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UN President
Tells Hope for
Cold War Pacts
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
(UPD Carlos Sosa Rodriguez
of Venezuela, new president of
the UN General Assembly, said
today he hoped the 18th UN
session would provide a har
monious atmosphere for further
cold war agreements.
Sosa noted that the recent
Moscow treaty banning nuclear
tests in the air, in outer space
and under water had its begin
nings in the assembly's political
committee. He said perhaps
further steps toward including
undergound tests will be made
it this UN session.
In regard to the role the
Kennedy Seeks To
Head Off GOP
Opposition to Cut
WASHINGTON (UPO-Presi-dent
Kennedy, seeking to head
off Republican opposition to his
proposed $11 billion tax cut,
pledged himself today to forego
extra anti-recession spending by
the government.
Kennedy made his commit
ment in a letter to Chairman
Wilbur D. Mills (D-Ark.) of the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee, which has recommend
ed the cut. Kennedy praised
Mills' call for rejection of the
spending route and said flatly,
"I subscribe to it."
Mills read the letter to the
House Rules Committee and
asked, "what further assurance
do we need?" that the tax cut
will be accompanied by strict
avoidance of government pro
grams useful only for the dol
lars they pour into the national
economy.
Mills, seeking Rules Commit
tee clearance for House debate
on the bill starting next Tues
day, sought to demolish argu
ments of opponents that it is
folly to cut taxes while the gov
ernment runs in the red.
Cites 'Straitjackcl'
He said his best judgment is
that the best way to get gov
ernment income up, and to shoot
for a balanced federal budget,
is to remove the "straitjacket"
which he said present high war
time taxes impose on business.
Mills recalled that in his state
ment Monday he had said the
choice now is whether to spur
the economy by cutting taxes or
further boosting government
spending.
Kennedy was expected to am
plify this assurance in a nation
ally televised and broadcast ad
dress at 4 p.m. (dt) today. He
also was expected to argue, as
Mills did in his Rules Commit
tee testimony today, that the
best way to bring the budget
into balance is to spur economic
growth by cutting burdensome
taxes.
'Patriotic Rally'
Scheduled in City
A "patriotic rally" will be
sponsored here Thursday, Sept.
19, by the Freedom Center of
Portland.
It will be held at 7:30 p.m. in
the Hoover school on Siskiyou
blvd., according to Mrs. B. Law
ton of Medford, who is making
the local arrangements.
Conducting the rally will be
Walter Huss, former minister,
"now dedicated to the anti-Communist
Crusade," and Kenneth
Goff, also "an anti-Communist
crusader," according to Mrs.
Lawton.
Both men will speak at the
Thursday rally, Mrs. Lawton
said. Goff is the editor of 26
books, editor of "Pilgrim
Torch," and national director of
"Soldiers of the Cross."
The public is invited to the
rally, for which there will be no
charge.
NEIVS(BRIEF$
fUMI ftOM AKOUND THI OlOH
KENNEDY TO MEET NEGRO LEADERS
WASHINGTON (UPD The While llouke announced today that
President Kennedy would meet late Thursday wilh seven Birming
ham Negro leaders to discuss the new racial crisis there resulting
from the church bomb-death of four children.
AGREEMENT SAID NEAR IN SOUTH VIET NAM
SAIGON, South Viet Nam (UPD U.S. and South Vietnamese
officials were reported near agreement today on a major ihifl in
military strength to the Mekong Delta south of Saigon, where
Communist pressure is growing.
FRENCH-WEST GERMAN AGREEMENT SEEN
PRIS (l'PI France and West Germany appeared to have
reached agreement on blocking any East-West pact that would
confirm Sviel territorial conquests in central and eastern Europe.
WASHINGTON (UPD Senate leaders indicated today that de
bate on the huge S47.4 billion defense money hill prohaliiy would
begin Immediately after final ratification of the nuclear test ban
treaty.
United Nations can play in any
East-West detente, Sosa said
the world parliament provides
a forum for world public opin
ion on such crucial issues as
nuclear tests.
"I expect the future to be the
same as the past in that re
spect," he told his first news
conference since being elected
Tuesday.
The assembly, whose opening
meeting Tuesday was marred by
an anti - Castro demonstration,
got down to the business of its
new session today. The 21-nation
steering committee was exam
ining the 82 items proposed for
the agenda to see which of the
standing committees would take
each item for preliminary de
bate. Sosa told newsment this morn
ing that the financial crisis is a
top item before the assembly.
He said the organization cannot
carry on its functions if mem
bers do not provide sufficient
funds.
Article To Come Up
In answer to a question, he
said application of article 19 of
the charter will not come up at
least until after Dec. 31. This ar
ticle states that a member will
lose its vote if it falls two years
behind in payment of its assess
ments. Article 19 is of major import
ance to diplomats here because
Rusia, which has refused to pay
its Congo assessments, will be
come liable to the article's pro
visions on Jan. 1.
There were three instances of
disharmony on the first day.
Albania demanded that Na
tionalist China be expelled from
the U.N. and Communist China
admitted in its place. Indonesia
objected to the presence of
Malaysia. And Cuban exiles in
battle dress leaped from the
public gallery, dashing into the
delegates' section with shouts
of "Long live free Cuba."
Pamphlets Tossed
Thev tossed pamphlets among
the delegates which referred to
Fidel Castro's government as
a "Pnmmunist satellite." One
vouth fiot within five feet of
the dais on which Sosa and Sec
rslnrv General Thant sat be
fore guards hustled him out.
Eleven of the youths were
takon into custody by UN
euards but later released.
One result of the demonstra
tion was a UN decision to close
the galleries to the public and
bar visitors from outside when
President Kennedy makes his
speech Friday.
Last Rites Held
For Negro Girls
By United Press International
Funeral services for three of
iho four Wrn eirls killed in a
church bombing Sunday at
Birmingham, Ala., were to be
held today with Negro leader
Martin Luther King Jr. deliver
ing the main eulogy.
The other victim, Carol Rob
ertson, 14, was buried Tuesday
in a iparfnl ceremonv attended
by more than 1,500 persons. At
least 25 white ministers and
priests and a white city council
man were present.
"Their deatns nave noi ocen
in vain," said the Rev. John H.
Cross, pastor of the bombed 16th
tr0pt Rantist rhnrch. "Mav we
not seek revenge by perpetrating
evil oui may we aeu iu mm
the God she sought."
Ashland Considering
Offer from Power Firm
ASHLAND Consideration by
the Ashland city council of
whether to sell the city's electri
cal system to Pacific Power and
Light company was put off
again last night when still an
other offer was received from
the power company.
The latest offer was for $2
million, it was reported.
Regional Edition
Medford
28 Pages Two Sections
TRAIN-TRUCK CRASH KILLS
rests on the front of a Southern
Charges of Felony Manslaughter
Face Driver of Truck; 28 Killed
Contract Renewal
To Receive More
Consideration
The Jackson county parks and
recreation commission will con
sider further the renewal of a
concession contract for the Lily
Glen riding stables at Howard
Prairie lake, a commission
spokesman said today.
It was noted recently that Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Wilhelm are ten
tatively considering establishing
a dude ranch in the area if the
county court should approve.
The couple was pleased with
the increase in business the lat
ter half of the summer and
noted they had more customers
at Lily Glen than at their other
concession at Lake of the Woods.
Equipment Salvaged
The county parks department
continues to salvage equipment
and materials from the old mill
site at Eagle Point, according to
Neil Ledward, director. The
property was taken over by the
county for property taxes due.
Items salvaged by the county
include 1,000 feet of rubber coat
ed wire, a Lincoln arc welder,
2,500 feet of mill chain, electric
motors, large compressor and
old drill press, and 80 feet of
heavy link chain from a log
hoist which will be used to an
chor a log boom at Howard
Prairie lake.
The county parks and recrea
tion director is investigating fur
ther the possibility of obtaining
about two acres at Indian creek
near Shady Cove for a picnic
and boat launching area.
Roberts To Receive
Recognition at Event
George M. Roberts, Medford,
is one of 24 attorneys in Oregon
who will be given special recog
nition at the 1963 meeting of the
Oregon State Bar in Portland
this week end.
Roberts, a former president
of the Oregon State Bar. will
be honored as a memncr oi me
group of attorneys who have
practiced in Oregon for 50
years.
Certificates in "recognition of
their long service and contribu
tion to the bar and to the state"
will be presented to the attor
neys at the Friday luncheon.
The annual meeting will be
attended by a large delegation
of Jackson county lawyers.
Carl Brophy, Medford, presi
dent of the Jackson County Bar
association, with a membership
of 77, is serving on the resolu
tions committee of the annual
meeting. There will be a num
ber of local bar association
members serving in other com
mittee functions.
28 Part of a truck-bus still
Pacific engine after the train
Legislators Claim
Tax Bill Approval
Is Needed Oct. 15
Approximately 100 persons
last night heard three legisla
tors and an educator explain
the new tax bill to be voted
on Oct. 15 by the general pub
lic. The three, Richard Eymann
(D-Lane county), chairman of
the House tax committee, Rich
ard L. Kennedy (D-Lane coun
ty), former executive secretary
of the interim committee on
local government, and James
Redden (D-Jackson county),
plus County School Superintend
ent Alf Mekvold admitted that
they do not approve of some
features of the new tax bill.
However, the bill's approval
is necessary to prevent chaos
in the state's governmental
economy, possible cuts in some
state services and loss of oth
ers, they said. A possible cut
in the state basic school sup
port could mean increased
Jury Selection in
GP Trial Continues
GRANTS PASS-Selcction of
a jury for the first degree mur
der trial of Norman Stewart
Thomas, 22, of Grants Pass, was
still in progress this morning.
Thomas is charged in connec
tion with the death of Lloyd
Miles Harper, 48, of Grants
Pass, July 12. A second man,
Gerald Richard Odcn, 25, of
Wolf Creek, was found guilty
ot voluntary manslaughter
in
connection with the same inci
dent last week.
The Thomas trial is being
heard in Josephine county cir
cuit court, with Judge Orval J.
Millard presiding. Charles A.
Teller, Grants Pass attorney,
is defending Thomas. Larry As
chenbrenner, county district at
torney, is handling the prosecu
tion. Selection of the jury took up
virtually the entire opening day
of the trial Tuesday. Several
prospective jurors were ex
cused, some because they stated
they did not believe in the death
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Progress on Parks on
Commission Agenda
Progress of development of
both Hawthorne and Jackson
parks will be given at a meet
ing of the Medford park and
recreation commission at 7:30
o'clock tonight.
Also, on the agenda will be a
request from the Jackson coun
ty Softball association.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,
hit the vehicle at a crossnig a
Mexican laborers were killed and
property taxes in various Jack
son county areas ranging as
high as $60 they added.
Purpose of Meeting
Main purpose of the meeting
in Mcdford's Labor Temple was
to explain the bill so people
going to the polls Oct. 15 would
know what they were voting on.
Leading off, Redden explain
ed there has been no increase
in state income tax since 1955,
but a 60 per cent increase in
state expeditures.
This situation isn't due to ex
penditures increasing sharply so
much as to running out of the
surplus state funds built up dur
ing the war when more people
moved into Oregon and income
increased sharply, Redden
pointed out.
Budget Was Cut
We cut the budget 14 per
cent under what various state
agencies requested and 3 per
cent of the governor's requested
allocation," Redden said. "But
due to the population increases-
more pupils in the schools ed
ucation's budget has increased
15.3 per cent
Various state institutions and
as theUmen !
programs,
nealtn program, also have in
creased costs because of a
population rise, Redden noted.
Any cuts made would be in
higher and local education, plus
the various state institutions
and programs as the mentally
retarded children's program,
mental health, agricultural and
I forestry research.
Higher education could pos
sible get by with cuts, because
the state's colleges and univer
sities can raise the tuition and
standards for admission to limit
enrollment.
However, for every $1 cut
from the state welfare program
it will lose $2.50, since county
and federal matching funds are
. based on what the state
pro-
vides
(Continurd on page 1.1. I
i Forest Crew Mops
! An eight-man Rogue River
I National forest crew was mop
ping up this morning on a one
acre fire on Beaver creek in the
Applegate district.
The fire was described as a
"sleeper" from a previous light
ning storm. It was discovered
about 4:30 p.m. yesterday. An
eight man crew was sent. It was
relieved this morning.
A total of 4.000 gallons of fire
rctardent were dropped on the
blaze.
Water was to be dropped,
when fog Iiltr4 today, to aid the
mop up operation.
Chualar, Calif. Twenty-eight
33 were injured. (UPD
Makeshift Bus
Mangled in Crash
Al Rail Crossing
CHUALAR, Calif. (UPD - A
Mexican farm worker who "did
n't see the train" faced charges
of felony manslaughter today
for the deaths of 28 companions
in the worst bus-train collision
in U.S. history.
Francisco G. Espinosa, 34,
was the driver of a makeshift
bus that was smashed to rubble
Tuesday by a Southern Pacific
freight train going 65 miles an
hour.
Of 60 men aboard the bus,
only Espinosa escaped serious
injury. Thirty - one were hos
pitalized, and five were in such
extremely critical condition to
day that they may not live.
22 Killed Outright
Twenty-two men died outright
in the collision and six died
later while being treated in hos
pitals at Salinas, 10 miles to the
North.
Most of the victims were
Mexican braccros, or seasonal
farm workers. A few were U.S.
natives.
Monterey County Coroner
Chris Hill Jr. said he did not
of the dead until late today at
the earliest. Many bodies were
badly mangled, and few of the
men carried identification pa
pers. The California Highway Pa-
trol described the accident as
"the biggest single fatal vehicle
accident of any kind in the
history of California."
Worst on Record
The National Safety Council
said it was the worst U.S. bus-
train accident on record. The
' previous worst occurred Dec. 1
I 1938, near Salt Lake City when
24 persons died,
Tuesday's collision occurred
at a narrow railroad crossing in
j Salinas Vallcv. the so called
j salad bowl of the nation. The
workers had finished their day
in a celery field eight minutes
before.
The freight engine, pulling 71
open-top cars of sugar beets,
Dlouchcd broadside into the con
verted truck, which was fitted
with an aluminum canopy and
parallel benches for use as a
bus by the farm laborers.
Flew All Over'
"Bodies just flew all over the
place." said Tony Vasqucz, 29.
a field supervisor who witnessed
the tragedy from a nearby let
tuce field.
The train traveled a mile be
fore engineer R. E. Crypc, San
Luis Obispo. Calif., could bring
it to a stop. The roof of the bus.
embedded wilh bits of clothing
Mexican straw hats and shoes,
still was attached to the front
of the engine.
Tribune
1963
Porter To Seek
Freedom
Castro Captives
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON-Ex-Congress-
man Charles O. Porter of Eu
gene is going to Cuba with the
tacit approval of the Kennedy
administration.
Porter's chief aim is to try
to persuade Premier Fidel Cas
tro to release an estimated
75,000 political prisoners from
Cuban prisons.
Porter was briefed at the
State department Wednesday on
latest developments in the Ca
ribbean, an area in which he
specialized as an Oregon con
gressman from 1957 through
1960. Later Wednesday he Hew
to New York to confer with
James Donovan, the New York
attorney who master-minded the
release last year of Cubans tak
en prisoner during the abortive
Bay of Pigs invasion.
Representing Group
Porter, an attorney, is rep
resenting an incorporated group
of Cuban refugees in this coun
try whose relatives are held as
political prisoners. He met with
the group Tuesday in Miami.
Plans for his trip to tuba nave
been In the works lor many
weeks.
The State department approv
ed Porter's trip but not on
the basis of his attempt to free
Castro's political enemies. Offi
cially, Porter was given clear
ance as a journalist on the basis
of an agreement to write an
article about the venture tor
Look magazine.
When Donovan secured the
release of the war prisoners, he
asked Castro to consider releas
ing the political prisoners. Por
ter said Castro promised to con
sider it but that the United
States has never actually fol
lowed up on that request.
While the administration is
making Porter's trip possible
with full knowledge of his chief
aim, it is not officially endorsing
that effort. That is the apparent
reason for considering him a
journalist.
Alliance Weakened,
Rockefeller Says
GLENN FALLS, N.Y. ((UPD
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller,
speaking to a crowd in a cam
paign spirit, charged Tuesday
night that the Kennedy admin
istration had weakened the West
ern alliance through unilateral
negotiations with the Soviet Un
ion.
Rockefeller, who has promised
to announce by the end of the
year if he will seek the 1964
Republican presidential nomina
tion, also renewed his attack
on President Kennedy s fiscal
policies.
The governor said that in the
Eisenhower administration the
late Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles made sure that
the United States' position rep
resented that of ils allies before
engaging in talks with Russia.
"Now we arc negotiating and
signing treaties," he said.
"They arc asking our allies
afterwards, without consultation,
and publicly shaming them into
a position that if they don't
sign the whole world is looking
at them and turning against
them.
Jacksonville City
Attorney Notes Hours
JACKSONVILLE - Ervin B.
Hogan, city attorney for Jack
sonville, will be at the city hall
from 2 to 6 p.m. today, tomor
row and Friday to meet with
residents regarding their sewer
assessments.
The Jacksonville city council
encouraged any city property
owner with a problem or ques
tion concerning his assessment
to meet with the attorney during
these hours.
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The main unanswered ques
tion is not only whether Castro
will release those who survived
the blood baths of political exe
cutions following his take-over,
but what would happen if the
uinan dictator said they were
free to go to America in return
for something tangible from the
United States, such as the drugs
delivered to Cuba in exchange
tor me Bay ot pigs prisoners.
Morse Sees Test
Treaty Resolution
As Unnecessary
WASHINGTON (UPD - Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) told the
Senate today it is "unncessary
and undesirable" to add to the
test ban treaty resolution spe
cial assurance that fu t u r e
amendments must have Senate
approval.
He said a compromise plan to
aaa sucn assurance as a pre
amble to the nuclear treaty
rncnlnlinn nf ralifinatinrt 'oAAm
"avoid the embarrassing pre-
dicament of going back to all
tne omer signees with a re
statement of our own constitu
tion." The compromise was
drawn up to meet objections of
Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.),
a powenul senate voice
Both Morse and Sen. George
D. Aiken (R-Vt.), previously
announced backers of the treaty,
cauca tor overwnclminc rati
ification of the pact barring all
dui underground tests.
Nolcd in Speeches
Their views were given In
Senate speeches as Democratic
leader Mike Mansfield told news
men he thought chances were
slim that a final vote on the
treaty could be reached before
next week.
Morse told the Senate he will
"vote for this treaty with only
the reservation that it does not
go far enough." He said he
would back it "if for no other
reason than it tries to reduce
the pollution of the atmosphere
and that is an obejective the
United States as pursued under
administrations of both parties.
A two-thirds majority is re
quired for ratification or 67
senators if all are present and
voting.
Ashland Council to
Otfer Library Loan
ASHLAND - The Ashland city
council last night took action to
loan the Ashland library board
$5,000 to be used for financing
preliminary architectural plans
for a proposed library annex.
The loan would be repaid to
the city from the sale of bonds.
The proposed annex is expected
to cost in the neighborhood of
1300,000 to construct.
In connection with the project,
the council also voted to adver
tise for sale two houses now lo
cated on property proposed for
the annex, with provision that
the buyer would move the
houses off the land.
Callahan Says Increased
Benefits More Important
EUGENE (UPD -The chain
man of the Stale Industrial Ac
cident Commission said Wednes
day increased benefits and
strong administration were more
important to a new workmen s
compensation law than the agen
cy implementing the program.
William A. Callahan to.d the
slate AFL-CIO convention here
that "the art of a successful
workmen's compensation pro
gram is supervision and control
by a powerful but fair board
of commission."
"Good provisions of the law
and a strong, well-financed
board or commission can give
injured workmen and widows
satisfactory service under any
type of workmen's compensa
tion law," he said.
Callahan said he believed that
an exclusive state fund can be
the most economical and satis
factory plan for workman's
compensation. Exclusive state
coverage is one of the biggest
objectives of the eighth annual
meeting.
Stall Flees To
Safety Under
Police Guard
British Voice
Bitter Protest
JAKARTA, Indonesia (UPD
A howling mob of 10,000 rioters,
protesting the formation of the
new nation of Malaysia, sacked
and burned the British Embassy
today.
The embassy staff fled to safe
ty under police protection. Some
embassy employees were in
jured in the rioting.
The rioters staged ttieir attacK
in retaliation for a demonstra
tion against the Indonesian Em
bassy in the Malaysian capital
of Kuala Lumpur Tuesday.
Indonesian authorities made
no attempt to put out the fire
in the embassy.
State of Preparedness
In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian
Prime Minister Tengku Rahman
announced today that his gov
ernment has decided to put the
new nation into a "state of pre
paredness" because of the in
creasing tension.
In London, the British govern
ment bitterly protested the "un
civilized behavior" in Jakarta.
Foreign Secretary Lord Home .
told Indonesian Ambassador B.
M. Diah in a heated five-minute
session that "proper means
should be taken by the Indo
nesian government to protect
the British ambassador and
British lives and property."
The British were singled out
for attack because they have
strongly backed the new nation,
which is a federation of Singa
pore, Malaya and two British
territories on the island of Bor
neo, part of which is shared by
Indonesia. The new tederation is
ODDOsed bv Indonesia and the
riiiuppmea,- im u
Malaysia severed diplomatic re-
lations Tuesday.
The fires started by today s
mob burned out the inside of
most of the embassy building
and destroyed eight embassy
cars. The blazes burned into the.
late afternoon.
Holla Endorses
Gov. Rockefeller
NEW YORK (UPD Teamster
boss James Hoffa today en
dorsed New York Gov. Nelson
A. Rockefeller for the Republi
can presidential candidacy in
1964.
"I would hope he would be
a candidate because I believe
he is a seasoned individual,"
Hoffa said.
"I don't know whether Rocke
feller would appreciate my hope
or not," he said.
He said he based his endorse
ment on "watching what he has
done in New York."
Hoffa was in the capital to
attend a meeting of labor lead
ers with President Kennedy at
the White House.
"I will hate to see a Ken-nedy-Goldwater
ticket because
in good conscience I couldn't
advise our local unions or our
members that either one of them
spells anything in the way ot
what is right and needed for
the average American in this
country," Hoffa said.
County Court Accepts
Bid on Od Dog Pound
The Jackson county court ac
cepted a bid from Pickell Real
Estate company, Medford, this
morning for purchase of the
former dog pound property at
2572 Howard ave.
The real estate company bid
$6,590 for the slightly over one
acre. The county court awarded
the purchase contract this
morning since the offer is over
the $6,000 minimum price set by
the court.
I he speaker said it was un-
justifiable to allow an employer
to decide whether he will ac
cept the workman's compensa
tion law. He said that apart
from workers subject to federal
laws, more than one-third of
Oregon's employees presently
were denied the benefits of
workmen's compensation.
Earlier Gov. Mark Hatfield,
in a speech before the group,
proposed the creation of an in
stitute of labor-management re
lations which would work to
eliminate long labor disputes.
He said he favored continuous
negotiation because "more will
be accomplished through volun
tary prenegotiations committees
than anything yet proposed."
"The day when labor and
management can prolong dis
putes ultimately Involving the
public is over," Hatfield said.
He added that such an insti
tute was part of the solution to
the spector of compulsory arbitration.