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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.
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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
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Dwn't aaisc this
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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.
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Caartaay 4esWre1 jStoil
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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-:
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newspaper Trybuna Ludu
ported.
The newspaper gave no
tails and listed no casualties.
Chips today, and enfoy
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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. Hughes'
50-year-old wife, Lenora E., suf
fered forehead lacerations when
her head struck the car wind
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