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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1963)
1 iid aA.i3l,S4 CHRISTMAS PARTY WELCOMED The generosity of people of the Klamath Basin made the Friday Christmas party at the County Nursing Home one of the most successful held in recent years. Presents were ample for members of the home and everyone was extremely happy with the presents and the program. At left, some of SfflflW In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS ' In Washington as this is writ ten. Secretary of State Rusk urges the Western Allies to help Russia win its power struggle w ith the Chinese communists. Question: Is he right? Or is he wrong? Seeking an answer, let's try another question: Did you ever butt into a fam ily quarrel in an effort to bring peace and tolerance? If so, you wiU be prepared to say to Secretary Rusk: "You're wrong, sir. NEVER interfere in family quarrels. Both sides will gang up on you, and you'll corne out of it beat' en to a pulp." Let's STAY OUT OF IT! Down in San Mateo county, in the Bay Area, they have what is known es the honor camp system. Under the honor camp system, prisoners in the county jail go out each morning to work on various public proj ects. They give their word of honor that they won't try to es cape. So they are not guarded while they work. In the evening, when their shift is finished, they come back to the jail house. The ot!er morning a crew of 70 was starting out to work. On their way to the job. they were led by a deputy sheriff, whose job was to show them where to work and what to do. He had the keys in his pocket. Suddenly, he fainted and fell and hit his head on live con crete floor, knocking him out completely. What did the convicts do? Three of them ran to 1 h e camp radio to tell the sheriff's office of the deputy's accident. Some of the rest gave emer gency first aid to the deputy to bring him back to conscious ness. The rest went about their work assignments. Not one flew the coop. You necr can tell about peo ple. An ancient question One that has puzzled us all at one time or another How does Santa Claus, who Is reputedly round and roly poly, wiih a waist measure that would shock Hie average tailor, get down the average modern chimney? It puzzled .John Deodluc. aged three, who lives down ki San ta Clara. So- He. decided the other day to find out. . He left his home in the lale afternoon, climbed a six-foot fence and walked up the slop ing roof of the empty house next door, climbed into the fireplace chimney and with no trouble at all he got halfway down. Thon- DUaster struck. He GOT STUCK. ? As a small boy should, he screamed for help. His mother heard him and called for the fire department. The fire lad difs responded, and with their help he reached the floor of the fireplace some two hours later. As special favor, he asked his mother to let him stay up ALL NIGHT on ChriM mas e xi he could find out bow Santa manages it. "Veallier Klamath Falli, Tulalaka and Lake view Fair today. Increasing cloudi nen tonight and Monday with a chance of ihowers or tnow flurrlei. Might today and Monday 37 te 43. Lowe tonight 17 to IS. Southerly wind five to IS mllet per hour. High Friday SI Low Saturday morning 7.5 High year ago 33 Low year ago 74 Preclp. pait 24 hour .00 I Of Portland Hits Freight j ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (UPlI The Union Pacific passenger streamliner "City of Portland." carrying nearly 400 passengers and crew, crashed into a de railed UP freight Saturday on the southwest Wyoming desert. There were no fatalities. Nine teen persons were reported taken to Rock Springs, 35 miles west of the scene, and a total of 11 were admitted to Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital. A UP spokesman said 26 of the 34 cars in the westbound freight derailed because of a "failed journal" a broken or burned-out axle on the ninth car. The freight cars spilled out over the tracks in front of the east-bound, 17 - car passenger streamliner about 10:37 a.m. The "City of Portland" loco motive and 12 cars derailed. The locomotive and mail and express cars were tipped on their sides beside the tracks, but the other cars which jumped the tracks remained up right, the railroad said. A spokesman said the stream liner carried about 330 passen gers and about 27 crew mem bers, and that the freight car ried about 5 crewmen. The railroad pulled the five intact passenger cars back to Rock Springs with about half the passengers. Four buses took 118 more. Joyful Germans Reunited BERLIN' (UPI - The hun gry hearts of joyful West Ber liners defeated bitter cold, snow and red tape Saturday for week end pre-Christmas reunions with loved ones on the other side of the Communist wall. The West Berlin Senate said about 7,000 West Berliners were permitted to cross the anti refugee barrier on Saturday, the second full day of the. Communist approved, yuletide opening in the iron curtain. Friday was a working day and about 3.500 crossed. Communist police, standing Mourning WiU End SAI-EM L'PP At sundown Sunday the official period of mourning for the late President John F. Kennedy will be termi nated in accord with a declara tion by the U.S. State Depart ment Gov. Mark Hatfield said today. A 30-day period of official mournini! was declared after the President's assassination in Dalla.v Tex.. Nov. 22. . Flass will. be flown acain at full height Monday morning. Price Fifteen Cents 54 Pages Record To Grip By United Press International Bitter cold continued through the last full day of autumn from the Rockies to the Atlan tic Saturday, setting more low temperature records and coat ing much of Mississippi with up to 5 inches of snow. For the ninth consecutive day the temperature dipped below zero in Chicago, a December record. It was 14 degrees be low zero at Indianapolis, Ind., early in the day, 8 degrees be low the record for the date, set in 1901. Temperatures hovered near the zero mark early in the day as far south as North Carolina, where Raleigh recorded a low of 7 degrees. It was 31 degrees below zero at Bemidji, Minn.; 28 below at Devils Lake. N.D.: 7 below at Columbus, Ohio; 12 below at Des Moines, Iowa; 12 below at Omaha, Neb.; 1 below at Kans as City, Mo.; 21 below at Mo line, III.; 4 below at St. Louis, Mo., the coldest since last Jan. 11: and 19 below at Eau Claire, Wis., where the mercury has failed to climb above the zero mark since Tuesday. At Crownpoint, N.M., four Na vajo Indians died of exposure. A volunteer fireman died when a chimney exploded while he was battling flames in sub-zero guard at the holes they chopped through the concrete, steel and barbed wire they erected 28 months ago. greeted the visitors w ith a cheery "good morning." For the most part, they de clined to inspect the packages of food and gifts carried into East Berlin by those kicky enough to obtain passes. Information Bureau West, a private anti-Communist intelli gence agency, reported a high rate of absenteeism Saturday among East Berlin actory and office workers. It said many employes stayed home to await visits from West Berlin relatives. One man, Erik Zatz, a 24-year-old intern, dashed out of a West Berlin charity hospital to keep his appointment at the In validen crossing point with his sister whom he had rot seen for more man two years. Zatz, still wearing his hospi tal garb and stethoscope, tear fully embraced his sister while the usually - grim Communist guards looked on with Mniles. Nearby, however, a Communist party oflicial passed out propa ganda leaflets to the visiting West Berliners. A pretty young red haired West Berlin woman fell into the arms of a frail elderly woman and sobbed, "Oma, oma, oma. A !- s (I ( . ; . ! the many members of the home watch the program which featured musical events and a special dog act. Second from left, Nora Page hands a present to Huey Barnes. Third from left, Santa Claus (Mrs. Madeline Brown, nursing home superintendent) presents a gift to Cornelius O'Connell, and at far right, Jack Smith reflects all the As KLAMATH FALLS, ORKGON, Cold Continues Much Of US cold on a farm near Moorcs ville, Ind. At Lebanon, N.Y., a light plane ''disintegrated" dur ing a violent snow squall late Friday, killing two men. A passenger train struck a broken rail and left the tracks at Coon Rapids, Iowa, stalling Shortage Of Coins Not Serious Here Only one out of three Klam ath Kalis banks has been af fected by the shortage of coins to hit the rest of the state and the ret of the nation. It was reported Friday that the Federal Reserve Bank in Portland was completely out of dimes and nickels are in short supply. But the only bank in Klamath Falls to feel the pinch is the First National Bank. Jim Floyd, assistant opera tions officer of the bank, said it must depend on the other two local banks to keep up its coin supply, as tlie Federal Reserve System has not been able to fill orders. He said this situa tion so far exists only in nickels 'grandmother, ' grandmother, grandmother'. You haven't changed in two years." More than 25,000 West Berlin ers stood in long, seemingly end less lines waiting to apply to East German postal officials for the hoped-for passes. More than 250 queued up at the Ticrgarten School were told over loudspeakers to "go home, go home" because 800 appli cants were already inside the building and that no more could be processed. Those standing in line refused to (cave. West Berlin police rushed in a 20-man detail to keep order when tempers grew strained. They formed a human barrier between the crowd and the school, and those in line finally did go home in disap pointment. "I wish President' Kennedy were alive." said Herbert Schmidt, 48, a truck driver. "He'd straighten this out." Sohmid. said he wanted to visit his mother in East Berlin. "I've got to deliver her Christ mas present," he said "She's K) and cold all the time. I bought her a giod warm woolen sweater real wool, not that Chinese cotton they call wool over there." Mprameoi V SUNDAY, DECEMBKR 22, 1963 ISO holiday-bound passengers in sub-zero cold. Off Halifax, N.S., crews of two sinking freighters were res cued by Canadian coast guards men and a U.S. Coast Guard vessel went to the aid of a foundering'fishing boat off Port land, Maine. and enough of them are avail able to meet normal demands. A spokesman for the U.S. Na tional Bank of Portland in Klamath Falls said a few short ages are noticed in dimes and quarters and these haven't be come serious. The spokesman said the only real effect of the shortage in his bank is to limit orders from the Federal Reserve Bank to short term. One reason the shortage hasn't become acute in the U.S. National Bank is that it has sev eral vending machine accounts locally and these keep the sup ply up. The same situation exists for the Bank of Klamath Falls. Manager Jack Holt said vend ing machine accounts keep its supply up and it does a thrive ing business in selling coins to other bahks due to surpluses. It was teported bhat the short age has been felt ell over ,the country and has resulted in strict rationing among banks and among bank customers. It is felt that collectors are Jargely responsible for the .shortage, although it has been noted that today's society, be cause of vending machines, de mands more coins in use. It is the policy of the three banks in Klamath Falls to pro mote the continued circulation of the coins and avoid policies which would tend to promote persons or companies amassing large supplies of coins. Shooting Hours OREGON December 23 Opra Close 7:05 a.m. 4:40 p.m. CALIFORNIA DtH-ember 13 Opra Close 7:01 a.m. 4:37 p.m. co? 5B1BB1B11BBaBBBBBBBBBBMiaBaBBaaBaaBBiaBBBBBBBBMMBHMHaaBaaBBBBBBBaBBBBl A ,wv ? "y'-T;- ? hi- -r) M .'to ( Telephone TU 4 8111 No. 7fifil I I I if DESPERATE MOVE Walter Raleigh Sain, who at 42 has been blind for 'the pest 24 years, attempted to rob the Detroit Bank and Trust Company of $50 Friday. He is shown here leaving court with his wife, Lewanda, 19. The destitute and desperate couple was given $85 by the judge and his staff after the man was released on $1,000 personal bail and a promise to show up for a Jan. 15 hearing. Destitute Blind Man Fails In Attempted Bank Robbery DETROIT (UPI - The thought of Christmas without food and warm clothing for his pregnant wife was loo much for Walter R. Sain, a 42-ycar-old blind man. He s b o w e d Federal Judge Wade McCrec a tin cup Fridny and said, "I tried standing on street corners to get a few cents but the police kept mov ing mc on." Sain and his wife, I.cWanda, who is six months pregnant, plotted to roh a bank. The at tempt was a crude one. They pic ked one of the busiest and best guarded banks in De troit. Sain and his wife walked up to teller Stanley Mi llalc of the Detroit Bank and Trust Comp any's main nllice in the heart of downtown Detroit and hand ed him a scrawled note. It read in part: "This man is truly blind. We gut his wile in the car. Do not press the alarm, There are four of us, two in the bank and two are outside the bank." The note demanded t-V). Mcllale. however, pressed the alarm and (he guard took the couple Into custody. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said apparently no one else was involved In the holdup attempt. The couple was questioned ex tensively by the FBI and taken before McCree for arraignment. Sain tnld the judge, "I waa desperate. Our wedding rings joy of the occasion as he poses for the photographer holding some of the gifts he re ceived on the occasion. The 54 members of the home were all remembered by Santa and received gifts that fulfilled their wishes. Everyone who contributed to the event can share in the warm feeling of having shared their Christmas with these people. Weather LONO-KANGI OUTLOOK Cool to mild ttmpraturi to con limit With high about 40 and lows near 10 at minor itormt movt through th arta Monday and again about Chrlttmat tDay . , ' J are in layaway and so is a coat for LeWanda. She also needs more winter clothes 8nd we're almost out of food. "I didn't have a gun and all I asked for was not more than $50," Sain said. Sain, who has been blind since he was 18, said he re ceived only $103 a month from the Aid to the Blind Association and had been turned down for welfare. He said he paid $M a month rent. Authorities said he had no chocs, only overshoes, when arrested. "Can I depend on you both to be back here Jan. 15 for exam ination?" McCree asked. After they agreed he set personal bond at $1,000 and released them so they could "go home (or Christmas." McCree asked Sain what moved him to the holdup at tempt. "What can a man do when everyone says 'no' to him?" Sain explained. "There are other solutions and we'll talk about them when you come back." McCree said "In the meantime here's a little something to tide you over Christmas at least." The judge handed the couple an envelope containing $85 which had been collected from the judge and his staff. There were tears, then, from Sain and his wife. McCree cried, too. mam Demos Charge GOP With 'Sit Down Strike' WASHINGTON (UPI) - The 88th Congress In a shouting mad temper scuttled plans to adjourn for the year Saturday night and ordered sessions this week in an effort to end a bit ter deadlock over the foreign aid spending bill. A White House souice and a top Democratic House leader accused Republicans of waging a legislative sit down strike against the $.1 billion aid appro priation. After waiting all day on a stand by basis, the Senate sig nalled the official end ot at tempts to adjourn by recessing until noon Monday.. An undoubtedly fighting mad President Johnson put off his scheduled departure Sunday to spend the Christmas holidays at his Texas ranch. Hold Shouting Match House Democratic leader Carl Albert, Okla., and House Repub. lican leader Charles A. Halleck, Ind., engaged In a shouting match over the situation before the Hquse called it quits for the weekend. It was Albert who had up braided Halleck and the Repub licans for waging what he call ed a legislative sit down strike." Albert based his accu sation on the fact that the House Rules Committee could not of ficially meet to clear the com promise aid bill to the floor be cause of a boycott by needed Republican members. A White House official also used the phrase sit-down-strike. At Hie heart of (he controver sy was an amendment which would curtail President John son's powers to extend credit in sales of wheat and other com modities to Russia. The House had twice attached the amendment to the foreign aid legislation and the Senate had twice rejected It. Reject Amendment The House, hy a narrow par tisan vote early Saturday morn ing, had rejected a compromise amendment which would have voiced congressional dislike of such a credit extension but al lowed tlie President to do so in the name of national interest. Halleck stressed that the House already had twice re- OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK Annual Junior Chamber Christmas Lighting Contest . I would like to make this Klamath Falls' Brightest" Christmas. Please enter me In this year's Christmas'; Lighting Contest. NAME .: ADDRESS CHECK ONE: LAWN ROOF WINDOW andor PORCH : FALCON HEIGHTS :-: CHURCH First and Second Place Trophy awards courtesy Pacific;: n t. t i ..l. r ' -' MAIL or TAKE ENTRY i.m. nf rnmmaM 353 or Klamath Jaycces, Box judging Dec. 27, 1963. jected any softening of the wheat credit ban. "You lost in a clean fight," he told the Democrats. "You come back today and want to do it all over again." Halleck said he was willing to do even that, but wanted some promise that would be the end of the controversy. "Three times and you strike out," he shouted. I just am not going to plead guilty in any respect to any mis conduct on my part, Halleck. said." ... I lust happen to be-". lui. IkB AmnMlnoM nnl with us in this controversy. Senato Democratic Leader" Mike Mansfield announced the Senate would conduct no further business sessions until the House takes- action on the $3 billion aid bill. In the House, Democratic leader Carl Albert, Okla., deliv ered a searing speech accusing Republicans of going on "a sit down strike." This echoed a charge by a White House aide who had lev- (Contlnued oa Page 4-A) -; Tribes Okay Claim Offer CHILOQUIN (UPI) Mem bers of the Klamath and Modoc Indian tribes and the Yahooskin branch of the Snake River Tribe have voted to accept an Indian '. Claims Commission offer of $2.5 . million In additional settlement-: for lands taken from the Klam ath Indian Reservation by the federal government. The vote was 49-1. The three tribes claimed they were paid too little for lands purchased from tliem by the government. The decision will be reviewed by the commission at a hearing in Washington Dec.. 28. The group also voted to com, ply with a court order to elect officers and a 10-man executive committee to govern the con federation. The group had been operating with a five-member executive board. TO: Klamath County Cham-: Main Street. 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