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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1961)
RKRALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls. Oregon TuMdav, February 21. 1961 PAGE 7-A MASS 1 S-flSTgfli-'''.:' 1:1, II Communist Technicians warmin o 1i Cis ia HAVANA CAP' Communist bloc technicians and experts more and more are becoming a part of Cuba's national life. But diplo matic experts here believe they number in the hundreds, not thousands. Visitors from behind the Iron Curtain fall into three categories: military technicians whose activi ties and numbers are kept strict ly secret, technicians and experts employed by the Cuban govern ment, and trade and commercial exports here under their own gov ernments' sponsorship to scout possible barter deals with the Cuban regime. "We don't know how many Rus sians, Czechs and Communist Chinese there are in Cuba today," said one veteran diplomat, "but there are at least several hundred. "Most of those we see are mid dle-aged engineers and other tech nical experts. If the military tech nicians include many pilots or other "fighting men.' the Cubans are keeping them well hidden." A source close to the Kremlin's embassy in Havana said Soviet officials numbered the Soviets now in Cuba at just over 250. Other sources tend to confirm this fig ure. Also here are at least 200 Red Chinese, including a delegation of about 100 who arrived last Novem ber. Though they supposedly are agricultural experts, these Chinese are uniformed. o "li s no secret that some Rus sian and Czech military teclini-1 cians have arrived in Cuba to give Castro's soldiers and officers training on tanks, antitank and antiaircraft artillery and some other weapons," one qualitied source said. This informant and a majority of the diplomatic envoys here arc inclined to scoff at reports from abroad that the Soviet I'nion is attempting In install long-range locket launching pads in Cuba. Most said they were "more than certain" no such rockets or pads have been brought in or construct ed here. Castro's propaganda or gans consistently have denied the pads exist. Vet some diplomats claim to have "excellent information" that the Soviet I'nion has supplied Prime Minister Fidel Castro with some rockets, though they're be lieved to he of short-range anti aircraft or ground-to-ground types. One diplomat said he had infor mation on lockets "seven meters H9 6 feet ' long." which his inlor mant was able to describe and draw for him. These reportedly were seen at a military base out side Havana. Another diplomat reported he was told 28 heavy, tracked vehi cles moved 300 tons of unidentified military equipment into the area of Mavari Arriba in Oriente Prov ince in January. He said the heavily guarded equipment in cluded "pipes or barrels" 59 to i(3.5 feet long and 20 inches in diameter. There have been recurring re ports the Cuban regime possibly with Soviet technical assistance is constructing submarine or other naval stations on Cayo Largo. large key off Cuba's southwest coast, 60 miles east of the Isle of fines. This area has been restricted for months and the fivernment has not permitted visits to the key' nor allowed private planes to fly over it. Cuban journalists who visited the kev in the nast said w hat appeared to be a light plane airstrip was being constructed there. The semiofficial new snaner Rev- olucion Saturday published a full. page denial of reports from .inroad mat iayo Largo has been (Coiitinued On Page 9-A NEWEST AND OLDEST members of the profit sharing plan at Sears, Roebuck and Company in Klamath Falls store get together to compare notes. Manager Charles Burman announced Thursday that employes here now have a total of $562,752 cred ited to their accounts in the employes profit sharinq fund of the company. At left is Ford Kimpton, one of the longest service employes here, covering 22 years, and one of the newest to share in the plan, Ramona Coffman, an employe for the past two months. Profit Sharing Figures Noted For Local Sears Roebuck Staff If ynu visit the Sears store in Klamath Falls, you'll see extra big smiles on the other side of the counter. And for good rea sonthe employes as part-owners of the company have just re ceived some good news. , At a meeting last week, manager Charles Burman told the employes that they now have a total of $."62,752 credited to their accounts in the employes' prolit sharing fund. Fund members were given state ments showing how they shared in Sears profits last year, and the value of each member's ac count which is set aside for even tual retirement. The 53 local fund members include employes of the retail store, and of Allstate In surance Companies, a wholly owned subsidiary operation of Sears. Bui'man said the holdings of lo cal fund members included 7.KB1 shares of Scars stock and other securities amounting to $i:tti,3!H) as of Dec. 31, the end of the fund's fiscal year. More than H8.000 men and Laos Claims Neutral Aim VIENTIANE. Laos lAP'-King Savang Vathana has proclaimed a policy of nonalignment for Pre mier Bonn Oum's Western-backed government and asked three neu tralist neighbor nations to send a commission to confirm that Laos wants to live in peace. The 54-year-old monarch read a declaration Sunday that could open the way for a new interna tional approach toward ending the six-year-old internal struggle, in which the I'nited Stales backs Bonn and the Communists support a rebel fai l ion based on the pro Communist Pathrt Lao guerrillas. The king said Laos would honor international agreements into which it h.is "freely entered," presumably including continued acceptance of the l.'.S. millions that finance the Laotian army. "We hope that Camhndia. Bur ma and Malaya w iM form a com mission which would come to Laos to establish that the country threatens no one and aspires only to peace." the king said, address ing Bonn Oum. his Cahinet min isters and foreign diplomats gath ered at his palace. The 1' S. Stale Department wel comed the monarch's declaration, hailed his ideas as "constructive and promising'' and said it would respect his wishes. !mpmhei-s of the Savines and Prof. if Sharing Pension Fund of Sears, Roebuck and Company employes, he said. This is an increase of more than 4.000 members since a year ago, he pointed out. The 148.000 members include more than 12.000 employes of Allstate Insurance Companies which each year contribute to Sears protits. The employes' profit sharing fund, which is Sears largest sin gle shareowncr. held more than 26 per cent of the company's out standing stock at the end of 1060. Court Ruling Hits Costello I WASHINGTON (APi-The Su preme Court Monday upheld an order stripping racketeer Frank Costello of New York of U. S. citizenship. Justice Brennan delivered the 6-2 decision. Justice Douglas wrote a dissenting opinion in which Justice Black joined. Jus Hice Harlan took no part. At issue was the question wheth ier there was "willful misrepre sentation and fraud" wheni Costello listed himself as a real estate operator in hearings before a naturalization examiner in 1925. The government contended his real occupation in the Prohibition Era was bootlegging. U.S. Di.st. Judge Archie O. Dnwson of New York revoked Costcllo's citizenship on Feb. 20, 1959. after a long legal fight by the government. The government charged the 69-year-old underworld figure ob tained his citizenship under false pretenses. Born in Sicily. Costello was brought to the United Slates when 4 years old. He has been a target of various federal drives against criminal elements. The U. S. Cir cuit Court in New York approved cancellation of his citizenship on Feb. 17. 10. At that time Cos tello was in Atlanta federal peni tentiary serving a five - year sentence on conviction of evading $28.non in income taxes. In addition to the large invest menl in Scars stock, the fund's assets also are invested in the stock of more than 100 diversi fied companies and in other mis cellaneous securities. Total assets of the fund as nl Dec. 31' exceeded $1.4 billion. Of this amount some 170 million dol lars was contributed by employes from their wages and salaries. The remainder came from com pany contributions, investment in come and association in value of the fund's investments. "Sears profit sharing fund," j Bui-man said, "is the foundation upon which thousands of Seal's and Allstate families build their financial security for retirement. It was established in 1916. when the company was celebrating its 30th anniversary, and had 6,000 members when it began. 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