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STUDENTS HELP Quantitiei of canned or packaged goods and doieni of cookiei,
made and decorated by the home eeonomici girli of Fremont Junior High School, will
be tent to the Christmas Center to be used in food baskets to be distributed to needy
families on Christmas Eve. Mrs. Helen Vaughn is home economics instructor. The en
tire student body assisted with this annual Christmas project. Left is Jim Monteith, ttu
dent body president, with Phyllis Soto, second vice president.
i Family Left
Homeless
By Flames
. MERRILL F i re swept
through a house hero Saturday
afternoon leaving a Merrill
family of three with little else
but the clothing on their backs.
. -. Left homeless were Mr. end
;1rs. James Stewart and their
vrjaby.
' Fire Chief Lee Haskins
; said the fire started about 1:10
p.m. The blaze, plus smoke and
water, destroyed almost every
thing the couple owned, Haskins
' -said, including all of the baby's
, clothing.
' The chief said the cause of
; the fire had jot been deter
. mined by Saturday night. The
; home was owned by Oscar Mat
ton and was rented to the Stew.
, art family.
i Six Killed
pin Tragedy
;' TIUJMANN. Ark. (UPI) - An
Assailant Friday night shot to
; death Leonard Deaver and then
; "set fire to Deaver's house, Five
members of llie Doaver family
burned to death.
The victims Included four
children, aged 1 to 8, and Deav
er's wife. Two other children,
Ronald, 9, and Mary, 6, es
caped and ran a mile and a
half through 14 degree weather
- to report the tragedy to neigh-
i ;bors.
; '. Sheriff Ray Holmes confirmed
-that ho was questioning a sus
,' pcct who was arrested in near
rhy Joncsboro about three hours
poller the fire. Holmes refused
;o discuss the case further.
Dead beside Deaver and his
. wife, Martha, were Nellie, 8,
Joanne, S, Sharon, 4, and Janet,
1.
The tragedy occurred just one
month alter a man went ber
;Verk here and shot to death his
; wi(e, mother-in-law, sisler-ln-.
law and stepdaughter and then
killed himself.
Absenteeism
(Continued from Tage 1)
' e!ed the charge of "Isolation
. ism" at the House Republicans
. led by House (iOP leader
Charles A. Halleck of Indiana.
. ! Albert said Halleck had prom-
jsed to produce two Republican
members of the rules commit
tee to clear the bill for House
action but after Speaker John
VI. McCormack had consulted
with the President, Halleck an
nounced It was too late.
"I'm going to insist that we
vote down any adjournment,
meet here on Monday and hack
up our beloved speaker and our
new President," Albert shouted.
Albert added that the House
would meet Monday, Tuesday,
on Wednesday If necessary."
". "We will stay here until we
have completed the business of
Jhe session." he said.
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Eagles Plan
At Hall This
The annual Christmas parly
for the Eagles, Eagles Auxili
ary, and their families will be
held today at 2 p.m. in the Ea
gles Hall. Climaxing the party
will be the appearance of Santa
Claus Emi-y Stockdale, who will
distribute candy.
Entertainment will Include stu
dents from Airs. Edna Howell's
Normadean Dancing Studio;
Mrs. Gerald Wickersham, pian
Unemployment Takes Jump
In County For November
Unemployment in K I a m a t h
County rose in late November,
the Oregon Slate Employment
Service reported.
The department said that dur
ing the week ending Nov. 28,
the insured employment rate
was 4.1 per ccnl, a rise from
2 2 per cent four weeks before.
The rate Nov. 28 was Just
slightly below that of a year
before, which was 4 2 per cent,
and well below the rates of two
and three years before.
The department said the num
ber of non-agricultural job open
ings received by the Klamath
Falls office during November
was "substantially less" than
the same month last year. But,
it said, the il9ta total includ
ed a number of Accelerated
Public Works jobs.
There was a seasonal drop In
the number of openings In No
vember from October this year.
And agricultural employment
is hitting its seasonal low.
The department estimated
that employment In the county
Obituaries
DONTHAN
Albert Oonlhan, 71. mad Dae 70
Survived by the widow Sum. Klamath
Falln 10111. George, Stockton. Calil .
John, Michigan! deuohteri. Marqaral
Spielmachor, Dnrthv Snannahurg,
Francll Gage. Annahella Demltiart, all
of Mlchlqan, Irene Cady. Kennewlrk.
Waih. Funeral tervlces will tie held
Mondav. Dec. 2 pm. In O'Halr'
Wemorlal Chanel. Interment Eternel
Hills Memorial Garden!.
Helps Defeat
Democrats cheered and an-
plauded, rising to tlieir feet.
"We accept this challenge,"
Albert said.
"Damn right," a Democrat In
the rear of the chamber chimed
in.
In prospect was a series of
three - day Senate recesses,
through the holidays, if neces
sary, until the House resolves
the snarl which blocked the fi
nal adjournment of the longest
continuous peacetime congres
sional session since VM2.
Shortly thereafter, press sec
retary Pierre Salinger an
noiuiced that Johnson was call
ing off his departure for Texas.
He did not say when the Pres
ident would leave. Johnson pre
viously had been scheduled to
lake off at 7 30 p.m. EST, Sun
day. I The nrevailine mood was one
of political rancor and bickering
Pro-administralion Democrats
who had left town prematurely
eie being rushed back by
plane as tlie House prepared for
a second vote on I controver
sial Communist wheat sale
p.i ait ,., ,m,, klM
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Tama In an4 aaa Wall ntniham.
aapan aa Miana.
Nt, f Payitianti Amount
12 m $10 05
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SUBURBAN FINANCE
J870 So. ik. Ph. TU 4.771
Shoppies Cantor
Sunday, December K. 1961
Yule Party
Afternoon
ist; Mrs Beverly Montgomery,
organist; and a specialty num
ber by Frendiy St. John.
Songs or the variety show
will be provided by Joanne
Block, accompaniod by Diolz
Sterling, and a trio composed of
Kenny St. Jolw, Clinton Kint
gen, and James Monteith. Louis
J. Taucher will also sing a
number he composed. A read
ing will be given by C'oleen Al
ley. can be expected to decrease
during the next 60 days and a
seasonal jobless peak be reach
ed in January and February.
Mrs. Reid
Succumbs
Mrs. Walter (RculaM Reicl.
57, formerly of .Malin, (Med Fri
day night at a Hoscburg hos
pital. Mrs. Reid was raised in Ma
lin. attending tdhool tliere. She
had lived in JJoscburg for
about five years and previously
lived in Portland.
Survivors include her hiitband
and a son, Melvin, at home in
Roscburg; sisters, Mrs. Hay
Morris and Mrs. Herb Hanson,
both of Malin. Mrs. Walter Gal
brailh. Seattle; Mrs. Roland
Manderson. Port Moody, B.C.;
and two brothers, Cecil Hunt.
Bonanza, and Don Hunt, Del
Rio. Calif.
Services w ill be Tuesday at 2
p m. at Wilson's Chapel of Roses
in Roscburg
Boys Arrested
McMINNVUJ.E (UPli - Two
17-year-old boys were taken into
custody Friday in connection
with a bomb threat telephone
call to Sheridan High School
Thursday morning.
Demo Hopes
amendment that resulted In
Johnson's surprise defeat.
The rebuff came in the early
houis of the morning when the
House refused by a vote of 141
to i:ifi to eliminate the amend
ment which would have harred
the government from underwrit
ing credit for Communist bloc
purchases of U.S. wheat and
oilier commodities.
House refusal to accept the
amendment which was worked
out by House-Senate conferees,
was due mostly to absenteeism
of administration Democrats.
Many House members and
senators had jumped the ad
journment gun in heading for
home.
On llie tense roll call vote. !li
Democrats were missing and 2
otliei-s voted against the administration.
Kl AMATH RAMGF Rill I CAIF
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1:00 P.M.
Klamath County Fairgrounds
60 Horned Herefords, 10 Polled Hereford, V.g-fj
1 Aberdeen Angus. Sifted for quality. Good sV-,
breeding condition. WiSWl
Sponsored by
KLAMATH CATTLEMAN'S ASSOCIATION .
0. lo 231 Klomolh Poll. Or. PSono TU 4-1151
lunch will b Mtvod at noon by tho Klamath Cow Itllat
Uniformed 'Santas1
Help Elderly Man
The spirit of Christmas comes
in many forms and is shown in
many ways.
And sometimes Santa Claus
does not wear a red suit. He
may be dressed in Air Force
blue or Boy Scout green.
But wbatever the form and
whatever the color, an elderly
man has an ample fctork of fire
wood thanks to that Christmas
spirit and the kindness of his
fellow man.
Action Seen
Early In '64
On Tax Cut
WASHINGTON (UPI (-President
Johnson didn't get one of
the big Christmas presents he
wanted from Congress an $11.1
billion tax cut but it probably
will be delivered early in the
IfltH election session.
The Senate Finance Commit
tee is under heavy pressure to
I speed up work on the House
passed priority measure when it
I returns to closed-door drafting
1 sessions Jan. 8, the day alter
Congress convenes for its sec
ond session.
In effort to clear the bill by
late January or early February,
the tax-writing group may elect
to delay action on a host of
amendments and start voting
on the bill itself, section by sec
tion. The effect would be to hasten
the task of drafting the final
version instead of devoting time
to amendments which add new
matter to the already complex,
320-page measure.
Under a tit for tat agreement.
Committee Chairman Harry F.
Byrd, D-Va., promised Johnson
he would clear a hill "in due
time" next year. In return,
Johnson agreed to give Byrd an
advance peck at his new budget
spending requests and to econo
mize wherever possible.
In seven days of desultory ex
ecutive sessions before the holi
day recess, the committee added
about $95 million in extra tax
relief to the bill, barely put a
dent In the stack of 56 pending
amendments, and never voted
on any section of the bill itself.
Still to come is action on rale
cuts effecting every American
taxpayer and business. Also
ahead is work on the many
structural changes in a tax code
once described by noted tax at
torney Louis Eisenstein as hav
ing "all the earmarks of a con
spiracy in restraint of under
standing.'! Gallery Plans
Yule Vacation
The Klamath Art Gallery w ill
be closed through the Christ
mas holidays, with no sched
uled exhibits before Jan. 5.
The "discovery show" of found
objects has been postponed un
til that date.
The gallery is regularly open
each Sunday afternoon from 2
to 5 p.m. and on special days
throughout the year. Exhibits
are usually changed near the
first weekend of each month to
run for one month, and the
public is invited to attend all
shows. 1
k The annual membership anni
versary show is slated the last
weekend in February and ex
tends through the month of
March at the West Main and Ri
verside gallery.
Warning Light
Interrupts Flight
"WALLA WALLA U'PP - A
West Coast Airlines F27 prop
jet made a safe precautionary
landing here Friday after a fire
warning light went on shortly
after takeoff.
The Scattlr-to-Sall Lake City
flight, whirh carried 30 persons,
had just taken off from Lewis
Ion, Idaho, when the light flash
ed on.
The plane circled the 1-ewis-ton
Airport for a lime then re
turned here (or the landing be
cause of longer runways and
heller communications.
Here's the story as told to
the Herald and News by Sgt.
James Stone, an Air Force in
structor from Amarillfl. Tex ,
assigned to Kingsley Field:
On the road leading to Kings
ley Field is one of tbe many
l small businesses in this lumber
ing community. This company
finishes rouh lumber to be
used in the building trades.
They allow people to collect the
small, irregular reject pieces to
be used as firewood.
A thm, little old man. stooped
from his many years of hard la
bor, struggled with a burlap
bag. He had filled this hag with
the scrap wood and was lifting
it to his .'boulders for the long
trip home.
This scene was enoush to
bring tears to the eyes of Sgt.
James S. Mullins 'another in
structor from Amarillo assigned
to Kingsley) as he approached
in his car.
Pulling to the side of t h e
road, he stepped out of his car
and greeted the old timer.
"You have quite a load,
haven't you?"
"Yes," the old man replied,
"It is quite heavy when you are
83 years old."
"How far are yi.u going?"
inquired the sergeant.
"I live abcut eight miles from
here," the elderly gentleman
said.
"I just happen to be going
your way," the Air Force man
replied, and invited the man to
ride with him.
Turning his car aiound and
heading toward the old man s
home, the sergeant heard a
courageous story from a proud
man. The wood was needed to
heat his home, and despite his
age, the man was determined
to provide for his family.
During the next few evenings,
Sergeant Mullins, who heads a
Boy Scout troop, taught two of
his young scouts the meaning of
the spirit of Christmas. They
Vhauled wood to the old man's
house, building a stack of fuel
15 feet long, four feet high and
four feet wide.
It was their way of providing
a very Merry Christmas for a
deserving old man.
State Leases
Big Limousine
SALEM (UPI i - Oregon's
governor will be riding in a
new Lincoln Continental next
year and will he saving the
taxpayers' money in the pro
cess. Ford Motor Co. has extended
its lease on executive cars to
(lie 50 governors. The company
has provided executive limou
sines for the President on a
lease basis for many years.
Gov. Mark Hatfield's present
official car, a four-year-old Lin
coln Continental which has
traveled more than llfi.000
miles was auctioned today
along with other surplus vehicles
and state equipment in Port
land. The Continental being auction
ed cost more than $7,000, hut un
der the new lease program the
state will pay only $750 a year
for the new car. The price in
cludes all maintenance and in
surance leaving the state to buy
only gasoline and nil.
Help And Advice Pour Into Stricken Area
LOS ANGELES 'ITU - Help
and advice continued to pour in
from all sides Saturday for resi
dents who suffered losses in the
Baldwin Hills reservoir disaster
one week ago.
In Washington. President
Johnson declared the once love
ly section of Los Angeles a di
saster area and ordered $."ifl0.oon
aid to tlie city, with more if
needed later.
This ledcral money would be
used only for public works, not
private properly owners. Other
federal aid is available In own
ers and businessmen who suf
fered losses when 300 million
gallons of water roared down,
turning the area into a muddy,
scarred mess resembling a bat
tlefield. Gov. Edmund G. Brown ord
ered appraisers from tlie slate
insurance commission to the
scene to help expedite claim
settlements. The governor
toured the devastated region be
lote dawn Friday morning
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FINAL TWO GO HOME Mrs. Andrew Fischer dresses
the last of her quintuplets for the trip home from the
hospital at Aberdeen, S. D. The girls, who were born Sept.
14, along with two sisters and a brother, are Mary Ann
(left) and Mary Catherine. UPI Telephoto
Entire Fischer Family
Home For Christmas
ABERDEEN, S. D. (UPD
The Andrew Fischers took the
last two of their new babies out
of the hospital Saturday and had
all five of the quints home for
Christmas.
The last two to leave, Mary
Ann and Mary Catharine, got a
quick feel of the cold world it
was 11 below here when they
were carried to the family's
station wagon.
Mrs. Mary Ann Fischer, the
mother, cradled Mary Ann, her
namesake. Mrs. Fischer's mo
ther, Mrs. Elmer Brady, car
ried Mary Catharine.
Andrew Fischer had backed
the station wagon up to the
ambulance entrance to minim
ize the exposure to the cold
South Dakota winds.
Waiting for little Mary Ann
and Mary Catherine were mom
and dad Fischer and eight
brothers and sisters.
The two girls were the last of
the quints to make the big
jump from the hospital nursery,
where they .have been since
their historic birth Sept. 14, to
the makeshift nursery in the
Fischer's nine - room rented
house.
Two cribs were ready for the
girls in the bedroom where
pace-setter James Andrew and
sisters Mary Margaret and
Brown also has urged resi
dents of Die stricken section not
to file lawsuits in efforts to re
gain nearly $50 million in dam
ages because legal fees might
bite heavily into the settle
ments. Best Wishes
for a
HAPPY
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Mary Magdalene already are
quite at home.
The quints were the first to
survive in the United States.
James Andrew, the only boy
quint and largest of the five,
went home Nov. 30. The two
other girls followed last week
end. A spokesman for the family
said the Fischers have "planned
nothing special" to celebrate
the quints' first Christmas. The
family definitely will spend the
holiday at home, he said.
"Where can you go with five
little ones only three months old
especially in this cold weath
er," the spokesman asked. The
temperature in Aberdeen has
been below zero since Mary
Margaret and Mary Magdalene
left the hospital.
Mary Ann Fischer, the red
haired mother of the quints, has
hired a helper to assist her in
caring for the rambling house
and the quints. Her mother also
has been staying with the fam
ily and helping care for the in
fants. The quint's father. Andrew,
returned to his job with a
wholesale grocery firm several
weeks ago. He will be at home
with his big family Christmas
eve and Christmas Day.
"I hope there is no litigation."
Brown told a newsman. "I'm
not against lawyers, but I think
that in this situation Hhe
people i should get every pen
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Manslaughter Verdict
Returned By Jury Here
A defense motion will hold up
sentencing of Archie Foster for
at least 10 days after the 2fi-year-old
Salem man was found
guilty of manslaughter here
early Saturday morning by a
10-2 vote of the jury.
Foster, who had been charged
with first degree murder in one
pril 22 shooting of Mrs. Rich
ard Biss at Beatty, went on tri
al .Monday.
Tlie case went to the six-woman
and six-man jury about 5
p.m. Friday. Tlie verdict was
returned Saturday at 2 a m.
After the verdict was read,
tlie defense attorney claimed
one juror showed his trial notes
to another. Judge Donald Piper
gave the jury 10 days to file an
affidavit substantiating or refut
ing the defense claim. Sentenc
ing has been postponed until
that affidavit is made.
The trial wound up Friday af
ternoon with both sides present
ing closing arguments.
Earlier Foster took the stand
in his own defense and said he
did not know of the slaying of
the woman until he heard it on
Suit Attacks
Bread Law
PORTLAND i UPI i - A suit
asking that the balloon breid
law passed by the 1963 legisla
ture be declared unconstitutional
was filed in Circuit Court here
Friday.
The Davidson Baking Co. of
Portland took the action against
the Oregon Department of Ag
riculture and Its director, J. F.
Short. - '-
The company also asked for
a temporary injunction restrain
ing the department from enforc
ing the law.
The law, which requires that
bread labels contain the mini
mum weight and weight size of
loaves, is scheduled to go into
effect Jan. 1.
The department reported that
most bakeries already have sub
mitted their new labels for approval.
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the radio the following day. He
said, however, he had seen her
in Bea(ty the afternoon of April
22.
Prior to that, a prosecution
witness, Melvin Thompson, told
the jury he saw Foster shoot
into a car containing Mrs. Biss
and Wilma Williams. Mrs. Biss'
body was later found in the car.
No weapon was introduced in
the case and police have said
they were unable to find one.
Dog Pound
Emptied
For Gifts
Klamath Falls parents have
taken advantage of a source of
Christmas gifts that are inex
pensive, lively and long-lasting.
The Klamath Falls city pound
and the Klamath County pound
report a shortage of dogs suit
able for gifts to children be
cause of a Christmas rush.
.The city pound, for example,
estimates that about two dozen
dogs have been selected in the
past few weeks for Christmas
gifts.
The countv cound reno'ls ;i
similar number of its dogs have
been taken for gifts.
Furthermore, the pounds re
ported that dogs have not been
coming in at a fast clip in re
cent w eeks. - -r
Jets Stop Here
Tlie B2nd Fighter Interceptor
Squadron from Travis Air Force
Base, Calif., landed 17 F-102's
at Kingsley Field Friday morn
ing because of bad weather con
ditions at Travis.