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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1955)
Connie Rips Into Carolina; Diane On Way WILMINGTON, N.C. Tow rins waves and furious winds flammed into the Carolina coast Thursday as hurricane Connie edged ominously toward the main, land. Tree limbs, shingles and other debris flew through the air on winds of 60 miles an hour and higher whipping through exposed resort areas. The dangero& storm which threatened a vast streich of the seaboard from Georgetown. S. C, north, was piling up sand and wa ter in the streets of some North Carolina beach towns. Most vaca tioners and many permanent resi dents had sought shelter inland. "It's blowing so hard you can hardly stand up." Police Chief M. E. 'Williamson reported from Wrightsville Beach, east of Wil mington. The tide at Swann&boro, north . of here and near Jacksonville, war reported higher than it was dur ing the same stage of hurricane Haul. Communication lines were go ing out in many areas feeling the force of Connie's extended outer sali". PIER tOST A fishing pier on the north end of Wrlghtsville Beach, which was destroyed by Hazel and rebuilt, reportedly was swept away again. In The- Day's Aews BY FRANK JENKINS ' Teletype chatter: Adlai Stevenson tells newsmen in Chicago this morning thai he'll disclose his political plans by the end of November. Referring to whether he will seek the Demo cratic nomination next year, he said: I'U do what is best for my party and not what I think, is necessarily best ior mysell." That's HIS 3ide of it to which he Is fully entitled. Let's now get OUR side of it straight. In order to do that, we must re - Kara Air. Stevenson as a pros pective employee who wants a job. We the citizens and the voters are PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS. As employers, we want the best possible man for the Job. Thai's our aide of it. There are two theories of politics: I. To the victors belong the spoils. . J. The people are entitled to the BEST POSS1ELE government. I preler Theory. No, 3. . Wild Woman Connie has a young er sister. Her name is Diane. Connie and Dians like all their tribe were born down In the area known as The Doldrums. The Doldrums arc located to the north eastward of South America and 'almost due east of the Bahama islands which lie to the south east of Florida. I Here Ihev m ow im mo nuirviv, I and migrate to the east coast of off the coast' Rivln8 "mPIe ,unc the United States. The United ; lor Persons along the Atlantic tea Siates has become finicky about j board to prepare, immigrants, but no laws have yet I North Carolina s Gov. Luther been devised that will keep outiHodSps lnaae n emergency air these rough and tough and together undesirable chaiaciers. In their migrations, they'ie as regular as the migrating birds. TTiey begin to move in on our East coast along In August. When Annie or Abbie begins to kick up a distrubance in the oiling, we fcay "Heck! Fall's coming again." Annie and Betty and Connie and Diane belong to the hurricane tribe. If you want to know what. Most of the popular beach re it hurricane is like, fill your bath- sorts along the coast were evacu tub with water. Then pull the plugjated as were many of the small aim waivu. Ule aunuue Ol Ule 1 outgoing water nears the outlet of the tub ft whirlpool will form over the hole. The whirlpool is caused by the water that is rushing to get oui. in us nasie some oi the water inisse.s the target ' and swings around In a concentric circle to hit the hole and set out. If you can imagine a whirlpool turned upside down, you will have a perrect picture of a hurricane. In the case of a hurricane, hot ir al the bottom forces a hole through a layer of cooler air above pnd whooshea upward. Some of it misses the hole and swiris around in circles Just as does the water in the whirlpool in your ba;htub. In a hurricane, the wind SEEMS to be blowing straieht. but in real ity it ts going around and around what ts known as the hurricane'? "eye." which is a calm spot in the middle. Just like the hole in the water in your bathtub whirlpool. Incidentally, the "eye" of Hurri can Connie is i-?id a.s this is writ yn to be slowly approaching the Carolina coat and is currently ex pected to reach the shoreline in, the eeneral neighborhood of 10 o'eloclc tomyhr, Eastern daylight I time. Lei's close this piece with a tra gic inciaeni that is not too uncom mon in the early teens. It concerns 14-year-old Alfred Green, of Living ston, New Jersey. He loM his girl. All he knows is that her name is Mary and she's 12. and has red tnir. He met her at an amusement park U.st week and was smitten but when -hcy parted he forgot to ask her last name and her ad dress and phone number. He's so far gore about it that he's running a hih temperature and has lost h.i appetHP completelv. o heV Bjkint: the police to help locate her. and the old softies are giving him 11 the help they can. But no luck, so far. Comment? I reckon he ll CROW OUT OF IT Jut as our East coast will grow out of the hurricane season corns October or November. New England was told, mean while, it could reUu. The Boston Weather Burecu announced Con nie no longer appears to threaten the New England area." A special bulletin said the hurricane was not liktly to threaten that region with in the next ;6 hours. Small craft were told they could resume nor mal operations. By 8 a m. winds were near hur ricane force of 75 miles an hour near Cape Fear, some 30 miles couth of this port city. The eve crept along at about 5 to 7 miles an hour toward the northwest. A Ion? stretch of coastline from Georgetown, S. C, to Cape Look out, N. C. braced for the mount ing fury of the storm. Connie still threatened the whole Eastern sea board Horn Savannah to Block Island, R. I. NEW STORM Even as Connie whirled her menacing winds oif the Caro.inas re-sort area devastated last Octo ber by hurricane H-i?el. another tropical storm was developing in the Atlantic rbout 400 miles north east of San Juan. The Miami Weather Bureau sail the new storm, named Diane, has winds of 50 to tfo miles near the center and gales outwtiid 100 mites. It is ex pected to grow stroncer steadily, continuing its generailv northwest movement at about 14 miles an hour. Paul Moore, forecaster in the Miami storm warning center, noted that Connie was spreading out somewhat, thereby reducing peak wind velocity near the cen ter. But she is far from a dying storm, he warned, and "we don't want anybody to let down their guard. "Unless there is a radical, un expected change." he said, "the Georgia coast appears out of trou ble except from rough seas." Moore said the Georgia coast and all other alerted sections should stand by with full precau tions, however. Meantime, there were increas ing reports of dangerous squalls from coastal villages and towns in the hurricane's paih. WINDS INCREASE Mayor Frank Collier, whose va cation resort of Carolina Beach, I " w5 almost oesiroyea uy i hurricane Hazel last October. ported increasingly high winds and water during the night. Gusts which he estimated reached 75 miles an hour sent heavy swells rolling over board walks and lapping at summer cot- taaes. some of them only recently ; rebuilt. : Officials' at wrightsvtllc Beach Eome l'i miles south of here, re ported water was lapping at the city hall and had almost inun dated the lower hall of the mile, long beaolv strand. Officials at both beaches cut the r-rea's power supply as a precau tionary measure. But at South port, N.C., 30 miles south of here. high wuids disrupted the power supply end planned to the Coast Guard set up emergency measures. Connie, which was tspotied first tropical storm last Friday, haa cnurneu me past tnree days al-ilnP "'"" t-n l c a g o yesteraa.v. where he was attending the Na tional Governor's Contercnce. to assist in disnstt-r preparations. The Red Cross and Civil Delense had hundreds of workers standing by and the highway patrol, the Civil Air Patrol and amateur ra dio operators set up an emergency :ommunicutions system. EVACUATED towns that StOOd in the DOSSlDle path of the hurricane AI Myrtle Beach the first two rows of bench houses were ordered evacuated 'yesterday with many oi the townspeople and vacationers seeking refuge in the big Ocean Forest Hotel or at emergency sta- (Continued on page 4 7 M A TRIO OF FUNSTERS who keep things Jumping at PoUcIc Brothers Shrine Circut if pictured above. Animal trainer Albert Ottermeier is shown with his performing French poodle. Moe, and a talented goat that bean the romantic monicker, "Starless Night." The goat and the dog are inseparable pals en and off the circus lot. The big show opens a two-day engagement Friday with a free kiddies matinee at the fairgrounds. Complimentary ducats for boys and girls, age i to 12, can be obtained at the circus office in the Willard Hotel. The tree matinee is spon sored by business and professional men of Klamath Falls. i$ i 1 1 , Id I I t kVi 4 & J . y, II--f Price Five Cents 30 Pages WfJ hi'- , ..v. r- A c ft & W& i - AWAITING THE OPENING of the annual Oregon Women's Softball Tournament tonight at Conger Field is the front line catching and pitching combination of the McCulloch Chain Saw team of Eugene. Darlene Peake, left, is the Eugene team's receiver and Linda Walker, right, will handle most of the mound duties for the McCulloch softballers. Eugene meets Merrill at 8:30 in one of three games tonight. The tourney opens officially at 6:30 under the Conger lights. See sports page story. Oregon Women's Softball Tournament Schedule Thursday August 1 1 6:30 Forest Grove vs. Lake Oswego 8:30 Merrill vs. Eugene 8:30 Salem vs. Rogue River . Friday August 12 1:00 Winner Forest Grove-Oswego vs. Rosebuig 1:00 Winner Merrill-Eugene vs. Oakritlge 2:45 Winner Salcm-Rogue River vs. Albany 2:45 Klamath Falls vs. Orenco Valley Olher Friday games at Conger will be plaved at 5:00 - 7:00 Other Friday games at Recreation Field will be played Saturday August 13 2:00 Quarter finals of the lower bracket . -7:00 Semi-finals of the lower bracket V 8:30 Semi-finals of the upper bracket Sunday August 14 2:00 Semi-finals ' 7:00 Championship game 8:30 Deciding game if necessary - Fire Rips Through Mill ' At Yreka; $35,000 Damage YREKA A lire causing dam age estimated at $35,000. destroyed the boiler building and luf) chutes at the J. F. Sharp Lumber Com pany just south of the city on Highway 99 during early morning hours today, R. E. Sharp, local uuu;ayrr of the mill and his fnthcr. J. F. Sharp, owner, are in Seattle and were not available ioi comment. J. H. Evett. company purchas ing octet1!., aid repahs would stiri ai once ana umn comp eted. I stem-oiierated mill win oc ciosctl. ; ?10nd bv but was not needed. Fire Evett .said that quick action by j men obtained water from a nearby nullponci. -Mf . B B The fne was brought under con- Work Contract ; ' .m. Opening Delayed Opcnimr of bids for contract NOY 84893, which includes a com munications and an o;)era lions building at the Klamavh Fulls Air Force Base, has been postponed unit. nup.t i". '--. w. man. Naval officer in charpe of coastruction, announced loda; The bids will be opened ft 'J n.m. (PET) at the District Public Works office at the Naval station in Scatiie. They orku;a)ly were to be opened next Tucdiiy. i i'if-,fiM KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, firemen from the State Division ol Forests and Yreka Fire Depart mrnt was responsible for .saving the remainder of the mill property. The boiler building: was located about 20 fcjt from the sawmill. Kenneth Foster, genera) mana ger oi the Oregon-Shasta Lumber Company, whose mill is Adjacent , to the Sharp mill, reported th" J fire at 150 a.m. today. Within j five minutes, two State Division ! of Force's fire trucks were there and two city fire trucks followed i immediately A third city I ruck I tRuse oi me me is oeing inves- tipatcd. C5 FORECAST Klamath Falls am! vicinity: Fair thrnueh Friday. Ilieh 1 Frwlav tO Inn 1hursrl.iv niVlil Ml ' ' " Tilth yesterday fl Low lust night IS Precipitation last 24 hours ... 0 To date TO Since Oct. 1 I4.5K Normal for period 12.44 THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, IKS at Conger Field at Conger Field at Conger Field at Conger Field at Conger Field at Conger Field at Conger Field - 8:30 at 1:00 and 2:45 at Conger field at Gem Stadium at Gem Stadium at Gem Stadium at Gem Stadium at Gem Stadium Villa's Buried rortune Kumor w Said Ridiculous MEXICO CITY (UPI Mexico's leading authority on Pane ho Villa said todav Villa s gold may be hid den in Texas but he "wouldn't spend a cent looking for It." Ralarl Munoz, author and former Foieicn Ministry press secretary, 'ormed ''ianta-slic" th story ot Dolores Vasquez of Brawley, Calif.. ;hnt Villa buried li, million dol lars worth of gold coins in Texas tjrnvrynrdi.. Munoz, who has written two books on tlv famous revolutionary. M. Villa was a "free spender, not the type to bury money." I He sr.id the only tune Villa ever' rrot hi-: hand.i on any large amount N old was when he "hit the Jack pot" in a Chihuahua bank. The bandit drilled a hole In an iron column inside the bank and nearly a quarter of a million dol lars in gold coins spilled out of the hidint? place like a slot machine payoff. The coins were spent to buv supplies in the United States. The only thintjs villa ever bur- led were caches of arms and am tmimitirm iliroushout Chihuahua ', ' ' ; Miino?; said. "That was how he was able io outsmart Mexican authorities who, for six years, al way thousht they had him ht the point of exhausting his supplies." Sl'RVKV i Another cloudburst, described as HAKODATE. Japan Ifl The the v.orst since 1931, lashed a 142-ton Japanese weather obsei va- i moumaln resort southwest of Colo lion ihip Yushio Maru left Thur.s- ratio Springs Wednesday, tempo tiav lo join U.S. and Canadian ves-.tanly sirandinff about H00 tourists fch. in a survey of the' Northern aim causing damage estimated In Paciiic. i thousands of dollars. Shrine Circus Press Agent Proves Well Traveled Man, And Crazy About Circuses That adjective slinking emi-,sarv brr of Hie Fourth Estate aa a iof Polaci Brother? shrine Circus cub reporter on an Illinois weekly. I Pre.is Atem Justus Edwards I was bark in town Thursday brat - ! Inu thr; drtiiiM for the sawduM , rxiraviirjdiiza and mor? than ever enthusiastic about the pntrrlain- I mrnt due Friday and Saturday at Klamath County Fairgrounds ' Gulliver was quite a traveie.- 'but hp had nmhimr on Edward-, li' been wars since Lie circus i.v.iun. am imn ine time i was public rela'iioiu chief h.. sprnt ""le ' circuses have had a more than two nights In the same la.iclnatlon lor me. It was the clr bi'd. His carter can be hummed cu '" however, who Interested up in one piirase here today ml m0il- and km. z tomorrow ' 1 br-mc a aludent of circus , , ... . . ... liistorv and circus lore. Russell A ;.lc from his circus dune, td- Brothpl.. clrcu, had wlnlcr . w,,ds setyps a, a migraiorv news- f t ,penl )0l , nap..,- inloin-.atlon bureau. Ho ,hclt., 0n(! dav , aiove t0 kn.Avs liunti.ftis ol newjnapjrmeii ,r ,..,.,, quler, ,nd a.,k(.d ,or ?" v m'r" " ""'r ,he U,mcd .. lob and got It. Tint was In im. -"llCV Except during World War II. Wlirn hf appiiiii'd at Hie Herald when 1 was on Ine staff 01 Yank, and N'-ws uiiici: Thursday imnn-uhe Army magazine, in New York, in-.- with an armful ol pictures i nav). UPcn ,,,), circuses. For one and publicity stones. Edwards i year I was nn the clrcua news Mailed rattling oil the latest news si,,f 0f Billboard magazine." about whafa going on in editorial , Besides the Polacg and Russell rooms from Chicago lo the Pa- showi, Edwards has press agented cmc Coast. j;or Clyde Beatty. Hia home ts In Edwards, t former newspaper-I Chicago but he only spends a few man himself, first became a mem- days each year In the Windy City. Telephem 1111 Ne. 3151 Air Force Plane Hit; 67 Men Die STUTTGART, Germany (UP) Two U. S. Air Force Cll Flying Boxcars loaded with American paratroopers collided near Stutt gart today and crashed in flames killing 67 men, an Air Force spokesman announced. The announcement by the 13th Air Force said: "Two Air Force CI 19 troop car riers crashed this afternoon about 30 miles weal of Stuttgart and In itial reports indicated that at per sons on board were killed. The C119s were part of a nine- plane flight which had just taken otf from Echtcraingen Airneld near Stuiigurt on a training mission with troops from Seventh Army aboard. ENGINE TROUBLE "Initial reports said that one plpne developed engine trouble just a few minutes after takeoff, attcr reaching a cruising level of 4000 feet. "The crippled plane lost altitude momentarily, then pulled up ab ruptly across the front of another aircraft in the formation. "The crippled plane went down Immediately. The first plane to crash had 4 passengers and a crew of live plus one loadmaster on board. "The second plane carried 14 pas sengers, A crew of four and a load niasiei. "The second plane flew level for almost one minute, then went out ol control and nosed into the ground. "The accident occurred less than 15 minutes after takeoff," the announcement concluded. Wrong Numbers And False Fire Fears Raise Hob There was almost a fire in the city fire department yesterday. At least the firemen wera mighty burned up. The fire gong sounded 14 times throughout the day. So 14 times they hastily donned their fire- fighting garb and climbed into the truck. And 14 times they were told that there waa no fire. ' It seems that the slightly con fused public had dialed the emergency tire number. 32'J3, lor routine calls. This automatically rings the gong and summons tVtt smoke-eaters. The-correct. - number for routine Information from the department i 3428. Meanwhile, the firemen are aid staling but that's only from the heat. Uranium Claims Still Pour In LAKEVIEW The first two days of thin week were among the busiest In the history of the Lake County clerk's otflce. according to Zane Gray, county clerk. Seventy-six mineral claims were filed Monday and Tuesday, bring ing the total to 283 claims filed since the uranium strike on July 14, Colorado Rains Bring Big Flood BRUSH, Colo. 11 The hev lest raintall in 30 years sent Ilood walers over an estimated 10,000 acres south and east of here Thurs day and caused basements lo be flooded In the southeast part of town. One woman was reported drowned and at least 150 farm families were homeless. The cloudburst Wednssday nlRht dumped up to lour Inches of rain and hall. At the time he decided to become i a circus pi ess s"!nt, Edwards was cllv editor of the Peoria, 11 linols stsr. Prior lo that he worked on the Milwaukee fientinel and the Chlcaao Daily News. "It wasn't that I didn't like newspaper work," lie explained, "lnt oil me lo change pro- Mystery Blast Rips Town; 20 Dead Counted ANDOVER, Ohio (UP) The bod-, of a laxhlmr rain and electrical ies of two more persons weie re-1 storm during the dlnr.er hour covered today from the wreckage Wednesday night. Most oi the vic ot a block-long building demolished j linis, includuig 18 injured, had tak last night by an explosion and lire. en shelter in a dairy store and an bringing to 20 the number of dead. I adjoining restaurant when the blast, Neither of the two new bodies was identiiied. They.' like most of the otheis, were burned beyond recognition. They were taken to a hastily as sembled morgue in the garage of only funeral 1 this small town s home. Officials attempted to Identify the charred victims after match ing torses with extremities which had been counted as separate bodies. Rescue teams searched the smoking ruins for more dead, and one volunteer said "We'll be prod ding this debus for a couple of days. "We haven't even gotten into the rubble," the volunteer said. "Most of the bodies were taken from the top fringe of the debris. He said rescuers worked with Army wreckage equipment and pick and shovels to clear away me debris. "We work In teams wilh each group workiug until they are too tired or are sickened by the smoke and stench," he said. The deafening explosion ripped through the building at the height f..J a. i'. It" DENNIS SWIFT, 12, 3 118 Crosby . Avenue, was looking (or a job with the circus when the early morning photog rapher took this picture. He will be interviewed at 10:15 tonight on KFLW. Patterson Hints At Senate Hopes ClllCAGO ' Gov. Paul Patler. Foil oi Oregon Admitted Wednes day he might run lor the Senate next vrar. There lonir has bnen speculation IhnL Republicans want to put htm up auutnst ben. Wayne Mor.sc. Phttcraon .said. aL a news con ference at the governors' meeting neie thai he was not now a can didate, but added that he doesn't exclude the possibility he might become one. He hI.so haid Morse lost "over- whelrntng.y" in Repuollcan sup pou by switchlim registration 1) DcmocraUc last year, and did no. gain solid Democratic backing. P v it ;' w X':CL P T MaaaawaHHwailBaaw4VJBMevtiK..- mmm t MODERN GULLIVER, Justus Edwards, press agent for Polack Brothers Shrine Circus and an eld jungle pal are shown after their arrival in Klamath Falls. Edwards was bubbling over with adjectives and enthusiasm concerning this year's sawdust en travagania which opens a two-day stand with a matinee Fri day at the fairgrounds. The colorful press agent travels al most continually. happened. Several victims trapped In the dairy store, burned beyond recog nition, were found seated at tables with food before them. Nancy Mock and Mike French. operators of the dairy, said at least iu .ciilJiujra wcic lit uic fiwie b the time. Only two were accounted lor by early today. Miss Mock and French, who were standing outside when the explosion rocked the building, said they had smelled "something like sewer gas." They said they had no idea how many customers were In the store at the time. TO HOSPITAL The injured, many in eritical and serious condition, were taken to hospitals in Ashtabula, Youngstown and conneaut. James Strlckler, pronram oirec tor for radio station WMTW. Mead vllle, pa., reported from the scene that only a pile of debris remained where the big two-story brick I building once eiood. It housed lour other commercial establishments besides the dairy and restaurant. Two other buildings, one housing' the Ohio Edison Telephone Co. ex change, were gutted by ftre. as flames spread rapidly. The town was isolated for several hours with out telephone service or electrte power. Hundreds ot lines were lclled by the heavy rain. . 1 "Rescue workers continued t rearcb the ruins into the early morning hours." Strickler said. 'It was a gruesome sight. Every now and then, they would pull out a part of a body." MORE FOUND Strlckler said he helped count? bodies In the garage-morgue. '"We matched up torsos with ex tremities and the number reached when I left was 25," he said. "Three more persona were listed officially aa missing and they (res cuers feared there may be more." Between 1,000 and 1.500 curiosity seekers lammed the disaster scene hampering rescue operations and fue-flghtcrs. Police set roadblocks to keep unnecessary traffic out ot town. At one time, cars were lined up for almost two miles and fire apparatus from communities I across the border In Pennsylvania t had to turn back. Eight fire companies with M i pieces of equipment battled for . more than two hours before brine- Uranium Hunter Target For Claim Jumpers BARSTOW UP A uranium prospector told today of narrowly escaping death when al shots were fired at him by two claim Jumpers In violence similar to Ule claim-stealing- gold rush days. Prospector Russall L. Dowell lold sheriff's deputies he was sleeping- in a pickup truck on his desert claim some 30 miles north west of here yesterday when two men opened flic on the true. As the first shots hit the truck. Dowell slid to the floor of the cab and then rolled out the door and onto the k round. Dowell said his two assailants were standing about 60 feet from the truck. Dowell told authorities that after the shooting at his truck, Ule two claim Jumpers Jumped Into their car and drove away. Before they left, he said, one of them re marked. "I guess we got him." Two of the bullets shattered the windshield of the truck, five pierced the body and 10 went through the right front door.
