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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1954)
j.MiAhY 2d. IMS HifiRAii) ANU NKWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OKKUUN PAGE FIVE II U5-. M A 15 1 3fy mppn J ' f J "if . Vi It i- in Hp SSfcSB 1 1 - i&J ii .ffhmi ' itjf " i;.-.;it IT TAKES A LOT OF EQUIPMENT to run Weyer- haeuser's new hardboard plant here. These pictures show a little of the huge, multi-million dollar plant and mpse of the linisned product as well as the men aid women who produce the new wonder board. Here have: (1) These Asplund defibrators reduce white chips into fiber which is processed into hardboard. Shown with the rigs are (right) Dale' Alter and Sam Raymond. (2) John Singleton (left) is shown here hold ing a handful of fir chips, frorruwhich comes the fin ished hardboard, being shown by Ed Sample. On the table in front of the men is a pile of fiber which is pro cessed from the chips and then pressed into the hard hoard product. The machine in the background is another of the defibrators. (3) The' heaviest piece ot mthinery m the plant is this 661,925 lb. press. (4) ham ate of the finished hardboard product are shown here 1 John Crosby, chief of the product engineering sec 6111 at Lonsview. and Mrs. Marianne Risk. Samples itar how hardboard mav be perforated, bent and die rat. (5) This log splitter can handle a white fir stick up ti ' -.ZtrnT ,4 1 .iij Ii V lit .-1 to two feet in diameter. Logs are split before going to the chipper room. (6) John Crosby and Jim Rogers give a hand to Longview's Alice Dewar as she demonstrates the strength of the finished product. (7) The big bosses of the Klamath Falls, plant are Hugh Campbell' (right) manager of the Klamath Falls WTC branch, and John G. Robinson, hardboard plant superintendent. (8) Stand ing in a room paneled with hardboard while they talk over the new job are Wendell Huettl, assistant sales manager at Klamath Falls and Janice Foster, a steno grapher in the general office. ner Of 'Aquatots' Held Guilty In Death Of Diver IAM, Fla. W-Russell G. Ton. . task? father of the child lng stars, "The Aquatots," H years In prison for man er In connection with the M5.year.old daughter Kathy. a former coast Guards I itawed no emotion when a a J"! found him Kullty" yes T nor ven Criminal Court H Ben c. Wlllard sentenced 10 years at hard labor. Mt take the stand, tase Atty. Louis Jepeway nice of appeal and Tongay's I ns set at $5,000. Tongay i bond and was released, i Jury deliberated 54 minutes 1 retumino. He i,awHt r m toe state's contention' that TOius daughter to her fiman Faroe 1 ! uvv4 M Charges "lETON, Colo, if, John 3J, a seaman from Monday was convlct- pe but acquitted ot a mur in the death of Mrs. 0n. 31, Denver. 0U died last Sept. 20 on (& tBble at an EnK'e-k2.1- ?l,ore she dled she X h escort of the "We had beaten and raped I' Was arrested some time fc JS?" C"y and accused hit l IfM v. ' ncver. a witness iVi . " oi'unger man Lf'i" the "ottle indicated. ? da.t se of luu C "uca'nec could Si E5? w iMt- Mi, r" y was Presented E;..?8" cleared of h Monda7.ge " " "re0ted Iie nix, . ,raPronment nm conviction, "iber Plnn L1 the p."T,.Ar! p'- b ..4 P'aM hero ts,..j... to ".r?d nd that Ih.v death by forcing her to dive from a 33-foot tower. Mrs. Betty Tongay, slender blonde schoolteacher and mother of the Aquatots, took the stand to describe Kathy's illness and death. She also testified that Tongay was a good father and said she was "verv. hatrov' with his efforts to make swimming stars of Kathy ana ner Drawer sudds, b. Kathy and Bubba received wide publicity in 1051 when they went to England following the father's announcement they would attempt to swim the English Channel. Brit ish and French authorities refused to allow it. Later, the: children made several film shorts and appeared in a mo tion picture with Esther Williams. Asst. County Solicitor A. C. Dressier-told the Jury that Tongay drove his children until they per formed like .automatons and said his motive was "pure selfish gain." Jepeway contended the state did not prove that a dive was the cause of death. . Water Service To Town Okay ST. HELENS W Water servipe to this Columbia River town was fully restored early Tuesday and residents heaved a sigh of relief that there had been no serious fires. The threat of fire without an adequate water supply has been the principal concern of city offi cials. The main water pipe line from Salmonberry Dam, 12 miles west, was snapped by a landslide Saturday. - . The break was discovered Sun day when the town's main reser voir ran drv. An auxiliary well system and smaller reservoir supplied some water but there was not enough pressure to carry it to the higher half of the city. Carson To Air n Political Plans ! PORTLAND lid Joseph K Carson Jr. will announce in a radio and television broadcast Feb. 14 whether or not he will be a Demo cratic candidate for governor in the nrlmnrv election this May. - Carson, a former mayor of Port land, announced plans for the- Droadcasl Monday. Me retnrneri to Portland some time ago after serving from 1047 to 1950 as a member of the u. s. Maritime Commission. Dr. Victor Calderin, who per formed the autopsy on Kathy, said her body was a mass of bruises and that the cause of death was peritonitis brought on by an in testinal rupture. He said a bad dive from 33 feet or any violent blow to the back or stomach could have caused the rupture. , Kathy died last May. She was the second Tongay child to die a violent death. Russell Jr. died In convulsions in 1045 at the age of 18 months. An autopsy showed his death was caused by a hemor rhage brought on by a head injury and an Inquest was held but no charges were filed. L 4 ffiv-M i f'i'ffisifttii i .yi ' ' ' I I tsss - or i' ci. safe ?, 1W'r-v CAJ UP Train Jumps Tracks WALLACE, Idaho (JPt A Union Pacific passongeV train coming in from Spokane Jumped the tracks at 30 miles an hour Sunday. Two trainmen were slightly injured and seven passengers shaken up. The locomotive ran into a snow bank and turned over on its side. Silverton Has Lengthy Problem WASHINGTON 11 Silverton, Ore., can get a special postmark If it only can come up with snorter wording for a cancellation. Rep. Noi'blad (R-Oro) announced Tuesday Post Office approval of a special postal cancellation- 10 commemorate Sllverton's lOOLh an niversary. Silvcrton's Post Office could use the postmark lor six months starting Feb. 15. But the assistant postmaster general, N. R. Abrams, said the Silverton Chamber of Commerce proposed too many words for the cancellation: "Silverton Ore Cen tennial 1854-1954 Ccleb.-?.l!ou Au gust 4.5,6,7,8." That's too long to fit legibly on the die hub of a cancelling ma chine, Abrams said. He promised a die hub would be ordered when Silverton Chamber of Commerce president R. A. Epenetcr supplies a shorter slogan. Engineer Charles W. McCabe and . William G, Bozarth, the fireman, were, trapped for a time but es caped in a cloud of hissing steam with minor Injuries'. Three other crew members were shaken up. The two passenger cars, a mail and baggage car left the tracks but remained upright. The track was torn up for more than 100 feet. A broken rail was blamed, The derailment occurred In tha west city yards. ' . The Northern Pacific freight lln ' east of here has been stalled since Jan. 16 when a steam engine push Ing a rotary plow through heavy snow jumped the tracks. The rota ry plow trying to get it put was derailed Baturday. . MEMBERS OF THE KLAMATH INDIAN TRIBAL COUNCIL and government officials attending the Council meeting at Klamath Agency January 14 include (1 to r) Boyd Jack son Sr., George La Vatta, E. J. Diehl, Assistant Commission er of Indian Affairs, Lee Langan, Seldon Kirk, Delford Lang, Dibbon Cook, Harvey Wright, personal representa tive of Oregon's Governor Patterson; E. Morgan Price and Wade Crawford. , Mountain States Power Co. Gains PORTLAND im A net Income of II, 825.497 (or the fiscal year ending Nov. 30 was reported Satur day by the Mountain States Power po. That Is a slight gain over the previous venr when the net Income was 11.601,578, A. W. Trimble of Albany, president of the firm, reported. He said good water conditions this auiumn and reduced power purchase costs were responsible. Mountain States soon may be merged with Pacific Power and Light Co. of Portland. Shareholders of the two firms are to vote March 12 on the merger plan. Friend Of Stalin Gets Italian Post romu: tin Russia announced of. flclally last night that Mikhail Kostilev, reportedly a former friend of Joseph Stalin and exe cuted Soviet police boss Lavrenty P. Beria, has been recalled as ambassador to Italy. . ' A Russian Embassy spokesman confirmed as "official" reports by diplomatic sources that Kostilev would be replaced by Aiexanoer Bogomolov, former envoy to Czech oslovakia. , Search On For Rape Slayer LEVTTTOWN, Pa. Ifl A search for the brutal rnpe-slayer of 15-ycar-old Marta Gibbons became a matter of methodical police work today. Marta's scmlaude body was found on an isolated 'lakeshore sec tion yesterday a mile from her home in the fast-growing city of Levittown. She had been beaten and shot through the head. . . About the only thing police had to go on were automobile tire tracks found near the scene of the slaying on a lover's lane. Police believe the tracks were made by the murderer's car. Marta vanished from her home Friday night while her parent were away.
