Wi
Basic School
Cuts Would Hurt
Poorer Districts
Transportation
Not To Be Reduced
SALEM (UPI) -Cuts in basic
school support will hit poor dis
tricts hardest, School Finance
Director L. E. Marschat told the
Ways and Means Committee
here today.
In outlining effects of the pro
posed $10.8 million cut in state
school aid, he said allotments
for transportation would not be
reduced.
But for each $1 million reduc
tion, growth allotments would be
cut $33,000, equalization would
be reduced $193,400, and the al
lotment for each census child
would be down $1.77.
Sen. L. W. Newbry, R-Ash-land,
said the effect of cuts at
the local level would be com-i
pounded because payments from
the irreducable school fund,
which this year totaled $5.1 mil
lion, would be only $2 million
next year.
Deputy Superintendent of the
Education Department, James
Turnbull, outlined $2.8 million in
operating cuts ordered for the
department by the governor. He
. said elimination of the $1.3 mil
lion community college construc
tion program was ordered by
the governor.
Enrollments Up
Robert Hatten, head of the
community college program,
said enrollments were up 22 per
cent this year to 4,200 full time
equivalent students.
He said another 20 per cent
could be handled with present
facilities, but noted that several
high schools now housing com
munity college classes are push
ing out the programs because
of their own space needs.
It was explained that defer
ment of the community college
construction program, as well
as many of the other cuts pro
posed by t h e governor's auster
ity program, were pushing the
fiscal problem into the next bi
ennium. Thursday afternoon the Ways
and Means Committee reviewed
cuts in the state's mental insti
tutions and hospitals, and wel
fare department reductions.
(Pickup 4th pgh: Mental Health
Mental Health Administrator
Dr. J. H. Treleaven said "men
tal health is going to suffer as
a result of the cuts, there's no
doubt of it.
Long Struggle Noted
"We have struggled in this
state a long time, but have
made major improvements in
the past 10 years. We have aim
ed these cuts at quantity, not
quality. I oppose going back to
the kind of programs we had 15
years ago."
He said the staff-patient ratio
at state hospitals had been cut
"dangerously thin" as a result
of the reductions.
Welfare Administrator Andrew
Juras detailed the $1.6 million
welfare cuts ordered by the gov
ernor, and warned reductions in
institution budgets could result
in more people being placed on
nursing heme care.
He said there now are 6,500
nursing home beds in Oregon,
and that 3,640 are occupied by
welfare cases.
He noted that in addition to
the cuts ordered as a result of
the Oct. 15 referendum, the de
partment had to reduce general
assistance aid because it was
$234,000 over budget already this
biennium.
Little Girl Removed
From House on Fire
ASHLAND An overstuffed
chair and part of a wall at the
home of Wes Smith, 221 Oak St.,
caught fire Thursday afternoon,
causing a minor amount of dam
age to the house.
Ashland firemen said they re
moved a little girl from a
smoke-filied upstairs room. She
was apparently unhurt. It re
quired only half an hour for
firemen to control the situation.
PROGRESS REPORTED IN SALE TALKS
WASHINGTON (UPI Secretary of Stale Dean Rusk said to
day that "some progress has been made" in negotiations to sell
American wheat to the Soviet Union. But he said he did not
know whether a deal would be completed.
HOME WINS ELECTION TO COMMONS
PERTH, Scotland (UPI 1 Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas
Home today won a seat In the House of Commons and called his
1,328-vote majority "a decisive vote of confidence in the government."
TRANSPLANT OF HUMAN HEART PREDICTED
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Dr.
Minnesota, said Thursday night
be successfully transplanted within "the next year, or two years.
FRENCH MILITARY BUDGET ADOPTED
PARIS (UPI) The national assembly adopted France's new
military budget of $3,974,000,000 early today, permitting Presi
dent Charles de Gaulle to proceed with his plans to create an Inde
pendent nuclear force.
amette
SUGGESTION CONSIDERED Sen. Margaret
Chase Smith, R-Maine, shown in her office
in Washington, is giving "serious considera
tion" to the suggestion that she seek the
Republican nomination for president and en
Two Reports Are
Accepted,
City Councilmen
Two separate reports having
no apparent relationship to each
other were accepted and filed
by the Medford City Council
last night.
In reality, there is a close
connection between the two re
ports. In part, one seems to
answer and to some extent,
refute the other.
One report was from the
Capital Improvements Commit
tee and recommended priorities
Two Elections Set
In Talent District
TALENT-Voters in the South
Talent Sanitary District will go
to the polls twice next month
to elect a new director and to
vote on a $135,000 bond issue.
The district board originally
planned to hold a single election
on both matters, but their bond
ing attorneys advised otherwise.
The board now has set Dec.
2 as the date for the director
election and Dec. 9 for the bond
vote. Both are Mondays.
The term of Don Grimes ex
pires this year, and Grimes has
indicated he does not plan to
run again. Candidates must get
signatures of 10 registered vot
ers in order to qualify for the
ballot.
One candidate, Art Oettinger,
has filed a petition, but it has
not yet been certified. Deadline
for filing of petitions is next
Tuesday. The term will be for
three years.
At the Dec. 9 election, voters
will decide whether or not to
authorize sale of $135,000 in
bonds to finance installation of
a sewer system to serve the
most populated portion of the
district, from the Talent city
limits south along both old and
new U. S. 99 to a point some
what south of the Lithia Drive-
in Theater.
MRS. FDR PRAISED
HYDE PARK, N. Y. (UPl)-
United Nations Ambassador Ad
lai Stevenson praised Eleanor
Roosevelt on the first anniver
sary of her death as the em
bodiment of "the vision and the
will to achieve a world in which
all men walk in peace and dig
nity." C. Walton Lillehei, professor of
a human heart probably would
ter the New Hampshire primary election in
March. Mrs. Smith does not plan, however,
to comment on the matter until Dec. 5 when
she speaks before the National Press Club in
Washington. (UPI)
Filed by
for various proposed major im
provement projects in the city.
The other report, which was
prepared by the city administra
tion, is a summary of informa
tion pertaining to property tax
rates, level of expenditures and
revenues for Medford and cer
tain other comparable cities in
uregon.
Lists Number of Items
The Capital Improvements
Committee's reported listed a
number of items which the
group felt were "imminentiy
necessary," but which it recom
mended not be undertaken un
til tne council nad taken "ac
tion to reduce existing city ex
penditures to a point more in
line with comparable commun
ities in Uregon.
The administration's report,
however, tended to demonstrate
that city expenditures in Med'
ford were, in general, not out
of line when compared with such
communities as Corvallis, Salem
and Eugene.
For example, figures obtain
ed for the Jackson County as
sessor s office showed that Med-
ford's property tax millage rate
tor 1963-64 was slightly below
average when compared with 16
other cities in Oregon.
Expresses Relationships
(A millage rate expresses a
numerical relationship between
the value of assessed property
and the amount of taxes levied.)
Astoria (110.6), North Bend
(102.3), Eugene (101.2), Spring
field (100.7), Coos Bay (100.4),
Burns (93.4), and Corvallis
(92.1) all have higher millage
rates this fiscal year than does
Medford, which has a total rate
of 89.1.
The report further revealed
that while nine communities in
Oregon increased their millage
rates this year, Medford was
among seven cities which re
duced their millage rates.
Both reports will be given
further study by the City Coun
cil and the Citizens Budget Com
mittee. Highwaymen Take
Gems From Truck
NEW YORK (UPI) - Four
daring highwaymen, two of
them wearing Halloween masks,
forced a jewelry messenger
truck to the curb a few blocks
from Times Square today and
hijacked an estimated $1 million
worth of gems.
Police said the robbery took
place shortly before 1 p.m. at
12th Ave. and 38th St. The gun
men, carrying three weapons,
intercepted the panel truck and
handcuffed six guards who were
protecting about 14 bags of
jewelry.
The men forced the guards
out of the truck and into a se
dan, drove them to 38th St. and
dumped them, police said. Two
of the gunmen fled in the se
dan and the other two roared
away in the jewelry truck.
Knights of Columbus
Elect Sfoyfon Man
NEW YORK UPI) -Edward
J. Bell of Stayton, Ore., was
named supreme warden Wed
nesday by the Knights of Colum
bus supreme board of directors.
Bell becomes one of eight su
preme officers and the only one
from the West Coast. He is the
first man from Oregon to serve
on the supreme council.
Two Candidates
Seek Position on
District Board
Two candidates are seeking
position on the Medford Irriga
tion District board. The annual
election is scheduled Tuesday,
Nov. 12.
The polling place will be the
residence at the Oak Grove
School, 2792 Jacksonville HiEh-
way. Polls will be open from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Candidates are Albert Huen-
ers, present chairman of the
board, and Wilton A. White.
Kirtland Road. The position is
for a three-year term beginning
Tuesday, Jan. 7.
To be eligible to vote in the
election a person must be at
least 21 years of age, be an
owner of two acres or more of
land within the irrigation dis
trict, and the deed must have
been recorded more than six
months prior to the election
date.
Must Show Contract
If the buyer of land in -the
district is under a sale contract,
he must show that the contract
for the two or more acres of
land has been recorded mors
than six months. A husband and
wife owning same property will
be allowed only one vote.
Where the land is in a mul
tiple ownership, the vote may
be cast by any one of the mul
tiple owners whose interest is
one-half or greater, or who
hole' : an authorization in writing
from one or more of the other
owners.
Only eligible voters in Pre
cinct 3 are entitled to vote in
the election, Precinct 3 is the
land in the district west of Kings
Highway, irrigation district of
ficials noted.
Fire at Empire
Takes Life of Man
EMPIRE, Ore. (UPI) -A fire
which was believed to have
started in an oil stove gutted a
two-story frame house south of
here Thursday night and
claimed the life of Gale Ray
mond Abbott, 54.
Abbott's body was found in a
bed on the second floor. The bed
had partially fallen through a
hole burned in the floor.
The fire was discovered about
8:30 p.m. by a neighbor. The
Charleston Rural Fire Depart
ment answered the alarm.
Eugene Man's Death
Declared Homicide
azeugene (UPI) The death of
a Southern Pacific Railroad
maintenance worker here has
been listed as homicide, Lane
County Sheriff Harry Marlowe
said Thursday.
Lawrence Pinkham. 53. was
found dead in his cabin Satur
day. Marlowe said he apparent
ly was beaten to deatn.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Rain, ii llnui
heavy, tonight and Saturday,
Low tonight 43. High 8aturda
50.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 44
Lowest This Morning . 43
Preclp.
To 10 a.m. Today 98
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:3? p.m.
Sunrlte tomorrow 8:54 a.m.
Moonrlan tomorrow 12:13 a.m.
New Moon ...Nov. 15
PROMINENT STAR
Regulus, near the Moon.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus. kU 3:28 p.m.
Saturn, due south 6:19 p.m
Junlter.
high In southern . . 7:34 P m.
Streams mmmg
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20 Pages Two Sections
Government
Hanna Smelting
WASHINGTON (UPI) -The
Justice Department today filed
suit in Portland, Ore., to recov
er more than $1.8 million from
the Hanna Mining Co. and the
Hanna Nickel Smelting Co. for
overcharges on a stockpiling
contract.
It was the first government
suit stemming from the stock
piling hearings conducted by
ben. Muart Symington, D-Mo.,
last year.
President Kennedy last year
expressed concern about excess
es in the government stockpile
of strategic materials and Sy
mington then began investigat
ing stockpile transactions, in
cluding the Hanna Nickel con
tract, a month later.
Humphreys Contract
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
said that the suit filed in Port
land today seeks to recover
overcharges on a contract nego
tiated by George Humphreys
just before he became, secre
tary of treasury in the Eisen
hower administration.
The contracts were based on
the defense production act,
which was designed to encour
age domestic production of stra
tegic materials like nickel which
previously had to be imported.
Kennedy said the government
advanced more than $20 million
to the smelting company to
develop nickel production facil
ities in Riddle, Ore.
The smelting company pro
cessed ore mined at Riddle, by
the mining company.
The government agreed to buy
125 million pounds of nickel at
prices partly related to produc
tion cost, according to tne com
plaint. But tne company Dasea lis
price for the nickel on cost fig
ures which included tne pur
chase price of machinery for
which the government had paid,
the complaint added.
Because of incorrect account
ine entries, the smelting com
pany overstated its production
cost and the government has
Reminders Issued fo
Jacksonville People
JACKSONVILLE - City coun
cilmen issued two reminders
to Jacksonville residents today
in view of the rainy weather
during the week.
Property owners were remind
ed of the ordinance passed last
winter which provides that they
must keep all waterways and
drainage ditches clear of debris
in order to lessen the chance
of flooding in the city.
The council this week gave
property owners until the end
of next week to comply with the
ordinance. If compliance is not
forthcoming, the ordinance gives
the city authority to do the
cleanup work itself and charge
it to the property owner.
Councilmen also warned all
residents and visitors to be
careful when driving over the
sewer ditches in the city. The
rain has softened the earth
which was used to fill in sewer
trenches after pipe was laid
during the summer, and numer
ous vehicles have become stuck
in the mud.
James Frake Ties
In Writing Contest
NORFOLK, Va. (UPI) -Dav
id Lawrence Jr., of Bradenton,
Fla., and a student at the Uni
versity of Florida, Thursday
night won the undergraduate
news writing contest at the an
nual convention of Sigma Del
ta Chi, professional journalism
society.
The contestants were judged
on stories based on a speech by
Glenn Scaborg, chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission, to
about 600 journalists attending
the convention and on an inter
view and press conference with
Scaborg.
David M. Brown of Blackfoot,
Idaho and a student at the Uni
versity of Idaho, won second
prize.
Three students tied for third
place. They were D. C. Flippen
Jr., of Richmond and Washing
ton and Lee University; James
R. Frake, of Medford, Ore., and
the University of Oregon and
Lloyd H. Westlen, of Detroit and
Wayne State University.
Lowell Thomas
Has Heart Attack
DETROIT (UPI) -News com
mentator Lowell Thomas suf
fered a mild heart attack and
will be hospitalized for an Indef
inite period, his doctors said to
day.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
been overcharged $1,816,798 for
nickel delivered so far, the com
plaint continued.
It asked for recovery of this
amount and interest.
Some 17 million pounds of
nickel still is to be delivered un
Juvenile Advisory
Jury Returns First
Verdicts forjudge
ASHLAND - The Ashland
Juvenile Advisory Jury, a group
of high school and college stu
dents participating in an ex
perimental program with Judge
Richard C. Cottle of Ashland
Municipal Court, returned its
first verdicts last night.
It considered five cases in
volving 12 young men, ranging
in age from 17 to 19. The charg
es ranged from reckless driving
to illegal possession of alco
holic beverages. All pleaded
guilty.
The courtroom, moved up-
Man Hospitalized
In Grants Pass
After Shooting
GRANTS PASS (UPI) -Ger
ald Norvin Frye, 47, was in fair
condition at Josephine County
Hospital today after a shooting
in a remote area of the wild
Rogue River country Wednesday
nigni.
His wife, Florence Ellen, 50.
was held in the Douglas Countv
jail at Roseburg on a charge of
assault witn a dangerous wea
pon. She was scheduled to be
taken to Gold Beach today for a
preliminary neanng.
State Police at Rosebure said
f rye was shot In the abdomen
with a 9 mm Lugar pistol at
the couple's home some 37 miles
southwest of Glendale.
A cousin, Norman Frye,
walked five miles to a road,
from where he hitched a ride to
Glendale Wednesday night and
reported the shooting. Glendale
authorities called State Police at
Roseburg.
It took a stretcher crew nearly
12 hours to get the wounded'
man across the Rogue River
and carry him to a road, from
where he could be taken to a
hospital.
Duncan Visions No
Early Adjournment
PORTLAND (UPI) -Rep.
Robert Duncan, D-Ore., said to
day he did not foresee any early
adjournment of Congress.
Duncan, who arrived here for
a week's visit to his home state,
said it was "probably my only
opportunity to get back to Ore
gon this year."
He was here today to talk to
a City Club luncheon.
Regarding the special legisla
tive session opening in Salem
Monday the fon.ier House speak
er quipped, "I'm in Congress.
You've got 90 people down
there in Salem and I'm going
to leave the solution to them.
He predicted a two-year ex
tension of the Jones Act modi
fication and more pressure for
higher grazing fees on public
domain.
Maurine Neuberger Proposes Health
Warning Label on Each Package of
(UPI)
SEN. NEUBERGER
'Smoke Screen' Author
58th Year
Tribune
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8,
Sues
der the contracts. The com
plaint said the contract price to
the government for this nickel
also is too high. The suit asked
that the price be lowered from
58.77 to 57.70 cents per pound
for the remaining nickel.
stairs from its usual quarters
to '"'e Ashland City Council
chambers, had a solemn Atmos
phere. Between the jurors, de
fendants and onlookers, there
was standing room onlv.
The jury considered the cases
in two sessions, leaving the
room alter each to deliberate,
Students on Jury
Twelve st'ldents. six from
Ashland High School and six
from Southern Oregon College,
are serving on the jury. Six,
three from each institution,
serve each Thursday night, with
me two groups alternating
Judge Cottle launched t h e
program in hopes that it will
reduce the incidence of juvenile
misbehavior in the area and
also give those young persons
serving on the jury a chance to
give the adult world a better
imee of their generation.
The proram has been tried in
a few other communities around
the nation, notably in Jackson
ville, Fla., where it has been
credited with cutting juvenile
crime in half in one year.
judge Cottle hopes that hav
ing juvenile offenders question
ed ana judged by their peers
win take tne elamor out of
youthful misbehavior. .
At last night's debut, the jury
and the judge,-" who makes the
final decisions and imposes the
acfai sentences, saw pretty
mucn eye to eye.
Sentences Recommended
The young jurors recommend
ed these sentences:
A $20 fine on each charee
in me case or a voutn cited for
violation of basic rule and ex
cessive exhaust noise, and sus
pension of his driver s license.
The judge suspended imposi
tion of sentence for one week in
order to get a transcript of the
boy's driving record.
A $35 fine for an 18-yenr-old
charged with violation of basic
rule with an accident involved.
The judge concurred, but Indi
cated he might have imposed
a more narsn sentence.
"Campusing" (confining to
campus) through Nov. 17 for
three Southern Oregon College
youths, charged with illegal pos
session of alcoholic beverages.
The judge concurred, but added
a suspended $100 fine per youth,
to be assessed if the "campus
ing" restriction are not adhered
to.
Work detail on two week
ends for two college youths
charged with fireworks viola
tions. The judge concurred.
And a $20 fine per person
for five Medford and Jackson
ville youths charged with late
and unusual hours (2:35 a.m.)
on Halloween night. The judge
again accepted the recommen
dation.
EVROPEANS WARNED
BRUSSELS (UPI) - Vice
President Lyndon B. Johnson
warned Europeans today that if
tu-y nlsc tariff walls against
American products the United
States cannot afford indefinitely
to maintain defense forces in
Europe.
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen
Maurine B. Neuberger, D-Ore.,
proposed today that each pack
age of cigarettes be required to
carry a warning that smoking
can lead to lung cancer, heart
disease and other health risks.
The proposal was part of a
four-part attack on smoking
outlined by the attractive for
mer school teacher in her book,
Smoke Screen," which was
published today.
Mrs. Neuberger, a former
smoker, stopped short of advo
cating tobacco prohibition, but
she said there were "practical
and judicious measures which
can effectively be employed to
brake the rising roll of smok
ers." "It Is my purpose In this book
to enlist the support of my
I readers in the task of imple
capacity
Price 10 Cents
1963
No. 199
1
MISS WORLD Carole Joan
Crawford, 20, of Jamaica
smiles from her throne after
being selected as Miss World
in London. Picked from a field
of 40 aspirants from countries
around the world, the 34-22-:
beauty won $7,000 and a screen
test. (UFI)
Withdrawal ol
Men, Planes horn
Britain Scheduled
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
rwn. IVnartment announced
today that 2,650 American mill
tarv personnel and 41 bombers
and tanker planes win De witn-
drawn from Britain by next
July 1.
The withdrawal involves' the
closing of two of four bases in
Britain currently used by B47
bombers, and the return to tne
United States of 19 bombers
and 22 tanker planes.
The reduction amounts to ap
proximately 10 per cent since
there are now 25,000 U.S. mili
tary personnel and . approxi
mately 35,000 military depend
ents in Great Britain.
In London, informed sources
described the move as the first
in a series of reductions in U.S.
bomber, jet interceptor and air!
transport units in Britain, Spain
and France. The cuts will be
made during the next nine
months, it was said.
It was announced here, how
ever, that u.o. nuclear power
available for free world defense
is being increased by the addi
tion of Polaris submarines each
armed with 16 missiles. The
subs are being produced at the
rate of one a month.
Transient Lodged (or
Shoplifting in City
George Carrol Travis, 45, tran
sient, was lodged In Jackson
county jail Wednesday on
charge of shoplifting, according
to Medford police.
Travis was taken into custody
about 9 p.m. after he attempted
to take an item from a local
supermarket without paying for
it, police said.
menting such measures," she
said.
But Mrs. Neuberger offered
little hope of enlisting her fel
low senators to enact legislation
which would carry out any anti
smoking program. She proposed
that the program be implement
ed by administrative orders
"within the framework of exist
ing legislation."
Mrs. Neuberger's book was
the signal bell for what is ex
pected to be a difficult round
for the tobacco Industry In the
battle against any action that
would curtail sale of Its pro
ducts. A special committee has been
appointed to deal the industry
a severe blow late this year by
reporting that there is a def
inite link between smoking and
A,.
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Santiam River
Expected To Crest
Over Flood Stage
More Rainfall
Forecast Tonight
By United Press International
Soaking reins sent streams
up In Oregon today and the
Weather Bureau said many trib
utaries in the Willamette Valley
would reach the bankfull stage -this
afternoon.
Moderate to substantial rises
were forecast for the Willamette
River in the next two days but
the main stem stream was not
expected to flood.
The Santiam River at Jeffer
son rose nearly seven feet in 24
hours and was expected to
crest a foot and a half over
flood stage this afternoon.
More rain was forecast tonight
on the heels of a storm that
brought nearly an inch in 24
hours to several areas. Snow
fell at higher elevations, with a
foot reported overnight at Toll-
gate in the Blue Mountains.
There were 30 inches on the
ground at Timberline Lodge on
Mt. Hood.
Gusty winds accompanied
Thursday's rain with the coast
recording velocities up to 95
miles per hour along the Ore
gon coast. There were no re
ports of damage or of ships in
trouble, however.
The Yaquina Bay Coast Guard
Station near Newport had
steady winds of 50 to 60 miles
per hour at 3:30 p.m., with oc
casional gusts to 80.
The higher winds were mea
sured at some exposed and ele
vated headlands.
At Winchester Bay, wind
gauges showed a steady 40 mile
an hour gale, with a few gusts
to 60. Garibaldi and the PL
Adams Coast Guard Station near
Astoria had readings in the 30
40 range.
Heavy rains came with the
storm In most areas.
Highway crews worked to
clear a slide on Route F about
Vh. miles east of Mapleton. The
slide covered the road complete
ly. Another slide was reported
west ot Mapleton.
The U.S. weatner Bureau m
Portland reported gusts up to 50
miles an nour in the namor, out
said It did not consider wind
warnings necessary for either
the Willamette Valley or the
Portland area. .
warnings remain uu.-
Pyea loaay ok ino w icr
southerly winds 30 to 40 knots
from Tutoosh to Cape Blanco.
Storm Brings .68
Inch of Moisture
Today has been the Medford
vicinity's rainiest day so far
this fall.
Medford station of the U. S.
Weather Bureau reported .68 of
an inch of precipitation from
midnight to 10 a.m. today.
Previous heaviest rain for a
midnight to midnight period was
.61 on Oct. 22.
This morning s rain brought
the total for November to 1.63
inches. The November fall of
95 inch to last midnight was
39 ebove normal. Seasonal total
was still .48 below normal. A
total of 2.62 had fallen from
Sept. 1 to midnight last night.
Seven Inches ot snow leu at
Crater Lake National Park last
night for a total of 22 inches
on the ground, park officials
reported today. However, a
warming trend early this morn
ing changed the snow to rain,
which is melting the snow.
Officials reported the rim
drive and the north entrance
to the park are closed.
Rain was reported on the sum
mits of all major highways out
of the valley.
Rain, heavy at times, is fore
cast through Saturday. The five,
day forecast for western Oregon
predicts above normal precipi
tation. Hazard
Cigarettes
lung cancer, heart disease and
other ailments.
Mrs. Neuberger said a host
of surveys left no doubt there
was a link between smoking
and lung cancer, heart disease,
emphysema, cancer of the blad
der, gastric and duodenal ul
cers, bronchitis, pneumonia, in
fluenza, and other diseases,
She ' said her "best guess"
was that there would be 300,000
to 500,000 fewer deaths each
year if it were not for smok
ing. In addition, she said,
there probably are about 1 mil
lion or 2 Trillion persons in this
country who are "disabled to
some degree by the effect of
smolcing cigarettes."