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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1963)
Court Divides Race Track Payoff MIAMI (LTD - Four hor players who parlayed a $2 bet into a C4.106.00 twin double payoff and then engaged in a legal skirmish over the split, divided up the loot out of court Wednesday. But Tommie Lee Miller-who threatened to cut his pals out of the pay-off wound up with the lion's share of the winning. SM, 120.60. Frank Lee Smith, David Mc Millan and Ed Brown, who claimed they chipped in $1.50 of the winning ticket, each got $3,333.33. -Miller met with his three pals and their attorney and Fisher Plans Mexican Trip PUERTO VALLARTA, Mesico f-UPD Eddie fisher is coming here this weekend, perhaps to seek the divorce that would open the way for Richard Bur ton to marry Elizabeth Taylor, it was reported today. Judge Arcadio Estrada Quin ones. wHio granted a divorce to Burton's w ife Sybil earlier this week, said Fisher is expected "sometime between Saturday and Monday." He w ould not say whether the singer plans to file for a "quickie'' divorce from Miss Taylor. ' 'In Hollywood Wednesday. Fisher said of his marriage to Miss Taylor. "I would like to be out of this thing whatever it is as soon as possible." But Fisher insisted he had no plans for a trip to (Mexico.) $J65 " Qt- Ob Fine Kentucky bourbon aged 6 years Beautifully packaged for gifts and parties Holiday favorite since 1869 Attractively priced THE OLD HERMITAGE OlSTlLLERY COMPANY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, PSOOf worked out the split in about 30 minutes. "We had to settle." Smith ex plained, "because the track would have closed before the judge made up his mind." When the four friends hit it big, they said each had contrib uted 50 cents to the winning ticket. Miller picked up the check at the track, signed the internal revenue form and agreed to meet his companions at the bank Monday to split up the money. When Miller didn't show at the bank. Smith, Brown and McMillan hired a lawyer and filed suit for their share of the Head Of Bankrupt Oil Firm To Answer Some Questions NEWARK. N.J. (UPD - The president of the bankrupt vege table oil firm whose failure triggered a multimillion dollar edible oils scandal agreed Wednesday to answer selected questions about his corporation. Anthony (Tino) De Angelis, the 48-year-old head of Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corp. of Bayonne, N.J.. an nounced at a contempt citation hearing before federal Judge Robert Shaw that he would break his silence. De Angelis agreed to answer 44 of the 66 questions to which he pleaded the Fifth Amend ment during two appearances in federal bankruptcy court. Ben Rntello. controller of Al In the West... holiday is hermitage time! $100 ) Pt. money. Judge Robert Anderson froze the check, but delayed a ruling. Miner, meanwhile, claimed he cut the others in "to fool the revenue man," and added it was "my two bucks, my pick ing, my brains and my $24,000." The plaintiffs' attorney. Starr Horton, didn't buy Miller's story: "He can't even read a racing form. He picks numbers. He is a chalk player. My people read to him." Judge Anderson dissolved his injunction freezing the check after they reached the agreement. lied Crude, followed De Angelis' lead and said he would answer 25 of tlie 42 questions to which he had pleaded the Fifth Amendment. Contempt citations were signed last week against both men. Creditors of Allied Crude hold warehouse receipts for at least 1.3 million pounds of oil which cannot be located. As a result they stand to lose more than $100 million. Creditors began looking for the oil after Allied Crude went into bankruptcy last month when it was unable to meet $18.6 milhon in margin calls. Allied Crude's collapse led to the failure of a large brokerage house, the merger of another and several investigations. time IPrTf I VTRAtOHT BOC RBOff Y& ' i I unnoT It , KENTUCKY ifl . HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath uki uiTinv me newest freshman ten Ann Hawk ot which diving team uses for air' from the thousands of Mother-To-Son Kidney Transplant Planned By Medical Team In Boston WEST PATERSON. N. J. (UPD Sirs. William Koscuis rka sat in hor modest home and spoke quietly about tlie or deal ahead. "I gave him life once, and with God's help I can do it again." she said Wednesday. On Dec. 29, she and her son, William, 23, w ill undergo joint surgery in Boston for a kidney transplant in what may be the first mother-to-son operation of its kind. William, i once healthy, vig orous youth who liked to play football, has been in and out of hospitals for the last two years. He is currently under treatment at St. Joseph's Hospital for chronic clomerulo nephritis, a kidney disease. ' An identical twin of the pa tient is normally used in a kid ney transplant operation. But in the case of William, there was no twin. Both mother and fath er of the boy underwent tests 2-Ton Cookie 'MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (UPI) Bethel College sophomore Paul Goodman, San Jose, Calif., won a Christmas cookie baking contest Wednesday by submit ting a 2.300-pound cookie. Goodman said he sold shares Convict Files False Return ' PORTLAND (UPD A for mer slate penitentiary inmate pleaded guihy in VS. District Court here Wednesday to a charge of filing a false income tax return while he was behind the walls. Thomas D. V o r s c, 39, of Olympia, Wash., admitted he re ceived a $97.09 refund after filing a 1980 tax return allowing gross income of $907.36. The government contended he was not entitled to the refund. Vorse entered the plea after waiving grand jury action. Judge Gus J. Solomon ordered a presentence report. FAMILY CHRISTMAS TREES May Be Cut On Weyerhaeuser Lands This Saturday and Sunday Only! Dec. 21 & 22 A Falls. Ore. Thursday, December IS, 1963 tnmg tor Indiana University s Wichita, Kan., is pictured practice. At lower right, Teri pieces of rubber in the pit. and she was chosen as tlie most suitable one to give up a kid ney. "I could do nothing loss, if it means a chance for him to live and be well." she said. Mrs. Koscuiszka has quit her job as a waitress in a Clifton restaurant and the loss of this income against the mounting Tract Sought For New Park SALEM (UPP - The Stale Highway Commission today au thorized negotiations for the purchase of an 18-acre tract of land to be used for park pur poses near Crown Point on the Old Columbia River Highway. Purchase of the tract was rec ommended by the Columbia River Gorge Commission as an addition to Shcpperd's Dell State Park. Wins Prize to about 250 classmates, raised $350 and bought the ingredients more than 1,000 pounds of cookie mix, about 8(H) pounds of powdered sugar and largo quan tities of shortening. Sam Sherwood, the somewhat shocked radio station KDWB program director who set up the contest, gave Goodman $3,749, based on ah earlier agreement to pay $1.63 a pound for the biggest entry. Sherwood said ho had expected a five pound cook ie. Goodman and volunteers spent most of Tuesday baking the gi ant cookie in the basement of Elim Baptist Church. They baked five-pound slabs of cook ie, assembled them and coated the cookie with frosting. They hauled the cookie in a pickup truck to the Foshay Tower, where tlie station has its Minneapolis studios. Goodman said he will pay his stockholders double their invest ment and use the rest to help pay his way through college. Secure a tag-permit for fifty cents and directions from Klam ath Forest Protective Association. Weyerhaeuser Company PAGE J A aquatic teams is dry diving. diving into a foam rubber pit for is shown "coming up UPI Telephoto medical bills has worried tlie family. Her daughter, Gail, 18, was considering withdrawing from Patcrson Stale College to get a job and her husband w as think ing about getting a mortgage on their home. ' But all this may not be neces sary. Townspeople and public offic ials in this community have re sponded to the Koscuiszka is plight by setting up a fund, the Bill K Fund. Harry B. Haines, publisher of tlie Paterson Evening News, launched tlie drive with a $100 contribution. Other donations fol lowed. New Officers To Be Installed Klamath Lodge No. 77, AF & AM will hold a public installa tion of the 1964 officers on Sat urday evening, Dec. 21. at o'clock in the Masonic Temple, 418 Klamath Avenue. The following officers will be installed: William L. Wales Jr., wor shipful master; Gaylord Uping ton, senior warden; Orval Al loy, junior warden: Charles K. Wells, treasurer; William D. Milne, secretary; Lcroy H. Fisk, senior deacon; Everett J. Lin villc, junior deacon. Ervin C. Ronningen, chaplain; Gene R. Byrnes, marshal; Jo seph R. Dalton, senior deacon; James R. Morlcy, junior dea con; James A. Anderson, Tyler. An invitation is extended to all Masons, their families and friends. A reception will follow installation. City Briefs MR. AND MRS. N ,B. DREW have relumed from their home in Las Vegas, Nev., to speiid the Christmas holidays with their family. UF Official Commends Kingsley For Outstanding Donor's Record Kingsley Field has the best record of participation in tlie United Fund Drive of any U S. military establishment in t h e world, according to the best in formation available to Phil Par sons, executive secretary of tlie local UF campaign which has attained 83.9 per cent of its goal of $148,311 for IW. Parsons told tlie members of tlie Klamath County Chamber of Commerce during its meet ing Wednesday that civilian and military personnel at the air field kid donated a total of $'.), 361.84 during this year's drive, for an average donation of $5.57 per employe. "This compares favorably with the national average of $2.15 contributed to the United Fund by Federal Civil Service employes throughout the na tion," he stated. Parsons said he has cliccked with United Fund offices in Portland, Salem, Eugeno and New York and has yet to learn of any military establishment whoso record even approaches that of Kingsley Field. .ffl8M I M ROCKERS III! Spyy) I Many iryles to choose from in f ; Vfly1 Jf y i d Cq V clofh or Vina" foorici. Mf-1 g SALE PRICED FROM t"! J f 1 $3495to9995"V l ! 1 s Early American & Modern Styles SALE PRICED FROM & STEP SALE PRICED FROM DECORATIVE PILLOWS Reg. $3.95 $295 OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT TILL 9 P.M. V3 '1 2405 SOUTH SIXTH K'- Ph.TU 4-4510 K-;. The air field also received kudos from Parsons for its out standing participation in civic activities other than tlie United Fund. "1 believe that other commu nity minded individuals share my opinion that Kingsley Field is continually among the lead ers in all communrty projects, such as tlie Intercommunity Hospital fund drive, war bonds sales, as well as the United Fund. "The air field is truly one of the outstanding assets to the community," ho appraised. Col. Edwin J. W itzenburger, commanding officer of Kingsley Field and guest at the clum ber luncheon, remarked on an other first established by tlie air field Tuesday. Tlie colonel stated that F101 jet fighter pi lots at tlie air base flew 101 missions during 10 hours of a mock combat and indicated he was pleased with tlie teamwork of air and ground crews w hich made the feat possible. Jim Stilwell, president of tlie chamber, announced that the POLE LAMPS WSJ1 TV RECLINERS Many Sizes fo Choose From! ? r SALE PRICED FROM $ 79 f 9 COCKTAIL-LAMP TABLES $05 xo $3995 TABLE LAMPS AIL REDUCED START AT $10.95 Jim next meeting of the chamber will be held noon, Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the Pelican Cafe. Santa Gets Lad's Note CHICAGO (UPI) - "Dear Santa," the note began. "I am a little boy 12 years. ! would like a little present as we are very poor and our Santa hasn't enough money for pres ents this year." It was 6igned, "Norman Mo Keil, Doaktowa, New Bruns wick, Canada." Tlie note was written on a weather . beaten scrap of note book paper and tied with black thread to a Christmas tree de livered in Chicago. The tree was purchased by a trucking firm. Central Motor Lines, for its offices. The firm, working through Il linois Bell Telephone Co., .learned Norman's father was still hospitalized from wounds received in World War II. $E"750 EASY TERMS NO INTEREST ON 90-DAY ACCOUNTS JjuAmhUie 95$119 J ft J
