Tugs Fight Ice to Save Pasco Pontoon Bridge PASCO, Wash.—(UP)—Ice and time yesterday raced two tugs which are attempting to save a 900 foot army pontoon bridge that broke loose from its moorings on the Snake river and was swept in to the Columbia yesterday. Ice floes were piling up against the span which is wedged against pilings of the Union Pacific rail road bridge a few miles south of the mouth of the Snake. The bridge, pounded by ice, broke loose at 11 a. m. about an hour and a half after it was closed to traffic. The 18-inch thick chunks of river ice are threatening to dislodge the bridge before arrival of a second tug, thus severely hampering sal vage operations. Ice breaking operations are being directed from the tug Defiant at the scene by PaulFollett,operations manager for the Tidewater-Shaver barge line of Umatilla, Ore. Both tugs will combine their ef forts to pull the bridge to shore and anchor it. Army engineers will dis assemble the bridge and take the sections back to the original bridge site for reassembling. Traffic, meanwhile, is being re routed from Pasco over the Patter son Ferry. Alldredge Replaces Dr. Piquet in Econ Replacing Dr. Howard S. Piquet, visiting professor of economics, who was at the University for one term only, is Rendel Alldredge, former acting instructor at Stan ford University. He will be here winter and spring terms. Alldredge was graduated from the University of Oregon in 1942. He majored in economics and did graduate work both here and at Stanford. He is now working on a doctorate degree. Average Family Income to Soar To $12,000 in Future — Truman Plymouth Club Lists Panel for Sunday A student panel will present the topic “My Concept of God and His Influence on My Life” at the Plymouth Club meeting Sunday evening, Jan. 8, at the Congre gational Church, 13th and Ferry street. It will be followed by a general discussion. The social hour and snack sup per is scheduled for 5 p.m. in Ply mouth House, and the panel and discussion will be held at 6 in the Wheeler Room of the church. Heat Wave Hits Northeast Area As West Freezes NEW YORK, (UP)—The pen guins in the Bronx Zoo floated around with their heads under water yesterday and cursed the evil fate that ever brought them from the antarctic to a place where it was truly June in Janu ary. A winter “heat wave” lay over the entire Northeast and weather bureaus from Pittsburgh to Maine reported it was the hottest Jan. 4 since grandpa was a boy. A man in Massachusetts picked spinach in his garden, a restaurant in Newark, N. J., advertised iced tea and electric fans were turned on in offices in Pittsburgh. Records were established practi cally everywhere. Congressmen back in Washington for the new session were mopping their brows at a 71 degree temperature—the hottest Jan. 4 since Ulysses S. Grant was president. In Philadel phia, the thermometer rose to 67, breaking a record set in 1874. In New York, the lunchtime crowds swarmed, hatless and coat less, to the parks to feed the pigeons and to gape at the ice skaters on the artificially frozen rink in Rockefeller Center. Eleva tor operators by the thousands in quired: “Hot enough for you?” Bluebirds were sighted on Mar tha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts. At Portland, on the icy coast of Maine, the tempera ture was 63 and in Boston the high for the day was 64.4, break ing all previous records. A man in Quebec, Canada, found parsley growing in his garden. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, (UP)_ Highlights of President Truman’s State of the Union message to Congress: State of the Union—it "contin ues to be good.’’ Future^By 2000 A.D. real in come of the average American family may be about $12,000 a year, and national production may be more than one trillion dollars. Labor —The Taft-Hartley law should be repealed. Taxes—Recommended “moder ate increase in taxes, changes in tax structure to remove “inequi ties.” Draft—Continuation of selective service recommended. Rent control — Recommended continuation of Federal rent con trols one year beyond June 30 ex piration. Housing — Recommended new legislation to aid cooperatives and non-profit groups, to build houses. Communism—Believed the Uni . ted States with other free nations ! triumph over communism. United Nations—Has this coun try's “wholehearted support.” Farm—Endorsed the Brannan plan. Civil Rights — Endorsed again his 1940 program of Civil Rights legislation. Health—Proposed establishment of a medical insurance program. Social Security—Higher social security benefits recommended and broader coverage. I~ -— Rail Cutback Ordered Sunday wAoxiiiNuruiN, Jan. 5 (UP) — The government today ordered railroads with less than 26 days’ supply of coal to sidetrack every third coal-burning passenger train next Sunday midnight. The Interstate Commerce Com mission said the cut, due to John L. r--— - Lewis’ three-day work week in the coal fields, will remain in force two month unless revoked. The order requires the railroads to trim coal-burning- passenger ser vice one-third below the Dec. 1 lev el whenever their reserves drop to 25 days or less. Taw Completes Survey Richard L. Taw, graduate stu dent in business administration, 1 c cently completed a survey detei mining the number and locations of new domestic and foreign corpora tions in Oregon since the war. The survey appeared in the De cember issue of the Oregon Busi ness Review. PATRONIZE THE EMERALD ADVERTISERS The Emerald Advertisers are your friends—they are anxious to serve your every need. They deserve your patronage. Your Emerald brings to you, all of the best deals from Eugene's leading business establishments. Read the Emerald ads and SAVE. • • • I REMEMBER It pays to patronize Emerald Adver tisers. 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