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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1963
No. 172
UULD
Mme. Nhu in New York
To Start on Tour of U.S.
ON VISIT TO U.S. Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu, con- New York. Mme. Nhu is starting a three-week
troversial sister-in-law of South Viet Nam presi- visit in the United States with hopes of improv-
dent Ngo Dinh Diem, and her daughter, Le ing her own image and that of the South Viet
Thuy, 17, are shown at a press conference in Nam government. (UPI)
Appling Says Cuts
Should Be Made
In General Fund
Salem (UPI) Secretary of
State Howell Appling Jr. be
lieves the state's $404 million
general fund budget should be
cut, but he feels the special
election next week "is the worst
possible way to do it."
. Appling refused to say how
he would vote at the Oct. 15
election.
Gov. Mark Hatfield and State
Treasurer Howard Beton, the
other members of the state
board of control, are on record
as urging a yes vote.
Appling warned that defeat
of the measure could bring
bring about a cut in basic
school support, if the legisla
ture is called back in special
session. '
Economy Need Stressed
He stressed the need for
economy. "If I felt the same
end could be accomplished in
a more orderly fashion, I would
be against a negative vote. But
I don't have any assurance it
will be done."
Appling criticized statements
that aid to crippled children
and tuberculosis patients would
be s'ashed if the tax measure
fails.
. "The arguments are de
signed to tug at the heart
strings. There are other cuts
that should be made first," he
said .
While he wants to see budget
cuts, he sees danger in what is
happening.
"I wish it were more clear
tut," he commented.
'APOLOGY' DRAFTED
PORTLAND (UPI) A dele
gation of Portland Negroes told
Mayor Terry Schrunk Monday
that it was drafting a petition
of "apology" to President Kennedy.
MEWS&bBRIEFS
niM WOM 11 I AROUND THI OlOU
HOUSE APPROVES DEFENSE SPENDING BILL
WASHINGTON (UPI) The House today approved a "no let
down" defense spending bill second largest, in peacetime his
tory. The measure would provide S47.2 billion to keep America In
fighting trim. The roll call vote was 333 to 3.
EXERCISE BIG LIFT STARTS OCT. 22
WASHINGTON (UPI) The Defense Department announced to
day that Exercise Big Lilt, the largest trans-Atlantic movement
of troops ever made by air, will start Oct. 22. In three days, 16,000
soldiers and airmen will be deposited In Germany.
HONDURAS CAPITAL RETURNING TO NORMAL
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (UPI (Scattered gunfire was heard
through the day Monday and armed troops were directing traffic,
but the city appeared to be returning to normal under Its new
Gmilitary regime.
U.S. EXPECTED TO SELL WHEAT TO RUSSIA
AStlN(rON (UPI) Senate Democratic Whip Hubert H.
fcfrrityhrrv said today after i White House meeting that he eipects
ftfrUnwid Haws to sell fte Soviet Union and the of her satcl
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Pearson Asks Probe
Into Fiscal Control
Of Higher Education
BEAVERTON (UPI) State
Sen. Walter Pearson (D-Port)
land) said Monday he will seek
an investigation of the fiscal
control procedures in the Ore
gon System of Higher Educa
tion.
Pearson, speaking at a meet
ing of the Washington county
Public Forum here, said he
thought "there is no real fiscal
control" and that this opened
the way to misuse of funds and
"probably to illegal use of
funds."
In Salem, Secretary of State
Howell Appling Jr. denied
there was any illegal use of
funds.
Pearson said he would ask for
the investigation this year if a
special session of the Legisla
ture was called.
The Portland Democrat also
said he will push for an inquiry
into some of the procedures of
the State Board of Education
and wanted provision for legis
lative review of rules and ad
ministrative agencies.
Appling said "the audits divis
ion of my office has for some
time been engaged in an exami
nation of the financial proce-
12 Acres Burned in
Applegate Area Fire
State forestry department
crews were called out to control
a 12-acre fire in the Applegate
Valley Tuesday. The fire was re
ported about 2 p.m. in the China
gulch area.
A department otuciai saia me
fire started when a burning per
mit holder's fire got out of con
trol. .
dures of the Slate System of
Higher Education.'
"We have questioned a num
ber of those procedures and
have requested the system to
either correct them or to justify
them," he said. "None of these
matters involves questions of
personal morality or culpabil
ity; all are concerned with
questions of sound financial pro
cedure and accountability."
Appling said the findings of
the audit will be made public
when it was completed about
Dec. 1.
Dr. Roy Lieuallen. chancellor
cf the state system, said his of
fice had been working "close
ly" with Appling "for several
months and had cooperat e d
fully in his audit effort."
Portland Group to
Oppose Tax Bill
PORTLAND (UPI)-A special
committee of the Portland City
Club voted 5-1 Monday to rec
ommend rejection of the legis
lature's tax pngram at a special
election next Tuesday.
The recommendation will be
made to club members Friday.
The committee said the bur
den of the state income tax
should be eased by adopting
new forms of taxation.
It said it recognized that there
would be a reduction in state
services and education if the
tax measure is rejected. But it
said long-term benefits would
j outweigh disadvantages during
the next two years.
Signing the report were Clif-!
ford N. Carlson Jr., Sidney M.
Cooper, Roger S. Meier, Aiden
E. Shenker and Timothy F. Ma
ginnis. Opposed to the report was
KenKr.emer
state "cannot risk the unknown
dangers of not meeting its com
mitments.
Group to Probe
Mme. Nhu's Visa
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Ren.
Wayne Hays (D-Ohio) said today;
hisforeigr affairs subcommittee !
would try to determine why Two juvenile boys were rep
Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu was issued rimanrir-H this mnmino f n r
a passport to visit the United
! States.
. i with explosives near 2fi5 .lanney
Terming her "an evil wom-iane. Jackson county sheriff's
an," Hays said Mme. Nhu in-deputies said,
suited the United States by call- j One of the boys had already
ing its troops in Vict Nam "lit- been punished enough since one
tie soldiers of fortune." ; 0f the skunks was not quite
Since she is neither a diplo-1 dead, a deputy said,
mat nor a government official. I A resident of the area report
Hays said, she should not have j ed the incident to the sheriff's
a diplomtVc passport. 'office this morning.
South Viet Nam
First Lady Hopes
To Better Image
Congressional
Opposition Voiced
NEW YORK (UPI) - Mme.
Ngo Dinh Nhu, brimming with
confidence but slightly concilia
tory, arrived Monday night for
a three-week visit to the United
States with hopes of improving
her own image and that of the
South Viet Nam government.
Mme. Nhu, whose sharp criti
cisms of U.S. policies, officials
and newsmen in her country
have helped make her contro
versial, said she came here "to
see you and to try to understand
why we can't get along better."
"I feel this deeply, and I hope
at the end of my stay that I
may know," she said.
Strong Opposition
There was some strong con
gressional opposition to Mme.
Nhu's visit.
Sen. Stephen M. Young (D
Ohio) told the Senate that her
visa should be cancelled and
"she should be compelled to
leave the country."
"Let her slander us from her
native land or any other coun
try, but not from our own
soil," Young said.
Rep. Silvio 0. Conte (R-Mass.)
called her "a thorn in the fight
for democracy around the
world." He denounced her as
an "irresponsible, arrogant
woman" who has made state
ments that are "viciously anti-American."
The sister-in law of South Viet
Nam President Ngo Dinh Diem
addressed a crowd of about 100
newsmen and photographers at
Idlewild airport after leaving
the jetliner she and her pretty
daughter, Le Thuy, 17, took
from Paris.
Not Seeking Meetings
Speaking in English, Mme.
Nhu said that because she was
a "controversial person" she
did not intend to seek meetings
with President Kennedy or oth
er high-ranking government of
ficials during her coast-to-coast
tour.
She also denied that she was
"power hungry," and said that
she enjoyed the "confidence of
the Viet Nam government."
Mme. Nhu, 38, was expected
to defend the policies of the
Diem government in the current
political and religious crisis in
South Viet Nam during her
speaking tour which will end in
California on Oct. 29.
Siskiyou Extension
Ready for Opening
The 1,500-foot extension of
Siskiyou blvd., from 10th st.
along Bear creek to Willamette
St., has been completed and will
be opened to traffic tomorrow,
Mcdford Public Works Director
Vernon Thorpe said today.
Thorpe said several stop signs
have been installed along the
street, and will remain in effect
until a traffic pattern becomes
established.
Southbound Willam e 1 1 e st
traffic will be stopped at Siski
you blvd. to permit the uninter-
rupted flow of westbound Siski
you blvd. traffic
However, westbound Siskiyou
al
10th St., Thorpe said
Eastbound Siskiyou blvd. traf-
fic will be permitted to continue
all the way to Highland dr. with
out stopping.
Tru-Mix Concrete and M. C.
Lininger and Sons both had con
tracts to work on portions of
the street improvement project.
Juveniles Reprimanded
r . Traooina Sl'unks
f0r 'raPP,n9 Jf.unKS
trapping and destroying skunks
4ifMI km
isP Mm P
HOME WRECKED BY HURRICANE The family of Henri Gac-
ques stands stunned amid the wreckage of their home after Hui-
Industrial Shop
Training Program
Possible in Area
An industrial shop training
program for mentally retarded
high school age pupils may be
started soon, according to As
sistant County Schools Superin
tendent uealous Cox.
Cox said this morning his of
fice has received a letter from
James L. Turnbull, deputy su
perintendent of the state depart
ment of education, indicating
any liabilities involved from pos
sible shop accidents could be
worked out to protect the public
scnooi system.
A state supreme court opinion
arising out of the Nyssa, Ore.,
schools' case indicates schools
are not considered liable unless
they carry liability insurance,
i-ox saia ne understood
.Also, a new state law would
absolve schools from such liabil
ity. This law also provides for
medical treatment and rehabil
itation in case a pupil is injured,
Cox said.
Meeting Scheduled
A subcommittee of the Jack
son County Intermediate Educa
tion District board (formerly
rural school board) will meet on
this subject soon in the county
courthouse office, Cox said.
A program had been proposed
earlier in which the Mt. Pitt
Lumber company has volunteer
ed to provide a building, ma
chinery and materials for an
industrial training program. The
products would be sold and the
funds would be shared with the
county school system to help
amortize the program's cost.
David Harms, mentally re
tarded program instructor, had
urged that the course be estab
lished so the youngsters could
be trained for supporting them
selves after they leave school.
However, officials of the coun
ty school office and the Central
Point school district had delayed
action pending solution of the
liability problem.
Red China Accused
By Soviet Union
LONDON (UPI) The Soviet
Union is accusing Communist
China of trying to hurt Russia's
"good reputation" in Asia, Af
rica, and Latin America, it was
disclosed today.
An official Soviet pamphlet
being circulated by Novosti, the
Soviet press agency, severely
attacks the Chinese for at
tempts to undermine Moscow's
position and prestige in the un
derdeveloped nations.
It charges that Western "colo
nialists and the Chinese critics
of Soviet policy appear on the
same side of the fence" in the
struggle for the emerging na
tions. The disclosure followed a re
port that Communist China is
trying to arrange its civilian air
traffic routings through the
l British colony of Hong Kong to
! avoid flying over the Soviet
Union. Both moves were signs
I that the Moscow - Peking rift
; is widening. .
Appling Requests More
Scholarship Money
PORTLAND (UPI) - Secre
tary of Stale Howell Appling
Monday called upon Individual
businessmen and firms to pro
vide more scholarship oney
for high school graduates,
Anonymous Threats
Received on Life
Of Joseph
WASHINGTON (UPD-Under-
world informer Joseph Valachi
resumed his tales to senators
of crime's inner sanctum to
day under increased protection
of federal agents after the FBI
received anonymous threats on
his life.
Chief U. S. Marshall James
McShane said telephone tips
were received over the week
end warning that a bomb would
be placed in the Senate hearing
room and that several specta
tors would try to shoot Valachi
Consequently, McShane said,
"extra precautions" were taken
to insure the safety of the talka
tive mobster-murderer,
Price on Head
There have been reports that
underworld chiefs have placed
a $100,000 price on Valachi's
head for breakiing the Cosa Nos
tra syndicate's code of silence.
McShane told newsmen before
today's crime hearings began
that the Washington metropoli
tan police bomb squad experts
checked the marble-walled Sen
ate Caucus Room this morning
to make sure there was no bomb
planted.
Besides increasing tne Dody-
guard of U. S. marshals sur
rounding Valachi, authorities
UO To Honor Three
During Charter Day
EUGENE (UPI) Three Ore
gon citizens judged outstanding
by the University ot Oregon win
be honored at the University's
10th annual Charter Day observ
ance Oct. 16.
Receiving distinguished serv
ice awards from the university
will be Sen. Wayne Morse (D-
Ore.), Dr. Kenneth C. Swan and
Philip F. Brogan.
Morse has been a member of
the Senate since 1045 and was
formerly dean of the Univer
sity's law school.
Dr. Swan is head of the de
partment of opthamology at the
University Medical school in
Portland.
Brogan, a writer for the Bend
Bulletin, is being recognized for
his research and scholarship on
Oregon's historical and geologi
cal past. He is chairman of the
Oregon Geographical Names
board and Pacific Northwest di
rector of the American Meteor
society.
Soofh Viet Nam Aid
Payments Suspended
SAIGON (UPI) - The United
States has suspended nearly $12
minion commercial aid pay
ments to South Vict Nam since
the August crackdown on the
Buddhists and is considering
further cuts, informed sources
said here Monday.
The plan to further reduce aid
Is aimed at forcing political re
forms from the government of
President Ngo Dinh Diem, the
sources said. H is reported now
under consideration in Washing
ton.
GAS FRANCHISE
MONROE, Orc.(UPl)-North
west Natural Gas Company
was granted a franchise to
serve the Benton county com
munity of Monroe in action tak
en by the City Council here
Monday night.
ricane Flora smashed into Miragoane, Haiti. The killer storm
was said to have claimed 4,000 lives on the island. (UPI)
Valachi
checked spectators carefully and
allowed no one in the hearing
room with a briefcase or cam
era. As an additional precaution.
McShane ordered news photog
raphers not to take pictures di
rectly in front of the witness.
McShane said anonymous tele
phone threats were received by
the FBI in both Washington and
New York City.
"We just don't want anything
to happen, ', he said in explain
ing the additional safeguards.
Valachi seemed to be aware
of the reported threats. He sal
nearby as reporters discussed
them with McShane.
District Meeting
Held in Medford
A district meeting is being
held in the Jackson county court
house auditorium today by wel
fare departments of five South
ern Oregon counties.
Welfare representatives of
Klamath, Douglas, Josephine,
Jackson and Lane counties stud
ied the new medical assistance
to the aged program under the
leadership of Hay Myrick Jr.,
state welfare commission, Sa
lem, and acting director of the
medical division.
Mvrick noted that the state
instituted the program, in 1961,
and it was revised by the last
state legislaturd. Today s ses
sion will cover the entire pro
gram as to legal background
and levels of eligibility. The
group will also study procedure
to be used by case workers,
especially in relation to senior
citizens who receive only medi
cal costs through the weltarc
program.
Any cut in tax lunus wouiu nui
affect the MAA program since
the number of recipients are
already below the new limit set,
it was explained.
Doctor's Role Cited
In Highway Deaths
GEARHART (UPI)-Dr. For
rest K. Rieke. president of the
State Board of Health, said
Monday "aggressive action of
every physician who examines,
treats and counsels with pa
tients" can help reduce highway
deaths and injuries.
He told the Oregon Public
Health association's annual con
ference that doctors could be a
more effective influence through
"effective and persistent use of
present knowledge to protect
all travelers.
Dr. Rieke said the job should
be done "on g one-to-one" basis
and that the private physician
was the key man. The lesson
learned from examination of oc
cupational drivers could carry
over to all drivers, he said.
WEATHER
FOUKCAST: Cloudy. Pfrliid of
rain tonight ind Wednmoiy,
Hoiilhtrly winds to Hi mllf
per hour tonight, l.nvt lonluhL
50-55. High Wffdneadiy S-6H.
Tf in p.
HlKhmi Ymtrrdiiv ... .11
l.nweil Thla Morning
free. In 10 a.m. Today, None
Our Skies Tonight
(funnel today :2 p.m.
Hiintet tomorrow . 7:1ft am.
The Moon rise 11:11 p.m.
tonight and rldci high,
l,at piiarler Ctrl. 9
Jiipller, the Urgent planet, i
lfi?,'oo,000 mllei from the
Far in tonight, the nearest II
hat been lnr Orlnher 2. 1951.
Council Approves
Plans to Reform
Catholic Worship
VATICAN CITY (UPI)-Ecu-
mcnical Council fathers today
overwhelmingly approved a se
ries of proposals for reform of
Catholic worship, including
greater insistence on preaching
the word of God.
The fathers voted at today's
session on five ot 19 pending
amendments to the second chap-'
ter of a document on the liturgy
or public worship of the church.
Voting on the document, which
was discussed for three weeks
at the council s first session last
fall, will continue Wednesdav.
The results were tabulated on
four of today's ballots and show
ed that all passed by great ma
jonties. The largest negative
vote cast on any one of them
was 31 votes out of 2,298.
The most important of t h e
amendments approved today
was designed to put much great
er emphasis in Catholic worship
on sermons, which always have i
occ pied the central role in
Protestant worship but in the
past often have been regarded
as an optional appendage to the
Catholic Mass.
The proposal approved todav
said that sermons should never
be omitted except for serious
reasons. It emphasized the im
portance of the priest using ev
ery Sunday Mass as an oppor
tunity to explain the Christian
faith and Christian living.
The document said priests
should base their sermons on the
Bible and make extensive use
of Scripture in all of their
preaching.
OLCC Turns Down
Club's Application
The Oregon Liquor Control
commission has turned down
the application of the former
operators of the Frontier Club,
43 South Front St., to relocate at
902 North Riverside ave.
The operators, Robert L. and
Edna June Knox, whose lease
expired at the Front St. loca
tion, had sought to have their
dispenser's license transferred
to a building now occupied by
Hall's Sporting Goods and Agate
shop.
The letter from the OLCC,
dated Oct. 4, said the applica
tion had been denied because a
liquor outlet at the Riverside
ave. location was "not demand
ed by public interest or con
venience." The OLCC said it had also
taken into consideration "the
objections in the area" in deny
ing the application.
The Mcdford city council had
approved the transfer by a 5 to
1 vote at its Sept. 5 meeting.
Doctor's Rifle Located
At North Portland Home
PORTLAND (UPI)-A hunting
rifle taken from a Beavu-ton
doctor who was beaten by three
men in Washington county last
week was located Monday in a
garage at a home in north Port
land. The rifle was found under a
large piece of cloth, The home
owner, who called police, said
It was not there when he check
ed the garage recently.
Earlier, the station wagon
taken from Dr, Richard M. Ber
Castro Government
Orders Rationing
MIAMI (UPI) - Hurricana
Flora crossed Cuba today for the
tnird time, neading for the Ba
hamas and leaving a trail of
destruction across three Carib
bean islands which counted
more than 4,100 dead.
The Weather Bureau urged
emergency hurricane precau
tions be taken in the southeast
ern Bahamas islands at once.
It predicted the center of the
deadliest storm in 63 years
would cross Crooked Island a
few hours later.
Economy Reeling
Flora went on the prowl today
after spending an unprecedented
four days pounding Cuba whera
the death toll mounted to mora
than 100. It left the economy of
Premier Fidel Castro's reeima
reeling and the government or
dered tight new food rationing.
The hurricane crossed into tha
Atlantic at 7 a.m. (PDT) near
Cape L u c r e c i a, the Miami
Weather Bureau said. Its center
was located near latitude 21.1
north, longitude 75.7 west, or
about 80 miles north-northwest
of Guantanamo Bay. This was
440 miles southeast of Miami.
The Weather Bureau said Flo
ra would move generally toward
the northeast at about 10 miles
per hour during the dav.
Town Flooded
A Cuban government broad
cast monitored here said tha
town of Santa Cruz del Sur, on
the southeast coast of Camaguey
Province, was being flooded by
ocean tidal waves. 'The broad
cast said urgent help was need
ed.
A tidal wave that crushed
Santa Cruz de Sur on Nov. 9,
1932 killed more than 3,000 per
, sons.
Crop damage in Cuba was in
the millions of dollars. Fidel
Castro assumed personal com
mand of relief operations.
Coffee Crop Hard Hit
Havana Radio announced that
all coffee 'distribution had been
suspended in Havana because
of losses to the coffee crop in
Oriente province.
Meat rations were cut in half
and vegetable rations were re
duced 80 per cent,, the broad
cast said. . - .
Haiti was devastated by tha
storm with an estimated one
third of the Negro republic's
million population affected.
Entire villages were destroyed
and crops were wiped out. An
estimated, 2,000 bodies had been
recovered on Haiti and officials
estimated 4,000 persons in all
had died on the island.
30 Camping Sites
At Emigrant Set
A total of 30 overnight earn
ing spaces on the west side oC
Emigrant lake may aot ba
enough for next recreation sea
son because of the phenomenal
use of the area this summer,
Jackson County Parks and Rec
reation Director Neil Ledward
said today.
An area near the main road
into the chief recreation area at
Emigrant lake now has 12 units,
Ledward said. Eighteen more
units will be levelled and gravel
led this winter, he said. Tha
county parks department al
ready has outdoor fireplaces and
picnic table-bench units for in
stallation. Ledward said he expects 1,600
cars into the area next season
based on the past summer's
registration records. Fifty cents
a night is charged for over
night camping there.
This summer an estimated 580
cars went into the area for over
night camping, representing 2,
030 camper nights. The county
court ordered overnignt camp
ing fees collected from July 13
to Sept 25 when 331 cars used
the area. This is an average of
4.4 cars a day during the 75-day
period, Ledward pointed out.
GROCERS TO MEET
PORTLAND (UPI) Oregon
Independent Retail Grocers
will hold their annual conven
tion at the Multnomah Hotel
here Oct 27-28.
nard, 38, was located here. Wit
nesses told police they saw three
men park the station wagon
and walk away from it.
Dr. Bernard was treated at
St. Vincent hospital for injuries.
He said two men flagged him
down and they drove to whera
pickup truck was parked
across the road with a third
man Inside. He managed to flea
from his assailants and get help
after he was beaten with clubs.
Police said the doctor's medi
cal bag Is still missing.