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HERALD AN'D NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1P53
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ToruiH'
By BILL JENKINS
Torque is a familiar word to
everyone in the mechanical world
As car buyers we are all familial
with the word. (I'm not really.
I'm iuit saving so to make it
iound as though I was one of the
gang).
It is the rotary force in a mech
anism and marks the degree of
smoothness in the conversion of
reciprocating into rotary motion
This has to do with the engine
I think.
Anyway, I have been finding out
over the years that cars have
torque in other places besides the
engine. At least if that is the term
1 am looking for they do.
I am reminded of it right now
because the truck I am currently
driving has a high degree of left
handed torque. By this I mean
that if you put anything on the
seat it is only a matter of mm
utcs before you have it in jour
lap.
I can lay a shotgun in the car,
the butt up against the gear lev
ers and the muzzle pointing out the
window, the whole thing in a leath
er case with a rough outside, and
within a quarter of a mile the
darn thing is nestling against the
steering wheel.
Cameras and binoculars tend to
snugle up against you to the point
of distraction. Unless thry fall off
the seat altogether. In this case
there is a noise like shattering
glass (probably produced by the
shattering glass in the various len
ses i and you stop and reach for
the whisk broom.
Remember the old days of milk
bottles and how they kept falling
off seats? I don't suppose there
was a harder chore than to carry
home two milk bottles on the scat
of a car. Even if you put them
in a sack t hoy worked out and
fell on the floor. Or just lay there
on the seat and clinked together
until they both shattered. In any
case it was pretty tough to get
any milk home in the bottle. It was
usually all over the floor or soaked
into the upholstery
Well, anyway, I seem to have
a cor with leit hand torque inside
it. I don't know why. On think
ing back over it I realize that 1
have had a car or two with right
hand torque. Right now 1 can't
remember whether this was worse
than the left handed variety or
not.
Someday I would like to own one
with no torque at all. Inside, that
is. I guess some in the motor will
be all right. If it isn't I'm not
going to say anything about it.
I'm in enough trouble with the
car makers as it is.
1 don't suppose this torque busi
ness has anything to do with Tom
as de Torquemada. the first in
quisitor general of Spain, but the
spelling is very similar.
And I'm sure it couldn't have
An insulator costs Copco only
about five dollars, but the cost of
.eplacing it under emergency
circumstances may run into the
hundreds of dollars in addition to
the disruption caused by the
power outage.
An insulator is "about as big as
a man's hat," Ritchey comment
ed. He added:
"Actually, an insulator is too
big a target to test the skill of
a good hunter."
"Series Holiday"
By TO.M ST1M.MEL
The editorial guns of this manu
script shall be leveled on target
and fired immediately. What we
have to say is this:
The World Scries should be
come a national holiday.
Should this objective be dis
missed as wishful thinking, con
sider this:
Everybody wants to watch the
World Series. While the Braves
and the Yankees are locked in
mortal combat, nobody wants to
work
It may be that baseball no long
er is a national disease, but cer
tainly the World Series still qua!
dies as a national affliction. Peo
ple who don't follow baseball all
season suddenly find peace only
when glued to the Series television
screen: people who aren't com
pletely aware that the St. Louis
Browns have been in Baltimore
lor five years suddenly find it
necessary to call the pilches for
Whitey Ford and move Johnny
Logan into scoring position
This being the case, we should
recognize the annual autumn mad
ness for what it is and just
give up and go home as far as
labor is concerned.
The Series could, and should.
be handled like any other holi
day. Only essential services should
be in action, and so far as we
can sec, the only truly essential
services would be three: (1 radio
stations, (2) television stations, and
i3 power companies to keep them
going.
What could be nicer? Signifi
cantly, what could be more real
istic? Why should we insult our
employers hy going through stereo
typed motions when they know
perfectly well our minds are with
theirs in stadia at New York
or Milwaukee
The only sensible solution is to
recognize the need and declare a
holiday to serve it.
What if the Series should last
only four days instead of seven?
In that case, it would seem pru
dent to go back to work alter
the fourth day, grateful for the
holiday we have had. After all,
the economy must he nourished,
and we must remain practical
about the matter.
Frankly. I have not yet ap
proached my boss on this sub
ject. It seems a bit delicate to
with string behind for nurse to tie
Leaves everything uncovered thai
usually ain't. Boost you on bet
by means of elevated ramp. Onl
hook and ladder can get you off
Makes lile simple for nurses
Always know where you are. Wish
you could say the same about
them. Can't expect beautiful gals
to spend all their lime soothing
brows of old fools or something
just because they get paid for it.
Hospital routine wonderful. Give
you a pill to make you sleep so
they can wake you up at 5:30 a.m.
so they can dry clean you with
alki so they can stick you with
dope needle to put you to sleep
again. Vary routine occasionally
with liquid diet. Not the kind I'm
accustomed to.
Only thing saved me, hospital
looked up credit rating after a
week and discharged me quick.
much to do with Torquay, which handl(' alonc- That's why a legal
is a seashore resort in Devon
shire, England.
But whatever it is I have a lot of
It inside my truck. All of it left
handed.
I guess ttic only thing to do is
learn to live with it.
Or slay home
Trigger lliitv
By ILORKNl'K JUNK INS
Autumn's glorious golden days
In our high desert country air
anticipated with a ceitain amount
of apprehension by California Ore
gon Power Company people every
year.
Too many hunteis Like down
their trusty rifles and head for
the hills. The roads aie good and
there is a compulsion tn try that
gun just once or twice dining the
last few days before the deer
hunting season opens.
("opco is pi. lined with the re
sults of that n'le lire in the fwt
hills around Klamath Falls.
Sam Ritthev. Klamath district
manager lor Copco. savs h:s
company has toved with the idea
ol making up paper targets to he
given away with every hunt
ing license or box of shells so
the marksmen can post them on
nags or dead stumps and bang
away.
High vol:j;e wires outlined
atauist the sky are a dangerous
target, he points out. II the sniper
successfully severs the wire, the
whipping line m.,y take his life
if he is near enough. The charge,
of electricity is almost crrtain to
set fire to any dry (rass on the
ground and a serious forest f're
can result Coupled with the
danger tn hie and property is the
Inconvenience of the power inter
ruption to industry ar.d the ac
tivities of the loir.ir.unitv .
Wheels ship turning Ti; light
over the su:geims cpci.'isj i.v
ble is out and ihe d.-n'v 'J
stilled. Your d.ulv r.,w-.iii wf (
be late and the i.ikc in ;:
wife's oven talis t'at. j
Those are jn.-: :s.i!a-d r ..!
of a power '.r:e : ! ;n t.o or ar 1
Insulator s-atiiuJ I; i-tJ0i I
holiday, in the strictest
would he desirable.
Failing that, I have lined up live
beloved grandmothers who sudden
ly are surprisingly near death.
I'm counting on them, so that I
may join the millions who will
follow the manom emits of Mess
ers Stengel and Haney vvilh ex
traordinary interest.
Opcrnf ions
Hy NELSON liKKll
Once had one of those operations
vou don't talk about. Leastways
vou never oiler to show anybody
the scar. Fust signed papers say
ing I was in my right mind. Next
day when the "dope" wore off had
serious doubts. Karlv Christian
Marts only got hot lead in their
llrifl Tops
By PATRICIA McCORMACK
United Press International
NEW YORK (UP1) Canasta
alter being the undisputed favor
ite card game of Americans for
five years, is yielding its place to
the old champ, contract bridge.
This is the word from John B
Powers, executive secretary of the
Association of American Playing
Card Manufacturers.
He said that among the estimat
ed 120 million card-playing Amer
icans, canasta and contract bridge
now are running neck and neck
in popularity. Pinochle Is in third
place; poker, fourth; solitaire.
Iifth.
Most in the species known as
"genus card player Amcricanus"
do their dealing at home or in the
home of a friend. Only 10.2 per
cenl, said Powers, operate else
where on trains, in bars or at
public parties.
A recent survey documented a
seemingly strange fact: there is
more card playing in homes with
television sets than in homes with
out them.
The same survey, by the con
sumer panel of the J. Walter
Thompson Co., New York, also
found more card playing is done
the east-north-central states
than in any other region. The
least is in Ihe South.
The sex line in cards runs Ihi
way: men poker, pinochle, ca
nasla and contract bridge; women
canasta, contract bridge, soli
taire and rummy.
For most company, either ca
nasia or contract bridge appears
to be Ihe current formula for a
most popular enjoyable evening.
Dr. living Lrespi, in a recent
issue of the Sociological Review,
cites this inducement to card play-
ng:
The individual can hope to
achieve acceptance into groups
which will enhance his or her so
cial position.
"Eager lor friendliness and easy
congeniality, many Americans ap
pear to be incapable of generating
such relationships without the arti
ficial stimulation of impersonal,
competitive group games."
$5
icv. Previous maximum was
-er month.
Payments under the clause be
gin after the total disability has
existed for six consecutive months,
and continue for the duration of
the disability, regardless of its
length, VA said.
No payment may be made for
disabilities incurred after age 60,
and no premium charge is made
for this benefit after that date.
If the veteran is in good health
and under 60, the rider may be
added to any National Service Life
Insurance i.NSLI) policy, except
service - disabled veterans since
April, 1053, VA said.
Of the 5,650,000 holders of eligible
NSLI policies, the agency estimat
ed that at least 5,000,000 could
qualify for the rider.
There are currently 85.500 veter
ans who have the old $5 rider
attached to their policies. Those
who meet the requirements may
increase their coverage to the new
S10 limit, for a very small boost
over what they are now paying
in added premiums.
Premium cost of the $10 total
disability provision varies accord
ing to the policyholder's age, type
of policy, and its face amount.
Payments to the veteran under
the rider do not reduce the face
amount of the policy.
Premium payments, both on the
basic NSLI policy and the income
provision, may be waived by VA
for any period of total disability
longer than six months.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
Q My C.I schooling was inter
rupted more than a year ago when
my father was sick and I had to
take a job. I understand I may
now continue my schooling under
a liberalization of VA's regu
lations. What do I have to do?
A. You should receive soon an
application form from the VA. Fill
this out completely and return it.
VA will send you a certification
authorizing you to return to school.
Vols Mail Itag
Over 5 000,000 World War II and
Korean Conflict veterans who hold
GI life insurance may now at
tach a new type of total disability
income provision to their policies
in return for a small additional
premium cost, Veterans Adminis
tration announced.
The new type of Ol policy rider
was authorized by Public Law 83
678. effective November 1, 1958.
Under the new law. VA ex
plained. polu holders who become
totally disabled from any cause
before age 60 and while the new
rider is in effect . will receive an
veins. ut. worse places
Took aw ay my clothes and hunt j Income of $10 per month for each
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By MARGARET RICHARDS
United Press International
They've dedicated a statue at
Warrensburg. Missouri, to the most
famous resident in the history of
the little town. His name Old
Drum.
Old Drum was a dog. and he
has been dead nearly 89 years
now. But the attributes that made
him famous are remembered stil!
in nearly every civilized country
in the world. They've been told in
print about 40 million times, and
in almost every language.
Old Drum's slaying was the sub
ject of five separate trials and by
the time they were over he was on
the way to becoming the personifi
cation of all dogs everywhere, the
beloved pets and companions, the
hard-working farm dogs, the sen
tries, the hunters.
As for Drum, he was a hunter.
A deer hunter dog to be specif
ic. He was the beloved companion
of Charles Burden. The black and
tan hound was found dead one Oc
tober day in 186ti his body pep
pered with buckshot.
Burden grieved mightily over
the dog he said was "just a mon-
rcl hound, maybe, but a mighty
tine hunter and a right good
friend." Soon Burden began put
ting pieces of rumor together and
his grief changed to anger. Bur
den suspected that his neighbor.
Leonidas llornsby. had instructed
a hired hand to shoot Old Drum.
Burden took his suspicion to
court and sued Hornsby for $100.
llornsby won the case. But Bur
den wasn't through. He appealed
and the next time around he won.
Next Hornsby appealed to the
court of common pleas, and won
that round Burden obtained anoth
er trial in the same court. For this
trial he hired as a lawyer Sen
George Graham Vrst. who soon
was to write his famed eulogy
to a dog.
It was Vest, standing in a hare
little courtroom in Warrensburc
in 1870 who first described a deg
is "man's best friend."
Ho won the case with the now
amiliar tribute.
Now Hornsby appealed again
This time to Missouri's highest
court. But the Missouri Supreme
Court agreed with Vest and Old
Drum was avnged.
In a way. of course, the monu
ment to Old Drum is a monument
i all beloved dogs everywhere.
Spccilically, the monument to
be erected on the Johnson County
oiirt house lawn is a life-size stat-
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Sound cast in bronc and standing
in a pink granite base
A bronze plaq.ie will bear the
.vords that immor:.il:zed Old Drum,
and Cieorge Graham et.
Fur the Gioige Graham Vest
ho served ir the I'n.ivd States
vn.re is long lorgotten except by
wo k:ri- iM prop e- v'n";,p- and
log hue: ww f,.nu: icc.ill the
--ulogy oi o;d Drum.
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Feature Of Current Crisis
meeting last week in New York
between British Foreign Secretary
Selwyn Lloyd and Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Grnmyko.
Kick By Horse
Kills Performer
NEW YORK (API Rodeo per.
former William Boag of Weiser,
Idaho, died here Tuesday of in
juries suffered when he was
kicked by a horse.
Boag, 26, was kicked in the
head and chest when a horse he
was riding fell during competition
at the .Madison Square Garden
Rodeo.
Survivors include the widow,
Clara, and his father, Charles
Boag of Portland, Ore.
Boag, who operated a farm near
Weiser, was starling to get off a
horse called "Sunflower" when
the accident occurred.
STEAMSHIP LOST
VALPARAISO, Chile (AP)-The
newest and largest steamship in
the Chilean merchant navy was
believed lost today after fire
forced passengers and crew to
abandon ship.
The 8,679-tnn Lebu was sailing
off Caldera. Chile, 450 miles north
of Valparaiso.
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By K. C. THALER
United Press International
LONDON (LTD One of the
startling features in the current
Far East crisis has been the total
absence of Soviet suggestions for
a high-level conference.
It has been the Kremlin's strate
gy since 1954 to call for a confer
ence, preferably a foreign minis
ters' meeting, at the slightest
provocation.
Since the advent to power of Ni-
kita Khrushchev it was the de
mand for a "summit" conference
which had been raised at almost
any opportunity.
The last time it happened was
a little over six weeks ago when
the Soviet premier and party boss
demanded a summit parley to de
bate the Middle East crisis.
Nothing has been heard since.
The Soviet has recoiled and does
not even react to any Western
prodding for a high - level, East
West meeting.
Diplomats with a long record of
East - West negotiations recall it
was Russia which prompted the
conference in Geneva in 1954 at
the height of the Indochina crisis.
Then the Soviets urged a summit
conference which finally came to
pass in Geneva in 1955.
Since then the summit theme
was almost constantly on Khrush-i
chev's lips, until they were sealed
after his secret meeting with Red
Chinese leader Mao Tse - tung at
Peiping last month.
The U. S. and Britain, revers
ing the roles, recently have prod
ded Russia formally for a resump
tion of pre-summit negotiations in
Moscow which were adjourned in
July, but no reply has been re
ceived. Khrushchev promised one.
but has remained silent.
The "normal" practice would
have been lor Khrushchev to ask
lor a high-level or preferably a
summit meeting on the current
Far East crisis. However, the in
dications from the Soviets were
they are anything but keen on
such a course now.
This emerged clearly during a
REGULAR
Klamath Falls Shrine Club
DINNER MEETING
Tonight -Oct. 1
Symposium 6:30 p.m.
Dinner 7:30 p.m.
-k Fried Chicken with all the
trimmings.
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