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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1960)
y hm vaa& - w i' i HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Ore. Friday, January 1, 1P60 TOP WMS OF 1959 -IM PKTORIAl REWM ri ii""1 ... .... .. ' KrteSpi. JJJ , mi i mill J 1. PAYLESS DRUG suffered fire, smoke and water damage estimated between $250,000 and $300,000 on Sunday, May 24. The alarm was turned in at 3:29 a.m. 2 DICK B. MILLER Company building, Seventh and Klam ath, was completely wrecked inside by fire on Thursday, May 14. Loss was estimated in excess of $100,000. The alarm was sounded at 10:47 p.m. 3. McCOLLUM LUMBER COMPANY, South Sixth and East Main, was raied by flames Monday, June 29. Loss was between $100,000 and $200,000. The alarm was sounded at 2:13 a.m. by Leslie Herrick. 4. FREIGHT TRAIN derailment at Worden on Friday, July 3, dumped 21 cars into a jumbled mass. Considerable dam age was incurred, but no injuries. It was speculated a hot journal box may have caused it. 5 THE FIRST F-101's arrived at Kingsley Field on Thurs day, May 28. The first plane touched down at 10:15 a.m., marking the transition from F86 Saberjets to the Voodoos. Kingsley Field was declared operational on April I. 6 THE NEW JOHNS-MAN VILLE plant, north of Klamath Falls, was officially opened on Tuesday, June 30. Here, Governor Mark Hatfield, left, Herald and News Publisher Frank Jenkins, center, and Johns-Manville President A. R. Fisher are shown at the dedication ceremonies for the plant. 7 CHILOQUIN FIRE broke out September 10, cutting a swath about two miles wide through 14,000 acres of timber. The fire claimed the life of Clifford Daw, 32, State High way employe. Here, the fire crowns in a Ponderosa pine near the Williamson River. ' 8 WEST SIDE BYPASS was officially opened tor trattic on Friday, November 20. Here, Mayor Lawrence Slater snipped the ribbon at the north entrance. Approximate nt 4tu rauta wat S 1.843.000. 9 FINAL DAY of protests on taxes to County Board of Equalization found courthouse corridors crowded wirn pro testers. More than 230 protests were received over re appraisal of property mainly in the Hot Springs Addition. 10. TWO COUNTY OFFICIALS figured in the 1959 news. Charlie Mack, right, was appointed to the State Tax Com mission on January 24. February 6, Commissioner Bob Walk er was named County Judge and Frank Ganong, left, was appointed to the county court as a commissioner. 11 OPEN HOUSE for the public was held the week of July 20-25 as First Federal Savings and Loan completed ex tensive remodeling. It resulted in producing one of the most modern structures in the city. , t a I 11- 1 -fwr: li Tt. p:; .: r 1 I t "TV'''' 10 PAGE 7-B . ' rf.' Yi,) , lTr, iTh IF IrPi Tt4MUT WrH 1
