N
ationwide
Strike
Long Distance
Walkout Looms
After Midnight
Negotiators Seek
Contract Settlement
New York a?) Negotia
tors worked today to head off
a nationwide long distance
telephone strike at midnight
Representatives of the
American Telephone and Tel
egraph company and the
Communications Workers of
America resumed negotia
tions in an effort to work out
a new contract for 25,500
AT&T employes.
Elaine Gleason, national
director of the long lines di
vision of the CWA, said the
possibility of a strike any
time after the union's cur-
Portland (IP! A spokes
man for Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company
caid today a strike of long
distance workers against
American Telephone & Tele
graph Company would not
directly affect telephone
operations in Oregon.
Workers here are covered
by a separate contract with
PT&T.
The spokesman said the
only possible effect might
be some delay in long dis
tance calls to areas in
which workers are on
strike.
rent contract expires at mid
night "is very promising."
Nearly complete returns on
a strike ballot taken Thurs
day indicated that the union
memb ership was "over
whelmingly" in favor of strik
ing, she said.
A company spokesman not
ed, however, that the union
in the previous three years
had agreed to work beyond
the contract expiration date
while negotiations continued.
Both sides reported that
some progress was made dur
ing daylong talks Thursday.
The company spokesman said
wage- agreements had been
reached in more than 50 per
cent of the geographical areas
affected by the contract. Miss
Gleason, however, gave a
more pessimistic report.
No-Strike Clause
She said the company was
asking for a no-strike clause,
elimination of a maintenance
of union dues clause, and an
increase of working hours for
administrative workers in 24
cities. She said AT&T wanted
these employees to increase
their weekly work load from
35 and 37 Vi hours to 40
hours. t
"Things do not look gooa,"
Miss Gleason commented.
The union is seeking a $3-
a-week increase for operators
and $3 to $5 for plant work
ers at company installations
in all states except New
Hampshire, Vermont, Dela
ware, South Dakota, Mon
tana, and Nevada, where the
union is not represented.
Plants workers earn $43.50
to $119 a week and operators
earn $43 to $70.50, with wage
scales varying in different
sections of the country.
Embarrassed Bankers
Turn To Rival Firm
Santa Paula. Calif. (IP)
Embarrassed officials of the
Bank of America branch here
turned to a rival firm Thurs
day for money to stay in busi
ness when they couldn't get
their vault open.
When the chief clerk set
the time clock before leaving
Dec. 31, he forgot that the
New Year's holiday was only
for one day and not a week
end.
The result was that bank
manager Paul Keith ran out
of money and was forced to
go hat in hand to a competi
tor for funds. The bank
couldn't ooen its vault until
late Thursday afternoon.
Loyalists Guard Palace
After Venezuela Revolt
Caracas, Veuenzuela W
Loyal forces guarded the
presidential palace today al
though the government of
President Marcos Perez Jim
enez appeared in firm control
of revolutionary elements.
Perez Jimenez announced in
a nationwide broadcast Thurs
day that the New Year's Day
uprising by Venezuelan air
force and army units had
been crushed.
Minimum of Losses
Perez Jimenez said the re
volt was put down by local
government troops "with a
minimum of losses."
There was as yet no official
announcement on the number
of casualties either in the
fighting or in the sporadic air
Threatened
MOD TREASURER Glen
Rader, above, has been
named treasurer of the March
of Dimes, it has been an
nounced by R. L. Palmer,
Medford chairman. Rader,
with his wife and three chil
dren, resides at 1428 Crown
ave. He is assistant operations
officer at the United States
National Bank, Medford
branch, a member of Roxy
Ann Grange and assistant
scoutmaster of Troop 14.
(Photo by Landis studio).
Appointments Are
Made; Two New
Committees Set
Medford Mayor John Sni
der extended all one-year
committee appointments made
when he took office Jan. 1,
1957, created two new com
mittees and appointed several
members to committees at
last night's city council meet
ing.
A parks and recration com
mittee and a parking and re-
1 a t e d problems committee
were announced by the
mayor. He said he is still con
sidering members for the new
committtees and will an
nounce them in the next few
weeks. i
New appointments includ
ed Carl Brophy, attorney, ar
mory advisory board, one
year; former Mayor Earl Mill
er, 617 Park st., city plan
ning commission, four years;
Gene Thomas, 45 South Cen
tral ave., library board, four
years: Mrs. Dwight Hough
ton, 512 Dakota ave., Nick,
Gier, Parsons motors, and
Carl Dawson, 932 South Hol
ly st., budget committeee,
three years; George Polski,
Fluhrer building, and Seth
Bullis, 216 West Main st., ap
pointed to one year on the
water commission.
Bullis was appointed to fill
a one-year term vacancy cre
ated when Paul Rynning re
signed. (See Story on Page Two)
Warning System in
City To Be Studied ,
An informal discussion and
study will be made by the
city council and a representa
tive from the Public Utilities
commissioner's office on the
railroad track crossing warn
ing system in Medford, Tues
day, Jan. 7, according to city
manager Robert A. Duff.
He said it would be the first
step in complying with recent
PUC orders resulting from a
hearing in Medford last Au
gust regarding the speed of
trains at crossings. The com
mission ordered improvements
in lighting, improvements in
the warning system and or
dered studies to be made of
several crossings and of the
warning systems.
The study will concern both
main and side track warning
systems and their length of
operation. Duff said. Improve
ment of the systems will be
made upon completion of the
study, he added.
raid by rebel planes on Ca
racas. The revolt flared early
New Year's at the air base at
Maracay, 50 miles west of
Caracas, and at Los Teques,
Miranda state capital, 18
miles southewest -of here.
Rebels Fly To Colombia
Rebel radios which had ex
horted Venezuelans to join
the fight against Perez Jime
nez went silent Thursday. At
least 18 leaders of the revolt
flew to Colombia in Perez
Jimenez's plane they had
seized "and were granted po
litical asylum. Colombian of
ficials said the plane would
be returned to Venezuela.
Military officials said other
leaders had been rounded up.
Phone
New Civil Rights
Body Begins Task
After Ceremony
Group To Assure
Minority Rights
Washington OP) The his
toric new Civil Rights com
mission today began its task
of insuring the voting rights
of American Negroes and
other minorities.
The six-man commission,
headed by President John A.
Hannah of Michigan State
university, was sworn in at
a White House ceremony pre
sided over by President Eisen
hower. Administration officials
said Eisenhower would take
a hands-off attitude toward
the commission and its work
and the members would be
on their own from the start.
To Probe Violations
The President selected
three northern and three
southern commission mem
bers to implement a section
of the Civil Rights act passed
by Congress last year.
The panel's job is to inves
tigate alleged violations of
voting and of other civil
rights and to propose what
ever legislation it believes is
needed to safeguard those
rights. '
It will report to the Presi
dent and Congress by Sept. 9:
1959, two years after the 1957
civil rights bill became law.
Then it will pass out of ex
istence. Hannah was appointed Dec.
23 to succeed former Su
preme Court justice Stanley
F. Reed as chairman, who
quit to avoid possible involve
ment as a still active jurist.
Members Named
Besides Hannah, the group
includes former Florida Gov.
Doyle E. Carlton; former Vir
ginia Gov. John S. Battle; the
Rev. Thedore M. Hesburgh,
president of Notre Dame, uni
versity; Assistant Secretary
of Labor J. Ernest Wilkins, a
Negro; and Robert G. Storey,
dean of the law school of
Southern Methodist univer
sity, Dallas, Tex.
Christmas Tree
Burn Set Sunday
A Christmas tree burn at t
p.m. Sunday on the Antelope
rd. in the Camp White area
will climax the county Christ
mas tree lift, being sponsored
by Medford Moose Lodge 178.
Residents in Medford, Cen
tral Point, Ashland, Talent,
Jacksonville and Phoenix are
asked to place Christmas trees
on either the front porch or
lawn before noon Sunday
with a donation to the March
of Dimes in an envelope tied
to the tree. All contributions
will be credited to the Jack
son county polio fund cam
paign, according to John
Keener, general chairman of
the tree lift.
Members of the Moose
lodge will meet at the lodge
hall, 11 South Newtown st.,
at noon Sunday to begin the
pickup. They will be assisted
by members of the Medford
High school sophomore class's
Teens-Against-Polio group.
Pickup trucks will be donated
by Medford car dealers and
big vehicles to haul the trees
to the burn site are being do
nated by Moore Steel com
pany and Pierce Freight Lines.
The public is invited to at
tend the burn, Keener said.
Bandits Get $1,200
In Portland 'Jobs'
Portland HP) Bandits
got some $1200 from three
Portland establishments late
Thursday and , early today.
A patron who told the bar
maid he was hungry rifled
the cash register at a South
east Hawthorne boulevard
tavern and left with S200.
Two men, one of them arm
ed, held up the Foss grocery
in the Ardenwald district and
took $200 from the cash regis
ter while the proprietor was
forced to lie on the floor.
Two men of similar descrip
tion held up a tavern on
Southeast Division street an
hour later. One man knock
ed Mrs. William L. Dennison
onto the floor just as she and
her husband were closing
their establishment. Some
$753 in cash and checks was
taken.
38,369 Visitors Sign
Capitol Book in 1957
Salem (IP) A total of 38,
369 individuals signed the
visitors register in the Ore
gon capitol during 1957, Sec
retary of State Mark Hatfield
reported today.
Cabinet Given
Review of Ike's
Union Message
Proposed Budget
Briefly Discussed
Washington (IP) Presi
dent Eisenhower reviewed his
State of the Union Message
and briefly discused his pro
posed $74 billion budget with
members of the Cabinet to
day. Afterward he presided at
swearing in ceremonies for
members of the new Civil
Rights Commission and dis
cussed their duties with them
at the commision's first of
ficial meeting.
Furnished Draft
White House Press Secre
tary James C. Hagerty said
Cabinet members were fur
nished a draft of the State of
the Union Message before
they went to the White House.
He said no major changes
were made at the Cabinet
meeting, which lasted more
than two hours.
Hagerty told reporters the
new budget, which he has
said will be balanced, came
up at the meeting "just in
passing." He said he believes
its final dollars and cents
figure has been "virtually de
cided." In round numbers it will be
about $74 billion. Officials
said the huge spending pro
gram, a peacetime record, is
complete except for some
minor adjustments in defense
items. It contains about $40
billion for defense to meet
Russia's missile threat.
Nixon At Meeting
All members of the Cabi
net and Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon attended the
meeting in the White House
Cabinet Room.
In presiding at'the Cabinet
and Civil Rights Commission
meetings the President was
winding up a 26-hour visit to
the capital before returning
to his Gettysburg farm.
Hagerty said he does not
expect any official callers at
the farm this week end .He
said the chief executive will
continue to work on the final
wording of his State of the
Union Message.
Motion Filed To
Resubmit Cases
A motion has been filed in
Jackson county circuit court
by the district attorney's of
fice to resubmit to the grand
jury the cases of Leonard E.
Steege, Darrell Johnson and
Larry William Irvin, all
charged with rape, according
to District Attorney Tom
Reeder. s
Steege, 24, lives at 401 East
12th st., Irvin, 26,. at 215 Wil
lamette ave., and Johnson 26,
at 619 Palm st., Medford. All
three are free on bail.
Reeder said his office re
quested the order to have the
cases reconsidered and is sub
mitting the indictment now
on file. "This is being done
on the basis of new evidence
and new witnesses pertinent
to the case," Reeder said.
All three had entered pleas
of innocent to the charges
when arraigned on the indict
ment Sept. 6. Trial dates were
set for January then con
tinued, according to the coun
ty clerk's office.
The trio is charged with
assaulting an 18 -year -old
Oklahoma City, Okla., girl in
the Sterling Creek rd. area
Saturday, Aug. 24.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (IP) Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 444.56, up
5.29; 20 railroads 103.53, up
3.64; 15 utilities 69.46, up
0.52, and 65 stocks 149.72,
up 2.31. Sales today were
about 2.440.000 shares com
pared with 1,800.000 shares
Thursday.
Crown Zellerbach Ordered To
Seil Holdings at St.
Washington (IP! The Fed
eral Trade commission has
ordered Crown Zellerbach
corporation of San Francisco
to sell its holdings in the St.
Helen's Pulp and Paper com
pany. The commission ordered
Crown Zellerbach, the na
tion's second largest paper
producer, to submit within
60 days a plan for complying
with the order.
In that time, the company
must draw up a timetable in
which it can "reasonably"
get rid of its holdings in St.
Helens. The FTC will then
set a deadline.
The commission ruled
Thursday that Crown's pur
chase of St. Helens in 1953
violated the anti-merger law.
Before purchase, St. Helens
was one of Crown Zeller
bach's biggest competitors.
Four of the five commis
sion members took part in
Ul
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Six Russian
Soldiers Desert
East Germany
Four Reach West;
One Declared Shot
Berlin (IPI Russian refu
gee groups reported today
that six Soviet, soldiers de
serted in . Communist East
Germany New Year's Eve and
four of them beat their way
to the West through a ring of
Soviet troops.
The emigree said one de
serter was shot and captured
and another was still -at lib
erty.
The escape plot, coming
while the Communists were
celebrating their biggest hol
iday, touched off unprece
dented activity by Soviet
troops on the borders of Ber
lin. The Soviet troops rushed to
border posts Wednesday night
and conducted an intensive
manhunt in the Soviet sector
of Berlin. They kept it up
until about noon today when
they turned the posts back to
the East German Communist
gaurds.
Great Importance
The display of force, the
greatest by the Red army in
Berlin since the workers' re
volts of June, 1953, indicated
the Soviets attached the great
est importance to the desert
ers. There was wide specula
tion one was a general.
The Russian emigree Truch
novich Committee in Berlin
first reported the defections
an another Russian Emigree
group, the Soviet Resistance
Organization, in Frankfurt,
known as N.T.S., backed it up.
The N.T.S. said the quick ac
tion by the Soviet army
blocked the flight of deserters
on an even larger scale.
Six-Year-Old Hurt
When Hit By Car
Six-year-old Thomas Eu
gene Neely, of 31 North Co
lumbus ave., was reported in
fair condition this morning
after he was injured Thurs
day afternoon ; when he ap
parently fell from a car back
ing from the driveway of his
home.
The boy was taken to
Sacred Heart hospital by Med
ford Ambulance service. He
suffered internal chest in
juries, according to hospital
officials. Police said the ac
cident took place about 3:25
p.m. Thursday.
The car, operated by the
boy's mother, Mrs. Betty May
Finlay, 32, said she stopped
at once when she realized the
boy was under the car, ac
cording to Medford police.
Bitter Cold Wave
Grips Eastern Nation
By UNITED PRESS
The bitterest cold wave of
the winter gr;pped most of the
nation east of the Rocky
mountains today and the
Weather Bureau promised lit
tle relief.
Below freezing tempera
tures were .reported along a
line from the Carolina coast
into Southern Alabama and
Mississippi and northwest
ward into the Texas pan
handle. the decision. The fifth, Com
missioner William C. Kearn,
did not. Commissioner Ed
ward T. Tait wrote the deci
sion. First Test
It was the first time the
commisison has ordered the
breakup of a merger in a con
tested case. The law forbids
mergers which tend to lessen
competition in any particular
industry. The firm has the
right to appeal the FTC deci
sion to the courts.
James D. .Zellerbach, U.S.
ambassador to Italy, was
president of Crown Zeller
bach from 1938 until 1956
when he resigned to accept
his diplomatic post. He is
now a principal stockholder
and chairman of the board on
leave of absence.
Until the FTC sets a dead
line for compliance, Crown
Zellerbach may not cut, re
move or sell any timber on
y'll Stand Still While We Catch Up?'
Russian Offensive
Claimed Subverting
Free Governments
Washington KPl A gov
ernment report warned today
that Russia's new economic
offensive has made consider
able headway toward sub
verting free governments and
underdeveloped countries.
The report, prepared by the
State Department, estimated
that in the past three years
Russia and her Communist
satellites have given these
countries nearly Sl,900,000,-
000 in economic aid.
Fail To SeeDangers.. .
This aid has been designed
,0 promote Russia's "expan
sionist aims of international
Communism," the study said.
It added that many of the
countries accepting Soviet
help have failed to see the
dangers of Russian infiltra
tion and subversion.
A copy of the report was
made available to the United
Press by non-administration
source.
The study said that Russia
has been faced in recent years
"with unfavorable prospects
for conquest in Europe'.' and
has been "frustrated in its re-
Guatemala Watched
Fcr Trend To Reds
Washington (IP) Tension
torn and Communist - ridden
Guatemala is receiving the
"very, very closest" scrutiny
from the State Department
and members of Congress, it
was learned today.
The only country ever to
overthrow a Communist re
gime now appears in danger
of falling once again under
Communist influence.
Ever since Guatemalan
President Carlos Castillo
Armas was assassinated last
July by a Communist sympa
thizer, exiled Communists and
Communist sympathizers have
been returning to the Central
American republic in increas
ing numbers.
"We have been very con
cerned about," a State De
partment official said.
Helens
lands from St. Helens, or
lands on which St. Helens
had cutting rights.
Complaint Challenged
Crown Zellerbach had chal
lenged the FTC complaint on
grounds that the commission
chose only the 11 western
states as the area for testing,
the effect of the merger on
competition. It claimed this
test was "improperly restric
tive." But Commissioner Tait said
the FTC is satisfied the 11
western states was an "appro
priate section" of the coun
try for testing the effects' of
the merger.
The FTCnoted that Crown
Zellerbach's annual net sales
increased from nearly S85
million in 1942 to nearly S253
million in 1953. 1
By 1953, the FTC said,
when the merger was com
pleted, Crown Zellerbach's
sales totaled $414 million.
IT
SWIGS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1958
lian'ce on direct subversion to
expand its influence- over
other areas.". Therefore, it
said, the Communist bloc
turned to economic penetra
tion of independent countries
.it wished to subvert.
Major emphasis has been
given in this economic offen
sive by Russia to the new na
tions in Asia and Africa
"struggling for national
identification and economic
improvement."
Council Postpones
Ordinance Action
The Medford city council
last night postponed action
on the proposed subdivision
ordinance until a planning
consultant from the League
of Oregon Cities examines it.
The motion, made by Coun
cilman James Dunlevy, was
supported by all councilmen.
Dunlevy said he had ex
amined the ordinance and al
though he did not question
the judgment of Hahn, Wise
and Associates, who drafted
the original ordinance, he did
want someone else's opinion.
The consultant, Lloyd An
derson, is scheduled to arrive
in Medford later this month.
Anderson will work on the
city's urban renewal program
while in Medford.
Mark B o y d e n, Medford,
surveyor, told the council he
had more than 40 suggested
changes for the ordinance.
Robert Mclntyre, Rogue Val
ley land company, also said
he had several suggested
changes for the subdivision
ordinance. Mayor John Snider
suggested the men submit the
suggestions in writing and to
discuss the changes at an in
formal council meeting. No
meeting date was set.
Safety Feared
For Bend Family
Bend P Fear was felt
today for the safety of a fam
ily of three who have not
been seen since about 4:15
p.m. on New Year's day.
Missing were Mr. and Mrs.
James R. Thompson and their
daughter, Juanita, 2. Fear was
expressed that they may
have met with an accident in
snow-covered hills not far
from Bend.
The family was seen
driving away from their home
less than two hours before a
New Year's night dinner en
gagement. Friends said the
family may have decided to
take a short drive to some
nearby butte for a sunset pic
ture. Thompson has an inter
est in photography.
Searchers said it was pos
sible the family car might
have stalled in snow in the
Cascades.
The Thompsons came here
in August from Boise, Idaho.
He is an office supply worker
here.
ored William B. Nichol, 85,
Thursday on the occasion of
his 50th anniversary as a daily
commuter on the Central's
Croton local-express line.
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 218
Benson Payments
Target of Suit
Filed by Democrat
'Friendly' Action
Seeking Restraint
Washington (IP) Whether
or not he wins his "friendy
type" lawsuit against Agricul
ture Secretary Ezra T. Ben
son, Rep. Henry S. Reuss (D
Wis.) believes he already has
set a considerable precedent.
He said he is the first con
gressman ever to sue a Cab
inet officer to restrain an
"illegal" action. He assumes
the reason it hasn't been done
before is that never before
has a Cabinet officer so "flag
rantly flouted" the law.
Contrary View
Benson has a contrary
view of this. Their differences
presumably will be mediated
shortly in U.S. District Court
here. Reuss asked the court
Thursday to block Benson
from paying farm operators
more than S3.000 each in soil
bank subsidies for taking land
out of production.
Reuss said he himself pro
posed the limitation, which
was written into law, to stop
a practice under which he
said Benson paid one big
farm corporation $278,000 in
subsidies, another $209,000,
and 67 others more than $50,
000 each.
"Benson," said Reuss, "is
acting as a sort of Robin
Hood in reverse. He is taking
from the poor to give to the
rich."
"There apparently was no
other way to stop him,"
Reuss explained. "Unless I
am able to get a judicial de
termination against it, Ben
son will be able to pay out
millions of dollars illegally.
He said he hopes Benson
will "look on this as a friend'
ly type suit" that will deter
mine the issue judicially.
Justice Backing
Reuss amendment to the
1958 soil bank appropriation
law bars "total compensation
. . . to'any one producer in
excess of $3,000."
Benson has interpreted this
to limit payments to $3,000
to any one farm. Some people
own . more than one farm.
Benson has said he will pay
them accordingly. He already
has the backing of the Jus
tice Department, Budget Bu
reau and Comptroller Gen
eral. Reuss told the court the
amendment meant just what
it said a $3,000 limit to any
one producer no matter how
many farms he may have.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fog or low over
cast in the valley tonight
and Saturday morning.
Above fog clear tonight;
increasing and lowering
cloudiness Saturday. Rain
likely Saturudav night.
Low tonight 32. High Sat
urday 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday - 53
Lowest this morning 31
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today..Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:41 a.m.
Sunset . 4.51 p.m.
The Earth is in Perihelion
(at its least distance from
the Sun) today. Perihelion
distance this year is 91,342,
nnn miles.
The Moon, riding high in
the constellation, Tau-
rus, sets Saturday 6:22 a.m.
and will be Full Sunday
afternoon.
1957 Traffic Deaths in
State Unofficially 462
Salem TPl Oregon's un-
official traffic death toll for
1957 has been set at 462 by
the Motor Vehicle Depart
ment's Traffic Safety division.
That is the second highest
toll ever recorded and an in
crease of slightly more than
nine per cent over the 423
deaths reported in 1956. The
all-time high was 482 deaths
in 1946.
It will be about six weeks
before statistics on the num
ber of accidents and persons
injured will be completed.
Decrease Recorded
. However, through Novem
ber the state had recorded
about a 12 per cent decrease
in accidents and slightly
more than a seven per cent
decrease in persons injured
over the same period a year
ago.
The department said 53,473
accidents and 14,394 injuries
were reported for the first 11
months of ,the year.
POLE
New Zealanders
Have Close Call
As Fuel Runs Low
Tired Adventurers
Pitch Camp on Spot
Wellington, New Zealand
(IPi Sir Edmund Hillary,
38, the man who climbed to
the top of the world on Mt.
Everest, reached the bottom
of the earth at the South Pole
today.
In doing so, he won a
double race. He beat a rvial
British team and he did it
with less than 20 miles of fuel
remaining.
Hillary and four other New
Zealanders thus became the
first men to reach the South
Pole overland since Britain's
Capt. Robert F. Scott in 1912.
Scott perished on the return
journey.
It was -a close call for Hill
ary and his men. They had
only one drum of gasoline
left aboard their Sno-cat trac
tor after a 24-hour forced
march that covered 70 miles.
The remaining drum was
good for barely 20 miles.
The five were so bushed
that the instant their sextant
reading indicated the pole,
they camped on the spot.
Near American Base
They spurned the comfort
of the relatively luxurious
American polar base two
miles away and bedded down
as soon as they radioed their
success.
"Steering by the sun from
earljer fixes, we came bang
on base," Hillary radioed to
New Zealand's Scott Base at
McMurdo Sound.
"We are all very tired, but
well and very pleased to have
arrived."
As for the fuel supply "It
was sufficient for" 20 mile, we
were cutting it very fine."
He had ordered the rest of
their fuel jettisoned to speed
the expedition's trek over
piled-up ice and snow.
It was a desperate gamble,
but it paid off.
The New Zealanders
rivals, Britisher Dr. Vivian
Fuchs, 50, and a dozen men,
were 20 miles on the other
side of the Pole.
The latest word from Fuchs
was a message dated Thurs
day. In it he gave his position
as 87 degrees south some
20 miles from the Pole.
The message indicated some
of the tremendous difficulties
still facing Fuchs. It said his
party was now "at 5,80 feet
after a punishing 10 miles of
sastrugi (high humps of point
ed ice)."
The Hillary team reached
the geographic bottom of the
globe at 8 p.m. New Zealand
time (midnight PST). In the
Antarctic midnight sun the
American base, where
warmth and food awaited.
was a dark blob on the
snpwy horizon. Saturday,
Hillary will trek, the remain
ing two miles to a hero's wel
come. Sends Congratulations
Back in New Zealand,
Prime Minister Walter Nash
immediately radioed his con
gratulations. "Nothing can give me
greater pleasure than to con
vey the delighted congratula
tions of all New Zealanders
to Sir Edmund Hillary and
his small but very gallant
team," Nash said. "Sir Ed
mund has now achieved a
double feat of endurance and
courage that must rank ex
tremely high in the history
of human endeavor."
Salem (IP) The Slate In
dustrial Accident Commission
has named Roy G. Green to
the new post of executive sec
retary. Figures compile! by the
Traffic Safety Division are in
compliance with definitions
adopted by the National Con
ference on Uniform Traffic
Accident Statistics so . they
can be compared across the
country.
The national group defines
a motor vehicle traffic acci
dent death as one which oc
curs on any trafficway which,
is open to the public.
Non-Traffic Accident
Any accident involving a
motor vehicle in motion
which occurs entirely on pri
vate property or in any place
other than a trafficway is a
motor vehicle non-traffic ac
cident and is not considered
part of the state's traffic toll.
Month by month death fig
ures now show January with
27 deathsr February, 29;
March, 36; April, 32; May,
33; June, 45; July, 30; Au
gust, 47; September, 45; Oc
tober, 41; November, 58; and
December, 39.