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By FRANK JENKINS
From Salem this morning:
Oregon's voters will decide to
morrow if they want higher in
come taxes to maintain present
state services,. or if they want
the state budget reduced.
The measure on the special
election ballot would provide $60
million in additional revenues to
sustain a $404 million general
fund budget. It was passed by
the 1963 legislature and then re
ferred to the people by petition.
What will happen tomorrow?
Well, the general expectation
, is that the tax bill wil) be de-
feated.
I The Salem dispatch already
quoted adds that even the sup
porters of the increase admit
; that they have little hope of suc
, cess. Talking to people and
reading taxpayer letters in the
newspapers confirms that im
pression. That prompts this question:
If the tax bill is defeated,
; WHY will it be defeated?
The answer seems to be that
people are getting fed up with
taxes. The tax burden is get-
ting heavy.
That prompts another ques
tion: WHY is the tax burden so
: heavy?
Here are some interesting fig
: ures:
According to Tax Foundation,
' Inc., OREGON'S share of the
record J98.8 BILLION federal
' budget for the federal fiscal
year 1964' will be $899 M I L-
LION.
That huge sum will be paid
' by Oregon taxpayers IN ADDI
TION to their state and local
taxes. ;
Tax Foundation estimates that
Oregon's per capita share of the
federal budget for 1964 will be
$482.
'"-Which is to say
The federal taxes paid by Ore
gonians comes to more than the
total of Oregon state taxes paid
, by them.
That's the BIG reason why
the tax burden is getting to be
almost unbearably heavy.
How lo vote tomorrow?
The answer is simple:
VOTE YOUR CONVICTIONS.
When you enter the voting
booth, it will be up to YOU.
Vote the way you feel about it
all.
ARRIVE FOR COUNCIL
MOSCOW (UPD Leading
Communist economic specialists
arrived in Moscow today for
the ninth executive session of
Comecon, the Soviet bloc coun
cil for mutual economic assist
ance. The Soviet news agency Tass
said the session, opening Tues
day, will "review a number of
important questions concerning
economic and scientific-technical
cooperation among the socialist
i countries."
POLLING PLACES
SPECLU, ELECTION OCT. 15, 1963 COUNTY
PRECINCTS LOCATION ADDRESS
Algnma John Taylor Home R-3 Box 1307 I
North Altamonl Altamont Elementary School
South Altamont Stearns School 3641 Crest
Beatty Assembly ol God Church Beatly
nly Schoolhouse Bly
Chemult Hotel Chrmult
East Chlloquin City Library Chiloquln
West Chiloquln Alary Wright House Chiloquln
Crescent Lake J. V. Acuff Store Crescent Lake
Dairy John L'rbach Home Dairy
North Enterprise First Church of God Altamont Drive
South Enterprise Clarence Cornctt Home 2942 Laverne
Gilchrist Recreation Hall Gilchrist
East Homedale Twyla Ferguson School Delaware Ave.
Xorth Homedale Suburban Fire Depl.
South Homedale Peterson School
Klamath Lake Grange Building
Lakeshore Kit Johnson Home 1341 Lakeshore
Langell Valley Grange Hall Langell Valley
I.OTt River Library Bonanza
East Malin Broadway Hall Malin
West Malin Malin Community Hall Malin
East Merrill Moose Hall Merrill
West Merrill Odd Fellows Hall Merrill
Midland New Midland Grange Hall Old Road
Modoc Mrs. William Helm Modoc Point
Mt. LakI Grange Hall Ml. LakI
Odcll Guddat P.O. Bldg. Crescent
Orlndale DeLuxe Motel Cabin 7 Greensprlngs Drive
OVS Student I'nlon Parlor Oretech
Pelican Bar Pelican School
Pine Grove Olrne Grange Hall Olene
Plevna Schoolhouse Keno
Poe Valley Grange Hall I
Mhasta Bible Baptist Church 2244 Wiard !
Fast Shasta Shasta School
North Shasta Shasta School Commaaity Hall
South Shasta Peace Memorial Church 4431 South (Ih St.
West Shasta S. Barnes Residence 4243 Shasta Way
Sprague River Schoolhouse Sprague River
.stewart-Lenoi Fairharrn School Junction
Wood Rer t. Clubhouse Ft, Klamath
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Weather
Klamath Falls, Tultlak and Lake
vitw Cloudy with shOwtrs through
Tuesday- Gutty southerly winds, tows
toniflht mar 40. Highs Tuasday tl lo
7.
High yesterday
Low this morning
High year ago
Low year ago
Prtcip. last 34 hours
Since Jan. 1
Same period year ago
49
x 7.07
14.54
Mme., Nhu
Raps U.S.
liberalism'
NEW YORK (UPD - Mme.
Ngo Dinli Nhu, defending the
policies of her family in South
Viet Nam, has charged that the
Kennedy administration ap
parently "is following the new
fashion of liberalism which is
much closer to communism than
we are."
Mme. Nhu, speaking . in a
television interview Sunday,
said she was led to this con
clusion by recent trends in Unit
ed States policies in her trou
bled country.
She appeared on NBC's Meet
the Press.
In fact, she blamed the pres
ent tension between the regime
of her brother-in-law, Vietna
mese President Ngo Dinh Diem,
and the U. S. government on
the fact that "we are more
strongly anti - Communist than
you are."
Mme. Nhu, 38, began the sec
ond week of her U. S. lecture
lour today with three sched
uled appearances. She was to
have lunch at the New York
Times and later fly to Boston
for talks at Radcliffe College
and Harvard University in Cam
bridge. During the television Inter
view, she accused U, S. govern
ment agents of making "unoffi
cial" requests to Diem that she
be exiled from South Viet Nam.
Local Team
Places 2nd
' TYNDALL AFB, FJa.-Kings-lcy
Field has placed second be
hind Wurtsmith Air Force Base,
Mich., in the F101 1963 Air
Force fighter-interceptor wea
pons meet, according to final
tabulations of the missile firing
competitions which started here
Oct. 7 and ended today.
The four competing F10I units
finished with the following
scores:
Wurtsmith AFB. 6,872: Kings
ley Field, 6,499: K. I. Sawyer,
Mich., 4.501; Glasgow, Mont.,
4,395.
Lt. Gen. Herbert Thatcher,
commander of the Air Defense
Command, praised the squad
rons which competed in the Wil
liam Tell meet and remarked,
"the winners of the competition
this year were the ones who had
the best advantage and the best
luck during the one week of
competition."
A spokesman for the Kingsley
Field unit said that even the
teams placing lowest are capa
ble of handling their missions,
for the squadrons which com
peted are among the finest in
the world, it was said.
Price Ten Cents 14 Pages
SOP Popularity
Goldwater
To Debate
EUGENE (UPD - Western
Republicans today pondered the
outcome of a one-day popularity
contest between the two leading
contenders for the lop GOP po
litical prize of 1964 the presi
dential nomination.
The two front-runners Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller of New
York and Sen. Barry Goldwater,
R-Ariz. missed a face-to-face
confrontation at a weekend
Western Republican Conference
by 45 minutes.
But, for the first time since
their unofficial campaigns were
launched, they spoke to com
paratively similar audiences on
Castro Sets
Cuban Toll
Over 7,000
HAVANA (UPD Premier
Fidel Caslro announced over
the weekend that Hurricane
Flora killed more than 1,000 Cu
bans and caused damage esti
mated at hundreds of millions
of dollars.
In a communique published
here, Castro charged that "en
emies of the people" are rejoic
ing at the plight of tens of thoif!
sands of peasants left homeless
and destitute by the disaster.
He promised government help
to hurricane victims and 6aid
his regime will rebuild every
thing that was destroyed during
the five days the hurricane
lashed Cuba. '
Castro, who returned Satur
day from a tour of the disaster
area, said central Oriente Prov
ince was flooded over a zone 25
to 50 miles wide. He said flood
waters rose suddenly to unprec
edented heights, bringing devas
tation and death to entire com
munities. "Indescribable . . . suffering
took place." Castro said. "En
tire families sought refuge
in trees or on the roofs of
houses where they were not to
tally covered. Others perished.
"Thousands of houses were de
stroyed. Tens of thousands of
families of peasants and farm
workers lost all their belong
ings, including crops."
Shooting Hours
OREGON
October 15
OPEN CLOSE
6:50 a.m. 6:30 p.m.
CALIFORNIA
October 15
OPEN CLOSE
6:44 a.m. 6:31 p.m.
GOLDWATER GREETED
when he arrived in Eugene
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON,
Rejects Bid
Party Line
the same
place.
day
the same
Rockefeller picked the confer
ence to challenge Goldwater to
a series of debates on the
"vital issues" of next year's
political campaign.
Proposal Rejected
Goldwater, after first appear
ing to grant a provisional ac
ceptance, then rejected Rocke
feller's proposal outright.
But both agreed on this:
Former Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, who lost in a bid for
the presidency by 119,000 votes
in 1960, is trying to get a second
chance against President Ken
nedy. Republicans from 13 western
states, including Alaska and
Hawaii, attended the three day
conference, starting Friday and
ending Sunday.
There appeared to be no gen
eral consensus on who won the
popularity contest. Rockefeller
addressed 7,500 listeners at one
public session a noon appear
ance at the 10.000 capacity Mc
Artliur Court. Goldwater, who
spoke in the same place s i x
hours later, had an audience
estimated at 8,5001,000 more
but the hour was to his ad
vantage. He spoke informally
with another group later at the
Lane County Fairgrounds.
Both sides claimed victory.
Hatfield Comments
But Oregon Gov. Mark Hat
field, often mentioned as a vice
presidential possibility, said
Rockefeller "regained some of
his lost ground."
He said Goldwater "remained
strong in Oregon with avid fol
lowers." "There was no dark horse
talk," he added. "The Nixon
references evoked no response
but he remained a distinct dead
lock possibility. It appears to
me this was the dress rehear
sal." In a 45-minute session with
only a handful of delegates be
fore adjourning the conference
Sunday the Republicans adopted
a scries of resolutions attacking
the Kennedy administration's
domestic and foreign policies.
They included a compromise
civil rights resolution condemn
ing "exploitation of individual
human dignity for political pur
poses" an apparent reference
to Kennedy's civil rights pro
gram. Another resolution urged Con
gress to pass a federal income
tax reduction combined with a
limit on redcral expenditures.
A third resolution called for
action by the state to provide
equal educational opportunities.
If they do not, the resolution
said, they face "the inevitable
pressure for federal aid."
The conference lashed out at
Kennedy's policies in Latin
America and accused the ad
ministration of mishandling for
eign affairs in Cuba and South
Vict Nam.
J. Edmund Converse, Nevada
national committeeman, was
elected chainrian for the 1965
convention, set for Albuquer
que, N.M.
T"CWI' . ' I .
Nl fl' 1; ; Ur I
vMtUUrm.
Barry Goldwater of Anion received a warm welcome
Saturday eveninq for the Western Republican Conference.
UPI Telephoto
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1963
Contest
J&i:. .N ,SltfV
NOT MUCH LEFT Survivors search for belongings at what was the town of Longa
rone, Italy, after Vajont Dam flood reduced their homes to rubble. With a death toll
in the thousands from this tragedy, conflicting reports today indicated new I a n d
slides might cause more devastation in the area. UPI Telephoto
Con flitting Slide Reports
Result In Fear, Confusion
BELLUNO, Italy (UPI)
conflicting reports of a new
landslide behind the Vajont
Dam today created fear and
confusion among rescue work
ers and survivors of last week's
flood disaster.
Although OsvaIdo'Marlinelll,
deputy mayor' of the vacated
village of Erto, had warned
over an amplifying system that
another slide was coming, other
authorities at Bclluno said
there was no danger.
A UPI reporter who flew
over the area in a U.S. Army
helicopter said he could see a
constant movement of rocks
down the side of the mountain
but that it was impossible to
tell from the air whether there
was any large-scale landslide
under way.
The warning early today was
that another slide was moving
down Mount Toe at the rate of
a foot an hour and that if it
hit the water remaining in the
Politicians Continue To
On Possible Candidacy
WASHINGTON (UPD-Wcck-end
political developments in
creased speculation today over
whether Richard M. Nixon is a
candidate for the 19B4 Republi
can presidential nomination.
Nixon, who lost a close race
lo John F. Kennedy in 1960,
said in Hcrshcy, Pa., Saturday
that he could not conceive of
himself as the GOP nominee
again next year.
But the top contenders for the
Republican nomination said
they believed Nixon was a can-
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Ends In
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upper part of the Vajont Dam
reservoir it might cause a
backlash wave similar to that
which roared into the sleeping
valley below the dam last
Wednesday. Later, other au
thorities denied that a new
slide had started..
An estimated 2,500 persons
died in last week's disaster.
Originally, officials had be
lieved the death toll might run
as high as 4,000, but it turned
out that many of the listed in
habitants in the villages were
in other countries as migrant
workers at the time.
When the original landslide,
estimated at half a billion
cubic meters, hit on Wednes
day, it virtually cut the reser
voir in two. Some of the water
still is backed up behind the
dam, but another lake has been
formed behind the natural dam
of the landslide. The lakes are
at two different levels.
If a new landslide came
didalc, and political observers
here refused to rule the former
vice president out of the pic
ture.
The discussion of Nixon's fu
ture shared top billing over the
weekend with a new exchange
between Gov. Nelson A. Rocke
feller of New York and Sen.
Barry Goldwater of Arizona,
both unannounced candidates
for the Republican nomination.
Rockefeller, In a speech to
the Western Republican Confer
ence at Eugene, Ore., chal
lenged Goldwater to a series of
debates "to sharpen Interest in
the Republican party and what
it ttands for."
Nothing To Re Gained
Goldwater, replying at a news
conference at Eugene a few
hours later, said that he saw
"absolutely nothing to be
gained by the proposal." He
said such debates might "tend
to add to what little division
there is in the Republican
party."
Regardless of their differ
ences about a debate, Rockefel
ler and Goldwater agreed in
their belief that Nixon still re
mains very much in the presi
dential picture.
Rockefeller said, "I think he's
n candidate. He has been mak
ing consistent comments on in
ternational affairs and taking a
greater part In national and
party affairs. He sounds like a
candidate."
Goldwater said he had
thought all along that Nixon
was in the running for the GOP
nomination. Goldwater said that
"any man who lost the presi
Weather
AGRICULTURAL FORICAST
Harvest outlook only fair this week
with showers through Tuesday and
again later In week. Abovo normal
temperatures.
Draw
down, it would hit the second
and higher lake. Its waters
could be pushed backwards
and could hit the towns of Cas
so and Erto, already partly
destroyed by the tidal wave
backlash of the original elide.
No special precautions were
being taken in the iPiave Valley
below the dam, where Kalian
troops are clearing away the
wreckage left by last week's dis
astrous flood.
Some villages above the dam
were partially destroyed by me
flood. They have officially been
vacated, but a number of peo
ple are camping out in the near
by woods while they try to sal
vage belongings from their
homes
An investigating committee,
whose members were assailed
as "murderers" on their arrival
here Sunday, convened today to
try to determine the cause of
the disaster that killed an esti
mated 2,260 persons last week.
Speculate
Of Nixon
dency by a fraction, of a per
centage point" should be con
sidered a possible contender.
Political observers here felt
that it still was too early to as
sess Nixon's Impact on the 1964
presidential race. They said it
would depend on whether the
Goldwater boom continues.
May Turn To Nixon
If a deadlock should develop
at the GOP convention and
Goldwater is unable to muster
enough voles to get the nomina
tion, these observers said, the
delegates might well turn to
Nixon again.
Nixon's disavowal of any
presidential inlentions next year
was supported by at least two
major party figures.
Former President Dwight D.
Eisenhower is understood to
feel that Nixon will not be a
candidate again, although his
former running mate will main
lain an active voice in party af
fairs. GOP National Chairman Wil
liam E. 'Miller said in Eugene
that he thought Nixon "says
what he means and means what
he says and is not a candi
date." "As I travel around the na
tion I find no semblance of ef
fort for Dick Nixon no one
is committed to him, no one is
getting delegates for him and
no one is raising i single dol
lar for him," Miller added.
Nixon, attending a birthday
party for Eisenhower in Hcr
shcy. said that if his name were
offered In any state primary re
quiring the consent of the can
didate, he would not give lt.
v i f a .
rL 1 Jilr' A'-y..W VT-
Polls Forecast Defeat
Of $60 Million Issue
SALEM (UPD-Oregon voters
today were urged to go to the
polls Tuesday to determine the
future of the 1963 legislature $60
million tax increase measure. '
Gov. Mark Hatfield, who is
spearheading the drive to sal
vage the tax bill, urged Ore
gonians to ballot on the meas
ure. But he had no last minute
statement on the controversial
issue.
"All lias already been said
that can be said," Hatfield told
United Press International.
Unofficial polls from through
out the state indicated the
voters will reject the tax hike
the first enacted by the legis
lature since the 1955 surtax.
The controversial measure
eliminates the federal deduction
and increases state personal in
come tax rates about 28 per
cent.
400,000 Turnout Likely
Polls open at S a.m. and close
at S p.m. More than 750,000
voters are registered, and a
turnout of 400,000 Is expected.
There are 3,261 polling places.
Polling places In Klamath
County will open Tuesday at
8 a.m. and remain open until
II p.m. Complete lists of pre
clnets and locations are
printed In the lower two cor
ners of this page.
Election day is a state legal
holiday, and state and county
offices will be closed Tuesday.
If the measure Is turned
down, immediate cutbacks in
some state services are expect
ed. A special session of the legis
lature probably would be called
for early in November.
The last special session of the
legislature was called in the
fall of 1957 to repeal the 1955
tax increase. There have been
11 special sessions in the state's
history. Including two called in
1933.
Because education gets more
than half of the state s $404 mil
lion . general fund budget,
educators have been leading the
battle to salvage the tax meas
ure. Chancellor of Higher Educa
tion Hoy Lieuallen urged voters
to keep an open door to educa
tional opportunity on all levels
of schooling.
"I implore those voters who
recognize the great importance
of a yes vote to go to the polls
Tuesday. Every responsible vot
er must realize that his yes
vote is urgently needed," he
said.
Climaxed Stormy Session
The legislature's adoption ot
the tax increase measure clim
axed a bitter 141-day session
the longest Jn the state's
history.
Hntiield allowed the measure
to become law without his sig
nature. He said he didn't ap
prove of the bill because It did
not include the reforms he had
recommended.
He Is spearheading the drive
for a yes vote but on the
grounds that while the tax bill
is not to his liking, the money
is needed to maintain state
services.
The referral movement was
led by Albany weekly publish-,
er J. Francyl Howard.
He needed more than 23.000
signatures on referral petitions.
In less than a month he got
5,000 certified signatures, and
POLLING PLACES
SPECIAL ELECTION . OCT. 15, 196S . CITY
PRECINCTS LOCATION ADDRESS
One Klamath Art Center South Rrrerslde
Two Conger School California Avenue
Three Baldwin Hotel 31 Main
Four Mitchell-Lehmana Office 4th A Pine
Five Mitchell-Lehmann Office 4th Pine
Six Presbyterian Church 6th It Pin
Seven Episcopal Church tth Jefferson
Eight Courthouse Basement 4th ft Main "
Nine City Library tth Klamath
Ten First Christian Church Mh ft Pine
Eleven Moose Ledge 1010 Pine
Twelve Gospel Mission Ki Walnut
Thirteen Bulck Garage 1330 Main
Fourteen Jim Olson Motors S22 South th
Fifteen Wall's Boats ft Motors 2237 South th
Sixteen Sewing Machine Center 1414 East Mala
Seventeen Church of Christ Cottage Wanlland ft Martin
Eighteen Jennie Vernon Home 2120 Dsrrow
Nineteen Mills School East Mala Street
Twenty Calhoun Building 353 East Main
Twenty One Municipal Swim. Pool 1R0S Main
Twenty Two Balslger Motors Main ft Esplanade
Twenty Three Ponderaa School 107 South Williams
Twenty Four Paul Robertsoa Rome Ml Alameda
Twenty Five Harry Larsoa noma 1933 Melrose
Twenty Six Roosevelt School 1125 Eldorado
Twenty Sevea Klam. Lutheran Church 1173 Crescent
Tweaty Eight KLIIS . MonClaire Street
Twenty Nine Falrvtew School ' 1017 Donald '
Thirty Free Methodist Church 1(11 Oregon Avenue
Thirty One Reene Radio ft Electrlo 192 Oregon Avenne
Thirty Two W. H. Harris Heine U Front St.
Thirty Three Shasta View Apt. Office U2T Washbora Way
thousands more which county
clerks didn't have time to cer
tify. The legislature was so fear
ful of the bill being referred
that Oct 15 was written into the
law as the date for a special
election.
Support Heavy
House Speaker Clarence Bar-:
ton and Senate President Ben;
Musa, both Democrats, have
urged approval of the measure.
But support is not unanimous.
The Republican State Central
Committee refused to take a
stand, and some civic groups
have urged defeat of the bill.
Convoys Roll
To Berlin,
No Incidents
BERLIN (UPI) - Three U.S.
Army convoys sped along the
autobahn from this cold war
capital to West Germany today
without challenge trom Soviet
control officers who last week
held up one group of trucks and
men for 52 hours.
Two of the convoys were
small, regular supply groups
from the U.S. Army garrison
here. But the third included 141
men in 26 vehicles.
All three were cleared at both.
ends of the 110-mile highway'
between this divided city and
West Germany "without trou
ble," an Army spokesman said.
The Soviet control officers
made no move to repeat their
last week s challenge to u. S.
rights to move convoys over the
autobahn.
They had held one U.S. con
voy for 15 hours and another
for a total of 52 hours at the
checkpoints last week in a dis
pute which flared up to interna
tional proportions and an armed
show of strength.
The Russians finally backed
off their demand that the troops
in the blocked convoys get out
and be counted.
In return, diplomatic sources
said, tiie United States would
send several convoys through
the autobahn this week which
were large enough so the troops
would automatically dismount
according to a long-established
American procedure.
'Little Shaver
Misses Boat
SOUTHAMPTON, England
(UPD A man with a handle
bar mustache strode up the
gangplank of the liner Pen-;
dennis Castle recently and in
a gruff voice said, "avast
there, shipmate. Do you need
an able-bodied hand to sail
with you?"
A dock policeman standing
nearby took one look, grabbed
the mustache, ripped it off
and arrested Chris Watkins,
14, who said he had run
away from home and want
ed to go to sea. Instead his
parents were called and the
crestfallen boy was taken '
home.