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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1955)
TUESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1955 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE ltint.a Council Hears Objections To Rezonng, Street Pans The city council took It on the chin last night in the regular meet ing In city hall. The city officials first received a verbal blasting at the public hearing on the proposed rezonlng of the Gus Lampropulos property on Martin and Halley streets. Only one person raised an ob jection to changing the tone from Class II residential to business so that Lampropulos will be enabled to move his grocery store from Main Street to make room for a super service station. She was Emma Boivin. 631 Wil low Avenue. She began by telling the council that "If he wants to move let him put up a new. lire proof building." And before she was finished she KF Councilman To Resign Post Murdo Morrison, Klamath Falls City councilman from Ward 3 Itave the council his verbal resign nation Monday nisht at the regu lar meeting of the city councU. Mayor Paul Landry, with the ap proval of the council will appoint a successor to Morrison at a fu ture meeting. Morrison's resigna tion was necessary because he is movlnz outside the city limits. In further business Monday night the council heard the first and tec- ond readings of an ordinance which will require all downtown business establishments to build covered cabinets to hold at least too 60 gallon garbage cans. Com pliance with this ordinance will be required 30 days alter the third ajd last reading of the ordinance at a future council meeting. Vio lation of the ruling will brine a line of S5 to 100 and, or, a five , to 60 day Jail sentence. ?h council heard first and sec ond readings of an ordinance au thorizing the negotiation of an op tion taken by the Oregon Slate Highway Commission for the com mission to purchase 12 to 15 city owned kits In the Buena Vista Ad dition. These lots are from Main Street to the North Entrance and the land will be used lor par; of the right of way for the projected Westslde bypass. The purchase price offered was for the appraised value or sz.siu. had blasted everything from lack of sidewalks to unclean streets. That was only the beginning. The council then heard the com plaints of 11 citizens on Washburn Way. They objected to the city's plans lor making this street an arterial for traflic to the proposed Eastside bypass. The area in question U from Eberlein to Darrow Street. The city has expressed the Intention of widening the street to 36 feet to expedite traffic. The property owners were not sympathetic with this idea. One woman feared that such traffic would "Jeopardize her chil dren's lives." Another resident anticipated that trucks would use the street and ruin property value.. The council must still set a public hearing on the matter. The city assesses the property owners for 26 feet of pave ment, and if it wishes to make it wider, pays the extra cost itself. The city attorney will draw up resolution to Initiate action. The council felt in a "no parking mood at the meeting. The members abided by the recommendations of the Traflic Safety Council and wiped out parking in seven loca tions. The total parking lost was about 70 places. The council did add one meter to partially substitute for the loss. This one Is to go in on Eighth Street between High and Pine. In other business the council Ordered a survey to be made for a playground in the Shippington district between Bly and Bismarck. The owner Is Gus Krause. Approved the appointment of Ed Robinson to the city planning com mission to fill the spot vacated by Al Schmeck, whose term has ex pired. Instructed that a letter be written to the Department of Interior ap proving the proposed contract re newal between California Oregon Power Company and the Bureau of Reclamation for regulation of the waters of Upper Klamath Lake. The contract, if approved, will be come effective in 1961 at the ex piration of the present one and run for a 50-year period. it. Jm SUSAN POTTER Child Labor rec Cross, UF Directors Study Possible Funds Drive Law Explained In anticipation that the Klam ath County chapter of the Red Cross will be . csked to make a special appeal for funds to aid ! stricken people in the Northeast the United Fund drive. It was les the local chapter would be Farmers who employ children ..t..i tKr ni vini.i. ihe child I flood area, a meeting of local il Fund. pointed out the reason lor the joint meeting was to decide whether this special campaign should be a Red Cross drive only, or whether it should be joint one with Unit- labor provisions of the Federal iuno-riig icautio .a ucm ir Waa-e and Hour Law If their crops -. or products are involved in inter- j Althouch the local chapter olll- state commerce. iciauy nas noi cv uccii nca u This warning has been glen by ! contribute lunds, Rea cross ottt- Madison R. Smith, Portland, field icials here were told by higher ech- office supervisor for the depart-u Ion otficers that the request would ment of labor s wage and noui : oe forthcoming. and public contracts division. Meeting at the county library, Smith pointed out that the pro-;boln board directors of the Red i proposals. visions ol the law apply even Cross and tne united Fund dis though the chlloren have work i tuS5ed preliminary plans, permits or certificates of age The lh Rfd Cr0JS responsioie tor ocier- . . nartiomaline acencv in In view of the fact the United Fur.d drive is scheduled to "kick off in October, the hindrances of having two campaigns so close to gether were aired. The possibility of the United Fund campaign starting earlier 'vith a higher fund goal to meet thf Northeast crisis was among UF Residential Chairman Named Bob Beach, Klamath County United Fund campaign chairman. Tuesday named Mrs. W 1 1 1 a r d Uoyce Ward chairman of the res idential division lor the Joint drive with Red Cross which will start In mid-October. Mrs. Ward Is the fourth division chairman appointed to date. At torney L. Orth Sisemore will head the public relations committee, as ' aisted by Joe Mercer, speakers bu reau chairman and Gail Osborn, special events 'director. Alice Vitus will again head the printers and publishers division and Howard Austin, utilities. Bonanza Firemen Plan Meeting 'BONANZA All Bonanza volun teer firemen are asked to attend a meetine to be held in the Bonan za library Thursday evening start- ing at 8 o'clock according to uoyo Sparks, assistant lire cruet. There will be a guest speaker, Earl Albright of Salem, from the state fire department. He will in- truct on equipment, pumps, and other phases of fire control work. Refreshments will be served fol lowing the meeting. TPtl.CITIKS V V w - 5 l ! m : 0 5 S foNLV QUICKJ o 5 Kway 1 Z 5 5 :T0 i Medford j 1 m75 N 1 PIui tox N Just 3S minutes away fly back the tamt day. Phone 7332. L 1 IIICOTPnOQT Munis r- 1U'ii Weed Queen's Post Sought WEED The contest for oueen of the third annual Italian Carnl vale got under way last week with live candidates In the running. Susan Potter started this week In the lead wilh 1.000 votes with Ruth Martin of Mount Shasta In second place with SCO. Votes are collected throush ticket sales to the yearly festival. Tied for third place with 600 votes are Olivia Walters of Duns muir and Emelie Iaconis of Mc Cloud. The local candidate, June Solus of Weed, was trailing the field at the start. She has. however, the advantage of being the home town entry. Contestants have until September 10 to collect votes in the contest which is sponsored by the Weed Chamber of Commerce as a fea ture of the annual carnival. In addition to prizes, the winner will have the honor of reigning over the colorful carnival slated for the weekend of September jlO-11. grangFnews , Master L. W. Barleen presided j at tne AUgU3l iy meeting 01 me Shasta View Grange when 33 mem bers, one guest. Stanford Johnson, Langell Valley and no children were present. Following the business meeting, Karon Lancaster, lecturer was in charge of the program which In cluded games and singing.. Mr. and Mrs. William Neubert made a re port of their trip to Hot Sr'ings. in Canada, awarded when they ob tained the most members for the grange during the last year. The trip was sponsored by the state grange. farmer Is mining the correct worker, he said. The farmer is also required to maintain certain records for every worker in his employ who is under 18 years of age and is employed while school is In session. These must Include the minor's lull name, date of birth, and perman ent and working address. Such records must be retained by the farmer for three years, Smith re vealed. Tne federal law does not cover employment of children belore or after school hours. GREECE USSR PACT ATHENS, Greece Greece end the Soviet Union signed a trade and payments agreement , here Tuesday. It will run for 17 months. The pact provides tor an exenange of 10 million dollars worth ol goods from each country, Greece will ex port mainly tobacco and will im port motor oil and gasoline, coal and fuel oil on a barter basis. KOREAN MONEY SEOUL tfl South Korea Tues day announced plans to buy up at least 50 million dollars worth of Its hwn currency in circulation as deflationary move. Fire Damages Motel Kitchen WEED A fire In the office-living quarters of the Pilgrim Rest Motel on Highway 99 south of Weed during the early hours this morning did extensive damage to the kitchen of the establishment. At 3: IS a.m. today, police offi cer Harold Barnum noticed smoke pouring from beneath the door and through the windows of the living quarters of the motel and turned In a fire alarm. By the time the owners, Mr. and Mrs. William Kumberg. were awakened, the floor and foundation studding In the kitchen had burned. They had retired about 11 p.m. Monday. The Lona-Bell Fire Department answered the call and determined that the fire had started from faulty refrigerator wiring. No es timate of the damage caused by the fire and smoke was available this morning, but Kumberg stated the property was Insured. Final decision of method of the proposed drive will be made at a meeting of the two organizations' board of directors at 7:30 in the First Presbyterian Church parlor Thursday night. Last special appeal made by the Red Cross was in 1951 when the local chapter was asked to raise $1,530 for Midwest flood victims. Eighteen hundred dollars was raised lor Uiat disaster. It was explained funds would be direct gilts to stricken persons In the flood areas. Estimate of the amount of moiv asked to raise was not attempted But the national Red Cross will ask 5 million from the entire na tion, Virginia Dixon, executive secretary of the Klamath County Red Cross, reported. A preliminary meeting of board directors of both groups will be held Wednesday noon at the Wl- nema Hctcl. At the Thursday meeting in the church, in addition to the board, members, wilt be officers trom participating agencies whose ap proval alteration of tiie United Fund drive would have to be se cured. Red Cross funds of $3 million have already been used in the Northeast disaster, it was an nounced at the Monday meeting. In addition to Mrs. Dixon, at tending the meeting Monday were Mrs. Margaret Sheridan, president of the United Fund; Otto Smith. Red Cross disaster chairman; the Rev. Dale Hewitt, municipal Judge Frank Blackmer, Deb Addison. Ross Raglund. 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