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in The-
ays
By FRANK JENKINS
From Salem:
The sales tax is apparently dead
for this session of the legisla
ture, after indefinite postpone
ment yesterday by a 34-26 vote
ol the House.
Four Republicans joined 30
Democrats in Die action which
can be undone only by suspen
sion of the rules. However, sus
pension of the rules would re
quire 40 votes, and that total is
considered virtually unreachable.
As you will note from the fig
ures, the sales tax was killed by
a heavy Democratic vote 30
Democrats, joined by four Repub
licans. Opposition to the sales
tax is Democratic dogma in Ore
gon, and has been for decades.
But
Oregonians will pay a sales tax,
whether they call it that or not.
All taxes are sales taxes, in that
they are a part of the cost of doing
business and so have to be add
ed to prices.
And
Taxes are cumulative.
They have to be added first to
the raw materials cost. Then the
manufacturer adds his taxes to
his other costs of doing business,
which include taxes on the raw
materials. The jobber adds his
taxes, and passes them on to the
wholesaler. The wholesaler adds
his taxes to his other costs and
passes them on to the retailer,
who adds his taxes to the price.
You. as a consumer, pay them
all. sales tax or no sales lax.
A lax is a tax.
As Gertiude Stein, with her say
it again and again ano aga.ii
style, would have put it, a tax is
a tax is a tax is a tax is a tax.
Thai's about the size of it.
From Moscow:
Fidel Castro and Nikita Khru
shchev stood side by side on Len
in's tomb yesterday and re
viewed a May Day parade that
included Soviet rockets ol the kind
that once brought them both to
the verge o( nuclear war. A
strange hush came over the audi
ence in Moscow's Red Square as
the long gray rockets rolled by.
Foreign observers tailed them
"the tuba rockets."
The Cubans with Castro were
so numeious that even the So
viet's four astronauts, who norm
ally get positions of the greatest
honor at Soviet celebrations, could
find no room on the top ol Lenin's
historic tomb and had to huddle
in a group at its base.
All this on May Day which i
a top holiday in Communist Rus
sia. Why this exaggerated honor to
Castro and his Cuban buckos?
You answer it.
There are so many considera
tions that could have been respon
sible. At the very least, it was
designed to say that in Moscow's
plans for the future. CUBA oc
cupies a very large place. It's
hard to make anything else out
of it.
This is the p'ctuic:
Haiti. The Dominican Republic
The two of them already at
sword's point, with bad trouble
that could serve as an excuse
for intervention apparently just
around the corner. And all the
dissatisfied countries of Latin
America looking on.
And
Cuba relit in the middle ol it
all.
One just can't believe that the
dangerous story of Communism
and Cuba has come to its end
and thai all will be sweetness and
light from here on
Four-Way Death
SAN QUENTIN. Calif. 'UPI' -Tlic
first quadruple execution since
the gas chamber was installed in
San Quentin Prison 25 years ago
apparently will be carried out Fri
day on sciiedule.
Gov. F.dmund G. Brown, a
Manner, opponent capital pun
ishment, announced Wednesday be
would not intervene hi the cases'
ol three convicted murderers
scheduled to die. The fourth was
refused a stay of execution by
both L'.S. Supreme Court Justice
William 0. Douelas and the Cali
fornia Supreme Court.
sews
Price Ten Cents 28 Pages
Commies Claim
kip
TOKYO 'UPli Maritime au
thorities sought today to unravel
the mystery of a scuttled Com
munist Chinese freighter whose
crew claimed the ship had been
torpedoed three times by a sub
marine of unknown nationality in
the Yellow Sea.
Japanese officials were skeptical
that the 11.432-ton Leap Forward
had been torpedoed. They said it
was more likely the freighter
rammed a rock or a reef. All
crewmen were saved.
Military sources tended to dis
count the possibility the cargo ves
sel had struck a mine left over
Storm Cuts
Mountain
Climb Link
KATMANDU. Nepal UPI
Word was anxiously awaited to
day on the attempt of an Amcri
can mnvnitaip-chmbing team to
rcacn tifcisiimmu ol Ml bvcrest
despite adverse' weather condi
tions.
The rapidly changing weather
on the world's tallest mountain
cut olf radio communications be
tween the base camp of a 19-man
American expedition and Katman
du, the nearest link to the outside
world.
This made it impossible to
learn immediately the progress of
a four-man team which set out
Wednesday from the sixth anrl
final camp at the 27.800-foot level
in its quest to be the first Ameri
cans to scale 2t, 028-foot Everest.
Name of the climbers were with
held pending the outcome of the
effort.
A spokesman for the expedition
said the weather was fine in the
morning when the men started
but turned bad during the alter
noon. He said the final thousand feet
of altitude should be climbed in
about four or five hours under
favorable weather conditions. In
order to climb a thousand feet
vertically Uie men had to traverse
four or five times that distance
in a zigzag route to the summit.
Winds up lo 150 miles an hour,
extreme cold, snow and mtL are
a constant peril at the "roof of
the world'' in the Himalaya
Mountains between Nepal and
communist-held Tibet.
Lack of oxygen in the rarefied
air is known to bring on head
aches, nausea, dizziness, extreme
latigue and mental disorieniation.
A second assault team of four
men waited at camp live to try
lor the summit if the first team
(ailed A two-man party was sta
tioned at camp four to go to the
aid of either of the otlier teams.
The expedition, which led Kat
mandu in February, hoped to
place the first American on the
summit of Mt. Everest.
School Board Candidates Offer Solution To District Problems
HANS NORLAND
KLAMATH
Torpedoed
from World War II or the Korean
War.
Japanese officials feared the
sinking, reported early today,
would mushroom into a major in
cident with the Communist regime
in Peking. The Leap Forward was
Red China's first home-built
ocean-going vessel and its first
cargo ship scheduled to visit
Japan.
The freighter, pride of Red
China's rrerchant fleet, sank 167
miles west of Cheju Do, a large
island off the southwest coast of
Korea, en route from the Chinese
port of Tsingtao to the southern
Japanese port of Mojo.
Crew In Lifeboats
The Japanese fishing trawler
Itsuki Maru radioed it had picked
up all 59 crewmen in three life
boats. The sailors, using sign lan
guage, said they were hit in the
engine room by three torpedoes
and sank four hours later.
Adm. Masayoshi Nakayama,
chief of staff of the Maritime Self
defense Agency, said only the
United States. Russia, Indonesia
and Japan have submarines that
might be operating in the area
Japanese and U.S. ofticials said
their navies had no submarines
in the vicinity of the reported
sinking.
In Taiei a spokesman for the
Nationalist Chinese Defense Min
istry said the Nationalist navy
Republicans
Speculating
About Rocky
WASHINGTON UPI Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller's possible
remarriage is setting off a great
er spate of speculation among Re
publicans than anything since
Wendell L. Willkie came irom no
where to win the 1940 presiden
tial nomination.
The speculation grows with
each "no comment" Die New
York governor givcj to questions
to whether he may marry
Margaretta Murphy, who was di
vorced in Idaho last month. Rock
efeller was divorced last year alt
er 31 years of marriage.
There is a widespread belicl
within the GOP that remarriage
would damage his chances of w in
ning the presidential nomination
and the White House-tmt no one
is sure how much.
Those who regard themselves
as Republican king-makers are
are sure to be taking a search
ing look at other possible choices.
Tlie alternatives include Gov.
George Romney of Michigan.
Sen. Barry Goldwatcr of Arizona.
Gov. William W. Scranton '
Pennsvlvania and possibly for
mer Vice President Richard M.
Nixon, the defeated 1900 nominee.
Fred A. Young, newly elected
New York slate GOP chairman.
said Tucsdav he ok! not nenevc
remarriage would damage Rocke-
leller's political future. tional. maintenance and hospital
"II it's a solid marriage, what'sifacilhie at Kincsley Field near
wrong with it." he asked.
In a series of three articles
starting today. May 2. the Her
ald and News will gie Klamaih
resident a chance to review i
some of the ideas and comments
of each o( the school board can
didates running lor posU in the
three school districts.
Some of the candidates have
already used Ihe "Letters to the
Kditor" section of tlie editorial
page n this newspaper as a
means of coming before the public
with thetr respective views un
school district problems and sol
utions. To give each candidate an
equal chance before the public Uie
Herald and News gave the men
Uw opportunity to answer three
FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY,
had no ships operating in the Yel
low Sea, or East China Sea. at
the time of the reported sinking.
Nationalist China has no sub
marines. "I am inclined to believe that
it tiie Leap Forward i made an
error in navigation and ground
ed." commented Isamu Wada
head of the Japanese Maritime
Safety Agency, which is similar
to the Coast Guard.
Looking for Alibi
''When the freighter grounded
the crewmen may have thought
they were being torpedoed," Wada
said. "Or maybe they cooked up
the torpedo story as an alibi to
placate Peking.
Churchill
Quits Post
In House
LONDON 'UPI' A grateful
Britain regretfully accepted today
the reluctant decision by Sir Win-
flop Churchill ti call jt quit in
the House of Commons altci' 60
years.
The former prime minister.
plagued by old age and an
jured leg, announced Wednesday
night he would not be a parha
mentary candidate in the next
election. The sudden announce
ment virtually closed Uie pages
of a remarkable career that
.panned two world wars and
countless personal adventures.
Sir Winston, now confined much
of the time lo a wheel chair, said
his reason fur quitting politics
was his game leg. which prevented
him from celling to Commons
as I would wish."
British newspapers generally
agreed that Churchill's retirement
from Commons will end one of
the greatest British parliamentary
icareers of all time.
The Daily Mail called Sir Win
ston "the supicme member of the
House of Commons."
"No one living has served Ihe
House ( Commons for anything'
resembling such a period and lew
have served it with so deep a
respect," said the Daily Tele
graph. "He is. as he said him
self. 'A child of the House ol
Commons.' "
Kingsley Funds
Given Approval
WASHINGTON LPI The
House Armed Services Committee
today approved lunds for I wo Ore
gon Air Force facilities. Rep. Wai
ter Norblad. R-Ore., reported.
A sum of sl S9,000 was ap
proved for operational, mainte.
nance, housinc and communities
Irtilities at Portland AFB. and
$213,000 was approved lor opera
IKIamalh Falls
basic questions: What experience'
halt you had in making chool
work? Why are you interested i
in running for the school board?!
and. What is your solution to
Ihe county's basic school prob
lem which is presently focused
around the overcrowded condi
tion at Klamath Union High
School?
In conneitinn with Ihe third
question, the candidate were
asked il they supported Uie pro
posal lor a single county-wide
school dMriit.
Today's story will include tlie
interviews with tlie candidates
for tlie opening on Uie city ele
mentary achool board.
MAY S, 1963
Telephone
W Wt:MfM 7-:
GOING UP IN THE WORLD Thasa youngsters were enqaqing in on of childhood's
favorite pastimes when Herald and News photographer Donald Kettler happened by.
Nothing can take the place of a solid perch in a tree where a youngster can look
down on the world, and nothing poses a more fascinating challenge than a climbable
tree. Staging this tree assault at Siskiyou and Delta were Jo Lynn Penny, fop left, and
billy Almeter, top right; Michelle toreen, lower lelt, and
L egislators
For Congressional Redisricting
SALEM (UPli Two nearly-
identical congressional redisrict
ing proposals which dilfcred wide
ly with a plan promised by Rep.
John Mossef. ft - Portland, were
submitted Wednesday to the
House Planning and Development
Committee.
The nearly-alike plans were sub
mitted by House Sieaker Clarence
Barton and Myron Katz. spokes
man for Ihe Bipartisan League to
Retain Equal Representation.
Observers anticipated the com.
Navy Slates
U-Boat Test
PORTSMOUTH. Nil. H'Pll-
The Navy was scheduled to con
duct tests today on simulated
submarine compartments in an
attempt to find the cause of the
Thresher disaster.
Vice Adm. Bernard L. Austin.
head of the court, said Wednes
day the tests will be conducted
at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard lo
show what a rush of water would
do to submarine equipment. Offi
cials said the tests may be pri
vate but a statement probabI
will be issued alterward.
The Navy apparently was try
ing lo lind out il a bursting pipe
could have disabled the subma
rine's controls, causing it to drop
to the ocean bottom.
Earlier testimony lo the court
indicated that similar tests had
been conducted at Vallcjo. Calif.
The raie for this post is be
tween Rollin A. tantrali. present
chairman of the elementary
board, and ll.'ns Norland, a local
insurance agent.
t antra!! ha been on the ele
mentary hoard for the past five
vears and is board chairman this
year. Hi current term of office
:s expiring and he has elected to
run lor reelection because he
wants "to serve the community
and help solve the problem of
the overcrowded condition at
Klamath Union High School "
"I have enjoyed working on Ihe
hoard and being a part In work
ing to solve some of the prob
lems that have arisen In the city
No. 7131
Study Two
mittce would adopt the plan sug
gested by Barton.
Barton's plan includes all of the
City of Portland in the third dis
trict, but adds Eastern Multno
mah County to a first district
made up of Clackamas, Washing
ton, Columbia. Clatsop, Tillamook,
Yamhill and Polk counties.
Marion and Linn counties would
be added to all of Eastern Oregon
to create an expanded second dis
trict. The lourlh district would include
Lincoln, Benton, Lane, Douglas.
Jackson, Josephine, Curry and
Coos counties.
This proposal was identical to
that proposed by Katz. except
that it added the Portland city
area west ol Uie Willamette River
to the first district, which also in
cluded Lincoln County.
Kalz admitted there were dis
advantages to dividing a city, and
Barton claimed his proposal more
nearly grouped areas of economic
interest.
Barton said shifting Marion and
Linn counties to the Eastern Ore
gon district would not be a prob
lem because ol the good highways
that join the areas.
Both plans were at wide vari
ance with Ihe Mossor prniosal
which would split the City of Port
land and create a third district of
the Multnomah County area east
of the Willamette River. It also
would add Coos. Curry. Josephine
and Jackson counties to the East
ern Oregon second district In a
"boot toe" ellect that would ex
tend the district from Idaho to the
Pacific Ocean.
At present there is a wide pop
ulalion variance between Oregon's
jelementary schools in the past
! live years," Cantral! said
i Cantrall indicated that he sup
port the plan for a single county-
wioe school district because, "it
is the best plan for education
and most equitable for tlie tax
burden."
I "In Ihe county unit plan the
I same high quality of education
in tlie three districts will continue
and there is even a greater likeli
hood that it will improve," Can
trall said.
Hans Norland, like his opponent,
is a proponent of the single dis
trict plan reorganization.
"I be'.leve I well organized sin
gle district for Uie entire coun
ty will he a good solution lo our
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Kicky Penny, lower right.
Proposals
four congressional districts: The
lirst 517.000. Uie second 2S5.000.
Uie third 522.0110 and the fourth
4M.000.
The Barton plan would have
458.000 in Uie first district, 441.001)
in the second, 3117,000 in the third,
and 467.000 in the fourth.
Other Highlights
Athletics The Senate passed
and sent to the House a bill to
require new safety regulations (or
prolcssional boxing.
Nixon Plans
Move East
NKW YOItK (Wit-Richard M
Nixun announced today that he is
moving to New York and uill be
come a Grneral partner in a law
firm, working mainly on affairs in
Washington and Paris,
The former vice president and1
California native, w ho missed
being elected president in 10 by
the narrowest of margins,
nounced his move here from Is
An He in a brief mitten state
ment.
He did not meet with reporters.
but sent an aide from Ins 40th
floor suite in the Waldorf-Astoria
Towers to the lobby to hand out
the statement.
The aide said: "This is purely
a legal matter and there Hill Ik!
no interview
The former vice president has
been acting as consultant to a Los
Angeles law firm.
problems and that il will achieve
the highest level of elliciency at
co'ts that are reasonable.
When asked why he is running
for the school board, Norland
said, "My lour children received
their grade and high school edu
cations In the public schools in
Klamath Kails and in appreciation
lor these benefits to my family,
I am willing lo ofler my services
10 our schools."
In reference to his experience
in school board matters, he said.
"I have been a business man in
Klamath Kails for over JO years
and feel the application of busi
ness principles are useful and
necessary in school board dec!
nons.
Beymer
Brings Citation
Sheriff Murray "Red" Britton was arraigned in the
circuit court of Judge Donald A. W. Piper early today
on a charge of causing a prisoner to escape from official
detention.
Sheriff Britton appeared without counsel before
the circuit court bench at 10:45 a.m., today, and re
quested additional time to seek an attorney. Judge Piper
then instructed Sheriff Britton to enter a pica to the
charges in court at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 9, after the
sheriff requested that the
the presence of his attorney.
Before appearing in court, the I
sheriff posted $1,000 bond and
will continue to serve In his
elective post pending the naturci
of his plea next Thursday. Ifi
Britton pleads guilty or is con
victcd following a jury trial, he
will be required to vacate his
post, according to an opinion of
a reliable authority.
Information from District At
torney Dale Crabtree indicated
that Sheriff Britton is accused of
unlawfully releasing Fred Bey
mer from custody after the latter
had been arrested by State Live.
stock Inspector R. W. Wheeler,
last March 16.
Beymer had been charged with
the embezzlement of an animal
belonging to Billye Ullrich but
did not post bail until his arraign
ment nine days later. Under the
law, Beymer was to have been
in the custody of the sheriff in
the county jail until he posted
bail.
The charges against the defend
ant were later dismissed and he
was released on March 25.
On April 30. Slieriff Britton
was named on one of three
secret indictments returned by
the grand jury to Judge David
II, Vandcnberg. At that time the
sheriff was en route to Monroe,
Wis., to take into custody Ed
Marsh, sought by the Klamath
County Sheriff's Office on check
charges.
The sheriff returned with hisi
prisoner early today and was
served the warrant by his deputy
Del Summers. Sheriff Britton
declined to comment on the
charge at this lime.
Slieriff Brilton has served
Klamath County Sheriff since
Jan. I, lt).2, wlien he was ap
pointed lo that post by the county
court upon the death of Uie then
slieriff Jack Franey.
The sheriff was elected to serve
a term of four years the follow
ing autumn and has since been
re-elected to the office two times.
Giveaway'
Rule Asked
SALEM (UPli - The Oregon In-1
dependent Betail Grocers Associ
ation voted Wednesday to ask the
attorney general to decide wheth.
er grocery store "giveaways" vjo-
lale the Oregon anti-lottery law.
The attorney general of Wash
ington ruled earlier this week
such "contests" are In violation
of the anti-lottery law in that
stale.
Ally. Gen. Robert Thornton said
he will be happy to meet with
the grocers to discuss the mailer.
Harold E. Carlson and Claude
Ball of the association said the
grocers' resolution is aimed at
situations where a person gets a
chance to win a prize via a ticket
received lor visiting a grocery
lore.
They said even though custom
ers do not hae to make a pur
chase, tlie "contests" add to the
expenses of doing business, result
ing in increased food prices. Thus,
the grocery spokesmen said, the
ticket- are obtained for "a con
sideration." Tlie lottery law requires three
elements to be present: Chance,
la consideration, and a prize.
ROLLIN A. CANTRALL
A' ,; ij i.muxf
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Handling
indictment be read without
A i vr -A
MURRAY BRITTON
New School
Districting
Plan Eyed
A counter-proposal to the single
county.wide school district reor
ganization plan was outlined by
the Klamath County School Dis
trict Board of Director! Imme
diately following Wednesday
night's meeting at Jfenley High
School.
In a statement to the Herald
and News concerning the counter
proposal, the board said:
"The Klamath Counly School
District Board of Directors has
taken action to initiate a build
ing program, prvbably at its re
cently purchased 20-acre site im
mediately adjacent to the Henley
schools, to alleviate anticipated
overcrowded conditions in that
area at the secondary school lev
el.
"There have been numerous re
quests to accept, for high school
purposes, student presently re
siding in ono or more of the dis
trict's suburban elementary school
attendance areas. The board looks
with favor on accepting some stu
dents, provided Uie territory
w here they reside is chanced from
the Klamath Union High School
District lo tho hlamalii County
School District.
"This type of change, for high
school purposes only, from tlie
Klamath Union High School Dis
trict to the Klamath Counly School
Dtstrict, may be initialed by peti
tions to Uie Boundary Board of at
least three interested legal voters.
There are legal provisions which
must be met by the petitioners
and Uie Boundary Board."
The county board approved this
plan for tlie voters' consideration
Immediately following the Henley
meeting which was called for a
Hiscussion of "Why the One Dis-
-i,.t Plan CI,.,M Dn rwA..t.t a
' About J00 Interested city, sub
urban and rural residents attend
ed tlie meeting and participated in
a question and answer session.
A slory on this meeting appears
on Page 4 ol today's Herald and
News.
The plan offered by Uie counly
board is essentially a gerryman
der plan with Uie county unit ab
sorbing part of the territory and
students of the suburban area.
This type of proposal had been
previously discussed at Joint meet
ings of the three school hoards
and Klamath Kails and Kl imath
County citizens committee meet
ings, but the three boards
couldn't reach unanimous agree
ment on Uie proposals.
OTI Bids Opened
A representative of Uw State
Board of Education will open con
struction bkls on tlie buildings in
Phase 2 of tlie new OTI campus
building projects today, Thurs
day, at 3 p.m. Daylight Saving
Time (I p.m. Standard) in Room,
210 at tlie school's AdministiV
tion Building.
Phase 1 entails all new cat
buildings with the except)
the student dormitory auj
tor plant
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