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they ere booked et police station in New York late Wed
nesday night on charges of receiving stolen property.
The gang of would-be jewelry thieves fled empty handed
after a $3 million Jewelry robbery, when the man at the
3 Million
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NEW YORK UPI - Five
days ago even New York detec-
lives grudgingly admired the
' careful manner in which hi
jackers planned and staged the
biggest jewel robbery in the
city's history.
But today the golden image
of the bold bandits was turning
into brass. The miracle in Man
hattan had become a comedy
of errors. It was not exactly a
laughing matter, not with an
estimated $3 million worth of
loot involved, but it was a bun
gled job.
And all because of an auto
mobile that had become some
thing of a relic in these days
of automatic transmission and
power steering.
The wrong man was in the
driver's seat of the getaway
car, a station wagon loaded
with the stolen diamonds, em
eralds, rubies and gold. He was
unfamiliar with shitting gears
and could not get the car roll
ing. He gunned the motor and the
vehicle jerked forward a few
feet and stalled. It happened
repeatedly.
Solon Hopes
WASHINGTON (UPD-Presl-dent
Kennedy's $102 million
Peace Corps bill was called up
by the House today with a Re
publican legislator from Wis
consin 6et to fight for a 20 per
cent cut.
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Klamath Falls Fire Department
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"Hey," he called to a group
of workers nearby. "How do
you get this damned thing to
go?"
Empty-Handed
One of the men made a vul
gar remark. Without another
glance, the driver got out of die
station wagon and sprinted
empty-handed down the street.
The workers examined the
car and helped themselves to
the loot.
"A grab bag situation devel
oped," said Capt. Charles C.
Holt Jr. of the detective devi
sion. "It was finders keepers."
He emphasized that many of
the workers neither witnessed
the heist nor took place in the
looting, but several stuffed
handfuls of Jewels diamonds,
emeralds, a few rubies into
their pockets. They left behind
bars of jcwelei's gold and the
gems they could not easily
carry away. None returned' be
cause they figured police would
show up at any minute.
Some hid the jewels in the
building being torn down.
Others took them home. One
even took gems to his weekend
To Cut Funds
Rep. Vernon W. Thomson
said he would seek to slash the
authorization for fiscal year
that started July 1 to about $f)l
million. Two other Republicans,
Reps. H. R. Gross, Iowa, and
Edward J. Derwinski, Illinois,
were expected to support his
bid.
Kennedy Is seeking the in
crease from last year's $55 mil
lion to expand the Peace Corps'
operations in Latin America
and Africa and boost the over
all number of volunteers from
6.634 to 11,300 by next tall.
Thomson, Gross and Derwin
ski attacked the Peace Corps
Saturday as "burgeoning bu
reaucracy." They said it was
long on public relations and
short on accomplishments.
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wheel couldn't operate the manual gear shift and tricky
choke. The loot was left behind and some of it was picked
up by a group of construction workers who witnessed the
crime, police said. They are, left to right, Phil Rossi, Bob
Lee, John Joyce and Bill Cunningham. U PI Telephoto
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farm near Gettysburg, Pa., and
buried them. Another man had
more then $200,000 worth in a
briefcase.
Real Story
Late Monday night, Die real
story the story of the "badly
bungled" heist began to seep
out. It came from two separate
sources. One a witness who
talked to a private detective,
and the other a demolition
worker who "got a snootful" in
a Manhattan bar and talked too
much.
The demolition worker, well
in his cups, started bragging to
his buddy.
"We saw it all," he said.
"And we got all the loot while
the real bandits got nothing."
His buddy called police.
The other witness was a de
molition worker who, apparent
ly, had no part in the looting.
He told private detective An
thony Negri, 28, he had seen a
station wagon near the robbery
scene. Several men were near
it, he said, looking ill at ease.
One man, the witness said,
stashed a briefcase in an old
boiler lying discarded on the
lot.
Negri found the briefcase,
tilled with jewels, in the boiler
and called police.
By dawn Tuesday, dozens of
detectives and FBI agents,
dressed in neat business suits,
were probing the debris with
shovels, long poles and with
their hands.
At least five demolition work
ers admitted their part in the
looting, and led the detectives
to hiding places. Some were ac
companied home to get dia
monds and emeralds that had
been hidden in teapots and
cookie jars.
Hidden jewels were unearthed
In the ruins of the building be
ing torn down. A pump was
rushed in to drain the basement
of several feet of water. A fil
ter was placed over the hose
to catch any .loose gems. Some
workers didn't realize this, and
stationed themselves down
stream to catch any diamonds
that might come floating by.
Police found no gems in the
basement, but they did find
silverware knives, forks and
spoons that had not been re
ported stolen in this robbery.
Police figured they had recov
ered at least 85 per cent of the
loot. One high official said, how
ever, that not all of It was re
covered and most likely the
rest will never be found.
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By t'nHed Press International
Two persons died in Oregon
Tuesday as a result of traffic
accidents.
Lorenzo Twinam, 86, Hillsboro
was killed when he was struck
by a car at Hillsboro.
William Murray, 26, Stanfield,
died at a Hermiston hospital
from injuries suffered in a col
lision between two Army secur
ity police pickup trucks on the
Umatilla Army Depot near
Hermiston Sunday. He was driv
ing one of Hie trucks.
Farm Bureau
Elects Beach
SALEM (UPD-Harold Beach
of Hermiston was re-elected
president of tlie Oregon Farm
Bureau Federation at its annual
convention Tuesday.
Joe Hobson of Ontario was
named as third vice president
in voting on the only other offi
cer's post to be filled this year.
Frank Setniker of Hillsboro
was named to the federation's
board of directors and Mrs.
Blaine Johnson of Glendale was
chosen chairman of the women's
committee of the organization.
The federation ended its three
day meeting today.
Administration Moderately Pleased
With Latest Viet Nam Developments
WASHINGTON (UPt - The
Kennedy administration is mod
erately pleased with develop
ments In South Viet Nam fol
lowing the military coup but of
ficials still have their fingers
crossed.
Defense and State Department
sources said today the anti
Communist war undoubtedly
was being pushed with more
vigor. They said it was neces
sary, however, to withhold final
judgments until tlie political sit
uation in Saigon develops fur
ther. U.S. Ambassador Henry Ca
bot Lodge is expected in Wash
ington late next week to give
President Kennedy a first-hand
report on the Nov. 1 coup
against President Ngo Dinh
Diem and subsequent develop
ments. But Lodge first will meet in
Honolulu next Wednesday with
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lice today had their second ma
jor break in as many days in
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University of California coed
who dropped from sight 16 days
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boring Berkeley.
Police late Tuesday night
found two text books carried by
18-year-old Judith Williamson
the morning she vanished. Both
books were splattered with
blood.
Chief Ralph Jensen confirmed
the finding of the books, but he
refused to reveal where they
were found or who found them.
"We have some pretty good
leads," Jensen said, "and we
don't want to spook anybody."
On Monday, an 11-year-old
boy turned over to police an
umbrella Judith had been car
rying the day of her disappear
ance. He said he had found the
umbrella in a trash can three
days after the attractive coed
was reported missing.
Discovery of the books and
the umbrella strengthened fears
by police that the girl was the
victim of an attack.
Judith left her home at 7: 10
a.m. Oct. 29 for a five-block
walk to catch a bus for the uni
versity. . Later, two persons told of
seeing a car following Judith as
she walked toward the bus stop
and a third said he saw a girl
who could have been Judith
struggling in a convertible with
a man shortly after she van.
ished.
Marshal
Nominated
WASHINGTON (UPD-Presi-dent
Kennedy today selected Eu
gene G. Hulett of Eugene to be
U.S. marshal for Oregon. The
appointment is subject to Sen
ate confirmation.
Hulett, 41, succeeds the late
Paul Kearney.
Hulett is a Democrat and a
first-term member of the Ore
gon state legislature. He will re
ceive $10,895 a year as a fed
eral marshal.
Hulett is married and has one
son. He was educated in tlie
public schools of Springfield.
Ore., and served as a member
of the Oregon State Police De
partment from 1943 to 1960.
Since I960, he has been operat
ing a retail grocery business in
Eugene.
Secretary of Stale Dean Rusk,
Defense Secretary Robert Mc
Namara and ranking military
officials for a full-dress review
of the situation.
Adm. Harry D. Felt, commander-in-chief
of U.S. forces in
the Pacific, will attend the Hon
olulu meeting as will Gen. Paul
D. Harkins, chief of the Ameri
can military mission to South
Viet Nam.
Pentagon spokesman Arthur
Sylvester Tuesday described as
"baloney" reports that Harkins
might be replaced because he
was too close to tlie late Diem
and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu,
who also died in the coup.
Coup Took Gen. Harkins By
SAIGON. South Viet Nam
(UPD Reliable sources said to
day that the Nov. 1 coup against
President Ngo Dinh Diem
caught I' S. military command
er Gen. Paul D. Harkins by sur
prise despite warnings from his
subordinates.
The U.S. Military Assistance
Command formally denied tlie
report that Harkins had ignored
warnings. It said the coup lead
ers maintained strict secrecy un
til tlie time of their attack.
The sources said Harkins also
sent a paragraph in a report to
Washington from the military
and Central Intelligence Agency
(ClAi here saying he did not
believe a coup was imminent.
They said that after the be
ginning of the coup, Harkins
asked to have the paragraph de
leted from tlie report.
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Gold water
CHICAGO ' L'PI 1 Sen. Barry
M. Goldwater, R-Ariz., said
Tuesday night that he would en
ter most state primaries if he
becomes a candidate for presi
dent. He first said he would enter
"all state primaries" if he be
came a candidate, but then
qualified his answer under
questioning by newsmen.
Goldwater said he did not
plan to enter the Wisconsin pri
mary, because, he said, 60 far
he has backed the "favorite
son", drive for Rep. John W.
Byrnes, R-Wis. He also said he
Rocky Has
High Hopes
NEW YORK a'PIl - Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, predict
ing he has a good chance to
win the Republican presidential
nomination despite his tinder
dog role, left today for a round
of campaign speeches in Flo
rida. In Miami, Rockefeller will
address an editors meeting and
will tape two television inter
views for rebroadcast later be
fore returning to New York to
night. "Yes, I think I do," Rocke
feller said when asked whether
he thought he had a good
chance to win.
The New York governor ad
mitted that Sen. Barry Gold
water. R-Ariz., was the front
runner in tlie Republican presi
dential sweepstakes, but added
"I still have nine months to
go."
He was asked about the pos
sibility of former Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon being
selected as a compromise can
didate should a deadlock de
velop at the nominating conven
tion. "I don't think there will be a
compromise candidate," he re
plied. Rockefeller picked up some
political support Tuesday from
Maryland.
Baltimore Mayor Theodore
McKeldin, who nominated Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower at the
1952 GOP convention, later
gave Rockefeller a qualified en
dorsement, saying he was "the
best man for the Republican
nomination."
"I can't say that about the
others," MoKeldin added. "Un
til I find a better qualified
man, I am for Governor Rocke
feller." Presidential adviser Mc
Georgc Bundy and White House
Press Secreatary Pierre Salin
ger will represent Kennedy at
the Honolulu session, at which
Assistant Secretary of State
Roger Hilsman aiso will be
present.
Rusk and McNamara were
said to be particularly anxious
to get Lodge's assessment of the
probable course of tlie military
junta now running South Viet
Nam and the provisional gov
ernment it created.
There is still some apprehen
sion here that personal rivalries
among the revolutionary gener
als might lead to instability. Of-
Denies Report
Tlie Military Assistance Com
mand denied that any such par
agraph was included in the re
port originally and thus no de
letion was made.
It issued this statement on the
coup:
"The Revolutionary Military
Committee (which staged the
coup) advised the Military As
sistance Command headquarters
of the coup at 1:45 p.m., on
Nov. 1, which was approximate
ly the time of their initial at
tack. "At the time, they regretted
not having been able to take the
Military Assistance Command
headquarters into their confi
dence, but considered absolute
secrecy paramount to the suc
cess of their plan."
Tlie statement said tlie U S
military had been told of troop
movements on the morning of
the coup "but the cover plan
ning had been so well conceived
and executed that the immin
ence of a coop d'etat was not
apparent."
The sources said Harkins was
not taken into tlie confidence of
the coup leaders because they
considered him too closely con
nected to the Diem government.
They said U.S. Ambassador
Henry Cabot Lodge was kept up
with coup plans and told to
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To Enter Primaries -
would ta'.k with the party or
ganization in Pennsylvania be
fore entering the primary in
that state, where Gov. William
Scranton is considered a dark
horse possibility.
"I'm in favor of letting the
states take care of their own
business," Goldwater said.
He mentioned specifically
entering the Oregon, California
and Indiana primaries "if it be
comes necessary." It would
"become necessary," he said,
"if you're a candidate."
Goldwater said he has not
pushed up his previously an
nounced January date for decid
ing whether to enter the presi
dential sweepstakes. He said
his latest date was Jan. 27, the
deadline for filing in Illinois.
The Arizona Republican said
he saw no advantage in becom
ing the first person to an
nounce. New York Gov. Nelson
A. Rockefeller declared last
week.
Wheat Deal
Seems Near
WASHINGTON a PI I The
first agreement by a private
concern for sale of American
wheat to the Soviet Union is ex
pected to be announced at any
time. It is likely to be followed
by other deals.
Commerce Secretary Luther
H. Hodges said Tuesday that in
the wake of a general agree
ment over how the sales and
shipments may be handled, a
Russian delegation probably al
ready has "worked out one or
more deals" w ith private U.S.
grain traders.
Hodges told a news confer
ence that the Commerce De
partment expects to approve
shortly the first formal applica
tion for a wheat shipment to
Russia. The Soviets are expect
ed to buy about a quarter
million dollars worth of Ameri
can surplus grain.
Hodges said the government
has received from 12 to 15 other
applications for permission to
ship various farm commodities,
including wheat, corn, soybeans
and tobacco, to Soviet bloc
countries.
About a third of tlie ship
ments are destined for Hun
gary. There also are requests,
he said, for approval of ship
ments to Bulgaria, Czechoslo
vakia and East Germany.
ficials said, however, there had
been no evidence of this so
far.
McNamara will return to
Washington after the one-day
session in Hawaii. Rusk, how
ever, w ill go on to Tokyo to at
tend a meeting of the U.S.-Ja-pan
Committee on Economic
Affairs.
The State Department said
Tuesday it was not certain
whether Lodge would come on
to Washington, but officials said
today he probably would. He
had been scheduled to return
Nov. 3 for consultations but de
layed the trip when the coup
erupted.
Surprise
days before the revolt when it
would occur.
Sources in the new military
government of South Viet Nam
said junta leaders have made it
clear to tlie U.S. Embassy that
they privately regard Harkins
as a symbol of tlie old U.S. pol
icy of support for the Diem re
gime, although they have made
no specific desires known to the
embassy concerning Harkins'
future in Viet Nam.
As head of the Military Assist
ance Command. Harkins has
charge of the 15.000 U.S. offi
cers and soldiers serving as ad
visers to the Vietnamese army
in the war against tlie Com
munist guerrillas.
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"The best advice I got was
from President Kennedy, and
he said 'don't get in too soon.' "
Goldwater said "I get advice
from experts." he said.
It was the third time during
the night that Goldater jabbed
at the Kennedys.
He did so twice during his
speech to the annual dinner
meeting of the Chicaito Better
Business Bureau. Goldwater
opened his speech by saying
"Bobby called and told me to
tell you he's 'keeping an eye'
County Commissioners
To Attend State Meet
Commissioners Ken ' Allison
and Frank Ganong and Judge
Robert Walker, members of the
Klamath County Court, will be
in Portland next week to attend
the 58th annual convention of
the Association of Oregon Coun
ties, slated from Tuesday, Nov.
19. through 22, at the Benson
Hotel, the court disclosed Wed
nesday. Prior to the convention which
starts Tuesday evening. Allison
will attend the annual business
meeting of the O&C counties
that is to get underway at 10
a.m. the same day at the Im
perial Hotel.
In the four-day convention of
the Association of Oregon Coun
ties, Ganong has been named
to chairman the workshop on
the New Local Budget L a w,
scheduled for discussion 2 p.m.
Thursday. Discussion leaders
will include Robert Nyman,
Washington County administra
tive officer; Charles Mack,
Oregon State Tax commission
er, and James Van Galder, staff
member of the Oregon State
Tax Commission.
The opening session will com
mence with a meeting of the
revenue and taxation commit
tee, 7 p.m., Tuesday, followed
by a meeting of the roads and
highways committee.
Keynote speaker will be Ber
nard F. Hillenbrand, executive
director of the association, who
is expected to disclose details
of plans to carry out a $200,000
grant recently made by the De
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare to the national as
sociation, for the purpose of
helping counties to take leader
ship in an all-out effort to elim
inate stream pollution.
Wednesday's program f e a
tures three addresses, including
"Continuity of Government," by
Commissioner Joncl Hill; "Data
Processing the Next New
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If He Runs
on you. and President Jack said
to tell you he's really not mad
at you."
Later Goldwater departed
from his prepared text to say
President Kennedy's inaugural
remark to ask not what your
country can do for you, but
rather what you can do for
your country "was a fine state
ment." "If only we could spend more
time doing things for ourselves
instead of for projects," Gold
water said.
Frontier for Counties." by Tom
Yates, director of the statisti
cal computing laboratory, Ore
gon Stale University; and
"County Government and the
Law," by Spencer Williams,
counsel of Santa Clara County.
Included on the agenda for the
same day are two workshops,
featuring data processing for
Oregon counties and county le
gal problems, and an open
meeting on the AOC group in
surance plan. A meeting of the
park and recreation commit
tee will conclude the day's ac
tivities. Featured Thursday will be the
annual banquet w ith Frank Lea
hy, formerly head football
coach of the University of Notre
Dame, slated as guest speak
er. Leahy is currently with
Frank I.eahy and Associates of
Portland.
Also on the agenda for that
day is Carney Campion, execu
tive director of the Redwood
Empire Association, who will
talk on "Private Enterprise and
County Government Coopera
tion to Promote Tourism and
Public Recreation." Workshops
covering the new local budget
law and convention consultants
are slated for the afternoon ses
sion. Resolutions to be considered
Friday include proposals to in
crease the state gas tax one
cent, with proceeds earmarked
for city streets and- county
roads; to provide for payment
to counties of a share of feder
al fees received from grazing
revenues on lands administrat
ed by the Bureau of Land Man
agement; and to urge counties
to play a more active role in
community economic develop
ment. The convention concludes Fri
day with a "business break
fast" to take place from 8 a m.
through noon in the Crystal
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