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Red Minister Stands Pat On Formula For Germany GENEVA AP Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko stood firm today on his formula (or a Berlin-German settlement in the (ace of a Western threat to break Off the Geneva talks. Gromyko insisted on his demand for the creation of an all-German committee as the price of a Ber lin truce agreement. He made his position clear at a secret session. A U. S. spokesman said there was no progress in the 90-mmute discussion, which followed a lunch' in The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Interesting figures: Personal incomes of Americans rose to a RECORD annual rate of $82.9 BILLION dollars in June. It: was the tenth time in 12 months that American incomes jumped to new high. , The department of commerce fays its figures indicate that our rational output (value of every thing we produce) may climb to a daggering 500 BILLION dollar tale by the end of this year. Those are rosy figures. But there's a catch in them. ; They are quoted in DOLLARS. Dollars can shrink in value. Let's look at some other fig-tires; Last year, foreign car makers fold 377,625 units, in the United Slates. This year, they expect their U.S. sales to run up to 600,000 units. In all of 1949, West German firms sold only TWO cars to the t'.S. This year they expect to ship 160.000 cars to us. That's quite a record of growth "lie iiiuie limine; - Five years ago, the United States eon at Gromyko's villa. Officials said that as a practical matter it appears the meetings will con tinue next week. U. S. Secretary of State Chris tian A. Herter told Gromyko at a secret session Monday that un less there is some progress here in the next few days, the West will bring the conference to a speedy conclusion. It was reported that Herter warned Gromyko for the second day running that the West stands ready to break off the talks un less the Soviets lower their price for a stopgap deal on the future of Berlin. British Foreign Secretary Sel- wyn Lloyd and French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Mur ville gave him full support. Western informants said that the three ministers sought further reaction from Gromyko to their compromise proposal Monday to make the Geneva conference continuing conference to negotiate on German reunification. The Western plan called for the East and West Germans to serve as advisers to the Big Four nego tiators, with direct negotiations between the two German govern ments only when the Big Four considered them necessary. Informants said all the Western ministers were ready to break off the talks almost immediately un less Gromyko soften his position. Western leaders feel the confer ence has now reached a real and serious impasse which could lead to a breakoff within a matter of days unless Gromyko backs down. High Western officials said the West never will agree to the all German committee because the real Soviet purpose is to open up opportunities for Communism in West Germany. The West today looked to Gro myko for a new proposal that might break the stalemate and save the conference from failure. Right Defended By Press To Criticize Khrushchev Price Five Cents 14 Page KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. TUESDAY, JULY 21 Telephone TU 4-8111 World's First Atomic Freighter ' i tfmniwi - . . : . VTi4 ,7. . m TiTfi By.' ESj built 70 per cent of all the cars Grom5 "as sumed to be seek- built in the world. Last year, the U.S. built a little less than 50 per cent of all the cars built in the world. Foreign manufacturers are gen erally agreed that there are four , realms for their success in in vading the American car market: 1. Low purchase cost. 1 Lnw cost maintenance. 8. tliih gas mileage, i' 4: Foreign styling."'""".'" Note that of these four reasons, three have to do with COST first PURCHASE cost, and after that OPERATING cost. Only ONE has to do with what we are coming to call status. Our manufacturers, of course, are coming to SMALL cars this lall. -: But their small cars are expect cd to sell for about $2,000. The price range on the cheapest mod els of the foreign cars which ac count for the vast bulk of sales here runs from $1098 at the New York port of entry to $1645, That leaves a rather wide gap In the purchase price. From all we can read in the way of ad vance forecasls, the American small cars will be more costly to operate and maintain This situation that exists in the automobile market represents a cloud on our economic horizon that is presently only the size of a man's hand. But it suggests this question: Are we pricing ourselves out of markets? If we are, it will be reflected in loss of jobs in the United Stales. ing instructions from Premier Ni- kita Khrushchev. N. S. SAVANNAH America Launches Nuclear Vessel STOCKHOLM iUPI - Scandi-! No 5,'nav'a s n0iiti'e press" today de- Tllended its right lo criticize Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev by doing more of il. Some newspa pers comr f ti him with Adoll I Hitler. ' I 'u- mi- i ' i. .-m Miuir1.-!.. '-an- ill -I . - :s:!s iu r in iaiw, .N.uwt, Mweaen and Den mark vith' the explanation that hostile actions by the press r"sde the visit inopportune at this time. The action threw Scandinavia into an uproar and jolted the Ge neva foreign ministers' confer ence. Scandinavians said the ac tion probably cost him most of what little popularity he enjoyed (here. A Moscow dispatch said the Russians still have not been told of the cancellation but that "some announcement" was expected to day. Khrushchev is touring Com munist Poland and the Moscow newspapers devoted their front pages to his tour and his speeches on collective farms and corn growing. - Khrushchev himself has said nothing about the cancellation. He is scheduled to address Com munist leaders in Warsaw this afternoon and could' mention it then. There were widespread doubts that the "hostile press" was the real reason for calling off the widely publicized visit. Many Scandinavians- thought he might have called off the trip lor rea sons of health. . In Crncva, the Veslcrn fnreirm ministers pressed Andrei Gromy ;o for sump emanation hut au ihoritntive sources said he re mained silent. M.iny diplomats believed ill health .the reason but there was some iear the Soviet was preparing some new diplo matic oll.-nsive. sen said the visit could have im proved relations. Most Scandinavian newspaper! today saw no loss in the cancel lation and editors obviously re sented Russian interference in whai they printed. Khrushchev's demand that the freedom of the Swedish press should be limited best unveils the proposed visitor's character and purposes," Stockholm's Dagens Nyheter said. Strains Aide Named By Ike WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Eisenhower today nominated Undersecretary'' of Commerce Henry Mueller, 65, to be secretary of Commerce. . Mueller succeeds 'Lewis L. Strauss, former Atomic Energy Commission chairman who re signed after his nomination was rejected by the Senate. The new appointee was a Grand Rapids, Mich., furniture manufac turer before he became assistant secretary of commerce for domes tic affairs in 1956. He was named undersecretary last Nov. 3. During World War II, Mueller served as president and general manager of Grand Rapids Indus tries, a group of wood products manufacturers who pooled their facilities to make troop-carrying gliders and other aircraft equip ment needed in the war. Mueller is an "Episcopalian, 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner member of Tau Beta Pi national honorary engineering fraternity and of the Congressional Country Club. ', , He plays golf and bridge and is a certified private pilot. He was one of the organizers of the Civil Air, Patrol and once a group com mander. Mueller is also a former district governor of Rotary International. 'TAIN'T SO No, it isn't true. The Park and Recreation De partment is not flouting the request to conserve water by sprinkling the parks. George Price, new P and R director, phonqd the Herald and News Monday to report he re ceived a number of calls vigor ously criticizing the use of water in the parks. Price explained that water for the parks does not come from the Oregon Water Corporation wells, , but. rather Is taken di rectly from either the irrigation canal or the lake. "We are not using water from the city's water supply for sprinkling parks," he stated. At present 'Conger Field, Moore Park, Gem Stadium, Alameda and Veterans Memo rial Park are being sprinkled from either the Irrigation canal or Upper Klamath Lake. World's First A-Freighter Hailed As Bold Experiment Miss Turkey Chaperoned; Scribe Speaks No Turkish By PATRICK McNULTY . LONG BEACH. Calif. W-I had a date with Miss Turkey in the Miss Universe contest Monday night. We went on a moonlight cruise en a yacht, and then had a candle light dinner overlooking the blink ing lights of Alamitos Bay. Sound romantic? Well, gather around me, all you bachelors, for this sad story. Miss Turkey has a chaperon. And I don't speak Turkish. Aboard the private yacht were several candidates in the annual International beauty pageant. long with a few reporters and Chaperons. After touring the harbor for about an hour, we settled down for dinner at a waterfront cafe The chaperon, Imasd Kurkjian, explained that Miss Turkey is learning English at a surprising rate. "Offer her something," the chaperon said. I picked up a plate of hors d'oeuvres. "Thank you very much." said Miss Turkey, delicately selecting an olive-wrapped anchovy. "You see," said the chaperon triumphantly. "Now tell her some Wilng In Turkish." W Anally worked out something that sounded like: "Chalk-you-sell." This, Mrs. Kurkjian said, means: You are very pretty." "Chalk-you-sell," I said, smiling like Cary Grant over my soft drink. 'Thank you very much," said Miss Turkey, looking my way with the biggest, brownest eyes this side of Istanbul. My steak arrived. The waitress set down Miss Turkey's entree, believe it or not turkey. Scout's honor gentlemen, Miss Turkey had turkey. Mrs. Kurk jian, whose husband, James, is a rug merchant in Long Beach, ex plained that Turkish people, who raise few cattle, rarely eat beef. Miss Turkey, who is 19-year-old Ezel Olcay, looked my way again with those big brown eyes. She pointed to her plate. "Miss Turkey miss Turkey." she said, apparently nostalgically re ferring to her native land. "You speak English better than I sup posed," I said, again looking over my glass like Cary Grant. "Thank you very much." said Miss Turkey, lowering her brown eyes. Where do you go from there? Why, back to the Miss Universe contest headquarters, that's where and with the chaperon. Milestone Hit By Cavalcade NYSSA, Ore. (AP)-The great-j est milestone next to the finish itself was at hand today for the On-to-Oregon wagon train. Oregon was that milestone. The seven wagons left Inde pendence, Mo. April 19 on the 2,000 mile trip to Independence, Ore. to help publicize the, Oregon Centennial. They are scheduled to reach Independence Aug. 15. After crossing the Snake River to Nyssa today, the wagons lake the Old Oregon Trail route to The Dalles, where the wagons will be floated downstream - on rafts as they were a century ago The cavalcade left Independ ence in a rainstorm with a send off by a group that included ex Pres. Harry S. Truman. Waiting-for them at the Oregon border were a blazing sun, Sec of State Howell Appling Jr. and Centennial Commission Chairman Anthony Brandenthaler. and State Sen. Anthony Yturri (R-.Ontario). The Hillsboro mayor and a dele gation from the Washington coun ty seat flew in in seven private planes for a special welcome for the wagon driven by Weaver Clark,, a Hillsboro Icatherworker. The train travelled through Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming in rainstorms, and 120 - degree temperatures in the Idaho desert. AH along the way civic groups sponsored barbecues and square dances, and loaded the modern- day pioneers down with provisions, pets and gifts. The hardy 59ers stood off pe riodic Indian attacks, and one legal one. A complaint charging trespass ing was served on Wagonmaster Tex Serpa by a rancher from Glenn Ferry, Idaho. Jack Henley charged the wagons had camped on his property without permission. Serpa pleaded innocent, and (wo witnesses testified a foreman, Jay Emery, had given the wagoneers permission to camp on Henley's ranch. The complaint was dis missed. CAMDEN, N.J. (ffl-The launch ing of the first atom - powered merchant ship, Savannah, was hailed today as a "bold and en terprising experiment in the dar ing and distinguished annals" of American science and seafaring Acting Secretary of Commerce Frederick H. Mueller set forth that view in an address a few minutes before the - 21,000-ton Sa vannah slid down the launching ways. "This ship, Mueller said, "was born of the inspiration of our dis tinguished President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and became a real ity through his leadership and en thusiasm translated into legisla- tion by the Congress of the United States." The President's wife was there for the traditional ceremony of giving the ship its name and send ing the Savannah into the -water. It is the country's -first non-mili tary atomic vessel. Another speaker, Sen. Clifford P. Case (R-NJ), said the Savan nah was "only the beginning of development of nuclear vessels of all kinds." He noted that else where in the building yards work was under way on a nuclear sub marine and that Congress is con sidering a proposal for the Navy to build a second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. After the speeches, Mrs. Eisen hower was to strike a bottle of champagne and speak the brief part allotted by tradition to ship sponsors: - "I christen thee Savannah. , It has been a long time, more than 140 years, since those words were first spoken and a little 320- ton paddle wheel steamer also called Savannah slid into the wa ter. That ship was the first ship with steam power built ,for Atlantic crossings. It carried an 89-hour supply of coal and wood to pro vide steam, and relied heavily on its sails for an iniiial ocean cross ing that took 29 days. Today's Savannah is steam-pow ered, too, but the fire will come from nuclear fission. The atomic reactor indirectly will heat the water and create the steam to spin its giant turbines. In christening the Savannah at the launching ,today Mrs. Dwight D. . Eisenhower completes a con struction ceremony, started on May 22, 1958 when Mrs. Richard M. Nixon, wife of the vice presi dent, presided at the ceremonial keel laying. The Savannah was built prim arily because President Eisenhow er wanted a ship now as an ex ample, of his campaign for peace ful use of atomic energy. He also wanted a basic prototype from which other and. better merchant-' men will be built. ' ., r . Shipbuilders might have taken longer to design and construct a vessel that could earn her way in commerce. FAN-CY THAT -NO FANS The current heat wave has sold the town out of electric fans. Telephone appliance dealers or department stores and ask if they have any electric fans and the girl on the- switch board will tell you: "Yes, one in front of my desk which Is blowing hot air around." , One - dealer thought he had over-bought ' when he got a dozen fans with, water cooling units and now wishes lie tad a carload. . ' ' Although the weatherman predicts no let-up for the re mainder of the week, Klain athitcs may take hope in the news that several ' appliance stores are expecting rcship ments of fans this. week. FOREST FIRE DANGER TODAY KEEP OREGON GREEN Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: ' Mostly clear and hot through Wednesday with chance ef afternoon or evening. lightning storms In mountains. High both days M-95. Low tonight S8-S4. High yesterday 5 Low last night 4 Precip. last 24 hours ... Since Oct, .1 Same period last year ... 5.82 19.42 Northern California ' Fair through Wednesday except ' scat tered thunderstorms In high mountains In the evening. Lit tle change in temperature. South erly coastal winds 8-18 miles an hour from Point Montara north ward, but northwesterly and 10-20 elsewhere ee the eoasU Basin Water Now Plentiful "The splendid cooperation of water users of the Oregon Water Corporation system, especially those living in suburban Klamath Falls, made it possible for us to get the system back into full oper ation by about 8 p.m. Monday," Glenn D. Bowcn, water company manager, said this morning. "We have plenty of water again." The trouble started at 6:10 a.m. Monday when a 2300-volt service cable failed and put all the pumps off at the Conger Avenue pumping stalion, he explained. Rush Long, of Stcinscifer Electric, was on the job at once. Electric service from the pole out in the yard leading to the pumps had to be restored two fuses replaced and a small transformer changed out. "We were able to pump inter mittently," Bowen said, "but we had. to kill the whole line from time to time as equipment was replaced. It was about 10:40 a m when we got everything going again. ,The water level in the rescr voirs had dropped alarmingly, but because residents of the area cut down on the amount of water they were using, the levels rose rapidly after all the pumps were back in operation. A 40-horsepower booster pump has been installed at the South Reservoir near the Great Northern roundhouse, Bowen said. That assures that reservoir being full every night and adds about a half million gallons a day lo our pumping capacity," accord ing to Bowen. "The system pumps about 12 million gallons in a 24- hour period." During extremely hot weather the period of greatest domestic use is between 3 and 9 p.m., Bowen pointed out. A great many home owners make it a practice watering late at night and very Seat Belts Save Riders BOSTON (UPI).- A. modern airliner's simplest, safety device the iseat belt was credited to day with saving 69 persons from injury when the nose wheel of an American Airlines plane collapsed on landing Monday night. The front end of the four-en- gined DC-6 nosed down with a jar when the wheel mechanism gave way seconds after the craft touched the landing strip at Lo gan International Airport at 150 miles an hour on a light from New York. Morion Nash of New York, said there was a "terrific vibration" the nose scraped along the runway. We were all pitched for ward, but our safety belts kept us in our seats." Peace Drive Set By Veep On Russ Tour WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Richard M. Nixon hopes lo sell himself to the Soviet people as a "peace monger" sincerely dedicated lo building lasting friendship with the Soviet govern ment. Nixon has set this as a prime role of the flying 11-day tour of the Soviet Union he is to begin Thursday. The vice president, accom panied by newsmen and govern ment aides, will, take off Wednes day by jet airliner, a few hours alter double checking with Presi dent Eisenhower what he should say to the Soviet leaders and their people. Nixon is reported hoping to demonstrate by his .comments and x behavior that he is a reasonable man, not the aggressive war monger Moscow has pictured him. . But he is also ready to make clear that regardless of how much American leaders and their people want peace, they will never be Premier II. C. Hansen of Den- frightened into a Munich-like deal "ark expressed regret Monday under Soviet threats, hat Khrushchev "should attach! Nixon has scheduled a Sunday nore importance to the press" morning meeting with Soviet Pre lum to his formal invitation. imler NiKita Khrushchev for what promises, to be a sweeping, blunt discussion of the Berlin crisis, the Soviet-American deadlock on dis armament and nuclear testing, and the Soviet campaign for more American trade. Khrushchev is expected to join Nixon in Friday's formal opening of the big American National Exhibition in Moscow's Sokolniki Park. Khrushchev is also to be Nixon'i host a.ta. Jmtfet luncheon . Friday. Nixon is to return the compliment at a small American Embassy dinner Saturday. Their small scale foreign policy talk, however has been set for Sunday at Khrushchev's summer home on the outskirts of the Soviet capital. This is Nixon's only en gagement for the day, making it likely the two men will talk pri vately for some hours. Nixon already has made it known he intends to treat Khrush chev's comments- as private, to, be relayed only to President Eisen hower and Secretary of State Christian A. Herter in Geneva. Iwetlen's Tiigc Krlanrtcr s?id the liirndnwn was a "painful sur prise." Norway's' Einav Gerhard- Solon Urqes Gas Tax Hike WASHINGTON API - Sea RichaM L. -Neuberger, CD-Ore) again urged today a temporary increase in the federal gasoline lax to keep the nation's big high way construction program going. 'The giant road-building effort initiated by Congress in 1956 is running out of gas," Neuberger said in a floor speech. "Unless Congress acta soon, much of con struction on the program will grind to a halt,", He said failure to meet target dates will mean unemployment in the construction Industry, delay of life-saving safety-engineered roads, disruption of state and lo cal highway and community-de velopment planning,-and a road network inadequate lo meet im mediate traffic demands. He pointed out that some states are scheduling no further bids un til the matter of financing the fed eral highway system is clarified by Congress. He said also that W. C. Williams, president of the Western Assn. of State Highway Officials, has indicated concern on the part of state governments over the fact that appropriations are uncertain and that there is no assurance for periodic pay ments on contracts already awarded. Speedy Planes Being Developed LOS ANGELES (AP) - North American . Aviation is developing two planes for the Air Force that will fly more than 2,000 miles an hour at 70,000 feet. The highly secret planes are the B70 Valkyrie bomber and the F108 Rapier interceptor, both pow ered with jet engines. . The F108 is expected to ba ready in the early 1960s, with the B70 due about 18 months later. Both planes will be short winged and will be able to fly their en tire missions at top speed, in formed sources said. H - h a n I w 4 sAwm 4 Mill' ' A WILD RIDE ON A BAD HORSE wi what Lary Danl.lt wet In for when thit picture was taken in Lebanon three years ago. Daniels, who will ba one of the top ranking profei. sionalt to compete In the Klamath Basin Roundup Astociation't 25th annual rodeo here . over the weekend, it shown on Mill Klamath, famous buckind hone. The bio. ihow will fee. early in the morning, which helps ture all phases of rodeo events in two night thowt and a day show on Sunday. Tickati equalize the aupply, he added. era available at the association booth in the Willard Hotel.
