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By FRANK JENKINS
From Salem this morning:
The senate lias passed and sent
to the governor a bill banning
lie detector tests as a condition
of employment.
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It's probably just as well. If
you have an employee whose
word you can't trust without the
aid of a lie detector, you'd bet
ter fire the guy, anyway.
From San Francisco:
The cost of living in San Fran
cisco rose to a new all-time high
in March 108.4 per cent of 1957-
59 prices sharply exceeding the
nationwide rise to 106.2. the U.S
Department of labor reported yes
terday. The department s consumer
price index for the San Francisco
area was O S per cent higher than
in December, 1962, I per cent
above March, 1962, and 19.1 per
cent higher than a decade ago.
The Los Angeles index last month
stood at 107.7 per cent of the
1957-59 level,
Question:
Is it all due to the high cost
of living?
Or do you reckon the high cost
of LIVING IT UP might be part
ly responsible? '
From Chicago:
The claim of some rheumatics
that their aching joints can "feel'
an approaching storm received
scientific verification yesterday
Dr. Joseph Lee Hollander, a dis
tinguished rheumatologist who
has pioneered various types of
physical and drug therapy (or the
disease, reports he has produced
the "weather effect" in arthritis
sufferers living in a controlled
climate chamber sealed off from
normal outside influences.
His experiments showed that
the patients suffered a significant
worsening of symptoms when
there was a combination of ris
ing humidity and falling baromet
ric pressure. These are the fac
tors, he adds, that prevail in na
ture before any rainstorm.
So-
The next time your rheumatic
knee aches and you say it's go
ing to tain, don't let anybody
laugh at you.
Your knee knows what it's talk
ing about.
Let's be serious for a moment.
Along with the lightener-uppers.
there is this serious and signifi
cant item in the news this morn
ing: Nearly 4.000 employees of Kai
er Steel Corporation will get i
bonus of about W0 a man. or
some 45 cents an hour, in the
first monthly cost savings distri
bution under Kaiser's new labor
dan which involves automation
The plan gives to workers each
month about a third of (he cost
savings realized over Kaiser s
1961 cost level. It guarantees
CONTINUED JOBS, despite auto
mation, which was extensively
employed in the Kaiser operation
during the month.
Kaiser announces that during
March, the first full month of
effective operation of the new
plan, cost savings amounted to
$162.000 and the workers' share
of the saving will he $.112,000 for
3.930 eligible employees.
This is the interesting point ol
the story:
Automation can be made prof
itable (or both employers and cm
plovees. If it can be made to
result in LOWER PRICES, it will
be profitable (or CONSUMERS
also.
Money Bill
Debate Set
WASHINGTON (UPI - The
Senate planned to begin debate
today on a $14 billion catch-all
money bill including a crackdown
on lobbyists for Philippine dam
age claims.
No voting was expected on tlie
bill before Tuesday.
Chairman J. William Fulbright.
D-Ark., of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee urged ap
proval of a rider revising the
lata Philippine War Damage Act
to pay $73 million directly to the
Philippine government, instead ot
to individual claimants.
The supplemental appropriations
measure, already passed by the
House, also included $450 million
for President Kennedy's accelerat
ed publ'C works program.
The Foreign Relations Commit
tee questioned Washington attor
ney Ernest Schein. an associate
of Philippine claims lobbyist John
A. O'Uonnell. at length Thursd.iy
on why Schein had not registered
as a foreign lobbyist while spl't
(ing fees with O Donne II.
Weather
Klamath Pilli, Tulalako and Llktvlfx
erlly cloudy tonight and Saturday.
Cooltr tonight, low n-tti warmar Sat
urday wilt) hioh of SS. Waakand waalhar
Indlcatas uniattlad conditions, warmer
lamparaturaa. and chanca lor ahowari
on Sunday.
High ytilcrday as
Low this morning 3)
High year ago si
Low year ago 31
Praclp. past 24 hours .01
Slnca ian. t J.St
Santa parlod last ytar J.21
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BUDDING SCIENTISTS ADMIRE PROJECT A group of young scientists from tha
city elementary schools study a project entitled "What is an Insect" displayed at the
city schools' science fair held at Conger School Thursday. There were nine gold medal
winners at the fair who are eligible to compete in the Northwest finals in Portland
May 4. Between 80 and 90 students entered projects in the fair. In Thursday's front
page Herald and News story gold medal winner Ronnie Ronningen, O'Neill School
third grader, was omitted. Ronnie teamed with Randy Hansen on the winning
project. '
Cuban Oil Plants Bombed
By Exile Mystery Plane
MIAMI, Fla. i UPC- A "mys-
lory" aircraft dropped five 100-
pound bombs laic Thursday night
!on Cuban oil refineries on Hava
na's eastern outskirts, it was re
ported here today.
The .Cuban exile group which
sponsored the raid did not claim
any material damage. The refin
eries were the Castro-confiscated
Kssd and Shell properties across
the bay from Havana.
Exile sources said the plane, de
scribed as a twin-engined com
mercial type, tnik off (or the at
tack from a "secret Caribbean
base "
Nikita Affirms Stand
For Independent Laos
MOSCOW iliPl' Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev today re
affirmed his stand on the need
for a Iree and independent Laos.
Khrushchev's support for his
1WI accord with President Ken
nedy on Laos was disclosed fo
ment after U.S. presidential trou
ble-shooter W. Averell Harriman
me. with the premier tor 3'i
hours and presented him with a
message (rom Kennedy.
Harriman. in Moscow on a dra
matic mission to save the peace
in 1-aos, saw Khrushchev in the
premier's olfice after a meeting
with Soviet Foreign Vnister An
dre Gromyko.
A joint Soviet-American state
ment released alter the Kremlin
meeting declared that boin gov
ernments "fully support the Ge
neva agreements on the Laotian
question about which there was
an exchange ol views between
them in Vienna and a mutual un
derstanding readied "
The Kremlin meeiing occurred
against a background n( renewed
lighting in Laos, where Commu
nisi Pathct Iao forces were re
ported to have altai-ked an outposl
of right-wing force" led by (Jen
Phoumi Nosavan.
Vientiane reports said the at
tack raised a serious threat that
Musa Pushes
For CD 'Action
SALKM 'UPI' - Senate Prci-
rfent Ben Musa. Impatient with
federal dclav. said he would re
fer the controversial civil defense
appropriation bill to the Ways and
Means Committee Monday if he
did not hear from federal ofli-
rials sometime today.
Musa. who was serving as gov
ernor Monday, telephoned Nation
al Civil Dclcnse Director S L
Pittman and asked for clarifica
tion ol Orecon's eligibility lor
matching funds under the pro
iwsed three-member state CD organization.
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The attackers were not identi
fied but in Washington, a free
lance newspaperman. Alexander
Rorke. said he took part in the
raid. He said there were four men
aboard the craft, including two
other' unidentified Americans: . - I
Exile sources said the attackers
were out after a specific undis
closed target, but decided on a
secondary objective when they
were unable to pinpoint it fur ac
curate bombing.
The bombs were homemade and
presumably ineffective. Rorke said
they "didn t blow anything up.
It was the first hostile bombing
the right-wing lorces might retali
ate and possibly trigger another
lull-scale civil war.
The briel joint statement issued
alter tlie Harriman-Khrushchev
meeting said the U.S. underscore
tary of state delivered a message
from Kennedy to tlie Soviet pre
mier "about the question of the
situation in Laos.
It said there had been a discus
sion on the subject between Khru
shchev and Harriman and repeat
ed the expression of support for
the Geneva agreements by both
governments. But it gave no de
tails of the substance of the talks.
Tlie communique was released
by the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
Harriman declined to discus
the meeiing further with reporters
Laos Troops
Battle Anew
VIENTIANE. Laos ilPD-New
fighting has broken out between
Ijiotian Neutralist lorces and Pro-
Communist troops at four diner-
ent spots on the Plain of Jars.
informed sources reported tonight
In addition, the Laotian Defense
Ministry announced that Pro-Com
munist Pathct Lao troops had at
tacked an outpost of right-wing
forces led by Gen. Phoumi No
savan. The new outbursts of fighting
were reported as Laos' be
leaguered Neutralist Premier.
Prince Souvanna Phouma. sched
uled a trip to the Plain of Jars
Saturday in a personal cf tort to
hait the new baltimt that threat -
cned the existence of his shaky
coalition govcrnrncni. !,, public statements on his ad-
Informed sources in Vientane vancing ace focused attention on
said that new fichting had broken his possible? successors in the
out Thursday nicht and today at, Kremlin.
Khang Khay. Xieng KhouangJ Hie spotlight fell especially on
Phonsavan, and Lat Houang. iFrol Kotlnv, 54, a secretary of
iof the Havana aica since April
15, mi. when exiles strafed and
bombed major airfields to set tlK
stage for the abortive Buy of Pigs
invasion two days later.
The raiders Thursday niclit an
parcntly successfully pierced the
capital s actenses. There was no
mention of antiaircraft fire.
itciugee sources declined lol
identify the anti-Castro group
wnicn sponsored the attack. How
ever, it was said to be an organi
ration not previously identified
with anti-Castro attacks.
Rorke. in Washington attending
an anti-Communist seminar, told
newsmen one of the Americans on
the raid was a student at the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology
and the other a businessman. He
refused to identity them. He said
Hie bombardier was a Cuban.
Koike also declined to identify
the takeoff site.
GARDENING KNOW-HOW
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this spring tha Klamath County Library is tha place to
during National Library Week if a selection of flower and garden car books that
might help spell, th difference between luccevt or failure for your panslfts and lilies.
If you can't find what you want to volve your garden's particular problems tha staff
at the library will be glad to help you look through tht reference section.
Russians Talk Possibility
Of Khrushchev Resignation
MOSCOW it'PD Nikita
Khrushchev's reminder to the Rus
sian people that he is not im
mortal lent weight today to spec
ulation he might soon resign one
of his top government and Com
munist party posts.
There was no official indication
, Khrushchev was under political
pressure to make a chance, bui
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 2fi, 1963
Rescue
In West Virginia Coa
DOLA. W. Va. IUPI "-Fourteen
soft coal miners were found dead
today deep inside the explosion-
torn Clinchtield Coal Company's
No. 2 mine and hope dwindled
fast for eight men still missing.
The explosion, triggered late
Thursday night by either methane
gas or coal dust, plunged this
small mining community of 200
people into gloom.
As grim word was flashed from
rescue teams 330 feet beneath the
surface, the strain began to tell
on relatives who had gathered at
the pithead.
First two bodies were found,
then another, and then a group
ol 11 in one of the main work
ing areas which probably bore the
full brunt of the violent blast.
Tlie search continued for the
missing eight.
Thirty other miner- survived the
tragedy by scampering to the
surface.
The general feeling at the mine
olfice was one of pessimism.
Shortly before noon, a spokes
man (or the mine's management
disclosed that 24 rubber sheets had
been ordered from a nearby mor
tuary. Rut in the tradition of coal min
ing, rescue teams pushed forward
against time in an attempt to
reach the men still unaccounted
for.
Significantly, the Compass No
2 mine is located only a short dis
tance from the scene o( this conn
try's worst mining disaster. On
Dec. . 1007. l miners lust tlieir
lives in a mine near Mnnongah,
W. Va.
The first hint of Thursday
night's explosion came when men
Ways, Means Gives Oil Campus Top
SALEM (UPI I Higher educa
tion buildings worth $& minion
were given tentative approval
Thursday by the Ways and Means.
Education subcommittee.
The priority buildings in the in
structional and utility category
were chosen from a $45 million
list proposed by the Slate Board
of Higher Education.
In addition, the subcommittee
will act on buildings in the dor
mitory - student center category.
If vou need helo in
the powerful parly central com -
mittee who is considered Khrush-
chev s heir apparent as party
1-1 Khrushchev has made similar
the Soviet Union. I
'U.S officials in Washinstnr.Cmments before, hut particular
were reluctant to rrad too much importance was attached to this
into Khrushchev s remarks, but one because it was made public,
they sensed that the pic.Tiierthroughoul tlie Soviet Union by
might soon decide to give up somcthe official news agency Tass j
of his strenuous duties. i (Thursday and the party ncspa
The Rt-vcar-old premier and per Pravda and government j
first secretary of the ruling partyinewspaper Ineslia today. Izves-
toid a sroup of workers Wednes-ltia held up its recular Thuisxlay
day he was getting old and "ev-inight edition to appear this morn
cryone understands that I cannntjing with the speech.
i earns recover
working in oilier sections began
coming to the surface. Tlieir cloth-
was covered w ith coal dust in
dicating the blast was of violent
proportions.
One foreman on the surface
was quoted as saying. "It would
be impossible for any of them to
have survived that explosion."
John Morabito, w-ho was below
ground but about a mile from tlie
point of the explosion, said the
i i
RESCUE TEAMS READIED In Dola, W. Va., lascue teams get equipment in prepara
tion for their first trip into the mine explosion area. Eight men are reported still
trapped from tha explosion lata Thursday, though 14 bodies ware brought to the
surface early Friday. - UPI Telnphota
'Die committee Is considering a
list worth $17.8 million, pared
down from $29 million request
ed by the board.
The cdmmittce stressed that its
decisions were subject to change,
depending in part on "how much
money we have."
If the instructional building lis!
gets (inal approval, some of the
buildings would be financed with
general funds or a general bond
issue. Others libraries and ath-
getting your
go. On display at tha library
i hold for all time the position I
now have in the party and tlie
L,,i
aarden started
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concussion "knocked a shovel out
of my hand and threw me to the
floor."
"I didn't waste any time getting
out of there," Morabito said.
Another miner. Bellman Harry
Williams, reported the force of
the blast ripped the coat off his
shoulders and he w as four miles
away.
Within minutes after tlie grim
news was passed, relatives began
lilic buildings would be fi
nanced under tlie self-liquidating
program as dormitories are now
With bonds paid for out of car-
marked student fees.
Of the general fund buildings.
the committee gave top priority
to the Oregon Technical Institute
campus and to replacement ol
Campbell Hall at Oregon College
of Education.
Others Listed
Next in order were utility tun
nel extensions at Oregon Slate, a
boiler al the Medical School,
classroom-laboratory building at
Southern Oregon College, a class
room - laboratory at OCE and a
science-math building at Eastern
Oregon College.
Rounding out the list were an
addition to Cordley Hall at OSU,
a science building addition at the
University of Oregon, and a phar
macy building addition at the
University of Oregon, and a phar
macy building addition at OSU.
In the self-liquidating category.
the committee tentatively ap
proved a heating plant at UO, a
physical education building at
Portland State, a library addition
to the science buildhg at UO, a
physical education building at
SOC, a medical school library ad
dition and a library addition at
PSC, plus a library and physical
education building at OTI.
Time Change
Set Sunday
Conlormilv is the watchword
this vear with the State of Ore
gon hilching-up to the Daylight
Savings Time bandwagon start
ing Sunday at 1 a.m.
Itesidcnts are reminded to turn
their clocks ahead one hour Sat
urday nieht. There will be one
hour of sleep lost, but much con
fusion will be averted as Oregon
gels in step with its nciglvboring
stales.
All schools and local bus lines
will also begin operating on Day
I'ght Saving starting Sunday, but
Great Northern and Southern Pa
cific trains will continue on Stan-
dard Time schedules,
t.ocai railway olfices, however,
will be run (in Daylight Saving
The Klamath Falls Post Office
will also go on Daylight Saving
Time besinning April 28 for its
entire operation of window serv
ice, carrier delivery, and collec
tion and dispatch of the mail.
a.o- Wiiiif. M it saV tU - -
TU 4-8111 No. 7116
I Mine Blast
gathering at the mine office near
the main shaft.
All 22 of the trapped men were
married and 17 of them had a
total of 39 children.
Company Vice President Steve
Canonico reported that tlie acci
dent occurred at about 11 p.m. He
confirmed that the explosion was
caused either by methane gas or
coal dust.
"We didn't blow any whistle
The committee changed thei
board's priority order in some
cases. It stayed, however, with
the first part of the board's pit
ority list except for passing over
three items: Alterations to t h e
OSU library, an addition to the
UO library, and an addition to
the OCE library.
Tile subcommittee discussed re
quested funds for campus expan
sion. Higher cducat on said it often
less costly to buy the land be-
Speed Limit
To Curb Highway Deaths
SALEM UP! - Tlie House
voted fur maximum speed limits
today in an effort to curb the
slalc's rising highway death toll.
Tlie trallic salcty measure went
to the Senate.
Hep. C. R. Hoyt, R-Corvallis.
said in an age when autos can gu
so fast "we need something to
help us discipline ourselves."
Rep. James Redden, D-Mcdford.
said in other states with speed
imits motorists heed them, but
in Oregon tliey take advantage of
a "live or ten mile edge."
Oregon has the basic rule,
which requires a driver to drive
at a safe and reasonable speed
that will enable him to keep his
ear under control and not en
danger others. In addition, Oregon
highwajs have designated, or sug
gested speeds, but they are not
lecal speeds.
Speakers said the bill would re
tain the basic rule, but put a top
on it.
The bill, which passed 35-19,
would set k maximum of 75 miles
School Plan
Meet Slated
A meeting will be held at
Henley High School Wednesday
at 8 p.m. for all county rest
desjts. both rural and city,
who are opposad to the plan
for the single couay-wMe dit
llict (hat Is bring proposed.
Anyone wanting more Inlur.
matin mi the plan or tome of
the cmntrr proposals may
contact Cliff Robinson, county
school npriintradrnt, at tha
countv school distract office,
TU 2-2501. Est. Til.
Weather
AGRICULTURAL FORECAST
Partial clearing and celdor tonight with
near frttting If mptwtvrtrs, Saturday
will bt parHr tunny wtfii fair drying
condition. Outlook It for HttU chengt
Willi recurring periods of fthowtrs.
'after the explosion occurred),"
Canonico said. "Quite a few (men)
got out safely and they passed the
word around. Word travels fast
at a time like this."
The company official reported
that "just a few" families were
standing by at the mine office
awaiting news from tlie rescue
units.
"They seem to be taking it
well," Canonico said. "They ap
pear hopeful that their relatives
will be found safe." i
From initial accounts, the miss
ing miners appeared to be sealed
off in a passageway beyond the
point of explosion.
The first indication of trouble
at the Clinchfield No. 2 came
late Thursday night when miners
in other sections of the operation
reported feeling a shock wave,
presumably from tlie blast.
Within minutes, rescue teams
were being readied to go down
into the pit. By 6 a.m. the first
units were reported to have pene
trated to a point 1,200 feet from
the point of the explosion.
Word was flashed to the surface
that the rescue teams had en
countered "only normal amounts"
of methane gas. They said they
were having no trouble with rock-
falls, a hazard which normally fol
lows an explosion deep inside a
coal mine.
The oossihilitv that disaster
had slVuck plunged the town's
population of 200 persons into
gloom.
Tlie most recent mine disaster
in this coal mining state occurred
on March 8, I960 when 18 men
lost their lives at a mine near
Logan, W. Va.
Priority
fore it is needed.
Rep. Stafford Hansell, R-Hermis-ton,
said he would prefer major
universities to plan on an ulti
mate enrollment of 12.000 instead
of 18,000 and a decision on ulti
mate size should be made as a
basis for land acquisition plan
ning. Hansell said growing community
colleges should be considered in
long range planning for higher ed
ucation expansion.
Bill Okayed
on freeways and 65 miles on
highways.
It also would increase the resi
dential area speed limit from 25
to .10 miles and tlte school zone
speed from 20 to 25 miles.
Principal
Suspended
The KUHS School Board has
suspended employment of W illard
C. McKinny as principal until his
teaching certificate status is clari
fied. Action of tlie board was re
vealed Friday morning in a state
ment by Superintendent Ray Hun-
saker.
The statement sai3. "In accord
ance with tlie action of Leon P.
Minear, Superintendent of Public
Instruction of tlie state of Ore
gon, revoking the teaching cer
tificate of Willard C. McKinny,
the board of directors of Klam
ath Union High School District
2 hereby suspends the employ
ment of Willard C. McKinny as
principal of KUHS effective April
23 and future employment pur
suant to his contract will not bo
reinstated until a final and com
plete determination of Willard C.
McKinny's proper teacher's cer
tification according to law."
Tlie board held a special exec
utive session Thursday evening
following receipt of a notice from
Minear that McKinny'i teaching
certificate had been revoked by
tiie board because of some ftregu
larilics tn hit application.
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