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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1963)
cos?. gen.SiF.a: yocuasurs div. r DOC 3. f - t ...it - ' HOLIDAY GREETINGS With the Christmaj season now in full swing, various holi day greetings and decorations are beginning to pop up throughout Klamath Falls. This large "Merry Christmas" greeting is on the side of the Klamath Falls Fire Depart ment's Substation at Shasta Way and Mitchell. A similar greeting also has been erected on another side of the station. In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Mishmash in the news: In Washington the other day, President Johnson took over a custom made familiar by For mer President Harry Truman the morning walk. He took off bright and early. The sun was shining, but the morning air was nippy as it can be in Washington at this season of the year. He was hat less, and wore no gloves. He wore only a cotton raincoat over his suit. He thought he had handled the situation pretty well and was going to have a nice little stroll all by himself. But some thing slipped. Three secret serv ice agents spotted him and formed an escort as he strode down the quiet street. Then His personal limousine, whose driver had got the word that the President was on the loose, came roaring out and fell into line close behind him. It was followed by two secret service cars, which were promptly joined by a police motorcycle escort. Within the first block, it became quite a motorcade. And- Presumably By that time the radio sta tions and the TV stations had gol the word and were blaring out the news that the President was out for a walk and could be seen if people got there in time. That's what Alfred Lord Ten nyson was talking about when he wrote his famous lines about "Wearing the white flower of a blameless life, before a thou sand peering littlenesses, in that fierce light which beats upon a throne." The President of the United States has no throne to sit on, but he has all the rest of the drawbacks. In the rush of other news, an anniversary slipped by us last week without being noticed. Friday, December 6, was the 30th anniversary of the end of prohibition which President Hoover described as "a great social and economic experi ment, noble in motive and far reaching in purpose." Only the Licensed Beverage Industries, Inc., took note of it issuing a report, which has just got into the papers, to the effect that "the drinking of li quor is less per capita now " than it was in the free-swinging era of Al Capone and the speakeasies and also less than it was BEFORE prohibition." Over the past 15 years, the report says, per capita con sumption of liquor has averaged 1.25 gallon?. This compares, it adds, with 1.95 gallons in the prohibition years. Consumption is now rising a little, amount ing to 1.37 gallons last year. Comment? Well, one can't help wonder ing" how the Beverage Indus tries' statisticians managed to get nut in the hills and count up the output of tlie stills that were hidden there. It must have been quite a job. Many years ago a writer named Havelock Ellis said: "The methods of statistics are so variable and uncertain, so apt to be influenced by circum stance, that it is never possible to be sure that one is operat ing with figures of equal weight." Maybe that's the way it is with the statistics dealing with consumption of alcohol during the prohibition years. POOH CREAM Pl'FFS MADRID. Spain ' L'PI Po lice arreted a bakery manager Monday when more tlian 400 persons suffered lood poisoning after eating his special Moth er Day creampufis. Children traditionally share creampuffs with their mothers on Mother's Day, which is cel ebrated Dec 9 in Spain. Experts Probe Plane Disaster ELKTON, Md. lUPI' - In vestigators turned today from the "what happened" to the "how did it happen" phase of Sunday night's crash of a Pan American World Airways Boe ing 707. Twelve teams of experts sift ed through tlie twisted residue of tragedy, identified various parts, photographed the wreck age distribution pattern, inter viewed eyewitnesses, delved into ' the background of both crew and passengers, checked the maintenance history of the plane involved and the com plete story of its last flight Number 214 from San Juan, P R., to Philadelphia via Bal timore. Tlie unhappiest part of their job was done removing what was left of 81 bodies to a make shift morgue in the Elkton arm ory. What lay ahead was weeks and possibly months of probing for the reason why. The basic clues on hand included: Lightning Strike Possible Numerous eyewitness ac counts insisting that lightning hit the giant jet when it was in a holding pattern over New Castle, Del., at 5.000 feet, ..al lowed by one or possibly two explosions. Turbulence, reported to be severe by other airline pilots flying in the area at the time of the crash. The tape-recorded, drama- Shooting Hours OREGON December 11 Open Close 6:50 a.m. 4:35 p.m. CALIFORNIA December II Open Close 6:54 a.m. 4:34 p.m. . i i 9 muemmm K. ' m .-wj-o .v.Nr-rtsw. NEEDS SMOOTH HANDS Mrs. Grace Harris is 85 but she keeps busy as a bee at the Klamath Nursing Home, using balls and balls of crochet thread to fashion beautiful articles. She made a marble bag for a grandson and was busy with a doily when the cameraman arrived. She is happy at the nursing home. Her birthday is July 4. She would lik Santa to bring two thin bed jackets and some hand lotion when be arrives for Hie Herald and News Christmas party on Dec. 20. Th public is invited to join the Share Your Christmas Party by bringing gifts for the men and women at the home to Ruth King at the Herald and News. Mrs. Harris has two sons, Dr. Earl Harris, Chiloquin veterinarian, and Harold Harris, Klam ath Falls, who visit har frtqutny, J O o tic-ally calm last message from the Pan American pilot who told the Philadelphia approach control center: "Clipper 214 .. . out of control . . . down we go . . . Clipper 214 going dow n in flames." Tlie plane's flight recorder, found badly dented, but which may reveal data as to live jet's final moments, the stresses it encountered and its death throes maneuvers-. Busy Getting Facts Traditionally tight-lipped Civ il Aeronautics Board (CAB) in vestigators offered no specula tion and no tlieorics. They were too busy getting at the facts to indulge in guessing games, but all concerned with the investi gation privately remained skep tical about the lightning theory mainly because never in tlie history of modern aviation has a lightning bolt destroyed an airliner. A static discharge ex plosion was another possibility but one considered unlikely. Sabotage was not ruled out, although one top CAB official said there was no indication as yet that a bomb may have blown up the giant $7 million Jel. " Turbulence was a prime sus ect, although the 707 and other jets like the DC8 and 880-990 se ries are the most powerfully built transports ever designed. The concern in this area cen tered around the known ten dency of swept-back airliners to stall when they encounter con trol difficulties in extreme turbulence. UF Fund Grows But At Slow Pace Contributions to the Klamath County United Fund campaign continued to edge upward to day, but campaign officials still stressed that a larger increase over last year's effort is needed to fulfill the goal of $148,311. The current total stands at $106,322.8971.7 per cent of the goal. Based on a comparison of , ss , ' ( I -i-. fa? - County The Klamath County Court today made public its plan for reorganization of the county' schools and set three hearings next month on the plan. The plan calls for a division of school assets based on insur ance values one of the prime points of dissension between city and county school officials and projects that after a three - year period, the new metropolitan district will owe the county district about $32,000. Wenllipr Klamath Falls, Tulclaka and Lilt- vlaw Fair through Wednesday. Cold tsniaht, laws It h IS ticepl naar tiva In the normally cotdtr ertat. Highs Wednesday )! It U. High yesltrday 3) Low this morning 17 High year ago i Low yaar ago ts Prtcip. past 34 hour .0 Sinct Jan. I t.H Samt period last yaar la.47 Fill Hxpects STATELINE. Nev. (UPI) FBI agents today checked the mails for a possible ransom demand for Frank Sinatra Jr., 19, kidnaped from his motel room at this Lake Tahoe gambling center Sunday night. Authorities theorized that a ransom note mailed Monday would show up today for delivery. They were checking incoming mail at Lake Tahoe and at Reno, where the missing youth's famous father waited anx iously in a hotel. Tino Barzje, young Sin atra's manager, said he and Joe Foss, band mem ber w ho was in the motel room at the time of the ab duction, were given lie de tector tests at the direc tion of the FBI. "There was nothing there," Bar zie said. Tlie manacer said he believes Sinatra was kidnaped for ran som. "They're going through my mail now to sec if I got any ransom letter," he said. Asked what he thought of the youth's chances of survival, he said "It's awfully cold outside." Temperatures dropped to seven degrees at this snow-covered Si erra Nevada resort this morn ing. Barzie said the FBI believes that Sinatra and the abductors were still in the area. Agents were quietly checking many of the hundreds of closed summer cabins that dot the area. Curtis O. Lynum. San Fran cisco, FBI agent in charge here, refused to discuss the investiga tion, declaring "we are doing all in our power to solve tlie case." Young Sinatra's famed singer-actor father remained se- completed calls, this year's campaign is running 11.6 per cent above that of 'last year's effort, which raised $127,000. But officials have estimated that a 16.8 per cent increase is needed to reach the goal. Kingsley Field continues to lead all other campaign divi sions, having collected 133.7 per cent of ita goal of $7,000. Its to tal now stands at $9,361.84. The only other division to reach the 100 per cent mark is Special Gifts with $4,765.50 110 8 per cent of its goal of $4,300 In the third slot is the Educa tion Division, which has raised $9,799.75 among employes of public schools. This is 89 1 per cent of its $11,000 goal. Oilier divisions, their totals, and percentages of goals are: Pilot. $30,131.78, 85.3 per cent; Professional. $8.268 70, 68 9 per cent; Downtown I, $8. 654.18. 66 6 per cent: Large Firms II, $3.942 73. 60 6 per cent; Public Employes. 13.361. 94, 56 per cent; County. $3,735. 25. 53.4 per cent; Large Firms I. $21,299.72. 52 per cent, and Downtown II, $3,001.50, 50 per cent. Congress Assured Of U.S. Military Strength WASHINGTON LPI '-President Johnson assured congres sional leaders today that the United Stales has the military strength to survive a urprie aliack and destroy any aggies or. Johnson made llie statement at a -briefing of top leaders both Democratic and Republi can of the House and Senate on the relative strength of U.S. and Soviet military forces. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Central Intelli gence Director John McCone participated in ti hour long Court Offers School Redisricting But members of the county court emphasized that this fig ure is by no means final and only an estimate. In fact, the court said, the county schools may wind up paying the city schools some money. Hearings on the reorganiza tion plan will be held Jan. 6 at Merrill High School. Jan. 7 at the Mills School in Klamath Falls and Jan. 8 in the new Chiloquin High School. All hear ings will begin at 8 p.m. After the hearings, the plan. Price Ten Cents 14 Pages eluded al a Reno hotel with a telelione being kept open. He was described as "nervous and concerned." The victim's moth er. Nancy, former wife of the elder Sinatra, was keeping a phone open at her Beverly Hills. Calif., home. "He has always been kind of worried about this happening," the aide said. "The thouglit was always in tlie back of his mind and now of course it has been realized." Tlie FBI no longer considered six heavily armed men arrested in the area late Monday as sus pects in the kidnaping. The six were wanted in connection with several Southern California bank robberies. Agents said Foss. Sin atra's roommate, was unable to make "a positive identification of any of the six men." The development apparently left police without a major clue to the kidnaping. Officials re peatedly refused to answer newsmen's questions, deepening the mystery that surrounds the disappearance of the 19-year-old singer. Young Sinatra was forced from his room by two men bearing arms Sunday night about an hour before his 10 p.m. performance at a plush gambling casino with the Tom my Dorscy band. His room mate, Joe Foss, was bound and gagged and warned, "don't move for 10 minutes if you want to see the kid again." Police and FBI agents so far have refused to reveal if they have turned up any possible motives for the kidnaping or if any members of the young en tertainer's family have been contacted by the kidnapers. Martial Law In Bolivia ORURO, Bolivia WI '-Virtual martial law was in force today in this two-mile-high min ing center, a key front-line po sition in a conflict between the government and its Communist infiltrated opponents which could explode into civil war. It was not certain what would happen later today when lime runs out on an ultimatum pre sented to the government Mon day by rebellious tin miners de manding the release of three imprisoned Communists within 24 hours. Tlie miners, backed by a sizeable militia, are holding four Americans and 13 others in the nearby town of Catavi as hostages for the release of the prisoners. briefing in the cabinet room of the While House. Afterward, the White Houe issued only a brief statement about the meeting. It said: "Tlie discussion covered boih the status as of today and as it is forecasted to lie through the decade of the '60s "The President emphasized that the U.S. military program will continue to provide for a strategic force lufliciently large to absorb a surprise attack and survive with sufficient power to b capable of destroying tlie aggressor." One More Step Today's briefing was reported with any changes, will be sent to tlie State Board of Education for its approval and then will be submitted to tlie voters. Tlie plan must be passed by raters in both of tlie new districts to be placed into elfect. If it fails in either district, it will not be adopted. The county court's plan made public today includes inlorma Uon on a number of points re quired by law. The court last summer had announced that it (avored the so-called "Wiard KLAMATH FALLS. ORKtiON. Tl TWO SUSPECTS Two of the six youths that were arrested Monday in a roadblock following the kidnapinq of Frank Sinatra Jr. are shown here being booked at Placer ville, Calif. They are Thomas Keating, left, and Joseph Sorce who already is facing a kidnap charge in Los Angeles. UPI Telephoto Johnson Renews Insistence For Fast Civil Rights Action WASHINGTON (UPIl-Presi-dent Johnson today renewed his insistence that Congress act without unnecessary delay on civil rights legislation. He told Democratic congres sional leaders to impress on the House of Representatives that the issue "cannot be ig nored for another 100 years or even another 100 days." Johnson was quoted by Speaker John V. McCormack as making the remark after he was briefed on an effort to pry civil rights legislation out of the House Hulcs Committee Uirough a discharge petition. To force the committee to give up control of the bill, the discharge petition must have 218 signatures or a majority of the House. The petition was filed Monday and in the first day attracted 131 signa tures. The number was cx-IK-cled to swell to 165 or 170 by Wednesday. McCormack said Johnson was told that the number of signers would grow in the coming days. McCormack told newsmen af ter the unusually long leader ship meeting with the Presi- mm helper sm SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS to be one more step in John son's efforts lo keep key con gressional figures fully in formed. The session was similar to a brieling given at the National Security Council meeting last week. It covered both conven tional and nuclear forces. Vthite House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger noted that members of Congress have re ceived high-level military brief ings before but said he did not know if they ever got a com parison of Soviet and U S Strength, such as was provided today. It was understood that tlie Street plan" which establishes Wiard Street as the boundary between the two districts. Under the Wiard Street plan, the new metropolitan district would be smaller than tlie present Klamath Union High School District and larger than the present Klamath Falls Ele mentary District. Alter tlie adoption of this plan was announced last summer, city and county school officials found they could not agree on a plan for division of school as ESllAY. DKCE.MIIKR IO, 1:I " Hani) DO NOT TALK TO J tK 1 I XKfWVIV INMATES.V VISITING- f dent lasting about two hours that he hoped cducalion and appropriation bills could be ap proved and signed into law within the next two weeks. He said the President was "very much interested in the discharge petition" on llie civil rights bill. Then McCormack added, reading from a type written note: "The President urged us to impress on tlie House that this great issue cannot be ignored for another 100 years or even another 100 days." Tlie civil rights bill is de signed to fight racial discrimi nation in voting, education, em ployment, public accommoda tions and in the use of federal funds. Though llie bill is supporlrd 67 Jef Training Planes Sabotaged At Air Base WASHINGTON UPD - De fense Department officials dis closed today that 61 Jet training planes have been discovered sabotaged at Williams Air Force Base in Arizona. The sabotage, the announce ment said, consisted of the cut ling of ctcclric wires leading to tlie gears of the T3H supersonic trainers. The department said that the FBI and oilier military security investigators have begun an in quiry but no ciflpnt has been found. According lo a report from Williams, the sabotage was turned up Monday morning dur President wanted to reassure Congress that defense economy measures he has approved will not alfect the preeminent American position in military power. In addition to tlie usual corps of Democratic leaders who at tended (lie weekly legislative brcaklast, Johnson invited chairmen of the foreign rela tions, armed services and ap propriations committees of both houses of Congress. Among those present were Chairman Richard Hussell. D Ga., of llie Senate Armed Serv ices Committee, and Chairman J. William Fulbright of tlie sets. They were ill disagree ment on the "yardstick" to be used in nica.-unng assets tlie city districts favoring appraised values and the county district favoring insurance values. Tlie matter was lelt to the county court. The plan announced today is based on "depreciated insurable values" of buildings, equipment, land and other assets and uses, for example, the June 30, 1963, figures for such assets as cash and taxes receivable. TeliThone Tli 7111 Nt7w $Q)H V by llie leadership of both par ties, (he procedure adopted by the Democratic leaders use of a discharge pclilion to pry the bill away from (lie rules com mittee docs not have llie back ing of senior House Jtcpubli cans. Thoy have endorsed tlie proposal of rules committee Cliairman Howard W. Smith, D Va., to start tlie hill toward floor action "reasonably soon in January." . As a result, signatures will be hard to come by after the north ern Democrats and liberal big cily Republicans have signed. The support of moderate and conservative Republicans from small towns and rural areas is vital to the discharge petition, and this group tends to follow the (iOP leaders. ing a routine check by ground crews. After discovering llie wire damage lo one plane, a thorough examination brought to light the damage to tlie oilier CO trainers. All planes of llie type were immediately grounded for furth er Inquiry. Officials said that the sabo tage wa not considered dan gerous to possible pilots lie cause Uiere normally would be a double insc('tion w hich would detect llie diimuge before the planes were used for flights. They said tliat ground crew and pilot inspection would have found the saoolagcd wiring. Senate Foreign Relations unit. Dlrksen, Saltonstall Attend Senate Republican Leader Kvcrctt M. Dirksen, III., and Son. Iverctt Saltonslatl, K-Ma.-.s., a ranking member of the armed services group, also attended. Olbci s included House Repub lican Leader Charles Hallcck, Ind., Chairmen Thomas Mor gan, D-Pa., of the House For eign Affairs Committee, Clar ence Cannon, D-Mo., of the House Appropriations Commit tee, Rep. Frances Bolton, It Ohio; Rep. Ben J. Jensen, R Iowa; Speaker John W. Mc Cormack, Senate Democratic U 1h ! . K I 'ft 1 ' v -1 h Plan Under tlie plan, tlie assets of the Klamath Union High School District liave been calculated and 21.9 per cent of this h a a been set as the amount assessed valuation leaving the present Klamath Union district. On tlie otlier hand, 9.6 per cent has been placed as the amount of valuation leaving the coun ty district for the new metro politan district. These percentages have been (Continued on Page 4) Weather LONO PANOe OUTLOOK Fair and cool weather next three days with high temperatures 33 to IS and Iowa five hi 3. Foreign Aid Bill Faces New Hurdle WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen. Wayne Morse, D-Ore., sought Senate support today for a last ditch effort to send tlie compro mise J3.6 billion foreign aid au thorization bill back to confer ence. The compromise measure, which would provide another year of economic, military and and technical aid for friendly nations, was passed by the House Monday on a narrow 195 (o 164 vote. The money totals were $!)oo million kss'than the $4.5 billion originally sought by ine late President Kennedy. The fiscal year the bill covers is almost half over. Morse served notice late Monday that he would wage a determined battle against the compromise measure which a House-Senate Conference Com mittee finally hammered out af ter almost tliree weeks of off-and-on negotiations. House passage of the bill came only after a spirited scrap over one of the measure's "Policy" provisions, that re taining the President's authori ty to grant "most favored na tion" trade status to Commu nist Poland and Yugoslavia. The authority was written in by the Senate and retained by the con ferees with a slight restriction. The Appropriations Commit- lees of both Houses already have begun hearings on a fol low-up bill to provide the actual money for the aid program. The $3.6 billion compro mise total is roughly halfway between tlie $3.5 billion voted by the House Aug. 23 and the Sen ate figure of $3.7 billion voted Nov. 15. The original Senate provision i Iron Curtain trade con cessions would have lelt we President authority to extend most fuvored nation" status lo other Communist countries. The Conference Committee re stricted this to Poland and Yu goslavia, live only two Soviet bloc nations now receiving the concessions. Reverend Uses Visual Aid NORBURY. England (LTD The Rev. Vernon Mitchell, 42, Anglican vicar, said Sun day night the woman who danced in black tights during his evening song service was helping him fight "tlie battle (or men's minds." The sermon dealt with sex in advertising, he said, and the woman illustrated h i s message. Leader Mike Mansfield, Mont., Chairman Carl Hayden of the Senate Appropriations Commit tee; Democratic House Leaders Hale Bnggs, La., and Carl Al bert, and Sen. George Smalhers D-Fla. In addition to mcctuig with congressional leaders, Johnson today lield tlie first in a series of conferences with his key budget advisers Director Ker mit Gordon and his deputy, El mer Staats. Today's discussion centered on the budget requests Johnson will make next month on behalf of tlie Treasury and Justice Departments.
