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TfFRALD AND NKWS. Klamath Falls. Ore Rundav. Feb. 14. 10fiO PACK .?A CITY' BRIEFS Mrs. George Mays will speak on ".Dreaming Then Doing" at Roos evelt PTA, Tuesday, February 16, at 2 p.m. in the school auditorium. Past presidents are to be honored. There will be an executive board meeting in the teacher's room at J: 15 p.m. preceding the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Smith and young son, Douglas, accompanied by Smith's mother, Mrs. Etta ..Smith, Forest Grove, left Saturday for an overland trip to Mobile, Alabama, where they will see the Mardi Gras and visit relatives They will also see other parts ot the Southland before rcturnin; home. A sister of Smith's lives in Mobile. The Klamath Theater Group will meet Monday, February 15, at 8 p.m. at Sacred Heart Academy Auditorium for casting the com edy, "Unsatisfied Husband," to be presented by the group in April and for election of group officers. Henry L. Maxwell, Navy boil erman fireman apprentice, left Norfolk, Virginia, recently aboard the destroyer Haynsworth for a seven-month tour of duty with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Maxwell Jr., 5131 Bris tol Avenue. Henley Bethel 51, Job's Daugh ters will meet Monday, February 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Henley Grange Hall. . Stingeroltes will hold their monthly meeting Tuesday, Febru ary 16, in the KC Hall. Potluck at 6 p.m. for members and their families. Mrs. C. W. Detjcn, high school service chairman for the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, will conduct a workshop at the Red Cross Chapter House, 60 Haw thorn Avenue, Mcdford, Thursday, February 25, from 1 to 4 p.m. Call TU 4-7155 for information or transportation. - Construction Of Gas Line Slated Soon PORTLAND AP) - First steps m construction of a natural gas pipeline south through the Willam ette Valley to Eugene will gel under way quickly ; perhaps . as early as this week. That was the opinion of official; of Northwest Natural Gas Co. of Portland, which distributes gas piped in by El Paso Natural Ga: Co. El Paso's application for con struction of the line got a tempor ary authorization Friday from the Federal Power Commission. That included the amendment which the company filed in December to run the line to Eugene. It at first had applied only for a line to Salem. Northwest, which now supplies bottled gas to the Eugene-Spring field area as well as natural gas to the lower valley, would supply natural gas to valley communi ties over new distribution lines which it expects to cost $3,200, 000. El, Paso's pipeline will cost $10,405,000. The pipeline will cross the Co- 1 u m b i a River from Camas, Wash., and be 20 inches in dia meter as far as Carver in Clack amas County. It will be 16 inches from Carver to Salem, 12n from Salem to Albany and 10ni from Albany to Eugene. The line will run six miles east of Salem and will continue on course between Albany and Lebanon. Oregon State College Mothers Club will have a rummage sale in the Pelican Theater Building Sat urday, March 5. Anyone with rum mage lo donate call Mrs. Angelo Doveri. TU 4-6384, Mrs. Homer Ellis, TU 4-5557, or Mrs. Robert Cuendet, TU 2-1777. Next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Helen Goeekner, 535 North Tenth, Feb ruary 24, at 8 p.m. Isabella Brixner and Kathleen Ward will show colored slides and A display of articles brought back iiom travels to the Fiji Islands, New Zealand and Australia at the regular Monday night dinner meet ing of BPW February 15 at 6:30. Guests are invited to attend. Neighbors of Woodcraft will hold a regular meeting Monday, Feb ruary 15, at 8 p.m. in the K.C Hall. Program will be initiation. All officers and guards wear for fllillS. Successful Test Of A-Bomb Triggers Many Protests By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS France's successltil test of an atomic bomb Saturday triggered a c.iain reaction of protests, mostly from Communists and neutrals Mingled with the oral explosions was an occasional bouquet. Red China, a nonnuclear power, broadcast a declaration that the Sahara experiment was carried out "in defiance of the strong con demnation of the local people and world public opinion." Communist East Germany's ADN news agency denounced the explosion as an "atomic crime Though the French Defense Min istry minimized the hazard of ra dioactive fallout, ADN declared many countries in the Meditcr- Sailor Injured In Accident ' A 19-year-old sailor, stationed on Treasure Island, was injured late Friday morning, when the car in .which he was riding overturned after going into a ditch in front of the Tulana Farm grain elevator on flighway 97, about 10 miles south of here. ' Booth Wayne Isham, who was thrown from the vehicle, was re , I ported as being in good condition by Klamath Valley Hospital at tendants. Extent of his injuries was not disclosed. State police said that Isham was a passenger in a northbound car driven by Ronald D. Hutchison, 22, of San Francisco. Hutchison tried to pass a freight truck when he lost control of the C3r, entered a ditch, overturned and skidded about 160 feet, police 6aid. They added he was unin jured. No citations were issued pend ing further investigation. Nursery Chief To Give Talk Dr. A. L. Hafenrichter of Port land will be guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Klamath Soil Conservation District at the Midland Grange Hall on Tuesday evening. lie is head of the nursery divi sion of the Soil Conservation Serv ice for the nine western states and has been responsible for the development of many of the vari elies of grass commonly used in this area for pasture, hay and other erosion control purposes. Some of the most popular of these are Greenar intermediate wheat- grass, Topar pubescent wheat- grass, Alkar tall wheatgrass, Man char smooth brome and the most recent, Latar orchard grass. In the development of these new grass varieties, many hundreds of species are collected for compar ative testing in nurseries. A few years ago, on a trip into this area. Dr. Hafenrichter found a native slender wheatgrass on Klamath Marsh which had many character-; istics superior lo the varieties be ing used. Seed was collected and is now going through the process of comparative testing at Pullman Washington. Dr. Hafenrichter is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on grass production and manage ment in the nation. Two years ago he represented this country at the International Grassland Congress in New Zealand. 'During the last 25 years he has made many trips to the Klamath area. His talk to the annual meeting will be concerned chiefly with management of irrigated pastures to get maximum production. The meeting will start at 8 p.m. and all farmers, ranchers and other interested persons of the area arc urged to attend. 15 Students Enter Essay Fifteen Sacred Heart Academy students have had essays entered in a regional contest sponsored by the American Legion. Seniors, juniors and sophomores wrote about "Why My Education is Important to the Future of America." The best were written by seniors Elizabeth Sykes, Jean Gasperini, Deanna Louie, Gary Pastega and James Ryan; juniors Kathleen Radspinner, Robert Am berg. Rosalie Bailell and Norman Gilles, and sophomores James No vak and Cecilia Crouse. Freshmen wrote essays entitled "Why I Love My Country." Those by Richard Sleinbock, Carmclle hartin, Margaret Ann Casey and Catherine Ross were judged best The assignment was mandatory lor all high school students. Seniors and juniors are working o" another contest sponsored by the Association of American Phy sicians and Surgeons in coopera tion with state and county medical societies. Some of the spoils are a $1,000 top national prize, and there are others. Students have a choice of discussing in essays the advan tages of the American free enter prise system, or the advantage of private medical care. ranean area, including soutnern France, are endangered. If Soviet Premier Nikit Khrushchev was disturbed, he didn't show it. Touring in India. Khrushchev was asked by news men for comment. He replied that the newsmen's report was the first he had heard of it. West Germany's Socialist party. in opposition to Chancellor Kon- ad Adenauer s government, called news of the French atom blast "one of the most regrettable reports of recent times." Police in West Berlin broke up an antibomb demonstration by 20 indents in front of the French consulate. However, Bonn government of ficials, emphasizing that West Germany is pledged not to pro dnce nuclear weapons on its own snil, suggested the emergence ot trance as an atomic power is a good thing. They said it strength ens the West's defense potential. In Cairo, officials of President Gamal Abdel Nasser's United Arab Republic bitterly denounced he French action as flying in the face of opposition from African and Asian peoples. 'The government which acted us a butcher in Algeria is now- trying to act as a butcher for all Africa," one declared. Tokyo Foreign Office sources announced Japan, hit by two U.S. atom bombs in World War 11, would deliver a formal protest to the French government. The Soviet news agency Tass noted in its report that "the shot had been preceded by a broad protest campaign in many coun tries of the world. Future Fliers Take Torture COLLEGE PARK. Md. (API Fifty future fliers took the torture test Friday. The young men, ROTC cadets at the University of Maryland were ordered to line up outside the women's dormitories. It wasn't long before the coeds were unleashing their wiles, kiss ing the lads, chucking them under the chin, painting them with lip stick and cooing the kind of gooey ttuff you read on Valentines. The cadets had to take it at parade rest without batting an eye. It was part of an initiation into the national honorary society, Pershing Rifles. Later, police got reports from frightened callers that a "gun bat tle" was raging in a wooded area nearby. It turned out to be the BOTC group, battling with cherry bombi and firecrackers. Police Officials Seek Terrorist I UKl LAND IAP) A man who broke into a house in suburb an southeast Portland and terror ized two women Friday night was sought today by law officers. Ard Pratt, chief Multnomah County deputy sheriff, said the man took one of the women and fled in the car of the other. Pratt said the woman later was released and taken to a hospital for an examination. He said the man also abandoned the car later and left a 30.30 rifle on the seat The woman told deputies she had come from Eureka, Calif., to Portland and the man apparently followed her. Officers reported she said she knew the man in Eureka. No warrant has been issued for the arrest of the man. Unions Ask Ad Policy Final Report Sent Senate PORTLAND (AP) - The Bon neville Power Administration Fri day sent off its final report to a Senate committee on proposal; for linking the Pacific Northwest power system with that of Calif ornia. The final proposal was un changed for the earlier recom mendation that an interlie be tween Klamath Falls and Red ding, Calif, be used lo link the systems. The linking line would carry 230.000 volts. The proposal calls for surplus power in the Pacific Northwest to be sold to the Pacific Gas it Electric Co., a California private utility. There had been considerable opposition to the proposed inter- tie. Public power agencies wanted the .surplus power to go to public power systems. Private power agencies said they were afraid the public power agencies might claim the power under the public lower preference clause. The report was requested by the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee last May. The deadline for the report first was set for Dec. 30. This was extended until Feb. 15. The committee asked BPA to take charge of the study with the cooperation of the Bureau of Roe tarnation, -the federal Power Commission and other major re gional, state and local utility in terests in the two states. The report will be sent to the Secretary of Interior who will forward it to the committee. Pear Refents; May Do S!iow For Network NEW YORK (API-Jack Paar softened a bit Saturday and said he'd be willing to resume television work for the National Broadcast ing Co. under certain conditions. In press interviews the star comedian said he would be agree able to resumption of his "Jack Paar Show" on a once-a-week ba sis, with the Friday night pro grams consisting of excerpts from previous shows. However, Paar said ne pie- fcrrcd to do a "person-to-pcrson type of program, with an opportu nity to travel. Paar said he also expects more money for fewer hours and shows involving less "ln'rafamily con troversy. NBC had no Immediate com ment on these matters but offi cials continued to express hope that Paar would return to the net work fold. Paar continued to maintain that he will never go back lo his lour-nighls-a-week stint. He scoffed at reports he caineci half a million dollars a year or more under his current contract, which runs through. 19112. Paar said he had abandoned a plan announced for taking a long neat ion in Europe. NBC executive Ernest Lee Jahncke Jr. acknowledged it was he who made the decision to take Paar off the air as he recounted an anecdote Wednesday night. II was this action which enraged Paar and caused his walkout on) the show Thursday night. Jahncke said his decision was based solely on the question of good taste. In the furor over the comedian's walkout, NBC issued a statement Friday saying it expected "Mr. Paar to fulfill his contractual ob ligations. He is not free to per form on any other broadcasting facilities." 2W MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) I AFL-CIO leaders saying the Am erican consumer is being royally gypped Saturday called for a stepped-up , government policing drive against misleading advertis ing and over-pricing. The AFL-CIO Executive Council said in a statement that recent disclosures of drug profits ranging to 7,000 per cent, disc jockey pay ola, rigged television shows and pure food law violations "awak ened the public that it is being contemptuously victimized.',' ' The onion leaders, jcallirlj - for establishment , of a - special con sumers' department in Washington with Cabinet status, said the slates, too, should lake steps to protect consumer interests. "For the individual consumer." the statement said, "the battle is a hopelessly unequal one. He is in no position to bargain down the price of a life preserving drug pre scribed- for him. "He cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, detect the evi dence of cancer-producing residue on the cranberries he buys for Thanksgiving dinner. If he watch- a TV program, he is unaolc to distinguish the 'cheat shot' from the true one, so refined is modern camera technique. "Nor is he able to sort out the valid claims for products from the misleading ones thrown at him on the screen in all too excessive frequency." The AFL-CIO said that to pro tect its 14.000.000 members and their families, the labor organiza tion will do everything possible to aid them against "exorbitant pric ing, harmful products and deceit fill advertising." I he ArL-CIO chiefs, recessing their winter meetings for the weekend, were guests Saturday on an all-day voyage aboard the Navy's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Independence. LOST CAUSE OBITUARY MASSET HARBOR, Ore. Daniel F. Mas set, a native of Brooklyn, died near here February 11. He was 71. Survivors are the widow, Jose phine, Harbor: a daughter, Mrs. Jo Ann Tworck, and a son Daniel L. Masset, both ot Klamath Falls, and nine grandchildren. He was the brother ot Mrs. Patrick Quinn, Nineveh, New York. Mr. Masset was a veteran of World War I a member of the Brookings Amen can Legion and the Brookings WW. Funeral services will be held Monday, February 15, at 1:30 p.m. from St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Brookings, Father Vernon McKnight officiating. Concluding services will be held in the Odd Fellows Memorial Cemetery. Cres cent City. Friends may call at Ro dcr's Colonial Chapel, Crescent City, until noon, Monday. Spud Growers To Elect Chiefs A Klamath Potato Growers As sociation meeting has been sched uled for Monday evening, Febru ary 15, at the ruamain touniy Fairgrounds, according to word from County Agent Walt Jendrze- jewski. Directors for the Henley, Poe Valley and Malin districts will be elected. In addition the group will name a grower representative and alternate to represent Klamath County on the Oregon California Potato Marketing Order Commit tee. The meeting will convene at 7:30 in the evening. All members are urged to be present. WASHBURN, Wis. (UPD-Police Officer Charles Hudson surprised a gunman in an alley as he at tempted to break into a drug store. The man fired, ran to his car and sped away. Hudson fol lowed. They exchanged a dozen shots during a three-mile chase. The chase ended and justice lost when the police car ran out of gas. STARTING FROM SCRATCH ALBUQUERQUE (UPIl - New Mexico Lt. Gov. Ed V. Mead look advantage of a lull in slate af fairs and enrolled in the Univer sity of New Mexico to take a few summer courses. His subjects in cluded English, speech and government. CHILD'S VIEW MILWAUKEE (UPP-Mrs. Lc roy Dailey took her two daughters. Kathy, 5, and Dianne, 4, to the doctor for a checkup. The doctor asked Kathy "Whom do you look like?" "Like Mommy, she said "And you Dianne?" the doctor said. "Like Mommy too," Dianne answered. "Doesn't anybody look like daddy?" the doctor said. "Oh yes." Dianne said. "M o m m y does." 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