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Blast Turns Gay Ice Show Into Nightmare; 63 Die
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. lUPD
A tremendous explosion turned
a gala Halloween ice show into
nightmarish tragedy -Thursday
night, killing at least 63 persons
and injuring 341.
Officials said the explosion
might have been caused by
compressed gas used in cooking
hot dogs and for pop corn pop
ping. The catastrophe largest in
Indianapolis history killed 63
men, women and children, ac
cording to official sources.
There was such confusion after
the explosion some bodies were
counted twice and, at one
point, officials had set the toll
at 70 before revising it down
ward. The explosion roared through
the Indiana Coliseum at the
conclusion of the opening night
performance of "Holiday On
Ice." It tore through the con
crete floor beneath the $3.30
box scats, finest in the house,
and hurled bodies 50 feet
through tlie air onto the ice,
where moments befoi? skaters
had pirouetted.
Panic swept through parts of
the audience. Crowds surged
toward exits. One spectator
said, "I saw people jumping
over the balconies to their
death." Shortly, there were
mink coats from women in the
audience strewn on the ice,
along with popcorn boxes and
empty beer cups.
Many of the box seats direct
ly above the explosion were oc
cupied by prominent Indianap
olis residents.
Coroner Dennis Nicolas said,
"apparently it was an accumu
lation of leaking propane gas
used for the concession stands."
He said the explosion may have
been caused by a leak in cop
per tubing and net in a gas
tank.
Gov. Matthew E. Welsh or
dered an immediate investiga
tion. To the stunned city of Indi
anapolis, (he reasons why
seemed secondary lor the mo
ment. The shocking and most Im
portant fact was a sheet of ice
scarred with dead mothers,
fathers, a few children: a noli- -day
Halloween night which be
came a real nightmare while a
band played jazztime music;
the double row of covered bod-
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ME-iaPAHER SSCTIOM
GEN. RISK. AND DOCUMENTS DIV.
VICTIM
REMOVED Rescue
Twisiea wrecicage following
Thursday night. Sixty seven
Hospital Wins Final Okay;
Ground Breaking Saturday
Construction of Klamath
County's new 141-bed Presby
terian Intercommunity Hospital
was given the go-ahead signal
yesterday afternoon when the
office of Congressman Al TJ11
man told the Herald and News
that the U.S. Department of
Public Health had approved the
low bid of $2.09 million as sub
mitted by the Todd Construc
tion Company of Roseburg.
The Roseburg construction
firm was among five bidders
who competed for the contract
to build the four-story structure,
scheduled for completion before
the summer of 1965 on a site
adjacent to the new OTI cam
pus. In The-
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
' From Washington:
Representative Morris K.
Udall, of Arizona, has intro
duced in the congress a bill that
would raise the pay of the vice
president of the U.S. from the
present $35,000 to $50,500; cab
inet officers from $25,000 to
$10,000; Supreme Court j u s
tices from $35,000 to $50,000 and
members of congress from $22,
500 to $35,000.
He says in explanation of his
bill that present salaries paid
top government officials are
ridiculously low and that sub
stantial increases are needed to
attract and HOLD the kind of
people it takes to run the gov
ernment properly.
In defense of his bill, he goes
on to say:
"It doesn't make sense when
Chicago pays its chief of ipo
lice $30,000 a year to protect
its citizens and the United
States pays its secretary of de
fense only $25,000 a year to ad
minister a So5 billion budget for
the protection of the entire na
tion." And, he adds:
"It's absurd when the city of
New York pays its comptroller
$40,000 a year but the U.S. sec
retary of the treasury gets only
$25,000 a year."
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
What Congressman Udall
seems to be saying is that the
higher the pay the higher the
quality of the government the
taxpayers get.
One wonders.
Out this way, we seem to re
call that over the years the
municipal governments of Chi
cago and New York have been
fantastically corrupt in spite of
the high salaries that arc paid
to their officials.
We are so naive as to think
that it isn't so much WHAT
WE PAY THEM as the KIND
OF MEN WE GET that results
in good government. .
Interesting thought:
Suppose the congress should
enact and the President should
sign Representative Udall's bill.
Suppose it could then be re
ferred by petition to a vpte of
tlie people of the U.S. as
an act of the legislature can be
submitted to a vote of the peo
ple in Oregon.
What would happen?
One suspects that it would be
beaten as decisively as was the
recent tax increase in Oregon.
Why? '
Well, one suspects that a 1 1
over the country people are get
ting as hot under the collar over
soaring taxes as are the people
of Oregon.
Taxes are beginning to BITE.
workers
Indianapolis
an explosion during an ice show
were killed and hundreds injured
The bid had been first ac
cepted by the hospital board
and the State Department of
Public Health, represented by
Harry Palmer, moments after
the bid opening. But acceptance
of the bid was also needed from
the U.S. Department of Public
Health before some $1.3 million
could be released to the project
from Hill - Burton and Accel
erated Public Works Program
funds.
Word clearing the way for
the start of construction came
as members of the hospital
board were preparing arrange
ments for the official ground
breaking of the hospital site by
Congressman Al Ullman, 1:30
p.m., tomorrow.
County Commissioner Frank
Ganong will emcee the affair
to be attended by Sens. Maur
ine Neuberger and Wayne
Morse and other distinguished
guests, such as city and county
officials from throughout the
'Klamath Basin. Also in attend
ance will be Rev. John Reyn
okls, moderator of tlie Prcsby
teria of Southwest Oregon (spon
sors of the hospital), and Rev.
iRobert C. Groves, who will de
liver an address on the achieve
ment of tlie Basin in raising
funds which have made possi
ble the construction of the hos-
3 Miners
Rescued
PEINE, Germany (UPI) -Three
men trapped for more
than a week in a flooded iron
mine were brought to the sur
face today and cheered by a
crowd of waiting miners as they
stepped out into the daylight.
The underground ordeal for
the three miners ended when
they came up a 262-foot escape
shaft that had been punched
through to them in days of te
dious drilling. After three hours
in a decompression chamber to
prevent the possibility of an at
tack of the "bends" the men
walked out under an overcast
sky.
About 800 fellow miners and
friends cheered them.
A mine official said the phy
sical and mental condition of the
rescued men was extraordinar
ily good. After pushing through
the crowd of well-wishers the
men went into a Red Cross tent
for a private reunion with their
families.
Rescue worker Paul Syska
went down in a rescue capsule
through the emergency shaft to
help the men to the, surface
W TLX isL ' 2&S! (." LA I I 1
TRICK OR THEATERS Youngsters of all ages donned
costumes and scary masks to confront residents of the
area with the option of "trick" or "treats" on Halloween.
At left, Tyana Payne, 1707 Kan. Street, ii shown handing
remove a victim from the
t the state fairgrounds
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pital. Tlie invocation will be de
livered by Rev. Al Place of Chil
oquin. Music for the ceremony will
be provided by the Klamath
Union High School band, under
the direction of LaMar Jensen.
The committee in charge of the
ground breaking includes Dick
Lamb, Jim Crismon, Lt. Jim
Delaney, Rev. Robert Groves,
Boyd Sanderson, George Calli
son and Dr. Don Bauer.
' Gordon Todd, general super
intendent fbr the bid winners,
told the Herald and News fol
lowing the bid opening that his
firm would begin moving heavy
equipment here from Roseburg
so it would be prepared to start
work as soon as the contract
was let.
President And Advisers
Study Viet Nam Situation
WASHINGTON .(UPD-Presl-dent
Kennedy met for 45 min
utes today with top diplomatic
and military advisers on the
military coup directed against
the government of South Viet
Nam.
A spokesman said afterwards
that the President was given
"direct information" on the sit
uation in Saigon by Secretary of
State Dean Rusk and Defense
Secretory Robert S. McNa
mara. Press Secretary Pierre Salin
ger said that there would be
no immediate White House com
ment on the fast-developing sit
uation. He said, however, that
there is "no problem" in White
House communications with
Saigon and "our reports are
coming in very fast."
Shooting Hours
OREGON
November 2
Open Close
6:10 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
CALIFORNIA
November 2
Open Close
6:09 a.m. 4:59 p.m.
Wont her
Klamath Palls, Tulelakl ind Lakt-
view: Mostly cloudy with few scat
tered showers tonight and Saturday.
Lows tonight at to 32, highs Saturday
SO to 55. .
High yesterday 55
Low this morning 34
High year ago - .i
Low year ago so
Preclp. lest 24 hours .00
Since Jan. 1 1.04
Same period last year 14.51'
U.S. Forces
To Protect
SAIGON, South Viet Nam
(UPI) Vietnamese marine,
army and air force units
rebelled today to overthrow the
regime of President Ngo Dinh
Diem.
(The United States promptly
ordered forces in the Pacific to
start moving toward Vict Nam
to protect American lives if
necessary.
(Diem was arrested and jail
ed and his brother, Ngo Dinh
Nhu, powerful head of the se
cret police, was assassinated by
rebel forces, diplomatic sources
said in Tokyo. )
' .Those attending the meeting
also included Central Intelli
gence Agency Chief Johtf A.
McCone; Gen, Maxwell Taylor,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff; Undersecretary of State
W. Averell Harriman, Roger
Hilsman, assistant secretary of
state for Far Eastern affairs,
and McGeorge Bundy, the Pres
ident's assistant for national se
curity. Bundy, who awakened the
President at 3 a.m. EST to tell
the President of the develop
ment, maintained a White
House "situation room" where
reports from Saigon were re
ceived. He briefed the Presi
dent again at 6 a.m. EST.
Mme. Nhu
Raps U.S.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.
(UPI) Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu
said today that "if press re
ports of a revolt in Viet Nam
are true, it is a great shame
to many Americans."
Mme. Nhu issued her state
ment through her traveling com
panion, T. M. Thach, South Viet
Nam's observer at the United
Nations.
She said: "Indeed, we all
know many of them (Amer
icans) wanted this for a long
time. Now that victory was
coming for us, they thought they
could rob us of the real fruits
of that victory with the help of
little men who are traitors."
out treats to Tayna, Alan, Ricky and Dennis Peterson.
Center view, wM looks like two juvenile members of
the Cose Nostra mob ar. shown as th.y mad. th.ir Hal.
low.an rounds. Th.y ar Gary Jonas, 5203 Bryant, Mr,
Price Ten Cents 16 Pages
Ordered
Americans
The rebels struck at midday.
By nightfall they were reported
in control of most of the coun
try following fierce fighting.
(The American forces ordered
to Viet Nam are primarily part
of the 7th Fleet, and were ex
pected also to include some
air and ground units. The Unit
ed States already has an esti
mated 15,000 troops in Viet
Nam.
(The rebels appeared to be in
virtual control of Saigon and
other parts of the country ex
cept for the immediate area
around the presidential palace,
according to reports reaching
Washington. Heavy fighting
continued around the palace.
Diplomatic sources in Washing
ton cautioned, however, that it
still was uncertain whether the
coup was successful.)
Madame Nhu, the president's
controversial sister-in-law, is
touring the' United States and
currently is in Beverly Hills,
Calif., with her 18-year-old
daughter, Le Tuy.
(Tlie Japanese foreign office
in Tokyo also said it had re
ceived a cable from its acting
ambassador in Saigon reporting
that Saigon radio announced
the formation of a new govern
ment some time around 4 a.m.
EST. The coup forces were be
lieved to be pro-American.
I A U.S. Embassy official in
Manila said there had been
fierce fighting. "One plane has
been shot down and the presi
dent's palace has been sur
rounded," the official said.)
The United Slates has made
no secret since then that it
would like a change in the Sai
gon government. The English
language Times of Vict Nam
charged here Sept. 2 that the
U.S. Central Intelligence agency
had planned a coup against the
regime Aug. 28 but "postponed
the plot" because the "Vietna
mese knew and were prepared
to . . . fight to the end."
The United States dismissed
the accusation as a fantasy.
President Kennedy said earlier
this month that the United
States would continue Its sup
port of Dicm's guerrilla war
against the Communists, b u t
would like to sec a change In
"policies and personnel." This
was believed directed particu
larly against Nhu, who has
been reputed to be the real
ruler of Vict Nam and chief In
stigator of the crackdown cam
paign.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON.
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Vandalism Takes
CHECK CONVENTION PLANS Officials of t he Pacific Northwest Newspaper
Advertising Executives Association (PNNAcA) are shown as they check over last
minute preparations for the
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board of governors; Frank Newell, Roseburg, exhibits chairman; A. D. "Deb" Addison,
Klamath Falls, convention chairman, and Dale Dixon, Walla Walla, board of governors.
Seated, same order, Frank McGirr, Calgary, Alberta, vice president; Del Jackson,
Vancouver, Wash., president, and Gordon Crossley, Vancouver, B.C., secretary-treasurer.
The session concludes with a buffet luncheon Saturday noon.
Newspaper Advertising Executives
Gather Here For Two-Day Session
Glenn Jackson, vice chair
man of the Pacific Power and
Light Company, highlighted tlie
first morning's activities of the
convention of newspaper ad
vertising executives with a
luncheon address on "Commu
nity and Newspaper Develop
ment at the Wincma Motor
Hotel Friday.
In addition to this position
with the utility firm, Jackson is
chairman of the Oregon State
Highway Commission, and is di
rectly involved in the newspa
cr field as one of the owners of
the Albany Democrat Herald
and the weekly Cottage Grove
Sentinel.
About 50 persons, including
delegates, wives and guests
were attending the semi-annual
meeting of the Pacific North
west Newspaper Advertising Ex
ecutives Association which
and Mike Knabl., S228 Bryant. They also looked at though
they meant business. At right, decorated forth, occasion
ar., left to right, Barbara Buhrl., Ter.sa and Margarita
Garcia and Linda Buhrl. Th. photographer captured
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1963
Ota
57th semi-annual convention
i - -La i i
opened with Thursday registra
tion. Bub Watson, retail advertis
ing manager of tlie Province,
Vancouver, B.C., opened the
session at 9 a.m. Friday with
the "Early Bird" award, and
William B. Sweetland, publisher
of the host newspaper, the Her
ald and News, delivered t h c
welcoming address.
Delbcrt Jackson, advertising
manager of the Columbian, Van
couver, Wash., and president of
the PNNAEA, opened the busi
ness portion of the convention
with preliminary remarks.
The Friday morning program
Included a keynote address by
Paul Carter, advertising co
ordinator for the Spokesman Re
view and Daily Chronicle, Spo
kane. Dale Dixon, ganeral
manager of the Walla Walla,
Wash., Union Bulletin, chair
manned the "Northwest Idea
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Heavy Toll In City
which opened Friday at the
r;j cj f b r
Panel," and Uien individual
idea panels were held for Ore
gon, Alaska and Idaho.
Frank Newell, exhibits chair
man, Roseburg News Review
commented briefly on fall ex
hibits just prior to tlie luncheon
recess.
Friday's session concludes
with a banquet dinner and
dance this evening at which
fall 1903 awards will be pre
sented. '
Modern Miss
Described
LONDON (UPI) - National.
Chamber of Trade President.
' James Parke said today that
"the ultra - modern miss
dresses to kill and la reputed
to cook the same way."
these four pixies at 422 Washington. Trick or tr..tr
were reported not quit, to numerous this year In most
placos.
Weather
. LONO'RANOI OUTLOOK
ftKurrlng showers through the week'
and with mild temperatures. Return to
lair fall weather It oxpected early next
Windows
And Autos
Damaged
Merchants and homeowners
today counted up thousands of
dollars to destruction wrought
on Halloween by gangs of van
dals who roamed through
Klamath Falls.
Dozens of stores and homes
were hit by rocks and beer bot
tles, breaking windows valued
at hundreds of dollars each.
One East Main, store had four
of its five plate glass show win
dows shattered.
One man's car was broken
up and the upholstery lashed
and ripped by vandals who also
covered the outside with paint-
destroying shaving cream and
acratches from sharp objects.
Police declared war today on
the vandals and indicated they
have solid leads to their iden
tities. One youth was captured
' at a drive-in cafe where 18 win
dows were broken.
Chief of Police Charles How
ard said the Halloween was
one of the worst in recent his
tory as page after page of the
police log were filled with re
ports of destruction.
The vandals hit virtually ev
ery area of the city except the
downtown blocks which were
patrolled.
In one instance, beer bottles
were thrown through the win
dows of three business estab
lishments In a row on Spring
Street
Outside the city, Oregon State
Police reported six instances of
similar vandalism.
The one youth nabbed by po
lice was a member of a four-
man gang which broke 18 win
dows out of Shondo's Drive-in,
Main and Martin.
It is believed the same sang
hit Calhoun's Floor Covering,
357 East Main, and broke four
of tlie firm's five plate glass
windows and smashed out two
glass doors.
police were questioning the
youth in an attempt to learn
the names of the other vandals.
Here Is a list of incidents
compiled from city police and
state police reports this morn
ing: (Continued on Page 4-A)