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TWELVE MEDFORD (0S5S0V) IL TIBUrt2
Tuesday. July i. 1S5T
Home-Installed Warning Devices
Tested To Cut Down on Disaster
Washington V Former civil
defense chief Val Peterson
called today for a nationwide
system of home-installed warn
ing devices to prevent "need
less", deaths from hurricanes
and other natural disasters.
Peterson said the Civil De
fense Administration already is
testing such a device and that
President Eisenhower is inter
ested in its development and
use.
Peterson called on Eisenhower
to report on damage and casual
ties caused by hurricane Audrey
in Louisiana and Texas. He
made a survey rf the stricken
areas as the President's personal
representative.
Peterson told reporters at the
White House that "few, if any"
of the people killed by the storm
needed to die.
Deplores Needless Deaths
He said the Weather Bureau
did a "superb" job of discover
ing, tracking and predicting the
hurricane, which threw a devas
tating nine-foot tidal wave
against Cameron, La. The death
toll is expected to hit 500 by the
time widely scattered bodies are
recovered.
Peterson said it is "under
standable" that many residents
of the area did not respond to
Weather Bureau warnings "be
cause they're a pretty hardy
breed of folks."
But he deplored the needless
deaths which resulted from the
local feeling that "it can't hap
pen here."
"Nature can and will hit any
place and every place," Peterson
said. "We simply must get bet
ter organized."
Device That Squawks
He described the device as a
"little thing" resembling an
oversize double socket. He said
a signal on power lines triggers
a horn or a squawk from the
gadget. That, he said, is a notice
for residents to turn on their
radios immediately for direc
tions and information.
Peterson said civil defense ex
pects to make a "final test" of
the device and "then it would
be ready to do." He said he
hopes that the warning gadget
can be purchased for a "nomi
nal price" of about $3 to S5.
Peterson told "isenhower that
Louisiana's first request for fed
eral aid funds probably will
amount to about $600 million,
but he' did not estimate the
eventual total.
He said that rehabilitation
work is progressing rapidly but
that "it may be weeks or even
months before they find all the
bodies" that were hurled into
ravines, trees and other places
by the high waves that hit the
coast.
Told To Leave Homes
A Coast Guard safety officer
also said that many of those
killed during the hurricane
would be alive if they had
.heeded warnings to flee their
homes.
Cmdr. James N. Schrader,
Coast Guard search and rescue
officer in New Orleans, told a
press conference here Monday
the Weather Bureau warned of
the hurricane 36 hours in ad
vance and "pin-pointed to the
hour" its arrival time 14 hours
before it hit.
"Most people had plenty of
Dr. Thomas Ruffer
Opens Office Here
D. Thomas Rutter, physician
and surgeon, recently announced
the opening of his office for the
practice of general surgery in
the Medical-Dental building, 832
East Main st.
Dr. Rutter was discharged
from the Army in April. He held
the rank of major and served as
chief of the surgical service at
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
He is a graduate of the Har
vard Medical school and com
pleted his surgical training at the
Massachusetts general hospital,
Boston, the Jefferson Davis hos
pital. Houston, Tex., and the Me
morial Hospital for Cancer and
Allied Diseases, New York City.
Before entering the Army in
1955, Dr. Rutter was associated
with the Gundersen clinic in La
crosse, Wise. He is a diplomate
of the American Board of Sur
gery and a fellow of the Ameri
can College of Surgeons. Dr. and
Mrs. Rutter and their three small
sons are living at 132 Winema
Way, Medford.
Said Being
Casualties
time to find a safe place," he
said. "They simply refused to
leave their homes."
Red Cross officials with long
experience in rescue work con
firmed that refusal of persons
to evacuate threatened areas
often multiplies casualties in
natural disasters.
Helicopter Drags Sign
Schrader said newspapers and
radio stations along the Louisi
ana coast carried the hurricane
warnings, trucks were sent
along the beaches urging peo
ple to get to high ground and
a helicopter flew over isolated
villages dragging a sign reading:
"Hurricane approaching."
Messages were dropped on
wooden blocks and coast guards
men knocked on doors with
their warnings.
More than 12 hours before
Audrey arrived, Schrader said,
the Weather Bureau predicted 8
to 10 foot tides.
"In most of thos towns," he
added, "the highest land is only
six feet."
Socy of Vancouver Man
Located in Willamette
Portland HP The body of
Matt Jacobson, 79, missing since
June 15, was found in the Wil
lamette river here Monday, po
lice reported. Jacobson, of Van
couver, Wash., had been listed as
missing after he came here to
attend the Rose Festival and did
not return home.
Mon Desir Listed in !
Magazine Article
The Mon Desir Dining Inn,
Central Point, is among several
roadside inns listed in a feature
article for travelers, "Roadside
Inns and Their Fine Food," ap
pearing in the July 1 issue of Life
magazine.
The article includes color pho
tographs and frief descriptions of
10 dining places in various parts
of the United States. The Mon
Desir, which is operated by Julie
Tummers. is listed on the last
page of the article, along with
39 other dining places in the na
tion. The item states, "Mon Desir,
Central Point, Ore., is an old
country home with landscaped
gardens. Specialty is marinated
prime ribs with home-grown
herbs." The only other Oregon
eating place listed in the article
is The Crab Broiler, Seaside.
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