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" 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.
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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.
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$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-
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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.
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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
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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
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