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PAGE 8 A HERALD AN'D NEWS, KlamRlh Falls. Ore. Thursday. August 13. 1959 Outcome Of Hangs On Thin Balance WASHINGTON AP - The out Come of the bitter House battle liver Ifbor racketeering controls hung on a razor-thin balance to day. The result could be determined ih a quick windup belore night fall or drag on indefinitely. A Half dozen votes could decide the issue. ' The issue rested between a bill backed by Democratic leaders as a middle ground approach, and a more stringent measure personal ly supported by President Kison hower. As tempers flared, the House Wednesday defeated by an over whelming 245-132 vole a measure carrying the official endorsement of the AKL-CIO and most other or ganized labor groups. ' Sponsored by Rep. John F. Shel ley (D-Calif), the labor-supported bill skirted the issues of bans on secondary boycotts, "hot cargo" agreements, and other points stressed by the President as es sential, to effective labor legisla tion. Its defeat had been a foregone conclusion. Both Democratic and Republican leaders opposed it as failing to meet the test of anti racketeering curbs. Tte House also killed, by a 215 lfiO vote, an amendment proposed by Rep. Adam Caltyon Powell ID NY) to prohibit segregation or de nial of union rights on grounds of race, creed, color or national ori gin. Critics charged the Powell amendment was designed to kill effective labor legislation by in jecting civil rights issues. After a brief but ' sharp skirmish, the House agreed. - , As battle was joined today, lead ers estimated 10 or 15 undecided members held the balance of power in the teetering struggle ever passage of a "lough" or moderate bill designed to in sure the democratic righls of un- iun memoers, require unions and employers to report their finan cial dealings, and cope with such disputed mailers as boycotts, "blackmail" picketing and the du ties of the National Labor Rela tions Board In minor side-line disputes. Senate Finance Committee Slashes Yet Pension Bill WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Finance Committee has slashed the 40-year estimated cost of a House-passed veterans pen sion bill by 21 billion dollars, it was learned today. The effect of the cuts, voted by the committee in closed session Monday, would be to make Ihe bill save $10,974,000,000 of the 105 billion dollars which under pre sent law will be paid in pensions between now and the year 20110. As 11 passed the House, it would have cost $10,128,000,000 more than the law now provides. The cut, estimated by the Vet erans Administration and con firmed by several senators, is far deeper than newsmen were given to understand Monday after the committee voted. Kills Pair EL PASO, Tex. (AP) - Light ning ripped through a field head quarters In the desert north of here Wednesday, killing two New Mexico National Guardsmen. Twelve others were injured. Names of the men killed were Withheld by the Guard pending notification of next of kin. Col. Glen Lovette, a New Mexi co Guard spokesman, said the in jured suffered principally from shock. He said all of them. prob ably will be released from Wil liam Beaumont Army Hospital in El Paso today. Witnesses said the lightning 'bolt struck - and killed one man who was standing in a chow line, then ricocheted 30 feet to a command tent where tho second victim was killed. . Col. Lovette said a number of men in the arce escaped injury. The dead and injured were among Guardsmen who arrived at Ft. Bliss Monday for an annual summer encampment. They were In training 40 miles north of El Paso. Treason is the only crime punish able by death in the state of Michi gan, according to Encyclopedia Brltannica. WALLPAPER 30 ,. 50 A O D PAINT OC D STORE J22 I. Main TU 4-3324 House Battle Democratic slrategy aimed at eventual passage of the "middle road" bill dralted by the louse Labor Committee was to give preliminary approval to the "tough" Eisenhower proposals and I hen kill them linally on a show down roll-call vote placing mem bers on record. By such strategy. Democratic leaders hoped to create a parlia mentary situation which would leave the House with no choice but to accept the committee bill or go on record as refusing to ap prove any curbs at all on labor racketeering. Few members were ready to take the latter alterna tive. But Democrats were irankly risking their chances on the pos. sibility the House would reject the Elsenhower-backed bill, just as it crushed the labor-backed meas ure. In such an event, the House would have an open field for wholesale amendments to the Democratic backed measure un der prevailing parliamentary pro cedure. Wilh no bill left to consider but the in-between committee com promise, the House was faced with the prospect of an almost endless barrage of amendments that could keep the Issue alive for an in definite period. The result con ceivably could be defeat of any form of labor legislation. Closing general debate before Wednesday's voting started Chairman Graham A. Barden ID NO of the Labor Committee told the House that Ihe "rights and liberties of men" rested on the outcome. He appealed for passage of a bill to cope with what he called the "four lethal weapons of un scrupulous labor leaders." He listed them as "blackmail" picket ing, hot cargo agreements, sec ondary boycotts of all types, and "no man's land" labor disputes which neilher the federal nor state governments now handle. Barden asserted that the Labor Committee bill "doesn't begin" to stop ruthless labor union officials from using these weapons, and called on the House to take steps to bring order out of chaos in this field." The bill Is to be called up on the senate floor today. Veterans organizations are urg ins senators to reject the Finance Committee amendments. Senators Robert , S. Kerr (D Okla), Albert Gore iD-Tenn) and Eugene McCarthy ID-Minn) filed minority views protesting the committee's action. , Kerr prom ised a floor fight. The bill concerns pensions for veterans with non - service - con nected disabilities and their de pendents. The administration proposed and the House accepted, a new sliding scale for pensions based on need, affording a 40-year sav ing of 12 billion dollars. Tho House, however, voted to make widows of World War II and Korean War veterans eligible, at a cost of 22 billion. At present only World War I widows enjoy Uiis benefit. Although accepting Ihe widows equalization feature, the Senate committee heavily trimmed pen sion scales. This provided most of the big cut. Sen. Hurry F. Byrd (D-Va), Fin ance Committee chairman, said the 40 - year estimates would be affected by future changes. Charges Dropped Against Girl, 15 ELMIRA. N.Y. IAPI-A murder indictment asainst Jane Ann kShusko. 1,1. has been, dropped and she has been transferred to Chil dren's Court. Her brother and six of hor sisters died July II in a tire thai police said she admitted selling in her house. Justice Floyd E. Anderson dis missed the seven-count Indictment Wednesday. The Brand iurv re commended this because of Jane Ann's age and "circumstances surrounding the case." The jury did not elaborate on the circumstances. WHIIl CHAIRS and WALKIRS Finest Aldi for the Handicapped Sturdily conitrvcltd ind tuily controlled, Evtrelt Jennintl Folding Whnl Chtirt nd walkcri intpirr complete conbdtnee in ib UKi. Two of mtnr fine Evertit A Jio ninit lidi far the tttndicmpptd. AuHiortntf Dlr Rentals and Sales Currin's - for druqs th l Mai h. TU'2-J47I rrj I W.IW Local Soldier On Maneuver Army Spec. 4 Wayne R. An derson is participating in Opera lion Lead Dog. an arctic expedi tion being conducted by the Army Environmental Group in Greenland. During its 100-day trek over Greenland's northwestern icecap. ine group win conduct a series of experiments in arctic survival, make ice and snow studies and de termine simified methods of overland transportation in sub-zero weather. Specialist Anderson, a field-radio repairman in Ihe group, entered the Army in February, 1058, and received basic training at Fort Ord. He is scheduled to return to his regular duties at Fort Eustis, Vir ginia, in October. The 23-year-old soldier, whose wife, Yuvonda, lives at 5370 Harlan Drive, attended Klamath Union High School. His mother, Mrs. Fiances Anderson, lives at 2033 Main Street. Flyer Beats Wagon Train A Klamath Falls flyer, Don Der- Mmer, on the board of the Klam ath County Centennial Association, and of the Klamath Chapter, Ore gon Pilots, took to the air at In dependence, Missouri, last Sunday morning and flew above the Old Oregon Trail to Independence, Ore gon, to heat the low moving. wag on train by several days as it moved across Oregon on the same foute. DorMiner, who wanted to be in Independence, Oregon, next Sat urday when the wagon train arrives at its dcstinalion, but is unable to do so, decided to coordinate purchase and delivery of a new plane with the flight over the old immigrant trail. Flying time was X! hours, 25 minutes. The pilot grounded at night and en route attended a Fly ing Farmer convention in Fort Col lins, Colorado, He picked up the plane he flew, a monocoupe Silvarie from St. Louis, Missouri, which he had pur chased at the factory as a present for his wife Helen, first woman in Klamath County to receive her fly er's license. While in the Middle West he toured the Silvarie and the Forney aircraft factories. At Independence, Oregon, he was the first pilot to land on the new Independence airstrip being read ied for the big fly-in planned for next Saturday, August 15, to honor Ihe wagon train travelers. Some 400 planes are expected to con verge on Independence for the weekend festivities. DcrMincr's flight put him in first place to make the Oregon Trail H ip by air. State Paper Vins Kudos SEATTLE (AP)-The Roseburg News-Review was cited Tuesday for its coverage of last Friday's blast of an explosives-laden truck that killed at least 12 persons and wrecked a substantial part of the downtown area of Roseburg. J. Richard Eimers, chief of the Portland A. P. bureau, told the annual meeting of the Washington Oregon A. P. members that the News-Review is "an excellent ex ample of the cooperation that mukes the A. P. what it is." Frank J. Starzel, general man ager of IHe A. P., said "this is a concrete example of the A. P. principles in action." In spite of the fact that the blast mode it impossible for the newspaper to use its own plant, Ihe News-Review made its staff aailable to the A. P. The paper published in Klamath Falls that tlay. The Welcome Wagon Hostess ' Will knock on Your Door with Gifts & Greetings from Friendly Business, Neighbors and Your Civic and Social Welfare Leaders On the occasion of: Arrival of Newcomers to Klamath Falls No cost or obligation Phone TU 2-0346 i .v MoMAttMhSMIIlMaMttlMMWttak! ta.&. mk .'- w V, ..,'wm SP.4 WAYNE R. ANDERSON U.S. Army Photo Hew Marine ds Medal WASHINGTON (AP) - Maj. Gen. David Monroe Shoup, select ed to be the new commandant of Ihe U.S. Marine Corps, is a tough Marine of few words. He didn't talk his way to the top. A quick look at the record tells how he got there. The citation which went with the Medal of Honor he won in World War II makes it clear he's a Marine's Marin'c. It reads in part: "He was shocked by an ex ploding shell, suffered from a painful leg wound and was ex posed to terrific fire . . . but rallied his hesitant troops and led them across the reefs to reinforce hard- pressed, thinly held U. S. lines I "Once ashore . . . took command of all troops, worked without rest under fire for two days . . . con ducted smashing successful at tacks against strong and fanati eally defended Japanese posi tions. Shoup, now 54, won the Medal of Honor as a colonel while com manding the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division against the Japanese at Betio Islid in 1943, This was perhaps the most bitter ly contested island at Tarawa Atoll in, the Gilberts: Shoup's reputation in the Corps as a man of few words keyed his fir(st meeting wilh reporters after , RED WRITERS VISIT ' U.S. NEW YORK (UPI) Eight So viet writers and journalists toured New York today on the first leg of a two-week American visit- strictly as tourists paying their own way. "The writing profession in the Soviet Union is a well paid one," said Mrs. T. G. Mamcdow cultural attache to the Soviet em bassy in Washington, "so these men can afford a visit such as this." The Swedish Masseur PROFESSIONAL. Massage Lounge .ft Your Dream Of Beauty & Health Look Setter . . . Feci Better . . . Relax ; . . Revitalise . . . Revitalize . . . Refresh . . . Ease Tensions . , . Tone Flabby Muscles . . . Stim ulates Blood Circulation . . . Soothes Mulccular Aches ... Compact for easy storage . . , Easily cleaned vinyl ... Reg. 69.88 NOW ONLY Arriving Daily . . . New Merchandise For Your Back-to-School Needs !!mi l.iiziiiir Buy on Revolving Charge or Layaway Low, Low Prices Plus wf Green Stamps Next to Oregon Food Phone TU 4-161 Commander Of Honor Wednesday's announcement that on Jan. 1 he would succeed Gen. Randolph McC. Pate, who is re tiring at the end of this year. Reporters, noting that he wears glasses, asked whether he was near or far sighted. He answered "Both." Asked about his favorite hobby, he gave reporters another one word reply: "Shooting." Shooting at what? The general didn't say. But when pressed for more in formation about this interest, Shoup said that when he heard re cently that a Marine markman ship team had won a champion ship, he felt so "exhilarated that I went out and fired 30 rounds in the air." Beyond that, his recreational in terests run to chess, checkers, billiards, poker and golf. That's Ihe order in which he named Ihem. He is known in the Corps as an officer who can be lough on in efficiency, and who doesn't waste words any more than he would permit the Marines to waste money while he was fiscal director and inspector general of Ihe Corps. The son of a farmer, Shoup was born Dec. 30, 1904, in Indiana. His home town is aptly named Battle Ground. He entered military ser vice in 1920 after graduation from DePauw University in his home state. Shoup has served with the Marines in many parts of the world and was one of the first Marines to go overseas in World War If. He has. commanded the 1st and 3rd Marine divisions. Three months ago he was named commanding general of the re cruit depot at Parris Island, S.C. Detective Still Remembers Girl Who Perished In Fire 15 HARTFORD. Conn (NFAIAft. er 15 vears- whpn most nf tho people who survived have moved away or died or hidden the grisly memory of the Hartfnrri firms Fire in an anecdote detective Lt. Thomas Barber still goes to the cemetery to see a erave marked only by a number. "I didn't know her," he said. "I hardly knew anv of Ihpm Rut you'd think somebody would know a -year-old kid and bury her with a name instead of a slate police morgue tag." He savs it flatlv. farlnallv tho way a veteran detective makes a report, because that is the only way it makes any sense. "You walked into th arm nrv that July and there were rows and rows of the burned dpaH nn ontc covered with blankets. Somebody naa to identify a wrong body. And so many of them were little kids." Those dead have hppn HnaH o long time. Two wars have ended since then. Even the charred earth whoro the Ringling Brothers and Bar num and Bailev circus stnnrl nn jjuly 6, 1944. has been buried un-i aer tne mammoth Hartford hous- ing'project where people who can barely remember the fire are now raising children who will never remember. " There is still no authoritative statement on how the fire started. Official record hppin U'hpn thn flames were six feet high. But de tective Barber says: "I was there. And the first I no ticed was a little ball of fire about the size of an orange burning through the canvas. The animal acts were just finishing. And there was this little orange ball of fire. Murder Charges Face Youth, 16 NORFOLK, Va. fAP) - Police say a teen-age boy beat his 2-year-old step-sister to death be cause he couldn't stand her cry ing. , ' Russell Harris, 16, goes before Juvenile Court today for a pre liminary hearing on a murder charge in the death of little Na dine Leary. Police quoted Harris as saying he beat Nadine when she cried while he was baby-sitting with her Tuesday night. - Unheard of Values! Hun dreds of items not listed here. Look for the Friday Surprise Sale Tags!. . Boys' Blazer Stripe Socks Regular 29c Girls' Panties K''. r??lr'-. ' rn Ball Point Pens Regular 29c Clinrt Chil4r Boys' Sanfori"d Cotton Flannel . . . New Fall JUUI I Jllll 15 Shades . . . Long Sleeves . . . Fancy . ; Plaidsjand stripes . . . Reg. 1.49 Flannel hirtc Mcn's Sonfo,riied . . . n.w f0ii piaids70d Hal II lU jnirTS Stripes . . . Long Sleeves . . . Sizes Small OAA Medium, and Large . . . Reg. 1.98 ' ' ' . Wooden PtL&gwg? Ladies Sleeveless Blouses:?Xs, ??? 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Had they been eight minutes earlier, fire prevention experts say, they could probably have done little. Nothing could have stopped the fire in the canvas. Summer cloth ing burned easily. Little children cannot move quickly. High heels get caught easily. The bodies were piled four deep. "Just the heat was enough to suffocate you," Barber said. "My jacket turned to a cinder on my back from the heat alone." The casualty list, now yellowing and brittle, can still rrtake a flat voiced, factual observer of human misery gasp; 250 injured; 168 dead; 63 of them- children under 15. Q?I . .Wi? FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE! TRY A CARLSON MATTRESS SEE AT CARLSON'S MATTRESS and Upholstery Company 2405 S. 6th TU 4-4510 VL Guaranteed 5 Years Mf3 PRICES PLUS S&H GREEN STAMPS I Years Ago "I was going to lake my little kid." Barber said. "He was seven. Just the right age for circuses. And then I found I was assigned to work it. You know, pick pockets and the other pests that always get into big crowds. Barber hardly saw his family for a week. He was reassigned to the morgue detail in the armory where the quick came day after day to claim their dead. "Nobody ever did take this one litlle girl," he said. "A pretty little kid, light brown hair. About sev en. Number 1565. And nowhere near beyond recognition.- "I don't know. I think about her quite a lot. Go up to her grave at Northwood a couple-three times a year. You know: Decoration Days Christmas; July 6." ROCK N ROLL DANCE featuring In Person LLOYD PRICE and his 13 Piece ORCHESTRA "PERSONALITY" "STAGGER LEE" "YOU NEED LOVE" Klamath Falls AUDITORIUM MON., AUG. 17 $2.00 Per Person BON BAZAAR'S BIG FRIDAY SALE! On Sale Friday Only! Next to Oregon Food
