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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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