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M , Hi i i ill I"- t " SUNDAY TRAGEDY: At least 35 persons were killed, and nearly 100 injured when a butane tank car exploded while this train was crossing the trestle across the Ogeecbee River, about 18 miles west of Savannah, Ga. The trestle overlooked a popu lar fishing camp and picnic area that was filled with weekend visitors when the car exploded and engulfed the entire area with a sheet of flame. The Family Council editor's note: Xh Family Council consists f s Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not five advice; it merely reports oa problems that have been dealt with by responsible acenci a4 onnselors. . ' Myrna S.-I don't want to give up the baby. Kirk R.-We have to pay a price. Myrna S.-I am 20 and have been in love with Kirk for the past two years. He is my age and a college student. We were planning to marry, when he gets out of college in two years. I'm afraid we behaved fool ishly and now I am pregnant. Kirk wants me to go to a wel fare agency and give the baby out for adoption. But I don't want to give up the baby, Investigators Seek Cause of Iaasiiim Tuaaiitilit ueuiyid iidyeuy Meldrim, Ga. UPD Federal and state investigators were seeking to determine today I the cause of a freight train de railment and gas explosion that killed at least 19 persons, nine of them children. The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered two agents to the scene here. The Georgia Public Service commission also sent an a sent here. Seaboard Air Line Rail road officials said a prelimin ary investigation did not re veal what caused two butane gas tank cars to explode. ., ' N on Misting A dozen persons were in jured, one critically. Officials said no other per sons were missing. Skindivers and searchers were unable to find more bodies after searching the Ogeechee river, where about 100 persons were picnicking and swimming Sunday after noon. Two of the 15 cars derailed as the train crossed a wooden railway trestle Sunday. Escap ing butane gas caught fire and exploded, showering flames over the water and banks of the river where the picnickers were sitting. Asks Investigation ' Fourteen bodies were found in and around the river. Oth er vicitims died en route to . Savannah hospitals or in the hospitals. Rep. Prince Preston (D-Ga.) asked the ICC to investigate .the accident. , At least eight of the victims were related. They were at the favorite river recreation spot for a family reunion. Seaboard General Manager J. N. Broepzman of Richmond, Va., said here that "we have not found any track condition . irii or car concuuon 10 cause me wreck. - J. R. Thorne, executive vice president of the SAL, said in Richmond Monday night that "all indications at this time are that no railroad failure was involved." Only Trailways Offers EXCLUSIVE SHORT ROUTE EAST VIA Crater Lake National Park After all, we are going to be man and wife and we should not give up our child. At the same time, I want Kirk to get his college educa tion, and his parents will im mediately discontinue his al lowance and tuition if he gets married. So he says, anyway. I am willing to work, but I'm afraid it won't be enough for all of us. My parents may be able to help a little, but his parents are wealthy and it would mean nothing to them. . Kirk R.-I know my father and I know what the score is. I had to take a pledge that I would not marry until after I got out of college. If I go back on my pledge my father will have nothing more to do with me and my mother, who might be sympathetic, won't be able to do .a thing with him. y . - I love Myrna very much and I can understand her feel ings, but we must think of the best thing for the child. It just doesn't make any sease to try to bring up a child with no real means of support. When I get my degree my father will help me get a good job in busi ness. Then we'll be able Jto settle down and have our fam ily. ' ' .; I think you have to pay a price for a mistake. This is the price we have to pay and we should accept it.- It is un fair to the child to do other wise. . Th Council: Kirk has some pretty fancy reasoning there, but -it won't rate him an A in logic or in conduct. His talk about the price to be : paid and fairness to the unborn child is so much ma larky in view of the fact that Myrna will have to . pay 'the entire price for the mistake. It is she who will know the agony of bringing her father less child into the world and then parting with it. Fairness to a child involves making a home for him even if a sac rifice is involved. Kirk simply will pay no price and make no sacrifice. ,,. . A little honesty is badly needed in this picture. If Kirk loves Myrna he will marry her at once and take whatever consequences' come his, way, Many men manage to get a college education and bring up their children at the same time-all on their own. If Kirk feels he lacks thiskind of moral and physical stamina and plain ordinary persever ance, he should pay the price he recommends to Myrna. He should make a sacrificenot of a child-just a college diploma, If, on the other hand, Kirk does not care for Myrna and doesn't plan to marry her, he should say so-and take the consequences. He'll get off pretty cheap. All he has to do is acknowledge that he's, a heel. . (Copyright 19S9, General Features Corp.) ' DAYS A WEEK Families save as rrcich as Yi and. . more. Wife with husband travels one way free. Trailways offers the lowest cost vacation travel in America. Depot: 182 No. Front Ph. SP 3-1853 Marine Faces Death for Rape , Beaufort, S. C.-j(DPD-A young white Marine with "overpow ering sex urges"., faces a sen tence of death in the electric chair for the rape of a 47-year-old Negro woman. An all-white jury took only an hour Monday night to con vict Fred J. Davis, 22, of At lanta, without a recommenda tion of mercy. The jury ver dict made the death sentence mandatory under South Caro lina law. " Davis' attorney, Ben Carter, said he would appeal. Davis was believed to be the first white man in south ern history to be sentenced to death- for raping a Negro woman. Just a week ago, four white youths at Tallahassee, Fla., were' sentenced - to life imprisonment for raping a Ne gro college coed. Plastic optical lenses first appeared in the U.S. in 1937. i. Price 10 Medford Third Section Warren Angry Over Biography Des Moines, Iowa -UPD- Su preme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren took "angry ex ception to a biography , of Vice President Richard M. Nixon and called the biogra pher a "dammed liar," the Des Moines Register and the Minneapolis Tribune said Tues'sy in a copyrighted story, . Register - Tribune Washing ton correspondent Clark Mol lenhoff said Warren argued "heatedly" with author Earl Mazo over ' Mazo's book, "Richard Nixon: A v Political' and Personal Portrait." Mollenhoff said the two met at a cocktail party Sunday night and Warren told Mazo he believed the book, was written to "promote the presi dential candidacy of Nixon." Mollenhoff said Mazo re plied that he "resented this slur on his integrity as a re porter and 'the direct charge that I ; have prostituted myself.'"- Mollenhoff said the chief justice especially objected to a passage indicating Warren opposed Nixon's election to the U.S. Senate in 1950 and implying Nixon won despite opposition by Warren, at that time the major political figure in California. "You are a damned liar,',' Mollenhoff quoted Warren as saying. "It is a dishonest ac count to promote Nixon." Dalai Lama Denied India Recognition - New Delhi, India -(DPI)-The Indian' government has re fused to grant recognition to the Dalai Lama's Tibetan gov ernment-in-exile. The Dalai Lama, forced to flee Commu nist Chinese troops in his homeland in March, has set up his headquarters in Mus' soorie, in northern India. 1 mm Cents MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1959 Grapefruit Isn't Really Malicious-It Just Lies Thar "Right smack in my eye," disgustedly exclaim m a n y folks at breakfast as they has tily mop their face with a napkin because the grape fruit squirted juice in their eye. The aptness of a grape fruit to squirt its juice into the eye of the unwary "spoon er" has furnished a rich and bountiful supply of material for jokesmiths and wits, who think grapefruit juice in a human eye is uproariously funny. ,- r It is funny, to those who observe the accident, but us ually not so humorous to the guy that gets it in his eye. Contrary to the implications of ' the countless 1 jokes, the grapefruit does not deliberate ly aim for one's eye, , even though it would always seem to. It would just as soon hit any face, anywhere. But it seems to be much funnier to the onlookers if the eye re ceives the full charge, in spite of the implication again that the half-fruit 'just rests cozy like in a dish, waiting for a chance to squirt in someone's eye. It never would by itself. It has to be "pushed" or squeezed. Examine It Next time you enjoy one of the sweet-sour breakfast des serts, examine it closely. You will 1 probably observe just why it "squirts" and how it attains its trajectory and ac curacy to hit you smack in the eye or face. You will notice -that the juice is actually "captive," that is, is isn't just poured loose inside the rind. It is Talk, as they say, is cheap. When you're looking for value in a car, you want proof. That's just what Plymouth gives you. Plymouth has proved its Big Difference in Economy, for instance, by winning its V-8 class in the Mobilgas Economy Run for the third straight year. This is performing and not just promising. Plymouth can prove its Big Difference in Ride, Performance, Comfort and Features, too. Just take a "Two-Mile Try-Out" at your dealer's today. He will give you all the proof of Plymouth's Big Difference you could ask for! TO BE "FULLY APPRECIATED, MUST BE DRIVEN Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watlcins contained in thousands of small, elongated sacs, most of which are about the size and shape of a kernel of rice. These sacs are arranged in sections, each section separat ed from the other by a "di vider." -These "dividers" or "strips", and the sacs, consti tute what is called the "pulp" of the fruit. Won't Squirt You will not have to be alert or on your guard, even though you examine the half section leisurely. It won't squirt on you unless you press forcefully with a spoon or a finger which ruptures several of the juice-filled sacs. The half-grapefruit, looked at with a thoughtful scrutiny, reveals the sectionalized interior, all skillfully organized into de partments,' and divisions. Of course it is disconcerting to be hit in the eye with a stream of cold, sweetened, grapefruit juice. Besides it looks a little messy on a blue serge suit or a fancy necktie, but fortunately, most grape fruit are' eaten at home for breakfast, giving the unlucky recipient, of the squirting the chance to change his shirt, suit, or tie before he has to catch the "eight-ten." (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) " Washington - JDPD Prices farmers received for crops and livestock fell 1 per cent in the month ended ' June 15, the Agriculture; department has reported. : , ' - ' - From 1920 to 1935 about 700,000 miles of rural high ways, in the U.S. were treated by some form of surfacing. 54th,Year Tribune Pages 1-4 Park Hermit Talks To Police Hollywood-flJPD-The Hermit of Griffith Park, Dennis Far- rellv 32, Tuesday volun tarily left for the first time in six years his. 4,200 - acre sanctuary "to talk over a problem" with police officers. Farrell, bearded and in tat tered clothing, telephoned po lice from the vast city-owned park in the middle of Los An geles and was picked up by a cruiser car and taken to Hollywood station. But once at the station where a group of photogra' phers and newsmen gathered, Farrell was uncooperative, saying only he wanted to talk with two detectives who had hauled him in for questioning and befriended him last April. The World War II veteran who" abruptly turned his back on civilization six years ago because he was "tired of liv ing" has managed to survive on leavings by park picnick ers, forages in garbage cans and what wild fruits and ber ries he could find in the park's rugged hills. ' ' Traffic Deaths Higher For Fifth Month Chicago -UPD- The National Safety Council reported Tues day that traffic deaths in creased for the, fifth straight month in May. , The council said the toll this year-13,940 from January through May-was especially staggering now on the eve of the Fourth of July holiday week end, when hundreds of motorists are expected to die. Covington, La. - (UPD - Mrs Earl K. Long charged Tuesday in counter action to her gov ern o r-husband's separation suit that he tried to kill her in a rage May 28. Fiscal Year Ends With Huge Deficit Washington-flJPD-Uncle Sam Tuesday wound up what prob ably has been his most finan cially trying business year in modern times. In the past 12 months the government spent nearly $13 billion more than it collected in tax revenues. That is the biggest peacetime budget defi cit on record. It boosted the national debt to an all-time high of $285 bil lion so high that President Eisenhower has' put debt re duction ahead of cutting taxes. The borrowing necessary to cover the deficit and pay the government s bills has helped pash the Treasury into a fi nancial corner. Land Board Approves Deschutes Area Lease Salem -flJPD- The State Land Board announced here Mon day approval of a 99-year lease of 400 acres of land in the Tumalo Reclamation re servoir area of Deschutes county to provide lagooning for a proposed paper plant. The property is near Bend. Originally the lease was for 50 years. The paper plant is proposed by Powell. River Pulp and Paper Company. LEVI'S' CASUALS , present the fun-pants with the tope beltt Wm SANDLUBBERS Yo-Ho-Ho! Tie yourself into a pair of LEVI'S Sandlubbers-the style that's straight from the Spanish Main! YouH like the dashing cut of their tapered calf-length legs, with the bold split . seam! What's more, you'll find that LEVI'S Sandlubbers are cut for com fort and made to last in a tough, San forued twiH that comes in solid colors, wide and narrow stripes! Today, get a couple of pairs at your favorite store! TKim uvrsis tcisrii OEKOTU MtMIHTS MADE ONLY T LCYI STKAUSS ft CO.. t ftATTCftT ST., IU ntAKCIKCO Two electrie motors with capacities of 65,000 horsepow er have been installed in the Grand Coulee dam in Wash ington for the purpose of pumping for irrigation proj ects, i SPECIAL SUMMER TYPEWRITING GLASS 8:00 to 11:00 A.M. Monday thru Friday 8 Weeks July 6 to Aug. 28 REGISTER NOW Enrollment Is Limited ROBERTSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 40-42 N. RIVERSIDE SP 3-4264 Medford mm w tmi . . mt. err. mid
