THURSDAY, MARCH 29. 1956
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE NINE
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State Embarks On Unique
Population Guess Program
By PAIL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM tf The state ol Ore
son Is embarking on a unique
project In which it will estimate,
"Dad, if Paul and I would get married at 14 years eld,
do you think they'd put us on television?"
towns. It has advised each city
io either make an estimate, or to
conduct a census count under
supervision of the board. Fifty-
Ihe population o( Us 218 cities and Iour cities are taking such popu-
towns every vear. lation counts mis wees.
No oiher stale U doitiE it. The ! The others will make estimates..
State Census Board, created by (Then the bord will revise these
the 1955 Legislature, is r-elnii; lis estimates, and announce the llnal
way alons, but it will have its ugurcs.
1956 population llguies ready by i no APPEAL
April 15.
The new system was inspired
by the League of Oregon Cities,
wnich doesn't believe that the fed
eral census, taken every 10 years,
is up to date enough in a rapidly
growing state.
At .s,ake are two annual state
apportionments to cities, includ
ing S5.200.0CO of highway revenues
and S800.000 of liquor revenues.
Tnis money is apportioned on
the basis of population of each of
the 218 cities.
OLD LAW
The old law provided that the people.
There will be no appeal from
the board's estimates. However,
If anv citv doesn't like its esti
mated population, it can go ahead
and make an actual count.
There Will be a natural tendency
for a citv to fudue in order to get
a little extra money. But the
board has an answer to that.
"As a check on these cities,
Huxtabie said, "we have Board of
Health figures on births lor each
area. We also have school district
ficures on enrollment, which Is a
good indication as to migration ol
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"CAROUSEL," a gay musical which was a tremendous Broad
way success, will be. shown on the wide screen at the Esquire
Theater beginning Friday. Shown here in a scene from the
color and CinemaScope film is Gordon MacRaq and Shirley
Jones who play the leads.
Three Killed In Granary
Blast; 10 Blocks Leveled
PHILADELPHIA P A deva
stating explosion blasted a four
story granary Into flaming rubble
last night and cut a 10-block swath
ol damage through Philadelphia's
busy 30th and Market Street sec
tion. At least three persons were
missing and believed dead. Four
others were on the critical list.
Scores were treated for injuries,
come of them late evening shop
pers heading home at the time of
the blast 8:10 p.m.
Not until the cold morning air
cleared away the pall of black
smoke was the extent of the de
struction fully revealed. As far as
the eye could see there were
broken Windows, smashed automo
biles, scattered debris.
Twenty-five of the injured were
students at Drexel Institute's night
college, less than a block from the
rear of the granary.
Those listed as missing were:
Edward Johnson, a new employe
of the grain firm, of Philadelphia.
Bvron Weldon, truck driver, ol
Miliville. N.J.
Arthur Harold, another driver
. employed by a grain hauling com-
panv. also of Miliville.
SCENE OF BLAST
The scene of the explosion was
two blocks west of ihe Schuylkill
River that separates the downtown
portion of the city from West
Philadelphia.
Across the street from the biast-
Annual Lake view Lion
Easter Egg Hunt Set
LAKEVIEW The third annual,
Easter egg hunt, sponsored by the
Lakeview Lions Club, will be held
Ester Sunday afternoon at the
Youth Center in Lakeview. A 1 1
children in Lake County, through
the 8-year age limit are invited to
participate, according to Don
Maxwell, club president.
Audie Lervik. instructor at the
Lakeview Junior High, is in charge
of arrangements and reports that
the boiling, coloring and hiding of
the tgsr, will be done by Troop 1J
of the Boy Scouts, which Is spon
sored by the club.
There are three age divisions in
the hunt, through 4 years; 5
5 throjich 6. and 7 through 8.
Pri7es will be awarded finders of
golden eggs in each gror.p.
ed building the milling plant of
the Tidewater Mill and Elevator
Co. the new Philadelphia Bulle
tin four-story building took ' the
full fury of the blast.
Windows were reduced to glass
powder, ceilings fell, partitions
were hammered out of shape and
office furniture was overturned.
The force of the blast tore down
communications lines on Market
Street, knocked electric signs off
buildings and showered the area
with fragments of metal and wood.
The explosion was Ielt.2o nylfs
away. The city hall switchboard
reported an estimated 25,000 tele
phone calls were received In a
four-hour period.
-Workmen In the demolished
plant's warehouse said they were
alive "By a miracle." An employe
of a nearby business plac-3 said
"it seemed as If a train roared
at us and then burst with hellish
fury.''
Firemen and police probing the
red-hot debris for dead and In
jured worked under strain.- well
aware of the chance that another
blast might occur. .
Dl'ST BLAMED
The explosion was blamed by
the milling company's night su
perintendent on collected dust.
Samuel Purdy said he was at
tempting to light a pilot light In
a drying vat when the blast was
touched off. The building col
lapsed almost immediately and
burst Into soaring flames.
Purdy and three of four other
employes of the milling firm es
caned with injuries.
"It was a dust explosion because
that's the sort of thing that hap
pens in places like this," Purdy
said.
"All the lights went out. I re
membered I had a flashlight In
a back pocket and got in touch
with two men In the No. 21 bin.
I helped get them out. I turned
off all the switches I could, but I
couldn't get to the main switch
it was too far away. The fire was
raging and I had to get out."
federal census should be used. But
it also said that the secretary of !
state, at a city's request and ex-1
pense, could conduct population
counts at any time.
This enabled any growing city to
increase its share of state money,
but at the expense of the other
cities.
So the Legislature put an end
to this business, providing for a
three-member State Census Board
to make estimates for every city
very year.
Members ol tnis. board are ivan
Rezucha, Portland, a steel com
pany executive, who is chairman:
Deane Huxtabie, registrar tor tne
State Board of Health, executive
secretary; and Ken Tollenaar. of
the University of Oregon Bureau
of Municipal Research.
The board has sent its question
naires to all of the cities and
Tne new system will be better
because It will be fair to every
city. Under the old system, some
cities were penalized because they
couldn't afford to have the secre
tary of state make census
counts."
in making the estimates, each
city will have to provide detailed
information to back up Its figures.
The city officials have to ex
plain fully -how they arrived at
their figures. They must list de
tails on any territorial annexa
tions since the 1950 federal census.-
They have to summarize any in
dustrial and commercial changes
in the community. The Idea Is that
if there has been a population In
crease reported, the new people
are employed.
The city officials have to supply
information on the number of new
homes, and electric and water
meters for every year since 1930.
COME PRETTY CLOSE
After getting that material,
along with the Board of Health
and school enrollment figures, the
NEW YORK I Adm. Jerauld! board will be able to come pretty
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Five Children
Perish In Fire
CASSELMAN. On;. lUPi Five
children ranging in age from two
months to a years were Killed
Wednesday night when fire razed
their farm home in this communi
ty 35 miles southeast of Ottawa.
A sixth child and the mother
were in a nearby barn when the
fire broke out Hiid were unhurt.
The victims were the children
nf Mr. and Mrs. Alcide Quesnel.
They were Helen. 5. Jean Guy.
4. Claude. 2. and 2-monlhs old
twins Francois and Francotse.
Que.snel. 24. works in a general
store at St. Isido;p. The house was
gutted and the children were dead
when he arrived home.
The 22-year-old mother told, po
lice she was in a barn with her
sixth child, 3-year old Gerald,
when the fire started. She smelled
smoke? and heard the crackle of
flames too late to save the chil
dren ni the frame house.
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Soviet Submarine
Fleet Predicted
Wright, supreme Allied command
er of the Atlantic Fleet, says that
by IHe' end ot this 'year the Sovie;
Union will nave seven .limes more
submarines than Hitler had at the
outbreak of World War; II.
Speaking yesterday to the Over
seas Press Club. Wright cited the
need for American buildup of anti
submarine forces.
Today the Soviet? are the
world's second naval power in
vessels on hand and first naval
power in rate of new construc
tion," he said. ' - -
Lutheran 'Ladies Aid
Receive Invitation
DUNSMUIR An invitation to at
tend a dedication service in Chico.
on May 5 was extended the mem
bers of the Lutheran Ladies Aid
at their last meeting. The Rev
Martin Schabacker announced the
service and also described the pro
posed University Lutheran Chapel
which is to - be built In Berkeley
Uiis summer.
The meeting was at the Rustic
Chipel in Dunsmulr with Nellie
King, president, presiding. Mrs.
Minnie Stanley and Mrs. Dorothy
Plymate served refreshments.
close to the actual population of
each city. Huxtabie thinks.
The cost of this new activity is
surprisingly low. The board will
have $20,000 available for ex
penses, but Huxtabie doesn't think
the board will need . anywhere
near that much.
There are no salaries to pay,
as Huxtabie will do his work as
a part-time activity in his Job as
Board of Health registrar.
About the only -expense will be
for office supplies and to pay ex
perts now and then to perform
technical Jobs.
"We're learning a lot," Hux
table said, "and we'll learn a lot
more as we feel our way along.
We can't profit by anybody else's
experience because we're in an
entirely new field
By CHARLES MKRCLIt
NEW YORK W NBC. now mak
ing plans for its fall color televi
sion programing, soon will an
nounce the most extensive color
programs yet seen by the home
audience.
It's expected that the network
will offer at least one major at
traction in color every evening of
the week. Robert Samoff, NBC
President, reportedly has given
top priority to this phase of the
network's television programing
plans for the coming season.
Although color programing has
Increased considerably in the past
year, plans in the making at NBC
apparently would more lhan dou
ble the amount of color time now
available to the public. One ma tor
attraction each evening on NBC
probably would mean at least one
hour and possibly an hour and a
half nightly.
At the moment NBC Is the only
major network W'ith plans for
stepping up color productions.
CBS, which presents a few color
programs, is maintaining its poli
cy of "watchful waiting." ABC,
which offers no color programs, has
said it might launch some in the
fall of 1957 if the audience Is large
enouRh. Both NBC and CBS are
affiliated with manufacturers of
color set ABC Is not.
You can look for a change of em
phasis in the nature of color set
advertising, by the way. Manufac
turers are awakening to the fact
that a large percentage of the pub
lic ' doesn't realize all black -and
white programs can be seen on
color sets. The new theme In color
probably will be that you get two
sets for the price of one color set.
EASTKR EGG Hl'NT
The Mooseheart Alumni Commit
tee, Women of the Moose Chapter
467 will sponsor an Easter egg
bunt at Moose Hall Friday March
30, following the regular potluck.
Potluck will begin at 6:30 p.m.,
the egg hunt will follow. Enter
tainment for the parents will be in
the lounge. Friends and guests are
Invited to bring a dish and attend
the potluck and Easter egg hunt.
' DANCE POSTPONED
DENVER WFor the Ilrst time
in 37 years, local police will lore-
go their annual Policeman's ball
since, a pay raise was approved
at a special election March ' 20.
Sgt. Thomas L. O'Neill explained,
"We didn't feel It wns fair to ask
thfe public to support a dance
after, giving 'us th pay raise.1'
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