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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1954)
KLAMATH COUNTY LIBRARY i lews ""frfS to the object jatriotio 5JdenUai non-par- """X recommends pay ri eiu2efr.mer considerable t5 Vwrs of conirress and " ud the pay of the "ffiunWd ates asuce. oi . ar usticesohhe t ,26 000 ft year FJnS'that the pay of f'Sei.s be increased jlZ.uw o L blowing our tops, let's do Iters ol ,h. T.in-v. .'til II', million dollars Some four million dollars JaE to' the goverrimeut in form oi income KIoonsvpajM taxes the That would u.L'.".ftf about 7ii ! list oi all me itu; J"--.... (ou liiKt. what the salary Increases to them 'totBl up to. But let's assume ,coulciii'tbemore than about LTLrMsn back up to about MM dollars. L i chunk of money, you i minute. iere tre aboyt 160 million peo- ti the UnitMi states, a levy PENNY A HEAD would raise nvA A Ipw of about 7' flS A HEAD would raise the millions the proposed salary lists to members of congress Continued on page 4) Price Vin Cent-14 Paice KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 195 Telephone 8111 No. 2740 Park Skating Draws Crowds From six to eight hundred skat ers made use of Moore Park skat in; facilities Wednesday night, and almost as many Thursday night, according to Bob Bonney, city park ana recreation director. "With last night's snow, it will be at least two days before the ice can be put in shape for future skating," Bonney said. "Snow will have to be removed. then water put on, three-quarters of an inch at a time, and allowed to freeze before each covering. Bert Stott, Moore Park superin tendent, and his crew, M. D. Bai ley, J. E. Stott and Ed Bingham, nut in endless hours getting the ice ready, but they feel all their ef forts are justified when so many people have so much fun," Bonney added. While skating is "out," tempor arily at least, sledding and skiing conditions are improving. Provided the snow isn t too soft and wet, the Conger Hill sled tow will be in operation tonight, and If skiing conditions permit, Stott will oper ate the ski tow at Moore Park this weekend. AAA Puzzled, Along With Motoring Public, Over All The "Mafic" Deaf Markings WASHINGTON Un President Ralph Thomas of the American Automobile Assn. put out a plain tive call for help Friday on be half of the driver confounded by the almost infinite variations of control positions and markings that have come along with automatic transmissions. In comments released through the AAA headquarters Thomas said he Is "pretty well convinced "Y" Site Of Square Dancing There will be a square dance at the YMCA tonight, beginning at 8 p.m. The "Y" is sponsoring reg ular square dances every first and third Fridays and on second and fourth Saturdays. The first Friday of the month Is family night with emphasis on fun for all the family beginning with a potluck supper at 6:30. There are activities for the children and be ginner square and folk dance in struction is offered by Otto Ellis, wen Known basin caller. Denver Opens Big Rodeo DENVER Wi The wealth of the West stampedes this excited "cow town" Friday as the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo opens a nine day, multi-million dollar display of cattle, ranchers and cowboys. Pessimism which characterized the cattle industry during last summer's drought is nowhere in sight. Hundreds of exhibitors, wrang lers and record entries combined to make the show a major event of the year for Western stockmen. General Manager John T. Gaine in predicted sales will hit 7 V? mil lion dollars, well over last year's figure. More than 200 shorthorns have been entered in keeping with the event's designation as the National Shorthorn Show of 1954. Rodeo hands, a record 350 of them, will compete for $55,000 in prizes. As many as 150,000 persons may watch rodeo and other events . in the 8,400-seat stockyards coli- I seum. that only an advanced scholar. automotive engineer or someone versed in identifying government "alphabet agencies" could figure it all out. "We hope," he said, "that auto mobile manufacturers will agree soon on a standardized pattern be fore they run out of alphabet or drivers go out of their minds try ing to figure out what the symbols and letters mean." He pointed out, for instance, that present lever position plates are marked in such order as "P N D L R." "R h N D." P R N DR LO." "R L NU DR," "P N H L R," "N DR LO R" and "N DR S LO R." (For the benefit of persons even more confused than Thomas it may be explained that those symbols show where the control lever should be set to get the car in various forward speeds, reverse, neutral and parking position). "But you have to give it to the car makers," Thomas went on, mentioning the multiplicity of "fas cinating" names adoRted by the various makers for the transmis sion devices themselves. Most of them ended in "matic." All sorts of 'matics,' " Thomas concluded, "when all the motorist wants is that the makes be a mile more 'syste-matic' M Snow Slides Cause Flood VIENNA (fl An avalanche blocked river in Austria's British zone brought new flood danger Fri day to 1,000 residents of the S elk Valley of southern Austria. Rescue crews rushed to the area. The Selk River, a tributary of the Enns, was dammed up for a mile by a 400-foot snowsllde. Offi cials feared the water might break loose to take a new toll of lives. The death toll from west Aus tria's avalanches earlier in the week rose to 116 persons Friday, and 9 others still were missing. With 24 dead In Switzerland, 6 in Germany, and 2 in Italy, the latest Austrian dead brought the toll lor the four countries to 148. Austria counted more than 100 Injured. In West Austria's stricken Wal- ser Valley, where hope was about gone for the nine still missing there, heavy new snow falls halted rescue efforts. Rising temperatures brought danger of new avalanches. Some rescue crews high up in the valley were reported temporarily cut oil. ROWDY TUCSON, Ariz. IjB Tired of the quiet life, a 4-year-old boy tod dled into the corridor of an apart ment house and: Filled a dozen mailboxes with dirt, ripped up letters and switched all the others. Tipped over a garbage can and broke milk Dottles. "I can't believe he did all this,' his mother told police. Heavy Snow rails Over Oregon Area SALEM tfi Heavy snow fell on all of Oregon's mountain passes rnaay, ana cnalns are required or recommended in all of them, the Oregon Highway Commission warned. The amount of snow falling at various points In the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. Friday Included: Government Camp 6 inches, Tim. berllne 18, Wilson River Summit 6, Sunset Summit 7, Warm Springs Junction 12. Siskiyou and Green Springs Summits 6, Bend 8, Sisters 9, Santiam Pass 11, Willamette Pass 26, Chemult 18, Klamath Falls 3, Bly 8, Ochoco Summit 6, Broth ers 6, Austin 4, and Burns 3 Inches Chains are required at Warm Springs Junction, Santiam Pass, Bend, Willamette Pass, Chemult, Bly and Austin. Motorists were advised to carry chains over all other mountain passes in the state. The Highway Commission said it was still snowing Friday at all mountain points and in Central Oregon. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Occasional snow flurries through Saturday. High Saturday 37; low Friday night 25. High yesterday ... 40 Low last night 27 Preclp last 24 hours . Tr. Since Oct. 1 6 .55 Normal for period 5.03 Same period last year 7.05 FIRE SHERBORNE, England Iffl Students working on a school es say assignment "The Day the School Caught Fire" had to leave the project unfinished Thursday. The school caught fire. SPRING LONDON Wl Londoners doffed their topcoats in springlike breezes Friday. The temprature hit 53 de grees in London at 9 a.m. But in the north things weren't so balmy. Winds leached 100-mlle-an-h our fury In Westmoreland. Scotland and Ireland also were battered by gales and rain. Hunter Talks Way Out of Jam With New Talker KETTLE FALLS. Wash. Al Avey fired a 'shot into the air. Down came a crow and Avey bad to cough up a parrot. Both the crow and parrot could say a few words but It was Avey who told the story Thursday. Seems hf and some friends were duck hunting recently along the Columbia River. A crow flew over. Avey fired, the crow dropped. Along came a woman. The crow was her pet, did tricks, said words. The woman demanded damages but said she'd settle for a par rot. Avey, a Kettle Falls lumber man, had to buy one for (149.35. KLAMATH BASIN POTATO SHIPMENTS Sim Diy Lilt Tear Shlppei 54 7? Telil For Season 5592 6278 lD5a-64 196'i-lW Sports Bulletin JORDAN TO CARDS ST. LOUIS VP) The purchase of Nilea Jordan of Sedro Wool ley, Wash., 27-year-old lefthand ed pitcher, from the Cincinnati Reds In a straight cash deal was announced Friday by the St, Louis Cardinals. Jordan, who started his profes sional pitching career with the Klamath Falls Gems or the now defunct Far West League, split last season between Tulsa, Okla., of the Texas League and Roches ter or the International League. He established an 8-1 record In 17 games with Rochester, help ing that -team to the pennant. Jordan was with Cincinnati briefly in 1952 and with the Phila delphia Phils for a small part of the 1951 season. Montana Gripped By Blizzard HELENA, Mont, l Blizzard conditions gripped Montana early today and the first severe winter storm of the season pushed into Wyoming and spilled over the Con tinental Divide on the heels of 40 mlle winds. The cold wave, spawned in Can ada, was expected to cover all of parts of six northern states by Saturday. The Helena Weather Bureau is sued a special advisory that Mon tana temperatures would dive to day and tonight, reaching 30 be low in the norm ana 10 oeiow in the south. Up to 12 inches of snow had fallen in the Flathead Valley in northwestern Montana. The forward edge of the storm numbed Sheridan, Wyo and other points near the Montana border, and edged into iaano ana Norm and South Dakota. It was expected to hit .Colorado tonight or early Saturday. Blizzard conditions closed schools in Northwestern Montana. One commercial airline bypassed Helena yesterday because of lim ited visibility. Buses from the west were running nearly three hours late. Police discouraged any kind of auto travel because of slick highways. UPHELD NAIROBI, Kenya UP) The Ken ya supreme court upheld Friday the seven-year Jail sentences im posed on Moscow-trained Jomo "Burning Spear" Kenyatta and four others convicted on charges of leading the anti-white terrorist Mau Mau organization in this Brit ish colony. Crater Gets 18 Inch Snowfall Snow that fell during last night brought 18 inches of new snow at Crater Lake National Park. It was still snowing hard when the ranger station reported to the Herald and News at 10 'a.m. today. New snow brought the total on the ground to 77 inches as com pared with 81 inches on the ground a year ago today. The road from Annie Springs to the rim is closed and It is doubtful that the road to the rim will be open this weekend unless the storm abates. Travel is not attvlscd on Highway 62. "Dream On Paper" Shows Colorful Civic Center Plan For Klamath . TX I i if,l t P I I ' TT 1. . t - -' ' & V . - - ' ''V. "'$1 , ' ,X ': IV. . ''V"'1' :' ' ; Wn-hv. ' Lr4 .-WW 'li' i 4 e - , 'J"JA ' -r k-:- r A:v..,,.v IK 40 r . L. puo v o s i: u V;jV.v'--rK,!.A M A T M f AL L 5, ' ARCHITECT ' IS X T K It r PATI o'COWn. 2 - City Piannin-g m picture ha, been ap- Iro, L .""""ty by the Park civic center on the area set aside for Veterans Memorial Park and potential development in the area along the waterfront. A part of the waterfront area is now owned by Southern Pacific Co. and is leased by Modoc Lumber Co. and will not be available for develop ment until such time as Modoc Lumber releases it. The thought of the Planning Commission, Perrin says, was that if Ue city had a proposed scheme for development of the area. It might eliminate the possibility of developing structures or facilities that might not work in well with an overall plan. ThA rnmmicfilnn thmiorht that the site could be developed in various stages, Wltn pernaps a recreation building on the lakefront as the first step after seeding and grass ing by the Park Board. The area has already been filled and covered with top soil, ready for seeding when weather allows. The recreation unit would house a large dance pavilion with conces sions for soft drinks and light lunches. There would, be a boat house concession which could be used for individual storage or rent ing of boats and canoes. The large platform facing the lake and pro tected from the wind could be used for serving light lunches, a loung ing area, outdoor dancing and per haps band concerts. Although the plan also contenv plates a band concert shell just northwest of this building, it is conceivable '.hat sand could be brought in and a sandy beach formed extending from the boat house toward a, bathhouse where a location could be reserved for another swimming pool, if and when the need develops. Coming in from the south on the highway, the west corner of the property could be landscaped and developed with a chamber of com merce and information building which could also house Interesting exhibits or other propaganoa ac I vertizing the surtounding area. 0 R E'G.O N It was hoped that the Veterans! Memorial Shaft or other such fea ture might be placed In this area, and this hope is indicated on the drawing. The trees shown In the plan along the waterfront extend ing from the bridge approach could be used as shade tor a picnic area. The central large building shown in the center of the project has not been designated for any nartlcular use. although It conceiv ably could be a City Hall or other administrative unit, or could be ; transferred to a location the other A. 1. A. side of Main. 1 A building indicated In (lie upper right corner of the drawing would be a large unit which could be used for conventions and larae gatherings of any sort. The museum is visualized as a part of the de velopment If and when the mu seum now being planned In the county library becomes inadequate. A road development shown is one of the schemes proposed by the State Highway Commission, and may, of course, be changed by uiem auer luruier study. The Interesting Ihlng about Hie project Is the large amount of parking area and ey traffic emu lation provided. Many cars could be parked for different functions, or just for watching the various ac tivities in progress on the water front. The Planning Commission for sees some such type development as a distinct asset to the city of Klamath Falls, but at present It re mains only a dream In the minds of Park Board, Planning Commission and City Council members.
