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Newspaper Page Textu J Turks love Toward Peace Breeks. Cyprus m s i -5 ? -' - S Sot , t fk f t'i .MAID OK COTTON Sue Meredith, 21-year-old home economics major al Alabama College, is the MM Maid of Cotton. The hazel eyed beauty is from Andalusia, Ala. During the next year she will tour the world as a goodwill ambassador for the cotton industry. (UP1) Former Bulgarian Diplomat Receives Sentence of Death VIENNA (UP!) A Commun ist court in Sofia today sen tenced In death former Bulgar ian diplomat Ivan-Assen Georg iev for allegedly spying on be half of the United States, ac cording to the Bulgarian news agency BTA. BTA called the verdict "final and without right of appeal." It said the Bulgarian Supreme Court decreed Georgiev should die by firing squad. he was supposed to have com mitted to pay for mistresses on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Georgiev, 56, went to trial for treason on Thursday. BTA had reported previously that he made a full confession the first day and said that Monday state prosecutor Ivan Vachkov de manded the death penalty for him.' . Western observers had pre dicted he would get the death Previous Communist news i penally, agency reports from Sofia indi- Radio Sofia, in broadcasts calcd the lormcr diplomat in mnni(0.c(j here, said Vachkov clfecl had inviicci me neain , caiicrl Georgiev "a traitor to penally inr ins Lumen, n:ii Khrushchev's Message Viewed As Good Omen Diplomats Notice Lack of Boasts MOSCOW (UP!) - Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's New Year's message to the United States was viewed by Western diplomats today as a good omen 1 for 1964 because of its concrete I proposals and lack of boasts or threats. They said Khrushchev not only issued one of the friendli est messages in years but in dicated the Soviets might ac cept at least one part of West ern disarmament plans. This is a stcp-by-step ap proach to disarmament, with adequate controls as each step is achieved. In the past, the Khrushchev line has been to press for sweeping general dis armament at once, with the control systems to come later. Khrushchev, whose New Year's statement was issued Monday in response to questions put to him by this correspond ent, said the new year could bring "decisive change for the better in the entire internation al situation." He listed a broad range of issues on which Ep! West agreement might be pos sible. Ilangc of Issues They include "Measures aimed at slow ing down the arms race and at further alleviating international tension." Reductions in armed forces WOEFUL FISHING TALE WINS LIAR CHAMPIONSHIP BURLINGTON, Wis. (UP!) Even the worst fishing con ditions could not be as bad as those described by Richard Burlin, of rural Chatham, Mass., the Burlington Liar's Club decided today. Burlin was named "World's Champion Liar for 1963" for this woeful fishing tale: "Fishing around here was so bad sometimes this sum mer that even the biggest liars didn't catch any." Another tale which won hon orable mention in the 35th annual competition (or the world's tallest story of the year was sent in by Rondla Johnson, Seattle, Wash., who said: "It was so cold here one winter that we all took steam baths by crawling into the refrigerator." George Lowrey, Mclndoe Falls, Vt., claimed: "It rain ed so hard for the last two weeks in Vermont that the Vermont side of the Connecti cut River was four feet high er than on the New Hamp shire side." A complaint about mail serv ice by John Zepczyk, Phil lips, Wis., also won honorable mention. He said: "I hope this arrives in time for the 1963 contest (or liars, but the mail is so slow here that all of the mailmen have moss growing on the north side of them." A New York City school girl, Sara Barbosa, wrote that she knows a "girl in o u r neighborhood whose mouth is so small that in order to say 'three,' she has to say, 'one, one, one.' " Finally, this story about weather by W. Y. Brown, Brenson, Mo.: "It has been so dry here in the Ozarks (or so long that we have (rogs two years old that don't even know how to swim yet. Yes terday, I saw two men clean ing a string of (ish with a whisk broom." Plans Shape Warning Beginning To Take for East-West Talks on Optimism Told By Diplomats LONDON (UPI) - Commu nist and Western plans were be ginning to take shape today (or peace talks in 1964, with the first round scheduled for the Geneva disarmament confer ence Jan. 21. Diplomatic sources warned that despite the optimism gen erated by Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's New Year's message, no quick or easy so lutions appeared in signt. Khrushchev, in a statement and military spending by both to United Press International in sides A non-aggression agreement between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) na tions and the Warsaw Pact members Moscow Mondav, outlined live-point plan for easing the cold war. The Western plan is now un der discussion among the Allies and is expected to be completed Rogus Valley Edition Medford 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1963 No. 244 .rfrtwsS&At Agreement not to spread shortly, the sources said nuclear weapons to countries! Both aim at easing interna which do not have their own. ; tional tension by taking up cold Establishment of nuclear-! war issues and trying to ncgo free zones. Hate settlements. But neither The lowest priority was given j Khrushchev's program nor the to a Berlin settlement, although ! known details of the Western Khrushchev warned that "it would be unwise and I would say dangerous to put this mat ter off for future years." Feature Statement Soviet newspapers spread Khrushchev's statement over front pages Monday and today and Moscow Radio broadcasts featured it. The Western press also wel comed Khrushchev's stand. "Moderate and hopeful." Lon don's Daily Mail said. The Guardian of Manchester said plan appeared to offer any star, tling change from previous po sitions, tne sources said. Slowing o( Arms Race Khrushchev listed a slowing down ot the arms race, cuts in armed forces and military spending, a NATO-Warsaw Pact non-aggression agreement, re duction ot (oreign troops in other countries, and a ban on the spread of nuclear weapons as his major points for the tension-easing talks. In the past. Moscow has al- Atlanta Woman Hotel Fire Victim the homeland, ... spy of the j "XJ? ! JS&SL IST American intelligence." .lArKSnVVII.l.K Fla (UP!) -An Atlanta woman died today, execution usually- raising to 22 the toll in the'stl"ad. Roosevelt Hotel fire. BTA said the handsome dip- Mrs. Josephine Dupre, 35, ' lomat, former No. 2 man in the whose husband died in the blaze ! Bulgarian delegation to the Snnrlav was nrnnniinrert dead I United Nations, testified he the former diplomat's defense ",e v,u" mK- ' """ counsel was quoted as say. ! c car weapons in the hands only ing his guilt was "irrefutable!" I of 'h"sc no" Pnssf' "K But the defense asked lne nd PomIMc. in fewer hand, court not to give Georgiev the I "heavies! nnnaltv " In Rulearia The London Daily Sketch r ' ... i I a., t-i u IS by firing sam, However, tnai niuusu- ! chev's "noble sentiments . . . at St. Luke's Hospital at 4:45 a m., EST. She had been in critical condition since being rescued from the smoking build ing. Mrs. Dupre was the ninth Georgian to die as a result of the fire, which injured 59 other persons. Authorities believe they know the cause of the fire, but con tinued checking the building to- turned over military, economic and political information to agents of the U. S. Central In telligence agency during a sev en year period. Vachkov claimed Georgiev ad-! mittcd the CIA spent more than $200,000 "on him and his para-! mours." Communist news agen cies have quoted him as saying ! the CiA supplied him with Pa-j risian and Bulgarian mistresses while he worked in New York. American officials have must be set against his actions . . . twice since Cuba Nikita Khrushchev has also brought the world closer to war ... by blockades of roads to Berlin." The Times of London specu lated that "domestic reasons also lead him to seek an easing of the tensions." General Shoup Leaves Marines nay to maxe ineir nnning c-ei-i u.ie '"' J WASHINGTON (UPI) - Gen , . ;u 'u 7j v, .rfin T ,: David M- Shoup. commandant Investigators went on with . branded the proceed nqs a of the Marine Corps for the last minute inspections ana question-i snow mm. ""'YL" .four years, said farewell to the ' 7I " tne smoke- newsmen in aona aucnauu me ; ..... ,: i .ihh-kuoiu ing of employes in I Leathernecks today in retire- blackened 13-story structure, j ma. oui u.uy ...uu "" : mcnt cercmonies ending his col U..I -i:!! ......... mnAir In m. cmrarg WVaclnnC Itn fhd nrminri ..... uui sun cii- inn . rau. .u """ "- j, ortul military career. nuunic UIVII IIIWIJ Ui hiioli uiai aiaic anii-u caused the tire. cussed. these points which made them unacceptable to the West. Khru shchev gave no indication of any change. But diplomats in Moscow welcomed his willing ness to proceed step by step in stead of demanding immediate agreement on sweeping general disarmament measures, as he has in the past and which the West considers unrealistic. Peace Plans The sources said that the broad lines of the Western peace plan are these: Arrangements to bar the spread of nuclear weapons. An early start to disarma ment by levels. On the first lev el, conventional arms would be reduced, with nuclear weapons and the means for their de livery lo be retained until the last slagc. This would avoid giv ing the numerically stronger communist forces an advantage. Non-aggression agreements, but only if linked to guarantees of access to Berlin. International controls to any reduction of IVA . I ft T ' ' ' A, r Hostages Held By Both Sides Being Released Exchange Follows Bitter Gun Battle NICOSIA, Cyprus (UP!) Greek and Turkish Cyprii-is to day began releasing relugees and hostages held by both sides in a step toward restoring peace to this bitterly-divided is land republic. The exchange began short ly after a new gun bailie marred the uneasy cease-fire. A British military spokesman said the shots were fired in the Omorphita area of Nicosia when Greek Cypriot police ran into three Turkish Cypriots try ing to return to the quarter. No injuries were reported. Two Turks were taken to police head quarters and the third disap peared. Sandys Visits Hostages British Commonwealth and Colonial Relations Secretary Duncan Sandys personally vis ited the 470 Turkish hostages at the Greek Kykko School just be fore they were let go. Cyprus has been torn by vi olence between the two commu nities for more than a week. About 200 persons are believed to have been killed and many wounded. British troops moved inlo Iho neutral zones between Turkish and Greek communities in an effort to end the bloodshed. Foreign Minister Spyros Kyp rianous, a Greek Cypriot, raised the question of Cyprus' status Monday by calling for an end to the island's treaty ties to Tur key and Greece. He also sug gested a government by the Greek Cypriot majority instead of the present Greek-Turkish mixed administration. I.AUGKST IN HISTORY .loann Fciiila, 10, a nalivc of New Orleans, La., makes the first snowman of her lile on the roof of an auto in front of her home in New Orleans as one of the largest snowfalls in the history of the city fell. By northern standards the fall was light, melting almost as soon as it hit the ground. (UPI) I arms. NEWSC?)BRIEFS HUM FROM jP WUNB ,HI 610,1 nitANirr to continuk qukst koh talks BERLIN (I'I'I) West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt tonight ner-veri nnlire he will continue to campaign (or direct talks with Kasl Grrman Communists. In the face nf growing criticism of his new policy of ne gotiations with the Kast Germans on traffic through the wall, Brandt said talks are better than the stagnant status quo. Sendoff Planned For Pope's Trip VATICAN CITY (UPD-The city of Rome will give Pope i Paul VI a hero's sendoff Satur- Shoup turned the command over to Lt. Gen. Wallace M. Greene Jr. who will be sworn in for a similar four-year term Wednesday. Shoup celebrated his 59th birthday Monday. Shoup, born in Battleground, InH ic a vetpran n( 37 vpars in the Marine Corps. He plans I rfy hen he leaves for his Holy to continue to live in the na-! Lan(1 pilgrimage and historic tion's capital after his retire- meeting wilh the Orthodox pat moni ! riarch of Constantinople. In World War II Shoup won ! The spiritual head of 500-mil-the Medal nf Honor for heroism I'"" Roman Catholics will be at Tarawa. ! tn0 "rst PPC ln v's'' Palestine Greene, native of Burlington and the first in 525 years to Vt., and a 1930 graduate of An- j meet a supreme leader of the napolis will serve as Marine , Eastern church. Miss America Convalescing MIAMI (UPI) Donna Axum, the current Miss America, was confined lo bed today by doc tors who said she was suffering belated effects from the Roos evelt Hotel fire in Jacksonville Sunday. Dr. Robert Farrington, who examined Miss Axum this morn ing, said she was suffering burns of the nose and throat and chemical trachco-bronchitis from inhaling smoke during the blaze that killed 22 persons. "The condition is not serious in itself." said Farrington, a lo cal physician. He said Miss Axum, nf El Dorado, Ark., will have to stay in bed about three days for a complete rest. Farrington said the condition could lead to pneumonia. Snow Falls in Deep South; Northern Records Broken JOHNSON" FACKS I.L( .1SLATIVE DECISION , JOHNSON CITY. Tex. (UPI) President Johnson today lacefl fl OIIIICllll irRlsiaiuP tin imiiii nil mirmri in tii mr 51.1 billion public works appropriation hill or sign II reluctantly wilh strong statement of protest. Corps term. leader for a four-year INTERVENTION ASKED IN TRANSIT NEGOTIATIONS NEW YORK (UPI) Michael .1. Quill, presidrnt of the Transport Workers Union (TWO. today urged Gov. Nelson A. liocke(eller to intervene in the "hopelessly deadlocked'" transit negotiations before Wednesday's bus and subway strike deadline. Texas Governor . Needs Operation His meeting wilh Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantino ple comes Sunday on Jerusa- New Traffic Signals Near Completion Traffic signals at the inter section of Riverside Avenue and Barnett Road are near comple tion, according lo Roy W. Nor ton, resident engineer for the Oregon State Highway Deport ment. The signals were placed on flashing yellow and red today. The timing device has to be set by a representative from the II y United Press International Snow fell in the Deep South, temperatures plunged to 20 de grees below zero in the North and broke records, and heavy rains beat against Flo rida today as winter turned on the special effects for a depart ing year. It wasn't much of a snowfall hy northern standards, but thou sands of Sugar Bowl visitors at New Orleans gaped when snow flakes fluttered down and gath ered in patches on lawns and automobiles. The Weather Bureau said "moderate" snow fell in parLs of northern Georgia. Rain Hits Florida Freezing rain swept the Cam linas, southern Georgia and northwest Florida. A storm off Florida's southwest coast sent heavy rains spilling inland. Vero Beach, across the peninsu la, reported nearly l'j inches of rain in six hours today. In the North, winter was as her in 03 years of record-keep- Theft at Bowling Alley Is Reported wintry as ever. The tempera lure plummeted to 2.1 below at Johnsbury, VI., and Lebanon, N.H. Walcrlown, N.Y., and Lone Rock, Wis., recorded 21 below readings. The mercury fell to an official j zero. ing with an average tempera ture ot is..) degrees. Other cities across the Great Plains, Midwest and Ohio Valley reported temperatures ranging down lo 18 and 19 degrees below Scranton Eyes Oregon Primary HARR1SBURG, Pa. (UPI) Gov. William W. Scranton will not withdraw if his name, is placed on the ballot in next i May's Oregon Republican presi dential primary, his oft ice said Monday. Jack Conny, news secretary to the vacationing governor, said Scranton would not file a disclaimer which would not only take hitn out of (he primary but could take him out of the entire presidential picture. Under Oregon law, the secre tary of state can place on llio primary ballot names of those who have been "generally advo cated" in news media. Scranton has denied any pres idential aspirations hut has suid he is open to an "honest and sincere draft." He also has ex pressed a willingness to he the "favorite son" of Pennsylvania's 74-vote convention bloc if the delegation so desires. 2 below at Chicago to set a rcc ord lor the day and tne Indi anapolis Weather Bureau said Indiana had Its coldest Uccom- WEATHER FORECAST: Villlrv (ill xttll ftinnhp HintEht and WrtnFftriav. lining durum lhe nftrrniinli hours. Light rain Wrdni-kniiy nftrrnnnn Nnrt nlcht. Low lo nliht 31. Hllh Urdnndiy 4V Tf mp. HlKhr-M Vfslfrday SO Luwrit This MornlriK 33 Our Skies Tonight Knmrt tiidav 4:4 p.m. Hmirlof lunnirrow .... 1:11 a.m. MounrlNr lonlcltl . . II:- p.m. Last Quarlrr . Jan. 6 I'llO.MI.NK.NT KTAItS 'Ihr Twins, trad (he Monn. VISIIII.K I'l.ANKTS Malum, In oi.ithwrit ft:lll p.m. Vrmift. rl ... ft:1X p.m. .lupllrr, high In iiiulh 14:1.1 p.m. Chicago ran Its string of sub zero days in December to 12, five more than the record set in 1005 and tied three times since. Milwaukee. Wis., had its l.Uh sub-zero day this month, break ing a record of 10 set in 1076 and tied in Ifllti. San Diego, Calif., reported its second successive day of record heat when the temperature reached 82 degrees, 5 degrees above the mark set in 1881. Au thorities predicted large crowds al the beaches New Year's Day from Los Angeles southward. In the Pacific Northwest, light rain begun falling and winds mounting duo lo a storm approaching the coast. BULLETINS JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (UPI) Presi dent Johnson today ve toed a bill which would have required marking all sawed lumber and wood products with the country of origin. He said this would have vi olated a long-standing trade agreement wilh Canada. JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (UPI) Presi dent Johnson today re luctantly signed into law the $4.4 billion public works appropri ations bill, with a firm ly worded reservation that a section dealing with the Panama Canal Co. is un'.onslitutional. Thieves broke inlo the Roxy Ann Bowling Lanes, 2.T7.1) South Pacific Hiehwav. Merlfnrd. Salem office, and it is expect- j ,,ary lnis morning, and look $15 cd to be completed and in op- icm s .Mount ni .wives, wnere , cra(ion noxl wefk- Norton saiu. VIM im mi uie i"vc ui mat , crucifixion i Honor Comp Escopecs Clementc Cardinal M I c a r a. .... , , papal vicar general for the Sf If At Large Today city of Rome. Monday ordered YREKA Two men who es the bells of Rome's alio church-; raned from a hooor camo work AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) Texas es to ring for 10 minutes when party along the Scott River Gov. John Connally may lose the Pope leaves the city and Saturday were still at large to some of the mobility of his and again when he returns on dav. HLRDI.KS REMAIN IN PATH OK COLUMBIA TREATY right wrist unless he undergoes Monday. He asked Romans to the Siskiyou County Sheriff's WASHINGTON (UPll Interior Secretary Stewart L. Ldall surgery this spring to correct turn out in force for the Popes Department reported that noth said .Monday there still are some economic hurdles standing In j a slippage of bones, doctors said departure and especially for jng has been heard regarding the way of final Canailian-l .s. agreement on tne Loiumnia ; Monday. his return. the whereabouts ot tne two, River Treaty. Connally s wrist was snat-1 ! Norman Kuncn, 30, ana waiter teren iov. u oy a nunet nreo , ueonara, .si. by the sniper who killed Presi- INJURIES FATAL I The men, who weie inmates dent Kennedy. j SALEM (UPI) - A six-year- !f the Deadwood Honor Camp A Connally spokesman said, old Turner girl, Carrie C. Bin-1 Pt Scott Valley, were believed "The oovernnr is conlinuinc lo . ning. died today of injuries suf- i in be driving a light blue pick- imcK wnicn was laxen irom Etna area Monday. FREIGHTER. ORE CARRIER COLLIDE PILOT TOWN. La. (UPI ) The tn.Vlool freighter Brinton Lykca. and the Norwegian ore rarrirr Batila collided near the month nf the Mlisippi River today and fire broke out in the (fighter's catco ol rolton halri The loa.l Guard said thrre Here no ra.lialtirv ' ecain more strength each day ("rod when she was struck by a ! iid h is feeling well." par near her home Monday. Iir to $20 from pinball machines, Jackson County Shcrilt s depu ties reported. Pennies also were taken Irom the cash register. The building was entered by removing the cover to an air vent in the roof, deputies said. Employees returned about .1:19 o'clock this morning lo clean up the alleys, but did not discover the theft until later. By United Press Inlernaltnnal Americans collected hals and horns today for that most mis tcrous of holidays the wel coming of the New Year, ar riving at midnight. The millions of celebrations will have one thing in common noise. Many Americans will greet the New Year in ballrooms, restaurants and night clubs. Many others will await the event at private parties. Some will attend special church scrv Man Pinned in Garaqe s. A few will spend the eve- v i m.inlttr nl hnmn nnrhanO 1 1 III K ijuiuiiv at iiuiiiv, MviMra Americans Prepare for Boisterous Welcome at Midnight for New Year As Car Slips Oft Jack Wilbur Reed. 51, of 2I1 Van couver Ave., Medford, was pin ned between his car and garage when lhe car fell olf a jack ahgjit 4:15 p m. Monday, police rcjf.il. sharing vicariously In the frivol ity by means of radio or tele vision. New York's largest celebra tion and perhaps the largest in the nation will be In lhe g4inl Grand Central railroad terminal, where ,1,0(X) guests prepared to greet 500 revelers were expected to pay from $.15 j vvith a $20 a plate dinner, done to $100 to dine and dance to the , , and ,, s,ow hMl!in(,j music of Guy Lomhardo in a ; . , , mental health benefit. Private by flamenco expert Jose Greco, railroad cars will shuttle the But the city's biggest parly will socialite guests from the sub-, be in the Grand Ballroom of tirbs to the affair, which will the Sheraton Hotel, where the. be televised. Cotton Bowl Association pre- Elsewhere in New York, Del- pared for 700 guests, monico's Restaurant offered ! Tucson, Aril., reported ils dinner, dancing and entertain-! nightclubs lowered their prices ment for $:!0 and Hawaii Kai from previous New Year s Eve scheduled a luau at $17.50. : levels, offering dinner, dancing San Francisco's St. Francis ! and entertainment for as little Hotel offered dinner and danc-las $7.50 a couple. Prices in ing for $25 a couple and lo in-1 neighboring Phoenix ranged sure that no one would miss j from $5 to $15 a person. the significance of the occasion, scheduled a parade of waiters bearing letters carved in Ice and spelling out "Happy New Year 1054.' The National Safety Council estimated that from 440 to Kill persons would die In traffic ac cidents during the :io hour holi day period, beginning at 6 p.m. Dallas the Staller-llilton , local time today.