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Univ. of Oregon Library EUGENE, OREGON Image has been damaged Soviet action enrages students Castro reported battling for political life By Francis U. McCarthy UPI Latin American Newt Editor Smuggled dispatches from Western diplomatic and other rc-1 liable sources in Cuba reported ': today that Fidel Castro is battl- i ing for his political life. The dispatches, delivered in New York City, reported that his j image has been damaged, per-; haps irreparably, by Nikita Khrushchev's unilateial decision to remove Russian rockets and bombers and their crews from Cuba. The Soviet action enraged Cas tro's student followers, the dis patches said, and he was report ed having trouble keeping them in line. I Cuba's 7-million people, mean- j while, were described as increas ingly restless over prolonged shortages. The dispatches said there was continued anti-Castro activity in I the interior but described it as scattered and ineffective. More j serious for Castro, they said, was growing discontent among the j peasantry. I The dispatches cited "uncon-1 firmed' reports in Havana of similar discontent within the armed forces. Castro was said to be visiting ! his alma mater, the University of Havana, almost nightly to keep his student followers fi om open street protests against what they term "Soviet treason." The dispatches cited protest rallies within the university, not only against Khrushchev but Marinello, veteran president oi the Cuban Communist party for 40 years. Diplomats said that the internal crisis in Cuba provoked by Khrushchev's action also has caused a cleavage in Cuban Com munist ranks. Such party stalwarts as Ern esto I Che) Guevara, generally credited with having been instru mental in getting the rockets and bombers into Cuba, was described as "enraged" over the Russian role. Long a sympathizer of Red Chi na in its ideological clash with Soviet communism, Guevara was said now to be openly pro-Peking in his political attitude. The dispatches confirmed ear lier information from Havana of serious differences between Cas tro and Anastas Mikoyan, the So viet deputy first premier, in their recent "peace talks" in the Cu ban capital. The dispatches said that Cas tro's failure to personally attend more than the first two sessions of talks was because he expressed himself on the subject of Russia in terms which Mikoyan consid ered offensive. The Cuban leader, the dis patches said, ignored several Mi koyan overtures for a withdrawal or modification of the phraseology used. The consensus among Western diplomats in Havana was that Castro's subsequent dispatch of an emissary to Moscow to talk trade with Russia means the Cu ban leader is fully aware of his economic dependence on the ' Kremlin. I Castro's emissary was said to ' have told the Russians they must at least maintain present Soviet aid to Cuba despite any apparent unfavorable balance of trade if Castroism is to survive. Hatfield backs new medical care program THE BEND BULLETIN 60th Year Eight Pages CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Friday, December 28, 1962 Ten Cents No. 19 Rules eased on reporting of expenses WASHINGTON (UPI) The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has cased its expense account rules so they "won't hurt anybody who hasn't been trying to get away with something." IRS Commissioner Mortimer Caplin said Thursday night that after Jan. 1, taxpayers would need receipts to prove deductions of more than $25 a day for busi ness travel, entertainment and gifts. When the service first an nounced its controversial propos als last November, it set a $10 limit on the amount of expense account living that could be claimed daily without receipts. This raised a great protest from businessmen. The limit was raised, Caplin said, "after listening to com ments at public hearings and when our own agents agreed that up to $25 was more appropriate. Under the new requirements "a person would almost be inviting fraud charges if he made delib erate overstatements. It would be quite unwise for anyone to fabri cate such records," he said. Individuals would be allowed 30 days and companies up to three months to convert to the new record-keeping requirements, Caplin said. As a conservative estimate, Caplin said, "the Treasury will save about $100 million a year." But he said he actually expected an even greater tax yield. "This will mean greater profits for companies and therefore more revenues for the government," tlie commissioner said. "It will go a long way toward eliminating abuses both deliberate and ac cidentally born out of confusion of what was required by the old rules." He said he also expected that the tougher expense account rec koning would promote more hon est returns from the general pub lic, some of whom complained "why should I pay an honest tax when so-and-so down the block is living it up on his expense account." Bachelor one of few resorts having Bachelor Butt, few skiing anas that boasts snow. snow ove normal Ab precipitation for seen area The five-day forecast, issued to day from the district office of the U.S. Weather Bureau in Portland, calls for "more than normal pre cipitation, mostly snow," in Ore gon east of the Cascades. Skies were overcast this morn ing as clouds from the approach ing storm moved in from the Pa cific. Some light snow was re ported in the northern Cascades of Oregon. Snow flurries were reported this morning from Government Camp, where plows were operating and chains were advised. The Santiam was free of snow, but there were spots of ice. The Willamette di vide was still free of new snow early in the morning. The forecast indicates that temperatures in the five-day pe riod that will extend into the start of the new year w ill be near or slightly below normal. Bend last night enjoyed a com- on of tht in the west is jumping. An all-timo record throng of 1450 swarmed to the slopes Thursday, with continued b i g crowds forecast through the January 1 holiday season. Bachelor has 36 inches of snow at the parking lot, with good skiing forecast for me next few days. Temperature at 8 this morn ing was 20 degrees with a light west wind blowing. The road is dry. No report was available this morning from Hoodoo Bowl. Mediator calls recess in N.Y. newspaper talks NEW YORK (UPI) Federal Mediator Stephen I. Schlossberg called an indefinite recess in newspaper strike settlement talks today after a "frustrating" 20- minute negotiating session. "It was obvious we were not goint to make any progress," said Schlossberg in calling the recess. "I must say it is most frustrating to sit at meetings where there is no attempt to negotiate and both parties remain in their frozen po sitions." Schlossberg said he might call another meeting Saturday, over the weekend or over the holiday, but the spokesman for the strik ing printers, Bertram A. Powers, said he understood Schlossberg in tended to adjourn until after the New Year holiday. "The union regrets this de cision," said Powers. "There should not be any holiday recess. There are too many people in volved." The chief negotiator for the nine daily papers closed three weeks by the strike, Amory Brad ford, said the union has not changed its original contract de mands although management made two changes in the offer it made to the union before the strike began. Publishers of the papers, which have a total circulation of 5.7 mil lion, have made a package offer that included a weekly boost of $9.20 in wages and fringe benefits spread over two years. The local, representing 3,000 printers, demanded a package of about $38 a week which the pub lishers say would cost them $40 million a year in additional costs and threaten the survival of the papers. Foreign ship to carry lumber PORTLAND (UPI) The first U. S. lumber to be shipped from one U. S. port to another on a foreign vessel in 43 years in sched uled to be loaded at Coos Bay late next month, a Georgia - Pa cific Corp. official said Thursday. Vice president Julian Cheatham said the Japanese freighter Taian paratively mild temperature of 29 : Mam will take on 1.400.000 board decrees, but other parts of Cen-! feet of Douglas Fir and hemlock Second battle over rules seen shaping WASHINGTON (UPI) Ad ministration leaders in the House today began mustering their troops for the "second battle of rules. Opposing conservative forces launched their drive for re cruits days ago. The struggle, which President Kennedy has said may mean life or death for New Frontier legis lation, is tentatively set for Jan. 9, opening day of the 88th Con gress. Technically, the question is whether the "traffic-cop" House Rules Committee shall be com posed of 15 members or 12. Prac tically, the issue is whether Speaker John W. McCormack, D- Mass., or Rules Chairman Howard W. Smith, D-Va., will de cided what controversial issues shall be put to a vote in the House. Fought Sam Battle The same battle was fought, on the same ground, between Smith and the late Speaker Sam Ray- burn, D-Tex., at the start of the 87th Congress two years ago. Rayburn wan, but on a close vote and after heavy blood-letting. McCormack, until Thursday, had let Smith do all the talking. He finally made his announce ment by indirection. Through a routine caucus call he let the word go out that he was ready to fight. Democratic House members were advised to attend a party caucus Tuesday, Jan. 8, to estab lish among other things a party position on rules of the 88th Con gress. This, in effect, was McCor mack's notification that he will seek a showdown with Smith. Ac cording to party leaders the out come will decide who is going to be the real boss of the House during the next two years. Under its old 12-man makeup, the committee for some years had been under effective control of a conservative coalition of Smith, Rep. William M. Colmer, D-Miss., and four Republican members. Delayed Organization With the coming of Kennedy's New Frontier in 1961, Rayburn decided to restore control of the committee to the Democratic leadership. He delayed organiza tion of the House for almost a month while he put together the votes to enlarge the committee to 15 members. Of the three additional mem bers, he picked two pro-Kennedy uemocrats, wnue uie nepuoucaii leaders picked one member from their party. That gave Rayburn, and later McCormack, a shaky 8-7 majority and sufficient control of the com mittee to obtain floor considera tion of a number of key measures on Kennedy's must list. To win his battle by a 217-212 vote, Rayburn limited the expan sion proviso to a single Congress. In the new Congress, Smith is out to cut back the committee to its former size, thus restoring conservative control. Kennedy said recently his pro gram would be "through" if Mc Cormack lost the fight. Privately, key House Democrats have been saying the same thing. They also say McCormack's reputation as a leader is at stake. His friends be lieve McCormack can win but that the outcome will be close. III 'liEi -r ' I ill MlMil: 11 1 Ftsra:i iiiuiW iujrf k j SALEM (UPI) Sweeping changes proposed for the Oregon Medical Care for the Aged pro gram today had the "enthusiastic endorsement" of Gov. Mark Hat field. The governor predicted the changes would extend coverage under the program from the present 6,000 persons to "up to 15.000 older citizens. The governor's advisory com- mitteo on Medical Care for the Aged recommended five major changes to broaden covcrap u'v der the program. Hatfield said todav, "I five asked that appropriate legislt tion be drafted for early action by the legislative assembly." The major recommendations call for: Major medical protection, Expanded availability of nurs ing home care for senior citizens of limited means, More responsibility to the in dividual in using his own resour- NEW CITY ATTORNEY Ronald Marceau'Meft), announced by Hal Puddy as Bend's new city attorney this morning, discusses upcoming slats of city business with the city manager. Mar ceau is attorney with McKay, Panner it Johnson firm, and served as law clerk in Oregon Supreme Court before that. Ha was raised and educated in Michigan. Air Force insists test was success Factor 'shocked' at demand for explanation of pardon BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (UPI) John (Jake the Barber) Factor s?''d Thursday he had contributed to both political parties and was shocked by a Republican official's demand that President Kennedy give assurance Factor's Christ mas pardon was not influenced by campaign contributions. William E. Miller, Republican national chairman, made the de mand after a check of House rec ords showed Factor and his wife gave political contributions total ing $22,000 to three Democratic groups in 1960. Kennedy granted a pardon to Factor which quashed threatened deportation proceedings against him. Factor became a millionaire philanthropist in California after serving a sentence for a 1943 man tral Oregon reported lower marks. Penguin deaths are checked PORTLAND UPH A staphy lococcus infection that killed 12 new penguins at the Portland Zoo has been checked by use of anti Motics, zoo officials said Thurs day. The birds, recently brought here from the Antarctic, died between Dec. 13 and Christmas Day. No deaths were reported Wednesday or Thursday. for delivery at San Juan, Puerto Rico. The shipment on the Japanese vessel was made possible under a permit granted by the Depart ment ot Comma ce in accordance with a recent amendment to the Jones Act. Cheatham said Georgia-Pacific complied with terms of the permit in allowing U. S. ship owners five days in which to meet shipping prices offered by the Japanese. Two U. S. lines. States Marine Lines and American Export Lines, offered to carry the lumber at $17 per 1.000 board feet above the Japanese offer, Cheatham said. Termed hoax BUENOS AIRES (UPl)-Cordo-ba Police Chief Alberto Horodas today termed a "hoax" reports reaching here Thursday night of the birth of quintuplets to a peas ant couple at Simbolar, a remote interior village. Horodas said he had been un able to confirm the report that was published widely and broad cast throughout Argentina. Cordoba newspapermen who first reported the births said they had been unable to confirm the story "immediatelv" because of the remoteness of tha village. Forecast made on road deaths By United Press International The National Safety Council to day estimated that from 420 to 480 persons may die on the nation's highways during the dangerous four-day New Year's weekend be ginning Friday evening. The safety council also said the nation is certain to end 1962 with more than 40,000 highway deaths the worst year on record. The grim statistics were dis closed as the four-day Christmas holiday weekend ended with the second highest traffic toll on rec ord. The death toll, which had been running at the safest pace ever for a Christmas holiday, rocketed as motorists by the mil lions returned home from holiday visits. The final United Press Interna tional count showed 654 persons killed in traffic during the 102 hour period from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Christmas. Alaska, New Hampshire and Wyoming were the only states to report no traffic deaths. The Safety Council estimated from 18.000 to 21,000 persons would be seriously injured in New Year's holiday traffic mis haps. DOW JONES AVERAGES Dow Jones final stock averages 30 industrials 651.43, up 0.87; 20 railroads 140.00, up 0.07; 15 utili ties 129.08, up 0.70, and 65 stocks 228 86, up 0.49. Sales today were about 4.14 million shares compared with 3 67 million shares Thursday. fraud conviction. Factor, in a local television In terview, said he had contributed $5,000 to the 1960 presidential, campaign of former vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon, who op posed Kennedy. When asked why he contributed to both parties, Factor said. "I have a good many friends and I am in the habit of making cer tain contributions. I'm like the fel low that can't say no." Earlier, a spokesman for Fac tor, who declined to have names used, said Factor "is shocked that the Republican party is mak ing a political issue of his par don." "A pardon is only granted when a person has been rehabilitated," he said. "One of the conditions is responsibility in the community in which he lives. Mr. Factor has shown he is a responsible person by his deeds in helping to build hospitals and Institutions and also by helping the underprivileged." The spokesman also said Factor applied for a presidential pardon in 1958 under a Republican ad ministration and that it was the "Republican pardon attorney who recommended his pardon. He added that Atty. Gen. Rob ert F. Kennedy had made an in dependent investigation during tne past two years "and when he was satisfied that Mr. Factor had completely rehabilitated himself, he then recommended the pardon." Miller said he believed "it is incumbent on the administration to assure the American people in no undertain terms that the presi dential pardon granted John Fac tor is in no way connected witn the fact that he and his wife were substantial contributors to the cause of the Democratic party." Foreign teacher group to visit PORTLAND (UPI) Portland will be host during the weekend to 19 foreign teachers from 11 countries. They are spending three months in this country studying under the auspices of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The teachers arrived here Thursday night. Their itinerary includes a visit to ML Hood, and trips to the Portland Art Museum and the Oregon Museum of eci ence and Industry. They were scheduled to leave Sunday for California. Marceau named :ity attorney A 29-year-old native of Michigan was announced this morning by City Manager Hal Puddy as the new city attorney for Bend. Ronald Marceau, attorney with the McKay, Panner & Johnson firm, will undertake his municipal duties starting the first of the year. Marceau replaces Harry English, whoso resignation from tho post was submitted last week following completion of 10 years' service. Marceau was born in Jackson, Mich., and moved to Lansing at the age of one year. His early education was in public schools at Lansing, and in 1958 ho was grad uated from Michigan State Col lege with a B.A. in business ad ministration. In I960 Marceau completed studies at the Univer sity of Michigan Law School. Marceau decided to undertake his legal practice in a western state, and was employed in aa lem as law clerk for Justice Gor don Sloan of the Oregon Supreme Court, from September 1960 to September 1961. His desire to take up general practice in a small city brought him to ucno, ano to the McKay, Panner & Johnson of fice in September, 1961. Marceau Is married. He and his wife have three children: Ted, 5; Gerrv 2'i and Sally Anne, 2 months. The family lives at 331 Portland Avenue. Military duties for the new city attorney were with the M a r i n e Corps. Marceau served in the Ko rean conflict in 1951-52 and was honorably discharged in 1954. Impending milk war anncipaTea PORTLAND (UPI)-C. A. Chap man, president ot tne uregon Milk Producers Association, today deplored reports of an Impending milk war. tie said his association has not been informed of milk price cuts and said he feels the industry "is much closer to attempting to come up with a solution than it is being given credit lor. The reports of the impending price cuts were bolstered because of stories reminding that a tem porary law governing milk prices expires Monday night. The law was enacted by the 1961 Legisla ture following a price break in the market In April 1961. Chapman said "no producer can stand major break in price." WASHINGTON (UPD-The Air Force insisted today that last Sat urday's test of the Skybolt mis sile was a success, but informed sources Indicated the performance was considerably less than 100 per cent. The military services customar ily describe such a test as a suc cess if it provides information sought in a particular experiment. But this does nut always mean that a missile hit a target. In Saturday s test near Cape Canaveral, Fla., it was reported, the Skybolt did not carry a nose cone for protection on re-entry into the atmosphere, and there fore burned up. Moreover, according to Informed sources. It would have missed the target by approximately 100 miles If the nose cone naa oeen in place. The Air Force said it was re- checking telemetry data for pre cise figures on the performance. Deputy Defense Secretary Ros well Gilpatric said following Sat urday's test that it was a suc cess. But he said it was the first success in six firings and did not prove the Skybolt could achieve the accuracy demanded in mod ern missilry. The Skybolt, whose development is being abandoned by tho Defense Department, is designed to be fired with a nuclear warhead from a bomber to hit a target 1,000 miles away. ces for meeting part of the cost of medical care, Use of qualified private or ganizations on a competitive bid basis for claims administration, and, Fuller use of available match ing federal funds. The major medical proposal envisions the individual using his own resources for items such as the office call, and has the re sources of the plan focused on items of larger cost such as hos pital, nursing home, and heavy medical or surgical care. It was recommended that nurs ing home benefits be increased and be available on a continuous basis. The proposal would make the medical assistance for the aged program responsible for fi nancial aid toward cost of neces sary nursing care. In recommending more Individ ual participation individuals would pay for office visits or out-patient services except where a surgical service Is provided or diagnostic X-ray Is required after an acci dent. This is in contrast to the present plan, which provides both minor office and in - hospital physician service up to an annual dollar maximum, but only after an in itial $50 physician expenditure. It was recommended that pri vate insurance and health plan carriers be considered on a com petitive bid basis. Extension of hospital services to a maximum of 30 days Instead of the present 14 days was called for. Both now and under the pro posed changes, the patient as sumes partial responsibility for hospital costs. For a hospital stay of two weeks or less, the present plan requires less financial re sponsibility bv the patient. ' : But for the longer stay, tne present plan offers no help, while' the proposed alteration would con tinue benefits at an undiminished rate up to a full 30 days. The report noted that of all per sons over age 65 who require hos pitalization, approximately one . - - , . i ,i i l JUKI must - suty ui uiv uuopiuu longer than 14 days. Bigger ship sought for Cuban goods MIAMf (UPI) The Red Cross was searching today for a ship bigger than the 10.000-ton African Pilot to take more ransom goods to Cuba and possibly bring out another load of refugees. And President Kennedy, after talking with leaders of the Ill-fated Cuban invasion, was making plans to fly to Miami Saturday and address an expected 80,000 Cuban exiles in Miami s Orange Bowl. The African Pilot left last Sat urday with 1,800 tons of medical supplies and foodstuffs and re turned Thursday with 922 rel atives of the Cuban invasion prisoners. The Red Cross said thousands of relatives still in Cuba are eag er to leave and that Premier Fi del Castro has made a firm offer to release them. "We are making preliminary arrangements to get another ship to take freight to Cuba but noth- inff firm has been worked out yet," said Red Cross spokesman Roy Johnson. Ho said there are 37 carloads of supplies at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to help pay the remainder of the ransom demanded by Cas tro for the release of the 1,113 prisoners who returned here ear lier this week. At the same time, Enrique Ha ca. of the Cuban Families Com mittee, said he hoped any ship taking freight Into Cuba could bring back relatives of the freed prisoners. WEATHER Snow In mountains; showers lower levels; highs 40-4$; lows 05-40. TEMPERATURES High yesterday, 5) degrees. Low last night, 2t degrees. Sunset today, 4:14. Sunrise tomorrow. 7:J. Lundgren bid fops for timber Light bidding, with only six raises, marked the sale here Thursday afternoon by the U.S. Forest Service of 14,200,000 Doara feet of timber in the Lemish Benchmark Butte area of the Bend Ranger District. . Leonard Lundgren received the timber on his offer of $13.75 for tlie estimated 7,100,000 board feet pine In tlie sale area. That offer brought the total up to $134,783. The appraised value was $113,483. Bidding against Lundgren tor the stumpagc was Brooks Scan Ion, Inc., represented by Han Milius. Brooks-Scanlon ended iti bidding when the stumpage figure reached $128,040. The timber sold to Lundgren Is in two different tracts, In the Cul tus Lake area of the upper De schutes region. Scenic values of the area to be logged will be pro tected. The Forest Service will construct a bridge over the De schutes River on a logging route that is to be constructed for re moval of the timber, to be milled at the Lclco plant in Bend. Logging of the timber will be a summer operation. The contract provides for quarterly adjustment of stumpage rales. The Forest Service has design ed and will furnish plans and profiles for 12.9 miles of access roads to the timber. Six miles of the Three Trappers Road have been cleared by the Forest Serv ico in advance of the construction. He doesn't want any 'folderoP PLATTSBURG, Mo. (UPI) When Clinton County Magistrate A. R. Alexander takes his oath of office anew next week, he wants no fan fare. He will be starting his 13th year at the post. But, probably, a few will raise their eyebrows. Alexander is 103 years old. An assistant said "just the us ual ceremony" was planned for the oath-taking. Alexander doesn't appreciate "folderol" ml cele brated his birthday Nov. t by working ail day. He still drives his own car, manipulating the ve hicle to work even over Icy roads. "He works all day, every day, winter and summer," the assist ant said. And for Alexander, a career as a judge which started when he was 90 is just another adventure. He already has been a school teacher, lawyer, postmaster and newspaper man.