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Soldwater Defeated m Treaty Amend ment LYNN SIMMS Some Contestants Objected Negro Student Removed as UC Contestant Escort BERKELEY. Calif. (UPI) -University o( California officials planned today to look into charg es that a Negro student was replaced at the last minute as an escort for national football queen festivities because of his race. The Negro student, Lynn Sims, 20. was one of nine mem bers ot tne talitornians, a uni versity honor society, selected to escort the queen contestants onto the field at Berkeley Me morial Stadium Saturday dur ing halftime caremomcs at the California-Iowa State game. Asked To Step Aside But a spokesman for the Cali tornians said officials of the Berkeley Junior Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the annual national football queen contest, asked Sims to step aside for a white student two hours before the event. The honor society spokesman said some queen contestants from southern universities had objected to Sims' participation. A white member of the society Substituted for Sims.V ' James Faulkner, president of the Junior Chamber of Com merce, admitted some contest ants had requested that Sims be replaced. "As their hosts we were obliged to obey their wish es on the matter," Faulkner said. Arleigh Williams, dean of men at the university, said he would investigate the incident. "If the charges are true," Williams said, "and unless an understanding can be reached, the university will not partici pate in further Jaycee festivi ties of any sort." Sims was to escort Catherine Flanigan of Clarion State col lege in Pennsylvania. He later described her as "cordial and friendly" and said she "showed no ill feelings about my escort ing her." YMCA Auction Nels More Than $3,000 More than $3,000 was received by the Medford YMCA during its 13th annual auction held yes terday at the B and B Auction house on the Jacksonville high way. More than 250 persons attend ed the event. The monev will be used to renovate worn out equip-1 ment at the YMCA, officials noted. Dick Hawkins, auction chair man, presented awards to both Bill Bray and O. J. Brenner for their auctioneering during the afternoon and past help with the program. HEWSO$BRIEFS ITIMS fOM JjtJ AOUNO THI OlOM KIDNAPED ENGLISH TEACHERS RESCUED SAIGON, South Viet Nam (UPI) U.S. airmen in helicopters and light planes rescued two English tchool teachers who were kidnaped by Communist guerrillas on a brach near the mouth of the Mekong River, the British Embassy said today. 6.000 DOMINICANS FORCED TO EVACUATE SAN DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (UPI ) Haitian ar tillery and marhinegun fire across the border Into Dominican territory today forced Dominican evacuation of fl.ooo Inhabitants of Dajabon and led to threats of armed reprisals. POLISH PRIMATE TO VISIT UNITED STATES WARSAW. Poland UPI (Stefan Cardinal Wysiynskl. Ro man Catholic primate of Poland known for his struggles with the nation's Communist regime, has accepted an invitation to vis it the United States, a spokesman for the cardinal said Sunday. MISSING MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE SOUGHT NEW YORK (UPli An air and sea search resumed at first light today for a Military Air Transport Service plane with in servicemen aboard missing since early Sunday and presumed lost. TROOPS TO BE AIRLIFTED TO GERMANY WASHINGTON UP1 An entire division of 16.000 U. S. armored troops will be airlifted to Germany neit month In the largest such movement ever undertaken. Defense Secretary Rob ert S. McNamara announced today. Goldwater Would Use Troops To WASHINGTON ICQ) - Sen. Barry Goldwater (R Ariz.) would use the full force of fed eral authority including fed eral troops, under certain con ditions to enforce court de cisions on school integration. Goldwater took this stand, in sharp contrast to his past asser tion that the 1954 Supreme Court integration decision was not "the law of the land," in an interview with Congression a 1 Quarterly Service. The Arizona Senator, now a front - running contender for his party's 1964 Presidential nomi nation, stressed practical, prag matic answers to problems, rather than the ideological and often dogmatic stands for which he is known, in the CQ inter view. For example, he: Opposed as impractical the three Constitutional amend- Rusk Encouraged On Renewal of U.S. Rights in Spain NEW YORK (UPI) - Secre tary of State Dean Rusk, after a conference today with the Spanish foreign minister, told aides he was very encouraged about prospects for renewing American air and naval base rights in Spain. Official sources said Rusk and the Spanish minister. Fernando Maria Castiella y Maiz, also discussed East-West relations and issues before the current assembly by the United Nations Convicted Killer Takes Own Life In State Prison SALEM, Ore. (UPD-George F. Sack, 69, former Portland apartment house owner convict ed in the bizarre slaying of his wife in 1954, took his own life at the state penitentiary here today, Warden Clarence T. Glad den said. Sack was convicted and con demned by a jury in Portland in September of 1954 following the slaying of his wife, Goldie, in Portland on Feb. 18, 1954. His death sentence later was commuted to life imprisonment by then Gov. Robert D. Holmes. Gladden said it was the first suicide at the prison in several years. Sack's body was found in his cell with a shoestring tied around his neck. Prison officials said he had used a toothbrush to wind the shoestring tight. Asks Forgiveness A note written by Sack said, "Let it be known that 1 forgive and forget all my accusers, and I ask the same forgiveness in return. Please bury me in Salem." Sack, who was assigned to the tailor shop, did not report for work this morning and his body was found in his cell by a prison officer. The body o( Sack's wife was found in Portland in 1954. Dur ing the trial a state witness said he saw Sack carry something from the trunk of his car near the spot where her body was found. Sack came to Portland from the Midwest where in 1925 he was arraigned at cmcago tor the shooting of his second wife under the name "Sacks." He was defended by famed lawyer Clarence Darrow and was sent to the Illinois State hospital without conviction. He was re leased seven years later and moved to the Northwest. ments currently being pressed in conservative quarters. (The amendments would establish a 50 - member "court of the Union" above the Supr erne Court, keep the federal courts out of state legislature appor tionment matters and make it easier for the states to amend the Constitution without the con sent of Congress.) Endorsed the 1962 Supreme Court decision in the Tennessee apportionment case. Baker v. Carr, which has caused federal court challenges to state legis lature apportionments in most of the states. "I think that is a function of the courts," Gold water said. "They probab 1 y waited too long." . Said he no longer favors, as he previously did, application of antitrust laws to unions. "I during their one-hour session. The ten-year bases agreement expires Thursday and Spain has asked for some modifications before agreeing to a five-year renewal. Rusk was understood to have agreed on the necessity to grant Madrid's desire for greater political consultation and replacement of some outmoded military equipment by newer models. Officials said, however, details would be worked out by second level officials. It was possible Rusk and the Spaniard would meet again before the Thursday deadline. Price for Renewal As the price for renewing the bases agreement, Spain was said to be insisting on two ma jor points: Increased political and mili tary consultation with Washing ton to remove her from the stat us of a "second-class ally." Stricted measures to con trol personal spending by Amer ican servicemen in Spain and reduce inflationary pressures in the country. The ticklish meeting was the first in an intensive 10-day round of talks Rusk has scheduled with foreign leaders here to attend the annual United Na tions General Assembly session. Traffic Accidents Snuff Six Lives By United Press International Traffic accidents claimed six lives in Oregon during the week end. Cecil Wharff, 34, Portland, was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car in Portland Sunday. Mrs. A v o t a Endicott, 47, Shedd, died when the car in which she was riding collided with a pickup truck on U.S. Highway 99E, 15 miles south of Albany, Sunday. Ralph Filbers, 70, Terrebonne, died about 11:45 p.m. Sunday in an accident on a county road near Terrebone, state police re ported. Mrs. Bernice Dilsaver, 52, Es tacada, was killed in a one-car accident on Mt. Scott southeast of Portland Saturday night. Mrs. Joyce Hegg, 33, Hills boro, died when her car struck a tree near Hillsboro Friday night. Thomas Ring of Hood River was injured fatally in a one-car accident near Hood River Fri day night. Oregon's traffic toll so far this month now stands at 42, compared to 33 for the first 23 days of September last year. there have been 410 deaths on Oregon highways in 1963, compared to 337 for a similar period in 1962. Nine New Planis Highlight Expansion SALEM (UPD-Nine new manufacturing plants and three j major auto distribution facili ties highlighted Oregon's indus trial expansion in August, the governor's office announced to day. The nine new plants represent a combined investment nf 4 million, and created 245 new jobs in basic industry. Largest of ! the plants was the new Boise r' i :i, t-ti lascaue piywuwi mill ai cigm, to cost $2.5 million. The office said three new re gional automotive distribution buildings in the Portland area represent a $5 million invest ment. NATIONAL TRUSTEE PORTLAND (UPI) - Ralph Floberg of Portland has been elected president and national I EXECUTIVE SECRETARY trustee of the Oregon Society for j EUGENE (UPI) Donald L. Crippled Children and Adults at ! Jones of Eugene has been ap the group's 17th annual meeting i pointed executive secretary of here. I the League of Oregon Cities. don't think it will work, frank- ly," he said. Opposed a national civil de fense shelter program, a pet project of his chief competitor for the nomination, New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller (R). "The public couldn't care less about this subject.,, he asid. "If the neutron bomb is developed it will make obsolete every shel ter we have." Said he did not favor abolish ing the income tax unless the annual Government budget (now about $100 billion) should go down to less than $50 billion. "These people that advocate the repeal of the income tax have yet to come up with any sound argument as to what they would replace it with." Goldwater said. A national sales tax, he said, "would be a rat race." Regional Edition Medford. 18 Pages Two Sections Wrecking Yard Not in Violation, Official Reports A wrecking yard in the South Talent interim'zoned area is not in violation of state law, M. L. Page, Salem, manager of the registration division, depart ment of motor vehicles, has written the county court. Page said he recently accom panted Jack Spencer, field in vestigator, on an inspection of the wrecking yard in question. They learned the owner's son holds a dealer's license for the yard. Vehicles outside the fence are all under the dealer s li cense and are operable. Al though outside the fence they were not visible from the high way. Page wrote. The yard operator told the two officials he would move these vehicles behind the fence when he can hire somebody to make room for them in the en closure, according to the letter read this morning by County Judge Earl M. Miller. Any de bris which had been reported outside the fence has been cleaned up, the two men noted. Plan to Rcchcck Yard "We will check the yard again in two months to see that it complies with the law," Page wrote. The county court had sent a letter earlier this month to the state department of motor ve hicles asking for an investiga tion as to whether a wrecking yard in the South Talent interim zoned area was in violation of state regulations. Judge Miller said then the county has no jurisdiction over the yard, but the state now has, due to a new law effective Sept. I. Residents of the South Talent interim zoned area and mem bers of the Jackson county planning commission were dis turbed over the lack of action to correct alleged violation of a wrecking yard in the area, the planning commission had writ ten the county court. JLV?ZnLn &orch Honor society.' academic charged that the area outside the main fenced yard section was larger than allowed by state law and contains more wrecked vehicles than permitted under law. Speed Limit Asked On Cheryl Lane The county engineer was re quested by the county court this morning to investigate the fea sibility of posting a speed limit on Cheryl lane near the Phoenix High school. Nine residents of that area have petitioned the county court for a speed limit on the road. Letters from Phoenix Police Chief John Atchison and Phoe nix school superintendent tr- soeed limit. The two officials noted a "con- siderablc increase in traffic and spcedine" along the road. County Judge Earl M. Miller I said a school speed zpne of 15 to ! 20 miles per hour would be con-i sidered. Morse, Neuberaer - Vote With Majority WASHINGTON' UPI )-Sens. Wavne Morse and Maurine Neu berger (D-Ore.) voted with the majority today in the 75-17 roll call vote by which the Senate rejected the Goldwater-Cuba reservation to the lest ban treaty. Confirmed his opposition to the progressive features of the U. S. income tax, which he says stifles incentive, but said: "I wouldn't reduce the progressive features and nothing else, be cause this wouldn't work." Said he opposed federal fair trade legislation. "A fair traded item becomes an unprofitable item" and fair trade rules can easily be avoided, he said. "As a practical thing, it just doesn't work." Endorsed revision of the Mc Carren - Walter Immigration Act. "I think we ought to re vise the quotas," Goldwater said. "I think they are way out of line. We are not allowing enough Chinese in this country, in my opinion, or enough Ko reans. We have concentrated too heavily on countries that al fc SPECIAL CONFERENCE President Kennedy returned to Washington from Newport, R.I., today and plunged immedi ately into a special conference on the crisis in South Viet Nam. He is shown as he met at the Miss Miller To Study in Japan Miss Pamela R. Miller, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney B. Miller, 2748 Old Stage rd., is one of 21 freshmen at Lewis and Clark college scheduled lo live in Japan this winter. Miss Miller, a 1963 graduate of Medford High school, will leave for Portland Oct. 4 where she will attend one week of orientation on the campus prior to traveling to San Fran cisco to sail for Yokohama on Oct. 12 aboard the SS President Wilson. The students are scheduled to return to Oregon in late Feb ruary, entering Lewis and Clark college for the third quarter. During her senior year at Medford High school, she was - .1 f 4k Ifucci-n r.tnU honors, and was photographer for the yearbook. The program is sponsored by the college and the Experiment in International Living, Putney, Vt. For about six weeks the stu dents live with a Japanese fam ily, the remainder of the time will be in a boarding house. The program helps to promote in ternational understand ing through family living. Mr. and Mrs. Miller and their six other children plan to drive to San Francisco prior to Miss Miller's sailing. Boys Sentenced for Defective Equipment Two teenage operators of mo torbikes were found guilty of I 'n Medford municipal court this j mornln6 JudBe Dna1(l Denman sen- i tenccd a 1, -year-old youth to 1 a a "a" "ours w, ly parks. An IB-year old yulh as ,lned $7"10- WEATHER POIIKCAST: f air and rooler to nlihl. Iitrrravlni rloudlnen I Tuedav. Itiln Ilk fl v hv Tufa da nlehl. Uw lonlchl (X. High lueadav no. Tfmp HlChetl Ve.tetdav 7 I.OMMt lliu Murium . SI Our Skies Tonight Prer. To In a m. Today . Suniel lodav Kiinrlitc tomorrow Autumn h-ian today Trare 7 M p m. 7:00 a.m. at 1 1 :?l am aa the Sun enlera the Sign ol I. Iota. Moomet lonlihl I"'? fl m irt quarter sept. :.l Antare. In reddnh Mar een helow the Moon fnnlfht. I 420 lltht veara from the r.arth. Enforce ready have overwhelming num bers of people in this country," Goldwater opposed, however, any over-all increase in immi gration, pointing to the current increase in the existing U.S. population. Had no objection to fluorida tion of water supplies to reduce tooth decay ( a favorite target of right wing groups). "If the doc tors say it's all right, I'll have to take their word for it," Gold water said. In his 1960 book, "Conscience of a Conservative," Goldwater had declared that the Constitu tion gives the Federal Govern ment no power over education and that "the Constitution is what its authors intended it to be and said it was not what the Supreme Court says it is." Goldwater had said he support ed "all efforts by the states, ex MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, White House with Gen. Maxwell McNamara, Taylor Told To Review Viet Nam Situation WASHINGTON (UPI) - Pres ident Kennedy today sent the nation's two top military leaders to South Viet Nam with instruc tions to get to the bottom of how the war is going there. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took off follow ing a special half hour session with Kennedy at the White House. They were told to "ex tensively review the military program there." Nn Conclusions McNamara told reporters at Andrews Air Force Base in near by Maryland that he could not conclude on the basis of evi dence available here whether the military situation in South Vict Nam had deteriorated. "Until very recently, the prog ress of the military effort of the South Vietnamese, assisted by the U. S. government, against the Communist Viet Cong, was proceeding very satisfactorily," McNamara said. Autumn Arrived Calmly in Valley Autumn arrived calmly here today after threat of a stormy start and with the forecast of heavy precipitation in its early days. Fall began at 11:24 a.m. The Medford station of the weather bureau predicted fair weather tonight, but increasing cloudiness tomorrow with rain wcstcrn Oregon five day fore-i cast is for heavier than normal precipitation, occurring mostly after Wednesday Medford weather station at the airport noted only a trace of rain yesterday evening and early this morning, but there were indications of heavier fall elsewhere in the vicinity. Grants Pass had .08 of an inch ol pre- cipitation up to 4 a.m. today and Howard Prairie .04. Ashand Police Seek Missing Peacock AMIL.A.MJ Asniana ponce, Two men were killed in North today are on the lookout for a crn California hunting accidents peacock. One was report e d during the weekend, missing this morning from the j Harold Bcachamp. 26, Yuba Lilhia Park zoo. City, was accidentally shot to It apparently was taken some- death near Red Bluff, and El time during the niohl. police wood Ktienv. 40. Anderson, was said. There were no immediate killed Instantly Saturday near looking for the police after read clues. Redding to the north. 1 ing an article in a local paper. School Decisions cluding violence of course, to preserve their rightful powers over education." In the CQ interview, however, when asked how a state might properly resist federal court school intergration orders, he said: "The idea is not to resist it. There is nothing in our Constiu tion that says a person can vi olate the law. Neither is there anything that says a state can violate the law. If the states feel that states' rights have been tampered with, you have the amendment process or the elective process." Asked if he, as President, would use federal authority to enforce federal court decisions on school integration, Golwater said: "I would first try moral per suasion. I would visit the state Tribune SEPTEMBER 23, 1963 Taylor, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and De fense Secretary Robert McNamara, center, who left for South Viet Nam alter the meeting. (UPI) The defense secretary said the purpose of the hurry-up mis sion will be to "determine whether that military effort has been adversely affected by the unrest in the past few weeks." This was an apparent refer ence to recent alleged repres sions by the Diem government against Buddhists, students and intellectuals in South Viet Nam. There have been conflicting reixirts from U. S. officials in South Viet Nam and Kennedy told the military chiefs to go there for an on-the-spot assess ment of the situation. McNamara said that he and Taylor probably would stay in South Viet Nam for a week. Asked whether he would rec ommend any personnel changes Neuberger Urges Extension of Act WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D-Ore.) today urged the Senate Com merce Committee to approve legislation which would permit continued shipment of North west-produced lumber to Puerto Rico on foreign vessels. Mrs. Neuberger said a total of 5,069,437 board feet of lumber was shipped to Puerto Rico al ter Congress last year accepted her amendment to allow sus pension of Jones Act restric tions on lumber shipments there. She said there would be such Congress extended and made permanent the Puerto It i c a n amendment ot the Jones Act by acting favorably upon one lo two bills. S. 1050 or S. 2100. Mrs. Neuberger said S. 2100 would make permanent I h i Puerto Uican Jones Act amendment and that S. 1050 would do this as well as expand the exception to encompass all ! American ports. i 'Northern Californians Din in Huniina Mithans . RED BLUFF. Calif -(UPIi- where it is practiced and try to point out to them the moral wrongness of it. And failing in that, I think that the Attorney General should have the power to use a very tightly drawn law aimed like a rifle at the precise problem in a school district . , . Yes, I would use it." Asked if he would use fed eral troops or marshals to se cure compliance where the At torney General's efforts fail, Goldwater said: "There are times when the President can use troops. There are times when he can's. I thinK the troops were wrong in Little Rock, but probably there was some justification for their use in Mississippi in preserving law and order and protection of life and property." (Copyright 1963. Congressional Quarterly Inc.) 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 159 in the U. S. mission in Saigon, the defense secretary said, "no." ; Kennedy returned to Washing ton earlier this morning from 4 week end in Newport, It. I. to confer with McNamara and Taylor before their departure. Ashland Chamber To Meet Tuesday ASHLAND -The Ashland Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon tomorrow at the Mark Antony hotel. The pro gram has not yet been an nounced. Last week chamber members I heard Ted J. Holdt, state direc-! tor of rehabilitation and em ployment lor ex-offenders, tell about the operations of his de partment, including the work of the Medford council, one of the first to be set up in the state. The council is a group of businessmen lormed for the pur pose of helping ex-oflendcrs lo secure employment. Holdt reiterated a point he has made in talks in the Med ford area, that most ex-offenders don't want to go back to jail, but frequently are forced to revert to illegal acts because they are denied employment. He said that since his depart ment was set up I'i years ago, he has placed about 100 ex oflendcrs in jobs throughout the state. Only three have failed to hold them. Parents Who To Boys Town Located NORTH BEND, Ore. (UPD- Policc Saturday located the par enls of two young boys who were put on a bus for Boys Town, Neb., in Salem last Tuesday be cause Ihc fumily could no longer care for them. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Hack worth flagged down a city police car here and asked the officers' help in getting the matter 'straightened out Tho Knv Hanipl Hav Pros. nell. 12. and Donald Presnell, 10, arrived in Omaha Thursday night with 90 cents, two suit cases containing their clothes, and a letter of introduction to Boys Town officials. The mother, 32, said she went Proposal Beaten By Roll Call Vote On Senate Floor Treaty Certain Of Ratification WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen. Barry Goldwater. who has vow- ed to oppose the nuclear test ban treaty even if it means political suicide." was over. whelmingly defeated today in bid to make the pact contin gent on a Soviet withdrawal from Cuba. The Arizona Reuublican's Dm- posal was voted down by a roll call vote of 75-17 after toD lead ers of both parties strongly op- posea it. uoiawatcr hart argued it was necessary to test Russia'3 good faith in seeking to casa cold war tensions. Certain of Ratification The treaty already was cer tain of ratification when it is brought to a final vote Tuesday. But the Goldwater restriction was the most serious obstacle and its rejection apparently sig naled defeat of a series of other proposed reservations. Unlike the treaty, which re quires a two thirds majority for approval, the Goldwater propo sal needed only a bare majority of those present and voting. It came nowhere near that mark. Voting for the Goldwater pro posal were 10 Republicans and 7 Democrats. Opposed were 21 Republicans and 54 Democrats. Possible Clue The roll call gave a possible: clue as to how three uncommit ted senators will vote on the treaty. Sens. John McCllellan (D-Ark.) and Margaret Chase Smith (R-Mainc, two of the doubtful voted against the amendment. Sen. Edwin L. Me- chem (R-.NM.), the third, voted for it. Goldwater's proposal was challenged at once by Sen. Ja cob K. Javits (R-N.Y.). who told the Senate its adoption would "have a very grave ef fect, driving Khrushchev back into Mao Tse-tung's arms . . ." Others Dropped Goldwater, the leading GOP presidential contender in public opinion polls, called up his re- ervniiun io me treaty as Sen. mamas d. uocm (D - Conn.) dropped four other proposed re strictions to the pact. Goldwater's reservation would postpone the effectiveness of the nuclear pact until Russia had removed its entire military base from Cuba under UN in spection. The Arizona senator made it clear that he will "vote against the treaty with or without this reservation." But he made a strong plea to senators who plan lo back the treaty, which bars all but underground nuclear tests. Duncan Questions Coast Guard Plans WASHINGTON (UPI) Rep. Robert B. Duncan (D-Ore.) has asked the Coast Guard why it plans to remove its lifeboat sta tion at Port Orford, Ore., when the Army expects to spend $702, 000 building a breakwater ex tension there. Duncan, in a letter to the Coast Guard, said "It seems a paradox to mc that the Army engineers have decided the Port Orford Harbor worthy of a $702, 000 improvement which will nat urally increase shipping at the same time the Coast Guard plans to eliminate its manned lifeboat service." The congressman said "I have, recently made a very strong representation of this view in a letter to the Coast Guard com mandant along with Sons. Wayne Morse and Maurine Neu berger. "We pointed out that the har bor Improvement is certainly consistent with the needs of water commerce at the mouth of the Coquillc river. We can ex pect more, not less demand for Cost Gurad service at Port Or ford," he said. Sent Sons She told them she was unable to care for the boys because she had a heart condition and their stepfather was unemployed. The couple was living in a tralicr court at Charleston, near here, while llackworth attempt ed to find work as a longshore man. Detective Elwood Hewitt said no action would be taken against the mother unless an investiga tion by Omaha authorities war rants it. Omaha Juvenile Judge Seward Hart, who is looking in to the case, dug into his own pocket Friday and bought the boys new cowboy boots. And Msgr. Nicholas H. Geg ncr, director of Boys Town, said he was sure "a place could be found for them." j
