Railroads Drop
Passenger Trains
In Rapid Order
Washington (DM The na
tion's railroads are dropping
unprofitable passenger trains
as fast as they can.
An Interstate Commerce
Commission survey showed
today that the railroads have
discontinued 41passenger
trains since an administrative
short cut was approved by
Congress one year ago.
In addition, the lines have
started proceedings to elimi
nate 60 more interstate pas
senger runs and 40 interstate
trains.
Track Abandoned
The ICC also gae railroads
permission to abandon 4,664
miles of track from 1954 to
the start of this year.
The trend appeared to bear
out a warning by ICC exami
ner Howard Hosmer that in
ter-city passenger train serv
ice would be dead by 1970 if
roadroads continued their
current practices.
The flood of discontinued
trains followed approval of
the 1958 Transportation Act
which eliminated tne previ
ous regulatory red tape sur
rounding route abandonments
Must Give Notice
Under the act, a railroad
must give 30-days notice of
plans to abandon passenger
trains. The ICC then has 20
days to block the proposal by
susDending the discontinuance
for four months pending an
investigation. .
Previously, proposals to
abandon passenger train serv
ice were handled by less sym
pathetic state regulatory com
missions. Now, if a state com
mission fails to act or denies
a discontinuance, the railroad
is free to petition the
Policeman Fails
To Revive Infant
Portland-flJPD-A 5-week-old
girl died early Monday, ap
parently of suffocation.
The victim was Kim Lee
Boljat. Her mother, Helen Bol
jat, said the infant may have
been suffocated by a plastic
material used as trimming
around her crib.
A policeman, James L. Rog
ers, gave the infant mouth-to-mouth
respiration from the
time he arrived until she was
brought to the Good Samari
tan hospital, but was unable
to revive her. " . .
"An autopsy was planned.
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BURNED AREA This map indicates the approximate
boundaries of the fire which has swept some 5,000 acres
of brush and timber land in the hills above Ashland. The
fire began near the top of the shaded area, by Jackson Hot
Springs, and worked its way south. Ashland creek forms
the southeast boundary. Desperate, crews backfired up the
side of the creek canyon Saturday night, and saved the
Blast at Roseburg
Affects 187 Jobs
Salem-dJPD-The Oregon Em
ployment department said to
day that some 187 persons
were employed in establish
ments destroyed in last Fri
day's explosion and fire in
Roseburg.
Another 510 were working
for firms temporarily dam
aged.
Commissioner David H.
Cameron said that "while a
brief jump in unemployment
can be expected, the surge
in unemployment insurance
claims will' be curbed some
what by employment in dam
age cleanup." ?
The Roseburg office of the
employment service was itself
condemned and moved to
emergency quarters at 414
Casper st. It will be open. 24
hours a day if necessary to
alleviate the emergency, Cam
eron said.
One leg Is longer and
stronger in the average adult
person.
The skin of the abdomen
has twice the elasticity of skin
on the back.
Grange News
Eagle Point Grange
At a recent meeting of the
Eagle Point Grange, the birth
days of Mrs. Lester Wertz,
Mrs. Ida Kent, W. El Davies,
Robert Bitterling, and Delton
Stephenson were honored, as
well as the 35th wedding an
niversary of Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Davies and the 44th anni
versary of Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Hammel.
Mrs. J. D. Brown announced
that the next meeting of the
Home Economics committee
will be a potluck luncheon
at the home of Mrs. Lester
Wertz, Climax rd.
' C. C. Hover, chairman of
the community service com
mittee, has been advised that
the Veterans' administration
at Camp White reports a good
return on the trees planted as
part of the Eagle Point
Grange project. Hoover also
announced that a plaque will
be presented to the Reese
Creek 4-H club in recognition
of their tree planting project.
The program, under the di
rection of Clifford H. Moore,
lecturer, consisted of skits
performed by Mrs. Lester
Wertz, W. E. Davies, Robert
Bitterling, Robert Meyer, Del
ton Stephenson, and Dewey
Babcock.
Upper Applegate Grange
An nnen meetine of interest
to residents of the area will be
held in Upper Applegate
Grange hall at 8 p.m. Friday,
Aug. 14, under auspices of the
Grange, to provide informa
tion regarding the proposed
Copper dam on the Applegate
river.
Renresentatives from the
Army Engineers, who are
completing the survey and as
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city's outskirts as well as its filter plant and lower reser
voir. Other hard-battling crews kept the fire from the vital
reservoir-just beyond the finger protruding near the bot
tom of the burn-and from the watershed above it to the
south. Crews today were mopping up, with the remaining
flames confined by f irelines.
sembling plans for the dam,
are expected to be present to
explain various aspects of the
project and to answer ques
tions. Following this presentation,
ladies of the Grange HEC will
present vaudeville numbers,
and refreshments will be
served. All Grange members
planning to attend are re
quested to bring cookies. The
regular business meeting of
the Grange will follow.
A vote of thanks was given
Forbes Brown, John Byrne,
and Hugh Scovell at the last
meeting for their work in
completing needed improve
ments in the kitchen of the
hall.
Report of the agriculture
committee indicated that
farm income for the. current
year is running 40 per cent
below that for 1958. Farm
management is receiving 78
cents per hour, it was stated,
compared to $2.13 per hour
being received by factory
workers.
The vacation wishin' roll
call which featured the lec
ture hour, revealed the ma
jority of those present as be
ing perfectly happy to "vaca
tion" in the Upper Applegate,
with Canada receiving the
next highest number of votes
as the chosen area in which
to spend a vacation.
Upper Applegate members
attending visitation night at
Upper Rogue Grange Aug. 6
included Kathleen Scovell,
Anna Scott, Vieva Saltmarsh,
Edna Sawyer, Pearl Whitney
and Verna Culy.
Dawson, Canada, in the Yu
kon Territory, has an average
of about 75 days a year that
are frost free.
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Steel Peace
Efforts Snarled 1
New York - (DPD - Efforts to
bring agreement in the four-week-old
steel strike were
snarled again today with a
new sharply critical exchange
between union and industry
leaders. '
U n i t e d : Steelworkers of
America President David J.
McDonald, ' who was absent
from federal mediation talks
here Monday said in Pitts
burgh he was "sick of that
show in New York" and indi
cated he would not return
until industry negotiators are
replaced by "people of author
ity." R. Conrad Cooper, head of
the four-man committee rep
resenting 12 major steel firms,
with which the union began
negotiating three months ago
today, , retorted quickly that
McDonald knows the team
has "full authority" to bar
gain .
Cooper said he would be
present at today's mediation
session despite the absence of
McDonald.
"He would be well advised
to spend less time character
izing us as messengers and
more time coming to grips
with our message," Cooper
said. That message, he' said, is
"that an inflationary increase
in wages and benefits would
be contrary to the best inter
ests of all concerned."
That message has been re
jected by the union since it
was first presented by the in
dustry, in advance of contract
talks;
The first furniture uphol
stery probably was unpadded
leather.
Lone Negro To
Attend Arkansas'
Central High
Little Rock, Ark. (DPD The
lone Negro scheduled to inte
grate Central High school
Wednesday said to'day he isn't
disturbed about white teen
agers warning there will be
trouble.
Jeferson Thomas, 17,- said
"they may throw me out, but
they can't keep me out." He
is one of the original "Little
Rock Nine" that integrated
Central behind federal bay
onets in 1957.
No Foolishness
The Little Rock school
board said it would not "stand
for any foolishness" and
promised school officials full
support in any move to main
tain discipline when the four
public high schools reopen.
Gov. Orval Faubus, mean
while, remained silent on
whether he plans to take ac
tion to try to prevent inte
gration for the third straight
year.
Segregation leaders said
they were confident Faubus
would make some move. But
they scheduled a rally Wed
nesday to urge Faubus to act
and instigated a "buyer's
strike" against Little Rock
merchants who employ Ne
groes a move that so far
has failed to catch hold.
Board To Act
The school board approved
the integration of six Negro
students, three at Central and
three at Hall. Some 54 other
Negroes who asked to attend
Central or Hall, were assigned
to Horace Mann (Negro) High
school. The board planned to
act tonight on requests from
15 that they be re-assigned to
Central.
Thomas said he probably
would be the only Negro to
enter Central immediately.
Carlotta Walls, one of the two
others, is attending summer
school in Chicago and will
not finish until Aug. 21.
Elizabeth Eckf ord, the
third believes she has enough
credits from correspondence
work to graduate and plans to
enter Knox College at Gales
burg, 111., this fall.
Grandma Gatewood
Likes Television
Hollywood -OJPD - Grandma
Emma Gatewood, the 71-year-old
hiking great grandmother
from Gallipolis, Ohio, tried
television on for size Monday
and liked it.
She appeared as a - special
guest on the Art Linkletter
House Party show here and
"walked" off with a trio of
prizes
She won $100, a handful of
assorted corn remedies, and a
road map to Mexico City.
Mrs. Gatewood chatted with
Linkletter and displayed her
crepe-soled shoes and battered
umbrella.
She impressed the studio
audience with the statistics of
her trip-95 days on the road,
averaging 22 miles a day-all
on foot.
The walking grandmother
will return to Portland, Ore.,
where she will appear in ' a
special "Ohio Day" celebra
tion Wednesday at the Oregon
Centennial exposition.
Appling Certifies
Tax Bill Signatures
Salem (DPD Secretary of
State Howell Appling Monday
certified the signatures on a
petition referring the major
state income tax bill to the
people in 1960.
The referendum petition
was circulated by. the Citi
zens' Committee for Economy
and Equitable Taxation, an
Albany-headquartered group.
Appling said he had ac
cepted 30,190 signatures -more
than enough to have the
measure put on the ballot.
Of the signatures collected,
only 522 were declared in
valid, Appling said.
Gov. Mark Hatfield has
said that even though the
measure is referred, the state
should be able to get through
the biennium by practicing
"rigid economies."
The bill to be voted upon
would 'like "faxes, especially
in the middle income bracket,
chiefly by not allowing tax
payers to deduct federal in
come 'taxes -from state re
turns.
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Luncheon Honors Visitor
By BETTE HOSKINS
Jacksonville A luncheon
honoring Mrs. June Wilkin
son Dewey of Newark, Calif.,
was given recently at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Burnfiel, 306 Ore
gon st.
Hostesses for the event
were Mrs. Mary Godward and
Mrs. E. C. Moore, sister of
Mrs. Dewey.
Guests were Mrs. May Man
kins Dalton, Mrs. Ida Bowman
Henney, Mrs. Maxine Boone
Meier. The guests, and Mrs.
Explorer VI
Carries Secret
Rocket Device
Washington -(DPD- Explorer
VI, the Paddlewheel satellite
circling the earth, carries a
secret designed to save its life
from kibitzers or possible
saboteurs.
The secret is the frequency
of a receiver to which scien
tists on earth from time to
time send radio commands
governing 30 different func
tions built into the satellite.
One of these functions,
which may or may not ever be
exercised, is the firing of a
five-pound, 14-inch rocket in
Explorer's spine.
To Prolong Life
The rocket was put there to
prolong the satellite's life in
the event something' went
wrong at its birth. Nothing"
went wrong, however, and the
rocket was not fired.
But the rocket is still in
place. If it were fired acci
dentally or on purpose at the
wrong moment, it could doom
Explorer VI to a fiery early
death.
As long as the vital fre
quency is kept secret, how
ever, there is little chance that
the firing signal will be dis
patched before Explorer VI
has lived out its useful span.
The Paddlewheel satellite
was launched into an orbit
which carries it within 157
miles of the earth at the low
end (perigee) and out to 26,400
miles at the top (apogee). Its
lifetime is estimated at more
than a year, which is what
the scientists wanted it to be.
May Fire Rocket
Toward the end of the satel
lite's natural lifes pan, scien
tists may fire the kick rocket
just as a test. Similar equip
ment probably will be used
some day to control the course
of manned satellites or other
spacecraft.
But if the rocket were fired
at the wrong moment in Ex
plorer's 91,140-mile circuit of
the earth, the effect could be
to throw the satellite out of
orbit and send it plunging
like a meteor to disaster.
Use of Sand Dunes
Water Approved
Salem -(DPD-State Engineer
Lewis Stanley Monday issued
a permit to Pacific Power and
Light Company to appropriate
ground water from the sand
dunes immediately north of
Coos Bay.
The permit approves the
construction of 64 wells in an
area about two miles wide
and nine and one-half miles
long. It allows use of about
20,800 gallons per minute
from the wells for industrial
uses including the manufac
ture of pulp and paper.
Company investigation in
dicates the area may produce
30 .nillion gallons of fresh wa
ter per day.
The dune area embraces
13,000 acres bounded on the
north by Tenmile creek, on
the east by U.S. Highway 101,
on the south by Coos bay and
on the west by the Pacific
ocean.
The original bill to admit
Nebraska as a state was twice
vetoed by President Johnson
before final approval.
Associated Fnnit 0oD
REPORT FOR WORK
Thursday, August 1 3th
WM.
At The Packing House, Phoenix
Dewey are all graduates of
Jacksonville High school and
attended all 12 years of school
together here.
Mrs Hannah Nunn Dalton
of Butte Falls was also
present.
O. L. Dewey of Newark,
Calif., spent a few davs in th
valley visiting relatives and
attendmg the Gold Rush Jubi
lee returning home Aug. 4
with his family who spent
several days with relatives.
According to Mrs. Jean
Hewlett, city recorder, any
one wishing a building permit
must submit an application
with floor plans at least 10
days before building is started
to Building Inspector Chet
PurcelL
Mr. and Mrs. Henry How
ard of Eugene were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Tuttle
recently.
Mrs. Frank Apostalo and
son, Tony.of San Diego, Calif.,
are guests this week of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W.
Milam, of Sterling rd. Apos
talo is in Seattle attending the
Seafair with his ship.
Edward Milam, also in the
Navy, spent the month of July
visiting here with his parents
before returning to Bremer
ton, Wash., where he is sta
tioned. Recent visitors at the Mi
lam home were .Mrs. Ethel
Keenand son of Central Point,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Toulten
of Ashland. Dolph Bevens was
a dinner guest at the Milam
home last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Low of
Troutdale spent a recent week
end at the home of Mrs. Jean
Hewlett and her ' daughter,
Hollie.
Mrs. Milton James was host
ess for a barbecue honoring
Mrs. Carl Hoskins on her
birthday Aug. 4. Other guests
wer Carl Hoskins, Mr. and
Mrs, James Noble, Mrs. Jean
Hewlett and daughter,- Hollie,
and Henry James.
California Brush
Fire Contained
Elsinore, Calif .-(DPD-A brush
fire that started Saturday
when a pickup truck crashed
and caught fire was contained
and expected to be under con
trol today.
The cost was two lives,
more than 50 injured firemen,
six in critical condition, and
1,600 acres of valuable water
shed once covered with thick
bushes and dotted with scrub
oak and pine trees.
One home was destroyed by
the fast-moving blaze. But
some 250 others were saved
by determined firefighters
who battled the wind-whipped
blaze in some cases right up
to the yards of homes.
Some 500 firemen surround
ed the 10-mile perimeter of
the fire Monday and contain
ed it after being aided by
water-bombing airplanes. The
blaze was in Riverside county,
about 60 miles southeast of
Los Angeles.
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