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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1963)
Klamath Area Weather Bureau Of f ice Provides Valuable Service To Citizens PACE A HERALD AND NEWS, Sunday, August 11, Klamath Falls, Oregon 1963 Further Progress Noted In Lumber Strife Settlement . PORTLAND (UPI - Repre senlalives of two striking lumber unions and three members of the Timber Operators Council reached agreement on a three-year con tract Friday afternoon. The oact between the Interna fcriiational Woodworkers of Amer ica and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers unions and the Willam ette Valley Lumber Co., Santiam Lumber Co. and Pope and Talbot, Inc., must be ratified by the un ions' members in a referendum vote. The three companies withdrew their bargaining authorization from the TOC and did their own negotiating. ,- Karl Glos, head of the 196-mem- TXT employers' bargaining group, u3 "Wo may be approaching flia end of this tiling." "flie proposed pact calls for a Sl'4-cent hourly raise in wages inS benefits during the next three Jedrs. . The settlement, if ratified by 3,- Ooo members of the IWA and LSW who work at the three companies, would send 1,500 men back to work at struck Santiam and Pope ini Talbot plants. Willamette Val tfcy; operations have not been jUuck. Referendum ballots on the pro posed contract will be sent to the (Ju-ee firms' union employes dur ng" the weekend and counted on Tuesday. ' The agreement came after re presentatives of the unions and peorgia-Pacific Corp. reached agreement Thursday on a pact for three years. .The proposed agreement calling (or" an approximate 30V4-cent hour ly raise for the next three years Biiist be ratified by union mem oes at Georgia-Pacific plants. '-About 5,000 men were idled by (bf strike at Georgia-Pacific op-rations. .The return of the workers at Santiam, Pope and Talbot and Georgia-Pacific operations would Milk Producers Fife Petitions SALEM (UPD - Harney snd Malheur County milk producers hare filed petitions asking that a distributor pool be established in their area. vfhe petition is the first (o be fljod for a distributor pool to re place the marketing pool arrangc ijicnt established by the new state iji'lk stabilization act. - In effect, it is a request for the area to return to the status be fore the act was passed when distributors made pool arrange ments for milk. Under the marketing pool ar rangement the stale sets quotas for. a whole marketing area. Producer prices set by the de partment continue in effect re gardless of which type of pool op eration Is used. Because more than two-thirds n the producers signed the peti tion no vote will be needed to Bjale the pool change for the Har dsj and Malheur producers. leave an estimated 7,000 men out of work in the 67-day-old Pacific Northwest lumber strike. Still struck were St. Regis Pa per Co. and U.S. Plywood Co., both members of the Big Six employers' bargaining association, and some smaller firms, who are members of the TOC, in Oregon, Washington and California. Some 14,000 men returned to work last week at four Big Six companies, which ended a lock out The lockout came June 7, two days after the unions struck the two other Big Six firms. Representatives of the unions and the Big Six were scheduled to meet in a negotiating session here Monday afternoon. No talks were scheduled between the un ions and TOC. Or" 1 V.f ' '.'.owe i ; 'WAV 'll'tt 4r-r ,' . : i WEATHERMAN AT WORK Robert Cardinal, chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau office at Kingsley Field, studies a weather map transmitted from Washington. The map gives an up-to-date picture of weather conditions over the nation. I ; If Li JLr S 1,-- . . -j?b.,: : - - - ----- '"'T ,, . "(L mmmmmmmmm 1 JkW , tr- aim TELETYPES HELP This bank of teletypes is constantly bringinq weather informa tion from all parts of the country into the Weather Bureau office here. The machine at left carries weather from Oregon points and local weathermen also use it to transmit local forecasts. The middle machine brings in weather from other parts of the nation and the third teletype is on stand-by duty. rm r i I nil :-.:! i ... I i f t 2- J '""''( ' ' f til it V uiiiiiMii n il in ii in r in i nn r iiiiiiiiiiim nTiw lulu By DAN WALTERS Variahle cloudiness with S chance for thunderstorms over the mountains tonight and Friday. i innicht 50-60. Hichs Fri day 85-90. Light winds except! gusty near thunderstorms. Thpsn words aDDeared Thurs day evening on the front page of the Herald and News. lkinc the forecast as a euide, Klnmaih families nlanned their weekend activities. Farmers stud ied the forecast with an eye at harvests. And th U.S. Forest Service and other agencies girded them selves for a rash of lightning caused fires. Tn hundreds of Deonle. these words meant something special. Rut alihmiffli thev euide their lives with the forecast, few, if any, stop to think about how it came about. It started weeks aco when a U.S. Weather Bureau observer near the Mexican border noted a mass nf warm, moist air. This information was fed into high-speed teletypes which car ried to Washington. OX., ana to other Weather Bureau stations. in Wahinplnn. meteorologists took the information and other hiic from all Darts of the coun try and filled in a weather map. This map was transmitted by an lfflripal.rhmiral nrocess to sta tions all over the nation, includ ing lh Woalher Bureau office at Kingsley Field, just outside Klamath Falls. These mans showing an ever- changing picture of weather con ditions, are transmitted six hours. Two men at the Klamath Falls weather station study the maps, the mass of warm air was moving north through California's Central Valley. Nntins nrpvailinu winds, the iroathprmpn arrived at the con clusion that the mass of warm storms, would settle over the Klamath Basin Thursday and Friday. The forecasts were sent out to the public via radio, television and Iho newsnaner The men responsible tor this PILOTS1 AID This display of current weather maps and teletype forecasts was set up at Kingsley Field's Weather Bureau office to aid pilots. With a quick glance at the display, pilots can see the weather at any point to which they will be flying. State Employment Hits Higher Level SALEM (UPD Despite the lumber industry labor dispute there were more people working in Oregon last month than in any July in history. Department of Employment Commissioner David Cameron put the total at 732,800. This was 300 less than the June; working force. Unemployment dropped to 32,- 900 in mid-July, 1,500 less than a vear aco and 2,500 less than in June. Cameron explained Uie loss of 7,400 jobs in the state during the month in the state and local gov- ernment catagory resulted from the June closure of educational institutions. Timing of the crops resulted in 1,400 decline in canning and. preserving jobs. The big job gain came In non manufacturing where there were 22,300 more jobs than a year ago. These gains included 7,800 in contract construction; 3,800 in trade; 3,200 in services and 5,500 in government. The lumber industry labor dis-l putc had 9,000 persons out of work in mid-July, about the same as the June figure. Agricultural employment was down almost 11,000 from last July. The decline was largely because (lie strawberry harvest was com pleted by mid-July this year. LITTLE PEOPLE'S PUZZLE E1 2 3 mRoM VT, 8ACROS5 . ISP" IK lACRoeft o ' VSii Jfejjy """"" " . .... san ' : . ... . '''' J?' i ' XSI 3DC I t igAf Mraj tr ffcAlWOkWHWCAt I W,J fyto ' ' ' ' lLsrfTL....,..- Asks Removal Of Officers PORTLAND (UPD - The presi dent of the Portland branch of1 the NAACP Friday urged that the members of the Portland Housing Authority he replaced. Mayfield K. Webb, speaking to the City Club, asked for the mem- Iwrs ouster because they have on dorsed proposals for a low-rent housing project in the Albina dis- trict, inhabited mainly by Ne-l groes. Webb, an attorney, also called for a speedup of a school district study on tlie problem of school: which mainly have Negro chil dren. Heiress' Death In Portland Ruled Homicide PORTLAND (UPII - The Mult nomah County coroner's office ruled Friday that the death of a wealthy Idaho cattle heiress was 'homicidal until proved other wise. Dr. William Lehman, pathologist for the coroner's office, said Mrs. Irene Davis, 41, Payette, died from strangulation. He made the ruling after studying the autopsy. iiie partially clad body of Mrs. Davis was found in a partly filled balhtub in her room at the Port land Hilton Hotel Tuesday. A stocking was wrapped around her throat. There had been speculation that the woman committed suicide. Portland police were looking for an unidentified man who was Mrs. Davis' last known compan ion. They were seen drinking to gether in the hotel's rooftop res- taurant-Dar early Tuesday morning. Police also were looking for a missing key to Mrs. Davis' hotel room. The door was locked from the inside when her body was discov ered. However, police said that it could have been locked by a per son icavuig tlie room before clos ing the door. SALEM (UPD Oregon's state parks will be inspected by Nation al Parks Service Director Conrad Wirth this week. Witth and representatives ol three other federal agencies will accompany the State Parks and recreation Advisory Committee and State Highway Department officials on the three day trip starting Monday. Other federal agencies which will have representatives on the tour include the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service ANSWERS flWOB '6 NinONJd '5 b313WOWa3Hl 'I :'t NAoa 31U09 HVO ona N33IOS A3XNOW a ooo ssoaov it ot "8 V 9 'I Norblad Urges Marine Study ASTOKIA (UPD - Itcp. Walter Norblad. It-Ore., Friday urged the National Science Foundation to In vestigate Tongue Point as a possi ble site for a marine laboratory. Tlie laboratory is now planned for Bodega Hay, Calif. Norblad said that Pacific Gas and Elec tric Co. plans a .125.000 kilowatt reactor at Bodega Bay to produce nuclear power. The First District congressman aid tlie reactor would discharge waste which would contaminate and warm tlie water. Two Named PORTLAND (UPD - Jack Cat litis, .13, Portland, and Michael Morehouse, 37, Chicago, Friday lucre named as assistants in the U.S. attorney's office here. WEATHER MAPS Jim Rawles of the U.S. Weather Bureau office at Kingsley Field, holds a weather map coming out on a facsimile machine from Washington, D.C. The Weather Bureau office here receives an up-to-date map each six hours showing con ditions all over the country. forecast are Robert E. Cardinal and James W. Rawles. Cardinal is chief of the Klamath Fall station and Rawles is his assist-ant. In addition to giving the fore- cast to local residents, the men have the duty of sending out lo cal forecasts to other points in Oregon and helping aviators plan their flights. Cardinal and Rawies occunv a small office in one the main hang ars at Kingsley, surrounded by chattering teletypes and buffeted by the roar of Air Force jets overhead. They moved into the office last year. A constant stream of fliers moves through the office, check ing on flying weather conditions at a special display set up by tlie weathermen. Also, the two weathermen are kept busy by queries from farm ers wanting information with which to guide their field work. As a special service. Cardinal and Rawles offer soil moisture and temperature readings and give a general outlook for har vesting or other work. Misses Vote WASHINGTON (UPD - Sen. Maurine Neuberger, D-Ore., voted in the minority Friday as the Sen ate turned down an amendment to trim $307.8 million from its $5.5 billion space- authorization. The vote was 37 to 32. Sen. Wayne Morse. D-Ore., did not vote. He was in Klamath Falls for the dedication of the Klamath Project Extension, a $818,950 irri gation project. Oregon Lawyer Receives Award MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. (UPD -Lane Countv District Al William F. Frye Friday was namea recipient ol tne Outstand ing Prosecutor Award" of the Na. tional District Attorneys Associa tion. The presentation of the award was made Saturday at the end of the organization's annual meet ing. The association said the award recognizes Frye's contribution to the public through participation in community and state affaire his professional achievements as a lawyer ana prosecutor, and his service m me organization. Frey, 34, has been vice presi dent of the group for two years and is editor of its publication. "Hearsay." The association is made up of 1,300 members. Sentenced PARIS (UPD Two members of a Secret Army Organization (OAS) killer squad, Jean-Louis Blanchy and Francois Leca, both 28, were sentenced Saturday to life imprisonment for the murder of a French army officer in Algeria. Wirth To Visit Area Parks and Bureau of Outdoor Recrea tion. The bus tour will begin in Port land and will be routed up the Columbia River Highway. It will go south to Bend, Crater Lake, Klamath Falls, Grants Pass and end at Medford Wednesday afternoon. Members will inspect develop ments at Cove Palisades State Park, the Prineville Reservoir re creational area and overnight camping units under construction in Collier Park. Crater Lake, Val ley of the Rogue and Diamond Lake. STAR GAXEjR?? Bt clay k. follan 0,? 8-19-30-331 0-74 TAURUS 0- APR. 21 HAY Jl rl 3-29.39-43 Ay69-7u-77 OiAMM MAY 22 JUNE 22 V 4. 6-12-11 48-787-891 CANCII JUNE 23 JULY 23 k?22.25-M-54 36-39-7' uo "5L AU0.2J )24.?8-37-4u Moose Elect CORVALL1S (UPD - Nomina tions were made for state officers of the Ixiyal Order of tlie Moose at their convention here Satur day. About 1.000 delegates vote. 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