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Republicans Cheer Ray burn's Call for Rackets Bill Washington (UTB Speaker Sam Rayburn'a call for "good, itrong" anti-rackets legisla tion was cheered today by Senate Republicans who had criticized his handling of last year's labor bill. Sens. Barry GoJdwater (R Ariz.) and Karl E. Mundt (R S.D.), said the support of the Texas Democrat would be a big help in putting across a measure that was "long over due." Goldwater and Mundt, both members of the Senate Rack ets committee, were among those who held Rayburn at least partly to blame for de feat of the Kennedy-Ives labor bill in the House last year. - They referred to the fact that Rayburn held up the Senate-passed measure for more than a month before referring it to the House Labor committee. Rayburn told a news con ference he hoped the new Congress convening Wednes day could quickly "work out a bill to stop this thieving and racketeering on the part of some people in the , labor movement." Goldwater, who will be come ranking GOP member of the Senate Labor commit tee, called Rayburn's state ment "good news." But he said he . hoped Rayburn "means something stronger than the Kennedy-Ives bill." He said that measure "won't stop Jimmy Hoffa." Rep. Carroll D. Kearns (Pa.), ranking Republican on the House Labor committee, said he was willing to cooper ate with both parties for the "right kind of reform legisla tion." But Kearns declared he op posed the Kennedy-Ives bill which Rayburn said looked good. Kearns said he would introduce a revised version of a. Republican reform bill which he sponsored in the House last year. Maternity Records Inspected to Get Lead in Kidnapping New York rtlPl) Detectives seeking kidnaped infant Lisa . Rose Chionchio inspected hos pital maternity records today for the names of women with histories of mental illness whose children recently died at birth. They were operating on the '.Wiflnw aolrc Fnnrl fiiuvir jbvnj iuiiu For Log Accident A. complaint asking $200, 0Q0 plus burial costs has been 4 filed in circuit court by Fawn -' L. Cox, Ashland, and her 'three minor children, against ' the JUk LumDer company, ior ' f , tv.. o n if 15, 1957. According to the complaint, filed by the attorney for the plaintiff, Hugh B. Collins, Richard Cox was instructed to deliver a load of logs to the , pany and after spotting the truck on the log deck started to unload them. A part of tne load, according to the com plaint, rolled off the truck crushing him. ' Mrs. Cox charges that the Elk Lumber company was negligent and careless in its . m e i n o a oi unloading rog trucks on the deck. Port Development Plans Approved Athena -0IP&- The Port of " Umatilla Commission at its first 1959 meeting here Mon day approved plans to pur chase 210 acres of land for $10,500 as part of port devel opment on the Columbia river. The land is east of the Mc- Nary dam site. The sale price : was set by the General Serv- , ices Administration and the land will be sold to the Com- : mission by the Corps of Army Engineers. . The commissioners ended their meeting by reelecting Irvin Mann Jr., Stanfield, president of the commission theory that a mother frus trated over losing her own child had abducted the tiny infant at random from a nur sery at St. Peter's hospital in Brooklyn last Friday . night, less than 2V hours after her birth. . Alarms already were out for two women resembling the heavy-set blonde woman seen leaving the hospital with 'bundle" under one arm shortly before th Chionchio infant was discovered miss ing. Recent Palient Sought were Mrs. Betty Jean Benedicto, 31, Stockton, Calif., who was convicted of kidnaping a baby under simi lar circumstances in 1955; and a New York woman, a recent patient in a mental hospital, who was reported missing from her home last Sunday, Neither , woman, however, was regarded by police as a genuine suspect in the mys tery. The latest clue uncovered in the searcn was a DaDy s diaper accompanied by a cryptic note found Monday in the women's rest room of a Coney island subway station. The note, pinned to the dia per and attached to a steam pipe, read: Text of Note Please return to St Pe ter's hospital. Didn't want to hurt anyone. Everything is so hard. Tired. Sick. The ocean is so inviting. Maybe now I will find peace. I tried to keep her warm. Dear God forgive me." . A woman subway rider found the note, written in ink on a page apparently torn from a pocket-sized paper back book. A diaper service which sup plies St. Peter's hospital said the diaper was not theirs. But a police official noted that many mothers leave behind private-owned diapers -Which in turn become mixed in with those of the diaper service. He noted, too, that the kid naper could have changed the diaper the infant was wearing when taken from its bassinet. Super Market Strike Enters Sixth Day Los Angeles -0JPD- A strike lockout which has ' closed 1,000 super markets, in the Los Angeles area entered its sixth day today with union and management negotiators expressing cautious hope for a settlement. : Subcommittees of the Re tail Clerks Union and the Food Employers Council have been in almost continuous session since sitting down to gether Monday in a renewed ; effort to end the dispute which has idled 16,000 clerks and closed makets which normal ly handle 75 per cent of food sold through retail channels. , The two groups reported they were still far apart on the wage issue. The union sough 82.4 cents hourly pay increases over a five-year per iod plus a cost of living pro vision while management has offered a 50-cent hourly wage increase for the same period. Port Commissioner Resigns at Bro&kings Erookings-tUPD-Wilson Free man, president of the Brook wgs Port Commission since 1956, resigned from the com mission Monday night for health reasons. . - ' Carl Ostenberg was named to succeed him. Freeman serv ed with the six-member, port commission for 22 years. Overall Impact of TV on Children Is Good, Report Says New York -(LTD- The over all impact of television on children, who on the average sit with eyes glued to their sets 20 to 30 hours a week, is good, a report from Boston University indicated today. In a 56-page pamphlet en titled "Television for Chil dren," the Foundation for Character Education offered several findings based on the work of its 34 authors, in cluding scientists, educators and spokesmen for child care organizations. According to the report, tel evision has not damaged the eyesight of children. Neither has it adversely affected their school grades. Contrary to popular belief, television has whetted the in tellectual appetites of young viewers with a resultant in crease in the circulation of library books to children. It has broadened the child's world and enhanced his ex periences. Excellent Quality The report also found that much of . the television fare offered to children is of ex cellent quality. On the other hand the re port found that prolonged ex posure to television makes the children more stereotyped in moral judgment, tending to see people as all good or all bad. Violence for its own sake is not likely to attract chil dren. More important to' the child is action, suspense and excitement. "The child to the extent that the danger is controlled, enjoys fearing for the safety of his hero, whether he be a-cowboy or Mickey Mouse," the report said. The family-life dramas that depict satisfying relationships between adults and children also appeal to young viewers. The report also said that the curiosity of children about the physical world around them accounts for the popu larity of science and travel programs. Talent programs stimulate a child's desire for achievement. On the whole, television broadens a child's base of knowledge and gives him new experiences easily and quick ly, the report concluded. Small World Forced To Crash Land by Wild Tropical Storm Bridgetown, Barbados-flJPD- The crew of the balloon "Small World" said today a wild tropical storm forced them to deliberately crash land at sea on their attempted 3,000 mile "float" along Co lumbus' route to the New world. . The British-manned balloon left Tenerife in the Canary islands on Dec. 12 en route to the West Indies but they made only 1,200 miles before the storm forced them to jet tison the balloon and take their., chances in their lifeboat-gondola. They were towed ashore on Monday by a fisherman who spotted their gondola four miles off the east coast. The three men and a girl aboard had spent 21 days at sea dur ing which they had drifted with the northeast trade winds almost to their destina tion. "Wonderful," was all Rose mary Mudie, 30, could say as she raced across Crane beach here after the landing. Then Rosemary, her husband Colin, 32, Arnold "Bushy" Eiloart, 51, and his son Tim, 21, de scribed their experiences. Whipped Into Updraft "It was just before mid night on the third night out," Eiloart said. "We were in dan ger of being swept up to 20, 000 feet. It was becoming un comfortable. "The. radio receiver, sleep ing bags and even the razors had been dumped overboard because of the earlier danger of the balloon falling down. Then came the greater dan ger. We were whipped into a violent thermal updraft and we might have been swept up. Down we had to come." They said they saw only two vessels on their trip across, a submarine and a ship. No one saw them and at one point they were report ed to have landed in the jun gles of Venezuela. This report turned out to be a hoax. - Wants Fresh Water Bath Percy Foster, manager of the hotel at Crane beach where they landed, offered them anything they wanted. Rosemary wanted a bath-a fresh water bath. They had flying fish for dinner Monday night which delighted Eiloart. "One landed in the gondola but they would not let me eat it," he said. The brief and garbled radio messages from the balloon ceased soon after the balloon left the Canaries. Then at Christmas came the Vene zuela report. Eiloart said that their radio failed completely a few days out and they dumped it over board. But he said they never expected to have to drift the last 1,800 miles of their trip. The gondola was spotted Monday by the fishing boat New Providence whose cap tain, Costa Brathwaite, asked them if they wanted to be towed the four miles to the shore. They did. It cost them $50. Iff lWMf ''i'" If ill" jJ1 & &t o : f UNFURLING IT FOR FIRST time, President Eisenhower reveals the 49-star design in the new American Flag, the the forty-ninth star for new state, Alaska, is okehed. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, January 6, 1959 51 How to Find PEACE For You Your Family Your Nation Attend a FREE Lecture "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: Its Promise and Fulfillment" by . Florence Middaugh, C. S. B. of Los Angeles, Calif. Member of the Board of Lectureship of Th ' Mother Church, The First Church of Chris. Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts - Tonight January 6th 8 p.m. At ' : First Church of Christ, Scientist 1 00 Windsor Ave., Medford, 1 Block So. of E. Main ALL ARE WELCOME Grange Plans Park On Coves Highway 1 Cave Junction - The Illi nois Valley Grange plans to establish a Centennial Botan ical garden with tables, bench es and rest facilities to accom modate travelers throughout June, July and August. The park will be stationed near tne w ooaiana .&cnoes motel on Caves highway. All the trees and " shrubbery in the vicinity will be marked and labeled with name plates bearing both the proper nam es and the popular names. Executive Assistant Named in Alaska Juneau, Alaska -(UPD-Burke Riley, a former secretary of Alaska, was appointed execu tive assistant to Gov. William A. Egan Monday. Riley, who also served as a territorial legislator, was born in . Yakima, Wash. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Riley, currently reside in Olympia. ' ? Beck's Trial to Resume Wednesday Tacoma -(UPD- The Dave Beck income tax evasion trial will resume here Wednesday. U.S. District Court Judge George H. Boldt made the an nouncement late Monday afternoon- after hearing a report from court-appointed doctors as to the state of Beck's health. Boldt said that while Beck is suffering from kidney ston es, he is satisfied that the for mer Teamster president is well enough to attend the trial. The medical report will be filed with the court and will become part of the record. " Beck is charged with evad ing $240,000 in income taxes for the years 1950 through 1953. .The trial began last Nov. 10, and was postponed on Dec. 19 because of the holi days and Beck's poor health The next witness to take the stand when the trial re sumes will be Frank W. Brew ster, former head of the Western Conference of Team sters and one-time close friend of Beck. When the trial was postponed Brewster was testifying how he and Beck had virtual control of Team sters' affairs in the 11 west ern states. ACTRESS IMPROVING New York (UPD Swedish born actress Inger Stevens was reported today to be im proving although t still in a coma as a result of swallow ing what police described as a caustic solution. A Colum bus hospital spokesman said the 24-year-old blonde screen star was "responding satisfac torily to treatment." Cuba was U. S. best custom er for hams, shoulders and ba con in 1957. TO HOLD SERVICES New York -UPD- Funeral services will be held Wednes day at 10 ajn. e.s.t. for Sey mour Berkson, 53, publisher of the New York Journal- American, who died Sunday of a heart attack in San Fran cisco. Fraternity House Damaged by Fire - Williamstown, Mass. (UPB Fire raced through a Williams college fraternity house early today and 16 students fled, many using ropes oi bed clothes when expansion-type fire escapes froze solid in 4-below-zero temperature. Five students were injured, including one who was trap ped for 20 minutes on the roof of the Delta Kappa Epsilon house on the campus. Dam agee was estimated at $100, 000. .Volunteer firemen and stu dents lifted a too-short exten sion ladder off the ground to rescue Ernest Imhoff, 20, Wil liamstown, from the roof where he stood in his paja mas and bare feet. He climbed out on the roof from his bed room when flames blocked a stairway. He suffered shock, smoke inhalation and exposure. Ontario Police Chief Submits Resignation Ontario, Ore. -(UPD- Ontario Police Chief Walter S. Walker resigned Monday night after serving as chief for. six years. Mayor Vernon Reed asked Walker to continue duties as chief until a successor can be named and Walker agreed: The Ontario city council, after accepting the resigna tion, adopted , a resolution praising Walker for "excellent work performed in the past" as police chief. Heidelberg, Germany -flJPD-An outbreak of smallpox here, first reported last month, has claimed its first victim- a 26-year-old woman doctor' who never had been vaccinated. OREiOffl CGHFI DEEM! 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