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-. ., r-.- IIOI JIV. Mine Explosion Leaves Fate Of 25 Uncertain MOAB, Utah (IPD-A rescue worker searching through debris at the site of the Moab mine dis aster made voice contact todav with nine nf the 25 men trapped underground. MOAB. Utah 'l'P. A multi-' million dollar potash mine near! here was shattered by a fiery ex plosion late Tuesday, trapping 25! . men 3.000 feet below the earth's! surface. Rescue teams were hopeful today that at least some of the men were alive. They said there was a possibility that parts of the crew was stranded in passage ways leading from the base of the vertical shaft of the mine where rescue squads worked in 130 de gree temperatures. And. a worker who was blown through a plywood windshield while standing on the head frame above the shaft top was doubtful they survived. "The way the explosion knocked me back I'm sure it must have ccme from the bottom of the In The- Day's km By FRANK JENKINS The big news today? As this is written, everything seems to be wailing for some thing to happen. The bill lo head off the threat ened rail strike has been passed by the Senate. It would set up a seven-man board two each representing the unions and three representing the public. This board would arbitrate the two major issues the firemen's jobs and the composition of train crews. The board's decisions would be binding. The bill hasn't yet been passed by the House. So we're still wailing to see if there will be a rail strike. In Washington Washington seems to be the center of everything today The civil rights demonstration march is just taking off from the Washington Monument and is moving toward the Lincoln Me morial, where the main ceremo nies will begin. The participants appear to num ber the expected 100.000. What about the march? Is it wise and sound? George Kleinholtz, of Portland, says this morning- it is VERY foolish. He says he is in sympathy with its aims and objectives, but adds that civil rights problems will be worked out eventually. He thinks a one-day march will do very little good. Who is Kleinholtz? Well, back in 1932, he was sec ond in command of the BONUS; MARCH in Washington. It in cluded an "expeditionary force" of some 20.000 persons. He tells a reporter this morning that in 1932 he had been making a (air living as a salesman, but decid ed to enter the march after hear ing of the plight of unemployed veterans. He thinks the march did no good. Question: Will the civil rights demonstra tion march this morning do any good? One can't help wondering. While we're waiting and won dering, this tragic story comes over the wires lrom independ ence, over in the Willamette val ley: Three boys were found suffo cated Monday night in an ABAN ilOXEl) FREEZER CHEST They had gone out to play about 5 ocock in the altcrnoon. ten ine their parents that they were going to the school grounds. Three hours later, they hadn't returned. So a search was start ed Thcv were found DEAD in the old freezer box which had been discarded without removing the lock. Presumably, they had climbed into it to play, and when thev cosed the lid o their clay house it SNAPPED SHUT and locked. What to do about such things? Well, we could pass a law. Rnl A much better way would be in SEE TO IT that no old rcfrig orator box or any other box with a snap lock on the inside is EVER thrown away without see ms to it that Hie lock is lirst TORN OUT. Passine a la is the EAS way. In conclusion: Do you reckon that merely PASSING A LW will solve such massive problems as cimI right and nationwide strikes? One wonders. mine." said Matt Rauhala. -17. a bucket duirqier who was not seri- ouly hurt. "The explosion was so strong 1 really don't think that anyone in the bottom could have survived it." Steve Hatsis. state mine inspec tor, also was doubtful. "The situation is verv. verv Army Led Crackdown In Viet Nam SAIGON. South Viet Nam! iUPIi South Vietnamese mili tary leaders, whose forces are supported by American aid, put themselves in direct conflict with the United States today with their acceptance of full responsibility for the recent raids on Buddhist pagodas. The military chiefs said they. and not Ngo Dinh Nhu, initiated the crackdown which resulted in the arrest of thousands of Bud-i dhist leaders and the imposition of martial law throughout this Communist-threatened country. The statement issued Tuesday night by the entire joint general staff headquarters of the Vietna mese army was interpreted as a slap at the U.S. State Department and was certain to cloud U.S. Vietnamese relations still further. The State Department had said a statement that the army leaders had not been forewarned of the Vietnamese government's plans to arrest Buddhist monks and attack pagodas to crush op position to the administration. It had been reported reliably that Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, had engineered the crackdown on the Buddhists last Wednesday and quietly took power in a palace coup. The United States, which has poured millions of dollars and Ihousands of men into South Viet Nam to help thte government's fight against Communist guerril las, has expressed strong disap proval of the strongarm tactics used in the pagoda raids. The government claims the raids were staged to block imminent plot to overthrow the administration, which . has been controlled by the Diem family since 1954. The crackdown fol lowed widespread anti-government demonstrations by Buddhists who charge religious discrimination on the part of the regime. Colorful Bagpipe Band To Perform LAKEV1EW A big feature of the entertainment during tlie Lake County Roundup and Fair over tlie Labor Day weekend, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1-2. will be appear ances of the Eugene Highlanders Bagpipe Band. The band is being brought here under the sponsor ship of Dan Collins of Collins Motors, through arrangements made by Tom J. Flynn. A colorful adjunct to several programs during tlie three days. the band will appear first at the beef barbecue at the fairgrounds about 5 p.m. Saturday afternoon Aug. 31. It will play during the Saturday and Sunday perform ances at the grounds and take part in the big Monday morning parade. Also arranged are two concert performances on the lawn of the courthouse, one each evening from 8:30 to 9 on Saturday and Sunday. The band will be made up of eight pipers, two or three side drummers, one base drummer r. . .. . ' PIPERS PLAY Taking a fling at the Lake County Fair Day weekend will be the Eugene Highlanders Bagpipe Highland dancers. The band will participate in ll, thren give two concert performance! on the courthouie lawn in grim." he said. "It would be a miracle if anyone is alive." H tsis reported that huge quan tities of carbon monoxide were flowing from the mine. He said the carbon monoxide meant that debris probably was still smolder ing in the mine, designed primarily for commercial fertiliz er production. However, Hatsis conceded there was a chance some of tlie men were in an air pocket. The men had been working in three groups one in a shop area near the base of tlie shaft and the others in the two horizontal passageways tunneled in opposite directions from the shaft. The area in the mim.- and cause of the blast were not known. But rescuers theorized that if the blast originated in one of the passage ways, members of the crew in the other might be alive. Another factor was continued op eration of high pressure steel pipe lines which supplied compressed (or the workers' tools. The blast did not knock out the lines. Above ground, the mine and plant buildings, sprawled over a wide area a half mile from the Colorado River and situated in a picturesque valley formed by steep cliffs, was bustling with res cue operations. "The number of men has been definitely established at 23," re ported Frank Tippie. general man agcr of the Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. plant. "The blast knocked out the mine's communications and we are not certain of the men location." Holiday Set On Monday The Herald and News will not pulilish on Monday, Labor Day. Government offices anil most downtown stores will also ob serve the holiday by closing. There will be no postal deliv eries or window service. Special delivery mail will he delivered promptly, and holiday schedules for receipt and dispatch of other mail will be observed. All other federal, slate, coun ty and city agencies, with the exception nf police end fire de partments, will be closed Mon day. Downtown stores except some food and drug outlets will be closed.' The Klamath Falls City Coun cil's regular meeting, scheduled for Monday night, will be held Tuesday night. At Lakeview one tenor drummer, and three Highland dancers. It is under the direction of Hector Smith, pipe major, and is managed by P h i I While. The Highlanders have appeared on nationwide television on a news program with John F Kennedy. During a normal band season the group makes some 30 to 35 appearances at fairs, parades conventions, and festivals throughout the Northwest. Follow ing the appearance here, they wil go to Timbcrline Lodge for ; Scottish weekend celebration. The band is not a sponsored organization and receives no fi nancial assistance from any one other than through its own ef forts. It is an independent group effort of men and women from Uie Eugene area, furnishing their own instruments and uniforms Uniforms are in the tartan of the Clan McKcnzie, except for the dancers who wear the tartan of their choice. Weather Klimilh Ftlli, Tultlikt and Ltktvifw: Fair through Thuruac Lowa tornaM 3$ to 41. Warm again Thurwtay. 1119m M to W. Light wtittrly winds, ftva t 1! milei par hour. High viff)V 7t Low thu morning 44 High yaar ago 7 Low year ago 41 Pracip. lait 14 hour .a Sinca Jan. I Sama period last year i.3f Microphone Searches For Bova SHEPPTON. Pa. H'PIi lies cue workers drilled through 305 feet of earth, rock and coal to dav to the chamber where they believe Louis Bova, 42, has been trapped since Aug. 13. They low ercd a microphone and camera to detect possible signs of life. The super-sensitive mike, cap able of picking up the slightest breath or heartbeat, was lowered by rope down a 12' i inch wide haft, which was completed short lv after 8 a.m. EDr. A camera also was lowered. Lt. Richard Anderson, a U.S. Navy survival expert, listened at tlie surface through specially de signed earphones for any trace of Bova. All drilling stopped and the crowd nf onlookers was pushed back to cut down the noise. Rcs- ucrs said the mike would be "left down there" until it was definite ly established whether there was a trace of life. They said this could "take hours." Though there has been no com munication from Bova for eight davs, David Fellin and Henry Throne who were dramatically cscued early Tuesday believe their comrade still may be alive. The effort to locate Bova also involved two other shafts three-inch hole that nearly was at the 178-foot mark, and a fi' inch shaft that had progressed more than 100 feet. The shafts, within a dozen feet of each oilier, were plotted by Fellin, 58, who blueprinted today's drilling. Rescuers hopedi U determine nova's location My use of the camera and microphone. Group Hopes To Save Bill PORTLAND (UPD-Officers of (he state's education organiza tions were to meet today as a committee to plan a campaign to sell voters on the legislature s SfiO million income measure be fore Oct. 15. The bill's fate will be deter mined in a special election brought by referral. The commitiee chairman is Mrs. Stephen Turel, Portland, president of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers. The committee also invited la bor and industry groups to join in the campaign to save the tax bill from defeat. KUHS BUSES Individual maps of (he eight separate bus routes scheduled this year for Kt'HS students and an explanatory story will be carried in Thursday's Her ald and News on Page 1C. The maps show the route of each bus and an "x" indicates the stopping points. and Roundup over the Labor Band, complete with three days of fair activities and Lakeview, 100,000 - L Price Tf d Cent Pages tftv 7f -S&::i: &ij,. , v Si' ' ' CIVIC RIGHTS GATHERING the Washinaton Monument monies Wednesday. Entertainers or performing onvthe at upper lett is march headquarters. Fast Congressional Action Could Head Off Rail Strike WASHINGTON (UPI) - Con gress was expected today to beat midnight strike deadline and enact legislation lo avert a na tionwide lailroad strike. A House leader predicted ap proval of a Senate-passed bill to refer the I wo major issues in the rail dispute firemen's jobs and composition of train crews to an arbitration board for a1 Railroad Firms Continue Preparations For Strike CHICAGO UPI - The na tion's railroads, ready to put sweeping work rules changes into elfcct one minute after midnight, prepared today to halt all freight and passenger service in the face of a threatened strike by five op erating unions. Only the passage ot arbitrating legislation by Congress stood in the way of a crippling rail shut down that would touch everything from commuters to cabbages Chamber of commerce and in dustrial leaders warned that t walkout would spark mass lay offs, cutbacks in production and make severe inroads into the economy. Railroad siwkesmen Tuesday announced an embargo on freight shipments effective at the same time the unilateral work rules changes were lo be imposed and the fivc on - train brotherhoods were to strike. The embargo committed the arriers to accept freight, includ ing livestock ana pensnanies. right up to the deadline and wsed the possibility of a tremen dous pile-up of freight in strike idled cars. Ready Service Cutbacks Major passenger-carrying lines set in mo! in the machinery to curtail passenger service before the threatened walkout. Yard crews began lashing chains around tracks lo prevent accidental movement of standing equipment in the event of strike. The impait of a strike would ultimately re.nh into the pocket bonk and kitchen of nearly every family in the nation. Produce dealers said shortages of fresh vejetables and fruit would force prices upward a few KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON'. WEDNESDAY. AIGLST 28, 13 Join 'Freedom' Alarch X This aerial view shows (forearound) for the start of binding decision. The Senate approved the meas ure to President Kennedy for his signature, hopefully before 12:01 a.m. Thursday when the railroads plan to put strike-triggering new work rules into effect. Barring any last-minute legisla tive snags, government officials predicted there would be no strike. The railroad unions have cents at a time. Shortages of raw material for basic industries posed the threat of layoffs and curtailed production. Would Close Plants Alvin M. Thomas, director of traffic at General Mills, In.., mi Minneapolis, said most of his firm's plants would have to be losed within hours of a strike. Thousands of commute) s would be stranded. Highways would fill with the influx of automobiles. The Post Office Department an nounced plans for a partial cm bargo on second, third and fourth class mail in the event of a rai; shutdown. Many railroads notified non- operating rail and olfice workers that tliey would be laid olf if the strike occurred. The Son Line with 6.000 employes, said only about 400 management and care taker personnel would be kept on the job. 442 New Laws Take Effect SAI.KM HTIi - At 12 01 a m Monday. 442 new state laws will go into effect in Oregon. One the ino.l legislature s w million tax hike measure lias been relerred to a special elec tion Oct. 15. Another 2ir2 carried either the emergency clause or a hpecifir cflective dale. The emergency clause measures went inln effect as soon as they were signed by Gov. Mark Ilallield. Most of these were appropria tion measures which allotted money for operation of state agencies and departments for the w 1 - demonstrators qathered near March on Washington cere stage at upper right. The tent Uj-y leiapnot Uireatcned a walkout If the work rules are put into effect. Chairman Oren Harris, D-Ark., of the House Commerce Committee, who is charged with guiding the bill to passage, told a reporter: "I don t think we 11 have any trouble. Two House members who had supported union opposition to the legislation said they would vote for the Senate-approved bill as the best solution available. Rep. John B. Bennett, R Mich., said the bilj was "the best way out of an unsatisfactory and al most impossible situation." Rep. Harley O. Staggers, D-W. Va., said the measure was not too far from tlie stand taken by the unions last week. As passed by the Senate, the legislation would set up a seven man board two each repre senting the railroads and the unions and three representing the public to arbitrate the two key issues. Ine arbitration award would be in effect for two years. The remaining issues in the four-year-old dispute would not be subject to arbitration. But there could not be a strike or lockout over these issues for at least 1H0 days alter the measure became law. If the measure clears Congress, it would be the first lime in the memory of labor' experts that Congress has ordered arbilration of a peacetime labor dispute. Sciirile passage came after two days of bitter debate and just hours after the nation's railroads ordered an embargo on freight shipments as soon as a strike began. I9KI-B5 biennium. Department! budgets became effective on July I. A total of 1,413 bills were in troduced during Ihc 141-day, l!m:l session. Of these, h.i4 were ap proved by both houses and sent to the governor for signature. Hatfield vetoed nine, and al lowed 25 to become law without his signature. In addition In Ihc 045 bills that were passed by the legislature and allowed to become law by the governor, lawmakers approved three proposed constitutional changes, and B7 other measures Telephone TU 4-ftlll No. 7562 Negroes And Whites Converge On Capita WASHINGTON tUPD - Scores of thousands of chanting demon strators from all over America marched from tlie Washington Monument to tlie Lincoln Memo- ial today in the nation's greatest rally for Negro rights. It was a symbolic "march for jobs and freedom" which covered an actual distance of only eight- tenuis of a mile. But demonstra tion leaders called it a trek of far greater dimensions for t h e future of America. They said: 'We inarch to redress old grievances and to help resolve an American crisis. The marchers came here aboard 20 special trains, nearly 00 buses, nine chartered planes and t)y car and foot. An early mornuig trickle of arrivals swelled in a few brief hours to scores of thousands. Estimate Huge Crowd At 11:15 a.m. EDT, police esti mated the crowd jammed be tween the monument staging grounds and tlie Lincoln Memo- i,i 1 at 100.000 and still crowing. The weather was ideal. The marchers appeared in holiday mood. The mass turnout came to esemble a gigantic revival meet ing. The demonstrators came to tlie capital singing. At the monument grounds tliey oroke into a vibrant chant of "freedom, freedom, free dom." This refrain was repeated at intervals throughout the rally Placards, issued by march leaders, carried these legends: "No U.S. dough to help Jim Crow grow We demand equal rights! now. ."We demand an FEPC (fair employment) law now ...... A i j i 1:..- uiuiuiuy now. i President Views TV While religious and union lead ers supported the rally, and thou sands of while demonstrators marched with Negroes down Con stitution and Independence ave nues to the pillard memorial which houses tlie heroic brooding statue of the man who freed tlie slaves. About one marcher in 15 was white. The White House said President Kennedy, who was an important political stake in tlie outcome ofi the civil rights struggle, had "seen some small portions" of dem onstration events on television. Every sort and condition of hu manity was represented well- dressed young men and women. few women in slacks, many a clergyman in clerical garb, an oc casional white beatnik in beard and sneakers. A Negro in a wheel chair came to "help my people." A giant cross made of wooden slakes was erected on the grassy slope near tlie Washington Monu ment. A throng gathered before it and sang the civil rights freedom song. The folksinger, Odetta, led a huge audience in an emotional version of "Where I Stand." Those w ho didn't know the words swell ed Ihc song's rhythmic beat by clapping hands in unison. As the Ihousands were pouring into the monument grounds, lead ers of the march were calling on congressional leaders to plead for strong civil rights measure. No Sprrltic Promises A. Philip Randolph, chairman of the march, said Speaker John McCormack gave them assurance that if a fair employment amend ment is added to Ihc civil rights bill, it "will gel through the House." Rul Ihc leaders got no specific promises from Capitol Hill on the form in which tire civil rights bill may eventually be passed or when. The march organisers had promised they would do their best such as resolutions and memor ials. The legislature's major meas ure, the tax increase bill, was the center of attention and heated controversy, and finally emerged as a compromise which llatlield would not sign. Public opiwsition was climaxed with circulation of referral pe titions, which resulted in the call lor the special election. The big measure which did not survive tlie legislature was e proposed new state constitution It won House approval, but died in the Senate. Weather AGRICULTURAL FORECAST Fair with slightly warmer tnd drier air ever tha area next ftw dayi. Little or no precipitation gupected. Haying and field work good, fight inch toil tempera ture 3 degrees. MR! DANGER! HIGH to preserve order, and the crowd generally was in a serious but good natured mood. Police herded George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi party, and a group of follow ers to one side of the monument to keep them from heckling tlie demonstrators. When Carl Allen, Rockwell's deputy commander, attempted to make a speech without a permit, police warned him three times, then arrested him. Before his ar rest, the only one by late morn ing, Allen said: "We are here to protest by as peaceful means as possible the oc cupation of Washington by forces deadly to the welfare of our country." Communists In City Authorities trying to keep track of all aspects of tlie civil rights rally eslimated that 135 members of Die Communist party of the United States came to tlie capital for the march. Many were said to be from New York, others from Philadel phia, Chicago. Detroit, Denver, and the West Coast. Gus Hall of New York, party secretary, checked into tlie Stat- ler Hilton Hotel here. The leaders officially got the march underway at 11:31 a.m. EDT but by that time at least 10.000 marchers already were. moving down Constitution Avenue in an almost solid line 20 yards across. It w as tlie lirst real hitch in he oroceodines. The demonstrators walked along at an easy gait, singing freedom songs and holding a for est of placards aloft. Police along tlie line of march had so little to do that many opened box lunches and munched on ham sandwiches as the marchers moved past. , Principal Goal Out Of Reach WASHINGTON (UPI) - The principal goal of today's "march on Washington" speedy passago of a strong civil rights bill was clearly out of reach before the first banner was unfurled. Ten weeks after President Ken nedy asked for passage of the most sweeping civil rights legisla tion since Civil War Reconstruc tion days, the congressional out look still is too blurred for de tailed prediction. But two conclusions, based on past performance and tlie current congressional attitude, seem safe. First, Congress will a c t on civil right? at its own deliberate pace. Those who have been through civil rights battles before consider Christmas a highly op timistic target date for final action. Second, Congress will pass a bill based on. but not tied to, Kennedy's recommendations. Even the most ardent civil rights sup porters in Congress do not expect the final legislation to be as strong as the President's request. Right now, an 11-member House judiciary subcommittee is deep in "general discussion" of the Ken nedy bill. Two parts of the Kennedy bill appear to be the most obvious sources of controversy. The first is the section that would forbid the operators of ho tels, restaurants, stores and other public accommodations to bar Ne gro customers. The second would authorize tlie federal government to deny aid funds to states or communities which practice dis crimination in tlieir use. Monday Oregonians will vote next year on a proposal to remove mo death penalty from the state's constitution. Among tlie more significant laws was a new subdivision regu lation measure designed to curb fraudulent and misleading land promotion. One of the new laws extends from the present three days lo seven days the waiting period for marriages. Lawmakers hoped this "sobering up period would cut down on the number o impulse marriages, and thus cut toe state' divorce rat.
