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Hmmmmmmmm. fie's a piker. me New Deal-Fair Deal-New Frontier got itself a credit card from the American people and has run up a 300 BILLION DOL LAR debt on it. From Washington: Monday was President Kenne dy's night to get patted on the head figuratively, of course like a small boy. The occasion was the Labor Department's 50th birthday party. And Kennedy, the 45-year-old fea tured speaker, was repeatedly made to seem a mere stripling. Frances Perkins, secretary of labor in the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, recalled doing business 50 years ago with the department's first secretary, William Wilson. Turning to Ken nedy. Miss Perkins now nearing her 81st birthday patted the Pres ident on the shoulder and added: "That was before you were born, sir." W. Willard Wirtz, present secre . tary, made a similar .statement. He reported that at the time of the department's founding t h e President's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, was a Massachusetts bank examiner and childless. Vice-President Lyndon B. John son recalled that 25 years ago. as a congressman, he had heeded an appeal from Miss Perkins to sign a petition advancing legisla tion to establish a minimum wage of 25 cents an hour. With a bow to Kennedy, John son reminded his audience that all this happened "even before the President COULD VOTE." Most of us have a vague idea that there was a time in the world when the oldest and the wisest member was chosen by the tribe as its chief on the theory that EXPERIENCE was necessa ry if the tribe was to be governed wisely. 2.000 years ago There was Alexander. He was only 22 when he crossed the Hel lespont (the ancient name for w hat we now call the Dardanelles and started out to conquer the world. He was only 25 when at the battle of Arbcla he overthrew Darius the Persian and took over the Persian Empire that had so long threatened Greece. He w as only 29 when he reached the rich plains of India and com pleted the conquest of the then known world and is said to have sighed because there were NO MORE worlds to conquer. Then there was Napoleon. entered military school at the age of 10. He received his first commission in the French army at the age of 16. At the siege of Toulon, where his real military career started, he was 24. He was 26 when his "whiff of prapeshol" cleared the streets of Paris of what he called the "ca naillc." And He was only 46 at Waterloo. Let s add as a historical after thought Both Alexander and Napoleon left their countries swamped in debt. Kingsley Plans Variety Show A variety show featuring act: by oVpcndcnts of military per sonnel will be staged beginning 7:30 p.m. Sunday. March 10, at the Kincsky Field Theatre, ac cording to the information otfice of the air fiefd. Proceeds from the show will go to the Intercommunity Hospital Fund. Weather High yesterdiy Low last night High vtar ago Low year ago High past 14 years Low past 14 years Precip. past 14 hours Since Jan. t Same period last year 59 fWHI S.SI b DOG HERO Duke, a long Award from Dr. Albert Starr, ' ' :- s- 'AX ---Vt- &-i 4 heart surgery team, as his new owner, Jeffrey Salswedel. looks on. Both boy and dog underwent open heart surgery. Duke was given a heart condition by team'as a research project and hence the award. Jeffrey was one of the first to receive benefits of results of experiment in operation Feb. 14. (JPI Telephoto Tax Deduction Loss Seen SALEM aPD - Oregon state income taxpayers probably will lose their federal income tax de duction, members of the House and Senate tax committees indi cated Tuesday night. A proposed cigarette tax, how- lever, appeared headed for some difficulty in the Senate. Nine representatives and six Country Music Stars Killed In Plane Crash CAMDEN. Tenn. (L'P1 Hawk-i shaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and Patsy Cline, stars of country mu sic's famed Grand Ole Opry, were killed in the crash of their small plane which disappeared Tuesday night during bad weather, author ities reported today. The three, along with Miss Cline's manager, Randy Hughes, were en route to Nashville, home of the Grand Ole Opry. from a benefit show in Kansas City when their plane went down. Highway patrolmen who reached the scene of the crash, Bequest Aids University PORTLAND il PI'-Glenn Jat-k son. Medford and Portland finan cier and chairman of the Oregon State Highway Commission, has willed the controlling interest in the 52 million Rogue Vallcv Coun try Club of Medford to Willamette University, it was reported today Gerry Pratt, business editor of The Oregonian. reported that Jackson confirmed he had created a living trust under wtiich his 52 per cent interest in the club will .'o to the Salem institution on his death. The bequest will include lot) kt cent ownership of an extra nine hole lavout recently installed at the club. Jackson. 60. recently made simdar bequest to Southern Ore gon College involving a tTO.ono controlling interest in the Mt Ashland Corporation, developer of a winter sport area on Mt. Ashland. tl ...l.i.x: j cl. Price Ten Cents 16 Pages ' . i - f' - tailed mongrel, receives Research Dog Hero of member of Universitv of Oreaon Medical School senators met to continue their study of major revenue - raising measures in an effort to reach a concensus. In, comments on features of the three major income lax bills, most of those present indicated they favored elimination of tlicl federal deduction in determining taxable state income. If that change alone w ere made about three miles from the Ten nessee River near this west Ten nessee town, radioed back this morning four bodies were found in the wreckage. A fire tower watchman first spotted the wreckage after dawn broke across the hill country where several residents reported they had seen the Piper Co manche plane circling Tuesday night. 1 hunderstorms raked portions of Tennessee during the time and visibility in the Camden area was poor. The three stars and Hughes had landed at Dyersburg, Tenn. about 6 p.m., tlien took off for Nashville with three hours of fuel. Mrs. Hughes said in Nashville that her husband, who was pilot ing the plane, had telephoned from Dyersburg and said the four 'would be home suon." Rail Strike Could My GEORGE AI.OTRICO The situation appears to be brightening in tlie dispute between the Southern Pacific Railwav and the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, but if things took a turn for the worse and the clerks de cided to strike, the Klamath Ba sin like thousands of other areas in seven states would suffer from tlie economic repercussions. According to tlie information re ceived by the Herald and News. fear of a elrike has quieted down in most quarters and area stiip icrs are less worried alxiut a pos sible strike than they were just days ago. all brought over from the main station, include Capt. John Matthews, Ralph Edwards and Harry Ernest, (shift one) and Capt. Ed Betsch, Arless Reeder and Bill Campbell. The modern kitchen, left, is equipped with a gas stove, and refrigerator and deep freeze combination. The main featurn is an accordion type door which closes off the cooking facilities (along one wall! converting the room into a classroom. The build- vH in the present income lax laws taxpayers would nav $50 million more next biennuim. The bills be fore the House committee, how ever, call for combining that fea ture wim oilier changes, including ale adjustments. House Tax Committee Chairman Richard Evmann. D-Marcola said eliminating the federal deduction wouia Keep many dollars in Ore gon mat now are going to the federal government. . Tile senators and roorcsentn- tives gave a cooler reception to other proposed changes in the in come tax laws, including rrprlilc against the final tax bill in place il personal and dependency ex emptions. They also were cool toward u proposal to repeal the snlit in come provisions for married enu pies, but conceded it might be lime tor a "head of the house hold" amendment to reduce His. criminatory rates against widow-f ana widowers with families. Seven of the nine rcnrcsentji lives favored a cigarette tax. The proposal belore the committee calls for 4 cents a Dackace. Most of them acrcod a nortinn oi it snould be allocated to cities, both to relieve the local lax bur den and to win more active city support if the measure were re ferred to the voters. Sens. Anthony Yturri. R-Ontario. Glen Stadler, D-Eugeno, and Don ald Husband, R-Eugcne. favored a cigarette tax. Sens. Walter Pear son, D-Portland, and Rolx?rt Elf strom. rt-Salcm, opposed it, term ing it a selective sales tax. In the event of a strike, how ever, tlie most immediate result of a Southern Pacific shutdown in the Basin would be tlie tempo rary loss of employment of KM SP employes, 65 of whom arc clerks. Dozens of lumber mills, grain companies and potato firrru would Icel the economic pinch to sime degree, but most area shippers could continue to oerate on at lea-J partial capacity by trucking goods to nearby Great Northern Railway docks. Firms already on Great North ern lines that would be able to Year nnnn KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. Tornado Hips Alabama City Hy United Press International Ice-jammed flood waters be sieged new towns and cities to day and kept nearly 4.000 persons from their homes in Ohio River Valley. A 10-inch snowfall slugged the upper Midwest and thunder- torms battered the South. The surge of flood waters across four states was blamed for at least 14 deaths. 1 National G u a r d units were called out to prevent looting of abandoned homes at Lebaann Ohio, and residents of Mineral Ohio, were told to boil their drink ing water. Many snow-swollen tributaries appeared to have passed their crest but the luighty.Qhio. River continued to rise. Ice jams and more rain posed new threats of extensive floodine Athens, Ohio, was isolated and 1. 000 persons, including 700 Ohio University Students, abandoned their homes when the Hocking River swept away railway track bedding and covered all highways leading into the city. City officials called the flood sit uation the worst in 30 years. Citizens and amateur radio op crators kept contact with isolated areas in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. At Pittsburgh the swollen Ohio crested slightly below flood stage but floods continued on the Monon- gahela to the south. Gov. William Rail Talks Bogged But Pact Expected SAN FRANCISCO UPI Nego tiations between Southern Pacific Railroad and railway clerks bogged down Tuesday, but Federal Mediator Frank O'Neill said he cxcted an agreement by the end of the week. O'Neill, who brought the two sides together Monday for the first time in more than a month, predicted at that time the parties would settle their long-standing dispute over automation quickly. But after eight hours at the bargaining tabic Tuesday, he said the agreement may take a little longer. "Both sides worked hard and diligently," O'Neill said. "I would say that matters are progressing satisfactorily." The federal mediator has been conducting negotiations since Feb. f, when the 11.000 SP members of the Brotherhood of Railway Sicken Klamath Economy continue operation include Wcyer. haeuscr Company, Klamath Lum ber and Box and Klamath Hard woods. Others, less fortunate, that would have to make shipments via truck to Great Northern points are Modoc, Elhngson. Thomas and Jeld-Wen lumber companies. Any protonged strike would most like ly force these mills to close. The majority of area firms south of Klamath Falls would be able to take advantago of Great Northern service to some degree The Lovencss Lumber Company m Malm is already on the Great WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6. 1963 W. Scranton of Pennsylvania and President Kennedy were asked to declare Carnegie, Pa., and other Chartiers Valley communities dis aster areas. Thunderstorms and heavy rains continued to drench the South. Rome, Ga., reported more than 4 inches of rain in 24 hours. Alpena, Mich., was hit with 7 inches of fresh snow today. Haz ardous driving warnings were posted from Illinois to Michigan and 33-mile an hour winds drifted snow across highways in Indiana and lower Michigan. Three stars of the Grand Ole Opry died during the night when their light plane crashed in bad weather .at Camden, Tenn. Dead were Haw kshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and Patsy Cline, along with Miss Cline's manager, Randy Hughes. A tornado struck the residen tial and business sections of Bes semer, Ala.. Tuesday, causing millions of dollars of damage and hospitalizing a dozen persons. At least six families were left home less when the twister destroyed homes and commercial buildings Another tornado unroofed sev eral homes, destroyed a church downed power lines and injured two persons at Cave Springs, Ga. near Rome, Tuesday night. A new storm dumped up to 10 inches of snow in western Wis consin Tuesday. Clerks threatened to walk off their jobs in seven western states. He managed to gain several postpone menls, and the union agreed Mon day to give 72 hours notice before issuing another strike call. Key issue in the dispute is the displacement of clerks by auto mation. The union has demanded ! t clerks displaced should be i -..rained for other jobs with th railroad, and SP claimed such a plan would create unnecessary jobs and retard technological ad vancement. SIGN FILM ACCORD ROME (UPIi - The world's Iwo largest film producers, Italy and the United States, Monday signed an accord liberalizing the exchange of films between the two countries. Northern line and would he able to continue production in tlie event of a strike. Sharp Grain Comiiany in Mer rill is serviced by GN and Wi nema Elevators in Tulelakc and Merrill will be abiu to truck from Tulelake to their Merrill docks to deliver their goods. Another firm that normally uses both SP and GN is tlie North west Potato Company, Tulelakc and Merrill. Northwest would aho have to truck its Tulelakc produce to Merrill, its outlet to ship by rail. Th Sunny Statt Produce Com ing, center, will be able to handle two trucks. There is at the station now. There are eight bods in the sleeping but the room was built to handle 12. Tfli-uhime SUBSTATION CREW One of the two crewj at th.ShastaVay fire substation In, . eludes, from left, Capt, Ed Betsch, Arleis Reeder and Bill Campbell. The men were brought over from the main station and were replaced by four new recruits, Cuban Blockade Ruled Out WASHINGTON (UPH - Presi dent Kennedy today ruled out a blockade against Cuba for tin time being at least on grounds that it might lead to war with Russia. Kennedy told his news confer ence he is satisfied that the Unit ed Slates is heading in the right direction in dealing with the Fidel Castro's regime question despite some strong criticism of adminis tration policy. The President also said the four U.S. fliers killed in the 1WI Bay of Pigs invasion were "serving their country" on a completely voluntary basis. He did not say specifically whether Ihcy were employed by the Central Intelli gence Agency or some other gov ernment agency. Kennedy said he had no more information on withdrawal of Rus sian troops from Cuba an was not satisfied they were being re moved quickly enough. He said there was no agreement with Rus sia regarding the schedule for the withdrawal. In response to other questions, the chief executive said: The problem of Cuban-based Communist subversion in Latin America is one "that must he handled in each country" involved He said I he wisest thing. . .if isolation of communism in this hemisphere." -He sees no prospect for re sumption of friendly relations be tween Cuba and the United States. Hindsight might indicate that the Soviet missile bases in Cuba could have been detected a few pany, Tulelake however, would have to make arrangements to ship by truck hsvausc they don't have outlets on the GN line. Tlie Southern Pacific is tlie ma jor tailwny on the West Coast ami Uve results of a strike would be crippling in many areas cltliough it appears the Klamath Basin would not he dealt an impossible blow because Great Northern would be able to handle a great deal of the tlasin's commerce. Food shipments apiirently wouldn't be in jeopardy since local food stores Ret most of their food stuff by truck from California. TU 4-8111 No. 7081 days earlier last fall, but only a lew days. Kennedy said the United States showed during the Cuban crisis last Octfll)cr that it was willing to take such drastic measures as a blockade when U.S. security is in danger. He said, however, a blockade is "an act of war" and such measures should not be taken lightly. Revisers Hear Eastern Oregon Apportion Plea SALEM (UPP Eastern Oregon pokesmcn carried their reappor tionment fight Tuesday to the House and Senate Committees on Constitutional Revision. They said a new constitution should 'nke land area into account in handing out Senate scats. The proposed new constitution, now being studied by the legislative committees, continues the present method of apportioning both houses on a population basis. Reps. Stafford Hansell, R-Hcr- miston, and hcsslcr Cannon, It- Bend, urged a change. 'There should be consideration given to distance, resources, and wide areas of divergent Interests, as well as people," Cannon said Cannon and Sen. Anthony Yturri, It-Ontario, brushed hway last year's vote of the people re jecting a proxsnl to take land area into account. They said they thought the pro posal was turned down because It was too complicated for the voters to understand. The committees last week heard Goose Lake Pact Signed PORTLAND UPI-The Oregon Water Resources Board and the California Goose Lake Compact Commission have signed agree ment to protect existing rights for water in Goose Lake on the Ore gon-Calilornia border. 'flic sgreement says neither stale can take water from the lake without approval of leglsla tures of both states. It was drawn up afler residents In the area ex pressed fear Callfoniia would try to use the water to supply other areas In that state. only one quarters, 750-gall at right, on pumper at present, Wont her Klamath Falls, Tulelakc and Iikevirw Increasing cloudiness with little change In temperature tonight. Ixw tonight 22. Partly cloudy Thursday with a high of 34. During the blockade several So viet ships were stopped by U.S. Navy warships. In addition, Rus sia recently warned that any at tack against Cuba by the United Stales could lead to world war. Kennedy said all he could say about tlie fliers killed in the abor tive invasion wus that they were serving their country in a volun tary capacity. testimony favoring Hie population basis for reapportionment. Hansell and Cannon also urged carving new districts so that each senatorial district would be repre sented by one senator and each representative district by one rep rcsentative. Former legislator Keith Skelton objected to a section he said would ban college professors, and perhaps even national guardsmen, from serving as legislators. Game Probe Sanctioned SALEM (UPll-An Investigation into a clash between the State Game Commission and some sportsmen's groups was approved today by the Senate. 1 The measure, calling for an in terim committee study of Game Commission activities, passed 20-3 and went to the House. The Sen ate also passed a bill calling for $35,000 from commission funds to finance the study. Sen. Harry Boivln, D-Klamath Falls, said its intent was to pro vide "constructive criticism that would be helpful." A number of sportsmen from Boivin's district have asserted the deer population is dying off. Sens. Walter Lclh and Robert Elfstrom, both Salem Republi cans, spoke against the resolution. Leth said as a member of com mittees looking into the commis sion in past years, he found sportsmen divided Into "factions" in the Klamath Falls area. Elfstrom said the commission has dona an excellent Job, but there always will be some critics. -'.i.r.-.T '
