Eureka Humboldt Standard from Eureka, California • Page 1

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6.7 1.2 WEATHER FORECAST For Arcali vktallyi Ctoudy with a iftoweu in arei Iri lha hlll, foday tonight. Ptrlly cloudy Sicily caoler. High la 55, low 31 la.45, Nofih lo wUijj to It mph at night. 24 hour imocnl 37 To date Ihls season 12-63 To dire icaion I Ml Normal lo dale W-W Temper alurc: tit W. Lowfit Sunrise: 7:40 m.

Sunsel: 5:11 p. m. HI 2 1 7 1 1 EUREKA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1962 lOc Per Copy 20 Pages Today Top Priority Congress Run into Thousands Influx Of Patients At Hospital As Rest Home Closes Humboldt County Communily Hospital was faced loday with the task of making space and selling up care and riicls lor 17 residents of the Eureka Sanitarium, which announced it is closing its doors. Alex Jell, hospital administrator, said the new nursing home for the aged at the hospital lias been filled to capacity since first opening and Uie new paticnls, all under county care, will liave lo be placed in acute hospital beds. The siiualion is considered only advised, as the 17 persons will bo given lop priority for vacancies which may occur at the nursing home.

In continuing cfforls will he. made to find housing for them in private rest homes. Mrs. Kuby Baker, operator of the Eureka Sanitarium for the past 11 days, said the rest homo will be closed as soon as space can be found in other private institutions for Ihose persons now living there who are not on the county rolls. Tne rest home is the center of a suit filed in Superior Court here charging breach- of contract.

The owner of the property, and former operator, Berlha M. Smith, has been sued by Rudolph T. Orlando and William V. Couch for $75,000 damages for allegedly failing to live up la the terms of a-proposed purchase of Ihe proper- Seagoing Trio In Small Boat Reach Noyo River Port Three Sacramento men, en route to that city from Kelso, Washington, via the Columbia River, Pacific Ocean, San Kran- cisco Bay and Ihe Saeramenlo River in a 21-foot open boat, arrived at Fort Bragg at 5:20 p. m.

yeslerday, little more than six hours after leaving Eureka. The litlle craft was due to nose out of Ihe Noyo River harbor of Ihe Mendocino county city early Ihis morning, wea'her permitting, for Bodega Bay CO miles south. Tin-get dale for reaching Sacramento is Saturday. Making the trip of approximately 850.miles in the outboard-powered boat are Robert Hussey, 35; James Patrick, 25, and James Lloyd, 39, all partners in a Sacramento boat shop. The trio left Kclso, some 60 miles up the Columbia from the sea, a week ago, making slops at ports along the Oregon and California coast.

The Irip is largely a test of the durability eJid seaworthiness of the boat, which they had built at Kclso. Ducks Freeze In Louisiana's Cold NEW ORLEANS (UPI)--Even a couple of ducks did not know how to weather Louisiana's. coldest wave of the century Thursday Two of them were frozen solic in an icy park pond. Parkway Commission employe; John Fichler and Richard Perni ciaro chopped the ducks out of the pond, scraped the ice off then and placed them next to a green house boiler. Latest reports indicated th ducks would recover.

Communists have again been caught doctoring a photograph for propaganda purposes. This picture in The Worker, official newspaper of the U.S. Communist Party, is obviously a fake. A photographic analysis shows that both the plane and the coolie are in almost perfect 'focus, although they obviously are separated by considerable distance. At the same time, Reds Doctor Photo In Propaganda Move WASHINGTON' (UPI) The Communists again have been aught in the act of docloring a photograph for propaganda pur- loses.

This lime Ihc sleight-of-hand vas performed by "The Worker," ifficial newspaper of Ihe U.S. Communist party, published in Vew York. "The Worker" devoted a large approximately overhead. But the hadow of the coolie's left arm is straight across his hal, al an ingle which shows lhat the sun vas fairly low in the sky to his eft. portion of the front page of its Vov.

19 issue to a picture bearing he headline: S. war planes nvade Viet Nam skies." II showed a U.S. Air P'orce jet npparenlly in Ihe process of lak- ng off from an airfield. In the oregrouncl slood a bamboo-halted coolie wilh bolh fisls raised over lis head in a gesture of anger or protest. Charge Violation The caplion said lhal "scores of U.K.

jet bombers and fighlers lave arrived in Saigon" in a U.S. military "inlcrvenlion" which vio- ated Ihe Geneva agreenicnl of 1034 for a truce in Viet Nam To a casual reader, the picture might seem i photographic 'proof" that American warplanes were operating out of a Viet Namese airfield to the disgust ol a local citizen. To sharper eyes, iwwever, the picture tells an entirely different story. A photographic analysis shows hat bolh Ihe plane and the coolie are in almost perfect focus, a I though Ihey obviously are separated by considerable distance. Al Ihe same time, some bushes in the bollom of the picture are very poor''focus.

As anyone reasonably familiar with a camera knows, you do nol come, out wilh like thai unless the negative has been al tered. Different Shadows Noted Another interesting feature the picture is lhat the an the plane are along its topside indicating lhat the sun was some bushes in bottom of i are in very poor focus. Also, highlights on plane are along its. topside, i i a i that the sun was a i a overhead, hut the shadow of the coolie's arm lies straight across his hat, at an angle which shows that the sun was a i low in the sky lo his left. Telephoto) Unless there are two separate in over Viet Nam, bis means that the coolie's pic- uro was taken at a different ime Ihon the piclure of the )lanc.

In olher words, Ihe piclure is (nown polilely as a "composite," or more blunlly, a fake. This is the second time Ihis month lhal Communist propa- iandisls have been caught wilh heir fingers in Ihe photo-docloring pot. Earlier, the Soviet government distributed a picture which was supposed to be evidence thai A'est German Gen. Adolf Heusinger took part' in World War II atrocities. It purported to show N'azi soldiers burning a Russian village at Heusingcr's order.

The only (rouble was lhat the Soviets earlier had distributed Ihe same piclure and had idenlifiet as a shot of Japanese soldiers turning a Chinese village. Life Term For Killing Wife Who 'Led Him By Nose' OAKLAND I I A 152- pound telephone lineman, father 11 children, was sentenced to ifc imprisonment Thursday for killing a wife who "led him iround by (be nose." The prisoner was James Crosby, ,2, who shot his 20i)-pound wife, Dorolhy, 31, lasl August. An Alameda County Probation Department report said Crosby's vife had for the past 13 years icr own never (or more than three She was afraid, the reporl said. 'to- flr first lime 8 lh hat if he were found al (heir old snap, frost threatened cilni ionic, her welfare payments vould stop. "He was not always willing lo cave when she said lo and il was at such times their argumenls arose," Ihe report said, adding Crosby appeared lo have wen inlimidalcd nnd "led around Ihe nose" because of his small stature as compared with lhal of lis wife.

Sfock Gains Put Markets Higher NEW YORK (UPI) Slocks moved higher loday. American Telephone and Union Carbide, up 1 apiece, wore among Ihe blue, chip features. Armco ant Allegheny Ludlum tacked on a point in a fractionally higher stce sector. Motors and chemical? firmed. Fairchild Camera, -Litton, Min neapolis-Honcywell, Zenith am Texas Instruments had gains run ning In.

3 in Ihe electronics Amerada and Kern County Ia climbed over 1 each in the oils. Ciirus Crop Disaster In Texas Cold Ry United 1'ress International The nation's weektong cold wavi brought disaster todny to Texas rmiltimillion dollar citrus crop an threatened Florida's grapefru and orange groves. All-time low temperatures of 1 degrees above zero froze an csli et him stay i her only "al malcd 7.5 million boxes of orange 1 grapefruit in the scrnitropicn ee days." lower Rio Grande Valley. In Flor Control Gained in Sanla Cruz Blaze FRANCISCO (UPIt The final forest fire of California's un seasonal oulburst was brought under control loday afler burning over an estimated 2,250 acres in Santa Cruz County. Firefighters contained Ihe fire al fl a.m.

The fire, between Gazos am! Whilchouse creeks along the San la Cruz-San Mafeo Counly line destroyed numerous stands oi young redwood and indirectly caused one dcalh and one injury Rancher Joseph co-own er of Ihe land where the fire was believed to have started, died a heart attack on the fire line forest Service employe Ifarrey Wood was hospitalized with frac lured nones after being hit by a Iractor. nd vegetable crops in the ecu ral and southern a of lh late. Wcalher blamed deaths mount ed through the south and tempera ures near or telow zero were re ordcil in northern Alabama an vouisiana. The weather blame leath toll reached a total of 10 persons. It was FO cold at Morse lhal a pot of gumbo froz on a table.

A mounting snowstorm based he Carolina coast added lo lh Soulh's miseries. Businesses star ed closing before noon al Norfoll as four inches of snow fe ind a lolal of seven inches wa predicted. One of (he heavic: snows in years piled up r-inc depths in eastern Norlh Carolin; Chances Of 5-Cenf Mail Good, Slim On Tax Cuf Plan WASHINGTON' Higher postal rales got lop priorilj liel today from congressional leaders gearing for liattle resilient Kennedy's legislative program. They said im ndniiliislralinn hill lo raise $C3l million in extra oslal revenue through five-cent slump and other rule boosts rohably tie tlic first jmijor bill eallcd up in the lionet'. It ma; mile up as early ns wfck after liexl.

Its chances of pa.ssngc arc gooil. rospecls for other major It'gis- proposed by the President i his State of the Union actilrcss tiursdjiy were assessed liy key wmaker.s as ranging from pour 3 excellent. Reaction lo the message, in liich the President pictured ccon- mic and social progress al home crucial lo maintaining Ainer- a's world leadership, was drawn larply on political lines. Demo- rats generally praised it. Repub cans found il wanting on a mini er of grounds, mostly Congressional action get plenty of trouble from Con gross on (bis.

As for his proposed pay rais for government workers, lhat be popular and likely will pass Us favorable prospects relate some exlcnt 16 Ihc improved ou look for Hie postal pay raise. Pa backers know (hey nee revenue lo cover cosls increased postal pay. The postal rale bill, in some whal different form, already is a hand for House action, left ovc from last year. This $550 millio resident's most controversial re- uesls lies a in Ihe future. Time- allies still Imvc not been set.

Hut ic oullook in some cases already clear. The President will nol get Ihe tandby authority he wants to cut axes as a possible anti-recession this proposal robably will not be considered. But Kennedy will gel Ihe law wants authorizing retraining of thrown out of their jobs automation. College Aid Expected He probably will gel new ferl- ral aid for college classroom onslruction and student scholar- nips. His bill lo pul federal loney into and ciicher pay at the elementary nd high school level fell by the version will he culled up and tl bill offered as a subslitu 1 on the House floor.

First Rain Of Year In 5, SAN FRANCISCO I first lime this year, it. today in the Bay Area. But il was light, air-clearin rain and (lie Western Bureau pr cled il would stop by aflernoo Tlie rainfall was part of a slor that moved in along the coa from the Pacific Northwest. 1 midmorning it had spread inlan and was expected lo cause sno above 5,000 feel in Hie mountain The storm will mean lower lei pcralurcs for the Hay Area, wliii has had five days of unscaso LIMA, (UPI) Hiigc asses clung precariously loday the slopes of towering Mt uascaran, threatening a repeli on of Wednesday's Iragic 6-niU- on-ton avalanche which wiped it nine villages In the Peruvian ndcs. About 30 bodies had been re overcd but (here was no way elermimiig the exact death lol hich was certain lo run into the lou sands.

Public Health Minister Eduardo 'atson estimalcd between 3,000 nd 4,000 persons died when the valanche of ice, rocks, mud am low thundered down the slope Peru's tallest peak almost with ut warning two nights ago. Th iant slide buried villages a much as -10 feet deep. Authorities said there are olhc lasses of ice poised dangerously Eureka. the mountain slopes whic night break away and plunge a my moment into the canyon. Newsman Reaches Scene One of the first outsiders each Ihc scene of Ihc disaste vas Arnaldo Chavez, city cdilo of the newspaper El Dcparta iienlo of Huaraz, 30 miles a Chavez said Ihe oncc-piclu csque Indian village of Ranrahirca was completely submerged under a "sea of brown mud dotted with great blocks of ice." He said ic saw a dozen bodies protruding from the mud, some of them headless, apparently decapitated by the slide.

Chavez said only 10 houses on Ihe outskirts of Ihe village am a handful of villagers survived including Mayor Alfonso Cabal lero Mendes. Caballcro said he was alive be cause he went strolling along Hie banks of (lie Santa River on the village outskirts after leaving his office. New Avalanche Threat Hangs Over Peru Villages A Postal Rate Increase Given vaysidc last year, nnd il will not revived. On further reduction of import utics, seen by the President as to continued economic idv.ince, Congress already is harply (fiviBcd. A rough, lough igbt is ahead.

The outcome is in doubt. As for medical care for the igcd, lo be financed through high- Social Security taxes. Dcmo- leaders support the request nit admit privately they have not figured yet how to get this till out of committee. They have lot given up hope. Kennedy wnnls a new tax in for business lo modernize plants and equipment.

The House Ways Means CormnillCG has put Ihis first on its schedule, with rospects that the President wil something like what he wanls. Revisions also may include withholding of taxes on dividends intcrcsl, and tighter curbs or lusiness expense accounls. As another anti-recession weapon Kennedy asked for standby nuthorily lo speed up spending on ")ig public works projects. This is Ihe kind of request a tends to raise doubls in congressmen's minds. ible Wiirmlb.

"It should clear the air out so ill be very 1 a Weal er Bureau meteorologist said. Ex-Councilman Hugh Cave Dies Former city councilman Hugh ft'illiam Cave died early this morning in a local nursing home following a lengthy illness. He served on the council from 1941 to 1953 and lived at 1904 II A native of Arcata. he was born Nov. 4, 1874, when Ibo community was known as Union.

He was S7 years old at the lime of his dealh. Cave worked as a conductor Village Disappeared "Minnies nfler I heard the Ire mendous roar of Ihe slide, village had disappeared," Cabal lero said. "Thai was where the cathedral used lo be," he added pointing toward Ihe sea of mud- It was our tallest building The government launched a massive effort loday to provide ihcller nnd relief for scalleret survivors of Ihe devaslating ava and trainmaster for Northwestern Pacific railroad from 1903 until his retirement in 1341. He was conductor on Ihe first Ihrough train rom Sail Francisco to Eureka. A lifetime resident of Ihis area, was a member of the Brolh- rbood of Railroad Trainmen and since 1SKW, Iho Elks Ixxlgc No.

352. He was recently honored by hat group with the presentation of a life membership. He is survived by daughters, Mrs. Helen French and Mis. Winifred Shipham, bolh of Eureka; brothers, R.

W. Cave, Eureka and Victor Cave, Monterey. Sister, Mrs. Mfcllie Abrams, New Mexico; granddaughter, Mrs. Marilynn Brown Lima, Arcata; four great- grandchildren a nieces and nephews.

Funeral services and inurnment will be held Monday morning. FIVE DAY FORECAST KAN FRANCISCO (UPD -Five- day wcalher forecasts: Northern California: Occasional rain in extreme north possibly iprcading over area early in week; snow in mountains; below normal leinpcrnturcs; normal iow-high lanche, but they were Sacr lmcl110 38 52 Iied 37 53 (Conlinued On Page 15) Eureka 40-53, Sanla Rosa 35-56, Blue Canyon 28-44. Wife Sfabs Jake Wound Serious; Bar Row Told Bing Planning To Leave Hospital SANTA MONICA. Calif. (UP --Singer liing Crosby, who recen ly underwent kidney surgery, expected to leave the hospital th weekend and return home.

The entertainer's brother, said Bing probably would leave SI. John's Hospilal Saturday or Sunday. Atlendants said Crosby had steadily improved since Ihe surgery to remove two- hidncy stones a week ago. Plans K.irm lllueprint He said he will offer a comprehensive new farm plan, and everybody wants lhat. But pending its submission, nobody is loo hopeful that agrccmenl can be reached on the plan, whatever it is.

On civil rights, Ihc Prcsidenl did not ask much, and will not anything, allnough comrnillees SAN FRANCISCO I W. Ehrlicli son of famed crim- lawycr Jacob Ehrlicli, was slablied and seriously wounded by wife after an argument Thursday night, police slid. Mrs. Isabella Khrlich, 35; was booked on suspicion of assault wilh a deadly weapon, believed lo be an ornamenlal dagger wilh a curved blatl alwut five inches long. F.hrlich, 'ID, a businessman, was trealed al Central Emergency Hos- pilal for a wound in the lower abdomen.

He was then taken to Franklin Hospital. Witnesses at a San Francisco motel bar said Mrs. Ehrlich hil her husband in the eye with cocktail glass at 10 o'clock Thursday nighl. shorlly before Ihe stabbing, and (hen left Ihc bar. Morris Marcus, manager of the Continental Ixidge.

where Ehrlich was living, said Mrs. Ehrlich called him at and said "Send the police. My husband's dying." Police found Marcus trying to slop the flow of blood wilh his hand, and Mrs. Khrlich shouting "Gel a may acl. His proposal for crea-'wards in its sheath.

Police said the dagger was found in Ihc room, placed back lion of a new cabinet-level housing agency, which has civil righls overtones, may have The president said the United Nations still is vital and asked authorily to buy U.N. bonds lo help bail-Ihe world organization out of Its financial plight. He will Barlcndcr Joseph Bcnvcnuto said the Ehrlichs "were just hav ing a quiet talk in the bar when she suddenly exploded." He said he patched the cuts on Ehrlich's eye and men Ehrlid left for his room. The couple has been in the new evcral times. Mrs, Khrlich was ccently found innocent of a harge of battery stemming frorr.

Then, on Nov. 20, Ehrlich was charged with healing his wife with a cooking pot. But they had recon- i fracas with a 23-year-old cock by the lime the case got to ail waitress. Court in San Rafael. Mrs.

J. VV. Ehrlich Jr. huddles in her full length mink coat in San Francisco city prison after her arrest for the stabbing of her husband last night. Her husband, 40-yegr-old son of the famed criminal lawyer, underwent emergency surgery for a "deep" ab- dorriinal wound.

This is the latest incident in their stormy marital life which made headlines when Mrs. Ehrlich was charged with assaulting a cocktail waitress late last year. (UPI Telephoto)) Stores Open Tonight Until 9 o'C lor Your Convenience.