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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.
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Low thia morninf . 44
High yaar aoa 77
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.