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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Sunday, January 3, 1960
t, By Jimmy Hatlo
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16-year-old high school student
was in fair condition at a hos
pital Saturday with Injuries re
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turned to see why it had not
exploded, picked it up and it
went off.
:Kew Yoar
: By BILL JENKINS
Well, here we are in a new
year and the same old trouble will
doubtless come along to plague us.
'. Namely, we'll go blithely on our
way dating everything back in 1959,
I This must cause a good deal of
:grief to the banks in particular.
'But, alas, I fear it Is a fault that
we all have.
If you don't have It you are too
perfect for this world.
This piece is being written at
the office on January 1.
New Year's Day in a newspaper
office is about like having a high
old time in the morgue.
: Everything else is dead. The
itores are closed. The teletypes
eel out nothing, but the dreary
Jecord of highway dead.
; So it goes.
Maybe this is a good time to
print a little story we ran across
In the Wcpaco News Notes.
Seems that up at the Ilcrmis-j
ton game farm they have a fe
male francolin grouse that was im
ported from India several years
ago.
i Apparently remembering the sea-
ions in her native land the hen
got family ideas about mid-October,
laid a clutch of eggs and began
Sitting on October 20. On November
38 she came off the nest and
Jiroudly displayed 13 tiny chicks.
; During this tune the weather was
hovering near zero part of the
time, seldom got up to freezing.
The nest was a hollow in the
frozen ground
It just proves what you can do
If you try.
Along with a lot of other people
I have spent much of today clean
ing out the files and drawers in
the office.
, By this process one throws away
everything one will want on Jan
uary two.
; It is infallible.
': And also inevitable.
'' As the fellow said when his photo
studio burned down: Good night.
iweej. prinls
It is a popularly accepted the
cry that one mould always start
off the new ytfar with a cheerful
trend of thought.
. It took a little doing but I final
ly .winnowed out a cheerful
thought from the news.
San Francisco International Air
port makes more money from cars
than it does from airplanes.
Parking privileges, rent-a-car
Concessions and taxi and limousine
concessions brought in a total of
$1,235,000 compared to a total of
only $950,000 for aircraft landing
and takeoff fees.
I have always maintained that
the air age wasn't here to stay.
move into a new home, be sure
to ask the builder, realtor, or
landlord the location of the stop
and waste valve and how to op
crate it. We have seen them lo
cated under the wood pile in the
basement, out. in the yard un
der the rose bush, inside the tool
cabinets, under the new plywooc!
paneling in the playroom, or just
about any place imaginable. If the
valve hasn't been turned for years,
it is a good idea to make sure it
will operate as intended.
"Find that stop and waste valve
now. After the pipe breaks it is
too late."
Wnlor IiMs
: By FLORENCE JENKINS
Freezing weather, which has
been plaguing many home owners
with broken water pipes and re
sultant property damage, brought
Glenn D. Bowcn, manager of Ore
gon Water Corporation, into the
office with some suggestions to be
passed along to householders.
"If you plan to be away in
freezing weather, it is a good idea
to turn the water off at the stop
and waste valve in the line and
drain all fixtures including the wa
ter heater," he states.
; "Turning water off at the meter
usually will not drain anything, but
many people have the idea that if
the meter is turned off and the
, faucets opened, all will be well.
This might be helpful under cer
tain circumstances, but it is a
dangerous assumption," he con
tinues.
The State Plumbing Code re
quires that every homo be
equipped with a stop and waste
valve and Oregon Water Corpora
lion's rules and regulations re
quire that "stop and waste valves
must be installed in the custo
mer's plumbing In a place always
accessible and so located as to
permit shutting off the water for
the entire premises with the least
possible delay." The rules urge
that all persons on the premises
familiarize themselves with the
valves' location and use.
"Water healers usually, but not
always, have a drain valve at the
bottom to which a hose can be
connected for draining," the wa
ter company manager says. "The
power supply, electricity, or gas,
should be disconnected before
draining."
The water company warns that
It is strictly ajainst its rules for
customers to turn water on, or
dff. at the company's shut-off at
the meter without permission. The
practice often results in a broken
fhut-off for which the customer Is
billed for repairs. An adequate
itop and waste valve in the cus
tomer's line is a much more satis
factory means of turning off the
aler, according to the experts.
'Tba company warns, "When you
Courteous Drivers
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Editor Roseburg News-Review
One nice thing about living in
Southern Oregon is the courtesy
shown by motorists to pedestrians
At the same time, however, this
very courtesy we enjoy is danger
ous, because we grow to expect
it and then don't always find it.
I'm thinking particularly of the
courtesy of motorists . in giving
riaht of way to pedestrians. Al
though the pedestrian by law has
the right of way at intersections,
he doesn't always get it elsewhere
In some areas It is the "quick and
the dead," to use an old expres
sion.
The pedestrian not only has the
right of way at marked crossings,
in nearly every instance, but he
also is given motorist courtesy at
unmarked crossings and on side
streets and roads.
In fact, it is seldom that one
finds so much attention given by
a motorist to 'he pedestrian. All
too often the pedestrian is forced
to leap and dodge to avoid the
automobile the automobile that
slows for nothing.
Cars frequently stop to permit
passage by the pedestrian standing
at the curb, even though he
hasn't started across the street.
As Frank Jenkins once said, it
can become downright embarrass
ing. That particularly is true when
one merely is waiting.
A man waiting on the street
corner for his wife, could run him
self to death going back and forth
across the street, or else cause
a traffic tieup. the way motorists
wait sometimes.
And it's a most pleasant cour
tesy. But all too often we become
dependent, as pedestrians, on cour
tesies, only' to be run down, or
nearly run down by some visitor
from an area where the .pedestri
an is less kindly treated.
But is the pedestrian equally
courteous toward the motorist?
I would answer that question in
the negative.
Too many pedestrians take ad
vantage of obliging motorists.
Pedestrians saunter across a
street or roadway, often delaying
traffic unnecessarily. We have
seen cases where pedestrians even
stop In the center of the street to
hold a conversation. They will
straggle across an intersection, oc
cupying a crossing for an appreci
able length of time, when it
wouldn't take but a few seconds
to hold back nnd collect a group
while allowing traffic to move.
The worst offenders are a few
smart alcck youngsters who dem
onstrate their juvenility by de
liberately flaunting traffic, fail
ing to appreciate politeness on the
part of vehicle drivers. Such con
duct usually indicates that the
guilty youngster has a social
adjustment considerably behind
his years.
Then, too, there are the jay
walkers who demand, and usually
receive, the right of way between
crossings. The pedestrian may
have right of way at an estab
lished crossing, but the motorist
has the right of way between
crossings. If the pedestrian elects
lo jaywalk, which is quite com
mon, he shouldn't expect the mo
torist to show politeness.
The pedestrian who persists in
aywalking should realize that
le is running a great risk. He
hould keep that risk at a mini
num, first, by using established
.rossings or, if he must use some
jther crossing, use extreme care
o avoid becoming a casualty.
Motorists, it seems to me, are
Jeveloping another good habit and
hat is using lights during dark
Jaylight hours.
In some former years the mo
torists didn't turn on lights until
quite late. Today, however, the
practice seems to be growing to
use headlamps whenever visibil
ity is poor.
Automobiles today travel at
much higher speeds than they did a
ftw years ago. Many of them are
of colors that are hard to distin
suish at a distance. A motorist
may attempt to pass a slower car
ahead, believing he has a clear
path, only to find that a speeding
car from the other direction, a
car indistinguishable at the dis
tance needed to get around a car
at today's speed, is approaching
on collision course.
Headlamps are visible at a great
distance. Parking lights do not do
much good and shouldn't be used
on a moving vehicle. Personally
I do like the idea of using head
lamps when fog or haze are pres
ent to limit vision.
21I Failures
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
Twin forms of nature human
and acts of God have combined
to write an amazing story of
failure for grandiose agricultural
schemes among the Communist
nations.
China's ancient enemies of flood
and drought have combined with
earlier failures to the point where
millions of its rapidly expanding
population face a real threat of
starvation.
Red China admitted it grossly
over-estimated its 1939 farm pro
duction and has paved the way
for further such admissions in
10fi0. To help take the load of
communal kitchens set up when
the Reds herded millions of Chi
nese peasants into vast agricul
tural combines, the government
lias been forced to encourage
peasants to resume growing their
own food. In some instances, In
dividual plots of land have been
restored.
The story of miscalculation, sab
otage and ravages of natuce ex
tends from Communist East Ber
lin, through Moscow to Peiping.
In East Berlin, a high-ranking
member of the party disclosed
that farmers opposed to collec
tivization of their lands were
setting farm property on fire,
poisoning cattle, committing oth
er acts of sabotage and assault
ing Communist organizers. The
situation, he said, had become
"alarming."
About half of East Germany's
farm land now is included in the
collectives.
In Moscow, where Premier Ni-
kita Khrushchev took personal
charges of the drive to surpass
United Stales agricultural produc
tion, Khrushchev himself admit
led that last year's harvest was
the worst in four years.
Some of it he blamed on the
weather, the rest on "leaders who
do not understand a thing about
agriculture."
He voiced a perennial complaint
that farm machinery was al
lowed to fall inlo disrepair, and
complained again about the
growth of bureaucracy.
Similarly, in Poland, the gov
ernment has admitted that agri
culture has nut kept pace with
industrialization, and there, as in
China, a program of austerity
has been proclaimed. In Poland
the situation might have been
worse, but for emergency ship
ments of surplus wheat from the
United States.
Both Poland and Hungary nave
SHORT RIBS By Frank O'Neal
launched vigorous campaigns to
overcome the farmers opposition
to government run collectives,
The Polish farmer would rather
have his own horse than a gov
ernment tractor.
Hungary, which formerly was
able to export food products, now
must import.
Romania is in the midst ot a
ruthless campaign to force farm
land into collectives over the op
position of peasants who remain
stubborn even after nearly 15
years of Communist rule.
In Bulgaria, the government's
desperate drive for collectiviza
tion has resulted in a campaign
whose harshness has been com
pared to Red China's communal
system in breaking up traditional
family patterns.
Communist leaders will not ac
cept these setbacks as perma
nent, nor will hunger among any
people be a cause of satisfaction
in the West.
But they illustrate that the
Kremlin's "perfect" society still
is unable lo collectivize nature,
human or otherwise.
I'Im" Almanac
By United Press International
Today is Jan. 3rd, the 3rd day
of the year, with 363 more days in
1960.
The moon is approaching its
first quarter.
The morning stars are Venus
and Mars.
On this day in History:
In 1777, George Washington's
troops defeated three British reg
iments at the Battle of Princeton,
New Jersey.
In 1876, the first private kinder-
garden to offer free instructions
opened in Florence, Mass.
In 1833, British political leader
Clement Attlee was born.
In 1935, 90 per cent of the peo
ple living in the Saar voted for
a reunion with Germany.
In 1938, the "March of Dimes"
campaign to fight infantile paral
ysis was organized.
In 1942, Japanese invaders start
ed their siege of Bataan in the
Philippines.
In 1946, William Joyce, the no
torious "Lord Haw Haw" was
Ranged in London for his treason
able acts in broadcasting for the
Nazis during World War II.
A thought for today: George
Bernard Shaw wrote: Silence is
the most perfect expression of
scorn.
Art Classes
Will Begin
Twn rnllnnn aoovoA'AoA art rinse
es under the General Extension Di
vision of the Oregon State System
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week. Both classes will run from
7 to 9:45 p.m. one night a week for
10 weeks.
Mnnrtav nialit .Tnnnyru A llin
first session of Art Education 311,
ts and crafts for the elementary
teacher is scheduled. This class
will offer a variety of methods and
techniques in using various art
materials suitable for elementary
students. The class will be held
in the Art Room at Fremont
School on High Street. Gordon
Kcnsler, supervisor of art educa
tion for the city elementary
schools, will be the instructor. This
course will offer three credit hours.
Tuesday night, January 5, will
be the opening session of AA 290,
painting. This class is planned
for both beginning and advanced
students, who are Interested in
working in oil, watercolor, or other
painting mediums. The class will
be held in Room 325, on the second
floor of Klamath Union High
School. Howard Hall, Art Instruc
tor at KUHS, will be the instructor.
The course will offer two credit
hours.
Further information about these
classes may he obtained by call
ing Gordon Kenslcr, TU 4-9573 or
Howard Hall, TU 2-3296.
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making quinine.
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ISTANBUL - A Turkish govern
ment spokesman disclosing that
newsmen had been convicted
since 1954 of various offenses in
cluding that of damaging the
prestige of the state:
"There are no arbitrary actions,
whether in jailing or closing a
newspaper by the administra
tion."
HAVANA Cuban Premier Fi
del Castro, commemorating the
first anniversary of his successf'il
revolution:
"I wish a happy new year to the
United States."
ATLANTA - Negro lawyer A. T.
W a 1 d e n, a civil rights advo
cate for more than half a cen
tury, in an Emancipation Day ad
dress:
"The dominant statesmanship
cf the world today is bankrupt
in ideas for the solution of the
complex problems which confront
and afflict mankind in the areas
of human relations."
NEW YORK - Blind orchestra
leader Phil Bennett, anoealinc
for the return of his braille mu
sic notations and three instru
ments stolen from his auto:
"The year for me is ending on
sour note.
NEW YORK - Actress Marilyn
Monroe, who has suffered two
miscarriages in her marriage to
playwright Arthur Miller, denying
a report that she was pregnant
again:
"I wish it were true."
MIAMI Justice of the Peace
Francis Christie, ruling that ani
mal trainer Robert Tomarchin
could keep I'Mr. Moke," the chim
panzee he kidnaped from the St.
Louis Zoo, until extradition pro
ceedings are completed:
"The interest of justice and hu
manity would be met by allowing
the.ve two people or these two
animals to be reunited."
PAIXESVILLE, Ohio - Mrs.
Lois Clark, after authorities said
a lie detector test showed she had
nothing to do with the slaying
of her husband by a sniper on
Christmas Eve:
"I'm tired but relieved. I an
swered everything they asked. I
bad i;ig ta aide."
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