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A Oregon Sand limes Area Said Fresh Water Supply Source f x. a r x i. w , 1 . ri" Vev .e . T , etr A. 4 1 -' 1 - w j DIONNE QUINT HAS CHILD The former Marie, one of the four surviving Dionne Marie Dionne and her husband, Florian quintuplets, gave birth to a 5 pound, 13 Houle, look at their first child, born Dec. ounce girl. 24 at St. Justine's hospital at Montreal. (UPI Telephoto) Task Force Tackles Problem Of Helping Depressed Areas Washington - IUPD - The special task force named by President-elect John F. Ken nedy to draft a blueprint for Portlander Escapes From State Hospital Salem - (UPlt - Chester Ray mond Hcdrick, 25, w 10 was arrested In Portland last Oc tober in connection with sex crimes, escaped from the state hospital Monday night. Hcdrick, who had told po lice when arrested he would escape "sooner or later," es caped with another inmate, Vern W. Street, 41. Hospital officials said Hcd rick wrapped himself In a blanket and plunged through a first floor window of the hospital's reception ward. He was sent to the hospital last Friday after entering a plea of guilty to an attempted rape charge in Portland. Christmas Lights Stolen in Salem Salem-TO-Christmas lights were stolon over the holiday week end from the home of Salem Mayor Rsseull F. Boncstccle, Clly Alderman Ernest Sav- age reported a similar theft at his home. aiding economically depressed areas today starts writing its recommendations. It was learned that some members of the group are advocating presidential action on this problem Jan. 20, the day Kennedy takes office, or at least within two or three days after he moves Into the White House. The committee, headed by Sen, Paul H. Douglas (D-II1.), is drafting two programs for Kennedy - one that could be put into effect Immediately Portland Man Held On Murder Charge Portland - (UPI) - Lawrence Acosta, 27, was held today on murder charge In connec tion with the death of his girl friend, Mavis Marlene Ready, 20. Police said the woman ap parently was strangled but the coroner's office had not determined the exact cause of death. Officers said Acosta re ported the death at 4:30 p.m Monday, The body was found In an upstairs bedroom at a home on Southwest First ave. Po lice said Acosta admitted "slapping" the young woman but denied ho killed her. through presidential order and the other that would re quire legislation. The group, made up of gov ernment officials, educators, labor leaders and congress men, expects to hand. Its re port to the President-elect be fore Jan. 1. The panel meets behind closed doors today to begin studying subcommittee reports and drafting its rec ommendations. Kennedy is firmly commit ted to swift action to help areas with chronic unemploy ment. He promised this dur ing his campaign in states where it was a hot political issue. Those favoring quick presi dential action on or shortly after Inauguration day argue that some emergency, short- range program is needed im mediately to ease the hard ship of workers unemployed lor a long time. Douglas also has been told that such timing could have a dramatic political impact in areas looking toward the new administration for relief. ALUMINUM 8HIPMENT8 Oakland, Calif. - IUPI) - D. A Rhoades, president of Kai ser Aluminum & Chemical corporation, today estimated that total shipments of alumi num and aluminum products for 1960 dropped 4-6 per cent from 1050. There's Still Time to "Get Aboard" Ground Water in Lens-Shaped Body Near Coos Bay Portland-OJPD-A report re leased by the Interior depart ment said today that the area of sand dunes north of Coos Bay constitute a source of substantial supplies of fresh ground water. The report was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Oregon state engineer. The report gives results of an investigation started in 1954 by the Geological Sur vey. The study, ana otners made later by private firms, led to construction of the first industrial plant in the area to be supplied with ground wa ter from the dune sands oi the Oregon coastal region. The ground water is in a wedge, or lens-shaped body of dune sand that underlies an extensive lowland north of Coos Bay. The water-bearing sand, which extends to depths as great as 168 feet below sea level, is underlain by imper meable bedrock. The report said the pore spaces that con tain the ground water consti tute more than one-third of the volume of sand. Data included in the report Indicate that the ground wa ter is replenished by the in filtration of more than 75 per cent of the rainfall, which averages about 81 inches per year. Most of the ground wa ter discharges through springs and seeps near the margins of the dune area without being used. Throughout most of the area, as much as two million gallons of water per day per square mile is available for continual withdrawal. The report said the uniform grain size of the sand re quires use of properly devel oped screened wells to keep out the sand and yet with draw the water efficiently. The water is soft, has a low mineral content and is gener ally of good quality. Discoverer XIX Loses Power New Boston, N.H. -i lUPB -The Air Force said today the Discoverer XIX satellite has lost its transmitting power. Col. Nicholas Polio, oper ations officer at the New Bos ton radar satellite tracking station, said its last contact with the satellite was at 11;34 p.m. Christmas Day. He said that was the satellite's 75th pass around the world. Polio said "after that it lost its power and we suspended our tracking operation." . The base had been receiving radiation data from the Dis coverer since it was hurled Into orbit last Tuesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The satellite was spinning around the earth in a pole-to-pole orbit every 93 minutes. Reforms Recommended in Federal Regulatory Bodies Washington -OfPT- President elect John F. Kennedy's first effort to reform the federal regulatory agencies is likely to be aimed at raising their ethics and wiping out "back door" contacts, a Kennedy aide said today. Action along this line was one of many far-reaching rec ommendations to improve the agencies laid before the President-elect Monday in an 87 page report by James M. Landis. Hurry-Up Basis A former dean of the Har vard Law School and a mem ber at various times of three of the federal agencies, Landis wrote the report for Kennedy on a hurry-up basis after the November election. He called for appointment of a regulatory agency "czar" in the White House who would oversee the activities of the agencies in a "firm but friend ly" way and exercise "imag inative and creative" direc tion. In vigorous, sometimes bit ing language, Landis criti cized the agencies and called for major changes in their procedures and personnel. He advocated establishment of new White House offices to lay down clear-cut govern ment policy in the communi cations, transportation and power industries. The 29,000 -word report sharply attacked the way the agencies execute their duties -or fail to-and what Landis called their susceptibility to improper influence from the industries they regulate, the White House and senators and congressmen. After reading the report, Kennedy said, "this is a most important and impressive analysis of the regulatory agencies which deserves the attention of Congress as well as the agencies themselves." Kennedy's press secretary, Pierre Salinger, said the re port would form the basis of legislative recommendations. Landis proposed many steps requiring congressional ac tion. Some of these were ex pected to touch off spirited battles on Capital Hill. Sanator Hails Study Chairman John A. Carroll, (D-Colo.), of a Senate judiciary subcommittee set up last year to study possible changes in the regulatory agencies hailed the Landis study as a "mas terful and thought provoking analysis of the deficiences of the administrative pro cedure." The regulatory agencies are the Federal Communications Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Power Commission, the Federal Trade Commis sion, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Securities and Ex change Commission and the National Labor Relations Board, Hatfield To Inspect State Institution Salem-fliPD-Gov. Mark Hat field will inspect state insti tutions this week and also work on his message to the 1961 legislature which opens Jan. 8. Friday night the governor may present the winner's tro phy at the Far West Basket ball classic In Portland. Regional Edition ' Page 2A NfEDFORDtsiTRIBUNE MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1960 Memory Gardens MEMORIAL PARK and FUNERAL HOME 1395 Arnold Ian , $P J-7331 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirmminr"""'"""' Wishes to Each and Every One of You A Happy New Year Maka one of your new year's resolutions o attend th church of your choic regularly during th coming yearl Ths Vtern To Bi Honored This Wek Is: FRED H. 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Cities Service rose more than a half in the oils in re sponse to company plans to consolidate all of its petrole um marketing operations un der a single subsidiary. Zenith picked up more than a point in the electronics, An aconda around a half in the coppers, while Polaroid drop ped more than 2 in the cam eras and Revlon more than I in the cosmetics. INVESTIGATE DISASTER Tehran, Iran - IUPII - Pre mier Sharif Emaml ordered a special commission Monday to investigate the Shemshak mine disaster in which 19 miners and two rescue work ers died Saturday. Six of the miners were crushed to death by rocks after an explosion and the rest died of suffoca tion when ventilating equip ment failed. All 21 bodies were recovered. NEW YEAR'S CARDS at- k 217 I. Main 1 Our Biggest Ever!! 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