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It 8 (Friday, April 25, 1953 WAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Oregon Senators Propose Dam To Relieve Jobless Washington t? Oregon's two senators today proposed accelerated construction of John Day dam on he Colum bia river as a means of help ing to relieve unemployment in the state. Sens. Richard L. Neuberger and Wayne Horse, both Demo crats, outlined a stepped up program for the dam in a joint letter to Maj. Gen. E. C. Itschncr, chief of the Corps of Engineers. Ask for Schedule They asked that considera tion be given to establishment of a contract schedule which would permit ordering "well in advance of construction re quirements such units as will later be needed for genera tion, diversion, spillway and outlet works." Morse and Neuberger asked Itschner for a list of items which miyht be included in a '"project stockpile" of com pleted units, built in anticipa tion of future requirements. They said the information could be presented to the House and Senate appropria tions committees during con s i d e r a tion of construction funds for the 1,100,000 kilo watt dam. Neuberger had suggested such a plan to Itschner infor mally during a Senate hear ing earlier this week. The gen eral said the corps would be willing to consider it, but he indicated the advantages of accelerating the early stages of the dam's development "might not outweigh the dis advantages." But in their formal plea to Itschner, Morse and Neuber ger said that "due to present market and competitive con ditions, it appears there may be distinct advantages of econ omy in contracting for fabri cated units in advance of nor mal programming." J Try and Stop By BENNETT CERF SHE WAS A WISP of a girl, but how she could eat! As she gave her order to the waiter in the expensive restaurant, her companion mentally figured the cost and groaned.. "After the filet mignon and the fresh asparagus," she decided, "I'll have some crepes suzette and a bit of imported cheese." Then she turned to her escort, and asked, "What do you sug gest I wash it down with, darling?" Glumly he suggested, "How about Lake Michi gan?" The most conceited rookie ever to go South with the Yankees got his chance in a nff.;i,,f tha farriinals at t Petersburg, and promptly walked the first five men who faced him. Manager Casey Stengel motioned him to the showers and brought in another pitcher, The rookie slammed his glove to the mound and demanded, How do you like that? The ol' jerk takes me out while I got a no-intter 1 1958, by Bennett Cert Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Lifesavers, Snow Pine Needles Menu For Injured Woman (Continued from page 1) Three Arrested for Pinball Operation Portland HP! Three men were arrested here Thursday on secret indictments accus ing them of operation of coin-in-the-slot machines in Multna mah county outside Portland. District Attorney Leo Smith said the three were not ar rested under the statute cur rently being used in some Ore gon counties which permits pinball machines to be seized. Smith said the indictments were based on the recent opin ion of Attorney General Ro bert Y. Thornton that all pin ball machines are illegal in Oregon and no decisions of courts in other jurisdictions. Smith said he did not intend to seize machines but that op erators face possible arrest. Clarence W. Ross, Charles G. Joy, and Sam Gilgus post ed $100 bail and were not re quired to appear at county jail. ! Thornton Asks for Speed Lav Revision Eugene UP) Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton Thursday night called for a re-examination by the Legisla ture of speed laws. In a speech to the sixth an nual traffic court conference here, Thornton said the basic rule speed law should' be mod ified by providing for fixed speed limits. "I would advocate an over all speed limit on 'safe' high ways of 60 miles per hour for day-time driving and 55 miles per hour for night-time driv ing, with a preportionately lower speed limit on all other highways where road condi tions, traffic and other cir cumstances are such that the maximum speed limit is clear ly unsafe," . Thornton said. Thornton pointed to an in crease in the number of fatal accidents caused by speed in calling for legislative action. Speaking of her ordeal, Mrs. i Davis said she broke each of ; her two lifesavers in half "to make them go farther and I'd eat them with snow. It was kind of like a mint cocktail." She said she also ate pine needles "just for a change of taste." "... It was very, very cold. I didn't know what cold was before," she said. "All three nights it snowed." She said she was unable to move except to pull herself up a tree trunk. "I told myself, 'You just can't become hysterical be cause there's no one here to watch you." She said it was "pretty hor rible" when her husband had to leave "but I knew he had to go." Gas Tank Empty Their plane crashed Monday afternoon while they were en route to Spokane from Fresno They tried to start a fire but at was too wet and windy. Davis then left her bundled up in all the clothes he could find including a pair of his ' trousers and set out on foot ! He built a lean-to for her. "I just kept going for what I seemed like 2000 miles," he said. He walked about 25 miles and "fell down about 100 times." He found an abandoned cabin at the end of a logging road and got a hand ful of rice to eat, some sleep and some old clothing. At 6:30 a.m. Thursday he stumbled to the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Robertson. "I wouldn't let him in at first because he looked so tough," Robertson said. His arrival touched off the big rescue operation which was climaxed after hours of tension when the helicopter pilot radioed shortly before 5:30 p.m. that Mrs. Davis was "alive." They saw each other 4HiW 44 V xS&f&&ttHMt ---JERK i mwm . . rasa- MiX4m1 fM I ' KfSIrl1 i Tiff ?H I 1 h , i it f'A v-1 3B5P f& - Jjiaiinwiis jpproval jierever jffe (Jt oes Accompany a new 1958 Cadillac to any destination in the civilized world and you will be accorded the courtesy that goes with respect. For wherever a Cadillac goes, it carries with it a reputation for. quality and integrity that is without counterpart in the world of manufactured products. And such overwhelming approval of Cadillac and of what it represents is, we feel, the finest compliment that could be paid a motor car. For it could only have been won and held by the strictest devotion to quality. Since the Cadillac name first appeared on the world's highways, it has repre sented automotive achievement at its highest level. 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Snow Hampers Search Davis, despite his fatigue and injuries, got into a plane Thursday afternoon to help hunt the wreckage when the 'copter did not spot it immedi ately. The wreckage had been seen earlier by a civil air pa trol pilot but snow fell during the afternoon and it was less than two hours before dark when the rescue was made. The Davises were flying to be at the bedside of his moth er, Mrs. Irving Davis, who was to undergo surgery. They left their children, Elizabeth 12, and Scott, 10, behipd them in care of a family nurse. Heading for Portland for a refueling stop, Davis found himself flying blind in snow, sleet and dark clouds over central Oregon. His gas tank was nearly empty. He lowered the plane and found he was skimming over snow-covered fossil-bed country. He radioed he was running out of gas. Then he put the plane down between two trees, tearing off the wings. In the Days News. By FRANK JENKINS If, in this year of business slowdown, you listen to the politicians who are trying to make votes out of the reces sion, you'll either become so confused that you won't know which way is up or so low in your mind that you'll go out and jump in the lake. So Today Let's listen to some people who aren't running for office. LET'S start with Sam Daw son, an Associated Press reporter who specializes in economic and business news. He starts off a recent piace with the statement that the bulk of the grief is concen trated in the highly indus trialized sectors of the East and the Middle West where the HEAVY GOODS (mean ing things made of iron and steel and other metals) are chiefly produced. Back there, he says, things are admittedly not as good at the moment as they might be. But He adds Large sections of the na tion report business as usual and wonder what all the shouting is about. For exam ple, he says, most of the southwestern quarter of the nation is experiencing gen eral good times without much sign of let-up He thinks times are pretty good all along the West Coast and through the Mountain states and the southern Great Plains. TiAWSON, in his look-see at " the West as a whole, more or less skips the Pacific Northwest. So, for a look at that area let's turn to another economic analyst Robert H. Ryan, director of area devel opment for the National Com mittee for Economic Develop ment. In an address in Spokane the other day, Mr. Ryan told the Pacific Northwest Trade association the Pacific North west "is only about half grown and its growth poten tial BORDERS ON THE IM MEASURABLE." He added: "It is reasonable to assume that -the population of the Northwest "will DOUBLE in the next 15 years." He went on to say: "This will give great op portunity to your region, for with this population increase will come the MARKETS CLOSE AT HAND which the Pacific Northwest needs." . VUHAT he means is this: In this new day that is dawning 1 All that is ended. Here in the West, which includes the Pacific Northwest, we are in New Officers Are Installed by SW Employees Group Installation of new officers and reading of the constitu tion were highlights of the monthly meeting of the Southwest Oregon chapter, 85, Oregon State Employees association, Wednesday at the Medford headquarters of the state forestry department. OSEA District. Director Walter Krucger, Myrtle Point, installed Doyle Stock ton as president, William Pope as vice president, and Naomi Childress as secretary treasurer. Stockton is assist ant district warden and Mrs. Childress is clerk for the for estry department at the Med ford headquarters. Pope is dis patcher at the Grants Pass office of the same state agency. Constitution Apprortd The constitution of the newly-formed chapter was- ap proved with minor changes. It will be presented to the state headquarters of the OSEA for the granting of a charter. Jack Mace and Jim Fisher, of Medford, and Howard Brock of Grants Pass were nominated for the position of delegate to the General Coun cil. An election will be held' at the next meeting at Grants Pass May 28. The . following committee chairmen were announced: membership, Howard Brock; program, Victor Van Hoy; grievance, Jack Mace; public relations, Jim Fisher; group purchasing, John Bradfish; and insurance, Walter Moran and William Moore, cochair men. Oregon State employees not members of the other three OSEA chapters in Jackson and Josephine counties will be contacted and asked to join the Southwest Oregon chapter. At the present, only state forestry department em ployees are members of the Southwest Oregon chapter. Guests at the meeting in cluded Leland Monroe, Med ford, president of the Jack son County Employees asso ciation, and Don Stanly, Med ford, secretary-treasurer of Crater Lake chapter 16, of the Oregon State Employees association. UAL' President Urges Government Action Chicago OP) United Air Lines President W. .A. Patter son said Thursday the govern ment had better get down to business In solving the com plex problem of air traffic control. A United Air liner and an Air Force jet collided near Las Vegas Monday, bringing death to 49 persons. A jrea? ago, a United Air Lines DC7 collided with a Trans World Airlines plane over the Grand Canyon, killing 128 persons in civil aviation's worst disaster. SIGN OF THE TIMES Washington (If) The Com m e r c e Department reports that aspirin production in creased eight per cent over last year to reach an all-time high. sight of the time when we will have at our doors a BIG MARKET OF OUR OWN the market provided by the 11 Western States which in less than 20 years is expected to have 40 MILLION people. That fact is changing our whole picture It is providing us the foundation for huge industrial development. REMEMBER WE LIVE IN THE WEST. The future of the West is fabulously bright. w "w . .s j& vXs sals1 Announcing A New luevkusm ymm (Next Door to the Medford Hotel) Under the Management of mil L ICKU& and Delivery a 1 .1 i Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed ON ALL Services! 416 W. Main Who IEWIT and TO CALL ANYTIME Phone SP2-S9J3 r.? ' illy " FREE PARKING sricMiisrs in homiwaiisi 245 S. Central at 10th -F ...mi AMCY IFL m LY 1 23 Z3 THAT'S RIGHT. Only 1 patient out of 3 is a subscriber. The other two. must pay. 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