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By FRANK JENKINS
From Salem this morning:
A bill that would increase in
come taxes 20 per cent in order to
bring a 10 per cent reduction in
local property taxes is ready for
introduction in the Oregon legis
lature.
The bill provides lor distribu
tion of the money raised to coun
ties on the basis of the relation
each county's assessed valuation,
before state equalization, bears
to the state's total assessed valuation.
It's a reshift. Presumably, it
would be welcome to property
owners.
But let's not get too much excit
ed. EVERYBODY pays his share
of ALL taxes, because taxes are
a part of the cost of production,
and so have to be added to prices.
Reshlfts of that sort go back to
the kitten chasing its tail. A lot
of activity is generated, but the
kitten doesn't get anywhere much.
Another example of the same
principle is this so-called LIBER
TY amendment to the U.S. con
stitutionwhich proposes, among
other things, to repeal the 16th
amendment, thereby prohibiting
federal income, estate or gift tax
es. IX these taxes were forbidden,
and the spending went on un
checked, other taxes would have
to be levied. The only way to
lower taxes is for government to
SPEND LESS.
1 suppose you've been reading
about this stockpiling ruckus that
is going on in Washington. Maybe
you wonder what its all about.
Let's put it this way:
When our early ancestors living
out in the w ilderness thought they
were likely to be attacked by
(lie savages, they laid in extra
supplies of powder and lead in
order to have plenty of ammuni
tion on hand if and when the
shooting started.
Thai's the theory of government
stockpiling. In principle, it's wise
just as wise as were our an
cestors when they laid in extra
supplies of powder and lead in
order to be sure of having plenty
on hand if and when bad trouble
started.
But-
The trouble with government
stockpiling is that when the
NEED for it ends the govern
ment noes right on LAYING IN
MORE POWDER AND LEAD
because if it didn't go on buying
the PRICE MIGHT GO DOWN
and so the party in power would
lose the votes of the powder and
lead producers.
Fashion note from Paris:
The House of Christian Dior
nrescnted a new "slender line"
silhouette yesterday, with sheaths
streamlined from neckline to
hemline. BOSOMS WERE FLAT
TENED throughout.
Designer Marc Bohan drew
cheers with a showing that
brought back tlie "sack dress"
and put women into wide puffed
sleeves. Bohan called his new sil
houette the "tapered line." and
insisted that it emphasized the
bust without widening the shoul
ders. So much for the women.
Now for the men.
A fashion note in the mane-teemed
Wall Street Journal the
other dav reported that double-
breasted suits are coming back
for the menfolk.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
How alwul celluloid culls?
Especially for our statesmen.
We're putting a lot on the cuff
these days and celluloid culls
are so HANDY to write on.
They'd he a real BOON for our
hard-worked spenders back in
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1963
Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 705J
Weather
Klamath Falls. Tulelake and
Lakevlew Partly cloudy and
mild with a few showers tonight
and Saturday. Lows tonight 30-35.
Highs on Saturday near 50.
Southwest winds 10-20 m.p.h.
Weekend forecast Weather will
be mild with temperatures for
the most part above freezing.
Showers are Indicated for Satur
day morning and Sunday.
mml Melted
ood Western
States
Atom Tests
To Resume
In Nevada
WASHINGTON UPI - Presi
dent Kennedy is ordering prepara
tions for a resumption of under
ground nuclear testing in Nevada
following the break up of test ban
talks with Russia, Secretary of
State Dean Rusk announced today.
Kennedy temporarily suspended
Nevada test preparations last Sat
urday to facilitate U.S.-Brilish-
Soviet nuclear test ban talks.
But Russia suddenly ended the
three-power talks in New York
Thursday. Negotiations will re
sume at the 18-nation Disarma
ment Conference in Geneva
Feb. 12.
Rusk told a news conference to
day that the Soviet move came
as a surprise to the United States,
He said Kennedy consequently de
cided to resume preparations for
a resumption of nuclear testing
at the Nevada Proving Grounds.
The State Department announc
ed Thursday night that negotia
tions held here and in New York
since Jan. 14 have been "termi
nated" at Russia's suggestion.
Russia proposed that the talks
be continued in the 17-nation dis
armament conference which re
sumes in Geneva Feb. 12.
Informed sources in Geneva
said the initial reaction to the
Soviet termination of the talks
was not one of extreme anxiety
The general feeling in Geneva
was that the 9p between the two
sides had been narrowing gradual
ly and the Soviet request to end
the talks was a tactical move
The informed sources said that
although there still appeared to
he some hard negotiating ahead
the prospects for eventual agree
ment still were brighter than they
had been in some time.
While U.S. officials still held out
hope for progress at Geneva
they said no real advancement
was made in the recent talks on
the major issues.
They said Russia did, however.
supply considerable technical da
ta on seismic detection of under-
ground nuclear tests, and that
this was encouraging.
The latest round ol talks
stemmed from an exchange of let
ters between President Kennedy
and Soviet Premier Nikila S.
Khrushchev which had raised new
hopes of a test ban agreement.
Khrushchev, for the first time
since 1961 accepted Ihe principle
of international inspection on So
viet soil to check for underground
tests.
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Truckee Soaks 30 Blocks Of Reno
MORE THAN 50 YEARS These three charier members of Klamath Falls Lodge No.
1247, BPOE toasted each other to many more years of membership during the annual
charter member dinner at the lodge Thursday night. Left to right are E. M. Chilcote,
Guy Merrill and John H. Martin, all of Klamath Falls. Other members who joined
when the lodge was instituted in 1911 are E. B. Hall, G. A. Krause, E. L. Paddock,
Klamath Falls, Herbert J. Savidge, San Diego, and Perry O. DeLap, Salem. Gifts were
presented to the honored guests.
$Million Timber Loss Seen
Only Block To School Plan
Weather Turns
Queen's Plane
Talks Set
With Italy
ROME ' LPt ' Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan flew into Italy
today for talks with leaders of
one of the nations that tried to
get Britain into the European
Common Market.
Premier Amintore Fanfani and
Foreign Minister Atlilio Piccioni
ucre at Leonardo da Vinci Airport
to greet Macmillan and Lord
Privi Seal Edward Heath, Bri
tain's chief Common Market negotiator.
It is Macmillan's first probing
action to determine Britain's ulti
mate relationship with Europe
now that Fiance has barred it
from the Common Market.
A lost $1 million in limber land
valuation seemed to be the onl;'
tiling blocking unanimous agree
ment by the three county school
boards on the proposed metropoli
tan and county district school re
organization.
According to the figures pre
sented to the Joint School
Boards Association last week by
former county assessor A. R.
Dickson the eight additional areas
that would be added to city dis
tricts I and II ito form the metro
district! would yield an added
$7,466,294 in assessed valuation.
It was learned, however, at
Thursday night's association meet
ing that tlie metro unit would
not get the tax benefit ol 942,aJ4
in timber valuation from tlie ad
ditional areas.
This change, coupled with a
misunderstanding of whether
or not there was still a motion
on the floor from the last meet
ing, bogged down last night's ses
sion and the only thing that was
unanimously agreed on was a
date for a meeting to decide on
the agenda lor. the next associ
ation meeting. A member from
each school board and the to
perintendents of schools will
meet at 2 p m. Saturday in tnc
county school superintendent's of
lice in the county courthouse.
The county school board felt
there was a motion on the floor
In that case, tlie city boards i boards would meet individually
agreed, th;y would have nA choice to study the plan and Wewtfkjj
but to reject the plan, but they no question of a vote, they said
wouldn't agree to vote on it be- The evening teetered back and
cause tlicy said, despite tlie feel
ing of the county board, there
was no motion on the floor that
was left unresolved at tlie last
meeting. Last week's motion was
passed and it only read that tlie
Rusk Calls
For Unity
Auainst Reds
WASHINGTON l'Pl - Sccre
tary of Slate Dean Rusk called
on Europe and French President
Charles de Gaulle today to get
on with the "great tasks confront
ing the West." He said these ln-
lude building a multilateral nu
clear force and economic unity
The secretary said these West
ern tasks are based on the "harsh
realities" of the threat from the
Soviet Union.
He made the statement at
news conference at which he also
Said President Kennedy is or-
rlirintr m-rnarations for a resumo-
from the last meeting requiring U()n of umergrollnd- nuccar tcst-
ine ooaros 10 voic on inc h.i-uv- , , aHa Inflowine the hreak
up of test ban talks with Russia
Sought to smooth over ruflled
relations with Canada, brought on
county plan with the boundaries of
the eight areas as outlined, but
with no mention of assevsed valu
ation ligurcs.
The city school boards agreed
they supported the plan and tlie
eight areas, but they cimldn t ac
cept live loss of nearly $1 million.
They wanted to open tlie plan up
tor lurther study to see if any
thing could be done to recoup
the loss, but they didn't want to
reject the plan.
Tlie county board insisted, how
ever, that the plan be voted on
Ibcfnre furtlier study.
by a firm State Department slate
mcnt Thursday urging Canada to
go through with nuclear armament
of Bomarc missiles it has already
received from the United States
Said the continued presence of
17.000 Soviet troops in Cuba is of
"great concern to us." But he
said he docs not believe there has
been a continued Soviet military
buildup there as charged by Sen.
Kenneth B. Keating, R-N.Y., and
others.
forth on this point, the county
insisting on a vote before fur
tlier study and tlie city boards.
not wanting to go on record op
posing the plan, refused to vote
because there was actually no
motion on tlie floor.
W hen Margaret Sheridan, d i s-
trict II board member, introduced
a motion that the metro plan be
accepted with further study before
Is implementation the motion re
ceived eight "yes" voles and no
negative, but the county mem
bers refrained from voting.
Rollin A. Canlrall, district 1
board memlier. said the motion
and vote were meaningless with
out the acceptance of the majori
ty including the county board.
Tlie city boards approve the
plan and the area outlined, but
bncause of the loss of timber
money we feel that equalization
in some form is needed, John
Voth, association chairman, said
Tlie county unit i.i against
equalization and tlie rural school
law and if the introduction ol
of these is tlie only way
the city boards feci we can reach
agreement on this plan maybe
we should study another plan.
Cliff Robinson, county superin
tendent of schools, said.
We've given you Hhc cily
boards) our prowsuls and if you
reject them it's time you came to
with a plan. Dick Jcssiip,
county sclKxil board memlier,
said.
By United Press International
A giant Pacific slorm dumped
heavy snow and destructive, flood
triggering rains across tlie west
ern third of the nation today.
High winds and torrential rain
sent massive snow slides roaring
down mountain slopes, blocking
highways and rail lines.
The swollen Truckee River
surged out of its sand-bagged
Iwnks today at Reno, w here more
than 30 square blocks were under
rater and the muddy river ran
three feet deep past the city hall.
'Parking meters are sticking1
out of the water like a bunch of
submarine periscopes coming out
of a lake," one Reno resident
said.
Heavy rain drenched tlie up
stream watershed of the eastern
lope of tlie Sierra Nevada as the
Truckee continued to rise. Offi
cials said a crest was not in sight.
Nearly two inches of rain fell
at Reno.
A Civil Defense spokesman es
timated tlie flood will be more
severe than the $4 million 1953,
flood which sent water swirling
five feet deep around the gambl
ing city's luxury hotels.
"It's just hopeless, said a city
engineer. We cant contain it.
Reno was virtually isolated,
Highways and railway tracks
were blocked, tlie airport was
closed and phone lines were re-
tricted to emergency calls, which
took from two to four hours to
complete.
Carson City. Nov., was also cut
off by the flood.
Hundreds of families were cvac
uated in Northern California when
swollen rivers menaced homes,
-4t Alviso, Calif., water was
cisht feet deep at points. A high
tide on nearby San Francisco Bay,
threatened to increase Ihe water.
level.
More Uian 200 persons were
evacuated from the wine-rich
community of Napa. Calif., when
the Napa River swept over its
banks.
Twenty-three major U.S. and
California highways were closed
by snow slides and floods. All ma
jor roads leading from California
to Nevada were closed.
Freezing rain and snow whipped
by high winds triggered scores of
accidents on icy Montana raods.
Bus service into and out of Hel
ena and Butte was cancelled and
many roads were closed.
Eight inches of snow slugged
Spokane, Wash., during tlie night.
Yakima. Wash., got 12 inches ol
snow Thursday, tlie highest 24-
hour total since the Weather Bu
reau began Keeping records in
1910. Yakima schools remained
losed today and motorists were
advised to stay home.
Flood waters surged into Ban
croft, Idaho, covering 15 of tlie
ity's 20 city blocks. More than
dozen famuies were evacuated
National Guards fought the
rising water with sandbags. Ida-
Gov. Robert E. Smvlie de-
larcd tlie situation a "limited
emergency.
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U.S. 30, near Bancroft, was
three feet under water.
Seventy mile an hour winds
hurled automobiles off Colorado
highways today and sparked doz
ens of grass fires. Roofs were
ripped from homes and power
lines blown down.
Light snow and drizzle swept
the Midwest and Southeast today
as the bitter Arctic cold front re
treated to New England.
Schools were closed in 22 Vir
ginia counties and in 10 North
Carolina counties because of the
snow.
The last of January's bitter
cold was pushed into New Eng
land, where Old Town, Maine, re
corded a low of 27 below zero, the
lowest in the nation.
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Truckea River, shown above surging just one foot below its banks, broke sandbag
barriers early Friday. Streatt near the city hall were inundated three feet deep.
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In Oregon
VANCOUVER. B.C. IPI -
smiling but exhausted Queen Eliz
abeth, her flight to the sunny Fiji
Islands twice interrupted by bad
weather, today was Ihe unexpect
ed but welcome guest ol Vancouver.
Tlie Queen and her husoana
Prince Philip, appeared in gmd
..niritc uh-n thrv arrived at Van-
corner Internal ion.il An port at coming investigation of the Bus
ii v, m F.ST Fririjv desoite sian buildup in Cuba.
the fact that tiieir travel hazardsl chairman John C. Slennis. D-lllmisc and Senate Thursday. In
had most of the British Common- Miss . scheduled a closed merl jlhe late afternoon the Pentagon
denied a cnarce ny vn cenncin
B. Keating. R-N.Y.. that the Cu
bans had maintained the iiles
Irom which the Russians removed
their medium range missiles last
November.
Sen. Carl T. Curtis. R Neb . a!
Cuba Buildup Probe Slated
WASHINGTON 'ITI - Thciwould first try to compile tUcladvised that a shipload of Czech
Senate preparedness subcommitte hest possible inventory ol Russian arms had been sent from Cuba to
i7ki no mnnv tin iiiiiiiiliiliuiis iui
. lay the groundwork for its forth-. s l(,untcr for(0,.
Developments involving Cuba
bubbled up asain in both the
JFK Names
Roosevelt
Presses For Speed
In Salvage Of Windblown Timber
SALEM (UPII A memorial
pressing federal departments to
speed up salvage of windblown
limber in Oregon was unanimous
ly approved Thursday by the Sen-
ale Committee on Planning and
Development.
The effect would be to give the
smaller logging operator a great
er share in handling 19 billion
board feet of timber felled in the
19fi2 Columbus Day slorm.
Senate action on the memorial
is expected next week.
The memorial asks Congress to
instruct the Departments of Agri
culture and Interior to initiate
new salvage policies in forest
lands managed by the Forest
Service and the Bureau of Land
Management.
Key Change l isted
A key change would be parcel
ing the salvage limner out in
small lots manageable by the
Health on tenterhooks. ;ir,g to organize tlie subcommit-
The royal couple s British Ov-;ee s activities for Ihe year, lie
erseas Airway Corp. 'BOAO Bne-'said he expected a "roundtable
ins 707 jetliner as about 800 discussion" on the Cuba inquiry,
miies ocr tlie Pacific Thursday- Stenms said the sutxommittec
m:ht when the pilot deckled to was determined to "pet all the
v,.L l f t, -h umH (arli" aboii Ihe RuvtMti force in
,i Hnnoluln X'uba. He prcvioiislv stated it, so told the Senate he had becmal Cuba's Bay of Pigs ir. 19fil
Prime Minister Chcddi Jagan in
British Guiana.
Curtis said he had wr.tten Sec
retary of State Dean Rusk to In
quire about U.S. surveillance there
and to ask about tlie adequacy of
U.S. measures in the liaht of such
exports from Communist Cuba
In the House, ftep Ralph Har
vey. Rind, joined colleagues
Iseekin? a tiill scale 'nesligation
f the ill-fated invasion attempt
PORTLAND iUPH - Western
Oregon's weather could be de
scribed in two words today wet
and sloppy.
Warm air moved in to melt live
snow and ice w hich covered much
of the northwest part of the state,
bringing sizable amounts of rain
lall with it.
The Portland area experienced
difficulties with numerous power
outages reported and high water
hampering traffic at many inter
sections. Alwul 100 customers were with
out power in tlie Benton County
area, where some 2.000 had no
power Thursday.
The warmup in Portland was
slower than elsewhere. Snow still
covered the ground and some
streets were icy this morning.
Freezing rain fell much of the day
Thursday and many small trees
bent in half from weight of tlie
ice.
Hie Portland zoo was without
WASHINGTON it PI' - Presi
dent Kennedy Thursday named
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., son o(
the late president, to be the No.
2 man in tlie Commerce Depart
ment.
Alter announcing Itoosevell'l ap-
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from warmer climates.
Post Office
Job Okayed
Congressman Al Ullman today
announced that the General Serv
ices Administration and the Bu
reau of the Budget have approved
the enlargement and remodeling
of the Klamalh Falls Post Office.
Total cost of (he work to be
done is rwo.OOO. Of tins amount
$.150,000 has been requested in
the administration's I9H4 fiscal
year budget. This amount, al
though requested by the adminis
tration, must now b approved by
the Appropriations Committee of
both houses of Congress.
small logger. The resolution says
sales should be speeded up by
letting lots under $10,000 in value
go with a minimum of advertis
ing.
Tlie memorial Is sponsored by
Sen. R. F. Chapman, D-Cooi Bay,
and Rep. Carl Back. D-Port Or
ford, whose area was one of the
worst hit by the storm.
Back said he believes the entire
forest industry, including large
and small operators, stands be
hind the proposal because of the
dangers of letting the downed
trees rot.
Death Hill Discussed
The bill by Sen. Thomas Ma-
honcy, D-Portland. to eliminate
the possibility of parole for per
sons convicted ot nrst oegree
murder and sentenced to life In
prison was discussed In the Sen
ate Judiciary committee.
Mahoncy said he realized the
hill "opposed the views of penolo
gists" that there should be a re
ward to encourage good behavior
among prisoners.
Sen. Alfred Corbett. D-Portland,
suggested lengthening the time a
prisoner must serve before be
coming eligible for parole.
Sen. Edward Fadclcy, D Eu
gene, quoted Warden Clarence T.
Gladden as advising that prison-!
crs without hope are the hardest
to handle.
The committee voted to delay
discussion on the measure until
after reviewing several of the
anti-death penalty bills that have
been submitted.
Other Highlights
hducillon The Senate Educa
tion Committee heard a discus
sion of the history of the basic
school fund preliminary to hear
ings on bills concerning financial
support of education.
It was painted out that the basic
school aid was inaugurated In
1946. The basic questions Involved
in the issue are: How much s'ate
aid, and, how should it be dis
tributed.
Constitution The House-Senate
committee on constitutional revi
sion heard a review of the bill of
rights section of the proposed new
constitution. George Van Hoomis
scn and Hans Linde, leaders In
drafting the new section, said it
provides a good bill of rights that
goes beyond the minimum guar
antees in the federal constitution.
Signed Gov. Mark Hatfield
signed the bill appropriating $1,
225,000 for expenses of the legisla
ture, including salaries and other
costs, through June 30.
Early Tax
Filing Urged
The deadline for filing annual
personal property tax returns Is
March 2, County Assessor Hap
Caldwell reminded taxpayers Friday.
Caldwell urged taxpayers to
submit their completed tax forms
at the earliest moment and not
wait until the deadline to do so.
The returns have been coming
in slowly so far this year, the as
sessor said.
Commerce
Secretary Pierre Salinger said he I
knew of no understanding that
Roosevelt would become secretary
if Luther H. Hodges resigns.
Salinger made the statement in
reply to questions alwul rumors
that Hodges wants to leave.
Roosevelt. 48, campaigned hard
for Kennedy in the 1!) election
He will succeed Edward Guie-
man. wlio recently quit Ihe $21,
000-a year job.
Roosevelt's appointment will be
subject to Senate confirmation
Newport Rot 1.5 inch of rain
n tlie 24 hours ending at 4 a m.
PST. Medford had I. .15. Astoria
I 2fi, Salem one inch and Portland
m.
Eastern Oregon got considerable
snowfall and had unusual temper
ature contrasts. Baker had a low
of 42. Tlie Dalles had a high ot
30 Thursday and a kw of 19 this
morning while Pendleton had a
low of 17. Redmond s low was J5
at 4 s m.
'Older' Woman Has 2 Babies
LONG BEACH, Calif. 'UPI -I
"Having babies is for young
girls." says 52-ycar-old Mrs. Clyde
O. Marsh. But Mrs. Varsh has
had two since she was 50.
The American Medical Associ
ation said a live birth "practical
ly never occurs" in a woman over
50 which puts her "in a category
by herself," according to Dr.
George X. Trimble, director ol
medical education at Memorial
Hospital.
Clyde Marsh Jr., who is one
week old. is still in an Incubator
at the hospital and Mn. Marsh's
Mycar-old husband, Clyde Sr.,
said It may get a little hectic
when he comes home. One month
premature, he weighed 4 pounds,
12 ounces at birth.
Mrs. Marsh's 2-year-old daugh
ter by a previous marriage, Chris
tine Seay, was a six-month baby
and weighed only 1 pound, 9 ounc
es at birth. She was born with
an Till blood factor and still faces
heart surgery if she is to lead
a normal, healthy life.
It was Marsh's first child al
though Mrs. Marsh has three
other children 30, 28 and 12
years old and nine grandchildren.
In soma ways taking care of
babies is a lot easier than It used
to be with all the prepared
foods." Mrs. Marsh said Thurs
day. "But I can't say I recom
mend having babies at this age.
I'm a lot more nervous than I
used to be.
"And I'll be walking around
with a cane before this one Is
old enough to take care of him
self."
She conceded the medical pro
fession may be startled by her
after-SO births, "but ym can tn
aguvs my surprise.'
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