-k HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, On.
Friday, January I, !Mt
BASIN BRIEFS
ents.
MRS. CHESTER MAIN, Tule
lake district director of Garden
Clubi. has scheduled a district
executive board meeting Satur-
day, Jan. 7, at 10:30 a.m. In the smith.
Holiday BowL
MR. AND MRS. GEORGE DI-
NL'S and son of Wciser were re
cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
lly
. MRS. DORIS SMITH and fam
Dy would like to thank everyone
in Bly and Klamath Falls for
being so helpful and considerate
during their recent misfortune.
Summer Lake
MR. AND MRS. HUBERT WA
GERS and family have returned
from Fresno where they visited
his father.
MR. AND MRS. VERN MAW
and family spent the New Year's
weekend in Portland witn nis par
4 Children,
Mother Die
In Flames
RICHMOND, Calif. (UPI) - A
mother and four children were
killed early today when an un
explained explosion set off a fire
which swept through the home of
a Richmond restaurateur.
The blaze critically burned a
male visitor in the home.
Five oilier persons escaped as
firemen battled the flames.
The victims were Mrs. Marie;
Malone, 42, and her three chil
dren, La Donna, 13, Danny, t,
and Darrell, 4, and a visiting
child, Debra Under, 4, of Nice in
Lake County, Calif.
Thomas C. Mansfield, 38, Plea
sant Hill, Calif., was taken to
Brookside Hospital in San Pablo
in critical condition.'
Mrs. Malone's husband, Refford,
40 his son, Terry, 9, Debra's
parents, Mr. and Mi's. Dewey
Under, and Douglas Linder, 4,
escaped.
Two firemen were seriously in
jured in the fire. Fire Capt.
George Bryner was in serious con
dition with a back injury and
burns suffered when he fell out
of a window while carrying the
bodies of two dead children,
Fire Capt Arthur Anderson was
in serious condition from smoke
inhalation.
"Suddenly there was a terrific
explosion end then a flash fire
all around." Malone said. He was
reported In a state of severe
shock.
Malone told firemen that his
family and visitors were listening
to records in the living room
when the blast occurred. He said
be grabbed Terry and Douglas
and fled.
- Firemen helped the Lindcrs
from the home. Mrs. Malone and
the other children were trapped
in a bedroom:
MR. AND MRS. BOYD MO'
SIER of Pocatello spent a few
days with the Darwin Hosiers,
MR. AND MRS. GUY HAND
and son of Klamath Falls were
weekend guests of the Delmar
Hand family.
Paisley
MR. AND MRS. PAUL A1K1NS
and children have returned from
Klamath Falls where they spent
the holidays with the Bob Strick
land family.
MARY MORGAN of Toledo
was a guest of Mrs. Irene With
ers during the holidays.
MR. AND MRS. LLOYD SHOW
ERS and son visited relatives
in Salem last week.
ROBERT BUCKLEY spent the
holidays in San Francisco.
COLLEGE STUDENTS who
spent the Christmas vacation all
home with their families were
Ora Banister, Glenda Branch,
Glenda Swim, Tom Bratain, Dan
and Mary O'Leary.
Board Refuses Rehearing
On Round Butte Dam Issue
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP)-The Ore-
eon Water Resources Board unani
mously agreed here Wednesday
not to reconsider its decision to
grant a permit to Portland Gen
eral Electric Co. for construction
of Round Butte Dam on the De
schutcs River.
The request for a rehearing
came from the Citizens Conscrva
tion Committee on the basis of
agreement reached between the
United States and Canada on pow
er development cooperation.
The committee, one of several
groups opposing Round Butte,
said this agreement made the
dam unnecessary.
The board s legal committee
DEDICATED TO AUTHOR
LONDON (UPD-Dress designer
Charles Creed says in the pre
N. California
Braces Against
More 'Weather1
By United Press International
Northern California braced to
day for another round of near rec
ord cold and possibly some rain
While most of the nation s cold
spots enjoyed comparatively
warm January temperatures,
Northern California residents suf
fered through their worst cold
snap in a decade,
The eight day long cold siege
combined with San Francisco fog
to form 3'4 inches of ice on some
power lines Thursday, disrupting
mejor electrical circuits in the
Bay area.
A power company spokesman
called It the worst case of frost
ing since 1928."
in a side effect of the cold siege
the city's huge bay bridge shrunk
2V4 feet.
Rain fell early today along the
Pacific Coast from the Canadian
border through Oregon, with the1
heaviest amounts .2 inches at
Newport and Brookings, Ore. The
showers were expected to shift to
the south later today into North
ern California.
Predawn showers also
dampened southern Texas ' and
northern Florida, while light snow
fell in central Pennsylvania, west
ern New York and upper Mich
igan,
Light snow mixed witn ram was
expected today in the northern
Rockies, snow flurries were fore
cast for Maine and rain for the
southeastern two-thirds of Texas
The warming trend was expect
OSC Scientists
To Visit Russia
CORVALLIS (AP)-Two Oregon
State College scientists have been
awarded grants to travel to Rus
sia next summer to attend the In
ternational Biochemical Congress.
Dr. Vernon H. Chcldelin and Dr.
Tsoo E. King will go to Moscow
under the sponsorship of the Na
tional Science Foundation. OSC
officials said
The congress is usually attend
ed by some 5,000 biochemists from
around the world. Both Cheldelin
and King will appear on the pro
gram.
The two scientists are in charge
of several Science Research In
stitute projects, and hold research
grants totaling $25,000.
said earlier "there was nothing
to be gained" by re-opening hearings.
11 now goes to the Oregon Hydro
electric Commission for final ap
proval. The Federal Power Com
mission has granted a permit.
Don Lane, board secretary, said
the license will be conditional on
flow restrictions to protect fish
and the company's commitment to
build a new park to replace Palis
ades State Park, which will be
inundated by the reservoir.
Borden Beck. Jr., one of the at
torneys for the citizen's group,
said in Portland today, "The rem
edies available to protect the pub
lic interest have not yet been ex
hausted."
The main arguments advanced
by the citizen's committee have
been the protection of the wilder
ness and recreational qualities of
the Deschutes, protection of fish,
and the lack of need for the dam.
The 440-foot high earth-fill dam
will be located eight miles north
east of Madras on the Deschutes
River. The dam will cost $73 mil
lion and will have a capacity of
246,000 kilowatts.
Tougher Laws
SALEM (AP)-The state For-
estry Board said today it will ask
the legislature for tougher laws
regulating burning of debris.
The request Is aimed especially
at garbage dump operations.
which the board said caused sev
eral fires in recent years.
Educators Visit
SALEM (AP) Seven educators
from Burma, Greece, Italy, Mex
ico, Venezuela and Pakistan are
in Oregon to learn about the
state's school system.
They are spending this week at
the state Department of Educa
tion. Next week, each will be as
signed to spend four weeks in a
local school.
BEST FORGOTTEN
LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP)-The
Ludington City Commission has
turned down a request from the
iCivil War Centennial Observance
Committee to appoint a group for
city participation. The commission
said the Civil War "ought not to
be fought over again.
State To Join
In Observance
Of Centennial
SALEM (AP)-Gov. Mark O.
Hatfield yesterday said Oregon
will join in a national Civil War
Centennial observance that Presi
dent Eisenhower will proclaim
Sunday.
"Oregon made a great contribu
tion to the Union in wealth and
leadership," Hatfield said. "Our
Oregon senator, Edward Baker,
was killed at Ball's Blutt.
"Many soldiers and families
from the divided sections jour
neyed to Oregon and the Far West
after the war. Their families and
descendants have enriched our
state and region for three genera
tions." Hatfield said the Oregon Civil
War Centennial Commission is
drawing up a program aimed at
providing a belter understanding
of the war.
Letters, diaries, photographs,
maps, firearms, uniforms and
other materials pertaining to Ore
gon and the war period should
be sent to the Oregon Historical
Society at Portland, he said.
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face of his forthcoming book ed to continue through the Mid
"Maid to Measure": "This book west and northern Atlantic coast
is dedicated to my friend Elspeth al states, while little temperature
Brant who wrote It for me." ichange was predicted elsewhere,
Legislative Document
Cites School Problems
SALEM (AP) School finance,
the size of school districts and
what kind of teachers Oregon has
are key areas touched on in the
legislative interim education com
mittee report.
The two-volume repdrt with a
third volume that summarized 24
committee sponsored legislative
measures Is at the printers and
is expected to be ready about
Jan. 17.
The committee recommended a
revised - method of state school
aid and continuation of the school
district reorganization law.
There Is great variation in the
quality of schools as they function
and "the single factor that most
influences thf- quality of educa
tion offered by a district is the
fize of the district," it said.
"In virtually all measurable
aspects of the school operation
... .the 'too small' districts are
handicapped " j
,- It added this docs not mean
U large systems are good and
all small ones poor. It said the
too small district works against
odds -that include higher , costs.
The report said the two most
critical issues facing education in
Oregon are the quality of school
personnel and the outmoded
structure of school organization
can do a good job for its handful
of children if and when it has a
superior teacher. It isn't possible
for the high school except at
great. . .cost. ...
High teachei turnover, the com
mittee said, compounds the prob
lems of smaller schools. It added
that mathematics in the smaller
schools generally is limited to
three courses and sometimes two.
The committee has recom
mended that schools be required
to give recognized standard
achievement tests selected- from
a list approved by the state Ed
ucation Department.
The committee said the school
district reorganization law should
continue with minor changes
An increase in the state's
share of basic school fund aid on
an annual step up until it reach
es near 50 per cent was urged,
The proposal is for this to be
gin with an increase to about 42
per cent or $62 million next year
and increasing near SO per cent
or around $95 million in 1965-66,
The $62 million would be an in
crease of $7.7 million over the
1960-61 appropriation
The committee said Oregon
property now is carrying 67 per!
cent of schooi district costs. This
compared lo a property lax rate
of 50.1 per cent nationally, 49.7
per cent in California and 28.8
It said within the limits of school
size "the quality of the staff is per cent in the state of Wash
the most significant determinant ington.
of education " The proposed "equalized flat
The most influential variable of grants plan" would attempt to
all is the community's standard bring a guaranteed foundation
of education a variable be- program for every pupil in the
yond the reach of legislation and slate with a uniform tax effort
state finance
It said both elementary and
high school quality iso related di
rectly to the size of the adminis
trative unit.
"Whilo the elementary school I rants.
in so far as is possible
The equalization would be at
the county level with the counties
receiving the funds and dispers
ing them to districts in flat
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