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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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