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Newspaper Page TextHERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls. Ore Mnnrlav, July (t. 1959 PAGE 5 A 1 I -4 ? ' ' M If v " I'r8"1, , r It r . r Vv 1' i ' - f - Ex-Reporter, Companion On Bicycle Trek To Mexico By NORM CARDOZA , Ron Reeves of Warrenlon lefl his reporting job on the Salem Statesman a cek ago. Thursday he and a companion bicycled into Klamath Falls. Reeves weighs 20 pounds less than he did when he left. At that rate he ought to waste completely away before he gets hallway on his cycle tour to New Orleans. But the fact is, Reeves says he is just getting down to lighting trim after two and. one half years at a desk. Reeves. 24. and Dale Thomas. 26, of Parkdale, attended Oregon State College together and became friends. Then; friendship continued after college, and sometimes they worked together at resorts. A couple of months ago they had a drink together and shared some talks of archeology. Both are amateur archcologists. A lei surely trip to Yucatan. Mexico, sounded like a ball. The idea grew. A week ago Friday, they each piled five-pound sleeping bags, transistor radios, three changes of .and possible summer work to pick oermuaa snorts., iwo sniris, a pair up spending money. of trousers, a change of shoes, sweater, a rain slicker, toilet arti cles, a hammock, dehydrated food and lots of vitamin pills on their .BYRON EVANS, right, an Air Force second lieutenant whose parents live in Klamath Falls, was graduated with high hon ors from jet flight training school at Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas. He received from Col. Travis Hoover, commander of Evans' pilot training group, the Daughters of the American Colonists award given to the top student in each training command graduating class. He also re ceived the commander's trophy. He is the son of Joe Evans and Mrs. Jerry Van Buskirk. Wall Street Discovers Thrilling Summer Rally By ELMER C. WAI.ZER 1 NEW YORK tUPIi-Stocks set1 new record highs in first two sessions of the second half of 1959 in what Wall Street described as thrilling summer rally. Valuation of all listed issues in the short week which" ended on Thursday rose $6,500,000,000. The industrial average closed the week on its high a record at 654.76 up 15.51 points and the 65-stock average also broke all records at 218.92, 70 4.50 points, each the best gain since April 17. Railroads reached their best level since May 22 and closed the week at their top of 168.92 up 1.75 points on the week and off less than a point from the year's high. The utilities average rose two full points to 88.10 for its best weekly rise since Jan. 21 when it was the same and otherwise the best since Nov. 14, 1958. Daily average volume for the four-day week was ' 3,239.305 shares, best since the week ended May 15. It compared with a daily average of 2.954,486 shares in the previous week. A total of 1,395 issues appeared on the tape. Of these 921 ad vanced, 323 declined and 151 held unchanged. A total of 148 issues reached new highs for the year while 56 touched new lows. Leadership centered on the highest grade issues on the board. Steels and motors dominated Chemicals had some good gains Individual tires, metals, alumi nums, drugs, farm implements and electronics scored wide gains. American Motors topped the list with volume of 211,900 shares, closing the week at 44 up 1. skinny bicycles and prepared to depart. They camped that evening in the outskirts of Salem. Thomas fell out of the hammock while sleeping and skinned his knee badly. That was the one mishap the men were to encounter. They pedaled all week down Highway 99 to Ashland, pausing en route long enough (or Reeves to gather material (or feature stories two Portland area newspa pers are paying him to write. They average eight miles per hour. Twice already misfortune has befallen them. Once nine spokes on hefty Thomas s bike broke sud denly, and Reeves had a flat tire. They managed to get a ride over the Green Springs Highway from Ashland while walking their bikes up the steep Green Springs grade. They stayed over the weekend with Reeves' relatives, Mrs. Ruie Howard and Jewel How ard. 516 Eldorado Boulevard. They are continuing south 1 through Alturas to Lake Tahoe Sea Victims Fiqht Sharks ; mm Papers Will Print Until Ink Runs Dry LONDON AP - The shut down of Britain's national news papers set for Monday was avert ed Saturday. The .National Society of Opera tive Printers and Assistants agreed to let the national news papers share their remaining stocks of printing ink. This will enable the papers to continue pub lishing austerity-size editions until at least Wednesday. RL'KGLAR RINGS SALE SIIKUMAN, Calif. (UPll Joseph Cirricionc was not amused when a whimsical burglar broke into his tavern, rang up a "one cent sale'' on the cash register and made off with $100. Supplies of ink to the papers were cut off three days ago by the spread of the two-week-old na tionwide printing strike. National newspapers drastically trimmed their size to eke out remaining stocks. ' - New Many Wear FALSE TEETH With Little Worry Eat, talk, laugh or anteza wltnoul fear of majeure talwa Mtath dropping, slipping or wobbling. PASTEETH hold plates firmer and more com fortably. This pleasant powder has no gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling. Doesn't cause nausea. It's alkaJIn. (non-acid). Checks "plate odor" 1 denture breath). Get FAbTKXTU el any drug counter. CRISTOLBAL, Panama Canal Zone (API Survivors of the Co lombian freighter Rio A tr a to care how which caught (ire and sank in a, leans so long as the trip is leisure- Both are carrying some money. but they don't want to spend it unless an emergency arises. Reeves hast just enough money to get to Thailand after the tour, and Thomas wants to study at the University 0 Mexico City. Reeves has a degree in education and taught for a year before beginning newspaper work. Thomas has a business, degree. The men approached the trip with some foresight. They don't they get to New Or- MEXICO BOUND, Dale Thomas, left, and Ron Reeves, of northern Oregon, rode into Klamath Falls Thursday. They stayed with relatives over the weekend, then continued their trek to New Orleans where their ocean voyage will begin. HUGE YARN SAL Yarn and Crochet Thread Drastically Reduced! Art Needlework Shoppe 1403 Main burst of explosions in the Carib bean told Saturday of lighting off sharks before being rescued. Two of the known dead were believed eaten by the big fish. The German freighter Essen ar rived here with 39 barefooted men. women and children picked up General-Motors in third place, latter the gasoline-laden South had sales of 174.900 shares. 11 1 American ship went down Friday FASTEST FOUR-FOOTER For long distances, the prong horn antelope, fastest of all four- footed animals in America, can cover the countryside at 45 miles an hour. gained 2'i points which is an ad dition of SK3l.M2.noA to the valua tion of its outstanding stock. Frue hauf Trailer drew up in 13th piace with a gain of nearly a point and horrl made 20th also up the Rio Atrato said nearly a point. Chrysler rose l-lt were aboard. Anti-Communist Riots Renewed TRIVANDRUM, India (AP) -Agitation against the Communist government of Kerala state was still at a high pitch Saturday after a fresh riot brought the death toll to IS persons. Three persons 'were shot dead- one a pregnant woman when police opened fire on demonstra tors Friday in this capital of the red-ruled slate in southwest India. The demonstrations are aimed at creating a situation to force India's central government to oust the Communist regime in Kerala state and call new elections. 90 miles off Cartagena, Colombia Thirteen were taken to hospitals. Still missing were from, 7 to 10 persons, including at least 6 pas sengers. Capt. Orestes Howard of 46 persons ly and inexpensive. If they tire of the bicycles, they might sell them. They bought bikes in the first place because they make car rides easier to get. They plan to reach New Orleans sometime next fall, then work their way across the gulf to Yucatan on a commercial boat. Once there, they will hike into the interior and study local Indians, descendants of Mayas, Aztecs and other native tribes. They will then return to New Orleans in time for the Mardi Gras next February. I fir! Enjoy th Thrill and Contentment of a New PIANO or ORGAN IN YOUR HOME . For Years of Pleaiure Come in Soon. Easy Budget Terms. LOUIS R. MANN PIANO COMPANY 127 N. 7th TU 4-7182 n 1 jjjj points on smaller volume. Bethlehem Steel gained 3 points on the week with its volume of 146,900 shares in fourth place. O.S. Steel rose 4:,4 points on 80,800 shares in 14th place in volume and Detroit Steel made 12th position with sales of 92,600 shares and a gain of 2U points. Other actives included Glen Al- den in second place, Outboard Marine in fifth, place, and Alumi num Limited in sixth place. Other leaders to make the top 20 in cluded Standard Oil N.J., up 'i; American Telephone, up V.'t; RCA up 43i; Lorillard up IV4; New York Central up Hi; and International Telephone up l'i. Among the big gains in the group of stocks used to calculate the industrial average were Alcoa, Union Carbide, American Tobac co and International Harvester, each up 4 points even; Goodyear. up 7'4; Inf rnational Paper, up 4'i; International Nickel, up 3Vi; and Du Pont and Eastman, each up 3 points. Tobaccos and farm implements generally were higher. The latter leatured Caterpillar Tractor which gained 8'4 points on the week. Motorola rose 8V4 in the Electron ics where RCA gained 4. Bell & Howell rose 634 in the cam eras. American Home Products showed a gain of 11 in the drugs. Oils performed without much feature, although Skelly was able to rise S points. Baltimore & Ohio with a 3-point rise was a slar in the rails. Tires ruled strong -with Goodyear. Survivors, all Colombians, re- ported seeing five persons die, in cluding two believed eaten by sharks. A 19-monlhs-old girl was killed in the first of 10 explosions which sent the ship to the bottom. 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