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u.op 03E.ui3:u:ir MSISPAPiR sscriorj CS,N.REF,ri3 DOCUMENTS DIV. COUP. Weather Klemal Fillt. Tuleleke ene) leke view fair rriuea Thundey. Celd eeaul HMfht. lewe M I . ecel aear five tn the normally celder aree. Higlls THertMr IS te U. UKIt WO10I. Hth vettertfey H Low true mornlnfl High year ago Lew year ago H PrKip, pal II kauri .M Sine Jan. 1 ' H Same pened lait year H.4? Weather IONQ HANOI OUTLOOK Ceaflnued fair end ceM weather with light moiHy u n II iM lawi 0 ta IS above with oemo warming by the weekend. Next three! at Mow Kurriei PrMey ar Satwrdey. Price Ten Cents Si Page KLAMATH FALLS, ORK., WKDNKSDAY. DECEMBER 11. 13 Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 7651 inafra ideasedl Fot smooo f ' -7- uMJ 1 "ft 1 SCHOOL REORGANIZATION PLAN Judge Robert Walker (right) of the Klam ath County Court points with a ruler to a portion of the south suburban area to be affected by the court's school reorganization plan unveiled Tuesday. At left is Com missioner Frank Ganong and in the center is Commissioner Ken Allison. In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS The news at this moment in history? It has some interesting angles. Mr. Kioosh is in trouble. Huge as his country is, it isn't producing as much food as his people need to keep them hap py. In particular, it isn't pro ducing enough wheat to provide them with as much bread as they want and need. As everyone is aware, he has been buying wheat wherever he could lay hands on it. He has been having some trouble fi nancing his wheat purchases. What's wrong? Mr. Kroosh lays the blame on a bad growing season. But the real trouble seems to lie deeper than that. The soil is thin. It needs vast quantities of chemi cal fertilizer. Ti get the nec essary amount of fertilizer, he's going to liave to spend some where in the neighborhood of 42 billion rubles about $46 billion I to build., the chemical plants needed to produce the fertilizer he must have to make his land produce enough food to keep his people contented with commu nism. That suggests this thought: Can he finance all this as well as nuclear weapons and space travel along w ith all the tilings his people are going to want to keep them happy? And- If he doesn't give his people what they want, can he hold their confidence? And if he can't hold their confidence, what WILL he do? He can't put a soldier to watch each peas ant. That would take too many sol diers. And the soldiers also are going to w ant a lot of things that the people of the West have. History tells him that if he can't provide the things his people want, he's going to face BAD trouble. What to do about it? Here's a word of advice: Forget all this communist hogwash. Communism never P has provided the people with the tilings they WANT. Stait with your farmers. They provide the food your people must have to keep them hap py. Give each Rusian farmer HIS OWN piece of land. Let him work it as he pleases. Let him KEEP WHAT HE MAKES. The first tiling you know, your farmers will be producing all the food your people need. We learned that trick at James town and Plymouth. It WORKS. Communism DOESN'T work. Kenya Sets Celebration NAIROBI, Kenya 'I'PD Tribesmen and city dwellers to day staged premature celebra tions cf Kenya's independence, which becomes official at mid night tonight m a ceremony ending Britain's 68 years of rule over this rich East Afri can nation. Heavy rainfall hampered the festivities, but Africans in the capital and countryside already were celebrating uhuru or free dom as the last day of British dependence dawned. Kenya once had 66.000 whites and still has tw.ono, along with 70000 Arabs and Asians. No other African nation has had to absorb such substantial minorities. Court Explains New School Plan The Klamath County Court Tuesday assured the public that its proposals for division of school assets a gfime section of the court's school reorganiza tion plan is based on a com mon and accurate yardstick of values. The court presented its plan to a gathering of local news men. It calls for a reorganization of the county into two school districts, each capable of edu cating students in grades 1-12. The reorganization is on t h e lines of the so-called "Wiard Street plan," which divides the South Suburban area into two sections, one to go into the pro posed metropolitan (city I school district and the other to be in cluded in the proposed new county district. Three public hearings on the plan will be held. They will be Jan. 6 at Merrill High School, Jan. 7 at Mills School in Klam ath Falls and Jan: 8 at Chilo quin High School. All will start at 8 p.m. The court said that any inter ested citizen may speak at the meetings, but said it will be in terested most in those com ments which seek to point out error in the plan. Copies of the plan will be available at the County Court office and maps of the pro posed new school districts will be available in tile court office and at both school administra tion offices. The division of school assets proposed by the County Court is Miners Answer Ultimatum With Bullets And Dynamite LA PAZ. Bolivia UPI Ter rorists attacked the home of Bolivia's labor minister with dynamite and bullets today shortly after the government gave rebellious tin miners a 48 hour ultimatum to release 17 hostages, including four Ameri cans, or face military action. A stick of dynamite, com monly used in mining opera tions, was thrown on the door step of Labor Minister Anibal Aguilar Penarrieta at dawn and two shots were fired into the house. The minister, brandishing a sub-machinegun, ran into the street in his pajamas to return the fire, but the assailants fled in an automobile. No one was injured, and damage from the attack was minor. The government's tough w arning to the rebel miners was issued by Defense Minister Gen. Luis Bidagain. Foreign Minister Jose Vel arde said, meanwhile, the gov ernment appreciated a U.S. aid offer but did not need help "neither arms or munitions and much less, personnel." Johnson, Ste venson Re vie w UN A WASHINGTON' (ITI Presi dent Johnson discussed United Nations problems with Adlai Stevenson and other advisers today, then turned his attention again to the nation's military posture. Johnson arranged an appear ance at the Pentagon to ad dress top military and civilian officials of the Defense Depart ment this afternoon. He appar ently planned to hit again hit economy campaign in military (pending. based on "depreciated insurable values." The court said the county school district had favored the use of insurance company ap praisals in any discussion of di vision of assets, but the two city school boards had favored the use of figures from an independ ent appraisal company. The court said to resolve this argument, two things were done. First, the 1 o c al accounting firm of Lambie and Molatore was hired to check the figures submitted by bolh sides to the court and produce a defini tion of terms. The accountants found that the submitted figures were accurate and issued the opinion that the county's insur ance company appraisal figures and the city's independent ap praisal figures were compar able. Second, to further check this opinion, the county's insurance appraiser was retained to make an appraisal of Klamath Union High School. The court said this was simpler than asking the independent appraisal firm to appraise the county's 26 schools. This appraiser reported that his figures were within one per cent of Hie independent apprais er's values. The insurance ap praiser set the value of the school, not counting the admin istration building and proper ties on Alameda Avenue, at $2,275,790. The independent com pany had appraised these prop- (Contlnued on Page 4-A) However, threat of an immi nent armed clash between the army and the rebellious miners dissipated somewhat with an nouncement of a "truce" be tween the opposing factions. The army command at Oru ro, where the government has been massing troops, said forces sent out to cut off the rebel elements at Catavi, where the hostages are being held, had been withdrawn. In exchange, rebellious miners called o(f a "show of strength" among peasant supporters in the Bolivian highlands and agreed to resume work at un affected mines. The rebels seized the hos tages, including the Americans, last Friday to force the govern ment to release three Commu nist labor leaders being held on murder and fraud charges in La Paz. Correspondents who were al lowed to visit the hostages in nearby Catavi found them in good spirits and generally well treated despite some discomfort and the unmistakable danger of their situation. Johnson had breakfast with Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and White House staff members. They reviewed U.N. activities at the current session, drawing to a close, and made plans for Johnson's speech before the world organization next Tues day. The While House said John son would go to New York Tuesday morning. His speech is expected to last 15 or 20 min utes, starting at noon, and he Weyerhaeuser Gift Swells Firm And Give Over Klamath County's United Fund campaign received a big boost to the time of more than $16,000 Tuesday from Weyer haeuser Company and its local employes. J. B. Bishop, manager of lo cal Weyerhaeuser operations, presented Paul Meier, general campaign chairman, with pledges from employes totaling $10,310. In addition, the firm has donated $6,000. Furthermore, campaign offi cials emphasized that the drive will continue at Weyerhaeus er. The total is now more than $1,000 over Weyerliaeuser's con tribution last year. The lumber firm's donation lifted the total of this year's campaign to $123,354.39 83.2 per cent of the goal of $148,311. Weyerliaeuser's contribution alone accounted for J 1 .4 per cent of the goal. It is the larg est single contribution of the campaign and is counted into the Large Firms I division, bringing its total to $37,600.72 91.7 per cent of its $41,000 goal. The Large Firms I divi- Court Rules On Indian Land Rights The remaining members of the Klamath Indian Tribe have the right to unrestricted hunting and trapping on tribal lands, Federal Judge Gus J. Solomon ruled Tuesday. The Oregon State Game Com mission had questioned the In dians' hunting and trapping privileges, although it had con curred in their fishing rights. There had been some question as to whether the unrestricted hunting and fishing rights also extended to all lands off of the reservation. Klamath Coun ty District Attorney Dale Crab tree said today it was his un derstanding that it did not, al though he stressed thai he had not yet been officially informed of Hie court's decision. A total of 1.600 members of the Klamath Tribe elected to withdraw and take their share of the land in cash under the Klamath Reservation Termina tion Act. A total of 473 mem bers remained in tlie tribe and retained tribal lands. Crabtree said that in the cases of Indian tribes which have not been terminated by a federal act, their members are entitled to hunt and fish upon lands on and off of their re spective reservations. MNTA'f HELPER AY5 SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS will return to tlie White House that afternoon. McGcorge Bundy, White House adviser on national secu rity; Theodore Sorensen, spe cial counsel, and another John son aide. Jack Valenti, sat in on today's breakfast discussion, Johnson asked Stevenson to re turn this afternoon to continue the talks. They also conferred Tuesday. Johnson, wrrn meets late to day with his cabinet (or budget discussions, arranged a lujjh Employes $16,000 siin is now in third place among the divisions. Also Tuesday, Meier accept ed a check for $9,361.84 from Col. Edwin Witzenburger, com mander of Kingsley. Field, rep resenting Kingsley's "first class" United Fund effort. Kingsley Field to date has raised 133.7 per cent of its goal of $7,000 and all but $290.90 of this was in cash because p a y roll deductions weren't possible. Meier said 35 per cent of the campaign calls are yet to be completed, and ho urged a 1 1 campaign workers to finish their calls within the next few days. 'But, he said, the cam paign will not be closed until every person in the community has had an opportunity to con tribute to the campaign. He said a new (acct of the campaign will concentrate this week on persons who contribut ed to the United Fund last year, but this year have not been con tacted. if Jn ' w: . . 1 i i e i i. ir BIG EFFORT AT WEYERHAEUSER Paul Meior (second from left), general United Fund chairman, stands with three Weyerhaeuser employes who spearheaded the campaign at the plant which raised more than $10,000. At left is Leslie Jarvis, box factory. Other men (left to right) are George Knight, sawmill, and Del Hollis, hard board plant. Secretary Of State Appling May Retire From Politics SALEM 'DPI) - Secretary of State Howell Appling .Ir. may retire from politics and is not expected to seek re-election next year, United Press International learned today. Informed sources said Appling apparently had decided early this year to step down from public office at the end of his present term which expires at the end of 1(164. Appling would not comment on the report. He told UPI he would make an announcement about the first Of tlie year. An announcement that ap pling is quitting politics could be a political bombshell in Ore gon. Eyed For Governor Appling, 44. had been exact ed by many to seek re-election as secretary of state, and to run for governor when Gov. Mark Hatfield's second term expired. with Defense Secretary Hobert S. Mc.Namara, the secretaries of the Army, Navy and A i r Force and the Joint Chiefs of Stalf before addressing about 800 senior military and civilian officials at the Pentagon. The president said last week that the speech would not con tain "anything shocking. . hut I do want to establish an ac quaintance with them 'the U.N. delegates' and know some of them personally." The President was scheduled f? 1 i v. -L: J FUND GETS BOOST J. B. Bishop ( right) . manager of local Weyerhaeuser Company operations, hands a pledge card to Paul Meier, general chairman for the United Fund campaign, symbolizing Weyerliaeuser's donation of more than $16,000 to the fund. Employes contributed more than $10,000 and the firm contributed another $6,000. It was the largest single contribution to the fund this year. H - leiian er , r' v Highly regarded by members of both political parties, Appling had been considered a certainty for re-election as secretary of state, and the Republicans' best chance to retain the governor ship. A Navy veteran of World War II, Appling founded t h e Inde pendent Distributors, a Portland wholesale logging and farm equipment business, in 1016. The business has been stwctacularly successful. His business partner is retir ing from the firm, Appling said. In I!B9 Appling was appointed secretary of slate by Hatfield. In MOO ho was elected to his present four-year term. Appling, a Catholic, is married and the father of four children. Itecame Well Known Virtually unknown when first appointed to ollice, Appling be came one of tlie best known state officials in Oregon. ctivities to go to the Pentagon later to day to confer with Defense Secretary Robert S. McN'amara, the civilian service secretaries, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other lop department nfiicials. II was expected tli;it Johnson would asi.ure the nfiicials, as he did congressional leaden Tuesday, that defense economy measures he has approved will not a f ( e c t tlie pre - eminent American position In military power. V;:; rlS II limit uliwaaV 1 1 i iiitir .UMit ! pKiftli M n' llimal UF Total As secretary of stale Appling is auditor of the public ac counts, chief fiscal officer, the chief election officer, and cus todian of the state's buildings and grounds. He established exlrenirly good relations with the Democratic controlled legislature, which has supported most of the legisla tion he has asked, and has often killed measures he opposed. Many seasoned observers lic lieve his retirement from ofiice could leave a void tliat could prove disasterous to Republi cans. Many have assumed for some time Appling would bo tlie can didale to succeed Hatfield and even many Democrats concede he probably could defeat many Democrats now consklered like ly opponents. Ufformed sources said Appling felt it necessary to devote more time to his private business in terests and family responsibili ties. Tlie death earlier this year of his father Is said to have contributed to these responsibili ties. Stamps Keep Singer Busy IIJ-'ORI), Kngland (UPI l -Raving Count Archer, a 19-year-old rock 'n' roll singer who can't read music, said to day lie has had plenty of work since he started giving trading stamps to tlie pubs who book his act. -.' - It Maw. I ; ir. u 'Wi It , ; ) . 1 WEST LOS ANGELES (UPI) Young Frank Si natra Jr.'s kidnapers turned him loose unharmed today after the youth talked them into letting him go before they knew $240,000 ransom had been paid by his famous father. "He talked that guy into turning him loose, that's what he told me," said the security guard wflo picked up Frank Jr., 19, shortly after he was released near his mother's home. Sinatra was kidnaped at a Lake Talioe resort Sun day night. His father had talked with young Frank twice during eight tele phone conversations with the abductors in two days. "Tomorrow Is my birthday and its tlie best present I could gel," Sinatra told newsmen gatliered outside his first wife's palatial hilltop home in Bel-Air in the pre-dawn hours minutes after his son's return. Frank Jr.'s first words to his father were "I'm sorry." Si natra said his son "hadn't eat en much," but was unharmed. The family physician said young Frank was "exhausted and rest ing" after his ordeal. The only eyewitness to the kidnaping was John Foss, 26, Frank Jr.'s roommate, who was in the motel room with him when the youth was kid naped from tlie lake resort on the California-Nevada border high in the snow-clad Sierra Nevada about 4o0 miles north of here, w as being held in pro tective custody at Lake Tahoe. Frank Jr. was released at Uie Mulhnlland Drive off-ramp of the San Diego Freeway where it crosses tho ridge of Santa Monica Mountains, not far from his mother's home. He walked toward tlie home until he was picked up by private Bel-A i r Patrolman George C. Jones, SO. Jones hid young Sinatra in the Crunk of his car and took him to his mother's house. He rang the bell of the Sinatra home and told Mrs. Sinatra "I've got Frankie an the trunk." The patrolman said Frank Jr. had told him he was fearful that (J io kidnapers would come back for him aftor they re leased him. "Kvery time I saw a car come I hid." Jones quoted the youth as saying. Sinatra, recalling his conver sations with his son's abduc tors, said he believed possibly nine persons were involved in tlie kidnaping. He said he usual ly talked to the same person each time, a man whose voice led him to believe he was in his early 20s. The abductors apparently left Immediately for the Los An geles area after tlie kidnaping, before road blocks were set up and despite heavy snow. Sinatra first spoke to his son from his motel in Reno, Nov., where he kept a tense vigil alter flying north from his J'alm Springs, Calif., home. "They said they had the boy, and, bang, that was the end of the conversation," he said. Tho elder Sinatra, carrying out the kidnapers' instructions, flew to Los Angeles late Tues day in a chartered airliner while friends collected the ran som money from several banks Should Famed Words, Deeds Be Preserved? Certain Americans have performed deeds of heroism or have said certain things that have become indelible marks on the rich history of the United . States. For instance, do you remember Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death?" Or when Nathan Hale, just before he was hanged by the British as an American spy, said: "I only re- : gret that I have but one life to give for my country?" Or the time when John Paul Jones was called on by the British captain to surrender, retorted from the deck of his battered ship, "I have not yet begun to fight!" Should not these deeds and words be preserved -in our history books today? We believe they certainly should but as time : wears on fewer and fewer texts for school children ' - cuiiiain uit'5e alum's. ve agree these happenings aui veu. We invite you to read an editorial on the sub ject in today's Herald and News, Page 8-A, and then express some of your Ideas In the Letters to the Editor column, space set aside for you to comment on this and many other Issues. in $100, $30, $20 and $10 denominations. Tlie money was left in a piece of luggage at the U.S. Veterans Hospital on Wilshire Boulevard not far from the Si natra home. Patrolman Jones described how he happened to pick up Frank Jr. shortly before J a.m. and return him to his mother's home. As he drove by tho hordes of newsmen waiting 'outside the home he said, "Any news yet boys?" and drove tho hidden oimgsler on to his family. Jones said he rang the bell of tlie Sinatra home and told Mrs. Sinatra, "I've got Frankie in tlie trunk." Jones estimated Frank Jr. had walked about two miles from a freeway junction where the kidnapers let him out. "I heard someone call and slopped." Jones said. "I backed up to see who it w as. I almost gave up, then I saw this fellow. He was walking in tlie middle of the street. I recognized him, but I didn't believe it." Jones said he talked to Sina tra Jr. about the kidnaping and quoted the youth as saying he Uiought they were amateurs. He said young Sinatra told him he was blindfolded most of the lime and was forced to take sleeping pills to keep him groggy. The young Sinatra was kid naped by two men from his motel in Stalelmo, Calif., di rectly across the stale line from the club where he was appearing wilh the Tommy "Dorsey orchestra,- the same band that gave his famous fa ther his big start toward fame. Tlie abductors apparently headed immediately for the Los Angeles area, although at least ono of tlie calls wlicn the fa ther spoke to his son came en route. "He said he's been in more automobile trunks than he's ever seen in his life," the el der Sinatra quoted h's son. "I understand that to mean that they transported him in trunks," he added, smiling. Shooting Hours "A OREGON December 12 Open Close 6:53 a.m. 4:33 p.m. CALIFORNIA December 12 Open Close 6:54 a.m. 4:34 p.m. ilium uiuai. mnci u.uia win-.. of the past should be pre- .: m. e
