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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1961)
la The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS From Washington: President Eisenhower held his last news conference this morn' ing with the representatives of the press which includes the news papers, the magazines, the radio, television . . . all the media of communication and information He was relaxed and at ease, nd apparently looking forward happily to the days that are to come. After a lifetime spent in! the service of his country, he is preparing to live the rest of his life in as nearly his own way as is possible for a man who has been President of the United States. . v I think we must all agree that he is entitled to feel relaxed and happy. What of John F. Kennedy Well, he too had a moment of relaxation this morning. One of his appointments was a date with his tailor to give his inaugural clothes a final fitting before the BIG DAY on Friday. At this conference with his tai lor, no problems of world-shaking Importance were involved. The coat he will wear on inaugura tion Day will be a cutaway I which the dictionary defines as "a coat tapering from front waist line to tails." ' There will be no criticism because the lapels are too wide for the current fashion. They won't be. Or that the but tons are too low. They won't be. Cutaways aie like white tie and iiiWs. They don't change much1 from century to century. During his session with his tai lor, JFK could RELAX. Let's not begrudge him this brief moment of comparative ease and freedom. For him, it. will be one of the last of its kind for years and years to come. Writing nearly a century ago, Alfred Lord Tennyson described the life of a ruler as being lived "before a thousand peering lit tlcnesscs, in that fierce light which beats upon a throne Our President doesn't sit upon throne, but the light that beats upon him is just as fierce and the "peering littlenesses" are just as numerous as those described by Tennyson. What of JFK? How good will he be? No one, of course, can answer! those questions. But Barry Gold water, who quite obviously has it in mind to make a try for the Presidency at some time in the future if things break favorably for him, puts the situation pretty well in the most recent of his syndicated columns. He says: "I do not mean to say that we conservatives are joyously happy on this occasion (meaning the in auguration.) If we had our 'druth ers' it would be otherwise. But I em suggesting that Jack Kennedy is entitled to a fair trial before the court of public opinion in the. United States.-. ... If there are differences of opinion in the fu ture, and I am sure there will be. they should be discussed with out hostility It is possible to dis agree with a man without being ANTAGONISTIC to the Weather Klamath Falls and vicinity Fair through Thursday. Low to night 15-20. High Thursday 41-54. High yesterday S9 Low last Bight 23 Precip. last 24 hours none Since Oct. 1 5.M Same period last year 1.69 U.OF 0RE.U3RART NCISPAPCR WHOM .5aT.rtTV CO IP. ytalS ampler Price Ten Cent If Pages KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 18. 1961 Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 6587 Weather . Northern California Fair with little lempetature change through Thursday except fog is Central Valley and locally elsewhere. Ml. Shasta-Siskiyou area Fair with little temperature change through Thursday. X , V III X CO Co Ule&ded Far- S&und Sr w2k THE DEATH KNELL was sounded for this imposing land mark Wednesday morning when the destructive force of a huge metal ball began the task of chopping down the walls of the Pelican Theater. The work of dismantling the interior has been done quietly but effectively over the past few weeks. The building, built in 1929 at a cost of $526,000, is being torn down to make way for parking lot which will be operated by the Park and Shop Corpor ation. It is expected to be ready for parkers by April I. A. C. Johnson and Sons of Yreka are doing the destruc tion job. IC to the man. ons in this troul With conditions in this troubled world what they arc, we must all hope that John F. Kennedy turns cut to be one of the greatest of cur Presidents, It will be tragic if it is other wise. Bridegroom, 65, Loses His Wife And Her Family Merrill Man Is Named As Outstanding Farmer MERRILL Norman Jacob, 35, who has been increasing the fold and fineness of his purebred Here ford herd here since he was a boy, was named Klamath Coun ty's outstanding young fai-mer of WWeJ NORMAN JACOB the year by the Klamath Junior Chamber of Commerce Tuesday afternoon. His bulls have won honors from Portland to the Cow Palace, and promise to do even better in the future. Jacob's bull was named reserve champion at Plumas and Siski you County fairs last year. His heifer was reserve champion at the Modoc County Fair and his bull was grand champion of Tule-lake-Butte Valley Fair. His bull was second top sale bull at the Grand National Livestock SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (AP) -Jose M. Moreno, 65, says he and his bride of 15 have separated E iljon in tne Sa Francisco m()M 19 rfav: rtf mari-mno r Cow Palace. Other animals were judged up to fourth in excellence after 12 days of marriage. "She called me and told me she wasn't coming back," Moreno said Tuesday night. He said he came home Friday to find his wife, the former Maria Diana Candia, missing. Moreno, who owns a small gro cery, said the trouble started four days alter the Jan. 6 marriage! when the bride's father brought his family of nine "temporarily" into Moreno's four-room home. "Thursday I asked him to move," Moreno said, "because the house wasn't big enough for us. at the Cow Palace and at Port land's Pacific International Exposition. Jacob's bulls sell at Red Bluff, Pendleton, Auburn, Calif., and Klamath County bull sales. He was among the few cattlemen who offered animals for sale in the premiere Red Bluff sale 20 years ago, ... Now that Jacob Is getting his first calf crop from his new bull, Royal Arthur Dhu 42nd, he ex pects to enter more and bigger shows and sales. The bull cost $7,500. Royal Arthur was Jacob's pick, from the reserve champion car-! load of bulls during the nation's biggest sale and show of its type at Denver two years ago. Jacob crossbreeds cattle main ly of two famous blood lines- Old Line Chandler and Zalo Heir. Jacob sells about 40 to 50 bull: each year produced from about 60 cows, and from calves he buys. His purebred operation is on 157 acres of irrigated pasture and hay land five miles east of Mer rill on Merrill-Malm Highway. He also owns 160 acres of pas ture land and rents an adjacent 160 acres at Fort Klamath for his commercial beef herd. He buys about 160 head of weaner calves each year and feeds them there. Feeding at his Merrill ranch is a delicate job in some respects. Jacob watches his cattle's diet carefully. His purcbreds are fed special grasses and specially- blended mixtures of assorted grains. His operation has come a long way since he received his lust steer in the fall of 1037. when he was 11 years of age. He sold the steer the following year and bought five calves w ith the money. A year later he sold again and bought 11 purcbreds, and that is how his purebred herd got start ed.' He, his father and brother. Don, ranched at Malin, then at Prine- (Continued on Page 4) WASHINGTON (AP)-Prosident Eisenhower predicted today that the faltering economy would ad vance soon into "a period of sound growth." The President's annual econom ic report his last major message to Congress called for 14 pieces of legislation. None could be called an anti-recession measure. Instead, Eisenhower urged on Congress these policies for sus tained prosperity: Keep his new $81 billion budget in balance. Keep inflation under control. In tone and content, the mes sage was in sharp conflict with the most nearly, comparable Dem ocratic document, the Jan. 5 re port of President-elect John F. Kennedy's economic task force. - The Democratic group called for emergency federal action ex tending unemployment compen sation for workers who have ex hausted their jobless pay, along with other programs boosting fed eral outlays by $3 billion to $5 legislation to assist chronically depressed arcus; a "moderate" increase in the $1 minimum wage. In all Its 214-page length, the message never spoke of a reces sion, business dip, or downturn as marking the closing months of lories, and suggested that this the Republican administration, may soon be stopped and inven It referred to "moderate" late- lory-buying resumed. iiinu acciincs m production andj "An increase in general employment as being mainly the nomic activity should not result of industry's liquidation of Icordingly, be long delayed." an over-accumulation of inven-1 President said. eco- ac-the Long Transition Period Is Called Silly By Ike At Last Press Meet WASHINGTON (VPP Prcsi dent Eisenhower today advocated a constitutional amendment to al low a new chief executive to take office sooner after his election and at least 80 days before Congress meets. In his farewell press conference, Eisenhower did not dwell on de tails of his proposal for shorten- er.ii outlays uy 90 uiiiiuu iu o,. billion in the fiscal year starting '"8 transition period that fol Warned Off River, Lake A warning was issued today by the city of Klamath Falls regarding any recreational activity on Link River or on Lake Ewauna during the next two-week period. City Manager G. S. Vergeer warned all parents that no skating or other activity should take place In this area during the next two weeks because water over the Copco dam In Link River will be fluctuating during that period to permit surveying and subsequent construction of a Conger Street sewer along the bank o( the river. Vergeer said, "The water may rise or fall In an abnormal manner as a result of construction taking place, and everyone Is warned against any skating, fishing or other' activities in this area during that period." ""' ' ....-.. Effective today, the water flow over Copco dam was to be abnormally affected. . July 1. Eisenhower conceded Congress should consider providing some supplement lo jobless pay "in periods of especially high rates of unemployment." But his eco nomic advisers told newsmen that the present rate 6.8 per cent wasn't high enough to justify fed eral help. The President's legislative want- list was topped by a demand that 1962 appropriations "be held with in the limits of expected revenues." It then repeated all the tax pro posals of Monday's budget mes sage . and other measures most of them identical with last year's requests. They included: postal rate in creases to make the postal sys tern self-supporting; removal of ithe 4!i per cent interest ceiling on government bonds; additional the economy or lift the nationl The President declined to give 1 ram a Dusiness siump, me rrcs- nis personal impressions of Ken- Republicans Sharpen Budget Trim Pencils Bv PAL'L W. HARVEY JR. (budget, Elfstrom said: "That Is SALEM (AP) A Republican- exactly what I intend to do." led effort to trim Gov. Mark O. State Treasurer Howard C. Bel Hatficld's $359 million general ton, also a Republican, has urged fund budget got under way in the that all of the $40 million surplus legislature today. be used for debt retirement. The leader of the movement is Rep. Clarence Barton, D-Co- Rep. Robert L. Elfstrom, Salem, quille, chairman of the House who was GOP House leader in theiWays and Means Committee, said 1959 session. Elfstrom said he would intro duce a bill to use $10 million of the $40, million surplus for debt retirement. he thinks the Hatfield budget could be reduced by several mil lion dollars The Joint Ways and Means Committee now is studying the This would have the effect of; governor's budget cutting the governor's 1961-62 The surplus is the amount of budeet bv $10 million, because the governor proposes to spend all of the surplus during the next bi-ennium. Elfstrom said he already has received the support of many leg islators. But, he added, . he will give all ot the lawmakers a chance to co-sponsor the bill. "It is just good sense," Elf strom said, "to put away part of 1 our. surplus to pay off some of! our state debt. Times are good now, and this is the proper time president, to do it." I When told that his proposal would be the same as forcing a! $10 million cut in the governor's money that will be lclt in tne general fund when the biennium ends next June 30. The Senate approved unani mously and sent to the governor a bill appropriating $1,250,000 to pay the cost of the legislature. The Senate Resolutions Com mittee recommended passage of I a Senate measure to ratify the U. S. constitutional amendment that would enable residents of the District of Columbia to vote for Kennedy Takes Goodwill Step Toward Latins NEW YORK (AP)-Presidcnt- elect John F. Kennedy took a ma jor step today to improve rela tions between Latin America and Ihe United States through use of Puerto Rico as a goodwill clear ing house. Kennedy announced a plan after a conference at the Hotel Carlylc here with Gov. Luis Munoz Marin of Puerto Rico. "Gov. Munoz and I have agreed to take measures to expand the availability of Puerto Rico's facu ities for a meeting place and workshop where we in the United States and our neighbors in Latin America may learn more about our mutual problems and the pos sibilities for the great achieve ments that we can attain by work ing together," Kennedy said. Kennedy's meeting with the Puerto Rico governor was one of a scries of activities that kept him busy during the one-day, preinau- gural visit to New York. The activities included a visit by his tailor, Sam Harris, to givej the president-elect a final fitting of his inauguration wardrobe. lows presidential successions. But he said he favored a plan to set the election date and time the inauguration so that a new president would have at least 80 days to prepare messages for his first Congress. Eisenhower said it seemed a little bit silly under the present system for a new president to come into office on Jan. 20 and then make major changes in the budget presented by the outgoing chief executive. The new president should have time to prepare a budget, an economic report, and draft a state of the union message before Con gress convenes, Eisenhower said. Speaking to an overflow crowd of 280 newsmen two days before he leaves office, the President was in high spirits. "" Tills was -his J93d.- and last. press conference as president. Other news conference highlights: The greatest problem facing President-elect John F. Kennedy will be the intransigent and un reasonable attitude of the Commu nist bloc as demonstrated in Tues day's speech by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Failure to achieve lasting ac cord on arms reduction was a major disappointment in foreign relations. v- . . Kennedy's election was anoth er major disappointment, Eisen hower said. Vast multibillion dollar public works projects do not help spur ident said He favors reconvening the In ternational Control Commission to try and settle the Laos crisis if the present pro-Western govern ment is recognized as legitimate. Eisenhower opened his final news conference by bidding fare well to reporters and comment ing that his relations with the press have been interesting and for the most part, friendly. nedy. But he did say that the transition to a Democratic admin istration was being conducted splendidly. The President said he would be very happy if Congress restored his five-star general rank as some Democratic leaders have already proposed. This, he said, would give him a title to recognize his long mili tary career. Daredevil Divers Stouf Inferior Of Radar Tower said Rear Adm. Allen M. Shinn. who directed the fruitless rescue attempt from aboard the air craft carrier Wasp. , Books Closed On Tragic Fire SAN FRANCISCO (LTD- The1 Town Is Braced For Aftermath Of $2 Million Embezzling Case Lumumba Is Moved ELISABETHVILLE, The Congo (AP The Katanga government announced today that deposed cun nnv inu-a (API Thpi Horfilr w P lvprin. M.i The manawr nf hi.. snvhnanlCong Premier Patrice Lumumba economy ot tnis small -town in president of the bank for 45 years, processing company which dis- northwest Iowa was in a stale of confusion today as the result of a $2-million embezzlement from the Sheldon National Bank. There were payrolls to be met. outstanding checks that seemed could only say up. 1 The bank was closed for liquid ation by the Federal Deposit In surance Corp. after a routine aud Thomas Hotel fire which killed 20I sure to encounter trouble, citizens, 1 j T, "-"""'V' "' -.cu.uy aoe.nv,. B Brl uK ,my .. a,-rirf,nla1lv hvui,h, funds and local business lurncd UP the shorla3e Monday State Bank, was .deluged with re- ex-prem.er arrived Tuesday said night. (quests lor aid in solving money European-oil leered units ol the Officials ol the FDIC were. need. jKatanga police beat the three rherkinff the words of deoosits! Townsnennle had creal Hiffiriil.'prisoncrs unmercifully. Lumumba "I'm all choked tributes products in the Midwest said that his company has "out standing checks all over the country." The only financial institution re and two close associates had been transferred to a jail in Katanga Province because their army con-j fincmcnt near Leopoldville was not considered secure. Swedish U.N. troops at the Elis- 'accidentally set by without funds and local business persons unknown,"rccords in financial disarray. persons was a person or according to a coroners jury. After hearing two and one-half In jail, beyond the reach of per sons seekinz puDlic answers 10 hour of testimony Tuesday thelthe questions of how and why it'which were insured up to $10,000 jury was tumble to reach a defi nite eonclur.ion. The decision presumably closes the book on the Jan. 6 fire at the Mission Street hotel. It also per manently freed Ravmond Gor- all happened, was Burnice Gciger, each. The bank's last statement 58. daughter of the bank president. The U.S. district attorney's of-j fice in Sioux City said Mrs. Gci ger a director and assistant ly believing Mrs. Geigcr embez zled the ba.ik funds. Many whom she had personally aided refused to credit the report. Mrs. Geicer was held at Sioux Bflan, the pensioner who had Becn;cmnezziement A prominent cm generally suspected of starlingjzen. she was known for, her char tht blaze - itable work. on Dec. 31 listed total assets at $1,995,000. The embezzlements were estimated at $2,126,859. The sentiments among business-City on a charge of embezzlement cashier of the bank admitted the men was summarized by the com- for a grand jury set to convene ment of one: "We've heard the'thore Jan. 30. She waived a hear- boom, now wt're waiting for the. ing anjj did not immediately make echo. 1 nan set at iiu.uuu, was reported badly bruised. The Katanga government headed by an arch enemy of Lu mumta, Provincial President Moise Tshombe said the captives weit taken te a place outside Elisabethville. A Swedish source said they were in jail at Jadotvllle. about 60 miles from Elisabethville. Father Charged In Fire Deaths BEDFORD, Que., (AP) Crown prosecutor Claude N'oiseux said he will charge Abel Vosburgh, 63, with murder today in the death of his wife and 11 children, whose bodies were found in their burned shanty home Dec. 29. A coroner's jury Tuesday night found Vosburgh, sole survivor of the fire, criminally responsible. As a crowd of 300 persons milled around outside the hearing room, Vosburgh denied he caused the fire and kept hii family from es caping. NEW YORK (AP (-Daredevil skindivcrs plunged deep into the murky North Atlantic Tuesday night lo penetrate for short dis tancesthe sunken Texas Tower radar station. They found much debris, but no sign of life. Further exploration of the storm-wrecked tower was held up until Vhara hat" deep sea divers c-ould stand by at the' openings to assist divers. , using self-con tained breathing units. . ,' . The skindivers descended 160 feet to the stricken station, which is apparently resting on the ocean noor at a 45-dcgroe angle. WASHINGTON (UPI) - Rem The Navy Tuesday reluctantly is a schedule of major inaugural Inaugural Schedule fs Crowded abandoned all hope of finding any of the tower occupants alive, Dead or missing are the 14 Air Force men and 14 civilian work: crs who were cboard the station when it collapsed Sunday night under pounding seas and gale force winds. Rescuers had been spurred by mysterious tapping sounds from the tower, indicating survivors might be trapped in watertight compartments. "It is now a salvage operation, DRIVER INVITED TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A 53- year-old truck driver who didn't have much interest in politics has been invited to attend the inaugu ration of President-elect John F. Kennedy. Pierce Woods, father of seven children, expressed puzzlement over the engraved invitation he received Tuesday, He said he didn't take part in politic) ! cam paigningnor did he vote In the November elections. "I got to the polls too late," said the Negro, mnB.K tuaiul Itrill nilTiirT . -!.!. .1 U.. C.. D.II..L Lit .: jnnint wmvw wwninnw, i - ii ii i m i v piv.i 7 win , viiw.k , ' ' - - eqent (or Shrine-tpontored Pollack Brother Circus. L a el d Hoyr, circus chairmen, center, and Don Phelps, right. Shrine Club president, alio check it carefully before signing it. The circus it planned for Ag. 8 and 9 of this year at the Klawath County Fairgrounds. events: TODAY , to 8 p.m. Reception for Vice President-elect and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. 6 to 8 p.m. Reception for Con gressional Medal of Honor winners. 8:30 p.m. Inaugural military review at Uline Arena. THURSDAY 8:30 a.m. Breakfast .for Con gressional Medal of Honor winners. 3 to 6 p.m. Reception for state governors and special guests. 7:30 p.m. Dinner and reception given by singer-actor Frank Sinatra. 8 p.m. Inaugural concert at ' Constitution Hall attended by President-elect and Mrs. John F. . Kennedy. 8:45 p.m. Inaugural gala to raise money lor Democrats, star, r rintr Sinnti-n Filial Merman VIU 4-1 -o ".-, M.t.fc. ...a.., una Fitzgerald and other entertainers. Also attended by President-elect and Mrs. Kennedy. i FRIDAY. 11:20 a.m. Kennedy calls at White House to escort President Eisenhower to inaugural ceremonies. Noon Kennedy takes oath of of fice at Capitol. Following Ceremony Lunch for Kennedy and Johnson in old Su preme Court chamber of the Capi tol, given by Congress, Following Ceremony Lunch for- Eisenhower and outgoing Vice President Richard M. Nixou at private club, given by former Commerce Secretary Lewis L. Strauss. S p.m. Inaugural parade from Capitol to White House. 7:15 p.m. Fireworks display and Women's Air Force band con cert at Washington Monument, 9 p.m. Four inaugural balls. Trailer House This advertiser had several calls and sold the trailer. 11 PT. Corvettt frllr houtt. ComoM. ly modtrn. Electric c-rtku, mw condition, TU 4-)ux dovi, TU 2-xxxt tvtnlnet. 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