THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1958
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE SEVEN
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Syrian-Egyptian Union
Promises New Turmoil
JOHN SCHICKLING
Local Concert
Group Meets
Members of the Klamath Com
munity Concert Association Tues
day evening were briefed on the
various concert artists available
for the 1958-59 season by John
Schickling, representative of t h e
national organization.
. Schickling outlined plans for next
year's programs after the local
group unanimously reelected An
drew Coney Jr. as president of the
Klamath association.
Other officers named at the meet
ing were: Ross Ragland, first vice
president; Mrs. Frederick Ehlers,
second vice president; Mrs. Lyle
Kellstrom and Ragland, member
ship co-chairmen: Mrs. James
Thornton, secretary; Jack Hopkins,
treasurer; Pali O'Connor, publicity
chairman; Dr. Frank Johnson, ap
pointment chairman; Louis Mann,
concert chairman and Mrs. F. Ce
cil Adams, social director.
Under the guidance of Schick
ling and Loney, the concert board
made preliminary plans for the
annual membership drive which
will be kicked off in early spring.,
The board will meet again in
the near future to select top enter
tainers in the concert field to headline-
the 1958-59 program series.
Locally the concert association,
since its inception, has provided
the Klamath Basin with reknown
artists and musical groups. This
year's series will close with a per
formance on Wednesday, March 5,
by the DePaur Opera Gala. The
concerts are held in the Pelican
Theater, and admission is by
membership ticket only.
By WILLIAM L, RYAN
AP Foreiga News Analyst
Syria's desperate-looking pursuit
of union with Egypt promises new
turmoil in the Middle East, but
for the two countries it may also
be a measure of mutual self-protection.
The development is puzzling in
many ways. There is much justifi
cation for speculation that the ex
tremists of Syria hope and intend
to rekindle the flames of pan-Arab
nationalism in Iraq, Jordan and
Lebanon.
The same consideration could
be behind the apparent accept
ance of the idea by Egypt's Pres
ident Gamal Abdel Nasser. But
there seems to be more to the
picture than just that.
In reports from Damascus and
Cairo, sketchy as they have been
on the detailed plans for this
union, there are many overtones
of worry.
Union of Syria and Egypt, apart
from its aim of electrifying the
Arab East's nationalists and
bringing heavier pressures against
other Arab governments, also im
plies a measure of insurance both
for Egypt and Syria against grow
ing Communist influence in those
areas.
By joining with Egypt, the Syr
ian regime indicates it is willing
to abolish all its political parties
Council Eyes
Special Tax
DUNSMUIR The Dunsmuir
City Council asked City Attorney
Louis Lorenzen to check with the
fire and street department heads
to see what equipment is needed
by both departments with the pos
sibility of placing a special tax
assessment request before the vot
ers in the city election on April 18.
The old fire truck is 33 years
old, according to Fire Chief Jim
Lambert, and a new rig would
probably bring an improved fire
rating for the city. He also stated
that the fire rates in north
Dunsmuir had dropped consider
ably since the area was incorpo
rated. A majority of two-thirds of the
voters will be required to pass the
measures.
The council authorized the plac
ing of warning signs against van
dalism in the city park and the
ball park after G. L. Patterson
recreation commission member
called attention to the damage
done by vandals in the two areas.
It also approved the request of
Police Chief Lee Clark to post
North First Street for a 20 mile
speed limit. The council also au
thorized Clark's attendance at a
meeting of sheriffs and police
chiefs in Fresno January 31 to
discuss possible legislative pro
posals. The meeting was presided over
by E. A. Christensen, vice mayor,
in the absence of Mayor J. Mor
gan Jones, who is attending a mo
tel convention in Florida.
Morgan Quits
Bus Fare Row
PORTLAND Wl Oregon public
utilities commissioner, Howard
Morgan, Wednesday stepped near
ly out of Portland's mass trans
portation squabble, apparently
leaving the way open for a fare
increase here and continued serv
ice. . '
Rose City Transit Co., which
operates Portland's mass trans
portation system, had said it
would pull its buses off the streets
Feb. 27 unless the City Council
here granted a 15-cent fare in
crease. That would make the cost of an
adult ride 25 cents.
After Morgan stepped out of the
picture, it appeared that the coun
cil's lone dissenting vote to the
fare increase would go along with
the majority and give Rose City
what it wanted.
Earlier, that dissenting vote had
blocked passage of an emergency
fare measure. Such a measure
must be passed unanimously.
Morgan made his decision to
step out of the transit picture here
at least temporarily after Rose
City put its trolley buses in the
car barns Wednesday in an at
tempt to get away from Morgan's
jurisdiction. Earlier Morgan had
blocked a fare increase, citing his
authority over trolley systems.
After the trolleys stopped Wed
nesday Portland's city attorney
offered the opinion that Morgan
no longer had any authority over
the transit firm because it was
operating only buses powered by
gasoline.
Morgan said he was withdrawing
an earlier opinion that he had to
approve any bus fare increases
"in view of the ' fantastic action
taken by the company in destroy
ing its trolley bus system."
In addition, Morgan said he was
acceding to "obvious desires of
the City Council." These desires,
he said, were even more fantastic
in view of the council "approving
such destruction."
Morgan said he was not aban
doning permanently his claim to
jurisdiction over the transit sys
tem here. He said the law clearly
defines , that street transportation
in cities of more than 50.000 per
sons as a utility subject to his of
fice's regulation.
and join Cairo in a monolithic
"national union" which will
govern the united countries. This
would mean the Communists in
Syria would have to forego their
open political activity.
The Communists are outlawed
in both Syria and Egypt, despite
the involvement of the two re
gimes militarily and economically
with the Communist bloc. In
Egypt, Nasser has been fairly
successful in keeping his home
grown Communists in jail or un
der ground. In Syria, however, the
Reds have been operating openly
under the sham of cooperation
with a national front.
The Middle East Communist
leader Khaled Bagdash is a mem
ber of the Syrian Parliament, and
his influence has been growing
through reflected glory from the
economic-military deals with Mos
cow.
Col. Abdul Hamid Serraj, the
behind-the-scene leader of the
Syrian regime, is regarded by
competent observers as being as
anti-Communist as he is anti
Western. Both Serraj and Nasser
may be deeply worried about the
extent of rising Communist influ
ence in the Middle East. The un
ion proposition could offer one
means of stemming at least the
open Communist activity. Bag
dash would be obliged to operate
underground.
The bynan government s poli
cies, like those of the Egyptian
regime in many cases, have been
pro-Soviet (as distinguished from
pro-Communist) because of the
successful quests for arms in
Moscow. Both Egypt and Syria
claim to be following a policy of
positive neutrality. Both re
gimes have indicated confidence
they can deal with the Russians
without inviting Communist dom
ination.
The sudden urgency behind the
move to unite, however, suggests
the Syrians at least see a num
ber of opportunities.
The Syrian regime, run by a
clique of military and extreme
Arab nationalist leaders, long has
sought some sort of federal union
with Egypt. But the Syrian suit
has moved beyond that now, and
the regime seems anxious to sur
render the country's sovereignty
completely, submerging it to the
domination of Nasser and the
Egyptians.
This is a strange courtship. On
the surface, Syria would appear
to have the most to lose and
Egypt the most to gain by the
arrangement. But it has been Nas
ser who has been dragging his
feet, and the Syrian rulers who
have been urgently pressing.
Announcement of impending un
ion came just in advance of the
Baghdad Pact meeting in An
kara, and apparently was hastily
made to take some of the head
lines away from that pro-Western
gathering.
The announcement could bring
severe nationalist pressure against
the Iraqi and Jordanian regimes
and even upon the government of
Lebanon.
New and violent crises in Iraq
and Jordan would be no surprise
now.
KF Clean Up Contest Set
A lucky boy or girl will receive
radio for his slogan in the con
test sponsored by the Fix-Up
Clean-Up Committee of the cham
ber of commerce, Lorena Ward,
chairman, said today. The contest
is aimed at educating parents of
students in county schools to the
necessity of keeping the area clean
and free of litter and debris.
Mrs. Ward said two radios and
two pens for second prize have
been donated by the Town and
Country Merchants Association for
the contest that begins February 3
and ends February 15.
One radio will be given the
youngster who has the best slogan
in the. seventh and eighth grade
and the second radio will be given
to a fifth or a sixth grade stu
dent. Mrs. Ward emphasized that
the contest is open only to county
school students.
The program will be sponsored
by the retired teachers and they
will begin judging of entries when
the contest ends, with the judging
to be .completed by February 22.
Mrs. James Barnes of the Toast
mistress Club will conduct the pub
licity campaign for radio, televi
sion and service organizations. .
There will be no hard and fast
rules for the slogan contest, but
the committee suggests that grade
school children's slogans be kepjt
short and "punchy."
BIRTHDAY?
Toys - Games
Hobby Supplies
The year 'round toy
tore
FLEET'S
222 So. 7th . Ph. TU 4-5520
A SLOGAN CONTEST sponsored by the members of the Retired Teachers Club for stu
dents in Klamath County schools as part of the chamber of commerce Fix-Up Clean-Up
Committee campaign for a cleaner Klamath Falls, has been announced. Left it Mrs.
Stella Bowne who has taught in Klamath County for many years end is now retired.
Right is Mrs. Lorena Ward who taught in California and last year wet e teacher at Fort
Rock.
Road Board
Hearings Set
ROSEBURG If! The stale
I egislative Highway Interim
Committee, headed by Rep. Al
Flegel of Roseburg, will travel
2.128 miles in two trips to hear
citizens in 20 Oregon cities in
March and April.
Flegel said Tuesday 11 points
will be visited in Western Ore
gon March 17-21 and 9 cities in
Eastern Oregon April 7-11.
The tentative Western Oregon
schedule:
March 17: Albany 9 a. m.,
Springfield 12:15 p.m.
March 18: Roseburg 8:30 a. m.,
Grants Pass 12:15 p.m.
March 19: Gold Beach 8:30
a. m., Coquille 12:15 p.m., Reeds
port 7 p.m.
March 20: Tillamook, noon.
March 21: Astoria 8:15 a. m
Portland 3 p. m., Milwaukie 7
p. m.
The tentative Eastern Oregon
schedule.:
April 7: Klamath Falls 12:15
p. m., Lakeview 7 p. m.
April 8: Burns 11:30 a. m., On
tario 7:30 p.m.
April 9: Baker 9:15 a. m
Pendleton 3:15 p.m.
April 10: Fossil 11:30 a. m.,
Prineville 7:30 p.m.
FACTORY CHESS GAME
Vienna (UP) The Czech Com
munist Party organ Rude Pravo
reported today that many work
ers at the Pilscn locomotive fac
tory play chess on the job instead
of working. Noting that produc
tion at the plant sank 19 per cent
last year and that foreign cus
tomers were getting impatient for
long delayed orders, the paper
said "employes at the Lenin
works in Pilscn sometimes play
chess for many hours when they
should be at work."
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Sundayi.
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TOO MANY WINNERS
CAMBRIDGE. England 'UP
Too many people more than
5.400 hit the jackpot in a local
football pool, and wound up today
collecting winnings of about lour
cents each.
(curdily constructed
tnd wily controlled.
Everett Jenningi
Folding Wheel Churl
ind Vt'ilker inspire
:om piece confidence in
he user. Two of Buy
:ine Everest at Jen
nines aids for tht
handicapped.
Auth.riie4 D.frt.r
Rentals and Sales
i Currin's - for drugs
9th & Main Ph. TU 2-3475
Weather Table
Uy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
24 hours to 4:30 a. m. Thursday
Max. Mln. Prep.
Raker 33 31 .04
Redmond 46 32 .08
Eugene 35 3 1.66
Lakeview 42 31 .38
Medford 55 38 .57
Newport 54 44 .88
North Bend 53 39 1.26
Pendleton 55 36 .16
Portland Airport 56 43 . 52
Roseburg 57 41 1.12
Salem S3 40 1.39
Spokane 44 36 .21
Parents Lose
Race With Stork
FREEPORT, III. UK-Mrs. Wal
ter Smith gave birth to twin sons
yesterday on her way to a
hospital.
She and her husband left their
farm home at Egan by car for
the 20-mile drive to Freeport.
A -pound lo-ounce son was
born during the road trip.
The second twin, 5 pounds IS
ounces, was born unattended at
the hoeptul entrance.
Attendants then hustled the
mother and her babies inside and
they were reported in excellent
condition.
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