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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1960)
HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Tupsday, January 12, 1060 PAGE FIVE U S; Protest Rejected By Fidel Castro Regime HAVANA (AP)-Fidel Castro's regime has rejected a U.S. pro test against tactics used in seiz ing American property in Cuba and said it would speed up opera tion of its land reform program against both Cubans and foreigners. Property owners were told to take their complaints to the Cu . ban courts. U.S. Ambassador Philip Bonsai delivered a State Department note Monday complaining that lands and buildings of U.S. citizens in Cuba had been seized without court orders and frequently with out written authorization. The State Department said in many cases no inventories were made, no receipts given for the seized property and no indication given that payment would be made. Acting Foreign Minister Marcelo Fernandez issued a statement Monday night which said the State Department "does not take into consideration the basic situation but rather relates a number of supposed deeds which are quali fied as 'violations' of the agrarian reform law." Fernandez said that while a formal reply would be made later. Bonsai had been told the "firm position of the revolutionary gov- Hunters Use Rocky Estate TAHRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP)-i There's nothing quite like hunting deer on the Rockefeller estate at Pocantico Hills. Seventy-five hunters who tried It Monday were carefully escorted to starting points set up in the 2,600-aere area. They also found themselves served with such luxuries as maps, coffee and rolls and a truck pick-up service for heavier deer. The operation marked the start of a 10-day special hunting season to cut 'down Westchester County's booming deer population. Animals are starving for lack of food and are damaging orchards and crops The Rockefellers voluntarily opened their estate for the West chester bunt but checked on ap plicants to screen out minors, game violators and anybody so color blind he couldn't tell a red coat from a deer hide.' Those who made it bagged 36 deer. ernment in accelerating the work of agrarian reform, applying mea sures of expropriation and indem nification to (Cuban) nationals and foreigners equally, and referring all doubtful cases to (competent' Cuban courts." The statement also rapped the State Department for giving the press a summary of the U.S. note immediately "although it is not the established diplomatic cus tom." The State Department said it had no immediate comment on the Cuban statement. The U.S. note was the third to Cuba on the subject in seven months. It was drawn up during conferences in Washington from which Bonsai returned on Sunday. The note declared that Castro's seizure of American private pro perty violated both Cuban and in ternational law. But the summary released to the press made clear it did not protest the principle of land redistribution but complained about the manner in which it is being carried out. The U.S. gov ernment recognizes the right of foreign countries to expropriate lands and other property within foreign domains provided fair and speedy compensation is made. Officials in Washington said the Castro government has made no payments for American owned property seized so far except in the case of a few plantations pro ducing fiber for twine. The agrarian reform law calls for pay ment with 20-year Cuban govern ment bonds. Apparently the U.S. note made no threat of retaliation. The State Department said Cuba's position as the major beneficiary of U.S. sugar quota legislation was not mentioned. The Sugar Act, which sets up marketing quotas for for eign and domestic areas, expires Dec. 31, and there have been sug gestions in Congress and else where that Cuba's quota be cut in reprisal. American property seized so far was estimated in Washington at five or six million dollars. U.S. investments in Cuba are estimated at about a billion dollars. The biggest takeover is expected to come this summer, after "the sugar crop is harvested. The Cuban government has announced it then would carry out widespread expropriation of sugar properties. Driver Released By East Judge PITTSBURGH (AP) Joseph Suber, 57, pleaded guilty to drunk en driving. He said it was medicine that made him tipsy. "I guess the medicine had a lot of alcohol in it because it smelled like whisky and tasted like whisky," said Suber. "But it wasn't whisky, it was medicine." The judge let him off with court costs. JANUARY SALE Storm Windows $12.00 and Up Combination Doors $39.50 & $59.50 No Payment Till March F.H.A. Terms WE TAKE TRADES Furniture Tools Appliances McGaughey's TRADING HOUSE 2508 Altamont Dr. 2-4893 george' clark 2021 Lavey St. 4-3247 SCOUT NEWS DISTHICTS REORGANIZED LAKEVIEW - Three Lake Dis trict Scout Units were reorganized during December, 1959, Cub Pack 12, with 18 boys, sponsored by St. Luke's Episcopal Church Couples Club began new activities under Cubmaster Don Allen. New den mothers are Lucille Furen, Bea trice Gilbert, Jeanne Matchett and Dorothy McAllister. Clifford Tif fany is the institutional representa tive and Walt Furen, chairman of the pack committee. Scout Troop 76 is sponsored by the Presbyterian Church, re-chartered with 27 boys. J. T. "Jim" McDonald was appoint scoutmas ter, assisted by Bob Utley and James Bracken, The retiring scout master, Henry McCormick, will work as advancement man on the troop committee, Delbert Mil holland is institutional representa tive and France's McNeeley is chairman of the troop committee for the second year. Scout Troop 95, sponsored by the Methodist Church, has been re activated under new leadership. Starting with two boys, the troop is attempting to double member ship at each meeting. Ron Water house is scoutmaster, and Ron Stone is assistant. Lewis Conway is institutional representative and, for the present, Herb Warren is the sole committeeman. Meetings are held Monday evenings in the church basement aand are open for more boys and more committeemen. The week of February 7 to 13 is National Scsut Week and will be celebrated by all boys and leaders with troop district and council activities. In the meantime the calendar for January shows the following events. January 10, Order of Arrow annual meeting, Klamath Falls. January 11, Lake District Com mittee, 7:30 p.m., Goodnough res idence, Lakeview. January 13, Council Executive Board, 7 p.m., Klamath Falls. January 14, Lake District Round- tables, 7:30, Presbyterian Educa tion Building. January 27, Cub Pack 12 meeting. January 28, Cub Pack 13 meeting. January 11, 18, 25, Troop 95 meeting. January 13, 20, 27, Troop 76 meeting. January 12, v19, 26, Troop 15 meeting. January 18, Explorer Post 176 meeting. January 12, 19, 26, Ex plorer Post 115 meeting. It's Fun To Wash At Merit's C0IN-0-MATIC OPEN IV IM - i r52 Lots of Washen! I ID Plenty Dryerf! I R i irHot Water Endlenly fl Free Parking, too! Regular Load Double Load . Fluff Dry . . . TWO LOCATIONS: 333 E. Main (Aeron from Milll School) 4801 South 6th Next to Mac't Bakery SAVE $$$ AT MERIT'S COIN-O-MATIC 1959 Sets Dubious Record For Highest Fire Losses Klamath Falls recorded a new but dubious record during 1959. Fire Chief Roy Howe said the $595,896.19 fire loss was higher than during any previous year. It is just a shade under the $620,409.78 Railroaders Give To OTI Three lodges of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen have con tributed convention proceeds to the OTI New Site Fund. A check fo $155 was presented to fund chairman Vera Owens by Klamath Lodge 557, Fremont Lodge 1085, and Ewauna Auxiliary Lodge 902. Norman Hansen, secretary- treasurer of the Fremont Lodge, said proceeds were earned at a Northwest convention of the broth erhood. The money originally was to have gone into a future scholar ship fund, but was deposited into the OTI fund by vote. Owens said a tally of the OTI New Site Fund drive would be made near the end of the month. The goal is $40,000 to purchase a ISO-acre campus site near the North Entrance. Book Review To Be Given The Klamath Falls Branch of (lie American Association of Uni versity Women will hold its Jan uary meeting on Saturday, January 16. starting at 12:30 p.m. at the Klamath Lutheran Church, 1175 Crescent Avenue, Mrs. Robert A. Thompson will review the Paul Gallico book, Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris. All members of the local chapter are urged to attend and bring guests. Reservations should be made for the luncheon by tele phoning Mrs. Charles Dibble, at TU 2-4038. tolal damage recorded from 1931 through 1058. Accounting for the lion's share of the loss were three major fires which broke out in late spring and early summer. The Dick B Miller Cadillac and Oldsmobile Company at 710 Klamath Avenue caught fire the evening of May 15. The build ing was gutted, and most of its contents were destroyed, including a number of new cars. Two weeks later, the morning of May 23, flames swept the giant Pay Less Drug Store at Eighth and Main streets, causing damage esti mated at about $250,000. Then, the morning of June 29, fire broke out in the McCollum Lumber Company building and yard at 2074 South Sixth Street, causing about $200,000 worth of damage. Several other fires reached near major proportions during the year. The department answered 386 calls during the year. Two were false alarms. Equipment was used a total of nearly 126 hours. Fire men laid 82,700 feet of hose, hoisted ladders 833 feet, made 3,710 inspections, removed 316 hazards, issued 2.591 fire permits Seven firemen were injured none seriously. No deaths resulted from fires in the city. Damaged property was insured for $2,934,898, and $546,760 was collected from insurance compan ies. Here is a breakdown of the spec ific types of buildings, the number of fires, value of property, actual loss, the amount of insurance and the amount of insurance collected, in that order: Three fires were reported In public buildings, churches, schools, hospitals, etc. Value was not esti mated, nor was loss, insurance coverage or insurance collected estimated. People Read SPOT ADS you are Edmund E. Hess Vice-President CIFIC NORTHWEST COMPACT Dwelling, outbuildings and con tents, 93, $381,384, $26,529, $339, 768, $24,766. Mercantile, office and bank buildings, retail and wholesale slocks, 28, $451,000, $187,610, $390 500, $185,610. Warehouses, docks, general stor age and contents. 7, $109,000, $9,410, $106,500, $9,410. Furniture manufacturers, cooperage, paper mills and con tents one, no estimates of property value, loss or insurance coverage or collection. Lumber and woodworking in dustry, lumber yards, sawmills, etc., eight, $318,180, $204,052, $272,- tt'O $161,552. Metal workers, iron foundries. mining apparatus, shipyards, one, $75,000, $758, $75,000, $758. Textile works, cloth works, dry cleaning and laundry establish ments, four, no estimates. Food and food products factories bakeries, canneries, creameries, two, $7,000, $580, $7,000, $580. Hotels, apartmcts, flats, room ing houses, clubs. 32, $1183,500 $5,587, $1,179,000, $4,687. Public garages, filling stations, airports, six, $207,641, $44,690, $137.- 745, $43,549. Restaurants, confectioneries, del icatcssens, eating houses, five, $170,800, $113,730, $167,800, $113,- 069. Miscellaneous manufacturing, specials not otherwise classified. 113, (grass and trash fires) no estimates. Miscellaneous non-manufacturing specials not otherwise classified, 31, $5,000, $295, $5,000, $295. Motor vehicles, planes, motors, boats, etc., 44, $21,555, $2,578, $19,- 405, $2,408. Railway traction proper ties, lighting and power plants, wa terworks, seven, $235,000, $75, f234,000, $75. Rowe also classified fires by cause. His breakdown: Fires caused by exposure to other fires, 12, $185,294 damage; electn city and defective wiring, 43, $342,519 damage; explosion, sparks from combustion, automobile back fires, 32. $2,436 danwgo; friction, sparks from running machinery, live, $25; fireworks, firecrackers, fuses, three. $1,045; hot ashes and coals, open fires, 19, $1,557. Hot grease, oil tar. wax. asphalt. etc.. 13, $4,253; Hot metals. In cluding forgotten electrical ap pliances, six. $446; incendiarism, three, $3,337; matches and care less smokers, 119, $4,033; petrol eum and its products, gas, 31, $1,250; overheated and-or defective flues, steam pipes etc.. eight, Si,- JJ2: overheated anrlnr rlnfor-H.ro stoves, etc., 37, $241; rubbish and litter, two, $83. Sparks on roof, one, $50; spon taneous combustion, one, $3,365; unknown causes, nine, $44,625; miscellaneous, cause known, but not classified, 411, no estimate of damage. The department also made 11 calls with resuscitating equipment. OSBORN HOTEL EUGENE, ORE. Mn. J. K. rrlr Jot Eirlr Jr. Proprietor! 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