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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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