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EUJSMS,' OHS. HI in m uyuu f In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS In this modem world, there Is fln nhunrinnrA nl onnri thino-s in . some cases a SUFER-abundance. ..wneat ana cotton, lor example. These useful commodities are be- . coming so abundant that our gov ernment is hard put to find enough warehouse space to store up the surplus of them. , But ' It appears There are SHORTAGES, If you are s-epucai, read tnis: After a long lifetime of smok ing clay pipes, it's a hard thing .' for an old lady to encounter a .mortage of clay pipes. That's -what happened to Amanda Spuler, : , 81-year-old matriarch of Poplar Ridge, in the Buckskin Hills of southern Ohio. A few weeks ago, she got down to her' last clay pipe, and to save her she couldn't . lay hands on another one. Word of her predicament got (round Poplar Ridge, and people ransacked their attics. But .to no - avail. Nobody had stashed away .a single clay pipe. The story iQbpread to Chillicothe. But there were no ciay pipes mere. Finally her plight got onto the , news wires of the Associated Press That did it. Clay pipes began to . pour in from all over the country. Between blissful puffs the other flay, she said to a reporter who . oaa come to interview her: . "I've got enough stone pipes i Bow to last me the rest of my me." ? Ah, me. That brings back a vision from an earlier day. The Vision has to do with Aunt Sally Coznd and Aunt Mary Ann Brown. Ana uncle Tom Coznd. Uncle Tom ' was Aunt Sally's husband. Aunt Mary Ann was Aunt Sally's spinster sister. They all lived to- . getner In a cabin down in the creek bottom, where they owned 60 acres of land that summed "their needs quite amply except in me oao years wneo the- June Hoods came. . -: But even In .the unfortunate ; years of the June floods they made out, and if in those years anyone had suggested that they go down to the co't house and apply for what in these more lib . eral modern days we call RE i LIEF there would have been a ruckus that would have rattled the windows for miles around. I ' hate to think of what would have happened If some local politician, running for office, had proposed that Uncle Sam buy up their ,- surplus co'n every year at a high price -and ehargep -the cost to uie taxpayers, i (I think I'd better explain here that Uncle Tom and Aunt Sally and Aunt Mary Ann weren't blood relations. In that day, people of their age and kindly type were Aunt and Uncle to everybody in tiie vicinity.) Every evening, after the chores were done and Uncle Tom had ' come in from the barn and the dishes were washed and the house ' had been tidied up. Aunt Sally v and Aunt Mary Ann would reach down their clay pipes from the mantel, tamp them carefully with "long green" tobacco that had been grown in their own back , yard and light them. The lighting of the pipes was a rite. With the poker, they would separate a llkely-lotfking hickory coal from the ashes, pick it up between thumb and forefinger and deposit It on top of the tobacco. ' There were matches. But using a : match was no proper way to - light a clay pipe. The fumes of "; the sulphur would spoil the flavor ! of the tobacco, whereas a hickory coal would enrich the smoke. With their pipes lighted, they :' would settle back In their rocking chairs for a half hour of solid comfort. Uncle Tom didn't smoke. He V chewed. His chewing tobacco was likewise grown in the' back yard. ,1 It was cut and hung up to cure. At the proper time in the curing ; process, It was twisted into what i was known as a "hank." From one of these hanks, which he car ried in his hip pocket, Uncle Tom would bite off a mouthful, which . would enjoy as much as Aunt fjliy-and Aunt Mary Ann enjoyed their pipes. On Fourth of Julys and other . gala occasions, and when "tony" ' company was in the house. Uncle Tom chewed store tobacco. His . favorite brand was known as Horseshoe, and into each plug was stamped a little tin horseshoe. These tin horseshoes were care fully saved up by Uncle Tom to ' be bestowed upon the neighboring children, who esteemed them highly. In closing. I should like to make It clear that Aunt Sally and Aunt Mary Ann were ladies in every moral sense of the ' word. They were not, however, of the social level that was known as "quality." Quality ladles didn't smoke. At least they didn't smoke until after having attained a ripe age. Age was supposed to have certain per quisites, and smoking a clay pipe was one of them. But quality ladies, of whatever great age. sel dom smoked in "company." They were apt to enjoy their pipes in seclusion. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Partly cloudy throuch Byron E. Pollock, chief cardiolo Thursday. Highs 37-42. Lows Wed-1 gist at Fitzsimmons Army Hospl ursday night 28-32. ! tsl at Denver. Pollot was In High yesterday 40 charge of the President' care dur Low last niehl 20 Treclp. last 24 hours 0 f reclp. since Oct. 1 12.17 lame period last year 3.27 Hormal for period 5.44 Price Fire Cent 14 Pages Cold Wife Might Take Stand For Abbott OAKLAND (UP) The big ques tion In the Burton W, Abbott mur der trial today was whether the defense would call the slender de fendant's wife to the stand to count er prosecution testimony that seemingly upset Abbott's alibi, The defense is presenting Its "surrebuttal" a reply to the prosecution's rebuttal case which placed Abbott in Alameda County as late as a: 15 p.m. April 28. Abbott, 27, is on trial for mur dering 14-year-old Stephanie Bryan who was last seen in Berkeley about 4 p.m. on that day. Her body was found near Abbott's Trinity County mountain cabin July 20. FORMER FRIEND The defense story is that at 4 p.m. Abbott was far north of Sac ramento, driving towards the mountain cabin to go fishing. If the defense calls Abbott's SV year-old wife, Georgia, it would be presumably to testify that her once-close friendship with her for mer employer, Mrs Leona Dez man, had turned to hostility In re cent months. Mrs, Dezman testified that Ab bott was in her Alameda beauty shop on the afternoon of April 28. Defense attorneys Harold Hove and Stanley Whitney opened their surrebuttal yesterday by calling the trial's most glamorous witness to date. She was Anne Adams, an attractive blonde who plays the harp for the San Francisco Sym phony Orchestra. , DIDN'T SEE ABBOTT'1'" ' , Mrs:.- Adams testified.- that she, too, was in the beauty parlor on the afternoon of April 28. Her ap pointment was for .;38 p.m. She said she was either on time or perhaps five minutes late. "And did you see the defend ant?" Hove asked. "No," Mrs.. Adams replied. Dist. Atty. J. Frank Coakley let her go without cross-examination. Out of court he explained he did not bother because Mrs. Dezman and another witness. Mrs. Bessie Wells, had testified Abbott was In the shop "between 2' and 2:30 probably around 2:20' The defense had bad luck with two other witnesses, both of whom It called in connection with the fishing trip Abbott said he had planned for the mountain cabin on the fatal weekend. TESTIMONY BACKFIRES Jack Pfcifer, a Marine Corps master sergeant, wa&mot even al lowed to testify because of prose cution objections. The defense had hoped to show tnrougn mm that he ..and Abbott were to meet at the cabin April 28 for the start of the fishing sea son. The defense claims that Ab bott would not have committed a murder if he were expecting guests at the cabin. ' ' The second witness, Mrs. May Smith, backfired on the defense by testifying her husband, Cyril, Abbott's uncle, had no plans to Join Abbott at the cabin that week end, as the defense contends. Doctors Report Ike's Health WASHINGTON (UP) Three of President Eisenhower's phvsicians examined him this morning and found his "physical condition Is excellent." White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the Presi dent underwent an electrocardio gram test and a bloocf test. He said the doctors reported that the "President's recovery contin ues to progress satisfactorily." "His physical condition is excel lent and he benefited greatly from the exercise and relaxation durinc his recent visit to Key West," the noctors said. Mr. Eisenhower resumed a full White House work schedule Mon. day after returning from'his vaca tion at Key West. Fla. His physicians plan to keep a close watch to see how he stands up under the stress of a full work load. They have said that 'about six weeks of a full work schedule will be necessary to show whether his recovery from his Sept. 24 heart attack nas been sufficient to make him physically able 10 seek a second term in the White House. The President s personal physi cian. Dr. Thomas W. Mattln.lv. chief cardiologist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. and Dr. ing his hospitalization at Denver. Dr. Paul Dudley White, famed Boston heart specialist who Is chief consultant on the case, did not take part in today's check. m Corates SHOOTING HOURS CALIFORNIA January 12 ' OPEN CLOSE 7:04 4:54 Court Okays Fluoridation SALEM Ml The Oregon Su preme Court ruled Wednesday that cities can add fluorine to their wa ter systems to check tooth decay. The decision, upholding a Bend city ordinance, was unanimous. The case was filed by William J. Baer, Bend taxpayer. The De schutes County Circuit Court dis missed the case, and the Supreme Court upheld the dismissal. The court held that the Bend ordinance, ordering the addition of fluorine chemicals to the Bend wa ter system, was adopted under 1U police power to secure the "peace, health and generalwelfare of the city and its Inhabitants." It ruled that the general dental health of the citizens is a proper field for the exercise of such power The Supreme Court, with its de cision written by Justice Hall S. Lusk,, quoted, scientific findings inai iiuonne reouuea loom aecay among children up to the age of 12 or 14 by 60 to 88 per Cent. The court also said that such legislation has been sustained by courts throughout the United States. Baer claimed that use of fluorine in the water denies religious free dom and infringes liberty, but this contention was rejected. The case was being watched by many cities and water districts throughout the state, as it is the first time the question has been put to the Supreme Court. Wheat Smut Damage Told PULLMAN, Wash. Ml North west wheat growers lost 6 million dollars to smut In 1955, the worst year on record for the plant disease, it was reported Wednes day. The dollar deficit included pro duction losses, dockage by the trade and washing charges on the 29 million bushels of smutty wheat, 5 million more than in 1954. Thirty-four per cent of the wheat In Washington, Oregon and Idaho graded smutty, an increase of 11.7 per cent over 1954. The report was made by Dr. C. S. Holton, Department of Agri culture plant pathologist at Wash ington State College. His figures are based on questionnaires dis tributed through the Pacific North west Grain Dealers' Assn. In Holton's survey, the Palouse area of eastern Washington and northern Idaho was hardest hit by Uie black fungas . with smut inci dence of 61 per cent. The Walla Walla area had 47.5 per cent: the Lewlston, Idaho area 29.6: Spokane 20.7: Pendleton, Ore. 18 1; Llnd, Wash. 8.2 and The Dalles, Ore. 5.8. Kefauver Sets East Invasion WASHINGTON (UP I Sen. Estes Kefauver will make his first 1956 political Invasion this weekend In to New Hampshire, the scene of his first presidential primary tri umph four years ago, it was dis closed today. On his tour through the state Saturday and Sunday. Kefauver will be accompanied by F. Joseph Donohue, manager of his cam paign for the 1956 Democratic presidential nomination. Before the New Hampshire tour, Kefauver will spend Thursday, and Donohue Tnursday and Friday, In Boston. Donohue told a reporter that the two will hold some politi cal conferences with Massachu setts Democrats during the stay at Boston, where Kefauver also is scheduled to address the Harvard Young Democratic organization. The Tennessee senator already has announced he will enter the New Hampshire Democratic presi dential primary March 13. That state holds the nation's first prim aries in presidential campaign years. . KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY It, 1956 Only Partial Relief Seen In Florida By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An unseasonable cold snap held a grip on Florida and other areas of the Southeast Wednesday, with no indication of more than tem porary partial relief. South Florida warmed up slight ly with Miami having an over night low of 47, five degrees high er than Monday night's record for that date of 43. But a Weather Bureau forecaster in Miami warned there would be "continued rather cold" through Thursday. Near freezing weather nipped tender growing vegetables in south east Florida with losses estimated in the millions of dollars. The cit rus crop appeared not to have suf fered heavy damage. TOURIST TRADE The tourist trade In the winter playground also suffered. Heating units were best sellers In Miami. Dealers in fuel oils and bottled gas reported record sales' Winter clothes were In style In the land of sunshine. A storm center off the east coast of New Jersey was blamed for the cold weather. Northerly winds con tinued to feed colder air southward into the Gulf States. Snow was re ported on the ground at Knoxville, Tenn. The chilly air draining Into the southeastern states kept tempera tures far below seasonal normals all1 Tuesday with leadings in the 40s and 60s in Florida, the Carff- . nnas, . iuisja.na, , oeorfj apa.-ia,-bam a." The storm did weather tricks in the Northeast, too. Warm, moist air poured over the area and west ward into the Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley. There was a mix ture of drizzle, light rain and some freezing rain.. Considerable fog was alpo reported. , MORE RAIN It rained Wednesday in New Eng land for the fourth consecutive day. but the Weather Bureau saw no danger of floods. The wet, warm weather broke up river ice and caused a number of Ice Jams in scattered areas, but no serious damage was reported other than some flooded highways and cellars. The forecaster said rain and wind would taper off Wednesday and end Thursday. It was fairly cold In northern Midwest areas with - temperatures around zero in sections of north ern Minnesota and North Dakota. Firm Contends Judges Policy SALEM 11 A Portland law firm filed suit in the state Supreme Court Wednesday contending that the high court has no power to appoint circuit Judges as tempo rary Suprpme Court justices. In the past few days, the Su preme Court has, so promoted three circuit Judges to the high bench lo serve temporarily. They are James Vr. Crawford. Portland; Ralph M. Holman, Oregon City; and Dal M. King. Coquille. Maguire, Shields, Morrison and Bailey, the Portland lawyers, ar gue that the 19P5 law, under which the appointments are authorized, is unconstitutional. The firm points out that the Con stitution says that supreme Justices must be elected by the people, or appointed by the governor when vacancies occur. This provision, the Portland law yers contend, means that the Leg islature can't provide any other method for placing Judges on the supreme bench. The Portland firm is interested In a case in which Judge Craw ford Is to sit on Thursday,. Workman Takes Deadly Capsule MILFORD, Conn. UP A dead ly capsule of radioactive cobalt taken from a construction project was recovered today in the auto mobile of a workman . who ap parently forgot he had it. Police Mid the employe, who wa not Identified, had taken the Fniflll, shiny rontainer from the Connecticut Light and Power Co. plant only because he wanted the string to which it waa attached. Authorities had warned that the capsule contained a deadly charge and that the person who took it was in "extreme danger." The capsule, containing, dead ly charge of radioactive cobalt. was used to take X-rav pictures of welds in piping being Installed lor Schrunk and South to get the mon the power company. I ey back. 9 O'clock y -'ii&-'.r v 1 1 s 1 DEANNA SOUTHARD, left, 1 19 Washington Street, and Sua Clark, 6 1 6 Lincoln Street, were caught by the 9 o'clock photog rapher this morning. Both girls are (ophomorai at Klamath' Union High School and wars "loolcing forward" to axaminations this morning. '. Sofons Probe In Control Gf WASHINGTON UFi Bureau df Mines supervision, over sampling ore from federal clalm-mnda was under scrutiny Wednesday as a Senate-House subcommittee con tinued its investigation of a group of mining patents in Southern Ore gon. Sen. Scott (D-NC), presiding at the 'hearing, has accused the In terior Department of "shoddy anc shabby" handling of 15 mining claims In the Rogue River Na tional Forest -which were patented to Al Rnrena Mines, Inc., of Mo bile, Ala., over the protest of the Forest Service. He also accused department of ficials of "coaching" witnesses and trying to obstruct the investi gation, which Republican mem bers of the subcommittee repeat edly charged was inspired by po litical motives. Scott previously has accused the department of handing over to the Sarena company some $500,000 worth of publicly owned timber under 'mining laws, although the patents once had been denied on a finding that insufficient minerals existed to justily a claim. M. E. Volln, former chief of the mining division of the Spokane, Wash., regional office ol the mines bureau, testified Tuesday that por tions of ore samples taken from the Sarena claims in Novemb er, 1953, were destroyed within a month for lack of a' safe place to keep them. The samples, he said, were sent to the A. W. Williams Inspection Co. in Mobile, Ala., whose assay reports formed the basis for pat enting the gold and silver mining claims. Volin said he designated R. N. Money Return Set By Court SALEM IPi Three small Port land boys found $2,180 In a pool of water, but they have to give It hack to the estate . that owns the property where it was found. The stnte Supreme Court, revers ing the Multnomah County Circuit Court, ordered the boys Wednes day to give the money back. The boys, ranging In age from 7 to 11 years, lound the money, sealed in a frtiit Jar, at the bottom of a pool of water on the property of James Stevens, Who had died. The boys are Lynn Edwin Hill, Myron Ward Whltcomb and Mclvln Leroy Wheeler. They sued F. Floyd South, ad ministrator of the estate. Circuit Judge Ralph 8. Hamilton said the boys could keep the money. But the Supreme Court ruled that the money goes to the estate, because Stevens either hid the money or mislaid It. . Before the boys fhade their dis covery, South found three other packages of money Inside Stevens' house. They were wrapped In the same manner as the money lound by the boys. Wh?n the boys found the cash. they turned It over to Sheriff Terry Schrunk. Then the boys sued Telephone Sill Social Federal Role Ore Sampling Applinff Jr. bureau engineer at Grants Pass. Ore... to represent me government wnen ine samples wore taken. He said he and Appling, dis cussed the possibility of sending part of the samples id a bureau lab oratory for analysis as a double, check on the findings of the Wil liams laboratory. This plan, he .said, was abandoned because of lack of funds for assay work. . Volln said Appling tried to have the samples retained stored In a local bank vault, but ended up plac ing Uiem temporarily in a public of fice of the Oregon geology divi sion in Grants Pass. Volln said he did not know the bureau's samples were destroyed until he was so Informed by Ap pling on Dec. 29, 1963. Appling has been listed to testify later in the hearing. Volln said the Williams labora tory was suggested for the assay woi'k by representatives of the Al Sarena Co. He said he agreed after checking with the bureau's region al oflice In Tennessee and being Informed that the laboratory had the approval of the state geologist of Alabama. Robert W. Redwine, a subcom mittee counsel, a General Bervlces Administration official, reporting that assay work done by the Wil liams company on imported baux ite and chrome under government contract had been proved Incorrect. J. A. McDaniel, chief chemist and metallurgist of the Williams company, testified he knew of no direct complaint from GSA about his laboratory's work. Morris Miller, laboratory manag er, told reporters he had letters from GSA and the Navy attesting to the qualifications of the Wil liams laboratory. Asserting that- the presentation to the committee was "biaM-d and one-sided," Miller declared: "We are a reputable laboratory and belong to all the professional societies to which reputable labora tories are permitted . to belong." Dulles Reports On Arms Race WAKHtNnTflN (A anfmiarv nt State Dulles said Wednesday he ! oeueves me unitea mates is in the forefront in atomic arms knowl edge. But he said this Is nnrtly a matter of speculation, and this country cannot suspend tests of nuclear devices. Dulles said the Eisenhower ad ministration believes It Is Impera tive to keep In the forefront in this field. Until a dependable plan for dis armament has been agreed upon, he said, which Includes control and Inspection of such weapons It Is not sate to discontinue tests. The secretary's news conference remaTks were In response to -questions. By Implication, they were a reply to agitation among some Asian nations, India In particular, for an end to tests of nuclear wea ... ........... .. pons. There have been reports from ; congressional sources the United and one of the founders of the Hot States will conduct new super H- j point electrical appliance firm. He bomb tests in the Pacific ttus year. died Monday sight al his home. Savages Reportedly Kidnap Five Clerics QUITO, Ecuador op Planes combed the Amazon Jungle today for five Protestant U.S. mission aries believed seized by savage Indians. Air Force reports of a body lying near their plane's stripped skeleton aroused fear lor their lives, A U.- S. Army helicopter was dispatched from the Canal Zone today to take part with Air Force Ike, Dulles Urge Nation To'VakeUp' WA8HINOTON I President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles Wednesday called for the country to "wake up" to the eco nomic and social contest Vith the Soviets In which defeat would be "disastrous." The call was made in a state ment which Dulles gave out at a news conference after checking It with the President. He said Eisen hower suggested its release. The statement was prepared by the U.S. delegation to the recent U.N. Oeneral Assembly. The dele gation sent It to Dulles who re viewed It with the President Just before Christmas. FIRST CONFERENCE Dulles said he was giving It out Wednesday, at the President's sug gestion, because this was his first news conference since the mat ter came up. Discussion made clear however, that he hopes i the statement will help swing publio opinion behind the - administration's foreign eco nomic aid request to Congress, The statement aald in part: 'Trie present period in history may one day be recognized as a major turning point in the struggle between communism and freedom. It appears to be clearly a shift in the cold war, in which economic and social problems have moved to the forefront. "Members of the United States delegation during - this General Assembly session wera conscious the Soviet Union, elsewhere in the world L was using economic - and soclar 'Colliiborailon as a means for jumping military as well as political barriers. Examples of this can be found in India. Egvnt. and Burma NEW POMCir "We believe the United States must counter these soviet efforts. We can succeed, not by outbidding communism in sneer amounts ol economic aid, but by making newly Independent and newly articulate peoples feel that they can best satisfy their want by becoming and remaining part of the com munity of free nations. 'We welcome more emphasis on economic and educational endeav ors, for we have a proven exper ience in these fields. We are in a contest In the field of economic development of under developed countries which Is bit terly competitive. Defeat in this contest would be as disastrous as defeat In an armaments race. "We could lose this economic contest unless the country as a whole wakes up to all its Implica tions." Students Join Polio Battle The students of the Klamath County high schools have Joined the ranks of the March of Dimes warriors battling the dread polio disease, announced Jay Kroksh, drive chairman, today. The students are organizing several "Teens Against Polio" fund-raising events under the county chairmanship of Wally Wunder, Klamath Union High School student. Blue Crutch" dr.y will be staged by the teen-agers on the downtown streets of Klamath Falls this Snturday. announced Wunder. The Future Nurses and Pep Pep pers will be on the streets that day presenting miniature plastic blue crutches to all donors to the March of Dimes drive. Depending upon the weather, the K Club will set up a "Toll Bridge" at East Main and Main streets on January 21, A sign will be put up denoting the bridge. Al) motorists stopping at the In tersection will be offered the chance to contribute to the antl- POllO IU110 tiriVe. I He K. C1UO members wl" cM" mone in "Dn n Hnr.ato" wnnrtjtr In "Polio Buckets," Wunder stated. The KUHS Girl's League will launch a "Peanuts for Polio" day on January 28. The girl students will sell packaged peanuts on the streets of Klamath Falls as anoth er fund-raising event In the "Teens Against Polio" drive. The teen-age chairman said that the school will stage a talent show sometime later in the month. . The county high school students will set up polio booths in their schools and also will stage peanut sales In the various communities of the county, Wunder announced. ENGINEER DIES SAN MARINO, Calif. W Death has claimed Franklin Booth, 94. mining engineer business executive planes In the hunt for the men. missing in a remote jungle region of northeastern Ecuador. MISSION WORK The five men flew their small Piper Cub into the bush area last week to do mission work among primitive tribesmen. They were Identified as Nat 8alnt, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., a Philadelphia sub urb; Edward McCully, Milwaukee; Peter Fleming, Seattle, Wash.: James Elliot, Portland, Ore., and Roger Yotiderian, Billings, Mont. The Air Force joined the search after another flying missionary. John Keenan, made a reconnais sance flight over the area and re ported seeing the stripped Piper Cub. He said he saw no sign of the missionaries but spotted sever al Indian canoes heading down the river. Keenan made his investigation after the mission party radioed it nad encountered a group of In dians, then broke radio contact. Soon after the hunt began, a Quito radio station relayed a mes sage from a U. S. search plane that it had sighted the Piper Cub stripped of its fabric and along-, sioe it a nony pierced with an Indian lance. BODY PLACED However, Air Force headquar ters in the Canal Zone said its report from the senrch pilot placed the body about 300 or 400 yards from the plane and made no men tion of a lance. The Air Force emphasized that this report made no Identification of the body, either as that of a white man or an Indian. The mission party set up Its base about a week ago at Shell Mera. an oil company headquarters. Saint first flew McCully and Youderlan to the Jungle clearing, then re turned to Shell Mera, where his wife had remained to receive com munications from the party. - on Saturday, Mcouily and You derlan reported friendly contact with the Auca Indians. Saint took off again Sunday with Elliot and Fleming. Shortly after landing at the scene Saint messaged his wife that he would transmit again at 4 p.m. At that time he began sending another message, then broke off to tell of the approaching Aucas. It was his last word. 1 LAST MESSAGE ' 1 , The last meBage: "Her come a group of Aucas whom we have not known before." : .. ', 1 i 'The - Auoki described ftS the least civilized of Ecuador's Indian tribes, have rarely been seen by white men.'"'' All five men have been In mis sion work in South America from 3 to 10 years.' All were married and had their families with them. Saint has a 10-month-old daughter. Youderlan two children, Elliot a 1-year-old daughter and McCully two small sons. The Flemings have no children. . Youderlan was a member of the Gospel Missionary Union and the others of an organization named Christian Missions in Many Lands. Western Air Stops Service LOS ANGELES Wl Most of the flight personnel of Western Air Lines was on furlough without pay Wednesday. A spokesman for the company. which suspended operations be cause of a strike of 850 reserva tion clerks and baggage handlers throughout the West, said Western is preparing for an extended shut down. The spokesman said 249 pilots and 42 flight engineers were put on furloughs, effective last mid night, and 169 stewardesses will be furloughed at midnight Thurs day, No attempts have been made to resume negotiations. The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Hand lers and Station Employes called the strike for more pay Monday night, whereupon Western ground ed all flights. The union said picket lines were established In the 46 cities West ern serves in California, Oregon, Washington. Montana, Utah. Nev- ! tda. Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming soutn Liakota, Kortn Dakota and Minnesota. The clerks' union claims It has agreed to Western's S22-a-month increase for office help and bag gaga handlers, but the hitch came on retroactivity, with the union wanting the increase effec tive as of last July 1. The company Insisted on Jan. 1, 1956, with $12.60 a month Increase from July through December. A union official said average pay runs from $230 to $260 monthly. Coast Fishermen Protest Season PORTLAND I Coastal fisher men protested Tuesday when the Oregon Fish Commission consid ered a shorter ocean trolling sea son for salmon. The proposal Is to bring Oregon In line with recommendations of the Pacific Marine Fisheries Com it ission by delaying the season opening to April 15. a month later than in the past, and banning troll ing in October, About 60 fishermen said this would penalize them, and that the fish that escaped in early spring would be caught later off Wash ington and Canada, They also as serted the fall run of salmon need protection from anglers, not from commercial fishermen. The commission's decision will be announced lator.
