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Newspaper Page TextDominican taailie Government Overthrow Education Group Urges Yes' Vote .27. - J! t, nja "2,-. I ST jtT 'tUt M busy -jfr, - ,VA-s i r - snr v SALEM (UP1) - The gover nor's advisory committee on education today adopted a reso lution urging a yes vote on the Oct. 15 tax referendum, then grappled with the problem of public relations. Committee Chair man Dr. Howard Cherry, Portland, said he was concerned that the pub- j ty was slated to get $8.9 mil lie was charging educators with j lion in state support for 1984-65, attempts to intimidate the pub lic. Superintendent of Public In struction Leon P. Minear said new figures on possible basic school cuts had been prepared at the request of House Tax Committee Chairman Rep. Richard Eymann (D-Marcola). tymann made the request aft- er the attorney general said the j 1 Defealof Tax Measure Would Curb 4-H Work CORVALLIS (UPI) Defeat! They agreed to ask the Ore of the legislature's $60 million gon School Boards Association revenue program at the polls j to "mobilize and assist in every Oct. 15 could mean slashing re-! possible activity" to salvage the ductions in the state's 4-H, j tax bill. county agent and agriculture Cherry said educators were and forestry research programs. ' not trvinc to threaten the nnh- accoraing to r. r,. rrice, Clean of the Oregon Stale University school of agriculture. Price listed the effects at the request of the State Department of Finance and Administration, which asked what would hap pen if a budget cut of as much as 24 per cent became neces sary. Would Close Branches Price said if the 24 per cent cut were apportioned equally among state agencies, it would have these effects on his area: Closure oi some orancn ex- j periment stations and dismissal j of up to 68 professional research j Curtailment of county extend sion programs in home eco 'Hj nomics, agriculture and 4-1 rhih work. I Dismissal of up to 64 county I asents and extension suecialists. i Indefinite delay in construc tion of new research buildings, including a meats research lab oratory and a swine barn. Price called the possible cuts "shocking to contemplate." Statement Read to Grants Pass Jury GRANTS PASS - A signed statement by Norman Stewart Thomas, 22, of Grants Pass, dc- fendant in a first degree murder ; trial here, was read to the jury yesterday. The statement was one Thorn-, as made at Roseburg after his j arrest in connection with the ' death of Lloyd Miles Harper, 48, near Grants Pass on July 12. i In the statement, Thomas said ; he fell out of a car in which he, , Harper, Gerald Richard Oden and a girl were riding that night. I He said that he then either ac- cidentally pulled Harper out after him or that Harper fell. Harper, a Grants Pass man. subsequently died after being struck by Oden, 25, of Wolf Creek, Oden has already been found guilty of voluntary man slaughter in the case. Thomas also insisted in the statement that he never touched Harper. A jury of nine women and three men is hearing the case in Josephine County Circuit court. MElVS(t)BRIEF$ ntMs moM D R0UNB THI 10' COLO.MOIA MOVES TO CURB TERRORISM, BOOOTA. Colombia (L'PI) President Guillennn l.ron Va lencia called his top military aides Into emergency cniifrrrnrv today to draft measures to tope with unprecedented Utiiinmh. . I Decision to have the conven-1 KXIM-OSIONS DAMAGE BIRMINGHAM IIO.MKS : Uon wa, made by (he exclltive BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (LTD - Two street corner expiosionv commjtlco. Ralph Poston was1 damaged at least eight homes and four cars In a Negro neigh- named convention chair m a n. j norhood of this racially troubled city early today. No one wnsThe committee is suggesting to j hurt. the political organization that , such a convention be held prior I HURRICANE HEADS TOWARD PUERTO RICO j (0 the state convention which is SAN JUAN. P. R. (LTD Hurricane Kclilh swept across 1 scheduled for the first week in1 SI. Lucia in the tanhhran today with 91 mile per hour winds! and headed Inward Puerto Rico. I CONGO F01UIS r.Ml-.s LI-HII.L rn,in UNITED NATIONS. V Y. (LTD Aiithniialinn In main tain a 5,0(Kl-man UN military force In the Congo unlil next July faces an uphill fight in the General Assembly, diplomats said today. GREEh GOVERNMENT OFFERS RESIGNATION ATHENS, Greece (LTD Greek Premier Pmiayiotis I'ipin elis, caught In a political storm over elections, gave his gov ernment's rcMgnation to King Paul today. governor could not make cuts in basic school funds. Eymann said such cuts might have to be made by a special session of the legislature, and said they would have to be ef fective for the 19M-65 school year. Minear said Multnomah coun- and that this amount would be cut from $1.9 million to $3.9 mil lion, under the plan suggested by Eymann. Eymann asked Minear to pre pare the figures on the basis of a $15 million cut, and a $30 mil lion cut for the single school year. It was brought out that the poorer school districts would be hardest hit in case of basic I school cuts. Minear said "this is ! a general statement, there are so many variables it is difficult to make a generalization." Committee members said they were "appalled at the public re action to efforts to support the legislature's tax bill." To Ask Activity lie. "If we don't tell them what can happen, they'll sav we should have done so. When we tell them, they accuse us of threatening the public. "These are not idle threats. Money will have to come from education, and this will result in reduced services. We must tell the people this." I Most of this morning's session was devoted to the crisis farina education if the tax measure is deteated, and discussion of ways i to encourage public support of uie lax diu. p U IJ "Q lOSIS 11010 Steady in August WASHINGTON (UPI) - The cost ' ving held steady in August ana mere are no signs of any strong inflationary trend before the end of the year, the Labor Department reported today. The Rureu of Labor Statistics said lower food prices offset in-! creases in transportation and recreation costs last month. As a result, the department's price index held steady at the July level of 107.1. This was 1.5 per cent higher than a year ago, however. The food index dropped two . " u . ... ... organization ine loiiowing uay. fresh fruits and vegetables more ! His induction into the federal than offset higher prices for scrvice wjth tne 41st division meat, fresh milk a.nd eggs. came on s t 16 ,., The drop meant that a house wife could purchase for $10.60 Instructor at School August the same market basket of food that cost $10.62 in July and $10 in the base pe riod 1957-59. Three Persons Hurt In Morning Mishap Three persons were taken to i Rogue Valley hospital shortly before noon today following an automobile accident on High-1 way 99 near the Dean and Tay lor Ponliac company. i The accident involved two vehicles and the three injured j persons were taken to the hos pital by ambulance. Additional details were not known at press-time. CLEAll HOAU.SIDK A clean up project spon sored by the Ashland YMCA on the road to Howard Prairie lake last Saturday has restored to its scenic beauty 22 miles of the Dead In dian roadside. In this photo Don Cowan, sec Paul Kliever, Oregon Adjutant General, Dies SALEM (UPH Maj. Gen. Paul Kliever, Oregon adjutant general and chief of staff for Gov. Mark Hatfield, died today. Gen. Kliever, 54, head of the state's military department, was hospitalized early last week aft er suffering a heart attack. Funeral arrangements were pending. He was the third Oregon .adju tant general to die in the last 4',i years. Gen. Thomas Rilea died in February of 1959 and Gen. Alfred Hintz died in May of 1962. Hatfield issued a statement praising Kliever as "a natural leader in a quiet, unassuming, effective way. His devotion 16 his state and nation was an in spiration." Hatfield was notified or Klie ver's death shortly before board ing a plane for Washington, D.C., where he speaks Thursday night. Native nf Idaho Kliever was a native of Aber deen, Idaho. He moved to Ore gon as a youth, and received his education at Dal las public schools and Oregon College of Education at Monmouth. He joined the National Guard as a private in company L, 162nd infantry, at Dallas on Oct. 27, 1930. He was discharged as a first sergeant on Sept. 11, 1940, to accept an appointment as a second lieutenant in the same Kliever participated in early New Guinea and Dutch East In- dies battles and returned to this country Dec. 25, 1944 where he was an instructor in the officers school at Fort Ord, Calif., until released from active duty Dec. 11, 1945. He entered the postwar Na tional Guard service on March 5, 1947, with the rank of major. Gen. Kliever married the for mer Dolly M. Richardson, Dal las, Ore. on Nov. 8, 1935. They have no children. Local Convention Set by Democrats Plans for a county platform convention for the Democratic party were announced today by, ,cd b the Wnj((! House to Charles Crary, chairman of ihe KCnnctlv's l(UKX) . mile swing j Jackson C o u n t y Democratic , lne Wcst was bocominB som(,. .Central committee. j wmU ata(k,mio The President Crary said that for the first jn speaking appearance at Du- timc in Jackson county history ,luln Tuesday night threw away a platform convention would he , much () nis prPparcd text held and an invitation extend-; wnjcn nad deat wiln cnserva- lennca an cuumy Democrats 10 participate. March. i.vF want cvcry Democrat to feel that he is an active part of the party, Crary said in announcing t h e convention plans. Platform proposals from any participant will be consid ered. Plans are being made io ob tain a convention speaker of na tional prominence, he said, and many state dignitaries and offi cials will be invited. retary of the YMCA, is sh ting four members of the Walker Gra-Y club with the project. The boys are, left to right, John Wilda, Jeff Petersen (standing), Tracy Eager, and Keith Cameron. Regional Edition Medford 34 Pages Three Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, Kennedys Conservation Tour Has Definite Partisan Tinges Chief Executive Calls for 'Parity Of Opportunity' ' GRAND FORKS. N.D. (UPI) President Kennedy sped into the Northern Plains states today i with. a call for 'parity of oppor - cllfclose'r ReSS urban living. His "nonpolitical" tour picked up definite partisan tinges as it moved along. Accepts Degree On the second day of his fast moving tour devoted to the sub ject of conservation and devel opment of natural resources, Kennedy flew from Duluth, Minn., to Grand Forks to accept an honorary degree f rom the University of North Dakota and address himself to rural electri fication problems of the vast farmlands of this area. From Grand Forks, the Pres ident's itinerary took him to Cheyenne, Wyo.; an afternoon speech at the University of Wy oming in Laramie; another speech date at Billings, Mont., and an overnight stop at the famed Wyoming resort and hunting area, Jackson Hole. Compares Standards In his prepared speech at the University of North Dakota, Kennedy said there was a great and continuing need for nar rowing the differences in liv ing standards of American city and rural populations, particu-' larly in the cost of electric pow er which becomes increasingly needed in mechanized farming. "We are seeking, in short, true parity of opportunity, but it will not come overnight," he said. To achieve it will require a new impetus in electrification development, new starts in our multipurpose dam programs, and new and greater use of our land, water, timber and wild life resources." Throws Text Away Thn "nnn . rultl irnl" lahnl j (j n Dr01,rams. He hammered instead at tne need for public support of his $11 billion lax cut bill which is exiected to come up for a vote in the House of Repre sentatives today. WEATHER KOMI.! AST: lair tunielll and rtlv rloudv 'I hitr-.(lav. Low tnmslil it llllll THUlilUv Tr-mp lllrhm Vrsirrriav . Ht l.oursl ThU Mntnlm 41 Our Skies Tonight Snmrl today ' :tl P Sunrhr tomorrow , 7:01 in. Moonnrt tomehl . I1:.0 m. IliM Quarter toriav 5:!t p m. Saturn, dur smith at 1013 n m. is .10 drarrM ahnvr th nor Iron hfrr. HtMlirr norlh Ihn nlanrt I lowfr In tllf aky; lurihrr inuth it Ii higher. Seven Students From Area Are Listed as Merit Semif inalists Five students of Medford. High school and two from Grants Pass are in the list of i Somifinalists irt the 1fifiB4 Na- ' ril Scholarship eompe- tition announced today. The Medford students an nounced by High School Princi - pal Lester Harris are Angus Duncan, son of Congressman and Mrs. Robert Duncan; Wayne Kelsoe, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kelsoe, route 3, box 172; John Lampkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ward L. Lampkin, 944 Alta st.; Richard Milhollin. son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Milhollin, 881 Morrison ave., and Craig Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Williams, 1017 Reddy ave. The Grants Pass scmifinalists are Eugene C. Gilpin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Gil pin, 5215 Rogue River highway, Grants Pass; and Arthur J. Par ish, son of Mr and Mrs. Arthur Parish, 611 Northwest A St., Grants Pass, Principal Frank W. Thomas reported. Among 13,000 Seniors The students are among 13,000 seniors throughout the country who attained scmifinalist status in the qualifying test. The semi- finalist list is composed of the highest scoring students in each state and in United States tcr ritories. Each scmifinalist now moves a step closer to winning a four - year Merit scholarship to the college of his choice. Scmifinalists must substanti ate their qualifying test per formance on a second examina tion, be endorsed by their j schools, and fulfill certain rou- tine requirements to become finalists. "The future leaders of our nation will be found among young people who have the qual ities and aspirations represented by these scmifinalists," John M. Stalnaker, president of the Na tional Merit Scholarship corpor- Mekvold, Cox Back From Salem Meeting .County School &upcrinlenrlcnt,ag lle jmporlance o( a wc. Alf B. Mekvo d and Assistan ; roumed rccrcation pi.Rram. In County School Superintendent j (hc a(ternooni lhere was a mcel. Dcalous Cox returned today , , of he associatcd Commuters from a meeting of the Oregon , ih Ram clark Central Association o County School ; pojn( presidin Castcn a n d i terdav j The group, represented by county superintendents through i out the state, discussed basic ! changes in the intermediate unit (the counly school office) as In ' eluded in Ihc new state law. !Cox said. This makes a regional j office, an office representing I more than one county, a possi bility. The school administrators also discussed contracts and forms of contractural agreements be tween school districts. There was some discussion of the tax i bill referendum election. TRUCKS AWAY DUKHIS Here Jim Johns ton mans the truck from Johnston Stores, con cessionaire at Howard Prairie lake. He picked up three truck loads of accumulated litter sack ed by boys, and disposed of it. A contribution WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER ation, stated in reviewing the corporation's requirements. "They are not only intellectu ally able, but characteristically they are also ambitious, cner getic and resourceful. In hon oring them we pay credit, too, to the families, teachers and 1 communities which have aided mem in men eiions to suuueuu Stalnaker said. Studies show that about 501 per cent of the scmifinalists ob tain financial aid trom sources other than the Merit program. In past years, about 97 per cent of the scmifinalists have become finalists, eligible for scholarship awards sponsored by NMSC and about 175 business corporations, foundations, col leges, unions, trusts, profession al associations and individuals. About April 24, 1964, the names of the inalists, the Merit scholars, will be announced. In 1963 there were 1,500 Merit scholarships awarded. Awards may reach a maximum of $6,000 for the four years of college. For students who already pos sess financial resources which will enable them to attend the the college of their choice, the awards are $400 for the four years. Stipends now average about $850 a year. SOC Freshmen Start Orientation Week ASHLAND - Hundreds of freshmen flooded the campus halls and walks at Southern Ore gon college this week for Fresh man Orientation Week. Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, South ern Oregon college president, addressed the group as keynote speaker. "Success in College" was the theme of Monday morn ing's session, a theme which was developed by a panel com posed of students, Terry Casten, North Bend, and Mary Jo Batz er, Medford; and faculty mem bers Dr. Betty Lou Dunlop and Richard Legg. I Major interest areas such as education, general studies anfl hiitinncc uinm ,1 i v,iivin,t an Unll Bob Bckkcr, Prospect, presided at (he beginning sessions. The program will continue for the balance of the week, culmin ating in attendance at the SOC Gcorgc Fox football game. McNamara, Taylor Start Viet Vam Tour SAIGON (UPD-Defcnsc Sec retary Robert S. McNamara and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, set out today to determine why It is taking so long to defeat the Communists in South Vict Nam. 1 -v If feU.IMJI w a v t I to the Ashland YMCA was made by the con cessionaire in return for the work done by the boys. Littering of highways is an offense punishable by a $100 fine. 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 25, 1963 No. 161 Public Hearing May Be Called on Water District A public hearing will be call ed soon on the proposed forma tion of the West Side Water dis trict, County Judge Earl M. Mil ler said today. He noted a map of the area showed far more people have sought exclusion from the pro posed water district than have ! asked for inclusion. County Commissioner Donald E. Faber recently completed the map showing properties seeking ex clusion and inclusion. Areas with most property own ers seeking inclusion were along Ray id. and Frceland id. The Frecland rd. area has lots al most of city lot size, which makes a water line almost a ne cessity, It was pointed out. "Right now it looks as if the proposed water district is both a physical and financial impos sibility," County Judge Miller commented. "However, it is premature to give out much in formation on iliis yet. We have some other details which we must gather more information on." A hearing held Aug. 7 indi cated a majority of those attend ing were opposed to formation of the district. Then approxi mately 150 people cither prop erty owners living within the proposed district boundaries, or owners of property there and living elsewhere, attended. The hearing was continued until more information could be ob tained. Since then, letters from prop erly owners in the area have come to the county court almost daily. Most of these stated the owners did not want to be in cluded in the district. About One Indicate They ASHLAND - About one out of every five Ashland families docs most of its shopping in Medford i or elsewhere outside of the Ash land area, a random survey of Ashland shopping habits made during Ihc summer has indica ted. Dr. Loy Prickelt of Southern Oregon college, who look charge of the survey, gave a prelimi nary report lo members of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. lie prefaced the report by saying that it would take Anoth er three or four months to get the results fully studied. He also emphasized the importance of judging what was said on the basis of the background, in come and educational level of the person who said it. Comments Are Personal Many of Ihc comments galh crcd hv Ihe survey are highly personal in naluic, he added, They will be discussed at pri - ft if ' i e - i d Attorney General Unfolds Story of Organized Crime WASHINGTON (UPI) - A sordid story of gangland blood- baths and how organized crime has set up its own private gov ernment "resting on a base of human suffering and moral cor rosion was untolded today by Atty. Gen. Robert F. Ken nedy. Kennedy gave the account to the Senate investigations sub committee in calling for ap proval ot two new weapons against crime: Immunity tor witnesses in racketeering inves- tigations and a broader federal it was earned out without gun-wire-tap law. ire or bloodshed. Committee chairman John L. Mcuciian iu-ai'K.) said in an opening statement that he has in mind a law that would pro hibit membership In such a criminal and secret organization as "Cosa Nostra." Both Kennedy and McClellan said tne gangland organization attempts to be a form of gov ernment unto itself and outside the law. Valachf Star Witness The star witness at the hear ings, expected to last aboutj three weeks, will be Joseph Val- achi, currently the underworld's most celebrated stool pigeon He has been "singing" to fed eral authorities about Cosa Nos tra and has been marked for death. Kennedy told the senators there existed in this country "a private government of organized crime, a government with an annual income of billions, rest ing on a base of human suffer ing and moral corrosion." McClellan said "this tightly knit association of professional criminals demands and gets complete dedication and un questioned obedience by its members lo orders, instructions and commands from the ruling authority or boss thereof." Pieces of Metal Sighted in Atlantic NEW YORK (UPI)-Picccs of brown and blue metal today were sighted in the Atlantic Ocean by search planes hunt ing for the U.S. Air Force trans port plane which crashed last Sunday with 10 men aboard, the Coast Guard reported here. Officials said the fragments could be from the fuselage of the C133 Cnrgomastcr which went down in the Atlantic on a flight from Dover, Del., to Lajcs in the Azores. in Five Ashland Families Do Shopping in Medford vate seminars with businessmen of the area. In making Ihc survey, BOO families out of some 3,200 in Ashland, were picked at ran dom, Dr. Prickctt said. College students went out lo each of the families with questionnaires. Of the 800 families, 505 completed the questionnaires, 411 refused and 167 could not be located. On a question which asked where the family did most of its shopping, 413 said they did most of It in Ashland, 100 in Medford. When asketl where they had bought their last item in various categories, however, some 40 per cent indicated Medford, Dr. Prickctt added. Work In Ashland Of the families with Ihe hus band employed, 308 of those in terviewed worked in Ashland and 113 In Medford. The percentage of shopping done In areas outside of Ash- i land seemed lo go up in relation 1 lo the expense and relative sig Coup Proclaimed Blow Against Communism Rise President, Cabinet Held as Prisoners SANTO DOMINGO, Domini can Republic (UPI) The armed forces deposed and ar rested President Juan Bosch to day in a military coupe pro claimed as a blow against the rise of Communism in the Do minican Republic. The revolt leaders dissolved parliament, set up a provisional government, outlawed the new constitution which Bosch WASHINGTON (UPD-The United States today suspend ed relations with the Domini can Republic and cut off all aid to the Caribbean country following a bloodless military coupe that toppled the gov ernment of President Juan Bosch, rammed through the congress last July and outlawed the Communist party. Held Prisoners Bosch and his entire cabinet were held prisoners in the presi dential palace. A manifesto signed by 26 ranking officers of the army, navy, air force and police pledged continued Do minican adherence to interna tional comitments. The coup leaders Included generals Antonio Imbert and Luis Amiama, only survivors of the group of rebels who assas sinated ex-dictator Rafael L. Trujillo to start the Dominican Republic on its march to de mocracy after more than three decades of dictatorship. Following up the manifestos outlawing of the Communist party, police immediately threw a cordon around the headquart ers of the pro-Castro 14th of June party. No Bloodshed Reported The coup was pulled otf at 3 a.m. First reports indicated Radio Santo Domingo, the. government transmitter, told people of ' the coup in a pre dawn announcement, saying "the corrupt and pro-Communist government of Juan Bosch has been deposed by a coup d'etat." The announcement called for public calm and order and warned citizens against being tricked into violence by Com munist agitators. All schools were closed by government or der. A bulletin broadcast by Radio I Santo Domingo invited the op position National Civic Union, Social Democrat Alliance, Do minican Revolutionary Van guard, Christian Democrat Pro gressive parties to choose a provisional government. It said the leaders of llio . parties named had accepted the invitation and met immediately to draft a government. Ministers' Parley Slated Saturday NEW YORK (UPI) - The Big Three foreign ministers meeting here Saturday shapes up as a cautious test of the ex tent of the cold war "thaw rather than a negotiating ses sion on specific issues, high American officials said today. Secretary of State Dean Rusk expects no surprising new pro posals to ease East - West ten sion from Soviet Foreign Min ister Andreo Gromyko at this point, his aides said. He does hope, however, to discover whether Russia's new cordiality toward the West together with Moscow's almost complete break with Red China has improved chances for reasonable negotiations on Ber lin and other critical issues. nificance of the item, Dr. Prickctt reported. For example, few of the interviewers indi cated they went to Medford to buy cosmetics, whereas t h e number was quite a bn higher for automobiles. Oilier preliminary conclusions thai could be drawn from Ihe survey, he said, were that a majority of those interviewed said they do most of their shop ping by cash, and that there were a number of comments to indicate that Ashland stores may have a dearth of merchan dise in the medium price range. Of the families interviewed" there were 44 with professional men as the head of household 29 businessmen, 171 skilled workers, 88 semi skilled, 14 un skilled, 113 retired and 13 col lege students. "These figures indicate that there is a largo group here ot skilled and semi-skilled work ers who are paid by the hour," Dr. Prlckett noted.