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copter can be seen picking up survivors from the roof after a fire swept the football-fan-packed
hotel. Many others were injured by smoke inhalation. UPI Telephoto
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FRED HEARD
Fred Heard
Files Name
For Clerk
Fred Heard, a 23-yoar-old
first-year instructor at Klamath
Union High School, declared his
candidacy for tin? office of coun
ty clerk at the courthouse early
today.
He became the second Re
publican candidate to compete
for the elective post in the May
primaries since Mildred M. Bin
ney. deputy county treasurer,
filed her declaration of candi
dacy last Friday.
Charles DeLap, incumbent for
the past 20 years, who has
served in the county clerk's of
fice since 1008, has indicated he
will not run for reelection.
' In a statement released to the
press early today. Heard faid,
"Local government is the grass
roots of our democracy a n d
freedom, and I feel that local
poicrnment, particularly the of
fice of county clerk, should be
strong, vigorous, and articulate.
"It is you and I and all of
us that make it live, and the
life of government by the peo
ple begins at the ircal level.
Tlie ofticc of count v clerk is
tlie foundation, the btrlwark f
the people's government.
'it must be vigorous and it
must be ohwe to you, the peo
ple, and I will give my solid
support to keep it that way,"
the statement concluded.
Heard will also announce his
candidacy during a reception
ooen to tlie public during the
hours of B o'clock to. in.3n to
night, at 111 South Eleventh
6treet.
The candidate was born in
Prineville and at the age of 3
moved to this city with his par
ent. Mr. and Mrs. DarrcU
Heard. The elder Heard has
been an mplme "f Southern
l'ai-i;r Railroad suue mil.
cung Hoard graduated from
Klamath I'nion High Srhnol in
1933 and obtained his B S. de
gree in secondary education
from Southern Oregcn College
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LBJ Calls Conference
On Military Spending
.JOHNSON. Tex. (UPI) Pres
ident Johnson, after two days of
intensive personal diplomacy
Willi West German Chancellor
Ludwig Krhard, today called
budget conferences with the
military high command and his
fiscal experts.
Defense Secretary Robert S.
McNamara and tlie Joint Chiefs
of Staff were to begin talks
with the President at the LBJ
Ranch late in the morning, stay
through lunch then resume dis
cussion of the big defense budg
et for fiscal 1965.
The White House said the
Joint Chiefs would hold a 4
p.m., EST, news conference at
press headquarters in Austin.
Shortly after Erhard depart
ed for Bonn early Sunday night
Budget Director Kermit Gordon,
and Walter Heller, chairman of
the President's Council of Eco
nomic Advisers, arrived at the
ranch for dinner and evening
discussions with the Chief Ex
ecutive. They were expected to
see him again today.
The White House said the
Gordon-Heller mission to the
ranch was threefold to discuss
the new budget, the President's
State of the Union message and
annual economic report which
will go to Congress late next
month.
Erhard and Johnson discussed
prickly East-West relations, and
possible avenues to peace. The
meeting was cordial and ended
with a pledge for a new de
gree of cooperation and consul
tation between Germany and
the United States.
The chancellor was barraged
with Texas hospitality. He ate
the traditional barbecue of the
Ex -Nazi
FRANKFURT. Germany
i UPI i A former guard at
tlie Auschwitz Nazi death camp
shouted his innocence today be
fore a court trying him and 21
other defendants on charges of
mass murder.
Oswald Kaduk. 57. accused of
breaking prisoners' necks with
a mountain-climbing pick, said
he would havr remained in
Communist East Germany if he
had known he would face trial
on the charges in the West
He appeared on the witness
stand as West Germany's big
gest war crimes trial resumed
following ID-day Chri.-tmai
ro-es.
If 1 had known there wm i
much injustice here. I would
not have come," Kaduk shouted
defiantly.
"Honorable court I have al
ready been sentenced and par
doned. I stand here innooen'.,"
he reported.
hills, wore a 10-gallon hat, and
attended a Lutheran church
Sunday with Johnson at the
German American town of
LFraleticksburg. .The Rev. Wil
liam Durkop preached his ser
mon in German.
After Erhard left. Johnson re
turned to domestic problems,
met with advisers and readied
himself for today's meeting with
Ihe nation's military leaders.
Foreign Aid
Bill Okayed
WASHINGTON IUPD - The
Senate today approved the $.1
billion compromise foreign aid
money bill, paving flic way for
congressional adjournment In
day. The vote came less tlian four
hours after the Senate met and
agreed to limit debate. Despite
grumblings of some members
about the need for meeting to
day and a last stand attack on
lle aid program by Sen. Wayne
L. Morse, D-Ore., the Senate did
not even use all of its allotted
time on the bill.
' Senate leaders hoped lo clean
up remaining routine business
and wind up the longest con
gressional session in 22 years
by nightfall.
The roll call approval of the
money bill, a vote on which the
prestige of Johnson administra
tion was pinned, came after
Democratic Leader Mike Mans
field. Mont., won the agree
ment to limit debate.
Guard Shouts Innocence
Kaduk. a heavy-set former
butcher and hospital attendant,
said a Soviet army court sen
tenced him to death after World
War It but then pardoned him.
He said he was released from
Ea.st Germany's Bautzen Prism
in 19.V). He fled to West Berlin.
Among the accusations
against Kaduk is tlie chare.
Ihat he selected 111 children for
burning and made Russian pris
oners stand naked in the snow
until they died.
Christmas trees and card
board cherubs still flanked tlie
I doors of the Frankfurt city hall,
j where the defendants were be
I ing tried in tlie council cham-
her. the only cily facility big
' enough for tlie trial.
The 22 men were charged
with participating in the mur
der of an estimated 2 5 to 4 mil
lion persons mostly Jews dur
ing World War II in the camp
ai Auschwitz, Poland, now
JACKSONVILLE. Ma. iUPI
Authorities meet today in aa
effort to determine the cause of
a fire that killed 21 persons and
injured 60 others in the 14
story Roosevelt Hotel, filled to
capacity with Gator Bowl foot
ball fans, including Miss Amer
ica. ' I have a pretty good klea
what the cause was," city fire
Marshal E. C. McDermott said
hours after deadly black smoke
billowed thi'ouu'h the hotel but
declined to make further com
ment. A terrified woman leaped or
fell to her death from the sev
enth floor while scores of the
hotel's 4i9 guests w ere craw ling
to safety cn makeshift ropes of
sheets and blankets.
Others were rescued from the
roof by helicopters and firemen
raised ladders to the lower
floors of the. 50-year-old build
ing to bring others to safety.
Authorities said that appar
ently all of the victims except
the woman who plummeted
from the seventh floor were
killed bv the choking smoke
that curled up elevator shafts.
stairwells, air ducts and even
loose pipe fittings, making
some exits impassable.
Weatlior
Klamath Falli, Tutelahe and Lakt
view: Mostly cloudy through Tuesday
with showers possible late Tuesday.
Patchy H9. Lows tonight 15-30; hiqhs
Tuesday 31-45. Southerly winds J-U
High yesterday 31
Low this morning 3
High year ago '
Low year aqo 7
Precip. past 34 hours .00
Since January 1 10. 5
Same period last yar 14.94
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Khrushchev Sees 1964 As Year
Of Improved Western Relations
MOSCOW tUPl) Premier
NikitajS. Khrushchev jsaid to
day that 19M can be "a year
of decisive change for the bet
ter" in the cold war if the Unit
ed States and the Soviet Union
"are united in Ihe interest of
peace."
In an exclusive statement to
United Press International an
swering this correspondent's
questions on the prospects for
peace in MM, Khrushchev said
he believes agreement can be
reached on a number of steps
toward relaxing international
tensions, including reduction of
armed forces and military
spending on both sides.
He quoted with approval the
words of the late President Ken
nedy that the two nations need
a better weapon tlian the hy
drogen bomb or missiles "and
that this better weapon is peace
ful cooperation."
He said President Johnson's
slated intention to carry on
Kennedy's policies has been
met with gratification in the
Soviet Union.
Khrushchev cited Soviet budg
et cuts for military spending
earlier this month and said:
"It would be a good thing if
other states look similar ac
tion ... 1 would call it a policy
of mutual example in the
curtailment of the arms race."
Khrushchev listed these areas
of possible agreement:
Hie slowing down of the
arms race and further allevia
tion of international tensions.
Cites Arms Reduction
Reduction in Ihe armed
known as Oswiecim.
Most of the defendants ay
peared nervous when today's
session opened. Their hands
fidgeted and some had visibly
twitching muscles. Many gave
excuses of their conduct and
one did a little boasting.
"I was responsible for pre
venting escapes and while I
held lhat job Auschwitz had the
lowest escaie rate of all Ger
man camps," said Wilhelm
Boger, 56. the former Nazi Ges
tapo (secret police I agent de
scribed by the prosecution as
the camp's crudest guard.
Boger said he felt sorry for
the inmates of AiiM-hwitz. how
ever. Hnlicrt Mulka. WI. a former
SS lEhle Guard i captain, told
the court tliat when he became
adjutant to commandant Rudolf
Hoess in 1942, "I did not know
it was an extermination camp "
Hoess and two other former
1 The fire, which broke out at
7:45 am. EST. collapsed Ihe
first floor but the (lames could
not spread because the brick
structure was fire-proofed.
Aliss America, Donna Axum.
was trapped in her 10th floor
room for an hour before she
managed to escape. Slie held a
news conference in a hospital
to announce she was unharmed
JACKSONVU.l.K, Kin. (I'I'll
A list of the dead in Ihe
Koosrvelt Hotel fire:
1. R. A. Patrick. Macon. Ga.
' 2. Max Kahn Jr., 372.1 Cloud
land Drive, Atlanta.
3. Mrs. Max Kahn Jr., same
address, Atlanta.
4. Walter K. Duprce, KI5
North Avenue. Atlanta.
' S. William fi. Carpenter. Or
lando. Fla.
6. Mrs. William C. Carpenter,
Orlando, Fla.
7. James Romedy, assistant
fire chief, Jacksonville.
8. John Hill Jr., 1213 Winhurn
Drive. East Point, da.
9. W. H. MrLcmore, Vidalia,
tia.
: HI, Mrs. Bess Roherlson, (luil
sden, Ala.
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forces and cuts in military ex
penditures... : - , . ..
The reduction "of armeJ
forces stationed in oilier coun
tries. A non-aggression pact be
tween the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO! and the
Communist Warsaw Treaty
powers.
The establishment of nuclear-free
zones and agreement
In prevent the spread of nu
clear weapons.
"An effort should be made to
restrict the arms race, step by
step, thereby fostering a favor
able atmosphere for the radical
solution of this issue through
general and complete disarma
ment" Khrushchev said.
Addressing himself to the pen
pic of the United Slates, he
said:
"In the coming year we want
to see the development of rela
tions of peaceful cooperation,
good ncighbnrliness and friend
ship between the people of Ihe
United States and the Soviet
Union.
Friendship is Important
"This is important for our
countries. It is important for
other nations, too."
Arguing that the Soviet Union
needs peace to advance its am
bitious economic plans, Khrush
chev said:
"The American people, we !
believe, do not want war either.
The Soviet people are gratified
lo note that many people in Ihe
U.S., including prominent fig
ures, believe it necessary to
seek ways to bring about mu
Auschwitz commandants are
dead. On trial now are their
subordinates, tlie "little help
ers" of Hitler.
Had Knee Injury
Karl Hoeckcr, 51, another
Hoess adjutant, said he served
at Auschwitz "only because a
knee injury kept me from serv
ice at the front "
More than 250 witnesses from
15 nations have been called to
testify at the trial, which is ex
pected to last six to eight
months.
The three professional judges
and six lay judges waived the
reading of the full indictment,
i which is four times as long as
Die Rlhlr.
The trial is Ihe larcesl ever
.staged by West Germans. In
19 W, an international military
tribunal tried 22 top Nazis at
Nuernberg. It sentenced 12 to
death, 7 to prison terms and
acquitted 3.
shortly after fleeing Ihe build
ing clad in a fur coat over pa
jamas. Bright orange Navy helicop
ters, battling updrafts from the
heat, hovered over the root and
took off injured persons.
Of tlie nO persons taken to
hospitals, 1 were admitted.
Screams pierced the air and
a policeman with a megaphone
. II. Jim Kwirk, Alachua, I'la.
' 12, Mrs. Fna Nivick, Alachua,
Fla.
13. W. W. Ilildingrr, Buffalo.
N.V.
14. J. V. Cohen. 3510 Roswell
ltd.. Atlanta.
15. Mrs. J. C, Cuhcn, same
address, Atlanta.
16. Mrs. Marlon K. Curry,
(reelisboro, N'.C.
17. Murray Sherman, Jack
sonville, Fla.
18. Mrs. Murray Sherman.
Jacksonville. Fla. The Sher
mans were residents of the ho
tel. 19. Paul Aran!, Pageland, S.C.
211. Ida C. Fish. III! Lexing
ton Avenue, New York.
21. Sadie Cllrcn, 110 Lexing
ton Avenue, New York.
KLAMATH KALUS. OKKOON,
tual understanding and achieve
agrccmenlR,..' .peaceful scltlp
ments, on disputed problems."
Khrushchev endorsed the late
President Kennedy's policy of
peaceful cooperation and ex
pressed satisfaction that Presi
dent Johnson has declared his
intention to continue that policy.
Recalls Kennedy's Words
"One recalls the words of
President Kennedy, who died so
tragically," the premier said,
"that our countries need a bel
ter weaKin than the hydrogen
bomb, a weapon more perfect
than ballistic missiles or nu
clear submarines, and that this
better weapon is peacellil cooperation."
Greek, Turk Cypriots
Approve Truce Offer
NICOSIA, Cyprus il I'll
British Commonwealth Rela
tions Secretary Duncan Sandys
announced today both Greek
and Turkish Cypriots have ac
cepted his proposal for a neu
tral zone along the ceasefire
line in Nicosia.
Disengagement in the zone
.started immedialely and offi
cials hoped it would be com
pleted by this evening.
Sandys made the announce
ment after presiding over a 13
hour meeting of a political liai
son committee representing all
sides to which he put his pro
posals for halting bloodshed on
the island. The meeting ended
just before dawn.
Tlie cease-fire line was sel up
Saturday. Sandys' plan laid
down tlie withdrawal of Greek
and Turkish Cypriot fighters
from their stronghokls along die
line and the establishment of
Ihe neutral zone by Utritish
troops.
Sandys look the proposal to
President Markarios at his pal
ace this morning for bis 'ap
proval on behalf of the islands
Greek Cypriots.
British High Commissioner
Sir Arthur Clark carried it to
Vice President Fazil Kucbuk's
residence at noon for his ap-
proval on behalf of the Turkish
CyprM communily.
A half-hour ol sharp gunfiir
in Nicosia Sunday broke into
the tense (nice bul there were
no reports of casualties. 'Last
week's battles and snipings on
the island were estimated to
have killed 200 persons.
Inlmmed sources saw! alien-
stood in tlie street urging guests
not to jump from the windows.
Crawled Through Halls
tiucsts crawled through the
halls and hid in bathrooms, hut
many of them suffocated in the
murky smoke.
"It was awful," said a sur
vivor, "mie worst thing you
could imagine. One man found
a way out and didn't come
back to tell anyone."
'Firemen rescued tlie Manhat
tan College basketball team,
here for the Gator Bowl bas
ketball tournament, from the
fourth floor windows. Tlie Uni
versity of Florida basketball
team, also housed in Hie Roo
sevelt, escaped unharmed.
-Mast of the dead were found
above the seventh floor. The
smoke was thickest in the up
per rooms.
Hundreds of dazed survivors
vandered tlie streets around
the hotel clad in night clothes
and. in some cases, only towels.
' The Gator Bowl football
teams North Carolina and tlie
Air Force Academy were
quartered in other hotels near
by, as were other basketball
teams here for the Gator Bowl
basketball tournament.
MONDAY, DKCKMItKR .10. 1!K11
Khrushchev went on to say,
"the slated intention of the new
President of the l).S Lyndon
Johnson, to continue in foreign
affairs the policy of peaceful
settlement of international prob
lems, of improving relations
with the Soviet Union and call
ing a halt lo the cold war, has
been met with gratification in
this country. We too are in fa
vor of this.
"If Ihe efforLs of our two
countries and of the other stales
are united in the interest of
eace, then the coming year of
lHM can undoubtedly become a
year of decisive change for the
better in the entire internation
al .situation."
lion was focused on Nicosia as
the "heart of the problem."
The crisis centers on Presi
dent Archbishop Markarios's
plan to change the three-year-old
const itut km. Tlie constitu
tion, as it now stands, gives
certain minority rights to Ihe
island's Turks who make up
only 2(1 icr cent of the popula
tion here and these Turks lear
any change will wie mil Ihese
righls.
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RITES HELD FOR VICTIMS Coffins containing bodies of six Greek Cypriots killed
in recent violence are carried into church in Nicosia, Cyprui, for funeral services.
Heavy firing broke out in fhe Turkish sector of this city Sunday. Late reports indicate :
both sides have agreed to a temporary truce. UPI TelephotoJ
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AWAITING RESCUE This close-up view of ihe back
of ihe Roosevelt Hotel in Jacksonville, Fid., shows bed
sheets hanging from windows and guests sticking their
heads out to escaoe smoke-fillod rooms. Death toll so
far has hit 21, most of them
ihe Gator Bowl game.
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SALEM (UPI) Gov.
comed New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller into Oregon's
19(34 presidential primary "as I do any aspirant for the
Republican nomination. . . ."
Rockefeller announced in New York Sunday Vir
would enter the primary and that William E. Walsh of
Coos Bay, president of the Oregon Board of Higher
Education, would he his state campaign manager.
Hatfield, who has been
mentioned as a possible
nominee for vice president
oh "a Rockefeller ticket,
earlier invited GOP pres
idential candidates to en
tor the Oregon primary.
"I Kvolrome him ns I do any
aspirant for the Republican
nomination lo the presidency,"
he said.
Rockefeller's announcement
came as no surprise since he
already had declared himself a
candidate for the nomination.
Under Oregon's unique primary
law he would have been on tlie
ballot anyway.
.Strong Campaign Likely
Hut his announcement does. In
all probability, mean he will
campaign extensively in Ihe
si ale.
in Coos Hay, Walsh said that
in accepting the apX)inlmciit as
state chairman of the Rockefel
ler campaign, "I am joining a
team of RcMihlicans who have
n candidate for 'President who
is not only eminently qualified
for that high office, but one who
can unite all Republicans for
victory next November."
Walsh indicate! Rockefeller
planned to visit Oregon in early
February.
The announcement from Rock
efeller headquarters said Walsh
would resign his education po
sition in January lo devote full
lime lo Ihe Rockefeller cam
paign. Walsh has been in Republican
politics for many years. In 1!."2
he was a delegale In the COP
national convention which nom
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Timpffriturtt continuing bova
onil levtls with highs U-4S and lowt
31-30 next ftm diyi. Nut precipitation
Indlcottd lot Tuttday or on Wednes
day. Ww
Mark. HatficM today wel
inated IDwight J. Elsenhower.
He said he probably would i nn
for delegate to the ,1!M con
vention, "
Walsh served 12 years as a
legislator and was president of
the slate Senate in 1!M.
1 Walsh said iRockefeller has
shown "ho is a middle of the
road leader of national stature.
He cannot only lead us to vic
tory as Republicans, but he has
the ability and understanding lo
lead this country of ours to a
fuller and happier destiny
among the great nations of the
world."
Goldwafer
Sets Date
WASHINGTON lUPH Sen.
Barry M. Goldwnter.' R -Ariz ,
today asked Arizona Republican
leaders lo meet with him Jan.
3 in Phoenix "lo hear my de
cision regarding l!M."
The message apparently set
the stage for Goldwoter's an
nouncement as to whether or
not he would actively seek the
I'M GOP presidential nomina
tion. He earlier had said hi?
w-oiild make his decision in Jan
uary. Goldwaler made the an.
nouneemeiil in a telegram from
Phoenix when' he is recupera
ting from minor surgery on his
right heel.
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