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Newspaper Page TextPACK I HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Fall. Ore. Thursday, March T, 161 NOTHING SPECIAL "What's New, Chief?'7 mmmmm IW. B. S.I The battle of the Ways and Means Com mittee in Salem to introduce some control in state spending requires a great deal of cour age fl.nd tenacity. No matter whose budget they look into, and no matter how slight the cuts they pro pose to make in some of those budgets (of state agencies and executive departments) howls go up in a resounding din. From what we've seen and heard of ths work of the committee, we are able to lend our support to their efforts. At the same time, we know that political and related pres sures probably will dilute those efforts. Two points we have in mind are the ef fort to cut back the Civil Defense Agency .and to increase the ratio of pupils to teach ers In the higher education system. Both can be accomplished without harm to the state. ' We can't get concerned at all over the threat of the Civil Defense official who says that Oregon will lose her federal matching funds if the state defense organization is cut Schools Don't Get All Of Support ' , (Gaiette Timet, Corvallis) ; One of the big problems with which the J Budget Review committee of the Corvallis school district has to wrestle is how much J money will come to the system from the State Basic School Support Fund. ; The budget committee has to prepare the budget for next year prior to knowing what the Legislature will ultimately decide on this matter. This makes the job a difficult one because even if they have a good idea what the figure will be (say $130 per census ' child) actually not that much money will arrive i in Corvallis. i , In 1961-62, for instance, it was adver tised, and most of us assumed, the schools linj the state would receive $115 per census child and they received only $92.77. How :come? Well, they don't tell you about the ex penses for Slate operations that come off the top of the fund before it Is distributed to the local systems. In 1961-62 this amounted to $3,507,014. Here is where that money went: ; 1. Administration Account 470,000.00 : 2. Emergency Account 320,000.00 ; 3. Handicapped Children's Ac- I count 25,000.00 J 4. Exceptionally Advanced Chil- ' ! dren's Account 1,087,800.00 5. Mentally Retarded Children's : Account 952,000.00 IN WASHINGTON . Ifcfr' Nuclear Test Ban Fallacy - By RALPH de TOl.EDANO The Joint Congressional Com mittee on Atomic Energy began hearings March 8 on Administra tion proposals lor banning of nu clear tests. Seismic experts, whose mouths have been shut by the Administration, will testify though how much frank ness they will be permitted hy their "news managing" masters is still not known. Ono prediction can, however, be mudo. Opponents of further testing will again cry out against the terrible effects on the world's population of nuclear fallout. It can be added that few if any of these doom-criers will inform the world that continued testing is about as sure a guarantee of less fallout as you can find. It is a little known fact that much of the experimental work being done today in nuclear wea pons is directed toward one end. At present, our great fusion bombs must be triggered by fis sion. (The A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima was a fission device. The H-bomb is a fusion device.) The best scientific thinking holds tli&t the U.S. is on the verge of do eloping a "pure" fusion bomb. A fusion bomb not triggered by fission would lie "clean" of fall out. It would Just be a very power ful bomb and its radiation ef fects would be negligible anil dimited to the impact area, j There are, moreover, other nil clear devices still In tho cxrl mental stage which, though of tre mendous military effectiveness, Iwould eliminate much of war's Idciiructivenesa. Those who call ;for a ban on tesling are, in effect, condemning the human race to the effects ot global fallout slwuld Hard-Working Committee to three men. Let's cut the program back to realistic levels. The geographic location of Oregon and other advantages leave us less likely Ui 'ic- diwm of jr'tack and to radio active fallout than exists in other locations in the nation. While we're at it, we might as well take a good look at what goes on in Klamath Coun ty civil defense programs. Probably there's plenty of question of how much worth we're getting out of our dollars there. We see nothing sacred in the ratio of students to teachers in the higher education system. Naturally, we wouldn't want an in structor burdened beyond the point of good teaching practice, but a ratio of 17 to 1 doesn't appear to be too much of a hard ship. We are hopeful that the Ways and Means Committee continues to take a hard look at every item in the respective department budg ets in our state government. 6. Curriculum Improvement Fund 7. Educationally Able and Gifted Account 8. School District Reorganiza tion . 9. Reserve for Study of the Basic 10. Migrant Children's Account 11. State Institutions Apportionment $3,507,014.00 Certainly one way of increasing the money schools in the state receive would be to reduce the overhead listed above. We can't sit here and say any one or all these items are too high because we just don't know for what and for whom this money is expended. But certainly a $3.5 million deduc tion from the Basic Support fund is worthy of Legislative attention. When you hear the Basic School Support fund is to be increased to $130, $140 or what ever, you will know that this is not the whole story. Regardless of the increase, you can be assured that all the money won't trickle down to our level to offset property taxes. It would be much more honest to set up the budget for Special Accounts and Appor tionments. The Superintendent's budget would then receive a much closer look than it does now and the Basic Support money would all go where it is supposed to. there be a general war. The Com mittee on Sane Nuclear Policy, which is the most vocal oppon ent of further nuclear testing, is therefore the inhumane group not the scientists who (car that U.S. defenses will be hurt by a nuclear ban not based on ade quate safeguards. This is one of the considerations motivating Representative Craig Hosmer, a California Republican and ranking House member of the Joint Atomic Energy Com mittee. As chairman of a special committee set up by the Repub lican Conference of the House. Mr. Hosmer has been seeking out the opinions t those who take contrary positions on a test ban. He has sent to the press and lo his colleag to;, a series of papers prepared by authorities in the field-and it Is something of a crime that these papers and Mr llosmer's comments have failed tn receive the kind of attention Uiey deserve. The most recent effort to put the debate on sound grounds is a paper issued by Mr. llosmer's of fice which attends to list Uie pros and cons of the controversy. It docs a fair Job ot summarizing the opK)sing positions, but the only iwssihic conclusion alter read ing the par is that even an adequately-policed ban would work against tlie free nations and the peace of the world. Those in favor of a ban note that at present eleven nations have the economic base and the industrial capacity to produce bombs of their own. It it argued that though a ban agreement signed by the U.S., Britain, and lite Soviet Union would pre vent Uiosc nations from moving 80,000.00 250,000.00 70,000.00 50,000.00 46,000.00 157,014.00 ahead, it would be possible tn "exert pressure" on them to ccasa and desist. The contrary view; France and lied China olfer perfect examples of the fallacy of this argument. The U.S. docs not want Krancc to have independent nuclear deter rents. Ditto the Soviet Union's sentiments on lted China. Both countries, France and Red China, are moving ahead as rapidly ns they can. Where these countries fall down is in their delivery sys temsand it is in Uiis area that we should lie doing our think ing. U.S. chief test ban negotiator W illiam C. Foster has argued that a test ban will slow down the development of nuclear weapons, particularly in the tactical field where the I S. leads. Those op posed to Mr. Foster's professional optimism point out that there is no evidence that wc are ahead in tactical weapons, that the So viets claim lo have solved the anti missile - missile program whereas ue have not, and that the only deterrent lo war is U.S. pre doiulerant superiority maintained by a refinement of present weap ons. Point hy xint. the Hosmer pa per summai i-s the pros nnd cons in greater detail than is here possible. Hul il is ot paramount importance for the citizens of this country to study all sides of a question which can mean the dilfcrence between survival and extinction. The Hosmer commit tee papers should be published in paperback lorm ami if enough people were to write lo Repre sentative Craig Hosmer in Wash ington. I'm sure such a publica tion would be forthcomitu;. By SYDNEY J. HARRIS Purely Personal Prejudices: With most people, their religion is a subsUtute for religion, just as their sexuality is a substitute for sexuality; on both the spirit ual and the physical planes, au thenticity of feeling and expres sion is much rarer than we think otherwise, how explain the per versions committed in the name of religion, and the dissatisfac tions recurring in the pursuit of sex? There Is only one thing In evitable In history: that men and nations will persist In fol lowing their short-term interest to the profound detriment of their long-term welfare. The unexpressed syllogism of all political extremists, from the John Birchers on the one side to the orthodox Marxists on the oth er, was freely and frankly pet into words toy King George III of England, when he said: "I desire what is good; therefore, every one who does not agree with me is a traitor." It is not necessity, but leisure, that is the true mother of inven tion; the most necessitous socie ties do not have the time or en ergy for basic inventions; it is only when socioly has developed that surplus known as a leisure class that experiment, discovery and invention come to the fore front. The life of a lie resembles in Bible Talk ACROSS 1 Father or Selh 5 Old Tc M me n I patriarch 8 He lived 90S Years 12 tVsert monster 13 Native metal 14 Sou of Jai-ob 1ft Kalian city Itt Ni'sattva prefix 17 State 18 Comma molding 20 Penetrates 2-' College cheer female deer 2- 1 Communion plate 27 Madagascar arrow root Cftr loth measure 31 Brews 3-' Apiece S3 Kxpire u Boy's nickname V Apeiture 37 Unbalanced S8 Kvenmc ipoet.) 'A9 "Law oT Moses" 40 Bulgarian coin 41 Re sick 42 Italian amdiment 45 Kdit 49 Fish sauce 60 Mariner 52 Nested boxes 53 Manufactured 54 Ass uo nib, for nit 55 Siiort jacket Sri Observes 57 Uncooked 58 Knocks tiOWN 1 Turkish officers 2 Circular plate 3 Sinemg voice 4 Masters iFr.) 5 Hebrew prophet 6 Polynesian god 7 Married man hrvs of mil 8 nilX up 1 2 13 4 I 5 6 17 I 18 19 110 111 12 13 H IS 16 17 18 rl021 U 125 26 TS" H28 29 30 51 J31" 3; Er "Z " " " 40 "tIP 42 43 j44 VJio 6 47 4d" 41 35 51 " 52" 53 Si 55 ST 58 I I T i 3 sws,s m 47 VVf-" i STRICTLY PERSONAL fant mortality: it either dies in the first year, or continues to grow to a lusty old age, some times for centuries; there Is no such thing as a middle-aged lie. The first murder was an act of impulse, not of premeditation, and impulse is what mankind must perpetually guard against; after all, as Buber has pointed out, Cain knew nothing of mur der or death, or even that if one hits a man hard enough and often enough he will die. Thus, the moral of the Cain and Abel story is plain enough man under stands good and evil, but he does not understand the consequences of his impulses. Speaking of Uiis primal act, it is worth keeping in mind William James's observation that: "Man, biologically considered, (and what ever else he may be into the bar gain), is the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, Uie only one that preys systemati. cally on his own species." It Is an Irony of our nature that wc cannot punish a bad man, we can only hurt him; In order tn be punished, a man must have enough sense of vir tue in himself to appreciate the t justice of the penalty. In the middle ages it might tru ly be said, with Bacon, that "knowledge is power;" in modern times, however, it is truer to say that power buys knowledge, and uses it for its own ends. Answer to Prevtom Pimle xr 9 Kirn 10 Above 11 KniRhts IS John (Gaelic) 21 Ark builder 24 Hand part J3 Athena 26 Cultivate, as a plant 27 Ache S!i Soothsayer 3i Militarist .19 Cravat 40 Openwork faWics 41 Bow's adjunct 42 RereU 43 Wlnm 44 iUt ot Media 4tl Rranuan tapir 47 Craw 48 I nits el weight 51 Collection of savings 28 Kuropean river 29 Hurdy-Hurdy 301-aban was her father S2 1 ill 5; j-Vr- L- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Monopoly I would like to know why the local television station should have a monopoly on television in this area. Do they have a court or der giving them exclusive control, have they been granted exclusive possession of all television in Klamath Falls and surrounding area? If so I would like to know why? Why should there be so much war and crime on the local sta tion? They have three war shows in one week. Combat, Valiant Years, and Gallant Men. One a week will do. We are sick of war, war, and more war. On Monday nights there are three cowboy shows in 2Vi hours. The Sunday night movies are a laugh, you never get to see them all the way through. They showed Moby Dick three different times so we could piece it together in our minds. Whenever they lose the picture or sound they say the trouble is on the network. If you are able to receive another station, and switch over to it the same program is coming in good. Where is the trouble? If we want more variety we have to pay to get on the -cable. May be this is why we get such bad television from the local station. This is tlie television monopoly that the local television station has. There is a television transla tor that will soon be put on tlie air so we can have good tele vision in Klamath Falls. And boy! Is the local TV station fighting this! They must think if good tele vision comes in to Klamath they will have to improve their pro grams, they cannot stand com petition. I hope that the trans lator does get on tlie air soon. Maybe it will make the local station get on the ball and stop goofing off. How about it KOTI? Why not just try to improve your station. When the translator is put on Hie air I will do everything to keep it mi the air for good tele vision, and I hope that every one who is tired of poor television will help to keep the translator on the air and good television in Klamath Falls. Yours Fur Beller Television. Richard D. Groves. 14:4 Lakeview St. Hats Off Here's hats off .to Irene Tice, and anyone else who stands up for his or her rights, in this town of Klamath Falls, Ore. F.laine S. Duihin, 12lifi MonClane Street. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q Who were the Lake Poets of Inqland" A William Wordsworth. S.imu el Coleridge and Hubert Southey w ere so named because they lived as neighbors in the lake ,-ounlry of northern England lr What building Is reRnrdrd as the oldest stone structure tn th world? A The Step Pyramid of S.ik kata. tomb of King Zoscr, built bout 2800 B C. In the mail: "In the February 24th Sunday paper you had an item in your editorial regarding the hoodlums of KUHS. "In my opinion, only about one per cent of the students are hoodlums. The other 99 per cent at KUHS are clean decent kids. "You always find fault with the KU students. Unless we're fight ing or drunk, you never seem to see us. Yes, whetht i&ik so or not, some of us are trying to help the community by being de cent. It would be a lot easier to see the good kids instead of hunt ing for tlie bad ones. "KU isn't the only school with hoodlums, but it is the only one ever mentioned in your column." Karen Edgar A Proud KUHS Student Miss Edgar has some good points, but lets her loyalty for KU override her good judgment. I agree (and have pointed it out. generally, several times) that probably even less than one per cent of our youngsters today are involved in scrapes, although na tional delinquency figures disagree with this opinion. I must disagree with the writer on one important element. The news columns, and sometimes this corner, carry the stories of tlie achievements and accomplishments of KUHS and other students every day. If there is no mention, it is not because we have tried to overlook the good our youngsters do it merely means that whatever we have missed was not brought to our at lion. And, regardless of the total amount of good the good kids do, that one per cent represents the kids that get most of the at tention. As I pointed out here , Feb. 24, a series of fist fights in the proximity of the school does nothing to enhance the reputation of the school. Well, I see where this eflort to do away with the Parent-Teacher Association has hit tlie West. In Spokane, there's a terrific bat tle going on between the newly formed Parent-Teacher Group. Ac cording to a spokesman of P-TG, WASHINGTON REPORT . . . Camera Incident Will Bother Ted By FULTON LEWIS JR Teddy Kennedy, the skiing Sen ator, will soon find himself on the receiving end of a lawsuit that can do him no political good. It will be brought by Philip N. Lawson, a 21-year-old photogra pher for the Vermont Sunday News of Burlington. Vt. Ten days ago, Lawson was on assignment at tlie Smugglers Notch Lodge at Stowe, Vt. He had been dispatched by News editor Robert Brusso to obtain pictures of Bobby and Teddy Ken nedy on a weekend skiing trip. As Lawson tells the story: "As Ted Kennedy turned around 1 snapped a picture of him. Immediately alter the flash Kennedy grabbed my camera from my hands, damaging the flash attachment. He then asked me why 1 took tlie picture and I told him, 'My editor told me to get a picture.' "He walked inlo the lodge and I followed, asking if I could have the camera back. At tlie time he was removing the camera from its case to get tlie dim. While he was removing tlie camera from tlie case the stitching burst open on one side. "Alter reaching tlie lobby he removed the film from the cam era and exposed il by unrolling tlie film. Then he attempted lo close the camera but was having some dilficulty so lie passed the camera itself to me and left the case and flah attachment lying on tlie desk. Then he left. "I was so dumbfounded by Ihe whole incident that I said or did nothing." The story made national liead lines but soon died down. The anger of Lawson. however, did nut. He was backed up by his editor, Brusso. and by William Loeb, publisher of the Vermont paper. Word was passed to Kennedy in Washington that tlie incident would be forgotten if he apolo gized to Lawson. But this Ken nedy has refused to do. He maintained that jtwsn voluntarily gave him the camera and allowed him to expose the film. He told newspaper friends tlie whole incident was a "po litical" red-herring and blamed publisher Loeb. who had opposed brother John for the Presidency in 10 When it became apparent that Kennedy would not apologue. Lawson, and Loeb conferred with the group has a philosophy of lo cal autonomy, as contrasted to that of P-TA which is controlled rigidly at state and national lev els. P-TG seeks to keep all dues money at the local school. P-TA calls for as much as 45 cents of every half-dollar for city, stale, and national organization. P-TG seeks to stay clear of the super structure of organizational activi ty that characterizes most P-TAs. The Spokane spokesman for the insurgent Parent - Teacher Group says: ". . . Wc were sick of financing the good-time Char lies at the 1P-TA) state conven tions, the lobbyists' expense ac counts, and the salaries of P-TA officials. Now we feel that our money is doing something for our children, rather than being spent on organizational work. We have returned the parent teacher unit at our school to the parents and taken it away from the organizers." Well, it sounds like they're go ing to have some fun. At hand are three letters, all reflecting the honest opinions of their writers. However, all are un signed and will have to be chucked into the wastebaskct, as I have no way of recognizing who might have written them. Sending an un signed letter to the Herald and News is a waste of time for all concerned. I'm not entranced with the City Council's new policy on street improvements. It seems to me that property owners should retain the privilege of improve ment programs that assess costs against the property, and that it should not be their responsi bility lo fight off the Council or city officials who want to in stitute an improvement pro gram. Yes. I know Klamath Falls can stand plenty of street and other civic improvement. The point is, they should come as a result of citizen action and request. There's plenty of government by govern ment at all levels now. Attorney F. Ray Keyser Jr., a former Vermont governor, and asked him to prepare for a suit against Kennedy. Lawson and Loeb have a string of witnesses ready to testify that Senator Kennedy did not in fact ask Lawson (or the camera. They ate prepared to swear under oalli that Lawson's not Kennedy's story is correct. Congressman Tom Abernathy iD-Miss.l on a recent news worthy event: "Not so lung ago, Robert Ken nedy, the nation's top lawyer, argued his first case in court and dtessed-up folks came to see him perform for the first lime. When I argued my first case it was in an empty waiting room at Tomnolen before a great and good man. the late and la mented squire N. G. (Nat) Mc Garrh. Justice of the Peace, Beat ,1. Webster County. Mississippi. Me and Bobby both started at the top." Al manac By United Press International Today is Thursday, March 7, the 66Lh day of 13 with 299 to follow. The moon is approaching full phase. The morning stars are Venus and Mars. The evening star is Mars. Those born today include the American horticulturist Luther Bin'bank, in 1849. On this day in history: In 1876. Alexander Graham Bell received a patent lor his inven tion of the telephone. In I:i6. Adolf Hitler ordered his troops to march inlo tlie Rhine land, breaking the Treaty of Ver sailles. In 1943. Ihe V. S. First Army crossed Ihe Rhine at Rcmagcn, south of Cologne. Germany. In 19t2. U s. Sleel companies agreed to resume talks with the union ullnwing an appeal by President Kennedy. A thought for the day Ameri can Sen. Daniel Webster said: 'Liberty exists in pioportion to wholesome restraint."