Bay'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
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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.
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nl Vnnltvh fnllrLj i- :. I.. ...h .11
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"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.
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rijr stole from rtavmond Min-
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rhella Mondav. but Minchella has
hich hopes the loot will return.
The thief took two homing pi-
gcons
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Klamalh Falls and
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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-
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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.