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o o Hurricane Donna Nears Bahamas; Florida Battens Miami - (DPI) - The most savage hurricane of the season bored through the out Islands of the Bahamas today with 150-mile-per-hour winds and threatened the Florida east coast from Cape Canaveral to Key West. Nassau, capital of the Ba hamas. boarded up. Th streets were bare of tourists. Luxury yachts road at anchor with native fishing smacks at "hurricane hole" on nearby Hog Island. Communication! Out Communications with May' aguana and San Salvador islands went out at noon wed' ncsday. Com munication to Acklin and Long Islands ' rinsed at 6 D.m. U.S. Air Force personnel at the missile observing station on Turks Island, missed by the main force of the storm reported only minor damage riosnite a 10-inch torrent of rain. The Miami Weather Bureau warned of tides 4 to 12 feet shove normal In the Bahamas Most areas on New Provl- dunce Island, on which Nassau is located, are only a few feet above sea level. K.r Acklin Island Hurricane Donna, which left at least 88 persons dead and 2.500 families homeless In a week end swipe at Puerto Rico, was centered at 3 a.m. (c.s.t.) near the south tip of Acklin Island only ou ma east-southeast ol Miami, nm ricane force winds extended 140 miles to the northeast and 85 miles to the southwest, and gale winds reached out as far as 250 miles to the northeast. It was moving on a gen erally westerly course at .hni m miles oer hour, and the lower east coast of Florida was put under a hurricane watch. m EVEN ' : jji -if - I .hi-1 ;;) j inn S it 1 i" af Tnriv Tfmii i a- m f'flXw J "VssssssssssMwiiiiiiiTiViTiiii iiiWiiianpiwwMyMwwwwiytiiilitiMiiiii! w iA ; "Sei THEY LIKE KENNEDY "Even beanplckers like Ken nedy" was the sign held tip during the public rally in Eugene's Courthouse Square Wednesday. Democratic presi dential candidate John F. Kennedy assailed the Republican' program on education in his speech at the rally. (UPI Telephoto) Electronics Lead Wednesday's Big Losers As Some Stocks Move Into Higher Ground CP Students to Take Lunches Central Point - Students at tending Central Point Junior High' and Elementary school, which Includes fourth through eighth grades, should take sack lunches Monday, Super intendent Charles Meyer said today. ' The cafeteria at the schOoV, which is peing expanaea mio the old library area, will not be completed when school Harts, Meyer said. Meye: Dressed concern that some students may take funds for a hot lunch, and there will be no place to purchase one. Students in grade three In Central Point will report to Jewett school, where an ad dition to handle third graders will be complete. Meyer said cafeterias In all schools, ex cept Central Point Junior High and Elementary school, will be open, and buses will operate on the same schedule as thev did In June. Classes In most schools in the district start at 8:35 a.m., and classes at Crater High school will sUrt at 8:45 a.m., 13 minuiun earner hii mcj did last year. Sweetland Urges Financial Report Albany - niPU - An annual financial report of stale gov ernment for widespread dis tribution throughout Oregon was proposed today by State Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D Mllwaukic), candidate for sec retary of state. Speaking to the Albany Kl wanls club, Sweetland sug gested that the secretary of state's office prepare an "un derstandable and simplified report of state finances so that (very taxpayer and citizen will know where the tax dol lars come from and how they are used." New York - (UPI) - Stocks were fractionally easier in early dealings today, but o m e of Wednesday s big losers - especially electronics - moved into higher ground. As the list encounters its last major support area before the 1960 low point, brokers generally expect some sort of technical rebound to occur but balk at any major pre election rally without a sell ing climax. Some traders say they ex pect prices ' once again to reach "bargain basement" levels before Investor psy chology becomes more opti mistic. ' i ' Texas Instruments regained around 2 points from the severe trouncing It took In the previous two days. Zenith and Bcckman picked up more than 1 while IBM extended its losses another 2. Studebakcr, Chrysler and American Motors firmed in the autos where CM and Ford eased. Steels moved narrow ly. Oils were mixed. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York-IPI)-Dow -Jones final stock averages: 30 In dustrials 612.27. off 8.58; 20 railroads 133.86. off 1.36; 15 utilities 86.17, off 0.28; 65 stocks 204.23, off 2.19. Sales Wednesday were about 2.85 million shares compared with 2.58 Tuesday. million shares selected Wcdnesdny'f prices stocKi: Allied Chemical 53 Alum Co. Am 6I)T'B Americnn Can 38',i American Motors 22 ' AT&T D.1, Armco Steel fiS'.i Bcntllx Corp U5',i Bethlehem Steel .... 43 Boeing Air 31 Caterpillar Corp. 25H Chrysler Corp .... 42'i Continental Can . 37Ts Dow Chemical Du Pont Eastman Kodak Firestone General Electric .... General Foods ........ General Molors Georgia Pacific .. 82 ..102 "6 ..l2(Ha .. 35 14 .. SOU .. em ,. 44 .. .12 li MEDFORDf Tribune Regional Edition Page 2A Greyhound 34 Gulf Oil ... 27 1 Inmes tnke Mining 43 H Idaho Power 52 I. B. M 535 Int. Paper 05 Johns Manvllle 52 Kaiser Ind. 9' Kcnnecott Copper 78 '.a Lockheed Aircraft 24 "4 Montana Power 20 '.'4 Montgomery Ward 31 Nat'l Biscuit 67'i New York Central If) 'a Pac Gai & Elec , 61) ''4 Penney. J. C 43 Penn RR 12' Radio Corporation 5R7 Richfield Oil ,0 Safeway 36'i Seara 33'i Shell Oil 33 Socony Mohll Oil 37 "4 Southern Co 477 Southern Pacific lfl'i Standard California 43'ii Standard Indiana 38'i Standard N. J 40 i Sun Mines 8H Texas Co 78 'i Texas Pac Land Trust 153 Transamcrlca 28 Union Carbide 114 Union Pacific 25'i United Aircraft 434 United Air Line 31 You'll Want a These Lovely Ship 'n Shore Blouses Columbia Reereafional Base Gets New Chief Portland - Daniel F. Bur roughs, a veteran of 21 years with the National Park Serv ice, Department of the Inter ior, recently took over as chief of the Service's Colum bia Hiver Recreation Survey Branch, with the main office In Portland. The new chief of the office comes to the Pactfiu North , west from San Francisco where he was in charge of the Pacific Coast Recreation Sur vey and with the Branch of , State and Federal park co operation. With the' recre ation survey he participated In the study of the Oregon Sand Dunes park proposal Work with the State and Fed eral pirk cooperation will be a part of his duties In his ' new northwest assignment. Burroughs succeeds Neil Butterflold, who recently was transferred to Richmond, Va after a long term of service In the northwest. Full Wardrobe of v' Dunsmuir People Hear Sen. Kennedy Predict Demo Victory in California- Aboard Kennedy Campaign Train -fflPb- Sen. John F. Ken nedy whistle-stopped through California's Sacramento. Val ley today with a prediction that he will carry Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon's home state. "I think it is most appro priate that we fight this cam paign in the vice president's home state," the Democratic presidential candidate said, "because this is where we can win this campaign . . ." Maurine Distressed By State's Economy Portland - (DPI) - Mrs. Mau rine Neuberger said today that tight money policies confront Oregon with critical economic problems in the next few months because business in the state is geared closely to home building activity and lumber production. Mrs. Neuberger, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, made this assessment of Ore gon's economy at a meeting of the Moreland Business Men's club. She said she was "distress ed by the disturbing trend" of Oregon's lumber industry. She called a relaxation of the administration's tight - money policy "too little and too late" to furnish any immediate stimulus to Oregon's economy before next spring. Construction Barge Burns at Portland Portland -HOT- A stubborn fire in a construction barge working at the Union Oil dock kept land and water units of the fire department busy early today. The blaze was mostly con fined to the Interior of the barge where bilge oil burned. Some grease and oil on a near by crane also burned. No damage estimate was available. s. Kuhber S. Steel .... 471', 773.1 Kennedy made the refer ence to his Republican rival at the Kennedy campaign spe cial's first California stop in Dunsmuir. About 350 adults turned out at the train's back platform along with several hundred school children who got a brief delay of school for the five minute sto. Brown Boards Train California's Gov. Edmund G. Brown and, other state Democratic leaders got aboard in Dunsmuir for the first leg of a two-day rail tour through the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys of California. Going south from Duns muir into irrigated farm areas highly concerned about scar city of water, Kennedy ac cused the Eisenhower admin istration of endangering free world survival through a "do nothing" stand on developing natural resources. At Dunsmuir, a mountain area from which the valley's water flows, 17-year-old San dra Smith, Miss Shasta Coun ty, gave the candidate a gal lon keg of mountain spring water. Kennedy described it as "something that is more valuable than gold. ,"I will just pour out a cup any time all the way down the state so they can see what you have up here, Kennedy said. Kennedy, In his first fling at old-fashioned campaigning, from the back platform of a special train, levelled a strong attack on the GOP's record for development of water and other resources. He called for "a whole new concept of resource develop ment," insisting that "nothing less than comprehensive basin-by-basin, valley-by-val ley planning on a nation-wide scale can do the job "And nothing less than leadership, presidential lead ership, can do the job," he said in a speech prepared for delivery at Redding, Calif. To Address Rally Other stops were scheduled today at Red Bluff, Chico, Marysville, Roseville, Sacra mento, Davis, Fairfield, Mar tinez, Richmond and finally Oakland where he will ad dress an auditorium rally. Kennedy said at Redding that some areas of this conn- Campaign Quotes BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Sen. John F. Kennedy (speech at Portland. Ore.): "W are in danger of losing the respect of the peoples of the world." They "sincerely wonder how strongly America de sires peace; they are afraid of diplomatic policies that teeter on the brink of war. "In former years, they were grateful that America's mili tary might was their chief protection. But now they are no longer certain of an American lead that will continno in shield them in the indefinite future when the missile gap widens and atomic weapons spread. Vice President Richard M. Nixon (statement issurd he continued to make "excellent progress" in recovering from knee injury at Walter Reed Army Medical Center): "We are in the midst of the most explosive scientific revolu tion the world has even seen. "It would be foolhardy for us to ignore the fact that we are confronted with a serious challenge in same phases of science by the Soviet Union. Our free and vigorous science adequately supported, has met can meet and surpass any challenge." try are desperately short of water while others are rav aged by floods. And he said "our forests are vanishing," our wildlife is vanishing, our streams are polluted, and so is 0 the very air we breathe." "Our impending 'resource' crisis is not due to scarcity,"' he said, "it is due to under - development, despoil ment, ana neglect. Nixon Will Stop Only in Portland Portland - OJPD - Republican sources indicated today that Vice President Richard Nix on's visit to Portland next Tuesday would be his only' speaking engagement in Ore gon during the presidential campaign. ' Nixon, who will visit Van couver, Wash., right after his arrival at Portland Interna--tional Airport, is scheduled to make a speech at the Lloyd Center at 2:30 p.m. He leaves late that after noon for Boise. The GOP presidential nomi nee will be driven to Van couver after his arrival for a speech from the Clark County Courthouse steps. FOR SANTA CLAUS Knoxville, Tenn.-IUPB-Post-master C. E. Graves reported Wednesday receiving the year's first Santa Claus letter in which the young writer, in addition to the usual toys, requested "a tool set for granddaddy." HELP US! Wa need clothing, shoes, dishes, furniture, and bedding. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army 30 N. Holly SPiing 3-7335 Announcing... 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