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CAR STRANDED This is one o hundreds the stale was paralyzed by Us worst winter
of cars left stranded along highways around storm in many years. An average of seven
Brownsburg, Ind., after the central part of Inches of snow fell in the area.'
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Moroccans Swear Allegiance To
New King; Mohammed V Dies
' Rabat. Morocco - fUPD - The
princes and priests of Morocco
today swore allegiance to a
new king, 33-year-old Moulay
Hassan, catapulted to the
throne by the sudden death of
his popular father, King Mo
hammed V.
The young crown prince be
came King Hassan II Sunday
a few hours after his 51-year-old
father died of heart fail
ure following what had been
expected to be a minor nasal
operation. '
The prince's assumption of
supreme power came at a
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critical time In Morocco's jto-
sitlon between East and West.
Stepping into the shoes of
his powerful father, Moulay
Hassan faced difficult tasks in
rallying feuding political par
ties and handling Morocco's
increasingly delicate relations
with the West and Russia.
Morocco, which occupies a
strategic position on the Medi
terranean, recently has begun
a drift away from strong ties
with the West into closer re
lations with the Soviet Union.
A treaty covering U.S. mili
tary bases in Morocco is due
to expire In 1963.. ' i
Prince Moulay Abdullah,
the younger brother of Mou
lay Hassan, was the . first to
pledge. his allegiance to the
new monarch today. He was
followed by other members of
the royal family and the
Moroccan oulemas, or Moslem
religious leaders and advisers.
The nation today began sev
en days of mourning for King
Mohammed, whose body lay
in a mausoleum inside the
royal palace. The funeral was
set for Tuesday.
The king's heart failed 10
minutes after completion of
an operation for "disection of
the nasal membrane", in the
palace clinic. Doctors tried
vainly to revive him by pas
saging his heart.
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i New York-dlPD - .Selective
demand held stocks firm to
day. '
Steels showed small frac
tional gains where changed
while autos ranged from
higher in Chrysler to Vs low
er In GM. Leading rails were
narrowly mixed.
Among the oils, Union Oil
of California gained 1 but
Skclly backed down 134..AMF
gained 2 and Brunswick l'i
on 12,000 shares in a delayed
opening among the bowling
Issues, Flintkite tacked on l'A
in building materials, Polaroid
2 '4 in cameras, and Goodyear
1V6 in the rubbers.
Electronics were erratic
with IBM up 10 on a Into start,
Litton up 3i and RCA up
1 while Minneapolis Honey
well and Texas Instruments
shed around 2 apiece. Bendix
lost 1V6.
Oregon Legislature, on 50th Day or Session,
Characterized by Restraint, Political Caution
Cereal Food Prices
Expected to Mount
Washington -IUPD- The Ag
riculture Department predicts
that retail prices of cereal
foods, Including bread, will
rise slightly this year.
The department says the
increase will be due to anoth
er round of increases in mar
keting charges, further growth
in the spread between farm
and consumer prices for
wheat and other cereal crops.
The report also says civilian
consumption of wheat foods
was tip slightly in 1060. This
was an Increase in total con
sumption, however, not an in
crease in per-capita consumption,
'Flying Grandpa'
On World Jaunt
Miami, Fla. - (UPI) - "Flying
Grandpa" Max Conrad, 58,
took off In a small, twin-engine
plnne at 5:07 a.m. (pst)
today on a 25,000-mile around-thc-world
flight that he hopes
will break three existing rec
ords.
Conrad, who already holds
several world flying records,
will try to make the flight in
nine days.
The Winona, Minn., pilot
will carry a passenger with
him for the first time on 'one
of his globe-circling hops.
Designated as an official ob
server to see that Conrad ad
heres to all regulations during
the flight was Richard Jen.
nlngs, a newsman.
Gasoline Price War
Looms at Portland
Porllnnd-WPH- A simmering
gasoline price war became a
hot contest here today when
an independent gasoline deal
er lowered his prices on regu
lar gasoline to 19.9 cents.
John L. Dnskalos, owner of
the Rapid Car Wash said he
was socking a fair gasoline
market price for all retail gas
oline dealers In Portland. He
added that he expects to lose
about $1,000 a week in the
process. He has hired 10 ad
ditional attendants to handle
an expected rush.
Daskalos said that under
present marketing conditions
he cannot make enough profit
to Justify time and effort in
volved in telling gasoline.
Salem - iUPD - The 1961 Ore
gon legislature, characterized
by restraint and political cau
tion, is likely to achieve some
starts In new fields and a lot
of housekeeping, but more
sweeping legislation will prob
ably be swept aside by the
moderates to await a more
dashing session.
That's the opinion of legis
lative leaders of both parties
in both houses as the session
arrive at its halfway target
date. Today is the 50th day,
and both House Speaker Rob
ert Duncan (D-Medford) and
Senate President Harry Boi
vin (D-Klamath Falls) still
see a 100-day session as a pos
sibility.
Most of the lawmaking
chiefs sum up this legislature
as a steady and industrious
body, but not particularly
daring. This, they say, is in
tune with the tempo of Oregon
voters these days, and borne
out by the political makeup of
both houses - a two-thirds
Democratic senate control led
by a Republican-Conservative
Democrat coalition, and a
house only slightly more lib
eral, in spite of the fact that
the GOP lacks just one man
of an even split with the Dem
ocrats.
In Eisenhower Era ,
"Oregon is still in the Eiscn
hower era," says Duncan,
"and accordingly this is a
moderate, . middle-of-the-road
legislature. Everyone recog
nizes that no one has the
strength to bull his way
through. . .
"It is a careful legislature,
says Boivin, "and hardwork
ing - definitely not a do-nothing
session. It's a little un
usual in trying to keep expens
es down. It will not be carried
away with programs simply
because they are new and nov
el."
Oddly, criticism of the slow
pace comes from a Republi
can, House. Minority Leader
F. F. Montgomery of Eugene,
"The legislature is working
much harder this time than
in previous sessions," he says,
"but it is reluctant to change,
to move ahead. .
Consensus is that the leg
islature ; will approve these
big items: A start on tgov
e r n m e n t reorganization,, a
compromise timber tax plan,
an increase in basic school
support, a labor elections bill,
a compromise reapportion
ment plan, minor changes in
welfare, and economy bills to
facilitate space age develop
ment, oil exploration and in
dustry. Health Clinics Seen
The odds, are good for an
increase in community college
support, a start on mental
health clinics. In addition,
there will be hundreds of
housekeeping revisions of
laws governing highways and
vehicles, elections, welfare,
education, labor and criminal
law.
Very little chance is given
for three-way workmen's com
pensation or a "little Land-
rum-Gnffin bill. Increases in
workers benefits, tax reform,
a cigarette tax, changes in the
school fund distribution for
mula, compulsory auto insur
ance, or a bill to control trad
ing stamps.
There will probably be
some cuts, and some additions,
to Gov. Mark Hatfield's budg
et, but the $359 million total
appears likely to remain about
the same. i
Two things appear certain
voters, who have turned down
such things as higher salaries
for legislators and repeal of
the death penalty in the past,
will be asked to give their
verdict on these, and some
new items, again at the next
election.
And the legislature, having
rejected the recommendations
of many of its last set of in
terim committees, before it
goes home will create a new
set to think over problems
ranging from tax to family
happiness during the next two
years.
LINEUP OF ISSUES
Reorganisation - Approval
is likely for less controversial
aspects of Gov. Mark Hat
field's plan to give Oregon a
cabinet system of government.
Chances for extreme changes,
such as abolishing the welfare
commission and the board of
control, are slim. The gover
nor may get a little more pow
er over tile welfare adminis
trator. Tax - The house may pass
a bill to repeal the business
inventory tax, or even all per
sonal property tax, but the
senate is reluctant. Senate tax
committee members predict a
deadlock that will kill income
tax reform, tax cuts, and a to
bacco tax. The elderly may
get some tax relief on their
homes, and a timber tax, like
ly a compromise, is consider
ed a must by both houses.
Budget-Hatfteld's $359 mil
lion figure is considered real
istic, though the legislature
may cut some of Hatfield's
Items and add some of its own
instead. These could Include
classroom television and sum
mer work camps.
Medicare - This depends on
congress. If President Ken
nedy's social security plan
passes it would free some $5
million, now planned for med
icare in Oregon, for other
items.
Reapportionment -After
some political Infighting,
"ideas will jell" and the leg
islature will probably agree
on a compromise between cit
ies, rural areas, and politicians
of both parties.
Schools - State support will
be hiked, but the manner of
distributing the funds may be
"a bitter fight." Odds are the
lawmakers will end up by
making few, if any, changes
in the present distribution for
mula. Labor - An elections pro
cedures bill will probably be
the only big one approved. If
Medford
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1961
Degenerate Sought
For Killing of Girl
New York - (UPI) - Police
today found their first con
crete clue to the identity of
the drunken degenerate whose
twisted passions led him to
rape, beat and kill Edith
(Googie) Kiecorius, 4.
The battered body of the
pretty little girl was found
Sunday in a filthy slum room
on the West Side. The room
had been rented to a Fred
Thompson, a toothless, beer-
swilling little man now the
focus of a nationwide search.
Fingerprints Found
Police said today finger
prints found in the room and
description of the man have
identified him as the holder
of a temporary cabaret work
ing card issued Nov. 13, 1953.
At that time Thompson lived
in the Prince Hotel on the
Bowery.
It was believed Thompson
got the card to work in a
restaurant kitchen.
Some 20,000 face sketches
and a nationwide alarm were
issued for the man who rent
ed the $8-a-week trash-littered
room under the name of Fred
Thompson. He was described
as five feet, three Inches tall,
sandy-haired and in his early
50s. He was last seen Wednes
day' one hour before Googie
disappeared while playing in
front of her uncle's apartment
house two blocks from
Thompson's room, touching
off one of the most intensive
searches in the city's history.
Neighborhood Scoured
Police scoured the run
down Manhattan neighbor
hood with sketches of Thomp
son in a hunt for acquain
tances. One report said per
sons in two bars identified
him and described him as a
troublemaker, police have
good fingerprints from more
than 40 beer cans that littered
his room.
Instrument Failure
Blamed for Crash
Portland - HOT - A spokes
man indicated Sunday that
the crash of an Air National
Guard F-89J jet fighter near
here Saturday was caused by
instrument failure.
The plane's pilot, Lt.
Charles D. Lomax, 28, Port
land, and its radar observer,
Capl. Louis E. Hamilton, 30,
Monmouth, parachuted to
safety.
The jet plummeted down in
an isolated area about 10
miles northwest of Portland.
It's wreckage was scattered
over several hundred yards.
Both men were taken to the
base hospital here but Lomax
was released Sunday. Hamil
ton's condition was described
as good.
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SUSPECT A massive nation
wide search has been launched
for the degenerate slayer of
Edith Kiecorius, . 4, by New
York City police. This sketch
shows the facial' characteris
tics of, the suspect, described
as male white, 50 to 55 years
old, five feet three inches tall,
140 to 150 pounds, fair com
plexion, sandy straight hair,
and no teeth. (UPI Telephoto)
Independence Boy
Severely Burned
Salem -IUPD- A 12-year-old
Independence boy was in
"fairly good" condition at
Salem General Hospital to
day in spite vof severe burns
received when a cleaning
fluid burst into flames in his
garage Sunday. - '
Police said the boy, Loyd
Ray Hedrick, was working on
his bicycle near a hot stove in
the garage when a solvent
caught fire.
The boy's grandfather, Le
roy E. Hedrick, and a nearby
gas station attendant, George
Dixon, broke open the garage
doors and doused the boy's
flaming clothes. They said
smoke was so dense they at
first were unable to find the
boy.
Sacramento Students
Join Latest Craze
Sacramento, Calif.-(UPD-The
latest college craze has hit
Sacramento.
A group of 80 American
River Junior college students
pushed a roller bed In relays
40 miles from Marysville to
Sacramento Sunday in eight
hours and five minutes to
claim a new world title.
The said they had bettered
a University of British Colum
bia student crew by 20 minutes.
: Portland -IUPD- Vernon Sid
ney Price, 21, Port Orford,
one of two men who escaped
from the Salem city jail Sat
urday, turned himself in to
police Sunday.
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the senate, they face nearly
certain death in the house.
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sation is a question mark. The
senate is likely to block any
hikes in labor benefits.
Economy - Bills, and funds,
to encourage development are
likely.
Constitution -A commission
will be created to work on
overhauling and updating the
document in accordance with
a mandate from the voters.
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