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Tax Referral Ballot Title Challenged
In The-
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
Questions:
What of this test ban agree
ment that has been initialed by
our Averell Harriman, Britain's
Lord Hailsham and Russia's An
drei Gromyko and presumably
will be signed next week by our
Secretary of State Rusk
Brit-
ain's Foreign Secretary Lord
Home and Russia's Foreign Min
ister Gromyko?
What does it do?
It agrees to test nuclear bombs
only UNDERGROUND not in
the air, in the water or out in
space.
How good is it?
It's as good as the word of the
men who have signed it and the
nations they represent AND
NO BETTER.
What about this "non-aggression
pact" between the Atlantic
Alliance (our side) and its com
munist equivalent, the Warsaw
Pact powers, that Old Kroosh
wants?
How good is it?
It, too, is as good as the word
of the nations involved and no
better.
What should we do about
How about (his:
Sign it.
Keep our fingers crossed.
Keep our powder dry.
It might work. It will all depend
on the GOOD FAITH of the na
tions presented.
Hanky-panky in the news:
There's that suite at Otis Air
Force base in Massachusetts.
Somehow the reporters got the
idea that it was prepared for
Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy when
she has a baby next month. They
Salinger, of' the White House
staff, that such was not the case,
He described it as a residence for
visiting Air Force officers what
in the parlance of the armed serv
ices is known as "transient of
ficers' quarters."
These quarters for officers on
transient duty are normally a bit
on the austere side. Their fur
nishings are designed normally
for exclusively MASCULINE use.
Their normal occupancy is purely
temporary.
This suite at Otis base is
QU1TE different, departing sharp-lnedy
ly from the accepted norms. It
contains:
Two elaborately furnished sit
ting rooms; a reception-sitting!
room; six bed rooms; a nursery;
a recently moaernizea Kiicnen;president Kcnnedy has not vet.
iu u,Kiw,,,o .u. "decided upon a successor to Day
areas for stationing secret serv- , . '
i, airpnis Tnere have bcen reciimrig ru
..j mors that Day would resign
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bed, a color television set, oxy
gen outlets, glucose containers,
an infant incubator and a baby
scale. Every possible emergency
that could be faced by an officer
on transient duty, you see, has
been provided for.
Ah me!
How the military world
changed!
In the older, ruggeder world an
officer on transient duty was
lucky if he found in the tempo
rary quarters assigned to him a
folding cot, a couple of chairs
(usually of the folding variety1,
a wash basin and a water pitch
er, a cake of soap, a couple of
towels and a basin (with a han
dle on the side) designed to be
pushed under the bed.
This is indeed a posh world
we are living in.
LIKES GOLPH'ATER
WAYNESBORO. Ga. iUPI'
The Burke County Democratic
Parly Executive Committee
urged in a resolution Thursday
that Americans "regardless of
party" support Sen. Barry Gold
water, R-Ariz. for president.
"We view with much alarm
and concern the tendency of our
present national administration
toward a welfare and police state
with all power centered in Wash
ington," said the 17-member committee.
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I SALEM i UP! I A Lane County i
jgroup Thursday filed a pctitionibut the delay could be long
with the Oregon Supreme Courtjenough to prevent backers of the
challenging the ballot title Atty.l referendum from gathering the
;Gen. Robert Y. Thornton pre-23.185 signatures they need to
pared for the controversial tax. place the referendum on the bal
refcrendum. j lot. The signatures must be filed
The petition was filed at i: 15
u.m o minuies Deiore uie oead-i
line. Slate Sen. tdward Fadclev.lmnacnra napH hv th loni loaic.
D-Eugcne, submitted the petition
as attorney for the "Committee
for Sensible taxation.
Signers were Richard Miller, a
member of the Eugene School
Board; Tom Powers, superintend
ent of Bethel school district; Lylel
Swetland, an executive of the
Lane County Central Labor Coun
cil, and Omer Vrooman, former
Springfield city councilman
The petition challenges the bal-
lot title on seven different counts.
Court Action Uncertain
was not known when
the
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Day Resigns
Cabinet Job
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Post-
masler General J- Edward Day
has resigned to accept what he
'called "an unusual opportunity"
to enter law practice in the na
tion's capital.
The Post Office Department an
nounced Thursday night that
Day had submitted his resigna
tion in a letter to President Ken
nedy expressing "deep regret" at
leaving the post.
President Kennedy has accept
ed the resignation, a post office
spokesman said. Dav told Ken-
July 15 that he was resign
ing, the spokesman said, and it
was agreed at that time that the
announcement would be made at
Kennedy's discretion.
Autnoritative sources said
Asked last March about such a
report, the President told news
men that he had no plans to re
place the postmaster general.
J. EDWARD DAY
... resign
SUMMERTIME FUN When the school doors close for
the long summer recess, thoughts turn to outdoor play and
what can be done in the sun. Recreation for the teen set
usually centers around the swimming pool, tennis court,
or summer camp, but many youngsters can find just as
much enjoyment in activities around their own neighbor
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. FRIDAY. JLXV 26. 1963
court would act on the petition
by Sept. 1.
The move to refer the tax
lature is headed by Albany news-
paper publisher J. Francyl How-,
aid. He cannot start circulating
petitions until the ballot title is
certain.
The petition filed Thursday chal
lenges Thornton's ballot title on
these points:
1. The main purpose of the bill
is to provide money to balance
'.he state bud6et- a Pu.rPse .whicn
uu l"e
2. The title contains "incomplete
and insufficient cataloging of
some of the alterations made" in
the present bill.
3. It does not refer to the extent
of reform of the present bill.
4. The statement of the increase
in corporation taxes is unfair and
misleading.
5. The statement that personal
tax rates are lower is unfair and
misleading unless qualified.
6. Some provisions for relief to
some taxpayers are not men
tioned. 7. It fails to disclose why a
properly tax levy w:as avoided by
balancing the budget through the
new bill.
New Title Suggested
Fadeley's petition suggested this
title:
"Purpose: To balance budget by
increased personal income and
corporate excise tax revenue. Con
tains contingent provisions to
javoid deficit distribution surplus
and property tax relief."
Thornton's title read: "Purpose:
To increase state revenues. Abol
ishes Federal tax deduction. Low
ers personal tax rates. Provides
minimum tax. Increases corpora-
lion rates. Effective on or after
Jan. 1, 1963."
U.S. Orbits
New Satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL (UPD -The
United States today launched
a Syncom 2 communications sat
ellite toward an apparently suc
cessful eliptical orbit and planned
to boost the spacecraft into a
hanging" orbit 22,300 miles
above earth about five hours
later.
The Syncom 2's Delta booster
sent the satellite streaking sky
ward atop a bright red pillar of
flame at 7:33 a.m. PDT.
About nine minutes after blast
off the National .Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA! an
nounced the satellite, capable of
two-way telephone and telegraph
transmission, had separated
from its booster.
Sixteen minutes after liftoff, the
federal space agency said that the
launching appeared to be normal.
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THE REAL BRASS Sweet notes will come from the bass section of LaMar Jensen's
Starlighters during the Pop and Jazz Concert at Veterans Memorial Park Sunday from
3 to 5 p.m. Trumpet players in the top photo are Ephraim Hackett, Harold Metier, Fred
Floetke and Dave Johansen. Trombonists in the bottom photo are Dwight Schuh, Bob
Peters and James Lawson. The concert is being sponsored by the Klamath Falls Busi
ness and Professional Women's Club. The public is invited to attend the concert at
which homemade ice cream and lemonade will be served.
Musa Denies Pledge
SALEM (UPI) Senate Presi
dent Ben Musa today denied he
had violated any pledge in mak
ing an appointment to the State
Welfare Commission.
Gov. Mark Hatfield, who has'
been attending the National Gov
ernor's Conference in Miami, has
been critical of Musa for naming
Ralph W. Perry Sr., Hood River.
to the welfare commission while
acting as temporary governor.
The pledge the governor said
I violated 1 remember very dis
tinctly," .Musa declared today.
Pledge Quoted
He said he told the governor:
"I assure you, sir, that in any
hood. Summer means parades, and since the five tykes
pictured at left couldn't find a parade already organized,
they decided lo form one themselves. Jill Seymour of
Palo Alio, Calif., was appointed drum major, followed
by John and Kerry Harder, 2430 Applegate, whom she Is
visiting with her brother and sister, Luann and Doug
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of your absences from the state
you need have no worry that I
will remove from office any of
your appointments, or discharge
any of your employes or assist
ants. I have no intention to rock
your ship uf state or to frustrate
your administration.
Musa declared today, "No men
tion was ever made that 1 would
not fill a vacancy in any office
if I believed in my judgment it
was in the best interest of the
state to do so. I shall continue
this policy as long as 1 have the
obligation to do so."
Musa assumes full duties of
governor whenever Hatfield
leaves the slate.
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AGRICULTURAL FORECAST
Fair and lifilt warmer the nett tew
days with little change through Sunday.
Haying outlook: Is excellent and drying
conditions will b very good. Soil tem
perature U degrees. I
Violation
Hatfield Returns Home
Hatfield returned to Or e g o n
last night and spent this morning
in Portland. He said the whole
issue emphasized the need to
change the stale constitution to
eliminate the governor's surren
der of powers when he leaves the
slate. '
He said he did not know Perry
at all, and admitted he might be
a competent member of the com
mission, but he added he had in
tended to announce his own ap
pointment soon.
"I must say this sort of conduct
does not add to my peace of
mind1 should I have to leave the
state again," tho governor 6aid.
Seymour, stationed at far right. Playing In the dirt Is also
synonymous with summer, and Mike and-Gina Book, 535
Lowell, think it the perfect place to race their trucks.
Jerry Havird, who lives at 2311 Vine, looks on with
interest, although he came equipped with a gun for more
exciting sport, The bicyclists at right are Sandra Jones,
Red Cross Officials
Death Toll May Run
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (UPD
A "catastrophic" earthquake
destroyed more than half the city
of Skoplje today, and death esti
mates ranged up to 5,000 persons
with thousands injured.
The actual casualty toll was un
known. The official Yugoslav Tanjug
news agency quoted rescue teams
in the stricken city of more than
200.000 as saying "over a thou
sand" persons had died in the
disaster that toppled tall build
ings.
"The number of injured ex-
cecds several thousand," it added.
In Ceneva, the League of Red
Cross Societies said Yugoslav Red
Cross officials feared the death
toll might reach 5,000. The league
promptly sent out a world-wide
call for disaster assistance.
The earthquake struck with
fearful force early this morning
while most people were asleep in
Skoplje, the capital of the Yugo
slav republic of Macedonia w hich
lies in the mountains 200 miles
south of Belgrade.
Old clay buildings and modern
new concrete structures of 10
and 12 stories collapsed like
matchwood in the intensity of the
shock, which rocked the growing
industrial city a boom town since
World War II.
Tanjug reported that "all 300
guests" in the 80-room hotel Mac
edonia, one of the main buildings
in Skoplje, were killed and the
structure itself "completely shat
tered."
Many Modern Buildings
Other high buildings in the cap
ital eity of Yugoslav were report
ed to have been lopped by the
force of the earthquake. Much of
the city was rebuilt after World
War II bomb destruction and
many of the buildings were mod -
ern, concrete structures.
"Tens of thousands of
people
are standing in the streets
scared, many of tliein injured,"
Tanjug said.
A Yugoslav newsman near the
disaster area told UPI by tele
phone that "thousands were
killed and many more injured.
Aleksandar Blagojevi, a Yugo
slav airlines pilot who flew to
Belgrade from Skoplje after the
earthquake, said ho saw "great
numbers of dead and injured ly
ing in the streets.
The earthquake, which was cen
tered in downtown Skoplje, struck
about 5:15 a.m.
All the buildings" in the cen
ter of the city were "partially or
completely destroyed, Tanjug
said.
"Entire settlements, including a
large number of those built after
the war, are completely de
stroyed," it reported.
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Authorities were in touch with
the city by radio, but virtually
all other communications, were
cut off.
Skoplje, an important commu
nications and trading center in
southeastern Yugoslavia, is deep
in the Balkan Mountains and only
about 70 miles from the Greek
border. It is built near the site
of the ancient city of Scupi, which!
was destroyed by an earthquake
in 518 AD.
In somber tones, Radio Bel
grade gave details of the devas
tation as they came in minute-by-
minute on this second major
earthquake to hit Yugoslavia in
the past 2i years.
In January, liHil, a scries of
more than 100 tremors hit the
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CITY RAZED Map shows city of Skoplje, 200 miles
south of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, which was mainly de
stroyed by an earthquake resulting in thousands of
deaths. The city has a population of 200,000.
UPI Telephoto
Fire-Fighters Mop Up
Klamath Canyon Blaze
Kire-fighters of the Klamath
Forest Protective Association
were today mopping up the rem
nants of a brush and grass fire'
which started in a steep canyon
three miles west of Klamath!
River, npar P.it TtonH Ttnnrl
nhntlt II n m vpstprrlav nndi
lswept across 70 acres of hill
terrain before it was brought un-1
lncr control lale that night, Kr PA
Crater Caused
By Meteorite
LONDON (UPli-Tlie "thing'
that excited British flying saucer
fans for two weeks turned out to
be a meteorite today.
Army bomb disposal experts
dug up the meteorite, about the
size of a tennis ball, from be
neath a crater near Charlton and
announced they planned to turn
it over "to the scientists.
"Our interest in the incident Is
at an end." said Maj. H.P. Quar
trough the army engineer who
finally identified the thing.
The meteorite came down In
farmer Roy Blanchard's potato
and barley field, creating a
weirdly-shaped hole in Uie ground
Hint was noticed about two weeks
ago.
HLYIN" HIGH
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Astro
naut wings have been awarded to
the second Air Force officer to
(ly a winged rocket ship more
than 50 miles above the earth.
At a Pentagon ceremony Thurs
day, Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, Air
Force chief of staff, presented
the wings to Maj. Robert A.
Rushworth, who flew the X1S to
an altitude of 286,000 feet on
June 27.
1429, California, and Bonnie Dodaro, 1445 California.
Riding bikes is a favorite warm weather pastime of the -girls,
not to mention its trimming effect, and they average -several
miles a day with pedal transportation.
Estimate
To 5,000
country on the Adriatic coast
northwest of Belgrade. This dis
aster destroyed scores of villages
and left 70,000 homeless, although
only four persons were killed.
Supervisor George Wardell said
Friday.
Wardell said the fue started in
the power line right of way and
roared up a hill so "steep and
rocky that f ire-fighters could
hardly stand up."
The blaze was sighted at an-
ylproximatcly 10:53 a.m. by the
Soda Mountain lire lookout in
the Mcdford District and within
moments a KFPA crew was
dispatched to the fire. V
The KFPA was assisted by a
crew and heavy equipment "of
Lowell Jones, a logging contrao-
Itor; a Weyerhaeuser forestry
crew, a number of unemployed
people dispatched by the local
loffice of the State Department of
Employment, and three aircraft
representing air services in Yre-
ka and Klamath Falls.
More than 16,000 gallons of fire
retardant was) dropped on the
fire from the aircraft, Wardell
said. Engaged in the mop-up
work this morning were 43 men,
including a 17-man training crew
from the State Department of
Forestry at Corvallis.
The possibility that the fire was
caused by a breakdown in Pa
cific Power and Light power
lines was disclaimed later today
by a power department spokes
man in Portland. The representa
tive admitted that power went
out in tlie area of the fire
about 9 a.m. but said it was
more likely that the fire caused
the power failure, and not vice
versa.
'Through some unexplained
phenomenon smoke from forest
fires has bcen known to cause a
short in power lines near such
fires," the spokesman explained.
This is not necessarily what hap
pened, but it is a possiBility, he
added.
It was also indicated that the
power shutdown occurred outside
of the fire area, it was said.
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