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PAGE SDC HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON FRANK JENKINS BILL JENKINS Editor " Managing Editor Entered as second class matter at the post office of Klamath Falls, Ore., on August 20, 1906 under act of Congress, March 8, 1879 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use for publication of all the local news printed In this newspaper as well as all AP news. SUBSCRIPTION RATES MAIL 1 month 6 months 1 year .. ............... BV CARRIER ( 1.35 1 month t 135 I 6.50 6 months I 8.10 $11.00 1 year $16.20 .BILLBOARD By BILL JENKINS It Is comforting to read In the newspapers about how much worse the weather is almost everywhere else. We still can't complain. Haven't had the chains on this win ter. In fact, I don't know where I hid 'em last spring. It was good to notice that editor ial in yesterday's Oregonian by someone stating that they were glad It snowed in Portland. We as sume that it was written by some poor harassed editor who was up against a deadline and had nothing to say (I know all about that situ ation) and so he cut loose with a Follyanna type screed. Break out the book of spring song, boy, bock beer, may wine, buds on the trees are just around the corner, Notice in the news that a father of twin boys has protested the fact that his sons have to take group showers in their Minnesota school. Says it reduces the poor things to the status of beasts. In the market place. Our only reaction Is to wonder what the lads are going to do when the draft catches up with 'em. We are given to understand that the US armed forces have yet to get around to installing private show ers. The car makers are at it again with glamorous ads telling us all about the sweeping changes in the '54 models, wish some of 'em would get around to such sweeping changes as going back to the clam shell fender, the spare tire mount ed on the outside where you could get at it, a hand operated choke for use on these cold mornings and a motor thai was simple enough to go on running without the aid of a million dollars worth of special equipment. After all, our clothes are going backward, colonial furniture is selling better than modern and al most everyone Is yearning for the good old days of nickel coffee, peace and quiet, low Income taxes or none at all and the ten cent schooner, so why not follow the same trend with the automobile? It is Interesting to note that very few people will rack up much blood pressure over the sad state of the world, crooked politicians or the Imminence of war, but dollar-a-pound coffee has 'em all up ' in arms and right now. Never miss the water till the well goes dry department. Of course, what with the coffee hour taking up an almost equal time witn wonting nours lately I suppose a boost in the price of a cup of Java will hit the working man pretty hard. I We'll stick to milk. The price comes down on that once in a while. They'll Do It Every Time When clavical went to the PLANT DOC FOR A YEARLY CHECKUP HE HARDLY SAID A WORD ALL DURING" By Jimmy Hatlo 1WEN HE GOT CALLED FOR uic ARMY PHYSICAL Wiy g25T SHUT HIM UP T I v J j " JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON l Every prest dent for 30 years Including Presi dent Elsenhower has blessed the Idea of making the St. Lawrence River a seaway for ocean going ehlps to travel between the Atlan tic and the Great Lakes. For a week the Senate has been debating a bill to make the United States a partner with Canada In developing such a seaway. Tills would mean deepening the channel and building some locks at a cost of 88 million dollars to this coun try, 175 millions to Canada. This issue has bounced around in Congress since the end of World War I. But whenever it came to a vote, sometimes after weeks of de bate, as it did In 1934, 1044, 1948 and 1952, the Senate voted It down. It may not do so now. In this session the House has , not yet acted, Canada, fed up waiting, finally said she would develop the sea way, with or without U. S. help. It's set to begin work by itself, if necessary. Through the years military chiefs of staff, ' the secretary of defense, the National Security Board and the National Security Resources Board have approved the idea. Elsenhower says this country should take part for the sake of national security, i This is the picture: . A watery highway 1,185 miles long stretches north from Lake On tario through the 8t Lawrence River and gulf to the Atlantic. For 114 miles the river is the boundary between the United States and Canada. Any American develop ment would be in that 114-mile stretch. The rest of the waterway is in Canada, If Congress approves, this coun try will join Canada in deepening the river channel where necessary to a minimum of 27 feet, building locks, and. charging tolls for the ships passing through. If the Unit ed States doesn't join up. Canada alone will collect the tolls, mostly from U. S. ships. Work by this country would cov er perhaps a total of 11 miles, plus the building of three locks and guard gates. Canada would do any deepening needed elsewhere, build lour locks, and widen the Welland Canal, which joins Lakes Ontario and Erie. The work would take about six years. Sen, Wiley (R-Wis), leading the Senate fight for the bill, estimates 76 per cent of U. S. merchant ships could come down' the seaway. For the rest the channel wouldn't be deep enough. The biggest of the ships which came through could go no farther west than To ledo, Ohio. Widening the Great Lakes' chan nels so such ships could travel farther west would have to wait for some other day. Meanwhile, the state of New York and the province of Ontario plan to build river power dams whether or not the United States joins Canada In developing the seaway with a capacity of 12, 600,000,000 kilowatt hours of elec tricity. This would be divided equally between New York and On. tarlo. New York could distribute Its share of the power as far east as Maine. Total cost of this pro. gram: 000 million dollars. Here are main arguments for American participation in the sea' way: ' If the United States doesn't get m on it, Canada will do it alone, and collect the tolls: the seaway would cut 1,000 miles off the open. sea route to West Europe; in case of war it wouw give tills country just that much transportation and the Great Lakes shipyards could build oceangoing ships, at least up to the size of destroyers; the Midwest would have a direct wa. ter route to the sea, meaning ome cheaper freight rates. , Supporters of the idea, besides the Elsenhower administration, in. elude farm organizations, the CIO, most rural electric cooperatives, a lot of Midwest chambers of com merce, and state federations of labor. Here are main arguments of the opponents: A 27-foot channel Is impractical because big ships can't use it: the seaway would be frozen at least four months a year; It's not neces sary, since the railroads, hauling freight to and, from the Eastern ports, can take care of Midwest shipping problems; it would quire federal funds better spent elsewhere. Main opponents of the seaway include railroads, who'd lose the business that went by ship; coal miners whose best customers are the railroads, and the big Eastern ports. ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL By KEN McLEOD SAM DAWSON NEW YORK Ml The salesman - is out to borrow tricks from any trade if that can help him make a sale in the hard-selling days ahead. And manufacturers are putting a lot more money this year into building up, and perking up, their sales forces. The actor, the teacher, the de. signer, the pollster, the research. er, and the psychologist, all are finding new jobs in industry In this area of competition. Television, the movies and the stage are lending their techniques. ' The showman sometimes is used to put the manufacturer's product across to merchants or customers. Sometimes he Is called upon to ret an Idea across to a salesmen's pep rally and these are flowering across the land as never before. And the showman is finding a new Job keeping the boys awake at trade conventions, where the speeches usually outdo the strong est sleeping pin, Producers of live shows for sales and trade conventions ex pect to total In 1964 more than the six million dollars they took in last year, according to one of them, Allan Keith. Professional actors often are mixed in with company executives and salesmen to produce dramatic sketches pointing up the right and wrong ways to sell products or services. Sales managers are taking sim ilar allows on the road to help sell autos, home appliances, food, clothing, furniture, pharmaceuti cals, cosmetics, chemicals and Insurance, and 4 Investment serv ices. This, for Instance, is the season of the big sales drives for new auto models. Some companies put on virtual road shows, where sing ers, hoofers, actors and chorus girls are supposed, somehow or other, to lead the spellbound pub lic to think that a particular make of car is the only one to buy. Manufacturers may allocate around one billion more dollars thi. year to strengthen their sales organizations, Arthur B. Dougall, president of the market manage ment firm of Stewart, Dougall & Associates, says a survey shows individual firms are planning to spend from $25,000 to $200,000 more this year.. Forouk Balks At Alimony Demon . CAIRO, Egypt WV-KUir Far- ouk's attorney said today the for mer Egyptian monarch Is ready to give his wife Narrlman a div orce but Is balking at her terms. They include a demand for 5,000 pounds ($14,350) monthly alimony. For the second time in four weeks a Moslem court in the Cairo suburb of Hellopolls agreed to post pone a hearing on the ex-queen's divorce plea while both sides dis cuss "an amicable settlement." The designers of the sewage plant for Klamath Falls which was built back in 1929 are charged in the present Cunningham report as giv ing little thought to "long range planning." Now it would be ideal if a community could be visualized in its completeness and before an individual moved upon the prop erty, everything would have been decided. The stores will go here, the. city building there, factories, homes, schools, .parks every thing that goes to make up an ur ban civilization. The sewer system would be established, streets and sidewalks properly constructed, wa ter mains, storm sewers, electric power and telephone facilities all placed in their proper , position before the gates were opened and the people allowed to flock In. That type of community develop ment would apparantly be an ideal arrangement and in a few cases It has been accomplished, however, I am quite certain that the people who settled such Utopias are find ing themselves faced with thg same, problems that beset a community that merely grew like topsy. In spite of all the wonderful storage-1, house of knowledge our experts may acquire they still are hot equipped with the gift, the ancients assumed must be held iby a seventh son of a seventh son. When the sewage plant was built for the city of 1929 the experts had to start with something that was already in existence and add on to it the necessary equipment that Is required for a modern sewage handling system. That Is the prob lem which faces the designer who approaches the community sewage problem of today just as it did the designers who worked a quarter of a century ago. In 1946 we have a similar prob lem appearing upon the scene when the Federal Public Housing Ad ministration moved into the local picture and added the present sewage plant now spoken of as the Mills Addition unit. The federal planners, took the problem as is and built their unit to handle their particular problem without giving any consideration towards future expansion. This plant was built with a capacity of 700,000 gollons per day. The city, now has sew age treating capacity for 3.200,000 gallons when we combine the fig ures of both the west side and east side units. Cunningham.' reports that these plants operate with a sixty per cent overload, in other words, we are attempting to shove '6,120,000 gal lons of sewage through a system that was designed to handle 3,200,- 000 gallons do we think that we are doing a good Job of living up to our responsibility as a leading community? No! It is far better that we do not think at all. I wonder how long will we be able to go on not thinking at air? Within our city we face a prob lem mat Becomes more serious day by day for it never can become bet. ter. No one desires to talk about sewage matters, its a foul smell ing business and unfortunately wrapped up in a packago of poll. tical dynamite so iar as any of our city fathers are concerned and some have taken a lot of criticism with out a murrner. Condrey was example, the jibes he took over what his fellow workmen christened "Condrey's Spring," the foul smell- ing over loaded effluent of the Mills sewage unit. Ts it the task of our city offi cials to take the lead In the pollu tion problem? I think not, for sure ly any such leadership would be immediately viewed with suspicion and charged with politics, the lead er would be suspect with seeking a silver lining for his own pocket. When we deal with the pollution problem of the community, so long as . the people . depend upon "George" to do the tasks, the task is never done. It is only when the community begins to say, 'Why don't we do something about it?"' that action actually begins to take place. There is no blueprint for com munity action.' Every town Is dif ferent, with different needs, re sources, leaders and citizens. But there are a few general principles which work In every case. The more important one is widespread par ticipation. The more people who play an active port in planning and carrying out a project, the succeed. The problem of water pollution control is mode to order for this kind of participation. Everybody hos a stake in clean water. The towns which act upon their pollu tion problem have included every bndv urjon their program: adults and young people, leaders and plain citizens, men's groups 'and wom en's groups. Each group has some thing to gain from clean waters and each group has some special contribution to moke. THE DOCTOR SAYS By EDWIN P. JORDANt M.D. Mrs. S, writes that she has glaucoma, according to her doc tors, and wants to know what may happen If It is not treated since she has no pain and therefore hesitates to have anything done. Apparently, from what little Mrs. S. says, her glaucoma is in an ear v stage, but me snouid cer. lainly not allow the absence of pain or other symptoms to interfere with the treatment which she needs. If she Ignores it, she may be courting disaster. Glaucoma is one of the most serious diseases of the eyes, and is believed to be responsible for the blindness of at least 20,000 persons In the United states alone, and the loss of vision in one eye of per haps 150,000 more. But this Is' not the whole story Information Lack Told By, Air Unit .DANVILLE, Va. W The voice at the other end of the telephone line asked haltingly: "Can you tell me who Is the secretary 01 me Air Force?" A reporter at the Danville Reg ister newspaper office gave the name: Harold E. Tawott, then as a matter of lwbit ne asked wno was calling. This is the Air Force recruiting station." an embarrassed voice said. "Somebody phoned us about it and we weren't sure." QUIZ NEW YORK Mn The Civil Aero- nautlcs Administration says that in the next few days it will an nounce its decision on charges that television star Arthur Godfrey in tentionally "buzzed" the Teter- boro, N. J. airport control tower. Godfrey visited the CAA yester day and made a statement of the incident. He has said that a strong cross- wind caused his plane to veer to ward tht tower. because most of this could have been prevented If diognosis had been mode early and treatment started promptly. There are med icines available which are extreme ly effective in most cases of acute glaucoma. Sometimes an operation is necessory to preserve sight. All make new channels for the drain, age of the eye fluids. An acute attack usually begins with severe pain in one eye, slight swelling of the eyelids with water ing of the eye and infection of the eyeball which looks like a gen eral Inflammation of the eye. There is, of course, considerable loss of vision and an Increased hardness of the eyeball can usually be easily felt. The pain is severe and often is felt all through the head. The hardness of the eye Is caused by blockage of the flow of fluids within the eye so that liquid accumulates in the eyeball. Because of Its great danger to sight, glaucoma Is a disease which must not be neglected. Each pa tient must have the special care which his or her particular case demands. Failure to follow advice or to continue conscientiously with the medicines or other treatments recommended may result in blind ness. All are agreed that early diagnosis and prompt treatment are of the utmost importance. Kidney Slow-Down May Bring Restless Nights When ktdnrr function tlowa down, mint folk complain of nitjflni btcktch, heart chea, dllne ant lota of p?p and nriry. Don't Buffer rratleM nights with these dirt, com fort 11 If reduced kidney function ii veU tins you down due to aueh common cnuiea M stress and strain, over-exertion or txpo aura to cold. Minor bladder irritations dua to cold or wrong diet may cauaa ftttint up Sights or frequent pasingei. Don't neglect your kidneys If then conttt Hons bother youJTry Doan'a Filln-a mild di uretic. It's tmuni how many times Doan'a jrfva happy relief from these discomforts help the 1ft miles of kidney tube and Altera fluih out waste. Ask for new, large, economy aiu and aava money. Gtt Doan'a Pills todayl Square Dance Kewsnotes By CLAIRE ELLIS A right hand star on the side of town Back with the left as you- come down. Head ladies chain across the ring Once and a half with a pigeon wing. To the other side in front of your mate Push her home before it's 'too late. We read with more than a slight twinge of envy of a trip taken In December by Bob and Ginger Os good. Osgood Is the editor of "Sets in Order," a square dance maga zine. The Osgoods traveled to Aru ba in the Dutch West Indies, just off the coast of Venezuela in SAith America, Bob and Ginger report the enthusiasm was magnificent and the hospitality second to none, just what we have been saying all along about square dancers every where. Prom San Diego we learn that in January of 1953, Ray Lanto started a beginner class of members from Alcoholics Anonymous. Hay do nates his time every Sunday after noon and has had the satisfaction of seeing this group gorw in size and enthusiasm. We feel there is a need for square dance activity with handi capped groups and would like to hear of any program or project of this type under way in our com munity. Lodge groups throughout the state are to be commended for their promotion of square and round dancing among school chil dren. We note, that the Grants. Pass Elks Club has sponsored an am bitious teen-age program of week ly square dances. The women of the Moose in Merrill are sponsor ing weekly folk and square danc es for grade school children every Thursday evening in the Merrill Moose Hall. Pairhaven Parents and Patrons club are sponsoring dances for seventh anu eieaui graders every Tuesday evening in the gym at Pairhaven school. Par ents are invited to participate in these sessions if they are interest ed. - There Is square dancing every week at the YMCA; on the first and third Fridays and second and fourth Saturdays. The first Friday of the month continues as family night as it has in the past. Fam ily fun is the keynote of the pro gram With supervised entertain ment lor young children and square dancing for everyone be ginning at 8 p.m. These dances are for beginners and the public is cordially invited to participate. Bill May hew, and Otto Ellis are callers for this program. Dancers at Bonanza are still go- Two-A-Day Mail Delivery Plan Gets Boosts, But Postmaster Pessimistic By JOE HALL WASHINGTON I A council set up to advise the senate Post Of fice Committee has given a boost Committee has given a boostice to restoration of two home mall deliveries a day, but Postmaster General Summerfield says the group's report "obscures the facts." The council report, made pub lic last night, contained 28 rec ommendations. The two-a-day de livery plan was not specifically among them, but some members said the proposal deserved 'care ful study." Summerfield, commenting that the report was "withheld from us until today," said in a statement that the "entire tenor and fabric . . . tries to justify further inaction and delay on postal rate increases for an indefinite period." He added that it was ridiculous to contend, as the group did, that "hundreds of millions of dollars" could be saved In the department through economies and efficien cies. Sen. Carlson (R-Kan), who is chairman of the Senate commit tee and also headed the advisory council, said the committee would go to work promptly on the coun cil's suggestions, which, he said, would result In large savings if put into effect. The council recommended that postal rate increases should be considered at once by Congress, but should be kept at a minimum until modernization of post office practices showed what savings could be made. It took no position on the pro posal of president Eisenhower for a 240-million-dollar boost in postal rates to cut into the Post Office Department's big deficit. The deficit is estimated at 440 million dollars for the current fi nancial year; it was about 640 mil lion last year. Some of the re duction is the result of such book keeping devices as shifting the cost of airmail subsidies-out of the post office. Also, some rates have been raised. The council Indicated strongly that any boosts should come in the letter mail (first class) rate. The bill supported by Eisenhower would Increase the letter rate from 3 to 4 cents. The council said rates on news papers and magazines have been hiked 30 per cent In the last three years, rates on advertising circu lars have gone up 50 per cent since 1948, and parcel post rates have soared 100 per cent since 1048. The two-deliveries-a-day propos al was made by a personnel con ing strong every Wednesday eve ning in the Bonanza grade school gym. They have a new caller for the balance of the year, it is Bill Mayhew. Otto Ellis was sorry not to be able to continue calling but the press of evening paper assign ments made it impossible. The Eagles are dancing every other Friday in the Eagles Hall with B. M. Antle calling. The next dance will be this Friday, Jan, 22, the next Feb. 5, etc. An enthusiastic crowd of clamor ous, high-spirited hoedowners filled the Armory Saturday night to swell the March of Dimes drive by $350.00. Callers and dancers band ed together to put on one of the liveliest Jamborees we have attend ed in years. Charlie MeFarlan and Bill Grimes of the KFLW staff put on the half hour broadcast from the Armory and volunteers Eva Cook. Beulah Elliott, Nell Stewart and Pat Pieck assisted at the door and check stand. Dick Gallagher, March of Dimes campaign chair man, thanked the group for their wonderful cooperation and pro nounced the project a huge success. ference of postal group spokesmen conducted by the council as a part of Its study. The conference held that Amer icans cannot get good mail serv ice with one daily delivery, that delays of more than 24 hours are common under the plan, and that the Post Office Department esti mate of an 80-milllon-dollar annual cost to restore two deliveries is far too high. The 10 members on the council besides Carlson were all private citizens, Including representatives of each class of mail user. Summerfield said that since the advisory council "has confused the issue by Its fallacious reasoning," the department will present Us own financial plan and recommen dations to the Senate later this month. Highlights In Congress: WASHINGTON W Chairman Aiken (R-Vt) of the Senate Agri culture Committee moves to put off a showdown . on the disputed flexible farm price support plan by saying he won't seek a' vote on It until around March 1. Secretary of Agriculture Benson, who wants a sliding scale for most major federal price props, goes be fore the senators for the second day in a row. But a numoer u committee members both Demo crats and Republicans favor keep ing the present rigid, high-level support system. Health 1 President Elsenhow er's health message to Congress brings both praise and criticism from some interested legislators. Others offer a "no comment" pending further details. The House Commerce Committee, continuing lengthy hearings on the subject, gets testimony Irom CIO President Walter Reuther. Seaway The Senate fight over a bill to allow the United States to join Canada in building a St. Lawrence seaway nears a climax. The Senate has voted against the seaway four times over the past 20 years, but this time both sup porters and opponents say it may pass. The House must still act. Statehood Another oft-debated issue, statehood for Hawaii, comes up for a vote in the Senate Interior Committee. . Bricker amendment Senate GOP strategists huddle over a new proposed substitute for a constitu tional amendment to limit treaty making powers. Senate Republi can Leader Knowland of California voices hope it will prove an ac ceptable compromise to backers of both Sen. Bricker (R-Ohio) and President Eisenhower. TUESDAYJAKmt,,. WASHINGTojuT the days 0f the IS to talk over wob2 their marble bath, was a prlviie,,. , ?J"xury tht t then? ?H "'""constituent, n, k ,ir the Roman man'fS, mutter enviouslv a Why should Seni and his pals .? the taxpayer'! '. have to patronize . S i the riffraff?" '""""let,; IMS may be th Baby Left In Car, To Thief's Loss EVANSVILLE, Ind. W Some body drove Donald Gregory's car off last night just after he had put his 5-month-old daughter Donna Faye in the back seat. Stepping outside the door for a second trip to the car with Cheryl Jean, 2'2, he saw the driver speed around the corner. Within a few minutes, police found the car abandoned, only five blocks away. Donna Faye was safe and still happy. saying that ' origin in hot water." "'"""n 1 Be that as It of practically even . Rome have manS. private baths where tk.' etiy discuss publin 7:1 their t ssubs i. J.. erhood of dlffnitu .!? y ' defies differences of guage, and politics. .""i ' ao as the n. atora d d. whn .T l ago. .WdaSM vate marble baths, ffj doesn't brae about .:A senators are h... about mentioning Iff plumbing privilege JZ, thev hiv. th.i. m poo . r N I discovered the marble - walled senator;,, when I asked how th. .w". men managed to keen J f t for their Mhoi-H-?..) In nvo- . h ;r,"'at nrettv wnm-lncr 1 "They -go to the baths dU veteran cottfuJ here. When I expressed 3 twin iujueu; "Why. you couldn't ... That is one place wh.r. want to be alone, and SI very .jealous of this privtjj piquea me is, I payer. If Mr. and Mrs. permit people to wander (I me wnite Mouse, why ta mn.i. tt ueen at atorlal baths. Darttanim. promised to brine mv J. and not leave the hot wJ Easier said than finally made it after min. four channels, three t,3 and piercing two Iron Piml vei utii uujeuuon. I pushed swinging door in the Sean, ouuaing mat said "for only" nnd stood at last m sanctum sanctorum. - Frankly, I was dlsappoiattt mysterious baths consisted J some old-fashioned MarbleJ bathing ohambers, a smtlll room, a way gym with maching and a mechanici! There also was a handbill and a swimming pool haw onniicrVi tn iifiinmrniulnlii . J medium sized Great Dane I Two unadorned senates idly toweling themselves I didn't recognize, them. & without their spectacles e pretty much alike. I started to ask an' at what kind of exercises the s favored, hut he was relut talk. I couldn't even find out er ithey had a special ladit for Sen, Margaret Chase Si Maine. Later an old hand atom capital told me: "The reason for all the is that the senators ate I about letting the voters evenl they have free baths. Actuit recent years, most senator! i n't bothered to use the placet But a few old retired show up regularly to talk m mistakes McKinley and W Wilson made." My reaction after steins baths was that a Roman a would be ashamed of them, that we are lucky to haven: a bunch of senators as ft I But if I were a senaiore the first things I'd do is lain a bill to tear out all that an plumbing and put in a gjmiH as good as the one you W average public high school. Newberry's Slashes Prices an Wanted Quality Items All Over the Store! It's Your Chanttf to Save Like I rou Never $4 Before! hWl Ladies First Quality 51 Gauge, 15 Denier 3 Pairs to the Customer Nylon Hose - 57 Reg. 39c lb. Light and Dark Chocolates 23 Regular $1.59 and $1.39 FLANNEL . ( Sleepers how s1 While they Last-Boys FLANNEL Shirts Values to $1.49 Now l 01 White Unhemmed 4 for Dish Towels I00 Full Size PLASTIC Garment lag $1
