I', of 0. Ubmry
-Ucone, Ortf cn
Soggy Weekend
The U. S. Weather Bureau toys
precipitation will be heavier than nor
mal in the next five days. Tempera
tures will drop to tninimums of 35
45. Jarvis Honored
Jim Jarvii, a Roieburg High
School basketball all-stater, has won
another honor as an ail-American.
Sea sports, Page 8.
Established 1873
14 Pages
ROSEBURG, OREGON
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1961
94-61
PRICE 5e
Cuba Says Rebels
Trained By US
Military Officers
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS land including tanks, machine guns.
lhe Cuban radio charged today
the rebel invaders beaten on
Cuba's beaches wore trained by
V. S. officers in Guatemala. The
broadcast said the attackers were
ferried to the beachhead in
"North American military trans
ports" escorted by "Yankee de
stroyers." The broadcast aaid the story
was told by prisoners captured on
the beach. Among them is the
son of Dr. Jose Miro Cardona,
head of the rebel movement in
the United States, Havana as
serted. Exile leaders in New York said
a son of Miro Cardona was in
the landing.
The insurgent "army of libera
tion" answered this charge of
U. S. intervention by declaring
that the Soviet Union, Red China
and Communist Czechoslovakia
were ' actively aiding Fidel Cas
tro's forces.
Denying claims by the Cuban
government that not a single in
vader made it into the interior,
the insurgent broadcast said the
"army of liberation" is firmly
entrenched in the Escambray
Mountains of central Cuba and is
ready to fight onto victory.
Then the broadcast added:
"The fight is hard. It is not easy
to defeat the traitors, who are
operating with the intervention of
Russia, China and Czechoslo
vakia." . ,
How manv invaders may have
made it into the mountains to
join up with anti-Castro guerril
las IS I mailer ui wujtvmn..
r'nhan xile sources in Miami,
Fla.. say about 1.000 fighters
went ashore. Roundabout Com
munist reports put total prisoners
at 500
In support of its claim that the
in.-.jcinn was the work of "Yan-
l kee mercenaries," Havana radio
' cairi nrisoners told of being flown
from the United States to a camp
in Guatemala. They were quoted
as saying they were trained there
The Havana broadcast said the
reDorted they were
ormv .
ri, in Puerto Cabezas in Nic-
aragua where they boarded the
"Norm American muiuujr uaua-
Guatemala and Nicaragua have
denied officially they naa any
hino n An with the operation.
Havana said all captured weap;
ons were ionn Aiueiuiau
Horsemanship Tryouts
Held At Fairgrounds
Horsemanship tryouts for the
Douglas County Pioneer Days
Court were held Thursday evening
at the Fairgrounds. About 200 per
sons attended.
Competing were Catherine Ash'
hueh. Davs Creek: Carla Hedine,
Vickie Miller, Jane Phillips, Cindy
Post, Pat Thompson, Mickey Utter
back and MBarilee Schemer of
Roseburg: Elaine Reiser of Oak
land, and Glenda Rice of Dillard
The I960 Queen, Genevieve Shelton,
set the course.
Two-thirds of the judging will be
held at a tea at the YMCA on Sat-
urday from 2 to 4, and the basis
will be appearance, personality,
poise, talent selection and prepara
tion (the latter some effort of at
least three minutes). Mrs. Grady
Mankins is in charge of the tea.
Gasoline Prices Take Big Drop
As Dealer War Continues Here
By BILL SPARKS
Niws-Rtvitw Staff Wrirtr
Gasoline prices took such
a '
drastic dip in Roseburg this morn
ing that in some places the cost
of the tax was higher than the gaso
line itself.
With the price dropping to 19 9
cents a gallon for regular at some
stations, the gasoline was selling
for 9 9 cents and taxes stood at
10 cents a gallon.
The price drop went to 20 9 cents
a gallon for regular and 24.9 for
ethyl at at least 10 major com
pany outlets. This brought the to
tal decrease within less than four
eeks to 17 cents from the 37.9
cent a gallon rate at most major
stations prior to uie Aiarcn a gas
war start here.
Umpqua Retail Gasoline Dealers
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Showert ana pr.eai Of ptrmi
clt.rmj tonight and Saturday. Con-
timwd ceo1-
Highit tmp. last J4 hours 57
Lowttt tmp. last 24 hours 44
Highest tmp. any April ('17) W
lowttt tamp, any April ('55) V
Pracip. last 24 hours .04
Prcip. from April 1 . .55 1
Prtcip. from Spf. t 31.01 1
Eicess from Stpt. 1 4.47
Sum) tonight, 7:02 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 5:11 a.m.
rifles, antilank guns, rocket
launchers, flame throwers and
trucks.
The rebel invaders earner had
charged they were met on the
beaches by Soviet-made tanks and
were attacked by Soviet-made
M1G jets.
Havana radio asserted Prime
Minister Fidel Castro personally
led the fight against the invaders
His absence from Cuban airwaves
has led to speculation he may
have been incapacitated or
shunted aside by the Communists.
British Warships
Bound For Cuba
MIAMI. Fla. (API Two Brit
ish warships have been ordered
to take on fuel and prepare to
steam towards Cuba, the anti
Castro Radio Swan reported ear
ly this morning.
The station, operating on Swan
Island in the Caribbean, said that
the two ships, the Ulster and the
Rothesay are taking on fuel in
Bermuda preparatory to heading
for Cuba to "protect British in
terests mere.
Earlier Radio Swan had said
that a British woman, Kay El
liot of Yorkshire, had been taken
from her home in Havana "min
utes" after giving birth to a child.
The broadcast said she was put
in a damp prison and was re
leased only after direct interven
tion by the British ambassador.
The Swan broadcast was moni
tored by radio station WLCY in
St. Petersburg, Fla.
A later Swan news program
said that large numbers of
peasants and housewives" are
joining anti-Castro forces in the
Escambray Mountains.
The program heard by The As
sociated Press - in Miami, also
charged that the Cuban govern
ment has given the militia au
thority to arrest anyone it con
siders "opposed to the Commu
nist regime."
The broadcast said that 29 per
sons have been executed by Cu
ban firing squads since the be
ginning of the invasion Monday.
It said seven were shot in Ha
vana Thursday, three in Pinar del
Rio and two in Camaguey.
It said the latest executions
brought to "more than 700" the
total number of persons shot
since the Castro government
came to power January 1, 1959.
Radio Swan charged the Cuban
regime with "genocide" and said
that diplomatic overtures were
about to be made to the Cuban
government in an effort to have
it curb the firing squads.
Budget Deliberations
Reopen At Meet Tonight
The Roseburg City Budget Com
mittee will reopen its deliberations
on the proposed fiscal 1962 budget
at 7:30 tonight. The meeting will
be held in the City Council Cham
bers at City Hall.
It is Hoped the committee will
,, h, nne nha nf h,lriBPt ai
tonight's meeting. They have a spe
cial meeting slated for next Thurs
day night, after the City Coimcil
has an opportunity to carry out ne-
ontialinnu with Ihn Rncuhnra
School Board for student bus trav-
el on the west side of the city.
I Association President James Marr
said this morning members of the
association naa aiscussea ine pos
sibility of going to the state asso
ciation and asking that group in
turn to appeal to Gov. Mark Hat
field to put a curb on the price
war.
Marr said that this is the worst
possible time to have a gas war,
because of the tourist season which
will soon be in full swing.
"Everyone works nine months of
the year to get tourists into the
state," Marr said, "but now that
they're starting to come we're
starting to lose our margin of prof-
it- . "This loss." he pointed out.
"will cost the state heavily in in
come tax the gasoline station oner
ators would normally pay, but
won't be paying this year because
of the drastic decrease in profit."
Company Support in Doubt
He said that while the stations
were selling gasoline for 37.9 cents
I a , linn m n.i mora tnalrintf alw.,,1
M ccnt Th dlp , t
cut that prof,t by half or tw0.
thirds, he pointed out.
-We don't know how this latest
drop is going to affect us because
we haven t had any word from the
companies on how they'll support
the decrease," he declared.
The latest 7 cent a gallon de-
create came on the heels of a
1 Thursday night meeting of some
1 30 local area gas station opera-
itors. The association prcji-1
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ON TO PENDLETON The obove treatment is what is planned for the Pendleton
Cowboys when the Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce invades the 1961 state
Jaycee Convention at Pendleton May 5, 6 and 7. The above picture includes: Al
Brown, new president of the Jaycees, in the prone position. From left to right, Bob
Stevens, Bob Luierance, Ken Clark and Clarence Paul. (Photo Lab.)
Highway 42 Bill Passes
Senate; Governor Next
By GEORGE CASTILLO
News-Review Managing Editor
The state Senate today approved
a bill allowing sale of $4 million in
bonds to finance reconstruction on
Highway 42 from Roseburg to Coos
Bav.
The vote was 25 to 2, with three
members absent, liov. MarK u,
Hatfield has said he would sign it.
Obviously happy. Sen. Al Flegel
of Roseburg in a telephone con
versation with The News-Review
this morning said "I think it s real
innd legislation. It has taken two
sessions to get it through, but I
think it will be an asset to me
economies of both Coos and Doug
las counties."
The money will be used to
straighten a route which has been
described as one of the most tortu
ous in the state. Sen. R. F. Chap
man, D-Coos Bay, said the High
way Department is ready to let
contracts on the highway if the
governor approves the bill. Chap
man introduced the bill.
It was originally passed in the
Green Sewer Vote
Scheduled Monday
Voters in the Green Sanitary
district will cast ballots a second
time next Monday on a proposed
$355,000 bond issue to finance sani
tary sewers and a treatment plant
Voting will take place at the
Green Elementary School from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m.
The issue was approved several
years ago, but at that time the
money was tu be used to build a
system tied in with the Roseburg
svstcm. It was decided to hold an
other election because of the turn
over in population in the Green
I area since then, also
dent said the dealers were unable
to reach a meeting of the minds
Thursday night, and added they
didn't know for sure what to ex
pect this morning.
Dropping Fast
Marr said there were five major
stations down to 20 9 cents a gal
lon early this morning. A spot
check by News-Review staff writer
Dave McNabb showed that num
ber to have at least doubled by 10
a.m. and one station on nb btcph
ens St. had its 19.9 cents sign up
oy io:30.
One dealer on the wet side of
the city told McNabb. "the only
way I can see to stop this gas war
is to drop the price to the point
the oil companies themselves real
ly begin to lose money. We're hop
ing this latest drop will break the
war wide open."
"I'm losing four cents a gallon
on all the regular I seil now and
I won't know until later today how
much I'm going to lose at this new
price until the company tells me
how much they're going to sub
sidize me during the new drop," he
told McNabb.
Marr said local dealers are split
on opinions about the war. Some
fee! it is a local problem and that
if ever) one l bark up to a fair
margin of profit the gas prices
north and south, (which are now
in the price war), wouldn t af-
i feet the local situation. Others
feel ther can t go hack up until
it becomes a stale wide movement.
U.S.
1959 session in a combined meas
ure with the authorization for S24
million in bonds for the Astoria
Mcgler Bi'idgo over the Columbia
River mouth.
That bill, however, provided that
tne $4 minion in bonus lor mgn
way 42 could be let only if $6 mil
lion in matching federal funds
were available for use on the high
way. Because the matching federal
money was not ' available, the
bonds could not be sold.
. This bill separates the two proj
ects and permits use of . the $4
million without matching federal
money. Flegel said the entire job
would cost between $10 and $12
million. Chapman added that the
Highway Commission already has
approved some work and the bill
now approved by the Senate will
accelerate it.
Flegel said about a million dol
lars has already been put into the
job. This work has taken place in
the Powers Junction area of Coos
County.
Flegel said he had, in discussing
the jobs with the state Highway
Commission, suggested it begin
worK at the east end of the High
way, particularly in the Camas
Mountain area of uougias county.
The commissioners replied that it
had started on the eastern end be
cause most of the vociferous re
action had come from Coos Coun
ty. Lumber Industry Asset
Flegel said he was pleased be
cause he thinks straightening and
realigning the highway will be a
great asset to the lumber indus
try, particularly in the cost of
hauling to Coos Bay and Rose
burg. In addition, he said, the jobs
should play a great part in lm
proving safety of driving. He said
"an untold number of dollars" will
be saved from accidents." This
saving, he said, will also take the
form of property damage and
loss of life and injuries resulting
lrom tne condition of the highway.
He said he had received no op
position on the bill from the High
way Commission. "Although I have
great respect for the commission.
I'm not one who thinks it is in
fallible," he said. "I think there
are certain areas where it needs
some impetus from the legislature,
ana this is one of them.
The House approved the
April 3 by a vole of 43-15.
bill
Winston Slates
Clean-Up Week
The Winston City Council has!
designated the week of May 1 to 6
as Winston Clean-up Week. An in
spection will be made of all prop
erty in the City immediately fol
lowine this nerlod and all property
'owners found in violation of the
Nuisance Ordinance will be sub
ject to a fine of $10 to $200, or im
prisonment. Local residents are assea to co-
operate In this project by remov
ing all junk, litter or debris from
their property to assist in the beau
tification of the City.
School Board Secretary
Suffers Stroke Thursday
Victor J. Micelli. longtime Rose
burg School Board secretary, was
rushed to Sacred Heart hospital by
Billy Mohr ambulance at 10:40
p.m. Thursday. He reportedly suf
fered a stroke.
His condition was described by
Sacred Hospital attendants as
critical, and they added that a
series of medical tests are ached-
I ulcd.
Jaycees Plan
Confab Bid
The Roseburg Junior Chamber
of commerce has decided to bid
for the 11HJ2 state Jaycee conven
tion. The junior chamber is sending
one of the largest delegations in
history to this yeur s convention in
Pendleton May 5. 6 and 7. The
whole delegation will be attired in
the famous Paul Bunyan outfits,
donated by local merchants. They
ill be carrying the well - known
axes which have two-foot blades
and will be used along with the
power cnam saws, purely as sym
bols.i of course!
Members believe they have a
good chance of winning the bid
and are working hard toward that
end.
Roseburg businessmen are work
ing with the junior chamber in
planning one of the largest conven
tions ever to come to Roseburg.
George Gratke, president of t h e
Roseburg Chamber qf Commerce,
says his organization is supplying
help in the extensive preparations
necessary in obtaining a conven
tion of this size.
j : -
Planners Okay Plan
e Access
The Roseburg City Planning
Commission Thursday night took
an official stand on the controversy
over the proposed access route
from the SE Washington Ave.
bridge to W. Harvard Ave.
In a motion passed unanimously
by the seven-man commission,
they said, "The Planning Commis
sion does not favor the plan in
its present form, but feels it is
the most expedient."
Thus the commission thinks there
are "better ways," but docs not
foresee that under the circum
stances any will develop and thus
reluctantly recommends a "do-
pass" on the proposed new street
to tne city council, as City Engi
neer Ken Meng explained it.
This official action by the Plan
ning Commission will be turned
over to the City Council Monday
night. The state Highway Depart
ment has said it will take no ac
tion on the proposed new street
heading from W. Military to W.
Harvard Ave. between W. Corey
and Madrone Sts. until the Plan
ning Commission, City Council and
District 4 School Board reach an
agreement on the proposal.
Klamath Falls Indians
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP)
The United States handed $12
million cash to nearly 300 Indians
in Klamath County, ore., wis
week.
Each Indian had an average of
$43.0UO to save or spend.
Must of them promptly put It
in Uie banks.
Show Good Stme
Klamath Falls Mayor Robert
Veatch said they generally
showed good sense. Few got out
of hand, he said, adding It hadn't
been supposed that they would.
Many quickly began looking for
things to buy.
Within 48 hours, one automobile
dealer sold 17 new cars 15 of
them for rash and S used cars
and pickup trucks.
At least two Indians bought
lumber for new houses. Some in
quired about small ranches for
sale. Some looked at new houses.
They bought sporting rifles and
fishing tackle and refrigerators
and clothing.
A few mora than usual, the
leadaiM
New Rebel Force
Moving On Cuba
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Undeterred by one defeat on
Cuban beaches, from 500 to 1,500
fresh guerrillas are sailing in the
direction of Cuba, exile sources
in Florida declared today.
The original force that struck
the southern coast of Cuba Mon
day has been variously reported
at from 5U0 to 1,000 men. How
many escaped into Uie mountains
is not known.
Casualties Admitted
Both sides admitted severe
casualties in the fighting. Various
roundabout reports from Cuba
have said from 350 to 500 pris
oners were taken by Fidel Castros
forces.
Wrangling Halts
Vote On Cuba's
Charge In U.N.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP)
A wrangle between the Latin
American and Asian-African blocs
stymied a vote early today in the
U.N.'s top political committee on
Cuba's charges of U.S. aggres
sion. The 99 nation committee had de
cided after a long argument to
give priority to a Latin-American
proposal that Western Hemisphere
nations try to settle U.b.-Cuban dif
ferences. Then the wrangle erupt
ed. Just before the balloting. Su
dan's Omar Adecl put in a long
list oc amendments which would
wipe out any role, for the Organ
ization of American states in the
negotiations.
Nigeria and other nations quick
ly lotlowcd with other amend
ments and weary delegates fi
nally decided at 2:26 a. m. to ad
journ until 10:30 a. m.
The committee had been ex
pected to approve the resolution
by seven Latin-American states,
but with the last minute amend
ments thrown in. there was
chance it might swing its support
to a Mexican resolution calling
for an end to aid to the Cuban
rebels.
Observers gave little chance to
a rival Soviet demand that the
assembly condemn Uie United
Stales for aggression on grounds
the anti-Castro rebels were
trained and armed on U. S. soil.
The Cuban government's claims
that the invasion was "destroyed"
undercut any support the Soviets
might have had in charging the
United States masterminded and
abetted a plot to topple Prime
Minister Fidel Castro.
Earlier the U. S. chief delegate,
Adlai E. Stevenson declared that
the initial breakdown of the Cu
ban invasion made -plain that fal
sity of Soviet charges that the
United States had committed ag
gression against Castro.
"Let me ask," Stevenson de
manded, "if this was a United
States military operation, do you
think it would succeed or fail?
How long do you think Cuba, a
small almost defenseless island,
could resist the military power of
the United Stales?"
"Perhaps the best evidence of
the falsity of the shrill charges
nf American aggression in Cuba
is the melancholy fact that this
blow for freedom has not yet suc
ceeded," said Stevenson.
R. Iverson Pleaded
Innocent To Charge
It was erroneously reported In
a headline in part of our Thursday
edition that Roger Iverson, 25, of
umpqua had pleaded guilty to a
charge of contributing to the de
linquency of a minor.
The story was correct, Iverson
pleaded innocent to the charge.
The defendant was continued on
12,500 bail.
sheriff's office said-got drunk
and landed in jail. One had $40,-
OUO cash in a paper bag.
One put $5,000 into a checking
account and two days later was
overdrawn. He added more from
savings.
One put $20,000 Into savings
and handed $10,000 cash to s
buddy.
"We are going to hear some
fantastic talcs," said a business
man in this city of 17.000 near
the now-dissolved Klamath Indian
Reservation. "Hut most of the
people," he added, "are going to
put their money away."
Payment For Land
The money is payment for a
half million acres of Klamath In
dian reservation land. The Klam
aths voted to give up their tribal
life and dispose of their property.
The federal government bought
most of it as an addition to the
National Forest System.
On Monday the Treasury De
partment's Portland disbursing of-
fice mailed checks for $68 mil
For The
A British correspondent in
Havana said there were uncon
firmed reports in the somber
capital that thousands wero killed
on the invasion beachhead about
100 miles southeast of the capital
in Matanzas Province.
The rebel radio on Swan Island
off the coast of Central America
asserted without confirmation
from any other source that new
but small landings already had
been made in Cuba.
The Cuban radio charged Mon
day's invaders arrived in "North
American military transports
escorted by "Yankee destroyers"
afler being trained by U. S. of
ficers in Guatemala.
Rtdi Aid Castro
The insurgent "army of libera
tion" in a broadcast from the in
terior in turn charged that the
Soviet Union, Red China and
Communist Czechoslovakia were'
actively aiding Fidel Castro's
forces.
John Bland. Reuters corre
spondent reporting from Havana,
said there was no mass rejoicing
in the tense capital when the Cas
tro regime announced victory in
the battle of the beachhead.
There were a few small pa
rades by trucks filled with sol
diers or militiamen but only thin
crowds watched, he said.
The correspondent said there
was no word in Havana of the
fate of other landings reported in
western and eastern Cuba.
Castro has not appeared in Ha
vana and Bland repeated earlier
reports that the prime minister
was said to be somewhere in the
interior directing the operations
against me anti-Castro forces,
Raports Unconfirmed
Bland found 'no confirmation of
reports in the United States that
Castro may have been incapaci
tated by bombing in the beach-
ueau Hunting.
A Havana radio commentator,
speaking about President Ken
nedy's declaration that the United
States will not abandon Cuba to
the Communists, called it "the
stupid declarations of an illiterate
millionaire."
Kennedy avoided further ques
tions on Cuba at a Washington
news comerence today but said
the United States is consulting
with other American nations on
the Cuban crisis.
The Swiss Embassy in Havana
said at least 18 Americans had
been rounded up but the total
might be twice that number.
Cuban broadcasts said prisoners
captured on the beach told of
being trained and brought to the
beachhead in "North American
transports." Among the an
nounced prisoners is a son of Dr.
Jose Miro Cardona, head of the
rehel movement in the United
States, Havana asserted.
Adenauer Says 1
NATO Arms Due
BONN, Germany (AP) West
German Chancellor Konrad Aden
auer said today nuclear and con
ventional arming of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization will
continue as planned.
He told the lower house of
Parliament this was thoroughly
discussed during his recent meet
ing with President Kennedy.
"We were in full agreement that
NATO is the basis of our common
defense and our common policy
and that the alliance must be
further developed politically and
militarily in order to meet the
steadily increasing demands made
by the defense of the free world,"
ne said.
"The United Stales as the
strongest land is the natural lead
er of NATO. But leadership
among free peoples doesn t mean
the strongest simply imposes his
will but that he announces his
intentions early and discusses
them with his partners," Uie
West German leader said.
Receive Much Wampum
lion to Klamath Indians quitting
the reservation.
About three - fifths of these
checks went into trust funds for
minors and incompetents. But 5X8,
totaling $25 million, were deliv
ered without restriction.
They represented individual
shares of the reservation which
had been held as community
property. Each share came to
about $13,000.
Dtpoiiti Zoom
The shares went to Klamaths
in 18 states but more than half
were in Klamath County.
This dumped into Klamath
County at one time a sum equal
ling 20 per cent of Its annual re
tail sales. It went to people who
had spent their lives as wards of
the government, unaccustomed to
handling money of their own.
One woman this week picked out
S -t,S0O automobile, handed the
dealer her government check for
$41,900 and asked for the car and
her change.
However the state of Oregon,
oon
$2 Billion
Is Earmarked
For Vehicles
WASHINGTON (AP)-President
Kennedy said today the U'Lited
States may lag behind Russia ia
space for the next 10 years but is
bending every effort to become
first to the moon.
The President at his news con
ference studiously avoided ques
tions about Cuba and the speech
he- made Thursday saying the
United States would not hesitate
to act alone against communism
in this hemisphere if necessary to
protect its own security.
No Naws On Laos
And he said ho has no new in.
formation on a cease-fire in Laos.
But on the general fnliWl- nf
Communist tyranny he declared,
"It is a matter to which we must
address all our energy and all our
attention."
He described this as main
problem for a decade ahead.
Kennedy said his adminklro.
tion would carefully consider ven
turing into new space projects to
determine "whether a real suc
cess can be achieved or whether
we are so tar behind now in this
particular race we are going to
be second in this decade."
Projects Speeded Up
Kennedy said (he Saturn
cle, the Nova and Rover projects
uro ueing speeded up with addi
tional funds and that the govern
ment will spend about $2 billion
on space next year.
But he said the Saturn would
not get us to the mooa and de
clared: "We have to consider
whether there is any program
now regardless of its cost which
offers us hopes o being pioneers
m A nrnir.nl
Saturn is the U.S. project of
building a more powerful rocket.
Nova contemplates a cluster of
Saturn rockets. Rover Is a project
to build a nuclear rocket.
This was the President's 10th
news conference and 402 news
men turned ouL It was a closed
meeting taped for later broad
cast or telecast
Sfand Affirmed
The President announced at the
outset that he would stand on hie
speech Thursday regarding Cube
and would accept no questions on
that explosive subject
He said Uie government was
making every effort on hhiir
individuals who may be In danger
because of Uie tense situation in
Cuba.
These other matters came up:
FIGHTING COMMUNISM 1
Kennedy aaid he hoped that ev
eryone strongly concerned about
Communist advances would direct
themselves to such problems as
Laos, Viet Nam, internal subver
sion and "the desperate life lived
by so many people in this hemi
sphere and so many other places
which the Communists exploit"
He said this when asked Ms
opinion of the John Birch Society,
iiiuuanuy conservative group.
Kennedy said he did not believe
the society's judgments are bssed
on accurate information about the
real challenges. Nor, he said, did
he believe the society "is wres
tling witn tne real problems cre
ated by communism,
Vitt Nam Is Problem
For example, Kennedy said.
Red guerrillas are killing 4,000
civil and police officers In Viet
Nam each year. This, he said, is
the kind of problem "which is go
ing to be with us all through this
decade."
He suggested the nation con
cern Itself with that kind of threat
rather than with the loyally of
former Presidents Dwlght E. Ei
senhower and Harry S. Truman,
Mrs. Franklin V. Roosevelt or
himself.
Robert II. Welch, founder of the
Birch Society, has been quoted as
questioning the loyalty of s num
ber of people at the top of the
I government in recent years.
with s helping hand from the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs, has been
at work several years helping the
Klamaths prepare for this sudden
wealth. Us principal advice on
money: tmst the banks and re
member that the money repre
sents accumulated lifetime
estates; it should be saved.
In 18 Statts
One Klamath Falls bank report
ed that Its savings deposits zoom
ed $2.5 million in 48 hours.
"We aro pleased," said Harvey
Wright nf the state Department of
Education who headed the coun
seling program. "We are not going
to have any trouble now. There
may be some later, but not now."
A Klamath Falls businessman
who has been dealing with the
Klamaths for years said probably
30 per cent of the money now in
the banks would stay there or be
put in sound investments.
But 70 per cent, he said, will
be spent with varying degrees of
speed "just like It would when any
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