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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1963)
COSP. HSISAPER SECIIOH e GEN.REF.ANU uuuuf- KUrruUi Palls. TultUk and Laktvitw: Partly cloudy antfj continued cool tonight and Friday with cnanct tor light insur ers Friday. Lews tonight V H it, highs Friday 71 to 77. High yttterday 71 Low this mommf 4 High year ago 7S Low year ago 41 Weather AGRICULTURAL PORICAST Continued below Ma tonal temperature with tocraasinf ctoudlnttt and posslbht ahowert or thunder hower activity next two days, laying and ftM wort outlook fair to good, light Inch soli tampsraturo U degree. Preclp. last 14 hours . Since Jan. 1 j.n ; ' " Same period last year in Price Tfl Cents 24 Pagei KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON'. THURSDAY. AUGUST 22. 13 Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 7527 i - i s John at HOPEFUL WATCH Mrs. Louis Bova. left, holds her eiaht-month-old son she tensely awaits word of her husband who has been trapped in a mine near Haileton, Pa., for more than a week. Last word was received from him late Tuesday. A good friend of the family, Mrs. Helen Colna, as;ompanied her to the disaster area. UPI Telephoto Droe Set T !Je lax tPaickag SALEM iLPD The slate was set today for a massive campaign to salvage the l3 legislature's $60 million tax increase package. I ought on the basis of "save ourl Oregon voters will decide the The campaign is expected to schools" and "keep our property fate of the tax bill at a special be launched immediately, and be taxes from going up. jelection Oct. 13. Rail Dispute Goes Back Into Hands Of Congress WASHINGTON IUPD Thel crisis-laden railroad rules dispute In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Probing question: . What is the BIG problem in the Senate hearings in Washington on the test ban treaty? . It may be this: Are the Russians farther ahead in the race to develop an ANTI MISSILE MISSILE than we are? Dr. Teller thinks they arc. Speaking at a luncheon at the National iPress Club in Wash- incton yesterday, he said: "The Soviet Union, through their magnificent test scries in l!Kil and 1962, may have gained the knowledge to enable them to PERFECT such a missile. He conceded that he doesn't know whether such a weapon has been developed by Russia, but he noted that "they claim they can shoot a fly from the sky." Dr. Teller lias been joined in his objections to the test ban trea- (v hv Dr. John Foster. Jr., direc tor of the Law rente radiation lab oratory at Livermorc, California. He testified yesterday that "from purely technical military considerations the test ban treaty appears to be disadvantageous to us." He added that one of his stark est worries is that the United States will not be able to PROOF- TEST ITS WEAPONS SYSTEMS because of the lack of atmospher ic tests particularly as they re late to ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE and protection of the U.S. missile sites. In his National Press Club ad dress, Dr. Teller insisted that the treaty would prevent the develop ment of a U.S. missile defense which, he said, could save 90 per cent of American lives in the event of a nuclear war. He told his hearers that attempts to perfect an anti-missile missile by theory and underground tests . . . ... :J.U..i a one would lau. ne saiu mm something as complex as an anti missile defense must be TRIED OUT in order to prove whether or not it is effective. What he was saying is that an anti-missile missile, if it is to be effective, must operate UP IN THE AIR, where the enemy mis . siles are. And- If we are to perfect an anti missile defense against enemy missiles, we must be able to TEST our missiles up in the air. where they will operate against the ene my missiles. -Ju may ask: What is an anti-missile mis sile? Well, it is a missile that can be launched up into the air to seek out and destroy the missiles that an enemy may have launched against us. We do nol have such a weapon If we are to DEVELOP such a weapon, we must be able to lest it in the air. The treaty bans such testing. What the Russians may- have learned about anti-missile missiles we do not know. But they did a lot of atmospher ic testing back in 1961 and 12 in the course of which they dc veloped MONSTER missiles. The monster missiles may be what it takes to destroy enemy missiles. That is the basis of Dr. Teller's contention. i : ''- - ill Lrcf;2ri drill f -svl. . , , - I jk t ' f"' -4 . ' iv . - 'at Piv ? C 12 mine .:.;.5--. jj J"t ENTRANCE . was turned over to Congress to day following another breakdown in peace talks conducted by La bor Secretary n. Willard Wirtz. The Senate Commerce Commit tee was expected to slart serious Rattles Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (UPH-A sharp earthquake rattled windows throughout a w ide section of the Los Angeles area shortly before dawn today but no damage was reported. The quake apparently was cen lered in the southeastern section of Los Angeles County but was felt throughout most parts of the Los Angeles Basin. The sheriff's substation in near by Nonvalk said its telephone switchboard was jammed with calls by persons reporting the jolt. A telephone operator at Los Angeles Civic Center said doors and w indow s in the 28-story build ing rattled. The seismology laboratory at the California Institute of Tech nology at Pasadena said the quake was centered 25 miles southeast ot there. It was rec orded at 5:13.19 a.m. It had a magnitude of 3 on the Richter scale, not regarded as strong enough to do damage in a popu lated area. The nearby communities of Monterey iPark, Alhambra and Arcadia reported feeling the shock. RESCUE EFFORT A second attempt to drill through to two miners trapped 33 I feet underground for 10 days near Hazleton, Pa., ended in disappointment today when the drill missed the chamber where they are entombed. Diagram spots the big drill that missed its mark; small drill where a six inch "contact" hole was sunk to isolated third Louis Bova; and then pipeline that has been sunk and used to supply David Fel- lin and Henry Throne with supplies. Rescuers will tap on the drill the trapped men can locate the hole. that missed to see if UPI Telephoto Rescue Hole Misses Mark In Drilling For Two Miners Hike Mishap Kills Youth On Shasta work today on legislation de signed to avert a nationwide rail strike at midnight Wednesday The committee was scheduled! to meet at 10 a.m., EDT. Chairman Warren G. Mag- nuson, D-Wash., called the group to consider the failure to reach an accord despite tentative agree ment on an arbitration plan pro posed by Wirtz. The cabinet officer told Mag- nuson Wednesday night the break- off of negotiations left no immed iate prospect of a voluntary set tlement before the Aug. 2fl strike deadline. Congress Reluctant Congress was reluctant to get involved in the four-year-old con troversy but appeared to have lit tle choice in view of the collapse of Wirtz' latest mediation effort. The Senate committee was re-! ported split, 9-8, in fasor of Pres ident Kennedy's recommendation to give the Interstate Commerce commission power to approve new work rules that would main in effect (or two years. No strike would he allowed during this time. Kennedy's plan has been en dorsed by the railroads but con-1 demned as a form of compulsory arbitration by the live unions in volved in the dispute. Organized labor Is backing an alternative proposal by AFL-C10 president George Meany which would temporarily block any rules changes while a congres sional commiltee supervises re newed negotiations. Week From Today The railroad siiokesmen said they intended to place sweeping new rules into effect at 12:01 a.m i local time) next Thursday de spite union warning this would trigger a rail strike. Discussing the breakdown in negotiations, management spokes man j. c. wouo saiu union re strictions on the Wirtz arbitration plan would have destroyed its effectiveness. Keepen Der Hands Offen POUT AHGUELLO. Calif. IUPD A sign on delicate electronic equipment at the naval missile range base near here warns curious visitors: "Das computenmachine is night for gerfinger poken und niittengiabecn. Is easy schanppen der springenwork, blowenfusen und poppencork en mil spittzenparken. 1 s t nicht fur gewerken by das dummkopfen. Das rubber necken sightseeren keepen hands in das pockets. Kclax en und watch das blinken-lights." A drive to refer tlie measure to a special election already has won more than the 23,185 petition signatures needed, unofficial tal lies indicated today. The Oregon Education Associa tion, AFL-C10, Associated Ore gon Industries, and Oregon Farm Bureau Federation appeared ready to spearhead tlie drive to save the tax bill from defeat. Right To Vole Upheld None of the groups opposed tlie peoples' right to vote on tlie bill, but all appeared ready to wage a bitter campaign to keep it from being defeated at the special election. Cecil iPosey, Oregon Education Association, said "we will try to save the tax bill. It Is too im portant to education. People don't realize that 60 per cent of the general fund goes to education, "The legislature was skimpy in ils appropriations for education. and we fear a defeat of the tax bill would do great damage to education. Former AEC Chairman Attacks Test Ban Treaty! WASHINGTON (UPD-Former atomic energy Chairman Lewis L. Strauss attacked tlie nuclear test ban treaty today as a secur ity risk. He urged tlie Senate to surround it with two formal res ervations and four other safe guards against Soviet cheating. Strauss testified after another former AEC member, Dr. Wil lard F. Lihhy, gave what he called his "worried or reluctant icquiescence" to ratification ol the pact barring all but under ground tests. Libby said he "probably would lavor the treaty but is wor- HAZLETON, Pa. (UPD A sec ond attempt to drill through to two miners trapped 331 feet un- derground for 10 days ended in disappointment today when the drill missed the cnamner wm-re they are entombed. Tlie 24-hour drilling attempt. which started at 7 a.m. EDT Wednesday, was halted when the special 12-inch bit dug into rock below the tiny chamber. "It's apparent we missed tne mnnkev tunnel." Dr. H. Beecher Charmbury, slate secretary of mines, said. "All we can do is sit tight for the present, tapping on the drill to see if they 'Uie trapped men I can locate w here the hole is. "Then he can try to get into the hole. Charmburv was referring to David Fellin. 58. one of the min crs trapped Aug. 13 by a roof The disappointing news was re layed to Fellin and Throne by state deputy secretary of mines Gordon Smith on the intercom system through a six - inch hole drilled earlier. 'Dave, we have a little prob lem," Smith told Fellin. "It looks like it (the drill) has gone into the bottom rock. Smith asked Fellin if he could locate the probe and Fellin re plied: "It looks like it is above us a little bit, eight feet up the pitch." Pitch is the term for slope in clination. Uncertain About Digging Smith asked whether Fellin be lieved he could dig to the probe. "I don't know," Fellin said "You must have hit something hard a sulphur wall Ian ex tremely hard wall of pyrilel. The 12-inch hole is to be en- collapse with Henry Throne. 28. ' "-" " 15 " f c j d m vll.n and larged to 17', mches; the large Throne were separated from Ne conceivably could serve as i. mfl ncrl rn htri I rtr ! Allin ani Bova by a wall ot rocK and " ...... debris. And Corn Fed, Too WICHITA, Kan. IUPD -Competitors in the Kansas hog queen contest Friday must be between 16 and 21 yean old and have been reared on a farm where hogs wer raised, according to the Kansas Swine Improvement Association, the sponsors. Drilling Stops Charmbury said the drilling had stopped at 315 feet. We are not going any deeper. lie said. "We think we are into bed rock. We thought they were at 330 feet, but apparently they are higher." Some mining men theorized that "drift" of the drill, fairly com mon in drilling, was responsible for the "miss." "We will drill another hole if we have to." Charmbury said, "but this time to the north. Meanwhile, we will see if they 'the trapped men' can pick their w ay to the hole. Throne in a metal cylinder raised and lowered by cables. Conceivably, the hole also could allow searchers to descend and dig to the chamber of Louis Bova, 42, a third miner impris oned 18 feet away from Fellin and Throne hv the same cave-in 10 days ago. Though a six-inch "contact" hole has been sunk to Bova's chamber, and a microphone on a cord dropped through it. nothing has been heard from Bova for more than 30 hours. Last Signals The last sign of hie from Bova. according to Fellin, was tapping signals beard late Tuesday. Bova he said, tapped three limes to indicate he was alive, then twice to say that he was not bleeding then twice more to signal lhat he was not covered with rock But, though food was dropped through the contact hole Wednes day, it was presumed Bova had not eaten since the cave-in, and hopes for rescuing him alive dwindled. When the 12-inch hole is com pleted, it will be plugged with a metal device, and this reinforced with cement, to prevent debris from dropping into the tiny cham ber containing Fellin and Throne. Then will begin the 30-hour chore of enlarging the hole to 17'z inches, on Hie presumption that a custom-made metal cylin der under construction today will be able to lilt the two men to the surface. Designs Hatch The 6'j-foot-long escape hatch, designed by Clyde Machamer. president of the Independent Min ers Association (JMAi, is to be built in two diameters for use in a 17'i-inch opening and a 24- inch opening. If Fellin and Throne cannot be removed through the smaller opening, tlie hole w ill be enlarged to accommodate tlie larger tube. The interior of the smaller tube designed by Machamer will be 15 to I3'j inches in diameter. Mach amer, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 225 pounds, said he could fit, and neither of the captives is that heavy. Machamer said tlie decision as to the method of escape to be used would be up to Fellin and Throne. MOUNT SHASTA Recovery of the body of William Mihm, 20, a summer employe of the forest service, was delayed Thursday morning while the Siskiyou Coun ty Sheriff's Office attempted to get an Air Force helicopter to assist with the recovery. Mihm. w hose home is in Linden wood. N. J., was killed Wednes day afternoon while hiking with a companion. Mephan telman, zi. a Duke University student from Olmsted, Ohio, on the slopes of Mt. Shasta near the 11,000-foot area. The young men. both employes of the Blister Rust Control Station at Lost Creek in the Lassen Na tional Forest, were hiking w ithout clampons, ropes, or ice picks and were off the trail. Telman said that Mihm slipped on an icy snow pack and slid ap proximately 150 yards and tum bled another 100 yards over rocks. A rescue team, headed by Sis kiyou County Deputy Sheriff Law rence Taylor, reported after re turning to the Ski Bowl Iyxlge that Mihm had lived from 45 minutes to an hour after the accident, but that he probably would not have lived longer if medical help had been available. Due to traveling over tlie rug ged mountain in the dark, the res cue party left tlie body a short distance from the accident scene. It took the members five hours to work themselves down to the jeep road. Helicopter aid was summoned from Stead Air Force Base, and the pilot hovered over the scene Wednesday night but could not land because of excessive turbu- lance. Another effort was made Thursday morning by the Stead Air Force team, but the helicop ter lacked full power and it was deemed too hazardous to maneu ver it at the high elevation. Although a ground crew was ready to start up the mountain this morning, laylor said the ter rain was extremely dangerous. At Ham., the rescue crew was wait ing for another helicopter. United Stales has not tested super-bomb. Libby called the treaty "a real act of disarmament." He said he would like to see some "tacit understanding" that peaceful uses of nuclear power to dig canals could proceed under the pact and hopes that underground testing will be meaningful. Libby s mam concern dealt with the "high yield" field of de velopment of tlie 100-megaton bomb the area in which Rus sia leads the United States. Testifying before the throe Sen- iale committees foreign rela Evans Fights Extradition PORTLAND IUPD- Robert J Evans, 27, of Honolulu, may ficht extradition to Oregon from Fre mont, Neb., to face charges of first degree murder in the stran gulation death of Irene Davis, police said today. Detectives told the Oregon Journal today lhat Evans has re fused In agree on a waiver of extradition to Oregon until he con sults an attorney. If he refuses, it could take 30 days to complete tlie proceedings and return him lor trial. The 41-year-old Payette, Idaho, cattle heiress was found in a bathtub at the Portland Hilton hotel Aug. 6. A nylon stocking had been wound around her neck and she was clad only in a black half slip. Officers said a search of Evans' car at rremom nas turned up about $1,000 in cash and a ring similar to one which belonged to Mrs. Davis. t ied" that tlie United States has not tested a super-bomb in the up-to-100 megaton range. Russia, he said, tested one in tlie 05 meg- alon range and could construct a 100-mcgaton bomb. The United Stales, he testilied. probably could not at this time. Outlines Reasons Strauss, a veteran of 12 years with Atomic Energy Commission affairs, outlined a broad range of reasons for continued atmospher ic testing and then concluded: "Since early ratification of the treaty now appears probable on the premise that it is in tlie pub lic interest on balance, with which I wish that I could see my way to agree, I am concerned as private citizen that insofar as IKissihlc the risks to our country which the joint chiefs and other advocates concede lo exist may be reduced so far as possible." He said this might be effected by two Senate reservations and four actions which the Congress might take." His reservations: Clear up what he called "am biguous language" in the treaty to make it clear the United Stales could use nuclear weapons to aid an ally hit by armed ag gression. Reserve the right lo con struct harbors, canals and other peaceful works by use of nuclear explosives on U.S. or friendly territory requesting it. Should Remain Heady Strauss said Congress should direct maintenance of test readi ness facilities, including "vigor ous underground testing, create a number of "substantial annual awards" for weapons laboratory personnel, give generous appro priations to agencies operating detection systems, and require the President lo "report immedi ately all information on tests or "suspicious or unexplained events by other countries. Earlier, Libby told the Senate he "probably would favor" the treaty but is "worried" lhat the lions, armed services and joint atomic considering tlie pact, Ubby said the "Soviet advantage1 may be very large" in the large- bomb area. Ho said: "They have fired eight times as much yield as we since 1958. I heirs is twice ours in total.1 Cites Previous Advantage Libby, now a professor of chemistry at the University of cauiornia at Los Angeles, said through 1938, or before the test ban moratorium halted U.S. test ing, tlie "ratio was approximate ly the other way" in favor of the United States. Sen. J. William Fulbright, D- Ark., chairman of tlie Foreign Relations Committee, asked Lib by if he could reconcile the wide divergence of view" among- nuclear scientific experts which Fulbright called "one of the most unexpected develop ments" in the treaty hearings. Libby was unable to do so, but in explaining his concern about the big bomb development, said that during his five years on the Atomic Energy Commission I always felt we could not afford to fall behind in the high-yield category." Top government witnesses have testilied that development of the .i0-to-lot)-megalon bomb was re jected deliberately on the ground thai smaller available nuclear weapons would do a "better job, These witnesses have testified re peatedly that a big bomb can be built with predictable results with no difficulty except provid ing the money. l'hen Libby told the senators: "I am worried that we have not fired one and observed the ef fects which must be awful in deed." Lacks Some Information The tall, balding scientist testi fied that he has no "real opin ion" on the issue of whether the Irealy would put Russia ahead in development of an anli-missilc defense- system because he lacks up-lo - date information on the I quest ion. Ivan Congleton. executive sec retary of Associated Oregon In dustries (AOD, was visiting the governor, and was not available for comment. But an AOI spokes man said "we will oppose defeat of the tax bill. We don't like it but we support it because we know what will happen. the legislature worked 141 days on that bill, and it was the best they could do. We doubt if can do better at a special ses sion. It could be worse." Labor To Assist Organized labor planned a cam paign on the state and local level keep the measure from being defeated. J. D. McDonald, president of the Oregon AFL;iO, said "we have about 48 per cent of the people in our ranks, and we plan campaign to get as many peo ple as we can to vote for tlie tax bill. We plan to work with other organizations. We will start immediately." George Dewey of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation said the Farm Bureau Board wasn't happy llh tlie tax bill, but would op pose its defeat for fear property taxes would be increased. State Leaders For Bill Gov. Mark Hatfield, Senate President Ben Musa, House Speaker Clarence Barton, and most other state officials are on record as opposing defeat of tlie measure. They warn that a $60 million cutback in tlie state's general fund budget could prove disastrous lo the slate s educational system. Musa and Barton issued state ments supporting the people's right to vote on the measure- Both arc currently in Honolulu (or the 16th annual Legislative Conference. People w ho bear the burden of tribute under tlie constitution should have the right to deter mine how that tribute should be calculated," Musa said. "People have to pay the bills and if the bill is more than they can bear they should have the right to re duce the amount. ''I have no quarrel with the, right of the proponents of the referendum to invoke it," Barton added. "And if they obtain the required number of signatures, I have no quarrel with tlie right of Uie people lo review the action of tlie legislalurc." Organizer Pleased On Referral SALEM (UPD-A surprised and elated J. Francyl Howard said lo.' day he was amazed that referral of tlie legislature's $60 million tax hike had taken place in so short a time. "We're Uie most unorganized statewide organization you cqpld imagine, and we got Uie signa tures in about 12 days. I am sur prised," he commented. Howard, editor of weekly news papers in Albany and Corvallis, said he now had about 9,000 veri fied petition signatures in his pos session. A United Press Internationa! poll of the state's 36 county clerks indicated more than 24,723 petition signatures already had been veri fied. Thousands remained to be checked, and it appeared likely the referral movement might get more than 30,000 signatures. Only 23,185 valid signatures were needed to require a special election on tlie tax measure Oct. 15. Howard said he expected lo turn Uie petiUons over to Secre tary of State Howell Appling Jr. late next week, possibly on Fri day. Deadline for filing is S p.m. Sept. I. Crackdown Continues In Viet Ham SAIGON. South Viet Nam (UPI) Army troops and police, acting under martial law, continued making wholesale arrests of sus pected opposition elements in South Viet Nam today in the gov ernment's massive crackdown on Buddhists. The government of President Ngo Dinh Diem accused a "mi nority" of Buddhist monks of "systematic sabotage" in foment ing the 15-week political-religious crisis at a time when the country is at war with Communist guerrillas. A declaration issued by Uie government press agency said tlie Diem administration would no longer tolerate "exploitation of religions for political ends or the transformation of pagodas into centers for agitation, propaganda, terrorism and plotting." The armed forces clamped a tight grip on (he country to en force harsh restrictions imposed Wednesday to wiH out Buddhist opposition to Diem's regime. Sol diers and police were stationed throughout Saigon and were rounding up suspects. iPress censorship was in effect, but some cables were getting out of Uie country. The government suddenly took action against restive Buddhists Wednesday with a wave of post- midnight raids by armed troops and polka on pagodas which served as headquarters for Bud dhists feuding with Uie govern ment over alleged religious dis crimination. Hundreds of Bud dhist priests and nuns were ar rested, and pagodas were left in shambles. The raids brought strongly- worded disapproval from the United States, which is spending $2.50 million a year and contrib uting 12,000 men to help Uie South Viilnamese government in its fight against Communist guer rillas. U. S. officials feared the Buddhist crisis might play into the hands of Uie Communists. Informed sources said govern ment forces were continuing the! crackdown today wilh wholesale arrests. Chief targets of the roundup were Buddhist priests who have been leading Uie battle against Uie regime dominated by Roman Catholics. Troops with orders to shoot to kill were deployed throughout Saigon, Hue, Danang and Nhat- rang, Uie four main centers of Buddhist protests, to back up tho martial law and state of siege proclaimed by Diem Wednesday. The government press agency said that In addition to the tight curfew placed on most cities, price controls and anti-hoarding restrictions were being put Into effect. 1
