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, MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE 0iiiiiiiait9ir Can k Cover . Friday, February 4, 1955 lis Mi Red China Said Angling for Open re nee on Far Conve East Problems Washington (U.R) Red China, backed by India and Soviet Rus sia, is angling for a wide-open conference : on, all Far Eastern problems, diplomatic officials re ported today. , The United States so far has not received any formal invita tion to such a, meeting, but all indications, are it would be op posed to a parley that would go beyond the efforts by the United Nations to gain a cease fire for Formosa. '. . "Idea Taken Up in London " ;v - The idea of an international conference oh the Far East,' but outside . the ; U.N., was said to have , been taken up Thursday in London in a meeting between Indian Prime Minister' Jawahar lal Nehru and U. S. Ambassador "Winthrop Aldrich. The State De partment emphasized that the meeting was arranged at Nehru's request, not Aldrich's. 'r Nehru is understood to be in terested in getting a meeting going of the kind held last sum mer at Geneva on Korea and -Indochina. .American diplomats recall vividly the Chinese Com munist attacks at Geneva in which the Reds called the United Nations "aggressors." The Ko rean part of the conference dead locked. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has described the Indochina agreement reached at Geneva as a free world "set back.". ' .;; . .:'-,:....:, ;;; Private Meeting Discussed Diplomats reported that Rus sian officials also are talking up Segregated Money Draws Fire 4 '.Washington (U.R) White ; and ; Negro students from , 20 states. urged their congressmen .today to vote ; against federal money being used to .build seg regated schools. .'; '' . .. They also urged the lawmak ers to ban segregation on inter state trains and buses; ','';' : The students are delegates to the second ' annual National Youth Legislative: ' Conference ! sponsored by the National 'As sociation of Colored People. ; : .-.. They r button-holed 7 their, con gressmen after being told Thurs day night" by Roy ,. Wilkins, IfAACP administrator, that Con-,-gress has been "sitting on the sidelines . and interposing ob stacles" to desegregation. DOG REVEALS GUILT :) HI: Oklahoma City-4U.R) Detec tives arrested Stanley. Gipson, f21, and charged him with bur : glarizing a slaughterhouse on rT1iiii'rfair ' after he!rlifrr ' aaw 'his dog eating a 20-pound ham. Bill Introduced Washington -U.R) Rep. Sam Coon (R-Ore.) yesterday intro duced a bill to clear the way for negotiations between Oregon and California on use of waters of the Klamath river. ' The bill provides for Presi dent Eisenhower to appoint a federal representative to par ticipate, in water talks, and to report to Congress. Both state legislatures and Congress would have tfc ratify any water com pact, achieved - through negoti ations. Coon said Oregon . possessed most of the Klamath Basin ir rigation potential, while Cali fornia, downstream, 'was in a more valuable position with-respect to hydroelectric power. ' The measure asks for congres sional consent to compact nego tiations. . . LST Sinks in Gale In Bay of Biscay : London :(U.R) An American Army ; LST (landing ship, tanks) sank today, in a furious gale in the Bay of Biscay.' ; . . v U, S.' Air Force air sea rescue planes reported all 15 crewmen aboard, the LST! had been saved. ".. 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Hainan j-wn y ' ' Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondenr Hollywood U.R) Liberace, healthy again,: returns : to work on his TV show today, free from his secret fear he suffered a heart attack. . When the pianist first was. revealed to be bedded at home per doctor's orders communiques from his bou- Aline Mosby n doir called his ailmeni a "uiild-heart strain.' But Liberace . revealed - today doctors, actually thought he had suffered a heart attack,1 but de cided to keep the startling news from his countless fans. Readings Abnormal; .;, , "My cardiograph readings were not normal. Some - of the doctors said I had suffered a coronary . thrombosis, but later others decided I definitely had not," the graying matinee idol explained as he got ready for work at his San Fernando val ley home.' . "They have me on a high pro tein diet now. They thin& the trouble is a combination of over eating, overworking i and : not getting enough sleep. From now on, continued Lib erace, his -life will be changed. He. will, give, up waxing floors, for one' thing. . , : ; ' C : "I.have a terrible ,habit of driving myself," he continued. "Sometimes. I'll get the ; crazy notion to wax all the floors in the house, I must realize there are people who do " those jobs and I must expend my. energy m other ways. . . - , . . ' ' "I'm -,: healthier than -1 ever was before and it's up to me to keep that -way. The. illness was a . blessing in disguise.. Every thing I do from now on must be in moderation eating, playing, pleasures." . r . v ' Pared Off Pounds -; ' : Liberace, - like Mario Lanza, pared off excess pounds . with the help of a trainer. The pearly- toothed pianist has dropped 22 pounds. " Exercise" of his hands has kept them. in shape, "and outside of a little lapse of mem ory1 of some of my numbers," he says his controversial act hasn't been damaged by more than two months of recuperation. ' - "It feels good to be back at work," - he added. "I've been chafing at the bit. "Until two weeks ago, f I wasn't allowed to play., .the piano,, not even at home. ' - ' " Liberace did not keep idle, however. In fact, he blazed new trails He started collecting reci pes for -a 'combination autobiography-cookbook. He added a pro jection room to his fabulous house that already features "Liberace" monogrammed pot holders and hundreds of cande labra. And around his piano shaped swimming pool he built some "music" a fence decorat ed with a huge bar of music in cutout wooden figures. The mu sical notes spell out Liberace's song "Rhapsody by Candle light . ' - V "But that wasn't work," he said. I was relaxing. ' WI HAVE IT! N EW EXTARICH LIQUID PRELL th Shampoo for Radiantly. ' AHv'.. Hah lo. : $loo 1 - med. : An l 30 WAlNSCOn'S PHARMACY i Maiti at Rivenida Writer on Tour Of Outpost Fi People Confident Editor's Note: Norman WUUuns, United Press Asia division news pic tares editor, flew to the Island of Quemoy within light of the Communist-held China mainland to see Na tionalist defenses. Williams, a combat photographer in the Korean war, re ports what he saw in the folio win; dispatch. By NORMAN WILLIAMS United Press Correspondent - Quemoy U.R) Gen. Liu Yu chang, Nationalist commander on this outpost 2200 yards off the China mainland, said today his men could hold Quemoy against any attack if they had sufficient air cover. Liu said the Communists had some 220,000 troops . on the mainland opposite' Quemoy but predicted the Reds would not at tack until after they capture the Tachen Islands some 300 miles to the north. Quemoy, .unlike the Tachens, is within easy range" of the Na tionaist air force based on Formosa some 100 miles to the east. Tachen Island is about 210 miles north of Formosa. " ; Lieu said the Communists had six. airfields in the vicinity but only one that can handle jets However he said the Commu nists had hew long-range Rus sian artillery which could bring a large portion of Quemoy under fire. -: ' - ' ' ' 300 Killed in Recent Months ; Even then Quemoy can hold, he said. He said Red artilery killed 300 persons on Quemoy during the last four; or five months, most of them civilians The Nationalists are rushing the buildup of military facilites here and after touring some of their key positions I can see why they are confident. . The place is set for just about anything. - "v General Liu, the short, bald, robust commander, radiates a de f lant spirit. He outlined the work being pushed here and said the results were "satisfac tory" and that his forces were very strong." I went through a series of trenches and other defense works to a forward observation post facing the China mainland. Only 2200 yards of water stood between me and the Communists who have bragged they will "lib erate"" this island along with Formosa."- - . . - Across this narrow stretch of water the Nationalists and Com munist guns duel. They are not exchanging fire today and I was rather glad of it.. There was evi dence, however, of past ex changes . and of damages to civilian homes. ; ' I could see.-.the people walk ing on the China mainland and through, glasses could . see Com munist boats. They were drawn. up on theT shore out of water but at the distance; I couldn't tell whether they were fishing ves sels or landing"ctaft. - . Well Camouflaged Everything was -well camou flaged, at: this busy stronghold where soldiers were " making bricks and cutting stone to be used ;- in strengthening - the de fenses, ' ' ' ' ' ' In contrast to the tense mili tary scene, life was going on much as usual for the civilians, many of whom are members of families .that have lived here for hundreds of years. Children - were ? playing and running around with .dirty noses and pants split open at the back like kids all over China. Busi ness in the town of Chinching appeared good. The stores and streets were t crowded, - v , There was a funeral possession today with - weird music . that sounded like bagpipes. : There is a much improved highway system here which in many peaces runs along the bot tom of deep wide trenches to give travelers protection against enemy lire. Some of the food used by the Nationaist troops s grown here but most of the rice and vege tables are brought in from For mosa. The center of the island is a big pile of rock. Around the edges it is flat with wide beaches. There is a big war memorial here with a huge statue of Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek 40 to 50 feet high. The whole place reminded me of wartime Korea with one im portant difference. There it was march, march, march for the in fantrymen. Here it was dig, dig, dig. SHOULD GIVE HIM TEST- - Memphis, Term. U.R) Police charged Bernard Sweeney, 48, of - Jersey City, N.J., with va grancy after they found him lying under shrubbery and read ing Shakespeare in freezing weather. Sweenev said he was "just .killing time until : it. got warmer so I could go Dactc to New Jersey." ., SABREJET PILOT KILLED Tripoli, Libya U,R) The U.Si Air Force announced today 2nd Lt. Eulas B. Birmingham, 22, of Flint, Mich., was killed Monday when his Sabrejet crashed near Tripoli's Wheelus field. . ' - 7 0 Men Are Admitted To Honorary Fraternity Ashland Theta Delta Phi, the men's honorary fraternity at Southern Oregon college, has admitted ten new members into the x group, President r Don Fer guson said today. Students, who qualified for membership were Worlow Pur din, Keith Krambeal, Glen Nel son, Ken Miller, Darrel Verley, William Reese and Richard Wil mer, all Ashland; - Cornelius Foelk, Rogue River; and Robert Gaines 5 and Fred Stammers, Medford. : ' : Chamber Officers to Attend Two-Day C of C Conference Three Jackson County Cham ber of ' Commerce officers will leave here Sunday to attend a two-day conference in Portland which will be attended by cham ber representatives throughout Oregon and Washington. . The conference, to run through Monday and Tuesday, is a "clinic" to help train and ac quaint chamber officers with op erating techniques and area de velopment problems. Attending from here will be John Pletsch, president of the local chamber; Ron Gandee, a board member, and Don McNeil, secretary and manager. ".. Topics Suggested Here A similar type of meeting on a smaller basis for southern Ore gon and northern California was held here last week end, and as a result ' of this meeting, the Oregon - Washington conference will hear Robert Hall, Portland, of Blythe and company invest ment house, who . will talk at a breakfast meeting Tuesday. ; Also as the result of discus sions at the local conference, two matters will be considered by delegates to the bigger con clave. One is the proposal for a lower fee for fishing licenses over short periods for tourists, and the other is for better state marking of tourist attractions, which may ad in keeping tour ists longer in the state. ; Other, Topics V Other conference topics Will include industrial development, which will-be discussed by ex perts from both ; states;.' indus trial diversification, experiences during 1954 in money - raising, 1955. plans for tourist promotion, and ; other . topics, of interest to chambers . and communities, of the Pacific, northwest.,. - , LEG "HEALS' QUICKLY. Barton, O.' U.R) . Andrew Timko fell on the icy walk in front of his home Thursday and broke his leg. .A few minutes after he crawled into the house, WEATHER he amazed witnesses by walk-1 By United Press ing back out to his car and driv-t Northern Calif ornia: Fair ex ing away. The broken leg was cept ; variable ; high - cloudiness an artificial one. . -: .. 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