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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
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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.
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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
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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
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,ent regime in Cuba, and its even
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.