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HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Orr-gnn Friday. April B. IflfiO PAGB 9 A Story of the Pony Express (3) By Don Oakley and Ralph Lane Texas Representative Raps Submarine Cut Early in 1860, eastern newspapers announced a new letter delivery service to the West. Many could not believe it. Thirteen days from New York to San Francisco! On March 31, letters from Washington and New York were entrained for St. Joseph, Mo., the westernmost terminus of the telegraph. On the afternoon of April 3, a crowd assembled In St. Joe amid flags and bunting while a brass band entertained. But word was flashed that the messenger carrying the special mail had missed a connection in Detroit. He would be two hours late leaving Hannibal. The men of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad were well aware of the urgency. Orders were issued to clear the main track and close all switches. A nervy engineer, Addisun Clark, was selected to drive the special train and told to set a record that would last 50 years. Clark covered the 206-mile run in four hours and 51 minutes, averaging over 40 miles per hour, a feat thought impossible. At St. Joe, the mail was quickly stowed in the cantinas 49 letters, five telegrams and some special-edition newspapers ail at $5 a half-ounce (later reduced to $1). They were written or printed on tissue paper and wrapped in oilskin. Maximum weight for the mail had been set at 20 pounds. Records divide the honor of being the first Pony Express rider to leave St. Joe between two men, Johnny Frey (or Frye) and Johnson William Rich ardson, though late evidence seems to favor the latter. At any rate, about 7:00 in the evening, the impatient rider was off to the sound of cheers and cannon shots on the first leg of an adventure that would carry the precious mochila 2,000 miles to the Pacific. NEXT: When Mountains Fell. Democrats Get Chance At West Virginia Meet CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP-I Those Democrats who are hont on flopping Son. John F. Kennedy ID-Mass or at least slowing him down before the .luly 11 national convention will (jet Ihcir next big chance in West Virginia. But the result either way will be largely psychological since no delegates will be bound. Campaigning begins this week end in a rematch boluecn Ken nedy and the man he topped two days ago in the Wisconsin presi dential primary. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey iD-Minni. There Kennedy won 2n'i and Humphrey lO'-i of Wisconsin's 31 convention voles. But results of West Virginia's May 1(1 primary election will not be binding on the delegates who will cast this stale's 25 voles. There aren't many known sup porters of either Kennedy or Hum phrey among those running for delegate. And political observers say they don't expect that situa tion to change, regardless o( the outcome of the May 10 voting. Humphrey will go on the road first. His campaign bus is due to leave here early Friday morning for a swing through southern West Virginia. Kennedy will begin stumping Monday, also with a series of ap pearances in the southern part of the state. But already his two brothers, Robert and Ted, are meeting here with campaign workers. Flying in from Wisconsin Wednesday, Robert Kennedy said his brother would consider "a bare majority" as a major vic tory in West Virginia. The nonbinding race here after the Wisconsin verdict would he like having batting practice after the crucial game, except for two things: 1. The prospect that overwhelm ingly Protestant West Virginia will furnish a truer test than Wisconsin of the religious issue which arises because Kennedy is a Roman Catholic. 2. The fact that (his is the next-to-last big chance his party foes will have to upset the Kennedy bandwagon in a primary. Not un til the Oregon voting May 20 will Kennedy again go against serious opposition. Entered in the Demo cratic primary there along with Kennedy and Humphrey arc Sen ate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri, and Sen. Wayne L. Morse of Oregon. Here, as in Wisconsin, both candidates undoubtedly will stick to the position that religion should not be an issue. But they can't keep it from being discussed. lis possible effect already is being discussed wherever people gather to talk politics in West Virginia. A solid Kennedy victory here might do for him what his Wis consin victory did not. 11 mighl dispel the fear felt by some party professionals that Kennedy, as a Catholic, could not win in Novem ber against the Republican nomi nee, almost certain to be Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Catholics account for just over 15 per cent of church membership in We-st Virginia and not quite 5 per cent of the total population. The percentage nf Catholics may he higher among Democrats, who will do all the voting in the Kennedy-Humphrey contest, linlike Wisconsin. West Virginia does not permit cross-over voting in prima ries. The Catholic imputation is heav iest upstate, especially in the steel tow ns. Rural West Virginia is practical ly all Protestant, mostly Metho dists and Baptists. Southern West Virginia is overwhelmingly Prot estant, hut there are Catholic parishes in some coal-mining sec tions there. Although opinion is not unani mous, many West Virginia politi cians think religion will work for Congrcgntionalist Humphrey and against Catholic Kennedy in the areas of almost complete Protes tant sw.iv. If so, another factor could work in the opposite direction in rural West Virginia, where Democrats tend to vote for men of somewhat conservative stamp. This is Hum phrey's reputation militant liberal. As belwecn Kennedy and Hum- phrey, the stale leadership of both the AFL-CIO and the United Mine Workers is officially neutral. I The president of one of the stale's three big UMW districts Raymond O. Lewis of District 17 said that as an individual he favored Humphrey, although as district president his policy would be hands off. A few UMW locals are reported to have taken a stand for Humphrey. Twelve delcgates-al-large to the Democratic National Convention and 12 congressional district dele gates will be elected in the West Virginia , primary. Rounding out the state's 25 convention voles w ill be one-half vole each for the national committeeman and na tional committeewoman. Right now Lyndon B. Johnson appears to hold the strongest chance for support in the West Virginia delegation. COMKS WKI.I. HKlOMUKSDKI) I FORT LKE, N..J. (ITU-An dre Porumhcanu, who married of being ai The state's two U.S. senators, Irunaway heiress Camhlc Bene- .,,.,, , . , diet, was ottered a job Wcdncs- ...., ... .. .. ...,. dav hv pauses Amusement dolph, are for Johnson. So is JohnjP,.k j,.,,S(eni rv-mft Bosenlhal. E. Amos of Charleston, the stale's The job is managing the park's national committeeman. I tunnel of love. WASHINGTON (API Navy plans to step up the Polaris missile-firing submarine program while cutting back construction of attack submarines brought criti cism loday from Rep. George H.j Mahon (D 'l'ex1. Mahon is chairman of the House Appropriations Defense suhcom-: miMee. which is considering the! defense hudget revisions approved Wednesday by President Kiscn-, hower. "It looks like a compromise package and 1 personally believe it's a poor package." Malum commented. He said he favored expansion of the Polaris submarine program hut "I wouldn't give any serious consideration to eliminating the attack submarines, which are maior antisubmarine weapons." He said he believed most mem bers of the Defense Appropriations subcommittee feel the same way. Senators of boih parlies gener ally applauded the missile pro gram changes announced Wednes dav. H'Te's what is involved: The Defense Department asked Congress lor million dollars to starl building sx more Polaris (submarines. This was a policy re versal on the part of the Penta gon. And Secretary of Defense Thomas S. dales Jr. told Congress the Navy is willing to put oft get ting fuiuls for two of three planned nuclear attack submarines al ready included in the new budget Earlier in the day. President Eisenhower also gave formal ap proval to increasing the sie ot six Atlas intercontinental missile squadrons and improving the bal listic warning system. The Penla gon disclosed the last six of the 13 planned Atlas squadrons each would have a total of 13 missiles three more than under present plans. Earlier it had been thought thai the squadrons which will be in plate by the end of next year might gas as many as 15 missiles and pads. Mahon voiced preliminary ap proval of the revised Atlas pro gram. I Senale Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, ex-"It Is unfortunate) tnat w did Dot pressing pleasure at the Atlas and 'throw the world Into blgh fear Polaris speedup decisions, said: 'some time ago." 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