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Newspaper Page Textmm ml H?W, nXV?.:.J 1 18 Pages Two Sections FIRE DAMAGE HEAVY Charred and still smoking, only ashes and a few walls remain after fast-spreading flames de stroyed virtually an entire block at Guerneville, Calif., on the Council Hears Plea Against Colonialism VATICAN CITY (UPI)-Ecu- mcnical Council fathers today heard an elociuent nlea from a native African bishop against idling, cnanung oeroer vu colonialism under the guise of lagers surged around us, pinning religion. j us in front of the army garri- Archbishop Ravmond Tchidim-j son in this desert town near the hn nf Conakrv. Guinea, told the Algerian-Moroccan frontier. fathers "We want nnlv one thinu. the Dure Gosoel. We do not want to be colonials of any-! one but Christ." The African archbishop pro - leslnrt re e nus colon a sm dur-ions ing a debate on the place of the layman in the Catholic Church. He indicated that international Catholic organizations often feel the necessity to try to dominate the native laymen working for the church in missionary lands. Reforms of Breviary The debate followed the first of a series of votes on reforms of the breviary, the book from which priests say their required daily prayers. The fathers approved the first nf two amendments to the docu ment on the brcviarv, which is ; the fourth chapter of a liturgy) draft debated during the coun cil's opening session last fall. Today's two amendments, overwhelmingly approved, dealt with insertions m the text sav ing that the priestly work of the . church is reflected in daily prayers and stressing the sim ilarity between tthe priests' prayers and those of Christ. Wafer System To Be Completed Soon TALENT This city's new water system is expected to be put into operation in about two or three weeks. Residents were temoorarilv uilhnnt wator SnhirHav u-hiln , lunrlrmnn rhannn tho nilv 3. I tcr supply over to the new , 'and corporation, "we have de water lines. The water in the I cided to resume construction of new lines, however, is still from : the lodge and will rush to com- tk. r.:i..'r. ....11. 1 nlntn it " A small amount of work re-; Completion of the ski lifts in i "Algeria has chosen a dictator, j ujal a tonslilUjonai amend-1 demolished car off Slate Ilign mains to be done on the new : time for the coming season had At Figuig the commanding , mcn( ,0 bc p a c c d n I way 38 near Drain Satu day. facilities which will take water previously been assured, but officer of the army post was (hp Novcmbcr lfl64 ballot com- State police said Wcntworth Wiis out of Waener creek and run it the corporation had announced shouting oyer the telephone to in ,n lcnjsaturc l0 create I killed when his car ran off the thrn,,U 1 iiiiuuii a u caiiiiciu plain. When the new facilities are placed in operation, the well wa-; ter will be used only in reserve. I NEl'SifwjBlilEFS IT IMS MOM MENTAL HEALTH BILL APPROVED WASHINGTON (UPI) The million compromise menial health scale community attack nn mental LEOPOI.DVII.1.E AREA UNDER MARTIAL LAW LEOPOLDVILLE. The t'on?o (UPI) The government Sun- day night declared a state of emergency under martial law in the Leopoldvillc area. ARMY TO INCREASE NUCLEAR PUNCH WASHINGTON (LPIl The Defense Department innounced today that the Army is increasing Its nuclear punrh in Europe and the Pacific by broad-scale deployment of more modern weapons. This entails withdrawal of older typei. TWO MISSIVfi T SKER CREWMEN SOUGHT HAMILTON. Bermuda (CPU local flvhermrn aldrd the U.S. Navy, toast Guard and Air Force today in an intensive irarch for two missing crewmen nf an American air tanker hich rrithed near here Sunday with eighrmen aboard. Moroccans Stage Wild Demonstration For Correspondents By ALINE MOSBY United Press International BOU-ARFA, Morocco (UP1)- "Long live the king (Hassan I of Morocco): they chanted to- gcther in Arabic. "Make stew jout of Algerian President Ah- med) Ben Bella! Give us weap- 10 aeieno ine true ironuer of Morocco!" The Moroccans staged a wild 45-minute demonstration when a group of foreign correspondents arrived here en route to the : frontier near the village of Ich, Work Resumes On Ski Lodge ASHLAND - The Ml. Ashland corporation announced today that construction of its ski lodge atop the mountain is being re- sumed, because it now appears the road into the area will be ready for use this winter. Claude Harding of A. L. Hard ing. Inc., Stayton, contractor on the'roadp''o.icct told corporation officials his firm fully intends to have a road with a gravel sur face completed this season. The firm's contract runs through Jan. 13, but "every ef fort" will be made to have it ready sooner. Harding indicated. The Harding company has put on two complete nine hour shifts of workmen and has mov ed in a large amount of road building equipment, it was re ported. "In light of these dcvelop- montS. said Alex Murphy, gen- 01 manager Of the Mt. Ash Isct n-onL- I wac haltinfl li'nrb i ..u ...... on the lodge because it then ap-; peared the road would not be ready. AROUND THI OLOU Senate today approved a K29 hill designed to trigger a large retardation. Regional Edition Medford Russian river. Unofficial damage estimates were more than $500,000. (UPI) raided Friday by the Algerian army. Bou-Arfa is 90 miles north west of Colomb Bechar, Al geria. The village is inhabited by simple, weatherbeatcn people who herd the goats and camels through the unpaved streets. iney are edgy Decause tneir adobe houses and families are in the troubled frontier area When we arrived, men, young and old, raced over the desert to stare at us Westerners, a sight seldom seen in the Moroccan desert. We were taken to an army garrison. The villagers gath- cred across the street, quietly watching the photographers. Then one spotted a tape re corder and began to shout his lo I feelings to the newsmen, who j had come from so far away. I Immediately, leathery faced ! men in modest white ; robes anc Jj ragged turbans pined in to demonstrate their solidarity against Ben Bella. Yelling in near - frenzy, they swent across the street. The correspondents retreated behind the garrison walls but the mob, ! smiling and chanting, charged ( through the gateway Women arrived, some so ex cited that their while veils slipped off lo reveal blue tat toos on cheeks and chins. Silver krqutlnlc imrtlinn thi chnlllrH 1 o- nn .c riin " Soldiers had to ioin hands to ; keep back the crowd. Finally i army otticers sneaked ine u foreign correspondents out the back door to waiting trucks. The crowd ran after us, hare foot children trying to shake hands. Later, a Moroccan army cap tain said the demonstration "was all from tne nean. "Thic Hicnntn u'on Alrfi"ia . and Morocco is not just a prob-1 no uuKL.tv. ...fc..- lem of frontiers. We have chosen. the way of freedom and liberty, like Americans..." he said as we drove toward the border. Ilia KVIIVI rtl, ouuniiuii oim.vt.- ,, arV' " Jnanff ' . He told us that this post of 70 men is "ready for any enemy attack.' Missing Couple Found Unharmed FLORENCE. Ore. (UPI)-An elderly Hollywood. Calif., couple, missing overnight in a heavilv-wooded area near here. 1 , was found safe today, police re- , ported. John Farneman. 79, and his wife. Ethel. 70, were located by ; I searchers about 9:15 a.m. and wcre reported in "pretty good condition." The couple became lost about 1 eight miles south of here bc- 'tween Highway 101 and Siltcoos Lake Sunday. 1 j More than 100 searchers, aid- J ed by three helicopters, fanned jout 0n the search today T.c! couple had been last seen at I in a m. Sunday when they told; other residents at the Fish Mill; , Lodge on the lake they were ; going on a mushroom hunting i trip i Red China Loses Bid for Seat in General Assembly UNITED N A T I O N S, N. Y. (UPI) The General Assembly today rejected Albania's bid to seat Red China in place of the Chinese Nationalists by a vote of 57-41 with 12 abstentions. The margin in favor of retain ing the Chiang Kai-shek regime as China s local U.N. represent ative was two votes greater than last year. The weeklong debate on the China representation issue wound up with a new attack on the United Slate and Nationalist China by Albania, the only Eu ropean Communist country on good terms with the Peking re gime. Percentage Higher The vote was on a resolution U.. All........ .,,! r..m- ""." """V "'a '"7 t ffm rwS r n A Uio"cd by . . ' , , ' by 56-42 vote with 12 abslen- sions. The percentage of members present and voting in favor of the Taipei government rose to 57.9 per cent, the strongest ma- jority in the assembly for the Nationalists since 195!). Britain, Denmark, Norway an Sweden joined the solid Commu- nist support of Red China's seat- inn Inftnlhnr IV i I h a miVPft rP- nJ.miinn nf ihn Afrn.Asian bloc led by India, Indonesia and ' Pakistan Jaycees Support Single-Seat Plan tiw nAM.FS f I ipi ) The! state Junior Chamber of U,- nrlnntnA n rnt1nliin ...... - ... - . . .!.!. , r nr c.nrt lo.snai re s auve rfi . 0 The ac.lion Wfls taken at the , , onnai nnvnniinn h ; The ernun also n edded lo in-, single-scat districts. ! 1 :,!.. thn nlon n.-nru rnnnfv . i(,h hae m.rp ',h,n nn s,a nalnr or representative would 1 divided into singles e a 1 1 House or Senate districts. period last year However., 36 Frank Brawncr, president of 1 more have been killed in high ' the Oregon Junior Chamber said way accidents so far this year 'the organization had already 1 filed preliminary petitions witn the secretary ol slalc s oince and signature gathering would commence as soon as possible. A ballot title is being prepared by the attorney general's office, he said. WEATHER I UHI.C M : MnMlv t 1 n u d V wnh nrramnil pennrt of ram lon.cht and 1uedv. low tonighi Ifl. Hieh 1ur. day M. Tftnp I ouru 1 hi Murninc . It f'Tfc. lo 10 a.m. Today . 01 Our Skies Tonight iin.M lortv .. f M p m MonnH tonuhl ... n! p m Firit Unntfi uri. : 1Yp planM. iaiiirn. lodav he lm a low raiiHU'd mof mnt mori the iar in II hrk(mund that Kill continue jjntil next June. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, ishaps Leave 10 m Oregonians Coos Bay Man Killed on Deer Hunting Trip Astoria Business Executive Killed By United Press International Ten Oregon residents died during the weekend as a result of accidents. Eight of the deaths were recorded in the state. James Cellars, 69, of Astoria, executive secretary of the Columbia River Packers Associ ation, was killed Saturday in a one-car accident on U.S. High way 101 about six miles south of Astoria. Harry Saville, 38, Coos Bay, was accidentally shot and killed while deer hunting cast of Rccd- sport Saturday. He was I h e state's fourth deer hunting sea son gunshot fatality. An Air Force man drowned Saturday after a 14-foot boat overturned near Brookings where the Choice River flows into the Pacific. The victim was S. Sgl. James Morclock, 30, who was stationed at Kingsley Air Force Base near hlamalh i alls. Two companions. Jerry Neilson, Klamath Falls, and Roy Brimm, Brookings, made it to shore. Neilson was rescued by the Coast Guard after another fisherman threw him a life jacket and Grimm made it to shore by using a gasoline can as a float. Another small boat trying to help also turned over and the occupants were rescued by the Coast Guard. Jack Coalcs, 23, Albany, was killed in a one-car accident on a logging road about 35 miles southwest of Corvallis Saturday. Mrs. Harold Griffin, 27, Bend, died Saturday as a result o f injuries suffered when her car collided with a cattle truck neat Bend Thursday night. Harry Strand, 47, Madras, died when he was struck by a large earth-moving vehicle at the Round Butte Dam construc tion site near Madras Saturday. Two youths from The Dalles lost their lives when their motor scooler crashed head-on into a near Honolulu aaiurciay. The victims were Nathan Francis. 22. and Dennis Anghi. lantc, 19, both students at the Un vcrsity of Hawaii. Mrs. Pauline Burrows. 40, Shady Cove, was fatally injured in a two-car collision near Dia mond Lake Friday night. A 15-year-old Corvallis High School student. Patricia Wust- rack, was killed when she Com-(slipped oil a namea irucKdnu;h n j f M 5 ' fell hfMlPHth itS Wheels flt Ml S - . , r . Ci llnnmpci u 1 1 nm"i. uieuun oidic umvuifl.i coming rally at Corvallis Fri-, day night. In addition, the body 0j Joseph Wcntworth, 22, lndcprn dence, was found in o I s road Oct. 12. A tota Of 22 DCrSOnS tiaVC Idicd on highways of the state in the first 21 days of October, compared with 36 for a similar than in the same period To Oct. 21 this year 442 have been killed. This compares wiih nKfi for the same Dcnod last year. Business Leaders To Hear Hatfield ; LOS ANGELES (LTD -, Business leaders from through out the nation began registering today for the opening Tuesday of the 16th annual profit sharing conference. i The two-day event at the B ill i more Hold features a keynote address Tuesday night hy Ore gon (inv. Mark Hatfield. The i llepublican governor's topic will : be "The Corporate Image and The Shadow of Automation." The conference is sponsored hy the Council of Profit Sharing Inil;, stries. 58th Tribune OCTOBER 21, 1963 Guerrillas Kill 42 Vietnamese; 13 Yanks Hurt SAIGON, South Vict Nam (UPI) Communist Euerrillas killed 42 Vietnamese soldiers and wounded 13 U.S. officers and men in one of the biggest battles of the war, U.S. military spokesmen announced Sunday. ine communists lost 30 dead in the fighting 150 miles south west of Saigon. Vietnamese wounded numbered 83. The American casualties eight of ficers and five enlisted men was the highest number incur red in a single battle since U.S. advisers began aiding Vietna mese forces in the fullscale pro gram that began in 1961. Tactics Differ The military spokesmen with held word of the battle 24 hours. The Communists attacked Satur day morning, driving against a government force twice as large as their estimated battalion strength. The battle was not foucht on the usual hit-and-run guerrilla pian. ine communists made a frontal attack, cutting down government troops wan ma chinegun fire and pinning them down in rice paddies. Most of the Americans wound ed were pilots and crewmen of aircraft ferrying troops lo the battle area and striking at the Communist positions. The guer rillas shot down one troop car rier helicopter and damaged a twin-engine B26 bomber so bad ly it crashed while attempting to land. They hit a total of 14 aircraft. The Communists incurred Troops Assemble For 'Big Lilt' FT. HOOD, Tex. (UPI) The United States assembled troops, fliers and planes from Texas to Maine today to show the world that it can put lfi.OOO Army and Air Force men with supporting aircraft in Germany within 72 hours. The project, whose code-name is Operation "Big Lift," begins one minute after midnight to night when a C135 jet transport lakes off with 70 men from the 2nd "Hell on Wheels" Armored Division in it. The 2nd Division will supply 13,000 of the troops. Transport planes will take off from four air bases at intervals .iidiii;iMk: iiuiii iiiiuuitra m nn i ' . . , , P , . j i- jmen from Fort Sill, Okla., ,,. F . sil, nvu ' in ucrmany. Mrs. Kelsay Named To Succeed Husband ROSEBURG (UPI) - Mrs. Elizabeth Kelsay of Roscburfi today was appointed lo the Ore gon House of Representatives , rom Douglas County succeed ing her late husband, W.O. (Bun) Kelsay Kelsay was killed in an auto crash Oct. 4 north of Klamath Falls as he was returning from . a legislative hearing. The appointment was made by the County Court. Mrs. Kel say was recommended for the job earlier by the Douglas Coun ty Democratic Central Commit tee. She served as secretary for her husband in previous legisla tive sessions. Sports Bulletin PORTLAND (LPI) - Med ford moved up from third In second In the Journal coaches' poll of Class A-l football team today. Itosehurg rontinued In hold lirsl place and Omits Pass was third. Phoenix continued In lead Hie poll among Class A -2 school. Illinois Valley was tied with Sluslaw for ninth, Year Price 10 Cents No. 183 lead most of their casualties in air strikes. They withdrew without difficulty at nightfall, military sources said. Although the American cas ualties were described as the heaviest of the war in a single battle, at least 12 and possibly 13 U.S. crewmen were killed two weeks ago in the crash of a fighter bomber and of two helicopters searching for it. Apparently the military did not consider these victims bat tic casualties, although there was a possibility the helicopters collided because of ground fire from the Communists. Work Under Way At Recreation Areas in County Work Is under way at Huwerd prairie recreation area to Dre- pare for next spring's opening of fishing season, Jackson County Parks and rtecreation Director Neil Ledward said this morning. Recreation department crews are completing erection of four outdoor privies at Willow Point at Howard Prairie lake. The campground is also being clear ed. Plans call for a new road, a picnic area and boat launch ing facilities there, Ledward ex plained. Log Doom Installalion of a log boom to protect the boat basin from wave action is expected in about two weeks, the director said. The Lindsay Brothers nave been asked to truck some .mom type logs into the area when they complete their logging operation nearby. A double boom is plan ned. The cable may be extended to the island or the boom may be anchored near the island, Ledward said. This will also im prove ice-skating conditions this winter since the ice will firm up around it, he noted. Ledward said he also plans to stake out some more camp sites inside and outside the de veloped recreation area. Plans also call for providing boat access at Grizzlcy creek at Howard Prairie. Concrete planks will bc made ihis winler for a boat launching ra np, Led ward said. A parking area is planned nearer the dam, hj added. Committee To Hear Of Wood Schools The advantages ot wood con struction in schools will bc pre sented to the citizens committee on school construction Tuesday in Medford by Harry W. Berry, special projects supervisor for the Douglas Fir Plywood asso ciation of lacoma, Wash Berry has been invited lo ex plain the advantages of leaching environments in wood schools I and will present cost compari sons between wood schools and those of other materials Berry is an architect and a former member of the faculty at Washington State university He will use Tacoma's schools as examples of substantial sav ings in costs through the use of wood. Tacoma's newest high school was built at costs below budgeted amounts with new wood construction techniques. PP&L Authorized To issue Common Sfocfc SALEM (UPI) - Public Util ity Commissioner Jonel C. Hill today authorized Pacific Power & Light Co. to issue shares of common stock on a one-for-20 rights basis to its stockholders. The price of thp stock will be fixed hy the PP&L board of diifct'tora on Nov. 12. SOUGHT The Federal Bureau of Investigation has obtained a warrant for the arrest of Angclo Bruno, top, head of the Cosa Nostra crime syndicate in Phila delphia, in a crackdown on an extortion racket extending to New York City and New Jersey. Four others wcre arrested on charges of cunspiring to violate a federal law prohibiting inter state travel to commit extortion. Shown below Bruno, from top, arc Harold Konigsbcrg, 35, Lodi, N. J.: Ignazio Denaro, 59, Phil adelphia: Joseph Juliano, 59, Nutlcy, N. .)., and Philip Testa, 39, Philadelphia. (UPI) Bakery Truck Driver Dies in Accident ALBANY (UPI) - A truck and trailer loaded with bakery goods plunged off Interstate 5 into Courtney Creek south ot here early today, killing the driver, Lawrence Evans, 34, of The Dalles. City Officials For Annual League Session A number of elected and ad- mjnistrilliv.e Mcdford o(ncials are in Portland today, attend ing the 38th annual convention of the League of Oregon Cities The meeting, which is being attended by more than 800 old cials from all over the state, be gan Saturday and will conclude tomorrow. Attending from Mcdlord arc Mayor James J. Dunlcvy, City Councilmcn William Singler, Robert Cunningham. Terry Green and Hobert L. Van Sickle, and Planning Commission Pres ident Elwood Hedbcrg. Also at the convention are City Manager Hobert A Duff, Public Works Director Vernon Thorpe, Recorder Treasurer Darell lluson, Fire Chief Gordon Barr, City Attorney William Storm Batters Destroyer Escort Adrift at Sea Plane Locates Floundering Ship CArE HATTER AS. N. C. (UPI) Hurricane Ginnv inched away from North Carolina to day hut its 80 mile an hour winds and heavy seas pounded a Navy destroyer escort adrift with 10 men aboard. A Navy hurricane hunter plane located the 306-foot USS Fogg, en route to a Texas moth ball fleet, pitching in the rouah weather about 150 miles east of Cape Fear, N. C. This was about 50 to 60 miles southwest of Ginny's center which was located in a 11 a.m. EST advisory from the Wash ington Weather Bureau at (at titude 34.1 north, longitude 74.2 west, or about 115 miles south east of Cape Hattcras. Winds of about 80 miles an hour extended outward 50 miles in all directions from the ren ter and gale-force winds sent heavy surf crashing into the Norm Carolina coast. Gale wind were felt as far as 250 miles to the north and cast. The hurricane showed a slicht northwestward movement which would carry it away from the North Carolina coast. Poses Direct Threat Ginny was the seventh Ironi cal storm of the season and the first to pose a direct threat to the eastern coast of the United States. It was reported moving slow ly towards the northeast at about five miles per hour. "Hurricane Ginny is expected to move northeastward very slowly during the next 24 hours and the intensity will remain about the same," the Weather Bureau said. The Navy in New Yolk an nounced that the 1,400 ton Fogft bad been sighted and appeared to bc riding out the storm. The Coast Guard cutter Chilula was expected to reach the decom missioned vessel and us skele ton crew by mid-afternoon and attempt to take her under tow again was due when the weath er subsided. Beach erosion was reported along the North Carolina and Virginia coastlines and there was minor flooding in low areas. Water lapped at the boardwalk in the resort cify of Virginia Beach. Tentative Welfare lufs Are Listed SALEM Cut in (he public welfare program will not be as severe as expected, James Pull man, former Jackson county welfare administrator, now di rector of public assistance for the state welfare commission, told the Mail Tribune this morn ing. Final and more definite fig ures will be released following the special session of the stata legislature. Tentative figures call for lop ping off $5 per month from nurs ing home rates given to nursing homes July 1 by the state legis lature, Pullman said. Among other allocations to bo cut, tentatively, are 10 per cent from doctors' fees, 4 per cent from hospital allocations and a general reduction in personal incidentals. All step - father assistance, cases will bc eliminated, Pull man said. This program pro vides assistance if the step-father has a low income. Out-of-state grants and allocations to former state residents, will bp. restricted, Pullman added. Most special allocations above the regular standards-will bc elim inated and burial allowances will bc reduced 10 per cent. Food standards for general assistance will be reduced from 85 per cent of the aid-to-depend-cnt children standards to 75 per cent. in Portland Mansfield, Building Safely Di rector John Holmrr, Purchasing Agent Norman Croy, flnnniiit? Director Ned Langford, Munici pal Court Judge Donald Den- i man, and Mrs. Dorothy Sncd den, secretary to the mayor and city manager. Park and Recreation Director Robert L. Haworth, who will leave for the convention today, is scheduled to appear on a panel Tuesday morning on the topic of municipal swimming pools. Haworth will remain in Port land until Thursday io attend a meeting of tho Oregon State Park and Recreation society, lie will bc co-chaiinu.i of a panel Thursday, which will dis cuss "Our Professional h o a d Ahead."