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THOUSANDS WAIT The gates to East Berlin opened for
holiday visitors Friday, but many West Berliners eager to
visit their East Berlin relatives were left waiting out in the
yga official
was spy for u s.
VIENNA (UPI) - A top Bul
garian Communist diplomat at
United Nations headquarters in
New York has confessed in full
to spying for the United States
for $200,000 he spent on an im
moral life involving "m any
women," the Bulgarian News
Agency said Saturday night.
The official agency identified
him as Ivan-Assen Hristov Geor
giev, 56. a high-ranking diplo
mat and international lawyer
and said he gave "important"
secrets to the Central Intelli
gence Agency (CIA) over a seven-year
period.
Identity Now Revealed ' '"'
His arrest was first announced
Nov. 9 in Sofia hut his full
identity was withheld. Saturday
the Bulgarian News Agency
gave details of his confession
and his life of sin during which
he used his pay to support sev
eral mistresses at home and
abroad.
The agency reported he was
being held in a maximum se
curity jail in the Bulgarian cap
ital awaiting trial. It called him
a "malicious enemy and traitor
In the Bulgarian people" who
had received a "diploma" from
U. S. intelligence officials fori
his efficiency. j
Saturday night's report indi
cated Bulgarian security organs
may have been watching Geor
gicv for some months before
he was arrested in September.
Tuned In Radio
The news agency said the ac
cused spy in Sofia was instruct
ed to tune his special radio into
a certain frequency every first
and third Friday of the month
at 0:30 a.m. Bulgarian time for
ciphered transmissions from
"the U. S. .intelligence radio
center in Greek territory.
It said the renter sent these
messages to Georgiev eight
times starting May 17 and end
ing Sept. 6 before his arrest.
But it was not clear from the
news agency account whether
this information came from
Georgiev after his arrest. There
was no mention of the circum
stances of the diplomat's arrest
or how the security police dis
covered his alleged activities.
SATELLITE IN ORBIT
CAPE KENNEDY (UPI) -
America orbited a sophisticated j
new weatner satellite aaiuraay
lliai quiciviy iidsiieu uativ viviu
pictures of a massive cloud and
ice layer around the Great
Lakes and a spectacular view of
the Eastern Seaboard.
NEWS(t)BRIEFS
rriMJ nor JOT axounb thi oiom
BRITISH-RUSSIAN TALKS WELCOMED - RLT . . .
LONDON (CPU Western and Communist diplomats said
Saturday thry welcomed Hrilish-Russian talks at this time but
that there was no substitute for direct Washington-Moscow cold
war negotiations.
PRESIDENT ORDERS STUDY OF ECONOMY
WASHINGTON (UPI) President Johnson Saturday ordered
Ihe heads of nine government departments and agencies to estab
lish a high-level committee to study the Impact of changes in de
fenss. spending and disarmament on Ihe nation's economy.
REP. CRAMER RAPPED BY DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON (UPI) The State Department Saturday ac
cused Rep- William C. Cramer, R-Fla., ol issuing "distortions,
Inaccuracies and misleading references" about Its security divi
lion and Ihe activities ol Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
COMMON MARKET MINISTERS IN DRAMATIC MEET
BRUSSELS (UPI) Common Market foreign ministers, In
dramatic effort In save Ihe tls -
munity from disintegration, agreed
' solution J to Ihrlr bitter wrangl, n
58th Year
M
United Prew International Full Leased Wire
io,500
Permitted Through Wall
BERLIN (UPI) - The hungry
hearts of joyful West Berliners
defeated bitter cold, snow and
red tape Saturday for week end
pre-Christmas reunions with
loved ones on the other side of
the Communist wall.
The West Berlin Senate said
about 7,000 West Berliners were
permitted to cross the anti-refu
gee barrier on this second full
day of the Communist-approved
yulctidc opening in the Iron
Curtain. Friday was a working
day and about 3,500 crossed.
Communist police, stand i n g
guard at the holes they chopped
through the concrete, steel and
barbed wire they erected 28
months ago, greeted the visitors
with a cherry "good morning."
Let Packages Through
For the most part, they de
Vietnamese War
Discussed
And Top Officials
WASHINGTON (UPD-Plans
for pushing the war against
Vietnamese Communists next
year dominated White House
activity Saturday as President
Johnson held a series of con
ferences with top officials of
the Defense and State Depart
ments. Defense Secretary Robert S.
McNamara and Central Intelli
gence Director John A. McCone,
only a few hours after their re
turn from Saigon, reported at
length to the President and Sec
retary of State Dean Rusk.
"We reviewed in great de
tail the plans of the South Viet
namese and the plans of our
own military advisers for oper
ations during 1904," McNamara
told reporters at the White
House after a 75-minutc meet
ing with Johnson and Rusk.
"We have every reason to be
lieve thev will be successful.
We are determined that they
shall be."
The Chief Executive also met
with Treasury Secretary Doug
las Dillon to discuss the $11.1
billion tax cut bill and adminis-
tration jans l0 seek early pas,
sage o( it wh(,n congress rccon-
yenes Jan. 7.
7ne chief Executive's busy
Saturday represented an effort
ion his part to clean up as much
I business as possible.
year - old European economic com
early today In llnd political
.er agricultural policy.
EDFOED
me
cola trying to oniain applications
lined up for applicalions in front
district of West Berlin. (UPI)
West Berliners
clined to inspect the packages of
food and gifts carried into East
Berlin by those lucky enough
to obtain passes.
One man, Erik Zatz, a 24-year-old
intern, dashed out of
a West Berlin charity hospital
to keep his appointment at the
Invalidcn crossing point with
his sister whom he had not seen
for more than two years.
Zatz, still wearing his hospital
garb and stethoscope, tearfully
embraced his sister while the
usually-grim Communist guards
looked on with smiles. Nearby,
however, a Communist party of
ficial passed out propaganda
leaflets to the visiting West
Berliners.
Sees Grandmother
A pretty young red - haired
West Berlin woman fell into the
By LB J
Meanwhile, from Saigon came
word that the South Vietna
mese army inflicted heavy los
ses Saturday on a Communist
Viet Cong unit in what was be
lieved to be the first Commu
nist - style nighttime ambush
staged by government troops.
The Communists nave ncen
the masters of the nighttime
ambush in the strange and dirty
little war through South Viet
Nam's jungles and swamps but
until Saturday American mili
tary advisers had been unable
to convince the South Vietna
mese of the value of this stra
tegy. Skiing on Ashland
Delayed Few Days
ASHLAND There won t be
any skiing at the Ml. Ashland
Ski Area (or a few more days.
That was the. announcement
from the Mt. Ashland Corpora
tion Saturday night.
"The testing of the T-bar lift
equipment is still in progress,"
according to Alex Murphy, cor-
poration manager. "Although j
no official statement can be
made at this time, we antici
pate that skiing can probably
begin the day alter Christmas."
Sports Bulletins
EUGENE The Moelford
Rlarb Tnrnailfi. hnal Uill:im.
etle High School of Eugene 6S-
4! here Salurriav. Larrv Vnwell nut appareniiy was nni injuica
of Medford led the scoring with , seriously, officers said
18, Bill Envart of Medford had; slalR police reported it was
IS. and TeiVv Slahel of Willam-llhe 12lh fatality this year in
rite led hi( icammales with n. ! Josephine county. Eight (alall
Medford led al each quarler. : n!la hrm reported at this
18-11 at the end of the first. tlmP ln l2-
38-21 at Ihe half, and 59-37 al Ihe . . .. r
end of the third quarter. BaSkClball SCOS
LEBANON Crater High of
Central Point defeated Lebanon
here Saturday night 49-38. Cra-
tcr led at the half 19-12 and at
one point held a 17-2 advantage.!
Mike Turner got is poinls and
Bob Stroh 13 for the Comets.
LAKEVIEW Winnemurca
beat Lakeview 19-11 Saturday
night to win the Winnemurca-lo-lheSea
Tournament here. Ea
gle Point was hralrn hy Brook
ings 52-13 in the first game. High
point man for Eagle Point uarj
Lonnie Mrslnh wilh 18, and Rnh
MrNeelv was high for Rrook-.
1 Ia(s with IS points.
for passes. Here, thousands
of a school in the Tempelhof
arms of a frail elderly woman
and sobbed, "Oma, oma, oma.
(Grandmother, grand mother,
grandmother.) You haven't
changed in two years."
Henry Vergin, a ,18-ycar-old
East Berliner, did a little dance
in the snow as he waited for
his young married niece to ar
rive. "Look, look," he shouted,
waving a telegram from t h e
niece saying she had been
granted a pass and was on the
way to see him.
"Oberbaum Bridge early to
morrow," the wire said. It was
signed, "Love, Little Truday and
Children."
"I've never seen the chil
dren," Vergin told fellow East
Berliners waiting with him. "I
didn't even know Truday had
tnem."
More than 25,000 West Berlin
ers stood in long, seemingly
endless lines wailing In apply
to East German postal officials
for the hoped-for passes.
Some Turned Awny
More than 250 queued up at
Ihe Tiergarten School were (old
over loudspeakers to "go home,
go home because BOO appli
cants were already inside the
building and that no more could
be processed.
Those standing in line refused
to leave. West Berlin police
rushed in a 20-man detail to
keep order when tempers grew
strained. They formed a human
barrier between the crowd and
the school, and those in line
finally did go home in disap
pointment. California Boy
Dies of Injuries
A 2'i-year-olrt hny died of
head injuries at Rogue Valley
Hospital Friday night, eight
hours after a one-car accident
in which he was injured on U. S.
1!W near Kcrby.
The boy, Brian Hanson, was
thrown from a car driven by
Ronald D. Hanson, Fortuna,
Calif., when it went out of con
trol on a curve on U.S. 109,
and struck a bank, according to
state police.
The child was thrown from
the car and struck a vehicle
which had pulled off the road to
avoid the accident the Grants
Pass stale police office re
ported. Hanson, a school teacher, was
on Christmas vacation with his
wife, Gloria, and infant son.
They were scheduled to fly hack
to Fortuna Saturday morning.
The father, who was driving,
als0 was thrown out of the car
Saturday College Games
Oregon Stale 5fi Indiana 52
Vanderbilt 91 Louisville 82
Tulsa 86 Florida 82
Alaska at S a n t a Barbara
cancelled
Utah 79 Rice 72
Weber State 112 Chico State 62
Utah State 64 Arizona 60
Colorado State 96 WSC 90
Idaho Stale 77 New Mexico
Slate 68
Colorado 80 Wvoming 74
Humboldt St. 70, OTI 65
Saturday Prrp Scores
Phoenix 47 Myrtle Creek 44
St. Mary's 70 St. Francis 6.1
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY,
itter Deadlock
Stalls
Scranlon Says
He May Run
For Presidency
Idea Being Given
'Deeper Thought'
HARRISBURG, Pa. (UPI) -Pennsylvania
Gov. William W.
Scranton todav announced that
he was giving "deeper thought"
to running for the GOP nomina
tion (or President. His statement
came at the end of a 30-day
bipartisan moratorium on poli
tics occasioned by the assassi
nation of President Kennedy.
acranton s announcement ap
peared likely to touch off a
spirited rrce for the 19G4 Re-
publican nomination among
New York Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller, an a 1 r e a d y-an-
nounced aspirant. Sen. Barry
G o 1 d w a t e r, (R-Ariz.), Gov.
and perhaps Henry Cabot Lodge,
George Romncy of Michigan,
currrently Ambassador to South
Viet Nam, and former Vice
President Richard M. Nixon.
Ike Urged Him
Scranton said that former
President Dwight D. Eisenhow
er had urged him at a meeting
here Dec. 15 to consider run
ning for the GOP nomination.
He (Eisenhower) said the
national scone, now was such
that he felt that a number of
persons thought that 1 should
be the candidate, and he thought
that I ought to give a good deal
of thought to this matter," the
governor said.
Eisenhower recently brought
up Lodge as a possibility to head
the GOP ticket next year
against President Lyndon B.
Johnson. Lodge was non-com
mittal about Eisenhower s en
couragement to run but left the
door open for the possibility of
a draft.
Has Idea Annul Lodge
In announcing that he would
consider Eisenhower's sugges
tion to campaign for the nomi
nation, Scranton said that he
thought Lodge would make a
"good" secretary of stale.
Gnldwalcr has said that he
would announce definitely
whether he is a candidate early
next year.
Nixon, bealen narrowly hy
President Kennedy in I960, has
said that he is not a candidate
for the nomination next year.
Romney has followed the same
course.
Scranlon made his comments
on his possible candidacy at a
news conference earlier this
week. The announcemenl was
held up because of the 30-day
period of mourning for Kennedy
that expires today.
Court Appearance
Set for Three Men
Three young men charged
with extortion will appear in
Jackson County District Court
Monday, District Attorney Alan
Holmes said.
The trio, who will determine
whether or not they want a pre
liminary hearing at that time,
includes Steven Joseph Para-
diso, 17. of 3354 W. Second St.,
Medford; Waller Dale Balla, I9,l
Hotel Grand, Medford. and Rob
ert Gray, 19, of 616 W. lllh St.,
Medford.
They were charged with ex
tortion afler making a telephone
call to Allan F. Perry, manager
of Ihe Medford branch of the
U. S. National Bank of Portland,
demanding $5,000. The caller
claimed Mrs. Perry was being
held as a hostage. Mrs. Perry
was under police protection until
the three men were arrested.
SHOPPING DAYS LEFT
CHRISTMAS SEALS fight TB and
Other RESPIRATORY DISEASES
DECEMBER 22, 1963
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SATURDAY NIGHT BLAZE Firemen fight
a blaze at the Buildings Materials, Inc. cab
inet shop at M4 S. Central Ave. in Medford.
The fire was noticed shortly before p.m.
South Talent Area
Residents To Meet
District Attorney
TALENT A delegation from
the South Talent area will meet
with District Allorney Alan B.
Holmes at 11:30 a.m. Monday
to discuss the legality of the
forthcoming election on zoning
for the area.
A group of residents who fa
vor zoning met at Ihe Richard
Klimek residence Friday night
In discuss how to get out the
vote for the Jan. 24 zoning elec
tion and what could be done to
campaign for zoning.
The group, known as the South
Talent Improvement Association,
questions the effectiveness of
permanent zoning without com
pletion of a comprehensive land
use study by Ihe Jackson Coun
ty Planning Commission.
Would Be nn Zoning
The district attorney said Fri
day the January election would
be to decide on permanent zon
ing, not continuation of the pres
ent interim zoning until ils nor
mal expiration date Nov. 1, 1964.
Holmes said that an attorney
I general s opinion 01 tne new law
" "" "' " - i
hensive land use study need not
be completed bclore an election
on permanent zoning is held.
If zoning is approved at the
election it would mean a con
tinuation of Ihe present zoning
At Least 43 Persons
Trains Are Derailed
Two Union Pacific
sleamliners derailed i
crack
Iowa
and Wyoming Saturday, tying
up rail lines jammed with
Christmas holiday travelers,
and injuring al least 43 persons.
Nineteen of the injured were
hospitalized.
Oddly, three trains went off
the rails in scattered sections
of Iowa. In addition to the U-P
passenger train which jumped
i the track at Coon City, Iowa, a
I North Western Railway freight
! train was derailed at Jefferson,
I and a Itork Island freight at
Holland.
Skidding cars at Jefferson
; damaged three fuel tanks, crea
I ling a stale of emergency In the
I (own. Residents of a 12-15 block
I area threatened by danger nf
exji'-sion nf leaking propane
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Tribune
llnllfd Pr International Full Lf!d Wlr
For Adjournme
plan, Holmes said. Without
completed land use study this
could result in spot zoning. If
the election had been scheduled
closer to expiration date of the
present interim zoning ordi
nance, the planning commission
might have had time to com
plete the land use study, he
added.
Bank Plans Branch
In Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE - The II. S.
National Rank of Portland is
interested in establishing a
branch in one of the historic
buildings in Jacksonville, it was
learned Saturday.
Dwight Houghton, manager ol
the bank's North Medford
branch, said negotiations for a
site are now in progress. The
organization has obtained a
permit from the controller of
the currency to establish a
branch here.
"We're definitely going into
Jacksonville," Houghton said
"We're anxious to get into
operation by spring or sum
mer." The branch would he de
signed lo fit In wilh the historic
atmosphere of the community.
gas tanks had to lurn off pilot
' lights and leave their homes.
oilier Ireignt trains were de
railed at Hock Springs, Wyo.,
Campbell, Tex., and at Bowling
Green, Ky., where a crew mem
ber was injured.
Twenty - five persons were
injured in the derailment at
Coon Rapids, Inwa, when the
Union Pacific-Milwaukee Road's
streamliner "City of Los Angel
es" jumped the tracks in 14
below temperatures. The train
apparently struck a broken rail,
Milwaukee Road officials said.
Eight of the injured three
passengers and live crew mem
bers were hospitalized, but
none was listed in serious con
dition. The westbound stream
liner carried 160 passengers,
many enrnute In spend Christ
h with relatives.
Price 10 Cents
In Gongre
It had gotten head start, however, and the
building was engulfed in flame when firemen
arrived. The cause was not Immediately
determined. ' ' '
Cabinet Shop
Gulfed by Fire
The Building Materials, Inc.
cabinet shop at 944 S. Central
Ave. was gutted by (ire Satur
day night.
The fire was reported shortly
before 6 p.m., hut firemen said
it evidently had started earlier
in Ihe day and was not noticed
until flames came through the
roof and windows.
When the fire trucks arrived,
the building was completely en
gulfed in flames. Four vehicles
including the aerial ladder truck
were used hy the fire depart
ment. About 30 men fought the
blaze.
The fire was adjacent lo the
distribution center of the Mobil
Gas Co. bulk plant. Firemen
trained their hoses on the flam
mable tanks In prevent possible,
damage. The four large tanks
nn the Mobil property were not
threatened, however.
It was necessary In halt one
Southern Pacific train south of
Stewart Avenue In keep it from
danger.
The fire was confined by 8:30
p.m., but a standby fire crew
was still nn duty al 10.00 p.m.
FLOODS KILL 13
RABAT, Morocco (UPI)
Seasonal floods have killed at
least 13 persons and isolated
about 20 villages in the North
Moroccan area where 50 ncr-:
sons drowned in floods last year
It was reported today.
Injured As Crack
In Iowa, Montana
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streamliner "City of Los Angeles" Jumped the trncks at Coon
Rapids, la. (circled cross mark on map). Sixteen of the 19 cars
juirjied Ihe tracks. More than a score were injuredf.(UPI)
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No. 236
Tempers Fly as
Foreign Aid Bill
Reaches Impasse
GOP Accused of
'Sit Down Strike'
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Thn
88th Congress in a shouting
mad temper scuttled plans to
adjourn for the year Saturday
night and ordered sessions next
week in an effort to end a bit.
ter deadlock over the foreign aid
spending bill.
A While House source and a
top Dcmocralic House leader ac
cused Republicans of waging a
legislative "sit down strike
against the $3 billion aid appro
priation. Recess For Week End .
After waiting all dav on a
stand by basis, the Senate sig
nalled the official end of at
tempts to adjourn hy recessing
until Tuesday. At 6:20 p.m. EST,
the. House followed suit hy re
cessing until noon Monday.
An undoubtedly fighting mad
President Johnson put off his
scheduled departure today to
spend the Christmas holidays
at his Texas ranch.
House Democratic. Leader
Carl Albert, Oklahoma, and
House Republican Leader
Charles A. Hallcck, Indiana, en
gaged 10 a.shouting match over
the situation- before the House
called it quits for the week end.
It was Albert who had up
braided Halleck and the Repub
licans lor waging what he call
ed a legislative "sit down
strike." Albert based his accu
sation on the fact that the Housa
Rules Committee could not of
ficially meet to clear the com
promise aid bill to the floor be
cause of a boycott by needed Re
publican members.
A White House official alsn
used the phrase sit-down-strike.
At the heart 0 the controversy
was an amendment which wnnirf
curtail President Johnson's pow
ers to extend credit in sales nf
wheat and other commodities lo
Russia.
The House had twice attached
the amendment to the foreign
aid legislation and the Senate
had twice rejected it.
Reject Amendment
The House, hy a narrow parti
san vote early Saturday morn
ing, had rejected a compromise
amendment which would have
voiced Congressional dislike of
such a credit extension hut al
lowed the President to do so in
the name of national interest.
Halleck stressed that t h a
House already had twice reject
ed any softening of the wheat
credit ban.
"You lost In a clean fight,"
he told the Democrats. "You
come hack today and want lo do
it all over again."
Medford Police Car,
Another Auto Collide
A vehicle driven !v Betty
Louise Bross, 2.1, 512 S. Holly
St,, collided with a police ve
hicle driven by Barry F..Bnhm,
28 , 3005 Delta Waters Road, at
B p m. Saturday at Main and
Front Streets, police said. Thn
police vehicle was en route to
a fire on South Central Avenue.
Miss Bross was taken to
Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital
hy ambulance tor observation.
She was reported in good condi-
tmn.
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