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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1959)
CO'iP. tt nt fiSS.LIBRART MEMORIAL DAY rites it th. shaft on th. Courthoui. lawn Saturday morning drew approximately 300 parsons. Far left, an honor guard from Kingsley Field performed the salute to the dead, firing across the field of SO white crosses with American flags, denoting the honored dead from America's 50 states. In the background is the symbolic Tomb of the In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Aftermath: The nation's traffic death toll Shot to a record for a two-day (54-hour) Memorial Day holiday as millions of motorists clogged the highways homeward bound Sunday night. Are we goners? Are we going to kill ourselves 111 off on the highways in the course of our holiday week-ends" I doubt it. " The nation's population exceeds all former records. The number of cars on our highways exceeds all former records. So .... it stand to reason . . . .'the traffic toll on our highways should tend to exceed former records. Mr. K.. in one of his character lstic blasts, cuts loose at the Wes; and predicts the eventual rrrumpl f communism over capitalism. What's he up to? Well, basically, he's hoping to SCARE us. If he can scare us he'll have it made. Something to remember: Just about 15 years ago, lack ing a few hours, we were tackling the mightiest invasion job in his tory. We had assembled on the English -coast the mightiest inva iion armada in history. It was poised to strike across the Eng lish channel in an atl-out, do-or-die assault on Hitler'a vaunted Atlantic wall. H was everything or nothing. We had before us the example o, the Spanish Armada which Phifc) II sent against England in 1588 If the Armada- had succeeded, England would have been a goner and Spain would have been su preme in the world. H didn't succeed. It FAILED. Its failure cooked Spain's goose tor all time. It could have been the same with us a decade and a half ago on that fateful June day when Ceneral Eisenhower gave the fi nal command that turned our in vasion forces loose. . The invasion didn't fail. It succeeded. It succeeded because we had what it took to make it succeed . Have we still got it? I think we have. H Mr. K. thinks we've got ft, he won't loose his armada. - That's about the size of it. Blood Needed For Keno Lad A 7-year-old Keno boy, Daniel Kerns, is to undergo heart surgery t Doernbecher Hospital, Portland, on July 30. Many pints of blood will be needed during the opera tion and as in past instances, Red Cross blood will be available. Daniel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kerns. Keno and the little boy has not been strong since birth. . With Daniel is Caroline Hurley.' now fully recovered after heart aurgery last December. Caroline,; until that time was unable to walk up stairs or run and play like other children. Caroline is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jaro aak. 3410 Bristol Street, Klamath Falls. Today she Is three inches taller than when she went to Portland (or the operation and is 25 pounds heavier. She is not hampered in any way in taking part in activi ties with other children her age and her recovery, according to her family doctor is complete. Caroline, who had a rare type of Hood was aided through the Red Crest hlood program when donors tl five Oregon cities donated blood I aid her. 'Belching Hell' Of Fire Sweeps Mine In Michigan IRON RIVER. Mich. AP A "belching hell" of fire swept the underground works of 'the Sher wood iron ore mine today, killing four miners and injuring 27 oth ers. Several of the injured were re ported suffering from burns and sulphur poisoning caused when a stope, a large underground room which had been mined out and walled off several years ago, col lapsed with a roar. Crumbling sulphurous slate spewed poisonous, highly inflam mable fumes which caught fire and seared the lower works of the mine. Thirty-five miners were trapped at the 1,200-foot level by fiery gas es. All were bought to the sur face, including the dead, by gas masked rescue workers. The dead . were all from this World News In Brief United Press International KHRUSHCHEV London Khrushchev assembling satellites for summit meeting; may try to lure Yugoslavia back into told may invite Turkey, Greece and Italy to discuss missiles. NUCLEAR Geneva Reports that Communist China may soon build own atomic bombs spur East-West search for atom test ban. HOLIDAY Memorial Day week end traffic death toll hits record for 54-hour period. LONG Galveston, Texas Ex tent of Louisiana Governor Long's illness probably won t be known for several days. His nephew blasts Louisiana Legislature. TAXES Washington Demo crats consider extending for two more years Korean war taxes on corporations, cigarettes, liquor. wine, beer, autos. LEWIS Washington John L. Lewis accuses Eisenhower of inter fering in steel wage talks and throwing prestige to industry side j rate ff DANNY KERNS, seated, will be benefited by the Red Cross blood program when ha undergoes surgery for a defective heart in Portland, July 30. With Danny is Caroline Hurley, who had similar surgery in Portland last December, now completely recovered. The bloodmobile will be here Tues day and Wednesday, the first day at the First Presbyterian Church, the second at Kingsley Field Air Force lase. """'""''Mfe Unknown Soldier. Center, Col. Jack Williams, Kingsley Field commander, delivered the main address, pointing out. the. tremendous total in manpower and money that America has expended in World Wars I and II and the Korean con flict. He also detailed the need for maintaining our de fenses to preserve the peace rather than to have to wage Michigan Upper Peninsula mining area. They were Ingvar Wester, about 48, "of Iron River: August Zuckal, 51, of Caspian: Einar Johnson. 59, of Crystal Falls, and Carl Rudy Anderson, 40, of Iron River, father of five children. The mine, owned by the Inland Steel Co. is at nearby Mineral Hills. One of the rescued men, Keith Sleeman, brought to the surface with his face blackened by dust and gas, said he had stepped into a cutoff and "belching hell went oast him. Another. Joe Mascotti, 45. said he started running when he heard the cave-in. He told of the fiery gas catching up to him. Mascotti said he pulled his coat over his head "and this probably saved my life , The .company- rescue team pulled several of the injured up an incline at the 1.200-foot level where they were brought to the surface by elevator. One of the rescuers said power ful vapors came up the elevator shaft. He said he thought he would suffocate from the noxious fumes before reaching the top. The rescue efforts were ham nored bv temporary power fail ures when flames burned through the cables. The inferno also knocked out pumps and lights. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Tuesday. Low tonight 42-48; high Tuesday 80-85. Hiih yesterday 7 Low last night 43 Preclp. last 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 1 5.17 Same period last year 15.49 Northern California Fair through Tuesday except consider able high cloudiness from Chico northward Tuesday and fog or low overcast along the coast; occasion al drizzle on north coast. .9-; in-.-jr.-s Here Highly Resolve JMIaiMHHIIWMHHMIHWMBBIUMHIIIIIIIBHMMMMIIIMIlMMMIrtl npniinjqpijijtjiji g tjuuuMinMfijTKWO stvtriii wjiXai w wnoc www m mhw KLAMATH Price Five Cents 14 Pages Death Toll Exceeds Prediction Traffic ! S09 Drownings 100 Miscellaneous 49 Total 458 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS More than 300 persons lost their lives in traffic accidents across the nation during the two-day Memorial weekend. The traffic toll of dead was a record for the holiday and far exceeded the es timate of 260. The National Safety Council at tributed the record number of traffic deaths largely to extremely heavy travel and to a rash of multiple accidents that swelled the toll rapidly. 'It offers a grim challenge to every one concerned with highway safety to step up the unending ef forts to hold down accidents de spite mounting travel," a NSC spokesman said. "We can only hope the shock of this awful death toll will be reflected in fewer ac cidents during the rest of the year." ' Other violent deaths drown ings and in miscellaneous types of accidents . also took a heavy toll. ., The over-all accident death total for the 54-hour period from 6 p m local time Friday to midnight Sunday also topped the toll of 385 for a two-day Memorial holiday period. That mark was set in 1953, when the traffic death toll was 241, the previous high. Belated reports were expected to boost the totals. The highway death total also was far ahead of the 262 counted by The Associated Press in a test period survey for a non-holiday weekend of 54 hours. The survey, covering the period from 6 p.m. Friday, May 15, to midnight Sun day, May 17, also showed 32 drownings and 74 persons killed in miscellaneous types of acci dents, for an over all total of 368 Sawdust Fire Destroys Bin At Local Hardwoods Plant A stubborn sawdust fire so bad ly damaged a fuel storage bin at the Klamath Hardwoods Incorpor ated Mill on Highway 97 South Saturday that the bin will prob ably have to be rebuilt. The fire started at approximate ly 5:50 p.m. It was reported by an anonymous caller from Reame-i Golf and Country Club, although the mill was operating. Bob Holmes, assistant chief of the Stewart-Lenox Fire Depart ment, said he believes damage will amount to from 120,000 to $30,000. He said the fire apparently wa.i caused by an electric motor that overheated on a mill waste convey or that shuttled chips and saw dust into a burner. Mill workers first attacked thi fire unsuccessfully before the ar rival of firemen. Two Stewart-Leo ox tracks, one from the county de partment, one from Kingsley Field Air Force Base, one from Oregon Technical Institute and a crew of men from the Klamath Falls Fir; Department fought the stubborn, smoldering fire for two hours be fore it was extinguished. The lumber company repaired the bin temporarily and the mill is operating. Insurance adjuster; from Portland are investigating. another war in which the casualties might number 100 mil lion. Williams struck an urgent note when he challenged those present to conduct themselves in such manner that they "shall not have lived in vain." Bob Mest acted as master of ceremonies. The program also featured Eagle Scout Mike Holland delivering the Gettysburg Address, and FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 1. 1959 Telephone TU 4-8111 If pajpejesnsssnf : J GOV. EARL LONG Governor Refuses To Cooperate GALVESTON, Tex. (AP) A doctor indicated today that Gov. Earl K. Long of Louisiana refuses to cooperate with hospital author dies in psychiatric treatment. Dr. John B. Truslow, adminis trator of John Sealy Hospital here, said. "Every attempt is being made to achieve his cooperation with continuing studies. He would not explain further. Gov. Long spent a somewha "restless night," Dr. Truslow said. An Air National Guard plane flew the governor here from Ba ton Rouge, La., Saturday aftc Long's health broke under the strain of office. , He was flown here after tan trum like outbursts before his home state Legislature. Dr. Truslow, in a medical bulla tin, said, "Until his status is de ler mined, he will continue on sup portive treatment." The docto' defined supportive treatment ai keeping a patient quiet and com fortablenot treatment for a spe cific ailment. The Klamath Falls Fire Depart ment answered five alarms over the weekend. None of the fires caused serious damage. Flames broke out on sawdust be neath the viaduct on South Sixth Street, apparently from a discard ed cigarette, at 1:52 p.m. Satur day and again al 7:07 p.m. Logs in Veterans Memorial Park caught fire at 3:57 p.m. Sunday, apparently from children playing with matches. No damage resulted No damage was caused when a patio broiler caught fire at th) home of Frank Bogatay, 1415 El dorado Avenue, Sunday at 5:35 p.m. Firemen said persons at thx home attempted to start the char coal broiler with gasoline. Suburban department firemen said slight damage to paint and window curtains resulted when a wall in a home occupied by Louie Dugas at 1611 Kane Street caugh fire from unknown cause Saturday night. An airplane pilot called the con trol tower at Kingsley Field Sun day afternoon to report a fire o.i Anderson Avenue. Inyestigafing Suburban department firemen said smoke came from smoldering trash burner. sMtfcra, Vw W14alInt Resort Toiler Gives Alarm To Save 53 OAKRIDGE, Ore. (AP)-Roland Gilman was swimming in the pool when he saw a white cloud float over the water toward him. Someone screamed: "Those are dangerous fumes Get away from here." Gilman, a 16-year-old from Dex ter, . Ore., 'scrambled) out of the. water and began running. He later said It felt like he was be ing strangled. Gilman and 52 others got away from the pool at McCredie Springs Sunday, but not 1 before they had inhaled some of the chlorine gas that formed the white cloud. All were rushed from the near by resort in the Cascade Moun tains to Eugene, 62 miles away. Most were released alter out patient treatment, but 21 were kept for observation overnight. State police said the gas poured out after a coupling snapped as gas was being piped from a stor age tank to the pool's, filter sys tem. ' Maurice Anderson, an employe at the resort, sounded the alarm. Oakridge Fire Chief Mel Mink- ler said it could have been much worse had it not been for the quick thinking of state policeman Harold Taylor. Tavlor was eating lunch at the resort when the coupling broke. After the alarm, Taylor, who suf fers from asthma, crawled over the ground to the chlorine tank and twisted a valve shut to stop the flow of gas. It would have gotten a lot more people if he had not turned it off," said Dr. Lawrence Sand- berg of Oakridge.. And Minkler added: 'There was quite a turmoil when we got there. People were staggering around, several of them were down. They were about half way intq convulsions." Doctors said that chlorine gas causes severe Inflammation of the lungs. ft O RUINS ol the Klamath Hardwoods Incorporated fuel bin smoldered while four fir de partments battled th sawdust end structure fir Saturday afternojrs. Th fir yJ from $20,000 to $30,000 worth of damage. KM W. A. Brock singing "Battle right, Fred H. Heilbronner maintains the vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as he has done for many Memorial Day observances. The principal address was followed by the placing of many wreathe of flowers at the shrine, and concluded with "Taps" and a benediction. Allies Pressure Russians To Suspend Berlin Threat GENEVA 'AP) - The Unite! States. Britain and France today pressed the Soviet Union in the Big Four conference to suspend its threats against West Berlin and negotiate a stopgap settle ment to ease tensions over the divided city. U.S. Secretary of State Christian A. Hertcr, British Foreign Secre tary Sclwyn Lloyd and French foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville met with Soviet For eign Minister Andrei Grcmyko a. Gromyko's villa in midafternoon Their session continued secret talks which opened here Friday in an effort to find a formula for averting a military showdown over Berlin and clearing the way to a summit conference. The West's Big Three still ex pect the Soviets' to K)T "Qt to Black Bear Roams Capital WASHINGTON (UPI)-A timid black bear roamed the nation's capital today, eluding a big game hunt by police and zoo officials. A police officer who has been in on the week-long search said the elusive bruin has been chased so often "he is scared to death. We'll never catch him now." The bear stands about waist- high to a man. He was estimated to weigh between 200 and 300 pounds. The animal was spotted first last Monday at Andrews Air Force Base in nearby Maryland ino one knows where he came from. The National Zoological Park of fered to give the bear a home. Zoo Director T. H. Reed and sev eral assistants have taken part in the search armed with guns which shoot drug-dipped darts designed to put the animal tto sleep. Some police officials expressed fear that the darts, or the air rifles which some hunters have carried, might wound the beast and turn him into a killer. More than 100 persons, includ ing many policemen, have seen the bear. Some have been as close as 20 feet. But the animal always has escaped with uncanny speed and deccptiveness. He has been sighted mainly in the southwest section of the city where there are a number of wooded areas in which he can hide. V 'n- Hymn of The Republic." Far disturb the status of West Berlin despite Premier Nikita Khrush chev's declaration that he won't bargain for a settlement. In the secret talks. Western diplomats said today, the Western powers are trying to get replies from Gromyko to two critical questions: 1. What are his conditions for a Berlin- settlement? 2. Is he qualified to negotiate and sign a Berlin agreement, or is ne simply instructed to narrow differences in order to prepare (or a summit conference? Herter, Lloyd and Couve de Murville, in other words, are try ing to get moving on detailed negotiations, , -... - - - The Western powers ' have told Gromyko that any Berlin settle ment must guarantee use of the supply lines across East Germany to West Berlin. At a secret session Saturday, Western informants said. Herter made a statement to Gromyko of three Western principles which he said must be embraced in any new Berlin formula: 1. The United States' Britain and France have the right to maintain troops in Berlin. 2. The Western powers must have the right of free access. t. The West does not and will not recognize Uie East German Communist regime. To this, Gromyko Is reported to have replied that he had a set of principles, also: 1. Western troops must get out of Berlin or let Soviet troops into the Western sector. - 2. No Berlin solution will be considered that would apply to East Berlin for example, while suggesting that Soviet troops be based in West Berlin, the Soviets will not tolerate Western troops in the Communist sector. PRINCE RETURNS HOME PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (UPD Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia returned home Sun day from France where he had undergone a stomach operation. In a statement at the airport the prince charged that '.'certain na tions," which he did not identify, would like to destroy Cambodia's neutrality in the East-West strug gle. : i ! n WW A 1 t
