TEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, October 18, 1955
IFDood Wafers Recede in Eastern States;
(Disastrous Storm Batters Mexico Coast
By UNITED PRESS
Eastern flood waters fell back
and hurricane Katie whirled to
her death in the Atlantic ocean
today. But a new storm spread
floods, death, and disaster, along
Mexico's West coast.
At least 40 persons were re
portedekilled and scattered re
ports from the battered Mexi
can coastline indicated dozens of
towns and villages were swept
away.
The Mexican atorm roared out
of the Pacific after 10 days of
steady downpours. Rivers turn
ed into torrents and it was re
ported that eight large towns,
including Manzanillo and Colima
were underwater.
City Buried
. Laconic messages ' from the
town of Atenquique indicated 40
persons had drowned when the
floods "buried the city." I
The storm was a disastrous se
quel to the series of hurricanes
which battered Mexico's Eastern
coast, causing hundreds of
deaths.
In this country, seven north'
eastern states counted 50 persons
dead, an estimated $500,000,000
damage, and more than 25,000
persons homeless in the wake of
another flood attack.
Skies cleared or were clear
ing over the area today after
five days of floods and rain.
Meanwhile, Federal Civil De
fense Administrator Val Peter
son took personal charge of a
a rehabilitation program and
Riddle Man Asks
Forgiveness of Judge
San Francisco (U.R) Vernon
E. Sutton, a former Navy offi
cer of Riddle, Ore., asked a San
Francisco court to forgive him
for sending 599 "foul smelling"
pennies to pay a traffic fine. He
said it was all a mistake.
Sutton said that while he was
packing the pennies for the mail
he accidentally knocked them
into an open dish of cheese
spread.
"I think it was roqueford
possibly limburger," he said
said the government would
spend $11,000,000 to clear de
bris, open roads, and provide re
lief. Nearly all the streams were
back in their banks and many
evacuees were returning to their
homes. In Connecticut, hardest
hit of the states -with 22 dead
and 4500 persons homeless, Gov.
Huge Reha
Job Gets U
In Flooded
Hartford, Conn. (U.R) A
multi-million dollar rehabilita
tion program moved into high
gear today in the seven state
area battered by flood waters
which have claimed almost 50
lives.
Fedeal Civil Defense Admin
istrator Val Peterson took per
sonal charge of the rebuilding
program and promised to "see
that red tape is cut" to restore
the devastated area.
He said $11,600,000 in govern
ment funds would be used imme
diately to clear flood debris,
open roads and give necessary
relief.
. The signal for the huge reha
bilitation task came with the an
nouncement by Gov. Abraham
Ribicoff of Connecticut that the
"worst is over."
Streams Within Banks
Nearly- all streams in the
flooded states were back within
their banks today but the flood
toll stood at 48 dead, an esti
mated $500,000,000 damage and
more than 25,000 homeless.
The bulk of the damage was
in Connecticut, which reported
22 dead, and 4,500 families dri
ven from their homes.
New York and New Jersey
also suffered extreme devasta
tion and Gov. Averell Harriman
of New York telegraphed Presi
dent Eisenhower that stricken
areas were more extensive than
in the August floods which took
Abraham Ribicoff announced
"the worst is over."
Katie Loses Power
There was more good news in
the Atlantic, where vicious hur
ricane Katie was losing her
strength and was a threat only
to shipping.
The hurricane, 11th of the
year, had 110-mile-per-hour
.
bilitation
nder Way
States
a toll of 75 dead and 12 missing.
Many persons evacuated to
high ground when the floods
struck last Friday returned to
their homes. Peterson said he
was ready to "throw the whole
government" into the rehabili
tation program.
Red Cross workers, National
Guardsmen, Civil Defense offi
cials and Army personnel joined
government agencies in the re
storation work. '
Agriculture Secretary Ezra
Benson promised "all possible
help" in the recovery program.
Army engineers surveyed
damage and made plans to ease
the runoff of flood waters. '
Army engineers " reported to
the President that 50 per cent of
the restoration work done after
the August floods had been
wiped out.
Transportation remained a se
rious problem in much of the
flooded area.
Posf Office Clears
Confidential Magazine
Washington U.R) The Post
Office Department has cleared
for mailing the forthcoming is
sue of Confidential magazine.
The department's legal staff
reviewed an advance copy of the
January issue and ruled yester
day that it could go through the
mails. , .
winds when it hit the Dominican
Republic yesterday. But it was
battered half to death on the
rocky island and forecasters said
it would probably break up be
fore hitting land again.
Elsewhere, .it was cloudy' in
this country over most of the
Great Lakes and the middle
Mississippi and Ohio River val
leys. Rain or drizzle spattered
highlands in Ohio and Pennsyl
vania and the Memphis, Tenn.,
area.
Cool temperatures were the
rule for most of the area east
of the Continental Divide. .
Big Bay Area
Real Estate Deal
San Francisco U.R) The
"second largest real estate deal"
in California history was com
pleted yesterday when a grouo
of investors purchased 28 San
Francisco Bay area buildings for
an estimated $11,000,000.'
The group of New York, Oak
land, Calif., and Seattle, Wash.,
investors was headed by Roger
Lacey Stevens, who purchased
New York's Empire State build
ing for $51,500,000 four years
ago.
The Seattle group -was headed
by Floyd R. Clodfelten and John
A. Metzger. Oakland dentist
Charles L. Arolla represented
East Bay investors. The sale was
made by the Morgan and Pea
cock properties company, which
announced the transaction.
The multi-million-dollar trans
action included office buildings,
hotels and apartments, all but
one of which were located in the
East Bay cities of Oakland and
Berkeley.
Major-Oakland buildings were
the Latham Square building, the
Financial ' building, - Bellevue
Staten apartments and Hill Cas
tle apartments. The Carlton ho
tel was among the buildings sold
in Berkeley. The only San Fran
cisco building involved was the
Rialto building. '
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Civic Music Opens
Membership Drive
At Dinner Meeting
Jackson County Civic Music
association's annual membership
campaign opened last night with
a dinner at the Medford hotel for
association officers and workers.
The campaign will continue
through this week, or until the
membership quota is reached.
Seth Bullis, association chair
man, reminded prospective mem
bers today that memberships
cannot be secured after the cam
paign closes, and that tickets are
never sold for single concerts.
Las ' night ; Bullis introduced
Mrs. Helen Snyder, civic music
representative here to assist with
the campaign. She spoke of the
association, its background and
the future of music in Medford.
Mrs. Darell Huson, campaign
chairman, instructed workers
arid urged that everyone report
daily to headquarters at the
Chamber of Commerce in order
that a close check could be kept
on memberships as they are sold.
Larry Brunette sang an aria
from "La Forza del Destino,"
"Tango des Roses" and "Sudden
ly There is Valley." The dinner
was attended by 130 workers.
. Final selection of artists who
will appear on the concert series
for 1955-56 will be left to the
discretion of association board
members. The selection is made
based on the ballot sheets of
members who indicate their
preferences.
It is also stressed that the
board's decisions are controlled
not only by popular demand but
by an effort to provide variety
and by the availability of "the
artists according to costs and ter
ritory. Sometimes an artist in
demand is previously too heavily
booked or limits his travel sea
son to the east coast.
Members of the Civic Music
board this year who will handle
the selection are Bullis, presi
dent! Mrs. Leland Mentzer, sec
retary; Mrs. Wilbur ' Arnold,
treasurer; Mrs. Huson, campaign
chairman; Mrs. J. E. Russell, Mrs.
Una B. Inch, Rawles Moore, Dr.
Stanley .'Philips, Mrs. Philip B.
Lbwry, ' Ray Lewis, Mrs. Lyle
Schoppert and Mrs. Otto J.
Frohnmayer, all Medford. Mrs.
YOUNGEST GATE CONQUER
OR Dick Poe, San Carlos,
Calif., splashes his way into
swimming history as he swims
the seven-tenths-mile expanse of
the Golden Gate in thirty-eight
minutes. Poe has the distinction
of being the youngest conqueror
of the dangerous channel. He is
nine years old. (NEA)
Counties Receive
Racing Revenues
Salem ' (U.R) Apportion
ment of $228,399 out of racing
revenues to the several counties
for the benefit of county fairs
has been completed with war
rants for $6344 sent to each coun
ty as a final payment for 1955,
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry said today. "
Racing revenues in 1955 am
mounted to $929,457 of which
$371,057 went into the state gen
eral fund. Of the total revenues,
which were about $80,202 more
than in 1954, each county has
received $12,600.
The Pacific International Live
stock Exposition and Oregon
State fair each received $35,000.
Eastern Oregon Livestock Show
and Pendleton " Round-Up each
got $7500.
. Others participating included:
Mid-Columbia Livestock show
and Klamath Basin Round-Up
association, $5000 each. Spring
Lamb and Dairy Show, and State
Corn Show, $2500 each. North
west Turkey Show and Pacific
Coast Turkey exhibit, $2400
each. ,.
Carl- Peterson, Oscar Bjorlie,
Mrs. Glenn Mathews and Miss
Victoria Taverner represent Ash
land on the board.
Dead line Sunday Classified Is at
noon Saturday. 10 a.m. Monday foi
Monday: otberdaya 5:30 orevious day.
Around 1827, Georgia,: with a
population of 400.000. including
slaves,- consumed 2,000,000 gal
lons of whiskeyannually.
The sailing ship Flying Cloud
sai) iwv ?ew York to San
Francisco around South America,
a distance of 15,091 nautical
miles, in 89 days in 1854.
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