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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1957)
o o O czP oo o o o o o o o O CD o o O CO ,c0 o o 0 Q D O Oo O o o TWELVE-McQgttBg BSgON) MAIL, TRIBUNE Bodies, Looting Become Major Problems In Coastal Areas Leveled by Hurricane Lake Ciiarlcs, La. (9 Bfr covery and burial crews (SjJ.-ffjed up their efforts today "To 6C underground the bodies of So man beings and thetcaviassefei thousands of animals kil(el by hurricane iVliofty. The feajl were becomih a serious pre lem. Dick Roberts, identification officer, said 175 bodies0 had been processed through the warehouse on the Lake Charles waterfront, where all bodies from the devastated Louts&na coastal area are received. Gov. Earl Long said the dead and missing in the hurricane and a giant tidal wave that came with it will exceed 400. In addi tion to those that came through the warehouse, there was no telling how many survivors on the coast had simply buried their dead without telling any body. Danger of Snakei Carpenters at Lake Charles worked in assembly lines, mak ing coffins. On the coast in the devastated towns and villages Cameron, Creole, Grand Chcnier crews in boats patrolled the marshes, looKing for more bodies. Deputy Sheriff Sam Mazilly lent a crew to the Sweet Lake Big Lake area with pistols today to shoot coltonmouth moccasins, which are striking at rescue crews. The snakes normally live along the edges of the bayous in the brush. The tidal wave drove thousands of them up into the villages and towns where they angrily strike at anything that comes by. The weather along the coast was hot and humid causing bodies and carcasses quickly to putrefy. Authorities threatened to post guards around every house in ome areas to prevent looting, which has become a major prob lem. However, the dead and disease remained the big problem. Around Cameron the smell pf death hung like a cloud. Thous ands of bloated carcasses of cat tle and pels lay rotting in the (un. Serum Bushed To Seen Tetanus, typhoid and gan grene serum was flown in from New Orleans. At Lake Charles, 75 carpen ters worked in assembly lines building coffins, some of which will be' filled with unidentified dead. At least 140 coffins had been constructed and carpenters were working on an order for 100 more. At Warehouse No. 4, on tl.i Lake Charles docks, where the 173 bodies from the Cameron area were kept, a stench hung for several blocks. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Henry Reid said it was "becoming a public health problem." Two Red Cross nurses had to ...the only widely recommesdad grass hopper insecticide that ear lie used within 15 days of pastur&m wteressiingF NO CONTAMINATION OF MILK G? gfcS UST5A tast show ng contamination of milk when c99t4 iaj Hpt-chlor-treated hay! SHORTER WAITING PERIOD You can gssturfc tt harvest just 7 days after using Keptachlor! LONG LASTING Heptachlor kills g:sshoppjsc quic! after application and also provides residual grotgptio ftfiP two to three weeks or more. O o er-e wear: cimix mask dipped to am monia when they entered the Warehouse. "W. Billy Pnmm, a ttieWiCjaD w-orfcicg at the ware fouse. toid, Reid jKere were Scout SO uuidentified todies at ttffl ecJOtng pc&rft. ryieTimjc tBdven Jfteeoo;riitidn :msi- ji o Efiese ce pe Proposed OfMtref Parking Program City officials discussed and ' quiring'the same feg from thS defended the city's proposed off-! biggest stores in town as from street parking plan this morn-1 the smallest shops. Revision of ing, at a meeting of the commit-1 the schedule was planned even tee on government operations of j before the off-street parking the Jackson County Chamber of matter came up, he sid. Commerce On hand to participate were Councilman Fred Robinson, City Manager Robert Duff, and Tony Manno, a member of the citizens budget committee and longtime leader in the effort to obtain off street parking. Different Proposal Mannij, declared that the pro poftl this year is totally unlike the one defeated by Medford voters last November. Thtre is no neral tax feature to the plan this time, he pointed out. And lo; said most of those close to the situation are convinced the earlier plan was defeated be cause of the general obligation bond feature, which made votfirs fearful of the possibility of in creased property taxes. Manno said the budget com mittee and council have gone back to the original purpose of parking meters providing more parking space and a more rapid turnover and have allocated parking meter revenues to the purpose for which it was first in tended, more parking space. Meter Revenues In the 1957-58 city budget, a fund of S50.000 for acquisition and operation of off-street park ing spaces is allocated. Of this amount, $35,000 comes from present parking meter revenue. and the other $15,000 from in creases in meter revenue created by the recent change of some of the meters and the extension of parking meter hours. Manno and Robinson declared that it is "right" to use parking meter revenue for parking pur pose and added that the bene fits do not accrue solely to the downtown area, but will be help ful to the entire community. ' Dcvision of the business tax, which as long been under con sideration, is an entirely sep arate and different matter, Rob inson emphasized. He declared the council has felt for several years that the present business tax schedule is inequitable, re- Monday, July 1 1957 yond facial recognition. Person bunting for missing relatives and friends were asked to look at watches, Jewelry and mil iar items in is attempt to make identification. Crop dusting planes with In secticide nd dajinlectant were ordered: tQ xprz? the coastal Business License Ee The business license fee revi sion is expected to bring in some S35.000 additional to the city during the coming year, and while It will in effect "offset" the expenditure of parking me ter revenues for off-street park ing, this is incidentaf to the pur post of the revision, Robinson said. Manno, in discussing the use of meter funds for parking, de clared that ex-Mayor Hob Deuel, who was in office when meters were first installed, sajs the city would have dedicated all meter revenue to expansion of parking facilities then, if it had been known how tremendously traffic and the demand for Dark- fjhg space would increase. Duff reported that the city is now working but the final de tails of the business tax schedule revision, and that it will be 'pre sented soon to the council. Parking Districts He also discussed the measure passed by the recent legislature which permits cities to forn? parking districts, and to issue revenue bonds, backeH by the parking facilities themselves and the assets of parkrn districts. While such action is not foreseen in the immediate future here, he said it may well be used later, and would fit into the parking plan as worked out by the council and budget committe. Also discussd briefly were the pay increases granted to city employees this year. Duff explained that they were grant ed to bring city workers into line with pay for comparable work in other cifles and in pri vate industry,, and that the in creases were made inside the framework of the pay schedules set up after a survey several years ago. A committee adjourned for the summer, subject to call by the chairman, Gerald Latham. The committee will be presented at the city budget hearing on Friday, July 12. Selective Hog Buying Urgeg Chicago (If! Thg ftmeritfgn Meat Institute urged a more se lective hog buying system tailor ed to meet today's appetite demand for leaner pork. The AMI, national trade o ciation of the meat packing in dustry, said Sunday "producei gill benefit to y It tt cheaper to raia megt-typa Jiqgs tbgn their fitter cou$&. ia ad dition . . . raorl letn cuts in tfte totfll port supply will img?o consumer demand for gore"." The institute Mid pcinf companies now t-ttempt to buy hogs on a "merit basis" which recognizes a value difference bsV taeon individual hog. But hos hove to ha xrte8 for both weight anS grade he ibre ejile. the. AMI said, ia order fbr packer to offer 'different prices. Hog producers have pointed out that they have not received "exifficient price incentive" to fljutt production to meet con sumer demand, so discounts lor overfat hogs should be made, the AMI taid. Puntan To Give Tofe On Jtaeent Legit ation Aehlead State Rep. Robert X&incn rill apeak on recent legielation affecting classroom teachers and education in gen 01 at Southern Oregon col lege aaeembly Wednesday, July , at 11 a.m. The assembly will be held in Churchill hsll." College officials lave invited the public to the program. CIlOVfDED Bf TOOTHf ICf Omaia. Keb. Aa Am erica a Airline plana had to make forced landing bcau f a tothpick in a martini. Hen Vy Wcaire, Tucson, Ariz., saM loaned the tcothpic in his msr tioi ags the plane flew over Isa. The pilot made an B3?hedule landing o Moore coulo ba ruaiied to hrnital here tne ttgothpic was remov- I Orn.yjmin franklin first i- (g) feyljaiit stviraji :. fficials Defend area. Flames through the night marked the funeral pyres of thousands of cattle drowned in the tidal wave, which had be son to explode in the hot cun. Long's estimate was one of many varied opinions on the probable number of dead and missing. Larry W. Stevenson, Cakajieu Parish civil defense director, said it seemed the death toll would reach 3S0. State civil Sefen chief Wfij. Gen. Baymeod Huff-t estimated ITS. VaJ Peterson, Presient i senjwwef s representative on tbe scene, said ttujj tail might rig Vo ioOO. 7 he tnineins 1 stood gtginmt SUD and 3i.04 Ve Ml.tW were hwasWss. About TO. er cent of ties, taikhngs in Cameron Par ish fere vrracksd ia ths (jjurri cana Thursday. Hm Fcur.d After Amnesia Speli Pasco, Wash. tfi A. clergy man who lost his memory ahile boating in Idaho two months ago said today resawing it es like "coming out of a tunnsl." The Rev. Andrew Daughters. 37, rector of the Ipiscape! church here was reunited with his wife and four sons Suntiey nig,'($ after coming to" at a Sunday service in San Fran cisco's Grace Cathedjal. His family had believed him drowned in g sudden squgU. Daughters was unable to give any account of the weeks "lost out -of my life." Sut'he recalled the day he went boating on Coeur D'Aleijp, Idaho, on April 26. "I set out to paddle my boat across an (arm of the lake after a conference at the church camp," he said. "A squall came up and it was rough, but the boat did not overturn. I remem ber docking the boat. The last thine I remember is Oepping up on the doc.. ThfcrP the next thing I member is look ing up outside the church in San Franciscog I remember the service only vaguely . . ." Befurnsd to ChgrcB Father Nicholas Deis, of Sa cred Heart Catholic church, ?nd his beloved boxer dog, "Pete", were i.inited Sunday. "Pete," also affectionately known as "Idiot", was reported missing Saturday and the Mail Tribune published father Deis' plea for "Pete's" return or prop er care. After readini the' newspaper article Sunday morning. Mrs. Glenn M. Wilkins, 808 Itenyon ave.. observed a dog fitting "Pete's" description in her neighborhood. Sh called him by name and when ha respond ed, Mrs. Wilkins taok him to her home Qnd telephoned the church. The large, filfendly doaj was reported to be very hungry u&on his return, but suffering no oth er ill effects from ling lost. o ttorrtfss fetappti&3 To To 4i?gre8fa"cft Coanctf Salem (IPs Gov. Robert D. Holmes ,jaid today tbjt Robert M. Robson, Portland, and I. 4. E3rr,Springfleld, hgv lean r tggointed to kfte Oregon Aegren .feieen$ Council. They are among eight Member regressit ingi "industry on tfte couacil, which i Set ho to encourage apprenticeship training and htg establish standards. Mrs. Bernica B. lgrr, Port land, was reappointed to the Stgte Board of Cosmetic Therapy Examiners. Minnesota, gnoan for its 10, 000 lakes, actually has mora than 11,000. Spectacular FIREKTO THURSDAY ftAedford High Stadium Y.EI.C.A. CAE3P BEMEFIT f.'5SW Dwn't aaisc this g- ! aw Cenfral Pom! Mafic Injured in Accident Benrf Drwiglns- Kimmona, 3!, routs 1, tax ITS, Central Point, was treated iar hacti injuries at Bojue Valley hospital Sun day after his car left Hdgtrvay 99 near Kogue River, gbrudc 8 bank and turned ovef . According to stale police, Kimmons- voa driving ttorth on the highway and etarh to pass a true. Tiie truck eras attempt ing to pau another vehicle arid Eimmons applied bis brakes, went ait the highway and hit a bang on ths es4 aide tst the rol. After hitting the bang, the car turned over gnd fell bgcfe 01 tk highly 8 its' wheels. Police said Himmcns' 42-yegr-eU wife. Lucy Prgnces, ws -- out U the ogr find swf fwod pavetnewt burns Simmons was taken to tha hoital y Madford Ambulance service. The jjccidsat oeewreil gt S-m. ftetar to bttxraml Slem ir Gasoline pricey hftrg. were bgck to normal todgy oter a thru-uk period in which major stations were sell ing regular gasoline ftt 29.9 cents per gallon. Operators agreed to return to the 33 to JS-cent rang at A week end meeting. su-.-, nljB i ' .''"'"'.".--.:V. - "ffMill brillianr Aerial asa Oroaad Display Paad. Admiy: tiMf, 91.04; ChilaVea, Ma. Caartaay 4esWre1 jStoil a. msm -iv jy; -JS Quotes From tls Isis eyBvr. Pa. (Gen. JitrUfik MiB, Aot 'ob36 ajdtaft. 6n Ua prospect oX ouc1beo fa: "rxwuse. of Vm kMeidjki Btuv a$ e ji-. fmi nm'9ee U apptso . . . lnrreasiirBly nliei Aa atf.y natiew vill Wiiw srtely embark n wajf pit Kj QmsBBCi at ret (pros! m filhiiatiuTx Leke Charles. le Wr & sloy gntuiiarijcBfe Knoa cano Aodrtr tsdai rave "ftjjj fa he x0tidr etw&ua) oM it ia sjsoffi douLbtlvi nev iu-i I &bU eucat ay aat4er. sister and sister fWBiv t efgetvm! jooolwWif very for me. 1 hqt ?qe $e iigi zf olal to fidti." Vfialiington Sn. John W. Briefer ,R-Ohio). on whether the United States or Jtpn should try GI William S. Girard: "I think that if anybody ie going to be protected bv the con stitutional guarantees, that ouht to be the man who caffies the , pin fird enlists in the Army." . Sie farft aa(kslav PrQigegt Tito, in a filmed television! WateanrKW, cej wkat kind of government the grandchildren of j &aynrWHl)i todaa will live under: i "It ia 1h tke American people to decide what system of 6?ty it gill develop and what system it would prefer." ! Cameron, La. A state trooper, 6n the problem of preventing looting in the Cajun country, hard hit by hurricane Audrey: ! "It looks like many kept their money in their homes. One ' man told me his mothr had S5.000 cash in her home that he 1 knew of, and when he went to get it he could find only S350." ' Riots Brcsafe 0f During Warsaw 1IP1 Riots broke out Saturday in Siedlice, a town of 40,000 east of Warsaw, when militiamtQt forcibly removed eight families from apartments 't - !l' .i.ir '-f4"-r ' 4aor difference and whof fiavaf HfVencl lw9$ oJHallgf's Potato RRS SHOW - 4th of JULY . . Help the YMCA Camp Tribuaa Siedlkm Evictions they occupied illegally. the re-: 1 de-l newspaper Trybuna Ludu ported. The newspaper gave no tails and listed no casualties. Chips today, and enfoy . aj " ,0 Man Cited Jovaph Hope, 68, lakeview, VBft arrestee) by state police and charged with driving while in tobate4 Sunday after the ve twpa o was operating collided io araptlear car on Highway 62 aj:a Casey state park. Bolica id Hope was driving Vevt on the highway on the Von9 side of the road and his hicle collided head-on with a ca oporated by George Sheldon Hashes, 51, Shady Cove. Hughes VS traveling east on the high ojoy and stopped when he saw Hope's car approaching. 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