Capitol
SALEM (UPI) It is the com-
piacent middle-aged driver with
years of motoring experience
who is writing a bloody record
of tragedy on Oregon's high
ways this year.
This is the startling conclu
sion drawn by officials who are
trying to find the "why" behind
this year's record traffic death
toll.
Traffic Safety Director How
ard Eddy said "we're not get
ting our message across to the
already driving individuals."
Statistics s h 0 w ine erizzlv
Jump in the death toll is not the ,
Grants Pass Police
Arrest Juveniles
GRANTS PASS - Because of
some quick action by a Grants
Pass policeman, two Portland
juveniles were taken into cus
Imly here Tuesday morning
minutes after a theft from a lo
cal service station and minutes
before the car they were driv
ing was reported taken from
Sweet Home.
Officer James Duncan, new
est member of the Grants Pass
Police force, was in a car pa
Irolling his predawn beat when
he saw a car headed north on
Sixlh Street, a one-way street
carrying soulhhound traffic
from Interstate 5.
At the same instant he re
ceived a call from the city po
lice stalion that a car of the
same description had just fill
ed up at a local service stalion
and left without paying. Noti
fying the police station, Dun
can gave chase and stopped the
car jusl as it reached the free
way and City Police Sgt. Ger
ald Hemphill arrived at the
scene.
As the suspects were being
pi. iced in the police car, an
other message came over its
radio the vehicle they were
driving had just been reported
stolen from Sweet Home. Sus
pects were taken to Josephine
County jail to await action, and
the stolen vehicle was taken to
the cily police station.
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Middle-Aged Said
Behind Traffic Toll
result of wild-eyed youngsters,
or ine over-6D group.
Statistics also show that com
placency mixed with speed is
the recipe for death.
n greater impact speed in
collisions has occurred this
year," Eddy said.
But Eddy is quick to point
out there is no simple answer
to the problem. 1
As of Dec. 16, the death toll
this year was 527. The previous
record of 492 was set in 1959,
and last year's toll was 485.
The death rate, which zoomed
to frightening heights earlier
this year, has been slowing
down in recent months.
Last December, for example,
48 persons were killed on the
highways. But as of Dee. 16 this
year 13 had died, compared
with 24 for the first 13 days of
last December.
Officials fear the total may
top 550 before the year ends.
Traffic volume is up 4 per
cent. The accident rate is up 4
per cent. The death rate is up
16 per cent.
To put it another way, last
year 5.25 persons died f 0 r
every 100-million miles of high
way travel in Oregon. This year
the rate is 5.93.
Eddy said "driver education
is paying off," and added that
statistics prove the value of
high school driver training pro
grams. He said speed appears to be
the basic element in this year's
record toll, "and I'm not talk
ing about the 90 mile per hour
wildman.
"It's just that cars are going
faster when they collide. People
lack knowledge of what are
safe speeds under certain con
ditions." Eddy explained,
ported that nearly 30 per cent
ported that nearly 30 per cetn
of the traffic deaths this year
involved persons thrown from
their cars at the time of im
pact. It added many of these
lives would have been saved by
seat belts.
Eddy said there had been 45,
400 accidents as of Dec. 13 this
year, compared with 43.800 at
this time last year.
About the final days of this
year. Eddy could only comment,
"caution, holiday ahead."
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HOLIDAY BAKING Tree trimming time is here, and with it
the traditional baking of gay Christmas cookies in their myriad
holiday forms of bells, trees, boots, wreaths, Santas, reindeer
and other appropriate motifs. Cookie recipes and other holiday
cooking suggestions in our columns today.
Feeding the Family
ZOLITA
Food
Christmas Cookies Prettier,
Tastier Than Ever
Christmas cookies this year
should be prettier and tastier
than ever, and with comparably
little effort on the part of to
day's modern homemaker. With
cookie mixes, easy-to-do-butter
cookie recipes, push-button dec
orating tubes filled with colorful
frostings, red and green maras
chino cherries for cutting into
fanciful shapes or for simply
chopping and sprinkling over
freshly baked and frosted cook
ies, sugar sparkles and other
i festive Christmas-type decora
tions, cookie-making takes on
an allure for even the most
novice of cooks.
Call in the whole family dur
ing cookie-baking time, the re
sults may not be completely
professional, but you and the
youngsters will have had a lot
of fun.
Jam-Filled Kipfels
Tender Flaky Morsels
If ever there were tender
(laky morsels of goodness to
tempt mere mortals, here they
are. Jam-tilled hiplols are
made with a butter and cream
cheese pastry of almost incom
parable tenderness, the pastry
can, of course, be used in all
the many ways of pastry. Re
cipe makes approximately 32
crescent-shaped goodies. Pastry
will keep well several days in
the refrigerator.
1 cup (2 sticks) butler at
room temperature
!-i teaspoon salt
1 8-ounce package cream
cheese
1 tablespoon dairy sour cream
2 cups silled Hour
Apricot or raspberry jam
Cream butter together with
salt, cream cheese and dairy
sour cream. Sift in flour: mix
and knead until quite smooth (a
small additional amount of flour
may be needed). Gather dough
into a ball, wrap in waxed
paper and chill at least three
hours.
Divide pastry into four parts;
shape each into a ball. Roll out
very thin. Cut in four-inch
squares. Each ball of dough
should make eight squares.
Spread each square with one
rounded teaspoon raspberry or
apricot jam. Koll squares from
corner to corner: shape into
crescents; seal both ends. Place
on greased baking sheet: bake
20 to 25 minutes in moderately
hot. 400 degree, oven. Cool on
rack.
Nutmeg Cut-out Cookies
Sift together 13 cups sifted
all-purpose (lour, two teaspoons
double-acting baking powder
and one-fourth teaspoon salt.
Set aside to use later. Ulend to
gether one-half cup (one stick)
softened butter, 34 teaspoon
ground nutmeg and one cup su
gar. Beat in one egg. Stir in
(lour mixture.
Chill dough overnight or sev
eral hours or until stiff enough
to roll. Roll one-half the dough
at a time to 1 IS inch thickness
on a lightlv lloured noara.
! Shape as desired with cookie
cutters. Place on ungrcascd
i cooky sheets. Decorate before
, baking as desired with colored
; sugar, raisins, almonds or pe
1 cans. Or wait and decorate with
I Butler Frosting after baking.
I Bake in a preheated moderate.
375 degree, oven 10 to 12 mm-
7 I utes or until lightly browned at
Ji edges.
A Butter Frosting. Mix one-half
!V cup (one stick) butler until
T I fluffy. Add two cups sifted con
jjj fectioners' sugar alternately
Jf with one to two tablespoons
1j i milk or light cream, mixing
T 1 well after each addition, until
desired consistency. Add one-
half teaspoon vanilla or almond Apprllirr or halad
iract as desired. Bolh handsome and satisfying
Famed Colonial Itcelpe as appetizer or as main dish
Eggnog for a Crowd salad is the combination of
If vou enjoy the satisfaction plentiful avocados and plentiful
nf making your own holiday1 pink grapefruit. Fill avocado
eggnog. we remind you of this 1 halves with pink grapefruit seg.
famed Colonial Eggnog which ments. or pink grapefruit half
has been favored for genera- j shells with avocado balls and
lions. Recipe makes 3 quarts j grapefruit segments. Pass
of eggnog or enough for 30 half- jFrwh diem.
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Editor
cup (four-ounce) portions.
Blend one-half cup sugar with
10 beaten egg volks in top of
double boiler. Slowly stir in one
quart scalded milk. Cook over
hot water, stirring constantly,
until mixture coats spoon. He-
move from heat; cool; stir;
then cover and chill thoroughly.
Add one-half teaspoon salt to
10 egg whites; beat until stiff.
Fold in one-fourth cup sugar
gradually. Whip one cup (one-
half pint) heavy cream. Fold
egg whites and whipped cream
into cooked mixture separately.
Add one-half cup brandy and
one-fourth cup light rum. Chill
several hours. Pour into pre
chillcd punch bowl; sprinkle
with nutmeg.
Additional brandy or rum
may be added at serving time.
Many westerners prefer Bour
bon as the additional "spirits."
F.ggnog Frozen Custard
Dairy eggnog that comes in
quarts from your milkman or
from refrigerated dairy foods
section at the super market
freezes well for serving as it
comes from the freezing tray;
but more often is used to make
this Eggnog Frozen Custard.
To serve, garnish with nutmeg
or top with whipped cream
swirl and chocolate shavings.
Beat one egg while until
frothy. Gradually beat in one
fourth cup sugar a tablespoon
at a time. Beat until stiff. Fold
into two cups dairy eggnog,
then fold in one cup whipping
cream that has been whipped.
Pour into a refrigerator tray
that has been lined with waxed
I paper or aluminum foil; sprin
Ikle with nutmeg and place in
' freezing compartment of re
frigerator. Stir frequently until
mixture holds its shape, then
freeze until firm. A dessert
de luxe.
Variety of Sauces
Ton Holiday Pics
Rrandicd Hard Sauce. Blend
one-fourth cup (one-half stick)
butter or margarine with three
fourths cup confectioners' su
gar. When creamy, add one
half teaspoon vanilla extract,
one-eighth teaspoon nutmeg and
two teaspoons brandy. Spread
out on a plate and chill. To
serve: cut into squares and
serve with mince, apple or
pumpkin pie. Makes three
fourths cup sauce.
Dale Cheese Topping. Com
bine one three-ounce package
cream cheese, one-lourtn cup
orange juice, one-fourth cup
chopped, pitted dates, one-half
teaspoon confectioners' sugar
and one teaspoon grated orange
I rind. Beat until fluffy. .Serve
with custard or pumpkin pic.
I Recipe makes two thirds cup
j topping.
Molasses Hard Saner. Blend
one-fourth cup (one-half stick)
! butter or margarine and thrcc
j fourths cup sifted confectioners'
sugar together. When creamy,
add one-eighth teaspoon nut
j meg and one and one-half table
I spoons unsulphured molasses.
: Spread out on a plate and chill.
To serve: cut inlo squares and
Serve with pumpkin or custard
pumpkin pie. Recipe makes
three-fourths cup hard sauce.
Fresh Orange Whip. Combine
one-half cup heavy cream
whip1cd. with one-half
cup
fresh orange sections. Serve
with custard or pumpkin pie.
Recipe makes one cup of whip.
.Molasses Whip Topping. Fold
one and one-half tablespoons
dark molasses inlo one-half cup
whipping cream, whipped,
serve with pumpkin or custard
pie. Recipe makes 1 cup lopping.
MLUKOItU MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
Advance Trip to
Hawaii Planned
By Trade Mission
A representative of the Port
land Commission of Public
Docks will make an advance trip
to Hawaii Dec. 16 to 20 to se
cure the cooperation of Hawaiian
officials for the proposed Oregon
trade mission to be conducted
there.
A letter from the Association
of Oregon Counties indicated
that a trade mission would fol
low on Feb. 9. One Oregon rep
resentative would be financed
by the Oregon counties. Repre
sentatives of various business
firms and various public offi
cials interested would have to
finance their own trips, the let
ter explained.
Exact financial and other de
tails will have to be worked
out after the December explora
tory trip, the letter stated.
Purpose of Mission
Primary purpose of the trade
mission is to establish contact
between Oregon firms and Ha
waiian businessmen. Considera
ble enthusiasm has greeted the
tentative plans so far, it was
noted at a luncheon meeting
Dec. 11 of the Oregon Trades
Commission.
The Jackson County Court has
appointed County Trade Com
mission of Russell Hoguc, Med
ford Corporation: Glenn Harri
son, Bear Creek Orchards; Ger
ald McGrew, McGrcw Lumber
Company; Martin Grier, Apple
gate cattleman; and Shelby Tut
tic, executive secretary for the
Medford Pear Shippers and
Fruit Growers League.
The AOC letter was in answer
to a telephoned request for addi
tional information made by
County Commissioner Edwin
Taylor who is in charge of the
local trade project. During a
Dec. 10 meeting with the Coun
ty Court interested businessmen
had asked (or more definite in
formation. Santa Plans Trip To
Montague Tonight
MONTAGUE Santa Claus is
coming to Montague at 7:30
0 clock tonight to climax the
annual community Christmas
party at the auditorium spon
sored by the Parent Teachers
Association. Mrs. Vera Clement
is the program chairman.
The school band will play sev
eral selections of Christmas mu
sic under the direction of Dan
Soars, who will also lead Ihe
community singing.
The school glee club will sing
a number of selections and the
Little Shasta School children
will put on a skit under the di
rection of their teacher, Mrs.
Paul Wcddle. Students of Alice
See's Dancing School will do a
few numbers.
Devotions will be led by Mrs.
Marjory Bowen of the Family
Fellowship Church, the Rev.
Elmer Adams of the First Bap
tist Church, and the Rev. Don
ald Donahue of the Yrcka Meth
odist Church, who also serves
the same church in Montague.
Santa Claus will distribute
sacks of Christmas treats which
have been financed by the vol
unteer fire department.
Unmanned Satellite
Launched by Russia
MOSCOW (UPI)-Thc Soviet
Union today launched another
unmanned satellite.
The official Soviet news agen
cy Tass said "Cosmos 24" car
ries scientific instruments
which will continue space re
search in accordance with the
nrnoram announced lasl March
c
11 u;i,c iho imh iellitp
launched by the Soviets this ' ware concern engaged exclu
year, including two manned j sively in the manufacture of ex-
space ships.
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THE
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Just as the inrjustnous beaver plans for the
mter ahead, wise people Sdve lor retirement
income, their children's education or for
belter way of life. Regular deposits in a sav
ings account at The Oregon Bank are fuy
insured as they grow. Plan for your fulur at
The Oregon Bank.
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WILL SEE CHRISTMAS Little Vicki Wray o( Boiling Green,
S. C, will get to see Christmas after all. Doctors at Duke Uni
versity Hospital in Durham, N. C, have postponed, at least until
after Christmas, an operation which would leave her totally
blind. Her right eye was removed last year, her left was to be
removed because 01 a malignant tumor. (UPI)
Training Area Plan
To Be Discussed at
Meeting in
A proposal lo group several
counties into regions or training
areas, advanced by the Advisory
Board on Police Standards and
Training, will be presented here
Tuesday. Jan. 7, J. Bardcll Pur
ccll, advisory board chairman,
announced today.
A meeting to discuss the pro
posal and name a council for
the region of Josephine, Jackson
and Klamath Counties, will be
conducted by Ralph Miles, as
sistant special agent of the (HI,
in the Assembly Room of the
Jackson County Courthouse. It
is scheduled for 2 p.m. Attend
ing will be all chiefs of police,
sheriffs and district attorneys.
"It is the desire of the Ad
visory Board on Police Stand
ards and Training to further in
crease local participation in the
planning and conducting of train
ing programs throughout t h e
state," Pure-ell explained in an
nouncing the meeting.
Group Into Areas
"We believe that grouping sev
eral counties into regions or
training areas, each to be rep
resented by a coordinating coun
cil, would be beneficial to (his
program, Purcell said.
Last Du Pont
Brother Dies
WILMINGTON, Del. (UPD
Irenee du Ponl, 8fi, lasl survi
vor of the three brothers who
led the Dupont Co. to its pre
eminent position in the chemi
cal industry, died al his home
today.
Du Pont had been 111 for
some time at his home at Gra
nogue just outside Wilmington.
During du Pont's lifetime E. I.
du Ponl do Nemours 4 Co. be
came the world's largest diver
sified chemical firm. At the
time du Pont, great grandson
! of the founder of the company.
ocean working for the firm it
1 was a relatively
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PORTLAND
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Medford
Persons named to Ihe Region
Council will participate in the
selection of courses, instructors.
dates and places of instruction.
They also will assist the Slate
Department of Education in pro
gramming classes to be conduct
ed by vocational, community or
junior colleges in their respec
tive areas.
The meeling in Medford will
be open to all interested per
sons. City and county officials
and educators, in particular, arc
invited to attend, according to
Purcell.
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Oregon Supremo
Court Decisions
SALEM (UPI) An insurance i expired, and the case was dis-
company must make personal missed by the lower court.
visits if necessary in efforts to , Th? hjKn ,urt ruled that
assure that parlies involved in ft ?t . ! ? T V a
...... . , to a new trial of their demand
the trial of an accident case ap- for le $3 goo
pear in court, the Oregon Su- The Supreme Court upheld an
prcme court ruled Wednesday. !ordcr bv Warion County circuit
In a 4-3 split decision, the j Court Judge George Jones sus
high court upheld a ruling from taining an order of the public
iieorge k. uuncan wnicn re
quired Farmers Insurance Ex
change to pay $1,075 to the State
Farm Mutual Automobile Insur
ance Co., which provided insur
ance for O.A. Sjolund, one of
the drivers involved in an auto
collision. :
At the lower court trial, the,
other driver failed to appear 111 ,
court, and the verdict was
directed against him.
State Farm Mutual paid Sjo
lund, and attempted lo recover
from Ihe Farmers Insurance
Exchange. When Farmers re
fused to pay, the case went to
Court.
Should Convince
in a dissenting opinion in
which Chief Justice William Mc-! l)u suoa a course 01 gross mor
Allisler and Justice George I al misconduct in the home m
Rnssmnn rniienri nH .Insiiei. wil. I which she and the children were
ham C. Perry said the major
ity seemed to conclude in the
words "due diligence" Ihe
thought that the company must !
personally contact the insured
and convince him he must co -
operate. They felt Ihe com -
pany's attempts to contact the
insured by mail was sufficient
diligence, and pointed out -the
company could not properly pre -
sent its defense without the in-
bui i-u a lu.Miiuuny.
Reversed and remanded for
a new trial was a decision by
Douglas County Circuit Judge
Charles S. Woodrich that re
leased the General Insurance
Company from some of ils obli
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Sing lh owndesulH'"" ool district's boundaries,
ed from the 1959 Roschurg blast. The high court held that ad
The company thought certain 1 vcrsary hearings in proceedings
walls of the building could be I to fix school district boundaries
salvaged, and Ladd and Moiicy I w,'e nt necessary,
agreed to accept $3,900 at a "Residents and taxpayers do
later date for replacement of not have any personal or prop-
the walls it they could not pass
inspection.
Demanded Payment which arc entitled lo be asserted
Ladd and Moiicy "subsequent- in adversary proceedings in
ly demanded payment o( the frustration ot the (school)
$3,900, hut the company con- board's effort to carry out ila
tended the period of limitations policy-making function," the Su
as provided in the policy had 1 prcme Court ruled.
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Shoes for the entire
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utility commissioner granting
authority to Portland Motor
Transport and Widing Transpor
tation, Inc., to transport bulk
petroleum products from tbo
Eugene area. Granting the
authority had been opposed hy
several other trucking firms.
As0 Md was ., ordcl. ot
Wa!iWmB muniv Circuit Court
I Judge Glen llieber which chang
ed the custody of two minor
children from a divorced moth
er, Nancy J. Sullivan, to their
father, Gerald A. Sullivan.
Both the trial and Supremo
Courts agreed with the father's
charges that after the entry of
the divorce decree, the mother
living."
Ilmuiilary Changes Approved
The Supreme Court approved
the boundary changes of Wal'
1 Iowa County School District Nu,
i7.
j The action reversed a ruling
h,y Wallowa County Circuit
,llfRC v. F. Brownlon. T h (1
I hiBh court ordered the lower
1 coul.t ,0 rtismiss tne pctilion for
,.cvjcw jt had upheld.
The lower court had declared
the boundary changes invalid.
The trial court had held that
the school board did not make
Ihe findings of fact required by
statute 11s the basis for its ac
tion, and ruled the board did
Inot have jurisdiction lo change
erty rights in a particular school
district boundary arrangement
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