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TUESDAY. JANUARY 24, 1961
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Kennedy's Men
Adlai Stevenson Is No Stranger to World Organization
High Speed Railroading Seen
Solution to
By HENRY J. BECHTOLD
UPI Financial Editor
New York -IUPD- Mergers
are continually being men
tioned as the only solution
,:,mm 4 to the railroad
f problems.
Dili i ii e
Pre sident of
General Elec
tric has his
own prescrip
tion -high
speed rail
roading. Loneer and
Henry Bechtold taster freights
pulled by more powerful en
gines may be just what this
depressed carrier needs, Rob
ert Paxton suggested in the
latest issue of the Exchange
magazine.
The gains In efficiency
achieved bv the railroads the
past 25 years through large
capital expenditures have
proved insufficient to reverse
the downward drift In return
Cigar Makers Hope
For Big Lift Out of
New Administration
New York -0JPII The coun
try's cigar makers are hoping
to get a big lift out of the new
administration in Washington.
President-elect Kennedy is
a cigar smoker - the first one
to occupy the White House in
this century. The only presi
dent of the past particularly
noted for his love of cigars
was General Grant. ;
Kennedy is not a heavy
smoker. In fact photos of him
with a cigar are so rare only
one, used in a booklet dis
tributed during the campaign
by Citizens for Kennedy and
Johnson, has been widely cir
culated. Hoping for Somebody
But what really raises the
manufacturers' hopes is that
Kennedy, at 43, is a cigar
smoking young man of world
prominence and distinction.
They have been hoping for a
quarter century for somebody
like that to come along.
Sir Winston Churchill cre
ated a magnificent Image of
the cigar smoker of distinction
and helped sell cigars all
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Carrier Problems
on investment, the GE execu
tive noted.
One Big Advantage
He said, however, that the
railroads do have one great
potential advantage in meet
ing intensified competition
frnm nihor mnrips of transpor
tation - their own rights of
way.
One of the more common
measures of railroad produc
tivity is gross ton-miles per
train hour. High gross ton
miles per train hour may be
obtained by running heavy
trains at low speed or by
running lighter trains at high
speed, Paxton explained in
the New York Stock Exchange
publication.
The low average speed of a
large portion of today's
freight service reflects efforts
to increase productivity by
making trains longer and
heavier, and running them at
relatively low speed.
While this produces a good
around the world-people con
sciously or subconsciously
imitate leaders they admire.
. But the Churchill image
was the image of the mature
smoker - even of the older
man. It didn't help much to
crash the young smoker mar
ket held so dominantly by
cigarettes.
Salinger Heavy Smoker
The hopes for Kennedy
cigar-smoking image are en
hanced because Kennedy's
youthful press secretary,
Pierre Salinger, only 35, is a
heavy cigar smoker and very
likely will ,be photographed
quite often cigar In hand In
the next four years.
The cigar makers arc not
going to do anything them
selves lo help create this im
age of the distinguished young
cigar smoker under the new
administration. "We're just
hoping," President Eugene L.
Raymond of the Cigar Insti
tute of America told United
Press International. "We have
too much respect for the presi
dency to do more."
TRAVEL
A LOT?
- A A
showing by the productivity
yardstick, he said, there usual
ly is no actual Improvement
in service to the shipper.
The number of standard
locomotive units can be in
creased lo obtain greater pow
er and speed, Paxton noted,
but this means increased op
erating costs.
Heavier Trains
The attractive combination
is a heavy train pulled at high
speed by a more powerful
locomotive, he staled.
After seven years of re
search and development GE
has introduced the U25B loco
motive, "new from the rails
up and designed to provide 50
per cent greater horsepower
than most of the diesel-elec-Ironies
now in domestic serv
ice," Paxton reported.
A demonstration locomo
tive, made up of two of the
new GE units and generating
5,000 horsepower has been
tested by some 12 major main
line railroads. Paxton said it
has rolled up an Impressive
record of "faster -than -sched
ule runs."
Paxton concluded that his
company sincerely believes
that the U25B locomotive will
play a substantial role In the
new era of railroading.
Skiing Mishap Kills
University Student
Bend - IUPII - A 24-year-old
University of Oregon student
was Injured fatally in a skiing
accident Saturday.
The victim, Nicholas V. Utt
San Francisco, died en route
to a Bend hospital after strik
ing a tree while skiing at the
Hoodoo Ski Bowl.
The Deschutes County Medi
cal Examiner said cause of
death was internal injuries.
Dr. Harry Cloyd of the Ore
gon Stale hospital staff in Sa
lem performed an emergency
tracheotomy with a pocket
knife when Utt suddenly
stopped breathing en route to
tnc i nspllal but the operation
failed lo restore his breathing.
Cloyd. along with Dr. Dean
K. Brooks, l-,o superintendent
at the slalc lu-spital, were ski
ing at Hoodoo Bowl when the
accident occurred.
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Ambassador Will
Have Strong Say
In U.S. Policy
By United Press International
Adlai E. Stevenson, who is
this country's new ambassador
to the United Nations, is no
stranger to the world organ
ization. He has been charac
terized as probably knowing
more about the international
body than anyone in the
United States.
For this and two other im
portant reasons, he will have
a stronger voice in U. S. for
eign policy councils than any
of his predecessors at the
U. N.
Reason No. 2 is that over
the past eight years or so Ste
venson has spent much of his
time studying foreign affairs.
This has entailed extensive
travel, which in turn gave rise
to the third reason: That as a
quasi-offficial gooodwill am
bassador overseas he has be
come one of the best known
and most admired Americans
of his time.
Endorsed By Rusk
The hearty endorsement of
Stevenson as an expert on the
U. N. came from Dean Rusk
President - elect John F. Ken
nedy's secretary of state desig
nate.
"There is no question,1
Rusk said recently, "we want
to get the full benefit of Gov
Stevenson's counsels in for
eign policy. We expect him to
play a key role in the formu
lation of foreign policy
Washington."
Stevenson himself has said
that one of the major aims of
the incoming administration
will be to rebuild American
prestige abroad. He also has
expressed the belief that Rus
sia will not be able to wreck
the U. N., and the hope that
the organization can "be
factor to end the cold war
and not aggravate it."
The former Illinois govern
or, who lost two presidential
races lo Dwighl D. Eisen
hower, has been familiar with
the United Nations since its
inception. He helped former
Secretary of State Edward
Stcttinius In shaping up the
foundations of the organiza
tion in 1045.
Since then, lie has served
in several U. N. posts, includ
ing that of U. S. delegate.
Serve In Europe
He gained practical experi
ence in world affairs as a
member of an Air Force sur
vey mission in London and
the European Theater during
World War II and as head of
a post-war economic missioon
in Italy.
Further, he stepped himself
in foreign affairs information
lo prepare for his presiden
tial campaigns, and has writ
ten and spoken on U. S. poli
cies in the cold war conflict
with Communism since his
second presidential defeat In
1956.
The 00-year old Stevenson
has a quick, penetrating mind.
His public speeches usually
are garnished with commen
tary which may be witty,
sometimes cutting but always
frank and to the point.
The name Stevenson has
been prominent In Illinois pol
itics for 100 years. Adlai's
grandfather, for whom he was
named, was vice president ol
the United States from 1893
to 1897 under Grover Cleve
land. YMCA Schedules
Annual Reunion
The Young Men's Christian
association of Mcdford will
hold its annual Camp Reunion
for all boys who attended
camp in past years or who
might be interested In camp
next s u m m e r at ( p.m
Wednesday. Jan. 25.
The reunion is part of the
week's activities at the YMCA
which is the National YMCA
week In 77 different coun
tries. The reunion will consist
of meeting friends and load
ers from last summer's camps
watching movies taken at
camp last summer, and learn
ing about the plans for tnc
coming season.
It is hoped by Bruce burns.
camp director, that all boys
who went to cither day camp
or Diamond lake camp last
summer will attend. Parents
arc encouraged to attend.
RAINS HIT INDONESIA
Kucliing, Indonesia - ilTIi -More
tlinn 10 Indies of rain
foil In one day lierc last week,
causing floods tliat killed sev
eral persons, the government
reported todny. The 10.7 Inch
es of rainfall was the greatest
since 1053. when an all-time
record of 12.5 Inches was set.
INVITE KENNEDY
WshiiiRton - rt-TD - The Na
tional Governors' conference
has invited President Kenne
dy lo address II unmiaj meet
In
ADLAI STEVENSON
Expert on UN
OF SMITH & MEN
Bv Jac k Smith
(el 1960 Times-Mirror Syndicate
We hear complaints these
days that the nation is wast
ing some of its best brains -the
untapped intellect of the
American housewife.
I'm happy lo report there
is no such waste at the Aero
jet-General nucleonics plant,
out In Azusa, Calif.
Just the other day, accord
ing to a man on Aerojct's pub
lic relations team, a bunch of
the scientists were sitting
around working on a real
stickler of an atom-age prob
lem. They weren't making any
progress, and then, with what
the Aerojet man called "exas
perating womanly deftness," a
housewife came up with the
answer.
This was the s i t u a t i o n :
Needed - a supply of small,
watertight containers with
lock-on lids to store uranium
in. They don't like to leave
uranium lying around in pud
dles. "They had to be small,"
Aerojet's man explained, "be
cause large concentrations of
uranium in one container
could be dangerous.
"They had to be watertight
because wet uranium could
also constitute a danger. They
had to have lock-on lids to
prevent any possibility of
spillage.
'As the atomic experts pon
dered their problem," he went
on, "an ingenious employee -housewife
solved it for them
with that same exasperating
woman deftness that used lo
re-start stalled cars with hair
pins.
"Her perfect solution? An
ordinary pressure cooker-
plucked from the prosaic
world of the pantry. And
temporarily - stalled science
rolled on again," concluded
the Aerojet man.
The story fascinated me.
How many housewives, I won
dered, might be contributing
to the scientific explosion in
stead of to that other one?
Thai evening, just as a test,
I outlined the Aerojet prob
lem at the dinner table.
"Supposing," I said, a
bunch of nuclear scientists
needed some small, watertight
containers with lock-on lids to
store uranium in? What would
you suggest?"
"How small?" asked my
wife.
"Oh. I don't know," I said
"About the size of an ordinary
pressure cooker, I guess.
She thought a while. "Pic
nic coolers," she said.
"No good."
"Why not? They're water
tight. They have lock-on lids
and they come in several
sizes."
"They're the wrong color,"
I said. "These containers have
to be aluminum colored, like
a kitchen pot."
She thought some more.
"Milk cans," she said.
"No good."
"Why not? They're water
tight with lock-on lids and
they're the right color."
"Too big."
China Plans Purge
Of 'Bad Elements'
Tokyo - il'PH - Red China
formally acknowledged the
existence of unrest among its
hungry millions Saturday, and
added ominously that '"bad
elements will be cleaned out"
of the government and the
Communist parly.
A communique issued at
the close of this week's Com
munist Central committee
meeting in Peiping also con
firmed reports that last year's
farm production failed to meet
planned goals. It repeated
previous statements blaming
"natural calamities" for crop
Submarine Completes
'Mission of Peace'
New London, Conn. - It'PD
George Washington, pioneer
ing Polaris missile firing nu
clear submarine, ended its his
toric "mission of peace" At
lantic patrol Saturday claim
ing a 67 day record for con
tinuous submersion.
The 380-foot grey killer sub
marine has been prowling the
Atlantic since Nov. 15 with a
full load of 16 Polaris mis
siles "docked and in a state
of readiness" at all times. The
vessel fired its first Polaris
last July.
DUNCAN SEES REBIRTH
Madras -IUPU- House Speak
er Robert Duncan, D-Medford,
said Friday night the inaugu
ration of President John F.
Kennedy means a "rebirth of
the Democratic party."
"Why don't these scientists
just make what they want?
Can t they design the con
tainers and order some made
up?"
"They haven't got time," I
explained. "It's a matter of
life and death. The uranium
is probably lying around in
piles, getting critical."
"I give up," she said.
"Pressure cookers," I said.
"Ordinary pressure cookers,
plucked from the prosaic
world of the pantry."
"No," she said. "They
wouldn't work. They have a
little valve in the lid. They
aren't watertight. The ura
nium would leak out."
"Good grief!" I exclaimed.
"I wonder if they know that
out at Aerojet!"
Now I've got her working
on how lo start a stalled car
with a hairpin.
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Contracts to Plant
Tree Seedlings Are
Awarded by Bureau
Portland - Contracts for
planting approximately 2,142,-
000 two-year-old seedling trees
on tracts throughout Oregon
were awarded recently by the
bureau of land management,
department of the interior.
The Medford district of the
BLM will receive portions of
1,500,000 dougias fir seedlings,
and up to 640,000 ponderosa
pine seedlings, according to
the area administrator.
Wayne W." Young of Myrtle
Creek was given contracts for
planting 134,000 trees in the
Medford district, and South
ern Oregon Reforestation com
pany, Medford, will plant 262,
000 trees at a cost of $8,902.
Other contracts went to Elmer
W. Beier, Eagle Point, 279,000
in Medford, at $9,416; and
Paul J. Blair, Medford, 207,
000 trees at $7,890.
Planted Throughout District
Jacks A. Thomson, forester
for the local BLM district, said
the trees would be planted
throughout the Medford dis
trict, but specifically near
Butte Falls, in the Wilderville
burn area, and in the Buck
mountain area near Klamath
Falls.
Bids for planting 127,000
seedlings on three Medford
projects will be opened by the
Portland BLM office teb. t
The planting contracts are all
LONG CORRIDOR
New York-IUPII-A vice pres
ident of the New York Central
Railroad today gave up the
mop he had swabbed the long
corridors of Grand Central
terminal with during the rail
road strike. James Boisi, in
charge of central real estate,
dumped the mop in a closet
and sighed: "I never realized
that corridor was so long."
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part of the bureau s Oregon
reforestation program that in
volves about 25,000 acres per
year. Work on the projects
will start immediately, and is
scheduled to be completed by
early spring.
Planting is done at this time
of year because of favorable
weather conditions, and be
cause seedlings now are dor
mant. '
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Frigidaire Salesman, Says
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because the Automatic S o a k
Cycle gives them the flexibility . ,
to wash denims, diapers and
even woolen blankets safely. t
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The first pub to open its doori
in this previously dry town to
day offered two free bottlej
of beer each day for a year
for the best suggestion for a
name.
RETIRED OFFICIAL DIES
Canton, N. C. - UIPU - Fu
neral services will be held
Wednesday for H. A. Helder,
74, retired vice president o!
Champion Paper and Fibra
company.
COLLEGE MANAGER DIES
Greensboro, N. C. - fllTO
E. Ray Hodgin, 67, business
manager of North Carolina
A&T college here since 1923,
died Monday.
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