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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."
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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
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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
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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.