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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
Asked if she had any relics
left of her 45-year career as
a dancer, she laughed, "No old
relics. I'm relic enough.
"Hi! I'm Ron Cordon and
I'm inviting you to attend
our Open House Party,
Friday, January 20th,
celebrating the merger of
The Rogue Valley
Stare Bank
Medford
and
The Oregon Bank
Portland
Watch for your Treasure
Chest key in the mail."
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N. Y. Rail Strike
Settlement Fails
New York-dTli-Ncgoliators
rnilori tnriav In settle a strike
! of tugboat crews that knock
i ed out commuter railroad
service for 70,000 ami has su
burban officials in an uproar.
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sentatives for lie li raiiroaas
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tration ana mimmum crew
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Mayor Robert F. Wagner
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dispute and bring both sides
tncpihnr a nressure mounted
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