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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Sunday, November , I960
. With this issue of the Herald and News,
we are closing our editorial and news columns
to publication of stories and comments of and
by the candidates in Tuesday's elections.
' " The object is to prevent, as much as pos
sible, any last-minute charges and counter
charges by the candidates or their supporters.
It is done in the interests of fair play to all
concerned.
It has been the objective of the Herald
and News throughout this rather long and.
exhausting campaign to bring every issue
and the philosophy and beliefs of the various
candidates to the attention of our readers.
We believe that our news columns have
presented a fair and representative picture
: of the candidates and their policies, as well
as their activities during the campaign. As
: far as it is humanly possible, we have attempt-
ed to maintain a balance in the news columns
' that is fair to candidates of both major parties.
' In addition, we have kept our "letters" column
: open to both sides and to all candidates up to
the closing days of the campaign.
Probably there will be candidates and
Three Measures Deserve "No" Vote
While there has been considerable pub
licity and information relative to Measure No.
: 14 (referendum) on the Nov. 8 ballot, it is
possible some voters will be misled by tne
wording contained in the proposal.
Titled "The Personal Income Tax Bill,"
; the wording In the explanation of the title is
quite tuzzy, ana purports 10 "lower
Income tax rates." This is iust not so.
If approved by the voters, Measure No.
: 14 would change the rates of income tax as
sessment, but it would not lower them. In
some instances, it would actually increase the
income tax. Ana tampering wun me rate
' structures would give the legislature an op
: portunity to raise income taxes in all cate
"gories should they choose. With a surplus
pending in the slate's general revenue' fund,
there seems little reason for raising income
taxes at this time when they are already '
among the highest In the western stales.
We urge a "No" vote on Measure 14.
In regard to other measures on the ballot,
l j i i. i . i u i 1
we wuuiu uiiiin iijctc. viut'is wuuiu uini a own a
proposal to retire judges at age 70, as sug
gested in Measure no. .
Present compulsory retirement age for
'Judges is 75. We can see no reason why it
More Letters To The
George Nurse
Your story about George Nurse
as it appeared in tlie Sunday
magazine section Oct. 30 was ex
cellent. It will give some background
of the man who the voters are
asked to honor when they go to
the polls election day.
Some of the names of the early
item Y Sr V) m
Campaign Coverage ;; V
supporters of candidates who will say they
" have been slighted, or their opponents fav
ored in our presentation of the news and the
headlines. We hope not, as we honestly be
lieve a survey of our news coverage will re
veal equal coverage and attention has been
given to every element in this campaign.
We are not intending to convey the im
pression that our actions are anything but or
dinary for most newspapers in the United
States. We believe that most newspapers have
adopted and stuck to a policy similar to ours.
Most, regardless of their editorial policies on
political issues and candidates, have main
tained a spirit of fair play in their news and
editorial columns.
Gov. Abraham Rubicoff, Democrat gover
nor of Connecticut, recently said:
"In the papers and the columns which
I have seen from various parts of the country,
I find the press is reporting both sides of
this campaign in as fair and informative a
fashion as I have ever seen."
That is our impression also. And we are
proud to be part of the great American press.
should not remain at that age. As, far as we
know, most members of the bar are willing
to go along with the 75 figure, and there are
many good reasons for taking advantage of the
accumulated knowledge, wisdom and practi
cal experience of judges who have been long
in the profession. Adequate controls are pres
ently in effect for removal of incompetent
judges shpuld the need arise. .
We urge a "No" vote on No. 0.
One other measure deserves comment. It
is No. 10, empowering the legislature to de
clare an elective office vacant whenever an in
cumbent public official is elected to another
office. .
Most observers agree that this measure
is nothing but petty politics the result of
a squabble over who was to appoint a new
secretary of state when Gov. Hatfield stepped
up from that office.
In a lest case, the supreme court upheld
Gov. Hatfield's right to name Howell Appling
and that should have settled the issue.
We can see no reason for the measure
to be on the ballot in the first place, and we
urge our readers to vote "No" on Measure
No. 10.'
personal
pioneers and travelers who
passed this way are memorial
ized, as the following: Rcames
Country Club, Moore Park,
Stearns School. Fremont bus his
name over a wide area in the
western states, as does Kit Car
son. Some streets in Klamath
Falls bear the names of pioneer
families.
Editor
It is filling that George Nurse,
Hie father ot Klamath Falls,
should have his name on the park
located on land he owned some
ninety odd years ago. Your story
should help to persuade the vot
ers to consider this favorably on
election day.
H. H. Ogle,
Klamath Falls.
WASHINGTON WINDOW
' Nationalization Of
Industry
By LVLE C. WILSON
WASHINGTON (L'PIi A re
sponsible and to a degree an
official rundown on the overall
economic situation now prevailing
in Fidel Castro's Cuba makes
these points:
Castro's nationalization of Cuban
industry has created several diffi
cult problems for the Cuban econ
omy, such as:
1. The government - controlled
administration of nationalized in
dustries has imposed a program
LETTERS
TO THE.
EDITOR
Billboard Bill
Because of misrepresentation in
the advertising of the group try
ing to defeat the billboard Mea
sure No. ' IS on the ballot, we
want to bring the following facts
to the attention of the public.
This bill would not cripple
small business in Oregon, as the
majority of the signs affected are
those of the national advertisers.
Ninety per cent of the billboards
are within city limits and not
covered by this bill. Present bill
boards on the regulated highways
would be allowed to stand for five
years. The bill authorizes local
businesses to advertise on their
own premises the products or
services furnished by them. The
national product signs, which
tourists see in most other states,
would be eliminated on Highway
99 and 30 and on roads desig
nated as "thruways" by the State
Highway Commission, leaving
Oregon's beautiful scenery in
view. Also the state will not go
automatically into the advertising
business, but will be required to
set aside areas where local facili
tiessuch as motels, etc. can
erect signs for a fee which will
be no more than the actual cost
to the stale.
The advertising interests claim
that this bill will cost the state
money. On the contrary, accord
ing to Milo K. Mclver, chairman
of the Oregon State Highway
Commission, this bill would mean -'
an increase of from $500,000 to,.
$ffl0,000 in federal funds spent on
highways in Oregon, as this bill
would qualify our state for a one
half per cent increase in federal
funds.
One of the purposes of this mea
sure is to increase tourist trade,
as its advocates feel that Ore
gon's scenery is our most valu
able asset. There are no bill
boards on the roads in Hawaii
certainly its tourist trade has not
suffered!
The bill is supported by many
groups and individuals with the
public interest in mind among
others the Oregon Grange, Oregon
Motor Association, Oregon Feder
ation of Garden Clubs, Oregon
Roadside Council, the Portland
Oregonian and the Oregon Jour
nal, the Republican Club and the
Young Democrats of Multnomah
County, Gov. Mark Hatfield,
Maurine Neuberger and Elmo
Smilh.
This bill is not unprecedented in
Oregon, but is a strengthening of
an already existing statute.
We urge readers to vote "yes"
on Measure 15 and protect Ore
gon's greatest asset.
Ed Geary.
Oliver Cornell.
Hon. Vice-Chaiimen Highway
Protection Committee.
Klam, County Committee,
A. R. Dickson
Master Klamath
County Grange, 1
Murdo Morrison.
Anthony Giacomini,
Ben Kerns.
Leo Morstad.
For Kennedy
As I see it, a vote for Mr.
Nixon would give us another
President; a vote for Mr. Ken
nedyIf electeda new nation
a new deal. A vote for Mr. Nixon
would assure continued higher
prices, higher wages, higher in
terest and more strikes, a cheap
er dollar. Seems we have had
enough of this Ihc past eight
years. There would be no Forand
Bill for the aged, nor money to
build new schools: in a tie vote
in the Senate, Mr. Nixon voted to
kill the educational bill.
To my way of thinking, seems
silly for the American people to
vote against their own interests.
Why help the favored few? Mr.
Kennedy could develop into a
second F.D.R., and put our nation
back on the road to going tor
ward instead of merely standing
still.
Arnold Lanier.
For Sweetland
By your support of the present
secretary of stale you have
shown yourself as condoning the
actions and policies of that man
and his supporters in the present
Brings Headaches
of levelling of salaries in which
the skilled employes are reduced
to or near the level of the un
skilled. The ensuing displeasure of
the skilled technicians has tended
to weaken their support of Castro
and to cause them to escape Cuba
if they are able to do so.
2. Most of Cuba's industry is
being equipped with U.S. ma
chines and is operated with U.S.
manufacturing techniques. There
fore, the U.S. embargo against
replacements and spare parts
to Cuba is likely to apply a heavy
brake to the Cuban economy.
BASIS OF ECONOMY
Sugar is the basis of Cuba's
agricultural economy. It has cost
Cuba in the past about four cents
to produce a pound of sugar. The
current world market price is
approximately 3.25 cents a pound.
Cuba received in its barter deal
with Russia only 2.90 cents a
pound. Until a policy change this
year, the United States bought a
great quantity of Cuban sugar at
a subsidized price ranging from
two to three cents above the world
market price.
Cuba now is producing sugar at
a loss, unless the difference be
tween production costs and prices
is made up by two advantages of
the nationalization program:
First, the nationalized sugar
operations need not pay taxes
and, second, they need not pay '
interest on any debts incurred by
private management.
Castro has cut the wages of
sugar workers in an effort to
make (he industry profitable.
CAPITOL MEMO..
Party Chairman
To Clinch State
By DOUGLAS GR1PP
United Press International
SALEM Oregon's Democratic
and Republican party chairmen
arc on a punishing pace, rushing
to check the last-minute pulse of
how the election will go next
Tuesday.
Both predict victory for their
major candidates. But neither is
cocksure.
Republican Chairman Peter
Gunnar is on a final swing
campaign. You, by this action,
place yourself in the position of
supporting a candidate who ap
parently could not win running on
the basis of his record :and had lo
resort to smear tactics, innuendo
aild falsehoods concerning his
honest opponent who would not
and during this campaign has
not stooped to that level.
I urge you, sir, to change your
support and urge all voters, Dem
ocratic and Republican, to vote
for Monroe Sweetland for secre
tary of state to demonstrate to
the slate of Oregon and the na
tion that hard, fair, competent
campaigning on the issues is
what succeeds in Oregon politics.
Mrs. Betty Lee Boyle,
Chairman, Klamath County
Monroe Sweetland for Secretary
of State Comm.
Support Crabtree
Be It Hereby Known:
That we the undersigned. Evan
gelical ministers of Klamath
County do forthwith endorse and
support Mr. Dale Crabtree as in
cumbent to the office of District
Attorney of Klamath County.
Whereas the immoral standards
and criminal iniluences in this
county are extremely high and
Whereas the crime rate for
Klamath County is one of the
highest in the slate of Oregon and
Whereas in the past record of
Mr. Humble t Independent f o r
D.A.) the moral deterioration be
cause of inadequate and incompe
tent prosecution of criminals
dropped to a devastating low and
Whereas there is a desperate
need for an uncompromising stand
against delinquency, prostitution,
gambling and moral corruption in
Klamath County and
Whereas Mr. Dale Crabtree is
man of high moral standards
with the ability lo see the dif
ference between good and evil,
and then do something about it,
we do hereby resolve to supiwrt
with our influence, concern and
prayers Mr. Crabtree in the elec
tion on November 8th.
Signed:
Rev. L. J. Hall,
Immanuel Baptist Church
Rev. Freeman L. Schmitt,
Bible Baptist Church
Rev. Harry Strachan.
Klamath Temple (Open Bible
Standard'
' Rev. Lloyd Fosner,
Assembly of God
Rev. K. G. West,
Stewart-Lenox Baptist
Rev. F. W inn.
Calvary Raptist (endorses Mr.
Crabtree, but cannot say for lack
of adequate knowlcdcc his posi
tion toward Mr. Humble'.
Thoughts
On Thee alone my hope relio
Beneath Thy cross I fall;
My Lord! my Lile! my Sacrifice!
My Savior! and my AIM
Anne Steele.
Cuba's
These workers also are affected
by a detectable food shortage,
even of such staples as rice and
beans.
There is a U.S. dollar shortage
in Cuba, created by withdrawal
of the U.S. sugar subsidy and by
the shift of U.S. tourists away
from Cuba. Castro's public rela
tions spending to recoup the tour
ist business has been a failure by
choice of the U.S. citizens .at
whom the effort was directed.
BID FOR NEGROES
Castro bid to make Cuba a
vacation land for U.S. Negroes.
The Negroes did not bite. Lush
Havana hotels do their business
now largely with persons visiting
Cuba at the expense of Castro's
government. The famous Hotel
Nacional recently was the scene
of what appeared to be a Beatnik
convention. The conventioneers
were members of the Internation
al Work Brigade, a Young .Com
munist outfit.
The Catholic Church in Cuba has
taken a recent but strong stand
against Castro's Communist com
mitments. The church itself, how
ever, is in a weak position. Ap
proximately 500 of 700 priests in
Cuba are foreigners. Castro could
obtain dismissal of the foreign
clergy.
"This," the report stated,
"would be a death blow to the
church. Castro has indicated that
he would like lo establish a na
tional clergy and there are some
priests who can be counted on to
cany the banner for him in this
respect."
Hustle
Victory
through all of Oregon's 36 coun
ties. Democrat Robert Straub is
concentrating on western and cen
tral Oregon.
Gunnar, a Salem lawyer, is
optimistic despite the 75,000-plus
Democratic voter- registration
edge. "We are as well organized
as we've ever been," he explains,
"and the GOP candidates are
going to attract bi-partisan sup
port." Gunnar said he is looking for at
least a five per cent crossover
from the Democratic party and
has been pounding away for
a 100 per cent Republican turnout.
Even wilh the record registra
tion advantage, Straub a Spring
field farmer - businessman and
state senator doesn't feel
entirely comfortable.
"It's definitely a boost," he says,
"but we recognize that all persons
registered as Democrats don't
vote right." He cited a poll saying
that three times as many Demo
crats as Republicans cross party
lines on election day. On top of
that, the GOP traditionally turns
out five per cent more of its regis
tered voters at the polls, he said.
Both predict their presidential
candidates will carry the stale but
neither dares to estimate by how
much.
Gunnar says Republican Elmo
Smith and Democrat Maurine
Neuberger are "neck and neck"
in the U. S. Senate race. "A cam
era couldn't tell them apart now."
Straub disagrees, insists that Mrs.
Neuberger has a strong lead.
The Democratic candidate who
will have the easiest time of it,
according to Straub, is Congress
woman Edith Green, matched in
the 3rd District against Repub
lican Wallace Lee, Portland busi
nessman. Gunnar says the same for Con
gressman Walter Norblad in the
first district. He is opposed by
Marv Owens, the Army private
that Norblad helped get. dis
charged. Straub thinks the closest race
is Secretary of Stale.
Gunnar says that Gov. Mark
Hatfield has been a "great help
in this campaign, and most ef
fective in the legislative races."
Hatfield has campaigned in near
ly every county and Gunnar has
predicted Republican gains in the
legislature.
"I don't see any evidence that
Governor Hatfield's campaigning
has hurt us," Straub says. "In
some cases he has actually
helied Democrats with his inept,
.inaccurate remarks." Straub spe
cifically mentioned Hatfield's at
tack in eastern Oregon against
Congressman Al I'llman. The gov
ernor in a speech for GOP sec
ond district candidate Ronald
Fhair charged Ullman with at
tempting lo sidetrack the Board
man Land exchange deal with the
federal government.
Although Straub doubts Hat
field's effectiveness in this cam
paign, he supports the governor
right to do so. Some Democrat
have urged Straub to criticiee
Hatfield for spending s anil
time on the stump.
"I don't see it that
Straub said. "This is a pveyw
funcQon in his role as titular
head of his state party."
Straub flatly predicts the D
ocrats will pick i:fj at least e
Ttiore seat in the state .f-nate,
gu ing them 20 out of 30o and live
seats in the hofyc. giving them
38 out of 60.
Q
While we generally will not
concede that anything is impos
sible for our classified advertis
ing section, we ran into a situa
tion recently that stopped us for
a while. Jess Martin has a heli
copter he wants to sell or trade.
He advertised it in the class col
umns. He got one call and gave
up with the comment that "1
guess there's not much market
for helicopters in Klamath Falls."
Swatting at these pesky late
summer (it h late-summer,
isn't It?) flies, and watching
them flit happily out of range
brings to mind the question:
what mysterious facility enables
a fly to land upside down on a
ceiling?
Getting ready for winter the
other day reminded me that the
owner of the back lot filled with
old cans, rubbish, and broken
crockery can usually be found
somewhere discussing the orderly
adjustment of international af
fairs. Our women's page editor devot
ed a lot of time, effort and wor
ry in preparation of and editing
the items that go into this sec
tion. The dread that keeps many
a society editor awake at nights
is lousing up some unfortunate
little gal's wedding story.
Thank goodness, the vigilant
Mrs. Bechen has a minimum of
that. For instance, you've not
seen anything like a few typo
graphical errors, or grammatical
errors, as these compiled by the
head of a journalism school:
"The bride was given in mar
riage by her father, wearing her
mother's wedding gown . . . The
couple went to school together
and their marriage will stop a
romance begun there . . . The
bride wore a strand of tiny
matched pearls. Her gown was of
vile green .... Her accessories
were plain punk . . . The bride
groom's mother was attired in a
lace dress which fell lo the floor
. . . The maid of horror wore
yellow tulle . . . The brides
maids carried the nose bags . . .
The flower girl wore a maize
gown with puffed sleeves touch
ing her ankles , , . The nuptials
took place in a selling illuminated
by lighted Roman candles , . .
The couple exchanged their cows
The bridal couple then
Al
By United Press International
Today is Sunday Nov. B. the
311th day of the year with 55
more in 1960.
The moon is approaching its
last quarter.
The morning slar is Mars.
The evening stars are Venus,
Jupiter and Satuin.
On this day in history:
In I860, Abraham Lincoln and
Hannibal Hamlin were elected
President and Vice - President of
the United Slates.
In 1869, the first formal inler
collegiate football game was
played between Princeton and
Rutgers. Rutgers won six to four.
In 1882, Lily Langtry, known as
the Jersey Lily in England, made
her American debut playing in
New York in an unequal match.
In 1902, Maude Adams launched
a stage classic when she opened
in Peter Pan in New York City.
National Parks
ACROSS
1 stone
National Park
7 Bryce
National Park
13 Interstice
14 Song bird
15 Lacked
18 Passage token
17 Lone Scout
Scribe (ab.)
18 Emissary
(ab.)
50 Soothsavers
21 Pilot
53 Clamber up
56 Convent
w-orker
27 Males
30 Mammoth
National
Park
31 Writing tool
32 Verde
National Park
33 Mimicked
34 Quantity (ab.)
35 Hops' kiln
3s Legal point
37 Priority
(prefix)
38 Loves to
excess
3d Mount
National Park
41 Sword
Pawerful
explosive
Devotee
DOWN
1 Light sailing
vessel
J Ages
3 Camera's eye
4 Land parcel
5 Oleic acid salt
6 Crowd
7 Folding bed
8 AJtppnHwl
9 More 25
fastidious 27
10 Bond 28
11 Alder (dial.)
12 Seines 29
19 Habitation
21 Winter vehicle 31
22 Puny one
23 Cicatrix 32
24 Sleeveless 37
garment 38
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NOTHING
SPECIAL
(W. B. S.l
passed out and greeted tbeir
guests. . .
Some readers have inquired
about Bill Jenkins columns that
appeared on the feature page in
the past.' Now Bill is writing t0
or three columns a week on out
door activity, and they appear
on one of the sports pages. Bill
writes when the fancy strikes
him, so there is no "regular"
day or days when the columns
are scheduled to appear. Bill s
stuff ranks among the top in his
field.
We're planning to run the
tabulated election results Wed
nesdaythe day after the elec
tion. The tables wiH carry the
complete unofficial Klamath
County voting record, precinct
by precinct. The project will in
volve some close work between
our news department and the
engraving . department, and
we're hoping that there won't
be any trouble getting the com
plete tally in time to meet our
Wednesday deadlines.
"Tell your story," said the
judge to the hillbilly.
"Well, your honor, I was in a
phone booth a-talkin' to my girl
when this guy wants to use the
phone. He opens the booth, grabs
me by the neck and throws mi
out."
"And that made you mad?"
asked the judge.
"Heck no, your honor," our
hero replied. "I didn't get really
mad 'til he grabbed my girl and
threw her out, tuo!"
It is unfortunate thai the world
is full of slickers who will slop
at nothing to make a buck and
the world fs equally full of peo
ple who WILL become their vic
tims despite all the urging and
caution lo the contrary. Why
don't people seek advice before
they make some ill-fated decision
involving slick-talking itinerant
salesmen? Yet, every day, o
have reports ot individuals and
groups who get bamboozled by
some fast talking slicker into buy
ing anything from cook books lo
new elephants. And, all of lha
time, they could have bought a
better product, backed by a reli
able firm, al Jess cost, if they
had traded with their home toun
merchants.
manac
In 1940, Americans staged
united American rally at Car
negie Hall in New York to show
that the U.S. was united despite
the partisan sentiment expressed
during the presidential campaign.
Thought for today: Ameri
can writer Franklin Pierce
Adams said: "The best you, get
is an even break." I
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
Q How fast does the earth
whirl around the sun?
A At about 67,000 miles pef
hour.
Q To what family does the
belladonna or deadly nightshade
belong?
A The potato family.
Answer to Previous Puzzle
Class of birds 39 Pertaining to
Flesh food the kidneys
Essential 40 Insert
being 41 Cloy
Burmese wood 42 Opera be sola
sprites 43 Ice mass
Haw silk 45 Press
weight 46 Month (ab.)
Anchor 47 Woody plant
Pompous show 49 Harden
Deviation 51 Exist
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