FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1953
PAGE SIX
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
They'll Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
Men Draw Fine
FRANK JENKINS
Editor
BILL JENKINS
Managing Editor
FLOYD WYNNE
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By BILL JENKINS
' Had occasion to drop down to
Alturas last Wednesday for a meet
ing of the Modoc Council of Natur
al Resources held at the Pioneer
Inn.
Drove across the 6tate line road
on the way down, taking advan
tage of the brief spell of sunshine,
and spotted literally thousands of
big white swans. Well, not all
white, for most of them had
acquired a faintly sooty look from
the muddy fields and the grue
some looking water.' Mixed in with
the swans were quite a number of
bonkers and a spattering of ducks
of assorted sizes and shapes.
Ran into rain at about Dry
Lake and drove the rest of the
way in a damp fashion. Quite a
few deer along the way in the
Hackamore area.
Interesting program by Dr. Wal
I ter Howard of the University of
California, accompanied by hun
dreds of color slides he had taken
while on a recent extended tour
of New Zealand. Many pictures of
that country's vast recreational
districts and wild game and fish.
If we think we have had trouble
with the mice up here we can
forget it. They are practically a
blessing compared to the rabbit
. problem In New Zealand. There, as
Howard showed us, the animals
have taken over thousands of
square miles of country, denuding
it entirely and leaving nothing but
the stumps of a few trees and the
rocks.
It was interesting to see the
scenes of both North and South
Island that I had visited some fif
teen years ago. Things haven't
changed much.
A On the way back we found that
Me weather had cleared and the
mercury had dropped about a foot.
The highway was icy and literally
loaded with deer. They seemed
determined to stick to the road
and would hardly move as you
moved in on them. What with the
icy conditions it made a real game
of driving. Saw between seventy
five and a hundred animals on
the way back, all of them appar
ently in fine shape due to the mild
winter and good browse conditions,
All along the way we ran into
water. The flats were covered with
it, transformed into miniature
lakes. The borrow pits were full,
ell the gullies and small ravines
were running bank full and in Al
turas they were all keeping a wary
eye on the river. But I would
imagine the cold weather helped
and any flooding was averted.
Ileal h Penalty
By FLOYD .L. WYNNE
Should the death sentence of
Billy Junior Nunn be changed to
life imprisonmenl?
"Harm was convicted for the
strangulation slaying of 14-year-old
Alvln Eacret of Klamath Falls
near Tub Springs in April of 1956.
The Oregon Supreme Court af
firmed the conviction yesterday
and Justice Randall B. Kcster said
the evidence amply supported the
state's theory of the murder.
However, attorneys for Nunn are
expected to ask Gov. Robert D.
Holmes to commute the sentence
to life imprisonment.
The governor has in the past put
himself definitely on record as op-
posing capital punishment and has
commuted some death sentences
to life imprisonment already.
Admittedly, the taking of a life
es punishment seems barbaric, and
yet, let's face the other alternative.
If his sentence is commuted to
life imprisonment he stands an ex
cellent chance ot being out of jail
wtuiui seven to eight years. This.
despite a record that reportedly
includes at least one previous mor
als offense.
Conceivably, then, within seven
years or less, he could be hack
in our community, and aain in a
position to commit another crime
such as the one for which he is
sentenced to die.
Neither passion nor pity could
move me to agree that this man's
sentence should bo other than the
death penalty.
Elimination of the death penalty
has virtually erased the last big
deterrent to murder. Now, all it
requires is good conduct for sov
en to eight year period and one
may be released on parole, retard
less of the enormity of the crime.
The public needs protection. It
feels it gets protection when crimes
such as this are punished by death
When life imprisonment is substi
tuted and the man released in a
comparatively short time, the wish
es of the public for protection arc
completely thwarted.
Governor, let's be realistic. This
is one of those cases where the
"death penalty is tor not onlv the
good, but the protection ot Die
community.
School Survey I
Editor's Note This is the first
in a series of three articles cov
ering studies and statistics assem
bled by Dave DeVoe, community
planner for Klamath Falls and
Klamath County, and Lloyd An
derson of the Bureau of Munici
pal Research. Also contributing in
formation were County Superinten
dent of Schools Carrol Howe, City
Superintendent Arnold Gralapp and
KUHS Principal Charles Carlson.
By JOHN GUERNSEY
A brief perusal of the figures
and statistics now being assem
bled by workers with the Joint
City-Count Planning Commission
of Klamath County clearly estab
lishes what the local school boards
and directors do with their spare
time. They figure out where new
schools are going to be located
to accommodate expanding enroll
ment and they peer into the
long range binoculars in an at
tempt to determine if the project
ed school buildings will be ade
quate to house the potential en
rollment in Klamath Falls at some
date in the future,
For example, the approximate
enrollment at KUHS is now 1,60
and the capacity of the school is
between 1,900 and 2,000. The plan
ning commission figures indicate
that if available land in tho city
and fringe areas became occupied
by housing, the number of high
school age students resulting from
the growth would be 2,701.
By. the same token, the number
of elementary and junior high stu
dents now in metropolitan Klam
ath Falls is about 5,503. If the
available home sites In and around
the city were fully utilized the num
ber of elementary and junior high
students would be 10,313.
Collectively, there arc now ap
proximately 5.303 students of all
ages in and around Klamath Falls.
If the town boomed suddenly there
would be as many as 13,074. That
would be an Increase of approxi
mately 45 per cent in the Basin
student number, and it would mean
a lot of classrooms when realizing
that the State Department of Ed
ucation recommends between 25
and 30 students per class
More significance is added to the
picture when realizing that the
above figures arc exclusive of the
students now attending the Sa
cred Heart Academy and Oregon
Technical Institute.
In way of explanation, Planners
Dave DeVoe and Lloyd Anderson
have concluded the potential stu
dent enrollment of the city and its
fringe areas by surveying the town
as it now is, determining the num.
ber of students per home, evaluat
ing the available home building
land, and then applying the exist
ing ratio to approximate the po
tential number of students.
For example, the researchers
i by conducting house to house sur
veys) learned that there are now
approximately 9,7fi6 homes in
Klamath Falls and its fringe areas,
including the south suburban ad
dition as far south as (lie Lake
view Junction, pf that number of
homes, 6,088 are in the city area
and 3,678 arc in the fringe regions.
When considering the remaining
available land for home building
within ihe same boundaries, the
planners conclude that the same
area will accommodate 18,107
homes, or the addition of more
than 8,000 homes. The number of
homes in the area is actually great
er, and would be proportionately
larger with town expansion, inas
much as the- Algoma and Lake-
shore areas have not as yet been
plotted into the survey.
children in the fringe areas is con-
siderably larger than the number
per area within the city limits.
It is indicated that the number of
students per 10 homes in the fringe
area is 7.8, while the number per
10 city homes is 5.25.
The most marked difference is
with relation to the elementary
students. In the fringe areas there
are about 4.5 elementary students
per 10 homes. In the city area
the number is slightly in excess
of three.
The difference is much less
marked with relation to the jun
ior high and the high school stu
dents. In the city area there are
1.3 junior high students per 10
homes. In the fringe regions, in
cluding the South Suburban and
the Stewart Lenox additions, the
number is 1.5. In the city area
there is an average of one high
school student for each 10 homes.
In the fringe areas the number
is 1.2.
When the city area and the
fringe areas are considered col
lectively, it Is found that there
are about 6.0 students (elementary
through high school) for each 10
homes.
Tomorrow: Potential danger
areas.
fudge they won't. They'll be too
sick at the stomach to think at
all.
Change the world. Winter is the
best time to write long indignant
letters to your congressman about
the global mess he is creating at
the taxpayer's expense. This will
transfer your boredom to him, but
that's all right. He'll find a way
to pass it on to someone else.
If, after conscientiously trying
all these treatments, you are still
swept by winter ennui and lassi
tude, there is only one thing left
to do catch a cold and then at
tempt to borrow money from your
friends.
It is impossible to be bored if
you are trying to sneeze and at
the same time listen to a pal ex
plain why he can't lend you $500.
Winter Willies
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK tft - Have you
come down with the "winter wil
lies?"
This is a seasonal complaint
that right now numbers millions
more victims than Asian flu, the
rheumaliz, and middle-aged aflv
Icle's foot.
It is an ailment caused by too
much indoor living, too many
cloudy days and too few sunny
ones, too many frigid winds and
loo few warm ones, too many ic-
ycles on the trees and two few
buds.
.Man is homesick for summer
and aches for the sight of a rain
bow. He is weary of snow. His
spirit is as desolate as his gar-
den. Everything is dull . . . duller
. . , dullest one's job, one's
mate, one's duly and, most of all,
one's self.
Do you, loo, suffer from cold
weather boredom? Why? it is so
needless. Anybody with a little
gumption can make winter into
one of the more rewarding peri
ods of the year. All it takes is a
little ingenuity, and bit of old hip-hip-hurrah!
Here are a few lips on how to
whip your "winter willies":
Learn to hibernate. If a bear
and a woodchuck can chuckle
away a winter in happy sleep, you
can too. Practice at the office as
well as at home to the envy of
your fellow workers. Don't worry
about the boss. No boss has the
heart to fire a man who's asleep.
And when you wake up, come
spring, you'll have plenty ot
strength to look for a new job.
Since you can't grow anything
in your garden, why not grow
something else? A beard, for ex
ample. No man who has both a
beard and a mirror is ever bored.
Figure out new ways to save
money. Instead of bawling out
your wife for her inability to stay
within a budget, ask her, "Frank
ly, honey, don't you think I'd
have gone further in life if I'd
remained single?" Then you can
turn off the furnace and cut down
the heating bill. Her answer will
warm up the house until the next
October.
Throw a different kind of party.
Why not invite all the neighbors
in for an old-fashioned popcorn
Callings; Driver
By UNITED PRESS
Despite all evidence to the con
trary, some critics are still in
sisting that auto seat belts are
dangerous.
This argument seems to boil
down to three thjngs:
First, that belts will cause in
ternal injuries.
Second, that belts can trap you
inside a car in case of fire or sub
mersion underwater.
And third, that belts keep you
inside a car when it might be
safer to be thrown out.
John Moore, director of Cornell
University's Auto Crash Injury Re
search Program, has taken a look
at all three criticisms and sums
them up in one unscientific but
descriptive word: Baloney!
Let's hear how Moore and his
fellow researchers answer the seat
belts-are-dangcrous claims.
Do they cause internal injuries?
The Cornell group has studied
some 10,000 accident cases. Its ver
dict: very, very seldom will a belt
cause abdominal injuries. On the
contrary, the evidence shows that
belts will result in fewer and less
serious lower torso injuries.
Can a belt trap you in case of
fire or submersion?
Sure, says Cornell researcher
Moore, But he also points out that
of the 10.000 accidents his group
studied, fire and submersion were
almost nonexistent. Fire was in-
volved In only two tenths of one
per cent of accidents that produced
injuries. Submersion only three -
tenths of one per cent.
Moore asks this question: Would
you refuse to wear bells that pro
tect you in the vast majority of
accidents, just on the off-chance
you might get trapped inside a
car in a highly unlikely type of
accident?
Finally, do belts keep you in
side a car when it might be safer
to be (brown out?
That's probably the unfairest
charge of all leveled at safety
belts. If there's one thing the Cor
nell research has emphasized, it's
the underrated danger of ejection
from a car. All the evidence points
to this seldom-realized fact "It's
safer to be inside a car than be
hurled out of one."
Infrequently, there will be cases
of people wearing belts in con
vcrtibles that turned over and get
ting killed. Moore says it's pos
sible they might have been saved
if they had been thrown free, pro
vided they hit soft ground. But he
also points out that convertible
roll-overs are comparatively infre
quent, and that in most cases,
belts are a good idea even for the
soft-tops.
ball and kitchen fudge fest? The
The survey further establishes neighbors may think you're crazy.
that the number of school age I But after they eat your popcorn
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By UNITED PRESS
LINCOLN. Neb. Guy Stark
weather, father of mass murderer
Charles Starkweather, on whether
he would disown his son:
"I guess I've got every reason
to. But I just can't."
DOUGLAS, WyeWilliam Dix
on. Converse County, Neb. attor
ney, after Wyoming Gov. Milward
Simpson said he would never per
mit execution of the death sen
tence on Charles Starkweather, on
his division to release the mass
murderer to Nebraska officials:
in view ot ,111 the circum
stances we are going to waive
jurisdiction and allow Nebraska
authorities to lake over."
GRETNA. La. -William Lee
Macintosh. 14. of Cape Giradeau
Mo., on why he told Louisiana of
ficials he was 17 when he was
sentenced to 18 months for at
tempted robbery :
"1 didn't want mv mother to
know I was in trouble."
WICHITA FALLS, fox. Treas
ury Secretary Robert B. Ander
son, in a speech at the annual
banquet of the Northwest Texas
Field and Stream Assn.. on how
the national economy will fare in
1958:
"There Is every reason to be
confident that our economic ac
tivity will resume Us upward
Kiuwlh during tho ear."
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But whew he comes to, he
doesn't call it tipping he
calls it getting rolled
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SCIIOFIELD BARRACKS. Ha
waii Wi The Kelly clan is taking
over tne top jobs with the 27th
Infantry Regiment, the Wolfhounds.
Col. John Kelly steps in to com
mand the regiment Feb. 8. Stand-1
ing beside him will be the adjutant
Maj. James Kelly. And Woodrow
Wilson Kelly is the outfit's ser
geant major.
Ihe Army said none of the
Kellys is related.
Edmonton: of 645 vehicles stolen
in the Edmonton area last year,
police recovered all but five, and
there were 203 convictions.
For Log Race
FORTUNA. Calif. I .Two
young men who rode big redwood
logs down me tei mver were
fim?d $100 each yesterday for dis
turbing the peace.
Justice of the Peace William
Guthrie also gave Eugene Smith,
18, and Clifford Bates, 26, suspend
ed 10-day jail sentences and
placed them on probation for, a
year.
Guthrie said motorists who
stopped to watch the wild ride
down the river, nearly at flood
stage, jammed traffic on U.S. 101
Wednesday ana one man almost
lost his life when he tried to throw
them a rope and nearly fell off a
bridge."
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