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o WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1981 MEOFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. O . . .1 Air Lines Report Red Ink Used To Summarize Business During Past Year -,r- V A- v -C.v 3j FREIGHT CARS DERAILED Twenty one cars of a Frisco freight train were derailed on a bridge spanning the Gasconade river near Arlington, Mo. One person suffered injuries and a search was under way in the twisted wreck age for a second person, possibly killed or trapped be neath tons of steel. The highway patrol said it may take three days to clear the wreckage. (UPI Telephoto) New York Central Railroad Struck by Tuqboat Crewmen New York - (UPI) - The New York Central Railroad can celled all train service in and out of New York today, shut ting down most of its eastern system as a result of a strike of tugboat crewmen. The railroad announced it was closing operations at Grand Central Terminal here - at 6 a.m. Trains en route will finish their runs, and service not affecting New York City will continue. The shutdown affects 40, 000 Central commuters in the New York City area and long distance passengers on the system between New York and Chicago. The strike by three unions involving 660 crewmen on the Hudson river ferries and tugs threatened to tie up other commuter and long distance rail operations affecting more than 100,000 riders. The New Haven Railroad reported service into New York City was almost normal, but there were indications that the trainmen may refuse to operate out of picketed Grand Central Terminal. There were no pickets at Pennsylvania Station and the Pennsylvania Railroad report ed trains moving. The strike already has forced 30,000 commuters who use the nine Hudson river ferries to get to work from New Jersey to find alternate means of transportation. Crew Sizes Involved Negotiations in the week old strike resumed today after breaking off after midnight in an attempt to work out a new contract under federal mediation. The central issue involves a railroad plan to trim boat crew sizes which the unions insist should re main at the present five-man complement. The strikers originally pick eted only freight centers and rail heads, cutting off the normal delivery route of 50 per cent of New York's meat, vegetables and fruit. Biff Would Oppose Dam on Snake River Olympla-IUPIl - A proposal asking Congress to set aside the Salmon river watershed in Idaho as a fish sanctuary and to forbid construction of the proposed Nez Perce dam on the Snake river was pre pared today for introduction in the Washington legislature. The request, embodied in a memorial, asks specifically that a congressional bill ae- signed to bar dams on the Salmon river be broadened to prevent the building of high dams on the main Snake river downstream from the mouth of the Salmon. Yjif' ''' """"u ' Washington -(UFB The na tion's airlines report that some red ink messed up their wild blue yonder in 1960. A year-end summary by the Air Transport association, rep resenting the U. S. scheduled airlines, reveals that enough airlines lost money to bring the industry's estimated net profit (after taxes and inter est) down to $4 million. That is not much higher than the airlines earned in the late 1940s when traffic and reve nues were only one-fifth of 1960's totals. It also represents earnings per dollar of sales down to less than one-half of one per cent, the lowest level in 12 years. Safetywise, ATA reported a passenger fatality rate of 0.62 Senate Education Committee Defers Appointment Task EXPELLED Auxiliary Bishop Remy Herome Augustin, who was expelled from Haiti recently, reads a statement to news men on arrival at Idlewild airport. It was announced in Rome that the Vatican had excommunicated all persons respon sible for the expulsion of Bishop Augustin and Archbishop Francois Poiricr from the Caribbean republic. Poirier was expelled last November and has since returned to his native France. (UPI Telephoto) Attend a FREE Lecture "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: The Science of Christianity" by James Watt, C.S., Washington, D.C. Member of the Board of lectureship of Th Mother Church, 'The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusclis 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20 First Church of Christ, Scientist 100 Windsor Ave. MretfcNlc 1 Block South of few Bm Nursery Facilities Available O ALL ARE WELCOME) Hearing on Sea Disaster Off Mouth Of Columbia Ends Astoria-IUPD-A Coast Guard hearing into last week's sea disaster off the mouth of the Columbia river in which sev en men were lost and four boats wrecked ended late Monday. Six survivors from two of the wrecked Coast Guard boats, who remained aboard the Columbia river lightship over the week end because of storm conditions, were among the final witnesses. Bar Passable Boatswain's Mate 1-C Dar rell Murray, commander of a 40-footer from Cape Disap pointment, said that when his boat first began searching for the distressed crab vessel Mer maid last Thursday the bar was passable. But he said that time was lost because the Mermaid had drifted north ward from Peacock Spit. Murray said after deciding his boat could not tow the Mermaid over the breakers, the 52-foot boat Triumph was called and that it was given the tow. Five of the lost men were crewmen aboard the Triumph, Two were crewmen of the Mermaid. The three crewmen of the 40-footer were rescued by a 36-foot vessel which later sank after reaching the light ship. The 40 footer rolled bot tom up after a big wave hit, Murray said. Capt. Willard J. Smith of Seattle commended the six men aboard the 40 and 36 footers for devotion to duly under extremely hazardous circumstances. Capt. Smith emphasized there had been no attempt to place blame for the disaster. Salem - IUPD - The Senate education committee voted Tuesday to defer action on eight appointments by Gov. Mark Hatfield until the com mittee chairman, Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D-Milwaukie) re turns from Washington, D.C, next week. He is attending the inaugu ration of President-elect John F. Kennedy. One of these is the reap pointment of E. B. Lemon, Corvallis, to the Oregon schol arship commission. The Sen ate interim committee on ex ecutive appointments touched off a furor some months ago when it failed to confirm Lemon. It later reversed it self. Sen. William Grenfell Jr. (D-Portland), vice chairman of the education committee, proposed that the group act on the otner seven appoint ments Tuesday but two mem bers objected, saying the com mittee should act on all eight at the same time. Would 'Look Odd' Sens. Ben Musa (D-The Dalles) and Al Flegel (D-Rose- burg) said it would "look odd" if the committee singled out the Lemon appointment, and held it over. ' i The committee, with Sweet- land presiding, will meet next Tuesday. These other appoint ments are expected to be De fore the committee for its recommendations to the full Senate: Francis I. Smith, Portland, board of education; Henry F. Cabell, Portland, board of higher education; C. E. Bro goitti, Helix, board of educa tion; May Darling of Portland, Mrs. E. B. McNaughton of Portland, Sidney Schlesinger of Salem and Lynn S.' Mc Crcady. Eugene, all state scholarship commission. The committee secretary read a letter from Mrs. Aud rey R. Henry, Portland, urg ing repeal of the school dis trict reorganization law. deaths per 100-million pas senger miles for the 12-month period ending Nov. 30. This compared to a 0.70 rate in 1959. But the ATA figure did not include the Dec. 16 col lision of two airliners over New York, killing 128 in the worst aviation disaster in his tory. Air Freight Mushrooms The collision jumped the domestic fatality rate to 1.08 deaths per 100 million passen ger miles, although the com bined domestic - international rate was 0.86 the ninth con secutive year in which the rate has been below 1.00. Other highlights of the ATA summary: Air freight continued to mushroom with a 9.4 per cent gain over 1959. The domestic trunk car riers hauled 45,700,000 pas sengers in 1960 compared with 44,500,000 last year; lo cal service airlines carried 5,600,000 passengers a 400, 000 increase over 1959; the international and overseas air lines jumped from 4,700,000 to 5,300,000. As of Dec. 1, the airlines were operating 485 jet-powered planes, 207 of them pure jets. T h e domestic airlines were the only form of inter city public transportation which increased its revenue passenger miles; railroads dipped three per cent while buses stayed at the 1959 level. Jet Engine Costs The airlines shelled out more than $20 million for ex tra fuel and other operating costs resulting from the use of jet engine sound suppressors. U.S. airlines' share of the overseas market dropped to 54.7 per cent compared to 75 per cent 10 years ago. (Note: Nearly 76 per cent of all over seas travelers now go oy plane). ' Revenue for trunk car riers went up nine per cent, but expenses rose 14 per cent. ATA President Stuart G Tipton summed up the year's picture with a warning thai 1960 airline earnings just about reached the vanishing point. Clear Reminder When this happens to dynamic industry," he added "it should serve as a clear re minder to the government that there must be a careful reappraisal of all policies af fecting that industry." "All areas of government must realize that if air trans port is to move ahead, it can not be handicapped by out moded transportation taxes, the crushing burden of higher user charges, the traffic ero sion caused by a government operated airline carrying government-sponsored traffic, and the impact on earnings that result from Hie proliferation of foreign airline competition." Chogles McCullough Dies in Portland Portland- - Portland at torney Charles E. McCulloch, for whom Willamette Uni versity's McCulloch stadium was named, died Tuesday in a hospital. He was president of the Willamette Board of Trustees from 1945 to 1958. Odebolt, Iowa, in Sac Coun ty calls itself the popcorn cap ital of the world. ra7TTTiT7 . 1 1 ai'ii'l i r:i Or t'li'l ! 1l it-Til NO OLD RELICS Los Angeles - IUPD - Helen Marlow, a former dancer, cele brated her 104th birthday Tuesday. She said her wish was that she could someday travel to the planet Mars. 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