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la Tk- O.Of ORS.LIBSART MEiSPAPtH SSCTIM COUP. Day's km By FRANK JENKINS Today's big news? This time there's no doubt about it. It's the conferring of honor ary U.S. citizenship on Sir Winston Churchill, Britain's greatest living Great. He couldn't make it to Washington in person. He's 88, you know, and he's too valuable to be risked. , But the next best tiling was pro vided. The British Broadcasting! Corporation has arranged to relay pictures and sound instantaneous ly via the communications satel lite, and if all goes well he can sit in London and watch the cer emony in the little flower garden just outside President Kennedy's White House office as easily, and much more comfortably, as if he were there in person. Sir Winston is half American by birth. He referred to that fact some 22 years ago, at a joint session of our Congress in December of! 1941. Pearl Harbor was then only a few days old. We were already at war, as allies of the British, and plans were being made for the conduct o( the war. Sir Winston arose in his place in tlie House of Representatives, where the session was held, and said: "I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been an American and my mother British, I might have got here on my own." So, you see, Sir Winston is only half a foreigner. His grandfather on his mother's side was Leonard Jerome, one time owner and editor of the New York Times, which is-customarily referred to as America's great est newspaper. He was a slaunch Lincoln man. In 1864, his news paper office was besieged by a PEACE PARTY mob. He rushed in a battery of guns and repelled the mob. Blood was spilled, but no lives were lost. Grandfather Jerome was an able character, but he couldn't realize then that Lord Randolph, his pros pective son-in-law, would one day become the father of Sir Winston Churchill. So when his daughter Jennie fell in love with the young Britisher who had done nothing to distinguish himself, there was a family crisis. But Jennie had the qualities which she transmitted to her famous son. She was described at the time as "lithe as a panther, fire shot from her eyes and in her hair her fa vorite ornament was a diamond star, a woman of undaunted tem per." Oscar Wilde wrote of her: "How dull men are! They should listen to brilliant women, and look at the beautiful ones, and when, as in the present case, a woman is both beautiful and brilliant, they might have the ordinary com mon sense to admit that she is verbally inspired." So they were married. In Lon don, Lady Randolph became im mediately a notable figure in English society. But her desire was to cultivate not just people of social rank, but also the DOERS the writers, the ar tists, the soldiers, the politicians, the amusing and the creative. Lady Randolph's son had gone far. He has won about all the honors there are to be won. At home, he is a Knight of the Garter and a member of the Order of' Merit. He has been granted the freedom of 42 cities in a dozen countries. He has won the Nobel Prize for literature. He has been a Member of Parliament for more than 65 years. He holds the American Distinguished Service Medal, the USAF's pilot's wings and has been awarded the Gold Medal of tlie City of New York, the Freedom House award, the Williamsburg award and the Franklin Medal of the City of Phil adelphia. It pays to have the right kind of mother. And -Now He is an HONORARY American citizen. In conclusion. Sir Winston, a word of advice on your new stat us. You are one of us, and we love you. We want to do right by you. So - Read the small print on the doc ument that makes you one of us Make very sure that it doesn't confer on you tlie privilege of paying American taxes on your income. WASHINGTON (UP1 - Ameri can sentiment dating back to the sweat and tears of World War II will pervade the White House today when President Kennedy bestows honorary citizenship on Sir Winston Churchill. The 88-ycar-old former British prime minister whose mother was a Virginian will be in London, Planes Miss Collision DETROIT (UPP Five persons were mjurea .MuiKJuy inm American amines when ith 52 pa.wncers aboard dived Willi i jms'iiKfi a awwiw uuvu to avoid colliding with an Air The near collision five miles in the skv occurred near Syracuse. N.Y. The passenger plane was en route from Boston lo Detroit. Weather Kltmtm Flh TultUkt antf UktvtoW Vn6tt cloudiness witft tocrtisinf tftowor Ktlvity toAifht 1 WteMdy. Low tantqM M. Hit WHmtfiy a. Vr l)bf windi MS mpk. Lw Utt tfM 1? H10A vur 09 M Lw VMr t J Prtcip. NU 24 fcoun Sine Jn. 1 J.i Sm period Ut ytr iU EKTSp DIl. Weather AGRICULTURAL FORICAST Ovorcoit tonight wltll 40 pr cont show or proboolllty. Partly cloudy WadnMday it t por cnt ftowr prokoMllfy. Total rom iwif .11 Inch. Sotrlhorty wiods -H mod. Low ton loft t M. tusk Wodimdoy U-U. Outlook Tnundoy Port ly cloudy. Price Tea Onls 14 Paget KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON'. TIESDAY. APRIL S. 1963 Telephone TV 4-8111 No. 7111 MAI fl r-ol .. ' 1 K HONORARY CITIZEN One of the earliest pictures of America's honorary citizen, Sir Winston Churchill, is shown at the left taken in his childhood with his American mother, Lady Randolph Churchill, nee Miss Jenny Jerome, about 1876. On the right is Sir Winston at his desk as he was photographed by Cecil Beaton in 1941. Honorary Citizenship Bestowed On Churchill Via TV Satellite Cigarette Tax Saved For Future SALEM (UPIi - The House snatched the governor's cigarette tax DM lrom the jaws ot defeat today and sent it back to safety in tiie House Tax Committee. . The House voted 44-14 to re consider the vote bv which it re jected the 4-cent a pack tax Mon day. Then the House returned it to the Tax Committee, which is trying to work up an overall rev enue-raising program. The vole today did not mean chances for passage of the bill were much improved. But it did mean the House, Tax Committee can still hang on to the cigarette tax as a hole card and possibly offer it to the House later as part of a total revenue package. Republicans led in the recon sideration move. The cigarette tax, worth $15 mil lion next biennium, and a net re ceipts income tax worth $31 mil lion made up the governor's plan for raising needed new revenue. Commenting on the House de feat of the cigarette tax a few- hours after the House vote Mon day, Hatfield said, "This shoots the whole lax picture up into the air." "I want to see where it's going to light now." The governor spoke at a regular! news conference. Earlier in the day his proposed 4-cent a pack cigarette lax, worth $15 million in the 1963-63 bienru urn, was beaten 33-24 in the House in the first real test of the revenue-raising program of the gov ernor and of the House Tax Com mittee. watching the 3 p.m., EST cere monies by live television, assum ing the Relay satellite is function ing properly. The President will speak and Sir Winston's response will be read by his son, Randolph. An other Winston Churchill also will be on hand Randolph's son. Kennedy invited more than 250 guests to the ceremony. The occasion was Kennedy's signing of a congressional resolu tion conferring, for the first time in U.S. history, honorary citizen ship on Ihe subject of a foreign power. The measure was passed recently. Weather permitting, the cere mony was set for the flower gar den just outside Kennedy's office. In case of rain, the proceedings were to be shifted into the east room. American radio and television networks planned to record the ceremonies for later showing, but the British Broadcasting Corp. ar ranged to relay pictures and sound instantaneously via tlie communications satellite. Wilderness Bill Okay Predicted Crater Lake Job Awarded WASHINGTON - Congressman Al Unman announced the award ing of the archilectural design contract (or a $115,000 school building and a $185,000 utility building at Crater Lake National Park. The actual construction work, by a firm not yet chosen, is expected lo begin about the middle of July. At the present time students in grades one through eight attend classes in the park administrative buildmg. Dependent on weather conditions completion of the school building is expected by the fall of 1965. It will be used by approximately 40 children of park employes. A recent survey indi cated that these facilities are too small and inadequate as class rooms. Tlie space now used by the elementary school is actual ly needed for administrative pur poses. The National Park Service ex plained to the Oregon represents tives that the rather unique case of the service providing school classrooms was due to the prae tical isolation of the park during much of the winter. Crater Lake National Park normally has one of the heaviest snow packs of any national park in the country. The utility building will be used to house the various pieces of equipment used in the park. Pearson Wins Canadian Election But host Of Government Contro WASHINGTON tUPli Senate leaders today were certain that they had the votes to pass a bill to set aside millions of acres of public lands for a vast wilderness system. The Senale was scheduled to start voting on amendments to the bill before noon. A final vote on passage was expected later in the day. Senate Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey, Minn., predicted; the measure would pass handily. He said it enjoyed the "same tre mendous public support" of a similar bill the Senate ap proved, 78-8, in 1961. That meas ure died in tlie House. Backers of the administration endorsed bill contend it would preserve scenic areas in their1 natural state for the benefit of generations of future Americans. Other congressional news: Pay: The House Armed Serv ices Committee was reported ready to approve a military pay raise bill tailored to suit congres sional budget cutters. The meas ure would give pay raises to 1.8 million career servicemen but leave out in the cold about 832, 000 short-term members of the armed forces. Works: Senate Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey predicted Senate passage of his administration-backed bill to put thousands of teen-agers to work on public projects. The youth employment bill, which President Kennedy has given high priority, is scheduled for a Senate vote later this week. MONTREAL IUPI '-Lester B.l Pearson's pro-American Liberal party emerged from Canada's par liamentary election today with the most seats but fell short of the majority needed to take over the government. Prime Minister John Diefcnbak- er, whose anti-American and anti nuclear policy led to a non-confi dence vote and Monday's election, refused to concede even though the Liberals won a plurality of seats over his Progressive Conservatives. He can remain in office until he resigns or is forced to step down by the new parliament. Incomplete returns gave the Liberals at least 127 seats, 35 more than tlie Conservatives but six short of a clear majority in the 265-seat house of commons. Diefcnbakcr was saved from a crushing defeat only by a heavy pro-Conservative vote in western Canada. Tlie three prairie prov inces, including his native Sas katchewan, gave him 42 seats, al most half of his national total of 92. The vote climaxed a bitter ly fought six-week campaign, in which Diefenbakcr, 67, railed against dependence on America and Canadian acceptance of American nuclear weapons as part of the Western weapons network Pearson, an avowed Internation alist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, called for integra tion of Canadian fortunes into the Western alliances and a rap prochement with America. The greatest rebuke lo the Con servative forces came in Vancou vcr-Quadra, where Giant Dcach man, a Liberal, ousted Howard Green, tlie government's leading anti-nuclear spokesman and min ister of external affairs, horn a seat he had held since 1935. Failure of either major party I to win a clear-cut victory left Ihe balance of power, as it was in tlie last Parliament, in the hands of tlie two "splinter" groups the right-wing Social Credit party tSocredsl and the Socialist New Democrats (NDP). With six seals slill undecided. the Socrcds held 23 seats and the NDP 17. Tlie next step was unclear as ballot counting ended early today. Diefenbaker told a national tele vision audience, "Naturally 1 re gret the outcome, but it must be noted that no party has won a clear majority aiuf, that being so, no decision can be made in re gard to the course that should or ought to be followed." Pearson, w ho called the election 'the second drastic defeat in a year for tlie Dielenbaker admin istration, said, "When we know what tlie final result is, then we will know what to do. It is time to put the controversial side of the election aside and do what ever is in the best interests of Canada." But plainly the next move was to be Diefenbaker's. Under con stitutional law, he remains as prime minister until he resigns or is replaced by Pearson. There are precedents for cither move. Most political observers felt the "morally right" action Social Credit party into his camp was for Diefenbaker to step do n j in case of a close ballot, but un- and let tlie Liberals holding ajdor Monday night's results even plurality try to form a workable this would not give him a ma majority. Ijority. There hud been speculation that The Socrcd position on nuclear Diefenbaker might try to woo thelweapons is divided, but the NDP: has vigorously opposed their em placement on Canadian soil, as did Diefenbaker. However, despiU. the sharp division of forces on this issue, other national matters find tlie parties holding less dis tinct positions. alt- ' j "J tttM.$MOMOMOMOMa1 - WJPA It' mL DIEFENBAKER REFUSES TO CONCEDE Lester B. Pearson, left, smiles broadly at he talks to newsmen after being told he leads in Canadian ballot Monday. However, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, right, refused to concede the Liberal party victory. Diefenbaker can remain in office until forced to step down by the new parliament. UPI Telephoto Teacher Retirement Stand Clarified By Chairman Of High School Board Skindivers Release Set HAVANA (UPI-Nev York at torney James B. Donovan an nounced today he had arranged the release of nine American skin- divers held by Ihe Cuban govern ment since February. The men were listed as John W. Browne, of Miami, Fla.; Rob ert C. Moran, Lockport, N.Y.; Charles E. Booher, Accokeek, Md.; Donald Baird, Madison, Ga.; John Clinner, Miami; Richard W. Apakian, Philadelphia; James Brown, Walhalla, S.C.; Clifford Burns. Lebanon, N.H.; and Ste phen Baade, Omaha, Neb. Donovan said the Cuban gov ernment informed him it has es tablished "innocence" of the skin- divers' expedition, "despite the suspicious circumstances of the case." The men had been held in Cuba since they were picked up while walking along a beach in northern Camaguey Province Feb. 21. They were arrested and held for investigation of possible espionage. The Americans had sailed from Miami Jan. 20 on a commercial fishing expedition to the Caribbe an aboard the 100-foot motor ves sel Shrub. Donovan said the men had been shipwrecked and had ar rived in Camaguey in an open boat after two days at sea with out food or water. He did not ex plain what happened to the Shrub. Donovan, who negotiated the release in Decemner oi more than 1.100 prisoners from the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, arrived in Havana incognito last Friday for talks with Cuban government of ficials. John Voth, chairman, KU Dis- trict 2 School Board, read a pre pared statement at the. board's regular monthly meeting Monday night at the high school cafeteria, concerning future board action on Ihe retirement of Mrs. Helen Hoffman, KU Latin teacher. Volh told the audience that the board would be happy to dis cuss the problem with Mrs. Hoff man in a private interview. Mrs. Hoffman has reached re tirement age and was notified by the school administration that her contract wouldn't be renewed. She gave official notice that she desired to continue teaching on an annual contract basis and several of the almost 150 citizens attending the joint school board, budget hearing session Monday night, prcsenled petitions to the GIRLS' STATE CHOICES Klamath Unit No. 8 American Legion Auxiliary will send seven girls to participate in the Girls' State program in Salem June 10-16. The high school juniors meet the requirements of leadership, character, honesty, scholarship, courage and physical fitness. The auxiliary it aided in financing the trip by the Klam ath Falls Soroptimist Club, Catholic Daughter! of America, Parents and Patront Sacred Heart Academy, Oregon Food Stores and Harry Lanphear Inturance Agency. The girlt, teated left to right, are Cheryl Thurman, Henley, and JaneHe Vlahoi, KUHS. Standing, lame order, Kitty Stalker, KUHS, Cindy Harlen, Henley, Francet Dal Broi, Mary Am. erling, Rosemary Da Nault, Sacred Heart Acadumy. Sold The Business This Want Ad user sold his janitor business the first day the ad ran. He also recently sold a trailer house with a Want Ad. "I ll be advertising in classified again soon. I've had good luck every time," he said. school board asking that the ad ministration's action be reconsid The statement from the school board follows: "We appreciate your petitions in favor of Mrs. Hoffman. Since Mrs. - Hoffman has reached the retirement age of 65, your confi dence should be particularly grati fying to her. Mrs. Holfman, upon reaching retirement age, was not contin ued in service which is the case of many individuals in this coun try who reach retirement age. "The board has always had a policy of discussing personnel matters in executive session upon Ihe request of the teacher in volved. Such procedure was and is available lo Mrs. Huffman af ter she has discussed this situa- School Budget Upped $27,000 By Omission Ray Hunsakcr, superintendent, of city schools, announced Mon day night at the school budget hearing in the KU cafeteria, that the budget committee made an omission of $27,000 in drafting the budget and that this figure would have to be added in the instructional cost category mak ing the new figure $780,55:1. Tlie stiDerintcndent said to take this kind of action at this time is not a common practice. He said it was the first time in 17 years that he remembers it was ever done. However, he said, a school budget can be legally adjusted as much as 10 per cent before the election. The law was draft ed specifically to take care of such errors and-or omissions in the budget. Hunsakcr said the $27,000 will be used to hire five new teachers for KU. The additional figure will raise to $884,205 the monies needed lo he levied to balance the budget. Charles Houston, board member. moved that the new figure be approved and the hoard voted unanimously lo present the new budget to the voters May 6. When the hearing was (cncd to questions from the audience, (L'onlinurd on Page 4) SWLL linilor Mrvico lor ult. XXXX Shotfa woy. You too can use classified Want Ads to your advantage. Most everyone can. Right now Is Farm and Garden "6 for 3" Week. Get 6 days (or the price of 3 to buy, sell or trade farm and garden machinery, tools and equipment. (Except com. mercial advertisers.) Just dial TU 4-8111 and ask for Want Ads. Bloodmobile Visit Slated Tlie April visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile to Klamath County is scheduled for April 16, 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Ihe Elks Temple and the following day, April 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Ihe OTI campus. Quota for this visit is 450 pints Klamath Falls hospitals use over 100 pints of blood per month and other quantities go to mili tary and veterans hospitals. To meet the needs, all possible blond donors are urged to share their blood at one of the two sUi- .lima- i tvtin lliaj it. inqiic a, the Red Cross office, TU 4-4125. tion with her immediate adminis trative superior." . . Mrs, Everett Runtt, 1417. Sis kiyou Street, speaking for a group of petitioners, said, "Our chil-. (Iren felt very badly about Mrs. Hoffman's forced retirement and since they were gelling hysteri cal about it, we parents decided to handle it in an orderly fashion by sending out petitions. Our chil dren have learned good study habits, respect and discipline from Mrs. Hoffman and she has been a big benefit in their lives. "We were told that upon writ ten recommendation by the ad minislration a teacher may con tinue after retirement age on successive one year terms," Mrs. ltunlt continued. 'The superintendent of schools told us it was out of his hands i nd that we should bring our petitions before the school board ind we are therefore petitioning Ihe board for tlie reinstatement of Mrs. Hoffman for one-year pe riods," she said. Mel Howie. 405 High Street,! said the question seems to be whether retaining Mrs. Hollman in the public interest. 'Mrs. Hoffman is currently rated as an excellent teacher and lo retain her therefore would certainly be in the public in terest, Howie said. Another citizen speaking on be half of Mrs. Hoffman, Ed Iscn sec, 79 Washington Street, said the administration should take into account (lie feelings of the community and reconsider its de cision. lsensce presented the board with petitions signed by interest ed parents and students alike. Several students at the meet ing also stood up for Mrs. Hoff man. They said they learned a lot from her and that she in spired all her students. One of the students said Mrs. Hoffman always maintained discipline in her classes and she was respect ed by her students for that. Former school board member. Jack Linman, 39 Nevada Ave nue, said that school board mem bers are sometimes conversant with personnel problems that aren't freely discussed and that the public doesn't always have all the facts. "There are many persons In Klamath Falls who admire and are grateful to the board for the difficult decisions they sometimes have to make. Board policy shouldn't be governed by peti tions entirely since this allows small action groups to bring un due pressure to bear in decision making," Linman said. Hiram Hunt, 1216 Pine Street, countered Linman's statement saying it was a condemnation of the public's right to address its elected officials. Chairman Voth ended tlie meet ing saying he was sorry there hadn't been a single word of praise from the audience concern ing two teachers. Mrs. Alice How ard and Mrs. Robert Blomquist, who had submitted their resigna tions. Volh thanked these teachers for their unstinting service and accepted their resignations for the board with regret. I al . . VJ J r - . , - - I... BOYS' STATE REPRESENTATIVES Klamath Union High School's participants in the American Legion sponsored Beaver Boys' State program, a wtek's tettion at Corvallit in June, include, from left, Chuck Sweetland, Mike McKibban, John Enright, Dean Guyer, Neil Johnson, David Wright, Mike Schlegal, Charlet Sanders, Jim Beene, and local Pott 8 chairman, Julian Abbott. The boys are all juniors at Klamath Union. Their extracurricular activities range from chets and band, to Hi-Y, DeMolay and Latter man's Club. The cost of each boy's participation In the citizenship training program is paid by interested individuals and service oiganizations. i v
