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Newspaper Page Textla Tke- Day's Sews By FRANK JENKINS The news today? Let's put it this way: This morning's Chronicle de votes the bulk of its front page topping it with two lines of 84- point scare-head type to an arti cle describing how bad the RES TAURANT coffee is in San Fran cisco. A sub-head adds: "A Great City's People FORCED to Drink SWILL. Hmmmmmmmmmmm ! The world IS coming to a pret ty pass! There was a lime when if we didn't like the coffee of commerce we could BREW OUR OWN. More about the news: U.N. Ambassador Adlai E. Ste venson, appearing on a TV show entitled "Adiai Stevenson Re ports." said yesterday: "The 17,000 Russian troops said to be in Cuba do not offer a mili tary threat to the United States, but if we could REMOVE THEM it would remove the anxiety and the disquiet that exist in this con tinent about communism." It would, indeed. Most of us are pretty certain that their presence there bodes no good for democra cy in the Western Hemisphere. To this statement by Steven son, Senator Fulbright ( Demo crat, Arkansas) appearing on the same program, added: "Judging from statements made by Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Republican Sena tors Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania and Barry Goldwater of Arizona you would think these Russians in Cuba were about to INVADE America." He added: "Republicans are partisan and ridiculous when they say Soviet troops in Cuba endanger U.S. Hemispheric security." He's probably right. But If the Democrats were OUT of power and the Republicans were IN POWER and were doing what the Democrats arc doing now The Democrats would then be doing exactly what the Republi cans are doing now. They would be viewing Cuba w ith alarm. Politics is a curious trade. question: " What SHOULD we be doing about Cuba? Non-partisan answer: We'd better go back to the Monroe Doctrine. More from Washington: A House of Representatives sub committee hopes to start hearings in March on the administra tion's "managed news" policy. What is MANAGED NEWS? Basically it's telling tlie people only what government thinks the people ought to know about what is going on in government. That's about the long and the short of it. Defense Planning Calls For Floating Armories WASHINGTON (L'Pl)' The United States plans to station "floating armories" in the Philip pines and keep them ready lo steam on short notice to poten tial Asian trouble spots. Sources said today the U.S. Navy's huge Subic Bay base had been chosen as anchorage for three specially moditied victory ships, to be loaded with U.S. Army combat equipment and kept on the alert to move wherever Red threats develop. Equipment for several battalions thus will be stored near the scenes of possible action, ready (or use by troops who would be rushed by jet airlift from Ameri ca in a matter of hours. Experts, noting that quick re action is of the essence when the cold war starts to turn hot. Game Probe Meet Dated Stale Sen. Harry Boivin. chair man of Ihe Stale and Federal Af-j (airs Committee, reported today lhat a hearing has been set for Tuesday. Feb 26. on the resolu tion to creale an interim commit- lee in investigate proceedings and, f ih. ,! r m . Corr.nission. ine ncaring is open .o ine puo- lie and will be held in Room .Frceman jC.osdrn and nilmanjtual replacement by J govem State Capitol Building, starting at;Charlrs Jones. Eisenhower tooklment freely chosen by the Cuban 7 30 pm. Notice of the meetinglhi? black retriever. "Ike-Ike. "'people, will contribute materially is being sent today to Ih game.tith him on Ihe twin-enzine air-!ln reducing the threat but will not commi'ion. ipiane for Ihe oon-mile flicht. 'eliminate it," Martin said. Wen I her Hih yttttrday Low lait night vaar loo Low year ago High past u year Low patt 14 yean Procip. patt 24 hourt Slnct Jan. 1 Same period lait year 5 (!!! 4 mi 14 HIJACKED FREIGHTER Communist hijackers a b o a r d the Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui offered to surrender to Brazilian authorities. Brazil has promised poli tical asylum. This photo was made by U.S. Navy patrol plane when the Anzoategui was racing toward Northeast Brazil. (JPI Telephoto Voters Give Willy Brandt Big Victory BERLIN (UPli West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt, re-elected in an overwhelming personal victory that sent the Communists stagger ing, today pledged a continued fight with the Western Allies to keep the city free. Brandt's Socialists gained sup port in Sunday's municipal elec tion at the expense of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democrats, reflecting apparent popular disapproval of Ade nauer s new lies with French President Charles de Gaulle. Political observers said the vote showed a general fear that Adc- nauer was drawing closer to France to the detriment of the alliance with the United States and Britain, which West Berlinors consider vital to the city's defense. Despite snow and sleet 89.9 per cent of eligible voters went to the polls. The Socialists victory was so sweeping that only the city's pro portional representation electoral system kept them from winning all 1.14 scats in the cily assembly In a victory statement, Brandt said the result was "a destructive rebuff for the wall party" the Communists and a "tremendous vote of confidence" for his anti Communist policies. Brandt promised that he would work hand-in-hand with the West crn Allies to Keep vtesi Benin Irom falling into the hands of the Communists. estimated that 45 to fio days load ing and transit time could be saved in some situations by us ing the "floating armories." The first of the World War II victory ships, the U.S. Navy ship Phoenix, now is being loaded at Norfolk. Va.. Naval Base with everything from tanks to battle field rations. Two more of (he ready-to-go ar senals. I'SNS Provo and USNS Cheyenne, are to follow. Fitted out by the Military Sea Transportation Service, the ships are to have civilian crews and Armv caretakers to keep the weapons and equipment in ready condition. Seaborne "pre-positioning" of war material is similar to the administration tactic in the 1961 Berlin crisis ol sending more than ISO, 000 Ions of equipment lo Europe. The equipment still is in Europe making it possible for the Army lo send two divisions quickly by air any time a crisis requires such an addition In the five di visions already on the continent. IKE HI NTS. FISHES PALM DESERT. Calif. (fPli Former President Dwight D. Ei senhower loday was at the Mexi-jihe ran rpnrl ol Las t ruces, nearjsubvcrsive activities of all kinds ,hf ''f "a)a a'frriia. for sev- m each country. " 10ml rlvt of hnntinc and fishin? I -. ... n . Eisenhower left his winter home'prestige and influence of the pres- Sundj)v wlh rad0 actor tt.Of . JIB Price Ten Cents 12 Pagei XT. & ii uriinrtinniiiiiiiit jr.- . , as venkzuelaX i ' L::.;.-r 1 7 PRAZ1L COURSE PLOTTED The path of the hijacked Venezu elan freighter is traced on this map. It was reported to have dropped anchor Sunday night between the mouth of the Amapa River and the island of Maraca, but pulled up anchor this morning and sped away again. UP! Telephoto U.S. Rejects Russian Test Ban Ultimatum GENEVA UPH - The United States today rejected Soviet ulti matum tactics and told the 17 nation disarmament conference it now has doubts whether the Krem lin really wants a nuclear test ban treaty. U.S. chief negotiator William C. Foster said recent Soviet behavior here and in nuclear talks with Britain and America "has shaken our belief that the Soviet Union really desires agreement." Foster said that when Russia first accepted the principle of on- site inspection for policing a test ban "we did not assume the num ber (two to three each yeari men tioned by Chairman (Soviet Pre mier Nikital Khrushchev to be an ultimatum which the U.S. had no choice but to accept." The Soviets have told the con ference here their offer of two to Illness Hits Britain LONDON (UPD - A mystery illness now sweeping Britain has "completely stumped" the coun try's top scientists and bacteriol ogists, Public Health Laboratory Servxe Director Sir Graham Wil son said today. Wilson announced a special 10- man research team has been set up battle the "bug." So far "we are completely stumped." he said. The illness generally known to the layman as "gastric flu" strikes in two forms. The victim may be violently sick, or just suffer nausea, diarrhea and slight lever. Congress Studies WASHINGTON (UPD - A top State Department oflicial said to day Latin America faces great dangers from Communist subver sion but "no country now seems likely to succumb in the foresee able futurp ' Assistant Secretary of Stale Ed win M. Martin told congressional investigators that "headway te,over the United Stales' policies being made to reduce the influ ence and capabilities of Cuba and bloc and in controlling local ,c- it J-i : . r 11 rinintT u it i i'h dium 'i nir ,ent regime in Cuba, and its even ORt.tlBBARf ISP APE StCTlOa .ktr.hm Mentor E three inspections as against West ern insistence on 8 lo 10 inspec tionsis a take-lt-or-Icave-it offer. rosier said "the United States could not accept but two or three on-site inspections." It was generally felt that the conference could make little prog ress on other phases of disarma ment if the nuclear deadlock re mains. Western diplomats said Satur day a meeting between President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Ni kila S. Khrushchev may be the only way to break the impasse because the decisions involved are of such magnitude. Boy Scout Drive Opens Boy Scout officials of the Klam- alh District held a kick-off breakfast at 6:30 a m. Monday to start the sustaining member ship enrollment fund drive. Two of the principal speakers at Ihe session were Lloyd Wilson, district finance chairman, and Paul Meiers, Modoc Council fi nance chairman. Captains picked for Ihe team effort were Dick Gallagher, Lyle hcllstrom, Julian Fxcles, J i m Bennington. Jack Churchill, Bud Maupin and Paul McCuIley. Funds are solicited from friends and parents of Boy Scouts lo keep Ihe yearly program and summer camp sessions going at full tilt. The assessment was given In a House Foreign Affairs subcom mittee as it opened a three-week inquiry into the growth and dan gers of Communist subversive ac tivities in Hie hemisphere, eman ating largely from Cuba. The hearing followed a week end of more congressional debate towairi Cuba In a statement opening the House hearings. Chairman Armi stcad Seldcn. D-Ala., said Havana is serving as "the staging and nimmnsjiff nninl" fnr tirtA nrtnnfc i t-...-. .... t- n...- of all types "In the last analysis." Seldcn said, "subversive aggression rath er than outright military agres sion is the Communists' real hope to extend their empire m Latin America. ccxf. ri KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. Annual Session Support Missing Freighter Eludes Search In Brazil Waters By United Press International Unconfirmed reports said today the pirate ship Anzoategui had lifted anchor off Maraca Island and was steaming toward Belem or Recife to surrender to Brazil ian authorities. A Brazilian navy spokesman said at mid-morning the hijacked Venezuelan freighter, which had been anchored off the north coast 300 miles south of Belem, had not been located or contacted. Brazilian authorities have prom ised the hijackers political asy lum. In Washington, Assistant Sec retary of State Edwin M. Mar tin told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee today that the pres ent anchorage and the offer of asylum by Brazil "makes it sure of them avoiding capture." In two radiograms directed to news agencies, second mate Wis- mar Medina Rojas took sole re sponsibility for the seizure of the ship last Tuesday and said all personnel were safe. Medina Rojas, who took over the Anjbatcgui in the name of the Venezuelan Armed Forces of Na tional Liberation (FALN), said the ship dropped anchor "between the mouth of the Amapa Grande River and the island of Maraca" off Brazil's north coast at 9 p.m. Sunday night. Earlier, an FALN spokesman in Caracas claimed "our mission has been successful 100 per cent Betancourt can have his ship back now." The FALN reported that two of the group's operatives had gone to Recife, on Brazil's coast about 1,300 miles southeast of Maraca, to arrange asylum for the nine hijackers. The hijackers took over the ship in the Caribbean en route to Houston, Tex., as part of a ter rorist campaign to embarrass President Romulo Betancourt and Constitution Hearing Set SALEM (UPD - Public hear ings on a prosed new constitu tion for Oregon will begin Tues day, the House and Senate Com mittees on Constitutional Revision announced today. The committees, meeting jointly, so far have initially ex amined each article of the docu ment at meetings with members of the Oregon Constitutional Re vision Commission which wrote it The co-chairman Sen. Walter Pearson, D-Portland. and Rep John Dcllenback, R-Medford said the public hearings will start Tuesday on article I, (he bill of rights. Four articles will be taken up Tuesday, Feb. 26 Article II on suffrage and elections. Article III on initiative and referendum. Ar ticle IV on the legislature, and Article XII on amendment and revision. The document has been pro posed as a replacement lor Ore gon's present century-old consti tution. If it clears the legislature by a two-thirds vote of each bouse, it would go to the voters. for final ratification. Red Subversion S e I d e n said that in Cuba trained, armed Communist gents are the ultimate "olfen- sive' weapons upon which Khrush chev relies in his plans to de stroy Ihe inter - American sys tem. " Other developments included: Chairman John S. Stennis. D-Miss.. of the Senate prepared ness suhenmmntep saia inai n Soviet activities in Cuba were per mitted to continue. U.S. troops might be fighting Communists in Latin America. Chairman J. William Ful bright. D-Ark . of (he Senate For eign Relations Committee said persistent political pressures could lee, which is investigating the en force the administration lo take ban situation, it was learned. "very unwise" action on Cuba thatlThurmond has seniority In fill a might have dangerous repercus - smns elsewhere in (he world. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1963 force him In cancel his trip to the United States. Betancourt planned to arrive in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on sched ule today in defiance of the pro Communist campaign. He will continue to Washington Tuesday for talks with President Kennedy. Medina Rojas' cable, sent at 1:45 a.m.. read as follows: "We inform you we entered land) anchored Brazilian territor ial waters between mouth Amapa River (and) large Maraca Island, waiting on board for Brazilian au Solons Jarred By Blasts Opposing Morse, Budget SALEM (UPP The Oregon Senate today exploded in a 25 minute long outburst against Gov. Mark Hatfield, Sen. Wayne Morse, the governor's budget, and last Friday's join, session. Sen. John D. Hare, R-Hillsboro, charged the joint session on the Boardman project was a waste of time, and said senators and rep resentatives who did not attend should be congratulated. Hare said "we were fed wind pudding by Morse." He lashed out at Morse's statement that it was not an officeholder's job lo bring business In the state. "If it's not the job of an officeholder, why did he appear before us in the joint session? Hare asked. Sen. Thomas Mahoney, D-Porl- land, asked "what is Ihe majority parly going to do about 'high-tax- Halficld' and his $405 million budget?" I stand willing lo back any cuts made in the governor's budget," Mahoney said. Sen. Ted Hallock. D-Porlland, Icrmed Friday's joint session monumental waste of lime," and said Hatfield's views as well as Morse's should be criticized. I now hope the governor can get down lo serious business and stop making press, and start making hay." Sen. Ward Cook. D-Portland, co- chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, said the committee would make cuts "where cuts can be had without obviously hurting the agencies involved." H e pointed to budget culs made last Barry Mulls Veep Spot PORTLAND (UPD A Repub lican Congressman said Saturday that Sen. Barry Goldwater, R Ariz., is seriously considering ac-! ccpting the vice presidential no mination in 14. Sen. Jack R. Miller. R-Iowa made the statement in a stopover at Portland International Airport Miller said GOP officials believe Goldwater would accept the sec ond spot on Ihe ticket if it would strengthen the party's chances ol winning. New York Gov. Nelson Rocke feller generally has been regarded as the leading contender for the 1064 presidential nomination. Allen W. Dulles, former direc lor of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), said in an article made public Sunday that he saw no chance that the people of Cuba or any other Iron Curtain country would stage surccssliil revolutions against their Red rulers. Senate Democratic Whip Hu bert If. Humphrey. Minn., said the Unite.'! .States should make it clear now that a Castro-type Commu nist take-over in Vrnezuela "will not be tolerated ' Sen. Strom Thurmond. D S C. one of the leading critics of ad ministration policy on C uba, may wind up on Slennis' subcommil- lvacancy on the preparedness sub- commiltoe. Telephone thorities, (signed) Wismar Medina Rojas." In Washington, the Pentagon had reported that the Anzoategui apparently dropped anchor about 30 miles north of Maraca Island. A Pentagon spokesman said a U.S. Navy search vessel, the Jo- siah Willard Gibbs, was within 20 miles of the Anzoategui and would remain in the area to watch it Surveillance by U.S. Navy patrol planes also would continue, he said. week by ways and means, and reminded senators that because of "local pressure" all three slashed budgets were referred back to the committee by t h e House. Sen. Waller Pearson, D-Portland. termed Friday's mceling of the House and Senate a "silly ses sion," and charged "the Board man fiasco was started by Hat field, messed up by Hatfield, and may never be cleared up by Hat field." Sen. Anthony Yturri, U-Ontario, minority leader in the Senate, defended Friday's session and said "we now have information that agreement has been reached. History will disclose the Board- man project one of the best things ever done by Oregon. Yturri agreed with Hare that "lawmakers can't sid Idly by" in Ihe fight lo bring industry to Ore gon. Ylui ri said he had confidence in the Ways and Means Commit- lec but reminded senators "Ihe first t'M million cut from agency requests was done by the gov ernor." Shock Kills Engineer THE DALLES (UPD - Art Johnson, 23, The Dalles, manager and chief engineer of radio sta tion KACI here was found dead in the station's transmitter house about 8:30 this morning. Officials Indicated death was ap parently caused by electric shock. Johnson went lo the transmit ter about 6 a.m. when the station had some trouble getting on the air. He worked at the transmit ter for a time and then reported lo the station the situation was cleared up. That was the last word received from him. 77 fi--: .$'-. r W'U . I '' I", m : V : ' I - i . ' , ,2 KOREAN AIRMEN RECEIVE TRAINING Five non-commissioned officers of tfia Ko rean Air Force have coma to Kinqtley Field fo receive fraininq with the 322nd Fight, r-Interceptor Squadron in th care and use of high altitude pressure suit's. The Kore an airmen are flanked by T.Sgt. John R. Harrii and Col. Edwin J. Witienburger and include, left to right, Sergeants Kim J. Hoon, Park Chanq Han, Park Hang Jun, Kim Younq Jun and Lee Jonq Sun. Sergeant Harrii it supervising tha training of the ser geants who arrived here last week after eompletinq a leriei of technical court! at Chanuta, Brooki and Reeta Air Forca betas. Coionel Witienburger is the commanding officer of Kingtley Field. TU 4-8111 No. 1067 SALEM (UPD - Legislative leaders said today tliey favored creation of the office of state au dilor, and indicated there is grow ing support for annual sessions of Ihe legislature. Senate President Ben Musa and House Speaker Clarence Barton gave strong support to a plan an nounced Saturday by Rep Richard Eymann, D-Marcola, to establish a state auditor's office. Eymann's plan calls for an au ditor lo be elected to an eight year term, to handle post-audit functions now conducted by t h e secretary of state. The Eymann proposal is patterned after a sec tion of the proposed new Oregon constitution. Barton, D-Coquille, termed the plan "a real good idea" and 'good business practice." Musa. D-The Dalles, said Ihe idea was "good," and said he favored an independent auditor's oflice. Both had praise for the auditing job now being done by the secre tary of state. But both warned there was inherent danger in hav ing an audit conducted by an arm of the executive branch of gov ernment. On the annual sessions question. Barton said "I want that to go to a vote of the legislature this session. He said annual sessions would give the legislature belter control over Ihe state's budget. I feel the recently adopted legislative pay makes a great dif ference." Barton said. "Under the old pay scale 1 was not so strongly in support of annual ses Italy Faces New Voting ROME (UPD President An- lonio Segni dissolved parliament Z , ;.i 7 8y ' " new nvfliu Jlll-l mill U J Cllllt-I Stfllll)- tore Fanfani, who counter-signed Ihe dissolution order. Tlie cabinet convened immedi ately and set the elections for April 2 and the first meeting of tlie new parliament for May 16. Tlw disbanding of parliament was the official starting gun for what is expected to be tlie bit terest election campaign in Italy since the Communists nearly won control in 1046. The election will give volcrs their first chance to say what they think about Fanfani's year- old experiment in center-left gov crnmcnt. He formed an alliance of his Christian Democrats with the So cial Democrats and Republicans that provided a working majoruy parliament. The .Socialists! helped keep it in power with their votes, even though they were not actually in the government. In return, the center-left enact ed some legislation such as nationalization of the electrical industry that the Socialists have been clamoring lor many years. Tlie Socialists are basically neu tralist but retain some ties with their former Communist allies Tlie Christian Democrats are a center party, and llrmly commit ted to the Western alliance. Weather Klamath Falls, Tulelake a n 4 Lake-view Partial clearing to night. Increasing cloudiness Tues day w ith rain again Tuesday. Gen erally light winds. Lows tonight near 30. High Tuesday 40. Srows sions. You must remember that a legislator gives most of his time for a month before the session to find what people want, and a month after the session to report on what has been done." Barton said he felt each session should handle budget and law making activities. Musa, who formerly strongly op posed annual sessions, admitted the plan was "gaining momen tum." "Eventually we will have to come to annual sessions," he said, "but I think it is a little premature at present. But we might be able to do a better job. "I'm just going to have to give the idea more study." Property Tax Bill Lands In House SALEM (UPD - A proposal to slash local property taxes by as much as 75 per cent by declaring a new property tax policy for Ore gon landed today in the house. Sponsored by Rep. Cornelius Batcson, D-Salem, it declares that property taxes should bear only costs "primarily related to pro tection, preservation and improve ment of property." It says income taxes should bear "expenses primarily related to pioviding, preserving and en hancing health, education, safety and general economic and social welfare." The major effect of such a policy would be to transfer school costs (rom the properly taxpayers to the income taxpayers. Bateson said his bill would set up a special property tax relief dkmiiiiI nauuklA In oil in nnitntij. and Knool disjlcls (or ' rop. erty related costs. by Increasing personal Income and corporate excise taxes. The Batcson bill is one of sev eral measures that reflect the concern of the legislature over Ihe property tax burden. Another tax measure was intro duced in the House to raise a lit tle new revenue. Sponsored by Rep. Jack L. Smith, D-Condon, it would levy a 55 cent tax per Jl.- 000 valuation on transfers of real property. He said it would raise $1 million a biennium for the general fund. A measure that could be a first step in redrawing Oregon's coun ty lines was introduced in the House with the solid backing of representatives and 12 sen ators. It calls for a county reorganiza tion commission, named by t h e governor, which would report hack to the 1965 legislature. REPORTS ON SHELTERS WASHINGTON (UPD-Assislant Defense Secretary Stcuart L. Pitt man said Sunday thai civil de fense surveys had located fallout shelters for about 103 million Americans. Pittman, who is In charge of U.S. civil defense, said his office already had marked space for about 2.1 million persons and stocked it with food and water.