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Day's Sens
By FRANK JENKINS
From Washington:
The navy gave up yesterday
the nuclear-powered submarine
Thresher and the 129 men who
rode her down into a mile and
a hall of water 220 miles off Bos
ton Wednesday.
Admiral George W. Anderson,
chief of naval operations, made
the announcement more than 25
hours after contact was lost dur
ing a deep diving test of the re
cently overhauled vessel. He said:
"Very reluctantly, I have come
to the conclusion that the Thresh
er has indeed been lost."
From Palm Beach this morn
ing: President Kennedy today or
dered flags flown at half staff
from all government buildings un
til sunset Monday in tribute to
the 129 lost aboard the Thresher.
The President, a former naval
officer, issued an executive or
der calling for the nationwide
gesture as a mark of respect for
those who gave their lives aboard
the vessel in performance of
their duty.
What happened out there a mile
and a half under the stormy At
lantic is a grim tragedy.
It is an ancient tragedy. Ever
since the first men, hundreds of
centuries ago, fashioned the first
crude ship and paddled it out into
the Great Unknown that was the
sea, women have waited on shore
for them to come back and have
mourned when they didn't come
back.
i More than a century ago, Wil
liam Whiting put into immortal
verse their fears and their hopes
when he wrote:
Eternal Father, strong to save,
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restless wave.
Who bid'st the mighty ocean
deep
Its own appointed limits keep:
O, hear us when we cry to
Thee
For those in peril on the sea!
For countless generations, the
wives and the families of fisher
men have stood on the shores.
watching the red skies with their
message of hope and comfort as
expressed in the sailor's weather
creed: "Red at night, sailor's
delight" meanwhile humming
some version of this little hymn
of hope:
Red skies in the sunset,
Red sails on the sea:
Oh, bring back my loved one
Home safely to me.
The perils of the sea!
They are grim and terrible.
And yet
Over these vast stretches of
time, unfailingly there have been
men willing to face these perils
of the sea both to win a liv
ing for their families and to sat
isfy their own driving curiosity
to find out what was on the oth
er side of those tossing waves.
And there have been women
with the stamina and the courage
to send their men forth to risk
their lives on the sea in the per
formance of their duty.
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men and that kind of women.
Mankind isn't as bad as it some
times seems to be.
Negro Home
CLARKSDALE. Miss. (UPI
A homemade firebomb was hurled
through a window and exploded
into flames early today in a home
where Negro Rep. Charles C.
Dings of Michigan was asleep.
The device, a bottle containing
flammable liquid, spewed flames
over the front room of the home
of Aaron Henry, Mississippi presi
dent of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People. No one was hurt.
Diggs, on a civil rights fact
finding trip to Mississippi, Henry
and his wife and young daughter
were awakened by the crash of
the bottle through the picture w in
dow about 2 a.m. Henry said he
sent his family outside and he and
Diggs put out the flames before
they spread to other rooms of the
three-bedroom frame house.
Police in this northwest Missis
sippi" Delta community of 21.000
said the incident w as under inves
tigation. Officers called in the
state fire marshal's office for as
sistance shortly after the fire
bombing was reported.
Diggs. in a telephone interview
with a New York radio station,
said he would leave Clarksdale
today and will go to Washington
Monday In hope of conferring with
President Kennedy and Atty. Gen
Robert Kennedy.
Weather
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Vanabla ciouainsss with period inew
ars tomaM and Saturday. Law tonight
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outlook is cloudy win showsrs.
Hin yesterday 44
Low last atahl jo
High year aoo 74
Low year ago 14
Preclp. pan 24 hours trace
Since Jan. 1 3.7
Sam period last year 4.33
after
Income Tax Measure Slated
For Action On House Floor
SALEM (UPD-The House Tax
Committee took long strides
Thursday night toward sending an
income tax bill, and perhaps a
sales tax, to the House floor for
action within a few days.
The committee completed all
policy decisions on the income tax
bill except for a rate-bracket for
mula to raise the needed revenue.
The income tax decisions came
after the committee recessed and
went into secret session in a back
room for more than an hour.
House Speaker Clarence Barton
was with tlvc committee when it
returned.
In a separate action earlier in
Uie four-hour meeting, the com
mittee revived a sales tax bill and
amended it to eliminate a prop
erty tax offse( feature
Signs were the committee may
send the 3 per cent sales tax to
the floor in hopes the House will
fill it and thus clear the way for
serious consideration of the key
income lax measure.
The committee amended the
governor's original net receipts
income tax proposal to restore
many, although not all. of the
familiar features of Oregon's
present state income tax law
A graduated tax rate structure
to raise $35 million in new rev
enucs remains to be added. A sub
committee will work it out over
the weekend. Then it all will be
introduced in a new bill.
Raising new revenue is this
legislature's biggest problem, and'posed it.
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And behold, there was a man named Joseph, a coun
sellor; and hs was a good man and a just. . . . This
man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of
Jesus. And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen,
and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone,
wherein man never before was laid. And the women
also, which came with him from Galillee, followed
The Gospel
the income tax bill is intended to
do most of the job.
Proposed Tax Law
As now proposed by the com
mittee, here is how Oregon's in
come tax law would look:
It would have a $500 floor.
Persons earning less would not
pay.
In an effort to pick up low
bracket earners and broaden the
tax base, it would impose a 1 per
cent flat tax on income from $000
to $15,000 and 1.5 per cent above
that.
On top of this, there would
be a graduated income tax pro
portionate to the present law.
Tlic present 5 per cent stand
ard deduction would be doubled
to 10 per cent (or $1,000, which
ever is lessi to eliminate much
long form filing. Deductions above
that would be allowed if itemized
handiul of deductions such as
the federal telephone lax would
be eliminated.
The federal income tax de
duction would be eliminated
key revenue raising feature.
Instead of a $J0 exemption,
taxpayers would get a $20 lax
credit subtracted from the final
tax bill.
Inequities in the present law
against the single taxpayer with
a family would be removed
Seven of the committee mem
bers said they were prepared to
recommend the proposal. Reps
F F. Montgomery, R.-Eugene, and
Cornelius Bateson, D-Salcm, op-
of St. Luke
Other Highlights:
Offenders The House defeated
the first of six bills aimed at sex
offenders, but was expected to re
consider the measure.
Constitution Articles on local
government, public officers, and
ui.xiiuon ana nnance were ap
proved oy me committees on con
stitutional revision.
Labor The House Labor and
Industries Committee killed bilLs
to increase unemployment com
pensalion benefits and (o create
a slate mediation panel for labor
disputes.
Wages Pros and cons of a
proposed $1.25 state minimum
wage wore aired at a Senate La
bor and Industries Committee
hearing that produced an outburst
between Sens. Walter Pearson
and Don Willner, bolh Portland
Democrats.
louth A string of witnesses
urged expansion of Oregon's youth
work camp program at a hearing
before the House Natural Re
sources Committee.
Education The Ways and
Means education subcommittee
decided on higher student fees
coupled with enrollment limits
for a $400,000 saving in the higher
education budget.
Reorganization The House
Natural Resources Committee ap
proved a proposal for a Natural
Resources Department. Charges
(lew that state game commission
employes, who oppose the bill
have been trying to intimidate
the legislature.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON.
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Natural Resource
Proposal Okayed
SALEM (L'PP - The gover-
nor's proposed Natural Resources
Department won committee ap
proval Thursday amid a flare-up
over charges that its opponents
were engaging in "intimidation"
of the legislature.
The House Natural Resources
Committee voted 6-2 to recom-i
mend passage of the bill. Chair
man Clinton Haight, O - Baker,
said he will give a minority report
against it.
It would group natural resour
ces agencies, boards and com
missions into a department with
six divisions: Forestry, fish and
game, mineral resources, agricul
ture, water resources, and boats
and harbors. Parks and recrea
tion would not be included.
The whole department would be
headed by an appointee of the
governor.
Most of the agencies involved in
the reorganization plan have
fought it.
The committee approval came
hours after committee members
William Holmstrom, D-Gearharl
OTI Tuition
Hike Okayed
SALEM (UPli - Hikes in stu
dent tuition fees and limits on
state college enrollments- for a
saving of $400,000 were voted
Thursday by the Ways and Means
subcommittee on education.
They were the first major policy
decisions made by the subcom
mittee, which is studying the gov
ernors proposed $81 million budg
et for higher education for 1963
63. The decisions, if approved by
the full committee and the legis
lature, represent a recommenda
tion to the Board of Higher Edu
cation, which is supposed to live
within whatever budget the legis
lature decides on.
The subcommittee made these
guideline decisions for budgeting
purposes:
Total enrollment on all camp
uses would not be above 31,250
the first year and 33,750 the sec
ond year. That includes 3,808 out-
of-state students the first year and
3,385 the second.
Tuition for out-of-state stu
dents would be raised to $900 a
year at the University of Oregon,
Oregon State University, Portland
State College, and Oregon Tech
nical Institute. The present fee is
$630. At the same time, 10 per
cent of the out-of-state fees would
go into a scholarship fund for
out-of-state students now at t h e
schools.
Tuition for students from Ore
gon would be raised from $300 to
$330.
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KIDS SET FOR EGG HUNT These kids were set for the annual Easter Egg Hunt at
Moore Park last year. Competition is usually keen as the youngsters scurry around
the bushes to see what the bunny has deposited. This year's event, sponsored by the
Linkville Kiwanis Club, will be held et Moore Perk Sunday et I p.m. rein or shine. The
Easter bunny will deposit 7,000 eggs. Lucky youngster who find the numbered eggs
will get prizes. Kiwanient (the Easter bunny's helpers) will hold their egg coloring
party Saturday night t the fairgrounds.
FRIDAY. APRIL IS. 1961
issued a statement accusing state
employes of trying to defeat the
bill by intimidation, threats of
political reprisal, and inaccurate
statements.
Holmstrom particularly accused
the State Game Commission and
its statf of an "arrogant" atti
tude and "legislative brow-beat
ing."
He said the action of the state
employes "is the strongest argu
ment ... fur reorganization and
reduction of the number of empire-building
boards and commis
sions to a manageable size."
Gov. Mark Hatfield gave a
statement saying "there is no ex
cuse for arrogance.
"The game commission and
those employes who have openly
fought my program are not being
criticized for having contrary
opinions, but for their attitudes
and actions which accompany
those opinions."
"The lime has come," he said,
"to establish a department of
natural resources to eliminate
such abuses."
Sen. Harry Boivin, D-Klamath
Falls, who has championed an in
terim investigation of the game
commission, joined in accusing
the commission and its employes
of taking a "high-handed atti
tude." He said, however, the flare-up
'further shows the necessity" for
an interim study of Uie game
commission, not for a natural re
sources department.
Flags Honor
Sub Victims
PALM BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -
President Kennedy today ordered
flags flown at half staff from all
government buildings until sunset
Monday in tribute to the 129 men
lost aboard the submarine
Thresher.
The President, a former naval
officer, issued an executive order
calling for the nationwide ges
ture "as mark of respect to the
memory of those who gave their
lives" aboard the vessel.
Kennedy's action was an
nounced by the vacation White
House after word also was given
that he had received a telephoned
report from Secretary of State
Dean Rusk on the cabinet mem
ber's allied defense talks in Paris,
The vacationing chief executive
heard preliminary word from
Rusk which will be amplified in
a more detailed report after Ken
nedy's return to Washington
Wednesday on the five days of
talks about creation of a mum
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YOUTHFUL HANDS MOLD FAVORS FOR ELDERS
Three first graders of Stearns School appraise a number
of Easter favors they and 21 of their classmates created
for patients at the Klamath County Nursing Home. The
favors consist of nut cups filled with candy and a tree
decorated with gilded Easter eggs, center. The young
sters who made the mementos are pupils of Mrs. Nell
Stewart and include, among others, left to right, Mike
McFall, Jana Thacker and Linda Pierce.
'Doctored'
Payment
The Herald and News learned
Thursday from county school
principals there is every Indica
tion that disputed athletic ac
cident insurance claims county
students have with the California
Life Insurance Company will be
paid.
A state-wide investigation of
"doctored" insurance policies
continued today through the of
fices of State Insurance Commis
sioner Walter Korlann. The probo
was touched off by complaints
that parts of the policies issued
by agents of the National Schol
astic Agency are not considered
valid by the California Life firm.
California Life had reinsured Na
tional Scholastic.
Klamath County school princi
pals are "sitting tight" leaving
further action In the hands of the
state commissioner.
The agents who apparently
handled the policies in question
can't be located and the National
Scholastic Agency has since dis
solved. The California Life firm,
.eft "holding the bag," Wednes
day filed a "friendly" suit against
David Douglas School District in
Portland to determine its liabil
ily.
Klamath County school officials,
however, feel certain that there
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processing athletic Injury claims
that had been "temporarily held
up.
George Elliott, Henley High
principal, who had previously in
dicated five claims from students
in his school were not being
processed, said Tliursday that he
had talked to the father of one
of the students Thursday and was
informed that California Life
had just made payment on a
wrestling injury claim.
Harvey Denham, principal at
Altamont Junior High School, said
nono of the claims originating
from his school has been con
tested. He indicated that one ath
letic injury claim had been paid
by the California firm Wednes
day.
County school officials said It
was a common practice to inves
tigate firms and coverages each
year before contracts are signed
tor students accident coverage
A committee of principals
meets each year to discuss var
ious contracts. One or two firms
are selected that offer good cov
erage at reasonable rates. Two
criteria that are always used,
however, are the firm's reputa
tion and past performance.
The purchasing of the Insur
ance is on a voluntary basis and
the schools only Indicate to stu
dents and parents that the insur
ance is available. The contracted
company furnishes the schools
with student forms and a master
contract and tlie school in turn
collects the money from students
who desire tlie coverage and re
turns the completed forms to the
firm.
Before this year's contract was
signed with National Scholastic
one of the principals on the insur
ance committee contacted Ralph
Jones, superintendent of schools
in Grants Pass, and learned that
the Grants Pass sclwols had no
trouble last year with the firm
and they were very well pleased
with the handling of claims
The Grants Pass School Dis
trict, however, was one of the
many stale districts who were
burnt with the "doctored" poli
cies tins year.
PORTLAND (UPIl -Vernon
Gibbs, business manager of the
David Douglas School District
was one of the first witnesses
Thursday to apiiear before the
Multnomah County Grand Jury
investigating alleged "doctored
insurance policies sold to the dis
tricts.
He said about 50 of the dis
trict's claims against the Califor
nia Life Insurance Co., have been
rejected. He said tlie claims range
from $5 to "several hundred dol
lars."
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AGRICULTURAL PORICAST
Cloudy ttirouga Saturday wltti N par
cant chance or rata tonight and per
cent chance osi Saturday. Soil tempera
ture 44. Tamporatoroa cool ranging from
u low to St) high. Outlook Sundayi
cool wet and whidy.
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Electronic
Gear Sent
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Navy destroyer Hazelwood, carry
ing electronic gear to aid in tlie
search for Die nuclear submarine
Thresher, fought its way through
huge waves today to tlie scene
of the tragedy in the North At
lantic.
High seas hampered efforts to
find any trace of the Thresher
which sunk in a mile and a half
of water with a loss of 129 men.
The Navy said that because of
the weather, search vessels were
forced to concern themselves as
much with battling the elements
as looking for tlie sub's grave
yard. The Hazelwood arrived on the
scene at 6:45 a.m. PST, several
hours after its scheduled dawn ar
rival, according to reports from
Ihe destroyer. It was carrying
sounding gear which was to be
transferred to the marine re
search vessel Atlantis II, already
in the disaster area.
Seas Halt Search
UPI Reporter William J. Eaton
reported from aboard tlie Hazel-
wood that rough seas prevented
an immediate search for tlie van
ished sub.
Scientists who w ere taken to tlie
scene by the Hazelwood hope to
anchor a huge buoy near the
search area and then map out
the hills and valleys on th bottom
of the sea to help find the sub
marine. Navy authorities said there is
absolutely no hope that any of tlie
129 men aboard the Thresher
could have survived after it de
veloped as yet unknown trouble
during deep diving tests Wednes
day. The $45 million vessel doubt
less is resting, probably badly
ruptured by enormous pressure,
on the ocean floor about 275 miles
cast of Boston.
Meanwhile, a Navy board of In
quiry began deliberations at New
London, Conn., to try to fit to
gether the meager evidence in an
effort to determine the cause of
the tragedy worst peacetime na
val disaster in U.S. history.
Samples of slicks of oil, colored
gloves and debris picked up in
the area where the Thresher was
last seen were rushed to Navy
laboratories and the results will
be ftudied by the board.
Heading the inquiry board is
Vice Adm. Bernard L. Austin. The
board began the preliminary phas
es of its investigation Thursday.
Austin said it was possible that
authorities never will determine
what happened to the sub.
Last Message Garbled
Austin said the Thresher was
beginning lis final series of deep
dives to depths which the Navy
refuses to disclose when it dis
appeared. He said it had made
routine reports to an accompany
ing rescue vessel after making a
series of preliminary dives. The
last message, advising that the
last phase of tlie exercises was
starting, was received, in garbled
form, at 6:17 a.m. PST Wednes
day. Nothing was heard from it
after that.
The Navy said somewhat Im
proved weather was expected in
the search area by Saturday, in
spite of the foul elements, how
ever, tlie searcn win continue
night and day. at least for the
time being, a spokesman said.
Rusk, Dobrynin
Discuss Berlin
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk, just
back from Allied defense talks in
Paris, discusses the Berlin Issue
late today with Soviet Ambassa
dor Anatoly F. Dobrynin.
The meeting was set for 4 p.m.
EST at the State Department. .
Officials said Rusk did not ex
pect It to be any more fruitful
in narrowing East-West differ
ences on tlie German problem
than have the many other pre
vious Soviet-American "explora
tory talks" on the subject.