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
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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.
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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.
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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.