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By FRANK JENKINS
From Portland the other
day:
The population of Oregon
went up only 1.7 per cent from
July 1, 1962, and rose only 4.9
per cent over the federal cen
sus of I960 according to the
Oregon State Board of Census.
The population of the state
was 1.856, ISO on July 1 of 1963.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
At an annual growth rate of
1.7 per cent per year, it will
take about 60 years to double
our population and even then
there will be considerably few
er than four million people in
our approximately 90,
000 square miles of area.
Humiliating in these mod
ern days of mushrooming popu
lations? Heck, no!
It's wonderful. Instead of hid
ing our heads in shame be
cause of our relatively slow
rate of growth, let's count our
blessings.
What are our blessings'.'
Well, we have a lot of room
to get around in.
Outside the metropolitan
area of Portland, nobody is all
hemmed in. Except in that
area, we have no freeways
more than four lanes wide. In
a matter of minutes, we can
get to the truly wide open
spaces. Even in Portland, we
can still know our neighbors.
Oregon is a wonderful state.
Let's skip now to Moscow
whose mayor, Vladimir Promy
slov, say it's growing too fast
and something has to be done
about it. So he issues a ukase
to the effect that no more new
factories can be built in the So
viet capital.
The present population, he
says, is now about six million
and that, he adds, is
ENOUGH, period!
People are funny, aren't
they? As the old saw puts it:
"When it's hot, they want it
cold.
"When it's cold, they want it
hot:
"Always wanting what
they've not."
More about this modern
world as described in a dis
patch from Paris:
Parisians will get coin - op
erated LIVE STRIP TEASE
SHOWS early next year, a
spokesman for a Paris night
club says. Under the pay-as-you
- view system, the club's
customers will get three min
utes of strip tease for five
francs (a dollar in bird of
freedom money.)
The five francs will give cus
tomers access to a small booth
with a window in the wall fac
ing the stage. When the three
minutes are up, shutters w ill
automatically cover the win
dow. The customer, if he thinks he
hasn't seen enough, can of
course put in another five
francs.
tllt'lOOI'lOO
What a world!
Shooting Hours
OREGON
December 28
Open Dose
7:03 a.m. 4:45 p.m.
CALIFORNIA
December 2
Open Close
1:04 a.m. 4:41 p.m.
Russian
PORTSMOUTH. Ohio UPI '
An air of cordiality prevailed
today as the Russian family of
Viktor Pozdneev bid poodbye to
their hosts and left for home,
marking the end of their holi
day visit and, ihe sponsors of
the trip hope, a beginning of
better understands between
Russians and Ameruanv
The Pozdneevs and their
hosts, the James AlcKenzie
family, walked out of the iMc
Keiuies spacious home here to
pose for photpsrraph". then ex
changed warm farewells before
the Pozdneevs S"t into a car
for the two and a half hour
trip to CincinnaU, where they
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FATAL SPOT This wooden cross was put up Thursday
at the spot along the Berlin Wall near corner of
Bethanien Damm and Melchoir Strasse in U. S. sector
where 18-year-old Paul Schultz was killed as he tried to
escape to the West on Christmas Day. A small group of
West Berliners stood at the corner to honor Schultz.
UPI Telephoto
Johnson And Advisers
Discuss Trouble Spots
JOHNSON CITY. Tex. (UPI)
President Johnson today
made a secret rundown of
world trouble spots with John
A. McCone, director of the Cen
tral Intelligence Agency.
The President then called in
Secretary of Stale Dean Rusk,
Agriculture Secretary Orville
Freeman and other advisers
for a conference on his week
end summit parley at the LBJ
Ranch with West German
Chancellor Ludwig Erliard.
Erhard was flying to Houston
to send the night. He was due
at the ranch Saturday.
Rising early, Johnson con
ferred with his intelligence chief
at breakfast in the ranch
house. McCone arrived about
midnight at the ranch and
spent the night there.
The President has been par
ticularly concerned over fight
ing on the Mediterranean Re
public of Cyprus between
Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
Herter Joins Discussion
Undersecretary of State
George Ball, named Thursday
to head a government commit
tee on ways to trim waste from
the foreign aid program and
make it work more efficiently,
joined the conference.
Also present were Christian
A. Herter, the President's rep
resentative for foreign trade
negotiations and McGeorge Bun
dy, special assistant on national
security matters.
The morning conference was
expected to continue later after
a barbecue lunch at the ranch
for the press corps covering
the Texas White House.
Mrs. Johnson took on the role
of guide for a 40-minute tour of
the ranch for the reporters and
photographers.
Rusk. Freeman and other of
ficials flew to Austin this morn
ing from Washington and rode
helicopters to the LBJ Ranch.
65 miles from the state capital.
The President and Erhard
were expected to spend con
siderable time on economic is
sues during their four sched
uled formal sessions.
The President was continuing
to apply economic pressure on
the executive branch of tlie gov
ernment. Johnson set up a seven-member
committee of policy-level
federal officials to undertake a
fast, intensive review of foreicn
aid programs. He ordered the
committee to report back to
Family Ends Visit
will begin the first air leg of
their return trip.
One More Picture
MeKenzie set the tone of the
departure as he spoke lo pho
tographers who crowded around
the group and a-ked them to
pose for "Just one more." He
said. "Thai's been the story of
this visit. Just one more." then
laughed.
The Pozdneevs left wiih
Christmas presents given them
by the (McKcnzies. Olga. the
Pozdneevs' R-year-o!d daughter,
clutched one of a half dozen
dolls she received after ho
in? an interest in American
JsJ
him by Jan. 15 with recom
mendations on how to eliminate
waste, red tape, inefficiency
and superfluous personnel.
"My action in appointing this
committee, far from reflecting
any lack of conviction in the
necessity for foreign assistance,
demonstrates my strong deter
mination that those programs
be so administered as to yield
the greatest benefit to our coun
try and the free world." John
son said in a special statement
issued from the Texas White
House.
Ball Heads Committee
Tlie study committee will be
headed by Undersecretary of
State George W. Ball. Members
included Budget Director Ker
mit Gordon, Peace Corps Direc
tor R. Sargent Shriver and Da
vid E. Bell, head of tlie Agency
for International Development
(AID).
In other economy moves,
Johnson sent a memorandum
Wednesday to agency and de
partment heads calling for a
halt in the growth of federal
employment. He urged more
efficient use of workers and
simplification of procedures. He
also was re-evaluating defense
spending.
Secretary of State Dean
Rusk topped the list of high
ranking conferees today at the
LBJ ranch which bustled with
preparations for Erhard and
his parly who arrive here Sat
urday. The Erhard party will
spend tonight in Houston. The
President will greet them Sat
urday morning at Bergstrom
Air Force Base outside Austin,
Tex.
Giant Greeting
Planned In LA.
LOS ANGELES lUPD-The
city of Los Angeles, which of
ten claims the biggest and the
best, this year claims it will
have the nation's largest New
Year's card.
Office lights from the lOlh
to the 22nd floors on three
sides of city hall will form a
6 on top of a 4. 175 feet high
and HO feet wide from dusk
New Year's Eve until dawn of
Jan. 2.
Frrm Cincinnati, the family
was to fly to New York, then
on to Stockholm and Moscow.
Awaiting them at home was an
other Christmas celebration, t'.ie
traditional Russian observance
in early January.
Mrs. Pozdneev has dreaded
the rclum trip since her arrival
here. The flight to Portsmouth
took 22 hours, and che suffers
from airsickness. But the re
turn trip will be filled with a
collection of memories and im
pressions. Pleased With Welcome
"We expected to be greeted
cordially, but nothing like this."
said Mrs. Pozdneev, an English
U.S. Protests To
BERLIN (IPD-The United
States protested to Russia to
day against the Christmas Day
killing by Communist border
guards of a refugee scaling the
Berlin wall.
An American spokesman said
the protest was sent by Martin
Hillenbrand, charge d'affaires
at the U.S. Embassy in the
West German capital of Bonn,
to Pyotr A. Abrasimov, Soviet
ambassador to East Germany.
The written protest note was
delivered to the East Berlin
Embassy of the Soviet Union.
The American protest called
the shooting of 18-year-old Paul
Schultz "tragic" and blamed it
on I he w all the Communist
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rain or tnow through Saturday. Low
tonight II to tt. Highs Saturday 4ft
to 4S.
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By WELLINGTON LONG
United Press International
BONN, Germany (UPI) Chancellor Ludwig Er
hard left today for the United States where he will as
sure President Johnson that the European Common
Market is not turning isolationist.
Erhard left by chartered airplane from Wahn
Airfield at 1:08 p.m. (4:08 a.m. PST). The flight to
Houston is a direct one, lasting 11 hours. The chancel
lor is due in Houston at 3 p.m. PST.
Erhard
was accompa
nied by Foreign Minister
Gerhard Schroeder and
other high officials.
According to official
sources, Erhard intends to
tell Johnson he is pleased
with the agreement
reached by the common
market ministers in Brus
sels Monday. But the real
test of the decisions taken
there, Erhard is under
stood to believe, will come
during next year's so
called Kennedy round of
international tariff reduc
tion talks.
Berlin On Agenda
High on the list of items to
be discussed at Johnson's ranch
home Saturday and Sunday will
be the situation in Berlin,
where the Communists have for
Druggists
Assail
Stafe Plan
SALEM IUPH - .Druggists
voiced bitter criticism of the
State Welfare Department's pro
rate payment system for drugs
today.
Henry Speckman, executive
secretary of the Oregon Phar
maceutical Association, said his
group was "disappointed in the
drug program."
Rep. Kred Aleek, R-iPortland,
a druggist, said "people feel
welfare should pay the full cost
of drugs. The idea of getting
payments from relatives is not
working."
Commission Chairman Dr.
Ennis Keizer said "The key to
the problem lies with the medi
cal profession." He said doctors
wanted more, not fewer, drugs
on the approved list.
Welfare Commissioner Andrew
Juras said the state made pro
rate payments in November of
71 per cent for drugs, 65 per
cent for hospital care, and about
54 per cent for physicians serv
ices on a slate wide average.
While the department's rigid
control of expenditures has
brought many services back
within budget allotments, medi
cal payments still were over
budget for November.
In U.S.
teacher and the only one in the
family who speaks the language.
"We were told in Moscow that
American people were friendly
and now we know. You are a
friendly people and want to live
in peace "
If Ihe Pozdneevs were happy
about their visit, the Junior
Chamber of Commerce which
sponsored the expense-paid trip
and raised the money for it,
figures it could not have turned
out better.
There were no demonstrations
to embarrass the Jaycees and
the Pozdneevs and the guests
were accorded a welcome
wherever they went.
1,
East Germans built on Aug. 13,
1961, to halt the flight of refu
gees to the West.
Some of the 10 shots fired at
the young electrician's appren
tice as he was scaling the wall
fell into the American sector of
Berlin and the protest said they
endangered lives in that area.
The protest demanded that
the Russians take action to see
to it that East German border
guards hail such dangerous
acts.
The American protest was di
rected not only against the
brutal killing that shocked Ber
lin but against the wall itself.
"As long as the wall stands
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tlie first time in two and a half
years permitted West Berliners
to visit relatives in the Eastern
half.
Erhard had planned a meet
ing Mith tlie lale President
Kennedy last month to discuss
policies and get acquainted fol
lowing his taking over from re
tired Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer in October. But the Pres
ident was assassinated two days
before Erhard's scheduled arri
val in Washington. Johnson
urged him to reschedule tlie
talks as soon as possible.
Western plans for continued
diplomatic probes with the So-
viet Union and the future of
U.S. trade with Europe were
expected to dominate the dis
cussions. West Germany and (lie Unit
ed States approved such probes
at Ihe North Atlantic Treaty
Organization I NATO I council
meeting in Paris 10 days ago.
Need German Approval
But specific German approv
al of the various measures pro
posed for discussion with Mos
cow must now be given, since
most of them directly alfect
Germany.
Erhard has said he supports
any U.S. attempt to discuss
these issues with the Soviet Un
ion as long as Germany's inter
ests are safeguarded.
Israel Lists
JERUSALEM, Israel H'Pl'
Isracli authorities have an
nounced the official ilinerar.y
for Pope Paul VI's pilgrimage
to Christian shrines in Israel
next week.
The pontiff is scheduled to ar
rive from Jordan at tlie town
of iMcgiddo, 18 miles southeast
of Haifa, on tlie morning of
Jan. 5. Israeli President Zalman
Shazar, Premier Levi Eshkol,
other Israeli ministers and five
senior members of tlie diplo
matic corps will meet the Pope
at iMegiddo.
Shazar is to welcome tlie
Pope in Hebrew, presenting him
with a special medallion struck
FINE FEATHERED FRIEND
Glenview, near Chicago, it
at the tame time
te and out
bitt of food right out from
Russia
in tlie way of the free exercise
of tlie elementary right of free
dom of movement in Berlin it
remains a source of tension and
an invitation to tragedy."
I The protest was signed by
I Hillenbrand, who is in charge of
! the Bonn Embassy in the ab
I sence of Ambassador Georgg
McGhee in the United Stales.
I The American note was sent
i to the Russians because the
West does not recognize the
East German regime, and holds
tlie Soviet Union responsible for
all actions in its zone of Ger
many. Earlier, the West Berlin city
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON.
Might Run For
Appling
SALEM (UPD-vSecretary of
Slate Howell Appling Jr. con
firmed today (hat he would not
seek re-election to a second
four-year term.
But tlie 44-year-old Republican
indicated lie might be a candi
date for governor in 1966.
"I would entertain that possi
bility if circumstances permit,"
Appling told a score of news
paper, radio and television
newsmen.
Appling said he would not
seek re-election because of re
sponsibilities to his family and
business interests.
On Dec. 11, United Press In
ternational revealed that Ap
pling would not run again.
That announcement sparked a
behind the scenes drive for
backing among prospective can
didates who were impatiently
waiting for Appling's formal an
nouncement. Klfstrom, Corbclt Mentioned
Stale Sens. Robert Elfstrom,
a Republican and former Salem
mayor, and Alfred Corbett, a
Democratic attorney from Port
land, were expected to be the
first to formally announce their
candidacies.
Appling said lie would dis
charge the duties of his office
"vigorously and to the best of
my ability during the remainder
of the present term" which ex
pires at tlie end of next year.
He said "I am especially pri
vileged to have served under
the initial appointment, and dur
inr the administration, of Gov.
Mark Hatfield. He has my re- I
Pope Paul's Itinerary
in his honor. Pope Paul is to
be driven to Nazareth to pray
at the Grotlo of the Annuncia
tionreputedly tlie site where
an angel appeared to announce
the forthcoming birth of Jesus
Christ to His mother Mary.
From Nazareth, Ihe Pope will
proceed to IMount Tabor, stop
ping there at the Basilica of the
Transfiguration, revered as tlie
place where Jesus is believed
to have ascended with three of
His disciples.
The Pope and his party will
then proceed to Tabgha to tour
Ihe Church of the (Loaves and
Fishes and will go on to visit
Capernaum, in whose syna
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Pet feeding time for the Louis Smoiak family of suburban
an easy matter. They feed the dog end its parakeet friend
of the same bowl. Bertie-Wertte, the bird, calmly takes
under "Teeniey't" nose.
Over Berlin Wall Killing
government made a similar
protest.
A city government spokesman
said the protest was made in
the name of Mayor Willy
Brandt at a conference of East
German and West Berlin offi
cials w ho meet regularly to dis
cuss implementation of the
agreement that provides for the
holiday visits to East Berlin.
Horst Korber, a Brandt aide,
told East German state Secre
tary Erich Wendt that the mur
der of Schultz was "inexcus
able." He said (he incident was in
compatible with the humanitar
ian aims of the agreement that
FRIDAY, DKCEMRKR 27, 13
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Governor In '66
Won't Seek Second Term
spect, my support, and my grat
itude." Hatfield said of Appling's de
cision, "after five years of this
administration it would bo ex
pected that there would be some
turnover in Uie official family,
particularly among those serv
ing at a great financial sacri
fice. "It is with regret I acknowl
edge Secretary Appling's deci
sion. There are many who hope
ho will return to public service
at some future date. I wish him
well."
Elfstrom said he would not
announce his plans until next
week. The former Salem mayor
was scheduled to fly to Arizona
at noon to join his wife who is
caring for her critically ill
brother at Phoenix.
Corbett said ho would n
nounce his plans "after the first
of the year."
"Kesponslhllity" Seen
Appling noted that tlie fact he
was not running for a second
term "should in no sense be in
terpreted as a turning away
from public responsibility in the
years that lie ahead."
"My family and I can never
really repay, nor even adequate
ly acknowledge, the debt we
owe the people of Oregon who
granted us this privilege of
service," he said.
Appling said he expected to
be a dclegato to the Republi
can national convention in San
Francisco next summer.
He said because of Oregon's
open primary system, he would
gogue Christ is said lo have
taught.
Poe Paul w ill dine and rest
on tlie Mount of Beatitudes, tra
ditional site of the Kcrmon on
the iMount and Jesus' selection
of Jlis apostles.
Jle will then go lo Jerusalem,
where he will visit tlie room of
the Iast Supper on Mount Zion
and see the Abbey of Dormi
lion. The final stop will be at .Man
dclbaum Gate, separating Israeli-held
Jerusalem from the
old city, which lies in Jordan.
The Pope will take leave of the
same dignitaries who greeted
him at the start of the visit
and tlien return into Jordan.
If
UPI Telephoto
provided for opening the wall
over the holidays to allow tlx
reunion of Berlin families.
The protest was delivered at
one of the regular meetings
held by Korber and Wendt to
iron out differences resulting
from the pass agreement they
signed for their governments.
Tlie spokesman corrected a
West Berlin police report that
had said three West Bcrlincrs
were arrested by Communist
police at a border crossing
point Thursday.
He said tlie three were held
up briefly for using tlie wrong
crossing point but were not ar
rested. West Bcrlincrs continued to
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Fcdo Ta
not endorse any candidate to
succeed him.
I will support good candi
dates of my party," he said,
making it clear he did not ex
pect to "be a campaign man
Troops Patrol Streets
To Enforce Cease-Fire
NICOSIA. Cyprus (UPD
Greek and Turkish troops under
British command today pa
trolled the streets of Nicosia to
enforco a cease-fire between
the island's warring Greek ma
jority and Turkish minority.
" Six Americans who had been
trapped in a mixed suburb of
Nicosia during the fighting were
evacuated safely today. They
were identified as Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Walker, their daughter
and a girl friend of the daugh
ter. Walker was said to be an
entomologist working for the
Cyprus government.
The other Americans were
identified as Mr. and Mrs. Hay
Swank, who was said to be a
radio technician.
The Americans' home towns
were not available.
The warring Greek and Tin-
kish Cypriots had not yet laid
down their arms. Men still were
on guard on both sides, watch
ing each oilier across a narrow
no-man's land between the Tur
kish and Greek quarters.
Shortly after noon, a British
medical team entered the Tur
kish section to make arrange
ments for the evacuation of the
wounded and sick.
There were no reports of fur
ther clashes today for the first
time since Saturday when fight
ing broke out between Greek
and Turkish Cypriots. Since
then, official casually figures
show 17 dead and about 50
wounded. Unconfirmed reports
place the toll at 200 dead and
wounded.
The fighting started over pro
posed changes in the constitu
tion of the three-year-old island
republic. The changes, support
ed by President Archbishop
Makarios, head of the Greek
community, were viewed by tlie
Turks as a threat to their
rights.
Britain, which maintains
bases on the island and which
ruled Cvnrtm for npnrlv inn
years before independence in I
Short Senate Session
Lasts Only 2 Seconds
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
U.S. Senate met today, strictly
for the record, in the shortest
session of its history. It lasted
two Kcconds.
The four senators present at
the 9 a.m. EST meeting even
dispensed with the ei ternary
opening prayer in a session that
was even less than perfunctory.
The House scheduled a simi
larly abbreviated session three
hours later.
The meetings were held only
to satisfy tho requirement that
unless there is a special ar
rangement, both the House and
Senate must meet at least once
in every three-day period as
long as it is in session. Final
adjournment for the year is not
enter the Eastern sector of the
divided city today despita the
ill feeling provoked by the
shooting and many were lining
up for passes to visit relatives
in tlie East during the next
few days.
The opening in the Commu
nist anti-refugee wall the first
since it was built 28 months
ago comes to an end Jan. 5.
About 55,000 West Berliners
entered East Berlin on Christ
mas Day and about 70,000 went
Thursday, also a holiday in
Germany. Smaller numbers are
expected for the remainder of
tlie visiting period, except for
tlie rush on New Year's Eve
and New Year's Day.
Weather
EXTENDED FORECAST
Cloudy mild vraattitr wilt continue
with modtr.it amounts of prtctpittv
tton and recurring partods at rain or
now.
ager" for candidates for state
or national office during next
year's elections.
He said he planned to move
back to Portland when his term
expires.
1960, was called on to take
command of tho peace-keeping
operation because the Cyprus
police lacked the strength to
prevent the spread of fighting.
Maj. Gen. Edward Young,
British commanding otficcr,
was put in charge of the three-
nation operation a few hours
after President Johnson called
on Cypriots to end hostilities.
Quake Jolts
Section
Of Oregon
PORTLAND (UPI) - A short,
sharp earthquuke jolted parts of
Northwest Oregon during the
dinner hour Thursday evening,
but there was no major dam
age. It apparently was felt
strongest on the coast.
The quake struck about 6:36
p.m.
Ed Chibouris, Oregon State
University seismology student,
said it registered 4 on a scale
of 10 and appeared to be cen
tered slightly west of Portland.
In Seattle, Seismologist Nor
man Jtasmussen of the Univer
sity of Washington said the
quake iwas felt between Salem
and tlie coast, lie also said the
quake did not exceed 4 on the
scale of !0.
There were a fow reports of
cracked ceilings and walls.
In S e a s i d e, residents said
houses shook, while reports of
tlie quake also came from other
coastal cities between Astoria
and Oceanlake.
In Portland few residents
seemed aware of it.
Chibouris said tlie tremor was
less severe than one which
struck near Portland in Novem
ber. scheduled until at least Monday
and that meeting of the Senate
promised to be a drawn-out
one.
Sen. William Proxniire, D
Wis., acting Senate Democratic
leader said the scheduled vote
Monday on tho $3 billion com
promise foreign aid appropria
tions bill might be preceded by
an "all day" fight over the
pared-down bill and a contro
versial amendment concerning
U.S. credit guarantees for sale
of wheat to Communist coun
tries. Today's abbreviated session,
presided over by Sen. Lee Met
calf, ID-Mont., broke a previous
record of tliree seconds that
-MelcaU set last Aug. 3.
ks