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U.OF CSS.LmAR COUP, NEWSPAPER SECTION la The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS U.S. Secretary ot Stale Rusk .JtHntttetvTnuK. T'S.A.: "Any effort by Cuba to use its arms outside the island would be met by the armed forces of the Western Hemisphere. Cuba must not become a source of com munist infection for the Hemis- phere. Soviet military presence on that island can not be tolerat ed." Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev in Moscow, U.S.S.R.: "If Cuba, or Red China, ANY OTHER communist nation Js attacked, the Soviet Union will (come to tlie assistance of its friends and strike a devastating blow at the aggressors. Question: Is the irresistible force about to meet the immovable body Or is it just another case of "MY POP CAM LICK YOUR POP, and you better leave me alone?" Hmmmmmmmmmm. Let's cherish the fervent hope that it's the latter. If another World War ever gets started, nobody knows where it would stop. From Washington Senator George McGovern (Democrat, from South Dakota) has come up with his own version of the hiking fad. For the past week, he has been handling his 10-year-old son's paper route on foot. It started when young McGov- em was stricken with the flu and was unable to keep up his route in nearby Chevy Chase for the Washington Post. The senator tells a reporter: "It's a little difficult to get re placements, so I took it over for him. It's about a two mile hike, and you have to get up at 5:15 a.m. It takes me 30 minutes to make the rounds." Comment? Let's put it this way If the members of the congress would approach the solution of the NATION'S problems in the sen sible, logical way in which Sena-j tor McGovern has approached the solution of the problem created by his son's illness, our country would have relatively few worries. More from Washington: . . The Atomic Energy .CYmmittee (AEC in alphabet language) thinks it may be 20 years or more before the cost of desaliniiation can be brought down to the point where desalinized sea water can be used profitably for irrigation. This brings from Chet Hollifield, of California's I9th Congressional District, down in the water-short Los Angeles area, a demand for more work (and more appropria tions for the AEC, if necessary) on the desalinization project He says he thinks desalinization of sea water is a necK ot a 101 more imnortant than putting a man on the moon. Amen, Chet. A lot of us out here in the West agree with you all the way. , . . i Xondemned Man Denied New Hearing Condemned murderer Herbert Floyd Mitchell, 41, was denied a motion for a new trial by Judge David R. Vandenberg in circuit court, 9:40 a.m., Thursday and will be transferred to the Oregon State Penitentiary soon in ac-! cordance with a prior order of the court. Mitchell, convicted New Year's Eve of the gun murder of Dmitre Dan Yerkovich, 35. is the first man to be sentenced to the death penalty by Judge Vandenberg during the jurist's 22 years on the Klamath County bench, and is onlv the second person con demned in the history of the Klamath County Courts. The other was Theodore Jordon who was sentenced to be hanged for the fatal gas pipe bludgeoning of a railroad steward i.i 1KB. The death sentence was upheld twice by the State Supreme Court, but several days before the scheduled execution the then governor Ju lius Meier commuted Thomas' sentence to life imprisonment. Mitchell was a party in a tri angle involving his ex-wife, Ros alie, and Yerkovich. The con demned man followed Yerkovich. Rosalie and her daughter into a local theatre !;i.;t 28 and fired three bullets into tlie head of the victim as he was watching the motion picture. "Music Man During the trial the defense sought to establish Mitchell's in nocence by reason of insanity, but on Dec. 31 a circuit court jury of six men and six women returned a verdict of guilty of llrst degree murder, w ithout recommenda tion, against the defendant, Weather HigA yatttrday Lew Ulf night High ytr Low ytar 490 High past 14 yjara Low pait II fttrt Prtcip. part 14 npurt Sinca Jan. I lam panpd lafct yaar ii JFK Urges Negro Protection' Laws WASHINGTON UPI - Presi dent Kennedy asked Congress to day for a series of new laws to protect Negroes from "the cruel disease cf discrimination" in vol ing, schooling, and other walks; of life. The President outlined his pro posals in a 6,000-word special mes sage, his first on civil rights. The politically significant message hailed the administration's non legislative accomplishments in the past two years. He called for laws to speed consideration of voting suits by Negroes, provide them the ballot while their suits are pending, guarantee them the same voting tests as whites, and presume they are literate if they have conv pleted the sixth grade. Kenneoy also asked for federal technical and financial assistance to school districts which need help to desegregate. And he requested four more years of life plus ex panded powers for the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. Describing these as "a list of priorities," Kennedy said he knew his proposed and past actions "do not constitute a final answer to the problems of race discrimina tion in this country." He prom ised to sign, it enacted, any "other measures directed toward these same goals." "The program outlined in this message should not provide the occasion for sectional bitterness, Kennedy said. "No state or sec tion of this nation can pretend a self-righteous role, for every area has its own civil rights problems. Nor should the basic elements of this program be imperiled by partisanship. The President's failure to ask for much new civil rights legisla tion until now has aroused crit icism from some Negro leaders and some Republicans, including New York's Goy. Nelspi ,A. Rock efeller - - Kennedy insisted that, acting on its own authority, his administra tion in 1961 and 1962 made "more progress ... in securing the civil rights of all Americans than in any comparable period in our history. 'Progress has been made- through executive action, litiga. Lion, persuasion and private ini tiativein achieving ; nd protect ing equality of opportunity in ed ucation, voting, transportation, employment, housing, government, and the enjoyment of public ac commodations," he asserted. He pointed, for example, to his re cent executive order banning dis crimination in federally aided housing. But the President said there still is a need for new laws, particularly to protect the right to vote because this is a key point to achieving other rights of cit izenship." He offered a four point program for legislation to provide: Temporary referees to make it possible for Negroes to vote Jet Crash Kills Eight FAIRBANKS, Alaska (UPU-An Air Force KC135 Jet tanker crashed on takeoff at Eiclson Air Force base Wednesday night kill ing the seven airmen aboard and an air policeman on duty at the main gate. ' The four-engine let falterer1 when taking off from the north runway, skidded along the ground and wiped out the main gate at the base. Burning wreckage from the plane spewed across the Alaska Highway which runs past the main gate, blocking off the high way to traffic for several hours. PPL Rafe Cuts OK'd SALF.M (t'PK - Rate cuts reflecting savings of more than SI million a year to Pacific Power & Light Company's Oregon cus - tomers in the Southern Ore;on area were approved todav. Public Vtilitv Commissioner Jonel C. Hill said the rates would go into eflect on March 22. Tie rale cut, largest single downward adjustment ever made in Oregon by an electric utility, will bring the cost ot electricity in P P & L's Southern Division more in line with rates in other parli of tlie slate, Hill Mid. HTTP 14 turn (mil .M Ml ill Price Ten Cents 28 Pages in state or federal elections while their lawsuits are pending against officials who deny them the ballot. requirement that voting suits "be accorded expedited treatment in the federal courts" as a further step toward avoid ing "the usual long and difficult delay" in such litigation. A ban against requiring Ne groes to meet different standards from whites in applying to regis ter and vote. Kennedy cited cases of Negro college graduates being turned down for failure to give a "reasonable" interpretation of the Constitution. A legal "presumption that the applicant is literate" if he has completed the sixth grade unless state officials can prove that he has flunked his voting literacy test. The first two provisions would apply to federal and state elec tions, the latter two only to fed eral balloting. Administration of ficials described the first two as new ideas and the latter two as revisions of proposals which were made previously but got nowhere in Congress. Clerks Plan Strike Ban Strategies SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - Offi cials of the Brotherhood of Rail way Clerks considered a number of methods today of lifting the court order which barred their strike against Southern Pacific,: the West's largest railroad. . - Superior, Judge. James O'Keefo of suburban Redwood City issued the 10-day restraining order Tues day, a few hours before the 6 p.mj PST strike deadline. James Weaver, chairman of the SP division of the union, said Wednesday the brotherhood had several alternatives. He said the 11,000-member unit could defy the strike ban, appeal to some federal court outside San Francisco "with out warning," or fight it out in: Judge O'Keefe's court March 8. Weaver said the union would not negotiate with the SP as long as the restraining order remained in effect, and would strike as soon as it was lifted. Assistant Labor Secretary James Reynolds and Federal Me diator frank O'Neill planned to cjnfcr with the union committee today. They met at length with SP negotiators Wednesday. O'Neill entered the negotiations Feb. 6, when the union set its original strike deadline in a lengthy dispute over automation. Three weeks of fruitless negotia tions were climaxed Tuesday when tlie union set the new dead line and the railroad obtained the restraining order. The clerks, who claim tlie sup port of 38,000 other SP employes, have demanded that workers re placed by machines be retrained for other jobs within the com pany. SP claims- the demand would create new jobs and ham per technical advances. A walkout would tie up South- em I'acilics 8.000-mile line ir Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah,: Arizona, New Mexico and west Texas. Raft Starts Long Drift SAN DIEGO (UPD - The raft l.ehi V bobbed southward on the Pacific Ocean today on a six-year mission to help prove that the un faltering currents helped early migrations from Israel to Central America. Capt. DeVere Baker and his 15 man. 4-woman, 1-docior crew drifted out of their Shelter Island dock Wednesday to the flourish of a Navy band and the cheers ,of civic dignitaries, The -bv-20-foot ratt was ex pected to take several days in reaching its fi:st port of call Ensenada, Mexico, 100 miles down tlie coast from here. Amateur radio operator Hal M anion said he contacted the raft Wednesday night and Baker re ported making good progress through heavy seas. r.oaea. " ( v- 1 K PRESIDENT SWORN DESPITE RIOT U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson, right, is embraced by Dominican President Juan Bosch after the latter took the oath of of fice in Santo Domingo Wednesday. Rifle-swinging military police charged a mob of pro-Communist demonstrators screaming anti-U.S. slogans during the inaugural parade. UPI Telephoto Anti -US Rioters Breakup Bosch's Inaugural Parade SANTO DOMINGO, D.R. (UPI) I Dominican authorities today held at least 10 pro-Communist demonstrators who broke up the inauguration parade of President PRAYER PRINCIPALS jr 1 I if'" 0 her sons, William J. Murray III, 16, center, and Garth Murray, 8, are shown after they left the Supreme Court in Washington Wednesday as the high court began hear ing arguments on Mrs. Murray's attempt to get a court order discontinuing the use of the Lord's Prayer and thi reading of the Bible in Baltimore schools. William, who is being reared as an atheist, attends one of the schools. UPI Telephoto High Court Hears Defense Of Prayer WASHINGTON UU - The Supreme Court turned today to a defense by Pennsylvania officials of BiMe-reading in the public schools. which a lower tederal court has held unconstitutional. With questions and answers fly ing thick and fast, the justices Wednesday heard a Baltimore! case which dealt mainly with usc of the Lord's Prayer at daily opening exercises. Justice Tom C. Clark was the only memuer ot me couri who had almost nothing to say. The othor justices engaged in a verbal free-for-all with attorneys and sometimes among themselves. A standing-room-only audience, including numerous members of the clergy, listened to the argu ments with rapt attention. The. spectators chuckled frequently at the sharp clashes. The Pennsylvania case, which has been fought since 1938. was started by a Unitarian couple.l Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Schempp. Tliey have two. children in Abing ton High School. The Schempps eventually won an order by a special three-judgei federal court in Philadelphia that Bible-reading be discontinued The order also applied to recita tion of the Lord's Prayer, which follows the reading. A Pennsylvania law provides for reading of at least 10 verses from tlie Bible, but tlie prayer was f KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, Juan Bosch with shouts of anti- American slogans and battles with' police. Bosch, apparently undaunted by the disturbances Wednesday be- Mrs. Madalyn E. Murray and merely a matter of custom. The court's order hasn't been enforced yet because of Pennsylvania's; appeal. The lower court agreed with tlie Schempps' claim that the practice was a religious ceremony barred by the First Amendment to the Constitution. The amend ment says: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establish ment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The Schempps argued that the Bible-reading favors Christianity over other forms of worship. But even if all religious groups were included, the stale still may not "aid religion," they said. Pennsylvania officials urged re versal of the lower court on the ground that the opening exercises do not involve "religious Indoc trination or instruction" nor do they "contemplate the perform ance of a rclisious act." The neutrality to religion re quired by the First Amendment means that the government can not be forced by tlie religious or by tlie non-religious to add to or subtract from the traditional and voluntary religious leaven that has always existed in our public life the state's brief said. Marvland Atty. Gen. Thomas B. Finan argued Wednesday that the underlying issue was whether. "non-theism should override the ism (belief in a supreme being). m mm mw$ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1963 fore a host of foreign dignitaries, including Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, launched his term as the Dominican Republic's first constitutional president in 34 years by naming a cabinet composed, largely of members of his own party. The lone independent in the cabinet is Andres Freites, cur rently ambassador to Washington, who will serve as foreign min ister. He is considered friendly to the United States. Underscore Problems Wednesday's demonstrations un derscored the problems facing the new government in its task of re storing ' orderly democracy and Leconomic prosperity to this small Caribbean nation once ruled by the late dictator Rafael Trujillo Police swinging rifle butts charged-onlo about 100 youshs! chanting anti-American slogans near the parade reviewing stand. At least 10 demonstrators were arrested and several were led away with bloody faces. Johnson and Venezuelan Presi dent . Romulo Betancourt were hustled from the reviewing stand by security guards to the safety of a nearby building. Bosch re portedly remained on the stand until order was restored. Gunfire Near Johnson One of the security guards later reported to the American Embassy that he thought he heard gunfire about 50 yards away from Johnson. U.S. Ambas sador John Bartlow Martin said he understood two people were wounded in the clash but this was' not confirmed. Dominican security sources lat er said three persons were m-j jured, presumably rioters clubbed by police, but there were no bul let wounds. Police identified tlie demonstra tors, most of w hom wore colored sweatshirts as a sort of uniform as supporters of the pro-Commu nist Venezuelan Armed Forces of! National Liberation (FALN), which recently hijacked a Vene zuelan freighter. Wilderness Bill Backed WASHINGTON (UPI) - Interiorl Secretary Stewart L. Udall today renewed an appeal to Congress to keep millions of acres of -public lands in their natural state. Udall, testifying before the Sen ate Interior Committee, asked for approval of the wilderness bill which he termed one of the "great landmark" conservation measures of all time. Saying that the bill had the full support of President Kennedy, the secretary compared it in import ance to the Homestead Act of 1862, the Reclamation Act of 1902, and legislation to create the na tional park system. The wilderness bill is perhaps the must important conservation measure to face Congress in the past 30 years, he said. The United States. Udall said, was one of only a few countries in the world that still had the op tion of setting aside wilderness areas for future generations. The bill was introduced by Sen. Clinton P. Anderson, D-.N.M., and It cosponsored by 21 other sen ators from both parties. Telephone Sunday Closimg 'raws SALEM (UPI) Massive sup-. port for a proposed Sunday clos ing law, the hottest issue now be fore the legislature, was voiced here Wednesday in a hearing that ran for more than two hours. Only three witnesses opposing the measure had time to speak. Hearings will be continued March 13, with opposition witnes-, ses scheduled. More than 300 people jammed the hearing room, and at least 100 more sat or stood in the hall outside, listening on loudspeakers. The bill, proposed by the "Save A Day For The Family Commit tee," 'was discussed befoi e t h e House Planning and Development Committee. Social, economic and political arguments were cited in support of the Sunday closing proposal. Opposition witnesses said t h e law would violate religious and business freedoms. Opponents favored allowing the people to vote on the measure. Those who favored the bill bit terly opposed such a vote, pro posed by Rep. Bob Chappel, R-Portland, and charged the leg islature should not "pass the buck." ' Among those favoring the Sun day closing law was Mrs. Laura Baker, mother of spoi ls star Ter ry Baker. She said she gave up her form er job and went to work for Sears in Portland so she could have Sunday off to be with her three sons. 'Let's keep Sunday for the kids," she pleaded. Rep. Victor Atiyeh, R-Portland. said he sponsored the bill out of consideration for people who are forced to work on Sundays. He said business created the need to be .open.. Sunday, and denied it was a result tf consumer pres sure. , Portland attorney O g 1 e s b y Young denied the bill was aimed at regulating religion. 'The goal of the bill is to stop the sale of general merchandise! and motor vehicles on Sunday,1 he said. G. Herbert Smith, president of Willamette University and chair man of tlie sponsoring committee. said Sunday business was leading to a breakdown in family life He said the legislature, by act-: ing now, could "nip in the bud" the spread of S u n d a v business. Ed Bissell, representing t h e J. , Penney Companv, said "w e don't want to be open on Sunday., we have a social obligation to our employes to strive for a day when families can be together." kl-i1 inn ''nil i mi ixinimrii lain,, ,r;,( mtii im i i.,nl mt COUNTY RAISES $126,000 FOR UNITED FUND The Klamath County United Fund Drive which began Oct. I will close officially at the annual UF board meeting to night at the Winema Hotel. Members of the fund raising committee which collected $126,000 during this year's drive include, lfanding, left to right, Al Nybaclt, George F-litcreft, Marland Pulliem, Gayle Upington, Ross Ragland, Mrs. Julia Brown, Paul Meier and Rev. Quinn Mawley. Sitting, left to right, Phil Parsons, Bill Ganter, Ralph Hunter and Al Lynch. , United Fund Award Dinner Concludes Year's Campaign After five months of intensive fund raising, the Klamath County United Fund Committee will con-1 elude its most successful annua! campaign with an awards banquet and board meeting 7 o'clock to night, Thursday, in the banquet room of the Winema Motor Hotel. The United Fund raised 126,000 from businesses and individuals1 throughout the county during ths past campaign to attain 9S per TU -4-8111 No. "D'.i He said "only a handful o f stores insist on being open for business on Sunday," but admit ted under questioning that "we will stay open on Sunday if forced to. It's just a matter of time. What else can we do?" Portland apparel store owner Loren Clark said the "picnic and pickle set is against working on Sundays. Portland car dealer Chuck Went- worth said auto dealers wanted to be closed, but opened on Sundays as a detense measure. Dale J. Benjamin, state chair man of the State's Rights Party, said communists want every thing -open on Sundays," and charged those who opposed t h e bill would be following the Com- mumst line. The only opposition witnesses to be heard Wednesday were Ocean- Lake Of Woods Highwa Plan Gets Green Light A new highway linking tliei junction of the Greensprings and U.S. 97 highways with the Lake of the Woods road near the Geary Ranch is planne-i for construction by the Stal 'J.jhway Commission whenever funds are set aside for the project, Deb Addison reported to the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce during its weekly meeting Wednesday. Mention of the project was made by Glenn Jackson, chairman of tlie Oregon State Highway, Com mission, in a recent conversation with Mayor Robert Veatch of Klamath Falls and Addison, the latter reportedj The remarks attributed to the chairman of the highway commis sion allayed some fears of the chamber that the Stale Highway Department was considering scrapping the plan for the pro posed new highway in favor of widening and 'mproving the exist ing road of Lakeshore Drive. In discussing Lakeshore Drive, Jackson said that tlie thorough fare "had all of the characteristics of a city street. It is the inten tion of the commission to improve it as such, he added. Addison then commented on a number of improvements Jackson said the highway commission would make along Lakeshore Drive, including the widening of shoulders, improving drainage, and resurfacing of the road. cent of its goal of $131,808 in 0 -fund drive which started Oct. i. The amount collected this year caps the previous high of 1119.000 donated to the fund during 1961. Tonight's program will feature as guest speaker Russ McNeil vice president of the Portland Branch of the First National Bank of Oregon. In addition, three out standing community volunteers will be cited for their work during the campaign and employ groups Weather Klamath Falls, Tulelaka and Lakeview Variable cloudiness and mild with showers tonight and Friday. Some snow over higher elevations. Lows toaight 30-33; high on Friday 45. Suppit lake Mayor Jerry Parks, R a t b 1 Emanuel Rose of Portland, and Robert Burtner, Methodist minis ter in Salem, and spokesman for tlie American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); Rabbi Rose agreed there was a need for a family day, but said the proposed bill "infringes o n those who do not have Sunday as a Sabbath." Parks, speaking for tlie "2 0 miracle miles" on the coast, said "tlie law would wipe out many of our stores. Sunday is our biggest business day." Legislators asked if a "family day" could not be achieved vol untarily, through union bargain-, ing, or requiring more pay for Sunday work. They also cited the hardship caused to college stu dents who work on Sundays to finance their education. "Highway users will have to get by with these improvements', until funds become available to permit construction of the new highway from the Geary Ranch through Onndale Draw to the Greensprings Road, Addison quoted Jackson. The chairman of the highway commission opposed construction of a new highway around the low er end of Klamath Lake to the Nevada Street Interchange be cause such a route would "ruin the development of the Lakeshore Drive-Moore Park area. -."The highway commission rejs ognizes the needs of an area in addition to the basic matters of tHe " engineering of roadways," Jackson is said to have explained. Less than a week following the purported conversation, Addison said that Mayor Veatch received a letter from Forrest Cooper, state highway engineer, reaffirm ing some of the views expressed by Jackson. In his letter. Cooper advised the mayor that funds were not now available for making any major improvement on tlie Klamath Falls section of tlie Lake of the Woods highway; however, he stat ed that the highway commission had ordered a study and survey "to see what may be accom plished in tlie way of making im- (Continued on Page 4-A) i.Zufi ,. mutt Ahich gave their fair sliare will also be honored, according to Phil Parsons, executive secretary of the Klamath County United Fur,d. Parsons said, "Although the United Fund did not reach lu goal, it collected almost five per cent more money than was raised last year. More than 8,000 contri butions were received this year from firms and individuals," he added.
