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Mishmash in the news:
In Moscow this morning, the
Soviet news agency Tass reports
that Cuban Premier Castro has
DENIED that he ever said Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev should
have consulted HIM (Castro) be
fore withdrawing Russian rockets
Irom Cuba.
Tass adds that Castro has stat
ed publicly that he never said any
such thing.
Hmmmmrnmmrnmmm.
Castro isn't alone in talking too
much at the wrong time. A few
days back, our state department
let go with a statement to the
effect that the government of Bra
zil has permitted itself to become
honeycombed w ith communists.
When the government of Brazil
heard about it, it howled like a
wounded wolf.
Then
A few days later-
President Kennedy headed for
Costa Rica for a conference on
Western Hemisphere unity. The
stale department's remarks about
communist infiltration in Brazil
arose to plague him in his mis
sion. So
Our state department had to
DENY that it had ever accused
Brazil of being soft on commu
nism. An ancient maxim:
Speak in haste and repent at
leisure.
From Salem:
A plan to put EXEMPT proper
ty back on the tax rolls at a re
duced rate drew almost five hours
of opposition testimony before the
house taxation committee last
night. The proposal would put
churches, fraternal buildings and
other such exempt property on the
rolls so that they would help pay
for city services such as police
and fire protection.
Churches and representatives of
hospitals and groups such as the
VMCA, YWCA and United Fund
organizations voiced strong oppo
sition to the plan.
It docs sound a bit silly.
These organizations are support
ed by gifts. If they have to pay
taxes, the givers will have to
GIVE MORE. The givers arc
largely taxpayers, so if these
properties have to pay taxes the
taxpayers who support them will
have to make their gifts larger so
that there will be money enough
not only to keep them going but
to help them find the money with
which to pay their taxes.
11 doesn't seem to make sense
Another old maxim:
There is no such thing as some
thing for nothing.
Police Sent
To Seaside
SALEM (UPD More than 30tify against him and to failing to
state police officers, equipped
with pick handles and riot hel
mets, left for Camp Rilea near
Seaside today, but State Police
Supt. H. G. Maison said the move
was not based on expectation of
any trouble this weekend.
Seaside was the scene of exten
sive rioting on the Labor Day
weekend holiday last year. Satur
day and Sunday mark the final
weekend of spring vacation for
most Western Oregon schools.
Maison said the officers, gath
ered from several stale police
posls in Western Oregon, were
being sent to Camp Rilea for
Vspecial emergency training."
Missing Girl Linked
To British Minister
LONDON ( UPI'-Secretary of
State for War John Profumo told
the House of Commons today he
is the cabinet minister being
linked with the disappearance of
a young red-haired model.
Profumo added that he had not
seen the girl, 21-year-old Chris
tine Kccler, since December 1!31.
He said there was "no improprie
ty" in their relationship.
Miss Keelcr disappeared nearly
two weeks ago just before she
was to testify as a witness for
the Diosecution against her for
mer bov friend. John Edge
combe, a 34-vcar-old West Indian
Profumo. 48. who is married to
actress Valerie Hobson and has
one son. todav identified himself
as the minister about whom ru
mors had been circulating in the
House of Commons.
Reads Statement
With Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan at his side. Profumo
read a personal statement to e
jammed and hushed chamber.
Labor MP Barbara Castle re
ferred during Thursday's debate
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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS "Little Quail" Linda Jimenez, also known
in her native tongue as Stu-Stut-Nocks, rules over the 1963 All-Indian
Basketball Tournament now under way at Chifbquin. She was chosen
Thursday night before opening of the games and was presented with
her traditional red roses, a trophy from the Reservation Jaycees and
other gifts. At left, Queen Linda looks up to 6-foot-6 DeMerle Lytle,
captain of the Sprague River Ducks, while Warm Springs Magpies cap
tain, Lyle Rhoan, looks on. At right is Queen Linda, center, daughter
Trial Opens
For Marine
Instructor
SAX DIEGO, Calif. (UPD-The
court-martial of the third Marine
drill instructor accused within
two months of maltreating re
cruits begins today at the Marine
Corps recruit depot
It was disclosed Thursday that
two instructors appeared before
separate court-martial boards last
month and pleaded guilty.
S"t. Carlton L. Slay. 33, San
Diego, was ordered to answer to
day 18 counts of maltreatment or
cruel and unusual punishment in
volving 15 recruits.
Charges Specified
Authorities said specilic charg
es against Slay included such
actions as punching in the stom
ach, hitting in the face and push
ing against a wall locker. One re
cruit, Harold W. Anthony, 18,
Greenville, 111., said he was doing
pushups and Slay slammed him
to the floor seven times.
The two instructors who plead
ed guilty were S. Sgt. James L.
Leighton, 29, San Diego, and Cpl.
James C. Holt, 22. Cincinnati.
Leighton pleaded guilty to mal
treating eight recruits, to forbid-
I ding a maltreated recruit to tes-
report maltreatment committed
by a subordinate SIay .
Loses Pay
He was sentenced to a bad con
duct discharge, forfeiture of $50
a month in pay during six months
confinement at hard labor, and
reduction to private.
Holt pleaded guilty to maltreat
ing 10 recruits. He was sentenced
to a bad conduct discharge, for
feiture of $70 a month in pay
during 12 months confinement at
hard labor, and reduction to pri
vate. The depot commander modified
both sentences to let the men re
main in the service.
to Miss Kecler as "the missing
call girl, the vanished witness.
Edgecomb was tried in connec
tion with charges he fired. seven
pistol shots through a door in
Miss Heeler's direction when she
refused to let him into a fashion
able London apartment. He was
sent to prison for seven years
"H was alleged that people in
high places might have been re
sponsible (or concealing informa
tion concerning the disappearance
of a witness and a perversion of
justice." Profumo said.
Linked With Mystery
I understand that my name
has been connected with the ru
mors about the disappearance of
Miss Keelcr. . . .
Any suggestion that 1 was in
any way connected with or re
sponsible for her absence from
the trial at the Old Bailey Is
wholly and completely untrue."
He added at the end of his
statement. "I shall not hesitate
to issue writs lor libel and slan
der if scandalous statements are
made outside the House."
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Gas Funds Said Available
To Push Olympic Game Bid
SALEM (UPI) - The Highway
Commission has authority to use
gasoline tax funds for facilities to
help Portland's bid for the 1972
Olympic games.
Leonard Lindas, commission le
gal counsel, said he had advised
Highway Commission Chairman
Glenn Jackson that no additional
legislation would be needed.
Portland earlier this week lost
its bid for the 1968 Olympic sum'
Property Tax
Plan Opposed
SALEM (UPI1-A plan to put
exempt property back on the tax
rolls at a reduced rate drew al
most five hours of opposition tes
timony before the House Taxation
Committee Thursday night.
The proposal would put church
es, Iraternal buildings and other
such exempt property on the rolls
so they could pay for city services
such as police and fire protection.
Except for a Methodist Church
group which gave "cautious" sup
port for the plan, all churches
and representatives of hospitals,
the YMCA, YWCA, and United
Fund organizations voiced opposi
tion.
The Methodist Church legisla
tive committee of its Board of So
cial Concern said "if the property
owned by all (exempt) groups is
included," it might approve the
idea.
The view was contrary to that
of the Greater Portland Council
of Churches, Oregon Council of
Churches. Catholics, Episcopali
ans and Presbvterians.
Dr. Robert H. Bonthius. speak
ing lor the Greater Portland
Council of Churches, said the
organization favored an interim
committee study of the principle
of taxing church properties and
the "effects that such taxation
would have on the solvency of the
churches."
George Dick, executive director
of the Oregon Council of Church
es, opposed the interim study. He
said the proposed tax levy should
be killed bv the committee.
Hatfield's Natural
SALEM il'PI' Oregon's Demo
cratic national committeeman
said Thursday it is high time to
reorganize natural resource agen
cies into a single department as
Republican Gov. Mark Hatfield
proposes.
C. Girard Davidson, an assist
ant secretary of interior for four
years, urged the House Natural
Resources Committee to approve
the governor's reorganization bill.
"Such a department will be able
to bring about better and more
rounded development ol all our re
sources," he said.
"If . . . one resource must be
preferred ... this decision should
mcr games. But the city plans to
campaign for the 1972 games.
Lindas said the commission
could develop almost any kind of
facility imaginable as long as it
was declared a "public park."
Lindas said provisions of the
law are "very broad."
"I doubt if most people realize
how broad the power really is,"
he commented.
During Portland's pitch for the
1968 Olympic games in New York.
Jackson told the Olympic Com
mittee that Oregon gas tax money
could be used to help build facili
ties. Lindas said the commission's
authority to construct the facili
ties was contained in ORS 366.345,
and 366.350.
The statutes provide: "The
commission may acquire by pur
chase, agreement, donation or by
exercise of the power of eminent
domain real property . . . land and
ground necessary for the develop
ment and maintenance of parks...
recreational grounds ... or other
places of attraction . . . which in
the judgment of the commission
are necessary for the convenience
of the public, and which will con
tribute to the general welfare. . ."
"The commission may develop.
construct, improve, operate and
maintain such places ..."
"The commission may make
regulations and provisions for the
use and administration of slate
Series Explains Revision
Of Oregon's Constitution
The first of a scries of ar
ticles explaining the objectives
and principles of the new pro
posed Oregon Constitution will
appear in the Herald and
N'ews, starting Sunday.
The articles have been pre
pared by Hans Untie, profes
sor of constitutional law at the
University of Oregon and an
other member of the Oregon
Constitution Revision Commis
sion. The 17-memher commis
be made deliberately by the de
partment, and not through , . , the
superior pressure of one interest
ed group
"The interrelationship and inter
dependence of the abundant nat
ural resources of Oregon are over
whelmingly apparent ....
"Action is overdue."
The bill would put 20 independ
ent agencies in seven divisions:
Forestry,
fish and game, mineral
resources, agriculture, water re
sources, small boats and harbors,
and parks and recreation.
The department head would be
named by the governor and con
firmed by the Senate. There'
of Mr. and Mrs. Modesto Jimenez, with other candidates, left to right,
Susan Amos, Linda Castellanos, runnerup by a close margin; Miss In
dian America Ramona Soto, and Catherine Watah. Queen Linda will
graduate this year from Klamath Union High School. She was a princess
last year in the court of Queen Charlene McNoise, Klamath Falls, who
was present for the naming of the new ruler. The tournament will con
tinue through Saturday with Indian dancers to be featured Saturday
afternoon.
parks and all recreational, scenic
and other places of attraction
which are owned by or under the
control of the state, acting by and
through the commission."
"The regulations may provide
reasonable charges for the use of
accommodations provided in such
parks and areas."
New Measles
Vaccine Set
WASHINGTON (UPD-Supplies
of a new measles vaccine are ex
pected to be available this week
to help doctors fight a disease
encountered by 90 per cent of the
world's children.
The government Thursday li
censed Merck Sharp & Dolime and
Charles Pfizer & Co. to distribute
different types of the vaccine.
Merck Sharp & Dohme immedi
ately announced that it would
make a live-virus variety avail
able to physicians throughout the
country within 48 hours.
Merck officials said they have
not decided on a price for the
vaccine. "We are still in the
process of informing physicians
and the drug trade about this prod
uct, its form, quantities, shipping
and storage requirements."
sion last year completely
revised the 105-year-old Ore
gon Constitution and submit
ted a report to the 1963 Legis
lative Assembly, Committees
In both the House and the Sen
ate are studying the report. It
must pass both Houses by a
two-thirds majority before it
can be submitted to the voters
of the state for approval.
Readers arr urged to clip
the articles and save (he com
plete series.
Resource Plan Supported
would be an advisory board.
So far, the House committee
has held hearings on the mining.
forestry, parks, and fish and
game sections, opposition has
come from the agencies involved,
as well as the interests tliey rep
resent, including timber, mining
and sportsmen's groups.
Davidson .said Wns opposition
was to be expected. He said it
was understandable that the
boards and commissions would re
sist change.
He said Hie groups and inter
ests represented by the boards
are fearful of losing an "inside
lobby for its point of view."
Murderer
Gets Sing
Sing Jolt
OSSINING. N.Y. (UPI (-Fred-
crick Charles Wood cracked f
joke then got his w ish Thursday
night by dying in the electric
chair at Sing Sing Prison.
A moment hclore he was
strapped in the chair, the 51-year-
old admitted killer of five per
sons told the 12 official witness
es: "I have a speech to make. This
is an educational project.
"You are about to witness the
damaging effect electricity will
do to Wood. Enjoy yourself.'
Then, clad in green trousers and
a white shirt, he sat down. At
10:01 p.m. EST, the electrocution
began. Four minutes later he was
pronounced dead.
Attorney Tries Appeals
Norman Dorsen, an attorney
from the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLUi, tried desperately
to override Wood's wish to die
and win the condemned murder
er a stay of execution.
Dorsen went to the U.S. Su
preme Court Thursday. But hisl
request for a stay was rejected
by four justices in a row John
M. Harlan, William J. Brcnnan.
William O. Douglas and Earl
Warren.
Because under his sentence
there was no chance for parole,
Wood said he would rather die
than remain in prison or an "in
sane asylum" for the rest of hisi
life. He already had sent more
than 32 years in jails or mental
hospitals.
Wood, despite his personal ob
jections, had received three stays
of execution since being sentenced
to death in December of 19B1 for
killing two elderly men who had
befriended him in New York City.
Soon After Parole
The slaying occurred in June
of I960, less than three weeks alt
er he had been paroled from a
prison where he served 17 years
for murder
Wood called his unwclcomed de
fense attorneys "do-gooders.
When informed of Dorscn's clforts
on his behalf, lie said: "Tell that
lawyer to keep his nose out of
my lousy case."
"I really want to ride the light -
ning...sans further delay because in terror, but he said the mili
of an unwanted slay of execu- tury was helping maintain order
I tion." he iaid.
"I think after it was done tlieyl
would find they were better off,"
he said.
Automation The Senate ap
proved and sent to the House a
measure calling for creation of
an interim committee to study thcl
effects of automation.
Boats The House passed and
sent to the Senate a bill overhaul
ing the state's boat registration
law. The measure would require
licensing of small boats not now-
registered, and change licensing
procedures.
Judiciary Tile Senate Judiciary
Committee heard testimony favor
ing expansion of tin jurisdiction
Ms' Cuban Pullouf
stated At
WASHINGTON (UPD - Presi l
dent Kennedy took a wait-and-see
attitude today on Soviet troop
withdrawals from Cuba even
though there were indications
Russia might be preparing to pu
out more forces.
The President told his news
conference Thursday night that
the Russians were estimated to
have withdrawn "approximately
3,000 troops in these past weeks."
'We are waiting to sec wheth
er more will be withdrawn, as wc
would hope thev would be," he
idded.
Other sources in Washington
cited reports that one or more
Soviet ships might he getting
ready In remove additional Rus
sians from the island.
There remained a big question
in U.S. intelligence circles wheth
er the Soviet personnel who have
left Cuba were combat forces or
merely military technicians
It was learned Uiat so lar the
Kennedy administration has not
seen equipment leaving the island
which would indicate that the re
cent departures included combat
forces at least not many.
Aerial photographs of persons
leaving on ships docs not indicate
the nature of the personnel. This
must be learned from intelligence
inside Cuba and from watching
the kinds of equipment moved
out.
The absence of
shipments of
combat-unit equipment was
not
Bali Volcano
Death Toll
Set At 1,100
JAKARTA, Indonesia (UPI) -More
than 1,100 persons were of
ficially estimated to have been
killed in Sunday's eruption ofi
Bali's sacred Ginning Agung vol
cano but the actual toll Is be
lieved much higher, it was re
ported today.
Bozidar Pahor, of the Yugoslav
newspaper Delo. who arrived in
Singapore after visiting the disast
er scene on Bali, said many rc
grions around the volcanic moun
tain still arc cut off by a blanket
gions around the volcanic moun-
impossiblc to obtain an accurate
count of casualties.
Pahor said it, is estimated that
there are at least 75,000 persons
homeless as a result of the erup
tion of the sacred volcano, on
whose slopes sils the centuries
old Bcsakih Hindu temple.
At least 1,500 persons were re
ported injured, and mure than
1,000 homes destroyed.
Seventy-six survivors have been
hospitalized with burns from the
scorching ash and injuries indict
ed by falling rocks.
An estimated 132,000 acres of
fertile ricelands were destroyed
between the first explosion of the
long-dormant volcano on Feb. 19
and last Sunday's violent pyro
technics. Pahor said be reached to with
in about 10 miles of the moun
tain's base Wednesday, where
congealing lava flows which had
swept down the slopes prevented
any further progress.
He said the governor of Bali
denied that martial law had been
nut Into effect as tens of thou-
1 sands of the island's residents fled
land was providing help.
of district courts, and including
district court judges in the judi
cial council.
Civil Defense The House Mili-I
lary Affairs Committee plunned
lo reopen its pro - civil defense
campaign by sending a suhcom
mittee to talk with CD communi
cations oflicer Joseph Vngt. Vogt
was quoted as saying communica
tions fell down in the Columbus
Day storm because he was deer
hunting in Eastern Oregon.
Death Penalty Thomas Gaddis,
author of tlie "Bird Man of Al-
traz," was to testify tills afternoon
on bills tn repeal tlie death pen
alty.
regarded as conclusive, however.
The Kremlin promised on Feb.
19 to remove "several thousand"
of its military forces from Cuba
bv mid-March.
Kennedy gave the Russians the
benefit of the doubt on the tim
ing. He declined to answer spe-
Visit In West Berlin
Added To
WASHINGTON (UPD - Presi
dent Kennedy's next venture in
personal diplomacy, a late spring
trip to Europe, is being expanded
to include West Berlin. London,
too, seems to be a likely addi
tion to his itinerary.
The Chief Executive earlier had
announced plans to visit Rome
and Bonn, the Italian and West
German capitals, in late May or
early June. At his news confer
ence Thursday night, he said he
also hoped to add Berlin to his
German visit.
Diplomatic sources said it could
be anticipated that Kennedy
would stop off in London,
bly for a night, to fill In British
Prime Minister Harold Macmil-I
an on his talks in Italy and Gor-
many.
Set Earlier Pattern
This was the pattern Kennedy
followed In 1961. He conferred in
Paris with French President
Charles de Gaulle, then in Vienna
with. Soviet Premier, Nikita. S.
Khrushchev. Before returning to
this country, he stopped over
night in London to see Macmil
lan.
The Chief Executive several
months ago had thought in terms
of extensive travel this year in
Latin America. Just back from
three days of talks with Central
American presidents in Costa
Rica, Kennedy told reporters he
has no plans for a trip to Latin
America later this year.
He has agreed to visit Brazil,
but these plans have been
changed or postponed several
times and he told his news con
ference no new date had been
set.
Other Highlights
Other highlights of the Presi
dent's news conference:.
He said about 3,000 Russian
troops have been removed from
Cuba in the past few weeks. He
said the United Slates would wait
until the end of the month to sec
whether more will be withdrawn
before deciding if Russia has hon
ored its commitment to pull them
out.
He made another unqualified
defense of Defense Secretary
Robert McNamara's judgment
in awarding the controversial
TFX warplane contract to Gener
al Dynamics Corp.
Without a nuclear lest ban in
the near future, Kennedy said the
Kissing Ban Ordered
To Halt Swiss Typhoid
ZERMATT, Switzerland (UPD
Swiss authorities called for a
ban on kissing and dancing todny
as the best way to combat a ty
phoid epidemic which already
has struck 100 persons.
Some tourists showed little con
cern. They danced the twist Into
the early morning hours in the
smoky nightclubs of this milc
high Alpine village famed for Its
skiing and its spectacular view
of Die lofty Matterhorn.
Forty persons are being treated
in strict isolation at an emergen
cy hospital set up in Zcrmatt's
new schoolhousc. with armed po-!
lice guarding the doors.
Another 35 cases have been rc-
iiorted in Britain among return
ing tourists. Several other coun
tries have reported cases linked
to Zermatt and doctors estimate
the total at "about 100."
No fatalities have been report
ed so far.
The U.S. Communicable Disease
Center In Atlanta said the United
States it among countries report
ing typhoid cases traced to ex
Weather
Klamath Falls, Tulrlake aid
Lakevle Variable rrotidineu
and mild through Saturday with
chances of few brief shower, late
Saturday. Lows tonight JO . 35;
high Saturday 55. Variable winds
under 15 m.p.h. Weekend weather
will be mild and unsettled with a
chance of showers Saturday night
and Sunday.
3,000
cifically when asked whether he
thought the Kremlin had "hon
ored" Its commitment.
"The month of March is not fin
ished yet," the President said,
"and we should have a clearer
idea as to what the total numbers
should be in the coming days."
JFK's Tour
woiid might have between 15 and
25 nuclear powers by 1975.
He reported to the nation on
his Costa Rican meetings with
the presidents of five Central
American republics and Panama,
saying he was increasingly confi
dent that with hard work, "we
will continue to live in a hemi
sphere of independent, firm and
faithful friends.
Mills Closed
By Car Lack
ALBANY (UPI)-A shortage ot
wide and double door railroad
boxcars which has threatened clo
sure of Northwest plywood mills
was reported easing today.
Noble drowning Sr., president
of Coquille Valley Lumber Co.
here, said the plywood mill would
remain open today after some of
the boxcars arrived. Earlier, it
was planned to close the mill to
day. Chowning added, however, that
the mill would be closed Saturday
and there probably will be a cur
tailed program next week.
In Salem, Oregon Public Utility
Commissioner Jonel Hill said the
shortage should improve soon.
The PUC has wired the Interstate
Commerce Commission asking for
immediate return of such cars as
soon as they are unloaded.
Potato Freight
Rate Cut Dated
SALEM (UPI) - Reduced rail
freight rates for shipment of Ore
gon potatoes will become effective
April 11. the public Utility Com
missioner announced.
The new rates "restore compet
itive rclationshpis" between Ore
gon potato shippers and those in
southeast Idaho where such a re
duction has been in effect since
March. 1962.
The reduction is 13 cents per
hundred pounds on shipments
from Malheur County and central
Oregon to the midwest and south
west. posure in German in the latter
part of February.
In Brighton, England, two res
taurants were closed Thursday be
cause a man working in both of
them developed typhoid fever
symptoms after returning from
Zermatt. Medical authorities were
tracing his contacts to prevent
further spread of the disease.
An immigrant Italian laborer
was reported to have brought the
disease into Zermatt recently, but
there were other unconfirmed re
ports that typhoid had been dis
covered in a nearby hotel about
two years ago.
Typhoid fever is a highly con
tagious disease sometimes spread
by a "Typhoid Mary" a person
who has recovered from an at
tack but continues to transmit
typhoid germs for years.
Medical teams from the Swiss
army's Fifth Medical Corps Bat
talion moved into the village
Thursday to disinfect suspected
houses and hotels and take blood
samples from a large proportion
of the estimated 7,000 persons In
Zermatt.