Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 15, 1959, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text-Western Washington givers Rising Again; Ueu Floods Threatened MedfordWTribune Regional Edition 2- t ; 1 WAITS VOTING TURN-rThis scar-faced Nigerian woman lets the vote go to her head as she keeps her poll slip tucked inside her headgear while waiting her turn -to vote in federal elections at Lagos, Nigeria. The Northern People's Congress party was reported leading. Nigeria' becomes independent of British rule next Oct. 1. . - (UPI Telephoto) Stocks Get Support In Early "Trading New York - (UPD - Stocks met good supporf in the first hour today that, carried the industrial stock average with in striking distance of the all time high. - ' . Less than a point separated the division from the record 678.10 touched Aug. 3. The rail average also joined in the advance with utilities show ing a net nominal gain. With the steel talks still suspended, steel issues ruled dull. U.S. Steel which firmed at the opening was unchanged after the first hour. 'Youngs- I . v Carlos M j II II t -i 111 yii9Tfr '! llllll Managing ::er of Conger- jj III Morris to assist you at llll your time of need j C onger-zM'orris FUNERAL DIRECTORS II West Main at Sixth ' I F Ashland " I I Hillcrest i Mortuary Chapel I 4th & C. Sts. . North Phoenix Asmana Koaa ' j "Your TV WEATHERMAN" 11 KBES-TV Monday thru Friday 5:00 p.m. Hi Member National Selected Morticians by Invitation , Page 2 town held to its previous 'close, .'while - Republic and Bethlehem tacked on frac tions. DOW - JONES AVERAGES ' New York - (I'PD - Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 675.07, up 4.57; 20 railroads 154.09. up 0.44; 15 utilities 87.30, up 0.22. and 65 stocks 218.46, . up 1.15. Sales Monday were about 3,100,000 shares com pared with 2.910.000 shares Friday. Monday's prices on selected stocks: - Allied Chemical : 120 ",4 Alum Co. Am 103 V ' 1 Melting Snows, Heavy Rains Worry Officials Seattle -CPD- Melting snows in the mountains and heavy rains today were swelling Western Washington rivers to the point that officials were gearing for a repeat of the devastating floods which hit the area late last month. The Army Engineers were moving into the areas threat ened by the rising Snohomish, Snoqualmie, and Green rivers which dealt out millions of dollars worth of damage just before Thanksgiving. Nearing Normalcy Last month's flooding closed all major mountain passes to cross-state motor and rail travel, forded hun dreds of families to leave their homes, and wrecked havoc with thousands of acres of rich farmland. The area, its cross-state motor facilities still crippled to some degree, was just beginning to return to normalcy. Early today the Corps of Army Engineers, which is co ordinating the flood fighting efforts, said the Green river was expected to reach a crest of 66 feet at 6 p.m. in the Kent-Auburn areas south of here. The Snohomish river to the north was expected to reach 29 feet by 3 p.m. Both figures would put the rivers a foot or two lower than last month's levels but still would be considered dangerous flood proportions. Bridge Taken Out The Snoqualmie river to the west of here was reported two feet below its previous high early today and had al ready taken out a temporary bridge built to replace a span torn out during the previous disaster. The Snoqualmie is the stream which ate through the four-lane U.S. highway 10 east of North Bend, closing the vital Snoqualmie Pass. Workmen just this week re opened the pass to one-way traffic. Two other rivers, the Ska git and the Stilliguamish, both in the northwest portion of the state, were reported rising and nearing flood stages as well. .' ' j , .. . Civil defense'and Red Cross organizations were making preparations today to move in if the situation warrants. American Can American Motors . AT&T Anaconda Copper . Armco Steel . Bendix Aviation . Bethlehem Steel . Boeing Air Caterpillar Corp. . Chrysler Corp. - 42 'i 81 '4 76 - 64 'i 76 - 73 ft 55 33 34 70 i 45 ft Continental Can Crown Zellerbach Curtis Wright Dow Chemical 31ft 99 ft Du Font ..261ft Eastman Kodak 108ft 133 4 Firestone General Electric General Foods General Motors Georgia Pacific 94 104 ft . 53 ft 25 2ft 20 ft Graham .Paige . Greyhound Gulf Oil -.108 i Homestake Mining . Idaho Power I. B. M 42 ft 46 439 ft 136 50 l 5ft 95 ft 31 25 51ft 53 Int. Paper .... Johns Manville .. Katy Kennecott Copper Lockheed Aircraft Montana Power Co. Montgomery Ward Nat'l Biscuit New York Central Pac Gas & Elec Penney. J. C. 29 ft - 62 ..118 Penn KR 16ft 71ft 76 ft 35 ft 23 78 ft 40ft 39ft 22 47 ft 41 48 6 83 18ft 29 ft 18ft 39 ft Radio Corporation Kicntieia uu Safeway . Sears (xd) SheU Oil Socony Mobil Oil Southern Co Southern Pacific Standard California . Standard Indiana Standard NJ. Sun Mines Texas Co. Texas Gulf Sulfur Transamerica Trans World Air Tn-Continental Union Carbide H Union Pacific 149ft 31ft United Aircraft ... 40 United Air Lanes . U.S. Rubber - 35 66 ft . 99 -131 U.S. Steel Youngstown S&T . Weed Child Dies In Traffic Crash Weed, Calif. -UPD- Dorothy Ann Houston, 5, daughter of Mrs". Willie Mae Houston, Weed, was killed Monday af ternoon in a traffic accident on Highway 97. i Police said Mrs. Houston, driving north, had stopped to allow a southbound car to pass .before making a left hand turn when an oil truck came over the hill and struck her car from the rear. The mother was hospitalized with undetermined injuries. Portland Firm Bids Low for State Autos Salem r(UPD Agnew Motors ' ot .fortiana has submitted a low bid for a state purchase of 35 four-door sedans. Agnew is a Plymouth dealer and it will be the first time in about five years that the state has purchased Plymouths. The low bid was $1,809 a Press Barred From Cape Canaveral Missile Test Center Firings Due To Rule Violation Advance Release 01 Launcing Date Given as Reason Cape Canaveral, Fla.-flJPH-The press has been barred from the nation's missile test center for military missile fir ings by the commander, Maj. Gen. Donald M. Yates. The, Air Force commander said the action Monday would prevent on-the-spot coverage of military launchings such as the Atlas, Titan, Thor and Polaris missiles. Coverage of non-military shots will not be affected. Agreement Said Violated Yates said' a United Press International story from Washington last Saturday vio lated an agreement with the press concerning advance pub lication of the date for the launch of a Thor-Able rocket. This rocket, the story said, would launch a payload to ward an orbit around the sun this week. The commander said he had given the date to reporters on the cape on a hold basis. But UPI told Yates the Washing ton story was based on infor mation gathered independent ly of the missile test center and from non-military sources. Other Sources Soace probe shots are under the supervision of the Nation al Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration. Yates is con cerned primarily with mili tary firings. Often missile information is available from NASA ci vilian sources in Washington. The press ban includes re porters, photographers, radio and TV staffers. Sfubblefield Twin To Be Taken Home Portland (UPD Denett Stub- blef ield will go home to Idaho Wednesday. . , The six -month -old girl, born a Siamese twin, will be released from the University of Oregon medical school hos pital to her parents at 8:30 a.m. "We're thrilled, naturally," said Mrs. James Stubblefield who drove to Portland from Parma with her husband Mon day. She added that doctors have told her that Denett's twin sister, Jeanette, may be able to go home some time in January. The eirls were separated by surgery Oct. 10. Jeanette still has a special tube in her wind pipe for breathing. Blast, Fire Level Home at Roseburg Rosebure-(DPD-An explosion anrl fire anoarentlv touched off by a cigarette on the back porch where gas was kept de- stroyen the nome. of Mr. ana Mrs. Norman Wood early to day and sent Mrs. . Wood to the hospital. Police said Mrs. Wood was smokine a cigarette when she went to the back porch, and gas believed to be leaking from the storage tank was set off. Mrs. Wood was burned on the legs and her clothing caught fire. She ran back into the house and police said her flaming qlothes apparently set the house afire. It burned to the ground. Her husband got their three children out to safety and helped rescue his wife. She was taken to a hospital for treatment of burns and shock. . Probation Granted On Charge of Arson Pendleton (UPD John L. Timmerman, convicted here last Friday, on a second de gree arson charge, today was placed on four years proba tion when he appeared for sentencing in Umatilla county Circuit Court. Timmerman was charged with setting a fire in an air port warehouse here Sept. 12. Immediate Delivery MULTI-BARK Natural Organic Soil Conditioner & Mulch for Flowers Shrubs Lawns Gardens Also for Erosion Control KOGAP LUMBER IND. SP 3-6601 Ext. 46 MailiiiHaihKw - r 'jiitl'finff itiiii iiiii i m miiit 1m ' inlfiniiiii i AMERICAN CARDINALS The two new Vatican City just before their elevation by American cardinals, Archbishop Aloisius J. Pope John XXIII. Cardinal Muench was Muench, 70, left, and Archbishop Albert until recently Papel Nuncio to Germany. Gregory Meyer, 56, of Chicago, are seated The Pope created six other new cardinals, in Red Hall of North American College at (UPI Telephoto) Two Fliers Out Following Midair Collision East Millinocket, Maine-IUPD Two fliers, who bailed out of a damaged B52 jet bomber, were found in good condition today after a night in seven degree temperatures in the northern Maine woods. The bomber was damaged when it moved too close to a jet tanker in a refueling at tempt and the fuel boom tore a huge hole in the bomber's side. Both planes landed safely. Parachutes Spotted Three men from the Far West were aboard the planes. 2nd Lt. Thomas Domigues, Diamond Springs, Calif., was a member of the tanker's crew. Aboard the bomber Sll .HUN llll K I DEPOSIT RECEIVE NEXT .WEEKLY NOVEMBER $ .50 $ 25 1.00 50 2.00 100 5.00 250 10.00, 500 PLUS INTEREST Found After Bailing were 1st Lt. Albert' T. Bates, Baldwin Park, Calif., and TSgt. Cecil Vandermolen, Seattle. - A searching helicopter spotted two parachutes early today and promptly picked up the copilot, Capt. William B. Harris, 34, Middletown, Pa. Three hours later the navi gator, 1st Lt. David B. Morris, 24, Owosso, Mich., also was found. Both were in good con dition. A 300-man search party, In cluding experienced lumber jacks, h?.d searched the woods since the accident Monday night. -.:.' 1 I; Damage Costly " . It was not immediately de JOIN OUR CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB NOW! It's the easy, convenient way to save money for carefree Christmas shopping next November. Just 50c. '.$1.00... $2.00 saved weekly, plus interest, adds up to a sizable sum. Join U. S. National's Christ mas Savings Club NOW! The United States National Bank of Portland Member Federal Deposit Iravronee Corporertoe termined how extensively the tanker was damaged. How' ever, damage to the bomber was expected to be costly, All four tires of the KC97 tanker blew out when the huge ship landed, but the pi lot, Maj. Jack M. Larrabee, Gary, Ind., kept the plane under controh Three crew members suffered cuts and bruises. Fourteen other airmen, seven in each plane, rode to safe landings after the colli sion at 15,000 feet. The tanker crew was hospitalized but the Air Force said it was only a "precautionary" measure. a Control Board OKs Contract To Erect Dammasch Shops Salem - (CPU The Board of Control today approved" the low bid of $800,597 submitted by Ross B. Hammond Com pany of Portland on a con tract to build housing and shops at the F. H. Dammasch state hospital in Clackamas county. The bid was one of nine and was accepted with certain provisions. Greenhouse Deleted It was pointed out that the money. available for work on the second unit was $835,000 and the Hammond bid, though low, did not account for arch itectural and other fees which would run the project as high as $885,615. It was decided that the proj ect would go ahead but delet ed for the time being were construction of a greenhouse and some steam lines. The board voted to employ Richard Shaffer of the secre tary of state's office as land scape architect . for. the new labor and industries building in the Capitol Mall. Other Action The board also: - You've never 1 IX j ' ' V f-s ,K The pressure's off, the pleasure s on. Feather-wired 'Water Bali is snow white drip-dry cotton, self ironing even to the pucker-proof shoulder straps. Pure Bali Bow with the firm rounded fit, young lift," plus shirred underarm elastic for stop-gap smoothness. All elastic backs. IN THE MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER Shop 9:30 Till 9 (Saturdays Till 5:30) -Approved a request of MacLaren school for $35,000 to be spent for. furnishings and equipment for four new units of the boys school. -Approved out - of - state travel to Topeka, Kan., for the director of volunteer services of the state hospital. He will attend an institute for mental hospital directors of volunteer services. -Agreed on a holiday sched ule for employees of the of fices of the governor, secre tary of state and state treas-. urer. The schedule will mean a half-day of work prior to Christmas and New Years, with a skeleton crew both half-days. Kilauea Iki Crater. Erupts 10th Time : Volcano, Hawaii -(UPD- Kil.i uea Iki crater erupted Monday for the 10th time since the volcano roared into action on Nov. 14. The latest outburst' lasted 4V4 hours-i-the shortest erup tion of the current series. seen anything like the wired ' daytime bra ' : , hat drip-dries - 3.95 car. .