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NEISPAPER SECTION GEN.REF.ANO IiOCUIlEnrS OIV. euc&te,oaa . OTI . . . . . 27 Eastern Ore. 7 San Jose . . 13 Washington . 22 Army .... 14 Oregon . . . .7 USC .... .7 Air Force . . 10 Oregon State 10 Wash. State . 14 Navy .... 35 Stanford ... 7 Idaho . ... 10 Notre Dame . 14 Pittsburgh . . 35 Syracuse . . 27 Ohio State Iowa . . 3 Texas SMU . 17 12 Illinois Purdue 41 21 Georgia Tech 30 Duke .... . 6 Both iiein, fc mn Shin "A (J i -in 1 - U " o) mh& Weather Klamath Fall. Tultlaki and Lafca vitw Increasing cloudiness today with howtry periods lata today through Monday. Highs today and Monday 47 to 51. Lows tonight X to 35. Variable winds live to IS miles per hour. High Friday 41 Low Friday morning 4f High year a 90 45 Low year ago 34 Precip. past 24 hours trace Since Jan. 1 I.M Grand Jury Will Study Deadly Blast In Indiana In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS From London as this is writ ten: "According to diplomatic sources here, the Soviet Union dropped out of the moon race with the United States because it must put food before rockets. The diplomats who hold this opinion say tire agricultural crisis that forced Russia to buy millions of tons of grain in the West can't be solved without huge investments, and there simply Isn't money enough at Premier Khrushchev's disposal to finance both the needed over haul of Russian agriculture and the moon shot." So- They add - He is choosing the lesser of two evils and is abandoning the moon enterprise. Hmmmmmmmmmm. The old gentleman is pretty far behind the times. We don't let little things like that bother us. ' Witness this dispatch from Washington: Acting with unusual speed, the House ways and means committee yesterday approved the administration's request to raise the national debt limit to $315 billion from the $300 bil lion at which it has been stand ing for some months. See how simple it is? Just a vote in Congress and our money troubles are over. Communist Russia is far, FAR behind the times. Over there, they have the odd notion that money is hard to come by. They are very, very old - fashioned. They haven't learned the simple trick of put ting it on the cuff and leaving the future to take care of itself. Incidentally What about this putting a man on the moon business that Mr. Kroosh is said to be pull ing out of? u is it worth the -40 billion dol- n -s it is supposed to cost? V Two very good men say it isn't. One of them is our Ike, who said a while back: "Anybody who would spend 40 BILLION DOLLARS in a race to the moon is a nut." The ' other is Dr. Linus C. Pauling, who has twice won the Nobel Prize. In Washing ton the other day, Dr. Pauling sharply criticised the United States man-on-the-moon pro gram as a waste of talent and money that could be put lo bet ter use in the battle against human suffering. He added: "Something is seriously wrong with our system of val ues when mainly for reasons of national prestige we spend billions of dollars to go to the moon while at the same time there is tremendous human suf fering on earth which could be alleviated." He said that cancer, mental illness and malnutrition are among the sources of suffering and added: "The scientific and technical personnel liberated with the decrease in the arms program would be better em ployed on problems of disease and human nutrition than id Um space race." H;eralii an Price Fifteen Cents 36 Pages INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. UPl A grand jury will investigate whether possible "crimes of commission or omission" were responsible for the Indiana Fair ground Coliseum explosion which killed 64 persons, it was announced Saturday. Eight other investigations were under way to determine the cause of (lie blast which ripped up a section of box seats during the finale of a gala Halloween "Holiday on Ice" show Thursday night. The Both Sides Continue Border Duel ALGIERS (UPI) - Algerian and Moroccan troops lobbed shells at each other in violation of mutual pledges to observe a cease-fire Saturday while an angry envoy of King Hassan II waited in the wings for possi ble last-minute truce talks. Hours after the- cease - fire deadline, agreed to in Bamako, Mali, Wednesday between Pres ident Ahmed Ben Bella and Hassan, Algerian artillery shelled Figuig, 37 miles north east of Colomb Bechar, end Moroccan guns blasted Beni Ounif, an Algerian frontier oasis four miles south of Fi guig. As the artillery duel contin ued, King Hassan's envoy, La bor Minister Abdelkader Ben jelloul, delayed his departure for Rabat apparently to be on hand if the Moroccan and Al gerian governments decided to establish official contact and put the abortive cease-fire into effect. Lawmaker Plans To Offer Sales Tax Bill At Session SALEM (UPI) - A sales tax bill that would raise $48 million the last year of this biennium will be introduced at the special session of the legislature, Rep. Joe Rogers, R Independence, said Friday.' Rogers called for the sales tax proposal to be submitted to the voters at the May 15 pri mary. He said co-sponsors of the plan are Sen. Eddie Aherns, R Salem, and Reps. John Dellen back, R-Medford; Winton Hunt, R-Woodburn, and Mrs. E. G. Chuinard, R-Portland. "If t h e measure were ap proved by tlie voters at the May 15 primary, it would become ef' fective July 1, 1964, the begin ning of the second fiscal year of the biennium," Rogers said. The sales tax proposal would Shooting Hours OREGON November 4 Open Close :lt a.m. S:M p.m. CALIFORNIA November 4 Opea Close $:M a.m. 4:5 p.m. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, blast, one of the worst disasters in Indiana history, inflicted more than 400 casualties in the crowd of more than 4,300. At least 20 of the 340 injured re mained in critical condition. Marion Cointy Prosecutor No ble Pearcy studied official pre liminary reports from the state fire marshal's office. The re ports indicated that a broken valve on a tank of butane gas caused a leak of volatile fumes which were touched off in a mighty explosion by contact with a concession stand heating or cooking flame. Pearcy said a grand jury would be summoned to deter mine whether "crimes of com mission or omission" had been committed in connection with the use of bottled gas and the care of the gas-filled contain ers. The containers were kept in a storage room near the concession stands and under the spectator seats of the state owned Coliseum. State Fire Marshal Ira An derson, who headed a four-man blue ribbon investigating team, said food healing equipment at refreshment counters in the col iseum may have ignited butane gas leaking through a broken valve. As cranes pulled apart the debris inside the big coliseum at the Indiana State Fair grounds, investigators found a half-dozen butane gas tanks. Two of them were ruptured. At least four were impounded. There were "wild rumors" galore, Anderson said. Some said no permits had been is sued for the butane gas. Ander son said investigators were checking out reports a conces sion worker ''discovered hissing gas, saw tlie fog and yelled 'clear out'." The explosion originated in or near the refreshment counters below the south tier of seats In the huge oval-shaped auditori um. exempt food, seed, fertilizer and prescription drugs. Rogers said contemplated cuts in basic school support, building programs and other services aner-maintenance could be re stored if the sales tax was adopted. The proposal calls for 35 per cent of the net proceeds to go for property tax relief, 15 per cent for income tax reduction, and the remainder to the gen eral fund. Rogers said this would mean about $24 million for tax reduction and $24 mil lion additional to the state's general fund. Economy Now Diversified Jachson By FLOYD L. WYNNE Glenn Jackson, man of many activities, including that of vice chairman of the Pacific Power and Liglit Company and chair man of the Oregon State High way Commission, urged all Ore gonians to make their own analysis of industrial growth around them and prepare them selves for a promising future. Speaking to the convention of Pacific Northwest Newspaper Advertising Executives Friday noon, Jackson commented that while lumber and agriculture are important in Oregon's econ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1963 mmm " """'"""lyjpsa cd it i - it TURN FIRST DIRT The opening of construction on the new Intercommunity Presby terian Hospital was signaled Saturday afternoon with the turning of the first dirt on the site adjacent to the OTI campus. Here, Boyd Sanderson, left, hospital administrator; Congressman Al Ullman and Jim Stilwell, chairman of the hospital fund drive, turn to on the shovels with a gleeful look of satisfaction after a job well done. The Todd Construction Company was awarded the contract and work will begin immediately on the site with completion scheduled for 1965. Work Starts On Hospital Citizens of Klamath County were commended at a ground breaking ceremony Saturday afternoon for tlie quick and gen erous support which is making the new Presbyterian Intercom munity Hospital a reality in record time. About 100 interested persons were on hand for the turning of the first spadeful of dirt marking the start of the $3 mil lion hospital. The structure, lo cated near tlie site of the new OTI campus, is scheduled to be completed before the summer of 1065. Congressman Al Ullman, fea tured speaker of the day, and Rev. Robert Groves of the First Presbyterian Church in Klam ath Falls, both congratulated citizens of the area for t h e i r support of the project. Representative Ullman point ed out that funds for the new hospital were raised in record time. "When they were called upon, the people of this community responded," he said. "It is not just the money represented in this hospital, it Is the heart and Sees Promising Future For omy, they can no longer be considered the only bellwethers in the state's industrial picture. "For a long time," he com menled, "Oregon's economy was geared to th4 price of 1 by 4's and when the lumber indus try was economically healthy so was the state. "Even today." he said, "peo ple generally consider the state and the Pacific Northwest geared to lumber and agricul ture. Very liw have taken the time," he continued, "to ana lyze what we have, to compre Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 7618 spirit of the community." Reverend Groves noted that more than one-half tlie popu lation of the county contributed to the hospital fund. He said individuals, firms and organiza tions all played major roles. The minister told the audience that there is no knowledge, at least on the West Coast, of a hospital being constructed in so short a time. Following the talks, the offi cial construction contract was signed by Ross Ragland, rep resenting the hospital board, and John Todd of Todd Con struction Company, Roscburg. Todd Construction Company, one of five bidders for the job, earned the right to build the hospital with a low bid of $2. 125.075. Equipment, real estate, landscaping and other items are expected to raise the final cost to about $3 million. Part of the extra cost was eliminated, however, when it was learned that Clara Beninff has donated the right-o'-way for the entrance to the hospital. The first shovelful of dirt was turned in a three-way effort by hend the diversity we have in our economy." Jackson cited figures of a breakdown Hi the work force in Oregon as typical of the Pacific Northwest. He listed the work force as comprised of 15.11 per cent employed by gov ernment and schools, 10.33 per cent in agriculture, 14 per rent self-employed or domestics, 4.90 per rent in lumber, 10 per cent in other manufacturing and mining, 3 M per cent in con struction, 6.17 per cent in trans portation and utilities, 16.32 per cent in wholesale selling and Weather LONG-RANGI OUTLOOK Showers ending Monday with return to lair weaiher. Temperatures slight ly abovt seasonable next tew days. Highs 41 to SI. Lows to 30. Next threat of rain Wednesday, Ullman, Jim Stilwell, chairman of the hospital fund drive, and Boyd Sanderson, hospital ad ministrator. After the initial ground breaking, Todd signaled to a shovel operator at the top of tlie hill and the regular ex cavation got underway. County Commissioner Frank Gannng emcccd the event. Crooks Try To Cheat Cops VOGIIERA. Italy (UP11 -Narcotics squad officers said Friday night they took Into custody three men who had agreed to sell 6.6 pounds of cocaine lo a plainclothes offi cer for $24,000. When the officer showed up for the sale, police said the men handed him three sacks of a white powder which a laboratory analysis showed was bicarbonate of soda. The three men then were charged with allempted fraud. distribution, 3.2 per cent in fi nance and real estate and 10.19 per cent employed In services. ' "U is not feasible anymore," Jackson stated, "lo gear our thinking to the price of 2 by 4's. I am not saying that I'm not sympathetic to the lumber Industry, but psychologically, lumbering is no longer the sin gle dominating factor in our economy." Jackson opened his talk by coring tlie image of the Paci fic Northwest which pictured it a "rain forest with people living in clouds and rain," add By NEIL SHEEHAN United Press International SAIGON, South Viet Nam (UPI) Highly reliable military sources said Saturday that rebel troops assas sinated President Ngo Dinh Dinh Nhu, shortly after a coup ended their eight-year rule in a 17-hour revolution. End of Ihe Diem regime touched off celebrations by joyous mobs who surged through the streets carry ing rebel troops on their shoulders. But students freed by the military roamed the burning, looting and pil laging buildings and business establishments owned by the Ngo family. Saigon Radio said Diem and his brother, husband of outspok en Madame Nhu, committed sui cide while being transported to jail in an armored porsorjnel carrier. ' But highly reliable informants said they were slain by tlie men w ho captured them in a Roman Catholic church in the twin city of Cholon across the Saigon River from Saigon proper. 1 Flee Through Tunnel It was believed both Ngo brothers escaped from the be sieged presidential palace in Saigon in the pre-dawn hours Saturday through a secret tun nel shortly before assaulting ma rines overran and captured tlie building. The informants said leaders of the coup received information late in the morning that Diem was in a Catholic church in Cholon. Tlie coup leaders did not know that Nhu was with him, but they dispatched armored personnel carriers and a com pany of troops. The troops found the Ngo brothers sitting in the church, and ordered them into one of the armored carriers. On the way to military headquarters in Saigon an order was given and tlie soldiers inside the armored vehicle shot them to death. When tlie troop carrier reach ed military headquarters the men were found inside dead. Leads Rebellion ' The coup executed in classic military style was led by pro Western Maj. Gen. Duong Van Miph, a widely respected mili tary leader described by Amer ican officials as "someone we could get along with." Former Vice President Nguyen Ngoc Tho' was named provisional president. The new government, in a ser ies of communiques, pledged it self to devote its energies to prosecuting the war against the Communist Vict Cong alongside the V. S. military advisers. It promised freedom of religion and a return to civilian rule "when the situation permits." Although Saigon swarmed with troops, and tlie presidential palace was a shattered ruin, the city appeared to lie return ing to normal. Saigon Radio be gan playing Benny Goodman, rook 'n' roll, hula music and twist songs banned by Mmc. Nhu as unpatriotic. A mixed chorus gave forth with a rousing new song which began with the word "Destroy dictatorship and feud alism." International Airlines said they were resuming operations. Follows Recent Crises The coup against Diem follow ed six months of religious and political crises marked by whole sale arrests of Buddhists and students by tlie predominantly Roman Catholic Diem regime and highlighted by the ritual protest suicides of seven Bud dhists by fire. Oregon ing that this false image has had an adverse effect on at tracting people and industry. He pointed out that a recent article in U.S. News and World Report showed that people and Industry were moving to Uie West Coast. He said that the ar ticle said that job opportunities had increased 32 per cent dur ing the last 10-year period in Idaho, IB per rent in Washing Ion, but had dropped 4 7 per cent in Oregon. He took Issue with this figure, (Ctatlaaea' m Pat 4-A) Diem and his brother, Ngo perfectly executed military city in an orgy of hatred, US Awaits Word On New Government WASHINGTON UPI - The I administration, eager to see South Vict Nam get back to the war against the Communists, awaited word Saturday of the revolutionary regime's next stop. President Kennedy dis cussed the situation with his top-level advisers throughout the day. The United States probably would recognize President Ngo Dinh Diom's successors as soon as they formally declared the markup and future policy of their government. Monday was seen as the earliest possible date for U.S. diplomatic recog nition. Kennedy cancelled a trip to Chicago for the West Point-Air 'Force football game to hear lat est reports of Saigon develop ments at a 45-minute meeting - Mme. Nhu Lashes ILS., i Vows Return To Viet BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (UPI) Mmc. Ngo Dinh Nhu said Saturday that assassination of her husband and brother-in- law was a "dirty crime and nothing less than murder." She promised to return to South Viet Nam. Mme. Nhu attacked the Unit ed States in a prepared state ment read as she sat in the lob by of the Beverly Wilshire Ho tel before attending mass on All Souls Day at the Ci.urch of the Good Shepherd. If those reports of the trea sonable death of the Nhu fam ily arc true," she said, "It will only be the beginning of tlie story in Viet Nam. ' "The American administration for its official or unofficial" par ticipation in the coup would see a reaction in Asia, she said, and tlie situation in Viet Nam would present more and more problems under a new regime. I w ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Glenn Jaekton, vice chair man of the Pacific Power end Light Company end chair man of the Oregon State Highway Commitsion, displays the results of e recent study of the economy of Oregon which analyzes the future potential of the state. Speak ing to the Friday noon luncheon ef the convention ef newspaper advertising executives at the Winema, Jack ton advised every cltiien of the tteie to get a copy of ' this report, available at banks and chamber ef commerce ef fleet, and study it. ' , " ft . NGUYEN NGOC THO New Leader In the White House Cabinet Room. The President was briefed by Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Defense Secretary Robert S.' McNamara, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John A. MeCone; Gen. Maxwell D. Tay lor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and high State Department officials. The President's decision to cancel the Chicago trip was not Interpreted as a sign of unfa vorable developments In South Viet Nam, -: Rather, the administration was understood to be watching the situation closely to try to de termine just how soon the mili tary junta intended to set up a provisional government and re turn to the anti - Communist light. . - Mme. Nhu, dressed in an an kle length white dress and hold ing a handkerchief to her face as she obviously tried to control her emotions, was asked If she ' intended to return to Soutlj Viet ." Nam. "Of course I do," she re-: plied. i . : "What is done against South -. Viet Nam will be felt against ' America too," she said. "It Is not enough to try to kill or sub-" ject," she said. "To kill is easy." Frequently using words such as "treason," and phrases such as "cruel treachery," Mme. Nhu repeated her statement of Friday that it was Impossible to ; believe that the Americans were not involved in the coup. ; When It came to discussing the reported assassinations of her husband Ngo Dinh Nhu and ,. President Ngo Dinh Diem, she -repeated the phrase "dirty ". crime" on two occasions.