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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1960)
"DENNIS THE MENACE" Christmas Tree Delivery Boy Is Killed By Bully NEW YORK (AP)-Robert Gui tarri, 14, Christmas tree delivery boy murdered Friday night, was stabbed by a neighborhood bully trying to extort money from him, police say. Acting Chief of Detectives Fran cis Robh said Edward Vogt, 17, slender, good-looking youth with a crop of brown hair worn in a luxuriant pompadour, admitted the killing Tuesday. Vogt told police he stabbed Gui- tarri with a nine-inch hunting knife after the boy refused his demand, "Give me all your mon ey." Young GuitarrI had only two quarters ir. his pocket, tips from Christmas tree deliveries. Police said Vogt told them he had been selling Christmas tree; in the upper West Side when he saw GuitarrI "lugging a big tree." He said he thought the boy would "be an easy touch," and followed him into the building, of fering to help carry the tree. By Vogt's account, as reported by police, the two went up in an elevator to the sixth floor. There Vogt demanded the hoy's money, Vogt said he pulled out a hunt lng knife. Guitarri tried to run, but Vogt grabbed him and stabbed him repeatedly in the back. Vogt then ran to the roof with out taking the SO cents from the boy's pocket and made his way across the roof tops to his own' apartment building. Robb said Vogt was arrested because of complaints from many boys in the neighborhood that he had been extorting money from them by threats. Vogt has a lengthy police record that includes conviction in 1958 for molesting a 12-year-old girl, and charges of mugging, petty and grand larceny. Three Arrested In Beating Case Three young men were ar raigned in district court WedneS' day on charges of assault and bat tery. They are accused of beating up William Seaberry, 3060 Lodi Street, Monday night at the Sun rise Tavern on East Main Street. The trio pleaded not guilty. They were Richard Berg, 22, Peli can City; Delroy Berg, 26, 2826 Altamont Drive, and Charles Ben nett, 23, 3613 Boardman Street. A jury trial was scheduled by Judge Richard J. Burke for Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. Sheriff's depulies Lou Bogart and Del Summers arrested the young men Tuesday after Seaber ry signed a complaint. Seaberry said he was pulled off a bar stool and assaulted. He was treat ed at Klamath Valley Hospital for cuts and bruises. Johnson Finishes Course Suggests New Use For Base SALEM (API - Gov. Mark 0. Hatfield said Wednesday he has asked the Defense Department to find some other use for the Tongue Point Naval Station near Astoria. He gave this answer to a group from Columbia River Marine In dustries k Affiliates, who came here to ask Hatfield to try to per suade the Navy to reverse its de cision to close the station next year. W. J. Troudt, Portland, chair man of the organization blamed Oregon's Congressional Delega tion for "Oregon being short changed when it comes to spend ing the defense dollar." Hatfield answered that he's dis appointed that Oregon doesn't get more defense money, but added that he and the state Department of Planning and Development have been trying to get more. Troudt said that "Oregon has taxation with the most miserable representation in Washington of any state. They are just interest ed in getting front page headlines about themselves." Another member of the group, Lew Russell, Portland, said. Ore gon hasn't had any representation in Congress since Sen. Charles McNary died in 1944. Troudt said that California has 26 large naval facilities, Washing ton has eight, and "Oregon has only one "little fourth-rate estab lishment Tongue Point." He added that Oregon "not only has to keep what little we have now, but it's urgent that we get more. We are being discriminat ed against. We don't even get an opportunity to bid competitively." Hatfield said he hopes that Tongue Point can be used by the Army, Navy or Air Force, or as a missile facility. Troudt said the state's news papers are not educating the people about the importance of getting new industry. He said many Oregon tans object when ever it is proposed to locate a defense establishment in Oregon. The governor said that is large' ly true, but that a majority of the people of the state do want new industry. Hatfield said he Is asking the Legislature to provide money to station a Planning and Develop ment Department man in Wash ington, D.C., to work with the state's congressional delegation and with the Defense Depart ment. He also remarked that some heavy industries have recently indicated an interest in locating In Oregon along the Columbia River. FT"" V I AT LEAST THOUGMT MDUO CAUL UK AND APOLOGIZE FOR TUB WAY VOO ACTED THIS MOPNING OF ALU THE MEAM, CVfcWtSfcAW- IKI6 Army Lt. Col. Floyd L. John son Jr., 41, whose parents live at 315 Lincoln Street, completed the 16-week associate course at the U.S. Army Command and Gen eral Staff College, Fort Leaven worth Dec. 16. The class of 364 U.S. Army of ficers and 25 officers from 16 al lied nations heard the graduation Sawdust Source Of Raw Material - CORVALLIS (AP)-Douglas fir sawdust may be a promising source of raw material for the manufacture of corrugated paper, Say scientists at the Oregon For est Research Center here. Tests indicated that paper made from the sawdust does not have great strength, but is crusri re sistantthe key property needed for corrugated parts of boxboards. Use of sawdust in this manner would mean substantially higher prices for mills which now sell it for fuel. , The Cornell University Labora tory of Ornithology has more than 4.000 tape recordings of the calls of more than 600 species of birds. address by Gen. George H. Deck er, chief of staff, U.S. Army, who was introduced by Maj. Gen. Harold K. Johnson, school com mandant and commanding gener al. Fort Leavenworth. Following the address, the graduates re ceived their diplomas from Brig. Gen. William A. Cunningham, as sistant commandant. The college, the Army's senior tactical school, was established in 1881 as the School of Application of Infantry and Cavalry. The as sociate course was established in 1947 and is designed to prepare selected officers from all com ponents of the Army for duty as commanders and general staff of ficers. This is the 22nd class to complete the course and included 58 Army Reserve and National Guard officers on temporary ac tive duty. The attendance of the civilian component officers is in dicative of the Army's effort to train and maintain "One Army." Colonel Johnson is assigned to the Second Infantry Division Ar tillery's Headquarters at Fort Bennuig, Ga. The colonel entered the Army in 1941. He is a 1937 graduate of Klam ath Union High School and a 1941 graduate of Oregon State Col lege. I T.M. 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Commit fee members, chairmanneo by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hickman, promise favors, noisemak art, dancing from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. to music by Baldy's Band and ham V egg breakfast. Making plans were, rear, left to right, Herb Schults and Lowell Netier, Front row, same order, Ethel Schults, Ed Hickman and Mary Ellen Hickman. Commit tee members net present for the picture are Betty Stippich, Lois Netier and Virgil Stippich. BASIN BRIEFS Sunspots are not visible to the naked eye except when the sun is shrouded by mist, fog, thin clouds or reddening at dusk. "W thought you'd lika soma dinnar muiio!" .California Briefs Mocdoal MR. AND MRS. DELMER CRISS spent the weekend in Reno. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Leland Criss at Litchfield. Calif. The Criss children spent the weekend with their erandmoth- er, Mrs. Maggie Criss. MRS. MARTHA BRANNAN has returned to Siskiyou County Gen eral Hospital, Yreka, for treatment. CLARA HASTINGS returned to her home in Dixon, Calif., Thurs day. She had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jim Whitt. MR. AND MRS. K. C. WILSON spent Wednesday, Thursday and Friday vacationing in Reno. Mount Hebron MR. AND MRS. ROSCOE REAMES and their family left recently to spend a month visit ing relatives in New Mexico and Oklahoma. MR. AND MRS. JACK SPEN- CER and their family left last week to spend a month in Penn sylvania and Florida visiting rel atives. MR. AND MRS. VERNON LEW IS spent a recent weekend in I Portland visiting Mr. and Mrs. Terry Starr. MR. AND MRS. STANLEY WARREN and their family, Mount Hebron, were dinner guests Saturday night of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ross. BILL KANDRA had dinner and spent the evening visiting Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Stanley War ren at their home here. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Raines also spent the evening visiting the Warrens. MR. AND MRS. VERNON LEWIS left Wednesday and will return Friday from Yreka where they are visiting Mrs. Emma Ahl gren, Lewis', mother.- RedTock MR. AND MRS. TOM CAVEN. ER and family, Dorris. and Mr. and Mrs. John Parsons and fam ily were guests for dinner Sun day of Mrs. Minnie Parsons. WALTER AND CARROLL RO BISON and their families moved their cattle to Red Rock from the Prather Ranch recently. Lofcevlew VINCENT H. SHULTS, Marine private, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett H. Shults, Lakeview, com pleted four weeks of individual combat training recently at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Molin MR. AND MRS. GRADY SAUN DERS, Corvallis, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Saunders, here last week while they were en route to Glendale, Calif. MR. AND MRS. TRUMAN KIN'SEY of Silver Lake were guests of the Arnold Scotts re cently. MR. AND MRS. BOB DERRA of San Francisco visited rela tives here over the weekend. MRS. IDA CLARK and her daughter, Wanda, visited another daughter, Mrs. Hans Van Ness, in Cottonwood, Calif., last week. ROBIN BROWN, a student at the University of Oregon, spent the Christmas holidays with her family, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Brown, Malin. MR. AND MRS. JACK RAT- LIFF are visiting their sons, Vir gil and Jack Ratliff, and their families in Eugene this week. MR. AND MRS. JIM LACEY and their daughters are spending their holiday vacation in Portland with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lacey Sr., and with Mr. and Mrs. Noah Peterson. ' MRS. ANNA WEATHERBY Is a patient at Klamath Valley Hos pita, Klamath Falls. She under went surgery recently. MR. AND MRS. BOB BROWN were hosts during a Christmas dinner to Mrs. Brown's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Donald E. Regnart, San Jose; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kreizenbeck and their family, Tulelake, and Mr. and Mrs. Levi Griffith, Sprague River, Klamath Soldier Finishes Course Army Second Lt. Daniel F. Hitchcock, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hitchcock, 1861 Fremont Street, completed the eight - week officer orientation course Dec. 9 at the Infantry School. Fort Benning, Ga. The course is designed to famil iarize newly-commissioned officers with the duties and responsibili ties of an infantry unit command' cr. The Infantry School constantly prepares a better infantry for our Army by training and developing the leadership qualities of combat commanders. A member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and the Scabbard and Blade Society, Lieutenant Hitchcock was graduated from Klamath Union High School in 1956. He is a 1960 graduate of Oregon Slate College. Pre-lnventory Fashion Clearance NOW IN PROGRESS Coats -Suits -Dresses Children's wear -Sportswear USE YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNT ... oil charge purchases made balance of month will not be billed till February 1st, pay able February 10th. PORTLAND (AP - Mrs.i Charles Hedrick, whose husband escaped from the state hospital at balem last Monday, also has vanished. Police said she left her baby with a note asking neighbors to "please take care of my baby if I should die." She left her Portland home a few hours before her 25-year-old husband and another inmate. Ver non Wesley Street, 41, escaped. The men pried loose a screen. wrapped themselves in a blanket and plunged through a plate glass window on the ground floor of the hospital. Witnesses said they were picked up by a car driven by a woman. Hedrick was sent to the hospital for observation after police said he had admitted sexual assaults on several Portland women. Mrs. Hedrick left the two. month-old boy with Mrs. Cloice Farm Groups Split Over Flemming SALEM AP The heads of two farm organizations were split Wednesday on whether Arthur S. Flemming, now secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, should become president of the University of Oregon. Gerald Dctering. president of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federa tion, said he was opposed to anyj such appointment because of Flemming s role in the cranberry crisis a year ago. However, Robert Elkins of Mo lalla, president of the Oregon Washington Farmers Union, said Wednesday Flemming would be an outstanding president of the university. After the cranberry dispute, El kins said, Flemming announced that some broilers from southern states were contaminated, thus giving a great boost to Oregon's broiler industry. Meanwhile, at Portland, Henry Cabell, president of the State Board of Higher Education, said no appointment yet had been made, and added that the cran berry crils in no way affected Flemming s qualifications for the university Job. Earlier, Detering said that it did. Purcell, a neighbor. Juvenile au thorities took charge of the infant. Rites Held PORTLAND (AP) - Funeral services will be held here Satur day for Cmdr. Walter P. Ramsey, USN-Ret. After the service, and cremation, the ashes will be taken aboard a naval 'vessel and committed to the sea. Ramsey died Tuesday at the age of 59. At the time of his death, he was president of Power Plant Engineering Co. He served in World War II as a commodore of convoys in the Atlantic. He also was a professor of naval science and tactics at the University of Washington. He was a great-grandnephew of President Polk. Survivors include the widow and four children. Get Rockets PORTLAND (AP) - Col. Walaa E. Timm, acting chief of staff of; the Oregon Air National GuardT said Wednesday that missiles with atomic warheads have been assigned to Guard fliers here for use in the event of enemy attack. The Genie missiles, air-to-air rockets, are eight feet long, about II inches m diameter, and have a range of about m miles. The Air Force Blue Book says: "The Genie can kill at near-miss range of half a mile or more by the brute force of its explosion." Timm said the atomic missiles will not be carried on training flights by tho 123rd fighter inter ceptor squadron. Dummy missiles will be used. 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