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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1958)
EUKi&ttE OHE. In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Let's talk today about the "com mon touch." There are tome in teresting examples of it in the news et this day after Thanksgiving. President Eisenhower and his family ate their turkey on the glass-windowed sunporch of the Ei. senhower cottage that stands be tide a fairway at the Augusta Na tional Golf Club. It was a simple family gathering. Around the table were tile President and Mrs. Risen. howcr. their son John and his wife and the four Eisenhower grand children, ranging in age from 10 flown to two years. It was just like millions of other Thanksgiving family reunions in America with ONE EXCEPTION The exception was that the turkey had to be carved under the glare 01 nooaiigms and the eyes of news reel and TV cameras. The President and his family core up cneertully under the ordea and when it was over they settled Gown to their meal. The common touch? It came during the carving, which was done by Grandpa Ei senhower. The KNIFKvWAS DULL 5ind Grandpa had quite a tussle with the first drumstick. Son John had to hold the turkey steady while His father wielded the knife. The moral? Presidents are just like OTHER people. Their families are just like other families, homebody forgets at the last minute to sharpen the carving Knue. Vice-President Nixon and his wife Pat entertained Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip yesterday at the American embassy on Grosvenor Square in London. preparing lor the dinner, our Veep put on his dress shoes and his black silk socks, wriggled his way painfully into his starched front shirt, put in the studs (prob ably ' murmuring a bad word or to when the darned things wouldn't go through the stiffly starched but tonholes) got his black bow prop erly tied and pulled on his pants. At that point, he discovered that he'd gone off and left his dinner jacket HANGING ON ITS NAIL IN HIS CLOSET IN WASHINGTON. Pat was embarrassed. "This is the first trip he ever went on," she explained, "that I -didn't do his packing for him. I ll see to it that i). never happens again." How was the emergency met? Well, Dick borrowed a tux from Jim Bassett, of the embassy staff. That left Bassett out on a limb. So he had to borrow a tux from one of the Scotland Yard men who was assigned to the Nixons for 4heir protection during their Lon don visit, wnai nappeneu 10 me dick? He met the emergency by borrowing one from one of the waiters. All in all, I think, a commoner touch would have been provided if Prince Philip had dashed over to Buckingham Palace, which isn't too far away from Grosvenor Square, and rummaged out one of HIS dinner jackets for his far-from- home host. In conclusion The teletype this morning bears the news that Crown Prince Aki- hito's engagement to 24-year-old Michiko Shoda, daughter of wealthy Japanese flour-mill execu tive, which shatters 2.618 YEARS of tradition, has brought wild joy to all of Japan because it creates the prospect that she will be the first COMMONER to share Japan's ' throne since the world s oldest dy nasty took it over in 660 B.C. This is truly, you see, the cen tury of the common man. Benson Seeks Farming Laws WASHINGTON (AP) Buoyed by the action of corn belt farmers In voting to do away with produc tion controls, Secretary of Agri culture Benson is getting ready to prod Congress anew for new farm legislation. Benson particularly wants new legislation for wheat and tobacco, which he was unable to get when the last Congress voted more flex ibility for dealing with corn, cot ton and rice. Benson, long-time foe of govern ment controls and high rigid price supports, feels the vote in favor of doing away with corn controls might prove helpful. STORES OPEN TONIGHT! SHOP EARLY Price Five Cents 16 Paget CHILOQUIN'S $150,000 THANKSGIVING DAY FIRE completely gutted the Gienger Building, the city's oldest and largest brick structure. A valu able collection of Indian trophies belonging to Roy Gienger was virtually the only property saved from the building, which housed three businesses and one family dwelling. The fire, apparently man-caused, exploded six boxes of shotgun shells at about 5 a.m. and thus alerted the Neil W. Neil- Weather - . i , FORECAST Klamath Fnlls and vicinity:. Fair through Saturday. Low tonight 18-23. High Saturday 38-43 High yesterday 42 Low last night - 17 Precip. last 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 1 1-07 Same period last year 4.52 Normal for period 2.64 Northern California: Fair tonight and Saturday except for fog on the coast tonight and increasing cloudi ness Saturday. Little change in temperature. Variable coastal winds 5-10 miles an hour. . Sleet, Snow Spread East By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Swirling snow and sleet spread eastward today, putting motor ve hicle travel on a dangerous foot ing from the Rockies almost to the Atlantic Seaboard. . The snowfall ranged up to 13 inches at Devil's Lake, N. D. it measured 6 inches in West Plains and Farmington, Mo., S inches in Olathe, Kan., and Evansville, Ind., 4 inches in Vandalia, III. and 2 inches in Amarillo, Tex. As the storm pushed eastward the snow ended in eastern Colora do and Kansas and western Mis souri. But the first flakes began to flurry in Buffalo, N. Y., and Wash ington, D. C. A special snow warning was is sued for western New York, west crn Pennsylvania, West Virginia and the Maryland mountains. Snow ranging from 3 to 5 inches were forecast by Saturday morning- MAIL EARLY KLAMATH vr Ballot Probe Set By Solon WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Coya Knutson (D-Minnl said to day she is asking the House Elec tions Committee to investigate the election in which she was de feated. The blonde Mrs. Knutson dis closed this at a news conference in which she refused to answer practically all questions especial ly about her family affairs. Her husband, Andrew Knutson, tried during the campaign to get her to abandon politics and come home. ... He also filed, but later appar ently dropped, a $200,000 slander and alienation of affections suit against his wife's administrative assistant, William Kjeldahl. Asked today whether she and her husband were reconciled, Mrs. Knutson replied: "It is not a matter of reconciliation." Newsmen asked whether the committee was going into matters between herself and her husband, and Mrs. Knutson said: "I am sure it will." Her Republican opponent, Odin Langen, has been declared elected and is scheduled to take the Min nesota 9th District seat when Con gress convenes Jan. 7. She and her husband got to gether with their adopted son Terry, 18, for Thanksgiving din ner. Court Weighs Strike Issue By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A federal court hearing in New York City today may decide whether a third major airline will be struck, adding to labor diffi culties which have grounded nun drcds of planes. Operations by Eastern and Trans World airlines have been halted since Monday by strikes in volving about 35.000 flight engi neers and mechanics. American Airlines will ask Judge Frederick vanPelt Bryan to extend a temporary injunction against a strike by its 1.500 pilots. The Air Line Pilots Assn. seeks higher wages, a shorter work schedule and other rule changes. Eastern Air Lines awaits the outcome of its no-strike plea against its llight engineers sched ulcd to come up today before Fed eral Judge E. C. Choale in Mi ami, Fla. Even if an Injunction is granted, however, Eastern will he unable to operate until a me chanics dispute is settled. Meanwhile, nonslruck airlines have been filling the gap in air transportation, but not without some delays and confusion. Put ins every available aircraft into service Wednesday, these lines handled the. holiday crush. Trains and buses were jammed too. i FALLS. OREGON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1958 , '. ONLY V-, Tv , , f SHOPPING " ' SA Outlines Yule Program Coins falling into the Christmas kettles of the Salvation Army will bring the eternal message of Christ mas to more than 1,000 individuals in the Klamath Falls area. Capt. Lewis Kendall of the Klam ath Falls branch points out that assistance to the many individuals will come in the form of grocery orders, toys and clothing for chil dren, as well as gifts for patients at the Klamath County, Nursing Home and inmates of the jails. Kendall also reports a great deal of activity going on to make Christ mas more meaningful for many Klamatl Basin people. Toys arc being repaired and painted under the direction of L. C. Gilder. Over 700 children will be receiving toys some of them repaired toys, others new toys. Mrs. Nora Brown and her help ers have been working on this project for a number of weeks. Approximately 100 families will feel the personal touch of Christ mas in the form of food baskets for their Christmas dinner, and where there is a great need, the children of these families will re ceive clothing. These items, Kendall pointed out, are made possible by Christmas kettle contributions. Mark Outlines Legal Steps SALEM 'API Gov.-clcct Mark Hatfield announced today that no legal proceedings would be filed in the near future to claim his right to appoint a secretary of stale to succeed himself. He said his attorney, Lama Tooze Sr., Portland, has advised him that It would be Impossible to challenge Gov. Robert D. Holmes' announcement that he would appoint David O'Hara as secretary of slate. Hatfield said Tooze is continuing his research and would "advise me further as to' what action, if any, should be taken." Tooze believes that Governor Holmes' plan to appoint O'Hara can't be challenged under the declaratory judgment law until a definite act has taken place. son family, sole residents of the structure, to their danger. Firemen from Chiloquin, Klamath Agency, Klamath County and Oregon Tech fire de partments fought the blaze for hours winning the gratitude of Gienger and other victims. Water from the fire hoses created a thick layer of ice on the street with icicles forming on the building as parts of it cooled off. Photo by Otto Ellis Thanksgiving Deaths Mount Traffic 145 Fires Miscellaneous 18 20 Total 192 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The nation's accident death toll for Thanksgiving holiday weekend mounted today with severe weath er an added hazard. Blinding snow figured in a number of traffic fa talities. Cold was a factor in fire fatalities. , The traffic death toll since the start of the count for the four-day weekend far exceeded the number killed in fires and miscellaneous accidents. However, it appeared to be running near or slightly be low the average for a comparable nonholiday period. The count, which started at 6 p.m. (local time) Wednesday, is to continue to midnight Sunday, cov ering a period of 102 hours. Fires claimed the lives of nine children Thursday. Five died in a fire which destroyed a home for retarded and crippled children in Oklahoma City. Four children and their parents perished fn a fire in the suburban area of Little Rock, Ark. Two 12-year-old Chicago boys drowned when they fell through the thin ice in a park lagoon. Safety experts attribute the near normal traffic toll to the fact that highway travel over the Thanks giving holiday is not as heavy as on other holidays such as Christ mas, New Year's, Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. Prisoners Fete Girl SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP)-A 10-ycar-old girl who lives In a re mote mountain village in Greece will get a letter, gifts and money for a big Christmas party from her 5,000 "dads" in the United Slates but no visit. The "dads" are San Qucntin Prison convicts. The men "adopted" Diamanto Samartzi in September through Foster Parents Plan. Inc., a New York charity organization. They donated 11,400 lor her Support. from which she gets SI5 a month. For a Christmas party the little girl will get 25 extra from the fund which will buy quite a bit in Greece. it s something like handing a kid $25 to go the candy store, ' a prison official said. A Christmas package will con tain presents, mostly handmade by the prisoners. San Qucntin officials said Ihc biggest problem was to keep the convicts from going overboard on Diamantos Christmas. "A lot of them wanted to send their own money," said Associate Warden Walter Achuff, and t good many asked if they couldn have their familiei tend money. Telephone Til 4-8111 No. 6244 SHOOTING HOURS: OREGON November 29 OPEN 6:42 CLOSE 4:37 November 30 OPEN 6:42 CLOSE 4:37 CALIFORNIA November 29 OPEN CLOSE (:42 4:36 November 30 OPEN CLOSE (:42 4:36 Solons Urge Use Of Force BERLIN (API-Three U.S. con gressmen declared today the United Slates should use what ever means are necessary to keep Berlin out of Communist hands. The one thing they respect Is force. Rep. Wayne Hays (D Ohio) told a news conference In West Berlin's City Hall. Hays' colleagues, Rep. Isidore Dollingcr (D-NY) arid Rep. Frank Smith (D-Miss), nodded agree ment. They said Hays who acted as spokesman at the conference- expressed their beliefs. Hays rejected Soviet Premier Nikila Khrushchev's proposal lo turn West Berlin Into a dcmlli tarized "free city." It's an obvious device to trap somebody," Hays said. "How can a city exist as a free city, sur rounded by 15 or 20 Soviet divi sions? The congressmen, accompanied by Rep. Karl LcCompte (R-Iowa) flew into isolated West Berlin to day from London. 'LcCompte did not attend the news conicrcncc because he was meeting with Sen Bourkc B. Hickenloopcr (R-iowa), who flew here Thursday from Ge neva. All came to help convince West Berliners that the United States has not forgotten them. Meetings Banned By Korea Police SEOUL. South Korea (Apt - Metropolitan police loday banned outdoor gatherings and demonsi ra tions of all kinds. Police chief Lee Kang hiik said police have uncov ered and are investigating "a seri ous North Korean Communist sub version plot against the Republic of Korea." He cited two recent clashes oil Korea's coasts, between South i.o rean patrols and armed Commu nist vessels ferrying espionage agents. m Berlin Officials Deny Soviet Offer To Evict Allies BERLIN (AP)-West Berliners dug in today for a six-month cold war siege. Their officials spurned the Soviet proposal to drive the Western Allies back beyond the Iron Curtain by converting West Berlin into a demilitarized "free city." West Berliners clearly saw the next six months as a period of uncertainty. A shopgirl gave a typical reac tion: "I'm afraid that if the Al lies leave, the Communist peo ple's police would come marching in one day. If the Big Four turn West Berlin into a free city, I'll start looking for a job in West Germany. Yes, the exodus to West Germany would start immediate ly." "We in West Berlin say no," Mayor Willy Brandt declared in a radio and television broadcast after an emergency meeting of his Cabinet to study Soviet Pre mier Khrushchev's proposals. All West Berlin parties, newspapers and ordinary citizens seemed to back him up. The 44-year-old Socialist mayor, appealing for the support of the Western world, promised that West Berlin's 2.200,000 citizens would not panic as the six months proposed by Khrushchev for ne gotiations run out. "We are not afraid," he said "We will not be shaken. We will not get panicky. We will go on reconstructing. We will continue to have faith in our friends." The Western powers withheld their final word on the Soviet pro posals, but the preliminary reac tion indicated they would turn thumbs down. The U.S. State Department said the United States would never agree to anything that would qican abandonment of the people of West Berlin to hostile domina tion. The British government also served notice it intends to stay in West Berlin. West German Chancellor Kon- rad Adenauer said he was sure1 the Western Allies would "reject every suggestion that aims at making Berlin defenseless and endangers its freedom. Adenauer and French Premier Charles de. Gaulle had already an nounced Wednesday that the West's promises- to maintain the occupation must- be kept.' West German Socialist leader Erich Ollenhauer, Adenauer's chief opposition, assured . West, Berliners that his party also stands firmly behind them. All the Western governments in dicated, however, that the 24-page Khrushchev note would be care fully considered before they come up with their replies. Khrushchev proposed that West Berlin be turned into a "demili tarized free city" with U.N. ob servers keeping watch over its neutrality after Western troops pun out. He gave the West six months If it turned down the proposal. to negotiate the switch but said the Soviet would go ahead and transfer to East Germany the control of Allied supply lines to the isolated city. In a news conference, Khrush chev called West Berlin "that can- ccrous tumor" in the center of East Germany. But he denied ft? k n X CHRISTMAS KETTLES of the Salvation Army will ba in operation beginning Saturday on the downtown streets. . Here, Capt. Lewis Kendall, in charge of the local Salva- . tion Army office, rings the cheerful Christmas ball to ra. mind others to shara their Christmas oy with persons not to fortunate. Ovar 1,000 Individuals in Klamath Falls will recaiva assisfanea In tha form of grocary ordan, childran't toys and clothing, a special gift for patianti at fha Klam ath County Nursing Homa and gift! fr eounty at1 in mates. Tha kettle will remain In operation until Decamba 24. the six months for negotiations was an ultimatum. Allied officials welcomed the six months breathing space. They had feared the Russians would waste no time in giving control of Allied supply lines into .West Berlin to the East German regime, which the West refuses to recognize. But' ultimate East German control would still present the West with the necessity of dealing with the German Communists on some basis. West Allies Map Strategy For Harangue WASHINGTON (AP) The United States and its allies began mapping strategy today for a long diplomatic battle against the Soviet Union s "free city" cam paign to oust them from West Berlin. The State Department gave stern notice Thursday night that the U.S. government does not in tend to "enter into any agreement with the Soviet Union which, what-! ever the form, would have the end result of abandoning the people of West Berlin to hostile domina tion." , The statement promised careful -study of the Soviet proposal to convert West Berlin into a free city protected by some kind of United Nations watchdog opera tion. It also promised consulta- ' tions with Britain, France and West Germany as well as the rest ol the NATO allies. But officials said privately today that while the statement did not specifically and immediately re ject the Soviet proposition, there was no doubt that in the long run, probably late next month, it would be turned down. Some Western counterproposal calling for a solution of the Berlin problem as part of an all-German settlement may be put forth at the same time., f LawVrong, Court Says NEW ORLEANS (AF)-A'ip. cial three-judge federal court to day declared unconstitutional a portion of Louisiana's segregation laws which forbid interracial ath letic contests. ' The order was signed by Judge John Minor Wisdom of the U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and District Judges Herbert Christen berry and J. Kelly Wright. The ruling today knocks out that portion of the 1956 law dealing with mixed athletic events. How ever, it deals only with the sec tion governing participants and docs not alter separate seating facilities for the races. That issue was not before the court. The court also issued an injunc- lion nullifying enforcement of the I law pending an appeal.
