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Weather 1CAT Con.ldtribl, clou- SMui snow li-v.l drnppmj to to 32. 4'' Low onliht 2' Hiehcst Yesterday T"7ii Lowest Saturday Miji'tai"""?! 58th Year Medford Uruttd Preai International Full Leased Wire MI, T Price 10 Cents 62 PAGES SEVEN SECTIONS RIBUNE United Press Inlernilinnal Full Leased Wira MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1963 Subscribers 'To report Imprnprr or non delivery to the Mail Tribune in Medford. phone 772-R141; Ash land call at 41fl Bridge St, or phone 4R2-300J; Yrnka, phone Victory 2-28'8 before 6:45 p.m. daily and 10 30 a m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrive! ihortly after you call please notify office, thus eliminating pecial messenger icrvice. Four Americans . Held As Hostages By Bolivia Miners Exchange For Other Prisoners Sought LA PAZ, Bolivia (UPI) Three U. S. Government offi cials and an American Peace Corps volunteer have been seized by Leftist workers in the tin mining town of Catavi as hostages for three Communist labor leaders arrested by the government, it was disclosed Saturday. The men were seized Friday night along with Bolivian mine technicians at the Siglo Veinte mine near Catavi and about 150 miles south of La Paz in the western Bolivian mountains. Men Identified ; (In Washington, the State De partment identified the kid naped men as Thomas M. Mar tin of 3070 Decatur Ave., New York, N. Y.; Michael A. Krist ula, 826 First Ave., Cadillac, Mich.; Bernard R if kin, and Robert Fcrgerstrom, whose ad dresses were not given. ' (Martin and Kristula are offi cers of the U. S. Information Service. Rifkin is a labor ad viser with the agency for in ternational development and Fergerstrom is a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Bolivia.) (State Department Press Of ficer Richard I. Phillips said U. S. Ambassador Doug Hen derson in La Paz' had spoken with Martin by radio and Mar? tin reported he and the other captured Americans were safe and being well treated.) On Routine Mission The Americans were in the Catavi area on a routine mis sion as technical advisers when they were seized along with about a dozen Bolivian officials. It was believed they were being held at the miners' radio station in Siglo Veinte. The miners met Saturday morning and issued a demand that the Bolivian government release labor leaders Federico Escobar, lrinco Pimentel and a man identified only as Zaral. The three were arrested Fri day in Catavi and Siglo Veinte on criminal charges but the nature of the accusation was not immediately disclosed. The miners also voted to launch a general strike and send emissaries throughout the country calling on other unions to join them. They demanded that Leftist Juan Lechin, the nation's vice president and leader of the National Tin Union, travel to Catavi to talk with them. No. 224 Thompson Found Guilty 01 Murder STILLWATER, Minn. (UPI Tilmer Eugene Thompson, a courtroom ace convicted of buying his wife's murder in hopes of a $1 million payoff, pntered Stillwater State Peni tentiary Saturday as convict No. 21893. Scarcely 17 hours after a jury convicted him Friday night of first degree murder, the little criminal attorney was brought the 30 miles from Minneapolis under heavy guard and passed through the arched, brown door of the 50-year-old Stillwater prison. The sentence of the court was "life at hard labor." Actually, Warden Ralph Tahash said, the prison will "try to give him a job in keeping with his ' . 1 ,5; it VfL i W T f 1 'If tit- r y A' -4 -t ! 'V t Former JFK Leads In Loui Ambass siana Vote OFFICIALLY MOVE IN - President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson and their teen-age daughter, Lucy Baines, pose for news photographers st the North Portico as' they officially moved into the While House Saturday. The Johnson's other daughter, Lynda Bird, is attending college in Texas. (UPI) LBJ Announces Steps To Reduce Defense Spending WASHINGTON (UPI) Pres ident Johnson announced Satur day a scries of defense manpow er cuts and a study of possible consolidation or elimination of installations. The action is aim ed at whittling defense spend ing by about $1.5 billion in the coming year. He and Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara described the moves as the starting phase of an economy drive designed to save at least $4 billion a year by mid-1906. Confer At Length Johnson said he and McNa mara discussed the moves all morning at the White House and then conferred at length by tele phone during the afternoon. Besides the cutbacks in civil ian and non-combat defense per sonnel, Johnson asked McNa mara for recommendations to "eliminate those installations which he thought could be elim inated" in the overseas military aid program. Review All Installations Johnson also told an im promptu news conference in his White House office the govern ment was "making a review of all of our installations in t h e United States to determine "what can be consolidated" in a further economy move. He said no conclusions had been reached. TIGHT SECURITY SET NEW YORK (UPI) - The tightest security precautions in New York's history will be tak en today when President John son makes a two-hour visit to Mi v. I Ui- Ts Johnson Plans To Address United Nations on Dec. 17 AT TEMPORARY QUARTERS Head held high, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and daughter Caroline arrive Dy wmte House limousine at the home of W. Avercll Harriman, Undersecretary of State. The former First Lady and her children moved out of the White House Friday and will live temporarily in the house loaned to them by Harriman. (UPI) education and ability. A labor- attend the funeral 01 lormer ing job would defeat our pur- Governor ana u. a. senator nei- pose. Ibert H. Lehman. HS0)BRIEFS RIM! FROM AROUND TH1 OlOM SOVIET UNION REAFFIRMS POLICIES MOSCOW (UPI) Soviet First Deputy Premier Anaslas Mllnvan reaffirmed Saturday that the Soviet Union Is drdicaled In a search for general disarmament and continuance of peace ful coexistence with differing political systems. tl KILLED IN AUTO-TRAIN CRASH MIDLAND CITY. Ala. (UPI) A freight train with its whistle screaming ploughed into an old-model station wagon at an un guarded crossing Saturday killing 11 of the 12 persons In the vehicle. All of the victims were related. Conductors Reach Agreement With Pullman Company WASHINGTON (UPI) The , gan in 1959 when the Order of Conductors' Union and the Pull-1 Railway Conductors and Brake- man Company reached agree- men (ORCB) demanded shorter ment in a contract dispute bat- nours, more pay, jod security urday that removed the threat of a crippling railroad strike start ing next Wednesday. Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz announced the settlement following intensive mediation ef forts by one of his top aides, Assistant Labor Secretary James J. Reynolds. Saturday's agreement ended a long-standing dispule that be- Red Proposal To Open Berlin Wall Is Rejected BERLIN (UPI) Communist conditions unacceptable to the West Saturday dasned nopes oi West Berliners getting through the Communist wall into East Berlin for Christmas visits with relatives and friends. West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt rejected the terms at tached to East Germany's of fer to permit passage to the Communist sector for the first time since the anti-refugee wall was erected Aug. 13, 1961. Political Ends Brandt said in a television speech the Reds were trying to use the issue of Christmas passes for political ends that could pose a threat to the city. He said the West Berlin govern ment could not allow that. The East Germans reacted sharply, accusing the West Ber lin government of "torpedoing" Ihc Communist plan for a holi day relaxation of tension. Hopes Erased The opposing positions thus erased the hopes tor holiday WASHINGTON (UPD-Presi-dent Johnson announced Satur day he will address the UN Gen eral Assembly in New York Dec. 17. He is expected to assure the world of continued American unity under his administration. His announcement of this plan to "establish an acquaintance" with the United Nations dele gates came in a surprise, infor mal coffee klatsch new con ference in his White House of fice. The President also disclosed to reporters: McNamara to Saigon Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara will visit Saigon next week as Mr. Johnson's personal emissary to "be sure we are getting maximum efficiency" in South Viet Nam's U. S.-support-ed war against Communist Vict Cong guerrillas. Johnson plans to see Mexi can President Adolfo Lopez Ma tcos and Canadian Prime Minis ter Lester Pearson in Washing ton, probably early next year. A possible visit by French Presi dent Charles de Gaulle has not been decided. Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D-Va., chairman of the lax-writing Sen ate Finance Committee, has agreed to make the proposed $11.1 billion tax cut retroactive to Jan. 1, 1964, as has Senate OOP leader Everett M. Dirksen, 111. But Congress may not pass the bill (or several weeks or months after that date. Johnson. has no present plans to accept invitations to visit foreign countries. - He believes his administra tion has made "very good prog. ress In showing the continuity in our transition" after the as sassination of President Kenne dy- He has not decided on tne format of news conferences aft er the period of national mourn ing ends 'Dec. 22, but "f want Morrison Has Big Lead In Race For Governorship Will Face Runoff With Conservative NEW ORLEANS (UPI) De lesseps Morrison, an ambassa dor in the Kennedy administra tion, raced far ahead of nine other candidates in the Louisi ana Democratic gubernatorial primary election Saturday night and seemed certain of a spot in a January runoff. In second place was former Gov, Robert Kennon, a conserv ative who had campaigned on an anti-Kennedy platfnrm until the President was assassinated Nov. 22. ' All candidates were pro-segregationists. Has Big Lead With 949 of 2,219 precincts re porting, Morrison, former am bassador to the Organization of American States and nnelimo New Orleans mayor, had 141, fill votes to 59,887 for Kennon. Third was Public Service Com missioner John J. ' McKcithen with 54,716. Fourth was Con gressman Gillis Long, a member I of the Long political dynasty, with 50,341 and fifth was staunch WASHINGTON (UPI) Gov- study the report. But further I segregationist Shelby Jackson ernment sources said Saturday I details of the bizarre back- with -39,327. The other five can- Sf . tTn ? i S,"S?Tn Uun ' awald wtor. to ft. omm were out ol. the running. nedy and his accused killer, Lee 1,ov- .m"sr7 "l UB""n turnout approaching one mil- to communicate with the Amer ican people, maintain accessi bility ... and a free flow of information, limited only by se curity." The President said he had not yet decided whether to spend Christmas at his ranch in Texas. But he nlans to he there Dec. 28-29 for talks with West Ger man Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. The announcement date for this meeting had been Dec. 27-28, but it was understood from high authority that the timing had been revised by one day. The administration is trying to "reduce anything wo can" budget-wise for the fiscal year starting next July 1, but nothing has been decided. He will vote by absentee ballot in a special congressional election in Texas on Dec. 17, the day of his UN address, to fill the scat of Rep. Homer Thornbcrry, D-Tex., who resign ed to become a federal judge. Mr. Johnson unexpectedly call ed newsmen into his oval west wing office just before noon to "havn some coffee" and ask any questions they wanted. Not since Mr. Roosevelt was president 20 years ago has any chief execu tive answered questions in this way. White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said the Presi dent may hold another such con ference before the end of the year. FBI's Assassination Report To Be Held Up Another Week Socialists Gel Say In Italian Affairs ROME (UPI) Pietro Nen- ni's Socialists, once close allies of the Communists, Saturday night got a partial say in Ital ian foreign policy, acicnse ana internal security. The 3- day - old Center - left coalition cabinet of Premier Aldo Mora in its first meeting appointed Socialist undersecre taries to the three key depart ments, all of which are run by ministers known as firm friends Harvey Oswald, probably will be kept under top secret wraps tor at least another week. Tne additional delay in mak ing public any details' of the FBI's findings was decided upon to allow the Blue Ribbon Invos- as continued to crop up. Uon voterg fnrccasl i,,. , More Evidence IM-hour voting period. The latest was a renort that 1 Negro Vote further evidence has been found 1 Thirteen Negroes who regls- linklng Oswald to the sniper at tempt on the life of rightwing rormer Maj. ucn. Krtwin A, titration Commission headed by I Walker In Dallas last Aorll. tinier Justice fart warren to The rhlmm Snn.TImM M uie bi nas round a document among Oswald s effects in which the former Marine and one-time defector to the Soviet Union wrote of trying to kill Walker. On the night of April 10, cheer and a break in East-West j of the West, relations produced by a prcma-1 The Christian Democratic prc hire annnnnrpmpnl nn nassps i micr formed his coalition with last night. About half the 2.5 ' the Socialists and with two million West Berliners have rcl- i smaller parties on Wednesday Basketball Scores CHINESE CHARGE NAME-CALLING LONDON (UPI) A Communist Chinese magaiine said Satur day that Soviet Premier Nlkita Khrushchev once called Chinese leader Mao Tse-lung "norn-out galosh" that should be dis carded. KM AM. CROWD PAYS TRIBUTE AT PEARL HARBOR PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (UPI) A small crowd ol about inn persons Saturday paid tribute In a brlrf ceremony to the U. S. servicemen who died at Pearl Harbor 22 years ago. t guarantees and rules changes. The Labor Department did not announce details of the settle ment but it said that hours would be reduced from 205 to 180 per month, effective Jan. 1. The Conductors' Union had threatened to strike the Pullman Company in Chicago starting Wednesday and gradually spread the walkout over the lines using Pullman cars. Government officials said the company's threat to close down all its facilities and the refusal of other rail workers to cross conductors' picket lines might have resulted in a nationwide atives in the East. West Berlin officials rejected the Communist conditions on the grounds they involve recogni tion of the East German gov ernment and undermine the le gal position of West Berlin. The city government wants the Reds to issue the passes on the bor der at the crossing points in the wall. after bitter horsetrading over ministerial posts HOPE GETS TREATMENT SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -Bob hope underwent his second treatment for blood clot in his left eye Saturday and his- phy sician at Children's Hospital re ported that the comedian was resting quietly. Sports Bulletins I.inf Irlrl Ciillece junior var sity, blaring wllli XI pnlnls In the third riiartrr. drfralrd Hip Medford High School l,Tkp ball team 77-61 here last night, tiiih Lamb pnnrrH In n points for I lie Wildkillrns and Gene Knrman 16. Bruce Herlrand hail 13 (or Mid lord. Quarter scores were 11-9 for Medford and 42-31) and 61-53 for I. infield. Saturday Night Scores Oregon St. 91 Washington 60 OCE 85 OTI 71 Willamette 66 Portland St. 61 raj) tjeup. wyom-ng iuu lexas iccnui Colo. State 57 Arizona 45 rmftca-n Southern Methodist 83 Okla-. K,LL1NG CO.M-bSS.fcl) homa 72 I HARTFORD, Conn. (UPI) - Rice 87 Louisiana Slate 72 A 46-ycar-old father of four, de Arizona State 9.1 Wichita 87 j scribed as a youth leader in the Colo. School of Mines 55 West-! 4-H, confessed Saturday night minster Col. 54 j that he strangled a teen-aged San Jose St. 74 Portland U. 61 girl nn a lover's lane shortly Whiiwnrlh 86 U. of Idaho 6 I after she had left a Tolland Gnnzaca W3 E. Mont. Col. 70 County 4-H club meeting, police I Illinois Valley 71 Del Norte 46 Pacific 112 Eastern Oregon 96 I said. 1 Rogue River S5 Crater JV 31 ? ? C1IICO. Calif.-Chico Stale downed Southern Oregon Col lege ftfl-fil) in basketball here last night. Chlco Ird 46-25 si halftlnic. Jerry Shulis scored 26 points for SOC. Bill Tre glown put in I!) for Chit-o. Other I'rrp Scores Phoenix 42 Glide 41 Policeman Admits Seeing Ruby Enter DALLAS (UPI) - A Dallas policeman Salurday admitted seeing Jack Ruby come into the city hall basement several min utes before he shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the Dallas Times Herald said Saturday night. The Times Herald reported the officer said, "Jack Ruby, Os wald's assassin, came from the north (Main Street) entrance down the ramp. There wore many police officers and press representatives in the area. "Ruby jumped out of the crowd as Oswald passed Bnd fired one shot point blank at Oswald." Dallas police officials declined commenl on the report. An in tensive investigation has been undertaken to determine how Ruby got into the building and where he was immediately pri or to the shooting. tered in West Feliciana Parish (County) last Oclober to break a 62-year color bar, voted with out incident. Of the 64 Louisi ana Parishes, only Tensas had no Negroes registered. Morrison was the nre-eleclinn frontrunner, accorriinn to nolit- Ical experts and polls. But were were so many can didates for the Democratic cu- rifle bullet was fired through ,"" T1 ' - a window nf Walker's horn. ,S 8S Snd " election - that a narrowly missing the former general who is now an ardent advocate, of conservative causes. Sources have also confirmed that the FBI has other evidence linking Oswald to the Walker episode. Oswald's Russian-born wife has told the FBI that on the night of the shooting, her husband had told her that he had tried to kill the general. Comment Declined The FBI has declined com menl on the reports but it is known that the federal agency has asked Dallas police for full particulars of the Walker case. The purported document, ac cording tn the Sun-Times, was found when FBI agents search ed both Oswald's family home in Irving, Texas, and his lodg ing house in Dallas immediate ly after the Kennedy assassination. runoff between the two top men seemed inevitable. To get a clear victory, n can didate would havo In got. many votes as all his opponents combined, plus one. All guber natorial candidates were seg regationists, but Morrison and Long subordinated the racial is sue in their campaigns. Jury Awards $6,150 In Prospect Case A . Jackson Counly Circuit Court jury Friday returned a verdict of $6,150 for Ihe taking of 3.7 acres and d.im.iRns lo remaining properly of Marian Nye Bean Bossier near Pro-i-pect. Highest appraisal for tho property made by appraisers for Mrs. Bossier was $10,750. The property was taken lor re aligning Oregon 62. mm ; i MA A -a 'I f nm .i'""BiT m T !SSE- --JA l tit - nV't rt'V,-: if. few I, , 1 V S 't " jJ A Vf' j .- 5 J IIIMItON-Ct'TTING Medford city officials snd a group of down town businessmen gathered Friday tn cut a ribbon and nper. the new off-street parking lot at Sixth Street and Central Avenue, sile nf Ihe old Federal Building. Shown here (I. to r.) are City Manager Robert Duff, Otto Frohnmayer and Cliff Iivejoy, mem- hers of the executive board of Park and Shop corporation; Frrd Robinson, who will operate Ihe lot; Mayor James Dunlevy; Ex ecutive Board Memher John Crawford (behind Dunlevy); City Attorney William Mansfield; and John Molfat, executive board member. t
