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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1954)
In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Skinurung the teletype this morning lor something interesting, my eye caught this one: An intended hunting trip to Can ada ended at the beginning today in a private plane crash in Mil waukee. The owner (a big Mil waukee brewer) was thrown clear when the plane hit the ground but died later ol his injuries. His 20-year-old son and his two co-pilot brothers died in the nam ing wreckage. This one stood out of the page: Pour students going home to New York and Pennsylvania from a college In Klrksville, Missouri, have been killed in an auto wreck. A fifth student was hurt seriously. Pretty grim! 11 But wait. MAYBE WE PAY MORE AT TENTION TO THE BAD NEWS THAN TO THE GOOD NEWS. Anyway This newspaper is going to try an experiment. Next week the week before Christmas Day we're going to print on the front page only the good news, the constructive news, the news having to do with the BETTER qualities of human be ings rather than the WORSE qual ities. We'll print the other news, of course. But we'll put It Inside. You'll have to hunt for it. We won't flaunt It in your face. I wonder what you'll think of It. But let's get on with the news el TODAY. The Veterans Administration predicts that another three million veterans may get home, farm and business loans in the future under the GI loan program. That's for the future. Here's the past record: . At the end of October of this year the VA had guaranteed or Insured more than THREE AND THREE - QUARTER MILLION LOANS. The original value of the principal of these loans came tn sllghtlv more than TWENTY-FIVE BILLION DOLLARS. Is that goodr Or bad? Listen: The VA says It has had to pay guaranty claims IN LESS THAN ONE-HALF OP ONE PER CENT OP ALL HOME MORTGAGE LOANS TO GI's. I think It's wonderful. How about this one: Postal clerks in Petersburg, Vir ginia, came upon a Christmas package this morning that gave cut with a click-cllck-cllck sound Belns moderns, living in' this SCARY world, they thought It was a boinD. So they opened It, VERY caretully. It turned out to be a toy-clock' work engine that had been partly wound up before being put in the box and a jar of some sort had started the machinery going. Let's close with this one: Iran used to be called Persia and its best-known export Per sian cats made the came a household word around the world But now Iranian "patriots" are calling for a showdown in shipping cats out of the country. One influential newspaper in Tehran makes this comment in protesting against sending Persia's cats abroad: "For six thousand years we have been famous for our cats. But if matters proceed at the present rate we may even have to IMPORT cats." See? SCARED again! Instead of sharing their orna mental cats with the rest of the world and being HAPPY about It the Persians are shivering in their boots. "The rats will TAKE us," they may be quavering to them selves. Isn't fear a terrible thing? Indians Sell Fish Rights PORTLAND Ifl Representa tives of the Yakima Indian Tribe agreed Friday to give up their fishing rights at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River for $15,019,640. The agreement, reached with Army Engineers here after pro longed negotiations, is subject to approval by the Yakima General Council as well as by the chief ol the engineers, the commissioner ol Indian affairs and the secretary of the interior. A treaty signed by the govern ment in the Inst century gave the Yakimas and other Pacific Norm west Indians perpetual rights to take salmon at the ancient and picturesque fishing itc. But the site will be flooded when tho federal dam near The Danes Is completed. The Warm Springs and Umatilla tribes earlier gave up their rights for multi-million dollar compensa tion. The 1,075-member Warm Springs Tribe-is to receive $4,047. 000 and the Umatilla tribe, with 1,118 members, will get S4.198.000. The Ncz Perce and the local Indian residents at Celilo have not yet completed agreements with the engineers on compensation tor their fishing rights. The agreement Willi U)e 4.UU0 member Yakima Tribe provides for payment of $000,000 wilhln 30 days after approval by all agencies concerned. Basketball The KUHS Pelicans, Red ding's Shasta Union Hich Wolves basketball stame tonignv In Pelican Court will be broad :ast by KFJI starting at s p.m. rnrw rive iniia rairi J u rniiLOi uitcuuiii Dttiiitvni, ucvr ur-n 10, trw ciruuunc sin nu. City limits-, - iv . i 1 7 ' ""1 It'tir'-MI 1 l l l l I II II II 1 rrjj,l 'rVfc I " II II 1 l-iVfR I KLAMATH jy iSOCr 11 i. lake , f r,i. C NxJ rt; A m ri rii nnnl 1 it iv myovAxo m KLAMATH FALLS ' VOTlRft KLAMATH APPROXIMATE ROUTE OF THE WEST-SIDE BY PASS is shown above. The route is planned to take off from the present highway at about Quar ry Street one half mile north of Biehn, south of the North Entrance Motel. From there the route goes southwest to a point behind Conger School and follows along the hillside west of California Avenue to where Grant Street, if continued, would intersect California Avenue. The by-pass crosses California Avenue at Grant and follows to the east side of Conger Avenue. -It crosses under SHOOTING HOURS Oregon December 19 OPEN CLOSE 7:01 4:19 December 20 OPEN CLOSE 7:02 4:20 California December 19 OPEN CLOSE 7:00 4:37 December 20 OPEN CLOSE 7:00 4:37 Pendleton Seeks New City Census PENDLETON I This city will seek a new census to take advan tage of probably Increased funds from the state highway and liquor n venues, distributed on a per capita basis, the City Council de cided. The city's population in the 1350 census was listed at 17,291. - 1 IB II ....III liiJsVrwN J II til ill ill ill v .. arv. H .,r .. . j7 XCVr WW J ILr II MWVL ..r . 1 IMwr 1600 COUNTY Boy Saved By Mercy Flight WALLA WALLA Wl An Ore gon boy was flown over 200 miles to Walla Walla Friday night for a delicate operation to remove a peanut that had lodged in 8 and seriously hampered lung, his breathing. Attendants at a hospital here said 15-month-old James Neil Campbell was in good condition and resting comlorlably following the bronchoscopy, a delicate op eration In which a tube and wire clamps are inserted into the lung. The tot accidentally swallowed the object Friday at his home In Seneca, Oie., a small town 150 miles south of Pendleton. Columbia Power I Increase Eyed ROSEBURO l.tl P'.'blic power generation In the Columbia Basin will be substantially lncrra-ied during 1955. reports Pep. Harris Ellsworth iR-Orei. The congressman, in reviewing the timetable tor construction under authorizations and appropri ations by the last Cor.gress, snld new units will go Into production on six projects during the coming year. Total capacity of projects now in the process of construction will be 3.295,000 kilowatts, Ellsworth reported. JLULMU .J i I B -IIP Tm Oar u kj Jtt4 I K Main Street at the present intersection of Main and Conger. An additional bridge will be con structed over Link River on which the new road will cross and continue over the flat between Riverside Drive and Lake, Ewauna, crossing the present highway at the Great Northern tracks be low the apple orchard. More immediate plans for construction include only the first portion of the by-pass, from the north city limits to south of Link River. Plans provide for four access points to the freeway, at the north city limits, into Klam Weather l-ORIXAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Sunday. High Sunday 3!; low Saturday nlrhl 23. High yesterday XI tow last night 17 ocicmbcr 17 weather Briielit, : sunny with heavy frol early the morning. In Umatilla Farm Income Drops PENDLETON I Drop in Urn- tilla County cash farm income lnjthe holiday special, which was not 1954 below 1953 Is estimated at 23 badly damaged, continued Its trip per cent by Victor Johnson, exten-1 to Du.-scldoif. The children were slon agent. The 1954 tolal was esil- en route to their homes from mated at 125,211, 635. Main factors were frost damage Sv'1 to fruit late in the spru.g and gov-1 Rail officials said the otheT ernment ' restrictions on wheat tram, departing for Hamin when planting. 1 the accident occurred, was jam- Fruit tree Income dropped from Ip""!. The special rammed Into $1,360,860 in 1953 to an estimated I r,Dn," P"n m the c"1''- , $283,000 In 1954. Whca' Income m ! Th" cause thp cr,sh was not 1953 was estimated at $18.668.750 Immediately determined. compared to $11,070,000 Frost and lack of adequate soli moisture ac counted for some of tne wheat de ciease. Aside from seed and feed, vbc-at sold or placed under gov-1 emment loan was estiniatcd at 5,- j 124.850 bushels. Sole Increase was In barley nd oats, with a 1954 estimate of $2,-1 180.000 compared with $91,200 in 1)63. I fry i;T4 ath Lake secondary road (between Oregon Ave nue and Conger School), at Main near Link River bridge, and at the Greensprings junction. The freeway will be two lanes from the north city limits to Main and four lanes from Main to Green springs junction with a third lane for trucks along Conger west of California Avenue for about seven-tenths of a mile. Estimated cost is $4,500, 000. A hearing on objections is scheduled for Monday night at 7:30 in the council chambers. 14 Killed In German Wreck DAHTMUND, Germany iH Fourteen Germans were killed ana 37 injured Saturday when two Itrains, one a special carrying 500 school children home for Christ- nits, collided in pie-dawn darkness near Dortmund s mam railway sta tion. None of the children were killed but three were injured sligntiy. Rescuers probed throURh the wreckage of the regular train by light of torches and searchlights to recover bodies and lead survlv ers to safety. Cutting torches were used to free some victims from the tansled wrecknee. Several hnui otler the crash I school on the North Sea Wand of Santa's Number Phone numbers to call for the "Hello, Santa" program are 8128 and 6528. Children are re minded not to call eitcept dur Ing the appointed hours. 8 to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and $ to 8 p m. Sunday. Bulletin NEW YORK W A big Italian airliner carrying 31 or more per bons smashed to earth at Idlcwild Airport Saturday and burst into names, ine crew 01 n ncucopicr hovering above reported secinrj survivors. Another report said there were "not many" survivors. The big DCS craft, winging In from Rome and Milan, Italy, was understood to have made two ap proaches at the a;rport and crashed on the third try. Skies were heavily overcast and rain was falling. But flying con ditions were termed all right for plane landings. The crash occurred at the west erly edge of the airport In Marsh land of Jamaica Bay, which ad joins the Atlantic Ocran on the south side of Long I.-land. popping ; WWW W!) ewcHKiwM seats r5.ll C iAV Western Leaders Discuss Defense PARIS i.fl Western leaders' agreed Saturday civilian govern ments must control tne trigger oi atomic waifare. But Belgium's foreign minister suggested they also believe the United States prob ably would have a free hand to cope wllb a sudden devastating Communist assault. "If an aggressor makes an atomic attack on us, I don't think anybody's veto will be of much importance, " said Paul Henri Spaak in explaining to newsmen the deliberations ol the Western leaders on the use of atomic weap ons at a time of crisis. The foreign, defense and finance ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) powers clearly pinned their hopes for survival and victory on nuclear arms in case oi attack by the Soviet Union. But they were deliberately vague on how resort to these weapons might be decided. CONCLUSION They reached tills conclusion In approving a military defense plan for Western Europe drafted by their military chiefs of staff. The plun envisages the use of atomic weapons to counter-balance Rus sian manpower superiority. The ministers apparently agreed with the United Slates that full allied consultation before employ lug atomic weapons must not be made a strict condition. Spaak told news conference that decisions might have to be made when com munications had been destroyed. The ministers, in their final com munique, merely said they had ap proved a new defense pattern. They added that governmental re sponsibility on use of atomic weap ons was not being delegated. COUNCIL SESSION At the end of the 14-natlon coun cil session, the Western Big Three foreign ministers went into con- I ference on a wide range of prob Ike Considers War End Order WASHINGTON Iff) The White House said Saturday a presides tial order 18 being prepared to bring the Korean war emergency formally to an end. Press Secretary James C. Hag' lefty said the order is In the woiks, but added he thought It would be "quite a little while" before It la issued. Veterans Administrator Harvey V. Hlgley snld last week that ev cry month the emergency contin ues adds a potential 40 million dollars in future benefit payments I to veterans. Hlgley said he believed the President soon would name a date after which all youths who enter military :. service would bo dis- chatged ' as peacetime Veterans. He said that while the fighting In Korea ended more than a year ago every man leaving the armed services Is still discharged ai war veteran. As Jong as the emergency con tinues on Uie books, men leaving Uie military services are entitled (o such federal benefits as cover education and training, guaranteed or Insured lonns for farms, homes and businesses, musterlngout pay, help in finding jobs, and unem ployment compensation. Oregon Timber Ruling Told SALEM Applicants for per mits to harvest timber for com mercial purposes within the state of Oregon will, on January 1 next, be required to notify adjacent tim- oeriand owners of their intention. In accordance with action taken by the board of forestry at its recent meeting. The object of the requirement, as brought out by board discussion, is to acquaint adjacent timber land owners of tho proposed logging ac tivities in order that steps may bt taken to establish accurate cutting lines and also to Inform them oi the creation of a potential fire haz ard. State Forester Ocorge Spaur sta ted that the board order would af fect approximately 10,000 Joggers who would seek, permits during 195, He added that the department wl 3 mv fv he nrocedure much as possible, All district head quarters have been Instructed to assist the logger and make land records available to applicants. Blank certification forms to he tilled out Indicating that the board requirements have been fulfilled will be provided. Vets' Loans Future Told WASHINGTON Ifl p The Veter ans Administration (VA) forecast Paturday that an additional three million veterans arc likely to get home, farm and business loans in the future under the 10-year-old GI loan progiam. As of Oct. 31, the VA had guar anteed or Insured 3,701,905 loans. v.ith original principal value of 25. 075,509.000. The estima'e that another mil lion loans will be made lo World War tl vrlcrans before their elisl- bihlv expires Jul v 2d, 1957 for n o.sl and that within Ihe next dec ade at least two million post Korea veterans will get loans. Future activity estimates are given in a 40-pagc pamphlet, made public Saturday, which reviews Uie program's first 10 years. The booklet estimates that in 1900 there will be 7 vt million civilian veterans of service since the 1950 outbreak of the Korean hostilities. lems facing1 the United SUtes, Brnaui and France throughout tiM world. In light of Spaak's comment, the ministerial decision did not appear to bind the United State6, as the principal atomic power in the Western world, to consult with its Allies in cases of grave emer gency, nor to change any standing instructions which it may have al- reany given to uen. Altred M Oruenther, Supreme Allied Com mander In Europe. US Business Steps Up To High Levels NEW YORK (fl Buslnesn stepped out smartly this week. In some lines activity was at record levels. With only one more week untlf Christmas, shoppers crowded into retail stores. Merchants reported a sharp rise in sales of high- priced luxury Items. Detroit turned out more new cars and trucks than in any other weetc inis year. Electric power output reached new high for the second week In row. After several days of hesltancv. the stock market resumed its up ward march and thrust to Its high est level since the roaring Twen ties. Gains were reported for produc tion of lumber, paper and paper- Board, copper, crude oil and bi tuminous coal. The Bureau of Labor statistics said housing starts in November (estimated at 103.000' were a rec ord for that month. Steel output, scheduled at 815 per cent of capacity, was just be low the 1954 high of the week be fore. U. S. auto factories, working nine-hour shifts, rolled out 173, 240 cars and trucks. General Motors said Its dealers sold more new passenger cars in the first ten days this month than In any ten-day period in the cor poration's history. Chrysler reported it was push ing out cars at the late of more than 30,000 a week, and had In creased Its payroll to 160,000. All indications were that the In dustry's sizzling production pace would get even hotter in the first three months next year. Some ob servers felt the auto makers might be planning to bul'.d up a back log of new cars to tide their deal ers over In case of labor trouble. . Contract between the auto manu facturers and the CIO will expire next spring. . , Sheppard Jury Deadlocked CLEVELAND (PI The Jury In the Sheppard murder trial ap peared Saturday to be deadlocked over the question of his guilt or the degree of it, or whether he Is innocent. Dr. Samuel Sheppard, 30-year-old Cleveland osteopath, is ac cused of murdering his pregnant wife, Marilyn, last July 4. He says a prowler committed the crime. The seven men and five women on the jury went back into con ference Saturday morning for a second day, but at 12:05 p.m., the Jury was excused for lunch after the usual courtroom formality. Judge Edward Blythin said: "I assume you have not reached a votdict," and sent the Jurors out in the custody of two bailiffs, Sheppard a g a 1 a confronted them. His eyes searched their face. Only one woman Juror seemed o look at him deliberate ly. The majority seemed to try to avoid meeting his eyes. Jurors were stouy-faccd and gave no Indication of how the da liberations are going. Again, Sheppard's two brothers. Stephen and Richard, and their wives were in a back-row bench. Thj accused man, after shaking hands with two of his lawyers, glanced over toward thcin and smiled. His mouth opened slightly as though silently saying, "HI." 1 lvvv! . READY FOR Ihe Christmas ruth at Bud and Charlotte's Newt and Photo Service, 1004 Main, is Sharon Outltr, Routt 3 Box 234A. 4 i
