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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
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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."
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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
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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