Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1960)
If Medf ord should have a major disaster such as hit Roseburg last summer, the city would find itself totally unprepared to meet the prob lems and responsibilities that would result because there is no overall plan or coordinat ed force ready to put into action. The possibility of having a plan providing for the co ordination of the agencies whih would be involved in an emergency was the theme of the disaster preparedness j ing called by City Man ; Robert Duff in the city .h' Monday afternoon. . aff said he feels that Med (fo i should be ready to face 'suc'i a disaster as it is always :'possible that one could occur here without warning, f Discuss Manpower J Approximately 35 persons, representing various agencies ''throughout the city and coun ty, discussed the individual equipment and manpower I that would be available in an emergency. They also were asked to present any prep arations they might already Jhave made for meeting a po tential disaster. ? Mai. Gen. J. II. Hicks, Jackson County Civil De fense director, presented the attitude of CD toward the i idea of a community effort to meet problems created by lo cal disasters. He readily con curred in the wisdom of such a proposal, pointing out that J CD has an emergency plan I for national emergencies but -not for local disasters such as fires, floods, crashes, explo sions and otners. It is the CDs policy, he said, to stay out of local dis- : other agencies to help or the : disaster is of great proportion. '. Need For Command Hicks pointed out the need I for a definite chain of com rmand in case of emergency ;such as that in Roseburg. He rsaid that City Manager John ; Warburton assumed immedi .'ate responsibility for meet- ing problems in the Roseburg explosion, and in many cases 5 had to assume authority ; which he did not legally have. Duff called on the various . police agencies in the area to Umipirepsiifed is enumerate the facilities and manpower that would be available to them in case of an emergency. Jackson County Sheriff Joe Walsh said the county has 16 regular officers and 40. addi tional trained reserve officers who could be called in case of a disaster. He said that an air reserve squadron and a group of boats could also.be called if needed. Existing Plan Capt. Paul Morgan, of the Oregon state police, said that a plan exists for their agency to help any city in case of need. It is their first duty, he said, to contact and work with the responsible agency in time of disaster. He said that in Roseburg it took only 20 minutes after the explo sion for state police to have the city blocked off. In the seven counties of this state police district, there are 64 officers and if needed an additional 240 men can be brought in from outside, he said. He noted that if it had not been for reserve police in Roseburg, the looting there would have been tremendous. State police also have 75 vehicles in this district with the necessary radio equip ment, and there are local con trol points in all seven coun ties, he said. A representative from the National Guard said that its main purpose in an emergen cy would be to patrol and prevent looting. They also have many vehicles ready for use and a kitchen at the arm ory which could feed some 200 to 300 persons. Gets Salem Orders He pointed out, however, that the National Guard can not be called out arbitrarily but must normally get orders from their Salem headquar ters. They were called to the scene in Roseburg by. War burton, he said, due to the na ture of the disaster, but at the Ashland fire they had to wait for directions from Sa lem. It would only take one and a half hours to have 75 to 90 men ready for use in Medf ord or the county, he said. There is also an extensive alert and coordination plan that would ! be used in time of emergency, the pointed out. Medford Chief of Police Charles P. Champlin said the department has only the 37 man force available, and al though there is no' city police reserve at present, there are preliminary studies being un dertaken to consider the pos sibility of having one. :Receire Cooperation In the past, Champlin said, city police have always been able to call on the sheriff's office and state police for needed assistance and have always received the best of cooperation. The four main problems facing city police in time of disaster, he pointed out, are traffic control, guard duty, light rescue work, and identi fication of the dead. General Hicks said that communications .is the area in which CD can make its greatest contribution to help ing combat local disasters. They have a responsibility xo get to the scene of the inci dent as soon as possible, set up a communications center, contact the proper authority, find out what is needed, and let the appropriate agencies know where they fit in. Dwight Albright, speaking for the county CD radio net, said that their facilities are constantly monitoring radio and television stations and pointed out that often this is the source of their initial noti fication of an emergency. Qualified Operators There are some 20 qualified amateur radio operators with radio sets in the county who can be used for communica tion purposes in the event of a disaster, Albright said. If they are not able to use an existing station near the scene, then the CD has two or three mobile units ready for use. They also have point to point contact with CD head quarters in Salem in case CD help - is needed, Albright said. Col. Arthur Savard, Med ford CD director, said that Medford has eight qualified amateur radio operators with radios, and there is a com munications center at the air port. Charles Thurston, head of CD communications) said the CD radio net is also affiliat ed with Army units and 10 radio units can be moved into the field on short notice. He further pointed out that the CD net is well supplemented by communications facilities from the sheriffs office, and Pacific Telephone and Tele graph units. The weather bur eau and the hospitals are also hooked in on the network, he added. . Wealth of Personnel Thurston said that it would be a mistake to overlook and not use the wealth of com- munications personnel already in the area. Frank Benesh, of the Cal ifornia Oregon Power com pany, and J. H. Creager, o Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company, both told the meeting that those companies had adequate equipment and manpower available for their use in case of an emergency. Benesh said that Copco has 55 people in the Medford dis trict and could reach more. His company has a radio sys tem connecting points in southern Oregon and north ern California and these ra dio units can be mobilized. Creager said the telephone company has connections for emergency services and im portant lines are tagged so they can easily be reached. In case of emergency call, there is a special number that can be dialed which will give that call preference over others. Heavy Equipment. A spokesman for the coun ty road department said that agency has many pieces of heavy equipment available, but their best use would be in clean-up operations as they are often spread out over the county and it would take time for them all to get to one place. General Hicks said that CD has a radiological set-up to detect nuclear fall-out scat tered at various points throughout the county and this is always available when needed. Carrol Brown, superinten dent of the Rogue River Na tional forest said it is the" pri mary function of his organ ization to put out fires in time of emergency,' and other duties as traffic control and food supply are left to other agencies. They notify the state police first in case of an emergency in their juris diction, Brown said. Gordon Barker, Medford fire chief, said the fire de partment has 39 regulars and 15 volunteers. He said there is already a mutual aid pro gram among fire fighting SUBWAY CARS DEDICATED-Two of the subway cars make the run between the Capitol and the new Senate Office Build ing following brief dedication ceremonies in Washington Tuesday, Four such cars, each carrying 18 passengers and an oper ator, will shuttle between the Capitol and the two Senate office buildings. -UPI Telephoto) r i Br 3t IT ml k rf I fj J -I .1 I F3 fJl Til TI mi Upholstered Furniture made to order re covered re-upholstered restyled. Every hase of high grade upholstering from re webbing to the construction of exclusively designed custom pieces. We have a wide choice of fabrics in color and price. Rogue Custom Furniture MANUFACTURING 602 S. Central SP 2-5581 Medford ttmffty ftt&nffr nc&rmrtf ooo 4l6at ScitueUjVi tetU. "The Most Important Commandment.'' "CAN YOU PASS THIS FAMILY HAPPINESS TEST?" by Clark W. Blackbvni "Sophia Loren's Struggle for Respectability" by PeerJ.0ppenheimer READ the above special articles... and also the regular weekly features . in the January 10th "From Across the Seas" Family Weekly Cookbook "BASKETBALL'S BIG SHOT .... LITTLE ELGIN BAYLOR' by Ed Fitzgerald Picture Tioxtl $t. 750.000?' By Thomas A. Synnott Second Advertising, Promotion Campaign Set for Area Pears JEp!a.znly We&Jely The second advertising and sales promotion campaign in behalf of the 1959-60 D An jou, Bosc and Cornice winter pear crop from the Medford area will start late in Janu ary, continuing into Febru ary, R. A. (Dick) Patterson, general manager of the Ore gon - Washington - California Pear bureau, Portland, has announced. The main theme is "All Good Things Come in Pears," and the promotion will utilize more than 75 radio stations in 40 of the nation's most popu lated cities, and television in New York City. The promotion will have as a secondary theme that of "related food items," which proved successful in the fall campaign. Emphasis will be planned to promote high profit items which "go" with pears, such as cheese, and meat. Display Material Retailers in the nation are tying in with the advertis ing and making use of the dis play and promotional mate rial, with the in-store special ty banners particularly popu lar and effective. According to Patterson, the new campaign is aimed to help retailers promote a var iety of cheeses, salad ingre dients, meat and lunch box foods. Radio and television pro motion will be backed up by the bureau's nine merchan dising representatives cover ing strategic population cen ters in the U.S. They also are devoting considerable effort with the wholesale and retail trade to stimulate the ripen ing of winter pears. Demonstrations Held Throughout the fall and early winter, the bureau's merchandising representa tives have conducted sample demonstrations in many of the nation's markets. In No vember and December more than 135 demonstrations were held, lasting from two to three days. From 400 to 800 persons were interviewed at each demonstration. Women demonstrators in the stores have passed out samples of ripe pears which have brought the taste of west coast winter pears to many customers for the first time. Movement and sale of win ter pears from shipping points exceeds last year, attesting to the success of the year's pro motion. Winter pears started out at a fast clip and have continued into the winter months, Patterson said. As early as Nov, 15, D'Anjou, Bosc, and Cornice pears actu ally shipped for the domestic and export markets exceeded the total for the same date in 1958 by 539,315 boxes. Burglar Returned To Finish Bottle St. Paul - Theron Petersen found a burglar sitting in his kitchen enjoying a bottle of his best brandy. The burglar got away, but two jiights later he returned and finished the bottle. agencies in Jackson and Jo sephine counties, who will come to each other's aid in time of disaster. He said that the fire department needs po lice assistance, especially for traffic control. Housing Facilities The Red Cross has ample facilities for feeding, cloth ing, sheltering and giving medical aid to disaster vic tims, according to Mrs. Edith Eden, of that organization) She pointed out that the na tional organization of the Red Cross is not called in unless the disaster has affected five or more families. This is based on the theory, she said, that a city can handle four families and less, but more than that will require outside assistance. The Red Cross is always available to help, and will come as soon as notified, she pointed out. The meeting also heard from Capt. William Ricken of the Salvation Army, con cerning that organization's preparedness and from Dr. David Boals, concerning the readiness of Red Cross med ical facilities and organiza tion. Dr. Boals pointed out that communications is all im portant in medical work, as they will need to know where people are needed to assist. Need is to Coordinate After each of the ' repre sented agencies had an oppor tunity to outline their indi vidual organization and emer gency facilities, Duff said there was an apparent wealth of manpower available in time of emergency and said he was surprised to see how well plans had been made in individual areas. The need now is to coordinate the dif ferent organizations to make them a working force in time of emergency, he concluded. Mayor John Snider said 6 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mdford, Or. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1 960 that the moral fiber of a community becomes quite vis ible in time of emergency as the fine performance and co operation of the people in Roseburg revealed. He said he is confident that the same high moral fiber would show itself in Medford if such a thing occurred here. Colonel Savard said that it would now be good for each agency to go back and evalu ate their individual needs and capacities and meet again for more concrete plans and ac tion at a alter date. We Give GREEN STAMPS' CENTRAL REXALL DRUG Main and Central How Prayer Can Help You Attend a FREE Lecture "Christian Science: The Science of Seeking and Finding Truth" by Joseph lingen Wood, C.S., of Vancouver, B. C. Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts 8 P.M. THURSDAY-JANUARY 7th at Medford Senior High School Auditorium South Oakdale, Medford Under the Auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Medford, Ore. All are Welcome tan m ffitr. iTtiittttiTS litliitittriiiiMtM Intuitu ilm ILLINOIS VALLEY Party Attended By Record Crowd By MARGARET M. CROWL Cave Junction A record crowd of over 300 attended the New Year's Eve dance sponsored by American Le gion Post 70 at Cave Junc tion. Music was provided by the "Teamsters." Hats, horns and confetti were distributed and supper was prepared and served by the auxiliary. Monday evening 15 mem bers of the Cave Junction Bethel 36 and four adults at tended ceremonies for instal lation of officers at Bethel 13, Grants Pass. Tuesday evening, seven girls from the Kerby Bethel and four adults attended sim lar ceremonies at Bethel 55, Medford. The employment service will resume its weekly Thurs day schedule in Cave Junc tion Jan. 21. At present, all who have unemployment claims have to make applica tions in Grants Pass. Mana ger Glen Halm stated that personnel are being trained to put in force new chances in the law. Mr. and Mrs. Moris Hendix announced the reopening of the Illinois Valley bakery Jan. 4. r MEDFORD PAINT Wallpaper Store 6th I Holly Diagonally Across from Post Office PHONE SP 2-9321 We Give HOW TO WASH 36,500 DISHES,.. Aneffcer Tip On How To Moire Your Horn Happier, Compliments Of Your Favoriio CalOco Electrical league Dealer. WITHOUT PUTTING YOUR HANDS IN THE SINKP r t If i S Statistics show that the average homemeker woshti 100 dishes end utensils every day. This odds up to 36,500 pieces a year! Recipe for a nightmare, isn't it? Enough to moke you stop counting sheep and start counting dishes. But beginning right now, you con wake up smiling in the morning, without a dishwashing worry in the world. All. you need is an automatic ELECTRIC DISHWASHER in your kitchen! Modern dishwashers pamper your favorite china (it's safer in a dishwasher than in your hands)... and at the some time scald it almost entirely bacteria-free. You can't do that by hand-washing 1 Stt Your Favorltt Applianct Dtaltr ... Ask About laiy Ttrms cuitA qui Medford Mail Tribune PAINT WITH S&H GREEN STAMPS
