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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1952)
Br HM.K HCARBROHOII I 0") prWatBly owned corporation. operating n Klamath County, paid tnori In properly taxea to tin coun ty last fiscal year 101)1-62) than III federal government paid In revenue-sharlne; or lieu ol tux payments, although the federal government owns oulrliiht Jual anout two-thlrda ot lha real proper ' ty In the country. I Th southern Paclflo for that period paid 11)68,31)1) el to the coun ily aa taxes on it property, mileage or track and rolling- "took assoss able to Klamath County, and the i federal government lor the IV6I-M period paid the county 411,371.01. The figure war obtained from eillolal records ol the county. Uncle Bem'a proprietorahlp In Klamath County la immense aonn a. 680,000 acrea ol the 1,122,720 or an of the county and the return would aeem to be small by comparison with the amount ot properly tax money that haa to b raised by th other approxl mately one-third ol the property, which la privately owned, In lvtil-62. for fnttance, when the ' federal payment to the county treasury muled 1413.000, on two ihlrda or ih real estate In the , county, private property had to I By FRANK JENKINS I tlUturhlnv nawe our own military pebpl In Tokvo sav w'r BHORT OF AM. ! MUNITION in Kora. In recent bloody fighting for the Kumhwa rldgea, th ahortag waa ao bad that th oommle wer able to Pour an aver of two ana a nan I ahella en our boya for each one shell w eould shoot at them. In Washington, a major general 1 ta our supply service aaya there ' ha been and still Is ammunition RATION I NO in Korea. I Hara'a why It'a disturbing ! w ar th ereatest manufactur- aVVi nation on earth (when we're T really functioning) and transpor tation la on of our specialties. If ' w can't mak and transport enouiih ammunition to keen our guns aupplled in a toy war to Korea, what will happen to us If we get Into another WORLD WAR? . That's on of th problems Ik Will HAVE to solv. Another on to ponder: Th Bwda (In their authorita tive Naval Calendar, which ranks with Britain's classic Jane's Fight' in Ships) aaya Russia haa a mini- mum at 166 submarines in Baltic and Arctic walera. Swedish officials estimate that many of these Soviet adbs hav a rang which would enable them to mak two trip from the Bslllo etralts to New York and back without refueling, Why ponder about thai? A ttilded missile, CARRYING AN ATOM BOMB IN ITS WAR HEAD, can bsulauncscsk from submarine. . . This seems to be th dsv for nervous news. Her' eomi mora of An American radio correspond ent In London (NBO'a Ramnry Wheeler) asys h baa learned the cnine red ar pressuring it us sia for atomic bomb heln. Wheeler quote diplomatic sources in Moscow aa aaylng a Chinese red delegstion la in Mos cow now. According to these sources, th Chinese ar offering Russia access to Chinese uranium deposit In return for asslstsnc to building; A-bombs. Thst raises th old thorny ques tion: Bhsll w go on sitting on our supply a atomic weapon twnicn la now overwhelmingly the greatest In th world) until our enemies get aa many as w have mean while fighting Russia's stooges wherever in the world they happen to start a ruckus? Or shall w aav to Russia; "He her, air: w know who's aurring up an thla trouble. And we know what your acheme Is. Your purpose I to bleed us while with little ware all over the earth and then, when we're apread thin fnd weakened down, to come In WITH FVERYTHINO YOU HAVE and aeek to destroy us. "We aren't going to be caught In that trap. The next time one of : your stooge atari a war against us we'U HOLD YOU RESPON SIBLE AND ACT ACCORD INGLY." ' I know that's a grim subject. You don't like even to THINK of It. Neither dd I. Especially bere at the Christmas season. lhe world we're living In We HAVE to think of these things. If we fall to think of them, and plan Intelligently to MEET them if and when they arise, our civilisation can go down a other civilisations in th world have gone aown. It's Juat that serious. Fortunately w now hav leader ship we believe and trust, That make the situation a lot more hopeful. New Snowfall Hits Klamath A white Christmas, seemed defi nitely In prospect for Yule-mlnded Klamath residents this morning when they awoke to a six-Inch fall of new now, and seemed more definite yet when the weather bureau In Portland later reported a new storm moving toward the Paclflo Northwest from out In the Pacific. Since the snow begun flurrying down Thursday evening a total of .54 inchea of moisture content In rain and snow was recorded at the Copco powerhouse along Link river .3 of an Inch of It between 6 p.m. yesterday end 8 a.m. today. Aa usual, trafflo conditions were treacherous one more this morn Ing, but local autolnts becoming flnterwlee ar having less '(rouble and fewer fender-benders. Stat police reported highways (Continued on page 1) . I Day's Sews ' ' i inn tin Vii "I "" '" par 3,S18,B2fl , , . over time limes aa much, ' That sort of situation, th vast amount of tax fra governmental property overbalancing the amount of taxable property in thla coun ty and many otliera here In the West, la causing gTaet concern among aludentt of local govern ment financing, and actually la the nub of aeveral rnore or leas complicated wrangles right here In the Klamath Basin: publlo owner ship va. prlvata ownership, Thnt actually la the basic argu ment In the present leaae land ruckus In the Tulelak area; the dispute existing over acquisition of aeveral thousand acres of marsh land property on th west aid of Upper Xlamath Lake by th U. S. Pish and Wildlife Service; th op position of the U. 8. Bureau of Reclamation to an application by the California Oregon Power Com pany to construct a new power development down tht Klamath Klver canyon. Hence, a look at the present ex tent of federal ownership In the Klamath Basin, and In Klamath County particularly, I In order. Here, according; to th best rec ords available. I a aummatlon of the holdings In thla county of Seven Hurt In Wreck On Highway 97, Seven boys were injured In a two car collision oi tit II north of Collier Park laat night, and were brought to Klamath Valley Hospi tal for treatment, Two of the Injured were termed In critical condition today. They art Oary A. Hansen. 11. of 1307 E. Alder, Yakima. Wash.; and Tom Murdock. 18. 4078 Shasta Way, Klamath Falls. The other Injured wer William Pickett, 18, of 40 put; Delno Dean Haya, 18, 611 E. Lenox, Yakima; Henry Loul Btubba, 18. 1511 Lad wick. Yakima; Ernie Mill. 17, 173 Silver, Tacoma, Wash.; and James Albert Smith, 31, Payette, Ida, Murdock and Pickett art students a Willamette university, ana wer coming horn for the Chrlatmaa hol idays. They reportedly had caught a rid with Smith, a sawmill work er. Th four Washington boys wer In a low Chevrolet sedan, heading nor tli on tha hichsray and drlvtn by Delno pean Haya. Th Chev rolet apparently' want out of con lro on th snowy, slick highway and turned broadside Into th 1848 Ford sedan driven by Smith. SPRING CREKK The accident occurred two mil north of th Spring Creek hill sum mil Five of the Injured were brought to the hospital by Kaler's ambu lance, and two others wer brought In by private car. A Stat Police officer said be ob served th four Washington boya at Algoma, attempting to steal gaa from Bomere Construction Company equipment, but that they got away in their car and arov norm at a high rate of speed. Tha officer was unable to over- take the fleeing Chevrolet in th heavy snow, and atopped th chase at Melita'a Service Station abov th Chlloquln Junction, parking there to wait In ess th Chevrolet doubled back. He was still ther when a call came In that a bad accident bad occurred abov Collier Park. Stale) Folic aaid petty larceny charges would be placed against th Washington boys. Death Claims Justice Hay 8ALEM ' Arthur D. Hay, 68. Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon lor n past 10 years, uieu In a Salem hospital rrtaay irom a Ivart ailment. Hay. who had been 111 for tb past two years, recently waa cnosen oy his colleague to become chief Jus tice of the oourt for a two-year term beginning Jan. 1.. Oov. Paul Patterson will choose Hay'a successor. Hty waa appointed to the court in 1843 by Ooy. Charles A. Sprague after aervlng for nine year a Lake County Circuit Judge. Before becoming a Judge he was Lake County district attorney. He waa born in Scotland and came to the U. 8. in 1808. He prac ticed law at Klamath Falls for a year after being graduated In 1811 from the University of Oregon law school. He moved to Lakevlew In 1016 and became district attorney there In 1826. He was active In civic and fra ternal affalra and one was grand master of the Masonic Orand Lodge of Oregon. The last case to com before the court while h waa a Justice was that of th governor' succession, the court ruling that Patterson should succeed Douglas McKay, who resigned. . Hay I aurvived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Napier of Klamath Fall; and two sons. John, a Portland attorney, and Douglas, municipal Judg at Salem. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California! partly ciouay with a few light showers of rain er anew today. thickening cloudiness tonight and occasional snow tomorrow. Hlgb to day 86, low tonight 24, hlgb to morrow IS, ' ' . . ; I'reclp yesterday .............?4 High temp yesterday ...J0 Low last night 18 , . i i Prlo Fir Cents 14 rage Ammunition Lack Slows UN Artillery TOKYO 11 The ammunition aupply problem In Korea believed to be of concern to President-elect Elsenhower bad a noticeable effect in the recent bloody batti lor the Kumhwa wages. At one point, at the crux of the Infantry fight, a hold-down order reported by frontline oflicera put a strict lid on th amount of ar tillery ammunition that could be fired In on day. - . lUtponslbl American officers engaged In th batti called this "on of th few real boners" of the U. N. command In lb Kumhwa action. In Washington. Saturday. Mai Oen, William O. Recder, one of th Army deputy aupply chlefa, aald Elsenhower was doubtless talking about ammunition when he spoke of "certain problems of sup ply" that needed correcting In Korea. Reeder aald there haa been and atlll 1 ammunition rationing in Korea. "HOLD DOWN" The hold-down order In the Kum hwa battle. In effect for several day at the end of October, result ed in th Communists out-shooting th Allied by s devastating 3-'vto-l for a time. Then th high command threw economy to the winda and poured cuna and shells Into the sector in the greateat artillery con centration atnc world war 11. Th U. N. artillery quickly dom inated th situation, but proved un able to suppress completely the Red gun and mortars. . Th temporsry shorts ge cam at th crisis of the battle when the South Korean bad been thrown off Triangle Hill and wer-trying to regain It. They never were able to withstand the Red ahellflre long enough to consolidate their gains. ROK LEADERS Many Republic of Korea (ROK) leadera, fearing the day when U.N. troops - may pull out, frequently try to obtain and hoard great S untitles of rifle, mortar and ar llery ammunition. Other ROK commanders, with no experience In supply problem, since all ammunition comes from th U. 8.. hav often been unrealis tic and uneconomical In pumping It out. This has been a most fre quent tcrltlclsm of American ad visers with ROK artillery unit. On particular shortage believed lo be extra acute I In stock of "VT" ammunition the ultra-mod ern proxlmlty-fused shell that de tonate by radar above ground and ar devastating; against troops In we open. Twins Said Still Critical CHTCAdO I The Brodle 81am' ee twins remained alive today but still In critical condition. The world watched as spec Is lists continued weir fight to keep alive the Infant boys. Their head were separated In a history-making op eration Wednesday. The surgeons met with con tinuous complication. However, these were expected in th post- operauv penoa. Th 15-months-old boys, who were born joined st th heads, wer separated in a 12-hour and 40-minut operation which I regarded aa the only successful on of its kind recorded In medical history.- . - One of the twins. Roger Lee, haa remained unconscious since th operation. His condition was termed "very precarious." A spokesman at the University of Illinois said! the other twin, Rod ney Dee, was "doing better than his brother." But nlj condition also was critical, , Various jnuvrai sirm.ic; U. B. Forest Hervlce (Fremont, Deschutes and Rogue River Na tional rorests) 1,130,000 acres. Bureau of Land Management (forest and grating lands) 340,000 acres. U. B. Indian Hemic (Indian reservation) 018,240 acres. U. B. Park Service (Crater Lake National Tark) 1M.290 acrea. U. B. Bureau of Reclamation 13,077 aores, plus some other hold logs for which th acreages aren't computed. U.. S. Flan and Wildlife Service approximately 10,000 acrea In Its relug landi along th west side of Upper Klamath. Veterans Administration 16 acrea (th proposed veterana hospital "public Housing Administration 18 acrea. In addition, there era other small holdings of land, such as the lot on which the postoffice building sits, land obtained by Bonneville Power Administration for Ite sub atatlon her and for It transmis sion line. And, also In addition, ther are various federally-owned Inatallatlona such aa th poslof flce, CAA communication atatlona, forest guard stallona, the Klam ath Agency community and the like. In all, somewhere between 67 and 70 pur cent of th land are of Klamath County Is owned by the federal government. The situation Is roughly th same In the other countlea of th Klam ath Basin. Lak County, with an area of i.MjtQO acrea, haa 3,754,000 In fed eral ownership. In Siskiyou County, 2,307,000 acres of 4,040.320 acre are federally owned. Modoc Coun ty, area 1,620,160 acre, haa 1,760, 000 In federal ownership. It could b worse, of course. Whit Pin County, Nov., for In stance, has an acreage of t, 091,000 total, and ol that 6.266,000 la fed erally owned (04 per cent). Gar field County, Utah, haa almost 86 per cent federal ownership. Custer County, Idaho, ha about the aame percentage of federal ownership. Of the four-county, 16,776,000 acr lumber and ranching empire known aa the Klamath Basin, the federal government owns approx imately 10,600,000 cere Just about two thirds. Aa for the revenue obtained from federal lands, the return to Klam r.Ui County, while relatively amal) in comparison with th tax return yzx n n70 c : : KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBERR 28, 1968 "aaaas-BasBMaajABMBaasaaasaaasBi y tr: 1 1 gm my i---naxr fmypv.7:r,?7-fmBmw f. -C- I 2 1 ) i tww car, loo! , f ! r.i v- v V V. -j iTESTWT A.' if ALICE SMITH, ll-yr-o1d Oakland girl, yesterday was th on-millionth passenger fo arrive in Klamath Falls aboard the Southern Pacific's Shasta Daylight. Th girl, traveling north with her mother, Mrs. C. W. Smith, was feted at stops along the route. She and her mother were greeted at the S.P. station her by II to rl Mayor Bob Thompson, S.P. Dist. Agent George (Budl Morgan and George Davis, president-elect of th Klamath Chamber of Commerce. The mayor offrd flowers and Davit gave Alice package of prixe Klamath potatoes. Basin Churches Plan Xmas Programs MiB?v.Bsln ,ehucl, ;,0 Fageant. "Brightest and Best," Covered dish dinner. 12:30 p.m. mark this yesr s anniversary of tomorrow, 7:S0 o.m.. nroduced and I with coffee furnished. Pmuin t. Christ's birth with special services. special music win oe ottered in most of the churches beginning with tomorrow's worship. Several will hav Christmas Eve aervlces and some Christmas morning ob servsnces. Following- ar the churches thst have announced their programs to ine neraia ana newe; FIRST BAPTIST Cantata. "The Manger of Bethle hem," tomorrow, 7:S0 p.m., by 26-voice choir under direction of Frank J. Michaelson. Trading Union. 6:15, features film "The Nativity." Sermon by Dr. E. M. Causey to morrow morning at 11 on "Foun dation of the Chrlstmss Story. FIRST CONOREGATIONAL Church School program followed by Fellowship Hall tomorrow. 7:30 p.m. Chrlstmaa tree and Santa visit with favor for children. Candlelight and carol service Christmas Eve, 11 p.m. FIRST METHODIST Children's Christmas party to morrow, l:3o to 1 p.m., for all from nursery through sixth grade Santa to have gifts; for ail. Christmas vespers and pageant tomorrow, 4 p.m. xoutn Depart ment to present pageant, "The Door." and two choirs In special music. Youth Fellowship reception In church parlor. Candlelight and carol service Christmas Eve. 8 to 8 p.m., featuring Weslevan Choruo, FIR8T PRESBYTERIAN Two worship services tomorrow morning, 8:30 to 11. offering- both Junior and Senior choir lh ap propriate numbers. Junior Choir directed by Helen McDonald. Sen ior by Andy Lonev Jr. Sermonette by th Rev, David Barnett Jr. Sixth Wife Sues Artist LOS ANGELES im Illustrator Henry dive's sixth wife, sctress Bumu Acauanette. 28. ha sued him for divorce, charging mental cruel ty. , Miss Acquanette, once tha screen mat of Tarsan, waa married to the 71-year-old artist last year. They separated Dec. 1. from private land, probably Is typical of these feur countlea and of many other countlea in the West. According to official county rec ords, this was the way In which lederal revenue was received by the county lor the 1061-62 fiscal year: U.S. Forest Service, 1328,008 02 (26 per cent of the Income from national foreat timber aales and grating leases within the county). O si O lands, administered by the Bureau of Land Management, 101,323.01 (76 per cent of the In come ol timber cut from O It C lands). Payment In lieu of taxation, principally from the Publlo Hous ing Administration (10 per cent of shelter rent), S3.597.64. Taylor Crazing Act share of graz ing leases, 6412.64 (money which must b spent on range manage ment). Share of a public land sale (6 per cent) 166.66. Oratulty fund from the federal Sovemmcnt for education of In lan children In county schools, $20,000. This doesn't come from the Indiana themselves. The total of those Is $413,377.67. These are revenuea or payment which may be considered In the light of contributions In lieu of tax directed by Helen McDonald, with cast of 70 adults and children, Christmas Eve candlelight festi val, 11 p.m., with choir and carols. KLAMATH LUTHERAN Special program for kindergarten and younger children tomorrow morning, 8:48, with recitations, songs and favors. Christmas pageant tomorrow, 7 p.m., presented by children of grade three through 12. Mrs. Gilbert Huck. assisted by Mrs. Louis Olson and Mrs. Dean DeWltt. in - charge. KLAMATH . TEMPLE ' Pageant, "The Miracle of Bethle hem." tomorrow evening. Pre sented by Dr. Elmont Hams, Chi cago. Depicts Angel Chorus and shepherds around campflre with Wise Men. Special costumes, light ing and stage settings. MERRILL BAPTIST Christmas program tomorrow, 11 a.m., with readings by children, Nativity pictures and treats for children. Xmas Gifts For O'Brien KURE, Japan ( A group of Australian sergeants have sent two bottle of Christmas cheer with aspirin attached to Patrick Michael O'Brien, the man with a ferry but without a country. O'Brien lias been on the Hong Kong-Macao ferry for the past three months, shuttling back and forth between the British and Por tuguese colonies because author ities will not give him a permit to land. His citizenship Is in ques tion. Australian sergeants ot the Brit ish Commonwealth base her got to talking about who should be re membered at Christmas time. O'Brien's name popped up. The Aussies sent the parcel yes terday by plane, care ot the ferry company. It contained cigarettes, clothing, handkerchief and playing cards. The last gift, on the bottom of memento of the occasion a re cording of "Slow Boat to China." ation, and do not consider anr fed. eral money which might com to th county for welfare or highway building, which would first go to th state. Those are grants-in-aid, not revenue-aharlng or In lieu of taxation payment. Moat of the federal payments are earmarked so aa to limit th use ot the federal money by the county. For Instance, the national forest timber cut money must go into two funds, roads (78 per cent) and schools (36 per cent). O A C revenues must go Into the general fund. The $30,000 annual Indian educa tion gratuity goea directly to the Klamath County School District. Other federal payment are split up In various ways. For Instance, during- the 1061-63 fiscal year, the Fair Board got $11.67 In federal money, and the Armory Board got $3.66, and th County Library $60.15. The county gets nothing In the way of taxation or revenue shar ing from Indian tribal lands, Cra ter Lake National Park, Bureau of Reclamation lands and the like, with tome exceptions. Deeded land on the Indian reservation is tax able, of course, and the lodge at Crater Lake, operated as a private, Telephone 8111 N. 28U Covered dish dinner. 12:30 P.m.. with coffee furnished. Persons to take covered dish and table serv ice. ST. BARNABAS EPISCOPAL Pageant tomorrow,. 4 p.m. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL Candlelight and carol service with choral Eucharist, Christmas Eve, 11 p.m. Choral Eucharist, Christmas, II a.m. Church School pageant Dec. 38, 11 a.m., featuring Junior Choir and white gifts. ZION LUTHERAN Chrlstmaa program tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., features play about family preparing for Christmas without remembering Christ. Play directed by Magdalen Ronfeld, Mrs. Ed Smith, Mrs. Rutus Buser, Mrs. Henry Leltzke. Mrs. Hsrold Eberletn, Mrs. Doris Oraef. Party with carols and movie to follow. Refreshments and treats. Candlelight and carol service Christmas Eve, 7:30 p.m. Festival Communion service Chrlstmss, 10:30 a.m. PEACE MEMORIAL PRESBY TERIAN Church School program tomor row, 7:30 p.m., with carol service, "Christmas Around the World," directed by Mrs. Herbert Pollard, Mra. Bertll Shogren and Joyce Landrum, Special music by ' Junior and Adult Choirs tomorrow, 11 a.m. service. Christmas morning service fea turing Junior and Adult Choir be gins with carols at 6:46 a.m. . . FIRST COVENANT Christmas message - tomorrow, 11 a.m., by the Rev. O. Broyles. Christmas morning Julotta serv ice, 6 a.m. SHOOTING HOURS DECEMBER 21 22 Open 7:02 - Close 3:37 money-making enterprise, also la laxea. A couple of years ago Robert D. Maclean, ol the Oregon Tax Commission, made t. survey of fed erally.held property in Klamath County and put a cash value of $30,707,630 on it, and showed that if th property waa taxable on a par with privately-owned proper ty It would hav an assessed value of $13,637,760. Maclean a figures probably are extremely conserva tive. The federal government hold some of the moat valuable real es tate In th county (timber, farm ing lands), and of course some of the least valuable, sagebrush and rock flats. But even his figures show that. If taxable, lederal property would amount to approximately 30 per cent of the county 'a total assessed valuation. The amount of money being derived by the county from the federal lands falls considerably short of being 30 per cent of the amount the county raises by taxes each year. On the other band, the presence of the federal government in the county has certain advantages: privately owned property is cer tainly more valuable because of the work done by the bureau of Reclamation than It would nave Globemaster Burns Near Moses Lake MOSES LAKE, Wash, m A giant Globemaster "Christ mas Special" flying service men home for the holiday! crashed here with 118 aboard early Saturday, and the Air Force announced there were 91 known dead the worst accident in aviation history. . ' Maj. P. W. Wassum, Air Force Public Information officer, announced the toll four hours after the four-engine C-124 crashed and burned moments after taking off at 6:30 PST from Larson Air Force base. It had just begun to snow lightly. Wassum said some of the survivors escaped unhurt. Gasoline from the ruptured wing tanks spilled as the big olane hit and flames trapped some in the wreckage. The C-124 is the biggest U.S. nulitary plane in service. The announced deaths number 11 more than In the worst previous single aviation disaster. Thats was March 12, 1950, in taraiii waies, wim ou soccer lans returning uume num, Crash Toll , Reaches 300 By TbeAocUted Pre The crash of a giant military transport , plane near. Moses Lake, Wash., Saturday broup5'to over 300 Uie number of f lost In a disastrous six we4 -for military aviation around r n-ortb. pacific rim. V Ten planes ha'-, ' iV'eJ or dis appeared on n 1 Irom Korea to Ala , . UA W in the series d. 1 arting Nov. 7. In the x t Or batur- day's crash a ttji'.,t persons died. The Air Force said 91 died In the Moses Lake accident, which made.it the worst single misoap in aviation history. To accidents: Nov 7 A c-llfi bit a moun tain too on a flight from Elmen- dorf Air Force Base at Ancnorage, Alaska, north to Bis- Delta. Alas ka. Five crewmen and 14 soldiers were aboard. Nov. II Navy patrol bomber crashed near Sbeilon. Wash., kill ing 11. Nov. 14 A C-119 crashed on a mountainside IS miles east of Seoul Korea. klUIng 44 passengers and crewmen aboard returning irom Tokyo. Nov. IS A C-46 transport dove Into the sea off Japan off the coast ot Korea. Eleven men were lost; seven rescued. Vov. is Another C-119 "fly ing boxcar" dissppeared on a flight from Anchorage to Kodlak, Alas ka, with 30 aboard. Nov. 17 A fourth C-119 cracked up near Bluings, Mom. nine oi the 18 men aboard perished; sev en survived. i Noy. 92 A C-124 "globemast er" disappeared near the soutn central Alaska coast on a flight from McChord Air Force Base to Anchorage, with 41 Air Force and Army personnel and 11 crewmen aboard. Nov. 24 A Royal Canadian Air Force bomber crashed and burned at Comox. B.C., killing eight of the 10 crewmen. Nov. 33 A C-64 inbound from Alaska crashed near the McChord Air Force Base field, klUIng 37 of the 39 aboard. Dec. 20 A C-124 Olobemaster with 118 aboard crashed near Lar son Air Force Base at Moses Lake, Wash. Air Force ssld 91 died. been If that work hadn't bean don. Th hunting and fishing on federal land la of Inestimable value for recreation and a a tourist attrac tion. Crater Lak la a great draw Ing card for the community. Thee values can hardly be translated Into dollars and cents, but they're there. The Indians get around $1.000, 000 a year In per capita payments, th money coming from their for est, and they spend th bulk ol that money In Klamath Falls. Also, th federal payroll is the largest in the county, and th community would be in bad shape without It, The advent of the Bonneville Pow er Administration may bring about a betterment of the electrical pow er situation ber in th years to come. The establishment and mainten ance of national forests possibly have saved the county's timber re sources from Indiscriminate cut ting and looting, and timber man agement practices may have put a certain amount of valuable lum ber Industry her to stay., So, It should be pointed' out, there) are two sides to the quae tlon, and the overawing presence of the federal government Isn't en tirely malignant. a game in - Ireland were killed. The Globemaster had taken off for the Kelly Air Force Base, San AntonioTex. , - " There was confusion over, the exact number aboard. The Air Force first said 132, then 134, then 118. An of ficer said the number might be changed slightly after a recheck. ' There was no immediate breakdown on the crew and passengers, but a C-124 norm ally has a crew ot about a doxen. Wassum said a light snow had barely started not enough to be a hazard when the plane took off. But soon after the crash wet snow began falling heavily, delay ing recovery of bodies at the crash scene. Rescue vehicles bogged in the soft, wet ground. The first detail on the actual crash came from Strt. Arthur Bak er of the Washington But PatroL Baker said the plane "apparently was making a left turn when Its wing tip hit the ground." TAll, SECTION He said the tall section Jutted above the scattered, seared wreck age. ..... "It's awful, that's all." the pa trol sergeant said. In Washington. D. C. the Air Force announced Its director of flight safety. Brut Oen. Richard O'Keefe, would come bere imme diately to bead an investigation. Major Wassum said most of the passengers were military men hitchhiking a ride borne for Christ mas. The skies were heavily overcast, and the snow continued to filter down as the dying flames flickered eerny in uie winter gloom. There was no way to determine Immediately what caused th plane to go down about two miles off the base runway. Officials said, however, weather conditions were not a major factor. The crash was the second by t (Continued en psge 1) fa" FUNERAL SERVICES for George R. Phillips, who died here Thursday, ar to be con ducted from the chapel of Ward's Funeral Home, Mon day, 2:30 p.m., with the Rv Donald Catsidey, First Con- ?rgtional Church, and of icert of Klamath Lodge 1247, BPOE, officiating. Commitment service will be In Klamath Memorial Park. .
