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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.
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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.-
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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.
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the Trade Mart. Moments later., President Kennedy was shot
to death, and Texas Gov. John Connally was wounded.
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Single Shot Cut
President
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' 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.
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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
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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, , , ,