MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Sunday, May 17, 19S9
Poplation Center
Leaves Cornfield
For Dairy Farms
Louisville, 111. - (CPU The
population center of the
United States sat today some
where between James Fleen
er's sows and Clee Bible's pas-
ture. No one was quite sure
of the exact spot.
"Someone probably will
erect a marker on the site -when
we find it," Louisville
Mayor George Montgomery
said.
The U. S. Census Bureau
anounced Friday that the ad
mission of Alaska had shifted
the population center 17 miles
southwest of Carl Snider's
Olney, 111., farm, the former
center, to a point three miles
northeast of this southern Illi
nois town.
Snider felt he had lost a dis
tinction and gained a corn
crop. Tourists had been tram
pling his cornfield ever since
he became the man in the
middle, he said.
Louisville - the Clay county
seat and a town of 1,000 popu
lation - was unaware of the
switch until newsmen told
them. They put a ruler on a
wall map and measured three
miles northeast of town.
The ruler pointed to some
where between the dairy farms
of Fleener and Bible.
Davidson Attacks
Resources Policy
Liberia is about the size
of Pennsylvania or Ohio.
Denver- (CPD -A former as
sistant secretary of the in
terior said here yesterday the
Eisenhower admin istration
has failed to meet the chal
lenge of Russia's resources
development.
C. C. Davidson, national
Democratic commit te e m a n
from Oregon, made the
charge in in a talk before the
Western States Democratic
conference in session here.
Davidson urged additional
development and exploitation
of western resources which he
said had long been neglected
by the Republican adminis
tration, an administration he
described as one of "do noth
ing for the people."
Davidson also agreed with
Gov. Steve McNichols of Colo
rado who, in a keynote ad
dress Friday night, accused
the Eisenhower administration
of being too occupied with in
ternational affairs to devote
adequate time and energy to
domestic problems. .
The conference heard com
mittee reports from George
Rock of Denver, chairman of
the committee on small busi
ness activities, and Joe Wal
ton, national committeeman
from Arizona who reported
for the transportation com
mittee. Walton said the federal gov
ernment must help to develop
maximum transportation fa
cilities in the west, particu
larly between the new states
of Hawaii and Alaska.
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He said the time was not
now "economically or polit
ically appropriate" for the
Democrats to enter the field
of rate making, and that
broad legislative develop
ments in transportation sys
tems should be made first.
Bag Suffocation
Deaths' Solution
Seen in Eucation
San Diego, Calif. -flJPD-Edu-cation
of the public was hailed
yesterday as the answer to the
increasing problem of children
suffocating while playing with
plastic clothing bags.
The seven-member Califor
nia State Board of Dry Clean
ers met here Friday with 25
representatives of the clean
ing industry and plastic manu
facturers to try to solve the
problem which so far has
claimed at least 20 lives. '
"I believe the plastic bag
problem is one education -will
cure," said Board President
Harold G. Lord. "The answer
is not to discontinue use of
plastic bags because only 10
per cent of the bags in use to
day are from the dry cleaning
industry."
Lord said the industry "hap
pens to be one of the first
singled out."
Citing a National Safety
council report, listing 20
deaths due to suffocation in
plastic bags, Lord said he felt
the board was obligated to
take some form of action.
The cause of suffocation in
most cases was that static
electricity made the bags cling
to the noses and mouths of
the victims, shutting off air.
Operators of cleaning estab
lishments said consumers
wanted the plastic bags to con
tinue in use. Methods of mak
ing the bags less dangerous
were discussed.
Driver in Hospital
After Police Chase
Eugene-flJPfl-Dohald N. Bre
shears, 29, or Eugene, was
taken to Sacred Heart hospi
tal here yesterday for' obser
vation after he tried to run
down a Eugene city police of
ficer. w
City Policeman. Larry
Woods gave chase, to Bre
shears after he was almost
run down in the early morn
ing hours yesterday. The chase
led south and east on High
way 58, where Woods was
joined by a state police offi
cer. -
Breshears rammed the state
police car, after eluding . a
road block, and his car. turn
ed end-over-end near 1ft e Jas
per interchange.
Breshears was finally sub
dued, after Woods had fired
a warning shot, and taken to
the hospital. Police could find
no apparent reason . for Bre
shears' actions.
Rural free delivery service
was started about 58 years
ago on five experimental
routes, each about 17 miles
long and located in West Vir
ginia. '
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NEW TRUCK - George Flanagan of Elk
Lumber company is shown with a new
2,000-gallon fire truck, which can go almost
anywhere a jeep can go. The truck, a former :
tank' retriever -of World War H, is a 10
wheel drive vehicle. It also carries 200 feet
of one-inch hose, 2,000 feet of 1.5-inch hose,
back packs, pumping equipment and fire
tools for 50 men. It will be used in Jackson
county this year for fire protection through
cooperation with the Southern Oregon Con
servation and Tree Farm association.
Hatfield Announces
Eight
Appoi
Salem-(DPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field made eight appointments
to state agencies yesterday.
They were:
William P. Grimes, Kla
math ,Falls, to the hydroelec
t r i c commission replacing
Frank C. Dillard, who resign
ed. James W. Morrell, Portland,
to the hydroelectric commis-
Plymouth Dealers
Indicted for Pricing
'. San Franciscq -(UPD-A fed
eral jury yesterday found the
Plymouth Dealers association
of Northern California guilty
of violating anti-trust laws by
fixing prices of new automo
biles above those suggested
by the manufacturers.
. Sixty-seven Plymouth deal
ers in six. bay area counties
were affected by the action.
The association faces a fine
of up to $50,000.
The trial before Federal
Judge Willis Ritter was a test
case. Facing similar action
are Ford and Chevrolet deal
ers in the same area.
Charges that the dealers
conspired to advertise "ficti
tiously high discounts and
trade-ins" which "grossly mis
led" prospective buyers were
also brought out during the
trial. . : ,
The association unsuccess
fully argued that the collec
tive action did not suppress
competition. On the contrary,
defense attorneys said, auto
mobile selling is among the
most competitive of b u s i -nesses.
, .
Lyle Jones, head of the
anti-trust division here, said
the suits brought against the
dealers last year were design
ed to "restore1 price competi
tion by striking down arbi
trarily imposed restraints de
signed to maintain prices at
artificially high levels."
' The U.S. Department of Ag
riculture was established as a
separate federal government
agency in 1862.
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need plenty of nourishment. Be
sure you hare plenty of MILK on
hand for YOUR children and insure
yourself of a Happy, Healthy Family.
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TICKETS
Arc New Available
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ROETHLER'S SHELL SERV.
. 6th and Front Sts.
and
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! PIANO HOUSE
ntments
sion, filling a vacancy occa
sioned by the death of George
Joseph.
Mrs. Michael Mulick, Moro,
to the Sherman county public
welfare commission, replacing
L. P.-Haven, who resigned.
Lee Nelson, Coos Bay, to
the board of forestry for a
term ending Dec. 31, 1959, suc
ceeding Eliot Jenkins, who resigned.
Dr. Richard Sullivan, Port
land, to the surplus property
agency, reappointment to a
term ending in 1961.
Dr. Harry Dillon, McMinn
ville, surplus property agency,
replacing Paul Waldschmidt,
whose term expired.
Orville Corbett, Burns, to
the state board of health for
a term ending March 1, 1963,
succeeding Ralph Robertson,
whose term "expired March 1,
1959. This appointment was
subject to Senate confirma
tion. Corbett was also named
to the state board of phar
macy to succeed Marvill M,
Donell, whoe term expired.
George H. Corey, Pendle
ton, to the water resources
board for a term ending Aug,
28, 1960. He succeeds Robert
H. Foley, Bend, who resign
ed to become a circuit judge,
also . subject - to Senate ap
proval.
Steel Negotiators
Prepare Arguments
New York -flJPD- Steel wage
negotiators, under Washing
ton pressure to come up with
a peaceful, non - inflationary
pact, yesterday . began some
serious home-work on basic
contract issues.
The negotiators - four from
each side-recessed their joint
bargaining talks until Tues
day to give them time to pre
pare arguments and counter
arguments.
The "brass tacks" bargain
ing talks which began on Mon
day have produced no appar
ent - progress on a new con
tract covering 500,000 steel-
workers. The present three
vear aureement expires at
midnight June 30.
Neither side has given an
inch on the stands they took
prior to the start of the joint
talks. The industry wants
one -year contract extension
as a means of halting infla
tion. The union wants sub
stantial increases in wages
and fringes and says the in
dustry can afford to grant
these demands without resort
ing to a price hike.
Man Sentenced
For Theft of Dies
Portland-flJPD-A Longview,
Wash., man, Donovan Aradts,
26, was"sentenced'to 18
months in prison for burglary
Friday in connection with a
theft of pioneer era coin dies
valued at over $250,000 from
the Oregon Historical mu
seum Feb. 28
His companions, Kenneth
Leroy Schmitz, 25, of Sandy,
and Harvey Wayne Culver,
27, of Portland, have pleaded
guilty and are awaiting . sen
tence. The trio broke into the mu
seum and took part of a sys
tem of dies used to make $5
and $10 gold coins over a cen
tury ago. The dies are consid
ered irreplaceable.
Engineers Union,
Contractors Feud
Hits Defense Job
Bremerton-TOPD-The dispute
between the Operating Engi
neers union and the Associat
ed General Contractdrs hit the
Navy's super drydock con
struction job here yesterday
and each side blamed the oth
er for halting work on a de
fense project.
Melvin Hord, an AGC of
ficial from Seattle, said the
union was to blame for the
shutdown here because of its
action in calling a strike
against severalAGC members.
The contractors' group main
tains that "a strike against
one is a strike against all."
A union spokesman, how
ever, accused the AGC of a
"lockout" on the Bremerton
job. He said the Operating
Engineers did not want the
strike to affect any defense
projects. '
Meantime,, the union and
employers' group were await
ing a National Labor Rela
tions board ruling on the
legality of union demands in
the strike, which has halted
major construction projects in
western Washington and parts
of eastern Washington.
The AGC has filed a brief
charging that the Operating
Engineers had called an il
legal strike.
The main issue in the dis
pute is the matter of hiring
halls, which the AuU con
tends would be illegal under
the Taffr-Hartly Act. The AGC
also asked for a court order
to restrain further strike ac
tion by the union.
Miss Pendleton
Crowned Friday
Pendleton - (UPD - Loretta
Liefeld, 20, of Pilot Rock, was
chosen Friday night as Miss
Pendleton over nine other
contestants. Miss Liefeld is a
Pendleton radio personality,
The Pendleton JC's, the
group which sponsored the
contest, awarded her a $400
scholarship plus a trophy and
two scholarships to modeling
schools.
She will represent Pendle
ton in the Miss Oregon pa
geant at Seaside June 4.
Food Poisoning
Outbreak in Seattle
Seattle (UPD A major out
break of a highly contagious
form of food poisoning has
hit one section of Seattle, the
Seattle -King County health
department reported yester
day. The technical name for the
outbreak is bacillary dysen
tery. Dr. R. T. Revenholt of the
health department said "sev
eral hundred" persons are or
have been ill. He added that
it was likely the disease
would continue to spread.
The outbreak originated at
a potluck church dinner at
tended by 350 persons on
May 2, Revenholt said. The
illness has stricken at least
half the persons who attend
ed the dinner.
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the U.S. The piano is first.
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