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MEDFORD (OREGON MAIL TRIBUNH-4&EYEN Warming Trend Evident in Most of Nation as Winter Officially Arrives Thursday, December 22, 195S Fire Truck's Radio G Furnishes Only Table Rock Link Central Point Rural Fire Pro tection district dispatched a truck and crew to stand by in the Table Rock area last night when it became apparent that portion of the district would be cut off by high water. Fire Chief Richard Krupp said also that a crew has been kept at the station to help speed up responses on any alarms. It was reasoned that high water might slow trucks in answering calls. Phones Out Telephone communications were down in the Table Rock area and the fire truck's radio this morning provided the only communication to and from the area. Residents of the Table Rock section were informed by commercial radio stations that they would have to go to the truck to report any fires. It is at the Larry Hull place next to the Table Rock store. Krupp said that checks were made to determine' whether fire apparatus could reach all parts of the district. Only district they did not feel they could reach was Table Rock Estates since hi"h water cut off ' the bridge arGold Ray Dam. , Missile Battalions To Bolster Europe Defense Washington U.R) The Army announced today that six special guided missile battalions will be sent to Europe early next year to bolster Western Euro pean defenses. The battalion will be armed with Corporal guided missiles capable of dropping atomic ex plosives on a target more than 50 miles away. The move is designed to great ly increase the Army's atomic firepower in Europe. Bids Opened for Work On Elk City Water Job , CAn apparent low bid of $66, 195.50 was entered by the Coast Construction Co. last night for construction of a water system for the Elk City Water district, it was reported this morning. A total of nine construction bids were offered. Next-lowest apparently was more than $8,000 higher than the Coast company's bid. A series of bids for materials, totaling an estimated $115,000 to $120,000, also were' opened last night. Contract awards will be made'after all bids have been examined and tabulated, it was reported. Torch of Freedom Again Shines on La Prensa Building Buenos Aires CU.R) The torch of freedom shone again today in the La Prensa build ing here, symbolizing the end of nearly five years of infamy be gun when ex-President Juan D. Peron confiscated the newspa per early in 1951. The torch, which topped La Prensa's tower until supporters of Peron tore it down, was re lighted Wednesday night by 81-year-old Mrs. Zelmira Anchor ena in- ceremonies marking the return of the newspaper to her son, Dr. Albert Gainza Paz. La Prensa's siren, used to herald news of national import ance, howled for five minutes during the ceremonies. Gainza Paz said he hopes "soon" to resume publication of La Prensa, making it once again the great independent newspa per it was before Peron conver ted it into a progapanda organ for his CGT labor .federation.. . Nearly 2,000 well-wishers jammed La Prensa's offices during the restitution ceremon ies. An overflow crowd stopped traffic in the street outside. The only , member of the Paz family not present was Gainza's son Ezequiel; a doctor on the staff of the Colorado General hospital, who cabled greetings from Denver. (See Story on Page 5). ' Motel Washed Out At Hornbrook, Cal. Hornbrook, Calif. Flood wa ters washed five motel cabins down the Klamath river last night and the Hornbrook area is without electricity. Highway 99 is closed about one mile from here with two feet of water over the road at The Swallows camp. Owners and residents of the motel Camp Low were being evacuated this morning into Hornbrook after five cabins washed down the river, and wa ter washed out the foundation under another house, it was re ported. Owners of the camp are Mr. and Mrs. Dave Holland. The bridge over the river at Hornbrook was reported still standing, but one over Cotton wood creek in. town was closed. Several homes were said to have been washed out along the river. The town's water supply was cut off when sand and debris worked into the reservoir in take, but crews were expected to repair it late today or tomor row, before the present supply is exhausted. Drivers and passengers were stopped at the Hornbrook inspec tion station, and spent, the night in their cars. Long 'Be' at Weed " Reaches Agreement Weed, Calif. (U.R) A wage agreement was announced here today between the Weed divi sion of Long Bell Lumber Co. and 1000 employee members of the Lumber and Sawmill Work ers local union. 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Highways, Bridges Closed State and county highway de partment crews were out all night at wash-out and flooded areas. , The Applegate highway was closed last night because of high water, but extent of damage was not known late this morn ing. Officials said some washout occurred along Bear creek near the Jackson Hot springs bridge, where unconfirmed reports in dicated creek banks ' washing cut close to Highway 99 pave ment. State police late this morning closed the Bear creek bridge at Highway 62 near the Big Y because underpinning was-considered unsafe. Police were checking other, bridges along Bear, creek for t unsafe condi tions. Damage to county roads and bridges also -was extensive. En gineer Paul Rynning and his crews this morning were busy erecting blockades to shut off traffic from impassable spots, to attempt to prevent further damage, and to check danger spots. Wash Outs Reported McKee bridge lost four or five pilings, and has been closed as unsafe. Other bridges closed are the 'Oak Street , bridge in Ash land and the new Valley view bridge, both across Bear, creek, where approaches washed out; the bridge on Suncrest rd. just out of Talent, washed out; the Netherland bridge on Crowfoot rd. across Big Butte creek, where' about 40 feet of the 50 foot bridge was washed out; and the Squaw creek bridge. Cove rd., in the Dead Indian country, is closed Tjecause of a massive pile of washed-up debris, 10 feet high and 90 feet long, which is blocking it. The irrigation flume across Bear creek, part of the system of the Rogue River Valley Irri-' gation district, was washed out, according to District Manager Harold Sexton. The flume cross ed the creek at Mc Andrews rd., and its value was estimated at $15,000 to $20,000. High waters this morning washed out the right abutment of the district's diversion dam across Bear creek, Sexton said. Schools Closed Schools were closed in most Jackson county districts today, most of them as precautionary measures. Several schools have reported they will remain clos ed for the Christmas vacation, while others were undecided at mid-morning today. District 6C schools were clos ed because buses could not reach many places. ' Central Point grade . schools and Crater high school at Central Point were ex pected to operate Friday so far as was known early this after noon. . Eagle Point schools closed to day, because flood conditions affected the heating systems and bus schedules, and will not re open' until' Jan. '3.' Hale' said that the Christmas program planned for tonight -has been cancelled. Schools also were reported closed at Butte Falls, Prospect, Rogue River, Elk-Trail, Eagle Point, -Ruch and Evans Valley. No official word was available concerning opening of schools tomorrow. Rainfall Total 4.06 Inches Rainfall at the Medford air port since 4:30 a.m. Monday to taled 4.06 inches up to 10 a.m. today, weather bureau officials said. During the 24" hours end ing at. 4:30. a.m. today, a .total of 3:02 inches fell. During the past 24 hours, 4.44 inches fell at Crater Lake National park, and similar high amounts ' fell in other higher altitudes. The snow depth at Crater lake melted from 80 inches yesterday morning at 8:30 a.m. to a depth of 66 inches at 8:30 a.m. today, park officials said. ' Western' Union traffic from the Medford office did not be gin moving until about 10. a.m. today .because relay circuits were down. The office reported that it was about lVz hours be hind in handling traffic. New England Still Plagued by Cold Wave By UNITED PRESS Winter arrived across the na tion today, but its baggage of cold, wind, and snow was al ready old stuff to most Ameri cans. New England was deep in a sub-zero freeze, and endless, pounding rains threatened new floods in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. An unseasonable "heat wave" in the Rockies and a warmup in the frost-bound East also dimmed the impressiveness of winter's debut. Winter's official arrival time was exactly 7:12 a.m. (PST), the moment the sun reaches its southernmost point below the equator on its annual trip north. From now on the days will get longer, even though the temper atures are likely to get even colder. ' 30 Below Zero in New York However, winter will have to unleash sorrie of its frostiest blasts to beat such temperatures as today's 30 below zero at Mis sina, N.Y. It was warmer at Anchorage, Alaska, where the mercury stood at 14 above, than the 5 above at Boston, or tne 11 at Buffalo, N.Y. . Elsewhere on the first day of winter, temperatures . were below freezing from Southern North Carolina to Eastern Okla homa, Northeast Kansas, and Northeast Montana. In contrast, other early morning readings in cluded a comparatively mild 49 at Salt Lake City, Utah, and a 42 at Cheyenne, Wyo. Camel for Santa And at Alice Springs, Austral ia, Santa Claus rode through the main streets on a camel in 105-degree temperatures. On this nation's storm-battered West Coast, winter promised ho relief from howling , winds and flooding rains. In Northern California, slides, washouts, and fallen trees block ed scores of roads and highways. All roads into Eureka were clos ed and scores of families evacu ated their homes along the ris ing Russian river. . Flood warnings were' issued along the Russian and flood wa ters from the Eel river had al ready flowed into homes south of Eureka, washing away a $12, 000 house and causingl$125,000 damage to a Bear River lumber mill. It was the same story in Ore gon, where four inches of rain soaked Eugene in a 24-hour per iod . and a Boseburg man was killed when gale-force winds toppled a tree onto him. " ; Two Dead in California Flood waters had already kill ed two persons and caused $2, 100,000 damage in Northern Cal ifornia. In addition, the West Coast's weather was complicat ed by howling blasts of jet stream air at altitudes as low as 6000 feet. The 100-mile-per-hour streams brought airline operations to Ha waii practically to a standstill, holding up nearly 15,000 pounds of .Christmas mail. A Pan-American airways spokesman called the winds "unprecedented," add ing "we can't get under it or over it and we can't get around it, either." Sterilization of Well Water Uraed Bob Hart, county sanitarian, recommended today that all fam ilies using wells should sterilize drinking water until after flood conditions have subsided. Families should sterilize water by boiling for at least ten min utes or by adding household bleach according to directions on the bottle. Sterilization of water should be continued until conditions have returned to nor mal, Hart said, : Families having drilled wells which have flooded can sterilize them, after floods have sub sided, by pouring one quart of household bleach inside the well casing and pumping heavily un til it is certain a complete change of water has been af fected. Hart cautioned that polluted water during and after the, flood might cause dysentery, infecti ous hepatitis or typhoid. Quarterly Dividend Announced by Copco - Directors of California Oregon Power Company today announc ed quarterly dividends of $13'5 f. per share on seven per cent preferred and $1.17V on 4.70 per cent preferred Copco stock. The dividends were for all four quarters of 1955 and will be paid Jan. 16 to stockholders of record Dec. 31. A dividend of 40 cents a share on common stock for the fourth quarter was also declared. f MARKET I 1202 North Riverside i OPEN EVERY NIGHT TIL MIDNIGHT x3i BOWT y BUY THAT CARPET Now.... 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