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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1956)
U OF ORZOOH LIB3AKY EUQSNE, OfiE. coap fo)A WRfo)ffilN MiW IXW FWR By FR4.NK JENKINS ' The weather In the Bay Area : thia week has left quite a little : 10 te desired. Among its other an tics, it has broken the ancient 21- : days-in-a-row rain record, estab lished during the last wet cycle. which has hitherto been the mark for comparison. But, as a topic for conversation, the weather has had to take a back seat for the Abbott case In the long, dark days when the jury has been deliberating The papers have been devoting about half their front sections to it every day. and It has Drovided small talk for every gathering of every nina. The Jury finally came 'in last nigut. ana today the town Is buzz ing with comment. In general, the verdict Is accepted as about the only one possible under the cir- - cumslances. All I can say Is that I'm glad I wasn't a member of the jury. Condemning a human being to death Is serious business. Some how it seems more serious when there is no direct evidence. Circumstantial evidence, of course, can be damning. And It is a notorious fact that human beings can be VERY Inexact In their observation. All newspaper reporters are occupational aware of the fact that when a dozen peo ple see something happen there are likely to be at least a dozen versions of what happened. Still, If one is sitting on a Jury and faces the terrible responsibility of sending a human being to the gallows or the electric chair or the gas chamber It is comforting indeed to have someone step up into the witness box and testify that he saw the deed and recog nises the defendant as the one who rilri it. That helps at night when the poor aevn 01 a juryman needs to get some sleep. One of the ruggedest Jobs in this -Abbott case was held by a slight quiet, scholarly-looking gentleman named Tnomas. He was the al ternate, the 13th Juror. I hope he isn't superstitious, because in the course of the long trial there was a 13th Friday. In addition, he is trie father of a 13-year-old son. I hope -no black cats ran across his path when he was out taking his exercise and I trust that he walked undej no ladders. It's bad ensngn to De a I3tn juror, serving In a month with a 13th day that. falls on a Friday in a year when nis son was aged 13. Punishment of a capital crime is serious business luppose death I is the proper penalty for brutal I crimes, such as the murder of this little girl. "There is certainly no piace in a decent world tor people who are so put together as to be capable of doing such things. But condemning a human being to die is a hard Job to have to tackle as a civic duty. Getting back to this 13th, or al ternat. Juror, it is a system de vised to save money for the tax payers. This trial was at least one of the longest in California history. It ran for 54 calendar days, or 47 trial days. What with hotel bills for the Jurors they were kept incommunicado at one of the Bay's best hotels its cost ran into a lot of sales tax pen nies. The alternate sat with the Jury throughout the trial. He listened to all the testimony, just as the other Jurors did. But when all the evidence was in and the case was closed and the regular jurors retired to deliberate, the alternate was ISOLATED. That Is 'to say, he was shut up in a room all by his lonesome, with a special bailiff as his guide, protector and (let's say) KEEPER. The idea was that if any regular Juror fell sick or was otherwise incapacitated, the alternate would plnch-hlt for him. Otherwise ' if some juror had become ill, or his mind had broken under the strain, or something else untoward had happened the whole show would have had to be put on again at great cost to the taxpayers of Alameda county. It sounds like a good system, and I'm all for devices that save I the taxpayer money although. considering the way the citizen- j ship of the whole Bay Area went for the story, I think the taxpay ers got their money's worth out of it. . Coakley Plans Perjury Raps OAKLAND (UP) District At torney J. Frank Coakley of Ala meda County says he's considering possible perjury charges against two witnesses that testified on be-' half of convicted kidnap-slayer ; Burton W. Abbott. j tie loenuneo tnem as ADoott s uncle, Sgt. Cyril W. Smith of the Stockton Police Department, and retired sea captain and mystery writer Walter R. Bechel. The district attorney said he and his associates were studying the testimony the two men gave during Abbott's trial and would decide In a "day or two" whether perjury charges will be filed. Meanwhile Abbott, convicted of the kldnap-murder of 14-year-old Stephanie Bryan, met with his family in the Alameda - County Jail. It was the first family gather ing since a Superior Court Jury found him guilty Wednesday and condemned him to death In the gas chamber. Abbott will appear before Judge Charles Wade Snook for formal sentencing at 10 a.m. Friday. Price Ten Centa Is Faces . - KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. SUNDAY, JANUARY , 1856 '. Telephone till No. 3386 Mothers1 March 'Torchlight Night" will be staffed by the mothers' of Klam ath Falls Tuesday night between 7 and 8 p.m. as a part of the March of Dimes, said Mrs. Lela Woods, chairman of the event, Saturday. This Is a nationwide event of the polio drive Mrs. Woods said and all householders of Klam ath Falls who wish to contribute to the March of Dimes are asked to put their porch lights on be tween those hours, A mother of the city will call on the houses and collect the contributions fo the antl-pollo fund. Senator Sees 'Kindly' Note WASHINGTON t Sen. George (D-Ga), chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said Satur day the Bulganin-Eisenhower (let ters "both breathe a kindly spirit of conciliation." , Sen. Bridges (R-NH), however, described Soviet Premier Bulgan in's letter proposing a friendship treaty between this country and Russia as "cheap politics blown up to an international scale." George and Bridges Joined a number of other Congress mem bers of both parties in applaud ing President Eisenhower's reply rejecting the Soviet leader's pro posal. George described Eisenhower's letter as "a most . excellent ex ample of moderation and sincer ity." Bridges said it is a. docu ment , of great historical signifi cance, pnrasea - wun consumace skill, and "should give immediate new nope, courage and determin ation to the free and enslaved world alike." ' Morse Levels Danger Charge WASHINGTON m Sen. Morse (D-Ore) said Saturday night the Eisenhower administration is fos tering a "dangerous" resurgence of anti-federalism that threatens the civil and economic rights of millions of Americans. Tills, Morse said, must be checked if the general welfare goal of the Constitution is to be ful filled. "We must expose in the 1956 campaign the sorry record of this anti-federalist administration." he said. "The shocking record of, the past three years of political ex pediency and. downright political hypocrisy of the Eisenhower ad ministration must be disclosed at every crossroads in America." Morse attacked the administra tion in a speech prepared for a Roosevelt Day dinner sponsored by Americans for Democratic Ac tion. '- : llw', ill ' - V r -j m (A I . -V m w Hy BOB EGGE, left, manager of the Sears, Roebuck store, and Jim Parker, electrical department manager, talked over plans for the days business yesterday morning es the 9 o'clock photog rapher ceme by. ' ' Red German Army Joins Soviet Bloc PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia HI Soviet Russia and her East Euro pean satellites formally took East Germany's new Communist army into their Warsaw Pact Military Alliance Saturday night. Formed two years ago to coun terbalance NATO, the Alliance thus was expanded to unify the military forces of countries with 300 million population and bring them under Moscow's direction. The representatives of Russia and the others making up the Al liance's political advisory commit tee also signed a foreign .policy declaration renewing their propos al for a collective European secur ity system, which the West has regarded with disfavor in the tast. It declared "the danger of a new war is being Increased by the arm amenta race." ALLIANCES Under the European security proposal, military alliances of both East and West would be abolished. The declaration proclaimed that in the preliminary stage only a por tion of the European states would be Included, but the Soviet Union. Britain, France and the United States would have membership. The declaration also urged crea tion of a zone in Europe in which the strength of rival armed forces would be agreed upon. This was a proposal of Soviet Foreign Min ister V. M. Molotov at the Foreign Ministers Conference In Geneva last fall. V Soviet Marshal Ivan S. Konev was confirmed as commander . In chief of the unified forces and a communique indicated each of the nations had a deputy to serve un der him. It named East Germany's defense minister, Willi Stoph, as "one of the deputy commanders." CHINA'S BLESSING Red China gave its, blessing to the antl NATO organization through the presence of its official observer delegation. The avowed purpose of admit ting East Germany to full mem bership was stated in a speech by Soviet Foreign Minister. V. M. Molotov, who called uponithe East ern bloc to combat what he called the "aggressive" policy of NATO. "One cannot regard the danger of a new war as having receded" although, he said, it was shown at the Big Four conference in Geneva last year that achievement of an East-West understanding was a "realistic task." SHIP AGROUND ' TOKYO (jfi A light cargo ship operated by the U.S. Military Sea Transportation Service ran aground in soft mud in Ominato Harbor Saturday but freed Itself six hours later, the Navy reported. The vessel, the T-AKL24, was not damaged. HEREFOnDS THIS MARCH OF DIMES STEER was donated to the polio fund .drive by Ben and Mable Henzel of the Lost River Ranch. The steer wilt be auctioned at the Klamath Stockmen's Commis sion Co. yards on the Midland Road Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. with all the proceeds going to the March of Dimes. The person buying the steer may have it cut up and wrapped free of charge by Carl Woods of Carl's Superior Meats in Griggs Grocery. The stockmen's commission will donate a lamb to be auctianed end Del Stepp will offer a hog as will Tulana Farms. Tom Grigtby's Smokehouse end Trulove's Merketwill, each ' give a side of bacon-to be auctioned for the polio fund. , ' Smith Judge Gives Warning SAN JOSE, Calif. (UP) The Judge hearing the legal battle over custody of three-year-old Susan Smith has warned both sides that the case must be finished Tues day or he will have to nostnone it. ' Judge M. G. Del Mutolo explain ed the action was necessary due to other business on the court calendar. Late yesterday the little girl's mother, Mrs. MarJorie Smith, 34, of Portland, Ore., began her case against charges that she is not a fit mother for the child. The charges were brought by the child's aunt, Mrs. Ellen High tower, 38, of Los Gatos, Calif., who testified earlier in the day. Mrs. Hightower told the court how she went to Portland last April after her brother, Kermlt Smith, was murdered in an auto bombing. She said she took Susan home when Mis. Smith was ar rested for complicity In her hus band's death. Mrs. Smith was acquitted of the charges and obtained a court or der for the return of her child, but Mrs. Hightower refused to give up the girl on grounds Mrs. Smith was an unfit mother. On the stand yesterday Mrs. Smith, nearly in tears, denied that she had anything to do with the death of her husband or that she had ever been intimate with Laurence Wolf, the man convicted of the slaying. Alpine Slide Kills Skiers ST. ANTON, Austria I A woman skier from Pennsylvania and three Britons and two Ger mans were killed Saturday by a roaring avalanche in this Alpine winter resort. Police identified the alx victims as: Janet Lester-Neville, born May 29, 1929, student, West Chester, Pa. Mr. K. Fleming, 44, Bradford, England. Juliana Boer, 31, an official of a London tourist agency. Dr. Peter Shaw, 31, Blairgowrie, Scotland. Dieter Mannesmann, Weslhafen. West Germany. Josef von Schllchfer, Bavaria. It was the worst tragedy of Aus tria's winter holiday season. The avalanche struck a group of nine skiers, led by an Austrian in structor, while practicing near the Ulmer mountain hut at 6,000 feel altitude. Rescuers managed to dig out three persona alive. The accident brought to 38 the death toll from Austrian avalanch es this winter. v X . Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls' and vicinity.- partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with a few anow flurries both days. Continued Cold. High Sunday 34. low Sunday night 10. lli?h Monday 32. High Saturday Low at midnight Saturday .... 9 1956 Fishing Rules Okayed PORTLAND I The Oregon Game Commission Saturday ap proved most of the 1956 sports fishing regulations It adopted after public hearings two weeks ago. They Include a general trout sea son of April 28-Oct. 31. The high Cascade lake season, Including Diamond Lake, will be May 26 through Oct. 7. but as usual. Odell, Crescent, Buttle and Fish lakes and Wickiup Reservoir will open ear lier.. The salmon angling deadline on the Umpqua River was moved from Beckley Bridge up to Smith Ferry Bridge. This will open some six miles of additional salmon fish ing waters. The commission moved the dead line at Paulina Lake out an addi tional 100 yards. The deadline on the Middle Fork of the Willamette was moved uoriver from Fall River to one-half mile below Dex ter Dam. Jn the Deschutes River stcelhead angling will be allowed up to the mouth of the Crooked River. But the winter closure from Feb. 1 to April 27 below life Crooked will stny in effect. The commission held to its deci sion to close the steelhead season Feb. 29. despite an appeal by sportsmen to extend it two weeks. It also rejected a proposal to keep the Wilson River above Lee's Bridge open to summer trout angling. The regulations will become ef fective Feb. 11. Crater Lake Free Of New Snowfall No new snow fell at Crater Lake National Park In the 24-hour pe riod ending at 8 a.m. Saturday. Snow depth was 127 Inches. Maximum Friday temperature was 30 degrees; minimum Friday night, 2, and the official thermom eter stood at 4 degrees at 8 a.m. Saturday. Weather was clear and cold and roads were expected to be In good condition over the weekend. Skiing prospects for the weekend are good and the warming hut will be open, weather permitting. AGREEMENT SIGNF.D BELGRADE. Yugoslavia 11 Yugoslavia and Russia signed an agreement Saturday cn use of nu clear energy for peaceful pur poses. Russia will deliver to Yu goslavia an atomic reactor and supply the raw material, a com munique said. 'Friendship' Pact Vetoed By US Chief By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON I President Elsenhower rejected Russia's pro posed "friendship" treaty Satur day. He told Premier Nikolai Bui ganln that a "change of spirit" and not a mere "stroke of the pen" Is needed to promote world peace. Bulganin had written Elsenhower that present world tensions are "fraught with the possibility of breaking the peace," and plunging nations Into atomic war. It would be "an act of great in ternational significance" for peace, he said, If the United States and Russia would sign a treaty pledg ing (1) to settle disputes peace fully In conformity with the United Nations charter, (2) non-interference In each other's affairs and (3) to strengthen economic, cultur al and scientific cooperation. FIRMLY Courteously but firmly, Elsen hower replied that "It la deeds and not words alone which count." Such a pact as Bulganin proposed, he . said, "might indeed ' work against the cause of peace" by creating the Illusion that all Is well. Elsenhower challenged Bulganin In a personal letter to Join in "prompt measures" to unify Ger many, end the threat of atomic war, free Russia's satellite states and abolish the Iron Curtain. The chief executive blamed So viet behavior tor the state of ten sion existing in tha world but aaid the means el Improvement' he had suggested are results to which the United States is "dedicated and toward which we are prepared at any moment to move In a spirit of conciliation." He invited Bulganin to write him again stating his re actions. IKE'S LETTER The White House made public the President's letter of about 1.800 words along with a 2,000-word let ter which Bulganin had aent to the President Inst Wednesday amid great fanfare. United States offi cials said they were convinced that Soviet "peace propaganda" was one of the motives in sending the Bulganin letter. Also made public was the text of the 20-year treaty of "friendship and cooperation" which Bulganin proposed. Bulganin said he thought his bid for a pact would be "favorably received by you and will evoke a positive response from the Soviet and American peoples, as well as from those of other countries." Bl'LGANIN'S BID That line was regarded by Amer ican officials as an outright bid by Bulganin for popular acceptance of the Idea, in effect an admission that he waa making a propaganda move. The President's letter was draft ed Friday night in a conference with Secretary of State Dulles at the White House. It was Immedi ately cabled to Ambassador Charles Bohlen in Moscow. Bohlen delivered it to Acting Foreign Min ister Andrei Oromyko. Storm Blamed For 4 Deaths PORTLAND til Some relief from the snow and ice that gripped northwestern Oregon for some three days appeared in the offing Saturday night. Rising temperatures during the day began melting nearly a too of snow that had fallen Thurwla? night. Some snow was forecast for Sunday, but the warming trenr; was expected to Increase. The cold storm claimed fou lives In Western Oregon. The lat est victim was Frank Gallucci, 62, who suffered a fatal heart attack while shoveling snow in front of his Portland home. Earlier victims were John Strand, Portland, who also died from a heart attack while trying to free his snowbound car; Cathy Johnson, 5. McMitinvllle, and Mrs. Vernon Ward, 32, Roseburg. who were killed in traffic accidents. Before the temperature rise be gan Oregon went through another cold Saturday morning. Burns re corded a minimum of 8 below zero and Baker 4. Elsewhere in the state low temperatures were near or below freezing. Icy roads caused many acci dents. Mm. Katherlne Schaboklicky, 52, Springfield, was critically' injured when hit by a car in the start of what eventually turned out to be a seven-car smashup on the Port-land-Salem Expressway near Wil sonvllle. ; Five persons were hospitalized In Portland after a five-car plleup on the Ross Island Bridge. SALEM un Republican Gov, Paul Patterson of . Oregon an nounced Saturday he would run for the U, S. Senate Beat held by Democrat Wayne Morse. Patterson, who Inherited the gov ernorship Deo. 17, 1952, when ex Oov. . Douglas McKay waa ap pointed secretary of the Interior, is a staunch aupporter of President Eisenhower. Morae also will, seek re-election. He waa elected in 1044 and 1950 as a Republican, but became a Demo crat after the election of President Eisenhower. Patterson's statement said: "I will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for United States senator, ISSUES "The issues In this campaign are ciear. mare are fundamental all- GOV. PAUL PATTERSON ferencea between my political phil osophy and that of Sen. Wayne Morse. : "A United States senator must be responsible to all of the people oi nia state, regardless of their political affiliations or their eco nomic interests. . "He must never abandon that responsibility to further his per sonal political theories. Oregon must be represented in the United States Senate by one whose actiona faithfully and consistently .reflect the beliefs of the matorltv of her cltlsens. I will direct my energies to' that end. ; " " '. duties' , v "The people of Oregon have elected me governor. This is my Job. My duties are demanding and time consuming. I shall use the time and energy remaining to take directly to the people my beliefs, my stand on issues, and my record oi aervico HJ uregon. " In the May 18 Repul jean pri mary, Patterson will oppose State Hep. Elmer Deetz. canby dairy- Wilcox To Quit Agency Job Earle R. .Wilcox announced to day his resignation as forest man ager of the Klamath Indian Agen cy, effective January 27. He has accepted a position' as forestry consultant with the man agement specialists, T. B. Watters, E. O. Favell and W. L. Phillips, who are directing the termination of federal Jurisdiction of the Klam ath Indian Reservation under Pub lic Law 587. aV'fo.'V -V'Vi'At rif. "'' ' ?T t 'M r-" GL4 'I EARLE R. WILCOX Wilcox is a graduate of the Uni versity of Washington College of Forestry, class of 1938, and holds a bachelor of science in forestry degree. He Joined the Indian Service in 1940 at the Crow Agency In Mon tana and has been with the serv ice since that time except for four years' Army duty during World War II and 15 months during the Korean conflict. He came to Klam ath Agency In October, 1952. In his new capacity, one of his principal responsibilities will be checking and supervising the ap praisal of tribal properties which will be accomplished under provi sions of Public Law 687. Approxi mately 90 cer cent of the tribal property Is timber land and com prises approximately 745,000 acres of timber land. Mr. and Mra. Wilcox and their two children are moving to Klam ath Falls to make their home. His office headquarter! are at 139 South Seventh Street. man who launched the successful effort to repeal the 21-year-old state law which allowed the state to fix milk prices and set produc tion quotas for dairy, producers, This law was defeated by the peo ple In 1954. Patterson, however, Is an over whelming favorite to beat Oeetx. PRESSURED Patterson has been pressured by many Republican leaders to run against Morse. Some of these lead era regard him as the only hope the GOP has of defeating Morse. So tar, Morse has no opposition In tha Democratic primary. Patterson and Morse, despite be ing bitter political foes, have sev eral things In common. Each is 65 years old. They are lawyers and members of the Congregational Church, and each has a wife and three children. Each has a keen SENATOR WAYNR MORSE mind, and they ere skilled debat ers. - After betatr graduated from the University of Oregon law school in 1928, Patterson settled in the rural town of Hillsboro to practice law. He served four sessions In the State Senate from 1945 to 1951, In the latter year, . he waa Senate president, placing him first In line of succession to tne governorsnip. INHERITED After Inheriting the-office from McKay, Patterson served two years before seeking election to' a four-year term, yhlej-waa-thavllrst ' time be ever ran for statewide of fice. ; In the 1964 primary, he easily won the nomination, beating Sec retary of 8tate Earl T. Newbry 148.211 to 51.991. . In the general election, Patter son scored another easy win, beat ing Joseph K. carson jr.. Demo cratic former mayor of Portland, 322,522 to 144,179. In that election, Oregon, for the first time in 40 years, elected a Democrat to the U. S. Senate Richard L, Neubar- ger. Patterson Is a member of the Committee of Governors which helped President Eisenhower draft the administration's highway-aid program. He also attended the re cent White House Conference on Education, coming back convinced that federal money is needed for school building construction, GOOD SUCCESS He has had good success with the Republican-controlled Legisla ture. The 1955 Legislature passed his proposals for higher state In come taxes, bigger unemployment benefits, and creation of a water resources board to referee disputes over uses of water. The governor is a strong cam paigner, and loves it. All during his term, he has made many trips over the stste, making one or more 'peeches almost dally. His announcement probably re- moves two other Republicans from he race. They are Lamar Tooze, Portland lawyer, and State Sen, lohn C. F. Merrlflcld, Portland in suronce company president. Toozn and Merilfleld said they wouldn't run if Patterson does. -, MORSE VOTE Morse first was elected by I 95,000-vote margin in 1944. In 1950, ne was reelected by 260,000 votes. The big issue of the campaign vill be the Etsenhower-McKay pol icy of building power dams in partnership between government agencies and power oompanies. Patterson favors this policy, but Morse bitterly opposes It. If Patterson is elected to the Senate, Stale Senate President Elmo Smith. John Day weekly newspaper publisher, would suc ceed him, serving the remaining two years of the term. The deadline for filing candi dacies is March 9. No Skating At Moore Park Due to snow removal difficulties, there will be no skating today at Moore Park, city Recreation Direc tor Bob Bonncy reported yesterday afternoon. He added that wet conditions still exist, but the current cold will im prove . skating prospects for the near future. An announcement will be made when skating is resumed, he said. Ho also said the ski tow will not operate, but that there will be sledding. . , . ' HAIRDRESSERS SACRAMENTO, Calif. Ifl DO Calllornions get in peoples' hair? Could be. California has more li censed hairdressers il,077 than , anv other state. , Reporting this, the State Board of Cosmetology said New York waa second with 48,100,
