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Rogue Valley Edition M United Preu International Full Luud Wirt 18 Pages Two Father Criticizes Mine. Nhu's Rap Against U.S. NEW YORK (UPI)-Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu Sunday sharply criticized U.S. officials in South Viet Nam Sunday and was, in turn, sharply criticized by her father, their country's former ambassador to the United States. Mme. Nhu and the father, Tran Van Chuong, spoke in sep arate appearances about the troubled political situation in the Southeast Asian nation. The controversial Mme Nhu, sister-in-law of South Viet Nam President Ngo Dinh Diem, Oregon Traffic Takes Seven Lives During Week End By United Press International Traffic accidents chimed the lives of seven Oregon residents during the week end. Six of the deaths were recorded in the state. Mrs. Cora Macklin, 61, Spring field, was killed and 18 persons were injured in a chain-reaction collision involving six cars and two trucks on Interstate High way 5 two miles north of Al bany Sunday morning. State police said the crash oc curred when a car slowed down as it hit a patch of fog and a freight truck smashed into the vehicle. Five other cars and a tank truck piled into the mass of wreckage, police said. Shirley Loucks, 18, Medford, died when the car in which she was riding crashed 25 feet into a ravine off State Highway 62 near Shady Cove early Sunday. Child Killed Cola Young, 3, Eugene, was killed by a car in front of his home and Chester Morrill, 45, Bend, was killed in a one-car accident fives miles south of Bend Saturday morning. State Rep. William Kelsay (D Roseburg) died in a two-car col lision about 35 miles north of Klamath Falls and Grace Lun deen. 29, Winchester Bay, lost her life in a one-car crash three miles south of Reedsport Friday ni?ht. Kelsay was 50. Mrs. Grace McCracken, 63, Lebanon, was killed in a two car, head-on collision near Red ding, Calif., Friday night. A total of 10 person have been killed on Oregon highways this month, compared with eight for the first seven days of October last year. There have been 430 deaths in Oregon traffic so far this year. During a similar period of 1962 there were 358 deaths. Ten Autos, Truck Collide on Freeway SALEM (UPI)-Ten autos and a freight truck crashed in a rear end chain collision on interstate S just south of here today. Two persons were injured. State police said the accident occurred when one car slowed its speed on entering a bank of dense fog. The other vehicles piled up behind it, and traffic was blocked on the highway about a half hour. The two injured, Charles Fred I Wilson. 46, and George Hamm, I 56, both Portland, both suffered facial cuts and lacerations. In a similiar fog-caused eight vehicle crash Sunday near Al bany, one woman was killed and 18 persons were injured. . TIIKM SAYS TROOPS READY NEWS(BRIEFS ITIMS FROM jUV M0UNB Wl 010 SAIGON' (UPI) President Ngo Dinh Diem said today his U.S. supported army now has (he strcnglh to lake (he offensive againsl the Communist Viet Cong guerrillas "on all fronts." HOKFA MAY BACK ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (I'PI) Teamslers Union president Janics R. Hoffa said Sunday he might throw his support to Michigan Gov. George Romncy for president in 19M. CUBA NOT TO SIGN TEST BAN TREATY UNITED NATIONS,' N.Y. (LI'I) Cuba announced today that It will not sign the Moscow nuclear test han treaty until the United States changes its policy toward Fidel Castro's govern ment. SOUTH VIET NAM ENVOY HEADS FOR WASHINGTON SAN FRANCISCO (UPI Do Vang Ly, South Vict Nam's new ambassador to the United Stales, leavei here today for Washing Ion to present his credentials to President Kennedy. EDFORD Sections charged that U.S. officials In the country gave the impression of being merely "spectators of a show." "They do not give us the im pression they are actually fight ing with us," she said on a pro gram which was filmed in her hotel suite in Paris. Denounces Statements Chuong, who resigned in pro test against the Diem regime and its policies, denounced the statements of his daughter as "a very sad case of power mad ness." The Diem regime, he said, "is so backward, inefficient and oppressive that it has become the greatest asset to the Com munists and the biggest obstacle to victory in Viet Nam." Chuong appeared on a pro gram with Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R-NY.), who renewed his call for a lull congressional investigation of the situation in South Viet Nam. Mme. Nhu said there are "jun ior" U.S. officials in South Viet Nam who "are betraying the of ficial policies of the American government" by talking openly about the possible overthrow of her brother-in-law's regime. Many of these officials, she said, publicly discussed their at tempts to "kick away" former U.S. Ambassador Frederick E. Nolting, who preceded Henry Cabot Lodge in the Saigon post, Damages Relationship She said Lodge's recent criti cism of her may not have im paired his relationship with Diem, but has damaged "his re lationship with me." "But maybe I am a good girl and maybe I may forget," she said, of Lodge's remarks. Madame Nhu was asked what she might say to President Ken nedy if she gets the opportunity to see him during her forthcom ing visit to the United Mates. She replied: I think 1 shall be satistied to say to him 'Bonjour' (good day), and the rest will come accord ing to the inspiration of the mo ment." Chuong predicted that his daughter would spearhead "an all-out propaganda effort in tne United States" to publicize the Diem viewpoint. She was, he said, "the strongest headline eapturer in Viet Nam." Ex-Congressmen Meted Sentences BALTIMORE, Md. (UPI) Former Maryland congressman Thomas F. Johnson was given a six-month prison term and for m e r Alabama Congressman Frank Boykin was fined $40,000 today on charges of conflict of interest and conspiracy. Boykin, who campaigned on the slogan, "everything is made for love, was placed on six months probation. Boykin, 78, presently is hos pitalized in Washington, recov ering from a heart attack. Federal District Judge Roszcl C. Thomscn handed down the sentences and fines for Boykin, Johnson and two other men, J. Kenneth Edlin and Miami at torney William Robinson. All four were convicted earlier this year on charges growing out of a savings and loan asso ciation scandal. LINK DEDICATED LONGVIEW. Wash. (UPI) - Gov. Albert D. Rosellini today dedicated a $1,435,940 connecting link between the city of Long view and the Portland-Seattle freeway. FOR OFFENSIVE MEDFORD, Ml ittM Mw J y d ' Ci'W' I.vAA.. J&t ' V i ' x MfWt f nl? fit fM$?y i 'A y .MiWliff'tTniinirnrwrt'i! iTimiir.i . r,mimmJt. ,T$i , PRESIDENT SIGNS TREATY - of the White House as he siened of J, Son ? w pJhS 'm'ili,1- Verel Harrt"?fn.' assistant secretary Kennedy signed the treaty with a vow tl rJlt 'a&c' ,Jp v.' ,Fuclbng5,t iD".A,uk )' Suee,et?l?'.,of Slate Dean Rusk- Sen- Ali even if it fails, we shall not reRiet" 1 George Aiken (R-Vt.), Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.), GOP Senate leader "a message of hope for all the wo?ld " ( Local Girl Killed In Early Sunday Highway 62 Crash Shirley Ann Loucks, 18, of 808 West 11th st., was killed in stantly early Sunday morning when the car in which she was riding went off Highway 62 about Hi miles south of Shady Cove and down a 20 foot em bankment. According to Oregon state po lice, the girl was a passenger in a' car operated by Wallace Eugene Erickson,. 24, of 1317 Beekman st, Erickson and an other passenger, Dorothy Estelle Col'on, 19, of 203 B St., Phoenix, were reported in satisfactory condition this morning at Rogue Valley hospital. Erickson was reported suffering from a frac tured right leg, and multiple lacerations on the arm, face and head. Miss Cotton received fa cial lacerations and a dislocated right hip. A third passenger in the car, Ronald Houston Simpson, 20, of 217 South Riverside ave., was not injured. State police reported that tne Erickson vehicle was north- bound on Highway 62 and went off the west side of the highway as it attempted to round a left curve, The car went off the high way and down a bank, turning over onto its top. Miss Loucks is the 18th per son to be killed in traffic acci' dents in Jackson county this year. Townsite of Tiller Offered for Sale TILLER Anyone want to buy a town? the townsite of Tiller, Ore., which includes just about all of the community, except for a market, service station and post office, is for sale. The townsite consists of 155 houses, bunkhousc, a cafe I which is not now in oneration. i office building and trailer park, A five acre piece on which the 1 store, service siauon ana pusi office are located is not in volved. The property is owned by two Roscburg families who are ask ing about $50,000. South Viet Nam May Admit Observer Team UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (UPD South Vict Nam may head off a full scale debate on its Buddhist crisis by offering to admit observers from six na tions to study the dispute, dip lomatic sources said today. WEATHER FORECAST: Pirtlv cloudy tn. night ind Tufidav morning harly morning patch v allr y fog. Lon1rirahle cloudlnrtt Tuesday aflf rnoon and eve ning with rhancf of tome rain. I.nw tonight 43-4S. High Tues day ts-ir Temp. Highest YeUrrdav M Lowest This Morning 43 Our Skies Tonight Aunet today 8unne tomorrow Monnrlte tonlsht I. tut Quarter PROMINENT ST R 6:14 p.m. 7:11 am. U:) p.m. Oct. t Aluir, high In toulh 1:5J p.m VISIIII.E PLANLTS Jupiter, low In east Saturn, due toulh .... Mercury, rliea 1:22 p m. t Zi p.m. (:? a m OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1963 President Kennedy is shown in ranfipannn nf th nnnioai tact Porter Fails To Obtain Amnesty for Captives By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Ex -Congressman Charles O. Porter of Oregon has returned from a 12 day trip to Cuba "encouraged" about the prospect of the Castro government releasing political prisoners but without securing a general amnesty. Porter went to Havana in -a dual capacity as attorney rep resenting an incorporated group of friends and relatives of lm prisoned Cubans; and as a jour nalist to write an article for Look magazine. Castro's position, Porter said, is that "a general amnesty would have to be deferred until the United States stopped its aggressive actions through CIA-financed attacks on Cuba." Housing Project Hit Asked what attacks Castro meant, Porter said the Cuban leader referred mostly to bomb ing attacks by light planes, usually approaching Cuba from the Bahamas. Porter said a housing project was hit while he was in Havana, killing one man. Another attack recently hit a lumber mill in Oriente Province, he said, and others have been aimed at industrial plants. "They are sporadic and aren't of military importance," Por ter said, but they keep the Cu- I ban people stirred up." Porter said he had no infor mation on whether the CIA is supporting these attacks. He said in the early days of the Castro revolution, it is said that the large sugar companies help ed finance counter - revolution ary elements but that they have since given up this as "money down a rathole." Cuban offi cials believe the CIA is the chief means of support left for coun ter - revolutionaries, as Castro calls them, according to Porter Porter said Castro is not anx- ious to release prisoners whom he presumes will subsequently ue j icingcnce or counier revolu tionary efforts. He said there is no offjeial count of the number of such prisoners, but that Cu bans deny there are as many as 75.000, the estimate Porter re ceived from the relatives he represents. Castro agreed to permit for mation of a counterpart organi zation in Havana, Porter said, to work with the government on creating standards by which certain prisoners might be re leased on an orderly basis. He said the priority categories would be those who had served a quarter of their sentences, women, the sick and aged, and heads of families. Porter said diplomatic sources estimate there are 30.000 Cu- (J. S. Mayors TO Attend ' Conference in Japan KOBE, J(.pan (UPI) - May ors of 14 major U. S. cities and the representatives of seven American Chambers of Com merce are scheduled to attend a four-day meeting here with their Japanese counterparts which opens Nov. 5. the Treaty Room han .,( nrtn,. Everett Dirksen. Agency; Sen. bans who are seeking to leave Cuba. A slow but steady stream is leaving via Mexico, he said, and many more would go to the United States if they could get transportation. The Cuban government doesn't forbid their leaving, said Porter, except to prevent their taking either pos sessions or money with them. The Eugene attorney said he may return to Cuba for further talks' but probably not for two mor.uis. California Said 'Golden State' For Crime Rings WASHINGTON (UPI)-A New York congressman declared to day that failure of "oslrichlike officialdom" to legalize gam bling in California had made it golden state for organized crime rings. . Rep. Paul A. Fino, a Repub lican, attacked California in one of a scries of statements in which he has campaigned for legalized gambling as a way to deprive organized crime of a vast source of income. Fino said testimony before a ScnaU. investigating committee had indicated California's share of off-track gambling last year was more than $4.3 billion. Other testimony by state investigating commissions, he said, indicated total illegal gambling in Cali fornia could have reached $8.5 billion. Said Well Endowed Of the total, Fino, said, about I 10 per cent is retained by pro-1 fessional gamblers, meaning that "more than $.100 million lines the filthy pockets of the mob in California. Since this kind nf money helps support other criminal en terprises," Fino said, "it can safely be said that crime activi ties in California are well-endowed." The New Yorker's comments were in sharp contrast to views expressed here last week by California Atty. Gen. Manlcy Mosk, who said organized crime as it is known in the east docs not exist in the West Coast state. Recreation Area To Be Considered The Jackson County Parks and Recreation commission next Monday will consider recom mending the county operate a 33-acre recreation site on Elk creek, about seven miles north of Shadv Cove. Parks Director Neil Ledward said today. ! This is a former state game , commission hatchery site on the r, : ft- - I nogue river, ine ouuuinKs nave been removed and a boat land ing remains, he noted. Sanita tion facilities and a garbage service would be needed, he added. Half of the acreage is across the river and constitutes i long narrow strip, the parka director noted. 58th Tribune I'nilcd freu IniamaUonal Full Laaiad Wlra William C. Foster. henH nf fho A Howard Cannon (D-Nev.) and Sen uiai ii u nui urn He was denied a request to visit the prisons where the po litical prisoners are held. He got outside Havana only once, to visit a chicken farm Castro wanted him to see. Porter said he spent the remainder of hisl lime talking with diplom a t s from allied countries about con ditions in Cuba, meetine with his clients in Havana and read ing Castro's speeches prior to two long talks with the Cuban dictator. On one occasion Porter said he and Castro talked into the night from 9 p.m. until 3:25 a.m., and on the other occasion from 9:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. upon nis return over the week end, Porter reported on his talks to one of President Ken nedy's White House aides, Ar thur Schlesingcr Jr. The Ken nedy administration did not offi cially sanction Porter's mission to Havana as an effort to gain release of political prisoners but only as a journalist with a contract to do a magazine ar ticle. Proposal Said No Threat to Pope VATICAN CITY (UPD-Lib-cral cardinals from North Am erica, Western Europe and Af rica assured the Ecumenical Council today that no threat to the primacy of the Pope is in volved in a proposal to enhance the powers of bishops. A parade of prominent prc- I laics strongly defended in coun- cil debate the idea that bishops of the church constitute, a "col- lege" or sacred bodv which shares with the Pope responsi bility for the government and welfare of the whole church. Some conservative council fa thers have voiced fear that the concept endangers papal su premacy. Another highlight of today's debate was a vigorous rebuttal by Julius Cardinal Deopfner, lib- : cral archbishop of Munich, Gcr many, of a speech delivered last week by Francis Cardinal Spell man of New York. Spcllman had attacked a pro vision in the document on the church now before the council which would permit the ordina tion of married deacons in mis sionary territories which have a shortage of priests. Docpfncr disputed Spellman's contention that the proposal would threaten the tradition of priestly celibacy. He said the deacons would be carefully chosen to meet special circum stances and would not be mere ly "second class priests without the obligation of celibacy." Bulletin WASHINGTON (I'PI) Son ate Democratic Secretary Rob ert (i. (Hobby) Baker resigned his posl today In the wake of disclosures of his financial tiei with oulaide business firms. Year Price 10 Cents Nr. 171 Leverett Saltonstall (R-Mass.) iaus, u win not Be our dome. aiucu uic ii ciiiy wuicn lie caucu Youth Held for Fatal Stabbing Of Estacada Man OREGON .CITY (UPI) - A Young dairy employee was held 1 luuu connexion wun me ! ,alal slalng of Patrick Edwin nlomson- -siacada, whose body was found in the Mt. Scott area east of Portland Sunday afternoon. - Sheriff Joe Shobe" of Clacka mas county said Donald Fred erick Douglas, 20, of Eagle Creek had given authorities a statement admitting the stab- o'ng- Dist. Atty. William Schu macher said Douglas was charged with first degree mur der and arraigned in District Court here. The case was con tinued for 48 hours to give Douglas time to obtain an attor ney. On Hunting Trip Morrison, a father of six chil dren, had been missing since Sept. 28 after leaving to go on a deer hunting trip. The badly decomposed body was found by a search party in a remote, brushy area off a seldom-used gravel road. Sheriff Shobc said Douglas was arrested Sunday on a lar ceny charge and later gave authorities a statement saying the stabbing followed a drink ing session and a fight. A service station attendant at Estacada told authorities Mor- rison got into his station wagon early Saturday and that a young man was with him. Morrison's vehicle later was found near Hy ple road, in the Estacada area. Party of Explorers Reported All Safe CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (UPD Fourteen Americans and three Mexicans who were feared lost in the wild canyon country of northwestern Mexico are all safe, a pilot reported from the scene today. Jesus Acosla Munoz, a pilot who took U. S. Vice Consul Rob ert Homer to the area where the men were feared lost radio ed back that all were safe. Acosla Munoz said he was able to land and talk with the explorers and said they were in good shape. Three Mexicans were with the Americans. County Court to Discuss Requested Audit of Concession Books This Week The county court will discuss i the minutes of an agenda meet on Wednesday or Friday the! inR- reouested audit of the Howard 1 ounty Commisioner Donald E. Prairie concession books, Coun- ty Judge Earl M. Miller a:d this morning. He explained that he wanted everyone at the meeting who is i signs in the concession area was county court had urged an im directly involved. I corrected, he explained. partial audit of the concession Answering County Conimis- One of the letters had been books. He was backed by Com- sioncr Edwin laylors accusa- tion Wednesday that two letters from National Park Service of- ficials were not read in open court, Miller said the letters were directed to him, personally, and that they were filed with Sales Tax Said Real Issue on Oct. 15 Ballot SALEM (UPI) The cam paign to get a sales tax in Ore gon is the real issue involved in the Oct. 15 tax referendum elec tion. Rep. Ross Morgan !D Gresham) charged Sunday. He voiced the opinion at a luncheon during the Democratic Slate Central Committee meet ing held here. "Some people want a sales tax so bad they are willing to sell the state down the river to get one," Morgan said. Will Set Slate Back Morgan, who was co-chairman of the legislature's Ways and means Committee, urged sup port of the tax measure, and warned "a no vote will set the whole state back." Rep. Richard Eymann (D Marcola), chairman of the House Tax Committee, said "Oregon's future is in the bal ance" in the tax election. "It is important that the Democratic party lead the bat tle for a yes vote. The Repub licans voted for spending, but they refuse to back the tax bill." He added "sales tax advocates hope to see the state in such chaotic situation that all groups will swing to support of a sales ld " Morgan termed the tax vote "more important than any other vote cast by the people in Ore gon." He strongly defended the state's $404 million general fund budget. Enrollments Cited He said tax increases were necessary because of "a 60 per cent hike in higher education students, and a 23 per cent in crease in primary and high school enrollments since 1960." He said the budget adopted by the legislature averaged a 10.3 per cent increase the smallest in the past 10 years. He reminded the partisan aud ience that "the legislature cut $15.5 million from the gov j tions. Then leeislators were ac- ernor s budget recommenda- eused by the governor of wicld- ing a meal axe "ik He charged "talk of 25 per cent across the board cuts if the 1 tax measure is defeated is justly,. jQtioL Only One lookout Is Now Manned ! Three stale forestry depart ment lookouts were being brought down today, leaving only one post manned in the south west district. Still at his post was John Gro- J ner, on Tallowbox in the Apple-1 gate area. Ho is to remain at the lookout until more rain re duces fire danger. Being brought down today were Miss Sandra Taylor, from White Point; Mrs. The'lma Sims, from Soda mountain, and Er nest Pointsalot, from Round Top. Doyle Stockton, assistant dis trict warden, indicated thai the lookouts may be down only tem porarily. Whether they return to their posts depends upon the weather. Lookouts on Buck Rock and PYnrlnnhni'fl mmlnlnin worn brought down in late September 1 but the two stations have been manned on a part-time basis since then. Last of the Rogue River Na tional forest lookouts, Wilbur Ross on Robinson butlc, came down Sunday. Doug Finch, fire control officer, said that he would go back up if weather demands it. Stockton reported pretty good rains in the areas where the three slate forestry lookouts were relieved. Sports Bulletin PORTLAND -(UPD-Mrd-ford moved hack to the top of the Oregon A-l football list in the Journal coaches' poll today aflcr being in second place last week. Rosciiurg Is In acrnml place and (irants Pass third. Phoenix continues to head the A-2 poll. Faber termed the disagreement over the letters "a case of mis- undorstanding." Since then, the county court has met with the ; officials and the problem of written by Mark IMKe, now oi the Bureau of Outdoor Recrea- lion. He had recommended the county provide its own mainte nance crew at Howard Prairio instead of paying the conces sionaire for the work, lie also talk. Such cuts cannot be made." Eyman criticized J. Francyl Howard, who spearheaded the drive to get the tax measure re ferred. "When Howard started his campaign he Dromised he would announce an alternative solution to the fiscal problem. bui ne nas not yet done so. The people have a right to expect an alternate program, but thev will not get one," he said. Both Morgan and Evmann were critical of the state Senate for substituting a sales tax measure for the cigarette tax bills that had been approved in me nouse. They blamed "both Demo cratic and Republican members of the senate." Lack of Quorum Delays Selection Of Committeeman SALEM (UPI) - The Demo. cratic State Central committee Sunday postponed election of a new Democratic national com mitteeman for Oregon for want of a voting quorum. The election of a successor tn C. Girard Davidson was post- puneu io uci. a. But at Sunday's meeting the Democratic group voted unini mous censure of the Republi can State Central committee for its tailure to take a stand on the tax increase measure. The Democrats also voted to hold their 1964 pre-primary plat form convention at Corvallis on Feb. 29-March 1. This will mark the first time the meeting has not been held in Salem. More than 700 delegates are expected to aucna tne convention. The Republican State Central committee met Saturday in Portland, but refused to take a stand on the Oct. 15 tax referen dum. 'Dismay' Expressed The Democrats voted unani mously for a resolution express ing cusmay at tne failure ot the slate Republican organization to m support of the tax.' The Democratic group voted unanimously to support a yes vote in the Oct. IS election. Democrats also adopted a res olution expressing sorrow at the death Friday night In an auto accident of Rep. W. O. Kelsay (D-Roseburg). Sunday s meeting was called to elect a successor to Davidson, who has served for seven years as national committeeman. Nineteen delegates were need ed for the vote. Seventeen ac credited delegates, plus several with proxy authority were on hand, but the committee decided against honoring the proxy votes. The committee also decided not to accept Davidson's resig nation until after the Oct. 27 meeting which will be held at 1 p.m. at Harris Hall on the University of Oregon campus In Eugene. Hurricane Stalled Oyer Eastern Cuba MIAMI (UPI) - Deadly Hur ricane Flora made a slow turn northward today and then stall ed once again over flooded east ern Cuba to inflict a fourth day of punishment on the region that produces most of the island's food. Cuban Premier Fidel Castro arrived at Santiago, capital of Oriente, to take personal com mand of relief operations which appeared from radio reports to be blocked by the continued pounding of torrential rains. Radio reports of crop and live stock losses, monitored here, be gan to reach disaster propor tions. At noon, EDT, the Miami Weather Bureau located the hur ricane's center south of Cama gucy, u'jout halfway between the city and the southern coast. This was about the same location the storm took up early today aftef it drifted slightly northward out of the Bay of Guacanayabo. urged the county to have Its own personnel collect overnight camping fees. Signs in the area indicated a privately operated recreation area instead of county-operated, Pike had written. It. J. McNeil, a local business- 'man, Wednesday morning in missioncr Taylor. County Commisioner Faber said this morning the county auditor makes a regular audit of the books and the informa tion is available to the public upon request. .1 1
