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vmkf m msm OFF m Iraq Government Toppled in Coup Figurehead President Leads Army in Revolt Nasser Calls For Arab Unity BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) Iraq s figurehead president, Ab dul Salam Aref, today led his country s army and air force in a dawn coun that Rooh.j d dio said toppled the Baathist party regime. Fighting between the regular army and the Baathist national guard accompanied the take- ". uul i 4 p m. Baghdad naaio announced the army had established "control." Aref, who although president had been virtually powerless under the old regime, an nounced over Baghdad Radio his forces had taken control of the capital and had named him junta chairman with "excep tional powers." President Gamal Abdel Nas ser of the United Arab Repub lic immediately offered support for Aref. and in turn, called for AraD unity among Iraq, Syria and the U.A.R. The ousted Baathist regime that was head- ea oy premier Ahmed Hassan Bakr had been at odds with wasser. Reports from Cairo said sev. eral thousand Cairo University students staged a jubilant dem onstration on the campus in support of the coup, cheering ana snouung, -uong nve Aref and "long live Nasser." Aref, who ordered the army and air forces to take control, is not a member of Baath, the Arab Socialist movement that has swept to influence in the Middle East during recent years and gained control of the governments of both Iraq ..and Syria. .'."'' Housing Needs for Elderly Surveyed A survey to determine the housing needs of elderly per sons in Medford is under way by members of Altrusa Club of Medford, a ' classified service club of executive and profes sional women, at the request of the Rogue Valley. Council on Aging. Plans for this community project were completed recent ly at a joint meeting of the club and officers of the council. . Gary Kahn, San Francisco, economist for the Public Hous ing Administration, met with Altrusa volunteers who will make the survey, in order that the results would be accepted by the Public Housing Admin istration, which usually makes its own surveys for proposed public low rent housing proj ects. For the survey the city has been zoned into four sections with the dividing lines the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks and Main Street. Russ Jamison, council presi dent, explained that the need, as learned by the council from past studies, was for housing for persons with incomes less than $100 per month. National Grange Re-Elects Master PORTLAND (UPI) - The na tional Grange re-elected Master Herschel Newsom and two other top officers today at its conven tion here. Newsom, a Columbus, Ind., native, will be serving his seventh term. Others re-elected were over seer A. Lars Nelson of Seattle, and lecturer William Brake, Lansing, Mich. Nelson also is master of the Washington State Grange. tE7S(V,DllEF$ LATIN AMERICAN VOTE BRINGS DILEMMA UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (UPI) - Communist countries were reported in a dilemma today about how to vole on a 10 poncr resolution aimed at making Latin America a nuclear free lone. DOCUMENT TOUCHES OFF COUNCIL DEBATE VATICAN CITY (UPI) A document calling for warmer Roman Catholic relations with Protestants and Jews touched off sharp debate in the Ecumenical Council today. REBELS JOINING VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT SAIGON (UPI) More than 700 guerrillas who had been allied with the Communist Vict Cong rebel forces have come over to the Vietnamese government side in the past two days, reliable military sources said today. I . ' . , i - TO RETIRE - Rep. Carl Vin son, D-Ga., above, one of the most powerful and co brful fie ures in Coneress. has annntinneH that he will not run for re-election. He said 25 terms in the House are enoueh. ReD. Vinson chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will retire at the end of 1964 after servine one month more than 50 years in Congress. The story is on page 2A. (UPI) School Chiefs Hear Opposition To Federal Aid PORTLAND (UPI) - Rav Page, state superintendent of public instruction for Illinois, said today he basically was op posed to the concept of federal support to education and its pos sible long term 'effects. -v -Page's remarks were pre pared for a panel discussion on federal and state education, at the annual meeting of the Coun cil of Chief State School Officers here. He said his views probably would not coincide with the ma jority of the superintendents at tending. Page added that although he could not doucment it, he felt that in this state "despite care ful administration of federal funds available for state or lo cal district use.. .there exists, to a degree, a lack of appreciation of these dollars and the use to which they are put." In outlining his thoughts, Page said: -1. If properly approached and secured, state self-support will tend to establish pride and improve the sense of responsi bility "which is needed as never before in this nation." 2. Illinois, as well as most of the other states, can support and finance its own system of public education. 3. He would support limited equalization to the more de prived states if it is dispensed under well defined regulations. For needy states, a proof of wise and fruitful use of public funds should be demanded and demonstrated. This proof, in a sense, will involve some federal control. "I do not care for fed eral control, yet, to me it is necessary to a degree if federal aid to education is provided." Page said he felt people spent federal funds more freely than state funds "without compulson for justification." TALKS TO RESUME MOSCOW (UPD-The release of Yale Prof. Frederick C. Bar ghoorn today opened the way for suspended U.S.-Soviet cul tural exchange talks to get started, but his case as ex pected to dampen the spirit of the negotiations. (Ml Kennedy Credits Administration For Top Profits Business Declared Benefited Greatly TAMPA. Fla. (UPI)-Presl. dent Kennedy claimed part of the credit for record-high corpp. lauuu uruiiu, loaav ana sain business has benefited greatly from measures adopted by his auiiuuiairauun. Kennedy made the assertion in a speech nreoared for tho norma chamber of Commerce as he began a politically tinged swing through the Sunshine state at a campaign pace. The President obviously hoped to impress enough voters to move Florida into the Demo cratic column in 1964 after three consecutive Republican victories in presidential election years. Busy Day He began a busy day by fly ing from his Palm Beach, Fla. winter retreat to MacDill Air Force Base for a hriefino nn the Army-Navy-Air Force strike command, a mobile military unit with a combat-ready punch. The whirlwind windup to his weekend visit also includes a major Latin American policy address tonight and a total of five speakine aDDearances in less man eignt hours. - In another prepared talk, itenneay predicted that air transports eventually will carry passengers through space at more than 15,000 miles an hour. Kennedy appealed to business men to work with the federal government "in harmonv in. stead of hositility" and promote prusperiiy tor ati. He said that Dassace of his $11 billion tax cut proposal was uiapenaauie lu vununue eCO- nomic expansion next year. Defends Policies The President defended his taxation and spending polities and denied that federal hudsnf uenciis or me mounting nation, al debt would lead to bank. ruptcy or inflation in the United states. nenneay painted a rosv Die. iure or me economy that con trasted wim his statement to the AFL-CIO convention Friday that the need to Drovide more jobs and reduce unemployment was the top domestic issue of the day. Engineers Study Jacksonville Area JACKSONVILLE ' - Two en gineers from the U. S. Urban Renewal Administration were scheduled to arrive here today to make a week-long study of the city's proposed restoration project. One of the men is Norman Walter, engineer for urban re newal for the entire west coast. The other is an engineer from another division of the same office as Walter. Both are based at the San Francisco office of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, a part of the Urban Renewal Administration. Jacksonville's application for a $41,086 federal grant to study the feasibility and cost of re storing the central area of the city has already received par tial approval. U. S. Housing Administrator Robert C. Wea ver has determined that the city's workable program for community improvement meets federal requirements. The engineers are visiting the proposed restoration area to get a first hand look at the project. After they report back, federal officials will make a final deci sion on whether or not to au thorize' the grant. Ike Urges Return Of Six Divisions WASHINGTON (UPI) - For mer President Dwight D. Ei senhower says Europe is now able to carry its own defense burden and five of the six U.S. divisions stationed there should be brought home. A reinforced division of ground troops totaling 40,000 to 50,000 men would be sufficient to "keep our flag there and as sure these people that we will be there at the right time," Elsnhower said Sunday. President Kennedy said re cently that while the United States will withdraw some lo gistic tr-ops from Europe, it intends to keep its six combat divisions in Germany as long as they were needed. Governor Lacks Power for Cuts, Thornton Rules Guidelines Must Be Established SALEM (UPI) -Hones for Tuesday adjournment of the leg islature were nasnea today by Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton who said the governor "has no power to make selective reduc tions in expenditures." Thornton's decision means the legislature will have to set rieid guidelines to authorize cuts, and set down a list of priorities for possible budget restorations, While the ruling is a victory for legislators who have wanted guides established, it is another major setback for Gov. Mark Hauieid who had asked virtual iy uuiimuea control to maxe re ductions and restorations based on changes in the state's fiscal position. . Rep. Kessler Cannon, R-Bend had asked Thornton if the gov ernor had the authoritv to eli minate the community college ouuaing program, and other capital construction projects. Thornton said the governor did not have that authority. Uniform Percentage Then the attorney general went on to say the governor 'has no power to make seine. tive reductions in expenditures ...allotments to all affected state agencies must be reduced bv a uniform percentage. "There is no indication that the allotment of one agency is entitled to a higher priority or greater dignity than that of an other," Thornton said. After voters rejected the tax increase Oct. 15, Hatfield elimi nated capital construction pro grams, trimmed general fund agencies, and called the legisla ture into special session to give him authority to cut basic school appropriations, and to en act a one-shot speedup of with holding tax collections. Specific Guidelines - Thornton said the legislature would have to enact specific guidelines to make selective cuts legal. House Speaker Clarence Bar- Ion- saidr?e problem itah easily be taken care of by set ting down guidelines." Thornton said, "The legisla ture win nave to set guides, but it may not be easy to do."' -Thornton said some legislators have questioned the constitution ality of the allotment control law, but added "I did not go in to that." Duncan To Speak At Demo Convention Congressman Robert B. Dun in, Medford, will speak at the Jackson County Democratic Platform Convention in Febru ary, Ralph Poston, convention general chairman announced to day. The event has been resched uled so Duncan will be able to attend. New dates are Feb. 1 and 2 instead of the following week, Poston said. Duncan will speak at a dinner scheduled the evening of Feb. 2 at the Med ford Armory. Sen. Wayne Morse and other state and county of ficials are expected to attend. Poston said that committee meetings are scheduled to begin within a few days and all inter ested Democrats may contact him at 773-4760. Trattic Death Toll Ties All-Time High SALEM (UPI)-Oregon's traf fic death toll today tied the all time state high of 492 recorded in 1959, and traffic safety offi cials fear the toll this year could top 550. If the toll follows its normal pattern for the balance of this year, 18 more people will die this month, and another 44 will be killed in December. But so far this year the toll has been above average every month. The Traffic Safety Division of the Department of Motor Ve" hicles keeps the traffic death record. Only persons killed as the result of accidents on public roads or highways are included. Persons killed in farm vehicle accidents, or crashes on private logging roads, for example, are not counted by the division. African Ministers Appoint Commission ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (UPI) An emergency meeting of African foreign ministers ap pointed a seven-nation arbitra tion commission today to at tempt a settlement of the Algerian-Moroccan border dispute. Regional Edition Medford 22 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1963 ' nnirRrTPn rpnrTTirTa nznn n UUiyj U U r n c h L LtO) mxmniMKvummm,.:- - -- , i, '$C;: -7i U " 35,V NkJ vt. .Jf' ' ' ? -i'7 -pJ Jr , tlHMP If III I.. BOARDWALK HOTELS BURN Firemen waen a hii-nic- battle from the street and rooftops to fight a roaring general Seven Oregonians w w uunng weeKenu By United Press International At least seven Oregonians met violent death during the week end, four of them in traffic ac cidents. Dr. Malcolm M. Severy, 43, Portland, was killed Sunday in a two car collision. Fritz Trachsel, 73, Boring, was struck and killed Saturday night at Sandy by a car which police said did not stop. Robert K. Walters, 29, enter tainment cdi' r of The Oregoni an, was killed Saturday mor ning when his car struck a pow er pole and then slammed into a boxcar. In Idaho, Mrs. Beth Bates, 31, Nyssa, died as a result of a three-car collision six miles east of Caldwell. Shot While Hunting Richard Clark, 61, Portland was accidentally shot and killed while hunting elk in the Desola tion Creek area of Grant Coun ty. His was the ninth accidental shooting death of the hunting season. I' s. Irene Wells, 29, of em ploye of Lipman Wolfe & Co. in Corvallis, died from smoke in halation as she was trapped in an elevator in the store. She and two men had gone to investi gate a smoldering fire when the elevator failed to operate. John Roadhousc, 70, Portland, died as he fled a burning apart me t. Firemen said he tumbled down a flight of stairs and ap parently suffered a heart at tack. The weekend traffic toll brought to 28 the number of persons to die on Oregon high ways so far this month, compar ed with 22 for a similar period a year ago. So far this year there have been 492 highway fa talities. For a similar period a year ago there were 418. Captain Appointed Acting Police Chiet Medford Police Capt. Clyde C. Fichtncr, has been appointed acting chief during the absence of Charles P. Champlin, City Manager Robert Duff announc ed I day. Chief Champlin undewent an exp1 'ralory operation in Good Samaritan Hospital In Portland this morning. The chief is expected to re main In Portland for several weeks. Capt. Fichtner's duty lours will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. , Bill To Untangle Boardman Goes Before Subcommittee SALEM (UPI) The emergen CV bill to clear legal entanfrie ments threatenine dovelonment ui me Duaiuiiian opace Age in- dustrial Park in northeastern Oregon was turned over to Ways and Means subcommittee today, Named to the subcommittee were Sens. Alfred Corbett, L.W. Newbiy, Ward Cook, and Reps. Ross Morgan and John Mosser. House Speaker Clarence Barton, and Senate President Ben Musa were asked to sit in on the sub committee session. The subcommittee planned an afternoon meeting to go through an emergency measure proposed py tne governor to clear a legal cloud on t i 1 1 e to some of the land which must be eliminated before the Bocting Co. will honor its lease of the 100,000-acre de velopment. Before the subcommittee was named, State Treasurer How ward Bclton said he felt the project had "great potential," but added "I don't approve of everything we have been forced to do," and said "the project would not be of such benefit to the state without Boeing." Boeing has announced plans to establish a space age test facility at the site. Rep. Jake Bennett. D-Port- land, suggested a committee of the legislature be named to "make a 30 or 60 or 90 day study men tne governor can can an other special session when we have the facts. "I am not prepared to vote for this emergency bill with the information now available to me," he commented. Critical lawmakers, obviously not happy they have been called upon once again to pull the Boardman chestnuts out of the fire, wanted assurance the pro ject was in the best interests of the state. Secretary of State Howell Ap pling Jr. told the committee he had reservations about the proj ect from the start, but that it was too late now for the state to back out. Appling later told newsmen it WEATHER FOIUXAST: (lain tonic hi nd Tuesday morning, becoming hhowery wllh few periods ol partial c lea tin ft Tuesday after noon and evening. Low tonight 40. High Tuesday 48. Temp. High Yesterday 46 Lowest Thin Morning 35 Prec. to lo a.m. Today 06 Our Skies Tonight Knet today 4:U p.m. Hunrltr tomorrow .... 1:07 a.m. Mooniet tonight 6:11 p.m. Firt Quarter Nov. 23 PHOM1NKNT KTARS The Twins. rle . 8:27 p.m. VIKIULK I'LANKTR Venus, between the Moon and the ftitn. Jupiler, high In toutheasl :51 p.m. Saturn, In aouthweit s.40 p.m. alarm fire which swept through a string of Boardwalk hotels in Atlantic uty, w.j. early - . was not until Oct. 1 that - 1 thp nrasant ft-;cie fomA t nUf and thai iho nrifflnnl nlon tunc to sit on the problem and pr&" sent it to the 1965 session of the legislature. But when the Boeing Co. said it would not proceed until the legal questions had been cleared, Gov. Mark Hatfield last week asked the legislature to - rush through emergency legislation. At the ways and Means Com mittee meeting, Warne Nunn, Hatfield's executive assistant. said "even If the Boardman I site is not used for an industrial park, it would be a good invest ment lor tne state." The legislature originally ap propriated $900,000 for the proj ect, but the price tag is now up to $1.5 million. Kcp. Bculah Hand. D-M wau- kie, wanted to know why the at- Professor's Days In Cell Described NEW HAVEN, Conn. (UPI) Yale political science Pro fessor Frederick C. Barghoorn, 52, spent 16 days in a small lighted cell in Lubyanka Prison at Moscow, it was learned to day. Mrs. Elizabeth Barghoorn, 60, mother of the mild - mannered professor, said, "the food was very poor, and he lost 10 pounds." The professor's mother, who lives in an apartment adjacent to her sons's said two Russian policemen arrested him "and he was handcuffed." She said they took her son to a "little cell" where a light burned 24 hours a day. "The Russian guard looked in on him all the time," she said. Mrs. Barghoorn said that, Search Continued For Downed Pilot SPOKANE (UPI) - A third ground party was en route lo rugged north central Washing ton and 15 planes were flying over an area of more than 500 square miles today in the search for a Washington Air Na tional Guard pilot. The pilot, 1st Lt. Robert J. Boucher, 25, Spokane, has been r.issing since his F89J fighter plane crashed Thursday night west of Orovillc, Wash. The radar observer, 1st Lt. Rollin J. Dcschane, 27, Spokane, was found uninjured after he parachuted to safety. 4. Tribune today. (UPI) torney general's office had not been in on all phases of the project. . ' Atty. Gen.' Robert Y. Thorn- ton told the committee he had! never seen a copy or me Boeing lease, The lease allows Boeing to use the property for 77 years. Boe ing can cancel at the end of seven years, and at 10-ycar in tervals thereafter. If Boeing did cancel, the stale s general fund would have to make up payments that will be financed through lease re ceipts if the deal holds up. Also troubling lawmakers Is the fact that Boeing refuses to pay property taxes for the land. U these go too high, the state's general fund will have to pay them to Morrow County. Boeing has agreed to pay taxes only on improvements. when her son was freed "they took him right to the plane. They didn't allow him to get in toucn with the people at the (U. S.) Embassy. He had cock tails there the night before he was supposed to leave (prior to his arrest)." She said her son "came home dead tired," and went to bed early Sunday night. He "was in a state of complete exhaustion," she said, but noted that he was up bright and early today. . "He was waiting for a call from Washington," she said. Mrs. Barghoorn indicated her son probably would go to Wash ington to report on his Impris onment. Barghoorn had been silent on details of his arrest Oct. 31 in Moscow while on sabbatical leave to research a book and "investigate methods of politi cal instruction and indoctrina tion." . Alaskan Volcanoes Erupt; Shock Flips Distant Plane ANCHORAGE. Alaska (UPI) At least two volcanoes erupt ed Sunday, and the shock wave from one reportedly almost blew a light plane, flying about 50 miles away, out of the air. Eruptions were reported on uninhabited Augustine Island, about 180 miles southwest of here, and in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, about 2 75 miles southwest of here on the Alaska Peninsula. Bill Harvey, owner of Har vey's Flying Service on Kodiak Island, said he received a radio V- 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 207 Eight Boardwalk Hotels Damaged n Atlantic City At Least 12 Persons Injured ATLANTIC CITY., N.J. (UPI) A pre-dawn fire turned a hotel-convalescent- home into a funeral pyre for at least -23 elderly persons today and spread to eight other Boardwalk hotels. Fire Marshal Michael Bloom berg said indications were that only seven of . the 30 guests registered at the 120-unit Surf- side Hotel had escaped. By roon EST, firemen had re moved three charged bodies from the smoldering n-bble The blaze also destioved the six-story Stratmore, the Leon ard, and the Imperial hotels and the Breyer guest home. It also damaged the Nixon Hotel, the Hollyood, Palm Hall and Virginia. With the exception of the Surfside, the hotels had no guests and contained only token maintenance crews. At least 12 persons were in jured, including a woman guest who was reported in critical condition. One policeman and two firemen also were among tne injured taken to Atlantic City hospltal.n The lire's early start and its extreme heat and smoke forced firemen to stand by helplessly as the Surfside burned to the ground. Screams and wails of the per sons trapped Inside could be heard above the noise of the fire-fighting equipment. The fire was discovered , shortly after 4:30 a.m. EST and 30 'minutes later the general alarm was sounded, bringing lout tire apparatus trom a hau- dozen shore resorts. Police Capt. Tod Frolow srid the fire was contained at about 8 a.m., although some of the buildings were still burning. The Surfside was on Mary land Avenue, about 300 feet off the famed Boardwalk, It is a summer season hotel and be comes a residence for the ill and aged in the off-season. The blaze sent flames roarinC 200 feet into the air. Officials declined to make damage es timate, but observers said it would be well over $1 million. Man Sought in Armed Robbery Jackson County Sheriff's Dep uties today are looking for a man in his late 30's, in a brown or black leather jacket, who robbed the Starlight Drive-In Theater south of Medford Sun day night. The man made oft with $65 in currency after holding up Cashier Christina Grace Bur gess, 22, of 3653 S. Pacific Highway, the sheriff's office said. He left, walking toward an open field, from which he apparently had approached the theater, deputies said. The cashier described the pistol as small caliber, chrome or nickel-plated. She said the man appeared intoxicated. PICKETS PLANNED SPOKANE (UPD-The North em Idaho-Eastern Washington building and construction trades council will post "information al" pickets al nine Atlas mis sile sites and the main gate of Fairchild Air Force Base Tues day. report from a light plane pilot flying about 50 miles from the vauey of Ton Thousand Smokes. "The concussion flipped us over on our side and almost blew us out of the air," Harvey quoted the pilot as saying. A Navy pilot on a routine pa trol flight said he thought the. eruption of the 3,970-foot vol cano on Augustine Island was a nuclear explosion. He said a mushroom cloud rose 35,000 feet in the air and that he could see trees burning at the volcano's base. u
