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Newspaper Page TextO.OF OSS.LtBHABT HEISPAPE8 SECTION COJtP. In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS '. Views on Mr. K's visit: , Herbert Hoover, one of the world's truly greats: "Nlkita Khrushchev could bring the great est, the most generous gift that mankind has received in a thou sand years if he would eliminate all international demands, all warn ings, all threats, all conspiracies against free people and agree to peaceful co - existence and IN SPECTED disarmament." Mr. Hoover added: .' "There is some hope that the vis it will lessen some world tensions, but there is little hope that Khrushchev will choose the means I have outlined to win immortality among the leaders of all men." . He concluded;- "We must be alert and ARMKD TO THE TEETH." Mr. Hoover's is the statesman's view. Let's turn for a moment to the business view (the stock mar ket has been slipping for several flays.) Business Week, one of .the na tion's important business maga lines, finds few observers who be lieve the recent decline in price has been any more than a tem porary affair. It quotes one of these observers: "The market "is just using the peace talk as an excuse. We have ' been due for a correction for some time." That is to say: Speculation has been pushing se curity prices higher than the basic business situation warrants, bu the resulting slip in prices won't last long. Martin Gilbert, an analyst of one of the big Eastern stock brokJ erage concerns, thinks the Eisen howcr - Khrushchev visits may "dampen the enthusiasm of both Investors and traders for a while longer, but this factor and any desultory effect on defense issues will soon be discounted." Hmmmmmm. I suppose that means the. speculators think the new turn in world dinlomacv EN HANCES THE LIKELIHOOD OF FEACE and that the likelihood of peace may have an unfavorable eflect on the prices of U.S. securi ties. I'm afraid I can't go along with that one. The likelihood of peace would restore people's confidence as nothing else could. Confidence in the future lies at the root of BETTER business. ...... One more thought: If Mr. K comes reasonably soon, he will sec our immense steel in dustry lying IDLE AND UNPRO DUCTIVE. That can hardly fail to put ideas Into his scheming head. McCloud Fire Burns Over 11,000 Acres McCLOUD The first large fire of the season in the McCloud Ranger District in the Shasta- . Trinity National Forest had burned ever an estimated 11,000 acres of : brush and timberland 36 miles northeast of McCloud this morn Ine. Hope to control the fire today if conditions are favorable was ex pressed by local officials. The lightning-caused fire near Porcupine Butte was being ought by the joint efforts of the McUoud ganger District on the west and the Modoc District on the east. San Quentin and Tehachpi pris oner volunteer firefighters were assisting in controlling the blaze. Over 400 men were on the fine line Monday morning on the west tide of the burn. Modoc District reports were frag mentary. Smoke from the Porcu pine Butte fire and others, in Northern California made recon naissance flights impossible. No estimate of timber footage loss is presently available, forest ers say. Jumpers dropped on the fire re port a narrow escape Friday when they lost their parachutes and tools in the windswept blaze. Baseball games and social ac tivities ground to a hall in the McCloud area as able-bodied men were called into the fire crews Neighbors Help THOMPSONVILLE. Conn. 'AP) Joseph DeSeus will attend the funeral of his brother a victim of the Roseburg, Ore., blast dis aster because of the generosity of his neighbors. Nearly $6O0 was collected in a door-to-door fund drive after the neighbors learned that DeSeus" brother, policeman Donald De Seus. was killed in the blast. It was the second lime within a month that tragedy had struck the DeSeus family. Last month the DeSeus brothers' mother dhd Jo eph was unable to atlend the fu neral because a few weeks earli er he had sent all his spare cash to help her pay for an operation. Workers Tear Down Ruins In Roseburg ROSEBURG, Ore. AP) Busi-lin shortly after Oregon Gov. Mark nrssmen looked at hundreds of ruined buildings today and said they would have a united reopen-1 ing celebration before long. Charred remnants of burned and blasted, buildings were being battered down by workmen when businessmen met today and said they would rebuild. There had never been any doubt of it and relief agencies were speeding help. Eight blocks of the business district were reduced to rubble early Friday when an explosives laden truck blew up. Dist. Atty. Avery Thompson said he would asked the Douglas County grand jury Tuesday to investigate. He said testimony might be taken over a consider able period of time as witnesses became available. "This is an investigation to find out the fact," he said. A prime question will be whether there was any law violation in the truck being parked near the down town district. Meanwhile, the coroner today said only 12 persons were known dead or missing and presumed dead. This was one under the previous count. He said an eye witness account of one missing person was now discounted. That left eight identified dead, three missing and presumed dead, and one body not corresponding to those known missing. Financial relief began pouring City Building Officer Goes On Relief Trip Mayor Lawrence E. Slater re ported Monday morning 1hat Vern Schortgen, building inspector, left today for Roseburg in response to a plea from Gov. Mark Hatfield. Mayor Slater said Governor Hat field contacted him asking that Schortgen be loaned to Roseburg for a few days to assist in the tremendous job of inspecting the many buildings damaged by the blast and the ensuing fire. The governor indicated that about 10 inspectors are being called i to Roseburg to speed up the re habilitation ,of tjie hlast-torii. city,.. Mayor Slater offered any serv ices of the city of Klamath Falls to .Roseburg's Mayor Arlo Jack lin immediately following the news of the. explosion early Friday morning. It's the least we can do," he explained. Loans Ready PORTLAND (AP) . The Small Business Administration will have money , available for loans to Roseburg's hard - hil " business firms as soon as 'it is needed, an official said today. J. C. Rhodes, loan officer in the Portland Small Business Adminis tration office, said that at the moment no one is in a position to know precisely what will be needed. "Undoubtedly there will be a field office in Roseburg," he said, "as soon as the people are in a position to know what they need." FUMES FATAL GREENFIELD CENTER, 'N.Y (API William Jones, 6, collapsed and died Sunday. He had been blowing into a gasoline tank to helD his father prime a sawmill engine. Police said he apparently was asphyxiated by fumes ne in haled. BABE RUTH QUEENS are right, elected as co-h prior to the final gai right, elected a. co-hold.r. lame ot who were chosen by player receiving their ribb.ni from Joe Kind looks on at left. Hatfield established a Roseburg Relief Fund. The little western Oregon town of Drain, with a pop ulation of 1,290, contributed $1,000. The Red Cross set up an office to take care of emergency medi- cut expenses and housing. The Small Business Administration is taking applications for loans from homeowners and business man who can't get money from other sources. . City and state agencies set up meetings to help get the city back on its feet. Mayor Arlo Jacklin travels to Salem today for a con ference with Hatfield and Red Cross disaster Director Richard Gordon. The school board must decide what to do about destruction of the junior ' high school. City Manager H. John Warbur- ton asked Hatfield to double the crew of building inspectors to check damaged buildings. Some structures already have been ap proved and firms have gone back! into business. ' .' But a large area of the down town business. .. district still is sealed off to all except those on official - business. The National Guard -is patrolling the area to en force the closure and prevent loot ing of the damaged stores and warehouses. . ' Efforts continued to identify the dead. Only eight of the victims have been positively identified. Two bodies are unidentified and th-ee persons are missing and presumed dead. All the dead and missing are from Roseburg. The district attorney has begun an investigation of the blast to determine if the truck driver vio lated any laws. The driver, George Rutherford of Chehalis, Wash., was hospital- izea ior minor injuries auer me blast. He was released Saturday and left the city; He was driving for the Pacific Powder Co. of Tenino, Wash. His load of 2'i tons of stick dynamite and 4 tons of ammonium nitrate mixed with oil was consigned to a Roseburg Building Supply Company. Casualty List . ROSEBURG (AP) The Douglas County coroner's office today list ed the names of eight known dead in Friday's explosion and fire, the. names of three missing and said one unidentified body did not fit the description of any of the miss ing. The dead: Unidentified body. Roy McFarland, 44, assistant fire chief. Harry Caimichael, about 50. Donald De Sues, 32, policeman. Dennis Tandy, 18. . Richard Knight, 20. . Bonnie Lee Berg, 19. Virginia Lee Kuykendall, 4. Eva McDonald. Missing and presumed dead: Martin Lust Wayne Townsend William C. Unrath The condition of the injured to day: , Letta Mae Townsend, 34, criti cal. Lela Belle Kuykendall, 41, criti cal. Alvin Kuykendall; 48, fair. Janet Kuykendall. 21, fair. Mary Unrath. 20, good. Rollin J. McDonald, 51, fair. . - Carol Marical, 21, fair. Lyle Wescott, 32, good. James Fred Siles, poor. . Eric Sutherland, 73, good. Siles was in a hospital at Eu gene and Sutherland in the Veter ans Hospital here. All of the other injured were released. A total of 52 was hospitalized at one time Sandra Guy.r. second from right o the till. o. mim .... ""r" the 3'' ''""."""'L 7 representative, from each lest y Mar? WBMIIIIIIIHWBBBMMIIWIiniHIIillMlilllllHWWIIIIHIMUWWIll KLAMATH Price Five Cents 1 Paaei SK -v j( y?--fti ' fnpl.v Wlirm.'ijt II ;Vi ' - o-.tij ii i Z i i ' " LOOKS ARE SOMETIMES deceiving. These two photograph! are of the.ame men clowni who will play pranks and do silly itunts to. entertain crowdi at the I Ith annual Klamath Falls Shrine Club-Polaek Brothers Circus opening on Tuesday afternoon. Afternoon perform ances August 11-12 will start at 2:15; night performances both days at 8:15. At top, clowns in working clothes are, left to right, Joe Sherman, Lock Lorraine, Ray Sinclaire, Javier Peluia, John Thomson, Johnny Cirillino and Chester 'Sherman. In the lower photo, the men have changed positions. Match the clowns with makeup and without. Correct order: Thomson, Chester Sherman, Joe Sherman, Cirillino, Lorraine, Peluia and Sinclaire. FOREST FIRE DANGER TODAY KEEP OREGON GREEN Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through tonight with variable high clouds. Generally .fair with increasing clouda Tuesday; cooler with evening thunderstorms likely. High 83-88; low 45-50. High Sunday Low -last night ? , M Prcclp. last 24 hours 0 Preclp. since Oct. 1 5.82 Same period last year 19.57 Northern California ' F a I r through Tuesday except possibility of thunderstorm Tuesday night; lit tle change in temperature. New World's Fair NEW YORK (UP! I Plans were disclosed Sunday for a 500-mil- lion-dollar New York City World s Fair in 1964. Plans for the fair, which would be. the biggest ever held, were announced by Mayor Robert F Wagner who said he had given the project his "whole hearted endorsement." and 'sl" 1 .Lu. team ,n n. ,ou ney . Sallagher Tournament d.r.etor rai isiiiji FALLS, OREGON. MONDAY. AUGUST 10, IK59 Telephone TU 4-8111 It Takes A Heap O' Plannin' To Make A Circus 4 Thrill The folks who sit in the grand stand and wait, impatiently for the ringmaster to signal start of t h e show know little of the hustle and bustle, the fitting together of jig saw pieces, the grooming of ani mals that precedes the smooth-run ning three-ring , Polack Brothers Circus. . . . . ' . The big circus, on its 11th re turn trip to Klamath Falls under sponsorship of the Klamath Falls Shrine Club,' is in town., Out at the fairgrounds the com bination of hard work and skills1 will whip into shape the colorful, exicting. breathtaking acts that will thrill old and young Tuesday and Wednesday, August 11-12, dur ing afternoon and evening per formances. , ; . . , ,, ;. - .' Most of the actual , labor is done by the brawny crew, of Barnie i Soldier) Longsdorf, the show's longtime superintendent. Perfor mers are on hand to supervise for there are many details upon which hinge the lite . and safety of the performers. 1 The Flying Alexanders put tape measures to distances that control their split-second timing. The High Wire Coronas, Scnor C. Cardona and the Reynoso Trio check every guy line in their rigging. A girl solo slar, Princess Tajana, en trusts such things to her husband, the Aerialovelies to the men who assist them on the ground. Props must be assembled for the Tong Brothers, acrobats; the Five Amandis, the Georgian Trio and the Ricardos. ' Lions and horses., dogs and .elephants, and those clever fellows the chimpan zees, all appearing in this year's big show must be fed and groomed by Prince El Kigordo, the Besal Forest Fire Claims Two ' ELS1NORE. Calif. (UPD - Two firefighters were dead and a half Uoien others were In critical con dition today in the wake of a huge weekend brush fire near Lake El sinore. Ben Slater. 31. and Andy Brooks 24. both of Santa Ana, Lain., died Sunday night at Corona Hospital where they were being treated lor serious burns. In all, an estimated SO firemen were injured in the fire which blackened 1,600 acres and de stroyed one home since erupting Saturday when' a pickup truck crashed and caught fire. The driv er of the vehicle, Michael Moore. Vj, Downey. Calif., was killed and his passenger! Injured. ' , 1 No. 646 ous, the Hannefbrd bareback rid ers, the Konyots and the Burgers, whose dog. and pony act , delights old and young. , .;, . Ross Paul, manager-ringmaster Henry Kyes, riiusicakdirector and Lillian Harvey wardrobe mistress who keeps the sparkling costumes clean and mended, all play major roles behind the scenes, Throngs of children from a wide radius in the Klamath Basin who otherwise would not be able to see the circus will be present with tic kets provided- by the Shrlners, business and professional men, in dustrial concerns, .and civic, labor and fraternal organizations throughout the area. A. L. Shoupe, chairman of the children's' ticket committee, has been assisted in the distribution of the tickets by Ron Harrison, Chil oquin: C. M. Gray, Dorris; Frank B. Gilchrist, Gilchrist: E. L. Leach Midland;, R. R. Walker, Merrill; Elmer Kappen, Macdoel; Otis Ro per and Wilder, Tulelake; Robert Guttcnberger, S. C. Sclby, Helen Moss, Roy Ruger, Mrs. Williams, Paul Matthews, Dr. Dallas McNeil, Capt. Lewis Kendoll and the Rev. T. P. Casey. . Children are expected from Bly. Kcno. Fort Klamath, Malin and Wocus. 4- Hoover, 85 Could Offer NEW YORK (AP) Herbert Hoover, 85 today, says Nikita Khrushchev could bring with him to the United States the greatest gift mankind has received in 1,000 years peace. "But this is unlikely to be the result of this visit," the former President added. '1le could interpret his oft-rc pcated statement as to peaceful coexistence," Hoover said Sun day, "as eliminating all interna tional demands, all warnings, all threats, and all conspiracies against free people." 1 Such a move, said Hoover.j could win the Soviet premier "im mortality among the leaders of all men." But, he added, the possibility that Khrushchev would make such a move Is remote because "the tactics of the Communists may change, but their determination to dominate the world continues." Hoover appeared oq "Meet the Press" over NBC-TV. The forthcoming visit of the So viet leader has hopeful possibil ities, said Hoover. It could lead to a decrease In tension that might tide us over for a period la IWMIIIIIIMIWIIWIIIIIIIHMmiMMMIHHWWIIIIIIIIIlOT Gettysburg Hotel Now Ike s Office GETTYSBURG. Pa. (API - President Eisenhower set up busi ness headquarters in the Hotel Gettysburg today for his vacation stay out of Washington. The move took Gettysburg by surprise. With one exception the five weeks he spent at his farm home recuperating from his heart attack in 1955 the President has operated at the farm whenever he was here. In 1955 Eisenhower used an office in the post office build ing. This was the second unexpect ed move of the current Eisenhow er visit. Sunday it was announced that he will move up his departure for Europe by one day to visit Bonn for a conference with West Ger man Chancellor Konrad Adenauer before going on to London and Paris for talks with other West ern leaders. An apparent purpose of that change is to reassure Adenauer that West Germany will not be left in (he lurch by Eisenhower's forthcoming talks with Soviet Pre mier ""kita Khrushchev. .it has been staled all along that Eisenhower would see Adenauer while abroad, observers had been under the impression the chancellor would go to London or Paris rather than having Ei senhower go to Bonn. White House Press Secretary James C. llagerty came here to Eisenhower' vacation headquar ters to tell reporters Eisenhower had accepted Adenauer's in vitation. The President is looking for ward to the opportunity to meet with the chancellor and discuss with him "current problems of in terest to the United Stales and the , Federal Republic," Hagerty said. Traveling by jet plane Ihe first time a U.S. President has done so Eisenhower will arrive in Bonn Aug. 27 for the talks with Adenauer, and 'travel to London that evening (or a five-day stay. During this period, he will confer with Prime Minister Harold Mac millan and probably make 'a side visit to Balmoral Castle in Scot- hand out a list of stores, profes land, for a formal call on Queen jsional people and others who Elizabeth II. Eisenhower goes on to Paris Sept. 2 for meetings with French President Charles de Gaulle,, Ita lian Premietjk Antonio Begni arid the two top civilian leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Orgamza tion. He has no plans to 'meet with all the heads of the NATO governments. Hagerty said Eisenhower will remain in Paris for several days, but added no exact date has been set for his return to this country. Khrushchev is due in Washington Sept. 15. . , Eisenhower is known to have set no date for his return visit to the Soviet Union. Instead, he is keep ing his schedule flexible through next January to attend any -East- Flood Deaths Now Total 773 TAIPEI, Formosa (AP) .- Thellhrown out by the leoerai court. death toll from the century's worst floods on this Nationalist, Chinese island rose today to 773;session "within the next one to by official count. Another 241 per sons were listed as missing. , The official casualty list also reported 1,093 injure and 169,173 homeless. The floods destroyed 13,178 houses and damaged 11,890 more the government reported. Most of the damage occurred in Isolated communities hit by flash floods that followed the island's heaviest rains in 62 years. Today, Says Khrushchev Mankind's Greatest Gift which there may be hopes of greater steps in peace," he said. Meanwhile, he said, "We must not be lulled into any complacen cy. We must be alert and armed to the teeth." Only one other former presi dent, John Adams, celebrated MR. HOOVIR Ml West summit meeting that may be arranged. There is some thought this could develop from Khrushchev's visit here, although the odds are against it. A summit meeting could be arranged, it is understood, with out major concessions from the Soviets, but not without some assurance they would agree to something to promote peace. Eisenhower is thinking in terms of a five or six-day visit to the Soviet Union, with possible visits to war-battered Stalingrad and to Kuibyshev, the temporary Soviet capital during World War II. But that trip is not likely to be made until some weeks after Khrushchev visits here, and after Eisenhower has had a chance to report to the Western Allies on his Washington talks with Khrush chev. Eisenhower's visit to Bonn late this month will be his first there since he became President in 1953. He last was there when he made a good-bye tour of NATO countries on resigning as NATO commander - in chief. Reports from Bonn said Adenauer issued an urgent invitation to Eisen hower to include the German capital on his European tour, de spite earlier plans to hold an Eisenhower Adenauer meeting elsewhere. Economic War Under Way In Little Rock LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Segregationists declared an eco nomic war in Little Rock today over school integration. A spokesman for the Capital Citizens Council declared its boy cott of downtown merchants wai on. Amis Guthridge, council attor ney, called a news conference in a parking- lot near his office to should be boycotted. The council announced Saturday , a buyer s strike against mer- chants and employers of Negroes.. ' hiustori Bufortt. ' ,'presWnt of ' Downtown Little Rock Unlimited, Inc., had no comment, The Little Rock Chamber of Commerce pres ident E. 'Grainger, Williams, said additional comment Would be in poor taste." Guthridge charges businessmen on his list had been instrumental in pushing for reopening of the four public high schools to token integration. . . The schools . are scheduled : to open Wednesday under a state pu pil placement law. Six Negroes have been assigned to former all- white schools. Gov. Orval E. Faubus remained silent. He closed the high schools last year to block integration. The state law he used has since been The governor said ne still naa tentative plans to call a special six months." But he said it would deal primarily "with Industrial fi- , nancing and perhaps some other minor problems." He indicated he had plans con nected with desegregation sched uled to start in two Little Rock ; high schools Wednesday but ' wouldn t say what they were, ne said he had "no concrete reports at this time" about Impending trouble over the integration. more birthdays man rioover. Adams died when he was 90. The ruddy-faced, white-haired Hoover has a simple formula for longevity work. He illustrates it today by spending his birthday at his desk. He keeps six secretaries busy with his massive correspondence 1 and activities In various organizations. He indicated in the interview that he was confident of America's ability to meet any crisis that might occur, and to defend herself successfully if nec essary. But he also saw room for improvement. He saw need to curb "inflation., unbalanced budgets, overspending by Congress, and the growth of crime." He was outspoken on the need for improving the American educational system.. "We have one great difficulty in our competition with Russia," he said, "and I think It ls greater than all others, and that is the lag in our training of the best brains we have In the United States, the creation of enough sci entists and engineers to carry our produeUi system forward.