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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1960
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GAS PLANT ROCKED Flames shoot sky- was believed dead, eight injured and 300
ward as a series of explosions rock the forced to evacuate homes in the area.
Phillips Petroleum Company's propane gas
plant at Bayonne, N.J. At least one person (UP! Telcpholo)
Appling Would Abolish
Secretary of State Office
Salem - (UPD - Secretary of
Stale Howell Appling Jr. said
today if the Board of Control
is abolished as Gov. Mark Hat
field recommends, then Ap-
Bodies of Two
Miners Removed
Morgantown, w. Va. - IUPII
-The bodies of two miners
were recovered late Wednes
day night several hours after
they were trapped about 1,600
feet from the surface by
gas explosion.
The victims were identified
as Truman Burke, 22, and
James Tarleton, 23, both of
Newburg, W. Va. The men
had entered the Sanford-Phil-lips-Parsons
Coal Co. pit at
S a.m. along with Sanford
Phillips, operator of the mine
30 miles east of here.
Rescue worlrers brought the
bodies to the surface shortly
before midnight after strug
gling through clouds of dead
ly gas fumes and digging
through tons of rock and dirt.
Rescue efforts were hampered
as i crows continually were
forced out of the pit to re
plenish the oxygen supply for
their gas masks.
Preston County Sheriff C.
S. Harriman said the explo
sion happened about 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday, shortly after Phil
lips had moved a coal-laden
buggy to the surface.
Authorities said . the blast
had not triggered a fire but
that the men's hands and faces
were burned badly, indicating
that their burns resulted from
the explosion flash. They said
the men apparently were kill
ed instantly.
COMPOSER RECOVERING
Moscow -IUPII- Soviet com
poser Dmitri Shostakovitch
was reported recovering to
day from a broken leg In a
sanitarium outside Moscow.
The Soviet Composers' Union
said Shostakovitch broke his
leg -in an accident early this
month.
tiling will urge abolition of
the job of Secretary of Stale.
Appling said he opposes
abolition of the board, and
added that stale institutions
should be in a separate de
partment with the present
control board secretary's job
expanded and made a director
of institutions.
Hatfield declined immedi
ale comment.
Hatfield's government reor
ganization plan calls for trans
fer of the state institutions
from the Board of Control
to various new departments.
Although the governor docs
not specifically call for doing
away with the board, this
would be the effect.
Inititutiom Main Job
The board's main function
is control of Oregon's 11 insti
tutions. The board is made up
of Hatfield, Appling and Slate
Treasurer Howard C. Belton,
all Republicans.
One of the functions of sec
retary of slate is responsibility
for the state institutions.
If the board of control is
abolished," Appling said,
"Ihen I will urge that secre
tary of slate be abolished.
This would require a consti
tutional amendment."
Appling, appointed In 1958
by Hatfield and elected to a
four-year term last month,
said if his job is abolished,
post of chief auditor should
be created, and the man ap
pointed by the legislature. At
present, Appling also 'serves
as slate auditor, , i :
Oppoial Auditor Control
"Under no circumstances
should the governor have con
trol over the slate auditor,
Appling said.
Hatfield has not recom
mended abolition of secretary
of stale,
Appling said other func
tions of the secretary could
be transferred to other agen
cies. Elections, he said, could
be shifted to a number of oth
er agencies and responsibility
for stale buildings and
grounds could "well be under
the Department of Finance
and Administration."
Appling said that basically
he favors Hatfield's reorgan
ization plans but he feels the
slate institutions under vari
ous departments instead of
one agency will not make the
instilutions more efficient.
Cranberry Dispute
Erupts Again inUO
President Choice
Portland - IUPII - The 1959
cranberry controversy was a
topic of dispute in Oregon
again today. A pair of farm
leaders stirred it up over
whether Arthur S. Flemming
secretary of health, education
and welfare, should become
the next president of the Uni
versity of Oregon.
Flemming has been con
sidercd as a possible successor
lo Dr. O. Meredith Wilson
who resigned to become head
of the University of Minnesota.
Gerald Dctering, president
of the Oregon Farm Bureau
Federation, said he would op
pose Flemming for the uni
versity post because of the
health secretary s "ill-advised
action against cranberries"
last year.
Elmer McClure, master of
the Oregon State Grange, re
plied that Flemming's cran
berry announcement showed
Stocks in Attempt
At Year-End Rally
New York - IUPII - Stocks
were making an lllh hour at
tempt to come across with a
year-end rally today.
Prices In many of the major
industrial categories, especial
ly steels and chemicals, were
in a rising price trend during
the first hour.
Jones & Laughiin ran up
more than a point in the steels
where Bethlehem was up
around a half. U.S. Steel,
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Hatfield Approves
Agriculture Plan
Salem-(UPll-Gov. Mark Hat
field has approved reorgani
zation of the Oregon Agricul
ture Department, Director
James F. Short said Wednes
day. I ;
Short, who proposed Ihe re
organization, said it will be
done gradually and will not
add to the department's
budget.
The plan calls for creation
of two assistant directors, one
for livestock industries and
the other for consumer and
trade activities. Other changes
include:
Redcsignalion of (lie mar
ket development division as
the division of agricultural
development, with expanded
operations.
Creation of a department
audit service.
Elevation of business
management service to divi
sion status.
Addition of an adminis
trative assistant to handle sta
tistics and program analysis
for state veterinarian activities.
Youngstown and Republic
were steady lo slightly higher.
American Telephone, which
closed at a new all-time high
Wednesday, was up more than
a half again today.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
N w Y o r k IUPII Dow
Jones final slock averages:
30 industrials 615.75, up
2.37; 20 railroads 131.01, up
1.17; 15 utilities 99.38, up
0.32 and 65 slocks 205.61.
up 0.96.
Sales Wednesday were
about 3.62 million shares
compared with 3.27 million
hares Tuesday.
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Will Resume Post
Wnshington-IUPli-Herbcrt G.
Klein, press secretary lo
Richard M. Nixon, will return
to his former post as editor
of the San Dieifo Union when
the vice president becomes a
private citizen Jan. 20, James
S. Copley, publisher of the
newspaper, announced today
Klein was known to have
received several offers to re
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ruary on proposals to do spe
cial television shows and also
to write a semi-weekly politi
cal column. Copley announced
Klein's return Wednesday
night.
Klein has been on leave of
absence as editor of the Cali
fornia paper since May, 1959.
Wednesday"! Drlces on
stocks:
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Bethlehem Steel
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Kennccott Conner
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Montana Power (xd)
Montgomery Ward
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Itadio Corporation
Richfield Oil
Safeway
Sears
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Socony Mobil OH
Southern Pacific
Southern Co
Standard California
Standard Indiana
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Sun Mines
Texas Co
Texas Gulf Sulfur
Texas Pac Land, Trust
Transamerica
Tri-continental
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
United Aircraft
United Air Lines
U. S. Rubber
U. S. Ste 1
Chief of NASA
Resigns Position
Washington -IUPII- T. Keith
Glcnnan. chief of the Nation
al Aeronautics and Space Ad
ministration, submitted his
resignation today and said
the United States is again
"pre eminent in the conduct
of research and develop
mcnt.
Glennan's resignation Is ef
fective Jan. 21), the date
President-elect John F. Ken
nedy enters office. Glcnnan
will return lo the presidency
of Ihe Case Institute of Tech
nology at Cleveland.
In a letter accepting the
resignation, President Eisen
hower said that NASA In its
27 months of CNistence had
"compiled a record of achieve
ment of which every Ameri-
can can be Justly proud."
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Skelfon Released;
Ready With Joke
Hollywood IUPII Red Skcl
ton, 47, was ready with a joke
Wednesday when he was re
leased from Cedars of Leba
non Hospital where he had
been confined since Dec. 3.
"See this blue band," the
comedian said to newsmen,
referring to a blue hospital
identification tag on his wrist.
"Well, tliey put this on me
when I came out of the ope
rating room so I'd know I am
a boy."
Skellon was greeted by his
wife, Georgia, their daughter,
Valentina, 13. and business
associate Charles Luftig. He
appeared in fine spirits and
said he felt fine.
Doctors said he would have
to remain home for several
weeks recuperating from ma
jor surgery to repair a rup
ture In his diaphragm.
"considerable strength of
character.
"I think this would add to,
rather than detract from, his
qualifications for the presi
dency of the University of
Oregon," McClure said.
Both men referred to a
warning, issued by Flemming
just before Thanksgiving in
1959, that a cranberry weed
killer had caused cancer in
rats.
Detering said the announce
ment had caused a "tremen
dous loss" to Oregon cran
berry growers, by provoking
a severe cutback in Thanks
giving and Christmas cran
berry sales.
"We feel . Flemming has
alienated farmers of Oregon,"
Dctering said.
McClure said Detering rep
resented "a minority group of
agricultural people in this
state," and added he consider
ed criticism founded on the
cranberry scare to be "wholly
unwarranted."
He said Flemming must
have expected protest to fol
low his cranberry announce
ment. "It must have taken no
little courage to take the ac
tion he did," McClure added.
Course in Japanese
Planned at College
Ashland - Southern Oregon
college will offer a course
in beginning Japanese for the
first lime winter term, 1961,
according lo the registrar's of
fice.
Chosen to instruct (he
course is Mrs: Richard Doi, a
native of Japan, who holds a
bachelor's degree from the
Notre Dame Girls college in
Japan and a second bachelor's
degree from the College of the
Pacific at Stockton, Calif.
Mrs. Doi said that the
course has been coordinated
with a course offered by the
University of Oregon so that
students who wish to con
tinue their studies of Japanese
at the U. of O. will have ade
quate preparation. Students
will be instructed how to read
and write the language but
emphasis will be placed on
conversational Japanese.
Two credit hours will be
granted for this class which
will meet Monday evenings
from 7 to 8:45. Registration
will be held at the first class
meeting, Jan. 9, in Library
101.
If interest warrants, the
class may be continued spring
term, according to Mrs. Doi.
Additional information may
be obtained from the regis
trar's office at the college.
VACANT HOUSE STILL
Bankston, Ala. - IUPII - Mrs.
Agatha Dick arrived here
Tuesday from her Fayette
home to inspect an unoccu
pied house she owns in Bank
ston. She found two 1,000-gal-lon
moonshine whiskey stills
in the basement. Police are investigating.
Go-Cart Driver
Runs Down Principal
Birmingham, Ala. -lUPD Po
lice in suburban Homcwood
announced today they will
prosecute any youths who
drive gasoline-powered "go
carls" on public streets.
School principal John R.
Slaughter received a fractured
skull Tuesday when he was
hit from behind by one of the
low-slung cars powered by a
lawn mover engine. A 15-year-old
girl was driving it.
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