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By FRANK JENKINS
For Americans meaninit all nl
us, not just Americans who hap
pen to live or travel abroad-
mere are two not spots this morn
lnc:
1. East Germany, which is a
Soviet satellite.
2. Lebanon, a little kingdom in
the Middle East, which is under
pressure to BECOME a Soviet sat
ellite.
The trouble in East Germany
started about 10 days ago when a
helicopter carrying nine American
soldiers was blown over East Ger
man territory by a storm. The
communists interned them, and we
started negotiations for their re
lease. The East German commu.
nst authorities demanded that
American negotiators hold official
U.S. stale department credentials.
Why the demand?
It is assumed that its purpose
Is to force the United States (in
order to obtain release of the nine
American soldiers) to recognize
the communist puppet regime in
tast Germany.' Our state depart
ment calls it "diplomatic black
mail and refuses to pay.
What is the right and the wrong
or it?
It's a complicated problem.
These nine soldiers are Ameri
cans. Our every instinct cries out
to secure their release at any cost.
But they are SOLDIERS. A sol
dier's job is to risk his life for his
country. There are times when a
soldier has to be ordered to take
risks that involve the possible loss
of his life and-or his liberty.
A soldier is a DEDICATED citi
zen. It is his duty to accept such
risks when they are necessary for
the welfare of his country.
In this particular instance, back
ing down before the communist de
mand for AMERICAN RECOGNI
TION as the price of negotiations
for the release of these nine in
terned American soldiers would
amount to an American DEFEAT
in the cold war. That's what our
state department means when it
refuses to pay diplomatic "black
mail." In hot war or in cold war, many
difficult decisions have to be made.
This is one of those times.
So much for East Germany,
What of Lebanon?
Lebanon is a different kettle of
fish.
In Lebanon, the present govern
ment is FAVORABLE TO US. So
viet Russia, working through its
Egyptian puppet Nasser, is seek
ing to overthrow the Lebanese gov
ernment favorable to the West
(which includes the U.S.)
Actual shooting is going on, in
Lebanon. In Cairo (capital . of
Egypt) an "influential newspap
er" warns this morning that any
U.S. "meddling" in the Lebanese
crisis would be regarded by the
United Arab Republic (Nasser's
tool as a DECLARATION OF
WAR.
Suppose, in the face of that
threat (which may be a bluff, but
may not be) we run for cover.
Personally, I think we have no
business trying to run that part
of the world. It is certainly pos
sible to defend the thesis that we
have" no business there.
BUT WE ARE THERE.
If we run for cover in the face
of a communist threat, American
prestige will be gone where the
woodbine twineth.
That's about the size of it. "
HITCHHIKE
CARMEL, Calif., (UPI) The
wedding of socialite Armour
Smith and Miss Bonnie Dickason
went off like a charm, with one
slight exception.
After the ceremony! the hun
dreds of guests drove off to a
reception on the other side of
town leaving the bride and
groom stranded. So they hitchhiked!
Oafs lews
Indiana Dike Gives Way
Terre Haute Area Floods
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -A
30-foot stretch of the Sugar
Creek levee broke at Terre Haute
early today, flooding about 20 per
cent of West Terre Haute and forc
ing some'l.OOO persons to flee their
homes.
Civil defense officials said the
residents had ample warning and
all were evacuated safely from
the western Indiana town.
The break was on the Sugar
Creek, a tributary to the Wabash
River, and was about a mile up
stream from where the creek emp
ties into the Wabash River.
Authorities said most of the wa
ter was backwater and there was
no strong current.
Trucks, some already loaded
with furniture, were standing by
ready to evacuate families if the
water came through the levee.
Civil defense officials said they
believed six men, who were work
ing on the levee, were cut off
when the water broke through.
They could not be sure in the
darkness, but efforts were being
made to reach any that were
trended on the other side.
Go. Harold W. Handler de
clared a state of emergency in
Terre Hauta yesterday at the re
KLAMATH
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MARY GORMAN
Grand President, Ladies
Auxiliary, B. of R. T.
Trainmen Open Meet In
Local Headquarters
The 1958 Northwest Association
meeting of the Brotherhood of Rail'
road Trainmen, and its Ladies
Auxiliary got under way th i s
morning with a joint meeting held
in tne Fine Grove Room of the
Willard Hotel, convention head
quarters. The convention has at
tracted nearly 500 members of the
two organizations,- from all B. of
R. T. lodges in Oregon, Washing'
Ion, Idaho, Montana and British
Columbia.
After the introduction of grand
lodge officers and the presentation
of flags, an invocation was offered
by the Rev. Robert L. Greene,
rector of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, and Mayor Lawrence Sla-
ter welcomed the convention to
Klamath Falls.
Mary Gorman, grand president
of the Ladies Auxiliary to the
B. of R. T., replied to the mayor.
expressing the delegates' pleasure
at visiting this city. Her response
was followed by the introduction
of guests and visitors, after which
the meeting got down to tonven-
Hon business: the reading of the
Engineers Eye
Strike Soon
PORTLAND (AP) The Inter
national Union of Operating Engi
neers soon may strike all con
struction projects in Oregon and
Southwestern Washington, a union
spokesman says.
The union's Portland and Van
couver, Wash., members Sunday
voted 315-15 to strike -unless the
Associated General Contractors
meet the demands of their local
of the Hoisting - and Portable
Negotiations have been going on
for eight months in an attempt to
create a contract that would re
place the one which expired Jan. 1.
The union spokesman said the
demands include hourly wages,
job security and retroactive pay.
Earlier this year, the Associated
General Contractors, a manage
ment group, was struck by the
Laborers Union. That dispute tied
up most heavy construction in
Oregon.
A strike by the engineers would
tie up dam and road construction,
the Interstate Bridge between
here and Vancouver, and a num
ber of building projects.
The spokesman said union mem
bers favor a surprise strike if no
new contract is agreed unon. He
said a likely time for the strike
to start would be Wednesday.
Earlier, he said, local unions
throughout Oregon voted 1,069-70
to authorize a strike.
AGREE
THE HAGUE (AP) - The
Netherlands and the Soviet Union
initialed an agreement Monday
under which the Soviet airline
Aeroflot and KLM will each oper
ate a weekly flight between Am
sterdam and Moscow starting
July 21. 1
quest of local officials, who were
worried that the earthen levees
protecting West Terre Haute might
give way and let floodwaters
loose on the community.
Extra state police, 60 National
Guard troops and 40 prisoners from
the state penal farnj at nearby
Putnamville were rushed to the
city to sandbag weak points on tyic
levee. The Indiana Air National
Guard was also being used and
sandbags were being flown in
from Kansas City and Louisville.
The Wabash was expected to
reach a crest of 28 feet at noon
today. Flood level is 14 feet.
Terre Haute proper, vith a
population of 65.000. is on the east
side of the river and is mostly on
higher ground and not believed to
be in danger.
The threat at Terre Haute came
alter the city of Anderson and
most other northcantral Indiana
communities passed their flood
crisis.
At Anderson a battered earthen
levee held up under pounding by
the west fork of the White River,
but extensive flpod damage was
reported in the city. The river
crested at 20 feet Saturday night
and has been falling slowly since.
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FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE
W. P. KENNEDY
President, B. of R. T.
minutes of last year's meeting, the
appointment of the bylaws, legis
lative and resolutions committees,
and legislative board reports.
This afternoon, the two associ
ations, are holding closed business
meetings, the B. of R. T. in the
Pine Grove Room, and the ladies
at the Knights of Columbus Hall,
411 Main Street.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this evening's open meet
ing, which will also be held in the
Pine Grove Room of the Willard.
beginning at 7:30. The .meeting
win leature a panel discussion on
"The Future of American Rail
roads," in which Gov. Robert
Holmes; W. P. Kennedy, B. of R. T.
president: J.. W. Corbett. vice
president for system operations of
ine southern Pacific; Harry See,
B. of R. T. national legislative
representative; and J. W. Nisbett,
commerce counsel of the Associ
ation of Western Railroads, will
participate. The meeting will be
followed by a buffet.
Tomorrow morning will be de
voted to more closed business
meetings, and in the afternoon, a
joint meeting will close the con'
vention. The final meeting will in
clude the reading of the commit
toes' reports, and addresses by
See; W. J. Weil. .general secre
tary-treasurer of the B. of R. T.:
W. J. Macklin, regional director
of the Railroad Retirement Board:
E. B. Miller, district director of
the same board; and Clifton Hilde-
brand and Eugene Rerat, both of
the legal aid department of the
Brotherhood. The discussion will
be followed, by a question and ah'
swer period, the selection of the
sib of next year s meeting, elec
tion of officers, financial report
and adjournment. The benediction
will be offered by the Rev. u. u.
Tremain of the Free Methodist
Church.
With business out of the way,
the delegates will be able to en
joy themselves tomorrow night,
when the convention takes over the
fairgrounds auditorium beginning
at 6 o clock. The evening s events
will open with a hospitality hour,
followed by a Western ranch pit
barbecue that begins at 7 o clock.
During the meal there will be ad
dresses by Governor Holmes, Weil,
Corbett and R. R. Robinson, su
perintendent of the Shasta Divi
sion, Southern Pacific. The re
sponse to these addresses will be
given by President Kennedy. After
dinner, there will be dancing to
the music of the Starlighters, from
9 to 1.
Mi-wuk Indian
Tongue Dies As
Living Language
SONORA, Caif. (AP)-The Mi-
wuk Indian tongue died as a living
language here Saturday night in
Ihe person of William Fuller,
hereditary chief of the tribe since
1888. He was 85.
But Fuller, son of a white Ohio
settler and a Mi-wuk chieftain's
daughter recorded the now - ex
tinct language for a Columbia
University study before his death.
Fuller was born in 1873 at Bald
Rock, Calif., an early Indian vil
lage where the town of Twain
Harte now stands.
His father Albert Fuller was a
49cr miner who married Jenita.
the Indian princess, and settled
flown after .the gold rush to col
lect tolls along the Mono Road,
which ran between Sonora,
Bridgeport and the mining town
of Bodie.
Sputnik Sighted
'Right On Main'
Russia's Sputnik III took a direct
route down Main Street early Mon
day morning. Arthur Epperson, 130
North First Street, reported to the
Herald and News.
Epperson reported that Sputnik
III appeared about 30 degrees
above the western horizon at 3:44
a.m. It traveled a course that
would have carried it, he said,
down the Main Street toward the
Herald and News.
He reported that it was in view
for approximately two minutes,
and when it disappeared from view
here, it was hist coming into view
of persons in Spokane since it
traveling at a rate of five miles
per aecond.
16, 1958
Abominable Snowman Said
Reality By U.S. Expedition
KATMANDU, Nepal WPI An
American expedition which set out
lo find the abominable snowman
reported today the creature "is no
more a myth but hard truth."
Members of the u. !. team did
not see the creature which Himal
ayan natives swear exists, but for
mer California Professor Norman
G. Dhyrenfurth reported a "reli
able" native Sherpa guide saw one.
The team returned late hunday
night from a four - month trek
through the Himalaya mountains
near Mt. Everest seeking the hairy
haltonan.
Dhyrenfurth ' said that while
"our investigations are still unfin
ished, we want to declare that the
yeti," as the Tibetans call the
snowman, "is no more a myth
but hard taath."
For years Nepalese mountain
folk have told legends of the yeti,
which is usually described as a
hairy creature bigger than man.
Several years ago a British ex
pedition sought one in the Himal
ayan valleys. It found none but
members said they, too.i believe
the legends are fact.
Last year a Russian scientist
said he had seen a tall yeti in the
Pamir Mountains of Soviet Central
Asia:
Last Saturday, there was a re
port that a strange creature
possibly a close relative of the
elusive abominable snowman had
been killed by riflemen of the Raja
Mustang in a rugged, 14,000-foot
mountain pass near the wild bor
'Beat Generation1 Loses
Member In Fall Off Roof
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)-"He'si
gone, man. He's far, far out now.
He's an angel."
That was how the beat genera
tion" took the death of one of its
members, Paul R. Swanson, 31.
He had a saxophone and sometimes
played it.
The police blotter listed swan-
son's death as due to a fall from
the roof of a ramshackle building
in the produce district at 3:45 of
a Sunday morning.
The occasion was the waning
moments of a beat generation rev
el that took place at the Party
Pad, a "club" occupying the sec
ond floor of tha two-story buttding.
The Party Pad is operated by
Eric Nord, a well known tigure in
this city's lusty Bohemian life. He
operates the place as a continuous
"bring your own bottle party."
The Party Pad is a place with
sawdust floors, a few tables with
red oilcloth covers, a couple of
beat-up pianos and a hi-fi phono
graph. There is no charge, but signs
advise that a "donation" of $1
from men and 50 cents from wom
en would be appreciated.
Labor Unions Pledge To
Continue Medical Battle
WASHINGTON (AP) Labor
unions pledged Monday to spread
the mass purchase of doctor care
for workers, despite growing ob
jections from the medical profes
sion.
Dr. Morris Brand of New York,
president of the American Labor
Health Assn., charged that objec
tions from medical groups were
motivated largely by economic
rather than ethical principles."
He referred to criticism from
the American Medical Assn. and
state and local medical societies
that mass purchase of medical
care interposes a third party be
tween doctor and patient.
Dr. Brand, head of the Sidney
Hillman Health Center of the
Amalagamated Clothing Workers
Union, said in a statement pre
Soviet Ambassadors For
Major Powers Called Home
LONDON (AP) The Soviet
ambassadors to the United States,
Britain and France have been
summoned to Moscow, presuma
bly for consultations on an East
West summit meeting and nuclear
arms negotiations.
Ambassador Sergei Vinogradov
flew to Moscow Sunday, the So
viet Embassy in Paris announced.
He left a day alter conferring
with French Premier Charles' de
Gaulle, who was, given a letter
(rom Soviet Premier N i K 1 1 a
Khrushchev.
Influence Probe Turns Up
Fact Records Now Missing
WASHINGTON (AP) House
probers turned up evidence Mon
day that higher-ups in the Fed
eral Trade Commission vetoea a
government expert's recommenda
tion (or criminal prosecution of
Bernard Goldfine. benefactor of
Sherman Adams, President Eisen
hower's No. 1 aide.
Records showing that Goldfine,
a big industrialist from Boston,
picked up Adams' bills at the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New
York also were entered in the
case that has become a prime
political sensation.
There also was testimony that
some of the records in an FTC
case concerning one of Goldfine's
textile mills had been destroyed.
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der of northwestern Nepal and Tib
et.
This creature was described as
being four and a half feet tall,
bearlike and incredibly strong, and
there was speculation it might even
be the tabled yeti itself.
"We return fully convinced the
yeti is a human-like, rare and fast
disappearing creature possessing
tne intelligence of a normal grown
up man, Dhyrenfurth said.
"We have returned with definite
proofs of the yeti's existence in
the Himalayas.
He said one. of the expedition's
"responsible, reliable" Sherpa
guides reported sighting one four
foot yeti collecting frogs in a riv
ulet." Dhyrenfurth said' the guide re
ported the creature chased him
when caught in a flashlight beam
"Dave Temba (the guide) ran
to inform us but we found the yeti
gone by the time we had marched
one mile to the spot, the proles
sor said.
"I visited caves in which the
yeti lived and collected droppings,
hair and enough other proofs to
convince scientists about its pres
ence," Dhyrenfurth said.
"Our investigations showed they
(yeti) were of two varieties, one
about 10 to 12 feet fall, and the
other smaller about four to five
feet high.""
The American cxpdition, headed
by W. M. Russell, planned to re
main here for several days before
moving on.
Special Policeman Archie Davis,
whom Nord employs to keep order
at the parties, said he was going
through the building Sunday tell
ing guests they would have to go
home. ,
When he got to the roof, he said.
he noticed Swanson sitting on the
ledge.
Then he swayed and fell over.
Davis said.
Swanson fell 2!4 stories to his
death.
Nord told police his guests often
use the roof "to get a breath of
fresh air." Police found 13 empty
whisky bottles, 10 empty beer cans,
as well as chairs and mattresses
on the roof. ' .
"It was found that the roof was
a most unsafe place," they said.
Nord said Swanson was a native
of Chicago and had been in San
Francisco for two years. He was
released from Napa State Hospital
four months ago, he added, after
treatment for alcoholism.
"He was discouraged with
things, this man," Nord said. -"He
played his sax around, at resorts
and places. We saw him around...
We liked him."
pared for the opening session of
a two-day labor health confer.
ence: "Certain segments of the medi
cal profession have been doing
everything in their power to pre
vent the establishment of con
sumer and union sponsored pre
paid group practice medical pro
grams. "Their activities take the form
of coercion, social and profession
al ostracism, restrictive legislation
and other overt and covert acts.
These activities by the medical
politicians have been increasing."
A reply to these charges is ex-
uetiuu ii uiii me nmtt ai us aan
Francisco convention next week.
Meanwhile, the AMA sent an ob
server and staff of public relations
men to look in on the labor health
conference.
Jacob Malik left his London
post by plane shortly after it was
revealed that Mikhail Mcnshikov
had slipped out of Washington and
headed for the Soviet capital.
Malik told reporters at London
Airport:
"I am going on business. When
one goes, to do business in one's
own country, it is always a pleas
ure." Recently the pace of diplomatic
exchanges between Moscow and
the West has quickened.
But acting FTC Chairman Rob
ert T. Sccrest said the destruc
tion by another government agen
cy was Inadvertent and that no
information was lost since it all
had been transcribed into other
records still on hand.
Sccrest also told the House sub
committee investigating Adams'
relationship with Goldfine that
Adams never tried to sway the
FTC on any matter. Adams has
acknowledged making calls f o r
information from government
agencies about Goldfine's troubles,
and set up a conference between
Goldfine and FTC officials. But he
vows he never tried lo get favors
for his friends.
U.S. Families j
In Lebanon
May Move Out
BEIRUT (AP American
families had the go-ahead to move
out of Lebanon today as the anti-
government rebels kept up a
determined, bloody stand before
U. N. Secretary Dag Hammar
skjold's arrived to direct his inter-
nation team of . observers.
Bitter fighting broke out in the
capital Saturday and continued
yesterday until government
security torces pinned down the
insurgents in their strongholds at
the canter of Beirut. Heavy shoot
ing stopped by noon, but sporadic
firing and bombing were heard
the rest of the day.
In the gravest warning to
Americans in the Middle East
since the 1956 Suez crisis, the
U.S. Embassy offered free transpor
tation out ol the strite-torn coun
try to dependents of embassy staff
members. The 5,000 other Ameri
cans in Beirut were urged to stay
off the streets.
So far no foreigners have been
hurt in the month-old rebellion
against President 'Camille Cha
moun's pro-Western government,
which charges the insurgents have
been directed by President Nas
ser's United Arab Republic and
inspired- by its pan-Arab expan
sionist policies.
The Lebanese casualties have
been reckoned with upward of 500.
Fighting Saturday killed 50 per
sons, and the large number of am
bulances in Beirut yesterday was
evidence of the continuing bitter
battle.
Premier Sami Solh's downtown
house was sacked and set afire
by rebels, but he had moved out
and was living with his daughter
in another part of the city.
Security forces shelled the roof
and top floor of rebel leader Saeb
Salams home. Salam was un
hurt, but one of his lieutenants,
Adnan Nahas, was killed.
Rebel snipers shot at the presi
dential palace again but were re
pelled. The palace, where Cha-
moun lives, remained undamaged
alter two days of fighting.
Hammarskjold is due here to
morrow night to attend the first
formal meeting of the U. N. ob
servation team sometime this
week. The observer force is ex
pected to total 27 by the end of
the week 17 who have already
arrived from the U. N. truce or
ganization in Palestine and 10
from Norway.
A June 11 Security Council reso
lution charges the team with stop
ping any arms or men from get
ting through to the rebels. But it
probably will be able to do little
to help solve the internal nub of
the problem a deep political split
between vnamoun ana his opposi
tion. '
Indonesians
Launch Attack
JAKARTA. Indonesia (AP)
President Sukarno's government
launched a full-scale land, sea and
air attack in the North Celebes
today to crush the last major
stronghold of the four-month-old
rebellion.
The Indonesian navy said the
invasion force landed at daybreak
2 miles from Menado, the North
Celebes rebel capital. Naval com
mandos and army units hit the
beach at the cast coast fishing
town of Kema and began driving
west across the peninsula toward
Menado.
About 5,000 troops were involved
in the operation, which was ob
viously aimed at linking up with
commandos and army units which
already have landed in smaller
numbers at the east coast seaport
of Bitung and on the west coast
near Menado.
The government strategy appar
ently was to seal off the tip of
the 20-mile-wide North Celebes pe
ninsula for a final assault on the
volcano-ringed seaport.
The navy spokesman said slight
resistance was easily overcome.
He said a large number of war
ships were used and reinforce
ments were being rushed ashore.
"We expect operations will not
last too long due to the large num
ber of our forces," he said. "The
rebels are being encircled."
The fall of Menado is expected
to end the rebellion which began
on Sumatra March 15.
Rebel forces are estimated at
10.000 to 12,000 men.
Bear Hw-nt Twbs
Info Crowded
Sort Of After
BOYD, Tex. (AP) - The big
Wise County bear hunt was called
off yesterday because too many
amateur bear hunters turned up.
The search was started after
residents reported sighting a mo
ther bear and two cubs, believed
to have strayed from a carnival.
Chief of Police Lee Cockrell
called in professional hunter Vir
gil Goodman of Fort Worth to
track down the animals. When
they started out at dawn they
were joined by ntire than 30 am
ateur bear hunters.
'Everybody seems to think they
are big game hunters around
her e." Cockrell complained.
"Some of them even brought pick
ups filled with hounds."
NAME SWITCH
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Warner
Rros. announced today that
"Damn Yankees." their film ver
sion of the Broadway musical hit,
would be called "What Lola
Wants" in foreign showings. "For
eign audiences might not know
that Damn Yankees refers to the
baseball team," a studio spokes
man aaid.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Fall. inH
vicinity; Fair and warm through
Tuesday except for high clouds.
mgn lurtaay tm-93. Low Monday
night 58-63.
High yesterday 79
Low last night . 61
Precipitation last 24 hours .. a
Since Oct. I 16.68
Saoie period last year 15.04
Normal for period . 11.91
Five-Day Forecast
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Eastern Orppnn anH F lactam
Washington Temperatures av
eraging much above normal. Lit
tle or no precipitation. High tem
peratures mostly 80-90. Lows, 48
60. Idaho Ahnvp nnrmal tpmnpr.
atures and isolated thundershow
ers. High temperatures generally
76-86. Lows. 45-55.
Western Washington and West
ern Oregon Temperatures av
eraging much above normal and
nine or no precipitation through
Saturday. High temperatures gen
erally 80-90 Western Hrpcnn onH
72-82 Western Washington, except
65-70 on coast. Lows 48-58. Some
cooling likely about Thursday.
Question Over
Water, Power
Lines Talked
Mavnr I.nwrnnr'A Klalnr Can
Harry Boivin, and City Attorney
Henrv Perkins mot wilh w r
Williams. stfltt hinhwav nnnlnnpr
mm memoers oi nis statt in Sa-
iem rriaay on the matter of re
moval of water and nnwpt- linnc
from the right of way to the new
nesL ame Bypass.
A lecal fllipstinn hue orienn nc
to who is rpsnnncihlp fnr thp ra.
moval of such facilities and the
purpose of the meeting was to
uevuiup a pian wnercoy the by-
DaSS mulH hp huilt withn,,! rla.
termining first who should pay for
me inuving oi me water ana pow
er lines.
Williams said lhp firs! pnntraptc
for construction of the bypass will
ue mi next monin It construction
is not hplrl lln nvnr tha n,alln nf
water and Dower linp rpmnvnl Wil.
liams also stated the structure
crossing the main canal must be
started this fall as the work can
only be done after the irrieatine
season is over and a delay this
year would mean postponement
until October, 1959.
Some of the utilities Involved
haVe Questioned thpir lnl rnennn.
aiuimy 10 remove tneir lines and
a was accinpn al inn mpptino that
Williams and nwmhnrs nr hie etrr
would invite the utilities involved
to a meeting in Klamath Falls
next week in an endeavor to agree
on a 'torAernrn uhpriShu th
struction contracts could be let
next mnnlh'nnH tha pamni,al Ar
me utility lines started.
It Was definiiplv SPltlprl at the,
meeting that the city of Klamath
I runs win not oe cnargea with any
ui me tost oi removal ot utility
comoanv lines
The tentative plan Is to offer
tne nrivnip iiriimoe. tnirnii.arf Bn
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or and water lines, and a suit
wouia De started in court to de
termine who is responsible legally
for the removal. If It is deter
mined the utilities are responsible,
the highway commission would
then be reimhtir.prf lis pnete
Those who attended the meeting
stated that they were very hope-
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CHOLERA
RAIMCKOIf ThnilonH (Am
Twenty more cholera deaths were
reported Monday in Bangkok and
surrounding area, bringing to 567
Ihe number who havo died in
Thailand's epidemic. Since the
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cases have been reported in Bang-
kok ana J.mi in the entire coun
try. The epidemic now has spread
to South Viet Nam and Cambodia.
Senate Plows Doggedly
Ahead In Labor Bill Stint
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sena
tors dissatisfied with a bill to curb
labor abuses pushed ahead today
with last-ditch efforts to reshape
it more to their liking.
As a wrangling Senate headed
into a fourth day of debate on the
measure, Democratic Leader Lyn
don B. Johnson of Texas said he
hoped to finish action on it tonight
under an agreement limiting de
bate. But a sheaf of amendments re
mains to be disposed of, many of
them highly controversial.
Awaiting action first was an
amendment by Sen. Charles E.
Potter (R-Mich) to let union mem
bers recover any dues money used
for political purposes or other non
union activities they oppose.
"It's a' violation of a worker's
rights to appropriate hard-earned
dues money for political slush
funds. Potter said in arguing for
his amendment. Sens. Barry
Goldwater (R-Ariz) and Carl T.
Curtis (R-Ncb) agreed.
However, Sen. Wayne Morse
(D-Ore) said Potter's amendment
is "as absurd and as completely
without justification" as any yet
offered. t
Morse denounced It as "a union
busling amendment" and said it
would "play Into the hands of the
type of employer who employs the
stooge and spy."
Despite all the argument that
has swirled about the bill, its
basic provisions remain intact.
It is designed to help drive
racketeers out of tha labor move
ment and to give rank and file
ij.S. Fails To
Win Release
Of 9 Airmen
BERLIN (AP) The United
States (ailed Monday in Its sec
ond contact with Communist East
Germany to win the release of
nine U.S. Army men held prisoner.
Responsible diplomatic sources
said the Communists insisted again
that the helicopter case be nego
tiated on a government-to-govern
ment level.
East Germany's Foreign Ministry
rejected a compromise formula on
protocol put forward by the Amer
ican negotiator. U.S. Army Col,
Robert B. McQuail of Bluefield,
W.Va.
In a 40-minute meeting at the
East Berlin Ministry, McQuail re
portedly presented credentials
from Gen. H. I. Hodes. the U.S.
commander-in-chief for Europe.
He also indicated he was negoti
ating with the approval of the
State Department.
Seeking international prestige
for their regime, the Communists
apparently demanded that Mc
Quail show diplomatic accredita
tion. McQuail walked into the East
Berlin Ministry at noon. He was
accompanied by Maj. Raymond
J. McCrory Jr., of Wauwatosa,
Wis., of the A.S. liaison mission
in Potsdam and three soldiers who
kept newsmen from getting close
enough to ask questions.
The first contact was made Sat
urday by McQuail, chief liaison
oflicer to the Russian army in
East Germany. . It reversed a
nine-year U.S. policy of no direct
dealings with the East Germans. ,
The prisoners eignt oil leers ana
a sergeant from the 3rd Armored
Division in West Germany were
seized by the Reds June 7 when
their helicopter strayed across tha
Iron Curtain in a thunderstorm. ,
As the price for release of tha
Americans, the East Germans ara
demanding negotiations on an in
tergovernmental level that would
give their regime more prestige.
Rain Forecast
In Southeast
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
More rain was on tap today for
already drenched portions of tha
Southeast.
Rains which yesterday dumped
up to 2 inches of water in interior
regions of the Southeast shifted
during the night to Gulf Coast
areas. Heavy showers swamped
Pensacola, Fla., Mobile, Ala., and
Baton Rougo, La., with falls rang
ing from 1.25 to 1.70 inches.
Other storms centered, in tha
north and central Plains and from
New Mexico across much of Tex
as into the Gulf Coastal region.
A tornado was reported near
Lubbock and a funnel was sighted
near Dallas. However, no damaga
was reported in either case.
Plea For Pets
Out Of Hand At
School For Blind
LOS ANGELES (AP)-An ure-
ent plea to halt a- veritable flood
of rabbits was sounded today by
the Foundation for the Junior
Blind.
A week ago, the foundation ap
pealed for pels of any kind for
the blind children. On the first
day, the phone rang for 12 hours
without pause.
To date,- 2,345 rabbits, 1,818
ducks, 697 chickens, 351 guinea
pigs, 216 mice, 66 hamsters, 18
possums, 54 turtles and even 2
boa constrictors have been among
the offerings.
The foundation has been unable
to accept all the pets, but would
like some ponies or horses.
"But please, no more rabbits,"
said Norman Kaplan, executive
director.
Kaplan said the response of a
blind child to a ride on a gentla
pony "is a kind of a release, like
being airborne."
members more control over un
ion affairs.
It also would make a number
of changes in the 1947 Taft-Hart
ley Labor Relations Act, including
some long sought by labor leaders.
While a number of revisions
have been made to meet crit
icisms of Secretary of Labor
Mitchell, every major amendment
offered by spokesmen for the Ei
senhower administration has gone
down in defeat.
Senate Republican Leader Wil
liam F. Knowland of California
also lost out Saturday in an effort
to provide that 20 per cent of a
union's members could force sec
ret balloting on recalling union of-
icers and on changing union con
stitutions and by-laws.
Knowlands amendment, when
he contended was needed to
strengthen union democracy pro
visions of the bill, was defeated
52-31.
However, Ihe Senate later adoot-
ed an amendment of Sen. Sam J.
brvin ID-NC) providing or tha
recall of local union officers at
any time by majority vote of tha
members.
Ervin's amendment also re
vised a section of the bill requir
ing periodic elections of union of
ficers by secret ballot. It would
set tho maximum term for offi
cials of local unions at threa
years instead of four and for offi
cials of international unions at
four years instead of five.
Sen. Prescott Bush (R-Conn) al
so won adoption by voice vote of
an amendment prohibiting Union
from lending more than (1,509 U
any officer or member.