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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1958)
Seavy Mis Caaas Miofli? FD(olnimgj rTTMv. I IT -- vert- -5 'irTi . i U Jro1- Xc-ry'W ALTHOUGH HE NORMALLY operates the Men's Hand Laundry, Philip Duffy did a landslide business Tuesday while making like a Viennese gondolier at the intersection of Eleventh, and Klamath streets. The rains came , . . and Strong Storm Hits Pacific Northwest : By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A powerful storm shattered the calm of the Pacific Northwest's extremely mild winter Wednes day, leaving in its wake one man dead, at least seven persons in jured and untold property dam age. , The rain-sodden storm, moving swiftly in from the ocean at mid- la The- By FRANK JENKINS President Eisenhower is asking congress to extend the reciprocal trade act for five years as a "powerful force in waging peace." This, will probably raise in your mind two questions: 1. What is the reciprocal trade agreement act? , 2. Why is it a potentially powers Jul force in waging total peace? Let's see if we can answer your questions here. Under the reciprocal ' trade agreement, passed during t h e Roosevelt administration, the Unit ed States grants tariff conces sions to nations that are willing to RECIPROCATE by granting tariff concessions to US. Its purpose is to encourage both imports and ex ports. It is potentially a powerful force In waging peace because it pro poses TRADE rather than AID. That's about the size of it. Let's be careful not to say that extension of the reciprocal trade agreement act is good JUST BE CAUSE IKE IS PROPOSING IT. President Eisenhower isn't al ways right. He is only human. He makes mistakes from time to time even as you and I. But TRADE RATHER THAN AID is a good ob jective. People in general RESPECT their customers. But they have basically very little use for Lady Bountifuls. For too many years, the United States has been playing Lady Bountiful over too much of the world. It hasn't bought us much. You can't BUY friends. Wore on juvenile delinquents: Three Burlingame teen-age girls have been arrested in Santa Mon ica after. a wild chase at speeds up to 100 MILES PER HOUR. The girls confessed stealing a car in Sunnyvale. They bought 12 gallons of gas in Los Alamos but neglected to pay for it. The gas station operator alerted -the sheriff's office, and the chase was on. Ut must have been quite chase, because Santa Monica is a far 'piece from Los Alamos.) The three girls were turned over to the juvenile authorities. Hmmmmmm. It looks like another case of too little wood shed. Wreck Leaves Eight Orphans KELLOGG, Idaho m Eight children waved goodby Wednes day when their parents left their Pines Creek area home 10 miles southwest of here for a short trip to a nearby town. Now the chil dren are orphans their mother and father killed in a traffic ac cident. Clarence Larson, 41. and Donna. 34. were killed outright when their panel truck went out of control, toppled end over end and came to rest against a telephone pole. The mishap occurred a mile from their home shortly after Wednes day midnight, Days News day, raked coastal areas with winds up to 135 miles an hour and inland areas with gusts to 60 m.p.h. and higher. There was a 110 m.p.h. gust at Mount Hebo, Ore. The death blamed on the storm was that of Randolph W. Myrick 61, Tacoma, a lineman for Ta- coma City Light. Myrick and Graydon Bailey, 35, were on a utility pole trying to repair power lines blown down when both touched a hot wire. Myrick was electrocuted. Bailey suiterea burns ana shock, In Seattle, seven persons were cut by flying glass as the gusty wind took out a number of store rront windows. A nroken power line draped itself over a car, trapping Donald Luke, 32, of Se attle, until Seattle City Light crews treed him. The 55-foot fishing vessel Cross Sound, with three men aboard, radioed the Coast finnrrt at the I height of the storm she was found-; ering off Gravs Harbor. Winds un' to 81 miles per hour whipped the ocean. Later the Cross Sound reported she was all right and with two Coast Guard cutters dogging her wake, the vessel headed out to deep water to ride out the storm. The Weather Bureau at Seattle said the storm extended roughly from northwestern Oregon to the Canadian border. By nightfall it was losing its punch and Thurs day it was expected to have left the area. Seattle City Light was swamped with trouble calls within minutes after the storm struck. Hundreds of calls reported downed wires and utility poles. The Washington State Ferries canceled the Edmonds-Kingston and Mukilteo-Columbia Beach fer ry runs shortly after nightfall. Service was resumed Friday. Ihe storm also disrupted phone service at a number of Western Washington cities, including Seat tle, Aberdeen, Tacoma, Shelton and Bremerton. The Northern Pacific Railway's communications from Seattle to the east, south and north were cut off by storm damage. Wind damage forced a number of radio stations off the air. One Seattle television station shut down because of a power failure. The highest recorded gust, a whipping 135 m.p.h. blast, was re corded at the Naselle Air Force station, 2,000 feet high in the foot hills between South Bend, Wash, and the Columbia River. (Continued on Page Four) Congress Showdown Seen On Space Research Project WASHINGTON, W Congress ap pears headed toward a showdown battle over civilian vs. military control of outer space experi ments. A decision by Secretary of De fense McElroy to set up a Pen tagon Advanced Research Proj ects Agency brought open opposi tion today to over-all military di rection of space developments. McElroy said the ARPA, which is to work on antimissile and out er space projects, will be official ly set up "in a day or two." He said he wants it in existence be fore funds are voted for it. While they did not immediately challenge McElroy's decision. Chairman Russell (D-Ga) and other members of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the secretary's action is not going to be accepted by them as any final determination of who will supervise the race to space. "This is a matter on which Con gress must have full information," Russell said. "This is too vital a matter to be disposed of by some administrative order." Russell said he is opposed to putting direction of the program! came . . . and came, Duffy is pictured in the boat at upper left while heading for shore to pick up a quick fare in the person of Wally Spires, salesman at Juckeland Motors. The center picture was taken on Owens Street near the inter section with White Street. In the foreground the pressur ized drain water surges up through a manhole from which the cover has been lifted. The flooded' condition in the IV1UIHM iW Price Five Cents 24 Pages Chiefs Cite Red Threat To Mideast ANKARA tfi- The Baghdad Pact powers said Thursday "Com munist imperialism is increasing its efforts to dominate the prized oil-producing Middle East In a communique winding up a meeting of ministers, the allies and a U.S. team led by Secretary of State Dulles asserted Russia is directing these attempts by ex ploiting the fear of war, economic distress and regional tension. The communique said Commu nist "infiltration" and subversion continue to be a menace and call for constant vigilance and in creased solidarity. The communique listed these declarations by the council, con sisting of British, Turkish, Iraqi, Iranian and Pakistani ministers Creation of a combined military planning staff to serve as a nu cleus for an eventual unified com mand. A recommendation to hold com bined military staff training exer cises soon. Appointment of Turkish Lt. Geh, Ekrem Akalin as director of the combined planning staff for 1958, with American Air Force Maj, Gen. Daniel S. Campbell as his deputy. The ministers in their four-day meeting expanded the Middle East alliance's military planning staff and heard U.S. pledges of 10 million dollars more in aid and "mobile power in great force" to meet any aggression. HIGH FINANCE SAN JOSE, Calif. (UP) - The U. S. government took $4,743,206 in taxes and interest from the $9,946,135 estate of Gertrude Achilles, and now admits it made a slight error in figuring the bill. The estate, officials said, owes Uncle Sam another 67 cents. in the hands of the Atomic En ergy Commission as Senators An derson D-NM l and Gore (D-Tenn) have proposed. They too have op posed military control. Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn) pro posed a separate Cabinet-level department, saying, "The peace ful, conquest of space is highly important and must not be over shadowed by military projects." McElroy has contended he al ready has sufficient authority to establish the ARPA. Some ques tion of that was raised in House debate, however, and the House" voted specific authorization to es tablish the agency while at the same time prescribing limits on its operation. Mothers March Mothers will march tonight between 7 and 8 o'clock to take part in the nationwide plea for funds in the March of Dimes "Survival Is Not Enough," cam paign. Those wishing to donate please leave porch lights , on. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, Yacht Supported By Union Funds Related To Probers WASHINGTON W) Senate In-1 vestigators developed testimony Thursday that the yacht used by union boss William E. Maloney and friends has cost the union members around $130,000 includ ing pay for a non-union skipper. Maloney, international president of the Operating Engineers Union, was absent as the rackets invest igating committee dug into his handling of union funds. He was asked to be present but sent word he was ill. ; . . But staff investigators told the committee Maloney and othqt "Un ion executives' haJe been eotef- tainiiig. their wives and guests on this 47-foot yacht since 1949. The yacht "Half Moon" is listed as a craft for coastal inspec tion" on the union's books, the in vestigators said. Bullet Sets Off Dynamite Blast LEBANON, Tenn. (UP)- Two teen-agers "just shooting at tilings," fired a bullet Wednesday into a truck load of dynamite, setting off a blast that killed one of the youths and shook a three mite area. Glenn C. Gully, 15, Lebanon, was killed. Charles Pruitt, 17, his companion, was seriously injured. Pruitt said the two were "just shooting at things and we saw this trailer. "I don't know what was in it We shot at it four or five times." "I fired the last shot and then I don't know what happened. The next thing I knew I was crawling around and calling for Glenn. The boys had fired into a trailer- truck loaded with 1,500 pounds of dynamite. I 1 1 '? IRVIN D. KERR, newly appointed superintendent of the Lava Beds National Monument, replaces Robert R. Budlong who has been promoted to the position of management assistant in the park service's region four office, San Francisco. Announcement of Kerr's appointment was made by Lawrence C. Merriam, regional director, region four, National Parle Service, Department of the Interior. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr are living in park headquarters at the monument. upper right picture was snapped on Adams Street near the south end of the viaduct. Measurements tabulated by the local office of the Bureau of Reclamation indicate that more than a half-inch of rain fell Wednesday, with the runoff being aggravated by warming weather and por tions of a recent snowfall still on the ground when the rains came. In addition to many street portions being in HfiTl IHH THURSDAY, JANUARY S, 1958 But ' the captain himself, a leathery faced man named Cecil F. Braund, said all he ever saw it used for was trips around Miami Beach, where the boat is docked, and to New York and Washington. The committee swung to Ma- loney's union stewardship after getting a fresh refusal by Chicago contractor Stephen A. Healy to say whether he had paid bribes to Maloney for favored labor con tracts. Healy was threatened' with prosecution for contempt. The Committee sought from the 69-year-old ,Healy an- answer to the question .whether Items" on His firm's books totaling $228,923 re flect bribe payments to Maloney. Maloney is president of the In ternational Union of Operating Engineers whose members oper ate cranes, bulldozers and other construction equipment. The union has contracts with Healy's com pany. A row flared between Sen. McNamara (D-Mich), a commit tee member, and Healy's New York lawyer, Jacob Grumet, when McNamara demanded that the committee "castigate" the Amer ican Bar Assn. and lawyers who advised clients to plead the Fifth Amendment, if it is going to crit icize those whp plead it. McClellan produced a copy of a contract he said was awarded to the firm of S. A. Healy Co. by the 11th Naval District for tunnel con struction for the San Diego, Calif., aqueduct. MAN THE PUMPS! SAN FRANCISCO (UP) The State Board of Equalization re ported Wednesday that California breweries last year sold 203,245- 076 gallons of beer more than enough, at 12 million gallons per ship, to float 16 battleships. If ' ?.:'esls 3 i Telephone TU 4-81U No. 4009 More Time For Trade Plan Asked WASHINGTON M - President Eisenhower asked Congress Thurs day for a five-vear extension of the reciprocal trade program with increased power for him to ne gotiate tariff .cuts. He said it is essential to America s vital na tional Interests vln a special message,1 Eisenhow er said of the trade program "I,will strengthen- our econo my, which is the foundation of our national security. It will en hance the economic health and strength of the Free World. It will provide a powerful force in wag ing total peace." The requested legislation is ex pected to stir up one of the major controversies of this Congress ses sion. ; The, administration ran Into trouble in lining up a Republican sponsor for the bilb Rep. Reed of New York, senior Republican on the House .Ways and Means Committee, is the party man to whom the administration normal ly would look for sponsorship of the measure. But Reed declined to put his name to it. Rep. Kean (R-NJ) agreed to take on the task. The committee has set hearings to begin Feb. 17. The trade program dates back to the Franklin D. Roosevelt ad ministration. Under it, the admin istration can lower tariffs on im ports in return for concessions by other countries as to their tariffs on U.S. products. MERRY CHRISTMAS ABERDEEN, Scotland (UP) -Inhabitants of the remote island of Foula in the Shetlands received supplies and mail including Christmas cards Wednesday for the first time since they were cut off by storms 47 days ago. AF Scientist Says Space Full Of Mental Hazards NEW YORK (If) An Air Force scientist says man may find space crawling with these mental haz ards: Marching squirrels, tiny rocket ships that fire pellets, and little men who swing on space ship in struments. Reporting today to a meeting nf the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, experimental psycholo gist George T. Ilauty told of three pre-space-flight experiments. One of these was conducted by McGill University scientists of Montreal, Canada. They wanted to find out what happened when you shut off sights, sounds and other sense stimuli. They closed male volunteers in cubicles for 48 hour. Soon one subject reported: "A procession of squirrels with sacks over their shoulders marching purposefully across a snow field. ..." Another said he saw a miniature rocket ship shooting pellets at his arm. In addition to having hallucina tions, the volunteers became ir ritable and were unable to con centrate on complex Ideas. The volunteers were amused by Ihe visions at first but later com m mm undated Wednesday, some of the suburban streets were made temporarily impassable and numerous families were faced with flooded basements. USBR records indicate that the Klamath Basin has had more than 10 inches of rain since October of 1957, or more than four inches in excess of the normal six-inch fall registered between October and February. Photos by Kettler and Ellis Young Killer Slays 10 Before Capture By JOE McGOWAN , DOUGLAS, Wyo. Wl A young gunman sought in a wave of 10' savage killings was run to earth Wednesday in the badlands of eastern Wyoming. Charles Starkweather, 19, and his brunette girl friend, Caril Fu- gate, 14, were captured after nine persons in Nebraska and one. in Wyoming had been slain in a three-day period. The girl told officers she feared Starkweather, red-h aired and wearing rimless glasses, wouia Kin her. Automobile glass shattered by bullets in the wild chase that led to Starkweather's capture nicked the gunman's ear. Sheriff Earl Heflin said: "It was his own blood that got him. He thought ha was shot deader'n hell when he saw that blood "He thought he was bleeding to death." Detective Lt. Eugene Heninger of Lincoln, Neb., spent two hours talking 'With Starkweather in his cell and said the bandy gunman had promised to write and sign a formal statement. "I feel we have him tied to the nine deaths In Lancaster County, the filling station operator (Rob ert Colvert, 21, of Lincoln, killed Dec. 1) and the man killed in Wyoming," Heninger said. He agreed to sit down and give written statement when other Nebraska authorities arrive. I think I will get a written confes sion." Heninger said Starkweather gave no motive other than to say that "I got mad at people," that people were acting funny and that when he thought they had heard of him on the radio during the search in Lincoln he became frightened. Heninger said the youth was. cooperative. There are very deliniteiy no other bodies not yet discovered," Heninger went on. "Parts of his story do not jibe. He said he was headed lor Washington, where he has a broth er named Leonara. Me am not mention a city or town." He said Starkweather had em phatically denied sexually molest ing Carol King, 16, who witn ner friend Robert Jensen, 17, was shot to death in Lincoln. Heninger said Starkweather told him he had killed Marion Bartlett, 57, his wife Velda, 37, mother of Caril Fugate, on Tuesday. He did plained that they interfered wilh their sleep. Researchers made the experi ments to determine if there is a background activity as well as normul sensory activity in the brain. In another experiment, Hauly and R. Payne confined 30 volun teers in cockpits and put them to work for 30 consecutive hours. They had to regulate and. control certain occurrences using dials and buttons on instrument panels. While allowed 20-minute breaks at mealtimes, they were not per mitted to sleep. Much to the surprise of re searchers, the subjects reported hallucinations and illusions Some were simple and poorly defined, said Hauly for instance the instrument panel kept melt ing and dripping to the floor." Other subjects reported were well-organized phenomena such as: "On several occasions, the (instrument) showed a hippopota mus smiling at me." Another said he spent a good deal of time brushing away little men who kept swinging on the air speed indicator and preventing him from reading 1U not mention Infant Betty Jean, also slain. He told the Nebraska detective he had spent most of that day at the C. L. Ward home. ' C. Lauer Ward, 48, his wife Clara, about 46, and Lillian Fencel, about 60, their housekeeper, all were shot down. The girl, in a state of shock after fleeing Starkweather's . car before the final chase leading to his capture, was sheltered in the living quarters of the sheriff and his wife on the second floor of the jail. - i Two P0SSibIe reasons for the wave of slavines came to lieht Thursday. At Lincoln, Neb., his father, .Guy Starkweather, said: "He is to lose his sight within a year, because (Continued en Page Four) SfateVeafher 'Highlights' PORTLAND IDTwo tornadoes and high winds were highlights of Oregon weather in 1957, the U. S. Weather Bureau said in its an nual summary Wednesday. The tornadoes, however, did only slight damage as they swirled briefly April 12 near Sandy and in Gilliam and Morrow cqunties. High winds also raked the state in 1957. The highest carried gusts up to 100 miles an hour and were recorded at Mount Hebo on the coast and in the Columbia Gorge. The bureau also said In Its re port that it got pretty hot and pretty cold last year in the state. Arlington recorded the highest temperature, 106 degrees July 4. Seneca was the coldest spot re ported 43 degrees below zero Jan. 26. It also was pretty wet in some parts of the state. Valsetz record ed the 24-hour high, 6.17 inches Dec. 19. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Snow, showers and partial clearing periods through 1 Friday. Low Thursday night 20-28) high Friday 34-40. High yesterday 37 Low lust night 25 I'rccip. Inst 24 hours 0.47 Since Oct. 1 10.38 Sifme period last year. 7.05 Normal for period 6.79 CRATER LAKE High yesterday 23 Lew last night 20 8 a.m. today - 21 New snow 8 Snow depth 144 Highway 62 Is open through the park with chains advised; very narrow. The road Is open, with chains required, from Annie Springs to pnrk headquarters. The rnnd from headquarters lo the rim Is closed today but Ihe rang ers hope to have it reopened for weekend skiing. The temperature dropped Wednesday afternoon, making Ihe new snow lighter than that ol the previous day and pre paring for good weekend ski con ditions. There was a low overcast this morning and Intermittent snow, TOMAHAWK Four Inches of new snow fell last night on a three foot hard- packed surface In the Tomahawk Ski Howl 24 miles northwest of Klamath Falls on Lake of the Woods Road. The parking area has been plowed and is In good condition for visitors. Facilities will operate on Friday from 1 lo 4 p.m. and on Saturday and Sun day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be an Instructor on duly and ski school will operate all three days as will the tows, Poninllft and restaurant.
