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Foreign Papers Raise Questions on Kennedy, Oswald Killings - Story Page 2 WSBlltStlggggggS i tuirn 5) S6E9 - . Regional Edition Medford 14 Pages Legislators oardman Industrial Park United Nations Kennedy Tribute General Assembly In Solemn Session UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (UPI)-The United Nations to day postponed all other busi ness to devote the day" to a final tribute to President Ken nedy. The General Assembly of 111 nations was convoked in solemn session this afternoon, to eulo gize the President who ad dressed it last on Sept. 20 with a challenge to Russia to end the cold war and join the Unit ed 'States in "a contest of achievement" including a joint manned moon shot. -Thant To Lead Tributes Secretary General Thant and Assembly President Carlos Sosa Rodriguez of Venezuela,, who attended the President's funeral in Washington Monday, were to lead the tribute. At least four former Assembly presidents and all of the world parlia ment's current officers were listed to speak. U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson, physically rocked by the President's death when he left here Friday, planned to acknowledge the tribute. The president's death shook even case-hardened diplomats, several of whom wept openly when the news was received Friday, and- the emotion was expected to be evident in the Assembly session. Plans called for Sosa to pay the first tribute to the late President, followed by an ' eu logy by Thant.;. . Man Hospitalized After Accident CENTRAL POINT - Roland Peck of Agate Road was taken to Rogue Valley Hospital this morning for treatment of injur ies suffered when the truck he was driving collided with a train, according to Oregon State Police: . The accident occurred shortly before 9 o'clock, at the Scenic Avenue railroad crossing. There was dense fog at the time. Peck stopped at the crossing but evi dently did not hear the whistle of an approaching Southern Pa cific train, a witness reported. Peck suffered multiple frac tures of the left arm and facial lacerations. Sports Bulletins EAST LANSING, Mien. (UP1) The University of Oregon cross-country team to day placed second in the Na tional Collegiate Athletic As sociation cross-country cham pionships here. San Jose Slate finished first, while Notre Dame was a distant third. NEW YORK (UPI) Quar terback Roger Staubach of Navy today was named win ner of the Heisman award as the outstanding 1961 college football player. The award last year went to Terry Baker of Oregon State. MIKOYAN DELIVERS tlEWSt'PEillEFS mm noM JSy arounb thi oiom MOSCOW (UPI) Anastas Mikoyan. Soviet first deputy premier, will use his current Washington trip to give President Johnson an official message from informed sources said today. POLICE DOGS GUARD FORT WORTH (UPI) stood guard today at the grave It from ghouls. BUTLER ASKS ALLIES LONDON (UPI) Britian in a major post-Kennedy policy leaders to "carry forward and late President." aa aV T MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1963 MEMORIAL SERVICE Medford Mayor James Dunlevy, first of five speakers at Monday evening's memorial service for Presi dent John F. Kennedy, stands at the lectern in-front of a black draped portrait of the late President. Spotlights focused on the picture as lights, were lowered in the rest of the auditorium for the community service. 1 . More Than 800 Attend Local Memorial Service Medford paid its respects to: the late John F.' Kennedy last evening as more than 800 per sons attended memorial serv ices at the Medford High School auditorium. The hope that the death of President Kennedy may bring unity among men and nations was voiced by the five speakers at the service. "We can not afford the luxury of ignoring the ideas of others," Jackson County Representative Edward Branchfield, master of ceremonies, stated prior to in troducing the speakers. He stressed that we should check our own conduct, noting that many think that those who do not agree 'with them are wrong. It takes all of us to make up this country, he con tinued. - - Principal Speakers Five men spoke at the short service. Principal speakers were the Rev. John Ilg, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and the Rev. Harold Sanner, vice presi dent of the Medford Ministerial Association. The three levels of government were represented by Medford Mayor James Dun levy, Jackson County Judge Earl Miller, and Jackson Coun ty State Representative John Dellenback. The spontaneous and natural expression of grief at the loss of the President, was compared by Father llg with the Gospel for a funeral Mass, the death of Lazarus. "I have heard that Gospel read and sung many Ijmes," he saia, -i nave never failed to KHRUSHCHEV MESSAGE Premier MKita s. Knrusncnev OSWALD'S GRAVE Police with vicious trained dogs of Lee Harvey Oswald to protect TO 'CARRY FORWARD' Foreign Secretary R. A. Butler, appraisal, today called on Allied maintain the Ideals held by the ; 58th Year Price 10 Cents Will Oppose wonder what kind of man was he that prompted the tears of Jesus' Christ to fall so that the people would say, 'See how He loved him'." As we look into the life of John F. Kennedy, we have at least a clue to the reason for this grief," Father Ilg con tinued. "Only those souls who give themselves generously for others can excite such a mani festation of sorrow. Only an un selfish spirit prompts the indi vidual to mourn and to mourn' greatly at a loss." Kennedy belonged to many his family, every U. S. citizen, to the world, in a special way to God, and to the church, the priest continued. "His love of country was no mere sentiment, nor simply a patriotic flag waving. It was a burning conviction instilled in him by his Irish parents and teachers in his native Boston." "This natural turning to God for solace and guidance is not a sign of weakness," Mr. San ner said. "It is a return to our spiritual rootage. It is a desire to be rid of the hated arrogance born of human pride and self-centercd-ness latent in all redeemed men and entirely too natural to most of us not alone to Oswaid and Rubinstein (Ruby). It is what the Christian Church has stood for through the centuries and must stand for now more strongly than ever before. "If through' the violent death of President Kennedy, a new awakening to morality and righteous living comes to us," Mr. Sanner continued, "a new turning to the churches for spir itual guidance and a new stir ring within the churches to clearly provide it should come then the sacrifice of our chief of state on the altar of liberty is tempered by the blessings gained. "National tragedy can drive us nearer to truth and moral sanity or farther away from it depending, on our attitude. 'Tis the set of the sail and not the gale that determines the way the ship goes.' " he concluded. (continued on Page 11A) AVERAGE TAX UP M'UPn-The average ex-Gl with an Oregon veterans farm and home loan paid a property tax of $27fi this year as compared to S26S last year' and $245 in 1961. ' ' No. 214 Eastern Oregon Representatives Voice Opinions Musa in Favor Of Legislation - PORTLAND (UPI) - Two state representative from north' eastern Oregon declared today they will oppose the Boardman Industrial Park legislation now awaiting action at Salem. Rep. Jack L. Smith, D-Con- don, and Rep. Clinton P. Haight, D-Baker, announced their deci sion in a statement at a press conference. Haight, who had gone home when the legislature recessed after the assassination of President Kennedy, did not attend the conference. "We want to save Boardman for Oregon's tomorrow, not give it away for the sake of political expediency today," the lawmak ers said. "These b i 1 1 s ask us to give the Boeing Company carte blanche m using to its own complete advantage our state's finest remaining industrial site, under a lease which was held to be unconstitutional in several clauses by the attorney general last Friday. Their announcement came aft er another Democrat, House Speaker Ben Musa of The Dal' les, came out in favor of the leislation to clear title to the land so Boeing would honor 77-year lease signed July 1. "To me 77 years is a whale of a long time. Smith said to day. 77rYear "Tieup" . "II is not a good idea to tie up valuable land for 77 years and tie up the tax base on that land, while at the same time giving Boeing a right to sub lease that land and saying they must only occupy part of it." Smith represents Gilliam, Sherman, Wheeler, Umatilla and Morrow counties, the latter the site of the 100,000-acre pro ject. Haight represents Baker and Grant counties. "I have had to finally come to the realization that if I am to represent the people of East ern Oregon, I must take this po sition, bmitn said. He emphasized that he does not believe termination of the Boeing agreement would be the end of industrial development at Boardman, nor would it ne cessarily mean the end of Boe ing's interest in the area. "I have nothing against Boe ing as long as they sign a lease at least as favorable io the state as to themselves," he said. He predicted the state would not have any trouble finding ten ants lor an industrial site as valuable as Boardman. 'Nebulous Beyond Belief He also contended that the lease with Boeing does not re quire that firm to do anything. i n e plans ol Boeing are nebulous beyond belief," t h e statement said. It also brought up the threat of pollution of the Columbia Riv er and the air over the area. The statement said a Boeing witness before the Ways and Means Committee last week had admitted that fluorides and oth er chemicals would be dumped into the Cojumbia River. "Even worse, Oregon would have no remedy to combat pol lution," the two lawmakers con tinued. Any interference with the company s intended or de sired industrial use.. .of the wa terfront property shall consti tute a breach of the state's cov nant." Only a few hours before their stand was announced, Gov. Mark Hatfield said he did not expect the state would request Boeing to negotiate a revision of the lease. He said it was the same basic lease that was pub lished in 1961. New Sections Claimed However, Smith contended that sections covering the use of waterfront property and al lowing Boeing to sublease the land for agricultural purposes are new. .M.H' fdlVS '.i-f ' .4 sr.- v . . 'i ' h' '" -x . mimmammimummM$mimritmimktmXil'tmm niiwmiiiriaii' it ii iii i HEADS OF STATE MEET French President Charles de : Gaulle, left, confers with President Lyndon B. Johnson at the State Department in Washington. The two presidents met for County Court, Welfare Group Discuss Home Should the Jackson County Farm Home be reserved entire ly for welfare patients? This long unresolved question was discussed again this morn ing by the Jackson County Wel fare Commission. Welfare Ad ministrator David Kuhns said three factors are putting more pressure on the farm home to admit more welfare patients: one '-private - nursing home has closed, more state hospital pa tients are being released earli er, Hawthorne Con valescent Home is no longer taking wel fare patients. "We have received a lot of ODDOsition to proposals of turn ing the farm home over to wel fare patients," County Judge Earl. M. Miller said this morn ing. Mrs. Edward Bolt,- Gold Hill, and Mrs. Robert Keeney, Med ford,' welfare commissioners, criticized County Commissioner Donald E. Faber for making a wild statement," following a remark that relatives could sup port welfare patients now at the home. Miller said the county court has been following a policy sug gested by Kuhns' predecessor, James Pullman. , Pullman's Policy , Pullman, now director of the Oregon Welfare Commission's public assistance division, said from Salem that the county court followed his policy "some what" while he was here. He had recommended giving first priority to welfare patients, then to private patients. No patients from private -nursing homes would be admitted until all wel fare patients' needs had been met. County Commissioner Edwin Taylor, who supervises the farm home operation, said Mrs. Robert Rucker, wife of the farm administrator, determines whether applicants are of the low income group requiring farm home care. Prospective patients' guardians tell her whether their income is too low for private home care, he said. Earlier some patients who could afford private nursing home care were admitted. How ever, this doesn't happen now," he said. Accidents in Linn County Claim Two ALBANY (UPI) Two elder ly men died in separate acci dents in Linn County Monday night and today. Charles Henry Gansle, 70, was killed instantly about 8 a.m. today when his car was struck by a freight train at the Fay etteville crossing 15 miles south of here on a county road. Edgar Haynes, 80, Shedd, died late Monday night from injuries suffered when he was struck by a pickup truck while crossing Highway 9t'E in Shedd, police reported. , Hatfield Returns From JFK Rites; PORTLAND (UPI) - Gov. Mark Hatfield returned from Washington in the pre dawn hours today, bearing a word picture of the nation's new President and an appeal to dis pel the hatred which has con sumed some parts of America. The governor was accompan ied by Mrs. Hatfield, wearing a black" coat-and a "close-fitting fur hat, as he arrived at Port land International Airport at 5:40 a.m. President Lyndon Johnson is Satellite Will Check Solar Winds CAPE CANAVERAL (UPD- The United States plans to launch a 138-pound "Imp" satel lite into an orbit 173,000 miles high tonight to measure so- called "solar winds" that pose a potential lethal threat to fu ture astronauts bound for the moon. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) hoped to fire .the satellite into space aboard fl three-stage Del ta rocket at 9:30 EST in the opener of a space-age double- header. At 10 a.m. Wednesday, if all goes well, scientists will send a revolutionary r o c k e t named "Centaur" into the skies in an attempt to put a satellite weighing more than five tons into orbit around earth. Ruch Store Entered During Last Night RUCH Several hundred dol lars were taken from the Ruch store some time last night, the Jackson county sheriff's office reported. Thieves broke in through a rear door, punched the spindle in the safe and rifled it. Missing are hunting license fees and. store receipts, plus two gold pieces kept in the safe. About $20 was taken from the cash register. Although the store contained a number of guns these were not disturbed, deputies said. Some small miscellaneous items such as cigarettes and beer may have been taken, a deputy noted. The store owners, William and Chester McDonough, discovered the burglary when they opened the store this morning. WEATHER ronKCAST: Vllf.v Int to night. Abov the fof, Inrrrai trig cloudlneif with nccailonal rain likely Wrdneaday. Low nlcht near JI. Hlh Wednesday near SO. Temp. Hliheit Venterday SO Loweat Thla Morning 32 Our Skies Tonight snmrt today 4:42 p.m. Kunriie tomorrow .... 7:16 a.m. Moontet tomorrow .. 2:31 a.m. FL'I.I, MOON Nov. 10 Jupller appeari near the Moon tonliht. 12 moona (vlilble only In a teleitnpe) circle thlt pla net, Z of Uiem are larger than the Moon circling tha Karth. 25 minutes to discuss major announced that they will meet ..... Johnson gregarious and warm human being, the governor said, in ad dition to being a political expert laminar witn we-ways of Wash ington. "When he took your hand to shake it.' and put his arm around your shoulder, you really felt that Toxas warmth very quicKiy," Hauicld commented. The Oregon governor was one of 35 who attended a meeting witn tfie president Monday nignt. J no states' cnief execu tives were asked to support the late President Kennedy's pro grams, including a tax cut and civil rights. - End to. "Hale" Asked , President Johnson also ap pealed for an end to "the hate that breeds and spawns the kind of irrational action" that caused Kennedy's death, Hat- tleld said. "American people are In a most meditative mood, recep tive to ideas and concepts to help dispel this hate," Hatfield believes. He found encourage ment in the mass turning of Americans to their churches. He added that community, business, political, school and labor should work toward "an intelligent resolution of differ ences." . ' i The Hatficlds did not visit the Capitol rotunda, where Presi dent Kennedy's body lay in state, because of the traffic jams and long lines of mourn ers. They walked from their hotel to bt. Matthews Cathed ral for the funeral services. The governor said Mrs. Ken nedy was "a picture of com posure, a most dynamic symbol of courage in a crisis." "I just kept thinking you can swear in a new President, but you can't swear in a new fath er," Mrs. Hatfield said. Eternal Flame to Burn as Memorial WASHINGTON (UPI) - An "eternal flame" burned at the flower-blanketed grave of John F. Kennedy today in lasting memorial to the assassinated 35th President of the United States. A white picket fence about two feet high surrounded an ar ea of about five yards on each side of the grave in Arlington National Cemetery. Within the enclosure were piled scores of bouquets from other nations. The Brave was filled in. the fence installed and the flowers placed several hours after Ken ncdy's burial Monday a simple sequel to the massive funeral tributes witnessed by national and world leaders. Military police guarding the grave were alerted to expect a brief visit from Mrs. Kennedy shortly before midnight, offi cials 8a id, There wero reports that the former First Lady went to the grave for the sec ond time to add a single sprig of flowers to the floral tributes covering the site, but this could not be confirmed Immediately, matters of state. It was later formally next year. (UPI) . ... Johnson Begins Work in Office At White House; WASHINGTON (UPD-Presi- dent Johnson began work today for. the first time in the famed presidential office in the White house, taking on burdens of world and national problems that have befallen him. : Much of the President's day devoted to meeting with foreign dignitaries and preparing his first address to Congress and ths American people. Johnson will speak at a joint session of congress Wednesday . at 12; 30 p,m.. est. He is expected .to outline his domestic and inter national policies in- the. speech. It will- be. televised , nationally. ' Until today, Johnson had been working- in the office he occu pied as vice president, under slain President Kennedy in the Executive Office Building,- ad jacent to the White House.. . On arrival today at the White House at- 8:45 a.m. EST. the now President moved without fanfare Into the oval office of the President. , , : , '.-: Johnson was sped under po lice motorcycle' escort . to the executive mansion irom nis private home in the well-to-do Spring Valley area of Washing ton. The seven-mile drive through rush hour traffic took only 12 minutes. , , r In his speech to Congress- shaping up as one of the most important he will make as Chief Executive Johnson is expected to urge top priority approval of the civil rights and tax cut pro grams spelled out by his dead predecessor. Johnson's Address On Radio, Television NEW YORK (UPI) f- The maior radio and television net works will carry President John son s address Wednesday to tne joint session of Congress. The live broadcasts,- begin ning at 9:30 a.m. PST, will be carried by the CBS radio and television, nhu radio and tele vision and ABC radio and tele vision and Mutual Broadcast ing System radio networks. . Results of DA Action To Be Determined by Letters The Jackson County district attorney's office will send let ters to all mothers bringing non- support action to determine how many have received payment from their ex-husbands as a re sult of action by the district attorney's office. If all or most women involved in these cases cooperate, the district attorney's office will be able to give a more accurate summary of results during this one year trial period to the county budget committee as re quested earlier. Support payments are made through the county clerk's of fice or directly to the ex-wife, so it is difficult to determine what payments have been made, Deputy District Attorney Rob ert Fox told the Jackson Coun- Conference With De Gaulle, Home Slated Next Year Mikoyan Confers With New President WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Johnson, meeting with a series of world leaders at tha White House, conferred nearly an hour today with Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev's too Kremlin lieutenant. Deputy Pre mier Anastas Mikoyan. Mikoyan. summarizing his talk with the new President, said: "We had a pleasant con-' versation in which we touched upon matters of mutual inter est. - ' The Soviet official, here as Khrushchev's representative at tne Kennedy funeral, was asked if the possibility of a Johnson--Khrushchev summit meetina was discussed.- Mikoyan replied: "We did not specifically discuss that subject but we are of the opinion that the policies of the United States and our country on matters such, as this remain as they were.". - However. Johnsoni moving quickly to lay the groundwork for his foreign policy, arranged to meet with two allied leaders in the near future. 1 At the time of his assassina tion, the Late President John F. Kennedy had indicated no im-. mediate plans to meet with Khrushchev,, although personal relations between the two seemed to be growing more cor- dial. Pressed on the question of a summit conference, Mikoyan smilingly begged off with the comment: "I have to leave it ur uie ui&L-reuon ut inair man Khrushchev." ' ' ' The new President's first tan- olKla ctan woo (n n.nnn.. confer formally next year with French President Charles da Gaulle and British Prime Min ister Sir Alec Douglas-Home. jonnson and De Gaulle ar ranged Monday night to confer in Washington next year, pos sibly in February. At a White . House meeting this morning, the President and Douglas-Home also agreed to meet "early in the new year." The British leader said, how ever, no time or place for tha get-together has been set.. - Sir. Alee told -newsmen after the meeting that he and tha resident talked of "some out standing problems " but only briefly." They decided to post pone a more full discussion un til their meeting next year, ha said.. The British leader told news men: "I have taken this oppor tunity at ' the President's re quest to come here for a talk. We did not, of course, on this ' occasion do any business but we agreed to keep close con tact as there had been in the past. When the time comes, President Johnson will propose meeting early In the next year." Johnson arranged to see visit ing foreign leaders who had come here from throughout tha world to attend the funeral of slain President John F, Ken nedy. His first caller today was 71- year-old Emperor Haile Sel assie of Ethiopia. Tne Atrican ruler told newsmen he was "very happy" with what ha termed his "small talk" with the President. "We wish for the American government and people and President Johnson that God will find it possible to give peace, happiness and prosperity to mankind," Selassie said. Other callers on tho Presi dent's list included German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, Phil ippine President Diosdado Ma capagal and Turkish Prime Min ister Ismet Inonu. ty Welfare Commission this morning. - - The total of 228 non-support cases referred to the district attorney's office since July 1 Includes 43 welfare cases. Of IllA At 94 UlafA antinn nnon- were no-action requested cases and 4 were held pending fur ther action by the local welfare staff. Eight cases were taken off welfare rolls. Some court action was started or some sup port was started in 17 cases, it was reported. A total of $17,880 L. I II-... l 1 n. . una utwu wiiwiw m output i. paymonta since July 1. Charles Rush, special Investi gator with the district attor ney's office, said phone calls from his office have started some fathers supporting their families, keeping 14 mothers off welfare relief.
