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Day's Sews
By FRANK JENKINS
One hundred years ago yester
day Governor Lcland Stanford o(
Ihe youthful state of California lit
was admitted to the Union in 1850.
and was then just entering its
teens as a state) stood on the
banks of the Sacramento river1
and with a silver shovel broke
ground for what was to become
the United States of America's
first transcontinental railroad.
Six years later, at Promontory
Point, in Utah, Governor Stan
ford drove the golden spike that
fastened down the last rail that
linked the Central Pacific to the
Union Pacific and thus made it
possible for railroad trains to
travel on one track from the At
lantic to the Pacific.
Yesterday Governor Edmundj
Brown, using the same silver
shovel, and standing at the same1
spot on the bank of the Sacra
menlo: re-enacted the century-old
ground-breaking ceremony.
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
One rather imagines that no
one present at that ceremony a
century ago would have been able
to imagine that 100 years later
the then-infant stale of California
would be the biggest state of the
Union, with a population exceed
ing 17 millions.
Nor
I think
Could anvnne then imagine that:
a century hence railroads would
be regarded as so slow that they
would be used almost exclusive
ly for the transport of freight.
Or that a Californian, a century
hence, would be able to climb
into his own carriage, step on
the starter, and in somewhere be
tween four and five days if he
drove early and late and pushed
down hard on the throttle be
in New York.
Or-
That a Californian, 100 years
from then, could step aboard a
jet liner after an early breakfast!
and eat a late dinner in Lon
don. Or coming the other way
and racing the sun that he could!
have an early lunch in London
or Paris and a reasonably early
dinner in San Francisco.
Nor
For that matter-
Could anyone standing there on
the Sacramento's banks a century
ago to watch the lunvng of that
first shovelful of earth marking
the beginning of the western end
of the then new and fantastic
transcontinental railroad imagine
that a century hence we would
be designing space vehicles to;
carry earthlings to the moon I
and taxing Ihe people to pay tor
them.
More fantastic figures:
In the rpnt.ll VPar of I860. tllC
population of the United States;
was 31.443.321. The population of
New York, at that time, was
3.880.775 about half the present
population of Los Angeles and
its far-flung suburbs. California's
..,,i,i, in titHl was 379.994.
i Incidentally, at that time, the
population of Oregon was 52.46o.i
Now
The combined population ol
x ..... vnrt onil California is some
where in the neighborhood of 35.-
ono.oon more man ine pupuiaium
of the entire United States a ccn-
Slightly scary thought: What
will things be like a ceniury
HENCE?
Negro Pupil
Draws Jeers
OXFORD, Miss. UTI i-Negro
student James H. Meredith was
greeted with jeers and catcalls
for the second successive nigni ai
the University of Mississippi
cafeteria Tuesday night.
About 23 of 100 sludents walked
out alter the 29-year-old Air
Fnrr veteran arrived at the
cafeteria, focal point of rowdy
demonstrations against Mredilh
last fall until the university
threatened stern disciplinary ac
tion. "Ignore the nigger with vigor."
the departing sludents shouted
Most of the remaining students
rmlandrd them. A similar dem
onstration was staecd hv about
m students when Meredith en
lered the cafeteria Monday night
Revival of the demonstration:
ntvarentlv was caused bv Merc
dith's announcement Monday that
h ronld not remain at "Olc
tis" under the oresent circum
stances Meredith said he would
not reeistcr for the second se
mester beginning Feb. 2 unless
'dctinile and positve changes
r made." Final examinations
for the current term begin
Jan. I.
A tedcral grand jury began
closed door hearings Tuesday on
charges against 11 person', in
eluding former Maj. Gen. Edwin
Walker, arresied in connection
with the bloody rioting that ac
companied Meredith's admission
to "Ole Miss" last Sept. 30.
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CAMPUS BUILDS These two views show portions of
the construction of buildings on the new OTI campus.
The work is being done by the Todd Building Company
of Roseburg at a cost of $906,686. Rising now are class
rooms and laboratory buildings and two service buildings
for mechanical service and heat exchanger. Plans still
cell for completion of the work in late 1963 with the
overall campus ready to receive students in the fall of
1964.
Empire State Fire
Battled Six Hours
NEW YORK iUPP Firemen
battled a series of fires a quarter
mile up today in the Empire Stale
Building, the world's tallest.
Six hours after the fire was dis-
covered it still was burning, ap
parently in electric wiring in a
pipe shaft which runs the entire
height of the towering, 1,472-foot
structure.
No injuries were reported and
by 10 a m. EST. most of t h e
persons who work in the
building had been permitted to
go to their jobs. Several hundred
of them had been evacuated
about 8 a m.
Even as they worked, liremen
ontinued to hack into the five-
fool wide shaft, stripping insula
tion from wires. Other fire-fight
filter ah
Ry FLOYD L. WYNNE
warning against exhausting of
the state's bonding capacity too
soon was expressed by Rep.
George Flitcraft as he departed
for Salem to prepare for the open
ing of the Legislature on Monday.
.Ian 14.
Flitnafl agreed that finance-
would be tlie top problem lacirc
ihe legislaiors. but commented
that he would prefer to remain on
a pav-as-vou-go basis, if at all
possible. He added that higher
education wants another $45 mil
lion now and $2 million more lat
cr. "II we go to a big bondins
nrocram now." he said, "and
hjve arwther hig population
crease, we will have used up our
bnnd.ng capacity, and where will
we go then?"
He did not close the door to
bonding program, but ur:ed that
the picture he studied carefulK
before action is taken
Flitcraft also emisioned a leg
islative session as long if not long
er than the last.
He was apprehensive that the
proposed new salaries for lecia
Price Ten Cents 20 Pages
crs roamed the building, checking1
all its offices. Maintenance work
crs mopped up water.
The fire in the midtown Man
hattan skyscraper lirsl was re
ported at 4:35 a.m. It was.de-
clared under control about 8 a.m.,
but the fire-fighting operation was
expected to continue all day.
Earlier, about 10.000 persons
had crowded behind police bar
riers at the Fifth Ave. and 34th
St. site to watch tlie operation
A dozen fire companies fought the
two-alarm fire.
Two television stations (W'NEW.
TV and WN'BC-TVi opened their
channels late when engineering
workers were forced to leave the
building. The FM operation of one
radio station was off for several
hours.
Urges Study Of Bonding
tors mieht be a little high, but
indicated the plan suggested was
compromise and that it might
be better to lonve it high now ralh-
than putting it low and
letting creeping increases come
along. He particularly felt Ihe $20
per day allowance was necessary.
He abo saw little hope lor
the proposed constitution revision
GEORGE FLITCRAFT
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Big Push Pledged
On Medicare Plan
WASHINGTON IUPD - Rep
W. Pat Jennings, D-Va.. indicat
ed today that if given a chance
he would help push some modi
fied version of Pres.dent Kenne
dy's medicare program through
the House Ways & .Means Com
mittee.
Jennings is one of three Dem
ocrats who are competing for two
vacant Democratic scats on the
powerful committee.
The new assignments to be
decided by House Democrats at a
caucus later this month could
determine the fate of Kennedy's
medicare program in the 88th
Congress. Medicare sponsors were
unable to line up enough votes to
squeeze even a skeletonized ver-
Congo Chief
Seeks Peace
In UN War
ELISABETHVILLE. Katanga.
The Congo I UPIi Katanga Presi
dent Moise Tshombe announced
end to his war against the
United Nations today and said he
as ready to talk peace with the
Congolese central government.
But even with the agreement in
Katanga the turbulent Congo still
was without peace as a full-scale
tribal war was reported raging in
diamond-rich Kasai Province.
More than 370 Lulua tribesmen
and two whites were reported
killed in the fighting, with unoffi
cial sources saying the toll was
far higher.
Travelers returning from kasai
told United Press International
this morning that "you can see
strings of burning villages from
the air, where the slaughtering
rages among the tribes."
Confirmation of tlie fighting was
messaged to the central govern
ment capital of Leopoldville by
Congolese Army Maj. Gen. Vic
tor Lundula.
Europeans in the area surround-
ng the Kasai capital or Lulua-
bourg said the death toll was
much higher than reported. Other
sources placed it at between 600
and 800.
Suspect Said
Hitching Rides
A man fitting the description of
Robert G. Dixon, 32, wanted by
the Clackamas County Sheriff's
Department, in connection with
assaulting an 8-year-old girl in
Clackamas on Sunday, was seen
hitchhiking near Chemult Tues
day night.
The man was reported seen
again Wednesday morning walk
ing on Slate 39 near Merrill. Tlie
stale police and Klamath County
Sheriff's Olfice have been alerted
that the suspect might still be in
the area.
to get through the legislative
bodies. "If it is attempted piece
meal," he said, "it is going to
have trouble, and in its present
form, it doesn't have a chance of
getting through."
Two provisions, particularly, did
not meet with Flilcraft's favor
These two proposals were the
election of tlie governor as the
only elected official, and the meth
od of dealing with judges. The
revision provides that judges be
appointed, but that they be re
quired periodically to submit to a
"yes" or "no" vote ol Ihe people.
A member of the taxation com
mittee in the last session. Flit
craft expres-ed opposition to a
straight cicarelte lax. "If they
make it an all inclusive tobacco
tax. fine." he said, "but I wouldn't
go for cigarette tax only."
A sales tax would meet lillle
svmpathy, he indicated, but add
ed that he fell serious considera
tion will be given to a net re
ccipts lax With some modifi
cations.
"Personally," he said, "I would
favor a net receipts lax that gave
consideration to properly taxes
coap.
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KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON,
sion through the committee in the
last Congress.
Kennedy aides beueve it is al
most essential that the two new
committee Democrats be support
ers of the controversial program
if it is to be enacted by this
Congress.
"I generally favor some kind
of medicare for the aged," Jen
nings said in an interview. He
said that if such a program is
enacted, he would favor financing
it through new Social Security
taxes. Although Jennings emphasized
that he would not necessarily sup
port other features ot the Presi
dent's proposal, his statement
aligned him closer to Kennedy's
approach than the public position
taken previously by the two other
candidates lor the committee
posts.
Rep. Ross Bass. D-Tenn., has
confined himself to saying that
he feels there is an unfilled need
in this area. However, Democratic
iberals and labor union lobbyists
are fairly confident be would line
up with the administration on a
showdown vote.
Woman Dies
Of Injuries
An 82-year-old Klamath Falls'
woman died at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday
from injuries received when she
was struck by a car at. Ninth
StrWt and rtlamath Avenue a few
hours earlier.
Dead is Mary Machac. 334
Commercial Street. According to
police reports the victim was far
into the crosswalk on Klamaui
when she was hit at 3:50 p.m. The
victim was taken to Klamath Val
ley Hospital by Peace Ambulance
The driver of the car, John
Arlie King. 20, 3450 Crest Street,
told police he was traveling west
on hlamaln at about 20 miles
an hour and was blinded by the
sun. King said he didn't see the,
woman until one of the passengers
in the car jelled a warning.
The King vehicle was in the
wrong lane of traffic when the
accident occurred and King told
police he pulled 'o tlie left across
tlie center line to enable another
vehicle to make a turn.
King was cited for failure to
yield the right of way to a pedes
trian and driving on the wrong
side of the street. He was re
leased on $57 bail and will appear
in court Wednesday.
Tlie three passengers in King's
car. Donald u. weaver, zi, smii
Bisbee Street,' Ralph L. Baker.
18. 1553 Davton Street, and
Erankie Lee Baker. 22, 1553 Day
Ion. told police they were also
blinded by the sun and didn't sec
the victim in lime. Weaver, whoi
was silting in the front seat, saw
the woman in front of the car
and yelled a warning just before
she was struck.
paid on personal homes. Proper
ty taxes paid on business proper
ty is passed along as the cost of
doing business, but people should
get consideration on home taxes. '
On reason he felt Ihe net re
ceipts lax might be approved is
that it broadens the base.
"An increase of $72 million is
already necessary." Flitcraft said.
by virtue of the (act that we
had a $32 million surplus before
which we don't have now, and the
governor's budget in up another
$40 million without a bonding pro
gram for higher education."
Flitcraft could see about "an
even chance" of getting addition
al needed funds for OTI campus
development at this session, and
added that if the bonding program
is adopted for higher education
construction. OTI might get a
dormitory in the program.
Asked about possibilities of cut
ting down the amount of stale
services, Flitcraft commented that
"Everybody talks about cutting
services until it Involves some
thing that they're interested in
Some areas might be cut, but 'II
will take study."
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY J, 1963
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Hard Fight Seen
On Kennedy Plans
WASHINGTON IUPD Thcia
Democratic-controlled 8Sth Con
gress convened today with pomp
and ceremony that temporarily
masked the bitter legislative bat-i
tics ahead over President Ken
nedy's New Frontier legislation.
Rut barely had the House and
Senate formally opened business
at noon when pro and anti-admin
istration forces got ready for a
critical fight over the make-up of
the House Rules Committee.
This issue, whether the commit
tee should be kept at its enlarged
total of 15 members to assure
more favorable treatment of Ken
nedy's proposals, dominated open
ing day activities.
The chief executive w as assured
at a breakfast meeting with top
Democratic leaders that prospects
were good for an administration
victory in the rules fight.
This would be encouraging to
the administration. But even so,
such key Kennedy proposals as a
tax cut, Social Security-financed
health care for the aged, and fed
eral aid to education still face a
hard pull in the new Congress.
Outside of the Rules Committee
battle, opening day was largely
ceremonial. New members were
sworn in, ranging from the Presi
dent's brother, Edward M. Ken
nedy, D-Mass., to the son ot the
late Sen. Robert A. Talt, Rep.
Rolwrt A. Taft Jr., R-Ohio.
In the Senate, Democrats met
lo elect their leaders. To no one's
surprise. Mike Mansfield, D-Mont
was renamed to the party's top
job in the Senate: Hubert H
Humphrey, D-Minn., was re-elect
ed parly whip, and George A
Smalhcrs, D-Fla.. was renamed!
Democratic conference secretary.
Senate Democrats also voted to
set up a six-man committee to
study the possibility of revised
Senate working schedules. This
might include a one or two-month
summer recess to let members
spend more time with families
and constituents.
Clerk Ralph RoberLs gaveled
the House to order precisely on
time. The opening-day turnout of
members appeared almost com
plete, as it is usually on opening
day and is rarely thereafter.
The galleries were packed with
families, friends and aides of the
congressmen, including tne b
new members taking House seats
lor Ihe first time.
A Republican Congressman got
the jump on Kennedy in present
ing a plan to cut individual and
corporate income taxes.
Rep. Robert F. Ellsworth, It-
Kan., introduced a bill to in
crease personal exemptions from
SHOO to $800 a person and cut the
corporate tax rate lo 47 per cent
from the present 52 per cent rate.
Speaker John W. McCormarK,
D-Mass., told newsmen as the
session opened mat ne c.xpecieo
large percentage of Kennedy's
legislative proposals to be en
acted.
I think the President will have
CC Urges
Zone Vofe
The Klamath Counly ( ham
hrr of t'ommrrre adopted a
resolution at lis regular Tues
day night board meeting urging
that the people In he afferted
by the proposed county inning
plan he given the opportunity
to vote nn the plan.
The resolution was proposed
by the Industrial Development
Committee of the chamber and
adopted unanimously by Ihe
Board nf Directors.
Full text nf Ihe resolution was
as follows: "Since Ihe prime
objective nl the Industrial De
velopment Committee and nl Ihe
Klamath County Chamber nf
Cnmmrrre. Itself, Is to promote
the economic development nf
Klamath County, the Board nf
Directors of Ihe chamber en
dorses the principle nf inning,
and recommends that the penpl
who wnuld be affected by the
proposed county inning plan be
given an opportunity to vnte nn
the plan."
The second puhllr hearing nn
Ihe proposed inning plan will
be held tonight al 7:30 In
circuit court 2 al the county
courthouse. The hearing tonight
Is for those residents and prop
erty owners In the area east ol
Washburn Way and north of
South Sixth Street extending to
Mnytna Heights.
Telephone
Ce)B!pss
successful Congress again this
time," be said
An administration victorv in the
Rules Committee light would
make McCormack's prediction
look even better.
The showdown over the Rules
Committee was scheduled for late
afternoon.
Republican leaders indicated
they had rounded up almost solid,
support against the administra
tion efforts to keep three more
pro-Kennedy men on the commit
tee Democrats
Hold Power
W ASHINGTON (UPI) The
88th Congress at a glance:
Senate
Drm. Rep.
New Congress 07 33
Old Congress 64 36
House
New Congress 258 176
Old Congress 263 174
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REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN Rep. Gerald R. Ford of Michigan, center, falks with
newsmen Tuesday after he was voted chairman of the House Republican caucus by
a vote of 86-78. Ford replaces Rep. Charles B. Hoeven of Iowa. Ford's backers said
the GOP "image" wes in need of improvement. At lower left is House minority lead,
er Charles Halleck. UPI Telephoto
Ford Picked
WASHINGTON IUPD House
Republicans went Into the new
session today with one new
image" leader in tlie saddle and
the oldtimer he unseated warning
of more political bloodshed to
come.
The House Republican Confer
ence. a caucus ol all our meiri'
hers, Tuesday ousted 67-year-old
Itep. Charles B. Hoeven of lown
as its chairman. It gave the job
to 49-year-old Rep. Gerald R
Ford of Michigan, a House mem-
lier since 1949.
The vote was R6-76. Two mem
liers voted present and 10 of the
176 House Republicans were ab
sent.
Hoeven s downfall alter six
years as conlcrence chairman
and 20 years in the House came
suddenly and for reasons subject
lo widely differing explanation.
Tlie relatively Junior Republi
cans who engineered it said tne
Man Contacted
In Washington
Robert Wyriik, 22, 2226 Main
Street, who has been missing since
Saturday, was contacted at a resi
dence in Spokane, Wash., Tues
day. Wyriik was told to contact the
Oregon Slate Police In Salem.
hut has not called in yet, accord
ing lo a report from the state po
lice office in Klamath Falls.
An employe at the Richfield
Service Station, U S. 97. north en
trinte. Wyrick was reported miss
ing when he failed to pick up
his pay check Saturday.
He apparently toid his friends
he was RoinR to Medford, the
home of his parents.
No other details legarding the
reasons for Wyrick's actions could
be obtained by tlie Herald and
News.
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Senate Postpones
Filibuster Battle
WASHINGTON UPD - The.
Senate, citadel of compromise,
arranged today to keep its open
ing session from being marred by
a last-ditch fight over tightening
the anti-fiubusler rule.
The long-heralded battle in
which southern Democrats will be
pitted against a bipartisan liber
al bloc proposing the rule change
was to be postponed until next
week.
Democratic and Republican
leaders agreed to defer the re
newed struggle over modernizing
Rule 22 until after President Ken
nedy has delivered his Stale of
the Union Message on Monday.
Rut tlie forensic fur will start
flying by Tuesday.
Senate liberals want to amend
the present rule so that after at
least 15 days of debate a major
ity of the Senate 51 members-
could impose cloture by limiting
debate to one hour for each
member. They would keep tlie
By House
change was made to put "a lit
tle bit more aggressive, dynamic
leadership" In the GOP. They in
sisted it was an attempt to
strengthen, rather Iban undercut,1
House GOP Leader Charles A.
Halleck of Indiana and Whip Les
lie Arends of Illinois.
Hoeven said It was a lot more
than that.
I was picked as the lamb for
Ihe slaughter," he told newsmen.l
This should serve as notice to
Mr. Arends and Mr. Halleck that
something is brewing."
Ford denied that Halleck, who
unseated former Speaker Joseph
W. Martin of Massachusetts in s
similar surprise revolt in 1959,
was Ihe next target. The samel
denials came from Reps. Charles
K. Goodell. R-N.Y., and Robert
Congress Hears Opening
Shots In Power Battle
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Wash-
ington members of Congress fired
their first shot today in a re
newed battle to prevent needed
electric power from being si
phoned out of the Pacific North
west. Hep. Julia Butler Hansen, D-
Wash., introduced revised legisla
tion to guarantee the Pacific
Northwest first call on firm pow
er produced at federal hydro
electric plants on the Columbia
River.
Mrs. Hansen was joined by a
Republican colleague Rep. Jack
Weslland, also of Washington, in
sponsoring Northwest power pref
erence legislation.
The bili, Introduced shortly after
Congress convened, differed only
slightly from legislation offered In
the last Congress. It Is designed
to pave the way for a power inter
tie that would carry power from
Weather
Klamath Falls, Tulelake and
Lakevlew Partly cloudy tonight
through Thursday with light show
ers changing to ioov flurries late
Thursday. Cooler and windy. Lows
tonight 15-20. High Thursday 35.
Opens
present rule under which two
thirds of the senators voting could
end a filibuster within two days
after filing of a cloture petition.
Middle of - tlie - readers like
Senate Democratic Leader Mike
Mensficld and Sen. Clinton P.
Anderson, D-N.M., favor loosen
ing the two-thirds rule so that
Ihree-fifths of the Senate 60 sen
ators instead of the 67 now re
quiredcould gag a filibuster.
Senate experts pretty well agree
that the majority rule proponents
can not win. There is a fair
chance a three-fifths amendment
could pass. But to do it, a fili
buster first must be broken under
the present two-thirds rule.
Sen. Richard B. Russell, D
Ga., commander of the southern
bloc, promised to wage an "all
out, last-ditch, end-of-the-road
fight" against any change. But
he said he would not oppose the
leadership plan to postpone the
start of tlie fight until Tuesday.
GOP Caucus
P. Griffin, R-Mlch., who 6poke
for the insurgents.
Proposals to try to oust Arends
were discussed at a closed meet
ing Monday of recently elected
GOP congressmen. But only the
decisions to try to beat Hoeven
and to give Republicans with rel
atively short House service a
louder voice in party affairs
came out of that meeting.
The Insurgents headed by Goo
dell and Griffin won a complete
victory. Not only did they put
over Ford, but they won larger
representation and votes for re
cently elected Republicans on the
Important House GOP Policy
Committee.
The policy committee considers
Republican strategy on day-today
legislative issues.
Columbia River dams as far south
as Los Angeles.
Mrs. Hansen and Westland said
the measure was Intended to pro
tect firm power being delivered
to Pacific Northwest Industries by
the Bonneville Power Administra
tion. Under present law. public pow
er agencies In California would
have priority over private Indus
try to firm power in the BPA sys
tem if It could be delivered to
California.
Mrs. Hansen said the legisla
tion would be among the most
vital Issues to come up in the new
Congress from the viewpoint of
the Pacific Northwest.
She noted that Calllornia Demo
crats, with one exception, had sup
ported legislation designed to al
lay fears that Northwest Industry
would be deprived of needed firm
power.