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Newspaper Page TextOOfOHECOtrBEAR, In The- Day's lews m MI..IUIIMlW,IWUtJMLrWUUI)tMlW By FRANK JENKINS The French have been holding a series of elections. They have been in the nature of RUN-OFF elec tionsthe purpose of the run-offs beinij to INSURE that the men chosen to run France's up-coming FIFTH Republic will have back of them a mandate from the peo ple that will be so decisive that no one will dare to trille with it. At yesterday's election I the third in the scries of four) the French voters, by massive majorities, did these things; 1. They blitzed and routed the nnce-powerful, Moscow - controlled French communist party, turning it into a tiny, impotent group that can no longer sway French parli amentary politics. 2. They OUSTED in a mass wave of national contempt the men of the Fourth Republic whom they blamed for dragging France to the brink of anarchy and civil war. Former premiers and cabinet min isters were dumped in wholesale lots. 3. They elected a parliament in which General De Gaulle is ensured of a crushing majority backed by the rightwing and mili tary elements that raised him to eminence in a near-revolution last May. The fourth, and final, election to ill be held on December 21. when 100.000 "grand electors" will meet to name a president with greater powers than modern France has ever known: De Gaulle is expected to be the overwhelming choice of these elec tors. Three questions: 1. Why did the French turn thumbs down on the commies? 2. Why did they toss out the French politicians? 3. Why did they back De Gaulle with a crushing parliamentary majority? These appear to be the answers: 1. After a dozen years of disas trous experience with the commu nist party, the French have HAD IT. They want no more trtick with communism. 2. After long (and bitter' experi ence with self-seeking politicians, the French have had it again. They're fed to the chin with politicians. They want statesmen. 3. They're fed to the ears with politicians and are looking for a STRONG MAN to run their affairs, Will the French get what they seek? 1 wouldn't know. In their leaning toward the Strong Man idea, they are playing with fire. They've had strong men before. The Bourbon kings, for example. They cut off the head of one of Ihem ana clut tered the streets of Paris with the heads of the nobles who backed him. Then they turned to ANOTHER strong man Napoleon Bonaparte, They sickened of him and sent him into exile. And They then turned baok to AN OTHER Bourbon because they could think of nothing better to do. What will happen when they again lay their lives and. their for tunes in the hands ot a strong Man? Again I wouldn't know. But Maybe the French will learn this tune that only a constant unceasing interest in THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, ac companied by thoughtful, intelli gent VOTING by all the people, can insure good government. Test Completed By Jet Airliner EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. lUPIl Douglas Aircraft Company s new DC-8 jetliner ca pable of carrying 135 passengers . and cargo up to 585 miles an hour made a 55-minute test flight over the weekend. The large white, blue-and-red- trimmed jet, described by Douglas officials as the most powerful and fastest jet transport ever flown, took off at Long Beach Municipal Airport Saturday, circled out over Pacific Ocean and landed here i ti'L Pa 2rly an hour later. MARTIAL LAW LIFTED AMMAN. Jordan (AP)-Marlial law was lifted today and Jordan's citizens resumed almost normal living after 19 months under the military restrictions. Price Five Cents 12 Pages KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. MONDAY. DECEMBER I. 1958 Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 6246 " (my JMdM ftfift fj r w & in zu$ ftm l-Billik usr . n IJ1 II !" "! m"t fjjTt4 fw in7 iMct ") !" bji fcaiil jjj J J , Ivy t"TT.3 fc:j Eayd fe-a feI EG3 1 ihAmI fcH53 pnfTm I""-) - V 11 Fl fcisSjHssl aga Rl ESI p: 71 ill 0 GGGGGGGJltla rtJJfi I .. u r3 rn rrrr E3 Enrrrg Ejns Qr5g qjjjj rj5r Ey3 rS2 0 P 0' rr.Tr- i A K M L D SLRVICLS HOUSING Kingslry F i t I d Klinnlh Filli, Oregon In Paris NEW. NAME DESIGNATIONS have been given to all the streets in the new Air Force housing development which is nearing completion. The streets and other drives have been named for individuals with a record of heroism, or who have demonstrated outstanding devotion to duty. The names are now in effect in the housing development. Adenauer, Foe Hold Meet BERLIN (AP) West Germanldcclared at a Moscow reception Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to- Saturday that he would like to day held one of his rare meetings drink a toast again with the So- with political enemy, socialist viet Union s wartime allies and Erich Ollenhaucr, to discuss the discuss peacefully a Berlin solu- Berlin situation. They met in Bonn while a U.S. military train running to West Berlin was delayed for an hour by what Communist East German of ficials called a broken rail. The U.S. Army accepted the Communist explanation mindful that the incident was similar to those used by the Soviet Union be fore imposing the 1948-49 blockade of West Berlin. At tnat time, an land routes to the isolated city were closed for "technical reasons." Officials said the chancellor briefed opposition party chiefs on Soviet Premier Khrushchev's note on Berlin and disclosed subse quent exchanges he has had with the Western Allies. Those taking part agreed to keep details of the conference secret but they said no political decisions were taken. The Western powers may use the six months Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev has given them to leave West Berlin to review de mands for the unihcation ot Germany by free elections. Informants in the Communisi iurrounded city said diplomats in the Western capitals were dis cussing a proposal to call for a big East-West conference, either on the summit or the foreign min isters level, to reopen the whole German problem. This wou.d include not only Berlin but German unification and a German peace treaty. In his Thanksgiving Day note to the Western Powers, Khrushchev himself said the unification of Germany would be the best solu tion of all for the Berlin question, But he again insisted on the so viet terms a neutralized federa tion of the two Gcrmanys, with Ihe Sovictizcd part getting a say m the Western part. The Western Allies contend that a peace treaty can be negotiated only with a sovereign all-German government freely elected. East Germany has never had a free election and for that reason is not recognized by the West. The possibility of a high-level conference on Germany was raised further when Khrushchev tion at a "round table.' The British, French and Ameri cans already have made clear they will turn down Khrushchev s proposal that West Berlin be made CHRISTMAS OPENING. WEEK wir iTff T : "" ' " " -' Many Killed In Accidents By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Traffic 443 Fires 51 Miscellaneous 116 Total 610 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS More than 600 Americans were killed in accidents during the four day Thanksgiving weekend, near ly 450 of them in traffic crashes. The toll of traffic deaths was higher than that counted in a non holiday period of identical length two weeks ago. It was not as high as the 470 estimate made by the National Safety Council for a 102-1 hour non-holiday weekend at this time of year. The season's first major snow storm was regarded as a big fac tor in a number of deaths on the highways. The cold weather also added to the number of violent deaths as a series of destructive fires took the lives of several per sons, including many children. Although the traffic death toll for the 102-hour period from 6 p.m. (local time) Wednesday to mid night Sunday was high, it ap pcared the total was below the average tor a comparable period The nation's traffic toll last year was 38,500, an average of about 105 a day. The Associated Press, for comparison purposes, made a survey in a 102-hour non holiday weekend earlier last month and counted 394 traffic deaths. Other violent deaths for the period showed 32 in fires and 121 in miscellaneous accidents, a total of 547. The record over-all accident deaths during a four-day holiday period was 884 set at Christmas 1956. Of the total, 707 were killed in traflic accidents. At least four states, New York Alabama, California and Illinois, each reported 20 or more deaths on the highways. New York led all states in total violent deaths with 36. Rhode Island was the only state not reporting any vio lent deaths. a demilitarized free city which would be open to a Communist grab as soon as the 9,000 Western troops had withdrawn. Alert to the possibility of a re newal of the blockade tactics of 1948-49, the U.S. Army reported one of us two daily military trains to Berlin was delayed for over an hour today. . East German officials said a broken raij was the cause of the delay, and American officers said they were satisfied the delay was not caused deliberately. Engines on the military trains are manned by East German crews but there is an American commandant. West Berlin's rail, road and water links with West Germany cross 110 miles of East German territory and would be subject to East German control if the Soviet Union drops its duties as one of Ihe four occupation powers in Berlin. Walter Ulbricht, East Gcr manys Communist party Doss, said in an interview with ihe New York Times over the weekend that the Western powers would be in for "unnecessary difficulties" if; they tried to use these supply lines without East Germany s permission. Gen. H. I. Hodes. commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, said on a visit that his 4,000-man force here had orders to deal with "any infringement of West Berlin." Any interference with the air, rail or highway supply lines would be regarded as an in fringement of our rights," he declared. The West Berlin garrison was ready for any trouble, he said adding, "We have plans for any thing except going to the moon." SHOP EARLY MAIL EARLY SHOOTING HOURS: OREGON December t OPEN 6:47 CLOSE 4:J7 OPEN 1:41 CALIFORNIA December I CLOSE 4:36 Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness and continued mild through Tues day. Highs 48-53; low tonight 35-40. High yesterday 31 Low last night 32 Frecip. last 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 1 1.07 Same period last year .....4.52 Normal for period - 2:82 Northern California: Partly cloudy In north portion tonight and Tuesday; little change in temper atures. Coastal winds southerly, 15-30 miles an hour, Cape Men docino northward. Five Day Forecasts Easfern Oregon: Continued mild with temperatures averaging above normal through Saturday. Show ery periods with amounts moder ate. High temperatures generally 48-58. Minimums 25-33. Northern California: One day of rain likely; temperatures above normal; normal mininiuni-niaxl-mini Sacramento 38-57, Red Bluff 40-58, Eureka 43-56, Santa Rosa 36-61 and Blue Canyon 32-46. CRATER LAKE High yesterday 48 Low last night 32 8 a.m. today 37 Snow depth 10 In. Last year 27 in. Prceipilation trace The park rangers reported a light rain during Sunday night which turned to snow at S a.m. today. Kingslev Field Alters Names Of Streets Aide Scoffs Red A-Plane Ex-KF Editor Dies In SF Ms WASHINGTON 'UPP- Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy said today he is "highly skeptical of reports that Russia has tiown tnc worlds first atom-powered plane. He conceded that the Soviets may have a "slight lead" over the United States in ultimate de velopment of a nuclear aircralt. The magazine Aviation Week re ported that the Soviets recently Hew successfully the first proto type atomic plane ip the Moscow area. McElroy told United Press In ternational he docs not know if the report is true or not. but add ed that "I am highly skeptical of it." "But if it is true," he said, "it would be a tremendous jolt to us in this country." He said the U.S. docs not con template any change" in its pro grain to develop and build a plane operated by nuclear power even though the Soviets may have a "slight lead." Western sources In Moscow said they had no information on avia tion week's claim that Russian scientists have put a huge experi mental atom-powered bomber in night. They said Soviet publications have discussed the theoretical as pects of nuclear flight in recent years, but nothing has been pub 'ished to indicate that it has been ichieved. Neither, they said, have iny new planes been spotted fly' James S. Sheehy, 62, who started his newspaper career in Klamath Falls, died early today in hort Milcy Veterans Hospital, San r ran- Cisco. He had been ill since Feb ruary 4 and doctors attributed his death to a stroke. He was born at Portland on No vember 20. 1896. and was gradu ated from Jefterson High School in 1914 and the University of Oregon in 1918. At Oregon he was student body president, captain of the base ball and soccer teams and sports editor of the school paper. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. In June, 1919. he came (o Klam ath Falls to work on the old Her ald. He resigned, as cily editor in May, 1920, to join the Oregon Journal as a reporter. He joined the United Press in Los Angeles in 1928 and later became bureau manager at Portland and Seattle be I ore moving to San Francisco. Surviving are the widow, the lor- mer LuciUi Geenty of Portland whom he married in 1932; a son, lames Patrick Sheehy, and a sis ter, Marguerite Sheehy of Port land. Funeral arrangements are pend ing. The selection of street names for the four and one-half million dol lar Capehart housing development ncaring completion at Kingslcy, rieia was maae recently accord ing to an announcement- by Col Jack W. Williams, base comman der. The names of the streets, select ed in accordance with Air Force policy, are those of individuals who have a record of heroism, or who have demonstrated outstanding de votion to duty so as to reflect great credit upon themselves and the United States Air Force. - The main entrance to the housing area is named Kincheloe Avenue after Capt. Ivcn C. Kincheloe. Cap lain Kincheloe won his Air Force wings in 1949 and flew his jet to 10 MIG kills in the Korean War. In 1956, he became a full-fledged member of Ihe elite group of test pilots with rocket-plane experience when he coaxed the experimental X-2 to 126,200 feet, an altitude record which still stands. He was one of five pilots training to fly the semiballistic X-15 rocket plane next year. Captain Kincheloe met his un timely death last July when his plane, an F-104, the Air f orce s hottest jet, crashed after take-off over the sprawling sun-baked des ert near Edwards Air Force Base, California. The other seven 'Streets arc named after such outstanding Air Force heroes as: McGuire Avenue Maj. Thomas B. McGuire Jr. is Ihe second rank ing USAF ace with 38 air-to-air victories. A Congressional Medal of Honor winner, Major mcuuire (Continued on Page 4) PARIS (AP) President Rene Coty announced today he does not want to stand again for the presi dency of France. This formally lears the way lor the expected lection in three weeks of Gen. Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle men will control the new Parliament, elected Sunday. They flattened the Communists, idly trimmed more moderate parties and swept to a thorough ictory. The Communists held 22.9 per cent of the popular Vote but cap tured only 10 of the 149 seats they had held in the last National As- iembly in the mar-to-man runoff elections in France Sunday. Among the losers was the fiery Communist mouthpiece and or- anizcr Jacques Duclos. Toppled like shooting gallery ducks were many of the ex-pre miers, ministers and whcclhorses oi the center parlies among them former Radical Premier Edgar aure, Socialist disarmament ne gotiator Jules Moch, former So lalist Foreign -Minister Christian Pineau, former Socialist Algerian administrator Robert Lacoste and former Justice Minister Francois Mittcrand. Dark-browed Jacques Soustelle became the man to watch in the new Fifth Republic. It was Sou stelle who eluded police, escaped to Algeria and gave political di rection to the rightist movement that crumpled the Fourth Repub lic last May. His Union for a New Republic UNR) captured 32.1 per cent of the vote and ltu) of the 465 scats from European France. Not since 1946. when Communists elected 174 deputies, has a parly held such a large block of scats. The conservative votes of 120 independent and peasant deputies, combined with the UNR's 188, gave the rightists a clear majority. The Socialists dropped from 95 scats in the old Assembly to 40, the Catholic Popular Republicans i MRP) from 74 to 44. The once-strong Radical Social ists, a slightly ' right of center group, declined from 71 to 26 and even this remnant was split into feuding factions. One of the party's leaders, ex-Premier Pierre Mendes-Frnnco, was, eliminated- in Ihe first round of voting last Sun' day. Diverse croups accounted for the remainder of the Assembly's strength from France. Ten deputies were elected from overseas territories. With the 71 from Algeria and the Sahara, the Assembly will total 546. A new premier will be named ote alter the electoral college picks a new president of France Dec. 21. De Gaulle is certain to get the presidency, but there has been some speculation that he might use his influence to keep Soustelle trom the premiership. Socialist leader Guy Mollct and MRP leader Pierre Pflimlin, both ministers of state in De Gaulle's present Cabinet, likely will head the opposition in the Assembly. The new Assembly will meet first In January, for a short ses sion. The right-wing sweep went far beyond the desires of De Gaulle, who refused to lend his name of ficially io any party or candidate n an effort to remain above pol itics. He had hoped for a more balanced representation of moder ates to effect a liberal settle ment of the four-year nationalist rebellion, in Algeria. Nations Plan Joint Action Cold Blankets NE, South A ONLY -N-. ( ZU PAYS "TIL'S t GENEVA 'API - Eight Euro pean nations met here today to plan joint action against the dis crimination they fear from the Eurorjcan Common Market. The eight countries are all members of Ihe Organization for European Economic Cooperation who did not join the six-nation Common Market. The two-dav conlorenco was convened at short notice by Swiss Foreign Minister Max Pelilpicrre alter the ncgotialions for the cre ation of a West European free trade area had broken down. Potitnierro invited the five In dustrial OEEC countries outside Ihe Common Market Britain, Austria. Norway, Denmark and Sweden. The eight countries were gen erally expected to come up with sueticstions for avoiding an eco nomic clash between themselves and the Common Market. It was expected that they might make yet another elfort to persuade the Common Market countries to join with them in some kind of free trade arrangement as Britain has proposed. The six Common Market coun tries France. Italy, Wcsf Ger-j By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Season's coldest weather blanketed Ihe Northeast and sent an icy chill deep into the South today. The Midwest got a brief respite from the near-zero cold and snow. The Northeast was hit by the frigid blasts in the wake of the heavy snowstorm which swept the region over the weekend after leaving near record early season falls in the Rockies and Midwest. Temperatures dropped below zero in northern New England and near zero in parts of New York state. One ol the lowest readings was -14 at Mt. Washing ton, N.H. The mercury edged toward the zero mark in areas southward across western Pennsylvania into West Virginia. The freezing line extended southward toward the mid-Gulf Coast, including north western Florida. Subzero marks were in prospect from the eastern Great Lakes to the mountain regions of eastern West Virginia and through the ihlerior sections ot Mow Mgiana. Snow was in prospect during the day in the north Atlantic states. After several days ot com, snow and strong winds, a warming trend developed throughout most of the Mississippi Valley, the east em Plains and the West Great Lakes, Airline Strike May End Soon By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Air travelers had cause for op timism today. Quick settlement of a 10-day-old machinists' strike against Trans World Airlines, one of two major lines immobilized by labor disputes, was expected. Whether the optimism would grow or take a sour turn depend ed upon developments in Kansas City and New York City. At a dinner hour recess of ne gotiations in Kansas City Sunday night, Cliff Miller, chairman of District 142, International Assn. of Machinists, said: It s not a ques tion of 'if' in getting this thing settled any more. It's a question of how soon. The bargaining session ended at midnight and was scheduled to re sume today. The machinists struck TWA last Nov. 21. Eastern Air Lines, struck by the machinists and the Flight Engi neers International Assn. last Monday, offered to submit many of its differences with the engi neers to arbitration. The proposal was rejected. ... ... , v Representatives " Of ' two ' other carriers, American Airlines and Pan American World Airways, ap pear in court in New York City today in labor disputes. American, the nation's biggest airline, is seeking to make per manent a temporary federal injunc tion against a strike by the Air Line Pilots Assn. Pan American is seeking an in junction in State Supreme Court forbidding its employes to refuse to work overtime. The workers. 8,000 ground and flight service employes, are members of the Transport Workers Union. A weeklong strike of 30-odd stewardesses continued against the Lake Central Airlines. Negotia tors failed to reach agreement in Indianapolis Sunday. The line serves Ohio, Indiana, and parts ot Pennsylvania, Illinois and Michigan. Polar Prober, Wilkins, Dies FRAMINGHAM. Mass. 'API - Sir Hubert Wilkins, famed explor er of the North and Soulh poles was found dead today in his hotel room. He was 70. Sir Hubert had an ollice In nearby Natick where he was a ge ographer with the Army s vuar- termastcr Research ana uevciop mcnt Center. Sir Hubert spent five summers and portions of 26 winters in arc tic regions. He was recognized as an authority on extreme climates whether extremely cold or not. He proved the feasibility of flight over the Ice caps of the Feds Arrest Man For Theft Try Of AF Jet Plane BOSTON (AP)-A civilian who never before piloted a plane was charged today with trying to steal an Air Force jet to fly it to India. Donald L. Lutman, 35, unem ployed, of Bound Brook, N.J.. was arrested Sunday at Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, when he pulled a wrong lever and set off an explosion which knocked the canopy off the jet. FBI agents quoted Lutman as saying he wanted to take the plane to India so he could be at the bedside of Tliakur, ailing Hin du religious leader. Lutman was quoted by the FBI as saying he became a follower of the Hindu religious leader when he was serving in India with the American Field Service during World War II. The FBI said Lutman strode to the plane a T33 jet trainer en tered the cockpit and then fiddled with the controls in an attempt to get it off the ground. A lever he pulled, the agenti said, sent the plane's canopy fly ing. The Air Force said the same lever was supposed to eject the seat and its occupant but me chanical trouble prevented that, thus possibly sparing Lutman'i life. Air Force personnel rushed to Ihe plane from nearby hangars. They quoted Lutman as asking if tho plane was gassed up ana ready to go." A military spokesman sam in question led to Lutman's arrest because no one who Knows any thing about Jets would ask a ques tion like that ... A tremendoui amount of ground equipment It needed to start a jet. Dolar wastes, Asked once to figure how many many, Belgium, Netherlands and t countries in the world he had vis- I . tn Drue-Ale , ltrt1 Kif llllhftrt rPnlipH "SOV0n Luxembourg meet in Brussels ;lted. Sir Hubert replied BONUS VATICAN CITY (AP) Pop' John XXIII has ordered 15,009. lire ($25) bonus (or each of tha 30 bearers who carry tn pound pontiff on hit portablo throne. ling In the Moscow area. Wednesday. ty-iwo.