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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1960)
f ACT 6 A FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor MAURICE MILLER Circulation Mgr Ph. TU 4-4752 Down By BILL JENKINS Having fallen prey to the local pip a couple of weeks ago I have spent a good deal of the interven ing time at home cursing my luck and trying to figure out why all pills arc made just a size larger than the human throat. That and reading the latest crop ol paperback "historical" novels. I don't know which is the harder to gag down. But the odds are probably in lavor of the books. This last crop is pretty discour aging. I hope that future genera tions won't actually judge us if there are any future generations, that is on the basis of the cur rent crop of frontier epics. If one were to concoct a compos ite hero out of these swashbuck ling novels he would come up with a tall, wavy haired bone head with just barely brains enough to come in out of I he wet. A man dogged with the most frightful luck imaginable, cursed with a total lack of rationality or common sense and in grave danger of being hounded to an early grave by the constant attention of bevies of beautiful and buxom women, most of whom are out to get his scalp one way or another. Indeed, the only thing that saves our penny horrible hero at all is a set of circumstances so fortuitous as to be almost miraculous. And unbelievable. That and the fact that equally improbable friends in high places seem to materialize out of the nowhere when trouble rears its ugly head too high. I suppose that there has to be some excuse for printing such hog wash. Maybe there are enough sick people who are unable to hold up the heavier volumes to keep the market going. But sometimes I am led to wonder. Only the fact that I can't stand who-dunits keeps me grimly at the task. That and the complete bore dom that comes with doctor's or ders to stay put or take the con sequences. Since I am notorious for my inability to take the conse quences I stay put. And road his torical trash. At any rate it has some com pen sations. After a week's diet of It I went back and reread John Stein beck's Tortilla Flat and found it positively fascinating. Just shows you what being sick can do to a man. At any rate, it is good to be back in the world of the living again. The dogs were getting tired of being told to shut up and I was growing an extra set of bones in my back. And of course I picked the last week of the duck season to fold up. A week during which everyone I have talked to since simply went out and murdered 'em. I'm pretty sure most of these fellows are lying to me, but then there might have been a grain or two of truth in one or two of the stories. 1 think from here on out I'll stay healthy. It's lots more fun. loIi' I'roliwf ion By FLOYD L. WYNNE Are the 15.000 to 20.000 residents of the suburban area to Klamath Falls getting proper police protec tion? I have heard a number of claims both pro and con. I have heard claims that at night the suburban area is practi cally without police protection. Feeling it was time to cheek the facts, 1 consulted with the two men most vitally concerned with such a problem, Sgt. Bruce I.att of the State Police and Sheriff Murray Brilton. THE CITY POLICE arc not con corned, officially, with police pro tection or law enforcement in the suburban area. They have no au thority outside the city limits ex cept in noi pursuu, namely, in the actual pursuit of a criminal. Primary responsibility for police protection lies with the State Po lice. Sergeant Lattin informed nie that he has a full complement of 21 per sons. This, however, includes game men, two men stationed in Lake view and three men at l.ilihrist. He actually has 14 men who par ticipate in local patrolling These 14 men, in turn, have to be divided into three shilts (or pa trol purposes. Lattin said that on most shifts, the patrols arc sent north on U.S. -7, south on U.S. 97, also on High ways 66 and 39, and there is a vi cinity patrol. Primary function of the vicinity patrol is the suburban area, al though the other patrols can be railed into the area within a rela tively few minutes. The strength of the patrols vary depending upon the times and the days. After 2 a.m. the patrols arc lightened since most of the area is Entered as second class matter at the post office at Klamath Falls. Ore., on August 20. 1006, under act of Congress. March 8. 1879 SERVICES: ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Serving Southern Oregon And Northern California inactive. This Is true except on weekends. ADMITTEDLY, patrolling the suburban area is a big job, and while 14 men would seem to be a small amount, considering that they must cover the giant share of the county, it is all the comple ment permitted by law. Sergeant Lattin pointed out that, in addition to the vicinity patrol and the other patrols that can be called in, patrols moving out tra vel through various areas of the suburban sections. Roadblocks can be set up in the area in just a few minutes, and other calls to residences can also be answered in just a few minutes SHERIFF MURRAY BRITTON reported that he and several of his deputies are on call 24 hours a day, and arc available at a few moments' notice. While the sheriff's office in the courthouse closes at 5 each week day and is closed Saturdays and Sundays, a joint phone always rings in the jail and is answered there after hours. He also reported that he and a deputy are always at the jail at lockup time which is 10 p.m. He arranges to have a deputy standing by over every weekend, and reports that he is almost al ways available any time over the weekend. An additional deputy sheriff for use in the suburban area would be desired, he pointed out, but ad mitted that the county budget board would probably not give him the additional help. SURVEYING the picture, it would appear that at the present time the suburban area is getting adequate police protection. The area has relatively few tav erns, no sidewalks and few con- regaling points which seem to be the scene of much of the city's disturbances. , Residential complaints in the past have been handled quickly and efficiently by the State Police. The pattern of their patrols seems to be sufficient to provide the po lice needs of the area, even I hough the patrols arc still respon sible for highway traffic through out the county. THE AREA IS GROWING and while the present forces do a very adequate job of policing the area, it the present rate of growth con tinues and additional forces arc not available, it may develop into a problem. But as of now, in my opinion, they do have adequate police pro tection. So r VMM's By FLORENCE JENKINS Studies of "unmet needs" in Ore gon continue to be made to (he point that the term becomes dis tasteful. Last year we studied the needs of teen agers for the committee which was to report on Klamath County to the governor. From the 36 reports, a composite was to be sent to the White House where n conference is held every 10 years on the subject. A Klamath County Juvenile Ad visory Committee became official on January J which will work with County Juvenile Judge Charles H. Foster to study that field. Judge Foster has been commendably outspoken in expressing his opin ion that any juvenile problems here are our own problems and should be settled at the local level. However, those who drafted the new juvenile code passed at the last session of the legislature made the terms sufficiently clas tic to include numerous other serv ices. One matter they talk about is marriage counseling. Circuit hidgc Ralph Holman of Clacka mas County has stated that coun seling before marriage could well SHORT RIBS ncSTMake CNfTI L " - -rfx'Rtji 1 MOVE AND I'UU 1 lmm"-,Jim(i Ntv'ER e BUST SAl it Jfl J A PaCEWM I ZA F- LS ZJfi t AfWNDWHEM I lead to a drop in the state's di vorce rate and he is probably right. At last week s meeting of the Klamath County Child Guidance Advisory Council, Dr. John Water man, head of the mental health section, Oregon State Board of Health, reported that a statewide advisory committee is studying unmet needs" in the mental health field. Marriage counseling is being studied by this group, also. He has asked the local ad visory group to prepare a report of any plans for extension of the child guidance clinic's services. Much has been published in the national press on the success of marriage counseling. In many cit ies it is handled by the courts of domestic relations. Forward thinking as Klamath Falls is, it would seem that two sets of mar riage counselors in the community would be at least one too many. Federal funds seem to be avail able . for extensions of services in some of these fields at least in the mental health field. These funds must be matched locally, and the federal aid decreases over a period of time. The federal government has no money, of course. The federal aid funds come out of your pock ets and ours. So long as we ask and expect more and more services at the state and federal level, there can be no hope of cutting governmental costs. We have already the services of a full time psychiatric social work er in Klamath County to assist the paid staff of the County Health Department. In addition, Klamath County pays for part time services of a psychiatrist and a psycholo gist, also through the health de partment. Advisory boards here (so far, at least) aren't on the county or city payrolls. They are only ad visory, but their failure to recom mend extension of existing serv ices may have some deterrent ef fect on increasing governmental costs at the local level. Tli VM's CORVALLIS GAZETTE-TIMES As we read the mouthings of various politicos, we gather the United States may have no vice president come next January. Now it strikes us that some folks are mighty particular 'bout how they make a living. What's wrong with being vice president? Look at the pay, for instance. Some people may turn up their nose at $35 000 a year plus $10,000 for "expenses," but actually, if you don't smoke too much and don't drink your own liquor, the take- home isn't bad. It can always be supplemented anyway an energet ic veep could get his biscuit-burner a job as secretary to the school board or something of the sort; the kids could get paper routes or do a little baby sitting. One should also think of the pres tige the veeps have. They get to preside over the Senale and say who can talk out loud and who can't and that is probably more than they can do at home. They get all the privileges of being a senator but don't have to make Senate speeches nor work on any committees. The veep gets to break all tie votes in the Senate. Of course this doesn't happen very of ten but when it does he has lots of friends until after he votes and till keeps half of them afterwards, Wonder how many friends these other politicos got! When the big boss is out of the country the vice president can walk into the president's office and peck at his desk and imagine him self sitting there with the flag on one side, all the pictures around the room, a fire burning in the fireplace and the TV cameras wait ing. Of course the veep can't really do much when the boss is gone ex cept preside over some meetings. By Frank O'Neal HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Subscription Rates CARRIER I MONTH $ 1.50 6 MONTHS $ 9.00 I YEAR $18.00 MAIL, I MONTH $ 1.50 MONTHS $ 8.50 I YEAR . $15.00 but you meet a lot of nice people that way and certainly learn a lot of wonderful secrets and that's an opportunity that shouldn't be over looked. Another point to consider is the free travel now connected with the job. This is a real cool deal. Some times the veep gets a few free eggs or ripe vegetables he can take home to the little woman as a memento of the trip. In some countries he gets to go down into the mines and answer questions about our glorious United States. Occasionally, if everything goes just right, he might get to debate some big foreign wheel. This brings lots of publicity and perhaps an extra dish of borsch. Here at home the veep gets to dedicate dams, open bridges, throw champagne at new ships (or do they restrict that to women), play golf without much publicity, go to football and baseball games, enter tain foreign dignitaries and speak at any conventions which seem to have attractive menus or enter tainment. Furthermore, and this may be the most important thing of all, people are supposed to stand when he enters the room. (Won der who stands for these high-hat politicos?) One should surely consider the prospects for advancement. Per sonally, we would prefer the sec ond spot to being top dog in this instance a lot less work and wor rybut there are ambitious men who always want to run things. Wo have had 33 different presi dents (can't count Cleveland twice, buddy) and of that number ten were vice presidents first. That is almost one out of every three a batting average no baseball play er would ignore. And when you think that only 33 men have made the grade out of ail the mil lions of Americans who have lived here since 1789 it makes the per centage look even the better. . Vels Mail lajj A grant of money from the Vet erans Administration to aid in ac quiring specially adapted housing is now available to certain blinded veterans as well as eligible vet erans who have lost the use of both legs, the VA said. A new law extends this benefit to veterans who, because of per manent and total service-connected disability, have lost or lost the use of both legs, or who are blind in both eyes and have lost the use of one leg, and who cannot get about without the aid of braces, crutches, cane or wheelchair. The former requirement that loss or loss of use of legs must be due to certain specific causes has been eliminated. The VA's contribution, which may not be more than 50 per cent of the cost of the home nor in ex cess of $10,000, is a grant and need not be repaid by the veteran. The money may be used to pay part of building a new house, buying an existing house, or remodeling a home already owned by the veter an. The house must contain certain desired features made necessary because of the veteran's physical condition. Items required include ramps, wide doors, larger bath rooms, and lowered light switches. The grant is provided to enable the veteran to have a home especially adapted to the circumstances of wheelchair living. Veterans interested in applying for this benefit should call or write the nearest VA office for complete inlormation. Tim Almanac By United Press International . Today is Wednesday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of the year, with 353 more days in I960. The moon is m its full phase. The morning stars arc Venus, .Mars and Jupiter. On this day in history: In 1733, James Oglethorpe and about 130 English colonists ar rived at Charleston, South Caro lina, with a charter to establish a settlement in what is now the state of Georgia. In 1834, Horatio Alger, author of "Rags-To-Riches" stories, was born. In ISM. soig writer Stephen Foster died in a hospital in New York City. At his death hospital authorities said his worldy goods amounted to 35 cents and a ' slip of paper with "dear friends and gentle hearts" on it. In 1906, the first advertisement lor a radio s"t appeared in the issue, Scientific American. The ad said the radio would work up to one mile. A thought for today: Stephen Foster wrote: "The day goes by like a shade o'er the heart, with sorrow w here all was delight." Wednesday, Jan. Theyll Do It Every Time Painecker walks thru the bar op the club to THE DINING ROOM-LOOKINJ& NEITHER TO RIGHT NOR L.EPT- SPEAKING TO NOBODY-' Then comes the dav he wants to show some of his customer's . what a hail fellow he is- THAHX AND A TIP OP -ijS. THE HATLO HAT EDWARDS, Bohemian Club. San Francisco. Seaman Held; NEW YORK (AP)-A 57-year- old seaman accused of trying to tab a federal judge in his cham bers has been arrested by the FBI and held in $100,000 bail. The stocky seaman, Cecil Rhodes Hall, was furious because he believed he was being short changed in a damage suit. He lunged at Judge John M. Cashin and tried to stab him with a pen knife Tuesday. Cashin was not injured. A bail iff, Peter Van Bell, was slashed on the hand as court aides hustled Hall out of the courthouse. Later, FBI agents arrested him at his rooming house where he was pos ing for photographers. "I just leaned over to get a knife to cut a hangnail," said Hall. "The knife was not open. There was a scuffle and I was put out." U. S. Commissioner Earle N. Bishopp set Hall's bail at $100,000 and set hearing for Jan. 16 on charges of assaulting, impeding and interfering with a federal judge in performances of his duties through use of a dangerous weapon. eU 13, 19(50 r-. I SX f HELLO. TT Ml, PAINE Z - I X ( PAINEV, J ( THANKS FOR ) f FELLAS?HEy 1 WANT VOO GUV'S C3 talking to ) I TO MEET A COUPLE OF NICE GUYS" I T7 usP OHil. PALS OF MINE FROM OUTA Jl , PAINECKER J town jj Attempted To Kill Judge Hall's damage suit resulted from an accident at sea Sept. 14, 1957, when an electric ham mer broke and the seaman suf fered a fracture while working aboard the American Chief of the United States Lines. Hall apparently expected $40,000 in damage from the line, but Tuesday Cashin called Hall into his chamber and explained a $16, 000 settlement to hun. The judge said he thought it was just. That's when the shouting, curs ing outburst occurred. . Hall could get up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted. He will be taken- to Bellevue Hospital for a m e n t a 1 examination. First U.S. Soldiers' Home was established at Washington, D. C, on March 3, 1851. 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