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By FRANK JENKINS
In a Jam-packed session In his
noi-too-big oval-shaped otfice in
tne While House this morning.
President Eisenhower tells the
Washington reporters (in answer
to pointed questions) that he will
announce his decision on a second
term "as soon as it Is firmly fixed
in my own mind. - .
He added:
"I shall strive to see that it is
based as to my best judgment on
the good of our country.'
Referring to lormal notice that
his name has been entered in the
March 13 New Hampshire Presi
dential Primary, he said he has
no objection to his name being
entered in the New Hampshire pri-
mary or any other state primary.
Reasonable enough. He didn't en.
'ter his name. Somebody else did
It. It was done by petition. The
constitution of the United -states
guarantees to the people the right
01 petition.
Entry of his name in a Presl-
.dential primary commits him to
nothing.
' The big question:
Will he or won't he?
Put it this way:
We'll see what we'll see.
It is Ike's decision, and his alone
because it is Ike's life that is at
stake. (
- At this morning's conference, the
President reaffirmed his complete
faith In State Secretary Dulles, but
declined to get into the contro-
versy over Dulles' "brink of war"
statement in a recent magazine
article.
He told the reporters that in his
own view, in waging peace, our
country has got to stand firmly
-on essential matters. He added
that if that brings on the danger
of a conflict because of aggres
slve actions by others, you can re
gard it as a, brink.
As I see it, that's about the way
It is.
If wu're to amount to anything
at all in this world, you must have
principles. If you have principles,
you must be willing to stand up
for them. If you have to FIGHT
for your principles well, you have
to fight for them.
Any other course involves RUN'
NINO AWAY and if we ever start
running from the communists
we're goners.
In conclusion:,
. France's new national assembly
(chosen at the recent French eleC'
tion, and corresponding roughly to
our congress; convenes in Fans
this morning. It is expected that
French President Coty will begin
nis search for a new French pre
mier (the French nation's chief
executive official) early next week,
In France, that's a good deal
like starting a new search to find
your misplaced glasses. That is to
say, it's a search that in France
is going on more or less all the
time.
What's wrong with France?
The answer 'is simple:
TOO MANY POLITICIANS AND
TOO FEW STATESMEN.
Explosion Dead
Still unknown
LAKE CHARLES, La. (UP)
Disaster crews waited for the
flames to die down today before
boarding the explosion-wrecked
tanker S. S. Maritime Salem in a
search for bodies or survivors.
How many men on the ship and
docks were killed could not be de-
termlned at once. Three were
known dead, eight Injured, and Cal
casieu Parish Coroner Harry
Snatic said 24 to 25 men had not
been accounted for,
The tanker blew up Tuesday
night, setting off a holocaust that
destroyed, in addition to the ship.
two barges and two docks. Damage
was estimated tentatively at two
million dollars but it was expected
to go far beyond that.
f t The Maritime Salem, fully loaded
with 130,000 barrels of gasoline and
kerosene, was preparing to sail
lor ivcriciK. va.wnen tne first ex
plosion ripped her at 10 p.m. Tues
day. Burning fiercely, she broke in
two and sank with her keel in the
mud in 35 feet of water. Cities
Service Co. owned her and she op
erate out ol New York.
At 10 a.m. Wednesday, a second
explosion blew off a batch still
above water and sent a new sheet
of flame and smoke high Into the
air. It was this second fire that
kept rescue crews at a distance
and from boarding the ship.
Flames still spewed today out
oi two hatches above water. Snatic
said It was doubtful that anyone
trapped Delow decks escaped cre
mation. He said it had not been
determined if the initial explosion
resulted from negligence, sabotage,
or was accidental.
Men who escaped leaped Into the
Calcasieu River, which is the Lake
Charles harbor, and swam toward
the marshes with burning oil pur
suing them. ,
Vote Workers
Persons Interested in working
on election boards at the May
primary and feneral elections
next November are requested to
contact Mrs. Lester Of fie Id,
deputy county clerk.
Persons to qualify should have
business experience. The pay
rate Is 75 cents per hour. For
further Information phone 3461.
Mew Storm Rises
In Gulf Of
By UNITED PRESS
The Gulf of Mexico hatched a
snow storm which crippled 50,000
square miles of Texas and swept
all the way to the Oreat Lakes
today.
A near-zero freeze followed the
snow In Texas and heavy show
warnings were posted for parts of
five Midwestern states: More snow
hit Arkansas and Missouri.
The storm also brought soaking
rains to five bone-dry Southern
states, breaking a ' critical mid
winter drouth at least for the time
being.
Louisiana, Mississippi. Alabama,
Georgia, ' and Tennessee, hadn't
had any good rains for almost a
Abbott Jury
Case Today
OAKLAND 'UP) A grim-faced
Jury of seven men and five women
soon must decide whether Burton
W. Abbott, a slender accounting
student, Is guilty of kidnaping and
murdering a teen-age schoolgirl.
The Jury will probably get the
case this afternoon, the 48th day of
the trial. "
First, . however, Dist. . Atty. J.
Frank Coakley had to finish his
final arguments. He' was certain
to demand the death penalty.
Then Superior , Judge Charles
Wade Snook planned to take about
two hours to instruct the jury,
probably after the , noon recess.
Then the Jury will retire to dis
charge its duty,
SEX MOTIVE
Abbott, 27, is accused of kid
naping and murdering 14-year-old
Stephanie Bryan of Berkeley last
April 28. The prosecution claims
Abbott was a "sexual psychopath"
and a "fetishist."
Stephanie's purse and brassiere
were found in the basement of
Abbott's home July 15-16. Coakley
said he believed Abbott enjoyed
"fondling the purse and the bra'
from time to time.
The inadvertent discovery of the
purse by Abbott's wife, Georgia,
32; and the mother-of their 4-year-
old son. - Chris, resulted hi Ihe
gruesone discovery of Stephanie's
decomposed body July 20.
The body had been buried In a
shallow grave on a knoll near . a
mountain cabin owned by the Ab
bott family in Trinity County. The
girl had died from blows on the
head. Her panties had been knotted
around her throat.
DENIES ALL
The prosecution said It was im
possible to tell whether she had
been violated but said It was rea
sonable to assume she had.
In his final arguments, Coakley
said he considered it a "fetish"
that 8tephanie's body was "buried
on a hill, a knoll, under a pine
tree, where he could find it easily
and relive that awful experience
which gave him satisfaction."
But Abbott steadfastly and with
the utmost composure maintained
he Was Innocent of the crime. On
the night that his wife found
Stephanie's purse, he solved a
crossword puzzle and later played
chess despite the fact his house
swarmed with policemen and re
porters. He insisted that at the time
Stephanie was kidnaped, he was
far north of Berkeley, heading for
the mountain cabin in Trinity
County. The prosecution aimed
some of Its heaviest artillery at
his alibi timetable.
Yesterday, Abbott told his Jail
ors: "I'll be home soon. Boy, will It
be good to sleep in a soft bed
again!"
May Receive
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SOLEMN AND ANCIENT RITES were performed Wednesday night when the Rt. Rev. Timothy
P. Casey, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, was installed as a domestic prelate of the Catholic
Church under the direction of Pop Pius XII. The Most Rev. Francis P. Leipzig, Bishop of the
Diocese of Baker, officiated at tha colorful services. Forty-three Oregon and California priests'
and hundreds of Monsignor Casey's parishoneri attended. Pictured above (left) Monsignor
Casey and Bishop Leipiig. (Photo by Don Kattlar) .
Mexico
month. TVA generators at Doug
las, Term., were idled for the first
time in 12 years and grazing and
other winter crops in the area
were In dire need of water.
The storm was also a blessing Co
Texas, although forecasters said a
lot more' moisture would be needed
to' crack a disastrous marathon
drouth there.
TWO DEAD '
The heavy snows which hit yes
terday crippled a 50,000-square
mile area in upper Texas. Two
persons were killed, at least three
communities were isolated, and
scores of schools were closed.
At Paris, Tex., there was an
8-tr.ch snow and buse3 ran five
hours late. Six Inches of snow
were measured at Bonham. home
of House Speaker Sam Rayburn,
and it was so cold that an official
temperature reading couldn't be
taken because the weather observ
er's Instruments froz?.
Clear; cold weather followed the
storm in Texas, but forecasters
predicted snows of up tn 8 inches
or more 'for Southern Illinois and
Indiana and parts of Missouri,
Oklahoma, and Iowa.
The predictions were borne out
as Charles City. Iowa, measured
ft inches of snow; Maiden, Mo., 5;
and Fllppln, Ark., and Paducah,
Ky., 4.
MORE COMING
State Police in Southern Illinois
said highways were packed with
up to 4 inches of snow early today
and It was still coming down.
The U.S. Weather Bureau said
the widespread snows and rains
were springing from a storm cen
ter born in the northern Gulf of
Mexico. The deepening low center
should be over Ohio! or West Vir
ginia by tonight, It said.
West of the storm, temperatures
went below zero as far south "as
Lincoln. Neb., where.lt was an Icy
minus 7 degrees early today.
And on the East Coast, a strike
of fuel oil and coal truck drivers
in New York City reached the
crisis stage, i
There were high hopes that the
three-day-old strike would end to
day, but the city's Real Estate
Board warned of a "catastrophe In
me maKing ' u it aoesn t.
Temperatures were around freez
ing ana many Manhattan buildings
feared they would run out of fuel
today. . - ; - . , . m .
Hurnor Enters i
School Mamma
. Members of the board of school
district No. I reached no decision
Wednesday on a name for the
school to be built on the former
Mountain View housing site.
Chairman Tom O'Harra called a
special meeting at 4 p.m. yester
day at the high school to consider
proposed names for the new mil
lion dollar school. He said that the
board has received suggestions that
it be named for any one of 18 dif
ferent persons. Letters and peti
tions read from individuals and
groups indicate that there is con
siderable citywlde Interest in nam
ing the school. At least two organi
zations are solidly behind their own
choice.
Another dozen names suggested
ranged from Linkville to Pond
erosa. Members of the board
thought it advisable to explore
further the possibility of naming
the school for one of the basic in
dustries of the Klamath Basin.
With Irish wit, one member said
that the name "Hannchen" might
be euphonious, but, unfortunately,
future athletic teams from the
school might conceivably be known
as "The Brewers."
"That might attract still another
basic industry, however," he com
mented. ;.'
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1956
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THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN of Klamath County was named by the Klamath County
Junior Chamber of Commerce Wednesday at a joint dinner meeting of the Jayceet and tht
chamber of commerce. Robert H. "Bob" Beach, standing, left, was the winner of the distin
guished service award for 1955. Gail Osborne, right, 1954 winner presented the plaqut to
Beach. Seated at left is Mrs. Robert H. Larson, wife of Lt. Col. R. H. Larson, senior project
officer at the Klamath Falls Air Force base. Jim Stilwell, master of ceremonies at the dinner
is seated in the rear. (Story on Page Four.l ' '
Letter Takes Sarena
WASHINGTON I A House-
Senate subcommittee had in its
records Thursday a letter in which
a Denver attorney offered his serv
ices to an official of Al Sarena
Mines. Inc., In the company's ap
peal for a denial of 15 mining
patents in Southern Oregon.
The letter, ' one of a series in
serted in the record by Rep. Hoff
man (R-Michv as the hearing re
ceased Wednesday, was signed by
George F. Rock, whom tne letter
head identified as an attorney with
qifleca-ju Donvjr. .-,. ,. ,
"Hoffman saiSi it'ock 16 now Dem
ocratic national committeeman
from Colorado,
The subcommittee -Is Investigat
ing the Department of the Inter
ior's grant of the patents in 1954.
The patents had been rejected in
1951 on grounds of Insulliclent
minerals to warrant mining.
One of the .letters' offered by
Hoffman was addressed to H. P.
McDonald Jr.,, secretary of the
Sarena company, at Mobile, Ala.,
and dated Nov. 22. 1962.
It referred to "several confer
ences" having been held with offi
cials of the Interior Department
and "my associates in Washing
ton'1 concerning the Sarena pat
ents and concluded:
"My associates In Washington,
the law firm of Hudson, Grueke
and Llmpscomb will arrange for
hearing in Washington and are
willing to represent your firm at
the hearing. I will also be avail
able to assist, and have reason to
believe that we can obtain a fa
vorable decision.
SERVICE FEE
"The fee for this service will be
110.000 of which $2,000 is payable
in advance as a retainer fee and
to- cover expenses. The remainder
of $8,000 will be due and payable
onlv if a favorable finding is ob
tained. In other words, the last
$8,000 of the fee will be on a
strictly contingent basis."
An earlier letter referred to a
conference with Secretary of the
Interior Oscar Chapman at Den
ver concerning the Sarena appeal
and said Chapman "knew nothing
about it" but had asked Rock to
prepare a brief. -
Another letter was signed "Os
car" and addressed to "Dear
George." It said action on the
Sarena appeal was being held up
pending disposition of a court ac
tion which the company then had
pending in Alabama to overturn
the Datent denials
Sen. Neuberger (D-Ore) said he
didn't know whether ..there was
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DefensevAsks
Building Funds
WASHINGTON (UP) The De
fense Department today asked
Congress to authorize $2,012,283,000
for new military construction proj
ects this year at home and abroad.
The Air Force would get $1,137,
585,000 in the proposed 1956 mili
tary public works bill to continue
Improvement and expansion of its
global air base network.
The Navy would get $418,728,000
in the proposed 1956 military pub
lic works bill to continue improve
ment and expansion, of Its global
air base network.
The Navy would get $418,728,000
and the Army $305,670,000.
The hill would authorize sale of
150 million dollars worth of surplus
agricultural commodities, the pro
ceeds to finance construction in
foreign countries of housing lor
American military families.
The Pentagon said the bill in
cluded 3740 "urgently needed" new
family housing units costing a to
tal of $79,814.1)00. That housing was
separate from the commodities for
construction proposal for foreign
areas.
The program called for new work
at 292 installations in every state
except West Virginia, and In the
District of Columbia. Construction
also would be authorized in Alas
ka, Hawaii, the Caribbean area,
Newfoundland, Europe, Africa, Pa
cific islands and the Far East.
The continental United States
program would cost 1,'J55,ZB1.00U
and the overseas program $554,-
222.000. The remainder, $402 780,-
000, or almost 20 per cent of the
total, would be for secret projects
of the three services.
Escapitis
Hits Prison
MONROE, Wash. W It waf
two In and two out at the Wash
ington State Reformatory Thurs
day. Tuf Inmate whn e-icanrd Mnn-
dav night were recaptured Wednes
day night. And two more went
over the wall.
Supt. Paul Squier said the new
fugitives were Robert Pollard, 19.
Huntington, Ore., end Wesley L.
Fnveart. 19. of Lewlston. Idaho.
They usd a rope to go over the
north wall sometime after 8 p.m.,
Squier said.
Earlier in (he evening, Leon
Kerr. 20, of Tacomu. and Don Lee j
Fereuson, of Dunley. Idaho, who
escaped with Ihree others Monday!
nlnht. were caught as they walked j
into the nearbv town o( Snohomish, j
That left Buddie Rogers. 18. of
Tacoma, still at large. Charles i
Barrett, 24. of Ellensburg, andj
Ernest Knnpp. 17. of Lorwvlew, I
were recaptured Tuesday night.
Squier said Pollard was com
mitted April II. 1955. from Walla
Walla County, to serve a 15-year
maximum sentence for second de
gree burglary.
Enveart was committed from
Asotin County for second degree
burglary Oct. 28, 1954.
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Spotlight
"anything improper" In the let
ter but said "they sound bad to
me." He added, however, that
"the fact Is that while Chapman
was secretary, the patents were
not issued.'' ,
SERVICE ESTIMATE '
The committee also received a
Forest Service estimate that sal
able timber' on the controveralal
Al Sarena propertiea Increased in
value from $126,190 In 1950 . to
1231.176 -last year
The estimate was! made by Rich
ard E. McArdle," Forest service
chief, who supplied the twin estl
mates after Republican and Dem
ocratic members of the subcom
mittee were unable to agree as to
the date for which value should
be determined.
Rep. Jones (R-NC) ' asked tlv
1948 figure, he said, because that
was when the Sarena company
first filed for patent on its 23
Rogue River National F o r e a t
claims.
The Forest Service chief said his
valuation was based on the ap
praised worth of Douglas fir and
sugar phie standing on the 15 dis
puted claims. He said It was
common knowledge" that com
petitive bidding has brought tim
ber higher than appraised values
al sales of timber elsewhere in
Oregon.
McArdle said the Forest Service
decided to protest the Sarena ap
plication on 15 of the 23 claims
sought to be patented when as
says raised questions as to whether
there was sufficient minerals to
Justify mining.
The protest waa upheld by the
Bureau of Land Management's of
fice In Portland, Ore., and upon
appeal by the Sarena company
by BLM s assistant director.
He said the Forest Service was
not Informed that the Bureau of
Mines had been asked to take new
ore samples In connection with the
company's appeal to the secretary
of the Interior.
He said his first knowledge of
this was "whn we read the deci
sion" overruling the earlier denials
and granting the patents.
Asked If he felt this was an
"unusual procedure," McArdle re
plied: "Well, it was different than we
had experienced before, yes, sir."
One Million Asked
For Local Base
Two Items totaling $1,185,000 for
projects In the Klamath Falls area
were included tn President Elsen
hower's budget submitted to Con
gress last Monday, Rep. Sam Coon
reported today.
The largest Item, for $1,130,000,
was included In the Air Force re
quest to support construction of the
Klamath Falls Interceptor base.
The other request, for $55,000, Is
intended for the Bureau of Recla
mation for additional pump instal
lations, elimination of leakage and
seepage in canals and for techni
cal and economic studies In the
Klamath Reclamation Project.
Polio Dance
Tickets are now on sale over
Klamath County by the Teens
Against Pnllo for the Polio Dance
Katurday in the Klamath Falls
Armory, announced Wally
Wunder, teens' chairman; The
dance is for adults and teen
agers with music by the Star
lighter. All proceed! will go to
the March of Dime drive. A
dance queen will be aelected
from the county hlrh school sell
ing the most tickets per capita.
She will be crowned at the
dance.
President Still Mum
On Election Decision
WASHINGTON in President
Eisenhower said Thursday he has
no objection to entry of his name
in the New Hampshire or presiden
tial primaries In other states. But
said he still has not made up his
mind whether to run for a second
term. -
Elsenhower told a Jammed news
conference his first in Washing
ton since his Sept, 34 heart, at
tack that he will announce his
Chief Backs
Up Dulles'
Statements
WASHINGTON (l President
Elsenhower Thursday voiced com
plete faith In Secretary of State
Dulles but declined to get Into the
controversy over Dulles' "brink of
war" interview.
The President called Dulles the
best secretary of state he has ever
known. He said he knows Dulles
la devoted to peace -and has worked
a lifetime with great professional
skill to achieve it.
Eisenhower told a news confer
ence he haa not read the Life
magazine article In which Dulles
was quoted as saying administra
tion policy haa prevented war in
Asia three times and that "the
ability to get to the verge without
getting into the war Is the neces
sary art."
FIRM STAND
Eisenhower said hla own view Is
that, in waging peace, the country
has got to stand firmly on essen
tial matters. And if that brings on
the . danger of a conflict because
of aggressive actions by others,
he said, you can regard that as a
brink.
Nonetheless, Elsenhower said,
when lt cornea to war he would go
before Congress and say what he
thought.
The Dulles question came up at
the news conference when a news
man aaked It any decision had
been reached to use the atomic
bomb In any of three Instances in
which the Life article quoted Dul
les as saying the United States
waa on the brink of war in Korea
Indochina and Formosa.. ', -
Elsenhower replied ha had not
read the article and he Was not
going to discuss a privately writ
ten article lest he give it the
status of some sort of official rec
ord.
Moreover, the President said he
was not going to discuss anywhere
any present, past or possible fu
ture decisions before the National
Security Council.
ARTICLE QUOTED
The article quoted Dulles as say
ing he was confident Eisenhower
would fight for the islands of Que
moy and Matsu off the Chinese
coast, held by the Nationalists.
It also quoted him as saying
there had been a decision to use
tactical atomio bombs" in Man
churia If the Communists renewed
fighting in Korea.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Occasional rain and anow
Thursday night. Scattered snow
flurries Friday morning, with rain
and snow In afternoon. Highs Fri
day 33-38 low Thursday night 27-32.
High yesterday 40
Low last night 21
Prerlp. last 24 hours 0.10
Prrclp. since Oct. 1 14.01
Same period last year 3.50
Normal for period 5.96
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CONNIE SACKETT and Rote Ann Lehigh led a line of waiting
third graders this morning at the 9 o'clock photographer came
by. The group, ell of Mills School, wet waiting fqr the school
bus.
decision "as soon as It la firmly
fixed in my own mind."
He added:
"I shall strive to see that lt la
based aa to my best Judgment
on the good of our country,"- ,
Anticipating a barrage of politi
cal duestions at this first Wash
ington meeting with newsmen since
last Aug. 4, Elsenhower came to
Thursday's conference with a pre
pared statement dealing wim his
political future.
OFFICIAL REPLY
It was In the form of an official
reply to formal notice that his
name has been entered in the
March 13 New Hampshire presl-
dential primary, the natlon'a flirt.
It was a whopping victory In
New Hampshire which gave Elsen
hower his first big boost toward
the Republican presidential nom
ination four yeara ago.
In addition to the New Hamp
shire primary, his name already
has been entered this year In the
one to be held in Illinois April 10.
Petitions by New Hampshire
clflaens 'entered , Elsenhower's
name in that state.
In his reply to formal notice of
the action, the President said he
was grateful for their confidence
and added: "I do not feel I should
interpose any objection to such
entry." , .
His statement dealt only with
New, Hampshire,
But later in the conference, Eis
enhower said In reply to a ques
tion that he would take the same
standthat is, he would have no
objection to entry of his name- In
any of the slate presidential prim
aries.
LARGE CROWD
The second largest crowd et
newsmen ever to attend an Elsen
hower news conference turned out
Thursday. There were 290 present.
This was tour fewer than turned
out for hla first news conference
on 'Feb. 17, 1953.
Newsmen , had a great backlog
of questions for the President and
they ranged over many subjects,
Including:
Dulles Eisenhower said firmly
that he has complete faith In his
secretary of state but added that
he haa not read a controversial
article In Life Magazine quoting
the secretary as saying the coun
try has been three times to the
'brink ol war."
.: NATIONAL DBFEMSB -Commenting
on a Saturday Evening;
Post article by Oen. Matthew B,
Rldgway, the President said firmly
in effect that he never has based
any military decision on political
consideration. -
Ridgway had written that when'
he was Army chief of staff in the
early day of the Elsenhower ad
ministration the Defense Depart
ment sought to pressure him to fit
his"iews to a "preconceived politico-military
party line."
WORLD PEACE Elsenhower
said that as compared with three ,
yeara ago the prospects for world
peace are better and brighter. But
he added quickly that he was not
going to stand there ana say were
la any cause for complacency.
FARM Asked about feasibility
of bringing hogs under the price
support program cisennower
called that too serious a question
for a quick answer. He said, how
ever, that he Is in favor of moving
cautiously on the whole matter of
bringing' perishable items under
the price support program.
WATER RESOURCES i- A re
porter asked the President whether
he plana' any steps to put Into ef
fect recommendatlona in a report
to him by a Cabinet study com
mittee on water resources. Elsen
hower noted that he sent the report
to Congress earlier this week, and
added he also has aides at work
analyzing the document.
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