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Newspaper Page Texto lay's Ms Boy Still Missing; By FRANK JENKINS Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota takes issue with Pres ident Eisenhower's desire to re move foreign policy discussions from political campaigns. In a press conference at Los Angeles, he says: t "It seems to me that if we were to follow the advice of the Pres ident all the way, it would mean that all who express a different point of view on foreign policy would be hushed up." He adds: "Our country nearly involved it self in a Chinese civil war by its Formosa strait action To stake the prestige of the United States on the defense of the Chi nese offshore islands is incredible folly. Militarily it is precarious and diplomatically it is indefensi ble." I always find it difficult to agree with Senator Humphrey, but on this particular occasion he has a point. The Formosa situation became crit ical in the midst of a bitterly fought political campaign. It came to a head after the congress had adjourned. NOTHING comes closer to the lives of all the people than for eign policy. Foreign policy can represent the difference between peaje and war. Since a nation's foreign policy can represent the difference between peace and war, it follows that there are two es sentials of a successful foreign pol icy: 1. It must be UNDERSTOOD by the people. 2. It must be SUPPORTED by the people. If the foreign policy of their na tion is to be understood by the people, it must be hammered outllief within tne administration that on the anvil of PUBLIC debate. It must be agreed, I think, that the floor of congress is the ideal place to debate a foreign policy that may result in war. In a for mal congressional debate both rides of the issue can be intelli gently and thoughtfully presented. The people can listen and form their own conclusions. But In this case The congress had adjourned. A political campaign was already well under way. Even if the con gress had been called back into session, the ensuing debate would have been highly political in all of its aspects. So under the circumstances About all that could be done was to carry the debate into the political hustings. Yank Bodies Coming Home WIESBADEN, Germany AP I The bodies of six U.S. airmen killed when their plane crashed in Soviet Armenia ore being flown to America for identification. The bodies have been in Wies baden since the Soviet Union handed them over Sept. 24. Fail ure to establish identities by now indicated they were burned be yond recognition when the C130 Hercules transport plane crashed and burned. The Air Force said "additional facilities to assist in identification nre available" in the United States. The announcement did not specify where the bodies would be taken in America. The unarmed plane carrying 17 airmen was flying over Turkey when Soviet fighters forced it across the Soviet border, the U.S. government has said. The fate of the other 11 men has never Been revealed by Moscow. Detroit Reports 1958 Polio Toll DETROIT (API Detroit's po lio case cnuht for 105U stands at 690 with three new cases report ed Thursday. Two new cases were reported in Wayne County outside the cy, bringing the county total to 181. There have been l!) deaths in Detroit and one in Wayne County attributed to polio this year. Detroit had 174 cases and two deaths in the similar period of last year and the county had 74 cases and one death. 3 Oregonians Found Dead In Cabin MINAM, Ore. (AP) - Three persons were shot to death in a dingy mountain cabin Thursday night. A little girl later was found crying near the bodies of two her parents. OTI HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME At Modoc Field, Saturday 2 P.M. OREGON TECH SOUTHERN OREGON No. Name Wt. Pot. Wt. Name No. 76 Ardcll Hamilton 170 LE 190 Jim McAbee 88 79 Arnold Metcalf 232 LT 215 Jim Tacchini 63 70 Allen Jones 204 LG 208 Bud Brittson 65 55 Bill Barrington 172 C 210 Phil Sword 55 62 Frank Wilson 212 RG 230 Al Sodaro 77 78 Dick Hill 214 RT 220 Marion Jack 73 80 Bob BleRgi 181 RE 190 Larry Yarnell 11 22 Charlie Ganter 172 QB 200 Jack Brown 29 41 Charlie Wilson 170 HB 167 Eldon Francis 30 44 Al Evcrson 182 HB 180 Larry Maurer 22 31 Earl Green 188 FB 190 Punk Biddington 84 Price Five Centt 20 Page Dulles To Fly To Formosa For Meeting WASHINGTON (API-Secretary of State Dulles will fly to Formosa in the next few days for consul tation with President Chiang Kai shek. ine Mate Department in an nouncing this today said only that Dulles will fly to Taipei "in the near future." Informants said Dul les will fly by special Air Force plane from Rome Sunday after he attends memorial services for the late Pope Pius XII. Other sources had disclosed the plan in outline just before the of ficial announcement. The State Department said Dul les' talks with Chiang will be "in accordance with Article IV of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the U.S. md Nationalist China." It said Nationalist China had in vited the secretary of state. The pact, under which the United States pledges to help de fend Formosa against outside at tack, provides that foreign min isters of both sides will "consult together from time to time" about defense problems. Dulles' decision to fly to For mosa coincides with mounting be- the present cease-fire around Que moy may drift into a prolonged truce. Top administration officials are reported eager to reach some firm understanding with Chiang about future defense operations before the truce officially ends. Sea Spanned By Jet Liner BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) Pan American World Airwavs in augurated American transatlantic jet passenger service today with a Baltimore-Brussels flight that averaged about 540 miles per hour. The Boeing 707 jet airliner with its crew and 39 guest passengers landed here at 8:15 a.m. (2:15 a.m., EST), completing a 3,910- mile flight in 7 hours 15 minutes flying time. Before its takeoff from Balti more Thursday night, the 165-pas-senger plane was christened Jet Clipper America by Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower in a Washington ceremony. The 707 has a rated cruis ing speed of 575 miles an hour, and Pan American officials had hoped the trip would take only about 6 hours 15 minutes. Local officials of the airline requested a later landing so the official greeters would not have to get up so early. Pan American plans to inaugur ate regular transatlantic jet serv ice Oct. 26 and to begin daily service Nov. 17. Mechanic Strike Halts Flights WASHINGTON 'AP) Capital Airlines, the nation's fifth largest air carrier, halted all flights to day because of a systemwide strike of its mechanics. Meanwhile, company and un ion representatives planned to go back into negotiations in hopes of reaching agreement on a formula for ending the day-old walkout. No progress was reported in sessions Thursday. Capital continued to run flights during the first 24 hours of the strike, but decided to shut down operations at midnight. No new flights were started after that time, although some in progress were completed. The airline serves 51 cities east of the Mis sissippi. NAVAL TUG MISSING SANTIAGO, Chile UP1 - The naval tug Guarani is missing in the waters just north of Cape Horn at South America's southern tip. the Navy announced today. The father of the 3-year-old girl was William T. Nickels, 53, whose body was found sprawled in an open doorway in a kitchen littered with dirty dishes. A few feet away lay the body t vj - " ' i ' END RESULT of long months of planning, hoping, and building is shown here as the first sheet of softboard comes through the press at the Johns-Manville plant north of Klamath Falls. At the far left is R. Frank Tucker, Klam ath County Chamber of Commerce manager, whose organ ization played a large part in securing the industry, and W. H. (Bill) Graham, manager of the Johns-Manville plant. Weather FORECAST Klamath . Falls and vicinity: Variable high cloud iness through Saturday. Low Fri day night 38-45; high Saturday 70-75. High yesterday 67 Low last night 47 Prectp. last 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 1 . .-. 0 Same period last year 1.41 Normal for period 0.59 Fire Danger Today HIGH Fires start readily from match or glowing cinders, tend to spread rapidly and tend to crown in young growth. Northern California: -Cloudy Frl- day night with rain likely In north Occasional rain Saturday. South erly coastal winds 10-20 miles an hour. School Opens For Seniors LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The Little Rock Private School Corpo ration announced today it will open an all-white high school for senior students only, next Mon day. Dr. T. J. Rancy, president of the corporation, signed a lease agreement this morning for a for mer University of Arkansas build ing with 32 rooms and said it would be used lor the senior classes. High school students have been id e here since Gov. orval k. l'au- bus closed the four city secondary schools Sept. 3. About 600 stu dents have found other schools Another 3,000 have been without instruction for seven weeks. Raney also announced for the first time the total collections do nated to the corporation for the private schools. He said to date thev totaled $61,841.25. It has been estimated that It would require $15,000 weekly to operate schools for all public high school students. But a lesser sum would be required for the senior class only. of his wife Dolores, 40. who had begun divorce proceedings a few hours before. The third victim was Miss Billie Johnson, 25. Her body lay face down on the rough board floor of the cabin's living room. All were from Enterprise, the county scat of this rugged mountain country in northeastern Oregon. Police had dashed to the house alter Archie Conrad, 53, a mill worker, had crawled 300 yards to a neighbor s house for help. Conrad, wounded in the shoul der, was taken to a hospital at La Grande, 40 miles south of here. "We don't know yet who did the shooting. Szt. C. J. Casciato said "We will question Conrad as soon as he comes out from the seda tives." However, one state policeman, T. J. Botner, talked with Conrad briefly before the wounded man was put under the heavy sedation. "Conrad said he and the two women were in the house when some guy came in and shot the women, the patrolman said. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1958 ajt - .i! Dismissed State Policeman Plans To Appeal Verdict PORTLAND (AP)-Robert H Wampler, state policeman who was dismissed Thursday on an in subordination charge, said today he will appeal to the state circuit court. A three-man state police trial board ordered Wampler's dismis sal after a hearing in which Frank Costello Must Surrender NEW YORK (AP) Gambler Frank Costello must surrender next Tuesday and resume his five-year prison term for evasion ot federal income taxes. Acting U.S. Atty. Arthur H, Christy notified Costello to appear in federal District Court for re turn to lail. Costello, 67. had served nearly it montns when he was released on $25,000 bail March 11, 1057, to appeal the sentence. Last Monday the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider the appeal. Hotter 'N Hell In Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (AP) - It was hotter than Hell here Thifrsday. Hell is a usually simmering des ert community about 175 miles east of here. The high temperature in Hell was a mere 97. In Los Angeles it was 104 the hottest Oct. 16 on record. " , 111 I " l"Jt ' -. . . ' II fill ,-"'' , V ' 1 '";- f mm am KLAMATH FALLS Classroom Teachers Association mem bers, meeting Thursday at Mills School, heard Winston Purvina, center, director of Oregon Technical Institute, speak on surveys that have bean made relating to OTI and tha need for its continuing functions in Klamath Falls. The speaker was introduced by Dave Davis, left, vie president and program chairman of the association. Right is Mrs. Betty Boyle, president of the group. Purvine spoke also on Thuriday at th noon luncheon of the Klamath Falls Soroptimist Club. - lt;;jrvf!'7 The first softboard came through Thursday afternoon after a long period of checking and testing the equipment. Cur rently, Graham reports that J-M is employing 125 men. "This is about all we. can use for now," Graham reports, "but we'll be adding some more when we're geared for full production." Wampler, a private first class in the Milwaukie state police office was accused of insubordination and conduct unbecoming a mem ber of the department." The trial board said Wampler violated state police regulations against discussion of grievances with anyone but superior officers and forbidding policemen from be ing disrespectful to their com manding officers. The board said Wampler spoke I critically of Supt. H. G. Maison on several occasions and "did solicit other members to join with him in his efforts to bring about changes in the management of the department and its policies, and by those actions did cause unrest and dissension among the mem bership to the serious impairment of the service." On the hoard were Lee Bown, deputy stale police superintend ent: Capt. John Eric Tucker, Mil waukie, head of the state police arson squad, and Capt. Paul Mor gan, district commander at Med ford. They announced their decision at Salem, where the hearing was held Tuesday and Wednesday. Wampler was notilied at his Portland home. 'I am extremely disappointed and quite surprised that the board would so rule on the testimony they had." Wampler said. He said today he has written Maison, asking a copy of the lull hearing. Wampler said he will ap peal to the courts when he re ceives the copy. Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 6208 is SHOOTING HOURS: OREGON October 18 OPEN 5:54 CLOSE 3:20 October 19 OPEN 5:54 CLOSE 5:20 CALIFORNIA October 18 OPEN CLOSE 5:51 5:21 October 19 OPEN CLOSE 5:51 5:21 Taipei Slated To Get Nike TAIPEI, Formosa (API Nike Hcrcules missiles, the most dead ly U.S. antiaircraft weapon, will be turned over to the Chinese Na tionalists in a year to 18 months, when they are trained to use them. Mai. Gen. Leandcr L. Doan commander of U.S. Army forces on Formosa, announced the trans- ic-r plans today. He said National ist soldiers are training in the United States to handle the mis silrs. A battalion of U.S. Army mis- silemen is building launching sites on Formosa for 48 of the five-ton supersonic missiles. They will as sist in training a Nationalist mis sile battalion, Doan said. Doan said the missiles would be supplied under the U.S. Military Air Program which already has given the Nationalists some of the latest and best weapons in the American arsenal. Flag Fanciers Fooled; Foolish - Oops! Klamath Falls residents set phones jangling Friday morning when they noticed that flags were draping the downtown streets. October 17? What day was that? What holiday? It sent the Herald and News newsroom to the encyclopedias the almanac and to the calendar, all to no avail. Nothing seemed to fit the date of October 17. One hopclul answer was that it was sometimes cele brated as Thanksgiving in the Vir gin Islands, but that didn't seem to fit. Queries began coming in from business places where the flag was displayed, including city hall, but still no answer. Finally it was tracked down to the Junior Chamber of Commerce members whose project it is to put out the flags on the proper davs. "Oh," replied one member, "why this is United Nations Day, isn't it'" When informed he was just ex actly one week early, the only appropriate comment was. "some body goofed!" At last report, the Hugs were still flying, however. Find Dads Body The bodies of two of the three I he is still unaccounted for In. hunters missing on Upper Klara- morrow, the Basin Boaters will ath Lake since Tuesday evening take part in the dragging opera have now been recovered. lions over the weekend, the sher- Hal Furman Sr., 45, was found shortly before 3 p.m. yesterday in the dragging operation undertaken by the sheriff s office. Deputy Dale Mattoon was on the line at the time the body was recovered. r urman s body was found about 200 yards north and west from the spot where the trio's swamped boat was discovered Wednesday morning. The location of the boat was between Buck Is land and the Skillet Handle (not "Eagle Point," as previously re-1 ported). Unaccounted for was the third member ol the party, Hal Furman Jr., 18. Mattoon and a crew of two resumed dragging operations this morning from the spot where the father's body was discovered yes terday. It was expected that they might find the young man's body during the course of the day. If Geneva Talks Begin Well UNITED NATIONS (AP) A move grew among the U.N. s small nations to prod the Big Three into working out a common plan for halting nuclear weapon tests. The idea is to get the Ge neva talks off to a good start. Sweden is spearheading the move, which has received enthu siastic support from many small countries and was noted with in terest by the major Western pow ers. Swedish Foreign Minister Osten Unden has pointed out that there are marked similarities in the three rival resolutions to halt nu clear tests authored by the United Stales, India and the Soviet Un ion. linden suggested to the 81-nation Political Committee debating dis armament that the three resolu tions be molded into one proposal that would win unanimous U.N. support and enhance the chances of success at Geneva. Liberia, Yugoslavia, Greece and a parade of other small nations echoed his view. They pointed out that no U.N. disarmament resolu tion that failed to win approval of all the nuclear powers has ever gotten anywhere. Nation Hit By Hot, Cold United Press International An invasion of cool air in the northern Great Lakes, record heat in Los Angeles and severe flood ing in Texas marked the nation's weather map. The cold air ended nearly a week of summery temperatures in the upper Midwest as it dropped readings below freezing carlv Fri day in parts of northern Michi gan. Showers occurred ahead of the cooler air from the southern Great Lakes into western New York State. In Los Angeles, the mercury hit high of 104 Thursday, equaling the all-time October record and shattering the previous mark (or the date, a lop of 95 set in 1911. The intense heat did have one advantage it chased a smog blanket which had covered Los Angeles most of the week. Airport Bomb Kills Bearer WICHITA, Kan. (AP)-A make shift bomb exploded in the lobby of Wichita's multimillion - dollar municipal airport today, killing its bearer. Police Chief Eugene Pond said the blast victim was Forest Don McCustion, 1R04 Marion, Tulsa, Okla. The man's right hand had been blown off at the wrist and the hodv mangled by the forco of the blast. No oilier casualties were report ed immediately. Dozens of win dows were shattered but there was no fire. Troops Won't Leave Isles' Says New China Emissary WASHINGTON ( API-Nationalist China's new ambassador said today abandonment of Quemoy and Matsu to the Chinese Com munists would dishearten Nation alist troops and those holding the line against the Reds in Korea and Viet Nam. Dr. George K. C. Yeh said his government has no intention ot giving up those islands just off the Communist-held mainland "because the abandoning of them would mean a retreat for the en tire free world." Speaking ol the Communist ceaselire now in effect, Yeh said this resulted from "a combined stand of firmness" by Nationalist China and the united States. In a speech prepared for the National Press Club, Yeh made no mention ol talk the Nationalists might trim their forces on the embattled islands. Both President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles have been critical of heavy Nationalist troop concentrations there. . The Nationalist envoy said a iff 's office was told this rooming by Mrs. James A. Powell, secre tary of the club. The first body to be recovered was that of Jim Cline, 44, propri etor of Monroe's Moorage, which was found Wednesday morning. with life jacket attached, floating near the west shore of the .lake, opposite Buck Island. This' was some distance north of the spot wnere tne boat was found. An au topsy has established drowning as the cause of Cline s death, it was learned from county authorities this morning. Furman Sr.,a native of Nebras ka, had resided in Klamath Falls, where he was employed by the Klamath Lumber and Box Com pany, for three or four years. He leaves the widow, Mazie. and three daughters, Claudette Kay, 14, and bharan Mickie, 9, all of this city, and Mrs. Patricia Jean Day, An derson, California, also several brothers and sisters, all of whom reside elsewhere. Funeral services will bo announced by O'Hair's Me morial Chapel. Final s e r v i c e s for Cline were held this afternoon at O'Hair's, with interment in Klamath Memor ial Park. He is survived by the widow, Maxine, and his mother. Mrs. Frank W. Cline, Clinton, Il linois. Mother Kills Self, Children WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) A well-to-do mother, who complained "I am second to TV and books," was found shot to death with her three children Thursday night. Mrs. David E. Home, 42, whose husband owns a plumbing com pany here, died in St. Mary s Hos pital a short time after her chil dren, Marilyn Frances, 8; David Robert, 11: and John, 9. An unsigned note found on a bed and which police reported was in Mrs. Home's handwriting said: "I can't talk, so I'll write. I can't do it alone. I can't stay boxed in any longer. The children and I dont fit anywhere. We're not really wanted. They will have torment with out me as I did, so it is best that Ihey go now, too, straight to heaven as they are good, sweet and adorable. "Whatever happens to me is worlh that. I tried, hut I never really had a chanco. It's all sham and pretense. Iam second to TV and books. "I am supposed to be well off. But I have nothing to say about how I, live every day of my life." Pilot Heads For Alaska SEATTLE (AP)-Pilot Charles F. Banfe Jr. flew over the Aleu tian Islands early today and head ed for Alaska on his projected small plane flight from Tokyo to Miami. Banfe passed near Sheyma Is land in the Aleutians at 7:20 a.m. (PST) and radioed the Northwest Airlines base there that the plane's engine was functioning normally after running rough ear lier in the flight. The pilot reported he was 2'4 hours behind his flight plan, how ever, in his attempt to set a non stop distance record for single en gine planes. Banlc, flying at 9,000 feet when he passed Shemya, headed over St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea; then planned to fly over McGrath and Fairbanks, Alaska. Northwest reported Banfe had considered landing at Shemya if Ins engine trouble persisted. Banfe took off from Tokyo at 7:31 a.m. (5:30 p.m., ESTI Thurs day and headed for the Aleutians and ultimately Miami, 7,022 miles and about 52 hours away. At the beginning, he said his en gine was running rough in a re port to the airliner. gradual increase in such forces, beginning in 1949, came "in re- sponso to the steady challenging buildup of the Communist strength along the Fukien coast. He stressed that forces stationed on the offshore islands "were at time intended for offensive purposes and that it was never the intention of the Nationalist command to use Quemoy and Matsu for operations against the mainland. In explaining why the National ists attach such importance to the offshore islands, Yeh noted they lio in key positions facing the Red ports of Amoy and Foochow ports he said would be con venient centers tor assembling ships to invade Formosa and tho Pescadores Islands. With Quemoy and Matsu in Na tionalist hands, he said, "tffo Communists will not be able to initiate their invasion prepara tions In that Immediate area fac ing Taiwan 'Formosa) without being immediately detected and deterred."