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TRUCKS SAID BURNED BY
Moroccans said were burned
at Oasis M'Hamed, Morocco.
Cook Objects To
Hatfield Request
For Authority
GRESHAM (UPI) 'State
Sen. Vernon Cook, D-Gresham,
said Thursday he will fight Gov.
Mark Hatfield's request that the
legislature give him authority
to make budget cuts.
Cook accused the governor of
trying to set up a dictatorship
in Oregon and charged legisla
tive leaders with abdicating
their responsibility in a closed
session with the governor Wed
nesday. The voters' rejection of a $60
million tax increase program
Tuesday "was as much a repu
diation of Gov. Hatfield's a d
ministration . . .as it was a re
jection of the budget and tax
programs proposed by the gov
ernor and the legislators," Cook
commented.
"I am deeply shocked that
these so-called legislative lead
ers have raised no objections to
the governor s proposal,
h e '
continued.
Cook referred to a meeting
among the governor, Senate
President Ben Musa, Senate
minority leader Anthony Yturri,
House Speaker Clarence Barton
and House minority leader F.F.
Montgomery Wednesday. It was
after that meeting that the gov
ernor announced he was calling
a special session of the legisla
ture Nov. tl.
Cook said lawmakers would
fail in their oath to defend the
constitution if they allow Hat
field to take over their respon
sibilities. LOWER RATE SHOWN
SALEM (UPI) - The first
week of October showed a lower
rate of insured unemployment
in Oregon compared to both
four weeks earlier and a year
earlier, it was announced today.
NEWSBRIEFS
FOREIGN' AUTHORIZATION APPROVED
WASHINGTON (UPI) The Senate Foreign Relations Com
mute today approved a S4.2 billion foreign aid authorization
bill some S70O million more than a House-passed measure.
ALGERIAN ENVOY GOING TO UNITED NATIONS
ALGIERS (L'PD The Algerian government announced to
day that It Is sending top diplomat M'Hamed Yazid to the
United Nations In move that appeared to end hopes of quick
settlement of the Algerian-Moroccan border dispute.
VIETNAMESE CONFIDENCE IN U.S. SAID LOST
SAIGON, South Viet Nam. (UPI) Ngo Dlnh Nhu, brother and
political adviser of President
that the Vietnamese people "nave losi commence in ine mum
States."
SECURITY COUNCIL ELECTION DEADLOCKED
UNITED NATION'S, N. Y. (UPI) Malaysia, running as a
British Commonwealth candidate, and Czechoslovakia, represent
ing the Soviet bloc, deadlocked today In the election for a two-year
term on the Security Council.
HOME
of Funds for Portland State College
Building Denied by Emergency Board
ALGERIANS Moroccan Army
by Algerian troops stand twisted
Moroccan guards at the post said
UPI Writer Invited To View
'Shocking
EDITOR'S NOTE: Aline
Mosby of United Press Inter
national was the first Ameri
can reporter to reach the
scene of the Algerian-Moroccan
border fighting. Her first
dispatch gives ' vivid eye
witness picture of the "war
that Is lint yet a war" in the
remote Sahara Desert.
By ALINE MOSBY
United Press International
HASSI BEIDA, Algerian-Moroccan
Fontier (UPI) I stood
on the battlefield where only a
few hours before Moroccan
troops reoccupied this desert
outpost from the Algerians.
Wirth Ousted as
National Park Head
WASHINGTON (UPI) Con
rad L. Wirth was ousted today
as director of the National Park
Service and George H a r t z o g
Jr., was elevated to succeea
him.
Wirth resigned under pressure
in the wake of a National Acad
emy of Sciences report which
scolded the park service for its
attitude toward research.
Interior Secretary Stewart L.
Udall announced Wirth's "re
tirement" and the appointment
of Hartzog as the new director.
moving up after nine months as
associate director.
The Wirth change was an
nounced barely 12 hours after
release of the science academy
reDort criticizing the park serv
ice research for alleged lack of
directions. It said the agency
"has suffered because of a fail
ure to recognize distinctions be
tween research and administra
tive decision-making."
Wirth, 64, headed the service
for 12 years and was associated
with the agency for 32 years.
AROUND THI OlOH
Ngo Dinh Diem, said Thursday
r A. XT
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY,. OCTOBER 18,
trucks which
and blackened
that Algerian
Algerian Atrocities'
Come and see the atrocities
of the barbaric Algerian sol
diers," said a Moroccan gen
eral. This appeared to be the main
reason Moroccan army officials
brought a group of foreign cor
respondents here to see the dis
puted Algerian-Moroccan fron
tier area.
After an 18-hour nightmarish
journey over the desert, we
heard no sound of shooting nor
saw any fighting at the battle-
front.
But Gen. Abderaman Biby
showed us carefully preserved
ruins of a Moroccan camp at
Hassi Beida which, with the
village of Tinnjoub, was occu
pied first by the Algerians and
then reoccupied by the Moroc
cans. Claims Surprise Raid
The general said the Alger
ians puiled a surprise raid on
Moroccan army auxiliaries
camped by the oasis Oct. 10.
He said the Moroccans reiooK
the outpost Oct. 14 and on Oct.
Three Public Works
Programs Approved
WASHINGTON, D. C. - The
bureau of land management to
day announced the approval of
three accelerated public works
contracts totaling $77,309.90 in
western Oregon counties for
planting two-year seedlings in
forest lands, Congressman Rob
ert B. Duncan (D-Ore.) report
ed. All work will begin Nov. 1.
Jackson and Douglas coun
ties will receive 549,000 seed
lings for planting 1.244 acres of
land at a cost of $18,660.90. The
contract was awarded Southern
Oregon Reforestation company,
17R1 Myers lane, Medford.
Contract for planting 408.000
seedlings on 749 acres in Doug
las and Coos counties at a cost
of $18,535 went to P. Kirwan,
! box 62. Paulina, Ore.
Robert Hart, Jefferson, Ore..
was awarded the contract for
planting 1,1R4,000 seedlings on
2,265 acres in seven counties
Yamhill, Polk, Benton, Lane
Josephine, Douglas and Curry
The contract price was $40,104
Erhard Supports
U.S., Soviet Talks
BONN. Germany (UPI) the firm, said he ha- r... ,;,
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard said ment on the :n.Sxirtmal dif
today his new government sup-! (erences v. Inch pracipitated a
ports continued U.S. ncgotia- work stoppage Wednesday. He
lions with the Soviet Union
ajmed at partial agreements to
relieve cold war tensions.
Erhard. who replaced Konrad
Adenauer Wednesday, told par-
liament in his first policy state -
ment that his government be
lieves general and controlled
disarmament is the only perma
nent means of preventing war.
LiHiilSliBlE
soldiers who often came to gel water at the oasis and whom the Moroccans
believed to be friendly opened fire on them and burned the trucks after
Morocco regained two border posts Monday. (UP1)
16 and 17 drove the Algerians
away. The Moroccans said they
suffered six killed and 20
wounded
The Algerians, the general
claimed, killed 10 Moroccans
and wounded 20, burning one
Moroccan alive underneath his
truck.
We walked through charred
embers of the desert tent town.
In the ashes were burned pieces
of bright orange wool rugs,
some onions that were curious
ly unblackened, burned s o 1
diers' helmets, razor blades,
cooking pots, mattresses and
one white canvas shoe.
Four Chevrolet trucks stood
side by side, twisted and black
ened. Underneath one was the
charred body of what the gen
eral said was a Moroccan sol
dier, one arm stiffly raised.
"Take a picture of this," said
the general.
The general continued, "The
Algerians always came here to
get water at the oasis. They
murderously attacked us. The
Moroccans did not fire a single
shot. It was savage and brutal.
Yet the Moroccans and Alger
ians are brothers."
The genera shrugged h I s
shoulders when asked why the
Algerians destroyed their vehi
cles instead of capturing them,
and why they burned four palm
trees around the waterhole.
It was not possible for the re
porters to verify the atrocity
stories.
Moroccan soldiers filling their
canteens with the gray water
at the waterhole appeared be
wildered by questions.
One soldier told me that the
Algerians caught the Moroccans
sitting around in their pajamas
shortly before the noon attack.
A Moroccan policeman rushed
over and told the soldier to go
away.
Contractor Fires
115 Pipefitters
GARDINER (UPI) - The
Pacific Crane and Rigging Co.,
prime contractor on the Inter
national Paper Co. pulp and
paper plant here, has fired 115
pipefitters.
The firing came after a day
I of jurisdictional conflicts Wed
j nesday.
Hank Ford, superintendent of
; saia inc matter was reierrea to
j the company's
labor
relations
; department and the union s in-
ternational representative. T h e
men involved are members of
.the Plumbers and Steamfittcrs
Union.
The firing cut the payroll of! slashed her wrists due to de-i department has leased the build
Pacific Crane here by about 50 pression, apparently as a result I ing for three years at M annual
per cent.
Tribune
1963
Variance Granted
To Permit Sign
For New Station
With two members voting no
the Medford city council last
night granted a variance which
will permit a 26-foot high sign
for a planned Texaco service
station at the northwest corner
of East Jackson and Genessee
sts.
The planning commission at
its Oct. 10 meeting had recom
mended approval of the request,
noting that service stations rep
resented a "special problem"
with respect to sign require
ments. A Texaco representative told
the council last night that if the
variance request were denied,
his company might change its
plans about constructing the
station.
Several councilmcn expressed
concern that granting the vari
ance might "set a precedent
for other structures in the near
by Medford Shopping Center.
City Planning Director Ned
Langford, however, said the
planning commission felt that
"service stations were different
from ordinary retail businesses
in relation t o signing require
ments." Langford said the commission
is currently studying the whole
service station situation in Med
ford, and may possibly draft a
separate sign ordinance govern
ing service stations alone.
Hanamoto To Show
Preliminary Design
Asa Hanamoto, partner in a
San Francisco firm of park plan
ners, was to arrive in Medford
late this morning to present
preliminary design plans for
Bear Creek Park.
A noon luncheon was sched
uled at the Medford hotel for
Hanamoto to show the plans
to members of the city park
and recreation commission.
Hanamoto has earlier obtained
approval from the commission
of his firm's plans for a rede
sign of Hawthorne park. The
city council last year approved
an expenditure of $7,500 for
development plans for the !..
parks.
Freeman Suicide
Attempt Denied
SALEM (UPI) - Warden
Clarence T. Gladden said today
condemned child slayer Jean
nace June Freeman had c u t
I herself recently with a piece of
glass, but he denied she had
attempted suicide.
A Portland newspaper, I h e
', Reporter, said in a story today
I Miss Freeman, 22, had
I of close confinement.
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 181
Money Withheld
Despite Appeal
For Project
Plans May Come
Before Legislature
SALEM (UPI) - Release of
$1,937,500 for construction of the
Portland State College science
building was denied today by
a 6-2 vote of the State Emer
gency Board.
Although consideration of the
project had been dropped from
the board's agenda as a result
of Tuesday's defeat of the tax
increase measure, Rep. Beulah
Hand, D-Milwaukie, pleaded for
the project.
She told the board, made up
of legislators, "I don't think this
can wait. We can't continue to
short change Portland state
students."
She said Portland State had
12,447 students in all and was
"operating around the clock."
Rep. Ross Morgan, D
Gresham, joined in the request,
and pointed out that the appro
priation was made by the 1961
legislature, but had not yet been
released.
"Until we release the funds,
the governor hasn't authority to
withhold the project," Morgan
noted.
Money On Hand
In his announced austerity
program, Gov. Mark Hatfield
assumed the project would be
postponed. Acting Finance Di
rector Leandcr Quiring said the
money for the project was on
deposit and available for use.
Voting against release of the
funds were Senate President
Ben Musa, D-The Dalles, Sens.
Ward Cook, D-Portland, Harry
Hoivin, D-Kiamatn Falls, and
Debbs Potts, D-Grants Pass,
and Reps. Stafford Hansel!, R-
Hermiston, and Shirley Field,
R-Portland.
Emergency Board members
indicated the project would get
consideration at the special ses
sion of the legislature which be
gins Nov. 11.
Musa asked an attorney gen
eral's opinion on whether the
funds could be denied and used
(or other purposes, as Hatfield
has proposed.
The only request approved by
the board today was authoriza
tion for the veterinary medical
examining board to pay about
$1,200 in past due bills. The
board had the money, but need
ed permission to pay the bills
which were left over from the
last biennium.
Wilson Appointed
Central Point Judge
CENTRAL POINT - James
Wilson, a Central Point attor
ney, has been appointed judge
of the city's municipal court.
I Mayor Bill Saxbury, with ap
proval of the city council, ap
pointed Wilson Wednesday night,
after the city s voters 1 ucsday
had passed a city charter
amendment to permit the ap
pointment of a judge.
In the past, the city admin
istrator - recorder had served
as the judge.
City councilmen also canvass
ed the election results Wednes
day night and determined that
the amendment passed 406 to
263, carrying in all four pre
cincts. Earlier returns had in-
dicatcd that the measure lost
in one of the precincts.
Returns by precinct were 96
to 70 in precinct 70; 118 to 79
in 70A; 11.1 to 59 in 71A and 76
to 55 in 71B. There were three
absentee ballots, all yes votes.
! Sid Approved for
Remodeling Post Office
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Bid
has been approved here for re
modeling post office facilities at
Trail, Ore. The bid was award
ed Mr. and Mrs. Irvin H. Howe,
Congressman Robert B Duncan
(D-Ore.) announced
I The contract calls for the re-
modeling of 411 square feet of
: the building's interior space and
i provision of 1,600 square feet of
parking space. The post office
I cost of $460.
IT J 't v
LORD HOME
Seen As Compromise Choice
NASA Introduces
New Astronauts
To Get Training
HOUSTON, Tex. (UPI)- The
space agency today unveiled a
bright new team of 14 astro
nauts, including the first bache
lor, who will compete for berths
aboard U. S. spaceships headed
for the moon before the end of
the decade.
Newbry Attending
Salem Meeting
Jackson County State Senator
L. W. (Lynn) Newbry, R-Jack-
sun tuumy, uni tins morning lor
Salem to attend the special
meeting of the members of the
Senate Wavs and Means com-
mittee.
The meeting was called, New-
brv sniri. tn soeed nn the sne-
cial session called bv Gov.
Mark O. Hatfield for Nov. 11
for consideration of legislation
made necessary by defeat of the
tax referendum in Tuesday s
election.
Senator Newbry asked that all
Jackson county residents let him
know whether or not they are
interested in passage of a sales
tax, tied to property tax relief.
Newbry had earlier expressed
hope that a sales tax measure
would be passed by the special
session.
The Jackson county slate
senator also asked thai people
write him at any time on mat
ters of interest to them. His
mailing address is route 1, box
253, Talent, Ore.
Ward Cook, D - Multnomah
county, is chairman of the Sen
ate Ways and Mean committee.
Other members are E. D. Potts,
Josephine county; Walter Leth,
Polk county; Dwight Hopkins,
representing eastern Oregon;
Alfred Corbctt, Multnomah coun
ty, and Dan Field, Clatsop county-
Yank MPs Block
Russian Vehicle
BERLIN (UPI) - American
military police today blocked a
Russian military automobile in
West Berlin and held it for 20
minutes in retaliation for East
German harassment of Ameri
can military sedans in East
Berlin.
The new Communist harass
ment of military traffic in East
Berlin was disclosed as the
U.S. Army sent a convoy to
Berlin from the West in a dem
onstration of Western access
rights.
twenty-four soldiers in 12
trucks passed through Russian
check-points at each end of the
110-mile highway through East
Germany without difficulty, an
Army spokesman said.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair Ihromh Sat
urday with tnnif tog and luw
rlniidt In low vallrv Saturday
morning. ,rw tonight 45. High
Ha tu may 13.
Temp.
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Our Skies Tonight
Sun-M todav p.m.
Stinrl tomorrow .... 7:2 a.m.
MonntH tonight 1:2 p.m.
HMt fjiiarlrr ... Oct. 25
PROMINENT STR
Drnrb, high overhead ft:M pm.
Altair. low in wtt 12.12 a m.
VISIMI.F. p. A NETS
Saturn, due inuth M0 p.m.
Juptur, high In outh-
fail . 10:0 p.m.
MMEl
The men, all experienced iet
pilots, are the youngest and re
ported to be the most highly
educated of the three astronaut
teams yet selected. The oldest
is 34.
They were introduced todav in
the University of Houston's Cul-
len Auditorium, near the man
ned spacecraft center of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration where they will
The bachelor is Marine Capl.
Clifton C. Williams Jr., 31, of
MODiie, Ala., now stationed
Quantico, Va.
The others are:
JNavy Lt. Cmdr. Richard T
Gordon Jr., 34, Monterey, Calif!
N . . nniroH
U. Roger B. Chaffee,
M, fairoorn, Ohio.
. Civilian R. Walter Cunning-
,,am. oresion. iowa
Air Force Capt. Donn F. Ei-
scle, ,1.1, Kirkland Air Force
Base, N. M.
Navy Lt. Alan L. Bean
Jacksonville, Fla.
31,
Civilian Russell L. Schweick-
arl, 27, Lexington, Mass.
Air Force Cant. David R.
Scott, .11, Edwards, Calif.
Air Force Capt. Charles A.
Basuett II, 32, Edwards, Calif.
Air Force Maj. Edwin E. Al-
drin Jr., 33, El Lagn, Tex.
Air Force Capl. William A.
Anders, 30, Albuquerque, N.M.
Concession Contract
Discussed by Court
The Jackson county court was
scheduled this morning to dis
cuss the Lily Glen Riding Sta
bles concession contract with
the concessionaires, Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Wilhelm, and Parks
and Recreralion Director Neil
Ledward.
The commission has recom
mended to the county court that
the present one-year contract
be extended for five years at
Howard Prairie lake.
Although the recreation sea
son started out slow, the Wil
holms said they were well pleas
ed with the volume of business
later in the summer.
The Wilhclms rent horses for
rides around the area from their
stables at both Lake of the
Woods and Howard grairie.
Welfare Recovery
Collections $53,914
SALEM (UPI) Statewide
collections by the welfare re
covery division of the justice
department totaled $53,914 for
September, Atty. Gen. Robert
Y. Thornton said today.
Of this amount $53,397 was
collected for child support and
$516 in welfare fraud.
Tito Bedridden With
Symptoms of Influenza
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (UPI)
President Tito of Yugoslavia
was bedridden today with
symptoms of influenza and
and forced cancellation of his
visit to California, the second
leg of his U.S. tour.
The 71 - year - old Balkan
leader, who pledged to Presi
dent Kennedy Thursday he
would work for reduction of cold
war tensions, was stricken dur
ing the night and his two per
sonal physicians said this morn-
Queen Elizabeth
Asks Formation
Of Government
Few Conservative
Leaders Critical
LONDON (UPD-Prime Min.
ister Harold Macmillan re
signed today and Queen Eliza
beth immediately named For
eign Secretary Lord Home to
replace him and try to form a
new government.
Home's selection appeared to
be the result of a compromise
because bitterly fighting Con
servative party leaders apparent
ly were unable to choose be
tween Deputy Prime Minister
R.A. (Rab) Butler and Science
Minister Lord Hailsham.
Eight Days of Battling
The quick series of events to
day ended eight days of bat
tling within the party ranks. But
it remained to be seen how
deep the disaffection remained
against Home as he sought to
form a government.
First Macmillan sent his pri
vate secretary to Buckingham
Palace with his resignation.
Then the Queen paid the ailing
"cu-iiiiuaii , a iareweu visit at
King Edward VII hospital
where he is recuperating from
a prostate gland operation.
yueen Summons Home
Next, the Oueen snmmnnorl
Lord Home to the palace.
Shortly after he left, the palace
issued a brief announcement
saying:
"The queen has received ihn
Earl of Home in audience and
invited him to form an admin
istration." An hour and a half after leav
ing the Queen, Lord Home
reached the official prime min
isterial residence at No. 10
Downing Street following a lei
surely lunch at his home.
Few Critical
Most Conservative leaders
withheld immediate comment
on Lord Home's selection. But a
few were critical. One, Sir Ger
ald Naarro, a strong supporter
of Lord Hailsham. was bitter.
However, Conserva t i v e M P.
Nieel Birch said Hnmp
is ab-
solutely the best man for the
I job."
I George Brown, deputy leader
lot the Labor party, was caus-
atUo.
1 "My first reflection is tor our
Pr country," he said. "What
nave we done that such a pen
ance should be demanded of
us?"
Petitions Ask tor
South hlent Vote
The county court will decide
Oct. 25 when to hold a, public
hearing on a request for an elec
tion on the South Talent Interim
Zoning ordinance, County Judga
Earl M. Miller said this morn
ing. The county court this morning
read a letter from Russell De
Forest accompanying 12 peti
tions from south Talent area
residents which requested "a
verbal hearing" and an election
on the ordinance, effective for
another year.
Earlier, representatives of tho
group emphasized they are not
opposing the ordinance. They
merely are seeking an election
so persons within the area may
express their opinion as to the
adoption or rejection of tho or
dinance. Judge Miller said he under
stood recent amendments to the
state law would permit the coun
ty court to call such an election
at its discretion. Since another
group in the south Talent area
has a different view on the or
dinance it may be necessary to
hold two public hearings, Miller
said.
South Talent Group
Postpones Meeting
TALENT The South Talent
Improvement group meeting
scheduled tonight at the Wylder
Hooke home has been postponed
to a later date because of un
foreseen circumstances, accord
ing to a spokesman.
A new date for the meeting
has not yet been selected.
Purpose of the group is to
work toward retaining interim
zoning in the area, inform resi
dents of the purposes of zoning
and work with various organiza
tions to improve the area.
ing his temperature had risrn
to 100.2 degrees, then dropped
slightly.
Angicr Biddle Duke, U.S. pro
tocol chief accompanying Tito
on his American tour, disclosed
the Yugoslav president's illness
and said Tito had been forced to
cancel his flight to Castle Air
Force Base at Merced, Calif.
Biddle indicated some deci
sion might be made later today
on resuming the tour of the U.S.
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