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Newspaper Page TextU OF OREGON LIBRARY EUGENE, ORE. In The Day's lews B.V FRANK JENKINS Morning alter a holiday news: The nation's motorists rolled up a record lor New Year's traffic deaths on the highways. An AP survey shows at least 345 killed. The previous high for a three-day New Year holiday was 317, set year before last. There are more people to be killed. There are more cars to kill 'em. People haven't yet learned to use more caution and common sense TO KEEP FROM GETTING KILLED. Overseas politics: Unofficial and incomplete returns from yesterday's French election give Premier Faure's right-center coalition about 193 in the French assembly far less than expected. The Mendes-France leftist Repub lican Front has won about 156 seats, Including 88 for the Socialists. The communists nave joi a gain oi 63 seats. Not so good, you say? . I quite agree. But there was an interesting side issue In the French election. A stockily-built French bookstore owner in his early 30's, father of five children, went out on his own and put on a slam-bang campaign against TAXES. He accused France's post-war governments of squandering bil lions collected from taxes and "loans" from the U.S. Told that most of the American money was in the form of gifts, he replied "I DON'T BELIEVE IN FREE GIFTS." He added: "Our relations with the United States are growing worse all the time and it's because there has come between our two friendly peo ples this band of small-time cheats who went over and waved a scare crow in front of the Americans and begged them for money shamelessly." t ' His party was expected to pick up maybe half a dozen seats in the assembly which corresponds roughly to our congress. Tt wnn SO KTTATS - Maybe there's hope for Fra&ce yet. More foreign politics Egyptian sources say this morn ing the World Bank (most of whose money comes from the USA) must clarify its terms before the Egyp tian government can ACCEPT a zuu muuon aonar joan to ouiia a huge dam on the upper Nile which would bring in more land to go into competition with American crops. One Egyptian official says to day: "WE DON'T WANT TO MORT GAGE OUR INDEPENDENCE." As one American taxpayer, I'm about in the mood to say I don't want to mortgage my home and my business to GIVE AWAY MORE MONEY ABROAD. . Domestic political note: The 84th congress assembles to day for its 1956 session and what is shaping up for a seven-month tug-of-war for POLITICAL AD VANTAGE. Election year issues to be debat ed by the lawmakers include tax cuts, farm prices, social security expansion, federal aid to schools, highway construction and foreign aid all of which involve more spending at a time when we're already 280 BILLION DOLLARS in debt. In both France and America there are two outstanding troubles: 1, Too much politics. 2. Too little statesmanship. Shucks! All this cynicism has to do with our nation as a whole and the world at large. Here in the Klamath Basin let's concentrate on making 1958 the big gest development year in our his tory. Lumber Truck Kills Three CASTAIC, Calif. (UP) Officers said today it was a miracle that not more than three persons were killed when a huge truck-trailer streaked out of control down a . grade in heavy holiday traffic and smashed into three cars. The truck, loaded with an esti mated 72,000 pounds of lumber and with its air brakes gone, dodged most of the traffic while bolting down a five-mile grade on the R$lge Route yesterday with its hum blasting. But eventually, it slammed into the cars. One of the cars caught fire and burned. The dead were identified as Leonard Leroy Slee. 47, of Syl mar. Calif.; Charles Lawrence Hoffman. 43. of Glendale, Calif.: and William John Thomas, 40, of Los Angeles. California Highway Patrol offi cers said the truck possibly hit 100 miles an hour down the U.S. Highway 99 grade. When it plowed into the cars, the cab tore away from the truck's trailer and raced another four miles downhill before rolling' to a stop. Lumber was strewn along 'the highway. The driver of the truck. Albert Dale Neil, 26, of Curulhers, Calif., and his wife. Marilyn, 24, who was riding with him, both miraculous ly escaped injury. They were u side the cab until it rolled to a stop. Flee and Hoffman were riding in the car that burned. Thomas 1 was the lone occupant in the sec ond car and died shortly after the accident. Occupants of the third car, who were not identified, es caped injury. Wcallier FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Rain mixed with snow at times Ulrouth Wednesday. Moder ite southerly winds. Highs from lM5. Lows Tuesday nlfht 35-40. With yesterday 36 Low last night 29 Preclp. last 24 hours trace Precip. since Ort, 1 .. 11.06 Same period last year 3.01 Normal for period 4.91 4 - . 5 t I - ' r i - : hi y- :' W v ,1 ;l 'j h. kV - v -i "Y Vs'' . A "CAUGHT BY SURPRISE," said the father of K lamath Palls' first New Year's baby who was still a bit breathless 48 hours after his first child, a daughter was born at 5:58 a.m. on January I. The little girl, Karen Gay, was born at Klamath Valley Hospital to Mr. , and Mrs. Bruce M. Mayes. Mayes is a timber faller. Mrs. Mayes the former Patsy Cornish, was associated with David Richardson, building contractor before her marriage. Four expectant mothers were in Klamath Valley Hospital as the old year died. Mrs. Mayes, last to arrive, won the title of "First Baby of the Year" for her small. daughter and numerous gifts presented by Klamath Falls mer chants, the sponsoring broadcasting station, KFLW and the Herald and News. The baby's first cry was recorded by Charlie McFarlan of KFLW and broadcast on a later program. Traffic Deaths Reach 359 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weekend traffic deaths set a new record for a three-day New Year holiday period. But the total was far short of the recent Christmas holiday mark and was. lower than the toll for a non-holiday test period. The final tabulation Tuesday for the New Year weekend, . including delayed reports, showed 359 traffic deaths, 74 deaths in -fires and 75 In the miscellaneous class. The over all total was 512. The traffic toll for the period that began at 6 p.m. (local time) Dec. 30 and ended at midnight Monday broke the three-day New Year period record of 317. The over-all total also surpassed the three-day New Year period record of 433. But the traffic toll failed to ap proach, the record for any holiday period the 609 total compiled dur ing the recent Christmas holidays ind was well under the predicted 420. , UNDER CHRISTMAS ' For purposes of comparison The Associated Press made a survey of traffic deaths during the three-day non-holiday weekend of Dec. 9-Dec. 12. Motor vehicle fatalities during that period a 78-hour period that matched the New Year and Christ mas holiday periods in time num bered 364. But, despite extraordinary ef forts to curb the slaughter, traffic deaths hit record highs for the sec ond weekend in a row. The previous three-day New Year records were established at the end of 1953 and the start of 1954. California led all states this New Year with 36 traffic deaths. Wash ington had 5, Idaho 4, and Oregon 2 COUNCIL GUESSED The National Safety Council had estimated Inst week that 420 per sons would be killed in motor mis haps during the New Year week end. But with the death rale run ning below the estimate yesterday the council said a projection indi cated the toll would be around 360. Ned H. Dearborn, council presi f- lie!p me. too" f f I " .V" 32 - .. r$m Polh I fell; 1 fchd THE MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE we. kicked off in Klemath County today under the ehairmanihip of Jey Krokih, locel manager of Coniolidafed Freightwayi. Krolcsh, will be aided by three special eventt co-chairmen U.S. Marine S-Sgt. Harold Morft, U.S. Air Force T-Sgf. Jamei Shrum and U.S. Navy CPO Larry Cuffel. Tom Perkini it the permanent secre tary for the Klamath County Chapter of the National Rolio Foundation. dent, said that although the traf fio toll was below the council's pre hollday estimate, "it was far from low enough." "It certainly is discouraging that here is another record broken in the wrong direction," he said. The traffic toll of 609 during the Christmas holiday, a record for any holiday period, prompted law Crater Records New Snowfall One inch of new snow fell In Crater Lake National Park in the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. today and snow was still falling when the ranger station reported in the forenoon. m Maximum temperature Monday was 27 degrees; minimum last night 20, and 27 at 8 a.m. today. Present snow depth is 86 inches compared with 63 last year. Ac cording to -the regular snow sur vey, water content of the snow on the ground is 28.2 inches. Last year's figures were not at hand, but the figure is high for this time of year, the ranger station indicated. Highway 62 Is open through the park today with chains advised. Chains or abrasive s.iow tread tires are required from Annie Springs to the rim. Travel over the New Years weekend as about normal this year. Precipitation for tire month of December was 22.37 inches com pared with 8.56 in 1954. A total of 135.2 inches of snow fell during December, 1955, compared with 102.5 inches for the same month in 1954. . Average maximum temperature In December was 32.4 degrees; average minimum was 18.7 de grees. The coldest day in Decem ber was four degrees above zero and the warmest was 48 degrees. enforcement officials to take steps to curb the highway toll during the New Year weekend. EFFORT . "It seems that all this effort by news media and law enforcement people has at least saved a sizable number of lives." Dearborn said. The traffic toll since the end of World War II- has been smaller during the New Year's perlod-ihan -at Christina. - . i- In a survey over a nonhollday period of 78 hours. The Associated Press counted 364 traffic deaths. The survey was made for com parative purposes and covered 78-hour period the weekend of Dec. 9-12. The Christmas traffic deaths av eraged nearly 8 per hour. In the New Year period the average was uround 4 1 i per hour. SHOOTING HOURS OREGON January 4 OPEN CLOSE 7:06 4:48 CALIFORNIA January 4 OPEN CLOSE 7:04 4:48 French Middle-Of -Readers Assume Election Majority PARIS ttfl France s national France's left-of-cenler party group elections called bv Premier jidgai ing whlchf Includes 88 Socialist Faure on a gamble that thev would : winner.; look auout 150. bring a strong, stable government j The Socialists have fewer scats have produced only the prospect than they had In the old Assembly, of more vears of shaky, short-lived j a result of the complexities of the coalitions. ; French election law. Hut ihey in- Moreover. future premiers will ; creased their popular vote and be burdened with a more powerful I theirs Is the best disciplined party bloc of Communists In the National ) In French politics. These were the Assembly and a new, almost cer tainly obstructionist faction, the anti-tax followers of Pierre Pou jade. Both the Communists and the Poujadists appeared to be bene ficiaries of a heavy protest vote. So compounded Is the factional confusion of the new Assembly, that lt appeared Tuesday a So cialist rather than a leader of any of the big parties might be the first premier as a result of Mon day's balloting. UNOFFICIAL RETURNS Complete unofficial returns from all except, overseas territories gave the middle-of-the-road parties a majority. But this majority was split between the party alliances I headed by Faure and his arch nval. former Premier Pierre Men-1 des-France. Together they control about 350 of the Assembly's M4 seats. The Communists, with 151 seats, emerged as the biggest single par ty in the LeRislalure and the Pou jadists sprang a surprise by elect ing 49 deputies in their first test at the polls. Faure's nsht-of-center alliance won about 193 seats and Mendes- i .J '$15 -XNi a l. tsX.'w if -a it i. -v 1 mmmmmmmm i ' KLAMATH rriee Five Cents 16 Pages Worker Dies During Riot By Strikers COLUMBUS, Ohio ifi All esti mated 100 police moved In to break up mass picketing at the Columbus Westlnghouse Electric Corp. plant Tuesday and touched the spark to a 12-week-old powder keg at the struck plnnt. In the brief violence: One man died, possibly of a heart attack but after a beating, claimed an officer of the International Union of Electrical Workers (AFL- CIOi. At least seven persons Were In jured. Ninety persons were arrested, 12 of them women. At least one auto was overturned at each of the plant's five gates. Police . cars were stoned and clubbed In the pre-dawn darkness as the long-expected violence final ly burst out at 5:30 'a. m. during a previously planned "mass dem onstration." PICKETS APPEAR Meanwhile at Sharon, Pa., be tween 1,000 and 1,200 pickets ap peared at the Westlnghouse plant there, but there was no violence, unlike the morning's events at Co lumbus. ' The dead man was Troy Tad lock, 34, who was dead on arrival at a hospital. Dr. Robert Evans, coroner, did not report a verdict on the cause of death immediately, but Earl Webb, international rep resentative of the striking union .said of Tadlock'a death: "11 he hd a hc'ft?'Ktlack" ft wis because it whs given, to him by the beating he took." In addition to the alleged beat ing. Webb said Tadlock was "stepped on." Webb added the union is investigating the death and expects to have a statement later. Tadlock, who leaves a wife and a 6-year-old son, bad oeen em ployed at Westlnghouse nearly two years. Mrs. Tadlock said ner hus band had been on the picket line about three days a week since the strike began. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE She said he had no heart trouble that she knew about, but that he had received treatment for high blood pressure several years ago. The 90 persons taken in custody were charged with violating a Dec. 1 court order limiting pickets to six at each gate. They also were 'held for "investigation of rioting." Police Lt. William Carney said the melee started at Oate 1 on West Broad St., on the city's west ern edge. He reported three cars were upset at the gate. About 20 demonstrators trapped him and rocked his car in an attempt to overturn it belore he was rescued by two sheriff's deputies, he added. Police and deputies said among those placed in Jail were union members from Cincinnati and Mansfield as well as other Ohio cities. They quoted some of the arrested persons as saying they came to Columbus for a business meeting. factors experts were considering when they said one of the top Socialists Christian Pincau or Guy Mollet, perhaps may be asked by President Rene Coty to try to form the first cabinet from the new As sembly. Increase of 84 seats In the Com munists' Assembly strength and the emergence of the Poujadists brought a sharp rise in the price of gold on the unofficial French market, a symptom of uneasiness matching the weakness of the franc in foreign exchamje rales recently. Stock market prices in some Issues also dipped as much as 10 per cent. PROPAGANDA Iron Curtain broadcasters seized upon the Communist advance as a new propaganda boast of increas- in" Red strength. The rivalry between Faure and Mendes-France not only broke up old election alliances of moderate parties, giving opportunity for the Communist and Poujadist suc cesses, but slso again so divided the Assembly that no single group ing can dominate. An estimated 25 million voters turned out Monday, a record for France. .ongeess IP fey FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1956 Telephone 8111 Johnny Pete Pastega Dies Afier Three Months' Illness Johnny Pete Pastega, 39. well known Klamath Falls business man and a resident here for 32 years, died December 31 at Klamath Val ley Hospital. He had been ill for the last three months following major back surgery In St. Francis Hospital, San Francisco, last No vember. He was a native of Dorris, Call- Ike Completes Union Message KEY WEST, Fla. Ifl President Elsenhower Tuesday completed work on two major tasks his btate of the Union message and his bud- get message reportedly calling for spending about 63 billion dollars in the year starling July 1. . ' The State of the Union document will be sent to Congress Thurs - day; the budget message, on Jan. jo. Elsenhower completed the State of the Union message at a brief session with staff members Tues day morning, then met for an hour and a half with Budget Director ' Rowland R. Hughes, who arrived from Washington Monday night. Hughes later reiterated to news-1 men that he still is hopeful the federal budget for both the current fiscal year, ending June 30,- and for next year can be balanced. The conference with Hughes pre sumably touched on a big question of this political year whether the administration will be able to rec ommend a tax cut in the 'fiscal year starling July 1. A final deci sion on that, however, probably win be delayed several months. . Storm Snarls Traffic PORTLAND Ml A Columbia Gorge KiiowsLonn snarled t raffle along the Columbia River Highway cast of Portland Monday. At one time about 1,000 cars were stalldd near Bonneville Dam as the storm caught ninny travel ers without chains. Eventually tow trucks and stale police cleared the route. I At the Portland end of the gorge Ihe weather was mild and rain fell. The fall was heavy at limes. Hi the 24 hours ending at'4:30 a. m, Tuesday, Portland had 1.14 inches of rain, Astoria had 1.93 inches, Salem .7 of an inch, and Newport u soaking 3.34. The rain cacd off to the soulh. Brookings had only .40, Eugene .16 and Roseburg a trace. Later in ihe morning Tuesday Eucone continued to get a few sprinkles and so did Klamath Falls. A common winter weather pat tern has formed off the Oregon coast, the Weather Bureau sttld. and frequent periods of rain will move in from the ocoan with the utor ins spaced about 36 hours apart. Gorge 9 ffdodt Spvxxl Ls L J, iritLMA LYNNETTE ANGEL, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Angel, waits patiently in the lobby of the Klamath Valley Hospital before school this morning. Mrs. Angel is an employe at the hospital. Thelma usually accompanies her mother to work every morning. a n No. 3367 fornia. During his school years In Klamath Union High School, South ern Oregon College. Ashland and the University of Orecron, Eugene, he was an outstanding athlete, both in football and basketball. Mr. Pastega owned and operated Johnny's Tavern on Summers Lane. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, of BPOKlks, Lodge No. 1247, of the ; i , j t I j i 1 I i i: JOHNNY PASTEGA Sons of Italy, both of this city and the Klamath Falls Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, Mo. 11U6. .Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Coleen Kathrlne Pastega, a daugh ter, Nlckl Ann, his mother, Mrs, Angelina, Vogel, a sister. Mrs.,, Roy P. (Irene) Durbln and a brother Louie, all of this city; also many relatives In uie San Francisco Say Area. Recitation of the Holv Rosarv will take place from the chapel of wards Klamath funeral Home Tuesday at 8 p.m. Funeral services will fake place from Sacred Heart Church on Wednesday, Janunry 4, when a requiem mass will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m. for the repose of his soul. The Right Reverend Monslg nor T. P. Casey will officiate. Vault entombment will be In Mt. Calvary Memorial Park. Graveside services to be m charge of the Sons of Italy and offlcor of Klam ath Falls Lodge, BPOElks. Dog Licenses Now Available Dog licenses for 1950 are now available at the county clerk's of fice in the courthouse at Klamath Falls. Prices for this year's license are SO cents higher than last your. Licenses cost $2 for a male or spayed female, and $3 for a female. All licenses, whether county or city, must be purchased at the coui thouse. Deadline for purchas ing licenses Is February 29. "pmWfJakfm. -'"V I i Rv'5k' If"' . i I',' r 1 Qy I si v i -iv: .1 I v 1, Ueirs o ff n A SolonsAwait Ike's Talk About Union ' WASHINGTON Wl The 84th Congress Tuesday convened Its second session which will draw the issues and perhaps make or break hopes of potential candidates in i the 1955 presidential election year. The lawmakers gathered In an atmosphere of post-holiday jovial ity, but they were already Jockey ing over such vote-important ques tions as a farm program tabbed No. 1 by both parties tax reduc tion, foreign aid and highway building. And the Democrats, In control of the congressional machinery, were talking anew about investi gations, commonly an enthusiastic pastime of election years. PROGRAM House Democratic leader Mc- Cormack iMass) said he thought , his party should center its investi gations on "control of government by big business." 'This administration is - nomi nated by big business," McCor mack told reporters, "and I think the public should know tne extern to which big business has taken over." Traditionally, the Congress con ducts no legislative business until lt receives the President's annual State of the Union message. President Elsenhower, recuper ating at Key West, Fla., trom his Sent. 34 henrt attack, will send the message to the Capitol on Thursday. It will be read by" clerks. Elsenhower will return to Wash; lngton next weekend. At present, he has scheduled no personal ap pearance before the legislators. vice President Nixon rapped nis gavel and put the Senate In ses sion promptly at noon. All senators were in wasnington for the start of the session except Sens. Kefnuver (D - Tenn.) and Smathers ID-Fla.l. Kefauver. bid ding for the Dcmocratto presiden tial nomination, was in Jackson ville, Fla., where he announced he would enter that a tale s preter- ilOUHB TO OKI1F.lt Across the Cnpitol, Speaker Ray burn id - Tex.)., simultaneously called the House to order. As far as the public was con cerned, the start of the new ses sion wasn't much of a drawing There were many vacant sea to In the galleries open to the public. . Many members were laggard about coming to the floor. They were In their offices catch ing up on recess-delayed business, renewing old acquaintances or swapping stories about what's gone on since Congress last met. The lock of Interest was due to the pure formality of Congress' opening up shop again. Altogether, the Senate was fn session for Just 12 minutes, re cessing then until noon Thursday. At 12.38 p.m., the House took a short recess to allow a special committee to notify the President formally that Congress was back in session. Advance arrangements had been made for a telephpne line direct to Kev West. QUESTION Once again, the session will put to a test the question of how well a Republican administration and a ' Democratic' - controlled Congress can work together. The Democrats outnumber the- Republicans -19-47 In the Senate and 230-203 In the House. Two House seats are vacant. They were held by Democrats. The Republicans, behind the ban- ' ner of President Eisenhower, swept into power in the 1952 elec tions, but two years later they lost control of Congress to the Dem ocrats. In the present session both par ties will be trying to write a rec ord that will win votes In Novem ber. All House members and one third of the senators will be up for election. Control of the White House is also at stake. Tax Advice Series Slated A series of ortlcles to help an swer questions regarding prepara tion of federal Income tax returns will be published agnln this year by the Herald and News. The 12 articles have been writ ten by the Oregon Association of Public Accountants' tax Informa lion committee and have been edited by George Diel, publisher of the Oregon Accountant. Members of the committee have selected topics which they found to be problems which have been of greatest concern to the majority of federal income tax payers all over the state. Each tax specialist has written In layman language in order to offer the greatest service to readers of the Herald and News because lt appears there will be less assistance forthcoming to tax payers from the Internal Revenue Service In the preparation of re turns that heretofore. Officers of the Oregon Associa tion of Public Accountants Include Robert D. Benjamlne, president, Grants Pass; Richard P. McRae, vice president, Prinevllle: Harley G. Young, secretary, Portland, and L. W. Oarlock, treasurer, Portland. Walter H. Fleet of Klamath Falls Is a member of the board of sovV emors.