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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1959)
u.or oRE.uBaiar CUPAPCB f CCTZOI CO?. la The- Day's km By FRANK JENKINS Cost of living note: The government reported this morning that the cost of living rose fractionally in July to reach an ALL TIME HIGH. It was the fourth straight month ly increase in the consumer price index, which now stands at 124.9 per cent of the 1947-1949 average at the end of July. That is to say: It now costs $12.49 to buy what $10 would buy in the 1947-1949 pe riod. . Higher prices are reported by the government in NEARLY ALL AREAS of consumer spending. It adds: : "The increase, plus a decline in tpendable earnings, reduced con sumer buying power by approxi mately l'j per cent." Question: ,' What are "spendable" earn togs? The answer: Spendable earnings are what you lave left after paying all your necessary and unavoidable bills INCLUDING TAXES. If you don't pay your taxes, you'll find your self in DEEP trouble. And- TAXES are higher than they were in the J947-1949 period. That bites still deeper into your buying power.' - Another thought: " What government takes out of your pocket in the form of taxes YOU DON'T HAVE LEFT TO SPEND. We hear a lot of talk (especially in political circles) about the beneficial effect of gov ernment spending on our national prosperity. :. Did you ever stop to think that what government reaches into your pocket and takes out in the form of taxes you don't have left to spend for yourself? It's all a question, you see, of WHO DOES THE SPENDING. , , Which do you prefer to spend It yourself, or to have the govern ment spend it for you? After telling about the rising cost of living, this morning's report adds: "HOWEVER, more than a mil lion workers with contracts tied to the cost of living will receive au tomatic WAGE INCREASES. Gen erally, these increases will amount ' One more question: Will these automatic wage in creases be gravy that the work er who gets them can eat? Or will they be eaten by the rising cost of living before the workers get them? Hot Weather Plagues East By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hot, humid weather continued today over most of the nation's Eastern half. It appeared unlike ly to change .much during the weekend. High moisture content of the' air gave rise to widespread showers and thunderstorms. But these made conditions stickier, if nnv. thing. The Atlantic Coastal Plain north of Virginia, and parts of the Central Plains remained free of cloudiness. It was milder over the North west and alone the Pacific Coast Spotty rains dotted Washington ana Oregon. The coolest weather centered in Montana and North Dakota where 70s contrasted with readings in the 90 range in many areas east of the Rockies, in the bouth, and the 6outhwest. mmmmm SERVING ALL OF SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY will ba the Holy Family Convent, 630 .Walnut Street, Mount Shasta, which will ba dedicated this Saturday, August 22. Tha cere mony will ba it II a.m., with tha Rav. Bishop Joseph McGuckin, Sacramento, officiating. The building for tha convent was donated by tha lata Harry Benton, lumberman and phil anthropist. Tha tistari, who will ba working in pain with the communities of McCloud, Duntmuir, Mount Shasta and Weed, are laft to right, Sittar M. Victoria, San Francisco; Sister M. Roberta, Long Baach; Sister M. Anthony, Martina? and Sister M. Banadict, Mis lion San Josa. M Nation's Cost Of Living Shows Fractional Hike WASHINGTON (AP)-The cost of living rose three-tenths of 1 per cent in July to another . record high, the government reported to day. The Labor Department said higher prices for all major classes of goods and services contributed to the advance, with food prices leading the way. The consumer price index for July was 124.9 per cent of the 1947-49 average, eight-tenths of 1 per cent higher than in July 1958 The increase will mean wage boosts to about one million work ers primarily in the automobile, farm equipment and aircraft in dustries. Hersey C. Riley, chief of the department's division of prices and cost of living, said most of Klamath Falls Radiation Not Serious PORTLAND I Three times in the past few years radiation has jumped to abnormal levels at Klamath Falls, the slate health officer reported Thursday. Dr. Harold M. Erickson said the radiation quickly dissipated each time. He said he believed the ra diation levels reached at Klamath Falls were not dangerous. Radiation now is measured at 44 stations in Oregon. It started in Portland in 1956, and radiation here never has approached harm ful levels, the official said. The normal reading at Portland is between 2 and 5 micro micro- curies, said Richard Hatchard, di rector of air pollution control. A micro microcurie is the amount of radiation from a millionth of a millionth of a gram of radium. Erickson said he considered only readings above 1,000 to be of con cern. The first day the station opened at Klamath Falls the reading was 74.7. Then it dropped back to Portland levels, but in September, 1957, one reading reached 117.05. And again in October, 1958, the reading jumped, ihis time to 370.04 micro microcuries. Other Klamath Falls readings have been close to Portland levels, Erickson said. - He said the high readings un doubtedly resulted from atomic tests in Nevada, and pbssibly also from Russian tests. He remarked on Portland's greater distance from the Nevada test site. ' The health officer said the en tire subject of radiation meas urements and effects on the body are still in the "field study stage." He said the Board of Health has reported periodically when radia tion climbs above normal levels, as measured at the state office building in Portland. "We have nothing to hide," -he said. The report followed a recent cir cuit court ruling in Portland, up holding the board's refusal to make available to Reed College professor its data on radiation. The court said the board had a right to process the data, and also that public reports were made from time to time. OLD SOLDIER RESTS HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) - Walter Williams, 116, the last surviving soldier of the Confederacy slept most of Thursday, his daughter Mrs. Willie Mae Bowles, reported The old soldier, who is in critl cai condition, awoxe oniy to uuic light nourishment of beef broth. she said. It was the first day of undisturbed rest in a week for Williams. nww - .m ' - aval v x tM : i ea. . ii' nk -ii v i..J.mt i u i the effected workers will receive a quarterly raise of 2 cents an hour. He said this is the first increase for automobile workers since last July. Riley said the increase from June to July was "pretty much a result of seasonal factors. Only twice since 1941 have food prices declined in July and the average increased for that month is five tenths of 1 per cent." Food prices increased four tenths of l per cent over the month this year. The cost of eggs went up 18 per cent, much more than usual for the season. An advance in beef and poultry prices offset some declines in fresh fruits and vegetables. "We are quite certain from what we see now that food prices will drop in August; but we can't tell just how that will affect the entire cost of living index," Riley said. , He said about one-quarter of the total increase in the cost of living this month could be attributed to local tax increases such as those on cigarettes and restaurant meals, and state sales taxes in Illinois and Arizona. Riley also announced that the spendable earnings of factory workers and the buying power of those earnings dropped in July. He said the decreases resulted from the usual summer drop in the work, week due to vacations and other such factors, and to a lesser extent from the work stop page in the steel industry in mid July. . With the exception of fruits and vegetables, down 2.8 per cent, and new automobiles, off seven-tenths of 1 per otnt, prices all along the line rose during July. The increases included: Restaurant meals one half of 1 per cent, housing one-tenth of 1 per cent, reading and recreation eight- tenths of 1 per cent, transportation three-tenths of 1 per cent, clothing two-tenths of 1 per cent, medical care three-tenths of 1 per cent, and personal care two-tenths of 1 per cent. Man Crushed By Huge Rock A ' 52-year-old? man died on the side of State Route. 66 yesterday afternoon after he was thrown from his car and was crushed by a huge rock. ' State police identified the vic tim as Roland Albert Maurer of Phoenix, Oregon. Officers said Maurer was driv ing toward Klamath Falls when his 1956 automobile failed to make a sharp turn a mile-and-a-half east of Keno. . , Officers found no skid marks on the rain-slick pavement, but the car traveled 174 feet after leaving the road. Maurer was thrown from the car and was crushed under a rock weighing between 1,000 and 1,500 pounds. Officers said the rock may have been dislodged from the rain-soaked bank by the force of Maurer's body being thrown against it. The rock crushed Maurer's head and chest. He was dead when state police found him. The body was taken to O'Hair's Memorial Chapel. MASS KILLER SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP- .ttephen Nash, who boasted of more killings than police could verify, died today in the San Quentin Prison gas chamber. I 1 KLAMATH Price Five Cent It Pages r THIS IS THE FLAG of tha Territory of Hawa ii which now becomes the 50th State of the Union. The territorial flag will remain a's tha state flag, and Hawaii will become tha 50th star on the national flag. In use since 1845, the flag above was made the territorial ba nner in 1925. The stripes, in alternating red, white and blue from the bottom up, repre sent the eight principal islands of the old kingdom. The Union Jack in the corner doesn't mean that Hawaii was ever a possession of Great Britain. A British flag was presented to King Kamehameha in 1793 and was used for some time as the official flag. Chief Signs Hawaii Proclamation Turkey Day Fiesta Set HONOLULU HONOLULU W Hawaii rejoiced Friday at becoming the 50th state. The official admission day cele bration has been deferred until about Thanksgiving to give the new Legislature time to arrange the ceremonies. But this was the day that Ha- waiians have been awaiting since they first petitioned Congress 56 years for admission as a state. President Eisenhower's procla mation turning the dream into a reality meant the end of 59 years of territorial status for the multi racial Pacific island chain. It meant that the people will be able-'tovota.ior; president of the United States. Its delegation to Congress will be able to vote in stead of merely observe. Now, too, the Hawaiians choose their own governor, hitherto ap pointed by the president. Gov. William F. Quinn says it will "give Hawaii the added pres tige in carrying out our mission as the hub o the Pacific in promoting greater East West understanding." Quinn, a Republican, was sworn in immediately after Eisenhower's proclamation was issued. . Statehood will mean fiscal as well as political changes for Ha waii. Hawaii will gain about $800,000 a year under federal grants-in-aid programs. The increase will result from contemplated legisla tion designed to treat Hawaii on an equal basis with the rest of the American states. But this will take time. Fiscal experts say Hawaii's change from a territory to a state will cost each taxpayer 68 cents more a year. Hawaiian statehood adds 585,000 people and 6,435 square miles to the Union. It will add 183,000 reg istered voters in the next presi dential election. ! 'Dozer Tips; Worker Dies DUNSMUIR Donald D. Klump,1 36, Castclla, was killed .instantly at 10:30 a. m. Thursday, when the bulldozer he was operating on the freeway project on Highway 99 near here suddenly overturned, crushing him beneath it, the sheriff-coroner's office at Yrcka reported. , -, '. ' : Klump, an experienced operator of, heavy construction machinery, was doing routine work on a huge cut in a hillside. Construction men could offer no explanation for the accident. Klump, under contract to the Wunderlich Construction Company of Palo Alto, moved to Castella about a year ago from Los An geles. He was a native Califor nian. A veteran of World War II Klump is survived by the widow Anna Mae and fix small children, Funeral services will be in No ble's Chapel at Mount Shasta Sat urday, August 22 at' I p.m., with burial in Mount Shasta Memorial Park. ' METER MAIDS NEW YORK H'PIt - The New York City Board of Estimate Thursday approved a bill creat ing a "meter maid" force to pa trol the city's 50.000 parking me ters. About 100 women will be hired as "meter maids'" FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. 1959 Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 6479 s" ,yv tf- l"J'I.HTl'i; 'i'yuu'ijintuw..i.. jnnpi.; FOREST FIRE DANGER TODAY KEEP OREGON GREEN ' Weather Northern California Fair through Saturday except increas ing fog on the coast. Warmer in land. Northwesterly wind 12-25 miles an hour near the coast. Klamath Falls and vicinity Mostly fair through Saturday. Low tonight 42-48; high Saturday 70-75. High yesterday 60 Low last night ' 42 Preclp. last 24 hours : 1.34 Since Oct. 1 7.H Same period last year . . 20.01 AF Ceremony To Be Held Despite an adverse turn in the weather, Kingsley Field command er Col. Jack Williams indicated that the major - portion of the schedule- for Roll-out Day cere monies: will come off as listed today. i , ; ; The weather forecaster was holding out hope as of Friday morning that the cloud ceiling would lift, however. Colonel Wil- liams indicated that regardless oi the weather the open house would begin at 1 p. m. as sched uled. Kingsley Field was to be thrown open to the public. A parade, re view and presentations were still scheduled for 1:15, and the sonic boom by an F-101B Voodoo will still go on at 2:45 p.m. However, the aerial demonstra tion and flyby of 20 F-101B's will depend upon a 5,000 foot ceiling at that time. A number of lop olficers of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, builders of the F-101B, as well as Air Force officers will be on hand for today's ceremonies. Air Force olficers present in clude Maj. Gen. Hugh Parker, Wes.crn Air Defense Force com mander; Maj. Gen. Von R. Shores, 25th Air Division commander, and Brig. Gen. Frank Gillespie, Seattle Sector SAGE commander. Aircraft technical rcprcscn tatives. are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Hyde, McDonnell Aircralt Corp oration; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bar- ranger, Hughes Aircraft Company, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boyle, Pratt and Whitney Company. Also present will be Mavor and Mrs. Lawrence Slater, and County Judge Bob Walker and Mrs. Walk cr. Kingsley Airman Injures Self A.2.C. Harry W. Slczak, air po liceman assigned to the 408th Air Base Squadron at Kingsley Field. accidentally shot himself in the chest last night while on guard duty at the ammunition storage area. , He was immediately taken to the dispensary for administration of emergency treatment. Medical personnel at the base reported his condition as fair this morning. Airman Slozak whose home is Latrobe. Pennsylvania, has been New U.S. Flag Shown By Ike WASHINGTON WASHINGTON (UPI) - Presi dent Eisenhower proclaimed Ha waii a state today and unfurled a new 50-star flag for the nation. The President's proclamation bringing the Pacific islands ter ritory into the union and the un veiling of the new flag took place at . formal White House cere monies. It marked the second time this year that Eisenhower has wel comed a new stale. He pro claimed Alaska a state Jan, 3 in similar ceremonies. .- - The"new'Star Spangled" Banner replaces a 49-star flag which only came into official use on July 4 to mark Alaskan statehood. The new 50-star emblem will go into use next July 4. . T o d a y's proclamation gave statehood status to 585,000 Hawaii ans in the island cluster which lies 2,400 miles from the West Coast. . . , Eisenhower interrupted his va cation at Gettysburg to - fly here by helicopter for the ceremony. The, flag approved by the Pres ident only .a few months ' ago when Alaska was admitted to the union had seven staggered rows of seven stars each. That flag be came official on July 4. The new flag becomes official next July 4. The White House announced those invited to the Hawaiian statehood ceremony Included Vice President Richard , M. Nixon; Speaker Sam Rayburn; Hawaiian Territorial Secretary Edward Johnston, representing Gov.-elcct William F. Quinn; Sens.-elect Hir am Fong (R) and Oren E. Long 1 1)): Rep.-elect Daniel K. Inouye ID) and Lorrin Thurstin, chair man of the Hawaiian Statehood Commission. Also, Maj. Gen. A. T. McNama ra, Army quartermaster general; Col. John Martz Jr., chief of re search and engineering for Quar termaster General Office; and Lt. Col. James S. Cook, chief of Her aldic Branch in Quartermaster General Office. These men worked with the special Flag Ad- isory Committee on the new flag's design. 25 A CAST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED members of the St. Germain Foundation will bring to HI ' tha immortal teachings of Christ in colorful pageantry In t h a foundation's mammoth amphitheater, above, one mile east of Mount Shasta, Sunday, August 23, from 8 a.m. urw til noon. The pageant, against the majestic backdrop of Mount Shasta, is the 12th annual presentation, with members of the cast coming from all parti of the United States and ' foreign countries. A crowd estimated at 3,000 it expected to attend this year's per. formanee. Mri. G. W, Ballard, widow of the movement's founder, atslttad by her ton Don Ballard, will direct the pageant. 4 , City Takes Initial Move To Buy Water Company The first step toward possible purchase of the facilities of the Oregon Water Corporation by the city of Klamath Falls was taken at a continued meeting of the city council held in city hall Thursday afternoon. The council had been deliberat ing for some time on such a move, and made a declaration of intent to purchase under terms of the original franchise under which the water firm operates. This fran chise was signed in April 1895 and provides that the city may have the alternative of purchasing the company on each five year anni versary of the franchise. The terms of such purchase are also outlined in the 64 year old franchise. The city may purchase the firm by paying them a sum which at eight per cent intercstl would bring enough money to equal their net operating income for the year prior to filing the intent to purchase. It also provided that such a declaration must be filed six months in advance of the anni versary date of the franchise. These terms made it manda tory, Mayor Lawrence Slater ex plained, that the council cither take action now to inform the company of its intent or else no move could be made for another five years or until 1964. The mayor explained to the council that the resolution which was adopted, and which stated It was the intent of the council to put the purchase plan on the bal lot for voters in May, 1960, was actually the first step in a con tinuing study which may lead to the ballot measure. He indicated, however, that ad ditional study will have to be made before the council finally puts the stamp of approval or dis approval on the purchase plan. Following the council action May or Slater issued the following statement; "This is not be con strued as a declaration by the piayor and the council that they intend to purchase the Oregon Wa ter 'Corporation. 'Rather, this letter to the wa ter company is a declaration or intent in accordance with the terms of the original franchise entered into in 1895. "This franchise provides that the city may purchase the water com pany io. any five year multiple, but must inform the company - six months in advance of the expira tion of the five year anniversary i date of the franchise. "Under these terms, we are in forming the company that we fully intend to investigate the feasibility of purchasing the water company, and if final investigation deter mines that it is to the benefit of the residents of Klamath Falls to have municipal ownership of the water system, then we will pro ceed to put it on the ballot next May and let the residents declare their intentions. "If this initial step is not tak en, neither this council nor subse quent councils could even consider purchase again until 1964. City Manager V. S. Vergeer pointed out that according to the water company's statement to the Public Utility Commissioner, the net operating income was $102,329 in 1958, This would mein, he said that under the terms of the fran chise the purchase price would be $1,279,112.50 plus actual cost of improvements since December 31, 1958. If the council decides to pro ceed with the purchase plan after CHICKEN FEED CATINA, Sicily (UPI - lt was chicken evry Sunday and practically every day, for that matter for Lorenzo Leonar- di, his wife, two sons and five dogs. . Police' said Thursday Leonard! admitted he had swiped 2,500 chickens to feed the family durmg tne last three years. -X.C kettL Sfc investigation, the ballot measnr. would provide a bond issue in the approximate amount of $1,500,000. While these would be general nt- ligation bonds; the city manager stated, tne bonds would be paid off from operating income from the water system. Mayor Slater indicated that ih councU might take three or four months investi2atinE the nrohlpm before reaffirming the intent to piace tne purchase plan before the voters. In several other matters dis. posed of at the continued meetin Thursday, the council approved a loreciosure sale of property at city hall for 10 a.m. Friday, and approved a motion to call for bids on 2400 lineal feet of fenrin Mi lne disposal plant, Army Moves Into Area Of Quake WEST YELLOWSTONE PARK. Mont. (AP) National Guardsmen moved into this earthquake ravaged area today to prevent possible looting. The quakes' death toll, mean while, reached nine. Mrs. Ray Painter, 42, of Ogdcn. Utah died Thursday in a Bozeman, Mont., hospital. She was hurt when the quake split a mountain and sent it thundering down on Rock Creek campground and into the Madison River. Search officials fear other campers may be entombed in that massive landslide. Army engi neers are expected to determine soon whether to attempt to move the 50 million tons of rock, earth and debris. In addition to the known vic tims, Mrs. Thomas Slowe ot Sandy, Utah, is missing and pre sumed dead. Her husband was killed.. ; .- The Guardsmen replaced Idaho and Wyoming state patrolmen who joined others from Montana in rescue operations during the chaos that followed the multiple earth shocks of Monday night and Tuesday. . a ,,. Lesser jolts continued in the area Thursday. The U.S. Geodetic Survey counted 372 aftershocks. The aftershocks, rain and the threat of new landslides has de layed groups searching for possi ble other victims, i Hundreds of campers and vacationers evacuated from the stricken area were listed by name and home town with the Red Cross and other agencies. Orb Recovery Said Slight WASHINGTON (AP) - Extreme, ly low temperatures In Ameri ca's Discoverer VI satellite may have frozen out! chances of re covering an instrument-tilled cap sule it ejected over the Pacific Ocean. The 300 pound capsule was kicked loose Thursday night as the satellite orbited over . the Hawaiian Islands. But no trace was found of it. What went wrong? Scientists aren't sure. But they think the low temperatures in Discoverer VI may have affected the battery power supply in the recovery cap sule. If that was the case, the capsule was "dead" as it plunged down through space. Without the power supply, the capsule's radio beacon would not operate and its signal lights would remain dark'. . Its parachute would not open. F1 of 'her since March, 1, 1959, r
