Medford mail tribune., March 14, 1955, Image 14

FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, March 14, 1955
Cofld Front, Tornado GDot Weather Hap;
Vast Forest Fires paging on SoythHand
By UNITED PRESS
A cold front which touched
off a death-dealing tornado
drove deep into Dixie today and
high March inds fanned vast
forest fires in three southern
states.
The unpredictable March wea
ther was turning its full force on
the Southland.
A cold wave moved into the
northern Midwest, but spring
like temperatures dominated
much of the nation. Ohio river
flood waters were falling and
gentle winds flowed across the
Southwest "Dust Bowl" area.
But in South Carolina's peach
growing belt two persons were
dead, at least five were injured
and scores of homes were de
stroyed or damaged in the wake
of a vicious twister.
Air Masses Clash
The tornado, springing from
the leading edge of a bank of
cold air, raked three South Caro
lina counties Sunday night with
ripping winds and hail the size
of golf balls.
The small farming town of
Ridge Spring got the worst of it.
Almost every other building in
town was destroyed or damaged
and two persons, Buck Coats,
60, and Ree Ann Cary, 3. were
killed as they ran from a ten
ant house.
The nearby towns of Edge
field, Johnston, Monetta and
Batesburg also were hard hit
and widespread damage was re
ported in the area's big peach
orcherds.
Accompanying rains spread
over northern , Alabama, north
ern Georgia and most of South
Carolina.
But the moisture didn't get as
far south as the areas in Geor
gia, Alabama and Florida where
hugs forest fires raged through
tinder-dry woodlands.
To the north, the weather re
lented on areas which weathered
flood waters, tornadoes, and dis
astrous dust storms last week.
The swollen Ohio river, send
ing its flood crest rolling down
towards the Mississippi, was
dropping rapidly in Indiana.
It hit a 44.5 flood crest at
Evansville Sunday and 80 fam
ilies driven from their homes in
the area were not expected to
get back until mid-week.
Upstream, the falling waters
yielded three bodies in Ohio.
They brought to at least seven
the total of Ohio flood victims.
In the Southwest, government
weathermen foresaw no resump
tion of the savage winds which
Rain, Snow Dumped
On Most of Oregon
Portland (U.R) Just how
March comes in or goes out
seems to have little effect on
what happens in the middle of
the month weatherwise, that
is.
The weatherman played a
dirty trick on Oregon's spring
gardeners yesterday and last
night by dumping a lot of rain
and some snow on most of the
state. But the forecast for to
morrow calls for improvement
with a return to sunny skies pre
dicted for most areas. .
A light snow covered most of
western Oregon this morning,
but it quickly melted. In eastern
Oregon there was snow on the
ground.
Temperatures were expected
to continue cold throughout the
state tonight with daytime tem
peratures a little higher tomorrow.
churned up dry topsoil into huge
orange and chocolate clouds last
week.
The situation was still serious,
however, and Colorado congress
men feared little could be done
Youths Enjoy Brief
Escape From School
Chehallis, Wash. (U.R) Four
teen inmates of Green Hill Acad
emy, ' formerly the Washington
State Training School here,
escaped from the institution at
1:15 a. m. today, but five of them
were recaptured less than two
hours later.
. Superintendent Robert Vene
mon said four boys were recap
tured in Toledo, Wash., at 3 a. m.
Another youth was caught in
Centralia about the same time.
A search continued for .the nine
boys still at large.
Venemon said the boys broke
out of their cottage by taking
the keys away from cottage sup
ervisor Ron Butler after threat
ening him with a chain.
Mystery Shot Fatal
To Retired Rancher
The Dalles (U.R) State police
and Sherman county authorities
are' investigating the shooting of
Thomas Jefferson Coyle, 72-year-old
retired rancher from Grass
Valley.
Coyle was. found shot to death
Friday afternoon about 3 Vi miles
south of Grass Valley Dr. Homer
Harris, director of the state crime
laboratory, has been called in to
help investigate the shooting.
State police said the body was
found near Coyle's pickup truck
with a shotgun and three empty
shells nearby.
to save the state's winter wheat
crop.
Pride Aims at Joint
US-Nationalist Plan
Talpeh, Formosa (U.R) Vice
Adm. Alfred M. Pride, comman
der of the U. S. Seventh fleet,
leaves today after 10 days of
conferences aimed at formation
of a joint U.S.-Nationalist com
mand. There was no official com
ment but unofficial sources said
the command woild begin op
erating sometime m April to
strengthen military cooperation
between U.S. naval and air un
its and the Nationalist armed
forces.
Gen. Jamps A. Van Fleet, for
mer United Nations commander
in Korea, will visit Formosa
soon to inspect Nationalist mili
tary installations and forces,
American sources reported.
Another American military
figure, Marine Gen. Alan
Sharpley, was inspecting Na
tionalist Marine training facil
ities. He arrived Friday on a 10
day stay.
Ten Most Unwanted
Insects in Oregon
Salem (U.R) The FBI has its
list of "10 most wanted men."
Well, the State Department of
Agriculture, not to be outdone,
has compiled a list of Oregon's
"10 most un-wanted insects."
On the list of the "10 worst"
insect pests are irrigated -land
wireworms, root weevils, grass
hoppers, codling moth, cherry
fruit flies, pear psylla, green
peach aphid, common cattle
grub, spruce bud worm and
douglar fir beetle.
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INCREASING height of detona
tion towers to 500 feet results in
less particulate matter being
sucked up into atomic cloud
and consequently less fallout.
New towers costing $154,000
each are being used in tests in
Nevada. ;'intir.iational)
Libel Bill Up for Final Action
In House; Light Calendar Slated
faaiem (U.R) A measure
to limit libel damages to actual
damage suffered when a news
paper or radio station commits
libel inadvertently then makes
a retraction, was up for final
action in ; the House today.
Another measure up for final
House action would extend the
time or veterans to pay off their
state farm and home loans from
the present 20 years to 25 years.
A state judicial council to
strengthen Oregon's judicial
system would be set up under
terms of a measure before the
House for final action.
Both. House and Senate had
light calendars today, six mea-
'Smooth Operator'
Loots Store at Salem
Salem (U.R) Police today
were looking for a smooth-operating
gunman who cleaned out a
Safeway store here Saturday
night and escaped with a "sub
stantial" amount of cash.
Store Manager Henry Splonski
said the bandit appeared at a
check stand with a .32-calibre
revolver. He grinned and asked
for the money in a conversation
al tone. Then he went the rounds
of the other check stands until he
had a paper bag brimming with
currency.
The bandit then herded the
checkers to the rear of the store
and left without alarming cus
tomers. Splonski said the man was con
servatively dressed and casual.
Amount of the loot was not disclosed.
sures up for final action in thej Another Senate measure
Senate and ' five in the House, would authorize officers of oth-
including a House - approved
joint memorial asking Congress
to provide funds for water re
sources investigations. ,
Auto Driver Cited
Following Collision
Leavy W. Bigger, Camp
White, was cited for failure to
yield the right of way following
an accident on Highway 62 at
the entrance to Camp White
Saturday evening, according to
state police.
The investigating officer said
Bigger's car was not involved,
but that it entered the highway
forcing cars driven by William
W. Brahz, Grenada, Calif., and
Leroy V. Kreigher, 419 New
town st., Medford, into a col
lision. Also Saturday evening a car
driven by Lester Raymond Ad
kins, Lake Creek,' left the
Brownsboro road about four
miles east of Eagle Point. He
told the investigating officer he
had been forced off by an ap
proaching car. The officer took
him to Community hospital for
treatment of cuts about the face.
The car had to be towed away.
er states to return parole viola
tors to Oregon.
The House Labor and Indus
tries committee will hold a
hearing tomorrow afternoon on
a Senate-approved measure pro
viding that women receive the
same pay as men for doing the
same work.
A Ways and Means: subcom
mittee will hold a hearing Wed
nesday on a bill to set up state
meat inspection. The House
Livestock committee voted 4 to
3 in favor of the bill.
MOTORISTS CONFUSED
San Francisco (U.R) The
city planning department took
the wrappings off one-way signs
on two downtown streets Sunday
to speed the heavy flow of traf
fic. It took police four hours
to unsnarl the jpm of confused
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