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(Thle li the fourth In e eerie
of articles discussing tha various
measures on the Nov. 4 irneml
election ballot. Kd note.)
By IIAI.K HCARHItOtKlll
Two of Urn nicaaurea on tha Nov.
general election ballot nnonxr
II y must bo considered together,
Mciun tin nature of tno two die-
late that a yes vote lor one call'
for a no vole on the other, ana
vice vrra. Olherwlso they conlra-
oioi eacn oiner,
Hie two are:
1 1 8-310. Hie motor carrier hluri-
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By PHANK JK.NKINS
Aa these words are written, the
pleasant and proaeroiu little city
of Casper, Wyoming, hold the
center ol the political aputllghl in
America. There Governor Steven-
aon declarea today
"There are desperately Impor
tant lauc in thla eainpaliin .
but you would never gucaa It Iroin
ltatenlng to Uie Hepuullcan candl
datea. They preler HLOOANS,
AMOTION AND CONFETTI."
In Catper last night. Bet
Tall Hated what he called the three
11 IU Issue of Uils campaign, Tlila
la how he luted them:
1. Corruption In novernment,
1. The threat to American 11b
eriles from the growth ol IlIU
OOVKRNMENT.
1. r'ortlgll policy.
If our government la corrupt and
STAYS CORRUPT, our liberties
will soon be gone. All history din
that leaion Into our can,
(The esaenc of the American
av of llle la our fierce belief aa
a people that OUR, TOWN la the
aiu around which the world re
volver No other country la like
that. It ta OURS ALONE aa the
bl department atorea aay ol their
moat cherlahed and dlatlnctive
apeclaltlea. If our federal govern
ment geta too big and alayi too
big, II will SWALLOW UP our
town.
If that happen, our dlatlnctive
Way of III will be gone and we
will have been atamped Into the
prevailing pattern of the rest of
the world.
A word about foreign policy.
11 Is lorrlgn policy thai lake
our boys away from bom to die
In foreign lands. If we're to go on
sending our boys away to die In
foreign land, we must have (
foreign policy we're willing to die
for and have our aona die for.
We HAVEN'T auch a foreign
policy now.
Is that conteuif
la It sloganeering?
I think not. But If It la, I'll
STILL TAKE IT In preference to
these slogans around which Harry
Truman, who la the REAL ARCHI
TECT of the Democratic drive to
stay In power, la building his
Whistle atop campaign:
I. "You never had It so good."
J. "Don't let 'em lake It away."
I ll admit that the three big
Issue that Senator Taft name and
that General Elsenhower COM
PLETELY agrees with are based
upon emotion.
There csn be no deeper emotion
then our revulsion against cor
ruption In high places.
Or our fear that If government
gets loo big and stays too big we
will lone our liberties and our dis
tinctive wsy of life.
Or our prsyer that If our boya
must DIE ON FOREIGN BOIL
they may know what they are dy-
Ing for.
g And BELIEVE IN ITI
Ruch emotions are nothing to be
asnatned of.
They lie at the very root of
everything that Is BEST In human
life
Extend Season
In West Oregon
PORTLAND W) Deer hunting
may bo permitted In Western Ore
gon woods later thla month under
a special extension of the season
announced Monday by Uie State
Game commission.
The commission aald It would ex
tend the season for 11 daya Irom
Oct, 23 to Nov. 2 so hunters Could
enter the Western Oregon woods
alter an expected end ot the loront
lire danger.
The Eastern Oregon season re
mained unchanged, except for can
cellation of a three-day antlerlesi
hunter's choice season In one sec
tion. The fire danger first brought a
delay In the opening of the season
from Oct. 1. to 4. But before the
opening date, Western Oregon fort
esis wore closed to entry by hunt
ers and have remained shut down
since.
The way tha season now standi,
the buck deer season will close In
hoth Knulern and Western Oregon
Oct. IT. A hunter's choice season
will bo held In specified sections
of the stale Oct. 18, IB, and 20,
except In the mule deer refuge In
Lake and Klnmath Counties. There
the hunter's choice season waa can
celled. No deer hunting will be per
mitted In Eastern Oregon after
Oct. 20. But in Western Oregon
hunting will be permitted again
from Oct. 23 through Nov. 2.
All Western Oregon forest hunting-,
of course, hinges on lifting the
ban on forest entry. That ban will
end when the ralna com. .
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way transportation tax art, other
wise the wclylil-mllo truck tux
measure,
3:iU-3:il. A constitutional amend
ment providing an C(Ultubln tax
ing method for the una ol high
ways. The first la a measure panned
oy me ureunn legislature, which
was prevented from becoming law
by pennons ol referendum. olp
diluted by trucking interests who
dun'l want that particular type nl
taxation to becumo tho law In Ore
gon.
TI10 second la a mcfture, a pro
posed constitutional amendment,
filaurd on the ballot by the name
rucking Industry people who re
ferred the welght-mlle tux. Its de
sign Is to outluw all lorms ol high
way taxation except luel luxes and
reglntratlnn fees, bused 011 vehicle
weight. That latter means license
plute fern.
The whole proiwslllon Involved
In both measures Is who In going
lo pay how much lor the construc
tion and upkeep of Oregon's high
wnvs. The leglnlnture, studying the sub
ject for several years, came up
with the theory that since the big
trsnniKirl trucks are the heavy us
ers ol highways of this stale, and
are accused, at Irust, of contribut
ing greatly lo highway diunnge and
the necessity for cosily ninlnlenaiire
that the trucks ought to be re
quired to pay taxes under some
arrangement that would take Into
consideration the carrying cupucl-
ty of the vehicle and the number
of miles of highways It uses 111 uie
slide.
Tims was evolved the weight-
mlle lax, by which trucks are grad
ed on their gross weight anil uie
tax rate lor their gross weight Is
multiplied by Uie number of miles
of travel Ri the stale.
LKCilHI.ATI.'KK
The 1051 legislature passed that
welght-mlle measure, and then
passed a companion measure which
cut the prices truckers have to
pay lor Uielr Oregon license plaice.
After Uie legislature passed the
measure, the trucking Industry, or
great aegmenla of It. banded to
gether In what la called Uie Ore
gon Hlghwsy Council for the pur
pose of tenting Uie legislature's act
at the polls. Petitions were circu
lated and application ol the welght-
mlle tax was held up rnding a
decision at the polls una general
election.
The referral pertains only to the
welght-mlle tax. Til companion
bill, culling truck license plate lees,
was noi reierrea.
The welght-mlle form of taxa
tion, aay the trucking Uidustry peo-
Jile. Is discriminatory toward a
orm of transportation that la do
ing tremarxtoua lob In the West.
reaching every town and village
the railroada don't touch, and put
ting every business or industry lo
cated anywhere on a ussble street
or road on Main Street of tho na
tion. Welght-mlle taxation, they point
out. Is weak In various ways: II
disregards service to Uie people.
anywhere and everywhere; It worka
on uie tneory mat trucxs ars uie
sole cause of highway congestion
and damage; It la difficult lo en
force, costly to collect, and Invites
attempts at evasion. And. In the
long run, the tax will just mean
that the consumers will have to
nay higher prices, lor Uie goods de
livered by truck.
Also. Uie trucking- people point
out, In Oregon Uie trucking tnuus
try Is directly responsible for Uie
employment of about 80,000 people,
and la vital to everyone In that II
forces competition with, the rail
roads.
SUII further, the trucking people
deny that big trucks are Uie major
cause of highway damage. Axle
loads, they aay, la what does the
damage, not gross weight, and Ore-
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' JANET SEASON, an Oregon Tech brunette from Glendale, It
the Oil Dieiel Repair group candidal for Homecoming
Queen. Th quean will reign over festivities In connection with
OTI'i homecoming grid gam with Southern Oregon College
here Oct. 25. Janet it a General Buiineu student. Sh it 1 8, hes
brown hair and eyes.
Grand Jury
Returns 8
True Bills
A total of 34 Indictments, only
eight of them open, were brought
in iasi nigni oy uie Kiamatn uoun-
ly grand Jury al the close of Its
weex-iong session.
Ill addition Uie Jury found two
not true bills which dismissed
cliurgcs iikiiinnl persona In cuslo
dy, mid Inspected all Uie Jail ana
detention fucllltlcs In the county.
The eight true bills which were
not secret charged:
Keith E, Peck with negligent
noiniciue, concerning the aulo
mobllo nccldc-nt deutw Sept. 0 ol
Lowoll Wllnon of Dul l Is. Peck Is
to be arraigned In Circuit Court
on the charge Oct. 27.
Robert Krai with contributing to
Uie delinquency of a minor, a lo-
year old girl whom he la accused
ol taking from her borne here Aug.
10.
Ollea L. Dingus with obtaining
money by fulse pretenses, a 810
check he Is accused of passing
Aug. 23, at the 2nd Street Grocery.
BDKftLAKV
Prank Cestvang with burglary,
not in a dwelling. In connection
with Uie Sept. 21 burglary of the
Hoy Call Wrecking Company of
fice.
Maurice Berry with assault,
armed with a dnngcrous weapon,
the June 12 stabbing of another
Negro, Charlie Lewis.
Ernest Stanley Ouyhart and Ima
Sue (Callahan) Wlsecarver with
larceny from the person, the al
leged theft of 120 July SO from
Paul E. Knauss.
Carl Petersen wllh Incest, the
allrged crime Involving his sinter.
Raymond Ambrose Pennington
wllh non-support of four minor
children.
All are either In custody or
free on ball.
The two not true bills cleared
Rube Moore of a charge of statu
tory rape, and John Gamble ana
Blanche Lake of charges of lar
ceny by embezzlement.
RK1.KASKU
Circuit Judge David R. Vnnden
berg ordered Moore and Gamble
released from Jail last night. Miss
Lske waa free without ball.
In Its written report, the grand
Jury lauded uie City of Klamath
Pall In the operation of lis new
Jail building, also termed the
Crescent Jail entirely adequate,
and found the Juvenile ome and
Klamath Nursing Home clean ana
In good condition and operaUon.
But It pointed out overcrowded
conditions at the County Jail and
suggested that an addition be
planned lo tnoaa ila capacity
by a third, either by adding a third
story or a wing.
The grand Jury pointed out that
the Jails at Merrill. Malln. Bo
nanza, Bly, Chlloquin and Beatty
ail need cleaning and repairing,
and should be used for overmgnt
detention only.
Members of the grand Jury are
Roy Call, foreman: Doris Cllk.
Clarence Deffenbacher, B y ron
Johnson, Don Hancock, Roy Kunx
and Alice Elledge.
Weather
FORKCAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California
Fair thrnuxh Wednesday, wllh high
of 75. Low Tuesdsy nlfhl U with
frost In roldest areas.
High yesterdsy
Low last night 40
Preclp last 24 hra . . . (
Since Oct. 1
Nnrnial for period .45
Same period last year - 1.13
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Optimistic Tone Marks
Opening Of Chest Drive
A Klnmath County Community
Chest- drive becoming- -popularly
known as a "we will" campaign
waa launched Uils morning.
The drive, split Into four dlv.
slons. Is headed by Elton Smith,
U.S. National Bank. The four
divisions and their directors are:
Advance Olfts. H. O. Juckeland
and BUI Shearer: Bu.siness. Bill
Payette, Mrs. Blllle Balslger. Ella
Rrdkey and Paul Campbell; Rural.
Everett Dennis and Maj. Jack
Little; Wage Earner Group, Ernie
Taylor, Charlie Mack and Mrs.
Naomi French.
As ususl. the Advance Gifts sec
tion got under way a week earlier
than the other three divisions and
first reports are heartening", ac-
Council OK Of
Fluoride Seen
The Cltv Council las night Intro
duced nnd read twice an ordinance
directing the Oregon Water Corpo
ration to proceed wiin the aanuion
of fluoride ions to Klamath Falls'
dt inking water supply.
The ordinance probably will be
approved next Monday night.
It stipulates thst 'upon written
authorization of the Slate Board
of Health" the water company is
directed to provide Uie means and
to proceed wllh introduction ol an
amount of fluoride necess-ary to
bring the fluoride content ol the
water to approximately one to one
and one-half parts per million parts
per water.
The amount to be used Is to be
decided on the advice of Uie State
Board of Health.
The Slnte Board of Health has
already approved the fluoridation
move here. However, alter the
ordinance Is adoped It probably
will be some weeks before fluori
dation actually Is started here.
Tile company will need to get
the equipment necessary and do
some construction work near Its
Conger Avenue pumping plant.
Last night's Council meeting
lasted Just little over an hour.
Most ol the business was routine.
The Council approved $137,600
worth of building permits. Includ
ing one for f 120.000 for the addition
to the Snteway 8tore on s, 6th,
already under construction.
Mrs. R. E. Wattenburg resigned
from the Library Board and the
Rev. Donald M. Cassiday was ap
pointed to replace her.
Re-roofing of the shelter house at
Klwanis Park was okayerd as pro
posed by the Klwanis Club, with
the city furnishing the materials
and the club having a competent
roofer do the work.
City Building Inspector Vern
Schortgen, alone; with Plumbing
inspector Jiicn Dyer, Fire Chief
Rov Rowe and City Attorney Hen
ry Perkins, was Instructed to Rath-
cr iniormatlnn as to the condition
and ownership of a number of
more or less abandoned houses in
town, preparatory to requiring the
owner to bring them up to build
ing code standards or tear them
down.
Several of the houses are ones
which have been moved from one
lot to another and left not com
pleted end not used,
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
Isiiilfl the Basin
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J. E. THOMSON
cording lo Elton Smith.
Campaign headquarters this year
are at Brown's, new record and
radio store at the site of Uie
former Klamath variety Store, 835
Main Street.
Chest Secy. Beth Anderson is
office manager at headquarters.
The tone of optimism that has
marked this year's chest drive was
strongly evident yesterday after
noon as campaign workers and
directors held a final briefing ses
sion. This morning, the drive began
without any fanfare; there was no
"klckoff breakfast" or other spe
cial activity to mark the start.
We are going to work and
spend as little time as possible on
such aside activities as "report
luncheons' and such," said Smith.
"We'll keep a running tab on
campaign returns at headquarters
out we won t take ume to can
all workers in for periodic report
meetings," ne added.
The Chest goal this year Is S76,-
948. split between state and local
community service and welfare
agencies.
Ike Asks South
To Vote GOP
HOUSTON. Tex. I Dwight
D. Eisenhower celebrated his
sixty-second birthday In his native
Texas Tuesday by calling for the
southland to rise up in political
rebellion against uie Democratic
party.
A mld-momlng crowd estimated
by police at more than 15.000 gave
the OOP presidential nominee a
warm welcome to Houston, the
first stop on this push Into Texas.
Stale Atty. oen. Price uaniei
Democratic senatorial nominee In
troduced Elsenhower and de
clared: "Because of you Texas can
no longer be taken for granted by
any political party."
Daniel said he spoke as a Texas
Democrat who was going to vote
for the general as president and
IKE TONIGHT
Dwlght Elsenhower Is to be
heard over station KFJI tonight
In a 5-mlnute program, 7:s5 to
S, In connection with the pres
idential candidates birthday.
The program la to originate In
Texaa and la sponsored by the
"Woman Power for Elsenhow
er" group.
that the Texas Democratic party
was "fed up with Trumantam,"
and with being used as a "whipping
boy."
"This year," he said, "I predict
Texas is going to do something
about It." And the crowd cheered.
Elsenhower responded by rip
ping Into tho Truman administra
tion with such harsh words as
"weak-kneed and soft-headed". .
"power hungry", . ."power mong
ers". . ."reckless drivers". , , and
"discredited."
Elsenhower aald experienced
politicians had told him not to cam
paign In the south because 'the
administration hs those atates
In the bag."
A swelling yell of "no. no, - went
up from the crowd.
They laughed, and cneerea wnen
he called the administration "weak
kneed and, aolt-headed."
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ELTON SMITH
Fund Drives
Forum Topic
"Is the payroll deduction plan
a principal solution to our prob
lem of supporting community serv
ice and welfare agencies?"
That Is the question for tonight's
S-member panel on the Herald and
News-KFLW public service radio
forum. The topic Is particularly
timely in that the Klamath County
Community Chest campaign was
launched today.
The payroll deduction plan.
Introduced on a broad scale for
the first time in Chest history here
this year. Is catching on rapidly
here. It Is a plan whereby the
moderate Income worker can con
tribute to worthwhile causes by
having a few cents deducted from
his pay t retrular Intervals. More
-than 30 of the county's larger
firms are now in process n og
ling up the plan both tor employe
and management.
On tonight's panel, J. E. Thom
son, lathe mill employe at Weyer
haeuser here, will offer wage
earner's point of view. Other panel
m,mhm are: Mrs. Naomi rTeiicn,
execuuve secretary of Klamath
Camp Fire Girl and aide In the
community Chest's Wage Earners'
Division; -Ernie lyr, ireaaurw
and office manager at palmerton
Lumber Company; Elton Smith of
ihe U. 8. National Bank. Com
munity Chest campaign director;
and O. R. Durham, Salem, execu
tive secretary of the Oregon Chest.
The forum gets under way at
8 p.m. and there win be ine usual
questions and comments phoned In
by members of the listening audi
ence. Bud Chandler ' will again be
moderator.
Copco Plans
2 More Dams
Washington I The Cali
fornia Oregon Power Co. of Med-
lord wants to build two more
power-generating dams on the
North Umpqua River in Oregon'
nongln riuntv.
The company asked the Power
commission for permission to
amend the license It received Jan.
30. 1947. for Uie Tokatee Project
to Include uie Lemolo No. 1 and
Lemolo No. 2 projects, which would
cost U9.916.700.
A diversion dam about a mile
downstream from the mouth of
t.ok Creek WOUlri he built for
I Letnoio r,o. l. me cam wouia nave
i" overau cresiiengm oi u ires
a maximum height of 120 feet and
would provide a reservoir 415 acres
In area. A 40,noo-horsepower tur
bine in the power house would con
nect to a 29.000-kllovolt outdoor
tyoe generator.
Fir Lemolo No. 2 a diversion
dam 19 feet long and 25 feet high
wou'd be built about 500 feet down
trenm from the mouth of Warm
Springs Creek and Lemolo No. 1
powerhouse. Power would be gen
erated by a 46,000-horsepower tur
bine connected to a 33.000-kllowalt
outdoor-type generator.
Police Nip
Dog's Search
MIAMI, Fla. m Boss, a sad
eyed bloodhound owned by the
sheriff office, turned up in the
city pound five days after he ap
parently disappeared during a
manhunt. -
Angry sheriff's deputies, charged
Tuesday that city official's practi
cally kidnaped the bloodhound
while he was hot on the trail of a
fugitive. They said a police in
spector lured him Into a car and
took him to uie pound. ,
City officials replied that wasn't
so. A woman reported a sick dog
out near the city limits and they
picked him up.
The dog Just looked like a sick
dog to the men from the pound.
They said they had no way of
knowing he was an officer of the
law out on official duty.
SHIP ARRIVES
SAN FRANCISCO Wl The port
of embarkation said the transport
Aiken Victory will arrive Thursday
with 1,234 Army men, most of
them combat veterans from Korea.
It was originally scheduled lor
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Telephone Sill
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Authorities
To Question
Small Child
CHESTER. Calif. Wl "Did vou
have a nice ride, Sondra Cay"
That la Uie first of a series of
questions authorities hope brutally
beaten little Sondra Gay Young will
answer and lead them to a rob
ber who beat her and bludgeoned
her father and three children to
death near here Friday.
Sheriff s officers said they pinned
great hope on the memory of
'A-y ear-old Sondra Oay. as num
erous other leads dissolved under
Investigation.
Sheriff M. H. Schooler of Plumas
County said his investigation bad
narrowed to "four hot suspects,"
but none were "close to arrest."
sondra Cay Is recovering slowly
from skull fractures.
She was found Saturday stuffed
In the trunk of the family car along
with Uie bodies of her grocer
father Card Young, 43, two sis
ters, Judy, 6, and Jean, 7, and a
neighbor boy, Michael Salle 4.
OFFICIALS
Officers said the killer or killers
apparently waylaid Young as be
returned to this small logging town
with 17,128 cash from his custo
mary Friday trip to a bank at
Westwood, 14 mile away, to get
funds to cash loggers' checks.
The children were along as a
special treat.
uid you use your popsicxier -
is another question Sheriff School
er has propounded for Sondra
Gay's mother, Mrs. Chris tal
Young, to asg as soon a uie cnua
can be questioned, probably Tues
day or Wednesday.
After Young withdrew the cash
from a bank be bought uie children
popsickies and candy. Then they
started home.
Another Question WU1 be "did
someone bit you"
If the answer to that 1 yes,
the next will be "do you know who
hit you?"
Officers presume the killer or
killers knew Young, and hope
Sondra Cay recognized and can
name mm.
NO PRINTS
A bloodied pip fount at the
arena of the quadruple Killing:
proved valueless when fingerprint
experts reported partial prints on
it were not recognisable.
Three Arkansas men questioned
at Albuquerque, N. M., were re
leased after officers said their
stories of having spent Uie past
weea: gamoiing ai u vegas. tier.,
checked out. They had been picked
up because their Buick was de
scribed as similar to one seen trail
ing Young car. .
Woman Gets
Biggest Deer
BAKER in Kathlynne Robison,
a Baker beauty operator, has
bagged the blggeat deer brought
to Baker so far In the hunting
season. Four year a to she brought
down the largest deer killed In
Oregon In the season.
Mrs. Roblson's buck this year
weighed 412 pounds. She shot him
in the head from 100 yards. It took
Uie help of her husband, John C.
Robison, to lug the big- animal 150
yards to the car.
Mrs. Robison said wnen trie deer
Is cleaned and quartered It prob
ably won't weigh as much as her
1948 buck which dressed out to 328
pounds.
Harrow Yfreck
Toll Climbs
HARROW. Eng. l The 110th
and 111th victims of the triple
train crash In the main railroad
station here last Wednesday aieo
In a hospital Tuesday.
One body of a man apparently
65 to 70 years old still Is unidenti
fied.
Queen Elizabeth II had her first
look Tuesday at the scene of the
disaster. The royal train passed
through the wrecked suburban sta
tion, 10 miles northwest of London,
enroute from Balmoral Castle,
Scotland, where members of the
royal family have been vacation
ing.
Moore Rites
Set Tomorrow
Funeral services for Richard
(Andy) Moore. 23. 3949 Shasta
Way, are to be conducted Irom
the Elks Temple tomorrow, 2
p-m., with lodge officers and the
Rev. David Barnett Jr., First
Presbyterian Church, officiating.
The young man lost his life In
a hunting accident Sunday.
He was Uie husband of Mrs. Vir
ginia Bragg Moore and son of Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Moore, Merrill
Road.
Both Juckeland Trick Sales and
Service, where he was manager
of the used car lot, and Balslger
Motor Company, where his father
Is general manager, will be closed
for the funeral tomorrow after
noon. .
Interment will be In Klamath
Memorial Park.
Artillery,
Tank Fire
Back Troops
By GEORGE A, McArthur
SEOUL m Allied Infantrymen
lashed out Tuesday with their
heaviest ground attack In nearly a
year and grabbed portions of two
Chinese-held hills on the Central
Korean front.
The attacking troops, backed by
heavy tank and artillery fire,
knocked Uie Reds oil two knobs
of Triangle Hill, north of Kumhwa.
Two miles to the east they swept
over a portion of "Sniper Ridge."
Both hills are about loo feet blgn.
The initial charge carried uie
attack force to Uie crest of
Triangle, but the Chinese re
grouped and regained the crest.
After trying to scramble back,
ud Uie sharp shale-covered slope.
the U. N. soldiers abandoned then
frontal attack.
They began working their way
across the nearby bill saddle lor
a thrust from the east.
A frontline officer said the Tri
angle Is "a very difficult hill to
climb, let alone assault."
An estimated Chinese battalion
held the crest of Triangle and rolled
hand grenades and rocks down uie
slope. Front reports said Red re
sistance on sniper ridge was con-
sideraoiy ngnier.
The twin peaks anchor Uie east
ern base of the old Communist
Iron Triangle supply and troop
massing area. A U. 8. Eighth Ar
my officer described them as "very
strong outpost positions outside the
normal Chinese main line of re-.
sistance." He emphasized they
were not part of Uie main Chinese
line.
SOUTH KOREANS
About 17 miles to the west. South
Korean soldiers pushed ahead dog
gedly In an attack to drive Chi
nese Communists from their last
foothold on White Horse Mountain.
The Reds held desperately onto
two low knobs on the northwest
rldgellne.
The fighting on White Horse has
raged for eight days and has cost
the Chinese an estimated 10,000
casualties.
Allied warplanes with wing rack
full of bombs and rockets peeled
off over the battlellne and pounded
the Chinese. '
Front-line reports said fierce bay
onet fighting broke out on both.
White Horse and Triangle.
The attack on Triangle, north
of Kumhwa, began when raiding
parties crept out ahead In the cold
predawn mist. They wiped out sev
eral Chinese positions.
Then the main lore) stormed
forward.
The Urst assault carried right
to the crest of the hill. But the
Reds quickly recovered and pushed
back the-attackers after a. sharp'
bayonet light.
Oregonian
Makes Error
By WALLACE MYERS
An inexcusable and poisonous
error was published in today's Is
sue of uie Portland Oregonian. The
mistake was in a story on the news
paper's front page In a story con
cerning Uie tragic death Sunday
of Richard (Andy) Moore, popular
young Klamath Falls business
man.
The Oregonian story said that
young- Moore waa killed when shot
by his father who "mistook him
for a deer". That is not true. As
pointed out In yesterday's Herald
and News, young Moore's father
was in no way to blame for hi
son's death.
Strangely enough, today's Ore
gonian In addition to the foul story
on uie front page, carried the cor
rect story on page 9. The page 9
story Is an Associated Press story
which was filed by Uie Herald
and News. The Herald and News
Is In no way to blame for the
stupidly Incorrect story written In
rortiana oy some oregonian re
porter. The- Oregonian error is particu
larly regrettable because Vern
Moore, young Moore's father, is
well known throughout Northern
California and the entire stale of
Oregon and Oregonian readers out-
siae tfle Herald and News circula
tion orbit will be misinformed . . .
Unless they happen to read tha
correct story In the Oregonian, the
one on page written for the As
sociated Fiess by uie Herald snd
news.
L A. WIRTH, 114 N. L.gun
Strt, police th main en
trance to the Wyrhuir
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