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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1963)
ripjsi - -J ' , 1 K S - ' " T Til llll ' - mM "" . ium IMIlMMMMmiMMMMM1j1 ' sWaatwflfafrftiialllja First Place Kingsley Field m in 1 Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS What's a Liberal? What's a Conservative? These questions have appar ently been bothering the mem bers of the Portland Junior Chamber of Commerce as they have most of the rest of us who read the political news. So I'hey decided to devote their meeting the other day to a de bate on the subject. They chose as debaters Wil liam E. Moomau. chairman of the Multnomah County Republi can Central Committee, .repre senting the Conservatives, and Dr. 'Frank L. Roberts, assist ant dean of faculty of Portland State College, representing the Liberals. Speaking first on the flip of a coin, Mr. Moomau said Ameri can conservatives have dedicat ed themselves to the conserva tion of the great documents that lie at the root of American tra dition, such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitu tion and the Bill of Rights. These, he contended, are the foundations of the American sys tem of government and the American free enterprise econ- omy. Conservatives, he argued, believe in keeping these basic principles intact and they op pose changes that tend to un dermine them. Progress, Dr. Roberts said in rebuttal, is the credo of liberal ism. The mood of liberalism, he contended, is optimism. It thinks of human rights rather than property rights as the ends of public policy. CHANGE is an integral part of its methods. It has kept its fighting edge through the EMOTIONAL force of the reformist impulse "Liberalism," lie concluded, "is a POINT OF VIEW. Let us be sensitive to the human needs for liberty, justice, individual self-realization, physical secur ity, material necessities and for the greatest opporliuity for all to share the blessings of our so ciety." ' What did the Jaycees do? They took a vote, called it a DRAW, and thanked the speak ers for a very interesting pro gram. One can't help wondering if, after hearing both sides, they were any clearer in their minds as to the fundamental differ ences between liberalism and conservatism. Question: , How did it all get started? It's an interesting story. Historically, the terms Liberal and Conservative track back to tlie Tory and Whig parties in England, which began to fall apart in the mid-1800's. By 1350. two NEW parties emerged the conservatives, led by Benjamin Disraeli, and the Liberals, led by WUliam Gladstone. The Liberals became stout supporters of "laLssez (aire" i French for "Let 'er Co. Gal teeher"'. They OPPOSED state intervention in the interest of the working class which more or less lies at the root of mod ern liberalism. Led by Disraeli, the Conserva tive party's program included extension of the VOTE In the working class i which hitherto in England had not been ailowed to vote1, passage of social leg islation favoring the workers, and the reorganization of the Empire by extending self-government to the colonics. All these are thinas that are now supported by toe LIBER ALS. You see The things that are now sup ported by the Liberals were once supported by the C'onserv tivej and the things that were once supported by the Conserv atives are now supported by the Liberals. MM m Kingsley held I The day was overcast weather failed to dampen the spirit exhibited for the third annual Herald and News Christmas Parade. Hundreds lined Klamath Falls downtown streets to witness the story of Christmas as told by 17-church sponsored floats. The event was climaxed with the announcement of three floats judged the most outstanding and origi nal, finalizing many weeks of planning and artistic labor. The loudest cheer came from members of the Kingsley Field Chapel, who were finally rewarded with first place honors after producing an honorable men tion entry for the past two years. Second place went to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, last year's sweepstakes winner, for a colorful napkin-stuffed float entitled "Nativity For Everyone." The focal point was a revolving square stand de signed as a stable with the Star of Bethlehem mounted on top. Each side featured two youths, cos tumed to represent four races of mankind, kneel ing in prayer. The charac-' terizations were complete to various colors of make up used on the face and arms. Third place was awarded to "Christ Is Christmas." an entry submitted by First Christian Church.- Constructed by the church's youth group for just under $25, it featured paper an gels suspended from a beauti ful sliained glass window and a Nativity scene. Six people, dressed in inter national costumes, paid homage to the Christ Child, while a re volving napkin-stuffed glove at the rear of the float signified the general theme of the pa rade, "Christmas, For Every one, Everywhere." Pictures of all other floats In Saturday's Christmas Pa rade appear on Page 8-D of today's Herald and News. The Kingsley Field Chapel float, "0 , Come AH Ye Faith ful," also symbolized Christmas around the world with 12 mem bers in authentic international dress and four members of an Air Force family kneeling before a manger scene. The float represented the work of only those who are related to the chapel program and not the entire base, although it was a joint effort of the Protestant and Catholic groups. t'nder the direction of Capt. Donald Evans and Mrs. Carl Katzaman. workers were drawn from the Protestant Women of the Chapel, Protestant Youth of (Continued on Page 43-A) Four Klamath Falls g jaws V 2 :.Tl It. I i VERN FAHLGREN Chapel mm m m and cloudv, but even the m&t l xj . a ' Tx 1 k niini'iiiiiMi illiniums. ! . PARADE AWARDS Tha presentation of trophies and checlci highlighted Satur day's Christmas Parade for the sponsors of the floats receiving top honors. Proudly displaying the awards are, from left. Jean Homer, First Christian Church, third place; Dennis Culver, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, second place, and Mrs. Irene Katzaman and Capt. Donald Evans, Kingsley Field Chapel, first place. June A. Johnson, Herald and News church editor, right, makes the presentations. Crabtree Rules Violations In Elections Not Intentional Violations of the state's elec tion laws reported during a school election and two special elections held in Klamath Coun ty since July, 1962, were not made intentionally, investigation by the district attorney's office has revealed. Information available to that oflice has indicated there have been technical infractions of the election laws "and those viola tions were of such a nature that they would have been a threat to our system of the se cret ballot and orderly elections if committed with bad mo tives." District Attorney Dale Crabtree said. The announcement followed a six-month exchange of letters between Crabtrce's office and A PAUL CALDWELL I - !, I ' V 1 .1 s , T- U.Of 0.1S.Lt3?IA3Tf OSN.REF.AMD KOC'JUZMXS Second Place mm a mam m (.nape! Noat captures Ihnstmas Weather KHmjm Fills, Tulelik. ind una. view: Mostly cloudy with showtrs er mow Hurries today and tonight, becom ing Ulr Monday. Highs todey nd Monday 3 to 43. Lows tonight II to 24, except near 13 In the normelly cold or areas. Variable winds five to IS miles per hour. High Friday 44 Low Saturday morning 14 High year ago 47 Low year ago 12 iPiresBdeoutt the olfice of Howell Appling Jr., Secretary of State, and their as sociated agencies and depart ments in regard to alleged vio lations of the election laws in the county. Crabtree stated that com plaints had been made against the school election of last May, because leaflets had been dis tributed to voters urging them to vote in a certain manner. Contrary to law, the material contained no indication of "who published the leaflets," Crab tree explained. He also remarked that viola tions were noted during the Vec tor Control Election, July 11, 19H2, and the special tax elec tion last October 15. He cited that complaints were Men Vividly Recall Pearl Harbor A ttack 22 years Ago By DAN WALTERS It was a quiet Sunday morn ing in December. And then: ' "We saw those torpedo planes come in and the sun hit the tor pedoes and they flashed." That was the first inkling Vern Fahlgrcn, now of Klamath Falls, had of tlie sudden and savage Japanese at t a c k on Peart Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1!MI. Fahlgren, now part-owner of a beer distributing firm in Klamath Kails, was then a 19-vear-old seaman serving aboard the battleship maintenance ship L'SS Vestal. The Vestal was tied alongside the battleship L'SS Arizona,' which vs suj'k w i(h the loss, of thousands of ficers and men. CIV. C0J.P. St. Paul's Episcopal Church PriceKlflcen Cents 56 Pages received that identifying marks had been placed on ballots cast at the Vector Control Election and that identity numbers were placed on ballots at the special state election. Additionally, at the latter election, "prospective voters in terfered with the orderly voting at some of the polling places," Crabtree charged. All of these alleged incidents would be acts which are pro hibited by the election laws of the state and are punishable as a crime: however, subsequent investigation has revealed that there was no evidence that any person intentionally and know ingly violated any of these (Continued on Page 4-A) ' Another Klamath Kalis man who rememtiers that violent day is Paul Bryan Caldwell, a Klamath Kails city fireman, who then was stationed a few hundred yards from Kahlgren on the light cruiser USS Phoe nix. He recalls: "When I got topside, I knew it was no drill. The Arizona blew up the damnedest explo sion you ever saw. Eire and smoke everywhere." And still a third local man with a special memory o( that day is Earl Carlson, a profes sional sailor wtio retired in 1959 after Zl yean of service in the Navy. ?fjrtQ-toia years ago Satur cj. iy hep. 7, he was Vitlmfrto destroyer 4mm KLAMATH FALLS, OKI X.O.N, Planus Christmas Offer e Rejected By West BERLIN lUPll - Commu nist conditions unacceptable to the West Saturday dashed hopes of West Berliners getting through the Communist wall ontO;nsL Berlin for Christmas visits with relatives and friends. iWeit Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt rejected the terms at tached to East Germany's of fer to permit passage to the Communist sector for the first time since the anti-refugee wall was erected Aug. 13, 19U1. Brandt said in a television speech the Reds were trying to use the issue of Christmas pass es for political ends (hat could pose a threat to the city. He said the West 3erlin govern ment could not allow that. 1 The East Germans reacted sharply, accusing the West Ber lin government of "torpedo ing" tlie Communist plan for a holiday relaxation of tension. Tlie opsing positions thus erased the hopes for holiday cheer and a break in East-West relations produced by a prema ture announcement on passes Friday night. About half the 2.5 million West BerHncrs have rel atives in tlie East. Shooting Hours December OREGON Open Close 6:50 a.m. 4:35 p.m. CALIFORNIA Open Close 6:50 a.m. 4:.15 p.m. USS Craven, which was stand ing just outside Pearl Harbor with Task Korce 14, command ed by the famed Admiral "Bull" Halsey and including the air craft carrier Enterprise. He recalls chasing tlie Japa nese fleet all over the ocean fol lowing the attack, w ithout ever finding an enemy ship. These men were contacted last week and interviewed about their memories of that fateful day. A fourth Klamath Vails man, Vern Schortgen, now city build ing inspector, wasn't at Pearl on the day of the attack, but he arrived a month later and supervised tlie raising of two of the five battleships sunk by tb Japanese the California and the Maryland. 9 Third Place First Christian - SUNDAY, DKCKMBKR 8. 19113 Talk The announcement, made by tlie West Berlin and West Ger man governments, said informa tion had been received that "East Berlin authorities have (he intention of making possible visits by West Berliners to East Berlin during the Christmas period." Tlie announcement came, how ever, before East German con ditions were clarified. The offer to open the border between Dec. 15 and Jan. 5 was discussed in talks between East and West German trade officials who meet regularly. Saturday morning the East German press office affirmed the offer, but said Brandt must negotiate tlie question with East Alexander Abusch. It added that offices to issue passes must be opened in West Berlin. Tight Security Planned NEW YORK (UPI) The tightest security precautions In New YoiVs history will be tak en Sunday wlien President John son makes a two-hour visit to attend the funeral of former Governor and U. S. Senator Herbert H. Lehman. The President's Secret Serv ice escort will be augmented by an estimated 5,000 New York! City police, including 35 motor cycle patrolmen who will ac company tlie closed presidential limousine over an undislosed route from Idlcwild Airport to Manhattan's Upper East Side. Johnson, making his first trip outside Washington as Presi dent, will be accompanied by a number of senators and con gressmen. The presidential party arrives at about 12:15 p.m., EST. "Special attention will be giv en to umlerpassscs, overpasses Kahlgren, 41. was not alone on the Vestal when the Arizona blew up a few feet away. Three of his brothers were with him. None of tlie family was iurt. But dozens -of Oliver men on tlie Vestal were killed and in jured when the ship took two direct bomb hits from Japanese planes. Kuhlgrcn recalls that on that morning he, his brother, and an other man were standing on deck having a cigarette after breakfast when the glint of the sun of toredoes slung under Japanese planes caught their eye. "Tlie Arizona carried I h e ifleet flag. That was the first target." he said. He said that (Continued on Page 5-A) 7;.- mm. a Parade Telephone TU 4111 No 7648 leiwe WASHINGTON (UPI) announced Saturday he will Assembly in New York Dec. America is united under his In a surprise, informal "confee klatsch" news conference with reporters in his White House office unprecedented since the days of Franklin D. Roose velt the President also disclosed that: The Defense Depart- ment plans a series of major cuts in non-combat personnel at home and overseas to help reduce military spending, next year by $1.5 billion. , Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara will visit .Saigon next week as Mr. Johnson's personal emissary to "be snre we are getting maximum effi ciency" in South Vict Nam's U.S.-supportcd war against Communist Viet Cong guerril las. Johnson plans to see Mexi can President Adolfo Lopez Ma loos and Canadian Prime Min ister Lester Pearson in Wash ington, probably early next year. A possible visit by French President Charles de Gaulle has not been decided. and all large buildings along the route," Deputy Commission er Walter Arm told reporters in a briefing. He said every window and vantage point along the 18-mile route from the airport to Tem ple Emanu-El, Fifth Avenue and fijth St., will be covered. News men will not be allowed to meet tlie President at Idlcwild, Arm said. Nature Delays Express Train NAPLES, -Italy (UPD-The Ilume-iPnlertno express train was held up in Naples station for several minutes Friday niglst while railwaymen helped a cow deliver her calf in the cattle ear. EARL CARLSON X.v J i .1 Church mm m trophy Weather LONG RANGB OUTLOOK Return ts cool, fall wtathtr Monday nd Tutiday Mtr storm sytttm pati os through arta today with thowtri or mow flurrtti. "s.f President Johnson address the U.N. General 17 to assure the world that new administration. Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D-Va., chairman of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, has agreed to make a proposed $11.1 billion tax cut retroactive to Jan. 1, 1964, as has Senate GOP Leader Everett M. Dirk sen, III. But Congress may not ii L.III r I . i or months after that date. Johnson has no present plans to accept invitations to visit foreign countries. He believes his administra tion has made "very good prog ress in showing the continuity in our transition" after the as sassination of President Ken nedy. The administration is trying to "reduce anything we can" budgetwise for the fiscal year starting next July 1, but noth ing has been decided. He will vote by absentee ballot In a special congressional election in Texas on Dec. 17 the day of his U. N. address, to fill the seat of Rep. Homer Thorn berry, D-Tex., who resigned to . become a federal judge. Mr. Johnson unexpectedly called newsmen into his oval West Wing office just before noon to "have some coffee" and ask any questions they wanted. Not since Mr. Roosevelt was president 20 years ago has any ; chief executive answered ques tions in this way. He said his U. N. speech ' to be delivered at 12 noon will be brief and will contain no surprises. He indicated he wanted to tell the world dele gates, before they go home for the Christmas holidays, of the continuity in U. S. government since Mr. Kennedy's death and tlie sense of American unity. McNamara, he said, will go to Saigon late next week after a Dec. 16 - 19 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Council meeting in Paris to "make a few checks out there and just be sure we are get ting maximum efficiency." 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