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1m The Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS In Chicago yesterday morning, three couples arrived at the air port together. Ail planned io take tbe ill-fated plane that crashed lat er on 12,000-loot Medicine Bow peak In Wyoming. There was room on the plane for only two of the couples. 80 they Hipped a coin to see who would get to go and vho would have to stay behind. The winners went aboard and died a lew hours later. The LOSERS stayed behind and lived. Luck Is a strange jewel, wltb many facets. . A question: . ' ' Why should I give to the United Fund? , . T This, I think, is the answer: s You wouldn't want 'to live in the kind of town that refused to meet its community responsibili ties. f. Here's another reason; you will ilnd it in Acts (XX. 35 1: "It is more blessed to give than to receive.' All .cynics to the contrary, that Is- true. Last niirht, a crowd of curious and Interested people PACKED. the big auditorium of Mills scr.oo! to hear Senator Richard Neuberger and Representative Sam Coon de bate the question: "Agreed: The John Day Dam Bill Is in the Public Interest." - It should be explained here that the John Day Dam, if it is built, will be In trie Columbia-Driver, above The Dalles. Representative Coon has introduced a bill in the congress permitting private -power companies to advance the money (.some 373 million dollars) to pro vide the power facilities and take their pay in power to be produced at the dam. The federal govern ment would put up the money to provide for flood control and navi gation aids. Mr. Coon supported the affirma tive, arguing that if private power companies are permitted to parti cipate in the financing of the dam (taking their pay in power 10 be produced later) it will save the taxpayers money and will result In much earlier completion of the dam. Mr. Neuberger upheld the negative side, contending that the federal government, which has pioneered the development of pow er in the Columbia Basin, should build "the John Day dam also. So far as the Klamath Basin Is concerned, the Issue involved in the debate Is purely academic. The dam (If built) will be built in the Columbia river. The power It will generate will be used In the basin of the Columbia that is to say, In northern Oregon and the state of Washington. It. will feed indus tries up there, not down here. It was generally recognized that If at any time in the reasonable future the Klamath Basin is to get adequate power to develop indus try HERE the power will have to come from development of our own great river, which is the second power stream of the American Pacific Coast. .. . . So Ihe crowd came to see the ahow not because of direct local interest In the subject of the de bate. , It was a good show, and the good-natured audience enjoyed it Thoroughly. I'm sure everyone pres ent learned something about power and so went away better In formed on the subject. In addition, everyone present saw two of Oregon's public serv ants In action and drew conclus ions from what was said and how It was said and what was not said, and thus was able to form a better opinion of these men we send to Washington to represent us in the ration's capital. All in all. It was PAR BETTER than the normal bunk and bush wan of the normal modern political campaign. It carried us ail back to the cherished tradition of PUB LIC DEBATE OP PUBLIC ISSUE. I'm sure that everyone present benefited. I hope this sound and admirable tradition of public debate that has been revived by Senator Neubeiger and Congressman Coon will spread In Oregon. Harriman Sets Oregon Visit NEW YORK IB Gov. Averell Harriman, often mentioned as a possible candidate for the Demo cratic presidential nomination, will visit Oregon, Washington and Ida-1 ho next month. Although Harriman has said that Adlat Stevenson, the unsuccessful Democratic presidential candidate in 1952, is his choice for next year, it appeared probable his Western trip would be accepted as evidence of his availability for the presi dential nomination. Harriman said Thursday his trip was intended to help two old friends. Sens. Wayne Morse of Ore gon and Warren O. Magr.uson of Washington, both Democrats and seeking re-election next year. The dates for his visit have not been set. On Oct. 22 he will address a fund raising dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. All of his Western appearances are being arranged by the Demo cratic Nations! Committee. OPIV.tr VR.NUS'G TEHRAN, frifn W The gov. ernment warned government em ployes Thursday to stop smoking opium within six months or be dismissed. Several thousand gov- ernment workers are reported to be opium smokers. Boise Game Aired The Kl'HS vs. Boise football game will fee broadcast over KFLW tonight direct from Bolne at J o'clock Instead of the regu lar time due to the different time In Boise. Floyd Wynne will b sportacaster for the fame. rTvAi m .MSftiU I 1 I I I II KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1955 V 1 j I 1 I I frice Five Cents 16 Paces , Telephone Sill CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA at the height of their verbal clash in Mills ' School Auditorium Thursday night, Senator Richard Neuberger (left) and Congressman Sam Coon' displayed plenty of fire as they argued merits of the proposed John Day Dam on the Columbia River. Most of the 650 spectators, by their applause, indicated it was a draw for the two debaters who will close a series of 10 encounters at Bend Friday night, ';: ' Neuberger Names Coon 'Ghost Writer' By LYLE DOWNING Six hundred and fifty Republi cans and Democrats crowded into Mills School auditorium Thursday night to hear America's premier debaters Senator Richard Neu berger and Congressman Sam Coon argue the Northwest pow er question.' The two political leaders got an ovation when they were intro duced by moderator Bob Perkins. They also got a big hand when ihey left the stage of the auditor ium after an hour and a half of verbal combat. Much of the material used to argue the question: "Rccolved: That the John Day Bill is in the Public Interest" was old stuff, due to . the widespread publicity given their previous eight debates in other Eastern Oregon cities. BOMBSHELL However, Senator Neuberger did explode one bombshell which didn't seem to greatly rock his opponent. He said that Kinsey M. Robinson, president of the Wash ington Water Power Company, not Congressman Coon, wa3 the auth or of the John Day Dam Bill. Neuoerger, in previous debates, bad charged that Coon had a "ehost writer" for his bill but Thursday night was the first time the Democratic senator named the alleged drafter of the controver sial piece of legislation. congressman Coon's principal reason for advocating a partner- snip construction 01 the John Dav Dam on the Columbia River, 28 miles 'upstream from The Dalles, is tliab"the- Paciflo Northwest is facing an acute power shortage and his bill provides, the quickest method of ending It. ' it the bill is passed," he said, "90 per cent of the cost of the John Day Dam will be put up by tne people wno sea we power, u the John Day Dam were to be built according to past practices, that money would come from the hide of the taxpayers." KLAMATH FAILS Senator Neuberger declared that Klamath County has failed to keep pace with the state and nation in population increase because it does not have cheap power to at tract new industries. ne saia (hat in the past 20 years, Klamath County had only a four per cent increase in population, while Ore gon increased 40 per cent and the nation 14 per cent. If Guy Cordon and Douglas McKay hadn't suld the Klamath Transmission Line to the Califor nia Oregon Power Company," he declared, "Klamath County would now have cheap power." ' Congressman coon countered this statement with - the declara tion that the Klamath Transmis sion Line was started without au thorization or appropriation. "When It was discovered that authority had been exceeded," dsn continued, "the chairman of the house appropriations commit- tee said there would be no money,! on his appointment witn tne Presi appropriated for this project and dent. , Newspaperboy the facilities, as th?y existed, , would be ' sold for scrap. This would have been a terrific loss to the taxpayers. However, ' he added, "Senator Cordon and Interior Secretary McKay, with good business sense. found a way to recover the total cost by selling the line to Ihe Cal ifornia Oregon Power Company.'' FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION Throughout his discussion of the proposed John Day Dam, Senator Neuberger contended that cneap power for the Pacific Northwest can only be obtained through fed eral construction and operation ol the dam. Before they appeared on the platform, both the senator and congressman made personal in- Crater Roads Remain Closed The North Entrance Road, East Entrance Road and Rim Road in Crater Lake National Park are closed for the season, the ranger station in the park reported this morning. - No snow has fallen since Tues day night, but high winds ha-ve drifted the dry snow to a depth of five feet over the North En trance Road. Snow depth at Rim Village is two inches. Highway 63 through the park Is open. The road" from Annie Sptlngs to the rim is open out is icy. our ins morning hours. High temperature Thursday was 59 degrees: low last night, 29 de grees, and at 8 a.m. today, 37 degrees. There is not enough snow on the ground for skiing. Nixon Meets With Cabinet WASHINGTON yn The Cabinet held p. 2Y- hour session Friday with Vice President Nixon presid ing. Afterwards he would say only that a number of "routine items" were discussed. ' It was the second Cabinet ses sion Nixon has conducted since President Eisenhower suffered a heart attack in Denver Sept. 24. All members of the Cabinet were present except Marion B. Polsom, ' secretary of health edu cation and welfare, who was out of Ihe city. Nixon said his plane departure for Denver to visit with the Presi dent has been tentatively set for 10 a.m. Saturday. 1 Ke said he will return to Wash' ington Sunday, the time depending Day, October 8 ' r ui( dm irni -vwm.. lyrrau -mkui ii-' V I- : : . spectlon of the canal which Is unaer fire as a death trap. Senator ' Neuberger - issued a statement about the proposed fenc ing of the canal which has claimed 45 lives. In which he said: "I have wired John Sins, legist latlve counsel for the United States Senate, asking him to draft bill which I will introduce as soon as Congress goes back Into session. This bill will call for part nership construction of a fence along the canal with the govern ment, irrigation district, city ot Klamath Falls and Klamath Coun ty each assuming 26 per cent of the cost." . Congressman Coon went Neu berger one better. He said he will introduce a bill which would pro vide a fence along the canal paid for in full by the federal govern ment. ROBINSON REPLY Shortly before noon Friday, the Associated Press reported from Spokane that Robinson,, president ofWhe Washington Water power Company, . denied : he . was the "ghost writer'.' i of the jphn Day Dam Bill.., .. . . ...... . . .- Robinson was quoted as saying: "Mr. Neuberger; -as usual,., is -talking through his hat.". Then he con tinued: "Certainly Congressman Coon did consult, with the. three private companies Involved In the John Day power construction, as weu as representatives ol several public bodies. How else couio. ns.oe as sured of financing - and parttefpa- lion by boyj.pubUi and-.private The Robinson .statement, issued after he was asked for comment, added:. Mr. Neuberger Is surely well cnougn Informed to know that none of the private utilities win earn profit on the John- Day construe- tiori. The project will be owned by the government, and it is impos sible under regulatory, law hat private utilities can Include prop erties belonging to someone eise In-thelr own ratsbasls. .--SAME AS WAGES The power from John Day passes through the company books the same as wages, and other operal' in? expenses and has nothing to no witn property usea ana useiui in the public interest upon wnicn rates sre based. "Some of the private companies that offered to loin- in tne con structlon of John Day in order to speed Its construction and avert a power shortage, have been in the electric business over 60 years, and I am inclined to believe our engineers know more about the necessity of securing adequate pow er supply than certain book-writing politicians frantically seeking pub licity. - We would be disappointed u Congressman Coqn did not ask our cooperation. 1 am surprised, how ever, that Mr. Neuberger has so much to say about a subject so foreign to his Journalistic cxper. lence."' - The final Coon - Neuberger de- bate will be held In Bend tonight. Atomic Plan Pact Expected UNITED NATIONS, .N.Y. l The United States expects an agreement by early next year to set up an international atoms-for-peace agency. This forecast was made Friday by Sen. Pastore (D-RI) in atoms-for-peace discussion In the U.N. Political Committee. He spoke after the United States and Britain had submitted a Joint resolution proposing that a second world conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy be held under U.N. auspices in about three years. Pastore said a draft statute for the international agency had been circulated to all U.N. members. Negotiators are - awaiting their comment. "I am happy to say that enough progress has been, made to war rant the hope that general agree ment on the statute for the agency will be reached early In 1956," he saic . One of the bl; questions Is whether the draft meets the ap nroval of Russia. There has been no comment from Moscow since the draft was circulated in Auaujt by U.N. Secretary General Dai riaminarskjold. The sutute does not spell out the agency's relationship with the United Nations a main point of controversy. It lesves this for later decision by the agency's board of governors. Rebels Step Up Fight In Morocco TAZA, Morocco (UP) Rebel guerrillas stepped up their hit and run offensive near the borders of Spanish Morocco today, and the French resident general warned that failure of Spain to control its rone could mean "terrible war." Resident General Pierre Boyer de Latour issued the warning alter entering the battle zone with an armored column to inspect the hard-pressed French bases in the Rid mountains of the north. Rifle fire from surrounulng peaks cracked out as he arrived. In Madrid, the Spanish foreign office early today denied that Mo roccan rebels were getting aid from the Spanish zone but prom ised to "take necessary meas ures" to prevent Infiltration acrors tne border, scone of the bloody riff wars of 30 years ago, . SPANISH HAVEN . An official Spanish communique reiterated previous denials of French charges Uiat rebel com mandos attacked French ' forces from a haven in Spanish Morocco. The French have charged the reb els with retreating back across the border when hard pressed by French troops. French troops complained that the repels were carrying out a hit-run offensive of night time at tack and mysterious daytime van. lshincr acts. In the Riff country around Taza reinforced French forces were succeeding almost dally In clean ing out the terrorist bands mat control and besiege outposts w" deadly lire from the badland hlll- tona. But - at nightfall the rebels slipped back from their hideouts to wreck newly-dug trenches,- Just- repaired bridges and communion. turns.- .. r IN TtTJ ANCiLE '-y The heaviest fighting was ccn tered' in' the triangle Just below the Spanish border formed by the operational headquarters of Ak noul and Ihe embattled outposls of Tizi Ouzla and Boured. But the rampaging Riff tribes. men struck south of Aknoul in small harassing actions. They cut the telephone wires and road lead ing 37 miles south to Taza. . Terrorist action was not limited to . the north. Some skirmishes were reported in the middle Atlas Mountains to Uie south. In the great port city of Casablanca ter rorists killed two policemen with submachine gun fire in the old Medina section. In Fez, the Moslem holy city of Morocco, police clamped a cur few on the Medina after a series of terrorist acts. Israel Charges Egypt Warfare JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector WV Israel charged Friday that Egypt has initiated a new round of guer rilla warfare and declared that If It does not stop, Israel will take all necessary steps to protect her self. A Foreign Ministry spokesman charged that "Egyptian war act in the course of tne past few weeks represent a further stage In Egypt's hostile policy aimed at de stroying Israel." He added: "If Egypt docs not put an Im mediate and totnl end to her ncwly inltlated guerrilla warfare against Israel, she will finally disrupt the cease-lli e of Sept. 4 and will oblige Israel to take all nccesscry steps lor the protection of her citizens." Tne spokesman said Israel nas Inlormation in Its possession that Egypt, even alter the cease-fire of Sept. 4, decided lo continue guer rilla operations along tho Gaza Strip. Argentina Hits Peron A-Plan BUENOS AIRES 11 Ex-Presl dent Pcron's proud proclamation of an Argentine atoms-lor-peace protect lour years ago was de scribed rrioav as ine atomic farce of the 20th century." Investigators lor the new pro visional government that ousted Peron said tne project was pipedrenm that co.u the nation an estimated one billion pesos 7H. million dollars) without any chance of success, They said Dr. Ronald Rithler. the Au-.trlan.born scientist Peron hired to dnecl tne project, neve had any concrcf Idea ol how to ur the expensive equipment ine Peron aoeinmcn( purchased and installed on an isolated Island In Lake Nahuel Huapl in weaten; Argentina. The tightly guarded mint wit built and toin do.vn 10 limes without producing any re-J suits, they said. GAVE!" Those listed below have riven $100 or more to the United Fund during the Advance Gifts period now under way. By doing o, they qmllfy lor membership In the Order of Leaders and Build ers of the Basin, a select (t roup that Is expected to take an active part In the future in the new pe riod of eeonomle development of the Klamath Basin that is just beginning. 1. W. I. Kcaterson tl, Howard Barnhiel 23. Klamath Falls Central Labor Council AF of L 24. Paul O. Lnndry 25. Merle West 26. Rudy Jacobs Mens Shop 27. Weyerhaeuser Timber Company 28. Gib Fleet 29. Frank Fleet 30. Earl T. Shrphard 31. Ross Ragland 32. Phyllis Collier Kerns 33. Carolyn Fleet Whitney 14. McNee Lumber Sales 35. Al Schmerk 36. Currins fur Drugs 37. Modoe Lumber Company 38. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Shaw 3D. Klamath Basin Pine COUNTY BASIN BUILDERS 1. Klamath Basin Grade A Pro ducers Association West Accuses Red China WASHINGTON HI Diplomatic sources said today Red China shows no sign so far of keeping Its promise of four weeks ago to tell 19 imprisoned Americans they are free to leave China. Not only have the prisoners not been released, the Informants aaid. but the Red Chinese have dented mem contact with the. British onl clal dsajfenattt ; to mods with, them, This, it was learned, Is the chief snag in the highly secret negotla tlons at Geneva between U.S. Am bassador U, Alexis Johnson and Red Chinese Ambassador Wang Ping-nan toward easing Far East- crn conflicts. Wang agreed Sept. 10 after six weeks of repatriation talks that Americans In China had a right to leave expeditiously." He prom ised that Red China would "give wide publicity" lo this agreement and would permit Con O'Neill, the British charge d aifalrcs at Pol' ping, to do likewise. Ten Americans who had been Jailed have since left Red China So, too, have four of tho dozen Americans who have been refused exit permits. The other eight of lliese presumably know they are free to leave. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness with a few showers Friday night; Satur day partly cloudy. Low Friday night 3ft; high Saturday 58. High yesterday (14 Low last night . 36 Prerlp. last 24 hours 0 Preclp. since Oct. 1 0 Same period last year M 0 Normal for period 8.20 I 5,..Sv ' if: taJaJla' fci I MHIaU m in ii FAIRVIEW THIRD GRADERS, John Silva and Kenneth Karnes predicted rain in the next (aw dayi when ttoppad by the 9 o'clock photographer. John lives at 927 Addiion and Ken neth at 1910 Oregon Avanui. No. 3205 Ike Slates Policy Talk With Dulles DENVER (Pi President Elsen hower will hold a hospital con' fercuce on foreign policy matters with Secretary of State Dulles next Tuesday. It will be the President's first discussion of policy problems since ne suffered a heart attack. The White House press secretary James C. Hagerty, ennounced Fri day that Dulles will arrive in Den ver Monday night from Miami, Fla., where he has a speaking en gagement that day. He will see the President sometime the next day, with the hour dependent on word from Elsenhower's physicians, , ANNOUNCEMENT The announcement came as doc tors at Fitzsimona Army Hospit al put out another encouraging bul letin on the President's condition. They snid at mid-moming that he was continuing to progress satis factorily without complications. Early Saturday morning the Chief Executive will pass the cru cial two weeks milestone along the recovery road wnicn ne has beer. traveling without complications from the lime of his Sept. 24 heart attack. The decision to let Eisenhower meet next week with Dulles for the Chief Executive's first dis cussion of policy matters since he was stricken reflects tne steady progress that he has been making. Eisenhower ana dumps wilt dis cuss, among other things, tne Geneva conieren:a of Big Four foreign ministers opening Oct. 37, Kagerty stressed that the mat ters to be discussed there by Dul les and the . otner ministers have been under study for weeks, i the President was thoroughly li miliar with them before his heart attack, , . , ( i i ; L ARRIVE SATURDAY : Vic President NIxorHs Irrtving here Saturday for a visit- wilh the President, but Hagarty has said mat no controversial subjects will oe discussed ac tnat brief meeting. The Friday morning medical bul lei in on Elsenhower's condition said: "The President's condition con. tiniies to progress satisfactorily witnout complications. "After a good night's sleep of eight hours the President awoke re freshed and cheerful. His pulse and blood pressure remain normal. His cardiogram continues to show slow evolution. For breakfast the President hat! prunes, hominy grits and beef sausage, whole wheat toast and glass of skimmed milk. 'Mrs. Elsenhower visited .with him at breakfast time." Queen Selection The 1055 queen of the Klam ath Basin Potato Festival will be ohosen Saturday night. October 8 at the annual queen's dance t the Merrill Community Hall, Favorites may be voted for until near midnight when results of the tally will be announced and the new monarch and her courts presented. Contestants are Judy Main, Claudctle Shuck, Lou Ann Kandra, Darlene Daniels and Sonya OcGrande. r ffdock .SpatM MS Teams Find Bodies Over Wide Area LARAMIE, Wyo. Wl Climbers v battled high winds and deep snow drifts Friday to retrieve the bodies of 66 persons killed Thursday on a nearly two-mile high mountain peak in the nation's worst com mercial airline crash. , Officials said It would be late Friday altemoon before the first bodies could be brought down to a base oamp. The . climbers. In cluding some of the most skilled In the Rocky Mountain area, were able to advance only about m city block every 20 minutes. The climbers Included rescue teams from the Universities ot Colorado and Wyoming, from Low ry Air Force Base In Denver, War ren Air Force Base in Cheyenna and members of the Wyoming Na tional Guard. They were accompanied bv Pot office and Railway Express in spectors who hoped to recover some of the mall snd packages carried by the Ill-fated plane. SUNSHINE The sun shone brightly and tha temperature was 35 degreea when the first group started for the scene at 8:0O a.m. Their goal was the near-perpen dicular south face of 13,003-foot Medicine Bow Peak, where a united Air Lines DC crashed within an hour after leaving Den ver for Salt Lake City and San Francisco. The flight originated Wednesday night In New . York: Cltv Rescuers who struggled through deep snow and up the precipitous peat yesterday counted about M bodies before Tlslng winds and darkness forced their retreat. They descended to a base camp slightly more than a mile from the tragio scene. . The big four-engine Man car ried a crew of three and 63 pas sengers, including 17 Air Force Inductees and two Infants. - Among the dead were five worn en members of the 8alt Lake City Mormon Tabernacle choir, which recently concluded a concert tour ot Europe. HIGH DEATH TOLL -, The toll exceeds the nation's previous commercial air disaster I r-nnrri fc R8 Wtllnrf In 4ka nr,.W of Notofrwest'-Airllnes "DC IK Lake Michigan June 34. IBM. , The worst air crash of any type was an Air Force CI 24 transport near Tokyo June 18, 1953, in which 129 perished. Sheriff John Terrlll ot Carbon County, In charge of rescue oper ations, ordered specisl gear to the scene 40 miles west of here. He ssid only trained mountaineers and government officiala would, be allowed at the site to start lower ing the bodies by winch apparat us. They will be taken to a Uni versity of Wyoming summer scien tific lodge six miles distant for Identification. ' MaJ. Gerald Downey of the Wyo ming Civil Air Patrol and State Patrolman Ben Butler, both of Laramie, were among the first at the scene. They said the craft struck about 50 or 75 feet from the top of the peak. Exploding oil and fuel left two huge scars on the granite wall, helping a swarm of military and civilian search planes to spot the wreckage. WITNESSES First airborne witnesses at the crash scene reported there was little chance that any of these aboard could have survived. Leonard Larsen, reporter for the Denver Post, viewed the crash from a chartered plane and said: "Only shattered pieces of tha plane were recognizable. It was clear that no person could have survived the crash and explosion." Larsen said the pilot of his p'uie, Eddie Drapela of Denver, a vet eran of 29 years flying, merely shook his head as they turned for home. "It was a terrible sight," he said later. Part of the shattered airliner. Including a portion of the instru ment panel, and a man's topcoat carried to the peak itself. The re mainder of the ship and content cascaded 300 feet down the moun tain, scattering bodies as It went. Car Shortage Stays Stable SALEM Wl Western Oregon's freight car shortage last week remained at the same level as during Ihe week before, Public Utilities Commissioner Charles H. HeltJcl said Friday, He said that the Southern Pacific Railroad was able to supply only 59 per cent of the cars ordered ' last week by lumber shippers west of the Cascades. This was the same percentage as during the preceding -week, which was the low point for the year. The shortage was worse In ' 8outhern Oregon. Shippers on the Sl.'klyou Line between Eugene and 1 Ashland were able to get only 47 ; per cent of the cars they ordered, compared with 61 per cent the preceding week. As to this week, Heltzel said, the percentage soared up to 75 per cent Monday and Tuesday, but then slid down to about 50 per cent. He said "there Is no hope for the immediate future" that the car shortage will be alleviated. .
