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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1961)
East Reels As Storm Vents Fury NEW YORK (AP) A crippling blizzard generated by two big snowstorms that joined forces over the At lantic coastline brought a mounting toll of deaths and misery today and slowed travel to a crawl. The storm toll across the country reached 46 Satur day morning. For most of the eastern sea board it was the third major storm in six weeks. It came on the heels of a deep freeze that br.oke records in many areas. In some places, heating oil sup plies were running low, and deliv eries were held up by heavy snows. Residents shivered in homes and apartments. . In Yonkers, a New York City suburb, 20 persons were found Saturday in a While Plains-New York bus which stalled in the snow at 10 o'clock Friday night. Emergency crews could not reach it for hours. As snow depth in New York City reached 13 inches during the morning, the temperature rose to 32 degrees. It was the first time in 16 days that the mercury had; climbed that high. The previous record of 15 subfreezing days was set in 1880. From the Carolinas to Maine, deep snows from earlier storms mounted as the two weather pat- terns one moving up along the Eastern coast, the other east from the Ohio Valley joined here. New York's big Idlewild and La Guardia airports were closed. Trains continued to run, but some times hours late. A stretch of the New Jersey Turnpike was closed by drifting snow. Other parkways were open, but police pleaded with motorists to stay home. Snowplows fought a losing battle against the heavy fall and drifts on city streets and suburban roans. Weather Klamath Falls and vicinity Mostly cloudy with showers in the hills today. Highs 43-47, Lows 30-33. High yesterday Low last night Precip. last 24 hours Since Oct. 1 Same period last year U.0?'0RE.ilBRARr" KE9SPAPER SECTION GEN.REF.AND DOCUJISHTS CIV. EUSEaE.OSEtt, core. Weather Northern California Mostly (air Sunday but a few showers likely extreme north portion and fog or low clouds In many Central Val ley and Coastal Valley areas. Mt. Shasta-Siskiyou area Vari able cloudiness Sunday with a few scattered light showers low levels and a few snow flurries high lev els. Little change in tempera- 2.39 1 , ; -. , . w... m. , irit-iiHJlir m -flii CSO. onili tuitrs. r Russians Orbit 7 -Ton Sputnik; flSk w.rM Use Improved locket in Lofting SSfV. t k' tj, vr.M. . A GROUP OF MEXICAN engineers and technicians arrived in Klamath Falls Friday afternoon to .observe pipe-laying operations by the H. C. Price Co. The 16-man group is in the United States to gather information prior to beglnninq several pipe line projects in Mexico. The two men shakina hends in the middle of h nirtum aro Two fdlkd. Two Injured As Cars Collide Head-on WEED Two persons werejbound and the Washington car killed and two others were scri-was headed in the opposite di ously injured in a grinding two-irection before the accident. car collision Friday at about 5:501 Mrs. Mazzoni was matron-clerk Octavio Ruil, loft, superintendent and Joe Eakin. office manager for ot cons.rucvion H. C. Prire Co. for Pemex Pe;ro!eos Mexicanos, Airman Gets Acquittal On Charge Linwood A. Thomas, 26-year-old Kingsley Field airman, was ac quitted by a circuit court jury in Klamath Falls Friday night of charges he robbed Goldy's Cash Grocery on Shasta Way Jan. 15, The verdict came in at 10:10' p.m., three hours and 27 minutes after the jury began deliberations. The vote was 11 to one for ac ... quittal. No further witnesses took the stand as the trial closed on Fri day. The defense motioned for a Sixteen Mexican engineers and directed verdict of innocent in i technicians arrived in Klamath p.m. on Highway 99 a mile south of Gazelle. One of the dead was Mrs. Pe ter Mazzoni, 37, of Weed, driver of one of the cars. Floyd Holeton. 61, of Bremerton, Wash., was the other victim. He was the drivei; of the other car. Iniured were passengers in the Mazzoni car. Mrs. Lewis Gon zales, 22, and Donald Freeze, 20, Both were taken to Yrcka Gen eral Hospital. Mrs. Gonzales was reported in -critical condition with head injuries and Freeze reported ly suffered a broken back. It took about 20 minutes to free Mrs. Gonzales from the wreck age. She was still unconscious Saturday. Holeton was also pinned his car which carried no-pas sengers, ine ocaa woman was thrown from her car and was found about five feet from the rear wheel. Freeze managed to got out of the car and was on his feet when officers arrived. He told officers the last tiling he remembered was the other car approaching in the at the Siskiyou County sheriff's office in Yrcka. Freeze is also employed at the sheriff's office returning to their homes in Weed after work. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Mazzoni is survived by a daugh ter. Linda, 12, and a 22-month-old son, Mark; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Lumpkin of Weed, OFFICIALS OF THRtE p.pe-layinq companies in two countries are shown here dis cussing the itinerary of a 16-man Mexican group here to observe American pipe-laying methods. Bill Blake, third from left, resident engineer for Bechtel Corporation, discusses an itinerary with Octavio Ruil, third from right, superintendent of construc tion for the Mexican government petroleum company, Pemex Petroleos Mexicanos. Joe Eakin, second from right, office manager for H. C. Price Co., looks on with other Mexican engineers. Mexican Engineers Taking Tour Of Gas Pipeline Laying Project and is the son-in-law of Sheriff, and two brother Al Pnll.-ir v r'.nivQlfc k om. Unlnlnn ic c,i,.,Mnl K t,.,A nnc plovcd by the Yrcka law firm of Floyd W. of' St. Louis. Mo., and'""" -as determined the sputnik Tohho nJ rn,.i ti, u,o sii-Lviu-,,,-,1 c,...-,m. I Wils an orbit that carried it MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet Union launched a sputnik weighing more than seven tons Saturday, Tass said. The Soviet news agency said the earth satellite was launched in conformity with Soviet plans for perfecting space ships of increased weight and that it was hurled into the skies "by means of an improved multistage rock et." The weight of the new sputnik was given as 6,483 kilograms, approximately 14,262.6 pounds. No mention was made of any!' animal, plant or other life sent aloft. The Tass statement said the ra dio controlling system installed in the fourth space ship sputnik ex porimcnt functioned normally and New School Dedicated In Friday Ceremonies The sleek new Falcon Heights I Engineer; Mrs. Isabelle Brix- Elemcntary School was dedicated jner, county elementary schools' Friday evening with music, cere monies and talks by high-ranking Air Force officers. The program featured a con- supervisor; L. W. Netzer and Paul Fairclo. members of t h el county school board; Hay Hun saker. superintendent of city cert by the polished 573rd AiriSdls, and Clark, Cummings and Force Band from Hamilton FicldjEd Wcrlz, representing the Cum- and a friendly, informal address by Maj. Gen. Von R. Shores, commander of the 25tli Air Di vision, McChord Air Force Base. He was introduced by Col. Ru- wrong lane and Mrs. Mazzoni try-! port- C. Welch, commander of the ing to avoid a collision Skidmarks tended to confirm Freezc's statement. After the ac cident both cars were straddling the center line and pointed south east. The Mazzoni car was aouth- the morning and Judge David R. Vandenberg denied the motion early in the afternoon. Defense Attorney Freeman C. Murray made, the motion for a directed verdict of acquittal on the grounds that sufficient evi dence of fear was not shown by the state. Thomas had been charged specifically with "rob Falls Friday afternoon on the first leg of a tour of American pipe laying projects. Tlw group from the Mexican government-owned petroleum com pany, Pemex Petroleos Mexican- crating methods will be particu larly helpful in the future con struction of a pipeline that will span Mexico from' Reynosa in the cast to Mcxicali in the west. The 16 men touring the United States include petroleum, civil, particular area so that he can train other men upon his return. Reds Agree To Delay At Geneva 40tlth Fighter Group at Kingsley Field, a unit of the 25Ui. The general distinguished him self as a fighter pilot during World War II and after lor the British, U.S.. and Brazilian air forces and as an administrator His ability might be indicated by his youth. He appears only a shade older Ulan some of tlie men flying interceptors at King sley Field. j General Shores congratulated! csidents of the Klamath Basin; for cooperating with the Air Force; in providing fine educational fa cilities. I I speak more tonight as a parent than a military man," he. WASHINGTON (AP) Kussialsaid. It is best that children of mings Construction Company of Grants Pass. Capt. Jefferson E. Davis Jr. Kingsley Field chaplain, delivered the benediction. Browor introduced his staff. Teachers at Falcon HeighLs are Mary Jo Berg and Jcanctte Jack son, first grade; Marilyn Jen nings and Aura Mitchell, second I grade; Eldonna Clark and Mar (Continued on Page 3-A) Auto firms idle 80,000 In Layoffs Saturday agreed to President Ken nedv's request for a six - week delay in resumption of the nu clear test ban talks in Geneva U. S. Ambassador Llewellyn ri'l l,.,.,r,rl o nnlo in !. . j ,. j i Moscow telling of the Russians mechanical, construction a n d. Corporation, and is scheduled to fly to Mad ras Monday to watch pipe coat ing operations there. In Madras, they will be guests of the Bechtel j os, was greeted at the airport by officials of H. C. Price Company bery by putting in fear not being and the Bechtel Corporation. Price armed with a dangerous weapon. is in charge of pipe-laying opera- Judge Vandenberg, in making his lions in California, Idaho and ruling, sam u question . icai Wa,hifnn th Alherta.Cali fornia Natural Gas Pipeline. 'nI D The Mexican group spent Dill PUbbcb Saturday observing H. C. Price' pipe-laying crews working about 20 miles south of Tulclake. They will be gathering knowledge to chemical engineers. Ea c h man Other Mexican officials included has been instructed by the govern- Hugo Rosalcs, chief of the dc ment to observe carefully in his parlment of construction, and Ma 'rio A. Camacho, technical assis- telling agreement. The Soviet govern ment was to make the text public later in the day. Thompson reported lmmeiliate- v to the Slate Department. Olti ... . M Washmcton on was one wmcn snouid ngnt u y Be,. . , decided by the jury. After closing arguments the case went to the jury at 6:43 p.m. The trial started Monday morn ing. Tha rlnfancp havwt ile dpfanco mainly on witnesses who testified! aPply on similar ProJccts in thcir as to Thomas' whereabouts at the country. lime of the robbery. Thcir tcsti- .Boat Speed cials there said the tone of the note was civil and that it was rel atively brief less than 300 words. A first reading indicated no So viet effort to use the note as a tant to Ruiz. . -urhir-le tor nrnn.in.-inrla. Joe Eakin, office manager, andi There had been some puzzle- Jim Bruce, a .clerk, welcomed ment here over why the Russians cs the life of every one of us. I the Mexicans on behalf of H. C. had not replied earlier to putting Public schools have served to civilians ann nir force i.um v. DETROIT (AP) - Some 80.000 go to seliooi togciier, ne anncu.aulo worke.s acraM , natjon "Your cniltiren nave mucn iowi be jnled M fl resut of oner ours ana ours nave mucn du(.tion cuts 0.dered b auto mflk j to offer yours." He spoke of the need for cx-i cellent school facilities "during this battle for men's minds." "Our security and freedom have been advanced measurably by our activities here tonight," he con cluded. Principal Erwin Browor accept ed the keys to the building from Carrol Howe, state legislator and former county superintendent of schools. "Public education is our great; unifier," Said Brower. "It touch Price Company. Bill Blake, resi- off the talks until March 21 pony was that Thomas couM not dent engineer; Dan Wilson, weld ing engineer; Frank Bernard, ma terials engineer; L. K. Schumak er. riant of wav aeent. and H. E. tne senate a mil mat woum give van Heusen. land supervisor, rcp-lwith agreement lo start again me siaie marine ooarci auinoniy rcsenled Bechtel Corporation atiFcb. 7 SALEM 'API - The Oregon House Friday passed and sent to The test ban conference, which has been held on and off in Swit zerland for more than two years bring together people of every walk of life, Brower explained. Ceremonies followed the band concert. The Rev. George Mur- Octavio Ruiz, spokesman ( o r the group and a superintendent of to set motor boat speed limits. The law also would require the was committed. id there Doart' ' usc uniform navigation are plentiful natural gas fields in the airport Friday. For many of the visitors, it was their, first trip to the United t II ...I L. Ul '..nnrl.lr.tinn (nf Dnmav c Thomas showed little cmotionlsouthern Mexico. Several projects ic.u ,.,.. F.-.tM k when the verdict was announced, have recently been completed, he . but he thanked each of the said, and still others are in the jurors as they left the box. 'planning stage. ; The defense case was consider-! jsuiz said information gained nbly shorter than the state's argu ments. Both Thomas and his wife took the witness stand to recount his movements on the evening of Jan. 5. Thomas said he- left the Kingsley Field NCO Club shortly after 4 p m. and went to Falcon Heights, the hase housing area such tilings as swimming, water pipelines, they were interested in snow and skiing. was recessed early in Dcccmbcrjphy of St. Pius X Catholic Church delivered the invocation. An hon or guard from Kingsley Field pre sented national and state flags. Dr. Cliff Robinson, county su- Al his Jan. 25 news conference. Kennedy announced he wanted time to study the whole U.S. pol-pcrintcndcnt of schools, presented icy on this issue and was seeking; guests. They were Murdo Morri a delay in the negotiations until son, representing Morrison and late March. Howard. Architects, and Starbuck. crs to bring output into line with swollen slocks of unsold loot mod el cars. American Motors Corp. ordered a layoff of 20,000 workers in Wis consin plants this week. In ad dition. Ward's Automotive Re ports said Ford will lay off 13,-1 500 assembly line workers this week at Dearborn, Kunsas City and St. Louis. The trade paper said Ford would lay off men at engine fac tories in Cleveland and Lima, Ohio. However, a Ford spokes man in Cleveland said he under stood a one-week layoff at Cleve land plants scheduled next week has been postponed. . In Michigan, where uncmploy-l ment was estimated at 320.OOO as of Jan. 15, an increase of 80,000 since a monl.i earlier, Genera! Motors said it would idle aboulj .'13,000 workers beginning Feb. 13. GM said it also planned layoffsl of 12,000 more outside Michigan for a total of 45,1100 workers laid otf. I 203.1 miles from the earth at its highest point and 138.5 miles at. its lowest. The orbit inclination was given as B4 degrees 57 minutes. "The measurements of the sput nik orbit are close to the calculat ed ones and the scientific-technical tasks set in launching the sputnik have been accomplished," Tass said. The Russians launched what they called their first space ship last May 15. a test for launching the space ship last Aug. 19 that had the space dogs Bclka and Strclka aboard. They were brought back alive after 24 hours aloft, Tass reported then. The first space ship launching last May did not have any ani mal life aboard. Soviet scientists explained then that its object was to determine whether the ship, or1 capsule, could be separated from its vehicle on a given earth signal for a planned return and recov ery. The Soviet scientists said the experiment then would test cal culations for later launching.";. such as the ones that took dogs into outer space. Last Dee. 1 another Soviet sat ellite, a 5-ton affair carrying two dogs, was launched, First word of the launching did not say whether there was any form of life aboard, "In accordance with the plan for the creation and development of space ships of increased weight," Tass said, "the launch ing of a heavy artificial earth satellite was carried out in the U.S.S.R. on 4lh February. 1861, with help of an improved multi stage rocket. The weight of the satellite, without the weight of the last stage of the carrier rocket, is 6,483 kilograms. "A radio-tclemetric system for the control of the parameters of the elements of the design and equipment for trajectory meas urements has been installed in the satellite. The whole system of apparatus on board the satellite functioned normally while it was being put into orbit and during its further movement along the orbit." . Boys Save 81-Year-Old PORTLAND !AP) - Two year-old youths rescued an year-old man from a liamiiiS building Saturday. Firemen said Robert Benjamin and Ted Becseckor, both' of Port land, were driving in Southeast The dogs, Portland when they saw flames Pschclka and Mushka, perished coming from windows of a two- when the space ship shot off story house used for storage by course in the recovery attempt, Bennett and Williams Co. and burned up in outer space. They rushed next door, firemen The previous Soviet expert- said, roused the occupants, and menls were described as pretest- turned in an alarm. When in- ing space vehicles for manned flight. The most recent U.S. test for manned flighVas Hie launching Jan. 31 of the 2,4110-pound space capsule that carried Ham, a chim panzee, 15 miles into space for a 420-mile flight at 5,000 miles per Hour. The new Soviet satellite is the largest man-made object ever put into orbit around the earth. formed that Andrew Anderson, 81, lived in the basement of the burn ing house, Benjamin and Bee- seeker forced their way into the building. They found Anderson trying to grope his way out of the buiming: and led him to safety. Then they broke windows in two of the com pany's panel trucks parked be side the house, and moved them away from the flames. Fourteen Feared uried In Slide MOUL1NS-SOUS-FLERON, Bel gium (AP) More than a dozen victims were believed entombed Saturday beneath a flood of cin ders from a huge slug heap that! weakened under heavy rains and! spilled into this tiny village Fri day night. A snowstorm swept over lownj before dawn, and with daylight, the avalanche of cinders looked like a giant sand dung colored elephant gray. The town is in Bel gium s coal mining district near here concerning cold weather op- Pheasant Comes In For Dinner, But He's Served Kgit Sir y " a .He testified that he worked onifJUr ne S OerVeO Kf V"1 l J : i, TJf$i 6 ri5t tl FVt . '"JW , fihe heater in his car from ap- ' .S il f i M 2T, ' TiPvfeL ' ' he was arrested, sho.tly after. djd fc vt'V - "ii.V .4WvAi fUsJT' ll P ' ,7; P'm- c, ........ . urdav morning a. the Lawrence Wl$ZkT t T'ZJ H WFjilV . ' S home at 824A Kincheloe Avenue pneasam tame n-m VJ'Sft-f " , .. , - n''1t, CV ' i ti 1,' ''') V , and at Sam's Corner, a Srocery'hrough a bedroom w.ndow and f , . T.-'AZ'- - K- JLl V f IJ ' V"' , 'v ' , V ' ndga, stalion on the Old M,d- budded against the wall, star U . ' "J ,1 ,YZ l V5 f i I I ' V' 7 ' ' "-.!-' land Road near Falcon Heights. tlmS the late-sleeping Redden chil " '. 'Xm ; "'1. 1 1 & 1 ! i'- ''K. , "?-'.; I ' Mrs. Thelma Thomas said she'dren into wakelulness. 1.11 T1 " 'l" 2v ' f I t I',, ' ' ,'VS l had'seen her husband's car in Redden, a glass company em I7- "'J Ut S ' ' - U. , S, " 'VJ?1'? r 1 A t '. "Jk ' x- ' . 'p. the driveway two or Uiree times that night. Murray finished his examina ploye. hurried home to replace the shattered pane while Mrs. Redden swept up broken glass in PROGRESS EUI'.DS PROSPERITY in the .'Cometh Basin. tion of Tnomas ny asxing mm ine ocaroom. aining room ana ana ine rypc or p-oqreit jne oatm ns meoe in agricui- point blsnk whether he attempted kitchen and wondered whether to tuie is clearly shown in these two photoqraphs. At left is iput the bird on the dinner or a view of the way potatoes were dug in the earlv days. (Continued on Page 1-A) Isuppcr menu. (gj I This view is termed "Digging Spuds on' Altemont Ranch." No identification available on the individuals of th,i early day scene. At right, th modern way of gathering the po tato croo the mechanized way. The story of the prog ress of the Klamath Basin is clearly told in story and picture sm in the soecial Progress edition of th Herald and Nows schodu.efl for Sunday, Feb. 26. Make certain of your coo cs ordering now from your news boy or from the Circulation Department at the Herald and News. Liege, located near some of Eu rope's oldest mines. Officials estimated the death toll at 14 and a local police offi cer said: "Let's hope we are not overly optimistic." About six homes were swamped and 10 bad ly damaged. A butcher's shop was cut in half. The., local doctor's house was pushed 10 yards by the crushing mass before it was finally swamped. A rescue worker ges tured over the expanse of cinders and said: "It will be nothing but a tomb." Friday night a load of cinders from a nearby electric power plant was being piled at the top of the hill which looms over the small knot of houses along the road from Fleron to JupiUe. A huge section of the big heap broke loose. It rolled down a long slope and across the road, finally com ing to res', against a small hill. King Badouin and Queen Fa biola toured the village. Rescuers wielding picks and shovels attacked the rubble with renewed vigor when noises were reported coming from one buried house. But tlicn Interior Minister Rene Lefebvre, who hud rushed to the scene, said there was little hope for the missing. This nibble is so thin, he said, "that, it must have pene trated everywhere." The 300-loot-lngli rubble heap, weakened by heavy ruins, col lapsed with terrifying speed and crashed through the town. One witnas said It traveled "faster than t man running." O
