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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 . ' . ,
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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.
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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
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battle from the street and rooftops to fight a roaring general
Seven Oregonians
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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
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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.
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