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V-J" ,f
Ity FRANK JKNKINH ,
Aa I til down to write -this
lull, thara'e an earthquake In Cal
ifornia and a political convention
In Chicago, Both can be destruc
tive, but ai between tha two there
Is thla difference:
You can DO SOMETHING about
political convention,, but Ihere'a
nothing you can do about an earth
quaka. You Jual TAKE H.
Bo lat a talk about tha conven
tion, ....
Thla Democratic convention la at
laat different,
Ilia last randldate total I heard
thU morning aa 33. That'a a lot
of hopefuls. For lour Democratic
conventions In a row mi. 1M0,
1B44 and lts there hM been only
one candidate and the Job ( the
convention haa been to put Ita rub
ber stamp on the esndldale el
, rcadv choirn.
Thal'i Wirt a difference.
There la an Inlrrentlng nirkul In
the Oreuon delegation In Chicago.
Under Oregon primary law. Ore
don's delesalea are pledged to
back Kelauvrr as lona as. he1 has
a REASONABLE chance of Win
ulna the nomination. (Ma waa a
heavy winner In the Oreuon Demo
cratic primary.)
But there am rumora (no far
without flat confirmation! that tile
dalrtatea are divided and some of
( litem art wavering In their all
lance to Knfauvar and their In
mictions under the Oreaon pri
mary law Kill Jossltn. of Portland,
la SINCERELY for Kefauver. At
the moment, at least, Tom Maho
easy of Portland Is for Kalauver.
Monroe Bweetland. O r e f o n'a
JVmooratle national eommltt"
nian, tells a reporter this mom
ma: that "no far I know every
member of the Oregon deleiratlon
Intends to support Kefauver as lone
as he Is In the running." but adds:
"I don't want our already small
number of delegates to be further
diminished In Importance bv mort
gaging It lo an unforeseeable fu
ture." i
Delegate Harry- Bolvln. of Klam
ath rails, appears to- be of aome
hat the same mind. At least, one
gathare that much from the Chi
cago dispatches '
Jutt between vou and me, I'd
hale to be an Oregon delegate who
bolted Kefauver while he ailll had
a chance, however slim, to be nom
inated. There wasn't, of course, a
very wide choice among candidates
In the Oregon Democratic primary,
but I think most of those who vot
ed for tha charming young man
from Tennessee (ably abetted br
his charming red-headed wife) did
ao because they have rAITH Ip
him. '
I think all auch people want their
Initructlona. ai liven In the pri
mary voilna. lo be followed by
their delegates In Ohlcaf o, , . .
Politics la funny. '
I'm a Republican more etron-
lv so thla vear than for many years
In the past. I have faith In Ike.
nd 1 want him to win. I think
Kefauver would be the hardest
Democrat to beat,
Still. I'd rather see him net-the
Democratic nomination,' '
Why? '-'
Because I think he 'a SINCERE.
I think thla la a Uma for sincere
leadership on both sides.
What I'd like to tee this year la
a clear-cut contest, with tha lines
of cleavaae SHARPLY - DRAWN,
between New Deausm-rair-peu
Ism aa It haa been practiced dur
lnr tha past two deoadea (particu
larly aa practiced during the paat
decade, when Idealism waa giving
way to practical POWER political
and Intelligent, truly liberal Re
publicanism which believes In all
the honest welfare legislation WE
CAN PAY FOR AND STILL PAY
OFF OUR DEBT while keeping
taxea within limits that our econo
my can aland and our free , enter
prise system can live under.
i I have ho obtectlon to soundly
conceived. WISELY 'BUSINESS
MANAGED welfare lawa. After all.
the No. 1 bualneaa of government
i f to look out . for the welfare of
'the people. . ! '.,-,
Pioneer K.F.
Lawyer,
Dies.;
' Funeral services for Delmar'Ver
non Kuykendal, one of Klamath
l Falls' pioneer lawyers, .are. to be
conducted -iiiesaay, iw p.m.,irora
St. Paul'a Episcopal' .Church..,;'-),
' Kuykendall, IS, died Sunday. -
He waa-a native of Wilbur, Ore.,
and was graduated from the uni
versity of Oregon and Georgetown
University, Washington, --D.C. be
fore coming to Klamath Falls in
ItOt to help set up me tirsi irri
gation district here.'i: -
About 1B10 he waa elected Dls
trlcl Attorney, and In 1S16 Upon
the death of Judge George Norsnd
waa appointed to the Circuit Court
bench. He had been referred to
aa Judge Kuykendall since, '
Kuykendall had been- retired
from law. practice some' months.
Survivors Include the widow, Ro.
telle, and a aon, wwiam Kuyken
dall. a Klamath Falls attorney:
aons John Kuykendal of Eugene
and Delmar Vernon Kuykendall Jr.
Vancouver, Wash.; a, brother,-AI
Kuvkendall. Portland: two' sisters
Mrs. Mabel MoOarty ef Portland
and' Mrs. Sybil . Smith, 'Ban Fran
cisco, and eight grandchildren. "
Rev, Oalen Onatad ls to conduct
j the funeral srvlce, and arrange
1 menta have been made by O'Halr'a
Memorial Chapel.. The body Is to
' be sent to the Portland. Cremator
ium for orematlonf , i, ,, ;.'
BULLETIN-
STRIKE CONTINUES', .
. P1TT8BUROH P Top .ceitM
mand ef the CIO United Steel.,
worker toted unanimously Men'
day te continue the sa-day-eld
crippling steel strike until the In-,
dustry agreea to a . anion ahea
compulsory union membership'
) (or all employee.
Democratic
Underway
By ARTHUR KDION .
CONVENTION HALL! Chicago,
Uh Democrats streamed Into this
huge hall In Chloago'g atockvardn
Monday, Intent on picking before
the week le out a men they think
can bring them their elxlh straight
presidential victory,
Thla la an unuaual Democratic
National Convention. For not sines
Franklin D. Roosevelt was nomi
nated In 133 have the Democrats
had any real contest for lop place
on their ticket.
Fur three conventions It was
Roosevelt, then four yeari ago It
waa Harry 8.. Truman.
Now there's an abundance of
candidates, posalbly even an over
abundance: Vice-President ' Alben
Berkley. Averell Harrlman and
Sena. Elites Kefauver. Robert 8,
Kerr and Richard B. Russell.
Oddlv. with all tha men around
who want the Job. Monday's pro
gram Included a a peach by the one
Democrat In Chicago who aava he
doesn t want to Be president: oov,
Adlsl . E. Stevenson of Illinois.
The big hall It's the aame one
In which the Republicans nomi
nated Oen.. Dvlcht D. Elsenhower
a lntle over a week ago has been
changed a little for the. Democrats.
PICTURES ....
" Looklne' In1 front of them, the
delegates could se pictures of
Rooxevelt and Truman and a slo
gan: "Security, for you, your fam
lly, four country."
Behind them was the slogan
"Twenty veara of- Droeress."
The Democrats, hoping lo profit
by errors they think the Republl-
Convention
Timetable
Evening Session-: p.m. (PDT)'
Presiding officer: Sen. Theo
dore F. Oireen of Rhode Island.
. Invocation. J. Ralph Msgee,
retired Methodist Church Bish
op. Address, by McKlnney.
' Appointment of committees.
' Keynote address by the tem
porary convention chairman,
Oov. Paul A. Dever of Masaa
:husetts. Tuesday's Program
Morning session t a.m. (PDT)
Presiding: Chairman McKln
ney. .
. Invocation. Dr. . Louis , Bin
stock. 'Chicago. .
Addreaa by Mra. Perle Meat,
V S. Minutes' to Luxembourg.
' Resolutions'. Permanent rule!
and order of business,
Addressee bv RP. Dawson,
III, y1 etretrman of National
Committee: Euaenle A. Ander
son, Ambassador to Denmark:
Richard J. Nelson, president,
toting Democratic Club of
America.
Resolutions'. Report of creden
tials eommlttoe,
Address by Mra. OeoreUt
Neesa Clark. Treasurer of the
0.8.'-" .
can1 made dining their convention,
have tried to mace certain mat
everyone Is on his good behavior.
Every seat had a little slip of
paper which aald: -
"YOU will - be .on televlalon.
'140.000.000 eye will watch
,0The Democrat alarted their Slut
national convention pulling and
hauling; In 'Uncertainly ' ol
form and eandldatea.
Aa to the platform. It was again,
aa It has been for years, a north-
south battle over "civil rlghta.
This aecuonai wsr, . imwwu
for a lime to break .out on the
convention floor at the openlng-aes-Mon
In a scrap over seating of
rival delegation from Mississippi
and Texas.
But ' convention leader out the
Issue, over for at least-34 hours
by a program shift.
WIDE OrEN ' . ,
As lo candidate. It waa wide
open; Five hopefuls were working
t,.ni fnv t. nresldentlal nomina
tion. '. and there- were a dosen
..,,..!. .r," m the field.
Tv,. rfoisirstes trooolne Into this
hiiniinntrsned arena, at the stock
yards,' were certain. oi- oniy w
thing: They know Oen. Dwlght D.
Elsenhower la the man they must
lick-If the Democrats are to stay
lnpower. . 4k
, conseauemiy. mucn w wie "
inri.i (in nf this warm-uo conven
tion session waa lurnoo wn
KOPUDUcan prcsiuonuai
-Rn Paul. Douelaa of Illinois,
ninrft'iii of OOP' attacks, on tha
Truuman admlnlstraUon'a Korean
policy., said In a epeech that the
Joint cnieia or oiau nw
In 1MT that Korea had little atrate-
glc value to, ine. uniieo. ovates,
He asaea:.
"Nn : Hhn do VOU SUDOOSO WaB
Chief of Staff i of ' the' Army when
thla ' military 'aavice was given r
If waa Dwlght O. Kisennowor. v
Y Dnu VnruAU
A'llDI JUI ILI i
"T;r.-7"af ,T. ,
DueTomoiTow
! ''The ' first. X-ray checks in. the
county for 'the campaign to ; test
soma 34.000 Klamath cltlsena gets
underway tomorrow In Ollchrist
with two lriobUe X-ray units start
ing operation.
.' Kla
amath Fall Bel Its start at
organisation at me imua wea
nesdav evening, with some 900 Invl
tatlons lent ' out to persona asking
neip in setting' up tne local n
palgn,. The Klamath area win see
X-ray units operating oetween Aug,
and' sept, as,
Persons not reoelvlng- invitations
are' also Invited, as' he ID la needed
here. Health 'Officer' Dr, Seth Kr
ron has announced,.
' Mayor Bob Thompson Is to chair
man. Wednesday . night's eesslon
slated, for, 'p.m. at which time
permanent chairman 1 . to be
Klected, . .'.;
I a I
aMaa.Maa.iaaaas
Telephone III! Ne. UH 4gO
New Premier
Quits Amid
Iran Rioting
By NATE FOL0WF.TZKY
TEHRAN. Iran Ul Premier
Ahmed devam resigned Monday
night after violent hours-long riot
ing In Tehran and other cities sub
aided. He gave up, after two. days, his
BltemDl to form a government
pledged to solving Iran'a oil deed
lock.
Before Qavam gave up. near
revolutionary violence flared, with
Communists strengthening Nation
alist mobs. Government lorces,
with gun shots, tear gss and bay
onets fought lo keep control.
Twenty peraons were reported
killed In the bloody rioting. No
official reason was given for (ta
vern's quitting but sppsrently fie
acted to atop oiooasnca.
NEWS SPREADS
Aa newa of Qavam's resignation
spread crowds began marching
towarda the residence of former
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh.
The fighting broke out when a
crowd of some 3,000 persons tried
to storm the Psrllsment building.
Wild disorder reigned throughout
the city. Countless numbers ol
demonstrators were Injured or ar
rested. In msny instances troops
charged Into a urging crowds with
fixed bayonets, leaving bloody lo
Jured behind.
"Death to Qavam," the Wbs
ahouted wildly, venting their fury
at tha new premier's declaration
that a settlement of Iran'a long and
crippling oil dispute with Britain
would be a chief aim of his regime
and that Nationalist violence would
hot. (top aim.- , . ,
MOSSADEGH ,, "
The . demonstrators war sup
porters of Mossadegh, but many
members of the outlawed com
munist tudeh party ewelled the
crowds.
Already tha , ultra-Nationalist
Pan-Iran party, spearhead . of a
drive lo force Mosssdegh back Into
power, bad threatened Qavam with
assassination.
Allies Take ;
Mountain Peak
SEOUL. Korea Ml United Na
tions Infantrymen Monday drove
Chinese Communists off the crest
of Old Baldy on the Korean west
ern front In the wake of a tremen
dous bsrrsge by artillery, tanks
ana warpisnes.
Oen. Mark Clark'a headauartera
In Tokyo aald the bitterly contested
height west of Chorwon was cap
tured.
But front line dlsnatchea Indi
cated the crest of the hill was
no-man's land with u. N. troops
aug in oeiow the crest.
A U. 8. Eighth Armv staff of.
fleer said the hill definitely waa
not secured.
Associated Press Correspondent
George Mc Arthur at the front said
the Chinese had not given up their
bid lor the vital hill they wrested
from the Allies last Thursday.
He said Chinese foot soldiers
were observed sneaking back to
ward tne nui in the afternoon des
pite intense' Allied fire.
Tha. Eighth Armv nightly sum
mary ssld "the enemy was be
lieved to be still in the immediate
area.'v
Allied infantrymen, stopped .cold
in -eight" earlier charges up the
muddy - hill, reached , the crest' at
dawn.-. They - reported that, the
Allied- barrage had forced the
Reds to withdraw. The U. N.
troops then pulled back oft the
crest.
More than SO U.' N. planes raked
the hill with flaming gasoline,
rockets and machlnegun fire. U.
N. tanks and artillery blanketed
the- hill with screeching; shells.
American carrier planes Sunday
hit Communist power Installations
at OhangJIn In Northeastern Korea
and two cower plants ' In North
western Korea.
Klamaths
Get Money .
KLAMATH AGENCY A total of
1384,400 waa being paid to 1.613
members of . the Klamath Indian
tribe today.
Money for the summer per capi
ta; payment ia derived from sale
of- Indian reservation timber.
T. W. Banders, chief cleric at
reservation headquarters, said
check' totaling 1114.366.83 were put
In the mails to Indians living on
the ' reservation and elsewhere:
390567.88. was deposited, in the
Klamath Agency bank to the ac
counts of minors. Incompetents and
others whose addresses are un
known: and $9,738.49 was used to
repay borrowings from, the tribal
ion Board,
V
lip SrMifi
w Mm
Five-Year-Oltf Unhurt
After Missing 30 Hours
' 2By WALLACE 'MYERS
rive-year-old Ernie Leffler. found
safe yesterday afternoon after be
ing lost for 30 hours In the forests
at Four-Mile Lake, came out of
Uie ordeal' In better shape than
many of those who. had been
searching for him. .
Little Ernie' became lost about
8:30 Saturday morning and' was
rescued about 2:40 yesteraay aiier-
noon. The youngster roamed over
rugged mountain terrain and ex
perienced a biting cold night while
he waa lost. But when he , was
found, he appeared . frisky ana
cheerful and; not nearly so weary
as many 01 me -men. wno iouhu
him. . .
FISHING TRIP' '.'
The bov la the -son of Herman
Leffles, 114 Lincoln Street, Klam
ath Falls, and Mrs. Marie Clark,
Medford. With his two little broth
ers and their grandparents, Mrs.
Clark's parents, Ernie had gone to
the lake lor a day s nsning. Satur
day morning, as the party started
to go out on the late in a smaii
boat, the grandparents sent the
children to a woods toilet, only
some 60 venrds. from the lake.
Ernie's brothers, Lloyd, 4, and Earl
6. aulcklv returned to tne oosi.
After some five minutes, when
Ernlo didn't return, his grand'
mother went to see about him. But
he had disappeared and other nsn
ing parties at the lake were soon
scouring tne nearpy woous.
SEARCH 8TART ' ;,,:''";
An organised search "was started
yesterday afternoon, with Klamath
District Hanger non uooper m
rallied to the search and an or-
rallied to3: the search, and an' or-'
ganlsatlon of Medford short wave
radio, operators lent vaiuaoie. '
nUtanne.
The search 1 continued without
nam throughout Saturday night
and Sunday until the youngster
KLAMATH FALLS, ORKGON, MONDAY,
was found. He was only about one
and one-half mile from the camp-
sUe when a six-man search crew
was attracted by his shouts. Two
Klamath Air Search and Rescue
men. Vic Douglas and Ted Million
were with the group that made
the rescue
REUNION
Back at the campsite, there was
a Joyful reunion of Ernie, his
parents and grandparents. As his
attractive young mother tnrew ner
arms around the child, he shouted
with gleeful excitement: "I bet you
don't know where I've been."
Except for a bramble scratch or
two, some mosquito bites and may
be a bit of poison oak, the chipper
youngster appeared fit as a fiddle.
He said he had crawled "under a
rock" for a time during the night.
that he had had nothing to ear but
had drank "a little moss-water"
(an obvious reference to some 01
the marshy pools In the woods
area).
Sam Tavlor. Medford lumber of
ficial and short wave radio opera
tor, did yeoman service monitoring
the search from his car at tne
scene. Larrv Wills. Oregon State
patrolman, aided Cooper In con
ducting, the search. .
Weather
FORECAST Klamath. Falls and
vicinity and .Northern California!
Fair Tuesday. High DO. Low tonight
45.
High temp yesterday 88
Low laat night 51
Preclp yeaterday - 0
Since Oct. 1 . ,-..17.11
Normal for period .......13.26
Last year, aame period .14. 81
(Additional Weather en Fag I.)
JULY 21, MH
rriea
SCENES FROM ' YESTER
DAYS setrch for five-year-old
Ernie Lefler. Above,, tha
boy's - mother, Mrs. Marie
Clark, hit . two- brothers,
Lloyd, 4, (left) and Earl. 4.
and the boys grandfather.
Earl F. Jones. The four have
just returned from a search
trip. Left, three tearch lead
-.era confer on strategy The
three left to right are Klamath
District Ranger, Bob Cooper,
State patrolman Larry Willi
, and Sam Taylor, Medford
lumberman and radio opera
tor. Nine Killed In
State Mishaps
By ' The Associated Frees
Accidents claimed the lives of
nine in Oregon last week end.
Four died In traffic mishaps two
in a lire, ana one eacn in a plane
cracaup. a lail ana a logging accl
dent.
Donna Cox and JoAnn Steen, both
16, of Albany, were kllJi outright
and two youths, Wesley B. Price
Jr. and Robert Crockery, both 18.
also from Albany, were critically
injured Saturday when their car
collided with a truck near Lancas
ter, Ore.
Arthur E. Grebe. 56. Portland.
was killed and his wife tniured
when their car ran off the road
near cannon Beach Sunday.
Mrs. George Stocking, about
of Toledo, was killed Saturday
when struck by a car as the
walked across a Toledo highway.
Driver of the car, Dennis Hender
son, 35. Toledo, was arrested.
Harry Richard Conner. 13. Port.
land, fell 110 feet to his death from
an abandoned water tower In North
Portland Saturday. He lost his foot
ing as ne was shooting his sling
shot. -
William LeRoy Brownlee, 55, In
jured last week when struck in
the head by a log cable at El
wood, died In a hospital at Oregon
City Sunday. . ......
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lee Rauch
apparently suffocated when they
were trapped inside their burning
home at Springfield Saturday,
A crop dusting plane crash Sat
urday north of Albany killed the
pilot, Jack Llnd Larsen, about 25,
of Salem. The plane hit a power
line.
Olympic
Bulletins
The United States took a -lead
over Russia in team points to
day, U to 40, after little Llndy
Remiglno copped an astonishing
ivv-meier victory in a pnoto finish,
Ctechoslovakla waa third with 15.
followed by Great Britain with 14
ana Italy 11.
Other Olympic Cold Medals that
went to Yank competitors beside
inose 10 Remlglno and Farry O'
Brlen In the ahot nut, were to
Charlie Moore in the 400-meter
hurdles, when he tied hla own
record, and Jerome Blffle In the
broad Jump.
Amerloa'a undefeated elght-oared
crew from tha U.8. Naval Aoademy
qualified for the Olymplo finals
MiiwUy night by easily defeating
Ruaala and Australia in the. semifinals.
Free Cents U Pages
Wide Search
Centers Near
Annie Creek
BULLETIN
A c0nUnu.Dff searth of Annie
Creek Canyon and the tnroancU
taf forest area had by early af
ternoon today failed to reveal any
trace of A. M. Jonea and C. P.
Cnlhane, miaiinf In that area
since early Saturday,
By WALLACE MYERS
Search was Intensified in Crater
Lake National Park today for two
General Motor executives who ap
pear to have vanished into thin
air.
The two men are: C P. Culhane.
of Detroit, general sales manager
ol United Motors service; ana A. M
Jones, of Concord, Calif, (a Berke
ley suburb), United Motors Service
West Coast sales manager. Cul
hane Is believed to be about 56
and Jones Is 56.
United Motors Services is a sub
sidiary of General Motors.
Culhane and Jones have not Been
reported seen since they registered
at Crater Lake's South entrance
Saturday about 1:30 p.m.
UNION CREEK
Th-v were to have driven to
Union Creek where they had rented
cabin for . a weekend of fishing
with Frank Eberleln and, John
Vaughn, of Klamath Falls.
Eberleln is owner ana operator
here of Specialized Service, whole
sale and retail outlet for United
Motors Service items. Vaughn is
Eberleln'a store manager.
The route from here to Union
Creek goes thrangtj the south; end
of crater Lane rare. .
Eberleln and Vaughn followed
Cplhane and Jones toward the fish
ing cabin by about one and one-half
hours. About three miles beyond
the Crater Lake South entrance.
Eberleln and Vaughn noticed their
companions' car parked off the
road. The cuinane-Jones car naa
been driven off the highway at a
narking spot offering a scenic view
of precipitlous. Annie Creek Can
yon.
CAR .'LEFT . . .
From all appearances, the car
had been left by persons intending
to stop only a few minutes, to
car windows were alown. keys were
In the ignition switch ana tne ngnt
door was standing open.
Inside the car was the two men's
luggage, fishing gear. . brief cases
and their coats were on nangera
in the rear seat.
But there was no sight 01 cuinane
and Jones . . . And they have not
been reported since.
Eberleln and Vaughn, tninitng
Culhane and Jones had probably
gone for a walk, waited about an
hour before thev became alarmed
and notified park rangers. Search
was started immediately under the
direction of Crater Lake's Chief
Ranger L. W. Hallock.
The first and still most popular
opinion was that Culhane and
Jones had stopped to look Into tne
deep canyon and had In some man
ner fallen over the rim. But search
of the canyon floor has failed to
reveal any trace of the missing
men. Woods on the opposite side
of the raod have also been searched
to no avail.
SEARCH CANTON
This morning. Chief Ranger Hal-
lock sent another partv of rangers
Into the canyon and this time uiey
(Continued on Page Four)
Local Mishaps
Injure Seven
At least seven persons were in
jured over the weekend in auto
accidents In the vicinity of Klam
ath Falls.
A . car and two-wheel trailer
overturned Saturday afternoon on
US 97 near Worden, pinning Mrs.
Catherine Pelofskl, 41, to the
ground. 8he suffered a broken
right arm and was taken to Klanv
th' Vnllov Hosnital.
Her husband, Paul Pelofskl, -46,
of San Francisco, and two chil
dren, Shelley, 15, and Valerie
Jane. 8 received lesser hurts.'
Early Sunday morning six teen
agers were Injured when a 1952
Ford coupe in which they were
riding failed to take a curve on
the Lake o' the Woods road and
smashed' headon into a pine tree.
State Police said the car was
driven by Don Alva Rlstlne, 17, of
517 E. Main.
. In the auto with Rlstlne were;
William James Liggett, 17, 436
Adams: Shirley Thedick. 15. 1908
Worden; Audrey Duell, 16, 4810
Shasta Way; Vernon Alexander,
17, 4415 Peck; and Eugene Keane,
17. 1903 Worden.
The Duell girl and Alexander
were considered the most seriously
hurt. She suffered a broken collar
bone and Alexander back and chest
Injuries. The others had various
cuts and bruise. .
Temblor Hits
Bakersfield,
Tehachapi
LOS ANGELES Wl A violent
earthquake, striking before dawn
In the sparsely-settled mountains
north of here, killed at least 10
persons Monday and left a mount
ing toll of damage and lnlurles.
As the first reports of eyewit
nesses filtered out of the little town
of Tehachapi. they painted a pic
ture or a snattered business dis
trict. brick-Uttered streets and a
wrecked hotel.
.me dead included three sisters
and their girl friend, and a .
mother and four children. Deputy
iwroner noian uiay taentuiea uiem
as:
Marianne, 12, Linda, 9, and Mary
Martin, 8, daughters of Louis
Martin, 47 who owns the furniture
store, and their overnight guest,
Marilyn Taylor, 13.
Florence Ann Fillmore, 16, who
died when a ranch roof caved in.
Doctors and nurses were flown
In when ambulances met slide
blocked roads.
They included not only civilians,
mobilized by the Red Cross, but
rescue crews from Edwards Air
Force Base and the Navy's rocket
testing base at China Lake.
Amateur radio oneratora heard
by radio station KTRB In Modesto
reported the earth rocked con
vulsively, debris tumbling into
main street in thunderous crashes.
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Children and their parents
rushed into the streets, crouched,
stunned by the giant shaking. A
large water tank crashed, flooding
the area. ,
Some reports of the number of
dead went to 12, Including- one
The Son them Pscifle office
here announced that the earth
quake in Southern California has
disrupted some ef the line'a serv
ice in that area.
Southbound trains going to
ward Los Angeles en the San
Joaqntn route were stopped at .
Bakersfield and passengers tak
en on to Les Angeles by bos.
The northbound . daylight train
from Los Angeles this morning
waa held there and passengers
taken to Bakersfield by bus.
- However, the coast route Is
pen and trains are operating
normally. The San Joaquin line
probably will be tied up for some
time by earthquake damage. .
from amateur operator Don Mat
hews heard by Radio Station KFRL
at Paso Robles.
Mathews also reported a seven-
foot crack In the highway at one
place..
Ed Rltter or Rrversiae said ne.
was'sltting in a service station m
Tehachapi when he heard a terri
fying rumble.
The earth rocked convulsively
and the entire faces -of buildings
crumbled and feu in."
In seconds, he said, the town was
'turned into a. shambles."
The sheriff's office said its' 10
dead Included a family of four
named Martin, who ran a furniture
store.
Another amateur auoted Carl
Turner of the Kern County Sher
iff's aero detail, who flew in Red
Cross workers, as reporting two
thirds of the city's buildings col
lapsed, with one house caved in
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Tuleiake POV
Writes Home
TULELAKE A Tuleiake boy.
held prisoner of the Communists
since November 1950, has again
written to his parents.
Johnny Martin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Martin of Tuleiake,
who mailed a hand illustrated
Christmas card to his parents last
year, sent an Easter card which
arived at the family home last
Saturday. It had been mailed
March 12, postmarked FOW Camp
No. 3, North Korea. ,
A brief enclosure said there was
not much to write about, asked
about an uncle and aunt, naming .
them, and also about buying a car. '
He had asked before capture that '
his parents buy an automobile with
his allotment pay to be ready for
him when he came home. He did
not maxe any statement as to his
health or living conditions. -
He did ask If the family had seen
any pictures of him taken by Frank
Noel, held prisoner in the same
camp, that were published In this
country.
johnny was 19 wnen captured.
18-Year-0ld
Wins Road-e-o
James Layton, 18. 607 Van Ness,
was adjudged the best of Klamath's
teenage driver yesterday after
noon at the climax of the Junior'
Chamber of Commerce Road-e-o
held here yesterdsy.
Young Layton topped all oppo
nents to cop the first prize trophy
and an all-expenses paid trip
Portland along with second and
third place winners.
second place went 10 nouorv
Casoer. 18. 327 Martin Street, and
third place winner Is Shannon Old
nam, aiso 10, dzjo nawu
Robert Barry Stephens. 126 Third
Street, was selected alternate to
participate in tne swie conical
Portland if any of the other local
entrants are unable to attend. .
The Road-e-o was held at tha
Safeway parking lot at 8th anoV
High 8treeta yesteraay eiiemoon,
with a email crowd of spectator
looking on. The winners leave next
weekend for Portland.
At the Road-e-o, the fire depart
ment demonstrated it new ladder
truck, and several truck driver
demonstrated how to drive big
freight rigs in tight spots.
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