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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1956)
IT Euasas, ORE. aw DICK LOCKREM, 1848 Bis. bee Street, operator of Dick's Auto Repair, 1000 East Main, paused in his work this morn ing when the 9 o'clock photographer came by to map him. Dick recently re turned from a month's trip to Mexico. Oregon Water Ruling Rapped W.3HTrJ3TON Wt Rep. Engle D-Callf) said Thursday a recent Oregon Supreme Court decision threatens the traditional water rights of the IS Western -reclama tion states, ; - Because of this, he said In j -' statement, tie has introduced a bill Vw' clarify and reaffirm these rights. , . . . . ; "Traditionally -'i'he s a I'd, "the federal governiihwi in'llie-M West- B.-n slates has aO,-jiid and lieid-t Its water rights under state law 4 as a proprietor, just the same as any other land owner, "Under the decision in the Ore gon case, whenever the federal government . reserves a portion of the mimic domain for a military Installation, or any other specific purpose, the use ,of water on the reserved area would be Independ ent of state law. "If this decision is applied re troactively, it could cut off private water rights which have been in use for half a century or more. Pointing out that the government owns large areas of the west, Engle added: "The complexity and disastrous Impact of this decision In such circumstances can be 'easily seen ' and It Is therefore imperative that the derision be reversed by act of congress." Men Sighted In Ecuador NEW YORK tffi A radio re port from Quito. Ecuador. Thurs day said two men waving white Hags were sighted on a sandy river beach in the Amazon jungle area where five U.S. missionaries were seized by savage Auca Indians. Dr. Clarence W. Jones, presi dent of the World Radio Mission ary Fellowship, relayed the report In a radiotelephone interview with Dave Garroway of the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC), terming it "the best word we've had in the last few days." Jones said the men were sighted late Wednesday by a local com mercial pilot who photographed them with a 35-mlllimeter camera. They could not be Identified from the photographs, however. He said a U.S., Air Force rescue helicopter which arrived Wednes day at Shell Mera. Ecuador, head quarters for the search, would fly over the spot to investigate. Air Force and missionary pi lots previously have spotted two bodies near the stripped skeleton of the Piper plane in which the missionaries had flown to the jungle site in an effort to contact the Aucas. The bodies were not Identified, but their finding raised fears that all the men were dead. SHOOTING HOURS CALIFORNIA January 13 OPEN CLOSE 7:04 4:54 I i r ITiea Ihe Cents 3ft Face ' KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY U. 19S Telephone SMI No. S375 n nr. I(F Trucker Shot During Holdup Try Robert Lee Williams, a Klamath Falls truck driver, is in Klamath Valley Hospital with a bullet wound in his left shoulder after he was shot by a service station attendant while attempting to hold up the station early this morning, Klamath Falls police re ported today. Williams, who lives at 2620 Vandergrift, will be charged with the armed robbery of Idella's Grocery, 4846 South Sixth Street, which occurred a few minutes be fore he was shot, according to District Attorney Richard Bees ley. According to the Oregon State Police log, the Idella's holdup, which netted the thief approxi mately $45, occurred at 1:35 a.m. Lawrence B. (Grady) Gaylord, at tendant at Yaden's Service Station at South Sixth and Washburn Way, reported that he was at the filling station at about 1:42 a.m. -POLICE BELIEVE City police said today they be lieved Williams is the same man who robbed two other service sta tions early Monday morning, but detective R. N. (Bud) Adklns said he understood Williams had not admitted these crimes. A total of approximately $410 was gained from the Monday robberies. Mrs. Clare Gibson, owner of Idella's, estimated that the thief 4?ot $45 at the grocery, store,- and then robbed a customer who waa entering the store as h was leav- ing, Beesley reported. Mrs. Gibson" said that she and the customer were both shut up in a back room. Jttie store normally is open until about 3 a.m. Police telephoned a warning to service stations after the Idella's robbery, and Gaylord shortly thereafter reported that the man was at the filling station. Gaylord said he took a .38 caliber pistol kept at the station for that pur pose, and .when the thief opened the door of the station, Gaylord warned him to "stay put." TWO SHOTS FIRED The thief turned and ran toward the back of the station, Gaylord told police, and Gaylord fired two shots. One hit a tool rack, and Gaylord said he did not know whether the other one hit the man or not. He said he saw his shoulder and face, and described the face as having a scar on the left side. This description tallies with the description of the man who car ried out the Monday -robberies, police said. Gaylord said later this morning that when he was taken to the hospital to identify Williams, the scar had disappeared from his face Gaylord said he thought that this meant the scar had been put on with theatrical makeup. Later, at 2:58 a.m.. police offi cers Rex King and Roy J. Silva, who aided the investigation at Yaden's, were notified that a man with a gunshot wound had been admitted at Klamath Valley Hos pital. King and Silva reported that the man was Williams, and that he admitted being at Yaden's. Po lice Sgt. Charles Howard and of ficer James Perkins, the other of ficers at Yaden's, came to the hospital, and Besley was called. SEARCH FAILS Adklns said that Williams said he threw the money taken at Idella's Into a ditch, but a com bined search by city and state police did not turn It up. Police said that Williams was armed with a .22 caliber revolver. The attendants at the service sta tions which were robbed Monday said he was armed with a .45 caliber automatic, but police said this could have been due to con fusion on the part of the atten dants. Police said Williams was em ployed by Klamath Livestock, Inc. Later this morning wunams father, J. E. Williams who operates a ranch on Airway Avenue, was taken to Hillside Hospital with a heart attack, according to slate police. Setback For Farmers Seen I WASHINGTON I Farmers j seeking relief from government I controls on wheat grown only for I farm consumption may be in for I a disappointment. Chairman Cooley (D-NC) of the House Agriculture Committee said Thursday that he and every mem ber of his committee in both parties opposed this legislation last year. And in spite of urging from President Eisenhower that this bill be made law, Cooley said: "I don't think there's a chance on earth of the committee reversing Itself." n u REVIEWING KLAMATH COUNTY'S ECONOMY was the topic of the annual Klamath County Chamber of Comerce report forum held Wednesday noon at the Winema Hotel. Outgoing chamber president A. D. "Deb" Addison, left, chamber manager R, Frank Tucker, and new presi dent Warren Bennet discuss the report. Tucker reviewed the accomplishments of the chamber in 1955 and discussed the forecast for 1956 at the forum attended by chamber members and other civic leaders. (See story on page 81 Sarena Patents Said WASHINGTON W) A congres sional Investigation of 15 Southern Oregon mining patents rested Thursday in , what its chairman characterized as "a Jot of doubt ana oomusion. Democrats and Republicans called a 5-day respite in the pro ceeding which has generated some of the liveliest partisan crackle yet in the election year Congress. The hearing is being' conducted by a special House-Senate commit tee. It Involves the Department of the Interior s 1954 grant to Al Sa rena Mines, Inc. of 15 mining pat ents in the Rogue River National Forest. . CONTENTIONS The patents were Issued after the Mobile; Ala., company appealed a Land Management Bureau rejec tion based on contentions that the land did not contain enough min erals to warrant mining operations. Democrats allege the patents represented a giveaway because the land involved is covered with timber valued at $250,000 and up. Republicans accusethe Democrats of developing a political Issue in an attempt to "smear" the ad ministration and gather campaign material. Sen. Scott (D-NC), who is pre siding, got, in the final Democratic word Wednesday when he broke off the hearing until next Tuesday with a declaration that the two sessions so far have "created a lot Fog Smothers Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO- (UP) An al most impenetrable layer of cotton like fog lay over Ihe San Francisco Bay Area early today, closing San Francisco and Oakland airports and forcing traffic to a crawl. The Weather Bureau predicted sunny skies later in the day, but the fog was expected to persist through the morning commuter rush. The fog began moving In un usually early yesterday, closing San Francisco Airport at 4:30 p.m. Incoming planes were shunted to Oakland Airport, until it also closed at 7 p.m. After that, planes were diverted from both fields to Half Moon Bay and to Sacramento. Airlines ad vised passengers that all flights were subject to delay. Automobiles crawled through the streets and along highways, their headlights unable to pierce the fog. which extended along the Bay shore almost to Palo Alto, clung to the valleys across the bay and In Marin County. The fog also slowed water-borne traffic. The quarantine boat had to turn back because It could not find the Alamo Victory at the anchor age west of Treasure Island The Alamo Victory and the Coeur d'Alene stood olf the Oak land dorks for several hours yes terday while waiting for the fog to lift enough to let them crawl In and tie up. Rirhmond-San Rafael ferry bCLtrf ran behind schedule all day. The fog was blamed for the dealh of Joseph LaMorte. 65. a prune grower. He was killed yes terday when his bicycle was struck near Campbell by a car driven by the Rev. John M. Galagan. 27, pastor of St. Mark's Episcopal Mission In Santa Clara. Calagan was not cited'. a o n i.iimin Mw.pwMMiiM mwwee m -s of doubt and confusion about what really took place." . Scott nrnmlRed "to net at the bottom of all these questions. . . In spite of the repeated cries of politics and smear. , . even If I have to go to Oregon and dig some samples myself and get them an alyzed." LATEST BLAST . ' . The latest Republican blast came from Ren. Hoffman (R-Mich), who Issued a statement criticizing the "bias and cowardly tactics exhib ited in the conduct of these hear ings." The hearing wound up Wednes day with testimony about soil sam ples taken In preparation for a Indian Hunting Case Time Set A legal battle over Indian hunt ing and trapping rights on the Klamath and Umatilla reservations Is slated for February 28 in the United States District Court in Portland. The action was filed by the two tribes who claim the state of Ore gon has no right to enforce game laws on the two reservations. The tribesmen contend they hold trap ping and hunting rights under the treaty of 1870 with the United States government. Attorney Joe O'Neill, counsel for the Klamath Tribe, said he was notified - the case would be tried before Federal Judge Gus Solomon. The Klamath Indians also will he represented by the Washington, D C. legal firm of Wilkinson. Craig, Boyden and Barker. The Umatilla Indians are represented by Attor ney Charles Luce of Walla Walla, Washington. Attorneys for the state of Ore gon are Arthur Hlgg and John Nichols. They are members of At torney Oeneral Robert Y. Thorn ton's staff. Fast Soil Bank Action Urged WASHINGTON (UP) Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson said today the administration's pro posed "soil bank" program can be put into effect this year If Congress acts quickly. A month or two of "'avoidable delay." he told the Senate Agri culture Committee "might cause us a year's time in getting the program launched." The soil bank plan Is the key feature of the administration's farm program which President El senhower sent to Congress Mon day. It would provide for overall . payments, both in cash and kind. 1 totaling about one' billion dollars annually to farmers. In return, participating farmers would agree i to cut corn, wheat, cotton, rice ; and other plantings by 40 to 56 million acres. j Benson cautioned that the In- j ducement offered to farmers to j participate in the soil bank plan ; would have to be generous. Be-j fore farmers would comply, he said, they would have to feel that : their net Incomes would be at ' least as high as if they planted: their allotted acres. ' r? 'Confused' . second assay of the Sarena claims R. N. Appling Jr., a Bureau of Mines employe at Spokane, Wash Sttld Sarena officials with whom he talked about selection of a mu ramiy BKreunuie iBDuraiory 10 cuii- duct the assay had not "Insisted on the Mobile, Ala., firm which did the assay but had "expressed a preference" for it because they "had an open account there" and said it. would be more convenient. In one of the frequent outbreaks which have marked the hearing. committee members got Into a squabble over the value of Douglas fir and sugar pine timber stands on the disputed claims. PRESENT VALUE Sen. Neuberger (D-Ore) placed the present value at between $250, 000 and $500,000 but Rep. Jonas (R-NC) contended It should be con sidered in the light of the $77,000 estimate made by the Forest Serv ice in 1949 when the patents were first sought by the company. During the discussions, Rep. Chudoff (D-Pa) referred to testi mony by Appling that he knew of no mining by the Srena company in tne live years enaing in was and said he felt the firm "isn't interested in mining, just in sell ing timber." Appling, still on the stand when the hearing recessed, was told to be back Tuesday for further ques tioning. (Additional details on page 8) 'Blue Crutch' Dav Planned "Blue Crutch Day" will be staffed by the Pep Peppers and Future Nurses of Kin math Union H!eh School Saturday in Klamath Falls, announced Wally Wunder. chair man of the "Teens Affalnst Pnlio" division of the March of Dimes drive, today. Nancy Nancarrow. president of ppp Peppers, will co-chairman the Blue Crutch Day with a member of the KUHS chapter of the Future Nurses. Wunder said, The fflrl stu dents of these two organizations will be in downtown Klamath Falls Saurday wiih polio armbands iden tifytntr them. "With the fittht against polio still being waged, every dime contribut ed aids in the war against this dread disease." Wunder said. Ev ery donor on Blue Crutch Day will be given a miniature lapel pin rep resenting a blue crutch. Jay Kroksh, campaign chairman for the March of Dimes, urged all the citizens of the city to cooper ate with this event of the Teens Against Polio Division of the drive. He said the teen-agers will stage several other events this month in the drive for funds. Sports Bulletin HAS FRANCISCO tAi Frankie Albert wan named foot ball coach of the Han Francisco 49ert Thursday. The announcement of Albert's appointment was made by co owner Vic Mnrahltn. Albert, In assuming the duties of coaching the National League professional team, will succeed Red Stradrr, who was fired by Tony Mora bl to after an unsuc cessful season last year. President Sets Five Year Policy WASHINGTON OB President Elsenhower asked Congress Thurs day to provide 1V billion dollars in federal grants over the next five years to help conquer the na tion's critical school shortage. In a special message, the Pres ident also asked authority for fed eral purchase of up to 750 million dollars worth of local school bonds if school districts cannot sell them in private markets at rea sonable Interest rates and 20 mil lion dollars for grants to the states for school planning. In summary, this would mean a federal outlay over five years of some 2. 020, 000, 000. with 750 million to be returned through eventual payment of the bonds. The states would be required to match the federal grants for con struction. UNDER FORMULA The matching, however, would be under a formula whereby the wealthiest states put up $2 for each $1 of federal money while the poorer states would get (2 lor each $1 they put out. Elsenhower said a cardinal prin cipal of his program la that "fed eral grants must not reduce the Incentive for state and local ef forts but rather should stimulate an Increase In such efforts." "With this program," Eisenhow er said in his 2600-word message, ''we can lay the basis for better education In America In the years ahead. In this way we keep faith witn our cniidren."-- - -The President made no mention of a question already stirring Con gresswhether federal education aid should go only to states adher ing to the Supreme Court's ruling oarring race segregation in public scnoois. One reason Congress got nowhere In the last session on school aid was a split over this question. Elsenhower's plan for needier states to get the biggest share of federal money collides with a bill by Rep. Kelly (D-Pa) which would supply $1.600,000'. 000 In federal grants over a four-year period. This bill; already approved by the House Education Committee, Is due for early action on the House Floor. ' BASIS OF CHILDREN The Kelly plan would provide money to the states on the basis of the number of school age chil dren in each - state. In presenting his program, El senhower cautioned that it should be considered only as an emer gency measure designed to help states and local communities "overcome the nation's critical classroom shortage within five years." "Once this shortage Is overcome, Ihe federal grant program can and must terminate," Eisenhower said. "The states and localities should then go forward without federal funds, to meet their current and future needs. Present construction levels Indicate their ability to do this." r 1 . Hi. .r L : "At - V&ffi- . : g----'- -mxi n.,r 4.2. , THE COUNTY "TEENS AGAINST POLIO" division of ihe March of Dimes campaign was dis cussed and chairman named at a meeting in Klamath Union High School Wednesday. Wally Wunder, right, KUHS student, was named county chairman of the teen-age section of the fund's drive, Carolyn Nancarrow, center, represented the Pep Peppers who will help stags the "Blue Crutch Day" Saturday. Tom Perkins, left, permanent chairman of the Klamath County Chapter, National Polio Foundation, aided the students in. planning the several events they will stage this month. The rep Peppers and the KUHS Chapter of the ruture Nurses will be on tha streets of Klamath Falls Saturday presenting miniature blue crutches to all donors to the March of Dimes. 1 FBI Nabs 6 Boston Men; Others Sought WASHINGTON W Solution of the million dollar Brinks robbery in Boston in January, 1950, was announced Thursday by the Justice Department. Eight men are In custody. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said FBI agents had arrested six members of the daring gang re sponsible for the robbery, that two more of the robbers are now In prison In connection with other of fenses, and that one of the partici pants is dead. The announcement followed six years of perhaps the most inten sive investigation the FBI has ever concentrated on a single case. Hoover Identified the six arrest ed men as Vinne James Costa, 41. Michael Vincent Geagan, 47. Adolph Maffle, 44. James F. McQlnnls, 52. Anthony Pino, 44. Henry Baker, 49. All live in the Boston area. Hoover said the two gangsters now In prison, who were asso ciated with the spectacular raid on the Brinks transfer office In Bos ton Jan. 17, 1950, are: Stanley Albert Guscoria, 36. con fined in the Western State Peni tentiary at Pittsburgh, Pa. And Joseph James O Keefe, 47, held In the Hampden County Jail at springtieid, Mass. Hoover identified the dead par ticipant in the robbery as Joseph Sylvester Banfield, Hoover said two others James Ignatius Faherty and Thomas Francis Richardson are still be ing sought In the case. The men arrested have been charged with bank robbery and theft of government property. The Brink's loot, carried away by a large group of Halloween- masked men. Included 11,218,211.29 In cash and $1,557,183.83 In checks money orders and other securities. A Justice Department spokes man said none of the loot has been recovered Some 3000 police and FBI agents at one time sought the Halloween- masked gang of nine which broke into the main vault of Brink's mo and fled with 17 canvas bags of money. The gang missed another one million dollars In cash in the vault In their hurry to get away. The entire robbery took only 30 min-Mtea-r- ' Brink's Is an armored trucking service which hauls money to banks, stores and other Institu tions. A number of Brink's employes were questioned at one time be cause of the ease with which the holdup was staged. They all were released. During the night-time holdup at Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity! Fair through Friday ex cept patches of morning fog. Highs Friday 49-45; lows Thursday night 25-30. ' High yesterday 38 Low last night 20 I'recip. last 24 hours 0 Preclp. since Oct. 1 12.17 Same period last year 3.27 Normal for period 5.50 SOVIETS REJECT MOSCOW Ifl The Soviet gov ernment Thursday rejected the visa application of a New York Times correspondent, Harrison E. Salisbury. It gave no reason. It is believed this is the first outright rejection of a visa application lor an American newsman since the Geneva summit conference of last July. - the Brink's garage, two of tha bandits acted as lookouts. The oth er seven had no trouble getting through five locked doors to tha money room. The bandits worked swiftly and were limited in their loot only by -the amount they could lug out. They even had to drag the money across the floors. Most of the money was in small denominations. However, It also was believed to have Included a few $1000 bills. ' 'Prankish' 7eather Continues By UNITED PRESS Prankish weather made kissing shocking in St. Louis and cava Florida sunbathers goose pimples today. But the strange, static combina tion of storm, cold, and drouth also had its deadly serious side. crop losses in frost-bitten Flor Ida mounted to 25 million dollars. A rash of cold weather fires killed seven persons, five of them chil dren, in the Southland. And a ma jor drouth threatened the Great Plains. In St. Louis, where there have been 41 straight days without rain, practically everything and every- body tingle with static electricity. Couplea gave each other shocks when they exchange kisses ana department stores reported 'an other problem shocking sweat ers. The electricity and magne tism made even the baggiest sweaters formflttlng, store em ployes said. FLORIDA COLD Florida residents had troubles of a different and more serious sort. Weathermen forecast at least two more days of biting cold, with scat tered frost predicted in most mim ing areas. Dade County farmers lost 13,000 acres of winter vegetables worth 10 million dollars and estimated bosses on-10,000- 'aTsres Palm Beach and . Collier - counties rose U. 15 million dollars. As a result, prices of tomatoes, com, squash, beans, and other tender vegetables Jumped. - . Resort hotel owners also felt the cold's pinch. Any guest who tried to sunbathe was in danger of catching the sniffles and the fact that New England's temperatures were often as warm as Florida's didn't help matters. Asphyxiation caused by an elec tric heater was blamed for at least one death In Florida, SLICK HIGHWAYS Farther north, Ice-slicked high ways had been blamed for at least 12 deaths since the start of the week and there was still a deadly mixture of rain, freezing rain, and snow from Maine to northern Ala bama and Georgia, The freakish weather extended across the nation to San Francis co, where a thick, impenetrable ground fog covered the Bay Area like cotton. Air traffic was dis rupted, auto headlights were un able to slab through the white glare, and at least one death was blamed on the fog. U.S. weather experts said the strange combination of weather was caused by two stagnant storm systems which neve been hanging off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts since Sunday. These were coupled with a high pressure system over the plains and Rockies which spread dry, drouth - threatening weather. ,4'- - J
