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v tW li W I Hi L ill Li n.I - ... ? 1 ft Ik' rj7y- rvt vmtk . 7 sV"i KENNED" 'LLED m '-r A f I A 1 -'I r , 1.;". t f7 i 1 ' ....... . " wwwnmrn y 'lmiiini... j. I . J IVIMII ,IIY SHI I'l'l'fl ni?ATIIL 0Y SMPE EV- Capital Journal jm jwwv,,!, Of Notions MMXWf HEADLINES AROUND THE STATE This group of Friday afternoon and Saturday morning newspapers from around Oregon depicts the various ways in which the grim news of President Kennedy's assassination was handled. The two large headlines at the top were on the Klamath Falls Herald and News and the Bend Bulletin. Below them and to the left are copies of the Albany Democrat-Herald and the Coos Bay World. The large front-page photo of the late President was carried by the Eugene Register-Guard Saturday morning. To its right is the Corvallis Gazette-Times. Rounding out the display toward the bottom are the Portland Reporter, Salem Capital Journal and Roseburg News-Review. Mail Tribune Photographer Larry Holmon assembled the news papers on the wall of the city room and snapped this picture. of Free VJorid Join In Mourning Death of Kennedy Newspapers; Bv United Press International The newspapers of the free WnrM toined in a sinale voice Saturday to mourn the death of Presdent Jonn r. Kenneay with black-bordered editorials calling him a champion of lib erty. -. . . The press In the Communist bloc nations also expressed sor row over the assassination. One Communist newspaper, the Lon don Dailv Worker, mixed criti cism with grief. It attacked Kennedy, for "hatred of Cuba' and "inadequate" civil rights policies., i .) Editorial comment included: London Dailey Herald: "The Stalins of the world mostly die in their beds. It is the Lincolns and the Kennedys who are shot down. Rest in peace, John Ken nedy. You helped-us much." . The Manchester Guardian:, 'A tragedy for the world," J The Times of London: "The assassination of President Ken nedy is a shock great enough to shake the structure of the world." i Glusgow Heralds "An Inter natlonal disaster. He was the Captain Courageous of the Western Alliance the trtie friend of Britain and the em bodiment of all that Is greatest in the tradition of the Ameri can presidency." Paris Liberation: "Ono of the greatest catastrophics In the world." ' Lisbon Dlarlo Dc Nollclas: "The most n6werful man on earth who has done everything to safeguard peace has fallen benpath a criminal's bullet." West Berlin Tclegraf: "The Gorman people are united in deep homace to a man whoso heart beat for the freedom of Germany and the freedom of Berlin." West Berlin Moreennost: "The free world has lost Its' leader." Helsinki S a n o m a 1: "... A catastrophe reaching ovor stato frontiers and the world, split by political Ideologies. It affects the whole history of the world." Oslo Aftcnnoat: "His death has put an increased obligation on the American people to car ry on his fight . . . there is no reason to fear that it will lead lo any change or weakening of tho basic lines which have marked American foreign poll' cy." Cairo Al Goinhnurla: "... One of the greatest, if not tho ; Eteatpst. Presidents in Ameri ca's modern history, The world has lost a bulwark of peace and lost an active soldier. The Negroes lost a true friend." Frankfurter A 1 1 g e m c I ne: "John F. Kennedy embodied tho best hope of a modern and sound humanity." Belgrade Daily Polltlka: ". . . A statesman deeply convinced that mankind need nothing more than a lasting peace. A brutal crime." , Warsaw Zycle Warsiawy: "Kennedy was more far-sighted than his predecessors. Ho was better aware than they of the conditions and possibilities of the present international sit uation. Ho took account more than they of the necessities of the atomic era, of the new alignment of, forces In the world." ' :. Rome II Mcssaggero: ". . . He was flying in the world the flag of redemption, liberation, reconciliation, and was fighting the-evil beast of racism, co lonialism, anli - democracy, op pression and misery. All free men recognized him as their leader." . Rome Avantl: ". . The man who wanted to address a cry of alarm lo all mankind against the dangers of selfishness, in dividualism' and nationalistic narrowness." , Philippines Herald: . .'. A giant towering above less wor Texas Farmers Endorse Freeman Lubbock. Tex. (UPI) - The Texas Farmers Union, stunned by President Kennedy s assassi nation, cut short Its state con vention Saturday, but asked President Johnson to keep Or- vine E. Freeman as Agriculture Secretary. The farmers, claiming 11,000 members in Texas, met for only three hours Saturday and ap proved a 1064 plan of action keyed to Kennedy's farm pro gram. ' All other ; activities of the scheduled two-day convention, including a banquet, were can celled. , "Wo express our bost wishes lo President Johnson and sug gest' that he continue to avail himself of the services of Sec rotary of Agriculture Orville Freeman," one resolution read. The 200 voting delegates ask- ea lor anomer wncat reteron dum for August, 19ti4, provid ing increased price supports. Speeches by Sen. Ralph W. Yarborough, D-Tex., George HicKcl, assistant to the presi dent of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, State Hep. Max Carrikcr of Roby, Tex., and John N, Fallon, sovilhwest divi sion news manager of United Press International, were cancelled. thy world leaders many years his senior." . Taipei China Post: " . . . A courageous man who took his stand on principle and never wavered from it." Kuala Lumpur Malay Mall: " . . . A man of original de cisions and conscience." ,7 Hong Kong New Life Evening Post: " ... He made great contributions toward seeking genuine world peace, His cour age, determination, frankness and sincerity will be acknowl edged by all friends or foes." Santiago La Nacion: " . . . An exceptional statesman whose reason and deep intuitions agreed with the rhythm of his tory." Mexico City Excelsior: "... A day of Infamy. Who could benefit from his death?" (It published side-by-side drawings of President Kennedy and Abra ham Lincoln). Tokyo Malnichi: "In the last days of the Eisenhower admin istration, the united States was being led by Britain and France. Mr. Kennedy restored U.S. lead ership in a short period of time." , Leopoldvllle Etollc: "Kennedy will go down in American his tory linked with the complete emancipation of Negro-American communities ... he put an end to racial segregation." Premier Niklta S. Khrushchev led the Communist world's ex pressions of sorrow over the Kennedy assassination. He call ed it "A heavy blow to all people who hold dear the cause of peace and Soviet - American cooperation.'1 In' a telegram to President Johnson, Khrushchev said the assassination evoked "the indignation of Soviet peo ple against the culprits of this base crime." Jackson County Mourns; Schools, Firms to Close (Continued from Page 1) The Public Library of Med ford and Jackson County and all the branches will be closed. Some grocery stores indicated that they would reopen at noon Monday to serve the public. 'A proclamation was isuued by Jackson County Judge Earl Mil ler, also, officially closing the Jackson County Courthouse and all county offices. "Whereas our nation has suf fered a great loss in the death of President John F. Kennedy and whereas Oregon Governor Mark O. Hatfield has issued a proclamation that Monday, Nov. 25, be a day of mourning and all state and public offices be closed, therefore, in keeping with ORS 187.020, Section 4, I Driver, Passenger Injured In Mishap The driver of an auto and her passenger were injured Saturday night when their vehicle went off the road and into a ditch along Oregon 234 about two and one-half miles east of Gold Hill Saturday night. The accident was reported to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department at about 8:15 p. m. Mary Emaline Attebury, 46, of Glen Eden Beach, Ore., was the driver. Her passenger was Melvin Henry Siekert, 57, of the Veterans' Administration Domi ciliary at White City. Both persons were injured and both were taken to Rogue Valley Hospital for treatment, officers said. Man Hospitalized After Collision CENTRAL POINT - Dalton Gene Quackenbush, 30, of Route 2, Box 567, Central Point, was admitted to Rogue Valley Hos pital Saturday after he suf fered extensive facial lacera tions in an auto accident. Quackenbush was hurt when the car he was driving was struck by an auto driven by Michael Anthony Toay, 61, of Scenic Avenue, Central Point, State police said Toay's car struck Quackenbush's vehicle at the intersection of U. S. 99 and Scenic Avenue. They cited Toay for failure to yield right-of-way, Eagle Point Youfh Involved In Tragedy KLAMATH FALLS (UPI) -John Lansing, 38, Merrill, was struck and killed by a car on State Highway 66, 18 miles west of here Saturday night. State police said the driver of the car was John Wolfe, 18, Eagle Point. declare that the Jackson Coun ty Courthouse will be closed on Monday, Nov. 25, 1963, and that the day be observed as a day of mourning by the people of Jackson County," Judge Mil ler's proclamation read. The Pacific Power and Light Company will be closed all day Monday, according to Frank Benesh, district manager. The California Pacific Utili ties will be closed until 1 p.m., V. V. Lyman, division manager of the Gas company, announced. In addition to cancellation of classes throughout the day in the Medford school system, the adult evening classes scheduled for Monday have been post poned, Dr. Leonard B. May field, superintendent of School District 549C, announced. The meeting of the steering committee of the Citizens Ad visory Committee on Educa tion, planned for Monday, also, was cancelled. Postmasters of Jackson and Josephine counties, who had planned a dinner meeting at the Rogue Valley Country club for Saturday night, announced that the meeting had been postponed. The Oregon Liquor Store in Medford closed Friday after noon, was reopened Saturday, and will be closed again Monday. A jury trial in Jackson County Circuit Court No. 1 was recess ed by Judge James M. Main when news of the assassination reached the court room. The Ashland schools were closed at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Community Memorial servic es in Ashland will be held in Grace Lutheran church at 10:30 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Al bert R. Nickodemus delivering the sermon. Monday classes at Southern Oregon College have been can celled in keeping with the pat tern of all state Institutions of higher learning. In Grants Pass, Memorial services will be held in the High School gymnasium at 11 a.m. Monday. Plans for the services were developed at a noon meeting Saturday at the Josephine County Courthouse. Participating in the Monday services will be the Ministerial Association, veterans organiza tions, the Josephine County Board of Commissioners, the U.S. Navy Reserve and Nation al Guard, the mayors of Grants Pass and Cave Junction, Boy Scout and Girl Scout organiza tions, the Grants Pass High School band, the acappella choir, city, county and state law enforcement officers. Page 2A Medford Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1963 NOW OPEN Largest selection of paperback books in Southern Oregon Children's books Adult hardcover books n Fiction . History Biography Cookbooks Art Books Sports and Hobbies Browsing Encouraged 122 EAST MAIN MEDFORD, OREGON 772-2201 Two Cited Alter Separate Accidents Medford police cited two drivers for violation of basic rule following two separate non injury accidents in the city Sat urday night. Lawrence Sabluckis of 42 S. Central Ave. was cited after his auto collided with one operated by Gary Stanley Dawson of 1320 W. Eighth St. In front of the latter's residence. This accident was reported at 6:03 p.m. Then about 8:30 p.m. Sandra Ray Scholcr of 800 Liberty St., Ashland, was cited after her car struck a city-owned signpost. ASKED TO UNITE DALLAS (UPI) - Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker, who resigned from the Army so he could speak out on subversion, Satur day asked Americans lo unite without recriminations. 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