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MELDRIM. Ga., (AP) Dis
aster teams stepped up operations
t the swirling Ogeechee River to
day, searching or more victims
of a freak butane gas explosion
on " a Seaboard Air Line freight
train.
Seventeen known dead have
been counted since the midafter-
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By FRANK JENKINS
From the Corvallis Gazette-
Times:
"Wonder how strangers driving
couth on the Baldock Freeway
near Salem know when the high
way changes back from one-way to
two-way. There are no markings
and traffic is slowed down consid
erably because of a reluctance
01 some people to pass. ,
"Speaking of that stretch of the
road, there must be a perfectly
reasonable explanation for it, but
to the layman it appears strange
that they would finish the two
way system out in the sticks be
fore they finish it around the state
capitol where the traffic is much
heavier."
Hmmmmmm.
As the Corvallis paper says, it's
interesting. But what I'd like to
know about the Baldock Freeway,
long with all other freeways, is
how, when you get off one of the
darned things, you're going to
GET BACK ONTO IT at least, in
the same day.
For example
Coming south on the Baldock
Freeway recently, I swung off it
inadvertently on one of these grad
ual Y-mtersections. I knew what
1 had done. I knew where the free
way was. I knew in general where
I had to go to get there.
But it took me 27' minutes by
my watch to get back to t h e
freeway, headed in the right di
rection, without going the wrong
way on a one-way street and land
ing in the hoosegow. That is true
not merely of the Baldock Free
way in Oregon, but of all free
ways everywhere
That brings up an interesting
point hi connection with tourist
noon blast Sunday sent a blanket
of flame over some 175 persons
in a recreation area below a riv
er trestle the train was crossing
Duplications set the figure at 19
earlier but an Associated Press
check of all hospitals and funeral
homes in nearby Savannah where
victims were taken showed 17,
including two children who died
today.
All have been identified.
The Red Cross, also listed 17
dead and said it had received only
two calls concerning missing per
sons.
Many more were injured in the
fiery catastrophe and Savannah
hospitals still had 13 persons re
ceiving treatment. Memorial hos
pital said five of its patients were
in poor to extremely poor condi
tion.
Disaster units began dragging
operations at the scene near this
hamlet 20 miles northwest of Sa
vannah and were trying to stretch
strong nets across the Ogeechee
to catch any bodies carried down
stream by the swift current
The railroad said the explosion
of one butane tanker set off a sec
ond loaded with 10.000 gallons of
the cooking and heating fuel. Two
trainmen were injured in the blast
and the pileup of freight cars near
the end of the long train
The blast turned the Ogeechee
River bank into blackened ruins
several hundred yards from the
trestle. It caught some of the vic
tims in the water, others on the
bank. Children seared by the
flames floundered in the river or
ran screaming from the spot
A second but lesser explosion
came after rescuers reached, the
scene near this East Georgia town
about 18 miles northwest of Sa
vannah
Most of the 124 cars in the Sea
board Air Line Railroad freight
had cleared the 30-foot high Ires
tie before the crash at 3:30 p.m
None fell in the water, but sev
eral piled ap on the bank and
burned through the night. Some
of the cars were telescoped. Flat!
cars dangled from a 75-foot long
break at the end of the 250-yard i
span. , I
First reports said the journal on
one of the cars apparently broke.
Some observers thought the tres
tle gave way. ',"
Sparks caused by the wreck
may have ignited the gas, turning
the area into an inferno, or the
escaping gas may have been ig-
I Price Five Cents 12 Pases KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. MONDAY. JUNE 29. 195S Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 643.1 j
Damage Believed
To Be $200,000
A retail lumber warehouse belonging to the McCollura
Lumber Company at 2074 South Sixth Street erupted into
flame and burned to the ground early Monday morning.
Firemen of the Klamath Falls, Suburban and County,
Air Force, and Oregon Technical Institute departments
were unable to save the huge frame building. But they kept
nearby homes from destruction.
They were unable to say what started the fire. Firemen
were busy investigating late Monday morning.
A service station operator wno
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FIRE destroyed the McCollum Lumber Company early Mon
day morning, and firemen of five fira departments coupled
thousands of feet of hose and pumped countless gallons of
water in an unsuccessful attempt to save tha retail lumber
firm. They prevented the fire from spreading. Lata Mon
day morning the charred rubble was still smouldering.
Herald and News photographer Otto Ellis caught these
scenes at dawn.
Hawaii Demos See Victory
As Result Of Big Turnout
traffic, which all states are seek- nited by a riverbank campfire
ing to attract. "The explosion came over the
Except in the case of metropoli- water with a big boom, and after
tan cities, location on a multiple-
lane major freeway route is com
ing to be accepted as a handicap
In stopping tourists. Once they get
(tarted on such a route, their ten
dency is to roar through from one
metropolitan center to the next,
with NO stops in between.'
The reason is obvieus. The tour
ist fears that if he gets off the
freeway, by even so- much as a
block or so, he'll waste goodness
knows how much time getting
back to it. So he tends to stay
on the freeway route.
. This tendency is bothering all
cities of less than metropolitan
rank.
that you could hear children
screaming and yelling." David
Parker, one of the injured, said.
'It was awful after it happened
not to be able to save the chil
dren, but there was just nothing
to do."
MARS MEN
CHERRY POINT, N.C. (API
Men from MARS keep planes (ly
ing at. the Marine air station here
They are members of the
Marine Aircraft Repair Squadron
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON" (AP) The Su
preme Court Monday ordered a
new hearing next tail oa an ap
peal which questions the constitu
tionality of the membership
clause of the Smith anti-Communist
act.
The clause makes H a crime to
be a member at a group knowing
that It advocates overthrow of the
government by .force and violence.
FOREST FIRE
'DANGER TODAY
KEEP OREGON GREEN
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Clearing tonight. - Fair
Tuesday with a few .afternoon
clouds. Low tonight 40-46; high
Tuesday 65-70.
High yesterday 69
Low last night 34
Precip. last 24 hours 0
Since Oct. 1 5.82
Same period last year 18.58
Northern California Fair
through Tuesday; warmer. North
westerly winds 10-20 miles an hour,
decreasing Tuesday.
DAIRY BUSINESS
MONTPELIER. Vt. AP John
Coolidge. son of the late Presi
dent Calvin Coolidge. is going
into the dairy business. He and
two associates have taken out pa
pers of incorporation for a plant
to process milk, cheese and other
products.
Governor
Due Here
Governor Mark Hatfield was
scheduled to arrive in Klamath
Falls early Tuesday, June 30. to
preside at dedication ceremonies
at the new Johns-Manville insulat
ing board plant north of Klamath
Falls.
The governor will give the sig
nal which will put the huge plant
into operation on an entirely new
type of industry in the state's
economy.
The dedication services are set
for 11 a.m. Tuesday, following
tour of the plant by the governor
and J-M olficials who will arrive
late today.
Among those to be on hand are
A. R. Fisher, chairman and presi
dent of Johns-Manville, W. R. Wil
kinson, vice, president and general
manager of the Building Products
Division, and others.
Following the dedication cere
monies, a luncheon has been
scheduled for Reames Golf and
Country Club.
An open house has been sched
uled for the public at the Johns
Manville plant on Tuesday alter-
noon, and W. H. Graham, mana
ger of the new plant, invited every
one to visit the plant and inspect
its operation.
HONOLULU (AP) Democrats
jubilantly claimed today their
heavy vote in Hawaii's primary
means victory (or them in the is
lands' first state elections next
month. ......
They contended that the big
Democratic vole was the forerun
ner of a sweep that would send
three of their fold to Congress and
elect a Democratic governor and
Legislature.
Republicans were quick ta an
swer that GOP candidates ran un
opposed in the nominating pri
mary Saturday while Democrats
engaged in vote-drawing contests.
They said the Democratic out
pouring was expected.
Some GOP leaders nevertheless
conceded that the party would be
the underdog in the Aloha State's
first election July 28.
Both parties turned to campaign
ing in the wake of the primary
and a simultaneous statehood ple
biscite in which Hawaiians voted
approval of statehood by a whop
ping 17 to 1 margin.
The 132,938 yes votes so dwarf
ed the 7,854 votes against state
hood that it exceeded even the
most optimistic predictions.
The primary voting produced
three candidates of Japanese or
Chinese ancestry out of the six
nominated for Hawaii's two Sen
ate seats and one in the House
of Representatives. At least one
of the trio appears certain to go
to Congress.
Democrats nominated Frank F
Fasi, 38. and former Hawaii gov
fnor Oren E. Long, 70, for the
Senate.
Fasi. a territorial senator, scor
ed a major upset by beating Chi
nese-American William H. Keen,
76, who had served 32 years in
the territorial Senate and had
come out of retirement to sock the
nomination.
Fasi polled 46.868 votes to 31.307
for Heen.
Hiram k. Fong. 52, a wealthy
businessman of Chinese descent,
ran unopposed for the Republican
nomination and drew 42.396 voles.
He will oppose Fasi for one Sen
ate seat.
Long registered 61,625 votes to
overwhelm two Democratic aspi
rants in the nominating contest.
His Republican opponent for the
other Senate seat will be Japanese
American Wilfred C. Tsukiyama.
62, veteran territorial senator who
garnered 40.700 votes running un
opposed in the primary.
For Hawaii's lone House seat.
Democrats nominated territorial
Senator Daniel K. lnouye, 34, a de
corated war veteran and lawyer
who lost an arm serving with the
famed "go for broke" all-Nisei re
gimental combat team in World
W'a: . II.
lnouye received 50,787 votes to
outdistance another Japanese
American, Mrs. Patsy Takemoto
Mink, 31, who trailed with 21.802.
was working across the street said
he heard a dog howl in the vicinity
of the lumber shed. Suddenly, he
said, flames engulfed the build
ing. Damage was estimated at $2n.
000. The building contained a large
stock of finished lumber, plywood
and other buildtng supplies.
Firemen were uncertain wheth
er any of the contents are sal
vable. The fierce fire scorched con
tents badly.
The business was operated by
Melvin McCollum. He was not
available for comment at press
time.
The fire is the third of major
proportion to hit Klamath Falls
in less than two months. The first,
causing more than $100,000 dam
age, swept through the Dick B.
Miller Cadillac and Oldsmobile Ga
rage at Seventh Street and Klam
ath Avenue May 14.
In that blaze several new cars
were demolished and flames licked
over most of the building's con
tents.
Ten days ' later the mammoth
Payless Drug Store at 808 Main
Street was nearly completely de
stroyed by a fire that caused
more than $250,000 damage. An
adjoining restaurant, the Derby
Cafe, also was destroyed and near
by offices received smoke damage
Not catastrophic, but causing
considerable damage and trouble
for firemen was a blaze that
caught in a fuel bin at Klamath
Hardwoods Incorporated on High
way 97 South June 1. Damage
was estimated at from $20,000 to
$30,000.
Red Deputy
Arrives
In New York
Shasta Resident
'Miss California'
BURBA.NK (UPI) A 19-year-old
brunette from Mount Shasta has
been chosen as Miss California in
competition for the right to rep
resent the state in the Miss Uni
verse Pageant at Long Beach.
Terry Lynn Huntington, a na
live of San Francisco but current
ly studying at UCLA, won out in
competition over four other final
ists Saturday night.
Chief's Body
Heading Home
WASHINGTON W-The body of
a, California Indian chief, who
came here to protest that white
men were stealing his land, head
ed back home today in a rented
car trailer.
Attached to the side of the ve
hicle is a large sign:
"This trailer contains the body
of Indian Chief Ray Johnson of
Canby, California, who died in
Washington, D.C. seeking justice.
The Department of Interior, Bu
reau of Indian Affairs, is respbn
smle for his administrative mur-
rder."
Johnson, 75-year-old head of the
California Hot Springs Indians,
died Thursday a day after picket
ing the Justice Department build
ing in the hot sun.
Retired Brig. Gen. Herbert C
Holdridge. leader of the picketing
group which Johnson had joined
said death was due to a heart at
tack. . t
Johncon came here to complain
that white squatters had taken
over part of his hereditary land
at Canby, near Alturas. He also
said they shot some of his goats
and slapped his wife, Joy. Local
authorities did nothing, he said.
NEW YORK (AP)-The First
Deputy Premier of the Soviet Un
ion. Frol R. Kozlov, took a walk
today to the vast dismay of
police.
Passing up arrangements for an
elaborate motorcade across town,
Kozlov at the last minute set off
afoot on the one-mile hike be
tween his country's diplomatie
headquarters and the Coliseum
where a Soviet cultural and sci
entific exhibition is being held..
A dozen aides accompanied him
while surprised police brass hus
tled along as escort. The chauf
feurs of waiting limousines just
scratched their heads. Motorcycle
police circled a few city blocks
along the route, then gave op.
The group strolled without inci
dent from Park Avenue and 68Th
Street, where the Soviet United
Nations delegation resides, and
through Central Park to the ex
hibit hall at 60th Street and
Broadway.
Kozlov arrived from Russia
Sunday to preside at the opening
tonight.
President Eisenhower flies here
today to get a preview of tha dis
play, and presumably will meet
Kozlov briefly. Vice President
Nixon Is taking part in the formal
ceremonies.
The show opens to the public '
Tuesday.
The affable, gray-haired Kozlov
called the No. 1 man in tha
Kremlin will go to Washington
Tuesday to talk with Eisenhower
and Secretary of State Christian
A. Herter.
Kozlov arrived in the world'
birgest airliner, a Soviet prop-jet
TU114, which set a record for fly
ing time between New York and
Moscow. ,
It was the first nonstop flight
between the two cities. The fly
ing time was 11 hours and (
minutes for the 5.092-mile trip.
That's an average speed of 460
miles an hour.
Kozlov is a square-faced mai of
50, with a ready smile and a loud
voice. He smiled often and made
several jokes after his arrival.
During a three-hour boat rida
around Manhattan, the view of tha
skyline prompted him to say
"those who created this city cer
tainly, chose a very good -site."
He chatted amiably with two
pretty American models on tha
trip. They will display fashions
later at the American exhibition
in Moscow. Smilingly Kozlov told
one of them: "I hope you lika
Moscow but you'd better not keep
saying "da." " ("da" means "yes"
in Russian). '
New York's Mayor Robert T.
Wagner greeted Kozlov as he step
ped aboard the boat.
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