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Newspaper Page TextM of East Refugee PemoniDHceii mg smart fits rl 4. U . 4 fc&MJS'S Rogue Valley Edition 58th Year Price 10 Cents West Berliners Voice Anger Over Medford Tribune ail-"' ATTENDS 1'HIVATE MASS-Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy is shown as she left her falher-in-law s nouse m Palm Beacn, Fla., where she attended private Christmas Day Mass with other Kennedy family members. Others in the Northern Midwest Again Hit By Arctic Cold; Florida Freezes By United Press International Another Arctic cold mass slipped into the northern Mid west today, threatening to end a short lived thaw in the na tion's eastern two thirds. Occasional snow was expect ed from the northern plains over the Great Lakes and into the northern Appalachians. Cold Canadian winds began blowing across Minnesota and North Da kota. Throughout the South and into the Ohio Valley, temperatures warmed after a night of sub freezing readings in northern Florida. Rising temperatures Wednes day turned Christmas snows into slush. Icy patches on high ways proved deceptive to mo torists and helped boost the holi day traffic toll past 200, lud. ""B across the Central and Southern Plains. Norfolk, Neb., reported an all-lime high Christmas Day temperature of 63.1 degrees. The mercury poked above freezing in most of the frost bitten North and edged into the 40s and 50s across the Plains and Midwest. Junction, Tex., recorded 76 Wednesday and Carlsbad. N.M., had 75 for the nation's highest readings. Idaho was the coun try's ice box with a 5 below reading at Idaho Falls and 4 below at Malad City. The weather bureau said the warminc trend would extend across the Southland during ' tne day ana muve up nmi mc ; Four Holiday Babies1 . . . i Aro Rnm" 111 I nilmV miw wwiii wwM...,cuit Court by Judgc Dean F. There were four babies born j Bryson denying damages to nn rhrislmas Dav in Jackson James Hassebrock, a minor, County, according to reports from valley hospitals. Three arrived in Ashland and one in Medford. Born at Community Hospital in Ashland were a boy to Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Scars, 647 Beach St., Ashland; a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson R. Stone, Jr., Route 1. Box 454A, Talent; and a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Lyle O. Leh- man. 2020 Highway 99 North' Ashland. The only arrival in Medford was a boy, born to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Samples, 3492 Bur- sell Road, Medford, at Rogue Valley Hospital. NEWS (P; BRIEFS ITEMS FROM 1ft S AOUN THI OlOH PRESIDENT BAGS HEAVY BUCK I) EE It JOHNSON CITY. Tex. (UPI) President Johnson bagged a heavy buck drcr with one shol nn a four-hour hunting expedition today and returned to his ranch In work. He was reported la have sent a note to the president ol Cyprus on factional fighting there. CONGRESS SLATES FRIDAY SESSIONS WASHINGTON (L'PIl The Senate and House, (heir ChristniHS holiday marred by the foreign aid bill tieup, will hold brief ses sion! Friday. But it's only for the record and no business will be transacted. . FEDERAL TAX COLLECTIONS TOP RECORD CHICAGO (L'PIl This year marked the first time in history that frderal tax collections exceed $100 billion, the Commerce Clearing House said today in a review of 1963. LAST OF SIILBERT BROTHERS DIES NEW YORK (I I'D .1. J. Shiibrrt, 86. last of three brothers hn founded a theatrical empire that has prevailed for more lhan Mi years, died early today, the Shubert office revealed. picture, from left, are Princess Lee Radzi well, Mrs. Kennedy s sister: Prince Stanislaw Radziwell, and Secret Service Agent Clint Hill. (UPI) Ohio Valley. Slightly cooler weather was on tap for most of the Plains, Upper Great Lakes, Northern Rockies and Plateau area. Boeing Activates Boardman Lease; Check Received SALEM (UPI) Boeing Com pany, Scattlchas activated its lease of the planned 100,000 acre Boardman Space Age In dustrial Park in Eastern Ore gon Gov. Mark Hatfield announced today that Boeing President VVil- llnm Allan harl ar.r-nnt.rl thr. lease, and sent Oregon a SI,- 315.17 check as the rental fee for the balance of this year. , Termed Real Asset Hatfield termed the ceptance "the culmination of four years of effort to carry out a project of great potential for Eastern Oregon and the en tire state. High Court Rules On Explosive Toy SALEM (UPI) - A "sky fly er" toy which propels a dart By means 0f an explosive cap wnen tne toy ls strUcK on a nam surface is not an attractive nui- i sance, the Oregon supreme Court ruled today. The high court upheld a deci- sion in Multnomah County Cir- who was struck in the eye by the toy. Hasscbrock's guardian had sought damages from Peal O. Norman, a neighbor, after the accident. The high court said the lower court's refusal to permit a dem onstration of the toy to the jury ;Was a matter within the judge's j discretion. TO MISS GAME JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (UPI) President Johnson has "no plans" to attend the Cotton ! Bowl football game in Dallas ; New Year's Day. New England will get some light snow before the day ends, the weather bureau said, and occasional drizzle was forecast for the Pacific Northwest. Hatfield termed the project "a real asset for economic growth." Boeing's lease is for 77 years and base rental payments for the full period would total $4.6 million. Allen announced Boeing would disclose details of its planned use of the project "within a few weeks." It is expected the desert wasteland property will be used for rocket development and testing facilities. Crises Ended Acceptance of the lease by Boeing ended years of crises in creating the tract for lease as an industrial site. Boeing had until today to de termine whether it would honor the lease, which was signed in July, or point out any errors which Oregon would have had 30 days to correct. The property, which borders the Columbia River, and in cludes the western half of the former Navy Bombing range near Boardman, is now owned by the Oregon Veterans Affairs Department. Title to the property was transferred to the veterans de partment at the recent special session of the legislature. 2 Oregonians Lose Lives on Christmas By United Press International two persons lost their lives in traffic accidents in Oregon on Christmas Day. I Gilbert Toll, 50, Redmond, was i killed when his truck ripped j through a guard rail on the M..lk Cnnli.,m Uinht,-,,, nnr! went into the Big Cliff Dam rc - servoir about 10 miles west of nelrnit Wednesday afternoon. The body of Toll, a rancher, was recovered from the cab of me num. turner mcijuirc, o.j, raauras, died when his car went off a curve on a private road at the questioned Gray on Dec. 19. Round Butte Dam near Madras! paratjso and Gray were ar early Wednesday. i rested with Waller Dale Bulla McGuire was thrown from the to. of a local hotel, on the ex car. He was employed by the j tortion charges. Balla will ap Utah Construction Co., which is 'pear later, the prime contractor for the; Round Butte hydroelectric pro-' Canadians Questioned jeci. .... Bv Local Authorities Inspection Slated j Two Canadian nationals. Bri- At Mt. Ashland Resort :an Joph-Cuiiitin Guerin of Pe k. av pi:.. tcrborough, Ontario, and Ray- of the water system and ski lift at the Mt. Ashland Ski area are scheduled Friday, Alex Mur phy, manager of the Mt. Ash land Corporation, said today. It was snowing on Mt. Ash land this morning and officials of the recreational area were hoping IhaJ sufficient depth would pile lip to make skiing possible tiiis weekend, Murphy said. Two Sections 24 PAGES Elfstrom Feels 'Pressure' for Appling's Post SALEM (UPI) -Sen. Robert Elfstrom said today he was "getting pressured" to formally announce his candidacy for sec retary of state. Secretary of State Howell Ap pling Jr. has called a press con ference for 9 a.m. Friday in the Capitol Press Room. It is ex pected he will announce his po litical plans then. Elfstrom, a Republican and former Salem mayor, told Unit ed Press International, "I hope Appling will make his state ment first." While Appling has refused to speculate about his political plans, informed sources say the 44-year-old Republican will not seek a second year term. Getting Good Pledges Elfstrom, who flew back to Salem from Phoenix, Ariz., -to rally support for his candidacy, said "I've been getting good pledges of support. I don't expect many to get in the race, al though 1 could of course be sur prised." Elfstrom, who commented he was anxious to get back to Phoenix, where his wife is stay ing, said "I think Appling may make his announcement today." But Appling was not in his of fice this morning. Elfstrom said, I wanted more time to study this out, but I'm getting pressured to make my announcement now. He added "there s room to get in" to the race. Appling had been expected to seek a second term, and to run for governor in ll)(i6 when Gov. Mark Hatfield's present term expires. Oregon law prohibits Hatfield from seeking a third term as governor. Chinese Premier Seeks Closer Ties ALGIERS (UPI)-rCommunist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai wound up his six-day visit to Algeria today with a final round of political talks aimed at bringing closer ties between Pe king and the government of President Anmea Ben ueua. Chou, apparently ignoring Arab quarrels which have split Morocco from Algeria and the U.A.R., planned to fly to Rabat Friday on the next slop of his African tour. The probable results of his visit here will be an increase in Sino-Algerian trade. Chou has visited Algerian industrial and agricultural complexes, includ ing the Berlict truck factory and a petroleum and chemical plant near Oran. Unconfirmed reports said a deal for Chinese purchase of Algerian wines and Algerian- made trucks was being consia ercd. Three Witnesses Testify at Hearing Three witnesses, including Iwo police officers, testified this morning during a joint pre liminary hearing in Jackson County District Court for Steven Joseph Paradiso, 17, ot 335"z w Second St., and Robert Gray 19, of 616 W. lllh St., Medford on charges of extortion. Both men were bound over to the Jackson County grand jury with bail continued at $5,000 each. Testifying were Allan F. Per- V. manager of t e Medford j Branch. U S. National Bank w" received a telephone call Dec. 18 threatening him with extortion: Medford Police De- tniti,,n Unith nilrl.Knurrl whn nafj questioned Paradiso later i inat rjav, an(j Oregon State Fo- i,cc sgt. Russell Brcndle, who mond Jack Ducharme of La Prairie, Manitoba, were appre hended by city police yesterday and questioned in connection with recent burglaries here. They have been questioned by police and the FBI concerning : their activities in the Northwest recently, police said. The Jack son County Sherrilf's deputies also have questioned them. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER Bulgarian Guilty To Cambodia Drops Demand That U.S. Silence Radio PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (UPI) Prince Norodom Siha nouk today appeared to have dropped one of three conditions he set for the United States to meet if it wants to patch up its deteriorating relations with Cambodia. The volatile prince recently barred further American aid to his country, leading to U.S. fears that the Southeast Asian nation may be moving toward the Communist camp. Today he dropped a previous demand that the United States silence a rebel radio operation called the "Voice of Free Cam bodia." Sihanouk has claimed that the "Voice of Free Cam bodia" broadcasts from Thai land and Laos with the help of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). That left two of his orininal demands still standing. They are: -An official apoloev to Cam bodia from Charles Yost, an of ficial of the U.S. State Depart ment. Sihanouk claimed Yost called the Cambodian govern ment "barbarous" because of a radio broadcast expressing sat- lstaction over the death o f someone referred to as "the boss." Some quarters in Wash ington believed the broadcast was Cambodian, and inter preted the cryptic "Boss" phrase as a reference to the late President John F. Kennedy. An official withdrawal by U.S. Ambassador Philip D. Sprouse of a question which Sihanouk said he posed to the Cambodian government to find out "if we really were rejoicing over the death ol President Kennedy." Cambodia has called the incident a "flagrant injus tice." Turks Attack Greek Cypriot Civilians NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPD- Turkish Cypriot civilians at tacked Greek Cypriot civilians in Nicosia for four hours today, breaking a cease fire agree ment. The situation remained tense as the British army took com mand of Greek and Turkish military forces stationed in Cy prus under terms of the agree ment under which Cyprus won independence three years ago. The United States and Bri tain joined in appeals to bring the situation under control, and the British disclosed they were flying in troop reinforcements from their strategic reserve in England. A government statement said the Turkish civilians opened fire on the Greeks this morning, using heavy weapons. But the government said the Greeks re spected the truce reached at 7:110 Wednesday night and did not return the fire. Quizzing in Oil Scandal Continues NEW YORK (UPI) -Creditors of a bankrupt refining cor poration will continue question ing officials of five surveying firms today in an effort to de termine whether millions of pounds of missing edible oils ever existed. The surveying firms were re sponsible (or checking the amount of oil which moved in and out of the huge tank farm where the firm Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corp., stored various types of edible oils. Allied Crude filed bankruptcy petitions Nov. I!) when it could not meet $18.6 million in mar gin calls. Creditors, who had accepted the firm's warehouse receipts for millions of pounds of oils supposed to be stored at the tank farm in Bayonne, N.J., could not find the oil. BPA Operations Officer To Retire PORTLAND (UPI)-Julian O. Swanson, Bonneville Power Ad ministration systems operations officer, will retire Dec. 30 after more lhan 41 years of work in Northwest power operations. PLEADS GUILTY Former Bulgarian United Nations diplomat Ivan-Asscn Hristov Georgiev is shown silting next to a guard dur ing his trial for allegedly spying for the United States. The Bul garian news agency reported Georgiev confessed spying for seven years and spending the money he received for it on "loose women". (UPI) Traffic Accidents Claim 226 Lives During Christmas Ily United Press International Traffic accidents killed a to tal of 226 persons across the na tion during the 30-hour Christ mas holiday, final tabulations showed today. The toll was far below the record of 253 for a one-day Christmas holiday set in 1946 But the National Safety Council said the death rate jumped 220 per cent from the normal dur- inc the period from B p.m. Tuesday until Christmas mid night. The United Press Internation al tabulation, adopted by the safety council as official for this holiday, showed a total of 1(18 holiday latalilics irom var ious causes. The breakdown: Traffic. 22(i; fires, 35; planes, 7; miscellaneous, 2(1, for a total of 2IIII. Fires ranked as a major cause of holiday tragedy. The victims included 16 children and teen-agers. California, with 33 fatalities, had the nation's worst record of automotive deaths over the hol iday. Texas followed with 16 and there were 14 in Kansas, 13 in Michigan, and 12 in both Florida and North Carolina. Eight states escaped traffic deaths over the holiday. They were Alaska, Colorado, Dela ware. Hawaii. Idaho, Minneso ta, New Hampshire and North Dakota. Gain Expected in Nation's Economy WASHINGTON (UPI) - The nation's economy is expected to show "a fair - sized gain" this year despite a brief slowdown 3 ., . 1 , ... , following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. That was the Christmas Day word from the Commerce De partment which reported that an upturn in steel production paced a continued slow advance in business activity in Novem ber. "There was a temporary in terruption in the tempo of ceo-' nomic activity for a period im- j mediately after the assassina-; lion of President Kennedy," the the report said. I tne upwaru momentum waMri(i.. (.nnriitinn and 17 in rcsumeu, However, lem-iim basic underlying strenglh ol the economic forces." WEATHER Hmr.CAKT: VAMalilr r-lourl I nrw llirmiBh I Mcl.iV. Pfisnllllr mln I'rlrlHV nlcltl. Low toiiicllt 311-33. Huh Uimiirrow n-.Ul. 'I mil). HlsltPdt Vrlrrflv 53 l,iiHMt Tlilh Morning 37 Vrrt. to HI i.rn. loilay '15 Our Skies Tonight SnnsPt tnflv . 4:11 pm. snnrlKf tomorrow .... J:3f! m, Mnonurl tomorrow 1:17 a.m. lull .Moon (and Total r.rllirsr- ol thr Moon) lire. .10 l'ltlHIIM:M UTAH llr-Rilltis. rUr l : 1 1 pm. VISIIII.K I'LANCIS Vcnns, ftrU fi : 1.1 p in. hNlnrn. In sonthwfsl ll:lfl jim. .Iuillr-r, IHKh in iimjlh S:3I p in. 26, 1963 Diplomat Pleads Spying for U.S. o The National Safety Council predicted that between 200 and 250 persons would die between (i p.m. local lime Christmas Eve and Christmas midnight in the first 30-hour Christmas holi- r.... 1nC7 UUJ ctlllt-e lout. The Safety Council also said 11,000 tO 13,0(KI WOUICI receive injuries disabling beyond the day of the accident. The num - bers for a 30-hour non-holiday period at this time Of year would be 05 deaths and 5,000 ,nJuncs- Sfafe Tax Form Mailing Starts SALEM (UPI) - Mailing of Form 4(1 to all residence ad dresses in Oregon for use in filing l:lf;i suite income lax re turns began today and should be completed by New Year's day, the State Tax Commission announced. Deadline for filing is April 15. The card reporting form has been dropped this year, and has been replaced by a simpli fied longer form. The information called for on the new Form 40 will be proc essed in the same manner as was the card form. The data will be transferred to a punch card and processed by electron ic equipment. ' The commission said the long form will provide more informa tion, and will eliminate many cases where additional informa tion had to be requested. The commission said the longer form should speed up processing of refunds. A detailed instruction booklet is being mailed to taxpayers with the tax reporting forms ' L' M ,,s, (( "ls asked to write refund on the ; ,ow(,,. e(t cm.ncI. of tne mmU ope to speed processing. Hungarian Train Wreck Fatal to 43 BUDAPEST, Hungary (UPI) The death toll in the Christ mas Eve train crash near Szol nok has risen to 43, the Hun garian news agency MTI re ported Wednesday. Of the 36 other persons in jured in Ihc wreck, two were in nmls condition, the agency snj,. I The train's engineer was ar- rested following an official in - 'quiry and charged with failing : to observe safety measures in a thick fog, MTI said. Pioneer Oregon Descendant Dies McMINNVII.LE (UPI) Fu neral will be held here Friday for Jesse Troy Irvine, B7, de scendant of a pioneer Oregon family, who died Monday. Irvine was born near Inde pendence, Ore., on July 24, 1117(1. lie spent m-aay years in the grocery business in McMinnvillc and Delake and recently lived in Tigard. No. 240 $200,000 Claimed Paid for Service In Intelligence VIENNA (UPI) A Bulgarian diplomat pleaded guilty today to charges that he was an Ameri can spy who collected $200,000 from the United States to pay for his affairs with "loose wom en." The Bulgarian Telegraph Agency reported that Ivan-Assen Hristov Georgiev, 5(i, entered the guilty plea before the Bul garian Supreme Court. "I have committed the heav iest of crimes that can be com mitted by man, a crime which has always received the heaviest punishment at all times," the agency said Georgiev told the court. Shortly after testifying Geor giev became ill, and the after noon court session was ad journed. Shooting Maximum Western experts said Bulgari an law prescribes a maximum penalty of death by shooting for treason. The former counselor at the Bulgarian mission to the United nations in New York was U. S. Central Intelligence Agen cy lor seven years and col lecting about $200,000 for his W0'K wmcn l"c Bulgarians work, which the Bulgarians sa',n ne spom on "loose worn- ""' " esses. "I placed myself voluntarily in the service ol U.S. intern - gence." Georgiev was reported Wn hnva tnlrt tVta nnii. I w.v. vow uiuo. Describes Activities Tim Rulnni-lnn ...... colrf Georgiev gave the court a de- WASHINGTON (UPI) - Tho 1 (ailed description of his actlvi- members of an American ii.q uihlr-h Irminrinri oi.,i.. HmifnsDoction lam ,lnavo inriav in Ir.lA nnlllirnl ornnnmln nnrl mil. (arv secrets. rwoi.v irir..iifi.rt oc th. Georgiev, identified as the president of the International institute of Space Law, worked secretly for the U.S. from his New York post for five years and in Europe until his arrest about three months ago, the agency said. It said Georgiev used the code name of "Georges Du valle" for his "espionage activi ties." UNC Investigates Alleged Shooting PANMUNJOM, Korea (UPD- The United Nations Command (UNC) agreed loday to a Com munist proposal to send a joint UN-North Korean investigation team to the scene of an alleged shooting Incident Dee. 17 In the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. It was agreed that UNC and North Korean members of the team would meet Sunday along the central sector of the truce line, near where the North Ko reans charge that two armed South Koreans acting as U.S. agents crossed into North Ko rea. Agent Shot North Korea claimed that one of the agents was shot and the other captured. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert K. hecdlock, senior UNC mem bcr, said today at the llllst meeting of the military armis tice commission that he consid ered the North Korean charge a lahrication. Girl Listed in Condition After Mishap Linda A. Archer, 10, of 040 Guerrero St., San Francisco, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al mon F. Archer of Arnold Lane, Medford, is in critical condition , 'n Rogue Volley Hospital here 1 following a traffic accident on Interstate 5 near Mount Shasta, Calif, Miss Archer was traveling south early this morning with her brother, Ronald Archer, ac cording to reports received here, when a deer leaped in front of Ihc car, causing the accident. She suffered head in juries. She was brought lo Medford by Mercy Flights and Medford Ambulance met the plane and transported her to Rogue Vullcy Hospital at 7:30 o'clock this morning. She was still in sur gery at 11 a.m. and the extent Accusations Said Deserved BERLIN (UPI) - Berlin's American commandant tonight denounced the fatal Christmas Day shooting of a young refu gee and West Berliners shouted murderers" a t Communist eastern border guards. Mai. Gen. James H. Polk. Berlin's American commander. said the murder of a refugee as ne scaiect tne wall on the Amer ican sector border was of con cern to the city's Western Allied commandants. An American SDokesman said Polk associated himself com pletely with a statement de nouncing the murder issued Wednesday nwht hv rtnnnt,. West Berlin Mayor Heinrich Al- bertz. , Albertz said. "Those whr fired the shots and their superi ors deserve our accusations and our contempt." He said "The shots shocked us all." Some of the 10 shots fired hv Eastern border guards fell in the American sector and an American protest to the Rus rians was considered possible. However, there was no official word on this. A small groun of anorv West Berliners stood on the hnrdnr today and shouted "murderers" at Eastern border guards. - ine wan was opened for Mm visitors because thev had Christmas passes issued hv iho Communists. Border guards waved them through politely and speedily on the second day of the holiday. lhlS has SDOl ed evorv. thing," a young West Berlin. momcr said as she crossed the. wall today. "I will not be. able to Dear looking at the Commu nist guards as I pass through. They are murderers." It could have been one jof my sons,' an old lady said. incy are over mere and want j bvv uui, tuu. -. ... i . , 1 ! T I lUjUcCllOU ICOUl I r Due in Antarctic inSDeet scientific hnsni nf (h. I Soviet Union and other countries in Antarctica. Russia has raised no objec tion to the mission. The United Slates is sendinc tho team un. dor the 105!) trealy lhat re served Antarctica for peaceful purposes and provided for in spection of all bases there. The Slate Department said it had no evidence of any trealy violations, but wanted to uso tho right of inspection to es tablish a precedent. the u. 5. team, which wi be gone about a month, includes experts on nuclear testing which is banned under the trealy and biologists to check on conservation of pen guins and seals. Johnson Claimed Playing Politics WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen. Barry Gold water, R-Ariz., charged today that President Johnson was playing "politics with Christmas" when he de manded congressional action during the holidays on the for eign aid money bill. Goldwater said in his first po litical blast since the death of President John F. Kennedy Nov. 22 that despite a minor surgi cal operation he hoped to be in Washington Monday to vote against the compromise $3 bil lion bill. "The arm-twisting of Senate members to bring them into town to do nothing hut rubher stamp the executive's demand is rash and altogether out of or der," Goldwater declared. Critical of her injuries was not reported. Her condition was listed as criti cal. Hospital attendants were toM lhat Miss Archer had been in Medford to spend Christmas with her parents. She was re turning south to San Francisco, where she is employed, when the accident occurred. The Archers could not tie contacted. Mercy Flights attendants as sumed that Miss Archer's broth er was not injured in the acci dent but had no report on him. They were called to Mount Shas ta at 3 o'clock this morning anil were delayed there a short time before starting the return flight because of the girl's critical con dition. The flight brought the numlier made by the local air ambu lance, service to 1,053. PIS- i fc'ICr.' t 1 t V. -