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SONG WHITER DIES Oscar Hammerstcin
II, lyricist, writer and producer, died early
today of cancer at his farm home near
Doylestown, Pa. He was 65. Hammerstein
(right), a member of one of Broadway's most
famous families, created with composer
UPI Drama Editor Tells of
Rodgers-Hammerstein Success
Starting With 'Oklahoma!'
Editor's Note: Jack Gaver
has been covering Broadway
for UPI for three decades. He
knew Oscar Hammerstein II
well. In the following story,
the UPI critic tells how Ham
merstein and Richard Rodg
ers became partners through
a quirk of fate.
By JACK GRAVER
UPI Drama Editor
New York-IUPD - The last
Richard Rodgers-Oscar Ham
merstein musical play has
been written.
Hammerstein, lyricist-poet,
really and librettist extra
ordinary, and a true gentle
man of the theater above all,
died early this morning at his
country home in Doylestown,
Pa., aged 65, a victim of can
cer. 'The vastly successful cur
rent "The Sound of Music,"
starring M.ary Martin, at the
Lunt-Fontanne Theater was
the unwitting stage valedic
tory of the famous pair. It
was while, this show was in
preparation a year ago that
Hammerstein underwent ab
dominal surgory, causing him
to be inactive during part pf
Its rehearsing and tryout per
iod. Guided Show Business
Composer Rodgcrs and
Hammerstein not only were
the most successful collabora
tors from the financial stand
point show business has ever
known, but they guided the
musical show into an entirely
new channel with the nine
stage works they turned out
in 17 years, beginning with
the record-breaking "Okla
homa!" in 1943.
But it is a fact that Ham
merstein, as too few realize
today, had been a major force
in the musical theater since
1923 when he had first hit as
collaborator with Otto Har
bach on the lyrics and llberet
to of "Wildflower." And he
would be an immortal of the
American stage had he done
nothing but write the "book"
and lyrics for one attraction
"Show Boat," the finest and
best-loved of all American
musicals. .
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The composer of that one,
the late Jerome Kern, died
late in 1945 as he and Ham
merstein were preparing for
rehearsals of the second
Broadway revival of the show,
which was first done in 1927.
"Married" by Happenstance
The "marriage" of Rodgcrs
and Hammerstein was the re
sult of happerstance and con
venience. Starting in the the
ater almost at the same time
as Hammerstein, Rodgcrs had
made musical show history of
his own along with the late
Larry Hart as his lyric-writing
partner. "Rodgers and
Hart" was a show business
equivalent of "ham and eggs."
Rodgcrs and Hammerstcin
knew each other and regard
ed each other's work highly,
but they were not close. Then
Hart became critically ill in
1942 about the time the The
ater Guild asked Rodgers to
write the score for a musical
Report Praises
Political Planks
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On Delinquency
Washington (CQ) Po
litical platform planks calling
for greater efforts against
juvenile delinquency were
heavily underscored recently
by a Senate subcommittee re
port on increase in youth
crimes.
The report was issued by
the Senate Juvenile Delin
quency Subcommittee after a
year of study and hearings.
It showed:
Juvenile crime has been in
creasing steadily for 10 con
secutive years.
Referrals to juvenile courts
for delinquency increased 175
per cent during the 10 years
from 1948 to 1958. "This fig
ure is all the more staggering
when we realize that the juve
nile population increased by
only 35 per cent during that
period," the Subcommittee
said.
Richard Rodgcrs (left) some of the most
successful musicals in theater history. They
began with "Oklahoma!" in 1943 and kept
right on going with "South Pacific," "The
King and I" and, most recently, "The Sound
of Music." (UPI Telephoto)
-rion of the lale Lynn
Riggs' play, "Green Grow the
Rodgcrs was anxious to do
the show, but Hart couldn't
work on it. The composer
glady agreed to Hammerstein
when the Guild suggested
him.
The result was ''Oklaho
ma!" and 2,248 consecutive
performances, still a Broad'
way record for musicals.
There has been no time since
ils 1943 premier that it hasn't
been playing somewhere in
the world.
There followed, in order,
"Carousel," "Allegro," "South
Pacific," "The King and I,"
"Me and Juliet," "Pipe
Dream," "F 1 o w e r Drum
Song," and "The Sound of
Music." All but three were
extravagantly successful. The
pair became their own pro
"Carousel," "Allegro," "South
Pacific."
The referrals In 1958 In
volved 600,000 children an
nually (many in trouble more
than once) between the ages
of 10 and 17. If the trend
continued, over a million chil
dren would appear in court
in 1965 and over 1.4 million
in 1970.
Crimes ranged from traffic
violations to auto theft (300,
000 auto theft offenses a year,
mostly by teenagers seeking
joyrides) to gang wars, use of
narcotics, sex offenses and
violence.
Causes of Delinquency
The Subcommittee said the
increase in delinquency re
sulted from a stcpup in popul
ation mobility, the migration
to cities of rural families not
familiar with city life, wider
use of the automobile and a
general loosening of the fam
ily structure.
Problems were intensified,
the Subcommittee said, by
the "tradition-bound, ineffici
ent, uncordinated and uni
maginative" approach of state
and local agencies to delin
quents; by local communities'
reluctance to foot the bills for
really effective anti-delinquency
programs (one large
city, for example, started
youth workers at a salary of
$65 a week); and by resulting
shortages of trained person
nel, particularly social work
ers. More and bettor-trained
personnel were among the
most urgent needs, the Sub
committee said. Of particular
importance was psychological
training for public school
teachers so they could spot
potential delinquents at the
point where they were most
amenable to treatment at the
very beginning of their care
ers as delinquents. The Sub
committee said coordinated
community planning, bringing
In a variety of local agencies
to deal with the delinquent
child at all points at which
he was troubled, was essen
tial. Federal Action '
The Subcommittee cited '
several possible approaches to
federal action aeainst delin
quency, all embodied in vari
ous bills referred to It: strict
er regulations of distribution
of various drugs (barbiturates
and amphetamines) not cov
ered by anti-narcotics laws;
establishment by the surgeon
general of a posl-hospltal
tr atmcnt program for drug
addicts; federal regulation of
Democrats Face
Threat of Veto
By Eisenhower
Washington 4UPD The Sen
ate reached the showdown
stage today on the potent election-year
issue of medical care
for the aged with Democrats
facing the threat of a presi
dential veto.
Sen. Jacob K. Javits, (R
N.Y.), author of the Republi
can plan, said before the vot
ing that President Eisenhower
would veto the Democratic
proposal, backed by presiden
tial candidate John F. Ken
nedy, to pay medical benefits
under the Social Security pro
gram.
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon, the Republican presi
dential nominee, endorsed the
Javits' measure, a somewhat
broader bill than the original
administration proposals.
President To Air Views
Eisenhower was expected
to spell out his views on the
issue in more detail at his
weekly breakfast conference
with Republican congressional
leaders.
The Senate was called into
session at 10 a.m. (e.d.t.) for
its third day of debate on the
medical care proposals. A ses
sion that ran until almost 10
p.m. Monday night unani.
mously agreed on a timetable
that could resolve the issue
today.
First proposal to be voted
on was Javits' plan of federal
and state grants to provide
funds for preventive medical
care as well as treatment for
serious illnesses. Persons over
65 should seek help on a vol
untary basis. The plan would
cost the federal government
$400 million and the states
$450 million annually.
Javiti Defeat Expected
The Javits' bill, backed by
Welfare Secretary Arthur S.
Flemming as well as Nixon,
appeared headed for defeat.
Next on the agenda was the
Social Security approach in
troduced by Sen. Clinton P.
Anderson, (D-N.M.), Kennedy
and other Democrats. This
plan would extend hospitaliz
ation benefits to persons over
68 on the Social Security
rolls. It would be financed by
a hike in payroll taxes.
An extremely close vote
was expected on the Anderson
version.
Both, the Javits and Ander
son bills were offered as ad
ditions to a plan approved by
the Senate Finance Commit
tee to increase federal grants
to states which agreed to help
old folks not on relief but too
poor to pay their medical bills.
Voters May Decide
On School Support
Salem - IUPU - Oregon voters
will probably have a chance
to decide the key part of a
drastically revised state
school support program which
is currently being prepared by
the legislative interim com
mittee on education.
At its meetings here Mon
day the committee favored
.submitting a con stitutional
amendment to the people in
1962 which would authorize
a uniform property tax levy
throughout the state for the
"foundation" educational pro
gram. child-adoption and baby-sale
rackets; stricter regulations
against obscene and porno
graphic materials; and fed
eral grants for the training
of youth workers and the de
velopment of general anti
delinquency techniques and
programs.
Of these proposals only one
appeared to have any chance
of passage in the post-convention
session of Congress start
ing Aug. 8. That was a bill
(S 964) sponsored by Senate
Labor Committee Chairman
Lister Hill (D-Ala.) and Sen.
Joseph S. Clark (D-Pa.), It
authorized $5 million a year
for five years in grants to the
states, local communities and
private non profit agencies for
personnel training and de
velopment of anti-delinquency
projects. The Senate passed
the bi'l in January and a cor
responding House bill (HB
12108 was reported by the
House Education and Labor
Committee in May.
(Copyright 1960.
Congressional Quarterly Inc.)
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Prices Move Up;
Gains Wide-Ranged
New York - (UPI) - Stock
prices moved up sharply this
morning with a wide range of
gains in virtually all major
groups.
Trading expanded on the
upside today after concentrat
ed interest in a few pivotals
Monday enabled the indus-
Helicopt
ers Rescue
Badly
Hurt Woman
Eagle, Colo-IUPll-A Missouri
woman, critically injured and
paralyzed in the crash of a
light plane Sunday afternoon,
was rescued by helicopters
early today from rugged
mountain country near here.
Her husband, Dr. Ellis Lynn
Shults, St. Joseph, had sum
moned help Monday. He and
two other men on the plane
were injured less seriously.
An Air Force helicopter
from Lowry Air Force base
in Denver airlifted Mrs.
Shutts, 24, off a rainy plateau
and took her to Eagle, where
she was transferred to a C47.
The Air Force transport
plane landed at Denver short
ly after 8 a.m. and a waiting
ambulance took her to Colo
rado General hospital.
Rain and low clouds had
threatened to delay the res
cue, but Federal Aviation
agency officials said that the
weather cleared up suddenly
and the rescuers decided to
go ahead.
Hoffa Tries To
Block Reelection
Wasliington-tUPII-Teamsters'
President James R. Hoffa said
today he has personally con
tributed $1,000 in an effort to
block re-election of Rep. Phil
M. Landrum (D-Ga.) co-author
of the 1959 labor control law.
The truck union leader also
disclosed that Rep. Robert P.
Griffin, R-Mich., the other co
author, has been marked for
opposition by Michigan Team
sters. Hoffa told United Press In
ternational that the union is
supporting Quill Sammon,
Landrum's opponent in Geor
gia's Sept. 14 Democratic pri
mary election.
Asked if he had contributed
anything, he replied:
"You can bet on that . . .
$1,000."
In addition, he said, inter
national vice presidents of the
union and business agents of
four locals in Landrum's con
gressional district are volun
tarily donating to Sammon's
campaign fund.
Kennedy To Woo
Ladies at 'Tea'
Washington - IUPD - Sen.
John F. Kennedy plans to take
his version of the Boston Tea
Party to the nation during his
presidential campaign.
The Democratic president
ial candidate had outstanding
success in his home state of
Massachusetts in previous po
litical campaigns by giving
tea and coffee receptions for
women voters.
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson,
wife of Kennedy's running
mate, and Kennedy's sister-in-law,
Mrs. Robert Kennedy,
scheduled a news conference
today to discuss a pilot series
of "coffee klatchcs" for wom
en voters.
Kennedy's wife, Jacqueline,
does not plan to take part in
the series of receptions. She
is expecting the couple's sec
ond child this fall.
Kennedy's election to the
Senate in 1952 was atrributed
partly to the success of state
wide tea and coffee parties
given by his mother and sis
ters in Massachusetts.
Washington - 01PD - The
National Aeronautics and
Space administration shot an
Aerobee-Hi sounding rocket
118 miles into space today
from Wallops Island, Va., to
measure radiation intensity
from the earth.
JTribune
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trial average to close above
the 630.00 line for the first
time since July 15.
Oils moved up strongly
with Superior soaring 34
points, Richfield another 2V4,
Sskelly about IV and a half
or more for Jersey and Cali
fornia Standard and Texaco.
Motors and steels exhibited
mostly fractional gains.
DOW-JONES
New York-IUPll-Dow Jones
final stock averages Mon
day: 30 industrials 630.71,
up 1.44 20 railroad 139.42,
off 0.31; 15 utilities 95.83,
up 0.30, and 65 stocks
209.29, up 0.34. Sales Mon
day were about 2.76 million
shares compared with 2.57
million shares Friday.
Allied Chemical
Alum Co. Am.
American Can
American Mtrs
A t 4 I
Anaconda Copper
Armco Steel -
Bendlx Av. .
Bethlehem Steel -
Boeing Air
Caterpillar Corp-
Chrysler Corp. -Continental
Can
Curtisa Wright
Dow Chemical
Du Pont
Eastman Kodak
Firestone
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Georgia Pacific -
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
Homcstake Mining
I.B.M
Int. Paper
John Man -
Kaiser Ind
Kennecott Aircraft
Lockheed Aircraft
Montgomery Ward - -Nat'l
Biscuit
New York Central -
Pac. G 4 El
Penncv. J. C.
Penn RR
Radio Corporation
Scars
Shell Oil
Socony Mobil Oil
Southern Co. - -
Southern Pacific --
Standard California
Standard Indiana
Standard N. J
Sun Mines
Texas Co
Texas Pac Land Trust
Transamerlca -
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
United Aircraft
U. A. L
U. S. Rubber
U. S. Steel
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New Nuclear Ship
May Have Missiles
Washington-IUPD - Construc
tion of the first U.S. nuclear-
powered cruiser is 18 months
behind schedule. But the Navy
may covert its embarrassment
into a solid gain by using the
delay to arm the ship with
Polaris missiles.
It was learned today that
the atomic cruiser Long
Beach, once scheduled to join
the fleet at the end of this
year, is now slated to be com
missioned in June, 1962. The
estimated cost of the ship,
heavily armed with anti-aircraft
and anti-submarine mis
siles, has increased from $250
million to $300 million.
A proposal is now under
consideration in the Pentagon
to delay completion of the
ship somewhat longer and add
16 Polaris missiles to its arm
ament. If this is approved, the
Long Beach would become the
first surface ship equipped to
hurl long-range ballistic mis
siles at strategic enemy targets.
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E. B. MacNaughton, Longtime Oregon
Banker, Educator, Civic Leader Dies
Portland -(UPI)- E. B. Mac
Naughton, longtime banker,
educator and civic leader died
at 7 a.m. today at St. Vincent
Hospital here at the age of 79.
MacNaughton was president
of the First National Bank of
Portland for 15 years and was
chairman of the board of the
institution, now known as the
First National Bank of Ore
gon at the time of his death.
He was president of Reed
college for four years and
president of the Oregonian
Publishing Co. for several
years. MacNaughton was ac
tive in many civic, state, re
ligious and national affairs
and was formerly head of the
Blue Cross in Oregon.
MacNaughton came to Port
land in 1903 from Cambridge,
Mass., where he was born Oct.
22, 1880. Survivors include his
widow, two sons, Boyd and
Malcolm, both of Honolulu,
and a daughter, Mrs. Stuart
Kerr of Portland.
Leading Civic Role
For more than half a cen
tury he played a leading civ
ic role in Portland, in Oregon
and in the nation. His father
died when he was three years
old, so he got an early start in
the business world to help
support the family. As a
youngster, he delivered pa
pers in the Harvard college
yard, counting as his cus
tomers the homes of the Long
fellows, Lowells and other
celebrities.
MacNaughton helped work
his way through Boston Tech,
now Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and received
his bachelor of science degree
in 1902. He liked the looks of
Portland, and got his first
job with Edgar M. Lazarus,
architect, helping to draw
some of the plans for the Lew
is and Clark fair buildings.
In 1906 he went into the
construction business in part
nership with E. F. Lawrence
Montana Chilled
By Winter Preview
United Press Iniernational
A vigorous cold front car
ried a winter preview mixture
of snow and rain into Montana
early today, dropping tem
peratures 40 degrees at some
points.
The front swept southeast
ward across the state and set
off thunderstorms and winds
up to 50 miles an hour in
Wyoming, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Nebraska.
By comparison, the weather
picture was placid elsewhere
around the country.
Fog lay over much of the
Northeast during the night.
South Atlantic coast states,
Florida and the Gulf area had
scattered showers, measuring
up to 1.43 inches during six
hours at Gainesville in north
ern Florida and 1.16 inches at
Greensboro, N.C.
From the Rockies west
ward, temperatures were gen
erally in the 40's and 50's ex
cept for higher readings in
the southwest.
SOUTHERN FLAVOR
Washington - (UPD - Vice
President Richard M. Nixon's
presidential campaign forces
have given a true southern
touch to his appearance in At
lanta, Ga., Friday. They nam
ed Jefferson Davis as chair
man of special arrangements
for the rally.
Reduced
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and H. E. Raymond. He was
in the construction business
by himself for a time, and in
1918 became a partner with
Robert H. Strong in property
management, a partnership
that developed into the
Strong-MacNaughton Trust
Co.
Interest in 1st National Bank
He acquired an interest in
the First National Bank of
Portland in 1928 and was
made vice president in 1932
serving in that capacity until
1947 when he was named
chairman of the board.
In 1947 he became presi
dent of the Oregonian Pub
lishing Co. and continued in
that office until the paper was
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From August, 1948, until
September, 1952, MacNaugh
ton served as president of '
Reed college, observing when
he took that office: "I'm only
here to hold Reed college to- '
gether and to keep it educa
tionally solvent until an edu
cator is picked out as new
president."
His first wife, mother of
their three children, Boyd,
Malcolm and Mrs. Stuart
Kerr, died in 1942. In Decem
ber, 1944, he married Mrs.
Richard F. Scholz, widow of
a Reed college professor and
dean of women and faculty
member at Reed for many
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