HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Ore.
Thursday, January 3, 1963
Report Shows Military Efforts
Ham-Strung By Failures In Supply
1 1
DENNIS THE MENACE'
WASHINGTON (UPI)-In 1961,
the aircraft carrier Forrestal had
to put to sea without essential
parts for the fire fighting equip
ment and main engines.
- At the same time, as many as
Ti third of the M48 tanks at Fort
Bragg, N.C., were out of opera
Uon. -'. These situations were disclosed
In a major report by the General
Accounting Office Wednesday. It
said the combat preparedness of
U.S. military units has been seri
ously affected" by inability to ob
tain replacement parts and other
supplies, even though the materia!
was readily available.
Tie GAO, Congress' watchdog
on federal spending, said the fail
ure of Army, Navy and Marine
units to get needed Items signifi
cantly contributed to or was di-j
rectly responsible for much high
priority combat equipment being
unserviceable.
The deficiencies seriously cur
tailed troop training at home and
overseas, it said, and resulted in
warships operating without essen
tial materials that would be need
cd in an emergency.
Eoodmobile Visits
asm On Tuesday
-; Residents of Malin, Merrill and
tulelake open their community
Activities for 1963 by organized
donor recruitment programs for
the annual visit of the Red Cross
Bloodmobilo to Merrill on Tues
day, Jan. 8, at the Merrill Rec
reation Hall. Donor hours are
from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a
quota for the day's visit of 200
pints.
; The Lions Club is spearhead
ling the donor drive in Merrill,
;with Rev. Lloyd Henderson as
chairman. On his committee are
Alonzo Hodges. Lawson Kandra.
Dick Perdue. Bob Petrik and
Idaire Duncan.
I-Prosperity Chapter No. 150 of
'the Eastern Star heads up tne el-
fort in Malin, where Mrs. Helen
Traffic Up
In Klamath
The number of vehicles counted
at four of five treffic check points
on state highways in Klamath
County during November showed
an increase over traffic during
the same month of the previous
;year, according to a report from
;the Oregon Slate Highway De
partment. -. Of the four check points show
ing increases, Beatty registered
the greatest gain with 15.1 per
rent, followed by Chemult, 10.4;
Miniana, o.a; ana merrui, a.. .
The only decrease was noted lnllM KlaflCiT
the vicinity of Fort Klamath which HI I'lul lC I
Ottoman serves as worthy ma
Iron. Mrs. Helen Derry and Mrs.
Frances Kalina are acting as co
chairmen for Malin.
In Tulelake and Newell, Bill
Ganger is acting as chairman
The Rotary and Kiwanis clubs
of Tulelake are dueling for don
ors, with the club producing the
most donors at the Merrill Rec
reation Hall winning a free lunch
from the losing club. Bob Purves
is hlwams chairman and Ganger
heads up the Rolary side.
PTAs of Tulelake and Newell
are also assisting the community
recruitment, with Mrs. Shirley
Greenbank in charge of Newell re
cruitment and Mrs. Betty Mcshke
phoning to remind donors on be
half of tho Tulelake PTA.
Wednesday, Jan. 9, the blood-
mobile moves to Kingsley Field
Lt. Tom Ilanlin has distributed
230 pledge cards among base per
sonnel, and anticipates a busy
five hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at the Kingsley Field Service Club.
Lieutenant Ilanlin emphasizes that
civilian donors from all areas are
welcome to come to the military
blood drawing.
Appointments may be made by
donors by contacting the com
munity chairman In Malin, Mer
rill and Tulelake, and at the
Red Cross office, TU 4-4125 fori
donations at Kingsley Field.
Comptroller General Joseph
Campbell said the Army has al
ready taken some remedial steps
and the Navy and Defense De
partment were studying possibli
action.
The GAO inquiry was launched
in March, 1961, at the behest of
John W. McCormack. who now
the speaker of the House.
The GAO then looked into the
supply set up for the th Army in
Korea, the 7th Army in Europe
units at Fort Benning. Ga., Fort
Bragg, N.C., Fort Hood, Tex
Fort Lewis, Wash., Camp Lejeunc,
N.C., and aboard warships dock
ing at the Norfolk, Va Naval
Base. Pearl Harbor, San Diego,
and Mayport, Fla.
It said shortages were found at
all the military bases visited with
the exception of some ships.
As prime examples, the GAO
said, one fourth to one third o(
(he M48 tanks at Fort Bragg were
out of operation during the 1961
fiscal year and were in a sub
standard condition at various
times.
"These combat vehicles were re
quired by top priority strategic
Army corps units," the report
said.
The GAO said the 7th Army in
Europe eliminated or curtailed
many troop training activities es
sential to combat preparedness
during the same period because!
of supply trouble.
In addition, the report said the
aircraft carrier Forrestal had op
erated without essential material
on board such equipment as the
oxygen-producing plant for jet air
craft, fire fighting equipment and
parts for the main engines.
A breakdown in any of this
equipment, without the necessary.
repair parts on board, could ad
versely affect the operation and
mission of the ship," the GAO,
said.
All of these situations occurred
even though most of the needed
items were available at nearbyi
supply centers, the GAO said. The
main problem was that units and
ships had "insulficient" fund au
thorizations to draw upon the
items.
Man Caught
was down 17.1 per cent.
The maximum traffic recorded
In a 24-hour period during the
monlh occurred Sunday, Nov. 2S.
when 3,0.14 vehicles were counted
on Highway 97 near Chemult.
The next highest figure was not
ed at Midland where 2.787 vehi
cles passed the same day on the
same highway.
;.' The increa.se In traffic on state
highways in Klamath County was
representative of a general hike
In traffic throughout the rest of
the state, the departn ent's month
ly report Indicated.
Rural highway trcflic increased
8 4 per cent for the month while
urban traffic was up 2 8 per rent,
compared to November of 19BI.
Favorable weather conditions this
past month, which had no snow
periods comparable to those in
the latter part of the same month
for the previous year. Influenced
;lhe increase, the report slated.
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City police arrested Robert
Leon Chocktoot, 19, who gave his
address as the Early Hotel, or
charges of burglary after Chock
toot broko into Ralph's Curio
Shop, 1020 Main Street, and the
Unique Market, 129 South Ninth
Street, about 1:30 a.m. Wednes
day.
Police received a rail from
someone who lives next to the
Unique Market complaining that
there were some noises coming
from inside the stole.
When police arrived at the
scene they found a large hole
kicked through the glass door.
When they entered the building
they heard bottles rattling as
Chockloot apparently was finding
place to hide.
The patrolmen found him hid
ing in a storeroom in the establishment.
About the same time the city
police received a call Irom Ralph
Sanchez, owner nf the ctinn shop
He said he Just arrived tiom a
trip out of town and found a
large hole in the shop window and
the establishment apparently bur
glarized. He said lh.it a picture
awl purse were nnsMng
Patrolmen found the picture and
purse In the Unique Market with
Chocktoot. The youth admitted
breaking Into both premises.
Chockloot apparently look some
small change and cigarettes from
the market. Tollce found blood on
the cash register drawer.
Chocktoot was taken to Klam
ath Valley Hospital (or treatment
of cuts on his hand.
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Three persons in Klamath and
Jackson counties were among 29
people killed in traffic accidents
throughout the state during No
vember, a report from the Ore.
gon State Highway Department
has shown.
The three victims were killed
in different accidents which oc
curred at night, with one of the
fatalities occurring in Klamath
and the other two in Jackson.
The fatal in Klamath County re
sulted when a northbound automo
bile skidded on icy pavement
and struck an improperly parked
car, forcing it into the path of a
northbound truck and trailer, near
Scott Creek, milepost 228, on
Highway 97, the report stated,
The two fatal accidents in Jack
son County occurred less than one
mile from each other on Highway
near Talent. In one of the
ccidents. a pedestrian wearing
dark clothing was killed when he
was struck by a southbound auto
mobile while crossing the high-
ay at the intersection.
In the other incident, the fatality
resulted when the driver of a
southbound car disregarded a
llagman and struck a truck and
trailer stalled across the highway.
Klsewhere In the state, 26
people were killed In vehicle acci
dents while three others died of in
juries resulting from traffic acci
dents. In addition. 43 people were
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80th Birthday
LONDON 'l'Pl - Former
Prime Mmisier Earl i Clement
Attlee. architect of Britain's "era
die - to-the grave" welfare state.
celebrated his With birthday today
Attlee, who led this nation from
1945 to 1931. was to mark the
dav bv dining with his wile at
a party in the House of Lords
his political home for (lie last
eight vears. with friends from all
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CORVALLIS (LPH-I)r. James
d'Argaville Clark, a professor at
Oregon Stale University, has been
named w inner or the Gold Medal
award from the Technical Associ
ation of the Pulp and Paper Industry.
He will be presented the award
at the association's 48th annual
meeting in New York City next
month.
injured on the thoroughfares
throughout the state.
The figures for November in
creased the number of people
killed in traffic accidents during
the year lo 416 and the number
of those injured to 419.
Tape Tells
Death Plot
SAN DIEGO (UPH-A tape re
cording was played in Superior
Court Wednesday in which a wom
an discussed electrocuting her
husband with a rigged electric
toothbrush.
The prosecution is expected to
conclude its case today in the trial
of Mrs. Doris Saunders, 28, ac
cused of trying to hire a man to
kill her husband, Larry Saunders,
42, a salesman.
The hired "killer" was a police
undercover agent. In four tape re
cordings of conversations played
Wednesday the woman told the
killer "You just goof that up and
we II be lacing the gas chamber.
So do it clean."
A codcteiKlant, l,cilani Atkinson.
By TOM A. CL'LLEN "
Newspaper Enterprise Aitn.
LONDON Sickened hv modern
civilization, 270 refugees are re
turning home to Tristan da Cun-
ha, the lonely island in the
South Atlantic which they were
forced to flee when a volcano
erupted in October, 1961
They are turning their backs on
the warm homes which the British
government has provided for them
for the uncertainties of life on an
sland where the molten lava has
barely cooled,
The Tristans, as they are called.
have been housed on a disused
Royal Air Force base at Calshot
near Southampton. Although ar
advance party of 50 islanders will
leave in February for Tristan, the
bulk of the refugees will not be
returned home until the end of
next year. The government is pay
ing their passage.
The Tristans are rejecting the
supermarkets' abundance for a
diet of potatoes, fish and bird egg;
gathered from neighboring is
lands. It will be a long time be
fore their volcano-wrecked home
can be made to yield a m o r c
abundant living.
They will also be putting behind
them the wonders of electricity
and television in exchange for
kerosene lamps and nothing but
the sounds of the sea.
But, quite frankly, the Tristans
cannot shed the benefits of civili
zation quickly enough. They are
grateful for all the British have
done for them, but they have been
miserable ever since their arrival
here a year ago.
It has nothing to do with their
vulnerability to disease, although
this has been a nightmare. Liv
ing in a healthy environment, the
islanders had built up no resis
tance to civilization's viruses.
Consequently, three of them
died from pneumonia in rapid
succession upon their arrival,
while the rest were stricken with
influenza. There were also cases
of infectious jaundice among
them.
Nor has their decision anything
to do with their difficulty in find
ing work. Lacking the skills de
manded by an industrial society
the Tristans found that only the
most menial jobs were open to
them. At the present moment 20
of them are out of work, with
little prospect of them finding
jobs before they leave.
Nor does their choice have any
thing to do with the noise and
confusion they have found here
Painfully, the Tristans have
learned how to push their way
onto subways, to jump out of the
paths of motorcars, to obev the
traffic lights. Before the volcano
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BEFORE AND AFTER These pictures show a strange contrast of opinion. ... On
the left is a Tristan Island family before the volcanic eruption that sent them to Brit
ain, and on the right is a group of refugees in front of Buckingham Palace in London
after one year s contact with the outer world.
the modern way of hie comes un
der the heading of man's inhu
manity to man.
On the island there was no
strongly developed sense of pri
vate property, hence no locks on
the doors. The inhabitants trust
ed each other implicitly.
Here Ihey have been taught to
watch for dishonesty, to count
their change carefully, to suspect
the other fellow, to look for the
shifty eye.
"Here everything freezes a
man's soul." says 60 - year - old
Willie Repetto, who is the is
land's spokesman and chief.
"Here everything cuts him off
Irom his fellow men."
On Tristan there was no talk
of war. Crime was virtually un
known. Men seldom raised their
voices in anger, and even rarer
did they raise their fists. The
island didn't even boast a jail.
In Britain the Tristans have
been shocked by the amount of
violence on television. They have
been depressed to lind bingo par
lors and betting shops which bear
the government's seal of approval.
"At home we grow our own '
vegetables, potatoes, cabbages,
onions," says Repetto. "There
are strawberries and cattle. Cost
of living is free. Result? Total
Christianity, which is more than
Mother Britain can boast."
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Hilyord & Altomant Dr.
In BBmr bmldlnx with
VANITY FAIR
No, the islanders' disgust with
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in tl, trial kinM hA u,ifl,A..t ll,ue mm, VINT ClgHtUI
h l.jna UMIiir fl,l., uu-iii iidu rvrr oi-en oui.siue ineir
une oi uie tapes assertefliy re
vealed Mrs. Saunders' offer of
$25,000 to the agent out of in
surance money and a suggestion
that Saunders be killed by electrocution.
Saunders appeared in court with
his wife and has hired an attor
ney for her defense.
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