Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, December 24, 1958, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPACK 2 A HERALD AND NKWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OKEGON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24. IflSH "DENNIS THE MENACE' Mediators See Progress In Strike Of NY Papers By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS .talkins is to us encourasine " NEW YORK (API Federal me- Barney G. Cameron, president diators have reported progress to-! of the Publishers Assn. of New ward settling a deliverers' strike against nine New York City newspapers. Mediator Waller A. . Macgiolo tempered his report Tuesday night by saying there still remain a number ol substantial problems to be resolved. Maggiolo said all issues in the 13-day-old dispute were reviewed. The deliverers and the publishers were urged to re-evaluate their positions before further meetings today with mediators. Asher Schwartz, attorney for the independent Newspaper and Deliverers Union, said in a statement: "We have not made such prog ress as will accomplish a settling, but the mere fact that we are now 100K flflffr mm'. 4zN'r m$zRNOJZ tracks ? " ...BiBGeMweR.QuxH w puff. Ambh. oui Murderers Play Santa ST. LOUIS (AP)-A couple of murderers were turned loose in a St. Louis orphanage Tuesday and tne Kids loved it. Ulysses Grant Thompson, 40, ana Leo Joncsi 33, both serving 25 years in the Missouri Peniten tiary for second degree murder. played Santa Claus to 114 children at St. Vincent s Orphans Home. warden h.. v. Nash accom panied the convicts, representing 2,000 inmates who donated gifts to the St. Vincent s children and an orphanage at Independence. In many instances the men gave their last nickel to see that some orphans will have a happier Christmas, Nash said. ALLEN L. SIMMONS, avia tion electronics airman, USN, it now horn on a 15-day laava attar com pleting 27 weeks of training in aviation electronics at Memphis, Tannanaa, and Norman, Oklahoma.' Ma will, report to the Naval Air Station at Alameda. Sim mom, a 1957 graduate of Klamath Union High School, it tha ion of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Simmons, 3531 Hil yard Avanua. Ha wai a member of tha Navy Reserva team hara bafora enlisting. Found Valuables Given To Youth LEBANON. Mo. (AP) - You might say James F. Kuhs. 15, got $1,859 worth of watches, jewelry and electric shavers for Christ mas. He found the articles in two travel kits partially burled In a ditch alongside U.S. ft west of here last March and turned them over to the Highway Patrol. The patrol and FBI couldn't find the owner, and the valuables were returned to the boy Tuesday. Video Group Holds Meet MONTAGUE Various reoorts and a general discussion on sev eral points were the high points of tne meeting of the board of di rectors of the Nor-Sis Television Corp., held recently at the Mon tague Elementary School, which was conducted by the president. James B. McAdams of Montague. At a previous meeting of the board It was recommended that an "advisory board" be set up in Weed and Yreka, who would strive to obtain' members and workers, and who would act as assistants to the directors whenever called upon. . In order to clear up the con fusion in the minds of the people. Jim Dow, engineer technician for the organization, explained that the "location of the translator system will be determined by the loca tion of members of Nor-Sis that the system would he installed where the biggest per cent of members could be reached." Antelope Peak is one of the sites being considered, and Byron Lewis, who with several of his co-workers had investigated that peak, slated that it would definite ly cover Gazelle, Grenada, Big Springs, Montague and Little Shas ta, but would require construction of a road, and about a mile and a half of power cable. F. N. Giger, director represent ing the Gre.iada residents, also expressed the view of the Grenada people coincided with that of the Gazelle residents, that they do not wish to invest their money In a system that would not he of any henefit to them, and If need be they would each contribute $10R and put In their own system, for they, too, felt that Nor-Sis had definitely decided on the Humbug site. sicAoams men entertained a mo tion that a resolution be passed which he said he "hoped would clear the minds of the residents, that the board had not definitely decided on any specific peak for installation of the translators, and that the site would be determined according to where the member ship was located. The group voted in favor of that resolution, which was duly entered In the minutes for future reference. Santa Bedecked In Black Robes PITTSBURGH (API Santa Claus wore a jet black robe Tues day. Gray-white wisps of hair re ceded from his forehead. Black rimmed glasses framed eyes twin kling at the piping chatter of little voices in the usually quiet and dignified courtroom. That's not the usual description of Santa, but Judge A. L. Wolk personified the part as he legally delivered 38 lively children from 8 months to 17 years of age to their, adoptive parents, just in time tor Christmas. Y ork City, said id a statement The federal' mediators have asked both sides the publishers of the nine struck newspapers and the striking drivers not to dis close the issues under discussion in today's session. Ihe publishers are going a)onc with the mediators suggestion in the interest of a settlement." i No joint sessions were held Tuesday. The publishers and the i deliverers met separately with the mediators. It is understood that union ne gotiators, under Ihe pressure of membership demands, are placing emphasis on a 35-hour week, im proved vacations, a ninth annual paid holiday and a sick leave provision. The publishers have offered a $7-a-week increase spread over two years, plus fringe benefits. The offer was rejected by the un ion membership. The deliverers basic pay under a contract which expired Dec. 7 was $103.80 for a 40-hour week. The nine newspapers, the Times, Herald Tribune, Daily News, Mir ror, Journal American, World telegram and Sun, Post, Long Is land Daily Press and Long Island Star-Journal, shut down Dec. 11. Newsstands are virtually bare of papers. Radio and television broadcasts are trying to fill the news vacuum. The city's newspaper industry has lost, more than 20 million dol lars in Christmas advertising rev enues, as well as circulation reve nues and wages to 15.000 idled nonstriking newspaper employes. About 5,000 other employes are at work on standby duties. The Newsdealers Assn. of Great er New York pleaded with both sides- to settle the dispute. William Richter, lawyer for the newsdealers, urged a resumption of publication even without an end to the strike. He said papers would be delivered "by taxis, private ve hicles and on the backs of news dealers, if necessary." ..ihHIiU'Mh''""' i mi - f - 'in j f ' "II 111 N 1 1 ' ' Many Trapped In Cave-In ZICHEM ZUSSEN BOLDER, Belgium lAPl At least 16 mushroom, farmers were, still en tombed today after a giant rock collapse in a nine-acre maze ol tuunnels near this village in north east Belgium. Three persons were known dead. One rescue worker said there was virtually no hope of saving those still trapped underground. But hundreds of weary, grimy men continued to claw their way through the tons of clay, earth and rock that came crashing ('own on the underground mush room beds Tuesday. New Attack On Isles Seen TAIPEI IAP Nationalist Chi nese Premier Chen Cheng predict ed today that the Communists soon will launch a second and even more violent attack on the offshore islands. ' He claimed that Gen. Lin Piao, former commander of Chinese forces in North Korea, had been appointed to command this headquarters. This is apparently a move to set the stage for a second big attack," Chen declared. The guns in the area of the Quemoy Islands meanwhile were silent once again for the even numbered day after the heaviest day's firing in two months. TITLED PLATE JACKSON, Miss. UP1) - Mis sissippi issued a unique 1059 li cense plate to Mary Ann Mobley today. It bears her title: Miss America. Jailed Painter Sees The Light , PHILADELPHIA (AP)-Edward Washington, 28, -"saw the light" and turned to painting. He showed Judge Edward A. Kallick four paintings he had done since he was jailed last. July for assault and battery. There was one canvas of the Last Supper, another of Mary Magdalene washing Jesus Christ's The judge canceled the rest ot Washington's fl-lo-23. month sen tence and sent him home in time for Christmas. ( Junta Rejects Oil Man's Bid CARACAS. Venezuela (AP) -Venezuela's lame - duck govern ment junta has rejected an appeal from the country's biggest oil pro ducer to reconsider the new 10 per cent income tax increase. Mines Minister Julio Diez said the request Tuesday by Harold W. Haight, president of American owned Creole Petroleum Corp., was an "inadmissible pretension." The junta decreed the tax in. crease last Saturday without any warning and made it retroactive to last January. The government will get 60 per cent -of the oil profit instead of the previous 50-50 split. UCLA Fraternity Paints Old House LOS ANGELES (AP)-The paint was peeling. The picket fence sagged. You might say the little cottage was an eyesore. But to Miss Alice Wadsworth it is home. Has been ever since 1913. Now once more, the place glows with warmth and cheer. Ten pledges of UCLA's Alpha Tau Omega fraternity swarmed over the place with paint brushes and tools today. Their work was a Christmas gift. . COMPLETE INSPECTION NEW YORK tUPI) The Fire Department has completed an in spection of all 2.004 schools in New York City.- During the 20-day inspection, 36 schools were closed as fire hazards. TURKEY and HAM SHOOT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28 , Beginning at 12 Noon SPRAGUE RIVER v Sponsored by Beatty Recreation Club AT THE GRAVEL PIT FOR RIFLES AND SHOT GUNS' Lunch Will Be Available At The Shoot COIN IN COFFEE MEMPHIS. Tenn. d'PD-A uni formed Salvation Army worker ducked Into a drug store Tuesday to buy a cup of coffee to take out. While he was waiting in the pay lme with his cup, a myopic cus tomer plopped a quarter Into the Java. See Theatre Ads on Page 10-A Today JUNIOR FOLLIES RONANZA The annual Junior Follies was given at the Bonanza High School December 1 at ( p.m. with a large crowd of par ents and friends attending. The theme for this year's skit was "Hollywood USA." The title lor the seventh grade was "Hollywood Hoboes;" eighth grade. "Twentieth Century Hits:" ninth grade. 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