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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON MARKETS AND FINANCE STOCKS WALL STREET NEW YORK Wi The toclt market turned mixed tn late after noon Tuesday alter drtJtini iome- what lower during much ol the day. Reports of higher earnings and dividends and company expansion programs brought selective strength In some issues. Motors and steels were mostly lower, while many other divisions were Irregular. Cains ranged to around two points, while losses generally were held to a point or so. Trading was running at a pace of around' 2.800,000 shares for the day. compared with Monday's 3. 110,000 shares. Three straight ad vances had carried the market into record high territory. NKW YORK STOCK lly THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Admiral Corporation 20 Allied Chemical 115 2 Allls Chalmers 14 Aluminum Co. America 97 3 American Airlines 34 3i American Motors 8 l2 American Tel & Tel t 16 S American Tobacco ' It Anaconda Copper 79 Atchison Railroad 4155 't Bethlehem Steel 1S7 Boeing Airplane Co. 78 Borg Warner t 48 Burroughs Adding Ma.cn. 34 t Canadian Pnclfic 35 Caterpillar Tractor 67 Celanesc Corporation 19 V-j Chrysler Corporation 78 3 Cities Service 64 t Consolidated Edison 48 V, Crown Zcllrrbach 60 ( Curtis Wright 32 Douelar. Aircraft 83 3 du Pont do Nemours 229 'i Eastman Kodak 84 34 Emerson Radio' 12 3 n Ford Motor' 61 t General roods 90 General Motors 48 Georgia Poo Plywood 40 Ooodycnr Tire 68 Homeslako Mining Co. 37 la Inlernntlonal Harvester 37 International Paper 126 Johns Manvllle 98 3, Kaiser Aluminum 41 'j Kennecott Copper 142 Vt Llbby. McNeill 18 Lockheed Aircraft 48 , Lowe's Incorporated ' 23 3U Long Bell A. 67 Montgomery Ward 94 New York Central 44 Northern Pacific 83 V Pacific American Fish 10 ' Pacillc Tel ti Tel. 139 V, Penney (J.C.) Co. 99 ,2 Pennsylvania R.R. 24 J; Pepsi Cola Co.. 23 , Philco Radio 35 V, Pugel Sound P ti L 26 V Radio Corporation . 49 Ravonier Incorp. i 39 Republic 8teel 47 Reynolds Metals 58 Richfield Oil 76 j Safeway Stores Inc. 53 Scott Pnper Co. 74 Sears Roebuck it Co. 34 a Sinclair Oil 63 Socony 73 Va Southern Pacific 67 Vn Standard Oil Calif. 98 Standard Oil N.J. ISO V, Studebaker Packard 10 Swill i Company 46 a; Transamerlca Corp. 41 3 twentieth Century rox 26 g Union Oil Company 61 Union Pacific 182 United Airlines 42 United Aircraft 71 United corporation 6 United Slates Plywood 44 j United Slates Steel 67 ',, Warner Pictures 20 '.j Western Union Tel. 31 , Westlnghouse Air Brake 33 Wcstinghouse Electric . 63 j LIVESTOCK CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO ifl Most butcher hogs and sows sold at steady to weak prices In moderately active dealings Tuesday. Buyers paid 112.25 to 112.75 for moot 190 to 2,0 pound butchers. Butchers scaling 280 to 325 pounds brought 111.75 to 812.25 and 330 to 360 pounds 811.50 to 111.75. A tew loads of high choice and prime steers moved at $21.00 to 123.60, the top. Most good and choice kinds went at 816.50 to 820.50. Good to high choice heifers brought $15.75 to $19.50. Mot good to prune w o o 1 e d limbs went at $20.00 to $21.50. Salable receipts were 11.000 hogs, 6,500 cattle, 300 calves and 1,000 sheep. POTATOES I5v TIIK ASSOCIATED PRESS lite potato market as reported by the Dcpal linen', of Agriculture Tuesday: Sixteen cities: 486 cars arrived; 1365 cars on track; shipments 716: Northern California 9, Central Cal ifornia 1, Idaho 218, Oregon 15. Washlncton 2. IDAHO PALLS Market strong; Russets No. 1, 10-20 per cent 10 or. and larger, 3.10-15; 20-30 per cent 10 oz mid l.trgcr. 3.20-30; 30 per cent 10 ni. and larger. 3.35-45. BAN FRANCISCO Street sales firm; Klamath Russets No. 1-A, 2 inch. 4.35-tlO; ldahos 4.60-75; De- sclnitrs No 1. 5 0.. 4.26-33. OUICAUO ill. Potatoes: Arrl' vals old slock 67; on track 195; total U.S. shmmcnts 715; market firm. Caiiot Hack sales, old stock Idaho HtiKsets S4.65-4.B0: Minnesota North Dakota Pontiacs $4.60. New stocks 14 arrivals; 4 on track supplies moderate, demand good aim marKcl llrm. SAN FRANCISCO (UP-FSMNS-) Livestock: Cattle salable 75. Supply mainly slaughter classes. Opening moder ately active, slaughter steers and cows about steady. Few commer cial slsughter steers 18-17, few cut ter and utility steers 12.60-13.60 Few utility cows 11-12. canners and cutters 9-10.60. Other classes not estsbllshed. Calves sslable none. Hogs salable 260. Supply mauily butchers. Opening moderately ac tive, butchers 26 c lower than Monday. Mixed grade lots U. S. No. 1 to 3 180-240 lb butchers 14.50. Sheep sslable 500. Supply aug mented by around 500 holdovers In addition to fresh receipts. Market not fully established, couple lots slaughter lambs sold around 50 e lower than last week. One lot good and choice wooled slaughter lambs 18.25, one lot good fresh shorn lambs 16. KF Merchants Plan 'Spring' With "Swing to Spring" as the heme, Klamath Merchants plan a two weeks promotion for Spring jnd Easier, starting March 18 and continuing through Easter. The theme and the dates were decided on at the Merchants As sociation meeting at the Willard Hotel Monday noon. Harry Glesln, new president of the group pre sided. Most of the participating stores will have contests, "guessing" games and prizes featured tn their windows for the two week period, according to Glesin. Oregon Weorher j Eastern Oregon Partly cloudy Tuesday ni3iii and Wednesday. . Warmer Wednesday. Higha 36-46 1 Wednesday. Lows Tuesday night 1 20-28. I Western Oregon Partly cloudy ; Tuesday night. Partly sunny and Dunsmuir Gats New Chamber On The Record KLAMATH TAtLS biutiis At. METER Bo-11 tn Mr. and Ralph W. Almtler. March 12. 1 wcishlnn 7 Its. 7 ox. al th Kl DUAR i T- (om IO air. ana an.. -' mtr DurU. March 12. a airl wclfh i ii.. A n. at tha Klamath Valle) warmer Wednesday. Highs 50-68 ' junior cnamoer 01 commerce cuap- . M Wednesday. Lows Tuesday night j ter received its charier Saturday cRlf, .,', 12 . . i.n wei;h-3J-48. Coastal winds northerly 101 r.'Sht with members of the Red-1 u,.. ', oa. at tt Kiamaih vai norihwesterlv. 8-18 miles an hour, ding Chapter, sponsoring organi-1 1 rni Nu tation, making tne presentations. markiai.e l it txsi s A ranamtu rrnud of more than I HARDIE-SLOPER Arthur I. Hardle. Tu!e!ske RC i Drive Opens DUNSMUIR Dunsmuir's new , beconung northerly to nor the as u eily Tuesday night and Wednes dfy. Giautr Piss and Vicinity Partly cloudy Tuetday night ana Wrdnedpy. Highs 53-58 Wednes day. Lows Tuesday night 35-40. Baker and Vicinity Occasional snow Tuesday night with lows 25 30. Partlv cloudy Wednesday with hi; hi 38-43. Membership Drive Slated The Klsmath Falls Chspter oi the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Is sponsoring a membership drive this month. Anyone wishing to Join the "Plcht For Freedom" bv be coming a member of the NAACPj today except increasing cloudiness may telephone the secretary of the! from about Marysville and Santa local branch, Mrs. W. M. Barnett Rosa northwerd; light rain likely at 3-0368. j Eureka northward and occasional Members of the association in snow Over mountains near Oregon announcing the membership drive border and mostly fair elsewhere California Weather By l .VITED PRESS San Francisco Bay Region: Fair Uxlay. low overcast ' tonight and early Wednesday; fair Wednesday afternoon; slightly cooler Wednes day; fair Wednesday afternoon; slightly cooler Wednesday; hign today San Francisco, Oakland, San Mateo and San Rrfael 58-64; low tonight 40-48; west or northwest winds 12-20 mph late today, to night and Wednesday. Northern California : Mostly fair loo Jaycees. their wives and guests attended the dinner and dance in Hotel Dunsmuir. Mayor Fred Lloyd welcomed the chapter, with 38 charter members, to participa tion in community activites. Perry Hawkins, president of the Dunsmuir group, received the club's charter from Frank Wilson, Redding president. Wilson also pre sented Uie stale charter to Bill Jones, Dunsmuir first vice presi dent. Armand Novelo of Redding, state vice president presented the club Its International charter, and Bob Kennicott of Redding, a national director for this area, presented Ihe U.S. Jaycee charter. Paul Hauge. Redding second vice presi dent, was among local officials present for the program. The Redding chapter Is also sponsoring a chapter at Mount Shasta with charter night there scheduled for March 24. TULELAKE - FiHV fund drUe workers turned out Monday night ?or the kick-off of the Red Cross campaign in Tulelake. The meet "g was held at the community Presbyterian social hall, with Ches ter J. S'.onecypher Jr.. drive chair man, in charge of arrangements Entertainment was furnished by . ,,,ool trio comoo-ed of Mis. Gloria Childers, fast Jim Bowers PORTLAND L1VKSTOCK PORTLAND IffltUSDA) Cattle salable 400; market active, fully stesdy with Monday; extreme top on steers 15 higher at 19.40 for trucked lots choice 1035 lb steers; other choice 1OO5-1079 lb fed steers 18.75-19.00; trucked lots good and choice 937-1051 lb 18 00; few com mercial steers 16.00; trucked lots choice 884 lb fed heifers 17.40; few mixed good and choice heifers 17.00; canner and cutler cows mostly 8.00-9.50; few 10.00; utility cows 11.00-12.00; few utility bulls 14.00-15.00; light cutter bulls down to 12.00. naive-, salable 50: few early sales about steady with Monday's 2 00-4.00 lower close: Individual choice vealers 26.00-28.00; few good vealers 19.0O-23.O0; utility ana cutis 11.00-18.00. Hoes salable 250: market active, fully steady-string on fairly lenient sorting: sorted lots u. a. i ana z, 180-235 lb butchers 15.00-15.50; neg ligible lots 16.60: No. 3 butchers listed at 14.00-14.25; lew 300-500 lb sows 10.00-12.W. Sheen sa able 300:. scatterea early sales steady, choice fed wooled lambs carrying good end, 18 tin Inc-.Hidino one deck 115 lb ot- fm-in-ra at that price: few sales good and cnoice siaugntei minus 17.00-18.00; good and choice feed ers M. OO-IS. 00- good and choice ewes Monday 5.75-8.50; cull and utility ewes 3.00-4.60. GRAINS CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO in Orslns moved erratically over a narrow price range on the Board of Trade Tues day. In the early trade March and May wheat went up to new sea sonal highs In active dealings. But demand quickly fell off and both deliveries eventually lost all their upturn. New crop wheat held firm on a bullish Weather Bureau crop report. Wheat closed lower to 34 high er, March 2.22'it: corn 3i lower to 4 higher, March 1.JI',; oats lower to i higher, March 613-; rye unchanged to a lower, March 1.28'a; soybeans 'j lower to i higher, March 3.61 ' i and lard 2 to 5 cents a hundred pounds lower, March 11.80. WHEAT Open High Low Close 2.23 , 2.24 , 2.22 2.22 , 2.18 2.19 2.18 2.18 197 j 1.88 , 1.87 1.88 I. SB 3, 2.00 l, 1.88 3, 2.00 2.03 2.04 2.03 2.03 - stated that "the wide range of cllvitles In which the NAACP engages and the notable successes It has enjoyed, earn for the as sociation the deep respect of its friends and the even deeper fear of its enemls. Throughout Its ex istence, the association has been In the forefront of the civil rights fight and has been responsible for destroying many of the barriers depriving minority groups of equal ity or opportunity. OTI To Show Color Movie A color movie on screen print ing which Is currently being shown throughout the world by the Indus try will be shown Wednesday af ternoon at 4:30 p.m. In Nlckerson Hall on the OTI campus. Director W. D. Purvlne nas Issued an invi tation to the public to attend the half-hour movie, In which the scenes showing screen process In struction were made In the OTI classroom. a In addition to the scenes made In the classes taught by E. H. Bairey at OTI, the Industry has shown plants In operation in the Bay Area and In Los Angeles. Ac cording to information - from the Screen . Printing Process Associa tion, the movie is planned to have interest for the consumer. The Owlhoots, OTI booster group with membership among local citi zens, will serve coffee before the movie In the screen processing classroom In Nickerson Hall. Mar May Jly Sep Dec Potato Shipments SKASONS J4-J3 85-SI llally Truck Ore. 10 1 Dally Kail Ore. 11 7 Dallvjlrui k Calif. 4 6 llally Rail Calif. 13 1 llally Total Olli:. Sc CAI.1K. 3 , .Monthly Total 305 ;73 Season's Total 5521 6061 FORI LAND GR AIN PORTLAND 11 Coarse grains. 15-day shipment, bulk, coast deliv ery: Oats No. 3. 3f lb white 63.00 54 00. Parley No. 2. 45 lb B. W. 46.00 Corn No 2, E Y. shipment KI.73. No wheat transactions. Car receipts: Flour 2; corn 2; mill feed 6. WOOL MARKET NEW YORK (UP) Wool top fu tures on the New York Cotton Ex change today opened 5 points high er to 8 points lower. Opening prices follow: March 15! 0 bid; May 153.5 bid; July 153.2 bid; Oct 153 5 bid; Dec. 1535 bid: March tl957i 152.5 bid; May 151.5 bid; July If 0.0 bid. Wool (mures opened 4 points higher to 5 points lowen March 1220 bid; May 124.5 traded; Julv 124.1 bid; Oct. 124.0 bid: Dec. 123.0 bid: M.irch (1957) 122.1 bid; May 131.5 bid; July 120 6 bid. tonight: Wednesday mostly fair cooler northern portion Wednes day; coastal winds north or north west 12-25 mph except west or southwest 12-20 mph Fort Bragg northward late today and tonight. Sierra Nevada: Fair today and In southern ranges tonight and Wednesday: considerable cloudi ness northern ranges tonight and Wednesday; colder northern ranges Wednesday. Sacramento Valley. Increasing cloudiness Marysville northward and fair extreme southern portion today: considerable high cloudi ness tonight and earlv Wednesday, clearing Wednesday afternoon; not so cold tonight; high today 63-68, Wednesday 58-64; low tonight 38 45; variable winds. Northwestern California: In creasing cloudiness .today, mostly cloudy tonight and early Wednes day; clearing Wednesday after noon; light rain likely Eureka northward and a few snow flurries over mountains near Oregon bor der tonight; not so cold tonight: high today and low tonight Napa 70-39, Santa Rosa 70-37, Ukiah 70-38. Weather Table ' By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 24 hours to 4:38 a. m. Tuesday Max. Mln. Prep. .01 Funeral Pending For F. M. Garich Mr. Fred M. Garich. 75, native of Frankfort, Kansas died in Hill side Hospital Monday about 1 p.m. Mr. Garich first came to Klam ath Falls in 1911 and had resided here Intermittently since that time. He had lived in Tulelake for the last ' two years. During his resi dence In Klamath Falls Mr. Gar ich operated several businesses Including Tafs Tavern. Survivors Include a son, Homer, of this city, brothers, William. Santa Rosa, California; Robert, Novato, California; Gus, Santa Ana. California; Edward, Roanoke. Virginia and two grandchildren. Funeral arrnngements are pend ing at Ward's Klamath Funeral Home. Baker . 38 27 Bend '. 53 32 Boise 41 34 Eugene 51 37 Klamath Falls 37 22 Lakevlew 41 24 Medford 60 35 Newport 47 40 North Bend a 51 40 Pendleton ' 48 38 Portland Airport - '60 40 Roseburg' ' - 50 3rt Salem - 52 - 40 Spokane 35 25 Signal Devices To Be Enforced New regulations for automatic shinalling devices on motor vehi cles am now being enforced by State Police, it was reported today. The new requirements will hit most drivers who pull small boat trailers, house trailers or other towed loads, the official said. The new regulation requires that any auto, truck, or combination of auto or truck and trailer, the left side of which is more than 24 inches from the center of the steer ing column, must be equipped with mechanical directicn signals. It also requires that any vehicle or combination of vehicles the rear end of which is more than 14 feet in back of the center of the steering wheel, must have a signalling device. The regulation provides penalties for violators, the official said. 24, Condon, and Donna Maria Sloper. 13. CorvaMn. -KLAMATH COt NT Y SI IT K John V. Kerlin va. Martha H- Kfrltn. divorce granted. Attorney for plaintiff, J. C. O'Neill. Carl W. Lame v. Velma Ooal Lange. auit for divorce. Attorney for plaintiff. J. C. O'Neill. Betty Lou FUh va Richard rranm . iq;r ; shown r,.K ...ii iw rftvnrre Attorney for rnmnll.shmeMS 111 190 Was -"Un plaintiff, r. p. McLaren. ' scenes of disaster relief opera'.ions O'Keeffe et ux and Maurice O'Keeffe et ux. null for condemnation of prop erty required to widen Lo-t River-Hat-field Junction portion of Klamath Fall Malin Hmhway. Attorney for plaintiff. Robert Y. 1 horn ton. State Attorney General. ' " . f I i i nesw.nn and Sgt. Robert uammer ui uui, Klamath Air force a. A film showine nea tiws TUESDAY. MARCH 13 Former Resident Dies In Medford Word has been received here t the death of Mrs. Nellie B. Roy. son o( Rogue River on March 7 She died at Sacred Heart Hospiui' Medtoro ni uie ub"- oi yean. She was a native Oregonian. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, format i residents ot Klamath Palls, owned ! and operated the Robinson Gro ! eery on South Sixth Street, now Peterson's, for many years. ! surviving are her widower, Ln. is Robinson. Rogue River, a daiiti. ter. Janet Marie ot that city m , a brothej Ailen Porter of Scotia. Toastmaster Club Elects Officers The Modoc Toastmaster Club, at Its regular Tuesday morning breakfast meeting, elected officers for the coming year. New officers, who will be In stalled at an evening meeting on April 7. are Howard Hanson, presi dent: Robert Davies, first vice president: Oeoige Bartch. second vice president; Dan Campbell, secretary.'.i easuier. and Ralph Freeman, sorgeant-at-arms. The group also briefly discussed the naming of a nominee to the post of area governor, but took no formal action. The nominee will probably be selected at the next meeting of the club, outgoing pres- meni joe Mercer announced. TOMMIES LEAVE MANILA i.fi Members of the Asian Anti-Communist League headed home Tuesday after issu lug a call to freedom-loving people to "overthrow Communist puppet regimes" in Asia. The league is a private organization of leading citizens of South Korea, the Ryuk yu Islands. Formosa. Macao. Hong Kong, South Viet Nam and the Philippines. By UNITED PRESS Temperatures and rainfall for Grange Bucks OSC Article FORT ROCK Members of the Fort Rock Grange went on record at the March 10 meeting by pass ing a resolution protesting a recent arUcle in the oflicial publication of the Oregon State College experi ment station, Oregon's Agricultur al Progress. The article expressed doubt con cerning the success of new farms in the Fort Rock area. R. A. Long. Kdwin A. Eskelln and Leonard Pitcher comprised the resolutions committee. Guest speaker at the meeting was Jim Cheatham of the Lake view office of the Bureau of Land Management. His talk1 featured col ored slides showing BLM activites. He spoke of the bureau's expanded soil and moisture program and its tie-in with rpngc improvement. A native of Colorado. Cheatham has had experience as a timber sales officer there and for the O&C lands in western Oregon before coming to this district. He was introduced by Robert Morehouse of the Fort Rock Crazing Association. in the eastern and Pacuic states were particularly interesting to the audience. Stonecvpher introduced his as sistant chairmen. Waller Mcshke and David Crawford. Burton J. Hoyle. branch chairman, outlined the organization of the program in the community. Workers will make first reports on drive receipts by noon, March 14. Additional reports will be due March 21 and 26 with plans point ed to meeting the goal of $1813 by March 31. J . Refreshments volunteered B campaign workers were served. hours ending at 4:30 a.m. High Low Rain Atlanta 70 52 .21 Bakcrsfield 60 41 Boston 44 31 .01 Brownsville 85 45 Chicago 30 19 .01 Denver ' 27 7 Detroit 32 26 .1)3 El Colli 10 6'i 37 Fairbanks 27 3 .01 Fresno 62 36 Helena 29 23 .09 Kansas City 31 20 Los Angeles 66 45 Miami 78 73 Minneapolis .11 3 New Orleans 78 57 New York 42 33 .14 Oakland C3 43 . .. j Oklahoma City 38 27 .01 Phoenix 65 34 Red Bluft 68 39 Salt Lake City 35 20 San Diego 66 45 San Francisco 62 46 Seattle 40 34 T. Stocktun 63 37 Thermal 60 34 Tucson 64 28 Washington 47 33 .33 Yuma 64 33 Battle Over Ochihos Lcoms A legal battle in which the right of Klr-.iriath County to hold Bur dette and Zclma Put O c h l h o, charged with the first degree mur der of Edison Duffy. 50-year-old ox-convict was to be challenged Tuesday afternoon in circuit court. Circuit Judge Charles Foster of Lakevicw, who was assigned here i by the Oreeon Supreme Court, will near arguments on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Glenn D Rnmtrez, counsel lor the alleged slayers. Rnmrez contends the Ochihos arc being illegally held in the coun ty Jail because District Judce D. E. Van Vactor refused to set aside j waivers of a preliminary hearing made by the defendants. j Judge Van Vactor and District I Court Clerk Norma Richardson ( have been subpoenaed as witness es for the state. The habeas corpus writ will be resisted by District Altorney Rich ard Beeslcy. The writ was served on Sheriff Murray Brltton by Dr. George H. Adler, Klamath County coroner, the only official who can take such action against the sher iff. The court has ordered Britton to produce the Ochihos for the hearing which was set for 2 p.m. Tuesday. The accused slayers were arrest ed in Reno. Nevada, a few after Duffy's irozen body with bullet ln Ihe brain was found on the outskirts ol Klamath Falls. They have since been held without bail in the county jail. Court Records KLAMATH FALLS Ml NKIPAL COl'RT Edward Conway, no registration vis ible. $;t for'eited. Morris Ray. drunk. S25 or 12'i da.vi. Monroe Hays, improper muffler, $15 forfeited. Death Takes Jesse Long Mr. Jesse Bronte Long, 63. na tive of Monroe County, Arkansas, resident of Klamath Falls for nine years, died in Toledo, Oregon March 10. Survivors include the widow. Rosa Lee. of this city; sons, Burle and Lomp.n of Toledo; Johnnie of Klamath Fails, and a daughter, Mrs. Jessie Lee Marchesc, Klam ath Falls. Funeral services will take place from Ward's Klamath Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p.m. Inter ment will follow in Klamath Me morial Park. Bishop Grants Dispensation SEEKS REELECTION SACRAMENTO iUP) Assem blyman Richard H. McCollisicr (R-San Anselmol announced tcday he would seek reelection to his 9th term as a representative of the Marin-Sonoma County District. Don't Neglect Slipping FALSE TEETH Do falls teeth drop, iiip or wobble hen you talk. eal. laugh or sneerr? Don't be annoved and frpb.irraMd by inch handicaps. FASTEETH, an alkaline (non-acidi powder to aprln kle on your platen, keeps false teetfc more firmly net. Olvea confident feel Ins of security and added comfort. No lummy. RiKeT, past? taste or feel InR. Get FASTKETH today at any diUR count. "you look wonderful! Come on the Shasta Daylight.? ' Southern pacific TO SAN FRAH TO PORTLAND Sll 25 Plui lo $981 flul f Father John Phelan. pastor of St. Augustine Catholic Church. Merrill, announced Tuesday that the Most Rev. Francis p. Leipsig. bishop of the Diocese of Baiter, had granted a dispensation trom the Lenten law of last and abstin ence to those who attend the St. Patrick's Day celebration next Sat urday in- thKt commur.nity. As usual Merrill will hold the region's chief observance in mem ory of the natron saint of Ireland days; Although Ihe sons of Italy are stag ing a spaghetti dinner St. Pat rick's night in Sacred Heart Parish In Klamath Falls. The dinner will be served from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. pari-hquake Shakes Galapagos Islands TARAnENA. Calif. UPi A maior earthquake at 5:21.13 a.m. PST today ' was reported in the Galapagos Islands area oil Peru bv seismoligists at the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Charles F. Richtcr said the quake apparently was over a wide area about 3100 miles southeast of here. The intensity was 7. which means it was a major quake and could cause large damage In a populated area. Man Killed In Legging Accident YREKA Gerald Ed Johnson. Jj resident of Gazell j, was killed bl stantly Saturday, at j:50 pm when he was struck In the head by f. logging boom. The accident happened four and t nno half milpn west nf IT a u.-i. ! u-nv OO nil Scarfnce Rnarl James Lee Hamilton and John, son wero attempting to load a log. gins boom on a truck and trailer A safety device holding the boom let loose alio the boom swung om and hit Johnson in the head while he was giving directions to Hem ilton, who was pushing the boom wi:h liaht truck. The coronor's report showed death was caused by a basal skull fracture and severance of the spin, al cord. Johnson is survived by his wife. Donna, and three children. Funeral arrangements nre pending. am Edmund E. Hass Reiidenf Manager Heine Northwest Coupant Since 1913 Mfjfeii' Haul lobby Paone J 37f Mr. Hass will be at the Willard Hotel Thursday and Friday T.ltphan. 4141 tm camulf wilh Mr. Han inraatmtar and rttirsmtnt aroframi tiling the. stcuriliai et utllititi, banki. Insurance, indui rrlal and Invtirment Company lharei. 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