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2A Register-Guard, Eugene. Ore.Thurs.. Oct. 21, 1954 Smog Sufferers Demand Action LOS ANGELES m Several thousand residents nf Los Angeles County's 48 cities Thursday urged enlistment of 100,000 smog suf ferers to wage a "little people's" war against air pollution. The resolution for the smog war came Wednesday night at a mass meeting in nearby Pasadena, sponsored by the Citizens' Anti Smog Action Committee, and attended by an estimated 6,000 irate persons. E. James Lee, a co-chairman of the committee, told the meeting the purpose of the gathering was to "organize for battle and to enlist 100,000 people in our cause." "We are going to organize the little people into a united force," .Lee asserted, "so their voices Still No Clue To Missing j Newport Trio DALLAS, Ore. W) Rain and fog Thursday prevented search, for the second day this week, for the long-missing Norman Zeisz ler family of Newport. Police confessed themselves without a clue in the baffling disappearance of Zeiszler, his wife and his wife's 14-year-old son. They left Oct. 9 to go deer hunting in the Coast Mountains west of here. Several days later their car was found beside a mountain road. There has been no clue to where they went from there or what happened to them Wednesday's search, headed by Sheriff Tony Neufeldt, was car ried out in foul weather that at times cut visibility to 20. feet The going in the extremely rough, heavily timbered country was so bad that one searcher, Milton Reimer, Dallas, collapsed. At the hospital here he was treated for fatigue and cold. He was among the 85 National Guard members from this area ordered into the search by Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Itilea. Sheriff's deputies and other volunteers swelled the total in the search to more than 100. The sheriff, who called off Thursday's search, said it would be taken up again when the weather improves. Similar bad weather had halted the search on Tuesday. Daily hunts, including with the aid of a helicopter, have turned up no clues at all. The Zeiszler family moved to Newport from North Dakota last spring. TV Earnings Up WASHINGTON (W The Fed eral Communications Commission has reported that 1953 earnings of television stations and net works were up almost 23 per cent over 1952. The FCC said the net income of four TV networks and 334 stations last year totaled fiR millinn Hntlarc hpfni-A fnHnVal income taxes. I 1021 J v will steal ( your J r BUDGET 1027 WUlamett tV:3,,"-.v...; can be heard." "We want the law enforced," Lee continued. "If we need a stronger law let our public offi cials whose duty it is to make laws, make one. "We will cooperate with any one sincerely dedicated to the elimination of smog, but we will oppose anyone and everyone who seeks to compromise with our only enemy-smog." j me citizens cummmee nas 'asked the Los Angeles County 'grand jury to investigate "at once" any possible breakdown in smog law enforcement. The com mittee hinted that smog officials may "have been guilty of derelic tion of duty." Meanwhile, as smog clung to Southern California for the 15th consecutive day, further indica tions of a smog war appeared as more officials attacked one an other in verbal skirmishes. Los-Angeles Mayor Norris Poul son said Wednesday that air pol lution district director Gordon P. Larson warned him last Thursday the smog situation was becoming dangerous. The mayor said Larson "alerted" him that if the smog became worse it could possibly be danger ous to health and to stand ready "to issue a proclamation to halt" much of the smog - producing sources in the city. But Larson, at a later press conference, flatly denied he had ever given Poulson such a warn ing. Previously the Los Angeles city council and the county board of supervisors clashed when the su pervisors, whose job it is to handle smog legislation, ordered the Air Polution Control District to ban back yard incinerator burning within a year. Angered city council members accused the supervisors of trying to make goats out of the little offenders while letting the big offenders, large industries, "get away." Meanwhile, Gov. Goodwin J. Knight, accused by the Citizens' Smog Committee of doing nothing to combat smog, said he does not want (o "paralyze this great slate by declaring a state of emergency. However, he pledged his readi ness to give Los Angeles County unu cl a t inn sir rr tnri if nnr1c to wipe out the smog blight. GLORIOUSLY NEW! "Forqel-me-not" ... a dia mond engagement and wed ding ring ensemble by Skeie'3 . . . designed to keep ever fresh love's enchant ment. 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Lefemine needed a scientific forum to make his formal 'report to the scientific world, and he chose the southeastern regional meeting in Birmingham of the American Chemical Society of which he is a member. He told the chemists that ho was positive of the identification. CITES EVIDENCE "Evidence that, the agent we have identified is 3,4 benzpyrene is based upon the fluorescent curves which are identical with those of pure 3,4 benzpyrene," he said. "In addition, the absorption curves, a more critical measure ment of purity, confirm the iden tity of this compound. In addi tion, we have observed crystalline material in the polaroid field which very much resembles pure benzpyrene." His report represented the first identification of a cancer-causing chemical compound in cigarette smoke, and it was found in the paper rather than the tobacco Tars derived from burning whole cigarettes will cause skin can cers in mice when "painted" on their backs daily for months. But the specific chemical or chemi cals in the tars causing the effect haven t been identified. Seed Crop Down PORTLAND HPI The Federal Crop Reporting Service said Wednesday Oregon's 1954 alfalfa seed crop was estimated at 1,595,000 pounds, down from last year's 1,730,000 pounds. Glow $25, $100, $225 any amount to $H5i Whether the amount you want Is large or small we want to help you. You'll like our quick, private friendly service. Fea tures include: l-TIP IERVKC llCNTUHt 0NIY lOiNSI MONTHLY PAYMENTS ARRANGED TO FIT YOUR IU0CETI Also auto and furniture loans. Don't hesitate. Come in, write or 'phone. 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Queen Elizabeth II, who began this morning a two-day tour of south Lancashire, made a point ed change in her schedule to avoid the Dickcted Liverpool dock area. She and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, had ariang. ed to visit the Canada Docki WnrlfB nf T.ivpmnnl hilt RllpkinP-' ham Palace announced Wednes day night they would see the Liv- crpool Dcnoui 01 irupiirai iui:ui" cine instead. The still-growing stoppage held 298 ships idle in London Liverpool, Birkenhead, Hull 1 ' Southampton, Garston and Rochester. Fewer than 33,000 of the na tion's 76,000 cargo handlers were working. Export shipments worth more than 80 million pounds (224 mil lion dollars) were piled up on the wharves. RESERVES DWINDLING Food reserves, especially of imported eggs, butter and bacon, were drwindling. Prime Minister Winston Churchill's government gave no sign of any immediate intention I to use troops for unloading es sential imports as has been done in previous major dock tieups. A government board of in quiry, which began investigating the dispute Wednesday, is ex pected to continue hearings until Saturday. The government likely will wait until the inquiry ends before ordering out troops. Jane Wyman, Husband Split HOLLYWOOD lPV Movie ac tress Jane Wyman's third mar riage has failed. Her husband, musical director Fred Karger, has moved out ot their home and Miss Wyman says there will be no reconciliation this time. The couple has had several arguments and separated a few times, but reconciliations always followed. 'We're not happy and there's no use remaining together," Karger said Wednesday. The actress told newsmen: "I've tried to keep this marriage together but it just doesn't seem possible to make it work." She domed that her many movie roles and much hard work in fil niK hurl ' caused an estrangement. Miss Wyman's other husbands were Myron Futterman and Ron ald Reagan. She and Karger wp re married in Santa Monica in 1M52. EUGENE S BIGGEST IH$0lDIK S AEJE CONTINUES This is the biggest book sale ever held in Eugene . . . take advantage of this great savings to fill your library i , for Christmas gifts. SAVE No Progress In Currency Controversy SEOUL W) A South Korean government spokesman said Thursday there was "no progress at all" in a 2,j-hour meeting be tween President Syngman Rhec and Gen. John E. Hull, U.N. Far East commander, over the dollar hwan currency .dispute. . The statement came from Paik Too Chin, South Korean econom ic coordinator. ' Hull, who flew here from his Tokyo headquar ters, had no comment except to say the talks would continue Fri day. The dispute over the exchange rate and the handling of a new 700 million dollar. U.S. aid pro gram has plunged South Korean United States relations to their lowest ebb since the armistice. South Korean suspended pay ing hwan to the U.S. military Oct. 1 because of American refusal to pay past advances at the official exchange rate of 180 hwan to one U.S. dollar. This left 100,000 Korean employes of the U.S. Army without pay and stirred up angry statements from both sides. self s mi n a,. v Jf ""MIHI' - V: . Ui WHILE YOU SPEND AT RUSSELL'S WITH S&H GREEN STAMPS FOR GLAMOROUS EYE st.,... r This superb new French prooV,,. an ordinary cosmetic or beouh . otion . . . butacremet0P,eM" eyelashes a new look Annff " larjy for a fortnight?! vft lashes seem longer ci t- yo lovelier than ever before An .v ',,' emollient to help dry, brittle cover their supple softnes FfcTION AND NON-FICTION SAVE UP TO This great sale includes children's box)ks, child mysteries, novels, travel books, cartoons, rel910"''.' biographies, dictionaries, cook books, music, hobtji , books. 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