Torrential Rains Bring Flood
Waters to British Columbia
Vancouver, B. C. (U.R) Dan
ger signals were up throughout
British Columbia today as the
province's three major water
sheds, the Columbia, Fraser and
Thompson rivers, developed
flood crests as a result of tor
rential rains.
Communications were washed
out at several points in the prov
ince yesterday and two major
highways to Alberta and the
east were severed by flood
waters and snowslides.
Highway officials said the
Trans-Canada Highway would
be closed indefinitely by slides
near Golden and the southern
trans-provincial was closed by
washouts near Creston.
Traffic on the southern route,
however, was being diverted at
Grand Forks.
Most serious flooding occurred
in the Cariboo district of ' the
central interior which was iso
lated yesterday as heavy rains
of the past weekend built up a
record flood crest on the upper
Fraser. Rail and highway com'
munications to Quesnel, 60 miles
south apd downstream from
Prince George, were washed out.
The Federal Resources De
partment said the Fraser had
risen more than six and one-half
feet at Prince George during the
past four days.
The cattle town of Quesnel,
300 air miles north of Vancou
ver at the junction of the Fraser
and Quesnel rivers, was cut off
as a series of washouts tore gaps
in the highway and railway beds
both north and south of the city.
Polio Will Remain
Problem for Some
Time, Experts Say
Washington (U.R) Govern
ment experts said today it's going
to take quite a while to lick the
polio problem even with such
a weapon as the Salk vaccine.
One of the main reasons, as
they see it,' is that Salk shots
combat paralysis but seem to do
little to prevent the spread of
the infection itself.
Dr. Carl C. Dauer of the Pub
lic Health Service said it may
be "several years" before the
effect of the mass vaccination
program is substanitally reflect
ed in the nation's polio rates.
v. It probably will - be , much
longer, other officials said,- be
fore the polio program is reduc
ed to the easily managed dimen
sions of smallpox and diptheria.
Live Virus Vaccine
Many scientists maintain polio
won't really be beaten until
there is a vaccine capable of pre
venting the infection as well as
paralysis. Some think this will
turn out to be a live virus vac
cine rather than the dead virus
type developed by Dr. Jonas E.
Salk.
Dauer, a top authority on dis
ease patterns, said Salk vaccine
has been used on too few chil
dren and for too short a time to
produce a definable effect on
the polio rate.
Work crews were fighting to save
the city's water supply which
was endangered by the sudden
rise in the Quesnel River.
Bridges Out '
Creeks swollen by the heavy
rainfall and late spring runoff
from the mountains went wild
and tore out highway and rail
way bridges in several areas.
Seventeen washouts were re
ported between Prince George
and Soda Creek, 30 miles south
of Quesnel, including a 100-foot
gap in the Pacific Great Eastern
Railway.
Railway officials estimated it
would be two weeks before the
line would be back in operation
and Highways Department offic
ials would not estimate when
road conditions would return to
normal in the cattle-raising Ca'ri
boo country.
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OFFERED PREMIERSHIP Professor Antonio Segni
(above, during press conference), a Christian Democrat,
has been asked by Italian President Giovanni Gronchi to
examine possibilities of setting op a left-of -center govern
ment After hour-long talk with Gronchi, Segni, an advo
cate of land reforms, said he had been offered the premier
ship. He will make his report later.
Physician To Open Office in 'Ashland
Ashland John N. Reid,
M.D., will open a medical and
surgical practice here on
Wednesday, June 29.
Dr. Reid, who came from De
troit, Mich., will have offices in
the Swedenburg building. He
plans to be on the staffs of Ash
land General hospital and of
Community and Sacred Heart
hospitals in Medford.
In Detroit Dr. Reid was a resi
dent in surgery for four years
at Harper hospital. He was chief
resident in surgery in his last
year. He received training in
other Detroit hospitals in pedia
tric, thoracic, orthopedic and
industrial surgery.
Dr. Reid received his medical
degree from the College of Medi
cal Evangelists, Loma Linda,
Calif., in 1942. His internship
was in Portland Sanitorium and
Hospital. He then served for
three years as a medical officer
for the Coast Guard.' Following
his discharge he was in general
practice at Goldendale, Wash.,
for four years.
The family is residing at 199
Meade st. Dr. and Mrs.- Reid
have two sons, John and Tom.
Walter Predicts
Approval of Bill
Washington (U.R) Rep.
Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.) sajd
today he expects quick House ap
proval of his bill for a biparti
san commission to recommend
any needed changes in the gov
ernment's employee security
program.
He felt the House would act
with about the same dispatch
shown by the Senate yesterday
in approving a similar bill.
"There is not a great deal of
difference between the two
bills," he said, "except that mine
puts more emphasis on the im
portance of a non-partisan com
mission. '
Both the Senate bill and the
version sponsored by Walter,
which has won approval by the
Judiciary Committee, would set
up a 12-member study commis-
Oregon NewJywed Dies
In Idaho Car Mishap
CaldweU, Idaho (U.R) A 49-year-old
Baker. Ore., woman
who had been married just a few
hours earlier was fatally injured
in a traffic accident on the high
way about 20 miles northeast of
Jordan Valley yesterday.
The victim, Mrs. Nelda Lynch
Favorit, was .pronounced dead
on arrival at a Caldwell hospi
tal. Her husband, Lester Fa
vorit, 49, was treated for minor
injuries and shock.
The couple had been married
yesterday morning in Winne
mucca, Nev.
Favorit told officers he
swerved to mis a cow on the
highway and lost control of his
vehicle.
sion patterned after former Pres
ident Hoover's Commission of
Government Reorganization. It
would have an equal number
of Republicans and Democrats.
Tuesday. June 28, 1955
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Egyptian-Israeli Meet
Seeks To End Dispute
Gaza, Egypt-Held Palestine
(U.R) The United Nations
brought Israeli and Egyptian of
ficials together today in an at
tempt to end the bloody border
incidents that threaten to flare
into war.
They met in a dusty hut
along the embattled truce zone
separating Israel from the Gaza
strip, the finger of land between
Israel and the Mediterranean
Sea which is administered by
Egypt.
This area has been the scene
of increasingly bitter conflict
between the two nations since
early spring. Guerrilla raids, re
taliatory attacks and sabotage
have claimed more than 50 lives
in four months, and have threat
ened the Palestine cease-fire.
Young Prospectors' ..
Rescued from Cliff
Portland U.R) Fire
men yesterday had to rescue
three young girls who go
stuck on a cliff lN while
"prospecting."
Diana Fogel. 12; Linda Lou
Shty, 13. and Patricia McCor
mick started down a clay cliff
overlooking the Wilson River
Lumber company when ' they
became frightened about half
way. Lumber plant foreman M.
Slyttr noticed he girls cling
ing to the bluff and notified
firemen. The girls were res
cued with ' ropes and taken
home unharmed.
MANY TONGUES
Washington More than 1,200
languages are spoken by Ameri
can Indians, some of them by
only a few hundred persons. -;
EYEGLASS WEARERS
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Toronto Girl Fails
In Strait Swim Try
Port Angeles, Wash. (U.R)
Janice White, a Toronto, Ont.,
school girl, failed last night in
her attempt to swim the un
conquered Strait ot Juan de
Fuca.-.
Miss White, 18, was removed
from the strait after six hours
and 15 minutes of bucking strong
flood tides that dragged her far
off her course. The water was
calm but she made only about
three miles of ' the 18-mile dis
tance between Victoria, B. C,
and Port Angeles.
The plucky girl was the 10th
person to try swimming the
strait since last August. All have
failed.
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