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I TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, November 18. 1954 PLENTY OF LAUGHS mark presentation to President Eisen hower of 43-pound turkey by Perry Browning, president, Na t tional Turkey Federation, Winchester, Ky., for .Thanksgiving t; dinner. Gift included cranberries and stuffing. (International) Democratic Leaders Outline Legislative Program for Congress Washington (U.R) Demo cratic leaders outlined a legis lative program for the new con gress today with empnasis on a stronger defense and a fatter ec onomy, In an apparent move to grab the political initiative from Pres ident Eisenhower, the Democrats who will control the 84th Con gress, laid down their, proposals for the new session without waiting to hear his. .. . . ' :" Rep. Carl Vinson (D-Ga.), chairman-designate of the House Armed Services committee, an nounced he will sponsor legisla tion to: ' Mora Shipbuilding 1. Step up the naval shipbuil ding program, with emphasis on carriers, destroyers; submarines and expanded . development of atomic power plants'. .--' 2. Extend the -draft law two years and put teeth for the first time in the requirement t h a t servicemen take an "active part in the reserves after discharge. 3. Speed up expansion of the Air Force. 4. Raise military pay, and Parents Should Set Examples of Driving fr- Portland (U.R) Parents should set good examples for their children by driving safely, Gov. Paul L. Patterson said last night. ' Speaking at the banquet ' of the Citizens for High School Driver Training here, the gov ernor said children who get the best out of the driving training program are those who have the best examples at home. Patterson said he favored a voluntary training program for students and that he didn't feel Oregonians would have to be taxed before the program could be put into effect in most of the state's 224 high schools. Seventy four of the schools have the program at present. I (ftrmramifll n ! iS build houses for servicemen's families in a dual move to make the armed forces more attrac tive as a career. Air Secretary Harold E. Tal- bott said ip a Washington speech Wednesday that the Air Force will urge the new Congress to provide "across the board pay increases and other improve ments," for servicemen. Rep. Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.). House speaker-designate in the new Congress, told rerjorters on Wednesday the Democrats will give priority to tax revision, a new farm law, a pay raise for government workers, and a three-year extension of the re ciprocal trade law. Goals Due in Message President Eisenhower, in ac cordance with custom, will an nounce his legislative goals in a State of the Union message to the new Congress shortly after it convenes on Jan. 5. The Democrats, it was learn ed, jumped the gun on Mr. Eis enhower in a move to force him to take more responsibility for the cooperation both sides have agreed is-necessary in- a period when Democrats ' will control Congress and Republicans the White House. Dixon-Yates Pad May Prevent Quick Approval of Pair Washington 4U.R) The con troversiai Dixon-Yates nower contract threatened todav tn nrp- vent quick Senate confirmation tor two of President Eisen hower's nominees to the Atomic Energy Commission. The nominations came before Senate members of Congression al Atomic Energy Committee with the Democratic leadershin pledged to fight confirmation of controversial" nominees. Re publican leaders have aerpprl that the Senate should bv-nass any nominations which produce major tignts at the,- current special Senate session To Be Questioned Democratic critics of h power contract said thpv will asK DOtn . prospective commis sioners what they think of the Dixon-Yates arrangemeat and how they would feel about simi lar deals j The critics were ready to question:-. y 1. W. F Libbv. a Phinawn University nuclear physicist credited witn developing the "carbon-14 clock" for dating archeological finds. Currently serving on me ajsc under a re cess aDDOintment. Llbbv inrfioat ed his approval of the final sion of the Dixon-Yates contract. z. John Von Neumann; a phy sicist and mathematician rir helped develop, electronic com puters used in atomic research. Von Neumann, who has not yet been sworn in as an AEC mem ber, has not expressed an opin ion on tne Dixon-Yates contract. controversial Matter Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D N.M.), prospective chairman of the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee in the new Congress, slid he would question both nominees on the Dixon-Yates matter. Asked whether the nominations might be classed as controversial, Anderson sa,id, "There is nothing: very much more controversial than the AEC at' the moment." ENGAGEMENT BY ACCIDENT New London, Conn. (U.R) While they were drivini? to church last Easter, Shirley Sher man s car was m a collision with that of William H. Starkweather. Although strangers, she. visited him at the hospital where he was treated for injuries and recently her engagement to Starkweather was announced- " Millon-Freewater Hunter Found Safe y Elgin, Ore." (U.R) Orville Simmons, 26, of Milton Free water, Ore., walked out of the Blue mountains about six miles north of here : late yesterday while a large-scale search was underway 20 miles away. Simmons became lost Sunday while elk hunting. When he came out, he said he had no idea how far he had walked in rain and snow that soaked him to the skin. Simmons went into the rugged mountains in the Toll gate area, about 20 miles from here. He said he had a fire every night, and although he was wet most of the time, he was not too uncomfortable. He had a candy bar and a snowshoe rabbit that he shot for nourishment. Hunt Resumes for Boy Believed Drowned .Madras, Ore,. ' (U.R) Search Warm Springs Indian boy who is was resumed today for the body of James Polk, 2 V2 -year -old believed to . have drowned in a creek Tuesday afternoon. The boy's four-year-old sister, Melinda, said he fell into the creek and was swept down stream. The children were slid ing down a sandy bank on a piece of cardboard. The boy is the son of Mrs. Evelyn Polk. His father was one of four Indians drowned at Celilo falls on May 24, 1952. Barrymore Buried With Service Which He Planned Himself Hollywood (U.R) Lionel Bar ryniore was buried today with the funeral rites the veteran actor planned himself years ago. The respected dean of Ameri can actors, who died Monday night of heart congestion, was laid to rest in a crypt next to his wife, Irene, and his famous brother, John, at the Calvary Cemetery. . The Rev. J. J. Hurley con ducted the Catholic service while a quartet sang the high requiem mass. Among the 48 honorary pall bearers were such renowned names of show business as pioneer actor Francis X. Bush man, Mickey Rooney, Red Skel ton, Eddie .Rochester Anderson, director Frank Capra and Rob erty Taylor. Elhel Grief Stricken .. t ' Barrymore's sister, Ethel, was still grief-stricken and was or dered by her doctor not to attend the funeral. ' The varied group of pall bearers also included Lew Ayres, with whom Barrymore starred in the "Dr. Kildare" series, and Henry Kevring, a policeman who has been guarding the east gate at Barrymore's studio, MGM for 27 years. On the list of active pallbear ers was not one celebrated name, but old friends of the actor: Webb Overlander and Stanley Campbell, his make-up men; George Trembley, who taught Barrymore music composition, James Doane, his business man ager, and William Ball, who used to drive Barrymore and his wheelchair around town. The last rites were planned according to Barrymore's wishes, with the details of a scenario. He selected the crypt at : the Catholic cemetery 18 years ago when his wife died. He requested that his casket remain closed so "my friends will remember me as they last saw me." He asked that no rosary be said, but only the hour-long high requiem mass. No Eulogy The Rev. - Hurley, of Barry more's neighborhood church,' said the Catholic service did not allow for the inclusion of a eulogy on the renowned actor. AJso named as honorary pall bear,ers were Clark Gable, Spen cer ?tracy, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. But they were out of town and unable to attend. Barrymore, dressed in a navy blue suit and holding a rof ary, lay in a rose-colored bronze cas ket surrounded by candles and flowers. A spokesman at MGM studio said most office workers, execu tives and stars not before the cameras took the morning off to attend the simple services in the chapel at the mausoleum of the Los Angeles cemetery. Back Stairs: Duck Hunting Task By JOHN L. CUTTER United Press Correspondent Washington U.R) Back stairs at the White Houses: " President Eisenhower's duck hunting expedition in Ohio last week presented the Secret Serv ice with a new kind of problem: How to maintain a constant guard over his safety without warning the game? The fact that the President bagged the daily four-bird limit in half an hour attests to the success of their job. Even in a small flat-bottomed boat shared onlv hv a snidp atid ja dog, the President was fully protected at all times. Erie shore, they also were: on to demonstrate top shooting abil ity. Once on the job, they must practice regularly. Their test in cludes shooting a pistol with either hand, from a standing or moving position and at a sta tionary or moving target. The proficiency-with weapons is merely r precautionary. They are not trigger vhappy. They'd just as soon they never have to use their weapons to protect the President's safety. They prefer to do it by advance planning and eliminating any danger before it reaches the shnntinff ctacra The weapons are there, though, in the event that, someone is foolish enough to offer a real threat to the President's safety. Use Tribune Want Ads When Mr. Eisenhower set out from the docks of the Cedar Point Club in the chill ' grey dawn, two boatloads of Secret Service men did likewise. When he took up his position hidden in the tall reeds along the Lake hand. They weren't close enough to interfere with . the sport. But they were close, enough to head off any one who might have penetrated the swamps and at tempted to approach the Presi dent, for sinister or . any other purpose. Before the President took to his boat, the Secret Service had made a detailed "se curity" check of the region, cruising the area by small boat and charting the waterways through the reeds. Although the Secret Service men didn't shoot any ducks, it's a good het they could have done as well as Mr. Eisenhower. For every one of them is a crack shot with almost any -weapon you could name. Before qualifying for the White House details they have MO s 838 WEST McANDREWS RD. - PHONE 2-5475 WEE K-END. SPECIALS! 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