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Oregon State 10 Wash. State . 14 Navy .... 35
Stanford ... 7 Idaho . ... 10 Notre Dame . 14
Pittsburgh . . 35
Syracuse . . 27
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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
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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."
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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
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CALIFORNIA
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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Mme. Nhu Lashes ILS.,
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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.
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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. ' , "
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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.