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Newspaper Page TextU.Of 0RE.LIB3ART NEWSPAPER SECriOM COUP. X H J ! The . Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Here in Klamath county thanks to a wise policy initiated back in the early 1930s we are re markably free from public debt. Klamath county, as a political unit, has NO funded debt. That is to say, Klamath county has outstanding NO general obligation bonds. Here in the city of Klamath Falls, there remains yet to be paid some $560,000 of a bond is sue of $800,000 put out some years ago to pay for a new basic sewer system. It was felt at the time that $800,000 was too much to take out of the taxpayers' pock ets all at once. It was a serial bond issue meaning that so much of the total would be paid in install ments each year. A total of $240, 000 has already been paid, leav ing only $560,000 yet to be paid. Some years ago, the South Suburban Sanitary District, fac ing the same problem that had been faced by the city, voted a bond issue of $1,800,000 to pro vHe needed drainage and sani . tary facilities. This also was a serial issue, calling for payment in yearly in stallments. As of now, a total of $134,000 has been paid, leaving yet to be paid a total of $1,666, 000. In this case, as in the case of the city sewer bonds, it was felt that the total of $1,800,000 was too much to take out of the taxpayers' pockets all at once. ' The two big school districts, District No. 1 and District No. 2, have NO outstanding bonded debt. They continue to pay their way as they go. ;: Looks pretty good, doesn't it? But wait a minute. ' It isn't quite as good as it looks. f Klamath county is a part of the United States. , Its share of the federal debt of the United States is $75,960,000! i How is that figure arrived at? ' Like this: The per capita debt of the Unit ed States is $1600. At the 1960 census, the population of Klam ath county was iiAo. Sixteen hundred dollars times 47,475 per sons comes to a total of $75, 960,000. So, you see, Klamath county isn't practically free from debt. It owes nearly seyettty'-six mil lion dollars. , ? That's a lot of money. One more figure (or compari son: The assessed value of all the property in Klamath county is $88,121,971. Which is to say: Klamath county's share of the federal debt of the United States amounts to 86.4 per cent of the assessed value of all the prop erty in Klamath county. Thousands Hunt Missing Girl NAPA, Calif. (UPI Thousands of policemen, military personnel and civilian volunteers extended Saturday a painstaking "inch by inch" search for a missing 5 year-old Napa girl which already has covered 100 square miles of Napa County. About 3500 men blanketed tin Napa area, including the Napa River, in a vain attempt to find Doreen Jleskett, missing since Monday. Undersheriff Wesley Gardner of Napa County said the county had been covered in ."inch by inch" search. Police were checking on known jtak deviates in the area on the Theory the blue-eyed blonde girl who failed to return home after: visiting a friend's house had been kidnaped. Olliccrs said a young man who once lived near the Hes kett home was being sought in the Orovillc area. -pirry.jo Pxo)oywp?oi T ' pismsr'S''i - . -. i i MERRILL LIONS DONATE A pledge of $500 was made to th. Intercommunity Hoipital Fund drive by members of the Merrill lions Club at their recent meeting. Shown here offering their pledge are, left to right, Bill Gasser, "Tailtwiiter;" Bob Dragoo, one of Merrill campaign captains; Jim Chance, president of the Merrill club and Lloyd A. Henderson, Merrill campaign chairman. Weather Hioh Sohtrtioy Low Soturdoy Hioh yw 9 Lew voor 9 Mien post u yoori Low Mil 14 Vtort Procip. pott I noun Since Jon. 1 Some period lot! year 01 M tJ IHSJI 11 ("ill tree Ml 0.11 Full Crews QK'd On Oregon Ralls SALEM L'PI - The third brakemen on Oregon freight trains were assured of their jobs for two more years Friday, but railroads and unions were told to get together on a more perma nent settlement. The Senate Committee on Com merce and Utilities voted to leave Oregon's full crew law on long freight trains as it is, with one exception. The committee accepted a un ion proposal to update the 50-year-old law by deleting the ref erence to steam trains, mak-1 ing it clear the law also applies to diesel trains. The law requires a crew of six including three brakemen, on freight trains in Oregon over 40 cars traveling more than 15 miles. The railroads had asked for elimination of the requirement for a third brakeman, saying he was no longer needed on modern trains. The unions replied he was nec essary tor safety. The railroads noted they were First Polaris To Mediterranean Post WASHINGTON lUPD-The first U.S. nuclear submarine armed with deadly Polaris missiles has taken up its station in the Medi terranean, signalling a far-reach- ing strategic shift in the free world defenses against the Soviet Union. Entry of the first of three Po laris submarines was announced Saturday by the Defense Depart ment in a 26-word statement. As signment of the Polaris under water force to the Mediterranean precedes the removal of 45 obso lescent U.S. land-based missiles from Italy and Turkey. Dismantling of 15 Jupiter mis siles in Turkey and the 30 in Unions Drop Rule Battle CHICAGO (UPI)-A long, cost ly court battle to prevent the nation's railroads from enforcing anti - featherbedding work rule changes was abandoned Friday by five rail unions. A federal court injunction plac ing a moratorium on rule changes was expected to be lifted early next week. The railroads indicated they would then move quickly to put into effect the sweeping changes despite a threatened strike by the 210,000 on-train workers. President Kennedy could stall off for 60 days both unilateral rule changes by the carriers and an economy - crippling strike by the unions by appointing a board to investigate the years-long dis pute over the elimination ot jobs Both sides admitted such presi dential action was likely. The unions representing engi neers, conductors, firemen, train men and switchmen let a 25-day appeal period go by without peti tioning the U. S. Supreme Court to reconsider its March 4 deci sion. U& Price 15 Cents 48 Pages losing $1.7 million a year by pay ing for third brakemen in Ore gon, one of only six states re quiring them. The unions replied several hun dred men would lose their jobs. Committee Chairman Alfred Corbett, D-Portland, made it clear there were two separate qucs tions: Safety, and jobs. He said the legislature was unequipped to make a safety judement, and the job problem should not be writ ten into a law. The vote to kill the bill for a reduced crew was unanimous, as was the vote lo delete the steam reference in the law. ine committee decision came after railroad spokesman Randall rvester said ine railroads were willing lo accept an attrition clause so that third brakemen positions would be eliminated onlv w-hen there were vacancies in the positions held by present brakemen. On the other side, union attor ney Alex Parks said the unions were willing to have an impartial study of safety factors. Sub Sent Italy is expected to be completed early in April, informed defense sources said. Each of the three Polaris sub marines in the Mediterranean will carry 16 nuclear missiles with a range of 1,700 miles enough to zero in on targets deep in Soviet territory should war come. Not Identified The Pentagon did not identify the first sub. It merely said Assigned to the Supreme Allied Command for Europe for duty in the Mediterranean, the first of three Polaris-equipped, nuclear- powered submarines is now on station." The shift from land-based mis siles to the Polaris held overtones of last fall's Cuban missile crisis. At one point, Soviet Premier Ni kita Khrushchev offered to pull his nuclear missiles out of Cuba if President Kennedy would dis band U.S. missile bases in the Mediterranean. The President rejected the pro posal and sources have since said that the dismantling of the Amer ican missile sites in Italy and Turkey had been under considera tion long before the Cuban crisis arose. Pending oft-postponed negotia tions with Spain for a Polaris base near the Straits of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean contingent of the Polaris fleet is to be based at Holy Loch. Scotland. On Duty At least two of the three subs are to be on duty at all times. In addition to the withdrawal from Italy and Turkey, 60 Thor from Italy and Turkey, 60 Thor missiles which were installed at bases in England early in I960, are being removed. This move was announced last Aug. 1. The country's total investment in the Jupiter and Thor missiles is listed by the Defense Depart ment at just over $!8 billion. The returned missiles will be modified to serve as boosters in space launchings for either mili tary or civilian purposes. kiguue.omo. y XO t ftp trnJtl i fcnoi m,tmmtmAZLmmmmiim m. - I Iiijiio o io i FRIENDLY GREETING Gov. Mark Hatfield, left, is greeted warmly by two of the delegates to the Second Annual Building Trades Council meeting here Saturday at the conclusion of his address. Smiling in congratulations are Asa T. Williams Sr., center, president of Carpenters Union 226, and R. Anderson, delegate from the Albany Carpenters Union 2133. Governor Hatfield left immediately after the ad dress for Salem. ' mmmmmmmmm,mmamt COOPERATION POINTED UP Gov. Mark Hatfield, above, in his address to the Building Trades Council underscored the need for continuity in labor-management relations to lessen misunderstandings. The governor also pointed up the need for study by labor of the auto mation problem. Modified Split Schedule Plan Considered For KU A modification of the split schedule was proposed by the school administration Friday af ternoon at the high school during a meeting of the recently formed parents' committee and school administrators. Willard McKinny. KU principal. announced the administration was considering a plan in which quali fied students would be able to take a sixth subject. McKinny said it may be pos sible for sophomores, juniors and seniors to attend school during the morning session and the freshmen attending in the after noon. Qualified students attending in the morning might be able to take the sixth subject by slaying for the first period in the alter noon. Mob Jeers JFK Remark VALENCIA, Spain UPI - A mob of 300 students chanting "Yankee go home" demonstrated in front of the American Consu late here today to protest Presi dent Kennedy's "insulting refer ences" lo Spanish history in a re cent speech in Costa Rica. The students demonstrated for 15 minutes. One student threw a stone that broke a window. The embassy was all but closed for the weekend. Only three em ployes were in the building. A note delivered by the students said they were angry over Ken nedy's "insulting references" to Spanish colonialism in Latin America. They said he made the insults in his speech to the Intra American Presidents' meeting in Costa Rica. "That was not the best way to gel Spain's friendship," the note said. j KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, There will be further study on the proposed modification in the next lew weeks and a detailed announcement concerning the pro. posal will be made after careful study. McKinny stated that all pres ent realize that this situation is not ideal, but may be the best workable arrangement under the circumstances unlil a new build ing or reorganization is achieved. Vote Planned By Engravers NEW YORK (UP1 1 -Striking photocngravcrs vote Sunday on what New York City publishers1 sav is their "unconditional" and "final" contract odor. The strik ers were expected to ratify fhe pact, ending the city's 113 -day newspaper blackout. Mayor Robert F. Wagner an nounced Saturday that the pub lishers accepted certain non monetary revisions worked out by Frank J. McGowan and other leaders of photocngravcrs union Local I. Sell A Boat? This Want Ad user is con vinced! He had so many calls he hardly could believe it . . . over 20 the first two days! WARDS 12 ft oluminum IVMt with oor. Used 0"t Klun TU 7-XXXX. Use the Herald and News Want Ads to buy, sell or trade boats and boating equipment right now. People are watching the Want Ads for what you have. It's easy. Call TU 4-8111. A courteous Want Ad writer will be glad to help you word your ad. SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1961 2S Construction Trades Hear Hatfield Talk Gov. Mark Hatfield in an ad dress Saturday afternoon before the Second Annual Convention of the Oregon State Building Trades Council held here, appealed to the people to help "snatch higher education from the Jaws of devas tation in this session of the leg islature." Noting a "serious probability of a $5 million cut in that budget," he said the legislature (aces two choices. "It can by its inaction make Harry, Truman's 'do nothing' charges about the Both Congress pale by comparison, ' he said. "Or it can move out of com mittees and onto the floor some of its enlightened, progressive proposals which further human ity and prepare for the future." Appealing to the people, the governor declared, "Your voice can still he heard. Make it known." "Failure of friends of education to react would be tragic," he said. "Failure to react by those who abhor the individious abroga tion of responsibility would be un conscionable." He said the legislature's treat ment of higher education threat ens the teachers, researchers. and the facilities from which come ourWoclors, our improved agri culture productivity, the profes sions." llallield said cuts at the medi cal school, hospitals and clinics could curtail treatment of some 131.000 patients. He said agricul tural experiment stations could be closed, research curtailed drastic ally, and 4-H programs immobil ized. "If Oregon is lo achieve major league status in the eyes of the nation, we cannot tolerate public officials who do not know the meaning of team play, coopcra lion and dedication," he said. The governor praised the build ing trades for a high rate of em ployment this winter. Turning to a familiar theme, he said Oregon is "far ahead of the Pacific Northwest states in new jobs," partly, he said, because of labor interest in productivity Hatfield reiterated "the need for continuity of labor - manage ment relations before and after contract negotiations." Hatfield noted the growing problems raised by automation, and added, "No greater invest ment could be made by organized labor today than expending part of their treasury funds in attack ing this problem." The governor arrived here early Saturday afternoon in time for the address and left immediately following. Rain, Winds Slap Nation Bv I'niled Press International Spring rains and gusty winds ixjundwl the nation Saturday from coaf-t to coast. The Midwest basked in near-record warm tcm pcratures. Wind gusts of 52 miles an hour shattered windows and collapsed a wall of a new church on Chi cago's South Side Friday, the city's warmest day since Oct. 15, 1JI.2. Telephone Exile Haiels On W ASHINGTON UPl - The government took intensive steps Saturday to prevent anti Castro refugees from conducting hit-and-run raids against Cuba from U.S. territory lest they provoke armed conflict. The Slate and Justice Depart ments announced (lie tougher new moves that will involve the Coast Guard, the FBI, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, ami the Customs Bureau. Officials said this meant more men, ships and planes would be used to insure that attacks such as the recent ones that blasted strafed Soviet ships in Cuban ports do not stem (rom U. S. territory, including Puerto Rico. The joint Stale-Justice depart ment statement said the United Slates sympathized with the de sire of Cubans to see their coun try freed from Castro's Commu nist control. But the agencies said this coun try could not allow violations of U. S. laws or "tolerate activities which might provoke armed re prisals, the brunt of which would be borne by the armed services of the United States. Officials said the following ac tions would be taken immediately to make certain that none of the attacks was "launched, manned or equipped from U. S. terri tory": The Coast Guard, which carries out botli sea and air patrols, will step up operations checking all suspect vessels pulling out from Florida or nearby U. S. territory for Cuban forays. The FBI will increase its in vestigations among Cuban refugee groups in the Miami area, parti- Shipper Asks For Defense NEW YORK (UPD Either air cover lor American snips on Caribbean trade routes or per mission to arm the ships has been asked of President Kennedy by the owners of the motor vessel Floridian. Less than 18 hours afler two Soviet-built jet fighters fired ma chine cannons across the bow and the slcrn of the Meridian near Cuba, the South Atlantic and Caribbean Lines dispatched the request to the While House. klPW DTI BUILDINGS i H la tin M If i ifes L 5 K been authorized for construction under the Phase II development program for the new Oregon Technical Institute campus. Upper drawing is of the physical education facility which will provide a main gymnasium plus activity areas with movable partitions. Lower drawing is the library-commons building. The type of construction will be the same as the structures now under way at the campus site. Bids Sought For Five New Buildings At Oregon Tech Rids on five new buildings and road and parking area paving have been asked by the Oregon State Board of Higher Educa tion for the new Oregon Tech campus. TlK'.se bids are to be opened at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30. Tlie bids are to cover construc tion of a shops building, a physical plant building, an ad ministration building, a physi cal education building and a li brary-commons building, in addi tion to the paving of roads and parking areas on the campus. TU 4-8111 No. 7103 Moves To cularly the more militant moms, to see who may be supply ing money or other assistance for the raiders. The Immigration and Naturali zation Service will add more man jiower to check the movements of Cuban refugees who might be come involved in military assaults against their homeland. Officials said they were acting under two laws: The Neutrality Act which pro hibits groups organized as mili tary or naval expeditions from departing the United States to take action as a military force against a nation with whom 'the United Stales is not formally at war. The Molorboat Act of 11140 which empowers the Coast Guard to stop and search any craft to see Major Measures Near Floor Of Legislature SALEM lUPIl - Committees! were showing signs of sending a few major pieces of legislation to the floor soon as the Oregon Leg islature Saturday rounded out its llth week. The Ways and Means Commit tee, scrutinizing budget after budget, gave overwhelming ap proval to one of the most dis puted proposals of the session: A reduction in the state civil defense staff from 18 to 3. The House Tax Committee indi cated it was about ready to kick out some of the measures needed tu raise the money to balance the stale budget for the coming bi- enmum. Here is how major legislation stands: lludgel Ways and Means con tinues its efforts lo reduce Gov. Mark Hatfield's proposed $405 million budget by $15-20 million. Of about 100 budget bills, some of the smaller ones already have passed the two houses and been signed by the governor. Review of the biggest and most serious budgets those dealing with edu cationgoes on. Tax The House Tax Commit tee, source of all major revenue raising bills, indicated it will start sending some of the smaller tax measures to the floor soon to see how they go." The committee Pictured here are two of the Separate prime bids will be received (or the general con struction work, the mechanical construction work, the electrical construction work or a combina tion of tliese divisions. Construction of these build ings plus the paving work in the area will prepare the campus for the move from the old OTI site in the fall of Architectural firm for the Ore gon Tech campus project is Skid- more, Owings and Merrill, Port land. Tho physical education facility Weather Klamath Falls, Tulelake and Lakeview Partly cloudy, windy and cold with a few brief showers today. High Sunday 48. Clearing and colder tonight with low of 18-22. Partly cloudy and warmer on Monday. High 55. Northwest winds 10-20 m.p.h.; light and variable tonight and Monday, lock Cuba ele-jthat it has the proper safety equipment and meets other re quirements for putting to sea. The State and Justice depart ments stressed that the recent raids which brought protests from both Russia and Cuba "have not in fact been launched from the territory of the United States." But the crackdown obviously was aimed at preventing the re cent Cuban shooting incidents from boiling up into a new crisis with Soviet Premier - Nikita Khrushchev. ; . The U. S. policy was made public two days after Soviet-built Cuban MIGS fired on an Ameri can freighter the Floridian, la international waters off Cuba. The Castro regime, in an unusual move, claimed the shooting was "probably" an error. is proceeding with discussions on what Its major revenue measures a new income tax law and a cigarette tax should contain. The Senate Tax Committee is waiting for the House to act. Education Higher education's legislative activity centers on its budget. The amount of basic sup port for schools and high schools probably will be one of the last' matters taken up. The house has called for some changes in Basic School Fund procedures. There has been little decision on com munity culleges. Labor The House Labor and Industries Committee has suggest: ed employe contributions to the unemployment compensation fluid, along with better benefits. The Senate committee still is trying to write a new workmen's compensa tion law. Railroad unions won re tention of Oregon's present full crew law, but were told to get together with management to seek a more permanent solution. Highways A bill reducing fuc! taxes for heavy trucks won Sen ate Highway Committee approval. It raises taxes for lighter trucks. A bill for traffic arrests on "prob able cause" was sent to the House floor. The House voted to clamp down on drivers who try to flee an officer. Other traffic safety measures are still in committee. five new buildings which have which will provide a main gym nasium plus activity areas divid ed by movable partitions will cov er about 52,350 square feet. ' The library-commons buildjig will have a total area of 19,800 square feet. Similar construction is planned for both units, includ ing concrete columns, steel roof system, wood window wall ami stained cedar siding. No estimated cast ot these proj ects was announced by the archi tectural firm, pending the open ing of bids.