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Newspaper Page TextCOSP n :o la U OF OR2G0:i LIBRARY EUGENE, ORE. IMS? If In The- Day'slews By FRANK JENKINS Poor old Dulles is In more hot water. Now It's the British that are in his hair over his "brink ol war" statement in a recent maga zine interview. The venerable Lon don Times says of his explanation of what he said In the Interview that his "footwork was good," but it doesn't think much of what he had to say. The equally ponderous Manchester Guardian says: "Dulles has again put both left feet forward." In the olden golden days when Britannia ruled the waves she sent her fleet boldly to any spot In the world where trouble threatened and told the troublemakers bluntly to call it off or she d blow 'em out of the water. But In these more degenerate days anything that sounds like a firm policy upsets her no end. I think myself that if Dulles talked less he'd be better off. ..But in a situation, like this cold war you just HAVE to let trouble makers know you have guns and If compelled to pull . 'em you're GOING TO SHOOT. That's the only language com' munists understand. Public officials, of course, face a tough situation. If they don't talk enough, we accuse them of bottling up the news. If they talk too much, we jump down their throats because uf what they said. Theirs Is a rugged life. Let's jump from politics to economics. The president of the National Association of Home Builders ap plauds today the reinstatement of 30-year, federal-insured mortgages. But, he says, DOWN PAYMENT requirements should also be re duced. . . , On the other side of the fence, a New York mortgage' banker describes the return to 30-year mortgages as "a temporary shot in the arm which will have infla tionary effect." Our economy, he thinks. Is again approaching the point where inflation is something to be feared. Let's look at the housing busi ness from this angle: When building is controlled by the market that is to - say, by supply and demand private indi vidual uss their own Judgment as to whether to build more nouses for sale. If they think there is a market for them, they go ahead and build them and take their chances on selling them. If they can't sell them, they're Just out, and that's that. The point is that in a housing market con trolled by supply and demand no more houses will be built if the people who are putting up the money think the houses can't be sold at a profit. But When the government is the con trolling factor in the housing busi ness POLITICS ENTERS THE PICTURE. In this particular Instance the National Association of Home Builders wants more homes built on smaller down payments and with longer time to pay out so that its members can build and sell more homes and make more money. After all. It's the GOVERN MENT that is putting up the money and if It turns out that too many homes have been built and they can't be sold at a price that will yield a profit or break even IT'S ONLY THE GOVERN MENT THAT LOSES. And If in the meanwhile everybody has made a lot of money building and selling houses on government credit, what difference does it make If the government DOES lose in the transaction? It's only government money anyway. That's one of the troubles with blg-government-run-everything. Polio Radio Show Slated The Teens Against Polio will strike another blow at the dread disease when they present "The Avalanche of Dimes" over radio station KFJI Wednesday. The show will provide the public with an opportunity to pledge their dimes and dollars to the annual Block of Dimes planned this Satur day by the Klamath Falls Ex change Club in downtown Klamath Falls. The broadcast will take place during the time usually devoted to the Klamath Sports Album 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. and will be staged by members of the Teens Against Polio drive Dwain Epps and Roger Ferrier. Nine members of the Klamath Union High School Music Depart ment will be present to sing popu lar songs and the public will be In vited to call In a bid for a vocal number. Any bid will entitle the public to hear the song and a space will be reserved on the Block of Dimes next Saturday for the bidder to redeem his pledge. Details of the broadcast will be handled by the Exchange Club with Bill Canton and Wes Guderlan taking the phone calls. Ralph Weiss. Ed Lyon, Bill Cooley, Bob Rutter. Art Coles, Noel Flynn. Vane Caley and Dick Kiwallis will an nounce the bids. Flood Area Residents Start Work YUBA CITY (UP) Nearly 3000 persons who evacuated a low-lying section of Yuba City during last weekend's flood threat began returning to their homes today. Civil Defense officials gave them permission to return after Army Engineers reported the rain-swoi len Feather River had receded nearly seven feet in 24 hours. It was expected to keep dropping at the rate of live feet a day. At one time, the river was with in a foot of overrunning the soggy levee at Shanghai Bend, Just south of Yuba City. This levee gave way Dec. 24, taking tne lives of 34 per sons. Since the Christmas week floods, Army Engineers worked fervently to patch up the levee. Last week end, heavy rains again caused the river to rise and officials ordered the evacuation of one-third of Yuba City. BODIES FOUND Many of the residents still had not finished cleaning un and re pairing me a a mace irom ine uec ember flood when they had to pack up and leave for a second time. Meanwhile, the bodies of the 34th and 35th victims of the Christmas flood were discovered yesterday The body of Mitsuma Yokohari, 34. a farmer, was found south of the city limits. The body of Robert Bartlett, 2o. was recovered later in the day. He was last seen cling' ing to a tree southwest of town while attempting to flee the 'flood waters. The weatherman forecast light rain north of San Francisco and Sacramento today, but the dis turbar.ee held no new flood threat to Northern California. ' Four ' persons lost their lives in Northern California last weekend Damage in Marin County alone was estimated at a half-million dollars, ROADS BLOCKED Elsewhere, the roads to Stinsoh Beach and Bolinas in Marin Coun- ty were stlU closed to all but emergency traffic as residents of those towns began clearing away debris left by mudslides. An emergency water chlorlna tion service was operating in Bol inas to give the community a safe supply of water. . The Red Cross set up offices in Tamalpals Valley, on the bay side of Marin, where 300 persons, fled Saturday, ana in uonnas to inter' view those who suffered flood dam. age. Residents of the - Merced area announced plans to send cattle to replace livestock lost by farm ers In the Yuba City area. The first shipments are expected to be made in April. A few miles downstream from Yuba Cityf Army Engineers were concerned about the fate of their one million dollar dredge, Papoose that was being battered by 16-mile-an-hour river currents. STILL MAROONED The dredge, called in last month to close a break in the levee, was secured by cable to a double anchor. Two tugs were standing by in case the cable parted. Meanwhile, the Red Cross sent a helicopter from San Francisco with food to the isolated Travis Hunting Lodge in the rugged Bald Mountain area of Mendocino Coun ty, 11 miles north of Covelo. Seven persons, including a 10-month-old baby, have been marooned there since the Christmas floods. ' Living on the ranch are Mr. and Mrs. William T. McCullough, their son and his wife, their baby grand daughter, Janice, and two em ployes. Owing to the washout of a bridge, they have been unable to leave since Dec. 21. Peddicord Pleads Guilty PORTLAND 'fl The defense attorney entered a plea of Innocem by reason of Insanity, but then the accused man took matters into h!s own hands. William Clarence Peddicord, 38-year-old blind man accused of bombing the Meier and Frank de partment store here in a S50.000 ex tortion plot last April, said he had been thinking things over and had come to his senses. "I want to plead, guilty and be sentenced Immediately," he told the surprised court of Circuit Judge Paul R. Harris. His attorney. Nicholas Granet, said this caught him by as much surprise as anyone. Finally Judge Harris said he would accept only the plea of Inno cent by reason of Insanity. A plea Is to be entered later bv Mri. Joyce Keller, 28, Peddicord's sister-in-law, who Is accused of helping him in the plot. Polio Dance Tieketi are now on sale over Klamath County by the Teens Against Polio for the Polio Dance Saturday In the Klamath Falls Armory, annennced Wally Y under, teens chairman. The dance is for adults and teen agers with music by the Star lighter. All proceeds will fo to the March of Dimes drlre. A dance queen will be selected from the county high school sell ing the most tickets per capita. She will be 'crowned at the dance. I If tfati anil JNtre Frioa Ft Cents It Races KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY IS, 1K Telephone till No. 3377 Douglas Airs Huge Growth At Hearing ROSEBURG on Douglas Coun ty's tremendous growth in recent years was reflected in more than a dozen reports from cities and other local taxing districts at a public hearing by the Legislative Interim Committee on Local Gov ernment In Roseburg Tuesday night. All were suffering from growing pains. Most recommendations made by representatives of the cities and districts called for planning and coordination to avoid future and eliminate present overlapping of taxing areas and ,to allow orderly expansion. RECOMMENDATIONS Several recommendations called for legislation preventing incorpor ation or formation of taxing dis tricts in fringe areas of already incorporated areas which might cause unnecessary duplication. Only one request was made for monetary aid. Supt. M. C. Deller of the Roseburg school district asked that school districts share more in national forest and revest ed lands money. He and the other two men who spoke on school needs requested an equalization formula for the state's school districts. Two of the most' sweeping changes were called for by John Fleck, representing the Douglas County Realty Board, and County Commissioner Frank Ashley. Fleck asked for legislation which would transfer some of the tax burden from real property possi bly to personal property. Ashley called for consolidation of taxing districts such as flood control, fire, sewer and water and dog control under a single board of commis sioners in, the, county. , FUTURE MEETINGS .. . On Jan. 23. the vommttfee' will meet in Corvallls. Then, on Feb. 6 and 7, it will be in Portland. Tentative dates of March 1 in Medford and March 2 in Klamath Falls were also set. The commit tee also decided tentatively to have two hearings on the coast, one possibly at Coos Bay and the other at an undetermined site farther north. It is also considering a date in Eastern Oregon. Court Upholds Dewey Verdict SALEM Ut The Oregon Su preme Court upheld Wednesday the conviction of Dr. H. R. Dewey, Portland chiropractor, and his two assistants, for maintaining prem ises for the purpose of committing abortions. Dr. Dewey was sentenced to six months in the county Jail, and the assistants, Doris Hofstra and Jo hanna Eizama, got 60 days each. The high court split 5-2, with Justices Earl C. Latourette and Walter Tooze advocating a new trial. The conviction inlhe Multnomah County Circuit Court followed a trial in which a Jury found that Dr. Dewey was innocent of man slaughter by abortion. i i ty JACK ANDRUS, LEFT, 1510 Wilford, and Cliff Yaden, owner of Yaden's Signal Service station, 2506 South Sixth Street, were waiting for their first customer thit morning when the 9 o'clock photographer stopped by. A CAPACITY AUDIENCE at the Newell Elementary School, last night, greeted Lt. Gov. Harold J. Powers, of California, guest speaker at the annual memberihip banquet of the Tulelake Grow ers Association. Places were marked for 275 members and guests. The state official was intro duced by Floyd A. Boyd, lifelong friend. Seated at the speaker's table were (left to right) Ben Reimer, retiring president of the association, Lt. Gov. 'Powers, Mrs. Floyd A- Boyd, Floyd A. Boyd and members of the board of directors and their wives. Red China Snubs Truce Plan TOKYO W Red China Thurs day rejected a U.S. proposal made at Geneva that both sides fore swear the use of force in the For mosa area. A Pelplng broadcast quoted a Foreign Office spokesman as say ing the proposal was made Jan. 12 and was the same as one turned down by Red China last Novemb er. , . At the same time, Pelping let loose a series of blasts at Secre tary of state, Dulles. The spokes man was Quotrri assaying Dulles f"even renewed the clamor for an atomic war against China." Red China broke the secrecy which both sides have been observ ing on the substance of the protract' ed talks at Geneva "so as to set forth the stand of the Chinese side," the spokesman said. Pelplng gave the text of the American proposal, which it said was submitted by Ambassador Alexis Johnson at Geneva, as fol lows: "The United States of America and the People's Republic of China are'determlned that they will scttie disputes between them through peaceful gestures, and that, with out prejudice to the Inherent right of individual and collective sen defense, they will not resort to the threat or use of force In the Taiwan (Formosa) area or elsehwere. "The two ambassadors (John son and Wang Ping-nan for Red China) should continue their talks to seek practical and feasible means for the realization of this common desire." The spokesman said that "our side absolutely cannot accept" the idea that the United States has "the Inherent right of individual and collective self-defense" In the Formosa area. Red' China claims Formosa and maintains that its "liberation" is an Internal matter. The spokesman reiterated that Red China "will continue to strive for the liberation of Taiwan by peaceful means, so far as lt is r- i m :.1 v-ism sa 1 nriri & GlVEM C A 1 U possible." But he added that For mosa "cannot possibly be a sub ject of the SIno-Amerlcan talks" at Geneva. Earlier, Pelping had attacked Dulles for the recent Life maga zine "brink of war" interview, as serting the secretary of state "ex- East Germans BERLIN Ifl Communist East Germany's lower house of Paiiiu ment voted unanimously Wednes day to establish a "peoples' army" and defense force. The action was taken only a few hours after the Communist govern ment requested creation of the land, sea and air force. Deputy Premier Willi Stoph, ap peared with three stars on his East German Barracks Police uniform, and made the request. He said the defense force was needed to stand a "peace watch" against what he called Western plans to Invade the Communist East. Stoph. 41, a former Interior min ister, was considered an almost certain choice to head a new De fense Ministry, His appenrance was an Indica tion the well-drilled Barracks Po lice, a 110.000-man fighting force which was organized in 1949 by So viet occupation officials would be the basis of the new full-fledged armed lorce. The barracks police has sea and air units, trained In East German submarine schools and In gliders and old Russian Yak fighting planes. The announcement was preced ed by a speech by Premier Grote- wohl who attacked U.S. Secretary of state Dulles for his recent "brink of war" interview In Life magazine. Grotewohl said the interview had (Stirred a "wave of revulsion" throughout the world, and proved .East and West Germany should get together on an agreement to have nothing to do with Western defense plans. Earlier the Parliament approved a friendship treaty with Red China. Johnson Named Finance Head SALEM I Robert L. Johnson, 37. Oregon's first civil service di rector and now secretary of the Legislative Interim Committee on Local Government. was appointed by Gov. Paul Patterson Thursday as state director of finance and administration. Johnson will succeed Harry S. Dorman, who Is retiring on March 1. Johnson did the survey work for setting up Oregon's civil service system In 1946, and then stayed on as the first civil service direc tor. He took a leave of absence from that Job to work for the Leg islature's Commission on Reorgan ization of the State Government. That reorganization commission set up the state Department of Fi nance and Administration, which took over all of the state's budget, purchasing, printing, and office management functions. FILM POSTPONED HOLLYWOOD ! "The Ed Sul livan Story" won't be filmed this season, Warner Bros, studio said yesterday. Sullivan, Broadway col umnist and star of a television variety show, can't arrange' his commitments to absent himself for the eight weeks required to film a story about his life, the studio said. poses himself through his fabrica tions as an exponent of war." , The Red China official radio, quoting an editorial in the leading Communist newspaper. People's Daily, also said the Red China offensive In the last days of the Korean War forced the United Na tions to sign ine iruce. t The broadcast said the Com munist capture of Dlen Blen Phu In Indochina dealt a "fatal blow' "U.S. criminal schemes ,to expand me jtnaoenrna .war.'h :. - ".: The broadcast condemned the "U.S.-Chlang Kai-shek so-called mutual defense treaty" for For mosa. "Shortly after the signing of this war treaty," it said, "the Chinese People's Liberation Army uoeraiea jricniangsnan and Na mao Island, forcing the Chiang Kai-shek bandit forces to with draw from the Tachens and Nanchi Islands." 'The Chinese people are de termined to liberate Taiwan (For mosa)," it added. "No amount of Intimidation by the United States can make the Chinese people alt er their stand." "It might be asked." the broad cast said, "where did Dulles' de terrent policy have any effect?" The broadcast called the Ko rean War "the first big defeat In U.S. .military history , since 1813." Big Three Toughen Policy UNITED NATIONS, N.Y, Ml The United States, Britain and France were expected to make last-minute changes today to tough en their proposed U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Is rael for Its Dec. 11 raid on Syrian posts along the Sea of Galilee. The sponsors of the Western pro posal hoped to win approval of their amended resolution at a coun cil meeting this afternoon. The Big Three worked out the revisions in talks here yesterday with Iranian Delegate DJalal Ab doh. Informed delegates said Ab doh wanted the Western resolution stiffened to please Syria and to "remove further ground for Soviet propaganda" among Arab coun tries. The Iranian proposed that the Big Three call for payment ol compensation to Syria for her 66 soldiers killed In the attack and for property damage. He also pro posed that they delete a mention of Syrian Interference with Israeli activities on the Sea of Oalllee, which lies within Israel near the Syrian frontier. Israel, which lost six men In the raid, has said that Syrian firing on her fishing and police boats on the lake provoked the attack. The Big Three revised their reso lution to say that 8yrlan Interfer ence with the Israelis "In no way Justifies the Israeli action." Delegates strld one further change in the works would concern a follow-up to see how the council's ef forts to prevent further attacks were being carried out. NAMES 8ITPRESSKD LONDON ll-The British Press Council refused last night to sup pi ess the names of persons under 30 who figure in homosexual court cases. The Council of Magistrates Assn. had suggested newspapers omit names to prevent young per sons in court cases from being ap proached by older, confirmed homosexuals. The press council, which acts as a "conscience" ot Britain's newspapers, objected to the Idea. California's Needs Told By Powers By RUTH KING TULELAKE California's rap id population growth since the gold rush days, the change from an agricultural to an industrial economy and the attendant prob lems that confront state legislators in meeting the needs of an ex panding state were outlined last night by Lt. Oov. Harold J. Pow ers of California to a capacity audience at the Newell elemen tary school. Powers spoke at the annual meeting of the Tulelake growers association. California, now operating on a balanced budget of a billion, 500 million dollars annually will con tinue to operate throughout the fiscal year 1986-1957 without an Increase in taxes the official pre dicted. INDIVIDUAL STRESSED He emphasized the need for a 'pay as you go government" and stressed the Importance of the In dividual in decisions made by the Slate legislature. "To preserve sound principals In government," Powers stated "there must be a decentralization of power in Washington and recog nltlon of local governments, 1 "As long as we keep govern' ment close to the people, so long will we have freedom of the press. freedom of speech, a government for the people and by the people," The state of California now has a population of 13 million. He listed as a major concern of the atate officials, the conserva tion, transportation and distribu tion of water for domestic. Indus trial and agricultural needs. Fifty- five per cent of the state's popula tion is centered in seven counties that now have only two per eent of the state's water resources. The Immediate problem is the conser vation or 60 minion acre feet of water that Is annually going to waste. HIGH INCOME ' High Income in the state Js now being partly derived from Indus try which, in the past decade has taken tne lead over agriculture. Together, the two will demand in creasing water provision from a source yet to be 'determined. The lieutenant governor, owner of a ranch In Surprise Valley of Moaoc uounty where he was raised, has a long record of politi cal service and has worked with representatives of the Tulelake community on numerous local leg islative proposals. He was Intro duced by Floyd A. Boyd, Tulelake, lifelong friend of the official. Powers' speech was broadcast over station KFLW. Ben Reimer, retiring president of the Tulelake Growers Associa tion, presided at the meeting. The Invocation was given by the Rev. William Hodge of the Newell Bap tist church. NEW MEMBERS Incoming members of the board of directors, Lester Turnbaugh, president, Lowell Kenyon, Earl Schultz,- John Balcy Sr., Ben Rei mer, Holdovers and Oeorge Voss, newly elected; chairmen of com mittees and distinguished guests wero Introduced. Recognition was also given to the past presidents of the associa tion, Chester J. Main, Sam An derson, Ivan Rose, E. J. Duckett, Charles K. Wlese, Stan Bucking ham and Ben Reimer. A musical and dance program was presented. The dinner was prepared and served by the guild members of the Tulelake Community Presby terian Church. Clifford Jenkins, manager of the growers association was In charge of arrangements. The meeting was attended by 275 members and guests.- D.A. Pictures Abbott As 'Sex Psychopath' OAKLAND (UP) Dlst. Ally. J. Frank Coaklcy, picturing Burton W. Abbott as a sexual psycopath, prepared today to ask a Jury to send him to the gas chamber for the murder of Stephanie Bryan. This demand was to be the climax 'of Coakley's emotion-packed final argument, an argument so harsh In Its Judgment of the de fendant that Abbott slumped way down In his chair while lt was going on. Abbotts wife. Georgia, and his mother. Mrs. Elsie Abbott, con ferred together in shocked whispers or stared in dtsbliet as Coakley called him a "fetishist" and a "deviate." The prosecutor began his final argument yesterday and planned to talk all or most ot today. That meant the case may go to the Jury about noon tomorrow, after Supe rior Judge Charles Wade Snook gives his instructions. Abbott, a 27-year-old accounting student, Is accused of kidnaping and murdering the 14-year-old Ber Blast Kills Three; Fire Razes Docks LAKE CHARLES, La. UH Cit ies Service Oil Co. workers Wednes day wearily battled swirling flames and choking smoke that may con ceal the bodies of at least 16 sea men In a blazing tanker. Loaded with a full cargo of 130,. 000 barrels of gasoline, kerosene and fuel oil, the tanker Saldm Ma ritime exploded late Tuesday night. A crew of 41 was believed as signed to the vessel. Cities Serv ice officials did not know how many were on boaid at the time of the blast. PIECES OF BODIES Firefighters picked up pieces of three bodies Wednesday morning St. Patrick's Hospital here treat ed eight seamen, one in serious condition. A Cities Service work-, er also was burned seriously. A spokesman for Cities Service, which owned the tanker, estimated the missing at 30. A seaman, who had been on board before the ex plosion, put the figure at It. The Salem Maritlme's blast set two loading docks afire at the Cit ies Service plant In Lake Charles, about six miles from this city in southwest Louisiana. The ship and the docks were complete loss. No damage esti mate was given. About 1.500 workers attempted to douse the fire and succeeded in confining the flames to the ship and docks, away from the huge adjoining oil refinery. At 3 a.m., a tugboat surveying the cracked, flaming salem Marl. . time noticed a flashlight waving at the rear. Pulling alongside, the tug found tnree seamen, who jumped overboard. IDENTIFIED The three Frank Toto. 95. of Brooklyn, N.Y., George Emley. and Fred Gentry (ages and addresses unavailable) had lain trapped to the tanker's engine room for four hours. When gusts of wind shoved flames away from their side of the tanker, they climbed out of the engine room and - onto the deck where they signalled the tug. Tne three were nospttallied for shock and minor burns. Earlier another tug had picked up a trio who jumped into Laka cnaries. i Crewman - John Klepadlo ot Avoca, Pe., one of those rescued by the tug, said he was standing on the fantaU' ot the shin with two'other men,- but ' was-- trnabl to give any account of them after the blast. - Klepadlo was quoted as saying, "Anybody who was on that ship after I left It Just won't be around to talk about lt," No cause was given for the ex plosion-. The tanker, loading In three holds at the rate of 30,000 barrels per hour, had been loading for more than six hours and was almost full when the explosion tore the vessel asunder and left it a flaming hulk. USAF To Aid Polio Drive The U.S. Air Force will lend a hand with the Klamath County March of Dimes Friday with the establishment of an Air Force booth at the corner of Eighth and Main streets to collect donations to the polio fund drive, announced Jay Kroksh,i county chairman, to day. . The booth will be manned by airmen assigned to the Klamath Falls air base under the super vision of M-Sgt. Edward P. Van nish, chairman of the Air Force Polio Day. Lt. Col. Robert H. Larson, senior project officer at the air base, authorized the Air Force partici pation In the Klamath County anti polio fund drive. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Clearing Wednesday nlfht and fair Thursday. Highs 40-45 Thursday. Lows Wednesday 17-24. High yesterday 38 Low last nlsht 27 Preclp. last 24 hours 0 Frccip. since Oct. 1 13.91 Same period last year 3.47 . Normal for period 5.90 keley schoolgirl last April 28. Her purse, brassiere and other belong ings were found In the ba.sement of his Alameda home on July 15-16. On July 20, her body was unearthed from Its shallow grave near his Trinity County mountain cabin. Coakley untied the knot In Steph anie's nylon panties yesterday to show the Jury what lt had never seen before that this undergar ment had been removed with two swift slashes of a knile before her slayer tied it around her neck. While the courtroom was deathly silent, Coakley said: "There are people In our society who are capable of flag' ant anti social behavior and t!,e defend ant is one. "Many of these people ' are not legally Insane, but they are not normal personalities. "They are frequently charming, intelligent and sometimes brilliant. But they are unreliable and un dependable. They lack character and fundamental honesty."