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Indiana, Illinois Residents Evacuated By Surging River - Russellville, 111. - (LTD -The maverick Wabash river crack ed through levees in Indiana and Illinois today, routing about 600 persons and wash ing out about 35 square miles of rich valley farmland. F 1 o o dwise residents of farms and small communities in the path of the cascading water fled quickly and safe ly to higher ground. The Wabash, on its worst rampage in nearly half a cen- Sen. Neuberger Defends Bill on Seeking Offices Salem - (LTD - U.S. Sen. Richard Neuberger Tuesday came to the defense of a bill introduced by Rep. Clarence Barton (D-Coquille) which would prevent full time state officials . from running con tinually for other offices at mid-term. Said Neuberger: "I would not want the im pression conveyed that Demo crats were trying to prevent Gov. Mark Hatfield from run ning in 1960 for the seat I now occupy in the U.S. Sen ate. Therefore, I urge that present state officials be exempt from the scope of the law." Favors Public Opinion Neuberger added "if Gov. Hatfield abandons an elective office for the third successive, time at mid-term - without having completed a full term in any of them -1 believe the issue ought to be settled in the , court of public opinion rather than .by a law. Neuberger said it was his understanding that no Oregon governor in 100 years had ever abandoned that office in mid-term: "In my opinion, Gov. Hat field will abide by this tradi tion and will not continue his practice of filing for a new office 14 months after he has been sworn in for a four-year term in another office," Neu berger said. He said he thought the Legislature would be able to decide on Barton's bill less passionately if present state officials were left out, how- j ever. - I Car-Train Crash ills Young Mother Adrian, Ore.-llTD-A young mother was killed instantly and her 6-week-old daughter was injured seriously late Tuesday when the car she was driving was struck by a Union Pacific train at a cross ing about one mile north of here. Dead is Bobbie Jo Fruend, 26. Witnesses said the train moved her station wagon about 200 feet down the track. The vehicle was not overturned and the babv was ound inside. The woman, however, was thrown from the car and struck by the train. tury, tore through weakened levees Tuesday at Oaktown, Ind., and two miles south of Russellville. The break on the Illinois side was the most severe. A 200-foot hole torn in the levee near Russellville sent tons of water surging over a quarter of a mile of country side within a 10-minute pe riod. Thousands of acres of winter wheat were destroyed in fields under as much as three feet of water. Work Through Night Farmers along the fringes of the flood worked through the night by the light of car headlights emptying silos of grain and moving to higher ground. Others caught by the first rush of the floodwaters fled by rowboat, Army duck, truck, car or foot, lugging whatever equipment and pos sessions they could. All 50 residents of the near by village of Westport fled, with store owners and tavern keepers taking as much of their with them as they could, The flooding came unex pectedly as the river had begun receding and levees were expected to hold. How ever, the relentless pounding of the high water weakened and finally punched through the earthern mounds along the storied Wabash. Exodus Orderly U.S. 50 between Russell ville and Vincennes, Ind., was the main escape route and it was 'jammed Tuesday by farmers with grain wagons. tractors and trucks hauling goods to safety. Cattle cars from, the Vincennes stock yard joined the rush, moving livestock to safety. State policeman Claude Rollins said the traffic was orderly as most of the re fugees knew what to do and where to go. "We get a flood around here every seven years," Rol lins said. "These people all have some place to go. i Plane Damaged By Lightning Bolt Alameda NAS, Calif. - (DPD A Navy patrol bomber carry ing 10 men was damaged by lightning over the Pacific ocean Tuesday, but the pilot brought it 100 miles through stormy skies to a safe landing. One was injured, a section of the tail was sheared off, and the navigation equipment was knocked out by the bolt which struck the nose and crackled the length of the plane. The twin-engined Neptune was returning from a 10-hour anti-submarine patrol when the bolt of lightning hit. Aviation Machinst Mate 3C B. R. Cheetwood, 23, wno was working as spotter in the Dow, was Knocked uncon scious and received burns on his right foot. The Navy said the injuries were not serious. Lt. (jr) George V. Parker, 23, Kiota, Okla., who was at the controls, brought the crip pled plane in safely. Security Insurance & Realty - I A TIMELY TIP! Probably Your Biggest Investment And We All Know the Best One Is That Home of Yours. It Is Your One Security More Valuable Than Any thing Else. and don't neglect to keep this valuable investment fully insured in case of loss you will want to have funds avail able for repairs or rebuilding. Remember ... If You're Not Fully Insured It's Not Enough! All Forms of Insurance! 48 Hawthorne Ave. PHONE SP 3-7325 Off Street Parking Vern Robinson Al Potter Hank Hart Chris Barker John Ripley Hypnotist Schedules Show in Medford Dr. Nicholas Kit, a hypno tist, will present a program at Hedrick Junior High school at 8 pjn. Feb. 26, 27 and 28. The program is being spon sored by the Medford Cham ber of Commerce. Les Stott is general chairman of the project, assisted by Chuck Foley and Don Carlon. Dr. Kit is scheduled to give several demonstrations on hypnosis, including one in which 20 or more local volun teers will be placed in a hyp notic spell at one time. Griffin Creek Scouts Visit Mail Tribune Members of Den 4, Pack 41, Griffin Creek school, visit ed the plant of the Mail Trib une yesterday afternoon. They were Gary Ludwig, J. D. Bryan, Jimmy Stein bach, Marc Prentice, Joe Kil lingsworth, Dale Fosdal, Ken neth Boetcher, Carl Oswald, Rick Pyle, Danny Kime, Ben Smith and Jeffery, Stathos. They were accompanied by Mrs. Evelyn Bryan, Den Mother, Mrs. John Steinbach and Mrs. Jack Boetcher, both assistant Den Mothers. Judy Boetcher was a visitor with the group. Normal population of Vati can City is 1,025. wv 'iytw?irfl "" '' iPajy " j1 ' " J "' 1 lf" " t "DEAD ENDER" DRUNK Huntz Hall, 38, one of the former "Dead End Kids" sits in the sheriffs station at Malibu, Cal., charged with drunk driving. 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