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Tidal
Damage Heavy
Japan Reports
800 Casualties;
Homes Destroyed
: 32 Persons Dead
In Hawaiian Islands
Tokyo - HOT - Tidal waves
' up to 32 feet high lashed a
': great crescent of the Pacific
from Australia to Alaska
Monday night and today.
Partial reports listed at
least 139 dead and many miss
ing from the earth quake
driven seas which rammed
across more than 5,000 miles
at plane-like speed. Uncount
ed hundreds were injured and
damage ran into millions of
dollars.
Japan's heavily populated
main island of Honshu bore
the brunt of the towering
walls of water which pounded
the coasts at 40 minute inter
vals for periods as long as 18
hours. Nearly 800 casualties
dead, missing and injured -were
reported in Japan alone.
Sweeps Across Pacific
The tidal waves, rolling
westward from earthquake
stricken Chile, struck the
Hawaiian Islands Monday,
killing 32 persons and leaving
27 missing. The waves swept
on to Okinawa, The Philip
, pines. New Zealand, Japan,
Australia, and most Pacific
islands.
In Chile, where week end
earthquakes, floods, tidal
waves and a volcano eruption
wrought terrible havoc, auth
orities in Santiago said more
than 1.000 persons were dead
or missing and 100,000 home
less. In Japan the destruction
was great. The Japan Nation
al Broadcasting Corporation
reported 96 persons dead, 75
missing and 628 injured. It
said 4.600 houses were de
stroyed, 44,000 damaged and
1,900 boats destroyed. The
newspaper Kahoku Shimpo
reported 88.000 homeless in
northern Honshu.
Crescent City, Calif. - IUP1) -A
tidal wave resulting from
Chile's earthquake Monday
sent deb-is and logs into the
main street of this northern
California town.
Heavy damage was report
ed to the Citizens' dock, and
the harbormaster said he was
pulling out of his shack on
the pier as another higher
wave was expected.
Police and sheriff's deputies
were trying to get people off
the streets. The main section
of town was closed to traffic.
An earlier wave here sunk
the 50 - foot fishing vessel
Ethel G.
Jackson County
Population Set
At 73,316
Tht official population
of Jackson county is 73,316.
F. A. Redlingshafer, act
ing district director of tht
census, informed th coun
ty court of tht figure yes
terday. He said this is th "offi
cial" figur. It represents
an increase of more than
1.000 persons oyer earlier
estimates of the number of
people in Jackson county.
Population of Medford
remains 24,246, Redling
shafer told the court.
Portland Paper Guild
Suspends Six Members
Portland -IUPD- The Port
land Newspaper Guild Mon
day night took disciplinary
action against six members
who have returned to work at
the Oregon Journal and Ore
fonian since the start of the
newspaper strike Nov, 10.
The Guild expelled Harold
Hughes. Oregonian reporter,
and Larry Hunter, Journal
copy editor.
One-Ytar Suspensions
Gerry Pratt, Oregonian re
porter, nd David Falconer,
Oregonian photographer,
were suspended from active
membership for one year "af
ter the Portland Newsnaner
t)Uild' returns Is activw em
OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY
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WAVE BENDS METERS A row of parking meters are bent
almost to the street from the force of the tidal wave which
struck Hilo, Hawaii, Monday. The tidal wave which struck
the Hawaiian Islands, Japan and the west coast of the United
States were generated by a series of earthquakes which have
caused widespread damage in Chile. (UPI Telephoto)
Satellite Launched
To Test Detection
Of Hostile Missiles
Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (UPI! -The
United Stales launched a
2 '2-ton Midas earth satellite
today to test a spy-in-the-sky
system for detecting hostile
missiles within seconds after
they are fired.
An 88-foot, two stage Atlas
Agena blasted from the cape
at 9:37 a.m. (p.s.t.) with the
limousine-sized moonlet. The
rumble may echo in diplo
matic halls.
Sensor To Spot Missiles
The satellites, dubbed Midas
II and essentially a repeat of
a shot which failed Feb. 26,
was equipped with a super
cooled infrared sensor to spot
missile launchings from an
orbit about 300 miles above
earth.
The space-borne alarm sys
tem, peering over thousands
of square miles each second,
would give America a 30
minute warning of an impend
ing missile onslaught. This is
ployment at the Journal and
Oregonian or not to exceed
two years" from May 23,
1960.
Watford Reed, Journal re
porter, was suspended for two
years after a return to work
of the PNG, or for a total
period not to exceed three
years. Harold Holmberg,
Journal rewrite man, was rep
rimanded. Tried In Absentia
Each of the men was found
guilty by a trial panpl of dis
obeying a decision of unit
of the American Newspaper
Guild by working for and In
shops that are being struck.
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about twice the warning time
available with present radar
systems.
The Air. Force planned to
test the satellite with flares
fired at Edwards Air Force
Base and Vandcnberg AFB,
Calif., this week. It also was
reported the Air Force might
time the launchings of inter
continental ballistic missiles
to coincide with a pass by
Midas II.
Sources said the flares will
be seen as rosy glow over a
radius of 50 miles. Scientists
also said the satellite would
be able to tell the difference
between missile firings and
other heat sources on earth.
The instrument package
weighed more than 3.000
pounds, largest ever sent into
space by a U.S. rocket. The
instruments and the second
stage casing were designed to
remain attached for a gross
weight of about 5,000 pounds.
Masked Men Rob
Grants Pass Store
Grants Pass -d'PC- Two
armed men held up a market
here early today and escaped
with $2,144 in cash after tie
ing up two clerks, police reported.-
The me were waiting out
side Grigg's Y market just
south of here when the store
closed at midnight. They for
ced the clerks inside the store
at gunpoint, forced them to
open the safe and fled.
The clerks were tied up in
a back room but one, Dolin
Roberts, managed t owork his
feet loose and walked up
stairs to a telephone. He
knocked the phone off the
honk, dialed the operator and
lilted the iheruT office.
Summit
Election Set
For Thursday
Medford school district pa-,a
trons Thursday will vote
again on a proposal to ex
ceed the 6 per cent limitation.
It will be the second elec
tion on the budget for fiscal
year 1960-61. The amount was
reduced from the first pro
posal.
The amount of the pro
posed budget exceeding the
6 per cent limitation is $1,
957,125.99, which is a net in
crease of an estimated $129,-
721 over the present year's
amount exceeding the limita
tion. The increase Is more than
S21.000 below the
amount ,
in the original proposal
which was defeated by dis
trict voters May 2.
Reductions Voted
The reduction was made by
eliminating the summer and
Saturday recreation program
and swimming and bowling
from the physical education
program, and by postponing
for a year work on grounds,
buildings, furniture, elimina
tion of an additional main
tenance man, replacement of
Employment Plan
Gets Good Start
In Jackson County
Jackson county's first sum
mer employment program for
teen-agers seemed yesterday
to be off to a good start.
Fred Stock, who did most
of the legwork in gelling the
project under way, reported
that two youths made applica
tions at the state employment
office yesterday during the
few minutes he was there
talking to Manager John Pat
ton. By the time application
forms were delivered to the
East Side Drug store in Ash
1 a n d yesterday afternoon,
Stock added, about a dozen
teen-agers had visited the
store to make applications.
Sponsors of Program
The program is sponsored
by the Medford 20-30 club
and supported by the stale
employment office and the
drug store.
Youths between 14 and 18
years of age wishing to make
job applications must do so
before 5 p.m. Monday, June
20. Those in Ashland and Tal
ent should apply at the East
Side Drug store, 264 East
Main St., Ashland, while
those from all other parts of
the county should apply at
the employment office, 119
North Oakdale ave., Medford.
Applications will be taken
for fulltime employment with
local business firms or for
part time employment-ranging
from baby sitting to yard
work - with Individual em
ployers. The program will continue
until Sept. 15 and employers
may contact either of the two
"clearing houses" at any time
during the summer.
Democrats Pick
Florida Governor
New York - (UPI) - The Dem
ocratic National Committee's
Arrangements Committee to
day selected Gov. Leroy Col
lins of Florida to be perma
nent chairman of the Los An
g e 1 e s convention beginning
July 11. it was learned.
Sen. Frank Church of Ida
ho was selected as keynoter
for the presidential nominat
ing convention.
The selections were report
ed during the first hour of the
committee's closed session
here. Formal announcement
was not expected until a press
conference this afternoon.
Collins will succeed to the
pavel wielded at the last three
national conventions by House
Speaker Sam Rayburn of
Texas.
Senate Upholds Veto
Of Unemployment Bill
Washington-PD-The Senate
today upheld President Eisen
hower's veto of a Democratic
bill that would have provided
S251 million in federal aid to
areas with chronic unemploy
ment. ,The vote was 45-39 for the
mtkn. This was 1 1 vntoi less
I tbn tilt two-thirdi needed.
DUO get
pickup truck and purchas-
,nK equipment.
Included in the reduction
was a salary adjustment for
the school superintendent,
and a revision downward of
expense accounts for the
superintendent and an assis
tant. The school board felt that
no other reductions could be
justified without jeopardizing
the district's overall educa
tional program.
A recent increase in the
county school support fund
totaling an estimated $160,
000, will reduce the district's
millage next year by about
two-thirds of a mill, from 60.2
to about 5914 mills. Despite
this, district patrons must still
vote on the amount exceeding
the 6 per cent limitation.
Nine Polling Places
Nine polling places, an in
crease of two from previous
school elections, will be open
between 2 and 8 p.m. Thurs
day, hours set by state law.
Polling places arc Hedrick
Junior High school for those
patrons living east of Bear
creek in the original district:
McLoughlin Junior high for
those living west of Bear
creak in the original district:
at Wilson, West Side, Griffin
Creek, Howard, Lone Pine,
Jacksonville and Ruch for pa
trons living in those elemen
tary school service areas.
Polling places at Wilson
and West Side were estab
lished following the last elec
tion to help expedite the elec
tion procedure. In addition,
additional election boards
have been retained at Hed
rick and McLoughlin, making
a total of three boards at each
school to help hasten the elec
tion process.
District Clerk Wilson Slater
last night held a training
school for all election board
personnel so that all possi
ble precautions may be taken
to prevent voters from being
delayed at the polls.
Primary Vote May
Be Protested
County Commissioner Ralph
James said today he is con
sidering the possibility of pro
testing the primary election
vote.
"This will depend on how
close the vote is after the
absentee ballots are counted,"
he explained. "If I'm behind
by only 25 to 30 voles in
the final count I will feel
there could have been an er
ror in counting."
James said he isn't planning
to do anything about what he
claims was an election speech
given by his opponent over
radio station KWIN on elec
tion day. The radio station
denies that such a speech was
broadcast. A station spokes
man said spot announcements
for Taylor were scheduled for
Wednesday and Thursday, but
none were "logged" on elec
tion day.
His opponent was Edwin H.
Taylor, route 2, box 285, Cen
tral Point.
Final tabulation of all pre
cincts showed James was be
hind 89 votes. Taylor had an
unofficial total of 4,333 and
James 4,244. There are 335
absentee ballots to be counted,
according to' County Clerk
Marvin Madden.
" . . . He Wasn't There Again Today.
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LEVELING C. C. Hoover and his sons are
leveling a thousand acres in the White City
area partially for subdivision development
and some for agricultural purposes. Shown
inspecting their work are heavy equipment
operators Glen Nelson, White City (with the
New Quakes Send
Chilean Island
Sliding Into Sea
Santiago, Chile - ll'Pn - A
new series of earthquakes sent
high sections of Chiloe Island
off the Chilean coast sliding
toward the sea today, carry
ing with them many of the
refugees who had fled there
from Ancud. I
The new shocks were occur
ring every 10 minutes. 1
Ancud, a town of about
8,000 persons, was one of the
places hit hardest in the series
of earthquakes, tidal waves
and floods which devastated
southern Chile and may have
killed thousands of persons. It
is 800 miles below Santiago.
Sliding Into Sea
Reports from Ancud today
said tr sharp series of earth
quakes was sending the high
ground sliding into the sea,
endangering refugees who
have huddled in the open
without food or shelter since
the quakes began last week
end.
Chiloe Island Is about 110
miles long and 20 to 40 miles
wide and has a population of
more than 100,000. Much of
its area is covered with moun
tains and dense forests. Initial
reports did not say how fast
the great earthslidcs were
moving.
High School Art
Now on Display
An exhibit of selected
paintings and sculptures by
students at Medford High
school opens today at the
Rogue Gallery, 220 West Main
St.
The pieces on exhibit were
selected by Warren Wolf, art
instructor at the high school.
They include examples of the
best works in a variety of
media by his top students.
The gallery was to be open
between noon and 4 p.m. to
day, and an "open house" for
students at high schools of the
county will be held from 8 to
9 o'clock this evening. The
public is invited.
The exhibit will also be
open from noon to 4 p.m.
each day this week.
Start Friday
Emphasis
At Interim
Hearing in
Emphasis was on the driver
at the state legislative interim
committee meeting in the
county courthouse last night.
It was one of a series of pub
lic hearings being held
throughout the state
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way committee, and various
law enforcement agencies
favored a maximum speed
limit on Oregon highways
combined with a basic rule
concept for speeds under the
maximum
Various representatives
also favored a mandatory
chemical or breath test to de-
termine whether a driver is
under the influence of liquor,
Law enforcement officers
recommended that an officer
be allowed to arrest on
charges of drunk driving at
the scene of an accident based
on evidence present. They
now have actually to witness
drunken driving before mak
ing an arrest. Other group
representatives concur red.
Those testifying, particularly
local optometrist, thought
there should be request ex
amination nf drivers for phys
ical deficiencies.
Reads Recommendations
Chester Hubbard highway
committee chairman, read the
chamber committee recom
mendations that maximum
speeds should be set from 65
to 70 miles per hour and
basic rule should not apply
beyond this.
Medford Police Chief Char
les Champlin said he and the
Oregon Association of Police
Officers, of which he is a
member, recommend a top
speed limit "of at least 65
miles an hour on the high
way under favorable condi
tions." The basic rule con
cept should be retained for
speeds lower than this, he
said.
Dr. William J. Thompson,
Medford optometrist, testified
that examinations should be
given for depth perception
and night vision. Both young
and old should be retcstd
every four to six years, he
urged.
The Rev. George Rose-
Ashland Band Boosters Underwrite Cost
Of Float for Portland Rose Festival
Ashland - Members of Ash
land High school's Band Boost
ers club have guaranteed that
this city will be represented
by a band and float in next
month's Portland Rose Fes
tival. Mrs. B. G. Tabor, president
of the Boosters, reported to
day that the $1,800 needed to
send the Ashland High school
band had definitely been
raised. Funds were collected
through membership sales, a
talent show, a smorgasbord,
a band concert and conces
sions at the recent Pear Fes
tival. Th sate of Rose Festival
tickets to send float was
not so successful. q
Cost of Float
Cost of the float will be
S1.S00. bi(t Mrs. Tabor said
only $101.50 had been collect-
Mflj JJ) hJ tUX. Fitt. W e,t
cap), and Wally West. Central Point. Both
men work for Steve Wilson, contractor for
the job. The picture was taken recently at
the 400-acre tract on Antelope rd. The hard
pan ground is being ripped up during the
leveling operation.
on Driver
Group
Medford
berry, First Methodist church,
Medford said he was particu
larly concerned that elderly
people be thoroughly tested to
determine if they are physi
cally capable of driving safe
ly. Some older drivers have
vmmonr r,onr,i i,oorfrtrf .
it u,nirt nt taw t rKi.
trarily set an upper age limit
for drivers.
Effort Made
Rep. Beulah Hand, Clacka
mas county Democrat, said
an effort Is being made to
keep the tourists in Oregon
an extra day by providing
more park facilities and tour-
1st services. This would mean
$40 million more a year from
tourist trade, she pointed out.
Arnold Bohncrl, Central
Point area farmer, said
county farmers are dissatisfied
with state regulations on the
gas tax refund which requires
daily records on gas consump
tion. It involves too much
record keeping, he said.
A representative of Empire
Transport Inc., a local truck
ing firm, said too many per
mits are needed to move
heavy equipment.
Damage by Hail
Being Determined
Possible damage to this
year's pear crop from last
week end's hail storms Is still
being determined, according
to Jud Parsons, local orchard
Ist in charge of the hail re
search program here.
Me said the hail storms
were widespread with varying
degree of damage showing up
so far.
County Horticultural Agent
Clifford B. Cordy said today
that fruit shows some scratch
ing by the hailstones, but
thinks there will be little crop
reduction because of cullage.
South of Medford was one
of the spots hardest hit by
hail. hr said.
"Quite a little firing of or
chard heaters occurred Sun
day in the colder areas. But
the areas were pretty well
protected by heaters," he add
ed. of the cost ($750) has to be
paid by June 1, she said, so
the Boosters have underwrit
ten the $1,400 shortage by
pledging to pay the remainder
out of their own pockets.
Each Booster member, Mrs.
Tabor said, agreed to pay an
equal share of the shortage.
At present, this amounts to
bout $23 per person.
Half the money donated to
wards a float was supplied by
two Medford firms, Fluhrer
bakeries and Beck's Morning
Fresh bakery. Each coivi
trlhutcd $25.
The rest of the $101.500
nalcd as of today came from
the Ashland Rotary club
($36.50) and . miscellaneous
contributions ($15).
"The sale of Rose Festival
tickets." Mrs. Tabor said, "has
Foreign Relations
Committee Voles
To Study Events
Herter To Be
First Witness
Washington- HOT - The Sen
ate Foreign Relations commit
tee voted unanimously today
to hold a "full bipartisan
hearing" behind closed doors
on events leading up to the
summit failure.
Chairman J. William Ful
brijjht (D-Ark.) said the hear
ings will start Friday morn
ing with testimony from Sec
retary of State Christian A.
Herlcr. They will be modeled
after the 1951 closed-door
hearings into the firing of
Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Transcripts, censored for
national security, will be
made public as soon as possi
ble after the testimony.
Security Council Meets
The action was taken after
President Eisenhower con
lerrcd for two hours with the
National Security council and
his military, scientific and in
telligence chiefs on the ill
fated Paris meeting, the spy
plane incident, and the report
he will make on radio and TV
Wednesday night.
Fulbright said his commit
tee has not decided what wit
nesses would follow Herter.
He listed Director Allen W.
Dulles of the Central Intelli
gence agency, Secretary of
Defense Thomas S. Gates Jr.,
and perhaps members of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff as possi
ble follow-up witnesses.
There were these other re
lated developments:
The House Foreign Affairs
committee announced it will
hear a closed door report
Thursday from Herter on the
summit collapse.
-The Senate renewed de
bate on the situation with one
Democrat - Sen. Stephen M
Young (Ohio)-charging that
U.S. hopes were denied not so
much by Soviet Premier Niki
ta Khrushchev "as from the
Eisenhower lack of leadership
and failure of our own offi
cials in high places of author
ity." Young said officials who
"let the President down"
should be "downgraded or dist
missed."
-Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas)
tried to cool down the hot de
bate that erupted Monday.
Urging "forbearance," he told
the Senate it needs Informa
tion on what led to the sum
mit failure - not suspicions
about each other.
Lawyers May Help To
Bring World Peace
Portland-IUPD-Lawyers may
be able to help bring peace
to the world, the head of the
American Bar Association
said Monday.
John D. Randall of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, president of the
ABA, told the group's North
west regional meeting here he
has suggested the possibility
of exchanging ideas with or
ganizations of lawyers in other
nations on problems such as
nuclear energy law, land re
form and expropriation o
property.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudl
nmn tonight and Wednesday.
A few hnweri over the moun
tiini Wednesday afternoon,
l ow tnnlfht 40. Illfh tomorrow
Temp.
II iB He st Yeiterday 57
Lowell thli Morning 43
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 03
Our Skies Tonight
Runiet today V:35 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:41 a.m.
New Moon tomorrow 4.21 a.m.
I'ROMINKNT STARS
Spica, due south .... 9:23 p.m.
Reitului, due west . ..11:12 p.m.
VISIIU.K IM.ANKTS
Jupiter, low In multi
cast ..10:31 p.m.
Saturn, low In south
east at mtdntfht
Man, low In east 2:50 a.m.
After underwriting the
shortage, the Band Boosters
selected a float theme, "Ash
land. City of Education." The
float will depict Ashland's
new Junior high school, ' '
Tickets to the festival are
still on sale' from Ashland
service clubs, the Elks, Ash
land Chamber of Commerce
and the Ashland High school
office. Each ticket sold will
cut down the share to be paid
by individual Booster . mem
bers, a
Although float donations
fell far short of expectations,
Mrs. Tabor said she wished
to thank all those who had
helped raise funds to send
the Ashland High school band
to the festival. She said Boost
ers were "well-supporjpd" In
all their fund-raising'efforta
for that project.
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