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U.Of 0Rr.M8.1ART NEWSPAPER SECTION C0P. MM.tU.AHO DOCU1EHTS CIV. in The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS The news today? There's nothing much in the way of big news to blow your hat off. So let's turn to the little news. One of our numerous space ro bots sent back a message the oth er day to the effect that normal life on the planet Mars is impos sible. There's nothing there, the message added, to support life as we know it. Now if we could just get the same news a to conditions on the moon, we flight be able to set tle down to tho serious business of making life better here on this planet that we call the Earth. From Seaside, don at the mouth of the Columbia river, comes word that when Charles A. (Chuck! Smith got fed up a while back with government regulations in the dairy business, he turned to MINK RANCHING. He reports that he has never regretted it. His judgment was probably good. There is considerable evi dence that in these days MINK is getting to be more important than MILK. Up Salem way, where the Ore gon legislature is in session, there have been suggestions that if there! were more SPANKINGS in the schools the quality of Oregon edu cation might be improved. That led to an inquiry, directed to State School Superintendent Leon Mincar, as to what the law is on the subject. Dr. Minear reported that spankings are not prohibited by Oregon state law. Nor, he added, docs the Oregon State Department of Education have any rules or regulations on spanking. The state law, he says, recognizes the "loco parentis" (teacher in place of parent) concept, and so the teacher is le gally presumed to be correct if a spanking is administered. In response to the inquiry. Dr. Mincar went on to say, spanking is no crime in Oregon unless it is maliciously administered or so se vere that it causes permanent in jury to the student. In 12 years, he says, only one case nf spanking has come to his attention. As a general rule, local districts have regulations, and usually require witness to ob serve spankings. Most of it, he re ports, is done "by hand" or with a ruler and most spankings arc confined to the primary grades So now you know all about spanking in Oregon schools. You aro also probably aware that if a spanking program got started in some modern-day school a lot of tur would fly. Talking the other day with Doug Puckctt about doe shooting in Ore gon and the official contention that it has been necessary in order to keep the deer population down to the point where there will be enough feed to go around, he told me the story of the colored boy who was caught on the top of a burning sky-scraper with no way lo get down. There was a rubber boot fac tory on the upper floor, and so he put on a pair of the boots and jumped off the roof. The boot soles were springy, and when he hit tile ground he bounced and bounced, going higher with every bounce. The upshot of it was that they had to shoot him to keep him from starving to death. "That," Doug added, "is about all that can be said for these doe shooting licenses the guine commission has been peddling." Weather Hit ytittnlr Lew Uif ni9ftt Lew yter 49 NiQtl pkf 14 VHn Lew P4 H yiert PrciB. Pt 24 hour Since Jen, l Seme period Uil ycer M 1 tts) 14 (KS5 M 1." JO ft it a w am Weather Klamath Falls, Tulelake aid I.akeview Variable cloudiness to night and Wednesday. Generally light winds. Slightly cooler to night, lows J4. Ifiglia Wednesday about U. Price Ten Cents 24 Pages KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, Tl ESDAY. MARCH J. I96J Telephone TU 4-81 1 1 No. 7080 irike Threat Posed FIRST AIRPLANE FLIGHT The up-coming occasion of Old-Timer's Night at the annual Oregon Pilots banquet Saturday, March 9, at Reames brings forth this old photo from the collection of James B. Floyd. The photo is of Bud Mars and his pusher-type plane which arrived hers on an SP flatcar July I or 2, 1911. Floyd recalls it was unloaded and assembled near the present Main Street underpass. In this view, the nose wheel is snubbed to a telephone pole to permit two days of tuning up and test ing prior to a flight. There was only one flight and the plane was towed back to the flatcar and shipped out. Mars was killed a short time after the flight here when his plane crashed, although details on the place and data are not available. All pilots who flew solo prior to Dee. 7, 1941, have been classed as old-timers and will be hon. ored at the Saturday night banquet which gets underway at 6:30 with refreshment hour. The Saturday night pro gram will review old-time activities around the local airport. Board Okays County School Budget The Klamath County . School be used for high school purposeslchance to vote on the budget and District Budget Committee ap proved a $2,967,421 district budget for the 1963-64 school year at its budget meeting Feb. 22. This includes a $64,337 net oper ating expenditure increase over the previous year, hut the in crease is offset by a correspond ing increase in the estimated re ccipts (other than taxes) of the district The committee also approved a new salary schedule lor teach crs calling for a $300 annual in crease for most teachers. A $200,000 annual serial levv for high school purposes for a period of five years was also ap proved for submission to the vot ers, it is intended that this serial levy be assessed against the high school tax base and the proceeds only. A $190,000 serial lew as- serial levv Mav 6. sessed against the elementary tax Due to the increase in csti base expires in June. mated receipts, it is anticipated The county citizens will get althat the taxes for the operating Derailment Investigated NORTHRIDGE, Calif. DPI I -! Federal agents today investigated a tampered switch which sejit a Southern Pacific train carrying 118 passengers careening down a spur track toward a warehouse containing flammable chemicals. Eleven persons suffered minor injuried Monday when three coaches and one baggage car of the Los -Angeles-bound Coast Day light lumped the tracks. Officials said the derailment halted the nine-unit train within 100 feet of the warehouse. Engineer Frank C. Ivcrson, 63, said he was going 60 miles an hour when he saw the thrown switch on the outskirts of this San Fernando Valley community and slammed on the emergency brakes as he thundered over it "It was a deliberate attempt at sabotage," Ivcrson said. "Some one with a good working knowl edge of the switch must have done it." A Southern Pacific spokesman said Federal Bureau of Invoca tion agents were called in when it was discovered the "switch was left open, but the signal was re wired to sliow a clear signal for the engineer." Much of the spur line was torn up. Officials said damage to the. train was- not major. Critical Time Faced By Quads LIMA, Ohio (UPD-Doclnrs said today that quadruplet daughters born here Monday were in good condition but the next two weeks would be critical for the smallest of the four. The four girls were born to Mrs. Barbara Axe, 26, who watched their delivery at St. Rila's Hos-pilal. Doctors said the first two girls each weighed 4 pounds 2 ounces. The third was the smallest, weigh ing 2 pounds 5 ounces. The fourth weighed in at 3 pounds 13 ounces. Dr. Vernon Noble, who deliv ered Hie children, quoted the mother as saying she was "over whelmed" that all four were girls. Previously she had given birth to two sons and a daughter. Pilots' Wives Paid By Anti-Castroites , MLAMI UPl .A Central American anti-Castro group is paying $1,800 a month to the wives of four American fliers missing in the ill-fated Cuban in vasion, an attorney revealed Monday. Alex E. Carlson, attorney for the unidentified grr i, said the money was from a trust fund set up bv Castro foes "after all hope was abandoned" for the Ameri- can pilots flying for them. The fund gave the four Bir-! mingham, Ala., women $225 each every two weeks since their air men husbands were missing and believed killed April 19, 1961, near the end of the Pay of Pigs invasion. Flying Cargo Plane The checks, drawn on Bankers Trust Co. of New York, have been received by Mrs. Riley W. Shamburger Jr., Mrs. Hade C. Gray, Mrs. Thomas Willard Ray and Mrs. Lee t Baker. Mrs. Gray told United Press International earlier she received the checks but did not know the sender. Mrs. Shamburger said she knew the sender, but declined to disclose the origin of th? money. Carlson said several fliers were recruited to fly against Castro! during -.the invasion, and the (our Birmingham airmen were flying a C46 cargo plane converted for light strafing when they began having trouble piid were pre sumed crashed. Were Losing Altitude "The last we heard from them they were losing altitude w'lh one engine out," Carlson said. The wives said the airmen were recruited in January, 1961, and left in February saying their destination was classified. Several of the women have said they believed the men were working for the Central Intelli gence Agency or some other gov ernment unit. The CIA, however said it adheres to a policy of si lence regarding the invasion. Carlson said Monday the Cen tral American group authorized the Double Check Corp. of Miami Springs to set up tne trust lund The altorncv r el used to identilv the Central American group. But he did say that several wealthy Cuban exiles were contributors. PROLIFIC NEWSMAN MANILA (UPI) - Tne Philip pines National Press Club Mon day cited Angel F. Bolton as the "most prolific newspaperman of the year" fur having 16 children. budget mav decrease over the present year's figures. It is expected that the county district will get approximately $100,000 in federal funds for cdu eating students from the Kingsley Field Air Base. A change w ill be made this year in the payment of school cafe teria cooks, Cliff Robinson, coun ty school superintendnct, indicated. Cooks will be paid by the coun ty district this year with each school sending part ..of the cafe teria receipts to the county to be included in a joint fund. Previously the cooks received two separate payments, part from the school and part from the coun ty. The new system is intended to expedite bookkeeping at the county school district office. The members of the budget committee are: Earl Wilson chairman; Dwight Kircher, secre tary; Paul Fairclo, Don McGec, Dick Jcssup, Lawson Kandra B. M. Anile. Lou Kellison, Dave Campbell and Ben Adair. Portland Food Stores Burn PORTLAND (UPI) - A two- alarm fire caused an estimated $50,000 damage today to a build ing housing retail loud stores in northeast Portland. Cause of the fire was unknown. The blaze broke out shortly bclorc 6:30 a.m. (at northeast 42nd and Fremont! and broke through Hie roof of the one - story building housing Buy-Rite Foods, Vein's market and a bakery. Loss was estimated at $25,000 each lo the building and contents. CHICAGO (UPli-The nation's ailroads and five key unions will resume negotiations over "feath- erbedding" March 1.1 in what ould result in a paralyzing. countrywide strike. The U.S. Supreme Court ended months of legal maneuvers Mon lay by ruling Ihe railroads had the right to impose sweeping work rule changes. The unions have said repeatedly they would strike if such work rule changes, designed to elimi nate "feathcrbedding," or unnec essary jobs, were put into effect The agreement to resume nego lialions headed off what could h.ive been an immediate strike over Hie years-old question of au tomation and job displacement in the rail industry. Actually, the talks in Chicago initially will take up only the limination of 40.000 Iiremcn on Ireight and yard service. J. E. (Doe) Wolfe, chairman of he National Railway Labor Con- Icrence, said work rule changes would not be discussed until the firemen's issue was settled. He said that if the fiicmen's issue was not solved, men tne railroads "would proceed to make our rules effective." The proposed work rule changes would eliminate between 65,000 and 85,000 jobs during a five year period. Wolfe said fcatherbedding was draining $600 million annually Irom America's economy. Wolfe said it would lake about 25 days lor the formal Supreme Court ruling to go into effect. He said the railroads would impose the changes five days after that date. If a strike crisis came. Presi dent Kennedy could head it off for 60 days by appointing a fact finding board under the National Railway I-abor Ait. There were reports that both Ihe railroads and the unions have an informal agreement to take no drastic action for at least the next few days lo allow the White House to study the situation. More than 180 railroads are involved. The unions are the oper ating brotherhoods representing (he 210.000 engineers, firemen, brakemeii, conductors and switch men. The anti-feallu'i'bedding issue has hern simmering fur years. President Eisenhower in 1960 ap pointed a special railroad com mission made up of rail, union and private personnel. Its 576-page report was handed down Feb. 26, 1962. It noted the insistent competition" during the past 40 years of Ihe truck, bus, airplane, automobile, pipeline and water transport. It also noted Ihe decline of pas senger service relative lo freight, the decline of shorthaul freight relative to long-haul and the de cline of general mrchandisc rela tive to bulk cargo. During Ihe same 40 years, rail road employment dropped from 2 million to 800,000. But, the report said, over-all railroad productiv ity, as measured by the number of man-hours involved in handling a given volume of traffic, in creased "significantly." Peace Hopes Soar In Clerks1 Hassle SAN FRANCISCO (UPD-Hopes of a settlement in the lengthy dis pute between railway clerks and the Southern Pacific Railroad appeared brighter today with re ports that a "broad area of agree ment" had been reached. Federal Mediator Frank O'Neill got negotiators together Monday for the first lime in a month and predicted a settlement could be reached "in two or three days at Ihe outside. "It would now appear that the parlies to the dispute have reached a broad area of agree ment on the principles involved in the particular issues," he said, adding Hint certain matters al ready have been reduced to writ ing. U.S. District Judge Stanley A Weigcl vacated a temporary re straining order against the clerks Monday when both sides agreed to resume negotiations. The restraining order was ob tained by the railroad in San Ma teo County Superior Court last week, lust hours before the 11,000 SP members of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks were scheduled lo walk off their jobs in seven western stales. Under Monday's agreement, O'Neill said both sides reserved the rights they had before the re straining order the union can strike on 72 hours notice, and the company can again go lo court for another order. O'Neill entered the dispute Feb. 6, when the union threatened to strike over a long-standing dispute concerning clerks displaced by automation. Youth Dies Of Exposure DETROIT, Ore. (Uri)- A De troit High School student died in the snow near here Monday after; spending Sunday night lost with his brother on a slope of Dome Rock, four miles northwest of here. The body of Dale Guy Staler, 16, was found beside a logging road. Terry Staler, who hiked out for help, was in good condition de spite 21 hours in the freezing weather. Terry said he and Dale left fori hike Sunday aflcrnonn and reached the top of llic 4,843 foot lock before dark. lie said they started hack down a logging road, but decided to de scend the ridge instead. He said they spent the night on the slope. At dawn, Terry said, they start ed hiking again, but Dale com-! plained of sore feet and said he would wait while Terry went for help. Terry estimated it took him :iloiit four hours to gel home. Bv the time ho had returned with his tepfather, George Bowman, Dale had died of exKisurc in the freez ing temperature. Legislators Defend Ways, Means Budget Stand After Hatfield Slap SALEM (UPD Legislative leaders stood up for the Ways and Means Committee today and said if Gov. Mark Hatfield wants to fight, they aro ready to "take him on." "If he wants- bare knueklcsr il he even wants brass knuckles, we'll take him on," said Senate President Ben Musa. "It's the old Mark talking back in form," said House Speak er Clarence Barton. 'I think lliat committee is do ing a good job, and I'm standing up for them," he said. Hatfield Monday accused Ways and Means of taking a "meat cleaver" approach to his pro posed budget. The governor said he will fight for his full proposed budgets lor higher education and Civil Defense. Barton and Musa accused the governor of talking out of two sides of his mouth. Barton said Hnlfield "plays all kinds of hocus-pocus" with his own budget figures, making sev eral adjustments after it is an nounced. "But Ihe minute it's put into printed form it becomes holy writ," he said. He challenged Hatfield to "list Ihe accomplishments" of the Civil Defense Agency, which a Ways ind Means Subcommittee wants to reduce to a stuff of three in the governor's office. I didn t hear Mark Hatfield CD Fund Loss Seen SALEM (UPI) Oregon would lose federal mulching funds if it cut ils Civil Defense Agency to three men, and it might lose thel money if it was cut back to a 10 man agency, a federal Civil De fense official warned Monday. Region 8 CI) Director Charles C. Ralls addressed a one-hour session of the Ways and Means Subcommittee which recently re jccled the governor's $410,006 Civil Dcfensn budget. At the request of the commit tec, the Finance and Administra linn Department has submitted an alternate plan for n three-man agency which would cost $52,000 for the 1963-65 bienmum. Gov. Mark Hatfield told a press conference earlier today he was prepared to wage a "bare knuck led" fight to save the Civil De fense Agency. The subcommittee did not seem too impressed by Ralls' support of Civil Defense. Subcommittee Chairman Rep Beulah Hand, D-Milwaukic, said "I don't think he added much to our knowledge." Ralls explained, "f do not in tend to inject my feelings into the sovereign state of Oregon. I only interpret the rules. taking credit for any accomplish- ments In the Columbus Day storn." he said. The CD agency has been accused of falling apart during the storm. Hatfield doesn't want the agen cy in his office because he -wnnts to "dodge complaints . . . it's par for the course," said Barton, Musa said Ways and Means is doing dh "excellent job . . . the state will be eternally grateful lo them in the long run." Both men defended Ways and Means proposal to increase the student-teacher ratio in the high er education system. Barton said the governor knows in actual fact the ratio is even higher now than Ways and Means has recommend ed. As for Hatfield's protest that Ways and Means was virtually eliminating the Council on Aging, Musa said, "we've got too damn many councils as it is. All they do is counsel one another." "Ways and Means is not goinu; to butcher for butcher's sake, but they're going lo have tu be soid that these increases aro justified and not just to please any certain minority." Both commented on new esti mates that the governor's income tax proposal would bring in more money than expected, and on Hatfield s agreement to keep de ductions in the income tax lr,.vs. "As usual, he's folding under pressure, said Barton, who wants deductions eliminated. City Council Initiates Policy Change On Street Improvements i j ifr. 4. ri SH: ' i tT5 t I 805 v f MAP OF PROJECT This itrefch of Lark Strict, from South Sixth to Shasta Way, it tho area to be paved under a project initiated by the city council. The black tines indicate the properties to be assessed for the improve ment, roughly 135 each direction from the street. Ily FLOYD L. WYNNE A new policy on sueet improve ments was launched by the city council Monday night when it ini tiated a paling pioject lor a por tion of Lark Street on its own. In oast years the policy of the council has always been to launch paving projects at the initigatnn of a petition from residents of the area to be paved. Under the new policy, the coun cil approved a resolution directing the preparation ol plans, accepted the filing ol the plans and specili cations, along with the estimated tol and adopted n resolution de daring it intention to iinproNC all in one meeting. Previously, the council fits! moved tu consider the request for paving, and then directed the preparation of plans and specif ica lions which weie presented at a later meeting Appareiitlv. the new policy was appiovetl by the council at one ol tli informal oll-tlie-record council session and the deci sions made Uiere reaffirmed for the official record at the on-the-record council rntetings which art now held only twice a month, the first and thud Monday of each month. Elfcct of Ihe new policy Is to put the burden of npjMiMtion against such an improvement strictly up to the proieily own el s who will lie assessed for Ihe impiovemcnt. According to City Attorney Henry Perkins, expressed at last night's council session, it will rc quue two-thuds of those to he assessed to be piesent at the offi cial hearing lo successfully op njst; Ihe project. Hearing on Ihe I-aik Street piuject has been set lor 7:3'.li p in. Monday, April 1. Estimated com I', pave this stretch which In s between South Sixth and Sluisla Vtay has been set at siu.b'ir, However, City Manager Robert Kyle suggested lo the council thai city street equipment be used tol do sonie of the preliminary work thus reducing the cost about Si.jiiJ and making the average cost about i2f8 a liont foot on the piopcrty owners. In levying 11 cost of Ihe proj ect, it was necessary for the coun cil to modily its normal proce dure ol one-half block back each since the area is not platted ii, rectangular manner. The council adopted a plan of going back approximately KU fecti on each side of the street. In explaining Ihe plan In the council, Kyle stated that the im provement was essential since! the new fire sub-station located at Shasta Way and Mitchell must have quick access lo the South Sixth Street area. He also explained Ihe necessi ty (or deviation in Ihe area lo be assessed by lerming it an "odd ball platting." ItiM'k V Roll It was also developed at Ihe council meting that the city fa thers have an intense dislike of rock 'n' loll music. Haldy Evans, long-time dance promoter in this area, appeared in response lo an application lor reinstatement of his dance hall promoter's license. Evans read a prepared state ment in which he pointed out lliat during the past 25 years he has paid hum $25,000 lo $.10,000 in rental fees to the city for use of Hie auditorium. He added that his promotions have included just about all the famous name bands as well as top Western and re cording stars. While admitting that he has had some trouble on several oc casions, Evans frankly admitted that In some cases llic fault lay with the hand Itself. He termed dancing "a wholesome form nf recreation," and request ed he bp permitted In continue his promotions. Councilman Waller Fleet said Ihe council had no intention of cancelling his license, but that they held il up because Ihey wanl rd lo review w situation in Ihe light of Iro Me al the auditorium which occurred on two occasions in November. Councilman .Jamm Barnes voiced firsl opposition to rock V roll, slating, "It's rock 'n' roll miiir thai attract) tho un desirables." Fleet also added his opiwsifion In thin type of music. While Councilman Chet Hamak cr harked hack lo Ihe old days and commented that there was trouble then manv times, Barnes replied. "Yes, but Ihey didn't al ways think of guns and knives then." Evans stated that, if granled a license, one thing he would re quire is that nil girls admitted lo the dance must wear skirts. "Those who come in jeans or slacks often give us the most trouble." he told the council. Mayor Bob Veatch told Evans, "Unless you're overly selective you're bound to create a situation (Continued on Page 4) r V'J tukkZ, . fe ll irthM, - - - - ' EXPLAINS PLAN City Manager Robert Kyle is shown as he points out details of the Lark Street paving project to the members of the city council at their Monday night meeting.
