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Explosion Kl mrts I
Ruptured Tank
In Refinery Area
Sends Smoke High
Blast Splinters
Several Houses
Charleston, S.C. - (UPD - A
huge gasoline storage tank ex
ploded today, injuring nine
persons, and endangering the
tank yards of six major oil
distributors. '
A column of fire 400 feet
high whirled and eddied
above a ruptured tank at the
Standard Oil Company stor
age and refinery area. A thick
black column of smoke visible
for more than 20 miles, rose
for thousands cf feet in the
still morning air.
Cause Undetermined
Cause of the early morning
blast was not determined.
; The injured were Negroes
who lived in small frame
shacks near' the tank area.
Several houses were reduced
to splinters. No one was cnti
eallv iniured.
J The explosion occurred in
i section jtfst north of the
Charleston city limits and
about three miles from tne
Navy base. Nearby flows the
Cooper river i up which the
big ocean-going tankers come
to disgorge their supplies into
the storage tanks. -Flames
Controlled
Although the flames were
under immediate control, the
fire, fed by 2,520,000 gallons
of automobile gasoline, was
expected to burn through the
day. Flames wer spewing
from several 'ruptured places
on top and on the sides of the
welded metal tank. ' "r c
Firemen cooled down near
by tanks, some of them only
150 feet away from the fise,
with tons of w a t e r to keep
them from exploding. ; -
Woman Charged
With Embezzlement
; Mrs. William ' L. " (Faye)
Keever, office manager for the
Walker .Radio Engineering
and Supply company for the
past seven years,, was bound
over to the grand jury Wed
nesday on a charge of larceny
by embezzlement.
, Mrs. Keever, whose pri
mary duties were bookkeep
ing, is charged specifically
with embezzling and fraudul
ently converting to her own
use-$17,607.21, propert of the
company. The loss, according
to the complaint signed by
Verl G. Walker, was between
Nov. 1, 1957, and Aug. 10,
1959.
Mrs. Keever of 317 Marie
st.,, who was represented by
G. W. Kellington, Medford
lawyer, waived the right to a
preliminary hearing in dis
trict court before Judge Pro
Tem A. E. Piazza. She was
released on her own recog-
nizance.
BON VOYAGE Bidding a last-minute good
bye to Medford School Superintendent Dr.
Leonard B. Mayfield when he boarded a
plan at Medford airport last -night for a
month'3 visit in Europe and Russia', were
members of his family, above. Others on
hand to wish him a pleasant journey were
about 50 members of the Medford school
system. Left to right abovt art Mrs. May-
"Say, Who's Besieging
UN Fact-Finders
In Northern Laos
United Nations, N.Y. - (UPD -
A Royal Laotian Air Force
C-47 today flew a U.N. fact
finding team to northern Laos
to
Consider Bids
All swimming pool bids
mayTTTfejecey"'he"aty'!
council at its regular meeting
tonight, city hall sources in
dicated today. .
Lowest combined bid for
the proposed Jackson park
swimming pool was $101,582
submitted by ' the ' National
G u n i t e company, Klamath
Falls.1 Bids-were opened Sept.
22. .The .city has .allocated
$77,000 for ' the overall . con
struction, and had hoped to
raise an additional $13,000
through private donations. . .
The bid was $11,582 in ex
cess of the $90,000 estimated
by the engineer for the main
pool,' bath house, mechanical
plant and diving tank.
Public hearings scheduled
at tonight's city council meet
ing are on a change of zone
from Class 1 A to Class V light
industrial for the Farr trailer
park oh North Pacific high
way, and to change the name
of Buckshot rd. to McAn
drews rd.
The city council also will
consider establishing a park
and recreation improvement
fund. The fund would provide
a depository for monies that
may accrue from surplus
property sales and bequests.
Cifjf Council
field, Dr. Mayfield, their son, Mike, 13, and
daughter, Karen, 16. A rousing send-off was
given Dr. Mayfield by a contingent of the
Medford High school band under Band In
structor Irv Mirick. Dr. Mayfield is one of
about 30 school administrators throughout
the United States who are participating in
the special tour.
Who Around Here?'
CoayrltM. IW, TIm Pulitztr Publish Um Ca
St. Unit Pwt-Diwitca
for an on-the-spot investiga
tion into the government
claims of aggression from
neighboring Communist North
Viet Nam.
UPI Correspondent Wen
dell Merick reported from
Vientiane that Italy's Ludovi
co Barattieri and Argentina's
Heriberto .. Ahren..,wereN expected-ioapenii
at leasl, Slwo
days in Sam: Neua the prov
ince Laos charged was invad
ed by Communist forces from
North Viet Nam on Aug. JQ.
To Study Evidence'
. The team will talk to local
authorities and . study what
ever evidence is presented to
substantiate the Laotian
claims U. N. subcommittee
chairman Etinichi Shibusawa
of Japan will stay in Vientiane
to continue discussions with
government officials there.
Laotian Foreign Minister
Khamphan Panya Wednesday
issued a blanket invitation to
members of the United Na
tions to send observers to
Laos to see for themselves
that the Southeast Asian king
dom was not a U.S. military
base as charged by the Com
munists. '
Panya flew here from Vien
tiane to give the world organ
ization a first-hand account
of! the Communist threat - to
his country through the in
cursions from North Viet
Nam. . .
Douglas, Isle of Man-flJPD-A
single-seater English electric
PI jet fighter crashed into the
Irish Sea today, it was report
ed here.
Dock Workers
On Strike From
Maine To Texas
! -
Foreign Steel
Imports Shut Off
New York-(UPD-Dock work
ers went on strike from Maine
to Texas today. The walkout
shut off vital supplies in most
coastal ports including foreign
steel imports which have to
talled one-fifth of the nation's
supply during the current
steel walkout.
The Association of Ameri
can Railroads slapped an em
bargo ott most freight ship
ments' destined for the ports
affected by the strike to pre
vent a tie-up of railroad cars.
Military and tank car ship
ments were excepted.
Passengers Carry Baggage
The strike by the 100,000-
member International Long
shoremen's Association could
throttle waterborne commerce
on - the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts which has an average
monthly total of more than
$700 million.
Passengers, began carrying
their own baggage on and off
liners with the aid of ship
crews.
Importers and exporters of
perishable food such as ba
nanas and other fruit feared
an extended strike would
leave caroes rotting in holds
or on docks.
May Curtail Fruits
Housewives could expect to
see diminishing supplies of im
ported fruits in the supermar
kets if the strike continues as
much as a week.
On the industrial front,
four of the five leading ports
receiving imported steel are
affected by the strike. One
steel shipment was halted by
the strike at New Orleans.
Since start of the steel strike
July 15, imported steel has
doubled in volume and totals
one-fifth of the steel avail
able to manufacturers.
The dock strike began when
a last-minute truce to continue
contract negotiations beyond
midnight expiration of the
ILA's contract evaporated.
New Orleans dock workers
who failed to win retroactiv
ity in the proposed 15-day
extension walked out .. ,
Residents Urged
To Register Now
A total of 28,039 persons in
Jackson county are registered
voters, according to E. M.
Madden, county clerk.
Of the total 14,461 are Re
publicans; 12,995 are register
ed as Democrats, and 583,
miscellaneous. . The total is
7,608 less than the high of
35,647 registered voters prior
to the general election last
year, Madden said.
He added that 368 persons
have re-registered since the
concellatoin of 7,976 names
due to . failure to vote in the
last two elections.
Madden stressed that per
sons should register between
now and the primaiy election
next May, which would re
lieve the last minute rush of
registrations. The elections de
partment expects between
7,500 and 10,000 persons to
register before the primary.
The county clerk has al
ready appointed 66 registrars
throughout the county to ac
commodate voters in addition
,lto..the,lf53-ivii-taieht in
the courthouse.
Teams Negotiate
On Steel Strike
Pittsburgh -(UPD- The front
line bargaining teams of the
United Steelworkers Union
and 12 major steel companies
met today under presidential
admonition to end the 79-day
steel strike immediately.
US W negotiating team,
headed by President David J.
McDonald, arrived at the con
ference room of the Penn
Sheraton Hotel this morning.
Three minutes later, R.
Conrad Cooper and the three
other industry negotiators ar
rived. Negotiations later were re
cessed for lunch and resumed
in the afternoon. Neither side
commented on the morning
session.
Ex-Justice Minton
In Oxygen Tent
New Albany, Ind.-(UPD-For-
mer U.S. S"preme Court Jus
tice Sherman Minton was in
an oxygen tent and listed in
critical" condition today in
a hospital after suffering a
heart attack.
Minton, also a former U.S.
senator and presidential ad
visor to Franklin D. Roose
velt, collapsed from a heart
seizure Wednesday.
Medford
40. Pages
Ted Kluszewski's
Two Homers Lead
American Victory
Wynn Gets Help
From Gerry Staley
Chicago - (UPD - The Chicago
White Sox combined the pitch
ing of Early Wynn, the hitting
of Ted Kluszewski, and the
loose fielding of the Dodgers,
for an 11-0 victory over Los
Angeles today in the first
game of the World Series be
fore a crowd of 48,013 at
Comiskey Park.
The White Sox, noted for
their speed and pitching, came
up with hitting this dark,
dreary afternoon, in one of the
biggest outbursts of power
they have shown this season.
Ties Series Record
Kluszewski, a National
league castoff, was their big
man, hitting two. home runs
and batting in five runs to tie
a World Series record.
And while Big Klu was tak
ing care of the power depart
ment, Wynn was taking care
of the pitching. He had to
retire after yielding a single -the
sixth hit by. the Dodgers -to
leadoff hitter Junior Gil
liam in the eighth inning,
when his elbow stiffened.
But Gerry Staley came on
to preserve Wynn's shutout.
Broke Wide Open
The White Sox opened on
Roger Craig with a two-run
attack in the first inning. They
broke the game wide open
when they scored seven runs
uMhe third inning, with Klu
szewski's first homer with one
man on the big blow.
..'That big seven started a
parade of five Dodger pitchers
and none of them could hold
the White Sox at bajf.
Box score:
Los Angeles . AB
R
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
H RBI
Gilliam 3b 4
1
2
Neal 2b 4
Moon If , 4
Snider cf 2
Demeter cf 1
Larker rf ... 4
Hodges lb 4
Roseboro c 4
Wills ss 3
c Furillo 1
Craig p 1
Churn p - 0
Labine p 0
a Essegian ; 1
Koufax p 0
b Fairly 1
Klippstein p 0
Totals 34
Chicago
Aparicio ss
Fox 2b
Landis cf
Kluszewski lb
Lollar c ....
Goodman 3b
Esposito 3b
Smith If
Rivera rf
Wynn p
Staley p
AB
5
4
. 4
..- 4
3
2
2
4
4
3
1
H RBI
0 0
Totals
3 11 11
a Struck out for Labine In 5th
b Grounded out for Koufax in
7th
c Filed out for Will in 9th '
Los Angeles 000 000 000 0
Chicago 207 200 OOx 11
E Snider 2, Neal. PO-A Los
Angeles 24 9; Chicago 27 10; DP
ATsricio, Fox and Kluszewski.
LOB Los Angeles 8. Chicago 3.
2B Fox, Wynn. Smith 2. HR
Kluszewski 2. SB Nal. SF Lol
lar. IP H R ER BB SO
Craig (L) MV3 5 5 5 1 1
Churn - 5 8 2 0 0
Labine 1 0 0 0 0 1
Koufax 2 0 0 0 0 1
Klippstein 2 1 0 0 0 2
Wynn (W). 7 6 0 0 1 6
Staley 2 2 0 0 0 1
Churn pitched to 2 batters in 4th;
Wynn pitched to 1 batter in 8th.
U Summers (AL) plate; Dascoli
(NL) lb; Hurley AL) 2b; Secory
(NL) 3b; Dixon (NL) rf; Rice (AL)
If. T 2:35. A 48,013.
OT Offers Night
Courses Toward Degree
Klamath Falls-ttJPD-For the
first time in Oregon Technical
Institute history, the school
this year is offering night
courses for credit toward a
degree in associate engineer
ing.
OTI Director L. D. Purvine
said Oregon Tech is author
ized to teach in all phases of
technical education.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued fair
through Friday. Low tonight
35. High Friday 75.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 69
Lowest this Morning 33
Our Skies Tonight
The Sun sets 5:55 p.m.
today. Rising at 6:08 a.m.
tomorrow it will he totally
eclipsed is part of Eastern
Massachusetts and partially
eclipsed in the U.S. and Ca
nada east . of a line running
from Apalachee Bay, Fla-,
through South Bend. Ind., to
Chnrehill en Hudson Bay.
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DODGERS' NEAL SAFE
of the Los Angeles Dodgers
into second .base in the first
opening World Series game
ike Sends Keporis
Leaders Receive
Message Account
Palm Springs, Calif. -(UPD-The
White House disclosed to
day that "President Eisenhow
er, beginning a holiday here
on the Southern California
desert, had sent messages to
the leaders of Great Britain
and West Germany reporting
on his cold war talks with
Nikita Khrushchev.
Attacks Nagging Cold
Press Secretary James Hag
erty said the President sent
messages to British Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan
and West Germany Chancellor
Conrad Adenauer.
Hagerty told reporters of
the Eisenhower messages to
the European leaders as the
President began a holiday
attack on a nagging cold by
playing golf shortly before
9 a.m. on the picturesque
desert course of the El Dorado
Country Club, a few minutes
ride from La Quinta where he
is staying at the home of
George E. Allen.
Happy Over Negotiations
Hagerty also disclosed that
the chief executive was happy
to hear that steel labor and
management once again were
sitting down together in an
effort to negotiate their strike
differences.
Maj. Gen. Howard M. C.
Snyder, the White House
physician, said . at the golf
course this morning that the
President seemed to be feel
ing better. !'
Hannah Expected
To Miss Mainland
Miami, Fla. (UPD -The
Weather Bureau today wrote
off hurricane Hannah as a
threat to the South Atlantic
coast.
Forecasters said the big
storm, packing too winds of
125 miles an hour, was expect
ed to veer to a more northerly
direction in the Atlantic some
750 miles east of Brunswick,
Ga.
But the Miami Weather Bu
reau's advisory cautioned in
terests along the upper U.S.
coast to "keep in close touch
with advisories during the
next several days" until the
storm's path is definitely es
tablished. Oregon Truckers
Paying Own Way
Salem-(DP3-Oregon truckers
are paying their way, figures
released by the Public Utility
commission indicated today.
For the first time in state
history, weight-mile tax re
ceipts for August passed the
$1,500,000 mark.
Receipts for the year are
expected to gross $15,500,000
as compared with $13,518,572
for 1958.
OCTOBER 1, 1959
Charley Neal
slides safely
inning of the
at Comiskey
Site for Chamber
Building
A 15-year purchase agree
ment and further considera
tion of a proposed site for the
new Jackson County. Cham
ber of Commerce office build-
25-Year Members
Of Bar Honored
Salem-fflPB - Eight assistant
attorneys general have been
awarded silver certificates for
25 years' membership in the
Oregon State Bar, Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton
said today.
They are Ray H. Lafky,
chief counsel, and T. Walter
Gillard and Gerald C. Knapp
of the State Industrial Acci
dent commission; Donald L.
Parker, Agriculture Depart
ment; Leonard I. - Lindas,
Chief Counsel, and Joseph W.
DeSouza and and Charles C.
M. Peterson, state Highway
commission, all of Salem; and
Francis T. Wade, State Liquor
Control commission, Portland.
Humphrey Holds
'Final Decision'
Madison, Wis, (UPD Sen.
Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.)
said Wednesday he won't de
cide until at least December
whether to seek the Demo
cratic presidential nomination
in 1980. ; ,
But he left little doubt
which way he was headed.
Humphrey, asked about his
presidential aspirations, said
he was like a man "who is en
gaged - going steady - and
hopes there's a wedding."
The Democrats, Humphrey
said, can win "with a number
of combinations of candidates
next year if they stick to con
victions on issues."
The Minnesota Democrat
said he would run on the same
ticket with Sen. John Kennedy
(D-Mass.) or California Gov.
Edmund G. Brown. Both were
acceptable candidates, he said.
Securities Buyers
Offered 5 Per Cent
Washington -(UPD- The Trea
sury today offered govern
ment securities buyers a 5 per
cent interest rate, the highest
in 30 years.
The Treasury made the of
fer in announcing the sale of
$2 billion worth of 4-year, 10
month notes. It also an
nounced it would auction $2
billion worth of 245-day Trea
sury bills.
The 5 per cent interest rate
on the notes was the highest
offered by the Treasury since
it paid 5Vg per cent on an is
sue in 1929. Back in 1921, a
tight money situation forced
the Treasury to pay 53A per
cent. '""'.'
Price 10 Cents
54th Year No. 160
Park in Chicago today. Taking the throw
from Catcher Sherm Lollar is White Sox
shortstop Luis Aparicio.
(UPI Telephoto)
on TaflCcs
Discussed
ing at Fourth st. and Central
ave. were discussed this
morning at the chamber's
board of directors meeting,
according to Chamber Man
ger Don McNeil. V ;
The purchase plan covers
monthly payments for-prop
erty purchase and building
construction costs all in one
package, the chamber man
ager explained. A number of
individuals would lend the
money to the chamber which
would eliminate the need for
any one big major outlay of
cash, McNeil explained.
Representatives of the Med
ford Realty board objected to
the Fourth and Central pro
posed site this morning, Mc
Neil said., They suggested the
new building be located south
of Medford to handle the
tourist trade which they con
sider the major function of
the chamber. However, Mc
Neil said, this is only 20 per
cent of the chamber's func
tions which cover a much
broader program.
Business District
A location closer to the
central business district
would make the chamber
more accessible to the city's
business people and to those
persons seeking information
on locating a business or in
dustry n e r e, Mcweii ex
plained. Those seeking indus
trial location information are
not apt to go to a tourist
booth set up, he said.
The Fourth and Central lo
cation was favored following
a year's study by a committee
including Otto Ewaldsen,
John Pletsch and Joe Jorgen
sen, McNeil said. Another
chamber committee is work
ing on the finance plan, he
added.
Morse in Oregon
En Route To Eugene
Portland - (UPD - Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.) arrived here
today from Washington, D.C.,
en route to his home near Eu
gene.
He said a series of -meetings
would take up most of
his day here.
Deeds, Not Words, By
Khrushchev Said Needed
Washington-(UPD Secretary
of State Christian A. ;Herter
told members of Congress to
day it will take "deeds, not
words," from Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev to ease
tensions in the cold war.
Summit Seen Way Off
One of the congressmen
who were given a 40-minute
briefing said he also got the
impression that a summit con
ference may not be held until
next year.
Rep. Wayne Hays (DOhio)
said the secretary reported
that whether the U.S. gained
anything from the talks with
Ten Persons in
One Family Die;
Homes Splintered
Power, Telephone
Lines Knocked Out
Charlottesville, Va.' - (DPT
Weary rescuers found an 11th
body early today amidst the
rain-soaked tangle of slinter-
ed homes and fallen trec-s in
a tornado-hit farm community
near here.
Ten of the dead, including
five children, were members
of one family. Two other chil
dren who were reported miss
ing were accounted for as the
grim cleanup began in the
twister's aftermath.
The 11th victim, Shirley
Anne Morris, 3, was found
early today.
Community Isolated
The tornado isolated the
farming community of Ivy,
sijr miles west of Charlottes
ville, for several hours. It cut
a mile-long path of destruc
tion two hours after a smaller
twister hit the community.
Three children were sucked
into the funnel and hurled to
their deaths as they walked
from a school bus toward
their home seconds before it
was destroyed.. Two other
children watched in horror
from another home 100 feet
away which was not damaged.
Trees Blocked Roads
The two funnels knocked
out all electricity and tele-,
phone lines and felled trees
which blocked all roads into
the area.
The dead and injured lay
helpless for two hours before
police heard of the disaster.
Rescue workers tad to fight
through a deluge which piled .
as high as four feet of water
on highways, then found their
way completely blocked a
quarter-mile from the farm
orchard where the homes,
were splintered.
Flashlights Only
The dead and injured were
carried and tugged through a
maze of fallen trees and pow
er lines in a ghastly , scene
lighter only by the flash
lights of exhausted workers.
Rain poured down. -
Ambulances were pushed
by hand around fallen trees
and over mired roads.
The twister and another
which struck nearby Greene
county, Va., destroyed two
churches and an uncounted
number of homes and farm
buildings and ruined farm
crops.
Centennial Exhibit
Money Well Spent
Newport-UPD-Tom Becker,
president of the Oregon Coast
association, said today that
the association's seashore
recreation and sea lion exhibit
at the Centennial Exposition
in Portland last summer was
money well spent.
He said latest figures from
the State Highway Depart
ment show U.S. Highway 101,
the coast highway, the busiest
state route in the past eight
months.
Winchester Bay had a hike
of 11.8 more travel, the high
est percentage boost anywhere
of figures compiled at moni
toring stations on U.S. High
ways 101, 30 and 99.
Becker said the Exposition
exhibit was a good way to
invite tourists to the Oregon
coast this last season.
Welfare Groups Take
Adoption Applications
Port1and-(UPD-Jeanne Jew
ett, administrator for the Ore-"
gon Public Welfare commis
sion, said today county public
welfare commissions are
ready to take applications
from people wishing to adopt
children now on welfare.
Seattle-(UPD-The Century 21
Commission has voted to post
pone the opening of the Cen
tury 21 Exposition here until
the spring of 1962.
Khrushchev remains to be
seen. Hays said the secretary
used the term "deeds, not
words" to describe the U.S.
attitude.
Berline Discussed
; Hays also said Herter ad
vised him that President Ei
senhower and Khrushchev
discussed Berlin almost the
entire time they were at Camp
David last week end.
Senate GOP Leader Everett
M. Dirksen of Illinois said he
is convinced that any summit
conference will come well in
the future, probably after the
first of the year.
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