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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.