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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1963
No. 218
58th Year
M
LBJ Commission
Will Seek Facts
Of Assassination
By United Press International
Investigation into the assassi
nation of President Kennedy
and the subsequent shooting of
the chief executive's suspected
killer continued on several
fronts this week end. There
were these developments.
A special commission ap
pointed by President Johnson to
investigate the assassination
prepared quietly Saturday to
launch its probe.
The Soviet Embassy Satur
day turned over Russian con
sular files on Lee Harvey Os
wald, accused assassin of Ken
nedy, to the State Department.
The files presumably contained
information on Oswald's unsuc-
James Andrew Is
Firsl Of Quints
To Leave Hospital
ABERDEEN, S. D., (UPD
Little James Andrew, the trail
blazer of the Fischer quintup
lets, went home to his mother
and father Saturday.
James Andrew, the first born
of the five, and the first to
advance from an isolcttc to an
incubator to a hospital bassin
ette, slept through Saturday's
memorable, occasion.
He was carried from St.
Luke's Hospital in the arms of
his mother, Mrs. Mary Ann
Fischer, with his father, Andrew
Fischer, walking proudly along
side. "What do you think?" Mrs.
Fischer replied when a reporter
asked her if she were happy.
Then she smiled at the infant
wrapped in while blankets as
protection against the sub-freezing
cold.
"I feel great," was the father's
reply to the same query.
Little James Andrew left the
hospital 11 weeks to the day
he and his four sisters were
born in the pro-dawn hours at
St. Luke's Catholic Hospital
Sept. 14. A reporter noted that
Saturday was the Feast of St.
Andrew.
There was no indication when
the four girls would go home,
but Dr. James Bcrbos, who de
livered the five, said at least
one would join James Andrew
within a week.
Fog To Persist
Through Monday
The cold Cray fog which
blanketed the Mcdford area al
most without letup Saturday is
expected to persist at least
through Monday, though partial
clearing is predicted during the
aflernoon hours.
The foe has socked in the
Mcdford municipal airport and
commercial flights have been
unable to leave or arrive since
10:46 p. mv Friday.
The blanket of fog extends
north to Roseburg, west to Cave
Junction, and south to Ashland.
Fog was also reported up Ore
gon 62 as far as Elk Creek, and
as much as five miles east on
Butte Falls Road.
High temperature in the Mcd
ford area today and Monday
will be about 35, with the low
somewhere between 23 and 28
degrees.
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gir! turned herself into a living torch Saturday before a crowd
of horrifit-,1 and helpless onlookers in one of Saigon's main
squares. It was not immediately clear why the girl cum milted
public suicide.
POLISH LEADERS ADMIT ECONOMIC FAILURE
WARSAW (LTD Poland's Communist leaders Saturday ad
mitted extensive failure In all sectors of the nation's economy
and told the people they laced more belt-tightening measures
to make up for losses.
FRENCH STUDENTS BATTLE TOI.ICE
PARIS (UPI) An unspecified number of students were in
jail Saturday on charges of deliberately wounding policemen dur
ing Friday's anti go eminent rioting. Forty-one police were in
jured when thev clashed with an estimated to.nnn university
students who raged through the city's Latin Quarter to protest
what they say are insufficient education facilities.
CUBA INAUGURATES MILITARY IIHAKT
HAVANA (UI'll Raul Castro. Vice Premier and Armed
Forces Minister, announced Saturday Cuba's compulsory draft
begins today with the opening of I.M0 local draft boards through
out the nation.
ccssful application for Soviet
citizenship in 1959. The ma
terial was immediately deliv
ered to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
Re-enactment
The FBI, meanwhile, in
Dallas Friday re-enacted the as
sassination, running a motor
cade past the Texas Schoolbook
Depository Building, from
where the three shots were fired
at the President and Texas Gov.
John Connally.
FBI agents were reported
Saturday tracking down the
source of occasional small sums
Oswald apparently received
from time to time. A Dallas
newspaper said it learned Os
wald received sums ranging up
to $10 or S20 at a time for sev
era) montns prior to the as
sassination.
Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, 50,
mother of the suspected assas
sin, said that she was asked by
a federal agent to identify a
picture of Jack Ruby at least
12 hours before Ruby shot Os
wald last Sunday, a Fort Worth
newspaper reported.
Switch Trial
Tom Howard, cigar-chewing,
country boy-talking attor
ney for Ruby, indicated he may
seek to have Ruby's murder
trial moved from Dallas to a
Texas city 200 or 300 miles
away. He charged that District
Attorney Henry Wade had been
making "inflammatory" re
marks about the case and creat
ing an "unfair" atmosphere in
Dallas.
President Johnson's special
commission made plans for its
investigation quietly.
Its chairman, Chief Justice
Earl Warren, was reported in
conference throughout the day.
An aide said no statement was
expected. Undoubtedly, FBI
director J. Edgar Hoover was
being consulted on arrange
ments for the commission's fu
ture procedures.
Questions Asked
From Washington and foreign
capitals came further, trouble
some questions about the tragic
events in Dallas a wccK ago.
Johnson has instructed the
commission to find the truth,
"as far as it can be discov
ered," about the death of Presi
dent Kennedy and the subse
quent murder of his accused as
sassin, Lee Harvcv Oswald.
The President also directed
the commission to "report its
findings and conclusions to him,
to the American people and to
the world," the White House
said Friday night.
Other Members
With Warren, who is closely
identified with the Supreme
Court's rulings against racial
discrimination, Johnson chose
from the Senate. Sen. Richard
B. Russell (D-Ga.), top strate
gist for civil rights opponents,
and Sen. John Sherman cooper
(R-Ky.), a respected moderate
from a border state. From the
House Johnson selected another
southerner. Rep. Hale Boggs
(D-La), the Democratic whip
and Rep. Jerry Ford (R-Mich.),
leader of GOP progressives.
In John J. McCloy, Johnson
appointed a man well known
abroad as a diplomatic trouble
shooter for presidents of both
parties in such endeavors as the
long test-ban negotiations. Al
len W. Dulles, former director
of Central Intelligence, is also
known abroad, and is a veteran
of investigative work.
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THE MAIL COMICS IN Both the White
House and the Hyannis Port, Mass. Post
Office have been swamped with mail since
the death of President Kennedy. Above is a
scene in the mail room of the White House
as a staff worked to sort the incoming letters
Friday. It has been estimated that about
109,000 letters and 50,000 wires have been
sent to the White House for the president's
President Urges
Department Heads
To Conserve Funds
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Presi-dent
Johnson notified all govern
ment department and agency
heads Saturday that he will ex
pect their help in carrying out
the pledge of "prudence and
economy" he made to Congress.
He asked them to submit pro
posals to cut extravagance and
save money next year.
The President said in a mem
orandum that public faith in
free government is strongly in
fluenced by confidence "that
public servants are alert and
efficient in conserving the na
tion's resources entrusted to
their care."
Work Hard
"For this reason, we must
work hard to reduce the costs
of government, not only for the
sake of the savings to be made,
but also in the interest of vin
dicating the people's confidence
in the institutions of democra
cy." Johnson wrote.
He instructed the top ranks
of federal departments and
agencies that he wants them "to
assume personal day-to-day re
Football Scores
SATURDAY COLLEGE GAMES
West
Oregon 31 OSU 14
USC 26 UCLA 6
W ashington 16 Wash. St. 0
Stanford 2S Cal 17
San Jose St. 32 Pacific 20
Midwest
Missouri 9 Kansas 7
Ohio St. 14 Michigan 10
Purdue 21 Indiana 15
Wichita 2fi Tulsa 15
Southwest
Oklahoma 34 Oklahoma St. 10
Baylor 21 Rice 12
Texas Christian 22 SMU 15
New Mexico 26 BYU 0
South
Georgia Tech 14. Georgia 3
Florida 7. Florida St. 0
Auburn 10, Alabama 8
Mississippi 10, Miss. St. 10
(tie)
Tennessee 14, Vsndcrbilt 0
Memphis St. 29, Houston 6
East
Yale 20, Harvard 6
Dartmouth 22, Princeton 21
A- Cross 9. Boston n
Pittsburgh 31. Miami (Fla 20
SATURDAY PREP SCORES
Phoenix 13
North Catholic 0
(A-2 Playoff)
Jefferson 14. Maupin 0 (B-ll
riavoff)
Camas Valley 31, Eagle Val-
ley 0 i B-8)
i Iris
sponsibility for making your
agency a model of good manage
ment and economical adminis
tration." Johnson underscored the word
"personal."
Manpower Control
The President called upon of
ficials to press ahead vigorously
with manpower control and utili
zation programs developed in re
sponse to a directive by the late
President John F. Kennedy Oct.
11, 1962.
He told the department and
agency heads to hold employ
ment "at or below the personnel
targets established in response
to President Kennedy's state
ment to the cabinet of Sept. 23,
1963."
Kennedy's statement at that
time was aimed at meeting
economy demands from con
gressmen who opposed his tax
reduction program unless gov
ernment spending were reduced.
West German Spy
Scandal In New Turn
KARLSRUHE, Germany
(UPI) West Germany's latest
spy scandal took a new turn
Saturday with official announce
ment that charges had been filed
against a top aide of former
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
The federal prosecutor's of
fice said Erich Helbig, 52, was
being held on charges of "sus
pected treasonable relations."
He was arrested on Sept. 29.
Court Orders James
Included In Sanitary
The Jackson County Court has
reluctantly ordered the property
of Roy Edward James be in
cluded in the South Talent Sani
tary District.
"We realize assessment for
the sanitary system will work
somewhat of a financial hard
ship or. Mr. and Mrs. James.
but the property has been
platted for a subdivision and
there is no doubt it would ben-
of it from the svstcm," Countv
! Judge Larl M. Miller said Fri -
day.
I He explained that the state
law clearly requires them to in -
I elude all property in such a dis -
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widow and family, and another 125,000 to
Hyannis Port. Mrs. Kennedy and her two
children went for a walk along the Cape Cod
seashore Saturday, venturing off the Ken
nedy compound at Hyannis Port for the first
time since her arrival Thursday. It was an
nounced that she and the children will return
to Washington today. (UPI)
City Councilman
Travis' Home
Gutted By Fire
The residence of Mcdford City
Councilman Richard Travis, 1100
Mira Mar Drive, was gutted by
fire Saturday afternoon.
Mcdford firemen responded to
the alarm at 1:41 p.m. with
two pumper trucks, one from
the Eastside Fire Station and
one from the Central Fire Sta
tion. One fireman, Gene Daley, es
caped serious injury by jumping
through a window of the resi
dence when the roof fell in. He
was treated for a cut hand at
Rogue Valley Hospital and re
leased. Started in Heater
Firemen said the fire appar
ently started in a baseboard
wall healer, spread lo a nearby
sofa, and then travelled up a
wall into the attic of the home.
The fog was so thick in the
area that none of the neighbors
saw the blaze until it was well
under way. The Travis family
was not at home at the time.
Two girls who were walking
past the Travis residence no
ticed a red glow through the
window and ran to a neighbor
to call the fire department.
Damage Extensive
Firemen, who battled the fire
until about 4 o'clock, said the
damage was extensive. The
front room, dining room, kitch
en and hallway were burned
out, they said. Three bedrooms
and a bathroom were damaged
by smoke and water.
Travis, who was elected to
the city council last fall, is the
owner of Mechanics Laundrv.
trict if it w ill benefit from the
svstcm. He said the lateral
would go up a road near the
James property which forms
part of the west boundary for
the district.
If the Jameses arc not includ
ed it would place more of a
burden on nearby properly own-
ers to be served by the sewer
svstcm, he added.
County Commissioners Don-
aid E. Fabt-r and Edwin Taylor
j agreed that the law "is vcryjdrawals will he held Dec. 11 in
' piain." The decision was made the county court office. These
i following an inspection of the petitions came in loo late lo
1 approximately five acres be- be considered during last
1 tween the Old Pacific Highway
Communist
As V
Nation's Second
Free Election
Being Held Today
Terror 'Curfew'
Reported A Flop
CARACAS, Venezuela (UPD
A Communist threat to shoot on
sight anyone leaving his house
fell flat Saturday. The pro-Cas
tro Armed forces of National
Liberation (FALN) had declared
a terror "curfew" in a despera
tion bid to abort today's presi
dential election.
Venezuelans by the thousands
defied the threat and went
about their regular business
Saturday despite scattered vi
olence. The government applied
special security measures at 6
p.m. to remain in effect until
after the election.
Troops Fan Out
Truckloads of steel hclmeted
troops fanned out throughout the
city to guard strategic points.
A 15 mile per hour speed limit
was imposed. All streets lead
ing past polling places were
sealed off to vehicular traffic.
Parking within 200 yards of
polls was prohibited. The meas
ures will remain in effect until
6 a.m. Monday.
The government expected
three million Venezuelans to
vote today in the nation's sec
ond free election in history.
Around 11 p.m. Saturday a
time - bomb ripped up a tele
phone exchange substation in
Catia, a northwestern Caracas
suburb, but there were no cas
ualties. A Few Bombs
Several noise bombs were
heard in the capital. The police
radio indicated there were at
least three firefights between
troops and rooftop snipers shoot
ing from working class housing
developments.
But police appeared to have
complete control in Caracas and
the terrorism was less than it
has been on many recent nights.
About midnight FALN tommy
gunners shot up the residence of
Trinidad and Tobago s Ambas
sador Alexander Granados, in
apparent reprisal for that na
tion's return to Venezuela of six
teen-aged hijackers who forced
a Venezuelan plane down on
Trinidad Friday. There were
no casualties.
Visa-Less Alaskan
Still In Russia
MOSCOW (UPI) - A lanky
American, who defied Soviet
authorities by refusing to leave
even though his visa has ex
pired, circulated freely in Mos
cow Saturday and dined with
the Russian sweetheart he hopes
to marry next month.
Lawrence Brayton, 36, of Fair
banks, Alaska, said Soviet offi
cials had made no effort to stop
him or force him to leave the
country.
Brayton's visa expired at mid
night Friday but he said he
would remain until he marries
Rosita A. Schifman, a 25-year-old
speech therapist.
Sports Bulletin
BELL1NGHAM, Wash.-The
Southern Oregon College Red
Raider basketball tram
dropped their season opener
here Saturday night to West
ern Washington College by a
score of 81 In 55. High point
man for SOC was jerry
Shults. Mcdford, who garn
ered 12 counters.
Property
District
I and the Southern Pacific Rail
toad which would be included
I in Plan 1A submitted by the
consulting engineers for the dis
trict.
Earlier last week the county
court had approved withdrawal
from the district 21 property
owners not included in Plan 1A.
i The requested withdrawals of
i those property owners had been
I approved by the sanitary dis-
trict board earlier.
: Another hearing on with-
j week s hearing
enezue
ILL;., Nfti' 74 VTifcaiW. '
CRASH LEFT A CRATER - This aerial
photograph shows the huge mud crater made
Dy the Trans-Canada Airlines jetliner which
crashed north of Montreal, Canada, Friday
Investigators Probe Cause
Of Canada's Worst Air Crash
STE. THERLSE, Que. (UPI)
-Police Saturday investigated
the possibility that an explo-
sion might have caused
the
crash of a Trans-Canada Air
Lines (TCA) DC-8 jetliner in a
storm, killing all 118 persons
aboard.
Investigators sloshed through
a snow-coated quagmire trying
to piece together details of
Canada's worst air tragedy.
Menzies Coalition
Wins In Australia
SYDNEY (UPI) Prime
Minister Sir Robert G. Menzies,
Australia's 68-year-old political
warhorse, led the Liberal-Country
party coalition Saturday lo
a stunning victory in nationwide
parliamentary elections.
With about 70 per cent of the
estimated 6 million votes count
er, Menzies government appear
ed ccitain to increase its razor-
thin one vote majority in parlia
ment to at least 15 and possibly
20.
The big surprise occurred in
New South Wales, where the
Menzies forces captured at least
six and possibly seven scats.
The area has been solidly in
the labor camp for the past 21
years.
SEARS WITHDRAWS GUNS
CHICAGO (UPD-Sears Roe
buck and Company said Satur
day it has withdrawn from its
retail stores the sale of all hand
guns and will not advertise
them in its next catalogue.
Mfl v til
GREET SANTA CLAUS A throng of area
youngsters and their parents were on hand
Friday afternoon lo greet Santa Claus as he
arrived, not in his traditional sleigh, but in
a modern helicopter. Seen here greeting old
Threats Fail
la Vote Mears
But they would not even reply
to questions of whether a bomb
might have been aboard the
I big American-built jet, which
was just five minutes out of the
Montreal International Airport
Friday night when the crash
occurred.
Two of the 111 passengers
were Americans, both from the
New York City area. Seven
crewmen also died in the crash
20 miles north of Montreal.
The U.S. citizens were iden
tified as Mrs. S. Hankozsky of
(P.O. Box 72) Port Washington,
N.Y., and R. Kerne of (1491
East 18th St.) Brooklyn.
The plane crashed with ex
plosive force in a muddy field
during a driving rainstorm.
Service station operator Paul
Lanctot said he heard the big
jetliner overhead.
"Then 1 heard a terrific ex-
Churchill Observes
His 89th Birthday
LONDON (UPD-Sir Winston
Churchill celebrated his 89th
birthday Saturday with a big
black cigar, a 19'i pound cake
iaccd with brandy and a smil
ing wave for a crowd of well
wishers who gathered outside
his Hyde Park home.
The wartime prime minister,
dressed in a green smoking
jacket and a natty polka dot
bow tie, stood in front of a
window for two minutes while
hundreds of Britons cheered and
wished him many happy returns
of the day.
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evening during a heavy rainstorm. All 113
persons aboard the plane were killed in the
flaming wreckage. (UPI)
plosion that seemed to fall
right on top of my house and
station ... and then there was
a ball of flame," Lanctot said.
Investigators said no piece of
the wreckage was bigger than
an ordinary office desk.
The disaster was the second
worst in the history of commer
cial aviation involving a singlo
plane.
TCA officials challenged the
theory that the plane exploded
in flight but this possibility was
undergoing investigation by po
lice because of the extreme
fragmentation. There also was
the possibility of explosive de
pressurization. Experts from both the Can
adian and U.S. governments led
the investigation, marie rloiihlv
difficult by dcc mud and the
sudden onslmighl Salurday
morning of the season's first
heavy snowfall.
Among them were two spe
cialists from Ihe U.S. Civil
Aeronautics Board (CAB)
George R. Baker, flicht oper
ations expert, and Pilot-Engineer
Jack Sanbourn.
Also taking part w.i.; TCA's
permanent safety crew hraded
by Ian MacDonald.
Statements from several per
sons living near Ihe crash scene
indicated the jetliner might
have exploded in flight. But
airline officials in their pre
liminary reports claimed the
plane hit the ground, broke in
two, then disintegrated.
The plane was en route lo
Toronto when it slammed inlo
the mucky field. It was pouring
rain and visibility was poor.
31. Nick is L. E. McEachrnn, rrprcvnlmg
the Mcdford Chamber of Commerce. San'j's
arrival officially opened the Christmas shop
ping season in Mcdford.