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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1963)
-I, Art'"? 1: C MOVED BY AMBULANCE The premature son of President and Mrs. Kennedy arrives 't Boston's Children's Hospital to undergo treatment for a respiratory ailment. The infant was driven 65 miles in an ambulance from Otis AFB Hospital where he was born. Here he is being taken out of the ambulance by hospital attendants upon arrival. Weal her Klamlh Fall, Tulelike and Ltkevlew: Variable clottdineii with a chine for thunderstorms over the mountains tonight and Friday. Lows tonight jO-U. Highs Friday IJ-tf). Light winds Htgh yesterday Low this morning 63 High year ago 1 Low year ago 48 Precip. past 34 hours 0 Since Jan. 1 4.1 same period last year ii Hopeful In The Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS The news today? Well, it doesn't shake any w orld foundations, but it has its inter esting facets. For example: In Nashville, Tennessee, this morning, two radio stations and a TV station suddenly went otf the air. The traffic lights went dead leaving motorists to wangle their way through street intersections as best they could. Elevator: hung up between floors in the of' fice buildings. And- THE RESTAURANTS RAN OUT OF HOT WATER AT THE PEAK OF THE COFFEE BREAK. ' Imagine that if you can! It was catastrophe, compound ed. An atomic attack by, our ene mies? Nope. A pigeon alighted on a high voltage wirecausing, the news wires tell us, a "a short cir cuit of considerable magnitude." The pigeon? It's gone where you and 1 would be if we were Jiil by a nuclear bomb. Big news from Orovillc: There's a new GOLD STRIKE in the Feather River! How come after all these years? Well, as everyone knows, they're building a huge dam at Oroville so that the Feather's surplus waters can be impounded and sent down below the Tehach api to relieve the perennial drought down that way. Some time ago, they turned the river from its old channel into a new one made by man and crews started clearing gravel from the river's natural bed in order to pour the concrete foot ings for the huge new dam. THEY FOUND BITS OF GOLD in the old channel, and off-duty workers are washing out as much as several ounces in gold dust, chips and tiny nuggets. At $35 an ounce, that isn't to be sneezed at. This morning's dispatches re port that the old river bed is crowded with amateur argonauts working like beavers. That brings up an ancient lale. Back in the days of old. the days of gold, somebody got the idea of shortcutting tlie river at a huge bend back up in the mountains where the river de scribed almost a complete cir cle. So they drove a tunnel through a ridge at the narrowest point, the objective being to di vert the river through the tunnel and thus uncover the riffles in the stretch left bare by tlie diver sion. As tlie legend goes, they dug the tunnel, at huge expenditure of labor and cash. When it was finished, they turned the river s waters through it and laid bare a long stretch of promising riffles. Bul- Tliey made Uie shocking discov ery that in STILL EARLIER vears someone had beaten them to the idea, had in some manner diverted the river's waters and had TAKEN OIT AM. THE GOLD. Thev found the old work wing-dams and such that had been used to do the trick But tlie gold was gone from the rif fles. A S7 Price Ten Cents 24 Pages Signs Appear For Lumber Strike Pact ' " ' WY'nVffl Trr-1-T-rT-rrrfT;iri"il"ri)iiri;ii) i i ,,,.,!,.,, a,... ARMS EMBARGO VOTED The UN Security Council voted 9-0, with Britain and France abstaining, to place an embargo of all arms and military equipment to South Africa in effect because of her racial segregation policies. This view shows the mem bers of the Security Council voting aye on the issue. UPI Telephoto Haiti Invasion News SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (UPI) The outcome of an invasion of Haiti by about. 1100 Haitian exiles remained in Dedication Plans Ready A new I0,0O0-aere area of irri gated land will be dedicated al 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, when the Klamath Project Extension acre age is officially opened. Floyd E. Dominy, commission er of the U.S. Bureau of Reclama tion since 1959, will be the princi pal speaker at the dedication which will take place at the Stu kel Pumping Plant. The area development was made possible by a 40 - year loan of about $900,000 from the federal government. This project was the first loan in Oregon un der the Small Reclamation Proj ects Act. Dominy will be introduced by Congressman Al Ullman. The two officials will arrive by plane about 1 p.m. Friday and proceed to the dedication site following luncheon. The dedication program will get underway Friday morning with a West Coast charter flight over the area for all interested persons. All planning to attend tlie dedi cation will gather at tlie Klam ath Irrigation District offices on the Crystal Springs Road about 2:30 and proceed to the Stukel pumping plant. A dinner at 8 p.m. Friday eve ning at Realties Country Club will also be open to the public. Congressman lillman will be tlie principal speaker at the dinner. In addition to Ullman and Dom iny, other officials expected to be present for the dedication and the dinner are R. J. Pafford Jr., regional director of the USBR from Sacramento, and Chris Wheeler. Oregon State engineer. F0PEST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN GEN.Rt' .nnv i-v- UPI Telephoto KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, doubt today. The Haitian govern' ment said it had crushed the in vasion but exile spokesman said the rebel movement was growing. The government of Haitian President Francois Duvalicr is sued a statement in Port au Prince Wednesday claiming it had smashed the invading force and driven the remnants into the sea and back across the Domini can border. Exile spkoesmen in Santo Do mingo termed the government "completely false" and "pure propaganda." Paul Verna, coordinator of the Haitian National Democratic Un ion tUDNl backing the invasion, issued a counter-statement claim ing that the invasion "is continu ing and the original invasion force of 300 men has now been increased to some 600 by defec tors ajid peasants. He said the invaders were mov ing in two columns with the same object of isolating the northern zone" of Haiti. There were no direct reports from the northeast area of Haiti, which shares the island of His- Call For Policy Group Puzzles Rail WASHINGTON (UPH-A Labor Department request that the Rail road Firemen's Union assemble its decision-making committee in Washington next week puzzled some union and management ne gotiators today. Both sides in the railroad work rules controversy said there pres ently was no formal proposal to place before the 136-mcmher Gen eral Chairmen's Committee of the union. The committee, which has the power to accept or reject a set tlement package, was ordered to assemble at the insistence of La bor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz. Wirtz declined to say i a new offer from the carriers would be ready for submission In the com mittee next week. But he said the group's presence would be "an essential element in an agree ment if there is to be an agree ment." Wirtz meantime said he would MtrS?APER SECTION "' ... hrtvmPNTS CIV. resident Remains 1 Ifl BOSTON i UPI i President Kennedy's ailing day-old son en countered "increasing difficulties" from a breathing problem today and blood tests were ordered to determine the extent of danger to the infant. President Kennedy hurried back to Boston from Cape Cod six hours before he had planned to see the child and consult further with physicians after young Patrick Bouvier Kennedy's condition was reported to him. Fifteen minutes after the grim faced President had gone to the fifth floor of the Children's Medi cal Center here to see the child and the doctors. White House press secretary Pierre Salinger issued this statement: "The President's new son is en countering increasing new diffi culties. There are going to be some tests taken hi the next hour which will give us additional in formation. Meanwhile, the Presi-I THURSDAY. AUGUST 8. 1963 Confusing paniola with the Dominican Re public, to substantiate the con flicting claims of the Haitian gov ernment or the anti-Duvaher ex iles. Verna said Ife had received c report "from the front" Wednes day that 10 government troops were killed and three invaders wounded Wednesday morning in a clash on the northern plains, tlie scene of battles led by Hai lian Emperor Henri Christopht more than 150 years ago. Ihe Duvalier communique claimed the invasion force w$s routed on Monday, within hours! after launching its first attack. It said the force consisted of about 100 men, commanded by ex-Gen Leon Cantave, aided by ex-Col. Pierre Paret, ex-Lt. Col. Rene Leon and other officers. Despite the government claim that the invasion was crushed, about 150 heavily-armed govern ment troops were reported flown from Port au Prince to Cap Hai- ticn. the chief northern city, or Wednesday. The government de dared the entire region a war zone on Tuesday. Leaders report behind closed doors to the Senate Commerce Committee to day on progress of the negotia tions. His report was scheduled (or 10 a.m. EDT. Union sources said the general chairmen of Ihe union, the Broth erhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen iBLFEi, takes strong, positive role in contract negotiations This conlrasls wilhQ,. Information contracts by similar committees in other unions, informed sources said. I. K. Wolfe chief negotiator (or the railroads, said Ineic was no new proposal on which the com mittee could act. He said there had been "no progress" in to- day's discussions with union rep resentatives. Spokesmen for the firemen said, however, they anticipated that the general chairmen would nave some proposal to consider by the time they arrive Tuesday. COUP. dent is going to his hotel to wait! for results of the tests." Salinger said these were blood tests "associated with Uie oxgen problem" of the infant, whose dif ficulty in breathing became ap parent within an hour after he was born five and one-half weeks prematurely to Mrs Kennedy at the Otis Air Force Base hospital at Falmouth, Mass. Asked whether the baby was in serious danger, Salinger said, "The condition of the child is worse than this morning." Salinger said no operation had been contemplated and none had been performed. The President planned to divide his time today between the Chil dren's Medical Center here, where his son is in a plastic-covered device which simulates the environment of a mother's womb, and Cape Cod, w ith Mrs. Jacque line Kennedy and their other two children. Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 7515 Negotiators Some Progress In Talk PORTLAND (UPI)-Therc were hopeful signs in tlie Northwest lumber strike picture today. Progress was reported in nego tiations between the struck Georgia-Pacific Corp. and union officials; the Big Six and two striking unions scheduled a re sumption of -talks, and workers continued to report back at previ ously locked Big Six plants Harvey Nelson, president of tlie Western States Regional Council of the International Woodworkers of America (1WA), reported some progress was made in a Wednes day session with Georgia-Pacific, Nelson said he and Earl Hart ley, executive secretary of the Western Council of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union (LSW), would meet with Georgia-I Pacific officials again tins after noon. The two unions began strik ing Georgia-Pacific July 17. Monday Talk Set At the same time, the Federal Mediation Service said the Big Six employer group, against India Signs Test Treaty MOSCOW (UPIl India today became the first non-nuclear na tion to sign tlie partial nuclear lest ban treaty concluded by the United Stales, Britain and the So viet Union. Indian Ambassador T.N. Kaul affixed his signature to the his toric pact as representatives ol 22 other nations including Com munist East Germany gathered here for the same purpose. "We hope and pray that all governments will subscribe to what may be described as a hu man charter," Kaul said. The signing took place in Ihe vellow-walled Spiridonovka Pal ace where the treaty was nego tialed. So far, only six countries have made known their opposition to the pact, which is open to all na tions. In ceremonies in Moscow, Lon don, and Washington, the three powers were opening the treaty to the signatures of other nations Many nations were expected to sign all three copies. France, which is developing its own nuclear force, and Commu nist China, which has plans to do so, were the only major pow ers opposing the treaty, banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, outer space, and under water. a Police Seeking Oiegon Slate Police are seek ing a red and white iS7 Dodge automobile from which one of i four occupants threw a beer bot tle through Ihe windshield of a car operated by Elden Erdman, 667 California Avenue, about 7 p.m., last night, near Wong's po tato cellar. Erdman, who was not injured, pursued the youths In his automo bile but was unable to overtake the oilier car. The damage to Erd- man's car hat not been estimated The newest Kennedy was born by Caesarean section at 12:52 p.m. EDT Wednesday, 38 minutes before a Jetstar transport plane with Uie President aboard landed at Otis AFB. Mrs. Kennedy had been whisked there by helicopter1 from lier Squaw Island summer home in Hyannis Port shortly alt er 11:30 a.m. EDT. Because it was born prema Mrs. Kennedy In Awaiting Word OTIS AFB. Mass. (UPI) -First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy was in remarkably good condition to day following the premature birth Weal her AGRICULTURAL FORECAST Threat o( thunderihower activity over nearby mountains through Saturday. Slightly less soil moisture loss. Continued warm. Haying and Held work outlook, (air to good. Eight-Inch soil temperature i degrees. Report whom the strike was touched off June 5. would meet with the two unions next Monday at 1 p.m The unions struck two members of tlie Big Six. St. Regis and U.S Plywood, and the other four mem bers Weyerhaeuser, Internation al Paper, Crown-Zellerbach and Rayonicr shut down in retali ation. But this week the four firms said they would reopen Wednes day and union officials agreed to their members returning to work at these -plants. The strike against St. Regis and U.S. Plywood con tinued. - An estimated 14,000 men were involved in the back-to-work movement with some 15,000 slill on strike. The unions have been asking a wage offer comparable to one of. 33,i cents over three years, pro posed by the Simpson Timber Co. A completion of a vote count by union membership on the Simpson proposal was expected today. In other developments: . . . The IWA said it would re sume contract negotiations next Tuesday in Lewiston, Idaho, with Potlatch Forests Inc. Some 3.000 workers are atfecled in these talks. An agreement between the IWA and the Coos Head Lumber Co. at Coos Bay called for a wage hike of 30'i cents an hour over: three years, according to union officials. ..A spokesman for the Timber Operators Council, which repre sents 196 smaller employers, said a lot of firms have posted wage increase notices ol 26 cents an hour, a move criticized by union officials. Unions rciected a 2B-cent hike last month. t i t li '- ' 1 ' , r V ?ir ii'.: vrr , r,.,.M.,.-.,-r-F, -v. W 1MB GUNS BLAZE AT TARGETS Gunt of the Klamath Falls National Guard Unit, Battery B, blaze away at tea end around targets during tiring exorcises along the Pacific Ocean range et Camp Rilea, Werrenton, where both At Son's Bedside turely and appeared to be having breathing problems, the child was baptized a short time after birth by the Rev. John Scahill, of Port land, Maine, Catholic ciiaplain at Otis. He was named for Kenne dy's grandfather, Patrick J., and father, Joseph Patrick, as well as for Mrs, Kennedy's father whose surname was Bouvier. Father Scahill said the new of her third child, Patrick Bou vier Kennedy. President Kennedy's beautiful 34-year-old wife was described as in "good spirits" while waiting word at the quiet hospital on this base about the health of her son, born Wednesday. Kennedy was to bring the news to her himself today following a visit to Children's Medical Cen ter in Boston where their 4-pound, lO's-ounce baby is being treated or a lung complication. The President was reported to have telephoned his wife twice during the night from Boston alt er seeing their new child in its special incubator at the Chil dren's hospital. The second call was understood to have occurred at 12:30 a.m. EDT today. The President assured Mrs. Kennedy that everything was all right, and, according to sources here, tlie First Lady "was very comfortable, very happy and sleeping very well." Found Daughter Happy Mrs. Kennedy's last caller late Wednesday night was her moth er, Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss. who said she found her daughter "awfully happy that everything was going well" and in "remark ably good condition." Told that the world was pray ing for the baby, who is having breathing difficulties, the attrac tive Mrs. Auchincloss indicated that both she and her daughter had confidence the baby would Bandits In English Train CHEDDINGTON, England - (UPD An armed gang of 20 to 30 masked bandits staged a rob bery that may have been the big gest in history today when they looted an unguarded train of cash and gems estimated at al most $3 million. The robbers staged their Wild West-type raid with split -second precision in the middle of the night and made their getaway with 120 mail sacks containing currency and diamonds from the Glasgow-to-London train. Police searched tins region north of London, but found no trace of the holdup gang that operated in Jesse James style md fled in three trucks and a passenger car. The post office ottered a $28,- 000 reward for them and esti mated that the loot may well run into seven figures which would make it at least one million pounds, or $2.8 million. A spokesman said there were born child looked "like Winston Churchill," adding that all new borns liave that look. He told an interview that the newest member of Uie Kennedy clan looked like a healthy infant despite the respiratory ailment. Salinger told reporters in Boston Wednesday night tliat the infant, in a private room on the Good Condition; On Ailing Chii pull through. Partly attired black, Mrs. Auchincloss flew to Mrs. Kennedy's bedside with her lovely daughter, Janet, 18, Mrs. Kennedy's half sister, who will make her debut this month at Newport, R. I. The First Lady was awake, though a bit groggy, and chatted with her mother about the baby when they visited her. The new Presidential baby'sl other grandmother, 74-year-old Rose Kennedy, is vacationing in Europe. Earlier in the day the While House cabled tlie news to Mrs. Kennedy's sister, Princess Lee Radziwell, who is vacation ing in Greoce. "Kesting Nicely" The President's world-re-knowned wife lias been "resting nicely since she underwent a Caesarian section in a race with the stork at noon Wednesday. Her Washington obstetrician, Dr. John W. Walsh, remained on call throughout tlie night at the hospital. He has been on Cape Cod since midJuly, keeping tabs on Mrs. Kennedy for just the kind of emergency that occurred when her baby arrived 5Vi weeks ahead of schedule Attending Mrs. Kennedy in the newly refurbished VIP wing ot the hospital was tlie beloved am ily nurse, Louella Hennessey, of Walpole, Mass. The red-haired nurse has been around for the births of 21 ot the 22 erandchil- di-cn of former Ambassador Jo- Get $3 no guards aboard tlie train which was a "traveling post office" with about 75 postal employes aboard. The spokesman said there never were guards on these trains, since it was felt the large force of mail sorters normally was sufficient to keep watch. Following the robbery extra se curity precautions were expected to he taken al once to guard the night post office train from Lon don - to - Glasgow. A spokesman said it was unlikely any guards tonights train would carry firearms, since it is a British policy not to arm policemen or other security men on pub lic duty. Because of the severe penalties for harming a police man the underworld usually com mits its crimes without carrying firearms. But that principle has been slipping recently, and to day's bandits apparently used a gun. I he gang halted the train, over Battery B end C era taking two weeks of annual lum mer firing and tactics training. Several direct hits were recorded by tho units' marksmen. The batterios are ilatad to return to Klamath Fall Saturday. fifth floor of the children's Medi cal Center, was suffering from an "idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome." "In laymen's language, this is a respiratory problem which causes a problem in breathing," Salinger said. "It is not uncom mon. . in premature children." He said the baby was "in an isolette. in.seph P. Kennedy, and she ranks as a member of the family with all of tlie clan. ' ' Mrs. Kennedy's off-white hos pital room was simply furnished. She slept in a hospital bed with bed stands on both sides and wore a hospital gown. -'. Rocking Chair Delivered The unpretentious green-shing led wing of tlie hospital, howev er, had an elegantly furnished sit ting room with green wall-to-wall carpeting where tlie First Lady and the President can relax when she begins to feel better. A rocking chair was delivered by truck to tlie back entrance of the hospital Wednesday for the President s use during Uie next several days when he will visit his wife. Mrs. Kennedy saw tlie little baby for tlie first time while her husband was in tlie hospital room with her. After a hectic trip to Olis from the White House, Ken nedy missed tlie baby's birth by 45 minutes. For both parents it was a repe tition of history. John Jr. was born three weeks early on Nov. 25, 1960, while Kennedy, then the Present-elect, was flying back to Washington from Boston after learning that his wife had been rushed to Georgetown Hospital. Though drama and world ex citement accompanied the birth Una time, Mrs. Kennedy proved again that she is an ideal patient; icalm and cool, in time of crisis. Million Hofdii came the engineer and fireman, uncoupled the engine and first two cars, and moved them a mile down the tracks. Then they quick ly swept up 120 mail sacks and made their getaway in three army-style trucks and a passen ger car. . ; So swiftly and smoothly did the gang work that about 75 post of fice employes, all but four in the rear cars, were unaware of the robbery until it was over. The incident took place near this Buckinghamshire town 40 miles north of London about 3:15 a.m. in a fashion as spectacular as any of tlie great train robber ies pulled off in the days ol the desperadoes of the American West. Obviously well-planned, the rob bery went off with split - second precision. It was the first attack on an all-mail train, or traveling post office, in the 125 years of their history in Britain.
