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PAGE TWO HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 14. 19.19 Musically Inclined Blind Aided By Singer Of 1930s BOSTON. Mass. AP - Her name was Bede Best and when she sang with Joe nines' orches tra at the St. Regis Hotel ir. New York 25 years ago. young men would stop, look, listen and sigh A petite brunette, she could hell out a song like a Louisville slud ger. Her lavoriles were "I Only Have Kyes for You" and "With My Eyes Wide Open." But these tunes belied the trag edy in her heart. For in 1M4 Bede Best was going blind. One eye was sightless, the other had 40 per cent vision. Eventually, doctors said, she would live in a world of darkness. Later she sang with Carl Ra vazza'i orchestra, but the band business soon became too diffi cult. There was always the fear she would stumble and fall as she made her way through a clutter of instruments en route to a mi crophone. An offer came from "Al Pierce and His Gang" and Bede found a niche in radio. Then came the Emory Deutch Variety Show, but her sight continued to fail her. It was time to return home to Boston and here she made her way as a pianist at local night spots. She married, had a son and for a while Bede, now Mrs Elizabeth U. Welker, found hap piness. But misfortune shadowed her Her husband died, her mother be came an invalid and Bedc's sigh! DOORS OPEN 6:3Q P.M. Ends THURSDAY! lift MR Before V ETRFM 7IMBALIST. JR COMING FRIDAY! that wonderful 'No Time for Sergeants' meathead ANDY GRIFFITH j-, dsck as vTjsft kn mm.m motm a aw sank (o five per cent. A corneal transplant operation was unsuccessful. Bede began learning Braille, the system of raised dots on paper that which enables the blind to read by touch. As she mastered the system she discovered how cumbersome it was for the sight less and how difficult it 'must be lor those who wanted to compose or play popular music. She appealed to Lawrence Berk, who had played piano with the Rincs group, and now is direc tor of the Bcrklce School of Music. The two decided to work on a method of simplifying the teaching of popular music and jazz to the blind. They developed new symbols they say can easily be learned by anyone who has mastered Braille. The symbols, using the Hraille cell system, give the mel ody line, the chords and time val ues simultaneously. The blind person who has mem orized his piano keyboard thus is able to "read" the corresponding Braille symbols tor the notes that comprise the tune and can also memorize the chords which pro vide the accompanying 'harmony Students using Braille to learn music composition often had to use two 9x13 inch sheets to learn a few bars of music. It required 15 sheets to learn a chorus. The sightless attempting such a chore often would become discouraged. lose interest, give up in despair Bede and Berk worked out a system that boiled down an entire song to one sheet. It features new principles of harmony and encour ages improvisation. Their system will become part of; the curriculum at Berklee next September. It will be offered to the blind at reasonable tuition rates. Students in the class will be encouraged to become teachers themselves. And at the head of the class- as a Bcrklce instructor will be Mrs. Welker, who as Bede Best lost her sight, but never her cour age. Official Asks Fishing Ban PORTLAND (AP)-The Febru ary commercial stcclhead season on the Columbia River should be abandoned, a member of the Washington Game Commission said here Tuesday. . Few commercial fishermen are dependent on the February sea son, sain Al prilchard at a meet ing of the Oregon Fish Commis sion and the Washington agency. The two bodies met here to set the dates of 19SII commercial sea sons on Ihe river. But Harold Johnson of the Oregon Fish Com mission later said the dales will be set sometime in the future. Pritchard said that the com mercial fishing is relatively un important when compared to the 500,000 sports fishermen who use the river. And he added: "We cannot put a dollars and cents value on the aesthetic contributions to human welfare." ..... I ft gii i.viui i w wy, ...., JOHN MHIS MASON PANDRIDGE CRAWFORD XrffTl 'Chp 'tun8oouoh OOOR8 OPEN 6:30 P.M. ENDS TONIGHT ! mmm mm r. - - wrnrtrrrt an JULES VERMES FROM mum By the author of "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 0AYS"and "20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA"! SUWSNG . A iiOlllll'II Plus Explosive Action Hit! WXNiCOLO "DENNIS THE MENACE Hi Video Scribe Leaves Jail After Serving Sentence JERSEY CITY, N.J. UFI- Television columnist Marie Torre today left Hudson County Jail where she served a 10-day con tempt of court sentence (or re fusing to tell a judge the source of a disputed news item about singer Judy Garland. The 34-year-old New York Her ald Tribune columnist, whose fight to maintain the anonymity of her news source won nationwide at tention, walked to freedom about 9:30 a.m. e.s.l. after processing THE NOSE KNOWS BRISTOL. Va. (UP!) Dewey E Offield, arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, told police what they smelled on his breath was the aroma of blackberry jam. Judge Robert Davis fined Of field on the word of the arresting oinccr that the aroma was that of whisky. and saying goodbye to jail officials. She- wore the same navy blue dress as when she entered the jail Jan. 5. Miss Torre got up about 6 a.m. with other woman prisoners and ate an early break fast. She turned in her blue and white prison uniform and later claimed some possessions in the personal property room of the jail. She was given two large car tons to carry the mail sent to her by friends and well-wishers. Her husband, TV producer Hal Friedman, and a host of reporters and cameramen were expected to be on hand to greet the attractive newspaperwoman as she leaves the jail. But Miss Torre's release has been dampened by the prospect of further contempt action if she con tinues to withhold the identity of her source for the disputed item. Miss Garland's attorney, Lionel S Popkin, has said he "probably will" ask Miss Torre again to name the source. Described by Federal Judge Syl vester J. Ryan as "the Joan of Are of her profession," Miss Torre has declined to name a television network executive whom she quot ed in a statement about Miss Garland. Miss Garland subsequently filed a 1.393.333 suit against the net n-nrk (TRR1 rharpin? hrparh a! contract and libel. Neither Miss Torre nor the Herald Tribune was named a defendant. t 'I'M NOT ACCUSING AHXME. I JU5T SAID tM fWT EATINS MM" MUfeHKUOMS THAT MK. WILSON GAVE OfNJfSi Klamath Falls City Chief Completes Insurance Study A thorough analysis of the city of Klamath Falls insurance cover age was recently completed by City Manager G. S. Vergeer Sr., who made a complete report to the city council Monday night. As a result of the survey, the amount of insurance carried by the city has been reduced approxi mately 5200,000. On marine floater insurance, de signed to secure all hazard cov erage on construction equipment not subject to auto coverage and other equipment used and left off of city owned premises, Vergeer reported that coverage of $132,756.78 was reduced to the necessary total of $51,825, a re duction of $80,931.78. On property and fire insurance, he reported that building valua tions were generally realistic, but contents revealed some drastic er rors in valuation. Final results on this type insur ance was that a total coverage of $.113,230 was required. Under the 10 per cent average clause, this demanded insurance in the amount of $731,907. The reduction order to this amount resulted in cancella tion of insurance totaling $118,093. On auto insurance, the city manager reported several vehicles Police Slate Rifle Classes The city police department has completed its first series of rifle classes for young marksmen and is about ready to begin new classes. Next Monday, in fact, is the date for enrolling for the next scries of classes on basic rifle instruction, gun handling and safety. Police Lt. Bud Adkins warns. however, that applicants for new classes will be enrolled on a first come, first-enrolled basis. No en rollments will be taken until 4 p.m. Monday, January 19, and Ad kins advises that applicants should be accompanied by their parents because parental signa tures are required. The classes are open to stu dents between 10 and 15 years old. Rifles for class use are provided by the police department. In the class just completed. Ad kins said. 84 hoys and girls were enrolled, including 80 students who never had been in rule classes before. When the 10-week course was completed, 60 students earned cer tificates and diplomas, and 40 of them almost half the class earned pro marksman medals. "It's been a very successful class." Adkins said. "We're very happy with the results." Adkins reminded prospective ap plicants for the forthcoming class that assignments as to what night a student wishes to attend class also are marie on a first arrival basis. Applications may be made at 4 p.m. Monday at the city police station. 425 Walnut Street. When the next classes arc filled, Ad kins said, no further instruction will he available 'until next No x ember. covered which were no longer1 owned by the city, two pieces of equipment covered by this policy which were already covered by another policy. A total of 34 items! were changed in valuation, in addition to these. i Total coverage was reduced from $163.7J1 to $146,148. resulting! in cancellation of $17,643. Vergeer also submitted an in surance commission division list to the council which showed that in accordance with the regulation setting up the insurance broker policy, 12 insurance men came in for a full share of the total commissions, a share being equal to $87.09. In addition, three in surance men received half shares of $43.55 each. The two brokerage firms who handled the city's insurance pro gram, The Landry Company and Driscoll and Padgett, divided 25 per cent of the total commissions, amounting to $195.96 each, as their share for brokerage fees. me council accepted the division report, and approved the change in insurance coverage as outlined by the city manager. iw hearing miraclt . . . 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