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muse Price Five Cents 28 Pagei la The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS . Free world reaction to Ike's Middle East proposal: Western Europe generally wel comed President Eisenhower's peace plan today as a realistic approach toward solving the prob lems of the troubled Middle East. A Paris source says it would be difficult not to admit the honesty of the speech. In Amsterdam (Hol land) the speech is greeted as very constructive. A West Ger man spokesman says the plan is a "reasonable beginning." " RUSSIAN reaction to Ike's speech: The Russian press and radio sharply criticised President Eisen hower's Mideast program today. Radio Moscow said the President "virtually ignored the most UR GENT problem withdrawal of U.S. and British troops." Question: , HOW ABOUT WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN TROOPS FROM HUNGARY, POLAND, CZECHO SLOVAKIA, EAST GERMANY, etc? It is an ancient proverb that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Modern gadget note: A Danish inventor (name of Hellweg Friborg) claims he has invented an electronic atmosphere taster with a great distaste for liquor. He says the jigger will shut off an auto engine at me slignt est hint of alcohol on the driver's breath." He adds that once the shut-off system goes to work the driver can't shut it off. Hmmmmmmm. These electronic thingamajigs are wonderful, but there is a point at which human credulity balks. How can an electronic breath- cniffer tell the difference between likker on the breath of a DRIVER and likker on the breath of a PASSENGER? Still' ;' Modern progress is fabulous. Maybe it can be done. .- ' If it can, the millennium is near. I think we must all agree that the world's No. 1 problem is how to determine, with such scientifi cally infallible exactness that no one can question the verdict just who is LYING and who is TELL ING THE TRUTH. - If we could do that, our ad ministration of justice could be made perfect. It would then be possible to acquit all persons un justly accused of wrongdoing and to convict all malefactors who are charged with breaking the law. It would be possible to differ entiate decisively between propa ganda and fact. Page Mr. Friborg! Tell him to forget for the mo ment his electronic breath-sniffer and go to work on a lie detector that will ALWAYS work and NEVER FAIL. Bulletin CINCINNATI (AP) Birdie Tebbets resigned Thursday as manager of the Cincinnati Red legs baseball club. -Good Driving Tip Reported KANSAS CITY (AP) - In 32 years of driving trucks, Walter R. Miller of Kansas City has driven 2'i million miles without an acci dent. Honored yesterday by the Kan las City Chamber of Commerce as its "Driver of the Year," he was asked to pass on his formula for safety. Said Miller: "Just de cide that you never nave uie right of way. "I've seen drivers die defend ing their right of way." I v - "V -r "r - ; - Pwi x t .,,,' . ' iK!j&mri. AiatiH: - j. "r-Sr ,iAmi tm ' ' . A FEATURED ATTRACTION of the MeCloud Lumberjack Fiesta, August 22, 23 and 24, will be the McCloud Aquabelles. Local talent is used in performing the intricate pat terns and formations during the three evening performances of the aquacade at the Mc Cloud pool. Eugene Mason is coach for the aquabelles. The fiesta it sponsored by the McCloud Recreation Council and all profits are used for the McCloud recreation pro gram. Kite Photo KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, Portland Local Members Pave Way For Strike's End PORTLAND (AP)-A big Port land local of the Operating Engi neers Union Wednesday night paved the way for early union ac ceptance of settlement terms end ing the vast construction tieup in Oregon and Southwest Washing ton. Eight-hundred union members here voted by a three to one mar gin to end the 36-day-old dispute at once. Other locals throughout the state now will vote. The Associated General Con tractors accepted earlier Wednes day the settlement terms worked out by negotiators. Union locals in Eugene, Pendle ton, Brookings and Coos Bay be gan casting ballots Thursday. The voting will continue Friday in The Dalles, Medford and the Goldfine Set To Contest House Charge WASHINGTON (AP) - Bernard Goldfine intends to fight a con tempt of Congress citation ten dered against him for refusing to answer 22 House subcommittee questions about his financing deal ings with a Boston company he owns. Attorneys for the millionaire Boston industrialist promised the fight last night after the House voted the citation 369-8. Goldfine, friend of presidential assistant Sherman Adams, re fused to answer the questions on grounds they were not pertinent to the subcommittee s investiga tion of federal regulatory agen cies. Samuel M. Sears, Goldfine's chief attorney, said in Boston the contempt citation will be fought on the same grounds. Although Goldfine balked at several subcommittee questions, he emphatically denied that his friendship with Adams got him preferred treatment from the Securities and Exchange Commis sion and the Federal Trade Com mission. Adams made similar de nials. If prosecuted and convicted Goldfine could receive up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine. The decision whether to prosecute is up the Justice Department. If it decides to do so, the case will be presented to federal grand jury. In urging the House to back up his group's recommendation for a contempt citation, Oren Harris (D Ark), chairman of the subcommit tee that investigated Goldfine, asked: "Is the Congress going to let an individual . . . say to the Con gress: 'I'm going to decide wheth er the questions are relevant and pertinent?' " Harris argued that "The legis lative processes of this House have been thwarted. Marines Sail From Lebanon BEIRUT (AP) The first ele ment of the withdrawing Ameri can Marine battalion sailed from Lebanon shortly after noon Thurs day, presumably to rejoin the 6th Fleet patrolling the eastern Medi terranean. A big LSD landing ship dock loaded with heavy equipment and one rifle company sailed from a beach north of Beirut. Both the north and south beach- es were cleared of the supplies of the 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines a 1.700 man force under orders to withdraw from Lebanon. The withdrawal is scheduled to be Completed Friday. The first LSD out carried heavy amphibious tank landing vehicles on which the Marines made' the first landing 30 days ago. The remaining elements in the dock area rushed the loading of two transports there. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 195 Hells Canyon area. The Klamath Falls local will vote Saturday. Union sources here speculated that the lead of the Portland local probably will be followed. The big break in the dispute, which has idled about 25,000 men since July 9, came after the union and the AGC met with Gov. Rob ert Holmes. The two negotiating committees agreed on terms for a new con tract, and then the AGC members ratified the stand of the manage ment group. A spokesman for Holmes said the men all might be back to work by Monday on the idled projects which have a total value of about 400 million dollars. Holmes had urged an end to the tieup because, he said, it was having a crippling effect on an area already hard-hit by the re cession. A strike began early last month in Southwestern Washington. After union pickets appeared at some jobs, the AGC shut down other projects contending that a strike against some of its members was a strike against all. Neither the union nor the AGC disclosed the terms of the pro posed new pact. But shortly before the meeting with Holmes, the AGC said it had offered the union an immediate 25-cent an hour wage increase re troactive to April 1; a 15-cent an hour boost Jan. 1; and a 5 per cent raise Jan. 1, 1960. In addition, the AGC offered to give a 10-cent an hour raise that would be diverted into pension funds. The union said it wanted the raise retroactive to last Jan. 1 and was holding out for more lib eral travel time terms. Crash Halts Balloon Test ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) "r- The crash of a training balloon last night injured the balloon builder and an Air Force researcher who was preparing for a solo flight to test man's reaction to isolation in space. The test was postponed. Capt. Grover Schock, 32, and Otto C. Winzen, 40, suffered ex tensive injuries when their open gondola plunged 100 or more feet to the earth after they cut loose from the balloon as it headed out over Lake Superior. They appar ently released rather than be blown over the water in dark ness. They smashed into a pasture hall a mile inland when the para chute on the basket failed to open. Their fall was witnessed by a police officer, a waiting ambu lance crew and two men in s plane sent aloft to follow the bal loon. Mrs. u. E. TerwiUiger, on whose farm the crash occurred, said, "There was a terrific thud when the gondola came down 100 yards from our house. She said the balloon had been flying low, dragging a line that came close enough to grab. I saw the balloon pass behind a grove of trees and while it was out of sight I heard a loud report. Then the balloon climbed into the sky without the basket." When she reached the scene. the open chute was spread on the ground and Schock and Win zen were being placed in an am bulance. Schock, a space biology special ist, was cut under the chin from one side of his face to the other. He also suffered back and possi ble internal injuries. He was in critical condition but showing im provement, according to Capt. George Ruff, an Air force physi cian treating him at St. Joseph's Hospital here. SHE DIDN'T KNOW IT ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) vMrs. Dorothy Brown didn't get excited when she saw a snake trying to enter a cage with her son's pet mice. She picked it up behind the head and put it into a container. Her son later took the container to the woods and discovered the snake was a poisonous copperhead. Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 6130 Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Friday. Low Thursday night 93-65; high Friday 85-90. High yesterday 84 Low last night 58 Preclp. last 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 1 19.57 Same period last year 15.18 Normal for period 12.77 Fire Danger Today HIGH Fires start readily from match or glowing cinders, tend to spread rapidly and tend to crown in young growth. Gas Operator Vins SI 0,000 In GM Contest The surprise of his life came to Bill Davis, operator of the Tide water Flying A Service Station, 2101 South Sixth Street, this morn ing, when he learned he was win ner of the $10,000, Series E, U.S. Savings Bond offered as top prize in the first sales promotion con test sponsored by the AC Spark Plug Division of General Motors Corporation. Willard G. Cooley, Balsiger OH Company, Tidewater O i 1 Com pany's distributor here, who is the salesman serving Davis' operation, was presented a duplicate award. Each of the men was handed, in addition, checks for $1,875, to as sist in paying income taxes on the $7,500 purchase price of each bond. The bigcontest, first of its kind, drew entries from all over the na tion. Presentation was made by Ster ling W. Galloway, regional mana ger for AC Spark Plug Division of General Motors, who came from his regional headquarters at San Mateo to set up the award ar rangements. Jack Fruh, zone man aser for AC Spark Plug Division, and several officials from Tide water Oil were also present. They included Robert W. Bridgeman of Portland, retail sales manager for the Oregon district and W. J. Mat- son of San Francisco, division man aeer for tires, batteries and acces sories for the Detroleum company. The presentation was handled as a surprise and was made at 11 a.m. today. ; - ' Otto Ellis, staff photographer was nresent. as well as Charlie Mc- Farlan of Station KFLW and other news media. Complete photograph ic coverage and taped recordings were made. Pictures will he PUD- lished in Friday's Herald and News. The contest, called AC Selling Slants Jackpot, was open to all retail dealers of AC products such as spark plugs, oil filters and fuel pumps, plus, guide lamps, in the United States. The entrants were to write a 50-word or shorter de scription of a special sales promo tion put on between April i ana May 31 ot this year. There were 1,001 prizes offered with the $10,000 savings bond as top prize. The other 1,000 dealers receive a 17-jewel cenrus na tion" wristwatch each. The whole salers' salesmen who called on the winning dealers are receiving du plicate prizes which bring the total cash value of the contest to ap proximately $205,000. Entries were judged by the n. n. Donnelley Company, Chicago con test judging team. The two $10,000 savings bonds brought to Klamath Falls by Gallo way were issued in Washington, D.C. When General Motors officials asked the banks at Flint, Michi gan, the spark plug division head quarters, to issue them, they found there were no bonds of that denom ination in Flint. Local Man's Kin Killed GRANTS PASS W)-Killed Wed nesday night near Galice when the car in which they were riding pitched off a steep bluff along the Rogue Kiver were a wealthy re tired San Francisco lumberman and a local woman, wife of the caretaker at his Galice estate. Irv ing Kesterson and Lydia Albrecht Bnggs were killed outright. Irving Ernest Kesterson, 65, spent his early days in Grants Pass and attended local schools. Later he was in the lumber busi ness in Klamath Falls for a num ber of years. Upon his retirement, he moved to California where he had varied business interests. Kesterson and his wife divided their time between their home in San Francisco and their Galice estate, usually spending most of the summer here. Wednesday. Kesterson had gone with a party including several grandchildren on a boating and water skiing outing to Shasta Lake in California. The accident occurred when the party was returning home. The Kester son car went off the bluff about a quarter of a mile from his sum mer residence at Galice. Also in the car with Kesterson and Mrs. Brings was Kesterson s 14-year-old granddaughter, Joanne Patricia Kesterson of 2006 Wash ington Street, San Francisco. She was hospitalized for treatment of injuries. Attendants of Josephine General Hospital in Grants Pass said her condition this morning was fair. She is the daughter of lr-1 ving Kesterson Jr. Death Toll Feared Heavy As Plane Plunaes In Sea THE HAGUE, Holland (UPI) - KIM Royal Ddtch Airlines an nounced officially today that there were at least 46 Americans aboard the Super Constellation that crashed in the Atlantic off Ireland today. SHANNON, Ireland (UPI) A Super Constellation with 99 per sons aboard crashed into the At lantic Ocean today on a flight from Amsterdam to New York. Officials of the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines conceded that the wreckage of a plane sighted 130 miles west of Shannon was theirs. They feared the death toll was heavy. Several American passengers were aboard the aircratt, wnicn left Shannon airport at 8:05 p.m. p.d.t. Wednesday, headed for Gan der, Newfoundland. The passenger list was released in New York. It contained last names only. But a spokesman for the airline said "at least 10 na tionalities were included in those aboard." The crew was all Dutch. Truck Strike Negotiations Continuing SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The little word "if" wedged itself solid ly between truckers and employ ers again Thursday as a spread ing strike-lockout moved into its fourth day. Employers once more agreed to negotiate, if the Teamsters Union provides a group representing the entire West. Teamsters also expressed will ingness to negotiate, if striking Joint Council 38 of Sacramento, Calif., speaks only for its San Joaquin Valley area, where 2,300 drivers are out. Although the council Is the only Teamster unit striking, employers in all of the 11 Western states are locking out all truckers. Em ployers said a strike against one is a strike against all. Employer spokesmen said Wed nesday that by this weekend lock out! by the 1,000 to 1,50 truck companies involved would be fully. effective, paralyzing Western trucking operations and idling an estimated 100,000 men. The lockout, Teamsters contend ed in unfair labor practices com plaints, is in violation of the Taft- Hartley Law, since the valley strike is legal. Matthew O. Tobriner of S a n Francisco, general counsel for he Western Conference of Teamsters, filed the formal action before the National Labor Relations Board. 'This is just a start," a union spokesman said in announcing the five complaints filed against four trucking associations in Califor nia, Utah, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. The spokesman said more com plaints would be filed against other trucking groups. Federal mediators have been talking with both sides to the dis pute. An employer spokesman Insisted that "we are not going to nego tiate in one area at a time and be whipsawed." , The spokesman said a "memo randum agreement" reached in San Francisco in May is binding on all Western Teamsters and if accepted the strike-lockout would end promptly. Teamsters insist it applies only to areas where the union ratified it, which doesn't include the valley region. In Washington, D.C. Teamster President James R. Hoffa said the May agreement was not bind ing, but predicted the strike would be settled soon. He said he is in constant contact with Western Teamsters. Joint Council 38 is seekine nar- ity with Teamsters in that area who recently gained a $4.57 daily package boost. Senate Okays School Bill WASHINGTON fAP) The Senate has passed a broad federal aid to education bill designed to help meet the challenge flashed by Soviet scientific advances. The bill was passed 62-26 last night after a session lasting 14 hours. While generally similar to a measure passed by the House last week, there are differences that remain to be compromised. Cost of the Senate bill was esti mated at about $1,300,000,000. The House measure would cost about 910 million dollars. A feature of the Senate bill is provision for the award of about 23.000 college scholarships annual ly to outstanding students, partic ularly in the fields of science, mathematics and foreign langu- ases. The House eliminated competi tive scholarships, voting instead to earmark the money for a student loan program. The Senate, however, scaled down the amount of scholarship awards provided in its bill by adopting 46-42 an amendment sponsored by Sen. John S. Cooper iK-Ky). The pilot was identified as Cant. Firko Roelofs, and the co-pilot as inamme uykstra, both . of Am sterdam. . Shannon airport lost radio con tact with the plane at 8:40 p.m. p.d.t. There were indications that this was about the time the plane ran iiuo a suuaen vioieni wind and rain squall and crashed. ine wreckage was sighted first on the radar of a British Over seas Airways Corporation airliner on a New York to London fliffhL One of six Royal Air Force lone range Shackleton planes, dispatched irom points m Ireland and Scotland to search alone the air- liner's route, reported sighting the wrecKage at 6:45 a.m. p.d.t. to day about 130 miles from Shan non. The search plane renorted it saw bodies in the water, floating wreckage and a few half-inflated life raits. It reported no sign of me. All indications were that the Super Constellation was beaten down into the sea by a heavv inunaersiorm. KLM officials said the plane was at 16,000 feet when it sent out its last radio message. An Air Ministry official sad the plane may have been struck ay ngntning. A Trans-World Airlines oilof. Capt. Everett Wolf, reported on arrival in Shannon on a flight from New York that he .had hit a very bad squall about the same time the KLM aircraft apparently crasnea. The Shackleton that snotted the wreckage was directine surface ships to the scene. The British Admiralty reported that the fri gate Brockleby and the Canadian destroyer Crusader had been di verted to the area. At the time they were 450 miles away, en route from Portland, to Gibraltar. II present weather conditions continued to prevail. the destroyer should be at the scene within 18 hours and the fri gate within 20 hours. . Tax Measures Near Hurdle WASHINGTON (AP)-Bills call ing for wide-ranging special tax benefits neared the final hurdle in Congress today. Senate - House conferees last night adjusted differences on trio of measures to afford tax re lief to small business, movie theaters, community swimming pools and skating rinks, stock brokers, parochial schools, whisky distillers, gold mines, investors and a myriad of other taxpayers. At the same time, the legisla tion would close loopholes in the law which permit taxpayers 1 to claim mistresses as intome- tax deductions, deny retired couples larger credits on their retirement income, or allow U. S. citizens to escape federal estate taxes by taking up residence In Puerto Rico. Also, policemen and other peace officers would be denied the right to deduct daily subsistence allow ances from their taxable income. These are but a few of many provisions contained in three bulky and complex bills revising the revenue laws, making adjust ment in the excise tax laws, and setting up special tax relief for small business concerns. The small business tax bill would cost the government an es timated 250 million dollars the first year of operation. The reve nue loss from the excise tax revi sion bill is estimated at 42 mil lion dollars a year. The largest of the measures and the most technically obscure the revision of the 1954 Revenue Code would have "negligible" effect revenue-wise, according to the Treasury. m A V I. , -i NOW AT PORTLAND for the Southwest Eleven Girl Scout encampment on Big Sandy are, left to right, Karen Raliton, Faye Brannon and Jo Anne Merritt. Only senior Girt Scouts who are specialists in primitive camping are choien to attend this 12-day outing. (See story Page 41. WASHINGTON OB - The House Thursday passed a compromise bill providing for sale of Klamath Indian timber either to private in terests or the federal government. An estimated 70 per cent of the vast timber stand, valued at up ward of 120 million dollars, is to be sold to permit distribution of a share of tribal assets to individual Indians withdrawing from the Oregon tribe with the end of fed eral supervision over its activi ties. Under the compromise bill, the timber would be offered first to private interests with the require ment that it be managed under: sustained yield 1 principles. That portion of the offered timber not purchased by private interests would be bought by the federal government for inclusion in the na tional forest system. The bill would authorize appro Britain Lauds Middle East Peace Plan UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) Britain Thursday welcomed President Eisenhower's Middle East peace plan as a solid founda tion for "reconciling our points of view and achieving constructive results. The British position was out lined by Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd before the emergency ses sion of the 81-nation General As sembly which was opened Wednes day by Eisenhower. While throwing Britain s full support behind the President's 6 point plan for bringing political and economic stability to the Mid dle East, Lloyd expressed sharp disappointment over the tone adopted by Soviet Foreign Min ister Andrei A. Gromyko in the opening Soviet speech. informed quarters said Britain and the United States were in close consultation on, a resolution, deal ing wun pan oi me tisennowcr program. This was understood to cover some political aspects, in cluding the establishing of con ditions which would make possi ble the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Lebanon and British troops irom Jordan. Lloyd began his speech by re ferring to a remark by Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold that the u.N. can serve as an instru ment of negotiatons among gov ernments. ' : The British foreign secretary warmly endorsed the Eisenhower proposal for a Middle East eco nomic foundation to help raise the standards ot living in the area. He called this proposal far siehted and pledged that Britain would give such help "as may be within our power to give and which is ac ceptable to the countries con cerned." On another main point in the Eisenhower plan a standby peace lorce Lloyd also agreed. Such a force, he said, "could make possible quick action in an emergency, quick action which would not be dependent upon the willingness of individual-countries to act on their own. He declared that Britain would be ready to withdraw her troops from Jordan "if the lawful gov ernment of Jordan requests it, or if suitable arrangements are made to preserve Jordan from external threat and to maintain its inde pendence and integrity." Of Eisenhower s proposals, which includes a U.N. police force to keep the peace in the Arab world, the economic aid program won widest initial support. Arab diplomats indicated privately they were impressed with it, although only Jordan already heavily dependent on U.S. aid gave it open endorsement. HOT FOOT ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) J. E. Kennedy knocked a bottle of inflammable liquid off a basement shelf and some of it spilled on his foot. Flames from a water heater ignited the flames. That's how Kennedy, 39, gave himself a hot foot. priation of 90 million dollars to ft nance the federal purchase. The compromise bill, worked out by a House-Senate Conference Committee, now goes to the Sen ate. Senator Says Chief Angry Over Report : WASHINGTON (AP) The White House said Thursday Presi dent Eisenhower was mostly curi ous rather than angry when he heard the Pentagon was study ing circumstances, that might lead the United States to surrender in atomic war. , - Press Secretary - James C. Hagerty told newsmen that Eisen hower ordered an immediate in vestigation of the report. But Hagerty added: "I would say the President's re action was more one of curiosity than anger." Hagerty characterized the reac tion that way when told that a senator, who asked not to be iden tified, had said "I've never seen the President so mad." The Defense Department was in no great hurry to start talking officially about the particular sit uation. But it was pointed out that standard military practice is to study all sorts of eventualities, including those considered quite unlikely to arise. Hagerty related that the report about such a Pentagon-sponsored study was brought to Eisenhow er's attention 10 days ago at his regular weekly meeting with Re publican congressional leaders. The report was based on a news story (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) placed in the congressional rec ord by Sen. Stuart Symington (D- ivio.) . Hagerty said the investigation ordered by Eisenhower disclosed the study was being made by re search groups which work with the Pentagon. Asked whether the inquiry re sulted in stopping the study. Hagerty replied: I haven't the slightest Idea. You will have to ask the Pentagon anouc mat. " . The-press secretary said Eisen hower had promised the GOP con gressional leaders he would find out right away about the reported study and let them know what ha found. Hagerty said he didn't know what report may have beerf made to the leaders. By the senator's account Eisen hower "turned everything upside down In the Pentagon getting to the bottom of it." No Hot Spell Break Seen By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 'Sections in the Northeast got a little relief from the heat wave today but there appeared no gen eral break in the warm and hu mid weather in most other parts of the country. The cooler air spread ' across areas from the Great Lakes re gion eastward into northern New England. Temperatures dropped to near 60 degrees, with readings in the 40s and 50s in northern Lower Michigan, which was near the center of the cooler air mass. The 45 at Alpena, Mich., was the lowest mark in the country out side the mountain regions. Southerly winds fanned warm and humid air eastward across northern Minnesota into the up per Mississippi Valley and a brief respite from the muggy weather. Readings were 10 to 15 degrees higher than 24 hours earlier, stay ing in the 70-dcgree range. Little temperature change was reported in other sections of the country.
