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Weather JaTw.Vh Vh",ble "" f eri in f s' "rd .how. lv fcaA-Som! mormni val- Low ton,ShiMSfday morning. LOW tonight 40 In 45 Hirh Monday so to 57. "lta Hithwt Ye.terday Ttm?i Lowest Saturday MmSSST 4 To S pm. YMtwday JH'ai 60 PAGES Voters Decide $1.75 DALLAS (UPI)-Texans vot ed Saturday to keep their 61- year-oia pou tax in a special election that may have a strong effect on the 1964 presidential election. Two leading supporters of re peal of the $1.75 tax conceded defeat, Opponents had said re peal was designed to help Presi dent Kennedy carry Texas in . 1964. Returns at 12:30 a.m. EST to the Texas election bureau showed 284,422 votes against re peal and 221,938 votes for re peal. Returns were from 232 of 254 counties, 166 complete. Mrs. Maurice Brown, state president of the League of Wo men Voters the key organiza- Algeria Reported Massing Artillery Near Frontier RABAT, Morocco (UPD Mo roccan sources reported Satur day that Algeria was massing Czech-made tanks and artillery and Egyptian-manned Soviet built TU16 Badger bombers near the Moroccan oasis town of Figuig despite' a cease, fire agreement. . Figuig, a town which normally has a population of 15,000, is inside Morocco about 37 miles from the Algerian base of Co lomb Bechar. It was the scene of nearly 60 hours of fighting after the truce went into effect a week ago Friday. The Moroccan News Agency Map said observers have noted an Algerian buildup on the dis puted frontier as far north as Port Sav on the Mediterranean anu aa Id! auuill no iiiiiuuiuj , some 400 miles to the southwest. Map, in a dispatch from Tangier, said maritime circles there had reported the presence of non-western submarines in the Straits of Gibraltar and that there was speculation they were supplying arms and war mate riel to Algeria. It said the sub marines were believed Soviet or Egyptian. (In Algiers, government au thorities refused all comment on reports Algerian troops are massing on the frontier. Ethi opian Army officers arrived in Algiers last night to help Mali soldiers police the truce and mark a demilitarized zone.) Freeway Planned Around Wolf Creek SALEM (UPI)-The State Highway Commission Friday announced plans to reconstruct the 4.1-mile Coyote Creek-Grave Creek section of the Pacific Highway in Southern Oregon. The proposed construction will transform the existing two-lane highway into a four-lane divided freeway meeting federal inter state standards. The proposal includes bypass ing the town of Wolf Creek and the construction of two inter changes. " Sports Bulletin St. Mary's High School de feated Eagle Point 13-0 here last night In the final Rogue League game for both schools. St. Mary's scored on a pass from John Batzcr to Anthony Mete, and on a run by Eric Jensen. ITEM! FROM fc IS M0UND THI 0l0U AMERICAN KILLED IN VIET NAM SAIGON, Sottlh Viet Nam (Ul'l) A U. S. Army soldier was shot and killed and another enlisted man was wounded Friday when Communist Vict Cong guerrillas ambushed their Vietnamese reconnaissance patrol in the central highlands, a U. S. military spokesman announced Saturday. SATELLITE LAUNCHED FROM VANDENBERG VA.NDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (UPD - The Air Force Saturday launched a satellite employing a Thor-Agena combination booster from this SWISS BANK ROBBERY FOILED GENEVA. .Switzerland (LTD would-be bank rnhhers Saturday, plans for a double bank robbery set for high noon, a police spokes man reported. JOHNSON ENDS EUROPEAN TOUR BRUSSELS. Belgium (LTD Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson Saturday ended a week-long olficial lour of the Benelux countries which he called "highly successful and gratifying" al though he was criticized for handing out trinket to the natives. 58th Year MEDFORD United Preu international Full Leased Win Six Sections In Texas To Keep Poll Tax tion behind repeal, said. "It looks as though we did not work hard enough." State Republican Chairman Peter O'Donnell con ceded defeat saying "the people have spoken." O'Donnell en dorsed repeal, but the state party did not take an official stand. Late counts from counties ex pected to vote heavily for re peal indicated a victory for backers of the $1.75 tax Texans must pay before they can vote. A special election in the 10th Congressional District to elect a successor for U.S. Rep. Homer Thornberry resulted in a runoff at a date to be set. Returns at 11 p.m. EST put conservative Democrat J. J. (Jake) Pickle of Austin in front by about 400 votes. With all 10 counties reporting, 6 complete, Pickle had 10,431 votes to 10,- 037 votes for Republican Jim Dobbs, who will be in the run off. Liberal Democrat Jack Rit ter trailed with 8,857 votes. Supporters of the poll tax con tended repeal was a liberal scheme to help President Ken nedy carry Texas in 1964. In 1960, with Texan Lyndon John son as his running mate, Ken nedy carried the state by only 47,897 votes. Repeal forces claimed the tax is merely a price on the ballot box. They pointed out that only two more states are needed to ratify a federal constitutional amendment that would do away with the poll tax in national elections. Failure to repeal the Texas poll tax, they said, would result in chaos at the polls. Jel Falls IK Feet; 17 Injured SHREVEPORT. La., (UPD An Eastern Airlines DC-8 jet liner, .carrying ,124 persons hit a monumental downdraft Satur day and fell 13,000 feet 'n 10 spennds. riDOing away one en gine and pinning passengers to the ceiling. . Snvpntnn nersons were hospi talized. One passenger suffered a broken vertebra. Another broke two ribs. The jetliner, en route trom New York to Mexico uiy, landed at Barksdale Air Force Base after circling the field 50 minutes to dump fuel. The injured were taken to the base hospital. Fifteen other pas sengers were badly shaken up, the base spokesman saiu. The base information office spokesman said the plane hit the downdraft at 20,000 feet and plunged to 7,000 feet in about 10 seconds. "Passengers said some of them were tossed against the plane's ceiling and sent sprawl ing, the spoKesman saiu. Robert Monahan of New York said he was walking up the aisle of the airliner when the "fasten seat belts" sign flashed on. "Before I could sit down," he said, "about 20 people were thrown upward. They looked like they were glued to the ceil ing." - Cyril Youngjohn of New York said he "floated out of my seat." JFK RESTS MIDDLEBURG, Va. (UPD -President Kennedy joined his family Saturday for a quiet weekend in Virginia's hunt country after a flying visit to New York City. He was greeted by his w i f e, Jacqueline, who wore riding clothes. nest Coast missile base. Police ambushed a gang of shooting down three, and foiled MawJI J Li UT. . I ill n in i.:Lmmmmmmdr X-mm-nv''.kM.t . unlit.' V . AT THE MINE Rescue workers gather at the scene of a mine disaster near Omuta, City, Nyushu, Japan, after a' gas explosion TRAIN WRECKAGE Rescue workers search .wreckage of overturned commuter train at Yokohama, Japan, one of two involved in a Parade, Veterans' Events Scheduled In Medford Monday Celebration of Veterans Day in Medford Monday will start with a breakfast for veterans to be served by the Ladies A u x i 1 i a r y of Post No. 1833, Veterans of Foreign Wars. The last event of the day's observance will be the Last Man's Club supper. Sandwiched in between will be a Veteran's Day parade. All offices in the Medford City Hall will be closed for the holiday, announced City Man ager Robert Duff. County offices and U. S. Post Offices also will be closed. Some stores will re main open, however. The Mail Tribune will publish a noon edition. The VFW breakfast will be served from 7 a. m. to 10:30 a. m. at the organization's hall, 42 N. Front St. Parade at 10:45 Parade time has been set for 10:45 a. m. this year. Thirty units had registered for entry yesterday. The earlier time for starting was chosen to enable a more impressive recognition of the hour of 11. At the stroke of Weyerhaueser Settlement Near PORTLAND, Ore. (UPD-A proposal aimed at settling a strike which has idled Weyer haueser Co. operations in the Coos Bay, Ore., area since mid- October was made by olticiais of the big timber firm here Saturday. A committee, representing members of North Bend, Ore., Local 3-261 of the International Woodworkers of America, said it would recommend acceptance of the agreement. Crews in North Bend will vote on the proposal today, accord ing to Business Manager Ken Johnson. Johnson said if the agreement was ratified, work may be resumed at the North Bend plant and at the com pany's logging operations at Allegany Monday or Tuesday. Small Boy Dies In Brookings Fire BROOKINGS (UPD -An 18- month-old boy burned to death in his crib Saturday in a fire that destroyed his home and three nearby buildings. The victim was identified as Robbie Shipley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shipley. The par ents and another child, a four-month-old daughter, escaped with minor burns. ripped through a coal mine. The rescuers were attempting to get to 200 miners still trapped. (UPD crash with a latest reports (UPD 11 o'clock the procession will stop-and remai n still while "cease fire" and "taps" will be sounded by buglers and trump eters of the various parade bands. The line of march will then move eastward from the start ing point, West Eighth and Ivy Streets on Eighth to Bartlett Street, north on Bartlett to Sixth Street, west on Sixth to Front Street, south on Front to Main Street and west on Main to Ivy Street to disband. Medford Mayor James Dun levy will be grand marshal of the parade. A place of honor in the line of march will also be given to James A. Hurson, new director of the Veterans Domi ciliary. Slogan Picked The slogan for this' year's Veterans Day observance, "There's No Ism Like Ameri canism," was submitted by David Frisch of the Domiciliary in the contest conducted by the Department of Oregon, Disabled American Veterans. The Last Man's Club supper is scheduled for 7:30 p. m. at Don's Hide-A-Way. The club is composed of World War I vet erans, who are not necessarily members of any other veterans organza tion. JOURNALISTS NAME KOOP NORFOLK, Va. (UPD-Theo-dore F. Koop, vice president of Co umbia Broadcasting bystem Saturday was elected president of Sigma Delta Chi, National professional journalism society. Football Saturday College West Games Oregon 21 WSU 7 SOC 20 Col. of Idaho 7 USC 25 Stanford 11 Wash. 39, Cal. 26 Air Force 48 UCLA 21 Lewis & Clark 35 Pacific 7 Idaho St. 36 Weber 26 Montana St. 18 Montana 8 Willamette 26 Whitman 12 Southern Utah 13 OTI 7 Arizona 34 Idaho 7 Midwest Indiana 20 Oregon St. 15 Pitt 27 Notre Dame 7 Nebraska 23 Kansas 9 -Wisconsin 17 Northwestern 14 Michigan 14 Illinois 8 Iowa 27 Minnesota 13 Pcnn St. 10 Ohio St. 7 Mich. St. 23 Purdue 0 Southwest Texas 7 Baylor 0 Oklahoma 24 Iowa St. 14 MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1963 3 derailed freight train, which at killed at least 163 persons. Nhu Children May Come To U! BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (UPD Mmo. Ngo Dinh Nhu secluded in the nearby Bel Air mansion of friends, Saturday was believed to be making ar rangements to have her three children brought here from Rome. Thj deposed first lady of South Viet Nam talked to them Friday via trans-Atlantic tele phone. Details of the conversation-were not made public. It was believed, however, that the 38-ycar-old beauty asked her brother-in-law, Archbishop Ngo Dinh Thuc, to assist in making the travel arrangements. The youngsters, aged "15, 10 and 4 years, were flown to Rome following last week's bloody coup in which their fa ther, Ngo Dinh Nhu, and his brother, President Ngo Dinh Diem, were slain. Newbry Says He's Heard From Taxpayers SALEM (UPD Sen. L. W. Newbry (R-Ashland) told Ways and Means members Friday he had heard from the taxpayers, He said the Wasco County Taxpayers' League sent him a pencil with an eraser at both ends. TWO ON 'LEAVE' WASHINGTON (UPD - The State Department Saturday placed two officials on "admin istrative leave" after a Senate subcommittee charged they had given misinformation about wiretapping in the controversial case of State Department se curity officer Otto (Jtcpka. Scores SMU 9 Texas A 4 M 7 Missouri 28 Colorado 7 Rice 7 Arkansas 0 Utah St. 36 Colorado St. 13 New Mexico 17 Wyoming 6 Texas Tech 51 Kansas St. 13 South Miss. St. 13 Auburn 10 Miss. 41 Tampa 0 Vandcrbilt 0 Kentucky 0 (tie) lennessee 26 Tulane 0 Florida 21 Georgia 14 Ga. Tech 15 Fla. St. 7 Duke 39 Wake Forest 7 LSU 28 Texas Christian 14 East Navy 42 Maryland 7 Harvard 21 Princeton 7 Yale 28 Pcnn 7 Syracuse Ih West Virginia 13 Dartmouth 47 Columbia 6 Army 8 Utah 7 Cornell 28 Brown 25 Slippery Rook 30 Clarion St. 0 American Football League Buffalo 27 Denver 17 m Hundreds lie in Train, Mine Explosion Kills At Least 171, Traps 200 Others Rescuers Save 800 From 'Tomb' OMUTA CITY, Japan (UPD A coal gas explosion ripped through the mile-deep Mitsui Mikawa coal mine Saturday kill ing at least 171 miners and en tombing 200 others in shafts filled with poisonous fumes. About 800 others were saved. Thousands of Japanese self defense forces, troops and res cue workers wearing steel helmets and gas masks raced against the clock to reach 200 workers trapped 2,100 feet down in a collapsed gallery far out under the waters of Ariake Bay. They were hampered by knocked out electrical and ventilation lines. Fumes Spreading Rescuers said deadly carbon monoxide fumes were slowly filling the underwater chamber of the trapped men some of whom may already be dead. Rescuers had brought up 800 workers by daybreak today. Many of them were unconscious from inhalation of the lethal fumes. About 1,200 miners and surface laborers were at work when the mighty explosion boomed shortly alter 3 p. m Saturday. The blast splintered pithead building, disintegrated two huge power transformers, shattered windows a third of a mile away, sent a shock wave felt four miles distant, and apiralcd a billow of black smoke skyward. Officials of the mine, one of Japan's most modern, said the blast may have been touched off by a spark from the wheel of a railway ore cart, or from electrical equipment. Political Overtones Both the mine disaster and massive train wreck which struck Japan within hours of each other were expected to have an effect on a general election campaign in its final stages in the country. The mine disaster was ex pected to add new fuel to a political controversy raging over the Japanese coal mining industry, because the nation's coal reserves are being deplet ed and many small mines have their backs to the wall eco nomically. The train wreck may result in a situation similar to one that followed a wreck in Tokyo in May, 1962, when a bitter dis pute was touched off 'between the railway management and the railway workers union over who was responsible. Legislators Gird For Special Session To Start Monday SALEM (UPD - Members of the Oregon House and Sen ate caucus here tonight to or ganize for what could become the longest special session in the stale's history. The session begins at noon Monday Veterans' day. It will be the first special ses sion since 1957. Six years ago lawmakers labored for 10 days to cut taxes because the state was taking in money faster than it could be spent, and huge sur pluses were building up. Surpluses Gone Now the surpluses are gone, artd spiraling educational and institutional costs led the leg islature -to adopt a $60 million tax increase package to finance a $404 million general fund bud get. But taxpayers revolted, and struck down the tax hike leaving the state with a grave fiscal crisis, and forcing the legislature into a special ses sion. Opening ceremonies will be highlighted by the swearing in of two new House members, and a special address by Gov. Mark Hatfield. The governor will urge law makers to take speedy action on the austerity program he proposed after the Oct. 15 lax referendum. Hatfield wants authority to Tribune United freu International line IY0K0HAMAI SOUTH KOREA DOUBLE TRAGEDY Janan was I OMUTA) end. A mine explosion near Omuta (1 on the above news map), and a train crash in Yokohama (2) caused the deaths of hundreds oi persons. (UPD Reds Again Claim Allied Traffic To Berlin BERLIN (UPD - The Com munists said Saturday Western Allied traffic to Berlin has no legal basis and is being only tolerated, tor the time being. They said the day will come when the Western Allies will have to conclude an agreement with "Sovereign ' East Ger many to travel to isolated West Berlin The Communists outlined their stand on the Western right of access to Berlin in a common tary in the authoritative East Berlin newspaper Berliner Zei lung. The statement was considered a challenge to the Western right of free access. However, West ern officials refused to com ment on it. They take the view that such attacks need not be answered because Allied traffic is no concern of the East Ger mans. But the East Germans said Saturday it does concern them. The statement said there Is no legal basis for Western Al lied convoy movements on the highway to Berlin or any other transit traffic" through East Germany rail or air. The traffic of the American, English and French troops sta tioned in West Berlin through the territory of the German Democratic Republic has no legal basis," the newspaper Senafe fo Cad Up Estes for Questions WASHINGTON (UPD - Sen ate investigators plan to call one-time Texas farm tycoon Billie Sol Estes next week for long-awaited questioning, in formed sources said Saturday. trim $12 million from basic school support, will urge pas sage of a $12 million one-shot speedup of withholding tax col lections, and support of his plan to postpone capital con struction and make selective cuts in agency budgets. Hatfield, Senate president Ben Musa (D-The Dalles) and House speaker Clarence Bar ton (D-Coquillc) all have urged lawmakers to take speedy ac tion. They have voiced the hope that the session can be ended within 10 days. No Indication There is no indication it will. The Ways and Means com mittee met here Thursday and Friday to get a running start on the budget problem. It was hoped they would be able to make policy recom mendations at tonight's cau cuses. The members Informally agreed to allow the governor to make cuts in basic school aid, but could not reach agree ment on whether a one-shot rev enue speedup should be adopt ed. And there were Indications they did not agree with all the budget cuts proposed by Hat field. New legislators to he sworn in Monday are Mrs. Elizabeth Kclsay, widow of Rep. W. O. Price 10 Cents Full Leaied Win Disasters O TOKYO JPt6tftc (Pceat hit iiv twin disasters this week. Illegal said. "And no one should sur render to the illusion that this condition can continue for an unlimited period without treaty corresponding to the rules of International law. Such a treaty is not think able without the participation ot me li.u.u." The Western Allies contend they have the right of free ac cess to Benin under tour-power post-war agreements with the 1 bovlet Union. They do not recog- nize East Germany and refuse - to acai with it Flood Danger Eases In Horthem Oregon By United Press International The Willamette River below Harnsbure was expected to con tinue its rise for the next 12 to 36 hours, but no flooding was torecast, according to the U. S. Weather Bureau River Forecast Center in Portland Saturday. Willamette tributaries and the main stream above Harrisburg were dropping. The Willamette was expected to crest at 12 to 12.5 feet at Albany about 4 a. m, today. Flood stage is 20 feet. A crest of 10.5 to 11 feet was expected at 8 a. m. today at Salem. Heavy rains in the last two days sent the Santiam River to the edge of its banks at Jeffer son, but there was little flood ing Heaviest amounts of rain In the 24 hours ending at 4 a.m. Saturday were recorded at Med- rary chairman and vice chair ford, which had 1.04 inches; man of the Metropolitan Study North Bond, with .96 inches, and Commission in a meeting hers Pendleton, with .64 inches. Friday. Kclsay (D-Roscburg), who was killed in an auto crash Oct. 4; and Forest Grove publisher Hugh McGilvra, who succeeds Rep. Robert Jones (R-Portland), who resigned Oct. 31 to accept appointment as a Multnomah County circuit judge. While Monday is a holiday and government offices will be closed, many stalchousc offices will be open to accomodate the legislature. There will be a brief Vet erans' Day observance at the opening of the special session, and a giant Veterans' Day pa rade in Salem Monday night. Skeleton Staffs As an economy measure, both the Senate and House will be operated with skeleton staffs. The statehouse was alive with activity Friday and Saturday as last minute preparations were made for the session. The regular six-member capital press corps has swelled to more than a dozen legislative report ers, plus radio and television staffs. Length of the session may de pend on whether lawmakers de cide to go along with the gover nor's program, or decide to make budget reductions them selves. Rep. Stafford Hansell (E- Subscribers T report Improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford, phone 773-6141; Ash land call at 416 Bridge ft., or phone 482-3002: Yreka, phone Victory 2-2898 before 6:45 p.m. daily and 1030 a.m. Sunday. it regular delivery arrives hortly after you call please notify office, thui eliminating pecial messenger service. No. 200 Japan ommutei Trains Collide; 163 Killed, 72 Hurl One American Reported Dead YOKOHAMA, Japan (UPD - Two crowded commuter trains, speeding in opposite directions at 70 miles per hour, collided last night after one caromed off a derailed freight train into the other s path. At noon Sunday police said that a total of 163 persons were killed in the accident. That was three more than the death toll in the Mikawashima Railway Station accident of May 3, 1962. They said 72 others were injured, half of whom were hos pitalized. One American was known dead. He was William Scott, 29, Colorado springs, Colo., a stu dent at Tokyo's International Christian University. An unidentified American ser viceman was reported, among the injured. Heavily Traveled The line along the western shore of Tokyo Bay on the Tokyo - Yokohama , industrial axis is heavily traveled by U.S. Navel men from installations in Yokohama and the huge U. S. Naval base at Yokosuka, south ot Yokohama. But the accident most of the- sailors on Saturday occurred around 10 p.m. when night leave would have already Deen in the capital. ttescuers- teared the tlnal death toll might exceed Japan's worst railway accident, the Mikawashima station disaster of May, 1962, when 160 were killed." ' " "v-: The Way It Went : Railway officials reconstruct ed yesterday's crash like this: Shortly before 10 D.m. a freight train jumped the tracks near Tsurumi station on the main Tokaido railway which runs from Tokyo to Osaka. Cause - of derailment was un known. Within seconds a Tokvo- bound commuter express slam med into three cars of the freight train which had been thrown across its tracks. The express, from Yokosuka. careened across six lanes of racks at full speed. Instantane ously the second commuter, south - bound to Yokohama. slashed into the fourth and fifth cars of the Tokyo - bound tram. Most of the dead wera in these cars. MEN ELECTED PORTLAND mpn W IV. ren Brownson and Dr. Donald G. Balmer were elected tempo- Hcrmiston), told ways and means members the legislature would be shirking its duty if it ' passed the buck to the governor. wnile pre-sesslon announce ments have indicated new rev enue programs would not be welcome at the special session, many lawmakers have an nounced plans for cigarette and sales tax proposals, programs to divert dedicated funds to tha general fund, and alternates to the governor's announced agen cy budget costs. It appeared higher education would be the target of law makers who oppose increased tuition fees and higher entrance requirements. Too Severe Others say cuts proposed in welfare services and state in stitutions are too severe. It appeared the House might approve a one-shot revenue speedup, but there was no in dication the Senate would go along. This will be the 12th special session in Oregon history. Past special sessions have ranged from one to 20 days in length. If this session carries into December, it will shatter past records. The regular 1953 session last ed 141 days topping the pre vious record by 13 days. A ,t A
