change
He said social patterns are
undergoing change in the nor'h
west. "We can create the kind
of community we want," he
said, "if we accord the same
rights to others that we seek for
ourselves."
Smith urged community lead
ers to "prepare for the change,"
noting that "no racial violence
has ever occurred where people
were living together in a demo
cratic way."
The Rev. Robert Tull, pastor
of the Community Congregation
al church, and president of the
Medford Human Rights council,
presided over the luncheon
meeting. at
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