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Nothing Startling In Opening Senate Payrolls to By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington ' Correspondent Washington - When the Senate finally opened iti pay- roll lor public inspection lasx week i or tne first time in over a decade, nothing more startling was a p p a rent to inquis i t i v e eyes than the fact that about 20 sen ators had rela- A Bokt. Smitk tivfx on thoir office payroll. Neither Sens. Wayne Morse or Richard L. Neuberger were engaging in any of this nepo tism. But the report did show that the Oregon senators have the fattest payrolls - each one tops $100,000 a year - of any senator from the West, outside California. Each state, according to Its population, is placed in one of several categories which de termine the' amount the sena tors from that state can spend on staff salaries. Oregon, like the other western states with the exception of California, is in the bottom category. Cali fornia, along with New York, is in the top category. Mors Next Highest The California senators each ring the cash register for about $133,000 to pay their employees. Morse's payroll is next highest in the West, $104,705, with Neuberger close behind at $104,357. Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D- Castro's Brother Accused of Plots m Washington (DPB The brother of Cuban Premier Fidel Castro and another high Cuban official have been ac cusedjOf plotting with a group of Communists and . left - wing revolutionaries to overthrow the government of Guatemala. The charge was made , by Guatemala in a note read to the Oregonization of Ameri can States (OAS) by the Gua temalan represenative. Dr. Guillermo Saenz de Tejadar. Saenz named Paul Castro, chief of Cuba's armed forces, and Ernesto Guevara, presi dent of the Bank of Cuba, as I having given financial and 1 arms aid to a left-wing group which allegedly .is setting up Ian armed force to invade Guatemala. Cuba rejected the charges completely false and as terted they were made pri narily to influence Guate n a 1 a congressional elec ions. , Saenz averted that his gov t rnment is prepared to deal v rith any assault and was not a sking the OAS to take ac ti on. But he said Guatemala was 0 Eficially informing the OAS t see if the Castro regime 'ill take steps to prevent the p lans from being carried out. S PANISH WRITER DIES Madrid IUPD - Luis Astrana 1 larin, biographer of Cervan t es and translator of the i vorks of Shakespeare, died at lis home Friday at the age of LARRY SCHADE QUITS Selling Out to the Bare Walls and Empty Shelves SAVE ww u w v -ww u on the Entire Schade Quality Stock of Fine Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry Your Christmas Gift Dollars Will Do Double Duty Now LARRY SCHADE, Jewelers 9 So. Central Public Wash.) came next with $101, 600, while his colleague, Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D Wash.) showed a payroll of $86,400. Greatest disparity between payrolls of senators, from the same state was in' Arizona, where Sen. Barry Goldwater, the Republican, required $101,200 and Sen. Carl Hay den, Democrat, required $70, 000. Sldaho's senators were the reverse. Sen. Frank Church, Democrat, spent $97,200, while Sen. Henry C. Dwor shak, Republican, spent $72, 400. The size of senatorial staffs varies widely. Morse now has 16 on his staff, Neuberger 19, including part - time workers. Several eastern senators get along with as few as eight staff members, notably Sen. Harry Byrd (D-Va.), the cham pion of economy in govern ment. Largest staff shown by the report is for Sen. Jacob JaviU (R-N.Y.), who lists 35 employees. The California senators, Clair Engle (D) and Thomas Kuckel (R), list 26 and 2 employees respective ly. The interest in these pay roll facts was heightened by the fact that for . years the Senate kept them secret, giv ing rise to suspicions that pay rolls were being padded or loaded with kinfolk. The sen ator who embraced nepotism most warmly was Sen. Olin jonnston iLKS.t;.), who em ploys four relatives two nephews, a cousin and a son-in-law - according to one re port. Only one of these was on Johnston's office staff, how ever, which raises the ques tion that is hard to answer: How much padding of pay rolls is done by the Senate it self and it various committees and subcommittees? Associates Scattered- . Many senators have politi cal associates from back home scattered about in jobs on committees or subcommittees. Some use this method for em ploying relatives. There is, however, some justifiable resentment among ' congressmen 'at all, the finger pointing in their direction concerning " employing "rela tives. Rep. Lee Metcalf (D Mont.), with a straight face but with tongue - in - cheek, even had drafted a bill that would bar all federal subsidies to any business or farmer or other group which indulged in nepotims. The issue in all this is not so much the identity of the employee, but whether he and his government salary are genuinely needed by the Sen ate. There is all the appear ance of a boondoggle in the payrolls of some committees, such as the 38-member inves tigations staff of the Joint Economic Committee whose payroll is more than $200,000 a year, or the so-called policy committee of both the Repub licans and Democrats who be tween them employ 36 per sons on payrolls aggregating $200,000 a year. The Senate, of course, deals with the whole range of hu man affairs, so it has 15 em ployes working on "problems of the aged and aging" ($60, 000) and 14 dealing with "juvenile delinquency" at a cost of $94,000. -7K Medford Pages 1-6 Twining, Other Officials Entertained Bn Bahamas by Missile Contractors Washington -UPD- House in vestigators have released testi mony showing that Gen. Na than F... Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was among high military officers entertained by a big missile contractor at a plush Bahamas resort. - , The Martin Co. of Balti more, told a House armed services subcommittee that it spent $18,000 on gay week end golfing parties for nine gen erals, nine admirals and other guests. Air Force Secretary James H. Douglas and Elwood R. Quesada, head of the Federal Aviation Agency, also sampled From any Agle Squash Is a Remarkable Object M u s q u a s h, or askuta squash, are both Indian words for what is ridiculously, but botanically, a large, hollow "berry" that often has to be split with an axe. A section, or a half, of this giant "berry" is usually baked in an oven, later flav ored with milk, butter and a little salt; then mashed up until it is exceedingly "squashy," and eaten as a vegetable. Everyone is fam iliar with this "berry," . but we call it a squash. The squash is closely re lated to the pumpkin and the gourd. It's a homely vegetable, growing on a vine that runs along the ground. It may be of an unusual size or shape. Some are covered with "bumps" or warts; some have a skin, or more correctly a rind, that resists the sharp, est knife. 'Crookneck. There are varieties . of squash that develop a iQng, crooked neck,- called aptly, the "crookneck"; others P.U &r Only 27" wide Wash and Dry in One Machine I . Only MEDFORD, OREGON,. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1959 the defense firm's hospitality, although Douglas paid his own expenses. Quesada, a former Air Force officer, was serving as President Eisenhower's aviation adviser at the time. Company Defends Practice Martin, which produces the Titan missile and has about $800 million worth of defense contracts, was host for the outings at the exclusive Cot ton Bay club on the island of Eleutheria. George. M. Bunker, Martin board chairman, told the sub committee there was nothing unethical about entertaining military brass. He said he couldn't believe "anybody is Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins reach maturity and have no neck at all. One, the so-called "patty-pan," is flat like a pie tin, round as a dollar, and has beautifully fluted edges. And of course there are the two different classifica tions - summer and winter squashes. The so-called "run ning" variety being exceed ingly large and heavy fruits. The Hubbard is one of these. They are considered "keep ers" or "winter" squash. Most of the "summer" vari eties, mostly smaller fruits, are eaten shortly after be ing removed from the vine. Like a freshly moulted crab, these could rightly be called "soft-shelled." Early pioneer history makes no mention of the early American Indians us ing squash for a pie filling, but the red-man did cultivate squash and pumpkins for food. . They probably intro duced these fruits to the ear ly pilgrims. ... .. v New Characteristics Since then, plant experi menters have developed some new characteristics in At V M mm H Whv Vith Your Trade-in going to think" they are unduly influenced because they play ed golf with him. But the subcommittee chair man, F. Edward Hebert (D La.), commented, "I dare say 90 per cent of the American public immediately thinks they are being influenced." Hebert said it may be all right for a business to enter tain private customers but the practice is "highly improper where the government is con cerned." He said the govern ment is Martin's only custom er. Hebert also noted that the company, after picking up the tab for the Bahamas trips, Salem Men Arrested On Burglary Charges Salem (UPD - Marion county sheriff s "officers arrested two Salem men in connection with the burglary of Dinehart's service station here. Kenneth Woodrow Spry, 26, was charged with burglary not in a dwelling. Roger Wil son Bechtold, 21, was charged with possession of stolen prop erty. this vegetable, as well as methods of controlling the "squash" and the "stink .bug" that chew on the leaves and vines. Nature. really accomplished a near miracle in the growth of a squash. It takes her al most a hundred years to grow an oak tree, but she can produce a squash, in a few months. In fact, any way you want to look at it, a squash is a remarkible ob ject. With a boost supplied by artificial feeding, with extra moisture, plant food, or even milk, a squash can become a powerful force. Through the chemistry of growth-the result of warmth, moisture and nutriments a steady, relentless pressure, pushes outward with an un believable power, so strong it actually can break a heavy, encircling iron band. ' . (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate. 1959) Thos wm mm wwr TwoJftfhen Just u Gives You the FASTEST WASH AND DRY CYCLE of Any Laundering Method Today! 2 Tribune Mo. 217 tried to write it off as a busi ness expense for tax purposes but was rebuffed by the In ternal Revenue Service. Appeared Before Committee Bunker explained that the purpose Of the trips was to promote the kind of "intimate relationship" needed among government and- industrial leaders who were working in a joint effort to keep Ameri ca strong. Bunker appeared before the subcommittee this summer in connection with a general investigation of possible in fluence peddling on detense contracts. Among Air Force guests of the Martin Co., besides Twin ing, were Gen. Emmett (Rosy) O'Donnell, Far East command er; Gen. S. E. Anderson, head of the Air Materiel Command, and Gen. F. F. 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At least 90 persons were officially listed as missing. Officials fear the missing may total as many as 200 persons. Frogmen searched the sea at the end of the valley for them. Crosby Boys Deny Family Feud Exists Los Angeles (UPD The four Crosby brothers, sons of groaner Bing Crosby, have brushed aside talk that a family feud caused them to cut short a night club engage ment in Montreal. The three younger brothers, twins Dennis and Philip, 24, and Lindsay, 22, who arrived here , from New York Friday night, insisted there was noth ing serious about a reported flare-up with their older bro ther, Gary, 26. "We're four Irish lads with hot tempers," they explained. OLD DUAIEI OlSIIUIKt CO, UWUICEIMS, INft mm H mm (Washer - C0MI0MMIC t CTR1C Kerosene Explosion Fatal to Youth, 18 Vancouver, Wash. - (UPD An 18-year-old Orchards, Wash., youth died in a hospi tal here Friday from burns suffered at his home Thurs day. 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