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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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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.