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Newspaper Page Textcoap. Weather Klamath Falls. Tulelole aid Lakrvtew Mostly fair and coo turned mild through Monday with generally light winds. Highs to day and Monday about 55. Lows tonight 30. la Tk- Weather Day's Sews Hit vtittrdiy Lw Friday mfftl High vtlr .to Itov Yr .9 High pit 14 yt.rt Low put H ytlrs PrKip. past 24 hir Sinct Jan. 1 lam. period Utl yiir M (1(531 II insu J. It Price 15 Cents 48 Pages KLAMATH FALLS, ORKGON, SUNDAY. MARCH 10, 1963 Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 7084 U.OF MS?APK SECTION ceN.ReF.AS3 Docunsars civ. 9tx aw awletor By FRANK JENKINS The news as this is written? It's a mishmash. For example: In Washington the other day. Senator Thomas Melntyre of New Hampshire got a letter from a constituent, 20-year-old Shirley LeMieux, who is a Peace Corps worker in far-off Bolivia. She has a problem. The problem is this: At the Bolivian nursery where her unit of the Peace Corps works. 50 babies have no dia pers. Filty diaperless babies con stitute a problem that clearly falls within the purview of the Peace Corps. But her outfit has no mon ey with which to buy diapers and besides the number of dia pers required by 50 Bolivian ba bies is a detail that wasn't cov ered in her Peace Corps indoc trination. So she wrote to her senator Senator Melntyre. He too was stumped. So he put the problem up to the Assistant Secretary of State, a Mr. Frederick G. Dutton. It was over his head also. So, in the accepted Washington manner, he passed it on to HIS assistant, a Mr. Tom Mathews who passed the buck to the infant wear de partment of a big Washington department store, which passed it on to a w holesaler in Baltimore, who recommended a manufactur er in New York who agreed to provide the diapers. But- The problem STILL wasn't solved. The manufacturer asked HOW MANY DLPERS? That put the problem right back in Washington's lap. In Washington, Assistant Secre tary of State Dutton passed the buck back to his assistant, Tom Mathews. Assistant to the As sistant Secretary of State Math ews thereupon went to headquar ters. He phone his wife. His wife replied that she felt reasonably competent to prescribe for one American baby, but she just had NO IDEA how many diapers might be required by 50 Bolivian babies. So- The assistant to the assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State of the United States of America being down at the bottom of the heap where he had no assist ant to pass the buck to phoned the maternity ward of a big Wash ingtnn hospital. The superintendent of the ma ternity ward came up with an estimate of ten diapers p e I baby per day. When this estimate was given to the proper vice-pres ident of the manufacturer s staff, he decided to be on the safe side and agreed to ship 1,000 dia pers to Miss LeMieux in Bolivia. He made only one stipulation: DON'T MENTION MY NAME. Anyway, the Bolivian babies will get their diapers. In conclusion: It was Thomas Jefferson who said THAT GOVERNMENT IS BEST THAT GOVERNS LEAST. One can't help wondering what Thomas Jefferson would think of this Bolivian diaper incident, Rocky Raps Tax Program MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPD- Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York said Saturday President Kennedy's tax program "is doomed to failure" and called for an income tax cut proposal of his own. Rockefeller also said it is "won derful" former Vice President Richard Nixon "i.s coming back into public life." He told a news conference that President Kennedy's tax program will fail because "it does not have the basic elements to achieve ac celerated economic growth." Rockefeller called for a $7.5 bil lion across-the-board cut in indi vidual income taxes and $2.5 billion in corporate income taxes this year. Rockefeller, who was to address a Wisconsin GOP $100-a-plate fund raising dinner Saturday night, used the news conference to dis close a tax program of his own for the nation. In announcing his tax program. Rockefeller called for a reduction of corporate income taxes to 47 per cent. "This will immediately release $2 3 billion for new investment and provide the . incentives re quired for a substantial accelera tion of economic growth," Rocke feller said. Both the corporate and individ ual income tax cuts should take effect July 1 and Mr. Kennedy's "so-called reforms" should be abandoned. These proposed re forms. Rockefeller said, "have shaken the confidence of so many millions of taxpayers." Blast Rips Dynamite Factory JOHANNESBURG, South Africa! lUPH Four units of the world's largest dynamite factory blew up Saturday in a series of blasts which sent a black mushroom cloud high into the air and rat tled windows for 20 miles. But loss of life was light. Officials of the plant, the Mod derfontein Explosives Factory said one white man was killed and four African workers miss ing. Earlier reports said 35 per sons might have been killed but officials said they were missing workers who ran away into the bush. Two white workers and 17 Afri cans were hurt, two of the Afri cans seriously. "It looked like a second Hiro shima," one eyewitness said of the smoke and flames billowin: from the sprawling factory after four quick explosions. "It was ghastly." . United Press Movietone earner aman Ernest Roos Christie, who arrived on the scene a few mo ments after the blasts, said. "there was nothing really much to see. The blackpowdcr plant no longer exists. Trees around the plant are burning fiercely." Modderfontein claims to be the biggest explosives factory in thel world and is owned by the Afri can Explosives and Chemical In dustrics. It employes 4,000 per sons but only a handful of these were in the black powder section when the explosions came. Legislature Hears Gas Sign Fight SALEM (UPII Gasoline deal ers and tile Shell Oil Co. fought before the legislature Friday over a bill to prohibit display of large gasoline price signs in an effort to reduce price wars. Dealers said just one 'Vircus- type sign" displaying cut - rate prices in front of a gasoline sta tion can start a price war throughout an area. They said other dealers must drop prices to compete. Charles Goforth of the Oregon Gasoline Dealers Association, an independent Shell dealer, said he thinks Shell starts many of the price battles. Shell, which directly operates some 40 stations as well as selling gasoline to about 450 independent Oregon dealers, denied precipi tating price battles. j Shell attorney William D. Camp-i bell said prohibiting roadside ad vertising would be unconstitution al, discriminatory, and harmful to the motorist seeking cheaper gas oline. The bill would limit price signs to a sign one foot square above the pump. It is being considered by the House Committee on Com merce and Utilities. Goforth said nearly all of some 4.000 stations in Oregon want the bill. A minority of dealers, however. oppose it. They said they could not compete with the big compa nies without selling less expensive gasoline and putting out signs to! attract motorists. Campbell explained lhft "-Vhj one dealer starts a price war, Shell and other suppliers go along with it by reducing wholesale prices to their stations. Governor SALEM i UPI' "Well teach him not to pick on one of our committees." That's how House Speaker Clar ence Barton summed up the bit ter fight between the governor and legislators that dominated the legislature this week. "We don't mind if he promises to use bare knuckles to fight for his program." Barton commented "But when he accused our Ways and Means Committee of wielding a meat cleaver, that's another thing." i Some second - gue.vrs felt Gov Mark Hatfield unintentional!; slipped when he made the "meal cleaver remark. Others conjee lured Hatfield is a political ex pert, and knew just exactly what he was doing. The governor had just finished "!"H T:W H III" l ?p 'pr rWw P if '1 'q 00 o L . Jl J. o LAND BANK OFFICIALS A Successful 1962 operation was reported by officers and directors of the Federal Land Bank Association of Klamath Falls at the annual membership meeting here Saturday. Shown here are Lawrence Horton, Klamath Falls, president; Don Mullett, Corvallis, FLB regional manager for Oregon; Bryant Williams, association manager; Roy Gooding, director; Louis C. Chesnut, vice president, Federal Land Bank of Spokane; Fred R. Peat, and W. Warren Maxwell, both of Lake view, directors. Land Bank Year At Annual Meeting Here Credit is playing an increas ingly important role in the growth and progress of Northwest agricul ture, L. C. Chesnut, vice presi dent of the Federal Land Bank of Spokane said here Saturday. Chesnut was here to address the annual membership meeting of the Federal Land Bank Associ ation of Klamath Falls. Almost 200 were in attendance at the session. Presiding was Lawrence Horton, president. Bryant Williams, manager of the association, in a financial statement, pointed to another suc cessful year of operation for the Klamath-Lake Opunty Association In 19S2. tlie association made 327 loans with a face value of $7,901,- 300, Williams said. This contrasts with a total of 258 loans, with a face value of $3,313,500 in 1958, the manager pointed out. The Klamal.h-I-ake .Association snows total assets ol S4b5,3ul.4 as of Dee. 31, 1962. Of t h I si amount $395,065 is in association capital stock outstanding and $31 515.88 represents surplus, the financial statement shows. Soviet Trained Forces Bolster Castro In Cuba SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic UPI The Soviet Union has armed and trained Cuban Premier Fidel Castro's forces to the point where they could smash any internal uprising, even if all Soviet troops on the island are withdrawn. Western diplomatic sources reported Saturday. The informants, who have just arrived here from Cuba, con firmed Washington's estimates that Soviet combat units brought in just before last October's mis sile crisis were being phased out. (Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin said in Washington Fri day that Russia will keep its promise to withdraw several thousand troops from Cuba by next Friday. The administration says there are about 17.0(10 Soviet troops on the island'. But the diplomats questioned tlie belief voiced by Cuban ex- Rapped For Meat telling civil defense officials to light for the CD budget when he lield his Monday morning press -onfeience. The governor exploded in anger. Speaking so rapidly some news men had trouble taking notes. Hatfield promised a bare knuck led fight to save civil dclense and education. He accused the Ways and Means Committee of "wield ing a meat cleaver." He virtually promised to veto a bill which would give the legislature power to review regulations of stale agencies. Hot Replies (iivea If Hatfield had planned to In timidate the legislature, the plan backfired. Senate President Ben Musa and Barton bulh Democrat Tucs- iday morning replied to the attack Reviews Chesnut, in his address, report-1 ed that Northwest farmers and ranchers used almost $56 million of long-term credit from the land bank in 11162 the third largest annual volume in the bank's 46 year history. The Spokane office represents the states of Oregon. Washington, Montana, Idaho and Alaska. The Spokane bank olficial said the 1062 loan volume boosted the bank's outstanding loan account to $265 million, an all-time high Of this total, Oregon accounts for $30,210,000. Primary purpose of the Federal Land Bank Association is to make credit available to farmers and ranchers for rial estate at the lowest cost possible on a co operative basis, Chesnut ex-i plained. There are no government funds used to sustain the sys tem he pointed out. Witlvi"f million individual busi nessmen in agriculture, the in dustry represents one of the na tion's largest employers. The val ue of the land involved in agri culture is equal to three-fourths of liles that the chances of toppling iCastro by an internal uprising would increase materially after the removal of the troops. Nearly two years after the So viet Union's large-scale military assistance program began, Cuba has built a formidable lighting force equipped with the latest weapons, including rockets and more than 100 jet aircralt. This evaluation of Cuban strength was given United Press International by West European diplomats who have been sta tioned in Havana since Castro's rise to power in January, 1!)59. They said that while discontent was widespread and often vocal, there is virtually no evidence of organized and effective anti-Castro underground movements. The possibility of a massive popular uprising was also dis counted. I with one of their own. "If he wanLs bare knuckles, if 'even he wants brass knuckles, we'll take him on," Musa said. 'It's the old Mark talking . . . back in lorm," Barton charged. This outburst was a warmup for what came when the Senate con vened. More than a dozen sena tors berated Hatfield in an hour- long remonstrance. The senators blasted civil de fense, questioned the governor's "political education." charged the governor's stand would be hard lo explain when "Hatfield goes out for national office." and voiced overwhelming support for the Ways and Means Committee. Senate Minority Leader Anthony Yturri defended HallieW'i right lo speak up for hit programs. But many observers felt Yturri (ell Successful the value of all corporations list-1 ied on the stock exchange, the speaker said. Following the program, two di rectors. Roy Gooding of Klam ath Falls and W. Warren Max well of Lakcvicw, were reelected to terms on the board of direc tors. Other directors include Hor ton, Vancil A. W ithers, Lakeview, vice president; William F. Jin nette, Merrill, and Fred R. Peat, Lakeview. Chairman of the nomin ating committee was William Fal vey. Merrill. The directors reelected Horton as president and Withers as vice president in a meeting following the annual session. ' -. Tj.o program included n) Wel come by KJamalh Falls Mayor Robert Vcatch, and music was provided by Mrs. Ralph Richard son, who sang several numbers She was accompanied by Mrs Frances Curry. Mrs. Reata Young, Grants Pass, Ore., representing the Interna lional Farm Youth Exchange pro gram, was introduced by Fran cis Skinner, Klamath County 4-1 1 director. Roy Gooding presented the 4-H award to Skinner for Kriss Spielman. The members heard an outline of the purpose and objectives of the proposed Presbyterian Inter community Hospital by Dave llan aman. Don Mullet, regional manager for the FLB, of Corvallis, paid tribute to officers, directors, and members for the efficient way the Klamath Association affairs are conducted. Railroad Peace Forecast Sunday SAN FRANCISCO 'UPI' Ne gotiations resumed Saturday in cf- lorls to avert a Southern Pacific Railroad strike as a federal me diator expressed hope that a set tlement w ill be announced by Sun day night. "More than half of a new agree ment is now on paper." said Me diator Frank O'Neill following Fri day's joint talks with SP and the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. Last Monday, O'Neill said agree ment might be reached "in two or three days." Cleaver' far short of voicing a vigorousjgan falling apart. All seven of the delense of the governor. soil marge iafle Hatfield got in his second round in Portland when he charged thatjsadly announced "I am not filling the legislature's action in slashing the civil defense budget would lead to a "soft America." and that Democrats were "soil on de fense." When Barton learned of the at tack he exploded: "I'm prompted to ask the governor if he rested on the seventh day he talks like (kkI almighty." Barton lambasted the depart ment of finance which prepared the governor's budget as "a bunch of college professors that never met a payroll in their lives." Meanwhile, the state's demoral ized civil defense organization be Pro-Nasser Junta Controls Syria New Cabinet Reopens Borders BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPD The: pro-Nasser military junta which,the new bwian regime. Reports seized power in Syria demon- from Amman said Jordanian Pre sented its control Saturday bylmier Wasfi Tal cabled Syria's naming a cabinet headed by a civilian statesman and reopening its borders. It gave the first official hints! of a possible new reunion with Egypt. The rebel military officers claimed the lightning coup Fridaylclaimed the overthrow of the gov- was carried out without a shot being fired. However, reports from neighboring Turkey and Is rael told of fighting in and around Damascus and of shoot ing along the frontier near tin Sea of Galilee. The coup touched off a series of military alerts throughout the Middle East. Damascus radio, the only source of information during the first hours of the re volt, made no mention of oppo sition. But the United Arab Re public of President Carnal Abdcl Nasser alerted its military forces Friday night, and the pro-Nasser Iraqui regime rushed troops to ward the border to support the Syrian rebels against possible counterattacks. There were reports also (hat Israeli armed forces were put on an alert. It was the third revolt by pro- Nasser elements in the Middle East in six m tilths. Successful revolts were staged earlier in Yemen and Iran. Western diplomats expressed concern that Jordan or Saudi Arabia whose kings are bitterly opposed to Nasser might be next. Some warned that any pro Nasser coup in Jordan would up set the precarious Israeli border peace and ignite a new Arab-I Jewish war. Surprisingly, Jordan Was among Ohio Flood Vater Drops In Chill Air By United Press International A massive cleanup operation began Saturday in the Ohio Val ley where flood waters receded and t h o u s a n d s of persons re turned to their homes. More flooding was expected in Ohio within a day or so, and wildlife headed for safety in the Columbia, S.C., area where the Congaree River overran its banks. Snow and rain fell in the Ohio Valley Saturday. A harsh blast of arctic air drop- lied temperatures to 26 below zero in Michigan and snrcad freezing temperatures as far south as Texas and eastward to New England. nn estimated iB.otio persons had fled their homes earlier this week when the Ohio River and tributaries overflowed their banks in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Sandusky River was re- receding rapidly at Sandusky, Ohio, but officials warned there might be more flooding when ice gives way upstream. Basements were being pumped houses fumigated and mud washed away to make homes liv able again. Many roads remained blocked by mud, debris and high water. Up to four feet of water cov crcd roads and isolated farms south of Columbia, S.C. Deer and other wildlife were seen heading for high ground and state wildlilc agents stood by to prevent hunt ers from shooting the annuals. Remark agency s clerical employes cave notice. CD Director Robert Sandstrom any vacancies now The running battle between the governor and the legislature domi nated a week in which railroads argued for elimination of the third brakeman law, dairymen revealed they were still split over a milk stabilization plan, and House Tax Committee mcmliers indicated federal deductions may be dropped from the states income tax program. At week's end a big question remained. Many observers were wondering if Hatfield's fight with tlie legislature had set the stage for a massive rejection of the governor's legislative program. the firs'rrant recognition to new Fieniicr Salah Bitar best wishes lor "Syria's prosperity, solidarity and ability to accom plish Arab aspirations." The U.A.R. and Iraq recog nized tile new regime Friday, hours alter the Syrian junta eminent of Premier Khalcd El 43 Injured As Flames Hit School BELLPORT, N. Y. (UPII A plea was issued Saturday for steam vaporizers to aid the labored breathing of smoke - inhalation victims of a fire that swept Beil Kirt High School Friday live min utes before classes were to have been dismissed. Forty-three persons were in jured when the flames broke out in the celling n( the schools' auditorium and spread explosive ly through the 44-year-old build- ng. There were no fatalities, Authorities said a 'human net" of school teachers, who broke the falls of students jumping from second floor windows, kept' the injury toll from going much high er. One schoolboy, John A Hers, 13 son of a Suffolk County patrol man, was in critical condition at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital. lie suffered two fractured legs and possible internal injuries when he jumped to a concrete sir.nwalk from a second floor window. (The plea for 1 vaporizers Wks answered first by a local depart ment ktnvt rWlni'c uu'nl I U va irorizera would give a "therapeu he assist to the victims. '.forty-one persons, including 37 nldren, were confined at Brook Haven and Bayview hospitals. All regular visiting hours were can- Celled. Hospital officials feared visitors might not observe the no smoKing signs in rooms where oxygen tents were in use DiiVid Huscll, 18, broke both his knee cujis in a leap from the sec ond Hour of the school located 55 miles from New York on the eastern shore of Long Island. He had left the- school when the fire alarm sounded, but raced back into it to rescue others. He jumped when he became trapped 6 Lives Lost From Boats NEWPORT, Ore. (UPI) Six'service director for the COPCO persons were lost in two Lincoln; County boating accidents 'lliurs- Light Company. She will be as day and Friday nights. sistcd as in tlie past by Golden Two persons drowned and three'Swarlslcy were missing and presumed drowned after a small boat acci dent in the Yaquina Itivor east of loledo. A fisherman drowned and his co-worker was rescued when the 107 - foot fishing vessel Sheila ca'tc.i! tire and was grounded north of Depoi' Bay late Friday. urowned in the Yaquina River when a 12 - foot boat swamped were Mrs. Ralph Cook. 63, and Hershcl Small, about 60, both of Toledo. Missing and presumed drowned were Robert Service, about 35, and John Mayo, both of Elk City, and Clara Charley, 32. Siletz. Dragging operations resume to day or the three missing persons Bodies of Mrs. Cook and Smal were recovered irom the river Friday. Arnold Warden, 40, Portland, drowned when the Slieila caught fire and went aground off Glen- eden Beach. T. K. Pearl, 56, Albany, master of the vessel, was rescued by a Coast Guard vessel from Depoc Bay. Wordcn was the ship's engineer Three Coast Guard vessels raced lo the scene hut were' unable to put out the fire. Tlie Sheila, owned by the Pacific Whaling Co. of Portland, was de scribed as a total loss. In the Yaquina River accident, the five persons left Toledo Thurs day night and were hendej up- river to a ranch where Mayo was the caretaker. A;m. Algeria also was one of tlie first to give diplomatic recogni tion to the new Damascus re gime. A series of bulletins over Ra dio Damascus during the day in dicated tlie junta's confidence in the success of its coup, the third in troubled Syria in 18 months. Issued in tlie name of "the nationalist council of the revolu tionary command," the bulletins announced these developments: "L 11 PLANNING Polly Pacific (Bev Lyons), right, home service director for the Copco Division of Pacific Power and Light Co., and Ruth King, Herald and News food editor, plan for the third annual 1963 H & N-sponsored Cooking School and Food Fair. Dates are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, March 26-27-28, at the Klam ath County Fairgrounds. . , 3-Day Cooking School Slated At Fairgron For the third consecutive year the Herald and News will bring new culinary ideas, latest food preparation techniques, prepared with 1963 appliances, to the wom en of the Klamath Basin. Food specialists will be present for the three-day Cooking School and Food Fair, Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday, March 26, 27, 28, in the exhibit building at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. Last year there were 1.082 signed attendance cards and from this number dozens of fine prizes and food gifts were distributed to both women and men present. Ruth King, food editor ot the sponsoring Herald and News, and Polly Pacific, known throughout Oregon as Hcv Lyons, who lias harmed women at many cooking schools, are outlining the three- day program. Mrs. Lyons is home Division of Pacific Power and New electric ranges and mod ern refrigerators and oilier ap pliances will be used in the prep aration of everyday and exotic dishes, promoting the basic food commodities of tlie Klamath Bas in and of Oregon and the business es of those who serve the home maker in her kitchen. Helen Kralowcc, who has ap pearcd here in the- past will be present on the opening day, lues day, as a guest demonstra tor for the Klamath County Cow Belles and the Oregon Beef Coun il. Carolvn G. Sullivan, regional home economist, branch of mar kcling, bureau of commercial fish- Officer Blown Out Of Plane SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (L'PH Air Force officials Saturday con ducted an inch-by-inch investiga tion of the mechanism aboard a S10 million B52 Stratofortrcss that accidentally ejected an officer Friday as it prepared to land Lt. Col. John Ertlcr, 41. ol Cleveland, Ohio, radar navigator, shot downward out of the nose of the giant jet, parachuted 15.000 feet into a tree and then fell Into a gully at Van Horn Park. Ertlcr was In fair condition at tlie Wcstover Air Force Base hospital with a broken arm and lace cuts. Formation of a 20-iiVan cabinet headed by Bitar, who will also be foreign minister. The Sor-bonne-educaied Bitar, 50, is a leader of the pro-Nasserite Ba' ath Party dedicated to Arab uni ty and socialism. "AH airports and ports will be opened as of March 9." All foreign diplomats can enter or leave tlie country after getting approval from the new foreign. ministry. erics of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Seattle, will bring fish cookery to the school for the first time on Wednesday, March 27. Bev Lyons will do a "number of interesting things" in the realm of cookery on tlie final day, Thursday, March 28. Doors each day will open at 12 noon. The cooking demonstra tions will start promptly at 1 p.m. There will be an intermission at 2: 15, prizes to be given away at p.m. They will bo displayed near the stage each day. Displays of merchandise will be arranged about the room for close observance. Tabloid Cooking School and Food Fair sections will be distri buted free to everyone attending during the school as well as lit erature of food processors and distributors. . There is no admittance charge and all women interested, regard less of where they live, are cor dially invited to attend and to view first hand, meal prepara tions by an expert. News Strike Peace$Near NEW YORK (UPD-Only loose ends remained to be tied up in Billing New York's 92-day-old newspaper strike Saturday, but pickets continued to march out side newspaper plants. Indica tions were it woidd be a week before the big dailies once again hit tlie city's newsstands. Negotiators for the Publishers Association of Now York City and Local 6 of the International Typo graphical Union (ITU) met Satur day at a midtown hotel following an appeal from Mayor Robert F. Wagner. Friday Wagner urged both sides to get together as soon as possiblo to Iron enrt the re maining obstacles to complete settlement. Even after the complete agree ment Is reached, tlie union must hold a ratification vote by Its membership before the pickets leave their sidewalk pests to re turn to their Jobs. It was Wagner who, after weeks of stalemated talks between the two sides, came up with the formula for settlement of the key issues.