The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, February 06, 1961, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextWorst Storm In Years Stuns Northeast Areas Northeastern areas, itunned by one of the worst storms in history, struggled today to overcome the devastation of a weekend storm that buried the area under up to 40 inches of snow. In the nation's midsection, a new slorm headed northeastward after dumping up to eight inches of snow on portions of Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas and glazed nearby areas wilh freezing rain or sleet. The storm was expected to move across the Midwest and into the middle Mississippi Valley. Kentucky and Tennessee today but posed no immediate threat to the beleaguered Northeast. Communities from the Carolinas northward into New England con tinued the massive task of at- Ike, Mamie Head For California HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower put Pennsylvania's severe winter behind them and headed for Cali fornia today. The former president and his wife left this stale capital by train for Palm Desert where they will stay at the exclusive El Dorado Golf Club, probably for two months. "I am going out to get a little sunshine," a beaming Eisenhower said. The party, which includes sev eral members of the former presi dent's staff, is due in California Wednesday morning. The vacation-bound travelers are riding in two private railroad cars, equipped with dining facilities, supplied by Ernest March, presi dent of the Santa Fe Railroad. The Eisenhowers boarded one of the cars early Sunday nighu and waited nearly nine hours be fore the coaches were hooked on to the Pennsylvania Railroad's Pennsylvania Limited for the first lap of the trip to Chicago. In Chicago, the cars will be switched to a Santa Fe train for the trip to the West Coast. FALSE TEETH That Loosen Need Not Embarrass t Many wearera or false teeth have suffered real embarrassment because their plate dropped, slipped or wob bled at Just the wrong time. Do not . live In fear of this happening to you. Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH. the Klkallne (non-acld powder, on your plates. Hold false teeth more flrmrt. ao they feel more comfortable. Dona not sour. Checks plate odor" (den- tura breath). Get FASTEETH at any alrui counter. tempting to restore order from the havoc wrought by the sea son's third major storm that, vir tually paralyzed the area over the weekend. The howling storm, accom panied by winds up to 75 miles an hour, was blamed for nearly 100 deaths. Gale force winds whipped the snow into gigantic drifts, severed utility lines and reduced travel toi a bare minimum. Numerous towns and cities, mostly in New England and New York, were under emergency con ditions long after the storm roared out to sea off the tip of Nova Scotia early Sunday. Air, rail and bus schedules were still a scramble Sunday night but officials held out hope that rea sonable service would be re stored today. New York City, its 6,000 miles of streets nearly strangled with almost a foot and a half of snow, was still closed to all but emer gency travel late Sunday. The city's two major airports, Idlewild and La Guardia resumed operations Sunday night after being closed since Friday, forcing cancellation of some 2.600 flights. The four major railroads opera ling out of the city hoped to be back on schedule after a day of operation wunout tne semblance of a timetable. In Rhode Island, officials called the storm the worst in at, least 57 years. Mon., Feb. 6, 1961 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3 Alps Avalanches Claim 37 Lives, Block Rails, Isolate Villages Kennedy Picks Gavin For Post WASHINGTON (AP) Presi dent Kennedy has chosen James M. Gavin as U.S. ambassador to Paris, reliable sources report. . Official nomination of the 53-year-old retired Army lieutenant general apparently awaits only the formality of clearance by the French government. Gavin earned a reputation as a "jumping general" when he made combat jumps into Sicily, Nor mandy and Holland during World War II as commander of the 82nd Airborne Division. ' He was deputy chief of staff for research and development when he retired in March, 1958, after a dispute with top Pentagon officials over the Army's role in the development of missiles. MEETING SLATED The February meeting of the Green School PTA has been set for Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m., instead of tonight. The meeting will feature the annual Founder's Day program with introduction of past presidents. Among the hardest hit com munities was Cortland, N.Y.,1 which measured 40 inches of snow, the heaviest in the city's! history. Boston had 14.4 inches! but the northern areas ot ivew. Hampshire, Vermont and Maine escaped the full fury as the storm moved out to sea. The storm came on the heels of 16 consecutive days of sub freezing temperatures but the mercury was expected to climb in the sunny 30s today. The storm moving northeast ward out of the south central portion of the country was ex pected to spread sleet or snow from eastern Oklahoma. Kansas and northeast Texas across south ern Arkansas and into the Ohio Valley and Tennessee. John Knowles Wins Faulkner Award CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) The William Faulkner Founda tion award for a "notable first novel" published in 1960 will go to New York City author John Knowles for his "A Separate Peace." Foundation officials, who an nounced the selection today, said formal presentation of a bronze plaque to Knowles is scheduled in Charlottesville this, spring. . The Faulkner Foundation was organized Dec. 28 with some of the author a Nobel prize money as capital. Knowles, a native of West Vir ginia, attended Phillips Exeter Academy at txeter, New Hamp shire, and Yale University. The former associate editor of Holiday magazine now is working, on a new novel. Iver Leonard Erickson Iver Leonard Erickson, 61, died Sunday at a local hospital follow ing a short illness. He was born Oct. 26, 1899 in Rockford, 111. He has lived in the Roseburg area for the past 48 years. He was employed by the Douglas County i'arm Bureau as a truck driver. He is survived by two daugh ters, Janice and Nancy Erickson, both of Roseburg; and one nephew, Richard Erickson, Calif. Funeral services will be held at Wilson's Chapel of the Roses Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Dr. Eu gene Gerlitz of the First Baptist Church officiating. Concluding serv ices and interment will follow at the Lookingglass Cemetery. gsmnra: 1 1 hi Etecttlc fad ii tk mti tmMcd in mi Iffilt-UUullXtcd JtOUiC ... DICK WITT .JBuilder . Klamath Falls FOR FULL INFORMATION ON SAFE, CLEAN, ECONOMICAL ELECTRIC HEAT. VISIT A CALORE ELECTRICAL LEAGUE DEALER OR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. DOUGLAS COUNTY FARM BUREAU EXCHANGE 520 SE Spruce OR 2-2683 HOWARD ELECTRIC 468 SE Main OR 3-3571 . LANSING & OLIVER 1561 SE Stephens OR 3-6636 , '. MADSON & STOKES Electrical Contractor! . 526 SE Lone OR 2-2866 RIDENOUR ELECTRIC 653 NE Neuner OR 3-7303 R. L. SPANCAKE 1 Rt. 2, Box 705 OR 3-4884 TROWBRIDGE ELECTRIC 721 SE Oak- OR 3-5521 - J CHERRY & SWIFT , Box 17 Oakland Phone 2592 WILLIAM C. CALHOUN Rt. 1, Box 154, Myrtle Creek UN 3-3027 . ' Mcdonald electric company Box 757 Myrtle Creek UN 3-393 1 WIRE YOUR HOME FOR MODERN, LOW-COST ELECTRIC HEAT! ON C0PC0S WIRE-ON-TIME PLAN... MAKE BUDGET PAYMENTS j AT LOW INTEREST RATES ... ASK YOUR LEAGUE DEALER OR COPCO SIRVKE OFFICE. Hi fit (NOT FIRE) k ol ore O ROME (AP) Sunny, springlike weather coming after snowstorms has brought great masses of snow tumbling down from the lush peaks in the Alps. Highways and, railroads are blocked, mountain villages isolated and at least 37 persons were killed. Two ciunt avalanches 60 miles I apart killed eiuht Dersons Sunday ; in Italy's northern mountains. .Many tons of snow smashed down upon the tiny village of i Rochemolles, 6.100 feet tip on Ml.! Mellisse on the ltalian-Fremh border. Rescuers dug out soven injured persons from houses shattered by! the snow. Bodies of two men and two women were found. Eighteen of the hamlet s 30 homes were de stroyed. ' . i The toll in the village of 250 people might have been higher but nhi.nI of yie younger people had left home for the winter to work at nearby ski resorts. j Sixty miles to the east, an es timated 10 million cubic feet of snow roared down the side ofj Great San Bernard Mountain. The avalanche crushed two! Ditch Claims Tot LA 'GRANDE, Ore. (AP) Dennis Alardis, 4, was drowned in tin irrigation ditch in La Grande Sunday. , The son of Air. and Sirs. Law rence Mantis went out alone to play. His older brother, Donald, later came upon the boy's body in the ditch. Attempts failed to revive him.. wooden barracks for laborers on the tunnel being drilled through the mountain to provide an all weather highway between Italy and Switzerland. Three men and a woman, employed as caretakers while work is suspended for the winter, were killed. Snowslidcs Sunday blocked a highway in the Italian Aosla Val ley, imprisoned eight big trucks at the Austrian-Swiss frontier, covered the Rome-Paris rail line near the village of l.apraz. France and buried a skier on a cross country trek near GuiUestre, France. Small and large avalanches have been reported all over the Alps for several days. Most of them occurred in the high ranges, away from roads and villages, and caused little damage. Avalanches have killed eight other persons in Italy. 12 in Switzerland and 8 in Austria. MEETING POSTPONED The Cystic Fibrosis chapter meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed. A later meet ing will be announced. The group's first fund raising event will he a public card party to be held March 11 at the Melrose Grange. Pinochle will be in play and the public is invited to attend. ' IT PAYS TO PATRON IZE NEWS REVIEW ADVERTISERS ("lid Advertisement) People 60 to 80 Tear Out This Ad . . .and mail it today (o find out how you can still apply for a $1,000 life insurance policy to help lake care of final expenses without bur dening your family. You handle the entire transact tion by mail with OLD AMERI CAN of KANSAS CITY. No ohli gation. No one will call on you! Write today, simply giving your name, address and year of birth. Mail to Old American Insurance Co., 49U0 Oak, Dept. L 2.16 B, Kansas City, Mo. BYRD'S LOW COST MARKET FIRST-OF-THE-WEEK All Prices Good Thru Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1961 GIVE A PINT OF YOUR BLOOD DURING THE BL00DM0BILE VISIT TODAY AND TUESDAY AT THE ROSEBURG ELKS LODGE BLDG. Small Size S & W No. 303 Cans PAS MARGARINE MAYONNAISE Everich Cubed Borden'i 24-or. 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