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BKATI j sens us Is Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages JFK Invites' Cuba Uprising KennedyPromises Prompt U.S. Aid If Revolt Occurs Pledge Made in Florida Address WASHINGTON (UPI)-Presi-dent Kennedy all but invited the Cuban people today to over throw Fidel Castro's commu nist regime and promised prompt U. S. aid if they do. Kennedy's encouragement of a Cuban coup was contained in a major foreign policy speech before the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) Monday night in Miami Beach, Fla. The President said it would be a happy day if the Castro government is ousted. His pledge and an offer to ex tend U. S. backing for any Latin American nation seeking aid to resist a Communist takeover at tempt climaxed a busy politics filled trip to Florida. The Chief Executive was re ported encouraged by the warm reception he received in Tampa and he told an airport rally in Miami that he was convinced Florida would vote for the Dem ocratic presidential ticket in 1964. Kennedy acted like a m a n running for the White House as he motorcaded past cheer i n g crowds, shook hand with doz ens of bystanders and flashed his familiar campaign smile. "Great trip," one White House official observed with an eye to the unexpected enthusi asm shown in a state that has voted Republican in the last three presidential elections. Democratic congressmen from Florida were impressed by the applause Kennedy received in defending his civil rights pro posals before the Florida Cham ber of Commerce at Tampa. Kennedy's major address of a five-speech day was his Latin American policy statement be fore U. S. and South American editors. He said that the Ameri can states must do everything they can to prevent the estab lishment of "another Cuba" in the Western Hemisphere. "The American states must be ready to come to the aid of any government requesting aid to prevent a takeover linked to the policies of foreign commu nism rather than an internal de sire for change," he said. High School Bill Amended by Group SALEM (UPI) - A bill to curb the construction of high schools in small school districts was amended Monday by the House Tax Committee. As rewritten, it would require districts expecting an enroll ment of under 500 students to get the approval of the State Board of Education before issu ing bonds or constructing a high school. Educators were invited to ap pear and testify on the measure. The bill was introduced at the request of Rep. Edward Whelan, D-Portland. tlE'StBtlEFS HMI KPM k IS J AWUND ml 0L0U CHINESE ATTACK KHRUSHCHEV MOSCOW (UPI) Communist China's attack on Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev as a "Bible-reading, psalm-sing-Ing" buffoon may mean the Sino-Sovlel dispute has reached the point of no return. Western diplomats said today. The attack, printed In Chinese Communist newspapers today, was unprecedented In bitterness and ridicule, and contained serious charges against Khrushchev's lorcign pol licy as well as his personal demeanor. IRAQ REGIME LIFTS CURFEW BIERUT, Lebanon (UPI) Iraq's new military re gime today partly lifted the 24-hour curfew It clamped on Ihe country during its sciiure of power in Monday's coup. NUCLEAR BAN PROPOSAL SCHEDULED UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (UPI) The first steps In two plans to ban nuclear weapons one In Latin America and the other throughout the world were scheduled (or approval today by the General Assembly's main political committee. TERRORISTS ENFORCE STRIKE CARACAS, Veneiuela (UPI) Terrorist snipers and tabolcurs went into action throughout Caracas today as the pro-Castro underground sought to enforce a call for a general strike against the government. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1963 ill? j-" Ly v'-ii SMASHES WALL As onlookers watch, de molition crews began razing the outer shell of the Hansen building at Sixth and Bartlett Streets Monday. Contract for the demolition work on the structure, as well as the old Federal building at Riverside Avenue and Hueners Officially Declared Re-Elected Director of MID Albert Hueners, Medford Irri gation District board chairman, yesterday afternoon was offi cially declared re-elected for an other three-year term on the board. Following the official canvass of votes cast at the Nov. 12 elec tion by the MID board, the mo tion was unanimously approv ed by the three directors. This was done in spite of a letter of protest from Allan Smith, a part-time farmer at 1306 S. Columbus Ave., Med ford, and some water-users. Medford Lawyer Ron James represented Smith, who was un able to attend. At issue, were these points: (1) Must those water - users signing petitions for nomination have four or more acres, or is the customary two-acre mini mum sufficient? (2) Must those voting in the district election own at least four acres instead of two? (3) Was only one pe tition filed by the deadline of 0t. 28, or were there more.' (Only one petition containing 10 signatures of those persons owning at least two acres is the customary requirement.) (4) Was MID Secretary-Manager Jack Hoffbuhr right in not allowing representatives of op position candidate Wilton White to see the other petitions nom inating Hueners? (5) Had the other petitions been filed before the deadline.' Provision of Law The law clearly provides that only persons owning four or more acres witlnn tne district may vote, and Hueners' peti tion was not signed by the re quired number of four-acre voters," James said. James and others among the 16 persons attending said Ore gon law clearly states that when an irrigation district is under federal contract (such as the federal rehabilitation contract for MID) petitioners for a nom ination and voters must be wa ter-users with four or more acres. Hoffbuhr said the counsel for the Bureau of Reclamation at Boise, Idaho, told him via tele phone that two or four acres were the minimum require ments, and that this should be a board decision. Klamath Falls is the only irrigation district in Southern Oregon using the four acre rule, Hoffbuhr said. This rule was set when large tracts began to break up into subdi visions, he explained. Klamath Falls district receives all of its water from the federal govern ment reclamation project, un like MID. Other irrigation districts in the Rogue Valley have the two aore minimum rule, Hoffbuhr said. Certified Petitions Hoffbuhr and hi: assistant secretary certified that all pe titions were received prior to the Oct. 29 deadline. The dis trict's attorney, during the Nov. 5 regular board meeting pre ceding the Nov. 12 election, said it was not necessary for the board to certify the petitions. Hoffbuhr admitted he was wrong in not letting water-users examine the Hueners petitions. Dave Lowry and James sharp ly questioned and disagreed with Hoffbuhr over what had said in not allowing the Tribune Sixth Street, is held by Medford businessman Fred Robinson. Off-street parking lots, to be operated by Robinson under an arrangement with the city, are planned for the sites as soon as the buildings are down. petitions to be examined. Low ry said he and another water- user were allowed to see only one petition. Hoffbuhr said he later asked Sam Harbison, the MID attorney, if the men should be allowed to see all petitions and was told they were public records. The MID board voted unani mously to keep the two-acre minimum requirement for nomi nation petitions and voting. This followed a recommendation by Harbison, who said the deci sion could be tested in circuit court and eventually appealed to the Oregon Supreme Court. He said he hoped this would not be the case, since it would be expensive to the district. Harold Compton, twice un successful candidate for MID director, said he had been beat en under the two-acre rule. Paul Culbertson, who defeated him, didn't protest the two-acre rule then, he said, and asked why he does now. Motion Dies At the outset of the meeting Culbertson made a motion that all those protesting the nomina tion of Hueners and his election withdraw their protests. He sug gested, also, that the board go on record declaring the four acre rule from now on. His mo tion died for lack of second The board rechecked the votes cast and determined that 65 s i g n a lures represented two acres or more, and 82 four acres or more. A water - user said it is pos sible for any citizen to appeal this decision to the Jackson County Circuit Court before Jan, 9, according to the law. The board will elect its new chair man the first Tuesday in Janu ary, Jan. 7. Series of Temblors Recorded off Mexico PASADENA, Calif. (UPI)-A series of earthauakes. appar ently centered in the Gulf of California between Mexico's mainland and Baja California were recorded Monday and ear ly today. The latest in the series was recorded at 3:24 a.m. EST at San Diego, Calif., and one min he ute later at the University of California in Berkeley. 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 208 Mass Rally Votes To Renounce U.S. Aid to Cambodia America Accused of Supporting Revolt PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (UPI) A mass rally voted to day to renounce all U.S. aid im mediately on grounds the Unit ed States is backing a plot to overthrow the government of Prince Norodom Sihanouk. The resolution was adopted at the prince's request by the "congress of 20,000 Cambodi ans from all parts of the coun try, including many youths. It called for the immediate ending of an estimated $10.4 million yearly in military aid and an other $18.8 million in economic aid from the United States and also for the withdrawal of the 60 American military advisers in the country. Sihanouk, 41-year-old chief of state, has teetered between neutralism and a slide towards communism in recent weeks. Sihanouk conditioned the mass rally by staging his na tion s first Communist - style public trial, exhibiting two self confessed members of a Cam bodian rebel group before the throng. Waged Campaign Sihanouk began attacking the U.S. government two weeks ago, claiming that It was lend ing suDDort to members of the "Khmer Seri" rebel group that has taken refuge in neighboring Thailand and South Viet Nam and has waged a propaganda campaign against the prince over . clandestine . radio sta tion. Sihanouk charged that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agen cy (CIA) is plotting against himself and his government and aiding the exiled rebels, in support of his claim, Sihanouk produced two rebels who, he said, came here from the bor der region of Takeo Province. Union Refuses to Admit Teamsters NEW YORK (UPD-The AFL- CIO today refused to consider readmission of the Teamsters and International Longshore men's and Warehousemen s (ILWU) Unions unless they clean out alleged corruption and communism, respectively, in their ranks. Before the biennial convention took a vote on a resolution con cerning the. readmission, AFL CIO President George Meany took issue with a charge by na tional Mar time Union President Joseph Curran that the federa tion has kept tne Teamsters un ion out because of a difference in personalities. The Teamsters, headed by James Hoffa, was ousted from the AFL-CIO on charges of cor ruption. The ILWU, headed by Harry Bridges, was expelled for alleged Communist leanings. Neither union has applied for re admission to the federation. Curran sent amessage which said the AFL-CIO had taken 'the flat position that as long as James Hoffa is president of the Teamsters Union" the un ion will be given no considera this was "double standard treat ment" based on pcrs Vt tion by the federation. Storm Brings Rain, j Snow to Region A total of .17 of an inch of precipitation was recorded at the Medford Weather Bureau station between midnight and 10 o clock this morning, as a storm brought rain to the valley and snow to the mountains. Six inches of snow fell at Cra ter Lake, bringing the total on the ground to 27 inches. Howard Prairie had half an inch, and one inch fell along the Siskiyou Summit. Traffic was getting through on U. S. 99 without chains by mid-morning, how ever. Wind accompanying the rain storm blew down a tree at the corner of Ninth and Ivy Streets in Medford, Harry James Court, 134 S. Ivy St., reported to city police. The street department was notified and no further dam age resulted. " 'iMTrW.; I, V&i I f ' GOOD EATING. L jiMRPRESiDENT! I GRANTED AMNESTY - President Kennedy examines the 55-pound white torn turkey which was presented to him today for his Thanksgiving dinner. When the bird's breed ing background was explained, the President granted him amnesty and said that he should be returned to the California breeding farm from which he was shipped. Shown here (L to 14 People Become Naturalized U. S. Citizens in Event Eleven adults and three chil dren became naturalized U. S. citizens this morning in Jackson County Circuit Court with Judge Edward C. Kelly presiding. Adults naturalized were Er nest Bohnke, Erika Katherina Rambo, Anna Kuitert, John K u i t e r t, Jennie Kuitert, Jean Alberts Swanson, Ezekiel Arthur Swanson, Glenda Joan Kaiser, Norbert Walter Poth, Verbnika Poth, Gloria Pansy Paoletti. and children, Wanda Sue Woeltje, Keith Alan Woeltje and Charles Kevin Cun ningham. County acnool supt. Alt Men- void noted, "All of us in this room are of immigrant families unless some of us have Indian blood. " Describes Ceremony He described the naturaliza tion ceremony as a simple one, with dignity and included a sym bol of sacred trust. Problems are bound to arise, but these should be approached as think ing citizens who are patient and tolerant. The Rev. Harvey Coovert, Zion Lutheran Church, gave the invocation, and County Clerk Marvin Madden administered the oath of allegiance. Curtis Nesheim presented the corsages in behalf of the Medford Kl wanis Club. Mrs. Margaret Mc Ginty presented flag codes for the American Legion Auxiliary. Miss Annette Gray, adult edu cation department, Medford Public Schools, handed citizen ship class certificates to each of the new citizens. She noted one family had done well in their citizenship studies, dui oue 10 some problems beyond their control were unable to partici pate. Reuel Rians Jr. presented flags fftr the Elks Lodge. Other presentations were madee by Mrs. Judd Greenman, regent of the Crater Lake chapter, Dauohtcrs of the A m e r i c a n Revolution, by Mrs. Doris Graham, DAV auxiliary. 19 Permits Issued For Christmas Trees Nineteen permits to cut an estimated 7,900 Christmas trees in Jackson County have been issued by the State Forestry Department to date. This total was described by a department spokesman as "auite a bit slower" than last year. The pace is now beginning to pick up, the spokesman add ed, however. The department reminded residents that state law re quires anyone planning to cut trees for sale to get a permit, regardless of whether the trees are on public or private lands, Additional information may be obtained by contacting either the forestry department or the state police. Group Gets Bill on Lost Track Tickets SALEM (UPI) - Revenues from lost race track tickets would have to be turned over to the unclaimed money, csti bill amended Monday by the House Tax Committee. Race tracks currently keep the unclaimed monday, esti mated at about $25,000 a year. The amendment, in fact, erased another proposal and substituted the legislation on race track tickets. The earlier version would have raised taxes on beer and wine. R): Kennedy; Robert M. McPherrin, Sunny meade, Calif., president of the farm where the bird was raised; Mrs. M. C. Small, Mount . Morris, 111.; Sen. Everett M. Dirksen, R 111.; and L. H. Geil, Chicago, general man ager of the Poultry and Egg National Board. (UPI) Waltonians Suggest Counter Proposal For Rogue Members of the Jackson County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League are not in favor of closing the Rogue River above Elk Creek to Chinook sal mon angling as a means of con trolling the snagging problem. That sentiment was expressed in a resolution passed by chap ter members attending the regu lar monthly meeting here last night. Closure of the Rogue above the mouth of Elk Creek to sal mon fishing has been proposed by the Oregon State Game Com mission in Its tentative regula tions for 1964 as a, measure to control the problem! Final regulations are to oe set Committee Voles Agency Budget Cuts as Proposed SALEM (UPI) - The Ways and Means Committee decided today to enact budget cuts for each agency as proposed in Gov. Mark Hatfield's austerity program, and to allow the emergency board to restore funds if they become available. The policy decision, approved by a 9-5 vote of Ways and Means, is designed to solve the constitutional barrier against al lowing Hatfield to make unequal budget reductions. Would Recess And in an obvious effort to race toward early adjournment, Senate President Ben Musa and House Speaker Clarence Barton said they would recess their respective houses this afternoon and hold meetings tonight if bill drafts were ready. The Ways and Means Commit tee voted 8-5 to recommend ap proval of a bill that would cut legislators salaries to $200 a month, and cut by 15 per cent that portion of elected officials' salaries over $10,000. The bill now goes to the House. The Ways and Means Com mittee decided not to go along with a budget cutting program suggested by Rep. Bculah Hand, D-Milwaukle. BLEND PRICE SALEM (UPD-Orcgon dairy men will receive a market pool blend price of $5.29 per hundred pounds for four per cent quota milk delivered during October, the State Department of Agri culture said today. Veterans Affairs Agency Take-Over Of Boardman Project Being Pondered SALEM (UPI) Oregon's most successful money-making agen cy may be invited to take over the faltering Boardman project. The possibility of letting the Veterans Affairs agency take on the proposed Boardman Space Age industrial park was raised at a ways and means subcom mittee meeting Monday by Rep. John Mosscr, R-Beaverton. Quick interest was voiced in the proposal. Mosscr was as signed to look Into the idea and develop a plan if one appears feasible. He said later he had ordered a proposal drafted. In general, Ihe idea envisions having the veterans agency in vest in Boardman some of the millions of dollars In profits from its loan program. Fishing after a hearing Friday, Nov. 22, at the Game Commission offices in Portland. Waltonians in their resolution offered a counter proposal to tne commission. Tney recom- mended that all fishing be lim- ited to use of a solitary single hook for the last six weeks per-1 lod ot tne salmon season be-1 tween Pierce riffle and Pros-1 pect. fierce rune is Just below Gold Ray Dam. The resolution was passed by unanimous vote of Waltonians at the meeting. It also had the unanimous approval of the mm- members who attended the ses- sion at the American Red Cross building. An estimated 75 per- sons were at the session, , In taking the stand aeainst closure,, Waltonians-pointed the steady overall increase salmon runs. They mentioned that the 1963 run of 41,529 repre sents a per cent increase over the parent run of some 11, mi in 1959. This would seem to indicate, t h e i r resolution states, that, in spite of the snag. ging problem, the resource is not in danger at this time. Would Be Blow The members maintained that removal of this larae an area from sports fishing would be a severe blow to recreation of this type at a time when such re sources are experiencing great er usage and demand than at any time in history. It was also declared at the meeting that closure would not stop ihe hard core snaggers who use illegal gear, but, uninten tional fish damage caused by the everyday fishermen using so called legal gear and dragging it through the holes was also mentioned. While the runs have in creased, indicating the salmon resource is not in danger, it was also brought out that the snagging problem is acute be cause of so many more fish in tne river. Right To Take Action Sentiment was also expressed that, unless every fisherman takes it upon himself to see that the snagging problem is con trolled, the Game Commission has a right to take measures to see that it is controlled. Reason behind the single hook proposal between Pierce riffle and Prospect stems from the fact that salmon collect in nat ural holding ponds above this riffle at this stage of the season. Dr. E. L. Harlow of the chap- ter and Dr. Richard Fredericks are to attend the commission hearing Friday to represent the point of view expressed In the resolution. The profits now are put Into more home and farm loans. If the agency took over Board man, any eventual earnings would go back into the veterans loan fund. Mosscr tossed out his sugges tion as the subcommittee met to consider emergency legislation designed to bail the Boardman project out of new difficulties. The project was Initiated two years ago. The 1961 legislature provided about $1 million for the state to acquire the vast block of land on the Columbia River in northeastern Oregon, ine Boeing Company signed a lease to use the land once the state obtained clear title. The new crisis arose last week when the governor re- I 'Defective' Fiscal Practices Cited In Report Preview $1 Million Loss In Research Noted SALEM (UPI) -The State System of Higher Education has handled part of its money casu ally and sometimes improperly. Secretary of State Howell Ap- pnng jr. torn the House Tax Committee today. "Defective" fiscal practices have been responsible for the loss ot as much as $1 million in the area of research alone, he said. Appling gave a preview of a 10-month audit of the system of SALEM (UPI) - The House Tax Committee voted 9-1 to day to kill a resolution aimed at the State Board of Higher Education. The Senate-passed measure would have directed the board to leave college tui tion fees and entrance require ments at their present levels for the rest of the biennium. higher education. His testimony was .requested oy the com mittee. He said the audit turned un these main "areas of concern:" Research Because of faulty accounting procedures, federal or private grant sources have not been sufficiently tapped for money. Instead, costs that were chargeable to other sources I"8 be.en. P8.1!1 from sta.te fHnds intended tor tne general college sy!.. . . . ' salaries Siome salaries ot re- ""-1""0 ,myo uce" ""l"ufel'J augmented in violation ot both federal and state directives, Bond sinking fund "All" re- venues irom buildings that pay for themselves are supposed to I oe returned to wis tund, but I this has not been done. For ex- ample, Oregon State University Bookstores, Inc., paid a $37,841 rental to tne Memorial union last year. The money was not reiurnea 10 uie ouna iuna. nna, money nas oeen taKen irom -tne IUId tor construction and land purchases. (Appling said an at- 0 Bene ? opinion nas to Deel W.esieQ.j .. ... ,, in . Cites Only Examples I PP'lmJ. emphasized that he was citing only examples. And he said no-individual was found to have benefited improperly through misuse of funds. The secretary of state said the crux of the problem was a dif fused system of control over money. He said the higher edu cation system lacks effective control centering in the chancel lor and the Board of Higher Education. Appling said the problem has been enhanced by many satel lite organizations, such as alum ni groups, athletic groups, and foundations. The secretary of state recom mended: An adequate system of fin ancial reports that "clearly and accurately" p o r t r a y the situ ation of each fund and each limb of the system. A competent internal audit ing staff for the system. An accounting system de signed to make use of modern data processing equipment. "This has nothing whatever to do with academic freedom,'' he said. "We are not trying to tell educators how to educate or handle research." WEATHER FORECAST: Pirtly cloudy to night and Wednesday with icattered showers Iti the moun tains. Valley fog patches Wednesday morning. Low to night 30-35. High Wcdneiday 47-32. Temn. Highest Yesterday M Lowest This Morning 37 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 17 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:4ft p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:08 a.m. The Moon rides low tonight and sets 7:'!6 p.m. First Quarter Nov .23 PROMINENT STAR Betelgeuse, low In east 8:10 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 5:29 p.m. Saturn, due south .... 3:37 p.m. Jupiter, high in south 8:36 p.m. vealed that $522,000 more would be needed to complete the trans action. The governor also said a com plicated series of maneuvers in volving various funds, land ex changes, agencies and book keeping adjustments would be necessary to clear title to the Boardman area in a manner satisfactory to Boeing. A number of legislators were wary over gelling more deeply Involved in the Boardman pro j ?(, which was given to a shiny billing two years ago as Ore gon's entry into the space age. The House Rules Committee has approved for introduction a resolution to shuttle the whole problem to a special Interim committee. 4 1
