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GE WO HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore. Fridav. .Tnlv 3. 1959 Impressions Editor'! ante: A dozen business and civic leaden (rom Klamath Falls toured Air Force installa tions at Colorado Springs and the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis last month. This report by R. Frank Tucker, man ager of the chamber of commerce, will be printed in three install ments. By R. FRANK TUCKER Manager, Chamber of Commerce You have all read or heard about the Im cable, although some what irresponsible character. Rip Van Winkle, from Washington Irv ing'! writings of Sleepy Hollow. : This gent was supposed to be a farmer by occupation, but not too attentive to the basics of keeping on the job. This attitude was some thing less than humorous to his wife a termagant and nagging old blister in her own right. As a result, the old boy sought refuge from her tirades by slipping olf to the quiet of the Catskills to med itate and breath the air of mom entary freedom from Dame Van Winkle. One alternoon while on such absence from reality, Rip came upon some strange fellows bowling In these Catskills. Quench ing their thirst from the exer tions of the game, these little men offered Ri'p a tankard of liquid from the flagon in their posses sion. The results you are all aware of; Rip partook of the liquid and fell into a sleep that lasted 20 years. What docs this analogy have to do with the reality of the 20th Century, you might well ask. Let me for the moment bring a per sonal note to this theme. At one time in my life, military duty was my every day modus operandi. Since separation from military duty, it has been my avocation to keep up with some of the activi ties of the military through read ing and contact. I felt fairly well conversant with up-to-date military affairs. But what I was about to see made me feel much the same as our friend Rip Van Winkle upon his awakening. On June 14, it was my extreme pleasure to be a participaling guest of the Air Force in the WEST C0.4ST SHOWS CARNIVAL ','''' , " ' r Klamath Falls July 3rd - 4th and 5th So. 4th and Division HEY KIDS! WIN A BICYCLE FREE AT THE CARNIVAL 2 Bicycles to be given away free at special school children's mati nee at Carnival grounds Sunday, July 5th, at 5:30 p.m. Re duced prices on all mechanical rides for School Children at Special Matinee Sun., July 5th, 1 p.m. to 5:30 p. m. Get free tickets for drawing at Carnival grounds. Ride The Scrambler First Time in the West KIDDIE LAND FOLLOW THE TWIN SEARCH LIGHTS TO THE SHOWGROUNDS 'A BIT OF IVIRYTHING" . NIW I USID SHOP The MERCHANDISE MART OPIN tVIRY DAY IUT SUNDAY JM So. th Klamath Foils. On. TU 4-6660 Of AF Sites Listed By Chamber Chief most memorable jaunt of my life. Coming as a complete surprise, a party of 12 men from the Klamath Basin were chosen to at tend an intense "brieling" on how the defense system of these United States functions. What did we see? What were we told? What are my personal reactions? Well, let's take a look-see and try to reconstruct some jf the highlights. So much was crammed into those days we were away, that it al ready has the tone of a mirage. On June 15. we were escorted i into the conference room of Gen. J. H. Atkinson, commanding gen eral. Air Defense Command. The first man to give the word of welcome and "keynote" our mis sion was Brig. Gen. Paul W. ScheU decker, comptroller of the Air. De fense Command. He opened his remarks by making a comparison between his current $23 home tele phone bill and the 40 million dol lar tab picked up by Uncle Sam last year for its communication bill in air defense. He went on to point out that a P-51 fighter of World War II cost $30,000. Its counterpart today, the F-101-B Mhe type stationed at Kingsley Field for use by the 322nd Fighter Squadron) costs $1.6 million each. When we fire an air-to-air rocket "Don't worry. bu know how GET TIPEO OF THINGS FAST. "DENNIS THE MENACE" !1 - rfhc Surgery Of Siamese Twins Hinges On Liver, Say MDs PORTLAND (API - A Univer-, sity of Oregon Medical School spokesman said Wednesday that surgical separation of the Stubble-1 lield Siamese twins hinges on the liver. Doctors at the school are study ing the twins to decide whether they can be cut apart. The girls were born three days ago to an Idaho farm couple, Mr. and Mrs. James Stubblclicld. "So fnr preliminary examina tions indicate the twins have sep arate hearts certainly in their favor lor surgical operation," a statement issued hy Joseph J. Adams, medical school public af lairs director, said. "X-rays show separate gastro intestinal tracts, hut until con trast studies are made this will not be known tor certain. "The organ most in question is Ihe liver. At present there is a strong possibility that Ihe twins have a common liver. However, if each twin has a separate cir culation system within, the liver, it is possible to sever Ihe tissue and thereby give each twin an adequate liver. wne'ncr or not oilier organs are shared by Ihe twins is not known," the statement continued. What if the twins do not have separate circulation systems with in the liver, 'Adams was asked. He said that was a grave ques tionone he was not prepared to discuss now. Even if an operation is feasible, he said, it may be several weeks away. "Although the twins have reg istered some weight loss since birth, a perfectly normal condi tion in the newborn, early indi cations are that there is nothing lunclionally wrong with either," the statement said. "The risk of performing sur- . gory on a newborn infant is great er than ,it is several weeks later, when Ihe inlant begins to go on a regular feeding schedule and starts to gain weight. "For this reason we are watch ing and waiting and are continu such as the Falcon, we are shoot ing the cost of a new Cadillac! In other words, using these meager and quick examples for compari sons, the national defense budget and spending today is big, with capital "B"! The next briefing officer stated that we are constantly on this mat ter of survival. The basic threat today is still the same attempted world domination by the Commu nists. When one realizes that the Sinviflt rnnlrnl nr Ihinb fnr nvnr one ... u:n . - u.moii peopie. u nas some t aru cihorinn sl(nitc A ll Vim in ti c.imo. .,,.,.uh,, nur Stralpsii- Air Command h .... been a deterrent to war. the fact remains today that our striking force and that of the Soviets is about in balance. The very real threat of the 1CBM (Interconti nental Ballistic Missile! against which we have no present de fense is in itself frightening. How ever, it is comforting to note that real progress has been made by the welding together of the dt fense system of Canada and the United States. This combination of systems is called NORAD, oi North American Defense Com mand. For the first time, we have under one command the entire de fense program of North America from the Mexican border to the bis psoplb axs ...they- ,,, .-. , V ; :l ing with X-ray studies to deter mine what organs, if any, arc shared with the infants." The twins, joined in the ab domen, face to face, weighed !) pounds, 10 ounces at birth. They were brought here by. plane and taken to the medical school's Doernbecher Memorial Hospital. Adams said the infants were eating well and apparently are in fine health. Stubhlcficld, 25, the father, op crates a sugar beet farm at Par ma, Idaho, across the Snake Riv er from Oregon. The mother, 24, gave birth to the twins in a Nyssa, Ore., hospital Monday. The Stub hlefields have three other chil dren. Court Records Kt.AMATIt F.M.I. Ml'NK'IPAI. COl RT Kloyrt Ealon Law, drunk In amo. S23 or 12'a days. Winfield Chlloquln. vagrancy, or so days. lino .lame Lee Kirk Jr.. drunk 125 or 121s da.va. Lnwrcnrp Waller Most, drunk. $23 or lw day. Ada Ktilghl. drunk. MS nr 12 dayi. One juvenile arretted for possrssion of ttolen property and one Cor a Iraf flc violation KI.AMATH COI'STV DISTRICT COURT Marvin t.ee Jones, Intoxicated upon putilte Mahway, dismissed. R. B. Oliver, violation boalc rule. SO so. Ervln Joseph Douty. violation basic rule. 7.ao. Melvln Ronald Paris', driving while encumbered, SIO. Marietta Rose Casper, violation bas ic rule, $a..V). Elmer Cleo Pendergrasa, no opera tors license. S7.34I. John William Gordon, no operator's license. 7 .10 Keoneth Wayne Stratlon. no mur der. S7 SO. Ronald Dean Johnson, violation bas ic rule. 7 so Robert Bailey Hopkins, fail display license, IS. KUmilh Falli, Oregon Serving Southern Oregon ttiid Northern California Published dally except Saturday by Sou t hum Oregon Publishing Company Main at Eipiaraiie Phone TUxrdo 4-8111 FRANK ir.NKlNS. Editor RILL JENKINS, Managtng Editor FLOYD WYNNE. City Editor t Entered at second class matter at the post office at Klamatb rat Is, Oregon, on August 30, 1B06, under act nf Cnngrria. March 3. 1179. Second -clan poatage paid at Klamath Falls, Oregon, and at additional matting office. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ca trier 1 Month . , . . .;... t 1 Montha ,,, $ no 1 Year SIB OO Mall tn Advanra 1 Month 1 Ml Months . I Year 13 00 . j Carrier and Dealer Weetr days, ropy .V Sunriats, ropv UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Subscribers not receiving deltverv p! their Herald and News, pi ease phone TUxrdo 4-AMl before 1 P.M. After T P M.. phone Maiirlr Millar. Cir euiguon Manager at TUxeao 4-47 M Arctic Circle. This new concept of defense includes detection, iden tification, interception and destruc tion of an aggressor. ine rmy ana navy representa- fives outlined their contributions and participation in this new pro - a.,., u. ...,e rtoy ships that patrol the seas and air- craft in the skies above the seas Vital information is relayed to con-, trol centers, where in turn it is amassed and evaluated in the . . . umoai upviduuns u-ratr. wic ine Armv representative outlined their" " . -. .... ' ...... - . .. . gUiaea missile program and tneirir,. : r r, i h . , .. . -. . general offices of Copco at Med ei ecuveness as a ouierreni. as effectiveness as a deterrent. As an aside, the new Hercules missile which is now operational is expected to cover the entire range which might possibly be in vaded by an aggressor. We had an explanation of how these missiles are launched; how the radar and computer work as a team in "locking on" to a tar get and then proceed to destroy such a target. Just to show the rapidly increasing effectiveness of these rockets, it might be said that in 1955, only 59.4 per cent of the rockets fired were considered successful shots. This increased to 79.9 per cent in 1958, and the re cent computations are that it is over 80 per cent effective! One had better be well identified be cause these heartless creatures with an electronic brain couldn't care less what badge you are wearing once the panic button is slammed on! After two hours of verbal and visual explanations of the mission of defense, audi the "hardware" that is used in discharging its re sponsibilities, we were taken to the block house which contains the Combat Operations Center. Here on a lighted, transparent board is an outline of the North Ameri can Continent and the boundaries at sea which comes under its con trol. Information on every incoming aircraft is identified. Should some aircraft invade this boundary on the sea or above it without identi fication, defense aircraft from one or more of a number of commands is sent aloft "to do just that. This information is filtered back to the individual Air Division and forwarded to the COC head-i quarters. A tactical decision is made at that time by Battle Com mander on whether defensive ac tion is to be taken. Sounds compli cated, and it is, but it only takes matter of minutes from the most remote control center to NORAD. With open telephone lines, you begin to fit in the bill at this point for this one facet of the operation. At any rate, for our benefit, a theoretical attack problem was winked out while we sat in this amphitheater. We saw how an unidentified squadron of bombers started down the wastes of northern Canada. Then the manner in which fighters were "scrambled" to make an identification. When it was found this identification was un- friendly, an interception was made at several points on this tracking run. Finally several of the attack ers were shot down and the bal ance was turned away. Obviously, the minute detailing of this prob lem has not been included in re lating this story, but the teatn; work and coordination that is man datory to a fault is utterly fan taslic. To those skeptics who might think this a waste of time playing kid games, one can only say "he is bill with tolly while his enemies plan his murder." This system of fact-gathering and decision-mak ing is most impressive. Yet, action is being taken in which the present method is to be abolished in favor of a new and even more elleclive system. SAGE (not something with which to flavor the gourmet's dish) is the new glamour child of delense. Semi-Automatic Ground Environ ment is Ihe stretched out word of SAGE. What is it? Why, it is a digital computer of course! Gath ers all this data, plots the course of defense and gives the battle commander his choice of attack and an alternate or two. You see, we can no longer wait lor the human to do all this in his own realm of activity, then, relay the inlormation along Takes too long. And there is Ihe possible chance of human error. Neither of these luxuries can we afford. Next: The Air Force Academy. fim - ': :. JOHN WIUUM I r valjvl- 9 WICRtAT I o rrri:V?i nr om go. fi THE HORSE W$k SOLDIERS ilaew"6 "-us-' 4 JSewtea ia4 Eugene Firm Awarded Bid Low bidder on approximately ifiVlfVin unrlh nf rnnsirnptinn fnr Ca,ifornia Oregon Power Corn pany in Klamath Falls at Wednes- jday - s bid opening was Vik Con j si.-uclion Company of Eugene, Trjgvie vjk-s (irm a,ready has ! crews jn KU)nlaln Fals working ,. ,,.:, Ri(.kfalis Anarimeni i.nsln.,inn I ;, Ri.h,.., u-mih Hiorin -,.. (,. sajd , ,olai 01 six oius were reireiveu ai me , . .:n . loru. uiner oinuers wcie vjiiucii Ballantyne of Klamath Falls, Sin gleton Construction Company of Redding. Morrison Knudsen Co Inc., out of its Klamath Falls of fice, and Graff Construction Com pany and Bessonette Construction Company, both of Medford The project is a Copco service center located off Highway 97 south of the city limits, adjacent to Copco's big substation. Con struclion includes a garage with mezzanine iloor covering nearly 4,3lifl square feet of ground area a 14.000 square foot warehouse, a 12,750 square foot truck storage shed, pole yard, transformer house and utilities. Buildings are to be concrete with trussed roofs, ce ment slab floors, asbestos shin cjos, overhead doors, acoustical tile, and mechanical and electrical wmk arc included in the contract. Ritchry said the rock and grad ing of the site was done last year. Black-topping of the area between the buildings is being de terred until next year. Plans call for improvement of the office fa cilities at the site, probably next year. Plans and specifications were drawn by the architect and engi neering department at Copco's Medford headquarters with T. R. Lytle supervising. Completion date is set for November 1. The Great Northern Railway Company has started work on a spur into the site, a distance of nearly one-fourth of a mile. Mo Trace Found Of Man KLORENCK, Ore. AP The search has been abandoned for an elderly man who walked into the woods to pick berries and never returned. Sheriff's deputy James Clark said the search by more than 100 men had produced no trace of Al bert Straight, and was halted Wednesday. Straight disappeared into brushy, logged over land after etting out from his home a few miles from this coastal town Mon day afternoon. AirpUnes and bloodhounds also were used in the search, but with out avail. The bloodhounds repeatedly fol lowed a trail past an abandoned sawmill, but each time apparently lost Ihe scent at a wall of thick brush. Straight vanished in the same area where another elderly man William Holesapple, disappeared in M57. Holesapple never was found. Space Clock To Test Idea LOS AMiELES (API A space clock, accurate within one second in 1.IXM) years, is being built to test Einstein's theory of rclativi ty. Ihe clock is designed for an orbiting satellite. Whirling around the earth, it will be compared with a similar clock on the ground. By comparing the two clocks performances by radic, theories on relativity can be tested, ac cording to Dr. Harold Lyons, head of the Hughes Aircraft atomic physics department directing the project. Lyons said the space clock should run slow compared with the ground clock for orbits below 2.000 miles and fast above 2.000 miles. The launching of a clock sale! lite is expected to be several years off. LLOYD W. EBINGER was recently promoted to elec trician's male third class, while serving aboard the Pacific Fleet ammunition ship, the USS Firedrake, United States Navy. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Ebinger, 1034 North Sixth Street. Before entering the Navy in Octo ber, 1957, he was graduated from Klamath Union High School and employed by the Asphalt Paving Company. Schedule Told For Tule Fair TULEI.AKE Schedule for the Tulelake-Biitle Valley Fair to be held at Tnlelake September 12, 13 and 14, has been announced by Bill Whitakcr, fair manager. Whitaker slates all enlrips mini be in by 5 p. m. September 4. Livestock will be received and weighed September 11 from 4 a m to 6 p.m. All exhibits must be in place by 6 p.m. The flower show, home economics, agriculture ex hibits and ails and crafls will be judged at 7 p.m. There will be a football game at 8 p.m.. September 11. and a stmot dance at 10:30 p.m. September 12 the showmanship contest will begin at 8 a.m.. Hip parade at 12 noon, and the judg ing of fat stock at 1 p.m. The grandstand show, the Oregon Jour nal Juniors, will begin at 7 p.m. September 13. the judging of livestock will continue, beginning at 8 a.m. The 4-H hnrso shr. manship will be judged at 12:30 p.m. the junior horse show will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday evening ser vice will start at 6 p.m. The sen ior norse show will be at 7:30 p.m. , ; September 14. the final .Hav r the show, will begin with Ihe live stock judging contest at 10 a.m., the syphon contest at a n w the fiolary barbecue at 4:30 p.m., rne notary livestock auction at 8 p.m. will climax the activi ties. Theme for this year's fair is "Welcome to Fair-y-Iand." JUROR WON'T SERVE CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (UPI) A jury notice sent lo John rtislnr was returned to the commission ers with a note from his mother. John, she said, is only six weeks old. CanHaiwtM Skawt Sat 4 Stat, - jj vS'' t miluonsi V ' "! :tS-,'L' X TRULY THE SCREEN'S NOW the , J--;y M0ST T 0UL UNCHArNED l'- . VX AVENGER fjf , w- aw,-- At . EMERGES FROM Vf W THE RAGING V - r'y , t -A tYJrtf'l RIOTS AND ''SjlJWi REVvlLASRSOFAGci?00 ?WP$M 7 5TEVE-I 1 . 1 Kttf tOlK0SCINA CANALE M,mrrpPgW bdia AUonsi-GinaRoverelo-sT..,,, um 14 Convicts Die KOYLIO, Finland AP An in-. sane convict set fire Wednesday night to an old wooden wing of the Koylio prison and 14 prisoners burned to death before they could be released from their cells. Of 48 other convicts m the wing, 21 were injured and three es caped. County Police Commis-t sinner Jyrki Lev on said all the injured would recover and he ex pected the missing men to be cap tured soon. The firebug was annmg those killed in the roaring fire, which burned the building to the ground in less than 90 minutes. Police and firemen kept the fire from reaching other prison build i FmIun: 8:10 & 11:50 NJylmMM w STERLING iMm mm ASTpFTHErfflSK-WS T"A CT IN EASTMAN I color JOCK MAHONEY GILBERT iu Come to Motion sy TECHNICOLOR Feature: 8:10 t j i no vvicKeoest event un The Big -Time Big -Thrill Rodeo Circuit! Shown at 9:40 Only t5"RLr5i, , OH, THAT jSi born reckless In Fjre ings housing about 150 convlrti. The prison is in an isolated location outside Bjorneborg, oa the west coast of Finland. NEW OFFICER PORTLAND .(AP) The new medical officer in charge of the clinic at Chcmawa Indian School north of Salem is Dr. Joseph W. Ball, a Klamath Indian and a giaduate of the University of Ore gon Medical School. He succeeds Dr. Earl Burkey, u ho resigned. Brahma, Indian prophet, recom mended licorice to his people as ; tonic and elixir of life. Western Co-Hit! I IMC" P I Vb fL V I ROLAND UN DA MKTAI iC.A' Shew at 10:15 Only SATURDAY ONLY! 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