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o)raR(g(gllo) c n mm President Blasts Of Foreign Aid WASHINGTON (UPD -Presi. dent Kennedy, in a rare attack on Congress, today lambasted critics o( his foreign aid pro gram and reluctantly conceded that his civil rights and tax cut bills probably will not be passed this year. In some of the strongest lan guage he has ever used against the Democratic - controlled Con gress, the President told a news conference that those lawmak ers seeking to cut the aid pro gram were "severely limiting" his ability to protect the nation al interest. At the same time, he admitted publicly what has become ob vious that the controversies surrounding his civil rights and tax cut bills will delay action until next year at least. But he refused to acknowledge any need for delay. He said both measures had been before the legislators long enough for final action to be taken. He ex pressed hope that the tax cut bill at least could be passed at this session. As for the aid program, the President said some members of Congress did not realize its importance, perhaps because they are not charged with car rying out the nation's foreign policy. Other conference highlights: Cambodia: Kennedy said that Cambodia's Prince Norodom Si hanouk's threat this week to cancel U.S. aid was regarded as a serious development. But the President voiced hope the prince has enough interes. in the well being of his country not to carry through the threat. For Cambodia to renounce U.S. aid, he said, would be an act of "folly," and Sihanouk is not a "foolish man." Viet Nam: The President ex pressed complete confidence in Gen. Paul Harkins, commander of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam. He said Harkins was "just doing his job" and he planned to keep him there. Kennedy said a meeting has been called at Honolulu to as sess U.S. policy in South Viet Nam because of tne new gov. ernment there. Nhu: Kennedy said the visa of Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu will be renewed when she returns to this country from Rome, where she is visiting her three small children. China: Asked what the condi tion might be for U.S. trade with Communist China, the President said there were no plans for any such trade be cause of Red Chinese policies. But he said this nation was "not wedded to a policy of hos tility" toward Red China and that the U.S. attitude could change when China showed a willingness to live at peace with other nations. (Continued on Page 2A) Gas Tank Leak Closes Montague YREKA A leak in a butane gas tank of the Shasta Gas Com pary in Montague, Calif., caused a closure of the town for 45 minutes today as traffic into and out of Montague wrs halted by the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department. Reports of the break were re ceived in Yreka with concern because of winds carrying the fumes toward the Montague mill. To avert any possible fire or other disaster, State and Na tional Forest Service fire fight ing units were dispatched to the scene along with the director of Civil Defense in the area and three sheriff's cars. The leak was found by the Shasta Gas Company and cor rected. Traffic was resumed at 10:23 o'clock this morning. Count Crews Work on Carberry Road Slide County crews today are , at tempting to open Carberry Road in the southwest corner of Jack son Co .nty after a slide north west of Cougar Creek blocked the road. County Engineer Bob Carsten scn said the slide is in the same vicinity as a slide earlier this year, but the roadbed is now dropping in addition to the mud slid'.ig. The road is principally used by loggers, he noted. Automation Becoming Curse, Meany Declares NEW YORK (UPD-AFL-CIO President George Meany told tne giant labor federation s bi annual convention today that automation "is rapidly becom ing a real curse that could bring us to national ca tastrophe." The veteran labor leader's vigorous opening speech gave voice to the 1,200-delegate con vention's overriding concern a chronic unemployment made worse by the increasing dis placement of workers through automation. "There is no element of bless ing in automation," Meany told his audience, including exotical- ly garbed observers from the underdeveloped countries of Asia and Africa. "We cannot be blind to the fact that this country and this system can go down the drain with this one great problem." Meany said the AFI.-CIO had a "positive" program to re verse the trend toward eco nomic catastrophe "to which we are vulnerable." Its main fea ture is a 35-hour work week "now." "Later on,... God knows how short it will have to be," he added. He also called for a tax cut in the lower income brackets, an accelerated public works program and a substantial in crease in the minimum wage Guaranteed bv federal law. The convention probably will ask for a 75-cent increase in the present $1.25 per hour minimum wage. Public Hearings on Planners Agenda . Public hearings on two vari ance and three zone change re quests will be held at tonight's meeting of the Medford Plan ning Commission. The group will also hold a hearing on a proposed amend ment to sign reqirements in limited commercial zones. One of the zone change re quests, involving properties lo catcd on Barnett Road and El- lendale Drive, was continued from the October meeting of the commission. The proposal would rezone the DroDerties from limited com mercial back to either multiple family or single family. The other zone change re quests involve two lots in the Crestview Subdivision, and property located at the north west corner n( Siskiyou Blvd and Highland Drive. Kennedy Calls for Soviets to Release Yale Professor Cultural Exchange Program Threatened WASHINGTON (UPD Pres ident Kennedy said today that prompt release of a Yale Pro fessor held on spy charges in Russia is "essential" to contin uation of U.S. -Soviet cultural exchange programs. Kennedy told a news confer ence the United States is "deep ly concerned" over what he called Russia's "unwarranted and unjust arrest" of Prof. Frederick C. Barghoorn, 52, head of the Soviet studies de partment at Yale. He had been traveling in Russia as a tour ist when he was picked up. As a result of Barghoorn's arrest and Russia's refusal even to allow American officials to see him, the United States to day canceled negotiations with the Soviets on a new cultural exchange agreement. Kennedy said Barghoorn "was not on an intelligence mission of any kind." Sees "Serious Effect" His arrest, the President said, could have a "most serious ef fect" on efforts to widen U.S. Soviet cultural, educational and scientific exchanges. Kennedy said he had "understood" Rus sia had wanted to expand these exchanges. Kennedy described Barghoorn as a distinguished scholar and noted that the professor had been active in past U.S.-Soviet exchange programs. The President said "early re lease" of the Yale scholar is "essential if these programs are to be continued." The negotiations for a new ex change were, to have begun in Moscow Tuesday to replace a two-year agreement which ex pires Dec. 31. North Korean Unarmed FACILITIES EXCHANGED CONDON, Ore. (UPD -An agreement for sale and ex change of electric facilities was announced today by Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative and Pacific Power 4 Light Co. UEWSBRIEFS Soldiers Fire on Inspection Team Regional Edition Medford 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 44 Pages Four Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1963 No. 204 Planners Suggest Study of Parks The Jackson County Planning Commission has recommended to the County Court that it study a proposed series Of parks along Bear Creek between Emigrant Lake and the Rogue River and for the court to ask the State Highway Department to expe dite it. The recommendation was made at a meeting of the com mission after County Parks and Recreation Director Neil Led- ward had discussed the land ad jacent to the creek regarding ownership. The parks are included m the Bear Creek Urban Regional plan which is being partly paid for by the federal government. It was noted by the commis sion and staff that there is a lot of local support for the project. In other action the commis sion continued action on a con ditional use permit by Dave Bechtal in the Wagner Creek in terim zoned area. Bechtal, who wishes to operate a cold stor age plant near Foss Road and Walen Lane, also owns proper ty 200 feet outside of the zoned area. Board of adjustment members felt that further talks between Bechtal and residents would be useful. Also continued until the Dec. 11 meeting was a hearing on the appeal of Howard Pruitt re garding his livestock hauling op eration in the North central Point zoned area. cha CLEAR STOItM DRAINS Medford pi bile works depart ment crews were busy for a while Ihu morning clearing debris-clogged siorm drains in several loch'ions in the cuy. Public Works Director Vernon Thorpe said 'hat no serious damage had been reported to him and that by mid-morning, the catch basins had been cleared, allowing last night's heavy rain to run off. This scene at Jackson Street and Riverside Avenue shows crews clearing a catch basin which had clogged, banting waters up over the curb level. A total of 1.39 inches jt precipitation was dumped on the Medford vicinity. Of th"! total, 1.32 inches fell after 4 o'clock this morning. The Medford station of the U.S. Weather Bureau forecast frequent showers this afternoon with some quite heavy. Showers are predicted tonight with rainy weather Friday. State Legislature Gaining Momentum on Key Measures AKOUNB THI OlOM SHIPS COLLIDE, BURST INTO FLAMES BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. (UP!) A Norweigan freighter and an empty gasoline tanker collided in hate and burst Into flames off Cape tod today. All 62 crewmen aboard the two ships were rescued SIXTH DEMAND MADE FOR PROFESSOR'S RELEASE MOSCOW (UPD The American Embassy for the sixth time in "2 hours today demanded the Soviet Union free Yale University Prof. Frederick C. Barghoorn. ECUMENICAL COUNCIL APPROVES DOCUMENTS VATICAN CITY (UPD The Ecumenical Council gave Its annroval today to a document on modern means of communi cation, clearing the way for the gathering's first "final" action on any document. DIAMONDS STOLEN BY MASKED MEN BEVERLY HILLS. Calif. (UPD An exclusive Jewelry iinrr was robbed of "well over 1100,000 worth" of diamonds Wednesday night by three masked gunmen. Miller To Attend Association Meeting Jackson County Court udge Earl MI'.ler will be among coun ty officials who will be in Port land next week to attend the ann ial convention of the Asso ciation of Oregon Counties. Miller will leave Monday to attend the executive boarc" meet ing of the Oregon and California Cir Mes Association that eve ning. Annual reports and elec tion will be held Tuesday. Others attending the Wednes day through Friday sessions of th. Association of Oregon Coun ties will be County Commission ers Don Fabcr and Edvin Tay lor; County Purchasing Agent Bill Cochran, and County Engi neer Bob Carstensen. Miller, representative from District 4, will serve on the nominating committee. Cochran will serve as a convention con sultant on county purchasing procedures. NED BUNTLINE Buffalo Bill Cody met dime novel writer Ned Buntline at Fort McPherson in Nebraska. Buntline is credited with mak ing Cody's name a household word the world over. v, SALEM (UPD - The four day Md legislature, its pace sud denly hastened, was swinging into position to whip through a stop-g'p fiscal program and adjourn within days. But the momentum could break down again. Key measures advanced with shotgun rapidity Wednesday. And, party caucuses in the House and Senate laid the groundwork for swift passage of the governor's two - part pro gram: A $12 million speed-up in withholding tax payments, and the nower to clip the money the state has budgeted to help local schools. The House, suspending rules to speed the job, passed the one shot withholding tax measure and sent it to the Senate. The Joint Ways and Means Committee approved and sent to the House floor for action the bill empowering the governor to cut basic school support. Bill Favored House Democrats and Repub licans caucused for a briefing on the basic school legislation. Signs were it had more than enough voles to pass. Senate Democrats caucused and although opposing any "new or additional taxes," exempted the one-shot bill and indicated it could pass. Senate Republi cans indicated they supported the eovornor s two bills and onnosed any new taxes. That left what looked like a clear road ahead for Gov. Mark Hatfield's two bills all he said he needed to cope with the state's $60 million fiscal crisis that was caused when the vot ers defeated the tax package passed last spring. Hatfield al ready has cut budgets in areas where he has the power. Mechanically, the special ses sion could end in a day, if the two houses suspended rules and let the governor's two bills com plete their courses. Hitches could develop. Also awaiting House action was a four-cent a pack cigarette tax bill approved Wednesday by the House Tax Committee. The committee continued hearings on a sales tax bill Proponents of these measures insisted the legislature should take more than a stop-gap route. However, the sales and cigar ette tax proposals appeared to be t ivcling a dead end route. Even if one of them passed the House, Sen. Thomas Ma honey, D-Portland, said there were enough votes to kill it or any -ther "new tax" measure in the Senate. Caucus reports bore this out. Adjournment by Tuesday Predicted WEATHER FORECAST: xhnwrra tcmitM. Balny and cooler Friday with innw level lowering, to 4.000 feel, l ow tonight 3S. High Fri day 47. Temp. Illchett Venlerday ! l.owebt This Morntnt 47 Free, to 10 a.m. Today . .. 1.41 Our Skies Tonight Unmet tnrtav . 4:51 p. atinrlie tomorrow .... 7:01 a.m. MoniirWp tomorrow 8:17 a.m. New Moon Nov. 15 I'KOMINF.NT STARS Altalr, hlch In aouth- wril 8:1 P.m. Sriuarr of Pegasus, high In toinh :0S p nt. (The erv bright itar hrlnw and to the ltd of the ftnuare of Fegatut li the planet, Jupiter) SALEM (UPD -Adjournment of the special legislative session next Tuesday was predicted to day by House Speaker Clar ence Barton. Senate President Ben Musa also said he thought the session could end Tuesday. Barton said he fell some re publican House members "ap parently are in a power strug gle," and added he felt some members of the minority party were "more concerned with next vear's elections than this emergency. Refers To Committee His comments were in refer ence to action in the Ways and Means Committee where the nine Democrats voted to give Gov. Mark Hatfield unlimited allotment control over basic school appropriations. The five Republicans on the committee fought for restrictions on the governor's authority to cut the school funds. "I see a Republican power play In the House," Barton com mented. "Apparently some Re publicans want to become speak er He quickly added, "I'm not worried." He agreed with Hatfield's an nounced plan to give priority to budget restorations to institu tion! and welfare services over basic school support. ' "A hospital patient can't go out and get new revenue, but the local school districts can," he said. Barton said he would call the House into session Saturday morning "if we have anything to do. He said a caucus decision by Senate Democrats to oppose any new revenue measures could af fect the House vote on a cigar ette tax. Wednesday Barton predicted the House would approve a tax on cigarettes, but today he com mented "there might be some who won't vote for a cigarette lax in the House because of the Senate caucus action Power Struggle Appears in Iraq BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPD - A bitter power struggle appeared today to be in progress in Iraq. Baghdad Radio said Foreign Minister Taleb Hussein Shabib, Interior Minister Hazcm Jawad and six other prominent offi cials were deported to Lebanon as part of a plan by the nation al command of the Baath party government to settle the cur rent crisis. Their deportation followed an attack Wcdrecday by at least one Iraqi air force jet on the presidential palace and reports of street lighting in Baghdad. bhabib and Jawad were AmoEhzhe leaders of a faction within the Baath parly that have been engaged in a sharp scries of disagreements wilh Deputy Premier Salch El Saadi, long considered the real power in Iraq. f Natural Gas Use Slated to Start In Area Friday Final arrangements have been made to turn natural gas into Southern Oregon communities, California-Pacific Utilities Com pany announced here today. El Paso Natural Gas Compa ny will make natural gas avail able to California-Pacific Utili ties Company at the gate sta tion on Jones Creek near Grants Pass. The new transmission pipeline extending from Grants Pass to Ashland will be purged wilh the new gas by the end of the day. Customers now served by the local utility's mains will be cut over to natural gas starting Fri day morning, according to M. S Gardiner, Medford district man ager. To Receive Gas Gardiner explained that Grants Pass is scheduled to re ceive the gas Friday morning and Ashland and Talent will be cut over on Saturday, and Med ford and Phoenix on Monday, Nov. 18. A CPU serviceman will call at the residence of each cus tomer and at places of business to check all appliances for prop er operation on the new gas. Any needed adjustments will require only a few minutes and there will be no charges for this service. A 20 per cent rate reduction will apply to bills issued after the meter readings made the first part of December, Gardi ner stated. A number of indus trial accounts along the route of the transmission pipeline and at White City will also benefit by reduced fuel costs in their operation. Tins will place the concerns in a better competitive position with those of other areas where natural gas has been available, Gardiner added. American Hurl, South Korean Possibly Killed Advance Notice Of Trip Given SEOUL, Korea (UPD -North Korean Communist soldiers, fir ing more than 1,003 shots at an unarmed United Nations inspec tion team, wounded a U.S. sol dier and possibly killed a South Korean officer Wednesday in the Demilitarized zone, it was announced today. The Communists had been told that the eight-man group would be in the zone, which di vides South : Korea from the Communist North, and the members of the team wore yel low armbands as identification It was the first such incident since August, when five U. S, troops were wounded In a series of attacks in late July and early August. U. N. officials asked for a meeting of the Military Armis tice Commission to protest "the unprovoked attack." Sent To Inspect Line Creel gave this account of the incident: The two U.S. soldiers, five South Korean soldiers, and Korean civilian interpreter, all unarmed, were sent to inspect the military demarcation line alone the banks of the North Han River, wnicn torms the boundary in that area The North Koreans had Been told in advance because such inspection trips are authorized under terms ot the Korean arm istice. AH eight men wore yellow armbands to identify them as unarmed inspectors and the boat which took them to the spot was flying a yellow flag, Al the time of the incident, the party had been in the area for two hours and was prepar ing to return in the boat, The North Koreans opened fire with automatic weapons on the soldiers and the boat. Communists departed. The ci- Mme. Nhu in Rome To Join Children ROME (UPD-Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, looking wan and close to tears, arrived in Rome today for a reunion with her three youngest children. Madame Nhu, whose hus band, Ngo Dinh Nhu, and brother-in-law, President Ngo Dinh Diem, were killed in the Vietnamese coup, flew here from Los Angeles where she had claimed that the "Judas dollars of American aid" had caused Diem's downfall. She made no arrival state ment, going directly from the plane to a limousine. Only an unidentified priest and the driver were waiting for her and tier 18-year-old daughter, Le Thuy. who accompanied her. There was no sign at the air port of President Diem's brother, Archbishop Ngo Dinh Thuc, nor of the three children. It was expected that Madame Nhu would go directly to the villa south of Rome where the archbishop and the children, who range in age from 4 to IS, are staying. Deadline for Paying Taxes Is Friday Deadline for paying taxes to be eligible for the discount is midnight Friday, County Sheriff De Armond Leigh reminded res idents today. The tax department will be open in the courthouse until S p.m. Friday, but payments mail ed must be postmarked prior to midnight tomorrow. Secret Meeting Held in Salem; Statement Due ! Bills Threaten j Tuition Freeze ! SALEM (UPD - Seven legis lators put a little pressure on six members of the Board of Higher Education and the chan cellor this morning at a secret meeting at the Marion Hotel. The educators went into executive session. It was indicated a statement from the educators probably would be forthcoming later giv ing the legislature more of the information some of its mem bers have demanded on higher education's budget cutting plans. sen. Ward Cook, D-Portland, airman of the Ways and means Committee, confirmed the breakfast meeting. tie denied that it was secret. was, however, unannounced. and held in a private dining room away from the Capitol despite the emptiness of most meeting rooms at the Capitol. The educators gathered in Sa lem after bills were presented for introduction in the Senate threatening to freeze college tu ition levels and entrance re quirements and threatening a full scale probe of higher educa tion. Educators Listed Cook said the meeting was at tended by these educators: Chancellor R. E. Lieuallen and board members William E. Walsh, Chairman, Coos Bay; Charles R. Halloway, Portland; w. Forrester J., Pendleton; Mrs. Elizabeth H. Johnson. Red mond; John Merrifield, Port land; and Dr. Ralph Purvine, Salem.. The legislators represented the education subcommittee ot Ways and Means. Daniel Thiel, D-Astoria; Kep. Hoss Morgan, D-Gresham; Rep. Stafford Han sell, R-Hermiston; Rep. Beulah Hand, D-Milwaukie; and Kep. Sidney Leiken, D-Roseburg. Cook said the conversation ranged over the fiscal problems confronting the legislature. He declined to cue specific topics of discussion, but said it would be correct to say board members have been made awre that It would be advisable to give additional information to the legislature while it is in ses sion. Meeting Said Cordial Cook said the meeting was held on a cordial note. "We are interested in getting their viewpoint," he said. "It is hard to second guess.- We don't like to take a shot in the dark." Cook said 'board members have not yet been asked to ap pear formally before Ways and Means, "but certainly if it is necessary we will ask them." The fuss has been brewing for days. The board indicated earlier it did not plan to act on cuts in its budget until after the legis lature went home. The chancellor did tell a Ways and Means Broun that entrance requirements and tuition charges might be raised, In a move to cut down enrollments and in crease revenues, during the rest of the biennium. He said higher education was unhappy over the prospect of cuts that might impair that quality of higher education, for example by increasing teacher workloads or reducing teachers' salaries. The board's independence, and the chancellor's suggestions that student enrollments might be curbed, both drew a quick blast from some legislators. In the past, these same Iccis- lators have repeatedly complain ed about nigner education s in dependence. Some said the board should be made to appear and reveal its plans. Others even called for the legislature to spell out just where higher education's cuts would be made, a control over higher education budgeting that the legislature has not yet exercised. UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (UPD Suspicion of Cuba's fu ture actions threatened today to thwart solid hemispheric sup port for a nuclear-free zone in Latin America. Leadership Dispute in American Legion Noted Property Tax Relief Act Said Not Working SALEM (UPD -The property tax relief act for persons over 65 "isn't working out," Sen. Walter Pearson, D-Portland, said today. He said he would ask a legislative review of the bill and of rules set up by the Tax Commission. PORTLAND (UPD-A dispute has broken out al the leader ship level of the American Leg ion in Oregon, according to the department's publication, Ore gon Legionnaire. It has led to a request asking for the resignation of Karl Wag ner as national executive com mitteeman, the publication said. The request has support of De partment Commander William R, Stevens, it said. The Legionnaire said Wagner has refused to resign and has ankcd (or a bill of particulars stating reasons for the request, The publication said the contro versy was over the manner in which recommendations were made to national Legion head quarters for selection of certain Oregon members for national appointments. Stevens was reported to have said Wagner disregarded recom mendations he made. Wagner said the criticism was unjusti fied. The Legionnaire said a resolu tion asking Wagner to resign was adopted by the department executive committee Oct. 27 at Lebanon by a vote of 7 to 5 with two members abstaining.
