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Damage Suit Is
Expected To Go
To Jury Today
A $161,000 damage suit against
two Medtord Osteopathic physi
cians in Jackson County Cir
cuit Court is expected to go to
the jury today. :'?-'
,, Final arguments -startd"W
mid-morning today following a
brief consultation among the at
torneys and Circuit Judge
James M. Main.
Don W. Sprinkle, Biddle Road,
brought the suit in behalf of his
daughter, Cheryl Lou Sprinkle,
now 6 years old, and. charges
that her leg was permanently
injured and disfigured while in
traction. She broke her leg
when struck by a vehicle on the
road near her home in June,
I960.
In presenting his final argu
ments, Robert Grant, represent
ing the Sprinkles, said the most
significant fact is that the acci
dent damaged the thigh area,
but now following treatment by
osteopathic physicians Drs.
Cleatis Lemley and Paul T. Rut
ter, the entire damage is below
the knee.
Grant charged the casting pro
cedure was "completely incom
petent." Normal treatment for
such a fracture, according to
testimony presented by - local
physicians, is to use an elastic
bandage so the circulation can
be observed and the pulse of the
leg can be checked constantly.
Grant alleged further that by
placing the leg in traction above
the heart level, it made circu
lation through the leg a "dan
gerous" problem.
Flowers Mark Site
Of Assassination
DALLAS (UPI) - Mounds of
red, white, purple and yellow
flowers banked the grassy
slopes around the site of Presi
dent Kennedy's assassination to
day ana tilled the air with scent
tlEWS(VjBilErS
ITtMJ FROM AUN THI OlOM
VIET CONG GUERRILLAS DRIVEN OFF
SAIGON. Viet Nam (UPI)
estimated 200 Vict Cong guerrillas today after the Communists
attacked an American-Vietnamese Special Forcea camp near
the Cambodian border about 120 miles south of here, a military
spokesman reported.
PARK'S PARTY WINS IN SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL, Korea (LTD President-elect Park Chung Hce's
Democratic-Republican Party today won a majority In the new
national assembly on the basis of nearly complete returns from
Tuesday's elections.
STRIKE SLASHES FRENCH RAIL SERVICE
PARIS (UPI) A strike by most of France's 300,000 railway
men drastically slashed passenger and freight service throughout
the nation today.
PRAVDA CALLS FOR SUMMIT MEETING
MOSCOW (UPI) The Communist party newspaper Pravda
today gave Iront-page prominence to a call tor a summit meeting
between President Johnson and Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev.
Grieving America
Makes Preparations
For Thanksgiving
By United Press International
A grieving and heavy-hearted
America prepared today to fol
low the words of its dead young
President and gather in home
and: sanctuary to give thanks
"for the glorious gifts of God."
George Washington, in pro
claiming a day of "public
thanksgiving and prayer" 174
years ago, asked Americans to
call upon. God. and Deseecn
Him to pardon our national and
other transgressions."
Stunned by a weekend of vio
lence, the nation was ready to
do that.
President Johnson called upon
Supreme Court
Upholds Decision
SALEM (UPI) -The Oregon
Supreme Court today upheld
Multnomah County Circuit
Judge Charles W. Redding and
declared Frank Eugene Vaw
ter had not been subjected to
unreasonable delay in bringing
his case to trial.
Vawter was indicted for con
verting entrusted property, and
tried 7V4 months later. During
the intervening period he was
in the state penitentiary serving
a sentence for another offense.
The Supreme Court held there
had been no unreasonable delay
in bringing Vawter to trial, and
denied Vawter's motion for dis
missal of the indictment.
Whidby Plane Hits
Power Line; Crashes '
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.
(UPI) A twin-engine A3D at
tack bomber stationed at Whid
bey Island Naval Air Station hit
a power line 14 miles south of
here today and crashed.
There definitely was one sur
vivor. The plane usually car
ries a crew of three.
Fiehter-bombem drnvc nlf n
submarine eruption, was estimated after six
days of formation, to be 300 feet high, 2,000
feet long and almost a mile in circumference.
A portion of the island may be seen in the
lower part of the photo, made from a U.S.
Navy plane. (UPI)
churches and synagogues to
have the late President John F.
Kennedy's Thanksgiving Day
proclamation read at.
Thursday "as a merooriali to
mm. "ijj;
Expression of Gratitude
"Let US gather in snnrhmi.ioc
dedicated to worship and in
homes blessed by family affec
tion to express our irralil.,H h.
the glorious gifts of God," Ken
nedy said in his proclamation,
his last. "Let us earnestly and
humbly pray that he will conti
nue to guide and sustain us in
the great unfinished business of
achieving peace, justice and un
derstanding among all men and
nations."
As we exDress nnr oral!.
tilde, the President had said,
we must never forget that the
highest appreciation is not to
utter words but to live bv
them."
Across the nation A mnrinanc
gathered together to heed his
words.
A big turkev WAS HflilArnr!
Tuesday to the home at Hyan
nis Port, M; js.. whnro th v...
nedy family probably includ
ing me t-resiaent s widow and
two children were expected to
gather Thursday.
In Ventura, Calif.. 96 descend.
ants of a pioneer family
planned to be together on
Thanksgiving Day for the tradi
tional lurKcv dinner.
The lone survivor nf Iho firci
of the pioneer family that went
to California in 1868 is Edwin
S. Duval, who will be 84 Thurs-
aay.
To Feed Needy
in Des Moines. Iowa, a tinv
neignDornooa restaurant will
make sure hundreds of neeriv
families enjoy a free turkev
dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Sar
gent, who operate the restau
rant, ordinarily serve between
900 and 1.000 persons each
Thanksgiving.
The weather bureau said
most of the nation would have
mild weather for Thanksgiving.
The holiday traffic death
count a grim part of every
holiday will begin at 6 p.m.
local time today and continue
until midnight Sunday. Last
year 484 persons died in traffic
accidents during tne inanKsgiv
ing holiday, the National Safety
Council said.
Italian Socialists
Reach Agreement
ROME (UPI) - A Socialist
agreement to participate in a
new "center-left" coalition led
today to final negotiations on
cabinet posts in what could be
Italy's first strong government
in years.
Premier-designate Aldo Moro,
a Christian Democrat, is expect'
ed to take office at the head of
the coalition by Monday at the
latest. It could happen as early
as Saturday.
Rogue Valley Edition
MEDF0RD
18 Pages
Two
Russians Told
U.S. Continues
Ready for Talks
WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi
dent Johnson has sent word to
Swint Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev that the United
States stands ready now, as in
the past, to make every nonor
nhle effort to solve East-West
problems which could spark nu
clear war.
At the same time, the new
President has made strenuous
efforts during the past two days
in mnvinrp Allied reDresenta-
tives that there will be ho fal-
tprinff in American leadership
of the non-Communist world.
White House sources said
Johnson told Soviet Deputy Pre
mier Anastas t. MiKoyan aur
ing an hour - long conference
Tuesday that the United States
was ready to "go its part of
the wav in tne searcn ior
measures to ease tension.
No Concessions
These sources emphasized.
however, that thenew Presi
dent was not willing to maite
gnv nam afFpffi nr mnCPSSionS
which might imperil the Western
position. 1 .-.
Any hint of this on Johns's
part, it was pointed out; would
be political suicide at home in
addition to being disastrously
damaging to Allied morale in
Europe and elsewhere.
Milrnvan who remained here
after the funeral of President
Kennedy especially to sound out
the new Chief Executive, was
lpavine todav for Moscow to
carry Johnson's views to
Khrushchev.
Johnson also conferred Tues
day with a number of major
Allied representatives and
staked out for himself within
the next ' few months a full
schedule of personal diplomacy.
He . obviously hopes this will
'strengthen Western unity and
thwart any Soviet eflorts to
take advantage of any Uncer
tainty in the Western camp
which may follow Kennedy's
death; '-' ' .' ' '
Among those Johnson talked
with Tuesday were British
Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home,
West German Chan
cellor Ludwig Erhard and Presi
dent Diosdado Macapagal of the
Philippines.
Supports Alliance
In a swiftly scheduled radio
television appearance, Johnson
also pledged his administration
to continue the Alliance for
Progress program of aid for
Latin America as a living me
morial to Kennedy.
He told a group of diplomats
from troubled South America,
in the capital for the Kennedy
funeral, that the U. S. govern
ment would "carry on the job."
LBJ to Address
Nation Thursday
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Pres
ident Johnson will deliver a
Thanksgiving Day message to
the nation on television and ra
dio Thursday at 3:15 p.m.
(PST), the White House an
nounced. The President will speak from
his office at the White House
for about 15 minutes, Press
Secretary Pierre Salinger said.
The White House said the pro
gram would be carried "live"
by the NBC and CBS television
and radio networks and pos
sibly, by ABC.
"It will be in the form of a
Thanksgiving message to the
American p e o p 1 e," Salinger
said.
Coast Rock Samples
Studied for Oil
CORVALLIS (UPI) - Rock
samples taken from the ocean
floor off the Oregon coast by
oceanographers at Oregon State
University are being studied by
oil company geologists hunting
underwater oil deposits.
WEATHER
FORECAST: lair thrmifh
Thursday, rxrtpt for patrhe
nt n I it hi and mnrnlnf fog. Low
tonlftht 25-30 and high Thuri
day S0-J5.
Temp-
lltlhru Yesterday 43
Lowest Tht Morntnc : 3
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 02
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
Ktinrti tomorrow ..
Moon n't tomorrow
Full Moon ....
PROMINF.NT STAR
Vea, low In north
west VISIIH.F. PLANETS
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Haturn, In southwest 11:03 P
Sections
He spoke from the same White
House room in which his pred
ecessor announced creation of
the alliance program nearly
three years ago.
Johnson promised early con
sultations with the British and
West German leaders. Officials
said these would come shortly
after the first of the year. He
also appeared to have commit
ted himself to a relatively early
visit to West Berlin and other
parts of Allied Europe to em
phasize continued U. S. determ
ination to defend that area
against any Soviet threat.'
Hint at Another
Motive for Ruby
Given in Dallas
DALLAS (UPI) - The dis
tinct attorney hinted today that
striptease nightclub owner Jack
Ruby may have had a more
sinister motive for killing ac
cused presidential assassin Lee
Harvey Oswald than vengeance
for the Kennedy family.
Henry Wade refused to ac
cept Ruby's story that he felt
sorry for the widow and child
ren and was emotionally over
wrought. "It may have been a desire
for publicity, or it may have
involved something far deeper,"
Wade said.
"Our law enforcement agen
cies are still checking to de
termine if links exist between
Oswald and Ruby. As far as I
know, they haven't found any.
But I don't know everything
they've found."
Wade- and defense..; counsel
Tom Howard squared off over
wnetner Kuby was insane when
he shot Oswald as millions of
Americans watched on televis
ion. "
To Plead Insanity
Howard said he will have
Ruby plead temporary insanity.
He said a psychiatrist for the
defense will examine him in a
few days to help prove that the
baldish, 52-year-old self-appointed
executioner suffered an emo
tional shock from the Kennedy
assassination and did not know
what he was doing when he
pulled the trigger.
Ruby was indicted on charges
of murder with malice Tuesday
by a Dallas County grand jury.
Wade said he would demand the
death penalty. He already has
had a psychiatri ': examine the
former Chicago street brawler
and gambler.
He said he regarded Ruby's
trial as one of the most import
ant in Dallas history.
"Our whole judicial system
will be on trial," he said. "This
trial will determine whether
Dallas has a government based
on the orderly processes of law
or a government in which an
individual can take the law into
his own hands."
County Fair Board
Member Resigns
C. H. Buffington, Campbell
Road, Medford, has resigned
from the Jackson County Fair
Board, the County Court an
nounced yesterday.
Buffington, who served about
four years, did not give any
reason for his resignation in his
letter. The resignation is effec
tive immediately.
Buffington said today that he
felt somebody else, "somebody
with new ideas" should have a
chance to serve. As of this
morning, the County Court had
not decided on a new appoint
mcnt.
Hatfields Planning
Traditional Holiday
SALEM (UPI) Oregon's
first family plans a traditional
family gathering Thanksgiving
Day.
Travis Cross, press secretary
for Gov. Mark Hatfield, said the
first family would share the day
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. Hatfield of Salem, and
her parents, Mr. iflnd Mrs. Vin
vint Kuzmanich of Portland.
SEED GROWERS MEET
PORTLAND (UPD-The 23rd
annual meeting of the Oregon
Seed Growers League will be
held here Dec. 9-11,
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1963
JOINT SESSION ADDRESSED
Lyndon Johnson is shown as he
joint session of Congress today.
Other Welfare
Expenditures May
Be Pro-Rated
SALEM (UPI) - Ambulance
services, dental fees, and cost of
glasses may have to be placed
on a pro-rata basis, welfare ad
ministrator Andrew Juras said
today.
He made the comment at the
State Welfare Commission
meeting while discussing the
fact that "miscellaneous" ex
pendituresthe fund from which
such' services are paid jump
ed $11,521 over budget during
uctooer.
' Economics Explained
General assistance payments
for Ontoher wer SK4.71R nvpr
budget bringing this item to
$307,789 over budget for the first
four months of the fiscal year.
Juras explained the rigid
economies put into effect Nov. 1
when the commission shaved
$1.6 million from its budget
wouldn't reflect in department
statistics until next month's
meeting of the commission.
Welfare department expendi
tures during October totaled $4.1
minion. Of this $2.1 million was
federal money, $1.5 million state
money, and $507,794 county
funds.
Senate Approves
Step in Wheat Sale
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Senate, moved by a letter from
the dead President, voted TueS'
day night to give the new Chief
Executive a free hand in nego
tiating the proposed wheal sales
to Russia.
By a 57 to 35 vote, the Senate
defeated a bill sponsored by
Sen. Karl E. Mundt, R-S.D.,
that would have prohibited the
Export-Import Bank from guar
anteeing commercial U.S. bank
loans to finance the sales.
Senate Democratic Leader
Mike Mansfield, Mont., in
dramatic prologue to the show
down vote, read to a hushed
chamber a letter from the late
President Kennedy, written
week before his assassination,
vigorously opposing the restric'
tion.
Hydrogen-Fueled
Rocket Launched
CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) -
The United States today suc
cessfully launched its revolution.
ary hydrogen fueled Centaur
rocket a forerunner of the ve
hicles that one day will power
men to the moon.
The II -story Centaur, first
U.S. rocket to use high energy
liquid hydrogen for fuel, lifted
from its launching pad at 11:03
a.m. (PST) and climbed toward
the heavens in what appeared
to be an unerring flight.
About 10 minutes after liftoff,
as the Centaur's second stage
neared the end nf its spectacu
lar flight, an official at Cape
Canaveral jubilantly reported:
"Over Africa and through
the gate," indicating a solid
success.
Tribune
Ml f
President
addressed a
Behind him
are Hen. John
Speaker, and
Pro Tempore
Services Slated at
Churches
Offices Will Close
The annual union Thanksgiv
ing services in Southern Oregon
communities will be held to
night or Thursday morning,
Nov. 28
Public offices, businesses and
retail stores' in Medford, with
the exception of the few that
remain open to provide emer
gency; 'services, will be closed
tomorrowfor" i observance. . of
Santa Claus
Arrive
Saturday
Santa Claus will arrive in
Medford Friday, Nov. 29, to of
ficially open the 1963 Christmas
season.
Under the auspices of the
Medford Chamber of Com
merce, Santa Claus will arrive
via helicopter and land at the
Jackson County Fairgrounds
next to the National Guard
Armory south of Medford. The
landing will be at 1:30 p.m.
outs ot Christmas candy will
be distributed to the children
who go to the Fairgrounds to
see Santa.
Stores will open nights starl
ing Friday remaining open un-
tel 9 p.m. The Medford Shop
ping center stores will be open
every night while downtown
merchants will be open each
night except Saturday.
Dunlevy Receives
Telegram from Alba
Medford Mayor James Dun
levy this morning received a
telegram from Alba, Italy, of
ficials extending their condo
lences over the death of Prcsf
dent John F. Kennedy.
The telegram, in Italian, was
sent by Alba Mayor Ettore Pag.
anelli.
Alba, Italy, and Medford are
sister cities.
Judge Miller
Of Local Welfare Program Is In Order
Jackson County Judge Earl
M. Miller said yesterday after
noon that the local welfare pro
gram should be re-evaluated.
"There are more people on
welfare than need to be," the
county judge said.
He was replying to sugges
tions that more welfare patients
should be admitted to the coun
ty farm home. Jackson County
Welfare Administrator David
Kuhns at yesterday's Welfare
Commission meeting said his
staff is barely able to get
enough nursing home beds for
welfare patients.
"Just how far should the com
munity go into welfare?" Mil
ler asked. "The current year's
county budget includes $209,000
for welfare and $66,000 for care
for indigent patients at local
hospitals."
Some people think the farm
home should be turned over to
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 215
W, McCormack. left. House
Sen. Carl Hayden, President
of the Senate. (UPI)
in Valley;
Thanksgiving Day, which Is
national holiday.
Post offices and schools
throughout the county will be
closed.
In many churches there will
be a continuation of memorial
services in tribute to the late
President John F. Kennedy.
The Medford service, spon
sored by the Medford Minister
ial Association,- will be held at
First Baptist Church, 649 Cra
ter Lakj Ave., at 10 a.m. Thurs
day. John Heberling, minister
ot central Church of Christ and
association president, will
speak,
The Ashland service, . under
the auspices of the Ashland
Ministerial Association, will be
at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the
First Methodist Church, North
Main and Laurel Streets. The
Rev. Kenneth Heriford, minister
of Foursquare Gospel Church
will give the sermon.
The community service in Tal
ent is scheduled at 7:30 o'clock
tonight at the Assembly of God
Church. Pastor A. Clark Smith
of Talent Friends Church will
speak.
Other services scheduled at
7:30 o'clock tonight include a
joint service of Medford Con
gregational Church and St.
Luke's Methodist Church at St.
Luke's Methodist, 2320 Siski
you Blvd.; Zlon Lutheran
Church, North Oakdale Avenue
and Fourth Street; and Bercan
Baptist Church, Crater Lake
Highway and Avenue A, White
City; and Ascension Lutheran
Church, 2617 Barnett Road.
Thursday services include
Apostolic Faith at 10:30 a.m.;
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
100 Windsor Ave., at 11 a.m.;
St. . Mark's Episcopal, Fifth
Street and North Oakdale Ave
nue; at 11 a.m.; St. Peter's Lu
theran, 1020 E. Main St., at
10 a.m.; Unity Church, Holly
and Haven Streets, at 10 a.m.
In Ashland the Grace Luther
an Church, Frances Lane, will
hold a service at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday.
Believes Re -
welfare patients, others feel
only extremely low Income pa
tients should be admitted and
others feel the farm home
should have half welfare and
half non-welfare patients, Mil
ler summed up.
"Maybe we do need a change
in the farm home for the bet
terment," Miller commented,
"maybe we should build anoth
er wing on it."
County Commissioners Don
ald E. Fabcr and Edwin Taylor
said $60,000 loss on welfare pa
tients was an over - estimate
by the Hawthorne Convalescent
Home. Fabcr suggested that the
farm home to turned into a ju
venile detention home in two
or three years and relatives be
made to assume responsibility
tor the farm home patients.
Mrs. Jean Hazen, new Haw
thorne administrator, told the
welfare commission that Haw
Chief Executive
Urges Memorial
To Kennedy
Solemn Call for
Action and Help
WASHINGTON (UPI) -In
solemn call for action and help,
President Johnson asked Con
gress today to pass a civil
rights bill as a legislative me
morial to assassinated President
John F. Kennedy. , ;
Speaking firmly1 but emotion
ally to a joint session of Hia
House and Senate,' the new
President also appealed for
euduuneni oi uie $n Duuon tax
cut bill which harl Wn ursaJ
by Kennedy.
In return, Johnson promised
to conduct the federal govern
ment with "nlmnst thrift onj
frugality." He closed his 24-
minute address with an appeal
for all Americans tn "mil on
end to the teaching and preach
ing oi naie ana evil and vio
lence" that cost Kennedy his
life.
The text of President
Lyndon Johnson's mes
sage to the joint session
of Congress appears on
page 2A.
This SftnlAnr0 rlrour fha
prolonged a d o I a u s nf tha
speech from the legislators.
Cabinet members, Supreme
Court justices and spectators
who filled the House chamber
to near tne new President's first
major address.
At times, Johnson sneak
ing to his long-time congression
al colleagues became husky-
vuicea wun emotion as ne paid
tribute to his slain predecessor.
Asks for Action
But he was firm in askine
Congress to act.
The 55-year-old Texan who had
served Kennedy as vice presi
dent recalled Kennedy's chal
lenge of "but let us begin" from
the 1961 Inaugural Address.
"Today in this moment of new
resolve," Johnson said, "I would
say :to fellow Americans: Let
us, continue."
Standing before old colleagues
of the House and;- Senate, the
new 'President opened his first
address as Chief Executive by
expresing his sorrow over his
young predecessor's death.
"All I have I would hava
given gladly not to be standing
here today," he said.
"The greatest leader of our
time has been struck down by
the foulest deed of our time."
Then he spoke of the
"dreams" : of the slain Presi
dentconquering space, a strong
alliance of friendly nations, full
employment, a Peace Corps . . .
But, apparently lest there be
any doubt about his stand on
one of the key points of the Ken
nedy program, the 55-year-old
Texan put special emphasis on
civil rights.
. And above all the dream
of equal rights for all Ameri
cans, whatever their race or
color. . ."
Recalls Past Bill ,
Johnson pointedly recalled that 1
as Senate Democratic Leader he
had urged passage of a civil
rights bill in 1957. While he did
not say so, Congress went on to
enact the first major civil rights
measure since the Civil War.
The President also recalled
that again in 1960 he called for
enactment of civil rights legis
lation. Now, he said, "no memorial
oration or eulogy could more el
oquently honor President. Ken
nedy's memory than the earliest
possible passage of the civil
rights bill for which he fought.
"We have talked long enough
in this country about equal
rights. We have talked for 100
years or more. Yes, it is time
now to write the next chapter
and to write it in books of law."
Evaluation
thorne lost $60,000 last ytiar on
welfare patients.
"We lost $10 each day on wel
fare patients over cur labor
costs," Mrs. Hazen said. "We
cannot afford to provide nurs
ing care for welfare patients at
this rate. This is over the $9,
500 we pay the county in prop
erty taxes."
The county farm home food
cost average is 37 cents a day
since is receives government
surplus food. Hawthorne can
not compete with this, Mrs. Ha
zen said. She noted from coun
ty budget reports that the coun
ty subsidized the farm home
last year with $10,000.
. Rogue Valley Hospital is hav
ing a similar problem. Last year
it wrote off $197,000 to charity
cases and had to add over $3
a day to private patient bills to
help compensate, Mrs. Hazen
said. .