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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Or. Blast Kills Mother, 4 Children SPRINGFIELD, Mo. I UPI I -An explosion and fire ripped through a converted apartment building early Saturday, killing a motner and tour of her children A fifth child dove through a window to escape the flames that destroyed the one-story building Police identified the dead as Mrs. Betty Lou Ryan, 36; three daughters, Billie Jean, 7, Vickie, 6, and Linda Sue May, 15, and a son, Freddie Arthur, 9. Another daughter, Karen Sue May, 13, suffered second and third degree burns and severe lacerations when she jumped through a window to escape. She was reported in serious condition in a hospital. Linda Sue and Karen were chil dren of a former marriage of Mrs. Ryan. The blast in the concrete block structure awakened a neighbor,! James Daughtery. He ran to the flaming building and assisted Mrs. Edith Wilson, 62, from the Jront apartment. Patrolman Joe Jarcd, attracted by the flames, arrived a few .minutes later and attempted to enter the rear four-room apart ment, occupied by Mrs. Ryan and her children. But' he was forced back by the flames and smoke. "It was a mass of flames . . .," said Jarcd. "It was just too hot, I couldn't get close enough to tind the rear door. Jared said the roof caved in shortly after his arrival. Mis. Ryan and the children ap parently were asleep at the time of the blast at 5:20 a.m. Karen, her clothing ablaze, was cut when she dove through the window glass, Jared said. Firemen, quickly extinguished the flames and removed the bod ics from the smouldering ruins Origin of the explosion was not determined immediately. U.S., Japan Adjourn Fish Talks TOKYO (UPI) - The United States, Japan and Canada an nounced Saturday they have agreed to adjourn their dead locked negotiations over fishing rights m the northeastern Pacific, U.S. sources said the talks would be resumed in Canada. A brief announcement issued after Saturday's session said the talks would be adjourned Monday. Japanese sources said the negotia tions are expected to be resumed early next year. While all sides say there has been some progress in the talks the main issue Japan's demand that it be allowed to fish for salm on and halibut off North America remained unsolved. The U.S. wants Japan to con tinue to abstain from fishing for these two marine resources in the northeastern Pacific convention area. Japan wants to scrap the abstention principle. . Sen. E. L. (Bob) Barllett. D Alaska, arrived here Friday to back up the U.S. delegation and to explain America's unyielding position. Bartlelt said it would be "gross ly unfair for Japan to share in halibut and salmon resources which American fishermen and the U.S. taxpayers have spent mil linns of dollars to build tip. Demo Figure Closely Tied To Firm Under FBI Scrutiny WASHINGTON 'LTD - A rap idly expanding firm with close lies to Senate Democratic Secre tary Robert G. (Bobby) Baker is under scrutiny by FBI agents. The firm, Scrv-U Corp., is re ported to be doing a $3.5 million annual business by placing its vending machines in aerospace plants working . on government contracts. Serv-U acquired five major fran chises during the past 18 months at plants of North American Avia tion. Northrop Corp. and Thomn-son-Ramo-Woolridge in the South ern California area. The 35-year-old Baker and his wife. Dorothy, are listed as re cipients of $290,000 in promissory notes from Scrv-U and Mrs. Baker has signed documents as assistant secretary of the firm. Ernest C. Tucker, board chair man and vice president of Scrv-U is a close friend and law partner of Baker's in private practice. Baker is a well-known Capitol Hill figure and has close tics with many Democratic senators. He is a protoge of Vice President Lyn don B. Johnson. Ask about daily "Business Card" SPOT ADS TU -1H Sunday. J .2. NEW UNIFORMS Klamath Falls' three metar maids show off the new, light-blue uniforms they will wear start ing Monday. The new uniforms and hats replaca old green and white uniforms the maids have been wearing. The meter maids (left to right) are Jody Kitchen, Peggy Glasscock and Donna Hoffman. They are standing on the steps of the police department. Widow, Lover In Murder Of CHICAGO (UPI) - An attrac tive young widow was held on a murder charge Saturday in the al leged love triangle slaying of her executive husband. Mrs. Irwina Weinstein, petite 28-year-old mother of two chil dren, surrendered voluntarily to police Friday five days after the charred body of her husband was found in his fire-swept station wagon in a South Side garbage dump. Her husband, Harvey. 31, was an executive for Royal Display Inc., a firm operated by Mrs. Weinstein's father. The woman was implicated in the case by a burly ex-convict, Richard Mattox. 31. who told po lice he and Mrs. Weinstein had been carrying on a love affair. Mattox, who also has been charged with murder, said Mrs. Weinstein asked him to kill her husband so that they could get married. Mattox said he refused however, and that she found an other man whom he could not identify to help her do the job. Mrs. Weinstein refused to speak with reporters after a 30-minute session with the states attorney but denied through her attorney that she had anything to do with the death of her husband. Attorney Frank Whalen unsuc cessfully sought the widow's re lease from police custody, and she was held in jail. Stale's Atty. Daniel P. Ward said Mrs. Weinstein refused to answer his "appropriate ques tions" about the case. He said no bond would be set for the pretty brunette because "it's a murder case." Mattox told police he was on his way to visit Mrs. Weinstein at her home last Sunday when he saw her strike her husband in the presence of a man he did not know. He said he went home and did not know what happened next. "I tried lo talk her out of kill ing him." Mattox said. "It's a Baker's non-elective Job pays an! annual $20,000 salary. His wife is employed on the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee's staff at salary of $11,800 a year. Senate staff members are not barred by law from carrying on private business careers. Baker has made no secret of his finan cial interests. The FBI and the Justice Depart ment refused to comment on their interest in the vending firm but it was learned that FBI agents1 visited several plants in the Wash Guaranteed, Insured Investment Plans i Jim Oilman "Yout PAGE 3A Arrested Husband story of love and romance. She wanted, to divorce him and he would not give her a divorce." Whalen called Mattox' state ment "incredible." Police said tests on the dead man indicated he was killed by a blow on the head and was dead before the station wagon fire started. Burned Girl Continues To Improve SAN FRANCISCO (UPD Doc tors attending eight-year-old Cath- ryn Reeves were reported "en couraged" by her improvement Saturday, but the mystery of who tossed the matches that turned her into a human torch deepened The child, who was prevented from running for help by braces on her polio-crippled legs, suf fered second and third degree burns Tuesday when her light cot ton dress burst into flames. She was able to take fluid by mouth Friday and doctors said she appeared to be "much bet ter." Doctors indicated they might start skin grafts this week. But police said some witnesses had thrown some doubt on Cath- ryn's account of the burning. The child said two playmates, who had been teasing her about her braces. threw a lighted book of matches at her, setting her dress on fire. Witnesses told police they had seen the girl playing with match es Tuesday afternoon. The wit nesses said she was joined later by two boys and that all three began throwing matches at each other and at passing cars.. Police said the girl had insisted her version of the incident is the correct one. But they added, ques tioning of the child had been lim ited because of her condition. ington area in connection with the firm's transactions. Attention was first called to Baker's tics with Scrv-U when he was named a defendant in g civil suit for damages filed by Ralph Hill, president of the Capitol Vend ing Co. Hill alleged that he paid Baker $5,600 for "securing and maintain ing" a contract for Capitol Vend ing to place its machines in the nearby Falls Church, Va., plant of Mclpar, Inc., an electronics firm with government contracts. October 6, 1963 Call JIM CRISMON First Notional lank lido. Iui.i 2-3434 Rn.: 4-4621 Oreat-Woat Life On future li My luiinoti Todoy" Space Agency Officials Deny Inefficiency Claim HOUSTON (UPP-Top federal space agency officials defended industry Friday against a Gen eral Accounting Office (GAO re port that contractors were ineffi cient on the nation's first space ef fort. A press conference of a two- day meeting summarizing Proj ect Mercury Friday turned into a statement and-qucstion period be tween newsmen and four top space figures. The four were Walter Burke, vice president of McDonnell Air craft, prime contractor for the Gemini spacecraft; Hugh Dryden, deputy administrator of the Na tional Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration (NASA I; Robert Gil- ruth, director of the Manned Spacecraft Center; and Dr. Wal ter Williams, deputy director for mission requirements. Burke, representing industry said "I have never known of any evidence of deliberate sloppy workmanship. Burke said the fact that parts functioned correctly was testimo nial to industry and the space team. "Six men flew (in space capsulcsl and nobody lost their lives, he said. Gilruth said the contractors on Project Mercury were a "highly dedicated group on the government-industry team," and Dry den added that quality control on Mercury components "was as high as had ever been contained in any project I know about." Williams, clarifying a paper he presented to the session concern ing industrial testing standards, said the paper was not intended to be "vindictive." but only to point out that such testing must be geared to search for the tiniest flaws. Because testing did not simu late complete flight conditions, Williams said, the possibility that moisture might collect in capsule electrical components was not re vealed. Such actually did occur in as tronaut Gordon Cooper's "Faith capsule, causing failure of the automatic controls as Cooper readied for re-entry. Williams added that correct functions on Mercury components was "better than 90 per cent." Burke said discrepancies pointed out in paper at the confer ence were caused by re-working of the capsule from its regular duties into the Cooper spaceship. John D. Hodge, assistant chief 'Fuehrer' And His Bride Greeted By Boos, Eggs COVENTRY. England (UPD -j British neo-fascist "fuehrer Co lin Jordan and his bride, the niece of the late Paris fashion de signer Christian Dior, gave the Nazi salute after their marriage ceremony here Saturday and were greeted by boos, rotten eggs and slink-bombs. When Jordan, 40, and his fian cee, Francoise Dior, 31, arrived at the Coventry registry office for the ceremony, they were booed and hissed by members of the lo cal Anti-Fascist League who were in the crowd of about 1,000. Sev eral clods of turf were thrown at Jordan and Miss Dior, but they were not hit. When they emerged from the building 15 minutes later, Jordan and his bride both gave the Nazi salute. The crowd booed and threw rotten eggs and stink bombs at them, but the couple was not hit. They got into a wait ing taxi and were driven off. The first of two ceremonies that will see Jordan and Fran If you struggle and strain when reading or low ing . , , or notice discomfort under various types of lighting ... or if your eyei blur ond burn, itch and twitch, consult Dr. Noles Optometrists at Colum bian Optical Company, who hove safeguarded the vision of your friends and neighbors for over 58 years! No Appointment Needed for flight control at the Houston center, told the conference delib erate crises were simulated for ground controllers before the Cooper flight. State GOP Stays Mum On Tax Vote PORTLAND (UPP-The Repub lican State Central Committee Saturday refused to take a stand on the Oct. 15 tax referendum. The committee, meeting here, unanimously adopted a resolution which recommended that voters base their decision upon "non partisan study and individual judgment." The action was advisory be cause only 16 of the state's 36 counties were represented at the meeting. Delegates from 19 coun ties are necessary for a quorum. 1 he resolutions committee head ed by James Cahill of Coos Coun ty noted that a majority of the Republican members of ihe state legislature voted against the $t0 million tax bill, but it also pointed out that voters traditionally ig nore party lines m referendum votes. Zoo's Baby Named Dino PORTLAND (UPI) -Portland's third baby elephant will be named Dino. The Portland Zoological Society announced the name after tallying votes from about 37.000 school children in the Portland area. The name Dino received about 24,000 votes to 7.000 for Rasha and 6.000 for Tyce. The three names had been suggested by the zoological society and city officials. Dino, the three-weck-old son of Pet, is the smallest of four baby- elephants born at the zoo. The latest baby, a two-week-old daugh ter of Tuy Hoa, will be named by school children in Portland's sis ter city of Sapporo, Japan. Zoo officials also took advantage of the weekend to celebrate the first birthday of Mc-Tu, the sec ond elephant to be born at the zoo. The observance was two days late, but Me-Tu was given a large quantity of cotton candy and had her picture taken. coise mingle their blood over a copy of "Main Kampf" took place in the civil registry office of the British city that was. nearly lev eled by Nazi bombs in World War II. The bride has said she and the former schoolteacher hope to raise their children by "insisting they keep their race pure by not marrying someone of non Aryan bloods, teaching them to defend their race and venerate the fuehr er and instructing them how to fight for their race. A "Political" ceremony will take place Sunday at the London headquarters of Jordan's Nation al Socialist party, which glorifies Hitler and preaches anti Semi tism. 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