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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.
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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
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Tuesday aflf rnoon and eve
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8unne tomorrow
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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.
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