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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1957)
ft fEW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIt. THIBTJNE Wednesday. June 28, 1957 New Coastal Warning Display System To Go Into Effect Jan. 1 A new simplif ed system of coastal warning displays will he come effective Jan. 1. 1958. the weather bureau has announced. Under the new system, only four separate flas signals during the day and lantern sienals at nicht will be used instead of sev en separate sisnals. The new sia rls for small craft, gale, whole gale and hurricane warnings. Under the present system, warnings are small craft, north east storm, southeast storm, southwest storm and hurricane or whole gale. Not A Replacement The weather bureau pointed out that visual storm warning signals displayed along the coast are supplementary to. and not a replacement for, the written ad visors and warnings given prompt nd wide distribution by press, radio and television. The new system of coastal warning display signals was adopted after several months of preparatory work and consulta tions with marine groups, yacht clubs, shipping agencies and oth er coastal interests. Briefly, the new duplay sig nals are: Small craft warnins: one red pennant by day an red light above a white light t night to indicate winds up to 38 miles per hour. Gale warning: two red pen nants by day and white light above a red light it night to indi cate winds ranjing from 39 to 54 miles per hour. Whole gale warning: a single square red flag with black cen ter by day or two red lights at niht to indicate winds ranging between 55 and 73 miles per hour. Hurricane warning: two square red flags with black centers by day or a while light between two red lights at night to indicate winds- more than 74 miles per hour. Additional information con cerning the new system may be obtained from the Medford weather bureau station at the municipal airport. MONEY At Crotr Finance you may borrow far any worthwhile purpose on your MJRNITUM AUTO S At AST and rpay in monthly install ments. You may choose the terms most suitable to you up to 24 months. Lou may be paid ki ad- aw or I full at any tima. Criter Finance COKPOHATtON 133 Pine St. Ceetral Point rtwne NO 4-1273 Frank Wilkinson, Mgr. Ctvenient Parking Federal School Aid Backers Irked By Ike's Position Washington IP Advocates of federal school aid were dis appointed today by President Eisenhower's lukewarm appro val of a compromise measure to meet the critical classroom shortage. They said the President's posi tion, expressed in a letter to Rrp. Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. IR-X.J.), by no means guarantees passage of the bill. They had hoped the President would unite liberal Democrats and Eisen- ihower Republicans behind the compromise. Eisenhower said it is urgent for Congress to act this year to meet the shortage of classrooms across the nation. But he gave only partial approval to the compromise school aid bill call ; ing for federal outlays of Sl, 500.000,000 during the next five years. 1 He said the measure follows principles "which I consider ba sic to sound federal legislation on this subject," But he de : dined to "pass judgment on all details of this bill while it is still before Congress." The compromise would author ize federal expenditure of S300 million annually for five years. : Half would be allocated to ! states on the basis of need and half on the basis of school popu lation. The President originally sought S325 million in each of the next four years with the money to be distributed solely on the basis of need. Democrats j wanted a six-year program of I $600 million anually with states I matching the money dollar for dollar. s. v s fc & -5 F." r xmtTK xz -S turn NO SLOW BOAT TO CHINA-Somewhere In the China Sea, a Regulus guided missile is shown as it was launched recently from the U. S. cruiser Helena dufSg a Se Woman To Stand by Husband in Slaying of Former Wife and Son Terre Haute, Ind. tfi Mrs. brooding for two days over the , shooting. He said he had spent Dorothy Whitaker, whose hus band shot and killed his ex-wife and son, said today she would stand by her wife-swapping hus ban because he was "fighting for what he thought was right." Thomas Whitaker, 39, a truck drivel, went on a berserk shoot ing rampage Tuesday after Stale Tax Program Debated at Meeting Portland 'IP The tax pro gram passed by the recent Legis lature got a going over Tuesday before the Kiwahis club here with a Democrat defending it and a Republican criticizing it. State Rep. Richard Eyerr.ann, Mohawk Democrat, was critical of those "who use only part of the figures" in criticizing the Democratic tax program. He said it was not proper to cite state income taxes alone in com paring Oregon tax payments with those of other states. State Sen. Lee Ohmart, Salem Republican, said the Democratic controlled Legislature "failed to face up to its responsibility and enact a broad-base tax program." He said he personally favored a sales tax as part of the finance system. Eyemann said greater state in come tax payments lessen the amount of federal tax that must be paid. m Mmmmmlx' 'm aiMineiaiaa nil liieali ' . I grief" he suffered in the wife trade. He fought a gun duel with his ex-wife's husband, Stuart Martin, 40, in the early morning dark ness, crippling him with a shot gun blast in the leg. Uses Shotgun Then he battered his way into Martin's luxurious suburban home to wipe out the woman and child he once loved. He killed his former wife, Mrs. Alma Martin, 36, and her son. Jack Whitaker, 11, with the double barreled shotgun. He then shot ond seriously wounded his daughter, Regina, 9, as she pleaded for her life. Whitaker, held in Vigo county jail under $50,000 bond on a first degree murder warrant, showed no remorse over his killing spree. In a signed statement to Chief Deputy Prosecutor John Kessler, Whitaker was quoted as saying the wife-swapping caused him "lot's of grief" because he couldn't see his children often enough. Mrs. Whitaker told United Press she "definitely" would stand by her husband. She de scribed him as a mild-mannered man who was driven to murder in his fight for what he thought was right. Whitaker surrendered Tues day about 12 hours after the SPORTS ook-Bindinq Art Practiced Westinghouse Automatic 1 WS xtw PAH Ne square e fellows square shape ef thermostat controls heat nt ju&t in one spot as in Dan, gives even hsat over entire cooking surface. Thermometer - tva from edge to edg. ordinary fry pans. Open Handle prevents burned fingers, permits ?asy balancing when filled. lok far the auere pan with the ure etemetrfl H Regularly $2295 LIMITED TIME 1 T95 sou cab be suE...ip rr'sWstinhouse - o DEPARTMENT In iig Y Shopping Center Phone SP 3-3052 St. Bonaventure, N. Y. flr The art of hand-binding books and magazines may be consid ered obsolete in this country, but you couldn't prove it by the vast St. Bonaventure Uni versity library. For the Rev. Joseph Ruther, OFM, head of the university's mathematics department, has proved that the old way has rhyme and reason in this age of machine stitching. The Franciscan friar took up binding as a hobby in 1945 when I the school found it was losing the use of books for long periods of time when they were sent out for repairs. Since then, Father Ruther has become an expert in the art of hand-binding. His hobby has grown into a "full-time, part time job." Father Ruther, aided by two ' student assistants, re-binds an average of 1,200 books and per- iodicals a year. Working in a i basement room of Friedsam Li- brary on campus. Father Ruther ! has rebuilt more than 9,000 vol ! umes since he first took up his 9 l "hobby." i xne worK nasn i cnangea much since bookbinding as we know it was invented by the English in 1832," Father Ruther i said. "One difference now is that strings are on the inside instead of the outside as in the old days. Aiter a while, the job becomes a set of processes. Each book and magazine has its own prob-' lems thickness, type of paper, j etc. but the processes remain : the same." i Father Ruther said bookbind ing had two requisites a good pair of hands and infinite pa tience. "Make one error in the 35 steps and that error plagues i the entire operation," he concluded. the time hiding along the Wa bash river bottomlands and med itating about the double slaying. Martin, a wealthy commercial photographer, and Whitaker be came close friends several years ago as fellow members of the lo cal Elks club. The couples spent many evenings together and last year decided to trade wives. Mr. Whitaker was awarded a divorce Aug. 18, 1956, and the ex-Mrs. Martin won a divorce Dec. 12, 1956. Both wives charged cruelty and neither di vorce was contested. Harold Johnson Heads Ratings of Ring Magazine New York (IP) Harold jonnson oi rnuaaeipnia was named top contender for the light heavyweight crown today in the Ring Magazine's latest ratings. The new designation, climax ing a remarkable rebound may help his campaign for a shot at Archie Moore's 175-pound title Twenty-eight-year-old John son, who can fight as a heavy weight or light heavy, was pre viously listed as the fourth ranking heavyweight aspirant But his impressive first-round knockout of lightheavy contend er Clarence Hinnant on May 31 and his announced campaign for Moore's title, helped shift him to the 175-pound rankings at the top. He was aided also by Canad ian Yvon Durelle's upset draw with Tony Anthony of New York. Anthony dropped from the top to No. 2, and previously unranked Durelle was brought in at number eight. Barry Sullivan's Wife Gels Divorce Santa Monica, Calif. (IP Mrs. Marie Sullivan has been granted a divorce from screen actor Barry Sullivan on testi mony her husband left her last March and "had no intention of returning." The 20-year marriage ended Tuesday when Superior Judge Edward R. Brand granted the divorce and approved a proper ty settlement under which Mrs. Sullivan will receive $2,100 monthly alimony and a percent age of the actor's earni-igs. The Sullivans were married at Tiju ana, Mex., Aug. 13, 1937. 4P.il CLU3 ! -fl NEWS i Talent Sewing Club The Talent 4-H Sewing club i Nimble Fingers, met Monday, j June 10, at the Howell home j Four members were present and ! one visitor. i We discussed our scarfs and ; what we learned by making them. The pre-fair will be held June 29 at the city hall. We will enter onr pincushions, Headless Body Said Remains of Frogman Chichester. Kngland IW A coroner ruled totey that a hftd less body found floating in the harbor here a that of Cmdr. Lionel (Buster) Cr.bb. the frog man who vanished last year while apparently checlting a So viet cruiser. Crabb. a tou.h 46-year-old war hero, was last seen alive in Portsmouth in April, 1956, dur ing the visit of the Russian war ships that brought Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulcanin on a tt visit toBrit- needle cases and scarfs. Refresh- j ajn The body found floating in Chichester Harbor Jun-S, al most 14 month lter. mants were served by Sandra Roth. Judy Bagley will bring re freshments next meeting. Another New and Bigger Forward Control 'Jeep' Truck! o o Here's a completely new, more powerful 7,000 pound CVT For ward Control 'Jeep' Truck, More cargo space on less wheel base ! A 9-foot pickup box on a wheel base only 103'-inches long! Bed is only 27-inches from ground for back saving ease of loading! More efficient space utilization! Compare it with any other 4-wheeI drive truck you'll find that only the 'jeep' FC-170 gives you so much cargo space per inch of w heelbase ! AH-time kiefc for "big-Iaod ' neuverability ! 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