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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1963)
ST . I V . rv I m. aF""""' I K n V; Y 'FT.- : ' i 'I i i f FT I V r"T V ' ' 4 1 CHRISTMAS TRIP Jacqueline Kennedy, accompanied by her children, John Jr., and Caroline, emerge from their home in Washington en route to Andrews AFB. From there they tlew to Palm Beach, Fla., to spend the Christmas holidays. UPI Telephoto Ambassador $200,000 On 'WASHINGTON (DPH A House committee staff report charged today that a former U.S. ambassador may have wasted more than $200,000 in foreign aid funds by ordering a road built in Panama without detailed engineering studies. Staff ' investigators of the House 'Foreign Affairs Commit tee, who looked at the road first hand, said they bogged down in a mudhole less than a mile from the start. They said the 20-mile road, designed to link the central provinces of Panama with the Atlantic Ocean, Is "now large ly a trail" and impassable for the most part to motor vehicles. 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They said Che plan to build low-cost housing for low-income families changed somehow over SI tuf wori rvs MfisT Hr tt . a period of 20 months into a $10 million project for upper middle income homes, much to the consternation on many Pan amanians. The project calls for the con struction of 1,200 single-family houses which would be sold for $8,333 each on a 174-acre site in Panama City. ' The Gilbane Construction Co. of Rhode Island was set to be the prime contractor. A loan of $8,750,000 at i'i per cent in terest wps to be made by two U. S. labor organizations the Bakery & Confectionery Un ion and Amalgamated Litho graphers of America. The aid agency's guarantee would cover $8.1 million of the loan. 5 sM LONGINES-WITTNAUER PRODUCT Mrs. Kennedy And Children Spend Holidays In Florida PALM BEACH, Kla. (UPI ' The widow of President John F. Kennedy and her two young children arrived at the scene of some of the family's happiest times Wednesday night for a "quiet and sad" Christmas. Black clad Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline, 6, and John Jr., 3. flew to this winter re sort from Washington on an Air Force jet. They were accom panied by Princess Lee Radii will, Mrs. Kennedy's sister, and several Secret Servicemen. The family stepped from the plane into a waiting car and went directly from the West Palm Beaclt airport to the walled in. seaside mansion of C. Michael Paul, leased last year by the Kennedys. The arrival was in sharp con trast to last year's gathering of the Kennedys here for the Christmas holidays. On that oc casion, Mrs, Kennedy and the children met the President on his return from a conference in Nassau with Harold Maemillan who at that time was British foreign minister. Hundreds of spectators had watched as Kennedy greeted his wife, scooped Caroline and John Jr. into his arms and walked happily to a big, white convertible which Caroline, to the delight of the crowd, helped her father steer out of tile air port. The return of the slain Prcsi dent's family was their first Early Kidnapings Tried LOS ANGELES (UPI) - Two earlier attempts to kidnap Frank Sinatra Jr. and (lie near-, success of the crime were re lated today by a cellmate of one of tlie three suspected kid napers. "Once in Arizona, we just missed connections," John Wil liam ilrwin, 42, was quoted as telling Robert Dale Howard, 27, Lakewood, Calif., before his transfer here Tuesday from a San Diego, CaM., jail. Howard, who is serving a six month term for failing to sup port his family, was inter f litis i 55 the Cape Cod' 109.95 beautiful maple, ilio available in decorator'i French white. Curio ihelve eaiily accom modate bonk heifthu, itorage ipace. inches Ull. since a reunion of the Kennedy clan here last Easter. "Christmas will be a quiet and sad day for the rest of us, but for the children's sake, San ta Claus will come," s a i d a family spokesman. Miss Ann Gargan, niece of former ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, the late President's father, said the children would open their presents at the Paul home Christmas morning end then go to their grandfather's house for a private Mass and dinner. The elder Kennedy's ocean side villa is about a mile south of the Paul mansion where the late President and his family relaxed in the sun in periodic escapes from Washington winters. Ex-Demo Boss Draws Arrest SALEM (UPI) - The former Polk County Democratic Central Committee chairman, Leslie Vernon Bahr, 41, Salem, was arrested Tuesday night on a charge of embezzling more than $15,000 from a Salem firm. Sheriff's deputies, who arrest ed Bahr, said lie was indicted on a charge of embezzling the money from the Truck Sales and Service Co. here during a 21-month period while employed as a bookkeeper. viewed by a reporter for the San Diego Union, which car ried the copyrighted story. Irwin also was quoted as toll ing Howard that the two young er suspects. Barry Worthmgton Keenan and Joseph Clyde Ams ler, both 23, spirited Sinatra Jr. through roadblocks in tlie Lake Tahoe area where tlie youth was kidnaped Dec. 8. Howard said Irwin main tained he was in Los Angeles while tlie other twp did the ac tual kidnaping. He said Irwin was the one who made the calls to Frank Sinatra Sr. JUST ARRIVED AT FURNITURE the cipe Anne 129.95 exquiiite fruitwood finished cibinetwkh hind lomely turned pindlei. Delicitely deiigned face and scroll tooling. 69 inchri tall. the Cape Charles 129.95 extremely attractive lat tice work sets off this beau ty. You'll love it. Warm and charming is the fruit wood finish. 69V$ inchei ull. sir r FURNITURE APPLIANCES i Jack Ruby Receives Money Aid CHICAGO (I'PD-A brother of Jack Ruby said today there has been "a very good response from all over the country" from persons wanting to help pay the costs of Ruby's trial. Ruby is being held in Dallas for the slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of President Kennedy. Oswald was shot on Nov. 24. two days after Kennedy was slain. Ruby formerly lived in Chica go. The brother. Hvmcn Ruben stein, said 300 telegrams and 2,000 letters have been received from "friends and sympathizers from all over tlie country-" Some enclosed checks or cash, and others made pledges, Rubcnstein said. "There are a few crackpots," Rubenstein said, "but most aro very sympathetic with my brother Jack." Rubenstein said all money and pledges were being turned over to a certified public ac countant in Dallas. The Rubcnsteins' family law yer, (Michael Levine, said Wednesday that Ruby's t w o Dallas night clubs will be sold to raise funds for his defense. Levine would not say when the clubs would go on sale, or what the price would be. Levine emphasized the Clubs were not owned by Ruby, but other members of tlie Rubenstein family. Ruby only managed them. Ruby is scheduled to go on trial Feb. 3. Group Slates Holiday Party Retired Teachers in a recent meeting at the YMCA planned for the Christmas party to be held Dec. 28 at 1:30 p.m. in the YMCA. There will be a history of the organization covering tlie past eight years by Ann Ogle. The group also sent cookies for Christmas to the Camp White domicilary at Med ford. strikinely beiutiul , breath takingly lw priced for foyer, hallways, living room, den or any place where a touch of practical charm is appreciated 4 distinctive stylings accurate time keepers guaranteed by manu facturer by BUTLER craftsmen of Accent furniture picturcique cindlelisht, gntiouily beautiful our fine old New Enlnd home, but "t-home" in iny interior de cor, that't the charm of then door cloclu. The cabineta are crafted by Butler, tealeui of their quality reputation. ClorkihavetheonlyAmerican made 8-day-movement. 1 l HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Angry Schoolboy Shoots Two Teachers GROVES, Tex. (UPD-A 15-year-old schoolboy, angry be cause he was dressed down for causing a disturbance at a, school Christmas assembly Wednesday, shot and wounded two teachers with a shotgun. ' One of the teachers, Carlos Rojo, 35, a part-time instructor at tlie Woodlawn Junior High School, took a full charge of buckshot in the right arm and abdomen. Doctors said the stomach wound was slight but that Rojo may lose several fingers of his right hand. The other teacher, David Gar rett, 34, of Beaumont, Tex., was treated and released. The incident began at the school's morning Christmas as sembly w hen a teacher ordered tlie youth to go to the office of Principal Lyndell Griggs for creating a disturbance. The boy angrily refused and f FROM VANITY FAIR. deeply laced nylon shop JflmMwwi I V t f f Lovely Lingerie by Vanity Fair an enchanting Christmas Surprise! ,iip 8.95 h.iMip 5.95 brief 2.50 As lovely to give as to own! 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The gun dis charged and the youth fled out side, crouching behind a parked school bus. ' Griggs. Garrett and school counselor Earl Jcf fery came out to see what had happened but scurried back inside when a charge of buckshot bit Garrett. Tlie youth ran around the school and went in a back door. Rojo was standing in the hall and saw the shotgun. "Don't do it," he yelled and tried to WTestle the gun from tlie youth. It discharged, hitting Rojo. By then police had arrived. They took the youth to the sher iff's office at nearby Beaumont and later to tlie Beaumont ju venile home. Dist. Atty. W. C. Lindsey said tlie boy made a statement. Lindsey did not know what action would be taken in the case. 2200 So. 6th TU 4-7510 WEISFIELD'S lOpcn Till 9 P.M. 630 Main
