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U OP ORSC0N LI3SAR? COaP , ' , . EUjSNE, ore. I In The fin DayVIeivs Br FRANK JENKINS It lias just occurred to me that - for several days this column has been dealing heavily In politics which Is getting to be a depressing subject. So let's turn today to something lighter. And what could be lighter than the engagement ot the poor little rich girl of Philadelphia who made good as a movie star to the hand some and charming Prince Rain ier of Monaco? . It's almost certain to work out happily. She will get a title, and -, in the course of time he will get quite a chunk of American mon ey which In these modern days la pretty sure to come In handy in the case of a prince. Then Of course There Is always the possibility' that they may live happily togeth er and raise a family and in due time become members in good standing of the Grandparents Club which Is one of life's great achievements. As this is written, there Is re- joiclng in the romantic little Prln i cipallty of Monaco, where, the - news of the engagement has just been received.- A full holiday has ; been declared. The people are de- lirlously happy, and are dancing in .' the streets and from time to time, as happy folk are apt to do along the sunny shores of the Med iterranean, are h'isting a few in the wineshops. It Is a pretty pastoral scene and might well serve as the frame work for a fairy tale. Why are the people so happy? Is It because, as loyal and lov ing subjects, they are happy be cause their prince is so happy? Wel-M-1, ye-e-e-e-s. In a . way. But there is a quirk to It. The quirk Is this: Their prince is a bachelor. Un der the peculiar terms of the now nearly a century old agreement : by which the Principality of Mo naco ceased to be a protectorate of the thin Kingdom of Sardinia and became a protectorate of Prance, taxes were abolished in Monaco. But The agreement provided If the Prince of Monaco dies without Issue the Principality of Monaco will revert to French rule WITH FRENCH TAX RATES IM MEDIATELY PREVAILING. That would be TERRIBLE! It is little wonder that the peo ple of Monaco are so happy over the impending termination of their prince's estate of bachelorhood and his prospective entrance Into the estate of matrimony. The 20,000 Inhabitants of Monaco are largely French, and If there is anything a Frenchman hates above everything else it is TAX ES. Witness the stir that was cre ated in the recent French-election by Monsieur Poujade (pronounced Foo-ZHOD) and his new party with its new and appealing slogan of NO TAXESI One question in conclusion a auestlon which Interests all of .us: How has Monaco (whose total area is 370 acres) been able to get along all these years without tax es? It Is supported by revenue from gambling in its capital city of Monte Carlo, whose Casino and In ternational Sporting Club are the most famous gambling spots in the world. I suspect that the state ot Nevada may have got its original idea from the Principality of Mo naco, but Nevada never has been able to get away with a taxless existence. - The tiny Principality of Monaco ' has been cagey over the years. Its citizens are forbidden to gam ble. If one of them is caught tak ing a chance he Is promptly clapped into the clink. Their job is to make their mon ey off the visitors as the Las Vegans do. Moore Park Ski Tow To Operate All Day The skt tow at Moore Park will operate today from 10 a.m. until dusk, Bob Bohney, city recreation director, reported last night. Bonney said snow was too soft last night for sledding purposes and a later report will be aired over Klamath Falls radio stations this morning, he said. 'Badly Worried' Crew Sets Crippled Plane Down Safely HONOLULU W A badly wor ried Air Force crew of 10 brought to safety Saturday a giant C124 Globemaster with its two right en gines dead and a third "acting up the last 900 miles of a flight from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., to Hawaii. Major Joseph Parton of Salt Lake City, a veteran of 14 years flying, set the huge plane down smoothly at Hlckam Field at 10:06 a. m. after an ordeal lasting near ly six hours. She still had an hour of fuel in her tanks. The plane was about 40 miles beyond the "point of no return." westbound to Hawaii with 25.000 rounds of cargo, when Its one en gine failed at 4:18 Saturday morn ing. A second engine failed 12 min utes later and. in another 30 min utes a third engine began sputter big and backfiring. "I didnt know until today that the C124 would fly so well on two engines, but if that third one had gone, we would have had to ditch, said Parton after he had brought the transport the biggest the Air Force operates down safely. "The biggest scare came when No. 2 engine (the third one; start ed cutting up." said Capt. James E.. Danlelson. the second pilot, from Kingsport, Term. "Up to that time we were not too worried." Mobs Stage Anti-Vest Pact Riots BEIRUT, Lebanon iti Scream ing, stone-throwing mobs stormed through the Jordan capital at Am' man and the Jordan section of Jerusalem Saturday in a revival of violence against the Baghdad Pact. Dispatches from the two cities gave this picture: Mobs apparently were aroused to fury by popular fears that the resignation of Premier Ibrahim Hashem meant the undoing of the government decision to stay out of the pro Western alliance - along Russia's southern borders. BURNINGS Crowds surging through the streets burned tne American tech nical aid headquarters in Amman, and smashed windows in the Amer ican consulate in Jordan-adminis tered Jerusalem and ripped down the stars and stripes. Arab legion troops, finally called out toward evening, fired rifles and tear gas into the demonstra tors In both cities, killing one of the rioters. Censorship apparently was im posed in Jordan, since the Jordan radio made no mention of the dis turbances. Earlier dispatches, however. save this account: Demonstrators went Into action protesting the banning Friday of a mass meeting of the extreme left ist Peoples Front. Towns through out Jordan were hit by general strikes. - About 1,000 rioters attacked tht American consulate in the Jordan side of Jerusalem, smashing win dows and tearing dawn the flag. One rioter was killed when troops fired upon and dispersed the crowd. William Cole, U.S. consul general In Jerusalem, was believed to have been in the consulate at the time. SHOUTING SLOGANS Shouting slogans against the gov ernment and the Baghdad Pact, another mob of about 800 stormed into the American technical aid building in Amman and set it afire. They smashed and burned a gov ernment truck and then set ablaze a fire truck sent to extinguish the blaze. . 1 Rampaging unchecked through the streets, the demonstrators stoned spectators, looted houses, and smashed windows and doors with stones and pluba.ti : Arab lesion troops finally moved Into action at 6:30 p. m. but not until the streets had been littered with stones und glass and the dusk lighted by blazing buildings. Sixteen persons were estimated to have been killed and about 100 injured in the disorders during wnich the American, French and Turkish consulates in the Jordan side of Jerusalem were attacked and flags ripped down. SHOOTING HOURS OREGON January 9 Last Day of Season ' OPEN CLOSE 7:06 4:53 January 8 OPEN CLOSE 7:06 4:52 CALIFORNIA January 9 OPEN CLOSE - 7:04 4:51 The crew jettisoned around 13.-1 000 pounds of cargo but said "no mall was dropped In the ocean." Parton said about 7,000 pounds was on the elevator and was dumped by pulling an emergency lever. He said there was a "terri fic shudder" and the plane gained 15 knots air speed. He took her down from 7.500 feet to 4.000 and held that eleva tion until he came in to land. The rescue operation, coordinat ed by the Navy Sea Air Rescue Headquarters at Pearl Harbor, sent two SB29 planes to Intercept and escort the crippled plane to its landing. Ships in the area were alerted and ready to rush to the rescue if the men had to ditch. Headquarters had given Parton the choice of trying to land either at Hilo or Hawaii or on Maul Is land. The third engine sputtered again for five minutes, then ran smooth, ly again and he decided on Hick am. As the big plane landed, Its crew radioed their thanks to the two circling SE29s which had escorted it for 360 miles and suggested they all meet later In the military club. "How will we know you," asked a rescue plane. "We'll be the guys with the white ffcees," replied the Globe master crewmen. Price Ten Cents 28 Pages V DURING THE THREE DAY CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY of Jehovah's Witnesses in Klamath Falls, some 22 persons signified their de sire to be baptised. Among those who declared their intentions Saturday were (above leftl John Riskus, 16, of Klamath Falls and' (foreground) Maxine Saclcie, 19, and Yvonne Riskus, 18, also of Klamath Falls, Immersion during the baptismal cere mony was in the Klamath Union High School swimming pool. Ike Hay By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Elsenhower holds his first news conference in five months Sunday and observers hoped for at least a hint of his thoughts on a second term,- ' The . question certainly will ' be asked as he meets inforntally with newsmen in Key West, Fla... but White Hbuse Press Seoretrtry James C. Hagerty said he doubts the President will answer ques tions about his political future, Eisenhower volunteered to meet with newsmen to talk about his health and his immediate plans. He returns to Washington later in the day, The news conference comes' on the heels of further hints that he may seek a second term. A high ranking Republican in New Hampshire said Elsenhower's name will be entered in that state's March 13 preferential pri mary wimoui Dojeouons irom uie White House. Eisenhower could, if he wished, withdraw his name within 10 days after the filing. Or he could let it remain on the ballot without ac tively signifying any intention to run. In Washington, some Repub licans read a second term hint into Atty. Gen. Brownell's report ed prediction that Eisenhower will come back and lead us for a long time." Some who heard Brownell ad dress a Republican finance com mittee dinner Friday night quoted him that he "assumes" Eisenhow er will run again. Others said he didn't say that. Heavy Snow Blankets KF As heavy snow blanketed the Klamath Basin Saturday night, transportation services were fight ing to avoid a breakdown in high way, bus and rail traffic. There was no plane service In or out of Klamath Falls Saturday. Bob Moore, resident managed of West Coast Air Lines, said it was impossible to say when service will be resumed. Chains Saturday night were man datory on all roads In this region. State police said plows are keeping main highways open. The Oregon State Motor Associa tion said chains were a "must on all mountain passes in Southern Oregon and south of Klamath Falls on Highway 97 to Dunsmulr. The Civil Aeronautics Adminis tration office at Klamath Falls Mu nicipal Airport reported that at 7 p.m. Saturday seven inches of snow had fallen here during the current storm. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Moxtlr cloudr with snow flurries Sunday. Partial clearing Sunday afternoon and evening be coming cloudy with occaF'inal snow or mixed rain and snow , ion day. Continued cool. High both days 32-40. Low Sunday night 24-32. High yesterday Low last night The Herald and News station KFLW presents a complete cov erage of the weather each eve nine; at 6:30 . . . Monday throuKh Saturday: the day's weather and a forecast. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, Reveal Second Term Plans With the President's health a . major factor, the American Re search Foundation was conducting! a poll of the nation's heart spe cialists for a client It refused to name. The Journal of the Ameri can Medical Assn. (AMA) asked the specialists, however, to ignore the quesjlonnalre from, the yrlnce ton, N' organisation. V1; . Both the Democratio National Super Hydrogen Blast Seen WASHINGTON IB A new super hydrogen blast, dwarfing both tills country s and Russia s previous best efforts, reportedly will be set off by the United States this year. Congressional sources said the test would be part of a series the Atomic Energy Commission (,AEC) is plannihg In the Pacific Ocean testing area. The AEC Itself de cl!ned to comment. Speculation put the size of the major test. between two and three times the force' of a hydrogen de vice the United States detonated at Bikini March 1, 1954. which caused a small island to disappear completely. That would put the strength of the new blast at the equivalent of between 30 and 50 million tons of TNT, Russia reported last November it had set off its most powerful hydrogen bomb. AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss said the Russian explosion "was In the range of megatons" and later published re ports overseas set it at- between t ' ; f vv . W.:.t;:; - 3 JIM BRADBURY, 524 High Street, a Junior at Klamath Union High School, was busy shoveling snow Saturday morning when the 9 o'clock photographer came by. Jim works part-time as a janitor at the Smith-Bates Printing Co, A SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1956 it : :. Cr---1 5 More than 500 delegates attended the opening session Friday evening in the Klamath County Fairgrounds exhibit building. The number increased to more than 700 at Saturday night's gathering. Featured speaker for the ministerial training meet ing was Nicholas Kovalak Jr., of New York. Lawrence Kraui haar was chairman of the convention. Committee and the AFL-CIO Com mittee on Political Education de nied that they were Involved in the poll. White House officials in both Washington and Key West oecuned to comment on tt,-..- c. Two Tennessee papers Teported trouble ahead for Sen. Estes Ke fauvo gotUnff his own state's support for the Democratio presi dential nomination. I one and five megatons. A megaton is the equivalent of a million tons of TNT. The United States' 1954 Bikini blast is generally thought to have had a force of 15 to 17 megatons. Widespread radioactive fallout from that blast reportedly caused U.S. officials to cancel plans for a second explosion with perhaps as much as 30 megatons of force. The AEC has mode no announce ment of any kind concerning forth coming tests, even to the Senate House Committee on Atomic En ergy. Congressional sources said they understood, however, that plans well under way call for use of more than one Island site so that a full series of test shots can be made rapidly. Pressure for new U.S. tests de veloped after the Russian explosion last fall. Sen. Wiley (R-Wlsi said congressional committees should meet with military leaders to de termine "whether we have taken all necessary steps for our own continental protection." Telephone 8111 No. 3371 The Memphis Commercial Ap peal and the Nashville Banner Bald In dispatches lrom Washington that Tennessee Gov. Frank Cle ment will light Kefauver's forces in seeking designation as (."favor ite son'' candidate.' The showdown will come In- (he state's QerriDcrRtlc convention 11 iviot npny. m iay 10 name oeit gates to the hatlonal nonilnatln, convention. , Kefauver,' In Washington, de clined to . comment on the report Eisenhower's return to Washing ton will bring him face to face with the problems of getting his program through a Democratic controlled Congress. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Tex as, the Senate Democratic leader, said Saturday he expects a "busi nesslike." Congress will approve a constructive legislative program despite any election year politics. Sen. Knowland of California, the Republican leader, expressed a similar opinion. County Rain Record Set A 70-year-old record for preci pitation was set In Klamath Coun ty during December and for the first three months of the stream year (October through December). according to reports from the U.S. 1 ' rr. i Bureau station on Link River. The total precipitation for De cember, 1953 was 6.43 inches. The nearest to this record occurred In December, 1939 when 5.30 Inches were recorded. Precipitation for the first three months of the stream year (Oc tober ' through December) of 10.99 Inches was also a 70-year record. The same period In 1926 yielded 0.88 Inches. In further explaining the in crease In precipitation, the report shows that December, 1954 showed only 1.54 inches with 2.00 inches being normal. The stream year for 1954 from October through Decem ber showed a total of 2.88 inches as aimlnst the 10.99 for the same period in 1955. The normal figure for this period Is 4.78 inches. From December 20 to 30, ap proximately 38.000 acre-feet o( flood water was passed from Lost River to Klamath River via the Lost River Diversion Channel. This was enough water to cover 10, 000 acres to a depth of 3.8 feet. The valer storage basins of this area showed a big increase In net Inflow this full. Upper Klamath Lake showed an available stoiagc on January 1. 1956 of 406.290 acre fet as against 241.600 acre feet on January 1, 1955. The inflow Into the lake during December, 1955. was 281.330 acre feet. The average inflow for December is 126,100 ocre feet. The total inflow for the stream year was 492.110 acre feet. Oerbrr reset voir showed 48.770 acre feet on January 1, 1956. Tie Inflow during December. 1954 wa 3H.930. The average Inflow during December is 2,990. Clear Lake showed 224.120 acre feet on January 1, 1956 as against 219.180 acre feet on January 1, 1955. The lake had 70.550 acre feet Inflow during December, 1955. The average inflow for December Is 0,180 acre feet. The mean monthl temperature for December, 1955 was 32.5 de grees. For 1954 It was 31 9 de grees. Highest recording during December, 1956 was 51 degrees with a low of 10 degrees. During December, 1955 there were three clear days, 11 partly cloudy and 17 cloudy days, t Columbia Basin Flood Predicted For Spring PORTLAND W Oregon got a reprieve from flood threats Satur day as rains let up. The danger, however, is not over. Showers are forecast for Sunday morning with steady rain expected to begin at night. That meant streams in south western Oregon, which suffered heavy flood damage last month, could go over their banks again. However, cold weather, slowing the mountain snow runoff, eased the danger . somewhat. The low-lying Coqullle Valley, hard hit by the December floods, was braced for more trouble, but it did not come Saturday. U.S. Highway 101, the main coast route, was reopened after a slide had closed It. FAIR WEATHKR Residents enjoyed a day of fair weather, the first In a week. Before the rains subsided, how Solons Seek State Flood Bill Support WASHINGTON W Sens. Morse and Neuberger (D-Orel Saturday asked President Elsenhower to support supplemental appropria tions to speed completion ot au thorized flood control works. . In a letter to the President they said: "The catastrophlo floods which swept away many lives and caused millions of dollars of damage again for flooTcontro! provision; ffar bS yona tne scope ol present plans "hlch were keyed to the all too inadequate provisions ol the 1956 budget." . IN ADDITION ' In addition to hastened flood pre vention work, they wrote "succor and aid for the present affllcatlon may call for still other action In the form of federal flood Insur ance." The senators asked the President "because . ot the urgency of the situation ... to give Immediate consideration to directing the allo cation ot any available tunas lor expenditure , an. authorized . flood control, projects' in our state In those areas where ybu' llnd the needs to be most pressing. Meanwhile Rep. Ellsworth (R- Ore) forecast speedy House action on legislation to make additional aisaster loan funds available for West Coast flood relief. LEGISLATION Ellsworth Is one of several to In troduce legislation along this line. He said the bills would not in crease the total amount the Small Business Administration is au thorized to lend but would make any or all of the 175 million dol lar existing authorization available for loans in disaster areas." He explained that without such bill, SBA would be limited to the use of only the $445,000 remain ing in its revolving fund. Ellsworth also said Lane County is under consideration by the Agri culture Department for designa tion as a disaster area. If ap proved, there would be six Oregon ountles In which farmers are eli gible for 3 per cent emergency roductlon loans from the Farmers Home Administration. Friday, Coos, Curry, Josephine, Jackson and Douglas counties were desig nated as disaster areas. Hillsboro Firm Given Contract A contract to build a 324-foot steel and reinforced concrete bridge separation structure over the Southern Pacific railroad tracks on The Dallea - Calllornia highway near Clicmult. was award ed to R. H. Jones of Hillsboro. it was reported yesterday. The low bid was $101,735. There were nine higher bids. Filmland Duties Call Grace Kelly From Prince Rainier NEW YORK Ijfl Grace Kelly left for Hollywood Saturday, leav ing her prince behind after a quiet day together their last for per haps several months. The film star and her fiance. Prince Rainier III of Monaco, strolled and lunched together for several hours before they parted. As she boarded a trnln at Grand Central to go to Hollywood and back to work, the prince was busy packing for a trip to Florida by car. with a weekend stopover in Wilmington. Del. It was reported that the prince and Miss Kelly might not get to gether again until she finished work on a picture In Hollywood In about two months, and. until he finished an Incognito tour to get better acquainted with the United Stales. Meanwhile, a minor mystery who kissed the prince while Grace wasn't looking Friday night at the Monte Carlo ball appeared to be cleared up. The New "York Journal Ameri can quoted Grazlella Castillo Levi,, described as an Ecuadorian soci ety girl with a newspaper back ground, aa saying she was the dark-haired beauty who slipped up and planted a kiss and con siderable lipstick on Ralnier's cheek. ever, Oregon, already sodden, got some more drenching. Brookings, on the southern coast, 'recorded 4.12 Inches In the 2i hours ended at 4:30 a.m. Other rainfall read ings: North Bend and Roseburg 2.80, Newport 1.65, Eugene 1.81, Salem 1.71 and Portland 1.05. Mountain areas had heavy snow. Rain and snow were blamed for three highway deaths In Oregon and southwestern Washington Fri day night. belora Lydla Neuschwander, 19, Harrlsburg, was killed when the car in which she was riding col lided with another on Highway 84 E In a snow storm four miles north of Harrlsburg Five other persons were Injured Including Ruval Hurlburt, 34, Weott. Calif., the driver of the other car. FATALLY INJURED Anna Dallas, about 70, Canby, was Injured fatally when hit by a car as she walked in rain along Highway 09-E near Canby, south of Portland. Another pedestrian, Leslie Pearl Walden, was killed when hit by an automobile on a highway just east of Camas, Wash. PORTLAND W The Columbia Basin was warned Saturday ot possible serious flood danger this spring. The Weather Bureau, In Its first water forecast of the year, said, "If the present trend of ex cessive precipitation continues, high flows of damaging propor tions will occur at vulnerable points , . , Well above the average runoff can be expected." November precipitation was heavy, averaging from ISO to 260 per cent of normal. The report said the only areaa In the Colum bia Basin that had below normal fall precipitation were the Snake River plains In Idaho, parts of ' STJS "l uluu""" . Z7 SI northeastern corner of Washington. PRF.CIPITATION Precipitation was even heevler In December, averaging more than 200 per cent of normal. "As a result of this heavy tall unit earlv winter precipitation," the bureau continued, "soils at the medium and lower elevation are well saturated."- The Weather Bureau promised to provide forecasts with the latest analysis oi ine nooa jwwhiwi the end of eacn momn. The most serious of Oregon's winter fHiods have . been In the , southwestern "part of the state, which Is not part of the Columbia Basin. ' ... KF Jail Break Plot Foiled What Sheriff Murray Brltton de scribed as a county Jail break plot was foiled Friday night. Brltton said unidentified prison ers cut a hole In a steel screen over one of the windows in the felony tier on the second floor of the Jail. He also said he had lnfor m a 1 1 o n that an attempt wbs planned to smuggle a gun Into the Jail. The hole in the screen was dis covered after night Jailer Loyd Newlun heard an unusual noise In the felony tier. He said It sounded like someone was sawing on the bars. Newlun summoned Sheriff Brit- ton. After the hole in the screen was found, Brltton "shook down" the tier but could find no imple ments which could have been used to cut the screen. With the Increased Joti popula tion which is mounting daily," Brltton declared, "conditions are getting continually worse. We have almost twice as many prisoners in the jail as It was designed to hold." The sheriff added that unrest among the prisoners due to over crowding has reached the danger point again. "These prisoners are human be ings," he continued. "Our long term prisoners never get any ex ercise. I am afraid a serious epi demic may break out." She said, according to The Journ al American, that It was "Just a kiss from a friend who wanted to wish him luck on his forthcoming marriage." Saturday Miss Kelly and the prince smiled unconcernedly when reporters asked them about the kissing incident. They were too busy holding hands over cocktails and lunch, strolling along Fifth Avenue and accepting congratulations from pedestrians and cab drivers, and making plans for their future. Later the beautiful blonde film star caught a train accompanied only by a secretary and a pub licity man. The prince did not go to Grand Central to see her oil. Miss Kelly said only that the prince was leaving for Florida and would come to the West Coast later. For movie fans curious about what kind of a prince Miss Kelly's prince is, we have the word ot a caterer that Rainier Is the "per fect gentleman." Ornnt Bedford, who took charge of the house where Prince Rain ier visited here, said he had at tended practically every crowned head visiting New York since 1924. and none could compare with Prince Rainier,
