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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1963)
r COUP a DIV :T8 In The- Day's km By FRANK JENKINS The hot spot in the news today apart, of course, from politics, scandal and similar stand-bys of news picture is ie big Caribbean island of Hispaniola. whose eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic, and whose western third is the Negro repub lic of Haiti. as tins is written, President Juan Bosch is preparing openlv for a possible invasion of Haiti to topple the regime of Haiti's autocratic president Francois Du valier. Is ... uuvauer vows this morn ing he will NEVER step down un der pressure. He tells his people: "I am a revolutionary in every sense .... not a sentimental type, hut one of the hard kind. I have for my companion MY RI FLE." U.S. naval units are standing off Haiti, and tomorrow will be gin evacuating the dependents of all civilian American personnel in Haiti. About 220 American women and children have been or dered to be ready to leave at once, and all other Amerifjins ar I oemg encouraged to leave t h e country. Across the Windward Passage from the Island of Hispaniola is the big island of Cuba, which is in BAD trouble. There is consid erable unrest all over the West Indies with the notahle excep tion of Puerto Rico and the Vir gin Islands. They are American territory Puerto Rico is a free common wealth associated with the Unit ed States. The Virgin Islands arc a territory of the U.S., and their people have been U.S. citizens since 1927. That brings up some inleresting history. The purchase of Alaska from Russia v.as the beginning of a general but premature expansion movement that followed our War between the States. Secretary of War Seward, who had handled the Alaska purchase, declared he wanted to see the Union extend cd "from the Pole to the Tropics." There were some negotiations with Denmark for the nurrhasp of the West India island ot St Thomas for $7.5 million, but the senate turned it down. An effort was then made by President Grant to bring about the annexation of tiie Dominican Republic. In May of 1869. he sent one of his private secretaries. General Babcock. in a warship to inquire into the condition and resources of the island. Babcock, acting without instructions, con cluded a treaty with a Domini can named Bacz who headed w hat government there was there, for the annexation of the island with the U.S. to assume the Dominican debt of SI S million. The senate turned down the treaty, partly because it doubted the authority of Bacz to make a treaty and also because the Ne gro republic was then, as now, a hot-bed of revolution. That more or less ended the ex pansion movement into the Carib bean area. It might be interesting here to sketch briefly our acquisition of Alaska. We had alwajs more or less had an eye on Alaska and as far back as the Polk administration we had offered five million dollars for it. but nothing came of the deal. Later Russia (under tin czarl decided to sell it to us if he could get a fair price. In Feb ruary of 1857. the czar's minis ter at Washington offered it to us for $10 million. Secretary of State Seward came back with an oiler of $." million, which he later upped to $7.1 million. About a month later, while Sec retary Seward was enjoying game of whist at his home. Rus sia's Baron Stoeckel called tin Dcrson. there were no phone then1 to tell him a cable dispatch announcing the czar's acceptance bed been received, and suegostcd that the treaty be signed the next day. Seward replied: "Why wait till tomorrow , sir. Let s make the treaty tonight." So thev called in the necessary clerks, and by 4 a m. the treaty was all drawn up and ready to be Mihmittcd to the senate. They worked fast back in those davs. U.S. Plans Evacuation WASHINGTON 'I PI' The Vmted States will begin evacuat ing Wednesday the dependents of ,11 civilian and military American personnel in Haiti, it was disclosed torl.iv. Oflicials said 220 American uorrfn and children have been ordered to rfadv 10 lci,v' al once ni " olhrr Americans are hc-nc encouraged to leave the country- Wen I her klamalri Pills, Tultlakt n4 Laksvlsw Variabla cloudiness wlHl I law snowtrs tonight ond Wodntsdiy. Lows tonight M Jai high Wodnosday oo. Variabla winds HI mj.h. High ytslanfay a tow this morning Jt High yoar ago 71 Low yaar ago Proclp. past 14 hours .! Sinco Jan. t 4.43 Samo poriod last yaar 4.71 -,y t, ftrfewfea : ' - , 1 I 4 t - I T ruptured dikes cause Odessa flood Mor grain lands were flooded near Odessa Sunday when the waters of Upper Klamath The inundated lands are part of a ranch operated by A. estimates the damage at more than $25,000. McKinny's Reinstatement Plea Blocked By Chairman The Klamath Union High School Board of Directors Monday night failed to act on a request from an attorney for Willard Mc Kinny, suspended KU principal, that the board reinstate McKinny as of the dale they received for mal notification from the state acknowledging receipt of the prin cipal's appeal. McKinny apicalcd the revocation .May 6. The attorney's request came at Kennedy Jars Pentagon With Military Shakeup WASHINGTON (UPD - Presi dent Kennedy has jarred the Pen tagon by ordering the third shake- up in the military high command in three years. A surprise White House an nouncement Monday also jolted some congressional sources, who privately claimed the administra tion sought to assure conformity with its own defense views. While House and Defense De- partmcnl sources denied there wasi'mmtls any mystery in the new move. regarding it as a normal develop ment. Kennedy disclosed that he wili not reappoint Adm. George B. An derson as chief of naval opera tions, but instead will jump Adm. David L. McDonald. 56. over live senior officers into the top Navy post. Anderson, top military man in the Cuba crisis last fall, ends his two-year term Aug. 1. Gen. Curtis E. LcMay. Air Korce chief of staff whose future has been a subject of speculation, will be reappointed. But his second term w ill be for just one year rather than two. He ends his first term of two years on Jul v 1. Pair Admit "Spying Guilt MOSCOW il'PI'-A British busi nessman and a Soviet scientist pleaded guilty today to charges of spying for the United States and Britain. Seven American and six British diplomats were named in the in dictment read at the opening ses sion of the trial of Briton Grev. ille Wynne and Russian Olcg Pcn knvsky. whom the Soviets de nounced as a traitor who loved to dance the twist. Conviction could re-ult in the death penalty. Television cameras recorded the tense scene as the defendants ad mitted spying against the Soviet Union be'ore a packed courtroom in tiie U.S S R. Supreme Court Building Under questioning. Penknv.-ky testified that he passed secrets to the wile of one British diplomat and also to the latter s children He told the court he gave the children' fake yellow candy con taining four films of stolen secrets. Wynne. 42. a dapper arranger of trade exhibitions, was seized in Budapest six months acu and held incommunicado in a Moscow pns son He was accused of being the chief contact man for an Anlo American spy ring Price Ten Cents 12 Pages - Lake, which is at one of its a heated, but orderly special board meeting at the city school Administration Building attended by nearly 60 persons many ol whom addressed the board the majority in support of McKinny "as a man and educa tor." The KU board ailcd to act de spite the fact that three board members desired to move that McKinny be reinstated as prin Both Anderson and LcMay have differed from their civilian super iors in the White House and De fense Department on several ma jor defense issues the TKX war- plane contract, the Skybolt mis sile and tiie RS70 warplane, .for examples. But they have done so through official channels, in their own services, in the .Joint Chiefs of Staff and before congressional Both are 36 and thus several years from retirement age. Haiti War Clouds Lift SANTO DOMINGO. Dominican Republic UPI Government w orkers called a general strike to day as the immediate threat of war with Haiti dissipated. The country remained on a war fool ing but appeared satislied to let the Organization of American States mediate the dispute. The Government Workers Fed oration took advantage of the lull in war talk to call their long threatened strike in protest again massive firings which the govern ment of President Juan 3osch claims are necessary to restore the country's failing economic health. The government sought to brand the strike illegal, but union leaders predicted it would be at least 80 per cent successful. The strike date was moved ahead 48 hours to today because of union anger over Bosch's angry attacks on the projected walkout. Army Probes , Defect Story BERLIN 'IP! -The U S. Army today investieated Communist claims that two American soldiers have delected to East Germany. The Army confirmed that both the men were missing and aid that one of them a captain had entered fast Germany. But It did not say they had delected. Capt Alfred Svensnn of Scran ton. Pa . crossed into East Ger many in a jeep on Saturday and Sgt. Rcnjamin I. Cam. disap peared in Berlin last Friday. The oltKial Fast German news service ADN sa.d both gave them selves up to border guards in the area of Fisenach and asked lor asylum 4 4 K i than 700 acres of pasture and 170 feet of dikes gave way to highest levels in recent years. E. "Mickey" Wampler, who cipal of KU as soon as the board is officially notified of the filing of appeal. In outlining the right of appeal Oregon State law reads that the appeal operates as a suspension of revocation during the time It takes for the appeal to be viewed at the next regular slate board meeting. John D. Voth, KU board chair man, refused to entertain a mo tion, saying that he did not wish the board to take any action un til it received word from the state staying the cancellation of McKinny's certificate. The state revoked McKinny certificate, April 23. because of "evidence that the holder know- inaly made false statements in the application for the certiticatc. Despite the lack of recognition from Chairman Volh, board mem bcr Conrad Borsting, insisted on moving that the board vote to re instate McKinny immediately upon receipt of acknowledgement of I h e appeal. The motion was quickly seconded by Charles Houston, and Margaret Sheridan made it clear that if the motion was allowed to come to a vote she would vote in the allirmative. Voth, however, remained ada mant and refused to entertain the motion and bring it lo a question. Margaret Sheridan countered by moving that the KU board order the school superintendent and lerk to seek immediate acknowl edgement from the state concern- the filing of appeal. She fur ther moved that the board meet at 7-3n tonight, Tuesday, to vole on the matter of reinstate ment pending the appeal ruling. The motion was carried unani mously. One of the members of the au dience who addressed Uie board was The Rev. Warren Pcckman, Hope Lutheran Church. Rev. Pcckman said he was represent (Continued en Page 41 T EARLY RANCHING DAYS TO BE RECALLED Ranching during the early history of Klamath and Lake counties will be the subject of a program to include a number of early day ranchers, at the regular meeting of the Klamath County Historical Society at 8 p.m., Wednesday, in the conference room of the county library. Observing old time branding irons to be pert of the program are, standing, left to right, Scott Me. Kendree, a retired rancher, and two members of the Klamath County Museum Board, including Scott Warren ,nd Hal Ogle. Seated is Lorraine Quillen, another member of the board. McKendree's parents began ranching in Spregue River in 1897, but his moil recent ranching ventures ended in Merrill some years ago. Exhibit for the program are being provided by the museum. The wooden club-like appearing item among the branding irons was uted to brand thsep with tar. Warren will be master of ceremonies for the program that it open to the public, i KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 7, 13 School Budgets Ok'd iv lies Wote; iorsfing, ECellison, Cantrall The largest school budget vote in the history of Klamath Kails was tallied Monday night and when all the shouting was over both school district budgets came sweeping through with over whelming majorities and Rollin A. Cantrall, C. O. Borsting and Lou Kellison were elected to school board posts. The Klamath Union High School tax levy passed with better than two lo one margin. 1.736 yes and 823 no votes. The 2,559 votes were 148 better than the 1962 tally of 2.411. The elementary budget passed by a wider mar gin. 1.005 for and 381 against. Reelected to school board posts were Rollin A. Cantrall. elemen tary board chairman, and C. O Borsting. KU board member. Cantrall polled 913 votes to op ponent Hans Norland's 450. Hoi sting's 1.393 votes topped the to tal tallies of both his opponents Frederick (Ted I Hyde and Bob Fredrickson. Hyde received 659 votes and Fredrickson. 461. Lou Kellison was elected to a one-year term on the KU board whipping his opponent Marvin "Ul low. 1.874 to 542. Mew Constitution Faces Battle In After One Vote SALEM (UPD A new const!- lution for Oregon, approved in a dramatic House vole Monday. headed today (or the final fence it must clear to reach the pco nle: The Oregon Senate. lis champion in me up per chamber. Sen. Walter Pearson D-Portland, said he Is 'hopeful" of its passage. But Senate President Ben Jiusa. DTlie Dalles, called it prema ture and ill-advised and said he will vote against it. Gov. Mark Hallield said III could be this session's greatest legacy," and added, "I hope the Senate senses its opportunity. Relay Ship Puf In Sky CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla IUPD The United Stales today ap parently orbited a new telslar 'ommunications satellite that may Hash to Europe live television pictures of astronaut L. Gordon Cooper's flight into space next week. II everything goes according tn plan, the 175-pound Telslar-2 will pick up television pictures from the United States and beam tnem to Europe at the speed of light. The new satellite rode inlc. space at 4: 38 a.m. pdt today in the nose of a 90-foot Delta rocket. : 17 The total tally for school board candidates, 2,416, was slightly more than 100 less than the 1962 tally, 2.519. The Klamath Union High School; budget was voted down the first time it was presented tn the public last year. The budget seemed to have opposition this year too, with one group suggest ing that it be cut f45.O0O. Ob servers feel, however, that this year was one of the first that proponents of the budget worked hard lo get it passed. Several groups campaigned in suppoit of the budget in the last few weeks before the election. Speakers appeared before clubs, women's and school groups out lining the importance of passing the budget. The Herald and News look an editorial position in Sun day's newspaper in support of buth elementary and high school budgets. The county school district had little trouble passing its budget with a clear cut two to one ma jority of 1,384 for the budget and son against. County residents also over- whelmingly supported continuance The document cleared thcl u,.... -;ii, mi vn'o in unare. 41-19, after three hours of debate tense atmopshere of expec- tancy Monday. It needed a iwo- thirds majority. 11 needs yes voles hum 20 of the 30 senators to go on to the people next May. Siens are its fate in the more conservative Senate will hang by one or (wo votes. Sen. Thomas Mahoney, D-Port- land, predicted it will gel only 16 votes on the Senalo lloor. Pearson, chairman of the Sen ate Committee on Constitutional Revision, said he hopes the sen ale will "let the people decide. Pearson said he hopes his com mittee, and the Senate, will ac cept (lie house-passed measure as is. lo avoid the need to iron oui dilferenccs later. No "Arm Twisting" Musa has the power lo send the document to another committee instead of Pearson's lo kill It. But Musa said "all things being equal" it would go tn the Con stitutional Revision Committee, which has been working on it all session along with the House committee. "I'll vote against it and let it co at that." Musa said. "There will be no arm twisting." The House was attentive, and audiences filling the galleries lis tened intently, during three hours of debate. k a Telephone of the $200.0(10 serial levy for the next five years. The vole was 1,285 for and 670 against. In the election for county school board members Louis Randall was selected as board member from the eastern district and B. M. Antle was chosen to rep ROLLIN CANTRALL Victory Rep. John Dellcnback, ll - Med - lorn, cna rman oi uie iiuusb vuii- stitutional Revision Committee, challenged memncrs 10 snow uie same rcai vision aim ims 10 sicp UILU uie luuiie ua wcic shown by the (trailers of Oregon's present constitution 106 years ago. Reading from records of 1857, Dellcnback said drafters then rec ognized their constitution would some day be replaced by a bet ter one. 'Oregon's present constitution a house in which Oregon has lived lor 108 years, which has been repaired and patched 111 times." he said. "Now let us hold on to the construction and design that are good, but make ( h e changes that the changing times make necessary. Tile new constitution, less than half the length of tiie present one. sheds (he o b s o I e ( e, transfers many details to the statutes, mod ernizes language, clears up am biguities, and lakes arc of in adequacies," Dellcnback said. Debate centered on the last the substantive changes it would make and particularly on the executive branch of government. There the new document pro-i SPflJaislBiaaB, jvfVffHltK'HWi'l' iv Council Okays Laguna Job Despite Homeowner Protest In the face of opposition from some 20 disgruntled homeowners of the Terraces and Dixon addi tions, Hie Klamath Falls City Council agreed last night to pro cced with an estimated $36.000 1 street improvement project along Laguna Street, including paving the addition of curbs and gut ters along the four-block long thoroughfare. After receiving the mass pro test, the council continued with the first and second readings of the improvement program and set Monday, May 20, for the third reading of the document and the setting of the date for receiv ing bids. The suddenness and finality with which the council unan imously decided tn continue steps toward completing the Laguna Street maintenance work, despite the strong showing of opposition, evoked some sharp criticism from Mrs. Ruth Pearson, 237 Hillside Avenue. Doesn't the council feel any moral responsibilities on tins is sue." Mrs. Pearson uucried Mavor Robert Veatch. "We certainly do have such responsibilities and we observe them." the mayor answered quickly. "Well, t believe the majority should rule and there are enough people here to indicate that a majority Is opposed to the proj ect," she remarked. The mayor dclcnded tiie coun cil's decision by citing the city TU 4-81 1 1 No. 7135 resent the west. Randall defeated his opponent, Ivan Bold, 945 to 869 and Antle defeated Francis Flowers, 1,102 to 670. The county school district board of directors is canvassing the vote this morning. May 7, and LOU KELLISON In Oregon House lvidcs for a single elective stau wiuc stauvusiyo dis in mi.si i the present five. It removes the nuns vm mt umiwi ima a governor may serve, ana pro vides for grouping of some 1401 agencies, boards and commissions into 20' departments with heads appointed by the governor. "Watchdog" Official Too A companion article provides for a "watch dog" secretary of state, lo be a check on all three branches of government. He would have only post-audit and investigative duties, and no ad ministrative functions. Rep. Jake Bennett, D-Portland said the plan for reorganizing the executive branch "could mean life tenure for the governor, a step toward dictatorship, rule by political machine. We should not do anything that might weaken or destroy w hat for years has been good gov ernment in Oregon," he said. Dellcnback replied (he Intent of the new document Is to make the executive, legislative and judicial branches "each responsible, visi ble." "Thoy shall operate as checks and balances on each other, but charter, which slates that the council may use its judgment on such matters unless two-thirds of the property owners involved ex press their disapproval in writ- ing. Although Ihc council established the legality of its action, the Land Fraud Suifs Filed PORTLAND (UPD-Thrce civil suits have been filed in Circuit Court here claiming no return on land investments in Central Ore gon. Tiie suits were filed hy Paul C. Davenport, Robert and Patty Del Ick, and Richard and Mary Gain cr. Davenport fiied suit against Charles M. Simmons asking re turn of some $4.0(10 Invested in land near La Pine and also $20,000 in punitive damages The Detricks filed suit against Simmons, La Pine Corp., Trans American Property Corp., Charles Simmons II and rrancis J. Roy, asserting they invested some 115.000 and had not yet received land deeds. The Gainers named Simmons and La Pine Acres claiming they had invested 13.000 for which they had received no deeds or repayment despite de mands. AGRICULTURAL FOR IC AIT Unuttltd wtifFiir condition! with brftf showora rnxt two Jjv. Slow clear ing trtnd Indicattd on ThurvJiy. toll .tmptrtiurt 44 t tight Inch depth. Elect; it is emphasized that the tallies are still unofficial. The KU Board of Directors has a special meeting slated tonight for the official election canvass and it is to be understood that the election tallies are still unof ficial. CONRAD BORSTING Senate Ihoro shall not be checks and balances within each branch to destroy efficiency," ho said. The control is still in the leg islature's hands," he added. It would be up to Uie legislature to decide how to reorganize the ex ecutive branch. Speaker Clarence Barton relin quished his gavel to make a rare speech on the floor in support of the constitution. -.' "The problems of 1857 were not the problems of 1963," he said. "We need a constitution to deal with (he problems of today." Klamath Men Oppose Revise SALEM (UPD Voting against new constitution in the Oregon House were Reps. Victor Atiyeah, Jake Bennett, Robert Chappel, Ray Donley, George Klitcraft, William Gallagher, Clinton Haight, Stafford Hansell, Norman How urd, Carrol Howe, Winton Hunt, Jon McKinnis, Katherine Musa, Juan ita Orr, W. S. Ouderkirk, Grace Peck. Joe Rogers, Robert Smith, and Ed Whelan. remark by Mrs. Pearson set City Manager Bob Kyle to work computing the percentage of those opposing the street improvement job. Moments later, Kyle announced that the cost of the street work would be incurred by the owners of 64 lots and of that number 30 (or 47.86 per cent) had ex pressed dissatisfaction with the program. Kyle explained later that the Laguna Street improvement plan would cost property owners along Laguna Street about 110 per frontage foot, with property owners whose lots are located behind those facing Laguna Street to pay lesser foes. Ownei; of property along La guna Street will Incur 60 per cent of the street improvement cost, those owning lots Immedi ately behind those facing Laguna would pay 30 per cent of the cost, and lot owners in the third kier would be charged iO per cent. The dissenters based their dis approval on the argument that the program was too costly and came at time when taxpayers were incurring the responsibility of financing other expensive local projects. Jim W. herns, 449 Laguna Street, suggested that the city council might gain more support, crs If it could find some means of reducing Uie $10 per frontage (Continued ea Page 41
