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By FRANK JENKINS
From London this morning
; British Foreign Secretary Lord
Home said yesterday the United
States carries TOO MUCH of the
load for European defense and
urged a reappraisal of the bur
dens. He went on to .say:
, "In 1902, the total defense ex
penditure of the NATO alliance
was about $73 billion, of which
the U.S. contributed a little over
$54 billion. These figures show
very clearly the immense size of
the American effort, which makes
the contributions of the rest of
us seem puny by comparison."
Let's put it this way:
Total cost $73 billion.
America's share $54 billion.
What that means is that of
every dollar spent last year by
NATO I North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization', whose basic pur
pose is the defense of Western
Europe, the United States contrib
uted 74 cents.
If that isn't generous, there is
no such thing in the world as
generosity.
Let's pat ourselves on the back
a little more.
After the end of World War II,
western Europe was a shambles
Its great cities were masses of
rubble. The soil of the U.S.A. was
practically untouched. Recognizing
this fact, the Urtited States made
the most generous offer ever
made in the history of the world.
It said to its comrades in arms
in Western Europe:
"You have borne the bulk of
the physical damage resulting
from the war. Recognizing this
fact, we will supply the bulk of
the funds necessary for your
physical rebuilding. '
That, in substance, was the
Marshall Plan.
Lord Home added:
"I would feel that the United
States has a grievance at the
relatively heavy payments she is
making to Europe and that this is
a subject that needs re-examination.
The reconstruction of Euro
pean prosperity in the past 10
years has created a quite new
economic situation within the al
liance." "Words pay no debts," as Will
Shakespeare remarked in his Troi
lus and Cressida but when they
are kind words, true words, gen
erous words, they create a lot
uf good will. :
Thank you, Lord Home.'
Culled from the news:
A hike-happy nation set anoth
er blistering pace over the week
end. 'And blistering it was for the
feet of all who tried. The blis
tered feet included those of Ne
vada's Governor Sawyer, who
trekked from Carson City to
Gardnerville, a distance of 25
miles, and at the end of the
jaunt remarked: "The last thing
I would do in the world is to
challenge another governor to go
through this thing."
, When a fad gels started in the
United States of America, it has
to run its course, but personally
I hope this Marathon business
doesn't reach the point where in
order to be abie to hold up our
heads in the community we'll all
have to lav up our cars and
W ALK TO WORK.
Betancourt
Visits U.S.
WASHINGTON UPI - Vene
lucla's President Romulo Betan
court, who has waged an uphill
and winning four-year battle t I
snow ine way uj peaceiui revoiu-,
tion in Latin America, arrives in
Washington today for two days of!
talks with President Kennedy.
Betancourt'a jet was due at An
drews Air Force Base at 10:45
a m., EST. from Puerto Rico,
where he received the biggest,
warmest welcome Puerto Rico
ever accorded a foreign visitor.
From Andrews, Betancourt was
to be flown in a helicopter to the
White House where the President
and Mrs. Kennedy will welcome
him, his wife, daughter and offi
cial committee.
The two presidents and their
wives then will lead a seven
block parade from tlw White
House to Blair House, where the
Betancourts will stay. The White
House said Kennedy added the
parade to the reception to "dem
onstrate his high regards" for
Betancourt.
Aiter a lunch given by Secre
tary of Slate Dean Rusk. Betan
court will return to the White
House (or the first of two private
sessions with Kennedy. Tonight
Betancourt will be honored at a
White House banquet. !
Sources close to the Venezuelan
thief executive said he will pro
pose to Kennedy a more effective
base for the Alliance for Prog !
ress. as well as discuss means of
combatting the threat of Fidel
Castro in Latin America. i
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AREA SCOUTS HONORED Three area scouts pose with Gov.
Salem Friday. From left, Jack Thomas, Klamath Falls District,
Bend, attended a state Order of the Arrow Conference. Ken
Klamath Falls Explorer Scout was selected to give a report of state-wide scout activ
ities to the governor. Galloway was also elected as area vice - chief at the Order of
the Arrow Conference.
SAC Bombers Quit England
As General Exodus Begins
WASHINGTON iVPV -The
Strategic Air Command withdrew
several B47 jets from England
last week in a preliminary to the
planned general exodus of U.S.
nuclear bombers from overseas
bases.
This move came to light today
as inquiry revealed that a differ
ence of opinion may be develop
ing between the Defense Depart
ment and the Air Force over how
fast overseas bomber bases
should be vacated.
Only a "handful" of the 600-milc-an-hour
jet bombers were
pulled out of England, but it was
a forerunner of a big shakeup.
The planes had been based at
Grecnham Common, one of four
Strategic Air Command bases in
England.
(The withdrawal came as the
London Daily Express claimed
that Britain will become the main
U.S. base for a new striking force
of H-bombers. The newspaper said
the bombers will be assigned to
the North Atlantic Treaty Organ
ization NATO I under the agree
Rail Talk
Start Anew
CHICAGO 'UP1 '-Federal Me
diator Francis O'Neill resumed
talks with negotiators of the South
ern Pacific railroad today, hope
ful of finding an agreement in
the line's dispute with 11.000 rail
way clerks.
O'Neill met separately with the
railroad officials, who were joined
by James E. (Doc) Wolfe, chair
man of the National Railway La
ter Conference, and several of
his associates.
O'Neill was hopeful a change
in scenery from the previous San
Francisco talks might prove bene
ficial. He planned to meet with
negotiators of the Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks later today
"I don't plan any joint meet
ings between the two sides im
mediately," O'Neill said. "I've
just gone 'over tnis thing with the
carriers. and w ill keep going over
jt
City Council Studies Low Salary Of Firemen, Traffic And
1
V
ASKS SURVEY 8ob Beach, local merchant, is shown
eiplainmg the request of the Merchants' Association for
I comprehensive overall survey of the downtown area
to the city council. 8each was speaking as a member of
the Merchants' Allocution and the city planning com
mission. 4
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Prfcr Ten Cents IS Pages
ment between President Kennedy
and Prime Minister Harold Mac-
millan last December at Nassau
(America is to send a force of
B52 Stratofortress H-bombers and
1,300-mile-an-hour Hustler B58s,
according to Chapman Pincher,
the newspaper's defense corre
spondent. He said the aircraft
would he under command of
Asylum Set
For Hijack
Ship's Crew
BELEM.' Brazil (UPH-A Bra
zilian naval vessel headed for the
mouth of the Amazon River to
day under orders to escort the
hijacked Venezuelan freighter An-
zoategui here for formal surren
der by its rebel crew.
A swkesman for the Brazilian
Foreign Ministry in Rio de Janei-
ro said political asylum would be
granted the pro-Communist Vene
zuelans who seized the freighter
last week in the Caribbean, en
route to Houston, Tex.
The Anzoategui was reported
anchored in Brazilian territorial
waters Monday night in the north
channel of the Amazon River
mouth, about 50 miles from Ma
capa, capital of the northern ter
ritory of Amapa.
Wilmar Medina Rojas. second
mate and leader of the nine men
who seized the ship, wired news
agencies in Rio that he planned
to make port upstream at Maca
pa this afternoon, rather than
continue the 200 miles to Bclem
"I lack navigation charts for
the Belem zone," he said.
Earlier, Medina Rojas sent a
message to territorial authorities
at Macapa. asking them to meet
him aboard the Anzoategui at its
river mouth anchorage.
A port official and the territori
al police chief left Macapa in an
outboard irlotorboat, heading for
the Anzoategui. Authorities in
Macapa declined comment on
whether the freighter might head
there to surrender.
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Mark O. Hatfield in
and Jack Hutchins,
oalloway, right, a
Gen. Lyman Lemnilzer, American
NATO commander !
Delense Sec-rotary Rolwrt S.
McNamaia's office has asked the
Air Force to study the feasibility
of speedier withdrawal of B47s
from bases in England, Spain,
Morocco. Alaska and Guam.
More than too planes now arc
kept on 13-minute alert at those
bases. '
The Air Force has agreed to
leave its three Moroccan bases
next July. But it believes that
B47s should he kept on some over
seas bases for two more years.
Under present plans, the whole
fleet of aging B47s is to be
junked by mid-1.". But it now
appears doubtful that any will
stay overseas that long.
A major shut in U.S. strategy
stresses a fast buildup of U.S.
based Minuteman missiles and
submarine-carried Polaris rockets
The bomber force will consist of
630 U.S. -based intercontinental
B52s and about 80 of the B58s
that can reach Soviet targets with
in-flight refueling.
Hopes Fade
On Test Ban
GENEVA (UPI i - The Soviet
Union refused to budge today
from its take-it-or-lcave-it stand
on conditions for a nuclear test
ban treaty.
American. British and Soviet
disarmament negotiators gathered
at a private lunch for what their
spokesmen called a "social" meet
ing. It was their first joint meet
ing since the 17-nalion Disarma
ment Conference resumed here
last week alter a two-month re
cess.
Sen. Hubert Humphrey. D-Minn
who was present, told United
Press International afterwards
that it war. a "fruitful discussion
but there was no sign of any sig
nificant shift."
Humphrey's remark seemed to
crush cautious hopes for some
break in the nuclear deadlock that!
had been raised earlier as a re
sult of the lunch get-together.
A complaint about low firemen
salaries, criticism about traffic
problems and rezoning 'requests
brought a sizable delegation to
the city council chambers Mon
day night.
A request for a comprehensive
study of the problems ol the down
town business area was also pre
sented to the council on a pre
liminary basis by Bob Beach and
Dic k Hicks on behalf of the Mer
chants' Association.
Hollo J. Shaw. 1012 N. Eldorado
Avenue, complained to Ihe council
that lircmen were not being paid
a living wage in some cases. He
said. "All of them are moon
lighting in order to make ends
meet."
Mayor Robert Veatch comment
ed that a bill now before the
Legislature would reduce fire
men's work week from 72 hours to
54 and would require the city, II
passed, to hire additional lire-
men .
Councilman Waller Fleet ex
plained to Shaw that the city
operates on a six perrent Iimi
r
to aw MtW$
KLAMATH FALLS, ORKGON.
PPL Files Rate
Cuts For South
Oregon
SALEM Alter extensive review
with the public utility commission
er's office, Pacific Power & Light
Company today filed with Com
missioner Jonel C. Hill rale revi
sions that would bring its South
ern Oregon electric rates more in
line with PPlL's rates in other
areas of the state. The company
estimated savings of one million
dollars annually would result for
the firm's customers in Douglas,
Josephine, Jackson, Klamath and
Lake counties.
"Differences in the rate levels
in the Oregon areas served by the
company have been under continu
ous review with the PUC since
Pacific Power and the Califor
nia Oregon Power Company
merged in mid-1981," the company
explained.
D. R. McClung, PP&L president.
said 59.000 residential consumers
in the Southern Oregon area would
share savings totaling $534,000 an
nually. Commercial and industrial
customers would have an esti
mated $500,000 a year under the
proposed changes.
PP&L said the rate reductions
would average 5.6 per cent.
The proposed adjustment
would bring the Southern Oregon
rate structure more nearly in line!
wilh the rates in the Willamette
Valley, eastern Oregon and coast;
areas we serve in the slate," Mc
Clung reported.
PP&L said the adjustments in
(lie residential rales would include
minimum charge from $2 to $1.25.
tlie minimum charged elsewhere!
in the company's Oregon system.
Also available would be a block of
540 kilowatt-hours for household
water heating at one cent per
Howe Explains Stand
On School
Representative Carrol Howe ex
plained to the Herald and News
today that it would be impossible
to gel any new special equaliza
tion bill through this session of the
legislature to deal with the diffi
cult school problem and possibili
ties of reorganization.
Actually." Howe said, "t w o
bills have already been introduced
in the legislature to do away with
the county rural school district
proposition."
Howe said he did not oppose
equalization as such, but rather
that he had informed a group at
a meeting Saturday in Klamath
Falls that there was no possibility
of getting such a measure through
this session of the legislature.
If you want to reorganize,
Howe said, "it could be done as
a matter of dividing up young
sters to a point where nobody
would have a major tax impact
one way or the other. One district
could take some high school stu
dents, the other some grade
school students."
Howe said he did opixise equal
izalion based strictly on school
costs. "You can't consider school
charges in isolation in equaliza
tion." he said, "but must also
consider the other costs such as
talion, and he said, for the
eight years I have been on this
council, there hasn't been a year
when we haven't increased sala
ries to Ihe extent within our
means." He also recalled the two
mill levy which was placed on the
ballot a lew years ago to in
crease policemen's salaries, add.
ing. "The people turned it down.
Shaw interjected that he
thought the people would go for it
now.
Vcalch replied, "Rest assured
we are as concerned about sala
ries of city employes as everyone
else. By and large, though. I
think they are satislied with our
efforts."
Survey Asked
The question of an overaii sur
vey of the downtown area was
raised by Bob Beach, a member
of tlie city planning commission.
He presented the council a rough
draft of a proposal asking that
the city planner undertake a sur
vey of Ihe downtown area which
would include such things as
(characteristics of the trade area
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1963
Counties
KWH. a rate which is two-tenths ol
one cent per KWH less than the
present charge.
Savings of about $14 a year
would result for all residential
customers using an average of
840 kilowatt-hours or more each
month, PP&L said. The average
use in Copco area households falls
in this bracket, the company add
ed.
Commercial and industrial cus
tomers would be offered two new
schedules, and have a choice of
whichever rale results in lower
cost for the service. Along with
other customers, the Copco area
industries with high load factor
and high energy use character
istics w ould be placed on rate par
ity with industries in the Willam
ette Valley and comparable areas
of Oregon as a result of the adjust
ments, PP&L said.
Frank Bash, vice president and
Copco division manager, reported
nearly all 9.700 commercial any
industrial firms would benefit
from the changes, although under
certain power usage conditions a
lew might experience modest in
creases. In general, the newly re
vised Copco Schedule 30 for com
merce and industry would mean
the most economical power costs
for Ihe low use, low load-factor
customers, and Schedule 37, the
alternate PP&L rate to be made
available in Southern Oregon,
would be lower for the high use,
high load-factor industrial custo
mers," Bash explained.
Rates for commercial water
heating and or airport and recre
ational lighting, such as parks and
school football fields, also will be
reduced.
Equalization
irrigation charges, fire protection
and others.
Howe met with school board
members and school officials Sat
urday, and indicated he had dis
cussed the measure which was
dropped in the legislative hopper
Monday to permit shifting of as
sessed valuation, but which re
quired that any such shift be ap
proved by each of the districts in
volved as well as those who would
be shifted.
"Personally," Howe said, "I
don't prefer the single county
unit. I feel the best solution, tax-
wise, is to trade youngsters. The
best solution, education wise, is
to make the present system work
or shift some youngsters to ac
commodate building needs of both
areas."
He added, "Administrative prob
lems are so greatly dilferenl
throughout the county that there
would have to be an adjustment
of services, either reducing or
raising them."
He indicated, also, that there
is already an equalization feature
in the state formula and that
there is also equalization possi
ble through the county school
lund that includes county school
fund plus forestry receipts.
including boundaries and future
potential, characteristics of out
lying areas in relation to down
town area, land use and values
of downtown properties, assessed
valuation, traffic patterns, off
street parking, utilities and other
areas.
Beach commented, "We want
Ihe downtown areas to stay high
in value and that's the reason
for requesting this study."
Ken Blackman, community
planner. Indicated that the study
could all be done locally, but add
ed that the department could un
dertake only one major project
a year, and that this would com
prise the project, if undertaken.
Councilman Ladd Hoyl com
mented that he had read all the
surveys made previously, noting
that no action had been taken on
them, adding, "I hope this one
will fare better."
Dick Hicks added that the mer
chants are behind the request and
would meet, participate and put
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Telephone
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KLAMATH'S TROLLEY CAR
traversed part ot the Main street, went down Conger Avenue and all the way our
to a juncture with Upper Klamath Lake then back downtown by a circuitous routs.
This view shows the old trolley car on part of its run. Complete story and pictures en -the
city's only trolley car will be carried in the Progress Edition which will be pub
lished Sunday, Feb. 24. Orders for extra copies should be placed now. . .
Secrecy
Briefing
WASHINGTON (UPI) - A se
crecy-cloaked White House meet
ing between President Kennedy
and congressional leaders set off
speculation today of an impend
ing development in the Cuban
situation.
The President and his top ad
visers met with 17 lawmakers lor
WASHINGTON (UP!) The So
viet Union has Informed the
United Slates that it plans to pull
out "several thousand" of Its mili
tary forces In Cuba by March 13,
diplomatic sources said today.
40 minutes Monday night in a dis-l
cussion described by the partici
pants as a "routine" review of
Cuba and oilier foreign policy is
sues.
U.S. officials said later no ma
jor U.S. action or announcement
was planned. They said that
American policy remained un
changed and that no new opera
tfons by this government were
contemplated.
But the tight gag clamped on
legislators and officials alike led
diplomatic quarters to suggest
that Kennedy might have re
ceived a reply from Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev to his re
cent demand for a timetable on
removal of Soviet troops from
Cuba.
It was considered possible the
President might have invited the
congressional leaders from both
parties to the White House to dis
cuss me Russian position witn
them.
Two administration officials
who joined in the meeting CIA
Director John A. McCone and De
fense Secretary Robert S. McNa
mara were scheduled to ap
pear today at closed sessions of
congressional committees.
McNamara was slated to brief
the Senate Armed Services Com
mittee on U.S. military strength
and McCone had an appointment
with the House Foreign Affairs
Committee.
Members of the House commit
tee said they would ask McCone
for his assessment of Communist
subversion in Latin America,
much of which stems from ter
rorists trained in Cuba.
Chairman Richard B. Russell
D-Ga., of the Senate armed serv
ices group, has said he hoped the
Cuban controversy could be kept
out of the defense hearings, but
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TELLS ABOUT VISIT Walt Mclntyre, travel agent,
gave the council details about the tectnt trip he and
hit wife made to Rotorua, New Zealand, at a represent
five of the city. He had high praise for the hospitality
shown them and commented that the city "couldn't
hold a candle" to the tourist effort put out by Rotorua.
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Yes, son, Klamath F
s did
Shrouds Kennedy
On Cuba Problem
there was no assurance it
would be.
Senate Democratic Leader
Mike Mansfield, Mont., said aft
er the White House meeting that
the accent was on Cuba. He
said the session included "a gen
eral intelligence summary" by
McCone and an up-to-date brief-
Phone Rate
Hike Flayed
By Senators
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Federal Communications Commis-1
sion came under a hail of sena
torial criticism Monday for recent
rate increase decisions affecting
news services and "short-haul'
telephone calls.
Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney, D-
Okla., said the FCC plan to hike
rates $4,012,000 for private or
leased teleprinter circuits would
be a "body blow to many small
newspapers."
Sen. Ralph Yarborough, D-Tex.,
questioned tlie FCC proposal to
raise rates an estimated $25 mil
lion a year by hiking the cost
by S to 10 cents of person-to-per
son phone calls under distances
of 8O0 miles.
Acting FCC Chairman Rosel H
Hyde replied to tlie onslaught ol
questioning as he defended the
commission's decisions In testi
mony before the Senate commu
nications subcommittee, headed by
Sen. John O. Pastore, D-R.I.
Monroney said the increased
wire cost burdens threatened to
drive out of business the small
and county scat newspapers,
which he called the "backbone of
American Journalism."
Instead of charging a paper for
the time it uses a leased wire,
Monroney said the FCC plan
would force the paper to pay for
a full 24 hours for a private line,
whether it used it round-the-clock
or not.
"There is no other utility that
I know of that charges 24 hours.
Monroney said. "A newspaper that
uses power to run Uie presses only
pays for the electricity used, not
on a 24-hour basis.
Rezoning
Weather
Klamath' Falls, Tulelake and
Lakevlew Considerable cloudl
ness through Wednesday with
light rain at time early tonight.
Possible fog early Wednesday.
Variable winds under 12 m.p.h
Lo tonight 32. High Wednesday
near SO.
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havo a trolley car once. It
ing on Cuba and other foreign
policy issues.
Mansfield described the confer
ence as part of "routine" proce
dures followed by the President
to keep congressional leaders in
formed on foreign affairs. The
White House had no comment.
McCone was tlie second admin
istration official called in the
House subcommittee's three-week
inquiry into Red subversion fos
tered by Premier Fidel Castro's
Cuban regime.
Assistant Secretary of State Ed
win JJ. Martin testified Monday
that as many as 1,500 Latin
Amerltan students went to Cuba
last year and returned home with
"training every good guerrilla
should have.
Martin said more of the stu
dents came from Venezuela than
any other country. He added that
we do not consider it sheer co
Incidence" that Venezuela has
been hard hit by a wave of Com
munist sabotage.
KUHS Spring
Concert Set
The Madrigal Singers, a group
of 22 selected musicians from the
cappella choir of Klamath
Union High School, will sing a
group of five numbers at t h e
choir's spring concert Tuesday
evening, Feb. 19.
The singers have been organized
for the past three years and spec
ialize in the singing of old English
madrigals as well as the modern
popular standard songs.
In the Tuesday night concert
they will sing two old English mad-
gals, one Czechoslovakian
folk song, a modem awing ar
rangement, and a jazz arrange
ment of a Negro spiritual.
Tills year's membership in
cludes Carol Bousquet, Brent Bud-
den, Pam Conn, Leslie Currin,
Joe Everly, Marianne Gallagher,
Lana Gregory, Gael Hallack, Rob
in Hiatt, Janice LaGrande, Susan
Lapsley, Phyllis McLin, Steve
Moore, Dick Nolan, Sue Ann
Owens, Jim Sibbet. Bob Sand
meyer, Dennis Southard, Harold
Tompkins,' Dennis Montague,
Richard Vcatoh and Beulah
Welch.
The Madrigal Singers have ap
peared for many clubs in Klam
ath Falls as well as making sev
eral television appearances.
Powell Cash
Faces Knife
WASHINGTON (UPI) Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell faced a cool
jury of his congressional peers to
day In an appeal for nearly
$700,000 to run his House Educa
tion and Labor Committee for the
next two years.
The veteran New York Demo
crat was the last House commit
tee chairman to present his 1963-64
budget at a closed meeting of the
House administration accounts
subcerrmitU:. His appearance
was act for 2 p.m., EST.
Powell's request for $W7,000
seems sure to be cut, probably
by $200,000 or more. But the con
trovcrsial Negro congressman
may not be the only flouM com
mittee chairman whose purse will
be lightened this- year by t h
aroused accounts scibcomrrtrUee,