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By FRANK JENKINS
This weird world note:
In Oakland yesterday, a 17-year-old
youth was visiting a friend.
In the course ot the visit he
plucked a revolver from a holster
hanging on a wall, flipped out
the cylinder and spun it. It was
empty.
He put . a cartridge in one of
the chambers, snapped the cylin
der into place, put the muzzle to
nis ngnt temple and remarked
casually: "I think I'll play Russian
rouiette.
He pulled the trigger once, and
noining nappened. He pulled it
AGAIN. That time was IT. He
died instantly.
Why did he do it?
I wish we knew.
If we knew all about things like
that, we might be able to make
this a better world for people to
live in.
Here's a happier tale:
In Reno yesterday a would-be
robber was literally laughed out of
tne oanait business at the River
side hotel casino.
Officers say Mrs. Grant Ed
wards was on shift as cashier
when a masked bandit walked up
and demanded all the $100 bills
in her till. She thought it was a
Joke and LAUGHED.
Police say the robber turned
white and fled with a bouncer in
hot pursuit.
I hope he got away.
I hope even more fervently that
the experience SCARED HIM SO
NEARLY OUT OF HIS BOOTS
THAT NEVER AGAIN WILL HE
CONTEMPLATE ROBBERY AS
A WAY OF LIFE.
It just DOESN'T pay.
Along with nine others, this com
mandment was written on the tab
lets of stone:
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.
If we paid more attention to the
Ten Commandments, this would be
a better world for all of us to
live in.
In the Sermon on the Mount,
Jesus of Nazareth said (as quoted
by Matthew):
"Therefore all things whatsoever
ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them.
That simple rule, if universally
followed, would cure nearly all the
evils from which this world suf
fers so grievously.
Three Drown
In Pacific
NEWPORT, Ore. (API Three
persons were drowned Thursday
in the heavy Pacific surf after
being warned by Coast Guard
patrols about rough conditions at
sea.
Dead are Clayton E. Downs, 74,
Newport, operator of the 15-foot
outboard boat which capsized;
Elsie M. Herring, about 50, Mc
Minnville, Ore., and Edmond Ed
wards, 41, a Yakima, Wash., mail
carrier on vacation.
The bodies of Miss Herring and
Downs clad in life jackets were
lound by the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard said Downs
had been warned twice of rough
sea conditions when he came to
the mouth of the Yaquina River
where the patrol boat was sta-
tioned. Coast Guard Chief John
L. Cathers said Downs apparently
moved his boat out over the bar
shortly after the second warning.
Passengers in another small
boat said Downs' boat capsized
near the south end of the jetty
at the bay entrance.
Downs leaves a widow. Edwards
is survived by a widow and three
children.
PLEADS INNOCENT
LOS ANGELES (AP)-The late
gangster Al Capone's attorney has
pleaded innocent to a bad check
charge. Trial for Abraham Teitel
baum was set for Sept. 29 in
Municipal Court. He was arrested
last month on a complaint that
he had cashed a $100 worthless
check at a market.
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I SWIM
IjS
THROUGH THE TURNSTILES at the municipal swimming pool comet the 300,000th
swimmer since the pool opened May 22, 1954. Roy Dri ski It, 3130 Summers Lane, is
shown as he entered the pool at 3:40 Wednesday afternoon. Shown with him are two
of the oldest employes at the pool, left, Marie Anderson, attendant, and right, Mrs.
Mary Ann Ellis, lifeguard. Both have been employed at the pool since it opened. Figures
show that this season is a record-breaking one. The 50,000th paid swimmer for this year
was also recorded Wednesday afternoon. Generally it it August 12 or 13 before the
mark is passed, pool attendants reported. 4
Price Five Cents 16 Pages
DON GARRETT, HERALD AND NEWS advertising salesman, gets together with Klamath
Union High School line coach Jim Inglesby, center, and Oregon Tech athletic director
football coach Rex Hunsaker, right, to map out plans for the coming Herald and News
Football Contest. This is the third annual contest. There will be weekly prizes and . a
grand prize for winners. The grand prize will again be a trip to the East-West Shrine
game in San Francisco for two.' The contest will start next month with the opening of
the I9S8 football season.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Fair through Saturday
with afternoon and evening thun
derstorms In the mountains. Low
Friday night 55-60. High Saturday
85-90. Outlook for showers after
Saturday although amounts below
normal and temperatures near nor-1
mal. Highs 75-85.
High yesterday
Low last night
63
Preclp. last 24 hours 0
Since Oct. 1 .-...19.57
Same period last year 15.18
Normal for period .. 12.72
Fire Danger Today .
HIGH
Fires start readily from match
or glowing cinders, spread rapidly
and tend to crown in young growtn,
Northern California Scattered
thundcrshowers in mountains and
chance of few light showers or
thunderstorms In valleys through
Saturday. Little change In temper
ature. Variable coastal winds 8-16
miles per hour.
Building Bill
Goes To Ike
WASHINGTON (API The $1
695,000,000 military construction
bill authorizing future projects
which was sent by the Senate to
President Eisenhower Thursday,
contains just one Oregon project
That is construction of com
munity facilities and utilities at
Kingslev Field. Klamath rails,
for $229,000. Appropriation of the
money will be subject of later con
gressional action.
Although this was the only Ore
gon item in the authorization bill,
a number of projects in the state
are included in other measures
now before Congress. In this cate
gory are appropriations totaling
$435,000 for facilities at Portland,
Oswego and Kingsley Field, cur
rently subject of House study, as
well as one of 10 million dollars
for a Bomarc base at Camp
Adair.
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KLAMATH
Michigan Attorney General
Says Torch Admitted Guilt
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) Michi
gan Atty. Gen. Paul L. Adams
said Fsiday torch victim Frank
Kierdorf admitted on his deathbed
that he suffered his fatal burns in
putting fire to a dry cleaning
store in Flint.
Adams said that the Teamster
business agent also indicated that
his uncle, Herman Kierdorf, 68,
was at the scene. The uncle now
is subject of a nationwide search
The deathbed questioning of
Frank Thursday was conducted
by Tony Spiel, chief of criminal
investigation for the Oakland
County prosecutors office.
Adams said Kierdorf was asked
to communicate by raising
lowering his arms because he was
unable to talk. The dying man al
so was asked about other Team
ster officials but Adams had no
comment on his responses.
We are viewing the statement
with considerable skepticism,
said Adams. "The doctor was
doubtful he could communicate.
But of course we will follow
through with any leads."
Adams said officials were skept
ical "because anything he (Frank
Kierdorf) gave us betore was a
tissue of lies."
Adams disclosed that Frank
Fitzsimmons, vice president of
Teamster Local 299 in Detroit, is
wanted for questioning because he
reportedly turned over title of a
union Cadillac to Herman Kier
dorf, providing funds for Kier-
dorf's flight.
Local 299 is the home local or
James R. Hoffa, international
president of the Teamsters Union.
The Detroit Times said earlier
Friday that Kierdorf, 56, made his
deathbed confession three hours
after he was converted to Cathol
icism and baptized by the Rev.
Edwin A. Schroeder, a Catholic
chaplain.
Kierdorf had insisted he was set
afire by two men who lured him
from his home Sunday nigh'.
doused him with an inflammable
fluid and ignited it. The Times said
he changed his story in his last
hours of life.
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FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1958
However, Michigan Atty. Gen
Paul L. Adams told newsmen he
was convinced Kierdorf was
caught in a blazing trap while
trying to set a Flint dry cleaning
snop atire.
Rackets Men
Call Mobster
WASHINGTON (AP) Chicago
gangster Paul (The Waiter) Ricca
was called for questioning today
by a Senate committee probing
James R. Hoffa s alleged ties with
tne underworld.
Hoffa, president of the giant
Teamsters Union, faced a fourth
day of questioning before the Sen-
ate Rackets Committee.
Committee Chairman John L,
McClellan (D-Ark) told Hoffa yes
terday reasonable men can only
conclude "you surround yourself
with criminals, and that you keep
them there and intend to keep
them there if you can have your
way.
Hoffa said he plans to clean up
his union in due course.
The Teamsters Union has pur
chased Ricca's palatial Long
Beach, Ind., home for about $150,
000 with the announced plan to
use it as a training school for
business agents But it has been
unable to get permission from the
local zoning authorities to use the
building for this purpose. The
committee wants to know who
engineered the sale.
Hoffa assured the committee he
would reimburse the Michigan
Teamsters health and welfare fund
for his share of payments to Em
brel Davidson, a heavyweight box
er once managed by Teamster
vice President Owen J. (Bert)
Brennan.
GIFT FOR PRESIDENT
ROME (UP1) Prof. Pietro
Bruno, 65, of the Pius IX Ponti
fical School, said today he sent
President Eisenhower a booklet
written in Latin and praising
America's atoms for peace
program.
Victory-Minded Democrats
Stream Into State Capital
SACRAMENTO (AP) Viclory-i
minded Democrats streamed into
the capital city today for their
first big got together since the
party's unprecedented high show
ing in the June primary.
The theme song was harmony,
and party leaders played it for
all it was worth.
Democratic legislators and
nominees 100 of them were
called to start things off at a
dinner meeting tonight on the eve
of the two-day slate convention.
Sen. Hugh M. Burns ID
Fresno), Senate president pro
tern, and Assemblyman William
A. Munnell (D-Montebello), As
sembly minority leader, arranged
the meeting to discuss November
election campaign strategy and
convention business.
Burns and Munnell, in a joint
statement, predicted unity will
prevail within the party in con
trast with the open split among
Republicans.
Other spokesmen said that if
there is going to be a convention
fuss, it will be over proposed
opposition to Prop. 17, the sales
income tax initiative on the No
vember ballot.
The general expectation Is that
the delegates will come out
2 Reformatory Escapees
Caught After Wild Chase
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (API-
Two escapees from the State Re-
lormatory were caught late Thurs
day night after their car crashed
as they attempted to elude pursu
ing ofticers.
Elvin D. Gilroy, 19, was knocked
unconscious in the crash, the
State Patrol reported. His com
panion. Jon Emmest, 22, ran oft
into the fields but surrendered
Eisenhower
May Disdain
Nikita Reply
WASHINGTON (AP)-With a
U. N. General Assembly session
already called, President Eisen
hower may decide against making
a lormal reply to his newest let
ter from Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev.
Khrushchev suggested the As
sembly meeting Tuesday in a note
which rejected earlier proposals
for a summit meeting of the U. N.
Security Council. Eisenhower ac
cepted the idea promptly in a pub
lic statement, and the Council or
dered an Assembly meeting which
starts late today.
Eisenhower and Secretary of
State Dulles were reported to
have the possibility of a reply un
der consideration. But State De
partment officials said- various
other points raised by Khru
shchev might be adequately dealt
with in the General Assembly de
bate on the Middle East situation.
In his Tuesday letter. Khru
shchev assailed United States and
British military intervention in
the Middle East, denounced the
Security Council as a tool of the
United States and demanded im
mediate withdrawal of troops
from Lebanon and Jordan.
The emergency meeting of
the General Assembly, probably
starting next week, could provide
a forum for indirect reply to
Khrushchev's charges.
Dulles arrived in Washington
yesterday after three days of con
ferences in Brazil. He started in
tensive work on V. S. proposals
which the President may make
personally to the Assembly for
dealing with the Middle Eastern
crisis.
Strike End
Hope Viewed
PORTLAND (AP)-With hope
for a settlement in the offing.
labor and management Friday I
resumed negotiations aimed at
ending a construction tieup
throughout Oregon and Southwest
Washington.
The oneratina engineers union
and fhe Associated General Con
tractors met for nearly 12 hours
Thursday, and after the session
federal mediator LcRoy Smith
said:
"Proposals were- exchanged
which narrowed the gap some
what but no. agreement was
made."
The AGC has offered a 25-ccnt
an hour wage boost, retroactive to
April 1. plus a 15-cent increase
Jan. 1 and a 5 per cent raise in
January of 1960.
Earlier this week, however, the
union turned down the proposal
which the AGC had termed its
final one.
The tieup began when union
pickets appeared at a few jobs
laic last month. It spread swiftly
when the AGC ordered its mem
hers to cease operations.
About 25,000 men have been
idled.
against No. 17 as well as the
parochial school measure, No. 16
and "right-to-work," No. 18.
No. 17 appeals to some Demo
crats with strong labor leanings
and there may be a fight in its
behalf. The measure would cut
the sales tax from 3 to 2 per cent
and raise state income taxes in
the higher brackets.
The Republican convention last
weekend took no position on any
ol the three controversial initia
tives.
Seeking to capitalize on Ibis.
the Burns-Munncll statement de
clared:
"We believe that the delegates
to tne Democratic convention wi!
prove their political leadership by
taking a forthright stand on each
of the major issues of the day.'
Atty. Gen. hdmund G. Brown,
Democratic candidate for gover
nor, addresses the convention
Saturday. Delegates also will get
a chance to look over Gov. Robert
B. Meyner of New Jersey, a
prospective candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion in 1960.
Meyner is stopping off at the
convention on coast-to-coast
tour.
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himself a short time later.
'All I could see were men with
flashlights," the patrol quoted
Emmest as saying, "so I figured
I might as well give up.
The capture came a short time
after officers spotted the car.
stolen in Everett, on the western
edge of the city. The vehicle spun
out of control in the ensuing chase
and crashed about five miles out
on the Memorial Highway, lead
ing to Anacortes.
Gilroy was identified by Mrs.
Dorothy Bain, wifo of a reforma
tory guard, as the man who broke
into her Arlington home late
Wednesday night d e m a n d ing
weapons. Mrs. Bain said he struck
her when she refused his request.
Meanwhile, Superintendent Ernst
Timpani, reported no furth
er word Friday concerning the
seven other escapees still at
large. He said all law enforce
ment agencies in the Northwest
are on the lookout for the men who
have been described as potential
ly dangerous. None ol the in
mates was believed armed when
the escape was made Wednes
day night.
The missing men are:
Rolland Osterman, 21, commit
ted lor second degree burglary,
and E. L. Spurgcnn, 23, convicted
of robbery, both from King Coun
ty: DeWayne Dunlnp, 19, commit
ted from Clallam County for sec
ond degree burglary: Robert
Jacques, 23, committed from
Spokane County for second de
gree burglary;
Donald Frazier, 27, committed
from Yakima County for auto
theft; William Brown, 18, commit
ted from Cowlitz County for grand
larceny, and Harry Harris, 20,
committed from Pierce County for
grand larceny.
Gilroy was committed from
King County for second degree
assault and Emmest from Chelan
County on the same charge,
Security Bill
Hearing Open
WASHINGTON (AP)-The "' Son:
flfA PinnnpA Cnmmlllno InH.iv
opens two days of public hear-
ings on tne social security bill a
far-reaching measure which may
hold the key to when Congress ad
journs.
The bill, which passed the House
375-2 July 31, would increase So
cial Security insurance payments
7 per cent and boost payroll taxes
to pay for the higher benefits.
It also would increase by 288
million dollars a year federal
grants to the states for public as
sistance programs such as the
needy aged. Many other revisions
of the Social Security laws also
arc included.'
Chairman Harry F. Byrd (D-
Va), who has been uncnthusiastic
about handling so comprehensive
a bill in the adjournment crush,
nevertheless told a reporter he
thought his committee might send
the bill to the floor bv the mid
dle of next week. '
Many legislators still arc hop
ing the 1958 session can end by
Saturday, Aug. 16.
Ihe speedup may operate to
prevent much Senate change in
the House version.
For the 12 million persons now
on the insurance rolls, the bills
would increase payments from a
range of $30 to $108.50 a month to
$33 to $118.
The payroll tax would be in
creased next year by one quarter
per cent each on employe and em
ployer to a rale of 2' per cent.
The wage base on which the tax
is paid would be raised from $4,
200 to $4,800. The bill also would
advance the dates for future tax
increases.
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PLANNING OF TONIGHT'S DANCE was suspended for a few moments while committee
members admired the Babe Ruth Regional first place plaque. The free public danoe,
which is to be held from 8 to 1 1:30 p.m. at the Old Armory, will honor Klamath Basin's
young people at well as the Babe Ruthers, Music will be by the Starlighters. Left to right
are Judy Cullimore, Rodger Schlickeiten, Shocky Hungate, and Barbara Gallagher,
retary of the Babe Ruth League, . .
General Assembly Calls
For Emergency Meeting
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP)
The U.N. General Assembly
begins an emergency special ses
sion on the .Middle East late to
day but won't get down to real
business until next Tuesday or
Wednesday.
Belore adjournment, the Soviet
Union was expected to make its
usual fruitless move to seat Com
munist China in place of the Chi
nese Nationalist delegate. '
The special Assembly session
was called by unanimous vote of
the Security Council last night on
a compromise resolution. The res-'
olution got both the U.S. and Sov
iet votes by avoiding specific
mention of (1) the original U.S.
charge of indirect aggression by
the United Arab Republic in Leb
anon and (2) the Soviet demand
for immediate withdrawal of U.S.
forces from Lebanon and British
forces from Jordan.
But Soviet Delegate Arkady A,
Sobolcv, after dropping his reso
lution, said the main purpose of
the emergency session still should
be to devise measures for the
troop withdrawals.
U.S. Delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge told the Council the special
session should deal wilh broad and
fundamental problems of the trou
bled area, going beyond stop-gap
measures to stabilize the immed
iate situation, lnlormed sources
said the U.S. delegation was work
ing hard on a far-reaching politi
cal-economic program for the
Middle East which it plans to
submit.
With the Middle East consigned
for the moment to the General
Assembly, the big powers still
were working for propaganda
mileage with cross demands for
a summit conference.
Lodge and Britain's U.N. rep
House Ballots
On Aid Bill
WASHINGTON Wl The
House moved toward a final vote
today on a billion-dollar blueprint
of federal aid to help strengthen
the American educational system
in today's scientific world.
The bill easily passed its first
test yesterday with a 265-108 vote
to take it up lor action. Opponents
had sought to block it.
Backers said its central purpose
was to encourage improvement in
the quality of education, particu
larly in those aspects most im
portant to national dofense.
The four-year program would
provide scholarships, student
loans, expansion in graduate study
and matching grants to the states
nor science teacning equipment
and help in guidance of able
young students.
The Senate will vote on a simi
lar bill probably early next week.
Rep. Carl Elliott (D-Alal, au
thor of the House bill, said he
would support amendments to
bring it more in line with what
President Eisenhower said ho
wanted.
These include reducing the num
ber of scholarships from 23,000 to
10,000 a year and stipulating they
shall be based wholly on need.
The bill now provides that the
first $500 of each scholarship will
be an award, with up to $500 more
given on the basis of need.
Juvenile Held
For Injuring Mom
CORNING (UP1) - A 13-year-
old youlh was held by juvenile
officers today on charges that he
shot and critically wounded his
."i0-ycar-old mother when she re
fused to leave his room alter an
argument in the family home.
OHiccr Robert Chapman, who
investigated, said the victim, Mrs.
?,dna C. Gmce was paralyzed
from the waist down when struck
Thursday night by a bullet fired
from the boy's .22-calibcr rifle.
Chapman quoted the boy as ad
mitting he shot his mother when
she refused to leave Ihe room. "I
put a bullet in the chamber and
pulled the trigger," Chapman said
the boy told him.
resentative. Sir Pierson Dixon,
chavged Soviet Premier Khrush
chev with first accepting and then
rejecting a Security Council meet
ing of heads of government to dis- .
cuss the Middle East. This hap
pened after Khrushchev visited
Peiping last week and "future
historians someday may know
why," Lodge said.
British Prime Minister Macmll.
Ian messaged Khrushchev that ha
still was anxious to take part in a
summit conlerence to end the cold
war. And Sobolev told newsmen
he thought ;the Assembly's Mid
east session might be a first step
mwura a summit conlerence on
all major issues dividing the
Kremlin and the Western Allies.
Trans-Polar
Trip Made
By Atom Sub
WASHINGTON (AP)- The
United States announced Fridair
the atomic submarina Nautilus
has completed history's first trans
polar underseas voyage across
the top of the world.
The dramatic announcement
came at a White House news con
ference where President Eisen
hower personally presented cita
tions to the youthful skipper of
the submarine and members of
its crew.
The citation hailed the voyage
under the Arctic ice cap as pio
neering a submerged sea lane be
tween eastern and western hemis
pheres. "This points the way," the
President said, "for further ex
ploration and possible use of this
route by nuclear-powered cargo
submarines as a new commer
cial seaway between the major
oceans of the world."
The Nautilus has added to its
list of historic achievements, Ei
senhower said, "by crossing the
Arctic Ocean from the Bering Sea
to the Greenland sea, passing sub
merged beneath the geographic
North Pole."
The Nautilus was skippered on
the voyage by Cmdr. W. R.. And
erson, 37, of Waverly, Tenn.
Anderson was picked up by Hell
copter at Iceland, Thursday night
and then flown to Washington for
Friday s White House ceremony.
"My very, very best congratu
lations," Elsenhower told Ander
son after pinning the Legion of
Merit Medal on the commander's
uniform.
The President asked Anderson
to extend his congratulations to
the members of the Nautilus crew.
Secretary of the Navy Gates said
the award was the Navy's first of
the kind in peacetime.
Operating under tightest sec
recy, the Nautilus left Pearl Har
bor in Hawaii at 2 a.m. July 23.
The voyage north and across the
polar area was completed at Ice
land the morning of Aug. S two
days ago.
Six Inches Good
As Mile, Man
Loses License
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) It
was only a six-inch trip, but Ken
neth Kline will remember it for
at least two years. .
His driver s license was sus
pended for that period yesterday
and he was forced to pay a $200
fine when his conviction on a
drunk-driving charge was upheld.
Kline, 31, was arrested last
March 1 by Patrolman Dominick
Secero.
Sccero said he had warned
Kline not to drive. Kline claimed
he had merely stepped into his
car and had intended to let his
sister take the wheel. His car had
moved only six inches when he
was arrested, he said.
But County Judge Milton A. Fel
ler ruled that, as far as drunken
driving is concerned, six inches is
as good as a mile.