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By FRANK JENKINS
Last night, on the stroke of mid
night, Old Man 1962 his hair and
his beard long and white, his face
wrinkled, his eyes dim. his shoul
ders stooped stepped out of
the present and entered the limbo
of the years that are past.
A moment later his little face
plump and pink and wreathed in
a smile, his eyes bright and snap
ping, his chin smooth and on his
head as yet no hair to speak of,
but from crown of his little pate
to the tip of his pink toes radial
- jng vim and vigor and enthusiasm
Young 1963 stepped out on the
etage and was welcomed with
wild enthusiasm.
And so there came to pass
last night a thing that has been
going on for countless centuries
The historians have no accurate
record of when it began.
We call it New Year's Eve.
Even the earliest of the ancient
nations had customs that cele
brated New Year's Day. The Chi
nese, the Egyptian, the Jewish
the Roman and the Mohammedan
years all began at different times.
But the first day of each year
was marked with elaborate cere
monies. Thousands of years ago,
the Egyptians celebrated the New
Year about the middle of June
This was the time when the river
Nile usually overflowed its banks
. In ancient Rome, the first day
of the year was given over to
honoring Janus, the god of gates
and doors and of beginnings and
endings. It was Janus who gave
to our first month of the year its
name. Janus had two faces, and
looked both ahead and backward
. On the first day of the year
the Roman people looked back
ward to what had happened dur
ing the past year, and thought of
what the coming year might
bring.
As we do, they were Inclined
to think of the old year as some
thing that had been pretty rough
and that they were glad to be rid
of, and to the new year as some
thing bright and fresh and won
derful. In thr new year, all the mis
takes they had made in the old
year were to be rectified, so thai
life in the new yerr might be
everything that it should be.
That brings up our custom
(which we practice with our lin
gers crossed i of making resolu
tions to correct faults and bad
habits, and resolving to make the
new year better than the old year
had been.
How did that get started?
It came from the ancient Eng
lish custom of cleaning the chim
neys on New Year's Day. This
was supposed to bring Rood luck
to the household. Today we say
"cleaning the slate" instead of
cleaning the chimney. But the
idea is the same.
Following another ancient Eng
lish custom. English husbands
gave their wives money on New
Sear's Day to buy enough pins
for the whole year. This custom
disappeared in the 1800s, when
machines were developed to make
pins, thus reducing their cost.
The term "pin money" survives,
as referring to small amounts
o spending money.
What of 196.1?
Well, the long record of his
tory tells us that in all probability
it will be JUST WHAT WE MAKE
IT.
r.nnd vears don't just happen
They are MADE to happen. That
is the lesson the past hands down
to us.
Dick Powell
Said Weaker
HOLLYWOOD il'Pl' - Cancer
stricken actor-producer Dick Pow
ell was reported under heavy se
Ait, inrlav and mowing weaker
but there were no immediate
plans to move him to a hospital
4 family spokesman said com
plications required the heavy se
dation. Powell. .18. and his w'le. actress
June Allyson. and their two chil
dren recently moved from their
nrinu Beverly Hills, Calif..
home to an apartment on Wil
shire Boulevard.
Th. veteran star was hospital
Ired in September for cobalt
treatment of maliinanctes newer
d in his chest and lymph glands
The spokesman said the treat
ment was effective But lat
month Powell was hospitalized
.-am horause of back trouble
The spokesman reported the
hrk trouble first was diagnosed
as muse! pari- but later the
rjrjjbil,;y arose it might be an
ft .t malignancy.
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Mew England Digs
Out Of Snow Piles
BANGOR, Maine IUPD Men
and machines continued a giant
task today of digging out north
ern New England from an arctic
born blizzard which piled snow to
rooftops and plunged the mer
cury far below the zero mark.
Three Howland men. long over
due on an ice-fishing trip, were
the object of a w idespread search
early today in an isolated area
near Endless Lake.
Conservation officials and a
helicopter from Dow Air Force
Base searched a 2o-mile radius
late Monday and p'anned to re
sume the hunt today.
A Maine couple and their two
children were stranded in a small
camp seven miles south of Lin
coln. State police said George E.
Allen and his family were cut off
without food.
An attempt to airlift them to
safety was planned today.
Hit Hardest
The paralyzing storm, packing
wind gusts up to 90 miles per
Arctic Blast
Hits Britain
LONDON il'Pl' New snows
isolated much of England today
as Europe's worst winter siege in
vears continued into the new
vcar.
Across the English Channel, the
Continent sloshed into the ninth
day of a bitter storm that has
killed at least 6,9 persons so lar.
For London and the rest ol
Britain, the new year was ush
ered in by more snow, freezing
slush and blustery winds. The
torm isolated hundreds of vil-i
lases in western and southern
Eneland behind 20-foot drifts.
The storm did not stop more
than 1.00 Londoners from mass
ing in Trafalgar square to sing
"Auld Lane Syne" and to engage
in one of this city's favorite out
door sports bathing in the
square's two huge fountains.
The new snows came exactly
one year to the night since Brit
ain's last big snowfall, a blizzard
that tied the nation into knots on
New Year's Eve last year.
In (he western counties of
Devon and Cornwall, several
towns were cut off. except by air.
from the outside world and foodi
was reported growing scarce
Helicopters whirred across the
snowfields bringing in fond and
taking sick persons 'f hospitals
Price Ten Cents 24 Paget
hour, was hardest felt in north
ern and central Maine where
snow depths of 39 to 44 inches
were recorded.
The surprise blizzard was de
scribed as the worst of its kind
in modern times. More than 2,000
persons were stranded and three
storm-attributed deaths were re
ported. Gov. John H. Reed declared a
state of emergency as every avail
able piece of snow-f ghting equip
ment was pressed into use.
Twelve hours after the storm1
was over and the sun peered
through the clouds, state and lo
cal police assisted by Air Force
helicopters were still searching
for motorists marooned in their
cars.
Cars Block Roads
Police said the hundreds of
abandoned cars made road clear
ing difficult. Power and telephone
lines were still down in several
sections of the state today.
Fifty-foot snow drifts buried
Bangor, a city of 50.000.
Impact from the blizzard was
felt in northern New Hampshire
and Vermont where too much
snow prevented skiers from using
tki slopes.
Southern New England escaped
the snow, but the bitter arctic air
sent temperatures to S to 10 be
low zero.
Fire Claims
5 Children
READING. Pa. (CPU Five
children, including twin sisters.
"lurned to death today when fire
swept a 2'i story frame and
tone home near here.
The dead were identified by po
lice as Jean and Jane Schwartz,
twins. 12: their sisters. Cindy. 5
and Carol, 3, and a brother, Wil
liam, 10.
Another Schvartz child, Nelson
17. managed lo escape over I
roof to safety. Another sister.
Cheila. 13. was at the borne of a
grandparent.
State police said the parents
Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Schwartz,
were away from the home in Ex
eter Twp. when the hlaze was
discovered ahout 3 a m. EST. The
couple and Nelson were admitted
to St. Joseph's Hospital here for
treatment of shock.
The cause of the fire was not
immediately determined.
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West Told
'Hands Off
China Spat
MOSCOW (UPI) Soviet Pre
mier Nikita S. Khrushchev, in a
half-peaceful, half-bellicose New'
Year's toast, warned the West1
today to stay out of his spat with
Communist China.
The premier also said the Cu
ban crisis proved that the Soviet
army should be given "new mod
ern weapons." He did not elabor
ate, but he warned that any West
ern attack on the Soviet Union
would trigger a retaliation caus
ing the West's destruction "in a
matter of hours short hours."
Khrushchev made his comments
to 1,500 members of the Soviet
elite and the Moscow diplomatic
corps at the annual Kremlin New
Year's Eve ball. He was in a gay1
and expansive mood and. did not
give the signal for the party to
break up until 3-.30 a.m.
Prior to the lavish banquet in
the modernistic Palace of Con
gresses and the grand ball in the
St. George Hall of the Kremlin
palace, Khrushchev and Soviet
President Leonid Brezhnev sent a
New Year's message to Presi
dent Kennedy, expressing the hope
for a "great improvement in re
lations" during 1963.
The message, one of many sent
to world leaders, said the two!
Soviet leaders "hope it will be
year of joint efforts radically to
improve the international situa
tion in the interests of all human
ity." The message wished Kenne
dy, his family and all Americans
best wishes in the new year.
Crowds Jam
Rose Parade
PASADENA, Calif. IUPD
More than a million persons
jammed the route of the 74th
Tournament of Roses parade to-
jday as the spectacular pageant
was conducted under nearly clear
skies and with the mercury climb
ing toward 70 degrees.
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GREETING THE NEW YEAR Fancy, timely window
decorations were the order of the local business world
this Christmas, and now that 1962 has departed and
1 9 "3 arriv, this sign proclaims "Happy Nta Year"
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
LEOPOLD VfLLE (UPI) Unit
ed Nations troops took control of
more positions around battered
Elisabethville today in sporadic
fighting against Katangese forces.
U.N. patrols were reported to
have killed five Katangese gen
darmes in (lie skirmishes which
broke out while Elisabethville
was under a new U.N. -imposed 8
p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.
U.N. officials awaited word on
the whereabouts of Moise Tshom
be, president of secessionist Ka
tanga province, to see whether he
will bow to U.N. military might
or lead a guerrilla force in a
counter-attack.
Tshombe was reported unoffi
cially to have returned from
southern Rhodesia to the Katan
ga copper mining town of Kol
wezi, site of a major Katangese
air base 150 miles northwest of
Elisabethville. But U.N. sources
could not confirm his return.
Nor was there any indication
whether Tshombe came back to
fight the United Nations or nego
Jury Convicts Mitchell
Of Slaying
Herbert Floyd Mitchell, 41-year-,
old slayer of the man who won
the favor of his ex-wile.-was con
victed of first degree murder at
11:24 p.m., last night, as a jury
of six men and six women re
turned a unanimous verdict of
guilty to circuit court Judge Da
vid R. Vandenberg. who will pro
nounce sentence at a later dale.
The jury deliberated four hours
and 45 minutes before deciding
that Mitchell was sane when he
took the life of Dmitre Dan Yer
kovich. 35, as the victim was
watching a motion picture in the
crowded Esquire Theater last
Sept. 28. Sitting beside Ycrkovich
at the time of the slaying was the
Isubject of Mitchell's possessive-
ness and jealousy, Rosalie Mitch
ell, who was then three months
divorced from the delendanl.
Mitchell's discharging of three
bullets into the head of the victim
and another into his body culmi-i
nated more than three months of
pisodes in which the slaver sur-1
reptitiously observed Rosalie and
Yerkovich in their activities to
gether in Klamath Falls and is
sued threats against the life of
his victim.
The defense attorney had sought1
to save his client from the man
datory death sentence by attempt
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1963
A wait Tshombe;
wga Posts
tiate an end to his secession as
demanded Monday by U.N. Sec
retary General Thant.
Tshombe said in Salisbury Sun
day he would return to KatanRa
to lead a resistance against U.N.
forces "to the end."
Tunisian and Indian patrols of
the U.N. force exchanged fire
with Katangese forces early to
day on the outskirts of Elisabeth
ville. reliable reports from the
Katangese capital said.
U.N. troops took the Martini
Road junction on the edge of the
city, and occupied the nearby vil
lage of Somville.
With U.N. troops in control of
Elisabethville and other strategic
points, Thant warned Tshombe to
negotiate re-integration into the
Congo within two weeks or face
"other measures." The warning
was contained in a long state
ment issued Monday at U.N.
headquarters in New York.
Thant put Tshombe on notice
that the 18.000-man U.N. force
will not let the routed Katangese
troops back into Elisabethville
In Theater
ing to prove that Mitchell was
not responsible) for the slaying by
reason oi insanity,
Those hones were dashed fast
night as foreman John flaffettoi
led the jury into the courtroom,
and announced, in the presence
of a crowd-filled gallery, the ver
dict of guilty to Judge Vanden-
berg.
Before the announcement, spec
tators had milled around the court
most of the evening to await the
outcome of the jury s dehbora
lions.
Last Sept. 28, Mitchell was for
mally charged with first degree
murder several hours after the
shooting on a complaint signed by
District Attorney Dale Crabtree.
The slayer was indicted on the,
murder charge by the Klamath
County Grand Jury last Oct. S,
and on Oct. 29 he entered a pica
of not guilty to the crime. At
that time. Judge Vandenberg set
Dec. 12 as the date for the trial.
Soon after, Mitchell was given
psychiatric and neurological ex-!
animations to prepare his de
fense on an insanity plea. Later,
the trial was set back to Dec.
17 in order that the defendant
could complete those tests. The
trial started Dec. 17, as re
scheduled.
to all. The Infant 1961 beams forth at one and ell from
the front window of Juckelend Motors, Eleventh and
Klameth.
Telephone
Token
New Record
For Safety
Predicted
By United Press International
American drivers today had the
opportunity to start the new year
right by establishing a safely rec
ord for a four-day New Year's
holiday.
The National Safety Council.
which earlier had forecast an all
lime death record for the holiday
period, today hoped for exactly
Ihe opposite. The council had pre.
dieted Irom 420 to 480 persons
would die in holiday traffic acci
dents.
But as the death toll mounted
slower than expected, the council
said the final toll could be well
under the 375 persons killed dur
ing the 1951-52 New Year s holi
day the lowest four-day toll
since records were first kept in
1946.
A United Press International I
count at 6:30 a.m., EST. showed
240 persons killed in traffic acci
dents since the 102-hour holiday
began at 6 p.m. Friday.
A breakdown of holiday deaths
showed: " ;
Traffic 240
Fires 44
Planes S
Miscellaneous 80
Total 369
California led the nation with
33 traffic deaths. Texas had 24,
Illinois 12. New York II and
Micnigan ano Pennsylvania
each.
Planes Search
Missing Family
YREKA, Calif. 'UPD An air
search was planned today for a
California attorney and his two
children, missing since Sunday in
the wilds south of the Oregon bor
der near here.
Floyd II. Peddit of Auburn.
Calif., and two children, ages 8
and 10, were reported missing
when they failed to return from
hunting trip at Happy Camp.
A search Monday (ailed to turn
up traces of the family.
Also missing was their laie
model pickup truck.
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Strangle Hunted
In Portand Area
PORTLAND IUPD The man,possible suspects or persons who
wn0 abUsed and strangled a six
year - old "beautiful" girl was
sought today by detectives from
four agencies.
Little Mona Rae Minyard s body
was found partially unclothed in
a drainage ditch by a road south
cast of here Monday. The grim
discovery came two days after
she vanished while going to
grocery store for her motlier.
Clackamas County Coroner
Douglas Pratt said the child had
been raDed. He said she was
strangled to death.
One suspect agreed to submit to
lie detector test.
Detectives combed the scene
where the body was found for
clues. Other detectives questioned
Salvage Eyed
For Skybolt
WASHINGTON UPP-The ad
ministration is seeking to salvage
as much as possible from the
cancelled Skybolt missile project
that employed lfi.000 persons In
work costing 353.2 million.
The Air Force, under orders to
stop Skybolt testing and to take
immediate steps to end produc
tion, must present Ihe Delcnse
Department with a "final phase-,
out" plan no later than next
Monday.
The plan will "provide for com
piling the technical know-how de
rived to date" and for "possible
application of this knowledge for
other military uses, the depart
ment said.
The forma! order killing the
project was issued lale Monday,
hut It was clearly foreshadowed
weeks earlier by both President
Kennedy and Defense Secretary
Robert S. McNamara.
McNamara. over stiff protests
from British leaders who hoped
to share in use of the Skybolt, told
the London government the mis
sile was no longer needed. Ken
nedy and British Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan agreed t Nas
sau to substitute Polaris missiles
in joint British-American plan
ning. In addition to know-how, the!
administration expects to nave
about $250 million in funds al
ready appropriated to the Skybolt
and 12 billion tn money that
would have been needed to pro
duce the bomber-launched missile.
Weallier
Klamath Falls, Tulelake and
Lakevlew Fair tonight and Wed
nesday with patchy fog again late
tonight and Wednesday morning.
Lows tonight 10 above in Lower
Klamath Basin; near 18 In Klam
ath Falls. Highs Wednesday 44.
might furnish leads. The suspects
included known morals offenders
who might have been in the area
where the child vanished.
An autopsy showed the
child
was strangled to death.
The blond, blue-eyed child was
described by neighbors as "very
beautiful. Her mother said Mona
was a good child, and fearful of
strangers.
The mother, Mrs. Joyce M.
Lane, 27, was placed under seda-
ton before the girl s body was
found.
The father. Robert Gene Min
yard, 30, of Sandy, separated from
Ihe mother, took part in an
unsuccessful search Sunday and
then identified the body when it
was found.
Mona left home late Saturday
morning to stop at the home of a
friend and then go to the store.
Investigation indicated the child
never reached the home of her
friend.
Among leads under Invesligouon
was a report of a blue and white
station wagon spotted by a deputy
with a man and small girl inside.
Searchers failed Sunday to find
any trace of the cniid in tne
Southeast Portland area.
The body was found Monday
afternoon by two men, Harry
Emerson of Clackamas and Nor
man Morton of Portland. It was
lying face down in a drainage
ditch beside Siehen Lane east of
Camp Withycombe in Clackamas
County, The road is a wooded,
dead-end road, serving a few
scattered farmhouses, off High
way 212.
JFK Views
Orange Bow!
PALM BEACH, Fla. UPI
President Kennedy flew to Miami
today to watch the Orange Bowl
football game between the univer
sities of Oklahoma and Alabama.
The Chief Executive and some
guests took off by helicopter from
a landing area at the Palm Beach
Country Club, near Kennedy's va
cation home.
Kennedy made a similar trip
to the Orange Bowl stadium last
Saturday, to address a rally of
about 40.000 Cuban exiles in honor
of the Bay of Pigs invasion brig
ade Just released from Fldci Cas
tro's prlsom. y.