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r- By FRANK JENKINS
There's news. In the sir this
morning heroic news that ' sets
the blood to pounding In 'your
Mrs, starts the hot moisture In
. your eyes and. leaves a choke in
your throat In admiration o( the
heights to which men can rise.
There is cynical news that leaves
ns appalled at the depths ot narrow-mindedness
and short-sightedness
to which men can sink. And
. freak newslike earthquakes that
: shake the seismographs oft their
platforms and yet seem to kill
nobody, . '
Let's start with the heroic news.
At Dlen Bien Phu, Frenchi Onion
j, forces (both Frenchmen and Viet
v namese natives) begin their first
major counter-attack since , the
reds launched their- all-out assault
on the jungle-encircled fort on
March 13. ..,
The counter-attack starts with
planes dropping explosive and
napalm fire bombs. The planes are
followed by a rolling barrage from
Jhe French artillery (for nearly a
' century the French were the best
artillerymen in the world, and
they still seem to. be- good.)
Then the tanks rolled out. :
' And after the tanks came THE
INFANTRY the old slogging in
fantry that finally mops up and
finishes what the other arms of
the service start.
When it was all over, the French
had killed EVERY RED SOLDIER.
many of them in SAVAGE, HAND-
W-HJUMU FIGHTING.
No matter how tragically futile
the French GOVERNMENT may be
and it has been that way far
more often than not individual
Frenchmen are stlU MEN,
. ' They were MEN in 1918, when
from February to November they
stood fast at Veroun against every-
thing the Germans could throw at
them, suffering total casualties of
nearly million and bleeding
France so white she has never
been able to recover.
1 But they broke the back of
Kaiser Wilhelm's bid for world
power,
There is cynically tragic news
from Egypt, where the Tevolt that
threw fat tyrant Farouk out ap
pears to be fizzling away In counter-revolts
led by those who are
seeking to GET BACK INTO
POWER.
In our own country (In this
ELECTION year) a, bitter cam-,
palgn is being waged'1 against
President Eisenhower, a sincere
middle-of-the-roader who puts the
welfare of his country ahead of
politics and is seeking to lead us
back to 'a normal peace-time econ
omy after more than a dozen-
years of wild war boom.
In dealing with this campaign,,
the Democrats. They're at least
doing what they're politically ex
pected to do and what the GOPs
did back in the early 1930s that
is to say, they're trying to get
back into power, which is the goal
toward which every politician
shapes his acts.
Let's talk about the Republicans
who are slabbing their leader in
the back in this hour when all
clearer thinkers are trying to get
away from the Idea that the gov
ernment in Washington should
guarantee prosperity for every
body by waving a wand.
There is Senator Milton Young
of North Dakota (whence comes
also Wild Man Bill Langerl. Young
says In a Washington interview to
day: "There won't be a single Re
publican or Democrat elected to
congress from the Midwest who
stands for flexible farm price sup
ports. . , . The Republicans should
get behind my proposal to restore
RIGID PRICE SUPPORTS If they
expect to sell a farm program to
the voters."
What he means Is for everybody
to go all out on' a program of
pay us ours Rioirr now and
SEND THE BILL TO OUR
GRANDCHILDREN.
in dealing wun mis campaign,,!"
let's not speak too disparagingly of n,rmcr 0l'fKn Oov- Walter Marcus
Bloodmobile
Needs Donors
The women are falling down!
Not on ice, but on pledging blood
for the visit of the Red Cross blood
mobile in Klamath County, today
at Merrill and Bonanza, and Tues
day, March 30, at the VFW Club in
' Klamath Falls.
Word that the ladles are reluc
tant to share the life-saving fluid,
came this morning from Red Cross
headquarters here.
The truck Is at Merrill this after
noon. It will be at Bonanza from
7 p.m.-9 p.m. tonight. Hours for
VFW schedule here, are 10 a.m. to 3
v. p.m. nnd again during the evening
A from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
"Drop-ln-doners" will be wcl
': come all day at the VFW Cluo.
i- particularly between the hours 11
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Parking spate will be available
In the Masonic parking lot and at
the Parker-Pontlac used oar lot.
TRADE TALK9
'i, 'LONDON UP Harold Stasscn
-1 began talks Monday to try to con
.' vince Britain it Rhould ease up on
i demands for relaxation of trade
restrictions with Russia. The U.S.
I Foreign aid chief conferred with
j a British delegation for two hours
tin a preliminary exchange of
.-! Ideas,
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NOT AGAIN STANLEY says "Blaclcie" Holgate as Stanley
Depuy standi by with the snow shovel in front of the J. C.
Penney store at 8th and Main Street. '
Ike Approval of Excise Tax
Cut Bill Believed Likely
WASHINGTON "Ifl Senate Re-i
publican Leader Knowland (Calif)
predicted at the White House
Monday thatoPrestdent Eisenhow
er would sign an excise tax bill
calling for reductions totaling 912
minion dollars as approved by the
House.
There was the implication In
this prediction that the President
might not sign it if the bill made
cuts as heavy as were voted by
the Senate a total of $1,034,000.
000. A major cut voted by the Senate,
but not approved by the House,
was a reduction ot the excise or
sales tax on household appliances
Dies at 92
.SALEM Iffl Death after a
Pierce Saturday night. He was 92.
Ailing for a number of years
from the Infirmities of old age,
Pierce was bedridden for the past
year. He became weaker last week
and spent his last hours under an
oxygen tent in his home in the
Eola Hills, west of here.
Ho was governor of the state
from 1923 to. 1927, and was con
gressman from Eastern Oregon
from 1933 to 1942.
His political career, which
spanned 56 years, began in 1886
when he was elected Umatilla
County school . superintendent. He
held a number of state and Demo
cratic party offices before his re
tirement in 1943 after being
defeated for re-election to Con
gress. He was born at Morris, HI., May
30, 1861, and came to Oregon in
1833. He received his law degree
from Northwest University In Illi
nois in 1896 and returned to Oregon
In 1905 and settled on a ranch near
La Grande where he gained wide
reputation as a Hereford breeder.
He served two terms in the State
Senate, in the sessions of 1902 and
1916, and for 22 years he was a
regent of Oregon State College. He
was Democratic national commit
teeman for Oregon from 1932 to
1936. ..
An Independent Democrat, who
often was at odds with his party
leaders,' Pierce in later years re
ferred to himself proudly as a
"New Dealer." He was a life-long
prohibitionist and a fighter for
public power.
He was married three times. His
first wife, Cars R. Rudlo, died In
1890 In childbirth. He married her
sister, Laura in 1893, and they had
five children. The second Mrs.
Fierce died while her husband was
governor.
In 1928 he married Cornelia
Marvin, the first Oregon State
librarian, who survives him.
Also surviving are four daugh
ters: Mrs. George Stadelman, The
Dalles; Mrs. Harold Hall and Mrs.
Eugene Whltten, Portland, and Mrs.
Helen Wilson. New York City, and
a brother. Frank Pierce, Fair
banks, Calif.
Private funeral services will be
held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at
Clough-Barrlck Chapel, with Rev.
Paul N. Poling officiating. Inter
ment will be at Mt. Crest Abbey
Mausoleum. The family asked that
no ilowcrs be sent
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Partial clearing late Mon
day, Partly cloudy Tuesday. High
Tuesday 38, low Monday 20.
High yesterday . . 45
Low last night .. . ...... 18
I'reclp last 24 hours. T
Since Oct. 1 11.79
Same period last year ...11.65
Normal for period - 9.31
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two "wCTonsr
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from 10 to B per cent. Also the
senate voted to abolish the ad
missions tax on movie tickets and
others costing -60 cents or less.
The House voted to cut the tax
from 20 to 10 per cent.
A Senate-House conference com
mittee is now trying to work out a
compromise between the two bills.
Knowland talked with reporters
after he and other GOP congres
sional leaders Had their regular
Monday morning conference with
Eisenhower.
Asked whether -he looks for Ei
senhower to approve an excise tax
cut, Knowland replied that he has
"no doubt" Eisenhower will ap
prove a reduction -if the legisla
tion in Its llnal form calls for cuts
aDout tne size me House voiea.
Asked then whether he . was
counting, on the Senate-House con
ference committee to knock out
the additional cuts voted by the
House, Knowland replied:
"That is my personal belief."
However, as the Senate-House
conferees went Into a closed door
meeting at the capltol several
members told reporters they
thought it likely the group -would
approve the Senate plan to wipe
out taxes on movie tickets and
other admissions costing 60 cents
or less. '
One said he thought It likely they
also would accept the Senate cut
on household appliances but. other
members expressed doubts on this.
Congress Is working against a
deadline of Wednesday midnight
on the bill, because all the changes
would take effect Thursday, April
1. Both houses would have to ap
prove the conference agreement
and President Eisenhower would
have to sign It to make It law;
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FLOYD A. BOYD
Floyd A. Boyd
Given Award
TULELAKE Floyd A. Boyd.'
Tulelake businessman, was a sur
prised emcee at the annual 20-30
dinner Saturday night, when tables
were turned, and he was pre
sented with the honor award and
named "Mr. Tulelake." for 1953.
Boyd, owner of the Floyd A. Boyd
Company, Tulelake, was invited to
Introduce the honor guest. To in
sure his presence at the dinner.
The bronze plaque which bears
the names of award winners, was
presented by W. E. Hamilton,
VFW president, alter the master
of ceremonies gave a background
of qualifications for the honor.
Recognition Is given on service to
the community In past years.
Other holders have been Dr. I.
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Passengers
scued In
Ship fire
ALGIERS. Algeria UP A. first
ship load of British soldlert, res
cued from the burning trooptfllp
Empire Wlndrush, sailed for home
Monday thankful to be alive after
one of the most spectacular res
cues in naval History.
Some 1,500 Britons among them
277 women, and children and 17 in
valid soldiers calmly and quickly
abandoned the blazing ship Sunday
morning 20 miles offshore in the
Mediterranean and were rescued
safely.. . ... ;
Four crewmen of the 14,651-ton
transport died when an engine
room explosion sent fire and chok
ing smoke racing through the ves
sel. . , -. ..
London newspapers speculated
the ship had been sabotaged but
Admiralty and Transport Ministry
authorities refused to comment on
this. The speculation was height
ened because she had just been
through the Suez Canal, where the
Egyptians are waging a ceaseless
campaign to force out the 80,000
British troops stationed there,
The burned out hulk was ' re
ported . still glowing Monday and
the Admiralty said she would be
towed out of the sea lanes as soon
as personnel could be put. aboard.
Inspected by a destroyer, she did
not appear to Be leaking,
Mast of tha nersons aboard were
military personnel and their fami
lies on the way home from the Far
East and the Suez. : -
The fire broke out while almost
all aboard except the duty crew
were still in their quarters. The
shin was pushing easily through
an exceptionally cairn sea, aoout
50 miles northwest of Algiers. Then
the flames began licking upward
Into the upper decks,
"'AlPour electric equipment went
out,", said the ship's captain,-Wil
liam Wilson. "Tne loud speakers
would not work." '
Everyone went calmly to bis
I proper post, ... .... ' S'rt
' Wobody-' 'lost' his head, -hot? even
the women and children. They
were the first to be put aboard the
lifeboats.
Mrs. Ferguson
Rites Planned
Memorial services for a beloved
Klamath Falls matron, Twyla Fer
guson, will be held Tuesday,
March 30, at 11 a.m. from O'Halr's
Memorial Chapel. Mrs.- Ferguson
died In an Ashland Nursing home.
Saturday, March 27, following a
lingering Illness.
She was born August 1, 1888, at
Carterville, Missouri, daughter of
I. Henry and Isabella Van Idour.
She was educated in her native
state, attending the University of
Missouri. She taught school at
Carterville for several years, then
attended Colorado State Teachers
College, Greeley, Colorado.
She came to Klamath Falls In
1917 and during the influenza epi
demic, gave freely of her time
and energy, as a nurse. In 1918 she
was elected superintendent of
Klamath County schools, a position
she held for several years.
In 1921 she was married to
Charles J. Ferguson, a prominent
Klamath County attorney, who
died a few years later. Following
his death. Mrs. Ferguson, traveled
extensively In Europe.
After the death of a long-time
friend. Mrs. William Oanong Sr.,
she returned to Klamath Falls in
1929 to assist In raising the Ganong
children. She was active In the
Parents and Teachers Association,
the Klamath County Health Asso
ciation. Girl Scouts, and was
among others primarily respon
sible for the construction of Camp
Esther Applegate at Lake of the
Woods. :
Mrs. Ferguson was interested in
and held an office In the state or
ganization. Throughout her life she
took an active part in the Red
Cross, For the past several
years she was In charge of
home nursing courses In Klamath
County, During the past year she
was appointed by Governor Paul
Patterson to serve as a member
of his committee, to make recom
mendations for revision ot the Ore
gon Stale Constitution.
She is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Elsie Beers, Los Angeles;
two nephews, James Caples, Co
balt, .Idaho and Van Caples, Se
attle. Members of the family request
that friends donate to the Klamath
County Red Cross Chapter, in her
memory.
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
Proposed Elections Ruled
Out By Egyptian Leaders
CAIRO. Egynt Ofl Egvot's
military government announced
Monday night that all previous de
cisions to conduct constituent as
sembly elections and abolish the
ruung revolution council in July
have been cancelled..
The announcement, which as
sured continuation of Egypt's mili
tary regime despite the opposition
of President Mohamed Naguib.
came after two davs of heated
conflict in thje cabinet and revolu-
uun councu wnue uairo surged
with anti-Naguib demonstrations.
- Instead of constituent assem
bly previously, promised by the
GOV. PAUL PATTERSON
Governor To
Speak In KF
. Plans were announced today by
Uv newly organised Paul Patterson
forvGoveriior Committee,' for. the
arrival of the governor. Friday,
April 2.
A group of friends and supporters
will meet him for breakfast. A
tour of the Klamath Basin will be
taken during the morning and the
governor is scheduled to make a
non-political speech at noon at a
joint 'meeting of the Rotary and
Klwanis Clubs at luncheon at the
Willard Hotel. s . '
During the early afternoon he
will visit the OTI campus. A coffee
hour has been arranged at the
Balslger Motor Company between
the hours of 3-5 p.m. for the Gov
ernor and Mrs. Patterson. The
publlo Is cordially Invited to at
tend this informal gathering. ' ,
The honor guest will deliver a
political speech following a . 6:30
p.m. buffet dinner at the Willard
Hotel, the same day. All Interested
persons will be welcome. Reserva
tions may be made for4 the dinner
by phoning 4739 or 3858. .
Essay Contest
Winner Named
s
Joyce Dunham, Lakevtew High
School Junior, was Judged the win
ner of the annual United Nations
Youth Bllgrlmage essay contest Sat
urday 'night at the Odd Fellows
Hall. ' ,
Miss Dunham was selected by
three Judges, after they heard five
contestants from Lake and Klam
ath county high schools give a five
minute speech on "What the United
Nations means to me."
As 'winner of the contest, she
will be given a three weeks free
trip to Now York. In comnanv with
other winners from Oregon, Wash
ington and parts of Cnnada. While
in New York, they will attend ses
sions of the U.N. Assembly, In ad
dition to many sight-seeing tours.
Other contestants were: Velda
Rodgers, Bonanza, who was chos
en by the Judges as second place
winner, ana alternate delegate,;
Irene Morris, Bly: Dlanne Dennis.
Klamath Falls and Virginia Hous
ton, paisley.
The contest Is sponsored annual
ly by the Odd Fellows, and Re
bekah Lodges and this Is the first
year Klamath and Lake counties
have been permitted to furnish a
delegate from this section.
Mary Lou Quails, Merrill, last
years winner from Southern Ore
gon which Included, Jackson, Jo
sephine and Klamath counties, was
Introduced by Herbert Munsell
chairman of the local U.N. i Youth
Pilgrimage Committee, and gave
an Interesting talk on her Impres
sions or tne tour in oi.
Upon her return from the trip,
late In July, Miss Dunham will
appear before various lodges and
service organizations in Lake and
Klamath county, where she will
give her Impression of the United
nations Assembly.
Judges In the contest were: Ted
Collins, Lakevlew attorney: Win
ston Purvlne. OTI director and
Frank Jenkins, publisher of Uiel
Herald nd News. .
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revolution council, it was decided
to establish an appointed "national
advisory council" In which various
organisations and professions
would be represented.
This development came shortly
after the army rushed tanks and
steel-helmeted troops Into Cairo to
preserve order after demonstra
tors attacked and Deal Egypt's
chief justice, ,
An army officer told newsmen
the justice, Abdel Razzak Sanhou
rl, had drawn a pistol and killed
two' demonstrators, but a photo
grapher who arrived during the
attack said two were wounced ana
no one was killed. - ..
Sanhouri was taken to the home
of President Mohamed Naguib aft
er the. attack and It was Impossi
ble to reach him immediately to
check the statement of the officer
who reported two slain.
The outbreak came while Na
guib, who collapsed for a time
Monday morning, engaged In cru
cial conversations with cabinet
members . and his opponent's on
the resolution council,.
An official source said Naguib
will keep his three jobs as presi
dent ot the republic, prime min
ister and chairman ot the revolu
tion council. Nevertheless, the de
cision to cancel all plans for. a
constituent assembly election and
end of the military regime repre
sented a complete defeat for the
president. .
A council spokesman said the
revolution council would remain In
power "until the end of the transi
tion period 'set for January 1956.
me spoxesman said that all de
cisions announced by the council
on March 5 and March 25 are
cancelled until the end of the
transition period. -
- Lt. Col. Abdel Carnal Nasser.
apparently bock in power as the
undisputed boss of the regime,
told newsmen censorship would be
re Imposed on' all Eavntlan news.
papers but that ' outgoing press
csoies would not be censored.
Tanks and trooos took nn niiarit
stations at strateslo souarea In
iairo - ana around the American
and British- embassies by order of
ju1. -Ben.,. Abdel- Hakim. Amer.
army commander In -chief ... and
memoer oi tne council.
The Interior mlnhtrv Ismiiut an
order banning the demonstrations
in lavor oi uie revolution council.
The demonstrations have ken
Cairo In turmoil for the lost three
days. , A general strike kept most
snops ciosea ana slopped all buses
nuu -bruins,. ,
Ticket
Number Told
The winning ticket for the lino
cash award, presented bv the
Klamath Merchants Association
during the spring opening Satur-
aay, is pto. 14UCJ.
Holder of the luckv ticket is
asksd by the committee to call
at the Chamber of Commerce be
fore 3 p.m. Tuesday and pick up
the award.
Winners of several other mer
chandise awards listed in. store
windows, are also asked to bring
in the winning numbers and re
ceive their prizes.
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BLOODMOBILE VISITS
KLAMATH COUNTY
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JOYCE DUNHAM, LAKEVIEW JUNIOR, (center) wat selected
Nations Aitembly from Lake and Klamath Countiei Saturday
Rogers, Bonenta, alternate delegate and IreneMorrii, Bly. To
Dennis, Klamath Falls, and Virginia Houston
Tetepbooe sill
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Cold Front
Moves Over
Wide Area
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A mass of arctic air rolled back
spring - In the nation Monday,
causing heavy snowfalls In the
Midwest and sub zero tem
peratures in Montana.
Wind-driven snow raked Chicago,
harassing residents during the
morning rush hour with slick
underletting and slow transporta
tion. The Weather Bureau predict
ed the fall might reach 10 Inches.
The snow ranged from light to
eight inches in other parts of the
Midwest, extending into Iowa,
Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado.
The cold air moved as far south
as Dalhart, Text, which reported
u degree temperatures.
In central Illinois, Decatur en-
Joyed '73- degrees,- Sunday, ; the
warmest day since lost fall, but
lt dropped to 30 Monday, after
hall and rain.
Temperatures plummeted to sev
en degrees below zero at Helena,
Mont., and five below at Interna
tional Falls. It was -II at Cut
Bank Sunday.
Kicked up at its leading edge,
where the cold wave collided with
warm currents from the aulf of
Mexico, were a towering 7,000-
foot-high duststorm in southwest
ern Kansas and southeastern Col
orado; a small tornado that struck
Anderson, Ind.; thundershowers
with some hall In the Ohio Valley,
and - scattered showers , through
eastern Nebraska, Iowa and north
ern Missouri. . .
By early today, the cold air mass
extended from the southern shores
of Lakes Ontario and Erie south-
westward to central Oklahoma
then northwestward through Wy
oming ano Boutnweaiwara to tne
Pacific Coast.
Light snow or flurries were re
ported in a band running eastward
from Wyoming to the southeast
shores of -Lake Superior. There
fog, light snow In Maine, and
between the snow areas there were
Taut showers, v. . -
iUDelzeil
Death Learned
William Abner Delzell, for many
years a resident of Klamath Falls,
and postmaster here from 1912 to
1920, died In Portland, , Sunday
morning, a few hours following
the death of his life-long friend
and associate, former Oregon Gov
ernor, Walter J. Pierce. Mr. Del
zell served as secretory to Pierce,
after he left here to make his
home In Salem. He was 82 years
old and had been in 111 health
for some time.
Mr. Delzell, came to Klamath
Falls in 1903, to be associated with'
his father-in-law, G. W. White in
the First National Bank. The fam
ily left here about 30 years ago.
In 1936, he was chairman of the
Oregon delegation to the Demo
cratic national convention and dur
ing his lifetime was active in po
litical circles.
He was prominent in Masonic
work and was a past master of
the Klamath Falls Masonic Lodge.
Surviving are the widow, Edith,
Portland; a sister of Mrs. Oscar
Shivo, Klamath Falls; four sons,
Thomas W, Delzell, board chair
man of the Portland General Elec
tric Company; John, Newport,
Oregon; William, in Arizona;
Charles in the East; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Hal 8avage, Arizona.
Mrs. Don Newbry, Medford; and
Mrs. Lester Lewis, Boulder, Colo
rado; also several grandchildren..
Funeral services will be held
Thursday In Portland.
Settlemari.
Of Dock
Yar Urged
WASHINGTON A police- -.
estimated crowd of 1,000 long
shoremen picketed the White
House Monday in an effort to
speed up settlement of the New
York dock -strike, but ended their
maturm naay, o :
The pickets, carrying flags and
banners, . remained orderly and -.
quiet as they paraded In front of
the White House throughout the
morning. Just as quietly, they
piled into buses and cars shortly
after noon to return to their homes -in
the New York-New Jersey area.
Some of the marchers sent s re
quest for audience with President -Eisenhower,
but a guard brought
back word that the President's time
was all taken up and he would be '
unable to see the men. They '
accepted . the situation without
protest. - . j -. -,,.-' . .- ..,..-. '.. j, ' '.
Another delegation called' en
chairman Guy Farmer ot the Na
tional Labor Relations Board and.
was told the board would act as ;
promptly as possible-to settle' a
dispute over union representation.
The board has a hearing scheduled
in me matter xueaaay.
mere was no picketing of the
board's offices, as reportedly bad
been planned. v ! :!
The men represent the old in
ternational- Longshoremen's Assn., .
which apparently won ; a board
supervised election 'just . before
Christmas for the right to repre
sent the dock workers.- A board .
examiner recommended that the
election be voided, on the ground .
that the TLA was responsible lor
violence and intimidation which he
said prevented a fair test at the
polls. -' -'. ; i
A new union, the AFL-ILA or
ganized by the American Federa
tion of Labor, opposed the old ILA
in the, election and protested the
apparent . result. The new union
was set up after the federation bad
inrown ine oia ila out oi ns mem- ,
bershlp for failure to rid Itself
of gangster elements. " ., - '
The pickets marched In a leu
oval on the walk on the Fennsyi
vania side of "the executive man
sion, and by 9 a.m. they were in
an almost solid line walking aoout
300 feet along, the high Iron fence
irom one of the two entrances to
the other, then back along the
curb. ,', ' - v ;
A detail of about 40 policemen,
standing next to the curb, kept
watch and kept the ..line -movtog. ,
in command of the operation waa
a group of some 10 police officials.
The marching men carried ban
ners with various slogans such as:
;"No contract no work." -
Jail Inmate
Takes Life
A 22 year old Beatty man, Rich
ard Dickens, held in the city. Jail
on a drunk 'charge,, took bis, own
life Saturday afternoon . When he
used a leather belt to hang him
self to a cell door. . f .;
Dickens was booKed on a drunk
charge about 11 a.m.1 when patrol
men found him staggering around
town. Taken to headquarters he
was placed in the drunk tank where
he was the only occupant. :
About 6 p.m. when putting an
other prisoner in the cell, officers
discovered Dickens' body. He had '
removed his belt, placed lt around
his neck and fastened the free end
to a bar at the top -Of the cell
door,
Dickens was reported to be 5 ft
514 Inches tall and the bar from
which his body was hanging is 4
ft. 0 inches high, making It neces
sary for him to raise his . legs in
order to commit the deed, officers
stated. I ,, .,
A coroners deputy was called
and following an examination y
stated the man had been dead ap
proximately two hours. -
The body was taken to Ward's
Klamath Funeral Home where fu
neral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
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