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Rockefeller Officially
In Oregon Primary Race
Coos Bay Man
To Be Director
Of Campaign
Hatfield Welcomes
Aspirant's Action
SALEM (UPI) - Gov. Mark
Hatfield today welcomed New
York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller
into Oregon's 1064 presidential
primary "as I do any aspirant
for the Republican nomination
Rockefeller announced in New
York Sunday he would enter the
primary and that William E.
Walsh of Coos Bay, president
of the Oregon Board of Higher
Education, would be his state
campaign manager.
Hatfield, who has been men
tioned as a possible nominee for
vice president on a Rockefeller
ticket, earlier invited GOP pres
idential candidates to enter the
Oregon primary.
"I welcome him as I do any
aspirant for the Republican
nomination to the presidency,"
he said.
Rockefeller's announcement
came as no surprise since he
already had declared himself a
candidate for the nomination.
Under Oregon's unique primary
law he would have been on the
ballot anyway.
Strong Campaign Likely
But his announcement docs, in
all probability, mean he will
campaign extensively : in the
state.
In Coos Bay, Walsh said that
In accepting the appointment as
state chairman of the Rockefel
ler campaign, "I am joining a
team of Republicans who have
a candidate for President who
is not only eminently qualified
for that high office, but one who
can unite all Republicans for
victoryyjicxl November."
Waif ... inHir-atprt Rnrkpfnllnr
planned to visit Oregon in early ;
February.
The announcement from Rock
efeller headquarters said Walsh
would resign his education po
sition in January to devote full
time to the Rockefeller cam
paign. Walsh has been in Republican
politics (or many years. In 1952
he was a delegate to the GOP
national convention which nom
inated Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He said he probably would run
for delegate to the 1964 con
vention. Walsh served 12 years as a
legislator and was president of
me stale senate in ims. I scheduled to be completed io
Walsh said Rockefeller has morrow, said Alex Murphy.
shown "he is a middle of the j
road leader of national stature.
He cannot only lead us to vie-
lory as nepuoncans, uui ne naa ,
the ability and understanding to; Murphv added. It has given the
this rnnntrv of nurs to lonrnUiinn tin,, m rnnrinri fur.
fuller and happier destiny I
among the great nations of the
. r .i.-
world.
MOD MONTH PROCLAIMED
OLYMPIA (UPI)-The month . jntn the ski area. Target date
of January has been proclaimed for opening of that road, with
"March of Dimes Month" in a packed dirt surface, is mid
Washington by Gov. Albert D. January. It will be paved at a
Rosellini. later date.
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WEST BERLIN STUDIES SOVIET WALL PROPOSAL
BERLIN (CPU West Berlin today arcrpted informal Com
munist proposals to negotiate new agreement for West Bcr
linrrs to pass through the Communist wall in the future In
visit East Berlin.
FRENCHMAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
PARIS (UPI) Former Col.
the Secret Army Organijation for France, was sentenced to life have the first advertisement on
Imprisonment today on charges of leading a plot against Prrsl- the election published some time
dent Charles de Gaulle. this week. The county court
signed the order Fridav calling
DEATH PENALTY ASKED FOR ACCUSED SPY for an election before the prcs-
VIENNA (L'PI) The Bulgarian stale prosecutor today de- ent interim zoning ordinance cx
manded the death penalty (or Ivan-Assen Gcorgiev. the hand-j the district attorney's oflice has
some diplomat who confessed he was a highly-paid spy for ruled.
the V. S. Central Intelligence Agency.
CYPRUS NEUTRAL ZONE PROPOSAL ACCEPTED
NICOSIA. Cyprus (LPI) British Commonwealth Relations
Secretary Duncan Sands announced today both Grerk and
Turkish Cypriots have arcrpted his proposal for neutral zone
along the cease-lire line in Nicosia.
MAYOR ENTERS N. Y. TRANSIT NEGOTIATIONS
NEW YORK (UPI) Mayor Robert F. Wagner entered the
marled subv.av-bus contract negotiations today In the hope of
verting the first combined public transportation strike In (he
ijlty'i history, scheduled tor New Vear's Day.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1963
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Alt) BILL DISCUSSED Senate Majority Leader Mike Mans
field, Mont., left, and Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Ore., confer in
Washington as the Senate passed the long-stalled foreign aid
money bill and adjourned after the longest session of Congress
in 22 years. (UPI)
Aid Bill Passed;
Congress Adjourns
WASHINGTON (UPI) The i
first session of the Bath Con
gress adjourned today after the
Senate finally approved and
sent lo President Johnson the
Mud Closes Road
To Mt. Ashland
ASHLAND The Tolman
Creek-Bull Gap - Ashland Loop
road system up to the Ml. Ash-
'and Ski Area has been closed
to all unnecessary traffic until
further notice.
Representatives of the U.S.
Forest Service announced the
closure, after heavy sightseeing
traffic Sunday made sections of
the road almost impassable.
Rain and warm weather have
helped create numerous muddy
spots, it was reported.
There won't be any skiing on
Ml. Ashland now until freezing
conditions return and more
snow falls.
Work at the ski area con
tinues, however. The Pomalift
0n the beginners' ski slope is
manager of the Mt. Ashland
Corporation.
The warm weather situation
as naa some nappy aspects, ;
ihnr tests of eouinmcnt and the i
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AROUND THI OlOU
Antoine Argoud. former chirf of
controversial $3 billion foreign
aid appropriations bill
The Senate quit until Jan. 7
when the second session con
venes to plunge into such issues
as the civil rights bill and the
$11 billion tax cut.
The Senate disposed of the
compromise aid bill with less
debate than anticipated.
The House also adjourned a
short time after the Senate took
action.
The vote came less than four
hours after the Senate met and
agreed to limit debate. Despite
grumblings of some members
about the need (or meeting to
day and a last stand attack on
the aid program by Sen. Wayne
L. Murse, D-Ore., the Senate did
not even use all of its allotted
time on the bill.
The roll call approval of the
money bill, a vote on which the
prestige of Johnson's administra
tion was pinned, came after
Democratic Leader Mike Mans
field, Mont., won the agree
ment to limil debate.
The Senate first approved by
a 56-14 vote the HI 4 money
items and most other provi
sions. It later adopted by voice vole
the conferees' recommendations
on two non-money items which
wcre reported to both houses in
disagreement.
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underwrite credit on commodity
sa,les " Communist nations. The
other was a minor section lim
iting employment of non-Americans
on a i d projects abroad
when they do not reside in the
aid receiving country.
Zoning Information
To Be Mailed
TALENT - The South Talent
Improvement Association will
soon start mailing out informa -
tion on zoning to all registered
voters of the South Talent area
concerning the Jan. 24 election,
The mailing list is being com- were leaders in two major
piled now, according to an asso- Northwest industries, enmmer
ciation spokesman. cial fisheries and forest prod-
Meanwhile, the Jackson coun -
iv elections department will
Portland FHA Loan
Approvals Set Record
PORTLAND (UPI) - The
Portland Office of the Federal
Urn.;.. A ilm in!.! oal am eairl In.
!1UU3lil milllllllSM ntiuu oaiu lir
day that it approved a record
$03.5 million in home insurance
loans in 1963.
The office serves Oregon and
Clark. Klickitat and Skamania
counties in Washington.
Tribune
Goldwater Calls
Arizona GOP
Heads to Meeting
Plans Regarding
1964 To Be Told
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen.
Barry M. Goldwater, R-Ariz.,
today asked Arizona Republican
leaders to meet with him Jan.
3 in Phoenix "to hear my de
cision regarding 1964."
The message apparently set
the stage for Goldwaler's an
nouncement as to whether or
not he would actively seek the
1964 GOP presidential nomina
tion. He earlier had said he
would make his decision in Jan
uary. Goldwater made llie an
nouncement in a telegram from
Phoenix where he is recupera
ting from minor surgery on his
right heel.
Goldwaler's office said the
telegram was sent to a "rep
resentative group of his friends
and supporters throughout the
country."
The statement said:
"From time to time during the
past year I have discussed with
countless Republicans such as
yourself, our two-party system
and our individual reponsibili
ties to this concept. Because we
share a mutual belief in this re
gard, I want you to know that
on Jan. 3, 1 am asking some of
the leaders of the Republican
party in Arizona to meet with
me at 11 a.m. at my home in
Phoenix, Ariz., to hear my de
cision regarding 1964."
Vandals Desecrate
15 American Flags
SEATTLE (UPD-Police and
school officials today wcre in
vestigating vandalism at Lin
coln High School here which in
cluded the ripping and shred
ding of 15 U.S. flags, some of
them still draped with black
bunting of mourning for the late
President Kennedy.
Officials said the vandalism
occurred sometime during the
weekend and that damage total
ed about $1,000.
"It was obvious that the in
tent of the raiders was to dese
crate every flag in the school,"
said Charles O'Toole, chief se
curity officer for the school dis
trict. "The other destruction
seemed to be an afterthought."
In addition to desecrating the
flags, the vandals broke door
windows to classrooms, splash
ed paint on the walls, floors and
ceilings ot tne an room, siasn-
cd upholstered furniture, and
ceilings of the art room, slash
dumped papers drom d c s k i
.maul umic,
Sandoz, Chapman
On PP&L Board
PORTLAND (UPI)-Two Ore-!
gon industrialists, Thomas F.
Sandoz of Astoria and Ralph A.
Chapman of Corvallis, have
been elected to the board of di-1
rectors of Pacific Power &
Light Co., it was announced to
day. Paul B. McKec. chairman of
, the PP&L board, noted both
i men were longtime residents of
; t w 0 important communities!
served by the firm and also
, ulls'
Southern Plains
Fee Winter's Fury
Bv United Press International
A Rocky Mountain storm
blustercd into the Southern
Plains during the night, drop -
ping 6 inches or more of snow
in parts of Texas and leaving
highways glassv as far as Mis -
souri and the Dakntas
Some of the coldest Decem
ber weather in history contin
ued from Minnesota to the Ap-
1 Daiacmans
. "
EDITOR'S MOTHER DIES
PORTLAND (UPI) - Mrs.
Lucy B. McKcan. 84, mother of
Oregon Journal political editor
Douglas McKcan, died Sunday
1 a local hospital.
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 243
Khrushchev Sees
1964 as Possible
'Year of Change'
Premier Quotes
Kennedy's Words
By HENRY SHAPIRO
MOSCOW (UPI) - Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev said to
day that 1964 can be "a year
of decisive change for the bet
ter" in the cold war if the Unit
ed States and the Soviet Union
"are united in the interest of
peace."
In an exclusive statement to
United Press International an
swering this correspondent's
questions on the prospects for
peace in 1964, Khrushchev said
he believes agreement can be
reached on a number of steps
toward relaxing international
tensions, including reduction of
armed forces and military
spending on both sides.
Kennedy Quoted
He quoted with approval the
words of the late President Ken
nedy that the two nations need
a better weapon than the hy
drogen bomb or missiles "and
that this better weapon is peace
ful cooperation."
He said President Johnson's
stated intention to carry on
Kennedy's policies has been
met with gratification in the
Soviet Union.
Khrushchev cited Soviet hud
get cuts for military spending
earlier this month and said:
"It would be a good thing if
other states took similar ac
tion ... I would call it a policy
of mutual example in the
curtailment of the arms race.
Khrushchev listed these areas
of possible agreement:
The slowing down of t h e
arms race and further allevia
tion of international tensions.
Cites Arms Reduction
Reduction in the armed
forces and cuts in military ex
penditures.
The reduction of armed
forces stationed in other coun
tries. A non-aggression pact be
tween the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) and the
Communist Warsaw Treaty
powers.
The establishment of nuclear-free
zones and agreement
to prevent the spread of nu
clear weapons.
Inspection Station
Has Record Day
HORNBROOK The Satur
day before Christmas was the
busiest day in the history of the
California Agricultural Inspec
tion Station here.
A total of 5,617 cars, 84 trucks
and 34 buses passed through the
station. This compared with
5.304 cars, 82 trucks and :)7
buses the same Saturday in
1962.
Sundav. Dec. 22 of this year.
3,391 cars, 126 trucks and 24
buses went through, compared
'
to 2.323 cars, 54 trucks nd 211 j
weekend, primarily Because 01
buses the year before
Traffic also was heavy last
travelers heading south (or the
Rose Bowl Game.
v11 itdiuitiav, iali .in, .i.iin
cars,
9fi trucks and 18 buses
went through, compared to 2,320
cars, 91 trucks and 22 buses the
same Saturday in I9(i2. On Sun-
day. Dec. 29 11 was cais,
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1 Parc1 ln 2 048 uca,'J' 10 lru,c:ks
a"d. 13 buscs ,hc Suntlay a,,er
Christmas in IW.2.
Walsh Schedules
Press Conference
COOS BAY (UPI 1 William
E. Walsh. New York Gov. Nel-
.n n-lfnllnr ' nwW .nnninl.
ed Oregon campaign chairman, j Taxpayers having refunds,
said May g press conference should mark "refund' on the
was being scheduled for Thurs-1 envelope when mailing the re
day in Portland. i turn In speed handling. Returns
Walsh, who admitted "we're
slill getting organized and have!
lots of details lo work nut." said
I the lime and location of the con
ference would be announced lat-
cr.
1 Walsh indicated Rockefeller
probably would visit Oregon in
1 February, but said details had
1 not vet been worKert out
He said the New York gov-i
ernor would make several visits
lo Oregon.
BORROWING APPROVED
SALEM (UPI) - The Esta-j
cada Telephone and Telegraph
Co. today was authorized by
the state public utility commis
sioner to borrow $204,000 from
the Rural Electrification Administration.
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(1UKSTS AWAIT RESCUE This close-up
view taken at the back of the Roosevelt
Hotel in Jacksonville, Fla., shows bed sheets
hanging from windows and guests stick
ing their heads out to escape the smoke
Johnson Moves for Quick
Completion of Fiscal Budget
JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (UPI)
President Johnson started at
the breakfast table today a se
ries of conferences aimed al
quick completion of the fiscal
1965 budget.
Defense Secretary Robert S.
McNamara and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff arrived today at LBJ
ranch for a conference with the
President. The conference also
was primarily concerned with
the budget.
Johnson met at breakfast with
Budget Director Kcrmit Gor
I don, Chairman Walter Heller ol
State Tax Oftice
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Starling Monday. Jan. 6. the
Mcdford office of the Stale Tax
Commission, 108 N. Grape St.,
will be open from 8 a.m. lo 5
p.m. to assist taxpayers in fil
ing their l3 Oregon returns.
, .
I wuosunns win ne n -3
icicpnonc also nn niraiuuya, ni;
cording to O. D. Binegar Jr.,
field audiotr. The number is
773-8258.
Representatives of the local
office ask Ihal taxpayers seek
ing help with their returns to
complete as mucn 01 me 101m
as possible before taking it to
the office. Taxpayers should
take copies of their 19S2 and
1963 (edcral returns and 1962
state returns with them. Any
one paying additional federal in
come taxes in 13 must be able
to slate date and amount of
eacn paymcni, nn.l-Kdl a.it.u.
1 are to ne mailed mrccuy in oa
1cm, sending tnem
0 Ihe local
office will only slow up the pro
cessing of the return.
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tial rcllf"M nt Ihc Sun and 2
li'lal frllpf nt the Mrwn.
nth arllptaa nt th Mnnn WIU
ha vlalhla In North Amarlra.
the Council of Economic Advis
ers, and Theodore C. Sorensen,
special counsel to the Pres
ident, The same three men wcre in
session with the President until
well after midnight Sunday
night.
Three Principal Alms
Their conference had three
principal aims the new budget
which must he "locked up" im
mediately in order to complete
printing of the massive docu
ment in time for submission In
Congress next month; the Pres
ident's State of the Union mes
sage, and his annual economic
report which will be submitted
to the House and Senate in late
January.
"We're here lo have a final
Crashes Take Six
Lives on Weekend
By Unllrd Press Inlernnllnnal
Six Oregon persons lost their
lives in traffic accidents dur
ing the weekend, bringing to
552 the number of persons kill
ed on Ihe state's highways so
far this year. There were 4ll.r
fatalities lo Dec. 30 last year.
So far this month traffic has ac
counted for 38 deaths in the
state, compared with 47 (or a
similar period a year ago.
Donald l.ingal, 35, Canby, was
struck and killed by a car while
pushing a car on U. S. Highway
99 near Canby Saturday night.
Warren Storm, lfi, a resident
of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge,
died when the pickup truck in
which he was riding collided
wilh a Union Pacific train on
State Highway 205 near Burns
Saturday night.
James Crawford, 77, Klamath
Falls, and his wife, Cclia, 72,
were killed when their carwas
Honor Camp Inmates
Leave Work Party
YREKA Two Deadwood
Honor Camp inmates who es
caped Saturday afternoon were
today believed to be driving a
light blue pickup wnicn was re
ported stolen from the Etna
area early this morning.
The two men, Norman Kurich,
30. and Walter Leonard, 32,
walked away (rom an honor
camp work parly along the
Scott River Saturday afternoon.
The camp Is located at Scott
Vlcy,
in their rooms. Twenty-one persons are known
dead and (ifi were injured. Most nt the ho
tel's guests wcre In Jacksonville (or the Gator
Bowl lootball game. (UPI) -
review of the lfliiri budget," Mc
Namara said when he arrived at
Rergstrnm Air Force Base
from Aspen, Colo., whore he
has been on a skiing holiday.
McNamara shied away from
speculation that he might win
restoration of some of the funds
cut by Johnson from the 1965
requests made by the. armed
services.
Johnson said recently he had
cut original requests of the
armed services by $110 billion.
This was a decision made some
limn ago and official sources
doubted this was much of a
factor in today's discussions.
The chiefs were believed lo be;Irako"ia nk SJ"(laX "J", un
I more interested for the moment
in seeing that their funds arc
not cut below levels of the cur-
I rent fiscal year.
struck by a Southern Pacific
freight train nn U. S. Highway
97 at Dorris, Calif., Saturday.
Mark Russcar, Hi, Eugene,
died in the crash of a pickup
truck near Eugene Saturday.
Carl Thaler, 89, Portland was
injured fatally when he was
struck by a car in Portland Fri-
day night.
County's Recreation Area
Projects Are
Most of the recreation area
development work is nt Howard
Prairie Lake this winter, Jack
son County Parks and Recrea
tion Director Neil Ledward said.
The work will continue until
close In lishing season Ihis
spring when the parks commis
sion crews will shift to mainte
nance operations.
The north and south c a m p
grounds at Howard Prairie will
receive numbered signs, he said.
Paths and parking places for
trailers in the south camping
ground are being gravelled. Led
ward estimated there will be
80 trailer sites in the south
camping ground when fishing
season opens.
A well has been developed al
Ihe Willow Point section of
Howard Prairie. Roads and a
parking area are being grav
elled there and a picnic area is
beyg developed.
Deadly Black
Smoke Blocks
Escape Routes
21 Known Dead;
66 Persons Hurt
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. ftTPn
Fire marshals, building in
spectors and insurance inves-
tigators combed the 14-story
Roosevelt Hotel today for clues
to the cause of a fire jhaf
killed 21 persons and injured
66.
Most of Oie victims w e r a
choked by the deadly black
smoke that rose from a fire 011
the first floor and filled the ho
lei, blocking escape routes.
The hotel was filled to ca.
pacity with Gator Bowl football
fans, including Miss Americai
who was hospitalized from
smoke inhalation.
City Fire Marshal E. C. Mr.
Dermon said "I have a nrellw
good idea what the cause was."
AlcDermon indicated it would
Donna Axum, Miss Ameri
ca of 1964, describes her ex
periences In awaiting rescue
from the burning Roosevelt
Hotel in Jacksonville. Fla.,
Sunday in a story on page 2A.
be sometime, however, before;
the cause was determined with
certainty. He refused lo esti-
mate how long the investiealinn
would lake.
The investigators included
representatives of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters,
the National Fire Protective As
sociation, the Mutual Investiga
tion Bureau and the City Build
ing ueparimeni.
A terrified woman leaned ne
(ell to her death from the sev
enth floor while scores of the
hotel s 499 guesls were crawling
to safety on makeshift ropes ot
sheets and blankets.
Others wcre rescued from thn
roof by helicopters and firemen
raised ladders to the lower
floors" of the 50-year-old build
ing 10 Dring oiners to satciy.
Authorities said -that appar
ently all ot the victims except
me woman who plummeted
from the seventh floor were
killed by the choking smok8
that curled up elevator shafts,
stairwells, air ducts and even
loose pipe fittings, making
some exits Impassable.
I'ire Didn'l Spread
The fire, which broke out at
7:45 a.m. EST. collansed lha
first floor but the flames could
not spread because the brick
structure was fire-proofed.
Miss America, Donna Axum,
was trapped in her 10th floor
room (or an hour before shn
managed to escape. She held a
news conference in a hospital
to announce she was unharmed
shortly after fleeing the build
ing clad in a fur coat over pa
jamas. Lakonia's Secret
At Bottom of Sea
GIBRALTAR (UPI) - The
hurned-out Greek cruise liner
!dpfu 'ow lo G'br?''ar akin
i with it the secret of the Dec. 22-
fire at sea that cost 155 lives.
Officials said there would ha
nn attempt to salvage the 20,-000-ton
liner, which had been re
fitted at a cost of Sittn.ooo just
before the tragic Christmas
cruise (rom Southampton, Eng
land. The Lakonia lies more than
a mile deep in the Atlantic
about 275 miles west of Moroc
co. Three lugs were trying to
low it into port when the ship,
described by tugmen as a
"burned - out, st:nking hulk,"
relied over and sank.
The sinking ended hos for '
investigations into the cause
t
I the blaze.
Reviewed
A new parking area, roads.
boat basin and a 30-unil camp
ing ground Is being developed
al Emigrant Lake. The new
camping ground is above the
central area where Ihe new boat
basin is being developed.
Efforts to finish a picnic area
at Emigrant to lie reserved by
groups was anounced by Led
ward. A parking area is to be com
pleted at the Savage Creek rec
reation area on the Rogue River
this winter and fireplaces and
picnic tables installed. Poison
nak still has to be grubbed out,
he noted.
Six picnic tables and ( i r e
places have been installed at lh
Applegate storo recreation area
and six more units aro ready
to go, Ledward said.
Picnic (acilities and toilets arn
In be installed at the Elk Creek
sile on the Rogue River, Led
ward noted. r