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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1954)
Sfli"ikftHwiifc..--IWjJi,i..n., MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1954 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SETS Hoover Commission Criticized WASHINGTON ( Rm. Don Magnuson (D-Wash) Monday crit icised proposed Investigations by the Hoover Commission's- task force on water resources and pow er and suggested: , ". . .since we are practically as sured in- advance that the task force will issue a report saying the government ought to get out of the power business, we might, upend our money to better advan tage.!', i , In a speech prepared for House delivery, Magnuson quest 1 o n e d whether the task force seeks to "promote economy, efficiency and Improve service in the transaction of public business" as the act cre ating It specified or aims "to rec ommend a new power policy for the nation." r Although he said he "cannot complain of the caliber" of the task force's 26 members, he said he wished that former President Hoover "had included at least one or two men who did not share his (Hoover's) well - known views against public power,, and who could have given the task force a semblance of open-mindedness by writing a token minority report." He noted that the task force has been criticized before for not In cluding members favorable to pub lic power while listing "a number P of men who have actively opposed publlo power development." Magnuson singled out one par ticular item for special criticism that schedule of public hearings which will take the task force this spring Into Ban Francisco, Denver, Chattanooga and Mew York City. He said the Columbia-Snake Riv er system of the Pacific Northwest contains 40 per cent of the nation's hydro-electric potential which the Hoover Commission "chooses to Ignore." - . . . "The task force on water re sources and power has not sched uled a bearing within 600 miles of a single drop of water In the Columbia River Basin, he de clared. . "I cannot understand how it hopes to achieve a thorough under standing of its subject if It falls to consider toe most important water resource area on the continent. Israel Blamed By Jordan JERUSALEM. Jordan Section W A Jordan spokesman charged to day that Israel had launched an organized attack at midnight on n Jordan village two miles west of Bethlehem. First reports said nine Arab troops were killed and 16 wounded. - The spokesman. - Mai. Moham med Izhaq, senior Jordan military delegate to the u. N. Mixed Ar mistice Commission, said the Is raelis also demolished some houses then withdrew to Israel after an hour. , Izhaa said the attack was made on the village of Nahalin In the section of Palestine occupied by Jordan since the 1948 war with Israel. . He said the Jordanian casualties included 6 National Guardsmen and 3 Arab Legionnaires killed, and 12 National Guardsmen and 4 Arab Legionnaires wounded. The reported attack raised the threat of sharp Arab retaliation against Israel. Representatives of the seven Arab states said In Washington last week after a con ference with U. S. Secretary of State Dulles that an aggression bv Israel against any one of the Arab nations would be regarded as an attack "upon tnem all." Attorney To Defend Kidnaper PORTLAND W) James Valen tine, 41, lodlcted on three charges in connection with the attempted kidnaping March 19 of George Brlce m, got an attorney to defend him Sunday. - He is Fred Jensen of Portland, who has' represented Valentine previously "mostly on narcotics acSSictlon" charges. Jensen said be was convinced Valentine was innocent but that he was taking the ease only with the understanding that If lie develops evidence linking Valentine to the crime, the evidence is to be turned overjto authorities. ' -- Jensen after interviewing his client Sunday quoted Valentine as saying, "I swear on my mother's grave I didn't do it." Valentine was identified by the hoy's mother, Mrs. George Brlce Jr., her maid, Lizzie May Brown, and a teacher ' at Catlln-HIUslde school as the gunman who made the unsuccessful kidnap attempt. Tuna To Be ASTORIA Ml The Columbia River Packers Assn., largest importer- of Japanese tuna in the Pacific Northwest, assured its customers Monday that "exhaus tive" U. S. government Inspections are made on all tuna cargoes entering Japan following the Bikini H-bomb explosion which contami nated a cargo of Japanese albacore. ' - "We have every confidence in the ability of the U. S. Food and Drug administration to properly protect the American consumers,' T. F. Sandoz, president of CRPA, said. Also, he said, it was the policy of his company to exercise "the greatest care in the packing "of canned fish." ' The firm said that none or its present canned stocks had been obtained since the March 1 Bikini shoot which contaminated a Japan ese fishing boat and its cargo, some 71. miles from the blast. AFL Refuses To Back Candidates PORTLAND Ul The executive board of the Stale Federation of Labor (AFL) decided Saturday not to endorse any. candidate for governor. The board was sharply critical of the legislative voting record of Earl Newbry, secretary of state and a Republican candidate for the state's highest office. . Gov. - Paul Patterson, who also is seeking Republican nomination, was praised for his opposition to the last session's antl-pickelng bill. But the board said he bad not always supported pro-labor bills. , Joseph K. Carson, former Port land mayor and the only Democrat seeking the office, was criticized for his actions during the 1934 Portland longshore strike. - The board also announced these indorsements: First Congressional District Donnell Mitchell, Willamina, Dem ocrat. Rep. Walter A. Norblad, a Republican from Stayton, was not endorsed. Second Congressional District Albert C. Ullman, Baker, Demo crat. Rep. Sam Coon, also of Baker, a Republican, was not endorsed. Third Congressional District- Rep. Homer Angel), Portland, Republican, and Mrs'. Edith Green, Portland, Democrat. Not endorsed were Tom Lawson McCall, Port land, Republican, and C. S. John son and H. H. Stallard, both of Portland, Democrats. ' Fourth Congressional district Nt- recommendation. - U. S. Senator State Sen. Richard I,. Neuberger, Portland, Democrat. The board urged Republicans to write in Neuberger s name rather than vote for Sen. Guy Cordon. State Labor Commissioner No recommendation. Philco AND Admiral TV Vandals Break 22 Windows City police and Juvenile officers are investigating vandalism that occurred over the weekend, when it was reported that 23 windows had been broken out at the Co v ger School, and a boat set afire and burned on Link River. O. J. McClary, Conger School Janitor, reported that he had gone to the school about noon Sun day, and discovered the windows broken out. owners ,of the boat. BUI and Pete Shadduck, Mm, Blehn, told officers they saw two boys playing around their boat which was tied st the price of the river near Cal ifornia Oregon Power Company's log boom. Shortly afterward they discovered tne Doai ouming, the boys had disappeared. Value of the boat, which was completely destroyed, was said to be about $350. Red Agents Said After Atom Ashes TOKYO Ml The newspaper Asahl asserted Monday the tiny fishing port of - Yalau, 100 miles southwest of here, has become the scene of an atomic secret tug-of-war between Communist and United States agents. - The report came as Deputy Prime Minister Taketora Ogata stated In the Diet that any Crime Death Rate Lower In 1953 WASHINGTON I Fewer per- aons were put to death for crimes in the United States last year man in any previous year. The Federal Prison Bureau, which considers that accurate rec ords go back to 1830, said the 1933 total nf 62 executions was 20 fewer than the previous low set in 1950. HEARING WASHINGTON ( A Senate Ju diciary subcommittee called its first public hearing today in - a orobe aimed at determining tne ex tent of "charity rackets." Witness es called included New York State Sen. Bernard Tompkins, chairman of a New York state legislative committee that recently conducted a similar probe. Sm ffonciseo stockpiling of American atomic weapons in this country is "not a problem Japan ought to inter fere with." Asahl said Red agents were try ing to steal radioactive ashes and clothing from the fishing boat Lucky Dragon and her crewmen, who were showered with contam inated ash from the March 1 hy- FOR $10 50 FROM 'fteTu KLAMATH FALLS SIGNAL TESTING ANTENNA INSTALLATION MERIT'S 609 So. 6th Ph. 2-3429 L IN A RISIIVID SEAT ON THE STREAMIINID U. Porflind 7:45 A.M., Ar. Son Fnmclict 11:30 P.M. luxurious Chair Cm A53t!5 ' TfntMrlInTvtraCor (Iffl.GJiV 8 Pope Pius Holds Private Service ' VATICAN CITY in For the second consecutive day Monday convalescing Pope Plus celebrated mass In the private chapel of. his Vatican apartment. Returning strength allowed the 78-year-old pontiff to celebrate the mass lor the first time Sunday after two months of illness. Dur ing that time mass was read by priests, either In the chapel or at the Pope's bedside. His increasing activity indicated steady, although slow recovery from the dangerous gastric ail ment which struck him in January. Dog Wins Annual Acting Award HOLLYWOOD I A shaggy- haired collie, Laddie, is the 1864 winner of the annual Patsy award as fllmdom's top animal perform er of the past year. He received the honor for his work In the film "Hondo." r .. Second place went to Francis, the talking , mule, for . his per formance in "Francis Covers the Big Town." Stage Award Given Young Actress NEW YORK UTi Audrey Hep burn was awarded a "Tony" me dallion Sunday night for her per formance in the stage play "On- dine." The award from the American Theatre Wing came three nights after she received an "Oscar ' for her starring role In her first Amer ican movie -Koman nouuay. "Ondlne. the medieval fantasy in which Miss Hepburn portrays a water sprite. Is her second broad- fway play. FATAL PLUNGE AQUILA, Italy Wl Two Rome student climbers plunged to their deaths Sunday front 9,000-foot Omn Basso mountain, an Appren- nine peak where Mussolini was Imprisoned toward the end of World War II. drogen, blast at Bikini. American secret agents are out to stop them, the newspaper said. Foreign Minister Katsuo Okaza kl says he heard rumors of such oloak-ahd-dagger activity. U.S. diplomatic and military sources have said nothing on the subject but it was assumed intel ligence agencies were alerted. The provincial Health otnce in dicated that anyone wishing to steal the crewmens' clothes would have quite a task It was col lected by government officials and is kept under ion. There are more than SO Soviet representatives here, all In the un recognised Soviet mission that operates from the -s old Russian embassy buildings. The Russians also are aided by large numbers of Japanese Communists. Ogata's statement on atomic stockpiling came In answer to a question by leftwlng Socialist Schl chtro Hozuml, who bad asked whether Japan could bar such stockpiling. - "It Is the U.S. security forces own atomic weapons, that's their business. It is not a problem Ja pan ougnt to interfere witn," Og ata replied. MTiblet Bottle Only 49t CoffioShop ono Dining Cart Soo high Cascade and Mt. Shoiki in gorgeous winter dress. Phono Southern Pacific Skull Moss This ancient ingredient of Unguentum , ', Stmpathetlcum. collected from the ; skulls of the deadj may, have been the forerunner of the modern antibiotic- producing molds. Many, odd treatments have been found to contain a practical application within their maze of superstition. Oeat .. strides have been made In the field of medical science. , OnlM your physician, with his education and training, is capable of employing these dis- -coverics property. Take his advice and follow it through. 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