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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1959)
MAIL TRIBUNE, Msdfertf, Or. Thursday, Auj. 20, 19S9 51 Sen. Morse Urges Congress To Pass Explosives Law ' Washineton-fUTO-Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) Wednesday urged Congress today to pass legislation to extend federal regulation of interstate trans port of explosives to non-common carriers in view of the recent "horrible disaster" at Roseburg, Ore. Morse told the Senate that the recent explosion in Rose-1 burg would not have occurred had legislation already before Congress been in effect. H said Sen. Warren G. Maznuson (D-Wash.), chair man of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com mittee where the bill is pend ing, agreed with him on the urgency of action. Strsna Atroeal Morse made a strong appeal lasting nearly an hour for passage . of the bill which would make applicable to private and contract carriers of explosives and other com bustibles the same rules that now apply only to such trans port by common carriers. The measure provides, for one thing, that trucks carry ing explosives may not pass through a town or city- The Interstate Commerce Commis sion has urged passage of the legislation for some time, Morse said. ' Salem - (OPD - Public Utility Commissioner Jonei C. Hill said today he was asking -the Interstate Commerce Commis sion to allow;the PUC to as sist in the investigation and hearing into the- explosion and fire at Roseburg Aug. 7. - The ICC has set Sept. 1 as date for. a hearing at Rose- bure. - A commissioner and an ex aminer will be sent out from Washington. -D.C.. to preside over the proceeding which is expected to take several days. Hill said PUC workers al- readv had conducted prelim inary investigations, but he thought additional informa tion could be gathered from the governmental probe wnicn would aid his office. Bodies of Crash Victims Removed Montsenv. SDain (UPD Sal vaee crews today recovered the bodies of 32 persons who died Wednesday night when an- English charter plane crashed into this mountain villaee north of Barcelona. The . grim salvage opera tions were slowed by fog that blanketed the area for - the second straight day. ; :-The plane, a chartered DC3 of the British Transair Ltd. Company, crashed while n route from Barcelona to Lon don with 29 students and three crew members aboard. The students, most of them in their early 20s, boarded the plane Wednesday in a party giving mood. One minute be fore the crash happened, the pilot had radioed "all well and on course. The studenth- were from Britain, West Germany, Spain, Iraq, Ireland and Malaya. Cutter Races To Aid of Schooner Honolulu (UPD The Coast Guard cutter Planetree was en route Wednesday night to aid the 60-foot trans-Pacific racing schooner Diablo about 1.000 miles northwest of Oahu. Amone those aboard were G. f Bradford Reed, Eugene, Ore., and Robert 1. Dumona, rvirvallis- Ore. ' The vacht called for help Tuesday night after develop ing engine trouble. Skipper Frank S. Wade of Santa Ana, Calif, also reported the boat had a broken mast and split mainsail. . The Coast Guard said the vessel had flares, a small six man boat and plenty of food and water. The Planetree was expected to tow the yacht to Honolulu. -- . Salem Man Killed In Cycle Accident Harrisburz. Ore.- (OPD -Ben Ray Cooper, 24, Salem, was killed Wednesday afternoon when his "motorcycle struck a Southern Pacific freight en gine here. Cooper leaves a widow and two-month-old son. . Police said the train whis tled at the downtown cross ing but that ; Cooper appar ently did not hear it. The Salem man had been visiting ' his parents : here where his father is a foreman for Rov L. Houck & Sons who are constructing sections of the Highway 89 freeway. wm O n ncro . fyf lip Qjjm Sweet Pickles 2 65 I . ; ;r-;"f-;; ; v 1 fl S fl PI Tl PI 73 Minute MaidfrMh --froim 1 lTI g Jfefer 1 . 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