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52nd Year TVLA IT BRAVES EVEN Price 10e RIB UN TOM United Pre Full Leased Wir United Press Full Leased Wir 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1957 No. 140 EDFORDKI ON 4-2 Step Necessary Unless Governor Changes Stand Court Orders Must Not Be Obstructed Washington IP) President Eisenhower said today that fed eral troops will have to remain, in Little Rock unless Gov. Orval E. Faubus changes his stand on school integration and gives satisfactory and unequivocal as surance that law and order will be maintained. There also must be assurance, the President said, that federal court orders on integration are not obstructed. Sec No Possibility The President said that? for the time being he sees no possibility of assuring continued attendance of Negro students at Little Rock's Central High School with out keeping federal troops there. He said he thought Faubus was mistaken in what he was doing. He said Faubus was committing a disservice to the city of Little Rock and the state of Arkansas. K, l t,;0 Eisenhower expressed nis v.- m:. i. views at nis first news conier- ence since the Little Rock crisis developed. Deplores Use of Troops He deplored having to send federal troops to Little Rock in the first place. He said the use of such tactics was not good for the locality, not good for the troops, and certainly not repre sentative of America except in the most extreme cases where force was absolutely necessary to uphold the orders of a court. " To permit unchecked defiance of a court order, Eisenhower said, would be to invite chaos and anarchy. He counseled a display of pa tience and tolerance on both sides of the integration issue. And he called on citizens to re member America as well as their own private prejudices. At the outset of his confer ence, the President was told that the ' situation in Little Rock seemed to have reached an im passe. He was then asked what the prospects were for some sort of agreement with Faubus and what the next step would be. Governors At Work The President replied that sev eral things could happen: The committee of four south ern governors who conferred here with the President Tuesday, are naturally disappointed that they could not reach the desired agreement with' Faubus. But these governors are not com pletely hopeless and are pursu ing the purpose for which their committee was established by the Southern Governors Confer ence. Federal troops could be re moved when Faubus supplies satisfactory and unequivocal as surances that the orders of the Federal District Court to open Central High school to Negroes will not be obstructed and law and order will be maintained. The factual, gradual devel opment of a peaceful situation in Little Rock in which local police could maintain control Everett, Wash. (IP) George Edward Collins Jr., 20, has been given until Oct. 8 to enter his plea to first-degree kidnaping charges in connection with his admitted abduction of Lee Crary, 8. of Edmonds. Hoffbuhr Reviews Work in Talent Project Ashland Contracts totaling about $4,100,000 are expected to be awarded in the near future for work on the Talent project, Walter Hoffbuhr, secretary man ager of the Talent Irrigation dis trict, told the Ashland Chamber of Commerce this week. The new contracts will bring to about $9,000,000 the work scheduled in the $22 million project to furnish additional water for irrigation of about 5,000 acres of land not now under irrigation. About $5,000, 000 in construction contracts have so far been awarded for work in the project, Hoffbunr said. He said excellent progress is being made on contracts already awarded. The Deadwood tunnel, the first project, is about 80 per cent complete, and is ex S At Central Burn Negro Little Rock, Ark. (IP) About i 50 white students walked out of Central High school today and burned an effigy figure of a Ne gro student in an organized dem onstration against integration. A heavily reinforced troop guard promptly broke up the demonstration, dispersed the small crowd, and erected block ades to seal off the street in front of the high school. The demonstration fell far short of the "mass walkout" of hundreds of white students Charles 0. Porler To Spend Most of ' Week End in City ' Congressman Charles O. Por- t , .. j u r u ; ier w ll sptaiu muuu ui mis wren ,. r .. , , end in Medford, it was reported today. He will speak at a dinner meeting at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Medford hotel, under the sponsorship of the Democratic Social club of Jackson county. Those wishing to attend are asked to make reservations withfWhiie studenls Jeer me club president, Marvin Mad den, at KEystone 5-1468 He is expected to discuss de velopment of the Rogue valley, Oregon's economic conditions, the need for greater world trade opportunities for ' Oregon, 'and other topics of current interest. Arrive Late Friday Congressman and Mrs. Porter plan to arrive late Friday, and will attend a wedding here Sat urday morning. Saturday after noon wil be spent in conferences and vis'ting friends, prior to his evening talk. On Sunday he will attend a meeting in Roseburg, returning here to spend the night. At 8 a.m. Monday, he will be at the Medford hotel for a brief ing from corps of Army engi neers officials, regarding pro posed plans for Rogue basin de velopment. Anyone interested is invited to attend, and also to par ticipate in a auto-caravan tour of the development sites in the basin later in the morning. The congressman also plans to make an aerial inspection of the basin during the morning. New Switchboard at Courthouse Ready The new telephone exchange in the county courthouse will be put into operation at 8 a.m. Fri day, Oct. 25, according to county court. All telephone calls to the courthouse will go through the exchange operator with the dif ferent offices having extension numbers. The county court is in the pro cess of compiling a telephone di rectory for the courthouse. On Oct. 24 the operators will be in structed in the operation of the switchboard. The exchange was originally scheduled to begin operations Oct. 1 but was delayed by the Western Electric installation workers strike last month. at Meeting pected to be finished by about Dec. 1, he noted. Howard Prairie dam, which will hold back about 64,000 acre feet of water, is 36 per cent complete, and is expected . to be half finished by the end of the working season, he said. Storage of water is expected to start in the winter of 1958-59. The Howard Prairie canal is about 17 per cent complete, and work on clearing the reservoir site is about 25 per cent done, he noted. Work has started on the Greensprings powerhouse, penstock and switching yard. Bids have been received on the Keen creek dam and conduit and the Howard Prairie deliv ery canal and Little Beaver di version canal as well as the Bear creek siphon, Hoffbuhr said. Construction work at Emigrant lake will start in 1358, he said. o f( Out ai which segregationist groups, in- eluding the so-called Central High Mothers' League, had sought to organize. The vast majority of the near ly 2,000 students enrolled at Central High were sitting quietly in classes. School officials had warned in advance that anyone participating in 'the walkout would automatically be expelled. Paratroopers on Duly The' demonstration took place about 9:10 a.m., less than an hour after nine Negro students had been escorted into the school under the heaviest armed guard since the first day of integration last Wednesday. . An hour before school began, a detail of 120 paratroopers marched up to the building, it was the first time paratroopers had been on daytime sentry duty since National Guardsmen took over Tuesday. Sixty of them, armed only with billy clubs, took up stations inside the school, where a force of eight National Guardsmen Wednesday was unable to pre vent several minor racial in cidents. The other 60 paratroop ers, armed with carbines with out bayonets, stood guard at en trances to the school. . The Negro students arrived in their usual convoy, riding in an Army station wagon with Jeep loads of troops before' and be hind. They got out and walked to- the building . through the shoulder to shoulder corridor of troops. The steps of the school, which open out to a wide porch just at the entrance, were filled with white students watching the ar rival. There was a lot of scream ing from this crowd. Reporters heard some hoots and jeers. They also heard other white stu dents clapping and cheering lust ily for the arriving Negroes. No one attempted to block their path or to molest the Negro children. Faubus Willing To Negotiate Further Little Rock, Ark. (IP! Gov. Orval E. Faubus said today he is willing to negotiate further with President Eisenhower on the Little Rock school integra tion crisis but he will not agree to a "complete and unconditional surrender." Faubus told a news conference that he would be glad to have further talks with Eisenhower "on a basis of mutual trust and self-respect." A reporter asked him if he felt that such an attitude pre vailed at this time. Faubus retorted: "I do not." "I think they want me to do the same thing that Eisenhower did when he demanded complete and unconditional surrender of the Germans," he said. Medford Police Get New Badge Numbers Police badge numbers have been changed in order of senior ity, acording to department of ficials. New badges and cap emblems have been issued to the first 10 patrolmen. The department plans to replace the rest of the badges within the next year, of ficials added. Receiving badge number one for having the longest time was Officer Bob James who lists 10 years on the force. Move Made To Cose Businesses on Sunday Portland (IP) A move to bring about voluntary closing of business in Oregon on Sundays was launched here Wednesday by a group of 30 persons repre senting business, labor, religion and civic organizations. Rev. Charles McDonald, pas tor of the Mt. Tabor Methodist church, presided at the meeting He said initiative came from per sons inspired by success of a voluntary campaign for Sunday closing in the state of Washing ton. "Sunday should be reserved for rest, worship and family recreation," he said, f . High: Effigy ke "lt' Getting So You Can Hardly Stone People In Peace Any More" w I 'Sf I ' -vtuC ' Worst Blight Season In 15 Years Reported The 1957 fruit season was the worst year for blight in 15 years, according to Clifford B. Cordy, county horticulture agent. Rim Road Closed At Crater Lake - The north entrance and rim roads at Crater Lake National park were closed today by the first snowfall of the winter sea son. Park headquarters reported 6V2 inches of snow at 8 a.m. today, when it was snowing lightly. The road was open to headquarters, but temporarily closed to the rim, the park serv ice said. The 6'i inches today com pares with 2 inches Oct. 11 last year, the first fall of 1956, and IV2 inches Oct. 4, 1955, the first snowfall in that year. Park officials said the north entrance may be reopened later if weather conditions permit. The weather bureau reported 2 inches of snow on Sexton mountain summit, and snow was reported in the Green Springs east of Tub Spring State park. State police here said there was no snow reported at mountain passes in this area. Labor Unions Target Of Investigations Washington OP) President Eisenhower disclosed today that the Justice Department for some months have been investigating charges of corruption in labor unions. So far, he said, the depart ment has not made a report. Eisenhower made the state ment at his news conference when asked whether the govern ment planned any further steps to curb labor corruption or col lusion in the labor-management field. The questioner said he re ferred particularly to the Team sters Union and the trucking in dustry. Trading Stamps Ruled No Violation by FTC Washington (IP) The Federal Trade Commission ruled today that trading stamps are not an unfair method of competition and do not violate any laws it enforces. On the basis of the finding, it said, it is not issuing complaints "at this time" to prohibit use of the stamps. Weather FORECAST: Partly rloudy to night, becoming cloudy or' . fosv earlv Friday. Partly cloudy Friday afternoon with isolated showers. Continued cool. Low tonight 40. High ' Friday 58. Temp. Highest Yesterday 56 Lowest this Morning 43 Prec. to 4:30 a.m.. Today 22 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise fi:10 a.m. Sunset S:o0 p.m. Moonset Friday 2:16 a.m. Rising about a half hour later each evening, (20 minutes later further north) the Full Moon of next week is called the Hun ter's Moon. U provides extra light 'after sunset for several nights. 1 Although he reported that most growers had done a good job in getting blight out of their orchards, checks should still be made for spots that were pre viously overlooked. Cordy said that the present rainy weather following the fruit harvest makes trees susceptible to blight. It is during this period that cankers may spread to the larger limbs, Cordy said. He stressed that , the trees sho'fild be checked carefully, es pecially the short stumps of pre vious cutting, in case of "short cuts," when the entire blight was not removed the first time "The trees should not be pruned and checked for blight by the same man," Cordy said The jobs to be done thoroughly should be done by different per sons, first cutting out blight and then pruning. Blight dope should be used af ter each cutting to sponge the cuts and the cutting tool, the agent said. The dope, which is poisonous, is made by adding two tablets of mercuric cloride and two tablets mercuric cyan ide to a pint of water. The solu tion must be kept in a glass con tainer. Cordy said that the blight was reported along the entire Pacific coast this year. He added that isolated trees should be checked for dead leaves by the home owners. All infected branches should be cut as far back as there is any brownish discolora tion. Blisht is found on near and apple trees, Cordy said, as well as several ornamental plants. Medford Firm Low Bidder for Road Job Salem (IP) Bids on seven highway projects totaling S2, 300,000 were received - by the State Highway Commission here today. Contracts will be awarded by the commission in Portland Oct. 31. Apparent low bidders includ ed F. L. Somers, Medford, $142, 875 for grading of the Windy Gap section of Galice county road about 16 miles northwest of Grants Pass. Dulles and Gromyko To Talk Disarmament Washington (tPi Secretary ox State John Foster Dulles will attempt to smoke out Soviet intentions on disarmament and the Middle East when he con fers this week end with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko. Administration officials said today the two topics head the list of world issues expected to come up at the Dulles-Gromyko meeting. 78 Appointments Made For Bloodmobile Visit Only 18 appointments have been made for the regular visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile next Wednesday at the new Red Cross building on Hawthorne st. A total of 350 donors are needed to fill the 290-pint quota, Red Cross officials pointed out. The Bloodmobile will be open between 1 and 6 p.m. Appointments may be made by telephoning SPring 3-3813. Hickey Withdraws To Support Lee !n Teamster Race Anti-Hoffa Forces Join for Derailment Miami Beach, Fla. (IP) One of James R. Hoffa's three oppo nents for the Teamsters Union presidency withdrew today and threw his support to another anti-Hoffa candidate. Shortly after a wild demon stration around convention hall for Hoffa, Vice President Thom as L. Hickey of New York pulled out of the race and declared for William A. Lee of Chicago in a last-minute bid to derail the heavy favorite. Seen Sure Winner Hoffa appeared to be a sure winner in the race for the union's top job. Elections are scheduled later today. Hickey said he had "several hundred" votes he expected to go lto Lee, although Hoffa claimed that all his rivals could muster only about 200 of the convention's 1,900 votes. Hickey announced his deci sion after a meeting with Lee and Thomas J. Haggerty of Chi cago, now the only other candi date opposing Hoffa. Defy AFL-CIO Orders Hickey said support of Lee "offers the surest way of achiev ing victory for our joint objec tives." Hickey said he and Lee wanted to restore the good name of the teamsters and keep the 1,400,000-member union within the AFL-CIO. Election of Hoffa, both men claimed,- would lead to expul sion of the truckers union from the parent federation. Shouting, stomping supporters of Hoffa staged a big show of strength a few hours before the balloting. The vote, which is expected to defy AFL-CIO clean-up orders by electing Hoffa, is expected this afternoon, but could be de layed by other convention business. ..- French Continue To Strike; Premier Eyed Paris (IPI Nearly two mil lion more French workers went on strike today, lending new urgency to President Rene Coty's efforts to select a premier before economic chaos strengthens the "draft De Gaulle" movement. General Charles De Gaulle" wartime leader of the Free French who is regarded by many Frenchmen as their liber ator, slipped into town from his Lorraine province retreat to keep in closer touch with the situation. Coty was reported to be con sidering former premiers Guy Mollet and Rene Pleven, but before calling in any prospective premier Coty was seeing Jacques Soustelle, the 45-year-old Gaul list who helped bring down the government of Premier Maurice Bourges-Maunoury. High School Lawn Damaged by Vehicle The lawn in front of Medford High school was damaged last night by an automobile, accord-intj-to police reports. ; Police said Earl Leroy Barnes, 2585 JoJack rd., told them this morning that a car drove on the lawn on the Monroe st. side and made two complete circles, shearing off a large shrub. Police said the car drove sev eral blocks before stopping to un tangle dragging shrub from the front end. Police said a witness was questioned. Asian Flu Confirmed At Chemawa School Portland PI The State Board of Health said here to day it was an Asian virus that sickened some 300 students and staff members with a flu-like sickness at Chemawa Indian school near Salem. The announcement was the first positively identifying the Asian flu virus in an Oregon outbreak of influenza. Snow Falls in Possibility of By UNITED PRESS Cool air from Canada brought snow to Oregon mountains passes and the possibility of frost in western Oregon and Wash ington tonight. The weather man said the temperature would range be tween 35 and 45 degrees in western Oregon and between 30 and 40 in western Washington with even cooler reaCings pre- Mew York iTP Manager Fred Haney today named Bob Buhl, hard-ihrowing right-hander, to pilch Saturday's third game of the World Series for the Milwaukee Braves while Casey Stengel countered with fireballer Bob Turley for the New York Yankees. New Nork (IF The Milwaukee Braves parlayed their power hitting. New York fielding lapses and Lew Burdette's pitching into a 4-2 victory over the Yankees today, evening the 1957 World Series at one game each. Burdette, 30, a right-hander who often has been accused of throwing a spitball, turned back his old teammates on seven hits as a crowd of 65,202 in Yankee Stadium saw the National league champions come back from Wednesdays 3-1 defeat. Burdette and left fielder Wes Covington shared the heroes roles for the Braves as centerfielder Mickey Mantle and rookie third baseman Tony Kubek were the goats for the Yankees. Spectacular Catch by Covington Covington, with a spectacular back-handed catch to save two runs in the second inning, canie up with the key hit when the Braves broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run, fourth-inning rally. Those two runs stood up the rest of. the way. A sign of the course of the game so far as the Yankees were concerned, came as early as the second inning when Hank Aaron lifted a deep, high fly to centerfield. Mantle back-pedalled as though he had the ball all the time, but it fell just beyond his outstretched glove and Aaron raced all the way to third base, credited with a triple. The Braves made the break pay off when big Joe Adcock singled to right center to score Aaron. Compounding his felony, Mantle bobbled the ball long enough to allow Adcock to go to second. This time Mantle was charged with an error. Council to Hold Public Hearing on Subdivision Bill The city council will hold a public hearing on the proposed subdivision ordinance in Med ford at its 7:30 p.m. meeting to day in the city council cham bers. The ordinance would allow the city to set standards for land subdivisions developed in Med ford. It was designed to provide "better living conditions; de velopment of only those areas which can be economically serv iced and maintained; simplifica tion of land descriptions; exten sion of necessary city streets, utilities and public areas with out exDensive land purchases; enhancement of property values in subdivision and adjacent lands, and protection of pur chasers from unexpected assess ments." The proposed ordinance was developed by Hahn, Wise and associates, planning consultants of Redwood City, Calif. The or dinance was recommended to the city council following a pub lic hearing before the city plan ning commission, which, under the proposed ordinance, would be the approving agency for all subdivisions. Two other public hearings are on the council's agenda. One is on a request for a change of zone from class IA, single fam ily, to Class IIIA, limited com mercial, for the Highland mar ket at Highland dr. and Siski you blvd., and the other is on an amendment to the zoning or dinance to permit medical clinics and other uses the same type signs granted apartment builds ings. Among other agenda items are reports from City Manager Rob ert Duff on a proposal to pur chase property for the 10th st. extension from Riverside ave. to Bear creek, and the Public Utilities commissioner's order approving the Eighth st. railroad crossing. Sen. Knowland Enters Gubernatorial Race Sacramento, Calif. (IP) Sen. William F. Knowland (R-Calif.) became an official candidate for governor today against his fel low Republican, Gov. Goodwin J. Knight. In a formal statement read to newsmen, the 49-year-old GOP minority leader and a potential presidential candidate in 1960 or 1964, announced his inten tions to engage in an all-out battle with Knight in the June 1958 primary election. Knight already has announced he is in the race for a new four year term. The Democratic can didate has not yet been an nounced officially, but it is ex pected to be Attorney General Edmund G. Brown. Hollywood (IP) Arthur Auer back," known to radio-TV fans as "Mr. Kitzel" on the Jack Benny show, died today of a heart condition. He was 54. Oreg on Mountain Passes; Frost, in Western Oregon .... . ... . . Z 1 .- 1 j dieted east of the mountains. Snow fell in Cascade moun tain passes Wednesday night. Three inches was reported at the McKenzie pass summit and two inches at Santiam pass with more falling. Snow also fell at Crater lake, Mt. Hood, and Wil lamette pass. The "north entrance to Crater Lake park from High way 97 was closed temporarily At Hermiston, a total of 3.63 PLAY-BY-PLAY: - Braves first: Schoendienst, Logan and Mathews struck out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Yankees first: Bauer struck out. Mc Dougald flied out. Mantle grounded out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Braves second: Aaron triDled. Ad cock singled, scoring Aaron, and went to second on Mantle's error. Coving ton lined out. Crandall walked. Bur dette lined out. One run, two hits, one error, twt left. iankees second: Berra erounded out. Slaughter walked. Simpson struck out. ivuDeK singiea. coieman singled, scoring Slaughter. Shantz lined out. unc run, two nits, no errors, two left. Braves third: Schoendienst flied out. Logan nit a home run. Mathews flied out. Aaron popped out. One run, one hit, no errors, none left. Yankees third: Baurer hit a horns run. McDcugald flied out. Mantle lined out. Berra flied out. One run. one hit. no errors, none left. Braves fourth: Adcock and Pafko singled. Covington singled, scoring Adcock. Slaughter's throw went through Kubek and Fafko scored. Ditmar replaced Shantz on the mound for the Yankees. Crandall fouled out. Burdette flied out. Schoendienst bounced out. Two runs, three hits, one error, one left. Yankees -fourth: Slaughter struck out. Simpson flied out. Kubek ground ed out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Braves fifth: Logain was hit by a pitched ball. Mathews hit into a double play. Aaron popped out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left.- Yankees fifth: Coleman walked. Ditmar struck out. Bauer and McDou gald bounced out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Braves sixth: Adcock flied out. Paf ko popped out. Covington struck out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Yankees sixth: ManUe walked. Berra forced Mantle. Slaughter doubled. Simpson grounded out. Ku bek bounced out. No runs, one hit, no errors, two left. Braves seventh: Crandall singled. Burdette sacrificed. Schoendienst bounced out. Logan flied out. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Yankee seventh: Coleman bounced out. Lumpe batUng for Ditmar. sin gled. Bauer popped out. McDougald llied out. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Ditmar on the mound for the Yankees. Mathpws anH Aarnn tr.fe- suit A'i- COCk flied out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none leu. Yankees eighth: Frank Torre re placed Adcock at first base for th Braves. Mantle fouled out. Berra rolled nut Slanpht;,, ctniflr a,,, aia runs, no hits, no errors, none lelt. Braves ninth: Pafko flied out. Cov ington singled. Crandall rolled out. Burdette bounced out. No runs, one hit. no errors, one left. Yankees ninth: Simpson bounced out. Kubek singled. Collins, hatting for Coleman .popped out. Howard, batting for Grim, singled. Richardson ran for Howard. Bauer forced Rich ardson. No runs, two hits, no errors, two left. Box score of the second 1957 World Series game: Milwaukee AB Schoendienst 2b 4 Logan ss 3 Mathews 3b 4 Aaron cf 4 Adcock lb 4 Torre lb 0 Pafco rf 4 Covington If 4 Crandall c 3 Burdette p ,,,, 3 R H O A 0 0 13 113 3 0 0 12 112 0 12 8 1 0 0 2 0 112 0 0 2 3 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 27 13 R H O A 112 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 112 0 0 0 10 1 0 2 11 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 27 7 Totals 33 New York Bauer rf McDougald ss ManUe cf Berra c Slaughter If Simpson lb Hubek lb Coleman 2b AB 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 B Collins 1 1 1 I 0 1 0 Shantz ' p Ditmar p A Lumpe Grim p G Howard D Richardson Totals 34 A Singled for Ditmar in 7th B Popped out for Coleman in 9th. G Singled for Grim in 9th. D Ran for Howard in 9th. Milwaukee 011 arm nnn 1 New York 011 000 000 2 ... , ... iwx nucufn, Logan, Covington, (Pafko scored on Kubek's error in 4th), Coleman, Bauer. 2b Slaugher. 3b Aaron. HR Logan. Bauer. S B-irdette DP Mc- Dougald-Simpson. LOB Milwaukee 5 New York 8. BB Shantz 1, Burdette 3. SO Shantz 3. Burdette 5. Ditmar 1 Grim 2. HO Shantz 6-3 (pitched to 3 batters in 4thj, Ditmar 1-4, Grim 1-2 R & ER Shantz 4-3, Burdette 2-2 HBP Ditmar- I T npan i w c. ....- V Mantlp knhalr VDT A J , - ' ' uuiuciu;, L Shantz U Conlan (N), plate; Mc Kinley (A). Donatelli (N), 2b- Pa pa rens A, 3b: Secory (N). Chvlak (A), foul lines. T 2:26. A 65,202. mules ua. mm xeii Between 11 a.m. Tuesday and 3 a.m. Wed nesday. It was the biggest downpour there in a 16-hour period since the U.S. experiment station be gan keeping records in 1911. Storm sewers were blocked, wa ter was two feet deep in some sections and highway shoulders were damaged.