Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1955)
i M17I) AssOflliml sin LFi7 A COOL NIGHT didn't bother they slept out in the yard. They are, from left, Gerry Herman, 819 Rose Street, and Fred Grimm, 839 Rose Street. The early morning photographer sounded reveille. In The- Day's lews lly FRANK JENKINS Weather news bad again! Edith, filth of the. Hurricane liners, is building up strength about 680 miles northeast of Puerto Rico the familiar stomping ground of Ihe Hurricane tribe. She is expected to continue on n west-northwest course at about IS mph during the next 12 hours, with a gradual increase in size and INTENSITY. What-to-do-about-it department: Somebody back East suggests this morning that an atom bomb he exploded inside hurricanes to BREAK THEM UP before they cause trouble. The weather bureau Is cool to the idea. It says that in compari son with the power of a hurricane an atom bomb is a mere fire cracker. That is to say: Man slill hasn't equalled nature in his powers of destruction. The news seems lo be running on the screwball side this morn . ing. A dairy specialist at the Uni versity of Idaho tells us that a strange (and presumably glamor ous) heifer, when introduced into a dairy herd, can set off no end of Droduction "troubles. In fact, he sava. a newcomer to the herd is the most frequent cause of PSY CHOLOGICAL UPROAR . which can cause milk and butterfat pro duction to drop as much -a five per cent. He adds: "The intrusion creates excite ment, and this is marked by butt ing, kicking and threatening until the new arrival is accepted and a new social order -is established. The duration of the uproar de pends on the pride and aggressive ness of the individual cows." ' If what he says Is true, our agricultural colleges may have to set up a. cow psychology depart ment. An Arizona farmer (John Jacobs nf Phoenix is back home alter a tour of Russian agricultural areas. He says Russian agricultur al methods aren't as bad as most of us had supposed, but Soviet lnrm production isn't anywhere near up to ours cither In quality or Quantity. He anas: "Their svstein of farming arU Iheir planning apparently come lrom a central headquarters, piou ably in Moscow, and until '.hey CREATE MOPE INCENTIVE FOR THE PEOPLE and allow more planning at '.he farm level it's going to be hard tor tnem to step un their Droduction." What he means is that in Russia ihe government RUNS EVERY THING. Let's put it this way: RimDO.se vou lived under a sys. tern in which everything you did -as ordered by the government and run by the government.' Suppose you knew the. govern ment was going to pungie up everv time vou went in the hole and was goinpr to TAKE THE SURPLUS AWAY FROM YOU every time you did pretty well- Would vou lie awake niprnt oe vising cheaper and more eliicient ways to do the joo? I doubt it. T'm miitp sure T wouldn't. When I went in the hole. I'd just .-.it back and wait lor the government to reach Into other people's pockets and take out the. money to PULL ME OUT OF THE HOLE II Mr. Jacobs' observations arc rccurate. that's what is happening in Russia. Quake Damages Yreka Courthouse YREKA Damage to the Sl kiyou County Courthouse, caused by a slight earthquake Monday nieht, is being repaired this week. The quake started about 7:10 p.m. and lasted three minutes, ac cording to Walter Pollock Jr., local amateur seismologist. A courthouse Janitor said that plaster fell from the ceiling ol ihe county surveyor's office during the tremor. The surveyor's olflce is located in the new portion ur ihe building w'hich was opened lor Use late last year. . CIVIL FORCE BONN, Germany i The West German government is preparing to establish a civil defense force of 560.000 men to protect the popu lation from air attack in any atom ic war. these two tads even Posthumous Citation Given YREKA A posthumous citation for valor, honoring- Calilomia Highway Patrol Officer William M Chansler who was killed- in a gun fight at Happy Camo August 27, 1954, was awarded to his wile, Eliz abeth, this afternoon. Announcement of the award was made by Bernard Caldwell, com missioner of the highway patrol. The ceremonies were held in the Siskiyou County superior court room at 2 p.m. Mrs. Chansler and her two daughters, age seven and eight, live at Mount Shasta. Chansler was killed in a gun bat tle with Ivan Wesley Lacey who had terrorized patrons of the Crab Shack in Happy Camp in an effort to locate his estranged wife. Lacey had shot Edith Barney, a waitress, before Chansler arrived. After lin ing up the rest of the restaurant staff and patrons along one wall, he ilea tnrougn the back door. As Chansler was sivlnc aid to the injured woman, Lacey returned to the restaurant. Face to lace. Chansler told Lacey to drop his weapon. Instead, Lacey fired three shots, one mttuig Chansler in the stomach. As the patrolman fell, he fired once, hitting Lacey in the heart. Jumpers Used In Fire Fight YREKA Four smoke jumpers were dropped nilo the Jacobs Lao der area near Happy Camp Tues day morning after a lookout re ported smoke in the area. The fire was still burning Wednesday, according to Lee Morlord, Klam- atn National Forest fire dispatcher The Jacobs Ladder area, which was burned over in a lightning fire last June 9 anil 10, Is in ex tremely rough terrain. Moilord said Ihe previous fire had dried jut the area, causing leaves to fall and increasing the lire hazard. Moriord reported that a helicop ter stationed at Etna was sent to fight a fire in Trinity. County about 17 miles soutu of Callahan in Sis kiyou Couniy. Eight, smoke Jump ers were dropped Monday and the helicopter is being used to terry in replacements. The Klamath National Fcrest this week sent two sector teams to aid in fighting a fire in San Gabriel Canyon in the Angeles National Forest. Teams lrom Hap py Camp and Mt. Hebron district; were also sent to the Southern Cal ifornia blaze. Tule School Job To Begin YREKA Construction of the first unit of the new Tulelake High School will begin as soon as legal requirements are met, which is expected in two weeks, according to trustees of the Siskiyou Joint Union High School district. Last week the oor.rd accc-Mcd the lew bid of S1R8.C.00 submitted by Louis Kowoiowskl of Madras for construction of eight classroom units at a new site adjacent to the Tulelake Fairtrounds. The district recently received 25 acres of land from the federal government for the Tulelake school. Money of the new school will come from the district build ing fund and not from herd sales or state aid. the trustees stated. At a meeting of the trustees last week. Jiire E. efurley, district superintendent, recommended that the board file application lor state aid a soon as possible as a new assessment currently being carried out will raise The assessed valua tion of the district and thus it.i bondinsr capacity. To be elidible for state aid. the district must b bonded to its limit. The trustees indicated that they will file an application for state approval of the district's building program. Voters of- the district recently approved a 2.407.(KXJ bond issue and voted to accept M million fn state aid. Before thi aid is wailable. the state must approve building plans. It was indicated that the plan submitted to the state would onlv include hitrh schools. If junior hieh ?chools were , dcidd upon, then an amerded anphcation wduld b filed. The state is in favor of junior high schools. Hurley told . the board. though 1ft m anfe H Price Five Cents 30 Paget ' -KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1955 Telephone Sill No. J1S Airman Schmidt, Wife Call Off Divorce; Hold Reunion PORTLAND l.fl A surprise reconciliation pin Airman Daniel Schmidt and his wile Una on a belated honeymoon Thursday and wiped out his plans for a divorce. She came here Wednesday after he had talked with ber by tele phone at her hideout near San Jose, Calif. And their reunion, said by a neighoor. "was something wonderful to see." They promptly went into seclu sion and were reported to be at an Oregon beach resort. Schmidt was released from a Red Chinese prison last month to learn -his wife said she had thought him dead and had married another man. ' BIn ' California, where he spent three weeks trying to un tangle his problem. Schmidt filed for divorce and asked custody of their small son. NEIGHBOR QUOTED But, said the neighbor, "He loved her and she loved him and they never had a chance to get together. Since he got back they had only seen each other across a desk with' a lawyer present. You Crippled Ship Reaches Port BROAD BAY, Outer Hebrides Islands W The crippled British freighter Argobeam reached port in these north Scottish islands Thursday, crowning with success her captain'3 courageous decision not to abandon his ship as a drifting prize on the high seas. The saga began last Friday when the Argobeam, her engine room Hooded and listing to port, flashed nn SOS. She was 300 miles from land and wallowing in an Atlantic gale. Members of the llouhderlng ship's crow jumped into the churn ing seas all but Capt. George Watson and First Mate' Kelinclh Seaman an? were picked up by the passing Swedish liner Kings holm. - , The captaii and his male stood by their 7.133;ton vessel for 60 har rowing houri until the tugs Sal veda and Metinda III arrived. Their brave" vigil prevented the Argobeam becoming a prize of the sta that could be claimed by any passerby as salvage. India To Provide Rhesus Monkeys WASHINGTON VP) India has agreed to provide the United States with ail the Rhesus mon keys it needs for medical research and polio vaccine production dur ing the next 10 months. The gov ernment announced yeslerday a new import agreement extending to June 30, 1055, and subject to renewal. WEARY FIRE FIGHTERS ere hoping they finally have this for. est blaze in the Deming Creek area near Bly under control for good. If hat been burning since Monday morning and hat now covered over 2,500 acres. The flames jumped control lines I again Wednesday afternoon and covered another 60 acres on I the north side of Gearhart Mountain when 20 mile an hour i winds threw sparks (or mites. The Bly Ranger District station can't settle anything that way. The neighbor Mrs. Robert i Thomas said arrangements for Una's trip here were completed shortly alter Schmidt arrived here Monday to visit his mother, Mrs. Ray Peters. Late Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Peters' husband went to the Portland airport to meet Una. They missed her, though, when her plane from Cali fornia was early, and she reached the' Peter; home, in a modest auto court, by cab. Mrs. Peters said her son and Una embraced as she got out of the cab, then entered the home arm in arm. LEFT HOME -" l-'our hours later they left and Mrs. Peters said she did not know where they had ;gone nor when they would return. ' Una had brought the couple's 2'Vyear-old son. Danny Jr., with her. r-nd he remained here in Mrs. Peters' care. Alford Fine, the man Una said she married when she thought Schmidt dead in the Chinese prison camp, is "out o( the picture." the couple said. Schmidt said bclore leaving Wednesday night that his attorney, Howard P. Welch at Sac ramento had told him everything had been taken care of. And at Red Bluff, where the divorce was filed, the county clerk said the fact of reunion voided the suit. Mrs. Peters said she didn't know where they had gone but "they are a couple of happy kids." Schmidt, member of a B29 orew in the Korean War. spent 3i years In-a Chinese prison ftlter his plane was shot down in the Yalu River area. He now is on a 20-day furlough. Flood Relief Forum Slated United Fund and Red Cross board members will act Thursday night on a program for Klamath County's "war against disaster" the flood 'relief operations in New England. - The public is Invited lo attend the meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the pRrlorsfof the First Presbyterian Church, when the county's response to the needs in disaster affected areas will be decided. To date no quota has been set foi this community, but Wednes day, the Red Cross chairman, E. Roland Harrlman. raised his dis aster fund goal from five to eight million dollars. In joint meetings of the boards this week representatives of both United Fund and Red Cross, which will conduct a joint campaign in October, expressed themselves un officially in favor of setting a goal for Klamath County for flood re lief and putting the rcgulnr fund drive machinery in operation ear ly to meet the need. Hew Storm Af E. Coast iff The year's' MIAMI. Fla fifth hurricane, Edith, spun omin ously over the open Atlantic Thurs day and one of the top storm warning ex p e r t s predicted its winds would have a force of 125 miles an hour or better by Satur day, Gordon Dunn, chief storm fore caster in the Weather Bureau's hurricane center here, said Edith's winds at present were about 80 miles an hour. She was centered Thursday morning 580 miles north east of Puerto Rico. That location .placed Its center about 1.500 miles southeast of Mi ami and the same distance south southeast of Cape Hatteras. N.C. "Edith is a smaller, more con centrated storm than either Con nie or Diane." said Dunn. PROBABLE DIRECTION "Conditions are such that Edith probably will move in a westerly direction either northwest or west northwest for the next two days, at least. That's the same old route that Connie and Diane followed. Edith will require a lot of close watching." The storm's forward movement was about 13 miles an hour. Gales extended outward 150 miles to the north and east and 50 miles to the south and west of the center. Connie brought damaging winds and heavy -rams earlier this month to the CaroUnas, Virginia and Pennsylvania, blowing out in Can ada. Diane followed last week. It caused the heaviest floods on rec ord in Pennsylvania,1 New Jersey, New York and parts of New Eng laud, end left '.more, than H5 dead and damage estimated at a billion dollais. WEATHER WATCHED Weathermen had been watching an easterly wave well lo the east oi Puerto Rico for several days but it was not until the. Air Force plane flew into the area yesterday that forecasters knew another po tential killer was on the way "Not too much Is known about it. now." said storm forecaster Cecil Gentry. "Wb will know more about, its path and speed when we get more observations." In the extreme eastern gulf nf Mexico, a weak easterly wave was moving very slowlv, it crest west of a line between Havana and Key West. This easterly wave a band of bad weather moving from enst to west had winds of lo to 15 m.p.h. and stronger in showers, the Mi ami Weather Bureau ?aid. So lar i has shown no Mv.ns of developing into a tropical storm. flliii.t of Fremont National Forest laid that over 150 men worked all last night on new control lines. This photo was taken on the south side of the fire from a Piper Cub flown by Ned Putnam, logging contractor, at an altitude ef about 7,000 feet. Put nam and Herb Hadley, district forest service supervisor, went up this morning to survey the area. Numerous spot fires were found over the north-end control lines. I0? f"65 sieDuuamg jod WASHINGTON The Army i r-i.iiiucers inursaay esumaiea flood damage in Northeastern states at SI. 600.000. 000 and sa.td the area face3 "one of the big gest, louchest flood rehabilitation jobs since the one Noah faced ftUer lhtf Kreat lood oI bibIical Ll. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis. chief of engineers, made the statement after a personal inspection of the disaster areas. He said the "loss of life and the utter destruction we snw had a most appalling ef- :cci upon us. Sturgis said "no one can esti mate" what will be. required to put the flood-stricken areas back on their feet again." He said his preliminary esti mate" of the physical damage will "undoubtedly have to be revised in two or three weeks" after the engineer have completed their nirvev of the devastation. MASSIVE EFFORT The government Is already throwing money and manpower in to the. six-state area in a massive rehabilitation effort which could cost more than 100 million dollars. Fire Damages Tulelake Store TULELAKE' Fire from mi the order -authorWti.g the emer-over-heated motor in the air con- xency program. He also approved ditioning unit on the roof ol Earl's Market, caused an estimated $500! damage lo the roof and uuesti- mated smoke damage to the in terior of the food market, drug btore and solt drink fountain. The store is closed 'today for insurance estimates but business in expected to resume Friday. Clit; Jones, Klamath Fnlls-AUuv- as driver for Fluhrer's Bakery, re- ported - the blaxe to the fire de- partment. Both city ' and rural enuipment answered the call at a m. .; c, - Earl Ager, owner of the building, said today that the early discov pry of the. blaze probably saved major fire. The grocery, mea-; market and produce department, are leased lrom Acer by J. Oiacomini ol unuoquin. uwners 01 me nrug ae- partment are Paul Thomas a nr. Cecil Martin. A .second blaze at the same time destroyed a .sheep ahed on the lohn Kelleher ranch, two and one half miles northwest of town. Weather rOKKCAST Klamath Falls and vii-inily: Fair and enul Friday. Mich Fridjy 75; low TliuAday nieht 38. High yesterday ...BO Low last niRhl ....36 I'rrt-lp. last 21 hours ..... ... .. 0 Shire Oct. I 7.00 Same period lust year It. fiS Normal for period ..12.56 ) i F'd . dince noan Wllh advance approval of con gressional leaders. President El senhower ordered into effect yes terday an over-all plan for using funds and resources already avail- aoie to numerous government agencies. They will look to Con gress for reimbursement next year. NO SESSION' "This means a special session of unngress will not be necessary rrponea James C. Hagerty, While i Huu.se press secretary, as he out-1 uneo ine sieps already taken or planned. The Red Cross, meantime, boost ed Its disaster appeal goal from five million to eight million dollars as it faced growing reports of damage. It said at least 102 homes were demolished and more than 14,000 heavily damaged by last week's flood. Its latest count showed 10.563 families homeless and de pendent on charity for survival. E. Roland Harrlman, national Red Cross chairman, said the "needs continue to grow in the -BULLETIN- DENY ICR IP- President Elien hower Thursday approved a pro gram providing up to 900 million dollars in federal loans lo repair or replace defense plants damaged In the Northeastern floods. The President signed an execu- a tax amortization speedup lor plants covered by the program, Eisenhower's action came after two days of tludy of the problem ny inc. wniie llouae. the OHice ol Defense MoMliiatlon, the Civil De fense Administration and the Jus tice Department. Under the President's , order, loan aid vill he available to de fense and dcfenite-Bupportlni: plants In the flood areaa In eaaea where ywmmerclal loans on . reasonable i terms ar mrt- available The hum program la apart from uie inn million dollar fund the gov - eminent hits made available for mood rehabilitation work. Thta money need not be repayed. disaster affected areas." and urged chapters throuKhout the countrv to consider as "rock bottom" the fund goals assigned them earlier. GIFTS DELUGED The agency reported "virtually a deluge of gifts" to its disaster fund had followed appeals by Cisen hower Rnd other officials, but stressed that the need Is growing. Eisenhower made a new appeal yesterday, saying donors 'shouldn't wait to be asked by the Hed Cross but "should seize the opportunity to force upon them more than they can use." Five more bodies of flood vie thus were recovered yesterday In Hartford, Conn., and large num bers of persons still were un accounted for In Pennsylvania and Connecticut. That threatened to raise still higher the storm's death loll, which was revised downward slightly yesterday lo a new figure of no. n.OOl) DAMAGE - Not even a good guess was available of the lolal over-all mntcriul damage from the rains and floods which Hurricane Diane brought on last week. Elsenhower approved the gov ernment relief program In a brief Washington stopover en route from Philadelphia, where he addressed the American Bar Assn., to his vacation headquarters In Donver. The White House put no celling on the cost figure, but indicated the Army Engineers alone have up to 100 million dollars that can be diverted to Hood relief. The engi neers will huiidle the bulk of the direct work removing debris, clearing and patching bridges and highways, and repairing other damage to public property. Eureka Area Fire Rages F.UHEKA IUP)-A Clew of 4001 ir.-light.Ts, including 100 convicu; rroor,p, t0 provlde for eonsolida from San Quentln Prison, today n( .,,,,-.1 i.nris ln Clackamas li-ittled a furious forest lire raging out of control in Six Rivers Nation nl Forest, 40 miles northeast ol here. Nine bulldozers, mx larac tank trucks and a helicopter were dis latch?d to the area as MM winds whipped the flames, which had burned tome 800 acre, of viigmj All losing operations in the area closed down and the coir panics put their men and equip ment to iiatllln; the names, whlcn were apparently touched olf by a blsstlng operation. The Forest Service said the lire imnv br controlled todBV. Meanwhile another 100 men weie I battling annllirr forest fire ln Ta- hoe KHtlnnnl Forest near Oranlte ivlllc, Nevada Cojn'y, where 6O0 ar-rs had ben dev.roved. ; Another l.i;i In r fizhlcr were on their wjiy lrom Sierra Army Ord inance D.-poi at Hcrlong, and from iFotsom Piiion. Cutter Firm Cleared By U.S; Report ' WASHINGTON I The govern, ment Thursday blamed the Cutter polio vaccine Incident on "funds, menial weaknesses" In Its own now-discarded safety testing pro cedures. It said new standards provida "adequate safeguards" against In fective amounts of live virus again being injected Into healthy chil dren. The Public Health Service reoort on a four-months Investigation said rome lots of Cutter vaccine con tained live virus and caused polio but that scientists were unable to determine the exact reasons why the live virus was present. It in effect cleared the Berkeley, Calif., concern of negligence. LIVE VIRUS As to what might have accounted for Ihe presence ol Ihe live virus, the service said available data sug gests this combination of factors: 1. Failure to sufficiently Inacti vate live virus used in the manu facturing process. 1. Failure to detect the presence of live virus in the finished vac cine. Use of vaoclne produced by th uuner L,aooratoriea was halted on April 27 after development of polio in some children inoculated with It raised questions as to its safety. Later, the entire national inocu- lation program was stopped tem porarily while new production standards were developed. , CUTTER VACCINE " The Health Service eatlmated' 401,000 children were vaccinated with the Cutter product before Out. ter vaccine was withheld lrom further use. It said 70 of these Dersons de veloped polio within 90 davs. An additional 90 cases of polio resulted witmn 19 days from household con tacts of persons who received Cut ter vaccine. There were 17 lots of Cutter vae elne which went into use. The Health Service aaid the incidence of disease among individuals re ceiving vaccine from 11 of these lots wa "not higher than could oe expected" but that it was htghe among the six other lots., VIRUS ISOLATED : "Type 1 poliomyelitis virus was Isolated from three of the six. loin of vacolno by Public Health Serv ice or other laboratories." it eald. In an earlier section, the renort .'aid that prior to the adoption of the new standards, "liiadecftiacy of Inaotlvatlon was not unusual in the experience of several of the manu facturers. In addition, there were then fundamental weaknesses In the safety testing procedures which failed to assure what is now be lieved to be a satisfactory degree of sensitivity." NEWS CONFERENCE '.' Surgeon General Leonard Scheela held a news conference In connec tion with the release of the report. In a general observation, he aaid early evidence Indicates the polio vaccination program is beginning to show beneficial results, even where only one shot of the suggest ed three has been given. Arthur Beckley, vice president of . Cutter, said in response to a ques tion that his company Intends to continue manufacturing Salk vac cine. He said It has not as yet applied for release of any of the vaccine It now has on hand. Timber Swap Plan Reported PORTLAND W Two federal agenclpa are about ready lo tx change a half million acres of Western Oregon timbcrland, The Orcfrontan reported Thursday, According to tne newspaper the U. 9. Forest Service and the Bu reau of Land Management are near an appraisal agreement for art even swap. The trade would he possible un der a bill passed by Congress last year in an effort to consolidate fed eral holdings and make more tim ber accessible to cutting for mills. ' The land Involved Is In national forest. Much of it is part of Rome 2 million acres of Oregon k Call lornia land grants administered by the BLM. The big gest pieces to be ex changed are In Josephine and Jackson counties and in the Slskl- irnu fnrl nf mtlhuetrn flrnffin , nrt f ,h -,-. I, Coumv ln nor,hwestern Oregon, to provide more timber for four Mo Inlla sawmills. Those plants have brfn slowed by a log shortage. -The agreement would have to be approvrd by the 18 Western Ore con O & C counties, which receive Qkc Basin Records Low Temperature A temperature drop brought tome frost damage to parts of Klamath Basin last night. Klam ath Falls reported a low of 36 and the Klamath Experimental farm leported a low. of 33. Lower Klamath had s low of with some damage reported. Merrill reported a low of 33,
