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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1963)
Explosions Damage Four Birmingham Homes ' By L'nited Press International A new racial troublespot loomed in Alabama today the little cotton-cattle town of Sclma. Sheriff's deputies, a volunteer posse and state troopers Tues day arrested 136 Negroes for staging antisegregation demon strations. But Negro leaders were not deterred and said there would be another demonstration today. Sheriff James G. Clark Jr vowed to "fill up the jails" in S e 1 m a and neighboring prison camps, if necessary, to put down the protest marches. At Birmingham, eight Negro homes and four automobiles were damaged today by two ex plosions. The "harassment tac tics" snapped a utility pole and gouged a crater in the ground. No one was injured. The explosions occurred just hours before the two-man nresi. dential team of Kenneth Royall and Earl Blaik was to begin sep arate meetings with white and Negro leaders in an effort to work out some basis for talks on the city's racial problems. A federal court at Montgom ery issued a preliminary restrain ing order Tuesdav nipht ffirohihit- ing Alabama Gov. George. Wal lace .from interlering with public school integration in Alabama. The order was considered some what stronger than a temporan restraining order that had been in effect against the fiery segre gationist governor. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Wallace ha: the constitutional authority to close the state's public schools, Race Strife Appears In New Spot BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI) -Two street corner explosions damaged at least eight homes and four cars in a Negro neigh borhood of this racially troubled city early today. No one was hurt. The blasts, which police investi gators theorized were planted, sheared off a utility pole at the base and dug a three-foot crater in the ground a few feet away. Shattering the early morning quiet of southwest Birmingham at around 3:50 a.m. EDT, the ex plosions occurred about seven hours before a two-man team representing President Kennedy was to begin a round of media tion talks aimed at restoring ra cial peace here. Kennedy sent the team here after an explosion Sept. 15 at a Negro church killed lour girls and made . the city )nwder-kcg tense. . flocks and debris from the ex plosions this morning broke win dows and caused other damages ih at least eight houses in the area. Four cars suffered shat tered windows and body damage from flying gravel. , The nearest house to the ex plosions, the 22nd and 23rd in Birmingham since 1955, was oc cupied by John D. Hardrick, who said an object was blown through his windows and broke a mirror in a rear room. "I was sure scared." said Hardrick. Police Inspector W. J. Haley said there was an officer only a few blocks from the explosions and he arrived at the scene "be fore the dust settled." No crowds gathered at the scene and police made a door to door check of all residents. Of ficers had trouble getting some of the families to the door for questioning. Police said the explosions could have been caused by one stick of dynamite each, much less powerful than the blast which de molished a 'Negro church, killing the four girls in a Sunday school class, on Sept. 15. "I think it was just harass ment tactics and not aimed at anyone in particular," said an in vestigating officer. ' Talking Rats Aid Science ROCHESTER. N Y. (LTD -Demosthenes, Galatea and Hal vah, a trio of "talking rats" at the University of Rochester, may shed new light on the beginnings of the speech process in humans. The three gabby rodents, whose conversation more properly may ha likened to shrill barks and chuckles, have been trained hy Dr. Stanley Sapon. director of the University's Verbal Behavior Laboratory. Sapon and his colleagues hope their project may one day help scientists understand how chil dren first learn to talk and, pos sibly, how to improve the process. Until Sapnn's experiments, sci entists had been unable to teach rats to vocalize. The animals are normally silent except when in pain. Now, however. Halvah. a star pupil, and the two promising young novices, Demosthenes and Galatea, tell Sapon when they are hungry or thirsty by emitting sharp gurgling barks. Fly-By-Night Firms Work Big Swindle sivr.APnnp iitpii rhinesp fly-by-night import firms, which hnvp a hnhil nf "vanishine" nt just the right moment, have oiiKed unwary overseas compan ies of millions of dollars during the past year. Both the U.S. Consulate in Singapore and the Canadian Trade Commission have con firmed they have done extensive work In nrpvpnl firms Irnm thpir , ., . countries beine taken in hv the international swindle. A hprt Zlicca II S pnmmprpial attache, said losses during the past year have run well into the millions ot dollars; Here is how the swindle works These flv-bv-ninht eemoanies not to be confused with many re- sponstoie Singapore firms send out letters nf innuirv tn thnn. sands of foreign firms asking for tneir price lists or catalogues. Place Orders Having received the catalogues they then seek to place an order. usually tor a total value of $5,000 to $15,000. The next move de pends on whether -they are out lor a rea v bie kill nr r . tent to make only a few thousand dollars. If thev are .out fnr a birr nil they will make arrangements for an irrevocable Ipllpr nf nmAu through one of the local banks, thus guaranteeing that the firm exporting tne goods will get its money upon shiDment. Gradually, the local firm may men increase the size of its or ders. Then, after threp nr four or ders, the Singapore firm may ask or creoit on a really big order. It was in this manner that one American firm drnnner! i,n nnn It extended credit, shipped the gooas ana never received a cent of payment. The Singapore firm had sudden ly ceased to exist. The goods had been dumped on the Singapore market at low nrirps nnrt u-p quicwy gobbled up. shoppers' Paradise This all hclns In main (lip f port of Singapore a shoppers' paradise, albeit at the expense of me trusting foreign companies. The mistake foreiim firm make is extending credit to these y-uy-nigni traders, according to E. H. Maauire. Canadian commissioner. Maguire said he nan received all kinds of enquir ies from Canadian firms which had received orders from Sinea. pore companies. Maguire said the Canadian companies that bothered In rWt with the government trade office saved themselves money. Those wno aidn t got burned. "There have hppn enmp large losses so far." said Zucca. we are doing our best to pre vent further losses, hut ther u not much we can do if we don't know anything about a deal." Money Dried By Machine PRESTON. Minn. 'UPI '-Mon ey problems are nothing new ex cept perhaps one faced recently by a bank in this southeastern Minnesota community. W. A. Garratt, president of the Farmer & Merchants Stale Bank of Preston, and his wife were playing bridge one recent rainy evening, ine game whs interrupt ed when the bank's burglar alarm1 went off. Garratt rushed to the bank. He found not a burglar, but more than $2.ono in drenched cur rency. The bank s roof drain had clogged during the heavy down pour, causing water to pour down the tube of the alarm system and into the vault, flooding a tray of SI, $5, $10 and $20 bills. Moisture had also set off the alarm. Concerned the money would mildew, bank officials started hand-drying the bills. An observer of this tedious process was John Buche, appliance dealer in Pros Ion. He had the dripping hill tak en to his store. They were placed in one of his electronic control clothes dryers and dried automat ically in three loads, taking a lit tle over an hour. if such closure is necessary to keep the peace. The court also said Wallace had the authority to send "such forces as are avail able to him" into Alabama mu nicipalities to preserve law and order. Other developments: Shreveport. La.: Police today were ready to use tear gas and mounted officers to break up un authorized racial demonstrations by Negroes. This segregated northwest Louisiana city was hit by rock-throwing demonstrators for the third straight day Tues day. Greensboro. X. C: James Farmer, national director of tlie Congress of Racial Equality (COREi, was expected to arrive this weekend, and a local Negro leader indicated demonstrations might be staged at that time. Surviving Dionnes Invited To Quints' 'Birthday1 ABERDEEN. S. D. (LTD - The surviving Dione quintuplets are going to get a special invita tion to Aberdeen's big Oct. 14 celebration for the brand-new Fischer quints. While the young Fischers con tinued "doing fine" in St. Luke's Hospital, townsfolk started draw ing up a list of persons they would invite to the big day when the quints will be one month old. E. C. Pieplow, president of the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce and spokesman for the Fischer family, said invitations would b-j sent to governmental, religious and medical personages. He said, however, their names would not be revealed until thev responded to the invitation. 1'iepiow did say that special in vitations would go to Hie four Dionne nuints in Canada now 29 years of age and the Dili- genli quintuplets in Argentina. Pieplow said a notice would be sent to Pope Paul VI and it was hoped the Pope would send his papal blessings. The Fischers are Roman Catholic and their three oldest children attend Sac red Heart School. Pieplow said the Fischers have received two new olfers of a site for their planned $100,000 new home for their household of 10 children. This makes 10 prospec tive sites in all. It is expected Andrew Fischer, 38. and his wife. Mary Ann. 30. who returned from the hospital Monday, will visit the sites later this week. The regular hosoital bulletin said the quints were "very active in their isolettes and their color is good." Thev enntimip In rp. ceive food through tubes in their I noses. I A hospital spokesman said Tuesday the quints probably would be sent home one at a itime and "not in a package lot," and then not until they reach a weight of 5 to 5'i pounds. HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Wednesday, .September 25, 1963 PAGE 5A Protect Agoimr Major Medical Expense With CqnlUble't Llvlitr Iqiariac John H. Houston Hfrvlra Since IU2I '61 Chevrolet Jmpala Sport Sedan one of 15 Jet-tmooth luxury Chetrolett. Chevrolet was luxurious before, but you should see it now. With smart new styling, the '64 Chevrolet looks even longer (but isn't). There's even a whole new series this year the Impala Super Sports with front bucket seats as standard equipment. (The new Im palas and Bel Airs are more luxurious, too. Even the lowest priced Biscaynes have new foam-cushioned seats front and rear and are fully carpeted.) Of course, you expect more than just luxury from Chevrolet. A choice of 16 power teams, for instance a 6 and six v8's up to 425 hp (optional at extra cost). And quieter transmissions. Jet smooth ride with Full Coil suspension. Flush-and-diy rocker panels, Delco- tron generator, self-adjusting brakes and other low-upkeep features. If you've ever wondered how luxurious Chevrolet could -get-with all the extra-cost options there-are to choose from that's entirely uprto you. h'ca Chctdle Malibu Super Sport Coupe one ofli modelt in three great rir. The Department of Agriculture reports cotton classers determine cotton grads hy color, smoothness nf ginning and foreign matter in the cotton. You've never seen anything like this totally new line of cars before. Chevelle is new in everything but Chevrolet quality. 'Chevelle is a good foot shorter than the big cars, so it parks easily. Yet the interior of its Body by Fisher gives you a generous supply of passenger and luggage. room. The ride is surprisingly smooth with a rugged coil spring at all four wheels. And not so surprisingly for Chevrolet, the new Chevelle offers a choice of engines ranging from an economical 120-hp 6 to a 220-hp V8 (optional at extra cost). Choose the Chevelle you like best from the three series -the Malibu Super Sport, the Malibu and the 300 Series, eleven models in all at your Chevrolet dealer's. (This good-looking Malibu Super Sport maybe?) THERE'S 5 IN CHEVROLET. CHEVELLE !, CHEVY H, CORVAIR and CORVETTE LEASED LAND Tart of the New Territories sec tion of the British Crown Colony on Hong Kong was leased from Chin (or 99 years in 1898. ac cording to Britannica Book of the Year. Aik about daily "BuiinMi Card" SPOT ADS TU 4-8111 DUGAN-MEST CHEVROLET CO 410 SO. 6TH ST. KLAMATH FALL&ORR TU 4-3101
