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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. ,
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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).
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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."
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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-
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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.