Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1958)
o 0 Or OREGON -LX33AKT fe-1-57 -Q eugenc. oac. o 0 0 , o o Price Five Cents 20 Pages In The- Day's iews By FRANK JENKINS As this is written (shortly be fore noon on Friday) Soviet Am bassador Andrei Smirnov has just raid in Bonn I the capital of the West German Republic): "The Russians are going to GIVE BERLIN BACK TO THE GERMANS by Christmas." . Take down your Bible. Turn to Genesis, the 27th chapter and the 22nd verse. You will find there these words: "And Jacob went near unto Isaac his lather; and he felt him and said: The voice is Jacobs voice. but the hands are the hands of if You have there the whole story. Jacob was practicing a decep tion. So is Smirnov. What he says founds very good indeed. What he SAYS is that the former capital of-all of Germany is going to be given back to the Germans. What he MEANS is that Russia is proposing to give West Berlin, a little island of Western freedom, back to the communist carpetbag gers who took over all of Germany east of the Elbe river and have made of it a communist satellite. That's a horse of another color. In Washington this morning the White House, in the face of Rus sian threats to upset the four power occupation of Berlin, says the American government "WILL PERSIST IN ITS FIRM INTEN TION to maintain the integrity of West Berlin." What will come of it? It's hard to say. Diplomacy, we must remember, is a poker game. Running bluffs is an integral part of the game of poker. Running bluffs is an inte gral part of the game of diplomacy. In both cases, one never can tell what will happen. But this, I think, can be said: In the case of the recent bluffing Jn the Formosa strait, the Ameri can people as a whole were un willing to run the risk of war for the tiny island of Quemoy. They made their feeling rather plain at that time. But West Berlin is different. The principle that is at stake there is one that the American people will he ready to go to war to defend, if there is no other way out. Reds Predict Moon Flight MOSCOW (AP)-A Soviet moon- mapping expert, N. P. Baraba shev, said today in Izvestia that "it must be assumed the time is not far off when the world learns about the first moon flight." His statement was Interpreted here as a broad hint that Russia may shoot for the moon soon. He wrote: "It is necessary now to prepare a detailed atlas or the moon s sur face for the first space travelers, including the minutest details of height of mountains, depth of abys ses, and degree of inclination of crater walls, permitting good orientation for long trips on the surface of the moon without fear of getting lost among the enor mous number of often very similar mountains." '.'i4a- if--', BRUCE HASKINS, right, of Bonanza was named I9S8 Kiwanis Potato King at the annual Kiwanii Club Potato Club dinner held Thursday evening at the Willard Hotel. He Is shown receiving the top prize of $100 of fered by the Herald and Newt from Bill Jenkins, managing editor of the newspaper. The young winner achieved the title once before, in 1954, and placed third last year. There were 17 Klamath County 4-H Club boys and girls completing this year's project and each received $5 ward. . KLAMATH German Assured BULLETIN BONN, Germany (API Soviet Ambassador Andrei Smirnov said tonight the Russians are going "to give Berlin back to the Ger mans" by Christmas. BERLIN (API East Germany signed an agreement today assur ing West German civilian traffic freedom of movement in and out of West Berlin, authoritative sources said. The reported agreement, at the height of a new crisis over the isolated old German capital has no effect, however, on the explo sive question of control of West ern Allies supply lines to the di vided city. Rather, it appeared to be an assurance to the 2,200,000 West Berliners that they will not be affected when and if the Soviet Union pulls out of the four-power occupation agreement and turns control of Allied supply lines over to Communist East Germany. In the 1948-49 blockade, the So viet Union not only stopped mili Ike Asserts Berlin Aims AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) Presi dent Eisenhower's headquarters today asserted the United States "firm intentions to maintain four- power occupation of Berlin in the face of Russia s move to drive out the Western Allies. At the President s vacation re treat, press secretary James C. Hagerty stated the U.S. determina tion after Eisenhower had re ceived latest reports on the Berlin situation from Washington. "Our firm intentions in West Berlin remain unchanged, Hag ertv told a news conference. He was reterring to the Benin sector occupied by the U.S., Brit ain and France. Russia, which also has occupa tion forces in Berlin, has moved to turn over the city of Communist East Germany and to put air and land transoortation routes under control of that Red government. The President and our govern ment are keeping in close touch with the situation in Berlin, and also are keeping in close touch with the governments of the "United Kingdom and the republic of France. "This is not a unilateral prob lem with the United States alone. It is a problem which concerns nnc two allies as well." Asked whether he was speaking for Britain and France as well as the U.S., Hagerty replied he could sneak onlv for this country. But he stressed again that the West cm powers are in close consulta- (Inn As for defining just what he meant in saving U.S. firm inten tions remain unchanged, Hagerty put it this way: . T pan K3V that 'firm intentions means to maintain the integrity of West Berlin. EH? NEWCASTLE. England UPI) Thomas Jeans, 43, was granted a divorce Thursday on grounds nf cruelty when he testified his wife Mary. 46. wrecked his hear ing aid so he couldn't eavesdrop when she was laming wun menus in the next room.1 FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1958 Civilians Freedom lary traffic but civilian as well. This created the need for the air lift. Under present circumstances, an airlift would be designed to support only the 10,000 Allied fighting men plus Western civilian officials and their families. A West Berlin official said the agreement "is a positive sign of relict ot tension. The bulk of West Berlin's sup plies moves from West Germany over a 110-mile highway-rail link and a network of canals. western military traffic uses these same lifelines. However, it is checked through Soviet controls as agreed under postwar four- power agreements. the United States, France and Britain do not recognize East Ger many and refuse to have any deal ings with its regime. Sources said the Last-West Ger man agreement also provided for an exchange of West German steel for East German soft coal, mainly lor the supply of Berlin. ihe West Germans have always felt they hold a trump card with tne East Germans in the Ber t dispute because of the interzonal trade issue. East Germany is anx ious to continue interzonal trade BONN. Germany (AP) West Germany recalled its ambas sadors from the key posts of Moscow, Washington, London, Paris and Rome today for urg ent consultations. They are due to assemble here Tuesday for a briefing on the Berlin situation, a spokes man said. He added the envoys will return to their posts as quickly as possible thereafter. in order to help fulfill ils ambi tious economic plans. Trade talks between East and West Germany were carried on a semiofficial basis in Berlin. As be fore, they were regarded as being of a technical nature, which did not involve Bonn recognition of East Germany. i ne agi eemem on autu&s iu Berlin would not interfere, how ever, wun any communist plan to close the border between East and West Berlin. West Berlin offi cials freely predicted this will be the next East German move. By this action the East Ger mans could cut oil tree travel without passports between the two sectors of the city to close an escape hatch through which more than a million East Germans have fled to the West. Stopping this refugee flow ap pears to be one of the major ob jectives of Nikita Khrushchev's efforts to drive the Western Allies from Berlin. The Soviet premier demanded Nov. 10 that the United States, Britain and France withdraw their occupation troops. Andrei Smirnov. Soviet ambas sador to West Germany, told Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in Bonn Thursday that Moscow had decided to pull out of the four- power occupation under which Berlin operates. Airline Hit By Strike KANSAS CITY (AP) Trans World Airlines machinists struck today just as the union announced the airline had made a new pro posal. Pickets were placed at the TWA building at the Municipal Airport here. Cliff Miller, chairman of District 142 of the International Assn. of Machinists, ' announced the new proposal as he left a negotiating session with company representa tives. He said, "We will take it under advisement." Meantime, he said, the strike will go on. Called out on strike were nearly 7,000 machinists. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Night and morning fog but clearing afternoons today and Saturday. Low tonight 40-45; high Saturday 50-56. High yesterday fit Low last night 31 Precip last 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 1 ... 1.07 Same period last year 4.52 Normal tor period 2.23 Northern California Fair through Saturday except fog on coast. Little change in tempera ture. Coastal winds mostly norther ly 5-15 miles an hour. Crater Lake National Park was having clear, bright weather this morning, according to park super intendent Tom Williams. There is total of 15 Inches of snow on Ihe ground and roads are clear with spots of Ice In the morning. Maximum temperature Thursday was 46 degrees, minimum I a 1 1 night 31 and H was 32 at I a.m. today. There Is not enough snow lor skiing. The warming hut will be open this weekend. MERRILL vs. UMATILLA State B Scmi-Finals Merrill Field, Saturday 1:30 P.M. Starting Lineups MERRILL UMATILLA No. Player Wt. Pos. Wt. Player Nn. 57 Bill Artery 145 LE 160 John Lee 8!) 74 Dick Marks 170 LT 175 lrvin Engle 57 55 Bill Bcasly 150 LG 150 Ron Stewart 66 67 Larry Bell 155 C 145 Warren Hall 44 76 David Andrieu 167 RG 180 Mike O'Gorman 24 56 Dean Haskins 155 RT 2:16 Garv Ostrom 12 50 Charles Roller 160 RE 118 Dick Hoyt 11 60 Dennis Salvadori 140 QB 128 Dan Green 33 77 Bud Maupin 170 HB 165 Delbert Hall 77 70 John Haskins 182 HB 147 Roy Ames mi 80 Troy Patterson 210 FB 11)5 Bob Lorcnce 46 Caril Ann Given Life LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) A jury today found Caril Ann Fugatc guilty of first degree murder for helping Charles Starkweather on a killing rampage last January, Life imprisonment was prescribed. Starkweather, 1!). was convicted on identical charges last May and drew a death sentence, still to be executed. The jury verdict against Stark weather s 15 - year - old ex-sweel-heart was delivered at 11:10 a.m. to climax a trial that began nearly four weeks ago. Caril Ann broke into sobs when the verdict was announced. She buried her face against the shoul der of Defense Lawyer Merril Rol ler, seated beside her and crying racked her 91-pound 5-foot 1 inch frame. Her sobbing could be heard throughout the courtroom. A trim and pretty brunette Caril was charged with aiding and VCA Struck By Mechanics SEATTLE AP) A disputo over contract demands prompted 86 'mechanics of West Coast Air lines to walk off their jobs early Friday. But the airline said it would continue limited operations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, L. J. Hawkinson, company sec retary-treasurer, said West Coast will maintain limited schedules, using supervisory personnel. He said union demands Thursday "included wage rates far in excess of those previously agreed to, and higher than rates which are in effect at any other local service airline. Union and company negotiators stayed at the bargaining table for 45 minutes after the strike start ed, then broke off the session with no progress reported. No further negotiating sessions were sched uled. West Coast serves 43 cities in the three stales. UPRISING PREDICTED TAIPEI (AP) Widespread up risings against the commune sys tem in Red China were predicted today by the top Nationalist ex pert on Communist affairs, Chen Chien-chung, who is head of the research and pyschological war fare section of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek's ruling party. He said the system was a delayed action bomb which would one day blow up the Communist regime. Bruce Haskins At Annual Potato Banquet 'They say distribution is what the potato farmer needs," Walt Jcndrzejewski, Klamath County agent, told Kiwanians and (heir guests at the annual Potato King dinner at the Willard Hotel on Thursday evening. Then he proceeded to show the crowd the successful distribution of a sister state's potatoes. On one shopping expedition he acquired a 10-pound bag of out-of-state po tatoes (which cost nearly six times the amount currently received by potato growers 1. and several pack ages of processed potatoes pro duced for quick cooking. These po tato granules, flakes and fine meal had been placed in labeled jars and passed among the tables of diners. The county agent's "lesson for the day" took only a few moments in the crowded program which had been arranged by the agricultural committee, chairmanned by Chet Bunnell. Kiwanis Club president, Dr. Har ry Fredricks, opened the meeting and introduced the master ot cere monies, vice president Gene ra- veil. County Agent C. A. Hender son Introduced the guest speaker, Charles W. Smith, assistant direct or of extension at Oregon Stale College. Highlight of the evening was the introduction of the 1958 Potato King. Bruce Haskins. Bonanza who won the $100 top prize offered by the Herald and News for the highest yield of U.S. No. 1 potatoes i the 4?H Club project. Second No. 1)2.18 Is Guilty; Sentence I abetting Starkweather in one of 11 killings attributed to him. By its verdict, the jury of sev en men and live women tabbed Caril a helpful companion to Stark weather on a killing spree that snocKed the nation. Rejected was Caril's pica she was forced into her role by fears for her own life and threats of harm to her. family. She was convicted of first de gree on the second count, which is murder in the perpetration of a robbery. It was Starkweather himself who pointed the most accusing linger at tne girl. Hauled into court from his dcatli cell at the Nebraska Penitentiary. the bandy - legged redhead de. scribed Caril as his willing and ag gressive helpmate in the slayings He labeled as a bunch of hog- wash" his earlier statements to the contrary, and insisted he and Caril made up the story about her role as hostage before ever setting out on the killing night. Starkweather also buried the last remains of the teen-age romance Asked if he cares whether tanl lives or dies, Starkweather said "It don't make no difference to me." .. Trial testimony covered what prosecutors referred to as the en tire series of "atrocious, shocking events. Last Jan. 21, Starkweather killed Caril's mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bartlett, and Caril's half-sister, Betty Jean Bart lett, 2, at the Bartlett home in Lincoln. Whether Caril was present at the time became a disputed issue Starkweather said she was a wit ness and casually watched televi sion while he disposed of the bodies. Caril said she came home from school to find her parents gone and Starkweather pointing a gun in her lace. Caril said starkweather gave her a stdry that family members were being held prisoner at some other Lincoln home ana" harm would come to them if Caril didn't obey Starkweather's commands. Not until she was taken into cus tody more than a week later did she learn that her parents already had been killed, she said. This became a key issue in the case, the state contending tarn knew all along her family had been slain. EDITOR DIES NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y. (AP) Paul R. Mickclsnn, 59, general news editor of The Associated Press, died today in New Rochelle Hospital. He was stricken Thurs day. The nature of his ailment was not immediately ascertained. Named King prize in the same category went to his b r 0 1 h e r, Larry Haskins, who received a gold watch from Renie Jewelers. Third place was taken by Jimmy Kolkow, Mulin, who received a $25 cash award from Dick B. Miller Company. Jimmy won also the highest per centage yield to collect another 325 from Klamath Hardwoods pre sented by Andy Honzel Jr. Shirley Bunnell. Merrill, took second place in highest percen tage yields to win Don's Mcnstore's 515 prize. Third place went to Ed win Slastny, Malin, who took the $10 prize from Cunningham and Rickey. Edwin also took first place lor over 16 for his record books and received $25 from Pacilic Cooperative. Don Slastny won the Klamath Falls Creamery award of $25 for the best record book, 14 to 15 years, and Roger Jacobs won the .luckeland Motors award for 12 to 13 years. Five dollar gift awards went to each of the 17 boys and girls who completed their 4-H potato projects during the year. Bryant Williams presented the annual trophy to the Malin Netted Gems, the potato club with the best record. 11 was accepted by Don Stastny, president of the club. The potato growing contest start ed in 1935 and was an annual event until the World War 11 years. It was resumed in 1948 and Spud King Bruce won top honors first in 1954 and placed third last year. This year is the 16th year the Telephone TU 4-8111 award has beet) made. Choice Of Secretary Scheduled For Courts SALEM (AP) Gov. Robert D. Holmes says he will name Repub lican David O'Hara secretary of state. An immediate court chal lenge of his right to do so appeared likely today. The Democratic governor an nounced Thursday night that he would name O'Hara. Holmes said that he. and not Republican Gov.- elcct Mark Hatfield, has the right to name the new secretary of state. Both Holmes and Hatfield, now secretary of state, have said they want a court test. Such a test could decide the matter within two or three weeks. Hatfield stuck firmly to his posi tion that he can name his own successor. Holmes said that to permit Hatfield to name his sue cessor would give Hatfield too much power. By naming a Republican. Holmes decided not to challenge the law that says appointees to office must be of the same party as those who vacated the office. O'Hara, 71, retired last year as supervisor of elections in the of fice of secretary of state. He worked six months under Hat field. Gov. Holmes contended that if Hatfield were allowed to appoint his own successor it would con centrate too much power in his hands and would violate the state constitution. Baseball Star, Mel OU Dies NEW DRT.RANS fAPl TI Oti. nnettmp National Lnacna h. ball star, died todav after emer gency surgery. He was 49. The fnrmpr Now Ynrlr nianlc player-manager was admitted to louro intirmary nere Thursday. He and his wife were critically in jured in a two-car collision near Bay St. Louis. Miss., last Fridav night. Hncnital cnnlrnemi.n atlrihiitol death to uremia, kidney damage. multiple iraclurcs of both legs and lacerations. His wife, Mildred, is in a Gulf port, Miss., hospital where she is expected to undergo surgery short ly- (Early Story on Page 1, Sports Section) Probers Eye Allegations WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate rackets investigators indicated to day they may look into disputed allegations of a possible eifort to influence a jury that acquitted Teamsters boss James R. Hoffa of bribery charges. The Rackets Committee, now beginning a 10-day Thanksgiving recess, also indicated it may check further into charges of cash payments to Hoffa by trucking in dustry advisers. Committee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy developed both allega tions Thursday in questioning John Bridge, a Chicago labor re lations consultant to truck lines. Bridge, final witness in five days of committee hearings on labor union boycotting and vio lence, rigorously denied both charges. SHOOTING HOURS: OREGON November 22 OPEN 6:36 CLOSE 4:42 November 23 OPEN 6:36 CLOSE 4:42 CALIFORNIA Nevemker 22 OPKff CLOSE 1:34 4:40 November 23 OPKN CLOSE 1:14 4:40 Jt-'x . ,-'W v I MEL OTT "If the secretary of slate were able to assume the office of gov ernor without resigning his office lirst. he would then be in the position of being able to appoint his own successor, thus giving one man absolute command of the Board of Control, as well as the state Land Board and the state Banking Commission," he said. "No one can obscure the obvious fact that this is precisely the type of usurpation of power which the dralters of our stato constitution sought to prevent when they wrote Into the constitution the crystal-clear provision that no person holding any other state of fice is eligible to fill the office of governor." Gov. Holmes said the state con stitution says no person holding any office in the state shall fill the office of governor which means Hatfield must resign before taking the oath. The governor also cited a 1947 Supreme Court ruling that former state Rep. Earl H. Hill of Lane County should have resigned be fore becoming a member of the state Game Commission. Hatfield contends this applies only to leg islators. 'It is clear." Holmes said, "that Mr. Hatfield must resign writing as secretary of state before he is eligible to accept the oath of office as governor and that his resignation must be sub mitted in good time directly to me as the present governor. Despite any stratagems by which evasion of the letter and spirit of the constitution may be attempted in the timing and phrasing of that resignation, I shall thereupon proceed to ap point Mr. Hatfield s successor. Hatfield said the action by Holmes injected "personality into question of law because the case still must be decided on its legal merits, not on politics or personalities. I haven t changed my original position that it is strictly a legal matter that must be settled by courts," he said. Utilities Plan Power Plant WASHINGTON' (AP) Philadelphia Electric Co. The and more than 50 other private utilities today offered to build a 24li-mil lion-dollar nuclear power plant near i'nuadelpnia. The aim is to provide cheaper eiecinc power. The project, a pioneer gas cooled type of reactor, was sub mitted to the Atomic Energy commission just before expiration ot a 60-day deadline lixed by Con gress for private industry to act. 11 no proposal had been re ceived today, AEC was under congressional orders to build and operate a gas-cooled power plant at public expense. The proposed prototype n ant would oe completed in 1962 or early 1963, AEC wns told. It would be owned by Philadelphia Elec tric and would feed 30.000 kilo watts of nower into the firm's kvr. tern initially. Later it would pro vide 40,000 kilowatts. Though the Philadelphia com pany was the- official sponsor, it was joined in the project by a newly organized, nonprofit croup of utility companies from coast to coast. This group calls itself the High Temperature Reactor Devel opment Associates, Inc., a Dela ware corporation. The site is to be announced later. The project is contingent on AEC's agreeing to put up an addi tional 1414 million for further re search and development. , jf ly ' ' ' ( V 1 ' ' t --'A - V H 11 mini 11 1 1 1 j "IT WAS A CLOSE CONTEST," Bryant Williams, left, on of the originators of the Kiwanis Club Potato project, said at he presented the club trophy to Don Stastny, Malin, right, who achieved it on behalf of the Malin Netted Gems for the best potato club ectivity for this year. Seventeen 4-H Club members competed at Individuals this year in addition to the 4-H potato clubs of Klamath County. Merle Loosley, leader of the Malin club, received a pin for hit seven yeart of leadership of the club end young Staitny made the presentation of the gift cf ap preciation to the leader. Hatfield said the "advice of hii counsel. Loren Hicks, an assistant attorney general for the state, has confirmed that I have the power to appoint my own successor." He said the planned appoint ment of O'Hara by Holmes is based on the advice of the legal advisor to the governor, Orval Thompson of Albany. O'Hara earned a reputation as a dissenter and as being econ. omy-minded as a member of the Salem city council for 28 years. O'Hara was born in Minnesota, but was graduated from Willnm. ette University Law School in Sal. em. Two years ago he considered running against Hatfield for the secretary of state nnsiiinn h,,t decided against it. O'Harra. an active Roman rath. olic and a leader in the National Conference of C h r i s t i a n A anr? Jews, declared: "I would be hannv to assum the office of secretary of state when Mr. Hatfield becomes gov. crnor. I have no political ambi. tions, and my soul objective if the appointment materializes would be to serve the people of Oregon faithfully and conscientiously. "I would be my own master and would not be dominated or influenced by selfish cliaiies nf in. d i v i d u a 1 s seeking special privileges." Rocket Seeks Jet Drone CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (AP) A Bomarc interceptor missile rumbled over the Atlantic today in search of a jet drone mora than 250 miles away. The Bomarc. which the Air Force claims is the most potent air defense weapon yet developed, roared off the Cape launching pad at 10:40 a.m. The Air Force rarelv announces the results ot these tests but It was expected the 47-foot Bomarc would score a near miss on the jet to save it for future tests. The Bomarc. which has been fired more than 45 times from the Cape, blasted straight up to an altitude of about 60,000 feet be fore it eased over and streaked away. Once again the Bomarc was fired by remote control from an air defense center in Kingston. N.Y., 1,500 miles to the north. Once a button is pressed in Kingston, the Bomarc roars away at close to three times the speed of sound. Once it dives on target, ground control is finished and the missile uses a radar homing device to score the "hit." Pier Facilities Razed By Fire PENSACOLA. Fla. (AP) - A raging fire destroyed more than two million dollars worth of water front facilities early today and ap parently put the port of Pensacola out of business for a time. The spectacular blaze send ing flames several hundred feet high and lighting up a large area burned two piers and large warehouses down to the water line. No one was reported injured. A shipping authority estimated damage at between two and five million dollars. One official commented that docks were the only ones here with facilities for oceangoing vessels.
