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O.OF ORS.Lt&flART tU3UC.OUtW C0P, In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Two big news possibilities have hung in the air this week: 1. That a nationwide rail strike might be called at midnight last night. 2. That there misht be an ODen break between Chinese commu nism and Russian communism. Neither has come to pass yet. In Washington, President Ken nedy announced late yesterday that there would be no rail strike at midnight. The nation's railroads and their operating un ions, he said, have accepted a Presidential proposal (or a de lay until July 29 in the nation wide rail strike that had been threatened by the dispute over work rules. Wlie President, after meeting with both parties late yesterday, announced they would accept the good offices of a special board made up of six members of his labor-management advisory com mittee. The Board, he said, will make a comprehensive review of the work rules change dispute and will send a report to congress on July 22, along with Presidential recommendations for any legis lation needed to resolve the four-year-old case. In the meantime, the railroads will withhold action to put into ef fect the new work rules and the unions will call off the strike which they had said would , fol low the putting into effect of the new rules. The President said, in making his announcement, that he would request NO FURTHER truce. V hat of the communist ruckus? This statement in a Moscow dispatch this morning seems to offer a hint of what may be in the air in the big communist dispute: "Knowledgeable communist sources in Moscow said today it seemed that the two sides realize 'the pointlessness of the present negotiations and are anxious to call them off, but neither side wants to take the blame for any breakdown. Which is to say: Neither Peking nor -Moscow wants to give the appearance of having CHICKENED OUT. What both sides need is some body who can provide an out thai will save the faces of both sides. Hopeful thought: Both in Washington and in Mos cow, there appear to be some faint glimmerings of realization of the fact that in these days we are playing with some ter ribly dangerous toys. , What the world needs, at this increasingly critical moment in history, is an infusion of plain, common horse sense. Something of that sort seems to have taken place in Washington last night. As to Moscow and Peking, about all we can do is to wait and watch. Greece Frees Prisoners LONDON (UPD-Greece today freed a score of political prison ers under pressure from leftwing demonstrators who have haras sed visiting Greek King Paul and Queen Frederika and even booed Britain's Queen Elizabeth in an unprecedented outburst. As leftists readied a massive new London demonstration to night, the Greek government an nounced the "conditional re lease" jf 20 prisoners held in connection with the bitter civil war with the Communists short ly after World War II. GRASS FIRE RACES UP HOG BACK A 30-aere grass fire burned up to the f ire-break on Hog Bac- b.for, a crew of 31 fire-fighters could contain the blaze which was viewed by hundreds of Klamath Falls residents Wednesday afternoon. Fire fighting units from KFPA, OTI, end county and suburban fire departments fought the fire for more than three hours. They were assisted by a Klamath Aircraft plene making water drops. KFPA reported that firemen end fire reached the fire-break road about the seme time. If the fire jumped the break it would have been extremely difficult to bring under control, fire-fighters said. (Sec story on Page 4-A.I Weather KlamaHi all. TMltkt and Liktvtew fair tfirguaa Snday nignt. Caw to mam tt in Lower Klamath latin, 44 at Klamath Fall and Lakaviaw. Hioht Fri day ao-li. Northrtslarly a-IS num. High yaattarday ya Low thia morninf . 44 High yaar aoa 77 Low yaar ago 41 Proclp. patt U hours .00 Slnco Jan. 1 4.11 iama period latt Yaar I. II Mill Strike Increase Discussed PORTLAND (UPD The execu tive committee of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union iLSWi met here today with the subject of further strikes against Northwest lumber producers the major subject. The meeting came on the heels of failure in talks between the LSW and Georgia - Pacific Corp. Wednesday. Executive Secretary Earl Hartley said the union re jected an offer of a 22 'i - cent hourly wage increase spread over a three-year period. The union has asked 60 cents. Hartley said no more meetings were scheduled. Simpson Talks Tuesday Officials of Simpson Timber Co. announced Wednesday they will meet here with representatives of both the LSW and International Woodworkers of America (IWA next Tuesday. It will be the fourth meeting between the two in the five-week-long lumber dis pute, but the first in which rep resentatives of both unions have negotiated jointly with an em ployer. Before, one of the unions ne gotiated while representatives of the other sat in as observers. Federal Mediator George Walk er also announced a meeting be tween the JWA and Yamhill Ply wood Co. of McMinnville has been scheduled Friday. That firm Monday rejected a union offer to withdraw its pick ets and put its members back to work if negotiations were re sumed. The mill resumed opera tion Willi non-union labor after a strike June 6. About 21.000 Idle Strikes and lockouts in the Northwest lumber industry have idled about 21,000 workers since contracts with the two unions ex pired June 1. Meanwhile, contract discussions continued here Wednesday between negotiators for 48 Pacific Coast pulp and paper mill em ployers and the United Paper workers and Papermakers and the Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers unions. Contracts in that industry also have expired, but no strike vole has been taken. Both sides re fused to discuss the progress of the talks. Threat Seen By Senator WASHINGTON (UPIl - Sen Maurine B. Neuberger, D-Ore. said today the nation's wilderness areas are threatened by an "in vasion" of mining interests. Mrs. Neuberger, in a S e n a t e speech, said 537 mining claims have been filed in wilderness, wild and primitive areas since the Senate first passed the Wilder ness Rill in 1981. That is a rate of 23 a month. The Senate has passed the bill to set aside the lands for preser vation in the natural slate again this year, but a similar House bill is still pending in its Interior Committee. "I am disturbed and dismayed hy continued erosion of our wil derness heritage and the threats against its existence," she told the Senate. "Indeed, time may be running out for our once time less wilderness." 4 4' Price Ten Cents 32 Pagei AN INCREDIBLE ACT One of the best descriptions of Pat Anthony's wild animal act, "Those cats may be trained but they are sure a lonq way from being tamed," fits like a glove. Pat Anthony will be in Klamath Falls with the mammoth 1963 edition of the Polack Bros. Shrine Circus at the Klamath County Fairgrounds Aug. 2-3. There will be two big performances daily. The ticket office is open in the Klamath Audi torium. Shrine Circus chairman is Van Mollison. 'Dynamo' To Perform Here Pat Anthony erupts into a hu- j man dynamo when he steps into the steel - enclosed ring w ith his 17 roaring, spitting, snarling, fighting1 lions and tigers in the ht Named For Study On Downtown Business Eight new members were ap pointed to the Downtown Core Committee that is studying the! downtown business area to help improve business and keep the area the busii ess center in the Basin. t, ' . The men were appointed at the committee meeting held Tuesday at the home of Lawrence Slater. The new members are Wayne Blair, Bill Sweeiland, George Flit- craft, Frank Drew, Cecil Drew, Richard Green and Mayor Robert E. Veatch. Total committee mem bership is now 21. The function of the Core Com- mittee is to study the problems! and prospects of the downtown area which will involve the prep aration of a detailed land use, circulation, parking and imple mentation plan for the downtown area. The Core Committee is working in conjunction with the city and community planning commissions in undertaking these studies. Highlighting Tuesday's meeting! was guest speaker Richard Hay ward, planning consultant of the University of Oregon, who spoke on the recently completed Mcd- ford Central Business District study. Hayward, who had charge of the Medford downtown study, enumerated the problems involved in conducting a downtown revitah- zation program with Medford as the case in point. Another item discussed at the meeting was a collection of pre liminary figures dealing with land use, employment and eco nomic factors in the Klamath Falls downtown area. In review-i ing these figures the committee compared the Klamath Falls data with like figures from Medford and Corvallis. r - li 5 thriller opener of the annual Po- lack Brothers Shrine Circus that will play in Klamath Falls Aug. 2-3. Pat Anthony weighs only 165 Bob Gotshall was appointed by the Core Committee to head an "idea" committee whose func tion will be to explore and evalu ate ideas used in other commit nities to revitalise downtown area and report bactthe Core Com mittee. Dick Hicks, Lawrence Sla ter, Rod Bell and Marty Franz were selected to serve with Got shall on this committee. Kenneth Blackman, planning consultant to the city and county planning commissions, who have charge of the downtown study, announced that a topo graphic relief model of the down town area is presently being built and should be completed in about six weeks. The model, which covers the area generally bound ed by the Link River, High Street, Kit Carson Way and Commercial Street, will show all existing build ings and will be constructed with removable blocks to permit any proposed changes in the down town area to be shown on the model. The next meeting of the Core1 Committee has been tentatively set for the first part of August and will include the viewing of the movie "Shopper's Paradise" which deals with the Springfield, Ore., downtown revitalization program. Tax Slash Action Set WASHINGTON (UPD - After a 26-day interruption, the House Ways & Means Committee will resume work Monday on the big tax cut President Kennedy wants! enacted this year. Although Kennedy aides have been pressing for faster action, it is doubtful that a bill can be steered to the House floor for i vote before mid-August. The committee's bill is ex peeled to provide a reduction in everybody's federal income taxes, effective next Jan. 1. The odds1 strongly favor House passage. Although Senate action on the tax bill is certain to be delayed by a struggle over civil rights legislation administration aides professed confidence that Con gress would complete action on both measures this year. The White House has put top priority labels on both bills hennedy has insisted that an economy-stimulating lax cut is needed to avoid danger of a re cession next year and to create new jobs to curb unemployment which is much higher among Negroes than whites." Chairman Wilbur D. Mills. D Ark., suspended tax action by the Ways & Means Committee on June 18 to give the staff time to dralt legislation embodying the rommittee's tentative decisions. The draft will be ready Monday. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, pounds but he puts 8.700 pounds of unleashed jungle fury through an exciting act in hand-to-claw encounter. One of the highlights of this act is the rapid-fire series of roll overs performed by the trigger fast lioness Rita. This irascible cat is shown in all her temper in the circus film, Billy Rose's "Jumbo." Pat Anthony doubled for Stephen Boyd in that circui extravaganza and used a group of his more vocal leonine actors and actresses The "cat" act is only one of 19 big acts including beautiful aerialists, clever dogs and chim panzees, horses, the Bcsalou ele phants wilh Peggy anu-Mack McDonald, and funny c.owns. Seals are now on sale at cir-, cus headquarters in the Klam- afh AiiHilnrinm fnr iwn nftnrnnnti' and two evening performances. Russ, China in Deadlock MOSCOW (UPD - Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev today ap peared to be trying to badger the Red Chinese into breaking of! the showdown talks on Communist strategy and tactics. Negotiators for the two sides called in their technical aides for the first time today in the search for a way out of their ideological impasse. The search thus far ap parently has been fruitless. Both Russian and Chinese offi cials kept a tight secrecy lid on the talks, and the official Soviet press has made no mention of how the discussion are going. Knowledgeable Communist sour ces said however, that it appeared the two sides realize the pointlessness of the negotia tions, are anxious to call them off, but do not want to take the blame for any breakdown. The sources pointed to Khrush chev's friendly welcome Wednes day for Hungarian Premier Janos Kadar and the Soviet announce ment of the Moscow-Washington hot line" as indications the Krem lin is trying to goad the Chinese into ending the talks. Khrushchev's bear hug greeting for Kadar, one of the Kremlin's staunchest supporters in Eastern Europe, was in sharp contrast to the premier's pointed snubs of the Chinese delegation. Child Slayer Given Stay SALEM (UPD Child slayer Jeannace June Freeman won a third slay of execution Wednesday and opened a new legal battle that could result in new appeals to both the Slate and U.S. Su preme Courts. The moves may delay her next execution date until after next year's vote on repeal of the death penalty in Oregon. Miss Freeman's attorneys, Carl Neil and Philip A. Levin of Port land, filed a motion for a stay of execution and a petition for a posl-convictmn review with Mari on County Circuit Judge George A. Jones. The stay came 21 days before l Miss freeman s scheduled Aug. I date with death in the Oregon gas chamber. She w as scheduled to be THURSDAY, JLXY U, 1963 In ion, Railway WASHINGTON (UPD-A blue- ribbon panel appointed bv Presi dent Kennedy to head off a na tional railroad strike began an 11 day study today of the bitter work rules dispute. This was the first step in plac ing the four-year-old controversy in the hands of Congress, which may be asked to pass legislation calling for compulsory arbitration. Eight hours before the 6trike deadline both rail management and the unions agreed Wednesday to postpone until July 29 any ac tion that might lead to a strike. Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirlz convened the first meeting of the committee at the Labor department to arrange proce dures for its work. Report To President After a thorough study of all the facts in the controversy, the board will make a report to Pres ident Kennedy on July 22. He Ihen will submit it and legislative recommendations to Congress which will be designed to settle this particular dispute. The board was set up by Ken nedy as part of a formula to avert a nationwide railway strike which otherwise would have start cd at 12:01 a.m. local time this morning when management pul new work rules into effect. Ken nedy's action Wednesday averted the walkout just eight hours be fore it was to start. Wirlz told reporters today that the committee docs not have any assignment to medialc the con flict, but only to investigate it. But he and George Meany president of one AFL-CIO who isi a member of the six-man panel. said this does not bar committee members from mediating on their ow n if they discover an oppor tunity to do so. Two Not Preifnl Two members of the panel un ion leader George M. Harrison and Inland Slcel Company execu tive Joseph Block were not pres ent for the opening session. Wirtz and Meany also agreed that an agreement between five rail unions and the nation s ma jor railroads would be the best possible solution to the complex dispute. This seemed unlikely since the railroads have declared they do not contemplate any further bar gaining over their proposals to overhaul work rules and eliminate jobs of firemen on locomotives in yard and freight service. The labor secretary said an other meeting of the blue ribbon panel would be held Friday morn ing. All members except Block, reported to be traveling in the west, were expected to attend that session. Representatives of the unions. and management sat in on loday's preliminary discussion. Signs Pact PITTSBURGH (UPD - Cruci ble Slcel Co. became the first producer outside the "Big II" Wednesday to sign a 21-month workers union. Crucible operates two plants in Midland, Pa., and facilities al Harrison, N.J., and Syracuse N.Y., employing a total of 9,000 workers. Effective Aug. 1, the contract runs 21 months with its principal provision patterned after the Big 11" agreement a 13-wcck vacation every five years for em ployes with top seniority. The USW signed contracts with the "Big 11" sled firms June 29. the first woman executed in Ore - gon. Neil told UPI, "This is a slalu- tory procedure, we are again challenging the fairness of her conviction. We filed on the same grounds that were raised in the original appeal, except that we are seeking to produce some addi tional evidence." Courts L'phcld Srntrnre The Stale Supreme Court has upheld her death sentence, and the U.S. Supreme Court has twice refused to review her case. She was condemned to deatli for throwing 6-year-old Larry Jackson to his death m the Crooked Rivencrime itself, but we wiU have a Gorge in C'enlal Oregon in 1961. Mis Freeman, 22, was first nicd her rights. This may require scheduled to die Dec. 6, 12, hearing several witnesses, plus then was granted a stay to Jan.ithe record." Telephone Management Strike C r ",,sv: . - . -'-j I ' ' . ' aS ' V' ' 'V .'",". 4 . j k s ' ' ' NEW DOCKS AT MARINA These new floating docks have been installed at the Moore Park Marina at a cost of about $2,500. The funds for the docks were provided through the county recreation commission from state marine license fees purchased by Klamath County boaters. The structures will provide ample mooring space for motor boats of almost any size in the lagoon area at the marina. Pictured are, from hft, Gary Woodring, director of the city parks and recreation department, Andy Silani, chairman of the county recreation commission, Glen Bowen, commission member, Bob Kyle, city manager and Dick Hicks, commission member. Military WASHINGTON (UPD-Defensei Secretary Robert S. McNamara reported to President Kennedy to day that $1 billion was chopped trom military spending for sup- Russian Troops, Missiles On Increase .MIAMI (UPD Russian troops and rocket installations in Cuba are "steadily growing," particu larly along the northern coast closest to the United States, new ly arrived Cuban underground members said today. Members of the Cuban Freedom Fighters Organization gave details on Russian activity in the area around Caibaricn, a key port on the northern Ijs Villas coast. They were among a group of 31 persons, including eight wom en and seven children, who escaped the island in a 33-foot sailing boat last week and reached the Florida Keys after a four-day journey. There arc approximately 10.000 Soviet troops in the Caibaricn zone alone, the freedom fighters who declined to permit use of their names said. They said Russians command Iroops in tracking down rebel forces, and there also are ' for eign troops" used. Some of them look like Mon golians," one of tiie arrivals said. "The Russians use Cuban mili tia uniforms and also Cuban army uniforms," he added. "There is tremendous construc tion activity in the Caibarien area and even on the three keys off Caibaricn," said another. "Most of it is done at night and the construction areas arc lor the most part off limits to Cubans." The three keys are Fragoso, Frances and Santa Maria. They are from 12 to 20 miles offshore. "On Fragoso Key, which was virtually uninhabited, intense con j 29. Her Aug. 1 execution date was I. set last month after the second U.S. Supreme Court refusal to re- view her conviction Asst. Atty. Gen. Collis Marsters has been assigned to handle the case for the state. "She is entitled to file a post conviction proceeding under the law," Marslcis said. "The stay was necessary because we arc so close (o the execution dale. "Thia is going to be quite a hearing, and may take a couple of days. Generally post-conviction cases don't take that long. We won't try the main issues of the trial to determine if she was dc- TU 4-8111 No. 7191 onferem Cut $1 Billion plies and maintenance during the year ended July 1. Raising his eights, McNamara said he expected economies total ing S4 billion annually in pur- In Cu struction work has been going on for the past nine months on some kind of fortification or installa tions," said the freedom fighter, his face deeply sunburned from the voyage in the ojien boat. On ly the Russians are allowed in there." On Frances Key similar con struction is in progress and on Santa Maria Key "a gigantic ex cavation is being dug in the exact center of the island," the Cuban said. "Work is done only at night." The anti-Castro reliels said sim ilar night construction also was going on at Vinas, near Rcmcdios, about five miles in from the coast. Bomb Bursts At Memorial BRUSSELS (UPD A bomb ex ploded early today at Belgium's tomb of the unknown soldier. damaging the memorial and ex tinguishing its sacred flame for the first time since the end of World War I. Windows in the area were shat tered but authorities said there were no reports of casualties. Tlie mysterious blast occurred at 3 a.m., damaging stonework around the entrance to the 156- foot high monument, known as Congress Column. Police said the freestone slab! with the urn of the sacred flame! at the entrance to the tomb es caped damage, but the flame it self went out. Of Execution Marslers said he expected the case to lie heard sometime in August. "If she is denied relief, then she can file proceedings in the Federal District Court, then in tlie Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and then she can appeal again to the U. S. Supreme Court," Mar slers explained. The 1963 legislature approved a vote at Die November, 1964, gen eral election to strike the death penalty from the state's constitu tion. The legislature also adopted a law making the penalty for first degree murder life imprisonment. The law becomes effective If voters approve elimination of tlie death penalty. Vtrdict May Come After Vole Marslers said he did not expect Weather AGRICULTURAL PORICAST Conifdcrabte tunihliM wtm warming and dryint trtndi. A ttirtat of showtrt Sunday. Hayinf outlook good thnustt Saturday, tight-Inch toil ttmparaturo l tit gnat. Start chases of military supplies and spare parts and in operating costs within the next five years. The actual and prospective sav ings were one-third greater than the Pentagon chief estimated would be possible at the start of a cost reduction program in 1962. But they only partly offset in creased combat outlays which have pushed the defense budget up from $45 to $51 billion a year since McNamara took office. McNamara, in a long memo randum addressed to the Presi dent, said $700 million was saved in purchases alone during the last 12 months. Largest Saving "The largest part of this re duction occurred in spare parts for aircraft and missiles," he id. "The Air Force has been able to reduce repair cycle time on high cost items from 90 to 45 days. The Navy reduced stocks oi high demand spare parts on aircraft carriers by 50 per cent." McNamara cited a 100 per cent increase in nuclear warheads in the strategic alert forces and a 60 per cent increase in U.S. nu clear forces in Europe as evi dence that economies had not af fected combat strength. Actions now planned for fis al years 1964 and 1965 will bring (ho estimated annual savings, to eauzed by fiscal year 1967, to almost $4 billion," he 6aid. Dollar-Saving Projects McNamara said the biggest re ductions last year were under a program headed Buying only what we need," but he also listed these dollar-saving projects: Increased use of excess In ventories. He said $1.2 billion worth of equipment taken from excess stocks was made service able after overhaul or repair. Shifting to competitive buy ing. McNamara said this usually reduces the cost of items by 25 per cent. Terminating unnecessary op erations. Sale of 265,905 acres of land and 54 plants eliminated op erating expenses that in a full year would total $116 million. any unusual delays In proceed ings, but added that if the case goes through all the steps to the U.S. Supreme Court the decision could come after the November, 1964, vote on tlie death penalty. If voters approve elimination of tlie death penalty, Miss Freeman would still be subject to execution because she has already been sentenced to die. However, the change in the law might be inter preted by Gov. Mark Hatfield as a mandate of the people, and he might commute her sentence to life in prison. Hatfield to dale has denied all appeals for commutation. Warden Clarence Gladden said Miss Freeman was handed a note advising her the etay had been granted. Sne made no comment.
