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O Weather Ml. ShajU-Sisldjou Cloudy and cooler through Thursday, o Northern California Cloudy Io north and fair In central area through Thursday. Cooler in coast al valleys and north Interior. 111 Tift- G--Hif)jrv DOC'JIiSKTS DIV. Day's to traiS ami Klamath Falls and vicinity Snow showers and partial clear ing tonight. Partly cloudy Thurs day. Lows J0-J5. Highs M-S5. High yesterday M Low last night 29 E I'recip. last 24 hours .no Since Oct. 1 1.76 Same period last year .59 Price Tea Cents 20 Pages KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER I. 1961 Telephone TU 4-0111 No. R86 J Umfmm lmkm Mmdm C5 o o mi rushed By FRANK JENKINS For days the Russians have been exploding whopper bombs up in the icy regions of Ihe Arctic Circle, and they have us all pret ty badly worked up. Even if they don't drop any bombs on us, we incline to think, they'll poison the air with fallout to the point where we'll all be goners anyway. It gives us the shivers to think of it. What to do about it? Well, we're holding a confer ence. The conference is in Wash ington. It is sponsored by t h e Public Health Service, and health officials from all SO states are in attendance. Its purpose is to study what might be done in case radio activity should reach harmful lev els. The conference Is closed to the press, but in discussions with newsmen the health officials urge citizens not to let their fear of fallout lead to drastic actions. For instance, a Public Health Service spokesman says, it would likely do more harm than good to change babies' diets because of fallout fright. v He added that mothers who switch their children to powdered milk because of fear of radioac tive iodine in fresh milk might1 endanger the children's health by the sudden change of diet. That raises a question: How bad would fallout have to get before radioactive iodine would become dangerous enough to warrant abandonment of milk as a basic diet for children? Well, at Geneva, in Switzerland, an international radiation confer ence is studying this same ques tion. A day or so ago. Dr. Aus tin M. Bines, director of biological and medical research at the Ar gonne. Illinois, National Labora tory (where much of the early research on Ihe atom bomb was done) provided an answer. He told the scientists assem bled at Geneva that the Russians would have to explode a 50-meg-stnn bomb EVERY TWO OR THREE DAi'S FOR A YEAR be fore the radioactive iodine in milk became dangerous. So- We don't need to get TOO bad ly worried yet. i Scientists in gcncral..,say..that all the nuclear shots that have EVER BEEN FIRED have pro duced meaning in distant areas, not in the IMMEDIATE neighbor hood of fne shots only a fraction of the amount of radiation fallout that would be considered serious . In fact, the scientists say, the radiation caused in the United States by the present Soviet test series is considerably less than people would have absorbed any way through natural processes even if there had ftevr been any nuclear tests. So much from Washington and Geneva. Let's hear now from San Francisco: "Scientists here will soon be gin work on an anti-radiation PILL to be taken immediately after a nuclear attack. The newly organized Institute of Chemical Biology at the University of San Francisco will be the center for the studies. "Dr. Arthur Furst, director of the institute, said the anti-radiation pill it will attempt to devel op would eliminate radioactive elements in the body or reduce the poison to a SAFE level." Don't laugh. Don't scoff. . Remember that science then NOWHERE NEAR as far ad vanced as it is now conquei ed the Black Plague that once terri fied the world even worse than radioactive fallout now does. V-H-0-0 SAID THERE AREN'T spooks and toirilt eb-oad All Hallows Eve, the night of Oct. 31? Anyone at home, on foot, in traffic lastnight, found Halloween tieat or trick goblins, recro. Indians and Jaoanete airs and f oarful-faced un- kmejms traveling singlPand doorbells and thought s on all 48 Bie in Airliner Commies End Confab; Smnort l( MOSCOW AP The Soviet Communist party ended its 22nd congress Tuesday night with en dorsement of Premier Khrush chev's 20-year plan to transform the Soviet Union into the world's greatest industrial power with the world's highest standard of living. The resolution approved by the 4,400 wildly applauding delegates rang down the curtain on the eight-day session that also (1) un derlined policy differences be tween Khrushchev and Commu nist China's leaders, 2 brought Albania near to expulsion from the Soviet bloc, (3) branded Stalin as a mass murderer and took his body out of the hallowed Lenin tomb on Red Square, and (4) completed the disgrace of V. M Molotov, Georgi Malenkov and La zar Kaganovich. Khrushchev, reelected to he a d the most powerful Communist party in the world, promised a horn ol plenty under communism, which he described as "the most influential political force of our time. Legal Work For Hospital Authorized Authorization to incorporate hospital unit was announced by Rev. Robert Groves, chairman of the Presbyterian Hospital Commit tee, and pastor of First Presby terian Church. The Klamath Falls law firm of Ganong & Ganong will proceed with the necessary legal action, Rev. Groves said. The Klamath County Chamber of Commerce hospital steering committee, headed by Dr. E. E. Howard, has been asked to submit a list of at least seven names as nominees to the 15-man board con templated for the hospital. Groves said. Eight of the board mem bers will come from the Presby tery, he added. As soon as board members are named, they will elect officers, in cluding a president, vice presi dent, secretary and treasurer. Any member of the board can be elected to the officer positions, Reverend Groves explained.- First Presbyterian Church here has undertaken completion of or ganizing a new hospital for the community, following a chamber of commerce study indicating that the need for imDrnved and extend. led hospital facilities exists. in rtnbeit about streets an I the goodies that small folks RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil smashed into a hillside and burned in a Recife suburb today and an airline spokesman said 48 of the 85 per sons aboard perished. He said 35 of the 76 crew of nine survived. There were no U.S. citizens aboard, the airline said The plane, a Panair do Brasil DC7 was en route from Lisbon, Portugal, and was coming in for a stop at Recife, on the northwest coast of Brazil, before making its final scheduled stop here. The two crewmen who and a stewardess. The plane was making its landing approach when it hit the hilltop near the Recife airport. Witnesses said two explosions occurred before the plane hit the hill and burst into flames. UN Presses U.S. To Abandon Test UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (API The United States was under mounting pressure in the United Nations today to call off plans for any new nuclear weapons tests as support grew for an appeal to the big powers to agree to a voluntary test moratorium. The appeal appeared certain of General Assembly approval. But the United Stales has served no tice it may resume test explosions in the atmosphere to counter the Soviet tests. The U.S. delegation announced Tuesday it would vote against the moratorium appeal since fl makes' no provision for effective conuols. A number of pro-Western states. from Latin America and Scandi navia declared their support for the moratorium call sponsored by India and other nonaligned na lions. They declared it was up to both sides to stop testing. Japan aimed a direct appeal at the Americans to call off any test plans. Chief delegate Katsuo Oka- French Fire On Moslems ALGIERS (API French troops and police battled Moslem rioters across Algeria today, and a gov ernment spokesman reported about 30 Moslems had been killed and 60 wounded by noon. Moslems throughout the North African territory heeded a call from the rebel government in Tu-I nis and took to the streets de manding independence on the sev enth anniversary of the start of the bloody Algerian rebellion. The Moslems ignored orders from the French government .to stay at home. The government spokesman gave no report of any European casualties. He said that seven Moslems were killed in Algiers and a score wounded. cuntr roads with eyes on love. Thu year there was (AP) A Brazilian airliner passengers and two of the escaped were the purser zaki denounced the Soviet Union for triggering its 50-mcgaton bomb but declared, "another show of high statesmanship is now de manded of the United Slates." We are aware of another dan ger, an endless chain of nuclear tests," Okazaki said, "Such a competition would also accelerate the armaments race and threaten the future of mankind." TheUnited States anticipated several weeks ago that it would be put in a ticklish spot by the Indian-sponsored moratorium de mand. U.S. delegate Arthur Dean accused the Russians of timing their tests so they could announce adherence to a moratorium after they finished testing. Prime Minister Harold Macmil- lan pledged Britain's support of any U.S. testing to maintain the nuclear balance of power between the West and the U.S.S.R. The other members of the North At lantic Alliance are expected to go along, but it was most unlikely the Western powers could muster enough support tn defeat the mor atorium appeal. Elsewhere in the United Na tions: Pakistan delegate Khwaja Sar- war Hasan proposed a world oil embargo on South Africa as a means of forcing South Africa to abandon its white supremacy pol icy. Milk Men Quit Union CINCINNATI, Ohio AP -Members of the independent Milk and Dairy Drivei-s Union have voted 1,664 to 12 lo quit the Team sters Union and join the AFL-CIO The secret balloting Tuesclpv was supervised by the National Labor Relations Board. The voting followed a rebellion led by James T. Luken against the Teamster led by James R. Hoffa. no c!ti!l wind nor mow on the qround Mid more.child.-ln took part in the old tradition of celebrating Halloween than in many yean. Left to right, ef OTI, were Donnie Hen ccMoft, Debr-t Ann Cordial, Denny Henderson, with big cigar; Donn Woods, left, end brother "Wink," J90 Hillside, wfr treated b' Mrs. Paul Landry, 33 1 Pacific Terrace; Roy Johr.-.on, 1 946 Menianita, hid behindcdTored gleisei and goetae; Bob Baqett, 88 o Crash Death-Ray Bomb Goal Of Blasts NEW YORK (AP)-The imme diate goal of the United States in any resumption of nuclear tests would be development of a fantas tic neutron death-ray bomb, ac cording to published reports. The New York Daily New s quot ed an unidentified Washington of ficial as saying: "It's a safe as sumption that we will be testing the neutron bomb very soon." The New York Journal-Ameri can reported it had learned the death-ray bomb "is the prime goal in the resumption of nuclear tests by Ihe United Stales, and not an other H-bomb." The neutron bomb was de scribed as producing death with out destruction by blasting out un seen, unfelt neutrons that could penetrate three feet of concrete. It could wipe out the populations of entire cities without major damage to the cities themselves. Essentially, the difference be tween neutrons and other types ol radiation is that they peneuale man-made structures and kill ani mal and human life inside without leaving the building or nearby ground saturated with Ihe casualty-producing contamination. There was no immediate com ment from the White House, Pen-' logon and other sources in Wash ington on the report."1 ' Cohen Back In Prison LOS ANGELES (UPD - Dap per Mickey Cohen was back in jail today, this time on murder and conspiracy to murder charges returned in a secret grand jury indictment. Four other persons also were named in the indictment in con nection with the fatal shooting of Jack I The Enforcer) Whalen in a Sherman Oaks, Calif., restau rant in 1959. The four were Sam Frank Lo- cigno, 40, George Piscitelle, 30, Roger Leonard, 42. and Joe De Carlo, 37, former manager of Co hen's onetime fiancee, stripper Candy Barr, currently in prison in Texas on a narcotics charge. Leonard, in Philadelphia, film ing the television program "Route 66." was arrcsled there Tuesday night. The writer and producer was arrested at University Hospital where he was visiting his wife, Blanche, who became ill earlier in the day. Locigno, arraigned Tuesday on Ihe charge, currently awaits re trial on the same charge. A judge set Nov. 14 for Locigno to enter a pica. I L.I REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL ' : . ' " - . V , ' ' H if Paul Revere Panel ;- ; ; r.J PAUL REVERE PANEL A capacity crowd turned out at the Winema Wednesday morninq to hear three visiting Congressmen discussing the shortcomings of the present administration. In this view of the head table, left to right, are Robert Da vis, State Republican chairman; Rep. John Anderson, Illinois; Rep. Charles Goodell, New York; Ben Adair, County Central Committee chairman; State Representative Carrol Howe at microphone; Rep. Robert Griffin, Michigan, and State Representa tive George Plitcraft. Klamath Falls was the first stop in Oregon for the Paul Revere panel. Panel Scores Lack Of Leadership; Calls Leaders 'New Deal Retreads' By FLOYD L. WYNNE A militant note of constructive criticism of the current admin istration was struck by three Re publican Congressmen, speak ing lo a capacity breakfast audi ence at the Winema Wednesday morning. . . . . " All three Congressmen docu mented the fact that President John Kennedy had not lived up to the many promises, "220. as one Congressman listed them, made during his. campaign, but, on the contrary, had done just the op posite in many instances. The individual talks dwelt on domestic affairs and their han dling by the administration asl well as .foreign affairs. All plead cd (or a firm, decisive lcadershipi by the President, and stated that "the people are leading the Presi dent ralhor lhan the President leading the people." Speaking here on the first of a series of Oregon meetings were Representatives John B. Ander son, Illinois; Charles Goodell of New York, and Robert Griffin of Michigan. Rep. Griffin opened llie discus-i sion by saying, "We'll be criti cized for daring to criticize the administration, but if there were no criticism, (here would soon be Fallout Cloud Path Charted WASHINGTON (API The Weather Bureau estimated today that the radioactive cloud Horn Russia's massive bomb explosion Monday will pass over Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula tonight. Fallout expert Robert Lisl said he expects the cloud to cross over the Aleutian Island chain Thurs day and reach Alaska later in the day. .dictatorship." He cited the wordsion the so-called New Frontier. the (hen-candidate John hen- iiluj wut:n ne iumtu iu una charge of criticizing the adminis tration during times of tension. "We all applauded President! Kennedy on Jan. 20 when he asked us to sacrifice," 1 Griffin said, 'land since then some of us have sacrificed by being called back into service, but instead of moving forward, the administra tion expanded its cradle to the grave philosophy, and we have in reality been marching backward Orbit Try Fails As Scout i Rocket Explodes In Air CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. AP A Blue Scout rocket spiralcd craziiy out of control and explod ed in flight today shortly after it was launched in an eflort to orbit a satellite to test the worldwide1 U.S. man-in-spacc tracking pro gram. The 75-foot projectile rose fromi its pad at 10:. 10 a.m. and it was apparent almost immediately something was wrong as the rock et lurched violently from side to side. The aulo pilot system tried val iantly to put the Blue Scout on the proper course, but about 20 seconds after liftoif the vehicle spun out of control aifd blew apart. Pieces ol the broken rocket tumbled back harmlessly to earth. There was no immcdiale word on what went wrong. The National Aeronautics and Space Administralion announced that the rocket deviated from its planned path and was destroyed by Ihe range safely officer. '42? Shasji Way, had armfuls of babies with ion, Mark, and daughter, Vickl, who had "scary" treat bags, and Gary Buchholz eyes "contribution" left at hit hom, scary near Dags, and oary oucnnon eyes contribution lett at hit homo. 2340 Garden Avenue. Similar streamers festooned many trees nd chimneys around, town Wednesday morning, ' Griflin pointed out that Amer- ica is uie mosi aent-rmaen na- tion in the world. "As a matter of fact," he told the group, "our national debt is more than all the other nations of the world's debts combined He scored tita administration's spending, pointing out that a budg eted surplus under Eisenhower Isj becoming a huge deficit under. Kennedy. Estimates of he deli- (Continued oa Page 4-A) Despite the failure, an official reported it would not delay an at tempt scheduled later this month lo launch a , chimpanzee into a three-times-around-the-world or bit. The chimp launching is the last scheduled Project Mercury flight before an astronaut is lofted in orbit, hopefully in December or January. Chris Kraft, Mercury flight di rector, said data which would have been gained from today's shot "was desirable but not man datory." He added that presently there are no plans to repeat today's launching. Officials wanted to determine just how swiftly the farflung 18 stations in the tracking network can relay information from an or biting object to the Mercury con trol center at Cape Canaveral Speed. is necessary if split-second decisions are to be made which could save a spaceman's life In case something goes wrong on manned flights. Town Razed By Storm; Two Killed MIAMI, Fla. (AP) - The first relief plane landed safely at Be lize today with food and medicine for the hurricane-battered British Honduras capital. Capl. Dean Rickcr, pilot of the Tan Airlines mercy flight which took off from Miami, reported from the air that the Central American seaport "appeared to be 50 to 75 per cent destroyed" by rampaging Hurricane Hattie. The message was relayed to Mi ami' via Honduras. The British frigate Trowbridge, was expected to reach the strick en city today and so were two United States destroyers which had been cruising off Honduras. Tan Airlines Miami office said its airplane was placed at the dis posal of the governor of British Honduras to fly injury victims to , hospitals in Guatemala and Hon duras if advisable. Most of sea-level Belize's inhab itants apparently fled to higher ground before Hattie, the season's eighth tropical storm. Hung 9 to 10 feet of water into the city. ine Mate Department said It had received no word from U.S. diplomats : stationed in Belize. They were identified as Consul Richard Geppert and Vice Consul Richard Connelly, Both have their wives with them and each family is said lo have a baby. Rockwood Foster, West Indies desk officer at the State Depart ment, said Uie Consulate was in a two-story wooden building less lhan 50 yards from the shore. He said the lower floor was used as an office and the upper as living , Suarters for the U.S., official fam-ies. The State Department under stood that the two U.S. destroy ers sent to the stricken Honduras capital arrived about midnight and sent small boats Into the city, : but no reports had been received by the department on what was found. Hal Holler, operator of radio station HR3HH for the Standard Fruit Co. at La Cieba, Honduras, said only two known casualties had been reported but that Belize, with 31,000 population, was vir tually destroyed. The government radio station and tha tower at the air field were smashed, Holler, reported. but a police emergency radio was in operation. - - "The damage Is appalling," said a radio message from the gover- -nor of the crown colony. "Hurricane Hattie struck Belize with great severity. Damage to property Is devastating. The sea invaded Uie town to depths of 9 to 10 feet," he said In an apical for help intercepted by a ham radio operator. It was reported that 30,000 Be lize residents had been evacuated. The Mexican consul in Belize sent a plea for aid in a message relayed by the - Mcxicana de Aviacion radio facilities in Mcrida, Yucatan. Mexico's minis ter of health and welfare put his staff on an emergency basis and ordered supplies and medical per: sonnel sent into the ravaged area,' 0
