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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1961)
la The- Weather Klamath Falls and vicinity -Fair' through Saturday. Highi 47-52. Low tonight 17-32. Day's Hews Weather Northern California: Fair today and tonight except cloudy oa cen tral coast and fog in Central Val ley; cloudy Saturday with fog la Central Valley; cooler In Salinai Valley Saturday. Mt. Shasta-Siskiyou area: Fair with little temperature change through Saturday. Herald wA High yesterday 4 Low last night 25 Preclp, last 24 hours none Since Oct. 1 5.32 Same period last year 1.80 By FRANK JENKINS ' John F. Kennedy, who as this is written has just taken the oath of office, is the youngest man ever to be ELECTED President, but not the youngest man ever to SERVE in that high office. Kennedy is 43 years, seven rnce ten tenis n raxes iuvn i ii ru.LS. imr.i.urv, r kiday, JANUARY 20, 1961 Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 65S9 months and 22 days old today. Theodore Roosevelt lacked 43 days of reaching his 43rd birthday when he became President after JleKinley was assassinated. What of Jacqueline Kennedy? She is 31 and in her pictures (he looks even younger than that, But she isn't the youngest mis- tress of the White House. That distinction apparently goes to Frances Folsom Cleveland, who was 22 when she was married to President Grover Cleveland They had five children, the first of whom was born in the White House. Mrs. Cleveland was mar ried the year after she graduated from Wells college. She had had relatively little social experience, but she was equal to the demands of her position. She soon became widely known for her delightful ability as a hostess, and was of immense assistance to her hus band. The American public was deep ly interested in her. she shunned publicity, in which she seems to have been similar to Mrs. Ken nedy. She had little luck, however, in keeping out of the limelight, (or the newspapers of the day followed her every word and action. It is highly probable that Mrs. Kennedy will have the same experience. One of the most distinguished hostesses of the white House was undoubtedly Dolly Madison. She was 22 when she married James Madison, then a wealthy and dis tinguished member of congress. She had already been married and widowed. When Madison became Presi dent Jefferson's secretary of state. the went to Washineton not only to preside over her own home but to act as otticial nosiess at ine White House, as Jefferson was a widower. II was a Deriod of bitter noliti al ctri!0flpK. hut Mrs. Madison's charm and popularity made her home a center of Washington so ciety and a place of refuge from party quarrels. During the bitter wears' nf her husband's Presidency, Dolly Madison's popularity made the social life of the administration nnrl hrilltnnt. glfllHJU j v . When British troops occupied Washington in the summer ot inn the fled, along with other citizens .n.no silver historically price less official papers, and valuables with her. She returned to find only the blackened walls of the White House standing. T:jioiiu rinllv Madison was the first hostess to serve ice cream in the United States. She served the strange foreign dessert . . c 1 nnn at a White House dinner m joira. . immenco CPTlKation. il was on unit-.... ---- The first ice cream is believed to have been made in Italy about -r rTL nnliuoG fllPPA had lOMI JOOV. le uanw. - - used ice from the mountains to cool their drinks. Tney oiscoveieu that ice and salt made a freezing mixture. From mere u was mi' a step to adding milk or cream and the Italians had ice cream. Up and coming Dolly Madison was quick to latch onto it as soon as die read about u. Dolly MadTson was the belle of the first inaugural Dan. men, aa J Ml Ulrxt- row. people poureu mio nasiuug, . r Ua manaiiral reremonies. lun iui tnc ib The first inaugural ball, held in Long's Hotel on March 4, 1809, was a brilliant affair. So many people attended it that the air in u Koiirnnrn Wame unbelievably duffy and they had to smash the windows to provide veniuauuu 4 Bodies Are Found SALINAS, Calif. (AP)-Bodicsl ef four men, their skulls broken, were found in a field Thursday. Undersherifl Carol Joy said au topsies showed that holes were made by an instrument such as a ball-peen hammer. The victims had not bee-i robbed. None of the victims had been Identified. A woman who lives nearby Freeman Arbo. said she saw five men drunk and apparently quarreling at the murder site when she went outside to feed her chickens the night before. The men's bedrolls and empty wine bolt!e.i were strewn about the site, a camping spot for itin erants, authorities said. QL'EEN STARTS TOL'R LONDON (UPD Queen Eliza beth and Prince Philip take off tndav on a 39-dav tour of the Middle and Far East including India and Pakistan, the first any British monarch has paid to these two nations since they achieved Independence in 1947. PLANS FOR A GIANT NEW SHOPPING CENTER moved from the planning to the formation'stage yester day. The James F. Stilwell Company, real estate brokers, announced plans for construction of the big shopping center to begin in late spring or summer. This company is exclusive leasing agent for the center which will be MM Dinaupirated $4 Million Shopping Center Plans Are Announced Proposed plans for a four mil-lbrokers. 517 Main Street. lof Avalon Street. ifirm selected the Klamath Fallsivcstmont. lit is adjacent to the recent Rick lion dollar giant shopping center were unveiled Thursday afternoonlis in the offices of James F. Stil- lies between South Sixth Street well and Company, real estateland Shasta Way along bolh sides 102 Cheat Death In Airliner Crash NEW YORK AP A jet air-. liner crashed Thursday night sec onds after taking off in a wind whipped snowstorm. The huge ship's speed sent it slamming across a highway, clipping an auto and skidding in flames into marsh. Of the 106 persons reported aboard, 102 escaped death, al though at least 26 were injured, several critically. The dead tentatively were iden tified as four of the eight crew members three men and the woman purser. Sixty-one of the 98 passengers aboard the tour- engine airliner are residents of the tin ted Stales. i" The airlinei, a DC8B of Aero- naves de Mexico, went down at 8:25 p.m. It. was bound nonstop for Mexico City. One survivor, G. Terry Sechrist of Farmington, Conn., said the plane got about 50 feet in 'the air, then skimmed down. Other survivors weren't certain if the plane ever got off the ground. Idlewild Airport observers said the $5-million craft had to get aloft to clear a concrete fence at the end of the -runway. The plane did hit a wire fence just beyond the concrete barrier. Sections of the wire fence were enmeshed in the wreckage. The front section of the plane became enveloped in flames. The Civil Aeronautics Board and the Federal Aviation Agency be gan on-the-scene investigations in an attempt to learn the cause of the crash. The one person aboard who might have the answer is Williamlbands and beauties, and even B. Poe, 52. of Miami, Fla. check pilot aboard the plane. But Poe's condition early today at St. seph's Hospital in Queens was scribed as "still critical." Noting that the plane look off! in a blinding snowstorm with winds up to 25 miles per hour, Rep. Steven B. Derounian, R-N.Y.,' said in a statement from Wash ington: "Next week I will introduce some legislation to make it man datory that no takeoff or landings of planes will be allowed unlessi visibility is 2.5 miles and the minimum ceiling Is 2.500 feet." Visibility al the lime of the crash was a quarter of a mile, and the ceiling about 300 feet. Derounian U a member of the House subcommittee on lranspor-j tation and aeronautics. Police tentatively identified the bodies found in the wreckage, as those of Capt Ricardo Gonzales, the pilot; First Officer Antonio Ruiz Bravo; Second Officer Javier iAlvarcz Bacha; and Gloria San jchcx Herrejou, the purser. V The modernistic shopping center planned lor a 30-acre area that When the. plane finally halted, passengers leaped through exit doors and smashed windows and fled in all directions in the sub- freezing temperature. Many were picked up by pass ing motorists and driven back to the airport or taken to hospitals Spectators Bundled Up Cai Pftliirlo WASHINGTON (AP) - Specta tors lined Pennsylvania Avenue today, bundled up against the bit ing cold, to watch the inaugural parade for incoming President John F. Kennedy. Twenty-degree cold and an 8 inch snow failed to dampen spirits as the eariy comers of an expect ed large throng gathered along the historic route and at the Capi tol, scene of the swearing-in cere mony. The' l'j'miii! parade roule from the Capito! to the White House had been cleared, right down to the pavement, by an army of men and a huge array of equipment borrowed from the Army. Democrat, celebrating their re turn to executive power in Wash ington, jubilantly decided against curtailing plans for the colorful parade of men and missiles, Navy PT boat Three thousand workmen Jo-'worked all night in the cold and de-'snow to clear the route. At least 550 snowplows, dump trucks and other removal equipment were mustered. Pastor Admits Firing Churches PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - napusi minister stunned hisshares of Pacific Power for eachj7.00 per ccnl or 6.00 per cent se pdrisnioncrs inursaay ny admit- ting, officers said, that he had burned down two of his churches. He said he didn't know why. Officers booked on arson charg es the Rev. Leonard Rhoads, 44, whose First Southern Baptist Church in Palo Alto was de stroyed by fire Dec. 13. Deputy Dist. Atty. Harry Parker said lhe minister aisn admitted burning down his church at Fontana Nov. 16, 1956. constructed on a 30-acre plat that lies between South Sixth Street and Shasta Way along both sides of Avalon Street. Photo at left shows drawing of shopping center as made by architects Morrison, Howard and Starbuck, Engineer. Center, the plans get a close-up review. Left to right are John Howard, architect; Don Sloan and William S. Curtis, San Francis-' h comolete final nlansJ . ' . r K01' lhe project.- staled that a syn- an investment and' development corporation from the Bay City area, is engineering the new cen ter. Initial plans call for construe lion of more than 200,000 square feet of building, with plans for eventual space exceeding twice that amount. The initial phase of construe-; tion is expected to get underway in late spring or summer. Plans call for a mall-type con struction with five or six large structures grouped around the mall and parking space for about 2.000 cars planned around the per imeter of the area. Curtis indicated that it will be exclusively a retail center, with planning calling for a supermar ket, drugs, variety, department store and other businesses as well as personal service operations and other of this type. He indicated that negotiations were now underway with some firms for space in the center, but that first consideration for space would go to local firms. He also slated that there is still uncommitted space allocation in the center. The James F. Stilwell Company is exclusive leasing agent for the center and is handling all nego tiations. The architectural firm of Mor-' rison, Howard and Starbuck, En gineer, have drawn plans for the center, and will handle this phase of the development. Curtis also said local people would be used as much as pos sible in the construction phase of the center. When queried as to why Iheiabout a four million dollar in- Copco, PP&L Close Deal On Exchange Of Stocks PORTLAND (API Two power! companies today announced they have reached a detailed agree mentmostly covering stock ex changeon their merger. Boards of Directors of Pacific Power & Light Co. and California Oregon Power Co. said special stockholders' meetings will -be held March 14 to approve the, merger. The companies had reached agreement earlier on the ex change of common stock 1.2 COPCO share. Today's announce-jnal ment set the exchange rale of various preferred stocks and au thorized Pacific Power the sur-! viving company in the merger to issue additional shares of stock'of Pacific's $100 par value 5.00 per equal to the number needed for'cent serial preferred slock; and the cxchanne Approval of the merger requires a majority vote of PP&L's shares, including a majority of preferred stock, and a two-thirds majority cific's $100 par value 5.40 per cent of bolh common and prefcrrediserial prefericd alock." area for such a development, Curtis said, "We made a thor ough study ol the Klamath Falls trading ares. We checked such things as per capila income, po tential future growth, traffic pat tern, existing facilities of this type. These factors determined not only the particular area, but also the particular site that we se lected." mTS Curtis also explained, "Business is of a stable nature and the long term outlook appears very good. You might term this a typical American city' since it is grow ing in an orderly manner. "There is a definite need here for a major shopping center, and the , fact that this is a steadily growing community had a big bearing on its selection," he con cluded. Eventual plans call for a sub stantially larger center than will be constructed initially, and Cur tis indicated that the unused land would be developed as future need arises, wun an eye 10 luiure ex pansion of the center rather than the addition of other commercial structures. A complete brochure of Klam ath Falls and adjacent areas as well as detailed studies on popu lation centers, traffic trends and other factors was prepared for the investment group by the Stil well firm. It Is one of the most comprehensive studies of the area yet documented and provided the investing group with much ol me information they needed to en able them to make a decision on this move. A definite figure on the cost of the initial phase of the program of 200,000 square feet of space could not be ascertained, but it was developed that the entire pro gram when completed would be shares of COPCO The merger must then be ap proved by slate regulatory agen cics and the Federal Power Com mission. The announcement had this to say about terms of the preferred stock exchange: 'Holders ol COPCO's $100 par value non-callable seven per cent and six per cent preferred stocks would receive respectively share for share of a new series of Pa cific's (100 par value non-callable preferred slock 'Holders ol COPCO's $100 par value 4.70 per cent series prefer red stock would receive for each share one share of a new scries holders of COPCO's $100 par value 5.10 per cent scries preferred stock would receive for each share one share of a new scries of Pa- James F. Stilwell of the real estate firm handling the negotiations, and William S. Curtis, .representing a syn dicate of investors from the Bay Area. At right, the ac tual site of the new shopping center which will eventually cost four million dollars is examined first-hand. Left to right are John Howard, William S. Curtis and Don Sloan. DD llDp)irTO C(glFOmlfi)y The area of the proposed shop- ping center lies within the con- lines ol the city ot Klamath Falls. Seach Will Mead bca! Merchant Bob Beach of Beach's jewelers was elected president ol the Klamath Merchants Association and Frank Bogalay of Bogatay's shoe store was elected vice presi- dent, at a meeting of the group Thursday afternoon at the Chuck Wagon restaurant. ' . . BOB BEACH . . . heads merchants I Membership of the association will ballot by mail to elect a five man executive committee to com plete the governing group. The five will be elected from 10 nom inees. The 10 are Chuck Burman of Scars, Jim Parks of Newber ry's, Larry Whytal of Whytal's, Rod Bell of Bell's Hardware, Gene Favell of Gene's Men's Store, Don Radkc of Weisfield's, Dick Hicks of Market Basket, Bob Got shall of Wards, Lowell Jones of Jones' Office Supply and Noel Flynn of Pay Less Drug. The group voted to sponsor a retail sales clinic for store per sonnel in conjunction with the Oregon Retailers Association and University of Oregon. Timing and details for the five-week course will bo worked out soon with the university. Vern Owens present ed the plan. Planning for a Fourth of July parade was assigned to a com mittee of Jim Parks, chairman; Frank Hales and Lew Wayburn by Beach Spring opening promotion was assigned to Harry Glcsin, chair man; Gene Favell, Larry Why tal and Walt Kcnnett, with in structions to report back al the next merchants meeting. Customer parking plans were reported by Charlie Schuss, Lew Wayburn, Greer Drew, Al Hat- tan and Noel Flynn ot the Park and Shop Corporation, "We want to build this into a city-wide parking plan for Iittmntowt merchants with all fall's housing development, and less than a block from the newly 'built Lucile O Neil School .stores participating," Schuss said. A meeting of the original 40 signers of the Park and Shop agreement will be scheduled for next week for the purpose of electing directors and officers for operation and promotion of the parking plan, Beach announced 'Runaway' Is Blamed WASHINGTON (AP) - The Atomic Energy Commission has established that the explosion of an atomic reactor in Idaho Jan. 3 was caused by an accidental "run away" reaction. The explosion was nothing like an atomic bomb blast, but three men were killed and the reactor chamber still cannot be ' entered because of radiation danger. The AEC announcement Thurs day said technicians are striving to devise a way of remotely looking into the reactor room and the reactor vessel." Special television cameras and other equipment have been brought from the AEC's Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Los Alamas, N. M. laboratories. "It is hoped," the AEC said, 'that this equipment will enable detcrminaiion of the status of the reactor, especially the water level and condition of the fuel elements and controi rods which are as sumed to have been disarranged by the explosion." Once the reactor slalus Is del inltely established, action can be taken safely and with certainty to remove the possibility of further criticality, if such possibility ex ists." Criticallty means the possi bility of a further chain reaction 'Georgia Moon Is Quite Legal ALBANY. Ga. (AP) - Georgia has a booming new industry legal moonshine. Viking Distillery of Albany re cently added a new beverage to! its line, Georgia moon, a corn liquor guaranteed to be less than ,10 days old. Bottled in a replica of a quart fruit jar traditional moonshine container lhe 90 proof whisky is' distilled to meet government spe cifications. Sid Witlcn. Viking vice prcsl dent, said it took him three years to get federal government approv al to market the gimmick moon shine. Local retailers are being given first opportunity for space in the shopping center which will have parking space for about 2,000 cars and be built in a naall-type, arrangement. Appeals To Reds For Peace WASHINGTON (AP) Kennedy became president an eloquent plea for the Communists to join him in a quest for peace lest all humanity be destroyed. At the cold, windswept, snow-covered Capitol the old order left and the new Kennedy, at 43 the youngest elected president in our history, took the oath as the nation's 35th chief exe cutive from Chief Justice Earl Warren at 12:51 p.m. :? The simple, impressive ceremony look -bat mo ment, and Kennedy immediately plunged into the world problems that will occupy the next four years. The President began hisi inaugural address with a vow that this nation would remain strong. "Let every nation know," he said, "whether it wish us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hard ship, support any friend or oppose any foe in order to assure the sur vival and success of liherty." , He never mentioned the Com munists by name when he said: To those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not, a pledge but a re quest: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction un leashed by science engulf all hu manity in planned or accidental self-destruction." Nearly all the notables in the nation were here governors, sen ators, representatives, Supreme Court justices. A few, including former President Herbert Hoover, were kept away by Thursday night's snowstorm. , But ex-President Harry S. Tru man was on the inaugural stand, beaming to see a Democrat take over the White House again' after eight years of Republican rule, And Dwtght D. Eisenhower, at 70 the oldest president in U.S. his tory, listened quietly as his youth ful successor confidently said; "Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this century. tempered by war, disciplined by a cold and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage and unwill ing to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today." There was no immediate expla nation, but Kennedy, who had ar rived at the Capitol early, did not come on to the inaugural stand until 12:12 p. m., or 12 minutes late. Even then the program wasn't ready to begin, and there was considerable milling about on the platform, Eisenhower and Kennedy didn t seem to mind. They chatted ami ably and at times energetically. Neither smiled much Mostly, Kennedy listened soberly, squint ing into the sunlight made ex ceptionally bright by the snow, The program finally got under way 20 minutes late, There were the prayers from leaders of four faiths, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Quest A deadly serious John F. today in deadly times with came in. most of his thoughts during " : Greek Orthodox. . There was the stirring, martial music, the singing, and, curiously, there even was comedy. At the most inappropriate moment. Dur ing the invocation by Archbishop Richard Cardinal Cushing smoke poured from the lectern. Whatev er the origin of the ire, it was quickly extinguished. Cardinal Cushing was undisturbed. A flit ting smile crossed even Kenne dy's face. PRISIDINT KENNEDY ' Finally, came the point ot all this proceedings, taking the oaths. Lyndon B. Johnson's turn came first. The tall . Texan, who had such' high hopes of being presi dent himself, was sworn in as vice president by his old friend, fellow Texan and political coach, House Speaker Sam Rayburn at 12:41 p.m. , Kennedy slipped out of a topcoat protecting him against the 22-de-grce weather and stepped for ward. Facing Chief Justice Warren, and speaking in a loud, clear voice, he repeated his oath to up- - hold the Constitution and took on the awesome job of leadership. When he finished the oath, ne turned to now ex-President Eisen hower and smiled broadly. Eisen hower smiled back and they shook hands. "t Kennedy delivered his speech with the finger-pointing, hand chopping gestures which became so familiar during the political campaign. "I do not shrink tram this re. sponsibility I welcome K," be said. There were scattered cries ef "Jack!" as the crowd Interrupts! Kennedy during Us
