C MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdford, Or.
UA Thursday, March 3, 1960
Flames Destroy
Apartment House
At Portland
By United Pres Iniernalional
Fire destroyed an apart
ment house near Portland
Wednesday night, climaxing
a busy 24-hour period which
saw four damaging blazes in
western Oregon.
The blaze wrecked the 12
unit Greenwood Manor apart
ment house at southeast
122nd near the Clackamas
Multnomah county line. Six
families escaped safely.
Belongings Lost
Firemen had to battle the
blaze during a stiff east wind.
All the personal belongings of
the occupants were lost and
damage was roughly estimat
ed at $75,000.
Earlier, fire wrecked the
four-story Hoffman hotel in
Eugene with loss estimated at
$250,000. A fire also caused
some $200,000 damage to the
Totem Pole Marina and boats
in north Portland.
At Astoria an early morn
ing fire Wednesday gutted
the entire second floor of the
Astoria girls' school. No on
was injured in the blaze.
ENGINE DAMAGED - This is the engine
of the Santa Fe passenger train that struck
an oil truck on a grade crossing near Bak
ersfield, Calif., Tuesday night.' The truck
exploded, detailing and setting fire to the
train. Twelve were reported dead and at
least 60 injured.
(UPI Telephoto)
Woman Again
Widowed by Tram
Fresno, Calif. -IUPD- Back in
1922, Mrs. L. A. Snyder was
the wife of Joseph C. Waugh,
a fireman on the Santa Fe
passenger train "The Mission
ary." On Dec. 2 of that year,
the train hit an open switch
two miles west of Bakesrfield
- and Waugh was fatally
scalded by steam.
The widow married another
railroad man, engineer L. A.
Snyder.
Monday night Snyder was
cremated at the controls of
Santa Fe's "San Francisco
Chief" when the streamliner
collided with a truck tanker
loaded with fuel oil.
The accident happened four
miles west of Bakersfield.
Western Democrats Draft 1960
Platform in Field of Resources
STILL LONELY
Huntington Park (UPD- City
councilmen took timely action
when they got a letter from a
man asking whether there
were laws against starting a
lonely hearts club here. Find
ing no such ordinances, the
councilmen held an emer
gency session and passed
some. Then they answered the
man's letter.
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Washington
Correspondent
Washington (Special)
Western Democratic party of
ficials have drafted the foun
dation of the
party's 1960
p 1 a tform in
the field of
resource de
velo p m e n t ,
with endorse
ment of a re
gional power
agency for the
Pacific North-
a. Bobt. smim west.
These natural resources
planks were the outcome of
the reoent party conference at
Albuquerque, N.M., at which
Oregon's Democratic National
committeeman, C. Girard Da-
vidsoa, played the key role as
head of the resources commit
tee. Davidson, who served as as
sistant secretary of interior a
decade ago during the Tru
man administration, is under
stood to be a contender for
the Interior cabinet post in
the event the Democrats win
the presidential election this
fall.
Under the heading "ener
gy," the suggested platform
called for the customary pro
grams of multiple-purpose
river development to assure
maximum control and utiliza
tion of western river basins
for cheap power, flood con
trol, irrigation and water sup
ply. It added this point:
Regional Agency
"Establish in the Pacific
Northwest a regional agency
to enable full, comprehensive
development of the Columbia
river and to provide the re
gion's utilities with low-cost
wholesale power."
This apparently was an al
lusion to the general concept
embodied in a bill introduced
last year by Sen. Richard L.
Neuberger (D-Ore.) to create
a power agency for the North
west with authority to issue
revenue bonds to finance new
construction of dams and
transmission facilities.
No mention was made in
the platform proposal of the
touchy preference clause is
sue, which has indirectly
served to stalemate Neuber
ger's bill. A clause in Neuber
ger's measure, designed to
guarantee Oregon an equit
able share of cheap Columbia
river federal power intermin
ably, has leti Washington
state's senators cool to the
whole idea for the moment. So
no legislative action is now in
sight.
In a more generalized state
ment on regional power devel
opment, the platform propos
als stated:
"Foster development of ef
ficient regional giant power
systems from all sources, hy
dro, thermal, and nuclear,
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The statement also support
ed "federal construction of at
omic power plants."
Other Proposals
Among the other points and
proposals were these:
1. Establishment of a feder
al water pollution control
agency, and an extension of
federal jurisdiction to all nav
igible streams. This directly
opposes the philosophy of the
Eisenhower administration, as
reflected last week in a veto
of an expanded water pollu
tion control program. The ad
ministration wants the states
to deal with this problem.
2. Establishment of a Na
tional Institute of Atmospher
ic Research to find out more
about the giant river of wea
ther that surrounds the earth.
3. More research to protect
and increase sports and com
mercial fisheries.
4. Establish program of con
servation camps for young
people to work in national
parks and forests. The Senate
has passed a bill to do this,
against the policy of the ad
ministration. The House has
not acted as yet.
5. Increase recreational
areas for a growing popula
tion by developing recreation
al grounds at all projects built
by the Bureau of Reclamation
and Corps of Engineers; and
to develop adequate camping
and play areas with access to
oceans, gulfs, rivers, streams,
lakes and resevoirs, with fa
cilities for boating, fishing,
swimming, camping and pic
nicking. 6. Improve forest fire pro
tection and speed reforesta
tion of burned-over forest
areas, which it said now
amounts to 4 Vis million acres
of unproductive land. It also
called for "adequate financing
of intensive forest manage
ment to make government for
est a model" and "protection
for the small timber opera
tions," but mentioned no spe
cific proposals.
7. Require all military res
ervations to be administered
under state fish and game reg
ulations. 8. "Immediate termination
of the arbitrary discrimina
tion and unreasonable restric
tions by the U.S. government
against the domestic produc
tion, ownership and sale of
metals."
GOP Criticized
This statement fell under
the category "minerals,"
which criticized the GOP for
a decline in western mining
industry. But the plank did
not state how the Democrats
would deal with current tar
iff, gold price or federal metal
buying practices which are
blamed by many for depress
ing the mining industry.
Under "federal lands," the
statement chastized the Ad
ministration for "its record of
giveaways" and for what Da
vidson termed "calculated ap
athy" in not spending more
money in access roads, soil
and water programs and
range seeding. The Democrats
favor, it added:
"Wise investment in access
roads, forest crop improve
ment, mapping, public use
facilities, and other develop
ments which greatly increase
both federal and local reve
nues and public benefits."
Salem Sewage
Survey Presented
Salem -(UPD- A Corvallis en
gineering firm today present
ed to Salem city officials a
survey for a multi-million dolr
lar sewage system. '
The survey was prepared
by the firm of Cornell, How-
land, Hayes & Merryfield at
the city's request. Exact finan
cial estimates are to be re
vealed later.
The proposed system cov:
Wall Street
Chatter
New York (UPD Science
stocks still challenge the im
agination of both active trad
ers and institutions as they
outperform many of the top
industrial issues included in
the averages, notes Lucien O.
Hooper of W. E. Hutton & Co.
But the imagination, he
points out, is of a type based
more on nebulous and ab
stract ideas of "inevitable"
growth ' rather than on abso
lute mathematics.
"Certainly it has a high
element of 'vogue' in it; and it
is only fair to say that the
vogue already has had a long
life, as such things go," Hoop
er opines.
He believes the interest in
the so-called science stocks at
this point "must be based to
a considerable extent on
speculative psychology rather
than fundamentals. Right
now, the psychology is vig
orous," he notes. ,
Bache & Co. says North
American Car appears to have
built a "strong and interest
ing" technical formation dur
ing the past six months. "Al
though not a particularly' ac
tive issue, he would suggest
it for those trading accounts
willing to assume the specula
tive risk."
Standard & Poor's Corp.
says Seaboard Finance, which
provides a yield of 4.7 per
cent at current levels, has ap
peal for good income return,
good defensive qualities and
ultimate appreciation.
Mobile Slaughter
Rules Tightened
Salem -(UPD- Restrictions on
mobile slaughterers of live
stock have been tightened up
by the state.
The Oregon Agriculture de
partment said today that an
order signed Feb. 25 and now
in effect sets up facility, sani
tation and identification re
quirements for slaughter op
erators. A new state law also
requires them to be licensed.
Humphrey Sees
Oregon Primary
As Inconclusive
Washington-(UPD - Sen. Hu
bert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.)
said today he expected the
Democratic presidential pri
mary in Oregon to be "rather
inconclusive" because of the
number of potential candi
dates that have been listed.
Asked about the outlook,
he said he was taking a step
at a time in his campaign and
was now concentrating on the
the April 5 Wisconsin pri
mary in which he is matched
with Sen. John F. Kennedy
(D-Mass.).
Silent on Contests
Of the Oregon primary
where candidates can be list
ed without their consent,
Humphrey said:
"I think this number of
candidates would make the
result rather inconclusive."
Asked if he welcomed a con
test with Sens. Lyndon B.
Johnson (D-Texas) and Stuart
Symington (D-Mo.) two unan
nounced candidates who are
staying out of other presiden
tial primaries, Humphrey said
he would let them speak for
themselves.
La Grande fDTD John L.
Eldridge, 36, La Grande, has
been sentenced to seven
years in the state penitentiary
on a charge of contributing to
the delinquency of a minor.
FOOD SOURCE
St. Paul - Pure cellulose,
such as cotton, for example,
can be utilized as a food for
cattle, experiments have
demonstrated.
Tillamook -fllPD- Jack Horn
back, Tillamook school super
intendent, has resigned effec
tive June 30. He said he
planned to complete work on
a doctor's degree.
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Van Rie, Wife
Go Info Seclusion
Boston (UPD A handsome
Dutchman who admitted ship
board intimacies with a viva
cious young divorcee has
stepped from the shadow of
death into ihe arms of his for
giving wife.
Willem and Nella Van Rie
were in seclusion at a hotel to
day, alone for the first time
since January, 1959 when as
radio officer aboard the SS
Utrecht he left his' native
Holland.
.A statement from Radio
Holland officials that a job
would be waiting for him and
his wife's forgiveness have ap
parently assured Van Rie's
future.
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