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6-1-53 U The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Missile note: The navy blames a "simple wiring defect" (or the second fail ure of the Vanguard rocket to launch an earth satellite. Scientists issued the explanation after divers recovered the first stage of the fallen Vanguard from the waters of the Atlantic. They said a bad wiring con nection disabled the guidance sys tem of the first stage so that it couldn't keep the 72-foot missile on course. As' a result, they explain, It "whipped" so sharply in flight that it snapped like a dry twig. Hmmmmmm. LITTLE things can have BIG consequences. A good example of that is the literary fable of what happened when a horseshoe nail failed to hold. Back in the early 1600's, George Herbert, an English clergyman and a one-time public orator of Cambridge University who turned poet, wrote these lines: "For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the RIDER is lost." More than a century later (along in the 1700'si our own Benjamin Franklin came across Herbert's nail story and liked it so well that, like Homer, he "went and took it" and embodied it in a maxim that he prefixed to his Poor Richard's) Almanac. This is the way Franklin put it: "A little neglect may breed mis chief: For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost." You will probably recall that back in the late 1400's King Rich ard III got his final come-uppance at the battle of Bosworth Field, where his army was defeated by the Earl of Richmond and he was killed. In the battle, he lost his horse, and Shakespeare puts these words in his mouth: "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a korse!" Richard's horse is historically assumed to have been shot from under him, but some scribbler la ter tied the horseshoe nail inci dent to his mishap and came up with this version of the import ance of a nail: "For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost, for want of the rider A KINGDOM WAS LOST." Anyway, the navy has company In its grief over the trifling bit of bad wiring that upset its van' guard rocket. Why all this literary stuff at this moment in history? Well, it's at least better than listening to the gloom and doom prophets who are" filling the air with their wails of woe and the wild and woolly schemes of the spenders who want to take ad vantage of the Sputnik scare to pry open the doors of the treas ury. Arms Race Threat Aired SAN FRANCISCO W) - "Guided missiles in the hands of mis guided men" was one of the pos sible dangers of the arms race, Indian Ambassador Gaganvihari L. Mehta told the Commonwealth Club here Friday. In a prepared address on India's first decade o f independence, Mehta said India's efforts to end war are part of the same appli cation of the principles of the late '.handas Gandhi which are re sponsible for her two five-year plans to raise the Indian standard of living. "A government of the people and by the people," he said, "has to provide the bare necessities of life such as food, clothing, shelter, literacy and social services for the people." THI END OF THE ROUNDUP TRAIL is marked here by the presentation of a hat by Wilber Womer, right, to Ross Ragland. Womer, chairman of the 1958 YMCA Roundup, said that Ragland f ranch took top honors in the membership roundup and in addition, Ragland was individual high point man. Points were awarded on the basis of money brought in and number of new members signed. High point leader among the women was Mrs. Frank W. Johnson, extreme right, who received silver earrings in the shape of cow boy boots. Standing ntxt to Mrs, Johnson, third from left, is Mrs. Glenn Fundenberger whose ranch burned its mortgage. This signifies that every member of the ranch "lassoed" tJ number ( ryi iiignd to them, Photo by Eilif Income Tax Cut Studied By Treasury WASHINGTON (UP) Secretary of Treasury Robert B. Anderson said today he would be willing to stimulate the national economy with an income tax cut. But he said the situation "does not warrant such actions now.'l Anderson made the statement, latest in a series of similar pro nouncements by top administra tion officials, before the joint Con gressional Economic Committee. He pledged that "neither infla tion nor deflation will be allowed to run a ruinous course." He indicated the administration will conduct a "month to month" survey of economic problems to determine whether income tax cuts or other economic stimu lants are needed. Describing "fluctuations" in the economy as "typical of a dyna mic, competitive system," Ander son said administration policies are based on the assumption that present "restrictive" factors will not continue too long. He said "a number of favorable factors" like reduced inventories, generally stable prices, an upturn in homcbuilding, and easier mort gage money already are discern able in the near future. Anderson said that from a long range view, the economy has the expanding needs of a growing population and a capacity and skill for filling them. Anderson said taxes must be consmerefl lirst lrom the view point of revenue produced and cuts should be made as an eco nomic stimulation only when eco nomic conditions are sufficiently adverse to warrant it. President Eisenhower said Wednesday that a tax cut could be an administration r e s e rve downturn in the economy. But he added that he expects an upswing about midyear. Sen. Albert Gore said, mean time, that it is "high time" the government took note of danger signals in the economy and took action to head off a serious de pression. The Tennessee Democrat gave this rundown of the economy: four or live million persons are jobless. Many more millions are working only a few days a week. Steel production is down to 60 per cent. Farm prices are at a "criti cal" level. The bankruptcy rate is the highest in history and businesses are failing at a greater rate than in 1933. Bus Drivers Back On Job PORTLAND m Greyhound buses, tied up since Monday by a wildcat walkout of 200 drivers, rolled in Western Oregon again Friday morning. The resumption of service stems from an order by U. S. District Judge William East late yester day. He granted Greyhound a temporary injunction and ordered the Motor Coach Employes Union to tell the drivers to go back to work. B. W. Wilson, assistant regional manager of Greyhound operations here, said buses began operating between Portland and Astoria and the Northern California towns of Redding and Eureka at 9:30 a. m. He said no drivers reported sick this morning as they have since the walkout began at 2:30 p. m. Monday. The union said at the time of the walkout that it had never au thorized the work stoppage and that the men had been urged to go back to work. But Judge East said the union was responsible for ordering the drivers back on the job. And he said that if the drivers refused, they would run the risk of being discharged. s, v Price Five Cents 16 Paget 0 (3 MP RETIRING PRESIDENT of the Tulelake Growers Association, Lowell Kenyon, right, presented the association gavel at last night's annual membership meeting to incoming presi dent Earl Schultz, Schultz ranches on the state line. I Economy Specialist Speaks At Tulelake Growers Event By RUTH KING While there are some factors of the national economy that are still undefined. Dr. John A. Hop kin, agricultural economist for the Bank of America, San Fran cisco, is optimistic that they are favorable to an expanding nation al income. The specialist spoke before some 300 Tulelake ranchers, their wives and guests at the annual stock holders dinner meeting of the Tulelake Growers Association, held last night in the Home Ec onomics Building of the Tulelake- Butte Valley Fairgrounds. Listing as favorable factors proposed defense spending, resi dential construction to meet the needs of an exploding population increase, and state .and local gov ernment spending on schools, high ways and other community facil ities, plus increased consumer spending on nondurables, which includes agricultural products, ur. Hopkin anticipated " an upswing away from the present recession tendency by raid-year, it was strong consumer spending, he said that kept the economy strong dur ing the 1954 recession. Unfavorable factors, listed by the depressionists, include the out stripping of markets by industrial capacity, foreign spending' in the U.S. and the liquidation of inven tories by some industries begun in 1957 which is still going on, the BULLETIN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. M The Air Force launched Us fier cest weapon the Atlas Inter continental Ballistic Missile Fri day. The huge weapon, 100 tons of caged fury, roared skyward at 2-37 p.m. (EST). It climbed straight upward from its launching stand, pon derously at first but gaining speed swiftly. From every Indication this fifth launching of the "Big A" was highly successful. -MP' vJflfa precarious world leadership po sition and the 1958 congressional election. Dr. Hopkin expects the cost- price squeeze on agriculture to con tinue for several years, but cited a possible national population in crease of 35 per cent by 1975 and increased per capita incomes by that date as a criterion of future farm income. 'Farm programs, based on acre age restrictions and rationed pro duction opportunity, have ignored two basic needs of commercial farmers, their need for flexibility in order to change production pat terns in line with changing tech nology and changing demands, and the need for individual efficiency and volume production in order to spread the high fixed cost of modern machinery, Hopkin stated. 'High, rigid price supports and rationed production have not been the answer," the speaker said. "To-, day agriculture is making tremen dous strides in solving its own problems." Hopkin gave the branch bank ing system in California credit as a source of strength in the state's agriculture picture noting that at many times during the last 12 years, bank loans outstanding in this area have been three to four times as high as deposits. "That fact," he said, "reflects the dy namics of branch banking and the unquestionable character of the farmers in Tulelake and the faith that others have in you." Dr. Hopkin was introduced by Lowell Kenyon, president of the growers association. stale senator Randolph Collier and other distinguished persons were introduced. New members of the 1958 Board of Directors are Earl Schultz, president; George Voss, vice pres ident; Oliver Shull, E. Webb Staunton, John S. Wynn, and Richard Falconer, secretary. Clif ford Jenkins will continue as as sociation manager. New Cancer Find Revealed CAMBRIDGE, Mass. m The American Cancer Sooicty and the National Institutes of Health say Chinese-born scientist at Har vard has made a discovery which may shed new light toward curing cancer. They said Thursday night that Dr. R. Shihman Chang might have come up with the first deliberate and specific mutation wrought in human cells. A mutation is a sudden variation in which a cell develops new char acteristics which then are in herited by its offspring. In cancer, normal human cells undergo unexplained changes. The Cancer Society and the In stitutes of Health said Dr. Chang grew living human body cells in test tubes, fed them certain mole cules and kept track of the effects upon the cells. One type of cell was from the mucous membranes of the eye. the other was part of a uterine cancer from a woman now long dead. Substituting certain substances for glucose the blood sugar con sidered essential to higher life (orms and sugars resembling it, it was noted that some of the cells survived the absence of glucose. They apparently had changed themselves mutated in a manner which permitted them to convert other substances to the glucose needed. Dr. Chang was born In 1922 at Swatow, China, and educated at St. John's University. Shanghai He is assistant -.rofessor of micro biology at the Harvard School of Public health. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1958 !tN . -, i mM if' $ MB & NEW OFFICERS of the Tulelake Growers Association were introduced last night at the annual dinner meeting of members, held in the Home Economics Building at the Tulelake Butte Valley Fairgrounds. The recognition followed a dinner for approximately 300 served by members of the Tulelake Grange. Lowell Kenyon, retiring association president, emceed the program. William Whi taker, fair manager-secretary, installed the new president, Earl Schultz, seated at the right. Seated at the left is George Voss, vice president. Standing, left to right, are Oliver S hu II, E. Webb Staunton, J. S. Wynn, and Richard Falconer, secretary. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Partial clearing with patchy fog in valleys Friday night; partly sunny Saturday afternoon. Low Friday night 28-34; high Sat urday 42-52. High yesterday .. 39 32 0.02 10.59 7.19 7.25 Low last night Preclp. last 24 hours -.. Since Oct. 1 Same period last year Normal for period . CRATER LAKE High yesterday 32 Low last night 29 8 a.m. today 30 New snow Snow depth 144 Highway 62 is open through the park with chains advised. The road is open to the rim with chains required from Annie Springs to the rim. It was cloudy .tills forenoon In the park with the sun trying to shine. Skiing is good with powder snow. WARNER CANYON Skiing is very good at Warner Canyon this weekend with inches of snow and one inch of new snow. Skiing lessons for be ginners will be held on Saturday morning from 10 to 12. The tow will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or later on Saturday and Sunday. Snack bar and warming hut will be open. Storm Belts West Europe LONDON, m A driving snow storm swept across southern Eng land Friday and buried parts of Western Europe under the heavi est snow of the winter. Some villages in Bavaria near the Czech border were isolated. Freezing temperatures added to the hardship but there were no deaths recorded in first reports. Some of the British fishing fleet remained in port rather than risk the blizzard blowing off the coast. Snow and ice forced the closing of West German airports, includ ing the one at Munich. Travel was Hogged down in manv husv parts of the continent. West German soldiers were WASHINGTON W-Secrelary of called out in Stuttgart to clear thc,the Air Force James II. Douglas streets after the streetcar system 'said the first operational U. S. unit broke down: armed with an Intercontinental Trains ran behind schedule in eastern France. A snowfall of uptby December, to 15 inches brought the worst Douglas told (he House Armed winter conditions in 10 years to Alsace. Midwest Hit By Cold Wave By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A cold wave rolled across the Midwest Friday and headed into the East. Temperatures plunged to -20 at International Falls, Minn.. -9 at Bismarck. N. D.. -4 at Minnea polis and St. Paul, -3 at Des Moines, -2 at Green Bay, Wis., and -I at Omaha, Neb., and Mo line. III. The mercury slipped to 7 above in Chicago but shrank to zero in some northwestern suburbs. St. Louis had 10 above and Kansas Cily 12 above. Freezing drizzle, snow and sleet formed a slippery surface on roads and streets in an area that extended from the Tennessee and Ohio valleys across Pennsylvania to Southern Connecticut. Temperatures sank no farther than the high 50s e id 60s in Flor ida during the night. But the end of the cold snap there was ac companied by widespread thun derstorms. Heavy raint were reported in Uhe southeast. Famed Chicago Speakeasy Being Razed By Wreckers CHICAGO Wl Colosimo's the notorious era speakeasy where hoodlums, pouticos and the hoi- polloi mingled to tipple illegal booze is coming down. Where once trod the likes of Al (Scarface) Capone and Big Jim Colosimo are the rippers and wreckers. The mahogany bar, the stills in the basement and the garish walls that looked down on a gen eration of flappers and echoed to the black bottom yield now to souvenir hunters. "They're coming from all over," said the present owner of the va cant building, Ronald M. Thomp- Angling Rule Changes Told Anglers are advised by the Ore gon Slate Game Commission that the 1958 angling rules will go into effect Saturday. Changes in the regulations will be published in the February issue of the game com mission bulletin, and a complete synopsis will be available for pub lic distribution the first part of March. The new regulations stale that no live, dead or preserved fish or minnows, or any parts thereof. may be used as bait in any waters in Klamath County with the ex ception of Upper Klamath Lake and Gerber Reservoir where dead or preserved bait fish may be used. In Lake County such bait m a y be used in Drews Reser voir and Goose Lake. Salmon eggs are not forbidden by the new regu lations. Another ruling prohibits motor boats from Devil's Lake in Klam ath County. ICBM Station Plans Outlined ' Ballistic Missile will be at its post Services Committee the missile is the Air Force Atlas, which is designed to carry an atomic or hydrogen warhead 5.500 miles. Douglas' testimony, partially made public Friday in prepared form, provided ollicial conlirma lion of reports the Air Force is approaching the point of declar ing the Atlas a battle-ready weapon. While Douglas did not say where the Atlas unit will be stationed, it was considered certain to be the new ICBM base near Chey enne, Wyo. The only other ICBM base, al Camp Cook. Calif., is principally a training center. Douglas told the committee the Air Force will be able to build up further its ICBM ready strength earlier than had been anticipated as a result of the mil itary construction bill Congress passed Thursday. It includes 128 million dollars for Atlas procure ment and base construction. The Atlas has been flight tested four times from the Cape Cana veral Missile Center, Douglas said, and the last two, of lim ited range, were completely sue cessful." It has been reported unofficially that the Atlas flew about BOO miles in the last tests. The Air Force did not attempt to attain the full range. "Testing will continue at an ac celerated pace," Doujjlai stud. Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 4016 son. He's tearing it down to build an electrical contracting firm, "One man came along and of fered me $200 for the bar," he said. "Before 1 could make up my mind, parts were gone. Colosimo's history is as wild as the seamy prohibition era that spawned it. The old night club under the elevated tracks on Wabash Ave nue on the near South Side, was just a restaurant when Big Jim loiosimo bought it in 1914. Big Jim rose from former street sweeper to precinct captain vice lord of the city's 1st Ward, amassing a fortune. The gaudy palace was success ful. As Big Jim's woalth in creased he hired a Brooklyn gun man, Johnny Torrio, as a body guard. In 1919 Torrio brought in one of his Brooklyn hoodlum pals, also to serve as Big Jim s per sonal bodyguard. He was Al Ca pone, who became the nation's most notorious gangster and long was Identified as Public Enemy No. 1. After Big Jim was killed on May 11, 1920, as he walked into the gilded portal of his cafe, Tor rio took over, with Capone as his chief lieutenant. Colosimo's slay ing has never been solved. But Colosimo's gaudy nightspot went on. Vice lords, hoodlums, stage stars, movie heroes and col legiate flappers packed the place. As the 20s ended, the club s for tunes declined. It continued as a restaurant until 1945 when its doors finally closed. In 1953 it was rented as a house of worship by a Negro religious group. Two years later it was va cant again. Now it is fulling vic tim to the wreckers ax. COFFEE BREAKS SACRAMENTO - Slale Senator Randolph Collier of Yreka says it costs California some 12 million dollars a year when lis employes walk off the job for mid-morning and mid-afternoon coffee breaks. And what makes it worse, Col lier says, some workers stretch the allowed 25 minutes a day for cof fee into a vacation of an hour or more. Defective Wiring Caused Failure Of Navy Vanguard CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. W - The Navy blamed the loss of its Vanguard satellite rocket on a wiring failure and pinned suspi cion on two possible causes moisture seepage and vibration. This is the area in rocketry where it is difficult to pinpoint a defect. The persons associated wilh Project Vanguard may never be quite sure exactly where Hie trouble developed. One expert at the Air Force mis sile test center here put it this way: "Broken circuitry prevented the Vanguard's gyroscopes, in the far forward end of the second stage, from correcting the mis siles abnormal motions. "As far as we can tell this dis ruption of circuits was the result of moisure accumulation, or of vibration." The three-stage Vanguard rock et, wilh a gold-plated baby satel lite in its nose, rose straight and true from its launching stand Wednesday. The Navy said flight records showed that after 57 seconds the missile developed some "small ir regularities in the first-stage en gine control system" for three seconds. Normally the Vanguard's auto matic pilot its gyroscope equip ment only seven feet from the tip of the missile nose would have sensed any irregularity and trans nutted corrective commands to John Dulles, Red Envoy Hold Talks By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON OB Secretary of State Dulles joined with Rus sia's new ambassador to Wash ington Friday in publicly express ing hope for an improvement in Soviet-American relations. Dulles did this while nosing for photographs with the envoy, Mik hail A. Menshikov. The unusual display of friendli ness took place at the State De partment, where Menshikov, who arrived in a Soviet jet airliner only Thursday, conferred with Dulles. Dulles said he was sure Menshikov would be received bv President Eisenhower as soon as conference could be arranged. indicating it would be in the im mediate future. Menshikov acted with unusual speed to see Dulles and clear the way for a talk with Eisenhower. Meanwhile, as Washington and Moscow appeared to be preparing for diplomatic negotiations that could lead to a summit confer ence, U.S. Ambassador to Russia Llewellyn Thompson attended a Cabinet meeting at the White House. Menshikov. who speaks English. chatted with Dulles in the State Department's diplomatic recep tion room after a 14-minute call on the secretary in his office. Dulles said there had been no substantial discussion of issues. adding with a grin, "We didn't settle the disarmament question." To which Menshikov commented, not yet, anynow. Thompson is expected to meet soon with Soviet Foreign Minister Anarei tiromyko to find out how the Soviet government wants to proceed on negotiations for a top ievel meeting. Premier Nikolai Buleanin ad vised President Eisenhower in a message last Sunday that the Soviet Union agreed to an ex change of ideas through diplo matic channels to prepare the way for a conference. Eisenhower has insisted that very careful preparation, offering hope of pos itive agreements, is essential be fore a conference can be ar ranged. Although the Soviet Union and the Western powers are tightly deadlocked on such major issues . as the future of Germany and basic disarmament problems. some officials are known to feel that prolonged negotiation even tually may make some headway towara initial arms control ar rangements and measures to pre vent surprise attacK. Menshikov, who speaks English well, arrived aboard a Soviet jet airliner. He immediately pro claimed himself as an ambassa dor of "peace, friendship and cooperation." Eisenhower Greets Scouts WASHINGTON Wl President Eisenhower, in a jovial mood but stili fighting a cold, visited Fri day with 12 Explorer Boy Scouts representing all sections of the na tion. The scouts, all of Eagle rank. gave the President a copy of their annual report to the country and a plaque commemorating the start of the Boy Scout Safety Good Turn Campaign. They included Robert A. Vettor, Silverton, Ore. The President also received a big bouquet of roses for Mrs. Eisenhower. In receiving the safety plaque. Eisenhower commended the idea and remarked with a smile: "Well, my goodness, I hope you work at it every day." The scouts were accompanied to the White House by their na tional president, Kenneth K. Bech lei of San Francisco, and by the chief Scout executive, Dr. Arthur A. Schuck of Short Hills, N.J. Schuck thanked Eisenhower for his courtesy. The President re plied, "It isn't a courtesy it is almost an official duty." the rocket engine at the rear of the main stage. Charts showed that the correct ing signal failed to reach the first stage mechanism that would cor rect the engine's position and pro vide a change in direction. The huge rocket was forced sharply to the right. The strain broke it in two. The Navy has two more Van guard rockets here. The first one inny be launched later this month with another miniature satellite aboard. The later rocket will at tempt to launch a 21' -pound sphere into an orbit. Vibration is a constant problem n the field of missiles. And pelt ing rain was one of the elements, together with dangerously high winds, that delayed a Vanguard launching attempt for many days. A missile is just like your car, an industry official said. "Let it stand idle in the rain for a few hours or days and trouble is likely to seep in. During the four weeks of waiting on its launch stand, the Vanguard assembly was kept covered as much as possible with a plastic material to keep out rain and blowing sand. Even these precautions could not provide complete protection for a missile as big as the Van guard 12 feet around at the base, and 72 feet tall and for the bulky metal scaffold working platform around it. I
