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NSfSPAPU lerrrn- W. 2 csni ait. ! The- Day's News " By FRANK JENKINS Signs of the times: ' In a bill just Introduced, the California legislature U asked to appropriate half million dollars for a financial feasibility study of another bridge over the Golden, Gate. The bill alleges that the present one is insufficient. Hmmmmmmmm, It is highly probable that by the time a second bridge can be built it too will be insufficient to handle the traffic. The big problem these days , especially in the neighborhood of the nation's huge cities is how to find room enough for people to move around. Down in the Bay Area, a 60-year-old grandmother is found guilty of conspiring to murder her former son-in-law. She was ac cused of soliciting young man to do the job. , She is bewildered by the ver dict. She says she was competing In a short story contest and thought she could GET MATERI AL by bracing her prospect to do the murder and then listen tog to him talk! - Unfortunately, he took it seri ously. t Former Portuguese Army Cap tain Henrique Galvao, who with his buddies captured the Portu guese luxury cruise liner Santa Maria, is still playing tag with the navies of the world. It's perhaps characteristic of his exploit (and perhaps of the times in which we live) that he can't stay away from the mike. He keeps talking on the ship's radio. Seizure of the Santa Maria, he savs this morning to all and sun dry who will listen, is an act of revolt against Premier Oliveira Salazar, who has ruled Portugal for 30 years. He calls the ship's seizure a "legitimate act of ap propriation," and asks Britain and the United States to keep HANDS OFF. He proclaims: "We are not pi rates. We are engaged in politi cal war. This is OUR business not the business of the U.S. and Britain. We are not stealing any thing or hurting anybody." It's a weird world we're living in, mates. Chairman Defends Hatfield SALEM (AP) Chairman Jo aeph Harvey Jr. of the Oregon Welfare Commission said today the commission is part of the ex ecutive branch of government and should be responsive to the governor. Hatfield has called the com mission inefficient and asked for She resignation of four of its seven members. Hatfield also said he was determined to move the commission offices from Port land to Salem. , . There has been a torrent of comment from legislators. Mem bers of the Democratic majority are split on the issue. Republi cans seem to side with the gov ernor. Harvey said he felt new ad ministrative personnel and more careful consideration of the budg et by commission members had resulted in more accurate lore- casting for the coming biennium He said as a result he did notii,, orbit expect the commission to ask for deficiency appropriation lor tne next biennium as u nad tor tne last one and for this one. Wild Tricycle Rider, 3, Gets His Father Sued STEPHENVILLE, Tex. (API- Eddie Jones, 3, w as described as "a reckless and incompetent tri cycle operator" in a $50,000 dam age suit in district court Tues day. The petition, filed by Homer Wolfe against Eddie's father, Ed Jones, alleges that Wolfe s wile, Bertha, was employed as a maid in Jones' home when she was Struck by a tricycle last Aug. 26. The petition alleges she suffered stensive injuries and mental an suish. "Little Eddie, who was on his tricycle, gathered a full head of , steam and without a warning yel: ef any nature propelled his tri cycle with great force into the body of Bertha Wolfe while her back was turned," the pennon charged. The plaintiff contends that the senior Jones knew that his son "was a reckless and incompetent operator of the tricycle. Weather Klamath Falls aad vicinity Variable cloudiness but mostly cloudy (Might aad Thursday. High 4M0. low tonight 22-34, High yesterday 47 Low but light - 21 Precip. last U hours Mae Since Oct. 1 1.34 Same period last year 1.M SENIOR CITIZEN AWARD candidates picked this week by the Klamath Junior Cham ber of Commerce are, from left, Wilbur Womar, Rots Ragland and Arnold Gralapp. Candidates must be 36 years of age or over Sixteen House Republicans In Push To Cut State Budget By SALEM (AP)-Sixteen of the 29 House Republicans have joined the campaign to lop $10 million off Republican Gov. Mark O. Hat field's budget, Rep. Robert L. Elfstrom, R-Salcm, said today. Elfstrom said the 16, plus seven of the 31 Democrats, have signed his bill to use $10 million of the $40 million surplus to pay off that 'Stations In Space' Step Taken WASHINGTON (AP)-The Unit ed States takes its first tentative step today toward creation of cos mic filling stations . for . space ships. In time, a series of these space platforms could become manned refueling points and wayside Inns for astronauts bound on trips of exploration around the solar sys temand possibly beyond, Initially the problem is to find out whether such filling stations can be put together and how. There is no thought of putting men on them for some time. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced! today that a $100,000 contract to study the problems involved had been let by the George C. Mar shall Space Flight Center at Huntsville, Ala., to the Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif. Under the contract,- Lockheed is to study the feasibility of send ing two satellites into orbit and then hooking them together while! they are whirling through space at 18,000 miles an hour! If the Lockheed study indicates that the experiment is technically possible, then NASA will give it a try, using the Thor-Agena B and the Atlas-Agena-B missile and satellite combinations. NASA said there was no time table for such an experiment. It will depend on the Lockheed study and the availability of funds. If the experiment is successful, a NASA spokesman said, .huge space ships also could be boosted in sections and then assembled for jn deep space probes. PS). FIRE ': - aw - i j. jy r A NEW SLATE OP OFFICERS was installed at the annual mooting ef tha Camp Firo Girlt held at tha First Proibytorian Church Tuesday night. .Mrs. Robert I. Smith, far right, regional representative and past preiidont, was the installing officer. Now of ficials, left to right, are Mrs. G. W. Nalson, president; Mrs. Vado Kirby, secretary; Mrs. Guy Barker, vico president, and Herey Denham, second vico president. A spe cial award for past lervieo was made to Frank Draw, outgoing president. Price Tea Ceaia !4 Paget much of the state debt. This would force a reduction of the budget by the same amount, Elfstrom said. Elfstrom's announcement appar ently means the governor will run into trouble within his own party in trying to sell his $359 million budget to the legislature. Answering Hatfield's statement that Elfstrom's move is "politi cal," and that there is no fat in the budget, Elfstrom said: I am convinced there is some fat in the budget. The fact that it is balanced almost exactly w ith estimated revenues shows there must be some fat. If the revenues had been $10 million less, then the governor would have balanced at that point still with no in creased taxes." Asked where he thought the cuts might be made, Elfstrom said he wants to see state salaries in creased. But he said cuts can be made in other areas. He said his bill probably would go to the Joint Ways and Means Committee, and lay there until the committee completes its budget study, . Elfstrom now is soliciting sup port from Senate Republicans. He is one of the leading legis lators, having been GOP leader in the House two years ago. He de clined reelection to that post be cause of health. His bill would turn the $10 mil lion over to state Treasurer How ard C. Belton, who could either use it to make immediate pay ments on the state debt, or invest1 in short term securities if that would be more profitable. Belton Jias advocated that the entire $40 million surplus be used for debt retirement. The House Taxation Committee got its teeth into the major part of its tax program today w'ltn a hearing on the bill to levy a cig arette tax of three cents a pack age. The bill is part of a package prepared by the Legislative Inter im Committee oh Taxation. HOSPITAL MEETING An important meeting of the Community Hospital Committee is scheduled for tonight at 7:30 at Fremont Auditorium. All member of the com mittee and others interested are invited to attend. 5 $10 Million The cigarette tax would be coupled with a bill to reduce in come tax rates. Hatfield, however, cave a strong I hint that he would veto a cigar ette tax bill. He said he is op posed to any increased taxes, and that the cigarette tax falls into that category, Reporters To Question JFK Tonight WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi dent Kennedy tonight holds his first news conference since taking office. It will be a precedent-set ting session on live television and radio. The U.S. Information Agency will provide special worldwide coverage, broadcasting recordings of the conference, - to reach peak listening hours overseas. The new President's question and answer meeting with news men will be carried nationwide on all major U.S. networks start ing at 6 p.m. EST. ' How long the conference lasts will be determined, the White House has said, in the traditional manner by the senior wire serv ice reporter when he decides it's time to end the session. Kennedy's press secretary, Pi erre Salinger, said the networks have indicated they, intend to broadcast the entire conference this first time, no matter how long it lasts. Newsmen are certain to seek the views of Kennedy, sworn into office only last Friday, oh a wide variety of problems confronting the new administration. They include dealing with the Communist threat to the free world, the business slump at! home, mounting unemployment, the disturbing flow of gold out of the United Stales, expected revi sion of the Eisenhower regime's! spending plans and enactment by Congress of legislative proposals Kennedy backed during the cam paign.. In one major respect the formu la at Kennedy news conferences will be the same as it has been since 1933 when President Frank lin D. Roosevelt put the sessions on a wide open basis. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY IS. 1961 Jaycees Name Candidates For Senior Citizen Award Arnold Gralapp, Ross Ragland and Wilbur W. Womer have becnGuidance Clinic, Salvation Army named candidates lor the second annual Senior Citizen Award to be presented duiing the Klamath Junior Chamber of Commerce awaius uauqut-i ui (Yituiituii '' - ion High School's cafeteria Thurs day night. Candidates will be judged on basis of. community service, church activity and business or professional attainment. J Gralapp was superintendent of city schools fioin 1941 through July 1 of last year, when he retired. He has since been adviser to the new superintendent. Ray Hunsaker. He is preparing a verv com prehensive study of board poli cies for both llie elementary and high school boards of education, that is already receiving statewide attention. He is now or has been a mem. ber or officer of the Oregon Edu cation Association, the National Education Association, the advis ory committee to the president of Southern Oregon College, the su- Perintcndents association, OEA the board of directors, OEA; the GENE FAVEU. Pick FavelK As Candidate Gene Favell is the latest addi tion to the list of candidates for the Distinguished Service Award offered annually to a young man in the Klamath Basin by the Klamath Junior Chamber of Com merce. ' Jaycees had picked Favell as a candidate for the Senior Citizen Award, but embarrassedly admit- I I I -i ,U C 11 ...... -JAn leu laid uiai raven uiiuci 36 years of age and too young to qualify. Faveil's community service ac tivities here might be classed as fabulous. He was among a hand ful of organizers of the city's first Little League baseball teams. He was president of Kiwanis Club last year when that organi zation sponsored formation of Key Club for high school youth at Klamath Union High School, Cir cle K Club for college men at Oregon Technical Institute and Linkville Kiwanis Club, all of which received their charters during unprecedented ceremonies recenty. For that feat, the local club! (Continued an Page 4-A) First Woman Is Named White House Physician WASHINGTON (UPI)-Dr. Jan et G. Travell, a silver-haired lady doctor considered a medical "gen ius" by President Kennedy, has been chosen White House physi cian the first woman ever to hold the post. Dr. Travell's appointment as of ficial guardian of Kennedy's health was expected to be an nounced soon. She will be the first civilian White House doctor since the Harding administration, breaking a long line of military physicians. The mother of two married daughters will succeed farmering athletic injuries, will give up President Dwight D. Eisenhower's White House doctor, Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder. Kennedy credits the robust, Wish Dr. Travell with being largely responsible for curing the back ailment which plagued him for years and put him on crutches at one point. Discovers "Short" Lrg The woman doctor discovered that Kenaedy's left leg was slight ly shorter than his right leg. plac ing an added strain on his back. Klamath Advisory Board Child board and others. Gralapp was one of a small group that spearheaded formation nf flrflnnn T-hmrnl lntttitnll. jere He is active in Boy Scout work and is holder of the Silver Rea ver award highest offered to adults in scouting. He is a mem ber of the Presbyterian Church. Masons. United Fund. Community Concert Association, Red Cross. Rotary Club. Knife and Fork Club and American Legion. Ragland's activities are various and incredibly numerous. He is called on frequently to reach tough goals and he is noted for his organizational ability. in 11)60 and 1961 alone. Rag- land is or has been a mem ber of the national board of Chris tian education for the United Presbyterian Church of the U.S. chairman of the Christian Educa tion Committee of the Presby tery of Southwest Oregon, presi dent d the Community Council and of the Community Concert Association, president ' of the Klamath Council of Churches, member of the YMCA board of di rectors, serving his second term as secretary; head of the Automo tive Division, United Fund, and first to go over his quota; member of the Red Cross board of direc tors, chairman of the chamber of commerce National Affairs Com mittee, member of Rotary Club and active in school affairs and functions of Peace Memorial Pres byterian Church. Ragland is this year's YMCA roundup boss. Womer has been social secur ity manager in Klamath Falls since 1939. He is an active mem ber of the Methodist Church here, He is superintendent of Sunday school, member of the official board, a lay delegate to the an nual church conference and member of the Methodist Men's Club. , . Womer is president of the Inter- Agency Council, meeting month ly; a member of the Child Wel fare Committee in Klamath Coun ty and of tlie Klamath Falls Cred it Union, board of directors. He has been active in Klamath County United Fund drives last year as assistant chairman. He has been YMCA roundup boss and is a leader in various Y activities. Womer was responsible for much' of the process of getting a -new social security office built here. He was a member of the com mittee to organize a Golden Age Club here that has since become very active and successful. YOT W IIHICP To Get Parole TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) The former mayor of Warner' Robins, Ga., who won re-election while in federal prison here, will be released on parole March 31. Kemp A. Harrison, 49, won a second four-year term as mayor of the middle Georgia city in a November election despite the fact he had started serving a fed eral sentence of a year and a day for bank fraud conspiracy. A state court denied efforts In oust him, but Harrison resigned Jan. 16 giving poor health as the reason. She prescribed a quarter-inch lift in the heel of his left shoe. Dr. Travell and Dr. Eugene J. Cohen examined Kennedy recent ly and issued a statement on In auguration Day pronouncing the new President's health as "excel lent." At the request of the Secret Service, Dr. Travell accompanied Kennedy on several trips aflcr the November election. She has treated Kennedy and members of his family for the past six years. Giving Up Practice Dr. Travell, an expert in treat her practice in New York City, started in 1926, to become White House physician. She will be as sisted in her new post by a mili tary doctor, who has not yet been named. The doctor and her husband, John Powell, an investment coun selor, share Kennedy's love for sports. They are particularly fond ,of swimming and tennis. Dr. Travell was graduated from the Cornell University Medical School. Telephone Tribe Land Discussion Slated Here J. Herbert Stone of Portland, regional forester for the forest service, and members of his staff will be in Klamath Falls Jan. 31 to discuss future organization and management of Klamath Indian (orcst lands. . A public meeting will be con ducted at the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce office be ginning at 2 p.m. Under terms ot tne hlamain In dian Forest Termination Act, 525,-j 700 acres of Klamath Indian land will become national forest land AorU 1. The forest service has neon studying possible ways in which to fit the land into its system of multiple-use management em- cloved on all forest service land The public meeting here and meetings at Lakeview and Med- fofd will afford the regional for ester opportunity to review this study with residents ot tne soum- em Oregon area. The regional forester will soon forward his recommendations to 15r. Richard E. McArdle, forest tscrvice chief in Washington, D.C The meeting here will be soon- sored- by the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce Commit tee on Forestry. George Callison chamber manager, emphasizes that anyone Interested Is invited to the meeting. . Parrnll Brown, supervisor of Rogue River National Forest, will be present, and Clayton Weaver, Fremont National Forest super visor, is exoected to come. Their forests may be affected by the outcome of forest service decisions concerning the Klamath Indian lands. Government To Review Power Study PORTLAND (AP)-The Depart ment of Interior wants to take an other look at figures on the need for early development of hydro electric power on the Middle Snake River, the Bonneville Pow er Administration said Tuesday. The Federal Power Commission has been asked to return to In tcrior some testimony and reports on future power requirements pre pared by Bernard Goldhammer ot Bonneville, the BPA said. The FPC now Is considering whether it should approve con struction of High Mountain Sheep Dam by Pacific Northwest Power Co. or Nez Perce Dam by a public utility group or hold off on both projects. Former Under Secretary of In terior Elmer Bennett earlier took the position that the new Canadi ans. S. treaty for upper Colum bia Basin development meant im mediate power needs would be taken care of sufficiently to per mit delay of Snake River develop ment until fish passage problems over high dams could be solved. Both PNP and the public utility groups disagreed with that view. Marilyn Wins MXICO UlVOICG EL PASO. Tex. (APi-Adrcss Marilyn Monroe won a Mexican divorce from Arthur Miller, play wright and novelist, at Juarez Tuesday. The 34-year-old blonde, whose name has become synonomous with sex appeal, filed for the di vorce Friday, charging incompat ibility of character. Court officials said the decree will not be valid until Thursday. 1 With (Eespgiv ri TU 4-8111 No. 6593 By SAUL SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico closed in today on the reported position of a mystery ship in tropical Atlantic waters and Portuguese authori ties said the captive liner Santa Maria has been located. American confirmation of this was lacking, with Navy men saying they will located until it has been sighted and identified. But the Portuguese seemed convinced that the vessel trailed by monitoring of its radio is the Santa Maria. Rear Adm. Sarmento Rodrigues declared in Lisbon the liner "will be sighted within a few hours." . What happens when the sighting ' is finally made remains a ques-" of " M Passengers ashora tion. for the revolutionary com- J Port glades. Fla.. Tues. mandef of the Santa Maria says f twinngine Neptuws of nn U'lll iwrm I nn inlnrfot-jnr.A and - - the responsibility for any attack will rest on the attackers. Henrique Malta Galvao, who SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP- The hijacked liner Saata Maria was reported today to he heading Into the Atlantic toward Africa. The Danish merchant ship VI- beke Gulwa advised the U.S. Navy that H had lighted the Por tuguese ship in an area MO-MO miles east of Trinidad, a British Island off the South American coast. Three U.S. Navy planes were dispatched to the area, aad two! U.S. destroyer were alerted for possible action. The Navy said Its primary concern was the welfare of the passengers, amoag them 3S Americans. The Santa Maria had announced its Intention ot heading (or a neu tral 'port to disembark the pas seagers, Suck a port mUM to found aa too west coast of Africa. The nearest landfall a Africa would be 1,00a or more miles from the point where tha Santa Maria was reported sighted today. seized the ship, messaged a no surrender proclamation to tha Co lumbia Broadcasting System in New York. Without referring to a report at the outset that he intended to scut tle the vessel if there was inter ference, he said: "If we are followed by Portu guese or foreign ships wetwill not surrender, nor will we stop.". - Galvao, said "wo will shortly find a neutral port" where pas sengers will be put ashore safely. He didn't say where. The Portuguesa frigate Pedro Escobar put to sea and a standby order went out to all Portuguese naval commands in the West Af rican 1 colony of Angola, the Azores, the Cape Verde Islands and Mozambique all areas con trolled from Lisbon. The 20. 06-ton liner was seized Sunday byienemies of the Salazar regime in Portugal. At the time the vessel was between Venezuela and Florida, on a course to set t: IT. COL. JOHN tKlCKaori, divisional commander or tno uregon ana aournorn mono wmsion or rno joitstish Army, seated right, was present for tha annual dinner. . report meeting ef tha Salvation Army loard af Directors at tha Wineme Hotal Tuesday night, Jan. 24. Seated a loft is T. S. Durment, board president. Standing it M M. Lewis Kendoll, in charge of Selvetian Army htaekva ten. (See Story en Page 4 - Weather Northera California . Cloudy through Thursday except rain oa coast today aad shower In ex treme north tonight: saow . la mountains which may continue hi far north Thursday. Alt. Shasta-Siskiyou area Show, era and snow today and tonight with snow level dropping to 4,500 ' feet tonight; cloudy Thursday; warmer tonight. PETT (AP) U.S. Navy planes not consider the Santa Maria the U.S. Navy circled over a 100- mile radius centered 400 miles due east of Guadeloupe, a French possession in the Leeward Islands. They were following a radio fix. method by which monitoring stations compare notes to deter mine the location of a transmitter through triangulation. ' Portugal's navy gave approxi mately the same position. They said the Santa Maria was located 550 miles cast of the Windward Islands, southern neighbors of the Leewards. Dissidents Will Refuse To Give Up MEW YORK (AP-The loader of Portuguese dissidents whs) seized the cruise liner Santa Ma rla, radioed to the Columbia Broadcasting System today that tha vessel would not bo surren dered to either Portuguesa or for eign ships. . ' If we are followed by Portu guese or foreign ships we will not - ...Mi ... : J the message from Henrique Gal vao. "Wo place responsibility of at tackers, whoever attacks, against the ship." The latter assertion evidently meant that anyone seeking to in terfere with tha vessel would bo held responsible for the deed. . . Several American and British craft . are - pursuing the Santa Maria.- " A U.S. Navy spokesman in Puer to Rico said American craft had orders to stop and search the liner only if they apprehend her on the high seas. A Portuguese Vessel has put to sea frdm Lisbon in an effort to intercept th Santa Maria, and parts of the Portuguesa navy have been ordered on standby basis A). (H r TV- ... . 4 J
