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Newspaper Page TextU OP 0X23311 LI33AR? ccap EU3SNS, ORE. Day's flews By FRANK JENKINS I'm afraid we're going to have to talk about the cost of living again today. Here's why: Yesterday the National Industri al Conference Board a private re (arch organization) announced that in July its index recorded a drop of one-tenth of one per cent in the cost of living. This, it said, was the first drop in 26 months. Today the federal government announces that according to its in dex the cost of living CLIMBED TWO - TENTHS OF ONE PER CENT in July to establish anoth er all-time high. Hmmmmmmm. Who's right? Who's WRONG? Whom shall we believe if any body? Consider this: These cost of living "indexes" are complicated affairs. Here's how they work: A list of items entering into the average cost of living of the average American Price Five Cents 26 Pages KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST It, 1958 Telephone TN 4-8111 Ike (OMCs !Pi?p)(es) family is compiled. A record of the prices at which these items sell on the wholesale and retail markets Qf the country as a whole is kept. At intervals (the usual interval being a month) the figures are to taled and an AVERAGE is strucK. This average is then compared with the averages over a given Deriod of time. ' Thus the ups and downs are computed. This could happen: The list of items used by the National Industrial Conference Board might DIFFER slightly from the list used by the federal department that compiles the gov ernment cost of living figures. That, in itself, could account for the difference shown in July. After all, the difference is rela tively small. Heres what it amounts to: According to the National Indus- trial Conference board, the cost of living dropped 0.1 per cent in July. According to the federal figures it ROSE 0.2 per cent. That is to-say: According "to the NICB index, you saved TEN CENTS on each $100 worth of these items you pur chased in July.. According to the eovernment index, each siotrwortn of these items cost you TWENTY CENTS MORE. That's a difference of 30 cents on each $100 of these items pur chased by the "average" Ameri can family. That isn't TOO much to holler about. And These indexes do have their uses. They help,. to tell us where we are going. .. Ona nviro Ihnnoht; The cost of living is a relative matter. ITnr AYflmnlp- If, in the month of July, the average American family hadTea en LESS STEAK AND MORE HAMBURGER it could have saved the 30 cents difference involved in the two indexes. il Service Decision Due SALEM (AP) Oregon Public Utilities Commissioner Howard Morgan said Thursday he hopes to announce his findings by Sept. 1 in action which seeks to have Southern Pacific Co. restore pas senger service between Eugene and Ashland. Morgan said he had received proposed findings Thursday from the three Southern Oregon men who had brought the action against the railroad. The public utilities commission er said he did not accept criticism made by state Sen. Philip Lowry, Medford, one of the three com plainants, as referring to him. He pointed out he was not in office in the fall of 1955 when the railroad stopped passenger serv ice and when Lowry and former State Sen. Paul Geddes, Rose- burg, and Gene Brown, Grants Pass, brought the complaint against the railroad. The PUC commissioner at that time was Charles Heltzel. Morgan said the case was drag ging when he took office in mid January, 1957. Wife Beater In Whirlwind Case MONTREAL (AP) Ferdinand Turgeon walloped his wife Thurs day and within 30 minutes stood convicted of wife-beating. The wheels of justice moved so fast because the 30-year-old man did the beating in the entrance hall of the Criminal Courthouse in full view of two policemen. Turgeon and his tiny. 23-year-old wife had come to the court house to see her lawyer. The hus band already was awaiting sen tence on charges of beating their three children. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Saturday. Low tonight 48-53. High Saturday 85-90. High yesterday 7S Low last night 58 Preclp. last 24 hours 0.02 Since Oct. 1 ...20.03 Same period last year 15.18 Normal lor period 12.84 Fire Danger Today man Forest fires start readily from matrh or gloving cinders, spread rapidly and tend to e r o w n In young frowth. I (r COLONEL JACK Col. Jack Williams Takes Over Reins At Kingsley Col. Jack W. Williams assumed command of the 408th Fighter Group and Kingsley Field, at an informal change of command cere mony at the field Wednesday. He relieved Lt. Col. Raymond A. Thornton, former base command er, who will become base execu tive officer. Bread Price Boosted Here The retail price of pound and pound-and-a-half loaves of bread will be increased two cents on Monday morning, according to an announcement by Kalph Hunter, manager of Fluhrer's Bakery in Klamath Falls. Speaking for all of the wholesale bakers in the area, including Morning Fresh and Langendorf United Bakers, Inc., representa tives here, Hunter stated the price raise has been forced by increases in labor and manufacturing costs. "We are the last in the area to raise prices, Hunter explained. Eugene prices rose on August 21 and Portland retailers u p p e d prices on August 18. Bread prices in California have been higher for the last 60 days and the state of Washington increased prices ear ly in August." The price of sweet rolls also goes up from 35 to 39 cents a package on Monday, Hunter said. One bright spot in the price picture, he stated, is that dough nuts will cost the same next Mon day as they do today. CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU JONESBORO, Tenn. (UPI) Police figured they had ample evidence to go on when Ihey ar rested Howard Gibbs, 76. for shoplifting. When apprehended, they said. he was carrying two cartons of cigarettes, four watchbands, two pipes, four pairs of eyeglasses, 25 assorted drill bits, a pocket knife, a ring, a safety razor and a marriage license. Denmark Cancels Visit Of U.S. Nuclear Grounds It Too Dangerous COPENHAGEN (AP) - Den- mark Thursday barred the U.S. atomic submarine Skate from vis iting Copenhagen. The country's leading nuclear authorities ex pressed fear of radiation perils in case of a collision in the harbor. But neighboring Norway prom ised an official welcome when the Skate docks Saturday at Bergen, her first port of call after a cross ing under the north polar ice. The Skate will visit Oslo from Mon day to Wednesday. Then it had planned to go to Copenhagen. A member of the Danish Atomic Energy Commission told The As sociated Press the commission chairman, famed Dr. Niels Bohr, concurred in the decision to bar the Skate. The great nuclear physicist was a member of the brain trust behind the first U.S. atomic bomb. A Norwegian naval source called the Danish decision utter nonsense. But the Norwegian health director, Karl Evang, sent I two health inspectors to try to con- tact the health officer of the Skate before the submarine docks at Bergen. Evang said this step was planned long before the Danish decision was taken. He added that .Norway simply wants "to know as much as possible so as to be 'able to take our precautions. W. WILLIAMS Colonel Williams, a veteran of 17 years service, recently arrived here from Ladd Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska, where he served a three-year tour of dutviother nations which "have tested as commander of the 5060th Air- craft Control and Warning Group. A native of Munday, Texas, Colonel Williams received his bach elor of science degree in electrical engineering at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, prior to entering the service at Camp Wolters, Texas, in 1941. He com pleted the aviation cadet training program in August, 1942, at El lington Air Force Base, Texas, and later attended such military schools as the Air Command and Staff School, the- Armed Forces Staff College,- and the (manpower course at George Washington Uni versity. A command pilot. Colonel Wil liams flew experimental type air craft at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, during World War II. Some of the 118 duferent types ot air planes that he has flown during his military career are the f ocke- Wulf 190, the German first-line combat plane; the Japaneze Zero; the British Lancaster; and near ly every type of United States fighter, bomber, cargo, trainer and experimental aircraft built during and immediately following World War II. Separated from the service in 1946, Colonel Williams was em ployed as a test pilot by the Re public Aviation Corporation, where he flew and tested the experi mental XF-12 aircraft, and later by the Howard Hughes Aviation Corporation, where he tested the XF-11 experimental aircraft. Colo nel Williams has over 5,100 fly ing hours of which 160 hours are in jet type aircralt. Following his return to the Air iForce in 1947, Colonel Williams served a two-year overseas tour of duty with the 19th Bombardment Group on the island of Guam in the Pacific. Colonel Williams was accom panied to Kingsley Field by his wile, Elizabeth, and their four children, Jackie L 15; Jane A., 13; Jack W., 11; and Virgil R. 6. The Williajns are presently staying at Kingsley Field until they can find a suitable residence in Klamath Falls, Submarine On The Norwegian Defense Minis try asked its research institute for an opinion on the possibility of danger. The institute s chief re search officer said he had no in formation that would prompt the institute to advise against the Skate s visit. Danish Premier Hans C. Han in acted on the recommenda tion of his atomic advisers, who warned against "disastrous conse quences" in the case of an acci dent involving the vessel. One commission member, who refused to be named, said the ad vice was given Thursday by some of the top nuclear experts run ning Denmark's atom station at Risoe, 30 miles from Copenhagen. Kofoed Hansen, a leading tech nician at the Risoe atom station, said that, from a security point of view, it was "of no useful purpose to place such a vessel virtually in the center of Copenhagen" with its population of 1,200,000. He added that the Skale could be expected to contain huge amounts of radioactivity after her long trip across the arctic. Hansen said the danger of an accident was greater in the sound the narrow strait between Den mark and Sweden through which the Skate would pass because of heavy maritime traffic. mi WASHINGTON (AP) President, Eisenhower announced today the United States is ready to suspend nuclear weapons tests for one year starting Oct. 31, provided Russia meets two conditions. The conditions are if the Soviet Union agrees to maintain its cur rent ban on nuclear tests, and fur ther agrees to negotiations looking toward a permanent ban. The White House said Great Britain also stands ready to join in a one-year suspension of weap ons tests under the same condi tions specified by the United States. Eisenhower stressed in a state ment that the United States is not proposing that nuclear tests foi peaceful purposes be halted. Referring to technical talks on policing a ban, concluded at Ge neva this week, Eisenhower said "The United States, taking ac count of the Geneva conclusions. is prepared to proceed promptly to negotiate an agreement with Weather Still Holds Warm By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A westerly warm air movement continued to swelter over the Northwest again Thursday as the area s record and near-record heat wave showed no signs of abating Temperatures were, in the 90s and 100s again even on the generally-milder west side. Salem had 95 and it was 93 in Portland. Seattle's 87 degrees was only two degrees short of the all-time record for Aug. 21 set in 1917. It was 102 at Pasco, 101 at Ephrata and 100 in downtown Spo kane to name the hottest eastern I Washington points. Omak, Yakima and Walla Walla all registered 99 and it was 98 at Lewiston and Pendleton. Indian Tea May Be Mental Cure DANIA SEMINOLE RESERVA TION, Fla. (AP) An ancient In dian medicineman s herb tea may prove a new weapon against men tal illness. Josie Billy, 74-year-old medicine man at the Big Cypress Reserva tion, says Indians have used it for treating mental illness for years. Billy has sold sample gallons to the Upjohn pharmaceutical house in Kalamazoo, Mich, for tests. "We're very interested in Jo sie s herb tea, said Dr. Jack Hinman, who is supervising tests for Upjohn. Florida Indian officials also arc watching developments. f -.'.-?f- t . IT'S NEWS when John Lawrence Zumwalt celebrates his first enniversary. He is one month old today and it also marked the occasion of his first visit to the Hereld and News where his father, Charlie Zumwalt, heads the make up department of the newspaper. Little Johnny is the Zumwalt' first child. nuclear weapons for the suspen sion of nuclear weapons tests and the actual establishment of an in ternational controls system on the basis of the experts' report. "If this is accepted in principle by the other nations which have tested nuclear weapons, then in order to facilitate the detailed ne gotiations, the United States is prepared, unless testing is re sumed by the Soviet Union, to withhold further testing on its part of atomic and hydrogen weapons lor a period of one year from the beginning of the negotiations." 1 he President s announcement reflected a major shift in U.S. nu clear policy. tesu FRANK STANKO- . Stanko Takes Fresh Post The promotion of Frank D. Stan ko, assistant i dean of men at Ore gon Technical Institute to be dean of men at that institution, was an nounced today by W. D. Purvine. director of OTI. Stanko will fill the vacancy created by the resig nation of John H. Hobson in June of this year. Stanko joined the OTI staff as assistant dean of men in 1956, aft er four years of teaching, coach ing and counseling experience in high schools in Colorado and Wy oming. He received his bachelor of science degree from Colorado State University, where he com pleted graduate study for his mas ter s degree in guidance and coun seling in August, 1956. Stanko's family resides on the Oregon Tech campus, and includes his wile, Betty, and four chil dren, Frank, 5; Mary Thercse, 4; Michael, 3; and Stephen, 1. ; J y r h 'fan I LkjJ rates He said that as part of the con templated international agreement me united Mates would be pre pared also to suspend nuclear weapons tests on a year-by-year basis subject to determination at the start of each year that: (A) The agreed inspection sys tem is installed and working ef fectively; and (B) Satisfactory progress is being made in reaching agree ment on and implementing major substantial arms control measures such as the United States has long sought." The implication seemed to be that the United States is willing to renew the proposed initial 12 month suspension on a year to -year basis while negotiations look ing toward a possible permanent ban are being conducted. The President said. U.S. negotia tors will bo ready by Oct. 31 to open negotiations with Russia and perhaps other Communist bloc countries, together with Western allies of the United States. Truck Strike Outlook Dim SAN DIEGO. Calif. (AP) A federal mediator says negotiations in tne western freight truck tie up, going into its 11th day,, have brought no prospect of settlement.- - ..-., ... "We made absolutely no nroe- ess;"; said. George Hillenbrand of &an franctsco, referring to the second day of mediation talks Thursday. , The talks resume Friday, with Hillenbrand and two other medi ators going between representa tives of the Teamsters union and the trucking firms. ine teamsters struck for in creased pay in California's Cen tral Valleys Aug. 11, and the trucking companies in 11 Western states shut down in retaliation. Estimates of workers laid off range up to 100,000, but M. S. Vi daver of the Central Valleys Teamsters Council challenged that figure. He said only about 16,000 men were out as a result of the dispute. Flash Floods Catch Cattle United Press International Floodwaters eased off in the Wewoka and Seminole, Okla., are as today, ending an Impromptu rodeo in which residents stood on bridges and roped cattle swept down rain-swollen Wewoka Creek. Scattered showers continued Thursday in the southeast and east central sections of Oklahoma, but no further flooding was reported About 30 families returned to their homes in the area after being forced to flee by flash floods triggered by a 9-inch downpour at Wewoka and a 6-inch rain at Sem inole Wednesday night. Although some cattle were lost. residents managed to rope most of the animals as they drifted down the creek and drag them to satety. The heaviest shower Thursday was 2.38 inches reported at Mc- Alester, Okla. Texas was hit by its lourtn straight day of rain City Hall On Tottery Basis EAST ST. LOUIS. III. (AP) Signs have been posted at three entrances of the City Hall declar ing it "unsafe." But City Build ing Commissioner Robert Keeley says they don't tell the whole story. Keeley said the roof and third floor are in danger of collapsing and the "first lloor could easily drip into the basement." The 60-year-old building is in fested with termites, the roof leaks and the walls of the base ment are full of cracks. "The building is full of vermin. The plumbing is in poor condition, the electrical system overloaded and the old boilers are absolutely dangerous," said Keeley. He hopes the building will last until Feb. I, when the city is to move into a remodeled building. VISITS WITH PREMIER DUBLIN, Ireland (UPli-Pre-mier Eamon de Valcra received Lions International president Dud ley L. Simms and his wife Thurs day. Simms owns a chain of stores in West Virginia and Ohio. A BIG CHECK for $100,000 is here being handed to re. corder Mrs, Rosie Keller by Mayor Lawrence Slater. The money it from the federal government' and is for the pur pose of offsetting a portion of the construction costs of the city of Klamath Falls' new primary and secondary sewage treatment plant. The residents of the city appro priated $800,000 for the sewage plant, but when second ary treatment requirements were set up by the state,- it was necessary to apply for the federal funds to complete i the project. Both the primary and secondary plants are under construction now. The four main interceptor sewage lines have already been replaced. Mexican Government Set Under Old Rule To Strip American Owner Of Ranch MEXICO CITY (UPI) -Mexicoi has invoked a 41-year-old constitu tional provision to take the 650,-000-acre Cananea Ranch from the American family which has owned it for 57 years. An expropriation decree signed July 31 by President Adolfo Ruiz Uortines was published Thursday, when it appeared the ranch s own ers would refuse a government of fer amounting to about $4 an acre for the vast property straddling ine U.S. Border William C. Greene Jr.. sxt of the founder of the Cananea em pire, was closeted Thursday night with his lawyers. He would not, comment immediately on the Bomarc Hits On Test Try CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. AP) A Bomarc interceptor missile has proved again that it is ready to Decome a part of the nation s air defense system. The swift missile roared across the Atlantic Thursday and zeroed in on a pilotless B17 drone bomb er at a range of about 250 miles. The Bomarc was triggered when someone pushed a button at a computer control center in Kings ton, IN. Y., 1,500 miles away. It was the third time this month that the Bomarc had been fired successfully within the SAGE air defense system. SAGE, which stands for Semi automatic Ground Environment, is composed of a string of radar stations and electronic computers across the country. The system, which went into effect June 27, can spot an enemy air attack and begin retaliation in seconds. Test Run On Room Sets Scotland Yard On Ear; Bobbies On Run LONDON (AP) The boss at the Tower of London contessed to Scotland Yard today he set off the burglar alarm to see how well England's crown jewels are being guarded. "I'm delighted with the test," said Brig. Leslie Frederick Ethel bert Wiclcr. "It worked extremely well." Brig. Wiclcr is resident gover nor of the ancient tower over the Thames River and the man re sponsible for safeguarding one of the world's most fabulous collec tion of jewels. "Why didn't you warn us, sir, that it was only practice?" asked a Scotland Yard sleuth. 'What's the use of having a test," snapped the brigadier, if it s not carried out properly? It was carried out properly, all right. Shortly after breakfast the re corded voice on an automatic burglar alarm boomed out in Scotland Yard: "Intruders have entered the jewel house at the Tower of London." At the tower, alarm gongs clanged like engines racing to a three-alarm fire. Scots guards jumped to action posts, scores of yeoman warders lumbered to emergency stations, the flying squad roared out of Scotland Yard, radio cars dashed lo the tower, police boats churned down the Thames, bobbies cor doned off tower hill, a 16-ton steel cage clanged down around the jewels. It wii IhA hliceNt. (rare lince leapt, Peter Blood stole the royal Mexican seizure of the family property. The expropriation decree directs the Finance Department to set a value on the Cananea land and to pay it immediately in cash to the person or persons showing a right to it." , It provides the Agriculture De partment shall take over the land and break it up into small ranchea and farms "to satisfy the needs of landless peasants in Sonora State." The Cananea Ranch was found ed in 1901 by the late Col. Wil liam C. Greene. He acquired a tract of land extending along both sides of the border between Mexi co and Arizona from Douglas al most to Nogales. Only the Mexican acreage is af fected by the expropriation order. The land is senu-arid. usable for the most part only as cattle range. The Greenes now have about 37,000 beef cattle on the Mexican side of the line. The constitution of 1917 forbade foreigners to own land within 62 miles of the border. Ruiz acted under this clause in ordering ex- ropriation of the land, although ; had not previously been in voked. Missouri Mules Lose To Iowa SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) For a while there was gloom at the Mis souri fair. A mule from Iowa was named grand champion, A loyal Missourian, Claude Ad ams of Lamar, soon set things right. He bought the mule yester day and made him Missouri's own. Freckles, the winning mule, was entered by John Irving, Mt. Ayr, Iowa, and Lynn Byerly, Glidden, Iowa. Crown Jewel ice from the tower nearly three hundred years ago. All the Jewels which include the priceless Cullinan diamonds and the Koh-I-Mor diamond were safe, of course. But, in re vealing what happened, the gov ernor let out a secret of the se curity arrangements surrounding the gem collection, viewed annu ally by more than 300,000 persons. When Brig. Wieler broke an elec tric eye beam, the burglar alarm went off at the tower and in Scot land Yard. Back at the tower the governor was happy. It s been a perfect morning." he said. "Now excuse me, please, I must show a party ot Middle East sheiks the jewels." Capt. Blood, a daring robber, almost got away with them. Dressed as clergyman, he and two associates gained entrance to the jewel house back in the 17th cen tury. With a few well-directed blows they knocked out the guards and pocketed some of the gems. They dropped half their bounty though as they galloped off on waiting horses. They were overtaken and all but one ruby were recovered. Later this was found In the pocket ot one of the gang. Two hundred years later a wom an got her hand through the steel bars and the glass and tried to yank eut one of the many-jeweled crowns. Guards caught her. They found her hand badly cut and the crawl slightly scratched.