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Teetering Train
More Than 170 Persons
Require Hospitalization
London HP) New fog set
tled tonight on weary retcuers
seeking the last victims of one
of Britain's worst train disas
ters. An official count showed 89
bodies had been recovered.
Rescuers feared 10 to 20 more
bodies still were trapped in
two coaches.
London (IP! Rescue work
ers braved the threat of sudden
death from a train teetering ov
erhead on a wrecked bridge to
day and brought out additional
bodies from Britain's worst rail
disaster in five years.
British Railways announced at
on that 70 bodies had been
recovered from the wreckage of
two commuter trains which col
lided in a blanket-thick fog and
wrecked a bridge just as a third
train was moving onto it Wed
nesday night.
170 Injured Seriously
More than 170 persons were
injured seriously enough to re
quire hospitalization. Hundreds
of others among the 2,000 per
sons aboard the three trains suf
fered minor injuries.
The death toll could rise above
the 100 mark. A fire brigade of
ficial said between 12 and 30
bodies may still be trapped in
a pancaked coach pinned under
the fallen bridge. But railway
and rescue authorities flatly re
fuse to estimate a final toll.
Fog Hampers Work
"We will report each body as
it Is recovered from the wreck
Oage," a British Railways Official
said. "We will not make guess
es." - -
Rescue work was suspended
during the night because of a
choking, sulphurous fog which
shrouded the wreckage in im
penetrable gloom. The fog began
to lift this morning and a ghostly
light led the daring rescue work
ers probe through the wreckage.
The crash occurred at 6:30
p.m. Wednesday at the height of
London's rush hour when trains
were jammed with commuters
hurrying home and with early
-Christmas shoppers whose rip-
ptjf parcels strew toys among
vJthe wreckage.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (IP) Dow-Jones
final stock averages 30 indus
trials 449.53. up 0.68; 20 rail
roads 100.71. off 0.52; 15 utili
ties 67.96, up 0.20, and 65
stocks 149.37, up 0.09. Sales
today were about 2.020.000
O shares compared with 2,220.
000 shares Wednesday.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Generally cloudy
through Friday with occa
sional rain below and snow
above 3,000 feet. Patchy val
ley fog tonight and Friday
morning. Low tonight 32.
High Friday 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 35
Lowest this Morning 31
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:25 a.m.
Sunset : )4:39 p.m.
The nearly Full Moon
rises 3:50 p.m.
and sets Friday toHa.m.
PROMINENT STAR
Vega, low in northwest 9:35 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS 0
mus, low In south
west 6:37 p.m.
Mars, rise 5:47 a.m.
Inplter, In the south
east 6:08 a.m.
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Dedication Ceremonies Set
At Britt Student Center
Ashland
Dedication cere-
nVCiies for two new Southern
Oregon college buildings will
be held Saturday afternoon and
evening, according to college
officials.
The Britt Student center will
be dedicated at 2:30 p.m. and
the physical education and
health building ceremonies will
be at 8:30 p.m.
Dedication of the physical
education building will begin
with the introduction of the
1936-37 honor team by Frank
J. Van Dyke. Medford, presi
dent of the Western Interstate
Commission for Higher Educa
tion. Members of the honor team
played the first basketball game
in the old Memorial Court build
ing, 'now the Britt student cen
ter. Dr. Alexander Petersen, chair
man of the physical education
and health department will in
troduce guests, and Dr. Elmo N.
Stevenson, president of the col
Some Businesses
Report Increase
In Retail Sales
Some downtown Medford re
tail business firms have reported
increases in volume and others
decreases during October and
November, according to a survey
of 20 stores made by the Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce. Don McNeil, manager, said
that in both cases stores had ex
panded advertising budgets.
McNeil noted that the survey
highlighted the fact that while
a better year had been antici
pated, indications are that com
pared to other western Oregon
cities, Medford retailers consider
themselves fortunate.
The survey of the retail out
look was taken Wednesday, com
paring retail volumes for similar
periods in 1956 and 1957. Retail
lines represented included men's
wear, ladies ready-to-wear, de
partment stores, gift shops, hard
ware stores, variety stores, jew
elry stores, drug stores, appli
ance and furniture stores.
Boom Year in Area
McNeil pointed out that 1956
was a boom year for retailing in
this' area-, and that 1957 compari
sons are applied against a peak
period rather than a norm or
average of several years. He said
retailers also face an increase in
cost of doing business which is
Eastern Residents
Dig From Under
Heavy Snowstorm
By UNITED PRESS
An eastern storm that spew
ed "one of the worst snowstorms
in recent years" moved out to
sea' today, trailing behind it a
mass of cold air that plunged
temperatures below freezing in
Georgia and Alabama.
Vast digging-out programs x
tended from New England to
Virginia where the driving
snowstorm deposited more than
a foot of snow in some spots
Wednesday, crippling traffic
along the Atlantic Seaboard,
and causing at least 20 deaths
in traffic wrecks blamed on the
storm.
Heavy Deposits
Blustering eastward from its
spawning ground in the Mid
west, the storm raked Philadel
phia with 24-hour blinding flur
ries, then peeled off to the north
and south where it heaped heavy
deposits on New York and
Washington, D. C.
The U. S. Weather Bureau said
Maryland weathered one of its
"worst snowstorms in recent
years," with as much as 10 in
ches dumped on a Baltimore sub
urb. New York's Public Transpor
tation System groaned under the
added weight of workers who
crowded subways and buses;
homebound workers in Philadel
phia were stranded for more
than an hour; a streetcar work
ers' strike in Pittsburgh added
to that city's woes.
The cold influence of the
storm was felt as far south as
Florida, and temperatures drop
ped 23 degrees in Hatteras, N.C.
lege, will give remarks.
Dr. John R. Richards, chancel
lor, Oregon state system of high
er education, will deliver the
main address for the dedication
program of the Britt student
center Saturday afternoon. A
tea and open house will direct
ly follow the program.
Dr. Stevenson will give a wel
coming address and Herbert H.
Colley will present a welcome
from the students. Colley is
president of the senior class.
Members of the dedication
committee are Miss Marion Ady,
associate professor of art; Dr.
Dorothy Stolp, associate profes-(
sor speech and drama; Dr. J.
Kenneth Bartlett, assistant pro
fessor of science; Dr. Alvin Fel
lers, professor of English and di
rector of student affairs; Theo
dore G. Schopf, associate pro
fessor of physical education;
Miss Seraphine J. Scanlon, di
rector of food service; Hugh G.
Simpson, director of information.
substantially more than that of
four to six years ago.
He said generally the morale
of retail owners was high, and
for the most part optimistic.
Results for October 1957 over
the same month last year indi
cate a downward trend, accord
ing to 80 per cent of the stores
in the survey. This occurred in
varying degrees according to
specific retail lines, McNeil said.
Several in the survey claimed
this was attributable to October
news of lumber industries de
cline and mills closing. Others
who experienced only a slight
fall-off in October felt the lum
ber industry could not be blamed
as the sole cause for the slack
off.
Some said the October decline
was experienced by stores which
have been established for a
longer period. McNeil pointed
out that this group, having es
tablished a basic clientele would
be more sensitive to current
buying trends and thus reflect
them with greater accuracy.
Newer stores established five
or six years ago appear to show
increases in October business
and a general increase, although
slight in some cases, throughout
other months of the year, Mc
Neil said.
Sixty-five per cent of the
businesses reported Friday, Sat
urday and Monday business
volume the same or far better
than in 1956, McNeil said. Some
retailers believe volumes on the
Friday. Saturday and Monday
after Thanksgiving represent a
good barometer forecasting De
cember buying trends. One
pointed out that this has been
traced back as Jar as 10 years
and proved to be a remarkably
accurate barometer.
Proper Indicator
Others believe, however, the
value of Friday, Saturday and
Monday business after Thanks
giving as a proper indicator
would vary according to the type
of store, location and possibly
individual promotion efforts.
November business volume was
'reported the same to much bet
ter by 30 per cent of the retail
ers, while 70 per cent reported
it about 5 per cent off from last
November, McNeil said.
"The general faith of Medford
retailers in the local, economy
and the need for merchandise,"
McNeil said, "is indicated by the
fact that 80 per cent of those
surveyed continue to carry the
same or slightly more inventory
compared to that of a year ago."
Several reported new stock and
some diversification in order to
meet public requirements.
This faith on the part of retail
ers is further indicated by the
fact that 75 per cent of those sur
veyed reported their advertising
budgets were the same or slight
ly more than last year, he said.
Twenty-five per cent reported a
slight cut in advertising costs
and only two of these indicated
substantial cuts of 20 to 30 per
cent.
The composite forecast shows
that 70 per cent of the retailers
anticipate only a moderate drop
in retail volume of 1 to 10 per
cent for the year 1957 below the
boom year of 1956, McNeil said.
One indicated the possibility of
a 17- per cent drop, but this was
explained by specific physical
factors which entered into the
picture.
Thirty-five per cent fully anti
cipate that the retail volume will
equal or surpass that of 1956. Of
this group, a high percentage,
McNeil said, experienced excel
lent sales in October. Some ex
plained that this probably was
due to special store promotions
during the month.
IBulDetSn
A man identified only as a
Charles Warnock, tractor
compressor operator on a
road construction project, was
reported killed when struck by
a boulder in a slide on Steve
creek in southeastern Jose
phine county about 10 a.m.
today.
The road project was said
to be an operation of Hard
ing Construction company
about seven miles from Cop
per. Details of the slide and
fatality were not available by
press time from state police
and Josephine county authori
ties. Medford Ambulance ser
vice was called io the scene.
52nd Year
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Satellite Launching
Rescheduled for
Early on Friday
Leaking Fuel Valve
Blamed for Failure
Cape Canaveral, Fla. OP) The
test of the Vanguard earth satel
lite missile, postponed Wednes
day night, was rescheduled today
for the daylight hours Friday.
The new firing time was an
nounced by Herschel Schooley,
Defense Department public in
formation chief, after a confer
ence lasting almost three hours
among service officials and tech
nical officers from nearby Cape
Canaveral Missile Testing range.
Hour Not Announced
The exact time when the
seven-hour countdown for the
missive launching was not an
nounced immediately.
The weary "Vanguard crew
blamed a leaking fuel valve and
wild winds, aground and aloft,
for their failure to launch an
earth satellite Wednesday night
The new program gave them
a full day to iron out the kinks
in their space machine and get
some rest.
J. Paul, Walsh, deputy direc
tor of the Vanguard Project,
announced flatly early this
morning that here would be
no test during the day.
Walsh told exactly what had
happened to throw the plans
put of kilter. ......
No Major Difficulties
"Basically there were no ma
jor technical difficulties," he
said, "but we were plagued by
a series of minor things.
"What really did it to us was
a lox (liquid oxygen) discon
nect valve which allows us to
continue to put in lox almost
to the takeoff time. This neces
sary because the lox continues
to boil off.
"It is necessary just before
to the takeoff time. This is neces-
line and this valve was giving
us trouble. We attempted to re
place it with a spare but had
difficulty aligning the spare.
"Meanwhile we reworked the
other valve. But it continued to
leak because the part of the
valve connected to the tip had
become stiff or 'frozen' on con
tact with the lox. Liquid oxygen
has a temperature of 270 below
zero, Fahrenheit.
Water to be Turned
Off in Pipeline
About 50 city water custom
ers will be without water from
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday when
the department closes its num
ber one pipeline to make re
pairs, according to Robert L.
Lee, water department superin
tendent. A 60-foot section of the pipe
line will be replaced on Foot
hills rd., near 401 rd., he said.
The 50 water users who will be
without water during the day
are between Antelope creek and
the reservoir in Medford, he
said.
All water users on the two
number pipeline will not be
affected by the shutoff, he said.
Lee said the rest of the city
and outlying areas would notice
no difference in service during
the day. The number two pipe
line can provide ample water
for city needs at this time of the
year, Lee added.
He urged residents along the
number one pipeline to make
preparations for the water shut
off on Friday. He suggested for
customers who will be without
water to store what they will
need on Thursday evening.
Police Check Leads on
Safe Burglary Here
Medford police said today
they are investigating several
leads in connection with the
$580 theft from the City Sani
tary Service company safe Tues
day evening.
Police said the job was per
formed by professionals who
did a "very neat job". The lock
ing device to the vault door was
knocked off and the safe door
was opened by a "punch"
method, police said. Nothing but
the safe and a cash drawer was
disturbed, according to police.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY DECEMBER 5, 1957
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Indonesia Orders
Expulsion of All
Dutch Nationals
Jakarta, Indonesia (IP) The
Indonesian government today or
dered the closure of all Dutch
consulates and the expulsion of
the 50,000 to 60,000 Dutch na
tionals in Indonesia.
The orders. climaxed a week-
long anti-Dutch campaign touch
ed off after Indonesia lost a bat
tle in the United Nations for de
bate on possession of western
New Guinea, now held by the
Dutch.
In Paris, where Indonesian
Foreign Minister Dr. Raden Su
bandrio arrived from New York,
authoritative sources said Indo
nesia was seriously thinking of
breaking" off diplomatic relations
with the Netherlands.
The expulsion order was an
nounced by the Ministry of Jus
tice. To Be Three-Phase Plan
.The Central Immigration ser
vice announced a "three phase
plan" had been formulated for
the expulsion or repatriation, of
Dutch citizens from Indonesia.
It said "jobless" Dutch would
leave in the first phase, and
Two Men Fined in
District Court Tuesday
Two men pleaded guilty to
separate charges in district court
Tuesday before Judge James M.
Main.
William Lee Morgan, 2290
Cory rd., Medford, pleaded
guilty to obtaining unemploy
ment compensation under false
pretenses and was fined $100
plus $5 court costs.
William Phillips Morgan, 58,
Ashland, had his $25 fine sus
pended after pleading guilty to
a charge of petty larceny. He
paid $5 court costs.
Federal Government
Check Received Here
County Treasurer Karl Jan-
ouch reported that the county
has received a check for $226.-
190.09 from the federal govern
ment representing the county's
quarterly receipts from forest
reserve rentals and timber sales
from forest reserves.
Janouch said the money is
designated by law for general
road and county school funds.
The general road fund receives
$169,654.05 of the amount, and
the schools receive $56,538.04.
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"middle class" Dutch in the
second phase. In the final phase,
the remainder of Dutch citizens
! in the islands would go.
Justice Minister Gustaaf Ad
olph Maengkom said the action
was part of Indonesia's current
"liberate West Irian" cam
paign was inaugurated Monday
with a ban on Dutch publica
tions, cancellation of landing
rights of the KLM Royal Dutch
Airline and a 24-hour strike
against all Dutch commercial en
terprises. '
Revised Ordinance
To Be Considered
A revised city subdivision or
dinance will be presented for
consideration at a meeting of the
Medford city council at 7:30 p.m.
today.
Action on the ordinance was
postponed last month when the
council requested more time to
study the issue. A joint council
planning commission meeting re
sulted in several minor changes
in wording and in some ordi
nance sections:
Major changes approved by
the planning commission provide
omission of a penalty provision
and the deletion of a contour map
requirement. Several changes in
the wording of the ordinance
have been made 'to clarify the
meaning of regulations.
The council will also consider
adoption of plans for street im
provements ia the Corona ave.,
and Grand ave. to Morrow rd.
area. Also under consideration
by the council is a proposed
agreement which would permit
downtown merchants to use me
ter posts as awning supports and
an ordinance which would per
mit facsimile signatures for the
mayor and recorder.
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
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Sodies
Price 10 Cents
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No. 194
IFirst
Vessel
Icebreaker Lenin
Put Info Water
At Leningrad
Ship To Have Speed
Of 32 Kilometers
Moscow API Russia today
launched the world's first atom
ic surface vessel, the 16,000-ton
icebreaker Lenin.
The ship was put into the
water at Leningrad, the official
Soviet News Agency Tass an
nounced. It said the ship would have
a speed of 32 kilometers an
hour (about 20 miles an hour)
"in unobstructed waters."
Easier To Steer
"The ship will be easy "to
steer and will be capable of
breaking ice two meters (six
feet) thick," the announcement
said.
Tass said "over 500 factories
helped manufacture the ship's
machinery. The power of the
ship's engines is estimated at
44.000 horsepower."
"The trans-arctic, atomic ice
breaker will be able to remain
at sea for several months," it
said. "In 24 hours it will use
only a few tenths of grams of
its atomic fuel."
Nearly 1000 Bunks
The Lenin has nearly 1,000
bunks both above and below
deck, the announcement said.
The Lenin is the first atomic-
powered surface vessel. How
ever, the United States has two
nuclear powered submarines,
the Nautilus and the Sea Wolf.
The keel for the first U.S.
atomic-powered surface vessel
was laid last Monday at the Fore
River shipyard of the Bethlehem
Steel Corp., at Quincy, Mass.
The vessel is not expected to
be completed until 1961.
Three Fined for
Theft of Turkey
A trio of Medford men paid
for their turkey the hard way
yesterday.
Each was fined $100 plus $5
costs in district court after plead
ing guilty to stealing a turkey
from the Savage turkey farm
near Central Point Tuesday
night.
Jack Wayne Thornton, 23, of
960 Ellendale dr., Medford, and
Robert Wendell Kezer, 21, of
538 Keene Way dr., each paid
their fines and were released.
George Willio Imhausen, 39, of
route 3, box 180, Medford, is
being held in the Jackson county
jail pending payment of his fine.
Richard J. Savage, farm own
er, was outside talking to anoth
er "man when he heard the car
containing the three men stop
by the farm, his wife said. Hop
ping in his car, Savage drove
close enough to get the license
number. Returning to the house,
he called in the number to the
state police, who halted them
later on the Table Rock rd.
Oregon Economy Worsening
With 50,600
Salem (IP) Oregon's highly
seasonal economy showed more
signs of strain as worsening wea
ther conditions caused further
layoffs in the construction and
lumbering industry, the State
Unemployment C om pen sation
committee reported today.
50,600 Seeking Jobs
Administrator John A. Nor
ton said the number of persons
actively seeking jobs has in
creased from 39,400 to 50,600.
This is the highest number of
unemployed for this time of
year since the winter of 1949-50
when 55,300 persons were out
of jobs.'
A year ago 38,800 was the
number and in 1955 the total
was 37,700.
Brick and Mortar
Believed To Hide
Additional Dead
Cries for Help o
Flood Air Lanes
Villa Rica Ga. OP) A shat
tering blast ripped through the
business ' district of this town
today, killing at least 11 per
sons. Rescuers feared that more
bodies would be taken from the
tons of brick and mortar that
collapsed into the hulls of five
buildings ripped apart by the
explosion of a gas main.
Windows Splintered
Windows in stores all along
Main st. were splintered by the
midmorning tragedy.
Five buildings were cracked
apart during the heighlOof the
Christmas shopping season short
ly after stores in the pleasant
little town astride the Birmingham-Atlanta
highway opened for
business.
In the frantic moments that
followed the ripping blast,
orange flames billowed up from
the rubble.
Roads Blocked to Curious
Cries for help soon were flood
ing the air lanes of police radio
networks and the roads into
the town became clogged with
speeding ambulances and rescue
vehicles. Roads were blocked
to the curious who also tried
to reach the stricken town.
The call went out for doctors
and before long the response
was so generous, it was an
nounced that "we have things
under control."
Several hours after the blast,
civil defens reported the fires
resulting from the explosion ap
parently were under control but
that the town needed "all the
doctors and ambulances they
can get."
Bicycle Licenses
Being Prepared .
A new method of selling bi
cycle licenses will go into effect
Friday when a special assembly
is held at the Lincoln grade
school, according to Medford po
lice.
The police department, in co
operation with the Medford
schools, has issued forms to stu
dents in Medford for application
for a bicycle license. The stu
dent will complete the form and
return it to the teacher with
the 25 cents license fee. They
are then returned to police and
license forms are completed and
a number assigned to each bi
cycle. '
Licenses will be distributed io
students at an assembly which
features a safety talk, police
said.
Purpose of the new method is
to lessen the rush at the police
station during the Christmas sea
son. About 2,100 licenses have
been sold during 1957, police
added.
The license makes bicycles
easier to trace if lost or stolen,
police said. They added about
half of the bicycles stolen during
1957 had no licenses.
They expect the bicycle licen
sing program to be complete in
the schools by the time licenses
go on sale to the general public
Dec. 16. This year's license is
yellow with black lettering.
Sheriff, Deputy Attend
Convention in Portland
Jackson county Sheriff How
ard Gault and Chief Sheriff's
Deputy Joe Walsh, who are at
tending the Federal Bureau of
Investigation conference in Port
land, will remain there to attend
the sheriffs convention Thurs
day and Friday, it was reported
today.
Also attending the FBI confer
ence from Medford were two
representatives from the Med
ford city police. '
Seeking Work
Increases were general
throughout the state with all lo
cal offices reporting a monthly
rise in unemployment. Only La
Grande's increase was at a low
er level than last year.
Fir Country Hard Hit
Western Oregon fir country
has been hard hit by the lumber
market recission and layoffs are
now spreading to supporting in
dustries such as trade and ser
vice lines, the commission said.
The Portland four - county
area reported 21,200 people
looking for work compared to
17,000 a month ago and 14,500
last year.
Insured unemployment is also
on the increase, reaching 28,
223 last week up from 20,
864 the month before.