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U OF OREGON LIB.1A3I . EUGEHE, 08S. Pries Five Cents 16 Pages KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1958 Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 6111 In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS As this is written, Nikita Khrus chev has just made one of his unpredictable moves on the cold war chessboard. . In a letter to President Eisen hower, he proposes that Russian and U.S. military representatives meet to work out a JOINT PLAN OF PROTECTION AGAINST. SUR PRISE ATTACK. - Presumably, such a plan, if workable, would make it feasible for all nations particularly the United States and Russia to sus pend the testing of nuclear weap ons. Suspending the testing of nu clear weapons would be a step toward forswearing the USE of nuclear weapons. That might be a step toward preventing the destruction of the world. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Khrusc" meant it? The United States and Soviet Hussia are the two most powerful nations in the world. If they could learn to work together, there isn't anything they couldn t do to bring about the kind of world we all want to live in. Question: What's Khruschev up to? Since nobody knows, let's hazard ( guess: He probably hopes he can in spire us with rosy dreams, so that we will 'enter into an agreement to stop testing of nuclear weapons He possibly hopes we would keep our word. He probably knows he wouldn t keep his word. ' In that event, the time could come when Russia could OVER WHELM US with a sudden sneak attack and destroy us before we could strike back. He possibly figures that anyway It s worth a try. All this, I realize, is highly cyni cal. Cynicism, in general, is bad bus iness. But In a world full of dangers and much too full of the kind of peo ple that communists are we just can't afford to be too trusting. The era in which we're living is a cold WAR era. Cold war is still WAR and one of the first prin ciples of warfare is to deceive vour enemy and then HIT HIM HARD WHEN HE ISN'T LOOK ING. The thing for us to do is to keep our fingers crossed and our powder dry. Above all, we must make certain that our weapons are as potent as our enemy's weapons and we MUSTN'T forget that communism is our enemy. . Herbert Hoover Leaves For Fair NEW YORK (AP) Former President Herbert Hoover left by rlanc yesterday for Brussels, where he will represent President Eisenhower at the World's Fair. Hoover, 83, took off in Eisen hower's personal plane, the Co lumbine III. Accompanying him were Deputy Undersecretary of State Robert Murphy and his wife: Col. Joseph Binns of the Air Force Reserve, acting as Hoover's mili tary aide, and Mrs. Binns. The ex-president will deliver an address at the fair tomorrow. CLOSED Banks, all government offices and most Klamath Falls stores will be closed tomorrow in ob servance of Independence Day. Some stores customarily open on Sundays indicated they would close also. WEST COAST SHOWS war Wednesday evening at their through July 6. Enjoying tha avanti and tneekt ara, laft and David Ford. a Rebel Radio Says Release Ordered GUANTANAMO. Cuba (AP) A broadcast from the mountain headquarters of rebel leader Fidel Castro has ordered the release of all Americans and Canadians held by rebels in the mountain jungles near here. Five of the 50 kidnaped by bands under Castro's brother Raul were released Wednesday night. The broadcast said Castro knew nothing about the kidnaping of 47 Americans and 3 Canadians, "due lo difficulties in communications." It said Castro ordered brother Raul to release the men. Raul commands rebels in the northern section of rebellious Oriente Prov ince. The broadcast, monitored in Puerto Rico, said: "We know they (!he captives) actually were not taken as hos tages but only as observers so they could see how (President Fulgencio) Batista's forces kill Cuban civilians using arms fur nished by the United States." A speedy return of more kid naped North Americans was ex- Long Weekend Starts Today CHICAGO (AP) This was get away day for millions of Ameri cans. It was a day to fill 'er up and head somewhere the city dwell ers mostly to the wide open spaces and country folk to the the aters, ball parks and race tracks of the cities. The National Safely Council es timated that 45 million cars will run up a total of 12 billion miles during the long July 4th week end. For many it will be the last trip on earth. the council figured 410 persons may be killed in motor vehicle accidents in the 78-hour period that begins at 6 p. m. tonight and ends at midnight Sunday. Boys Locate Lost Money DUNSMUIR A watch for "treasure hunters" has been kept b. the Dunsmuir police for the past "three weeks in an effort to explain the discovery of $80.30 found by three Dunsmuir boys on a hillside in residential Dunsmuir. David Dains, 10 and Jerry Yates, 10. were digging on state prop erty in back of the Ernest Kelby residence on June 12 when they uncovered $60 in bills of small de nomination. After reporting their find to the police they went back and uncovered $20.30 more, five of which was found by Wayne Yout sey. 14, another neighborhood youth. The money showed no evidence of damage or decay due to weath er conditions and police surmised it had been buried recently and probably hurriedly for temporary concealment. It was all loose and scattered but definitely buried. It could not have blown there or been carelessly lost, police said, and there was no evidence of a con tainer. Survelliance of the spot by the police has not led to any enlight enment of how the money came to be there. Under state laws the money will be returned to the boys if no lawful owner lays claim to it within one year. The area has now been welU spaded by all the children of the neighborhood but $80.30 seems to be all that was there, police said hosts to newsboyi of the Herald and Newi and their jitters, carnival which it running at the Diviiion Street show grounds traditional combination of rides, toda pop, gamai, circus to right, Batty Jo Ford, TOPdge Strickland, Beverly Ford 1 . pectcd here after U.S. Consul Park Wollam came out of t h c hills with five captives in a U.S. Navy helicopter Wednesday. Returning were five of the 12 engineers seized by the rebels at (he Moa Mining Co. in northeast ern Cuba last Thursday. Darkness halted the flights but the helicopter was readied to re sume operations Thursday. One of the five prisoners re leased, Howard A. Roach of Watertown, N.Y.. said Raul Cas tro had written a personal apology and explanation for the kidnap- ngs. He said the apology was be ing revised and typed when he lett the rebel hideout Wednesday. In all, the rebels kidnaped 47 Americans and 3 Canadians and spirited them into the mountains of Oriente from which Castro has carried on his guerrilla cam paign. Among those seized were 30 American sailors and Marines from the Guantanamo base. Wollam and Vice Consul Henry Wiecha were sent over the week end to make contact with the rebels. Wiecha remained in the hills to continue negotiations. Wollam indicated those still held would be freed soon. He said he had seen a number of the men, including some servicemen, scat tered in various small rebel camps. "They are all fine and in good health, he said. Edward .Cannon. S3, of Corn wall, Ont., said he w;as present at the conference with Raul Cas tro and the rebel leader broth er of Fidel promised to stop kidnaping torcigners. Others in the Moa group re leased were Henry Salmonson, 46. Portland, Ore.: Anthony Chamber lain. Coral Gables, Fla.; Howard A. Roache, Watertown, N.Y., and William Koster, 63, Akron, Ohio. They looked weary after five days in captivity. Some were un shaven and most wore dirt-stained clothes. But they praised their captors, and Chamberlain said a rebel doctor treated him for his chronic headaches. We were treated fine all the time and made a lot of friends," said Salmonson. Judging from his statements. the rebels apparently planned the kidnap campaign to dramatize their charges that the United States is helping President Ful gencio Batista's campaign to crush the rebels. The United Slates has denied supplying Batista's forces for the anti-rebel drive and canceled all arms shipments to Cuba on March 14. Salmonson said they were kept on a coffee plantation screened from the air by foliage. He said they were taken on swimming trips and on jeep tours of the wilderness area. 'We had good food and enough of it, although it was all Cuban cooking, and beds with clean sheets on them," he added. Ad Bought To Extoll Marriage MIAMI (UPI) Elmer C Wagler, saddened by classified advertisements telling of broken marriages, bought an ad himself lo publicly thank his wife for 30 years of happiness. Wagler, of Miami Springs, mar ried his wite, Marguerite, Peoria, III., on July 1, 1928. "I am responsible" for all debts and obligations of my wife," the ad in the Miami News said, present and future, and am happy to be the provider for one who has made these the best years of my life. I wish to pub licly express my gratitude." Yule Presents Recollected By Goldfine WASHINGTON (AP) Bernard Goldfine acknowledged Thursday making what he called Christmas present payments to numerous White House and congressional employes. But he denied sugges tions such payments may explain me mysienous disposilon of three quarters of a million dollars. the Boston industrialist refused to give House investigators his records on the $750,000 of checks drawn on funds of his enterprises but never cashed. Goldfine contended the matter of the checks was not relevant to the committee s investigation of his relations with Shermnn Adams. top aide to President Eisenhower. and the treatment of Goldfine bus inesses by federal regulatory agencies. Goldfine said his Christmas present payments to White House and congressional employes were of the $25 variety. "At Christmas time these are- all checks that we send to some poor workers." he said. Robert W. Lishman. counsel to the investigating committee head ed by Hep. Oren Harris (D-Ark) exploded the payments bomb soon after Goldfine took the witness chair for his second day of testi mony. Lishman gave Goldfine a list of 37 people he said had gotten pay ments. Then the committee at torney brought in the matter of the three-quarters of a million dol lars of outstanding checks against funds of Goldfine businesses. Lisnman suggested they may have gone to federal employes ' who may have been too bashful lo get them cashed. Goldfine, 67-year-old textile magnate, said only a small por tion of that money went for what he called the Christmas payments. the tact that the checks are out standing some of them for years was brought out earlier in the hearings. They are cashier's checks or else bank treasurer's checks, nnd are good indefinitely. Lishman said they were good until the bank folded, differing from personal cnecks wntcn become invalid not cashed within a year. The first name mentioned on the list of those getting payments rom Goldfine was that of Eugene T. Kinnaly, administrative assist ant to Rep. McCormack (Mass), House Democratic leader. Goldfine said his largest gift had gone to Kinnaly, and that he had known Kinnaiy for years. Forests Ban Fireworks ALTURAS "Fireworks are pro hibited in all National Forest areas," Joe Thornton, forest super visor of the Modoc National For est warned today. "Their use out side the forest can be equally dan gerous to the vital resources of the entire area." he added. Many varieties of fireworks have been classed as- safe," he continued, "but all have fire set ting potentialities if they explode, glow, burn or involve combustion n any manner. Fireworks of all kinds are prohibited within the Na tional Forest," he reiterated. So far this year, the Modoc For est has had 17 lightning fires, ac cording lo Thornton. He empha sizes that fire danger will be criti cal during the next three months as forest fuels are curing and will soon be tinder dry. Burning per mits are required for debris dis posal, welding and blasting. Be sure to clear with your local district ranger before undertaking any use of fire, he cautioned. This is also the time of year to watch your power saws," Thorn ton said. "Saws being used on Na tional Forest lands must be in spected by the district ranger be fore use. Keep your saw clean and free of mechanical detects. Be sure the spark arrester is in good condition and tight. Don t let oil, wood chips or other - combustible materials accumulate. All power saw operations must have a shov el or fire extinguisher at the site of cutting and work areas must be thoroughly inspected before leav hie. he warned. Carelessness in areas adjacent to forest lands can be as dangerous to the timber stands as disregard of fire regulations within the boun daries of the National forest, Thornton concluded. Weatlicr- FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Sunny and warm Friday. High 77-85. Low Thursday night 4-"-.'0. Weekend outlook sunny and warm. High yesterday 67 I.qw last night 51 Precip. last 24 hours 1)1 Slnre Oct. 1 19.01 .Same period last year 15.04 Normal for period 12.-18 The Herald and News will not publish tomorrow, the Fourth of July. ' T! IV''" : ' ( $ fTP". By ; I ' 1 , MMKMMn, "r JBM J ' Jiff" t-JUi' in ' " urn ma ii mihiwhi jfjtfm i.iii.w.' yaatsuw, yf'J 'T , -5n-" yi-Ti JwtflSsjS BLACK SMOKE, A BRAHMA tor tour years arid has yet to on him in any open show, both Friday and Saturday at Nearly Score" Die In Iowa Flash Floods AUDUBON, Iowa (AP) Nearly a score of persons, cither known to be dead or presumed dead, were listed Thursday as victims of the flood waters of the East Nishnabotna River and its tribu taries. The number of lives taken Wed nesday when cloudbursts sent the streams rushing violently out of their banks awaited an olficial check as work of relief and re habilitation proceeded. However, officials listed 13 dead and six still missing 36 hours alter Ihe floods ravaged three towns in (his outhwest Iowa area. Property damage was estimated in the millions. So swift was the rush of the water as it swept houses off their foundations that the body of an unidentified man was carried 5(1 miles downstream before it was recovered. Towns hardest hit were Audu hon, Exira and Hamlin in Audu bon County. One resident of Exira. town of 1,130, estimated that scarcely a house in the flood area was left on its foundations and some homes simply vanished.. The hast Nishnabotna, normal ly a stream 50 to 40 feet wide, cut a swath as wide as the Mis sissippi River. From the air. the landscape was doited with little lakes and ponds as the swirling waters began to subside. Some of those who died or were swept away were caught in their homes. Others were trapped in their cars as the water poured down highways. In Exira, Lee Thompson. 26. was awakened early Wednesday by the town siren. He grabbed his two young children and led his wife through chest deep water In a semitrailer truck whose driver took Mrs. Thompson and the chil dren to higher ground and salcly. Thompson headed back lo a parked gravel truck near his home to give assistance. About a dozen persons, including some young sters were standing on the truck. "We men stood on one side of the truck and held the children above the water." he said. "The water submerged the truck. It was at least 12 feet deep." Mrs. Russell Smith was swept from her Exira home at 2 30 a m. and road floating debris 30 miles downstream before she was res cued at Griswold. Her son was ripened from a tree near Exira but her husband is missing. FIREWORKS Fireworks at the Lake of the Woods w ill be at 9 p m. on July 4, These will he visible to all spending the Fourth at the lake BULL that has been bucking have a qualified ride mad will be in the bull riding draw the Klamath Basin Celebra Open Celebrations Friday By LAMAR HOOVER With 214 contestants signed up for the draw in five types of events, the Klamath Basin Celebration's July 4-5-6 Rodeo has become the largest rodeo of Us type on t h e West Coast its organizers say. The contestants are coming not only from Oregon and neighboring states! hut from such faraway places as Liberia, Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico, The three-day festivities will get under way tomorrow morning, with a 10 o'clock parade, organized by the Klamath Jaycecs. Nearly 50 groups have entered the parade which means (hat there will be hundreds of people, and almost as many horses taking part. Probably the mosl unusual en try in the parade will be a riding group composed ol Mrs. Joseph G. Russell, 35. Prosser. Washington, and her daughters, Karen, 14, and Cheri. 9. The Russells are travel ing by horseback from Prosser to Ventura, California, where Mr. Russell has recently gone into busi ness and just happen to be in Klamath Falls at the right moment to take part in Ihe parade. Mrs. Russell is an amateur artist who plans to write a honk about this adventure. The parly carries camp ing equipment and is sleeping un der the slars most of the way. In addition to floats, marching groups, civic entries, hoise-drawn groups, musical entries, mounted riders and matched pairs, the pa rade will include the Oregon Cave men from Grants Pass, Miss Amer 1 HOLDUP ON MAIN STREET! Klamath Kurbstone Kowpoket yesterday wars got red handed when they attempted to hold up the First National Bank on Main Street. The maiked men were marched down Main after their capture by a local policeman who drew his revolver to prevent any eicapes. The Kowpoket pulled the gag to plug tomflr. row and Saturday'i giant rodeo arff other events at tha fairgrounds. t I tion Rodeo. Slock Contractors Ring and Huhell have put el a $100 bonus on him this weekend. Our photo shows Black Smoke throwing Dean Rhodes in Spokane last year, . . ican Indian '55 and '56, and the Lake County celebration queen and her . court. , . . The parade will form- at Second Street and Klamath Avenue at 6:30 and will emerge onto Main Street at 10 o'clock to begin; Its progress to Ihe Old Armory. The Friday and Saturday ro deos at the fairgrounds will begin with a cutting horse event at 12:30 each day. At 1 o'clock Ihe rodeo proper will begin, featuring bare hack bronc riding, calf roping, bronc riding, learn roping, and bull riding. Each daily rodeo will also include five horse races, for which participants are on hand from a wide area. In the races there will be Iwo events for quarter horses, 220 yards and 440 yards: two for thorough breds, five-eighths and thrce-quar-lers mile; and one for both quarter horses and thoroughbreds, 441) yards. Humorous notes during the rodeo will he provided by clowns Myron Walter and Bob Fcathcrly. of Odes sa, Washington, and by the Sour dough Derby which will climax each day's show. Stock for the rodeo, which is ap proved by Ihe National Rodeo As sociation, is being furnished by Ring and Hiitscll of Davenport, Washington. The announcer will be Windy West of Moses Lake. Admission lo the rodeo is $2.50, box seats: $2, first five rows: $1.75, above aisle; $1, general admis- (Continucd on Page 4) Explosion Rips North Jersey KEARNY, N.J. (AP)-A 25-lon transformer exploded Into flames here yesterday, leaving parts of metropolitan North Jersey without electric power for up to an hour and' a half. The firo cut off power to 400,000 customers and caused widespread delays in train service. A spokesman for the Publie Service Electric & Gas Co. said the fire at an outdoor switching station near Ihe Hackensack Riv er destroyed the transformer but damage was limited to equipment there. There were no injuries. The power went off at 3:47 p.m. At that instant, trains slopped. stranding thousands of New York and New Jersey commuters. De lays ranged rom a minute to an hour. . Some people were caught be tween floors in elevators. Trallic lights went out. Police directed rush hour traffic by hand. Air-condilioncrs and electric fans stopped as the mercury soared to f)ti on the hottest day of the year in New Jersey. Movie houses closed their doors. Almost all major industrial plants in (he area were forced to shut down. Employes were also sent home from many businesses unable to function without the use of elec trical typewriters, cash registers, adding machines and other elec trical equipment. isii.' J" ..!
