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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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