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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1958 -16 Pages Telephone TU 4-8111 Price Five Cents No. 4034 AN AGREEMENT was reached earlier this week on details of a plan which will offer one stop payment facilities to utility customers who may pay power, water, telephone, garbage disposal bills and South Suburban Sanitary District connection fees at the Town and Coun try Branch of the U.S. National Bank. Seated, from left, are Fred Lewis, South Suburban Sanitary District; Mrs. Eva Cook, Klamath County treasurer; Mrs. W. B. Johnson, office supervisor for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, and Elton W. Smith, manager of the bank branch. Standing, from left, are John Voth. and F. L. Ramey, Oregon Water Corporation; John Holzgang, California Oregon Power Company, and Bob Mason, busi ness development department of the bank. Not present when the picture was taken was Donald F. McDowell, Klamath Disposal, Inc., who participated in the planning. In The- Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS ' A Boston psychiatrist fa Dr. Leo Alexander) claims he has devel oped a new drug to CURE THE BLUES. Writing in the Journal of Ameri can Medical Association, he says it takes the place of electroshock - in treating cases of depression andthroUKn the cooperaUon of six lo- r , . ' , f Z. . Y . in 57 per cent of the test group on whom it was tried out. Hmmmmmm. When you get low in your mind, Just swallow a pill. I leckon mais the modern way, but I'm so old-fashioned as to be lieve that a better way is to WORK HARD AND CONSTRUC TIVELY ON SOME USEFUL PROJECT and the first thing you know you'll get interested in what you're doing and your spell of the blues will evaporate and the world will look rosy again. Two University of California stu dents are leaving San Francisco today for a year-long adventure on a cash capital of $100 each. They are 20-year-old Jerry Connors, a zoology majors jrom. San Anselmo, and 29-year-oiir Hay Lucas, an anthropology student from Ala meda. They plan to make it as far as Argentina. They will walk most of the way and live off the land, eating such things as monkey meat. Their first goal will be Ma zatlan, on the west coast of Mexi co. There they will leave the beat en track, aiming for dense jungles instead of roads and savage head hunting areas rather than cities. They will pass through most of the Central American countries and plan to scale the formidable Andes mountains. ???????? Well, it can make bums of them. Or- . They can learn a lot and be come TREMENDOUSLY useful citizens. It all depends on how they go about it. There was Marco Polo, for in stance. He was a young Venetian, who was taken along by his father and his uncle on a trip through the then utterly unknown area of the world that is now known as the Orient. The trip started in the late 1200's and lasted for 24 years. After they got home, young Mar co was drafted as a sailor in a war between his native city of Venice and the city of Genoa. He was taken prisoner in one of the sea battles and during his cap tivity he dictated in French (edu cated men were then all linguists) the story of his travels, which was later published as the Book of Marco Polo. For hundreds of years it was the main source of European knowl edge about the Orient and the gen eral result of it was a vast expan sion of trade and commerce be tween Europe and the hitherto un known Far East. Maybe these youngsters will be able to come home and write a book about Latin-America that will be so penetratingly wise and seund and sympathetic that out of it will come an understanding between the United States and the coun tries south of the Rio Grande that will make it possible for all of us of the Western Hemisphere to work together intelligently for our mutual benefit. That would be WONDERFUL. Instead of being scornful about these adventurous youngsters, let's be HOPEFUL about them and their wanderings. Maybe they can do in our day what young Marco Polo did in his day. WELL HIDDEN CHADDESDEN. England (LP) Mrs. Mary Maxwell had such a good hiding place for her door kev that she couidn t una k ana called firemen to help her enter the house Thursday. She returned from a shopping trip and found that the coal dealer had dumped several hundred pounds of coal on the shed floor where she keeps the key. . r Bank Offers New Service A one-stop location for the pay ment of power, water, telephone, and garbage collection bit's and connection fees charged by the South Suburban Sanitary District has been established at the Town nn1 Pniintnt nan.h nt fhtt TTnitoH :,,. vi;oi nnt ni PnriinnH cal firms Under arrangements which be come effective on Saturday, March any teller at any window of the Town and Country Branch of the U.S. National Bank will ac cept payments for California Ore gon Power Company, Oregon Wa ter Corporation, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, Klamath Disposal, Inc., and South Suburban Sanitary District. Statements from the utility firms must accompany payments, but one check may be written to cover or the payments may be made in cash. Currently, the charges being made by the South Suburban San itary District cover connection fees. Arrangements were completed earlier this week with the bank being represented Joy Robert L. Mason, business development ae partment, and Elton W. Smith, manager of the Town and Coun try branch. A new schedule of hours has been effected by the bank for greater convenience of customers wishing to avail themselves of the one-stop payment plan. Per mission was granted by the U.S. National Banks main office at Portland to extend banking hours at this branch by one hour a day. Monday through Friday of each week the bank's doors will be open from 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Saturday hours are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. . Utility customers are being no tified of these new arrangements through a full page advertisement in the Herald and News today. Payments will still be accepted, of course, by the offices of the indi vidual utilities. "This is the first time this type of service has been offered in the Klamath Basin," Elton Smith stated. "The payment of utility bills at one location has been made possible through the cooperation of the six firms. There is no addition al charge for the service and it is being inaugurated solely for the greater convenience of residents of the area. "We at the U.S. National Town and Country branch feel ex tremely fortunate that ample park ing and other necessary features for this expanded public service were found to be available at this branch." SLIGHT MIX-UP LONDON (UP)-J. E. S. Simon. financial secretary to the Treas ury, was startled Thursday to hear shouts of "Resign! Re sign!" when he told Commons it was sovemment policy to re duce the standard of living." Then he realized what he had said and blushingly corrected himself, admitting "I should have said the cost of living. Faulty Assembly Uncovered In Vanguard Rocket By USN CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. Ml -' The Navy has discovered faulty assembly of some crucial parts within the second stage of the Vanguard test rocket now await ing launching, it was learned from reliable sources today. The pipes leading to and from a small tank containing liquified propane gas were discovered in reverse position. The strange error apparently was overlooked in the inspection process at the manufacturing and assembly plant in Baltimore. There was no suspicion of sabo tage. The embarrassing error con tributed to the postponement of a Navy satellite launchinz attempt I this week and led to a Vanguard 1 propane fuel shortage that pro- Iduced a further delay. rnoto by tins Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Saturday except fog or low cloudiness near lake in the morning. Low Friday night 22-27; high . Saturday 42-47. High yesterday 35 Low last night 20 Precip. last 24 hours T Since Oct. 1 1S.17 Same period last year 8.83 Normal for period 8.36 CRATER LAKE High yesterday Low last night 8 a.m. today New snow Snow depth 28 10 - 17 1 .157 Last year 84 Excellent skiing la In prospect for the weekend at Crater Lake National Park. Motorists are ad vised to carry chains for travel on Highway 62 through the park but there was bare pavement at Union Creek on Thursday after noon. Chains are advised from Annie Springs to Park Headquar ters. The road was opened from Headquarters to the rim late Thursday and chains are required. The warming hut will be open Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting. TOMAHAWK Eight to 10 Inches of new pow der snow cover hard pack at the Tomahawk Ski Bowl, 24 miles northwest of Klamath Falls Lake of the Woods Road, Don Dlvens reported this morning. The ski school will operate and all facilities will be operating from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Skiing should be very good this weekend. WARNER CANYON Excellent skiing Is expected at the Warner Canyon ski area on Saturday and Sunday with six inches of new powder snow on a three-foot hard packed base. Facil Hies. Including tows, snack bar and warming hut, will be operat ing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Professional ski Instruction will be available both days. Thor Launched At Canaveral CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Ml' An Air Force Thor ballistic mis sile roared skyward Friday car rying a new and more stubby nose cone designed to protect a war head on its earthward plunge to ward target. The Thor, like other ballistic missiles, is designed to power it self' into space, re-entering the earth's atmosphere only when it falls on target. The 1.500-mile range missile destined for installation in Europe within a year left its launching pad at 8:08 a.m. It climbed slowly at first in an enormous billow of flame and smoke and then moved quickly upward, trailing brilliant yellow flames behind it. This was the 12th Thor launch ing. Before Friday, there were perhaps four completely success ful flight tests. The difficulty reportedly has been corrected, and a Vanguard launching attempt may come any time next week, weather permit ting. It has been learned that the Vanguard passed inspection at the Martin Co. plant in Baltimore. Only after it was erected in its launch stand here was it found that the two nines had been switched. To avoid cutting into the propane tank, it was necessary to install a roundabout, Rube Gold berg arrangement of piping. Then the new plumbing had to be test ed. The testing so depleted the sup ply of liquid propane for the Van guard that replenishment was es sential before there could be another launching of that rocket An extra supply was rushed here I by truck. t FCC Leader To Consider Resigning WASHINGTON I Richard A. Mack was advised by House in vestigators Friday to resign from I h e Federal Communications Commission, and said: "I certain ly will most seriously consider your remarks." First Rep. Moss (D-Calif) and then chairman Harris (D-Arkl of a House investigating committee told Mack to his face that his de parture from the FCC would be a service to that agency. Harris told Mack it seemed to him President Eisenhower unhesi tatingly should make a direct re quest for his resignation in order to restore confidence in the FCC. Mack, who had sat quietly with folded hands in front of his face, said solemnly to Harris: "I certainly will most seriously consider your remarks." Mack asked to be excused from testifying further Friday and the subcommittee excused him until next Wednesday. Plainly shaken, Mack declined to tell reporters whether he plans to resign in the meantime. He previously has denied any inten tion of quitting. Harris said in his opinion the revelations presented in the com mittee's hearing on the FCC and the fight over TV channel . 10 in Miami was "fantastic" and pre sented a 'disgraceful situation." Harris said he couldn't see any thing but a "deliberate conspir acy" to bring about certain re sults through an important agency of the government. I feel sorry for you," warns told Mack. "I think you have been used as s tool. The hearing recessed in an at mosphere of crackling tension with Mack being escorted from the room by an aide who guided him with a hand on his elbows Harris told" reporters that if Mack resigns it will make no dif ference in the conduct of the in vestigation. "We have to go ahead and do our duty," he said. Meanwhile, Harris said, the subcommittee will hear Thurman A. Whiteside again Monday and probably A. Frank Katzentine, one of the unsuccessful contenders for Channel 10 in Miami. - Mack was obviously shaV - by Harris' statements . to hirrt - The commissioner had sat silent earl ier when Moss suggested that the greatest service he could render the FCC would be to resign. Cowmen Veto Beef Board SALEM W Oregon's beef and dairy cattle owners voted 2,152 to 942 against creating a state beef commission, state Agriculture Di rector Robert J. Steward an nounced Friday. Steward said it is "unfortunate that the livestock producers of Oregon have seen fit to turn down a formula designed to enable pro ducers to help themselves." The purpose of the proposed new commission was to permit cattle owners to tax themselves to find new markets for beef, and to con duct research to improve their product. He said that votes were cast by 75 per cent of those who regis tered to vote. Following is the vote by coun ties: Baker, 66 yes, 135 no; Benton, 5 yes, 12 no; Clackamas, 20 yes, 31 no; Clatsop, 13 yes, 8 no; Co lumbia, 51 yes, 22 no; Coos, 10 yes, 29 no; Crook, 27 yes, 43 no; Curry, 2 yes, 6 no; Deschutes, 12 yes, 51 no; Douglas, 19 yes, 70 no: Gilliam. 10 ves. 120 no: Grant. 64 yes, 61 no; Harney, 68 yes, 110 no: Hood River. 11 ves. 6 no: Jackson. 42 yes, 17 no; Jefferson, 23 yes, 66 no; Josephine. 11 ves. 8 no. Klamath, 58 yes. 70 no: Lake. 117 VCSi 57 no. Lane 33 VCSi 19 no; Lincoln, 5 yes, 7 no: Linn, 22 yes. 80 no: Malheur. 32 ves. 299 no; Marion. 20 ves. 20 no: Morrow, 42 yes, 25 no; Multnomah ,a West Coast market which pro 4 yes. 4 no: Polk. 34 yes. 24 no: Auction in other areas cannot Sherman, 6 yes. 52 no: Tillamook. 17 yes, 154 no; Umatilla, 55 yes, Sen. Young (R-ND), a commit 31 no; Union, 27 yes, 106 no: Wal- tee member, said he comes from Iowa, 16 yes, 216 no; Wasco, 51 1 a state which produces 90 per cent yes, 91 no; Washington, 21 yes, 37 no: Wheeler, 17 yes, 40 no; Yam - hill, 11 yes, 15 no. NAME CHANGE SOUGHT DENVER, Colo. (UP)-Charles Edwin Dunlap is the new name! for which court approval Is being ( sought by real estate dealerj Charles Edwin Swindler. Home Show Opens The fifth annual Klamath Rn sin Home Show opened lis doors at noon and will remain open from noon to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Local firms will offer exhibits of the latest in home building materials and equipment daring this time and two i0 saving bonds will be given awy each day as special prizes to the audience. It Is being held at the Klanulh County Fairgrounds. 'Ms FRED HEILBRONNER Heilbronner Files For Post Fred Heilbronner. 60. 2338 Rec lamation, retired fuel dealer, be came the second candidate to file for the Republican nomination for Klamath County commissioner, Heilbronner entered his name in the lists Thursday afternoon in the county clerk s office. Born in Litchfield. Connecticut. Heilbronner came to the Klamath Basin in August of 1905. His par ents homesteaded In the Bonanza area from 1906 to 1909. He was a fuel dealer in Klam ath Falls for 36 years, from 1919 to 1955 when he sold his business and retired. Prominent in civic affairs. Heil bronner was a member of the OTI Advisory Board on behalf of vet erans from its inception until 1957. He has been a member of the Armory Board for the past 18 years, a post he currently holds. A veteran of 28 months service in World War I, and seven years in the National Guard. Heilbron ner has held all the local offices in the American Legion and the 40 et 8. He is a past director and vice president of the Klam ath County Chamber of Commerce, was Klamath . County Selective Service chairman for five years and is also a member of the Elks. Masons and Shrine. Heilbronner is married and the father of three children, John, an Instructor in Chiloquin; Charles, a mechanical engineer with U.S. Steel in Pittsburg, California: and Carri , a Junior at (thej University of Oregon. This will be Heilbronner's init ial effort at an elective office. In commenting on his candidacy, Heilbronner said, "I have the time, energy and desire to work for a better Klamath County. I have been here for 53 years, ever since the horse and buggy days, and I have a thorough knowledge of the county and its needs, and hope to be able to contribute to its future growth." Heilbronner will be opposed for the Republican nomination for the post by James Barnes, city coun cilman, who filed for the office several weeks ago. Tule Voices Wheat Appeal WASHINGTON Wl Farmers of the Tulelake area In Northern California appealed to Congress Friday for permission to grow durum wheat without price sup ports. James G. Steams, addressing the Senate Agriculture Committee in support of a bill by Sen. Kuchel (R-Calif), said the farmers cannot get acreage allotments from the Agriculture Department under present law because they have no wheat-production history. For years, Stearns said, the principal crops on the Reclama I lion Bureau homestead lands have ! been potatoes and malting barley. ' Farmers switching to malting bar- ley irom rice, cotion ana omer 1 controlled acreage crops nave forced the price down to a point 'where it is no longer profitable, he said. I Durum wheat, Stearns said, has 'supply. of the nations durum wheat and 1 recognizes the special problem of the Tulelake area. Sen. Kuchel iR-Calif) submitted a statement in support of the farmers' request. Check-Up Set For President WASHINGTON (1 President Kisenhower entered Walter Reed Hospital Friday for a physical chick-up a follow-up to the slight stroke he suffered in November and extraction of a cracked tooth. The President arrived at the Army medical center from the White House at 10:20 a.m. EST, alter sitting in for a time at s cabinet meeting. The tooth extraction was sched uled immediately and the exami nation by a team of neurologists Saturday morning. School Bus Hits River; 21 Missing PRESTONSBURG, Ky. W A school bus carrying an estimated 38 children struck a wrecker, sideswiped an automobile, then plunged into the Levisa fork of the Big Sandy River near here Friday. State police feared at least 20 children and the bus driver, John Alex Derossett, were trapped in 30 feet of water. Sixteen others were known to have escaped through a rear door. Six were hos pitalized. The National Safety Council said it "undoubtedly is the worst school bus crash in its history." The council said the worst bus acci dent on record was one that killed 28 persons near Waco, Tex., in August, 1952, when two buses col lided. (The accident was similar to one in Washington State on Nov. 25, 1945, when a Chelan school bus plunged from the icy road into Lake Chelan, drowning 15 pupils and the driver.) Hours after Friday's accident rescue workers still were unable to locate the bus. Small boats cruised the area searching for bodies. "I was sitting directly behind the driver when we went into the water," said Isaac Vanderpool, one of the survivors. 'Some little kid opened the emergency door and we began scrambling out side." Vanderpool, who estimated the bus contained 38 passengers in cluding himself, said the "last thing I saw was the driver sitting behind the wheel. I don t think he got out." The driver of the wrecker, Don ald L. Horn, said he answered a call to pull a truck out of a ditch on the side of the road opposite the stream. "I was trying to pull it across tne mgnway, ne continued, wnen the bus rounded a curve and struck my wrecker from the rear. Horn said the bus veered into a parked car and headed for the river. Most of the youngsters aboard were high school students from the Cow Creek area a mining community In southern Floyd County. The bus also was bringing a number of children to elementary schools at Prestonnburg, about 28 miles" southwest of Huntington, W.Va. Levisa Fork, where the bus sank, is 20 feet above normal stage because of heavy rains the past two days. State police said the bus, after rolling to the edge of the bank, halted momentarily, then rolled into the water. UNIVERSAL COMPLAINT KARACHI, Pakistan UP)-The Karachi Morning News today summarized the highlights of the new Pakistan budget as: 1. Fresh taxes. 2. More taxes. 3. Still more taxes." r . ly- 1 -., r avi?V til 'A . ll:' JV,i- "av ' .'T. . ANOTHER STEP TOWARD ACTIVATION of Kingsley Field s 408th Fighter Group was taken Thursday when Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Parker, commanding general of West Coast Air De fense and commander of Continental Air Do feme Forces, Hamilton Field, California, broke ground for the 220 Capehart Title V 1 1 1 f.imily housing units near the base. Looking on are Lt. Col. Raymond A. Thornton, center, Kingsley field commander, and Col. James D. Mayden, vice commander of the 28th Air Division, Hamilton Field. The units will be constructed by the Gresham-Alcan Construction Company, Santa Clara, and Joseph Gresham said yesterday "We are glad to be able to start. Soon we hope to be able to announce a completion date." ' - Photo bv Kettler lev li ! rSi'WA V ay J K '-r - I - .1 11 XMSa --- CANDIDATES for governor and first lady are Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gill, Lebanon, flying visitors to Klamath Falls on Thursday. Mrs. Gill was a guest of the Soroptimist Club while her state senator husband addressed a noon Kiwanit luncheon. Both wore guests at a coffee hour at the Willard Thursday evening, hosting approximately 100 persons. Gill Gives Views On State Issues During Local Visit By FLOYD L. WYNNE "If I'm elected governor, it will be by my bars hands and with the help of my friends," State Sen. Warren Gill declared during his flying visit to Klamath Falls Thursday, February 27. One of the candidates for the Republican gubernatorial nomina tion, Gill faced up to a barrage of questions with direct answers or explanations when interviewed in his hotel room Thursday after noon. On taxation questions, Gill stat ed there is a possibility that we might need an increased state budget next biennium, but ques tioned the wisdom of trying to do everything. "It's time to tighten our belts, he said. He also flatly stated he would veto any income tax increase that might come from the Legislature, should he be elected governor. Expanding on the possibility of an increased budget, Gill ex plained that if the current tax structure produces the additional revenue it will be spent, but not if it calls for increased taxes. Gill was adamant on his stand on the sales tax. "I would approve a sales tax only if it were ear marked tor education and corres ponding relief for property tax payers," Gill stated. "I would not, he emphasized, approve sales tax for any other purpose, He admitted that administration of such a tax would be a compli cated matter and would have to be worked out on a formula plan, but he felt this could be done equitably and fairly for all concerned. Commenting further on the prop erty tax, Gill stated that in his opinion, property taxes In Ore gon were "nearly confiscatory" at the present time. "Frankly," he said, "we are nearly taxed to death. We can be taxed into slavery, you know," he concluded. Queried on compulsory auto in surance, Gill separated it into two categories. On the question of compulsory insurance, Gill pointed out that' three states in the nation currently have such a law. "I question," he said, "whether Ore gon should be one of the guinea pigs and take the cuts and the bruises on such a new law." Turning to the other facet of the auto insurance controversy. Gill said, "That brings me to point four in my program of fair play and prosperity." He went on to explain his plan for permitting everyone who carried liability auto insurance or property damage to deduct the cost of such insurance from their state income taxes. He also advocated memorializing the federal government to permit the same thing on the federal income returns. 'If the state and Congress ap prove this type plan," Gill said, it would offset the recent in crease that we have had in liabil ity insurance." Motorists who do not carry In surance at present, he contin ued, "are not protecting the pub lic. The state presently permits businessmen who employ their dittos in their business to deduct the cost of such insurance. In a sense of fair play, there is no rea son why working people and farm ers should not have the same ad vantage as the businessman." On capital punishment, an issue which will be before the Oregon voters in the fall balloting, Gill said, "I am the author of the con stitutional amendment which the people will vote on to repeal that capital punishment provision from the constitution. If passed, the Legislature will have the right to say whether or not the state will have capital punishment. However, he cautioned. If (Continued on Page Four) S j 1 1 v ,MIWC 9 ) 1
