FatKer, 12-Year-Old Son Perish
When Icy Climb Becomes Tragedy
nERALD AND KEWS. Klamath Falls. Oregon
Monday. Pmmlirr M. 1W.J
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EVERETT (UPI)-A 25-man
rescue party, working in relays,
Saturday recovered the bodies
of a Seattle man and his 12-year-old
son from the slopes of
Mt. Index where they died ear--ly
Friday morning of cold and
exposure.
Foggy conditions prevented
the use of a helicopter in re
covering the bodies of Horace
Gales. 41, and his son, Frank.
Sheriff's officers said it was
"a long, slow process" in get
ting the bodies down the moun
tain. Two other sons who survived
the ordeal on the frozen moun
tain with their father and broth
er were recuperating at their
Seattle home.
The two survivors, William,
16, and Louis, 13, were returned
to their home Friday afternoon.
The bodies of Gates and
Frank were "found earlier in the
day about 50 yards from where
Louis had lain through the night
huddled next to a fire.
Lcuis was taken down the
mountain, about 40 miles east
of here, by a helicopter from
Paine Air Force Base.
William walked out, for the
second time. The older boy
made the same hike early Fri
day after his father and broth
ers became too tired to make
it to safety. William then led a
31-man search party to the area
in time to save Louis' life.
The hiking expedition began
Thursday morning, when Gates,
an experienced mountain climb
er and his three sons drove to
Ml. Index from Seattle.
They missed a trail while
scaling the peak and night
closed in on (hem on an icy
slope at the 3.000-foot level of
the 5.309-foot mountain.
"Louis and I were about 50
yards ahead of my dad and
Frankie when F r a n k i e col
lapsed." -William said. "Louis
and I built a fire. It was about
11 o'clock. We went back to try
lo get dad and Frankie to the
fire, but they couldn't make it.
I That's w hen I left to come down
the mountain to get help."
Searchers found Gates and
Frankie lying face up. The
1 father had his arms around the
son.
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Johnson, Erhard Talk Summary
Pledges Renewed Cooperation
CHANCELLOR DEPARTS Secretary of State Dean Rusk, right, bids West German
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, left, goodbye at Bergstrom AFB at Austin, Tex., after the
German leader had finished his two-day round of talks with President Lyndon John
son at Johnson's ranch near Austin. Between the two men is Gerhard Schroeder,
West German foreign minister.
West Berlin To Negotiate
On Keeping Wall Door Open
iBERLI lUPli - West Ber
lin today accepted informal
Communis! proposals to nego
tiate a new agreement for West
Rcrlincrs lo pass through the
Communist wall in (he future to
visit East Berlin.
West Berlin Deputy '.Mayor
Heinrich Albert?, said the city
government is ready to meet
with tile East Germans in an
effort to reach a new official
agreement. The current holiday
visiting pass agreemenl,
in unprecedented negotiations
this month, expires Jan. S.
There was uneasiness in the
West Berlin press over the pros
pect of negotiations with the
Communists, whose regime the
West does not recognize. But
Albertz said there was no rea
son for such fears. He said the
cily acted only in agreement
with tire West German govern
ment and tile Western Allies.
He said the "technical, prac
tical contacts" with the Commu
nists did not constitute recogni
tion. Western Allied sources dis
agreed and said West Berliners
would not have accepted the
visiting passes if they realized
the political cost.
East German Communist of
ficials Sunday renewed their of
fer to negotiate a new agree
ment on passage through the
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Playwright
Badly Hurt
DUBLIN (UPIl-Irish play
wright Brendan Behan, appar
ently struck by a hit and run
driver early this morning, was
reported unconscious and in
"only fair" condition with pneu
monia and head injuries.
Behan, 40, the hard-drinking
former revolutionary whose
plays have been hits in London
and New York, was found un
conscious in a Dublin street
shortly after midnight.
He had left Dublin's Royal
Hospital only Sunday after un
dergoing treatment for diabetes
since Christmas Eve.
Today, he was in Meath Hos
pital, where a spokesman said
"his injuries are definitely con
sistent with his having been
knocked down by a car."
"Early this morning he re
gained consciousness, but he
has lapsed into unconsciousness
again," the spokesman added.
"I would not say he was in a
coma."
Behan's books and plays In
clude "Borstal Boy," "The Hos
tage," "The Square Fellow,"
and "Brendan Behan's Island."
Many persons have drawn a
parallel between Behan and the
Welsh-born poet Dylan Thomas,
who shared the Irishman's
penchant for uncontrolled drinking.
Naturalized Composer,
Pauf Hindemuth Passes
'FRANKFURT, Germany
(UPD The music world today
mourned ihe death of German
born composer Paul Hindemith,
08, who became a naturalized
American after being driven
from his homeland by Nazi tyr
anny. Hindemith, one of the greats
of modern music, died Saturday
in a Frankfurt hospital of what
was diagnosed as circulatory
failure.
"Germany has lost its great
est musician since Richard
Strauss," said French com
poser Darius Milhaud.
Hindcmith's controversial mu
sic, which was often full of dis
sonance, was banned in Ger
many in 1934 by Nazi propa
ganda chief Josef Goebbels as
"culturally Bolshevist" and
"spiritually non-Aryan." The
composer left Germany shortly
afterward and lived for a time
in Turkey.
He settled in the United
States in 1939, accepted a pro
fessor's chair at Yale Univer
sity and became an American
citizen. He was credited with
revitalizing the Yale Music
School and helping mold a gen
eration of young American mu
sicians and composers before
leaving in 1951 to make his
home tin Switzerland.
Perhaps Hindcmith's greatest
work was the opera, "Malhis
der Maler," barred by the
Nazis from performance Jit the
Berlin State Opera.
The composer received tlic
Bach Prize of the city of Ham
burg in 1951, Finland's Sibelius
Prize in 1955, the Goethe Shield
of Frankfurt in 1956 and this
year was awarded the $50,000
Balzan Prize of Italy's Balzan
Foundation.
cily wall after Ihe present ar
rangement for holiday visits to
East Berlin expires Jan. 5.
West iRerliners look advan
lage of their passes Sunday in
record numbers, with 154,021
crossing into Ihe Soviet sector
for tlie day. The previous day's
high was 70.000 on Saturday.
The crush caused an unprece
dented traffic jam of automo
biles, buses, street cars, baity
carriages, and pedestrians.
West Berlin Mayor Willy
'Brandt indicated he was willing
lo hold new talks with Hie Com
munists. In the past, the West
has refused to negotiate with
ICast Germany because it has
sought to avoid giving the Com
munist regime any measure of
recognition.
Brandt called the Christmas
pass agreement a pmall step
forward.
"I haVo" no dolibt that we
must continue along this path."
he said. "This is our immedi
ate task in Ihe new year."
Neucs Deutschland, the Com
munist party newspaper df East
Germany, said East Germany
was willing to make concessions
"but we also have demands to
make on the other side. Com
promises are necessary."
The West Berlin newspaper
Tagcsspicgel said further pass
talks could make the Western
allies feel West Berlin and West
Germany were adopting a new
policy of negotiations with Ihe
Communists.
JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (UPD
-President Johnson lias inject
ed new and lively elements into
the ordinarily stuffy world of
diplomacy the 40-liter hat,
country dances and finger-lick-in'
barbecued spareribs.
Tie colorful social side of
Johnson a two-day visit here r
wiiti mt'Ki virilism n luiiKYitiii
Ludwig Erhard all but over
shadowed the carefully honed
communique which signaled Ihe
end of their conference Sunday
night.
Erhard and his chief advisers
flew out of Texas for Bonn at
dusk, wearing wide-brimmed
Western hats, champing on
Mexican cigars and praising
the glories of Texas hill coun
try hospitality.
Implementation ami activa
tion of diplomatic decisions
reached here w ill be up to cab
inet ministers and ambassadors
of Ihe two nations, and this
will take lime. But tlic minis
ters and envoys had new guide
lines from the lop.
Pursue Cooperation
The guidelines showed plain
ly that, after meeting and talk
ing, Johnson and Erhard would
pursue a new degree of cooper
ation and consultation.
Early Sunday afternoon the
two leaders, in consultation
with tlieir foreign ministers,
agreed on a joint communique
that stressed the importance of
continuing lo explore all Kissi
blc avenues to improvement of
East-West relations, easing of
tensions and the enlargement of
prospecls for peace.
Tile communique was issued
in a dusty yard outside the
gymnasium of the grammar
school at Stonewall, Tex. Smoke
from barbecue pits swirled over
Ihe scene in a pungent fog. A
cauldron of rich barbecue sauce
bubbled over a wood fire at Ihe
door of the frame building
Inside Ihe gym. Texas' gift lo
the concert world, piano virtu
oso Van Cltbura, rippled off
gentle passages from Brahms
and Beethoven from a wooden
stage unaccustomed lo the bur
den of a J. non-pound grand piano.
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