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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1963 Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 7657"
BERLIN H'Pll-Thousands
of West Berliners waited for
hours in bitter cold today to
obtain passes for Christmas vis
its to Communist East Berlin
for the first time in three years.
Arrangements to permit an
estimated 800.000 West Berlin
ers with relatives in the Communist-controlled
Eastern sector
to cross the Red-built anti-refuse
wall for Christmas were
completed Tuesday.
The East Germans opened 12
offices in West Berlin today to
process applications for t h e
passes, being issued for the
In The-
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
Historic note in the news:
It was 60 years ago yester
day that the Wright Brothers
first got off the ground at Kitty
Hawk, North Carolina. They
made four flights that day the
longest of which lasted 59 sec
onds. ' Al the end of the fourth flight,
a gust of wind blew the ma
chine over and wrecked it but
they had proved that MAN
CAN FLY.
They might have been dumb
founded if they could have
known that day what their stunt
would lead to.
Slightly shivery thought:
What will the NEXT 60 years
lead to?
Over in London, a young al
truist is out to toss a monkey
wrench into the machinery of
the ancient and aristocratic
sport of fox hunting. His name
is John Prcstidge, his age is 21
and he is using an inheritance
he has just come into to found
a group he calls the Hunt Sab
oteurs Association.
The idea, he says, is to make
it a movement of young people
who hale cruelty and are pre
pared to do something about
it. Over on this side of the Big
Water when we embark upon a
mission of that sort, we go to
the slate legislature or the con
gress and get a law passed.
Young Mr, Preslidge is by
passing parliament and using di
rect action. His plan is to throw
the hounds off the scent of the
fux by slipping into the hunt
area beforehand and dragging
pieces of meat over the fields.
The hounds, he believes, will
follow the hamburger trail and
leave the fox to go his own
sweet way back to his den and
his family.
It's quite a job he's tackling.
To begin with, it will cost a
lot of money to buy meat
enough to drag all over the Eng
lish lox - hunting country. And
he'll let himself in for a lot of
ill will. Fox hunting is an an
cient sport in Merrie England,
and its devotees aren't going
to give it up without a struggle.
So perhaps we'd better sug
gest to him an alternate ap
proach to his goal.
Instead of drafting all the
youth of England for the job of
dragging meat over the hills
and the downs, why not teach
the English gentry the tech
niques of the hillbilly country
the Ozarks and the Cumber
lands, whence came the Clam
pils to the Beverlv Hills?
As practiced there, fox hunt
ing once went something like
this:
Instead of climbing up on a
horse equipped with a skimpy
little saddle with no horn to
hang onto in the pinches, you
named a date and called in
your neighbors. They came,
bringing their dogs, but no
horses. Each brought also a jug
of MOON.
The procedure w as as f 0 1
lows: The party headed for the hills,
with the dogs and the jugs.
When the trail of the fox was
found, the dogs all started off,
giving tongue as they went. The
fox hunters thereupon seated
themselves at the roots of trees.
Each hunter knew the voice of
h:s hound as a mother knows
tiie voice of her infant.
Whenever a hound gave
tongue, its owner took a swig
out of the jug and bragged on
his doe. And so on through the
night. Tlie hunt ended when the
fox finally gave the slip to the
hounds, and they came trailing
back.
It was great sport, and it
cost (lie lives of no foxes. They
were all left to lead the dogs
over the hills the next time
when the moon was right and
tlie still had psoduced its quota
of moonshine.
Maybe the English fox hunt
ers would buy tlie idea.
first time since the wall was
built in August, mi.
Each pass will be good for a
one-day visit on any day from
7 a.m. to midnight, starting
Thursday and ending Jan. 5.
The visiting deadline is extend
ed to 5 a.m. on New Year's
Eve.
One man. Dieter Gehrke, 31,
a locksmith, said he and his
wife wanted to see his wife's
mother, "bringing all the food
we can carry."
The pass applications about
the size of a postcard were is
sued by East German postal
workers, who were wearing new
u n i f 0 r ms for the occasion.
There was one pass office in
each of West Berlin's 12 bor
oughs. Christa Schliewe, 22. one of
the applicants, said site wanted
a pass for Dec. 22 to visit her
husband's mother and father.
In line since 4:45 a.m., Chris
ta said she hadn't eaten since
Tuesday night. 1
"I've been too excited," she
added, her eyes glowing.
The pass agreement was ne
gotiated between West and East
Berlin officials for what both
sides said were "humane rea
sons." West Berlin. West German
and Western Allied authorities
said the arrangement had
Dial
Santa
"Hello Santa." an annual
program carried on through
the efforts of the Klamath
Jayeccs, will allow area
youngsters to talk to Santa
Claus Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings.
Boys and girls can tell
Santa what thev want for
Christinas by dialing TU
2-5581 Wednesday or
Thursday evenings. Jim
Floyd, Jaycee chairman, said
the jolly old man will be
available both nights between
7 and 9 o'clock.
Last year 736 K I a m a t h
County youngsters took ad
vantage of the program to
talk to Santa Claus.
Second Ellingson Mill
Destroyed By Flames
The second Ellingson Timber
Company mill in little more
than two weeks fell to flames
early this morning.
The Pelican City sawmill,
which had been inoperative for
about eight years, was con
sumed by flames that broke out
about 4. a.m. following an ex
plosion. Residents of the area report
ed that just before the flames
became visible, there was an
explosion and firemen said that
during the height of the blaze,
there were several more blasts
from the interior of the mill.
No cause of the fire has been
determined.
The mill, on the shores of
Upper Klamath Lake, was the
second Ellingson property to be
destroyed by fire in little more
than two weeks. Nov. 30, El
lingson's mill on Lake Ewauna
was leveled by flames.
The Pelican City property re
portedly wasn't insured, but an
Ellingson spokesman could not
be reached to comment on the
value of the burned building
and equipment.
County firemen reached the
burning mill shortly after 4
ANOTHER ELLINGSON MILL BURNS Fire early this morning destroyed the sec
ond Ellingson Timber Company mill in little more than two weeks. These charred tim.
bers were the highest remaining objects left in Ellington's Pelican City sawmill which
was hit by flames at 4 a.m. No value of the lost has been established.
changed nothing in their view
that the East German and East
Berlin regimes are legally non
existent. But tlie Communists lost no
time in making propaganda out
of the agreement, while the
West Berlin and West German
press warned that the city must
be on its guard to see that the
arrangement cannot be used to
undermine the -city's position.
Tlie visits will be the first
permitted West Berliners since
12 days after the Communists
built the wall on Aug. 13, 1961,
splitting (he city and many of
its families.
East Berliners, sealed behind
the wall and guarded against
escape attempts, will get no
chance to come to West Berlin
under the visiting agreement.
Rusk Flies
To London
For Talks
LONDON lUPIi-Secretary of
State Dean Rusk arrived today
from Paris lor talks with top
level British officials.
Informed sources said the
talks would range over the
whole aspect of East-West rela
tions, with special emphasis on
Britain's desire to keep up con
tacts with the Soviet Union.
Rusk's U.S. Air Force Con
stellation airliner touched down
at the Royal Air Force's Nor
folk station. He was driven to
London for his 24-hour working
visit before leaving for Wash
ington Thursday.
The secretary of slate is to
meet with Premier Sir Alec
Douglas Home and Foreign Sec
retary R. A. Butler. He told
newsmen at Norfolk, "I'm de
lighted to be here for talks
with Mr. Butler."
Butler said earlier in the day
he hoped to meet shortly with
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko. Rusk sees Butler this
evening at a working dinner in
the foreign secretary's official
residence. .
a.m. and found the building to
be an inferno.
Pumping water from the lake,
they concentrated on keeping
the lames from spreading.
Firemen, working in below
freezing weather, directed wa
ter at three transformers on
poles above the flames and
saved them from destruction.
County firemen were supple
mented by men from the Sub
urban. Klamath Falls and Ore
gon Technical Institute depart
ments. Besides the transformers, the
men also worked on keeping a
long conveyor belt frame from
burning, so as to conline the
blaze to the mill building itself
and protect other equipment
stacked nearby.
A pump house was saved, but
a boiler room was destroyed.
Firemen remained at the
scene until after 8 o'clock this
morning and the ruins were
still smouldering late this morn
ing. This morning's fire destroyed
the last Ellingson mill in the
area and marked the last in a
series of spectacular blazes
which have plagued Ellingson
operations through the years.
Vocational
Jets Fly 101 Missions
During 10-Hour Period
F101 jet interceptor pilots o:
Kingslcy Field flew a total of
101 missions during a 10-hour
period yesterday to break tlie
former record of 62 sorties es
tablished by the airfield three
weeks ago, the base informa
tion office has reported.
The first mission was flown
early Tuesday morning by Col.
Edwin J. W itzenburger, com
manding officer of the airfield,
and at 3:12 that afternoon the
the 101st flight ended as Lt.
Col. Richard C. Garrett, com
mander of the 322nd Fighter
Interceptor Squadron, lowered
the wheels of his aircraft onto
the runway at Kingslcy Field.
A mission is completed w hen
Little Girl
To Receive
New Doll
By KITH KING
There is a little girl, some
where in the Klamath coun
try who need never ask, like
tlie Virginia of the past, "Is
there really a Santa Claus?"
Whoever she is, wherever she
is, she will know on Christmas
morning that the spirit of
Christmas shines bright for
those who need assurance, and
a helping hand.
A few days ago a doll thai
had been purchased to make
her happy disappeared from a
downtown lor,. -Tlie Herald
and News published a story
seeking its return.
Scarcely had the newspaper
"hit the street." in newspaper
jargon, when the telephone be
gan to ring. A well-known busi
nessman olfered to buy a doll,
anonymously, "just let me
know" ... a woman called, a
young girl, the wife of a doctor,
an aged man and an aged wom
an, two businesswomen, a very
small girl . . . voices ... 11
to be exact.
Sleuthing failed to turn up a
name, only a telephone num
ber. The management of Pen
ney's where the purchase had
been made, and where it disap
peared, perhaps into a shopping
bag carried by someone who
also desperately needed a gilt
for a small girl . . . who knows
. . . offered to replace the toy.
Thursday morning the Her
ald and News mail brought an
unsigned letter, written on the
same lined paper in the same
hand, as the- original note that
told the story of the doll's loss.
It said, "Thanks to a story
in your newspaper about a lost
dolly, our little girl will get a
doll for Christmas. The lost one
was not returned but a very
kind person saw to it that she
would get one anyway . . .
there are others that give with
their hearts, and though they
are unknown. I would like to
wish them the tame Merry
Christmas they have given my
little girl.
"A Happy Mother."
1
a jet fighter imercepts a simu
lated enemy aircraft and re
turns to the base. The missions
were flown against T-33
training aircraft from Kingsley
Field and B47s of (lie Strategic
Air Command.
Kingsley Field officials at
tributed the breaking of its own
record to teamwork between air
crews and ground support per
sonnel. As soon as an F10I completed
a mission, it returned to King
sley Field lo be refueled; this
is where teamwork became vi
tal, officials said.
When tlie plane rolled to a
stop on the flight line, ground
crews refueled tlie plane,
checked it over for malfunc
tioning equipment and prepared
it for another mission. During
one of the operations the time
consumed was two and one-half
minutes, a base record.
The ground crews completed
their assignments so swiftly that
the pilots barely had time for
a cup of coffee before their
planes were ready to fly other
missions.
"T" FLAG, NEW HONOR FOR KINGSLEY Col. Edwin J. Witzenburger, command
ing officer of Kingsley Field, addresses a group of base military and civilian personnel
upon accepting the Treasury Flag on behalf of the airfield during a special ceremony
at base headquarters yesterday. The award was presented by the U.S. Treasury De
partment in recognition of the base's outstanding participation in the U.S. Savings Bond
program. Ninety per cent of the civilian and military personnel at the airfield have
participated in the payroll deduction program. Local dignitaries and high Air Force
officers were present at the ceremony. The banner is also called the Minuteman Flag.
Kingsley Bond Effort Honored
"We are not only a first rate
flying unit but we have shown
that we recognize our other re
sponsibilities." Thus did Col. Edwin J. Witz
enburger, commanding officer
of Kingslcy Field, praise the
military and civilian personnel
under his command upon their
singular achievement of having
attained 90 per cent participa
tion in the U.S. Savings Bond
program.
The culmination of that attain
Jaycees Begin Search
For DSA Candidates
The annual search for the
community's "Young Man of
the Year" and "Senior Citizen
for 1963" was started today by
the Klamath Jaycees.
The two men, who will be se
lected by a panel of judges from
nominations submitted by the
public, will be honored at the
annual Distinguished Service
Award banquet late in January.
Phil Nciswanger, chairman
for the sponsoring Jaycees, is
sued an invitation today to
Klamath organizations and the
public at large to submit nomi
nations. He .said nomination
forms arc available at the
chamber of commerce office,
First National Bank and tlie
United State National Bank in
downtown Klarnath Falls, and
the First National Bank on
South Sixth Street. Persons un
able to pick up a nomination
form at any of tliese locations
may write to DSA, Box 407,
Emoted
AIRMEN UNFURL BANNER T.Sgt. Manual C. Pimental
(left) and S.Sgt. Richard D. McPhee attach the Minute
man Flag to a lanyard before hoisting it to the top of
the flagpole at Kingsley Field base headquarters. It
marked the first time since World War II that the Treas
ury Flag was awarded to a military establishment in
Oregon.
ment was noted during a spe
cial ceremony al the Kingslcy
Field Base Headquarters at 1
p.m., yesterday, when Thomas
Pridcaux, chairman of the Ore
gon Savings Bond Committee
(Portland!, presented on be
half of Secretary of the Treas
ury Douglas Dillon the Minute
man Flag to Colonel Witzenbur
ger. in recognition of the air
field's "extraordinary participa
tion in the savings bonds drive."
The ceremony marked the
Klamath Falls and one will be
mailed.
The young man of the year
must be between the ages of 21
and 36 Jaycee age however
affiliation with the Jaycees is
not necessary to be eligible for
the award. Senior citizen candi
dates must be over 35.
Judging in both instances will
be SO per cent on service to the
community. 25 per cent on lead
ership ability and Z per cent
on business or personal success.
Nciswanger said these points
should be emphasized hy per
sons submitting a candidate for
one of Ihe awards.
Tlie deadline for nomination!
is Jan. 15, l4. The DSA ban
quet is tentatively set for the
week of Jan. 19 to 25.
Winners last year were John
Ifeilbronncr, young man of the
year, and James Montcilh, se
nior citizen. They will be asked
to present the plaque to tlie
two new winners at the Janu
ary banquet, Nciswanger (aid.
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first lime since the end of World
War 1118 years ago that the
Minuteman Flag has been
awarded to a military unit in
the slate of Oregon.
Present at the brief proceed
ings were Maj. Gen. II. It. Spi
cer, commander of the 25th Air,
Division; Brig. Gen. Carroll W.
McColpin, Portland Air Defense
Sector, and a numlwr of local
bank presidents and civic lead
ers, including Mayor Mobcrt
Vcatch, Andy Collier, V c r n
Owens, Buss Tisdalc. Myron
Shannon, Les Offield, Jack Wil
ton. Jack Holt and Gene Favell.
The presentation was preced
ed by a luncheon at the Offi
cers' Club and got underway ns
the military and their guests as
cended a special platform in
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IMTKD FL'ND CAMPAIGN
Coil $148,311.00
Total To Dale 127.404.02
Percentage of Goal 85.1
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Training Bill To Offset
Automation Advance
WASHINGTON (UPD-Presi-
dent Johnson today signed leg
islation designed to launch U.S.
vocational education Into the
new industrial age of automa
tion. Tlie bill authorizes $1.5 billion
in new spending to expand aid
to vocational schools with em
phasis on training workers in
new skills, increase student
loan funds and continue federal
help lo schools crowded by
children of federal workers or
servicemen.
Johnson signed tlie education
measure at the start of another
busy day highlighted by a ma
jor conference with leaders of
national farm organizations to
discuss farm policy issues.
Invited to the White House
discussion were officials of the
National Grange, National
Farmers Organization, Cooper
ative League of the United
Stales and National Council of
Farmer Cooperatives.
The President called upon tlie
nation's diverse farm organiza
tions lo get together and
help the government solve
problems of commodity surplus
es, rural poverty and other ag
ricultural matters.
Tlie 'President also set up a
late afternoon meeting with
Budget Director Kermit Gordon
and Deputy Budget Director El
mer Staats lo work on the
budget he will send to Congress
next month.
Second McRsurc
The vocational school bill was
the second educational measure
to go to Johnson in three days.
On Monday he signed the $1.2
billion college aid bill to help
build classrooms, laboratories
and libraries.
The new measure authorize!
$1.6 billion in new spending to:
-i-Lxpand federal aid to voca
lional schools four-fold, with
strong new emphasis on train
ing in skills that are in short.
age now, rather than (hose
which have been outmoded In
the post World War II automa
ton surge, 'flic expansion would
cost $731 million over four
years.
Increase National Defense
Education Act (NDEA) student
loan funds by 50 per cent, and
extend tlie life of the 1958
NDEA for another year to June
30, 1U05. The new NDEA au
thority totals $304 million.
Continue for two years be
yond July 1, 1963, the 12-year-
old impacted areas aid pro
gram for grade and high
schools crowded by tlie children
of Jcderal workers and service
men. The extension of expired
portions of the program will
cost $527 million for the
years.
Significant Portion
Tlie vocational school
two
aid
boost was considered the most
significant portion of the three
part bill. It would provide the
first big increase in federal as
sistance for job training courses
in more than 15 years, and
point and vocational education
system in an entirely new di
rection. At the end of tlie four
year buildup period, federal aid
will have increased from about
Heavy Snowfall Clogs
Highways In Midwest
Hy I tilled Press International
A blustery storm dumped
record-breaking snows on Mi
chigan today and threatened to
pile up eight inches ot new
snow from the Great Lakes lo
the Appalachians.
Slilf winds blew the snow In
to drifts, closing highways in
many areas and making driv
ing trcaciierous.
Three inches of fresh snow
fell at Muskegon, Mich., today,
to make a total of 30 inches on
the ground. A total of 17.9
Inches In 24 hours broke a rec
ord for that time period and
new total I)ocemher snowfall
No Justice
YORK, England UPH A
truck loaded with salt for Icy
roads skidded and crashed on
an Icy road Monday.
$58 million a year to
nearly
$300 million annually.
Tlie new program would em
pluisize tlie teaching of skills
for which there is employer de
mand, even in the often criti
cized field of home economics
training.
It would orovide for cnnstrne-
ion nf arpa vocational u)wil.
where complex equipment and
nigiity trained teaching staffs
could be more easily hronpht
togetlier and for experimental
se ot residential vocational
hools and work-study plans
for
students in job ttaining
courses.
Final Action
On Aid Bill
In Question
WASHINGTON (UPD-Senatc
leaders hoped to call up for de
bate today their embattled $3.3
billion foreign aid money bill in
a drive to speed Congress to
ward adjournment by Friday. '
But Hie objection of a singlo
senator could force a delay un
til Saturday, virtually wrecking
administration hopes for final
action on an aid appropriations
bill before Congress goes home.
The Senate Appropriations
Committee approved the meas
ure Tuesday. The bill includes
$500 million more than the $2.8
billion voted by the House for
the fiscal year that began
July 1.
Aid foes threatened new ef
forts to cut the amount in the
Senate bill and a scrap also
loomed over tlie House
approved provision to forbid the
export-import bank from under
writing credit for grain sales to
Russia.
The grain restriction is not
in the Senate bill. Sen. Karl E.
Mundl, R-S.D., Senate sponsor:
of the proposal, said he would:
insist on a roll call showdown
on the amendment. The Senate
rejected a similar proposal last
month.
A wrap-up of some other ap
propriations bill also was on tlie
congressional agenda.
Shooting Hours
OREGON
December 19
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7 p.m. , 4:40 p.m.
CALIFORNIA
December 19
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mark was established with 56 8
inches io far this month.
Up to five inches of snow fell
across Western Pennsylvania
during the night. Pittsburgh.
Pa., police broke a burglary
case when they traced the rob
bers' footsteps in the snow.
The Coast Guard searched
for the pilot of a private plane
that crashed into tlie icy waters
nf Lake Erie near Dunkirk, N.
Y. The pilot reported carbure
tor icing and loss of control be
fore the crash Tuesday night.
Tugboat operators at Cairo,
III., held back their boats from
trips to St. Louis, Mo.,
when the Weather Bureau said
the Mississippi River would fall
to record low stages by the
weekend. Thick ice floes were
reported going downriver at
Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Ches
ter. III.
Heavy snows continued In the
Western mountain states.
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