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DEATH
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In The-
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written, (ho death
count lor the long Memorial Day
holiday period from 6 p.m. Wed
nesday to midnight Sunday is
reported by United Press Interna
tional to have been 785. with the
fatalities divided as follows:
-Traffic . 525
Drowning
Boating
Planes
Miscellaneous
TOTAL
Weal her
Klamath Falli, Tulslaka and Lakavltw
Maul fair tonight and Tuasday. Cold
with soma frosting tonight. Lows 30-35.
A mils warmar Tuasday Highs 7.
Northorly winds l-ll m.p.h.
High yesterday- 51
tow this morning 34
Hloh yaar 449 54
Low yaar ago 33
Preclp. past 14 hours .01
Slnca Jan. 1 s.ia
Samo pariod last yaar I.M
mx ala ami X$to$
Weather
AOKICULTURl FORECAST
Claar and cold wlrh frost tonight. Ona
hundrad par cant sunshlna Tuesday. No
rain of any consaquanca. Soil tamperatur
e degreas. Haying MiCMk good to ax-callant.
Price Ten Cents 13 Pages
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNK 3, 1963
Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 7158
4 Bills
Which is to say:
As reported meaning the fatal
itics that got into the news 785 SALEM 1UPI1 The longest leg-
people died HAVING FUN in the ! islature in Oregon history, par
course of the four-dav holidavlalyzcd bv ill feelings between the
period. I House and Senate, w as unable to
At first glance, it seems like aladiourn for S0011 a8ain Sunday
staggering total. night.
But wait a minute. ' 0ny tw0 issu(?s. in four bills'
remainea: salaries ana luoercu-
losis hospitals. On these the two.
chambers, venting the differences
of the 141-day session, deadlocked
Controversy On
olds Up Adjournment
121
15
1M 1 I
785 Pe3
There are presumably about 188
million people in the United
States. If there had been 1.000
deaths over the four-day holiday,
the ratio would have been one
death out of each 188,000 people
Put that way, the odds are a
little less gruesome.
The 90 legislators, haggard and
touchy, exhibited a staying pow
er that made the drawn-out ad
journment process unlike any
other in memory.
Rnth chamhers fired all em-
Let s lake a look now at the pioycs but a skeleton staff. The
iraitic lalalities. I Senate, particularly, threatened to
"V' ltu iuuji ui uvauis in j dig jn for a ong 5jege
A compromise on the two is
sues was proposed by House and
Senate conferees Sunday evening
after the rest of the legislators
passed the day in restless wait
traffic is 525, or about two-thirds!
of the total number of acciden
tal deaths over the four-day holi
day. But
There are approximately 80 ing. convening and recessing each
million registered automobiles. I hour or two.
buses and trucks in the United Loses By Two
States. But the House turned it down
That is to say: by two votes. Most of the Demo-j
In the long holiday period thaticrats voted against tne compro
came to an end at midnight last j Neither House was unanimous
illicit, iiie ratio was rougiuy oneinust. nuuac opcanci viajvniv
latauiy tor eacn loo.uuo cars in uarion was joincu uy uniy me
the United States. lolhor Democrats in voting for it.
When live House rejected t h e
I plan, the Senate, in a near rage
I snappily convened, and in 10 min
I utcs. cut down its staff and re
, ccssed until this afternoon.
i The House, badly split itself
This is no plea for reckless and appearing leaderless, spent an
drivers. hour in parliamentary confusion
On the contrary, it is a plea for, trimming its staff and recessing
And, the House has insisted the
tuberculosis hospital in Portland
remain open. The Senate wants to
transfer its patients to the State
Hospital at Salem.
Budget al Slake
The entire $77.3 million oper
ating budget for higher education
hangs on the second issue, since
it contains money for the uni
versity hospital.
on its stand. Republicans suggest
ed the Democratic leaders of the
House and Senate should be able
to end the dispute.
Senators were particularly ran
kled by Rep. Richard Eymann. D
Marcola, the House majority lead
er. Eymann. a member of the
conference committee, signed the
compromise and then helped de
feat it on the floor.
Most major business of the leg
islature was cleared up Saturday.
And it was then that hard feel-
Again
When reduced to figures
The odds arc less terrifying.
more CAREFUL driving
If ALL the drivers on American
highways over the four-day Me
morial Day holiday period had
been CAREFUL drivers, the toll
nf death on out highways would
have been FAR LESS.
There can be no doubt about
that.
until Monday altcrnoon too.
It was the second day the leg
islators had concentrated on the
two remaining issues.
The House has demanded more
money than the Senate wants to
give for improving the salaries of
college teachers and state em
ployes. ,
"T
Revenue Fund Error
Clouds Salem Picture
SALEM iL'Pl' An error in; locked in a bitter dispute on other
the recently adopted million Hems.
revenue measure was discovered
tedav. throw in;
In an effort to keep the income
ta meatnrp from het-nmins Dart
another cloud on of he cn battc sp(,cja
the legislative horizon. bill was to be introduced today in
The bill .and a companion
measure, calling lor a special elec
tion in October if the tax pack
age is referred by the voters are
on the governor's desk.
TIk lax hike is designed to be
retroactive to January I of this
ear if it is not referred.
the House,
It would amend the measures
now on the governor's desk and
eliminate the mistake.
If the correction was approved
both in the House and Senate, it
would not be necessary for the
Senate to recall the income tax
Traffic Toll
Hits Record
For Holiday
By United Presai International
A total of 525 traffic fatalities
over the long Memorial Day holi
day set a record for highway
death over a summer-season holi
day. '
Final United Press International
tabulations for the 102-hour holi
day showed the traffic toll had
surpassed tlie 462 of 19M s Mem
orial Day weekend, the previous
record for this holiday, and the
509 for the July 4 weekend of 19BI
which had stood as the record for
a summer-season holiday.
The L'PI death count between
6 p.m. Wednesday and midnight
Sundav showed a total of 785
fatalities, including a toll of 121
drownings and 15 persons killed
in boating mishaps.
The breakdown:
Traffic 525
Drowning 121
Boating 151 ish.
Planes 20
Miscellaneous 104
Total 785
Only Rhode Island escaped with
out a single holiday traffic or
accidental death.
California led the traffic death
count with S3. There were 42 in
New York Slate. 28 in Texas. 24
in Pennsylvania, 23 in Ohio. 22
in Indiana, 19 in Michigan and 15
in Tennessee.
The National Safety Council,
which had estimated between 450
and 550 holiday traffic deaths for
the holiday, said there were more
cars on the highways over the
weekend than it had expected.
A lot of those men who had
ings between the houses peaked.
The issue was the hardest-lobbied
bill- of two sessions, the
"three-way" workmen's compen
sation bill. On it rode millions of
dollars in business for insurance
companies and in benefits for in
jured workers.
The Senate passed it earlier in
the session. The House finally
agreed to bring It to a vote Sat
urday, and then killed it 34-25.
During debate on the "three
way" bill, Barton threatened to
have a lobbyist expelled from the
gallery for sending notes to leg
islators. Rep. Victor Atiyeh, R-Beaver-ton.
told the House the "three-
way" bill "has done damage far
beyond the scope of its content,
because of its effect on other leg
islation." Sales Tax Dies
Measures for a sales tax and for
registration of lobbyists died
quietly.
Three college construction bills
passed easily. One will ask the
voters next May to okay a $30;
million bond issue for college in
structional bills.
Only $12.5 million would be used
next biennium. A companion bill
adds $11.5 million in general
funds for the I963-K5 period.
A bill providing for a special
tax election, if voters refer the
lax program, c'.eaied the legisla
ture. The election would be held
in October.
Gov. Mark Hatfield's commerce
department w as approved. The re
organization measure would group
commerce agencies into five di
visions: Banking, insurance, cor-
poration, leal estate and planning
POPE SUCCUMBS Death claimed Pope John XXIII at
I 1:45 a.m. today. He is shown here in a study made at
St. John Literati, his own church. The Pope proclaimed
sainthood tor Gregorio Cardinal Barbarigo during a cere
mony at the church in I960. Death came only after tour
days of deep suffering. UPI Telephoto
Pontiff Fails To Realiz
End Of Ecumenical
CuBI
Industry Faces
Strike Threat
VATICAN CITY lUPD - Pope
John XXIII, one of the greatest
Popes in the history of the Ro
man Catholic Church, died today
in the fifth year of his reign.
The 81-year-old Pope went toi
his death slowly, in prayer and
suffering, his stout peasant's heart
carrying him through more than
three days of final agony that was
relived only by lapses into comas.
Vatican Radio said the pontiff
died at 7:49 p.m. Ul:45 a.m.
PDT).
The spiritual leader of the
world's half billion Roman Catho
lics died without seeing Ihc end
of his great project, the Ecumeni
cal Council, which was suspended
with his death
For nearly four days the heart
of the pontiff continued beating
after doctors had given up hope
of saving him from tire stomach
tumur that was believed to be
cancerous. As his condition wor
sened, peritonitis.-an inflammation
of the abdominal cavity, set in,
and his temperature rose danger.
ously while his blood pressure
fell.
Received 1-asl Kites
Last IFriday he sank so close
to death that he asked (or and
received Extreme Unction, the
last rites of the church. As he
lingered in the valley of the shad-
ow of death in the days that fol
lowed, the 'Pope slipped in and
out of a coma, rallying at times'
to bless those at his bedside with1
a weak wave of the hand, then1
driftina ac.Tin 'Into deep
consciousness. Before the end
came he was ton weak to move.
said for him around the world
by Catholics, Protestants, and
Jews. Buddhists w ished him well.
Atheist Nikita Khrushchev sent
him his best wishes.
In making the announcement
Bcrnucci said:
"The Pope of goodness expired
religiously and serenely after he
received tlic sacraments of the
Holy Roman Church in his apos
tolic palace at 7:49 p.m. of today.
June 3, l!lii3, carefully attended
by the most intimate assistants
and doctors.
The Vatican radio, in a special
lineup with the Italian slate ra
dio, gave the news al 7:5J p.m.
"Willi profoundly moved soul
we give you the follow ing sad an
nouncement," the radio said in It
alian.
"The Supreme pontiff, John
XXIII. is dead. The Pope of good
ness expired in a saintly way and
serenely after receiving the sac
Red Laotian
Head Makes
Talk Offer
PORTLAND (UPD Hie Lum- the region's other big lumber un-
bcr and Sawmill WorkersUninn ! ion. International Woodworkers of
iLSWi met with half a dozen big America I1WAI, held a meeting
employers here today .as the I to discuss status of necotiations.
threat of a strike hung over the! Contracts expired Saturday bull PP Jlin s illncs" "rsl bccamc'
Northwest lumber industry. an extension was agreed to. Ear) evident last November. Din nc
Al me same nme otnciais oi.Harlcy, executive secretary of rallied ana rciunieu so ms um
jthe LSW's Western Council, has in we vaucan omccs mini m,
isaid there would be a strike if 21 when the tumor's lethal effects
ino agreement was reached today. began forcing him Into mo nnai
I The two unions represent about surrender.
65.000 workers. I The public saw him for the last
The LSW meeting today wasl (i on 23 f. 'tom
--ilk .h. n: civ ic.,,i,i,.,.-, a cheering crowd of 15,000 from
Crown - Zellerbach. International' i" i"duw over Sl' PclcrS
Paner. U.S. Plywood. St. Recis l"are.
Court Halts
Water Bid
and development. The governor
w ill name the overall department
head.
The legislature decided to give
the department a four-year trial
run.
A bill providing an extra circuit
judge each for Lane and Wash-j
ington counties got through.
A bill lo limit picketing of farms
during the harvest of perishable
rrnns was revived and oassed. It
said an employe must work at ajpreme Court today rejected Cali-jmeclinB K'Jfu'ulcd ih the same
farm six days betore picKeling.i ,.,.-, h,j . harp , th- "
The farmer must post the cm- , ., . , . . The IWA's negotiating commit-
nlni-A rir-hu in Fniih and Snan- ,,vm a" lt,T: "'uuioma w,pe. regional executive board and
int: vujviouu in. vi siviii ; us advisory committee mci nere
as well as from live mainstream I today.
itself. ', The LSW seeks a 60-cent hourly
The high court split 5-3 on thclPay hlkc sPread m f' u,, ca,rs
issue, regarded as the most signi
VIENTIANE, Laos lUPll-Pi
Communist Pathet Prince Sou-
phanouvong has offered lo meet1
with neutrabst Premier Souvanna!
Phouma in the vicinity of
Plain of Jars airfield, a Pathcti
Lao spokesman said today.
of the Holy Roman
raments
Church."
Pope John, a friendly man of
the people, was the 2tUth succes
sor to St. Peter as the head of
the Roman Catholic Church.
Made Great Accomplishments
Because of his age, he had been
expected to be only an "interim"
pope at tlie time of his election
Oct. 28, 1058, but he proved to bo
surprisingly strong leader whoso
accomplishments were of a stag
gering magnitude.
In less than five year no
achieved a truce in tlie 400-year
cold war among Christians by
teaching Catholics to look upon
Protestants as "separated Drctn
crcn." rather than "heretics." At
the same time he contributed two
encyclicals of historic importance,
and through his Christ-line traits
of humility, genorosily, and loving
kindness lie won tlie respect and
affection of men everywhere. He
as beloved by Catholics, Prot
estants, Jews, and luiBeiicvcrs.
Even Khrushchev admired him.
Along with his desire for Chris
tian unity. Pope John's ambition
ns to bnnB t no Catnoiic i,nurc:i
uo to dale." This was the. goal
he had in mind when he called
the Catholic bishops of the world
to the Vatican last tall lor an
Ecumenical Council, tlie first in
nearly a century. The council,
which had been scheduled to re
open in September to complete
its work, was in uic rones
thoughts as death ncared, and one
of his last requests was for the
council fathers to tinish tne tasn.
But with the death of the Pope
the council automatically was sus
pended, and it will be up to the
Public Works' Minister Souk
WASHINGTON' UPI. -TheSu-land Rayonier. The IWAhas"" The death of ,h Pope was an-
m,-iEitrlt fnr a mri-Oft i 11 0 atnPllll
But through a mi.'takc. even if men"(
me measure was upuriu u .m-. ADMren,v tne House was.
eis at a rcierral election, the m-arai) l0 have the Senate recall
crease would not go into efled ... h,n .h:i, niH he the nor-
until next January. , maj procedure, for fear this wouldi to work Friday took off Wednes-
This would leave the state's! then become a part of tlie present
budget about WO million short of depute.
Hie $404 million needed to linancc The compromise revenue pro
file general fund budget. Igram was finally approved only
Tlie House and Senate are now alter a 14-day deadlock
Byrnes Raps
Cuba Policy
NEWBERRY. S. C. UPl -James
F. Byrnes, former U. S.
secretary nf state, said Sunday
the presence of Russians in Cuba
may make Latin America repub
lics doubt this country's ability
to protect them from Communist
i.nri-nar-hmr'nl
They will be subverted one by stream snouid ne diviuea among
one until all of South America is j the Colorado River slates.
rlav unnt in thp rountrv for a one- lost and the Communist soal of The court ruled that the trihu-
day holiday, went to the city, isolating the U. S. has been at-llarics "remain for the exclusive
iv'iHau and ilwn rirnve! tained." the former South Carolina use of each state." Chief Justice
out again for tire weekend.'' i governor s.,d at crmmcnccrr.cn! Earl Wa.-rcn. a native of Cab
spokesman said. 'exercises at Newberry College. fornia. did not participate.
ficant of its kind ever brought be
fore the high court. Diminishing
water supplies in the Southwes.1
made the case of crucial economic
importance to the states involved.
The Colorado is tlie only major
source of water in many parts of
(he Southwest.
The federal government joined
Arizona. Nevada. Utah and .New
Mexico in opposing California's
contenlion that tlie waters of
tributaries as well as the main-
The IWA has asked 40 cents plus
oilier bcnelits over the same
period.
Negotiations Willi other em
ployers have been carried on sep
arately. The biggest employer
group is the Timber Operators
Council (TOO which represents
about 190 employers.
Both unions said they have re
jected employer offers.
Base pay for unskilled workers
in the industry is about (2.10 an
hour.
WATER TOO ROUGH
DOVER. England .UPI'-Chop-py
waters Sunday forced bank
teller Robert Flatten, 3d, from try
ing lo cross the English Channel
in an outboard motor-powered
beer barrel.
next pontiff to decide whether it
!nounccd by Giorgio Luigi Bcrnuc
ci. an editor of ths Vatican my
newspaper Osscrvatore Romano.
As the Pope died. 80,000 mourn
ers were gathered below his w in
dow in St. Peter's Square hearing
an open air mass ollcred up fori
him. The celenrani was uiibi
Cardinal Traglia.
An altar had been sol up on the
ramp leading to St. Peler'i Bas
ilica beneath the balcony where
on Nov. 4. 19.18. Angelo Giuseppe
Cardinal R o n c a 1 1 had becn
crowned Pope John XXlll.
r, .1 ..., intn flu. V.-llif-n
mess room with tears running, trol Commission I ICC I reported
j-... h,. i,u and said: t'athct Lao and neutralist iroops
"At 7:49 the Poie died.
The Pope had been aware ol
approaching death and accepted
it serenely. During a luein penou
Vongsak said the offer was made
in a telegram which Souphanou-
vans sent to Souvanna. apparent
ly in response to a joint appcali
bv Britain and Russia (or imme
diate peace negotiations.
No other details were availa
ble. The premier's oflice had no.
comment on tlie telegram, the
latest in a series of rapid-fire ex
changes between the Patlitt Lao
chief and Souvanna.
Vongsak has been Souphanou
vong's chief go-between in his
dealings with Souvanna. A mem
ber of Sotivanna's coalition gov
ernment, Vongsak is one of the.
lew Palhet Lao officials still
based in Vientiane.
On the surface, tho Iclcgram
appeared to be the first positive
response to the Anglo-Soviet
peace appeal since Vongsak de
livered it to Souphanouvong last
week.
Earlier the International Con-
shall he resumed.
Porie John's successor will bo
chosen by the Sacred Collogo of
Cardinals in a secret conclave
that under church law begins be
tween 15 and 18 days after the
pontiff's death.
The Pope slipped Into a deep co
ma earlier in tho day.
Saturday he told an aide
"I could observe my death step
by step. Now I am gently moving
toward the end."
Last Thursday, he t'.ld one of
his doctors: "My bags arc
packed, and I am ready to leave."
I In his final hours prayers were
exchanged morlar and artillery
fire on tlie Plain of Jars for tire
second day Sunday.
Communist North Vietnamese
gunners were believed supporting
the Laotian Communists in the
shelling attacks. There were no
reports nf casualties in tlie (our
hours of bombardment, but tlie
weekend resumption of shelling
lent urgency to efforts at peace
talks.
Shop Clause
Is Validated
Wrt.lllllMil'y 'UI I.
Supreme Com " ruled today that
the agency shop, new included in
about 6 per cent of all labor con
tracts, is permissible under fed
eral law but not in states which
have outlawed tho union shop.
Both decisions were by a unani
mous 8-0 vote.
The court upheld tho legality
of the agency shop under tho
Taft-Hartley law in a case from
Indiana. It tlien held in a sepa
rate Florida case that the agency
shop is barred by an anti-union
shop law there.
The court left undetermined the
question of whether Florida
courts, rather than the National
Labor Relations Board, have ju
risdiction to enforce tlie state ban
against agency shop arrangements.
NEWLY CHOSEN These il qirli have been
I (or ths neit school year. I
15 who tried out (or fht honor and wer. elect
to riqht art Jeanne Carnmi, autan Ltsming
, laqher, Mary Taucher and Carl Harriett.
cbosen (or tho rally squad at Klamath
963-1964. Those named were among
d by the student body of KUHS. Left
Cindy Miller, Isader, Marianne, toal-
Supreme Court Reaffirms
Integration Speedup Need
WASHINGTON 'UPI .The Su
preme Court today lollowed up
its warning that the South was
ooing loo slow on integration by
throwing out two school transfer
plans being used in Tennessee.
In its unanimous 9-0 ruling, uic
court agreed with Negroes who
protested that the transfer sys
tems had been adopted to pro
long segrecalion
Last week in a Memphis case
involving recreational facilities,
the court had sharply noted that
the doctrine of "all deliberate
speed'' set forth tight years ago
was being abused.
Today, the court said the trans
fer prozrams being used in Knox
viile and Davidson County, which
includes Nashville, were unfair to
Negroes.
In another case, the court ruled
8 1 that a group of Negro chil-
dren in an elementary school in!
Cahokia, III., outside East St.
Louis, may sue in federal court
on grounds that rac ial discrimina
tion is being practiced there
The group complained that the
boundaries of the school were
drawn so that only Negroes could
go Ihcre When some while chil
dren were admitted, the com
plaint said, they used separate
entrances and were shut off com
pletely irom tne ieyro cmmic-n
Federal District Judge William
G, Juergens in Benton. Ill . ruled
that the suit couldn t be filed in
federal court until tlie Nccmcs
had exhausted remedies provided
to them by the stale.
Today's decision took tlie oppo
site view. Speaking for the ma
lority. Justice William O. Doug
las said there is "no underlying
issue of stale law controlling Ihis
litigation." Justice John M. Har
lan dissented.
In other actions today, the
court:
Ruled against California in
the prolonged court fight over use!
of water from the Colorado Hiver
and its tributaries. The 5-3 ruling
upheld the claims of Arizona and
Nevada that the tributaries are
(or the exclusive use of eac h state
The lederal government also had
opposed the California claim.
Derided 8-0 that the agency
lsh"p used in about 6 oul ol every
; 100 labor contracts is permissible
under federal law but not in
states which have outlawed the
union shop. Tie agency shop per
mits a worker to refuse lo join
a union hut requires him lo pay
what amounts to dues to defray
collective bargaining costs.
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FIELD DAY HOSTS Lost River Hereford Ranch owners and operators Saturday
hosted tho First Annual Junior Haroford Association Field Day here. Ben Smith, ownsjr,
riqht, and Jim McCltlland, ranch operator, laid that mora than 300 persons took part
in judqinq sii cla-.iet of Herefordi from the Lost River herd, and ware luncheon quests
of the ranch. Area 4-H and FFA Club members walked off with most of tho honors
in th judqinq competition, in which youngsters, from around fht ttatt and three coun
ties in jelifomia fook part.