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BATTLES TO KEEP OREGON FROM TOP CANDIDATE
Morse I ashes out at Kennedy
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By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ An
accusation that Sen. John F. Ken-
nedy is "trying to buy the White
House with unconscionable
spending flung a harsh, one-sided
ncAe of acrimony today into Ore-
gon's Democratic presidential pri-
mary campaign.
It was injected by Sen. Wayne
Morse, who is battling hard to
keep his home state Oregon dele-
gation out of Kennedy’s hands at__
the Democratic National bonven- arm.'
“This
Kennedy campaigned blandly
on. shugging off all attacks.
The political trails of the two
senators crossed today at Eugene,
Morse’s hcsne town. After that,
it was back to Portland for even-
ing rallies for each, with Kennedy
stopping off en route at Salem,
the state capital.
Republicans were stirring the
Oreon political pot, too. Vice
President Richard M. Nixon, un-
opposed in the Friday election in
the Republican preferential pri-
mary, was on display Monday
night in a filmed television showf.
“Today,” he said, "the vice
president is a man who partici-
pates in the making! of policy in
this country. He represents the
nation abroad. He has an oppor-
tunity to be the president’s right
year, Nixon predicted,
more attention will be paid vice
presidential candidates than ever
before in history.
Perhaps the Oregon committee
for Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey
listened and looked. It decided to
stage a belated campaign for a
write-in primary vote for vice
president for the man Kennedy
knocked out of contention for the
presidency in West Virginia.
Morse and Kennedy are the
only active candidates in the Ore-
gon Democratic presidential pri-
mary, although Humphrey’s name
still is on the ballot. So are those
of Sens. Lyndon B. Johnson of
Texas and Stuart Symington of
Missouri, but neither has ven-
tured into the campaign.
Over and over, Morse is bearing
down on the theme of heavty
spending by a rival who is the
son of a millionaire. He said Mon- ran American College
day night that in Oregon Kennedy fo name new president
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regents of Pan American College
hold my nose and campaign for
him.” Kennedy, he said, still
would be 10 times better than
Nixon—any Democrat would.
Kennedy refused to be drawn
into any political slugging match
with Morse. The nearest he comes
to slashing back at Morse is to
keep telling Oregon Democrats
not to waste their votes Friday on
anyone who isn’t a serious candi-
date and who has no real chance
for the nomination.
is spending hundreds of thousands
to his $7,500. Just as often he is
complaining that Kennedy is
wrecking the Democratic party in
Oregon.
But Morse said that if the
Democrats make the mistake of
nominating Kennedy, "I’ll even
meet in special session today to
consider recommendations for a
new president of the school.
A successor is sought for R. P.
Ward, who resigned several
months ago.
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FOR FRAUD
Uranium
promoter
indicted
FORT WORTH (AP)-Uranium
promoter John Milton Addison
was indicted by a federal grand
jury Monday cn charges alleging
fraud, conspiracy and violations
of fede al securities regulations.
The 24-count indictment named
six associates and three of Addi-
son's corporations.
U. S. Attorney W. B. West HI,
in explaining the lengthy indict-
ment. alleged the group had used
untrue statements to obtain funds
"totaling more than a million dol-
lars from several hundred indi-
viduals in various parts of the
United States.”
Addision has claimed he has
“borrowed’’ over $1,250,000 from
approximately 400 “creditors” in
44 states.
The indictment alleged Addison
sold securities without compliance
with the registration previsions of
the Securities Act.
It charged that he and associ-
ates made false representations
about a device Addison claims will
upgrade low-grade uranium ore.
The indictment said other
alleged false statements uttered
by Addison and Co. to sell securi-
ties were: That Addison owns
valuable timber rights in Colora-
do; that a large brokerage house
had offered to pay $18,000,000 for
49 per cent interest in Addison’s
business ventures; and that one
of the indicted companies, Murchi-
son Ventures Inc., was affiliated
with Murchison interests of Dal-
las.
The six associates cited were
Aliles White, head of Addison’s
mining ventures: Robert Olson,
referred to by Addison as "my
right hand,” W. B. Groom, a
Denver attorney: Agnes Houston
Carver of San Antonio; James B.
Scoggins of Shreveport, La.; and
John R. Metz, who resides in
Denver.
Besides the Murchison Ventures
company, the Trans-World Mining
Corp., and White, Green and Addi-
son Associates Inc., also were in-
dicted.
Federal Dist. Judge T. Whitfield
Davidson of Dallas, who received
the indictment, set bond for Addi-
son at $15,000; for White, Olson
and Groom at $10,000; and for
Carver, Scoggins and Metz, $5,000.
West said the maximum penalty
for each of the 24 counts is five
years in prison.
Trial of the 10 defendants will be
held in Dallas before Davidson
hut a date has not been set.
Gov. Daniel hands 5
to commission on
issue
By GABTH JONES
AUSTIN (AP) — Gov.
Daniel Monday handed his special
tax study group five plans he says
will solve Texas’ money troubles.
The 34-man commission, mostly
recessed until June without com-
ment or action on Daniel’s esti-
mated need of $125,054,042 in ne.v
taxes.
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RETURNS HOME
Mrs. Carl Dcdson has returned
home from a visit with her mother,
Mrs. W. B. Morgan at Hedley and
her sister, Mrs. W. G. Tims in
Lockney.
Daniel and his aides gave the
State Finance Advisory Commis-
sion a four-hour cram course in
the state's revenue shortcomings
and prospects along with current
and expected spending needs. A
lunch at the mansion was the only
break.
Commission members left with
arm loads of charts, graphs, statis-
tics and Daniel’s demands on the
Legislature during his first two
terms.
The governor’s suggestions for
future legislation were built most-
ly around money demands un-
answered by the 55th and 56th
legislatures.
He repeated again and again
his opposition to a general sales
tax or income tax.
“Your studies of our projected
needs and projected income for
the rest of this decade may reveal
the need for bringing in new faces
on a broader base of taxation,
but I strongly recommend that
this be considered and recommen-
ded only if and when the absolute
necessity presents itself, or when
you deem it necessary for a fair
and equitable distribution of the
total tax burden,” said Daniel.
Daniel revealed his tax recom-
mendations after State Comptrol-
ler Robert S. Calvert estimated
the deficit at the end of the 1961-
63 biennium as $68,800,706—in-
stead of a surpluse of $1,367,673
as Calvert estimated a year. ago.
Calvert said oil tax income is
down an unexpected $33,300,000,
another $14,400,000 is tied up in
court action over gas pipeline
taxes, cigarette tax collections
are down $7,900,000, plus other
decreases inf’ ^estimated revenue.
The governor said present taxes
will produce only $65,700,000 in the,
1961-63 biennium while to continue
present state operations alone will
cost $83,124,576. To continue pre-
sent services with recommended
improvements would cost $190,-
754,042 for the two years.
Daniel estimated it would take
$125,054,042 in new taxes to fin-
ance present state governmental
operations with needed improve-
ments through 1961-63.
The Improvements listed In-
cluded the first step of the Hale-
Aikin school study recommenda-
tions with $400 teacher salary in-
creases, salary increases for col-
lege teachers, and matching state
money for medical aid to welfare
recipients.
Daniel's revenue raising pro-
jects included:
. Separate consideration of the
.Pr‘C* $68,800,708 deficit with 49 million
dollars of it to be erased by
making franchise taxes apply so
interstate operations, enactment cA
an abandoned property bill and a
one year increase in the state
franchise tax. Additional changes
in present laws, to be detailed
later, will handle the rest. ’
, Five separate tax plans, each
to include $25,140,000 raised an-
nually by still further revision of
present tax exemption for beer
and cigarettes sold on military
posts, increased economy mea-
sures and 2‘/£ million annually
from the abandoned property or
conservator act.
Daniel’s No. 1 tax plan includes,
in addition to the $25,140,000, an
estimated $12,700,000 a year by
increasing the natural gas pipe-
line (severance beneficiary) tax
from 1 % to 3 per cent; $6,300,-
000 by raising the various utilities
gross receipts tax rates to a uni-
form 2.3 per cent; $9,800,000 by
increasing the motor vehicle sales
tax from 1.5 to 2 per cent and
$7,800,000 by increasing the liquor
tax from $1.68 a gallon to $2.50.
This plan would bring is
$61,700,000.
The No. 2 plan also includes an
increase of 10 per cent on aU
items in the omnibus tax bill, ex-
cept cigarettes, tobacco and fran-
chise taxes. He estimated this at
33 million dollars a year.
The No. 3 plan also calls for •
tax of one per cent per million
cubic feet on processing of natur-
al gas. It would yield 47 million.
The No. 4 plan has a gas pipe-
line tax of three per cent at the
gross receipts of gas pipeline com-
panies with special provisions for
interstate sales. He estimated
yield at 33 million dollars.
The No. 5 plan has a one cent
increase in the present five cents
a gallon state gasoline tax when
the federal one cent tax increase
expires.
Daniel suggested that if any at
the tax plans needed additional
money the commission could con-
sider additional tuition fees for stu-
dents in state supported colleges.
He said a $50 increase to the pres-
ent $100 fee would bring In 10 mil-
lion dollars per biennium and a
$100 raise would bring in 20 mil-
lion.
U2 FLIER'S BACKGROUND ROUTINE
Who is pilot who
caused world furor
A man the public never heard
of two weeks ago was a key
figure at the angry summit con-
ference though he wasn't there.
Now the name of Francis Gary
Powers, the U2 spy plane pilot,
is known the world over.
Less well known is Powers
himself—even to friends of the 30-
year-old flier.
He finds himself the center of
an international melodrama that
led to withdrawal of President
Eisenhower’s invitation to visit
Moscow and the apparent col-
lapse of the summit meeting.
Yet Powers’ background is so
routine that his friends can
scarcely recall an anecdote about
him.
They do remember that he
never was called Frank or any
other nickname. It was always
Francis.
They recall he was quiet, polite
and pleasant, but as for anything
special that might point up his
personality they just ponder and
shake their heads.
“Francis was a quiet sort at
boy, the kind you enjoyed talking
to, never any trouble," comment-
ed John C. Mead, his high school
principal in Grundy, Va.
“He just wasn’t parti outoaly
outstanding.”
The most a flight instructor
could remember about him was
that Powers once got lost on a
night training flight—but that has
happened to many pilots.
Powers ranked 22nd scholasti-
cally among the 69 seniors of his
high school class. He played foot-
ball, as a guard. He also was a
member of a fire-fighting patrel.
He also once was a lifeguard.
Powers spent four years in a
pre-medical course in Milligan
College, Johnson City, Term., and
compiled a B minus average. Ho
again finished 22nd in his class,
this time among 56 seniors.
But the unobtrusive Powers had
one passion—flying.
He took his first flight at thi
sge of 14 as a passenger paying
a $2.50 fee to a woman pUot who
was making short joy-riding hop
from W. Va.
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Mayor quits elective post
to become city secretary
ARCO, Idaho (AP) — Arco’s
Mayor Oscar Johnson has re-
signed to become town clerk.
His new job pays $400 a month.
He got no pay at all as mayor,
a part-time job in this small town.
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POST IN PANAMA
— Maj. Gen. William A. Car-
ter was nominated by Presi-
dent Eisenhower as Governor
or Panama Canal Zone suc-
ceed ini; Maj. Gen. W. Potter.
His report on the flight to his.
father; Oliver W. Powers, a cob-
bler shop proprietor —a Su-iMy
earn1 miner, has been daacrlfaad
variously.
One report has the quiet youth
exclaiming lyrically: "I left my
heart up there, pap, and Tm goto*
back to git it”
Another version has him saying
more matter-of-factlyi "Daddy. I
like it up there. It doe* something
to you. It gives you something.
Someday I'll have to go back up
there and find out what it is.”
On graduating from Milligan in
1950, the year the Korean war
broke out, he enlisted in the Air
Force as a private. Headvanced
to second lieutenant as a jet fight-
er pitot. But he never aaw action
in Korea.
Powers resigned from toe Mg
force in 1956.
A short time later, personnel
ficials of Lockheed Aircraft Gap,
were making a routine check of
former Air Force pilots mid looked
over Powers’ apparently unevent-
ful record.
They were impressed bp some-
thing - or everything • that they
saw. They sent a routine question-
naire to him. He responded and
was hired in May 1956, ae one at
17 pitots in the company's VS
program.
There followed lour more years
of obscurity before his' name
showed in headlines.
Powers was assigned to a group
that was to operate planes, osten-
sibly for weather research, and
was sent to Adana, Turkey hi
August 1956.
With him went his wife, toe
former Barbara Moore, 24, of Al-
bany. Ga. He made repeated
flights. Then, last April JO. he re-
marked casually that he was fly-
ing again the next day. He ashed
bis wife to help pack hie bag.
The next day he was captured
near Sverdlovsk, deep in the So-
viet Union—shot down on a spy
mission, the Soviets said.
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