G. Pass, Roseburg
Families Evacuate
As Streams Rise
State of Emergency
In Josephine County
By UNITED PRESS
Families were evacuated from
their homes near Grants Pass
and Roseburg today as heavy
rains drenched western Oregon
and sent streams out of their
banks. Highway and rail traffic
was disrupted by slides and high
water.
A state of emergency was de
clared in Josephine county as
the Rogue river rose under 3.5
Inches of rain in a 12 -hour
period. Schools in the county
were closed as were those at
the town of Rogue. River in
Jackson county.
Families living near the stream
were evacuated. The Rogue rose
to 17.5 feet by 7 a.m. and the
weather bureau in Medford said
it would crest at Grants Pass
about noon today at 18 or 19
feet, well over' flood stage but
below . the crest in December
when damage in the hundreds
of thousands of dollars -was
caused.
Rail Line Blocked
Warming weather loosed three
avalanches of snow, mud nd
ice onto Southern Pacific's main
line and blocked all rail traffic
at Willamette pass in the Cas
cades between Cruzette and
Fields. Four passenger trains
were held up by the slide.
Allt routes between ; "Grants
Pass and Medford were blocked
by high water, washouts and
slides. Water covered Highway
99 near Savage Rapids dam. The
Redwood highway to Crescent
City was open but traffic was
moving with difficulty. A slide
also blocked Highway 99 near
Myrtle Creek in southern Doug
las county.
Schools Close in Douglas -
Surface water inundated a
number -of streets in Grants
Pass. " '
t Further north, at least four
families evacuated their homes
in the Deer Creek area of the
North Umpqua drainage near
Roseburg as a precaution., Doug
las county reported widespread
school closures, with schools not
open at Dillard, Winston, Glide,
Myrtle Creek, Tri-City, Umpqua
and Green. Roseburg schools
were opened but bus service to
many parts of the district was
cancelled.
The South Umpqua was near-
ing flood stage at Winston, aoout
eisht miles south of Roseburg.
Residents said they were more
concerned about warm tempera
tures because of the unusually
heavy snow pack at low levels in
the mountains.
Coquille River Watched
To the southwest, .residents
kept a wary eye on the Coquille
river which is given to sudden
flooding under heavy rain. A
slide interrupted traffic on High
way 42 near Remote.
The Willamette river still was
far below flood stage but was
rising rapidly. In the 1 24 hours
ending at 8 a.m. the Willamette
had come up 5.3 feet at Eugene,
4.8 feet at Salem and 1.7 feet at
Corvallis. The forecast called for
moderate to substantial rises in
most streams during the next
one to two days. :'
The weather outlook called for
more rain, with heavy amounts
at times. The five-day outlook
called for up to five inches of
rain in coastal regions and one
to three inches in interior-parts
of western Oregon.
In the 24 hours ending at 4:30
a jn., Brookings on the southwest
coast got 2.29 inches, Medford
2.14 inches and Salem 2.10 inch
es. Corvallis reported 2.25 inch
es, Albany 2.16 inches. .
Courthouse Offices
Closed Tomorrow
The post office, all federal,
state and the courthouse offices
will be closed tomorrow, George
Washington's birthday.
' Retail stores, banks, and city
hall offices will remain open
Oregon State Liquor commis
sion retail stores' and agencies
will be closed, but licensees of
the commission need not close
unless they wish to do so. ,
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
. New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 476.93, up 0.47; 20 rail
roads 159.17, off 0.11; 15 util
ities 65.24, up 0.31; and 65 stocks
169.67 up 0.19. Sales today were
about 2,240,000 shares compared
with 2,530,000 yesterday.
Weather
FORECAST: Intermittent rain
through Wednesday. Low to
night 38; high tomorrow 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday ; 49
Lowest this Morning 37
Prec to 4:30 a-m. Today 2.14
5 1 11 I MEDFOEf"mJTRIBUNE:
NATHAN DOUTHIT
Win Elks Most Valuable Student Award
Crater, Medford High
Students Win Award
Natnan Douthit, Crater High
school student, and . Nancy Mc
Keown of Medford High school,
have been chosen as local can
didates for the Elks Foundation
"Most Valuable Student" schol
arship award.
Douthit is the son of Mr. and
Mrs.' J W. Douthit, Central
Point. Miss McKeown is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
J. McKeown, 109 South Orange
st. Four other students received
honorable mention.
The two first place winners
will go to Klamath Falls next
Revised Armory
Plans Approved
Revised plans for the new
Medford armory have been ap
proved by federal authorities,
it was reported today.
Lt Col. Paul Kliever, armories
officer for the Oregon National
Guard, said the plans and speci
fications have received approval
of the National .Guard .bureau
and of the bureau of the budget.
It. is hoped that bids can be call
ed as soon ' as "Friday;'of this j
week, :, v" - " -v'"' '
The building, to be construct
ed on a site at the fairgrounds
for an estimated cost of $348,000,
will replace the old Medford
armory which was largely de
stroyed by fire several years
ago. State, federal, county and
city funds will be used in con
struction. Original plans for the new
armory were revised and cut
down after the first cajl for bids
resulted in offers well above
estimates.
Park Const ruction
Funds OK'd by House
Washington (U.R) The House
voted today to almost triple
the Interior Department's allow
ance for construction work in
the national, parks.
Members said conditions In
some parks are a disgrace. Facil
ities for the public are inade
quate and overcrowded.
The funds were included in
a $415,965,200 appropriation to
run the Interior Department and
related agencies during the next
fiscal year starting July 1.
The measure, passed by voice
vote and sent to the Senate for
approval, provides $15,000,000
for park construction. President
Eisenhower asked for $5,200,000
and $5,400,000 is being spent
this fiscal year.
The Park Service as a whole
would get $67j688,000, the larg
est sum ever given the agency.
Oregon Traffic Deaths
Among Lowest in Nation
' Salem (U.R) Oregon was one
of only 13 states to report fewer
traffic deaths in 1955 than in the
preceding year, Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry said today.
Oregon had a 3 per' cent re
duction. ! California and Wash
ington recorded increases, Cali
fornia with a 10 per cent in
crease and Washington with 12
per cent. . '
. Nationally traffic deaths
showed an 8 per cent increase
with a total of 38,300. Oregcn
fatalities totaled 410 compared
with 422 in 1954.
Dougas Couple Held
On Child Mistreatment
Roseburg (U.R) Daniel
Stienon, 37, and his wife, Mary,
31, were in custody here today
on charges of causing their four
adopted children to become de
pendent in what Douglas coun
ty authorities termed a child
mistreatment case.
The children were being cared
for by the Douglas County Wel
fare department. They are Rod
ney Wesley, 6; Mary Elizabeth,
9; William Edward, 11; and
Shirley Irene, 13.
NANCY McKEOWN
Sunday, to compete with win
ners from Elks lodges in Bend,
Roseburg, Grants Pass, Ashland,
Lakeview and Klamath Falls for
the Oregon South district
award.
District winners will later
compete in Portland for the
state awards, .which will be
scholarships of $1,200, for first
place; $600, second place, and
$400, third place. '
Local students receiving hon
orable mention were James W.
Korth, Phoenix High school, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Don Korth,
route 1, box 330, Talent; David
Gault, Medford High, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Gault, 3426
Delta Waters rd.; Sandra Owens,
Phoenix High school, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Owens,
route 1, box 346, Talent, - and
Donna Dee Eskew, Crater. High
school, - daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Eskew, route 1, box
502, .Gold Hill.
. All six local winners will re
ceive engraved wristwatches at
a later presentation ceremony.
Basis of Awards
' Winners were chosen on a bas
is of scholarship, extra curric
ular and out of school activities,
personality? -and, leadership,., per-i
serverance and resourcefulness,
general worthiness, citizenship
and need.
Young Douthit, first place
winner in this contest, also .was
one of the two top contenders
in the recent youth leadership
contest, also sponsored by the
BPOE. ,
Communism by Peace
Plugged by Bulganin
Moscow r (U.R) Premier
Nikolai . Bulganin today pro
claimed a policy of atomic age
Communism designed to social
ize the world without war.
He indorsed Soviet Commun
ist party First Secretary Nikita
S. Khrushchev's dictum that war
between capitalism and Com
munism is not inevitable.
He also underscored the new
concept previously laid down by
the current meeting of Commun
ist party leaders here that var
ious countries can go through
the transition to Communism fey
peaceful m e a n s, sometimes
through parliamentary action.
He coupled his call for Com
munism through peace with a
declaration that the Soviet Un
ion is ahead of all countries in
the world in developing atomic
energy for peaceful uses.
"The lead must be kept in the
future," he said, and underlined
it as the bedrock of .the new
Communism by saying:
"The Communists must fully
place the greatest discovery, of
the 20th century, atomic energy,
at the service of building Communism."
White House Increasingly Irritated
Over Pressure for President's . Decision
Thomasville, Ga. (U.R) The
White House today evidenced in
creasing sensitivity and even ir
ritation toward efforts to pry
out the details of President Eisen
hower's second term announce
ment. ' - .
, On the basis of what the Pres
ident has said in the past he will
make known his intentions late
this month or possibly early in
March. . .
Hagerty Daily Target
. Press Secretary James C. Hag
erty is the daily target of many
questions seeking to establish
what the President will an
nounce when he will say it, and
where.
Today he warned reporters to
stop "pressing" and asserted "the
President will make his an
nouncement at his time and no
body else's."
Secretary of Treasury George
M. Humphrey, Mr. Eisenhower's
Georgia host, was sure to be
pressed for the big answer to
morrow when he flies to New
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Washington U.R) The pub
lic got a look today at the U.S.
Air Force's long range pilotless
bomber that can carry an atomic
warhead some 5,000 miles.
, It also got a chance to see a
U. S. 60-foot rocket from which
a 1,500-mile intermediate ballis
tic missile is being developed.
The pilotless bomber called
the Snark can navigate itself
by taking automatic sightings of
the stars. But it's a long way
from being the dread intercon
tinental ballistic missile which
is now the center of considerable
controversy. - ;-
Some congressmen, notably
Sens Henry M. Jackson CD-
Senate Committee
Votes Probe of
Improper Lobbying
Washington (U.R) The
Senate Republican Policy com
mittee voted unanimously today
for the establishment of a spec
ial eight-man committee to con
duct a "wide open" investiga
tion of improper lobbying and
other attempts to influence Con
gress. The action, voted by about
40 of the Senate's 47 Republi
cans, virtually assures the cre
ation of such a committee to car
ry out a broad investigation to
follow up the disclosure by Sen.
Francis Case (R-S.D.), that an
oil lobbyist had offered him " a
$2500 campaign contribution
during debate on the natural
gas bill.
Wide Open Investigation
Chairman Styles Bridges (R
N.H.),. who heads the GOP . Pol;
icy " committee;-- announced the;
committee's action to newsmen
after a regular lunch meeting
of the group. All GOP Senators
were invited to attend.
Bridges said the investigation
"will be wide open."
He said the sentiment at the
meeting made it plain that lob
bying by many groups, in addi
tion to those interested in the
gas bill, will be included.
Bridges put the lobbying activ
ities of "foreign goverpmers"
high on the list of topics to ..
considered.
May Extend Deadline
The GOP group acted shortly
after Chairman Walter F.
George (D-Ga.), announced that
the special Senate committee
selected to investigate only the
Case incident will probably
have to ask for an extension of
its present March 1 reporting
deadline. George said the group
probably won't be able to re
port until about March 10.
Road Conditions
Highway 99 Siskiyous
Packed snow, chains required;
8 inches new snow.
Highway 99, north Closed,
high water.
Highway 66, Green Springs
Packed snow, chains re
quired; 16 inches new snow.
, Highway 199 Open.
Highway 277 Closed at
Milo, slide.
Portland (U.R) Support of
fluoridation has been urged of
the Portland Central Labor
Council by Dr. Herbert Good
man. York for a speaking engage
ment. '
Mr. Eisenhower will return to
Washington by air Saturday
morning. .
Hagerty grew firm as reporters
questioned him about whether to
believe that Feb. 29 would be
the date of the President's an
nouncement. Spends Long Hours
"There is absolutely no reason
to believe that, one way or an
other," Hagerty said.
"The President will make his
announcement at his time and
nobody else's."
Since last Wednesday when
the President arrived here, he
and Humphrey have spent long
hours together riding over the
cabinet member's large planta
tion in search of quail,; and
chatting together before Hum
phrey's broad fireplace in the
evenings. :
Humphrey is one of the "trust
ed . advisers" with whom the
President'has discussed the pros
Wash.) and Stuart Symington (D
Mo.) have charged that Russia is
ahead of the United States in he
race for this so-called ultimate
weapon. Administration leaders
concede Russia may be. ahead in
some aspects of the race, but
overall the United States has a
lead.
The pilotless bomber limps
along through the atmosphere at
a mere 600 miles an hour, mak
ing it a relatively easy , target
for defenders. ' '
The intercontinental ballistics
missile would be hurled into the
stratosphere, .much like a . giant
artillery shell, and travel at su
personic speeds. It would be
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bees and scientists ready the camp to spend the winter in the Antarctic. U. S. Navy
photo was made Jan. 14.
Zone Change Pleas
Due Before Council
Two public hearings on re
quested zone changes will be
held at a meeting of the city
council at 7:30 pan. today.
The changes requested are
from multiple family to com
mercial for lots 10 and 11 in
Morey's addition, located on the
North side of West Main st. at
Sixth st., and from single fam
ily to commercial for lots 1
through 5 and lots 20 to 24 in
block one of the Laurelhurst
addition and an area north of
Stevens st. and east of Crater
ave.
The council will also consider
an amendment to the plumbing
ordinance; bids for construction
of the eastside fire station; leas
ing airport property to Medford
Air Service for crop dusting op
erations; a connection charge in
lieu of assessment for sanitary
sewers; and an exchange of
lands between the water com
mission and Medford Corpora
tion on the Medford watershed.
City Manager Robert Duff
will report on an assessment
method for the Valley View
Capital ave. sanitary sewer sys
tem. '
and cons of standing for reelec
tion. Their conversations have
been against the background of
Mr. Eisenhower's heart attack
of last Sept. 24 and the desire
of most GOP leaders that the
President head the 1956 ticket
It was doubtful that Humphrey
has the answer. There has been
no evidence in Thomasville to
indicate ?that the President has
made up his mind. One thing
did seem certain the first au
thoritative word on the Presi
dent's decision will come from
Mr. Eisenhower, himself, and
not from one of his associates. -Next
News Conference
" The President has said that
he hopes to have enough infor
mation on which to base a deci
sion by the end of this month
and that a public announcement
will come shortly. Press Secre
tary James C. Hagerty said Mon
day that he, assumed the Presi
dent's next news conference in
Washington would be Feb. .29,
the last day of the month.
V 4 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1956
aimed and fired like an artillery
piece. It would not be guided by
radio and radar while in the
air, like the Snark.
The rocket the Army's Red
stone is a ballistic missile de
signed to strike targets at 200
mile range. It travels at super
sonic speed. ,
The Defense Department Mon
day released pictures of the
Snark and the Redstone as con
troversy over how the U. S. mis
sile program compares with Rus
sia's continued unabated.
The Redstone, a derivative of
the German World War II -V2
and developed at Redstone Ar
senal Ala., by German scientists,
Willamette Slide
Halts Rail Traffic
Eugene U.R) . Warming
weather last night . loosened
three avalanches of snow and
ice onto Southern Pacific's main
line and blocked all rail traffic
at Willamett pass between Cru
zette and Fields.
Hundreds of passengers in
four trains were stalled on each
side of the slide area.
A freight train was stalled in
the slide area and snow and ice
pushed against two cars stand
ing on the lip of a canyon near
the high Cascade town of Fra
zier. Southern Pacific officials
Premier of Greece
Accused by Enemies
Athens U.R) Premier Con
stantine . Karamanlis' - political
enemies accused him today of
"cooking up" the election results
which re turned him to power by
a narrow margin.
The charge was made by Soph
ocles Venizelos, one of the lead
ers of the Popular Front which
failed to oust the pro-Western
Karamanlis in Sunday's. parlia
mentary elections.
Venizelos said Karamanlis or
ganized an "unparalleled elec
toral orgy" in order to win a
slender majority of 155 seats de
spite the fact that .the Commu
nist backed Democratic Union
polled a majority of the popu
lar vote.
Venizelos repeated an election
day charge that officers rigged
the vote of the 140,000 American-trained
and equipped troops
and ' demanded new elections
among soldiers and in unspeci
fied regions where he said ir
regularities occurred. .
Interim Tax Study Group
Will Meet Next Friday
Salem (U.R) The Legislative
Interim Tax Study committee
will meet in the capitol here Fri
day and Saturday, Sen. Rudie
Wilhelm Jr. of Portland, chair
man, said today. :
The committee will continue
its consideration of Oregon's tax
structure and the effect of taxa
tion on industrial development.
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Leading securities and com
modity' markets throughout the
United States will' be closed
tomorrow in observance of
George Washington's birthday.
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is considered the prototype for
the forthcoming Army-Navy mid
range, or 1,500-mile, missile.
The Air Force also is working
on a mid-range ballistic missile.
The pictures revealed that the
Redstone is filled with its liquid
propellant and given service
checks in a unique structure
100 feet tall. .
The rocket is placed upright
in the serving structure, which
is located at the Missile Test Cen
ter at Patrick Air Force Base,
Fla. During the delicate fueling
operation, the structure can be
rolled away from the missile if
anything goes wrong. . ,
said no attempt would be made
to move the cars until a mobile
crane reached ' Frazier.
, The slide blocked rail travel
on the main route between Port
land and San Francisco. The
northbound Cascade was held at
Crescent and the southbound
Klamath. was held at Oakridge.
Departure of the , southbound
Shasta Daylight streamliner
from Portland was cancelled un
til the extent of slide damage
could be determined. The north
bound Klamath was held at
Klamath Falls. The Siskiyou
route, normally used as an al
ternate, was closed at Myrtle
Creek and Grants Pass.
A heavy snowfall smothered
the Willamette pass highway
route last night and a jam of
stalled cars and trucks blocked
the road just west of Salt Creek
tunael.':-
Southern Pacific officials said
they hoped to have the slides
cleared by about 1:30 p.m. today
and they . expected to restore
full service on . the line imme
diately afterward.
Clearing, Grading
For Bridge Slaris
Clearing and grading of re1
cently ' acquired rights of way
for the new McKee . bridge on
the Applegate began Saturday
by county crews, according to
County Engineer Paul Rynning.
The county court recently pur
chased right of way property
from - David Winningham, Ben
Twiss and Arthur Hall.
The state highway commission
last week awarded the R and M
construction company of Central
Point the contract for construc
tion of the bridge, about one-half
mile upstream from the present
old covered bridge. The R and M
bid was $55,950 and includes
construction of . a 302-foot rein
forced concrete deck girder
bridge.
Rynning said construction is
expected to begin soon.
William Healy Files
Congress Candidacy
Salem "r: (U.R) William. E.
Healy, former assistant secretary
of state, today filed his can
didacy for Republican nomina
tion for representative in Con
gress from the first Oregon
congressional district. He had
announced his candidacy earlier.,
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Families Evacuated
From Low Sections
Along Rogue River
Conditions Not. As
Bad As December's
The Jackson county court late
this morning declared an emer
gency in the county as a result
of local flooding :r conditions
which caused extensive damage
to highways and evacuation -of
several families.
At least seven families were
evacuated from along Rogue
river in the Rogue River-Gold
Hill area by noon today. Two
families were evacuated in
Shady Cove and two in Central
Point.
Civil Defense and Red Cross
workers were organized on a
standby basis to set up canteens
and evacuate 'other families from
lowlands if necessary.
More Rain Seen
During the past 36 hours,
more than 3 inches of rain was
recorded at the Medford wea
ther bureau station, and inter
mittent rain is expected to con
tinue through tomorrow. The
five-day forecast calls for re
curring rains in western Ore
gon with amounts ranging from
one to three inches in the inter
ior, cureau officials said.
Rains will keep creeks and
rivers at moderately high levels
today, bureau officials said, and .
local flooding from poor drain
age conditions will continue. .
However, Rogue river was ex
pected to crest early this after
noon nbout two feet helow fl nnrl
stage at Dodge bridge, and be
tween one and two feet above
flood stage at Grants Pass. 5
Local Flooding ' . ' ,
Most damage was caused from
local flooding conditions. Sur
face water in many places in
the Rogue River - Gold Hill area
made muddy lakes at the base of
hills.
County Engineer Paul Ryn
ning said damage to county
roads may bo as high as the De
cember, flood.
Most roads leading into Grants
Pass from Medford were closed,
but . state police said. Highway
238 might open this afternoon
after a slide between Provolt
and Murphy was cleared. High
way 99 between Medford and
Rogue River was covered with
several inches of water in low
areas, but was not closed to
traffic.
Red Cross workers in Rogue
River made arrangements for a
canteen at the Riverdale restau
rant and Live Oak Grange, if
necessary,, and furniture and
the Presbytrian church and the
Gunar Wohgren building. A plan
for registration of persons need
ing help was underway by Red
Cross.
. Along the river, residents
worked with shovels to find new
drainage for standing water.
Flooding from the river itself
threatened homes on the lower
banks.
Roads Closed
An incomplete list of county
roads closed by high water, how
ever, included Missouri Flats rd.,
some sections of the Applegate,
the China Gulch rd., the Central
Point-Jacksonville hwy., Grant
rd. between Scenic ave. and Tay
lor rd., and East Evans Creek rd.
between Rogue River and Wi
mer, ; which has been closed by
snow and fallen trees..
The bridge on Taylor rd. over
Griffin creek has been washed
out.
In Medford, City Manager
Robert Duff stated that flooding
of streets was more extensive
than during the December
floods.
, Wells have been flooded in , a
larger area than during the De
cember floods, Bob Hart, county
sanitarian said. He warned that'
flooded wells may be considered
contaminated and, that well
drinking water should be boiled."
Griffin creek was "running
wild" in the Central Point-Jacksonville
highway area, which
gave rise to unconfirmed reports
that it had changed its course,
running into Jackson creek in
stead of Rogue river.
Vera Taylor, ranger at the
Star ranger station in Applegate,
reported that 5.20 inches of rain
fell there since Saturday. In the
24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today,
there was 3.72 inches.
At the Medford weather bu
reau station, a total of 2.14
inches fell in the 24 hours end
ing1 at 4:30 a.m. today, and be
tween midnight Sunday and 10
a.m. today, 3.01 inches fell. The
total since Sept. 1, is 23.74
inches, 11.41 inches above nor
mal. Schools Close
Schools at Elk-TraiL Oak
Grove and Eagle Point High
school were closed because of
flooded basements. Ruch and
Evans Valley schools were closed
yesterday and today because of
power failures and road condi
tions. Rogue River and Jackson
ville schools were closed todav
because of road conditions. k
V.