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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1961)
hswapsr szcnon coap. In Tbe- 'Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Prehistoric man note Archaeologists report the finding ef a new cave in the Middle East that contains much new and in teresting material bearing on nan's past. Plans are being made (or addi' tional excavation and evaluation f the cave's material. Hmmmmmmmmm. Let's gel closer home. At a social gathering In Red Bluff a few weeks ago. Monte Snavely, of Tehama, related to me that he has in his possession two seemingly ancient stone carv ings. They are crude, but they clearly depict an elephant. In both, he says, the animal's trunk is unmistakable. They were found, he adds, em bedded in the ice in one of the caves in the Lava Beds monu ment. Why is that interesting? Well, it might have a bearing en the time when man came to the North American continent, Obviously, this primitive sculptor had seen an elephant. Where did be see it? It is known from fossil remains that elephants once inhabited this area. Was this primitive sculptor contemporaneous with the ele- ohants that once roamed this land? Did he inhabit the cave where these carvings were found tand chio them out in his odd leisure moments? It would be interesting to know, Another question: Did Melba, one of the great operatic singers of all time, once live for a period in Klamatn Falls or in Linkville before its name was changed to Klamath Falls? . There is a tradition that she did. As the story goes, her mar ricd name was Armstrong. She and her husband are said to have lived on the east side of Link river, just above the present small Copco plant. It is related that they had an orchard and a garden there. Leo Houston recalls that Mr. Armstrong was a kindly man, generous with his apples. He pointed out to Leo the tree where the best fruit grew and urged him to help himself. Others re call that the Armstrongs grew delicious rhubarb, which they shared with their neighbors. The impression was that they were well off. The story goes that Mrs. Arm, strong was seldom seen- and ONLY in tlte summers. It was vaguely -understood-at the lime that she was an important thea trical personage. Was she, Melba? A recent inquiry to the Metro, politan Opera Association, Inc., in New York, brought (his answer: "In answer to your letter, we must report that we have been able to find no reference to any finger by the name of Melba ex- cept the well known Australian ' -jwprano. Tnis artist came to the Metropolitan Opera Company in 1895 and remained there at irregu lar intervals during five seasons. In 1888, she married Charles Nes bit Armstrong, said to have been the son of an Irish baronet. There is another link in the evi dence. Some lime ago, Howard Johnson bought a house out on Hope street On the back porch when he bought it was an old cup board, which he moved into his garage. Deciding later to move the garage, he removed the cup board. On the back of it, he found a board nailed on as if for a brace. On the board, painted with a brush such as, shipping clerks use, was this inscription, obviously an address for delivery: "E. A. Arm Strong, LINKVILLE, Oregon, byl way ot Portland. The initials are difterent, but the shipping clerk bright have made a mistake, Was Mrs.' Armstrong THE Mel ba one of the all-time greats I grand opera? : Who knows more about this fas cinating tradition? Home Show Is Slated Plans ate bcine ranidlv com pleted for the annual Home Show which is scheduled for the Klam ath County Fairgrounds on Fri day and Saturday, Feb. 24 and red Ehlers. chairman of the program, which is sponsored by me ruamain rails M wan is Club, Indicated that 16 booths have al ready been reserved by merchants for their display. He indicated that there would be room for about 50 booths in the two-day exhibit. Merchants who wish to enter this home show are asked to phone Ehlers at TU 4-5145 and make their booth reservations. There is no charge for the ex hibit which shows the very lat est features for all phases of home use. Additional features arc being worked out for this home show and will be announced lat- Weather Klamath" FaUi aad ridalty Mostly- cloudy with a few scat tered showers af rata er im to day. Highs Js-44. Leva IS-JO. High yesterday 45 Low last light M A SPECIAL PLAQUE honoring Nolson Rood, right, was presented Friday by Harold Ashley on behalf of Modoc Area Boy Scout Council. Reed was cited by the council for his individual work in scout financing. Read had printed at his own expense several hundred copies of "Tula Smoke," a book of poems written by him. The books were sold, with all proceeds going to the Boy Scout. Council. Even Hussion Covboys Get Blame For Shortcomings In Agriculture MOSCOW (AP)-Soviet Premier Khrushchev wants to keep Soviet cowboys off the trail so the cattle will be fatter when they reach market. Khrushchev, presiding at a plen ary meeting of the Communist party Central Committee which has been having agonising debate on Soviet agricultural shortcom ings, interrupted another local party chief Friday as he gave his report. The meeting and Khrushchev's interruptions were reported in Pravda Saturday. The story cov- Robber Gets In Holdup At Grocery A man with a dark gray stock ing over his head and presum ably with a gun in his overcoat pocket held up Jennett's Gro cery on Altamont Drive Saturday at about 8:20 p.m. The robber, a short, stocky, middle-agc-d man, and His young er accomplice made their get away in an older model dark colored car with about $400 cash, Jennett Schiffman, owner of the store, was not injured by the Continuing Search For 6 Victims By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Search continued at the mouth of the Columbia River for the bodies of four Coast Guards men and two fishermen who were lost in a four -vessel accident Thursday night. The body of the seventh victim was located shortly after the tragic mishap. Another Coast Guardsman, Gor don E. Huggins 22, Vancouver, Wash., survived the accident. He was aboard the Coast Guard boat. Triumph, which overturned in the high seas, then righted itself again and later sank. He told of the harrowing ex perience in an llwaco, Wash., hos pital where he was being treated for shock and exposure. Huggins said he was below deck with a nose bleed when the Tri umph became caught in the trough of d huge breaker turned upside down. Six Perish In Flames YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP)-A father, mother, and their four, children were killed in an mcnt house fire near here early Saturday, two days before they were to move into a new home. Officials said Henry Palcn, 42, his wife. Rose. 39,, and their chil dren. Michael, 14, Deborah, 8, Jer ry, S, and Carol Ann, 2, died Palen, owner of the gutted build ing, was planning to move into a new home Monday. The family was living in Campbell, a suburb of oungstown. Price Tea Cents 54 ered five of the Communist party paper s six pages. G. I. Voronov, secretary of the regional party committee at Oren burg, was reporting on long cattle drives on the borders on the vir gin lands near Kazakhstan. "I cannot understand," Khrush chev broke in, "what difference it would make where a cow is killed, Why is it necessary to drag her 500 or 1,000 kilometers. Cattle which cover hundreds of kilome ters lose weight." Voronov had already suggested building regional slaughterhouses $400 Cash robber who moved quickly and talked jn a low voice. Mrs. Schiflman said the man entered the store and said, "This is a stickup, give me your money and hold still." She said the man grabbed the money and warned her again to hold still. Mrs. Schiffman, who operates the store from a wheel chair, said she was getting ready to close when the car drove up. She said the thick stocking made it impossible for her to see the feature? of the man s face. Reflections on the store windows also made it impossible for her to see clearly the man in the car, although she believes he was younger. State police were put on the alert for a short, stocky man, five feet seven inches tall, weigh-j ing 180 pounds and wearing a dark blue or black overcoat and trousers, and the younger man. Mrs. Schiffman said the man didn't show a gun, but it "-s snnnranl ha hoA An, in hit nnnV. ot Slut cairl thf murt's han.. i.-si he grabbed the money, indicated he was dark complexioned. The man knocked over some bottles as he hurriedly left the store. Mrs. Schiffman said the car headed north on Altamont. The proprietress has a gun in the store as a precaution, but she told police she didn't think she should try to use it. She was alone in the store. Saturday night's robbery was the third in the Klamath Falls area in a week. Uatmakers Offer 161 Bills In First Week SALEM (AP) With 161 bills I introduced, the week-old Oregon Legislature already is working on many of the problems that'hearings on them this week. Thistion of Senate President Harry will cause it headaches in the committee. Democratic-controlled Boivin, they solidly voted last next four months or so. 'like both houses, has indicated it! week to override Gov. Hatfield's Since Gov. Mark O. Hatficldl outlined his program on Mon day's openinp day, the law- makers thanks to experienced apart-leadership appear lo have buckled down to business sooner than usual. The two hardest problems finance and reorganization al ready are in committees in form of bills. the And the two money commit tees Ways and Means, and Taxation already are holding daily meetings to learn all about state finance. The Ways and Means Commiltax experU scoff at it Paget and using railroads. But he was quick to agree with Khrushchev. "It is necessary to puf an end to such lack of culture," Voronov said. Press reports of the meeting also indicated that the problem of boosting output is taking first place over more theoretical ques tions, The Communist party chief of the Turkmen Soviet Republic re ported that private cattle herds in Hisarea grow faster than herds run by collective farms. He sug gested a law. for limiting private cattle herds by workers, and oth, ers, "You issue your law in your republic on that question. Let oth er republics themselves work out adoption of such laws as consid ered useful for strengthening the output of agriculture," Khrush chev said. . . n Ivan Kebin, first secretary of the Estonian party, reported that 70 per cent of the collective farms in his republic have discarded the basic principle of paying collec tive farmers for the days they work and are now paying cash for specific production. This has had 'a favorable effect on the develop ment of the collective economy," Kebin said, Two Injured In Accident Two men were hospitalized Fri day at :35 p.m. alter the car in which they were riding skid ded on black ice 2.5 miles east of Olene on Highway 66 and went off the road. Dean Willis Grole and Jack Robert Scott, addresses not list- ' were in a car registered to Howard G. Schmidt of Bonanza. State Police said it was not im mediately determined who was the driver. The car was headed toward Lakeview when it went off the right side of the road, angled through a gate, crashed a fence, jumped an irrigation ditch, hit a stump and lodged in the ditch. Scott suffered a dislocated shoulder and lacerations and Grote was treated for lacerations and bruises. tee has introduced 64 of its more than 100 appropriation bills. Its subcommittees will start holding will try to prune Gov. Hatfield's recommended appropriations. The Hou.se Taxation Committee says it will try to act soon on measures to levy a 3-cent ciga rette tax, reduce the income tax, substitute a l.S per cent business, income tax for the personal prop erty tax on inventories, and levy a gross income tax of about one per cent in addition to the reg ular income tax. If the House passes this plan and it is a little doubtful it would be headed for trouble in the Senate, where some of the KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, Mystery ODhjed Trmked By US. Legislature To Reapportion Itself Reapportioning of the legisia-1 lure should have little effect on up a second front by changing i here Monday in ceremonies unof Klamath County. the Constitution. fici.lllv described as "The Amer- This county should retain Its This would have no effect on ,,. ',,nkin, v . ..J .. ator. However. It may be that the'constitution could not be changed! on,lrll rr. mieht h broad, ened to Include Lake County with Klamath County. Its effect on other individual areas of Eastern Oregon Is uncer-lwould be apportioned on a com tain at this time until a definite ibined population-area basis. This plan is adopted. By PAUL W. HARVEV, Jr. SALEM AP) - The Oregon Legislature is under the gun to reapportion itself, and has do-it-yourself kits to get ready for a two-front battle. The kits, prepared by the legis lative counsel, contain data needed to draft legislation to carry out the constitutional pro vision for reapportionment of the legislature after each federal cen sus. This provision, adopted by the people in 1952, gives the legisla ture until July 1 to reapportion itself under the 1960 census. If the legislature does not, then Secre tary of State Howell Appling Jr. has until Aug. 1 to do it. And if Appling doesn't, the state Su- ipreme court will, Regardless of who does It, the court has the final review. The kits say Oregon now should have one senator for. each 58,956 residents, and one representative per 29,478 persons. That is bad news for Eastern Oregon, which could have its sen ators reduced from 6 to 4, and its representatives from U to 8. Eastern Oregon legislators are somewhat resigned to the loss. Defeated Governors Get Posts PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) President-elect John F. Kennedy Saturday gave two former Mid western governors $20,000-a-year jobs. And he reportedly has de cided to name Elvis J. Stahr Jr., president of West Virginia Uni versity, as secretary of the Army. The governors Kennedy chose were defeated in November elec tion bids. Kennedy announced ap pointment of George Docking of Kansas as a director of the Export-Import Bank, and Herschel Loveless as a member of the Fed eral Renegotiation Board. . Announcement of selection of Stahr, 44, was reported to be im mincnt. Filling of the Army post would complete top echelon or ganization of the Pentagon. Stahr served as special assist ant to the secretary of the Army during the Korean War in the Truman administration. Both Docking and Loveless were favorite-son prospects for the Democratic presidential nomina tion but laier threw their support to Kennedy. Both lost to Republi cans in seeking new gubernatori al terms. The appointments were an nounced as Kennedy arranged a luncheon meeting at his Atlantic shore home with Vice President elect Lyndon B. Johnson. In an attempt to show that the! Senate Democrats now are.auuuoe inat us wo Dig a too to united after splitting on the elec - 1959 veto of a bill lo let industrial accident cases choose their own doctors. The issue was minor. And it doesn't mean that the conserva- - live Democrats will see things the same as the liberal ones. This bill comes up in the House Monday, where the veto will be sustained. The basic outline of Gov. Hat field's plan to reorganize the state government is in the Senate State and Federal Affairs Com mitlec, with 20 more such bills to follow. It appears questionable whether the legislature will ap-P. SUNDAY, JANUARY IS, I9l Under Gun But some of them will try to open U ....klM l ,t,l hefnl-e th MR2 nrnpial eWlinn Under (he new proposal, thc!Latm America - Venezuela and House would remain apportioned Colombia. One is from the United by population. But the Senate would give the sparsely-settled counties much bigger voice in the legislature than they have now. The heavily populated areas will have a hard time adjusting to that idea. But Eastern Oregon has strate gically placed men on the election committees, which will handle all reapportionment legislation. Chairman of the House Elec tions Committee is Georee An- nala, D-Hood River, who has tried for the past two sessions to re move the provision for population apportionment of the Senate. His bills never gol oul of committee. Chairman of the Senate Elec tions Committee is Boyd Over- hulsc, D-Madras, who was Senate president in 1957. And the vice chairman is Ben Musa, D-Tho Dalles, also a man of much Influ ence. At that stage, it Is hard to say what will happen. Gov. Mark O. Hatfield could veto any reapportionment plan that would be adopted under the present Constitution. If he did, that would throw it into Appling's ilap. And Appling says he's all ready to do it. Eastern Oregon's 'loss would be largely the gain of the Portland area. Multnomah County's senators could be increased from 7 to 9, and its representatives from 16 to 18. Clackamas County could jump from 3 to 4 representatives, and Washington County could go from 1 to 2 senators, and from 2 ',4 to 3 representatives. Lake County might gain a sen ator and a representative. Car Causes Keno Blaze A potentially- dangerous fire at a Keno service station was ex tinguished Saturday at about 11 a.m. before Klamath County fire men arrived at the scene. Two gasoline pumps were burned at Franks Shell Station alter a car hit and knocked ovfr one of them. Sparks set fuel afire in that pump, and the blaze caused an explosion that blew the other pump off its stand. There was no damage to the service station building, and the car was backed away from the pumps. The Stewart-Lenox De partment was alerted when the nature of the. fire was learned, but its services were not required Stahr Chosen PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President-elect John F. Kennedy today chose Elvis J. Stahr Jr., president of West Virginia Uni versity, to be secretary of the Army. prove it, because many take the! do at one session. The division on reorganization isn't on party lines. In fact, the Republican governor might end up with more support from the Democrats than from the Repub licans. The only real floor fireworks last week came - over the resolution to pay each legislator expenses up to $75 a month dur ing sessions, and (150 a month between sessions. The Senate ap proved it unanimously, with some senators saying they didn't know what they were voting for. The House voted 42-18 Friday for It alter a warm debate. Now the question Is whether the Su preme Court will rule It's legal. because the Constitution says; Telephone Four Cardinals To Be Created By Pope Monday VAlllAN lilt IAI'1 tOUr new cardinals will be created 3 ' Two of ,he.Bew Prma's of Koman CalnOIIC Ihurcil are liom States Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter of St. Louis. The fourth, Msgr. Giuseppe Fcrretto, is secretary of the 'pontifical commission for Latin America and noted for his knowl edge of church problems there, recently emphasized by trouble in Haiti and Cuba. Pipeline Worker Is Killed A Western Pipeline Company employe was crushed to death Saturday at about 2:15 p.m. when1 pickup truck tipped into the pipeline ditch and pinned him against the pipe. Pronounced dead by Deputy Coroner Felix Peace was Claude Mackie Hciod, 26, of Dublin, Tex- Herod was living at the High way 97 Trailer court in warn- ath Falls. The accident occurred along the pipeline right of way 23.8 mues cast of Klamath Falls near High way' 66. The body was taken to Ward's Funeral Home by Peace Ambulance. Investigating state police said Herod was throwing skids away from the edge of the pipeline ditch. He had apparently put the pickup truck's hydraulic transmis sion in low gear and was walk- ng behind it as it rolled driver- less along the east side of the ditch. Police said the truck apparently got a little ahead of Herod and veered toward the ditch. Witness es at the scene said Herod ran ud to the driver's side of the truck and jumped onto the run ning board to steer it away from the ditch. The left front wheel, however, dropped into the ditch, and the truck overturned against the new ly laid pipe It was reported that Herod was working on the pipeline pro ject with his father. Rail Rate Order 0 a i f 1 j woia anouiaereuihoiriings." SALEM (AP) - Public Utility Commissioner Joncl C. Hill said Friday he doubted he will com ply with an order to increase in trastate freight rates on certain commodities. The Interstate Commerce Com mission ordered the Increase lastl week to bring the intrastate rates abreast of interstate rates. Since the signing of tho Trans portation Act of 1958, the rail roads have been able to go di rectly to the ICC for authority to increase rates, thus by-passing state regulatory bodies, he said. legislators shall -fict a salary moo a vcar. mileage, ''and no other personal expenses." Labor gol in its licks ...! r v with introduction of bills to es tablish a $1.25 hourly minimum wage, increase maximum unem ployment benefits from 140 a week to about $46, and Increase industrial accident benefits about 10 per cent. Other controversial measures introduced would reduce the vot ing age from 21 to 18, enact a new commeicial code, increase basic' school aid lo local districts from $105 to $130 per child per year, prevent utilities from enter ing into competition with- other1 utilities, and require chemical tests for suspected drunken drivers. TU 4-8111 No. 6584 Reds Say Report Is Pure Invention WASHINGTON (AP) A mystery object that was sighted speeding from the Soviet Union toward the Pa cific continued to puzzle American scientists Saturday. No new trace of the object was reported from U.S. Pacific outposts and a Russian expert in Moscow termed reports of the sighting "pure invention." An Air Force radar station at Shcmya Island, Alaska, detected the object Friday passing in a southeasterly di rection. The Shemya radar was reported to have tracked the object for about six minutes. Early Saturday the Air Force said it still had not de termined what the object was a long-range missile or a space vehicle. At mid-morning, a Pentagon spokesman said "there have been no further visual or radar reports" and noth ing about a splash of an object into the ocean. , Officials declined to sayl at what speed the object ap peared to be traveling which could indicate wheth er it was a missile or a space vehicle launch. In defense quarters, there was some impression that it might have been a missile shot which fell short. On the other hand, some believe that it could have been a booster, dropping off from a vehicle. Friday night's announcement that the Shemya radar had sight ed an object was the first official confirmation that one of the long- range radar systems was in op eration in the Aleutians. There had been unofficial reports about the operation of tho station, but until now no official confirmation. The Shemya station presumably is similar to the first station built i more than a year ego in Turkey, i That radar has a range' of aboutishlps Uio Sibir. Chukpta and 3,000 miles. Three Soviet missile instrument ' ships were spotted earlier lastli week moving toward an impact I area about 1,000 miles southwest of Hawaii, where the Russians have tested long-range missiles before. - The presence of ships was considered an indication that the Soviet Union might be preparing! Overseas Gold Holdings Barred In U.S; Orders WASHINGTON (AP) Thel United States, In a new effort lo halt the drain on its gold reserves, Saturday barred U.S. citizens and firms overseas from holding gold or gold securities deposited abroad. The White House, In announcing the order, said American holder of gold overseas will be given a reasonable period of time until June l, law h Dispose oi meir The order, signed by President Eisenhower, was . another step aimed al halting the drain of American-owned gold resulting from the imbalance of payments between U.S. exports and imports. It Is known that American spec ulators have been buying gold bullion in the Toronto and London markets. They have, of course, been required to keep their pur chases in foreign vaults since pri vate c 1 1 1 z e n s are barred from holding gold in the United States. To the extent that Americans have been buying gold In London. they contributed in some measure to the recent heavy outflow ot gold. In order to keep the London market price at a level just above the official U.S. price of $35 an ounce, the Treasury has approved cw,M entne in llinf murlrnt hv tho ofuan 0 England. In turn, the bank has ourcliased eod from the United States to make up for the amounts soin in me marnei in ... . i uiis m n-v ui-kk'I'K uui-imiun, Foreigners purchased about 2 billion of U.S. gold during 1960 and have bought about $200 mil lion worth so far this year. The U.S. gold supply Is at a 21-year low of $17.6 billion. While the amount of gold owned abroad by Americans Is not known, the forced sale of this bul lion could be expected to help! hold down the market price. This. in Itself, might lessen the extent to which Hie Bank of England has to sell in the market to hold the price line. The White House said In a state ment: It Is not believed that a large amount ot gold It being held Weather Northern California Consider able fog and low cloudiness to day but fair along coast south of Half Moon Bay and In southern Sierra Nevada. Occasional rain likely on coast Eureka north ward. Little temperature change, Mt, Shasta-Siskiyou area Most ly cloudy today. Possibly a Utile rain or snow. Little change la temperature. - , for another missile test or possibly a space launching. But latest reports from the Navy indicated the three ships were still a day's sailing away from the impact area. Also, in previous shots, the Soviet union had given international warnings so that ships might stay clear, of the impact area. There has been no such warning Uiis time. . . There wa speculation among scientists that the Russians might be attempting some sort of space shoot and fell it was not necessary to give any warning to ships. When sighted earlier last week the three Soviet instrument ships were moving southeast from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the previously used impact area. They were a little over halfway along the route toward the impact area when observed Tuesday. The Sakhalin -L. were -deployed hi a wide triangle at the lime of too sighting. 1 They were about 40$ miles west of Midway Island and about 1,200 miles from Hawaii: The 44,000-square-mile impact . area In the Pacific has been used far missile firings from points In the southern part of the Soviet Union over a range of about 8,000 miles. l abroad in this manner. However, since individuals and enterprises subject to the jurisdiction of the United States are not permitted to hold gold In the United States, It is reasonable to prohibit such holdings abroad for purchases generally represent an outflow in the U.S. balance of payments. ' "The prohibition of such hold ings also underlines the fact that gold today represents principally a means of settling international payments between individual for eign countries." 2 Escape ; . Institution For Girls SALEM (AP) Three guards were overpowered and beaten as 11 teenage girls staged a break Friday night from the maximum security unit of the Hillcrest School for girls. Only two made good the escape. ' ' ' One girl was nabbed before she could get away from the school. Five others were captured at nearby highway a short time after the break. Three more .- were picked up Saturday. ' ' : The girls were watching televi sion In the recreation room of the cottage when they suddenly at tacked the three guards. Kenneth H. Obendon, Mrs. Ethel Lind and Miss Emma Halter. ' Oregsnicn Seen t As CLM Direeter WASHINGTON (AP) - Re ports circulating (n the Interior Department here Indicate that Karl Landstrom, a member of the staff of the House Interior Committee, will become director of the Bureau of Land Manage ment kj the Kennedy unlnlstra Uon. ' 1 t
