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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1957 PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON "Even though you hate all mankind, Wilson, that's no reason why we can't have a nice time!" Producer, Actress Wife Get Ready For Gala Party By WILLIAM GLOVER NEW YORK W-Miko and Liz Todd are set to rock the town tonight with their "intimate little party for a few friends." Already the splurge in pink-and blue-spangled Madison Square Garden is sure to be remembered for causing the wildest Broad way ticket scramble of the sea son. "You'd think with 18,000 invita tions to pass out, everybody would be happy for once," reports host Baby Drowns In Wash Basin CHICAGO Wl A 2-month-old boy drowned last night in a wash basin after his mother said she left him for less than a minute to answer a telephone call a wrong number in another room. The mother, Mrs. Judith Schlaeger, 27, told police she was bathing her son Victor In the kitchen sink in about five to six inches of water. When the tele phone rang she placed the baby on the sink drainboard and an swered the phone. The caller was her husband, Thomas, an attor ney, to whom she spoke briefly and resumed washing the infant. Again the telephone rang and Mrs. Schlaeger placed the baby on the drainboard and ran to an swer it. She said the caller had the wrong number. Mrs. Schlae ger returned to the Kitcnen ana found her baby's head and shoul ders under the water. Firemen worked 30 minutes in an attempt to revive him. Jap Strikers. Police Clash SAGAMIHARA, Japan Japanese police clashed today with union workers demonstrating outside the U.S. engineer supply center here. The workers were protesting their discharge by a Japanese firm working at the supply center under contract to the U.S. Army. The firings resulted from the cut back of American forces in Japan now under way. Police said two union members and 11 policemen were injured, one seriously. The Army said there were more than 1.000 work ers in the crowd but all had left by late afternoon. No U.S. troops went into action. TV Actress, Mate To Part NEW YORK Ifl-TV actress Faye Emerson and TV musician bkitch Henderson announced last night they had signed a maritul separation agreement. The announcement was made for the couple by lawyer Wolfe Ji. Lharney. Charney said Ihe two had been trying to adiust their differences for some time but finally decided to separate. The lawyer said there was an "amicable property set tlement." Miss Emerson, formerly mar ried to Elliott Roosevelt, son of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was married to Hen derson Dec. 12, 1950. Todd. "Instead, about 60,000 peo ple are peeved at me. Besides those packed into the vast arena for the show-dance-picnic-giveaway, television specta tors' will view 90 minutes of the festivities over the CBS coast-to- coast network. The party is a salute to the first anniversary of the premiere of Todd's prize-w inning film. Around the World in 80 Days. Mrs. Todd, .sometimes known as film star Elizabeth Taylor, will be on hand for one moment of high formality. She'll mount a specially built stairway in the cen ter of the Garden to cut the birth day cake a baked confection 30 feet in diameter, 14 feet high. coated with pale blue tang. The 18,000 guests include a clus ter of celebrities Fernandel, the French star, is coming over from Paris just for the night,; Texas Rangers and Australian beauty queens. Also on hand are to be working teams from television stations in England, Italy and Canada. Everybody has been asked to dress in evening attire. Liz insists on black tie for all the guys," Mike notes. The programmed entertainment embraces about every facet of the entertainment business. Speci mens: the 74-picce Symphony of the Air, conducted hy Arthur Fiedler; a couple of circus ele phants; a spectacle called "Danc ing Waters"; Duke Ellington's band; a troupe of performing pal omino horses flown in from San Diego, Calif. There's been no curfew set for when the show will end. The tentative food menu (peo ple keep calling up to offer all kinds of things) include 15,000 hot dogs, 10,000 Chinese egg rolls, 500 gallons of cider, endless pizza pies, 15,000 doughnuts. A motley of gifts have been con tributed to the party, and Mike plans to make sure every guest gets at least one memento. He has rented two parking lots to store the presents temporarily. included are a light airplane with flying lessons; a speedboat: a 44-foot trailer; four or five American cars: three Italian cars; and a half dozen motor scooters. There are also German cameras. Swedish sewing machines, mink stoics, French bonnets and ivory chopsticks. The government of India has sent along 50 sets of elephant hells and the King of Siam, who once wrote a song for a Todd stage show, has flown over 40 Siamese cats. Happiest note of all is the finan cial aspect. The television rights, it Is relia bly reported, were let for $300,000. Renting the Garden for the eve ning cost Todd $5,000 and he has also to foot the bill for the en tertainers and other working per sonnel. Rut the food and gifts are being donated by manufacturers. trade groups and stores interested in distributing good will. In fact, a Todd lieutenant ex plains, "Mike is apt to make a buck out of it all." Two Arrested For Thefts WEED Two men, Floyd Alton Green, 41, of Dallas, Texas, and Glen Hatch, 40, of Portland, Ore gon, and recently employed in the McCloud logging area, picked the wrong persons to a e 1 1 allegedly stolen merchandise to Monday af ternoon near Deer Mountain Lodge, They found themselves staring down the barrel of a hunting rifle manned by one of the victims. The hunter held them until arrival of a California State Highway patrol man. They are now held in the Sis kiyou County Jail at Yreka under $2,500 bail each, set at their ar raignment in the Weed Justice Court Tuesday by Judge John Kin strey, acting judge of the Weed court. They are scheduled to ap pear in the Weed Justice Court Tuesday, October 29. for prelimi nary examination on charges of burglary. The apparent thievery attempt was first reported to Weed police Chief David Dawson by a passing truck driver, Jack Maguire, Mon day forenoon, who said he had ob served two men attempting to en ter a parked automobile off High way 97. Before officers could ar rive at the scene, Louis F. Aur- recoechea of San Jose, owner of the parked car, and Bernard Goe, a companion from Santa Clara took the situation under control. Aurrecoechea told officers that Green and Hatch approached him only a few miles down the road from the parked car and offered to sell several articles of personal clothing, thermos bottles and an air mattress. The San Jose hunter, after recognizing his own belong ings, held them until arrival of the highway patrol a snort time later. Deputies of the Siskiyou County sheriff's office made further inves tigation. Missing Auto Driver Found City police on Wednesday appre hended the phantom driver who had abandoned his car Monday evening when he had been in structed to follow the police car to the station. Arrested and loaded with three charges was Benny Frank Pur- cell. Thursday morning in muni cipal court he forfeited $15 on charges of failure to stop for a red ligfft, having no vehicle li cense, and having no operator s license. The police apprehended Purcell Monday night when the vehicle he was operating was noted going through a red light. When talking with him it was discovered that he had neither an operator's li cense nor a current vehicle li cense. He was instructed to follow the squad car to the station but instead of doing that he jumped from the car and disappeared in the darkness of a vacant lot. NATIONAL CREDIT UNION week was marked locally Tuesday night by a special ban quet at the Willard Hotel attended by members of the Klamath Falls Chapter of Credit Unions and visiting officials. Shown here are, left to right, H. E. Bispham, president of the local chapter, Ray Kogeler, assistant director of the state organization from Eugene, Mrs, R, J, Mathers, Robert C. Lechner, Madison, Wisconsin, assistant director of the na tional association, and William O. Wright, managing director of the Oregon Credit Union Association. Population In Camp Down MALIN About 400 people are now living at the Malin labor camp, i compared to approximately 600 a year ago at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Stevenson, labor camp- managers, report that the drop-off j was due to the continued rain caus ing lack of work and to illness. I Of the 130 living units available. which includes tents, .cabins and trailer spaces, 95 units are now rented. Last year at this same date 122 units were rented. Many people in Malin and sev eral organizations have come to Potato Shipments SEASONS $6-57 57-58 Daily Truck Ore. 14 17 Daily Kail Ore. 8 10 DailyTruck Calif. 9 5 Dally Rail Calif. 9 9 Dailr Total ORE. & CftLlF. 4Q x ji Monthly Total 332 356 Season's Total 411 612 Oregon Weather Western Oregon Fair through Friday with late night and early the assistance of unemployed Iran-!, ,, A : iM( i', sient workers by providing f ood Thursdav niaht ,5.45. hil!h' Fri. HUNTER ARRESTED A Wallnort .Oregon man was fined $50 Tuesday in the District Court of Judge D. E. Van Vactor on charges of illegally tagging a deer. Released from the county jail after payment of the fine was Edward W. Giffin, 27. The arrest was made by the slate police near Hildebrand, Oregon. KFA DELEGATE MONTAGUE (Speciali Philip Kobustellim, the son or Mr. and Mrs. Peter Robustellini of Mon tague, represented the Yreka High School at the Future Farmers of America national convention which ran for three days and was con REPITITION HOIXYWOOD (L'Pi A local symphony conductor admits he's having trouble with his "Satellite eluded October 17 in Kansas City, Symphony." He says it keeps com Missouri. ling out, "beep ... beep ... beep," Student Held For Shooting FORT LAUDERDALE. Fla. U A 15-year-old Negro high school student is in jail and two other students are hospitalized as the result of a gun battle during a band practice. County Solicitor Emerson Alls worth said Willie Lee Johnson, 15, and Robert Slater, 16. began argu ing yesterday during the practice at the Negro high school and that Johnson shot Slater in the shoul der with a .32-caliber revolver. Slater returned the fire but missed Johnson. A girl student, Almetia Hayes. 13, was hit by richocheting bullets and was re ported in fair condition with stomach and thigh wounds. Slater also is in fair condition. Charges have not been filed against Johnson. Allsworth said the two boyi had a dispute at a dance Tuesday night. Woman Wins Damage Claim A circuit court Jury Wednesday awarded Mrs. Mildred Huffman. Malin housewife, $15,000 as the re sult of permanent injuries re ceived In a headon collision on Highway 39, in October 1954. Driv er of the other vehicle was former Klamath County representative. Henry Semon. Mrs. Huffman said she received injuries to the right wrist and left elbow. The jury deliberated about five hours. The original claim had been for $101,600. BOMB HOAX FORCES RETURN WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. tUP) A bomb hoax forced a Mackey Airlines DC4 carrying 11 passen gers to return here shortly after takeoff Wednesday night. The plane was bound from Nassau to St. Petersburg via Fort Lauder dale, West Palm Beach and Tam pa, when someone telephoned the airline oil ice here reporting a bomb aboard the plane. and clothing. Malin women through the United Church Wom en group, are serving hot chocolate and cookies to the children in the labor camp school twice a week. Eighty five children have regis tered at the school which is located on the camp ground, but the teach ers, Mrs. Anita Stephens and Mrs. T. C. Hagcrty, report there are only about 50 per cent attending. Children in the upper grades, sev en through 12, go to the Malin School. Man Returned To Face Count Robert L. Ilindle. 26-year-old Macdoel youth charged with con tributing to the delinquency of a minor involving a 16-year-old girl, was returned to Klamath County from San Jose Wednesday by Dep uty Sheriff Dale Mattoon. Hindle was arraigned Thursday morning in the district court of Judge D. E. Van Vactor and the date of his district court trial has been set for Tuesday, October 22. Wreck Injures Driver Of Truck A 20-year-old Copco emplove. Harry W. Ward. 1500 Laurel Street, was injured early Thurs day morning when a truck he was driving collided with a vehicle driven by a farm laborer, Man uel G. Jimminez, a mile west of Highway 39 on the Midland cutoff. Klamath Valley Hospital attend ants said the injured man sus tained facial lacerations and a bruised hip. State police said Jimminez was cited for failure to yield the right of way. day 55-65. Southerly to southeast erly coastal winds 5-15 miles an hour. Eastern Oregon Fair through Friday with little change in tem perature. Low Thursday night 28 38; high Friday 55-65. Grants Pass and vicinity Fair through Friday except night and morning fog. Low Thursday night 35-40 with patches of local frost; high Friday 63-68. Baker and vicinity Clearing Thursday - night with low 25-30. Fair Friday with high 55-60. Northern Oregon Beaches Fair through Friday except early morning fog. Northerly beach winds 5-12 miles an hour. Tem perature range 40-65. Fire Weather Moderate but increasing fire danger in western and central Oregon. Fair weather with increasing easterly winds. Lowest humidities 35-40 per cent Friday." Weather Table By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 24 hours to 4:30 a.m. Thursday. Max. Mln. Prep. Baker Bend Eugene Lakeview Medford Newport North Bend Pendleton Portland Airport Roseburg Salem Spokane 59 32 61 24 66 56 65 60 61 60 62 59 85 Three Youths Join Navy The Navy Recruiting Office here announces the enlistments of three young basin men. They are Clinton John Meyer, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Meyer of Route 3, Lloyd Wayne Ebinger, son of Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Ebinger of 1034 North Sixth Street and Leroy Ken neth Mousseau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mousseau of 227 North Ninth Street. All three men were sworn in at Portland, - and are now in San Diego, undergoing recruit training. Upon completion of nine weeks training period they will be given 14 days leave, before reporting to one of the many schools. Strike Backs Pay Demands TOKYO W Half a million Jap anese workers walked off the job today and 400.000 others quit for an hour to back up a drive for general increases in pay and re tirement allowances. The General Council of Japa nese Trade. Unions called the strikes of varying duration in the shipbuilding, iron and steel and coal industries. A union of government work ers promoted the one-hour stop page by express workers in the transport industry. The tieup was slight. Demands by railway work ers are already under conciliation by the labor relations board. Coal workers went out on an "indefinite" strike. The iron and steel men struck for 48 hours and the shipbuilders for 24. WHEEL THEFT A front tire and wheel were stolen from an automobile be longing to Burt Dunlea, 303 South Fifth Street, sometime Wednes day evening when the machine was parked near the intersection of Main Street and Reclamation Avenue. Lake Students Select Play LAKEVIEW "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay," the rollicking comedy adapted from the book of the same name, has been chosen for presentation by students of the Lakeview High School on Novem ber 15 at the high school audi torium. The evening performance will open at 8 o'clock under the super vision of Donald W. But ler. English and dramatics instruc tor. Terry Lincecum is student di rector. The junior class is sponsor ing. The three-act comedy, drama tized by Jean Kerr, tells the story of a trip to Europe by the authors Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough, then at the debutante age. The setting in the "20's" is said to be a nostalgic treat for parents and a picnic for the young er generation. All three acts are loaded with laughs from start to finish. The characters in the order of their appearance are: Steward, James Cogburn; Mrs. Skinner, Mary Jo Deely; Cornelia Otis Skin ner, Gayle Jones; Otis Skinner, Bernie Busic; Emily Kimbrough, Sharon Hopkins; purser, Jerry Sawyer; stewardess, Mary Minor: Dick Winters, Bob Ackerman; ad miral, Truman Conn; Harriet St. John, Jo Groom; Winefred Blaugh, Sandra Watts; Leo McEvoy, Gor don Ousley; inspector, Sherry Jar man; Terese, Marian Angele; Madame Elise, Connie Wyman; Monsieur de la Croix, Bud Deming; window cleaner, George Spelvin Jr. California Weather By UNITED PRESS Northern and Central California: Fair today, tonight and Friday; little change in temperature; va riable wind 7-15 mph near t he coast, San Francisco Bay Region: Fair today, tonight and Friday; continued mild temperatures: high today 72-77; low tonight 50-ao; gentle wind. 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