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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.