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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1959)
t AGE FIGHT HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON TfESDAY. Jt'NE IB, 1959 Drop Charge, Lawyer Asks GRANTS PASS (AP) Jose phine County Dist. Atty. Max Mc Millin Monday asked for dismiss al of an II -year-old tint degree murder indictment against Mrs Frances Irene McCurdy, 49. McMillin said that if the old indictment were not dismissed new indictment! issued May 23 would constitute double jeopardy Circuit Judge Edward C. Uelly of Medford reserved ruling on Mc Millin'i motion, but indicated he Mould act on it before he ruled on defense attorneys' requests for dismissal of the two indictments Issued by a Josephine County In May. Mrs. McCurdy recently was re leased from the state mental hos pital, where' she had been held since the bodies of her two chil dren Paul, , and Pamela, 11, were found Sept. 1, 1948. In 1948, Mrs. McCurdy was ad judged incapable of standing trial on the indictment charging her with her son's death, and was committed to the state hospital The April grand jury, recon vened In May to hear testimony, Issued separate indictments charging Mrs. McCurdy with the death of both her son and her daughter. 12- Youth Faces Theft Charge SPARTA, Tenn. (AP) A year-old boy who told police he wanted to run away from home because he was mad at his father faces charges of kidnaping, sault with intent to kill and auto theft today. Mrs. Kred Alcorn, 26, told Sher iff W. M. Hobbs that Billy Ross, a neighbor, pointed a .22 rifle at her as she hung up her washing Monday. He tied her hands be hind her, she said, forced her to lie on the floorboard of her car and started to drive away. She said he tied her daughter, Debbie, 4,. to a dresser drawer in the house. Mrs. Alcorn said she worked free, ran in the house and tele phoned police as the boy was try-i in to start the car's engine a sec ond time. Neither the woman nor the lit tle girl was injured. Ross was found our hours later when he appeared at the home of a farmer, Cecil Ellcr of Blue Springs Communily, about three miles from here. The car had run Into a ditch on a rural road, New Stops Are Scheduled By Klamath Bookmobile To cope with swelling population in the Klamath Basin the Klamath County Library Bookmobile will include a list of new stops in its weekly sweep through the county. The summer circuit begins Tues day, June IS and will continue through August 21. By loading the busy vehicle with fiction and non- fiction for adults, juveniles and children, librarians try to extend their services as nearly as possible to everyone in the county. In addition patrons may register aboard the bookmobile. The county library does not require patrons to carry library cards. Registration is quick as a wink. The drivers, Mrs. Klna Robinette. teacher-librarian of Creswell, and Nancy Dewey, who was grad uated this spring from Oregon State College, will take orders for books not stocked by the library. They will deliver them as soon as the library is able to get them in stock. Mrs. Betty Cody, librarian in chief, also urges residents of re mote corners in the county not served by the bookmobile to write for books. They will be maijed. Here is the summer schedule for Tuesday, when the bookmobile will hit the South Suburban area: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.. . Schilfman's Store; 9:35 to 9:55. Stearns School: 10:10 to 10:40: Peterson School: 10 45 to 11:20, Buick's Store; 11:30 to noon, Wiard Park: 1 p.m. to 1:20 p.m.. Ferguson School; 1:30 to 1:50, Shasta School; 2 to 2:15. Moyina Area; 2:25 to 3:10. Bag- Kelts Store; 3:20 to 3:40, Bryant Park, and from 3:50 to 4:15, al Shasta Housing. On Wednesdays in the Stukel KF Marines Win Honors Ed Leader Asks Study PORTLAND (AP) Chancellor John R. Richards of the state System of Higher Education ask id Monday for further stqdy of Oregon state College's request to expand its degree granting aulh ority. Richards suggested, that the OSC request to grant degrees in the social sciences and humanities be considered at the state Board of Higher Education curriculum meeting next January. Dr. A! L. Strand, Oregon State president, presented the request to the board Monday. He said per mission to grant such degrees al ready has been given to three re gional schools and Portland State College, primarily to strengthen leacner preparation. I he same need exists, but u not recognized, at Oregon Slate: he said. "The inconsistency has become glaring." Strand and an OSC committee asked that authority be given lor me Corvallis school to grant such oegrees, effective next fall. BEAR LIGHT BIROEN DOV ER. England iL'Pli Fortv English fishermen returned from a 8980 trip to a French angling contest bearing their total catch on two-ounce whiting. The Welcome Wagon Hostess Will Knock on Your Door with Gifts & Greetings from Friendly Business, Neighbors and i our Civic and Social Welfare Leaders On the occasion of: Arrival of Newcomers to Klamath Falls No cost or obligation Phona TU 2-0834 Two Klamath Falls Marine re cruits won honors at graduation ceremonies atjthe Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego June 10. They are Pfc. Richard L. Foote. 18, son. of Mr. and Mrs. William Foote of 3237 Maryland Avenue. and Pvt. Clarence W. Yancy, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver L. Yancy of 2326 Wantland Avenue For initiative, leadership quali ties, discipline and learning mill tary subjects well. Pfc. Foote was promoted to his present rank. Only a few top-notch recruits receive this promotion award. Pvt. Yancy was presented a first place rifle trophy for firing best among men of his recruit platoon He fired 227 out of a possible 250 points and will receive an ex pert rifleman's badge. Both men enlisted with the Ma rines for four years and went on active duty in March of this year. They were graduated from Klam ath Union - High School in May. 1958. Yancy has been assigned to an electronics technician school at Treasure Island, and Foote will be stationed with the First Marine Di vision at Camp Pendleton. Mountain area, the bookmobile will stop from 8:30 a m. until 9:10 a m. at Lein's Store; 9:15 to 9:35. Summers Heights, iCarhn and Hilldalei; 9:40 to 9:50, the County Nursing Home: 10 to 10 50, Cape- hart Housing (three stops': 11 to noon. Kingsley Field; 1 p.m. to 1:20 pm Henley Store; 1:30 to 1:50, Mac's Store; 2 to 2:10, Dun can Ranch: 2: 15 to 2:25. Robin- ette's: 2:30 to 2:35, Fuller's 2 45 to 3:05, Fairclo's and 3 25 to 3:45, Ut. View Trailer Court. Thursdays the truck will hit tht Keno Area. It will stop from 8:45 a.m. until :30 a m. at Frei's Store: 9:40 to 10:40, Griggs Store; 10:45 to 11:05, Four Corners; 11:20 to noon. Jack Brandon's (near the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company operation!; 1 p.m. to 1:10 p.m., Edwards'; 1:40 to 1:50, Pioneer Store; 2 lo 2:45, Keno: 3:15 to 3:30. Hereford's: 3 35 to 4. Wordcn. and 4:15 to 4:30, Midland. On its' northern run each Fri day the truck will stop from 8 30 a.m. until 8:45 a.m. at the play ground at Hanks and Bismark: 9:15 to 9:30. Wocus fand Calilor nia; 9:30 to :45. Torrey and Ber keley; 9:50 to 10.05, Montelius and Lakeport; 11:05 to 11:15, Shady Pine; 11:15 to 11:30, Hamilton's; 11-45 to noon, Algoma; 1:15 p.m. until 1:20 p m., Williamson River Store: 1:25 to 1:35, Bettle Ranch. 1.45 to 2:05, Klamath Agency, and 2:20 to 2:40 at Fort Klamath. Every other week. June 19. July 3, 17 and 31, and August 7 and 21, the bookmobile will be, from 4:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. at Crater Lake Lodge, from S to 5:30 at Crater Lake Administration Build ing, from 5:40 to 5:50 at Ranger Trailer Park, and from 6:30 un til 6:40 p.m. at Wilson's cottages The book van, an older vehicle, driven by Mrs. Iris Yoder and Sydne Ketcham, will stop Wed nesdays from 9 a.m. until 9:20 a.m. at Mallery's in the South Suburban-Capehart Housing area; from 9:30 until 4:50 at Olene; 10.15 to 10:35 at Dairy: 11:15 to 11:35 at Wcyerhseuser Timber Company Sycan Camp; 1 p.m. to 30 pm. at Bly and from 2:45 until 3:15 at Sprague River. Mrs. Cody says the bookmobile will carry about 3,000 books per route. She said she expects pa tronage to increase considerably over the 7,800 books checked out through the vehicle last year. Thir teen stops are new this year. - mc. jP r-. - t? r 1 ' jV nil r:' S. t ji-w:' ! Mountain Part Slides Downhill PENDLETON (API-A JS-acre section of a mountainside meadow has lurched downhill, and no one seems to know why. The slide was discovered Fri day on a mountain 12 miles east of Pilot Rock. Apparently it has moved no further since then. j There is nothing in the path ofj the slide except a creek and log ging road, about a half-mile be-; low at the base of the mountain, i A great rift in the earth on the j mountain was torn when the slide! began. I PILFERING PIZZA PEDDLERS CltlCAGO 'UPli Pollc warned housewives today that t team of burglars have been loot ing South Side apartment houses while disguised as deliverers of pizza pies. DRIVE-IN Highway 97 North ! OPENING SOON! ENJOYING the fun of boating on Upper Klamath Lake during the weekend boat show held at the Klamath Yacht Club are, left to right, Terry Ash, Windy Jones, Dennis Pastega and Gary Pastega. Boating and recreational facilities of Upper Klamath Lake received a big boost from the two-day boat show held in the Yacht Club marina. Ike Urged To Seek Verdict On Program ANIMALS KILLED IN TESTS LONDON (L'PII More than 3,000 animals were killed in ex periments at Britain's chemical warfare establishments in the past six months, the government reported Monday. Minister of Sup ply Aubrey Jones told the House of Commons the experiments were designed to devise means of de fense against the possible use of chemical weapons in war. I KNOWS WHEN HE'S LICKED COLUMBUS. Ohio (UPD Gov. Michael V. DiSalle, leaving the State House after a tax battle with the Legislature, was invited to Join newsmen in a game of gin rummy. "No," said the gover nor. "I've lost enough for today 30 million dollars." Friendly Helpfulness To Every Creed and Purse Word's Klamath Funeral Home 925 High TU 2-4404 Marguerite M. Ward and Sons i WASHINGTON MP Confi dent Dnmocrats challenged Presi dent Eisenhower today to seek a verdict from the people on his legislative program. Do-Gooder Goes Free TOPEKA. Kan. (API-A Topeka teen-ager who got into trouble with the law because of a gener ous impulse has found that the law also can be generous. Last week, George Anderson. 17, noticed that time had expired on two downtown parkipg meters. He didn't know the owners of the offending cars, but he put a penny in each meter to save the motorist from a ticket. 'I just thought it would he a good deed and I didn't think I was doing anything wrong," An derson said. But Topeka has an ordinance prohibiting the depositing of coins in .-. meter to extend parking time past the legal limit. Anderson was arrested by a policeman who saw him put the pennies in the meter. Nonetheless, the city attorney. Carl Zimmerman, decided Mon day that evidence against Ander son was insufficient and dropped the charge. If Eisenhower carries his case to the public in television-radio and other speeches. Sen. Mike Mansfield iD-.Mont) said in an in terview the Democrats will be ready for battle. "We'll carry our fight to the people, too, on the basis of the rec ord we are making in Congress," Mansfield said. "I think it is a good idea for the President to. re port to the people and let them decide on the basis of the record as they have in the last three congressional elections." Mansfield's chief, Senate Major ity Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas told the Senate Monday that Republicans who are criticiz ing this as a "do nothing" Con gress "will wake up some time late in September and find out it just ain't so." Sen. Everett M. Dirksen of 1111 nois, the Senate minority leader, backed up the contention of Sen Thruston B. Morton of Kentucky, the GOP national chairman, that Eisenhower is the best salesman the Republicans have. Dirksen said Eisenhower had FOR THE REST OF YOUR. LIFE! 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' "The President thinks it is his duty to keep the people informed about the way the Democratic Congress is handling his pro gram," Dirksen said. Asked if one of the objectives would be to build up popular sup port for possible vetoes of Dem ocratic-sponsored spending bills, i Dirksen said yes. The Democratic Advisory Coun cil has attacked what it labeled "veto government." It has urged its party's congressional leaders to pass what it calls progressive legislation in spite of veto threats. SINGER LEONETTI MARRIES BALBOA, Canal Zone (UPD Singer Tommy Leonetti and ac tress Pat Ouinn were married here Sunday night. The 26-vear-t old Cliffside. N.J., crooner and his ! bride received a papal blessing by cable and went off on a honey moon in the Panama mountains. 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Johns-Manville, already a national "name" in the insulation field, developed a new electrical insulation called Vulca- ! be ton which was successful in solving ; many early problems. J-M has served the ' " electrical industry ever since. Many new and improved J-M electrical insulations are now widely . used throughout industry. Today, the 101-year-old Johns-Man- ' ville organization operates 33 plants.and ' 3 mines and mills in the United States, ' Canada and Belgium'. They produce more . than 500 lines of industrial products and building materials servicing homes and industry throughout the world. Johns-Manville Klamath Falls Plant
