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By FRANK JENKINS
The news today?
Overseas, it's still the weather.
Dispatches, from London this
morning report that for the sixth
consecutive day bitter winter
weather brought havoc and death
to Europe, with forecasts for more
snow and cold for the week-end
From Britain east to the Iron Cur.
tain, from Lapland south to the
normally balmy Mediterranean,
an unofficial count shows that
deaths attributed to the weather
rose above 400 for the week so
far.
Traffic, rail and miscellaneous
accidents attributable to the wea-
ther have killed at least 130 Brit
ons. A spokesman for the Royal
Automobile Club says the
roads in hard-hit southern Eng
land resemble Alpine passes.
In Spain. 11 persons have died
and about 7.000 are homeless due
to floods. Crop damages from a
cold snap in Eastern Spain are
estimated at JW1.4 million.
In Norway, there have been
eight deaths. Norwegian dispatch
es report this morning that at the
village of Hell, near the Nor
wegian city ol Trondhcim. the
temperature dropped to five
.bove. At Paradise, near the city
of Bergen, the temperature last
night was only 28 above.
Draw your own conclusions,
France reports 44 deaths from
the cold. From Nice, down in the
far south, comes the sad tale that
low temperatures are chilling the
Bikini-clad beauties along the Ri
viera. No deaths, but much shiv
ering.
Germany Is having the coldest
weather in years. Traffic acci
dents due to icy roads and snow
have resulted in G6 deaths and
1500 injuries.
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Avenue Service Eases
Expense Account Rules
So far, here in the high coun
try. we have been doing very
nicely in the way of weather. It
has been a bit chilly around the
edges for the past few days, but!
nothing much to complain about.
Maybe the Weather Bureau
w hich went out on a long limb re
cently and foretold that for the
next DO days the Pacific North
vst will have temperatures ES
SENTIALLY ABOVE NORMAL,
with beiow normal rain and snow.
knows what it is talking about
Incidentally
In response to an appeal by
this column several days ago.
Wyatt Padgett has come across
with a copy of the I9tvi Farmers
Almanac. He reports regretfully
that he has no copies left of the
1!2 edition, and adds:
"The 1!;2 Farmers' Mmanac
predicU-u the Big Blow of Oc
tober, but MISSED IT BY TWO
DAYS. I am out of the l3's, but
possibly could get one from the
publisher if you should demand
proof. I'll mail one to the Weather
Bureau, so I hey can keep up to
date."
WASHINGTON (UPD The
Internal Revenue Service URS
has eased its expense account
rules so they "won't hurt anybody
wno nasn t been trying io got
away with something."
IhS Commissioner Mortimer
Caplin said Thursday night that
alter Jan. I, taxpayers would
need receipts to prove deductions
of more than S2o a day for busi
ness travel, entertainment and
gifts.
When the service first an
nounced its controversial propos
als last November, it set a $10
limit on the amount of expense
account living that could be
claimed daily without receipts.
This raised a great protest from
businessmen.
The limit was raised. Caplin
said, alter listening to com
mcnts at public hearings and
when our own agents agreed that
up to $25 was more appropriate."
Under the new requirements "a
person would almost be inviting
fraud charges if he made delib
erate overstatements. It would be
quite unwise for anyone to fabri
cate such records," he said.
Individuals would be allowed 30
days and companies up totfiree
months to convert to the new rec
ord-keeping requirements, Caplin
said.
As a conservative estimate.
Caplin said, "the Treasury will
save about $100 million a vear."
Bui he said he actually expected
an even greater tax yield.
"This will mean greater profits
for companies and therefore more
revenues for the government,
tlie commissioner said. "It will go
a long way . toward eliminating
abuses both deliberate and ac
cidentally born out of confusion of
what was required by t h e old
rules.
He said he also expected that
the tougher expense accoijit reck
oning would promote more hon
est returns from the general pub
lic, some of whom complained
why should I pay an honest tax
when so-and-so down the block is
ving it up on his expense ac
count."
Large Ship Sought
For Ransom Trade
MIAMI lUPH-The Red Cross
was searching today for a ship
bigger than the 10,000-ton African
Pilot to take more ransom goods
to Cuba and possibly bring out
another load of refugees.
And President Kennedy, after
talking with leaders of the ill-fat
ed Cuban invasion, was making
plans to fly to Miami Saturday
and address an expected 80.000
Holiday Death
Count Begins
By United Press International
Millions of Americans will take
to the highways tonight for the
tart of the four-day New Year's
holiday.
The National Safety Council
estimated that from 420 to 480
persons would die and from 18,-
(100 to 21.000 would be injured dur
ing the holiday period.
The holiday period begins at 6
p.m. local time and ends midnight
New Year's Day.
State and local authorities.
shocked by the number of high
way deaths during the long Christ
mas holiday, went all out in pro
moting safety on the highways
and streets this weekend.
Cuban exiles in Miami's Orange
Bowl.
The African P.Iot left last Sat
urday with 1,800 tons of medical
supplies and foodstuffs and re
turned Thursday with '.122 rel
atives of the Cuban invasion pris
oners. The Red Cross said thousands
of relatives still in Cuba are eag
er to leave and that Premier Fi
del Castro has made a firm offer
to release them.
"We are making preliminary
arrangements to get another shin
to take lrcight to Cuba but noth
ing firm has been worked out
yet," said Rod Cross spokesman
Roy Johnson.
He said there are 37 carloads
of supplies at Fort Lauderdale.
Fla.. to help pay the remainder
of the ransom demanded by Cas
tro for the release of the 1,1131
prisoners who returned here ear
lier this week.
At the same time. Enrique Ila-
ca. of the Cuban Families Com
mittee, said he hoped any ship
taking freight into Cuba could
bring back relatives of tlie freed
prisoners.
He said Thursday's group was
only "the first load" and that
4.000 of the prisoners' relatives
are making preparations for the
oneway trip to the United States
Featherbed
Cut-Off Day
Set Jan. 9
Factor 'Shocked' By
That Money Bought
Claim
Pardon
BEVERLY HILLS. Calif. 'ITI
John (Jake the Barber) Factor
said Thursday he had contributed
to both political parties and was
shocked by a Republican official's
demand that President Kennedy-
give assurance Factor's Christ
mas pardon was not influenced
by campaign contributions.
William E. Miller, Republican
national chairman, made tlie de
mand after a check of House rec
ords showed Factor and his wife
gave political contributions total-
Ketch Sails
Wiih Girls
SAUSALITO. Calif. 'UPl'-Tho
43-foot ketch Neophyte, with cold
cream stored in tlie hold instead
of rum and hardtack, was failing
toward Hawaii l-jday wuh its
mutiny-proof crew of girls.
Skipper Lee Quinn. the only
man on board, said before leaving
Thursday that his four-cirl crew
vruld make bettor sailing com
panions than men.
"They are more docile, ticy
lake orders, and they don't cause
trouble at sea like some men."
said Quinn. a steeplejack turned
seafarer.
He insisted it ua hu wife who
suggested bringing tlie girls along
on the 2. loo-mile voyage, and he
thought it was a fine idea.
For the comfort of his crew he
brought aboard large supplies ol
cold cream and olive oil to pre
vent chapped and weathered skin
ing $22,000 lo three Democratic
groups in I960.
Kennedy granted a pardon tn
Factor which quashed threatened
deportation proceedings against
him. Factor became a millionaire
philanthropist ,1 California after
serving a sentt lice for a 1943 mail
fraud conviction.
Factor, in a local television in
terview, said he had contributed
$5.ono to the lM) presidential
campaign of former vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon, who on.
posed Kennedy.
When asked why he contributed
to bot'i parties. Factor said. "I
have a good many firends and I
am in the habit of making cer
tain contributions. I'm like the fel
low that can't say no."
Earlier, a spokesman for Fac
tor, who declined to have names
used, said Factor "is shocked
that the Republican party is mak
ing a political issue of his pardon."
A pardon is only granted w hen
a person has been rehabilitated,"
he said. "One of the conditions
is responsibility in the community
in which he lives. Mr. Factor has
shown he is a responsible person
by his deeds in helping lo build
hospitals and institutions and also
by helpinz the underprivileged."
The spokesman ulso said Factor
applied for a presidential pardon
in 1958 under a Republican ad
ministration and that it was the
"Republican pardon attorney who
recommended his pardon."
He added that Atty. Ccn. Rob
ert F. Kennedy had made an in
dependent investigation during the
past two vears "and when he
WASHINGTON UPH-Suprcme
Court Jus'ice William O. Douglas
today delayed until Jan. 9 the ef
fect of a lower couit decision that
would allow the nation's railroads
to eliminate featherbedding, or un
necessary work.
Originally, the ruling was lo
have gone into effect Jan. 2.
If the five railroad unions in
volved in tlie cese file their ap
peal in we supreme Court by
Jan. 9. no change in the work
rules can take place unlil the case
receives high court consideration.
Washington attorney Milton Kra
mer, who represents the brother
hoods, sought the stay from Doug
las lo allow time for an appeal.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals on Nov. 28 upheld the
right of the railroads to make the
antifcatherbedding changes in the
work rules. The changes were
originally scheduled to go into ef
fect Aug. IS but have been de
layed because of tlie continuing
litigation.
The circuit court stayed its de
cision until Jan. 2, but Kramer
said that period did not allow him
enough time lo file a properly
prepared appeal.
When the appeal comes in, the
railroads will have an opportunity
to submit opposition arguments
against Supreme Court review.
Laler the court will announce
whether it will decide the case.
If review is granted, the court:
will schedule arguments and de
cide the issues by written opinion.
If review is denied, the circuit
court's decision will become final
and the railroads can go ahead
with their work reorganization
programs.
No. 7023
Weather
Klamath Falls, Tulclake and
Lakevlew Increasing cloudi
ness tonight; mostly cloudy on
Saturday with rain or snow be
ginning Saturday afternoon. Lows
tonight 1R-22. High Saturday 38.
Weekend forecast !s tool and wet
with snow Indicated for Saturday
night and Sunday morning.
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Organization, Financing
Outlined At Board Meet
HOSPITAL PLANS PROCEED Planning for the establishment of a new 14 1 -bed hos.
pital in Klamath Falls continued to move ahead Thursday when Harry E. Palmer, cen
ter, director of hospital planning and construction for the Oregon State Board of
Health, arrived here from Portland to meet with the hospital board and view prelim
inary drawings of the proposed building. Architect Bob Starbuck, left, and Grant
Marsh, chairman of building committe, discussed the layout of the hospital with
Palmer for three hours yesterday. The director also met with various committees of
the board before returning to Portland Friday afternoon.
o Maanefic Field
Reported On Venus
par-
he Uieii recommended tlie
don."
Miller said he believed "it is
incumbent on the administration
to assure the American people in
no uncertain terms that the presi
dential pardon granted John Fac
tor is in no way connected with
the fact that he and his wife
were subrtantial contributors to
the cause of the Democratic
party."
STANFORD, Calif. (UPI Sci
cntisls who conductec1 experiments'
when the satellite Mariner 2 flew
past Venus said today that there
was no evidence that Venus had
a magnetic field surrounding it
as docs the earth.
Reports on the Mariner flight
Dec. 14 were made to the nation
al conference of the American
Physical Society and the Ameri
can Geophysical union, meeting
at Stanford University.
Four scientists who were ir
charge of the magnetometer ex
periment said that although the
satellite flew within 21.594 miles
of the surface of Venut. tliero was
no rise inlhe average value ot the
magnetic field.
The instruments aboard the sat-
Driver Dies
In Car Flip
On Friday
ellile were sensitive to a changcP
Betty Mario Wolfram. 84. Mer
rill, was killed early Friday when
the automobilo she was driving
went out ol control rear mllepost
six, koiiic 3D. and went n o
Od Judge
Takes Oath
Pi.ATTSB!''.G. Mo. L'PI -
When Clinton County Magistrate
A. K. Alexander takes his oath of
office anew next week, he wants
no fan fare. He will be smarting
his 13th year at the post.
But. probably, a few- will raise
their eyebrows.
Alexander is 103 years old
An assistant said "just (he us
ual ceremony" was planned for
the oath-taking. Alexander doesn't
appreciate "folderol" and cele
brated his birthday Nov. ft bv
working all day. He still drives
his own car. manipulating the ve
hicle to work even over icv
roads.
"He works all day. every day.
win'er and summer." the assist
ant said.
And for Alexander, a career as
a judge which started when he
was 90 is just another adven
ture. He already had been a
was satisfied that Mr. Factor hadlschool teacher, lawyer, postmas-
completely rehabilitated himscll,ter and newspaper man
Dr. Kelsey
Heads Unit
WASHINGTON (UPH Dr.
Frances O. Kelsey. who kept tha
lidomide off the American mar
ket, today was named to head a
new drug investigation unit of the
federal government.
Anthony J. Celebrei7e. Ivealth.
education and welfare secretary.
said that under the reorganization
of the Food and Drug Adminis
tration's Rureau of Medicine, Dr.
Kclsey's division will check the
report of new drugs sent to tlie
government by manufacturers.
The secretary also announced
organijalion of a new drug status
branch. It will administer the new
laws concerning chemicals in
drugs.
A "new drug surveillance
branch" also is being established
under the reorganization. It will
check on whether adverse reac
tions to new drugs are being
properly reported to the FDA, and
whether drugs are being market
ed in accordance with the new
laws.
Dr. Kelsey sine! rational fame
when she managed to keep the
sedative thalidomide from being
sold in the United Slates while
checking adverse reports from
overseas. The drug, it was found.
caused hundieds of children to be
born malformed in Europe, where
It was given to women in early
stages of pregnancy.
Cold Numbs
Europeans
Sixth Day
LONDON (UPD-For the sixth
consecutive day bitter winter
weather brought havoc and death
to Europe today with forecasts for
more snow and cold over the
weekend.
From Britain east to the Iron
Curtain, from Lapland south to
normally balmy Mediterranean an
unofficial count showed deaths at
tributed to the weather rose above
400 for the week.
Traffic, rail, and miscellane
ous accidents have killed at least
137 Britons to top the grim fa
tality toll. Although tlie airports
were back to normal today, a
Royal Automobile Club spokesman
said roads in hard-hit southern
England "resemble Alpine
passes.
But workr on the Srilly Isles
?ff the Miulhwest coast picked
early blooming narcissi. London
shoppers lined up at 6:30 a m. in
24 degree darkness for post-Christmas
sales. British railways ran
"ghost trains" to de-ice their
lines.
One of the worst hit areas on
the continent was Spain where II
persons have died, about 7,000
were homeless due to floods in
the south, and crop damages
Irnm a cold snap n the eastern
section were estimated at !)5
million.
Heavy rains flooded Seville, Ca
diz and Huelva provinces In the
Andalusian south, cutting trans
portation and communication and
bringing appeals for emergency
relief for the homeless. The tem
peratures ranged from a high of
52 in Cad, i to a low of 17.5
north of Madrid.
In Norway, where eight deaths
were reported, it was colder in
Hell (north of Tror.dheimi at 5
above zero than in Paradise 'near
F-ergem at 2H.5. Neighboring Swe
den with 10 deaths reported below
zero temperatures and the recup
eration of a Santa Clans In the
port of Trelleborg alter hospitali
zation for exi'ure.
of five gama. a unit of magnetic
measurement. But they did not
register w hen near the planet. The
Earth has a magnetic field of ap
proximately 30.000 gama at the
equator and 50.000 gama at the
poles.
The scientists were P. J. Cole
man of the University of Califor
nia at Los Angeles: Prof. Levcrett
Davis Jr. of the California Insti-
lutc of Technology, Dr. Edward
Smith of the Jet Propulsion
laboratory, and Dr. C. P. Sonelt
of Ames Research Center.
They said that their findings do
not necessarily mean that Venus
has no magnetic field but that, If
it does have one, it is either weak
or limited to a region close to the
planet.
They also reported that their
data was consistent with astro
nomical observations indicating
that Venus is rotating at much
slower rate than Earth.
John D. Anderson and George
Null, scientists of the Cal Tech
let Propulsion Laboratory, report
ed that the Mariner 2 fly-by also
produced the most accurate esti
mate yet of tlie mass of the
planet.
Longshore
Talks Open
' NEW YORK l'PP - Secre
tary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz
meets today with snipping indus
try representatives, starting a
new round of negotiations to set
tle the longshoremen't strike.
Elsewhere along the Atlantic
and Gulf of Mexico coaMs, the
six-day walkout by dockworkers
was marked by gunfire, threats
of court action and union efforts
to keep stray locals In line with
national strike policy.
Wirtz. who presided over bar
gaining sessions until the talks
Icollapsed last week, said he
would confer with negotiators for
the New York Shipping Associa
tion (NYSA) today. He planned to
meet with International Long
shoremen s Association (fLA( of
ficials Saturday.
"It Is Imperative in the nation.
al Interest that negotiations be
resumed," Wirtz declared.
As independent stevedores de
fied LA pickets and unloaded ba
nanas from tlie Swedish freighter
Brita Thornden at Galveston,
Tex., Thursday night, four shots
were fired and one bullet hit a
man who had crossed the picket
line. Ben Kline, head of the firm
receiving the bananas, was stand
ing only two feet way.
borrow pit on the left side of tlie
highway, stale police have re
ported.
After veering into tlie borrow
pit, the car rolled over several
times and stopped en its top, fac
ing south, it was reported.
Police were jmmoned to the
accident about 1:50 a.m. and
found Mrs. Wolfram dead inside
the automobile. Peace Ambulance
arrived moments laler and took
her to Klamath Valley Hospital
where she was pronounced dead
on arrival.
It was the fourth fatal traffic
acciocni in tlie Mamatn falls area
since Christmas Eve, when two
people were killed in a one-car
accident on Lakeshore Drive and
another drowned when the vehicle
in which the victim was a passen
ger went into' the canal which
runs parallel to Highway 97,
south of Klamath Falls.
Coroner J. Martin Adams who
performed an autopsy Friday de
termined Mrs. Wolfram s death re
sulted from broken neck, when
the autornol.Ue apparently whip
lashed.
Mrs. Wolfram was returning
home after completing work at
Little Sweden Restaurant where
she had been a part time employe
(or the last five years.
She was a native of Klamath
Falls.
Survivors include Ore widower,
lien, of Merrill; four daughters,
Mrs. Virginia Butler, Malin, Do
lores Ann, Susan and Denisc, at
home in Merrill; her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Turner, Malin; sis
ters, Mrs. Donna Knrrer, Joanne
Turner, Klamath Falls and Mr.
Darlene llachenberg, Malin.
Staff organization, administra
tion, construction and financing
aspects of the proposed Klamath
Falls lntcr-Communily Hospital
were outlined at a joint session
of the board of directors and ad
visory board members Thursday
night.
Making presentations were
Cliff Schwarburg, hospital con
sultant from Whittier, Calif., and
Harry Pairner, Portland, director
of hospital planning and construc
tion for the Oregon State Board
of Health.
It is desirable and even neces
sary that organization of a
medical staff be achieved as
soon as possible, Schwarburg
told the group. He recommended
course of action that would
ask members of the medical pro
fession of the community to make
application to be a charter mem
ber of the medical staff. As soon
as this roster is completed," It
ould be possible for the doctors
lo organize a staff. This would
serve as the official medical or
ganization for the purpose of
planning and development of the
hospital and its operation,
Schwarburg explained.
The medical staff then could
divide itself into committees
which could make positive recom
mendations to the board in such
areas as building design, equip
ment, personnel, administrative
and medical procedures, and re
lated fields, Schwarburg pointed
out.
Schwarburg Is chairman of the
design and construction commit
tee of the American Hospital As
sociation and acts ns consultant
lo the design and construction
division of the U.S. Public Health
Department. He is administrator
of tlie 300-bod hospital at Whit
tier. He has been retained op
consulting basis by the Inter-
Community Hospital board.
Hospitalization has become
big business in the United
States." Schwarburg said. "Hos
pitals are the fourth in size in
this country in the number of
persons employed. Your proposed
unit (141 beds) could become the
largest single employment unit
in tho Basin," he added.
Hospital plants and equip
ment represent the fifth largest
capital investment area In the
United Stales, and the com
bined capital investments of
Ford, General Motors and Chrys
ler ure less than those which
we have in hospital plants and
equipment in tlie nation," he
added.
The Klamath area Is one of
six intermediate districts In
the slate. Palmer stated, in ex
plaining briefly how the state Is
divided Into several areas for
control in hospital facilities and
patient care. There are two
base areas" and 19 "rural dis
tricts" included In the Oregon
complex.
Aa an intermediate area, Klam
th Falls and Klamath County
are regarded as a potential med
ical center w ith a huge area re
sponsibility in providing medical
facilities. Palmer explained. The!
proposed facility in Klamath
Falls has an A-l project priority
with the State Board of Health,
he emphasized.
This priority assures the Klam
ath Falls project of an excellent
opportunity to have Hill-Burton
funds made available when ap
plication is made. Palmer ex
plained. Under Hill-Burton ad
ministration, funds are made
available to the state for distri
bution to communities which
qualify for up to one-third of the
cost of equipping and construction
of a hospital in Hill-Burton funds,
Palmer explained.
He pointed out that the receipt
of Hill-Burton funds carries
with it no administrative or op
eration restrictions insofar as the
federal government Is concerned.
If design and construction dead
lines ere met, it is possible that
the Klamath Falls project would
qualify for another type of fed
eral assistance under the Public
Works Accelerated Act, Palmer
said. Here, it would be possible
to receive one-half of the cost
of equipping and construction of
the facility.
Application has been made for
both types of assistance, although
the project will qualify for only
one, finally. To meet require
ments of the public works bill.
the Klamath Falls project must
be under construction by June 30,
1963. The board and the archi
tects have been working under
an accelerated planning program
in an eflort lo meet these re
quirements. Palmer pointed out.
that If the effort Is successful. It
will mean that the community
will receive an additional
per cent of the total cost of the
project as compared to what
It will receive under Hill - Burton
procedures.
Palmer and Schwarburg were
due today to conclude their round
of visits and meetings with ar
chitects, finance campaign lead
ers and others closely connected
with the hospital.
Donation
Can Lighten
Tax Burden
Klamath Basin Income tax
payer might be la a position
to contribute tnibstantially to
the proposed Inter-Community
Hospital If they will review
their tax payment situation be
fore the end of the year, fl
nance campaign leaden point
ed out today.
fader provisions of the Inter
nil Revenue Sendee Act, K la
possible that taxpayer! could
deduct any contributions to the
hospital facility from their
taxes due from 1962 net in
come. Taxpayers who might want to
make a contribution before the
year end were urged today to
seek competent advice aa to
their tax situation, and If It
warrant, get their checks made
out before Jan. 1, 193.
"Even persons In the lowest
net Income brackets will be sur
prised at bow little a substan
tial contribution to the hospital
will cost them,'' finance cam
paign leaders noted.
Rocket Removal Seen Fatal
To Fidel's Political Future
By FRANCIS I,. MCCARTHY
L'PI Latin American News Editor
Smuggled dispatches from
Western diplomatic and other re
liable sources in Cuba reported
today that Fidel Castro Is battl
ing for his political life.
Tie dispatches, delivered In
New York City, reported that his
image has been damaged, per
haps irreparably, by Nikila
Khrushchev's unilateral decision
to remove Russian rockets and
bombers and their crews from
Cuba.
The SovirJt action envaged Cas
tro's student followfrs, the dis
patches said, and h was report
ed having trouble keeping them
in line.
Cuha'g 7-mlllion people, mean
while, were described as increas
ingly restless over prolonged
shortages.
The dispatches said there was
oontinul anti-Castro activity In
the interior but described it as
scattered and Ineffective. More
serious for Castro, they said, was
growing discontent among the
peasantry.
The dispatches cited uncon-
fl'med" reports In Havana of
similar discontent within Ihe
armed forces.
Castro was said to be visiting
his a'ma mater, Ihe University of
Havana, almost nightly to keep
his siudeU followers from open
street protests againt what they
term "Soviet treason."
The dispatches cited protest
rallies will in the university, not
only against Khrushchev but
against university Rector Juan
Marinello, veteran president of
the Cuban Communist party for
40 years.
Diplomats said that the Internal
crisis In Cuba provoked by
Khrushchev's action also has
caused a cleavage In Cuban Com
munist ranks.
Such party stalwarts as Ern
esto (Che) Guevara, generally
credited with having been instru
mental in getting the rockets and
bombers Into Cuba, was described
as "enraged" over the Russian
role.
long sympathizer of Red Chi
na tn Its Ideological clash with
Soviet communism, Guevara was
said new to be openly pro-Peking
in his political altitude.
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