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Reds Shoot Fleeing Youth To Sadden Berlin Holiday BERLIN (l'PI'-A small group of angry West Berliners stood on the East-West Berlin border today and shouted "mur derers" at Communist Eastern border guards. They gathered on the Ameri can sector border at the spot where an 18-year-old refugee was fatally wounded Wednesday as he sealed the wall with a friend. The friend, also 18, made it to the West safely. About 24 West Berliners stood at the corner of Bethanien Damm and Mclchior Strasse to pay tribute to Paul Schultz, 18-year-old electrician's appren tice, who died trying to esca on Christmas Day. As they spotted two Eastern policemen in a lfi-foot-high watch tower and two otlier Eastern guards patrolling the wall, they shouted: "Murder ers, murderers." Despite the incident, more than 70,000 West Berliners, a record number, paid holiday visits to East Berlin today, and In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS As this is written, there's blood all over the moon in Washington. What's it all about? Well, according to the cur rent dispatches, the 83th Con gress in a shouting-mad tem per, the correspondents report scuttled plans to adjourn for the year on Saturday night and ordered sessions to continue this week in an effort to end a bitter deadlock over the for eign aid spending bill. The bone of contention was an amendment concerning cred its for wheat and other sales to the communist countries. What about these credits? The situation was like this: The controversial amendment to the foreign aid bill would curtail the President's powers to EXTEND CREDIT to t h e Russians in sales of wheat and other commodities. Which is to say: ft would require Russia To pay for these commodities in gold or American dollars in stead of permitting the U.S.A. to EXTEND CREDIT lo the So viet Union which, in effect, would amount to putting the bill on the American cuff and trust ing to luck that the communist government of Russia would eventually ipay the bill in gold or negotiable dollar exchange. That's about the long and the short of it. Question: How do you, as a taxpayer, feel about it? Are you willing and eager to put another billion or so on the cuff to help Russia out in her present state of financial strin gency? Another question: Why is everybody in Washing ton so peeved about it all? It would be wonderful to be able to feel that the welfare of the U.S.A., including the wel fare of its taxpayers, was the sole consideration at issue. But there were other issues. -Members of congress, who have been dying to get home for Christmas in good time, must now remain in Washing ton for another meeting of the congress and, as of now, no one knows how long that may take. Congress may get into another wrangle that could go on for days and days maybe for weeks. The 'President, who is report ed to lie fighting mad about the whole business, has had to put off his scheduled departure from Washington to spend the Christmas holidays at his Tex as ranch. One of tlie most interesting reactions to the rurkus comes from Mayor Elect John F. Shel ley, of San Francisco, who re tired from congress to become the city's mayor. Asked by in terviewers what he would have done if he had sill been in Washington, he said he might have voted against tlie bill to empower the President to ex tend credit to Russia for tlie pur chase of wheat. One reason why he would have hesitated to back the wheat bill, he said, is that he never got any help for the San Francisco Naval Shipyard from enngres'frKT) now sponsoring the grain measure. We're all sure our American system of government the best system on earth but it has its prcularities and pecca dilloes. We want ecwm. but also want all the federal money we can get in our home cornrouruUes. the city government said talks on the pass issue would contin ue with the Communists Friday. The West Berlin city govern ment and the East German gov ernment signed an agreement allowing the East Germans to issue passes in West Berlin for visits behind the wall from Dec. 20 to Jan. S. Each pass is valid only for one day from 7 a.m. to midnight. Today was a holiday in Ger many known as "the second holiday." The greatest number of West Berliners since tlie wall was opened last week went into East Berlin laden with presents for grandmothers, parents and PAUL SCHULTZ sisters and brothers they have not seen since the wall went up in August 1961. They were happy at the thought of a reunion w ith their relatives in the East, but filled with hatred of the Communists who Wednesday killed the 68th refugee trying to escape since tlie wall was built. "This has spoiled every thing," a young West Berlin mother said as she crossed the wall today. "I will not be able to be looking at the Commu nist guards as I pass through. They are murderers." "It could have been one of my sons," an old lady said. "They are over there and want to get out, too." The Western Allies con demned the killing. "The inci dent speaks for itself," a U.S. Baby Arrives On Schedule ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (UPI) The first baby born in Jlound Park Hospital Wed nesday was James Henry Christmas Jr. James Henry Christmas Sr. said that he and his wife had been hoping the baby would be born on Christmas. He just made it at 2:57 a.m. Judges To Tour Displays Friday And Pick Winners Judges will tour the area Fri day night to select the most outstanding residential and church lighted Christmas dis plays. The first and second best dis plays in five different catego ries will receive plaques as winners of the annual Jaycee sponsored Christmas lighting contest. The trophies are being donated by Pacific Power and Light Company. Owners of displays have until Friday noon to enter the con test. Official entry blanks must be received by the Jaycees by then. Blanks may be mailed to the Jaycees, Box 407, or left at the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce office, 323 Main Street. First and second place tro OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK Annual Junior Chamber Christmas Lighting Contest j I would like to make this Christmas. Please enter me Lighting Contest. NAME ADDRESS CHECK ONE: LAWN ROOF WINDOW andor PORCH FALCON HEIGHTS CHURCH First and Second Place Trophy awards courtesy Pacific Power & Light Co. MAIL or TAKE ENTRY TO: Klamath County Cham ber of Commerce, 323 Main Street, Klamath Falls, or Klamath Jaycees, Box 407. Entry deadline for judging Dec. 27, 1963. spokesman said. A Western dip lomat said the murder should erase the impression that the passes represent a humanitar ian move on the part of tlie Communists. It was tlie first known death since the Communist wall was opened to Christmas visits a week ago under an agreement providing West Berliners with one-day passes to see their East Berlin relatives. The Commu nists made no provisions for East Germans to go to the West, because tliey would have no way of making them return. "So much for that agree ment. We never should have signed it," West Berlin waiter Hermann Guess said after learning of tlie youth's death. The Christmas Day shots "have shocked us all," Deputy Mayor Heinrich Albertz said. "The narrow passage for hu manity which has been recent ly opened has grown narrower again," he added. Christmas Road Toll Hits 226 By United Press International Traffic accidents killed a to tal of 226 persons across the na tion during the 30-hour Christ mas holiday, final tabulations showed today. The toll was far below the record of 253 or a one-day Christmas holiday set in 1946. But the National Safety Council said the death rate jumped 220 per cent from the normal dur ing the period from 6 p.m. Tuesday until Christmas mid night. The United Press Internation al tabulation, adopted by the safety council as official for this holiday, showed a total of 288 holiday fatalities from var ious causes. The breakdown: Traffic 226 Fires 35 Planes 7 Miscellaneous 20 Total 283 Fires ranked as a major cause of holiday tragedy. The victims included 16 children and teen-agers. California, with 33 fatalities, had the nation's worst record of automotive deaths over the hol iday. Texas followed with 16 and there were 14 in Kansas, 13 in Michigan, and 12 in both Florida and North Carolina. Eight states escaped traffic deaths over tlie holiday. They were Alaska, Colorado, Dela ware. Hawaii, Idaho, Minneso ta, New Hampshire and North Dakota. phies will be given for the best displays on lawns, roofs and porches or windows. In addition, there will be a special category for Falcon Heights dis plays and another division for church entries. Ron Smith, chairman for the Jaycees, said a sweepstakes award will be presented to the best overall entry. The judging will take place Friday evening and the winners will be announced Saturday. Smith urged all winning en tries to leave their displays in tact at least through Sunday night so area residents will have an opportunity to drive around and look at them alter the award winners are an nounced. An official entry blank is printed below. Klamath Kails' Brightest in this year's Christmas Weather KlamaMt Palli, Tulalaka antf Laka vitw Mostly cloudy with o ttw inow flurrtat tonight, low IS to Jt. Partly cloudy antf mild Friday, kith 41 to 4a. watt wmdt flva lo 11 miloi High yaalarday 41 Low thi mormnaj 1 High ytar ago 34 Law yaar ago it Procip. until I a m. .04 Sinca Jan. I 14.04 Samo parrod laat yaar 14.44 MB New Storm Threatens North States Ry L'nitcd Press International Another Arctic cold mass slipped into the northern Mid west today, threatening to end a short lived thaw in the na tion's eastern two thirds. Occasional snow was expect ed from the northern plains over the Great Lakes and into the northern Appalachians. Cold Canadian winds began blowing across Minnesota and North Dakota. Throughout tlie South and into the Ohio Valley, temperatures warmed after a night of sub freezing readings in northern Florida. Rising temperatures Wednes day turned Christmas snows into slush. Icy patches on high ways proved deceptive to mo torists and helped boost the holi day traffic toll past 200. A real warming trend spread across the Central and Southern Plains. Norfolk, Neb., reported an all-time high Christmas Day temperature of 63.1 degrees. The mercury poked above freezing in most of the frost bitten North and edged into the 40s and 50s across the Plains and Midwest. Junction, Tex., recorded 76 Wednesday and Carlsbad, N.M., had 75 for tlie nation's highest readings. Idaho was tlie coun try's ice box with a 5 below reading at Idaho Falls and K below at Malad City. The weather bureau said the warming trend would extend across the southland during the day and move up into tlie Ohio Valley. Slightly cooler weather was on tap for most of Ilia Plains, Upper Great Lakes, Northern Rockies and Plateau area. New England will get some light snow before the day ends, the weather bureau said, and occasional drizzle was forecast for the Pacific Northwest. Elfstrom Considers State Post SAI.EM i UPI I - Sen. Robert Elf.-.trom said today he was "getting pressured" to formally announce his candidacy for sec retary of state. Secretary of State Howard Ap pling Jr. was expected to an nounce soon that he will not seek re-election. Elfstrom, a Republican and former Salem mayor, told Unit ed Press international, "I hope Appling will make his state ment first." ' While Appling has refused to speculate a b o u t his political plans, informed sources say the 44-year-old IRcpublican will not seek a second-year term. ' Elfstrom, who flew back to Salem from Phoenix, Ariz., to rally support for his candidacy, said, "I've been getting good pledges of support. I don't ex pect many to get in the race, al though 1 could of course be sur prised." Elfstrom. who commented he was a n x i o u s to get back to Phoenix, where his wife is stay ing, said "I think Appling may make his announcement today." ' But Appling was not in his of fice (his morning. Elfstrom said. "I wanted more time to study this out, but I'm getting pressured to make my announcement now." He added "there's room to get in" to the race. Shooting Hours OREGON December 27 Open Close ':0,1 a.m. 4:45 p.m. CALIFORNIA December 27 Open Clone : 03 a.m. 4:39 p.m. Prlc Ten Cent & Paget 4P" Vtw "rX. ' 4 r,rM?$$ J i ' ;J LJf" t"K - TIME OUT When most other services quit because of a four-inch snowfall in Mem phis, Tenn., the mailmen lived up to the tradition and battled on, but took a few times out for a quick smoke. Here postman Gilbert Johnson found the perfect place for a rest at the end of his last round. In addition to the unusually heavy snowfall, Tennessee also has been hit by record low temperatures up to 15 below zero. UPI Telephoto World Problems Put Aside, Johnson Bags Large Deer JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (UPI) President Johnson bagged a heavy buck deer with one shot on a four-hour hunting expedi tion today and returned to his ranch to work. He was reported to have sent a note to the pres ident of Cyprus on factional fighting there. The President placed a num ber of telephone calls to Wash ington on his return from the hunt. He was staying in close touch with the fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots that has caused as many as 200 cas ualties in the Mediterranean is land republic. The President was understood to have sent notes expressing his concern to Cypriot President Makarios and Vice President Fazil Kutchuk. Putting aside the heavy load of official business briefly John son had breakfast before sun up in the ranch house kitchen and took off by helicopter with his close friend and political ad visor Buford Ellington, former governor of Tennessee. Wearing khaki slacks, a zip per jacket. Texas hat and boots, Johnson left at 7:30 a.m. by hel icopter for the neighboring ranch of A. W. Moursund. He and Ellington returned at 11:20 a m. highly pleased with them selves. Each had bagged a deer. Works on Message The White House staff grew with arrivals from Washington as the President tackled such malters as the Stale of the Un ion Message which may be un usual in that it may disclose some actual figures in the 13 State Mails Tax Forms SALEM (UPI) - Mailing of Form 40 to all residence ad dresses in Oregon for use in filing 1.1 state income tax re turns began today and should be completed by N e w Year's Day, the State Tax Commission announced. Deadline for filing is April 15. The card reporting form has been dropped this year, and has been replaced by a simpli fied longer form. The information called for on tlie new Form 40 will be proc essed in the tame manner as was the card form. Tlie data will be transferred to a punch card and processed by electron ic equipment. The commission said the long form will provide more informa tion, and will eliminate many cases where additional informa tion had to be requested. The commission taid the longer form should speed up processing of refunds. A detailed instruction booklet hi being mailed to taxpayers with the tax reporting forms. KLAMATH FALLS. ORKGOX, Till 7 budget. Specific figures usually are held back for a later budget message to Congress. The President will deliver the Stale of the 'Union Message to Congress in person Jan, 8. The President was continuing his study of new administrative moves to hold the 1965 budget to lowest possible levels. & - Boeing A ccepts Lease On Boardman Center SALEM (UPI) - Boeing Com pany, Seattle, has activated its lease of the planned 100,000 acre Boardman Space Ago In dustrial Park in Eastern Ore gon. Gov. Mark Hatfield announced today that Boeing President Wil. liam Allen had accepted the lease, and sent Oregon a $1. 315.17 check as the rental fee for the balance of this year. Hatfield termed the ac ceptance "the culmination of four years of effort to carry Belli Finds Dallas D. A. Tough Foe DALLAS (UPIl-A defense attorney said today chief de fense counsel Mclvin Belli of San Francisco found District Attorney Henry Wade and his slaff "good, hard-fighting law yers" during Jack Ruhy' bail bond hearing Alonday. Dallas attorney Tom Howard, who was among the first to come to the defense of the kill er of Lee Harvey Oswald, said he had no criticism of Belli. He described the famed California trial specialist as "a fine law yer." The Dallas Morning News quoted Howard as saying Wade's handling of the bond hearing was "quite a shock" to Belli. The hearing ended wilh a recess until Jan. 10. Ruby was returned to jail. In an interview with news re porter Larry Dum, Howard was quoted as saying, "I think the big-city lawyer Irom out-of-state found out that Texas district at torneys can hold their own in a courtroom." Howard denied the statements in the interview. He said he did not criticize Belli "in any way." "We are in complete agree ment on the way the case It being handled," Howard laftl. RSDAV. PECK M HER 26. 1963 Again , tf"jTT'k As part of this, Johnson Wednesday ordered department and agency heads to eliminate unnecessary federal jobs. Johnson expected to confer tonight or Friday at his LBJ ranch with John A. McCone, di rector of tlie Central Intelli gence Agency (CIAi. nut a project of great potential for Eastern Oregon and the en tire state." Hatfield termed the project "a real asset for economic growth." Boeing's lease Is for 77 years, and base rental payments for the full period would total $4.6 million. Allen announced Boeing would disclose details of its planned use of the project "within a few weeks." It is expected the desert wasteland property will be used for rocket development and testing facilities. Acceptance of Hie lease by Boeing ended years of crises in creating the tract for lease as an industrial site. Boeing had until today to de termine whether it would honor the lease, which was signed In July, or point out any errors which Oregon would have had 90 days to correct. The property, which borders the Columbia River, and in cludes the western half of the former Navy bombing range near Boardman, is now owned by the Oregon Veterans Affairs Department. Title to the property was transferred lo the veterans de partment at the recent sccia! session of the legislature. A salute to the first baby to be born in a local hospital in IBM is being prepared by the Herald and News and local business firms. Each year, the stork race develops into an Interesting and oftentimes exciting race. To the parents of tlie first baby born in a local hospital after midnight. Dec. 31, will go a long hat of gifts. . Hospital officials will verify the time of birth, and in case of a tie, the committee In charge -- jzr Telephone TU 4-8.11 No. 7663 Greek, Turk Civilians Battle Despite Truce NICOSIA. Cyprus (UPD Turkish Cypriot civilians at tacked Greek Cypriot civilians in Nicosia for four hours today, breaking a cease fire agree ment. Tlie situation remained tense as the British army took com mand of Greek and Turkish military forces stationed in Cyprus under terms of the agreement under which Cyprus won independence three years ago. The United Slates and Britain joined in Appeals to bring the situation under control, and the British disclosed they were fly ing in troop reinforcements from their strategic reserve in England. A government statement said tlie Turkish civilians opened fire on the Greeks' this morn ing, using heavy weapons. But the government said the Greeks respected tlie truce- reached at 7:30 Wednesday night and did not return tlie fire. There was no indication that the detachments of Greek and Turkish regular army units sta tioned on this island by treaty were in any way involved in this morning's shooting flare up. Estimate Casualties Unconfirmed reports said that since fighting began Saturday an estimated 200 persons have been killed or wounded. Offi cial figures report 17 killed and 50 wounded. ( In London, tlie Cyprus Turk ish Association said it had re ceived reports from Turkey that 60 Turkish Cypriots had been killed and that the Turkish fleet was "awaiting orders" at ports on the south coast less than 100 miles from Cyprus.) When Cyprus was granted in dependence, Brllnin retained two big bases here as sovereign territory. Turkey also was al lowed to station 650 regular army soldiers here, and Greece a force of 950. None of the forces is at full strength, but Britain, Turkey and Greece are bound by treaty to guarantee the constitution of Cyprus. When Greek Orthodox Arch bishop Makarios proposed cer tain changes in the constitu tion, tlie current outbreak of vi olence followed. Tlie Turkish Cypriots, who are vastly out numbered by tlie Greek Cyp riots, felt their constitutional guarantees would be weakened by tlie changes. British Take Command Following an emergency meeting Wednesday, it was agreed the British would take command of its own and the Greek and Turkish regular for ces here. The British then decided to fly in 150 men of tlie Foresters infantry regiment from E n g land "as part of the general contingency plan" and to "guard installations" on this is land. ' As llio British acted and tlie new fighting erupted, U.S. Am bassador Fraser Wilkins deliv ered a personal message from President Johnson to Makarios. Its contents were not disclosed. At the same time, British High Commissioner Sir Arthur Clark and Greek Ambassador Milliades Dclivanis drove under armed military escort to the Turkish quarter of Nicosia to discuss cease-fire terms with Turkish Ambassador Mazhar Ozkol. British armored cars were or dered into position between Greek and Turkish Cypriot po sitions to enforce the cease-fire. (Ankara Radio charged that Greek Cypriots clashed wilh of the pi-omotion will make the final decision on the awards. Further details will be given later on prizes to be awarded. The first baby honor last year went to Mr. and Mrs. Ron ald Hodge, Tulelake, The fam ily has since moved to the Redding area. First baby In 1902 was tlie child of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Casteel, a teacher. They have also since moved from the area. Everything is in readiness now for the first baby arrival of 19641 Weather IXTBNDBD FOR 1C AST Continued mild ttmptraturn Hiromjh wttfetnd. Rtcurnnt) fMrlodt f snow or rata likely on Stur4y nd Monday. Bras Turks in a suburb of Nicosia and that women and children were among those killed.) The clashes on the three-year- old island republic had these in ternational repercussions: -In Paris. NATO officials said the NATO permanent coun cil met secretly yesterday to tudy the crisis. NATO sources said partly as a result of this session, the plan to place Greek and Turkish forces on the island under British command was de veloped. In London, the Foreign Of fice announced the command agreement and urged that the combined forces be used to pre serve the truce. In the United States. Presi dent Johnson was keeping in close touch with Secretary of -tale Dean Rusk over the cris is. Senate Sets Friday Vote On Aid Bill WASHINGTON iVPl) The Senate and House, their Christ mas holiday marred by the for eign aid bill ticup, will hoM brief sessions Friday. But it's only for the record and no busi ness will be transacted. are necessary to conform with legal requirements. Only a very few members from each house are expected to be on hand. . ' For all practical purposes, Ihe House has shut up shop for the year and members won't return until Jan. 7 when t h e second session of Hie 88th Con- gi ss wuiveiies. ' But the Senate plans to meet Monday to take final action on the foreign aid money bill If a quorum of 50 members can be rounded up. After passage of the aid measure. Congress will adjourn. Administration leaders are trying to smooth over tlie feel- ings that were ruffled in the past few days. Cambodia Drops One Condition IPKNOM PENH. Cambodia l(UPI)iPrince Norodom Sita- -houk today appeared to have dropped one of three conditions 1 be set for the United States to ' meet if it wants to patch up Its deteriorating relations with Cambodia. The .volatile prince recently barred further American aid to his country, leading lo U.S. fears that tlie Southeast Asian nation may be moving toward Inc Communist camp. 1 Today he dropped a previous demand that tlie United States silence a rebel radio operation called tlie "Voice of Free Cam bodia." Sihanouk has claimed that the "Voice of Free Cam bodia" broadcasts from Thai land and Laos with the help of the U.S. Central Intelligence (Agency (CL). That left two of his original demands still standing. They arc: An official apology to Cam bodia from Charles Yost, an of ficial of the U.S. State (Depart ment. Silianouk claimed Yost called the Cambodian govern ment "barbarous because ot a radio broadcast expressing sat isfaction over the death of someone referred to as "the boss." Some quarters in Wash ington believed tlie broadcast was Cambodian, and inter preted tlie cryptic "boss" plnase as a reference to the late President John Y. Kennedy, i An official withdrawal by U.S. Ambassador Philip D. Sprouse of a question which Sihanouk said he posed to tlie Cambodian government to find out "if w really were rejoicing over (lie death of President Kennedy." Cambodia has called the incident a "flagrant injustice." u u i
