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Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
From Washington this morning
Russia has informed the United
States that "several thousand'
Soviet troops will be withdrawn
from Cuba in the next three
weeks, diplomatic informants re
ported yesterday.
Tlial prompts two questions:
I. How many thousands are
"several" thousands?
2. How many Russians are
Cuba now?
As to Question No. J. this morn
ing's dispatches from Washington
say:
The number of troops which
would be withdrawn under the
new Kremlin assurance was not
precisely known, but speculation
turned on the point that SEVER
AL thousand would mean at least
3.000.
As to question No. 2, the latest
Washington dispatch says: "Offi
cial administration estimates are
that there are about 17.000 Rus
sians in Cuba now.
Which is to say:
There are 17JXM
Cuba now.
Russians in
that several
It is "speculated'
thousand would mean at least
3.0(10.
In other words:
It is presumed, or at least
hoped, that the number of Rus
sian troops in Cuba will soon be
reduced from 17,000 to 14,000.
Let's put it this way:
From the standpoint of the safe
ty of the Western Hemisphere,
which includes the U.S.A., that
is 14,000 TOO MANY.
One more question:
Why are these Russian troops in
Cuba?
There is, of course, no guaran
teed answer to that question.
Only the Soviet Union KNOWS
why they are there and w hy they
were sent there in the first place.
But it is assumed that the pur
pose is to make of Cuba a train
ing ground where communists
from all over Latin America may
he sent to receive instruction in
the latest methods of infiltration
and sabotage.
The purpose of such a program
would be the eventual winning of
ALL OF LATIN AMERICA for
communism.
That appears to he about the
long and the short of it.
Kennedy
Snobbery
Row Erupfs
WASHINGTON 'UPI
Press
coverage of White House social
evonls was "in abeyance" today
as a result of a brief uproar that
elicited charges of snobbery from
a Republican congressman.
It all began when the White
House announced a clampdown
on coverage of presidential social
events. A few hours later the
statement was reversed and the
matter left open.
But in the meantime. Rep. Ab
ner W. Sibal. R-Conn.. became
irate.
"The Kennedys are not the
owners of the White House." he
said. "They just have a four-year
lease. The American people own
it and arc interested in who is
being wined and dined there by
the First Family.
"This is 1H0O Pennsylvania Ave
nue. not Buckingham Palace. 'jacket. Coast Guard vessels will
There is no place in America for recover all of it Ihcy ran to aid ;
a roval familv. The While Houselinvestigators in solving the mys-
is not a private residence it is
the center of social entertainment,
for the entire nalion. . a shrine
that belongs to all of us."
Pamela Turnurc. Mrs. Kenne
dy's press secretary, first an
nounced that there would be
"limited" press coverage of a
Kennedy reception lor the diplo
matic corps Thursd.n .
The limitation applied to the
practice of allowing reenters to
mircle u ith guests. Miss Turnurc
said it was fell the reporters in
terfered with the guests' freedom
lo meet the Kenneds. She said
newsmen would p.it !o allowed to
mingle.
Income Tax
Repeal Tabled
SALEM 'I'PI' - The "Liberty
Amendment" to repeal federal in
come taxes apparently has had
it day in the sun in Oregon
The lloue Committee on Stale
and Federal Allairs wiled M this
morning lo table the proposed
amendment to the lr.lcr.il ton
stitutinn ' The three dissenlins wiles came
from representatives who said
they had told their consiitucnL
another hearing would be hr!d.
T!i first hearing drew the ts
jlen's record healing crowd
sorre Hon person from around try
iat supporting the proposal.
Weather
Higtl yottortoy
Low lail night
High yoor oqo
Low ytar ago
High pott It yrors
Low pott II yeort
Procip. post 14 hourt
Sinco Jon. 1
Somo ponod loll yoar
M IIIMI
(Mill
Powell Brands
p iff r
Criticism Lies
WASHINGTON (CPU - Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell says it
isn't so.
The controversial New York
Democrat Tuesday broke a si
lence of several weeks about crit
icism of his operations in and out
of Congress.
"Inaccuracies, misstatements
and in some instances lies," the
Negro congressman said of
charges by Sen. John J. Williams.
R-Dol., that the Kennedy admin
istration was going all-out to give
him favored treatment.
'Vindictive." he called efforts
by some of his House colleagues
to cut his request for 5697.000 to
run the House Education and La
bor Committee.
"I don't want to have any
more than any other congress
man," he said. "But by the grace
of God, I'm not going to take any
less."
Reversing a "closed door" pol
icy toward reporters in his office,
Powell gave all comers his views
'of the criticism that has been
piling up about him (or weeks.
He said a more complete an
swer to his critics would come
Inter.
Gets Some Support
roweu aiso got some support liams' statements
in his rejection of Williams' Feb.jp,0blems and on
,- charges from Atty. Gen. Robert housing loans.
Lost Tanker
Debris Seen
In Atlantic
MIAMI, Fla. cUPIl - A life
jacket stencilled with two words
Sulphur Queen and a mass of de
bris was found today in the vi
cinity where the tanker Marine
Sulphur Queen vanished Feb. 3
with ,TI men aboard.
A Navy toredo retriever vessel
found the life jacket and the del
, . , . j
bris floating in the Honda Straits I
. - . f k- I
West. Fla.. the Coast Guard
nounced.
mcucuiia a um muu..au..,
identified. The Coast Guard sent
a pdlllfl IJIIIU IIIU sialic IU
'scene.
The 524-foot lanker. which sailed ,in The sunrjsc tcmpc,.ature at
Feb. 2 from Beaumont, Tex., for,nlernationa FanSf Umi was 2o
Nortolk, Va., w itn a cargo 01 mol
ten sulphur in its tanks, sent its
last radio message the following
dav from a position west of Key
West.
The Coast Guaid said it wasmin,lk un,-nnd In bundle tin
resuming its search or possible j
survivors among the crewmen,
most of whom came from the Gal
veston - Beaumont and Houston
areas of Texas.
A week-long air and sea search
of the Atlantic and the Gulf of
Mexico was abandoned Feb. 14
aner ii nan uiuco 10 nun up any ,
trace ol me missing tanner. '
The Navy reported that a quan-jore
tity of debris was found floating
I in the water along w ith the life
tcry.
At the time of the disappear -
ante, a storm raged along the
antic Scabord and touched por -
tions nf lle Gulf.
in -, mm
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READY FOR RECRUITING Klamath Falls Mayor
Robert Veatcb ligni proclamation observinq annual
National Guard Muster Day jiated for Fab. 24. Local
quardimen are planning an open house at the armory
Sunday and a reqular training drill to ba obiarved by
city officiali Wednesday at 8 o.m. Representing th local
guard era, from left, 2nd L. Robert A. Pallii, B Battery,
2nd Automatic Weaoonj Battalion. 249th Artillery, ht
Lt. Ken Wandell. B Battery, and Capt. Richard Gilchriit,
commander, C Battery, The men hop to racuit 30 new
men in the local guard this week.
Herald wm iete
Price Ten Cents 26 Pages
F. Kennedy and Rep. James Roo
sevelt. D-Calif.. a member of the
education and labor committee.
Kennedy, testifying before a
subcommittee on the President s
Youth Conservation Corps bill
said a $230,000 juvenile delinquen
cy project in Powell's Harlem
district, was "very valuable.
The project, of which Powell is
a board member, was one of Wil-
Hams' chief objections.
Roosevelt, at the same hearing.
objected to another member "in
timating that there is something
bad" about the Adam Clayton
Powell Foundation. He said
the foundation was named for
Powell's late father "and it
doing a wonderful job."
On Senate Floor
Powell, who was not at the
hearing where Kennedy testified,
objected to Williams' charges on
several secific points.
Williams charged on the senate
lloor two weeks ago that govern
ment agencies had been "scram
bling around" to do Powell's bid
ding. He cited alleged lonns to
Powell-related foundations dealing
with housing for the elderly.
Powell said he used the word
'lie" specifically to apply to Wil-
on his tax
the reported
Powell had no awlogy for kecp-
nts wile on his congressional
payroll. He said Mrs. Powell, a
Puerto Rican, performs an inval
uable service at home by trans
lating and handling correspond
ence he gets in Spanish.
As for grumbling by some con
gressmen about his recent two
!weck stay in Puerto Rico. Powell
Isaid that on this and other per
sonal trips to the island he had
naid his own expenses
Storm Raps
New England
By I nited Press International
. , ,. . , ,
A gale-dnvcn storm pounded
.Arw England tlay with foot-deep
snow s which oaralvzed ground and
air travel cut off nlerlrtr-itv to
jihousands. and closed
tt10lcsac
. ,.,.' mAinilc 9 -nil-
L.j u" - ..... ,J
Mow and the mercury was ex
pected to go near .10 below to
night in northern Minnesota and
North Dakota.
Areas as far south as northern
or , i. Mc;llher
The New England storm got its!putc with railway clerks over au-
slart in Dixie Tuesday and was
blamed for a total of five deaths!
in MnKaf-hncftU anri 1 rai-h
p ' ,,i..nil, L-u.-i,!, vir.
ginia. j
Knnw Hnnlh included 11 inches
( Worcester, Mass .. and Hartlord'momina. then for 2 hours with
,. u inJ ,,r irk Conn , and
wa5 g inches of new snow
at Portsmouth, N.H.
f ires broke out in the Boston
area as home owners stoked their
furnaces beyond capacity. , All
commercial flights were cancelled
at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks
and 85 per cent of incoming ami:
At-joutgoing flights were washed outcaBO a(u.r n four-day recess. The
or diverted at Bostons lRan
international .-Mrjmii.
U.Of 03S.LI3RARt
BSISPAPER . SEC7WH
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EARLY DAY FIREMEN Some of these men are stilt members of the community.
This view was taken in the early days of fire protection for Klamath Falls. Can you
identify them? The story of these early day volunteers and the fire department will be
carried in the Progress Edition which will be published this Sunday, Feb. 24. Be sure
you order your extra copies in advance.
Elimination Of
Aid Asked Of
SALEM a PI' Elimination of
the aid to dependent children pro
gram in Oregon, now helping
some l.O(K) families, was called
for today in a bill by Rep. Robert
Jones, R-Bcaverton.
'The program has encouraged
indolence rather than productivi
ty." Jones said.
The federal help program was
el up in l'JBl during a period
of high unemployment to help the
children of jobless parents
Two-thirds of the ADC funds are
federal, as contrasted Willi the
general assistance programs
where all the money comes from
the states and counties. Jones said
the original idea was to shift
Kiimo donoru. flssisLar.ee cases to
Ih. AI.P nt-neram
"This has failed to happen."!"'!!'" S Communist.
Jones said. "In spite of ADC. the
general assistance rolls in Oregon I zoategui was "Klea peacoiuuy io
have increased." " tllis ,emo,e Anuuoa River
He said because of lower res-iP1"'-
idence reouirements and hieherl
benefits. ADC has attracted
ilies who would have made
m-nalnr Hnr lit linrl um-lr if the
choolslonly alternative were the stricter
general assistance program.
SP Strike
Waits Talk
CHICAGO U:ri'-A federal Me
diator planned to meel with ne
gotiators for the Southern Pacific
railroad today in their long dis-
tomation.
Francis O'Neill, tlie mediator.
...iW l.A h-A nn An t. lw,n tha tun
..i. m,.,i,. i..n,
O'Neill met for 2' i hours with
r-jl-.,.rl nnrl iulm-
T u e s d a v,
representatives for the clerks in
the allernoon.
W illiam McGovern. international
vice grand chairman of the Broth
erhood of Railway Clerks and its
chief negotiator, declined to com
ment on progress of the separate
sossions.
jfe necotiations took up in Chi
pn,v;nu, talks were carried on in
San Francisco. O'Neill said he!
hoped the change in location
would help progress nf the nego
tiations. The 11.(1(10 clerks are seeking
job assurance in tlie face nf auto
mation, which is eliminating the
necessity ol many johs in the rail
lmlustrv.
Sheriff's Duties Slashed
In Bill Slated For Hopper
A bill which is expected In he ivestigation and enforcement from; lion since it would eliminate
introduced in the legislature eitherjlhe sheriff lo the stale pohe.;girat deal nf duplicated elfort.
late todav or tomorrow will have and would make the sheriff re-1 "Also," Hewlett explained, "it
a tremendous impact on the duties sponsible for execution ol rivillwnuld permit the counties to get
of the sheriff's office in Klamath and criminal judgment and care the tax money received invested
and other counties of the state. and custodian of the jail. jquukcr hy the treasurer. At Die
The measure which will he in Hewlett, contacted this morning: present time, it is anywhere from
Iroduced hv Ren Gene Hewlett of bv the Herald and News, said W) to 'i0 davs that taxes remain
l.ane County, presently a grocer 'thai the bill would ailed alljas unsegregated deoits by the
in Kucene. hut formerly a slate counties He indicated that he hadlshenlf who cannot invest public
i policeman lor over yenrs, asked the altorney general to rule monies. The treasurer is the only
'would perform three basic' func- on the bill as regards the two.ne who can do this and Ihe
Itions. j home-rule counties ol WashinglnjsKrdirr investment will resull in
j It would transfer the duties land Lane. -additional funds for counties"
:( lax collector from the sheriff! He explained the reason for lhe He also explained that he had
j lo liie treasurer s o f f i c e, bill by slating that it would re-
Iwould translcr ail criminal in-; suit in about a saving of M mil-i (Continued oa Paje 4l
C0HP.
"
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, li
Jones said average monthly
benefits, for an ADC family
amount to $183. compared to SMI
for a general assistance family.
"Families tend to slay on ADC
twice as long." he said..
Jones said Oregon is one of lii
states in the nation to participate
in ADC, and the only one in the
West. He said ADC probably has
drawn seasonal workers to Ore-
Ship Hijack
Story Ends
MACAPA. Brazil 'UPH - The
hijacked Venezuelan freighter An-
The Communist "pirates who
lam-'seized the 5.000-ton freighter short
lily alter it sailed from La Guaira.
Venezuela, en
route lo Houston.
Tex., a week ago Tuesday for
mally surrendered lo Brazilian au
thorities Tuesday night.
Promised political asylum by
Brazil, the Communist conspira
tors eluded pursuing Venezuelan
destroyers and sailed into Brazil
ian territorial waters Sunday
night.
Then they moved along the
northeast Brazilian coast until
they worked the vessel into the
mouth of the vast Amazon River
and moved to a remote mining
company loading area.
then, under direction ot Brazil-jjjle
lan otliciais who nan Hoarded!
earlier, the Anzoalcgui anchored
(Tuesday
night at Santana. 12
miles downriver from Macapa.
Five minutes later, a group of
Brazilian marines Ixianled Die
vessel from an outboard motor-
boal without incident as newsmen
watched from the shore
Orlando Saboya. acting governor
J3h, ZL " ' r "
to which the Reds brought their
hijacked vessel, followed tlie ma
rines aboard as tlie civilian rep
resentative of the Brazilian gov
ernment.
Salxiya had orders to assume
formal command of the freighter
in the name of President Joao
Goulart and take the rebels into
custody, K-nding an investigation
of Venezuelan charges of piracy
tor seizing the governmrnt-owned
-hip in the Caribbean last week
Children's
Legislature
gon from other western states.
An appropriation of $4.3 million
is proposed ifor the Oregon pro
gram during the coming biennium.
Jones said the effect of abolishing
ADC would be a temporary shift
of genuine need cases to the
general assistance rolls.
"The needy and those who can
not help themselves should have
their basic needs taken care of,"
lie said.
But I do not think we should
establish a steady income 1 o r
the.-e people." he said, "because
this fosters dependence on wel
fare and destroyes the individual's
creativity."
Rep. Eugene Hulett, D-hugene.
today announced a bill calling for
far-reaching reorganization o I
county governments. It includes
elimination of the office of county
constable and transfer of many
ol tlie duties of the sheriff In oilier
officers.
Two Senate measures called for
construction of Department of
Agriculture building, and urged
Coneress to provide sufficient
funds for a water iiollution con
trol program at Oregon Stale L'ni
versitv.
Two Killed
On Shasta
MOUNT SHASTA. Calif. itPl
The bodies of two men, one
identified as that of a wealthy
young Bay Area businessman-
rancher, were found Tuesday in
wrpcltfuje of
a light plane on
jt Shasta.
' ' .,lm, . i,enlilied as
David Belcher, 22, half-owner of
a Fairchild ranch and in the build
ing industry in Berkeley: and l.t.
Michael Gooch of Mather Air;
Force Base. Calif.
A family spokesman said he un
dersold that Belcher was a great
grandson of Uie late sugar mag-
"ate J D. Spreckels.
The two-place plane left Nana
Airport Monday afternoon en route
lo Montague in Siskiyou County.!
It was piloted by Belcher, whojproposal, and a community col-
planned lo visit a brother, Frank,
a Montague rancher.
A cloud ceiling nf -7.OtlO-ll.O00
feet was reported at, tlie time.
The plane crashed aliout 200 yards
above (he end of the ML Shasta
ski lilt at the 9.500-loot level.
The wreckage was seen hy a
skier who notilied tlie ski patrol.
Telephone
Cuban
situation
WASHLNGTON IUPD -Soviet
Premier N i k i I a Khrushchev's
promise to withdraw several
thousand" of his troops from Cu
ba by March 15 left a number
of unanswered questions today to
plague the Kennedy administra
tion.
It was obvious that the Russian
offer, couched in general terms.
would not lessen appreciably the
congressional pressure on the is
sue at this tune. The Soviet note.
which came through normal dip
lomatic channels, gave no hint as
to the actual number to he pulled
out or the type of personnel to
be withdrawn. .
The administration apparently
found itself in something of a bind
on the matter. The White House
and the State Department with
held official comment or public
acknowledgement of the offer lest
premature declarations embar
rass Khrushchev and make it dif
ficult for him to accomplish the
pullout.
At the same time, however, Ken
nedy's aides had to-represent the
move as sufficiently encouraging
to warrant a reduction in the
noise level in Congress.
While officially silent, the State
Department was understood to
Teacher Pay
Hike Killed
sai-'-m - i ' """ mc.)IW 0f strengthening the West-
Education Committee fuesdayl ,,mlchl j., .iii
killed a teachers' Day increase
bill, and scuttled a proposal to
establish a pilot program on
school drop-outs.
The committee also tallied an
amendment to tlie school census.
act. a plan to provide basic school
funds for summer school pro-
exams, and lour leacners icnuic
proposals.
In addition lo uie eigui
measures tabled by the commit
tee, five were held over for
further consideration, and three
were approved.
The committee also voted to
introduce a bill which would re
duce tlie amount of state support
lor community colleges.
Approved by the committee
were bills chancing tnc mcinou 01
computing rural school district
tax levies, increasing uie auow -
antes for leaching mentally re
tarded children, and one teacher's
tenure law change.
Hie committee decided to give
more study lo a bill which would
enable parochial school students
to participate in the slate s gilted
children program. The committee
wanted to study the constitutional
ity of the proposal.
A bill to limit creation ot new
community colleges is to be re
viewed, and amended by the com
mittee. I Also lo get more study are a
teachers' certification proposal, a
rural school district boundary
lege finance measure
HOME SHOW READY
--
chairman of the Kiwanis ipontored Hom Show i shown
at he signs up Merit Smith of Merit's Appliance for tha
last booth space in the show. Tha Horn Show at tha
Klamath County Fairgrounds will feature displays on
the very latest noma appliances, horn construction and
home furnishings. It will open at noon on Friday, March
I, and continue from noon to 9 p.m. Friday and Satur
day and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. There it no admission
charge.
TU 4-8111 No. im
Withdrawal.
Plagues
s Officials
have sent a reply to tlie Kremlin
welcoming the promised reduction
in Soviet forces as a constructive
step toward lessening tension in
the Caribbean. The administration
obviously is not going to commit
itself too formally until it sees
just w hat happens.
Most congressmen, including a
few who attended the secrecy
shrouded White House meeting
Monday night at which Kennedy
disclosed the new Soviet promise,
etancourt
Red Inroads
WASHINGTON (UP1 Presi-
dent Iiomulo Hetancourt of Ven
ezuela lays before President Ken
nedy today his ideas for checking
Soviet penetration in Latin Amer
ica. He also will discuss bringing
alMiit "a change in depth of its
economic and social structures."
The Venezuelan pft'sident ar
rived here Tuesday and twice
heard Kennedy praise him as "a
symbol of what we wish for our
own country and for our sister
republics."
The two presidents were sched
uled to hold their second work
ing session lalo this afternoon,
I following which a joint communi
que will be issued. The conversa
lions were . expected to cover
cm Hemisphere defense alliance
and streamlining Alliance for
Progress machinery.
Kennedy went out of his way
Tuesday to give Betancourt full
and firm personal endorsement
Welcoming him at the White,
House. Kennedy said "you reprc
sent all that we admire in a po
litical leader."
At a White House slate banquet
Tuesday night. Kennedy repeated
ly lavished praise on Betancourt.
We are. Kennedy said, great
admirers of yours. We wish the
United Slates to be identified
with leaders such as you...I hope
that your visit here to the United
States will remind the people ol
Bids Called
i . I I U
Ufl LOCGl JODS
Three Klamath County projects
are among 25 highway items on
which bids will be opened March
12 by the Oregon Slate Highway
Commission.
The three local projects Include
work on the Midland-Wordcn scc-j
tion of (he Dalles-California High
way: work-in the Hager-California
Slate Line rock production project,
and installation of overnight
camping facilities at Collier Me
morial State Park at Spring Crec
site.
These projects are among the
group which is estimated at
about $7.8 million.
Frid fchlert, la It, general
I I L 1 1 ' -W M
Weather
Klamath Falls, Tulelake and
Lakevirw Variable cloudiness
and mild through Thursday with
a few showers. Fog or low clouds
early Thursday. Generally light
winds. Lows tonight about 35.
Highs Thursday near SO.
said they found the Russian note
encouraging. But Democrats and
Republicans alike called for con
tinued American pressure until all
Soviet forces leave the island.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
invited Sen. Kenneth B. Keating,
R-N.Y., one of the most vocal
critics of the administration's Cu
ban policy, to lunch today pre
sumably to urge moderation until
it becomes clear exactly how far
the Russian pullout will go.
Discusses
With JFK
this country that they have a good
deal of unfinished business in this
liemispherc, that the hope of this
hemisphere lies in leaders such
as yourself, that there is no
quick and easy answer to all the
problems that we face, that Mr.
Castro can disappear and the
problems will still remain. . ."
Betancourt struck the same
theme in his banquet toast
"We want," he said, "to work
for a serious transformation of
Iatin America, for a change in
depth of its economic and social
structures. We want to benefit our
people, our people who are at
tacked by Soviet propaganda that
is so cunningly channeled through
Havana.
Flu Threat
Faces Vesf
By I n lied Presa International
Residents of the West Coast to
day were urged to take precau
tionary measures as a wave of
respiratory ailments continued tin-
abated in Uie eastern half of the
nation.
Outbreaks of influenza remained
at epidemic proportions In New
York, Ohio, and the Southeast
while thousands fell victims to
common flu, Asian flu and just
plain colds in Uie Midwest
Tlie West Coast thus far has
been spared the misery of a flu
outbreak. But authorities fear the
sickness might be moving slowly
toward the West Coast possibly
hitting in about two weeks.
At Los Angeles, the city health
officer said tho trend of out
breaks In other parts of the na
tion indicated Uie western move
ment of the influenza. Ho urged -
immunization shots as an effective
means of combatting the virus.
New York City apparently was
hardest hit by tlie influenza bug.
New York City Health Commis
sioner George James said Tues
day there were 964 mora deaths
than normal during the first seven
weeks of Uiis year. Ho said tha
situation was not as serious as
the 1957 siege during which 730,-
000 persons were affected.
Six counties in West Virginia
reported 1,000 new cases. Last
week's count in that rLite was
18.044. more than a 100 per cent
increase over the preceding week.
Alabama officials said tlie state
showed signs of being In an in
fluenza epidemic with 156 new
cases reported Sunday and Mon
day. Michigan reported at least a
half dozen confirmed cases of
Asian ilu, with absenteeism on Uie
increase in Detroit.
Ohio sources said the first con
firmed cases of Uie Asian type
have been turned up in Columbus
and Cincinnati since early in Uie
winter of 1IW0.
Respiratory Infections, none con
firmed as Asian flu, also raced
through Indiana where action was
delayed in tha House of Repre
sentatives due to missing mem
bers. Hundreds of school chil
dren missed classes.
Memphis, Tenn., reported 1,000
cases of influenza and hospital
visiting was restricted in Mem
phis, Bristol and Johnson City to
lrevent spreading of Uie disease.
Knoxville's Mayor John Duncan
was down with pneumonia.
Hospital visiting was hailed
completely in Anderson, S C., aft
er the first case of Asian flu was
'confirmed.