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Newspaper Page Textcow. Weather Kl.m.th Pall., Tuklaht and Ukivltwt Wrty clfwdy through Wtdntiday. Liltlt changt in ttmptrotura. PmiIOI kiI ttrtd thowtre wi Wdnttdv. Law lo niBhl U t 4. High Wtdnttday a I M. High vtsttrdav Jl ' Low thit nwntnf High ytr ago Law ytir 490 Prtcip. lait 34 hovri Sine Jin. 1 Smt prio4 vtir ig , Herald an 0 Jfritrs Weather AGRICULTURAL FORECAST H,rvit auMaak lair fa foot with ww UflMHIttf condilian, nal four davi. Warm tamearaturaa and acattarad show art naxl taw dayi. 1 II it.M Price Ten Cent 12 Page KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON'. TUESDAY, OCTOBER , J963 Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 7596 GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES 1963 - 1965 TOTAL : 404,900,000 MIOMC COUCATIOM f Ot.000,000 tmn COUC AT MM IMO0,000 AM tCNOOL M.4 OS, 1 00,000 CHAPTER (IT J4.4 $ SM00.000 XT X r7 A LFAMf 10.4 41200,000 TAX COMMSMON t.0 9MOO.O00 NATURAL RESOURCES ift.SOO.000 STATE POLICE t.9 s 10,100,000 MENTAL tt PCNAL II. 9 4C.VO0.000 shako aria mncAies iCXtt NCMTUftES NOT SMMtCT T0 AU OTMIn CONTROL... ALL OTHER 4.9 S W.100,000 COURTS, LCttSLATURC, clcctivc orriccs, 0C8T StTRVICC S. $ 3,700,000 In The- Day's km Solons Rap By FRANK JENKINS From Miami: Hurricane Flora slashed north ward back inlo Cuba yesterday, and for the fourth straight day the communist island reeled under the vicious one-two punch of howling wind and driving rain. With more to come, the already staggering economy of Fidel Cas tro's regime, has suffered a crush ing blow. The Agrarian Reform Institute said HALF of Cuba sugar, rice, coffee, cotton and cocoa crops may have been de stroyed. Sugar, the backbone of the Cuban economy, has been used by Castro to trade with Russia for military and other assistance. Forecasters searched their rec ords, wondering when, if ever, a hurricane had hammered so long. at a single area. From Washington: The Soviet Union, for the first time, has indicated to the U.S. government that it is interested in buying between $150 million and $200 million worth of wheat, in formed sources" said last night that this apparently represents the first DIRECT admission by the Russians that they want to buy American w heat. Previous Russian overtures had been made through purchasing agents to pri vate American wheat traders. High administration "sources" believe a Presidential decision on the sale may come w ithin the next day or so or, at the latest, by the end of the week. More from Washington: 'While it has been known that the Soviet bloc was having agri cultural production trouble, the size of the Russian grain purchas es from the free world has caused considerable surprise. These pur chases have been EXTREMELY COSTLY to the Soviets. For example: The Soviet government has been SELLING GOLD to help pay for the wheat. This gold costs Russia an estimated $60 or $70 an ounce to produce. But it brings only $35 an ounce when it is sold abroad Which Is to say: Every time Russia sells an ounce of gold 6he loses about $35 the difference between what it costs her to produce it and what she gets for it. And- Every time the United States gets an ounce of Russian gold, or its equivalent in lorcign exenange in payment for wheat, we benefit in two wavs: 1. We get more gold, or foreign exchange, with which to improve our present unfavorable balance of Davmcnts. 2. We GET RID OF WHEAT, ol which we have a fantastic surplus. AND Every time Russia uses up her cold or her foreign exchange to BUY WHEAT with w hich to feed I her people she robs herself by just that much of gold or lorcign ex change that she might have used otherwise to increase her arsenal of modern military weapons. Big question: Why is Russia doing what she is doing? The LOGICAL answer to that question Is that Communist Rus sia isn't quite so ALL POWER FUL as she has been claiming to be. That, if Irue, is VERY interesting. Education Gets Big Share Of Budget Fund Mm. Nhu's Visit In U.S. By FLOYD L. WYNNE Editor's Note This is the second in a series ol articles on the recently passed Income Tax law which will be voted on Oct. IS. The general fund budget set by the 1963 Legislature totals $404,300,000. This represents an increase of $37,600,000 from the general fund budget of the 1961 Legislature. Where does the money go? Of the total general fund, almost 61 per cent goes for education, Basic school support equals $135 million or about 33.4 per cent of the total. Higher education gets $92,800,000 or about 22.9 per cent and other education gels $18,200,000 or about 4.5 per cent. In addition to education, next highest expenditures go to wel fare which gets $42 million or about 10.4 per cent of the total. Mental and penal institutions gel $47 million, about 11.6 per cent. Court costs, legislative costs, elective officers and debt service takes 5.9 per cent or $23,700,000. $10,200,000 or 2.5 per cent goes for state police operation; $9,300,000 or 2.3 per cent for natural re sources; $8,200,000 or two per cent for tax commission and $18,- 100,000 or 4.5 per cent for all other state government functions. Now, where did the $37,600,000 increase in budget funds go? Of this amount, $32,100,000 occurred in the costs of education while the balance was in mental and penal institutions. Of the total increase for education, $14.5 million was added to the basic school support fund. History of this fund shows that it has increased from $105 per census child (ages 4-19) in 1959-60 to $143 per census child (5-161 in 1963-64 and will go to $152 per census child in 1964-65. This increases the level of state support and decreases the load on local property taxes. Within education, in addition to the increase in basic school apportionment, the budget provided a 29.4 per cent increase of $18.1 million for higher education. Community colleges secured an increase of $1.9 million, administration costs in education were up $100,000 and other special education programs increased $600,000. There was a sizeable decrease in the amount of money available for salary raises in the educational structure at the state level. Mental institutions were budgeted an additional $4.3 million, an increase of 14.8 per cent over the previous biennium, while correctional institution budgets were up $2 million or 18 per cent, Public welfare budgets were up $400,000, an increase of one per cent, and all other general fund expenditures were up $4.7 million or about 7.7 per cent. Overall, appropriations for education increased 15.3 per cent or the 1963-C5 biennium while all other general fund expenditures were up only 3.5 per cent. Reasons given for the rise in educational costs have a direct bearing to the increase in expected enrollment, especially in higher education. Here, authorities estimated that there would be a six per cent increase in enrollment for 1963-64 school year and another eight per cent increase in 1964-65, In figures, they estimated enrollment in stale schools would increase from 29,493 for 1962-63 to 31.250 (an increase of 1,757 for the 1963-64 year), and a total of 33.750 (another increase of 2,500) for Uie 1964-65 year. It was estimated that the population of the state's four cor rectional institutions will increase 6.2 per cent, from 2,371 to an estimated 2.517 in the biennium. It was estimated that the total persons in the state's three mental hospitals will decline during the biennium from 4.167 to 3.719. a drop of 10.8 per cent, but the relatively higher cost of improved treatment,' loss of part of the patient work force and other factors will cause increased costs. This is where the money collected and spent in the general unn goes. Next Why docs the bill increase lax revenues M million when the budgeted increases were only $37.6 million? US Suspends Viet Mam Funds NEW YORK (UPll - Mme. Xgo Dinh Nhu, brimming with confidence but slightly concilia tory, arrived Monday night for a three-week visit to the United States with hopes of improving her own image and that of the South Viet Nam government. Mme. Nhu, whose sharp criti cisms ol U.S. policies, officials and newsmen in her country have helped make her controver sial, said she came here "to see you and to try to understand why we can t get along better. "I feel this deeply, and I hope at the end of my stay that I may know, she said. There was some strong congres sional opposition to Mme. Nhu's visit. Sen. Stephen M. Young, D-Ohio, told the Senate that her visa should be cancelled and "she should be compelled to leave the country." Let her slander us from her native land or any other country, but not from our own soil," Young said. Rep. Silvio 0. Conte, R-Mass., called her "a thorn in the fight for democracy around the world." He denounced her as an "irre sponsible, arrogant woman" who has made statements that arc, "viciously anti-American." The sister-in-law of South Viet Nam President Xgo Dinh Diem addressed a crowd of about 100 newsmen and photographers at Id low i Id Airport after leaving the jetliner she and her pretty daugh ter, Le Thuy, 16, took Irom Paris Speaking in English, Mme. Nhu said that because she was a "con troversial person" she did not in tend to seek meetings with Presi dent Kennedy or other high- ranking government officials dur ing her coast-to-coast tour. She also denied that she was "power hungry," and said that she enjoyed the "confidence of the Viet Nam government. SAIGON (UP1) - The United States has suspended nearly $12 million commercial aid payments to South Vict Nam since the Au gust crackdown on the Buddhists and is considering further cuts, informed sources said here Mon day. The plan to wilier reduce aid is aimed at forcing political re forms from the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, the sources said. It is reported now under consideration in Washington. The payments suspended since Aug. 21, when Buddhist leaders were arrested and pagodas closed, covered aid to imports. This program costs the United States $95 million a year, out of the total $203 million economic aid. It finances more than 60 pe; cent of South Viet Nam's imports The sources said further suspen sion of this commercial aid would amount to a reduction in the economic aid to this nation and could seriously affect its economy. I his might nave the effect of bringing policy or per sonnel changes on the part of Diem's government, they added. (In related developments, the Soviet Union Monday tried to block U. X. approval ol a fact finding mission to South Viet Nam. Diem's government offered to accept a team of U. N. mem bers to investigate the Buddhist dispute. But the Russians insisted that they and the British, as co- chairmen of the 1954 Geneva con ference on lndo-China, carry out the probe. (Diem's sister in law. Mme. Xgo Dinh Nhu, arrived in New York Monday night to begin a 20-day tour of the United States. She said she hoped to explain her government's viewpoint to Americans.) The American-owned Times of Viet Nam, which is Close to the Ngo family and often critical of U. S. policies here, was the lirst cuts. Its article Monday said the United States was using the cuts to put pressure on Diem. U. S. Embassy officials de clined comment, but it was learned Diem's government has not been told of the reasons for the aid suspension. The commercial aid program helps support the Vietnamese cur rency. If It is suspended for a long period, the government will be forced to print more currency without reserve backing or dip into its own considerable foreign exchange reserves. Soviets Want U.S. Wheat ieadHy Flora veir 4, CDS)D1DS 10 b Haiti WASHINGTON (UPD The So viet Union, for the tnst time, has indicated to the United States government that it is interested in buying between $150 million and $200 million worth of wheat Informed sources said Monday night this apparently represented tlie first direct word from the Russians that they want to pur chase U.S. wheat. Previous Rus sian overtures have been made. through purchasing agents, to pri vate American w heat traders. High administration sources be lieve that a presidential decision on the sale may come within the next day or so or, by the latest, at the end of this week. The administration's failure thus far to obtain bipartisan con-1 gressional backing for the move plus a reluctance to appear to be chasing after the possibility of a Russian sale, were believed to be delaying President Kennedy's decision. If such is the case, the Rus sians have removed at least part of the roadblock by making the MIAMI lUPl) Hurricane Flora crossed Cuba today lor the third lime, heading for the Ba hamas and leaving a trail of de struction across three Caribbean islands which counted more than 4,100 dead The Weather Bureau urged emergency hurricane precautions be taken in the southeastern Ba hamas islands at once. It pre dicted tlie center of the deadliest storm in 63 years would cross Crooked Island a few hours later. Flora went on the prowl today after spending an unprecedented four days pounding Cuba where the death lull mounted to more than 100. It left the economy of Premier Fidel Castro's regime ecling and the government or dered tight new food rationing. The hurricane crossed into the Atlantic at 11 a.m. t,M near Cape Lucrecia, the Miami Weather Bureau said. Its center was located near latitude 21.1 north, longitude 75.7 west, or about 80 miles north-northwest of Guantanamo Bay. This was 440 miles southeast of Miami. The Weather Bureau said Flora would move generally toward the northeast at about 10 miles per hour during the day. A Cuban government broadcast monitored here said the town of Santa Cruz del Sur, on the south east coast of Camaguey Province! was being Hooded by ocean tidal waves. The broadcast said urgent help was needed. A tidal wave that crushed Santa Cruz dc Sur on Nov. 9, 1932 killed more than 3,000 persons Crop damage in Cuba was in The helicopters were unable to fly into easternmost Oriente Province, where damage was re ported worst, because of Flora's winds. A radio broadcast from Bay- amo. monitored In Miami, in formed Castro that 15 people had drowned in the town of Manzanil- lo but that the heaviest casual ties were believed in the western regions of Oriente. oitLantic 9cezrv , - v-A- ,- CUBA . ' . .; Ar . x. wZk rO & ; : HAITI K l7 1 v ' 1 4000 DEAD 1 . Caribbean Sea. DEATH PATH Dawdling Hurricane Flora, one of tho 20th Century's deadliest storms, raked battered Cuba again today with winds and floods after leaving a path of death and destruction in the Caribbean Sea. UPlTelephoto Helicopters To Survey Death, Damage In Haiti PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (UPD Tlie U.S. aircraft carrier Lake Champlain was to launch liclicoptcrs today to survey storm damage in southwestern Haiti,1 where Hurricane Flora killed an estimated 4,000 persons, Health Minister Girard Philip- peau said Monday more than the millions ol dollars. Fidel Cas-U.OOO bodies already have been! hrst official move toward a pos- to disclose the rommorcial aidlsible sae. United Fund Contributions Near One-Third Of Goal Shocking Strip MONGHIDORO, Italy . L'PIi Dante Mazzini, 31, was working on top of the local church steeple Monday night when a lightning bolt stripped off his clothes and melted his wristwatch but left him uninjured. Contributions to the United Fund after one week of campaign ing have l eached nearly one-third of the goal, drive chairmen were told Monday. Paul Meier, general campaign chairman, told the chairmen at noon luncheon meeting that contributions to date total $45, 380.17 31 per cent of the goal of $148,311. The pilot division campaign. which will end next week, has col lected $27,848.50, 81 per cent of its goal. Outside the pilot campaign me education division campaign among employes of public schools has collected the largest percent age. Teachers and other em- Dloves have contributed $8,402. la, 73 per cent ol their n,uuu goal, Running close Benind tne eou cation division is the special gifts division, which has collected $2,929, 68 per cent of its $4,300 goal. From that point, percentages droD down to the Kingsley rield division, whicn nas coueciea 473.05, 21 per cent of iu 7-000 coal. Olher divisions, their collections to date, and the percentages ol their goals lollow: Large Firms II, $887.72. 14 per cent; Large Firms I, $2,456.40, six per cent; Professional, $631, five per cent; Public Employes, $27, five per cent; Downtown I, $250, two per c;nt; Downtown II, $87, one per cent, and County (outside of Klamath Falls', $28, .04 per cent. The division chairmen discussed ways of speeding up the campaign and agreed that personal contact is the most effective method ol gaining contributions. Meier, reading statistics irom other United Fund campaigns across the nation, noted that Bir mingham, Ala., scene of recent racial unrest, this year is running seven per cent above collections in last year s campaign, despite unfavorable campaign conditions." It was reported that the local campaign is running just slightly above the drive last year at this lime. Valachi Life Threatened WASHINGTON lUPD-Under- world inlormer Joseph Valachi re sumed his tales to senators of crime's inner sanctum today un der increased protection of fed eral agents alter the FBI received anonymous threats on his life. Chief U. S. Marshal James Mc Shanc said telephone tips were received over the weekend warn ing that a bomb would he placed in the Senate hearing room and that several soclators would try to shoot Valachi. Consequently, McShane said "extra precautions" were taken to insure the safety of the talka live mobster-murderer. There have been reports thai underworld chiefs have placed a $100,000 price on Valaclii's head for breaking the Cnsa Nostra syn dicate's cxle of silence. tro assumed personal command of relief operations. The Miami Weather Bureau said the storm was centered mid way between Santiago and Camaguey. Havana Radio announced that all coffee distribution had been suspended in Havana because of losses to the coffee crop In Orr- ente Province. Meat rations were cut in half. and vegetable rations were re duced 60 per cent, the broadcast said. Haiti was devastated by tlie storm with an estimated one third of the Ncgio Republic's J million population affected. En tire villages were destroyed and crops were wiped out. An esti mated 2,000 bodies had been re covered on Haiti and officials es timated 4,000 persons in all had died on the island. Only a hurricane that claimed 6,000 lives in Galveston, Tex., in 1900 killed more persons in this part nf the world, according to U.S. Weather Bureau records. Since striking the eastern end of Cuba with 125 mile-an-hour winds last Friday, and then mak ing three slashes across the island to its present location, Flora's torrents and lethal winds also had taken a huge economic toll in devastated coffee, sugar and veg etable crops, livestock and buildings. Castro arrived Monday night in Camaguey, about 25 miles from the hurricane's center. He or dered helicopters put aboard So viet army trucks trying to get through on flooded roads to the hardest hit areas and begin re moval of stranded residents threatened with famine and the spread of disease. recovered. He estimated that the total death toll might run to twice that number. The city of Ansc A Vcau was! said to have been "wiped off the earth" by the storm, and only a! handful of its residents survived A number of nearby villages also were swept aay. Piiilappeau baid other coastal clues on the Tiburon Peninsula were 40 to 70 per cent destroyed. An estimated total of 1 million persons about a third of the peo ple of densely populated Haiti were affected by the hurricane. Crop damage was described as 'nearly total." The health minister said it probably will take two weeks to reestablish communication with isolated areas and complete a survey of tlie rugged terrain. A call has gone out for tetanus and typhoid vaccine to meet the threat of disease in devastated areas. Red Cross officials from Puerto Rico arrived Monday ' to discuss other needs. Ir Spokesmen for the Canadian owned Reynolds Bauxite Com pany said its mine at Miragoane suffered an estimated $! million damage. They said the mine will be closed down for at least three months. Kingsley Holds 2nd In Early Live Firing TYNDALL AFB - Kingsley Field was in second place today after tlie first round of competi tion in the William Tell missile firing competitions at this Air Force base, but despite its post in Ihe runnerup slot the Klamath Falls air fighter team was being tabbed as the unit most likely to capture the blue ribbon. This morning, lour KlOls of Kingsley Field blazed into the Florida skies at 9 o'clock and headed for their second target mission. Three rockets detonated in a valid high altitude area, but one aircraft, experiencing radar trouble, did not fire at the Fire Bee jet drone. Today s mission will probably not be scored until tomorrow. Yesterday's results of Kingsley'sl firing in the Air Force World-Wide lighter meet were announced this morning. Alter its lirst mission, a low lev el intercept, the 322nd scored 1450 points and is now officially second in competition. Firing a higher score was the 62nd Fighter Squad ron of K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan, which totaled 1550. Two other F101 units have not yet fired. Kingsley s chances for a first place trophy remained undimmed because the hardest mission, that of low level interception, is now behind it, Kingsley Field officers said. The 62nd Fighter Squadron, with its 1550, fired in an easier cate gory and still faces the sterner test of a low level flight. At this time, Kingsley s chances for a trophy look good, Lt. Tom Hanlin, Kingsley Field informa tion officer, has disclosed. The Tyndall AFB television sta tion has announced that the King sley team is the unit to beat. Portland's 460th Fighter Squadron . is trailing in fourth place in the F102 competition and will need good firing to earn a blue ribbon. Suit Adds Neiv Twist To Work Rules Dispute By DAN WALTERS j Seven local railroad firemen have added a twist to the work rules dispcte by suing the Broth erhood .of Locomotive Firemen and Engincmcn for more than $175,000 over work limits imposed by the union. The olaintifls are t. L. heck. B. L. Whitt. Roland D. Bechtold, Corman Smith. V. R. Dalton. James A. McClain, and C. 11. Skinner Jr. all firemen regular ly employed by Southern Pacific in the Klamath Falls-Crescent Lake subdivision. They specifically name in their separate suits Eugene Lynch, chairman of Lodge 542 of the brotherhood. Tlie seven suits were filed in Portland, hut a change of -venue has transferred them to Klamath County for trial, the date of w hich hasn't been set. The suits were filed June 25, 1962, and were transferred here last week. The point of contention is an agreement between Lodge 542 and Southern Pacific limiting (ire- men from working more than 3,800ied twice. their (air hare of the work. The agreement provides that a fireman who violates the rule by working more than 3.800 miles shall be suspended tuo days for eaVI). 100 miles he has ex ceeded tlie limit. The seven firemen charge that they were suspended for varying periods up to 49 days in 1961 and 1962 for exceeding the limit. One fireman charges he was snspend- miles in any month Union officials explained to a reporter that the limitation is de signed (o allow younger firemen without much seniority to get Each man is asking the wages he feels he lost during suspension. plus $25,000 each in punitive damages. toff Hmas official said the case's disposition will be watched throughout the nation as the ques tion of work limitations is de cided in court. In addition to this inter-union fracas, the firemen and their un ion have been involved in an ex tended dispute with the railroads themselves over the companies' work rules. Some railroads are seeking abolition of firemen alto gether in some instances. But in this local dispute, the firemen's ranks are broken as (hey settle a union question in court. The plaintiffs charge In their complaints that during March, Ap ril, May and June, 1061, 18 men were employed by Southern Pa cific as firemen in the Klamath Falls area, and further allege that all of tlie 18 exceeded the 3,800-mile work limit during those months. The firemen charge that follow ing these four months, Eugene Lynch, acting as chairman ol Lodge 542, caused Southern Pa- cilic to suspend eight firemen, seven of whom filed suits. Tlie seven said the suspensions came "discrlminatnrily, arbitrar ily, willfully, maliciously and with (Coethmd ea Page 4) ii m mi a iima'ja PARK DEVELOPMENT MILESTONE The first railroad car on the tracks of a recrea tional and historical train system being developed near Dunsmuir Is an executive coach donated by the Weyerhaeuser Lumber Company office in Klamath Fells. Awaiting its final journey for some months, the coach was taken from the Southern Pacific yards to the museum end perk site on Little Castle Creek this week through the courtesy of Maw key Transportation, Inc., Redding.