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Newspaper Page TextBay's km By FRANK JENKINS There's a faintly hopeful note in the cold war news this morn ing. At United Nations (in Ncwi York) Russia started the day off with a resolution calling for an end to the UN operation in the Congo within a month and for the DISMISSAL of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold whom Russia despises. The resolution was offered in the 11-nation Security Council. It LOST by a vote of 8 to 1, with two members abstaining and only Russia voting for it. Then . Immediately afterward The three ASIAN AFRICAN members of the Security Council (Ceylon, Liberia and the United' Arab Republic) olfered a resolu tion authorizing the UN to USE FORCE, if necessary, to prevent civil war in Africa. It was APPROVED, by a vote; of 9-0, with the Soviet Union and France abstaining from voting. Now comes the interesting part of it. Russia DIDN'T VETO IT. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Zorin explained that he didn't use the veto because the Asian-African countries had said that in the present circumstances USE OF FORCE by United Nations offers the only chance of remedying the situation in the Congo. That is to say: These nations in Asia and Afri ca upon whom Russia has been relying in the pinches seem to have come to the conclusion that the best thing for them is to KEEP THE RUSSIAN BEAR OUT OF THE CONGO. That, if true, is important as indicating that these Asian and African countries arc GETTING SCARED OF RUSSIA. Russia was apparently unwilling to incur their anger by vetoing the resolution calling for the use of force by UNITED NATIONS in preventing civil war in the Congo. Civil war in the Congo, with UN unable to do anything about it, would be right up Russia's alley. In Salinas yesterday, the Mon terey county board of supervisors listened to a proposal to use 2,000 acres of California's coastal moun tains for an African game pre serve, stocked with 3,000 animals, ranging from elephants to boa constrictors including, presum ably, lions and tigers and such. The project was proposed by Jean Pierre Hcllet, of New York, president of the American Society to Protect and Conserve African Wild Life. The board members listened with interest and atten tionand, apparently, with healthy skepticism. At any rate, at the conclusion of the presentation, the chairman thanked the promoter of the idea, said it was nice to see there is so much interest in saving animals, but added that "it seems to me the real need in Africa is to PROTECT THE PEO PLE." Thanks, Mr. Chairman. A little common sense now and then is refreshing. Composer Grainger Succumbs i WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP-ln!hiher,taxe,s-. an ace of increasine musical dis- sonance, composer Percy Grain ger had to be considered a con- Pu"c assistance lor neeuy cnii scrvative !drcn of ,hc "nemPloycd- Yet he was a free spirit, and hel Kc,aeiy 0,6 P''8r?m displayed it with a colorful pcr-wtou'd. the econ7 a ,h'f sonality. sometimes eccentric ;not. ,he arm as we" as hclP manners, a lair for the dramatic. lhf.,Job ... ... H . h !,, nf hair thai Tl,e President proposed the tinned slowlv from orance red to uhi.n His death Monday in White Plaine hospital at the age of 78 robbed the musical scene of a man who had once been one of its liveliest members, a world- famous pianist and composer. He had lived in semi-retirement fnr voam in this New York filv inr (dis in uus .nliv in. iny suburban community, whose resi dents had grown accustomed to seeing their neighbor wheeling his luggage from the station in a wheelbarrow or carrying his gro ceries in a knapsack. Uic invillpr mmnnsitintK andl nl Vnnltvh fnllrLj i- :. I.. ...h .11 iiKiiit.iMiiM.0 ... ..f,.... !Tn U' Z ZTZnA "Molly on the Shore, and Hand- el ,n the Strand." showed o. iK- inahly. They had one character-Lission. istir they could be whistled. in frinppr Was married to (he Swedish painter and poet Ella Viola Stroem before 22.000 persons in the Hollywood Bowl. klrtT VMrtDDICn NUI WURRICU PONTIAC. Mich. AP'-A hur-l rijr stole from rtavmond Min- ...:.... rhella Mondav. but Minchella has hich hopes the loot will return. The thief took two homing pi- gcons V.O? iillieir,SN.REF.AND Klamalh Falls and Id VMMMm. Q2; Mostly cloudy with a mile tonight. Partial clearing with a few scattered showers Wednes day. Low tonight 32-38; high Wednesday 40-43. High yesterday Low last night Precip. past 24 hours Since Oct. 1 Same period last year SS)(e Security Council Crushes Russian Opposition UNITED NATIONS, N Y. (UPD The Security Council crushed Soviet opposition early today and gave Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold vast new powers, including the use of force if need ed, to stop the explosion of civil war in the Congo. The council rejected a Soviet move to oust Hammarskjold and end the U.N. operation in the Congo within 30 days. It also beat down a resolution calling for the condemnation ofl the killing of Patrice Lumumba followers in the Congo after Rus sia twice vetoed U.S. attempts to include in the measure atrocities and assassinations by all Congo lese political factions. The dramatic session wound up at 4:21 a.m., EST, after a final parliamentary duel between U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and Soviet Ambassador Valerian A. Zorin. Victory For West It was a clear victory for the West, the Afro-Asian nations and Hammarskjold himself. The secretary-general, under fire from the Soviets since last fall, said the resolution would give him "a stronger and more clear framework for U.N. action" to restore peace and stability to the shattered Congo. He was expected to inform the U.N. troops in the Congo quickly that they could use force in emer gency situations. Up to now they have been restricted to using arms only in self defense and have not been able to stop fac tional wars. The council took no action on an informal proposal by Liberia for a meeting of the council in Jobless Pay Bill Pending WASHINGTON (UPD - The House Ways & Means Committee went behind closed doors today to pound out a final version of legis lation to speed extra jobless pay benefits to the nation's unem ployed. The committee, led by Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, D-Ark., was ex pected to complete its work on President Kennedy's emergency request within a few days. House action may come early next week. The administration bills, which are labeled as anti-recession mea sures, would provide $950 million for additional unemployment com pensation to three million jobless workers whose benefits have ei ther run out or will expire during the next year. Up to 13 weeks of extra pay ments would be authorized, de pending on eligibility in the vari ous states. Employers would pay the cost of the program through lne legislation also wouia pro- 'vide $350 million in federal-state one-year program be financed by lrals,ng the taxable wage base from $3,000 to $4,800 but chances are the committee will not go along with this. Instead, it was likely a tempor ary boost in the 3.1 per cent fed eral payroll lax would be ap proved. The administration has p matlcr a maJor lssuc I nmm eaH t umiM nn m-iko the U.S. Okays U'AClIlvr:TnV 1AP1 Tha Unit. w .-Mdifj, is ivauj iu 3U.IIIWI " fU'Ure f l,nhe ryal La T" ernmenl to the screening of ai nculraI nations' watchdog corn. This evidence of full U. S. sup- .t In,. .. nnmimnlv nnitlrul t.anc wa, made known today by au-.St'" ttould prepared to with-iaocnma. thoritative covcrnment sources, draw its more than 100 military U. S. officials said the new I They said the offer had bcen'adviscrs now training the royal Washington position goes further transmitted lo King Savang Vat- army and turn over the job lo than the United Stales ever prev- thana of Laos, the Soviet Union military experts . from neutraliiously indicated it would go in an and neutral nations in Southcasticountries. This proposal would de-ieffort to ensure an independent i Asia. The kmc has called for thelPcn' uPn a ceae-fire in the and neutral Laos. (neutrality of Laos. jfighting between leftist and gov-i Malaya and Burma have indi- The U. S. action was discussed ernment forces and a withdrawal, caicd willingness to serve on a by Secretary of State Dean Rusk of anv fRn military adviseraichdog commission Cambod .... , r.f lA..hniri ant nnw aininn lh':.. n f i .. i , in a 30-miiiute meeting Mondayi""- technicians now aiding ight with Soviet Ambassador Mikhail .venstiikov. Rusk gave Menshikov a tr.ins- ORE. LIBRARY Q1SI3PAPER SECTION rain S3 32 0 7.H7 4.35 Price Ten Cents 20 Capsule Shoot Africa to seek reconciliation of the Congo's political factions and restore U.N. prestige there. But both Stevenson and Zorin supported the suggestion and Ste venson said the U.S. Air Force might help in the transportation. There may be a special meeting for a final decision. France Also Abstains llie adopted resolution was sponsored by the United Arab Re public, Ceylon and Liberia. It zipped through by a 9-0 votewith Russia and France abstaining Mobilization Ordered To Oppose U.N. ELISABETHVILLE. Katanga The Congo (AP) The Katanga government today ordered the general mobilization of all able- bodied people, black and white, to oppose any attempt by the United Nations forces to carry out a resolution adopted by the Security Council. Announcing the mobilization in radio hookup and at a news conference. President Moise Tshombe said: "I mean by mo bilization, first of all civil mobil ization. That means everybody has to remain at their post what ever instructions from a foreign power may be." Tshombe earlier had rejected a part of the U.N. resolution, call ing for withdrawal from the Con go of all Belgian military and po litical advisers. The Belgians are the brains behind Tshombe's pro vincial administration and army. His mobilization order was de signed to meet headon that por tion of the resolution authorizing the, U.N. soldiers in the Congo to use force if necessary to prevent civil war. Tshombe's army is now trying to drive rebel Baluba tribesmen from northern Ka tanga. President To Visit Canadians WASHINGTON (API Presi-I dent Kennedy will visit Canadaot Affected Ul wiiat piuuauijr mil ui ins ma. venture outside the United States since taking office. A date has not been fixed. Ken nedy will make the trip in time to address a joint session of the Canadian Parliament before it adjourns. It is expected to wind up in early summer. Canadian Prime Minister John Dicfenbaker announced Kennedy's acceptance of his invitation on re-!Moore m r of ;he Wes( turn to Ottawa Monday from aCoas( K,ama,h Fa,s sajd mine nouse visu. joint statement issued at the White House after Diefenbakcr left were The Flight Engineers' Interna indicative of the close rclationsijonai unjon st.uc. ast Friday between the two countries. in tne statement, icnncay ana LnctuuudKer icaitlimeu ine ueici- mination of their nations to work tntwinnr inr near ann ireennm n , ,1 the world. Screening Itinn nf k'incr (savann't mp.adp - .1... . ... .... ..." proclaiming inai i-aos win noijers. otlicials said jin in mili,a'y all'ance and! Th. United States has provided ... ,, ... . ..u ! , '" not have on iL, territory eith-more than $310 million to keep foreign forces or military Hie Lao government afloat since , U. S. officials said the Unitcdlthe 1954 Geneva agreement on In leftist Pathet Lao The U. S. decision represented a coriMdcrcd judgment by Presi- COMP. Pages France apparently felt it was too critical of Belgium. The resolution: Urged immediate U.N. steps to prevent a Congolese civil war, including use of force "if neces sary, in the last resort." Urged measures for immedi ate withdrawal of Belgian and other foreig.i military personnel and advisers not under the U.N. command. Called on all countries to take "immediate and energetic mea sures to prevent departure ot such personnel for the Congoi from their territories. Decided on an "immediate and impartial" investigation of the death of Lumumba, the for mer leftist premier, and punish ment of the "perpetrators of the crime." Reaffirmed previous Security Council mandates on the Congo. Urged reorganization of Con golese armed forces and their in sulation from the country's poli tics. School Bill Strikes Snag WASHINGTON (UPD Presi dent Kennedy's $5.6 billion feder al school aid bill ran into immedi ate trouble in Congress today but one of its backers issued a cau tious forecast it would pass. . Storm clouds were forming on two fronts. One hot issue was whether to withhold aid from schools defying the Supreme Court's integration ruling. An other was whether to let states in their discretion, use part of the money for teachers' salaries. Rep. Cleveland M. Bailey, D- W.Va., chairman of a House cdu- cation subcommittee that w.'ll handle the measure, scheduled hearings to start Wednesday or Thursday, depending on when Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Abraham Ribicoff is available to testify. "I'm of the opinion Congress may take it," Bailey said of the; bill's prospects. "I'm hopeful, at least." Sen. Wayne L. Morse, D-Ore., chairman of a similar Senate sub- committee, promised hearings be ginning Wednesday of next week, and said he hoped to have the bill ready for Senate action by March 20. Local Flights A wildcat strike of flight en gincers has had very little effect on West Coast Airlines in Klam ath Falls except to increase pas senger loads between Portland and San Francisco. iiaiiiaui rans passengers ,, . tti. bound for Portland or San Franould. E.fs 8 propc"y tax offsct Cisco should make reservations!?'"1 , a uoll ahnaH nf lima " Rnh , .., ., :j ,u ,.' ' ,. . ..... ', . . . jn,0 scrvice if traffic warrants it. njht i0 nrotest a Feb. 6 dcei- sion Dy me reacrai Meaiauoni nuaiu uiui'UUK L 10 JW1 llie "'r - line Pilots' 'Association. This ' mnvo in onainfMirt cairi umn h , . , . V" "' curtail their bargaining power. Laos Aid rtftnt k'nniulu ,. ' I inuepenncnce was assured oy id s nime iorwiom ainanouK nas not yet indicated if he would per mil Cambodia to serve ai chair-! man. Cambodia adjoins Laos. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THE SPACE CAPSULE fired 107 miles high and recovered 2 I minutes later right in the target area is shown here as it was being assembled by germ-freo workmen in a St. Louis assembly line. The capsules are specially dressed to prevent dust and other imperfections from infecting the capsules. One of these will eventually- carry an American astronaut into a space ride in orbit around the earth. Today's shoot gave th U.S. man-in-space program a big boost forward. Inventory, Property Tax Repeal Asked By SALEM (X?) Proposals wore made Monday not only to repeal the business inventory property tax, but also do away with all personal property taxes. Jtep. Victor Atiyeh, R-Portland, suggested the amendments to do away with the personal taxes at a House Taxation Committee hearing. Opposition to the bill and the amendments came from the City of Portland. Alexander Brown, Portland city attorney, said Portland opposed the bill because it would erode the tax base for tax revenue of municipal corporations. The Atiyeh amendments also would apply to both farm and non farm and incorporated and unin corporated businesses. He would substitute a 3 per cent net income tax on businesses in place of the personal property tax. The original bill would repeal only the inventory tax and levy in its place a l's per cent busi ness income lax. The bill as introduced would give 85 per cent of the business income tax money to basic school support which is distributed throughout the stale based on the number of school children in each county. The other 15 per cent miyen wuuiu fcivc iu n.-i -"t to basic school support with 15 per cent to cities and 15 per cent to counties. The share lor each city within a county would be oaseo on ,.s W " "C total urban population within the county. Brown said inventory tax reiieal would create a deteriorating bus ;. Km.,i ir piilanri and the L.Mrrnlin,jnrt nrpa This lost tax revenue woul . , ,. , - i . have lo lie snuieo in large pan ;. r..,, rnnoriv because under i Itia hucinntt inenmp 1XX fill I V about 40 per cent of it would be nccls 10 dcsl,ile 8 made up. col,rt orrior- This shrinking tax base. Brown More than 75.000 airlines em said, finances half of Portlandslplnyes were furloughed Monday DID YOU KNOW? That the Fremont National Forest has 1237 acres of potential recreational sites? That there are 3.100 Scouts in the Modoc Area Council with headquarters in Klamath Falls? That l.islnn Aircraft-Farmers Air Service employs 22 people? That the first group of Camp Fire Girls was organized here in 1915? That Montgomery Ward has oiicratcd for 3.1 of its 89 years of business in Klamath Falls? These, and many, many other pertinent fads about the Basin will be included in the 144 pages of the Herald and News Progress Edi tion which will be published Sunday. Feb. 20. The edition will fea ture more than 1.000 illustrations and pictures in the advertising and news that will go into this first Klamath County Progress Edition. Reserve your extra copies now by calling TU 4 8111. Only lie, or mailed anywhere in the United Slates, 50c. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1961 Jumps U. operating revenue and all of its opilal improvements. Because of increases caused by shifts of a heavier burden to prop erty tax payers it becomes more difficult to get voter approval for increased revenues needed to operate the city, he said. Elimination of the inventory tax, he said, is but one step in the erosion. He said proposals reduce or eliminate assessments for farms, timber, World War I veterans, certain senior citizcnsljobs seasonally. Airlines Fire Charges Union Backs Air Strike NEW YORK (UPD One of.Trans World Airlines, American the six major airlines crippled in the worst air ticup in U.S. history today challenged union officials to prove they did not organize the wildcat flight engineers walkout. Pan American World Airways won subpenas from a U.S. dis trict court here to force officials Lf tne rjf,;lt engineers' Pan Amcr- -o ican chapter to testify on how the 'strike began and now it was con- tinuint!. Officers of the union's Pan Am chapter and 42 flight engineers were ordered to appear in the same court Monday to show cause , ( bf, hcW jn ' . , . .:..: contempt lor continuing ine siriKe despite a court order. Other air lines have obtained similar or ders, An American Airlines official Id. testified Monday in Dallas, Tex., itial a number of striking engi neers told him of "mysterious telephoned threats." The cngi Telephone New Bill and all personal property add to the burden. He said freeway con struction through highly assessed areas also cuts into taxable prop erty. Spokesmen for both wholesale and retail lumber groups ap- wared in favor of the repeal. They said inventory taxes force them to cut their inventories m winter tojmonths and results in a heavy flow of orders in the spring. They said this also throws men out of Airlines and Eastern Air Lines rolled all their planes into hang ars and shut down completely. Pan American, National Airlines and Western Airlines were as good as closed down with up to 85 per cent of their employes laid off and only a token number ofj planes flying. An estimated 150.000 travelers in waiting rooms across the coun try discovered their airline tick ets were useless except for re funds. Air mail scrvice also was threatened. Only one airline United was still flying a coast- to-coast route. Only one North- . . si ill had normal service between New York and Honda points. Puerto Hico. which depends on airlines for 95 per cent of its trav el to the mainland, was virtually isolated. For resort areas such as Florida, the walkout was a near-catastrophe. So Ions Hear Reapportion Plan SALEM 'AP' Legislative rc-ISherman and Wheeler counties I favors the GOP plan in principle, apixirtionmenl that would affect ow each with onc-nuartcr of a But ho said that before he cn- oniy in oi uic ., coumi s was rc)rc,en,atjve-w o u 1 d be in offered lo the legislature Monday cd (0 on.(hl.d Wash by House Republicans. Rep. F. F. Montgomery, Eu gene, House Republican leader, said he expects to get Demo cratic support for the plan. But Multnomah County Demo crats, who believe their counly is entitled to more representation. indicated they would oppose it. In the Senate, only Polk and Washington counties each with a senator now would be affected. Polk would have half a senator, shared with Lincoln Counly. Washington would get another half senator, shared with Colum bia Counly. In the House, Gilliam, Morrow, TU 4 8111 No. 6C IB One Ton Special Chamber Dropped Right On Target CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) An unmanned space capsule soared 107 miles high and 1,425 miles downrange today in its most severe test and was re covered from the sea 21 minutes later. The spacecraft was propelled aloft from this missile testing station at 9.10 a.m. on the nose of a giant Atlas missile. ft landed 13 miles from the nearest of a fleet of waiting recovery ships and was quickly spotted by crew men of an airplane. The LSD landing ship dock Donner hoisted the spacecraft aboard. There was no immediate word here on what dam- ago, if any, had been done to the Atlantic Ocean. The aim of the test was when such a spacecraft returns through the atmosphere under the worst possible conditions. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said that the Atlas launcher and the spacecraft itself performed satisfactorily. If the capsule survived with little effects, it will be a tremendous boost to mis nation's hope of sending an astronaut into orbit late this year. The floating capsule was sight ed at 9:32 a.m. and the recovery, by helicopter, was made. The bell-shaped capsule was aboard the Donner at 10:09 a.m. NASA announced 25 minutes af ter launching: "Preliminary indications are the Mercury-Atlas spacecraft flew its programmed trajectory, hitting a ! peak altitude of approximately 107 statute miles and landing approx imately 1,425 statute miles down- CAPB CANAVERAL. Fla. (AP) The United States today selected three astronauts (o be gin final training for a manned rocket flight expected In two or three months. The three are John Glenn, Virgil Grissom and Alan Shcp aid. Robert Gllruth, Mercury proj ect director, announced the se lection at a news conference aft er the successful firing of a space capsule of the type to be used in manned flight. range. The approximate peak vel ocity was 12,850 miles per hour." These figures were very near those sought in the test a 115 mile altitude, 1,400 miles down- range and 13,000-mile-an-hour speed. The spacecraft Is like the one that successfully carried Ham, the space chimpanzee, on a short flight Jan. 31. There was no liv ing thing aboard today, however.' The lest was a critical one for both the capsule and the Atlas booster, a strengthened version of a missile which exploded on similar flight last July. Both had to perform almost flawlessly. Otherwise, the United Slates probably will forfeit its chance already admittedly slim to send a man into orbit late (his year. A triple tail of fire spurted from the three big engines as the Atlas shot into a clear sky. Forty sec onds after lift-off the 77-foot rock- ct curved toward the southeast and sped from sight. The results of today's flight are important to a plan to hurl an American astronaut on a rocket light within two or three months. The smaller Redstone rocket will be used for that test. All seven U. S. astronauts werei inglon County's 2'a representa tives would be increased to 3. Clackamas County's 3 would be boosted to 4. Hood River and Wasco, now each with one representative, would be cut to one-third each. Yamhill's l'i would be reduced to one. If the legislature passes a re apportionment plan, it would be subject to review by the Supreme Court. If the legislature docs not, then Secretary of Stale Howell Appling Jr. would draft a reap portionment plan. Gov. Mark O. Hatfield said he Weather Ml. Shasta-Siskiyou area Part ly cloudy today and tonight. Clearing Wednesday. Slightly cool er Wednesday. Northern California Rain Eu reka northward this aftrrncon and tonight, but otherwise fair today, tonight and Wednesday. Talent's of morning fog near coast. Little change tn temperature. Freara the capsule as it landed in to determine what happens on hand for the tests. Two ot them Leroy Cooper and Walter Schirra streaked overhead in a FI06 jet when the missile was launched. Virgil Grissom was at a tracking station in Bermuda. The other four were at the Cape. The Atlas' mission was to push the space chamber to an altitude of 115 miles, thdh send it back into the earth's atmosphere at a peed of 13,000 miles an hour. The program for the spacecraft itself: to slam back through the heat barrier" of the atmosphere with the force of a truck hitting a brick wall and parachute into the Atlantic about 400 miles northeast of Puerto Rico, approximately 1400 miles southeast of Cape Ca naveral. Heavy Storm Widespread Over Nation By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The season's most severe snow storm hit the plains of west Texas and southeast New Mexico Mon day, isolating some communities and causing widespread traffic ticups. Flood waters from swollen riv ers and streams menaced aroas in Iowa, Mississippi, Pennsylva nia, Alabama, Virginia, Maryland and Florida. , The Southwest snowstorm erupt ed in freezing temperatures as rain splashed across most of Tex as eastward in warm air to the Atlantic Coast. In Texas, up to 20 inches of snow fell in the small town of Claucne, near Levclland, where the snow depth was 19 inches. Scores of children were rescued from seven school buses which stalled in the Levclland area. Lubbock, a city of 128,691, was virtually paralyzed by a foot of snow and Lovington, N.M., was stranded by a 16-inch fall. Visibility was reported near zero during the height ot the storm. Snow mixed with rain fell dur ing the morning in Lubbock, with temperatures at freezing. Fifty students and 15 teachers were forced to spend the night in a school In nearby Woolforlh. Roads were virtually impassable. National guardsmen were called to assist highway crews in clear ing roads in the storm belt. Thousands of cars were aban doned. Road crews, driving trac- (Continued on Page 4-A) dorses a specific phin. he would have to make sure It conforms to the spirit of the Constitution. Since Hie plan has such little impact on Eastern Oregon, Re publicans should get support from Eastern Oregon legislators. That in itself might insure passage of the plan. It had been assumed that East ern Oregon's legislative delega tion might bo cut under any re apportionment plan according to population. That is because the eastern part of the state has not grown as fast as the western por tion in the past decade. Rut the Republican plan would give the eastern part the tame representation as It now hai.