TUESDAY, AUGUST 23. 1955
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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Engineers
Begin Flood
Area Tasks
STROUDSBURQ, Pa. 1 Nation
al Guard engineers began again
today their tasit of restoring over
land communications with neigh
boring East Stroudsbur? after
rains that hit this flood-stricken
area last night made useless a
hastily erected emergency bridge.
Raging- Brodhead Creek, which
took 75 lives in a rampage that
began last Thursday night, swelled
ominously under the downpour and
swittly ate away sections of the
bridge foundation.
It also prevented motorboat op
erators from bringing emergency
supplies to the devastated borough.
Helicopters once again became the
only means of outside aid.
Soon after the rain stopped, the
threat of another Hood passed.
Some temporary roads in this
twin community area were also
rendered useless.
The temporary bridge crossed
from East Stroudsburg to an area
near Camp Davis, where 33 per
sons are believed to have died in
the greatest single tragedy of the
floods.
The Pocono area Chamber of
Commerce reported, meanwhile,
that more than 98 per cent of the
numerous camps in the region
were untouched by the flood and
none, other than Davis, had re
ported casualties.
Buses ordered into the region by
stale officials began transporting
thousands of .young campers to
their homes in Philadelphia, New
York and other metropolitan areas.
Civil defense officials asked par
ents not to drive into the emer
gency zone and clog roads needed
lor the rehaollitation task.
In Stroudsburg, the weary job
of inoculating thousands against
typhoid fever continued.
National Guardsmen continued
their patrols against looters and
fired shots at several who escaped
in the darkness.
Klamath Basin Boy Scout
Delegate Sees New York
' A'WJ "' Dear Bill:
fi-A' i ' I arrivei
. H U:0S p.m. i
Klamath County's Boy Scout rep
resentative to the Eighth World
Jamboree of New Horizons at
Niagara on - The - Lake, Ontario,
Canada reported his trip to the
Herald and News.
Victor Sisson Jr., Klamath Agen
cy, penned this letter to Managing
Editor Bill Jenkins:
THOMAS W. CANTRALL JR.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
I. Cantrall, Malin, is current
ly enrolled in basic military
training with the United
States Air Force at Parks
AFB, California. Cantrall,
who attended Malin High
School, entered the Air Force
on July 1 1, 1955.
Tragedy Ends
Boat Cruise
ERIE, Pa. ( The Little Lady,
a 16-foot honeymoon cruiser named
by her proud 18-year-old skipper
in honor of his bride, capsized in
storm-swept Lake Erie yesterday
The skipper drowned. His wife
was saved alter floundering three
hours in a life belt.
Only a rare bit of luck kept Mrs.
Harvey Hecker, 70, from drowning.
By chance. Herbert Durst, of
nearby North East, saw the
couple's capsized boat in the heav.
ir.? surf. He pulled Mrs. Hecker
from the water, sne is in lair con
dition at an Erie hospital.
Neither Hecker nor his bride
could swim. But that didn't keep
them Irom traveling several thou
sand miles since they were mar.
ried May 21 at New Port Richey,
Fla.
Hecker didn't make his first long
boat trip until he was 75. With a
smile, he told a reporter then:
"Maybe I'm a damn fool, but
I'm going to have some fun before
I die."
A retired Cleveland civil engi
neer, he became interested ir
small boats while living at the
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors home In
Sandusky, Ohio.
In 1952 he put together a 16-foot
skiff from a pre-cut mail order
kit. He took It 4,000 miles around
the country and said the trip cost
him only $100 although it took 10
months.
Hecker was living in Florida
when he met the former Mrs.
Louise Lussier, a n a 1 1 v e of
Munson, Mass. Ten days after
their marriage, they started on the
leisurely trip which ended yester
day. Hecker assembled the boat in
which he carefully planned his
honeymoon. It was equipped with
two 10-horsepower motors. It had
no radio but the couple usually-
pulled into port at night and
stopped in hotels.
The Coast Guard recovered
Hecker's body yesterday.
Short China,
US Talks Held
GENEVA in The ambassadors
of the United States and Commu
nist China today held their shortest
session to date 27 minutes
In their negotiations on repatria
tion of civilians each charges the
other with holding.
U. Alexis Johnson, U.S. ambas
sador to Prague, and Wang Ping-
nan, Red China s envoy to Warsaw,
started the fourth week of their
negotiations here still without any
sign of agreement. The next meet
ing will be held Thursday.
They began their talks Aug,
after Red Chinese Premier Chou
En-lai stated that it should not be
difficult to settle the problem of
41 American civilians Peiping Is
holding in China.
The talks are believed to have
bogged down on Red China's de
mand for the naming of a third
power probably India to de
termine the wishes of Chinese stu
dents in the United States concern
ing repatriation to Communist
China.
The United States has rejected
this proposal, contending that Chi
nese nationals in the United States
are free to leave the country at
any time.
Lake Woman's
Death Learned
LAKEVIEW Mrs. Lottie R
Reynolds. 52, resident of Lakeview
for the past five years, died at the
family home, 1034 Center Street,
Sunday morning, August 21.
Mrs. Reynolds is survived by
her widower, Oliver Reynolds;
three sons, William Benz, Jack
Benz, both of Oregon City and
Edward A. Reynolds, U.S. Army,
Germany; a sister. Mrs. E. Wy
mer, Aurora, Oregon and her moth
er Mrs. Ella Green, Portland.
Mrs. Reynolds was active in the
Eagles Auxiliary and was a mem
ber of the Methodist Church.
The funeral will be held Wednes
day, August 24 at 10 a.m. with the
Ousley-Osterman Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements with in
terment in Sunset Park.
arrived in New Vork City at
Sunday August 14. Alter
we got off the train at the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad Station
we were met by buses and were
taken to the Hotel Piccadilly where
we will stay for two days.
Sunday evening I had my first
experience - with the automatic
type ol cafeteria. I could walk
down a line, chose my main dish
then I could get milk, coffee, pie.
cake, rolls, and sandwiches by
putting two or more nickels in a
slot and select the one I wanted.
After supper most of us went
to the Radio City Music Hall where
we saw the Rockettes, a team of
40 girls who do all of their dances
in precision, we saw other dances
and dancers, a group of chimpan
zees, who did stunts, heard and
saw the Music Hall Symphony Or
chestra, and last but not least the
movie ' Mr. Roberts" which was
very good.
On Tuesday morning we got up
at 7 o'clock and started on the
buses for an all day tour of the
city.
The first well-known place that
we passed was Madison Square
Garden which nas a small door,
but it is pretty big inside because
it holds about 17.000 people.
Next we saw the American Mu
seum of Natural History, then we
went to Harlem, where we saw
many people and quite a few poor
sections. Harlem is composed of
about 700,000 people who are in an
area of about 4 square miles.
Next we stopped to visit me
Cathedral of St. John, the Divine
which is an Episcopal Church and
when it Is finished it will be one
of the biggest churches In the
world. Its cornerstone was laid
in 1892 and as of now it is only
two-thirds finished and It has no
debts because as it gets money it
builds more. It Is 601 ft. long and
320 wide and when it is finished It
will be 452 ft. hlKh at the central
spire. The ceiling is high enough
to hold a 12 story ouuaing.
From St. John's Cathedral we
went to the U. N. Building along
the way we passed the Metropoli
tan Museum of Art, the Million
aires Club, and the Chrysler Build
ing. We then went to NBO Radio
and TV Studio along the way we
passed the Queen's Borough
Bridge, the Chamboard Kes-
taurant which has meals from $5
to $80 per plate. Next we saw the
Waldorf Hotel, uentrai station.
Hattie Carnegie dress shop, and
the Rockefeller center. One thing
I noticed about the NBO Studio
GUNS STOLEN
LIVERPOOL, England !;P Po
lice were on the lookout Tuesday
for thieves who graDbed a dozen
guns and some ammunition from
a cadet unit at Liverpool college.
They don't think the Irish nation
alists are Tesponsible this time,
and other buildings Is that they
are very dirty on the outside and
very beautiful on the Inside. Along
the walls, on some uoors are pic
tures of the people who appear on
TV and radio. We were taken on
a guided tour of the building and
we were shown the sets and props
of the ten floors. Next we were
taken to watch the monitors at
work watching the programs on 6
or 8 screens at one time. Here I
saw color TV for my first time.
It looks like the person or scene
Is right in your lap but the colors
look like they were a little brighter
than usual but otherwise I was
impressed by It. We were told
about the production of these pro
grams, it was mentioned that the
summertime programs cost from
$40 to $50,000 per program. Then
after we were told about the pro
grams we were taken to the sound
effects room where many sound ef
fects were demonstrated. Some of
them were rain, thunder, mystery,
program devices, foodcooking and
drinking coffee. All of their devices
sound the same as the real thing
but after you find out how they
are done it is quite funny.
Next we rode down through
Times Square. We are staying in
the Hotel Piccadilly, which is about
l'-2 blocks from Times Square.
Our guide told us that with all
the neon advertising signs going it
costs about $50,000 per hour. The
signs are real big and pretty.
On our way to the Bowery we
passed the garment section1 of town.
Heralds Square, Greenwich Village,
but didn't see any artists, the In
dustrial section of the city we
didn't see too much In the Bowery
except a lew drunks, then we
stopped at the poorer section of
town. Next we went. to Chinatown.
It covers five square blocks, we
saw a few Chinese grocery stores,
ine guide said tnat in Chinatown
the men outnumber the women 15
to one. From Chinatown we passed
the Manhattan Bridge and the
Brooklyn Bridge on our way to the
statue oi Liberty.
We went out to the Island on a
Circlelines Sight Seeing boat. We
got out on the island and walked
up into the statue head where we
could have looked at all New
York if It hadn't been so foggy
and smoky. Alter we finished
touring the Statue of Liberty we
went back to the hotel for a "night
ol recuperation.
One thing that really surprised
me was the number of people that
are on the streets at all hours of
the , night. On our first night in
New york we saw tne Swiss
3couts. Then on Tuesday morning
when we started out on our trlD
on tne circle Lines sight seeing
boat we met the Swiss Scouts. This
time we had a lot of time to
talk to them. I was so busy talk
ing to them that I didn t get to
see much of the country.
In a few minutes we are leaving
for Montreal.
Victor Sisson
Scouts Enjoying
World Jamboree
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE. Out.,
I.n With the official speech mak
ing over, the 10,000 Boy Scouts
here for the 8th World Jamboree
settled down Monday to the busi
ness of sightseeing, swapping and
iust moseying.
Just about everyone is trying
hard to make this a successiul
meeting, as well as to make the
scouts at home. Signs In front of
homes all through the village wel
come the scouts to come in and
partake of some cookies and re
freshments. The scouts are oblig
ing In large numbers. One woman
reports she has dispensed 65 cases
of sojt drinks and 30 packages ol
sweets and cookies.
Elsewhere In the enmp, the bovs
seem to be having little difficulty
in getting past the language barriers.
The scouts seem willing to swap
anything that isn t nailed down
with the possible exception of their
tickets home.
Excavating Grading Road Building
Is Our Business ...
Call GRAHAM BROS. 5S4,
4 fm
JAMES D. KING, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. King. 2357
Kane Street, is currently en
rolled in basic training with
the United States Air Fore
at Parks AFB, California.
King, who attended KUHS,
entered the strvict on July
8. 1955.
Freigh t Train Rams School
Bus; 10 Small Students Die
device was not working. Strader
said several bystanders reported
the lights were working properly.
Refinery Blast
Injures Workers
GREENSBORO. N.C. Ifl One
man remained in "very critical
condition" and two more were in
fair condition today with burns
suffered In the explosion of an oil
refinery that killed Rufus Whitaker
of High Point yesterday.
The blast, whose cause was
unknown, wrecked the High-Penn
Oil Co. plant near the Greensboro
High Point airport.
Carl Thompson, also or High
Point, was reported in critical con
dition at Cone Memorial Hospital
here. John Peeler and his brother-
in-law, Henry Ingram, were the
other injured.
Whitakcr's body was recovered
from tons of dirt and steel.
Joe Brinson, head of the firm,
said the refinery was a total loss,
A crop-dusting pilot, Jack McAdoo,
flying near the scene, said flames
soared to 1,000 feet.
SPRING CITY. Tenn. ( A
long freight train, its whistle toot
ing shrilly, rammed Into a loaded
grammar school bus here yester
day, killing 10 youngsters and in
juring 30 others and the bus driver.
The yellow-painted bus was mid
way across the downtown grade
crossing when the 100-car train
smacked Into it at an- estimated
speed of 45 miles an hour.
Bystanders, some with children
aboard the bus, stood horrified as
the little bodies were flung along
the tracks.
The children, all white and
ranging in age from 6 to 12. had
lust begun the second week of
school. All were killed or injured.
At least 5 of the 21 hospitalized
overnight were in serious condi
tion. Nine others and the bus
driver, Raymond Moore, 39, wre
treated and released.
All the victims were thought to
have lived in the Back Valley com
munity just northwest of Spring
City, a town of less than 2.000
residents between Knoxville and
Chattanooga.
Moore, who started driving
school bus only last week, said he
stopped at the crossing but his
view was blocked by four parked
cars.
"When I started across the
tracks I saw It (the train) and
heard the engineer blowing his
whistle," he said. "I prayed I
would make It but I knew I was
too late."
Moore was charged with man
slaughter and released on bond at
nearby Dayton.
Walter Boles. 10, one of the less
seriously injured pupils, said
"I remember turning a couple
of flips in the bus but that's about
all. I don't .remember hearing the
train whistle blow. It was over so
quick I just don't know how it
happened.
Gene Crisp, a television repair
man, said he reached the tragic
scene seconds after the crash,
Shattered glass and school books
lay among the mangled bodies.
"My two boys came running
toward me out of the dust, holler
ing 'Daddy, Daddy.' I was never
so glad to see anybody in my life."
I
Crisp's sons. Robert. 7. and :
Francis, 8, required only first aid
treatment.
Paul Gllles, engineer of the
Southern Railway train, also was
charged with manslaughter, high
way patrolmen said.
Spring City schools, as in mam-
other rural Tennessee areas, start
classes In August to allow a
harvest-time recess.
Oov. Prank Clement ordered an
Immediate investigation.
The crossing was equipped with
automatic warning lights. State
Highway Patrol Sgt. Cecil Strader
quoted Moore aa saying the signal
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