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Newspaper Page Text0.0? OHE.UBRART CQt?' Rich Rewards Await SSSSolvers Of Coinword Puzzle On Page 9 Today In Th- Day's Wens Weather By FRANK JENKINS Today is February 22. 1963. So lei's talk about George Wash uigton. This is the 231st anniversarv of his birth. It is the 174th anniver sary of his election as our first President. The World Book Er.cy clopedia says of him: "In tile history of tlie world, no man has done more to help ANY country than Washington did to help the United States." What kind of man was Washing ton? The Parson Weems cherry tree story and the Gilbert Stuart por trait perhaps over-idealize the Father of His Country. The por trait of him that hangs in the old Masonic lodge hall in Alexandria possibly comes near to the actual Washington as careful historians picture him. The Washington of that picture could have been a good Rotary or Kiwanis club member. He loved horses and dogs and he had a good seat in the sadd.e as became a Virginia gentleman Stuart reported that when Wash ington was sitting for the famou: portrait he had great dilficulty in petting him to relax and look na tural. He succeeded best, he said when they talked of horses and farming. Washington came of an aris'o cratic colonial family that was well-to-do but not filthy rich. Ho inherited the lovely Mount Vei n ) l estate from his half-brotlier La.i rence. who had married into the rich Fairfax family, from whom lovely Fairfax county takes i's name. At the age of 27. he mar ried a rich widow, Martha Dan dridge Guslis. They lived first in dreamily beautiful old Williamsburg. When Lawrence died, they moved to Mount Vernon, and the Custis money helped (o make it what it was and still is. High vastarday Low lait night High yaar 9s Low yaar ago High pait 14 yean Low pail 14 years Proctp. pott 14 noun Sinca Jan. I Sama period lait yaar Weather Klamath Falls, Tuletake and Lakeview Mostly fair and mild tonight and Saturday. Patchy fog lonight and Saturday morning. Lows tonight 28 .12. High Saturday 55. Variable winds under 12 m.p.h. The weekend will he sunny and mild with no precipitation but some fog early Saturday and Sun day morning. Of Washington, the soldier, it isn't necessary to speak here. His military record is written on the tablets of history. Nothing can ever erase it. Of Washington, the President, the wise administrator, one needs only to mention that lie chose for his cabinet two men whom be regarded as better po litical thinkers than he Thomas Jeflerson and Alexander Hamil ton. Jefferson argued that the common people should be given a large share in the government. Hamilton wanted the wealthy, highly educated people to run the country because he believed they were best fitted to do the job. Washington thought this combin ation was perfect to found tire new nation that had just come into be ing. Time proved that he was right. Price Ten Cents-16 Pages KLAMATH FALLS. OHKGO.N', FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2.'. I3 Telephone TU 4-8111 NoT" 7071 t -i,-:;f rri tT.IJ.S. Demands turn Js? M hmfam Air Mack P J lfi?- riOi Shrimp Trawler rag ; v..fm j r K. ? ANY OU1 PORT IN A STORM Lady, a Springer Spaniel, loves 'em all, her own five pups, now weaning themselves, two kids and a newborn calf. Lady, mother of her first litter, is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ryan, whose ranch is on the Merrill Highway. The young goats are owned by 14-year-old Pamela Sue who received them as a gift. The calf belonqs to the entire family. Lady took over and provided a meal voluntarily when the kids were taken home. Not missing a trick, she also gives them a bath and goes regularly to the barn, where the newcomers are confined to a pen, to attend to her matronly duties. While there she discovered an unattended new arrival in the bovine family, jumped upon a box to eye up the situation and the calf went to lunch too. Luckily for the pups, they lick other platters clean. Left is Lady and the twins, Judy and Johnnie. Right is owner Pam. Legislators Probe National Guard Scandal SALEM 'UP1 - Discovery of military scandal and names of officers who signed orders relating to it were detailed here Thursday by the head of the Oregon National Guard and the secretary of state. The testimony came at a tense meeting of a Ways and Means Subcommittee, which also heard one officer admit he had question ed activities of his superiors but taken no action. Tlie key witnesses were Secre tary of Slate Howell Appling Jr. and Adjutant Gcnornl Paul L. The fust problem of tlie new government was to pet money . ... . .... Thi was done bv laving taxes on goodsg. He said pressure within the Blast Feared In Gasoline Truck Crash EL DORADO. Ark. 'I'PI'- A train loaded with highly volatile chemicals rammed a gasoline truck and burst into flames today at nearby Norphlet. The town's I.2D0 residents fled, but five hours after the crash a Civil Defense official said the danger of a ma jor explosion appeared past. Farrcll Grcsham said the car laden with highly volatile amoni- um nitrate fertilizer was smoldcr- Kliever, who became head of the Oregon National Guard when the late Alfred E. Hinlz died last May. Shorllv alter the death of Hinlz. irregularities at Camp Wilhv- combc in Clackamas County were made public. Continuing investigation. Appling said. revealed the existence of a special cash fund, irregular disposal of surplus goods, and diversion of money to unauthorized projects, including improvements to Hintz's home. The secrctarv of state gave Ihc committee audit reports and doc uments bearing names to back up his statement. Klicver said the irregularities first came to his attention t h e night after Hintz's funeral, when he expressed concern that Hintz's widow would have to complete payment for improvements to the shinned in from foreign countries and on some goods produced at home the first sales lax. inciden-, tally, in our history. The second problem was to PAY THE COUNTRY'S DEBT. At the end of the Revolutionary war. the new United Stales of America owed about 12 million "not bil lion', to foreign countries, and about $42 million to its own people 'bonds, direct loans, etc.' Tlie third problem was the state debts i money borrowed by the states to carry on the war.' Some of live stales had already paid their debts, but J2.1 million remained unpaid. At Hamilton's urging, congress voted to pay these debts as well. The debts came to a total of $79 million. That would hardly be cigarette money in these days. But it was MONEY then. And in those davs. debt w as regarded as something to be PAID. Tlie U.S. population in 1790, when the first census was taken, was 3.M9214 only about twice the present population of Oregon Tliat came to a per capita debt of about $20. Our Revolutionary an cestors would have been shocked if they had been told by some sooth-savcr that in 13M. 172 years later, tlie per capita debt of the VS. would be somewhat in ex cels of 11. 6.10 per capita and they would have been worse shocked if tliev had been told that in IfW. with tlie national debt standing already at about 3" BILLION dollars, the President would be iTopoMn: to CUT taxes, run up an annua! oXicit of BILLIONS of doilarj. and take no steps what ever In pay off the deb) Times have changed, havent they? car may be down enough to pre vent an explosion. Specialized chemical firefighters rushed to the scene. The rural Arkansas town Was imperiled for more than five hours. Three per sons were injured. The Civil Defense official said the danger was believed over at 8 a.m. PST However, the danger of toxic lumes from the amonium nitrate continued and the area remained blocked oil There was no indication when the families would return to their homes. Ilintz home. Klicver said he was told by Lt. Col. James J. Anderson that "wo didn't have to worry, that I li c general had reimbursed himself." Klicver said Anderson then "re lated the sale of these logs and various equipment." The refer ence was to logs and equipment from the abandoned Tongue Point Naval Station. Klievcr said he reported at once to the governor's office. The in vestigations followed. ... Appling, whose auditors spear headed the investigation, stressed he wmild "leave to the courts the question of whether there was or was not criminal or illegal action on the part of any national guard personnel involved in these mat ters." He said he was bringing h i s findings before the committee be cause he was concerned over the standard of conduct they rc- llectcd. "Whether the degree of partici pation be one of instigation of ir regular procedures, actions which serve to make it possible. simply silence on the part u f those who are aware of these oc cur ances, the result seems to me to contribute to the same end,' he said. Appling listed specific irregular ities turned up by his audits. They ranged from unexplained use of cash to an elevator and a deluxe cooktop with a remote control pushbutton panel in the ilintz house. Appling noted, however, Clackamas County grand jury twice declined to return any in dictments. Col. Lawrence M. Blaisdell ad- milted he knew of what he called minor procedural irregularities on the part of some of his superiors. He said when lie questioned them at the time he was assured they were proper. Blaisdell told of one case where Hinlz ignored other bids to au thorize purchase of a particular lawnmower. Blaisdell said he later lound out the base was buying Ihc mower irom llmtz. (Continued on Page 4) WASHINGTON (LTD -The United States has demanded a peedy explanation from Cuban Premier Fidel Castro of the at tack bv Mig fighters on an un armed American shrimp boat in the Florida Straits. A strong note demanding an early reply was sent to Havana Thursday afternoon as President Kennedy promised swilt action tu prevent any repetition of the at tack. (A Cuban radio broadcast mon itored in Miami Thursday night charged the United States had invented" the Mig attack to cov er up surties against Cuban ship ping by anti-Castro exiles in this countrv.l The President told his news con ference Thursday that the Defense Department had been ordered to make any necessary revisions in standing orders to insure action gainst any attacking crall. He declined to say whether this would involve adoption of the doc trine of "hot pursuit," in which Cuban aircraft would be chased back to their home bases under U.S. gunlire. Details of the U.S. policy will be developed. Kennedy said, when it becomes clearer whether the Wednesday attack was an isolated incident of pilot decision or fore shadowed other attacks by Hie Cubans. The Joint Chiefs of Staff were known to be considering the ques tion of hot pursuit, but defense otficials said their strategy would not be tipped off in advance. These officials said that Ken nedy's order for U.S. forces to take "all necessary measures' to prevent future attacks clearly would justify American fighters in firing on Migs at the scene of an attack. The U.S. note to Cuba, sent by way of the Swiss Embassy in Ha vana, was understood to have pro tested in extremely strong terms the attack on the trawler Ala. The note was said to describe tlie at tack as an international violation of international law. wave of indignation in Congress. Lawmakers called it an intolerable act of aggression and Red "pi racy." They demanded that Amer ican planes fire on and chase any future attackers. Kennedy told his news confer ence that the attacking planes "flew under the Cuban flag" and the United States would hold Cuba responsible unless Russians claim they were flying tlie Migs. The Defense Department said two Migs fired rockets close to the 67-foot boat in international waters between Florida and Cuba. The boat, which had drifted three days with engine trouble. was not hit by the Migs fire and its two-man crew was rescued by a U.S. destroyer escort. In Key West, Fla., where they were taken, the two men Paris Jackson, 44, and Benjamin Wash ington, 27 said tlie Migs also fired machine guns. They said they tied a green rag to a stick and waved it as a truce flag, but the Migs made two passes in a The Cuban attack brought a i space of 15 minutes Joint School Boards Agree To Study Gerrymander Plan Rail Clerks Ready Strike As Talks Fail Alllmigh several members of the Joint School Boards Associa tion are basically against tile idea of getting equalization by "shuf- tling youngsters around the loard as a whole agreed Thursday night thai the gerrymander or "equaliz ation by studenls' plan may be the only way lo get the county and city school boards together in solving Iheir common school problems. At the end of Live three hour session at the city Administration Building the hoard memlicrs agreed that tiic gerrymander plan. originally proposed by Buzz Wag ner and strongly backed by Car rol Howe, should be studied for a week and put on tlie agenda (or discussion al the next associa tion meeting Feb. 28. "This plan seems to be Die most permanent and it would get around any equalization." Lawson Kandra, county board member said. Under the gerrymander plan Iherc would basically be two dis tricts, a county district, and a city distinct formed by the present KU boundaries. The shifting would probably come on live fringes of the south suburban area with live city taking some students and the county some. "Tlie county school hoard h, strong feelings in favor of a two district plan and will be looking hard for some reasonable compro mise on tlie gerrymander plan.' Cliff Robinson, county school su perintendent. said. Minutes before, live county board members refused to discuss a sin gle unified county district plan when it was brought up for dis cussion. They said tliey had studied tlie possible effects of the plan and staled it would not be in the best interests of tlie county people. Wlien live metropolitan plan with fiO-40 equalization was brought to the floor for a 'ote. live county memiwrs voted against the plan and the county asked tlie associa tion memlrcrs to vote on the same plan with 50-jO equalization. The members of tlie city boards voted this down. Alter the board members voted! down tlie two metro plans with equalization and it seemed the meeting would adjourn without any motions for continued study of any plan, John Voth, associa tion chairman, said if tlie boards didn't lake some kind of action he was afraid that some jieoplc in the city were ready to circu late petitions in favor of the sin gle county district reorganization. - J."i"-;---- - ,7V ?sS- ji . ' rVaMt1ltW r.v -,mj . "-aaxte . .. ' .r-7:.' --J vJ - - -jK . . - mMJL. .... - , I. ..l42Jfl,. TWO WAY OUTING Georq. Alotrice and Dick Briggs, Herald and News raporttrs, enjoyed ona of the luxuries that is probably uniqua to this area whan they combined a huntinq and fishing trip down fha Williamson River. Thair story, complefa with pictures, is just ona of the many features you'll find in the Progress Edition which will bt published Sunday, Feb. 24. Plan to land copies to your friandi and to former residents in other areas. You still hava time to placa your order now for antra copiat. In this viaw, Alotrico handlai the paddU In tricky currents of tha Williamson. High Court Shifts Case SAN FRANCISCO. UPI- The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks made preparations today for its oft-postponed strike against the Southern Pacific railroad In sev en western slates, but said the walkout would not come before Monday. More than three weeks of tensive negotiations between SP and the ll.nnu-mcmhcr union broke off Thursday in Chicago alter three days of futile meet ings there. Tlie peace talks were trans ferred from San Francisco to Chicago in hopes that a "change of scenery" would break Ihc dead lock which has persisted on the West Coast. Federal Mediator Francis O'Neill, who averted a union walkout Feb. A and conducted ne gotiations in both cities, an nounced that his efforts had failed. But. he said he was not stepping out of the case. "I may be here (Chicago) for a day or Iwn," he said. However. President James Weaver of Ihc SP Division of the Railway Clerks, returned to San Francisco Thursday night and said. "I imagine there will he a strike." The Stale Supr eme Court Thurs day issued an order to Circuit Court Judge David R. VandenberR directing him to transfer to an other Judge tlie burglary case of jpon Pearson or appear before die high court to give reasons why he slvxildn't obey the order. Tlie high court granted the writ after it was petitioned Feb. II by Dale Crahtree, Klamath Falls dis u ict attorney. Crabtree had earli er filed a motion of prejudice against Vandenberg in the Pear son case, but when the motion was filed in Vandenberg'i court, U judge denied it. Klamath County Sheriff Murray Britlon served the alternative writ of mandamm on Judge Vanden berg Thursday. Pearson Ls accused of the bur ary of die Cleo Williams resi dence. 710 North Third Ut Dec. 22. Mitchell Asks For New Trial Convicted slayer Herbert Floyd Mitchell, 41. will be rclurned to Klamath Falls by Klamath Coun ty Sheriff deputies to be present at a lieanng on a motion for a new trial filed in Judge David R Vandenberg'j circuit court by Milehell's attorney. The hearing is tentatively scheduled in Vandenberg'a cham bers at 5 p m. Feb. 25 Mitchell was condemned In death Jan. 10 (or the gun slaying of Dmilre Dan Yerkovich, 3j. in the Esquire Theatre last Sept. 28. Mitchell was tlie first man to be condemned here since Aug 1, 1932, when then Klamath Coun ty Circuit Court Jurlge Will Dun can sentenced Theodore Jordan to be hanged for the fata) bludge oning of F. T. Sullivan, a South- Street, lern Paciltc pullman train slew ard. .VS Ve ' ............ tj flBWMlWMI . Wm X? y ' N ' . rf' .V'" '" ' t - r x i ' .... TELL OF ATTACK Paris Jackson, right, captain of the shrimp trawler Ala and his mate Benjamin Washington, tall newsmen at Key West, Fla., Thursday how Cuba based Mig fighter planes fired machine guns at them, and that the closest shots came within about 200 yards of their disabled vessel. UPI Telephoto Machine Gun Bullets Hit Water Around Boat, 2 Crewmen Testify KKY WEST. Fla. UPI - A crewman of the American shrimp boat attacked Wednesday by Cu ban Mir jet fighters says tlie planes fired machine guns, not rockets, at live drifting vessel. I could sec the bullets spray ing in uve water, mayne a cou ple of hundred yards away." said Henjamin Washington, 27. "It was machine gun. It wasn t no locket." The Defense Department, in an nouncing Hie attack, said the U.S. pilots who observed it reported that the Cuban-based jets fired rockets. The department conced ed later, however, that the fliers may have been mistaken. Radio Havana said tlie United Stales invented live attack on the shrimp boat Ala to cover up refugee raids on Cuban vessels. The transmitter said the Russian made Migs which "flew over" the U.S. crall were "trying to locate two Cuban fishing boats which were attacked a few days be fore. " The Premier Fidel Castro re gime has blamed Cuban refugees living in tlie United States for the alleged "attack" on Cuban fishing boats. Washington and Paris Jackson. 44. skipper of the two-man Ala said the attack occurred about An miles north of live Cuban coast. "We hit live deck and lay there." Jackson told newsmen here after he and Washington ar rived alioard a Navy destroyer escort. "It really scared me. Godt I was really scared. We Just lay there because there wasn't any where else lo go." "Wo were scared to go Into the pilot house or galley for car they might think we had guns or am munition or something In there. Tticy'd sink us right there," said Washington. The men said they left Fort Myers Feb. 10. They fislved, col lecting BOO pounds of shrimp, un til late Sunday night, when their diescl engines burned out. Their radio was out, loo, and their au tomatic bilge pumps. So for three days they drifted and bailed. About 5:30 p.m. Wednesday a Jet fighter flew over their boat near Elbow Cay, about 78 miles southwest of Key West. They signaled, hoping Die pilot would see them and send aid. "I waved at him with an old green rag and pair of coveralls," said Washington. "He flew around a lighthouse at Elbow Cay and circled bark. It took him a cou ple of minutes. Then he started shooting." Soviets Warn U.S. Of World War III MOSCOW i UPI i The Soviet Union warned the United States today that any attack on Cuba would start World War III. Soviet Defense Minister Marshal Hodinn Malinovsky also said that Russia and its allies would regard1 war against Cuba as a war against all of litem. This war will be waged not only in Cuban territory but on Ihel territory of the United States too, Malinovsky said in a major speech at ceremonies marking tlie 4.1th anniversary of the Soviet armed lor ccs. Malinovsky issued his warning at a lime when Soviet ships were reported en route lo Cuba to re move several thousand of the es timated 17.000 Russian troops sta tioned there. It also came short ly after the United States sent a sharp note to Cuba demanding an explanation of the attack by MIG fighters on an unarmed American shrimp boat in the Florida Straits. We want to admonish the ag gressive circles," Malinovsky said "that an attack on (he Cuban re public would mark the beginning of a third world war." lie said that In the event of any such attack, the Soviet Union would be in tlie forefront of those to help Cuba. "It is impossible to intimidate us," he said. "We have the power (Continued ea Page 4) - .