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Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
Odd note in the news:
tanniDals in the Purari Hills
area of New Guinea (far down in
the South Seas) raided the village
of Maluari yesterday and killed
ana Ait patrolman Obu, the vil
lage policeman.
tte have municipal problems
nere m me U.S.A. But, thank for
tune, tnat isn t one of them.
Speaking further of Drnhtems
Dr. Paul Benton, an Oklahoma
cmia psychiatrist, told a pediatric
society meeting in Memphis the
other day that we need to turn
back the rearing of children to
parents instead of giving them so
iiiucii expert aavice.
He added:
"You can't rear children hv a
book of rules. Every child is an
liVUIVIUUALu
Going literary for a moment,
George Noel Gordon, Lord Byron,
said a century and a quarter ago
- in his uon Juan:
The antique Persians taught
three useful things '
' To draw the bow. to ride, and
SFEAK THE TRUTH."
whether he draws a bow or
rides a horse I don't know. But
I'm inclined to think that in his
talk to the Memphis pediatrists
Dr. Benton was speaking the
iruin. f cnuaren can t be reared
successfully by mass production
lecnniques.
The communists tried it in the
early days of the Bolshevik Revo
lution. They tock the children
away from the parents and put
cm in institutions. They had to
give it up and bring parents back
into the picture. Since that was
done, Russia is going ahead faster.
Concluding this frivolous
screed-
Harold Laswell, professor of
law and political science at Yale.
told the National Congress of Par
ents and Teachers at Denver ninht
before last that more than a mil
lion and a half Americans suffer
mental disorders which require
hospitalization: that an equal num
ber are mentally retarded and
that out of each 16 Americans
. one is afflicatcd with unmistakable
mental and personality disorders.
He concluded:
"Adding to that the number of
persons estimated to suiter from
undiagnosed mental ailments, only
ONE out of each SEVEN persons
can be expected to be mentally
normal."
Price Five Ceats-38 Pages KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY SI, ftsT Telephone TV it N. flag j
Jungle Jowls' Shorn Editor Loses Whiskers
Little League
Ball Park
Work Starts
"NOW AM I ELIGIBLE for a shave?"" asks Wayne Scott,
sports editor of the Herald and News, as he turns the first
shovelful of dirt to begin construction of new Little League
facilities at the former Recreation Field in Mills Addition.
Bob Bonney sharpens the razor as Scott hopefully hoists the
shovel. Interested Little Leaguers look on.
Despite the fact that he was
threatened with a yard lens
straight razor and a sharp-edged
shovel. Herald and News Sports
Editor Wayne Scott happily sub
mitted to a shave in the middle
of old Recreation Field Wednes
day afternoon.
The Wednesday afternoon shave
culminated the long campaign
when he, in company with Klam
ath Falls Park and Recreation Di
rector Bob Bonney, a group
Herter Cautions Gromyko
Not To Make Accusations
Hmmmmmmmm. ,
That explains a lot of things
WetWeather
Will Continue
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The season's longest spell of
wet weather, with violent storms
m some areas, showed no indica
tion of a general breakup today
in the Eastern half of the nation.
' Severe wind storms hammered
areas in the nation's mid-section
and parts of the South Wednes
day. One tornado struck a rural
rrca in southern Iowa, injuring
live memoers ot one lamily. Fun
nel clouds were spotted in central
and eastern Kansas.
Tornadic winds lashed sections
of Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and
Missouri. Torrential rains caused
floods in some sections of the
Midwest wet belt, including Iowa,
Illinois, Wisconsin and Nebraska.
Winds ranging up to from 70 to
more th3n 80 m.p.h. swept across
me midlands as thunderstorms
erupted with the clashing of warm
and coo! air. Hail fell in many
"areas.
The storms caused extensive
property damage.
Parts of Florida were soaked
by heavy rain. Nearly 5 inches
fell in the Jacksonville area and
a three-hour downpour at Ruskin
measured 4 Inches.
In the Midwest, Lake Mills,
Iowa, reported 3.36 inches of rain
in an hour. Flash floods were re
ported at Spencer, in northwest
Iowa, after more than 6 inches of:
rain. ' I
GENEVA AP) U.S. Secretarv
of State Christian A. Herter
warned Soviet Foreisn Minister!
Andret A. Gromyko in the B12
rour conference todav aeamst
making "unjustified accusations''
against NATO of aggressiveness.
Herter, who had not planned to
speak today, suddenly broke into
the debate on a German peace
settlement, to challenge Gromy-
ko s enarges. -k
He hoped the accusations anrt
invective will . be halted. Herte.-
said, because Gromyko's state
ments could lead to creation of
very serious tension in the con
ference." Herter made what amounted to
a rebuke to Gromyko a short time
betore the U.S. secretary was to
play host at dinner to the Soviet
minister as well as Britain's Set
wyn Lloyd and Maurice Couve de
Murville of France.
The dinner meeting was regard
ed by many Western diplomats as
certain to produce private East
West discussions which could havs
decisive effect on the future
course of the conference.
Gromyko got into his charges
against me west m a speech re
newing his arguments for the So
viet proposal for a peace treat
to oe signed with each side of
divided Germany.
A U.S. spokesman said Herter
spoke out because of accusations
by Gromyko that NATO is ure-
I'.iihis ior aggressive war, tnat
west Germany is militarily ag-
ruMive, ana mat west German
earmament is motivated by de
ires for revenge.
The West blasted a Soviet nro-
posai ior a confederation of East
and West Germany with a dec
laration it is impossible to, "con
federate a system of freedom
witn a system of bondage."
Ambassador Wilhelm Grewe of
West Germany, carrying forward!
tne Allied assault on the Soviet
plan for a peace settlement with
each side of divided Germanv.
told the Big Four conference the
confederation project was designed
to impose political paralysis on
west Germany.
"The proposal of a German cen
federation does not contribute to1
the reunification ot Germany,"
Grewe asserted, "but to its post
ponement, its prevention and, over
and above all this, to the political
paralysis ot the Federal Repub
lic." - . -Grewe
said explanations of the
over-all peace plan offered by So
viet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro-j
myko in the conference Wednes
day were in some respects wel
comed by west Germany.
Nose Cone
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CAPE CANAVERAL Fla
The Air Force hurled
nose cone of the future 6,000 miles
down the Atlantic today and re
covered it intact four hours later.
It was the second consecutive
lime the Air Force retrieved a
nose cone.
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Hurricane Winds
Rip Port In Texas
... Gy'ESTOS, Tex. AP t Deputy Sheriff Baddy Ewteg es.
md Masts that exceeded horri- timated winds at Pmt srtiir
cane force ripped parts of Gatves- up ts too m,p,h,
ton today. Two fishermen sere? The Galveston Tribune said
missing. . three houses were Mows dews at
The storm struck from a Bute; Port Bolivar, on a slender penm.
WAYNE B. SCOTT
... Now nothing
makes him mad
Little Leaguers from Mills School
and a number of Little League
officials, turned the dirt that in
itiates an approved plan ts con
vert Recreation Field at Vine and
Owens streets into the Mills Lit
tle League Park. -
When asked. "But what about
the Centennial?' Scott answered.
i tt be onfy to happy to grow
another beard say for the next
Centennial.
A strong advocate of Little
League baseball, Scott accepted
a challenge issued last July to!
wear a beard until the first shov
elful of dirt was turned m making
a community Little League base
hall park a reality for Klamath
Falls youngsters.
Included in the plans for the
new field is the construction of
two regulation sized Little League
baseball diamonds, grandstands
and bleachers for each, player
dugouts, restrooms and the
THE END of a long scratchy trail finds Herald end News
Sports Editor Wayne Scott submitting meekly end con
tentedly to e shave by Little Leaguers, Scoff had grown the
beard with a promise to shave it off only when Little
League ball perk was established. Construction to meke
former Recreation Park the new Mills Little League perk
brought on the shave. Here, Kenneth Pound wields a wicked
three foot razor while Fred Cole provides the shaving cream,
in background, from left, are Bert Smith, Recreation Director
Bob Bonney and another youthful spectator.
Crime Conclave Members
Under Pressure From U.S.
NEW YORK (APM-The power;
of the federal government today!
was turned upon the notorious 195?!
underworld convention at Apala
chin, N.Y., with 27 delegates in
dicted on charges of conspiring to!
baas probes ot it.
Arrests of the defendants Quick
ly got under way. Many already
were in trouble, ana some m jail,
as a result of refusal to answer
questions of various investigatory
agencies previously.
the crackdown was the result
of nearly a year's effort by a spe
ctal crime-busting agency set up
by the U.S. attorney general s
staliation of playground equipment
for pre-basebali age youngsters.
The diamonds, set diagonally
opposite each other, will be di
vided by portable fences and a
arffp f UHt.ctfintt enj-rtKftap1
Tk A,V ITiM nnnt a
eight hours after a powerful two- actua! construction of the long
stage Thor-Able rocket blasted 'needed facility, a large number of!
aloft that re-entry and impact of loca citizens, service clubs and
(hp ri was smfit,rf hv a business houses answered the call
cruising near the impact area
northwest of Ascension island.
The cone, which carries some
of the secrets for protecting the
warheads of ICBMs of tomorrow
was hoisted aboard a vessel, parti
of the seared fleet that rendez
voused near the impact area. The
launching rocket, a Thor missile
topped by a Vanguard second
stage, roared up at 1:40 a.m. and
was in sight for more than two
minutes.
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for funds by creating a special
Little League Ball Park Benefit
Fund totaling nearly $3,000, With
the cash as a start, the group in
tends to enlist the volunteer aid of
any and all civic-minded citizens
in the community far the actual
labor and construction necessary
to have the park ready for play
before this coming summer base
ball program Is completed.
The present Little Leagues In
clude nearly 400 youngsters aged
8 through 12, comprising the
Klamath Falls Little League, Inc.,
the south Suburban Little League,
and a "minor'' league system.
'The success of our project can
be credited to- no one man nor
group," stated Scott. "It has taken
the wholehearted support of a lot
of people to bring us to this point
and it is going to take the help of
lot more to make the park a
thing of which the community may
well be proud.
Recreation Field, a city prop
erty, will remain in the hands of
the city after the improvements
planned are completed, although
the name will be changed to Mills
Little League Park, The field was
originally donated to the city by
the members of the local Rotary
Club.
Summons Set
For Jim Hoffa
WASHINGTON AP1 The
Senate Labor-Management Com
mittee says if wants to hear first
hand James R. Haifa's views on
in-, any retaliatory strike threat.
Hoffa, Teamsters union presi
dent, denied Wednesday he had
threatened a nationwide labor
walkout if restrictive labor laws!
are passed by Conzre-ss, He was
quoted as making such a threat
in a sneeci! Tuesday at Browns
ville, lex.
The committee said it wanted
to question Hoffa in mid-June
about correplion and will ask him
then under oath about plans for1
any such strike.
Hoffa told newsmen there nev
er would be a nationwide strike
of the Teamsters Union. However,
3 story in the current issue of
Lile magazine quotes him as say
ing, "We may eventually have to
do what labor unions do m Eu
rope and call general strikes."
while Hoffa was making his de
nials, the AFL-CIO, from which
the Teamsters have been ousted,
opened a major attack on the
Senate labor hill.
The top policy group of the
AFL-CIO said it wants federal
legislation to help unions curb!
corruption but will fight any move
to hamstring unions, it said the
Senate bill which it once support
ed now is unacceptable because!
of its amendments.
The federation's opposition ap
parently focuses on a "bill of
rights" for union members and
picketing and hot cargo boycott
nans aildea in amendments.
office, with teams of agents work
ing across the nation.
The Apalachin delegates came
from many cities, and authorities
since have been struggling to
peg its purpose. The general opin
ion is that it was for tightening
or altering control over a vast
empire of rackets.
All 63 persons who attended the
conclave were named in the in
dictment but only 27 as defend
anis. ,. . . .
The remaining a! were tabbed:
as coconspirators. The reason for!
this was not immediately made!
clear. Usually such action is for
lack of enough evidence. Some-!
times these named as coeonsnira-i
tors have mdieated willingness to
cooperate with, or testify for, the
prosecution.
that spread destruction from near
the Mexican border east to this
coasleE city.
Two men who went to rftn-k
their fishing hues near Galveston
remained unreported Eate in the!
morning and were feared!
drowned. I
The wind fore down an over
sized sign, called a "spectacular"
on Galveston's Pleasure Pier in
the Gaif of Mexico. Pier authori
ties said engineers inspected the!
sign Eisree months ago and de-i
clared it would withstand winds
ot from 175 ts S rs.p.h.
the winds blew a tanker
aground, sank a fishiite vessel
virtually destroyed three homes
and caused widespread lesser de
struction in Galveston and imme
diate vicinity.
Some residents said the storm
descended in what they called a
Dig, Macs, rumbling cloud.
One resident on a Peninsula;
near Galveston declared "it def
initely aas a tornado.
f he i ' it coming." said Mrs.
ferry ts. ipson of Port Bolivar,
It sounded like a jet Diane. A
house was picked up and s hsase!
near where 1 live was moved m
teet.
Weather bureau mea officially
docked winds at Galveston at gj
m.p.h., well over minimum hurri
cane force.
On Bolivar Peninsula nearby
winds were estimated at 188!
m.p.h.
The wmd blew railroad cars elf
the tracks at Galveston,
The Continental Grain Co. dock
at , Galveston was partially de-!
slroyea.
Port Bolivar was without pow
er or telephones tor 3 time.
At Carrae Springs, Soft mtfes
west sf Galveston, winds unroofed!
the city hall. Same sections of the
city were without power Uses for
a time. At least 30 power poles
m me area snapped.
.Near Cuero, ISO miles west of
Galveston, what were described
by witnesses as "twisting winds'
blew down power lines and trees.
sate jus! northeast of the island
city ef Galveston.
World IVews
In Itrlef
United Press Mfrttatfsita!
BAPTtSTS-Loutsvtlfe World!
population growth outstripping!
uinsttan missionaries efforts.
Baptist convention told.
JEALOUSY Swannanona, N.C.
Coed attacked with hatchet by
jealous ex-roommate may be dis
figured for life tf she lives.
HOUSING Washington Back
ers of Democratic housing toll
brace for House fight over pro
posals to cut public housing.
LABOR Washington AFL-
CIO ready lo open fire en many
provisions of Senate-passed labor
bill it previously endorsed.
Mass Killer
To Die Friday
PKCOm, t.ffeb.- ftiPlH--i
Charles Starkweather's last
chance to escape the electric
chair apparently died Wednesday
night when Gov, Ralph G.- Brooks
rejected a 'plea- by - Hie mass
killer's girl accomplice far a stay!
oi execution.
Caril Fugate, IS, sentenced to
Hie imprisonnnt for murder m
connection with Starkweather's
rampage, appealed to the gover
nor to delay the execution so she
could meet with him tn death row
in an effort to clear her name.
The governor's refusal meaits
Starkweather, ffi, must go to Ms!
death in the eieetrte chair at
i a.m., p.s.t. Friday
In a tetter to the governor,
Carif said she wanted fa talk with
her former boy friend so he could!
at least confess to a minister
that I am innocent" '
"I believe there is a chance he
may tell the truth about what
happened," Caril wrote.
In a written reply, the governor
said such a meeting would hi
against stale law. He also said
Paper Toilers
Strike Vote
Set Sunday
WEED Xegatiatieas for new
contract between Lsmber and
Sawmill Workers, Local 2KB, and,
the International Paper Caatpa
ny are schcdalnS ts aegis tosssr
row morning in Portland,
The present contract expires sa
June t, and the uraoa has pre
sented a request for sis change
in the contract, in addition to in.
diistry demands.
N. H. Blaakenshlpi, bssjsess
agent for the local, reported that
Ihe group has called for a strike
vote on Sunday, Slay 24, at 2:38
p.m. is the Sons ef My Msmari
a! Hall.
BtankensWp said that "Lartbef
and Sawmill Workers, Local 23ffi,
sit! take strike action to back de
mauds on the following issues:
"Health and welfare, eteht and
one-half cents per hour or $tS per
month, open end trust.
"Twenty five cents per hsuf
across the board wage increase.
'Bracket adtetmenl an aamer
mis jobs.
"Four cest differential for
swing shift and seven cents for
graveyard.
"The union has asked for six
changes in the contract,"' he de
clared, "in addition to the iate
try's demands. Local 2907 has bo
merous inequities in 3 wage seats
dne ts autsmaftan and change at
job csirtent tferoaghoet the opera
tion. The work load nss increased
in the major partiaa ef jobs with
never a thought for a wags tn
crease for the affected empSsyss.
"Health and welfare is a must
far BBS," BlaakeasM stated "la
ell major companies today there
exists some form sf emelsyef
paid health and welfare plans,"
in 1MB, ftestth ana welfare was
bypassed because of promises hy
top company sffieisto that fcestth
and welfare would be negotiated
tnts year, he conttnaea. ,
"tn the Northern Catifaral Dis
trict Council, ths major perfiSB of
the contracts now have teslSh
and welfare under the lumber m
diistry health and welfare ftsnd.
commonly known as the Hasard
Trust," the statement eaaetuded.
John Mantfe, general manager of
the Weed SperatioB. reported thai
he was not aware sf tBe request
for a strike vote, f
Auto Companies
Nome Small Cors
NEW YORK f APS Ford Motor
Co. has wm a race with Gsryifef
Corp, to naming its new smaB ear
the Falcon ust 30 mfastes isetor
Chrysler tried to get ft.
Neither company kaew the eth
er was interesied in the name.
Both had asked the Automobile
Manufacturers Assn. ts look fttfs
the availability of ths name. Whits
Chrysler was making its final de
cision. Ford called bj and regis
tered the name.
The Chrysler ear will be called
the Valiant, while General Motors
he believed Starkweather, whaSBlans 3 small ear labeled th
was the slates chief witness;
against Caril, has had ample time
to reveal any information he!
might have.
Corvair, All three cars, ts meet
competition of Imported and
American economy cars, g
the market this fall.
County Tax Decrease Slated
Wcallier
Northern California Fair
through Friday but considerable
fog and low cloudiness on eoast in 'until J arrived in Klamath Falls,
the moraine. Northwesterly to,1 Promptly phoned Beany and my
'Shuddo Stood
lit Bed Says
Sprague Man
Dale B. Smith, Justice of the
peace of the Sprague River jus
tice court at Biy, reports sad
tale. '
Saturday, while fishing just
north of Realty erf the Sprague
ttivcr, f left my tackte box
there," he relates.
"I didn t notice if , was missing
northerly coastal winds IJ-I5 miles
an hoar.
Klamath Falls and vicinity
Fair through Friday with variable ;
loss was confirmed.
"So 1 went to Joe's and replen
ished my tackle.
"Arriving at my parking plare
too late, I noticed the meter maids
had beat me there,
"i clnrifft 1ft IRR iha UnvftlntM
cloudiness. Low tonight K-; Wgh.bttt discovered that I had left my
NEW OFFICERS for the Ounsmuir High School for nxf yesr art from the left, Jerry
Baldo, vice president; Karen Lee, head cheer feeder; Murrey Crowe, president; end Nan
eee Burnt, secretary-treasurer. The group is looking ever the minutes of ths student body
meetings in preparation to taking office next falL Peggy Wait
Friday M-M.
High yesterday
Lew last eight . .
Precfp. last 24 hours
SiBrt Oct, I
fountain pen at joe's.
. n "Maybe this tale would touch
sj'the heart ef some fisherman and
Jh. might C.O.f). my tackle hog to
" iBIy. There will be en ample re-
.iwgr! forwarded immediately.
t mtum mum etwei eeaa.
Counly taxes will be lower a
Iff tic bit lower this year.
This may be expected Irom the
1939-60 county budget formally ap-
proved by the county court today.
Just how much lower tax bills
will be is not yet known. But
it is dciinite that taxes will be!
lighter in almost all cases.
The court approved a taxmt
budget ef i!,t,I36 submitted by
the county budget committee. This
compares with 3 budget of i,233,
002 last year.
Actually the county will spend
more money than that. Anticipat
ed expenditures from ail depart
ments total $2,892,993, and that is
higher than the amount spent fast
year $2,54.!B7,
But, because of varying lac-
tors, the amount of money that
must be raised by taxes fs $t,H3,
?3Sor J89.248 less than last year.
The new budget is a product
of months of work by the county!
court and the three lay members
of the hudeet committee, R. P.
Elftngson, Lester Ollieid and Bill
Faivey. These major Items are!
included, or not included, m tt
There are virtually no salary
raises for county employes.
The assessor has been given
five new appraisers and one addi
tional office girt te speed reap-
pratsai of county property.
Building for the future has beee
looked upon favorably. The budg
et includes , $53,000 toward con
struction sf a new juvenile home
t$3l,otii more than requested! and
ttjO.OW toward construction of
new wing on the courthouse. The
traurthoBse addition sinking funf
now contains $2S2,W0 toward en
expected cost ot M30.W0.
The Budget else includes $!4.S1S
toward construction of s new bant
on the fairgrounds, 4.Sl more
Rfonosed remodeling of the;
third floor of the courthouse Ms
a second circuit courtroom, to;
cost $8,009, wa rejected. So was
a new building for the agriculture
experiment station, to cost $I2,M9,
A request from the city of Klam
ath rails for $17,000 toward park
and recreation expenses was re
jected.
The county had assigned Sh'SZ'3
toward a community hospital sur
vey, but withdrew the amount
when It was advised the msney
could not legally be used for that
purpose.
The county has budgeted $3,333
toward a stale line information
booth planned by the Klamath!
Counfy Chamber of Commerce,
A short wave radio network for
use of the sheriff's office and the!
road department has heea ap
proved, and probably will be in
use by mid-July. Ts meet the
cost, lha budget includes $7,819!
from the sheriffs account ts ga
with $11,000 from the current road
department budget, litis will be
matched by $18,300 from the fed
eral government en condition the
ties, Klamath, Umaluia and Cons.
The largest departmental budg
et is that sf the road department
and it amsssts is i2,333. Eves
so, this is 32 919 less than last
year and $4S,530 less than resjasS"
cd.
The budget now gees ts the as
sessor's otfice where a millags
levy will be determined. From that
millage levy, tax bills will be
made and posted.
Because all property now gse
on the books at market value, ths
miUage rate will be lower than
last year. Because the amount sf
money to be raised m lower M
last year, tas, bills wilt be fewer.
tit tfsubt, however, are the tax
bills for property reappraised last
year, netaosy tn the Hot ssprfngs
and Eldorado sections si Klamath
Kails, These may be tower or they
may be higher, officials ssM. t
the assessment i considerably
higher than last year, Use MB may
be larger.
the present budget ss withtB $31
of the six per cent limitation. TW
means a county Is permitted ta
increase Its budget by six per cent
each year without a special elee-
netwsrk is used ior etvil defense ties., and Klamath County mm t
purposes.
The library hook bodge! was cut
$S,0M to .?3o. and $7,108 for re
placement of fhe bookmobile was
rejected, j
Fends for the Board sf Equaliza
tion were raised $6,s ts $7,158.
Anticipated costs of boarding
prisoners at the county jail wero
increased from $11,800 requested ts
J27.9W.
The county assumed the state's
share s$3JWi ef one deputy dis
trict attorney's salary because the
state bo longer is paying it. This
resulted from as art ef the Leah
tature that fffii oaiy tarw
within ta sf being exactly six per
cent above Its budget of 185S-S9.
Some more semMeclraieat as
pects of the budget;
The amount the estmfy plans to
spend is $2,S5S,SRI. From this is
subtracted the amsuei el Income
fhe asaity expects from sources
other than property taxes, $t,?38,
376, The remainder, $t,fO,7SS, m
the amount ts be raised through
levies on property.
Income will be hitter by sem
$337,988. the budget eommitte
(ousd. The biggest single factor
here ts an extra $S3,0G8 expected
; ram the county's share of Oregon
nd CsWwsic ttaKKar aaic