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By FRANK JENKINS
' I've Just finished reeding i. most
Interesting oomniunlcation from
I lie department ol governmental
affairs of the Chamber of Com
k'Jerce of the Untied Slates. It la
entitled Cltlsenshlp Check Lift, and
goes lite mis; .
1. Are you registered -voter?
' 1. Did you vote In the teat prl-
C.aryT In the last general eltc
on?
1. Do you go out and work for
vour ooUUcal oraanlsatlon?
4. Do you maintain clone contact
with your local publlo oifioisis?
5. Have you ever offered to
serve in publlo omce, or on any
public board or commission?
6. Do you know your elected rep
resentatives In congress? Do you
write, call or talk In parson with
them, and let tnem snow - your
viewa on Important national ' Is
sues? ,
7. Do 'you keep youratlf thor
oughly well Informed on current
public questions?
I. Do you make It a point to
find out how your elected repre
sentatives vote on Important legis
lation? 9. Do you discus community
and national allalra (seriously and
intelligently) with your . . . min
ister, your employer or employees,
your school teachers and other well
Informed people?
10. Do yen oppose making de
mands an the federal government
for things which your community
can oo lor yourscu r
If you'U atop and think seriously
about it, you must agree that In
MENT STARTS WITH THE PEO
PLE, this is in process.
n.. tlrrttf a tM S1IPDKMH:
They elect representatives. Their
-nMuntiilvM milM the lavs end
administer the -laws. If the laws
are wis and good ana if iney ere
honestly and wisely end Intelligent
ly laminuHirm, wi youMv.
well governed and prosper.
History confirms that statement.
Her is what I'm getting t:
'file people ARC THE BOBS, ;
'rhev HIRE the officials.
"v.They havs the power W nRE
flf qfftclaia. .., r-;?!''ti,i'
That Is to sty, there rents upon
the ahoulders of the people of dem
ocratically governed countries all
the responsibility that In private
business rests upon the shoulders
of the boss. -
Hsvtnc the power te HIRE AND
TIRE, it devolves upon the people
' to see to 11 that within the limits
of human'.- Judgment and frailly
good people are hired In the first
place. If a normal human mistake
of Judgment la made and It turns
out that someone Is hired who
doesn't measure up to the reapon
slbllltles of his lob, It Is up to
the people, AS THE BOSS, to fire
the incompetent.
The first duty of- a boss Is to
choose an organisation of good and
able people. If that Is done, the
business will be well run. The sec
ond duty of a boss. Is to see to
It that when someone Is hired and
later turns out to be Incompetent
he Is PIRED. That, as all em
nlnvurs nulll tell vou. Is a tough
and disagreeable Job, but If It Isn't
done the organltatlon win oeterio-
raie. j
What I'm trying to say Is that
It Is up to the boss to see that
good people sre hired and retained
-ukan tnmMiutfn iVim nriranlr.a
l loo Isn't doing a good Job to get
riu oi mm ana get. someone mi
i his place who will do a good Job.
That la what bosses are for.
Well . , .
Under our system or . govern
ment, the people are the boss. It
Is up to Ihem- to get' and KEEP
the right kind of people In o(tlce.
Do you feel at this moment In
history that our government la as
good ss. It ought to be?
M If your answer Is NO, hers Is
. other question: '
,-rv. vou feel that as the boss the
people have done as good a Job
01 picaing gooo. pboimb j
should have done? If not, It Is
because the people have not taken
their responsibilities , ss seriously
as they should have done, .
Read over that list (at the head
of this column) sgain. Check your-,
self carefully against It. It Isn't
Impossible that In a variety .; of
ways you-will find you have not
been as good AS A BOSS as you
might have been. ' , . ' 1
-Remember: f. .'
' When anything BAD happens 'to
a business, It Is usually the fault
of the boss. - .;, . .
Former Basin
Officer Dies
MERRILlA-Word wss received
today of: the ' death Monday at
fcweethome of Ed Davis, longtime
i marshal of Merrill and -constable
o( Tulelake Township. He Is be
lieved to have been 69 years- old
by friends living here.
Davis served most of ' the SO
years he lived In Merrill as a law
' enforcement officer and for t few
months served as marshal of
Cldloquln; He had' been a patient
in it Portland hospital but had re
. imfied ; Home shortly before his
deattl. ' " 1 : ' ' '" -Funeral
services 'will' 'be-' :held
Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., at Lebanon.
Mrs. Davis was employed lit the
poetoftlce here.
'CKICAQO Uh J- A multimillion-
dollar f International counterfeit
ring, , described sa one-of the biggest-
In. the nation's history, . was
smashed Monday by Secret Serv
ice, agents.
' More . than 62,200,000 In bogus I0
end 120 bills were produced by the
ring ,!n the last four yesrs, said
Harry D Anheler. ohlef of the Se
cret Service In Chicago,
vFIVe 'Chicago men were seined
nnd further arrests sre expected,
Anheler ssld. He disclosed that the
phony ' 110 and (30 bills have
turned up In cities throughout the
United States, as well as In London,
Paris. Rome snd'ln other parts of
the world.
Anheler ssld that approximately
1.400,000 In counterfeit money has
been circulated by the gang.
'Federa.1 agenta also are Investi
gating evidence that the gang may
nave been responsible for the coun
terfeiting of more than one million
dollars In Cities Service Company
bonds.
The FBI last Nov. arrested
three New Vork City men In con
nection with the sale of 126.000 In
fake bonds for 17.124.
Two of the five men nabbed In
Chicago are owners of a west side
erlnllnic plsnt which was raided
y the agents. They said the phony
bills were printed In the plant, the
Meres Printing Company, owned
by James Sferaa, 16, and his broth
er, Samuel, 34. The agents seized
a press and other equipment.
Also arrested was William "tal
ly, 41. described by agents as an
ex-eonvlct and the top plotter snd
sales. -manager of the ring. They
taJd he was nabbed alter he ac
cepted SI.500 In marked bills from
an undercover agent In return for
6.000 In bogus- 110 and f 30 bills.
- T'o others are held, Anheler
ssld, and' a third man Is sought In
Chloago.
. Anheler ssld the ring's activities
were bigger than those of Count
Victor Lustlg, the International
swindler whose, gang manufactured
more. than one million dollars In
phony' Federal Reserve notes prior
to IBJ9.- ... -
(, .JUDGE CARTER
Judge Seeks :
Another Term
' District Judge M. A. (Nick) Car
ter Monday afternoon filed hla can
didacy for election to the job he
now holds. . ' t
.".Carter . has been. "Judge " a llltt
JYf "','.' He was appointed
Llnkvllle Justice of, the Peace in
January, 1961, after the death of
Judge Joe Mahoney, and his court
last August was elevated to the
rank of District Court.
The Judicial election Is to be
non-partisan. Carter Is a Republican-.
. ' ',.
-If, TO or than one candidate for
the-MiJOO- a- year office' appears.
County Clerk Charlie DeLsp said,
the names Will ffo on. a non.nartl.
can ballot for the May 18 primary
eicuuon. ii isrier m unopposed the
Voting could be held over to the
November general, election. ,
Carter, '36, Is a graduate of the
University 1 of Oregon law school
and before' appointment to the iu
dlolal position was affiliated with
an abstract . company here, several
years. " -
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In January
"A ititl"of . 86 'Inches nf nrer.lnt.
tatlon fell . on Klamath Falls dur
ing the month of January, accord
ing to Bureau of .Reclamation fig
ures Obtained from data from the
Link ..River station here. -.
Jah, 20 was the wettest day of
the month with .4 inohos. Normal
precipitation ' for January, accord
ing to, records, Is 3.01 Inches. In
January, 1051, 1.86 Inches of rain
and snow precipitation was meas
ured. .' - , -
Loweit recording: tor the month.
ocoordlnc to the Bureau, was m
rrltrius one degree on Jan. 14. Jnn.
Hi was .the warmest day of the
jUidnlh '.with a 46 degree tempera-
lureuHOwaver, January was oolder
this year than In 1951, with 26.8
degree mean monthly temp regis
tered in 1062 as compared with a
rhesn recording of 31.8 a year ago..
, -mere were is ciouay days, nine
partly cloud.v days end four clear
tfaysF'durlhg last month, the Bu
reau reported. .
mm
PrecioDown
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Price rire Cents 11 Tses
BULLETINS
WPtJO HKCK
PORTLAND, ( The Office of
Price Slabllliatoln reported here
today that Enforcement Agent
Willis A. West was In Klamath
Falls checking reports of potato
aalea at over-celling prices.
FIVK KILLED
MARCH AIR BASE, Calif,
ITi Five fllrra were reported
killed and alx Injured today aa
a B-29 hit a house near here
and exploded.
The scene Is oi, the outskirts
of the town of Perria, s farming
community of about 2,00 persons
five miles south of here.
Yanks Blast
Two Enemy
Ammo Nests
By SAM 8UMMERLIN
8EOUL, Korea It American
airmen Tuesday blew up two Com
munist ammunition depots and
rased two big supply centers, the
U.S. Fifth Air Force reported.
The supply centers were less
man 50 miles from panmunjom,
flte of Korean truce talks. F-61
Mustanc Dllots said their bombs
and rockets touched off fires that
could be seen for miles.
Returning airmen said the two
centers near Slnmak and. Nam
chonjom were reduced to blazing
ruins.
The ammunition dumps were
blown up by marine F-4-U pilots.
Altogether, the Fifth Air Force
said, the day's explosive attacks
leveled almost 130 Red supply
buildings and revetments and cut
rail lines in 65 placea. A total of
693 aortles were flown.
American F-86 Sabre jeta ex
changed firing passes with some
Red Jets out of a formation of 100
MIO-lSs. The Air Force made no
report of damage.
Night flying B-29 Superforts from
Japan hit the Bunchon rail by-pass
brldee for' the second straight
night. The blasted It with 80 tons
'of 500-nound bombs.
- Other Allied wnrplanes darted
through moonlit skies and. reported
76 Communist trucks and eight' box
cars destroyed.
Carrier-based planes from the
decks of the US.S. Vslley Forge
snd U.S. 8. Antletam crstered rails
In more than 100 places Monday
In the vicinity of Hungnam on the
East Coast
Marine planes attacked Commu
nist boats, shore targets and 1 the
Red front lines on the Western
side of the peninsula.
Warships also were active along
both Korean coasts.
' The ground front was relatively
quiet.
U.N. Infantrymen on the West
recaptured a hill position without
firing a shot. Chinese Reds took
the hill Monday night In a fierce
attack, then vanished.
OPS Talk Set
For Merrill
A Portland Office of Price Sta
bilisation man. Henry Wltte. Is
slated for an appearance tonight
before potato growers, handlers
and all other Interested persons at
the Merrill Recreation Hall at 7:30
p.m.
Scott ' Warren and Louis Lyon.
Klamath growers Just returned
from Washington, D.C.. where they
attended sessions with OPS offi
cials in an attempt to get regional
adjustments on the potato price
ceilings nnd rollbacks.
Warren was promised in Wash
ington that Oregon spuds would
get .some relief from the present
ceilings: he said the OPS assured
him (hat 10 Western states would
be raised to .the Idaho premium
ceiling, which has been 20 cents
higher thnn the rest.
Witte hns been in Central Ore
gon attending potato meetings.
2 Youngsters
PORTLAND Ml Two policemen
headed for an East Side gun shop
Monday night when they got a re
port that burglars were trying to
break In there.
Patrolman Rnlnh Gray ran to the
rear of' the building, and sighted
twt flguros trying to pry through
the rear door. They ran as Gray
fired Into the air.
Around the corner thev came
face to face with Patrolman John
Yaaon, who also had his gun In
hand.
We surrender." cried the cul
prits. ''
That's when ponce - found they
had nnbbed a 10-year-old girl and
a la-yenr-oid boy. nicy were held
at the police station without
charge. ;
Death Claims
Newspaperman '
PRINEVILLE. . Ore. MY Remey
M. Cox, 64, long-time newspaper
man, died unexpectedly - at his
home early Tuesday. '.
Following graduation- from the
University of Oregon, he worked
successively lor ,ine united fress;
the Tampa, Fla., Olobe: the Bend,
Ore., Bulletin and for 12 years as
gubllsher of the weekly . Central
regonlan here.
Police Trap
Interest High
By HALE SCARBROUOH
FOr the fourth straight week pub
lic Interest In topics of the "Build
the Basin" forum -Monday night
feature of KFLW asd the Herafd
and News has forced the program
overtime.
Nominally scheduled for sn hour
(8:30 to 9:30 p.m.), It has been
extended half an hour, each of the
four times aired.
Last night's topic concerned at
tracting new industry , Into the
Klamath Basin, and the panel
members were ueorge p. Davis,
Lorens Company; Lyle W. Rothen
beraer. Hercules Powder Com
pany; Dick Henzel, Tulana Farms;
Oeorge W. Morgan, Southern Pa
cific; Russ Tlsdale, First National
Bank; and. vie ocnoonover, ureal
Northern.
OFF THE TRACK - '
' Among -the - dozens of questions
from listeners which kept three
teleohones busy for most of the
hour and a hall some went rather
far afield from the-main topic.
Listeners wanted to know if the
Southern Pacific Depot couldn't be
fixed up to be made more attrac
tive, whv there Isn't a-. Catholic
hospital here and so on.
Fulltime Job
Duties oi Mayor of Klamath
Falls will be lecogniied as a full
time Job at.- salary of (500 a
month 1L4HIS Honor's constituents
approve at forthcoming balloting,
f The City Council Instigated mea
sure was approved last night for
placing on ballot title In the pri
mary election.
Individual councllmen ssld the
Mayor's duties now -required full
time attention and his current
wages were Insufficient at 1135 a
month.
Thev hinted makinr the post a
fulltjne occupation at equitable
compensation might' eventually
lead to Institution of a city mana
gership. UNIFICATION
' Another measure to face the vot
ing public will be proposed unifica
tion of Recrestlon snd ParksOom-
mission activities unaer cne con
trol. - . - ', '; - . '
Councllmen said this proposal
has been brewing for a long time
and la. deemed necessary to bring
greater use of the city's park and
recreation facilities.. . .
Other measures approved for
placing to a vote included:
A three-tenths mill levy yearly
to raise funds for the community
restroom.
A one and a half mill levy for
seven years to, raise $150,000 for
a community swimming pool..
Requiring persons , filing candi
dacy for Mayor or Police 'Judge
to post $26 filing fee and (10 for
Councilman or City . Treasurer, i
In other council sctlon:-
Mrs. Marvin Nerseth was named
to the City Library Board to re
place Mrs. Alice Qoeller.
Approved four' building ' permits
totaling $2400 and a January build
ing inspector's report of $24,500.
Notice was given by Judge Rob
ert Elder the City Hall would be
closed Feb. 12 and 22 In recogni
tion of- Lincoln's and Washington's
birthdays.
FIRE REPORT
Jsnuary report of the City Fire
Department showed (131,600 worth
of property at risk; loss of. (441.60,
covered by Insurance.
Bids1 were accepted for electrical
work at the City Hall by Empire
Electric ($1114); Baraboo Electric
($1126.201 and East' Side Appli
ances ($1373.24)., ' '.
Request by the Falrvlew PTA
for a crosswalk at-Donald St. and
Oregon Ave. and for school signs
was turned over to ; the Traffic
Safety pommlttee:
Leases were, opproved- for rent
ing of the airport hangars and
the restaurant.
Soviets Lose,
U.N. Adjourns
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PARIS W The sixth General
Assembly of the United Nations
adjourned Tuesday after voting a
final overwhelming approval of the
Western plan to postpone discus
sion of Korean political Issues until
an armistice.. '
President Luis Padilla Nervo of
Mexico banged the final gavel at
2:14 p.m. after receiving tributes
from secretary oenerai rrygve Lie
and many leading delegates for
his handling of the three -months
session. :
The Assembly also expressed
gratitudes to France and the French
people for their hospitality. The last
lormai act was to ooserve a min
ute of silent prayer.; .
The Western victory was the final
major act of the session, which
began last Nov. .6, .-. . , . vi
The: vote was 51 In .favor, 6
against and 2 abstentions.
It marked a triumph for the posi
tion taken by the United States,
Britain and' France, that any U.N.
discussion of Korea .now could' only
hamper the progress of, truce, talks
at ranmunjom v - -Bv
. Its' vote, the Assembly -re
pudiated the Russian view that the:
u.N. should tate over tne. taias. ,
HOME' -AGAIN ..'..'.
SEATTLE I The Navy trans
port Oen, Simon Buckner nosed in
to dock nere 'mesaay morning, re
turning 825 servicemen, ' 334 mili
tary dependents and 15 government
employes from the Far East,.
For Mayor?
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY f, mi
in
But the flow of Questions Indl
catcd that the people of this area
are hungry lor some harbinger of
a rosy future lor Klamath Falls
and the Klamath Basin.
No such rosy future Is Imminent,
members of the panel seemed to
agree, without work, imagination
and a real selling Job on the po
tentialities and assets of the, re
gion. As for tynes of industry which
could be expected to locate here,
public suggestions included a pack
ing plant, brewery, potato process
ing, expanded lumber remanufac
turing, woolen mill, milk condens
ary and expanded tourist attrac
tion,'. All are very possible, panel
members agreed, and one mem
ber. Oeorge P. Davis.- added
thoughts on a sizable distributive
and warehouse industry which he
r.ald will come because of Klam
ath Falls' excellent transportation
facilities and its rather central lo
cation halfway between the larger
cities of the coast.
TAX BARRIER
Oregon tax rates are somewhat
of a deterrent to Industry, both
panel members and the public
k'
MURRAY (RED) BRITTON
Britton First Entry
In Race for Sheriff
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All
.NAMED EDITOR John C.
; Owings, sophortiore metal
lurgical engineering stud
;dent at Colorado School of
Mines, has been named as
sistant editor of The Ore
i digger, student newspaper.
: He is the son of Mrs. Maude
,E. Owings, 115 No 5th. .
Son Arrives,
Papa Retires
; SALISBURY, Md. MM William
Shores and his wife had the name
already picked out when their
first baby was born. They wanted
to call It William Shores, Jr.
It was a girl:
, So was the next one. And' the
next one. And the next one. And
the next one. And the next one. .
Monday, 26 years and six daugh
ters later, rs. Shores gave -birth
to William Shores, Jr. 7 pounds and
12 ounces. '
Said William Shores, Sr., 48
year old pipe layer, "I can retire
now."- .
Industry Forum
eemed to' feel, and Dick Henzel
tald the legislature should make
a complete review of the state's
tax structure to see what types of
business are being kept out of the
state by taxes.
He cited that Oregon has an 8
per cent corporation tax, while
California has Just a 4 per cent
rate, snd Washington none at all.
Additional power, both panel
members and the public stressed.
Is of utmost Importance in getting
new Industry here, and the com
ing of Bonneville power next year
may have a tendency to create
more favorable power rates. Lyle
Rothenberger declared that indus
try needing a great amount of
power couldn't locate here now and
even after the Bonneville line
comes In probably would prefer to
locate nearer the source.
Both railroads serving this area
maintain industrial development
bureaus which offer information
and planning for industries seeking
locations in their territory, and
those services, said George Mor
gan and Vic Schoonover, are avail
able for use in a program of in
dustrial development here. Morgan
said the SP helped locate 550 new
KJ "
y si
Murray (Red) Britton today an
nounced he will run for Klamath
County Sheriff on the Democratic
ticket. ...
He will go after that ' party's
nomination in the May 16 primary.
uritton currently noids the S4.80O
a year Job by appointment, being
selected by the County Court to
succeed Sheriff Jack Franey, who
died last montn, He previously had
been a deputy under Sheriff Fra
ney three years.
Britton is the first person to an
nounce for Sheriff, but the Job . Is
expected to attract a number of
other candidates. Back in 1948,
when Franey was elected, there
were a total of 19 candidates listed
on the primary ballots. '
As a Democrat, Britton Is the
first of his party to hold the Job
since the late 1920s when Burt
Hawkins served one term in the
office.
Red Britton is a native of Too-
penish. Wash., and has lived in
Klamath County since 1931. He is
38 years old. married and lives at
402 Victory Dr.- .
Eight Killed
In Tenement
COLOGNE. Germany lP A war
ruineo tenement collapsed Tuesday
In the old inner citv of Coloene.
killing five children and three
adults.
The building was due to be evac-
uated' later Tuesday. Officials had
pronounced It dangerous.
Police said poor families had
squatted in the ruin without offi
cial permission.
Two children were saved but all
other tenants were killed.
Weather
. FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California.
fair through Wednesday with
patchea of morning fog. High Wed
nesday 41, low tonight 22.,
High Monday .....,. 40
Low last night 19
Preclp Feb. 4 .;. ..-..,.. .....
Preclo Since Oct. 1 - 11.24
Normal for period 6.90
same period last yesr li.ii
(Additional Weather en Page 4)
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! industries on EP spur tracks In the
west last. year. Schoonover
stressed that freight rate3 avail
able here are the equal or even
more iavorable than elsewhere
along the coast.
WEAK PRIDE
Civic pride the question of
whether the people ol the Klam
ath Bar.ln are proud enough of
what they have to make good
salesmen for their community
was brought into the discussion
and Russ Tlsdale said he felt we
often do not have enough pride in
what we have here. Rothenberger,
who has been in Klamath Falls
about a year and a half, said he
had a distinct let-down feeling
when he first came to Klamath
Fails.
But an optimistic feeling for the
future of the Klamath Basin was
general among panel members.
Opportunities are here, and out
siders are welcome.
Surprisingly enough, answers to
the question of whether the climate
Is a deterrent to new industry
here, were resoundingly negative
and ' In the face of two months' of
snow, and cold.
That's the pioneer spirit.
Council Eyes
Youth Problem
KUHS Parents-Patrons represen
tatives, persistent in pursuit of
Klamath's youth problem, got kind
ly reception from city council
Monday night.
Mrs. Richard Kingdon. Parents-
Patrons president, broached these
two points to tne council.
Greater use 'of the Armory as
a recreation center.
Combining of Recreation - Com
mittee and Park Commission fa
cilities under one authority for
more uniform control and action.
Councilman Matt Flnnlgan. Coun
cil Armory Board representative.
expressed lavor of greater use of
the Armory but explained the
building was under dual control
oi city and county officials.
Mrs. Kingdon was Invited to at-
tend an Armory Board meeting
Feb. 13 and explain her ideas to
the Joint group.
On unification of the Recrea
tion and Park groups. Council mem
bers were particularly pleased with
the Parents-Patrons viewpoint.
. The council Is currently SDonsor-
ing a resolution passed in Coun
cil action last night to place that
proposition to a vote in May 16
primary election.
Leslie A. Marshall, 18S3 Earle,
member of the Parents-Patrons
croup, got approval of his idea for
digging into the youth problem.
Marshall- requested a mayor-appointed
committee representing
each ward in, the city to study
the problem. "
. Mayor Robert Thompson heartily
agreed to the suggestion and ap
pointed Marsnaii to represent
Councilman Darrell Miller's ward
on the committee.
DR. GERALD COSGROVE
Group Plans
Cancer Drive
The Klamath County unit of the
American Cancer Society Is now
preparing for its annual crusade
for funds, which comes In April.
A meeting of the county com
mittee was held recently with Mrs.
Clara Siegley of the society's state
office, and discussion centered
around lay education as to the
danger of cancer which the organi
zation carried on by various in.
formation media.
The society reports that last
year 37 persons died of cancer In
Klamath County. Much has been
done, the committee stressed, in
educating the public against can.
cer. but the program must be per
slstent and continuous.
The local organization has been
without - leadership for several
months since Mrs. Anne Laurent,
who was commander, moved to
California. But the committee as
a whole Is planning the work for
the coming crusade. '
Members of the committee at
tending the recent meeting includ
ed Mrs. Phil Brixner, Mrs. .-Vera
Chase, Mrs. Kyle Morgan.' Mrs.
R. C Whytal Mrs Keith O'Halr,
and Dr; Gerald Cosgrove. Dr. Cos
grove Is medical director of the
county organisation.
Telephone gill
5l
KASI.U Men
Assist In
Saving Trio
Three Boise. Ida.. mn vh .
vived a plane crash In tho snow
covered desert country
of Fort Rock, were brought out by
b rescue pariy mis morning and
taken on, to Bend where rooms in
a tourist court had been
for them. , ' ' "
The men Norman Bryar, lQ,
pilot; Fred DeBlois, 27, a mental
patient; and Paul Peterson, 30, a
guard were not injured, ,
Bryar said blinding snow, cut
ting visibility to nothing, forced
him to land the plane not long
after the party had led Burns last
Saturday morning. The Stlnson
Voyager was slightly damaged In
landing in the deep snow. It tipped
up and the propellor was broken.
The three were en route, from
Boise to Roseburg, returning De
Blois . to the Veterans Hospital
there. The plane dropped out of
sight after leaving Bums.
SPOTTED '
Yesterday, after cloudy skies
and snow had held up the search
for better than a day, Lloyd Eason
of Boise, operator of a flying serv
ice and owner of the downed nlane
spotted the craft from the air. He
was nying witn Max Menu and
Ed Scholer of Klamath Falls, both
members of the Klamath Air
Search and Rescue Unit, all in
separate planes.
Mentl reported to the almort
here the three men could be seen
on the ground, and that there was
a cabin nearby where they appar
ently sought shelter. Eason report
ed the location was 70 miles due
west of. Burns.
Eason dropped what food he had
with him a few candy bars and
a piece of cake to the stranded
men.
A B-17 from McChord Field's air
rescue unit, stationed at Redmond,
then took the watch over the
downed craft and its lights last
night guided a ground party to the
scene.
Vic Douglas of the Klamath Air
Search e.nd Rescue Unit, State Pa
trolman Faye Holley of Gilchrist,
Rube Long. Fort Rock rancher,
and two air force men. traveling
in a weasel, plowed their way
through the snow from Fort Rock
to the plane's location some- 32
miles northeast of Fort Rock.
RESCUE
The ground party reached the
cabin at 3:02 a.m. and started
oacx toward Fort Rock at 4 a.m.
with the three men. The party
reacnea fori kock at T:30 a.m.
and a hhort time later Officer Hol
ley took Bryar, Peterson and De
Blois on. to Bend. .
The men-were ' ut8 good 'shaped
Douglas said, but very hungry. The
cabin afforded little protection but.
Ihey had been able to make fire
and slsep on the boards. ; .'.
The B-17 was In the air continu
ously for 17 hours on the search,
and the pilot in the Iron-man stint
was identified as Lt. Donald Good
ing of Rome, N.T. His co-pilot was
Capt. Elmer Reavis of Tacoma.
The rescue marked the first time
in about three years that a plane
crash in the high desert country
was survived. The plane was down
in the same general area that took
the lives of four Portlanders s
year and a half ago and the Uvea "
of three Southern California physi
cians a few months ago In air
plane crasnes. on Jan. 7, 1949, two
men were rescued from a downed
plane near Guano Lake In eastern
Lake county. . .
HST Enters ;
Primary Tilt
By The Associated Press
President Truman decided Tues
day, to keep his name In the New
Hampshire presidential primaries
after all. He'll take on Sen. Ke
fauver of Tennessee. '
But he still did not answer the
nation's No. 1 political question: -
"Will he, or will he not, run
again?"
Only last Thursday Truman had
said he wanted his name removed
from the New Hampshire primar
ies, to be held on March 11. Eye
wash, he called primaries then.
But in a letter made public at
the White House Tuesday, Truman
wrote New Hampshire Secretary of
State Enoch D. Fuller:
"Many good Democrats in Hew
Hamnshlre are of the opinion that
my name should be left on the bal
lot. At their suggestion, therefore,
I shall not ask you to take my
name off the list."
BRIGHT AND SMILING,
Mrs. Marie Mitchell, hostess
at the Winema Coffee Shop,
was caught by the photo
grapher jfhis morning. .- .
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