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Regional Edition Medford 24 PAGES Two Oswald Tried FBI Investigating But Declines to Talk About Report WASHINGTON fUPI) - The wife of Lee Harvey Oswald has told FBI investigators that the accused assassin claimed that he had fired a bullet into the home of former Maj. Gen. Ed win Walker in Dallas last April, it was learned today. The FBI declined comment both on the statement attrib buted to Mrs. Oswald or reports that the possibility that Oswald was the Walker sniper is being investigated. But other sources said that the Russian-born wife of Oswald had related that her husband told her excitedly last April that he had tried to kill Walker. Ask Details Other sources said FBI agents investigating the Kennedy assas sination have asked Dallas po lice for details of the firing on Walker's home seven months ago. They declined to speculate on anything beyond the fact that the FBf was looking into a pos sible connection between Os wald and the Walker episode. The action was part of what was described as a "continuing investigation" into every aspect of the background of Oswald pri or to the slaying of President Kennedy on Nov. 22 in Dallas. Dallas police said the day following the assassination that they were checking the possibil ity that the assassin and the Walker sniper were the same person. However, no official police announcement has been made and Dallas investigators were reported reluctant to discuss developments until after an FBI report on the Kennedy as assinalion goes to a presi dential commission investigat ing the case. Youths Held in Pretenses Case Frank Delano Kinney, 20, of 401 E. 12th St., and Robert Floyd Miller, 23, of 825 E. Ninth St., both Medford, are sched uled to be arraigned in district court today on charges of at tempting to obtain money by fdlse pretenses. According to Medford Police, the two men were arrested Thursday afternoon for acting together in an attempt to de fraud an insurance company. Police reports show that Kin ney notified them Sept. 16 that a four-speed transmission had been stolen from his car while it was parked near his residence that week end. In signed statements to police Thursday, both Kinney and Mil ler said that they had collabo rated their earlier stories. Kin ney admitted that he damaged the three-speed transmission in his car, then told officials of the General Insurance Corporation, Portland, in a signed statement that he had purchased a four speed transmission from Miller, which was later stolen. According to police reports, a three-speed transmission costs $141.25 while the four-speed, $350. t!EWSO?"(BPJEFS niMi fOM k JSy WUNB tHI 0l0M DATES OF VISIT ANNOUNCED VATICAN CITY (L'PI) The visit of Pope Paul VI to the Holy Land will take place from Jan. 4 to . the Vatican announced today. The Pope also may pay a brief visit lo Lebanon during the peace pilgrimage, Vatican sources said. CONCERN OF STRATEGISTS INCREASED LONDON (L'PI) Science Minister Qulntin Hogg's disap pointing showing in winning a Commons seat increased the concern of Conservative strategists today in their planning for the general election campaign against Labor. MISTRIAL CALLED IN ANTITRUST CASE NEW YORK The government's antitrust price-fixing case against the Westinghouse Electric Corp., ended in a mis trial early today but federal sllorncy? indicated they would seek new trial against the g-lnt appliance firm. Sections Told To Kill ft 5 ' I ,,' " f , n ilflr CHRISTMAS DECORATION Three nuns are dwarfed by tower ing, bell-shaped Christmas--decoration at Idlcwild Airport in New York City Thursday. Hung with view in the main lobby of the Overseas Arrival Building. (UPI) East Germans Will Open Wall During Christmas Season BERLIN (UPI) - East Get-, man Communists will open the anti-refugee wall for the first time so West Berliners may visit in East Berlin for Christ mas, the West German press of fice announced today. The announcement said the West German government "has received information that bast Berlin has the intention of mak ing uossible visits by West Ber liners to East Berliners during the Christmas period. '. , .jjj .I.., technical arrangements on how West Berliners would pass through the wall or get passes would be settled by experts. Sewer Inspection I Still Under Way i JACKSONVILLE - Word as to when the Jacksonville sewer system will be put into opera tion now is expected in the middle of next week. An inspection of the system, being conducted by Cornell, Howland, Hayes and Merryfield, Corvallis engineering firm, is still in progress, it was learned this morning. Earlier it was reported the system might actually go into operation next week. A few minor details still remain to be taken care of, Mayor E. O. Graham said. ' PORE MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1963 Wife Gen. ornaments, the creation is on The Communist relaxation meant no changes for East Ber liners. It applied only to West Berliners. East Berliners and East Germans still will not be able to travel westward through the wall that was put up Aug. 13. 1961, to halt the flight of refugees. Merriest Christmas For Berliners it means the merriest Christmas since the wall was erected. About half of West Berliners j have relations in East Berlin and they have not seen each " "- '"" " Foreigners and West Ger mans may pass through the wall at present, but West and East Berliners may not. The agreement to allow Christmas visits was reached in negotiations by the East and West German inter-zonal trade committees which meet regu larly to discuss trade. Appraiser Testifies On Value of Land PENDLETON (UPI)-A Port land real estate appraiser tcsti- nea today that tair market value of land in the Lake Val ley subdivision south of Burns was $10 an acre and that its "best use" would be for graz ing. The testimony came from ap praiser Elmer Kolberg as the government neared the end of presenting its case against seven Los Angeles and Chicago area men on trial for mail fraud. The government said the land was offered for sale at $395 an acre. U.S. Judge John F. Kilkenny dismissed one of the 16 mail fraud counts contained in the indictment after a witness could not be located. The indictment also contains one conspiracy count. Jury Deliberates Thompson Verdict MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) jury of six men and six women today resumed deliberations in the case of T. Eugene Thomp son, accused of having his wife murdered for $1 million insur ance money and love of a mis tress. The jurors deliberated six hjiirs Thursday without reach ii a decision. Tribune He Once Walker Medford Council Denies Request For Zone Change By a vote of three to five the Medford City Council last night upheld a planning commission recommendation denying a change of zone for a lot owned by C. A. Parlier near the inter section of Highland Drive and Siskiyou Boulevard. Parlier sought to have the lot changed from single family to limited commercial zoning so he could construct a new High land Market on the three lots. The present market is now on two of the lots which are zoned limited commercial. Frank J. Van Dyke, repre senting Parlier, presented peti tions containing 115 signatures of residents in the area who did not object to the change of zone. He explained that the present 2,000 square foot structure would be replaced by a building 50 by 190 feet and 18 feet high. During discussion it was stat ed that Parlier also planned to include a barbershop, beauty shop and drug store in the new structure. Seven persons attended the session favoring the change and two spoke in opposition to it. Voting against the requested change were Councilmen Robert Cunningham. Jack Edson, Rob ert L. Van Sickle, Robert Bac cus, and Richard Travis. Voting yes were William Singler, Jo seph Hosick and Terry Green. In other action, the council approved a request by Robert Lee Knox to move his liquor license lor selling of beer and wine to a new location at 1124 Court St. This is the third re quest by Knox. The two pre vious requests have been denied once by the City Council and the other by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Several persons, with peti tions signed by 95 per cent of the property owners and leasees in the vicinity, spoke in oppo sition to the request. It was explained by council members that final approval of the transfer rests with the OLCC. Report on Cars Is Accepted by Council An airport committee report regarding courtesy cars was ac cepted by the Medford City Council last night, and was re ferred to the city attorney for drafting of an ordinance. The report was presented by Councilman Robert Cunningham and was accepted by the coun cil with one negative vote. Councilman William Singler opposed the rccommendatio. The report requires courtesy cars lo be marked as such on both front doors and sets minimum fine of $100 and revo cation of a courtesy car permit for such permit holders who violate the ordinance. The proposed ordinance pro hibits the permittee from park ing vehicles under his control not covered by a courtesy car permit for periods of longer than one hour in the public parking area at the airport. Dry Weather Helps In Lodge Building ASHLAND - Relatively dry weather has aided construction of the Mt. Ashland Ski Area lodge and access road during the last 10 days. Alex Murphy, Mt. Ashland Corporation manager, said this morning that work is progress ing on the road but that it is still too early to say exactly when it will be finished. Closing in of the ski lodge is ! expected to be finished by the i end of next week, he said. The lodge opening is dependent upon I completion of the access road. There is still 12 inches of snow on the ground at the ski area and it has developed ir.to a "good hard pack," Murphy add ed. BOISE, Idaho (UPD-Idaho's Board of Education announced today University of Idaho Presi dent D. R. Theophilus wil re--tre effective July 1, 15. JIM 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 223 Rail Unions Ask Court To Strike Down Board Rule Finding Charged Unconstitutional WASHINGTON (UPI) -Three rail unions today asked a fed eral court to strike down a railroad arbitration board ruling in the railroad work rules dispute. They charged that the finding was illegal and unconstitutional. A suit attacking the Nov. 26 decision of the first peacetime arbitration board ever estab lished by Congress was filed in federal district court here by the locomotive firemen and cn ginemen, trainmen and switch men's unions. The suit claims the arbitra tion board exceeded the au thority given it by Congress in its far-reaching ruling concern ing the need for firemen on trains and the size of train crews. Eliminated Gradually The board held that 90 per cent of the firemen on freight and yard locomotives could be eliminated gradually because other crew members could handle their work. It called for renewed nego tiations on the size of train crews and set up a system of arbitration in event of deadlock between union and management on that issue. In the suit, the unions said the board failed to follow con gressional directives and did not include in Us ruling the items on which the labor-management negotiators already had agreed. it aiso declared mat pro visions for elimination of jobs other than through normal attri- tlon was Illegal because the at- trltion principle also was settled at trie bargaining table, Major Issues Congress set up a seven-man arbitration board to decide the two major issues in (he work rules dispute and avoid a threatened nationwide train strike last Aug. 28. Foreign Aid Bill Given to Congress WASHINGTON (UPI)-A bad- ly battered compromise foreign aid bill that pleased almost no body was tossed back to the House and Senate today for fi nal action on a lake-it-or-leavc- It basis. The $3,599,000,000 authoriza tion measure almost SI billion below what the late President Kennedy originally asked w a s finally hammered out late Thursday by weary Senate and House conferees after three weeks of off - and - on sessions. The bill authorizes another year of economic, military and tech nical assistance overseas. A n appropriation bill now must be passed to provide the actual funds. The measure was far from what the administration wanted and varied a good deal from each of the widely differing versions passed by the two houses. But neither the House nor the Senate can change the compromise version and must accept or reject it as is. Campaign Cosfs lor Election Announced SALEM (UPI) Backers of the legislature's $60 million tax increase package scnt $47,186 to sutler a 3'a to 1 defeat at the Oct. 15 referendum, the sec retary of state's office disclosed today. Victorious opponents spent 239 and are still $2,754 in the red, the accounting revealed. A preliminary list of cam paign expenditures announced Oct. 2fl s h 0 w e d supporters of the measure spent $211,781, and opponents $3,880. WEATHER FOItKCAST: Partly rtmiilv 10 night. vallfy l"B. clfailni hy niid-niirniii. Iticrr-atini ilou. dlnns Saturday. Low totllKtlt near .'5. II i r Saturday v Temp. IliKhr-U Vrsterdav . . . .. II l.iiunt Ihu Mornlnr . . I'rrr. In 10 a.m. Today .01 j Our Skies Tonight Sntikrt today J:3! p.m. Hmirltf tomorrow MoontUr tonight 7:17 a. 111. 11:05 p.m. Dtr. ! l ast unarlrr The clilstrr ol f dim itari ar-r-n In tlif eatt tonight al 6:17 p m la llif I'lHadrv In April will rt Vrnua nfar the I'leladra. : v.,,.,, ., ,i us-; vfv . j MEDAL OF FREEDOM President Johnson confers the Presidential Medal of Freedom on singer Marian Anderson (L) in a ceremony at the White House today. Pinning the medal County Court Calls For Vote on Zoning In S. Talent Area An election on zoning for the I South Talent area will be held as soon as possible in January, the Jackson County Court an nounced this morning. Time has to be allowed for legal advertising and posting for the election, County Judge Earl M. Miller said. Whether the vole is on interim zoning or permanent zoning will depend on how Ibe ballot is worded, Jackson County Plan- ning Director George Brenner said. The district attorney prob- ably will have to give an opin ion on this, he said. Since this comes under the new state law, no opinions are available yet. The zoning election probably will not greatly slow up t h e planning study of the area, Bren ner said. Study of the area as part of the overall Rogue Valley study will continue. Little com prehensive planning study has been done on the Talent area, he said. Motion by Taylor Motion to hold the election was made late yesterday after noon by County Commissioner Edwin Taylor, seconded by County Commissioner Donald E. Faber and approved by tne county judge. Miller said he feels a lurther public hearing would have "lit tle merit at this time." He hopes the election will settle the emotions which were beginning to hit a peak in the area, he said. The Oregon constitution pro vides for a referendum by peti tion which makes it the people's right to call for an election if they chose, Miller emphasized. Prlition Asks Election Miller noted that 132 of the 164 people who had signed the petition calling for an election were registered voters and area residents. Miller said he feels zoning Is important to the county. The Talent people have shown they are interested in developing their area as demonstrated by Druggists Ask Rule On Unpaid Claims By United Press International President Jim Mead of the Portland Retail Druggists Asso- ciation said Thursday he will seek a legal opinion on whether druggists can write off unpaid claims against the State Welfare Commission as bad debts (or tax purposes. The Welfare Commission re cently cut reimbursements lo druggists lo about 65 cents on Ihe dollar because ol a shortage ol lunds. Mead said he was uncertain what Ihe tax status of the losses would be because there was no written contract with the com mission, hut he added, "we had a g e n 1 1 c m a n's agreement about payments. Meanwhile, some Lane County druggists rciwrtcdly were charg ing persons on wellare onc-lhird of the cost of their prescriptions to make up for the reduced state payments. A release Irom the Lane Coun ty Pharmaceutical Association said its members will continue to fill the orders in spite of the hassle with the state. Some druggists in Pendleton and Sa lem have refused to serve wcl far?, customers. on the singer is Angler Bicldle Duke, U.S. Protocol cnicf. America's Highest peacetime award was conferred on 31 men and women at the ceremony. (UPI) the recent organization of a rural fire district, formation of a sanitation district and insti tution of zoning. The interim zoning would ex pire normally Nov. 1, 11164. 11 was scheduled to be in effect for three veara or until a pnmnrp. hensive plan had been presented for the area. This would have meant a public hearing. How ever, the County Court indicated it would have called lor an elec tion to determine the wishes of the people. Comedidn Skies 'Eye Treatment SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - Bob Hope, 60, here to undergo treatment for a blood clot in his left eye, has brought his famed sense of human along with him. Ihe comic was in his usual wise-cracking mood Thursday when he talked lo newsmen be fore checking into Children's Hospital to undergo delicate photo-coagulation treatment for the clot on the central vein be hind the retina of his eye. The treatment, which will take several days, has forced him out of a Dec. 13 television show. Bing Crosby will take over and Hope said Jack Benny had of fered to do a monologue on the program. "Tl'c ;, l han ..1,1 Linn, It and those two are the oldest 1 know, Hope said. Hope's condition first became apparent to him during Christ mas season of 1959, when Ihe troops in Europe. It has caused him dizziness and fuzziness of vision ever since. Savage Creek Home Destroyed by Fire ROGUE RIVER The home of the Richard Riley family, locat ed a mile and a half up Savage Creek, was destroyed by fire Wednesday. The fire was reported at 5:12 p.m. I wo trucks and 12 men from the Rogue River Rural Fire Department responded. The home was already en gulfed in flames when the fire was reported, however. The family, which has five small children, was not home at the time. The local community chest accepting donations for the family. Dellenback, Four Other Solons Decline Special Session Pay SALEM UPI) Five of Ore-; have to do it himself and cut; Sens. Tom Monaghan. D-Mil-gon's 90 legislators refused to t "pai't a expense check with waukie, and Alfred Corbcll, D- accept full payment of expenses for the special session, and one voluntarily cut his $250 monthly pay lo $150, effective Dec. 1, the secretary of state's office re-' then returned it, along with an vcaled today. I other $120 pcrdiem check. Rep. Edward Elder, R-Eugenc I Rep. John Dellenback, R-Mcd-announced he was culling his for, also returned all of his $260 pay by $100 a month. Elder also i pcrdiem allotment, refused to accept any ol the I Hep. William Gallagher, R- $260 per diem expense allotment for the special session nurinn ll,n uwt,i,n t,'l.ln -..i.l U he wanted a pay cut he'd MEDALS V - ,4 MAYOR KILLED Fresno Calif., Mayor Arthur Sollund, 57 (above), president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and Her-' I bert Ferguson, 56, president of Fresno Chamber of Commerce were killed Thursday when they were tlu own through tile wind shield of their station wagon in a collision with a truck six miles south of Fresno. Two oth ers in the car were injured. (UPI) Mrs. Kennedy Changes Home WASHINGTON (UPI) - Mrs. John F. Kennedy moves out of the While House today, leaving behind a personal touch and 1 lakinK wi'h bittersweet memories of her nearly three- year stay. Willi hcr two children, Mrs. Kennedy will live in a house lenl to hcr h Undersecretary "' Slain W. Avcrcll Hiirriman. Her last oflicial act will be a farewell to the household stuff, which slays on to serve Presi dent Juhnson and his family. Johnson is expected lo move inlo the 150-room mansion over the weekend. But for one member of the Kennedy family, the parting will he only temporary. Six-year-old Caroline will be back to attend class at the school her mother established on the third floor. Below her, in the East Room, the windows and chandeliers still are covered in black crepe in remembrance of hcr father. In the middle of the packing Thursday, Mrs. Kennedy took time out lo give three-year-old John Jr., a birthday party, making up for the one that was nostxncd on Nov. 25, the day his lather was buried. scissors F. J. Gould, head of the data processing division of the secre tary of stale's office, said Elder laied (he check back together ' Portland, who was hospitalized and did not attend Ihe special . , nt i.n,1 Uie C'UJl ' pwdicm check. President Johnson Adds Pair to List In Dramatic Move 31 Others Given Nation's Top Award WASHINGTON (UPI)-Presi. dent Johnson awarded the na tion's highest civilian honor to- any to 31 men and women. Ihen in a dramatic gesture, ha conferred it posthumously on the late President John F. Ken nedy and Pope John XXIII. Johnson's announcement that he was adding his assassinated predecessor and the dead Pope to the list of winners of the new presidential medal of freedom climaxed a While House cere mony which had been planned by Kennedy. The 31 other winners of thn freedom medal had been desig nated for the honor by Kennedy in recognition of their services and contributions throughout the world. Blind Woman Those honored included musi cians, artists, statesmen, jur ists, educators, industrialists, scientists, authors, playwright and a little - known blind woman sometimes called "a one-woman peace corps." At tne ceremony in the stata dining room of the White House, the new President had read the citations accompanying lha awards to the 31. Then, in emotion-touched voice, he an nounced that he was similarly honoring Kennedy and the dead pontilt. A hush came over the 200 people assembled lor the occa sion. Ally. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy accepted the award on behalf of his slain brother. Mrs. John F. Kennedy watched from se clusion behind a screen. Received Medal Everyone rose in a gesture ot tribute to the late President as the attorney general received the medal. 'Johnson solemnly read a cita tion hailing the dead Chief Ex ecutive as a soldier, scholar, statesman, defender of free dom, pioneer of peace, author of hope." The concept of Hie medaf and the ceremony were the ideas of Kennedy, for whom the execu tive .mansion still is draped in the black crepe of mourning, r Further sadness came info the occasion Thursday when one of tho recipients, former senator and New York Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, died of a heart attack while preparing to leave for Washington. Johnson said tho B5-ycar-old Lehman's best epitaph was the citaliun he would have heard today: "Citizen and statesman, he has used wisdom and com passion as the tools of govern ment and has made politics the highest form of public service." South Talent Voles On Bonds Monday TALENT - Voters in the South Talent Sanitary District will return to the polls Montlay to consider a proposed $l.')o,0(!ii bond issue to finance the major portion of a sewer system tor the area. Last Monday a board of direc tors election was held, with A. W. Octinger defeating W. B. Jcssen for the seat, 31-20, The vote was canvassed at a board meeting Thursday night. There was no change in the vote to tals originally announced. For next Monday s elect inn, the polling places al the Res more Motel will be open from 8 a.m. lo 8 p.m. The South Talent district pro poses to have a sewer system installed to serve residents along Old Pacific Highway and U. S. O'j from the Talent city limits south to the vicinity of the Litlua Drive-In Theater. BISHOP DIES ROME (UPI)-Msgr. Alfonso Carinci, tho Roman-born dean of the world's Roman Catholic bishops, died in a Rome hospi tal today less than a month aft er celebrating his 101st birth day. Portland, returned $60 of their per diem allotment. Both were absent for three days of the ses sion. Earlier this year the legisla ture increased its pay to $250 a month, plus $20 pcrdiem daily while the legislature is in ses sion. Lawmakers formerly were paid $50 a month. A bill to cut legislators pay squeezed through the House in lha ciwinl cncci.,,1 1,1 A,nA in n I Senate committee.
