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Newspaper Page Textr 1 In The Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS In a previous Installment of this series I spoke of the tragedy of the cotton industry in the American Southwest, where an underground water supply that has taken thou sands of years to accumulate Is being depleted in a few decades to grow cotton to be stored away In government warehouses. From the viewpoint of south of the border, let me now give you a glimpse of the other side of the picture. - y South of Nogales, through some 150 miles of what is chiefly desert country, the sides of the road are strewn with tufts of cotton. These bits of snowy fiber blow from the vehicles in which the cotton is brought loose from the fields After being picked. Along the highway there are cotton patches in the al luvial flats where a little water Is available. ' But no stored cotton is to be seen. Yet, obviously, cotton is be ing hauled SOMEWHERE. . Pre sumlngly to market. Where? Who Is buying this cotton? At this point. I'd like to bring Into the picture a resident of the Mexican state of Sonora. He is a new resident. He came down from the states a couple of years ago, or such a matter. I fell Into conversa tion with him at a gasoline station in the rapidly growing agricultural town of Obregon. He had come in to get some gas for his truck, and he was standing near the pump, 1 This isn't a very busy season of the year tor him, he said, and he added with a grin that lie likes to come into town and chew the fat with tire Americans whose cars are filling the highways as their owners seek warmth and sunshine. I wasn't too sharp yet at this business of liters and pesos instead of gallons and dollars, and he stepped in to help me get un snarled. When, with a command of Spanish that is only two degrees above a vacuum, you try to cope with unfamiliar units of measure ment and unfamiliar money, you're apt to get all wound up like a kit ten in a ball of yarn. After he got me straightened out, I asked him how he was doing. "Oh," he said, "things are go ing pretty good down here, thanks to you Americans who are keeping prices high espjcialy cotton prices with your high parity supports. We aren't doing so bad." "Bv the way." . I asked him. ii l. i. it ihia nMMN vmimrr here being marketed?" "Why," he answered, "In the UNITED STATES, Of course." That answers the question raised bv the tufts of cotton along Mexi' co's new Pacific Highway. It is being hauled to the states to be used there in the piace of the American cotton that Is neing stashed away in government ware houses at, guaranteed nigh prices. But it raises another question: Under our system of political farming, where is American agri culture headed? I'm afraid It's headed for an awful mess. I'd like toadd a few words about this growing Sonoran town of Obregon. It is the trading center for some 200,000 acres of rich ir rigated land with a 12 months growing season. In a couple of big new dams, it has storage capacity for a two years supply of water. Water costs 4 an acre per year, and you can use all you want. When you need labor Well, I suppose the less said ahnii that th hotter Ttllt ft riav's pay down here commands about the same number of pesos as a aay s pay in aouars in me u.o And a peso is worth eight Amer can cents. Farther south, in the state of Sinaloa, they're developing a new irrigation project that makes one's eyes bug out. I don't know the sta tistics of it. When, in a country that speaks .Spanish, one possesses only a handful of Spanish words. Information isn't easy to come by. But it is vast. One drives for miles alongside huge Irrigation ca nals. These main canals cross the highway at Intervals of about a mile, and wherever they cross a new bridge is under construction, compelling a detour. Let s put It mildly. These de tours become - tiresome in the course of an hour or so. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vtrinity: Mostly cloud with occa sional light snow throurh Thurs day. Lows Wednesday night 28-33. Hit hi Thursday 30-M. High yesterday 34 Low last night 2i Better Air Bail Out Method Seen LOS ANOELE3 (UP) The Air Force's "fastest man on earth" says equipment will be developed to enable men to ball out safely from an 'altitude, of 40.000 feet while traveling 2000 miles per hour or faster. Lt. Col. John Paul Stapp. Hollo man Air Force Base. N.M.. air research specialist, said last nigh', safety developments would keep pace with increased plana perfor mance. "As long as an airplane remains Intact, a man can take any speed an airplane can lake." said 8tapp. who once was strapped on a rocket-powered test sled which sped 63 miles per hour. Price Five Cent : KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1956 Telephone $111 No. S407 Senate Ready To OK Funds Investigation WASHINGTON (UP) The Sen ate was ready today to approve a "wide open." bipartisan investiga tion of attempts to influence Senate votes "improperly or illegally through campaign contributions and lobbying. Senate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson (Tex.) and Repub- Ike Reported Still Undecided THOMASVILLE. Ga. 1ft Secre tary of the Treasury Humphrey, after seven days in seclusion with President Eisenhower, says he has "no idea" whether the chief ex ecutive will 'bid for reelection. Humphrey, one of the Presi dents trusted advisers, says further that he and Eisenhower did not even discuss the big ques tion .during the first week of their quail hunting visit at the Cabinet officer's plantation home here. Humphrey just about flabber gasted newsmen with those re marks as he left by plane for Washington last night from Spence air base at nearby Moul trie, Ga. He was en route to the capital for a few hours at his of fice this morning, before going on to New York for a speaking en gagement tonight. Humphrey plans to fly back to Thomasvllle tomorrow to resume his role as host to the President. Eisenhower intends to return to Washington Saturday. The President traveled here a week ago today to build his health In the warm sun and quite likely decide in the light of his Sent. 24 heart attack whether to seek a second term. Elsenhower had said in advance he was going to talk over the matter, with trusted advisers aft er l)ls .arrival here. White-House Press Secretary James C. Hag. erty told reporters in response to questions that Humphrey certain ly could be listed as a trusted adviser. - - An hour and a half before Hum phrey took off for Washington last night, he and Eisenhower conclud ed another day of hunting. Elsen hower bagged 11 birds and Hum phrey brought down eight. Crater Roads Said Closed All roads into Crater Lake Na tional Park are closed today, ac cording to the ranger station. Plows are operating on Highway 62 In an effort to establish one-way traffic for necessary vehicles but a road closed sign is up at the entrance to the park. The weekend storm is still con tinuing, skies are overcast and lt was snowing moderately today with a light southeast wind blow ing. Seventeen inches of snow fell Sunday night. 17 inches fell Mon day night and 11 Inches Tuesday night. Snow depth Is 167 inches compared with 72 last year and 1B2 inches In 1952, a heavy snow year. Maximum temperature Tuesday was 28 degrees; minimum last night 19 and 22 degrees at 8 a m today. Ski conditions are fair, the rang er station reported, but closed roads bar travel into the park. Army Magazine Hits At AF Missile Stand WASHINGTON (UP) America's worldwide military strength will be largely cancelled out if Russia is first to perfect ballistic missiles with 1.500-mlle range, the maga zine "Army" said today. The magazine, published by the Association of the United States Army, Jumped on the Air Force for contending that such mid-range missiles in Russian hands would not basically alter present mili tary conditions. At the same time, one of- the most urgent calls yet for a speed up in ballistic missile development came from a famed German who claimed no other weapons will be able to deter or win global war in Use future. Dr. Walter R. Dornberger. who directed German V-weapons de velopment in World War It, said air defenses In five or six years will make "sitting ducks" of bomb ers and even guided missiles that go no higher than 100.000 feet and no taster than 3.6O0 miles an hour. The "only way out" for the offense Is the ballistic missile that streaks through space at speeds up to 15.000 MPH. Dornberger told an Aviation Writers Assn. meeting Tuesday. ' He put the emphasis on in Inter llciin Leader William F. Knowland (Calif.) put their combined pres tige behind a resolution to set up a special investigating committee. Approval was regarded as certain. The eight-member committee four Democrats and four Republi cans would be charged with undertaking an exhaustive study of activities, lobbying or other pres sure practices. 4 SENATE ACTION Senate action on the special In vestigation was a by-product of de bate on the controversial natural gas bill. Sen.- Francis Case (R-SD) provoked widespread demands for such an inquiry when he disclosed that he had rejected a 42,500 cam paign contribution from a Ne braska oil lobbyist interested in passage of the gas bill. The Case incident, and subsequent dis closures about it, caused President Elsenhower to veto the bill last week. Johnson formally Introduced the resolution creating the committee Tuesday afternoon. He acted after the GOP Policy Committee with some 40 senators voting decided unanimously to support lt. The Democratic Pulley Committee had taken similar action earlier. NIXON'S JOB It was Vice President Richard M. Nixon's Job to appoint mem bers of the investigating commit tee from nominations made by Knowland and Johnson. Nixon could act today It the two leaders were ready jto make their selec tions. Although party leaders were re ported uncertain about the mem bership of the new committee, two members of an existing special committee which is lnvesigating the -Case incident only Sens. Styles Bridges (R-NH) and Sen; Ed ward J. Thye (R-Minn) were men tioned as possible carry-overs to the new group. - Receive Honor VALLEY FORGE. Pa. (p Free doms Foundation Wednesday hon ored 13 Oregon individuals and schools for what they said, wrote or accomplished In 1955 "to main tain the American Way of Life." The awards were among 923 an nounced at the seventh annual Foundation awards program at a special Washington's birthday an niversary ceremony at historic Valley Forge. Adm. Arthur . W. Radford, chairman of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff presided at the affair. There were nine Oregon winners In the school division, four of them principal awards entitling a pupil and teacher to a trip to Valley Forge. They are Grants Pass High, and at Salem, Leslie Junior High, Ketser School and the State School for the Blind. Four Salem schools are among 50 in the nation given second-place awards. They are Busch, Enple wood. McKlnley and Salem Heights elementary schools. Richmond school at Salem re ceived an honor medal. Bush, Englewood, Keiser and Richmond have received Freedom awards in past ypars. Henry L. Sater, Burns grade school principal, who won awards in 1953 and 1951, was third In the essay category. Valarie Ann Five coat, a pupil at Madras Grade School, also placed third in the essay contest. continental ballistic missile (ICBM) which, he said, America must have "first and fast." while "Army" magazine emphasized the Intermediate range cIRFMi or 1,-500-mlle missile. The publication said Russia may have an IRBM "before we even get off the ground" with an ICBM. "Army" Is an unofficial maga zine published by an association comprising active and former U S. Army personnel and other Army supporters. The association's president Is Lt. Gen. Walter L. Welble. Army deputy chief of staff. The magazine said If Russia Is flrit with a 1,500-mile missile NATO will be In "dire peril" and U.S. overseas bases will "exist on ly by sufferance of the Soviets." Allies would be "under the very guns of Soviet power." The Air Force contends Russian medium bombers can deliver atomic bombs now against all such targets with more accuracy than thnr mlslles will have for "some time to come." It claims America's retaliatory power re strains such an attack and any Intercontinental missile the Rus sians msy have In the next 10 yesrs will have only "marginal advantage" over Soviet bombers. St.''' r.lB . t ,V ' ' " SMILING IN THE SNOW this morning for the early morning photographer was Edith Stockstill, 827 Jefferson Street. Edith was on her way to Woolworth's where she works at thedrug counter. Both Parties Confident Of Win In Farm BUI Debate - v By UNITED PRESS ; ' . A", key White House Democrat said today he la twilling to go' as -high as $1 billion a year to finance a ' soli bank" farm program. . Chairman Harold D. Colley (D NC made the statement at a House Agriculture Committee hear ing as the Senate prepared to launch a full dress debate on whether to 'restore- rigid farm price supports. ' Both sides predicted victory by a narrow margin. The administra tion has balked at returning sup- McKay Urges Rogue Plans WASHINGTON Ifl Secrotary of Interior McKay is urging South ern Oregon residents to get togcth er on plans- for developing the Rogue River Basin. McKay said past friction between sportsmen and power and farm groups should be eliminated so that plans for developing the river can go ahead. He said in a letter to Gov. Elmo Smith of. Oregon that the Interior Department is considering a re view of previous plans. The letter, replying to one writ ten by Gov. Paul Patterson before his death last month, said: 'While I am informed thai some Interests who previously opposed construction of multipurpose reser voirs have now modified their op position to the extent of requesting that another survey be made for the specific purpose of formulating plans for flood control, X am not yet of the opinion that this repre sents the combined thinking and understanding of the groups that previously opposed the carrying out of development plans." McKay suggested that "Rogue River people themselves arrive at a mutual understanding which will eliminate past frictions." Patterson's letter had asked a review, suggesting development to help prevent such floods as struck last December. Jordan Leader Hints Of Attack JERUSALEM. Jordan Sector (Pi King Hussein of Jordan says in telligence reports Indicate Israel is preparing to attack his nation in the near future. The young King made the state ment Tuej-oay at an Arab Legion camp near Jerusalem. The Kimr declared: "We ar? ready to light Israel to defend our homeland, and now we are aure of vlcioiy." In Cairo, meanwhile. Egyptian Interior Minister Zakaria Mohled din aniiouncel a public civil de fense drill will be held in that cap ital next Wednesday. The minister said civil defense volunteers In Cairo total more than 15.OO0. Including air raid wardens, fire wardens and rescue workers. IfraM's Premier David Ben-Cur-Ion issued a call Tuesday tor con struction of air raid shelters In Is raeli towns and fortifications along the country a Arab borders. 9 0Lxk Spxial " ports to 90 per cent of parity for cotton, wheat, com aiuL- penauts But democratic sponsors are de term l tied to push U through.' A presidential veto could result. The bill also Includes a modified version of the administration's pro posed Sl.l billion a year soli bank" plan to take land out of cultivation while the government pares down present huge crop surpluses Colley observed during testi mony by Undersecretary of Agri culture True D. Morse that he personally is willing to approve an annual outlay of up to $1 billion to make the program work. The congressional battle over rigid supports is expected to be one of the biggest this year. Farm problems also will provide a ma jor election year campaign issue. Some Republican senators have preUted President Eisenhower will veto any legislation calling for scuttling the administration's flex ible supports program in favor of rigid price props. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson said he would recommend that the President veto such legls lation. And the President said he would be "gravely concerned" if Congress passed it. Democrats contend Mr. Elsen hower won't use his veto in order to savR his "soil bank" program But Republic-"s point out that Mr. Eisenhower has said a return to rigid supports would nullify the "soil bank." There was virtually no Senate opposition to the "soil bank." It would pay farmers for taking surplus crops out of production and planting conservation crops such as grass and trees. But Democratic and OOP lead ers of the House Agriculture Com mittee yesterday assailed both the administration's flexible support program and some provisions of the "soil bank" plan. Six Airmen Die In Crashes WEST PALM BKACH, Fla. Six men were killed late yester day in two crashes o( military planes in south Florida. Five died when thrlr Boeing KC97 StratofreiRhtpr ol.the 1740th Air Transport Squadron crashed and burned at the Palm Beach Air Force Bafe. A Mnrlne Corps pilot was killed when hill Douglas Skvraider fell 100 yards from the end of a runway at the Marine Corp? Air Station at Opa-Locka. near Miami. Names of the dead were with held. ! Witnesses unid the left inboard rntrine was Afire when the 8lrato freifthtT was corn in st in for a land ifi(t. The plane struck in- ground, nosd into an embankment. Hipped over on It; back, nkirldtd arrows a road and burst into flames. NOMINATION LIMA, Peru 'ft Former Prel drnt Manuel Prado. now recuper ating in the United S'ntes from heart attack, was nominated as a presidential candidate Tuenday night in a national convention ol the Democratic Fradlsta' movement. Most Trains To Operate, SP Reports Most passenger trains will oper ate today, and normal holiday freight service Is planned. Tom McCarry, SP district passenger and freight anent in Klamath Palls re ported today. He said that present pians call lor the operation of the Daylights today and the Cascades tonight. . The Klamaths scheduled for to day were annulled, he said. How ever, the southbound Klamath due here Tuesday morning cleared here at. 8 20 a.m. today, 24 hours late, and will maintain that approximate schedule for the remainder of Its trip. The train had been held at Oakridge. The Cascade which cleared Klamath Falls Tuesday morning was held until 3 a.m. today at Crescent Lake, and arrived at Portland at 8:30 a.m. today, again about 24 hours late. The north bound Klamath which left here yesterday followed lt up the line. The slide, one of three which blocked the main line,- took about 12 hours longer to clear than had originally been estimated. McCar ry said that this was because it was originally thought to be just a snow suae, out tnnt It turned out to have trees, posts and other miscellaneous object buried in its heart. 1 The slide, which derailed two tank cars in a passing freight train, was finally cleared at about 12:45 a.m. today. It occurred at 4 a.m. Tuesday. There were no In juries to trainmen. The other two slides were minor affairs which were cleared by nor mal snow removal equipment, Mc Carry ald. Meanwhile, bus services out of Klamath Falls were operating on approximately normal schedules, although some buses operating south .over Willamette Pass - are slightly late, a spokesman for the bus station reported today. Several schedules which normal ly use U.S. Highway 08 between Weed and Eugene were diverted via Klamath Falls yesterday be cause of closures on 99 in the vi cinity of Orants Pass, but these L services are operating on their normal route today. Aspirant Calls For Change Mrs. Dorothy Lowell, Wednes day In announcing her candidacy for county clerk on the Democratic ticket, said she believes It Is "time for a change" in that office. "I have no fault to find with the present county clerk," she added, "but I believe a change would De beneficial. I also believe I could do good Job." Mrs. Lowell, an unsuccessful can didate for state reoresentr.tlve. In j 1954, has been associated with heri husband. Frank Lowell, In the management of Kiamath Packing Company, Klamath Livestock Com pany, Lowell's Lockers and the Sav-Mor Market. ! The candidate has been a resi dent of Klamath Falls for 22 jears. ! She la a native of Colorado. Lake Farmers To Get Feed SALEM 'ft Farmers of Crook County and parts of Deschutes and Lake counties will be eligible to assistance under the drought em ergency feed grain program, Gov. Elmo Smllh said Tuesday. Secretary of Agriculture Benson dvlard Rmlth he had declared those sections as disaster areas. Tlie part of Deschutes County that la affected Is east of a line running south from the town of Alfalfa to the Lake County line. The northern part of Lake County also Is In the disaster area. I DOROTHY LOWELL Heavy Storm Takes Three In Washington By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rain turned to showers In South ern Oregon Wednesday and flood waters fell almost as fast as they had risen hi a one-day rampage. Colder temperatures checked snow melt In Eastern Washington where water Tuesday flowed down city streets and three men drowned. Tlie Southern Pacific's main line, closed by Cascade mountain slides, was cleared and the trains weut-J back to schedules that had been held up about 24 hours. The Pacific Highway, cut by floods and slides Tuesday, was re opened its entire length. So were other Southern Oregon main routes. Many secondary roads were still closed or sp softened that in many cases schools were closed because buses could not run. The Pacific Telephone ii Tele graph Co., which lost its coaxial cable In a massive slide a mile south of Cnnyonville, some 30 miles below Roseburg, got service restored by 6:30 a. m. Television stations were without network pic tures Tuesdav night. Many phone and teletype lines also were cut but service was restored on most of these earlier bv rerouting. SEVEN-INCH SNOWFALL Orants Pass, where 7 inches of rain fell in the 24 hours to noon Tuesday, had only .44 of an Inch during the night and the Rogue which crested Tuesday Just over flood stage at 17.8 feet, was down to 8.7- feet at 8 a. m. Wednesday. Merchants in Orants Pass were pumping out basements which had been flooded when water ran sev eral Inches deep through the busi ness district from flooding irriga tion ditches and inadequate storm sewers. The state of emergency under which Orants Pass was ruled from early- Tuesday, was cancelled at 5 p. in. when lt was apparent the main Rogue would not flood. Ability of the Rogue and the Umpqua to take the heavy runoll prevented a repetition of the dam aging floods of December. Still, there was damage. Some 50 families were evacuated just be low Orants Pass on the south side of the Rogue and 20 houses were flooded up to the eaves by surlace water rushing- across the low land to the river. Along the Umpqua, which also was destructive In the December tinnH hui 1s fomilien were evao- uated from low-lylng areas. - 1 I. ... . . .... There was no jiooamg turns .uw Willamette. rEAHTERl 'wASniffOTON In Eastern Washington water ran three feet deep in the Connell busi ness district, the result of snow melt which was stemmed by Wed nesday's cooler temperatures. Fifty families were evacuated there. The towns of Lind and Mesa were flooded, too, by the snow melt. And in the Walla walla area water ran Inches deeo along rural roads. In Northern California as In Southern Oregon the heavy rains caused sharp stream rises and flooding which isolated Eureka for hours, flooded Redding, - stalled trains and washed out a bridge. Water a foot deep ran down Red ding streets following 1.22 Inches of rain In 90 mlr.utea. Some per sons were stranded as the water ran through houses and stores. Ferndaie was hit by a flash flood and damaged more severely than In the Christmas holiday floods. One road north and south of Eur eka waa reopened early Wednes- Plant Strike Violence Stops FARMINODALE, N.Y. (UP) Strike violence at the Republic Aircraft Corp. slopped today and both the company and the union as Id they would observe the George Washington holiday. The Jet plane manufacturing company said nobody would work on the holiday and the union said only token pickets would patrol the gales of the company's four Long I 'md plants. The truce brought peace In the strike for the first time since Mon day when fighting broke out be tween pickets and non-strikers and continued spasmodically Ihrdugh the first two days of the week. At the same time representa tives of tho striking International Association of Machinists (AI-'L-CIO) and the company announced they would meet Thursday in an attempt to negotiate a settlement In the four day old strike. The meeting was the first since negotiations broke down on Satur day, Just before the strike was - called. Flstfighls, arrests, occurred repeatedly and Injuries on Monday i and Tuesday At least 76 persons, most of them strikers, were under arrest and dozens were treated for Inlurles. Must of tlie arrests occurred Mon day when violence flared both In the morning and In the evening. It hrnke out apflln Tuesday at the start of the normal day work i shift about 7 a.m. It exploded again toward evening, j During all the outbreaks at least 200 of the 12,000 strikers were on picket duty. Most of the violence flared outside the main gate ol the Farmlngdale plant. A spokesman for the airplane manufacturing company said 3.200 employes. Including some mem bers of the striking union, report ed for work Tuesday. WASHINGTON DIVORCED CLEVELAND (UP) George Washington was sued for divorce y t a t e r d a y. His wile, Nellie, charged extreme cruelty, day and telephone lines were re stored but the Northwestern Pa cific Railroad was blocked In the Eel River Canyon by two big land slides and 13 smaller ones. TRINITY RIVER Flooding Trinity River water washed out a temporary bridge at Hoopa, 35 miles northeast of Eur eka. The bridge, completed 23 days ago, was a replacement for one washed away in the holidays. The Washington drowning vic tims included two brothers, Clif ford Hack, 44, of Pasco, and Har old Hack, 39, of Kennewlck, caught in an irrigation tube they were re pairing. The irrigation canal over flowed into the tube. The third vic tim was Ray Hemmer. 34, Chelan city employe who backed a truck, in a snow removal Job, into Lake Chelan. Europe Lists 762 Killed In Storm LONDON V-Yugoslav air forca planes bombed ' giant icepacks blocking Adriatic rivers Wednes day in a "declaration of war" against Europe worst winter In living memory. Special teams of rifle sharpshoot ers patrolled Communist Poland in a hunt against marauding wolf packs driven out Of their lairs by starvation. The shivering continent counted 762 known dead as .the subzero . spell rolled up its 23rd day with little or no relief In sight. Floods and landslides caused fresh chaos in Italy and parts of soutliern Europe as a alight thaw set in. . CROP DAMAGE ' Crop damage on the- continent ran Into hundreds of millions ot dollars. Vegetable stocks ran dang erously low In many places. - Britain's big potato stocks froze solid in Lincolnshire. Picking ot green vegetables came to a halt. Spanish air force planes fin. "y succeeded in dropping food 1 UlinnUou tr naaKlii an narinnu ma- i 1 , w " v" H V , rooned tor laydays atop the highest mountain on- MaJWrcar-tn-tro-Med lerrnuean tfaienno isianas, Tn group which reportedly included six Americans Is preparing a sit for a U.S. radar station. ; German weather experts said the freeze-up may be Central Europe's worst In 200 years. They said the average temperature for the first 20 days of .February ran slightly below the lowest average for the month sine records were first kept in 1766. The latest death toll by coun tries: Franca 180, Italy 102, Turkey 72, Yugoslavia 70, Britain 55, Holland 50, Denmark 40, Germany 34, Greece 30. Austria 22. Spain 21, Sweden 20, Portugal 17. Belgium 15. Switzerland .12, Norway , Po land 4. LOW TEMPERATURES The temperature plummeted to zero in much of East and West Germany with the Bavarian val leys as low as 10 degrees below zero. Berlin was blnnketed under 12 inches of snow. The Elbe River froze solid between Hamburg and Dresden. A solid sea of Ice linked Den mark and Sweden. Hundreds of ships were stuck fast in the Bal tic waterways. The Seln River froze over for five miles Just outside Paris. Tho Atlantic Ocean froze for a quart er of a mile out to sea along a six mile atrip of coast near La Rochclle. . Mississippi 'Bombing' Set CHICAGO (UP) Negro disc Jockey Al Benson planned to cel ebrate Washington's Birthday to day by "bombing." Mississippi with 5000 copies of the U. S, Constitu tion. Benson said he wasn't yet sure whether he would make the flight In person becaus'e Mississippi of ficials haven't answered tils re quests for an assurance of safety. But his chartered plane will take off with Its load of the Constitution whether or not Benson decides to go along, he said. Tlie Mlsslsslppl-born record spinner thought up the stunt to emphaslzp the U. 8. Supreme Court ruling on school desegrega tion. He said the plane would dump the Constitution on the Mississippi cities of Jackson, Vlcksburg, and Meridian and re turn to Chicago late today. "I'm net trying to hurl or harm anyone.'' Benson said. "I merely want to drop the Constitution, which Is certainly the most legal document we have in the nation." The copies of the Constitution weigh less than an ounce apleca and they "sure can't hurt any body," he said. Mississippi Public 6afety Com missioner T. B. Birdsong said th s'.-.le will ofllclally Ignore Ben son's flight. However, a Mississippi disc Jockey promised a counter "raid" on Chicago and Meridian City officials threatened to arrest Ben son if he lands there. The retaliation "raid" plans came from Allan English, who spina records for Oxford, Miss., radio station WSUH.