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n SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, March 16, 1953 Salem (U.R) No new snorr was reported on any routes over night, but the State Highway Department advised motorists today to carry chains at Gov ernment Camp, Timberline, and Santiam pass. Bill Liberalizing Libel Laws Passes House by Vote of 32 to 27 Measure Survives Challenges on Constitutionality Salem U.R) A bill to liber alize state libel laws in favor of newspapers, periodicals, radio and television stations passed the House yesterday with one of the slimmest majorities accorded a piece of legislation this ses sion a vote of 32 to 27 with one absence. Rep. Walter Pearson .-Portland) changed his vote from no to yes at the end of the roll call. The move would make it possi ble for Pearson to move for re consideration of the measure la ter if he chooses. The libel bill would eliminate the right to collect general dam ages in cases of inadvertent li bel. It survived the attacks of legislators who said it was "in sidious," "unconstitutional," and "terrible." In a debate which started in the morning session and carried into the afternoon. Rep. George Layman (R.-Newberg) told mem bers that they sat in a legisla tive. not a judicial body, and that intricate questions of con stitutionality should be left to the courts to decide. He said the attorney general's opinion that the bill was constitutional, plus the majdrity approval of the House Judiciary committee, should be the only guides nec essary for the Legislature. Layman said the bill, spon sored by state publishers and broadcasters was a badly need ed protection against harass ment. He pointed out that pub lishers, who bear the responsi bility for what is printed in their publications, do not have full end final control over that mate rial. It is in the hands of some times hundreds of fallible hu man beings, he said. "We are considering only in advertent, accidental , 1 i b e 1," Layman said. Rep. G. D. Gleason (D.-Port land) said the bill was "terrible" and that he was surprised that publishers and broadcasters would ask for legislation in volving a denial of civil rights. Gleason said that those who do a wrong should pay for it, even if their mistake was innocent. He added that the damage to reputation of an innocent libel was just as great as from an in tentional one. Rep. Leon Davis (R.-Hillsboro) cited for the House the case of a Salem newspaper which is be ing sued for $50,000 in general damage for a libel that result ed from a typographical error. A full retraction was published immediately, Davis said, but the case was still taken to the courts. Layman's bill would eliminate such actions. Rep. Alfred Corbett (D-Port-land) also opposed the bill, as serting that the present law im posed a high degree of accuracy, vigilance and responsibility on the press, and radio. Passage of the measure, he said, would en courage carelessness and reduce standards. Daily Weather Report DATE March 16, 1955 . Sunset tonight 6:19 p.m. Sunns to morrow 6:20 a.m. FORECASTS Med ford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 25-28: high Thursday 58-60. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy to night and Thursday: slowly rising temperatures. Low tonight 28-38; high Thursday 52-62. . . Northern California: Fair tonight and Thursday except partly cloudy in extreme north. Local frost in valleys tonight. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 37: below normal. 10. Record high this date 80 in 1947. Record low this date 22 In 1955. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none: Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month .19 in.. .68 in below normal. . Total since Sept. 1. 6.75 inches; 6.99 Inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 25; highest this a.m. 89. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 61 40 Crater Lake . 34 6 Grants Pass 51 26 Klamath Falls . 39 18 MEDFORD 54 24 Portland 48 30 Seattle 49 34 Spokane 41 25 Yakima 52 Eureka 49" Red Bluff 61 Sacramento 63 San Francisco 61 Los Angeles 64 36 38 40 48 49 Phoenix Denver . Chicago 51 15 31 65 47 50 32 54 81 .31 .14 Miami New York : 49 Washington. D.C 51 .25 .28 II 0 VI mum a. 'once in a LusL see our ad on page State Senate Adopts Six-Day Work Schedule Salem (U.R) The Oregon Senate is going on a six-day week and hold Saturday sessions in hopes of winding up the 1955 session before or sometime dur ing May. Senators voted in caucus af ter adjournment yesterday to start putting in a Saturday shift, so the committees would more likely be on hand for Friday af ternoon and Saturday meetings than they have been. The House has customarily adjourned after the Friday morning session. Called by Smith President Elmo S. Smith CR John Day) called the caucus, and put the matter squarely up to the senators: "Let's not kid our selves. When we adjourn on Fri day for the week end there is little committee . work done either after Friday p.m. ad journment or. on Saturday." And Wall Street New York (U.R) The stock market added substantially to yesterday's wide, gains in an orderly, moderately active ses sion today. The market today was helped by a statement by President Ei senhower at his news conference that he regarded stock market conditions as satisfactory. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 179!i Anaconda - 52 Chrysler 68s Curtiss Wright 21 General Electric 50 General Motors 93 7 8 Montgomery Ward 77Vi Penn. R. R 27?s Penney, J. C 87 Radio 41 34 Southern Co 20 Southern Pacific 55 S. Oil of Calif 76 Vz Texas Gulf Sulphur 3974 Transamerica 39Vi Tri-Continental 26 United Aircraft 78 U. S. Rubber 41 U. S. Steel 77 Youngstown 77 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.j Cattle 350. Good fed steers S21-22, some higher: util ity-commercial steers unevenly S13- 20; choice 847 lb. fed heifers S21: commercial and good heifers $18-20; canner-cutter cows mostly S9.50-11; few $11.50; shells down to S7.50 or.be low; utility cows $12-14: commercial grades $14.50-15.50; utility-commer cial bulls $14.50-16: one 2170 lb. Hol stein bull $18; cutters down to $12. Calves 50. Good-low choice vealers $23-26: utility grade down to $14 with culls down to $9. Hogs 300. Choice 1-2 butchers 180- 335 lb. $18.50-19; choice 3 lots down to $18; heavier and lighter weights mostly $17-17.50: choice 350-550 lb. sows $14-15.50. Sheep 100. Choice 88-97 lb. wooled lambs $22: high choice 98 lb. late Tuesday $22.25; good-choice 65 lb. feeder lambs $17.50; choice light ewes to $9. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland ( U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 52c dor.: A large, 50-51c doz.; AA medium, 50c: A me dium. 48-49c: A small. 44-45c doz.; cartons. l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 66c lb.: cartons, 67c: A prints, 66c: cartons. 67c: B prints. 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, Oregon singles. 421,i-4512; 5-6 lb. loaves. 46,.2-49'ic. Processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf. 39Va-41c lb. Farm Market Prices mostly were unchanged to day. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. l quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 21, to 4 lbs.. 29c lb.: at farm. 28c lb.: roast ers, 4 ,2 lbs., 29c lb. f.o.b Portland, 28c at ranch; Jight hens. 17-I8c: neavy hens, all wts.. 19-2lc lb.; old roosters, 10-1 lc lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 39- 40c lb.; roasters, 40-41c: hens, light- type. New York style. 28-29c: cut-up. 41-43c: hens, heavy-type. N.Y. style 32-33c: whole-drawn. 42-46c; fryers. cut-up. all-weights, 53-57c; whole- drawn. 47-51c. Turkeys To retailers. A grade hens readv to cook. 48-50c: N. Y. dressed. 44c lb.: Beltsville A grade hens, oven ready to 52c; Beltsville toms. 47c lb.; A grade toms, oven-ready. 41c lb. Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 3si-4ii lbs.. 19-21C up: 5-6 lbs.. 15-17c: color ed nelts. 4c under: old does. 9-llc lb a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers, 55-58c; cut up. 61-64C PORTLAND CASH GRAIN Fortland Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: wneat. No. 2 soft white. $79.75 a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland. No. 2 white oats. 38 lb. test. Coast delivery $57.50 ton: Portland delivery. S53- $53.50; No. 2 Western barley. S53 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery: soy bean meal, S89 ton. cars, prompt de livery. Portland; standard millrun prompt shipment. S43-43.50 ton. cars, frompt deliverv Portland: No. 2 yel ow corn. S66 ton f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, fob. Portland. $37 trucks. $39 rail. Timothy mixed hay, $36-38 a ton, f.o.b. rail car. Seattle. Portland grain exchange: Tuesday's close: Bid Soft white S2.38 Soft white, no rex 2 38 White club 2.38 the, time for this lifetime" offer! home furnishings Southern ongon'M furniture thowplac' pacific highway north of big y 5, main section most of the major legislation is still in committee and has yet to reach the floor of either cham ber for final action. Sen. Smith made the persua sive observation that every extra day worked now, with commit tees busy and more floor action taken, means one less day at the end of the session. He expressed some apprehen sion that bills considered by many to be "important now, New Rogue River Fire Truck Called For Firs! Alarm Rogue River Volunteer fire men at Rogue River used the city's new American LaFrance fire truck for the first time Monday to combat a house fire which badly damaged the one story five-room Eugene LeRoy home, according to William Peters, police chief and assist ant fire chief. The fire was reported about 2 p.m. and "had a good start" by the time the city firemen arrived. Also at the fire were members of the rural fire de partment with their equipment. Bedroom furniture and other furnishings were saved but the contents of the living room could not be removed because of the fire. 'Fine Performance The city fire truck, which is mounted on a Ford F750 frame, pumps 568 gallons of water per minute and "gave a fine per formance" on its first call, Peters explained. Damage to the LeRoy home was believed to be covered by insurance. About 10:30 a.m. today the firemen were called on a false alarm to the same house when neighbors saw smoke coming from the home. When the fire men arrived they found that the owners had started a super vised fire to dry the contents. Bomber Crashes; Three Men Jump Florence, S.C. (U.R) A six jet B-47 Strato-bomber crashed near here last midnight after two crew members parachuted to safety, the Air Force an nounced. A search was launched for a missing crew member also believed to have parachuted. The Air Force said the plane was on a routine training flight from Hunter Air Force Base at Savannah, Ga., and the two crewmen bailed out near St. George, S.C. , The plane crashed almost 5Q miles beyond that point on a farm five miles north of the town of North, S.C, the Air Force at Hunter reported. The cause of the crash was not de termined immediately, the Air Force said. The Civil Air Patrol at Flor ence in an earlier report timed one jump at about 11:40 p.m. EST and two others in quick succession several minutes later. This timing indicated the big plane traveled unmanned for nearly 50 miles before it crash ed, but the Air Force would not confirm this. A spokesman indicated that until the order of the jumps was definitely established the Air Force would assume one man stayed with the plane a while after the two others jumped. i'WE GUiLKMTEEi jY0U'tXHHPR0YE AMY RECIPE THAT CALLS FOR FLOUR WITH KITCHEN CRAFT FLOUR 5 i l mm I 'SIltC.SIFTED FOR LIGHTER BAKING would be buried in the rush to close the session and get home once the taxation and ways and means bills are cleared and sent to the governor. Earlier Opening Approved Sen. John C. F. Merrifield (R Portland) proposed that the Sat urday session open at 9 a.m. in stead of the usual 10 a.m. so Market Conditions Seem Satisfactory, President Asserts Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower told his news con ference today that stock market conditions on the whole seem to be very satisfactory. He coun seled great caution in undertak ing any step which might dam age public confidence in the economy. The chief executive said that as far as he knows, nothing in the current Senate investigation of the stock market boom has Both Drivers Cited In Vehicle Crash Both drivers involved in an accident yesterday afternoon were cited by state police for traffic violations, the investigat ing officer reported. The vehicles were driven by Everett Richard Hogue, 48, of 513 Ash st., Central Point, and Marion Frances Christopher, 29, route 1, box 390A, Central Point. Both were traveling south on Highway 99 north of Medford when Hogue stopped his car to make a left turn, and the Chris topher vehicle struck it from the rear, the officer reported. Hogue was cited for failure to give an arm signal, and Chris topher was cited for violation of the basic rule. Damage was minor and there were no in juries, it was reported. Two vehicles were consider ably damaged but no one was hurt in another accident at about 6:25 p.m. on the Crater Lake highway about a quarter mile south of Casey State park, police said. A pickup truck owned by the Whitelaw Candy Co., and driven by Phillip Brown Doddridge, 37, of 796 Forest st., Ashland, went out of control as it rounded a turn in the highway and sideswiped a car driven by Joel Edward Walls, 19, Laurel hurst rd., Trail, officers said. Both vehicles had to be towed away. Ike Maintains Stand On Alaska Statehood Washington U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today main tained his stand against Alaskan statehood at present. He told a news conference there are national security con siderations that must be solved before he could remove his ob jection to statehood for Alaska. Food Bulletin Gives St. Patrick's Menu New York U.R) The U.S. Department of Agriculture's regular food bulletin started out today like this, begorra: "Whether it's green or orange you'll be featuring on your St. Patrick's day menues . . . Seventy-two per. cent of all passengers who travel more than 1000 miles by common carrier go by plane. 4 that floor action on bills could be cleared and the committees could get to work earlier. This suggestion was adopted, and the senators also agreed to convene for their p.m. session at 2:30 in stead of 2 so that committees meeting at 1 p.m. would have half an hour more to work on legislation. done anything to undermine con fidence. He added, however, that as a general proposition in the pro motion of an expanding economy, great care should be taken to avoid doing anything that would undermine public confidence. Market Satisfactory On the whole, he said, the stock market seems to him to be very satisfactory. He interposed spiritedly that naturally he is concerned about any drop in the stock market, but he is equally concerned about any fall in agricultural prices or deterioration in any segment of the economy. Other economic developments in Mr. Eisenhower's weekly meeting with reporters: He said he has no fears of what automation would do to the economic life of America. He believes strongly that as work is done with fewer man-hours, man develops other needs and thus creates a market for more work. Writer Praises Probe He declined to give his atti tude toward the proposed guar anteed annual wages in the auto mobile industry. Financial writer J. A. Living ston praised the committee's in vestigation today. He said the in quiry was "pretty good insur ance against a crash." Livingston is financial editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin and a syndicated columnist. He said a "clinical re-examination" of the market was needed. 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Lewis and Clark scholarship winners are: Winners Listed Barbara Joanne James, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton A. James, 647 Indiana st., Ashland; Sydney Kay Sutherland, whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Clyde F. Sutherland. 305 North Fourth st., Jacksonville, and Miss Zon Johnson. Klamath Falls. The W i 1 1 a m ette university winners are: Stanley Palmer Culy. son of Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Culy, 21 Washington st., Medford; Ed ward Everett Manley, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Manley. 416 King st., Medford; Mary Matherine White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. White, 3654 Pacific High way South, Medford, and Bar bara Patricia Roach, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Roach, 350 Delta Waters rd., Medford. Truck Overturns, None Reported Hurt A Ford pickup truck register ed to Robert M. Kuhl, Ashland, was reported to have overturn ed in a ditch near the intersec tion of Ross lane and Sage rd. at about 7:15 p.m. yesterday. Medford Ambulance service was called by someone who did not identify himself, and ambu lance attendants called the state police. When the ambulance and po lice officers arrived, no one was around the overturned pickup, and police assumed that no one was injured. Medford hospitals have no record of treating any one involved in such an accident. American Motors goes all out, with New Hudson Hornets and Wasps new high style, new power, twice-as-safe bodies, three times better ride Hornets Wasps Ramblers Metropolitans See "Disneyland," peat sll-family show, ABC-TV Network. C art products of American Streets Little Tootache Gives Mexico Big Headache Mexico City U.R) A little toothache gave Mexico a big headache recently. Arturo Medina Salinas told police Tuesday he stole 10 feet of cable wire and sold it for $5 to buy medicine for his moth er's aching tooth. The cable was the property of Radiomax, part of the govern ment's communications facili ties. 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