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Newspaper Page TextTests Rogue Valley Edition 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune MEDFORD Russia racket Wstmt ummm m 18 Pages - Two Sections SPACE FACILITIES RENAMED President Johnson an- nounced Thursday that Cape launching facilities, had been renamed Cape Kennedy in Atlas rocket that lifted Astronaut John Glenn Into earth orbit, honor of the late President John F. Kennedy, slain last Friday (UP1) President Johnson's Edict Changes Name of Canaveral To Cape Kennedy CAPE KENNEDY (UPI) -About 15,000 missile and space workers reported fop- work to day at Cape Kennedy instead of Cape Canaveral. ' " - By an edict of President Lyn don B. Johnson Thursday, America's No. 1 moonport was renamed for his martyred pre decessor. It was a dramatic Thanksgiv ing Day tribute to John Fitzger ald Kennedy, who gave the Cape its mightiest task that of sending a three-man team of Americans to the moon this dec ade and who defended the dream of space exploration vir tually unto the day of his death. It was a surprise to the thou sands of space program em ployes whose spectacular ex ploits on this launching center made it a "magic dateline," on a par with Washington, New York and Moscow, in a dozen short years. The change hit the Canaveral environs with a mixture ot emo Medford Man Dies In Bomber Crash PORT TOWNSEND (UPI) -Two men were killed and an other injured Wednesday when a twin-jet A3D Skywarrior at tack bomber struck a power line and crashed about 14 miles south of here. Dead are Lt. (jg) W. L. Aid rich, 25, Oak Harbor, the bom bardier, and crewman Fritz D. Meier, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hanns Meier, 545 Lozier Lane, Medford, an aviation jet me chanic. Aldrich, whose widow resides at Oak Harbor, is the son of Lester C. Aldrich, Monte bello, Calif. Injured was Comdr. John W. Jahant, the pilot of the plane, which crashed on a routine training flight out of Whidbey isiana Kaval Air Station. Ja hant was taken to the Naval Hospital at the Whidbev instal lation by helicopter following the crash. He was seriously hurt mil expected to live. IIEIVSOBRIEFS ITEMS FROM JHT AROUND THI OlOU ANTI-MISSILE MISSILE SCORES SUCCESS WASHINGTON (UPl)-The Nike Zeus anti-missile missile has scored another successful intercept of an Intercontinental Ballis tic Missile, the Defense Department disclosed today. It was the 10th successful shot to far announced for the missile killer. ALLIED TROOPS ON COMBAT READINESS BERLIN (UPI) The United States, Britain and France put 10.000 troops on a combat-readiness test alert today In another demonstration of their resolve to defend Berlin against any Com munist action. MONUMENT FOR KENNEDY GRAVE PLANNED WASHINGTON UPI) Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy has asked California architect John Carl Warnecke to help design a monu ment to mark the grave of the late President. ... Canaveral, site of U.S. space tiona heartfelt wish that the slain President be honored in a singularly fitting way, mingled with a reluctance to give up the cherished name that has come Kennedy Replaced On Federal Payroll By Lyndon Johnson WASHINGTON (UPD-Effec- tive 2 p.m. EST, Friday, Nov. 22, the name of John F. Ken nedy ' was removed from the government's payroll as Presi dent and replaced with that of Lyndon B. Johnson. Few of the events of the last week illustrate more effectively that "continuity without contu sion in government urged Dy President Johnson than that simple bookkeeping notation by the General Accounting utnce (GAO). The actual change on the GAO's books was not made un til Tuesday since the office was closed Monday, the official day of mourning for the slain Presi dent. But it was made retroac tive to that tragic hour when the President passed away. At that time, Johnson's sal ary went from the $35,000 an nually he received as vice presi dent to $100,000. He. also began receiving the $50,000 annual allowance given to the President "for defraying expenses relating to or result ing from the discharge of his official duties." A GAO official said the book keeping change was strictly an intra-office transaction that in volved no extensive paperwork. Handles Payroll The GAO handles the presi-, dential payroll. It sends a form each month to the Treasury showing how much the Chief Executive should be paid for that period. Checks are made out at the end of eaqh month. There was no change in the salary of Speaker John W. Mc- MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER in Dallas, Tex. Here, in a photo or ICBM gantries at the Cape to be synonymous with U.S. space achievements. . "I think it is just wonderful," said Mrs. H. Jackson Downey, 'Her husband, a Coca Beach, Cormack, D-Mass., now next in line of presidential succession. He continues to receive the $35,000 salary paid to the pre siding officer of the House. However, Senate President Prn-Tempore Carl Hayden, D Ariz. who becomes third in line for the nation's highest office received a raise from his sen ator's pay of $22,500 to $35,000. He now receives the vice president's salary because he will be performing the vice president's Senate duties even though Hayden does not receive the title. These include presid ing over the Senate, processing communications and legislation, and handling other responsibili ties involved in the parliamen tary ritual. The law also provides that the widow of a President is en titled to a $10,000 life-time pen sion, but to receive it she must waive the right to any other government annuity for which she may be eligible. In the case ot Mrs. Jacque line Kennedy, she also would be entitled to a pension as the widow of a man who served in both the House and the Senate. Use Formula A Treasury- official said the amount is calculated by using formula based on years of scrvicc and the salary during those years. He was unable to state spe cifically whether this would be more than the $10,000 presiden tial pension. He said this infor mation was considered connaen tial and usually was not re vealed by the government. There was one interesting bookkeeping aspect of the tragic . il i uni Lei K.,"y.nT U's c e or would be pro-rated. r A GAO official said that for such bookeeping calculations, the President's salary and al lowance is figured on a daily basis which comes to about $411 per day. He said this means that the books vere adjusted to credit the late President's salary ac count for about 14-24ths of the daily salary on Friday or a lit tle more than half of the $411. The balance went to the new president for services per formed tbe remainder of that fateful day when the nation's highest office was auddenly thrust upon him. taken Feb. 20, 1062, a string surround hlast-oli cloud lelt by Fla., Methodist minister, earlier this week led a memorial serv ice of mourning for President Kennedy. "It's . all - right,- 4 guess," . i grocery clerk said hesitantly Then, after a second of thought, he added, "No, I think it's just fine. A newsman replied with a question of his own:. "But will Cape Kennedy catch on, as a name?" Others asked the same question. One point seemed certain had any other name but that of Kennedy been attempted, It would have run into heavy op position. (The name "Canaver al" is or was a revered one, buried as it is in antiquity.) No one is 100 per cent cer tain ot the origin of the world "Canaveral," although it is gen erally accepted to be Spanish for "field of high reeds (or canes)." The Cape, a triangular spit of land jutting eastward into the Atlantic Ocean, once was inhabited by Indians who grew sugar cane. Some Credit De Leon Some historians believe that no less a personage than Juan Ponce De Leon, the Spanish ex plorer who devoted his days to a fruitless search for the legen dary "Fountain of Youth," was the first white man to sec the Cape and, in fact, may have contributed the name of Canav eral. History does record that De Leon first sighted what is now the Florida peninsula on April 2, 1513, and that on the same voyage he sailed south southeastward to make a sec ond landing at, or near, Cape Canaveral. But De Leon was notorious for his rather sketchy accounts of his 16th century meander ings in the New World. Thus, the full truth seems lost forever in the 4 'A centuries that have gone by, Califomian Arrested For Larceny of Auto TALENT Tips from Ash land Police Chief Herb Hayes, : i J service mhuuii uuuidiui inu n on a charge of larceny of auto Thursday. ArrnutnH Ua Alvitl KamPV RoEers, 20, of Yuba City, Calif, State police said he admitted having stolen the car he was driving in Marysvillc, Calif., Wednesday. He also admitted having written about $5,000 in worth ess checks. State police first received a call Thursday morning from a service station operator near Ashland. The operator said a hitch-hiking sailor who had got ten out of the car at the station had told him the auto was a stolen vehicle. Ashland police were nolitied of the call. 29, 1963 Military Johnson Economy WASHINGTOiI (UPI)-Presi- dent Johnson told the nation's military leaders today that he expects them to abide by his economy pledge to Congress that the government will get "a dollar's value for a dollar spent" under his regime. The White House said John son emphasized this point to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at his first forma! meeting with them as President. Acting Press Secretary An drew T. Hatcher said the lead ers outlined their operating pro cedures to Johnson and that the new President did not con template calling for any change in this arrangement. Johnson's meeting with Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman, Outline of Urban Renewal Program Given to Court An outline of the Jackson ville community development program under the federal urban renewal program nas been suo mitted to the Jackson County Court by Jack Sutton, Grants Pass, president of the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation. This is the report upon which Washington, D.C., gave its ap Droval and a no ahead recently for seeking Urban Renewal as sistance. The Jackson County Budget Committee authorized $3,000 under the current fiscal year hudel for two preliminary 'repbrisvThis fns the (first1 such report. '. The second report covers this summer's work and includes all 27 buildings in the Jacksonville project setup, and gives an in dication of what needs to be done for restoration work. In three weeks, the Urban Renewal area engineers are ex pected to come to some decision as to wnelner tne tunds request ed will be granted for the study. Estimated cost of the study is approximately $42,000 which would - include a demonstration structure using one of Jackson ville's historic buildings, lt also would include a model of the ultimate unit. This would show what could be done in building restoration, Sutton ex plained. The funds would fi nance a study to show what tourist orientated businesses could be operated in Jackson ville. The preliminary report show ed by the County Court today contains various documents to show what local agencies would ;sist in the study, what is being done by local people to rehabilitate the historic gold mining town and the interest of local people in its renovation. Eagle Point Home Destroyed by Firs EAGLE POINT The resi dence of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Watkins on Stevens Road burned to the ground last night. The fire was ' first noticed about 9 p.m. The family was not home at the time. The Eagle Point and Central Point Rural Fire Departments sent trucks to the scene, but by the time they arrived the house was en eulfed in smoke and flames were shooting through the roof, witnesses said. Cause of the fire was not de termined. It apparently started in the kitchen. The family lost all its posses sions except a washer and dry er. The Eagle Point Jaycecs have scheduled a community shower for the family at p.m. Saturday at the local Grange Hall. The couple have a 3-year-old son. Mrs. Walkins Is the former Nclda Webb. WEATHER FOltKCAHT: Vnrlihlf hlh rloudlncM Ihmufh Haturdiy. I,alf. nlBhl. mid ninrnln (on. Low lonliht 25. HUh Saturday Temp. Hllhrtt Yulrrdnv 41 l.owetl Thli Momlm 23 Our Skies Tonight SlinsM. tndaV 4:(l p.m. Stinrlf tnmorrow ... 7:1(1 a.m. Th- Moon rl'-i . t;" Pm loftav. Is al I'rrlif lonllhl and will be (nil lomnrrow. Mrlus. Ih' brlihtKl Har. rls't lonulit al . n I" I' m., will be In the voilth 2:1 a m. and In the nuihwet S:IS a m. No. 217 Told Expects Effort and the other joint chiefs who are the military heads of each armed service, began a busy round of conferences today by the President on international and domestic matters. He began his day with an in telligence briefing from Mc- Ueorge Bundy, special assistant for national security affairs. The Rundy briefing will be come a daily event. Under the late President John F. Kennedy, the intelligence briefings had been conducted by military aides. After sitting for his first for mal portraits at his White House desk, Johnson met with the joint chiefs and then con ferred with Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, Bundy and Central Intelligence Agen cy Director John A. McCone. He next met with Secretary of State Dean Rusk for a fur ther discussion of foreign policy and security matters. Then, he discussed pending legislative problems with special assistant Lawrence O'Brien, congressional liaison aide, and deputy special counsel Mycr Feldman. Johnson discussed legislative matters by telephone with House Speaker John W. McCormack and Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield. It was an nounced that these contacts would also be part of the Presi dent's daily routine. Next on Johnson's schedule was a meeting with Roy Wil- kins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. (NAACP). This centered on the civil rights program on which Johnson- called" for actio'ft' when' he addressed a joint session of Congress Wednesday. In that address, Johnson pledged to administer federal spending with the upmost thrift and frugality. Local Men Assist Smith River Search More than a dozen Medford area men left this morning for t h e Smith River northeast of Crescent City to assist in the search for Donald Rohy, 25, of 1326 Bundy St., who is believed to have drowned. According to United Press In ternational, George Jennings, Crescent City, told the Del Norte County Sheriff's office that a man, who was fishing about three miles upstream from the community of Hiouchl, suddenly disappeared. Searchers found a fishing rod and a car registered to Roby. Roby operated the Rogue Maintenance Service here. Immediately afterward a search of the swift-flowing Smith River about 11 miles from Cres cent City was started. More than seven friends and relatives from Medford joined the search Wed nesday night and returned to the scene yesterday. They hope to be able to use scuba divers today. So far the water was too rough and muddy for them to enter. Mrs. Roby told authorities her husband had left Medford about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday to fish the river. The couple has three chil dren. Six Americans Get Key Council Posts VATICAN CITY (UPD-Ecu- mcnical Council fathers today elected six Americans to key council commission posts newly created by Pope Paul VI to help speed up council action. The secretary general of the council, Archbishop Pcriclc Fel ici, also announced the working dales of the council's third ses sion as Sept. 14 to Nov. 20, 1064. The U.S. prelates elected wore: Bishop Gerard McDevitt, auxiliary of Philadelphia, to the commission for the religious; Bishop John - Comber, superior general of the Maryknoll for cign missionaries, to the mis. sions commission; Bishop Loras Lane of Rockford, 111., to the c o m m I ssion for seminaries Bishop Allen Babcock of Grand Rapids, Mich., to the commis sion un Ihc laity and press: Bishop Charles Hclmslng of Kansas Cily, Mo. Rnd Bishop Ernest Primeau of Manchester, N.H., both In the secretariat for promoting Christian unity. TAKEN INTO CUSTODY Two members of an armed pro-Castro terrorist band are shown shortly after they were taken into cus tody at Piarco International airport near Port of Spain, Trinidad, Thursday. The couple is identified as "Commandante" Pilno and his wife, Olga. The five-member band hijacked a Venezuelan domestic airliner bound for Caracas with 17 persons, including one American, and forced the pilot at gunpoint to fly to Trinidad. ., (UPI) Khrushchev Said Anxious To Meet With New President MOSCOW (UPI - Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan, who said Thursday . night he was "very satisfied" with his talks with President Johnson, already has given " Premier N i k 1 1 a Khrushchev a briefing on them, informed sources said today. Soviet sources said Khrush chev is anxious for a meeting with Johnson as soon as pos sible. Stockholm or another neu tral -f aprtal" was- being men tioned as a possible site. California Leads In Traffic Deaths By United Press International The death pace on the na tion's highways fell below the normal for a non-holiday week end on the second day of the long Thanksgiving holiday to day. Since the holiday period be gan al 6 p.m. Wednesday, auto motive deaths had been occur ring at the rate of 4.1 an hour. The National Safety Council said the average death loll for a non-holiday pcr.od was ap proximately 4.6 an hour. A United Press International count at 0:30 p. m. PST showed 173 traffic deaths since the holiday weekend began. The breakdown:' Traffic 173 Fires 10 Planes 10 Miscellaneous 25 Total 218 California led the auto death count with 12, followed by Illi nois and Michigan with 11 each, Texas with 10 and North Caro line with 9. Five People Injured In Traffic Mishap GRANTS PASS - Five per sons were injured in a two-car collision on U. S. 109 south of here shortly after noon yester day. Four of them were still at Josephine General Hospital this motmng. The accident occurred when an auto driven by Florence Eva Merly, 45, of Pistol River struck a car operated by Anna Marie French, 19, of Grants Pass, The French car qad just pulled out onto U. S. 199 from Redwood Avenue and was struck broad side by the southbound Merly car, stale police said. Hospitalized were Miss Merly with ankle injuries; a passenger in her car, Elvin Roy Campbell, 44, of Brookings, who had head, facial and chest injuries; Miss French, who suffered bruises and back injuries, and a passen ger in her auto, Barbara Lou Cotter of Grants Pass, who sus. tained severe abrasions and lac. crations. Treated al the hospital and released was Florence Jean French, 13, another passenger In the French car. PORTLAND (UPI) - Fire which started in a closet at a men's dormitory at Reed Col lege Thursday caused an esti mated 11,000 damage, The fire occurred in Sisson House. Mikoyan, who attended Presi dent Kennedy's funeral as the ollicial Soviet representative, met afterwards with Johnson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. ! Before leaving Washington, he expressed hope "that the new U. b. administration will con I tinue the search for mutually acceptable solutions of disputed issues ami lor. easing interna tional tension." ' " ' I,. ' .. On arrival at Moscow's air port, Mikoyan gave a thumbs up signal to indicate that all was well, and gave U. S. Am bassador Foy D. Kohler his "very satisfied" report. He also expressed pleasure over tne reaction in the United Slates to Khrushchev's visiting the U. S. Embassy to express his condolences for the Presi dent's death. The sources made II clear that Khrushchev would place no ob stacles in tha way of a summit at any time, particularly if a crisis emerges before a formal conlerence could he set up, South Talent Area i Property Inspected The Jackson County Court was expected to Inspect the Roy Edward James property In the south Talent area before noon today in connection with the James petition seeking with drawal from the South Talent Sanitary District. The James property, between Old Pacific Highway and the Southern Pacific Railroad, is in cluded in Plan 1A submitted by the consulting engineers for the district. The 21 properties which were approved for withdrawal from the district Wednesday were not in the initial develop ment plan. Mr. and Mrs. James contend the length of the lateral re quired to serve their five acres would make it too expensive. County Judge Eart Miller said the County Court would decide on the petition today. Large Grading Project Scheduled in The largest single grading con tract in the history of the Ore gon Highway Department Is schculed for Jackson County at the Dec. 17 bid opening. The grading involves the Sis kiyou Summit-California state line section of Interstate 5, a projuct involving approximately 7,000,000 cubic yards of earth work. The grading is designed to provide for 12-foot travel lanes over a distance of 3.40 miles between the summit of the Sis kiyou Mountains and the Cali fornia state line. The lanes will be separated by a landscaped median. The project will take the free way through some of the highest and most rugged country on the Interstate 5 route. The comple tion date is July 31, 1965. Last Friday the commission awarded a contract to the Slata Hall Construction Co., Portland, - Multi-Stage Type For Spacecraft Launch Scheduled 'Improved Versions' Slated for Testing MOSCOW (UPD-The Soviet Union announced Thursday night it will resume its space rocket tests in the Pacific next Monday to try out "new im proved versions" of the rockets. The tests wilt last until Jan. 25, the Tass news agency said in warning shipping and airr Craft to sfav nil! nf thn arc. which includes an area of the ocean about 800 miles northwest of U.S.-owned Midway Island. The aeencv saiH th tocto would be made "in view of the enlargement of the program of scientific research in the fur ther exploration of outer space." The rockets will be the multi stage type used to launch spaca vehicles. . . . Tests Successful Last vear. the Snvinlc an. nounced they successfully tested a new tvoe of carrier rnpt( fni space research in two firings, aDout buu mues nortneast ot Midway. The second Ipst 7nnn Ho. scribed by Tass was 600 miles soutn ot anotner American pos session, Johnston Island. The launchine sites for Ihn tests are somewhere in the Soviet Union, but their exact location is now known. The Soviet annniinrampn! riirl not issue an outright ban to snips ana pianes out miormed me governments anout t n a tests "with the remiest that thn appropriate authorities instruct tne captains oi snips ana plane chief pilots not to enter into tha areas." Two Killed in Oregon Accidents By United Press International Oregon's Thanksgiving week end traffic death count stood at two today, and a mother of five children idied when her car S lunged into the Tualatin River l another accident. Mrs. Dorothy May Fster, 42, Sherwcod,, died 4when. her cr, plunged off a wooden bridgs Wednesday into the muddy Tu alatin River near Tualatin. The accident happened while she was en route to her fob as a nurses' aide at Good Samari tan Hospital in Portland. It oc curred before start of the holi day weekend count at 6 p.m. Wednesday, but the wreck was not discovered until Thursday when skindivers located the car about 150 yards downstream from the bridge. Ms. Greta I. Flint, 65, Port land, was killed Thursday after noon in a two-car accident just east of the Portland city limits. Calvin William Wakefield, 20, of Hemlock, died Wednesday night when the car in which ha was riding hit a slick spot on Highway 20 and left the road Vh miles west of Philomath in Benton County. Ferguson Named Manager of Airport Dudley L. Ferguson, adminis trative assistant, has been ap pointed manager of Medford municipal airport, effective Dec. 2, City Manager Robert Duff an nounced today. I Ferguson will replace Assist ant City Manager Gilbert J. Gutjahr in the position. Duff said the change is being made to free Gutjahr to work in other areas of city administration. The new airport manager joined Medford city government on Sept. 3, following graduation from the University of Oregon. Ferguson has been working in the administrative research di vision, in addition to serving as personnel manager for the city. County for construction of Interstate 5 for an adjacent section 2.29 miles north of the project to be bid on Dec. 17. Bid price was $3,512.0.14. The project includes a 200 foot cut at the Siskiyou Summit which will require moving about two million cubic yards of material. The summit will be crossed at 4,310 feet, some 157 feet lower than U. S. 99. Completion dsta is May 1, 1965. Once the project to the Call fornia state line has been awarded, this will leave only one section of the freeway in the Siskiyous not under con tract. This section, of about two miles, Is between the Wall Creek section now under con struction and the junction with the Siskiyou Highway between U. S. 99 and Oregon 66. Includ ed in this section will be a structure for the Southern Pa cific Railroad.