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WINS TITLE David James Alverson, born at 7:32 a.m. New Year's Day, was the
first 1964 arrival in Klamath County. Because he was the first infant born after mid
night in the beginning of a new year, he was winner of numerous gifts presented by
local business firms and services, an auspicious beginning for the small lad. His
proud parents, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy (Sharyll Alverson, will take their first child
home to 2321 Settle Street. His father is an airman at Kingsley Field. He is 2 I . Mrs.
Alverson is 19.
In Tke-
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
From Srinagar, in the Asian
state of Kashmir, which lies
between Pakistan and India
and includes the lovely Isle of
Kashmir:
About 100.000 weeping and
wailing Jloslems rioted recent
ly over the theft of a 600-jcar-old
sacred relic a sin
gle slrand of hair from the
head of the Prophet Moham
med. "
The hysterical crowd set fire
to cars and burned two movie
theaters, part of a police sta
tion and several stores before
Hie police dispersed them by
opening fire w ilh rifles over
their heads.
City authorities ordered an
overnight curfew.
The strand of hair, kept at
tached to a silver pendulum in
a glass tube one inch in diam
ptcr, was reported stolen from
the nearby mosque at Hazrat
bal. where it has b e e n pre
served for more than 600 years.
The. hair thief sawed through
a double lock on a cupboard to
get at the relic. He fled with it,
and as this is written no trace
of him has been found.
According to tradition, the
hair was brought from Bijapur
in South India by the Mongol
Emperor Aurangzeb and placed
in the Hazratbal mosque. Haz
ratbal means "hair of
the prophet."
As soon as the hair was re
ported missing, tension mount
ed throughout this overwhelm
ingly Moslem City. Stores
closed and people marched
through the streets car
ry ing black flags and calling on
the government to launch a
thorough search for the relic.
(Much 'ado about nothing, you
are tempted to say?
Don't say it.
At least, don't sav it until
you have done some research.
Let's go back In the Holy
Grail.
Tne Holy Crail is the nam
given to the cup used by Je
sus at tlie Last Supper. In
Christian countries, there are
many legends about H.
Joseph of Arimithea. accord
ing to Christian tradition, used it
lo catch the blood of the Savior
wlien he hung on the cross. He
later took the tirail lo Eng
land. It disappeared, and was
thoucht to be in Hc.nen.
But -
A vision of the Grail was
seen by a nun. a sister of one
of the knights of the Round Ta
ble. This vision was so inspir
ing that all the knichts of thr
Taile Hi'imd vowed I" devote
t'irir live a vrsnh ("r it.
Only t.vee o tVm Galaii?;!.
r'erctval and Bor e
tie Grail
T.e first written story about
Grail h' trom the i:m
:;. th;" U.T.e. t'.-.e !iai
' was pis-ed on by word of
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Wall Agreement
Mears Deadline
BERLIN (UPU-A West Ber
lin city government spokesman
said today that there have been
no formal moves by either side
to extend the temporary Christ
mas pass agreement that ends
Sunday.
Tlu's means thai unless there
are last minute negotiations be
tween tlie West Berlin city gov
ernment and the Communist
East German government,
visits by West Berliners to tlie
East will cease at midnight
Sunday.
Both sides have said they do
not want the traffic through the
Red-built, anti-Communist wall
to stop. So the possibility has
not been ruled out that one side
or the other will make a pro
posal to keep the border open.
But Western officials said
that as tilings now stand the
East Germans will issue no
passes to get through the wall
after Sunday.
Meanwhile, West Berlin po
lice reported that a young West
Berliner, apparently depressed
at having to leave his relatives
in East Berlin, committed sui
cide on his return trip to the
Western sector.
Police said the youth threw
himself in front of a train at
the Friedrichstrasse elevated
railway station Wednesday.
This is the border station where
Communist police check Berlin
ers who cross the border by
train.
It was believed the youth
killed himself in a fit of de
spair at parting w ith loved ones
in the Communist zone of Ber
lin. He was one of about 100.000
West Berliners who entered
East Berlin with a Christmas
pass Wednesday, but he was
not otherwise identified.
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COOL DIP Joe Farkas, a member of the Milwaukee,
among the ice cubes in Lake Michigan and contentedly
other members took their annual New Year's Day dip in
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In another incident, Western
border ofticials at Bad Hersfcld
said a 22-year-old refugee es
caped to West Germany by
jumping off a bridge and sw im
ming across the Werra River
Wednesday night.
They said Communist border
gMards spotted him crossing the
bridge and opened fire, but that
the refugee made it safely de
spite a hail of bullets. One of
the shots shattered a window
on tlie Western side of the riv
er, however.
Mayor Willy Brandt of West
Berlin already has indicated lie
is willing to begin new talks
about keeping the Berlin Wall
open for those who want to vis
it relatives trapped in the Com
munist zone of the divided city.
But many people in this city
fear that direct negotiations be
tween the municipal government
and the Communist East Ger
man regime could help isolate
West Berlin.
Under a current agreement
covering Christmas season pass
es, the Communists have per
mitted 615,000 West Berliners to
cross the anti-refugee wall to
visit their relatives in East Ber
lin. Additional tens of thousands
are expected to pour through
before tlie agreement expires on
Sunday.
The Christmas pass agree
ment was the first to be reached
between East German and West
Berlin negotiators. It went into
effect 13 days ago.
The Communists long have in
sisted that West Berlin is a sep
arate entity with no legal ties
to the West. They contend
West Berlin must negotiate di
rectly with East Germany and
not be represented, as in the
past, by Western Allies or the
West German government.
Road Toll
Reaches
New High
lly I'nited Press International
Automobile accidents killed a
record 193 Americans over the
30-hour L'ew Year's holiday, fi
nal tabulations showed today.
The toll surpassed the pre
vious record of ISO for a one
day Sew Year's holiday set in
1937-1S68 and exceeded the
worst expectations of the Na
tional Safety Council.
The council had estimated
that from 140 to IliO persons
would be killed in traffic acci
dents during the official holi
day period between fi p.m.
Tuesday and midnight Wednes
day. Howard Pyle, council
president, said " we are very
disappointed . . . grieved
over tlie showing by motorists."
Deadly fires helped boost the
overall holiday accident death
toll to 250.
The breakdown:
Traffic 193
Fires 29
Miscellaneous 28
Total 250
California's 18 traffic fatali
ties led the death list. There
were 14 in Michigan, 13 in both
New York State and Wisconsin,
11 in Texas and 10 in Pennsyl
vania. Six slates had no traffic fa
talities over the holiday. They
i were Alaska. Delaware, Mas
sachusetts. New Hampshire.
Sew Jersey, and Oregon. The
District of Columbia also es
caped automotive death over
New Year's.
The normal traffic death toll
for a 30-hour midweek non-
holiday period is 70.
The New Year's toll eJgcd
-past the previous record hit)
set in tre-195B late New
Year's Duy. Helping to boost
the traffic death count were
hazardous road conditions
spawned by snow and ice
storms across the eastern third
of the nation. '
'Show Me' Tour Planned
During Wildlife Session
A "show me" field tour for
memlicrs of the Legislative In
terim Committee on Wildlife,
arranged by the Oregon Fish
and Game Council. ill ton
elude a two-day conference of
the legislative committee meet
ing with California - Oregon
game officials and Oregon
sportsmen. The meeting will
open tlie evening of Jan. 8 in
the Winema Motor Hotel, ac
cording to Sen. Andrew Nater
lin ID i. Lincoln County, chair
man of the legislative group.
The public hearing phase of
the meeting will precede a con
ference with the California and
Oregon game commissions,
which will be followed by the
tour of the Fremont Forest
deer range area, Nalerlin said.
The subiects to be covered by
the committee will include tlie
controversial plight of the inter
state deer herd, government
acquisition of land for water
fowl refuges, and interstate
problems of the Klamath .Riv
er Fishery.
Naterlin urged sportsmen to
avoid unsupported general stale-
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Wis., Polar Bear Club, floats
smokes his pipe. Farkas and
the frigid lake Wednesday.
UPI Telephoto
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New Violence Flares,
5 More Cypriots Slain
NICOSIA. Cyprus (I'PP -British
travp reinforcements ar
rived in Cyprus today "to pro
tect British families and bases
on the island" following a New
Storm Hits
Northeast
Coast Area
By I'nited Press International
A paralyzing snow and ice
storm swept into New England
today, making highways treach
erous and glazing power lines.
Driving conditions were hazard
ous deep into the still - icy
Southland.
Gale warnings were posted for
parts of the Northeast coast
and schools were ordered closed
until .Monday at Meridian,
Miss. Stranded automobiles
stood empty along slick roads
from Tennessee through north
ern Alabama and Mississippi.
The storm that shocked Dixie
over New Year's piled up heavy
snow throughout Ohio, Pennsyl
vania and New York during the
night. Eight inches fell in six
hours at Buffalo, N. Y., six in
ches at Rochester, N. Y.. and
nine inches fell in southern
Ohio.
Mild westerly winds kept the
Midwestern and Great Plains
warming trend in full swing to
day. Temperatures in the 40s
were common through Montana
and North Dakota at 2 a.m.
EST, whereas only a week ago
the mercury was plunging "to 20.
below. ' .
ments, but rather lo cite speci
fic instances of gome manage
ment that may need legislative
attention. He said he was hope
ful that solid facU would de
velop from this hearing and field
tour.
-Naterlin said he wanted Ore
gon to provide unexcelled hunt
ing and fishing opportunities
for the sportsmen. To do this,
'lie pointed out. we must be se
riously concerned with game
harvest programs in realistic
j relationship to tlie carrying ca
pacity of the habitat. It is es
sential that winter range areas
be able to provide sufficient
support for our big game popu
lations to assure ample num
bers of well - conditioned ani
mals for propagation of the
game herds, Naterlin said.
Naterlin advocated the inclu
sion in every instance where
in it was practicable, of deer
forage plantings on all public
range rehabilitation programs.
An almost analagous situa
tion, uNatcrlin said, prevails
with our fisheries where we
need good stream and lake hab
itat for spawning and passage,
as well as realistically regulat
ed seasons and bag limits.
Two Elderly Sisters Don't Want
UnlightedAnd Unheated Chicken
I,OMX. H'PI'-Twn elderly
sisters in nearby Hemel Hemp
Mead fought today lo slay in
the unlighted, unhealed chicken
coop they have called home for
30 years.
"Nobody will take us from
here." Miss Marcclla Finnigan
said defiantly as the winter
wind whipK'd through gaping
cracks in the sheds hoard
wall-..
"Ii would kill " "'to
a stuffy home "
But local olficials. ho called
conditions in the old henhouse
horrible, have applied for a re
moval order under national wel
fare laws. The sisters Mar
cclla. 83. am) Ella. 73 are
expected to be in an old peoples
h'tfne within a week.
Year's Day of violence in which
five Cypriots were killed.
An artillery regiment landed
by air during tlie night and 700
paratroopers prepared to leave
England at midnight today for
duty in Cyprus, where fighting
has flared between Greek and
Turkish Cypriots since Dec. 21.
There were unconfirmed re
ports in Athens that Turkey and
Greece were alerting their
armed forces for possible action
on the island.
Diplomatic talks continued
over President Makarios' an
nounced intention of ending Cy
prus' treaties with Britain,
Turkey, and Greece, the three
guarantors of its independence.
Three Greek Orthodox monks
were killed Wednesday by men
identified by survivors as Turk
ish Cypriots. Another Greek and
a Turk were killed in an ex
change of shots near tlie west
coast town of Paphos, police
said.
Informed sources in Athens
said the Greek government had
received reports of Turkish
military movements and feared
(he Turks might invade Cyprus,
which is less than 50 miles off
Turkey's shores.
The sources said Greece put
its armed forces in a state of
immediate readiness and was
prepared to launch a counter
invasion if Turkey attacked.
Livestock
Tax Cuf
Is Sought
A recommendation for a
sweeping decrease in personal
property taxes on livestock will
be delivered by County Assessor
Clyde "Hap" Caldwell to the
Eastern Oregon Assessors Asso
ciation at the organization's an
nual conference next Jon. 7
through 0. at the courthouse in
Canyon City.
Caldwell, chairman of the as
sociation's livestock commit
tee, said he will seek a de
crease of 25 cents per head on
cows, with lesser decreases on
oilier livestock in accordance
with their value.
The association meets annual
ly after the first of the year to
sei depreciation schedules and
values on livestock, timber,
machinery and equipment.
Caldwell will appear as a wit
ness in a civil suit in circuit
court here Jan. 7, before de
parting for Canyon City where
lie will present his recommen
dation the following morning.
"People in the livestock indus
try are invited to attend any of
the three-day sessions," the as
sessor said.
On another topic. Caldwell
stated that Klamath is the larg
est receiver of transit livestock
of any county in Oregon. Each
year, 50,000 head of stock are
shipped to the county from oth
er states for summer feeding,
he explained. The assessor's of
fice has the task of assembling
information on such stock pre
paratory to making proper as
sessments on those out of stale
animals.
"A place like thai shed, with
out the remotest kind of com
fort, could not Ksibly lie a
home for anybody." local health
officer Dr. II. S. Ilynd said.
Have Been Happy
But Marcclla, a native of Ire
land, said she and her sister
have been "the happiest people
on earth" since the day 30
years a'jo when thry took up
sqii.'illctV righti on the shack.
Ra-js and brnun paper only
partially block holes in the
walls. Tlie sisters sleep in a
double bed made of boxes nailed
together. The mattresses and
pillows are old burlap sacks
ttuffed with leaves.
A candle provides the only
lighting. Th floor is mart of
k-t- 'c-fA iHatL n -
REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE British soldiers of the Gloucester Regiment keep
watch on the Turkish section of Nicosia, Cyprus, from their sandbagged emplacement
on the roof of the Nicosia Club. More British troops have been sent to the strife
torn island in an effort to keep a full scale war from breaking out between Greek
and Turkish elements. UPI Telephoto
"Home For Every Man'
New Housing Plan
JOHNSON CITY. Tex. tUPU
Hubert C. Weaver, the hous
ing and home finance adminis
trator, arrived at the LBJ
Ranch today to map with Pres
ident Johnson a new, compre
hensive federal housing pro
gram which w ill go to Congress
under the banner of "a home
for every man."
Weaver flew today Irom
j Washington .to the Texas White
House with Postmaster General
I John Gronouski.
Both men were expected to
see reporters later in the day,
probably after lunching with
tlie President at his ranch.
Johnson, Weaver and other
members of the administration
have drafted what a White
House official described as "a
most comprehensive housing
Pending Assessment Hike
To Be Discussed At Meet
Klamath and Lake County
representatives of the timber in
dustry and meal producers who
graze their livestock on timber
lands w ill meet with County As
sessor Clyde "Hap" Caldwell at
the county courthouse hearing
room. 9:30 a.m., tomorrow, to
discuss an impending increase
on timber land assessments for
fiscal year 14-tiS.
Last year, the state legisla
ture transferred the responsi
bility of assessing timber land
in Eastern Oregon from the
state tax commission to the as
sessors of the 18 counties in
that portion of the state.
Caldwell said he called the
meeting to discuss assessments
rates on timber lands which he
lielieves have been set "too
low" by the tax commission,
and, also, to study the possibil
ity of including grazing lands
broken red bricks coated with
mud. There is no sanitation, no
water and no heater. When the
wind blows, the chicken coop
quakes and rocks.
A small vegetable garden pro
vides part of the sisters' needs.
Money for their frugal shopping
comes out of a savings account.
The sisters said they lived in
the shed out ol choice They
have nearly $2,210 in savings
and don't even draw their old
age pensions.
Both Had ( olds
The light of publicity shone
on them today at an embarras
sing time. Both sisters were in
bed with colds their f.fst,
they said, in the 30 years tlir;
have been in tlie shack.
Cyprus
program." It has as its aim, in
the words of the President, "a
home for every man."
A general outline of the hous
ing program was expected to
be included in the President's
Jan. 8 State of the Union mes
sage to Congress. Johnson
worked on the message for two-and-a-half
hours Wednesday
niRlit. t
He also telephoned .'the Dem
ocratic and Republican leaders
of the Senate, Mike Mansfield
of Montana and Everett M.
Dirksen of Illinois. Wednesday
night to wish them a happy
new year and discuss what tlie
White House called "Senate
matters."
The President also made two
other telephone calls Wednes
day night lo Coach Darrell
with the classilication of tim
ber lands for tax purposes.
"We must maintain 25 p c r
cent assessed valuation on tim
ber lands, as well as other per
sonal property, as prescribed by
law," Caldwell stated.
Represented at the round ta
ble discussion w ill be the Klam
ath County Court and seven
lirms including Weyerhaeuser
Timber, Gilchrist Timber, Mo
doc Lumber, Klamath Lumber
and Box, Ijikeview lagging,
O'Connor Livestock, and John
son Slock.
Individuals to attend the ses
sion include Wally Eubanks and
Buzz Wagner, stale tax commis
sion; II. E. Hamaker and R. P.
Ellingson, county board of
equalization: Earl Scherer, Roy
(iienger, Ted Hyde, Lloyd Gi.'l,
and Harold Williams, all cattle
men. To Give Up
Coop Home
recent cold snap drew auth
orities' attention to the case.
The manager of the farm on
which the shack stands, Gian
Ilisceglia, went to the shed to
check up on the women and
found them both ill.
Biscelia, who often brings
food to the Misses Finnigan,
telephoned police, who called a
doctor The doctor said both
..isters wete in good health for
their a-c and np'ared well
led But jiublic health officials
also rame o sec them and or
dered tlj,A they lin mavee1.
"No Ueit we Iwaiv afctut the
sisters." Ilr. Hjmil wuol, "we'll
have to do someUiirx! about
them Tiiey can't go n living
as they are."
Drafted
Royal of the University o Tex
as football team which van
quished Navy 28-6 Wednesday
in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas,
and to Navy Coach Wayne Har
din. He congratulated Royal on
the victory and told Hardin to
tell his men they pla,ycd a fine
game.
Plane Down
In Pacific,
With 9 Men
HONOLULU (UPI I -An Air
Force CI24 Globemaster en
route from Japan to Hawaii with
nine men was reported to have
ditched in the Pacific today and
u radio report said "there are
survivors."
Two air-rescue C135 aircraft
look off from Hickam Air Force
Base to join four other aircraft
at the scene, 450 miles west of
Hawaii.
The reported ditching ended
three hours of contusion during
which the Air Force reported
the big plane missing and pre
sumed down, then discovered on
radar that it was "still flying"
an hour and 10 minutes after it
was calculated to have run out
of fuel.
The reported ditching came in
a round-about way. An Air
Folic sikesman said it origin
ated with a surface vessel in
the area, relayed to the Navy
Rescue Center at Fuchu, Japan,
and then passed on to the Navy
Air Rescue Unit at Pearl Har
bor. Aboard the plane were eight
crewmen and a military pas
senger who was escorting a
body lieing returned to the Unit
ed States.
The aircraft was attached to
the 2f!th Air Transport Squadron
based at Hill Air Force Base,
Ogden, Utah. Tlie 2tlth is part
of the 150ist Air Transport Com
mand Wing at Travis AFB,
Calif.
Shooting Hours
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