iew Floods Threaten Arkansas;
Danger Eases in Battered Texas
By UNITED PRESS
4 levee break threatened
new floods in Southeast
Arkajisas, where an estimated
one-half million acres of land
already were under water, but
tha flood danger eased today
in storm-battered Texas.
Clsewhere in the South,
drenching rains Thursday
night touched off local flood
ing and road-blocking earth
sljdes in parts of Mississippi.
A battle to save the homes
of 1,900 farm residents be
low GferlSnd City, Ark., from
floodwaters suffered a set
back Thursday night when the
rain-swollen McKinney Bayou
broke through a section of
the sandbagged levee.
900 Acres Flooded
The break, later repaired,
sent a surge of water swirl
ing over a 900-acre lowland
area, forcing the evacuation
of five families and more than
1,500 head of cattle.
Arkansas Adjutant Gen.
Sherman T. dinger ordered
a National Guard unit from
Prescott to help a small army
Most Persons Satisfied
With Fringe Districts
CorvaSis Most persons
are satisfied with the services
provided by the patchwork of
special districts of urban
fringe areas.
That's the conclusion of Dr.
Russell Maddox, Oregon State
college political science pro
fessor, who has made a study
of the problems and prospects
of the urban fringe in Oregon.
An interim committee was
appointe9 by the 1955 Ore
gon legislature to study prob
lems of urban fringe areas.
Within the Portland urban
area lone, the committees
found, there were 187 active,
independent units of local gov
ernment. In seven other areas
studied, 93 such governmental
units were discovered.
"People are familiar with
o
Bive in One Family
Have Tonsillectomies
Portland W Tonsillec
tomies aren't so bad when you
cgn hav company.-The Stern
youngsters of Portland had
plenty of company today
whi 11 five of them entered
Portland Sanitarium to have
tlftir tonsils removed. They
are Theresa June, 4; Edward,
6; Penny Ann, 7; Raymond,
10; grid Shirley, 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Stern were going to have their
tonsils out at the same time
but decided to wait until the
five little sort throats are
cleared up.
$12,000 Damage in
Fire at Portland
Portland OP) Damage was
estimated at $12,000 today
from fire and smoke in a blaze
of offices and storage space
occupied by Air Filter & Sales
Service Co. Cause t of the
Thursday night blaze' was not
determined.
the results of this arrange
ment, and they prefer to live
with these results rather than
risk unknown consequences of
new and different systems,"
Maddox reported.
Serious Problems
Serious problems will prob
ably be handled in the future
as they have in the past
slowly and haltingly but at
the same time as swiftly as the
bulk of the people demand,
he said.
With the exception of school
districts, the most widely en
countered special districts pro
vided water, fire protection,
sanitation, and highway light
ing, in that order. This order
is significant, Dr. Maddox
said, because it reflects a char
acteristic of suburban areas.
That is, that needs commonly
develop and find expression in
action by residents "one at a
time."
Other districts are for zon
ing, drainage, parks and rec
reational facilities, cemeteries,
hospitals and irrigation. The
major municipal service not
provided anywhere by a spe
cial district is police protec
tion, a function not authorized
by law. Most police protection
in urban fringe areas is con
sidered totally inadequate by
city standards, Maddox em
phasized. Oregon was the fifth fastest
growing state between 1940
and 1950 with a 39.6 per cent
increase compared to 14.5 per
cent for the nation. One note
worthy feature of Oregon's
growth has been its concentra
tion in areas immediately sur
rounding cities, where growth
has been almost four times as
rapid as in the cities them
selves. Because of this, local
governments have faced se
rious problems in efforts to
provide needed services to in
habitants of the fringe areas,
Maddox said.
of juerelsmen and volunteers
who have been fnhtina to
save the levee for more than
4S hours.
Officials estimated nearly
II inches of rain hve fallen
in Southeast Arkansas in the
past week. Army engineers at
Pine Bluff, Ark., said about
500,000 acres, mostly wood
land, -were flooded in the
southeast section of the state.
A 7.65-inch downpour at
Pine Bluff Thursday triggered
local flooding, driving about
40 families from their homes
end forcing some schools and
businesaas to cloee.
Hiskvaye Stecfeed
In Mississippi, heavy rains
Thursday night caused local
flooding northeast of Green
wood ia the Drew and Cleve
land areu. Earlier, mudslides
rumbled across highways near
Vicllsburg and Yaioo City,
Miss. Highway patrol officials
said "hundreds of tons" of
earth covered highway 80
near Vicksburf .
Cars and buildings were
damaged at Hattiesburg, Miss.,
late Thursday when the com
munity was hit by hailstones
and 30-mile-per-hour winds.
Texts got a reprieve from
vicious barrage of tornadoes,
rain storms and hail as wea
thermen reported the storm
front waa falling back to the
north.
At least nine persons have
been killed in Texas since the
week end in accidents blamed
on wather.
Eugene Boy, 3,
Drowns in Nillpond
Eugene (IF) Three-year-old
David Norman Callen
drowned in the millpond of
the Campbell-McLean ply
wood plant here Thursday.
The boy was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Callen of
Eugene, whose residence is
near fhe plywood plant.
The boy was reported miss
ing at 3:24 p.m. Eugene police
and Lane County Sheriff's of
ficers began a wide search,
then started draggfng opera
tions in the pond. The body
was found about 15 feet from
shore about 9:30 p.m.
Lexington, Va. (in Half
the cars in a 14-vehicle motor
cade smacked together in a
chain-reaction accident Thurs
day, injuring eight students
and halting a tour of historic
spots. The accident came
when a chaperone of touring
high school students pulled
off the highway.
H;i
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, May 2, 1958
ADDRESSING U. S. Cham
ber of Commerce in Wash
ington, Allen W. Dulles, di
rector, Central Intelligence
Agency, warns that Russia's
growing industrial might
threatens U. S, (International)
Oregon Crimes
Top '56 Figure
Portland W Oregon
crimes increased in nearly all
categories in 1957 compared
with 1956, the FBI says.
Burglary showed the big
gest increase, especially in
Portland where there were
2500 in 1957 compared to
2042 in 1956.
Oregon had 19,711 major
crimes last year compared to
18,248 the previous year.
There were increases in mur
ders, manslaughters, rob
beries, burglaries, larcenies
and auto thefts. There were
decreases in rapes and ag
gravated assaults.
There were 24 cases of mur
der and non-negligent man
slaughter in Oregon last year
compared to 16 in 1956. There
were 775 cases of robbery
compared to 369 the year be
fore. Of the 24 murder and non
negligent manslaughter cases,
20 were in Portland. Of the
375 robbery cases, 327 were
in Portland.
Troirfrfae-Ccrmtft
Bridge laid feasible
Portland Ml. Multnomah
county commissioners said to
day an initial study showed a
new, bridge across the Colum
bia river between Troutdale,
Ore., arid Camas, Wash., to be
feasible.
An engineering firm made
a preliminary study and Com
missioner Jack Bam said gov
ernment bodies were satisfied
that the bridge has "real possi
bilities." It would be a toll
span probably financed with
revenue bonds.
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