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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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