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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1963)
PACE ZA HERALD AND Slavery, Insurrection Cases Go Before Southern Courts .By United Pres Inlernatlonal : . Slavery and insurrection, an achronisms in 20th century America, were the subjects to- day of federal court study in South Carolina and Georgia. -A three-judge court in Amerl cus, Ga., will be asked to halt nrncjamiMnn nt iniiritinn iharees asamst five voune Ne groes and whites. The five - .nave oeen neia in jail wunout -3ond since their arrests last -August during racial demon- strations in that city. ; The slavery charges Were or . dered placed against Robert Moultrie Cook, a prominent I South Carolina tobacco farmer. -;by a federal grand jury C Wednesday. Federal attorneys : charged that Cook used threats ;-to force Max Roy McKenzie to ;-work on his farm for $3 per : -day and kept half of his pay to :-"pay off some sort of alleged ;:debt." l".- The civil rights workers in Robinson Explains County School Board Views X Editor's Note: The following statement on the present re ; organization effort of the three school boards of the county was '- submitted to the Herald and - News by County School Super- - lmenaent cuir iuroinson to ex- plain the viewpoints of the - county school group. " - ' OMiRiHnrwhlp Intarpst. in ty. Ing shown in the efforts of the " I I J ! -i l - i l. . pn buiwi ulvu icu iu rcouii '.agreement on the division of as 'sets and the sharing of respon - sibilitles in the proposed school district boundary changes which will be presented to the voters In the near future. County ecnool district directors and of ficers are of the opinion that their position has not been pre sented olearry to the public. ; They opposed the one-district proposal, which was voted on last June, because of the ex .ccssivcly high tax Increase on the rural residents of t h e DOORS OPIH TOWTI 4:45 ; AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL EDGAR ALLAN POE'S f nil Wfl? .PAMcomi.ruuwioir ri VINCENT PRICE DEBRA PAGET LONCHANEY JANET VN m I MLTlitcK sumuorTf; 7 JminA mm oh m Loom LEIGHJOHNSONWINTERSHYER , -l. ,. A M . - You can't tellthim apart Ml mm mm m ftlMFPIFTO TV nORflTHY PROVIMFi NEWS, Klamath Falli. Orefon Amcricus are charged under a reconstruction era statute which provides that death may be imposed for violation of it. The suit seeks immediate re lease of the five and asks the court to prohibit officials from intimidating or obstructing ef forts to demonstrate peacefully. This second phase of the pe tition which seeks to halt inter ference with demonstrations could set a precedent or legal action in civil rights disputes all across the South. Officials in Jackson, Miss., continue their court testimony today in an action to perma nently prohibit massive racial demonstrations in that city. Mayor Allen Thompson testi fied in a state court hearing Wednesday that integrationist organizations threatened action that was "potential dynamite" unless they complied with their desegregation demands. A temporary injunction county district and because they sincerely believed that two districts of nearly equal size and resources were sounder and would better serve the educa tional needs of the area. After the single-district plan was de feated, tile county school offi cials joined the city school offi cials in an intensive study of possible plans to be submitted to the county court, which also serves as the boundary board. A plan was accepted. Now, it appears thai an im passe has been reached over the adjustment of the assets. The key issue seems to be the use of a "common yardstick of property values." This term has been repeated numerous times of late and has taken on an aura of importance far beyond its merits. Actually, the coun ty school district is using a "common yardstick of proper ty values" In its efforts to reach agreement with Districts No. 1 and No. 2. Possible "yard sticks" are original cost, re placement cost, depreciated val ue, and fair market value. Tlie latter Is riot applicable in this Instance because no one wants to buy a school house o r school purposes. The table of depreciated val ues, which was prepared for study by the directors of the three boards, employs the same "common yardstick of proper ty values" as the figure submit ted by tile union high school dis trict. The only difference is that the county's "depreciated CATIS OPEN FRIDAY And ATURDAY! STEVE REEVES THE GIANT OF MARATHON MYUNl MMONGtOT DING , BOB CROSBY hope DOROtHY IAMOVIR 10- TRANSf TORy, Wfcort I ifSS v . KM! Km OMlJwdl DOORS OPEN TONITC AT :5 SHEILEY MARTHA. L I cfif HA vri AVI w ic.r. without M i jcorecard!! i Thuriday, October 31, 1K1 against demonstrations in Jack son was issued during that city's mass protest campaign last spring and the current suit seeks to make it permanent. Holmer Back At State Post ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. lUPH Freeman Holmer said today he will return to his duties as Oregon director of finance and administration prior to the Ore gon legislature's special session next month. Holmer look a leave of ab sence from his post earlier this month to conduct a market sur vey for a private firm. He is in Albuquerque attending the Western Conference of the Coun cil on State Governments. values" were prepared by the county school district's insur ance broker, who used experi enced insurance appraisers to determine the roplacemnt cost of the county's buildings and their depreciated value, while the union high school's sched ule was prepared by the Ameri can Appraisal Company. The directors of tlie county district can see no reason why fcliey should spend almost $10, 000 of the taxpayers' money to have an appraisal made by an appraisal company at this time solely for the purpose of assur ing the directors of Districts No. 1 and No. 2 that the in surance company's appraisal is accurate. They doubt if the pa trons of the district would look with favor on such an expendi ture. The arithmetic of the issue, which we believe Uie public is entitled to know, is simple. The assessed value of the overlap area is $15,774,600. This is tlie difference between the assessed value of District No. 1 ($28,508, 674) and District No. 2 (544.283. 0641 both per Hie 1963 Tax Sum mary. If tlie present plan of boun dary changing is adopted by a favorable vote of the people, $6,084,068, of tlie assessed val uation, now in the county school district will be transferred to District No. 1. This is part of the present overlap area. This $6,084,9(18 represents 0.6 per cent of the total assessed value of the county school district ($6.0114.068. the total assessed value of tlie county school dis trict, divided by $63,057,486. the part to be transferred to D I s trii'l No. li. So, the people to be transferred to District No. 1 are entitled to take with them as a credit, 9.6 per cent of tlie total value of the assets of the Klamath County School District. Tlie three boards have been in agreement on this point. The disagreement lies in wluit are the total assets, using de preciated values as the "com mon yardstick of property val ue." The insurance schedule of the county school district puts a total depreciated value of $3,323,920 on the elementary school buildings. The county be lievos this figure Is accurate because it has all of its build ings insured for full replace ment cost. Tlie depreciated val ue of the elementary scliool buildings, according to tilic in surance schedule, and other as sets make a grand total of $3, 973,900. This amount times 9.6 per cent and minus tlie depre ciated value of the Fairhaven building equals $119,385, the credit that the area being trans ferred from the county school district to District No. 1, under the proposed change, would take with it. There is a second important consideration. If the boundary changes are approved, the un ion high scliool district will go out of existence and Its assets and responsibilities will be di vided between District No. 1 and Uie county school district. The question Is who gets how much and who is responsible for ed ucating the union high school children? The assrsed value of I h Klamath Pant, orvtM PutlllllM niv (mot Sai l Strvlnf fsulltam Ortaan an4 Narlnam CallHKUla y KlamalK Putlithiitf Campanr vt n at E'MatWa Phana TUvaaa Mill w. s. swaa'lan. Pttttttftar t!ar4 at tcaa-lan matlaf at tfca rml at'ita at Kiamain Falta. Oraaan, ax Aut II, lt4. aiHUr act at Ca ra, Martri X UN. SacaM-claia wl aaa aiX at Klamatli Ralli. Orataft ana at aMltwtal maillnt atttcaii Carriar i Mam i n a Mantua ata n 1 v.ar m. Mall M Atvaitca t Mania ).n I Mantha till I Yaar III.N Catnar a4 Daalara waaaaav, caav, is lanaav. Caav lw UNITED PUSH INTERNATIONAL AUDIT SURIAU OP CIRCULATION IwAmfttara at matvunj -MHvarv at lkt,r HtraM an Nawa, plaaaa plMMt ruiaaa Mill tatara V .m. Selection Of Jury'Eritecs .Ffiiurih Day MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. UP1 The Thompson "murder for hire" trial headed today for ig nition of the fireworks. That may come by (Friday. Veteran observers said the jury could be picked by then. The trial of the little man from St. Paul, the criminal at Strange Letter Baffles Housewife And Officers SAN JOSE. Calif. (UPI -San Joe police today checked the possibility that a "treat" received by a housewife earlier this week may have some "trick" involved. The woman received a letter Monday addressed "Occupant." but tarrying her address. It contained four colored snap shots wrapped in five $20 bills of her l-ycar-old daugh ter. The pictures showed the little girl playing on the sidewalk in front of her home with a neigh bor's child. Neither youngster part of the union high school district going to the county will be $9,689,797. Since the union high school district has an as sessed valuation of $44,283,364, as per the 1963 Tax Summary, the $9,689,797 going to the coun ty represents a 21.9 per cent interest. Since the union high school building would be operated by District No. l, they would keep a 78.1 per cent interest in the assets of tlie union high school ($2,954,727, depreciated value t and Uie county school district would receive a 21.9 per cent interest of $647,085. Since the area leaving the county school district would take a credit of $119,385 with them, which would be a debit for the county, the county would end up with a net credit of $527,700, a sizable sum of money. This is the sum of money that District No. 1, ac cording to Uie report in t h e Herald and News, . . . "sees no other alternative than to cancel. . . ." 11 is difficult to understand how anyone truly interested in solving the over crowding problems at the un ion high school by district re organization could raise such a financial obstacle as this. The third important consider ation involves the rosponsibili ity for the high school students. If tlie plan under consideration is approved, tlie county will have the responsibility for 640 students now attending Klam ath Union. The 19l3 legislature enacted a law that permits stu dents who are enrolled in a high school to finish their edu cation in that school and causes their home district to pay their tuition. The forecast indicates that City MOW OPEN! 7th and Pine Featuring Speedy Car Wash, American Oil Products and Big City Center Parking Lot! Ask How You Can Get a Free Car Wash! Watch for Grand Opening Coming Soon! torney with the piercing eyes and the silvery-mousy crewcut, entered its fourth day today with five jurors yet to be cho sen. They are three members of the regular panel plus two alternates. Tilmer Eugene Thompson, (he criminal attorney who at 35 knew when the pictures were taken or by whom. The woman also said she has received a series of mysterious phone calls and in each case the party calling held the line open but did not speak. Police returned the pictures and the $100 to the perplexed woman, and began checking the possibility of a link between the anonymous calls and the letter. A police spokesman empha sized that no law has been vio lated, but authorities felt an in vestigation of the incident was advisable. On Redisricting Issue this provision would cost the county school district $417,186 over the three-year transition period. This factor further high lights the difficulty faced by the county board in accepting a proposition that on the one hand wipes out a credit of $527,700, knowing that tlie coun ty will be obligated for $417, 186 for tuition. This is an ex tremely dear sacrifice in be half of school district reorgan ization and the effort of the county to help solve an over crowded condition of its neigh bor. It was mutually agreed, at several meetings attended by representatives of the three dis tricts, that success in reorgani zation would be possible only if it would not be necessary for either district to have to pay the other district anything in the adjustment of assets and for the education of the other district's students during t h e three year transition period. The county scliool district be lieved in this principle and so advised the county court of its decision in a letter dated Sept. 27. 11983. This position was taken with the realization that the county school district had a potential credit nf $110,914 after the tui tion for the high school stu dents would be paid. , It recognized that there are many factors to be considered in the adjustment nf assets. The schedule that was submit ted by the county for prelimi nary study contained only those items that had been mutually agreed on. .Reconsideration of factors could favor District No. 1, but there are many others that would favor the county's Center was plunged into tragedy when his wife was slain last spring and three months later became the renter of shocked and an gered interest in the Twin Cities when he was indicted on a charge of murder, has been taking a sort of mental beating in the jury picking. Three-fifths of all the persons examined as prospective jurors Wednesday in Hennepin County District Court were excused from duty because they said they were opinionated as to his guilt. The tiial was brought here on a change of venue from the Twin City of St. Paul, where the murder was committed. The issue that won the location switch was that publicity in St. Paul tended to create bias The slate of Minnesota ac cuses Thompson of first degree murder in the bludgeon-knifing of his pretty wife Carol, 34, mother of (our and devoted church worker whose life was insured for 91.061,000 in policies of which Thompson was the beneficiary. It will try to prove that he masterminded a three man pint to do away with her. position, i.e., the shift of the Weyerhaeuser multi-million dol lar assessed valuation, with few children to educate, from the county elementary to District No. 1 was accepted graciously. The resolution of District No. 1 also opens the door for some in teresting changes in what the county should include in its to tal "depreciated values." The paragraph "District No. 1 is also of the opinion that such items of assets as are used should be the same in all dis tricts involved, and that those items should include all as sets toward which the taxpay ers in the areas affected have made a contribution" possibly refers to the county's serial levy funds. The resolution could buildings in the county which very well exclude all of the were in existence before the county unit was formed in 1923. Their total depreciated value represents a considerable sum and it was included in t h e schedule submitted for study. 4480 South 6th SpSSto. IT'S GETTING COLDER! ' W-" rJH'rl Jfr$ WE STILL HAVE SOME VJ 7Wl.'k' f'O A BOYS' JACKETS X3 SSSf WMl tt-stM with & without Hood. I ni IChJ W'lfr S JUST WRIST WATCHES 11 i tpjMU J I MEN'S and WOMEN'S I Mm MEN'S PLASTIC IV REDUCED Jt WW JACKETS 298 LSSUF V ' i Reg. S3.29 M p -- TAUf ARE POURING IN, I VVXiWN df I II Y A USE OUR LA YAW AY rfY" -M IVIJOR REVOLVING CHARGE NEW iW ASSORTMENT fflk FOR THE GIRLS! PLASTIC fl LkAA Tammy 4 Nurse FLOWERS '.WA 2U Nancy Kits 1.98 nc BiU xV lotToTIarbie FROM IU -53si nfll I ACCESSORIES V ' " ) t F0R THE ROYS' se TRUCKS IV C r GUNS FROM MO "Cfaw TRAIN IflAt Low, Low Prices PLUS een Stamps wISS. $L98 t WHISTLE IIU Reg- $8.98 TTK LTV watt m mm KEyyrwwpiw iBmwmi'mijH mmmm 1 .maw f i mi i i k 3 I LAWYER-CLIENT HUDDLE T. Eugene Thompson I right I confers briefly with hit attorney, Hyam Segell, before the opening of another clsy of Thompion's first degree murder trial in Minneapolis. He is charged in the March murder of his wife. After four days, only nine jurors had been selected. UPI Telephoto Lead Fails In Slaying PORTLAND lUPH-The .Mult nomah County Sheriff's office reported no new developments in the Nona Christine Jackson slaying today, after hopes for a major development in the case Merc dashed Wednesday. 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