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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1958
FRANK JENKINS
Editor
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Managing Editor
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City Editor
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Portland Show
By FLOYD L. WYNNE
An air terminal capable of han
dling one million on-and-off pas
sengers a day!
An air terminal that has been in
the planning stage since 1940, and
one that took 25 months to build!
That's the Portland International
Air Terminal that will be dedicated
this Sunday with a spectacular air
show that is expected to draw a
crowd of more than 150,000 people.
Ned Putnam, president of the
Sportsmen Pilots Association in
Klamath Falls, gave the Portland
Jaycees a big hand, promotion
wise, last weekend when he used
hiw own plane to fly Miss Air Fair
1958, Barbara Arrafat, around to
the major cities of the state pub
licizing the Sunday dedication.
The dedicatory services on Sun
day afternoon will start at 1 p.m.,
and will feature the largest air
show in the nation this year. It's
a Class 2 air show, which for the
military is the highest rating
possible, meaning that they'll have
most of the top planes, as well as
a lineup of missiles on hand. I
The air fair will also feature a
showing of antique aircraft, some
experimental aircraft and helicop
ters, both in the air show and on
static display.
The move represents quite a for
ward step for Portland, and for
the state of Oregon as a whole.
In its rise from a small terminal
built back in the 30s to this giant
terminal of today, there is reflect
ed the increasingly important pic
ture that Oregon is presenting to
the rest of the nation.
Records show that the inbound
and outbound passengers at the
Portland terminal numbered only
5,830 In all of 1930.
Contrast that with (his fact.- In
the next 12 months, the terminal
is expected to handle three quar
ters of a million in and out pas
sengers, and the statisticians esti
mate that by 1963, the passenger
traffic should be at its peak, near
ly one million on and off passen
gers. While plugging the terminal, Don
Guinn, Jaycee aviation committee
member, stated that it could nan
die up to one million passengers
daily.
That's a little difficult to digest,
but there is no doubt that Port
land's new terminal building will be
a beauty. It is 500 feet long, and
nine stories high. It has 18 plane
loading positions or gate stations
located along the two concourses.
Several weeks ago, I had an op
portunity to see a portion of the in
terior of this new terminal. I had
difficulty finding my way around.
The air fair, sponsored by the
Portland Jaycees, promises to be
an outstanding event. In case
you're up Portland way Sunday,
you might plan to include this air
show and dedication services in
your itinerary.
The big passenger traffic plans
of Portland should serve as an op
timistic omen for Klamath Falls
as well. Air traffic to all major
West Coast points has been rising
rapidly in recent years, and with
Klamath Falls centrally located
coastwise as well as its location in
respect to such points as Boise,
Reno. Salt Lake City and others, .t
is easy to predict that the Klamath
Falls area will get a continually
increasing share of the air traffic
in the months and years that lie
ahead.
other drivers and riders lor bodily
injury and property damage.
But this doesn't help the other
person in the initial accident. If
you don't have insurance, are at
fault and cannot pay for dam
ages, the other person involved
will probably not get paid. You
will probably lose your driver's li
cense and registration privileges,
but tliat s small help to the in
jured person with the demolished
car.
After the accident, the depart
ment will send a notice to the
uninsured person demanding that
he promptly prove that he has se
cured the required insurance. This
proof must be maintained continu
ously for a period of five years.
If the proof is not furnished, li
cense plates and driver's license
are confiscated.
This applies to both driver and
owner if they are not the same.
For example, a minor may have
had an adult sign- as a co-owner
so he could buy the car. That adult
is subject to the law even though
lie never intends to drive the car.
Director Johnson, who has been
the banner carrier for a system
of compulsory insurance to take
effect before registration or re
newal of registration of cars, has
issued a recommended new law
to bring it about.
It has been sent to opponents
as well as proponents for study
before the 1959 Legislature goes
into session. Under such a law,
the Department of Motor Vehicles
would refuse to register or renew
registration of any vehicle unless
the application for registration or
renewal were accompanied by
proof of financial responsibility.
By ERIC ALLEN
In Mcdford Mail-Tribune
Two years ago Phil Hitchcock,
then running for the GOP nomi
nation for United States Senator,
came to town, accompanied by a
young man named Frank Herbert
who was his press assistant.
Herbert, at other times, is a
free lance writer, the kind of guy
who goes where he wants to go
does what he wants to do, as long
as Ins fertile imagination feeds him
ideas, and his skill translates
thorn into salable novels and short
stories.
He and his wife own a mountain
retreat in the back country of
Mexico, where they spend half of
each year, mostly isolated from
the world, putting their accumu
lated ideas down on paper.
Among other things, Frank
writes science fiction a form of
creative- activity which has both
its adherents, a relatively small
but dedicated lot, and its detrac
tors, who feel that it is all a fan
tastic waste of time.
We have found science fiction
a pleasurable means of relaxation
for a long period of years. More,
it has helped to keep the imagi
nation from atrophying, the mind
limber and receptive, and has pro
tected the psyche from shock as
one development after another,
foreseen years ago by science tie
tioncers, has come to pass.
One addict we know, for in
stance, among a group of college
students on the fateful day in 1945
when the atomic bombing of Hiro
shima was announced, was the
only one present who had
States, through enemy waters,
from the- submarine oil wells-
many of which were located off
the arctic slopes of the Asian con
tinent, from Russia, in other
words.
The oil was pumped from the
underwater wells into huge, col
lapsible containers, which were
then towed in the manner of barg
es by the submarines, under wa
ter, to the underground docks in
this country.
The theme of the story was less
the scientific developments in
warfare than It was the effects
of pressure, both physical and
emotional, on the subs' crews
But the "fantastic" aspects of
the story the subs and the un
derwater barges are no longer
fantastic.
The voyage of the Nautilus, fol
lowed in rapid succession by the
Skate, under the polar ice cap,
have gone far toward making
Frank Herbert a prophet, rather
than a fantasy-dreamer. And the
idea of submersible barges, towed
by subs has already been serious
ly broached.
There may be some develop
ments in the future which have
not been forecast by the science
fictioneers, but if there are, they
haven't shown up, or even been
hinted at, as yet.
Rockets, satellites, voyages to
the moon, submarine barges
all these are "old stuff" to the SF
fan.
And there is plenty of dream-
stuff left to be developed. Hydro
gen power (already under devel
opment), magnetic power, inter
planetary or interstellar voyages
you name it and science fic
tion probably has "cheated it in
trie past.
And when, or if, they come to
pass, the science fiction fan may
be excited but he won't be surprised.
Timber Salvage ,
By CHARLES A. SPRAGUE
In Salem Statesman
faintest idea what it was all about.
:inri what tl.a cinnifiz-nna ril.t
iaie arriving, oui u also appears
to be trying to make up for some
of that lost time.
Aiiio Insurance
By GEORGE CASTILLO
In Roseburg News-Review
With James F. Johnson, direc
tor of the Department of Motor
Vehicles, and Gov. Robert Holmes
now thumping the drum for com
pulsory automobile insurance,
many people appear surprised that
the state doesn't now have such
a law.
It doesn't.
That point is emphasized in a
concise leaflet on the subject now
being distributed by the Kinaneial
Responsibility Division of the De
partment of Motor Vehicles. It is
entitled "Know ihe Law on I'nin
sured Auto Accidents in Orrgon."
It answers the most common ques
tions on the current law.
The stnto currently does not de
mand that a car owner carry lia
bility Insurance. Most owners car
ry collision and comprehensive in
surance because the hanks and
other financing agencies (or buy.
ing cars demand that insurance
be carried during Ihe contract pe
riod. But If an owner wants to Like a
chance on our crowded highways,
he can now go without luhility m
surance until he has his first ac
cident. This may be years after
getting the car or Ihe day after.
Only when he has th accident
must he prove that he has se
cured the required Insurance
titer the accident. It must cover
But hack to Frank Herbert.
Shortly after his visit here, a
serial of his appeared in one of
the leading science fiction maga
zines. It dealt with a hypotheti-
The newspapers very appropri
ately have noted the 25th anniver
sary of the Tillamook fire, the
worst in recorded history in Ore
gon. With its repetitions in 1939
and 1945 an area of 350.000 acres
with a stand of 13.5 billion board
feet of fine timber was devastated.
The anniversary reports have told
also of the great work of rehabili
tation and reforestation which has
been in progress on the burn since
1949, financed by proceeds of a
state bond issue.
What hasn't been reported, how
ever, was the great salvage oper
ation in the old burn area. When
the fire occurred, the loss was
regarded as virtually total. It was
thought that the killed timber
would deteriorate rapidly, with
only a few years in which to take
out some of the better stuff. Ac
tual experience was quite differ
ent: Loggers still are taking out
logs from the Tillamook burn
though little of value remains.
What happened was this: The
fire charred the circumference of
standing trees where it did not
consume them, but under the char
the wood, was still sound. Worms
were, of course, killed in the in
tense heat and it took time for
their population to come back and
start their normal work of de-
the'struction of dead vegetation. So
owners of the timbcrland or those
who acquired title to the timber
set about the work of salvage
In the interval of 25 years mil
lions of board feet of lumber were
milled from the trees of the burn
Another factor was important:
The rise in prices of lumber and
the loggers returning to harvest
trees previously passed by as of
no market value.
This logging has been of great
importance in the rehabilitation
program. Some of the contracts,
those with the Bureau of Land Man
agement for instance, require the
purchaser of timber to remove the
snags (the whitened trunks of dead
treesl which become firebrands in
a forest fire. This has helped to
clean up the forest, removing po
tential torches.
While the 1945 (ire really
stirred the state to action the ap
peal of this writer to the 1943 Leg
islature to make reforestation of
the Tillamook burn a major post
war project met with no response
that fire was not without virtue
It consumed much of the forest
debris which had clogged the can
yons and created a continuing fire
hazard. Its great value, however,
lay in provoking state leaders into
developing a program of forest re
habilitation which now is restoring
not only old Tillamook burn, but
other areas of cutover and burned
over timberlands. And out of all
the experience have come better
laws for forest fire prevention and
suppression, more liberal financ
ing, improved equipment and more
efficient administration, and a full
er awareness on the part of the
people (Keep Oregon Green) of
the constant vigilance' needed to
prevent forest fires.
cal World War III. and described
life in the submarine service.
The submarines were atomic-
powerea, oi course, ana tncir tasK ; some areas ol the burn were
was to ferry oil to Ihe I'nitedi logged as many as three times.
of stunipage. Each rise in price
made profitable salvage of poorer
material. The result was that
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Eagle Point (To the Editor)
An article written by Buena Stone
concerning a new school to be
dedicated this fall to one of your
eminent pioneers, Mr. Orson P,
Sterns, was of great interest to me
for several reasons.
In reading Mrs. Stone's article,
one is obviously lead to believe
that Mrs. George Ager, who is to
be an honored guest, is Mr.
Sterns only living relative.
You might be interested to know
that Orson Sterns, residing at 310
Lewis Street with his wife and two
children, is the, grandson and
namesake of the honored man.
Also living in Klamath Falls is
Julian Ager and his wife whose
address I do not know, and here
nearby in Ashland is residing Mrs.
George Ager's half brother, Ernel
Sterns. .
All of these people surely have
just such a sense of pride in the
accomplishments of their father
and grandfather as Mrs. George
Ager who has four other children
besides Julian whom I have already
mentioned.
Of course my interest in the
matter is purely personal as 1
have known Mrs. Sterns for years
as we were school girl chums in
Los Angeles. I have known Mr.
Sterns for the past 12 years, since
he and Mrs. Sterns were married.
I feel that these other members
of the family should be equally
honored and their presence made
known.
I hope that you will be able to
bring this letter to the attention
of the proper persons planning the
dedication program, and to Mrs.
Stone.
Isabel Huffman,
P.O. Box 287
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FLINT. Mich. Roger 'St.
Pierre, 16. who shot his widowed
mother and his sister dead he
cause he was afraid they would
starve to death:
"I thought mother and sister
would be better off in heaven."
WASHINGTON -Sen. William
Jenner (R-Ind.l, in his final Sen
ate speech before retiring, on
congressional spending:
"Nothing in the New Deal.
nothing in World War II, and
nothing in the post - war years
or Korea is anything as out
rageous as the s p e n d i n g spree
of 1958."
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Schools
Superintendent Virgil K. Blossom,
on the latest integration order of
the U. S. Court of Appeals:
We are planning to open Cen
tral High School this year as an
all-white school."
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -I
The head of the Danish Atomic
Energy Commission, on the ban
ning of the scheduled Aug. 281
visit of the U. S. atomic subma
rine Skate:
What they do in Norway. Brit
ain, the Inited States must be
their own headache. We in Den
mark did not want to take on the
responsibility and therefore
warned the government."
BEIRIT, Lebanon Headline
of the newspaper Al Ahrar on the
Arab unanimity in the United
Nations:
"Who could believe it? Arab
delegations are agreeing among
themselves!"
They'll Do It Every Time
Pay nights lushwell thinks
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Newport 64 52
North Bend 67 56 T
Pendleton 98 70
Portland 93 59
Redmond 89 54
Roseburg 96 56
Salem 96 54
Lumberjack
Events Set
LAKEVIEW Gordon Robin,
chairman of Lumberjack Day ac
tivities during the Lake County
Roundup and Fair, has announced
several special events for Saturday
afternoon, August 30.
The contests will be staged in
the arena at the roundup grounds,
beginning at 1 p.m. There is no
admission charge.
The three main contests are
truck driving, truck loading and
ax throwing. Prizes donated by
local merchants will be awarded
for the ax throwing. The four local
lumber operations. American For
est Products, Lakeview Lumber
Products, Lakeview Logging Com
pany and Adams Lumber Com
pany have donated $75 each for
a total of $300 to be awarded in
the other two events. Of this. $100
will be divided $40, $30, $20 and
$10, for Tour places in the truck
driving. One hundred dollars each
will be awarded in two divisions
of the truck loading, fastest time
and fastest in man minutes. The
division in prizes is necessitated
by the different methods used by
the companies. American Forest
Products uses the grapple bucket:
Adams Lumber, a cat and front
loader; Lakeview Lumber Prod
ucts, end hooks: and Lakeview
Logging, hydraulic tongs. Each
method uses a different number of
men.
Carquinei Span
Coupled Up
CROCKETT (UPIi Two 12-
ton steel beams were hoisted into
place today, joining three sections
of the new Carquinez Strait
Bridge to complete the structure
shore to shore.
Crewmen of U. S. tSeel Co's
American Bridge subsidiary hung
Stars and Stripes on the 62-foot
girders as they were raised into
place and bolted tight. They con
nected the center section to the
north and south sections.
When completed later this year,
the bridge will carry four lanes
of northbound traffic on U. S. 40.
It matches the present Carquinez
span which will become the south
bound lane of the freeway.
Access Road
Finish Seen
The access road to the radio
station built last year on top of
Stukcl Mountain and other sup
plementary work to the installation
will be done before the start of win
ter, according to Cliff Wood, chief
of airways technical field office
for the Federal Aviation Agency
I which is the new name of the
Civil Aeronautics Administration).
Bids will be cslled soon by the
CAA procurement branch, 5651
West Manchester Avenue, Los An
geles, for resurfacing approxi
mately three miles of an existing
access road on the mountain, con
structing a 4xl2-foot concrete
block storm porch to the existing
radio building and building an out
side chemical toilet. The project
number is 4-59-947.
Wood said that plans and speci
fications are available from his of
fice at the Klamath Falls munici
pal airport.
We have lots ot work going on.
Wood commented, "and plans and
specifications are awaiting approv
al right now for a Vortac instal
lation here as a navigational aid."
The project includes moving and
modifying an existing installation
at the airport.
OTI Catalog
Ready To Go
The 1958-59 Oregon Tech catalog
is out and prospective students
may obtain copies by writing to
the dean of students at OTI. Local
students may call OTI as the of
fices are open.
This year, additional third year
advanced work is offered in sev
eral of the 34 actual major
courses.
One important new offering is
tectural option or mechanical op
tion. Other' new third year work
is offered in advanced auto tech
nology, advanced auto machine
technology, advanced auto tune-up
technology, advanced w e Id i n g
iccnnoiogy ana an advanced
course in woodworking technology
which is third year caroentrv
woodwork technology.
Registration for returning stu
dents will be September 25 and 26.
New student week has been set
for September 21-27 for registra
tion, orientation and counseling.
"WEEK" PROCLAIMED
WASHINGTON (UPII Pro!.
dent Eisenhower has proclaimed
rne weeK oeginning Oct. 5 as
"National Fmnlnv Th Phvcinaiiu
Handicapped Week."
Movie Cameraman
Visits In Klamath
. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. (Johnny)
Murray and daughter were brief
visitors this week from their home
in Hollywood where he is a cam
eraman with 20th Century-Fox
studios.
The Murrays were Klamath
Falls residents for about a year
and a half, moving to California
eight years ago. Mrs. Murray, who
was born in Australia, was very
active with the War Brides Club
of Klamath Falls during their res
ident here.
Weather Table
Oregon Point
Max. Min. Prep.
Five Day Forecast
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Western Washington and West
ern Oregon Little or no pre
cipitation. Temperatures averag
ing much above normal with max
imum Western Washington mostly.
75-85 and Western Oregon 80-90,
except 65-75 along coast. Mini-'
mums in the 50s.
Eastern Washington and East
ern Oregon Little or no pre
cipitation. Temperatures averag
ing much above normal Eastern
Oregon and Easter Washington
with maximums mostly 90-95 and
above normal Idaho with maxi
mum mostly 80-90. Minimums 55-65.
TO REDUCE JET SOUND
WASHINGTON (UPD The
Navy says it has ordered $1,400,
000 worth of sound suppressors
designed to muzzle the roar of jet
planes before takeoff.
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Appearing this Saturday
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This Saturday
Standard Time
DANCE 9 til 1 1.25 Person
N. B. Drews Spend
Time At Cabin
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Drew, who
have been spending several weeks
visiting their sons and their fam
ilies in Klamath Falls, are at their 1
summer home at Diamond Lake
this week.
The senior Drews expect to re
turn to Las Vegas sometime in
September.
SCHOOL
Sept. 8th
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