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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 6 A HERALD AND VEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SUNDAY. JUNE 8, 1953 They'll Do It Every Time ' , By Jimmy Hatlo KILLED SAN FRANCISCO I UPI Frank H. .Urban, 72, died In San Fran cisco Hospital Friday of injuries received May 28 when he wai dragged 100 feet by a hit-run car. Police have arrested William Vendever, 32, Oakland, on sus picion of driving the hit-run car. Urban, a retired carpenter was struck at the intersection of 7th M6IN4 H4S BEEM AfTEQ CHEDD4R THESE M4NV VE4(?S TO SET A POWER MOWERBUT HE S4YS OUOTE : &y HePE IT IS JUNE THEY STILL GOT THE OLD PUSH-MCWER-"DOES CHE0D4R USE IT ? DUMSESILLEH" GIVE a LOOK a FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor Entered u Mcond clue nutur at Uu pow at TV u Klmaudi PHU. Ort.. on Autuit 30. 1806, undr tn ot Concrau. Mir eh I. in , aviCEt ASSOCIATED PRSB8 0 KITED PRESS , AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Senring Southern Oregon And Northern California. SUBSCRIPTION RATES CARRIER . I MONTH I SO MONTHS t I 00 1 YEAR lie.OO MAIL I MONTH t 1.60 MONTHS 1 M I YEAR 111.00 r - X.' V WH4T .4 BOUT GETTIKI6 A POWER- MOWER THIS yE4R? MSSIMMICK'S HAVE. and Mission Sts. A SALE OH THEM- "" . - ,v- HAVE A LITTLE LJ 5 XJ ' 51 V fcXERCibE-rrs, 111 , r a a win wav i wr l ' 1 'H TO KEEP MV Wi. RiSSSi-?! Olelirnf ion By JERKY O'BRIEN WALLACE. Idaho l-Kew of the 3,300 citizens here are in festive mood, but they plan their biggest celebration in history this week mainly (or a most unusual reason: To tell the rest of the country what makes them so sad. This fabulous Couer D'Alcne mining district has fallen on hard times after producing nearly two billion dollars worth of metais since 1883. Because of low prices for lead and zinc, its immediate future is darkly clouded despite a prosperous silver mining. When an Eastern silversmith suggested a celebration June Il ls in this "silver capital c-f the world" and offered to help stage It, Wallace seized the idea and saw , a valuable by-product. While most of the $35,000 local budget will go for silver window dressing to help morale, a vital $6,000 will finance a junket of 50 Eastern newsmen here. Amid dancing in the streets, parades and miners' contests, they will bo given the picture and told the woes of domestic lead and zinc, the dis trict's bread and butter metals. Wallace miners claim heavy im ports of unneeded, cheaply-produced foreign lead and zinc have knocked the bottom out of the market. Lead has dropped to 11 cents a pound, zinc to 10. Pro ducers say they need at least 17 and 14'i cents to operate profit ably, y " ' Last week, the big Bunker Hill Co., which lost $341,644 in the first quarter ot the year and has nearly 4 million dollars worlh of unsold lead stacked in the yards, said it may have ;to shut down in Aug ust and lay off 1,500 men. . Despite the gloom, Wallace has plunged headlong into plans for Its 75th Silver Jubilee Festival. "I call it 'Operation bootstrap,' " said businessman Lee Black. "Through the celebration, we hope to boost morale, tell our story and regain some of the normalcy around here. The people are warming up to it."" The tough old mining town fig ures it might as well. It got no where sitting around crying In its beer. It hasn't been able to get lhe tariff relief it sought from the gov ernment. It isn't wholly satisfied with ' a proposed five-year federal subsidy program. Wallace, named for an old army colonel who was an early settler, has a colorful, turbulent life since Andy Pritchard discovered gold near hero in 1882 and Noah Ke logg's celebrated donkey kicked up a fuss and uncovered the fabulous Bunker Hill mine in '85. Wallace, Murray and others in the district were hard-drinking. free-living Western frontier towns. Calamity Jane and eight dancing girls made the circuit. Wyatt Karp staked two placer claims here in '84 and lost his shirt. A grand dame named Molly B'Damned was the toast of Mur ray before lhe gold rush ended and the population dwindled from a bustling lo.oni) to loo. The most memorable violence dime on a spring night in 18!)!) af ter Bunker Hill refused lo recog nize the Western Federation of Miners. Nearly 800 miners hi jacked a Northern Pacific train, loaded it with stolen dynamite, steamed down to nearby Wardner and blew up a million dollars wor'h of Hunker ll i 1 1 properly, killed three workers and lerror ized the district. Cov. Frank Srunrnherg called out the National (iuard hut the one company aailable disbanded in stead. President William McKin ley ordered iederat troops here and 1.500 miners were herded into a makeshift jail until things quieted down. In vengeance, a hired dynamiter named Harry Orchard later fixed up a bomb on a swinging gate and killed Scuncnliergcr when he came home lor lunch. Wallace survived uih human violence as well as subsequent death-dealing smmslule.s, ilcwisla ting floods and a stupendous forest fire that destroyed the town and killed ISO people in lhe region in 1!U0. Later the nun innlormist editor of the old Wardner Citizen, and other editors bragged the district was big enough and rich enough to become a commonwealth of its own. They warned Southern Idaho politicians lo treat lhe Northern Panhandle With respect lest it de tach itself and Join Montana or Washington. The district stayed with Idaho But it seceded from the Pacific time zone and now has daylight saving time the year around. As the years passed, the district simmered down to the staid busi ncss of turning out more metals than almost any other place on earth. The Sunshine Mining Co. be came the world's largest silver producer, the Bunker Hill the big gest lead-silver mine. At the gov ernment price of 9014 cents ounce, the district produced 14 million ounces of silver last year, much of it for U.S. coins. For . all its silver, perhaps its most celebrated product is plati num blonde actress Lana Turner, born here 36 years ago. Original plans were to invite her back as Jubilee guest of honor mere were published rcDorts King Crosby, other stars and even Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower would probably cornel Now the nearest thing to a celebrity expected is bteve Allen's dog, fitted with special silver collar and commis sioned to guard the local teen aged queen. But it's a celebration tha doesn't really need celebrities. Wal lace has a storied past to recall, a present metals slump to forget and, as the climax of a hannv folksy five-day spree along small town lines, an old 16-acre silver mine to raffle off. Top TiMlMr Today, 40-year-old Ruth Winter of Detroit finds herself winner of the General Federation of Wom en's Clubs' senior teacher award for 1058. By RICH THOMAS DETROIT (UPI) - Ruth Win ter has taught English and journ alism for 13 years at Detroit's Denby High School. And she's tak en pari in countless educational and human relations activities. But her first reaction on learning she had been named the nation's sen ior teacher of the year was to say she didn't deserve it. There are thousands of teach ors right here In Detroit who have earned the honor just as much as I have, she said. A jovial, well-dressed unmar ried woman of 40 . . . Miss Win ter says her first love is teach ing. She's turned down writing of- lers and school administrative jobs lo slay with her students. "I'm sold on today's youth 100 per cent," she says. "My students today are in many ways more se rious than ever before and by and large they're doing a first class job. . Miss Winter was cited for her "most oulslanding altitude toward her students" in the award she won ... and a little dog dancing about her six room apartment in dicated her students thought she was okay too. "That's 'Chips'," she laughed, waving at the toy collie pup. "My students decided I wasn't doing so well after my own dog died last November. They gave me 'Chips' for a Christmas pres ent, stie said. Miss Winter says the main thing worrying her students right now is Hie job situation. But she says there's some iiood in this. "A lot are thinking about college now. and they wouldn't hnvo planned to go if times were better," she says. One thing worrying Miss Winter is what she calls "all these peo ple wanting a Russian education for American society." She says, and we quote, "Our society is based on intelligent, in dividual citizens and its foolish to want the disciplined kind of educa tion the Russians give their chil dren. "The Russian system," she says, "gives students no choice in their courses, but it's important that our children learn how to choose.' Miss Winter feels the real chal lenge is, as she says, "to get each child to work up to his capacity, And this, she says, will only come about when American parents and communities as well as the schools place a greater value on know- edge than they do now. Miss Winter's apartment is (urn- shed with color-splashed, content porary things. When she has the time, she likes to "cook and put ter around the house," as she says. She's well dressed, but she doesn't own a single sack, shift or sheath. I have a hardtop convertible," she says, "but I draw the line at styles like that." Tax tills By GEORGE J. MARDER United Press International Tax cut hopes die hard. Expectations that Congress may still cut automobile taxes appar ently still linger in parts of the country. They may be cutting into car sales. This is indicated by letters to lawmakers from potential car buyers asking what's the real low- down on tax cuts should they hold off making a purchase on the outside chance that auto sales taxes may be cut? Those hopes are completely out of line 'with the congressional (acts of life, apparently fed in part at least by the inability of politicians and government offi cials to say a flat and irrevocable no. The official administration pol icy on tax reduction is , , . not now. In most official statements, it's put this way ... no present in tention to ask for tax cuts , . . subject will be kept under constant review. To those unfamiliar with Wash- ingtoncse, ... a language of its own, that seems to mean maybe little later. , It doesn't mean that at all. It means no . . . period. The fact that the subject will be kept under review just doesn't mean a thing. Of course, the government is always keeping tax policy under review. If conditions change so as to warrant a change in policy, of course the government would do something about it. And so the only "if" in the ad ministration's stand against tax cuts now is a new major slump in the economy. It business suddenly gets worse between now and the time Con gross quits in August, that prom ise to keep the subject under re lew will mean something. Otherwise it's just words. And some blunt words on the improbability of t a x cuts were relayed to lhe lax-writing House Ways and Means Committee be hind closed doors a couple of eeks ago by Secretary of lhe Treasury Anderson. The treasury official said there'd be no tax reduction requests from the administration this session And he had no its, ands, or buts about his remark. It was just a flat no on tax culs,-ind that's all In Congress, too, the hopes die hard. Individual lawmakers wore pleading with the leaders to give them some hopes to take back to constituents. 1 h e y found few tax cutting straws to grasp at. Chairman Mills of the Tax Writ ing Committee was asked if he couldn't promise there'd be an out side chance that the House would get -to vote on a tax cutting bill this session , , . couldn't he even describe it as a long-shot, he was asked? The realistic Mills mumbled something about not wanting to leave an "improbably" impression like that around. Mills finally shut off the ques tions by saying his committee now . considering some tax aids only to small business. After that bill, he wasn't even going to call the committee to meet on tax measures. No meeting, no tax re duction bill. And the committee chairman hoped the lawmakers would spread the word to their constitu ents so they wouldn't hold off pur chasing on a futile hope that, sales taxes were coming down. , Poqo r xAftvp I SOT A (iCCO T V.HV, AM "jotmrao J uuiu asw TO TMg MOON. HXHHY, X Mnii ll;iiM Itobot By JOHN CONSIDINE United Press International When it comes to the ancient game of checkers, the modern electronic "brain" isn't in the same league with good human players. That's the concensus following a recent four-hour and 15-minute contest between "704" an Inter national Business Machines elec tronic processing machine and eight human players. Semi-secrecy veiled the 704 con test. Photographers were not al lowed to bring their cameras into the laboratory at Glendale, New York, where the tournament took place. An IBM spokesman plained that security regulations would have required long clearance processes. The human players were in one room of the building while 704 and its attendants were in anoth er. The two were linked by tele phone. On the wall of the play ers' room were eight checker boards in blue and .white. Moves made by the human con testants were telephoned to the machine room. Operators fed the situations into the machine . and 704 answered by spitting out cards. The plays were telephoned back to the game room. Before start of the "match" 704 had . been "instructed" in about 30.000 checker plays and situations These were fed into the machine by tape. When a play came up the machine searched its "mem ory" for similar situations. Then 704 rejected choices which had turned out badly in the past and made moves which had turned out well. Whcp play ended, at the sugges lion of the machine's operators 704 had another 10,000 checker situations. The human players wound up the evening with eight victories The machine earned two tie games. None of the machine's losses was a rout. On two occasions the machine made triple jumps . . many double leaps were achieved After one unorthodox move turned out well for 704, a player commented, "It doesn't play the book. A scientist replied, "It doesn't know enough to play the book." As the long "contest" neared an end the machine played slower and slower. It has gone beyond its mem ory, Doctor A. L. Samuel, man ager of the IBM laboratory at I'oughkeepsie, said. "It's .down in a region where it never has played before." Playing games with lhe comput ers is not a trivial pastime. Pro gramming 704 for checkers and other games "provides insight into how the machine can learn and develop new solutions based on the knowledge gained from solution ot earlier problems." f ooesotr r.'Yvevtt ir7i "OSes II (,ui cis. Nou-eg t f r 1 TO Thin.' 7r fffiv tro OM, "'LS MLJ MB Lf iX -j aJ A PCKtB Ft?ls,0 WHO PUAB5 CAT A0 MOwff VMTM MV hf ACT 'WASAIWAYS TOO LAT .FOIt THAT HOW IT S TOO uri . S I llf I'M By I'niled Press International UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. Leb anese foreign Minister Charles Malik, on alleged interference in his country by the United Arab Republic: "The only sin of Lebanon in the eyes of the I'AR is not that it has really done or is likely to do any harm to any Arab coun try, but that it is independent and follows a policy of friendship oward and cooperation with the Western world." CONNERSVILLE. Ind. - Dr Otto Miessner, founder ot one col lege school of music and director of another for nine years, on a state board of education edict that he go back to college to qualify for a permit to teach grade school children: "I'll be damned if I will go hack to a university using my textbooks and say 'Will you please enroll me in a beginning class for music teachers'." Jordan To Klamath Soroptimists Head Students observe 20th Birthday McCLOUD-Robert Jordan was W "W " " ' J At Thursday Meeting elected president of the McCloud nign scnool student body June 2. Others elected were: Carl Long, vice president; Donna Franklin, secretary: Stpnhanv Mpmpn trpne. urer; Mary Wright, commissioner oi social aitairs. ' Klpptinn rnmmittpn mnmhore were: Paula Kririav WanHa War. ner and Dennis Wellman. Assisting at the polls were Louie Tallerico, Mrs. Frances Hogin, Mrs. Marg aret Anistrom and Don Kersten. Awards were presented at the final student body assembly ol the year on June 6 to outstanding stu dents in athletics, citizenshin and scnoiarsnip. Crescent Club Holds Meeting Pimmnnilv fMiih hall lie raanlip monthly meeting Monday, June 2, in ine ciuo wiin me presiaeni, V. R Khimhanah in rharon Tho financial report was given bv Ted St. Thomas, treasurer. Charles Shotts, building committee chair man, announced a committee meeting to be held at the eluh. June 9. . Mrs. Carl Buckley, editor of the Crescent Bulletin, announced that the weekly will now be published on Thursday instead of Friday. Mrs. Krnpsr. Hardman Mrs George Wilkinson and Mrs. Arlo Harris served refreshments after the meeting. The next meeting will be July 7 at the club. The Soroptimist Club of Klamath .birthday candlelighling ceremony. Falls observed its 20th birthday anniversary at the regular Thur day luncheon at the Winema Ho tel. Two members, Clara Shaw and Ida Odell, who participated in me lounding of the club in 1938, were present at the meeting. President Naomi Frpnph pallnH Or the rtrPsiripntc whn hart cr-i,orl during each year of the club's life iu laKe Dan in top trarlitinna Railroaders Plan June 14 Meeting The 46th annual PPnvpntinn nt the Great Northern Railway Vet erans Association is expected to draw 1,100 active and retired rail roaders and their wives to Min neapolis on June 14. Highlight of the nnJ npA. gram will be the evening banquet at the Hotel Radisson. Master of ceremonies will hp r a d...... Great Northern's vice president- personnel. Total mpmhprchin nf tha ation is 4. 3.14. with t A7i nt thnt I number retired. All members have nao a or more years service with Great Northern. RAIN INSURANCE PRINCETON. N..I. (UPI) Princeton University's class of '38 has literally insured its reun ion against rain. Under terms of a $13,500 policy with Lloyds of London, tne 22i returning mem bers of the class will each re ceive a reimbursement of the $00 reunion fee if next Saturday's Alumni Day parade Is called off for any reason other than "inter national catastrophe." The insur ance policy was decided on after rain washed out the class s rain ion in 1053. LETTER DELIVERED CHICAGO (UPI) A letter bearing a Cnhfcarta nnn a dressed lo the "Hotel Dirtv Word" Chipapn hao hMn 0, uttu UC1IV ered to its intended receiver. Postmaster Carl Kphrnprior a he letter, which came from Co lumbus, Ga., waS delivered to the Sherman Hotel. Me.SSagPS WPrP rparl frnm niitia Cornett and(others who were un able to be present by reason of being out of town. ThUrsdatf Was alcn Caplr Hrace day at the club. Members' attire ranged all the WAV frnm twin n. sembles reminiscent of the 1920s worn Dy Dena Backes and Thelma Henry and a burlap bag dress and hat designed anrl wnrn hu M-,i- Bothwell to a high-style trapeze mess moacieo Dy Suzanne Hamil ton of Marvin's. Alice Lamm, nrnpram chairman of the day, was assisted by char ier memocrs and other life mem bers including Rose Poole, Ger trude Moore. Cnrat &ahr Pnth Ray and Jennie Southwell. With me am oi a blackboard and promptings from committee mem bers. Mrs. Lamm and Mrs Kahn reenacted the visual presentation of the club's projects which they had put on at a Spokane Soropti mist convention in 1941. The .Tune 12 mpplinr will ha the last business meeting of the year. On June 19 there will be a joint installation dinner mpptiW with the Venture Club in the Empire noom oi me winema Hotel. Invi tations have hppn cpnt tn Km-rmti- mist clubs of Bend, Ashland and Lakeview. The social hour will be at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. ' People Read SPOT ADS - you are Realtv Hamblings by Orville Reichenberg "Should I buy ior rant?" Al moit every living iouI, at tome time nother, hi :&T;T.iSl tion. Actually, there is a time to buy; .land, a time to or would deny the desirability, the advantages, and the eventual econ omy in owning your own home. However, that should not be taken absolutely to mean that there is never a time when it might be more opportune to rent. For instance, the folks who know that the lost of their offspring will be leaving home soon; and, who plan on using their retiring years to see more of the country and the world, would find the ownership of a house to be a burden rather than a joy. The man who runs a good risk of being moved away by his em ployment within o couple of years would be better off with a rent. Then again, newcomers to o community who cannot make up their minds os to the suitability of house or neighborhood would hoose wisely to rent on o trial eiis until they become more or iented to the local situation. There art numerous other in- lividual situations which could be ited along with the above, but ' basically, where no specific reason eiists, the final decision should volvt from the individual himself; is past experience in renting andj owning; and, most important, the ! ind and site ot his family and the kind of a person he is. But, rent or buy we con help you Give us a try Anytime. ORVILLE REICHFNBERG REALTOR 627 Pine Ph. 2-2S1S . tv.ningi 4-3S41 John Aldrirfg 2-3352 uth Robtition 4 539 Contact a Teacher Start Piano Leisom NOW! Soma of the idle lummar hours moy will b und for proctlc. PIANO BARGAINS RECONDITIONED , UPRIGHTS $7500 to 9500 APARTMENT. 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