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GRAVE DECORATED A bouque of flowers honors one of
the thousands of graves of the nation's war dead at Arling
ton National Cemetery near Washington. President Kennedy
Linn Observance
Of Veterans Day
Draws Big Crowds
ALBANY, Ore. (UPI) - I.inn
County's Veterans Day obser
vance, one of the largest in :he
country, began at 6 a.m. today
when buglers sounded reveille
in Albany, Lebanon, Sweet
Home, Harrisburg, Scio and
Brownsville.
More than 5,000 citizens show
ed up for a pancake breakfast
at the Albany armory and
smaller crowds were reported at
Harrisburg, Scio and Browns
ville. Sweet Home held its pan
cake breakfast Saturday.
The crowd at Albany was so
large a squad of cooks from
Adair Air Force Base was
rushed in to help. Half the pro
ceeds from the affair went into
a fund for Phil Whitehill, an
Albany High School football
player who has been in a coma
since suffering an injury in
September.
Actor Leads Parade
Actor Raymond Burr, televi-
clnn'c Pamf Masnn WAS hnilOr-
arv erand marshal of a three- '
mile-long parade that wound
through Albany at midday.
The. grand marshal was Maj.
Gen. James C. Jensen, com
mander of the Alaska Air Com
mand. Planes of the Air Force end
Oregon Air National Guard con
ducted frequent flyovers.
Store, Supermarket
Burn at The Dalles
' THE DALLES (UPI) - Fire
gutted a variety store and su
permarket complex here early
Sunday.
Firemen said the blaze appar-
pnllv started in the rear of
Sawyer's Variety store and son, just back trom a European
moved to the adjacent Thrift- visit, said the lesson of Vet
way Market. erans Day is that in the
NEWSO$BREF$
RUSSIAN DEMANDS
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. L PI Russia i demand for
drastic changes in a 46-power resolution forced postponement to
day of a vote on disarmament In the General Assembly's main
political committee.
SATELLITE LAUNCH INDEFINITELY DELAYED
CAPE CANAVERAL, Kla. (LTD The federal space agency
today Indefinitely postponed plans to launch a 138-pound satel
lite named IMP Into a wide-swinging orbit around the earth.
THUGS GET $37,000 IN JEWELRY
NEW YORK (UPD A wave of jewel thefts in Manhattan
spread to the Bronx early today when three men posing as po
lice rilled an apartment of M7.000 in jewelry and escaped by
subway.
MEDFORD,
Kennedy Place
Wreath To Honor
America's War Dead
ARLINGTON, Va. (UPI)
President Kennedy today led
the nation in homage to Ameri
ca's war dead by placing a
wreath on the Tomb of the Un
knowns at Arlington National
Cemetery.
Flanked by his military aides
and by Marine Gen. David M.
Shoup, Kennedy appeared
promptly at 11 a.m. EST, the
hour of the armistice ending
World War I in 1918. A crowd of
about 5,000 persons gathered at
the historic tomb.
A 21-gun cannon salute was
fired in the background, after
which platoon Sgt. Allen Eld
ridge of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., as
wreathbearer, assisted t h e
President in laying a wreath of
red and white carnations.
The President and his aides,
with Defense Secretary Robert
S. McNamara, Army Secretary
Cyrus Vance, and others, then
stood at attention during sound
ing of the taps.
Wreath Of Popples
In another ceremony at the
shrine, a wreath of poppies
from Flanders Field, Belgium,
was placed at the tomb of Gen.
John J. Pershing, commander
of American forces in World
War I.
Veterans Day originally was
a holiday marking tne world
War I armistice, but after
World War II the holiday was
re-named Veterans Day and
took on a more general mean'
ing than a commemoration of
the end ol "tne war to ena an
wars." Ceremonies were held
in many cities across the na
tion as well as at Arlington.
In a speech at Welch, W. Va.,
Vice President Lyndon B. John-
DELAY U.N. VOTE
OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1963
placed a wreath on the Tomb of
today. (UPI)
continuing cold war "it is
necessary for free men to be
firm."
He warned, "it is clear that
the cold war the constant
probing for weak spots in the
shield of freedom will continue.
Whoever has illusions to the
contrary need only read the
headlines from Berlin." This
was obvious reference to the
recent near-crises over Soviet
blocking of American convoys
on the highway between West
Germany and Berlin.
Shoup Main Speaker
The President returned from
a weekend visit to his country
home at Atoka, Va., to partici
pate in the Arlington ceremony
but did not speak. The main
speaker was Shoup. He paid
tribute to war dead while de
ploring that warfare continues
to take lives and maim surviv
ors.. But, Shoup, retiring Marine
commandant, said, "it is what
Americans stand for and what
Americans are willing to fight
for that has made America
great."
Shoup. who is preparing to
retire from military service
Jan. 1, is a holder of the coveted
Medal of Honor. lie was a col
onel when he won the na
tion's highest military decora
tion after suffering wounds at
Tarawa, where the Marines
lost more than 1,000 men in
one of the bloodiest battles of
the Pacific campaign.
Pickup 6lh pgh Sen. Kenneth
Grants Pass Firm
Bids Low on School
PHOENIX - Ausland Con
struction Co., Grants Pass, was
the apparent low bidder for
construction of a junior high
school addition at Talent, ac
cording to school officials.
The bids have been taken i
under advisement by the school
district. The low bid was
$190,950 for the basic contract
with three alternates.
The addition to the school
would be of block and frame
construction and would add
16.800 square feet of floor space
to the building. Facilities will
include gymnasium, dressing
rooms, and cafeteria kitchen.
Seven other firms bid on the
project.
NEWS CONFERENCE SET
WASHINGTON (UPD-Presi-dent
Kennedy will hold a news
conference at 11 a.m. (EST)
Thursday, the White House an
nounced today.
Tribune
the Unknowns in ceremonies
Activities Planned
Tuesday During
Duncan's Visit
Congressman Robert B. Dun
can is scheduled to arrive in
Medford late tonight for a full
day of conferences and public
appearances Tuesday.
He will come to Medford from
Albany, following a talk this
evening at a American Legion
banquet at the Elks club.
Tuesday morning he will
make radio and television ap
pearances here, then address
the history and and govern
classes at the Medford High
School at 10:30 a.m.
At noon, Congressman Dun
can will speak at the luncheon
of the Crater Linns Club at
Kim's restaurant.
Following luncheon, Duncan
will hold office hours in his
former offices in the Franklin
building, receiving constituents
from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
A social hour and dinner hon
oring the representative of the
Fourth Congressional district
will be held at Kim's, starting
at 6:30 p.m. Planned at a "Meet
Your Congressman Night," an
invitation is extended the public
by the three sponsoring organi
zations, The Jackson County
Democratic central committee,
The Eleanor Roosevelt League
and tne Jackson County Demo
cratic Social Club.
Dinner reservations may be
made by telephoning Mrs. Lewis
Ulrich or Mrs. James Redden,
in Medford; Mrs. Dee Newton
and Gerald J. Scannel Jr., in
Ashland: and Mrs. Frank Chris
tian of Talent. Tickets will be
available at the door.
Rep. James Redden of Jack
son County will be master of
ceremonies at the dinner.
Medford residents are also in
vited to a dinner at Grants Pass
Wednesday evening to be spon
sored by the Jane Jefferson
club. The dinner will be held at
Larry's Banquet room, starting
at 7 p.m., with Congressman
Duncan as honored guest.
Piece of Ice Falls
Near Zehner Home
A piece of ice, 3'4 by l'-i
inches, fell near the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zehner, Box
430', Coleman Creek Road,
Sunday at about 8:30 a.m.
The couple observed the ob
ject fall in a nearby open field.
Upon checking the object they
found it to be ice.
The couple said that the sky
was cloudy at the time and no
airplanes were observed in the
vicinity. The piece of ice is
now behir.g saved in the Zch
m)r's deep freeze.
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 202
Rogers Reveals
Plan To Submit
Sales Tax Bill
Hatfield's Proposals
To Be Introduced
SALEM (UPI) -The door was
opened to the introduction of
new tax bills Sunday night when
the House and Senate held or
ganizational caucuses here to
agree on rules for the special
session which opened at noon to
day.
Rep. Joe Rogers, R-lndepend-
ence, announced he would sub
mit a sales tax bill to the
House shortly after it convened.
House Minority Leader F. F.
Montgomery, R-Eugene, said he
would introduce two measures
proposed by Gov. Mark Hatfield.
One would give the governor al
lotment control over basic
school funds. The other calls for
a $12 million speedup in with
holding tax collections.
Both chambers planned a
skeleton operation.
The House agreed to activate
the Rules, Tax and Ways and
Means Committees.
The Senate activated only the
Rules and Ways and Means
committees, but indicated the
tax committee would be acti
vated if the House sent over a
tax bill.
Small Staffs
. Both,. houses planned, .la. op
erate with small staffs. The
Senate hired IB full-time em
ployes, and three part - time
workers. The House staff in
cluded 24 full-time, and one part
time.
With one exception, legislators
secretaries' salaries will not be
paid by the state. An exception
was made for Sen. Andrew Na
terlin, D-Newport, who is blind.
Although he object vigorously
and said "If I can't take care
of myself I should stay home,"
the Senate voted unanimously to
provide secretarial help for him.
The Senate's organizational
meeting breezed through in 50
minutes, despite a move by
Sen. Vernon Cook, D-Gresham,
to overthrow the plan to require
all bills to go through the rules
committee before being intro
duced. "I'm not here to be a rubber
stamp, and I don't want a com
mittee to be able to restrict
what I want to do for my con
stitutents," Cook said.
But in the House, it was a
different story.
Green Light Given
The plan to have all House
bills go through the rules com
mittee was upheld 31-27 only
after it was explained that any
bills dealing with new taxes or
budget cuts had a green light.
House Speaker Clarence Bar
ton, D-Coquille, said as I see
it, any bill that treats to the
solution should pass rules in
cluding a sales tax, cigarette
tax, or cutting of legislators
salaries.
Barton added "I would think
the quicker we co ild get through
our business the better off we'd
be."
Senate President Ben Musa,
D-The Dalles, told his colleagues
we all know why we are here,
We are going to do the best we
can. I hope our decisions are
equitable and just, and are
made without any undue hard
ship to any person or thing."
Musa said the Senate Tax
Committee would be activated
with the same membership, and
possibly expanded, if the House
sent over any lax Dins.
While the Senate s organiza
tional mecling moved swiftly
along, the House got off to a
halting start, and took 90 min
utes. In addition to Rogers' sales
tax bill, Rep. Morris Crothcrs,
R-Salem, plans to submit a cig
arette tax bill, and at least
three House members plan to
submit measures which would
reduce legislators' salaries.
Weyerhaeuser, Union
Settle Differences
COOS BAY (UPI) - A strike
which had idled Weyerhaeuser
Co. lumber operations in the
Coos Bay area since the middle
of last month was settled sun
da afternoon.
Council Document
Would Absolve
Jews of Blame
Church Tradition
Would Be Erased
VATICAN CITY (UP") - A
document before the Ecumeni
cal Council absolving Jews of
sole responsibility for the death
of Jesus Christ would wipe out
centuries of Roman Catholic
Church tradition.
Pope Innocent III told coun
cil fathers of the Fourth Lat
eran Council in 1215 that Jews
were condemned to perpetual
servitude because they crucified
Christ.
Numerous other church ac
tions and statements dating
back to the Fifth Century con
tributed to the anti-semitism
which persists today, although
the Catholic Church and its
Popes also acted at times to
curb the extremes of anti-Jewish
practices.
The Fourth Lateran Council
ruled that Jews and Saracens
(Arabs) living in Christian
countries were to wear a dis
tinctive badge of yellow cloth
sewn on their clothing.
Hitler Takes Cue
Adolf Hitler thus took a cue
from a council of the church
when he required 20th Ccnturv
Jews in conquered Europe to
wear such badges.
The ruling of the Fourth Lat
eran Council was enforced in
several European countries up
until the time of the French
Revolution in 1787.
The Christian antagonism to
ward Jews originated in the an
cient belief that Jews were the
murderers of Christ. In the
eany centuries priests, some
times deliberately, whipped up
anti-Jewish passions with heat
ed sermons during Holy Week
recounting tne death of Christ.
Indignant Christians came out
of the churches and attacked
Jews.
Mother, Children
Die in House Blaze
CANNON BEACH, Ore. (UPI)
"A mothci' and Tier tli ree
children -died early today in a
tire mat swept their coast cot
tage here, firemen reported.
The victims were identified as
Mrs. Margaret Gee, 24; her dau
ghter, Michelle, 4, and sons,
Warren, 2, and Daniel, 8
months.
The Cannon Beach volunteer
fire department was c a 1 1 ed
about 4 a.m. Firemen said the
home was a total loss by the
time they arrived.
Three nearby cottages were
damaged by the flames.
The burned bodies were re
covered about dawn.
The mother and three chil
dren had moved here from Sea
side last summer.
Towers for Ski
Lodge To Be Placed
ASHLAND - Lifting of four
large towers into place atop
the Mt. Ashland Ski Lodge, now
under construction, is scheduled
to start tomorrow.
The towers have been con
structed individually on the
ground and will now be hoisted
to the top of the main structure.
Workmen at the project hope
to get two of the towers into
place tomorrow and the other
two on Wednesday. The hoist
ing was scheduled to take place
last week, but was delayed by
snow and rain.
Other phases of the project
have not been affected by the
stormy weather, however, re
ported Alex Murphy, Mt. Ash
land Corporation manager.
Construction of the road from
the top of the Siskiyou Summit
across to the ski area is pro
gressing well, he said.
Murphy warned prospective
sightseers that the T o 1 m a n
Creek Road to the ski area is
muddy and slick in places.
Grange Convention
Opens in Portland
PORTLAND (UPI) - The Na
tional Grange opened its 97th
annual convention at the Mult
nomah Hotel here today. The
meeting runs through next Tues
day.
WEATHER
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mild thlk afleriinnn. fix iraiinn
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cloudy with a llttlf rain Tur
day, becoming heavier Tiirday
nlehi. Hitch this afternoon
near fifl. Low tonight AZ, High
Tuesday Si.
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Our Skies Tonight
8unet lortay 4:54 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .. (t:5S a.m.
Moonrhe tomorrow.. 3:1 n a.m.
New Moon Nov. 15
The planet, Jupiter, li now
nearly atailonsrv amone the
ktark. Next month II will re
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MAIL SORTED Senate mail man Leonard Chapman delivers the
first letters1, about 300 of them, to the Senators on the opening
aay oi me special session ol tile
(UPI)
Nine Elk Hunters
Trapped by Snow
In Wallowa Forest
LA GRANDE (UPI)-No word
had come early today from nine
elk hunters snowbound on the
upper reaches of the Little Min-
am River in t h e Wallowa Na
tional Forest.
However, hopes were high
that they could make their way
to civilization today.
The men were marooned some
30 miles east of here when a
storm dumped two feet of snow
on the area Thursday night and
Friday. Drifts were reported 20
feet deep in some places.
The men had plenty of food
and were in no danger, but
hunting lodge operator Bob
Blank made his way out or lie
area on horseback .Salti.'cljy in
an attempt to get some feed for
their horses. He flew over Hie
area later thut day, but t heavy
cloud cover forced Ihe piano to
drop its supplies scveivil miles
from where the hunters were
trapped.
Blank then set out on horse-
Japanese Tragedies
Result in Charges
TOKYO (UPI) - Japan's
weekend train and mine disas
ters, which claimed a total of
615 lives, turned into a political
issue today.
Opposition parties charged
that the government was not
paying enough attention to pub
lic safety. The charges hit in
the final 10 days of national
election campaigning, giving
the race against Prime Minis
tor Hnyato Ikeda its biggest
controversy thus far.
A second train accident today
increased concern over safety
measures but caused no serious
casualty toll. Only six persons
were injured.
A police count today showed
that the three-train cash Sat
urday between Tokyo and Yo
kohama killed 163 men, women,
and children, and injured 71. A
tew hours earlier, an explosion
in the nation's biggest coal
mine complex killed 452 miners
and injured 470.
Grants Pass Child
Survives Close Call
GRANTS PASS (UPD-Litlle
Philip McEuen was listed in
fairlv good condition in a hos
pital here today after a brush
with death Sunday.
The 2Vi-ycarld child fell into
a 15-foot hole at a city sewer
construction project here. A
neighbor boy, John Arthur
Close, 5, saw the child in about
7 feet of water and ran to get
his father.
The father, Clarence Close,
called another son, Clarence
Jr., who went down the side of
the excavation and pulled Phil
ip to the surface. The elder
Close held out a board so they
could get out of the hole.
Close then carried the child
to its home, where the mother,
Mrs. Clarence McF-ucn, applied
artifical respiration until Philip
started breathing again.
HEADS ASSOCIATION
GEARHART (UPI)-Dr. Don
ald C. Duncan, dean of men at
Central Washington College, was
elected president of the North
west College Personnel Associa
ting at its annual meeting here.
Oregon Legislature In Salem,
back Saturday night in an at
tempt to reach the hunters and
lead them to the supplies. The
few telephone lines in the area
were knocked out by the storm.
A road was plowed to Blank's
hunting lodge on the Little Mm-
am Sunday, freeing a number of
hunters who were caught there
when the storm hit.
Accidents Claim
Two Oregonians
By United Press International
Accidents claimed the lives of
two Oregon persons Saturday. a bin (hat wou!d require em
One of he deaths was recorded pIoyerg to specd up $eir (urn.
in the state
Don Hid John Sinner. 20. Mad
ras, was killed when his car hit
utility pole and tree near
Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.
A passenger, Leona Mauritso
21, Newport, Wash., was cri
tically injured.
Robbie Shipley, 18-month-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Shipley of Brookings, died in a
fire that destroyed his home and
three nearby buildings.
The parents and their 4-month
old daughter escaped with
minor burns.
In addition, the body of
George Dancer, 52, Oakridge,
was found in his wrecked car
in a water-filled ravine off U.S.
Highway 101 five miles north of
Recdsport.
State police said Dancer's
vehicle apparently plunged off
the highway Wednesday.
TO SKEK POST
ST. HELENS (UPI) - Larry
Brooks of St. Helens said today
that he will seek the post held
by Slate Rep. Wayne Turner, D
St. H'Vns, at next year's elec
tion. Sports Bulletin
PORTLAND (UPI) De
fend I n g champion Medford
again was In first place
among the slate's class A-l
liinl'iall teams in the Journal
coaches' poll. Medford polled
all 80 first place votes to r8
for second place Itoscburg
and li,'l for Pendleton, In third
place. North Salem was
fourth and Grants Pass fifth.
I'lincnix continued to pace
the A-2 poll.
Parade, Stand Dedication
Highlight Veterans Day
A colorful parade through the
downtown area highlighted Vet
erans Day activities In Medford
today. Grand Marshal was
Mayor James Dunlevy.
Earlier, the mayor accepted
a dedicatory plaque from the
Allied Veterans Council which
will be affixed to the speakers'
stand in the library park.
The plaque, which was pre
sented by John Frank Wendell,
president of the Allied Veter
ans Council, read: "Dedicated
to the citizens of Jackson
County who made the supreme
sacrifice in defense of our
nation."
Marching bands from Med
ford and Crater High Schools,
and McLoughlin and Hcdrlck
Junior High Schools participat
ed 'jjn the parade. The Moose
Limit Attention
To Fiscal Crisis,
Governor Says
Joint Session
Hears Address
SALEM (UPI)-Go. Mark
Hatfield called for a "no new
taxes" policy today' as the spec
ial session of the Oregon legis
lature convened.
In a terse address to a joint
session of the Senate and House,
the governor said the lawmak
ers should "be aware the vast
majority of the people expect
no new taxes from this extra
ordinary session."
Hatfield told the legislators to
attend to the state's fiscal crisis
and go home.
He recommended re-passage
of a $12 million tax speed-up.
and cuts in basic school sup
port and capital construction.
The text of Gov. Mark
Hatfield's address to
the joint session of the
Oregon Legislature ap
pears on page 2A.
"We are met to respond to
the expressed will of the peo
ple," he said.
The voters "summarily, and
decisively" rejected the $60 mil
lion tax increase passed by the
regular 1963 session, Hatticld
said.
"The fruits of your previous
efforts have been voided by
those to whom we owe final
responsibility," he remarked,
noting that his own proposals
hart been ignored.
Hatfield said the defeat ot
the income tax program has
been variously interpreted to
mean the voters want a sales
tax, a cigarette tax, or no more
taxes.
"To . interpret last month s
election results as a demand for
a new tax is to misread the in'
tentions of those we serve," he
said.
Hatfield's address came short
ly ' after members ot the Houso
voted to open the door to in
troduction ot any and all tax
bills. The Senate, taking an op
posite stand, declined even to
activate its tax committee. '
The governor recommended
over of withholding taxes to
the state, netting an extra $12
million this bionnium. The one
shot measure was a relatively
uncontested portion of the tax
program which the voters re
jected.
Hatfield also called for author
ity to reduce basic school mon
ey, for a saving of-$12 million.
And he asked the legislators to
place a moratorium on stats
construction.
Hatfield already has trimmed
$17 million from agency budg
ets under his control, and has
junked $18 million in capital
construction and salary hikes.
The governor charged the leg
islators "to undertake no sub
jects at this session which are
not directly related to our fiscal
picture."
And he urged them "to recog
nize that there will remain the
uncompleted task of tax reform
which must be faced squarely
by the 1965 regular session."
Hatfield took the opportunity
to give the legislators a brief re
buke. He noted the regular ses
sion had rejected his own re
commendations for broad tax re
form -and a cigarette tax, and
had turned down his proposal
for a mid-session election to de
termine the wishes of the people.
He said the program the leg
islature finally approved was
"disliked for many reasons."
"But it is not for us here as
sembled to dwell on the past,"
he said.
"Let us resolve here together
that we will so meet the chal
lenge which is ours that we will
deserve the confidence of the
people of Oregon," he said.
"They have spoken. There is
only one response, and that is
'so be it.' "
Lodge Junior Drum Corps also
marched in the event.
Active and reserve units from
the armed services, including
A and D Batteries, 249th Artil
lery, National Guard, took part
in the parade. Mounted riders
from the 4-H Satellite Club also
were in the event.
At 11 o'clock,' activities
stopped while buglers from
the bands played "cease fire"
and 'taps" in honor of veterans
who had been killed in action.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Post
No. 1833, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, served a breakfast for
veterans at the VFW hall, 42 N.
Front St.
The Last Man's Club, a group
of World War I veterans, will
hold a supper at Don's Hide-A-Way
at 7:30 o'clock this
evening.