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Frtoe Five Ccnla18 Page . -r , ,, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY it, 1954 . . , - Telephona till i N. nu .
Tells Tale
On Charges
lun WARREN REECE, a father and son team,
'capped by the roving photographer this morning
jfiemont Grocery on Nevada. ,
Iis
Government
Topples In
, FRANK JENKINS ., V
nm Berlin:
(teittendlr the Berlin for-J
isters coaierence say n-ua-t
U Western Big Three
jrtuln, prance) re dead-
Ejtei any hPe com"
plans (or creation of
lU-Oerman government,
em powers are pictured
U In IRON DETERMINA
t to yield on their demand
oniay-iide free elections
otiiiil ltrst step toward a
Hirament. ' ' ' '
fe (because she knows she'd
I FREE election) firmly
Vi!ny suca plan. ;
M d looks like a case of
mlstible force meeting: the
itk tody, doesn't it?
cft't be surprised, though,
I dses ire bluffing a bit, .
bi jelln conference? --M
iflitnat it's.neariy-ai-
lii sucfi -situations '' to'
Hi than to start shooting.
I threatening saloon
tithe days of the Old West
tt materialize as long as
My lent talking no matter
Ml.
ifat somebody FULLED A
I table. started then and
Iwilly flowed. -:
fs not Ret too cynical about
est in Berlin.
I b sworn into office to-
fcrhb unanimous re-election
I Yugoslav parliament the
to. Bis first act was to
nual rights for all.
We you noticed that
ad his vice-president a
"fccr, for departing ever, so
lnm the Tito version of
"moist line. Tito has some
Jm. but he's a DICTATOR.
re always dangerous.
ptara for the moment from
Battle of Berlin to the
Iwte Battle of the Skirt-
te morning that skirts will
r me tnee and that mi
Jllne is EXPECTED TO
jsii () mil
5 e can find reassurance
! Ballad of East and
jfct Is East, and West
Fe twain shall meet,
L , and Sky stand
I1 Prat Judgment Seat."
! Bke East biih x.
Wrtilneswm never meet
I1 ffreat Hntf
fte Dumping
d Asked
Members of the
ten. T: Potato
iIwm T' aaim".
uwell Kenyon. W.
,TS In toe in.
Kt'.,?te Potatoes.
f 'o,-.lr1'e1 Publl:
Poliii to lutu"
three case,
determln,
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-uui a Asia,
Italy Again
ROME (SI Amlntore Panfa'nl's
11 day-old Christian Democrat
government .fell - Saturday, open
ing a new Italian political crisis.
The government, Italy's third in
six months, was toppled, when the
chamber ' of ' demities refused to
give Fanfani a vote of confidence.
The vote against nlm was 303 to
Communists.'' fellow-traveling
Socialists; Monarchists, Neo-Pasc-lsts,-
pro-Western Democratic So
cialists -sntKeven one of hi own
Christian DeVoorats combined to
defeat the 46Vear-old premier.
Only the Christian Democrats,
save one trade union member of
the party, and the Republican par
ty, with live votes, stood ny Iran
ian! and his ambitious program
of anti-Communism and social re
form The Liberal party,.-a; small
oenter group , with- U nvotes, - b"
Stubby, balding Fanfani stained
out of the' chamber Immediately
after the vote and announced he
was going1 to lunch. Later he is
scheduled to go to Italian presiaeni
Luigl Einaudi to submit jus ior,
mal resifirnatlon. v , '
Already plans, were lain - ior
starting the now-familiar process
by which Italy searcnes ior a new
start his round of consultations to
government. Monday Einaudi will
find the next premier.
And already the Christian Den
ocrat press was pointing to a
strong contender:, Alcide de Oa
perl, the lean old statesman who
guided Italy through eignt years
of stable government after the
war urftil last June's shattering
elections.
These cost De Oasperi and his
Christian Democrats nearly two
million votes.- greatly Increased
the strength of the- left, and right
in parliament and broke" up the
lour-party coalition wrucn ve uas-
perl had welded,
Fanfani lashed out bitterly at
tho Communists and pro-Commu.
nists in the final debate, calling
Communist- leader Palmiro Togil.
atti and pro-Communist Socialist
leader Pietro Nenni- "Volga stur
geons."
Just before the-vote he cried:
"I will thank Ood If parliament
frees me of .this cross which
have had to' shoulder. - ; .
By LYLE ..DOWNING
District Attorney Frank Alder-
son issued a statement Saturdav ex
plaining why he signed a complaint
cnarging Paula Benton with operat
ing- a bawdyhouse.
The district attorney claims that
the Benton woman operated a house
of prostitution at 848 -Spring St.
where on January 8 a city police
man fatally .wounried . a. gunman
who was reported to have narticl-
pated In- a holdup there.
Edwin coyle. 38. Portland., the
alleged robber, was killed and his
alleged partner, Raymond J. Bodl-
net, 31, is held on an armed rob
bery-charge. , - ...
In explaining his action in -slim
ing a complaint against the Benton
woman, Alderson sald:'
"Some people are wondering why
signed the complaint as district
attorney. -.
A short time after the holdun
investigation' was concluded and
after I had determined there was
sufficient evidence for the bawdy
house charge, I contacted the chief
of police and discussed the matter
with him.
I asked him if he would be
willing to sign a bawdyhouse com
plaint and he said he would think
over. I contacted the chief ot
police again and asked him If he
had decided to sign such a com
plaint. He stated he had decided
he would not sign al complaint at
this tlrrfe. ,-, . i
'I then consulted with the sher
iff about signing a complaint and
the sheriff said he felt he did not
have sufficient information of
his own to justify him signing such
a compiamb. X eii pruimiiiy was
mainly a city police matter..
My position regarding the en
forcement ot the anti-vice and antl-
gambltng criminal statutes . re
mains the same.'' ' i N i,
It was revealedMhat -Miss Ben-1
tonVwho hasr ho't yet been appre
hended on the bawdyhouse charge,
also has been subpoenaed as a pro
secution witness-against- Bodlnet.
He Is slated for a preliminary
bearing on the robbery charge
next Thursday in District judge
. E. van Vector's court. t
Also subpoenaed as a witness by
Alderson Is Elizabeth Caldwell,
Negro maid, lit the Spring street
address. .
Durum Wheat
Allotments Up
WASHINGTON m President
Eisenhower signed an agriculture
bill Saturday which will permit
the secretary of agriculture to in
crease the acreage allotments for
durum wneat.
This wheat is used in the manu
facture of macaroni, noodles and
spaghetti and is in short supply.
sen. Young (R-ND) said In sen.
ate debate on the measure that
there la a very serious shortage
of durum wheat and that it was
selling at about $4 a bushel.
I he main part of the bill dealt
with cotton. It fixed the 1954 na
tional cotton acreage allotment at
01,378,343 acres..-.
FIRST
Freddie the Frightened Fish
made a claim to fame Friday
forenoon. His name -has been
officially entered as the - first
participant at ' Klamath Falls
Municipal Swimming Fool.
The minute minnow apparent
ly tried an aerial attack on
the pool, with the aid of a ser
vile seagull who conducted
"operation drop' At any rate
the little swimmer is out to
prove the merlU of the new
pool, long before swimmers are
officially allowed..
His life has been spared since
m winter, no parleying; agent is
added to the water which would
kill bacteria, plant or animal
life. Warm water is circulated
through the . pool to . prevent
Pipes front freeilnr, and
through this , water circulates
Freddie. . .
42 Feared
Dead Alter
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CAIRO,. Sgypt W ' A Cairo
Alexandria passenger train, speed
tag through KafrEIZayat station
Saturday, rammed into a big
crowd which had Invaded the
tracks to cheer President Moham
med Naguib in another train.
First press- dispatches said 43 per
sons were killed and scores in
jured. " "
Kafr El Zayat is a town of about -21,000
population on 'the Rosetta
branch of the Nile aprnxlmately
midway between Cairo and Alex
andria.' - : .- . :
Dispatches gave the following
account of the accident:
Naguib, in the presidential train,
arrived at Kafr El Zayat enroute
to the tiny vUlage of Kalib Iblar,
which was heavily: damaged by
fire Friday.
As the presidential train stopped
In the station a big crowd massed
to cheer - Naguib. . The crowd in
vaded the tracks, unaware an ex
press train was. due. It was not
scheduled to stop at Kafr El Zay
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'The crowd's cheers and shouts
covered the poise of the approach
ing train, which hit people on the
tracks before being able to stop.
Ski Report On
Poor Side
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Skiing conditions reported by the
Weather Bureau:
Mt. Hood area Partly sunny
Sunday: visibility good: daytime
temperature near 36, Government
Camp near 45; southwesterly wind
5-15; snow depth at Timberllne 184
Inches, none new; breakable crust;
skiing fair; all tows operating.
Santiam and Willamette Pass
Partly sunny Sunday; good visibil-
iltv:, davtime temperature o ae-.
grees; southwesterly winas o-io.,
crater Lane raruy sunny oun.
day; good visibility; daytime tem
perature slightly above freezing;
southwesterly wind o-io.
A COWBOY BREAKFAST AT THE CRACK OF DAWN on '
Monday will launch the Klamath County YMCA'S adult -membership
drive with the group above spearheading the1
move to sign up 250 adult members. From left to right
the roundup crew are Earl Kent, Bar-B-Cue; Res Dye,
Y-4-U: Harrel Creasy; the boss of the roundup; George
Proctor, Y-Bar-Uj Eric Carlson, ' Circle-Y Frank Michel-
son is doss ot tne Y-4-u. The ranchers will compete to see
who. fills his corral first,; with a hew member counting x
mustang and a dollar being worth a dogie. ' , ; - -
Cp!d 7c:!:ed
hi Prospect
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Another cold weekend was the
outlook for most of the Midwest
as fresh blasts of Arctic air from
northwestern Canada moved , Into
the north-central .states.-, i r
denerally. fair weather,- with
temperatures around seasonal' lev
els, prevailed in mosi' oiner sec
tions, of the country. - -Below
zero temperatures were
forecast for most of the northern
plains and north central: states
Saturday night. ,' ;'
It was -sub-zero weather again
Saturday In northern sections of
Minnesota and North Dakota, it
also was cold in the North Atlantic
coastal states. One of the lowest
readings was -. -13 ' at Caribou,
Maine, about the' same mark as
in Grand Forks, N.D., and Inter
national Falls, Minn.
Ram diminished ' along, the Pa
cific Coast states. There were light
showers in- East Texas and the
lower Mississippi . Valley. Light
snow feU in sections of Montana
and Wyoming with flurries report
ed In Michigan and southeastward
Into the Pennsylvania mountain
region. . ; (
"Critf er , Of Coqan
township" Sought; Safari
Plunges Into Pennsy Wilds
WILLIAMSPORT,.' Fa. tffl - A
safari of 800 hunters, aided by
airplanes and a Red Cross mobile
unit, set out today to track dAwn
the mysterious - "critter of Cogan
House township."
The "critter" is i Relieved to be
either a black panther,, a mountain
lion or a large- bob cat. It has
been frightening game, away from
the popular hunting area on heav
ily wooded Bobst Mountain, 20
miles northwest of here.
The mammoth hunt, was organ
ized this week when local sports
men's clubs put up a $300 prize
for the person who bags the elu
sive beat. And some lucky dog who
catches the scent of the "critter"
gets 100 pounds of dog food as its
reward. ' -'
Prizes ' were 'alsoavauable for
anyone bagging a bob cat or fox.
. At least three airplanes were vol
unteered to aid in seeking out the
animal whose tracks were seen on
Bobst Mountain 10 days- ago. - A
pack of 50 dogs was Included In
the hunting party. i
A fully-equipped Red Cross mo
bile unit was on hand In case of
injuries. - :
Amnesia Victim Recovers Following Car-
Truck Crash Near Bonanza;, Home Again
The lure of a rare big game
hunt brought hunters to the scene
from, a -wide. area. vBut- they had
very little to go on as to what they
Were searching fori
Though the animal has been only
sketchliy- described by a few resi
dents who--claim to have seen-it,
the hunt is deadly serious busi
ness. Chairman of the expedition
is President Judge Charles Scott
Williams, of the Lycoming County
court. -
Headquarters for the safari Into
the northern Pennsylvania wilds
were set up at a turkey farm atop
Stem Valley Mountain on Rt. 15.
; files.
' SALEM l) George F-' Rake
straw, Redmond Republican, filed
his candidacy Friday" for district
attorney of Deschutes County.
YMCA to tioia :
Open House ' '
The YMCA will conduct open
house Sunday from 13:30 to 2:30 to
give those who; have not yet had
It an opportunity to visit the V, lo
cated at .733 Pine. - '
: Coffee and tea will be, served by
members; of the Y's women's or
ganization under-, the . chairman
ship ..of Mrs. James Pinniger.
The entire building will be open
for.' inspection in--recogniUon-. of
national YMCA week.
French Blast
Rebel Ranks
HANOI, - Indochina Un Artillery
and air attacks, including napalm
bombs, blasted "hundreds" of Vlet
minh 'rebels spotted today north ;
of Dien. Blen . Phu, -the French
fortress stronghold in northwestern,
Indochina. The French 'Command ;
claimed "many" killed and-wound.
ed among the. Communist-led reb
eis -vitnout giving specula figures. ,
me rrencn, iiring- lab-muiimeter
guns, centered a. barrage upon the
Vletmlnh spotted by a French pa
trol moving northward from Dien .,
Blen Phu. '..'. '':
Fighter - planes heavUy machine,
gunned the rebels and bombers
Joined in the attack with napalm
barrages. ':
Tne Viettninh, with an estimated
40,000 'troops entrenched - m ' the '
hlUs around the "durt bowl" ol
Dien Blen Phu, continued -to ateev
any or launching:., any mrect '..'
aault 'upon "the ' Tieavlly .' iortttled '
plain. "" l': "'!, w.li;"-,.-.'.-i ii,-...:v.,..,w
The French reported 30 VietmirA
killed and lot -captured In Red
River Delta, mopups,;..;-...:,..:..;;. ',.
KLAMATH BASIN
POTATO SHIPMENTS
Sklpii
Tedar s '.
44 ears
tiMi pr
. 55 can
TeU) rp aioa
4364 ears
tt!-U
7058 ears
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SKI REPORT
A revised report 'from' Warner
Canyon, .Lakeview, at noon :today ';
stated akl conditions rood due to
cool temperatures which have froi
en slushy snow to firm, smooth
pack. Ski tow operating today and
Sunday. Sky overcast, according to '
Don Deters, district ranger.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Fall and
vioinlty: Partly cloudy through
Sunday; morning fog. High Sun
day 45: low Saturday night XT.
High yesterday
Low last night
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By RUTH KING
An Associated Press story from
Council Bluffs, Iowa, received Jan
uary 25, Involving Klamath County
was verified here yesterday by
Western Union. ' - !
According to the--release, Harora
William Long, 32, veteran ol world
War II, an apparent amnesia vic
tim, had returned to his home af
ter regaining nis memory iuuuwuib
a three-way car crash near Bonan
za on January 18. He had been ab
sent from his family since Novem
ber 13, 1953. '
Tncr. ancoraina lo an uitc ,k.
witfl news reporters, alter nis re
nin, atatad that be came lo, lying
on an Icy highway, surrounded by
strange people. . .
Investigations nere ptov
Oregon State Police had no record
of such "a crash and this fact led
to further checking. -
Friday, B. P. uvingsion, man
ager of Western Union, checked
records and found that a man,
carrying' an Iowa driver's ucense,
h.ri miiected 145 sent by Mrs. Har
old William Long, Council Bluffs
on January is.
The original AP story read: "I
got up and caw all those Oregon
license plates, and I asked' the
man next to me where I was. He
told me and I couldn't believe it."
Long said after the collision, he
( n.t ni his vehicle to survey the
damage, apparently, slipped on the
ir navement and struck his head.
A little later, he said, he tele
phoned his wife from Bonanza, be
cause ne nao aimosk no uxwj
bis Jeans and had only Just then
realized-who- he wis. lbs win in
formation said, he then started i
the long trek . home. When he ar
rived he was 30 pounds lighter than
when he left, was wearing the
same clothes and waa broke.
His chief concern during the first
interview with a newspaper report
er, was about What might have
happened during the two months
time his mindwas a blank.,
"Maybe I did something wrong,':
he said. "If il did I want to know.
want to know where I was and
how I got to Oregon."
How did I get the money to go
where I was?" he asked, "I
might have written a bad check or
done something. If anybody saw
me during those two months,- I
wish they would let me know."
Call slips kept of au local ana
loner distance calls by the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company
here had been sent to roruana nut
the local office sent a tracer that
faUed to turn up record of such
a call. The message. Mr. ana Mrs.
Lons later said, was sent collect
and would show on the next phone
bUl received bv the family.
Lone also laid in ms interview
at his home, "that I walked into
combination store-postoffice in
Bonanza, and asked for a pay
phone. There was none, so I phoned
from a counter instrument, crying,
during the conversation."
Mrs. Esther Brown, who operates
the Bonanza Variety store and
postofflce and two of her women
clerks, could recall no such, visitor
to the store. There Is also a pay
phone booth In plain sight. Long
may have called from some outer
place.. -
A weather check proved that the
country's big snow storm did not
occur until Jater in the week and
there were no snow banks .be
sides Highway 66 high enough to
damage an automobile fender, at
the time bf the accident.
As a further follow-up on the
strange story of the man who stat
ed he had had a previous lapse of
memory for -18 days, following a
serious injury on Ouam, the Oma
ha Associated Press bureau was
Queried by the Portland bureau
with no further developments. .
A telegram was then sent to Har
ry Mauch Jr., managing editor ol
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil, daily
newspaper who sent a police re
porter to again talk to Long and
his wife. .' ;
Long, still apparently foggy, in
sisted during this interview that he
hit-snow, "maybe 20 or 35 miles
"up" trom Bonanza. He wasn't
sure which direction was "up,
and that the rest of his story was
as previously related. Long's rec
ord. Mauch said, is above reproach.
According to police, his past is ap
parently spotless and "hi story
true." -
Upon receipt of Mauch'a letter,
the check with Western Union wis
made. A duplicate record of the
transaction for 145 sent to Long by
his wife and accepted by Long, was
produced. Employes could not re
call what the man looked like,
The accident happened on Mon
day. Long, arrived borne Saturday.
He will enter the veteran's hos
pital in Omaha for a checkup.
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INSTALLATION OF CINEMASCOPE, the new nriion picture process involving the tise
of anamorphic lens, stereophonic sound and .-. Walker seamless curved screen 40 feet in
length by 18 feet high, is being rushed to .ompletion at the Esquire theater in time for
the scheduled' Thursday opening of "The 'Kobe." This four-minute time exposure by Don
Kettler, staff photographer shows the ateel staging erected by Roper & Roper, the
largest scaffolding ever used on a redecorating job in the Klamath area, according to
Bert Henson, Manager, Klamath Theaters, -Inc. Baraboo Electric. Is the local contractor
handling the electrical phase of the installation job, "Cinemascope," according to Hen
son, "achieves the illusion, of depth without the use of glasses." The unveiling of this new
motion picture form is heralded as the most important event in local theatrical history.
The Esquire has been closed since -January . 24 for the" redecorating and installation
work. A crew of approximately 30 will work all weekend to finish in time forthe Febru
ory 4 opening..
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