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WAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
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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
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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
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crash shortly afterwards.
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.
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WE LIVE IN THE WEST.
The future of the West is
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