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1 954 Commercial Airline Safety Record Best in History; Much Remains To Be Done
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CiO, Ford Begin
Final Phase of
Wage Discussions
Detroit (U.R) CIO United
Auto Workers and Ford Motor
Co. officials today began what
may be the final phase of their
negotiations on.' the union's de
mand for a guaranteed annual
wage proposal. " "
The negotiators met after a
weekV recess which the union
used to instruct its officials
strike votes among the union
membership. .
Doesn't Mean Strike Near
Union officials ordered the
strike votes at separate meetings
with the delegates of Ford and
General Motors councils across
the nation.
But union officials emphasiz
ed that' the strike vote did not
mean a strike was imminent.
General Motors is scheduled
to resume negotiations with the
union Monday after a 12-day re
cess. ' . ' . .,
Walter Reuther, president of
the CIO and UAW, was among
the union delegation which met
with Ford officials.
Reuther announced during the
recess that he would be devot
ing "almost full-time" to the ne
; gotiations with the two auto
firms from now on.
The bargaining sessions were
expected to increase in freqency
as the expiration dates with the
two firms approach. Ford's pact
Spring Registration
At Rogue River Planned
Rogue River Spring regis
tration for high school students
and eighth graders who will be
attending Rogue River High
school next year will be held
Tuesday, May 12, Principal
James Hayden has announced.
Registration , is for juniors,
sophomores, freshmen and
eighth graders. A schedule will
be set up for students to register
which will not greatly interfere
with regular class work, Hayden
said.
Two Men Arrested for
Burglaries at Eugene
Eugene, Ore (U.PJt- Three
Seattle men were arraigned in
Eugene District Court yesterday
on charges of armed robbery,
after the Amazon Market was
held up here Monday night of an
estimated $1,700 in cash and
checks.
The men were Benjamin
Franklin Collins, 29, Richard E.
Murray, 49, and Moses Moody,
36. They were captured at Junc
tion City, Ore. 20 miles north of
here, soon after the robbery ac
cording to police.
expires June 1 and GM's con
tract runs out on June 7.
Although the negotiations are
aimed at obtaining new con
tracts between the companies
and the union to replace current
five-year pacts, the guaranteed
annual wage is the central issue
in the talks and one of the un
ion's demands for the new con
tracts.
Knowland Doubtful
On Success of Talks
Peoria, 111. (U.R) Senate
Minority Leader William F.
Knowland (R-Calif.) said he had
"grave doubts" over the success
of proposed four power talks.
Knowland said last night he
did not approve of high level
talks between the United States,
France, Britain and the Soviet
Union. But he added that his
opinion didn't matter since the
decision had already been made.
"I can only hope and pray th.e
results will be better than those
obtained at Potsdam, Yalta, Teh
eran and Geneva," he said.
Bleeding By Brodie
Boy Appears Stopped
Chicago (U.R) The bleeding
in the head of Siamese twin
Rodney Brodie has apparently
stopped, a doctor said today.
The three-year-old boy s con
dition was still listed as "criti
cal" at the University of Illinois
Research and Educational hospi
tal. But a spokesnan said he
continued to show improvement.
Rodney Dee is the Jirst head
joined Siamese twin in history
to survive a separation. His
brother died.
HEADS FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Gearhart, Ore. (U.R) Ed
ward E. White of the Mt. Scott
Funeral Home in Portland was
elected president of the Oregon
Funeral Directors Association
yesterday.
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Less Than One
Death for Every
Billion Miles
Washington (U.R) The na
tion's airlines have been handed
the most complimentary report
in the history of commercial av
iation. Their safety record for
1954 was the, best ever. In a
way, it was better than that of
the railways.
Only 16 persons were killed
in accidents aboard domestic
scheduled airliners during the
year, while 23 persons died in
train wrecks.
The actual fatality rate per
billion miles traveled still fav
ors the railroads, which have a
greater mileage total, but the
airline rate still comes out to
less than one death for every
billion miles flown. This is the
lowest in aviation history.
But while the bouquets are
being passed out for '54, the
airlines have already had the
wind taken out of their sails.
In the first three and a half
months of this year, 35 persons
died in commercial airline crash
es more than twice the total
of last year.
Lot To Be Done
It is evident there is still a
lot to be done in the field of
aviation safety.
Electronics and improved safe
ty devices, along with more ex
haustive pilot training, - have
probably saved the lives of thou
sands of passengers in recent
years. It is now possible t for
planes to fly in perfect safety
through weather that would
have caused a crash or grounded
them 10 years ago.
And the effort to take the
element of danger out of flying
goes on. United Air Lines, for
example, has ordered $4,000,000
worth of radar equipment for its
planes. This will help keep pilots
informed of weather conditions
as far as 150 miles ahead of
their position.
Two rubber companies have
come up with an airplane fuel
tank that won't burst in a crash.
Tests are still going on, but if
perfected the fuel tank would
eliminate the danger of fire in
a crash landing.
Experiments are continuing
with passenger seats facing the
back of a plane instead of the
front. Many experts believe this
innovation would do more than
anything in cutting down air
line fatalities.
Serious Look
Government officials are tak
ing a long and serious look at
the techniques of investigating
air accidents with a view toward
learning more about how to pre
vent them.
For many years, a large num
ber , of crashes have been ex
plained on official reports as the
result of "pilot error." The ques
tion is raised whether such an
explanation doesn't cover a mul
titude of other sins.
Aviation experts point out
that the fatal error of a pilot
may involve circumstances over
which he has no control noor
ly placed instruments, faulty de
sign of some small but vital
part, the work of a careless
mechanic.
In other words certain circum
stances may place a plane in
danger and the pilot is called
on to make a snap decision. If
his decision is the wrong one,
"pilot error" is blamed for the
crash when the real responsibil
ity mignt lie elsewhere.
QUITS CHAMBER POST
Boise U.R) Dale J. Ho
lingsworth is to leave his posi
tion as manager of ' the La
Grande, Ore., chamber of com
merce June 1 to become an assist
ant manager for the Boise, cham
ber, it was announced today.
Daily Weather Report
DATE May 11, 1955
Sunset tonight 7:21 p.m. Sunrise to--norrow
4. S3 a.m.
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Mostly cloudy
late tonight and early Thursday. Clear
ing in afternoon. Low tonight 43.
Cooler Thursday with high 76.
Western Oregon: Cloudy with a few
scattered showers tonight. Partly
cloudy Thursday with showers in vi
cinity of mountains. Low tonight 42
52. Cooler over interior Thursdav
with high 60-72 inland, 53-60 along
coast.
'Northern and Central California
Fair tonight and Thursday except in
creasing coastal fog and partly cloudy
in extreme north. Drizzle on coast Ft.
Bragg northward, tonight. Cooler over
interior Thursday.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 62;
above normal 4.
Record high this date 83 in 1936.
Record low this date 28 In 1916.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night; none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none.
Total this month .09 in.. Jl in be
low normal.
Total since Sept. 1, 8.72 inches,
728 inches below normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday
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Brooking
Crater Lake SB
Grants Pass 85
Klamath Falls 75
MEDFORD 82
High Low Prec.
39 47 .
31
46
40
49
Seattle 54 50 .08
Spokane - 65 44
Yakima 76 , 44
Eureka 55 48
Red Bluff .t. 88 56
Sacramento 87 58
San Francisco 87 49
Los Angeles 62 55
Phoenix 87 65
Den-.- 63 41
Chi: o ..... 58 42 .01
Mil 86 68
Now York 63 5
Washington, D. C. 70 54
Prospect
Prospect Prospect Lions
club is sponsoring a . "country
store shoot'" the morning and
afternoon of May 15, starting at
10 a.m. As all people who have
been to such a shoot know, they
are a barrel of fun. There will
be prizes galore including hams
and bacon, as well as complete
grocery orders given away.
Events will include rifle matches,
hunting rifle matches, as well as
a shotgun match and a trap
shoot. There will also be target
rifle matches for the younger
set. .
After several weeks of plan
ning and many hours of work
decorating, the Junior-Senior
prom for 1955 was held in the
Prospect High school gymnasium
Friday, May 6. Junior class mem
bers, who acted as hosts, chose
the popular theme of "Over the
Rainbow," and carried out this
idea with rainbow colors in the
decorations. A false ceiling and
walls were made of crepe paper
streamers, and the curtains were
covered by a huge paper rain
bow with a large pot of gold at
the end. In the middle of the
dance floor was a large ivy-covered
wishing well.
Approximately seventy coup
les danced through the vari-col-ored
lights to the music of Vic's
Orchestra of Medford. William
Schulz, industrial arts teacher
and advisor to the junior class,
and Jim Martin, junior class
president, were largely respon
sible for the success of the af
fair, i
Members of the Prospect High
school swing band ' played in
Medford for about two and one
half hours May 7, advertising the
band and chorus concert which is
being presented by the music de
partment of the elementary and
high schools on May 10. A large
flatbed trailer, donated by a store
in Shady Cove, was decorated
with crepe paper and taken to
town behind the car of the music
teacher, Darrell Langevin, to
New Lincoln School
Principal is Named
Ashland Verne Speirs, Klam
ath Falls elementary school prin
cipal for the past 11 years, has
been chosen to head the Lincoln
training school at "Ashland
where Southern Oregon college
students do their elementary
practice teaching. .-f?. ,-.
Spiers will succeed Florence
Allen, who will begin new du
ties as field supervisor for SOC
starting next fall. She will re1
place Mrs. Betty Lou Dunlop,
who will be on sabbatical leave.
serve as a bandstand. This was
parked by Barkers Men's store
at the corner of Main and Cen
tral. The crowd appeared to enjoy
the music, and some of them
threw money into the trailer.
Tickets to the concert were also
sold. Total receipts from the
day' activities amounted to $76,
which will be used to purchase
band uniforms and choir robes
for the Prospect musie depart
ment. Old-fashioned fun will feign
supreme at Prospect Thursday
evening, May 12, at the 4-H club
box social. The local livestock
.club, the Tailtwisters, will be in
charge in an effort to raise
money for their summer projects.
The big event will be held in
the Prospect Community hall;
beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Ladies will bring gaily decor
ated boxes with, their names
hidden inside. An auction will
then be held wherein the gentle
men will bid on and buy what
each surmises to be the most
tasty lunch.
Games and dancing will com
plete the evening. The whole
community is invited.
TO ATTEND CAMP
Rogue River About 12 mem
bers of the Rogue River Vet
erans of Foreign Wars post will
attend the annual spring en
campment of district seven at
Brookings this Sunday.
Dr. Bernard Thompson
Wishes to Announce
the Re-Opening of
HIS DENTAL OFFICE
. At . .. , '
303 Medical Center Bldg. Phone 2-4875
Dr. Thompson has just recently completed his
tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force
Senate Action Asked
On Farm Parity Bill
Washington (U-fc) Sen.
Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.),
called on Senate Democrats to
day . for early action on the
House approved bill to restore
90 per cent farm price supports.
He made his appeal in letters
to Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson lind Chair
man Allen J. Ellender . (D-La.),
of the Senate Agriculture com
mittee. Senate Democrats' have
indicated there probably will be
no action this year on the House
bill. ' ;
Humphrey said Johnson had
promised last year that if the
Democrats recaptured control
of Congress, as they did, they
would seek to overhaul the ad
ministration price support pro
gram. - Although most Democrats in
Congress favor the 90 per cent
program, they probably lack the
votes in the Senate to pass the
legislation. If it should be passed
it almost certainly would run
into" a veto which neither house
could override.
Liberace's Mother ;
Decides io Keep Name:
Hollywood (U.R) Liberace's'
mother, Mrs Frances Casadonte,'.
62, yesterday dismissed her pet
ition to change her surname
back to that of her piano playing
son's.
Mrs. Casadonte divorced the
television star's father, Samuel
Liberace, a retired "French horn,
player from Madison, Wit., in,
1941, and two years later mar-'
ried Alexander Casadonte, who
died 10 years ago.
The elder Liberate sent his at
torney, Glen Henry, of Madison'
here two months ago to protest
the petition. At that time, Su
perior Judge Arnold Praeeer in
definitely postponed a hearings
on the petition when Mrs. Casa
donte's attorneys reported she
was ill.
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