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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1963)
la Tke- Oafs Sews By FRANK JENKINS Question: What's this THIRD FORCE President De Gaulle keens talk. ing about as his objective for the r ranee or today? The usual term for it is BAL ANCE OF POWER. As De Gaulle sees it, there are TWO FORCES in the world of to day: 1. The Western Alliance. 2. The Soviet Union. It might be more accurate to say that the TWO FORCES of today's world are communism and the free way of life, but De Gaulle, who is a realistic think er, probably discards Red China as too weak to count for much, at this critical moment, and sees only the Soviet Union and t h e Western Alliance. wnat tie is playing for, one must presume, is to pull France out of the Western Alliance, then to stand in the MIDDLE, and by threatening to go over to ONE SIDE if the other side doesn't toe his mark, to make himself, as the leader of France, ALL POW ERFUL. Thus he would become a sec ond Napoleon. De Gaulle has much in com mon with Napoleon. Napoleon had a brilliant mind. So has De Gaulle. Napoleon had delusions of grandeur. So, appar ently, has De Gaulle. These de lusions outweigh their good points. Napoleon, after saving France from the consequences of the Revolution. RUINED FRANCE by his embition to run Europe. Summing up: Napoleon wound up in exile on the island of Elbe. W here will De Gaulle w ind up? One can't help wondering. More about this third force. It isn't original with De Gaulle. It is an ancient device. For cen turies, it was the foundation of Britain's foreign policy. The essence of this third force idea, as Britain saw it, was never to let ANYBODY get too strong in Europe. Whenever, over the centuries. Britain saw somebody getting too strong, she lined up with the OPPOSITION. By means of that device, the little island of Britain not a great deal bigger in area than the not-too-big stale of Oregon was able to make herself top dog in Europe And stay that way lor hundreds of years. Will De Gaulle be able to copy Britain's formula for POWER and get away with it? One wonders. Also one has doubts. This is a quite different world from the world that Britain was able to rule so long by means o(; the third force device. Slush Slops j Local Roads ! . Roads and streets in the vicini ty of Klamath Falls were a sea of slush Thursday as an unseason able rain storm began to break up a six-inch snow pack which descended in the area Tuesday night and the following morning. It was the first snowfall in Klamath Falls since Nov. 22, when a light snow blanketed the area. The six-inch snowfall thus far in January represents one of the lightest snowfalls for that month since weather records have lccn kept at the airport during the past 14 years, according to Bcib , Cardinal. U.S. meteorologist. The lightest snowlall for Jan uary is recorded for l!il when one-tenth of an inch was noted, compared with the heaviest snow fall of 56 5 inches recorded in l'.t.V). The unexpected snowcrs, which followed the snow stnrm. oc curred Thursday morning after temperatures had rsen Irom 2IM degrees to above ficezing andj MENARD. 111. 'I'PI' brought M inches nt sleet andiE. Hudze. who looted lrcczing rain during a 24 hour period. More rain is next 36 hours forecast for the is Ine result of! warm air moving west from the Pacific. with temperatures to continue above freezing Elsewhere in the county, mad and weather conditions were sim-Hi means to be deprived of it.'" of its path to Europe today and iiar to those in Klamath Falls.! Hodge, now ailing and aging. sought help from the United except that chains were required became a free man when he States and other (ree world na at Bly. Farther cast. Lakevicw passed through the electric eye lions to bolster its sagging econ- reported rain but cautioned mo-iat torists to beware o( icy slots on Slate Pcnitrntiary the highway leading mlo the city., A delegation Irom his home Showers were continuing in Che jiown ol Granite Cilv. III . where mult, along the Green Spnncs! Hodge was once voted "man of Highway, the Dead Indian Road, the year." waited to greet him and were mening nooiu one inn of new snow at Willamette Pa-s. i Leonard David. Hodge's son. Wil-j Washington, the t'ommonwc.ilthilhc entire Western alliance and according to reports from tliejiiam. and two lawyers and Britain's six putncrs in tlieilhe L.S.-in-pired postwar recon- state police and Charles Wells.! Ilodie headed by car for a iob'Eiirnpr.in Free Ttade Aiealftruction of Europe in jeopardy. county road superintendent. Ail of the roads in and out of Klamath Falls were open and did not require chains, except- ins tile Dead lndi.tr. Highway: however, motorists were adnscdnwn. 1 ak no favois or expect by police to cany chains as a none, I want to earn a good place precautionary measure. las a citizen in my community." Vealher Hlh ytttorday Low I it night Hiqfi yttr ag Low year ago High past U years Low sail !4 ytars Prtcip. past 14 hours Sine Jan. t iamt period last yaar IT (IMS) 14 (ItSO) btL.,.::llmMmm , '' '''' MEMBERSHIP GOAL TOPPED The YMCA announced that its 1963 membership goal of 578 was topped as re ports of 594 new or reactivated memberships were con firmed by "ranch hands" at the Roundup Drive break fast Thursday morning. The $5,438 in contributions is expected to reach or exceed the $5,775 goal when 20 more riders report their results. The ranch hands led by Al Geiss took top team honors with 1,693 points. Mai Gellup, right, roundup foreman, cuts Joe Victor's tie here in victory gesture. Victor, assistant foreman, lost a bet to Gellup as the "Big Boss's" five ranches rounded up more members than Victor's. Senators Stockpile WASHINGTON IUPH - Senate investigators pledged today to push for legislative reforms de signed to eliminate profiteering and costly surpluses in the $8 bil lion stockpile program. We arc now stuck" with an estimated H billion stockpile loss, said Sen. Stuart Symington, D Mo. "There Is no use crying over spilt milk. We now must see if we tan avoid losses to the tax payers in the future." Symington is chairman of the special Senate stockpile subcom mittee which Wednesday closed out the investigative phase of a 10-month inquiry into the much- criticized program. The investigation storied last March under the urging of Presi dent Kennedy, who startled a na tionally televised audience with the assertion that "unconscionable profits" were enjoyed by some suppliers. Symington offered to amend the President's statement al the con clusion of the lengthy hearings: "I think we can say we found some fantastic profit taking at a minimum of risk." Richmond C. Coburn. white- haired St Louis attorney who was'pilal Thursday morning was Aub- the painstaking chief counsel throughout the hearings, inserted these cost estimates for the rcc-! olc: It will cost the government I $17,381,000 during the next year just to stoic the more than 70 dil-told the state police that he ob ferent metals and mater.als in the rerved the snow plow proceed stralegic and critical stockpiles, ing eastbound toward the tracks As of September of last year,and then flicked the train spot it cost taxpayers $8,909,917.935 (or, light on and off and sounded its the government to accumulate the whistle to warn the driver. bulirinc inventories. As of the same date the ma-(blading snow at the time of the terials had a market value of collision, failed to heed the warn S7.5fi8.679.200. Rut exports believe uiqs. 'Golden Boy' Thief Freed Orville Illinois of $1.3 million and dreamed of gov-i lerning it, was paroled today alter i t2 years in prison. The former state auditor, who (lived like a millionaire on rmbcz- zled funds, said "A man can only appreciate the value and luxury ol freedom after he knows what the double gates of the Mcnard'omy. me group inciuoeo uie mavor as clerk in the Granite City hard- ware store run bv his sister. In a statement released at the prison gates, Hodge said "Finally I go to a new life in my home U.OP OP.S.LIBRART , COM?. NS3SPAPER SECTION Dire nun DOCUMENTS DIV. n Price Ten Cents S4 Pages Pledge Reform the government would lose about S4 billion in all if it actually had to sell the stuff. ine subcommittee, in coopera tion with the Kennedy admimstra lion, is considering a variety of legislative proposals to formu late a new long-term national min crals policy. Train Hits Snow Plow The operator of a county snow plow drove his equipment into the path of a Southern Pacific train engine at the Joe Wright Road crossing about 5:10 p.m. Wednesday and received lacera tions and a fractured clavicle as the engine punched the plow along the tracks before spewing it to one side of the railroad a short distance from the scene of the collision. Reported in satisfactory condi tion at the Klamath Valley Hns- rey Young. 47. 1739 Arthur Street. I who was pinned under the cab of; the shovel after it was demolished juy the train. Operator of the engine, Calvin Davis. 40o North fourth Street. Davis said Noting, who was I he train w as traveling about 40 miles per hour at the time of impact, Davis estimated. H struck the plow near the front end and tore the vehicle apart while shov ing it along the tracks. Southern Pacific conductor M. L. Grilton. 1824 Carlson Drive, was with the engineer at the time of the accident. British Denounce Tolly' I.ONDON iL'PD Britain re- hounded from a French blockade Prime Minister Huold Macmil- an, bitterly denouncing the "ollv of French President, Charles de Gaulle, called Wednes day night for a speed-up of trade and land consultations with 'EFTA. Marmilian accused Frame deliberately torpedo;ng the Brus - sels negotiations on British mcm - 'ber-hip in tlie six-nation F.uro - ipcan Common Market. Without-sharp surge of critical comment jdirectly naming De Gaulle. he n France was givfn new impetus Iteid the French government isiby Jean Monnet, often described Property Tax ieiief li 'Voluntary' Farm Production Cuts Stressed By JFK WASHINGTON (UPI - Presi dent Kennedy sent Congress to day a consumer-flavored farm message proposing federal subsi dies to spur cotton sales and to encourage voluntary production curbs on feed grains and milk. Kennedy said his program, in cluding direct government pay ments to the cotton trade, cotton growers, and producers of milk and feed grains, would lead to ward a stable farm economy and lower consumer prices. An administration official esti mated that the proposals could trim $300 million to $500 million off the taxpayers' outlay for farm supports and 10 cents a pound off tile retail price of butter. In a 4,200-word message, the President also called directly on wheat growers to accept a tight new control program for their 1964 crop in a referendum sched uled for this spring. He said the alternative would be unlimited production and "de pression conditions for the 1964 crop." He warned that it would not be "feasible" to get a sub- jstilute wheal support plan through Congress if the refcren dum failed. Income Improves Kennedy said that the past two years have produced "substantial improvement in farm income, a substantial decrease in govern ment holdings of (surplus) agri cultural products, and a substan tial reduction In costs to the tax payer for carrying farm sur pluses without increasing the con sumer's burden." He said the rise in farm in come had generated added busi ness for rural industries and farm communities, adding at least 200.000 jobs to tr.e nation al economy. Nevertheless, he added, farmers still can produce more than markets will lake and further progress is needed. The proposals for new cotton. feed grain, and dairy legislation Fire Razes Businesses COTTAGE GROVE lUPD A spectacular fire destroyed a de partment store, a theater and paint store here Wednesday night and early today. The blaze, which leveled about half a city block, gutted the J. C. Penney Co. store, the Arcade Theater and Carl's Paint Store. The theater was evacuated with out incident when the blaze broke out about 10:50 p.m. Firemen said the blaze appar ently started in the department store and spread to the other buildings. One lireman suffered smoke in halation. Firemen fought the blaze for nearly (our hours in freezing weather before it was brought un der control. They said the fire may have started in the waroliousc area of the department store where some cleaning fluid was stored. 'looking backwards, not for wards." In a 10-minule television speech lo the nation. Macmillan said Britain's ellorls for economic re surgence would be made within the concept of a united Western aihance which lookcJ outward lo ward partnership with the United States not inwaid, as envi- sionrd by De Gaulle. The British leader accused the De Gaulle government of placing I "What (oily it is for anyone to ofitry lo put all this at risk," he lsaid. j There was no immediate offi icial reaction in Paris. But n, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, the feed grain plan to take ef fect next year were laid out in general terms with Congress invited to fill in many ol the key details. The request for voluntary-con trol plans for milk and feed grains was a conciliatory retreat from past administration propos als for mandatory contiols. Con gress rejected the mandatory plans after a bitter partisan fight last year. In addition to the luree major commodity bills, the President proposed a number of other measures including expansion of land-use conversion program and authorization for a federal loan insurance program to ex pand rural housing credit. Separate Programs For cotton, Kennedy proposed two separate federal payment programs, one to the cotton trade on a two-year trial basis and the second directly to growers. These payments would cut domestic market prices to levels compcti live with prices paid by foreign mills, while scientists seek to help farmers cut production costs through moves like elimination of the boll weevil. When costs come down, Kennedy said, price sup ports to growers could be re duced. Pay Increase Bill Signed SALEM (UPIi Pay scales for members of the Oregon Legisla ture were materially improved to day after Gov. Mark Hatfield late Wednesday signed the first bill of the session into law. It provides (or legislators to re ceive salaries of $3,000 per year, plus expenses of $20 per day up to 120 days during a legislative session. It replaces the previous $600 a year salary that ranked Oregon among the states with the lowest legislative pay. Oregon legislators during the past two years also were reimbursed for certain ex penses under a temporary meas ure passed in 1961. The new salary levels rank Ore gon in the middle bracket ol states. Members of both parties east votes for the pay bill in the Ore gon House and Senate, but most of the opposing votes came from Republicans. Supporters said in addition to providing fair compensation, it will make it possible lor a wider selection o( competent persons to serve in the legislature Opponents called the pay levels too high, particularly in one step, and particularly when the legisla ture is expected to raise taxes this year. Legislative pay, how ever, makes up only a fraction of late government costs. The voters authorized legislators to set their own pay by passing a constitutional amendment at the orimarv election in May. 12. as the "father" of the common market. He called the situation very serious "because the mutual confidence indispensable to all common agrecmcne has been srr-asrd " De Gaulle, who feels Britain is not ready for Common Market membership, was said to be un moved. Authoritative iflurces in Faris said the 72-year-old French leader plans to let tempers sub idc before pushing ahead with his "grand design" for a Europe independent of the United States Aides quoted De Gaulle as say ing Wednesday "in a (cw months when the present uproar has died down, they will sec I was right again." The breakdown of the Brussels talks caused no unusual excite ment in Washington. U.S. offi cials felt the development might THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1963 AWARD PRESENTED POSTHUMOUSLY Mrs. Lucy Lawson receives from Colman O'Loughlin, center, American Legion trustee, a certificate for meritorious service which was won by her late husband, Frederic, following his selection as Klamath Falls Handicapped American of the Year for 1 96 1 . O b $ e r v i n g the presentation is Leonard Sytsma, local representative of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, which sponsors the award annually. Lawson, stricken with polio in 1924, had been bedfast except for an occasional period he spent in a wheel chair. Despite his handicap, Lawson conducted a successful accounting business and was largely responsible for organizing junior baseball in this city. Lawson won a junior bicycle racing championship the year he was stricken with the dread disease. He died April 1 8 of last year. Power Tie Tagged WASHINGTON IUPD - Secrc-! tary of Interior Stewart Udall put a "highest priority" tag today on legislation authorizing a power grid connecting the Columbia Bas in with electricity-short Califor nia. ' Udall, appearing before the House Interior Committee, men tioned the West Coast intprtfe imwcr line in a discussion of pri ority legislation his department expects lo send to Congress this year. Udall asked the committee for bipartisan support for a bill which would send surplus North west power to preference custo mers in California. His proposal would guarantee Washington and Oregon customers first call on Co lumbia River Power, however. The administration budget sought Ice Closes School In Northern State PORTLAND (UPI Freezing rain caused power outages, turned highways into sheets ol ice and re sulted in many school closures in the Willamette Valley today. The weather man said, though, that warmer air was on the way. Pacific Power & Light Co. re ported the Junction City area lost poles and power lines. Much of south Benton County, including the town of Monroe, lost power at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Corvallis had numerous outages and nearby Philomath had no power (or several hours this morning. Seaside and Warrenton on the coast also had ouUigcs. Heavy icing on trees caused much of the tioub.e as limbs j broke and fell on lines, I Freezing rain made many Of French Veto slow down but not divert tlie present U.S. drive lo promote free trade in the West. The view still was prevalent that Britain eventually will be accepted in the Common Markcl. The collapse of the Brussels talks led lo the immediate can cellation of British negotiations to enter the European coal and steel community and the Euro pean Atomic Community I Euro- atoml. Officials said the three communities form a single group ing and there could be no mem bcrhlp in only one of them. The French veto also brought alwut a boycott of the other live Common Market members West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Neth erlands and Luxembourg of a French-called meeting of finan cial ministers scheduled for Bad en-Baden, Germany, Friday. The Telephone lit -S - - ' V $24.5 million to build the interlie line. In the water and power field, Udall said he hoped Congress would also give "prime attention" U tin Auburn-Folsom South Proj ect on the West Coast and the Garrison Diversion Project in North Dakota. The secretary told the commit tee a bill to create a special con servation and water fund will clear the Budget Bureau later to day. This measure would put greater emphasis on federal de velopment of outdoor recreation facilities with states participating in their cast. Udall said this bill would be "truly a landmark piece of legislation to preserve the face of our country. Udall also said his department will recommend a "new a- routes, including Interstate S, ex tremely hazardous, Portland was getting freezing rain at 9:30 a.m. today. Schools in CorvallU and most of Benton County closed. Salem schools also closed. Portland kept public schools closed lor tlie third day in a row. Uike Oswego reopened its schools but most suburban areas kept llicm closed. A Greyhound bus slid on Ice In to a ditch on Pioneer Mountain cast of Newport Wednesday, but no one was hurt. Four passengers and the driver were stranded for two hours. Firemen braved freezing tern pcralurcs in Cottage Grove Wed ncsday night and early today to battle a fire which destroyed a theater, a department store and a paint store. French had announced they would seek barriers to Anglo- American investment in Europe. M.icmillan told the British peo ple not to be discouraged. nt inusi iciy on uur own (ic- termination and vigor," he said. "Is this gloomy or grim?" he asked. "Not at all. It is Ihe kind ol situation in which we have al ways done brilliantly in the past and so we will do again." Ho said France seems to think that one nation can dominate Europe and that Europe can live alone without Iricnds and allies. "Of course, we must cooperate with the rest of the world with Ihe Commonwealth, with the United States, In an equal and honorable partnership, and that la why we in Rritain are deter mined lo stand by the Atlantic alliance." he laid. TU 4-8111 No. 7053 Propose! i 'Urgent' proach" establishment of recrea tional areas and hoped that con gress would authorize the system or their development. He noted that Rep. Thomaa G. Morris, D- N.M., will head the national parks subcommittee Uus year. He said the department "will, be -breath ing heavily" on Morris' neck seeking approval for new recrea tional areas. Tlie secretary said Uk adminis tration was "still interested in wilderness bill" and hoped that one could pass Umgrcss Uus year. Modified wilderness legisla tion last year died in the House committee after receiving Senate approval. There is plenty of controversy to satisfy everyone, in wilder ness matters, tlie secretary said. Repudiation Reply Slated OTTAWA IUPD - Prime Min istcr John Dicfcnbakcr today re plies to tlie U.S. government's repudiation of his nuclear weapons policy. Dicfcnbakcr Wednesday night promised a statement today on the Kennedy Macmillan Nassau agreement which triggered spec ulation tlie Issue could topple the minority government or prompt tlie prime minister to call an elec tion on the issue. Social Credit leader Robert N. Thompson, said the U.S. state ment on the agreement could bring about "the fall of the gov ernmcnt or the calling of an elec tion." Liberal Opposition leader Les ter B. Pearson and New Demo crat leader T. C. Douglas noted the U.S. statement differed from the prime minister's account of current U.S.-Canadian nuclear ne gotiations and about Canada's fu ture role in the Western alliance. The U.S. State Dspartmcnt re lease denied Diefcnbaker'i state ment of last Friday that Canada's nuclear role jn NATO had been put in doubt by the Kennedy- Macmillan Nassau agreement in December to attempt to set up a multi-lateral nuclear force in NATO. if I rOTTIC UGQTnS LI! X U:MI. Mnrl - i il ,,", CHICAGO UPD - Traffic deaths reached an all-time high of 41.000 last year, tlie National Safety Council said Wednesday. The number of deaths per 100 million vehicle miles across tin nation rose from 5 2 in 1961 to 5.3 last year. Howard Pylc, Council president, said the toll was a "tragic and wastclul loss." He called for sup port of a national program to cut back on highway fatalities. Weather Klamath Falls, Tulelake ind Lakevlew Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday. Continued mild with periods of rain tonight and most of Friday. Lows tonight 32-35. High on Friday 42. Southerly winds 8-18 tn.p.h. Legislature Given Plen or Offsets SALEM (UPD-A bill to relieve the property tax by 10 per cent through offsets provided by state income and excise taxes was in troduced today by Rep. Richard Eymann, D-Mohawk, chairman of the House Taxation Committee. Co-sponsor of the bill was Sen. Boyd Overhulse, D-Madras, chair man of the Senate Taxation Com mittee. The bill also carried the signatures of 11 other representa tives and senators. "This proposal will funnel a portion of income tax receipts back to the county, school and city tax districts," Eymann said. It is so drawn that local tax districts will not be encouraged increase their tax levies be cause the six per cent limitation ill still be against them. If enacted, about one dollar out of every ten spent by the county, the schools and the cities ill come from state income taxes instead of local property taxes. Transfer Costa It is In line with the move to transfer more of the costs of local government to an ability - to - pay principle," Eymann said. Tile bill provides that the state will collect a supplemental income tax amounting to 20 per cent of each taxpayer's tax. This will be distributed to the counties on the basis of tlie county's assessed val uation. Each county's share would be split into three shares, he said, one for the county, one for ail the cities In the county, and one or all the school districts in the county. Each share would be cal culated on each group's portion of tin tax levies made. The money will apply as a di rect offset on each property tax levied, Eymann said, "and the amount of saving made by each taxpayer will be shown on his property tax bill." Other Highlights Liberty Amendment A bill sub mitted by Rep. Edward Elder, R Eugene, memorializes Congress to amend the U.S. constitution to prohibit federal income, estate or gift taxes, and irohibiting the fed eral government from engaging in any business enterprise. Elder said he did not support the idea. but introduced K so it could get a hearing. Consolidation A bill submitted by Rep. Bob Chappel, R-Portland, proposes amending the Oregon constitution to authorize consolida tion of any county containing a Ity of over 100,000 population. Bidding A bill Introduced by Rep. Edward Whelan, D-Portland, would permit public officials to give preference to bidders propos ing to furnish or use materials made in the U.S.. if his bid is no more than S per cent higher than the lowest bid. Boating - A bill by W 1 1 1 ! a m Holmstrom, D Gearhart, would consolidate boat licenses with cer tificates of number, modifies reg istration, and seta boat speed lim its near swimming and launching area$. Public Notice A bill by Rep. Gerald Detering, R Harrisburg, would permit publication of legal notices in newspapers published not only in the county but any where In a city any part of which is in tlie county where a proceed ing Is pending, or Is to be com menced, or in which a notice. summons or other legal publica tion is required to be given. Hoffa Invited To Back Charge WASHINGTON (UPD-A House committee today Invited teamster President James R. Hoffa to back up his charges that the Kennedy administration used pressure to deny his union surety bonds re quired by federal law. The House Labor Committee agreed to hear Hoffa, AUy. Gen. Kohert F. Kennedy, Labor Secre tary Willard WirU or any repre sentatives they choose at a closed-door meeting Friday. Hoffa charged In letters to the House and Senate Labor commit tees earlier this week that the Justice and Labor departments put pressure on bonding compan ies to refuse to underwrite Team sters Union officials. Under the Landrum-Grlffin Law, all union officials who handle members' funds must be bonded.
