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Chaperon Dies As Laundry
Truck Rips Into School Bus
FAVETTEV1LLE, Term. ffl -An
industrial laundry truck ripped
into the side of a school bus load'
id with Alabama ninth graders
Sunday, killing an adult accom
panying them on a holiday trip.
The dead man was Ralph Reed,
27, editor of the weekly Arab,
Ala., Tribune. His wife, sponsor
tif the ninth grade class at the
Union Grove, Ala., junior high
ichool, was injured.
The 38 children, their principal
and his wife, and the bus driver,
also were listed with injuries
ranging from critical to minor.
Six children and two adults re
mained in hospitals overnight.
The truck driver, Marvin llollis
Burns, 31, Florence, Ala., listed
in serious condition at a local hos
pital, was charged with drunk
driving and manslaughter.
"I saw it was going to happen
said the bus driver, Silan Graves
Cops Jail
SF Cager
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) An
All-City high school basketball
star said today that "hanging
around with the wrong bunch"
was what led to his being jailed
as the suspected head of a bandit
Sang.
"1 guess I just started running
around with the wrong guys af
ter the season ended," said 18-year-old
John .Lewis, a 6-foot 3
Inch (Ncgrol athlete.
"I can just imagine what my
coach (Jim Whitt) will think when
he hears about this. He's the
best.
Lewis was arrested at midnight
Saturday after he and three com
panions fled the scene of a $50
grocery store holdup. He named
three other members of the gang.
Police ultimately rounded up sev
en young men believed responsi
ble for 18 Fillmore District stick
ups in recent months.
Police estimated their total haul
at more than $2,000.
"Lewis seems to he the leader,"
said Inspector Marion Ovcrstreet.
"On one job when he was packing
the gun, he threatened to blow a
storekeeper's head off if he
moved."
However, Lewis Insisted he took
part in only one holdup.
Lewis was caught when he and
two other men darted from a gro
cery store. The proprietor, Rich
ard Chew, ran into the street
shouting, "Holdup, holdup!"
Lewis threw up his hands when
officer Ray Matties fired a warn
ing shot over his head. He named
as his accomplices Robert Gen
try, 10, who was woundcr in the
leg with buckshot from a riot
gun; Howard Butler. 20, and Al-
vm Brown, 10, driver ol the get
away car.
Tupper Trial
In Last Leg
Prosecution and defense attor
nevs becan summing un their cas-
es before the jury in the Bruce
Tupper second degree murder trial
in circuit court here this morning.
The case could go to the jury , by
late today or sometime tomorrow.
depending on the lime consumed
by summing up and on that re
quired for the judge to instruct the
jury.
District Attorney Arthur Hoddoe
I old jurors that nil allegations the
stale has made that Tupper shot
his Indian sweetheart, Teresa
Hunt, 41, last January 15 h n v e
been provon beyond a reasonable'
doubt. Ueddoe will talk again to
the jury when defense attorneys
have completed their sum-ups.
Joseph Stearns of Portland, one
o( Topper's lawyers, told jurors
that the white man has passed on
!i Tupper and other Klamath In
dians two gilts: syphilis and liquor,
neither of which existed among
them prior to the white man's
coming. Tupper allegedly sutlers
from both, as well as from brain
damage sustained in a childhood
accident, the defense has stressed.
Stearns maintained before the
jury that the defendant's brain
was afflicted hy all three of these
factors on the morning of the
shooting.
Ho also told them they should
he absolutely sure, if I hoy timl
Tupper guilty, that he was mor
ally responsible and knew right
from wrong at the time he shot the
Hunt woman, if indeed, he did
shout her. Stearns said it was pos
sible that someone else shot Ter
esa while Tupper was in a drunk
rn stupor and consequent state ol
amnesia.
The ntlnincy said the jurors
hae throe choices confronting
them in deposing ol Tupper: Semi
him to prison "to rot." tnuling
him not guilty, or sending bun to
an institution where hf can at
least be partially rehabilitated
Tupper s alleged menial atllic
tions haw boon horn out by tes
timony ot both Dr. George Keller,
the defense s psychiatrist, and Dr.
Gerhard ll.iugen, the prosecution's
psychiatrist, Stearns told the jury.
Wilson Trial
To Be Reset
The trial of Policeman .Inhn Wil
son, charged with dangerous weap
on nssault in connection with the
alleged beating of a transient here
last November, has been reset for
June 9 in circuit court.
The trial was one.inal'y sched
uled to begin this morning, but the
district Attorneys other said the
court docket is full until Juno i.
Wilson, me.mw lule, remains en
suspended status in the police department.
Berry, 54, Rt. 1, Guntersville,
Ala. I qdn t have time to do
anything but give the wheel a
little cut. If I hadn t done that
we would have hit head on."
The principal, Wayland Cooley.
40, said he was sitting on the
right Iront seat when he saw the
truck.
"I just had time to grab a rail
and brace myself. Reed was sit
ting right across the aisle asleep.
He had his head on a pillow
against the window. He never
knew what happened.
The two vehicles collided In
front of the home of a Negro
farmer, Clarence Dixon, about a
mile norh of the Alabama line.
Dixon was awakened by the
early morning crash and ran out
to the bus.
"I forced the door from the out
side and somebody inside the biis
helped. All those children were
screaming and hollering and
bleeding."
Cooley later went back to Dix
on's house to thank him for his
assistance.
The hospital here was soon over
flowing with the injured. Kxtra
emergency rooms were set up and
five doctors were hastily sum
moned. Council Okays
Park Lease
DUNSMUIR A- five-year lease
plus an additional five-year option
was granted the Dunsmuir Rec
reation Commission on Wednesday
night for the use of the city ball
park. The city council authorized
this action unanimously after ac
cepting a recreation commission
proposal that the lease would be
relinquished if alternate, ade
quate ball park facilities were de
veloped. .
In other business, the council
appointed Howard Jones to the
planning commission to replace
Harold Baughman who resigned,
proclaimed May 21 as youth gov
ernment day and declared May 8
the beginning of fire season. Burn
ing permits will now be required
for open fires.
The council voted $500 to the
Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce
and $200 to the Shasta Cascade
Wonderland Association after a
comment by Major ,1. Morgan
Jones that city subsidy of the
chamber should not relieve busi
ness people of the obligation to
support the chamber.
City Attorney Louis Lorcnzen
was asked to draft a septic tank
ordinance for council consideration
and write the Dunsmuir Water Co
pany asking a representative to
meet with the council to discuss
constant water service to Porter
subdivision. The subdivision is now
without water during power black
outs. Lodge To Hold
Public Barbecue
DUNSMUIR A public barbe
cue will be sponsored by the
Dunsmuir Knights of Columbus as
a grand finale to Railroad Days
after the traditional big parade on
Sunday, June 22, the Railroad
Days Committee has announced.
Ira Wyatt has been named ex
ecutive secretary of the celebra-'
lion slated for June 20-22 and will
set up headquarters across from
the city hall this week.
Button sales lor Railroad Days
boosters will begin soon also with
buttons at $1 and $200 in prizes
available to lucky button holders
Al McCnnn, president of the lo
cal chapter of the Veteran and lie
tired Railroaders, has been named
chairman of the old-timers picir.c
on Saturday, June 21.
An imitation has been issued
hv F. F. Kohlbaker, Railroad
Days chairman, for parade en
tries. The Dunsmuir High School
band will begin publicizing Rail
road Days in neighboring commun
ities through musical appearances
under the direction of David Leigh
ton.
Teenagers Stone
Holiness Church
Two carloads of toon - n.nm
drove up to the United Holiness
( (lurch at 2"1 Commercial MmM
Saturday night, got out, opened
the church s front door and threw
rocks inside where the conniejja
tion was meeting, it was reported
to police.
The youths llien returned to their
cars and fled without hein identi
fied, the Heverend Johnson of the
church told officers.
i.uekily no one in the conge
lation was hurt, he said. The in
cident occurred at ahout it no p in.
Police are investigating.
Hospital Frees
Accident Victim '
Anton Kotvold, about 70, was
struck by an auto late Kridav
night at Seventh and Mam Street
and w;is taken to Klamath alley
Hospital by Peace Ambulance.
The victim, who lives at X
North Ninth Street, was npparent!
only shook up. He was released
immediately after a checkup,
Driver of the auto. Robert C.
Jones, OU Ileclamatien Avenue,
was not cited. He was turning left
off Seventh onto Main hen the
mishap occurred.
MISSIONARY
The Women's Society ot Chris
tian Service. ChiliHpnn. will spon
sor a talk at 7 30 p.m., Tuesday.
May 13. by Miss Frances lleaiil.
missionary in Honduras who is
home on leave. A free-will altering
will be taken to help defray cost ol
traveling. All interested poisons
are invited to attend.
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THREE WINNERS and one alternate in the competition for
15 college scholarships granted high school seniors whose
parents are employed by Weyerhaeuser Timber Company,
are Klamath Union High School students. Shown, from leff
Appeal Made
For Nurses
An appeal for qualified nurses to
help operate the Portland Veterans
Administration Hospital was issued
today by Dr. J. Gordon Spendlove,
manager of the hospital.
Dr. Spendlove requested profes
sional nurses available for full
lime employment including perma
nent assignment to evening or
night duly tours, to contact him
or the chief of nursing service
at the hospital. He appealed espe
cially to nurses who have not been
working in their profession to re
turn to work if their marriage and
family responsibilities permit.
"The health and welfare of our
disabled veterans depend on an
adequate qualified nursing staff at
VA hospitals," Dr. Spendlove said.
VA nurses have excellent oppor
tunities for professional advance
ment Dr. Spendlove pointed out.
In-service programs, ward confer
ences, and other learning experi
ences provide means for personal
and professional growth, he., said,
and VA nurses are encouraged to
engage in advanced study.
In addition' to periodic pay in
creases and consideration for pro
motion, VA nurses receive the re
tirement and life insurance bene
fits established for federal em
ployes and earn 30 days of annual
leave and 15 days of sick leave
each year, he said.
Dr. Spendlove said salaries of
VA nurses range from a minimum
of $4,025 annually for the junior
grade to a maximum of $R,(i45
annually for the assistant direc
tor grade.
Manager Plan
Edllor's Note This is the fourth
in a series of articles on the
Council-Manager plan lo be voled
on by Klamath Falls residents on
May 16, prepared by the League of
Women Voters.
Klamath Falls has had the same
lype of government from its be
ginning. The city has grown since
Unkvillc days, yet with popula
tion increases, new street develop
ments, increased sewage disposal.
Ihc same five-man council and
mayor type of government has
had to cope with its complexities.
Dunn? its first days, the govern
ing body found that a few hours a
day took care of existing prob
lems. City prisoners were few and
streets did not need cleaning for
few were paved. Today's hudget in
Klamath Falls has allocated $10.
0(10 just for feeding city prisoners.
$10.0110 to wash the streets and
$:I0.(H)0 for' street lighting. Main
tenance and replacement of equip
ment, hiring of personnel involve
many hours ol the governing bod
ies time. No longer may a council
man or the mayor spend a few
hours a week and complete a sim
plified village bit of government.
Time consuming details encroach
on each man s time.
Recently. Mr. Fleet, n city coun
cilman had to fly to Portland,
Oregon on cilv business nccessi
latins a removal from his own
business for 24 brans.
A visit to the mayor's personal
business office will soon demon
strate to any thinking citizen that
eitv business has moved inlo the
time designated and needed for his
own business.
How have saUry increases cor
responded to the increased demand
for our councihnen and mayor s
services? It is with shame that it
must be stated thai the salary
has remained the same since vil
lage days, t'ouncilmen receive $24
a 'month. The total yearly salaries
(or five counciimen and one may
or is now SS.iiOO (or the city of
Klamath Kails. Contrast this to ;
yearly salary (or two county com
missioners and one county judgi
'of iVi:M.
Are there people in Klamath
Falls who expect government for
nothiiiK'.' Senator Neuherger slat
ed recentlv tha' "O.vgon would
not be a lin eup stale."
In our last elect-? -iafci'mayor
we were in the limelight of beg
ging tor candidates. U look six
months to persuade an unopposed
candidate lo rim. The solution: l.cl
ills ote lor the t otinvil-Manaiicr
plan lor go eminent. The League
I of Women Voters are unanimous
I ly (or it:
Dunsmuir Widow
'Accepts Payment
i IH'NSMnit - Mis . Mnrth.1
!l'hom:;s, widow ot tieoige W
i Thomas, has accepted a 54,o,i set
tlenienl from tne city. Mrs. Tbom
jas had filed a claim . SloiHm
'.igaiiist the cily iollowm the
dea'h ot hvr husband mi '! e Dims
nr.iii' ;ail List summer
Thomas died ot natural i .mes
.lller be:ng picked im hy uly po
lice and mistaken lor a drunk
The out ot court selllemcnt was
made by an insurance turn icp
icsentiiig the c 1 1 y. counciimen
were informed hy letter Wednes
day ntiiht.
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH
OPEN SEASON
"That's how I caught up
Mishap Hurts
Local Airman
Klamath Falls air service opera
tor Antone J. Steinbock, 42, of
4435 Boardman Street, was In good
condition this morning in Klamath
Valley Hospital where he is re
covering from head injuries sus
tained in a freak airplane mishap
Saturday morning.
The accident occurred at the air
port when Steinbock tried to halt
a runaway plane on the ground,
according to the victim's wife.
Pilot Noble Marrylield of Klam
ath Falls had just started the en
gine on a two-wing PT 19 plane
by turning the prop, Mrs. Stein
bock said. '
One brake on the craft was ap
parently not set and the pilotless
plane went into motion, she re
ported. Steinbock made an effort to stop
it by trying to put chocks under
the wheels. However, before he
could do so, he was struck in the
left side by a wing and knocked
to the concrete, injuring his head.
The plane was finally stopped by
other employes at the airport. It
was slightly damaged. The craft
did not belong to Steinbock's Klam
ath Aircraft Service but to a pri
vate club, it was reported.
Steinbock was taken to the hos
pital by Peace Ambulance.
Funerals
KNIGHT
Funeral services for Donna Rac
Knight, 13, who died here May
8. will take place frdm the chap
el of Ward's Klamath Funeral
nine on Tuesday, May 13, at 2
p.m., with the Hev. llarley idler
of the Williamson River Metho
dist Church officiating. Concluding
services with vault entombment
will follow in Klamath Memorial
Park.
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to right are Serena Smith,
ner; Kaye Kidwell, alternate and Gilbert L. Roberts,
ner. The awards are full tuition scholarships not to
ceed $1,000 and living expenses up to $600,
with him-he tripped on it!"
Study Group To
Hear Professor
The Klamath Falls study com
mittee on parks and recreation
will meet Friday, May 23, at 7:30
p.m. in the county library confer
ence room to hear Dr. Lynn Rod
ney, professor of recreation and
outdoor education at the University
of Oregon.
The expert will discuss with the
group some of the problems con
nected with improving and even
ly distributing recreation facilities
in the Klamath Basin. The com
mittee has been studying plans for
future recreation for the past few
months, according to Stanley Mil
ler, chairman.
Some 10 committeemen and 20
invited guests from schools and
elsewhere are expected to attend
the meeting.
Obituary
McKIM
Henry Ivan McKim, 69, died here
-May 11. He was a native of In
diana and had resided in this com
munity for the past 39 years. Sur
vivors include the widow, Helen
of this city: two sons, Roy K. of
this city and C. Eldon of Medford;
two brothers, John F. and Cres-
ton both of Laconia, Indiana: two
sisters, Elizabeth Simms of Cory
don, Indiana and Julie Watson of
Mauckport, Indiana. Mr. MoKim
was a member of the Roseburg
First Christian Church and a re
tired insurance salesman. Funeral
arrangements will be announced
later by Ward's Klamath Funeral
Home.
SPECIAL SERVICES
Special missionary services will
be held at the Bible Standard
Church, Chiloquin, tonight, 7:30
with the Rev. and Mrs. Jacob Col
lins as speakers. Announcement of
the special service was made by
the pastor, Cecil Dye.
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the homemaker can wash a
run out of hot water
No flames, fumes or soof with an electric
water heater . . . Faster than any fiame-type
heater . . . and the most efficenf fiome water
heatinq device sold.
CUSTOMERS:
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THE
winner: Suzanne Goeller,
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ELMER C. STUKEL
Final Stukel
Rites Slated
'MERRILL -i Funeral services
for Elmer C. Stukel, 58, who
died May 9 at the M. R. Laird,
Mt. Dome Ranch near Dorris, Cal
ifomia, will be held in the Mer
rill Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m
Wednesday, May 14. Final riles
and interment will be in the IOOF
Cemetery, Merrill.
Friends may call at O'Hair's Me
morial Chapel, Klamath Falls,, un
til 11 a.m. Wednesday. Contribu
tions may be made to the Heart
hand. . ,-.
Pallbearers will be Charles Cun
ningham, Lee Haskins. Vernon
Shuck, Claude Shuck, Henry Mat
schiner and Vern Howard. Hon
orary pallbearers will be C. E.
Sharp, E. A. McCollum, Victor
Shuck, Dr. F. E. Trotman, M. R.
Laird and M. A. Bowman.
Mr. Stukel's death came as he
was assisting with cattle branding
operations on the Laud Ranch, tie
had suffered previous heart at
tacks. He had served for 12 years
as Oregon state brand inspector,
taking over the position froni his
father, Fred Stukel, who served in
that capacity for many years. He
was a native of Klamath County,
having been born on the present
Scott McKendree ranch which
was homesteadod by his grand
father Stephen Stukel who fought
with the U.S. Army in the Modoc
War of 1872-1373. He was the only
child of Fred and Minnie Booth
Stukel. Stukel Mountain in this
county is named for the family.
Harvard University's library,
with almost six million volumes,
is the largest university library in
the United States.
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candidates to be voted on in
primary election.
Today: Candidates for the Leg
islature. Democratic candidates are Carl
E. Yancey and John L. Kerbow.
Vancev, 32. liws at 400(1 Home-
dale Jtoad. He is presently em
ployed as a millwright, and Ins
occupational background includes
all phases of lumbering, machine
design, farming and mining.
His education consists of high
school and two years of college.
Yancey is a member of t h e
grange, Boy Scouts, Masons, Sub
urban Sanitary District Board of
Directors,
He has served one term as state
representative and has also served
as precinct committeeman.
On Oregon's educational prob
lems, Yancey said. "Admit our
problems. Face them squarely. Ad
mit greater appropriations must
be allocated for this purpose. Place
greater emphasis upon technical
schools."
On county home rule. Yancey
said, "We should carefully guard
all county home rule. This phase
nf our Democracy is one of ut
most importance to the people of
a free nation.
On specilic actions in regard
to Oregon's economic situation,
Yancey replied, "More loans foi
home -building at less interest
rates. Reduce federal taxes, great
er loans for industry, new and old.
Studv natural resources of state.
Explore new uses lor timber prod
ucts. Make available cheap or free
sites for new plants. New methods
for increasing sales of farm prod
ucts." .
Kerbow, 26, 1222 Division. Street
also has had high school educa
tion and two years of college. He
has been engaged in the grocery
business with time out for service
in the Navy during the Korean
War.
He is currently a member of
the Interim Tax Committee and
the Interim Indian Affairs Com
mittee. He has served one term
as representative. Kerbow is also
past vice president ct the Oregon
Young Democrats.
On educational problems, Ker
bow said. "More emphasis on ex
pansion of junior college and tech
nical institutes. In addition t h c
state contribution to education
through the basic school support
program should be increased to 50
per cent of educational costs
- On county home rule, Kerbow
said, "I support the minly home
rule resolution which the people
will act upon at the November
election and any other practical
measure designed to strengthen
county government.
In regard to actions to be taken
in Oregon's economic stiuation, he
replied, "(1) creation of state re
construction finance agency mod
cled after former federal agency,
(2) increased highway construction
and full participation m any fed
eral matching program, 13) in
creased apnropriations for depart
ment ol planning and development
to permit increased action by that
agency to encourage business ex
pansion in the state, and i4t mod
ification of the capital gains tax
law.
Republican candidates are Ed
mund M. Chilcote, and Paul O
Landry.
Chilcote, 2037 Fremont Slreet, ii
a realtor. He lists his education
as high school plus extension coin's
es.
Occupationally. he has served 10
years as secretary of the Wellman
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MONDAY. MAY 12. 1953
Candidates
Seaver-Morgon Company in Cljive-
and. Ohio, and 48 years ae a
!j-ealto in Klamath Falls.
He is a charter member ofhe
Kiwanis Club, member of the Ad
visory Board of the Salvation
Army, and the Klamath Board of
Realtors.
He has been active in all' politi.
cal campaigns for many years,
and a member of the Oregon lcal
Estate Board lor m years, Having
been appointed by Governors
Sprague, hnell, McKay and Pat
terson. On educational problems, Cliil-
cote wrote, "Oregon is doing well,
Keep going along ine same lines.
Oregon's school buildings and
teachers are among the best- in
Ihe nation."
Wherever possible." Chilcote
slated, "counties should handle
their own affairs.
On action for Oregon s econom.
situation, Chilcote wrote," "I
n a conservative and will work
lor a broader tax base. I V ill
oppose any increase in state in
come tax.
Lanihy, 64, 419 Main Street; 're
ceived his. education in . public ;
chools in Louisiana and some
sampler school at Tulane Univer
sity. I
He has been in the general in
surance business since 1025, and
is a member of the Rotary Club,
hamber ot commerce ana Amer
icon Legion. ' -
His political experience includes
city councilman of Klamath Falls
from 1944-48, and mayor of Klam
ath Falls from 1953 to 1956.
On Oregon's educational needs,
Landry wrote, "by being realistic
about it, facing the problem, pro
viding a fair tax program -and
providing schools for the children
while they are of a school age."
He also stated, I belive in heme
rule for city, county and state."
Regarding action to be taken in
Oregon's economic situation, Lan
dry says, "We should have a thor
ough survey made of our complete
I a x program and endeavor to
adopt laws that would offer as
good an opportunity for industries
to locate in Oregon as any other
state in'the Northwest."
Next: Candidates for County
Commissioner.
Loccl Red Cross
Needs Nurses :
The Klamath Basin Red Ctjoss
Chapter is in an awful stew!
There is an acute need for "vol
unteer nurses to take medical his
tories during the four regular vis
ils of the bloodmobile which comes
to Klamath County each year in
March, June, , September and De
cember for two days.
Inasmuch as this community uses
about 100 pints. of blood a month,
which must be collected from vol
unteer donors, , it can b'- readily
understood how vital the blood pro
gram is to life and health.
-.Mrs. Dorothy .lohonsen, chief
niiise at the Northwest Regional
Blood Center, will be in Klamath
Falls on June 3 to give the neces
sary training course to qualify
nurses for this program. Addition
al on-the-job training is also of
Icred to registered unrses who wish
to assist with venipunctures.
Any qualified nurses who could
serve morning, afternoon or eve
ning hours at the bloodmobile are
urgently requested to contact the
Red Cross office in Ihe county li
brary building at 126 South Third
Street'.
The bloodmobile's next visit is
scheduled for June 4 and 5.
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