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In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS This is a strange world, and the news it produces every day is a strange mixture. There is the ease, for instance, of little Vicki Pil grim and her algae cookies. Vicki's father is the head of the BIOCHEMISTRY unit of the Boe ing Airplane Company, in Seattle What's biochemistry? Webster tells us it is "the chemistry of plant and animal life." That prompts another question: Why is Boeing, whose chief busi ness is building airplanes (the big ger the better), interested in bio chemistry to the extent of main (aining a biochemical unit head ed by a distinguished biochemist? It's a long story. We'll merely brief it here. Boeing is also interested in mis tiles. Missiles, (in addition to car rying warheads that can blow our enemies, if they get too brash into Kingdom Come) are the ve hicles by means of which space travelers hope eventually to reach the unknown worlds that spin in cuter space. This is the point: If mundane space travelers (mundane meaning of or pertain ing to THIS world) are to roach these other worlds that spin in outer space, THEY MUST HAVE SOMETHING MUNDANE TO EAT ON THE WAY THERE AND BACK. That's where Dr. Pilgrim and his Boeing biochemical unit come in. He thinks maybe ALGAE may be IT. Algae is not only a possible source of food for mundane be ings. It is also a possible source of OXYGEN, which mundane crea tures must also have if they are to go on living. So he has been fooling around with it in his biochemical labora tory (we lowbrows call it fooling around; the scientists call it re searching.) Dr. Pilgrim's research has made one thing plain to him. Algae has a drawback. Its draw back is that it looks like scum and tastes like hay. If space trav elers are to take to it willingly, it must be improved. As nearly as one can gather from the souped-up story when a Seattle feature writer got through with it, Dr. Pilgrim blanched some of the green stuff under fluores cent lights, and it came out look ing somewhat like ordinary white flour. That's where Vickl comes in. She baked some of the green stuff and Some of the white stuff into cookies. The green ones came out of the oven still looking like scum and tasting like hay, but the white stuff came out LOOK ING LIKE COOKIES AND TAST ING LIKE COOKIES. So- You see A long step forward in the con quest of outer space may have been taken and all because of a little girl who liked to put on her apron and fool around in the kitch en. The next time YOUR little; girl wants to fool around in the kitchen, don't discourage her. You never can tell what may come of it. In conclusion a thought: Here in our State of Jefferson, this algae business interests us. In Upper Klamath Lake and the lakes down in California's Lake county we have enough of it, it sometimes seems to us, to feed all the space travelers that may ever take off into the far reaches of outer space. Giant Bulldozers Erect New Dike HONOLULU, Hawaii (API-Fifteen giant bulldozers today were hastily erecting a new dike in an attempt to save another threatened area from erupting Kilauea's lava on Hawaii island. A SPECIAL AWARD in the form of a permanent plaque, went to Carl W. Pendleton, long time citizen of Lake County, at Monday night's annual banquet of the Lake County Cham ber of Commerce. The honor, given for his many years of community service, is the first mad. by the organization. Seated, left to right, are Carl W. Pendleton; Mrs. A n n . Sprague, who received th. senior first citizen award; Thomas J. Flynn, receiver of th. Junior first citizen award. Standing, left to right, are Ernest McKinney, secretary-manager of th. Lake County chamber; Robert F. Nichols, banquet chairman; Don Maxwell, rftmng pr.iident; Michael Drury, Irish vice-consul, San Francisco, who was guest speaker; Richard ko.bite!, vie. pr.sid.nt of th. chamb.r; R. C. "Bud" Burgess, chamb.r president, and Ed C.sfo, tr.asur.r. Photo by Jon.s Studio Car Wrecker In Plunge Off Cliff A heavy auto wrecker slipped from its roadside hold last night and plunged down a steep em bankment onto a wrecked car 40 to 60 feet below. A few minutes earlier the wrecker had pulled up a stretcher bearing the victim of the auto accident. At the time the wrecker slipped, a state police officer was guiding himself down the steep bank by holding the wrecker cable. He leaped aside after hearing a warn ing shout, and narrowly escaped. The wrecker shot down the hill, knocked the car 16 feet, flipped over, and landed on top of the car. . State police said the chain of events began about 9 p.m.- when the car driven by Sammy Floyd Cannon, 42, 2244 Kiln Street, rounded the "97 Viewpoint" curve on Green Springs Drive just south of the city, and plunged over the bank. Police said Cannon may have been driving too close to the edge of the highway. Peace Ambulance was called to remove the driver, who was lying at the foot of the bank a few feet from the car. Peace called a wrecker from Balsiger Motor Com pany to pull up a stretcher be cause the bank was too steep to negotiate without help. "It was impossible to get him up any oth er way," Peace said. Peace, the wrecker driver, and State Police Officer Ronald John son attached a wrecker cable to the stretcher and guided the stretcher up the hill. Peace took Cannon to Klamath Valley Hos pital. Shortly afterward Officer John son was returning to the wrecked car, using the wrecker cable to steady his hold. "Somebody shout ed to look out," Johnson said in his noncommittal police report. "and the wrecker came down the bluff." Bystanders said Johnson leaped out of the way just before the heavy wrecker rushed past him. The wrecker hit the car on the right side, knocked it 16 feet, and flopped over on top of it. The car was totally demolished. Cause of the wrecker's plunge still was undetermined early to day. Garage personnel theorized that locking hill-holder brakes had failed. We had a rock behind the back wheel, and all that, when we pulled the stretcher up," Peace said. "I'm sure glad it didn't hap pen earlier." Cannon, the car accident victim. was given X-rays at the hospital. The extent of his injuries had not been fully determined, but he was reported in good condition. Cancer Fight Progress Told LONDON (AP) Three doctors working in a British hospital re ported today they have success fully treated victims of advanced lung cancer with a new drug de veloped from mustard gas. A medical team led by Scots man Dr. Gordon Jack used the drug, tretamine, on 43 apparently hopeless cases at Manchester's Baguley Hospital. But for tretamine most of them would have been dead within three months, they claim. Writing in the medical maga zine Lancet, the doctors report that of 43 cases, 30 showed im provement. In 10 of these tumor growth was halted and reduced. Four cases showed even more startling re sults. STILL A PROBLEM JACKSON, Miss. (UPD Police today said they doubted they would find the owner of a con crete building that was destroyed by an explosion Tuesday night. The building housed a liquor still. Price Five Cents 16 Pages 2 Survivors Continue Trip Via Ship MONTEGO BAY. Jamaica (AP) Two survivors of the Colombian airliner crash that killed 37 Der- sons said today they will make the last leg of their jinxed trip to tcuador by ship. "I don't care if we have to go to Greenland to get a ship," said Ian Kelton, 47, a United Nations official traveling with his wife to a new assignment in South Am erica. The Keltons, two Dutch passen gers and five crew members es caped virtually unhurt in the crash early Thursday of the Avi- anca airliner from New York.- All 17 Americans aboard were killed. There had been one interruption before the Super-Constellation of the Avianca Colombian National Airline met tragedy on this Car ibbean holiday island. A coughing engine forced a 10-hour stopover for repairs in Miami. Four passen gers quit the plane there. Kelton, a Scotsman attached to (lie U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization, told relatives who telephoned that he and his wife were "both excellently all right. "We are not even blemished,1 he said. "But I think we might dispense with planes for a while. We intend to wait for a ship if we can get one to Ecuador. We might have to go to Miami to get a ship I don't care if we have to go to Greenland. When the big plane overturned and exploded in flames after set ting down here, the Keltons wrenched their way out through an emergency exit and splashed through a swampy lagoon to safe ty. "There was absolutely no warn ing of the crash," said Kelton. We came out of a rain squall at Montego Bay and started onto the runway." Weather Klamath Falls and vicinity Partly cloudy through Saturday, Low tonight 22-28; high Saturday 40-45. High yesterday .... 40 Low last night 28 Precip. last 24 hours trace Since Oct. 1 1.80 Same period last year 2.20 Low In area, Chllnquin 22 CRATER LAKE High yesterday 30 Low last night 23 8 a.m. today 25 New snow .3 Snow depth 51 Last year 34 Year before last 102 Skiing Very Good Chains are advised for travel on Highway 62 and from Annie Springs to the rim. Skies slightly overcast this morning and there were intermittent light snow show ers. The warming hut will be open on Saturday and Sunday. WARNER CANYON Skiing expected to be good this weekend with tows operating from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday; snack bar and warming hut open both days. Thirty inches of new snow fell this week. Northern California Scattered showers through Saturday. Slightly cooler tonight and occasional light snow in the mountains. Southerly coastal winds 20-35 miles an hour from Point Reyes northward with smallcraft warnings. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. til. H-Vi SmI 5 V Rl ; l- ' . 4 REPUBLICAN PROSPECTS for I960 were given a thorough review by Peter Gunnar, third from left, Republican State Central Committee chairman, who spoke to Klamath County Republicans Thursday night at the Winema. Shown here are Ed Geary, left, Ben Adair, Klamath County Central Committee chairman; Gunnar, and Anne Wattors, central com mittee vice chairman. Wife Tells TV Audience Mate Didn't Bomb Ship DALLAS, Tex. (AP) Mrs Frances Spears said today she wouldn't have accepted insurance money knowing her naturopath husband was not aboard a crashed airliner. She admitted the possi bility Robert Vernon Spears had hypnotized another man into taking his seat on the doomed plane. The 36-year-old mother of two, at a news conference at her home said she told her husband during his secret visit to Dallas two weeks ago she wouldn't touch penny of $100,000 in airline insur ance he carried. Authorities have speculated that Spears hypnotized an " bid 'friend, William Allen Taylor of Tampa, Fla., to take his place on the Na tional Airlines - operated plane which fell Nov. 16 in the Gulf of Cold Spell Grips East By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS One of the winter season's cold est spells held an icy grip across the eastern two thirds of the coun try today. A fresh surge of Arctic air from central Canada dispelled any hopes of immediate general relief. Most of the southland shivered with other cold spots; The mer cury dropped to below freezing along the Gulf Coast and into northwest Florida. Miami was chilled with one of the coldest mornings of the season with a reading of 40 above. It was 27 at Tallahassee and 32 in Jack sonville. New Orleans and Atlanta each reported a frosty 27 and it was 29 in Mobile, Ala. The coldest weather was in the northern plains as the new supply of cold Canadian air moved into the north central region. Below zero readings were re ported in the Dakotas and Minne sota. Temperatures moderated in Texas, with readings in the 40s along the Gulf Coast compared to the 30s Thursday. Honor Given Lake Resident For Service To Community LAKEV1EW Carl W. Pendle ton, longtime citizen of Lake Coun ty, was recipient of a permanent plaque as a special award for his many years of service to the com munity. He received the honor at the annual installation banquet of the Lake County Chamber of Com merce Monday evening at St. Pat rick's Parish Hall. This is the first time such an award has been made. Named as senior citizen was Mrs. Anne Sprague, county school superintendent, and junior citizen was Thomas J. Flynn, local insur ance man. Awards were made by Don Maxwell, outgoing president. Flynn, master of ceremonies for the occasion, introduced new offi cers of the chamber, R. C. "Bud" Burgess, president; Richard Procb stel, vice president; and Ed Cas te treasurer. The new directors were also introduced. Guest speaker on the program was Michael Drury, Irish vice con FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 19G0 Mexico, killing 42 persons. FBI agents who searched the Spears home in Dallas Thursday night found many books on hypnotism. Spears' Dallas lawyer, Charles W. Tessmer, has told reporters he feels hypnosis was involved in the case. At her news conference today, Mrs. Spears was asked if it would be possible to hypnotize a man into boarding a plane. "I am sure that a man under hypnosis could be induced to board a plane," she replied. She added she has some knowl edge of hypnosis herself and hyp notized herself before giving birth to her two babies. , In a dramatic television inter- view Thursday night, Mrs. Spears said she didn t believe her hus-llag of almost five years." band placed a bomb aboard the! "As a result of this Democratic! plane. The interview with KRLD news director Eddie Barker came about 24 hours after the FBI found her portly, 65-year-old husband in Phoenix, Ariz. Here Was her answer when she was asked if she believes Spears a man with a 33-year criminal record bombed the airliner: "Regardless of his past. . . re gardless of what he has done or said, or what has been said about him, I know he is a very kind person to me, and to others. . . I do not believe he was capable of putting a bomb on a plane." She said Spears gave his reser vation on the flight to Taylor, a 60-ycar-old long-time friend from Tampa, Fla. He told her that he read the next day that the plane had crashed and seized the ..op portunity to disappear. Jet Service Set From SF To PNW SAN FRANCISCO (UPD United Air Lines announced Thursday it will begin jet service between San Francisco and Seat- tle-Tacoma March 1. The company said there would be two DC8 flights daily in each direction, with flying time of one hour 50 minutes. sul in San Francisco, who filled in for the Hon. Kevin Rush, consul who was unable to be present as planned because of illness in his family. Drury, in an informal talk told of the parallel between Ire land and the state of Oregon, where so many Irish people emi grated. In Oregon, land and re sources were plentiful and people were few in the early years. Land and resources of Ireland were scarce and people were many. It was a natural state of events that the resourceful people of Ireland should make their way to the land of promise in Oregon. Drury also told of rapid progress being made in air travel in Ire land through service to Europe and to the United States. He urged tra velers planning to visit Europe to make their first stop Ireland where there was no language barrier and the people were European in think ing, providing an easy transition to even a temporary way of life. Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 61110 GOP Leader Of Oregon Raps Truman By FLOYD L. WYNNE Peter Gunnar, Salem attorney and chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, leveled an accusing finger at the Demo cratic administration of Harry Tru man as responsible (or the mis sile lag behind Russia in an ad dress to Klamath County Republi cans at the Winema Thursday night. "The Democrats say we're be hind Russia in the development of surface-to-surface missiles because of the present administration,' Gunnar said, "but this is not true. The U.S. stopped work - on surface-to-surface missiles in 1947 under Harry Truman and did not resume work on them until 1951, a (failure, " he continued, "we are behind Russia in this field and have been unable to catch up to date despite a tremendous effort by this administration." Kicking off the political year for Klamath County, Gunnar praised the Republican administration as one of "peace and prosperity with justice and freedom." While labeling Vice President Richard Nixon as the obviously best qualified man for the presi dency, Gunnar also listed such Republicans as Fred Seaton, sec retary of the interior; Thomas Gates, secretary of defense, and James Mitchell, labor secretary, as well qualified to hold the of fice. He listed only Democratic Sena tor Lyndon Johnson as having suf ficient experience to be able to handle the task of President. Turning his fire on the slate level, Gunnar accused the Demo crats of being deeply divided and praised the dynamic, experienced leadership of Gov. Mark Hatfield. "His appointments reflect the ex cellent type of government that the Republicans are bringing to the state, the chairman stated. The assembled group of about 100 persons applauded reference to the Hatfield appointment of Howard Belton as state treasurer. Gunnar intimated that both Bel- (Continued on Page 4) .MMMIOMM Yy WA' EL. : 4 r VV' up;' NEW OFFICERS of th. Klamath Falls Kiw.nis Club were at left, is new li.ut.nant gov.rnor. E. Ron Rice, li.ut.nant governor tor soutnern uregon and Northern California. watches while th. outgoing pr.iident, Bob Kent, right, pr.s.ntl th. pr.sid.nt's pin to new pr.sid.nt, Gen. Fav.ll. (S. Story on Page 4.), Hopes Dwindling For 400 Miners In South Africa COALBHOOK, South Africa (AP) Rescue teams worked against dwindling nopes tonigiu to save about 400 men trapped deep in a coal mine. The miners were trapped Thurs nay by two rock slides at the Clydesdale Colliery, 35 miles south of Johannesburg. Loss of 400 men would make this (he second worst mining disaster history. There was a loss of 1,549 men at Henkeiko Colliery in Manchuria in 1942. A report by a mine official that rescuers had made contact with some of the trapped men stirred hope momentarily today, but the contact was denied later by the Department of Mines. Canaries were carried into the Clydesdale shafts by rescue teams as a precaution. Canaries are often used in mine disasters to test the air, because they are more susceptible to gas than human beings. The Mines Department said there was no evidence of a gas explosion. A fresh air base can now be established not far from the rock barrier and efforts to reach the trapped men are being carried out from this area, the department said. Originally 500 African Negroes and 6 white men were believed entombed. But the Department of Mines and mining officials agreed late today on a new estimate about 400. Mixed rescue teams ot whites and Negroes worked side by side to get an emergency supply of air to the men. But 20 hours after the miners were trapped the res cuers still had not reached them-. It's sheer hell down there," said one rescue worker who emerged from the pit after digging through the night. Another said that the chances of getting any out seemed hope less. An explosion damaged the mine's surface ventilator and cut off the air supply tor a time but it was restored this afternoon. Recipe By Dad Provides Girl With Space Food SEATTLE, Wash. (AP)-A 14- year-old girl popped a batch of. sugar cookies into the oven and came up with, guess what? Sugar cookies for space men. Don't give Vicki Pilgrim too much credit, though. She used her father's recipe. Vicki's father, Dr. Arthur J. Pil grim, is head of the biochemistry unit of the Boeing Airplane Co. The baking assignment was part of papa's work on an algae experi ment. Green algae, a kind of seaweed, long has been considered a likely source of food and oxygen for space travelers, une arawnacK: The stuff looks like scum and tastes like hay. Boeing scientists tried blanching some under fluorescent lights. It came out looking sort of like flour. Encouraged, Pi 1 g r i m asked Vicki to do the baking bit. She used algae in place of flour green algae in one batch, white algae in another. Then, like Alice in Wonderland, she took a bite of each. The green algae cookies tasted like baked hay. And the white algae cookies? They tasted like cookies. This represents considerable progress," said ur. nigrim, 'in providing a possible food for space travel. With all of the myriad oth- a nrnhlnmc taring n finarp trav eler, it will be important to make his meals as palatable as possi- blc." i There was fear of a snreart nr deadly methane gas. The mine is operated by Clydes dale (Transvaal) Collieries Ltd., a firm with mining interests in tin Orange Free State and the Trans vaal. First warning of impending dis aster came Thursday afternoon when the earth began splitting on the surface near the Clydesdale mine. Relatives and friends of tin trapped workers rushed to the pit head as soon as they received news ot the rock fall. They stood in hushed groups as the rescuers prepared to go down into the mine. CARROL HOWE Carrol Howe, School Chief, Quits Post Carrol Howe resigned Thursday as supervisor of county schools af- " years on the job. In a prepared statement, How. said he has found it increasingly difficult to shake the anxieties 5 JZV5 MSI. caused by the many and varied responsibilities which are part ot the - superintendence. - v - - "I'm just tired, that's all," h. told reporters. ' ' Howe also said that the schools of the county district can best b. served by a new administrator "who can take a new look at th. problems of our district and work toward the continued improvement of the schools." He stated emphatically that no animosity exists between- him and the Board of Education. Board members, present at the confer ence, said they tried to discour age Howe from resigning when he. first notified them of his intention to do so last March. 'I hope we can find another man as good," said a board mem ber. The man has not been se lected. Board members said they have contacted a man or two, but declined to elaborate. Howe will continue as supervisor until his contract expires June 30. Then he will work for the district part time for the next fiscal year, at a salary to be decided, to help the new supervisor in the job, to help supervise the district's building program and to help se lect a staff for the coming fiscal year. Major project in the building program is construction of the pro jected Falcon Heights Elementary School. Howe, in his written statement, thanked supervisors and all certi fied and non-certified school per sonnel for their cooperation and loyalty. "My years as superintend- (Continued on Page 4) installed recently. Jo. LaClair,
