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con? o In The- Weather Day's lews Klamatr. Falls, Tulalaks and Lakavisw: Vanabla clwdmass and cool with a ft showars through Saturday. Lows tonight U to 4ft. high Saturday U to ii. South to southwest winds fiva to IS milas par hour. High vesttrday aa Low this morning as High year ago St Low yaar ago ja Procip. last 14 hours .07 Sinca Jan. 1 j a Sama pariod yaar ago u.sa Weather AGRICULTURAL FORECAST Unstttlod wtalhtr patttm tndkatas showtry, coot wtathar through woakand. Harvast outlook only fair through Sun day Mtommg good again tha first el lha waak. V,OT OHCLIBRARl USaSPAPER SECTlOi QU.Rtr.AND DOWIBNRO att lete By FRANK JENKINS The news today? It's VERY interesting. And, perhaps, very significant For example: Price Ten Cents 16 Pages KLAMATH FALLS. ORKliON. FRIDAY. OCTOIIKK 11, 1!HU Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 73!)9 Russian troops tins morning blocked ALL military and civilian traffic on the autobahn ( freeway between West Germany and West Berlin. During the recent negotia tions, this traffic has been entirely free and unimpeded. But a little before noon (Berlin time) this morning some 500 Soviet troops in Russian armored personnel car riers moved in and STOPPED all American traffic on the autobahn. Their excuse was that the U.S. had refused to accede to Soviet demands that our soldiers get out of their jeeps and trucks and stand meekly beside the highway while Soviet guards counted them to make sure we weren't sending in too many American troops. Our army officers said the Rus sians had no right tu do this and added that our soldiers could be conveniently counted IN THE VEHICLES, as has been the pro cedure hitherto. As this is writ ten, just what happened as a re sult of the demand isn't wholly clear. The Germans call the holdup the most serious incident since the Soviets built the Berlin wall. And- Krom "somewhere in the Soviet Union" there comes a message from Kroosh to the effect that Hip Ir-sl linn Irpalv "rlium nnt rtf itself solve the main interna-! tional problem of our epoch and does not eliminate danger." He adds: "Now it is necessary ... to dovolnn the success achieved ctii t ft-tjTuvu i- 1,1-1. for the settlement of OTHERlslcy Field has moved up from third;"'"11 the In''om" Tax l,roPosal RIPE INTERNATIONAL ISSUES Among these is a non-aggression, treaty between our North Allan-1 tic Trealv Organization (NATO) and its Communist counterpart, This we have so far refused to! do. Kroosh is apparently demand-1 nig now that we DO IT. Wlnt "ives ' Well, Kroosh has his test ban treaty. He has his wheat deal. The world apparently looks rosy to him this morning. So- He's crowding his luck. He's stopping our convoys again on the Berlin autobahn. He's reviving his demand that we must GET OUT of Berlin. What's happened to Kroosh? Well, some four centuries aco Francois Rabelais wrote this little, er points are earned if the drone Cnuplet: - lis knocked down by any of the "The Devil w as sick the Devil j remaining members of the squad- a monk won rl he: "The Devil was well the Devil a monk was he!" It rather looks Ihis morning like Kroosh. with the test ban treaty under his belt and his deal for will lie set later. The winning: wheal enoimh to kceD his oeonlclfichtcr smiadron will be an- fed coin? alone rather nicelv.lnounced when the tournament feels that he is WELL AGAIN, lends Monday. Oct. 24. Candidates Warned Against Ignoring West EUGENE, Ore. (UPP Oregonl Gov. Mark Hatfield warned po- and distance." j Whether or not this is or is not desirable is something that each tential I9M Republican presiden- Hatfield spoke particularly ofivotor must ask himself. tial nominees today not to ignore Oregon's May 14 primary, the I The fact remains that a "no" vole on October 15 will result in the West. j West's first, and predicted the some cuts in just about all phases of the state structure, with sizeable Backers of two front-runners j candidate who wins his stale will culs eoniing in the fields of education and public welfare. Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwaleii gain the "momentum" to carry! me nave asked, "If this measure is defeated, will it mean and New York Gov. Nelson California's June primary and thcihiSncr prope'y taxes to support schools?" Rockctellor-indicated they had national convention at San Fran-! BV ,llis' il is presumed that a "no" vole will bring a move by no intention of doing so. Icisco. j the legislature to reduce the basic school support by up to as much The vouthful governor, often Of Oregon's primary, he said: :as $'5 mill,on- , , ,. , , . .... -Li. ..n "it ..ill -. If this is done, scnoo s wood lien nave severa a tern.it ives kevnoted he session of a Although he mentioned only ; lhtv cann,t wi,h'"" - vote f the people, dn Klamath , Sav csYer n Republican Goldwa.er and Rockeleller aJCount' a" 5tho'ls alc nPora"nR oulslde ,he s'x ''r already., ConTcreme .4 es."mS 1. J "prominently mentioned " polen-l coupled with what surplus they would accumulate isn't, delcaales from 13 Mates weicjt'al Republican nominees. H,-,t-!cn0"Sh- "n then cither trim expenses to meet the money avail- icicta cs iron. ' . 1 .. able or issue warrants for the deficit on this budget and nay these' p ,! He appealed lor i.oiawa er ano, Rockefeller. ho will be here person Saturday. 10 cnier csi- ern primary elections and sain ne wou'd welcome "would-be dark j Bonn Chief Quits Post 1 BONN i UPI 'Chancellor Kon- rad Adenauer, lor 14 years head of til West German government, today formally tendered his rcs - icnation to President Heinnch; remain so. Loebke. i Reiterating that he expected Adenauer, 87. traveled f r n m, Rockefeller to be a candidate for his chancellory to tlie presiden-! president and to enter both the tial palace next door at mid- early New Hampshire and late morning to report to Luebke onje a 1 i f o r n i a primaries, Hin tiis trip to Berlin Thursday andman said: to hand in his resignation. I "It will be a hard fight in hold Photographers called on short! but I think he enn carry them." finlice tviok pictures of Adenauer! He said the New York governor ksndiri While a lane while V)vm.. (il bill hour later vtr rnratt M lis envelope! tfPBX't resignation, j Mint r n-fW MWifm t .- , A Kr , j - lit &&&&l Local Pilots fnto?ss7ofBig Property Tax TVNDALL AFB, Fla. The 322nd Fishier Squadron of Kina to first place in the worldwide mjssic fjrig competitions, but a b of othcr lrons which . havc Par''Patcd 'ess events than the leaders may overtake them following events slated later today. The Kingsley Field team of four iMiif-sn-j i "-iu ".am mui K101 Voodoo fighters moved into! the lead yesterday evening fol lowing a night mission in which lead pilot Capt. George C"'avs hit his drone target and scored the maximum number of points lor his squadron. The team of four jet intercep tors, pursues ils drone target and each pilot fires at it if the fight er in tront ol mm misses nis 'mark. A maximum number of points goes to the team if the lead pilot aestroys the target: few - iion. Two more events are slated for the Kingsley Field unit, including a weapons loading competition which started at 10 a.m. today and a high altitude flight which horses to try the track for limc'would mean a severe cut in slate nnhlic tnrm" immm vi.. d,. " . ! R'Charl .N'Xn' . ,I,C i siur s un5uccessiu inmi nominee. : - - v - - d"la,e for tnc nomination. Supporters of Rockefeller and Goldwater arrived at this college itown. population 50.000. to push I for their candidates, although nei jther has formally announced he George Hmman. New York na- tinn.il riimmit Irvmnn flnvnlw ac. isociated with Hockefellcr, told newsmen Thursday night that "responsible leadership" of the I prty was uncommitted lo a ores m.ai nominee and intended to had received extremely warm responses to p r s o n a I (Cootumsr) o Tifff, f State Cannot Lew By FLOYD Editor's Note This is another We have discussed the tax measure itself and its provisions, as well as delving into possible alternatives that the governor or the legislature could and might take if the proposal is defeated by the voters on October 15. There are some questions yet that do require clarification, however. First of all, it is being asked, property tax in the event the bill . r , - ; The law now specifically provides that the stale can levy a; pmpvi.jr in. uiujr iu uiiBCL nit iiinjjcii duu iiiiuiuM costs un certain general obligation bonds. j til tllf rat nf llm lOKI.IU nnrinrl llio ..hliofllinn imnlc K.-inoln-.l and interest total amounts to $3.6 of Finance and Administration determined last (all that there were! sufficient funds on hand to offset this expense and did not levy a r r property tax. rarty5eeks At one time the state did have the authority to levy a property! ' tax in the event it had a budget deficit. Ui i In 1957, the amount that could be levied by the slate in properly ;fw GjHf L6uU6f taxes was limited to bonded debt. In 1961, Chapter 590 changed an( collected to the amount needed for bonded debt if other reve- nues uere not sufficient. So. clearly, the state cannot automatically invoke a statewide properly tax to make up the $(14 million deficit in the event the people turn down the tax proposal. Another question asked is: "If the legislature is convened in spe cial session, can it be limited to considering only ways and means of balancing the budget?" The answer is no. It cannot lie held to just balancing the budget, unless some sort of a I ;.. ..K.t , ...... 1 ,,,',,, , The suggestion has been put forward, and has a great deal of ,mcrit' thal " il becomes necessary, the legislature should be called back into session, and only - Ways and Means, be activated. These two groups'could be set up into two joint Senate-House committees. I The balance of Ihe legislature could ho. sent home, to be re convened when the two joint committees come up with some concrete ! answers lo the problems. This would hold any special legislative session lo a minimum cost and would reduce the possibility of it debating other matters. Still another question being asked is. "If this measure is de feated, will it mean that state services as well as education will ibe cut back?" The answer is vcs. If the budget is to be cut Sd4 million, it !off with funds ttom the next budget. In Klamath County, in cither case, the people would have the final .v on v increase in nmnerfv nw, 'incUv , mr.nl w, h,w,l !npp(is ' ' Next Uhnt about (hp av tax New Tax Forms Initiated WASHINGTON i UPI i The Internal Revenue Service is try ing a dc system lo make it eas ier for taxpayers to fill out their income tax returns. Some taxpayers won't have lo !' anout P,u,ln ,nc'r. nam addresses or social security nunv bers on tlie tax forms this year. Caroljna iSnulh Carohna- MlsMs. IRS Commissioner Mortimer M.iippji Florida, and Tennessee. Caplin made public Thursday thC The commissioner said the WW new form 1040 that will be sent tax form has a few othcr changes to the taxpayer wilh his name, j but most of them are minor. One address and Social Security num ber already filled in. Tlie klea is to cut down on mis takes through the aid of automat ic elllllll--ll. 7HIV'M nOllirciO, apirfar-jscicntuicany aiiunen to u spc cial ink, will be able to read pin name electronically and rc - L. WYNNE in a series of articles dealing be xotrd m clnh" n- "Can the slate levy a slatewide is defeated?" million. However, the nenartmont i the amount that could be levied unanimous gentleman's agreement A the two committees. Taxation and services and in education levels ' ' " or a cigarrUt (ax? cord receipt of tlie form. Caplin said the new pre-ad-dressed forms, to be mailed later this year, will be used only in the seven-stale Atlanta IRS district Eventually, they will be extend ed to the ether states. Test KtAlr fnr thdt nu ti-.tnm , te (;pnrI!ia. Alrm North revision involves the switching ol columns for reporting wages and tax withheld. Caplin said it took two yours for this chajigc to evolve. He in dicated it would make it a little - easier for the taxpayer to add up the -lumns. Civil War Breaks Out In Algeria PARIS (UPI) - Civil warfare has broken out in Algeria, accord ing to authoritative reports reach ing 'Paris tonight. Fighting was reported in at least three places in the Kahvlia Mountains but there was no im mediate estimate of casualties. Fighting broke out, according to the reports, follow ing a call by rebel leader Hocine Ait Ahmed at his stronghold near Fort Na tional to his troops to launch the battle against the forces of Presi dent Ben Bella. "We are not alone. Our troops have attacked at Medea," he told his followers. Reports reaching Paris from the Kabylia region said the shoot ing began 10 a.m. (5 a.m. EDT although some liring by govern ment troops during the night w as mentioned in other unconfirmed reports. Ait Ahmed, co-prisoner of the French with Ben Bella during the seven-year Algerian war. broke with the president after Algerian independence. The reports said he gave the or der today for the struggle against Ben Bella's regime to be gin all over the rebel-held terri torv. The government today banned private telephone communication between pro-rebel centers like Fort National and Michelet with the rest of Algeria. Ben Bella's regime faced new border claims bv Morocco on the vest and the defiance of the Ber- &er rebels in the east as tension mounted , ,i,P growing domestic -mrt mlfll.n.,lmnnl -riv...- In England BLACKPOOL, England UPI ' The Conservative partv sought a new leader today to replace Prime Minister Harold Macmil lan, who announced Thursday that he will resign. Acting Prime Min ister R. A. Butler and Science Minister Lord Ilailsham were the favorites. Macmillan's announcem c n t stunned the party convention, Reeling in this seaside resort to work out a campaign program for the general elections it must fight against Labor in the next 12! months. Butler, who nearly became prime minister in 1K57, when Mac millan was chosen by the party lo replace Anthony Eden, was considered the top contender. As deputy premier, he is in charge of the government while Macmil lan recuperates from the prostate gland operation that forced h i s decision to quit. But ll.iil.sham. the disheveled, shaggy orator with a vast follow ing among the party rank and file, made a determined hid for the post Thursday night by an nouncing he would give up his peerage and seek election in the Hou-e of Commons The premiership in this century a"d HaiUham. who will be known once again as Mr. Qmn.in Hogg had to resigr .from the House ol lds to be eliible His announcement, however. - was a sensation at the party con lerence, which had given Hail sham a stormy ovation on his ar rival here Wednesday. "He has split the parly right down tlie middle," one oflicial said "There's no certainly now what will happen." ! "Tlie knives arc out," headlinesj Ihe pro-labor Indon Daily Her-! aid. I Shooting Hours OREGON Ortoher 12 and 13 OPEN CLOSE 6:45 a.m. S:40 p.m. CALIFORNIA October 12 and H OCCN CLOU 6:44 aa. Oil oviet Toi BERLIN I UPI i Soviet troops mounted a major threat to the Allies' single highway link be tween this isolated city and West Germany today. The United Slates immediately protcstel to the So viet Union. A U.S. Army convoy was being held at the Soviets' Babelslierg checkpoint at the West Berlin end Explanation Demanded From Soviet WASHINGTON iL'PH - The United States today made a pro test "in strong terms" to the So viet Union against the blocking of American military traffic to and from West Berlin. Secretary of State Dean Rusk summoned Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrvnin to his office to express the U.S. objection. Officials said Rusk demanded an explanation. Dobrynin prom ised to consult Moscow. Also emphasizing the seriousness of the situation senior diplomats of the United States, Britain, France and West Germany gath ered at the State Dcparment to confer on the matter. This most tense US-Soviet controversy in several months was raised Thursday night bv President Kennedy with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromy ko during their two-hour White House conference, it was dis closed today. Officials said Gromyko. when asked by Kennedy why the Rus sians Held up U.S. military convoys, replied that he did not know the facts about the incident but would endeavor to lind out.'t.ints. I hen the water burst over a : . uv-grfJWWgf illlll Ml iaMsssssssMssssssjsssM St " CHRISTMAS PARADE PLANS Using a world globe lo symbolize Ihe theme of fhe 1963 Christmas Parade, "Christmas For Everyone, Everywhere," are the members of this year's steerlnq committee. Seated are Rev. Warren Pochman, Hope Lutheran Church, and Mrs. George Shaffer, Second Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Loiter - day Saints, Standing, from left, Rev. Robert Greene, St. Paul's Episcopal Church; Rev. George Murphy, St. Pius X Catholic Church, and Rev. Richard Stanford, Suburban aHeighti Baptist Church. Sponsored by the Herald and Nows, the third annual religious-thomed parade will be a Dec, 7 event in downtown Klamath Palls. Church Leaders Ready Plans For Annual Christmas Parade Ily .ll'NK JOHNSON At this time of the year, few Itenplc have made plans for the Christmas season, but the area's church leaders have been consid ering one aspect of the local Christmas observance for three weeks. The third annual Christmas Pa rade, sKinsnrcd by the Herald and News, was discussed at general mceling attended by min - isiers a"ryiaynK'n on hept. 2o and details were finalized by the HKi'l steering committee on Tuesday. Tlie parade w as initiated in lntil lo emphasize the religious signifi cance of the holiday. With entries limited lo Klamath Basin churchmeeting, the ateering committee groups, It is completely separat ed from Christmas commercial promotions and activities, ty.-lfOcbM xt0'fry la- 47, ifj, Troops Block erlin; Convoys of the llli-mile autobahn throughivov moved down to the autobahn East Germany. It w as the second time one of the convoys had lieen held up in 24 hours. Another U.S. Army con - Workers Seek Victims' Bodies BELL-UNO, Italy lUPD - Res-, cue workers searched through 25 miles of mud today for the thous-i ands of bodies believed buried in "one huge coffin" by a speeding! wave of water ind debris. An estimated 4.0(10 persons were killed lale Wednesday night when a landslide plunged into the Vajont Dam reservoir, sending millions of tons of water cascad ing over Ihe lip of the 875-foot dam in a 300-foot vmll of water that crushed everything in its path. In four minutes of death, the tranquil Piave River gorge was transformed into a 25-mile valley of death. Nearly a dozen villages and towns above and below the dam, one of the world's highest, were wi)ed out. Where once houses and churches stood, today there was nothing. Shortly after midnight today, bodies had been recovered. Work ers doubted they would find any more survivors. Fnee Grim Task The rescuers had another grim task. The water swept a number of green containers of deadly po tassium eyailide down tlic river valley. The cyanide could poison Ihe river and kill anyone who drinks the water. Longarone, the largest town hit by the flood, had 4.700 inhabi 2 p.m., this year's parade will fea - lure two additional revolving tro- phies and rash awards for the first, second, and third placclnnd Mrs. (lenrgo Shaffer, Second finals. In Ihe past, religious or ganizations have voted to do nate tlie $200 cash prize to a charily selected by t lie steering committee. The five mcmlier steering com- aimitlee has selected "Christmas 'Kor Kveryone. Kverywherc" the general paiadc theme to allow participants a broader range of subjects for individual float themes, again fixing a maximum of In be sent fnr materials. Elected at the first general is composed of Rev". Warren Pechman, Hope Lutheran Churchi Rev. Robert Greene, St. Paul's Episcopal Church; Rey, George and joined it. I The Soviets also partially I blocked the autobahn between lBabelsborg and the' West Berlin the edge of the dam and wiped out the town in a few seconds of terror. The wall of water did ils work wilh terrible thoroughness. Of the 4,700 residents of Longarone, of ficials estimated 3,200 died. They said 9!) per cent ot the people in Pirago and Fae villages of less than 21X1 inhabitants each were killed. Castellavazzo, a village of about the same size, lost 50 per cent of its people. The flood was a freak. The mountains on cither side of the mile-long reservoir rumbled and collapsed in a massive landslide Slonc In Teacup is the millions of tons of rock and dirt slid into the lake ils waters reacted as If a stone had been dropped into a brimming teacup. They splashed over the edge ot the dam tlie third highest con crete dam in the world. The 300 foot high wall of water built up speed as it rushed down the ocky gorge and then spread mit wilh tremendous force as ill .n.,MiiJ .nf rinlit nnnlra Irttrtl B,,u..u Mv,. u. ..ft... ..0 "'" cne nave ruver vim,. Today the populace remained dazed by the tragedy, includingi even those persons who had seen dozens or hundreds of bodies crushed by the wall of water, or heard the terrifying roar that pre ceded lis arrival. iMurphy. St. PSin X Catholic Church; Rev. Richard Stanford, Suburban Heights Baptist Church: Ward, Church of Jesus Chris' of Latter-day Saints, with June John son as the Herald and News repre sc illative. Allowing approximately VM) for the purchase of Ihe two added 1 trophies, the cash prizes were asjroiighly set at tfio for first place, $,V) second, and W third. The committee also stipulated that the recipients must use the award money for a charitable activity of their choice w ithin the commu nity. Improvements to the forthcom ing parade Include a revised sys tem of Judging and a new meth (Continued en Page 4-A) Entry Stallei crossing point a mile away with more than a dozen armored per sonnel carriers. Each side increased pressure on the other with aerial recon naissance flights over the other's checkpoint, using helicopters, ar tillery spotter planes, transports and a single Soviet jctfighter. U.S. Berlin commandant Ma, Gen. James II. Polk met with the British and French commandants for an hour and three-quarters to discuss the lense situation. They "will continue to keep it under review," an official spokes man said. Rusk Makes Protest In Washington, Secretary of State Dean Rusk protested to So viet Ambassador Anatoly F. Do brynin against the Soviet actions, showing the United States views the situation with gravity. The crisis escalated rapidly from a relatively commonplace disagreement between a Soviet control officer and a U.S. convoy commander Thursday. The Soviet control officer de manded the U. S. commander order his men to dismount and line up at the side of the road to be counted. The commander, as the U.S. Army claims is its four - power right, refused. The Soviets held the convoy and another which arrived shortly afterward on its way to West Germany for more than 15 hours, before letting them proceed at midnight. A third convoy was held up for nearly five hours. Civilian traffic between West Berlin and West Germany was allowed to move over the auto bahn with little difficulty. But Ihe Russians said the per , . .. .. . sonnet carriers wouia continue to mock th- autobahn until the new East-West controversy is settled. Condemo Blockage The Armv condemned the block ing of traffic as "a wholly uni lateral act of the Soviets." Diplomats felt the stopping may have been intended as a probe of Western intentions following the nuclear test ban treaty and tlie general relaxation of tensions in the cold war. Nikifa Urges Withdrawal From Berlin MOSCOW (UPI) - rremier Ni- kita S. Khrushchev has saluted tlie signing of the nuclear test ban treaty and called for solving other ripe international issues. He implied that one solution would be the withdrawal of West ern troops from Berlin. Khrushcliev s comments came in a special message, released here Thursday night, to President Kennedy and British Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan, Observ ers noled it was released at al most the same time Soviet For eign Minister Anrircl Gromyko was meeting with President Ken nedy In Washington. The message also came while Soviet officers were holding up an American Army troop convoy for 15 hours on tlie tast Ger man autobahn between West Ger many and West Berlin. It was the longest delay of tins nature since tlie Communists built the Berlin wall. Khrushchev called for the "liq uidation of the vestiges of the Second World War." This is the phrase usually used by the Rus sian when they attack the con tinued Western troops presence in West Berlin. The Soviets claim that East Germany is sovereign and that the West no longer has occupa tion rights in West Berlin, lo cated 110 miles behind the East German frontier. Poor Show, Quiet Thief KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPD Mrs. Yetta Ciarllnsky stretched out on her couch Wednesday night to watch the late show on television. It ap parently did not hold her in terest, She awoke Thursday to find her TV set had been stolen.