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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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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'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.
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