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COUP. la The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS As this is written, about mid morning, it is assumed that the Soviets have exploded their whop per bomb presumably a 50 meg atonner. the largest ever exploded by man. It was reported first from Swe den's Uppsala University A short time later, the French Atomic En ergy Agency announced in Paris that it had detected a "very, very powerful explosion probably of the 50 megaton size." About the same time, the Jap anese government's central mete orological agency reported in To kyo that its observatory in Akita, in northern Japan, began receiv ing shock waves just before mid night last night, which it believed to be from Russia's reported su perbomb explosion. What is our reaction if it happened? Secretary of Slate Rusk prompt ly referred this morning and gave his backing to a statement made by Roswell Gilpatric, our deputy secretary of defense, on Saturday night at a meeting of the U.S. Business Council at Hot Springs, Virginia, in which he said: "The U.S. has a nuclear RE TALIATORY force of such lethal power that an enemy move which brought it into play would be an act of self-destruction on his part. Even if the Soviet Union launched a surprise attack on us we could strike back with a blow fully as heavy as the enemy's initial on slaught." He added: "The U.S. has TENS OF THOU SANDS of vehicles with which to deliver nuclear power upon its target." Asked this morning in Washing ton what makes it possible for the administration to speak out so confidently and positively on U.S. military power, Secretary Rusk replied: "I think this is a point about which there ought to be more gen eral public understanding, because when you are in problems of ne gotiation the question inevitably comes up whether you are negoti ating from a position of STRENGTH or a position of weak ness or whether you have cause to be nervous or confident." Secretary Rusk wants it under stood that we are negotiating from a position of strength. It was plain in Washington-this morning that the text of the Gil patric speech at Hot Springs had been given "the highest possible clearance." Which is to say: We are telling the Russians: BRING ON YOUR BEARS. That's about the only way to deal with communists. If we show signs of hesitation or fear, they'll be on us like a pack of wolves. Incidentally You may ask: "What's a meg aton?" It comes from a Greek word meaning "great, mighty." In the metric system, electricity, me chanics, etc., "mega" means A MILLION TIMES. So a 50 mega ton nuclear bomb would be a bomb equal in explosive power to 50 mil lion tons of TNT. Crash Victim .Still Serious A 41-year-old Merrill man, Rob ert Burns, injured late Saturday afternoon in a two-car crash that killed the other driver, was still in serious condition Monday morning in Klamath Valley Hos pital. Burns' car collided with one' driven by Kenneth K. Wallan, 63, 4612 Thompson Street, at the in tersection of the Merrill Gravel Pit Road and the Lower Lake Road soutrwest of Merrill. Wal lan, proprietor of Ken's Fixit Shop of Klamath Falls, was killed in the wreck. State police said Burns had sus tained head and chest injuries. Two of Wallan's grandsons, who were passengers in his car, were thrown out of the car. The grand sons, Larry Whitney, 15 and Scott Whitney. 3, 2118 Wiard Street, were treated and released from the hospital. Police said Burns was eastbound on the Lower Lake Road while Wallan was going north on the Gravel Pit Road. According to the police report. Wallan ran a stop sign and Burns' car smashed into the door next to Wallan. wal lan's car continued on 110 feet, went up a six foot embankment and rolled over three times, com ing to rest on its wheels. Bums' car. according to police, was knocked about 40 feet. Wallan's body was taken to Ward's Klamath Funeral Home. It was the 15th traffic death of 1961 for Klamath County, v Weather Klamath Falls and vicinity Cloudy with ecasioul shower through tonight; partly cloudy Tuesday with snow ia mountains. Low tonight IS-30; high Tuesday 45-50. High Sunday 4 Low last night 32 Prerip. past 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 1 .26 Same period last year .56 Troops Escort Diplomat Through Communist Line BERLIN (API Gen. Lucius D. Clay today blamed Communist East German police for "irrespon sible and illegal behavior" caus ing an incident on the border in volving U.S. troops. Clay, President Kennedy's special envoy in Berlin, spoke up alter a squad of U.S. troops twice marched into Red-ruled East Ber lin Sunday night with bayonets fixed to escort E. Allan Lightner Jr., top State Department official in Berlin. East German police had stopped Lightner's car. The East Germans did not try to interfere with the U.S. soldiers. The U.S. soldiers were backed Hammarskjold Honored By Posthumous Award OSLO, Norway (API The No bel Peace Prize for 1961 was awarded today to Dag Hammar skjold, who perished on a peace mission in the Congo. The delayed peace prize for 1960 went to Albert John Luthuli, a Zulu Christian leader in South Africa, for his efforts to alleviate racial discrimination. Luthuli is the first African to receive the prize, worth 250,232 kroner $48,- 640. The Nobel Peace Prize Com mittee of the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) last year postponed its award. Hammarskjold became the first. man to receive the prize posthu mously. The U.N. secretary-general was killed Sept. 18 when his plane crashed en route to Ndola, Northern Rhodesia. He was seek ing to end the fighting between Katanga and U.N. forces by ne gotiating with President Moise Tshombe of Katanga Province. Hammarskjold, Swedish aristo crat who headed the executive branch of the United Nations from 1953 until his death, was mentioned as a candidate . last year alter organizing a U.N. force that halted the chaos in the Congo in mid-summer of 1960. However, the closing date for the list of candidates is Feb. 1 of the year of the award. The prize committee's state ment gave no specific reason for Hammarskjold's award. The prize1 will be placed at the disposal of Hammarskjold s estate. In view of the early closing date for nominations, Hammar skjold must have a lrcady been under consideration at the time of his death. Luthuli, a former Zulu chief, is one of the most respected African Rusk Nixes Red Talks WASHINGTON UPI - Secre tary of State Dean Rusk sees no prospect of immediate negotia tions with the Soviet Union over Germany and Berlin. Rusk made the statement Sun day shortly before U.S. Ambassa dor Llewellyn Thompson left for Moscow where he eventually is expected to resume exploratory talks with Soviet officials on the Berlin issue. Thompson ts sched uled to arrive in Moscow Tuesday In a television interview (ABC Issues and Answ ers I Rusk made it clear the West is negotiating from a position of strength. He saia mai aoviei rremier mniia Khrushchev "must know that we are strong." Rusk said he was among top government officials who approved la speech Saturday night in which Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell L. GilDatric said thai U.S. nuclear weapons were numbered in the "tens of thousands." These are the facts in the present situation." He added. "I think that it it import ant for our public and the rest of the world to know the essential facts." Price Ten Cents 14 up by three Patton tanks that moved up to the border. The tanks stood guard through the night but were withdrawn this morning. But East German police at the border were reinforced. . The behavior of the East Ger man people's police, "created the incident and forced the United States to send a military escort into the Soviet sector to assist the U.S. minister in exercising his right of free entry and free move ment in the Soviet sector," the statement said. Lightner is deputy chief of the U.S. mission, ranking behind the U.S ambassador to West Ger- leaders among South Africa's 10 million blacks. Head of the now outlawed Afri can National Congress, Luthuli has been banned from public life and held in detention periodically for most of the past eight years by South Africa's white supremist government. His moderation earned the re spect of those South African whites who want the government to soften its segregation policies. South Africa's colored Peoples Cotaress nominated Luthuli for president after South Africa with drew from the British Common wealth and became republic. Funds for the peace prize were left by Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. The prize is awarded to the man in the world who in the words of Nobel's will "has done the most or best -to further broth erhood amongst the peoples to abolish or cut down the standing armies and to create or further the work for peace congresses." Roof Falls In Theater NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - The ceiling of a neighborhood movie house collapsed Sunday night, plunging the fantasy world inside into a real-life nightmare. One woman was crushed to death under the tons of rubble. Officials said 50 or more persons, including many children, were hurt, apparently none critically. I screamed and screamed and jumped under the scat and screamed some more as all this stuff fell on top of the scat," said Ida Montelare. 13. She escaped unnurt but her cousin, Michael Lenz, 7, was in jured. Bruised and stunned as he was led to an ambulance, Michael said over and over: "I ran and 1 crawled." An audience estimated at 65 to 100 was in the one-story Nola The aterabout 5 miles east of down town New Orleans watching the thriller Homicidal." Fire Chief Howard Dcy said the projectionist told him there was a sudden crackling noise. A few seconds later, a two-foot layer of plaster and steel mesh fell from the 35-foot ceiling. It dropped in one massive piece like a blanket, covering the entire 400-seat the ater except for the last four rows. Heavy palls of dust clogged the air as crawling rescue workers cut a hole near the center of the rubble to pull out tlie body of Mrs. Bertrand Odinet. 64. Rayburn Weak DALLAS. Tex. (API House Speaker Sam Rayburn was re- , ported late Sunday "to be weak- er and less alert than he has been recently." A bulletin released Hospital, where the by Baylor 79-year-old Texas Democrat is ill with incur able cancer, said his condition re mains serious. N5i?APSR sscrio:i Paget many. As top State Department official in Berlin, he holds the rank of minister. Protests were expected from the Communists against the action of the American troops in escorting Lightner into East Berlin. Lightner, driving to -an East Berlin theater with his wife, was stopped by East German Vopos People s Police when he re fused to show his identification papers. The Western powers do net rec ognize the East German regime and maintain the Vopos have no right to check vehicles with Allied license plates. The Vopo captain in charge of the Friedrichstrasse checkpoint charged Lightner had been drink ing and deliberately injured a Vopo guard by ramming him against another car. It was believed to be the ftrst armed American incursion into Communist territory in Berlin since the city was split into occu pation sectors after the end of World War II. The Vopo captain said grimly. "The Americans will hear more about this." Trujillos Flee Nation CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Domini: Can Republic (API The Trujillo family's two luxurious pleasure yachts today were reported ferry ing members of the dynasty into self-imposed exile from the strife torn Dominican Republic. Gen. Jose Arizmcndi Trujillo, a brother of the late Generalissimo Raphael Trujillo, reportedly boarded the luxury yacht Presi dente Trujillo during the weekend and headed for some Caribbean port, presumably Martinique, to catch a ship for Spain. The four-masted sailing ship An gelita, on which Hollywood beaut ies frolicked with the generalis simo's son Ramfis, was reported en route to Bermuda to pick up another brother of the assassinat ed dictator. Gen. Hector B. Tru jillo, and his American-born wife, the former Alma McLaughlin. But despite continuing unrest and the possibility that the 31 years of Trujillo rule might be drawing to a close, there was no indication that Ramfis Gen. Raphael Trujillo Jr., the chief, of the Dominican armed forces had any intention of fleeing. Both he and President Joaquin Bala guer have rejected opposition de mands that all the Trujillos and particularly Ramfis get out. Rock-throwing mobs continued to battle police in at least two! provinces, and at least one man was reported Killed about 120! miles north of Ciudad Trujillo. The leader of the largest oppos ition faction warned Balaguer that unless government-backed terror ists were put out of action, the population would be invited to de clare itself under curfew, with no one leaving their homes after 7 p.m. Fire Strikes Ocean Liner ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada AP) Fire burned out an Italian liner within sight of this British West Indies port today after all but one ol the 7j0 persons aboard es caped. All 1iope was abandoned for sal vaging the 17,321-ton Bianca C which burst into flames Sunday nighj shortly after anchoring about a mile off short. Maritime officials were investi gating reports of an explosion be fore the lire. The rescue was carried out smoothly in calm Caribbean seas. Chief engineer Rodizza Napale was killed and eight crewmen in jured, but there were no reports of casualties among the 400 pas sengers. r. av by s mm HaVX. .TV mmmlMZ KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, rigger Giant 1 - 'iAvN SCHOOL DEDICATION Keys to Lucll. O'Neill school were handed around in this picture taken during the dedication ceremony Sunday afternoon at the school. Left to right, David Davis, principal of the new school; Ray Hunsaker, superintend ent of city schools; Mrs. V. E. (Lucilel O'Neill, for whom the school was named; Francis Smith, principal speaker and chairman of the State Board of Education, and Wyatt Padgett, chairman of the elementary school board. Here, . Mrs. O'Neill hands the keys to Padgett who in turn gave them to Davis. Lucile O'Neill School "No one could ask for anything more than the love and affection of her own home folks," Mrs V. E. (Lucile) O'Neill told an as sembly of ' almost 350 friends. neighbors and school officials at a ceremony dedicating Lucile O NeiU Elementary School here yesterday. . Alia. O'vNcul'i remarks summar ized a dedication' Program that featured Francis I. Smith, Port land, who is chairman of the State Board of Education. Present for the dedication hon oring Mrs. O'Neill were members of the board of School District No. 1, architects and contractors in charge of planning and erect ing the building, and Klamath County school administrators and officials. Smith told the audience that completion of the new building does not mean that it is possible for people of the area to relax in their endeavor to provide edu cation and facilities of the high est order. 'Don't let this spirit of dedi cation wither and die," Smith said. "You must keep alive this spirit of love for children, and a desire to provide them with the tools of education so vital to their continued growth," he said, in turning over to Mrs. O'Neill the keys to the new $395,000 building located at the corner of Eberlcin and Avalon streets. Smith outlined the seven prin cipal goals of the State Board of Education, in explaining that he had served for the past 10 years on the board with Mrs. O'Neill. They are: Fundamentals of learning. De Psychiafrisf Calm In Face WASHINGTON (UPD Are Americans really getting "hyster ical" over the danger of nuclear war, as many Europeans think? A prominent psychiatrist said today he doesn't believe they are. There's a difference between serious concern about the world situation and panic," said Dr. Jerome Frank, professor of psy chiatry at John Hopkins Univers ity. "I think there's a good deal of Hie former, but I don't de tect much of the latter." Although fallout shelters have become a topic of dinner-table and cocktail party con versation, he said in an interview, this doesn't necessarily mean that Americans have developed a col lective anxiety neurosis. "We are a great people (or fads." he said. "Remember how the hula hoop swept the country? And the Yo-Yo? Well, right now it's the thing to do to talk about building a fallout shelter. Among mv personal acquaintances, how- ever, I know very few who have gone beyond talking and have ac tually built shelters. What effect will all this talk have on children? Will they con MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1961 sire of the student to learn: devel oping personal skills; develop ment of such basic subjects as polling, writing, arithmetic. Citizenship. Instilling in the. stu dent a high degree of patriotism and appreciation of discipline. Vocational competence. Devcl opmcnt of special aptitudes of the individual student. -Emphasis on health and physi cal fitness. Development of the aesthetic an prcciation of (he student. Making the student a worthy member of the home. Building of the moral and ethi cal values of the student. Smith referred briefly to the outstanding record of Mrs. O'Neill in education and related fields, stressing her obvious love for and Interest in children. He read letter from Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield which paid tribute to her service to education on the na tional, state and local levels. At the conclusion of his talk, Smith presented the keys to the building to Mrs. O'Neill. She, in turn, gave them to Wyatt Padgett, chairman of the board of educa tion of School District No. 1. Pad gett gave the keys to David J. Davis, principal, who presented members of the faculty and staff of Lucile O'Neill School. Dignitaries participating in the ceremony included momDcrs oi the board, Rollin Cantrall, Mrs. Clara G. Moore, Mrs. Martha Powell and Padgett; Gary E. Rob ertson, assistant superintendent; Harold Ashley, clerk of the school district: John R. Howard, of the firm of Morrison, Howard and Says U.S. Of Tftreaf clude from their parents' conver sation that there's not much point in working hard at schools, or otherwise preparing themselves for a highly uncertain future? 'Children are far more likely to be affected by how adults be have than by what they say. Par ents who are really frightened will communicate their jiUers to their children even if they never mention war in their presence, But if children sense that their parents are taking the whole ihing calmly, and going ahead with life in a normal way, they'll probably do the same, regardless of the scare-words that may be gibly tossed around in their pres ence." Frank said the greatest psycho logical danger of too much talk about nuclear war it that it may weaken the determination o? adults to avoid such a conflict. "If we go on talking blithely about 70 million casualties, and coolly estimating whether 10 or 220 per cent of the people in a certain area might survive, we may get hardened to prospects Irom which lational human be ings should recoil in horror," he said. Telephone Dedicated Stai'buck, architects; E. V. Cum- mings, Grants Pass, contractor. Ray C. Hunsaker, superinten dent of city schools, presented guests and acted as master of ceremonies. A musical prelude was provided by the KUHS string orchestra un der the direction of M. Dal. Hal- lack, Who also directed the KUHS Madrigal singers during the pro- gram. Invocation was by Capt. Jeffer son E. Davis, chaplain, Kingsley Field; benediction was by Rev, Laing W. Sibbet, Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church. Presentation of colors was made by members of Cub Scouts, Pack 77. A reception followed the pro gram. Snow Trapped Hunters Object Of Rescue Drive By United Press International . Stranded hunters beat their way from snow-clogged passes in the northern Rockies today and the worst flood in 17 years unindated farms along Virginia's James River. Gale winds and high tides sub sided from New York to northern New England today after the pas sage of tropical storm Gerda. A slow-moving cold front which brought snow and day-long near- freezing temperatures to North Dakota Sunday advanced into the corn belt, dropping the mercury 10! or more degrees as it passed, Some 500 hunters were caught in the mountains ot utan ana southern Idaho by a storm which dropped up to four inches of snow over the weekend. The greatest concentration of the stranded oc curred near Burlcy, Idaho, where more snow was expected. Plaa Food Drops National Guardsmen and local authorities took snow vehicles into the mountains to rescue the hunt- Churchill Suffers Cold LONDON (UPD - Sir Winston Churchill, 86, is suffering from a slicht chill and cold, but "he is not too bad," a spokesman said today. The spokesman said the former British prime minister was taken ill at his Chartwell country home. "Sir Winston has not been con fined to bed," the spokesman said. "In fact he has been up and about since early this morning, "The doctors were naturally called In. But he is not too bad.' Churchill, who suffered a brok en bone in his back last winter. was in his House of Commons seat during a special three-day parliamentary session last week. TU 4-slll No. 68:4 Exp By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Soviet Union set off a giant nuclear explosion today. A Swedish expert said the bomb was at or near the by Premier Khrushchev. A spokesman for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commis sion suggested caution in speculating about the explo sion until more information becomes available. .The observatory at Upp' sala, Sweden, said today's explosion was twice as heavy as any previous Soviet tests in the series that be gan last month. The explosion also was record ed in France and Japan. Premier Khrushchev told the Communist parly congress last week that the current series of I Soviet tests probably would con clude at the end of this month with the testing of a thermonu clear device equivalent to 50 mil lion tons of TNT. Some versions of Khrushchev's speech had the explosion pegged for Oct. 30 or 31, A storm of protest against plans for the blast has been building up in the United Nations and else where in the world. Thus the So viet Union conceivably could have decided to go ahead with the test! ahead of the scheduled time. There was no confirmation of this, however, from Moscow or any other source within the first few hours after today's blast went off. Dr. Arthur Baath, of the Upp sala Seismological Institute, said he found reason to believe today s explosion was of a 50-megaton bomb. But in Washington an ALC spokesman said: "It takes a certain amount of time to analyze this thing. From what we know, some caution needs to be exercised concerning the Swedish report Insofar as 50-megaton,.device is concerned Japanese sources had estimated VvMfirf tAct nimn in September. Dr. Baath said: "If today's explosion took place in the same area and at approxi mately the same altitude as ear lier tests, the power of the bomb must have been considerably stronger than any previous Soviet ers. Food drops from planes were planned in areas isolated by snow- blocked highways. The rescuers were hampered by breakdowns in telephone service to the Twin Falls-Burlcy area due to the storm. Tlie storm hit after hunters took to the woods Saturday for the opening of the deer season in Utah and Idaho. It left up to four feet of snow in some mountain areas. Snow also fell in parts of Mon tana and North Dakota. West Yel lowstone, Mont., reported 9 inches. Virginia s James River was ex pected to crest nine feet above flood stage today. Virginia s west ern highlands had. 11 Inches of rain over the weekend while trop ical storm Gcrda plowed north ward through the Atlantic. The floodwaters blocked roads in Virginia s Wight, Louisa and Goochland counties. Although few homes were endangered, the flood jeopardized livestock and farmers were moving their animals to higher ground. Railroad Tracks Covered Tlie flood covered the Chesa peake & Ohio Railroad tracks in Goochland County, forcing rerout ing of trains. Mile-a-minute winds and tides Iwo fect above normal were sub siding loduy from Long Island to Main alter causing serious dam age in some areas. A 17-year-old boy was missing in Long Island Sound and .author ities found his 10-foot boat over turned. Numerous other small craft were damaged. Six inches of waler swirled through Qulncy. Mass., streets at high lido Sunday. Flooding oc curred in low areas of Hull and Scitualc, Mass. Small boats were torn from their moorings and driv en ashore in Quincy and Hingham bays. Gale warnings were up on Lake .Superior along the leading edge of vast cold air mass which stretched from upper Michigan to Texas. Wenther Ml. Shasta-Siskiyou area Scat, terrd showers today and tonight: rain Tuesday with snow above 5,000 to 6,000 fret. Northern California Rain north to Eureka and Mt. Shasta today spreading to vlrjnlty of Santa Rosa by Tuesday morning; other wise cloudy through Tuesday, huow in northern mountains above 6.000 feet. there is reason to believe 50-megaton range promised nuclear detonation in the Novaya Zemlya area. This blast must have been registered 'round the globe. 'The estimated epicenter of the explosion was located in the gen eral direction of Novaya Zemlya. It was situated 1.300 miles north- cast of Uppsala in the area used for earlier Russian atomic experi ments. The explosion was registered on the Uppsala seismological ap-. paratus as twice as heavy as the most violent previous Soviet tests on last Sept. 10 and Oct. 6." Reapportion Plan Given To Top Court SALEM (AP) Secretary ot State Howell Appling Jr. formally resubmitted his plan for reappor tionment of the Oregon 'Legis lature to the state Supreme Court today. t The plan was the same as that given the court initially by App ling except for two changes he had , nroonsefl Infnnnallv In Uw court a - lour rlaus uFtai iha nl,n tva, uK- milted the first lime. Appling made no move to satis fy critics who contended he stanuld only refine the legislature's plan, which the court had declared the Constitution, had then ordered Appling to draw up his plan. - The legislature's nlan had made only token reapportionment, but Appling's plan added representa tion in more populous areas and took it away from less populous areas, chiefly in Eastern Oregon. The only changes In tlie plan today provide Klamath and Uma tilla counties with one representa tive each and lets each share Its second representative with neigh boring counties. The initial plan had the two counties each sharing with neigh boring counties the two represen tatives they now have by them selves. Appling's plan was submitted in advance of the Oct. 1 deadline set by the Constitution. He then sug gested amendments the day after the deadline. . The court last week In a letter from Chief Justice William M. McAllister to Appling suggested that Appling could, If he wished. submit a revised plan lor the con- - slderation of the court. , The letter said the court could only pass on whether Appling's plan was constitutional or uncon stitutional, but could not make any changes on its own. It did not at that time pass on the constitu tionality of the Appling plan. Assault Hits Congo State ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga (AP) President Moise Tshombe of Katanga announced today cen tral government forces launched a two-pronged attack on Katanga this rnorrfing. He said news of the attack reached him just as his Cabinet was considering the central gov ernment's reply to his proposals for economic union with the rest of the Congo. Tshombe said tlie central gov ernment forces crossed Into Ka tanga near Kapanga and Kania ma, both towns on Katanga's northwest frontier. LEOPOLDV1LLE. the Congo (AP) Premier Cyrilla Adoule has rejected Katanga's terms for reconciliation and his central government today demandeil strong U.N. support or action against the secessionist province. Information Minister Joseph Ileo said If necessary the central government will call on the U.N. Security Council, presumably for a new mandate on Kf.tanga.
