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KLAMATH FALLC AFTC unnciu cidc ciioctati-m
- Tiwt.mv juujiniiwii i nc new suusidTion aT jns
a Way and Mitchell Street is ready to serve the eastern sector of Klamath Falls. Al
though the $40,000 building was put into operation Monday an official open house
won't be held until later in the spring since some minor worlc still must be completed.
There is a six-man crew at the station now, operating on three-man shifts. The men,
In Th-
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
This modern world note:
A San Francisco man got him
self a credit card from the tele
phone company and ran up a
$10,000 debt on it.
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
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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
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DOG HERO Duke, a long
Award from Dr. Albert Starr,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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