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6-1-58 Price Five Cents !0 Pagei KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 19;.; Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 31.11 o of cnsco! LI3iUn EUGENE, OftEG. NEW FLAGS were presented to Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg by American Legion Post No. 8, in a special ceremony in the Circuit Courtroom on Thursday, November 7. Shown here with Judge Vandenberg as he accepts both a new national (lag and a state of Oregon flag are, left to right, Oscar Nissen, Jack Brenner, Colman O'Loughlin, Elton P. Mickelsen, Fred Heilbronner, R. G. Motschenbacher, commander Post 8, Judge Vanden berg, Julian Abbott, Charles Poteet, commander District 4, Dick Gallagher and Carl Schubert. In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS .Today's BIG questions: How did President Eisenhower's speech last night affect you? After hearing it, did you feel better? Or did you feel worse that is to say, lower in your mind? Let's forget what he said. After all, he was dealing with highly technical issues issues that you and I can't be expected to understand because we are neither military strategists nor scientists. But We know how we FEEL. If Tke's speech left us feeling confi dent of the future, it means that he possesses the qualities of great leadership our country must have if it is to maintain and improve our position in the critical months and years of the future. With inspired and capable lead ership, there is NOTHING we can't do. Without it, we will be in a bad way. MORALE is all-important. It is immensely important to an individual, but it is more impor tant still to organizations of indi viduals. No football team whose morale is at a low ebb ever won any critical games. Morale depends to a very large extent upon confidence, or the lack of it, in the LEADER. Let me offer a little advice. Don't pay too much attention lo world reaction to the President's speech last night. The commies will be AGAINST It. They will pooh-pooh it. They will be against it because their job is to destroy the confidence of others in us and, if possible, to destroy our confi dence in ourselves. Our friends and allies will praise II, because they will have to swim with us or SINK with us. Pay little attention to the politi cians' estimate of the President's speech. The Republicans will have to be for it. The Democrats will have to be against it. That is politics. In estimating Ike's speech of (Continued on Page Four) Russ Anniversary Celebration Passes Without New Ventures In Outer Space WASHINGTON Wi The 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Rev olution passed without any sign that the Russians had attempted any special new scientific feats to mark the occasion. However, reports circulated in Moscow last night that the Rus sians may try to parachute back to earth the little dog. Laika, which since Sunday has been spinning around the earth in the second Soviet satellite. Other reports reaching London today from usually reliable sources said Russia soap will fire aloft a third satellite twice as big as the half-ton Sputnik II and with another live dog aboard. These reports said the third sat ellite will be aimed at penetrat ing farther into space than the two Sputniks now hurtling around the earth. Western scientists have been on the alert for what some of them believed might be a new Russian space venture to dramatize the anniversary yesterday of the Bol shevik Revolution. There had been some specula tion the Russians might try to send a rocket to the moon. In Cambridge, Mass., officials of Ihe Smithsonian Astrophysical Ob servatory said last night they had received no word from any ob servers indicating any unusual activity on the moon yesterday. Dr. J. Allen Hynek. associate di rector, said there have been "ru mors only" that the Russians would try to fire a rocket to the moon. Moscow sources said the launch ing of a moon rocket was envis aged by the Soviets, but not in the immediate futur. One in Legislature Remains Split Over Amount Of Tax Cut By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM m The Oregon Legis lature remained sharply divided Friday over how much to reduce income taxes. The question was in a Senate House conference committee, which is attempting to compro mise the Republican demand for a 30 per cent reduction and the Democratic plan to limit the re duction to 10 per cent. Republicans spurned a Demo cratic offer to compromise at 15 per cent. Sen. Warren Gill, Lebanon, Re publican leader in the Senate, said: "The responsible Democrats and aH Republicans know that we can cut the people's taxes 30 per cent. We will not horse trade the tax payers welfare for the political fortunes of Gov. Holmes." The Democrats proposed that if the 15 per cent figure is ac cepted, the House would pass the Senate-approved bill to forbid the state from levying a property tax of 6 mills. The Democratic offer also in cluded a promise to pass bills for loss carryover and accelerated depreciation, both of which would give businessmen an income tax break. While some Republicans have proposed these two bills, they haven't been trying to pass them very hard. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Partly cloudy to cloudy with a few light showers Friday night; clearing Saturday. tow Fri day night 28-36; high Saturday 48-54. High yesterday 4.1 Low last night 35 Precip. last 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 1 1.92 Same period last year 3.64 Normal for period 1.49 CRATER LAKE High yesterday 48 Low last night 28 8 a.m. today 30 Snow depth patches New snow trace Roads are clear and hare and early morning fog was lifting by 10 a.m. formant said "we have the tech nical capability for launching such a rocket, but it is not part of our immediate program." In London, Britain's chief atom ic expert said last night it would give a push to Western collabora tion if the Russians reach the moon on their next space expedi tion. Sir John Cockcroft. director of the Harwell Atomic Research es tablishment, said "the shock of Sputnik has brought, particularly in the United States, a feeling for more collaboration in the West ern world , . , I think what is now required is for the Russians to hit the moon with Sputnik III and this will help us very consid erably." Meanwhile. Smithsonian Obser vatory officials backed away last night from an earlier comment that the 1.120-pound Sputnik II may have come apart. That earl ier statement was made on the basis of unconfirmed reports from various sources. Hynek and Dr. Fred L. Whip ple, the observatory's director, said last night they don't think Sputnik II is breaking up. Hynek said he watched the dog-carrying j satellite yesterday morning. Hynek said Sputnik II went right across a star in the Big Dip per "It almost looked like a ce ilestial collision, but I saw no sep aration." j "Generally when something like that occurs a splitting of a satel litea great many people would see it." Hynek added. "None of the observations today reported any more than one object." Hynek and Whipple agreed it would b quiti an acoomplubjutDt The offer was made late Thurs day at the first meeting of the conference committee. Actually, it first was proposed to Republicans a week ago and turned down. The conference committee was appointed Thursday after the Sen ate voted 17-13 for the 30 per cent cut, and the Democratic House voted 35-18 to refuse to accept it. The conferees are Chairman Walter J. Pearson, Portland, of the Senate Taxation Committee; Sen. Rudie Wilhelm, Portland; Chairman Clarence Barton, Co quille, of the House Taxation Com mittee: and Rep. Guy Jonas, Sa lem, vice chairman of that com mittee. Wilhelm, the only Republican on the conference committee, fa vors a 30 per cent cut. The other three want the 15 per cent com promise offer. A unanimous vote is required of conference committees. Mem bers of the committee will act only after getting instructions from party caucuses. Many legislators in both parties hope that the 12-day-old special session might end this weekend, even if they have to go home without passing any tax reduction bill. The Democrats argue that the income tax reduction should be limited to 10 or 15 per cent so that most of the surplus would be available to help finance the next biennium, beginning July 1, 1959. They argue that a 30 per tent reduction now would force the 1959 Legislature to increase taxes 60 per cent or more. Republicans contend that Ihe state has no moral right to collect more money than is needed during a biennial budget period. The Tax Commission estimates that the surplus, at the end of the biennium. would total about 74 million dollars without any tax reduction. The Republican plan would re duce this figure to 12 lo 14 mil lions. The Democrats' 10 per cent plan would cut it to 52 millions. The Senate debate lasted 2'i hours Thursday, with the vote going exactly as expected. Voting for the 30 per cent cut were all 15 Republicans, and Democratic Sens. Harry Boivin. Klamath Falls, and Ben Musa, The Dalles. The opposition votes were by 13 Democrats. to get Laika, the satellite's female dog passenger, back to earth. The second Soviet satellite is rocketing through space at about 1B.000 miles an hour. Its orbit car ries it out as far as 1.056 miles and within nearly 100 miles of the earth. Even if the dog was ejected at that closest point, a safe para chute drop to earth would be a startling achievement. Some sources in Moscow spec ulated that Sputnik II is equipped with an automatic device that would spring the dog from the space vehicle at a pre-sct time. Others theorized she might be ex pelled from the satellite when her physical condition showed signs of deteriorating. There was no fresh word on Laika's condition. Moscow radio reported yesterday radio signals were being received with informa tion on the "main physiological functions of the animal." In Bonn, Germany, Soviet Am bassador Andrei Smirnov predict ed the dog would be returned to earth within the next few days. He told newsmen an eight-day food supply was sent alolt with Laika last Sunday. "Eight days was all that was envisaged." Smirnov said. "I am sure the dog will be brought back to earth within that period." He said he was confident the dog would land inside the Soviet Union. So far, the Russians have sup plied American scientists with very little data on their two satel lites. But last night Hynek and Whipple said that the Russians have sent directly to the Smithson ian Observatory two messages on orbit predictions lor Sputnik 11. President's Talk Draws High Praise WASHINGTON WI The White House reported "a very gratifying response from over the country" Friday to President Eisenhower's speech Thursday night on plans to step up U. S. science-missiles programs. News dispatches from abroad reflected a good reception too by officials of allied governments. particularly with Eisenhower's call for more cooperation in West ern research. Eisenhower had Sen. Bridges iR-Nlil to the White House as a breakfast guest, and Bridges told reporters later that they had talked about the missiles-satellite program. Bridges estimated a speeded up program will cost an extra one or two billion dollars a year, and said he believes Congress will ap propriate whatever is necessary. The senator quoted Eisenhower as saying that Dr. James R. Kil- uan would have full power and authority" to get the job done. Similarly, Mrs. Anne Wheaton, acting White House press secre tary, said that Killian would have comprehensive authority in his field. She made no effort, however, to characterize Killian as a czar, co ordinator, expediter, liaison man or anything' else. Killian is president of Massa chusetts Institute of Technology and the man the President an nounced to the nation Thursday night will be his special assistant for science and technology, in charge of mobilizing scientific brains and know-how in the outer space age. Mrs. Wheaton said Killian prob ably will take over his new job within a week. She said she thought there would be at that time a more extensive explanation of his role and responsibilities. Asked whether Killian would have the power to crack heads to gether and "make this thing work," Mrs. Wheaton repeated that she thought the President in appoint ing Killian intended to cloak him with "comprehensive authority in moving this thing ahead." In the first two hours after the White House opened for business Friday, Mrs. Wheaton said, more than 500 telegrams arrived in re action lo the presidential address. She said without exception they reflected "wholehearted support of the President's speech and the presentation of the problems." Grand Jury Investigation Of Beating Case Requested The Klamath County Grand Jury will be asked to convene in a spe cial session to fully investigate charges that two Klamath Falls policemen took a 52-year-old man up on KFJI hill and beat him Sunday night. District Attorney Richard Bees- ley, who directed the preliminary investigation at the request of Mayor Lawrence Slater, said the investigation has developed several questionable points and that he feels all concerned can be treated in the most just manner by hav ing the grand jury study the issue. The injured man who maintains (he police beat him is Clyde Cloud. He was found in a state of shock beneath the KFJI transmitter building about 8 o'clock Monday morning and was rushed to tne Klamath Valley Hospital where he is being treated for a compound fracture of the right leg. The major issues raising doubt in Beesley's mind encompass Ihe testimony of the police involed, Cloud's testimony, and the undis closed origin ol an anonymous telephone call which reported an injured man on the KFJI hill late Sunday evening. The officers involved were John Wilson, the senior patrolman in Ihe squad car: and Floyd Pierce, a rookie patrolman with less than a month's service with the lorce. Cloud has steadfastly maintained that he was kicked and beaten when taken on the hill. Wilson and Pierce admitted hav ing taken the man up on the hill Sunday evening, but maintained during preliminary investigation that he was taken there at his re quest so he could leave town. The police denied having beaten the man and said he was walking up KFJI hill when they proceeded back down. Cloud was picked up on the downtown streets on sus picion of being intoxicated. In later testimony belore District Attorney B e e s 1 e y. the officers agreed that Pierce did not get out of the police car when Cloud was taken to the hill, and that Wilson was the officer who took the man I out of the car. They further agreed that Wilson tongue-lashed the man and shoved him around "a little." Wilson insisted, however, that he did not strike the man and that he began walking up the hill. Cloud, on the other hand, con tends that he was beaten and kicked by the officer. The doctor attending Cloud Monday morning said the man did not bear marks about the head, chest or shoulders. Investigators considered the pos- libility that the man mar havt,it down lor a return to earth. SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS at Pelican School have been studying Central America as part of their preparation for American Education Week, November 10-16. The school will hold open house, November 13, honoring fathers from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., this period to be followed by displays of student work in the various classrooms. Clockwise around th table beginning at lower left are Marcia Mickelsen, Lloyd Gustin, Dawn David, Stafford Thomas, sixth grade teacher, John Baugh, Barbara Cody and Mike Harroun. Klamath Termination Plan Blasted SALEM ifl The law setting up termination of the Klamath In dian Tribe was called a "cynical piece of legislation" Thursday night as the Legislative Interim Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing. The accusation was made by State Rep. Keith Skelton (Dl, Eu gene, who said that the law which required termination by 1958 is intended to strip the Indian of his holdings." Skelton said the low should be called a "liquidation" act, and that true termination could only follow more study of the sociolog ical and psychological effects on the tribe of Indians going it alone and taking its place in society. Skelton and many other witnes ses called for federal purchase of the reservation which contains vast holdings of timber and min erals, and for repeal or postpone' ment of terms of the Termination Act. Parts of the hearing were a re peat of the hearing held by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore) dur ing October in Klamath Falls and broken his leg .when falling as he was being shoved around by the oflicer. One of the key questions which has remained unanswered is Ihe origin of a telephone call to the Peace Ambulance Service a short time alter the patrol car had re turned from the hill. The caller did not identify himself and said only that "there had been a fight on Ihe KFJI hill and that one of the participants was believed to have a broken leg." Peace and a squad car occupied by Pierce and another officer went up to the hill but were unable to find anyone. Both officers have denied placing the call to the am bulance service. Wilson did not re turn to the hill with the squad car, inasmuch as he had gone off duty at 10 p.m. With reference to calling the grand jury into session to investi gate the matter, Bccsley said he hopes the jurors will be able to assemble during the week of No vember 18, and that he will re quest that at the conclusion of the group's study a statement of findings be released and made public. Watcher Sees Second Moon CAMBRIDGE. Mass. 11 A Smithsonian scientist reported sighting a faint object about 10 or 15 seconds ahead of Sputnik II Friday morning. Dr. John S. Rinehart, assistant director of the Smithsonian Astro physical Observatory, said he saw an object resembling a faint star moving in advance of the much more brilliant satellite-rocket. Dr. Rinehart said he saw both objects low in Ihe Western sky disappearing to the north. Sputnik II was sighted bv a moonwatch team on the roof of Ihe Harvard Observatory as wel as by other viewers in the East It appeared low in the west due to its distance from the Eastern seaboard. No speculation was immediately available on the question wheth er a mechanism set to return a cnamucr carrying ine nog, LaiKa .back to earth might have gone wrong Such a mechanism might have been designed to eject the dog's chamber in a direction opposite to satellite's flight and thus slow Portland. Neuberger has proposed federal purchase of the tribal lands and placing the timber on a sustained yield basis. The Weyerhaeuser Timber Com pany, represented by J. B. Bish op, the firm's Klamath Falls man ager, again proposed that the tim ber be sold to private companies on a sustained yield basis. Bishop said that If the timber is dumped on the market, the In dians holdings would be depreciat ed nearly 50 per cent by the ef feet of so much timber being thrown on the market at once. A. W. Hartung, International Woodworkers of America, opposed tne Weyerhaeuser proposal c grounds of "too much bigness. Reporting that six companies now nntvnl a IhirH nf Iha 11 tt,,ll,n acres nf limherlanrf in lh i.ilie burdens they would assume tit SHOOTING HOURS OREGON November 9 OPEN CLOSE 6:18 4:55 November 10 OPEN CLOSE 6:18 v 4:55 CALIFORNIA November 9 OPEN CLOSE (:I8 4:51 November 10 OPEN CLOSE 6:18 4:51 Eisenhower Concedes Soviets Lead U.S. In Some Fields; Names Scientist As Aide WASHINGTON W President Eisenhower says Russia quite like ly leads America in some areas of missile development. He has appointed a scientist expediter to the job of pushing this country ahead in this age of outer space weapons. The President told the nalion last night he is giving that big job to Dr. James R. Killian. 53, president of Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology. At the same time he said the Defense Depart ment is strengthening the hand of its own missiles coordinator, Wil liam M. lloladay. In a coast to coast television and radio address, Eisenhower said the Soviets not only are quite likely ahead in some missile and special weapons areas, but "are obviously ahead of us in satellite development." "We frankly recognize," he add ed, "that the Soviets are building up types of power that could, if we were attacked, damage us se riously. This is because no defen sive system today can possibly be air-tight in preventing all break throughs of planes and weapons. But on the reassuring side the President said this: "As of today the over-all military strength of the free world is distinctly great er than that of the Communist countries." He went on lo recount a nuclear superiority in which "we intend to siay ahead"; a family of 38 dif ferent kinds of missiles in opera tion or development: and such other U. S. strong points as atom ic submarines, powerful air fleets, aircralt carriers and atomic depth bombs. Eisenhower announced his ap pointment ol Killian in the first f Hartung said his union doesn't think that more acreage should be sold to one of these companies in such a large sum. Hartung supported the Neuber ger proposal, saying he doubted that sustained yield could be ac complished in any other manner. J. C. O'Neill, attorney employed by the Klamaths, said there are many misunderstandings on the part of congressmen and state of ficials. He said termination of the Klamath Tribe is the intention of the government and that the Termination Act is the law. He doubted that the law could be changed. "It is a termination, not a liq uidation act," O'Neill said. He said the state's role should be lo help the Indians over the hur dle and to assist the counties with ' when the federal lands are dis posed of and are entered on the tax rolls. Frank Tucker, manager of the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce, spoke of Ihe effects on his county of selling the In dian timber at one time. He said that more than nine limes Ihe county's present annual cut is involved, and that dumping of such a large amont of timber would be disastrous. Tucker urged federal purchase. French Report 66 Rebels Killed ALGIERS ifl Sixty-six rebels were killed throughout Algeria in the past 24 hours and a large quantity of arms and ammunition seized, French authorities reported Friday. Military courts in Algiers, Or leansville and Conslantine sen tenced four terrorists to die on the guillotine after convicting them of a series of attacks. of a series of "chins up" speeches designed to bolster the confidence of Americans in Ihe nation's sci entific development programs and defense generally. The President spoke out after a round of criticism by some ! members of Congress and others that the administration has been loo complacent about Russia's sat- hower outlined "a well rounded cllilc and ballistic missile prog-1 program for the consideration of re ss. A Senate subcommittee is ; Congress and the American peo planning an investigation. ;ple and was very frank about the Eisenhower told his TV-radio an- j situation." dience he was laying out the Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas, facts "the rough with the j Democratic leader and head of smooth." He said he was empow- the Armed Services subcommittee ering Killian, who has a record ofwhich will investigate the missile- government service, to prevent needless delays, lo crack down against any inlerservice rivalry, and to give high priority to hush hush programs which the Presi dent merely hinted at. Eisenhower spoke in that con nection of "certain high priority, top secret items which, for secu rity reasons, I know you will not expect me lo enumerate." Among Congress members. Re publicans generally praised Ihe President's talk. Reaction by ; Democrats included a comment by Sen. Kennedy iDMassi that all Hie steps proposed by the Pres ident "are important steps and will receive the full support from all members of the Democratic party." though he said "they should have been done belore two Sputniks were fired." Sen. McClellan 'D-Ark also pledged to support the administra tion in "any real, effective" de fense speed-up. But Rep. Hays iDOhiol com plained: "It's the same old story appoint a committee to study the problem and hope the problem Tornadoes Rip South; Toll Hits 14 ALEXANDRIA. La. WI - Late fall tornadoes, slashing suddenly out of the rain and thunder, killed at least 14 persons in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas Thursday night and Friday morning. More than 100 persons were in jured. Nine died in Louisiana, three in Texas and two in Missis sippi. A baby tornado struck the Selma. Ala., area but no one was reported injured there. A I0-bloek residential section of Alexandria, victim of a tornado (or only six seconds, recorded the most extensive Louisiana dam age. Almost every building in the area was damaged, many demol ished. The casualties, by states: In Alexandria, Mrs. Sam Gia- cinlo. about 65; an unidentified Negro man; an unidentified Ne gro infant and a two-year-old Ne gro girl, Dolores Harrison. In d n I n:j-.. iicai uy Ditftc, rcdii niucjiu was killed. At Carencrn. T.n . Mr. anA Mm. Ovey Mclancon, 56 and 52 respec tively.. At Higginbotham, La.. Jomer Richard. 54, and Lucius Courville, 88, killed when the tor nado hit a cotton gin. In Texas, Clay Zcringue, 82, and R. T. Smith, 70, were trapped when their homes fell apart at Groves, and Mrs. Annebell Peck, 40-year-old expectant mother, was crushed when her two-story frame dwelling collapsed at Orange. Another 81 were hurt in Orange when a housing development was smashed. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Parker were found some dis tance from their house after a twister ripped through Green wood, Miss. Their bodies were fn.. lnHntknn ..... cuers said it appeared Parker wr.s trying to shield his wife when the storm hit. Radio announcer Alton Sonnier of Station KSIG in Crowley, La., said the winds of Hurricane Aud rey "were nothing like the ones that moved through here last night. The trees in my front yard were flattened out." Spelling Test Finds Culprits CHESTER, Pa. Wl-Spelling er rors in a bomb-threat note to blow up Chester High School yesterday led to the arrest of two teenage pupils. Teachers gave a spelling test lo 1,000 male pupils to see which ones misspelled the live words misspelled in the note. Detectives said 70 boys misspelled the words. The list was cut to two by detec tives John Taylor and Herbert Wright, who considered such other details as which boys had been wearing blue shirts and khaki trousers as described by a secre tary who saw the note pushed un der a glass door. The detectives said they found typewriter on which the note was written in the home of Brad ford Bcckley, 17. He was charged with writing a threatening letter. Donald Fisher, 17, was charged with conspiracy. will go away ... It does sound, though, like Sputnik has shocked the President and maybe he will stay awake." On the olher hand, Sen. Javits IRNYI said the President in his talk last night was "the Eisen hower of the crusade in Europe." I Hep. Brown Ht-Ohioi said Eisen- I satellite picture, put it tnis way: 'I had hoped that the President would stress what we need to do as well as what we have done. But I am happy that he has noted the necessity lor 'a high sense of urg ency.' " At Cambridge, Mass., Killian said he intends to move as rapidly as possible "to marshal the best scientific and engineering judg ment and creative talent in the United States and make it avail able to the President for the for mulation of national policy which involves science and technology." Eisenhower, in announcing se lection of Killian. left it far from clear whether the new man will he what amounts to czar in the missile field. Eisenhower talked of Killian's iob after relating some of Amer ica's progress in Ihe missile field and after saying the country's national security posture at pres ent is one of great strength. "Our nation has today, and has had for some years, enough pow- (Continued on Page S)
