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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Wednesday. Dep. 23. 1959
"DENNIS THE MENACE"
Sicily Rocked By Eartho.uake
CATANIA, Sicily, (AP) An! dents into the streets,
earthquake rocked most of Sicily Palermo and other SicUian cltlei
today. It shattered windows in I also reported minor damage.
Catania homes and offices and i There were no reports of Injured
sent hundreds of frightened resi-' persons.
By TIM MASON
A surprise attack of smoke fil
tered through the building Mon
day morning, and sent students
and faculty scampering for win
dows and fresh air.
Albert Angel, head of mainten
ance, explained later that the
boiler backfired in the boiler room.
Smoke was picked up by the fans
and carried over the building and
released through the vents in the
rooms,
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THE TEEN KINGS, a rock V roll and popular band from the Northwest will be one of
three combinations providing dance music Saturday night at the Klamath Auditorium dur
ing Baldy Evans' annual Christmas program.
Three Bands
To Entertain
Saturday Eve
Local dance promoter Baldy
Evans is arranging what he call:
a gala night of dancing" (or
the Klamath Auditorium Saturday
evening.
Three bands, including Evans',
will play non-slop from 8:30 p.m.
until 1 a.m. Each will take the
Itage for two 45-minule sessions,
Other bands will be The Teen
Kings and Dennis Wayne's Col-Lee-Jets,
both at home with the
rock and roll idiom.
The Kings, though, also spe
cialize in the latest popular music
some of which is moving away
from rock n roll.
So, the program should he
balanced, with music to suit all
tastes, Evans added.
Both the Kings and the Jets have
appeared here twice before.
Evans" big band has been play
In traditional dance music here
for 30 years or more.
The dance will he the last of
Evans' series until the last Satur
day in January or the first Satur
day in February,
Parents Fete
Children
Son.s and Daughters of Italy
treated their sons and daughters
to a lavish Christmas parly Sat
urday at Sacred Heart Parish
Hall.
A wide assortment of activities,
entertainment and food, for which
the organization is noted, was of
fered the estimated 100 children
who attended.
Members of the Merry Mixers
Square Dance Club performed sev
eral dances. Young accordionists
from Robertson School of Music
played a number of songs. And
Jean and Joe Bispham, children
of Mr. and Mrs. II. E. Bispham,
performed a ballet dance.
Guy Galetli won the door prize.
Santa Clans treated all children
present.
Ida Pieruccinl. June Petrotta and
Barbara Carnini were coehairnien
In charge of planning. George Ma
roslica was announcer.
Special thanks for generosity
went to Mr. and Mrs. Mario Pisan,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sukrow, John
Vogel and Louie (Santa) Pastega.
WASHINGTON (AP) The
Navy overhauls ships being trans
ferred to foreign allies until they
are fn better condition than those
in the U.S. Fleet itself, the Gen
eral Accounting Office said today.
GAO, Congress' financial over
seer of operations in the executive
branch, said the Navy has over
charged the mutual security pro
gram for some of the materiel
going into foreign aid. It's pretty
much a matter of bookkeeping, all
within the government, but GAO
said refunds from the Navy were
in order.
The Navy contested the GAO
criticism, which was contained
in a report to Congress.
GAO cited repair bills of $590,-
000 to $635,000 for LST's going into
military foreign aid. The last over
haul of the same ships while they
were part of the U.S. Fleet, it
said, cost from $140,000 to $172,-
000. It gave no dates.
The Navy said, however, the
comparison was not accurate be
cause it was hampered by short
age of maintenance funds while
it still held title to the ships.
It cited several reasons for
doing an especially thorough job
on ships going abroad. These in
cluded the increased age of the
ships, the probability that they
would be operating at greater dis
tances from yards and parts
depots and would not be over
hauled as often, and a desire to
keep the receiving country from
feeling that it was getting inferior
Charlotte Cushmmi was the first
actress whose name has been
placed In the Hall of Fame.
Happy
Holiday!
Big day . . . lot of excite
ment for you and your
family. Probably ome
driving, too. As you take
to the road, remember the
common rules of safety.
Haves good time, wherever
you drive. That's my wih
to you
from the
careful driv
er company,
Stnto Form
Mutual.
Ships Transferred As Aid.
Said Better Than Our Own
Yule Day
Rites Planned
The scriptural story of the birth
of Jesus will be presented at an
early morning service at the Bible
Baptist Church, 2244 Wiard Street,
beginning at 6:30 a.m. on Christ
mas Day. The service will last one
hour.
The service will be presented in
drama, music and message. Music
will be by a selected group from
the church choir and the drama
tization by high school students.
The pastor, the Ilcv. Freeman L.
Schmitt. will read the scriptures
and will conclude the service with
brief message. This annual
event has been appreciated for
several years by those who have
attended the .service, a fitting
way to begin Christmas Day. The
church invites others to take part
in this hour of inspiration.
The cast Includes Dennis Fes-
senden. prophet; Leva Mac Car
ter, angel; Ted Sleiner, Joseph;
Mary James, Mary; Waller Pol-
sen, Allen Rutledge and Kirk
Killian, shepherds; Rob Lewis.
Collin Larson and Dick Ewing,
wiscmcn; Sylvia Day and Ona
Hayes, candlelighters.
Patricia Broyles, Verna Balzer.
Julie Bralton, Mrs. Bill Grimes,
Kenneth Williams, Gordon Whit
low, Terry Cedarleaf. Waldo
Rhoades, Sharon Pearson, Judy
McFarlan and Mrs. Howard Com
mons.
The lighting elfects will be han
dled by Bill Smith. The Reverend
Schmitt will be in charge of the
scenery and setting.
or worn-out materiel.
Additionally, the Navy said,
labor costs rose about 50 per cent
between the times of the overhauls
compared.
GAO said the Navy had charged
standard prices for various items
which should, have been discoun
ted because they were obsolescent
or surplus. Such discounting, the
agency contended, is required by
law. The Navy challenged this in
terpretation, although it said it
has revised its procedures in some
respects.
The Navy reply contended
it charged appropriate prices for
items delivered in first-class con
dition and entirely usable militar
ily, even though the United States
may have substituted other items
in its own current inventory.
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Guardians Set
For Comic's Girl
LOS ANGELES (AP)-A judge
has named two guardians for the
late film comedian Lou Costcllo's
youngest daughter, Christine, 12
Appointed Tuesday were Costel
lo's brother, Pat, as guardian of
the gill's estate, and her older
sister, Patricia C. Mobley, 22, as
guardian of her person.
Judge Frank S. Balthis was told
Chrishne will inherit property
from her father's $200,000 estate
and from that of her mother, Anne
Costello. Another daughter, Carol
20. also survives.
The comedian died last March
5: his widow died Dec. 5.
KU's famed marching band
leaves early January 1 to perform
in the halftime pageantry for the
Shrine East-West football game
in Kezar Stadium, San Francisco
The band's trip will he financed
this year by a 10-dollar pledge of
the members' parents, some of
whom are volunteering more so
that the trip will be possible.
Director LaMar K. Jensen stales
that contributions are still needed
to reach the necessary amount for
(he trip. Those individuals and or
ganizations who wish to contribute
may do so by sending their do
nations to him in care of the mu
sic department at KU.
The band has done a great many
services for the school and the
community and will represent the
name of Klamath Falls in the ac
tivity, so let's make sure that they
go.
A special all-school Christmas
assembly was conducted Wednes
day from 10 until 10:50, which
featured the a cappclla choir, and
a presentation of the "Night Be
fore Christmas" put on by several
members of the student body un
der the direction of Roberta Blom-
quist, instructor of dramatics.
The choir, which appeared in
the "Alossiah" and caroled through
the halls Wednesday, sang a mod
ern version of "Jingle Bells" and
"Joyous Christmas Carol."
Also perlorming in assembly
was the vocal trio, the "Three
Essentials." Aside from their per
formance, this group, which in
cludes Bob Elliott, Don Isensee,
and Dan Johnson, led the student
body in several carols.
All class periods Wednesday
were shortened for the assembly,
which was the first attempt to
seat the entire school in Pelican
Court. School was dismissed early
at 2:45 for the Christmas holi
days. This received 100 per cent
approval from th,e students.
Before leaving for the holiday,
students made wreaths and put
them on the doors of their class
rooms, to add beauty to the halls
during this Christmas season.
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Shimmy Dancer Of 1920s,
Gilda Gray, Heart Victim
A-Detection
Post Planned
Kingsley Field will contain a
unit of a nationwide network of
150.000 atomic fallout detection
posts soon to become operative,
Office of Civil Defense and Mo
bilization Director Leo A. Hocgh
said recently.
The 600.000 persons needed to
run the network will come from
federal, state and local govern
ments and so will the buildings
No hiring or building construction
is foreseen.
Federal agencies inclu'de the
Aviation Agency, Weather Bureau,
Air Force Weather Service and the
Agriculture and Interior depart
ments. Police, fire, public health, wel
fare, forestry, agriculture and con
servation departments will handle
the job on the state and local lev
els.
The stations will measure radia
tion during peacetime, but will
make no reports. In the event of
atomic war several readings per
day would be taken and reported
to the various government levels
to aid survival planning.
Some stations already are operat
ing, and the full system should
be ready , by s 1H63. The OCDM
already has distributed 90.000 de
lection instruments.
HOLLYWOOD (AP) - Gilda
Gray, the shimmy dancer of the
1920s who gave America more
shakes than bootleg whisky, is
dead.
She died of an apparent heart
attack Tuesday while visiting a
friend. The petite blonde always
had been coy about her age. Esti
mates ranged from 59 to 68.
Her death closed another chap
ter of the dizzy decade which ac
claimed F. Scott Fitzgerald, jazz,
near beer and raccoon coats. She
was a top star in the golden era
of vaudeville which produced Al
Jolson, Will Rogers, Gallagher and
Sheen, and Sophie Tucker.
Years later she said of her
fabulous heyday: "They might
roar more today, honey, hut we
had more fun."
The girl with the wiggly hips,
who thrilled tired businessmen
with a wicked Charleston atop a
speakeasy table, faded into obscu
rity with the depression. She re
putedly made millions but was
living in a furnished room at the
end.
As recently as five years ago
the talked of a comeback: "It
will be a big act, honey, some
thing big." But it never materi
alized.
She was born in Krakow, Po
land. Her real name was Mary-
anna Michalska. Her parents were
killed during a revolution and she
fled to America with her foster
parents.
She sang and danced in Milwau
kee saloons at 14. She could hardly
speak English but her slithering
dances needed no translation.
She said the word "shimmy"
was coined when: "I shook my
chemise like this and tried to pro
nounce the word, but a customer
thought I was saying 'shimmy'
and that's how it all began."
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She graduated from speakeasies
to George White's Scandals, Shu
bcrt musicals, Ziegfeld's Follies
and the silent screen.
She married and divorced three
husbands John Gorecki, a Wis
consin politician; Gaillard Boag
a New York night club owner,
and Hector Briecendo, a Venezue
lan diplomat. She had a son, Mar
tin, by Gorecki.
She filed a million-dollar suit
against Rita Hayworth, alleging
theft of her dance in the 1949 film
"Gilda." The suit was dropped in
1954.
Despite ill health in recent
years, she retained her trim fig
ure. Two years ago, she expressed
pleasure that skirts were becom
ing shorter.
"Perhaps men will again be
eyeing pretty girls' legs," she said
hopefully.
Actress Sheds
Video Producer
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP)
He chose to live his own life,
actress Virginia Gregg said of her
husband.
She testified at a divorce hear
ing Tuesday that television pro
ducer Jaime Del Valle was cold
and indifferent to her. Miss Gregg,
42, was granted a divorce.
Del Valle, 48, must pay her $550
monthly alimony, $450 child sup
port and a percentage of his fu
ture earnings. They married in
1948. They have three children.
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