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Newspaper Page TextPrice 10 Cents Weather Subscribers FORECAST: fotiMdrrable rlno dinfss through Monday. Valley log .Medford to Grants Pasi this morniLi. Chime ol a lmie rain tonight and Monday. HiPh to day 43 to 48, Low ton n hi 30 to 33. High Monday 40 to 45. HI chest Yesterday Yd Lowest Saturday Morning 23 Medford Tribune To report imprnpf or Ron delivery to the Mail Tribune in Medford. phone 772-6U; Ash land call at 416 Bridge St., or phone 482-3noa; Yreka. phone Victory Ji-JSna before 6:45 p.m. daily and 10:30 a m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office, thus eliminating special mewenger service. United Press International Full Leased Wire Unllr Projj International Full Leaied Wire 70 Pages Five Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1963 No. 230 Bolivian Miners Give In, Plan To Free Hostages Federal Troops Encircle Area SECTION AULED 58th Year Sj a" MIBA"!!!"' .' SmAtmtpr OF LOS ANGELES IN FLOOD DISASTER m f J i LA PAZ, Bolivia (UP)-Loft- Ist Vice President Juan Lechin, spokesman and leader of pro Communist miners who have held 21 hostages including four Americans for a week, bowed to the threat of federal force Sat urday and announced the host ages will be freed "to avoid a bloodbath." Federal troops early Saturday encircled Catavi, where the host ages are held, and the accom panying mine site of Siglo Vein te. The hostages have been held as pawns for the release of two Communist labor leaders. Radio Report Shortly after Lechin's an nouncement, a radio station claiming to be Radio Catavi said pro-government peasant militia men from the Cochabama Val ley had reached Caripuyo and appeared to be preparing to in vade Catavi. It was believed federal troops surrounding Catavi, however, would turn back any rural mili tiamen, whose mobilization ap parently was not ordered by the government. Lechin announced the miners have accepted the demands of President Victor Paz Estenssoro to free the hostages from their dynamite-mined improvised pris on. Three-Stage Plan The three-stage plan called for by the president provides in sequence: Release of the hostages to an intermediary, probably a Ro man Catholic priest, to conduct them out of the mining zone to freedom. Withdrawal of federal troops now encircling the zone. A government guarantee of a fair trial for Communist union chiefs Ircnco Pimcntcl and Fed erico Escobar. Butte Falls Couple Dies Near Yreka , YREKA - A Butte Falls area couple was killed on Highway 99 near Yreka, Calif., Friday night, according to the Califor nia Highway Patrol. Dead at the scene of the head on collision was Elmer Ernest Lcathcrman, 62. His wife and passenger, Elvira, about 60, died at Siskiyou General Hospital in Yreka. Their bodies were taken to the Girdncr Funeral Home in Yreka pending funeral arrange ments. Jimmie Allen Holder, 39, of Drain, Ore., Saturday was in ' custody in the Yreka hospital, charged with felony drunk driv- ' ing, and was being treated for major injuries, the highway pa trol said. Holder evidently was travel ling at high speed on a curve and crossed over the center line, where he hit the north-bound Lcathcrman vehicle head-on, of ficers said. The highway is an canyon- type of road by the Klamath River.. The cars were damaged beyond repair, officers added. Retardation Study Funds Past Test WASHINGTON (UPI) - The House appropriations commit tee Saturday approved every cent of a $41.9 million request of the late President Kennedy to launch a new attack on men tal illness and retardation. tlEWSM?'(CRIFS niMi noM m l" MUNB mi 0l0U REDS REDUCE MILITARY EXPENDITURES MOSCOW (UPI) Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev In speech published Saturday announced plans to reduce Soviet military exprmliturcs and cut Soviet armed lorccs In what appeared lo be the first shot l a new offensive for general and complete disarmament. vnun--H FivAvriF.R NEW YORK (UPI)-Onetime "boy wonder" Earl Belle, whose paper financial empire collapsed in 193s causing "untold losses" to American investors, returned to the United State. Saturday from a five year exile In Brazil where he got In trouble on bad check charges. C.-.L-TC srt-ir bai-sp iv mm u An PARIS (UPD-The soviet Lnion is seeing a coin war pause; Thank God j,., owr said ing in aciion a5 rcsuU o( because of severe economic problems and the growing stress of i sinatra Sr wncn ne was inform-1 clashes with the Communists its wrangle with Communist China. NATO sources (aid Salurday. j tne federal agents had wrap-1 during the period, the spokes- I ped up the case in slightly m;e 1 man said. Between 1,500 and BLUES SINGER DIES FROM OVERDOSE I than five davs. He praised the 1.600 weapons were lost and pre- DETROIT (It'll Singer Dinah Washington. 39-yrllr-old .FBI. which 'had conducted assumed captured by Communist "Queen of the Blues" whose throaty renditions of jatt rlassici ! investigation in complete sccre-1 forces as compared with 455 made her a top recording artist, died Saturday of an apparent cy excluding even local po- weapons raptured by gnvern everdne of pills. lice from participation. 'men! troops. ill IT ': : - ) ' ft I V SrV ;W RECOVER RANSOM MONEY - Chief FBI Agent William G. Simons of Los Angeles, left, and FBI Assistant Director Joseph Cas : per, second from left, show newsmen the ' SUSPECTS IN PLOT Held for the abduc tion of Sinatra are these three men, Barry Worthington Keenan, 23, left, John W. Irwin, UAL, Union Exchange Barbs WASHINGTON (UPI)-United Air Lines said Saturday it will attempt to continue operating if union mechanics go on strike as scheduled at midnight Wednesday. The move by United and an answering accusation by the In ternational Association of Ma chinists (1AM), the mechanics union, appeared to lessen hope of avoiding a major air line strike at the height of the Christmas passenger rush. It indicates a "stiffening of atti tudes," a government mediator who has been close to the situ ation said. The mediator, Howard Gam ser of the National Mediation Board, said, however, that both sides were still scheduled to meet again in his office Mon day in a continuing attempt to settle the labor dispute. "Bar gaining has not been called off," he said. WASHINGTON (UPI) The' Johnson administration is con sidering a major re organiza tion of the top leadership of the Alliance for Progress program. RETURNS FROM EXILE money they recovered witn tne capture ot three men in connection with the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnaping. (UPI) 42, center, and right. All three Saturday. (UPI) FBI Arrests Three In Sinatra Case; Money Recovered LOS ANGELES (UPI) - The FBI broke the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnap case Saturday with the arrest of three men, one the scion of a wealthy family, on suspicion of the abduction and recovered all but a frac tion of the $240,000 ransom. The trio a housepainler, an abalone diver and a vacuum cleaner salesman were seized by agents moving swiftly and secretly into three Southern California cities during a pe riod of 15 hours culminating ear ly Saturday. As of Saturday morning only $24,000 of the ransom paid by Frank Sinatra Sr. for his son's safe return Wednesday after 54 hours captivity was still miss ing. Later the FBI announced it had recovered most of the re maining ransom money. FBI agent in charge, William G. Simon, . said an additional $18,500 of the $240,000 payoff for the safe return of Frank Sinatra Jr. last Wednesday was located, leaving only about $6, 000 to be accounted for. Simon called a press confer ence in the fast - breaking case a short time after Actor Frank Sinatra Sr. revealed his 19-yoar- old son had furnished a descrip tion of the abductors' hideout which figured in the seizure of three suspects. I The Star said FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover told him the case was solved ana ne is cor tain all the suspects had been apprehended. At one time, as many as sev en or nine suspects were be lieved involved in the abduction i ol tne young singing star, "we no anticipate filing any addUional complaints to ob . J n. rfth (he chicf , criminal complaints "'or the US' attorney's olfice kn.n Joseph Clyde Amsler,- 23, are shown in photos' taken The suspects were identified as: John William Irwin, 42, Hollywood, Calif., painter, who has a long arrest record for minor offenses, arrested at 9 a.m. Friday. Barry Worthington Keenan, 23, of Los Angeles, apprehended shortly before 11 pi. Fridav. Keenan, a vacuum cleaner sales man, is the son of wealthy Flint ridge, Calif., Stockbroker John J. Keenan, who lives in a $100, 000 home. Joseph Clyde Amsler, 23, Playa Del Roy, abalone diver and former professional boxer, seized shortly after midnight at a Culver City, Calif., apartment. Amsler and Keenan were ar raigned before a U.S. Commis sioner in Los Angeles before dawn Saturday, and ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bail each. Irwin was arraigned and jailed in San Diego, also in lieu of $50, 000 bond, but the FBI said he also would be brought here this week end or Monday. Rebels Score In Viet Nam Conflict SAIGON (UPI) A U. S. military spokesman said Satur day that Communist guerrillas took advantage of last month's Saigon coup to deal Vietnamese government forces their most ! ,uus iuduw "iue me ne- ginning of the year. The high - level spokesman said government losses of men and weapons, an important in dication of how the war in South Vict Nam is going, almost dou bled in the month following the Nov. 2 coup compared with the previous month. More than 2,800 government troops were either killed, wound. iH punfiirAl nr HctnH at miss. T. Mann Named To Major Post In Administration He'll Boss Latin American Policies WASHINGTON (UPI)-Presi-dent Johnson Saturday selected Thomas Mann, U. S. Ambas sador to Mexico and a fellow Texan, to be the overall boss of his Latin American policies and assigned him unprecedent ed authority. Johnson announced that Mann, 51, would, be nominated as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, suc ceeding Edwin M. Martin. The latter, the White House said, would be given a major ambas sadorial post in Latin America as previously planned. Press Secretary Pierre Salin ger made it plain that Mann would be given an extraordinar ily free hand to shake up Latin American operations. Salinger Sidesteps He sidestepped a question whether the Mann appointment signified Johnson s dissatisfac tion over the conduct of Latin American affairs, particularly the Alliance for Progress pro gram. "I wouldn't make that state ment," Salinger told a ques tioner. No mention was made in the announcement of Teodoro Mos coso who served under the late President John F. Kennedy as U. S. coordinator for the Alli ance for Progress. Asked if Moscoso was slated to co, the White House replied that Mann would confer on his new assignment wiui ijumisun, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Foreign Aid Director David E. Bell. It was the first significant ad ministrative change announced by Johnson since he succeeded assassinated President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22. . Broad Assignment The White House made clear that Mann would have a broad assignment covering economic, military and political aspects of U. S. policy in the western hemisphere. "It's the President's intention to place Ambassador Mann in charge of the over-all policy co-ordination of all aspects of Latin American policy under the direction of the President and the Secretary of State," the announcement said. Mann, a native of Waco, Texas, conferred with President Johnson late Saturday on his new assignment. Senate Democratic whip Hu bert H. Humphrey, also joined the discussion. Sports Bulletins Medford High's Black Tor nado evened Us weekend bas ketball scries with South Eu gene by whipping the Axemen 83-73 here last night. Mike Barnes . scored 22 points for Medford and Larry Vowell 21. For South John I'inkstaff had 28. llalftime score was 42-.I6 for Medford. The Ashland Grizzlies were downed 43-37 by Cottage Grove on their home court Saturday night. The halftlme score was 22-18 In favor of Cottage Grove. Cottage Grove's Merle Carpenter was high point man (nr tne evening with 18, Dennis Ekwall was high for Ashland with 12 points. Basketball Scores College Basketball Oregon State 61, California 55 Wyoming 88, Oregon 81 Creighlon U. 96, Utah St. 91 Utah 72, St. Mary's College 60 A.Fi Academy 65, Brigham Young 61 Weber State College 88, East ern Montana 77 Gonzaga 87, Santa Clara 74 New Mexico 92, N. M. State 55 Western Montana B3, St. Mar tin's (Wash.) 62 Montana St. 73, Washington 61 Denver 84, Arizona State 83 Seattle 91, Idaho State 67 High School Basketball Grants Pass 62, Roscburg 54 Medford .IV 79, Prospect 39 Phoenix 73, Sutherlin 62 Clide 43 Eagle Point 41 f House Committee Votes Big Aid Cut; Johnson Not Happy WASHINGTON (UPI) - The House Appropriations Commit tee Saturday voted one of the deepest cuts ever inflicted on the foreign aid program and President Johnson immediately urged Congress to restore the money. He said the $800 million cut would be a "severe setback" to American world leadership. The committee voted to slash the money bill to $2.8 billion. Congress only Friday had sent the White House an authoriza tion bill for $3.6 billion which already represented a substan tial cut from the $4.5 billion County Population Up 4.1 Per Cent Over Year Before Jackson County had a popula tion of 83,647 persons as of July 1 this year, according to the latest estimate of the State Board of Census. This was an increase of 4.1 Relations With 2 Latin American Nations Resumed WASHINGTON (UPI) - The TTniln1 Q.ntne finttlprinU rBUimPlI diplomatic relations with Hon- duras and the Dominican Re. public, declaring that both coun tries were making progress dbck toward democracy following military coups last fall. Further U.S. action such as restoring aid funds, returning economic and military aid mis sions, and actual return of U.S. Ambassadors were, however, made contingent on continued future progress in both coun tries to restore constitutional government. President Juan uoscn oi me Dominican Republic was de nosed and exiled in a military coup Sept. 25. The country has since been ruled by a civilian regime placed in office by the military. President Ramon Villeda Mo rales was toppled in Honduras Oct. 5. That country has since been ruled by a military group. U.S. Embassies have remain ed in both countries, but until noon Saturday, when relations were restored, they have had no formal contact with either gov ernment. The State Department noted that both countries had issued decrees setting forth time ta bles for elections. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, Montana, said he fully supported Johnson's de cision to restore recognition. Mansfield, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee, told reporters, "That's (Johnson's) constitutional re sponsibility and whatever action he takes, I will support to the limit. Next Freeway Link Set To Open Jan. 15 Opening of the remaining south end of the Interstate 5 Freeway bypassing Ashland is scheduled tentatively for Jan. 15, according to a local high way department spokesman. This will take traffic through to the edge of the Siskiyous. Center - striping from North Ashland interchange to South Ashland interchange was com pleted by Friday, It was report ed. The shoulders are not paved yet so the shoulder stripes will be painted later from North Ashland to Green Springs inter change. A crew just finished paving the Green Springs inter change Friday. Johnson Sending Note To De Gaulle PARIS (UPI) - Prcsidenl Johnson has sent a personal message to French President Charles de Gaulle in an appar ent new attempt to thaw out IrOzen relations between t h e United Slates and France, U.S. officials disclosed Saturday night. . asked by the late President Ken ncdy. The bill passed Saturday by the committee provides the cash whereas the autorization bill sets a ceiling on the amount. Quick Reaction Johnson issued a statement only hours after the committee vote in which he said the cuts "would put our foreign policy in a straitjackct." "I cannot believe that t h e Congress intends to require the United States of America to fol low policies of weakness and retreat," Johnson said. "I urge the Congress, therefore, to ap- per cent over the July 1, 1962 estimate, and 13.1 per cent over the 1960 federal census, Jackson County was one of the seven fastest-growing coun ties o( the 36 in Oregon. It ranked sixth in the slate in Donulation. after Multnomah. Lane, Marion, Clackamas and Washington, each of which is over 100,000. Medford'S current nonulation was estimated at 26,526, an in - crease ui ouf auring me year, ine new estimate leu mcuiora in the position of the tuurt'n- largest city in the state, after Portland, Eugene and Salem. Corvallis, with 26,440, ranks next. Of the total county population 44,518 persons live within incor porated cities or towns, and 30, 129 live in unincorporated areas. Here are populations of the other incorporated cities in the county Asmann. h. m i: mme p ails, 393; Central Point, 2,735; Eagle Point, 731: Gold Hill, 578; Jack- Point, 731; Gold Hill, 578; Jack sonville, 1,180; Phoenix, 957; Rogue River, 535; and Talent, 934. Parley Sought On Berlin Wall Snag BERLIN (UPI) - Communist East German Vice Premier Alexander A b u s c h Saturday night asked West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt to meet with him in a high-level effort lo break a deadlock on a plan to permit Christmas visits by West Berlin crs with their relatives in East Berlin. Abusch told a hastily-arranged news conference he had written to Brandt proposing they meet during the weekend to clear up a dispute snagging any agree ment on issuance of Christmas passes lo West Berlincrs for hol iday visits to the other side of the Berlin wall. Several Post Offices Will Be Open Today The Medford, Central Point and White Cily post offices will be open today from 1 lo 5 p.m. for the acceptance of parcel post and selling of stamps for the convenience of patrons who find It difficult In mail during the week. Also open will be the suh-s'v tion at Village Variety Store on Stewart Avenue from 10 a.m. lo 6 p.m. and the sub-station at Grandvicw Market on Crater Lake Highway from 9 a.m. to 6 m. Christmas Planned In A group of area residents, dedicated to "bringing Christ back into Christmas," is formu lating plans for Christmas Eve activity in downlown Medford. According to a momncr ot tne committee, the intersection ol Barllctt and Main Streets will be blocked off to vehicle traffic at 7 o'clock Christmas Eve. There, a number of ministers from Medford will deliver short sermons on the Christmas theme. Accompanied by organ music, a number of carols will I had long felt Christmas'was be ne sung. coming "too commercialized." Spokesmen for the committee ' The mayor referred them to propriate the funds essential to conduct strong and forward-look ing toreign assistance programs in me u. a. national interest. The committee passed by a unanimous vote the cut approv ed Friday by an appropriations subcommittee. Almost cverv military, economic and techni cal assistance program was trimmed, including the Peace uorps, If sustained by the House and Senate, the sum would be the smallest since 1957 when $2.7 billion was appropriated. The cut represented the biggest dot lar reduction in recent memory. Turing .to specifics, Johnson declared the amount proposed for the Latin American Alliance for Progress would be sharnlv below last year's appropriations and "represent a failure on our part to carry out the undertak ings of President Eisenhower in the Act of Bogota and of President Kennedy in the Char ter of Punta del Estc." The President also denounced the slash in funds for interna- tional organizations. He said the proposed totals would not allow the United States to keep its commitments and pledges. "It would undercut our efforts in the United Nations to insure that the Soviet Union and other reluctant nations live lin tn Ihpir 1 pledges to the United Nations," ne sam in calling inc cut In mis category a "startling" pro- posal. Council Supports Firing of Smith GRANTS PASS Police Chief rim nverm ana i,uy manager noy caincs nave Dcen given vine ui commence dv me urams Pass City Council regarding the recem aismissai oi police cap- Cap- tain John Smith, The council, at a special meet ing I'rldny afternoon, adopted a resolution which described the discharge of Capl. Smith as "justified." The resolution said the coun cil had examined the circum stances surrounding the dis missal, that it was of the "firm opinion" the discharge was just- uicu ana mat n aid not led a public hearing was required. The resolution was adopted gy a vote of 8-0. Capt. Smith, an officer with the Grants Pass Police Depart ment for about 15 years, was dismissed by Chicf Averill on Dec. 3. "Disloyalty and dissen sion" were cited as the reasons. Following Averill's action, City Manager Eames issued a state ment lo the effect that he had directed Averill to take what ever steps were neccssnry to eliminate dissension in the po lice department. Achi'evemenf Of Peace Set As LBJ's Goal WASHINGTON (UPI) - Presi dent Johnson said Saturday the foremost goal of his administra tion would be the achievement of peace in the world. He told a federal committee on arms control that the United Stales would lead from strength in its search for peace. He add ed that his administration would continue on the path charted by the lale President John F. Kennedy when the nu clear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union was signed. Eve Service Being Downtown Medford hope as many area residents as possible will attend the pro gram, which may become an annual affair. After the idea was conceived recently, members of the com mittee approached John Ileber ling, president of the Medford Ministerial association. He liked the proposal and encouraged them to pursue it. They swke with Mayor James Dunlevy in City Hall Tuesday. Dunlevy said he thought it was a "wonderful idea," and mat ne Reservoir Dam Bursts; 4 Dead, 60 Homes Lost Advance Warning Saves Many Lives LOS ANGELES (UPI) - A reservoir dam burst late Satur day, cascading almost 300 mil lion gallons of water into the heavily populated Baldwin Hills area where at least 60 homes were destroyed. Police said at least four per sons were killed. Police shortly after 8 p. m. said they also were investigat ing reports of two olher deaths, but could not immediately con firm the casualties. A massive search was under way under the glare of spot lights Saturday night for partly submerged cars caught when water rushed through a 75 foot gap in the 700-foot earthen wall. A warning was issued threa hours before the dam burst at about 3:45 p.m. PST. savins countless lives by evacuation, Authorities feared there wnulr be others trapped in those cars, but confirmed only one woman's bodv was taken from a Ktth. ImcrDed antn. Annlhnr rlnutli uaa blamed on a heart attack suf- icrea By, a. resident. i"0lice sam Bomo curious per- sons were actually on the dam when it broke in another section of the earthen work. Police said they were pulling people off the dam as it cvracked and de scribed it as "miraculous" that no one was hurl. Police reported that looting broke out -in the darkness even to the point that policemen were missinc lackets anrt nlhpv m a taken irom smiad cars and mo- torcvejps. ; Disaster Area Mayor Samuel W. Yorty de- clared a major disaster in tha southwestern section of the citv. and telephoned President John son's office for aid. "The water is starting to sub side and wc are starting to or-' ganizc our search for any cas ualties there might be," said Chicf William H. Parker who said tolal damage was estimated at about $10 million. Skin divers were standing by on bridges over a flood control channel to search for victims. The torrent of water and mud swirling over the area norlh of International Airport was 12 feet deep at one point, and still ran nine feet deep hours later in the Bologna Channel. The channel carried the swirling waters to ward the Pacific Ocean, assur ing safety for residents of thou sands of other homes in the area. Gov. Edmund G. Brown de clared the entire Baldwin Hills' sector a disaster area. Cause Unknown Cause of the disaster was not Immediately known. Officials of the city water and power depart ment field an emergency meet ing to evaluate what caused tha failure. The scene was described as "eerie" by veleran UPI Corre spondent Vernon Scott who watched firemen prepare for grim recovery operations. Another UPI correspondent whose home was damaged saw trees ripped from lawns, cerr-nt foundation blocks torn apart, and houses crumbled like match boxes. Park and Recreation Director Robert L. Ilaworth who prom ised "full co-operation." He ar ranged to lend a city-owned trailer and speaker's rostrum for the event. John Lusk loaned the group an organ. A sneaker's system is being loaned by the A-l Ra dio TV Service. Persons instrumental in de veloping the plans include Mrs. Betty McCornack; her daugh ter Llndy, a Medford High School student; John Gilbertson, a student at Southern Oregon College; and Mrs. Betty Jean McFarlanc. .