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lly 1 HANK JENKINS
Telolyiie chatter:
Mm. Louis Slegol n driving
Uits morning In Portland In hoavy
(radio. Cora to the iront oi nor,
Cara to the rear of hir, Like Uie
guns at Baluklsve when Uio Unlit
ilrliiado cliamod tnrougn, uioir
hauala volleyed and ihumtorea
Everybody waa In a hurry, and
Mra. Slegol waa m aa Dig a nurry
aa anybody els.
Suddenly ahe was bumped from
the rear by an impatient driver,
(Die held her temper, supposing It
waa a iiltp of Uio too on tho Uirot
tie' of Uio following ear. Then alie
waa bumped again, and thla time
til guy blew hla horn. Still, being
a patient woman, ahe held onto
her temper.
Then
The mala driver of tha car to
her rear (who had been doing the
tender bumping and the horn Honk
Ing) grit out at a atop light and
alerted awearlng at her for holding
up tha tralllc.
That DID IT.
Mra. Blegel (weight 130 pounds)
got out of her car. She started to
tell him off politely, but just then
her temper boiled over and ahe
hauled olf and hit him on the none,
The nun (I reckon. In view ot the
fact that he weara panla and
ahavea, he could be called a man
1 reeled back, clutching hla bloody
now, and beat a retreat.
The teletype adda that h waa
treated later at a hospital.
I don't know thla Mra, Bleget,
But I'd like to know her. I'd like
to tell hnr lut how wonderful I
think ah la. If there la any peat
more annoying than tha peat who
In heavy tratlio bleu nta horn ai
you and bumpa your bumpera, when
you want to get where you're go
ing lual aa much aa he doea but
can t because of all ui traflie
ahead of you, I wouldn't know what
It could be.
Over and over I've felt Uur urge
to do what Mra. Slegel did In Port
land Una morning, but I never had
quite nerve enough, to go through
with It.
I aaluta her.
In an elfort to throw aome light
en our dlMrlct attorney-circuit court
ruckus, which la rapidly Becoming
a nuisance that muat be abated II
law enforcement la not to break
down )n Klamath county, KFLWa
Plovd Wynne addressed aerlea
of question Die other day to Dis
trict Attorney Aiueraoo ana mt-
cult Judao Vandenberg.
' They were temperate, 'moderate
quealiona that aought to bring out
the (act involved in inia unior
lunate aituatlnn that has arisen.
Both Judge Vandenberg and Mr,
Alderson Indicated that they would
be willing to answer them. It waa
Wynne's purpoae to us the an
swers, exactly aa given, in his
Wednesday evening broadcast, hop
Ing that In that way tha public
might get a better picture of what
It la all about and thua nilgnt be
able to coma to a mora Intelligent
conclusion aa to what ought to be
done about It all If anything.
At thla point, the Klamath Coun
ty bar association entered the pic
ture with a statement to Die ellect
that It would be contrary to the
ethics of the legal profcsalon for
a Judge to permit himself to be
subjected to questioning In a mat
ter of thla sort and auggested that
It would be belter for the bar
association to do the answering.
I'm In sympathy with that aug
geitlon. Except at the polls (cir
cuit Judgea In Oregon aro elected
by the people) no Judge should
nave to give a publlo accounting
of hla actions and his decisions.
which are aubjeel to review by the
higher courts. We certainly must
maintain the dignity of our court
If justice la to prevail. -But
We are facing a humiliating sit
uation here In Klamath county.
Tne situation Is approaching a
point where It Is beginning to look
to laymen Ilka Justice Is bogging
down because of a conflict be.
tween our proseoutlng attorney and
nur courts r junae van vactor en
tera Uio altuation today with sharp
criticism of the district attorney.)
We can't let such a altuation go
on.
But what are we to DO ABOUT
IT"
It la a highly technical Issue. We
laymen are not qualified to Rive
a proper technical answer. It looks
to me use it la high time for the
Klamath County bar association,
which la composed of lawyers, to
tell ui Just what we ought to do in
this annoying and humlllntlng all
nation. And how. And when, 1 hope
auch an opinion may be forth
coming without too much delay.
State Job List
Shows Increase
SALEM (ffl Labor disputes and
late season Were Jointly respon
alble for a 8,300 Increase In the
number of Jobscokora reported this
week by 38 offices of the state Un
employment Compensation Com
mission. About 98,000 persona were active
ly aeeklng work at the mid-year
compared with 32,600 on July 1 and
98,800 a year ago. Only 030 un
filled Job openings wera counted
by local office representatives of
July 1, the lowest number at this
period since the end of the war.
About 3.(00 of the new Jebaeekers
were among those out of work aa
result of tha dispute between
lumber operator! and employes,
rage
fries rite Cents St rage
District Judge Van Vactor
Testifies In
By LYLE DOWNING
Two persona Involved In what
police doacrlbed as a sordid sex
case were free Thursday after
District Judge D. E. Van Vactor
lesillleil in circuit court that they
were Illegally held In Uie county
Jail on a delecllvo complaint filed
by tho district attorney's olllce.
Tills new development In Klam
ath County's battle of tho court
house csme to light when Judge
Van Vector waa culled as a wit
ness at a habeas corpus hearing for
can zumwall, held lor the grand
Jury on a charge of contributing to
Uio delinquency of a minor.
Judge Van Vaaior, during his
testimony at in habeas corpus
hearing before Circuit Judge David
D. E. VAN VACTOR
Diitriet Judge
R, Vandenberg, denounced the dis
trict attorney's office and said he
had been "covering up" Uie dis
trict attorney'a legal errors.
While Under questioning by At
torney O. 8. Balentlne, counsel for
Zumwalt. Judge Van Vactor was
asked If It was true that the dis
trict attorney's olllce had failed to
establish venue In the sex case or
had produced any evidence that
the alleged crime was committed
In Klamath County. The Judge said
venue had not been established at
the preliminary hearing for Zum
walt In hla court.
Balentlne then asked Judge Van
Vactor If it wasn't a fact that he
had commented on the lack of ve
nue before he ordered Zumwalt
and Mra. Florence Anderson, a co-
defendant, held to answer to the
grand Jury, The Judge made the
following reply:
I do recall making considerable
comment about the way thla case
was handled and the venue was
Important to be established. It
Isn't Uie first time It hss happened.
A happened several' times. Tho
district attorney'a oflice has failed
to ask elementary questions about
establishing locale or location
where Uie crime was committed.
and he didn't do it In this case.
Tho facts In tho case wore sor
did, and from Uie testimony It was
a rotten typo of conduct. And be-
causo ot uio inclilcleiicy oi tne dis
trict attorney'a oflice to properly
conduct the hearing, and failure to
ask necossnry questions, I attempt
ed to cover up you might aay, the
miscarriage of tha district attor
ney's oflice, and which I regret. '
"And I want to go on record right
now aa stating from here on I will
not be embarrassed or humiliated
by any misconduct on Uie part of
Uie district attorney's office, I am
not going to cover up for them.
They are going to stand on Uielr
own feet, and regardless of publlo
comment, the law Is going to be
followed. I am alck and Urcd of
being the gont In such escapades
as aro happening now, and I don't
Intend to be any more," ,
After Judtra Vandenberg recessed
the hearing. Judge Van Vactor
went to his own courtroom and
Issued an ordor setting nslde his
previous order holding Zumwalt and
Mrs. Anderson for the grand jury.
They were immediately released
from the county Jail.
Mrs. Anderson's husband. Car,
who waived preliminary hearing.
la still held In the county Jail. It
was reported th district attorney's
olllce plans to ask Uie grand Jury
to Indict Anderson on a charge of
contributing to the delinquency of
a minor.
Clroult Judos Ralnh M. Holman.
of Oregon City, assigned her by
the state supreme court after Judge
Vandenberg wag disqualified to try
four cases by Dlstrlot Attorney
Frank Alderson, Is scheduled to ar
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Court Battle
rive In Klamath Falls Friday
morning.
Since he was assigned here, two
of Uie esses In question were taken
out of Judge Holman'a Jurisdiction
by motions Hied by Attorney lien
Uoddard asking another Judgo bo
appointed. It Is mandatory for Uie
supreme court to name snotlier
circuit Judgo to preside at the trial
of Uoddard' clients.
Attorney Ueorge Proctor, counsel
for Robert Wayne Kirk, charged
with a grocery store burglary, has
Hied a demurrer to the Indictment
against his client. It Is expected
Judge Holmsn will hear arguments
on the demurrer Friday morning.
Puerto Rico
Terrorists
Sentenced
WASHINGTON Ifl-Four Puerto
Rlcan terrorist who shot up Uie
House of Representatives March 1
and wounded five of Its members
were given maximum prison sen
tences Thursday ranging up to 73
years.
A firry brunette, Lollta Lebrnn,
34, aelf atyled leader of Uie
group, received a sentence of from
18 years, I months, to M years.
Her three male companions re
ceived sentences ot from 24 to 78
years each.
U.S. District Judge Alexander
HolUoff aald he fell maximum
sentences were Justified because
Uie crime was "so heinous, so
Infamous, so daring and so atro
cious as to shock Uie conscience
of Uie nation."
Tha longer sentences for Uie
thre men resulted from Uie fact
that a Jury convicted them last
monthon five charge each of as
aault with Intent to klU and
five charges each of assault with
dangerous weapon.
Mra. Lebron waa convicted only
en five charges of assault with a
dangerous weapon.
Before hearing their sentences.
the four Puerto Rlcana protested
anew that they merely staged
demonstration In behalf ot Puerto
Rlcan Independence, and did not
Intend to kill anyone.
In Uielr own minds, Uie Puerto
Rlcnas said, they did not feel they
were guilty of any crime.
Judge Holtsoff took a different
view. He called Uie pistol attack
on Uie House "dastardly, wicked
and ruthless." Except for Uie skill
ful work of surseons. Uie ludee
said, the Puerto .Rlcans would
have been before him to hear death
sentences, Instead of sentences on
lesser charges.
Lawyers tor Uie Puerto Rlcans
said In advance of Uie sentencing
they would file notices of appeal.
The three men, convicted June
17 and aentenced with Mrs. Le
bron were: Rafael Cancel Mi
randa, 38; Andrea Flgueroa Cor
dero, 38: and Irving Flores Rod
riguez. 38.
Testimony waa taken during Uie
dramatic two-week trial from Uie
four defendants and from Uie five
wounded congressmen Reps. Cllf-
tord Davis (D-Tenn), Alvln H.
Bentley (R-Mlch), George H. Fal
lon (D-Mdl Ben F. Jensen (R
lows), and Kenneth A. Robert ,
(D-Ala.)
KF Democrats
To Hear Adlai
Adlnl E. Stevenson, who Is va
cnUonlng on Uie Metollus River In
Oregon, will be heard by scores of
Klamath County Democrats who
will travel to Eugene. Saturday,
July 10, to attend a statewide rally
honoring Uie former Illinois gover
nor. A caravan of cars will leave
from Uie Klamath County Court
house at f a.m. Saturday. The lo
cal delegation will .reach Eugene
In time for a luncheon to be nelo
In Springfield, followed by Uie Eu
gene rally at the clvlo auditorium
starting at 3:30 p.m., at which
Stevenson will deliver a major ad
dress. The 1982 presidential nominee
has bcon a guest at Uio Corbott
Ranch on Uie Metollus River since
Sunday, He will leave Oregon after
Uie Eugene meeting (or an Alasknn
tour, Saturday's speech Is expec
ted to be of major Importance and
Is attracting nationwide attention.
Delegates from every county In
Oregon will attend.
Klamath residents wishing trans
portation to Eugene to attend the
rally are asked to call 6647 or 8087.
Some of the cars will rettirn to
Klamath Falls Saturday evening.
STRIKE
PARIS Wl Technicians of the
government-owned French radio
system went on strike last night
for Uie third time In a month and
all broadcasts were suspended for
four hours,
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CHECKING TV SIGNAL STRENGTH thii morning with port
bl fett unit were George Groesbeck, I OS West Oregon and
' Don Orrell, manager of City
Basin Men Yin
Homesteads
Two Klamath County men were
named winners of homesteads In a
drawing held at Rupert, Idaho,
Tuesday. The farms are In the rich
Minidoka area.
The second name to be drawn
from Uie hat wa that of Carl Pur-
key, Dairy, Oregon, and 33rd In the
drawing was John Noggle, son of
Mra. and Mrs. W. Q- (Doc) NoRgle,
1868 LeRoy Street Klamath Falls.
Sixty Irrigated homesteads of 100
acres each and Valued at $10,000
will be awarded when applicant
qualifications have been checked.
The homesteads are a part of the
Northslde Pumping Unit of the
Minidoka reclamation project.
Young Noggle Is completing his
masters degree In animal husban
dry at Oregon State College, and
will go to Idaho In Uie near future
to look over the homestead sites.
Sportsmen
Plan Picnic
The Klamath Sportsmen's Asso
ciation will sponsor a picnic at
Collier Park next Sunday, starting
at 11 o clock.
A spinning contest, both accur
acy and distance, children's games
and races, and a tall tales contest
will highlight Uie afternoon. The
publlo Is cordially invited to at
tend. Ham, watermelon, coffee and
pop will be furnished by the Sports
men, but those attending should
bring their own plates and silver-
war o and side dishes.
Boat tickets must be turned In
prior to Uie picnic
JEANNE HILL, Paulin Hole and Karen Dixon try out the new 17-foot aluminum canoe en Lake
Ewauna, It wai purchased for the Girl Scout Camp at Lake of the Woodi by th Hill estate in
memory of Jeanie't mother, th late Mrs.' Ralph I Lei ) Hill, who died in 1952. Canoti at
Camp Either Applegate ere thared by Girl Scouti and Camp Fire Girt. For teveral yetr the"
campen have withed en lighted faggot from the I it camp fire for a canee. The. new
canoe amwen that with, Jeanie and Pauline are Girl Scouti; Keren It e Brownie Seeut. The .
canoi are brought to Klamath Falls each winter for uie by the Senior Scout Mariner group.
Uie of the canoei it restricted to timai whn all safety itandardi have been met.
JULY I, MM
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TV Television.
Weather
FORECAST KUmath Falls and
vicinity? Sunny and warm through
Friday. High Friday (3; Low
Thursday night 8.
High yesterday
.31
Low last night .
Preclp. last 24 hours
Since Oct. 1 .
-14.45
Same period laat year ,
Normal for period
.14.17
U.ll
Fraser River ;
Dikes Holding
VANCOUVER. B.C. UI Dikes
along the Fraser River held firm
Thursday as Uie water level at
Mission. B.C., Inched up to 20.06
feet, a rise of only .03 feet In 34
hours.
Although high water .has been
pressing against the dikes for three
weeks, "reassuring reports from
all stations" were received bv
provincial diking commissioner
Jock L. Macdonald.
Meanwhile, In Uie Interior, con-
unued hot weather has swelled
Uie Columbia River to more than
39.47 feet, flooding out some roads
and light Industry,
Nlght-Ume ferry service across
Uie Columbia has been cut sharp
ly and searchlights probed the
boiling water as driftwood swept
down-stream past the Castlegar
and Robson ferry landings, near
the smelter city of trail. ,
' REDS ARREST
RIO DE JANEIRO, Braill UTh
Police say they -have arrested 39
members or fellow travelers hi
Brazil's ouUawed Communist party
In Uie last 10 days. It appears to
be a pre-election crackdown.
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Telephone 1111 No. 2117
Picket Line
Crossed By
Workers
The full day shift at the Red
Bluff Moulding Company went to
work on time this morning cross-
lna- the Lumber and Sawmill Work
ers AI'T, union picket line, accord
ing to word received by the fine
Industrial Relations Committee
here. All of Uie men returning to
work were former employes. The
shift Is 'composed of approximately
80 men.
The Wlldwood Lumber Company,
also at Red Bluff, Is operating to
day behind a picket line, according
to PIRC. Some 33 men, moat of
them former employes of the plan
ing mUl and yard, reported for
work making up a full crew.
The two sawmills at Prospect,
operated by Uie Red Blanket Lum
ber Company, and It planer yard
and shipping operation at Eagle
point also have full crews working.
Woods employes at Prospect are
also working, PIRO reported. Ap
proximately 68 per cent ot those
making up Uie full crew are for
mer employes and members of
IWA-CIO local 6-1-3.
The Forward Bros. Lumber Com
pany at Red Bluff is operating Its
planing mill at Red Bluff and
woods ope ration at Man ton near
Red Bluff a well as doing repatr
work on Uie sawmill. AH employes
are crossing picket lines, PIRC
stated.
The planing mill and moulding
department are in operation at the
White Pine Lumber Company at
Alturas, with about 40 men cross
ing the picket lines, It wa re
ported. ,
Also about 33 former strikers and
an unknown number ot new em
ployes were working today behind
picket lines at the Dorrls Lumber
and Moulding company in Its Sac
ramento plant. PIRC atated that an
unknown-number of workers are
crossing picket lines In other Sac
ramento bos factories.
The National Labor Relations
Board has advised the White Pine
Lumber Company at Lakeview that
it has on file a peUtlon by which
employes ask to rescind Uie author
ity of the AFL, local union to ne
gotiation a union shop contract.
NLRB has scheduled a hearing at
Lakeview today on a decertifica
tion peUUon fUed by employes of
American Forest Products Corpora
tion oi Laxeview. .
Indian Group
Opposes Bill
WASHINGTON Wl Legislation
to permit states to take civil and
criminal Jurisdiction over Indians
wss opposed Thursday by the Na
tional. Congress ot American In
dians, unless provision Is made to
require consent of Uie Indians to
the change.
Glen Wilkinson, attorney repre
senting Uie Indian organization,
told a Joint Senate-House Interior
subcommittee the blU would sub
ject Indians to state Jurisdiction
even If they did not want it.
Secretary Blasts
Red China Regime
WASHINGTON (XI Secretary
of State Dulles said Thursday the
United States, would use its veto
11 necessary, to keep Red China
out of Uie U.N. Security Council.
Dulles expressed complete con
fidence Uie Red China regime
would be unable to gain admit
tance at Uie fall session to any of
the principal U.N. organizations,
Including Uie assembly.
At a news conference, Dulles
denounced the Pelplng regime for
flouting the United Nations in Ko
rea, supporting the Communists In
Indochina and generally falling to
fulfill International obligations.
Dulles said firmly, fh answer to
questions, he did not believe there
would be any occasion for Uie
United States to withdraw from
the United Nations if Red China
Is admitted, as Sen. Knowland
(R.-Calli.) has proposed. .
Talk of pulling out of the United
Nations, he said, strikes a note
of defeatism which Is entirely un
justified because Uie United States
and like-minded countries have a
powerful case for blocking Red
China's membership.
President Elsenhower said he is
"completely and unalterably op
posed under Uie present situation
to admission of Red China to the
United Nations."
His stand was believed to have
warded off likelihood of aay early
Senate action to put Congress on
record with formal notice of
American withdrawal li Red Chi
na should be admitted, as
suggested by Knowland.
Knowland himself has been
cooling-. on his Idea .and Sen.
George (D.-Ga.) said in an inter
view he dees not now expect rich
a proposal to be offered.
Oeorire. who Is senior Democrat
on Uie Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said he would , oppose
Vietminh Cut
Off French
HANOI. Indochina W Viet
minh guerrilla moved Thursday
to cut off the southernmost French
defense post in the Red River
delta. ...
a French army briefing officer
reported the vietminh had ordered
resident of vtllaaa . north of
Rung- Yen to clear out o th ou
tage can be uaeo. u s oaae or
harassing Hung- Ten and the road
leading north to Hanoi.
Hung Ten, S mile southeast of
Hanoi, lies inside a oena oi me
Red River which forms the south
west comer boundary ot the ter
ritory still held by French forc
es after their evacuaUon 10 days
ago of Uie southern delta. .
French Intelligence believe the
Vietminh are establishing s base
or ooerations on an island formed
by a Red River channel split just
northwest ot Hung -yen.
Meanwhile, the briefing officer
reported, Vietminh guerrillas ha
rassed a half dozen small French
posts 10 to 15 miles west of Hanoi
and north of the vital supply line
between Hanoi and Haiphong sea
port. : -
Fossil Found
Near Condon
CONDON, Ore. UI Fossil
bones ot a rhinoceros-like mam
mal, not previously reported west
of Uie Rocky Mountains, have been
found on Iron Mountain, in wneeler
County.
Lon Hancock, Portland paleon
tologist, made Uie find In an area
10 by 30 feet on Uie south side of
Uie mountain, near Clarno. He said
some 1.S00 bone fragments were
there, including the Jaw bone ot
the rhinoceros-like animal, which
he identified as a pantadont.
The pantadont actually was larg
er than a rhinoceros, with a short
body and heavy legs, he said.
There were bones from at least
two other animals also, Hancock
said. The fossU beds are being ex
plored by some 2S teen-age boys
and girls at Uie annual Camp Han
cock encampment of the Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry.
S. H. Shirk Is director.
The pantadont Is from the
Eocene period, Uie earliest of Uie
sge of mammals.
Governor Urges
GOC Cooperation
SALEM ( State agencies
have been asked by Gov. Paul
Patterson to cooperate with Uie
Air Force In Its ground observer
program, Civil Defense Dtrecto
Arthur M. Sheets said Wednesday.
Sheets said he has been notified
by 35th Air Division that an exer
cise involving Uie ground observer
corps win take place aomeume
during July. The exercise wUI be
called ' Operation Check Point."
BASEBALL SCORES
NATIONAL
New York . 301 110 40111 IS I
Brooklyn 300 000 000 3 7 0
Gomes and Westrum; Ersklne,
Meyer (S), Hughes (7), Wojey (S)
and Campanella.
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Cleveland 001 013 Ox 4 t 0
Kretlow, Chakale (7) and Court
ney Feller and Hegan, .
such a move because It "might
deprive us of freedom of action
at a crlUcal time."
Dulles also aald In dealing with
other matters:
1. Neither he or Undersecretary
Walter BedeU Smith has any pre
sent plana to return to th Oe
neva Far East conference, even
though Soviet Foreign Minister
Molotov, French Premier Pierre
Mendes-France and Chinese Com
munist Foreign Minister Chou En
Lai have made arrangement to
do so. Be does not wholly exclude
this possibility, however.
3. The United Bute hopes and
expect to grant full dlplomatle
recognition to the new government
of Guatemala after that regime
has demonstrated willingness and
ability to meet existing Interna
tional obligations.
3. He hopes present talks with
Britain aimed at creating an anti
Communist Defense in Southeast
Asia can be wound up quickly
and that other non-Cornsnmlst
countries will Join. ,
Union Calls
Firm Strike
PORTLAND Wl The M and M
Woodworking Co.' plywood oper
ations In Oregon were struck by
Uie AFL Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Union Thursday and the
firm's plant nt Eureka, Calif., waa
expected to be struck.
Eberly Thompson, executive Tie
president ot the company which
ha 3,500 employes and Is one of
the country's largest plywood pro
ducers, said the Portland plant was
picketed at 7 a. m., and pickets
appeared a short time later at the
Albany and Lyons, Ore., plants,
dosing them. He said he under
stood Eureka, would be picketed
by mid-si ternoon. M and If recent
ly closed its Longview, Wash.,
plant, i
Most other plywood operator to
tne Northwest were struck earlier,
when Uie CIO and AFL Joined in
a eooperaUve effort for a 13 Ni
cest hourly wage increase In woods
and mills. M and M however, waa
operating under s eentract wt
ran through June.
Thompson said that- la negotia
tions, which continued to the last,
there was no yielding on either
side: the union sought Uie full 12 Vj
cents and management offered to
renew Uie old contract. That has
been the pattern m other opera
tons too. for the most pari.
Here and there there have been
small settlements since the June
31 start of the strike, but the big
plants have remained closed.
The federal mediation service Is
trying to get operators and the two
unions to resume negotiations. One
of Uie big employer groups, the
Lumbermen's Industrial Relations
Committee, wsa meeting Thursday
and its answer was expected
shortly.
Bob McClelland, mediator who
asked for the meeting, said that
while there bad been no hints that
settlement was likely, the service
considered Uie strike so thresten
lng to the Northwest economy, that
every effort wss necessary. .
Plane Severs
Power Lines
Power service In the 8prague
River area was interrupted Wed
nesday forenoon after a private
plane took out 4.000-volt lines some
four or five miles southeast of
of Sprague River, according to
Truman Runyan, assistant mana
ger at Klamath Falls for Calif
tonus Oregon Power Company.
The plane one of those used for
crop dusting and privately oper
ated by Jack Mulkey, who is now
headquartering here, went through
a three-phase circuit on Uie Doug
Hess place, near Sprague River.
The Klamath Falls Copco office
received first word of Uie accident
at 8: IS a.m. Wednesday when the
Sprague River telephone operator
reported that she was getting se
vere Interference on the line. At
8:56 a.m. a Sprague River resi
dent phoned that power lines were
dangling and During east of tha
town. ' 1
At 9:30 a.m. Jack Mulkey
phoned, according to Runyan, to
say that one of his planes bad gone
through Uie power lines. He did not
Indicate who Uie pilot was, but
apparently Uie plane went on to
land safely.
Damage to Copco's operation
was considerable, Runyan estim
ated. Two of the high tension trans
formers were burned out at the
sub-station at Sprague River. It
has not yet been determined wheth
er a general overhaul and some
rewinding will repair the damage
or whether considerable equipment
will have to be replaced, he added.
Crews which were dispatched to
Uie area found that one transform
er at Uie substation was undam
aged. Rewiring made It possible to
restore single phase service for the
town of Sprague River only by
1:30 p.m. Wednesday, New trans
formers were shipped from Med-
ford end Installed as speedily aa
posalbl. , .
Normal service . waa restored
throughout the ere by 13:84 a.m.
today.
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