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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1963)
In The- Day's km By FRANK JENKINS From Washington yesterday: President Kennedy to d a y signed into law Die second larg est peace time defense spend ing bill in U.S. history. The measure appropriates $47.2 bil lion (47 billion, 200 million dol lars! to keep America's milita ry muscles flexed. The dispatch added: The sum is so huge that it would take one person almost 90 years to spend it at the rate of $1,000 a minute. What to do about it? Thcre"s only one thing to do: kShrug our shoulders and say vMh the French: "C'est la guerre." (It's the war.) Wars cold or hot cost mon ey. IMMENSE AMOUNTS of money. But it would cost MUCH MOKE not to be ready for war if war should come. That would mean the loss of everything we value most. So let's not complain too much about the military part of the federal budget. Speaking of budgets The Oregon legislature's TWO YEAR general fund budget that was turned down at Tuesday's election was $404 million or $202 million per year. Here's an interesting compari son: Oregon's share of the 1964 ONE YEAR federal budget is estimated by Tax Foundation Inc. to be $899 million or a lit tle more than TWICE the Ore gon TWO YEAR budget that we turned down so decisively at the election on Tuesday of this week. Bul- In comparing these two budg ets, let's keep the facts straight. The federal budget includes DEFENSE. Oregon people are as much interested in national defense as the people of any other state. The defense item of the fed eral budget for the federal fis cal year of 1964 is S47.2 B I L LION, or 47.8 per cent of the 1964 federal budget. SO- Of Oregon's $899 million share of the federal budget. 47.8 per cent, or $429.7 million, will go for national defense. Oregon's share of the 1904 fed eral budget, for purposes other than defense, will be $469.3 mil lion. That is for ONE year. The Oregon legislative budget of $404 million (which we turned down decisively at Tuesday's election was for two years or only $202 million for one year. Which is to say: Oregon's share of that part of the federal budget not concerned with national defense will be $469.3 million for one year, or two and one-third times the Ore gon general fund budget that we turned down so flatly. Interesting questions: Who is the BIG spender: Who lakes the bulk of the tax money that comes out of your pocket? These figures make it rather plain. It's UNCLE w ho is the spend thrift. City Accepts 'Room Rent LOS ANGELES UPI -Charles Murray, 72, had some trouble in doing it, but he fi nally got the city rcrcation and parks department to ac cept payment Thursday of $100 for his lodging. Murray figured that was what he owed the cily for tlie many nights he had spent in Elysian Park. But he wanted to he able to prove he paid his rent. He asked for, and got, a receipt. Wholesale Budget Cuts Fail To Materialize SALEM (UPP Wholesale slaughtering of state agencies was not ordered in the wake of the public's rejection of t h e tax increase measure. Threats of across the board cuts made 'before tlie election did not materialize. Tlie cuts were selective. In many cases they were far less severe than had been ex pected. For example, last month the State Library Board in a fit of panic slashed its budget b y $122,000. The cutback ordered by Gov. Mark Hatfield amounted to only $63,830. Two general fund appropria tions, fur orphans, foundlings and wayward girls, and for the Patton Home for tlie Friendless, Weather Klamath Palls. Tulslako and Lako vlw Fair through Saturday with soma patchy aarly marnlng fat. Caal again tonight. Lows 3S to IS. Higha Saturday is to 7. Light v a r I a a I a winds. High vtstcrday 74 Low this morning n High yaar ago si Low ysar ago It Procip. last 24 hours .M Sinca Jan. I T.07 Sams pariod ysar ago 14.5 Inl m Algeria Disput e ALGIERS (UPH-The Algeri an government announced to day that it is sending top diplo mat M'Hammed Yazid to the United Nations in a move that appeared to end hopes of a quick settlement of the Algerian-Moroccan border dispute. A government spokesman said Yazid would fly to Paris this evening and then on to New York Saturday morning. He gave no hint of whether Yazid planned to lay the bor der dispute before the world body. (In Casablanca today Moroc can Foreign Minister Ahmed Balajfrcj said Morocco would defend its claims to the dis puted desert territory before any international body). Yazid, former information minister in the defunct Algerian provisional government and spokesman for Algeria at the United Nations before the na tion won independence, was a key member in the team which Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella sent to 'Morocco to nego tiate with King Hassan. The negotiations ended in deadlock and the Algerian team returned to Algiers Thursday night. Yazid said he was pes- Sen, Boivin Proposes Fiscal Plan Sen. Harry Boivin today advo cated a three-way program de: signed to relieve Oregon's eco nomic strait-jacket during the next biennium. Senator Boivin, a member of tlie State Emergency Board, is in Salem today attending regu lar sessions of tlie board. Boivin's plan calls for : 1. Cut state expenses in all de partments. 2. Refer a California type sales tax to the people at the primary election next May. In come from the sales tax bill would go to cut property and in come taxes and to the state gen eral fund. (The California sales tax law exempts "essential" items such as food and drugs and other items). 3. Cut legislative salaries from $230 to $130 per month. Also, abolish all legislative interim committees authorized by the 1963 legislative session that get their expense money from the state general fund. As president of the Senate in the 1961 session, Boivin, late in 1962, appointed a special lay committee to study legislative salaries and bring a recommen dation to the Senate. The com mittee recommended a salary of $150 per month and per diem of $13 per day, and this is the program Boivin advocated dur ing the 1963 session. The legis lature, however, passed a bill setting salaries at $230 per month and per diem of $20 per day (not to exceed 120 days' while the legislature is in ses sion. were untouched by the economy axe. The Rogue River Coordination Board had the distinction of having the smallest dollar amount cut $68. But that was out of a $730 budget, so it was a 9 per cent slash. While operating fund reduc tions may have been less than expected, the cuts in construc tion programs were brutal. The entire $1.3 million Com munity College construction al lotment was wiped out. W ah two exceptions, all other construction projects not al ready under way were elim inated. This includes the $2 mil lion science building at Port land State College which was approved by the 1961 legislature, Price Tea Cents 16 To Take To UN simistic about the chances of an early settlement. The action came as informed sources said Algeria might break diplomatic relations with Morocco because of the border flare-up which threatens to burst into full-scale war. Cease-fire negotiations in Marrakech. Morocco, ended in deadlock Thursday and the two Algerian negotiators returned here Thursday night, accom panied by Saad Dahlab, Alger ian ambassador to Morocco. Fighting was reported still going on in the early morning hours today in the disputed Sa hara Desert region about 700 miles southwest of Algiers. ' 'Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia planned to meet pri vately with Morocco's King Hassan II in Marrakech tonight in an apparent peace bid. Se lassie arrived in Morocco on a state visit Thursday. I Radio Algiers announced Thursday night that 6,000 Mo roccan soldiers, supported by planes, tanks, armored cars and heavy weapons, had cap tured the border outpost of Tinnjoub Wednesday, forcing 500 Algerian defenders to re treat. The announcement said the Algerian forces fell back to ward Hassi Beida, already un der Moroccan attack nine miles to the west. And both sides were using Soviet-supplied MIG fighter plaitlCS.- ' mm 'Sincere Serenity' Keeps Mme. Nhu Looking Young WASHINGTON UPI-Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu's "real sincere serenity," which has run the gauntlet of egg-throwing demon strators and picket lines North and South, faced yet another test today in the nation's capi tal. South Viet Nam's traveling First Lady was scheduled to speak before the National Press Club, and Student Peace Union and the Students for a Demo cratic Society planned to picket her appearance. Mme. Nhu took time off from blasting tlie U.S. government Thursday to let newsmen in on her beauty secrets. "If it is Shooting Hours OREGON October 19 October 20 Open Close 6:55 a.m. 6:20 p.m. CALIFORNIA October 19 . October 20 Open Close 6:51 a.m. 6:20 p.m. bringing the total construction cutbacks to about $12 million. The two exceptions arc a new ccllblock at Oregon Correctional Institution, and two cottages at MacLaren school for boy I. These projects total about $800,000. Also wiped out was $3 2 mil lion for stale employes' salary hikes, and $15 million for high er education pay increases. The raises already have been granted, however, and the Civil Service Commission says they cannot be withdrawn. Th i I means there will have to be additional layoffs. Meeting Nov, II The program is based on two assumptions: (li That the legislature will authorize $101 million cut- U.OF ORE, LIBRARY . f EI3PAPBR SSCtlON Pages COMMUNIST VISITOR ception at the Yugoslav Embassy in Washington. In a toast in his honor, Tito expressed gratitude to the United States for coming to his country's aid after it was devastated in World War II. Tito's visit in this country was interrupted this morning when the Communist leader became ill. UPI Telephoto Flu Symptoms Send Tito To Bed, Journey To California Delayed WILLIAMSBURG. Va. I UPI I President Tito of Yugoslavia was bedridden today with symptoms of influenza and was forced to delay his depar ture for California, the second leg of his U.S. tour. The 71 - year old Balkan leader, who pledged to Presi dent Kennedy Thursday he w ould work for reduction of cold war tensions, was stricken dur ing the night and his two per--sonal physicians taid this morn- true that I do not look my age (381," she said, "it is just be cause I am always very serene a real sincere serenity. I al ways try to keep my serenity." Mme. Nhu held a news con ference, addressed a Washing ton Junior Chamber of Com merce lunch, flew to Raleigh, N.C., and spoke at North Caro lina State College Thursday to give her views on the Vietna mese situation. A group of pickets paraded outside the college student un ion building where she spoke. Mme. Nhu said she was pleased with the public reaction to her visit in this country, but added, "Unhappily, I cannot say the same for my official reception." She again accused the Kenne dy administration of deliberate ly snubbing her during her Washington stay, and charged that tlie State Department at tempted to prevent her trip to the United .States on grounds it could not guarantee Ivor safety. Mme, Nhu said the State De partment told the Vietnamese Embassy here she could not come because her life would be in danger and because the U.S. press would "deliberately dis tort" her statements. She add ed that "if the American gov ernment cannot defend my salcty. how can they defend the free world? So I came here.'" hack in the $133 million basic school fund an 8 1 per cent re duction, and 2i that tlie legislature will re-pass the one-shot speedup in withholding tax collections to add $12 million to the stale's income this biennium. Anticipating cooperation. Hat field went easy on cuts ordered in operating funds. There were no 23 per c e n t slashes. Higlicr education was cut 7 6 per cent ($6.2 million from an $30 million budget); public wel fare 7.1 per cent ($2.9 million from $419 million); state insti tutions 7 per cent $3.J million from $49.9 million); and t h e department of education 116 per cent ($1.S million Iron t'.Z million). QEN.REF.AJIO DOCUJ.5l.r5 DIV. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. Candid photos ot ing his temperature had risen to 100.2 degrees, then dropped slightly. "The president will spend the day at -his Williamsburg resi dence," they said in a medical bulletin. Angier Biddle Duke, U.S. pro tocol chief accompanying Tito on his American tour, disclosed the Yugoslav president's illness and said Tito had asked for the delay in his flight to Castle Air Force Base at Merced, Calif. Biddle indicated some deci sion might be made later today on resuming the tour. Duke said Tito was running the temperature Thursday while he met with President Kennedy at tlie White House. Duke said he was called late Thursday night to consider a possible de lay in tlie departure this morn ing. Tito's personal physician was with him today. Tito and his wife had been scheduled to depart this morn ing from nearby Langley Air Force Base for California where he was to tour Yosemite National Park, spend the week end in San Francisco and then fly to New York to address the United Nations General Assem bly. United Fund Campaign Oct. ID, m Goal $148,311.00 Collected S2.243.74 Percentage of goal .15.2 Agriculture was cut 8.9 per cent, the governor's budget 8 3 per cent. Finance and Adminis tration 7.2 per cent, and the tax commission 7 per cent. But when the dust settles aft er the special session, Hatfield may find lawmakers have junked his one-shot request, and intead have doubled the basic school cutbacks. Whatever the cuts are in basic school, they will even tually be reflected in higher local property taxes. Crowded state institutions and colleges will be a little more crowded. And the real impact of t h peoples' revolt may show u p when the ballots are counted after next November's elections. J I A : ' j iiyj I ilOOJ 90 IgO ! 70 eo so C0MP. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1963 at a Tito held two meetings Thurs day with President Kennedy at the White House during a six hour visit to Washington. At a news conference before lie re turned to Williamsburg, he said he believed both East and West now realize they must "follow th path of negotiation" on cold war issues. Soviet Pre mier Nikita S. Khrushchev also shares this opinion, he said. T Juvenile Councils Begin Two-Day Sessions In KF William J. Moshofsky, Port land, former Klamath Falls at torney, will be the guest speak er Saturday at a luncheon dur ing the final day of the annual meeting of Oregon Juvenile Ad visory Councils. The luncheon to which the public Is invited, will be at 12:30 p.m. in tlie Wi noma Hotel. The stale meeting, expected to bring some 100 representa tives from county councils in Oregon opened Friday after noon. Today's agenda includes a lour of tlie Klamath County Ju venile Home, 4-5 p.m., hospitali ty hour, 5:30 6:30 p.m. for out-of-town guests, members of the local council and other interest ed persons. Dr. Wesley Nickclson. will speak at the 6:30 banquet. William J. Moshofsky is a na tive Oregonian, born at Beaver ton. He earned his B.S. Degree in pre-law and his Doctor of Jurisprudence in law at the University of Oregon, practiced his profession in Klamath Falls from 1948 to 1951 and in Port land until 1958. He later affiliat ed with the Georgia-Pacific Cor poration where ho is presently assistant to the president. He Is chairman, Oregon Coun cil on Crime and Delinquency, vice president, community cnuncil, city of Portland; trus tee. Boys and Girls Aid Society: board of directors, Associated Cook Raps Governor GRESHAM (UPD - State Sen. Vernon Cook, D-Gresham, said Thursday he will fight Gov. Mark Hatfield's request that the legislature give him authority to make budget cuts. Cook accused the governor of trying to set up a dictatorship in Oregon and charged legisla tive leaders with abdicating their responsibility in a closed session with the governor Wed nesday. I The voters' rejection of a $60 million tax increase program Tuesday "was as much a repu diation of Governor Hatfield's administration ... as it was a rejection of the budget and tax programs proposed by the gov ernor and the legislators,'' Cook commented. Telephone Ailing Macmilian Quits, Party Wrangling Ends LONDON (UPI i Prime Min ister Harold Macmilian re signed today and Queen Eliza beth immediately named For eign Secretary Lord Home to replace him and try to form a new government. Home's selection appeared to be tlie result of a compromise because bitterly fighting Con servative party leaders appar ently were unable to choose be tween Deputy Prime Minister R. A. (Rab Butler and Science Minister Iird Hailsham. Tlie quick series of events to day ended eight days of bat tling within the party ranks. But it remained to be seen how deep the disaffection remained against Home as he sought to form a government. First Macmilian sent his pri vate secretary to Buckingham Palace witli his resignation. Then the Queen paid the ailing Macmilian a farewell visit at King Edward VII Hospital where he is recuperating from a prostate gland operation. Queen Summons Home Next, the Queen summoned Lord Home to the palace. Shortly after he left, the palace issued a brief announcement saying: "The Queen lias received the Earl of Home in audience and invited him to form an admin istration." An hour and a half after leav ing the Queen, Lord Home reached the official prime min isterial residence at No. 10 Downing Street following a lei surely lunch at his home. "As you know," he told wait ing newsmen and a crowd out side, "Her Majesty has asked Oregon Industries, and is serv ing on the legislative council, Portland Chamber of Com merce. The speaker served in World War II as an infantry officer in Europe and during the Korean War was recalled to active duty in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. WILLIAM J. MOSHOFSKY if. 1 TU 4-8111 No. 7605 me to form an administration and so now, for the rest of tlie afternoon, I shall be seeing my colleagues and consulting with them. "It Is a great honor to be asked to do tins and I think I had better get on with tlie work of forming a government. I shall be busy the rest of the day." Most Conservative leaders withheld immediate comment on Lord Home's selection. But a few were critical, One, Sir Ger ald Naarro, a strong supporter of Lord Hailsham, was bitter. However. Conservative M. P. Nigel Birch said Home "is ab solutely the best man for the job." Labor Leader Caustic George Brown, deputy leader of the Labor party, was eais tic. "My first reflection is for our poor country," he said. "What have we tlone that such a pen ance should be demanded ot us?" Political experts noted that elimination from the Queen's statement of the words "and has accepted" could be signifi cant. This could be taken to indi cate, it was said, that Lord Home had agreed only to try to form a government without guaranteeing that he could. Therefore, he could not official ly "accept" designations as prime minister until he had can vassed the feelings of tlie men he would need to run a govern ment with him at its head. Home wasted no time in mak ing those soundings, for shortly after ho reached No. 10 uown- : ing street, a flow of political leaders and present cabinet members began calling on him, Butler Pays Call . One of the first to arrive was Butler, who has been within reach of the prime minister's job three times in recent years and missed it each time. Butler, who arrived smiling, left without expression or com ment after three-quarters of an hour. There were reports he w as interested in the post of for eign secretary in tlie new gov ernment. He was followed by Chancel lor of the Excliequer Reginald Maudling, another who had been reported a candidate for tlie top job, and tlien by Lord Hail sham. In choosing Home as the next prime minister, the Queen ob viously followed Macmlllan's advice from the sickbed where lie is recovering from a pros trate gland operation. The next step for Home is to run in a special by-election in a "safe" district for a seat in the House of Commons, then re nounce his ancient title. Games Site BADEN BADEN, Germany (UPD Mexico City today won the vote of the International Olympic Committee to h o s t the 1968 Olympic summer games. t Weather AGRICULTURAL POKKCAST Mild slays and cool nights will eon ttnuo through wookand. No sroctplta lion oipoctad until tho Hrst st ths wssk. Hsrvsst outlook, thsroforo vary good through Sunday. LORD HOME 1 V -v. J w 1 t ' HAROLD MACMILLAN U.S. Army Retaliates. Halts Reds BERLIN (UPI) American military police today blocked a Russian military automobile in West Berlin and held it for 20 minutes In retaliation for East German harassment of Ameri can military sedans in East Berlin. Tlie new Communist harass ment of military traffic in East Berlin was disclosed as1 the U.S. Army sent a convoy to Berlin from the West in a dem onstration of Western access rights. Twenty-four soldiers in 12 trucks passed through Russian check-points at each end of the. 110-mile highway through East Germany without difficulty, an; Army spokesman said. ; Russian border guards passed; tlie convoy quickly and there- was no repetition of last week's- holdup of an American convoy when the Russians demanded soldiers leave their trucks to be. counted. Tie American MP sedan- caught the Russian automobile at Askanlscher Platz, about one half mile from Checkpoint Char lie on tlie East-West Berlin bor der. The American sedan cut off the Russian automobile, forced it to the curb and blocked its passage. Two American MP's jumped from the patrol car and stood in front of the Russian automo bile to prevent a Russian lieu tenant colonel from leaving it, eyewitnesses said. There also was a Russian driver in the au tomobile. After 20 minutes the Russian automobile was allowed to pro ceed, the Army spokesman said. $ P8 3A