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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1956)
u c?. cr.;ao:i Licn.'' ews&. ens. 1 A Slides Cut Highways In Southwest State mmmmm m -SI W f THE INTERNATIONAL Young Men's Christian Association World Services youth program was discussed at the local YMCA in a Series of conferences Monday. Participating were, left to right, seated, Wayne A. McDonald, youth secretary International Committee of YMCA, Emery' Nelson, associate executive of the International YMCA Committee, both of New York City and Bill Cornell, program secretary of the Klamath Falls YMCA. Standing same order, Larry Worden, president, McKy Hi-Y and Gracie Lou Henry,' president Talamath Junior Tri-Hi-Y, both of this city. In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS More on getting Into Mexico by automobile: The first step is getting through the border. If you allow about an hour and a half for the formalities, you won't be far off. Because of extreme tightness of accommoda tions, it's wise to start in the morning especially If you are en tering at Nogales. It's better to get in early than to get in late. This goes double if you do not have confirmed reser vations. Vou will probably be told by cynics to have a fistful of dollar bills and shed them liberally. I wouldn't say that a. dollar bill or maybe a four-bit piece placed discreetly wouldn't speed your pas sage through the border machin ery, but it isn't a necessity. When you get your papers, keep them handy for a half hour or so. Yhcre will be about three required stops shortly after you leave the border station quite similar to the California bug stations. At each stop, you hand over your papers as you must do after crossing a frontier almost any where in the world except in free and easy U.S.A. and Canada. They will be glanced at quickly and returned to you usually with a word of courtesy and often with a wave of the hand and a friend ly grin and a familiar idiomatic American "OK." As to Spanish. A smattering of It will help in reading traffic signs. In Nogales, for example, there are several "no left hand turn" signs shortly after leaving the border station. It would be embarrassing to get stopped for a traffic viola tion right at the beginning of your trip. There will be narrow bridges. In such cases. It Is useful to know what "putnte angosto" means. And so on. - You'll be wise II you work yourself out a formula for reduc ing kilometers to miles for dis tances and speed limits are reck oned in kilometers in Mexico. Oth erwise you'll be apt to drive too last as a result of mistaking kll ometers for miles. Mexico's West Coast highway is In general straight and fast and smooth, and the temptation to step on it is a natural one. A good rule of thumb is to men tally multiply the number of kilo meters by .6. A kilometer, that is to say, is .62 of a mile. On the long, straight stretches, a speed limit (Maxima Velocidad) of 100 kilometers is permitted. Six-tenths of 100 kilometers Is 60 miles. So If you hold the needle on 60 miles, you'll be right on the button. On the longer straight stretches, 100 kilometers is the more or less average speed limit. But there are many areas of seemingly good, straight road where the limit Is 80 kilometers. Eighty kilometers -multiplied oy ,o gives you a speed ometer reading of 48 m.p.h. In the villages and on winding roads, the limit Is apt to drop as low as 10 kilometers (12 m.p.h.) In general, however, one can Tely on covering about the same amount of ground as on the reason ably open, fairly straight highways of Southern Oregon and Northern California. This Is useful in calcu lating arrival time. Towns and vil lages are relatively few and far between, so that one can maintain a good average rate of speed. In general, however, you will need no Spanish unless you get lost outside the larger towns and need to inquire your way. Almost everywhere, except In the smaller and more remote villages, you'll find someone who speaks English In varying degrees of fluency especially in the lodging and eat ing spots. In these places, you will have no trouble at all. i $800,000 Sewer System Bonds Slated For Ballot An $800,000 sewerage system im provement bond issue will be placed on the May 18 primary election ballot for a decision by the voters of Klamath Falls fol lowing action by the city council Monday night. The council approved placing the bond issue on the primary bal lot after discussion of a report on the sewerage needs of the city submitted by John W. Cunningham and Associates, Portland consult ing engineering firm. The Cunningham report stated that the wet winter this year has emphasized the need for enlarge ment and improvement in the city's sewerage system, which has been considered Inadequate and obsolescent by the state sanitary authority for some time. New building- has been halted In cer tain sections of the city because of Jack of adequate sewerage lines. The bond issue would finance two main -trunk lines and the building of a new sewerage treat ment plant. Landry Hies Vif h Newbry Mayor Paul Landry, who Is seek ing the Republican nomination for state representative. Monday for warded his declaration of candi dncy to Secretary of State Earl Newbry. The mayor decided to enter the t a c e alter House Speaker Ed Geary announced he would try for the senatorial post now held by Democrat Harry Boivin. Senator Boivin, who Is vacation ing id Southern California, an nounced his intention to run again before leaving Klamath Falls. Josephine Kittredge. wile of a prominent Basin cattleman, also has entered the campaign for state representative on the Republican ticket. . Landry Is making a bid for the state post after thee years as may or. He Ms now serving the final 'year of his term. The mayor also is a former city councilman. Democrat Henry Semon, the oth er state representative from Klam ath County, has not announced whether he will run again. Twining Says Missiles Lead WASHINGTON m Gen. Nathan F. Twining testified Tuesday the United States Air Force sUll Is ahead of Soviet Russia in top qual ity combat air power, defenses and guided missiles. But he told a closed-door session of the Senate Armed Services Com mittee "the Communists can build strength faster than we originally predicted." The Air Force chief of staff said Soviet leaders are putting extra ef forts into research and develop ment. "This greater effort could also result in the Soviets obtaining bet ter missiles sooner than we," he added. "They have stated they expect to have ocean-spanning -weapons In the near future." Twining said. "Judging from their progress In aircraft, they could make good this combination of promlsea and boasts." Twining and Secretary of Air Force Queries we-e called for com mittee questioning against a back ground of protests from a number nf senators that this country's air supremacy is being challenged. TVtning's estimate of Russian and U. 8. capabilities was handed to newsmen outside the committee room, apparently after military secrets had been deleted. The Air Force leader said Sovi i One trunk line would run from a point between Fainter and Del Moro streets, down Kit Carson Way to Esplanade and then paralleling the Southern Pacific tracks to near the present small treatment plant at the Junction of Owens and Shas ta Way. This line would be of suf ficient size to service all of Klam ath Falls east of the railroad tracks. It would relieve the strain on the line running down Esplan 'ade to Main and thence to the Link River pumping station and would give Increased service-to all of Mills Addition. Cunningham esti mates the cost of this line at 8117, 000. The trunk would connect with a line running from the south city limits along the Southern Pacific lines to the site of the proposed new treatment plant on the east side of Klamath River. The cost of this line is estimated at $110,000. NEW PLANT The engineering firm's plan calls for the location of the new treat ment plant beside the railroad tracks near where Hilyard Avenue would cross the tracks If extended. It estimates the cost of the plant at (460,000. The present treat ment plant on the west side of the river has been inadequate for many years. Although this site is on marshy land (presently under water), Cun ningham feels that the plant should be located here with a view to someday serving the south subur ban area. The engineers say that lines could be laid and the plant built despite the wetness of the land. However, they state that if further tests show that the site is not feasible, the plant could be moved farther down the railroad line to higher ground. From the present treatment plant site on the west side of the river a siphon or force-feed line would run under the river to the pro posed new plant. Thus, the pres ent plant would be converted to a pumping station to move tne sew erage from the west side of town to the new plant. The cost of this line is estimated at $59,000. ENGINEERING SURVEY The engineering survey states that the proposed new plant would adequately serve 30,000 persons. The population estimate Inside the city limits on January 1 was about 16,000. It is felt that the plans for (Continued on page 4) American Russian et Russia now has many more combat aircraft than the United States Air Force, but he credited this country with being ahead in quality and striking power. He conceded that the Commu nists have advanced both In quan tity and quality of aircraft and missiles much faster than our ex perts believed possible as recently as eight months ago. In the missile field. Twining said this country is making progress but added: "No one can guarantee at this time that our future schedules on these ballistics missiles will be met." The Air Force now is getting plenty of manpower, Twining said, but "We are still not getting enough top-notch maintenance and electronic 'technicians," he added. "Nuclear weapons make disper sal and survival synonymous," he said, "Our striking force' Is now Jammed on too few bases." In the field of "new weapons," Twining said, "over-all we have had a head start." But he said the Communists have n advantage In that "they can select weapons and put on crash programs whereas we In the United 81 ate j must program a force capa ble of meeting all types of air attack." v KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1956 Price Five Cents IS Pages Telephone 8111 Slides Tie Two Freight Br DICK HUBBELL Three slides have tied up the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad between Oakridge and Crescent Lake, forcing the can cellation of both the northbound and southbound Shasta Daylights today. One of the slides, which occurred at about 4 a.m. at tunnel 11, one mile east of Cruzette where a bad slide tied up the railroad several days during the Christinas season derailed two cars on a passing freight train, local Southern Pacific officials said. In addition to the cancellation of the Daylights, other passenger operations were disrupted. Last night s northbound Cascade was held at Crescent Lake, and this morning's southbound Klamath was held at Oakridge. The north bound Klamath this morning was delayed until 1:30 p.m. at Kamath Falls. However, last night's southbound Cascade got through on time. TRAIN LATE Meanwhile, the Associated Press in Eugene reports that V e r n Fields, chief dispatcher there, said that there was no damage to rails in any of the slides, and that the northbound Cascade Is scheduled to leave Oakridge at about 2 p.m. this afternoon, 11 nours late. SP officials said that slides and other water trouble had closed the Siskiyou line, making diversion of trains impossible. Highway travelers, both autolsts and bus passengers, also had their troubles this morning, but airlines were operating almost normally, as West Coast Airlines 7:30 a.m. flight" to Portland left as sched: uled, and United Air Lines antici pated normal operation on their 10:55 a.m. flight to Portland. Both airlines, however, said that opera tion would depend on the ceiling at flight time. Four Persons Said Drowned YREKA, Calif. (UP) Four per sons, tncludng two children, were feared drowned in the Klamath River about 40 miles northwest of here, the Siskiyou County sheriff's office said. Sheriff A. B. Cottar said an unidentified man reported seeing a Jeep skid on an icy road between here and Happy Camp early yes terday and plunge into the swollen rive;. Cottar said investigation estab lished the Jeep was carrying Paul D. Llnderman, 45, his wile, Jennie, 41, their 10-year-old daughter, Paula Lee and an 18-month-old grandson, Robert Allen Erwln, son of Mr, and Mrs. Dell Erwln, all of Happy Camp. Sheriff's deputies found the purse of Mrs. Lindermaii on the bank and sections of a canvas jeep top floating downstream. Dragging operations failed to recover the bodies or the Jeep before nightfall. Eureka Gets Flood Warning By UNITED PRKSS Rains eased over battered North ern California today, but Eureka residents were warned to be ready for possible floods. The very fact that Eureka was one of the hardest hit cities in California's disastrous Christmas week floods lessened the current danger. Officials said there wasn't much chance of substantial property loss because so little had been left by the last floods. The California storm combined with high winds, expected to reach 50 miles per hour gusts today, and heavy snows In the mountains. Snow and howling winds blocked highway 40 In the Sierra and there was .16 Inches of new snow on Donner Pass, bringing the snow pack to 136 inches and 45 Inches above normal. In the lowlands, high winds un roofed airfield hangars near For tuna, destroyed a private plane, and damaged several others. Rains through Northern Califor nia and Western Oregon passed the two-Inch point in some areas. but were freakishly Inconsistent. norniilon Air r'orce Base few miles north of San Francisco. got! 2.04 Inches, while Moifett Naval Air Station, Just south of the city. measured only .13 inches. j Elsewhere in the nation, tem peratures rose 7 to 12 degrees In the Great Basin and Norihern and Central Rockies, but fell as much 25 degrees In Central Gulf States. CAPTAIN PAROLED HEinELBERO, Oermsny I Kurt Ooebell, 59. former Oerman naval captain convicted of helping to kill seven cap'ured U.S. air men during World War II. was re leased on parole Tuesday from the U.S. war crimes prison a'. Landsberg. SP Cars The Oregon Highway Commission reported that chains ,were required on the Greensprings Highway, Wil lamette Pass, Warm Springs Junction, LaPlne, and Santtam Pass. The North and South Santi am routes were' closed by a snow slide at Hog Rock, near the Cas cade summit. AAA REPORTS Meanwhile, the bregon State Motor Association (Triple A) re ported that the highway from Yreka to Kappy Camp was closed, and that chains were required on Highway 97 from Dorris Hill to Deer Mountain Lodge, south of Long-Bell Plans Said PNW Asset NEW YORK UP) International Paper Co. said Tuesday that its proposed merger with Long-Bell Lumber Co. would bolster the economy of the Pacific Northwest and increase competition in the pulp and paper Industry. Two Oregon senators demanded last week that Congress investi gate the merger proposal to jee if It would create a monopoly in the paper Industry. "The legality of a merger has been carefully considered and law yers for each of the companies ad vise that it can be properly made," International said. "If the merger should bt con summated, International Paper plans to construct a paper -and paperooara mm in. uregon. mia, we believe, will materially increase competition in the pulp and paper Industry ... a mill such as we contemplate would provide many new employment opportunities, provide for more complete utiliza tion of the timber harvest in the Northwest and generally make a substantial contribution to the growing Industrial eoonomy of this region." . i Richard Doane, president of In ternational Paper, was in Kansas City Monday night and Tuesday morning conferring with J.D. Ice land, Long-Bell president, and Jes se Andrews, board chairman. Doane declined to comment on the merger. Long-Bell officials said there was nothing to report at this time. Healy Files For Congress SALEM Wl William E. Healy, assistant secretary -of state for eight years; filed his candidacy Tuesday for the Republican nomi nation for Congress In the First District. He seeks the post held by Rep. Walter Norblad, who Is running for governor on the Republican tlcke:. Other filings: Dist. Atty. Sidney B. Lewis, Ben ton County Republican, for reelec tion. He Is a Republican. Seward Reese, Salem, dean of the Willamette University Law School, for delegate to the Repub lican National Convention from the First District. Charles K. Hlnes, Mapleton Re publican, for state representative from Lane County. Clarence Eri, Clackama3 Repub lican, for state representative. Housewife Keeps Puma In Kitchen THOUSAND OAKS, Calif, tm Most housewives would flee In ter ror, with their husbands keeping pace, at the Bight of Mrs. Melvln Koontz' kitchen pet. A 350-pound puma sits on a drain boaid while Mrs. Koontz washes her dishes. He follows her about the Jiouse and is as domesti cated asa kitten well, almost, although Mrs. Koontz has a few scratches. She acquired the puma, named Klmbo, five years ago as a baby. She bottle fed Mm and leuied liim Pt- Now he eat. 10 pounds norse-meat ana a gallon oi mux daily, and watches television when l,me hangs heavy. Holiday Schedule Mint eity, county, state and federal offires will be cloned to morrow, George Washington's birthday. However, banks and moat other businesses will be open as normal. Klamath Falls police reported that parking meter fees would not be enforced, and that holi day parking and traffic rules would be In effect. Op No. 3406 Mainline; Derailed Grass Lake. The OSMA said that the highway to Reno was flooded near Doyle, and advised Reno- bound travelers to choose some other route. Due to traffic tleups on Willam ette Pass, southbound Qreyhound buses were operating several hours late. However, a bus depot spokes man said that northbound busei were on time, and were being di verted via. Bend. Because of two closures on High way 99, buses normally operating via that road are being diverted over the Highway 97 route. The Highway Commission said the Pacific Route (99) was closed between Grants Pass and Gold Hill by the flooding Rogue River. It said the road couldn't be opened today. The same highway also was closed between Myrtle Creek and Dlllard by a slide and culvert washout. This section was sched uled for reopening by noon. HIGHWAYS CLOSED The Medford-Provolt and Powers secondary highways were closed by high water. The Tiller-Trail road, was closed by a slide. The Redwood Highway, which runs from Grants Pass to Cres cent City, Calif., was open, but traffic was slowed by water over the road for five miles west of Grants Pass. Meanwhile, R. C. Hopson, Klam ath Falls wire chief for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com pany, reported that due to a. line failure near Perez, California, the main trunk to Reno Is out of com mission, and Reno calls are sub ject to long delays, he aald. He added that calls to other points are going through with little, If any delay.. v Me on Unes and BMl(J tbfl M notln an4 H sain there were minor tro. Hagerty Gives Press Varning THOMASVILLE, Ga. P) With a show of irritation, White House press secretary James C. Hagerty Tuesday cautioned newsmen against pressing too hard for In formation on whether President Ei senhower will seek reelection. The subject has come up every day at Hagerty's newa confer ences since the President arrived last Wednesday for a vacation at the plantation estate of Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey. And each time Hagerty has flatly refused to discuss the matter. Tuesday a reporter asked about the possibility of Elsenhower an nouncing his political plans at his next Washington news conference, probably on Feb. 29. Obviously Irked by the continu ing barrage of questions on the subject, Hagerty shot back: "If you gentlemen want an an nouncement at a press conference, you had better leave It as 4t Is. I know of no better way not to have an announcement at a press con ference than to keep pressing." The President and Humphrey went quail hunting again Tuesday. Hagerty announced it now Is def inite that Elsenhower will fly to Washington Saturday. I av T- ; ...J a MRS. HARVEY BOWMAN, oper.tor of Fremont Grocery, 18 Nevada Street, tmllai prettily for the 9 o'clock photographer. The grocery hat been under the preient management line October I. 'j By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Earth slides and flood waters rising swiftly in the wake of heavy rains cut highways and rail lines in soutr.wes.ern Oregon Tuesday and families began to move from threatened homes. The city of Grants Pass was en tirely cut off by road as slides and water isolated it for a short time. Four Greyhound buses with 75 passengers were stranded there. The Redwood Highway south out of Grants Pass was opened at mid morning to slow travel but No, 99 stayed closed. Residents east of Roseburg were moving out as Deer Creek swept over a bridge and washed up to ward the houses. Heavy and continuing rainfall brought tile flooding and slides on the long-soaked hillsides. The start was similar to that of the disas trous December (luodlng which spread over Southern Oregon and Northern California. PROCLAMATION An emergency disaster proclama tion was Issued at 12:45 a.m. at Grants Pass and the County Civil Defense Agency took charge of city and county activities Just as It did two months ago. The city's stores were sand bagged along one stretch of the business district to hold back wa ter which poured from a broken storm sewer. Flooding irrigation dltohes at the edge of the city spread water over wide areas. At Coqullle, which took some of the heaviest losses in the Decem ber flooding, hail fell virtually in sheets for a time Tuesday morn ing. The rains there began to put surface water In low valley sec tions but the Coqullle River still bad not made a substantial rise that far down stream. The Rogue River at Oranta Pass hit flood stage of 17.65 feet at 8 a.m. and was moving upward slowly toward a forecast level of 19.5 feet by noon. Rain still was coming down all over Western Oregon where the last 24 hours had seen a fall of 2 Inches and more. Roseburg had nearly 3 inches and Grants Pass had nearly 4 inches ol rain from 5 D.m. Monday to 8 a.m. Tues day on top of 2.8 Inches in the 24 hours before that. The South Umpqua River at Roseburg was rising and its tribu taries began to apread out over me countryside. Deer Creek, which I runs through Roseburg, began to lap against the- foundations of some buildings. SCHOOLS CLOSED - schools In the threatened- dis tricts closed. ' Highway 09. the main north- south route In Oregon west of the Cascades, was cut by water soutn of Grants Pass and by a slide near Canyonvllle between Oranta Pass and Roseburg. The Southern Pacific's Siskiyou line, the old mountain route for freight, reported a bridge washed out near Myrtle Creek and another bridge at Jumpofl Joe creek threatened. Water was 8 Inches deep In the rail yards at Grants Pass. Highway 42 from Roseburg to the coast was reopened to light traffic Tuesday morning after a slide had cut It between Bridge and Remote. It was at Remote that a slide in the December flooding took five lives. The Weather Bureau said the heavy rains would continue through the week. More snow, rain and warmer temperatures came to other parts of the Pacific Northwest Tuesday along with flood warnings in lower areas. SIREN SOUNDED The fire siren sounded at 2:30 a.m. in the Franklin County town of Connell. Wash, to arouse resi dents to a flood threat. Continuous rains since 5:30 p.m. sent water In the Eaquatzel Coulee near there to within less than a foot of the 9-foot flood stage and townspeople began working on dikes and putting sandbags in front una im in 1 I 1 ' M ' ' of their homes. Merchants moved goods onto higher shelves. , With the ground frozen, there was a rapid runoff in the wake of higher temperatures and rain. Sheriff Bert Gunns of Yakima County said he had advised 3.000 people along rivers and creeks in the area to be prepared to move out although there was no Immedi ate danger of flooding. Six inches of new snow covered Uie Yakima Valley Tuesday. The hard-hit Okanogan County schools were closed by bad roads. The county basketball tournament was postponed at least 24 hours. - Warm air sent temperatures to a high of 53 at Walla Walla Mon day, it was 52 at Pendleton, 60 at North Bend, 45 in downtown Bpo kane and 44 at Lewtston. Water was reported over the highways in the Connell-Mesa re gion of the Columbia Basin. The Weather Bureau forecast temperatures above normal for the next five days with highs of 55 in southern areas. It calls for from 1 to 114 Inches of precipitation, mostly rain. HeavySnows Still Spread Over Europe LONDON Wi Heavy snows and bitter winds spread still mora misery over frozen Europe Tuea- day, locked In the 22nd day of its worst freeze-up of the 20th century. Deaths from the weather totaled at least 737. Weathermen cau tiously said milder temperatures might be In the offing, but that brought fears of widespread flood- tag from thawing rivers and snows.. Italy, one of the worst hit coun tries, faced new troubles Commu nist-backed relief riots. Demon stratora clashed with police in sev eral traditionally poor southern towns where cold has brought new hardships. communist East Europe eauea . out troops to keep Industries mov tag. Czechoslovakia1 ordered, soi dlers Into coal mines. Hungary put troops into its giant Btallnvaros steel - plant carter . heavy snows . snarled operations. . Britain, . too, used troops for ,; snow clearing. This was the recorded death roll from the cold spell: France 181, Italy 98, Turkey 72,' Yugoslavia 70, Britain 63, Holland 43, Denmark 38, Germany 34, Greece 30, Austria 22, Spain 21, Sweden 20, Portugal 17, Belgium 13, Switzerland 12, Norway and Poland 4. Frigid weather came back to Spain. The Balearic Islands, fa vorite sunshine spot for tourists, lay under thick snow. Barcelona had thunder, hall, rain and then blizzard. Snow plows had to rescue s movie unit stuck in tne Pyrenees Mountains. Paris shivered In Its coldest Feb. 21 on record 8 degrees. Wine growers In the Bordeaux area feared half their vines were dead. The winter already has cost hun dreds of millions of dollars in spring crops. New snows covered most of Northern Italy. Rome reported big increase In deaths not di rectly caused by the weather. One paper carried five columns of obituary notices Instead of the usual half column. Ice packs blocked coastal ship ping In the North Sea and Baltic. Coal was short In towns across Germany. Wild boars and deer came down Into towns looking for food. An earthquake rocked a large, area of Turkey Monday nignt, leaving five dead and about 200 Injured. Authorities estimated 1.200 homes were destroyed. Most of the damage was In 10 small towns in the vicinity of Esklsehlr, midway between Istanbul and Ankara. WeatHor FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Occasional rain with some brief periods of clearing through Wednesday. Gusty souther ly winds of 15-25 miles an hour with gusts to 35. Wins 37-42. Lows Tuesday night 30-35. High yesterday .... . 88 Low last night 30 Preclp. last 24 hours 0.32 Preclp. since Oct. 1 .. 15.96 Hunt period last year .4.09 Normal for period 1.87 West Coast Asks KF-Reno Air Link WASHINGTON tfl The Civil Aeronautics-Board reported Mon day West Coast Airlines has asked for authorization to establish new routes connecting Southwestern Oregon and Southern Idaho with Nevada and California. The proposed routes are between Klamath Falls, Ore., and Reno; between Reno and Boise by way of Wlnnemucca, iev.; between Reno and Salt Lake City via Elko, Ncv.. and between Reno and Los Angelcs-Burbank. Calif., by way of Fresno and Bakersfleld, Calif. COMMUNIST BROADCAST TOKYO, Ml Pelplng Radio said Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia left Communist China for his Indochina home Tuesday after a week's visit. 8ihanouk, Cambodia's dominant political fig ure, arrived in Pelplng Feb. H and was entertained by Premier Chotl En-lal, t
