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. Now, in
our Diamond Juhilee year, if rep
resents retirement security for
I4il.nnn Scars and Allstate fami
lies." All regular employes of tne
company who have completed oncj
year of service arc eligible to:
join the fund, he explained. Mem
bers of Hie lund contribute five
per cent of their wages and sala
ries, up to a maximum of $5tK)
each year The company contri
butes a portion of ils net income.
The company's contribution is
credited to members' accounts oo
a formula based on their age,
length of service and dcosits.
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