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98501 Wash, exus Thursday, April 21, 1966 319fh Issue of 50th Year 14 Pages 10 Cents Member Associated Press For Medicare Hospital gets approval Olympic Memorial Hospital has met the requirements for treating Medicare patients, the hospital board members learned at their regular meeting Wed. nesday night. Administrator Clyde Wagar told the board he had received a letter from the Bureau of Health Insurance office in San Francisco stating that the hospital was qualified to enter into an agreement on Medicare with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. THE BOARD WAS ALSO in. formed that the hospital meets the conditions under Title 6 of the Civil Rights Act 9 stating that there shall be no discrimination of race or creed in giv.

ing treatment and care. BOARD MEMBERS DR. L. Schueler, and Dale P. Hoi.

comb both wanted to know more details about the arrangements under Medicare. Schueler emphasized that he thought a thorough investigation of payment would be in the interest in the community. "As representatives of the voters we owe it to them to know exactly what we're doing," he said. "We must also know what compensation we're getting for our services." After further discussion It was agreed that the board should authorize submission of the agreement after Hospital Attorney Tyler C. Moffett had checked.

IN ORDER TO LEARN MORE about Medicare, Wagar and either the hospital office manager or the credit managers will attend a symposium and workshop on the subject in Seattle May 12 and 13. Members of the board may attend if they wish. In discussing future plans for the hospital, Wagar told the board that Gilbert Mandeville, consulting engineer, would have his plans for the new suction pump equipment ready in a few days. The commissioners decided a special public meeting should be held at that time, and If possible, a call for bids would be authorized. The master plan for the hospital, Wagar said, would be ready by the end of the month; a discussion will be held at the next regular meeting on May 18.

A VISITOR AT THE meeting was Leo White, manager of Olympic Laundry Cleaners. Referring to Mandeville's state, ment at a previous meeting that the hospital laundry facilities must be updated at a cost of $25,000, White said he could do the job much more economically than the hospital could. He invited the commission, ers to inspect his operation. Chairman Ray Taylor explained that the board hadn't gotten around to discussing laundry facilities, but when the subject came up, White would be considered, IN OTHER BUSINESS, Wagar presented a review of the month of March. Patients numbered 367 84 more than in February.

Emergency patients came to 103 and outpatients totaled 964. There were 363 persons discharged during March and occupancy for tlie month came to over 55 per cent. Newborns numbered 34, and the average number of baby days was 2.9. On the financial side, the hospital had $93,550 in the bank as of March 31. Total gross income for March came to $95,77.

There was a patient room loss of $7,. 802 but tills was made up through professional services. Total net income after depreciation came to the total for the period from Jan. 1 to March 31 was figured at $8,616. Commissioners OK addition By MARY DAHEIM A transfer of budget funds by the Child Guidance Center to allow for the addition of a part- time psychologist was approved Wednesday by the County Commissioners.

The center's assistant supervisor, Donald P. Kaperlck, made his request before the commissioners at their regular meeting. In a letter to the commissioners, he stated that the center's advisory board had approved a plan to hire a part- time professional person. The man chosen for the job was Frank C. Russell the present jj.sychologist.

Russell will work from four to eight hours a week. THE CENTER WANTED TO pay Russell $5 an hour. There was not, however, enough money in the current budget to cover the salary expenditure. But Kaperick pointed out that other monies were available in two other categories psychiatric and psychological consultation fees, and capital outlay for furniture and equipment which could be diverted. The commissioners agreed.

Kaperick quoted his superior, Bernard Saibel, supervisor of the Division of Community Services, as saying that the move may be a step towards achieving more local support and control. Eventually, Saibel was quoted as saying, the community might take charge of the program. ANOTHER LETTER received by the commissioners pertained to funds requested for the Merrill Ring Recreation Area, the Voice of America and Salt Creek. The letter, which came from Einar H. Hendrickson, administrator for the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation, said a new priority list was needed.

Hendrickson explained that the projects had been placed on the "active shelf" and would be recommended for funds as the money became available. Congress probably will make its appropriations in the fall, Henurlckson added. The local projects will not be finally rated uritil inspection of the sites is Dirksen won't give up on amendment By JOHN CHADWICK WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Everett Dirksen refuses to concede fight is over despite a second defeat of his proposed constitutional amendment on legislative roapportionmmit. "Wait and sen," the Senate Republican leader advised newsman who wanted to know whether he would try to revive his proposed amendment at this session of Congress.

On a showdown roll call Wednesday, 55 senators voted for the and 38 against it. This was seven short of the two-thirds majority required for approval of a constitutional amnndment. Foes of Dirksen's proposal jubilantly hailed the outcome as marking the end of the road for the attempt to undo the Supreme Court's one man, one vote ruling on apportionment of state legislatures. And Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, who supported the amendment, said it looked to him as though its rejection fora second time was the end. In August of last year a similar amendment offered by Dirksen also fell seven votes short of a two-thirds majority.

The vote then was 57 for and 39 against. In a 6-3 decision in June 1964, the Supreme Court ruled that the seats in both houses of state legislatures must be apportioned on a basis of substantial equality of population, Dirksen's amendment would have permuted geography and political subdivisions, in addition to population, to be taken into account in the apportionment of one house if a majority of the voters agreed in a statewide referendum. The roll call showed 26 Democrats and 29 Republicans voting for the proposed amendmont. Voting against it were 35 Democrats and three Republicans. Bar killings shake up Detroiters By BILL HALLS DETROIT (AP) Apprehension tinged with humor gripped patrons and employes today in an eight-block string of Detroit bars where five persons have been slain in the past few weeks.

"Some people are scared," said one bartender. "I heard a couple of guys saying, 'We'd better get the hell outa here by one But you can't tell if they're kidding." The bodies of Ann Slazenger, 45, night manager, and Edmund Thompson, 48, a porter, were found Wednesday morning at tlie Verdi Bar on the edge of a deteriorating section near downtown Detroit. About $200 was missing from the Miami bar, and $1,000 from Verdi's. completed, he informed the commissioners. IN OTHER BUSINESS, THE board heard Bill McCrorie of Sequim ask for financial assistance for the Sequim Park and Recreation District swimming pool.

McCrorie said that unless help were granted, the pool would be forced to operate this year on a restricted schedule. The board's attorney, Nathan G. Richardson, suggested that a financial emergency be declared In order to get sufficient funds to operate the pool for the season. The commissioners suggested that McCrorie return on May 5 for further discussion of the problem. OTHER MATTERS HANDED by the board included: $103,460 in transmittals from the State Department of Natural Resources.

All but $687 came from timber sales; the remainder was the county's share of a road permit and the removal of gravel. a letter to Crown Zellerbach pertaining to local sportsmen's request for securing public access to Lake Aldwell for fishing. The sportsmen, said the letter, are also interested in getting boat ramps, parking and sanitary facilities. The county and the state game department would provide the facilities if an easement or similar arrangement can be obtained from Crown Zellerbach for the necessary land. Hearing Fair Board progress from County Agent Andrew Kruiswyk Jr.

He said the board was "coming along real well" and that the members had been out to the fairgrounds to inspect the buildings. THE LONE printing bid submitted for the county's legal publications. The bidder, the Port Angeles Evening News, set the price at 16 cents per line for the first publication and 11 cents a line for repeats. Tabulated matter would cost 20 cents a line. Moving to renew the lease with the Clallam Bay garbage dump.

a request to close the Diamond Point area to deer hunters because of the Increasing population density. Herb Pollock, former county engineer, who had dropped by the courthouse for a visit. Not present at the "meeting was Tom Mansfield who is on a two-week vacation. PIONEER DIES Grace Fisher Thompson, 87, pioneer resident of Port Angeles, died tlds morning. The obituary will be published Friday.

(Eve. ning News Photo) Pacificists tossed out of Viet Nam Look inside COMICS P.ll, p.13 DEAR ABBY p. 4 EDITORIAL PAGE P. 2 FORKS p. 9 PORT TOWNSEND P- 9 SEQUIM P.4, P- 7 SPORTS P.

8 TIDE TABLE p.14 WEATHER p.14 By FORREST EDWARDS HONG KONG (AP) Six American pacifists expelled today from South Viet Nam said on arrival in Hong Kong that they try to go to Red China arid North Viet Nam "in the search for peace." The leader of the group. Rev. A. J. Muste, 8, of New York, said their previous attempts to get to Peking or Hanoi had not been successful "but now that we're in Hong Kong we will see if we can make any personal contacts here that might lead to visiting those two capitals." If that fails, tlie minister said, he and four others in tlie group will return to the United States.

A sixth member, Karl Meyer of Chicago, said he would try to get a visa for Cambodia "to see what the situation is there." Saigon police pulled the six pacifists kicking and protesting onto the plane for Hong Kong after blocking their attempt to demonstrate in front of the U.S. Embassy in the South Vietnam, ese capital. The Americans tlirew out antiwar pampMets as they were hauled up the ramp to the plane. Police roughed up several newsmen, seized the cameras of two television photographers and briefly detained a tlu'rd cameraman during the wild exit scene at Saigon's Tan Son NTiut Airport. Five, of the pacifists were brought to the airport in a police van five hours before they took off after police vented their staging a one-hour antiwar vigil at the U.S.

Em, bassy. U.S. pays highest honor WASHINGTON (AP) Presi. dent Johnson presents the Medal of Honor posthumously today to a young Negro paratrooper who tlirew Mraself on a Communist hand grenade in South Viet Nam and absorbed the blast with his body to protect four fellow soldiers. A WMte House ceremony was scheduled at noon to honor 19- year-old Pfc.

Milton Olive of CMcago with the nation's highest military decoration. The youth's father, Milton L. Olive of Chicago, and about 20 other relatives of the hero were flown to Washington Wednesday night for the ceremony. The dead soldier is the third person and first Negro to be awarded the Medal of Honor for service in Viet Nam. Young Olive was killed in action against Communist forces in Viet Nam Oct.

22, 1965, after falling on the grenade. The citation credits that ac wi th saving the four lives. The citation states: "Through his bravery, unhesitating action and complete 'disregard of Ms own safety, he prevented additional loss of life or Injury to the members of his platoon. Pvt. Olive's conspicuous extraordinary heroism and intrepidity at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of duty are in the Mghest tradition of the United States Army and reflect great credit upon himself and the armed forces of Ms country." For Olive's father, a slim, warehouseman, his son's death had an added purpose, he proudly told the Chicago City Council during a ceremony Wednesday.

"During World War Olive said, "unfortunate statements were made about the service and bravery of the Negro to our country. "I am convinced now that the service the Negro soldier has given in Viet Nam lias erased for all time the disparaging statements made about Negro servicemen," he said, "This honor gives us richer heritage." Pfc. Olive's medal will join other mementoes inaglass-door cabinet in Ms father's room. They include photographs wliich show young Olive as a grave, curious cMld looking with wonder at Santa Glaus' beard; staring intently at a flock of cMckens of his grandfa- Mississippi fprm, and posing in uniform beside a Cliristmas tree shortly before he was sent to Viet Nam. Tlie cabinet also holds Ms Army uniform, two Purple Hearts (one awarded posthu- nously) and a cartridge fired at his military funeral.

"He was proud of his uniform," the elder Olive told the City Council, "and we felt it was a definite possibility he might decide to in (the Army). "He wrote quite regularly and usually told how he was getting along, the types of tilings he was doing, though he never mentioned combat," Olive said. "But we never got the impression he was disturbed about it." Young Olive possibly gave Ms own reason for Ms brave act. "Man, you've got to care," he told a buddy shortly before he died. "Believe it or not, you got to care." HMMM Mrs.

Marcie Moore of Concord strolled through downtown Charlotte, N.C., this week attired in a new short-short skirt. A photographer went along to capture the reactions of shoppers. In this picture, two women seem to enjoy the new fashion. Needless to say, imny men enjoyed the new fashion, too. (AP Wlrephoto) On N.

V7ef targets Jets renew assaults By THOMAS A. REEDY SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) U.S.- Air Force jets renewed their assaults on the approach to North Viet Nam's strategic Mu Gia Pass after thousands of coolies laboring day and night reopened the landslide-clogged funnel to the Ho CM Minh Trail, -a U.S. spokesman reported today. Only eight days ago eight-en, gine U.S. B52s dropped 700 tons of explosives on the winding mountain route on the Laotian frontier 230 miles south of Hanoi in the Strategic Air Command's first strike against North Viet Nam.

The U.S. spokesman reported that smaller fighter-bombers were sent back to the pass Wednesday after reconnais. sance showed that Communist labor battalions had gotten traffic moving again tlirough the pass. He said some traffic was still moving on Route 15, which follows the pass into neighbor, ing Laos and links up with southbound infiltration routes. The spokesman said Air Force F105 Thunderchiefs and F4C Phantoms tore into the highway at three locations leaving huge craters.

For the first time in days, Vietnamese troops were reported in a hard fight with the Communists. Elements of govern, ment airborne and Ranger battalions killed 20 Viet Cong and Russell calls for more bombing runs By JACK BELL WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Richard B. Russell said today he hopes the United States will expand its bombing of North Viot Nam to tighten the military on the 1 Communists, Russell, Georgia Democrat U.S. to buy back bombs By FRED S.

HOFFMAN WASHINGTON (AP) The Defense Department is considering new transactions to buy back and otherwise reacquire about 500,000 bombs and artillery shells previously sold or given to West Germany, it was learned today. The shells and bombs would go into U.S. stocks and presum. ably would be available for the war in Viet Nam. At the same time, the Pentagon is tldnking of getting: back about 5 million rounds of small arms ammunition, 35,000 small weapons and about 1,500 radios from the Germans.

This materiel would be redis. TV, movie star course, that we the mater, us when it Rookie skipper gives it up Three large deer grazing on lawn at Olympic National Park headquarters Hook family of W. 12th St. leaving bumper catch of five trout on porch to be cleaned only to have the family dog devour them neighbors hap. pily muncMng on donuts while shopping early tMs morning at Cy Frick's grand opening Junior Mgh girls wearing pantalets under gingham dresses for parts in "Tom Sawyer" Filth wd sixth graders beginning their annual sale of festival buttons in Sequim Stubborn dog defying motorist at 8th and Race intersection.

The life of adventure onboard a 32V2-foot sloop as envisioned by Actor Robert Lansing came to a sudden but self-determined end in waters near Port Town, send Tuesday night. The actor, after two days of sailing lessons, had planned to sail to Los Angeles with three companions. THE FORMER STAR OF THE television series, "Twelve O'clock High," during which he reportedly learned to fly, Lansing recently completed filming a movie in the San Juans, "Namu, the Killer Whale," in which he learned to ride Puget Sound's most famous mammal. Last week, Lansing purchased the sloop, the Wind Wish, with the intent to sail to Los Angeles tMs year, to Hawaii in 1967, and farther on into the Pacific in 1968. He took two days of instruction last week, during which he was supposed to learn to sail.

LANSING, ACTOR FRIEND Ed Rochelle of Los Angeles, Max E. Agather, owner of a Seattle boat marina, and a fourth unidentified companion, left Seattle Tuesday. Bound for Neali Bay on the first day, the Wind Wish ran out of gas as she rounded Point Wilson. Forced to set sail then, Lansing and his friends headed back to Point Hudson Harbor, and in so doing crossed half way between a buoy and the shore wlu'cli caused local sail boat watchers to anticipate the sloop in a sudden stop. But King Neptune was with them for a wliile.

GASSED UP, THE WIND Wish motored out of Port Townsend, crossing half way between the buoy and shore again, and off in. to the sunset. Well into the Strait, a westerly wind came up, causing the bilge water to slosh around. It smelled something more than fishy. Investigation revealed that a valve had been left open and fuel was running into the bilge.

THE CREW KILLED THE en. gine, set sail again and started pumping the bilges. By the time they reached Point Wilson, tlie bilges were fret- of gasoline, and tne motor was kicked on again. The tired crew of four reached Point Hudson Harbor at 1 a.in. Wednesday.

At 6 a.m. Harbor Manager James Roberts refueled the sloop and sold them two charts: one for the San Juans, another for Port Townsend to Seattle. Just before the Wind Wish crew left the harbor once again, Roberts overheard Agather in a call to Ms wife: "Well, we're going to the San Juans for sev. eral days, then back to Seattle." tributed under tlie military aid program to other allied arid friendly countries, possibly including South Viet Nam. The Pentagon's moves to reclaim this ordnance and equip.

ment were disclosed in a letter from John T. McNaughton, as. sistaiit secretary of defense, to Rep. Dunvard G. Hall, K-Mo.

A copy of McNaugliton's letter, dated Marc!) 31, became available after Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday, dt-'iiying once again reports of bomb shortages, In liis letter, McNaughton said "the guiding principle on is, of will pay no more for lei than was paid to was sold." Last week, the Defense Department acknowledged that it had bought back from a German firm at a price more than. 10 times what the weapons had been sold for as surplus. Tlie bombs were sold to the German firm for $1.70 each and the Defense Department paid $21 apiece to get them back. It was explained that, among other tilings, the high price took into account expenses tlie Ger- mm firm incurred in trans, porting the bombs, building facilities to remove their nitrates for fertilizer and for other busi.

ness costs. McNaughton told Hall tlie price of the war materiel to be reacquired from Germany can. not be given precisely because some of it was sold and some was furnished as grant aid. who heads the Senate Armed Services Committee and Is close- to President Johnson, left no doubt in an interview he advocates drastic measures to step up the Viet Nam military effort. But he declined to convniiit on the possibility that action may bu taken to seal off harbor of Haiphong, North Viet Nam's largest, although he has urged such action.

Russell spoke out after Secretary of Defense Robert S. Me- Naiivara told senators Wednesday that "we will carry out con- tinning heavy air operations in the 1 He said nothing about the targets to be attacked. Carrier-based Navy planes have blasted railroad and highway bridges only 10 miles north of Haiphong. Salgori reports said air attacks had halted all miin highway traffic in the industrial area between the port, and Hanoi, North Viet Nam's capital. Russell said this wasallto tht- good.

He said wider ranging attacks should be supplemented with naval Interdiction of supplies for Haiphong. The intensified bombing t. is accompanied a lull in ground action in South Viet Narn which McNamara told the Senate fur- eign Relations may not last long. Testifying on a military aid authorization, the defense secretary said the Viet Cong appeared to have gout- to the sidelines in a period of political turmoil in South Viet Nam. He said they probably are regrouping for larger future operations.

''1 rather anticipate an increase in the level of the conflict," McNamara said. He added that the Viet Cong nuiy launch a large scale offensive during the monsoon season, from May until July or August. South Viet Nam elections art- scheduled to be held in August. captured a large store of weapons when they jumped a red battalion 8 miles northwest of Quang Ngai City, on the northern coast, U.SM officers reported. With South Viet Nam's generals preoccupied with political problems, operations against the Viet Cong by government troops have fallen off considerably.

However, U.S, combat casualties continued at the usual level and South Vietnamese casualties rose again after dropping below those of the Americans for the first time in the war. The U.S. military command announced that 89 Americans were killed, wounded and five missinsj In ac.tlnn last week. Ninety.fi ve Americans were killed, fiOl wounded and four missing the week before. Tlie new figures raised American dead to and wounded to 15,863 in the Viet Nam war since January 1961.

The Vietnamese command reported 141 of its troops were killed and 52 missing last week compared with 67 killed and 204 missing in the week of April 3-9. Wounded figures are not announced. A Vietnamese spokesman said the higher government casualties came from "a very large number of small, scattered ac. tions" rather than any major actions. Government troops and police broke up a demonstration by about 1,000 students in the mountain city of Dalai, 1-10 miles northeast of Saigon, as agitation against Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's military re.

gime continued despite a prom, ise by the Buddhist leadersMp to call off the protests. Reports from Dal at said authorities used tear gas and clubs and fired shots to break up the throng. In other air attacks against North Viet Nam Wednesday, Thuiiderclu'ets blasted a military complex under a jungle canopy 4S miles southeast of Dien Bleu Phu. The pi'ots reported they destroyed about 100 buildings, including: a radio transmitter, and le.t't the area engulfed in flames. Lt.

Bishop is candidate for sheriff Harley Bishop, For; Police Department lieutenant, has announced his intention to run for Clallam County sheriff in the September primary. Bishop, of Pt. Box 324, made his announcement at a meeting of the Clallam County Democratic Club Wednesday evening. A native of Port Angeles, Bishop has with the police force here for 18' years. Before that he spent 5 1 2 years with tlie Puget Sound Navy Yard Police Department in Bremerton.

Bishop explained tliis morning that he did not have to resign from tlie police department in order to run for sheriff. "I cleared tlds with tlie city before I made my Bishop said..