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On ilia firing line, two morn Chi
tins communist aliucka on Hunker
Hill on th western (runt have betm
crushed by American marines, It
tu tha HIXTH futile red uy to
recapture Hie hill.
I hope you rend In last night'
paper the grim elory about the
hospital trnliu that bring back from
the Illinium on ino name iniiixor
Hill llio bloody and tragio ("ill ol
war the shattered and Drukcn
bodlea of AMKH1CAN IIOYH.
It iclls ua aumothUn w all need
lo know.
In ail upper berth, converted Into
a atretciier, inert waa a wounueu
uisrlno. He kepi screaming:
"They're all deadl Bui we've sot
lo get Ihcm, Wa can't leave Uio.nc
guys (or the goonieur
Who era the goonlea? They are
the awannlng red Chinese who
come on and keep coming on, end
Irmly, out of thai overflowing res
ervoir of cannon fodder that la red
China, two more springing up lo
lake the place o( each one that la
snot down.
And who art the pitiful THEY
the wounded, pain-wracked marine
In the hospital train waa relcrrlng
to In Ills agonUed scream?
They era the dead. Those for
whom the fighting la mercifully
over, or whom the long last sleep
la beginning. For them the horror
nd the terror are over,
ililt their bodleal
Their bodlea muMn't be ltft (or
the goona lo trample on.
And
Awlul thought
Among the dead there mav b
dose who SEEM to be dead, but
In whose bod en there Hill itlnwa
dully Die faint spark ol life. They
muatn I be lefl to in norrora ol a
communist prison camp.
Battered, broken, ' bloody, It
wasn't the blinding pain of hta own
wound that American boy In the
hosD tal train coming Dack irom
the grim alruggl In the Korean
htlla waa Winking about, n waa ine
fata of hta comrades left behind
on the field of battle that was
torturing him, even In hl delirium.
And there waa the l-ycr-old
with the ahalicred leg. Ha and hla
buddy were manning a machine
gun. They were jumped by a
BATTALION of red Chinese. In hla
weariness and hla pain, he waa
muttering the atory.
"About 30 goonlea ran toward us.
We ahoi down lot of them. But
those goonlea were all around, we
knocked them down, and more kept
coming right on , , , one gooni
aneaked up behind ua and Jumped
In our trench . . . But It landed
on hit awn grenade , , , It blew
hint to blta . borne plecee of It
hit my Ire ... I kept en firing,
but everywhere you looked goonlea
were coming down on you , .
It waa AWFUL."
(The IB-year-old kept on fighting
all night. In the morning, when the
battle lulled, he orawled down the
hill, dragging hla apllnlertd leg be
hind him, and found a frontline
aid atatlon.)
"Semper Fidelia."
Faithful to the last. The motto
of the Marine Corpi. These Ameri
can boys who are the Individual
unlta that make up the Marine
Corps LIVE UP TO THEIR
MOTTO,
What about ua on the home
front?
Do wo do as well?
I doubt It, But I think we would
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Klamath businessman John Houiton by Dorothy Hall at Martha Hurd looks on. Tha two
women ar mmbrt of.Wlnama Womcn'i Pott, Th Amarican Legion, which It halping along
with th Legion Drum Corpi to praient Forget-Me-Noti tome 9,000 of them to Klarfiath
reildenti for whatever contribution may be forthcoming. Proceadt from th sale go to lervice
work among disabled vetorani In hbipltali both locally and regionally. There's no set price
oil the flowers, just whitever can b afforded.
Ike Said Successful In
First Tiff With Truman
By MARVIN L. ARROWHMITH
DENVKR I dm. Dwlghl D
Elsenhower's campaign advisers
figured today Hie newcomer to
mimics did all right In his flral
direct exchange with an old maator
President- Truman.
The exchange led to a Washing
ton mlxup In which the President
and one of Elsenhower's World
War 11 comradea In arms com
blued lo give the general a hearty
laugh.
Associates of Eisenhower, the
Republican presidential nominee,
said privately they were aaltsfled
that the general "more than held
his own" as one of them put It
In rejecting a Truman invitation
in tlie White House for a confiden
tial briefing on the International
situation.
In doing so, Elsenhower said he
wanted to be free to speak out
against administration lorelgn pol
icy.
And he said the Presidents offer
wasn't received until alter the
Democratic c a n d I date for the
White House, Uov. Adlal Slevenaon
o( Illinois, waa given an Interna
tional allalra briefing which, El sen.
hower had declared, made Steven-
Two Klamath
Men Drown
Two Klamath Falls men, one a
cripple, were drowned late yester
day afternoon In the South Ump
qua River near Dlllard, Ore., about
10 miles soutn ol Koaeourg.
They were Everett Reed. it. and
Roland Keen, JV. Dotn oi wnom
lived at ai Williams, In the Moun
tainvlew housing development.
Mrs. Wanda Reed. 37. wile of
Everett, aald the brothera had gone
to Roseburg last Saturday to
look lor work, taking with them
Everett Terry, 7, the oldest o( live
Reed children.
They had obtained work on the
Hoy Rtce ranch, picking beans, and
alter work decided lo go swim
mine- In the river.
Tiie boy looked on from the river-
Dank, helpless, a nta lainer ana
uncle drowned.
Roland Reed apparently stepped
Into a deep hole in the river and
went under. Everett, who had only
one arm and waa partially para
lysed in one leg, dived In lo try
to save nun.
When neither came to the sur
face, the boy screamed tor help,
attracting persona working near
by. Tliev recovered me bodies.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Reed cam
to Klamath rails in Marcn, iii
from Dallas Ore., said he enrolled
at Oregon Tech, taalng a course
in auto painting wmcn ne complet
ed a few weeka ago. They have
flva small children, in i-yeer-oia
boy Everett Terry, Sandra Kay, 9.
James Wayne, 4, Michael Jae. 1,
and a baby, Susan Maria, I months.
Roland Reed waa not married.
He had been living here since last
November and up until a few
weeka ago had been working In
the woods at Tennant, cant.
Both men saw military aervlce
during World War II, Everett with
an artillery outllt In this country
and Roland with a lank unit over
seas. He waa aerlously wounded In
the left arm In Italy.
Everett Reed lost hli left arm In
a logging accident at Morton, Wash.
In June of 1945. and lust a little
over two years ago (uttered a fall
wnich paralysed nts leu teg. his
wife said he was just beginning to
get run use of nis leg Dack.
Their father. A, R. Reed, Uvea
at Fall City, Ore., and was to ar
rive here today, going first to Myr
tle Creek to get the boy, Everett
Terry, who last night was atsylng
st the nomo or a woman, Mrs.
Edwin Bound, there.
The bodies of the two men were
taken to Long and Orr Mortuary,
Roseburg, and prooaoiy will oe
brought here. Sheriff Red Brltton
notllled Mra. Reed of the death of
her husband and brother-in-law last
night.
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son subservient to the adinlnlstr
lion.
In bis telegram to Truman re
jecting the brlellng Invitation El
nenliuwer did accept the Presi
dent's offer to furnish him with
weekly summaries provided It
would not restrlcl his discussion of
administration lorelgn policy.
'lite President suld at his news
conlcrence yesterday that Elsen
hower had been Informed a week or
10 days ago by the Defense De
partment that he would receive In
telligence service summaries of
world aflalrs.
Elsenhower's executive assistant,
Arthur H. Vamlcnuerg Jr., aald
any Delense Department oiler
lo supply Intelligence summaries
was all news to Elsenhower.
"Neither the general nor anyone
In this oil Ice has any memory ol
such a message and there la noth
ing In our I Ilea." said Vandenborg,
Still later the puzzle unraveled.
Oen, Omar N. Bradley, chairman
of the Joint Chlels of Stall, issued
a statement In Washlnaton saying
Truman told blm last Thursday ol
his desire to furnish Eisenhower
with world Intelligence reports. But
Bradley, an old buddy of Eisen
hower, added ruefully that he had
failed to Inlorm the UOP nominee.
Elsenhower was told of Bradley'a
statement by hla press secretary
James C, Hugerty, who reported:
"lite general laughed. He Just
laughed."
In turning down Truman's brief
ing olfer, Elsenhower ssid to ac
cept would be unwise and would
croate public contusion at a time
when the people "are deciding our
country's leadership lor the next
four years."
The President's Invitation was to
a Cabinet meeting next Tuesday
lor a complete briefing on the for
eign situation.
Eisenhower's reply Was not as
strongly worded, It was learned,
aa aoine of his advisers wanted It
to be. Some aides, It was under
stood favored telling the President
his Invitation amounted to Imperti
nence. But the general Overruled that
and decided on the more aubtly
phrased reply that went lo the
White House. Without being blunt.
It put across Elsenhower's point
thai he Intends to make no move
which Would ark him with the ad
ministration. The deliberate theme of the re
jection message waa to put the
general apart from the administra
tion, and at lh earn time
tie Stevenson to It as closely as
possible.
Tiist la the main reason the OOP
nomlnee'a aide feel he cam oil
all right In the exchange.
Meiss Ranch
Sale Reported
MACDOEL The giant Meiss
Ranch near her has been sold to
a wealthy Texas oil man for more
than 11.000.000, owner J. C. Steven
son and his family announced to
day.
The sale waa completed last
night after lying dormant and In
the rumor stage here for more than
a week.
Frank Hofues. Dallas, Tex., who
owns the Golden Hotel In Reno and
several well-known California scots
auch as the Bakersfleld Inn. Bak
ersfield. and the Del Mar Club,
Santa Monica, purchased the 13.-
101-acre Butte valley ranch.
This year's crop Is Included In
the deal, the Stevensons report, but
not several hundred head ol cattle
on the place.
The ranch land consists of bar
ley, oats and grazing land, and
a sump and 1.000 acres of natural
meadow. A portion of the equip
ment was Included In the sale.
The sale Is one of the largest
land transactions of recent years.
There are rumors ol further large
land sales In tne oiling in the Klam
ath Country, but nothing could be
confirmed today.
Prise FIT Cent 14 ft
US Reserves
Usage Of
Atom Bomb
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. '
The United Stales warned Friday
that It reserved the right to use
Uie A-bomb and germ warfare lo
suppress aggression until such
weapons are eliminated bv an Iron.
clad system of International sale-
guaras.
The warning was mad. bv II s
Delegate Benjamin V. Cohen be-
lore trie u. N. Disarmament Com-
mission where Russia hss repeat
edly demanded that the U.N. ban
aiomio weapon and germ war
fare. Cohen made It clear, however
that the United Stales doe not in
tend to use such weapons at any
time contrary to th terms of the
uniiea nations charter, that It
would reserve them for the sup-
prcaaiuii oi aggression joroiaaen oy
th charter. .
PAPER DECLARATION
Cohen told Soviet Delegate Ja
cob A. Malik that the U.8. would
never accept a mere paner decla
ration prohibiting the us of these
weapons.
Cohen aald: "We are Issuing no
..,., mm c "0 .IIMKUIK UV
uireats.
He went on to say that, until
there Is an effective International
system of Inspection to mske sure
agreements are not being violated.
uie uniiea states does not Intend
"to invite aggression by Inform
ing, or committing ourselves to,
would - oe aggressors and charter.
breakers that we will not use cer
tain weapons to sUDDres. acsres.
sion. - .
"To do so in exchange (or mere
paper promises would be to give
would be aggressors their own
cnoice oi weapons, . he said.
NO ASSURANCE
"For certainly there Is no assur.
ance that aggressors, which break
tneir charier obligations, not to go
to war, will keep their paper prom
ises not to fight with certain weap
ons u tney nave tnem and need
tnem to achieve their evil designs.
Cohen spoke at length on the
germ warlare question, explaining
why the United States had not
ralltled the Geneva protocol of 1925
outlawing poison gases and bac
teriological weapons.
Ho stressed throughout that the
first task Is to create a strong
system of disclosure and verifica
tion before any sort of ban can
be effective on these weapons or
the A-bomb.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Fair through Saturday, nigh Fri
day 84. Low Friday night 46.
High yesterday 8.6
Low last night . 46
Preclp last 24 hra. ..-...- 0
Since Oct. 1 17.29
Normal for period 12.4S
Same period last year .... 14.S4
(Additional Weather en Page 4.)
Utah, Turman Wilson Win Reprieve
Nine Hours Before Execution Time
OLYMPIA in Utah and Tur
man Wilson received their fourth
stay of execution Thursday, and
once more the reprieve came only
hours before the brothers were to
mount stale penitentiary gallows
at Walla Walla.
Oov. Arthur B. Langlle granted
a 90-day stay, assuring the Wil
sons at least four more months of
life.
The Cnmns. Wash., brothers
were under- sentence to hang at
midnight for the moo slaying of
Jo Ann Dewey at Vancouver, Wash.
They received the stay less than
nine hours before the deadline..
Tha governor said ne was post
poning the execution and request
ing' the American Bar . Association
to assign a committee to make a
detailed study of the case.
Langiie granted a maximum oi
90 days. However, under state law,
when the SO days expire the broth
ers must be returned to court for
resentencing, and another 30 days
must elapse before tne execution
can tnke place. '
Ulan ano lurman were convict
.MATH FALLH, OREGON,
Build The Basin No. 6
Basin Growth Needs Support
Of Entire Klamath Country
By WALLACE MYERS
Let's visualize a big boat
equipped with 1.500 oars and car
rying 1,500 passengers, all anxious
to get some place. About 700 of
the passengers are rowing. The
other 800 are refusing to use their
oars but many of them are shed
ding crocodile tears over the boat s
slow speed.
You would think that If those
tearful hundreds were In a hurry
tney wouia do bit of rowing.
The Klamath County Chamber of
Commerce, along with other cham
bers In this general area. Is ear
nestly trying to promote better
business. The Chambers of Com
merce are the - only organizations
wholly dedicated lo that goal.
There Is an est mated 1.500 busi
ness units in Klamath County alone.
Until a few weeks ano.only 426
of those units were members of
the Klamath Chamber of Com
merce. Thanks to a concerted drive
launched a few weeks ago. the
membership total has now been
upped to about 700. But that's still
less than half the total number of
businesses.
We don't have flmires on the
chambers In Ltkeview. Tulelaka.
Mann. Aituras, weed and Duns-
mu r but it s a sale bet those
chambers coujd use more members
tOO. fS"' .
(Aside to geography students: of
course all those towns aren t actu
ally In the Klamath Basin but they
are members of the economic fam
ily In this vast Southern Oregon
and Northern California region.)
CHAMBER WORK
Very few people have any Idea
of the magnitude and value of the
chambers' work. There's no better
medicine for doubters than la trip
Civil Defense
Test Slated
Klamath County is one of seven
Oregon counties which will try out
their civil defense programs start
ing earlv tomorrow, with the local
test to. last from t a.m. until 12
noon.
Simulated war conditions will
prevail as far as the civil defense
groups are concerned and local de
fense officials will attempt to han
dle varied defense problems lrom
a headquarters olilce set ud In the
high school. Director J. V. LaClair
has announced.
Stata headquarters will contact
the local contingent with problems
via short wave, and sealed order
will be opened at a specified time
during the alert.
In Salem, according to the AP.
the same conditions will prevail for
40 hours, according to State Civil
Director Jack Hayes.
The Oregon "alert " Is part of
a civil defense exercise which will
be conducted in. the eight Western
states.
Heads of all departments will be
on duty during the test at the capi
tal. They Include medical, security,
and heavy rescue, welfare, com
munications and utilities. There
will also be representatives of for
estry, civil aviation, food supply
committee and supply committee,
as well as a volunteer stenographic
pool, nam raaio operator, swncn-
bonrd operator, TWX operator.
cooks, and Boy scout messengers.
ed In June 1050 of the kldnap-slay-lng
of Miss Dewey, and sentenced
to the gallows. The Wilsons main
tained they were Innocent of the
crime and In their long fight to es
cape the noose, took the case
through' various state and federal
courts and to the U.S. Supreme
Court. Three previous stays were
granted by federal courts.
The governor approved the fourth
stay only 24 hours after the Wil
sons had taken a truth serum test
at the state penitentiary.
In a prepared statement, Langiie
said Utah and Turman "gave sub
stanlally the same alibi regarding
their activities at the time of the
kidnaping and murder as they did
at the time of the trial" while
under Influence of the drug.
The governor said that he was
advised the truth serum test Is not
always Tellable but (elt "that a
further study and investigation,
preferably by some outside agency
of recognised standing, is now war
ranted." Langiie said he telephoned How
ard I, Barkull, president of the
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 195
to the chamber office and a few
minutes study.
The chambers have two broad
alms: li to bolster existing busi
ness and 3 to draw new business.
There are a great number of
special services but all may be
CTouped under one of those two
classifications.
Also, the chamber Is the collec
tive Voice of Business In policy
matters. For Instance In the cur.
rent controversy concerning elec
tric power, the Klamath chamber
directors have 'Uk-en thin tanrf
pubhcally: We want more electric
power as soon as possible. The
source Is of secondary Importance
but we prefer the power be de
veloped oy Drivate enterprise. How
ever, we think agriculture should
nave priority on use of our water.
returning that water to it natural
channels. (This latter point Is
aimed at the possibility the water
might be channeled out of the Basin
without being returned to the
Klamath Canyon for oosstble use
bv Copco or other Basin power
oeveiopers.j
MEDIUM
The Immrtant thlnp here i that
the chamoer oilers a mealum xor
putting the Klamath business man's
opinion on the record. And the
voice? or Hundreds of business men
is bound to have some effect on
the people who will eventually
make the important decision as
regards electric power develop
ment ano use oi our water.
. As a KTanhic examDle of cham
ber activity toward drawing new
business here, let us tell you of
an incident teat happened Just the
otner day:
A salesman for a New England
manfacturing firm called on a
large wholesaler here. Talking to
one of the firm's officials, the sales
man remarked that his firm waa
seeking a Western factory site. The
wholesaler, a member of the Klam
ath chamber, immediately phoned
wis information to Frank Tucker,
chamber manager. Tucker wired
the New England firm and 'ob
tained the name ol ,i representa
tive charged with finding the West
em factory site. He was Informed
the man could be reached at
Reno hotel.
Meanwhile. Tucker had estab
lished the fact that one of the
firm's big problems was In dis
posing of an acid solution used in
the manufacturing process. The
chamber manager sought the ad
vise or a chamber member's head
chemist and found that lime, a
large quanity of water and a sew
age disposal unit would be the
most economical solution lor the
acid problem in this area.
CONTACT
Tucker then contacted the manu
facturer's representative In Reno
and told htm the Klamath story.
ne explained now geograpny made
this a natural distribution center.
The manufacturer's agent appeared
to be totally unaware of the Klam
ath region. Tucker then suggested
the lime-water-flushing method of
acid disposal.
The New Englander said he
would need some 35,000 square feet
of floor space. Tucker told him we
had available here a masonry
building easily providing that much
space and that there was plenty
of water plus a good sewage dis
posal unit. (This is one of the
surplus airport buildings and the
(Continued en page 4)
American Bar Association, In
Cleveland, and Barkull agreed a
special bar association committee
should study the case.
Word of the reprieve reached the
Wilsons at Walla' Walla only half
an hour before they were to have
been taken from the condemned
row to the death cell over the exe
cution chamber.
Warden- John Cranor, who de
livered the message, said the broth
ers showed little emotion.
Utah was the first to comment.
"Well, that's the longest one
we've gotten yet," he told Turman.
"We wish they would investigate
the Jo Ann Dewey case and stop
investigating us," Turman replied.
. Later, Stanley Clement and Irvln
Goodman, the Wilsons' attorneys,
released a statement they said Tur
man had written and both brothera
had algned.
The statement thanked the gov
ernor and urged further Investiga
tion "to apprehend the people who
committed these crimes.
"Those people are still as free
as ever." ,
Telephone till No. 2896
USMC Holds
Grimly To
SEOUL. Korea ID 8harpshoot-
ing U. S. Marines today smashed
the fifth Chinese Communist at
tempt since Tuesday to knock
them off Bunker Hill In Western
Korea.
In two hours of bloody fighting
before dawn, the tank and artillery
suDnorted Leathernecks shoved
dock nome 400 Keas wno launcnea
sneak, two-hour attack on the
battle-scarred bill from two direc
tions. The Marine Corps said Red cas
ualties were heavy.
The Communists' first two futile
attempts to retake the hill cost
them 1.275 dead or wounded be
tween 4 p.m. Tuesday and noon
Wednesday, a spokesman an
nounced. The Reds have attacked
three times since but failed to re
capture the positions seized by the
Marines early Tuesday. Red casu
alties in these attacks have not
been estimated.
RED DRIVE
Today's Red drive began at 1:20
a.m. Not on of 200 Chinese spot
ted sneaking through, a canyon -toward
Bunker Hill got there, the
Marines said. Allied artillerymen
zeroed in and forced the attack
ers back.
Communist artillery, silent at
first to preserve the element of
surprise, roared into action.
Communist guns pounded Bun
ker HiU with 100 rounds a minute
as 200 more Reds scrambled out of
the darkness in a furious frontal
attack. Marines, firing from their
prefabricated timber bunkers, cut
the Reds down at the lower slopes
of the hill. -
FULL RETREAT
Bv 3:35 a.m.. the Chinese were
reported In full retreat.
Daylight brought waves of u. N.
fighter bombers which stung Com
munist positions with bombs, rock
ets and flaming gasoline.
The U. S. Eighth Army briefing
officer said entrenched Reds
backed up with heavy mortar and
artillery fire have witnstood six
Allied attempts since Wednesday
to recapture a hill west-northwest
of Yonchon. on the Central Front.
The action was described as minor.
GOP To Honor
Olive Cornett
A dinner honoring Mrs. Olive
Cornett, Republican national com-
milteewoman, is scheduled for the
Winema Hotel, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
Mrs. Cornett Is to speak on tne
current presidential campaign and
tell something of her work with
the party's Executive Committee
at tne national convention in gm
cago. Robert Elliott, chairman of the
state Republican committee will
also speak.
Reservations must be made not
later innn noon. Monday, by
phoning 5791. 6921 or 8845. Persons
unable to attend the dinner may
go at 8 p.m. lo near tne addresses.
During the day of the dinner,
Mrs, Mildred Duncan, vice chair
man of the Klamath County Re
publican Central Committee. Is to
confer with campaign workers in a
series of meeting at the Wineina.
The meetings are slated for 10 a.m.
2 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Crews Beating
Forest Blaze
SALEM in Four hundred men
were winning their battle against
700-acre blaze in bane County
Friday, the only major forest fire
in Oregon, the state forester's of
fice reported.
The fire fighters trailed the huge
blaze. In the Blue River Canvon
40 miles east of Eugene. Thursday
afternoon, ana kept it within
bounds Thursday night.
A fire 13 miles southwest of Dal
las, which had spread over 75 acres
Wednesday, was reported wen un
der control, and fire fighting
crews were being withdrawn.
The forestry office snld weather
conditions appeared favorable for
the fire fighters this week end,
but cautioned that a slight shut in
the weather could restore the dan
ger. ' ' ' '
Candidates
Still Shy
From Post
By HALE 8CARBROUCH
Mayor Bob Thompson haa strait
said he would not be a candidal!
for re-election this November ap
narentlv calling a l-Ht to a move
ment to draft him for another terra
as Klamath Falls mayor, and at
of noon today there were no avoweo
candidates for the Job.
Time is getting short. The mini
deadline Is Aug. 20, next Wednes
day at 5 p.m.
The move to draft Mayor Thomp
son for another term was based os
his expressed desire to revise tha
city administration to Include a cltl
manager, but he has three tlmei
taken himself out of the race, clt
ing that there Is no real proof that
Klamath Falls actually will adopt
the city manager form of govern
ment in the near future.
Oliver Splker. salesman for Lor
enz Company yesterday afternoon
placed himself In nomination for
election to the City Council from
Ward 1, the first actual candidal
(or that position although Attorney
Harry Bolvln announced two days
ago he Intended to run. Bolvln has
not officially filed.
Ward 1 is now represented
Matt Flnnlgan.
Splker is a longtime resident of
Klamath Falls, living at 425 N.
5th. He has not run for public of
fice before.
CONTEST
If Bolvln complete- his fAinc.
that will make a contest for tha
City Council post from that ward.
Another well - known Klamath
Falls man put his hat In the ring
for a city office today but he ha
not decided which office.
ne is boo Elder. 902 Mitchell.
Elder served as police hidira !!
year and until early this summer,
holding the office by appointment
and then resigned to return to
former lob as investigator for th
Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
ne now nas resigned from th
OLCO staff and said today he In
tended to run for one of the city
offices. He said he'd file next week.
tne posaiDiiiues are mat ne might
run for police Judge, for mayor,
or for councilman from Ward 3.
Another potential and probable
candidate for mayor is Paul Lan
dry, 331 Pacific Terrace, an In
surance man and former city coun
cilman. . .
HUMORED
He has been rumored foe anversl
weeks as eyeing the mayor's Job,
and this morning eaid he wa def
initely interested.
There are two official candidates
for police Judge already Wilbur
'Red) Whitcomb. former airport
manager, and Otis Metsker, who
now is COUnLVLasseafiOr-amt 1ns nut
this bid for another term in that
oince at tne primary election. .
Frank Blackmer. veteran police
officer who has been serving as
police Judge by appointment since
July 1. is Retting on the ballot by
petition and today had enough sig
natures on bis petitions to complete
the filing.
Other city office candidates, both
unopposed so far. are Darrell Mil
ler. 1405 Eldorado, for re-election
to the council from Ward 4, and
James M. (Jimmy) Barnes. Ill
Sheldon, for councilman from Ward
3..
New Bulgar
Greek Action"
ISTANBUL. Turkey Wl A com
petent source said Friday troops of
Communist .Bulgaria fired on a
Creek blockhouse near the border
village of Kula Wednesday, killing
two ixreec soioiers.
The new Greek-Bulgarian border
Incident was reported amid rumors
of possible Joint Greek-Turkish
army maneuvers In Creek Thrace
next month.
Six Creek and six Turkish des
troyers are engaging In joint naval
m,HMIv.r fn lh. Idd.,, ana V...
ginning Saturday.
Last week Greek troops fired
with machineguns and mortars on
tiny Gamma Island In the border
Evros River to force a Bulgarian
patrol from the island, claimed by
both countries.
An earlier Greek ultimatum
failed to dislodge the Bulgars. The
situation, looking somewhat omi
nous for a time, quoted down.
The report of the new Incident'
comes from an informed source
at Edirne (Adrlanaoolel near the
juncture of the Greek-Turklsh-Bul-
garian frontiers.
in
CHARLIE FYOCK w
mapped by -the 9 o'clock,
cameramen early this morn- .
inq before trip to hit
rnch.
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