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Newspaper Page TextCOW. GEtt.REF.AJtD 00 CU MSN IS DIV. tumcMg.ngitq. wSk (County (Plk Weather Klamath Palls. Tultlikt artd laka v law Cloudy with occasional showars through Wadnaaday. Laws tonight U to 45. High Wadnasdav SI to . Cm ty souiharty winds tiva to IS milas High yastarday t Low this morning SO High ytar ago - 47 Low yaar ago SI Pracip. last 14 hours M Slnca Jan. t J.V Soma pariod yaar ago 14.51 Weather AGRICULTURAL FORICAST Harvnt outlook fair to food Mi wlt with racurrlnf threat of ahow art and abovo normal tamptraturaa Price Tea Cents 13 Page KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1963 Telephone TU 44111 No. 7603 F &i pea fti? f o0 Mil VOTERS DECIDE FUTURE OF TAX BILL County Clerk Charles DeLap assembles a number of blank ballots that voters will mark during the special tax election being held in the county today, as well as elsewhere throughout the state. Voters are being called upon to decide the fate of the $60 million tax bill passed by the last session of the legislature and which has since been raferred to the taxpayers by referendum. In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS From Sacramento this morn ing: Horace Greeley's advice for young men to HEAD WEST may apply specifically to Cali fornia in 1980 if the young men don't mind older women. The state department of fi nance predicted yesterday that there will be approximately 538. 000 MORE WOMEN than men in California by July 1, 1980 17 years from now. Walter P. Hollman, the fi nance department's population expert, says the average Cali fornia lady will then be 29.3 years old, while the men will average out at only 27.6 years of age. Hollman also forecast that California's bulging population will swell to 27.8 million in the next six years, with toddlers un der five accounting for about 2, 740.000, or roughly 10 per cent of the total. He adds: "At that time, there will be 14.209,000 women and only 13, 671.000 men." He goes on to say: "The currently estimated 17.3 million persons now in Califor nia will grow to 17.9 million by 1965 a little over a year from now." Question: What of Oregon? Are we jealous of our great neighbor's fantastic population growth? NOT ON YOUR TINTYPE! If within the next six years there are 27.8 million people in California, that will mean a LOT MORE CUSTOMERS f o r what we have to sell and a lot more tourists to come up to our glamorous wider-open spaces to get away from the mess at home. Lot's take a look at popu lation densities. In 1980, only three years ago, there were only 100.4 people per square mile of land area in California. If Mr. Hollman's forecast turns out to be accurate, there will be 175 people per square mile by 1969, which is only about six years away. In Oregon in 1960, there were 18.4 people per square mile. Question: In 1989. how many people per square mile of land area will there be In Oregon? Not TOO many, we all hope. In conclusion: What about Horace Greeley and his famous advice to young men to GO WEST? How did he come to say it? The story goes (hat t h e phrase GO WEST, YOUNG (Condoned oi Page 4) " .v. i - j - :Vf School Boards Slate Another Joint Meeting The Klamath Union High School and the county boards of education will meet jointly Thursday night to further d i s cuss distribution of assets in the school reorganization plan. The joint meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the school ad ministration building, 475 South Alameda Avenue. Klamath Union trustees agreed to the joint meeting Monday night after Superinten dent of Schools Ray Hunsaker reported receipt of figures on county school values from County Superintendent Cliff Robinson. High school, elementary and county boards have been tied in disagreement on the distribution of assets which would accom pany division of the county into two districts. The county court has sought agreement on a dis tribution of assets plan from the three boards. In other action, the Klamath Union board heard Hunsaker's report on the proposed usage of the present Oregon Technical In stitute campus for high school purposes next year when OTI moves to a new campus. The board took the report un der advisement. It is proposed that the present campus be util ized in part for KU freshmen. Trustees approved a working policy for custodians which was prepared by the administration and also approved participation by the KU band in the East- Thatcher To Inspect Base Here Lt. Gen. Herbert B. Thatch er, commander of the Air De fense Command, will arrive at Kingslcy Field at 10 a.m. tomor row to conduct a tour of the air field and the 327th Squadron at Keno in one of various stops scheduled by the general dur ing his familiarization tour of bases in the Portland Sector of (he Air Defense Command. The general and his entour age, including Brig. Gen. Car roll W. McColpin, commander of the Portland Sector, will be greeted by a Kingsley Field hon or guard as they deplane at the airfield and are to receive a briefing before inspecting the two military activities. YOUTH DENIED ASYLUM RECHNITZ, Austria UPI -A 14-year-old Hungarian youth escaped across a mine field on the Iron Curtain Saturday only to be denied political asylum, Austrian authorities said today. The young locksmith will be sent back to Hungary because of his age, they said. West Shrine Game festivities in San Francisco New Year's Day. Use of Modoc Field by Sacred Heart Academy for two football games this fall was "given ap proval. Sacred Heart will pay $30 per game, plus $7.50 per hour for the liglits and the sal ary of a man from the KU staff to supervise the field's usage. KU Principal C. E. eleven re ported that usage of the high school library has not de creased greatly this year despite the split shift and that the guid ance staff has been used greatly by students. eleven said the school cafete ria is operating in the "black" this year. He reported that the Margaret Sheridan Memorial Fund con tains $298 and asked that $295 of this be spent on a set of the "Great Books of the Western World." This was approved. The books will be marked in mem oriam to the late Mrs. Sheri dan, a board member and civic leader for many years. Berlin Incident Believed Serious WASHINGTON (UPII - A considerable number of U. S. officials believe die recent Ber lin flareup has much more seri ous meaning than the Kennedy administration has publicly ad mitted. They do not accept the ad ministration's theory that the two-day blockade of a U.S. Army convoy on the Berlin highway last week was an in nocent "misunderstanding." They believe it was another attempt at so called Russian "Salami tactics" the gradual slicing away of the Western position in Berlin. For years, these officials ar gue, the U.S. Army rolled con voys through Russian check points on the highway, and the United States itself decided which convoys would unload passengers to be counted by Russian guards as a "cour tesy" and which would not. Never Told Russians The United States arbitrarily decided that convoys carrying more than 30 troop-passengers, not counting the two-man crew of each vehicle, would dismount while smaller convoys would not But it never told the Rus sians the critical number So on grounds that tlie Russians had "no right to demand that any convoy dismount. Some officials believe the most probable reason the Rus sians halted last week a con voy 14 hours at one end of the highway and nearly 33 hours at the other end was that they were dissatisfied with this state of affairs. The upshot of the incident w as that the State Department, Voters Deciding Tax Issue Today PORTLAND (UPD - Voting was light in overcast weather during the first hours today as Oregonians decided the fate of the legislature's $00 million tax increase measure. A slow pace was reported from Portland, Salem, Bend, Corvallis and Mcdford. Corval lis and Portland estimated about 10 per cent of the voters had cast ballots in the first two Polls Note Heavy Vote In Klamath Surveys conducted of nine of 33 polling places in Klamath Falls early today indicated that voters are turning out in large numbers to mark their ballots in the special tax election that will decide the fate of the legis lature's $60 million tax increase measure. The polls close at 8 to night in the county's 75 pre cincts, including 33 in this city and 42 elsewhere in the county. Meanwhile, voting reports from elsewhere in the state indicated that voters were responding to the controversial tax measure in light numbers, but the picture w as expected to improve consid erably later today. In Klamath Falls, the e a r 1 y trend was for a turnout that might approach record numbers, at least in those areas where there is a large number of el derly voters. One such area was the 31st precinct w here 34 voters, mostly senior citizens, had cast their ballots before 10:30 a.m. Ballot takers at the polling station re ported that figures for that time of day were "extremely high" for the princinct listing 280 eligible voters. Of those precincts polled, housewives and workers were voting in about equal numbers, polling directors reported. In the 19th precinct at Mills School, 40 of 361 residents who had registered to vote had cast ballots at 10:30 a.m., represent ing the best turnout noted of any election held in that precinct in the memory of the poll taker. Other precincts told of sim ilarly high turnouts. for the first time, outlined to Soviet officials the U.S. operat ing procedure, including the critical number, 30. In doing so, it specifically declared that the U.S. would change its pro cedure whenever It pleased and conceded no rights. Change Of Procedure Some officials think the Rus sians may as the diplomats claim have thought the United States was suddenly changing its procedure. The convoy that was halted had 18 vehicles and 61 men. But 36 of these men were crew members, who have never dismounted for muster. There were only 25 passengers, less than two per vehicle, some of which were large trucks. This was an unusually low number of passengers per vehi cle, and it is possible the Rus sians thought the convoy con tained more men than.it did. In either case soma officers Shooting Hours OREGON October II Open Close (;S a.m. 6:30 p.m. CALIFORNIA October l Open Close l:M a.m. 6:24 p.m. hours with Salem reporting from 10 to 15 per cent. One Corvallis precinct report ed only 4 out of 185 of those registered voted in the first hour and a half. Whether late voting would bring the final figure up to the some 400,000 forecast was un known. The weather was cloudy over most of the state w ith rain reported in Eugene, Roseburg and Medford during the morn ing. Today's was the first special Improper ballot marking by poll workers at several precincts in Klamath County had a num ber of voters up in arms this morning. Frank Weaver, 631 South Fifth, a Klamath Falls hotel owner, told the Herald and News that the numbered stub on his ballot was removed by workers at precinct 14, but they then wrote the number on his ballot. He pointed out that this is illegal, since no numbers or pther Identification marks are to be put on the ballot. Several other persons also called the Herald and News complaining that their ballots have been marked Illegally. County Clerk Charles DcLap confirmed that ballots had been marked In error at some pre cincts. He said there was confu sion among some of the wprk ers and said the practice was stopped just as soon as It was called to his attention. Weaver said he made oral complaints to the county clerk's office and l'i) to the sheriff's office anB threatened to make a citizen's arrest. However, a check of law enforcement agen cies at noon indicated no official complaints had been signed. A couple In the Pine Grove precinct told the Herald and News that they also complained when their ballots were marked. They said they phoned DeLap and he drove out to the precinct to straighten put (he matter. tax election in Oregon in 16 years. Op Oct. 7, 1947, voters rejected a cigarette tax which had been referred by the people, and a sales tax which the legislature referred. Today's was the fourth single issue statewide election in Ore gon's history. Only once before has a tax bill been salvaged after i t s referral hy the people. That was in 1930. feel the United Stales now faces the problem of how to keep the 30-man rule from be ing permanent. Some have urged that the U.S. Army now deliberately change its proce dure with a test convoy, possi by announcing it publicly in advance. CHAMf IONSHIP HOPES Six pretty Klamath Union High School girls, members of tha KUHS Rally Squad, will go into competition, at Keiar Stadium, San Francisco, for honors in pompon rally during the San Francitco 49'trt Chicago Boars' football gam Sunday, Oct. 20, Standing, loft to right, ar Suian Learning, Joanna Carnini, Mary Taueher, Carla Bartlatt, Marlanna Gallagher. Front, kneeling, is Cindy Miller. They will be accompanied by rally tquad coach Ha Redkey, Mrt. Carl J. Bartlatt end Mrs. Gino Cernini. IPosE-War 'Adenauer Comes BONN UP1 The "Adenauer i era" came to an end at high noon today as the nest German chancellor officially retired Troops Clash At Algeria -Morocco ALGIERS lUPI'-The Alger ian government said today Al gerian forces have driven Mo roccan troops from two disput ed Sahara outposts in a two-day battle. A bulletin, broadcast at 1 p.m. 19 a.m. EDT) by the government - controlled Algiers Radio, said: "Troops of the Algerian Na tional and Popular Army IANPI have cleared out the Hassi Bcida and Tinjoub sec tors." The announcement followed official reports in both Algiers and the Moroccan capital of Rabat that fighting had re sumed today. The posts arc in a border area claimed by both nations. Radio Algiers said that "thou sands of Algerians" are besieg ing barracks to ask for arms "to defend the threatened west ern frontier." There was no immediate in dication of the numbers of men involved in. today's fighting nor the extent to which the combat zone had spread. But reports of Monday's re capture of the two posts by the Moroccans said 1,000 men were engaged on each side. Title Given To Merrill On Forfeit PORTLAND (UPD-The Ore gon School Activities Associa tion has stripped Monroe of its 1962 Class B high school foot ball title. The action was taken Sept. 6. but wasn't disclosed until Mon roe wrote letters to each of 21 opponents in ive sports, telling them it had used an ineligible player. Merrill, which lost to Monroe 52-7 in the state championship football game, just received its letter. That was Hie first Merrill of ficials knew they were the new champions. "Wo don't want it, we'll al ways know the score in our hearts," said Merrill Principal John Mathis. vi. : . Tto lm from the government and re- turned to his parliamentary scat as a deputy. "Der Alte," just three months Today King Hassan awaited the arrival in Marrakcsh of two SPAIN occo r tinjous V: . SPAIN . cx BATTLE RAGES Heavy fighting was reported along the border between Algeria and Morocco today after Moroccan troops crossed into Algeria (arrow) Monday. Both nations are claiming the same territory along the border. DPI Talephoto Pressure Tactics Rapped During Tax Bill Hearing WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen ate hearings on President Ken nedy's tax cut program opened today on a stormy note with one Democratic senator charg ing pressure tactics had been employed in an effort to force him to support the bill. An aroused Sen. Albert Gore, D-Tenn., complained that a seven-page telegram sent by William Keel, director of re search for the Democratic Na tional Committee, to Tennessee communities amounted to "pol itical intimidation." The telegrams urged local Democratic leaders in Tennes see to support the tax program and to advise their senator Gore to do likewise. "So for as I know, this is the beginning of a purge," Gore KU Girls To Inter Pompon Rally The KUHS Rally Squad has been selected to compete at Ke zar Stadium in San Francisco in a pompon rally for the selection of champion performers. - The Olmstcad Studio of Palo Alto has Invited the rally squad, Cindy Miller, yell queen, Mari anne Gallagher, Jeanne Carni- Deb ternary short of his 88th birthday, thanked the German people for their help, then returned to the seat he loft 14 years and one Disputed Border Algerian emissaries to discuss the border dispute. . -..U MEDITERRANEAN SEA ; ALutnlA -; said as the Senate Finance Committee opened hearings on the tax bill. Gore is opposing the measure. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge, D-Ga., chimed In that he had seen tlie telegram and agreed with Gore that it was designed to "bring political pressure and coercion" on the veteran Ten. ncssec senator. Sen. Russell B. Long, D-La., No. 2 Democrat on the lax writing committee, sought to smooth ruffled feathers. Long said he was sure tlie wire was not intended to pressure any body. He acknowledged it was an "undiplomatic act by one In dividual" but said it should not be blamed on the Democratic National Committee as a whole. ni, Mary Taueher, Susan Learn ing and Carla Bartlett, to par ticipate in the 1963 49'cr Califor nia State Pompon Ulally, dur ing tlie televised San Francisco 49'ers - Chicago Bears' football game at Kczar Stadium on Sun day, Oct. 20. Forty eight high school teams will compete. There arc two divisions small teams of six and under, and large teams of eeven and over. KUHS girls will be in the small er section. The rehearsal will be at 11 a.m. Oct. 20, with performance around the track and Judging of the groups beginning at 12:30. All groups will perform on the field for the half-time show, with winning groups from pre-game being judged again to select the champion teams. Should the lo cal girls be selected, they will move to the microphone In front of the television camera, and perform for final judging. The announcement of winners and presentation of trophies will be made just before exit at half time. The KUIfS girls were selected because of their outstanding work at the Squaw Valley Camp they attended last summer. At tendance of the rally squad to this camp was at their own ex pense. Most of the girls are working to cover these special expenses. At Squaw Valley the senior members of the rally squad were selected to go to Portland as Instructors at t h e camp held on the Lewis and Clark campus. For the pompon rally, each team Is to compose routine to do with any college march .or C'TUNISIA LIBYA Era: month ago today to become the first West German chancellor. "But I won't just listen," he promised the parliament. "I'll talk, too." Reviewing his years in office, beginning in the days when this country was a rubble heap and ending when it is the world's second greatest trading nation, I Adenauer told parliament proudly: "We Germans can again walk with our heads up." He said the greatest develop ment of his administration was tlie recovery of friends in the world. When lie came to power, he said, tlie Germans' names was a curse. Today, tlie German name again rings true, he said. He warned his successors against trying to make a sepa rate deal with Russia in hopes of reuniting West Germany with Communist East Germany. "Tlie solution of the German problem," he said, "is not pos sible only between us and the adversary. We need our friends. Thank God we have found friends in the world. Imagine what Germany would be today if we had not again found friends." Adenauer, dressed in his cus tomary black cutaway and striped trousers, made his last appearance as chancellor be fore the parliament that first elected him in 1949. He will keep his Bundestag seat, representing his home dis trict of Bonn and surrounding -area, and will be the oldest member of the house. ' But the Adenauer era, one of tlie most remarkable and chal lenging periods In German his tory, was over, and the nation awaited the start of a new era Wednesday when Ludwig Er hard becomes chancellor. Before tlie resignation cere monies, Adenauer appeared at a meeting of his Christian Dem ocratic party and reported his remarks of recent days that he was stepping down with certain misgivings because of the inter national situation. Adenauer has made it plain he is stepping down only reluct antly, despite his advanced age. He is convinced the West is do ing wrong in its current deal ings with tlie Soviet Union, and lie is not certain Erhard will follow the Adenauer policy line. music of 123 counts with an eight-count roll off. The judging will be on appearance, chore ography, execution and show manship. The girls have been working on the composition of their rou tine since notification of their selection for the competition. In order to sponsor the trip finan cially they are giving en after game dance. The money they earn will go for the trip and half-time costumes for routines at basketball games. KUHS students and people of Klamath Falls will be able to see the routine the girls will be doing In competition during the half-time at the homecoming game against Medford here on Oct. 18. The rally squad will leave early Saturday morning, Oct. 19, with their adviser, Ella Redkey, and return Sunday af ter the game. All practices for this event have been on the girls' own time. On Their Rockers HELSINKI (UPI) -Finnish student Kaisu Enkola rocked three times around the clock to claim a world non-stop rocking-chair record today of 73 hours and 17 minutes. Miss Enkola claimed she beat a record established Mon day by another Finnish stu dent, Juha Lalne, who was re ported rocking again today la an attempt to seta new mark.