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Newspaper Page Textla Tk- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS As this is written, a reader has just called on the phone to report that her teen-age daughter thinks she heard on the air this morn ing a broadcast to the effect that some Southern schools are con sidering asking their legislature to pass a law requiring that the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn be called in and rewritten in "good grammar." She says she would like to know if any one else heard the broadcast. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. What I'd like to know is what Mark Twain's immortal master piece would sound like if it was rewritten in what people of that ilk would call good grammar. An amended bill for CONTROL OF STRAY CATS was approved yesterday by the senate military affairs committee of the Oregon legislature. The bill passed the house earli er. As revised by the senate com mittee, it now authorizes coun ties to operate programs for control of stray cats. Other pro visions were deleted. Question: How about an amendment pro viding for control of the charac ters who are too tenderhearted to drown or chloroform or otherwise painlessly put out of the way lit ters of kittens that they regard as surplus and so put them in a sack and carry them out into the country and dump them out on the roadside to STARVE TO DEATH? Another question: What the Sam Hill business is it of the military affairs commit tee of the senate of the Oregon leg islature to draft laws for the control of stray cats? Are stray cats coming to be a military problem? From Eugene: Teen-agers here are playing with death by taking injections of, chest rub medications into then veins, the Lane county health de partment warned yesterday. It reported that three cases of teen-agers using this "new form of thrill-seeking" have been re ported recently by the Eugene police department. Dr. Edward Goldblatt, of the county health department, said this is a "non-addicting method of achieving roughly the same results as are obtained from nar cotics." tin tit Let's not get too badly excited -YET. Remember the cornsilk cigar ettes out behind the barn? If it's forbidden, it's attractive. If it's DANGEROUS, it has to be tried. But- 1 can't help remembering a teen-ager who visited me in my office a few days ago. She was born blind. She is now 13 just beginning her teens. She reads Braille. She writes Braille on a special typewriter. On that morn ing, she had just finished reading the Braille edition of the Reader's Digest from cover to cover. She speaks German and French in a beginning way. She is interested in music. She WANTS TO BE A NEWSPA PER WOMAN. For this teen-ager, there is no BOREDOM. For her, it is a fas cinating world, and she is inter cstcd in all the wonderful things that are going on in it. 1 wish some of these thrill seeking teen-agers could talk to her. It would do them good. Diem Moves To End War SAIGON, Viet Nam IUPH President Ngo Dinh Diem pro claimed a sweeping "open arms" campaign today to induce Com munist Viet Cong guerrillas to lay down their guns and end the civil war in South Vict Nam. Diem made the appeal in a na tionwide broadcast. He promised clemency, family reunions, finan cial help and government jobs to guerrilla fighters and their sym pathizers who come over to tlie government side. The campaign coincided with the first anniversary of the stra tegic hamlet program which is designed to frustrate Communist subversion. The program is backed by the United States, which has provided 12.000 mili tary advisers and massive finan cial aid in support of the Diem government. The strategic hamlet program aims to concentrate South Vietna mese farmers in fortified ham Ict5, isolated from the Viet Cong guerrilla" attempting to over throw the government. The government says 6.000 of the projected 11.000 strategic hamlets hav been compietea. Weather . Klimcm Filti, TulcUhf Lifctvww ! Ptnii irtr tA.At and itwwt it thawtrt tMtnff Mntffnl nj in creasing again Thurtday atttrnaon. Wtst any windt S-IS m.a.M. Coolar teniant. lews Jft-21. Slightly warmer Thursday! nigh 43. High ytsterday is Lew this merainf u High year aga 1i Low year age jl Prtop. past 14 heurs .91 Siace Jan. 1 4.47 Same Parian last year ijl Tax Bills A wait Action By House SALEM (I IM) The House mittet in hopes it .would die there. tabled, and thus virtually killed,! a sales tax bill lyiday without a vote to spare, clearing the w ay j for consideration of a major rev enue raising package based on income tax Friday. The 3-cent sales tax was tabled 31-29, after sponsors tried to get it safely back to committee and opponents clouded the issue by agreeing to send it back to cf)m- Breakdown Said Near In South WASHINGTON' l'PI - Miss issippi is so close to a "complete breakdown of law and order" that the U.S. Civil Rights Commission wants President Kennedy to cut ulf all federal funds to the state. The commission told Kennedy Tuesday that "open and flagrant violation of constitutional guaran tees.. .has reached the point ofi crisis" in Mississippi. The bombings, shootings, fail ings and withholding of federal surplus foods for children "af fronts the conscience of the na tion." the commission said. The commission praised the ad ministration's "strong and vigor ous" prosecution of lawbreakers in Mississippi. But it said that the "pattern of unlawful activity shows no sign of abating" and the time has come for tougher action. The investigation and advisory group suggested that the Presi dent cut off all federal funds go ing to the state. In the year end ed June 30, 1SXJ2, these came to StioO million in the form of grants. in-aid, military contracts, civilian and military payrolls and loan programs. The commission added these complaints: In the nine years after the Supreme Court school desegrega tion decision, Mississippi has taken no step to comply." More than 100 complaints have been received since October, 1902, alleging denial of constitutional rights in Mississippi. "Citizens of the United States have been shot, set upon by vi cious dogs, beaten and otherwise terrorized because they sought toj vote. This referred to incidents! in Greenwood, Miss. Students have been fired upon. ministers have been assaulted and the home of tlie vice chairman oi the commission's advisory com mittee in Mississippi has been bombed. Pair To Face Fraud Charges PORTLAND (UPI)-Dist. Atty George Van Hoomissen said today extradition proceedings were be ing started against two persons arrested at Seattle in connection with an investigation into accident insurance policies sold to many Oregon school districts. Kenneth J. Randall, 44, and Sarah Ann Chaffee, 41, were ar rested in Seattle on a secret in dictment returned here charging alteration of an insurance policy w ith intent to defraud. The charge involved a policy issued to the David Douglas school district. Authorities said the same agen cy here sold policies to 38 districts in Oregon. The probe began when the California Life Insurance Co complained that policies sold to school districts by agents here gave broader coverage than it had i approved. Reapportionment SALEM i UPI' The House andiHouse committee rejected it 4-5. Senate committees on constilu- Th Hr-aHlrw k left the inmmii. tional revision hit an impasseL legislative apportionment. Both voted to reject the plan proposed by the Commission on Constitutional Revision, which would hAve brought Oregon closer than er to "one man, one vote." Then the committees considered the more moderate plan advo cated by Rep. Stafford Hanscll, R-Hermiton. The Senate committee voted I in favor of the Hansell plan. Tbelmittecs oo plan (or handing out, GST Price Tea Cents 24 Pages The House Tax Committee brought the bill to the floor In hopes it would be killed. SALEM lUPl'-The House Tax Committee completed its major task of the session Tuesday by sending its big income tax and cigarette tax bills to the floor for probable action Friday. Tlie committee also sent out the bank tax bill and the local budget bill. It tabled a bill that would have put a partial property tax on non-profit fraternal and social groups. The income and cigarette tax measures are the committee's big revenue-raising package. The for mer is designed to provide $35 million in new revenues and the latter $15 million. The cigarette tax was rejected back by the committee to wail for the rest of the package. If it fails again, rales in the income tax bill could be raised to make up the difference. The income tax bill imposes two kinds of tax. One is a net tax for all earning above $500. in or der to pick up new low-bracket taxpayers. The other is a gradu ated tax, with deductions and de pendents taken into account. A key revenue-raising feature is elimination of the deduction for the federal income tax. Other de ductions, however, are retained, and the standard deduction is doubled from 5 to 10 per cent to avoid much long form filing. Instead of exemptions, the bill would grant credits against the final tax bill. The cigarette tax bill calls for a 4-ccnt a pack tax. The bank tax bill redefines fi nancial institutions in order to tax banks at 9 per cent. It is retro active to 1057 to validate taxes the banks have paid under pro test. The local budget bill,' subject of many hours of work, revamps lo cal budgeting procedures. As for taxing non-prolit groups, the committee earlier bowed to church and hospital pressures and deleted Uiem from the bill. Fra-j ternal and social groups demand ed the same treatment. Most com-! mittee members agreed the mat ter should be the subject of an in-j terim study. Lands The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill to enable upland owners to acquire title to filled-in submerged lands in riv ers, harbors and navigable lakes. School Study Report Near TULELAKE Results of a sur vey covering grievances that have developed in the Tulelake Joint Union High School over the past two years will be made pub lic during a meeting of a par ents' study group in the high school building Monday night, April 22. The survey, sought by the high school faculty in an effort to de termine causes of misunder standings, lack of discipline, un favorable student reaction to ad ministration and faculty author ity, and other problems has been completed by Erwin Howett, Sac ramento, representing- the Cali fornia Teachers' Association. The request for the survey was made by the faculty through the Professional Relations Committee of the East Siskiyou County Teachers Association. The request could have been made by any group, parents, members of the high school board or the faculty. The 22-pagc report has not been made public. The meeting is lopen to interested persons. , .. , ,. lives: -The House could reconsider I and go along w ith the Senate on the Hansel! plan The Senate could reconsider. perhaps finding a common ground with the House in Oregon's pres ent plan. The proposed new constitution could go to the floor without 7-2!agrecmnt between the two com- U.OF 0RS.LI83ARI iif aiSPAPER SECriOM OEM.REF.AND DOCJjJfEN nirur num. 1 I 4 V 4e4 i - . tx . 4. . L.vri iiMi. nm.i.i' I L..... y" 'n,i7 p ; BEGINNERS STARRED The first science fair for students of the Merrill Elementary School and Merrill High School developed some excellent entries. Among the junior division Gold Award winners were, left to right, Robert Trotman, Pat Ratliff, Tom Brit ton, Karen Fairfield, Patty Hood and Louann Reeves. Not shown Gold Award winners in the high school senior division are Betty Ann Chapman, and Jean Lyman, both iuniors. The winning entries will be exhibited in the regional science fair at Ferguson School in Klamath Falls this weekend. I Story on Page 4-A. I Negroes BIRMINGHAM. Ala. UPI Negroes planned to march en masse to the Jcflcrson County courthouse todav in a demonstra- School Jobs Given Okay SALEM il'PI' More than $1 million worth of Oregon Program projects involving many schools and colleges were approved Tues day by the Stale Board of Educa tion. The projects were taken from sumo $1.5 million in-proposals made by the participating schools' and colleges. Two projects are new. In one Stanford University is working with Marshall High School on a new concept of using IBM equip ment for high school scheduling. In the other, the State System of Higher Education is working on a program involving teacher research. Participants include Beaverlon. Bethel, Coos Bay, Corvallis, Dal las, David Douglas, Eastern Ore gon College, Eugene, La Grande, Lake Oswego, Lewis and Clark, Linfield. McMinnville Medford, Milwaukie No. 1, Milwaukie U1I5, Newberg, Oregon College of Ed ucation. Oregon State University, Pendleton, Portland, Portland State, Roseburg, Salem, Southern Oregon College Springfield, State- Marshal, Staytmi, University of Oregon. State Answers Freeman Plea WASHINGTON (UPl'-The state of Oregon has filed an answer to an apieal of Jeannace June Free man, 21, condemned to die lor throwing a 6-year-old boy to his death in the Crooked River Gorge in 1961. Attorneys for Miss Freeman claimed in her appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court that she was not brought before a magistrate for a preliminary hearing and that statements by her admitted at the trial were obtained during a pe riod of illegal detention when she was deprived of assistance of a lawyer. The state's answer was filed by John M. Cnpcnhaver, Redmond attorney, who was special prose cutor in the case, and Jefferson County Disl. Atty. Warren Al bright. They said she was under lawful detention and had full legal rights. Stymies Revise Committee legislative seats, leaving the ques tion to be ironed out if the docu ment gets by tlie House. Oregon presently is first in the nation in allocating legislative seats on a population basis. The maximum possible disparity in voter strength is 3-1. The new proposal would have reduced the maximum disparity to 21. Under tlie Hanell plan, how ever, it would be possible in some circumstances for one senator or representative to represent more con? Ik A KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, "l") )l ; Plan Voter March lion launching tion drive. a voter rcgistra-1 A top aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.. jailed leader of an anti-segregation campaign that began 15 days ago and has brought more than 275 arrests, said the prospective voters would form at a Negro church and march to the voting registrar's olfice. The registrar's office is lo cated in the courthouse, across a park from city hall. The Rev. F. L. Shuttleswnrth. treasurer of King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLCi and a civil rights worker here since 1955, said plans for the drive were made during a two- day slowdown in other protest cfiorts. -Shuttlesworth said the drive for Negro voter rogis'tation was in itiated because the vote "is the big ax" against segregation. But another King aide who re fused to be identified told United Press International tlie drive was changing directions while the group continues legal attacks against a circuit court injunction barring King and his lieutenants from leading or planning demon strations. Nine Negroes were jailed here Tuesday in protest actions at sev eral downtown stores. Five were arrested for picketing a variety store, two on trespass charges Nikita May Visit Cuba MOSCOW (UPD Premier Fi del Castro's planned trip to Mos cow may be followed by a visit to Cuba by Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev, informed sources said today. The Soviet leader has a long standing invitation to Havana, but it was believed he does not want to take it up until Castro calls here first. Tuesday's announcement in Ha vana that the Cuban premier would be coming to Moscow at an unspecified date appeared to open tlie way for a reciprocal visit by Khrushchev. Tiie official Soviet press today combined a welcome to Castro with articles marking the second anniversary of the abortive U.S. backed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. The Communist party newspa per Pravda published a front page picture of Castro and an editorial claiming "The Soviet people with all its heart will welcome on its territory the head of the revo lutionary government of tne Cuban republic." than three times the population of I The committees agreed on an another. other proposal: To remove the Sen. Anthony Ylurri. R-Ontario, who moved for the Hansell plan, said unless an acceptable plan were found he and many others would try to defeat the new con stitution on that one issue. "The very least we should do is leave the language exactly as it is in tlie present constitution," he said. It was noted tlie committees could tend 1 separate alternative to the people outside the proposal contained in a new document. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1963 for attempting a sit-in. and two more on charges of violating fire laws by smoking while attempting to integrate a lunch counter. Town Falls To Laos Reds VIENTIANE, Laos UP1 Pro- Communist troops have captured a third key Neutralist town on the Plain of Jars in a drive tli.it has made a shambles of the Laotian cease-lire agreement, inhumed sources reported today. The sources said Neutralist troops were left surrounded anil outnumbered in the strategic Plain of Jars by the fall of three key towns in 72 hours to forces of the pro-Communist Pathet Lao. They said the latest town to fall was Ban Banwn where two com panies of Neutralist troops hadl been holding out for days against overwhelming odds. The fate of the Neutralist defenders was not known. The other two villages seized were Ban Kosi and Dong Danh. All three towns are on the road from the leftist stronghold of Xieng Khouang to the plain. Ban Ban is about 30 miles north east of Xieng Khouang. The loss of the three villages left Neutralist Commander Gen. Kong Le and his forces surround ed in Phone Savan, about a 20- milo drive from Xieng Khouang. Premier Prince Souvanna Phou- ma cut short his celebration of the Buddhist new year at the roy al capital of Luang Prabang and returned to Vientiane to study re ports on the new fighting that tightened a trap around Neutral isl forces in central Laos. Valley Smudges To Save Crops MEDFORD (UPD-The longest and heaviest heating of the sea son occurred in the Rogue Val ley's pear orchards Monday night and Tuesday morning, as temper atures dropped to 24 degrees in the coldest places. The heating consumed some 800.000 gallons of oil, at a cost estimated at $125,000. About 1,000 high school boys were kept busy keeping the oil burning heaters going. The pear blossoms are in the petal drop stage this week, and any damage which may have oc curred was difficult to assess. Most orchardists were confident lhat heating prevented any seri ous loss. prohibition against lotleriet from the constitution and put it into the statutes. Sen. Thomas Mahoney, D-Port- land, said it was ridiculous to have a ban on lotteries in tlie con stitution when Oregon permits gambling in the form of horse and dog race belting. The committees decided the pro posed constitution lets tlie slate lease offshore lands for extraction of minerals without any change needed In the language. Telephone All Big Steel Firms Unite In Assault On Price Line NEW YORK ( UPI '-Bethlehem Steel, the nation's second largest producer, today announced selec tive price increases averaging a little more than $5 a ton. making big steel unanimous in breaking Hie steel price line. The announcement of hikes in the price of three sheet and strip steel items by Bethlehem Presi dent A.B. Homer followed closely on the lieels of National Steel Corporation's decision to up (he price of selected products an aver age of $ti a ton. National is the nation's filth-ranked producer. The firms apparently do not foresee a slapduun from Prcsi dent Kennedy similar to the one lhat made big steel back down on across-the-board price increas es a year ago. The nation s larg est producer. U.S. Steel Corp.. raised its prices Tuesday, and Bethlehem's announcement made unanimous big steel's decision to try Kennedy on selective in creases. Altogether, nine steel firms have announced price increases Bethlehem said its price adjustments would go into effect immediately. National will tag its products witli higher prices start ing Thursday. Homer said the new Bethlehem prices represent an increase ol about 1 per cent in the total bill ing value of all rolled steel prod ucts sold by Bethlehem. He snid the decision lo raise prices was made "after due consideration of market conditions and cost and profit performance." His announcement represented a change in position since Wheeling Steel made the first break in steel prices eight days ago. A few hours before the Wheeling an Cubans Offer Body Return HAVANA ( UPI 1 Havana news papers said today tlie Cuban Red Cross will return to his family the body of pilot Riley W. Sham- burger, one of four Americans! killed in the 19111 Bay of Pigs invasion. The press reports added lhat the Cuban government had invited tlie mother of tlie pilot, Mrs. Riley W. Shamburger Sr., Birmingliam, Ala., to come to Cuba to identify the remains of her son. (In Birmingham, Mrs. Shambur ger became hysterical on hearing the Havana report. A neighbor said the mother "would never ac cept" that he had been killed. "She's just in a terrible slate," the neighbor said. (Shamburger was flying with three other Birmingham area men when their plane crashed on or about April 9, 1961. The other men were later identified as Wade C. Gray, an electronics technici an; Thomas Ray and Lee F Baker. (Shamhurgor, a test pilot, was apparently at the controls of the plane when it went down during the ill-fated invasion. They were; flying a C46 cargo plane when one engine went out.) Widows of the four men re ceived $225 each every two weeks since the men were lost. The checks were drawn on Bankers Trust Co. of New York and an attorney said the money came from a Central American anti Castro group. Girls See Bloodmobile A group of 14 Macdoel, Calif., Camp Fire Girls, "future blood donors," their leader, Mrs. Rob ert Chcyne and assistant leader, Mrs. Ray Rogers, saw the Red Cross Bloodmobile operation Tuesday at the Elks Temple. They were given a tour to ac quaint them with piocedurc in tlie sharing of blood by Chief. Nurse Dorothy Johanscn of Port land. The first day operation was highly gratifying, according fo ex ecutive secretary of the Klamath Basin Chapter Virginia Dixon. In spite of miserable weather, Zi'iO donors appeared to give 243 pints of blood between 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Excellent responses were made by PTAs, and business and in dustrial groups. The April operation was con cluded Wednesday on tlie Oregon Technical Institute campus. TU 4-8111 No. 7118 nouncement Homer said "there is considerable doubt in my mind whether the market at this point would support a price increase in steel." Of course, you never know un til you try it." he said. Todav Bethlehem, the only big steel holdout, Iried it. Giant U.S. Steel, which bore the brunt of President Kennedy's wrath last year when the indus try tried to raise prices, announc ed it would make selective in creases of $4.85 a ton on flat rolled steel which constitutes ap proximately 29 per cent of its sales. Fourth- ranked Jones & Laugh- tin Slcel Corp., sixth-ranked Arm- co Steel Corp., and eighth-ranked Inland Steel Corp., announced their own increases within hours of tlie nation's largest producer. It remained only for Bethlehem Steel, ranked No. 2, to join the other four top producers in the price scramble. Third-ranked Re public Steel announced its hikes Monday. One of Hie industry's leading trade publications, Iron Age mag azine, said the present market can absorb the price increases be Exiles Plan 'Embarrassing' Paper NEW YORK (UPIi-Cuban exile sources said today the Cuban Rev olutionary Council w ill defy Wash ington pressure and make public 10.000-word Cuban white paper described as "embarrassing" lo the Kennedy administration. The 23-pagc document, a copy of which was given Washington last April 5, will be made public al an open meeting of the council in Miami 'Thursduy 'night, the. sources said. Exile leaders said the Kennedy administration threatened Council President Jose Miro Cardona with immediate deportation if the docu nient is made public, and also said no council member ever would be received in Washington again. Washington spokesmen denied both allegations. But administra tion officials said the United Stales might end its financial support of the council, estimated at $2.4 mil lion annually. The council has been recognized by the U.S. government as repre sentntive of the 250,000 Cuban ex i'es here. The crisis in relations between the council and Washington erupt ed last week when Miro resigned1 as council president. His resigna tion was rejected. At that time however, tlie council voted against publication of it-s white paper. Exile leaders said today the council in a secret meeting last Diefenbaker Resigns Job OTTAWA. Canada UPP - Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, 07, today handed his resignation, elfective Monday noon, to Cana dian Governor-general George Va-1 nier. The move opened the way for Vanier to call on Liberal leader 1-ester B. Pearson, 65, to form the new government, although Diefenbaker declined to confirm that he had "recommended" this course lo the queen's rcpresenta live. It was expected, however, thai the governor-general would "in vile" Pearson within 24 hours to become Canada's 14th prime min ister. Pearson and his new cabi net probably will be sworn Into office by the time Diefenbakcr's resignation takes effect. Diefenbaker, whose Conserva tive parly won 94 seats in the April 8 election to 130 for Pear son's Liberals, handed his resig nation to Vanier during a 20-min ute meeting in the governor-general's upstairs bedroom at Kidcau Hall. Vanier, 74, is confined to bed after suffering a minor heart at tack last week. Diefenbaker, a prairie lawyer who lirst assumed power in June, 1957, emerged from Government House to announce details of his resignation plans and confirm speculation that he will remain on as opposition leader in the new 20tli Parliament. Weather AGRICULTURAL PORICAST trtlY ctoudy tonight tod Thursday. North wtsttrly winds M m p h. Hrd frwit tonight. bw IS?. Highs Thurs day SI. Outlook Friday partly cloudy nd wirmtr with thowtrs, ilght-inch ml ttmptroturt 49. cause conditions are vastly dif ferent from a year ago when Kennedy raised bitter objections. Inventories are low, demand is brisk and picking up and the la bor situation is quiet, tlie maga zine said. The raises were expected to make the United Steelworkers Union more determined in its de mands for higher wages. It has the right to reocii contracts with 11 leading steel companies any time alter April 30 and can strike 90 days after reopening it it docs not get what it wants. President Kennedy conferred with his economic advisers at the vacation White House in Palm Beach, Fla., on the latest moves by the industry. There was a pos sibility ho would amplify his re cent statement that while he was opposed to across-the-board in creases by the steel makers, he did not believe "selective price adjustments up or down" were out of line. Apparently taking him at his word, U.S. Steel and others made their selections, although U.S. Steel's increases were lower than the $5 $7 general range of hikes announced by other firms. To Publish Monday night decided by majority vole to make it public in view of what they termed Washington efforts to discredit Miro. Miro reiterated today that "under pressure of the Depart ment of State" he would again present Ills resignation at Thurs day's public council session. Ho again chafged bluntly that "the Department' of State has vio lated its agreements with the Cu ban Revolutionary Council." Miro said the State Department "has moved all tlie elements with in its unlimited powers in a vio lent campaign of discredit against my person unparalleled in the his tory of tills great nation. It (tlie State Department) forces me to defend myself," Miro said. "I shall do so." JFK Ends Vacation PALM BEACH, Fla. IUPD- President Kennedy wound tin a seven-day Easter vacation today lo return to Washington for con sideration of matters including steel prices and tlie future of the NATO alliance. Kennedy scheduled a 3 o.m. EST takeoff aboard his Air Force jet transport plane, leaving be hind his pregnant wife, Jacque line, to continue her holiday away from the official hwly-burly of the capital. The President limed his depar ture to follow an early afternoon cruise aboard his yacht. Honey Filz. Through five consecutive ( niivi iiwus ui yacimng, ne naa ideal sunny weather. He was sur ) tanned and chipper in a brief en counter Tuesday with newsni.!. Other Brief Encounters ' There were some other brief encounters when two Coast Guard patrol boats, including one assigned to guard the President, sped offshore to observe two Rus sian trawlers. Tho Cuba-bound Soviet vessels, loaded with elec tronic communications equipment, were outside the three-mile con tinental limit but within sight of the shoreline which Included the chief executive's ocean-front home. Kennedy planned to discuss French-American relations in Washington with Secretary of Stale Dean Rusk, who was in Paris for five days of talks last week with Allied officials includ ing President Charles de Gaulle. Rusk was repoited to have warmed relations with De Gaulle but not by any means to have won him over to U.S. proposals tlie French leader has opposed. Maintains Steel Silence The White House maintained firm silence about the parade of "selective" price increases by steel companies. But Kennedy was keeping tabs on the situation and awaiting a verdict by his Council of Economic Advisers a$ to whether the boosts threatened, Ids insistence upon "over-all price stability."