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s FT A a. J! STEVENSON STRUCK Mrs. Cora Lacy Frederickson, 47, with her tongue sticking out, strikes U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson (partly hidden be hind sign) with a picket sign. Stevenson was heckled and booed during a speech in Dallas, Standard Time Returns Sunday Daylight saving time will officially end in Ore gon Sunday, Oct. 27, at 2 a.m. Residents will turn the clock back an hour. Storm-Tossed Ship Reaches Port With Ten Aboard PORTSMOUTH, Va. (UPD Ten bearded, bleary-eyed sail ors, some weak from seasick ness and a diet of peanut but ter, pulled into port here today after five days of helpless buf feting aboard a disabled ship in the hurricane - whipped At lantic. The trip was tiring, they said, but they were not scared. "After we rode out the first night we got confidence and from then on we weren't wor ried at all," said Chief Warrant' Officer Walter F. Ganey of Nor folk, commander of the decom missioned destroyed escort USS Fogg which broke away from tow vessel last Saturday. He said the ship, which was on its way to a mothball fleet in Orange, Texas, when its tow line parted about 60 miles off the North Carolina coast was a tight one. The only leakage that developed during the battering by 40-foot waves was in a for ward compartment. This was propmtly sealed off. Called 'Tough Fishing' "It was choppy out there all right," the 49-year-old veteran sailor told newsmen shortly be fore sitting down with the nine others to their first warm meal in five days. "You might call it tough fishing." Except for a brief period when the Coast Guard cutter Chilula was attempting to at tach a towline to the drifting ship Tuesday, none of the crew ventured on deck. "We didn't get any sleep ei ther," said Boatswain's Mate F. G. Renkcr of Chickamauga, Ga. "How could you when you had to fight all the time just to stay in the bunk?" The crew spent most of the time in the disabled ship's wardroom, seated in chairs which slid from one side of the room to the other as the 306 foot ship rolled as much as 50 degrees. FOUND GUILTY 1 MONTESANO, Wash. (UPD Rhinehart H. Nelson, 33, was convicted here late Thursday nieht of first-degree murder in fnnmwtinn with the slavinff nf 1 Dan Damitio. 56, a Cedarville grocer and former Grays Har- bor County auditor. NEWS IT IMS FROM JpJ EAST GERMAN POLICE BAR U.S. VEHICLE BERLIN (UPI East German police today barred 1 U.S. Army wrecker for 38 minutes from entering Eail Berlin to go to the aid of a disabled Army patrol car, an American spokes man said. SEVEN MINERS RESCUED IN GERMANY PEINE, Germany (l'PI Work crews tonight rescued seven miners who had been trapped for 23 hours 180 feet below the ground In 1 flooded iron mine. BIDS FOR TONGUE POINT REJECTED AUBURN. Wash. (UPD The General Services Administra tion has rejected all bids it received June 28 for portions of the former Tongue Point Naval Station at Astoria, Ore., the agency announced Thursday. BEN BELLA CONFINED WIT! FXrUITUA LG1ERS ( UPI t Algerian rnitfaed to his bed today with Texas, celebrating U.N. Week. As Stevenson was leaving the auditorium, Mrs. Frederick son struck him and two unidentified men spat in his face. The woman said she meant only to shove the sign in front of Stevenson but "someone pushed me." (UPI) Divided Viet Nam Governments May Hold Truce Talks LONDON (UPI) The govern ments of South Viet Nam and Communist North Viet Nam are apparently making exploratory contacts that could lead to a truce in the divided country, diplomatic sources said today. There was no official confir mation of the report. The United States has given massive financial and military backing to the South Vietna mese government of President Ngo Dinh Diem in its struggle against Communist guerrillas who are armed, equipped, and given shelter by President Ho Chi Minh of North Viet Nam. Diplomatic sources said the current moves were believed to be aiming at some sort of truce arrangement with possible wid er ramifications. Diem's brother and chief adviser, Ngo Dinh Nhu, was said to favor the con tacts. Ho-Chi Minh-.has.made nu merous public offers to discuss a truce but the Diem regime has never accepted. Rebel Berbers Give Up to Ben Bella ALGIERS (UPI) President Ahmed Ben Bella's regime was greatly strengthened today in its border conflict with Moroc co because of the unexpected submission of rebel Berbers in the Kabylia region. Ben Bella announced in a ra dio broadcast Thursday that Col. Mohand Ou El Hadj, mili tary leader of the Kabylia reb els, had rejoined the Algerian army and was on his way to the front to help fight the Moroccans. Hopes for the peaceful set tlement of the fighting between Algeria and Morocco rose with a report from Tunis that Ben Bella and Moroccan King Has san II would meet soon in Libya to discuss their differ ences. Meeting Slated on Woodworker Strike PORTLAND (UPI) Federal Mediator Leroy Smith was to meet this afternoon with offi cials of the Weyerhaeuser Co. and the International Woodwork ers of America (IWA) in an ef fort to settle a Coos Bay area strike. Some 980 men are idled at the Coos Bay area operations of the firm in a grievance dis- pute. A main item at issue is i a company request that members of the boom crew use powc 'saws. iBRIEFS AROUND THI OlOU Presidei .Vanwt B Mil wri Mr brt Owen Hersch- Influent (twuc hi Ot MMX One of the immediate effects of any arrangement between the Saigon and Hanoi regimes would be to restore economic links and permit the flow of food from the fertile South to relatively unproductive North Viet Nam. The reports of truce moves were viewed with caution in Western diplomatic quarters, in the absence of authoritative con firmation. Communist sources, although not confirming the reports, said such a development would "make sense" in terms of stated Communist policy that settlements should be sought by the regimes of the divided por tions of a country. This is also the Communist position in rela tion to East and West Ger many. Partitioned In 1954 Viet Nam, formerly part of French Indochina, was par titioned at the 1954 Far East conference in Geneva. France, which had suffered military losses capped by the fall of the stronghold of Dien Bien Phu to Ho Chi Minh's forces earlier that year, turned North Viet Nam over to the Communists and South Viet Nam to the re gime of which Diem was prime minister. The United Stales did not sign the eight-nation Geneva accord, which prohibited the introduc tion of foreign troops into Viet Nam. An e s t i mated $16,500 Americans are currently aid ing the South Vietnamese gov ernment in its battle against Communist Viet Cong guer rillas. Need for Parking Zone Is Explained The Jackson County Court sent a letter to Howard Wood, president of the Jackson County Employes' Association today explaining the need for extend' ing the one-hour parking zone around the courthouse and asK ing the employes' cooperation. There is no intent to work ; hardship on the employes, but courthouse parking is becoming more acute each month for those using the courthouse, the county court explained. The County Court plans a parking lot for employes' cars in the near future, and requests that the employes reconsider their petition, the letter stated. Pilot Error Cause Of Miller Crash WASHINGTON (UPI) The Civil Aeronautics Board today said the "probable cause" of a light aircraft accident last year that killed a California congress man was pilot error. Rep. Clem Miller, D-Calif., and two others including the pilot died in the crash Oct. 7, 1962 near Eureka, Calif. The CAB reported that t h e pilot, George W. Head, 41, made "improper flight preparations." In addition, the CAB said, ne "failed lo properly determine his position" in bad weather and as a result calculated that the plane was higher than it actual ly was in the air. Boy, 8, Killed by Father in Accident PORTLAND (UPI) - Eight-year-old John Raymond Hersch ier of Portland was killed Thursday night when a gun want (( in his father's hands. T v was the son of Mr. I kr. V w rt'tt occurred at Regional Edition Medford 20 Pages Hurricane Ginny Aims Winds at Carolina Coast Thousands Flee To Higher Ground CHARLESTON, S. C. (UPI) Hurricane Ginny aimed its 100 mile an hour winds at the Carolinas coastline today, forc ing thousands to flee to higher grounds. A noon EDT advisory located Ginny 65 miles southeast of Charleston and the weather bureau said the center of the storm likely would move inland tonight between Myrtle Beach, S. C. and Wilmington, N. C. Warning Heeded Police with loudspeakers toured the low - lying ocean areas around Charleston, urging residents to get out and by noon. Thousands heeded the wanting, packed a few belong ings, and headed tor inland shelters. A siren screamed steadily at Folly Beach, jutting out into the Atlantic just south of Charleston. This means get the hell out," a Civil Defense spokes man said. Tides Above Normal Gale force winds and pound ing surf hit all along the coast line. Extensive flooding with tides up 8 teet aoove normal was forecast for portions of the South Carolina coast. Ginny, the season's seventh hurricane, sprang up off the North Carolina coast Sunday night, backtracked slowly to the south and meanaced the r lorida mainland before turning again to threaten the Carolinas. Bank Plans New Branch in Medford U. S. National Bank has re ceived approval from federal authorities in Washington, D.C., for the establishment of a new branch in the south Medford area, President E. J. Kolar, Portland, reported Thursday. The bank is acquiring proper ty located in the 900 block of South Central Ave., according to Kolar. The proposed site is a 140 by 200-foot area between South Cen tral Ave. and South Riverside Ave. This brings to three the total number of U. S. banking offices in the Medford area with branches presently serving downtown and north Medford. Kolar said the bank was es tablishing the new office in south Medford to provide the rapidly growing area with more con veniently located banking serv ices. Construction of the new branch will begin as soon as final plans are drawn. U. S. National Bank operates 92 banking offices throughout Oregon with three additional of fices either in the planning or construction stage. Debate Slated at Ecumenical Council VATICAN CITY (UPI) - A strong plea for all Christians to lead holy lives was scheduled for debate today at the Ecu menical Council. The council fathers took up the fourth and possibly final chapter of a long theological document about the nature of the church, which has been un der consideration since this ses sion opened Sept. 29. The chapter deals with the "Vocation to Sanctity" the call to holiness which is ad dressed to everyone who pro fesses to be a follower or Jesus Christ. It says that priests, bishops and members of religious or ders are under an especially heavy obligation to lead saintly lives which win inspire omers Oregon Telephone Projects Approved SEATTLE (UPI) - Directors of Pacific Northwest Bell Tele phone Co. approved Oregon con struction projects costing $1,257,. 700 at a meeting here Thursday, The largest item was $731,- OOO for local switching, long distance carrier and PBX equip ment additions in Portland Also approved was a $219,000 addition to the Oregon portion of the major long distance route betwen Portland and Sacra mento, Calif. About $42,500 was allocated for central office equipment it Roseburg and $22 iooo'W terminal equipmwt on I U K8aaJacti City raMtv OF MEDFORD, $1.8 Million Out Ordered In Public Welfare Budget Serious Trouble Seen Ahead if Costs Continue Payment for Drugs On Pro-Rata Basis SALEM (UPI) The Public Welfare Commission to day slashed the general as sistance program which has zoomed $243,071 over budget in the past three months, and ordered a $1.8 million cutback in the two-year budget because of last week's tax election de feat. The general assistance pro gram, over budget $49,164 lor September alone, and spiraling medical costs forced commis sioners to admit there may be serious budget problems ahead in addition to those resulting from the defeat of the tax measure Payments for drugs for wel fare recipients were ordered placed on a pro-rata basis be cause this item was $41,847 over budget for the first three months of the biennium. Under the pro-rata system, the commission will pay the full drug billings if they do not exceed the budget allotment, but pro-rated reductions will be made arbitrarily in the future when drug billings exceed the amount budgeted. Also over budget by $74,359 for the past three months are old age assistance medical pay mcnts. ' Trouble Ahead "We may be headed for trouble. Frankly we are going to have to watch this," Weltare Administrator Andrew Juras said. In addition, Juras noted nurs ing home costs were "steadily increasing," and were $71,681 over budget for the past three months. Juras warned serious budget problems could result in t h e nursing home budgets if state hospitals, as a r e s u It of cut backs, began transferring in mates to nursing homes. Juras said increased migra tions of people from California were increasing the general as sistance costs. The commission voted to put austerity program cuts totaling $4.5 million into effect Nov. 1. Of this amount, $1.8 million is from the state's general fund, and the rest matching funds bout $2 million from the fed eral government, and $612,000 from counties. Cuts outlined under the austerity program eliminate 54 now vacant positions, and force delay in filling nine others. Other Cuts Listed Other major cutbacks: Five per cent reduction in services and supplies. Eliminate $5 increase in nursing home rates. Eliminate 10 per cent in crease in physicians allotment, and four per cent increase in hospital allotment. Heduce personal incidental and clothing allowances to per sons in nursing homes and homes for the aged by about 25 per cent. Reduce funeral and burial allowances by 10 per cent. Restrict medical aid to the aged enrollments to 7,500. There are now 6,169 persons enrolled in MAA, and commis sioners said the 7,500 figure was for budget purposes alone. If more people enroll, it will mean that benefits will be reduced. Physicians services and hos pitals have been on a pro-rata payment basis for years. A dele gation representing hospitals ap peared at today's meeting to ob ject to this pro-rata payment method. WEATHER FORFCAUT: Partly tlmidy lo nliht and fttturday. ContHJer anl late night nd mornlnf valley tor Low tonight 49. High Saturday near CO. Temp. HlghMt Yciterday "! I.o we it Trill Morning 4ft Prec. to I a.m. Today 29 Our Skies Tonight ftuni't indav . :I5 p.m. ftunrltc tomorrow .... T:J am. Moontet tomorrow . !2:2 a.m. rirtt Quarter today 10:21 a.m. PROMIN'RNT STAR Vr-ga, low In north writ . a m. VISIBLE PLANETS Vrnui. . :M nt Saturn, In tht touato &4fr JuaAirr, high i IfiO OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1963 VISITOR WELCOMED Charles A. Meyer,.. right, superintendent of School District 6, at Central Point, and Bruce Eckman of Port land, center, president of the Oregon Depart ment of Classroom Teachers, welcome Dr. Natt Burbank, of Colorado, president of the Halten, Newbry Discuss Taxes at Stockmen's Event CENTRAL POINT - As long as the public keeps demanding more services, it will have to pay more taxes unless more in dustry is brought into Jackson County to help shoulder the in creased ta.x burden,. County As sessor Thad Hatten and State Sen. Lyndel Newbry, R-Talent, indicated to the Jackson County Stockmen's Association last night. Speaking in the Central Point Grange hall, Newbry said the Oregon constitution states, "The state legislature shall levy suf ficent taxes to cover all appro priations it makes." "We had to pass a tax meas ure before we adjourned al though most of us recognized it was not the best tax law," Newbry said. "That the taxpay ers thought it was a bad com promise was shown by the over whelming no vote (on the tax referendum Oct. 18), particu larly in Josephine County." Wants Law Passed The governor wants the legis lature to pass a law in the com ing special session which would include the basic school support under the cut in funds to various state agencies, he said. Newbry thought this was an improper allocation of legislative authori ty to the state's chief executive. "I am not a strong supporter of the proposed state sales tax, but I have become convinced that the property taxpayer can not continue to carry the burden of education, or that the income taxpayer can pay a greater share," Newbry commented. Newbry admitted he didn I say how much property tax re lief the sales tax would give. Imposition of a sales tax would exhaust all sources of revenue and naturally would force the state to live within its budget, he added. He felt a maximum limit should be set on the sales tax and written into the consti tution. The property tax should pay only for the state govern ment operation, he said. Pay for Government The property tax should pay for city and county government. The financing of education should be transferred from the property tax to the income tax, Newbry suggested. Hatten explained assessment of agricultural land values. Two factors place an increased tax burden on the private property- owner, he noted, rifty-one per cent of the county land is fed erally or state owned so pays no taxes. Tax exempt property in the county represents 50 per cent of the county's total assess ed value. He suggested that the state legislature give a closer look at the tax exempt proper ties. PUBS WILL HE CLOSED BIRMINGHAM, England, (UPI) Birmingham's two big breweries have approved the shutdown of the city's 600 pubs (kars) n Christmas night awuoo bwteawrs to enjoy EOT 58th Tribune Personnel Handbooks Urged by Colorado CENTRAL POINT School districts should put their per sonnel policies in writing in order to clarify the rights and responsibilities of all their em ployes and to rely upon in case of attack by pressure groups Dr. Natt Burbank, president of the American Association of School Administrators, said here this morning. Dr. Burbank, who also is superintendent of the Boulder Valley School District at Bould er, Colo., addressed the fall con ference of the Department of Classroom Teachers of the Ore gon Education Association. His talk, A Time For De cision on Written Personnel Policies," was delivered during the general session of the con ference this morning. The two- day conference is being held at Crater High School. It con cludes tomorrow. About 350 persons from throughout Ore gon and the nation are attend ing. Advises Handbooks The speaker advised every school district to consider put ting its personnel and other policies into a handbook in order to remind everyone concerned with its activities that they have certain rights and certain re sponsibilities. "There is a tendency today, and it is not confined to educa tion, for organized groups to de mand their rights and forget their responsibilities," he re marked. If everyone knows what their rights and responsibilities are, then better education results, he felt. Policies Are Helpful Written personnel policies also are helpful when administrators, teachers or school boards come under fire from pressure groups or from "reasonable but unin formed citizens," Dr. Burbank thought. "The mere writing of the rules of the game in ad vance will certainly reduce the number and severity of attacks of all kinds," he said. Improving overall morale and encouraging consistency in han dling of personnel situations were other advantages cited by the speaker. A district handbook should answer most of the questions that anyone would have about school operation, Dr. Burbank said. He suggested that in draw ing one up, every employe, from superintendents to custodians, be urged to submit ideas. He gave a summary of how such a handbook was com piled in his own school district. It took virtualy an entire school year, he said, and involved the efforts and cooperation of every one. Need for Revision Dr. Burbank urged that the need for constant revision of such handbooks be recognized and provided for. He also sug gested that it be circulated widely in the community. The remainder of the confer ence schedule Includes a ban quet at the Ksguc Valley Coun try a ub at 6:30 o'clock tonight, 0( which Dorothy Brooksby, Na BEHAViW Year Price 10 Cents No. 187 American Association of School Administra tors, at the opening of the State DCT fall conference this morning at Crater High School. Dr. Burbank addressed the general session of the conference. Policy Educator tional Education Association field representative, will speak on "Action: A Local Associa tion Responsibility." Tomorrow's program will open with a breakfast at Crater at 7:30 a.m., a general session at 9 a.m., business session at 9:45 a.m., lunch at 12:15 p.m. and a resumption of the business ses sion at 1 p.m. State Rep. John Dellenback of Medford Will speak at the 9 a.m. session on "The Import ance of Grass Roots Participa tion in the Legislative Process." Three Survive Crash Of Light Aircraft SALMON. Idaho (UPI)-Thrne Rupert people rested today aft er their light plane overshot a dude ranch landing strip in the wild primitive area and plunged headlong into an icy creek. iney are Mclvin Ling, owner and manager of station, KAYT, and his wife, Delphia, and Rupert businessman Don Ballan tyne. Dr. Roy Sinclair, a Salmon doctor who flew into the flying B dude ranch to treat the trio, said Ling has back in furies. Mrs. Ling a fractured ankle and shoulder, and Ballantyne has oacK injuries and scalp lacera tions. The plane tumbled down a deep ridge after missing the strip and shot into the creek, Dr. Sinclair said. Grounded Barge Said Total Loss VANCOUVER. Wash (UPD- The Pacific Inland Navigation Co. says its barge, the No. 539, wnicn struck the rocks off Graham Island, Queen Charlot te Islands Oct. II. is a total loss. The $1.6 million steel barge was about 300 feet long, 75 feet wide and capable of carrying 10,000 tons. A spokesman for the company said weather conditions at Gra ham Island have been so severe that nobody has been able to get to the barge. Four tugs that had been standing by in sheltered waters have been called home. Khrushchev Condemns Cuba Economic Blockade MOSCOW (UPI) Premier Nikita Khrushchev tonight con demned the U. S. economic blockade of Cuba as an attempt to take away the "fruits of new ly acquired independence." The Soviet leader, speaking at a Kremlin reception in hon or of visiting Nepalcse Premier Dr. Tulsl Girl, did not mention Cuba or America by name. But there was little doubt among Western diplomats present as to Vil Khrushchev had in mind. Ambassador To U.N. Struck by Woman's Placard Police Handcuff Aroused Student DALLAS (UPI) Adlai Stevenson said today he re gretted the "violent behavior" a militant mob that booed. beat and spat upon him Thurs day night. The U. S. ambassa dor to the United Nations had just made a speech on world peace. Stevenson said the standing ovation he received for his Unit ed Nations Day celebration speech was "one of the most enthusiastic I have received anywhere in the world." Gives Wrong Impression "I regret the violent behav ior of a few and I realize it was only a few." he said. Such behavior after a speech on peace gives the Soviets and the rest of the world an un fortunate impression." Stevenson was struck by a placard that stated: "Get the U. N. out of the U. S." Mrs. Cora Fredrickson was removed trom the crowd, but not ar rested. Mrs. Fredrickson, 47, said she did not deliberately strike Stevenson, but was push ed in by the crowd. Kobert Edward Hatfield. 22. rushed out of the jeering crowd outside Dallas Memorial Audi torium and spat on Stevenson. He also spat on a police office who attempted to arrest him. Hatfield, a student at North Texas State University at Den- ion, iex., naa to be wrestled to the ground and handcuffed by officers. He was charged to day with aggravated assault on a police officer. Outnumbered police had to force their way through a crowd of 70 demonstrators to lead Stevenson to a limousine. Police posted a guard at his hotel suite and escorted him to his plane today. Stevenson left Dallas tor . Los Angeles and an other speech. Stevenson said the demonstra tors Thursday night were "peo ple who are. guided by fear. Picknp 5th pgh: "It was Small Power Draft Stalled by Soviets UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (UPI) A new small-power draft resolution to ban all nu clear tests was stalled today by Soviet foot dragging. Informed sources said tha eight non-aligned countries sponsoring the resolution were withholding submission of tha measure in hopes of achieving an advance consensus of the nu clear powers. These sources said the Soviet Union had not yet agreed to ac cept the resolution as prepared. The United States, they said, agreed to the measure in prin ciple but was holding off a defi nite commitment until the So viet position is declared. Action in the General Assem bly today was confined to an afternoon speech by Bolivia's President Victor Paz Estcns soro. Rusk Arrives for West German Talks BONN, Germany (UPD Sec retary of State Dean Rusk ar rived today for a series of talks with West German officials ex pected to center on their con cern that U.S. troop strength here will be cut because of tha success of a division-size air lift. Rusk appeared exasperated when asked about the possibili ty that troop withdrawals would follow Operation Big Lift, which Thursday completed the move ment of more than 15,000 troops from Texas to bases in Ger many. "With Big Lift, there is mora military power in Germany to day than Germany has ever had in history," he said. "Let it go at that until Sunday." Aides said Rusk would devote about a third of a speech in Frankfurt Sunday to the ques tion of the U.S. troop commit ment in Europe and the match ing defense commitment by other members of the North At lantic Treaty Organization (NATO). "There are new plots and in trigues by the imperialists which take the form of open military methods and not so open methods such as economic blockade," Khrushchev said. "These are aimed at taking away from new nations the fruits of newly acquired inde pendence." He made the remark in the context of an attack on West ern "imperialism" and "neo colonialism" and praise" for Ne pal's policy of malalignment. of his border struggle ith neighboring JHUmeov 0 1T1W fvAOy taw. S o o
