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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1955)
rui ji rnr"3 M to 1 In The- Days lews Br FRANK JENKINS A decade ago, or thereabouts. delegation Irom the chambers of commerce ol Klamath Falls, Lake view and Alturas took 'off for Las Vega to represent our communi iea at a big Civil Aeronautics Board hearing. At this hearing, an examiner for the CAB was to con sider proposals for a lather ex tensive reshutfle of air transport routes in the West. Our Klamath Basin delegation made two major requests at Las Vegas in behalf of our communi ties: 1: A feeder route from Klamath Fills to Reno, with slops at Al turas and Smanville. 2. A feeder xoute Irom Klamath salls to Boise, with stops at Lake view and Emus. We argued that this great In ferior Basin is a region of vast distances, that in the world of the future rapid transport will be need ed If its towns and cities are to maintain necessary business and social contact with each other, and that such & system oi feeder air lines would be useful to the big through lines, both air and ground, by concentrating passengers and, light freight and express at con venient points. Our arguments were listened to with courteous attention and it was generally conceded that they were economically sound. But we faded to set what we went after. I sup pp we were ahead of our time. Well A lot of water has gone under fhe bridge since that bearing at Las Vegas. Air transport has grown Im mensely and the smaller cities have come into the air picture. Recognizing the soundness of the idea sketched at Las Vegas by the Klamath Basin delegation a decade ago. West Coast Airlines has just filed an application with the Civil Aeronautics Board to ex tend service from Klamath Falls to Reno, from Klamath Falls to Boise, with stops at Lakeview and Burns, end from Boise to Reno, with a top at Winnemucca. It is to be regretted that the Reno leg- does not include a stop at Alturas, but I can't help thinking- the economics of the situation will call for sucli at slop laier. Thus, after many years the basic needs of this vast Interior area have been recognized by an able and competent feeder airline op erator. It is greatly to be hoped that the CAB will recognize the economic importance to this region of the extensions that have been asked by West Coast and will giant the 'application.- - Meanwhile A decade after the Las Vegas hearing United Air Lines has asked per mission to discontinue ils service to Klamath Falls, and it is to be presumed that its request will be granted. That could be regarded as unfortunate for this city, but I ion't think it is. Already, West Coast Is providing service to Port land by way of Medford, Roseburg, Coos Bay, Eugene and Corvallis. Connecting air service to California and the north is readily available t Medford. It seems reasonable that when United drops its service to Klam ath Falls West Coast will be per mitted to give direct service from here to Portland, with a stop at the Redmond-Bend airport and per haps a stop at The Dalles. It seems equally reasonable that when United quits here Southwest Airways will be permitted to come into the Klamath, picture with di rect service to San Francisco and intermediate California cities. If and when that comes about. Klamath will become the hub ol a wheel of feeder airline routes whose spokes w ill lead out in every direction. That will be highly de sirable as was clearly recog nised in this area a decade ago when this picture of a splderweb of leeder airlines, with Klamath as its center, was lirst envisioned and presented at Las Vegas. The value to Klamath of such a network of feeder lines needs no explanation here. This city is al ready a distributive center of con siderable importance. In the mod ern world, speed of delivery of liKht merchandise of all sorts, machine Darts, etc.. is essential to success ful distribution. A network of feed er airlines will speed delivery from here fabulously. I think the value of such a sys tem will be equally great in all the surrounding area. Business is J, two-way street. It flows in boih directions. It is Just as Important to GET merchandise quickly as to DISPATCH merchandise quickly. In a country of vast open spaces, muck transport Is valuable to EVERYBODY. Teenage Dance Set For Friday A back-to-school teenage dance has been rescheduled lor next Friday night at the armory. The danre. sponsored by the city recreation depariment. pre viously had been set for S?turday night. Music will be supplied by the Starhahters. throuch the coop eration of American Federation of Musicians. Tor dance is on"n to ihe public jnd free of charge. BIRTHDAY BLOMFONTFIN. South Africa IV. VM Maria Fredericks Mare ob served her 100th birthday Satur day by counting up her defend ants They totalled 253 11 child ren 88 grandchildren. 118 great grandchildren and 40 great great grandchildren. Scores of them w present help her celebrate. Price Ten Cents 32 Pates arzwmtm turix THE OLD SWIMMIN' HOLE was never better on a hot day than Klamath's new pool. At least that seems to be the opinion of the throngs of youngsters who have been jamming the big Woman Hurt In Smashup A San Jose, California woman was in serious condition at Klam ath Valley Hospital Saturday night after she was injured in a three car crash three-quarters of a mile north of Collier Park. The victim was Mrs. Patricia Bittick. She was taken to the hos pital by a passing truck driver, According lo state police, the ac cident happened at 5:30 a.m. Satur day A car driven by Robert Bit tick, husband of the injured woman, went out of control and overturned, Dust obscured the scene and a car driven by Marion Llnde, Port Angeles Washington, smashed into the Bittick car. The Linde car also hit an automobilf driven by Rich ard Owens, Portland. Polf.ce said the accident was un avoidable and no citations were issued. None of the other persons involved were injured. Logging Spur To Be Built On OC&E SPRAGUE RIVER The South ern Oregon Construction Company, under contract to the OC&E Rail road, ha's started to build a 2,000 foot spur here. It will be used for logging logs by J. M. Fisher when he begins logging operations on Fuego Mountain about September 1. The company has six men work- in? here, all commuting irom;cnants ana ousinessmen repsrx no Klamath Foils. The crew expects letup in the influx of uranium to complete the job in about a i hunters, with sleeping space at a week. premium. FY 9 0rdsd ft 1 ' 1- ,l fU READY FOR THE DAY'S RUN this morning when the 9 o'clock photographer stopped by the Southern Pacific depot were braltemen P. A. Peterson, left, of 2001 Altamont end A. J. Podewilti, 2251 Shast W.y. - 1 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, r-rn .Vat. a i tiMiCr ' r9 . ' . a C3'-'i . " Missing Boy Found Safe After 44 Hours In Wilds LONG VIEW, Wash. I A sun burned snre footed but mighty hap py 12-year-old boy was reunited with his thankful parents at the Spirit Lake Ranger station at noon Saturday. - Dennis Lloyd, the Boy Scout, missing for 44 hours in the rugged Grizzly Greek area near Mt. St. Helens before being found Satur- Lake Uranium Word Awaited LAKEVIEW tm Two partners were hoping Saturday for word that ore from a mining claim near here contained valuable uranium. Sam Lookholder, Columbus, Ohio, said he and Elmo Angclc of Lake- view came upon a deposit of prom ising ore while prospecting in the hills 13 miles northeast of here. The claim, filed as the Marty K-I, is near other finds made earlier, including the Lucky Lass strike. Ore samples from these earlier claims, tested at the U. S. Bureau of Mines laboratory jn Albany. Ore., showed probable commercial uranium content. Lookholder sen; his ore there. He said his sister. Mrs. Naomi Jacobson of Lakeview, urged him lo come here to prospect. Mer- Spaded SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 195S - X" it: v trrm'?ri cr "vrir pool all summer, particularly toward the top. . day,- said he was plenty scared when he realized he was lost Thursday morning. His - fear subsided when he reached Grizzly Creek because he said he knew from Boy Scout train ing that he should follow the stream out. He followed the Grizzly to the Green River sleeping the first night in a noilow log and the second night In an abandoned mine where he found sleeping bags and prunes. Dennis said he found an un manned guard station Thursday out he could not operate the phone which had been switched off. Dennis had Just started down the trail from the mine when he mei his rescuer,, James. Ray and Wil liam Kratenstein, U. S. Forest Service timber sale officers who naa nntea 10 miles Into the area from Randle. The boy was greeted bv his par ents at Ihe ranger station as ho rode down Ihe trail on a horse pro vided by ihe pack team that went to meet Dennis and the rescuers after word was received that he had been found. Tornado Hits County Fair HASTINGS. Mich lft A small tornado struck the Barry County Fairgrounds Saturday, wrecking the midway minutes after the afternoon program ended. Depart ing crowds toot shelter . in fair buildings. James Hudgel, 22. of Lebanon Ohio, a' carnival worker, was in jured seriouslv when the twister picked him up and whirled him into a concession stand wh;ch col lapsed. The tornado levelled 14 of K ft and;, along the midway and damaged permanent fan build ings. Fair officials estimated the damage at $8,000. Check Cashing Leads To Dismissal Of One Juror Trial of a damage hCUoh against the American Forest Products Cor poration of Lakeview, hit a snag in federal court here Saturday when it was revealed (hat Ihe man ager of thp defendant companv cashed a personal check for one o! the Jurors. Judge James Alger Fee di.-1 loll by Judur Fee why Morehouse mi&sed Uie Juror. Robert Moie.ina(l been excused. house. Lake County rancher, when opposing counsel stipulated the trial could proceed without him. According to Information given Judge Fee by court ofllclals, More house and A. J. Callahan, resi dent manager of the Lakeview lumber firm, met in front of the courthouse Friday evening and en gaged In a casual conversation. Neiihrr knew the other had any connection with lie trial. Morehouse. Identified himsel! and said he warned to cash a check. Callahan, who knew More house by name Hut had never be fore met him. cashed the ranch er's check for 130. The check-cashing Incident was reported to Judge Fee. The ca,e en trial Involved V.U lard J, Williams, Lakeview logger. Telephone 8111 since th. t mercury started up Road Funds Tentative YREKA State Senator Ran. dolph Collier (R-Vrekal onorted to lne wsiyoir county poard ot Su ycrvlaiira Tuesday thai the forest nigmvay prog-amming body has tentatively agreed to recommend that $:J80,000 he spent for repair and extension of the Everett Me morial Highway up the slope ol Mt. Shasta from the city of Mount Ehasta, Expansion of the highway would open up Mt. Shasta as year around recreation area. The road would go up the moun tain for about 14 miles. Supervisors stated that they felt improvements would attract tourists from all parts of California and Oregon. The board had passed a reso lution on June 21 committing the county to spend $60,000 on the road providing that governmental agencies would spend the money to improve the road. The county would also be re sponsible lor snow removal on the lower five miles of the highway. Collier emphasized that the pro posal was only tentative at the present time, and that represen tatives of the board must meet with , representatives of governmental ; agencies in Sacramento to make ; final plans. The board authorized Supervis ors Clint Jackson (Edgewoodi, W. A. Ban (Mount Shasta j and Don, Avery Etna to attend the meet in k. Other agencies involved are. the stale Division of Highways, the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads and the U.S. Forest Service. Bill Tupper In Bronc Lineup SPRAGUE RIVER Bill Tupper is hone from the Cheyenne. Wy oming. Frontier Davs rodeo in which he placed fourth In the bronc riding diviMon. Mrs. Tupper accoiiip-ihicd bun. Thy combinrd lite Irlp with a I Iwo-wreks vara I Ic n. an employe of the forest products company, who was seeking 15.000 damages for injuries suMrreti in a woods accident. Latt Saturday the Jury returnrd a verdict favoring the coinpiuiy. After Ihe verdict had been read. t the 11 jurors who returned It were "I talked to Mi'. Morrhouse In my chambers," Judge Fee said. "I am certain he acted innocently and had no wrong intention. He told me he had not discussed the incident Willi other members ol the jury. It is all over and the rea son I am telling you this is be cause I don't want you lo think there was -anything mysterious about it." Morehoiir. who was in Ihe cnurtrooni. was aLkrd by Judge Fee if he wanted lo make a state ment. The rsncher said he wft sorry II he .caused Ihe courl any tiouole. !" the damage suit, the lumber firm wis represented by Attorney Richard Maxwell of Klamath Fails. The legal firm of Bailey and Lezak Portland, represented th plaintiff. Briton Held lii Murder Of Wife; Baby LONDON (tf A quiet spoken fchnolmaster, son of the late chief of Scotland Yard's crack murder squad, was charged Saturday with bludgeoning his wife and baby daughter lo death. Police said he admitted the double killing. The accused man is Frederick James Chapman. 32. His father, Chief Detective Superintendent Wil liam Chapman, bo&sed all Brit ain's biggest murder hunts until his death two weeks ago. Chapman stood Impassive in the dock ax a suburban Magistrates' Court as his father's closest friend, Detective Supt, Philip Buruey. testified a it a i its i him. He and the accused man walked together as chief mourners at the elder Chap man's cremation. Burncy told at the preliminary hearing of finding the mutilated bodies of 30-ycar-old Mrs. Irene Grace Chapman and her year-old daughter Corinne in a bath room at the chapman's new house in Orpington, a prosperous suburb. He .said Cl ipman admitted the killings witn tVse words: "I used the Kaminer. I hit the baby about three times. I think Z hit Irene twice. Then I turned ihi water on in the bath." Neither Chapman nor the police gave any hint oi a motive. Police sain . earlier that Chap man was held for questioning after he walked into a police station at Brighton, a South Coast resort, and said "I have kilted a woman and her child." They found Mrs. Chapman, a pretty blonde, lying in the blood- .spattered bathroom crouched over her baby in a protective position. Police found a blood-stained ham mer and lireplace poker at the scene. Neighbors spoke of the Chap- mans as a friendly, happy couple. Later investigation of the killing will be handled by the elder Chapman's successor, due lo be named any day now. Water Study Group Named YREKA A four-man water ad visory board was appointed Tues' clay by the SIsKlyou County Board of Supervisors to study future needs ot the county. Supervisors said that the newly appointed bnajd will determine the amount nt'waler on hand and how much will be needed to insure fu ture growth of the county. After lis study, the board will make reconv mendations to the supervisors. Those appointed to the board are Superior Judge James M, Allen, P. L. Lathrop of Yrcka, R. A. Obeiiand of McCloud and Joe G. Allen of Dorris, chairman of the Board of Supervisors. Members will serve no set term and will receive no compensation. In other water matters, tne board- 1. rieaid a report from super visor W. A. Ban- (Mount Shasta) water resources meeting he and Allen attended recently in Pla cerville. Bnrr said .that It was pointed out In the meeting that all counties of origin should move to protect their own water needs be fore urban arras in Southern Cali fornia took, all of the water. He said oilier slates were taking out of stale water, primarily from the Colorado River, that used to go to Southern California. 2. Grained the city of Vreka per mission lo drill test wells on coun ty properly near Yrcka. The city has contracted for a series of test wells in an etlort to alleviate a water shortage. District Attorney Floyd Merrill said that the wells would remain county property, but lhat he felt an arrangement could be worked out which would be sat- BOAT FOLI.OW'KI) TOKYO ill A Russian Mlb murine tailed a Japanese llshlng l-oat ior 3u minutes near Ihe bo-! be a n only la days and royally vlet Kunle Islands last Thursday. Iree to go a loi ol thmes includ men abandoned the chase, ihe skip- ing choose a husband without tho per said Satuiday. I Queen's consent. ! llllliiii mine AmtMttdi.mKSunmm,mmmmJ'r-r "NOW WHERE DID THAT ERASER G07" mutteri fha new aniitenr tociety editor for th Herald and Newt, after having pounded out a somewhat "catty" description ef en of the local tocial function!. The feline wandered in the other morning looking for a job, and purred out tuch a tad itory the editor couldn't hold out for long. The local mice war in comultatiea) at jMeii-time, ,-. r i Weather FORECAST: Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair, with some hl(h olouds through Sunday, Hlh Sun day M, Low Sunday night (0, Hlfh Saturday 14 Low Saturday night . ..58 Cool Weather For West Seen By THE ASSOmiFD PRESS Cooler weather was expected in much of Western Oregon Sunday, after Saturday's sweltering heat, that sent the mercury soaring to 104 degrees at The Dalle. Only coastal areis escaped the hot weather, with 60-degree readings at Brookings and Newport. In between there was nothing veiy cool. It was 101 in Medford, 98 at Roseburg and 66 in Pendle ton. Redmopd and Salem both had Euueue 94 and Klamath Falls 9:1. Portland's maximum tempera ture reached 90 degrees at the air porr. Forecasters said a flow of ma rine air Sunday would bring cool sea breezes and lower tempera tures, with further cooling likely Monday. Forest fire danger was expected to be high iiv hue nor sections Sunday, despite the lower temper atures. Guy Johnson, regional fire dispatcher for the U.S. Forest Service, said in Portland no ma jor blazes had been reported to his office. Transport Study Slated ROSEDURG W The Rosebtug Chamber of Commerce said Sat urday the Stanford Research Insti tute will make a study of trans portion In Southern Oregon. The study will include all types of transportation available to the region, a chamber spokesman said. Meanwhile, the Roseburg News- Review and some interested citi zens made a "studs'" of their own. a'hn subject was the Southern Pa- cific's freight-passenger train nicknamed I The Nlghtcrawler." Last week, the train won a race from the pony express by seven minutes, but local researchers re port that the ponies could have won any other night tn the week. The train wag late tvory night following last weekend s race, To- tal tardiness was J 16 minutes, no- cording to official 6P records for the, first night and . unofficial ob servations tile rest of the week. The train was 'late 10 minutes Monday, a half hour Tuesday, 14 nilnutes Wednesday, 20 minutes Thursday and Friday and min- utes behind schedule Saturday. The SP plans to abandon pas senger service after Saturday night's run despite, a State Public utilities Commission older to tne contrary. . The commissioner s office was preparing a last-minute attempt Saturday night to get a court In junction forcing the railroad to continue service temporarily, until a hearing is held. Algerian Rebels Hit By French TUNIS, Tunisia P) Trench troops pursued remnants of an so man band of Algerian rebels Sat urday alter killing 15 of them Fri day In a clash inside the Tunisian border. One soldier was killed and eight wounded in the fight. In Algeria, meanwhile, the reb els atlHckcd a rural police convoy near Balna and wounded five. VACATION LONDON iflt Bareheaded and smiling happily. Princess Margar et went lo Scotland .Saturday lo be gin her summer vacation and eel-i-brnie her coming of age. She will US Soldiers Involved In Bayoneting SEOUL Ifl TJ. 8. aoldlen guarding a neutral nation! kiapec. tlon team bayoneted three demon, slratmg Korean army veterans Saturday in Ptisan, Korean govern nient sources said Sunday. Ihe inspection team was made up of Swedish. Swiss and Commie, nist Creeh and Polish member!. PROTEST Tne three South Korean veterans were part of a crowd o( 4.000 Join. ; lng in nation-wide protests de- ' -landing the ouster of the KeutMl Rations Security Commission. The commission, which poh the Koresn armislin, contains Communist Ciech and Polish mem Deis wnom tlie Republic of Korea bitterly denounces as "Red spies." There was no immediate confir mation from U. S. authorities. The source said the bayoneted men would require three or four weeks of treatment, ULTIMATUM The source also said 8omh Korea ' had sent memorandum amount, lug lo ail ultimatum to the Neutral Nations Commission telling inspec tion teams to get . out of South ko rea by Aug. 13. A copy was seni to V. S. MaJ. Gen. Harlan C. Parks, senior V. N. member ot the Military Armistice Commission Ihe top truce body which meets periodically at Pan inunjom. ' Parks could not be reached Im mediately for comment. 1 The Korean source said South Korea "would not be responsible for what will happen after mat daie." The memorandum was delivered to each national group in the four nation commission. CLASH, The bayonet Injuries resulted from a clash when the 4.000 dem onstrators tried to break into the neutral commission compound in Pusan. Such demonstrations were staged witli government blessings at tiie live armistice 'port" cities where the commission maintains its In spection teams. , U.S. Soldiers Die In Korea ' SEOUL If) Ten V; S. soldltr of the 24th Division-' wer killed and 10 wore injured, one aorii crash Saturday of an Artjij truck taking them to an airport, , 'tone mora is expected to die." an Army source said. Two of the injured were reported; in cntlcal condition and fouit others seriouslv injured with burns, cuts and brok- eif legs suffered in the fiery acoi- l dent. ' .' i Names were withheld pendinej notification of- next of kin.. Light-heartedly , anticipating a period of rest and recreation leave in Japan, the soldiers had piled their baggage into the big truck and were heading for Kimpo Air Base. 15 miles norlhwest of Seoul. Suddenly the- truck phir.ged through the railing of a nnrrow bridge and overturned. It landed In a small stream and caught fire. Some of the soldiers, pinned down by the truck, apparently burned lo death. ElKht died at the scene of the accident. ' One more died on the way to Ihe hospital and a 10th at Ihe hospitals one man escaped Injury. He was believed to be the driver. -BULLETIN- TOKYO fn An Army eoirrt nittrtial Sunday acquitted cbeatrmt hnlrrd .Itomoia Ahldln of It "Cherry Blossom Lane" slaying f her husky soldier husband. , AIR RK-EMJSTMENT STUTTGART. Germany ffl Pvl. Richard D. Swan son of Pa ton. Iowa, rc-fnlistcd in a U.S. Army helicopter company a mile nbovp the earth. The ceremony took plnre Friday during a copier lliKht over Stuttgart.
