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In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS This morning it's. 1959. And- This morning the sun is shining after DAYS of fog. Could there be any better omen? More good news: Cuban Dictator Batista skips out between two days. There's a ruckus over who will succeed him. An effort is under way as this is written to form a military junta from among his fol lowers and his cronies. That will probably mean more fighting. If Batista has been bad, it follows that the people he has had around him haven t been too good. far This Fidel Castro who has been leading the revolution looks like anything but another George Wash ington. Still It's always good news when a dictator gets wnat's coming to him. All down through history, dictators have been responsible for the bulk of the troubles that have plagued this mundane sphere. Too much power in too few hands is bad business. Still more good news: Britain, the United States and four other countries agreed today that a yard is one yard long and a pound weighs one pound. The agreement goes farther. It defines an international yard as equal to 0.9144 meters exactly the same as a Canadian yard, but falling just between the British and Amer ican lengths for a yard. The pound, also falling between British and American standards is put at 0.45359237 kilograms. I suppose that clears everything up so far as the yard and the pound are concerned. Or does it? Anyway '' " ' In this cantankerous and dispu tatious world AGREEMENT ON ANYTHING is wonderful. It looks like the New Year is getting off to a good start. Let's get closer home. 'in Klamath Falls in November (the latest month for which sta tistics are available) bank debits were up 7.3 per cent over Novem ber 1957. For the 11 months of 1958, they were up 19.4 per cent. Bank debits are a measure of the money changing hands. In November postal receipts were up 11 per cent over a year ago. For the 11 months of 1958, they were 12.9 per cent up. Postal receipts are measured in dollars. Higher postal rates tended to boost the increase. But VOLUME OF MAIL in the Klamath post office is growing. Here's an interesting one: In November parking meter re ceipts were up 40 per cent! Parking meter receipts are a measure of the number of people coming downtown to shop. This big up in November indicates that our people have money and are pending it. Now for building permits. In contrast with these other in creases, building permits are DOWN down by 6.6 per cent in 1 November and by 38.1 per cent for the 11 months oi 1958. That calls for explanation. Build mg permits are for the CITY LIMITS only. The city limits of Klamath Falls are sharply re strictcd. They are approximately the same as when the city was a village. There isn't much room left in the city limits. In Klamath Falls, as many people live guburbs beyond the city limits as within the city limits. The population of Klamath Falls is at least twice the figure shown by the census. The building that is going on whole streets and blocks of it is beyond the city limits. The building total for the whole area, if it were available would tell a different story.. World News In Brief By United Press International KHRUSHCHEV Moscow Khrushchev told U.S. Ambassador Thompson that Russia will surpass the United States economically in 1959. The dispatch also reports that Serov was there. MIKOYAN Washington U.S. officials won't be surprised if Mi koyan brings an olive branch next week. EASTERN Miami Eastern Airlines and striking flight engi-l eers make peace, ending 38-day Strike: American still out. FIRE Los Angeles Two disas trous fires rage out of control threatening homes of movie stay and hundreds of others. Price Five Cents 24 Pages Hhornfton Musks For MA New Year's Day Statement May Indicate WASHINGTON (AP) Russia. and the Western Big Three ap peared today to be edEine cau tiously toward a face-saving way out of the new Berlin crisis. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev touched off the tension with a Nov. 10 speech demanding an end to four-power occupation of Berlin. He hinted that Russia would no longer guarantee West ern access to the city which is located deep within Communist East Germany. Then in a formal nole on Thanksgiving ' Day, he proposed that West Berlin be made a free city and told the United States, Britain and France to pull out their troops. He gave them six months to talk it over. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko compounded the tension on Christmas Day. He declared any attempt to keep the Western troops in isolated Berlin by force would threaten a big war im- periling even the American con tinent. Today, in a New Year's Day greeting to the American people, Khrushchev seemed to be easing on. He said:' "There is no disputed or unsettled issue that could not be solved by peaceful means pro viding, naturally.' all the parties concerned genuinely desire to do so. On our part, we can say that we do have such desire. His statement, made to the Mutual Broadcasting System, was Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Variable cloudiness with a few snow flurries today and Friday. Some sunny periods Gusty winds, decreasing tonight, Partial clearing tonight. Colder. High both days 32-37. Low tonight 18-23. . High yesterday 34 Low last night 27 Northern California Fair today, tonight end Friday except fog In the valleys. Snow flurries in high mountains. Cooler. Coastal wind northerly 12-25 miles an hour. CRATER LAKE High yesterday 50 Low last night 24 8 a.m. today 24 Trace of precipitation Snow depth 22 Last year 94 Roads in the park are open no chains required. From park headquarters to the rim there was considerable Ice this morning and the sanding crews were working, There was a fairly strong northwest wind blowing and the skies were partly cloudy this morning. MR. 1959 arrived at 3:46 Thursday morning to become the iscond baby born in ths new year, and the first boy born in tha year. Here, Mrs. Millard Ward, 2338 Eberlain, groats tha nawast arrival to tha Ward family, Brian Millard, who weighed in at 8 pounds 7 euneat. Tha Ward's have daughter, 4-yaar-ald Kara". Sua. Crisis Ease interpreted as a possible olive branch offering. It came on the heels of polite but firm U.S. - British - French notes to the Kremlin Wednesday rejecting his Berlin proposal. It was almost as if the propaganda wise Khrushchev already was try ing to start a graceful retreat. Khrushchev's right hand man and trouble shooter, Deputy Pre mier Anastas I. Mikoyan, is ex pected in Washington next week. U.S. oft icials look forward to Mikoyan's visit to see if it mieht lead to further easing of the ten sion, possibly even to agreement on high level Big Four confer ences. Up to last night, the Russian people had no inkling of Mikoyan's impending visit. Apparently, the Kremlin was anxious to keep the Russian people from knowing that Mikoyan had applied for a visa. There was some speculation here that the Soviet government' might try to make it appear Mi koyan was invited, so as to avoid any appearance .of weakness on the part of the Kremlin. President Eisenhower issued a blanket invitation to Soviet lead ers early last year to - come see for themselves what America was like. ; . The similar ' tlS.-British-French notes, delivered to the Kremlin Wednesday: 1. Declared the Western Big Three were in Germany by right of victory in World War II; if Russia demanded full-, control of Berlin, which the Soviets cap tured, the West could demand back the one-third of East Ger many which it captured and then turned over to Russia under ear lier agreements for occupation rights in West Berlin. 2. Repeated a Sept. 30 offer to hold a Big Four conference on the whole German question including Berlin's future, German reunifica tion and over-all European secur ity. An early Soviet response was requested. 3. Assumed Khrushchev did not mean to issue a six-month ultimatum because that would be like negotiating with a gun at the West's head and the Big Three flatly refused to submit to that. 4. Contended Russia is legally responsible, under 1944 and 1945 agreements, to administer East Berlin and to guarantee the West free access to West Berlin. CELEBRATES 109TH BIRTHDAY BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UP) - Josh McCord celebrates his 109th birthday today. McCord, who lives on a pension with his 102-year-old third wife, Missie, was born into slavery and worked as a "yard boy" until freed at the end of the War Between the States. - ..4 X - KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 1, 1959 SHOOTING HOURS: OREGON January 2 OPEN 7:06 CLOSE 4:47 CALIFORNIA 'January t OPEN CLOSE 7:04 4:44 Two Autoists From Oregon Death Victims By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dawn of this new year brought death to two Oregon motorists. Mrs. Barbara Eaton, 27, Port land divorcee and mother of five, died when thrown from her car on Portland's S. W. Barbur Blvd Charles Griffith, 66, of near Al bany, died in a hospital this morn ing after being injured New Year's Eve on Highway 99 three miles south of Albany. Theirs were the first highway deaths reported in Oregon since Monday. Griffith's death is charged to 1958, It brought to 478 the number killed in Oregon traffic accidents during the year in the Associated Press tabulation. It was the 35th fatality in December. Mrs. Eaton, an entertainer, was returning with George W. Gibson, 39, from a New Year's Eve en gagement at Lebanon, the coron er s office reported, She was driving the car which hit a guard rail then carromed into a light pole on the center island, throw ing both from the car. Gibson suf fered a leg fracture. Griffith's northbound car had stopped south of Albany, state po lice said, and was hit by another, also northbound, driven by James Hoskins, 19, Corvallis. The accident occurred at 9:45 p.m. and Griffith died at 8:45 this morning. Mrs. Griffith suffered minor in juries as did Hoskins and two pas sengers, Charles Arnold, 19, Cor vallis,' and Donna Scarborough, 15, Tangent. World Forgets Troubles ToGiveVelcomeTo.959 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS As midnight rolled around the earth, most of this old world for got its troubles momentarily to give a hearty welcome to 1959. Some scaled mountains, lit bon fires, honked auto horns, tossed crockery from the windows of their homes and tried to shimmy up greased lampposts all ex pressing in their exuberance hopes for a healthy and happy new year and a year of peace. Revelry was noticeably absent in revolution-torn tuba. Places of worship were not for gotten around the world as people welcomed 1959 with prayer. Both sides of Ihe Iron Curtain joined in the merriment. It was party time in Moscow, Russia, as well as in Moscow, Kan. In a New Year's message, So viet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said, "It is my conviction that the prospects for preserving peace in 1959 are good. President Eisenhower observed the evening quietly with relatives and friends at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm. In Japan, old and young, rich and poor, led by the imperial fam ily, welcomed 1959 the year ol the wild boar with traditional worship at Shinto shrines and Bud dhist temples throughout the na tion. An unexpected snowfall threw a mantle of white over Tokyo. Parisians greeted tha new year Attorney General Declares Hatfield Must Resign Post SALEM (AP) - Oregon Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton ruled Wednesday Gov. Robert D. Holmes should appoint the new Secretary of State to replace Re publican Mark Hatfield. Both Hatfield, who becomes governor Jan. 12. and Holmes contended they had the right to make the appointment. Thornton said Hatfield should resign as secretary of stale be fore becoming governor, which would permit Holmes to make the appointment. . Holmes, a Democrat, previous ly announced he would appoint Republican David O'Hara, 71-year-old retired chief of the state elections division, as the new sec retary of stale. Thornton is a Democrat. Hatfield said he doesn't have to resign, and thus can name his own successor after he becomes governor. Hatfield, who first said he didn't feel bound by the ruling and would seek to upset it in the courts, later said he would with hold comment until he consulted Lamar Tooze. a Portland attor ney and his private legal counsel. Gov. . Holmes asitea mormon for the opinion in order to end the doubt and contusion over ine is sue. But, since Hatfield says he isn't bound by it, nothing is settled. Hatfield said he will confer with his attorneys immediately. Thornton ruled lhat Holmes Burns Hospitalize College Student- An 'Oregon Stale College senior, Raymond Zalunardo, 21, Is in Klamath Valley Hospital with se rious burns on both legs to the knees and both arms to the el bows. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Zalunardo, 2301 Rod cliffe Avenue. The youth was still in shock this morning and unable to tell details of the accident. It is believed he may have fall en into the open ditch of natural hot water that parallels the South ern Pacific Railroad tracks in t h e city limits. City police report that Zalunar do arrived at his home about mid night with his clothing drenched and suffering burns. He was tak en to the hospital by Peace Am bulance. Temperature of hot wat er in this locality varies up to 210 degrees Fahrenheit. by leaning on their aulo horns as they drove down the brightly lit Champs Elysees. They exercised an annual privilege horn blowing is illegal any other time. Booming chimes of Big Ben wel comed in 1959 in London and sent thousands of revelers into wild Auld Lang Syne celebrations around the boarded up statue of Eros in downtown Piccadilly Cir cus. Greased lamp standards defied determined efforts to scale them. Rings of policemen around Eros stood firm against repeated at tempts to brush the bobbies aside. In Rome, Italians set off fire works which is illegal and threw pots, pans and dishes out their windows a custom even old er and equally illicit. In Warsaw, rock V roll vied with cha-cha as Poles celebrated In Brazil, office workers dumped shredded waste paper into jammed streets. In Cherryville, N. C, musket fire crackled as a custom reached its 150th year. Bangor, Maine, cel ebrated with a huge bonfire of dis carded Christmas trees. In Colorado Springs, Colo., fire works were shot off the top of Pike s Peak by the AdAmAn Club which adds one new member each year. In ' New York City's Times Square, an estimated 300,000 per sons cheered the new year with a blare of horns and squeal of noise makers, s Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 6281 wes should remain as governor until Hatfield resigns as secretary of stale. The attorney general said that the constitution clearly nrohibils anyone from assuming the oilicc of governor while he holds anoth er office. Before Hatfield can cecome governor, Thornton said, he must submit his resignation to the gov ernor; a successor must be ap pointed by Holmes: and then Hat field must turn over his funds and records to the new secretary of state. After reading the opinion, Gov. Holmes said: "Both Mr. Hatfield and 1 arc duly elected state officials and as such are bound to follow the rul ing of the attorney general. I therefore expect his resignation in writing at an early date. Airline Strike Terminated By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Eastern Air Lines and the car rier's flight engineers have settled a 38-day-oId strike, easing condi Hons for post-holiday travelers. The line announced in Miami, Fla., shortly after the New Year's Eve accord was reached, that service would resume Friday on North-south routes. 1 Eastern said other routes on its 124-city system will be in opera tion as quickly as equipment can be made ready and personnel is back to adequate strength.' The line normally carries about 25,000 passengers a day. Meanwnne, tne situation re mains static at American Airlines, struck by 1,500 pilots and co-pilots Dec. 20. No negotiations are in progress and none are scheduled. Eastern has recalled 16.000 em ployes, furloughed after the line was struck Nov. 24. A major factor in the Eastern dispute was pilot training for en gineors. Company officials said in New York that the agreement follows a National Mediation Board rec-l ommendation, that the company withhold pilot training for its 78 engineers who will fly in jet air craft. The training agreement cov ers the period of the new contract to April 1, 1960 or until the gov ernment orders new crew qualifi cations. - . An Eastern spokesman said that the carrier expects to have enough planes in the air by the weekend to take care of a New York-Florida crush. ' J : U '.f,'V f ' j;'r' j,. f1'- ' T - MISS 1959 arrived at Klamath Vallay Hospital at 1:28 this morning. Sha It Pamela Ann Fostar, born to Mr. and Mrs, Harry Fostar, Box 155, Dorrli, California. Sha joint 2-yaar-old tiitar, Chyrlena. Weight, 6 pounds IO'i ouneai. Government Troops Told Cease Fire Immediately (11 DAI) TRL'JILLO, Dominican Republic (AP) President Fulgcn rio Batista of Cuba arrived by plane today as a self-exile from his civil war-torn country. Aboard the plane were 40 other persons including members of his family and high officials of the government and army. FULGENCIO BATISTA HAVANA (API-President Ful- gencio Batista fled Cuba today in the face of mounting rebellion. Orders went out to government troops for an immediate cease-fire on all fronts. But further bloodshed threat ened. Rebel leader Fidel Castro de clared a shift irr the government that accompanied Batistas exo dus constituted a coup d'etat in accord with Batista and th war operations will be continued, "The triumph of the revolution must be absolute, tastro pro claimed. Batista flew to the Dominican Republic with his military high command and top aides, leaving military junta to pick up the pieces of his dictatorial regime. The junta named justice Larios Piedra, 63, senior member of tne Cuban supreme court, as provi sional' president , and then dis solved itself Piedra ordered the cease-fire a few minutes after taking office. He proposed to form a govern ment that will "re-establish peace and tranquility in this Island na tion, torn by two years of civil warfare. He appealed, for rebel cooperation and asked "wisdom on the part of all." But nartisans of mael casiro, the bearded, 32-year-old guerrilla chieftain, refused to accept Piedra as provisional president. Rebel leaflets circulated in Ha vana demanded that the job go to ex-judge Manual Urrutia, now behind the rebel lines after a long exile in the United States, until a general election can be held. Otherwise, tney said, uuoa is in for a general strike and more blood-letting. The bulletins men tioned noon today as a deadline. Despite this, Piedra strove des perately to form a new govern ment with the aid of Mai. ben. Eugclio Cantillo, new boss of the nation s armed forces. They appealed to all Cubans to keep calm and prevent disorders. There were widespread fears that vengeance-seeking rebels and reb el sympathizers minht start a lethal hunt for their enemies who served Batista. Other military men. civilians and women and children were leaving Cuba. One plane brought 53 to Jacksonville, Fla. Included among this group were 16 army officers, including two generals. Another plane landed at New Orleans. There were 35 persons aboard, some in uniform. Thera also were women in this group, j There was no immediate reac lion from the rebel radio to Ba tista's dramatic move, i There were fears in Havana that fighting would spread to this cap- BULLETIN nAVANA (AP) Throngs rioted in Havana today, looting and burn ing. One plush gambling casino was sacked and the newspaper Tiempo plant set afire. ital once Batista's flight becama generally known. It is estimated that rebel leader Fidel Castro has 5.000 partisans in Havana, many of them well armed. There was fear they might start a hunt for many persons connect ed with the Batista government that they long have marked for death. The short-lived militarv iunta was headed by Gen. Eulogio Can- (Continued on Page 4-A) $2.2 Million Exchanged In Land Deal ALTURAS The biggest land deal in the history of Modoc Countr was consummated this week by Jim Kennedy, realtor and owner of Judy Realty Company here. The deal, which dwarfs anv oast similar transaction in the area, in volved a consideration of $2,200,000 and is said to have been a cash deal. In the transaction, the Galvin Family of Santa Barbara bought the vast holdings of N. H. Mon roe & Sons, the Winema Farms and the Ash Valley Ranch. ; The land on these three mnrhm was sold for $1,800,000 and the nth. er $400,000 was paid for cattle, hay and equipment. All machinery went with the ranch sale.. - The Galvin Family . InHimlori plans to run approximately 5.000 head of cows on the three ranches. Plans include spending several thousands of dollars in improve ments which will Include tha ro. seeding of the Winema Farms to grass. The land on the three ranch es will all be leveled and every possible acre put into hay produc tion. The Galvin Familv already haa tremendous ranch holdines near Santa Barbara including the Ran- uiiu oan L,uis ney. Negotiations had been carried nn for several months between Ken- nedy and John T. Collins, com pany official and attorney Robert i-aincart oi ban f rancisco. The N. H. Monroe & Sons ranrh is comprised of 5,500 acres at the home ranch and 18,000 acres of range land on Madeline Plains at Bailey Creek. The Winema Farms has 5,500 acres under irrigation and the Ash Valley Ranch contains iii.ooo acres. John Ward, ranch sunerintendent for the Galvin Family, will take over active operation of the com bined ranches on February 1. N. H. Monroe will serve the new owners for one year in an advisory cans- - city. Monroe, a well known cattleman and rancher in Northern Califor nia, went to work on the corpora tion ranch in 1921 as a hay con tractor. In W38. he was made man ager of the ranch by Frank Mc Arthur and in 1940 formed a joint venture with McArthur and oner. ated the ranch on a lease basis. In 1947, he exercised an option and purchased the entire corpora tion ranch. He immediately sold half of it, or 5,500 acres, to tha Shuck brothers of Tulelake. This was later sold to Winema Farms. During the time Monroe ooerated with McArthur, the ranch ran as high as 4,000 head of cattle. The Monroe ranch also has extensive range rights which extend to Ash Valley. All of the range on the Monroe holdings has been nut un. der fence. Both Winema Farms and the Monroe ranch are located In Pit River Valley, about five mile north of Likely. The property la improved and well equipped and practically all of the 11,000 acres are under Irrigation. Winema Farms is almost 100 per cent la grain while two-thirda of tha Mon roe ranch Is In hay and a third Mn grain.
