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- fi-ni T 1 1 ' . Regional Edition MEDFORD ?Two Sections f 58th Year Price IP Cents TT Tribune 22 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963 No. 211 Boardman Back to SALEM. (UPI) -Altv. Gen Robert Y. Thornton, today .tos-J sea me noaraman project Its legality unsoived-ibacjt . to .the legislature. He proposed a referendum or a court test. ' ' ' The opinion arrived as the 12-day-old legislature' sought 'to complete action on Boardman its one remaining big problem and adjourn. A salary-cutting bill also remained alive.' Project Sent Legislature Thornton suggested the legis lature, might pass new legisla tion advancing the proposed space ,age. industrial park and then submit it to an immediate court test. '. Thornton ' s'afd ' thi 'proposed legislation was of doubtful con 'stitutiortality.Hesaid a "grave question exists." ' He said' the aestkui centered on whether it was proper to use public money to 'subsidize 'indus. Council Approves Change of Zone Variance Denied Two requests, one for a zone 'change and the other an appeal of the " Medford City Planning Commission's denial of a'vari ' ance, caused the most discus sion at last night's -session- of the Medford City 'Council. . ., The council approved,-6-te 4,' a change of zone from single family to limited commercial, property south of Crater Lake Highway and north of Delta Waters. Read. Councilman Rob ert Baccus opposed, the. r,equesj. Denied was a variance reauest which had been appealed. from uie planning commission oy j. Wilmer Higinbotham, 1325 Mt. 9 craps SEOUL, Korea (UPI) Nine Koreans were killed and, nine. injured Thursday by a U.S. Army Honest John rocket while gathering scrap metal on a fir-' tag range, the Army announced today. . ' .. ') The Koreans, 'all' Villagers' who lived near the range 30 miles north of Seoul,. had. been warned by the Army to leave the area before the firing. It was the largest toll from any firing range incident , here. .. Two Honest Johns were fired by an Army artillery unit. The Koreans rushed out to collect the scrap from the first war head and were hit by the sec ond. Trespassing The Army said the victims of the rocket were "trespassing without authority" when hit. A spokesman said they ap parently counted on a longer in terval between the rockets. Or dinarily, they are fired at half hour intervals, but Thursday, only a few minutes, elapsed. . , The villagers were spotted on the range about an hour before the firing and were warned to leave by leaflets dropped from ' helicopter, the Army said. But they hid in bushes and caves and were not seen in two later air searches, 30 and 5 minutes before the firing. Load Restrictions Planned for Highway ; SALEM (UPI) -Load restric tions will be placed on a sec tion of the Lake of -the Woods Highway starring at 8 a.m. Sat urday, the Highway Department announced today. Limitations will be 11,000 pounds gross on any single axle and 20,000 pounds gross on any tandem axle. Pitt Ave. The vote was four to three, with Councilmen Joseph Hosick, Baccus and Terry Green voting 'in favor ef 'the -request.- During discussion on the Crater- Lake -Highway- and -Delta Waters Road property, it was noted .that much f the adjoin ing property is zoned industrial. The city had received petitions signed by 20 persons - opposing the change and five -letters in favor of it. , The variance sought by Higin botham was for a carport he had constructed at his residence. The ' carport violated both the side and front setback require- ntents. Higinbotham, who admit- ited-that he had not obtained a building -permit- prior to the car port's construction, said that it has- eost-him -$50 . '-.5u ' A request for- a zone change from single, family to multiple family was withdrawn by the owner .once pppositipn, was voic ed on property at the northeast corner, of. Crater Lake. Avenue and McAndrews Road.' . However, a petition signed by 74 ' persons, ' was 'submitted by property owners in the Blossom Hill subdivision 'in opposition to the request. ; Other Public Hearing ' THe only other public Hearing scheduled, for the installation of a .sanitary sewer, on .Murphy Road between Lazy Creek and Barnett Road, was held without Opposition: It 'was approved by the council. . , ,.-v , In other action, Mayor James Dunlevy presented bronze and wood plaques to Fire Depart ment Chief Gordon Barker and Police Chief Charles P. Champ lin for "25 years of outstanding service to the community." "Acting Police Chief Clyde Fichtner accepted the plaque for Champlin who is in Portland convalescing -following surgery Monday. trial development, Darticularlv ior uie oenew 01 a specuic corporation." . Thornton renewnH hl no. gestion that the matter be re- lerrea to tne voters. ' ' Otherariiw. ha uniA "if His hill passes then I suggest that the legislature pass- a resolution di recting this office to bring a test case immediately." The proposed legislation would shift the nroieot and its finnn. cial obligations, from the State liana noara 10 me separately funded Veterans Affairs agency. Thornton first susupqloH re. f erring the question to the peo ple. rf, ;,. ' - The idea received little Initial enthusiasm.' either - from lenis. lators who like the Boardman project or those who don't. One senator said the complex plan for acquiring a 100,000-acre in dustrial park and leasing it to we uoeing company of Seattle was not the type of question that belonged on the ballot. ; Politically, rumbles of anger continued over the discovery that the State Land Board has eone 191.000 in the hnlo nn Boardman - already beyond 1a tnnn nnn it. . 1 1 ; , uic. 9w,uw it was auuionzea 10 spend. ' The land board is headed hv Gov. 'Mark Hatfield, the staunchest s u p p 0 r t e r of. the Boardman project. State Legislature Roseburg Resident ' Killed in Accident MYRTLE POINT (UPl)-Gor-don Delbert Larson, 47, Rose burg, died early today when his car jumped a guard rail on Highway 42 and plunged into the Coquille River. The accident occurred east of Myrtle Point. It was discovered by a group of men en route to work. They saw the tail lights still glowing on the partially sub merged car. Police said Larson's watch had stopped at 1:57 a.m.; . . CHURCHES OPEN Medford churches will be open throughout today and this eve ning for prayer, John Heberling, president of the Medford Minis terial Association, announced shortly after news of the death of the President. nw hom i Yjty asoun nw mom , CHAMBER HEADQUARTERS BLASTED CORO. Venezuela (UPI) -r Caiu-o-Camminist dynamiters wrecked the headquarters of the Falcon slate Chamber of Com merce early today and bombed ether eitabUshments in this northwestern provincial capital. There was no immediate report of casualties. NEW IRAQ GOVERNMENT SETTLES DOWN BAGHDAD, Iraq (UPI) Iraq's new government worked today to re 1 tore normal conditions w toe capital in tne aitermata of two spates of fighting la less Man twa weeks. SOVIETS REJECT BLOCKADE PROTEST . .', MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet rejection tl a U.S. protest over tfc-,Mockade of a Berlin-bonnd traap convoy was seen today at aaother Indication Rasiia intends o stand firm ia Its dealings wttk the West, despite talk of better relations. Assassination 1 SALEM (UPI)' -The '.Oregon Legislature, stunned and grieved 1st news of President Kennedy's assassination, canceled all busi ness and recessed today. - . The special session had been expected to end tonight. It was recessed until Monday or after the President's funeral. , The House stood in grave silence while two members de livered prayers. . ., , 1, Republican Gov. Mark ' Hat field called it "an hour of great irageay, griet ana personal loss to every citizen." Hatfield said that "our heart felt prayers are with President Johnson as ' he assumes - the heaviest burden in the world to day-";. . o Shocked legislators used such terms as "terrible," "horrible," in reacting to the news, in Washington. D. C. Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Ore., issued this statement: "In this dark and tragic hour a great President has fallen. The immorality of the assasina tion is b e y 0 n d understanding. All the world has lost a great leader and a wonderful human being. Let us all pray-for his loved ones, for our country and for God's help to our new President." Ship to Attempt Salvage of Plane KEY WEST, Fla. (UPI)-The Navy said a salvage ship might try to bring up today the wreck age of a 1)2 "spy" plane that crashed into the Gulf of Mexico Whiie returning from a recon naissance mission over Cuba. -; An Air Force search contin ued for the missing pilot of the high-flying jet plane, Capt. Joe G. Hyde Jr., 33, of La Grange, Ga. - - - There were hopes that Hyde may have ejected from the plane, which the Strategic Air Command (SAC) said appar ently experienced mechanical failure, In a life jacket and took refuge on one of the numerous coral reefs in the tropical wa ters. . -'.-, WEATHER roar. CAST: Showeri ana pcrlodi of partial clearing to night and Saturday. Warmer tonight. Low tonight 11-43. High Saturday tl-SJ. Temp. Hlgheit Veiterdar 41 l.oweit Thli Morning 31 Prec. to Id a.m. Today . it Our Skies Tonight r; Runiet today . 4:44 p.m. Sunrlie tomorrow .... 1:11 a.m. Mooniet tonieht 10:11 P.m. Flrit Quarter Nov. 31 The palnet, Saturn, la aeen near the Moon tonight. Nine rmoni circle Saturn, the targ et 'of wnicn ii -nun, win dlameur al , mUea.- Of f n sift f Jl. itlt 1 1 u (I, 1 MOMENTS LATER-rtesident and Mrs. John F., Kennedy, ! seated in the Tear seat of their open limousine as the motors ) cage movea tnrougn aowntown Dallas, Texas,; en route?' to CongoPojice Rush omat Out of Country LEOPOLDVILLE. The Contm (UPI) Conso police hnstlpri a barefoot -Soviet diplomat to the airport Thursday night and ex pelled him from the rnnntrv II was learned today: j ine-ousted official was em bassy counselor Boris Voronin, one of the two Russian dinln- .rnats arrested Tuesday on charges of aiding a plot against the sovernrniMit .' Inform H winrroa anlH VammIm .was escorted to ihe'LeopoIdviire airport oy a neavy military guara ana placed - aboard an airliner for Brussels. Relsinm ine soiniers nrpvpntivi anvmu from talking to him. ; - - The sources also said the dip lomat arrested with' Voronin, embassy-press attache Yuri Maikotnykh. did not aDPear at the airport. Presumably, he was still in the custody of Con golese authorities, r Airport snurreR". ln Rrnsfiole said Voronin caught a flight to Moscow irom tne Belgian capi tal. He talked to. two Soviet Embassy ' officials at the air port, but refused to make anv statement to newsmen.; It was learned that the diplomat was barefoot when he left Leopold- ville and rereivprt -n nair n( socks -from somebody aboard uie piane. - Morgan May Run For Governor - CORVALLIS (UPI) - Howard Morgan, former federal -power commissioner and Oregon Dem ocratic chairman, said Thursday night he may run for governor in 1966 if his brother-in-law, Sen. Alfred Corbett, D-Portland, is not elected secretary of state in 1964.-. . Morgan spoke at a Benton County Democratic fund raising dinner. - ' Before' his speech he told a reporter ' that if Corbett was elected secretary of state in 1964 it would virtually kill the possibility of him Morgan- running for governor two years later. . ' v , Morgan added ' that Corbett had not yet decided whether to run for the position, now new by Republican Howell Appling Jr. - Morgan, former state public Utility commissioner, also at tacked t n e uoaraman-Boeing lease as "the biggest land steal" since Gov. Oswlad West cleaned up the "land and forest swindles", of 50 years ago. ' He accused Gov. Mark Hat field of pushing through the Boardman lease "to get a feath er In his cap." Two Calves Burned In Local Shed Fire Two calves were burned this morning in a shed fire at 845 Posse Lane, Medford, firemen reported. ; Firemen, who were diupatch ed about 9:20 o'clock this morn ing, said the shed was a com plete loss. They said that the fire possibly started from . a Jijt lamp. Owner was listed as William Hayes. ! t the Trade Mart. Moments later., President Kennedy was shot to death, and Texas Gov. John Connally was wounded. . . ' (UPI) , ' - v . ' . , a- if Single Shot Cut President 8 Down ' DALLAS (UPI) ; President Kennedy has been assassinated.' - A single shot through the right temple took the life, of , the 46-year-old chief executive. He was shot as he rode in an open car in downtown Dallas; Waying and smiling to a crowd of 250,- 000.;;:;.;.;;; '',';,v s Vice;; President Lyndon Johnson the na tions new President was in. the same caval cade but a; number , of car lengths behind. He was not.hur.t.;;'v;r'vH ;y;t-'-i' f ; Terribly shocked Johnson, who has a record of heart illness, was whisked' off under heavy guard to be sworn; in, as quickly, as possible as the: 36th President of the United States. i . i i ft. . 1 w 1 " ' A A - - o J .,; '' K ,''') ' V r 1 NEW PRESIDENT President Kennedy was -; dent Lyndon B. Johnson who will now succeed 1 shot and killed today while riding in a - him as President. 'motorcade..' He's shown here with Vice Prcsi- - . , (UPI) Kennedy Carried Torch Of VJorld Leadership :.r'.'.-'': ::'' :-,";;' I": .. By United Press On a bitterly cold and snowy day in January,- 1961, when he was inaugurated 35th President of the United States,' John Fitz-1 gerald Kennedy sounded a call to action ' i that in many ways summed up his own re markable career.- . -: --; "Let the word go. forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike," he said, -, "that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this cen- ": tury, tempered by war disciplined by a cold and bitter peace." : - Kennedy was all these, and he bore the torch of world leadership in a society where the old order was changing fast. On that January day, no man had ever flown in space. On that day Negroes in southern cities such as Jackson and Birmingham were not yet . demonstrating. On that day the world had not come consciously close to nuclear . de struction as it did in the great Cuban Crisis of 1962. .'..,.- '.::. International "Sure it's a big Job," Kennedy once said. "But-1 don't know anybody who can do it any better than I can. I'm going to be. in it for four years.- It isn't going to be so, bad. -You've got time to think and besides,' the pay is good.''- --- i; '; ') '--'.' ' !. ; He later found out and conceded that' ,it was a bigger-job than he originally be lieved. But it is most unlikely that he ever once wavered in the belief that no one could handle it as well as he could. To think other-'. - wise would have been a negation of his whole -life. .v; ,,.-:'- . ! s -The presidency of John Fitzgerald Ken--' nedy was born in the fierce pride of an Irish - immigrant family. It was carefully nurtured in the training stages by a multi-millionaire father, and brought to fruition by the man ' himself through a 'distinguished career in the House and Senate and on the tricky cam-' paign trails of America. 1 ' ' t World Reaction To Death "i VATICAN CITY (UPI) Pope Paul Vf today received with "profound grief" the news of President Kennedy's death. A Vat- ican spokesman said the pontiff, went to his private chapel to pray.;, , ' ... .., , CHICAGO (UPI) Sen. Barry Goldwater,' one of the probable Republican candidates ' for President next year, expressed "shock" 1 and grief to passersby today when, he learned ' of President Kennedy's assassination. The Arizona Republican was en route to Muncie, Ind., In his private plane when he stopped at O'Hare International Airport here. It was at the airport that Goldwater heard of the President's death in Dallas. NEW YORK (UPI) - Gov."relson A. t Rockefeller said today the death of president Kennedy Is a "terrible tragedy for Uie na-. tlon and the world." v '4" "Mrs. Rockefeller and I join with all New Yorkers and every American in ex tending heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Kennedy and the President's family," Rockefeller said.. "May God grant strength and guidance to Lyndon Johnson as he assumes his grave responsibilities under the tragic circum stances. The prayers of all of us will be with him.",.,. ,:; y t. ,,, v- ' MOSCOW (UPI)-Moscow Radio's commentator,- in mournful tones, tonight an nounced the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. "IWs said he has been mur dered by the extrame right wing elements," he said. -i ' ' BULLETINS " DALLAS (UPI) A Dallas policeman WM ihot and killed today at he chased a suspected assassin of President Kennedy through a movie theater in the Oak Cliff section. DALLAS (UPI)- Lyndon Baines John- -son was sworn in today as President of the United States. He took the oath of office -, in the forward compartment of the' Presi dential plane. . - . Mrs. Jacquelin Kennedy was ridiner in the same car with her husband,. She was not hurt. She cradled ,her ., husband's head- in her arms as he was sped, dying, to the hospital. Kennedy was shot at approximately 10 :30 a.m. far -.and '--died at approximately 11 a.m. PDT. ' i ' - " ' . v . , . He was the fourth U. S. Presiden,t to-bp killed in office. ' ' u '.'', ..." -, ; , Governor's Condition Serious - Beside, Kennedy in the ' famous bubbletop limousine was Texas Gov.. John B. Connally. He wash"otin'the chest The "governor was re ported in serious condition and in great pain. ' Mrs. Connally, also in the car, was unharmed. m' The.':, chiefi executive,' first .Romart Catholic President 6t :theUnited.. States 'and in Dallas on' a politickinp; mission for a second term, was smiling broadly as , he rode' through downtown streets. r-r.tit-,:-;". . ' . ; j, ' "Thehr'that awful look crossed his face."' said a man at curbside only 15 feet away, . r Assassins, Identity Unknown The identity of the assassin or assassins was not immediately known. , Sheriff's officers took a young man into custody at the scene and questioned him behind closed ' doors. : ' Saw Rifle in Window A Dallas television reporter said he saw a rifle being withdrawn from a window on the fifth or sixth floor of an office building shortly after the gunfire. i !. , Johnso: was under heavy guard. Physician3 and members of the White House staff attended him.'-!-'-' !'-; ,1 jrr- i , White House Secreary Malcolm Kilduff said the President's body would be flown to Wash ington this afternoon. ; . The uallas snerur s department said a vine had been found in a staircase on the fifth floor, of a building near the scene of the assassination. It was a 7.65 Mauser.; The Gei-man-made army rifle had a telescopic-sight with one shell left in the chamber. Three spent shells were found nearby.;". -'' -:---''.' '- -,. t , , Mrs: Kennedy, who had been a tremendous hit Thursday on the first day of the two-day, visit, was seated just m front of her husband. Car Splattered With Blood After the shot," her husband slumped over on the back seat and she screamed. The interior of the car was splattered with blood. Mrs. Ken nedy took her husband's head in her arms and bent over him. . ... , . , , Mrs. Connally was kneeling over her husband who lay face down on; the floor: of the car, i There was pendamonium among the becret Service men and police motorcycle escorts. The assassin s bullets strucK home so sud denly there, was no chance for them to hurl them selves around the President. Shortly after his arrival at the Parkland Hos pital, Father Oscar Huber of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church administered the last rites. Mrs. Kennedy was at the hospital at the time. Preparations were made almost immediately after the President's death to return his body to Washington. - The body was earned from the hospital in a wooden casket and placed in; a white Cadillac hearse and the drapes were pulled. Mrs. Kennedy accompanied the body. Johnson also , was returning immediately, and Kilduff said Johnson would be in Washington byfevening where he was expected to h sworn swif tly.. into .office.. ..TO, , , ,
