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TWO-OF-A-KIND Something In common are these black eyes shared by Barbara
Jean Chutes, 2, and her dog Little Rudy. The dog came by his by birth, Barbara
gained hers while playing. The little girl and her puppy live in Amherst, Ohio.
UPI Telephoto
In The-
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
From Washington:
Secretary of Defense Robert
McNamara announces plans to
close 26 domestic military bases
in an economy move. He added
that President Johnson had
stressed to him that it is abso
lutely necessary to reduce costs
in part because of the need
to pass tiio tax bill.
The Washington dispatches
add that all heads of depart
ments and agencies have before
them a Presidential directive to
RE-EXAMINE personally their
budgets for the next fiscal year,
which begins July 1, 19B4, to de
termine what FURTHER sav
ings can be made. The presi
dent's memorandum directed
the department and agency
heads to:
1. Undertake a personal re
examination of the appropria
tions, expenditures and employ
ment figures contained in the
most recent tentative allowanc
es for the next fiscal year.
2. Identify these further re
ductions in appropriations, ex
penditures and personnel which
can be achieved through tighter
management and better utiliza
tion of personnel.
3. Determine what program
expansions can be postponed or
curtailed along with other ap
propriate steps o hold down
spending at a time of "severe
budgetary stringency."
Hrnmmrrrmmmmmm.
Maybe President Johnson
'JIEAXT IT when he said in his
message to the congress that
ECONOMY in government will
be one of tlis prime objectives.
Question:
Was President Johnson's or
der to all government agencies
to take a last look at their
spending plans and CUT BACK
EVERY 'POSSIBLE PROGRAM
received with enthusiasm?
For an answer, let's turn to
THIS dispatch from Washing
ton: The President's order brought
a BARRAGE OF PROTESTS
from congress, including charg
es of false economy. Reaction
among many members of con
gress from the 14 states hit by
the cutback order was irate.
Little more than an hour af
ter Secretary McNamara said
tlie 26 U.S. bases and seven
others overseas will be closed
or reduced, Senator Keating of
New York introduced a bill to
SLOW LP defense efforts to
curtail activities.
Obviously angry. Senator
Keating, whose state would be
hit hard by the closing or cur
tailment orders announced by
Secretary McNamara, said:
It is incredible that anyone
could analyze this as an econ
omy move"
Representative Samuel Strat
ton. of New York, arose from
his seat hi the House of Repre
sentative and promised to
TURN THE PENTAGON I P
SIDE DOWN before accepting
tlie proposed cutbacks.
Quest ion:
Do the members of the con
gress really want the economy
in government that so many of
them have been talking about?
Tlit answer, of course, is YES.
But there's a catch to it.
They want it m SOMEBODY
ELSE S district.
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LBJ, Diplomats
Get Acquainted'
WASHINGTON 'UPI '-President
Johnson invited the top
ranking members of the Wash
ington diplomatic corps to the
White House today for a "get
acquainted" session on U.S.
foreign policy views.
The White House said 112 am
bassadors, ministers and
charges d'affaires were ex
pected to attend the meeting in
the state dining room of the ex
ecutive mansion.
- Johnson was following a prec
edent set by President Harry S.
Truman in 1945 after the death
of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Tru
man met with the chiefs of all
diplomatic missions in the cap
ital eight days after Roosevelt's
death.
Meeting Is Vita
At that time, with World War
II still in progress it was con
sidered vital that the new Pres
ident acquaint the diplomats
with his views and assure them
of the unbroken continuity of
U.S. policy. In many ways, of
ficials agreed, it was no less
JAOT HELPER
SHOPPING DAYS
TO CHRISTMAS
Two Crashes Claim
8 Gl's In Viet Nam
SAIGON. South Viet Nam
(LTD Two U.S. Army aircraft
a helicopter and a light plane
crashed in unrelated incidents
Thursday, apparently killing
eight American servicemen, it
was announced today. The heli
copter was reported shot down
by Communist ground fire.
A U.S. military spokesman
said a U S. Army H-37 helicop
ter with tive American soldiers
aboard crashed in the Mekong
River Delta about 60 miles
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vital today because of the
many critical issues facing the
Western Alliance in the cold
war.
Besides his session with the
diplomats, Johnson was to hold
another in his series of meet
ings with Negro leaders. He
had an appointment with Mrs.
Rosa Gragg, president of the
National Association of Colored
Women's Clubs, and Dorothy
Height, president of the Nation
al Council of Negro Women.
Johnson told a group repre
senting 64 of the nation's big
gest business firms Thursday
that there had been promising
progress toward abolishing ra
cial discrimination in employ
ment, but he added, "we still
have a long way to go."
Should Banish Bigotry
The President said every ef
fort should be made to banish
bigotry and prejudice from the
United States. He said that arti
ficial barriers to Negroes and
other minority groups should be
entirely eliminated in hiring
practices.
The meeting was called by
the President's Committee on
Equal Employment Opportuni
ty, which Johnson headed while
vice president. It was to ac
quaint the 64 firms with the
"Plans for Progress" system of
pledges against job discrimina
tion. Johnson also was to confer
today with Kentucky Gov.-Eleci
Edward Breathitt, retiring Gov,
Bert Combs and Undersecre
tary of Commerce Franklin D.
Roosevelt Jr. to discuss the
economic distress of eastern
Kentucky, hard-hit by the shut
down of numerous coal mines.
southeast of Saigon. Four men
were killed and one seriously
injured.
In tlie other incident, the
spokesman said tlie wreckage
of a U.S. "Otter" light trans
port plane Villi four Americans
and three Vietnamese aboard
was found during the night 300
feet from the peak of a 7.000
foot mountain in the jungles 160
miles north of Saigon. There
was no sign of survivors.
If all eight deaths are finally
confirmed, they will bring the
toll of Americans killed in ac
tion here to 126, w ith 80 of them
this year.
The spokesman said two of
the five men aboard the giant
twm-engined helicopter were
still alive when rescue forces
arrived at the scene. One died
before he could be evacuated.
The other was taken to Saigon
for medical treatment.
The military spokesman said
tliere still was no explanation
for the crash of the light trans
port plane, which was on a rou
tine (light from Ban Jfe Thut
to the coastal city of Nha
Trang. But there was some
speculation that it hit Hie
mountaintop because 9' bad
weather.
FBI Has
LOS ANGELES il'PIl Hie
FBI said today. "We're hopeful
there will be a development
soon" in the kidnap-ransom case
of Frank Sinatra Jr.
The announcement came
shortly alter J. Edgar Hoover
released serial numbers of
$240,000 in ransom bills deliv
ered to the abductors late Tues
day night. The FBI director,
who is personally supervising
tlie case, flashed the numbers
around the country and asked
citizens to watch for them.
The Los Angeles FBI agent.
Tin Miners
Make Offer
On Hostages
LA PAZ. Bolivia ' UPI '-Vice
President Juan Lechin has of
fered to resign and to release
the four American and 17 other
hostages held by his mine
worker supporters if the gov
ernment will release three
jailed Communist agitators, it
was reported today.
The offer was reported alter
Lechin showed up unexpectedly
in La Paz today. He has been
heading a rebellious group of
tin miners at Caiavi, 150 miles
from here, since they kidnaped
their hostages a week ago today
to force tlie government to re
lease the jailed Reds.
Rebellious miners meanwhile
set up armed command posts
around their Catavi stronghold
to fend off the growing gov
ernment threat of armed mili
tary action against them.
Four American and 17 other
hostages being held by (he reb
els to force the government to
release three jailed Communist
labor leaders meanwhile ended
their first week of captivity.
Unconfirmed reports said army
troops flanking Catavi were
holding two unidentified Ameri
can newsmen returning to La
Paz from the rebel stronghold.
Mediation efforts to resolve
the power clash between Presi
dent Victor Paz Estenssoro, on
one hand, and his vice presi
dent, Juan Lechin, on the other
moved ahead on two fronts. Nei
ther gave much hope for success.
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HAPPY REUNION Gordon James McDonald, 35, of Vancouver, B.C., is reunited
with hit son, Bradley, 5, after the appeal court showed mercy and released McDonald
from jail so he could be with the boy for Christmas. The child has leukemia and doc
tors say he is not expected to live another year. UPI Telephoto
Justice Gives Way To Mercy As Court
Unites Dad With Leukemia-Stricken Son
VANCOUVER. B.C. TIM' -The
5-year-old boy stood waiting
patiently for his father, a crude
ly wrapjx'd gift of cigars clutch
ed in his hands.
Bradley McDonald thought he
was waiting al a railway sta
tion. That's what his mother,
Carol, 25. had told him.
Actually, Bradley was nailing
(or his father. Gordon, 33, at
the gates of Oakalla prison in
suburban Vancouver, McDon
Ransom
first to speak out in tlie mys
tery shrouded case, was asked
if his announcement meant a
major break in the case. He
said, "I can't say that. I can
only say at this point that we
are hopeful. That is all."
At the same time, tlve FRI
declined comment on reports it
had taken motion pictures of
the suspects with a long-range
lens as the ransom furnished
by the boy's famous father was
being picked up.
Sources close to the FBI said
agents are "now more con
vinced than ever" that the kid
naping was genuine, despite
some published reports to the
contrary.
Tlie list of serial numbers,
which are not in sequence, runs
41 pages. iFBI Director J. Ed
gar Hoover said the money in
cluded 700 $100 bills. 700 $."0
bills, 400 S20 bills, 400 $10 bills
and 300 $3 bills.
With the exception of Ihe $.'
bills, all the money is in federal
reserve notes, Hoover said. The
$5 bills included silver certifi
cates. United Slates nolcs and
federal reserve notes.
Frank Sinatra Sr. was re
ported by a close friend to have
seen the pictures, taken with a
telescopic lens and infra-red
light, and recognized two of
the suspects.
' The friend, a director of one
of the San Francisco Bay
area's largest liquor distri
butorships, asked that his name
not be used. He and a Bay Area
Vote Near
On Aid Biff
.. WASHINGTON (UPI' A final
Senate voic was expected to
send the $3.6 billion foreign aid
bill to the White House today
ending one of the longest,
stormiest congressional voyages
in its history.
The compromise measure,
passed by the House Monday,
authorizes another year of eco
nomic, technical and military
aid for friendly nations around
the world.
At the same time, appropria
tions committees of both House
and Senate moved toward ac
tion on a follow-up money bill
to provide the actual funds for
the aid program within the au
thorized ceiling.
. in
ald was leaving tlie British Co
lumbia jail (arm Tuesday alter
serving six months for the Ihett
of $W!0 from his employers.
An appeal court had reduced
McDonald's prison term alter
learning that the father had
stolen the money to provide
medical (are and toys for his
son.
Bradley has leukemia. He is
not expected to live more than
one year.
It's difficult to tell a boy his
Serial Numbers
night club owner, who corrobor
ated the story, said lliey wished
to remain anonymous because
of tlie delicate nature of the
search and to protect the ones
who gave them tlie information.
Tlie FBI refused to comment
either about Sinatra's identifica
tion or the possibility Ally. Gen.
Robert Kennedy had lett Wash
ington. The agency has held
steadfast to its policy of making
no comment lo newsmen or lo
cal police officers throughout
the case.
The policy increased specula
tion that the FBI, playing a lone
Yule Tree
Permits
Available
People desiring to cut their
own Christmas Uees this year
may still do so llirough the
Klamath Forest Protective As
sociation and the Winema Na
tional Forest, the two forestry
groups reported today.
Permits to cut Christmas
trees on Weyerhaeuser land
from Camp Four to Parker
Mountain on the Klamath
Falls - Ashland Highway arc
available lo the public at 50
cents each daily and weekends
at KFPA headquarters. Assist
ant District Warden Paul Nich
ols has announced. Permits will
also be sold during weekends
by a KFPA patrolman assigned
to Camp Four. Nichols added.
In the Klamath District of the
national forest, similar per
mits are on sale daily and
.weekends at district headquar
ters m Klamath Falls and week
ends al the scaling station near
the Rocky Point-Lake of the
Woods Junction. Permits are
$1 each and authorize the bear
er to cut down one Christmas
tree on one of two pre-sclectcd
sites west of the junction and
east of Lake of the Woods.
Similar programs are in prog
ress at the Chiloquin and Che
mult Ranger Districts where
permits are also being sold at
$1 apiece. Persons desiring to
take trees in those areas should
contact the ranger of those re
spective districts for information
regarding the location of the
Christmas tree cutting sites.
father is in prison. So Mrs. Mc
Donald told Bradley that his
father had been away looking
for work on Vancouver Island.
Bradley looked up eagerly at
the prison gates.
The boy's eyes flashed wilh
excitement when his father em
erged (rom the prison gates.
He ran over with the present
ojitstrelched, leaped into his
father's arms, gave him a hug
and exclaimed happily:
"111, Daddy!"
hand, was preparing an airtight
case that could be announced by
the attorney general or Hoover
as has been the pattern in re
cent federal cases.
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THREE PARTIES Glen Handlin is one of the folks who
lives at the Klamath Nursinq
eagorly to the Community
Others Party sponsored by
has been at the home since
be the third year he has
relatives in the West. A
hard for him to write so
other. He gets along "okay," he says but he would lik
some smokes, fall Mall is
paper picture taken ot him last year in his room.
Gifts For Home
Mounting Slowly
By ItUTII KING
There are only a few more
days Jcft before the Christmas
jwrty for tlvo 64 men and wom
en at tltc Klamath Nursing
Home (Dec. 20), and, frankly,
we are a bit worried.
Tlie small pile of gifts in the
corner of the Herald and News
office just won't go around.
They won't fill Santa's pack
this year unless more come in.
Some of those who were re
membered in past years are
not there any more, but there
are new faces, eager ones.
It's surprising how easy it is
to forget those who arc not in
the hustle and busUc of the
work-a-day-world anymore, and
this does happen when last
years are lived away from fam
ily and friends.
They need warm nightgowns,
outing flannel, for tlie bedrid
don i county appropriations do
not cover all these necessities',
bath powder, lotions, games,
new or used, sod candies, dia
betic candy, tobacco, cigarettes
and Copcnlrogen for tliose har
dy men who no longer live in
Congressmen Protest
Base Closing Orders
WASHINGTON (UPH - The
Defense Department order clos
ing 33 military bases from New
York to California brought a
barrage of protests today (rom
Congress, including charges of
false economy.
But Defense Secretary Robert
S. McNamara indicated Thurs
day that tltc closing orders were
part of a new economy cam
paign that would gear savings
lo spending.
Until now, that has not al
ways been the case. In the past
because of a steady buildup in
Polaris submarines and other
delense programs, the Defense
Department had to explain with
each cost reduction why send
ing was increasing.
Nothing placated Congress,
however. Sen. Kenneth B. Keat
ing. R-N. Y., introduced a bill
to block the base closings in
economically depressed areas.
Rep. Samuel S. Stratum, D-N.Y.
promised to turn 111 Pentagon
upside down before acceding
the cutbacks. Mew York stands
WASHINGTON (UPI) Secretary of State Dean
Rusk flew to Paris today, bearing with him a special
message from President Johnson to the NATO minis
terial council meeting.
Rusk will attend the meeting, which opens Mon
day in the French capital, and confer with Allied lead
ers on the next Western strategy move in the shaky
cold war truce. He will be joined Saturday by Defense
Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Treasury Secre
tary Douglas Dillon.
Home who is looking forward
Share Your Christmas With
the Herald and News. He
May 5, 1961, and this will
looked for a gift. He has no
sister lives in Illinois but it is
they seldom hear from each
his tavonte. He keeps news
logging camps or have money
in (heir pockets.
Shirts are welcome, and
many can use underwear.
There are many items that will
make them comfortable.
And tlie fun of seeing them
hold tight to their brightly
wrapped gifts, distributed by
Santa, who is Airs. .Madeline
Brown, Ihe home superintend
ent, should be seen by every
man or woman who sends a
gift to the home.
Gifts may be brought to the
Herald and News.
Rats Provide
Extra Audio
VERONA, Italy (UPI) Pri
amo Arcangcli Thursday fi
nally discovered what caused
those squeaking noises in his
television set.
Wlien ho opened the set to
chock, five rats jumped out
and one of llicm bit him in
the neck.
to lose seven installations.
Itcp. Bob Wilson, R-Calif.,
said the decision to close the
San Diego naval repair facility
lacked logic in view of oUier
"pump-priming" programs. Wil
son said he has asked Assistant
Navy Secretary Kenneth BcLieu
to reconsider the closure on the
basis of "economic horse
sense."
Under McNamara's order, a
total of 33 bases would be shut
down over a three and one-half
year period. Twenty six of tlie
bases were in the United States.
The seven others were in three
foreign countries, but were not
identified until the governments
concerned can be inlormed.
In his news conference, Mc
Namara said the closings will
result in a "net loss" of 8.500
civilian Jobs. It was evident,
however, that many other civil
ian workers at the bases will
have to make long distance
moves in order to keep their
government jobs. In these cases
the government will pay (or tlie
moving expenses.
Rusk's plane took off
hortly before 8 a.m.
(EST) from nearby An
drews Air Force Base, Md.
Arrival In Paris is sched
uled at 3:15 p.m. (EST)
15 p.m. (Paris time). De
fense Secretary Robert S.
McNamara leaves tonight
for the meeting and will'
be followed Saturday by
Treasury Secretary C.
Douglas Dillon.
U.S. officials said (hey ex
pected tlie NATO session, as
ell as individual meetings
Rusk will have with the other
foreign ministers outside the
formal conference, to be fo
cused primarily on a political
assessment on East-West rela
tions. The United States is particu
larly anxious to sound out its
partners on the wisdom of try
ing to reach 4ther tension-lowering
agreements with the Rus
sians following the limited nu
clear test ban treaty.
American officials said that
so far they had found Soviet
Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's
proposal for an East-West non-
aggression pact unacceptable
because it was tied to schemes
such as an unverified and un
verifiable reduction of military
budgets. But the United States
believes exploratory talks
should continue.
Another Rusk objective, al
though obviously not listed on
any apecific agenda, is to re
assert U.S. leadership of tha
Western alliance and emphasize
that there will be no hiatus be
cause of the change of Presi
dents in the United States.
Johnson's message to NATO,
officials said, will reaffirm the
deep U.S. commitment to the
defense of the non-Communist
world while expressing contin
ued willingness to consider sin
cere efforts to blunt some of
the peril-points which threaten
nuclear war.
U.S. officials acknowledged
that tliere could be little if any
discussion of NATO military
structure and strategy at the
Parts meeting in view of
French President Charles de
Gaulle's stern refusal to coop
crate in nuclear matters or con
ventional military planning.
These items, including the con
troversial proposal for NATO
nuclear naval fleet, will be left
where they are in the hands of
special committees trying to
find some way out of the snarl.
State Notes
Teacher
Emergency
SALEM (UPD-The Board of
Education today officially de
clared tlie existence of an em
ergency because of a short sup
ply of teachers. It authorized
issuance of emergency elemen
tary teaching certificates for
the 1964-65 school year.
The board also announced
emergency certificates would be
eliminated after the 1964-65
school yeart although restricted
certificates will be available to
teachers whose training does not
fully meet state requirements.
Dr. Joy Cubser, assistant su
perintendent, noted that the em
ergency certificates were first
issued during World War II.
She said at one time 2,300
Oregon teachers held emergency
certificates.
She said 1.530 such certificates
had been issued for the current
school year.
Cecil Posey, executive secre
tary ot the Oregon Education
Association, told tlie board "we
should move fast to remove em
ergency certification. It's time
we take a definite stand. Let s (
adopt a plan to cut these people
off, and set a target date and
move toward it"
In related action, the board
modified regulations for issu
ance ot emergency elementary
certificates, and the regulations
for one-year certiticatcs.