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SPORTS WSC Picks Opponents Pullman, Wash. U.R) The "Washington State football team named three players each from California, Texas and the Rose Bowl bound University of South era California to their all-oppon ent team announced Saturday. The Cougars placed one man each from Stanford and Michi gan State, which gave them their worst defeat of the season, to the all-opponent squad. Named to the Cougar all-op ponent roster were ends Jim Hanifan of Cal and John Stew art of Stanford, Tackles Buck Lansford of Texas and George Galli of USC, Center Marv Goux of USC, Quarterback Paul Lar son of Cal, Halfbacks LeRoy Bolden of Michigan State and Linden Crow of USC and Full- . back Don Maroney of -Texas. , Referee Dies Salem (U.R) John Kelley, 39. a Salem high school basket ball star of the early 1930s, died Friday night shortly after Buffering a heart attack while officiating at the Roosevelt South Salem basketball game here. Two doctors in the audience treated Kelley, but he was dead before a Salem first-aid car could arrive. He collapsed between free throw shots by a Roosevelt player in the third period. Kelley was named to the all slate team in 1933. He was the big gun in the Viking attack that year, leading the Salem ites to a 32-28 victory, over Lincoln of Portland in the championship game. He had been employed for the last two years as secre tary to the Slate Fair Board. Houston Tops Detroit, 19-7 -Houston, Tex. U.R) The University of Houston broke a three-game losing streak on a pitchout, a pass interception and a 56-yard broken field sprint Saturday and closed an even .500 season with a 19 to 7 win over Detroit in a Missouri val ley conference game. About 7,500 fans smallest home crowd of the season saw Houston squelch third and fourth period Detroit- scoring threats, twice on pass intercep tions. But Houston couldn't pre vent a 20-yard Detroit touch down pass with 48 seconds left in the game. Crater Football Players Honored Central Point Vern Parent, Melvin Harsh and Jim , Welch "will have their names engraved on Crater high school football trophies. Parent, a back, was redolent of the Faber-Wisely downfield blocking award. Harsh, a line- DacKer, was winner of the Busi nessmen's association tronhv as most valuable player, and Welch a guard, gained sportsmanship award of the Central Point Lions club. Awards were announced at a football dinner Wednesday given by Gold Hill and Central Point Lions clubs. Tom MacLeod, radio station KYJC sports announcer. The dinner was at the school. EO WINS, 67-40 Hermiston (U.R) With deadeye Ted Schadewitz scoring 26 points, Eastern Oregon, hand ed Westminster college of Salt Lake City a 67-40 basketball de feat here Friday night. give more than' just a Christmas S5 HEARING AID So often a person will put off "" getting a hearing aid as long as possible . . . inconveniencing ot here, and frequently endangering his own happiness and well-being! If you have a loved-one who is hesitating to take this' simple, yet important step, what finer Christmas gift could there be than an efficient, smartly-styled Zenith Hearing Aid.It's easy to wear. ..easy to ad just... and so easy for you to give! , pecial t christmas j TRIAL OFFER! t GEORGE E. WHITE at Flynn Electric Company 131 W. Main Street Phone 3-1841 Batteries and Cords for All Makes Draff Board Man Faces Bribe Count Chicago U.R) -A draft board chairman was held Saturday on charges of soliciting a $3,500 bribe from a young insurance agent even though he could not promise an exemption. - Ralph Joseph Salerno, 52, was arrested Friday in the office of Lewis C. Barbe, 23, just as he was about to accept an envelope containing the money. Salerno told FBI agents that Barbe was under the jurisdiction of another draft board. But FBI agents said Salerno was willing to coach Barbe in feigning pleur isy. Salerno, a draft board chair man since 1948, was charged with hindering and interfering with the Selective Service Act. Barbe will be inducted Mon day. Troopship Business To Stay in Seattle San Francisco U.R) Efforts to regain troopship business from Seattle are doomed, a committee organized here for that purpose said Saturday. The committee recently wired Lt. Col. W. E. Campbell, aide to Assistant Army Secretary Frank Higgins, to arrange for a discussion with Higgins when he visits San Francisco. According to the "save the troopship committee," Campbell wired back that no meeting could be arranged and that "the troopship decision was made by the Deportment of Defense and is final." ' Committee members said they will .continue to press for a re view of the decision. WORK STARTED San Francisco (U.R) The Gold Zone Mining Corporation of San Francisco announced Saturday that work has begun on development of mercury on land in Sonoma county where tests have yielded an average of 3.8 per cent of the metal per ton of ore. MODERN RECORD Washington, D. C. Jimmy Bryan, the Phoenix flyer, blazed his way into auto racing history this year, establishing a modern AAA national championship rac ing record in winning the 1954 National driving title with 2,630 points more than any driver has earned in a single year since 1926, when Harry Hartz raced to 2,954 points. LC WINNER I Portland U.R) Lewis and Clark handed scrappy Sacra mento State its second straight basketball defeat Friday night, 48-44. Hal Adrian led the win ners with 17 points wniie George Larsen had 13 for the losers. Sacramento State lost to Portland U. Thursday night 90-75. .. LA OPEN SET Los Angeles U.R) The Los Angeles Open "golf tournament will be . staged as scheduled on Jan. 7-10, despite lack of sanc tion by the professional golfers association with profits going to the 1956 Olympic Games fund, the sponsoring Los Angeles Jun ior Chamber of Commerce said Saturday. GOLF DATE SET St. Paul, Minn. (U.R) The of ficial qualifying date for next year s PGA golf tourney has been set for May 23. The PGA, at the closing of its 38th annual session Friday, set the official date but ruled that .sectional qualifying would run until May 31. Gift the tiny Reya!-M nly $100 ("plat w&i oir conduction rtcarvar . . amd itocfc tarmald i , :t-v fire . Buy a RoraT-M for a gift before Christmas , whenever it's most convenient. The . recipient will enjoy a full 10-day trial period beginning on Christmas Day ... he must ; be completely satisfied or your money will - be refunded promptly under our Iron-clad 10-Day Money-Back Guarantee. If Mokert of famoutZmitk TV and tadio Setw Officials Give Whale Report Against Fieet . Lima, Peru (U.R) Naval In vestigators reported. Saturday that the whaling fleet of ship ping magnate Aristotle Onassis had landed between 2500 and 3000 whales in waters within 200 miles of the Peruvian coast. The report, originally heard by a naval court in the northern court of Paita, was the basis for a fine of three million dollars due from Onassis Saturday. Fail ure to comply is expected to re sult in confiscation of five of Onassis' ships seized by Peru. Pad Termed as US 'Occupation' of Isle London (U.R) Radio Mos cow said Saturday the new Un ited States-Nationalist China Mutual Defense treaty is aimed at prolonging the "American oc cupation of Formosa. The broadcast was the first Soviet comment on the treaty signed last week. It said the treaty "between the U.S.A. and the Chiang Kai- shek clique was drafted on the pattern of military pacts al ready concluded by the U.S.A. with the : Philippines and the Sygnman Rhee clique ... the terms of the treaty show its ob ject to be to prolong indefinitely the American occupation of For mosa and the Pescadores is lands." . - - Oil, Atomic Industry 'Not in Competition' ' Chicago (U.R) Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, retired, who headed the Manhattan project which developed the atom bomb, said Saturday that the oil and and atomic industries are not in competition. Grove spoke before the Inter state Oil Compat commission. "It is my own conviction that in our kind of economy there can never be any real conflict between the oil industry and the field of nuclear energy as sour ces of power," he said. "As long as we can foresee into the future, there will never be too much power, and indus try will be able to use every source available." Groves said the "partnership" between government and indus try is working successfully un der principles laid down for the peaceful use of atomic energy and its byproducts even before scientists knew whether they could perfect a bomb. Heart Massaged Till Respiration Resumes Whittier, Calif. tthR) A 16-year-old girl who stopped breathing after being injured in a traffic accident Saturday ap parently was saved by a sur geon who made an incision in her chest and massaged her heart until normal breathing re sumed. The girl, Barbara Joan Mc Daniel, 16, was reported in criti cal condition at Murphy Mem orial hospital. She suffered head injuries in the two-car col Ision. County Firemen L. G. Hansell aond F. T. Haagand used resus itator equipment while taking her from the accident scene to the hospital. Columbia university of New York is 200 years old in 1954. Children Critically Burned at Richland Richland, Wash. U.PJ Two children were critically burned Saturday when their three bed room prefabricated home was gutted by fire. Fire Chief Pat Quane said Penny Volmer, 3, and her sister, Denise, three months, were in "extremely critical" condition at Kadlec hospital here. Their mother, Mr. L. O. Vol mer, 23, was in "satisfactory" condition with lesser burns. A third child, Gregory, 2, was un hurt. Quane said Homer Trcsper, an off-duty fire captain whose home is behind the Volmer home, discovered the fire about 8:40 a.m. and rescued one child and called the fire department. Mrs. Volmer rescued a second child and fire Capt. Fred Rutt rescued the third child. Volmer was not at home at the time. Trustee Appointments Rapped in Estate Feud San Francisco (U.R) Attorney C. Ray Robinson charged Sat urday that the appointment of two trustees of the $100,000,000 Miller Trust was "an attempt to compound the conspiracy we are trying to expose." Appointment of trustees Beatrice Nickel Morse, San Francisco, and her son, Henry Bowles, Berkeley, Friday was the latest move in the legal fight by one faction of Miller heirs to prove fraud by other heirs .in the disposition of land holdings of Henry Miller, California land baron. Portable Atomic Power Plants Now Planned Baltimore (U.R) The Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Co. said Sat urday it expects to produce port able atomic power plants for the military services. The Atomic Energy Commis sion and the Defense Depart ment are building an experimen tal nuclear "power package" plant at Fort Belvoir, Va. Such plants are designed for use at remote installations, such as the Thule, Greenland, Air. Force Base. KILLED IN CRASH Sunnyvale, Calif. U.R) William Brayton, 25, Cupertino, was killed and his wife, Carol, 20, was injured critically Satur day when his auto slammed into the second car of a southbound Southern Pacific commute train near here. A new power saw can cut 12- inch branches 15 feet above ground level. 8 - Q X Q PM ,; WILD COUNTRY Burk's Falls, Ont W.R) Conservation Officer Bob Bat trick estimated Saturday that 64 trained hunting dogs got lost this season in a bush area 35 by 65 miles. "That's somewhat better than average. for the visiting hunt ers," he said. SOBBING SIMS SAYS . . . HERE'S A REAL CHRISTMAS BARGAIN! f' (i . ins rat a MiiY On Friendly N. Sunday. Dacember 5, 1954 JOCKEY QUITS Albany, Calif. flJ.R) Jockey Joe Baze, 21, has announced he is retiring from the saddle. Baze was injured in a spill at Golden Gate Fields Nov. 17. He suffered a bruised . heart and kidney. Doctors urged him to quit riding. Fir St., Next to Mail Tribune 117 S. CENTRAL WARDS BEST ROCKER BUY OF THE YEAR SWIVEL PLATFORM ROCKER TURNS ALL THE WAY-'ROUND SELLS IN OTHER STORES FOR$65AND UP "Swivel around from television to conversation. Smooth, silent movement -is so convenient and easy. Wards Swivel PIatrm Rocker is big and ., cmfortable, with soft coil-spring cushioning plus the extra comfort of "resilient rubberized hair padding.; Upholstered in" rugged, easy to care v for plastic. Choice of colors. Ask about Terms. " . ' MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN TOP HARNESS HORSE Columbus, O. . (U.R) The trotting mare Katie Key, topped all harness horses in money won this year with $84,867, the U.S. Trotting Association announced Saturday. . . PHONE 2-6241 LINFIELD VICTOR - McMinnville U.R) Home town boy Don, Porter, led Lin field to a 73-42 victory over St. Martin's in a ; non-conference basketball game here Friday night by pumping in 19 points. J A Phone 2-2472 . 5l
