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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Or. Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1959 Threat of Flood Diminishes as Rivers Recede Seattle (UPD Civil Defense spokesmen announced late Tuesday night that western Washington's raging rivers were no longer rising, thus di minishing the threat of a sec ond serious flood in the area in less than a month. Many families were evacu ated Tuesday, thousands . of acres of low-lying farmlands were inundated, and Stevens Pass, Washington's main cross-state highway, was wash ed out. But Civil Defense peo ple said the situation was not nearly as serious as the Nov, 23 flood. Minor Flooding ' No town was hit very hard by Tuesday's high water but several communities along the Stevens Pass highway re ported minor flooding4n their extreme city limits. The only really serious trouble spot remaining was south of Kent along the Green river where a" dike was said to be in danger of going out. The dike, which spokesmen said was weakened by the No vember flood, was backed up by a recently completed sec ondary dike. However, it was feared the secondary dike had not set long enough to be firm. Highways Covered Many of western Washing ton's secondary high ways were covered with wa ter in spots. It was hoped these would be cleared some time today, however, as tem peratures were dropping and the rain had stopped falling at many points in the moun tains. A CD spokesman at Everett, north of here, said the Stilla- guamish river had dropped considerably from Tuesday's mid-afternoon reading. He added that the Snohomish and Skykomish rivers were hold ing their levels. Herring Industry To Wait Price Hike . Vancouver, B. C. -0JPD- The British Columbia herring in dustry plans to close down in definitely . because of the world price situation, it was announced Tuesday. As a result, about 1,300 fishermen and shore workers will be out of jobs after the return of the herring fleet Thursday. James Sinclair, B.C. Fish . eries Association president, said the closure would con tinue until prices improve and the companies can sell over stocked herring oil and meal. Nixon Gains Help In New Hampshire Concord, N.H. (UPD Gov. Wesley Powell, last major.-un-committed Republican New Hampshire official, today ac cepted the chairmanship, of the state committee backing Vice President Richard M. Nixon in the nation's coming first presidential primary. "It will be a pro-Nixon cam paign in every sense," he said at a news conference. Powell said Nixon's qualifi cations , are so outstanding that there will be no need to reflect on the personality of other possible candidates, in cluding Gov. Nelson Rocke leller of New York. Regarding Nixon's candida cy, Powell said it is only fit ting "that the most active and able vice president" -in the na tion's history be elevated to the presidency. 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About the only justified ob jection one can find with them is the fact they usually become very noisy at certain seasons of each year. Espec ially is this true when Mrs. R. H. is nesting. At such times the male gives voice to his joyousness by sending out a long rolling -love - call on a loose shingle or a TV antenna, or vocally imitating a. tree frog. When spring and nesting time comes the red-heads ham mer out a cavity in a dead tree or a pole in which is de posited four or five white eggs on a bed of woodchips. Should the nest or the eggs be destroyed, another cavity is dug and another group of eggs are deposited. The woodpeck ers abaiidon the old home, al ways insisting on excavating a new nest-site. For several days after the young are hatched the little folks spent much of their time, taking turns in looking out of the nest opening. The nest opening is seldom large enough to accommodate more than one at a time. While the fortunate one watches the outdoor scene, it is very dark in the nest cavity for 'the others; the observer's body completely blocks the opening and cuts off the light.. Bobby Driscoll Gains Acquittal Los Angeles (UPD- Bobby Driscoll, former child star who -won a special Academy Award at the age of 12, was acquitted Tuesday of a mis demeanor narcotics charge in municipal court. Judge Leo Aggeler found Driscoll innocent when the prosecution's only witness Po liceman Fred Kalas, failed to establish Driscoll was the owner of a hypodermic kit. Police charged the kit was used to administer herion. Driscoll, 22, unemployed af ter a successful career as a child actor, was arrested Oct. 11 and booked on suspicion of being a narcotics addict. , SUBWAY TRAIN DERAILS New York -(UPD' Two cars of a crowded subway train derailed Tuesday night in mid-Manhattan at rush hour. The two cars contained sev eral hundred passengers, but no one was hurt. 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By all odds and his previ ous medical record, the hard ships to which Eisenhower ex posed himself should have put him in bed with a bad cold or at least a severe cough, yet the adulation of hundreds of thousands cheering him in the streets seemed to act as a mir aculous preventative. Eisenhower's entourage has been suffering from all sorts of travel ailments colds, More Jurors Called In Finch Trial Los Angeles - (UPD - Court clerk Mel La Valley said to day an additional 100 pros pective jurors may have to be summoned to complete selection of a jury to hear the murder case of Dr. R. Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff. A total of 62 prospective jurors were dismissed by the end of Tuesday's session, leav ing 38 to be questioned out of the original 100 called. Defense attorneys still had 11 peremptory challenges left and the state had 14. Such challenges may be used to dis miss prospective jurors with out cause. Trial of the wealthy phy sician and his mistress got under way Dec. 8. 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