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Revolt Collapses; De Gaulle Victor ALGIERS (AP) The French colonial revolt against President Charles de Gaulle's Algerian pol icy collapsed today. His ranks thinned by steady de sertions Pierre Lagaillarde, the firebrand insurgent leader, led come 300 of his haggard, unshaven insurgent forces out from the bar ricaded stronghold at Algiers Uni versity they had held for eight days. The rebel remnant climbed into trucks parked near the barricades They headed in the direction of a little village west of Algiers. It was not immediately known In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS From Algiers: The French settlers' revolt igainst President Charles De Gaulle collapsed this morning. The insurgents surrendered their bar ricaded positions in the city of Al giers (which is the capital of Al geria) without a fight. Last to surrender was red-bearded Pierre Lagaillarde, leader of the rebellion, who led his men out from the barricades BEHIND A FRENCH TRICOLOR. The Tricol or to the French is what Old Glory is to us. What that means is that they marched out as FRENCHMEN. Moments later, other French set tlers who had defied De Gaulle and the French army for more than a week began dismantling the main barricade. The dispatches re port that many of them had tears in their eyes. What's it all about? It's a long story too long to be retold here. These settlers feel that they and their ancestors have MADE ALGERIA. They have felt that they ought to be allowed to RUN ALGERIA in their way. There are about a million of them. There are seven or eight million Moslem tribesmen. President De Gaulle's position is that Algeria must be run BY THE ALGERI ANS, which includes the Moslem tribesmen. That's too brief a summary. It leaves out too much. But at least it boils the situation down to its essentials.' This is the big point: France, at last, has a STRONG government. The strong man who has created this strong govern ment is De Gaulle. He didn't run for cover when the going got rough. He stood pat. What will come of it all? For an answer to that, we must wait and watch. Only time can tell. But on the face of today's development it looks like De Gaulle has won the first skirmish of his campaign to bring France back to a position of stability and IN FLUENCE in world affairs. That interests US. With all her faults, with all her failures, France has been a good influence in the world. Broadly speaking, her people have been our kind of people. Throughout history, whenever France has seemed to be on the wrong side it has been because of BAD LEAD ERS and not because of inherent badness of the French people. Given good government, France will be on our side. up to us to hope that De Gaulle turns out to be as good as he has looked in recent months, niiEn i xU: p:Wf:l.,K.J JllM. Illl 1 11 llllimm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimm A" vW--. x-, -7 JinoLtu ana Tommy mi-..-, -r ", ., ., ., . -i I . i, ions in the January 28 Mothers' March sponsored by the Klamath Falls Venture Club girls. In excess of $4100 has been turned in today with some outlying towns and fleon Heights at Kingsley Field Air Force Base yet to report. Mothers wil march ton.ght f-eb-ruary I, at Falcon Heights. The amount turned in was counted by, left to right around the fable, Shirley Wardell, Winnie Gober, Barbara Olson, March of Dimes queen, Evelyn Schweigert and Mary Bothwell, president of the Klamath Falls Soroptimists who "sponsor he Venture Club. what the French army, which had stuck with De Gaulle, would do wilh Lagaillarde and his men. A crowd watched in silence as the men moved out, their armed resistance apparently over and done with. Lagaillarde, a reserve paratroop lieutenant, gave up after the popu lation of Algiers ignored his call for a continuation of the general strike. Most stores opened for business, and most office workers reported lor work. The other chief leader of the re volt, onetime cafe proprietor Jo seph Ortiz, did not come from be hind the barricades immediately. Eut his followers were streaming out. Lagaillarde still wore his para troop uniform and carried a French flag as he led his small force from the stronghold. A French paratroop unit in front of the barricade stood at attention as the insurgents marched solemn ly out. As he crossed the square, Lagaillarde exchanged salutes with French officers commanding the troops before the barricades. The crowd began to cheer and clap for Lagaillarde, and there were cries of "Algerie Fran- caise! (Algeria is rrencm) Somebody started singing the Marseillaise and it was soon taken up by the crowd. Three helicopters hovered over head. Lagaillarde's men were a mot ley group. Some wore uniforms, some had only parts of uniforms. A few wore steel helmets and oth ers wore paratroop berets. At 12:18 p.m. a big, blood- smeared French tricolor which had fluttered above the insurgent holdout was slowly pulled down. It had flown there since the bloody start of the revolt Jan. 24, when 27 persons were killed in street fighting. The insurgents began helping to take down the barricades of pav ing stones and rubble which they had thrown up. Dr. Bernard Lefevre, a right wing political figure in Algiers, said the surrender had come as a result of nighttime negotiations between the insurgents and the army. He said the conditions asked by the insurgents were that the surrender go off with military honors and that no sanctions be taken against them. Whether the army accepted these conditions fully was doubt ful. De Gaulle, in demanding that the army bring the insurgents un der control, had called the rebel leaders liars and conspirators, in dicating they could expect little mercy from him. Interior Issues Tule Ultimatum WASHINGTON W The govern ment has told the Tulelake Irriga tion District in Northern Califor nia that it must agree before Feb ruary 14 to maintain the required water levels to protect wildlife at the Tule Lake Refuge. If it doesn't, the government declared, the Interior Department will take over the pumping oper ations. Ross Leffler, assistant secretary of the Interior Department, said today such agreement must be filed whether or not the depart ment has been able, as it hopes to be, to submit proposed modifi cations in the existing regulations for the district's consideration be fore February . 14. .tarLarl ,m whan rmintnrs tallied results of dona- Price Five Cents 14 Pages Reds Gather In Moscow; Meet Pending MOSCOW (AP) - A hich level political conference of the Com munist world today appeared shaping up as premiers and party chiefs of the Soviet-led bloc con verged on Moscow. The Red leaders came for what was officially billed as an agricul tural conference oneninc Tuesday. but the big brass in the delega tions gave the gathering more im portant political overtones; There are increasini? indications that Premier Nikita Khrushchev called the conference as a , pre lude to his talks wilh the Western Big Three in Paris in Mav Wnsf. ern sources likened the meeting of Red leaders to the NATO con ference held by the West in Paris last December. Khrushchev can be exoceled In disclose his strategy and get an endorsement to strengthen his po sition when he confronts Presi dent Eisenhower. British Primo Minister Harold Macmillan and French President Charles de Gaulle. The Moscow session has a elnhal scope. Among the arrivals were North Korean Premier Kim II Sung and Mongolian Communist chief U. Tsedenbal. Red China's deleeates are await. ed hourly. Their names were not made known. The makeup of the delegation could be significant. Among the first arrivals were East Germany's two leaders, Wal ter Ulbright and Otto Grotewohl. Romania is represented by party leader Gheorghe Gheoreiu-Dci and Premier Chiuu Stoica, Albania by party chief Enver Hoxha and Bul garia by Communist leader Todor Zhivkov. Poland's Wladvslaw Gomnlka and Hungary's Janos Kadar and Ferenc Muennich were expected today. Yugoslavia was not invited. President Tito. - in Dursuine his own independent policy, no longer meshes gears with the rest of the Communist camp. . Weather Klamath Falls and vicinity rnrtial clearing with occasional scattered showers tonight and Tuesday. Highs 42-48; low tonight J2-38. High Sunday 47 Low last night 36 Precip. past 24 hours Trace Since Oct. 1 2.11 'Same period last year 3.10 Low in area, Chiloquin 27 Northern California Rain today from Pt. Sur and Modesto north ward, spreading over entire area this evening and continuing inter mittently through Tuesday with snow in high mountains. CRATER LAKE High yesterday 31 Low last night 25 8 a.m. today 28 New snow 2 Snow depth 60 Last year 63 Chains were required this morn ing for travel on all highways in the park. It was snowing lightly hut steadily when the park rangers reported. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, Israeli, Syrian Forces Clash In Bitter Battle TEL AVIV, Israel (UPI) Israeli and Syrian ariiied units fought a bitter battle in the de militarized zone near the south ern end of the Sea of Galilee to day. The Israeli army launched an attack on Syrian military posi tions in reprisal against the Syri ans for the killing Sundav of an VACLAV KALINA Kalina Files For Court The first candidate for Klamath Counly Commissioner announced his intentions today. He is Vaclav Kalina, owner of the Malin The ater and other Malin business in terests. Kalina filed as a Republican candidate for the four-year com missioner term. All three positions on the county court are up for election this year Kalina seeks the post presently held by Ed Gowen, a veteran of 10 years on the county court. Gow tn, also a Republican, has not yet announced his intentions. -The filing deadline is March 11 The primary election is May 20. Kalina is a member of a pioneer family that moved to Malin in 1909. His father, Alois Kalina, was mayor of Malin for 25 years. The candidate, 54, belter known as Vac, presently is owner oi an insurance Business. He Dunt the Malin Theater and the Broad way Hall in Malin. He is a past president of the Malin Chamber of Commerce and the Malin Park Board, and pres ently is a board member of the Malin Clinic. He has been a mem ber, of the volunteer fire depart ment since its beginning. He has served several terms on the Malin City Council, and was chairman of Malin's 50th Anniver sary celebration last year. Flames Strike Albany Plant ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - Fire flashed with explosive force through a mixing hopper at the Oregon Metallurgical Corp. plant here Sunday. Two men were burned critically. Little hope was held for the re covery of one of them, but both were still clinging to life today. Demos Draft Platform; Oppose Sales Tax Plan SALEM (AP) Candidates for Democratic Party offices in Ore gon now have before them a blue print of what the party believes on major issues. This came out of an unusual two-day platform convention Fri day and Saturday at Salem. Dele gates, who came from 27 of Oregon's 36 counties, liked the platform convention idea so well they told state Chairman Robert W. Straub to plan for another in 1962. They reached agreement that their party in Oregon stands for such things as opposition to a general sales tax, reorganization of a number of lines of adminis trative control In state govern ment, establishment of an Oregon Dunes National Park, a minimum wage of $1.25 an hour, establish ment of regional state power authorities, 'and federal aid to education. After all this, the party's na tional chairman, Paul M. Butler, told delegates at a dinner meeting Saturday night that the Demo MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, I960 Israeli border patrolman and the wounding of two others. Reports from the two sides con flicted, but apparently there were casualties in the clash by night It was the most serious in string of incidents that erupted along the tense Israel-Syria border last Wednesday. A military spokesman in Da mascus said two Arabs wore kill ed and four wounded in the four hour battle and that artillery and tanks played a prominent part in the fighting. He claimed the Is raelis suffered "great losses." An Israeli army spokesman in Tel Aviv said one Israeli was killed and two wounded. The Is raeli spokesman made no men tion of tanks but said an artillery duel took place. He said that 15 minutes after a ceasefire arrang ed by United Nations observers on the scene went into effect at 4 a.m., the Syrians resumed shell ing. The spokesman claimed Israeli forces demolished Syrian army po sitions in the. Al Tawafik village in the demilitarized zone. The buildings destroyed in the village were said to have been converted into military strongholds. The Israeli spokesman called the operation "the direct result of acts of provocation and aggres sion by Syrians during the last few days in the southern demilitarized zone." He termed the operation a "clean-up" of military positions that "interfered with nor mal life in the region." So far today there was general public calm in Israel over the latest in the scries of border clashes, but political sources were gravely disturbed over what was likely to become a major inter national incident. Vandals Paint Pasco Church PASCO, Wash. (AP)-Swgstika painting vandals struck at church es here for the third time Saturday when they smeared paint and the crude Nazi sign on the side of the First Congregational Church. Only last Wednesday vandals splashed paint on the car of the pastor, the Rev. Russell Boolier, who moved here three weeks ago from Spokane. The First Christian Church and St. Patrick's School, a Catholic institution have both been targets of swastika smearers within the past two weeks. At first I thought it was the work of juveniles," the Rev. Mr. Booher said. "Now I don't know what to think." Hope Abandoned For 435 Miners COALBROOK, South Africa (AP) The South African Broad casting Corp. said today all 435 miners trapped for 11 days in the Clydesdale colliery have been giv en up for dead. The broadcast observed one minute's silence aft er the announcement. The disaster, worst in South African mining history, occurred Jan. 21, when 429 Africans and 6 whites were trapped more than 500 feet below ground by a mas sive rock fall. cratic nominee for president will be a man who will insist that this country be a first-rate, first-place power in the race for survival. Butler said the Democratic can didale "will not be a publicity seeker who opposes government intervention in labor disputes when big business is winning, but repudiates that policy when the union is about to win a strike. "Unlike the Republicans," he said, "it will not be necessary for us Democrats to create a new image of our nominee and to worry about the unhappy memory of his blemished past. "It will not be necessary for our nominee to disassociate himself from his party or suddenly, as election time draws near, to en dorse programs and. policies which heretofore he has vigorously op posed." Earlier, at news conferences, Butler said that Republican Party officials had forced New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to with draw from the GOP presidential race in favor of Vice President Nixon. Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 6618 Defense Head Disputes Idea Reds In Front WASHINGTON (UPI) - Defense Secretary Thomas S. Gates today disputed the idea that Russia has outdistanced or even overtaken the United States in military pow er. Gates, testifying for the first time as defense secretary before the Senate military appropriations subcommittee, said emphatically there was no "deterrent gap" in American military strength. He conceded that the Russians "may enjoy al times a mod erate numerical superiority" of in tercontinental ballistic and sea launched missiles during the next three years. But he said the "versatility and strength" of U. S. over-all retalia tory capability was much greater. As support of this claim, he cited powerful U. S. long-range bomb er forces, a "clearly superior" Navy and better air defense. Gates, testifying on the admin istration's $119,335,000,000 defense budget request, warned that il was "dangerous to our national security and our position in the world to allow a false impression to gain ground that the United Slates is second to the Soviet Union." Gates said manned bombers "are still, Tor both ourselves and the U.S.S.R., the primary means of delivery of heavy nuclear weapons in the volume and with the accuracy needed to striko a decisive blow." "In this category," he said, "Ihe United Stales far excels the U.S.S.R." Gates said the Russians would he inviting their "own destruc- ion" if they attacked. Chairman Dennis Chavez (D- N.M.) said in opening the hear ings that the country's defense was of "far greater" importance than a balanced budget. Gates, who was called to testify today along with Gen. Nathan F Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, faced questioning on reports that intelligence experts have modified estimates on which he based his appraisal of U. S military needs. One of his sharpest critics, Sen Stuart Symington (D-Mo.l, was expected to join in the question ing. General Shows Slight Gain NEW YORK (UPI) Gen. Doug las MacArlhur, hospitalized with a urinary ailment, was reported improved but still in serious con dition today. He will be in the hospital for at least two weeks. MacArthur, who was 80 last week, was reported feeling strong er Sunday. He entered Lenox Hill Hospital Friday complaining of not feeling well. His condition was diagnosed as a blocked urinary tract. "Considerable time will be re quired to complete a full evalua tion of the general's condition," Dr. George W. Slaughter, a urolo gist who is treating MacArthur said. Surgery was not being contem plated at present, officials said. L fcwl jf, Cr f Til'' V'V ft C rfc LOCAL AIR RESERVE center was given a thorough inspection last week by Colonel Lamont Saxton, wing commander, Vancouver. Shown here at a no-host luncheon at the VVinem. are, seated, left to right, T.Sgt. James Worthington, training specialist, Colonel Saxton, and Major Raymond Morel, director of training. Back row, same order, Major Everett Ball, M.Sgt. Ralph Hunter, end Lt. Col. Thel Rea, members of local 9417 AFRES. The or. ganiiation is open to all individuals who have served on active duty with the Air ForC and meets each Wednesday at 8 p.m. In the National Guard Armory. Dynamite Blasts Wreck 10 Trucks PORTLAND M Two strings of parked trucks which hauled for Portland's two struck daily newspapers were blown up late Sunday night in Portland and nearby Oregon City. Dynamite charges were used to blow up the four trucks here, po lice said. It apparently was the same case, they said, with the six trucks blasted in Oregon City. The explosions jolted a large area in Portland and Oregon City, 13 miles to the southwest. There were no reports of fatal ities or injuries. The explosions here occurred at a warehouse in the heavily-indus trialized northwest section of the city. A police demolition squad that rushed there found an unexplodcd charge of dynamite on the floor of Ihe cab of one truck. Its fuse had gone out. A spokesman for The Oregonian said the trucks were owned by firms which did contract hauling The Oregonian and Oregon Journal, the city's two dailies which were struck November 10 by the Steieotypers Union. The papers have merged forces and have continued at The Ore gonian plant to publish a joint edi tion despite the strike. Shortly afler the explosions Sun day night, The Oregonian switch board operator received a call from a man who said a bomb was planted in the building. Police rushed to the building, but failed to find explosives. Early today, a teenage boy walked into a precinct station on Portland's southeast side, carrying two charges of dynamite he said he found beside a fence, miles from the blast scenes. Police were questioning him. One charge con tained three taped sticks of dyna mite, the other four sticks. The first explosions Sunday night were at the Wymore Trucking Company warehouse in Oregon City. Those in Portland followed minutes later at the Oregon Film Service warehouse. Seven trucks were parked side by side beside the Wymore ware house in Oregon City. Two big blasts rocked the area only six blocks trom downtown and a number of smaller reports fol lowed. Six of the trucks were destroyed by the explosions and the flames that swiftly curled through the huge vans which haul paper rolls and can carry 19-ton loads. The fire was quelled and was prevented from spreading into the warehouse and other nearby buildings. Police said it appeared that ex plosive charges were placed be tween the trucks and on the big exterior gasoline tanks. The charges, police said, appar- ntly were set off simultaneously. The blasts in Portland followed those in Oregon City by minutes. Again the scene was the same- trucks parked side by side beside an Oregon Film Service ware house. Police said dynamite charges had been placed either in the cabs or hoods of the trucks. Police Lt. Dean Blackwood dis armed the charge that didn't go off a bomb made of three sticks of dynamite taped together and a five-foot-long fuse which had gone out. The dynamiters Blackwood aid knew how to handle ex plosives. Windows in the warehouse were blown out, but other buildings in the area were not damaged. Both companies have hauled for the newspapers for years and have continued to do so since the strike. The explosions were the ii is greatest violence since the strike began. There have been a few tiros in little newspaper distribu tion huts around the city, and some fist fights on the picket line but nothing like what happened Sunday night. Police could find no witnesses to the explosions. In Oregon City, Alex Woody, merchant patrolman, said he had checked the Wymore warehouse shortly after 11 p.m.. Woody said he was just over a block away when the first explo- lon jarred the area. Woody said the other blasts followed quickly, and then the lire mushroomed. IV. BILL CANTON ounty Post Draws Canton Bill Canton, former county engi neer, announced today his candi dacy tor Klamath County judge. Canton, a Republican, is the first announced candidate for a county court office. The veteran engineer who re- ired last May alter eight years of county service said in his declara tion he would "give my full time and efiorts to the duties of county judge." ' : lie unveiled a slogan, "A full- time man for. a full-time, iob." I Ll l 'HP Through unusual circumstances, all three positions on the county court come up for election again this year. Incumbent members are County Judge Bob Walker of Mer rill, a Democrat; Commissioner Ed Gowen of Klamath Falls, Republican, and Commissioner Frank Ganong of Klamath Falls, a Democrat. 1 Under provisions interpreted by the state attorney general, the judge and one commissioner' term will he for four years; one commissioner's term that held presently by Ganong will be for two years. The primary election is May 20. number of additional candidates arc expected to file before dead- ine March 11. None of the present court members have announced their Intentions. Canton retired as county engi neer in May after eight years in the appointed position. Behind him he left a career of 37 years in the engineering business in Klamath alls. Much of his time since re tirement has been spent traveling about the country. FIRE KILLS THREE WOODMAN, Wis. (UPI) Three- ear-old Barbara Bender and her brothers, James, 2, and Joseph, 1, were killed Sunday in a fire which swept their farm home. Another brother, John, . 4, wae seriously burned.
