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u . of o.Li.n? COX?. ! The- Day's lews M By FRANK JENKINS "Ve've broken off diplomatic re lations with the Castro govern ment of Cuba a step fully justi fied under the circumstances. Not only has Castro been calling us every foul name he can lay his tongue to. Not only has he been making reckless and inflammato ry statements, including absurd charges that we are planning to Invade Cuba within a matter of hours. He is also making it plain that bis purpose is to make of Cuba a communist MILITARY OUT POST IN THE WESTERN HEM ISPHERE. That, of course, we can not and must not tolerate. We have every possible juslifi-l cation for taking the step we have taken. The big question: WHAT DO WE DO NEXT? An interesting suggestion comes from South America, where in Argentina and Brazil there is talk f a special hemisphere-wide con fcrence to deal with the situation created by the break. Raymundo Padilha, chairman of the foreign relations committee of the Brazili an chamber of deputies (corre sponding roughly to our house of representatives), says this morn ing: "Cuba has placed itself outside the Pan-American system and has become a COMMUNIST BRIDGE HEAD AND STRONGHOLD in the Hemisphere. The Organization of American States should call an immediate meeting and take a collective stand against Cuba." Vhat makes sense. It takes us out of the position f the Big Shot who insists on running everything. It makes of the Castro business in Cuba, with its dangerous background of com munist intrigue, a matter of mu tual concern to ALL OF THE AMERICAS. It aligns all of us in the West ern Hemisphere in a shoulder-to-shoulder defense against commu nist aggression. One more question: What of Guantanamo? Here is its background. In April of 1898, we went to war with Spain. Our immediate Provocation to war was the sink ing of one of our battleships (the Maine) in Cuban waters. We charged that the Spaniards did it. Our REAL reason was to free Cuba from Spanish misrule The war to liberate Cuba lasted 113 days. After the liberation, Cuba was ruled for several years by American governors. In 1901 what was known as the Piatt Amendment (to the army appro priation bill before the U.S. con gress) demanded from Cuba a lease of Guantanamo as a naval base. It included other conditions too voluminous to be gone into here. The Cubans objected to the Piatt Amendment, but finally gave in and included it in their constitution, which was adopted in 1901. We finally repealed the Piatt Amendment in 1934 That is the background of our claim to the Guantanamo base. v This should be added: Back in 1901 we were planning the Panama Canal. If built, it must be PROTECTED. The navy was then our big weapon of de fense for the Canal. That made Guantanamo highly important to us. The situation has changed. First! war in the air and now MISSILE warfare are our weapons for de fense of the Canal. Under these . circumstances, Guantanamo is less important. But- , W:e cant stand by and permit Castro to take Guantanamo and then TURN IT OVER TO THE COMMUNISTS as a base of oper ' ations from which to extend com munism throughout Hemisphere. Weather Klamath FaUs aad vicinity Mostly cloudy through Friday with (ccasioaal rain. Low Thurs day Bight J0-3S; high Friday 43-48. High yesterday 42 Low last night It Predp. last 24 hours none Since Oct. 1 S.lt Same period last year 1,06 AND DOCUMENTS j (J DIV. GSN.F Price Ten Cents 20 Pages KLAMATH FALLS, ORKGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5. 191 Telephone TU 4-8111 6578 Weather Northern California-Fair with little temperature change through Friday except fog la Central Val ley and chance of rain north ef Eureka Friday. Ml. Shasta Siskiyou a r e ai Cloudy through Friday with rain possible Friday; warmer tonight. Cubans Blame Administration For Relations HAVANA, Cuba (UPI) Cuba.with 64 U.S. Embassy staff mem- blamed the Eisenhower adminis- bers from Havana and their fam- tration for its break in relations lilies. It also carried three Ameri with the United States today andlcan citizens not connected with implied that things might improve under President-elect John F. Kennedy. A cabinet statement along the! propaganda line laid down by Moscow that the main trouble; with the United States was the Eisenhower administration ex pressed hope that relations would be restored at some undisclosed future date. The statement came alter a nightlong cabinet session which made mandatory firing squad deaths for anti-Castro "terrorists" within 72 hours of their conviction. The cabinet statement was the first official reaction to Washing ton's severance of relations Tues day night. The statement made no mention of the Guantanamo Naval Base, The railroad car Ferry City of1 New Orleans arrived in West Palm Beach, Fla., this morning the embassy, seven Cuban nation als and two Venezuelans. Senators Get Down To Business WASHINGTON (AP)-The Sen ate gets down to ordinary business loaay, wit li its usual light over limiting filibusters still simmering on the back burner. The new Democratic floor lead er, Sen. Mike Mansfield of Mon tana, Wednesday obtained unani mous consent for a agreement that senators can introduce bills and carry on normal routine while U.S. Charge d'Affaires Daniel th!1dcbale n ' iUste" . J. Braddock and 10 other embas sy officials remained behind here to complete details of the diplo- motin kroalr .nil nlaA .mApinan Unnilk io-iim .nil Cnnllian. TVhmm nloreetc in lh. hanrU nf lh Kir es "-!""""-" iinu- Democrats in the House, In re cess today, seemed in no hurry to shake up their rules committee. where a conservative coalition of Embassy. The Castro cabinet statement on the break admitted increasing op position to Castro in Cuba in de creeing penalties ranging up to death for saboteurs and terrorists. The decree modified the crimi nal code to provide penalties ranging from 20 years in prison to death for arson, bombings, ve hicular and industrial sabotage for "counter - revolutionary purposes." The death sentence also was au thorized for storing, fabricating or transporting counter - revolution ary material or for being the "in tellectual author" of anti-Castro crimes. American Bases Ready For Laos Developments HONOLULU (AP) - Powerful elements of the U.S. 7th Fleet and alerted American bases in the Western Pacific stood ready to day to deal with any eventuality m the developing Laos crisis. That was the appraisal of in formed sources who declined to be quoted. But they said that in addition to naval units in the Major Fire Hits Town MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - The second major fire in little over a week burned through a business block in downtown Moscow Thurs day and damage again was ex pected to run well over $100,000. Dense clouds of acrid black smoke poured from a two-story brick faced building on the city's main street. Spotlights played on the building as the entire Moscow fire department battled the blaze in freezing temperatures. The first alarm was turned in about 5:20 a.m. and the fire quickly ate upward through the building. Flames finally burst through the roof despite tons of water poured into the building. The building housed a tavern. television repair shop, offices of the Idaho State Police and several small businesses. It adjoins the new Creighton Building which was struck by a $100,000 fire Dec. 27. It was the fourth major fire in the business block in the last 14 years and ran the total damage from all the bln7.es tn well nvpr the Western-half a million dollars. South China Sea, air. Marine and Army forces were ready to move on the Southeast Asian kingdom from bases in Okinawa, Japan, Formosa and the Philippines. The assessment of American readiness came after a statement issued -Wednesday by Adm. Harry D. Felt, top U. S. commander in the Pacific. We are prepared to accomplish whatever may be required of us by higher authorities of our gov ernment. Certain precautionary measures have been taken. These include the augmentation of our airlift capability in the Western Pacific and a re-positioning of some of our mobile fleet force," Felt said. Military sources said Marine el ements ready to give any needed assist include the 20,000-man 3rd Marine Division and the Marine Air Wing on Okinawa. The Leath ernecks are trained in jungle warfare. The closest unit to Laos is the 405th Fighter Wing at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. It is equipped with F100 and F102 supersonic jets. The U.S. 7th Fleet has assem bled in the South China Sea force of three carriers, about 30 destroyers, a dozen submarines' and escort and supply vessels. crats often has bottled up bills it doesn t like. Speaker Sam Rayburn is report ed determined to put an, end to the roadblock, even If it means purging Rep William Colmer, D Miss., and replacing him on the committee with a liberal. But no showdown is in sight and a com promise may be worked out. Sen. Joseph S. Clark, D-Pa., for mer mayor of Philadelphia, said he is ready w ith legislation to cre ate a new Cabinet post of housing and urban affairs President-elect John F. Kenne dy endorsed the idea of the new department during the election campaign. Republican Senate Leader Ever ett M. Dirksen of Illinois Wednes day threw his weight against lib eral forces that want a change in the rules to make it easier to halt filibuster. Dirksen said he looks on the present setup as a weapon for minorities, and noted that his par ty is a minority in the Senate. Thus he joined forces with South ern Democrats who plan to fight fang and claw against any change, They often have used filibusters to defeat civil rights legislation. Mansfield disposed of one fami ly fight by agreeing to a com promise on filling future vacancies on . the Democratic Policy and Steering committees. Sen. Albert Gore, D-Tenn., had demanded that members be elect ed to these committees by all Democratic senators, instead of appointed by the majority leader, Mansfield agreed to recommend appointment to be approved by the Democratic caucus. 7 Children, Mother Die In Tenement Crosby Ordered To Pay Support LOS ANGELES (AP)-V judge! ordered Dennis Crosby to pay $100 a week support for a 3-year-old girl a jury last week declared Firemen said Thursday's fire10 06 nis daughter, apparently started in the base-l Superior Court Judge Clarke E. mcnt, perhaps in the furnace. TheiStephens also ruled Wednesday tire in the adjoining building a week ago Tuesday apparently was hum bade trs ffleMgj IFiirst u tmfab Series Vandiver Begs Off Federal Position ysis Dob 1 "LIGHTS ON FOR EDUCATION" is the theme of programs to be conducted for pub lic information tonight in Mills Elementary School Altamont Junior High School and elsewhere in the county. Shown are members of the city schools steering committee in charge of arrangements. They are, seated, Mrs, Ray A. Dunn, County Council of Parents and Teachers president; back, from left, Mrs, O. E, Powell and Mrs. Hagan Moore, representing city school districts boards of directors; Adolph Fa Her, biology teacher at Klamath Union High School, representing the county unit, Oregon Edu cation Association, and Gary Robertson, assistant superintendent of city elementary schools. Ray Hunsaker, city schools superintendent, was not pictured. NEW YORK (AP) The Kennedy administration plans to hold a broad series of conferences with farm leaders on the pressing agricultural problem. Pierre Salinger, press secretary for President-elect John F. Kennedy, told a news conference today that a meeting of farm leaders and congressmen today on the farm issue was only the first of a series. This indicated today's meeting in itself would bring no decision on what steps Kennedy might take to Improve farm prices and income. Salinger announced also that Kennedy will hold a conference today on the state of the national econo my. he is "mystified by continued press reports of Southern Con gressional pressure on the behalf of Gov. Ernest Vandiver of Geor gia." Salinger said Kennedy kn.-n -....I..... Attending wiU be Dr. Waller T " L.T aisvufc wiv IliailVl , lUUUUIIIK OCU. Parents, Teachers MtlT School Issues Tonight Commandant Tells Marines Explosion Downs Jet - A touched off by a faulty wiring or i short in the fuse box. PEASE AFB, N.H. (UPI) thundering explosion demolished a B47 Stratojet on takeoff Wednes day night, killing all four men aboard. Air Force investigators today sought the cause. The blast rocked the six-jet medium attack bomber seconds after its wheels cleared the run way on what was described as a routine training mission. The Air Force would not say if the plane was armed in any way. Witnesses said a second explo sion occurred as the $1.9 million out craft slammed to the ground and skidded along the north runway for nearly a mile, hurling fiery debris in every direction. Several small fires were started in woods where the wreckage finally stopped The Air Force identified three of the victims as Capt. C. T. Wel ter, 28, Germantown, Md., air craft commander, father of two; 1st Lt. Ronald J. Chapo, 26. Tonight is the. nifht for teach ers, parents and others interested in public education throughout Klamath County and Oregon. The first of a biennial series of Monkeys Tickled By Performance Of Irate Keeper SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - Vis itors to San Franciscos Flcish flacker zoo witnessed quite a show in one of the monkey cages Tues day. In fact. It was so unusual that even the monkeys watched in awe. During the late afternoon, ani mal keeper Norman Becknell was trying to catch a stubborn gibbon named Sally with a net. She re fused to be caught, which an gered Becknell slightly. ' Zoo director Carey Baldwin said when he arrived on the scene, Becknell was wrestling with Sal ly. Baldwin said he stepped into the cage and was attacked by Becknell who tossed the director that Crosby should pay $7,500 inlAllen Park, Mich., pilot, father of attorney's fees on behalf of theione, and 1st Lt. J. A. Wethcrbee, child's mother, Marilyn Mil!er27, Marshall. Minn., navigator. Scott. father of three. Baldwin left to' call police, and keeper foreman Fred Boemer en tered the cage in -an etlort to calm Becknell. The angry man wasn't impressed by Roemer's ef fortsso he threw the foreman out. Police finally quieted Becknell, who was suspended for 30 days and must face a hearing to de termine whether he should be fired. "I've been around zoos and ani mals for 40 years," Baldwin said, "but this is the first time I was ever injured by a keeper." Radioactivity Hampers Blast Probe LYNN, Mass. (AP) A young mother, six of her seven children nd her niece died in an early IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) jic Energy Commission's sprawl-was silent about what damage oMnuclcar fuel. If some molten met morning fire today, trapped in Nuclear experts gingerly probed jngi half-million acre National Re- ficials found inside. In Washing-'al should come in contact with within a silo-shaped building to-lactor TcsljnE staiion in eastern ton' AEC chairmaI Jor" A- Mc-lboiling water within the reactor, uoj, ,.,6 .... "" Idaho, about 40 miles west of this: F'"""-"-" ' " u tuuiu iiei;ijiuii.e an mjjiumuii. ture of an atomic reactor explo-i , , . .r ,,.,. 'made available as they are es- Two of the dead were Army jsion that killed three young serv- ' b, (h radjation jtablishcd." men-Spec. 5 John A. Byrnes, 27, confined to the building area and!, D B" " o"":iana opec. i minara u. mcRiniey, Fire Chief Walter Carter said (he blaze started in the rear of j the second floor and spread to the (ttic. icemen Investigators said there was They were hampered by radio- wasnt even dangerous elsewhere kin'1 of cnemitaI explosion rup-:22, both living in Idaho Falls with nly one stairway to the attic bed-jactivity so dangerously high that!on lne sla(jon turod the reactor's nuclear core their wives. The third was Navy rooms. each could safely remain inside, ' , 'and released the radiation, lt was electrician Richard C. Lcgg, 26, (Donald Amirault, 29. the father, the structure little more than a Bcfore. lhe '"P0 1 nil nrar-icfilu u-hol hai could find out precisely what happened, they avtut hie vnnnopct rhiM riawn 'minnfa .0 , ..... , , . , , , , U. V.,,..U0,l ... ...C Marie. 5 months, by dropping herj . The damaged reactor was deep ,au lu ' ! u bv an alomic fairly certain there was no nucle-jof Roscommon, Mich. Byrnes for- ar explosion of the type released imerly lived in Utica, N.Y., and IMcKinlcy in Kenton, Ohio. arms of a neighbor. He tried to get back iate the bouse to rescue others but I siap fork had closed. Dead are: Shirley Amirault, 23; ber children, Michael, 8; Shirley, fj Donna, . Robert, 4; Kathy. t; Barbara Joan. 18 months: and (be niece, Paula HollingsworUi IfcGrath, I months. from a second-floor porch into the inside the metal-sheathed building.!'" ,. - . ,f , ... J I The AEC said the three service-: The reactor they were working the reac-ion was a two-year-old prototype j tor's control rods, getting ready of one intended for use as a mo ll to start it up after a 10-day shut-.bile heat and power plant by idown. larmcd forces in remote areas. The Such rods are used to control armed services have been training the nuclear chain reaction that military personnel in operation of uara lh hnrf e nf lun i. ...a. pc. iii.iii-u ef 'its victims: It was too danger. h.e radiation to spew into ous to try to recover them. Thell'" """""(, " "- third body was removed within minutes of the explosion Tuesday "Lights' On For Education'' pro grams will roll in Mills Elemen tary School and Altamont Junior High School and other schools In the county this evening. The program at Mills, for the public served by the city school districts, begins at 7:30 p.m. It, like the Suburban area program beginning at 7:45 p.m. at Alta mont, will feature short talks by four authorities concerning issues that will come before the state legislature during the coming session. City schools' speakers will be Mrs. Margaret Sheridan, mem ber of the Klamath Union High School Board of Education; Har old Ashley, clerk of the city school districts; Mrs. Bculah El liott, member of the Oregon Edu cation Association Ethics Com mittee, and Arnold Gralapp, city schools consultant and former superintendent of schools. Personnel of and persons served by Altamont Junior High and Altamont Elementary Schools, Henley High and Henley Elementary Schools, Keno, Fer guson, Falrhaven, Falcon Heights, Peterson, Shasta and Stearns School have participated in planning the county schools urogram, as have those in the KUHS, Conger, Fairview, Frc mont. Mills, Pelican, Ponderosa, Riverside and Roosevelt areas, the city's. A half hour following the talks will be open to questions from the public. Simultaneously throughout the slate, lights will be turned on in every school for a short while as a gesture symbolic of the project theme. The Oregon Congress of Par cnts and Teachers, the Oregon Education Association and the Oregon School Boards Association are sponsors. Panelists for the Altamont meeting will be Carrol Howe, representative-elect from Klamath County and former superintend ent of county schools; Francis Skinner. 4-H Club leader and chairman of the Klamath Com mittee of Children and Youth; Harvey Denham, principal of Al tamont Junior High School and legislative chairman for the Klamath County unit, OEA, and Mrs. L. E. Saunders Jr., presi dent of Altamont Parent-Teacher Association and legislative chair man for the Klamath Council of Parents and Teachers. Heller of St. Paul, designated by Kennedy to be chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers; Theodore C. Sorenson, named spe cial counsel for the White House; and Dr. Paul Samuelson, of Mass achusetts Institute of Technology. Samuelson will present a report he has prepared relating to eco nomic conditions. Kennedy also arranged to meet with a committee representing the publishers of Negro newspapers. Salinger said it was possible that Samuelson's economic report would be made public late in the day. The plans for additional farm conferences were disclosed after Salinger was asked why organized! Richard B. Russell and Rep. Carl Vinson, the Georgia Democrats who head the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. No pressure has been plied," Salinger said. ap- U.S. To Ask Charge Drop WASHINGTON (UPI) - The' Marine Corps commandant; who already has frowned on swagger sucks and close-order drill, now has come out against yellow socks, fat Marines, yes men, and un belted coats. In a 17-page annual message, which read more like a down-to- earth pep talk than the usual mili tary document. Gen. David M. Shoup also said that Marines sometimes "fall below our usual high standards." He mentioned, as an example, the sort of officer whose uniform 'look like it belonged to some one who retired in 1940." A few of these people are still around," Shoup said Wednesday. "We must do something about them.'.' The commandant said sloppiness can "chip away at Marine Corps stature." He said if the day ever came when a Marine looked upon his role as only a job "we are headed for the Smithsonian Insti tute as another relic." On the subject of unbelted coals, Shoup said a proposal for aq unbelted uniform is before hurt but he has decided to reject it. He hasn't made up his mind as yet about a proposal for a "year around green uniform," he added. On yes men, the commandant1 said that a Marine who would give up his own ideas "to align with me, before my decision, is useless to me." Shoup did not explain his re mark about "yellow socks," but presumably his aversion' would apply to any unduly loud attire. UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) The United States was expected to insist today that the U.N. Se.. euritv Cniinrit rirnn wilhnnt fni-. . t r lv. C ?1,,m" mal action-Fidel Castro's charga that nobody has been offered the and Ecuador calling on the United job yet. States and Cuba to settle their dif- Kennedy press secretary saidiferences by peaceful means. night. The AEC said all three victims' bodies showed the effects of se vere explosion, indicating they It was the first fatal accident wer k"led bv ,h blast rather takes place Inside reactor. If the reactor. Lcgg and Byrnes were in the history of this country's lnan DV raoiation. ja reactor should got out of con- listed as "certified reactor oper- atomic energy program. j But the building, from outside. itrol, even briefly, it could gcner-ators" and McKinley was due for The blast occurred on the Atom-1 appeared undamaged. The AEC! ate enough heat to melt down its I certification next month. Shooting Times OREGON January ( 7:05 a.m. 4:30 p.m. CALIFORNIA January f T:04 a.m. 4:48 p.m. vited to today's meeting. Salinger . , said that they would be included "18 'V: government plans. iv iiitwjv buua , '-The Il-nation council continues . in a future meeting In which; be said, a number ef committees may be set up to look Into prob lems affecting various agricul tural commodities. On the question of filling the st of secretary of the Army, Salinger said he expects no an nouncement until next week and debate this afternoon on the Cu ban charge, which the United1 States Wednesday called false and ridiculous. The U.S. position dimmed the chances for council approval of a resolution submitted by Chile Aledkare Plan Falls Short, Says Adviser B. Fitzgerald, Movie Actor, Dies At Age 72 DUBLIN, Ireland (UPD-Barry Fitzgerald, 72, whose perform-l ance as ar, impish Irish priest endeared' him to moviegoers of all ages and won him an Acad emy Award in 1944, died Wednes day night at St. Patrick s Hospi tal here after a long illness. Fitzgerald, who was christened William Joseph Shields, son of Dublin weekly newspaper colum nist, was t2 years old when he gave up his career as a civil service wotker to become an actor. It turned mil te ho a wkse neve because it resulted in an Oscar for the veteran Irish actor with the waggish manner and soft brogue. "He was a gentle, nice, warm jhuman being," said Bing Crosby when he learned of Fitzgerald's 1 death. "1 heard he was lit and hoped he would come out of It, I'm sor ry to hear about this." SALEM (AP) A member of the Governor's Advisory Commit tee on Medical Care for the Aged called the suggested program in adequate as the final report was presented to Gov. Mark O. Hat field Wednesday. Dr. Wesley G. Nicholson, Con- crecational minister from Eu gene, said, "I do not think this meets the needs of our people." Hatfield said there was no doubt in his mind that lt would not cover al! the needy but was merely a start. He said this stale, like others, was leeling lis way in a now field and this was a beginning that could provide data on which to build a more adequate program. Dr. Nicholson said the program would apply only to persons 65 and over with a maximum In come of $1,500 or married cou ples with a maximum income of $2,000. He said this is only $500 more than the maximum for old ago assistance under welfare, He said he signed the report because he agreed with it as far as it went. The report should have present ed the picture of the entire need and not been confuted to the framework ol a budgetary figure worked out in advance, he said, The program was built on a budget of $13 million for the next biennium with $4.5 million nf that state money. The federal govern ment would pay most of the re mainder with the counties also contributing. Dr. Nicholson said by the time person covered pays the $100 deductible for physician service and the difference between the cost of a hospital room and the $10 per day allowed for hospital care this will not be much help. He said as chairman of the state Council on Aging set up un der the legislature he was bound to take this position. Chairman Joseph E. Harvey Jr., who is chairman ef this committee and the ilata Welfare Commission, said the plan re ceived overall approval from agencies concerned. He said that various groups felt the payments proposed for them were too low in most cases. , Harvey said the plan was de signed with the governor's budget in mind. He said it would cover about half the needy 65 and over. Those covered would have the option of direct medicare pay ments or subsized car under private health Insurance. Harvey said the- secretary of Health, Education and Welfare might not approve the plan. Hallleld said on the basis of the debates in Congress prior to passage it appeared that it had a broad and flexible plan in mind. "It they take that broad and liberal approach," Hatfield said, "I don't see why they would ob ject." The proposal now goes to the state legislature. It recommend ed $100 deductible physicians payments with a $2,000 maxi mum; $10 a day for 31 days hos pital care and 80 per cent of the cost of other hospital services with a $2,000 maximum; and $5 a day nursing home care follow ing hospitalization with each day in a nursing home counting as .one-half day of hospitalization. RENTED! lt took a 10-day run but the ad rented the house. ONE btdreom unfurnlshtd tnvu, ilovn. Wattr. oirOae dlspeul paid. Clou Is Wtytrhaiuitr. "Tatar mlddla agta coupia U0. TU 3-xxx. Adequate description and ail adequate number of days gen erally gets the desired an swers. 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