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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1955)
, .o V : ' : . . . . $ By FRANK JENKINS . 'How to win friends and 1NFLU INCE NATIONS in this cold war eriod: , A Cairo newspaper says today ie United States might' regain Sgypl's friendship by granting a oan for construction of the pro nsed Aswan dam on the upper file. . .: Russia, the newspaper says, has ilready offered to aid in construe Ion of the project which would :ost pearly 600 million dollars. J? 1 f That Is to sav: f "I'm offered FIVE! Who'll gim me TEN? Who'll gimme ten? five! Who'll go ten?" , . I Just can't helo doubting if the motion block Is the olace to win DEPENDABLE friends and allies. t Today's farm politics note: : A Democratic and a Republican senator found one area of agree ment on agriculture today. They agree there is a farm problem and congress should DO SOMETHING (bout it, ? Agreement stopped right there. Democratic Senator Joseph O'Ma heapy (by the way, he pronounces It Vh-MAH-Ho-Nee of Wyomlne says the government must realize .that processors of agricultural pro ducts are getting more and more jof the consumer's dollar, Qn the other hand, GOP Sena itor i Homer Capehart. of Indiana .says farm prices are dropping be cause of huge surpluses held by the' government (surpluses that iliang like a dark thundercloud over the markets of the future.) " I Oddly, enough, they're both right. r If prices of what he has to buy ihad fallen In proportion to prices 'of "what he has to sell, the farmer ; wouldn't be unhappy. , : t is equally true that nothing rbul trouble for the farmer can ensue from the vast surpluses that : are accumulating in government .'warehouses. : ' .,' What to. do about It? ' : J wouldn't know. But I doubt if political farming (which is farm ; ing the farmers for votes instead . of farming the land for crops) will solve the problem. . , But let's get closer horned ,! u The Yreka Siskiyou News tells about a temperamental well on the i Stanley Wendt ranch at Montague. It began to fail in late September '. and on October 8 It dropped too ;.'.Jow to prpduce sufficient water to -.maintain the house system. About fin week later it. petered out en- itiroly. . - . . : " Confronted ? a situation, Mr. i Wendt bought' 300-gallon tank, fiiounted it fliy, a -truck and.pegan to- hauL' 'water. ' He"i'3ffthe water into the well, so that the power pump that supplies the house sys tem could be utilized. Then , i y, Some three weeks ago, the well 'i began to flow just as vigorously as it had before It began to fail. fs-Atl this happened prior to the re cent heavy precipitation in Far Northern California and Southern Oregon! v."- - . I've heard of priming tlie pump to get It going again, but I never ' before heard of PRIMING THE WELL when it ran dry and getting plenty of water as a result. Amazing things can happen in the Stale of Jefferson. Some rather Interesting things are happening in the city of Klam ath Falls. In the first ten months of 1955, as compared with the correspond- . , ing period in 1954. bank debits ' rose from $223,313,901 to $245,674, 405, (Bank debits are a commonly accepted measure of the volume ' and the velocity of money chang ,' Inn hands.) Postal receipts In. the same pe- ,; riod rose -from $224,877 last Year - to $228,121 this year. Parking me- ; tcr receipts (reflecting the volume : and velocity of downtown shopping - traffic) rose from $43,417 last year i to $45,388 this year. ).' Building permits (within the city limits and not Including the ail- base) Increased from $1,224,047 last year to $1,330,071 this year. Water users (reflecting new family units) increased from 8.298 to 8.465. , Our city Is getting its second vvui and starting to .go places again. Snow Plow Battle Storm By L'MTKD I'RLSS snow plows turned out across: the Northern Midwest tooay clear away the heaviest snows of the season. Meanwhile, a new cold wave took command of the East, mop ping temperatures along the Gulf Mates and Atlantic Seaboard. On the West Coast, five persons were killed on rain-slicked highways In los Angeles Countv. The weekend storm lhat swept :ne Midwest piled up nearly a foot oi snow across ir.e Dakoias, Mlnne fota, Wisconsin, and Upper Mich igan. Traffic was slowed to a crawl before snow plows began bucking the drifts. " At Duluth, Minn., an 11-Inch snowfall was whipped bv 5-m!le per hour winds which aiso picked up a couple s car and threw it into Lake Superior. The heavy snows rndrd yester dav. but were followed by a sub rero chill which dropped the tem perature to 30 below at Fraser. Colo., II beiow at Internationa! Falls. Minn., and 10 below at Bis marck, NO. j 1 i 'I . ' ' ' ,. i, i . . , .a. Price fire Cento 14 Paces . KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. MONDAY. DECEMBER I. 1S54 . Teleahene $111 Ne. 3344 I . ...... n, riv-.r-. I , " v, ;v THIS OIL TANKER was one of -this morning. The big rig was get started again' on the slick this picture. .-' . -' ' Safe Driver Award Gains . Monday morning the safety com mittee of the KlamatluCounty Jun ior Chamber of .Commerce select-r ed ,the owner of Oregon HcensW number 6H-B302 as the safe and courteous driver-of "the day. The holder of this license number can claim the prize of $20 if he calls telephone number 4062. If this prize is unclaimed by noon Tuesday "thi" prize Will "be upped to $25 and a new safe driv er picked by. the Jaycees. .. - The holder of Oregon automo bile license number 5H-9302 can win $20 for his safe and- court eous driving by calling 4062 by noon Tuesday and properly identifying himself. -' The safety committee observed the driving of license holder 5H 9302 for about 15 blocks and Said the driver used all the proper sig nals and gave careful considera tion to pedestrians. The Jaycees said that Mr. Jay walker will be on the city's streets today and Tuesday. Anyone stop ping the jaywalker will win a $5 prize. The Safety Slogans contest will be judged on Tuesday by the Jaycees with cash prizes awarded in this phase of the safety drive. VISIT BERLIN Wl An East German government delegation headed by Communist Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl left East Berlin by air Monday for "friendship visits" to Red China, North Korea and Mon golia. THREE SMILING LADIES war r & 1 if X; k photographer's camera this morning when ha stopped, in at Vallier's cafe on Spring Street ntar the depot. From the right to left art Florence Christey and Mary Worley, waitresses, ana Arnne rrice, the manager. the victim! of the snow ttorm that iwtpt Klamath Falls early stalled by traffic on the Sixth Street overpass and unable to surface until after the Herald and News photographer snapped ' - . Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Snow tonight, occasional snow Tuesday. Low tonight 24, high Tuesday 16. - Low last mght 6 High yesterday - . iJ2 Precipitation laat. 24 hours .. 0 Since Oct. 1 .. .;..... ..s...5.36 Rami period last year : 1.33 Normal- for period ;..,3.W 40 Killed in Border Clash ALGIERS, Algeria l.fl At least 40 persons were killed Sunday In a violent battle between Algerian na tionalists and French troops In the market place of a little village near the Tunisian border.- , The rebels, mixing with the mid- morning', market crowd, opened fire on police and later cut all telephone and telegraph wires con necting the village of La my with the rest of Algeria. It was the worst single Incident in months in Algeria, .where as sassinations and guerilla warfare have become common In the past year. initial reports indicated 31 Al gerians were killed in the market, place and nine more died when troops opened fire on a bus that refused to halt. The number of police or soldiers lost was not an nounced. After the fight started, a French armored car sped to the center of the market place to quell the disorder. , . subjects fo r the nine o'clock i Second Wreck Victim Dies A U.S. Navy man stationed on ship berthed at - Bremerton iavy Yard,.. Washington,' died at 6:08 p.m. Sunday . in- Klamath Valley Hospital as- the - result ot- a two car collision Saturday morning en U.S. 97- jus: north .'ot th summit oi spring ureeK mil. ... nis .ocam or ng5iij,vB,40Hhlrtes.11e-,tnid-prolio- he received of the accident to two. A - Cali fornia woman died a few minutes after the accident. . ' The dead man is John B. Dia mond, 21, . ma Klamalb County'a 18th chinists mate third claas on the USS Wright. He and the dead wo man, Peggy Anna Wlckman, It, of Olen Ellen. 'Cali fornia, were pas sengeri , in an auto driven by Calvin V. Hud- Traffic Fatality of, 195$ nell. a fireman on the USS Wright. Hudnell, who suffered multiple, compound iraciures In Doth legs and chest injuries, waa reported by attendants at Klamath Valley Hospital this morning to be doing "fairly well." The hospital reported that the other person injured, Mrs. Olive E. Buelow, 59. of North Hollywood, is doing "very nicely." Mrs. Buelow was a Dasserieer in a northbound auto driven by her husband, James C. Buelow. 80, who suffered minor oruises not requiring treatment. According to Oregon Stale Police, the southbound auto driven by Him nell hit a slushy spot and skidded broadside into the head, of the on coming Buelow auto, which police said was moving very, slowly. Police believe the southbound car was eu route to Vallejo, Cali fornia, where Miss Wickman and Hudnell were to be mur.-ied. One of the men was carrying a com-j plete set of wedding rings. Diamond wa3 Ihe owner of the southbound auto. The accident oc- curred at approximately 10:30 a.m. Saturday. - Fraternity Uses Sewer For Party LOS ANGELES (jpl The pledges of a University of Southern Cali fornia fraternity went to the depths for a site for their big costume party. They tossed a sewer shin-dig In a huge underground storm drain after convincing city and county authorities that they wouldn't en danger their guests. Twelve pledges of Sigma Phi Epsllon spent a week cleaning and decorating the tunnel, and USC en gineering students built a four-foot dam to protect the area from run off watera during the course of Ihe dance. SHOPPING DAYS LEFT r-- H.lp Fight Tl - U.eWy Chrlttmm Soak. J Western Oregon Has Heavy Rain By TUE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wet snow spattered the Portland area early Monday morning, but it melted when temperatures rose, turning to slush as rain set in. There were several accidents on the slick streets but none was serious. A mild truck skidded and overturned on a West Side bill. Conditions ' were similar else where in Western Oregon. It was raining at most points. Ioy conditions on Highway 58 In the Cascades east of Eugene Sun day resulted in at least 10 smash- tips. Five persons were reported hurl as cars in which they were riding went Into . ditches. Some of the vehicles . rolled over. . Most seriously hurt was Chester Pamkratz, 30, Lebanon, who suf fered facial cuts when his car overturned west of Oakridge. - Monday morjung mere was an Inch of slushy snow at Oakrldge and chains were essential for travel east of there. East.ot the Cascades It began snowing- - at 6 p.m. and Klamath Falls hkd three inches- of snow by 8 a.m. southern Pacific trains wer? on schedule but flights at Klamath Falls and Redmond were halted. The State Highway Commission said new sncw makes travel haz ardous in, mountain 'passes and chains were required for most ol mem. ... 1 Car Stolen, Man Beaten WEED Louis Tuoeh 32. ' ot Woodland, Calfornlav is n the Weed Hospital for .treatment of jn at the hands of two men who ap propriated his - automobile, beat him and dumped him - from the car.- The Incident Is said to have oc ourred between 3 a.m. and 3 a.m. today, on Highway 09. between Weed and Mount .Shasta. ' Tupen was brought to the hospital . by Mount Shasta police. His Injuries. according to hospital authorities, include a lacerated knee and mul tiple bruises, At 3 a.m. Iimav ' the Weed no. lice officer and ICallfornla High way ratroi omcer were called to Investigate a wrecked car five miles north of Weed on Highway 97. The car proved to be Tupen's and officers are now searching- for the two men. Tupen told the officers that when he left a Dunsmuir bar to enter his car. one of the two men was sitting behind the wheel. They forced him into the car and drove away. He said he cautioned the driver that his speed was too great for the slick road conditions and an argument ensued during which he was struck and finally thrown from the car. The California Highway Patrol is investigating further,; Sledding Slated For Tonight City Recreation Director Robert ; E. Bonney announced tha slciiding will be supervised on Man-anlta. iWllfoid and Washington streots from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday. Guard. will be on dutv during that time. Bonney ur;rd parents not to per mlt their chlltirc.i to coast on the specified streets, except during the I time that guaras are posted. KIMPI.K SPOKANE The December, Issue of the Washington State High way Department News gives this motoring equation; "ine numoer oi niasi mat win. come, from auto horns in a traffic jam is equal to the sum of the squares at the wheel." SHOOTING HOURS OREGON December 6 OPEN CLOSE 6:51 4:35 CALIFORNIA California Season Closed Until Dec. 10th THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS KETTLES have been set up by the Salvation, Army in three downtown locations to receive the contributions of the, residents of Klamath Falls to this annual Christmas aid fund drive. Lt. Jack Grable, right, explained that this drive is held by the army to aid those families who need aid at Christmas. He said the Salvation Army Christmas appeal is not included in the United Fund campaign. Those needing aid at Christmas may make application at the Salva tion Army Office, 400 Klamath Avenue. Lt, Grable urged those Wishing aid to make their appeals as soon as possible to elim- " inate anyone being missed in the last minute rush. The army's program includes food baskets, a Golden Agers Christmas dinner, toys for children, Sunshine Baskets for patients at the infirmary, and distribution of the Salvation Army Christmas War Cry. Joyce Lobben, 2425 Orchard Avenue was manning the kettle near the First National Bank when she and Lt. Grable .' were ; photographed. Other kettles are located at Eighth and Main and at Ninth and Pine streets. California Republicans Oppose Federal School Aid SANTA CRUZ (VP) The boardi of the California Republican As sembly adopted a .resolution yes terday , opposing federal aid to schools. , : . , t . ', The board took action ill the closing session of a weekend meet ing.. The resolution said In part: "Responsibility for maintaining iow schools ha alwavs rwstoa with local communities and states. Fed eral aid Inevitably leads lo federal controls." The board also urged that the dispute between Israel . and the Arab states be resolved "through normal diplomatic channels and rather than have our nation enter Meany Heads Merged Union NEW YORK ' George Meany, one-time New York plumber. Mon day was unanimously elected pres ident of the newly merged AFL CIO at its founding convention. , Mcnny pledged. In a keynote speech, that he would lead tho new 16 million member organization as "a force for good for all America." He said this would include great er labor political activity. Meanv said he was "amused" by those charging that the AFL-CIO will try to control workers' voles, form a labor party or capture one ol the existing political parlies. "No one can control a worker's vote me or anyone else," Meany said. "We have no sentiment for a labor party, nor any lor taking over either of the existing panics, "We want our people to be In formed on all l.ssues facing the electorate, particularly those that aflect Ihclr lives and their daily work. Our members have a right and duty to oppose those who op pose them." Waller Reuther, head of the for- mer CIO referred 10 a alalcmenl made bv Sen. Ooldwater iR-Arlai Sunday that the new AFL-CIO "had no right" to endorse one of the 1956 presidential nominees. "Our answer to vou. senator, Is not less political action, but more political action on the part of the American labor movement," Reu ther said. Crater Lake Weather Good Favorable weathei conditions frretfd visitors to Crmer Lake Nalional Park Sunday. Thirty-five skiers and 83 slftht-.vcrs visited the paik during the day. Maximum temperature Sunday v: 'ib degrees; minimum last nlaht. 10 and ft a m. today, 4 de grees. Four lucl.rs of new snow It'll durum the early morning hours to day bringing the total snow depth to 65 Inches, compared with 15 Inches on December t. 1954. It was still snowing when the ranger station reported to the Herald and News this morning. Highway bi is open through the park with chains advised. Th.'i road fiom Annie Springs lo the rim Is closed today. ' J l J - - ill into an arms race that could result in Wni lri Unr TIT " Other leholulions urged the reil election of Sen. Thomas Kuchel next -year - as a leading supporter ul President Elsenhower's policies; called for Vic investigation of the Calllornlii HWhwny Commission as being lnudoqtaloly conn oiled; and adopted a campaign slogan., for 1858.' The siotran: "For healthy Republicanism, Rrpiiblicnn Assembly unit in every county, city nud district of Call loniia." - - - -Saturday,' Mrs. Mnrjoe H. E. Benedict of Berkeley, a national commitloewoman. said California will hnvo "no more than 70 dele gates" to the lllfiO convention'. .She said Ihe number was fixed during the last convention. Any bonus"' dcleinhe.s, she said, 1 will come from the Soutli "to encour age tho growth of a two-party system" In the traditionally Dem ocratic area. Mrs. Benedict also said there is a "great deal of optimism about ihe chances of President Eisen hower's running again." Rep. John F. Baldwin (R-Callfi hoped ihat foreign policy will not become a subject for partisan politics during the 1056 'campaign. 1 DAY I ntll llir ncxl visit or the Jtcd C r o 8 lilowlmirbile at the armory, (ilvr a Chrlslmnn girt of a pint of hi one!. Klamath Cnutity'i quota in 400 pints thin visit Dot rnibcr 6, 4 to 8 p.m. or December 7, 10 a.m. to Z p.m. P -IS? FRED DEWITT was faced with the problem of putting tha chains on his car this morning before he could make it up tha hill to OTI where he is an instructor in diesel engines, . Klamath In Path, But Roads Okay Snowfall returned to Klamath Falls early this morning after a cold. dry., weekend According to (he Civil Aeronau tics Administration at the Klamath Falls airport. It started to snow at about 6:05 a.m., and has anowed continuously ever since. The State Highway Department estimated s that there were about three Inches ' of pew snow here at a.m. ' -The 'snowfall, whrrta vtnri ihji Ktb htlna Cascade Mountains and soutnward'lpto Shasta County, Call, fbrnlai has oatised the chain signs to be posted on marfv roads, and has forced the cancellation of some ptihlteitrsiiiijortatlon schedules. Chains, were required at-8 a.m. on U.S. 'Highway 09 from Mount Shasta to Dunsmuir and at Willam ette Pass, Bend and Warm Springs Junction, and were advised at Greenspiimts, Crater Lake and Cheinult. On Highway 68 to Lake view, motorists were asked to car ry chains at Bly; where there are snow flurries. United Air Lines this morning re ported that all flights through the tiinmain rails and Redmond air ports had been cancelled due to weather, but said that flights on the . western route through Medford were operating normally. ine west Coast Airlines' morning flight got off all right today, and West -Const, which operates the western route through to Medford . and then comes over the moun-. tains to Klamath Falls, was plan ning normal operations as far south aa Medford, with Klamath Falls on Ihe doubtful list. The Southern Paclflo Railroad said that passenger trains were still operating normally with the southbound Daylight on time at Crescent Lake. The northbound lo cal, the Klamath, was about an hour late this morning, but 8.F. . officials said that this was not due to the weather. Plans for enowplow operations have been made by the 8.P. A plow left this morning for Its sub sidiary, the Oregon, California and Eastern to Bly, and a flanger was scheduled to leave later this morn ing for Crescent Lake. If the weather keeps up, a heav ier "spreader" plow will leave this evening for Crescent Lake. Auto- maiic neaiers nave oeen turned on at all mainline switches. The Oregon State Motor Assoela. tlon iTrlple A) reported on high way conditions this morning. Ac cording to the OSMA, there Is three Inches of new snow at ChemuU... three inches' At Willamette Pata, j; two Inches at Bend, one Inch' at'" Bly, one inch at Lakevlew, three , inches at Warm Springs, and two ' Inches a . Greensprlngs. These ; ' figures were taken from the 8 a.m. report of tlie Oregon State Highi way Commission, ' . At all of these points, there are either snow flurries or continuous tnow, the OSMA said. Pintails Turn Up In Russia BOISE (Pi A couple of "fellow travelers," last seen In Idaho In the spring of 1952 have turned up in Russia and delivered informa tion to Soviet -officials In Moscow, But there Is no cause for alarm. These birds are plutail ducks -banded In Jefferson County 1 3 years ago. Robert L. Salter, game bird su pervisor for the State Fish and Game Department, said they were probably Russian birds to begin with. He said news that the birds had landed In eastern Siberia had come to him via Ihe U. 8. Fish and Wild life 8ervlce from the Russian wa-. terfowl banding agency In Moscow. ( i . - , i f .
