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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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. Police said
that Hall was belligerent when police stopped him on
the Pacific Coast Highway, and that he failed to pass a
sobriety test
Anli-Picketing
Bill Supported,
Rapped at Salem
Salem (UPD The "anti-pick-eting
bill" was alternately
supported and blasted before
the House Labor and Indus
tries committee Tuesday.
The hearing was held on
SB 3 which passed the Senate
by a vote of 17-11. It would
repeal the ban on organiza
tional picketing. Speaking for
the bill were George Brown,
AFL-CIO; Norman Nilsen, La
bor commissioner and AFL
CIO Attorney Donald Rich
ardson. State Labor Elections Direc
tor Francis Reagan told the
hearing that the present ban
on organizational picketing
can't be enforced. He asked
that the law be retained in
an amended form to make
the election provisions more
workable.
Grocers Opposed
The bill was opposed by the
Oregon Independent Retail
Grocers' association, repre
sented by Harold Carlson.
. The association, in a state
ment, said that top union lead
ers have promised repeal of
the law will not result in I MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Ore., Wednesday, February 18, 195f
wholesale picketing for or
ganizational purposes. Carl
son added that top officials
cannot guarantee their local
unions will not resume their
previous practices of "illegal
organizational picketing."
The grocers asked that the
matter be submitted to the
voters at the 1960 election.
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