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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
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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
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Price Tf d Cent Pages
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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
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1
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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.