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Senator McCarthy
Resumes His Role
As Investigator
Subcommittee Called
For War Plant Probe v
Washington (U.R) Sen. Jo
seph R. McCarthy, swinging to
the offensive after his condem
nation by the Senate, called his
investigating subcommittee into
action today to dig into alleged
subversion in defense plants.
- James N. Juliana, subcom
mittee staff director, announced
McCarthy planned to -preside at
the initial closed hearing this
afternoon despite a painful
elbow which prevented him
from filling a speaking date Sat
urday. Several unidentified witnesses
were summoned to testify and
McCarthy warned tnat it any
use the fifth amendment to balk
at questions on subversive acti
vities he will expect them to be
fired by secruity officers at the
plants involved. .
Follows Changes
The investigation, the first
McCarthy has undertaken since
, mid-August, as a follow-up to his
charges early tms year tnat m
suspected subversives in defense
Blants "are holding a razor
' poised at the jugular vein of the
nation." He later trimmed the
figure to 39 after some on his
list had been fired or trans
ferred. Subcommittee officials said
the hearings this week will con
cern Bethlehem Steel Company
plants in Eastern Pennsylvania.
Next week's hearings will deal
with Westinghouse E 1 e c trie
' Company workers near Pitts,
burgh, and Buffalo, N.Y.
McCarthy sought to end. the
Army-McCarthy hearings last
spring with the plea that he be
allowed to get on with the de
fense plant investigation. He
finally held a brief inquiry in
mid-August, ., but- never com;
completed it.
Piening Bound Over
Jo Grand Jury;
Starkey Trial Set
Marion Franklin Piening, 50,
of 425 South Grape st., appear
ed in district court this morning
and was bound over to- the grand
jury on a second degree murder
charge after waivmg preiimm
arv hearing.
Piening was arrested and
placed in the county jail last
"Wednesday in connection with
the unsolved death of Margaret
Ann Cornell, 50, here on April
19, 1949.
Mo Bail Allowed
The suspect was represented
by Attorney Otto Frohnmayer,
No bail is,allowed on the charge.
In circuit court today, three
criminal cases were set at
docket session with Southern
Oregon attorneys. One was the
retrial of LeRoy (Bud) Starkey,
Jr., 20, Eagle Point, set for Dec
21. Starkey was recently grant
ed a new trial by Judge H. K,
Hanna following conviction and
-sentence to 10 years in the state
prison on a charge of assault
and robbery while armed with
a dangerous weapon.
In granting the new trial, Han
na said his decision was based
on an error in granting . the
state's requested instruction
which, he said, "did not go far
enough" and was a "reversible
error." He stated that the phrase
rf and refused to do so within
a reasonable time to comply with
such request" .should have been
inserted in the instruction ask
ing the jury to find that the as
saulted person, Philip Hensel-
man, was entitled to use reason
able force if the defendant was
an intruder.
1 Other Trial Dates
Other cases set for trial in
cluded on or after Jan." 25. One
involves an alleged livestock
- theft in November, 1953, in
v which a father, Robert Ellis Dar-
rohn, 45, Laurelhurst rd., Trail
and his X 6-year-old son are
charged with larceny of a calf
belonging to V. R. Matthews
route 1, box 650, Eagle Point
: The other was a traffic case
appealed from the Ashland jus
tice court. In it Fred Loyde
Barker was charged with failure
to vield the riaht of way. He
was found guilty on June 12 and
was fined $25.
Springfield U.R) Paul H.
Bell, 38-year-old Mohawk valley
resident, died last night when his
car plunged off the highway and
went into the Mohawk river 18
miles northeast of Springfield.
iJrafeTEEBUNE
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1954
Development of Character
Said More Important Than
Atom Energy Development
Chicago (U.R) David E Lilienlhal, former chairman of
the Atomic Energy commission, said the "development of
character" is more important to this nation now than the
development of atomic energy.
' Lilienlhal told the Chicago Sunday Evening club that
America's greatness depends upon the degree to which in
dividuals demonstrate sensitivity to "what is right and
good, and what is wrong and evil."
He said "the building of individual character is a great
; er shield against national adversity than any armament, in
cluding the hydrogen bomb."
"A nation of men and women who live each day with a
' concern for what is right and fair and decent, who have a
deep faith in man and in God such nation has generated
within itself a moral force, an energy, so great that not all
the power marshalled . by science, not even the energies
released by the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb can
compare with it in might and power," he said.
The "coarse, cynical, bullying type of public figure" is
swept into obscurity, Lilienlhal said, when the "quiet re
sponsible people show they have had enough."
Lilienlhal was chairman of the Atomic Energy commis- -sion
from 1946 to 1950.
Moms-Por-Peace
eadiock
Washington (U.R) The United-
States and Russia have
broken a two-months deadlock
and reopened their secret talks
on President Eisenhower's atoms
peace plan, informed sources
said today.
One of the aims is expected to
be " to get the Soviet Union to
agree to procedures for setting
up the International Atomic
Energy Agency which the Uni
ted Nations, including Russia,
approved Saturday.
New Russian Note -
The negotiations, broken off
on Sept. 25 after a disagreement
over methods, got back on the
track in the last few days, it was
learned,-when the -United-States
received'a new note from Soviet
Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov.
Although the contents were
not disclosed, the note was a
reply to "a memorandum on
peaceful atomic energy which
OEA Votes To Retain
Membership Practices
Portland (U.R) Two reso
lutions which would have placed
the Oregon Education associa
tion on record against the use
of "punitive measures to in
crease membership were over
whelmingly defeated in the clos
ing session of the OEA's, repre
sentative council, here Saturday.
Both the original resolution,
as submitted by Dell RamsdelL
South Salem high school teach
er, and a milder substitute, were
voted down by a wide margin,
Ramsdell said the OEA does not
need "white collar goon squads"
or intimidation to obtain mem
bers. ,,
A second Ramsdell motion, to
reduce OEA dues to one fourth
of one per cent of a year's sal
ary, was also defeated. A Silv-
erton teachers' proposal for an
"evaluation" of OEA was refer
red to the board of trustees for
consideration. ,
10-Year-Old Girl
Dies from Gunshot
Colville, Wash. (U.R) A
10-year)ld girl was shot to death
last night when she and some
companions at a children's party
teased some boys who were try
ing to read.
The victim was Leona Oens,
who was shot in the chest by a
bullet from a .22 caliber rifle
fired by a nine-year-old boy,
Sheriff Beryl Warren said.
Warren said seven children
were at the party at the Clare
McMinimy home at nearby Hun
ters. Two of the boys went into
a bedroom to read, and the girls
began to tease them. The girls
fled when the boys threatened
them with the rifle they found in
a closet, Warren said.
The Oens girl came back, how
ever, and was shot as she stood
in the doorway. Warren said the
boy had been given the bullets
by a 12-year-old companion, but
that they had only attempted to
frighten the girls.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 392.48 up 2.88; 20 rail
roads 135.58 up 2.28; 15 utilities
61.53 up 0.33, and 65 stocks
144.35 up 1.40. Sales today were
about 3,960,000 shares compared
with 3,790,000 shares traded Fri
day'
ii i -ss- - I
United
iroken
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles gave the Russian ambassa
dor here a month ago.
American officials are "uncer
tain whether the talks will pro
duce Russian agreement either
on the International Agency or
other atoms-for-peace problems.
But they are convinced the
Soviets are now in a position
where they have to give at least
the' appearance of being inter
ested in helping, beiter mankind
through atomic energy. For prop
aganda reasons, if nothing else,
they cannot afford to let the
Allies take the lead.
Efforts Claimed
Consequently, these--officials-
said the Russians backed the
atoms-for-peace plan in the U.N.
even though it was sponsored by
Mr. Eisenhower. And in recent
weeks a number of Soviet broad
casts beamed outside the Iron
Curtain have claimed a Soviet
effort to bring atomic benefits
to others.
The secret U.S.-Soviet nego
tiations broke up Sept. 25 when
Russia insisted on disarmament
promises ahead of everything
and the United States insisted
that the two countries first lay
the grouridwork for cooperation
through a joint atoms-for-peace
effort.
This country believes coop
eration in peaceful use of the
atom might eventually lead to
some relaxing of tensions. But it
is not willing to surrender its
atomic weapons, as Moscow pro
posed, with ,no assurances that
Russia also will disarm.
Training To Begin
Washington (U.R) The
Atomic Energy Commission an
nounced today that it will begin
training foreign scientists next
spring in radioactive research as
part of President Eisenhower's
new program.
The atomic agency proposed
by the President has not yet been
established but the AEC already
is launching "several supporting
projects" of which the training
program is the first.
Village in Yukon
Reports Warm Weather
Edmonton, Alta. (U.R) The
weather office reported today
that the cold snap has ended
at the village of Snag in the
Yukon Territory.
After a low of 52 degrees
below sero Saturday night
, the temperature "warmed up
to 35 below or so" Sunday.
Fire Protection, Water Districts Cast
Ballots for Directors, Commissioners
Residents .of areas served by
six water districts and three
rural fire protection districts are
casting ballots today in annual
elections. A seventh water ; dis
trict will hold a special election
later this month.
One or more commissioners
will be elected in each of the six
water districts where elections
are being held today. Polls will
be open until 8 p.m. in each dis
trict. 'V . , ,.
To Choose Directors
One or more directors will be
elected in each , fire protection
district, ; and residents of the
Medford Rural Fire Protection
district also are voting on inclu
sion of Hillcrest orchard within
the district. Polling places in the
fire district election! will be
Press Full Leased Wire
49th Year , No. 222
Six Persons Killed
And Thirteen Hurt
In 'Worst' Accident
Three Children ; ' .
Die by Drowning
St. Helens f U.R) Columbia
county's "worst traffic accident
in history" has ; claimed six
lives. . . ' " ;
Thirteen other persons were
injured in the three-car collision
on. Highway 30 near Scappoose
late yesterday. Coroner Ben
Coleman said it was the worst
highway accident in the coun
ty's history.
Three Children Die
Three of the dead were chil
dren who drowned when the car
in which they were passengers
was knocked off the highway
and overturned in a water-filled
ditch. -' .
; Latest casualty was Joe Reed,
43, St. Helens, who died at 2:20
a.m. today in a Portland hospi
tal. Reed was a passenger in a
car driven by James Alcorn, 31,
St. Helens.
Coleman identified the other
dead as Joe Ann Thornton, 15;
Geneva Thornton, 9, and Janice
Thornton, 8; Carl Reimer, 50,
St. Helens, and Mrs. Maxine A.
Ainsworth, Vancouver, Wash.
' State police said investigation
showed that the car driven by
Alcorn attempted to pass the au
tomobile containing the Thorn
ton children and four other chil
dren and four adults when it
collided headon with a third ve
hicle driven by Father John
Duffy, Centralia, Wash.,
The car containing the chil
dren and driven by Nels Nelson,
46, Columbia City, was knocked
off the highway into a water
filled ditch by one of the careen
ing cars. The coroner's office
said the three Thornton children
died by drowning. Mrs. Ains
worth was a passenger in Father
Injured in the crash were Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson; their two chil
dren, -Karen, 5, and Clifford,
1V; Mrs. Birch Thornton; Don
na and bue Asher, Columbia
City; Annie Cook, 74, St. Hel
ens; Eldon Baszler, 22, Warren;
Alcorn; Marvin Eaton, St. Hel
ens; Ronald Kennedy, 23, St.
Helens, and Father Duffy.
Concert Receipts
Top Mark of 1953
Though receipts for the Sun
day afternoon Medford High
school band benefit concert are
not fully counted, those in
charge say they are certain re
ceipts are larger than last year.
Last year's proceeds amounted
to nearly $1,000, they said.
The concert, originally planned
for lVfc hours, was so well re
ceived that it was continued for
a full two hour period.
Keith Mirick was guest soloist
and Lillian Randolph and Walter
Tetley of the "Great Gilder
sleeve" show : were visiting
celebrities. "
John Drysdale, director of the
orchestra, provided a comedy
routine.
I. E. Mirick is the band direc
tor." '..
The proceeds will beused to
help pay expenses of band mem;
bers who will go to San Fran
cisco to appear at half-time dur
ing the Shrine East-West football
game.
AGENCY FORMED
Salem (U.R) Articles of in
corporation were, filed here to
day for Fidler-MacKenzie Ag
ency, Inc., Medford real estate
firm. They were signed by C.
Lyall Fidler,, Gordon S. MacKen
zie and John R. Dellenback.
open from 2 to 8 p.m.
Two vacancies on the board of
directors of the Medford Rural
Fire Protection district will be
filled.. Harper K. Hamilton, now
serving under appointment, is
the only candidate for a one-year
unexpired term. Mrs. Charlotte
E. Fogelquist is a candidate for
election to a five-year-term. '
Polling place for the Medford
district is Oak Grove scbooL ;
Only Candidate
D. L. DeArmond, the incum
bent, is theonly candidate for a
five-year-term on the board of di
rectors of Central Point Rural
Fire Protection district. Polling
place is the district fire halL , '
Miller's Real Estate office at
the Rogue River bridge, is the
polling place for th Bogus Riv-
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REDS CHARGE "INTRUSION" Communist China
charged that American planes "intruded" over Kwang
tung (1) and Kwangsi (2) provinces, due west of, the Na
tionalist stronghold of Formosa. A Peiping radio broad
cast, monitored in Tokyo, said the planes were in three
groups, totaling nine in alL .
Christmas Shopping
Off To Good Start;
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Record Year Hoped
. Washington. U.R) Christ
mas shopping is off to a good
start around the country this
year. And some merchants pre
dict it will set a new record by
the time the last gift is brought
on Christinas Eve.
This is the general conclusion
of a nationwide United Press
survey in which the most opti
mistic reports came from New
York, Boston, Atlanta and Chi
cago. . -
Standard & Poor's, a leading
business statistical agency, pre
dicted a new record peak for
holiday sales across the nation.
International Statistical Bureau
and Dun and Bradstreet, Inc.,
said Christmas shopping this
Season's Heaviest
Rainfall Repor1e3"
A "normal winter storm"
brought .64 of an inch of rain
to the Medford vicinity yester
day and today but this area miss
ed the Wunt of the storm in the
Rogue valley according to weath
er bureau reports. Grants Pass
had 1.49 inches in a 24-hour per
iod up to 4:30 a.m. today.
1 The rain was Medford's heav
iest of the season since Nov. 11
when .37 'of an inch fell. Winds
up to 70 miles an hour ori the
coast accompanied the storm
but 31 miles an hour was the
greatest intensity recorded at the
Medford office of the-weather
bureau.
Ten inches .of new snow and
a total depth of 21 inches at Cra
ter lake was reported this mor
ning by the. national park ser
vice. The road to the lake rim
from Annie Spring was closed
temporarily and snow was still
falling at 11:30 a.m. Highway 82
through the park was still open
but chains were advised.
Fog or low. overcast was pre
dicted for this area -tonight,
breaking to partly cloudy by to
morrow afternoon. .T ,'; - '
er Rural Fire Protection" district.
George Nichols, Savage Creek,
is unopposed for a five-year-
term. Ed Schrecengast, . Foots
Creek, and A. C. Range, Foots
Creek, are opponents for a two
year term. Range will be a write-
in candidate because, his peti
tion was received too late for
verification of signatures. !;
No Bond, Election , j, ;v:
-A vote on $7,500 in improve
ment bonds, scheduled in Maple
Park water district, has been
called off, and will be held at a
later date. . . .
Jacksonville Highway: water
district will hold a special elec
tion later this month. Details of
the election will be settled at the
district's regular monthly meet
ing, Dec 14.
year may be the greatest in the
nation's history.
And government economists
here agree it will be either a
record or near-record. ,
Higher Incomes '
Important factors in these opti
mistic forecasts are the high
level of personal income par
ticularly the disposable part left
after taxes, the upward trend in
retail sales and a pickup in fac
tory employment i n recent
weeks. . ..
There also is one more shop
ping day in this year's Thanksgiving-Christmas
period than in
1953.
The Commerce Department re
ported that personal income for
the first 10 months this year was
at ah annual rate of $285,600,-
000,000, only $300,000,000 less
than In the corresponding period
last year.
..A.gr eater, sense, of job security
among federal employes was ex
pected to help push up holiday
sales here in the- nation's capital
where stores have been general
ly crowded most of the time
since Thanksgiving. Day. i
In New York, trade sources
said Christmas shopping started
"well ahead" of- last year with
all indications that a new record
will be set. The stock market
rise was reflected in better-than-usual
sales of high-priced gifts,
such as jewelry and fur coats.
COAST NON-FARM .
EMPLOYMENT DOWN
San Francisco U.P.) Non
agricultural' employment on the
Pacific Coast dropped 30,000
from mid-September to mid-October,
for a total of 5,121,000, it
was announced today. . ' V
. Max D. Kossoris western
regional director of the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, said
the October total was 87,000 be
low that of 1953. '
He said California's employ
ment total ' in October was 3,
899,300, 16,000 less than Septem
ber. Oregon he said was down
11,000 for a 471,700 total and
Washington has 750,000 employ
ed, down 3,000.
Takes Dictator Power
f :
Tegucigalpa, Honduras (U.R)
Acting President Julio Lozano
Diaz today issued a decree as
suming full . dictatorial powers
during a state of "emergency."
The action was taken, with
the backing of the Council of
Ministers, because of the failure
of the newly elected Congress to
convene yesterday, as scheduled,
to elect a new' Honduran Presi
dent.. , Y .
The Congress was dissolved
after the . divided ; Nationalist
party,, which, holds 30. of the 56
congressional seats, boycotted
the session. . ' -; O, '
. MotorizedN troops ; and police
were, ordered into the streets of
Tegucigalpa to preserve order.
Courthouse Annex Roof:
Said One-Half Complete
Half of the concrete roof at the
new courthouse annex has been
poured, according to construc
tion officials, . ... .
Rain and freezing weather is
delaying the '. work somewhat,
they added. Crews were also
getting ready to install the wall
studding. .
; Work - continued today ' on
pouring the second floor concrete
vault, which was delayed while
work was done last week on the
roof,
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1 6 HatWfis Will Join
In Resolutions Asking
Vote on 'Spy - Jailings
United Nation, N. Y. U.R) - The United States de- -.
manded today that the United Nations act "promptly and
with determination" to obtain release of 11 American air
men jailed by Red China on trumped up spy charges.
United Nations, N. Y. XU.R) The United States and its Korean
War allies agreed today on a resolution demanding United Nations
condemnation of Red China for jailing American war prisoners as
"spies." , :
U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., met with diplomats
from the other; 15 countries whose troops fought for the United
Nations in Korea, for a last-minute session on the wording of the
resolution before the General Assembly's Steering committee met
to place the prisoners' plight on the world parliament's agenda.
' "We have reached agreement on a resolution," Lodge told news-
text of it will be made public tomorrow morning and it will be
sponsored by all 16 countries."
Asked whether the word "coiidemnation" appeared in the text,
Lodge replied in the affirmative.
Latest Disclosure
Given by Freed Airman
The latest disclosure of tne
illegal imprisonment of Ameri
cans was supplied by a Canad
ian Royal Air Force squadron
leader, A. R. MacKenzie, who
himself was freed yesterday af
ter two years of imprisonment
in Communist China.
MacKenzie told American au
thorities in Hong Kong he
knows of three airmen who are
being .held in addition to the 11
whose imprisonment on "spy"
charges was announced by Peip
ing. He said the men, whose
London U.R) Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden to
day accused the Red Chinese
of "direct violation" of the
Korean armistice in jailing
the 11 American airmen ii has
charged with "espionage."
Eden said he was speaking
on behalf of "the government
and all civilized nations."
"We deplore this (Red
China's) conduct." the foreign
secretary said, v .
names he supplied to Washing
ton, were in the same ' prison
camp from which he was releas
ed. .-
The cases . of the three addi
tional airmen may be brought
to the. attention of the General
Assembly's . powerful 15-nation
Steering committee when ' V it
meets today to place on the- UN
agenda for debate the plight of
the 11 men who are under, for
mal prison sentence.
Approval by the Steering com
mission was a foregone conclu
sion. , ;.- " ' -
The issue was expected to go
to. the assembly by Wednesday,
or perhaps late Tuesday, under
an item presented by the United
States on Saturday as an "ur
gent v-: and important" matter
headed: v - . .
Violates Korean Armistice
"Complaint of. detention and
imprisonment of U N, military
personnel in violation of the
Korean armistice - agreement."
" Red China announced - on
Nov. 24 it had sentenced 13 Am
ericans to' jail terms varying
from four years to life on espio
nage charges. ''
: Eleven were U.S. fliers shot
down in a B-29 on Jan. 12, 1953
while fighting for the United Na
tions in Korea. The other two
were civilians for whom the Un
ited Nations has no responsibil
ity. ! :-- " ' iy: ' "'- ''
The Panmunjom truce agree
ment which ended , the Korean
war 18 months ago obligated
both sides to repatriate war pris
oners who desired to return to
their homelands.
Retribution Warning
Given by Senators
. Washington - U.R) Three
Democratic senators have warn
edthat the 13 Americans impris
oned by Red China . probably
would be murdered rather than
released if this country slapped
a blockade on the China main
land, j ' v '
Sens. Walter .F. George of
Georgia John J. Sparkman of
Alabama, and Mike ' Mansfield
of Montana, all sided with Pres
ident Eisenhower against the
use of blockade action except
possibly as' a very last resort.
Senate - Republican Leader
William F; Knowland recently
called for the move to compel
the Chinese Reds to free the
Americans, who were jailed for
long terms on "trumped up" spy
charges'. . . -.
But the three .Democrats said
there .is no assurance freedom
would be the result. On the con
trary, .they suggested the prob
able result would be quick death
for the Americans and a possible
general atomic war.
Weather
FORECAST: ,Fof r low over
cast tonight breaking to part
ly cloudy by Tuesday after
noon. Cool temperatures.. Low
tonicht 28-30. High Friday 45.
Temp.
Hlrheit yesterday ' .' -61
Lowest this moraine 40
Prec.
To 10:30 sjn. today
64
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Pope Pius Shows
Improvement; Will
Close Marian Year
Vatican City - (U.R) PoDe
Pius XII ; showed further im
provement today and the Vati
can announced' he will close the
Roman Catholic Marian Year
Wednesday with a Broadcast
from his bedside.
xne I'ope, seriously ill witn a
stomach ailment, will , recite an
Ave Maria and . pronounce his
apostolic benediction . urbe . et
orbe (to the city and world).
Vatican sources7 in reporting
the Pope's progress, said his hic
cups have diminished.
"The slow gradual improve
ment of the health of the holy
fattier is confirmed," the Vati
can press office announced. .
Pope Pius opened the Marian
year Dec. 8, 1953, with a special
journey past cheering crowds.
Dogma Proclaimed
He is considered a "Marian
Pope." His deep dedication to
the Virgin was reflected in the
fact that the dogma of his 16
year reign was the proclamation
that Mary was assumed bodily
into heaven when she died. That
dogma : ws proclaimed during
the 1950 holy year.
Wednesday is also the 100th
anniversary of the proclamation
of the dogma of the Immaculate
Conception, making it a true be
lief of the church that Mary was
conceived free of original sin.
Two high Vatican officials
consulted with the Pope at his
bedside this morning. The pres
ence of two officials was consid
ered another sign of the Pope's
improvement.
vaucan sources . cauuuaea,
however, that the 78-year-old
Pope who last night broadcast
his blessings in a weak voice to
a world praying for his recovery
still must be regarded as serious.
CIO By
V
Los Angeles (U.R) CIO Pres
ident Walter P. Reuther opened
the union's 16th annual conven
tion here today and offered an
11-point program to "remedy the '
ills" of the Eisenhower adminis
tration. .-More than 700 delegates met
at the opening session in' the
Statler hotel to hear Reuther
condemn the administration for
its "failure" to correct unem-.
ployment and then hail moves
toward a CIO-AFL merger.
mi - 1 2 4 '
rne union neaa, in nis ii
point program, called for effec
tive bargaining and improved
wages, a tax policy designed to
strengthen consumer buying
power, two million new housing '
units a year, improved social se.
curity, v a national health pro-!
gram, extended government aid
for public services, aid to small
business, special assistance for.
chronieallv distressed: areas, im
proved agricultural support pro
grams, improved unemployment
compensation system and an in
crease - in the minimum wage
from 75 cents to $1.25 an hour. .
City Firemen Accept -Toys
Through Dec. 12
, Medford firemen will accept
toys through Dec. 12,for repair
and Christmas1- distribution- to.
children of ' needy families, ac
cording to Fire Chief Gordon
Barker. . . i
Chief Barker requested that,
all toys possible be donated by;
that date. The toys may be left
at the main fire station, or at
Mann's Department store, the J J
C." Penney store, Woolworthi
store, or the Medford YMCA. ?
x-uructua u.r. ferry js.r
Erickson told police he heard -thieves
stealing his wallet con-l
to do anything about it. He said
he was in his bathtub, covered
with soapsuds.
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