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Eastern Seaboard
Gets Heavy Snow
And Bitter Cold
Weather Blamed for
At Least 20 Deaths
By UNITED PRESS
Snow piled a foot deep In
New England and swirled into
Central Florida today in the
bitterest storm of the season.
Deep cold settled over the
Eastern Seaboard and the
Gulf states as high winds from
the first onslaught abated.
Florida growers feared addi
tional damage to their fruit
and vegetable crops.
20 Deaths Caused
Across the nation, at least
20 deaths were attributed to
the weather in the past 24
hours.
Among the victims were
four persons in the New York
area who died of apparent
heart attacks while shoveling
snow or trying to free stalled
cars.
The Eastern storm, which
began Tuesday afternoon,
buried coastal sections as far
south as Virginia with nearly
a foot of snow and dumped
4 to 12 inches of snow across
Northern New England.
Other weather victims in
cluded four persons killed in
traffic in New England, two
In New York State and one
in Pennsylvania; six persons,
five of them children, killed
In fires in a Midwest cold
belt, and one killed when an
Army Stratotanker crashed
during a rainstorm in Florida.
Ice was blamed for deaths in
Iowa and Wisconsin.
Deep Drifts in N.Y.
The weather situation by
sections included:
New York: City hit by aver
age five-inch snow accumula
tion but winds piled drifts
several feet deep. Driving haz
ardous on roads into the city
from Long Island, Westchest
er and Connecticut. Planes
operating but delayed.
New Jersey: Eleven - inch
snowfall at Atlantic City
breaks 30-year record. New
ark digs out from more than
four-inch snow accumulation.
Schools Closed
New England: Four to 12
inches of snow in northern
regions, stalling traffic. Sev
eral schools in Central Massa
chusetts closed.
Virginia: Up to 11 inches
of snow along the Virginia
coast. Zero temperatures in
the western mountain regions,
in the 20s elsewhere.
Southeast: First snow on
ground this winter at Birming
ham, Ala., and other Northern
Alabama spots. Freezing tem
peratures overnight from
Northern Florida across Gulf
States into Texas.
Midwest: Sub - zero cold
wave on heels of snowstorm
which closed many Northern
Michigan schools and blocked
roads.
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Johnny Dio Receives
15-30 Year Sentence
New York flP Labor
racketeer John (Johnny Dio)
DioGuardi received a 15-30
year prison sentence today for
extortion in a "labor peace"
racket.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy
tonight, becoming cloudy
with rain Thursday.
Patchy valley fojt early
Thursday. Low tonight
30. High Thursday 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 34
Lowest this Morninj .... 29
Prec. to 4 a. m. Today.. Tr.
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:41a.m.
Sunset 4:56 p. m.
The Moon rises 8:53 p.m.
and is in Perigee.
Last Quarter Sunday
PROMINENT STARS
Regulus. near the Moon.
Altair, low in the west
.. 6:12 p.m.
Slrius. rises 7:10 p.m.
Capella. high overhead
10:14 p. m
Eisenhower's
$2,000 From
Washington W Presi
dent Eisenhower's Gettysburg,
Pa., farm has been paid about
$2,000 during the past two
years for taking wheat and
corn acreage out of produc
tion, it was disclosed today.
Paid for Idle Land
The payments were made
under the Eisenhower ad
ministration's soil bank pro
gram of paying farmers for
letting land lie idle to cut sur
plus production. Agriculture
Secretary Ezra T. Benson an
nounced Tuesday the admini
stration will ask Congress to
scrap the program after this
year.
G'en Miller, office manager
of the Adams County, Pa.,
Cents
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1958
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JOE WALSH
Files for Nomination
Walsh Files for
Nomination as
County Sheriff
Joseph D. (Joe) Walsh, now
chief criminal deputy in the
Jackson county sheriff's of
fice, today announced his
candidacy for sheriff.
Walsh is 31 years old, lives
at route 2, box 816B, Central
Point and is a Republican. He
has been chief criminal depu
ty here since April, 1956, and
has worked in the sheriff's
office since July, 1955. He
served with the Medford Po
lice department in 1953.
The candidate came here
from Bridgeport, Conn., and
had been on the police fqree
there since 1949. From 1946
through 1949 he attended
dental school in Philadelphia,
Pa. Previous to that he spent
four years in the U.S. Navy,
between 1942 and 1946, ob
taining the rank of boat
swain's mate. His overseas
duty was in the Philippines.
Born in Bridgeport
He was born in Bridgeport
and wentrintolhe' Navy' from'
high school. He is married
and has five children. The
oldest is 10 and the youngest
a year old.
Walsh holds memberships
in the Elks lodge, Medford
Junior Chamber of Com
merce and the Southern Ore
gon Peace Officers' associa
tion, of which he is president.
Walsh said he plans to file
his notice of candidacy at the
courthouse within a few days.
Raymond Richard Koch,
Central Point, and owner
manager of a local detective
agency, filed for sheriff as a
Democratic candidate last
August, according to records
at the Jackson county clerk's
office. He made no announce
ment at the time.
Deadline for filing is 5
p.m., March 7, for the pri
mary election May 16.
Two Men Are Bound
Over to Grand Jury
Stanley Carlton Schoen and
David Lee Wade, both of Med
ford, were bound over to the
grand jury yesterday on
charges of assault and robbery
while not armed with a
dangerous weapon, according
to 'the district court clerk's
office.
Both waived preliminary
hearing. They are being held
in the Jackson county jail on
$1,500 bail each.
They are charged with as
saulting Earl Elton Jones of
Trail, yesterday in back of
the 90 and 9 tavern, 1234
South Riverside ave., accord
ing to Medford police.
City police said Jones was
knocked down and robbed of
the contents of his popkets.
He was treated and released
at the Rogue Valley hospital
for lip cuts, officers said.
Farm Paid
Soil Bank
Agriculture Stabilization Com
mittee, said he did not know
the exact amount of payments
made to the President's farm
but it was "about 52,000."
Miller said the payments
were not made directly to the
President but "the signature
of either retired Brig. Gen.
Arthur S. Nevins or George
E. Allen was good enough for
us."
Associated in Farm
Allen and Nevins are neigh
bors of the President and as
sociated with him in the op
eration of his farm..
White House Press Secre
tary James C. Hagerty told re
porters he knew nothing about
the payments.
NATO Looks for
Mutual Approach
To Russia's Bid
Summit Parley To
Be Discussed Friday
Paris (IP) The North At
lantic Treaty Organization
Council met today to seek a
a common approach to Rus-
sia's latest call for a new sum
mit conference. But the re
cent British surprise plan for
a non-aggression pact with
Moscow forced the council to
delay its decision.
The 15 permanent NATO
ambassadors discussed East-
West problems for 90 minutes
of a three and a half hour
meeting this morning at the
group's Palais de Chaillot
headquarters.
To Meet Friday
They decided to meet again
Friday afternoon for a fur
ther discussion on the propos
al for another summit parley
made in December by Soviet
Premier Nikolai Bulganin.
The United States is known
not to be in favor of such a
parley at this time. But itsj
jiiieij' iLiUiupt-rici Bines at
least want to explore Soviet
intentions.
However, the U. S. draft re
ply, to the latest Kremlin
overture was not debated at
this morning's session.
Leaves Door Open
President Eisenhower's an
swer is expected to be cool
to Bulganin's proposal. It
will, however, leave the -oor
open for such talks if Russia
shows its willingness to ne
gotiate in good faith.
Informed NATO sources
said the council discussed
British Prime Minister Har
old Macmillan's call for a non
aggression pact as part of an
overall, cold war settement.
Macmillan made his pro
posal without consulting the
NATO allies. And today's
meeting was the first time the
NATO council had a chance
to discuss it.
OSC Professor to
Be Honored Here
The American Pomological
society will honor Henry
Hartman, professor of horti
culture at Oregon State col
lege since 1919, with its Wild
er medal at a meeting of
pear growers in Medford
Jan. 27.
Hartman will be honored
for his development of a spe
cial rot prevention wrap for
pears and new shipping tech
niques which placed Oregon
pears in eastern fruit markets
in the 1930s.
The award goes annually
to individuals and institu
tions "rendering outstanding
service in horticulture."
Hartman is credited with
speeding the development of
the Oregon pear industry
from a $4 million enterprise,
in 1930 to $20 million in 1957.
He has been with OSC since
1919 and has continued on
full-time teaching research
duties since he reached retire
ment age in 1955.
Besides the special wraps,
Hartman developed paraffin
liners for pear boxes that re
duced costly friction bruises
in cross-country shipment. He
also worked out proper har
vest time for various pear va
rieties and the length of time
different varieties of pears
could be kept in cold storage.
Fourth Atlas Test
Launching Delayed
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (iP)
he awesome Atlas, ocean
spanning giant of the nation's
missile arsenal, was due for
its fourth test launching to
day, but technicians appar
ently ran into difficulty pre
paring for the shot.
The tedious, step by step
countdown toward triggering
of the Atlas began long be
fore dawn and the missile
was expected to get off at
mid-day. By shortly before
noon (e.s.t.) however, the red
warning bell at the cape had
gone up only for a few min
utes, then been taken down.
There were -signs of activ
ity around the Atlas service
tower, but the missile had
not been taken out.
Weather early in the day
seemed favorable for the
scheduled launching, but
more clouds swept over the
area later in the morning and
winds picked up slightly.
Unless the missile is
"scrubbed" however, due to
weather or some other diffi
culty, the Atlas still was ex
pected to be fire before the
day is over.
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FLOOD RESCUE National Guardsmen re
move family from motor boat following
their evacuation from inundated area of
First Forecasts on
Water Show More
Than Norma! Supply
The first of the winter's
water forecasts were issued
today by the weather bureau
and the soil conservation
service. Both forecasts indi
cate a good supply with above
normal streamflows.
Wate- runoff in southwest
ern Oregon is forecast to be
'above to well above the 1938-
1952 average" because of high
carryover and precipitation to
date, according to, the weather
bureau
Rogue river streamflow be
low South Fork is forecast at
1,460,000 acre feet, or 110 per
cent of the water year flow
from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31.
Residual flow for the period
from Jan. 1 through Sept. 30
on the Rogue is forecast at 1,-
090,000 acre feet, or 104 per
cent of the average.
The water year flow on the
Umpqua below Lake Creek is
forecast at 339,000 acre feet,
or 113 per cent of the 15-year
average, the bureau said. . .
' Upper Klamath Take net in
flow is forecast at 2,000,000
acre feet, or 164 per cent of
the water year flow, and 1,
540,000 acre feet, or 168 per
cent of the residual flow.
The weather, bureau said
fall precipitation throughout
southwestern Oregon was near
110 per cent of average. Sep
tember was well above aver
age, October near average
and November was slightly
below average. December, the
bureau noted, was deficient
during the first half of the
month, but heavy precipita-
Officials Discuss
Warning Signals
City officials and represen
tatives fromt he Public Util
ities commissioner and. South
ern Pacific railroad met in an
all-day meeting Tuesday to
discuss warning signal cir
cuits on railroads.
A tentative schedule of sig
nalization was developed by
the group, according to City
Manager Robert A. Duff. It
will be reviewed by South
ern Pacific and the public ut
ilities commissioner. Duff
said discussion included all
train crossings within the
Medford city limits.
Here for the meeting were
C. E. Jacqua, PUC engineer,
Salem; George M. Joyce,
trainmaster for SP, Medford;
W. O. Dalen, signal superin
tendent; A. C. Jacobson, assist
ant signal engineer; James In
gerson, attorney for SP; E. A.
Kendrew, assistant engineer
for SP, and Bruce Crandall,
state highway traffic engin
eer, baiem.
Representing Medford in ad
dition to Duff were Vernon
Thorpe, city engineer, and
Roy Bashaw, city attorney..
The meeting was called by
PUC, Duff said, on the com
missioner s order regarding
speed of trains. .
Bids on Bonds to
Be Opened Jan. 9
Bids on $600,000 worth of
bonds for construction in the
Medford school system will
be opened at noon Thursday,
Jan. 9, in the school adminis
tration office.
Bonds totaling $1,786,000
were authorized by school
district voters in a special
election late last year. Only
S600.000 worth are now being
sold to finance the first phase
of construction in .the two-
year building program.
The 5600,000 is for two new
elementary school units, and
an addition to Medford High
school.
52nd Year
Nc. 222
lion fell in southwestern Ore
gon the latter half with
amounts averaging 150 per
cent of normal for the month.
Snow Accumulation
Although a good portion of
the excess precipitation ran
off as streamflow, colder tem
peratures during the latter
part of the month caused the
accumulation of snow at high
er elevations. The snow depth
at Crater Lake National park
measured 97 inches about Jan.
1, compared to 25 inches last
year and 86 inches in 1956.
Precipitation in south-cen
tral Oregon also was more
than normal, and streamflow
in that area is forecast to be
slightly above the 1938-52
average, the weather bureau
said.
Average water supplies can
be expected this spring and
summer in the- Rogue and
Umpqua watersheds if normal
weather conditions prevail,
according to'the Soil Conser
vation service and Oregon Ag
ricultural experiment station.
Greater Stored-Waler
The SCS. report noted that
most of the snow courses
measured this month had
greater than normal stored-
water. The average was 124
Der cent of normal. Water
content of snow -is about six
times greater than at this time
last year, the report noted.
At Diamond lake, 11.4 in
ches of water were measured
in the snow compared to 5.3
inches last year and a normal
of 8.7 inches.
Emigrant Gap and Fish lake
reservoirs are slightly more
than half full, better than
usual, the SCS said. Hyatt
lake is almost half full, which
is 188 per cent of normal. The
last available report on Four
mile lake shows it to be about
40 per cent of capacity, the
service reported.
Flow of the Rogue river at
Gold Ray during December
was 125 per cent of normal.
Since Oct. 1, it has been 117
per cent normal.
Radio Highlights
President E i s e nhower'i
State of the Union message
will be heard oyer station
KYJC (1230 kc) at 9:30 a. m.
Thursday.
A speech by Lester Pear
son, winner of last year's
Nobel Peace Prize and for
mer foreign minister of
Canada, will be heard over
the same station at 9 p. m.
today.
"You Were
DEMOCRATS WILL BACK
SPEHPIHC FOB DEFENSE
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Edinburgh, Tex., as torrential rains hit the
lower Rio Grande valley.
Dulles' Foreign
Policy Challenged
In Stassen Report
. New York (IT) Presiden
tial disarmament adviser
Harold E. Stassen has chal
lenged "almost the whole fab
ric of Dulles' foreign policy"
in a report he made recently
to the National Security coun
cil, according to Newsweek
magazine.
However, the challenge ap
parently has been in vain so
far. .
Informed sources in Wash
ington reported Tuesday that
although Stassen was urging
a more flexible policy toward
Russia,-especially on disarm-
jament, the council sided with
Secretary of State John Fost
er Dulles and approyedia re
jection of Soviet proposals for
a new summit meeting and a
U. Sr. - Soviet non-aggression
pact
Newsweek said Stassen
fears that Dulles' attitude to
Russia "was sustaining world
tensions and thereby making
a workable disarmament sys
tem impossible." The , report
to the NSC was tie only. way
Stassen would make his view
known because "Dulles no
longer consults him," the
magazine reported.
According to Newsweek,
Stassen proposed bilateral
disarmament talks with the
Russians to test their sincer
ity, consideration of suspen
sion of nuclear weapons tests
backed by a ground inspec
tion system, and the possible
reunification of Germany
along the lines of the Aus
trian settlement.
Company's Appeal
Denied in Court
Washington (IP) An
appeal by Crater Lake Ma
chinery company from a
$56,867 claim for additional
income taxes , for the years
1951-52 was denied today by
the United States Tax Court.
The claim arose after the
firm purchased assets of Reed
Tractor and Equipment com
pany. In computing its own
excess profits tax credits the
Crater Lake firm sought to
use all of that concern's base
period income.
The tax collector eliminat
ed as a duplication a part of
the base period earnings of the
purchased business.. The
question before the court was
whether he erred in so do
ing. The court held that Cra
ter Lake had failed to show
that the tax collector had er
red "to any extent or that the
regulations are inapplicable
or improper."
Saying - ?"
Demos Challenge
(eating to File
For Renomination
The Jackson county Demo
cratic party organization to
day challenged County Judge
Rodney Keating to file for
renomination this year in an
effort to clarify the length of
his term of office.
If he does not, County
Democratic Party Chairman
James A. Redden Jr., and
Party Counsel William V.
Deatherage suggested they
would "take the necessary
steps to obtain a final deci
sion." Attorney General Robert
Y. Thornton last month in an
opinion stated Keating's term
was for six years instead of
four. The opinion was request
ed by District Attorney Tom
Reeder after a dispute as to
the term of office arose. '
The Democratic party's
challenge and suggestion was
contained in a letter sent to
Keating.
Issues Statement
Keating, referring to the
letter, this morning said: "In
reply to a recent letter re
garding my term of office, it
was my belief that I was
elected for a six-year term
ending in December, 1960.
The attorney general's recent
ruling on this matter has sub
stantiated by opinion. If the
law is not clear, my sugges
tion to any parties who are
not satisfied with this opinion
take the matter to the court
or the next legislature."
In the letter, they noted
that "you will agree that your
term of office is not clearly
set forth by law due to legis
lation passed in 1949. Prior
to 1949, there was no ques
tion that the term for the of
fice of county judge was. six
years.
"However, the 1949 legis
lation removed all judicial
functions from the office of
county judge in Jackson coun
ty, as well as other counties,
and since that time the title
of your office has actually
been a misnomer, as the of
fice has no judicial function."
Title of Office ,
They go on to explain that
the title of the office also is
misleading to many who be
lieve the county judge pre
sides over a judicial court.
Continued use of the title, the
letters continues,, misleads
"the voting public who may
believe that a candidate for
your office must possess legal
qualifications when in fact
no legal experience is re
quired."
"The attorney general
clearly realized this ambig
uity when he relied upon Ar
ticle VII of the Oregon Con
stitution, as amended, in hold
ing that your term of office
was six years, although Ar
ticle VII is only concerned
with offices exercising judi
cial power of the state, a pow
er which was removed from
your office in 1949. As you
know, the attorney general's
opinion is not a final decision,
but only one lawyer's opin
ion, which may or may not be
upheld in the courts, which
have the power of final decis
ions on matters of constitu
tional ad statutory interpre
tation."
Redden and Deatherage
said they believed Keating
was interested in solving the
problem, which exists not
only in Jackson county, but
throughout the state. "It is
not, and should not be a prob
lem of partisan politics. It af
fects both Republicans and
Democrats holding like posi
tions in other counties," they
noted.
Procedure Simple
"The procedure in which a
final and legal decision can
be obtained is extremely
speedy, simple and inexpen
sive. WTe suggest, first, that
you file your declaration of
candidacy for the nomination
of county judge. In the event
the county clerk refuses to
accept your declaration
(which refusal you can ex
pect, due to the ruling of the
attorney general) you may
then petition the Supreme
Court for an alternative writ
of mandamus directing the
courtty clerk to accept your
declaration or show cause why
she will not. Aftei the answer
of the county clerk in re
sponse to the writ, the court
would then render a final de
cision on the term of office.
The above suggestion neces
sarily presumes your desire
to seek renomination to the
office.
"The problem is one of
great importance, and a final
and binding decision will be
obtained. Inasmuch as you
now hold the office, you
should have the first oppor
tunity to take the necessary
steps to solve the problem
which will belie any claim of
partisanship.
"We know that you appre
ciate the importance of this
matter and wish a final deter
mination of the issue. In the
event you do not desire to
solve this problem as suggest
ed above, will you please con
tact the undersigned in order
that we may take the neces
sary steps to obtain a final
decision."
Wartime Housing
Project Will Be
Liquidated Soon
The "temporary" wartime
housing project near the Jack
son school will be liquidated
this year, it was announced
today by Mark A. Goldy, ex
ecutive director.
Letters notifying the occu
pants of the 77 apartments
still in use that the project
will be closed no later than
July 1 went into the mail yes
terday, he said. Between 250
and 275 people will be re
quired to find new housing.
Goldy, pointed out that the
apartments, constructed dur
ing the war as a temporary
housing project, are of sub
standard construction, and
originallywere designed for
occupancy lasting no longer
than the duration of World
War II. However, they were
used after the war because of
the housing shortage, and
since. Goldy said, however,
that age and obsolesence has
reduced the apartments to the
point where they are no
longer suited for dwelling
purposes. He said extensive
repairs would be required for
continued occupancy, and
that this would be both im
practical and prohibitively
costly.
Other Factors
Goldy explained that sev
eral other factors have caused
the housing authority of Jack
son county to decide the time
has come to terminate the
housing project.
One is the availability of
rental housing elsewhere in
Medford at present. He point
ed out that there are a num
ber of rental vacancies, and
cited a recent resolution of
the Medford Realty board
calling for the end of the war
born project. He said the
Realty board will be called
upon to offer its services in
relocating project tenants.
He also cited the possibility
that the government will pur
chase a part of the area for
a reserve armory as a factor
in the decision. The Army has
an option on the armory site.
Tentative Plans
He also reminded of the
tentative plans of the city to
use the rest of the area in its
park and recreational pro
gram. Members of the housing
authority, who serve under
the jurisdiction of the county
court as an administrative
agency for the project, in
clude Robert Duff, Elwood
Hedberg, R. B. Thierolf, Otto
Ewaldsen, H. S. Deuel and
Goldy.
France Agrees To Probe
Albania Airplane Report
Paris (IPi The United
States formally asked France
today to investigate reports
that Communist Albania is
holding a missing U.S. Air
Force plane and its pilot.
A U. S. Embassy spokesman
said the French government
agreed. France is the only
major Western power with
diplomatic representation in
Albania.
Heard Via Radio
An Albanian radio broad
cast, monitored by a station
in Munich, Germany, Tues
day, announced that a U. S.
Air Force T-33 jet trainer pi
loted by a Maj. Howard Cur
ran had invaded Albanian air
space and been forced down.
The Air Force said Curran,
39, of Tacoma, Wash., had
McElroy Receives
Pledge During
Pentagon Parley
Essential Sum To
Retain Lead Urged
Washington (IP) Democrat!
congressional leaders told De
fense Secretary Neil H. Mc
Elroy today they will support
whatever military spending is
"essential and adequate" to
keep America ahead in race
for space.
Their pledge was made at m
breakfast meeting at the Pen
tagon arranged by McElroy.
It came a day after Presi
dent Eisenhower sent his first
defense spending request to
the newly convened Congress,
a call for $1,260,000,000 . in
for the current fiscal year to
expand missile production and
improve operations of the
Strategic Air Command.
Senate Democratic leader
Lyndon B. .Johnson told news
men after the Pentagon meet
ing that he assured McElroy
that if the defense secretary
would "determine what is es
sential and adequate" in mili
tary spending and "stick with
it, the Democrats would sup
port him."
The administration is ex
pected to ask Congress for $40
billion in defense funds for
the new fiscal year starting
July 1. That is $2 billion high
er than the amount appropri
ated for the current fiscal
year.
Besides Johnson, Senate Re
publican leader Williah F.
Knowland, Speaker Sam Ray
burn. Sens. Carl Hayden (T
Ariz), Mike Mansfield (D
Mont.) and Carl Albert (D
Okla.) attended the meeting
with McElroy.
Eisenhower's first military
spending request of Congress
meanwhile, won general en
dorsement. ;
Johnson said that "50,000
air planes produced a year be
fore Pearl Harbor saved our
necks. ... A thousand mis
siles produced in the coming
year may save our lives."
Federal Grant to
Oregon Approved
A federal grant of $47,275
to the Oregon Bureau of
Municipal research has been
approved by urban renewal
commissioner, Wash ington,
D. C, according to informa
tion received today from Sen
ators Wayne Morse and Rich
ard L. Neuberger.
The grant, made available
by Housing and Home Fi
nance Agency, will aid in the
preparation of plans for 13
Oregon cities including Med
ford. The project includes studies
and plans in the fields of land
use, parking, park locations,
population analyses, streets
and highway, economic bases
zoning, flood control and
drainage projects scheduled
for completion within '15
months.
The total planning project
in Medford will cost $17,150,
according to City Manager
Robert A. Duff. Federal gov
ernment grants will pay not
more than 50 per cent of the
cost with the remainder paid
for by state and local funds.
Duff said he had not re
ceived word from the Oregon
Bureau of Municipal research
as to the actual amount Med
ford would receive.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York P Dow
Jonei final stock averages:..
3 industrials 446.61, off 1.18; -20
railroads 103.21. off 0.07j.
15 utilities 70.23, up 0.41.
and 65 clocks 150.39, off
0.09. been listed as missing for
more than two weeks. He dis
appeared Dec. 23 while flying
alone from the U. S. supply
base at Chateauroux, France,
to Naples,- on Italy's south
western coast.
Albania is on the other side
of Italy and about 50 miles
across the Adriatic Sea from
Naples.
Five-Day Search
Air Force officials at Cha
teauroux said Curran was on
a trip related to Air Force
contract work. He was last
heard from when he made a
routine radio position check
in the vicinity of Piza on the
northwest coast of Italy.
American and Italian air
planes made a five-day search
for the missing pilot.