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Ad m i si est rat Son Moves To (Overhaul Public Dnfformatflon PoflicBes of Armed Services Washington (U.R) An aroused administration today set in motion a complete overhaul of the machinery for making de fense information available to the public. Professional military men will be ousted as top spokesmen for the armed services and their jobs will be put under civilian in formation chiefs directly re sponsible to service secretaries. Military information staffs will be drastically cut, possibly by 200 to 300 people. Strict New Rules Strict new rules will govern Water Heaters All the HOT WATER You Want Whenever You Want It No Down Payment on Approved Credit Only $020 O A Month "Medford's Exclusive Hotpoint Dealer" City Appliance, Inc. 127 North Central Phone 3-5743 Across From Penney' SHs S W Grapefruit, for example : -; V fytJjfc 1 APflTrK with each segment hand-peeled to ll ' ' ' ' " "31 " TrfV I " IfwWi iJLEu P preserve the characteristic sweet-tart flavor jL-. . . ' M 1 -TvTS I of the fresh fruit Unique? Yes ? ff release of data to the public. Military men will be barred from writing for profit articles based on information denied to re porters. Immediate reaction in defense circles was that the new orders issued yesterday by Defense Sec retary Charles E. Wilson could slow down and complicate the release of military Information. Some military authorities doubt ed that civilian information bosses will be taken into the con fidence of military staffs or be able to give reporters precise in formation on professional mili tary matters as well as flag and general officers customarily as signed the job. Two new directives were issued issued by Wilson in the wake of public storms ranging from Adm. Robert B. Carney's views on the Far East war dan ger to the publication of maga zine articles by the skipper of the atomic submarine Nautilus, Commander Eugene P. Wilkin son. Carney Chastised Carney, Chief of Naval Op erations, was publicly chastised yesterday by President Eisen hower for his private, back ground briefing of a select group of newsmen last week. Carney forecast that war could come in the Formosa Straits as soon as mid-April. A high naval official said to day that the Carney incident is now a "closed matter." He said that Carney had conferred with Secretary of the Navy Charles S. Thomas and was not reprimand ed. He said Carney "would be the last man in the world to do anything that would embarrass his commander-in-chief." One of Wilson's directives could hamper or stop the anonymous briefings such as Carney's of last week. But it was mainly aimed at the writing of articles by military and civi lian defense personnel and a gen eral tightening of information policies. It was brought to a head by the. Nautilus articles. The directive oroerec that all manuscripts for outside publica tion should be reviewed not only to prevent security leaks but to insure that they make a "constructive contribution to the primary mission of the Depart ment of Defense." Wilson said information should be timely and released "in a manner consistent with the ethics and procedures normally followed." But he also ruled that all speeches, press releases and photographs must be reviewed by his office not less than three days before publication. He held all military officials nersonally responsible for seeing that information they give out is consistent with security and "policies and objectives" of his department. Wilson's second directive ordered the Army, Navy, and Air Force to reorganize their public information activities, slashing information staffs by one-third to one-half and appoint ing, civilians as their chief in-i formation officials. Service spokesmen now are generals and an admiral. There was no explanation for Wilson's order that the officers be re placed by civilians, who prob ably will receive $14,800 per year in the new jobs. Loyalty of Wild Ducks Questioned by Museum Washington (U.R) The government revealed today that the loyalty of the United States' wild ducks is subject to ques tion. The Russian Embassy has re ported that some two dozen pin tail ducks and a few snow geese and brants have defected to the Soviet Union. The Russians made the report to the U.S. National museum of Natural History two months ago. The museum passed the news on to the Fish and Wildlife service where the information was dis closed only today. Cave Junction Paper Gets National Award New York (U.R) The Il linois Valley News at Cave Junction, Ore., was one of four newspapers and radio stations to win a gold medal award from the National Board of Fire Un derwriters for "outstanding pub lic service in fire prevention and fire safety during 1954." The announcement was made today by J. Victor Herd, president. X ' l f tin !S'9!liN NEA Talephoto DEFIES REDS Valery Lysi kov (above), 17-year-old son of a Russian Air Force offi cer, defied the Kremlin after fleeing to the American sec tor of Beriin. The Russians demanded his return on grounds he is only a minor, but the young Russian told newsmen, "I do not feel like going back." The western hemisphere has the United States of America, the United States of Brazil, the United States of Venezuela and the United Mexican states in ad dition to the United Nations. Thursday. Mireh SI, 195S Mayor in Michigan Plans Marriage Aid To Lonely People Dearborn, Mich. (U.R) May or Oroville Hubbard, who be lieves "the goal of government is the happiness of the people," plans to operate a city marriage bureau to help lonely citizens along the road to connubial bliss. He will add match-making to his official functions in this De troit suburb of 100,000 people who are already in the habit of referring fondly to their mayor as "Orvie." Hubbard said he got the idea to become a city hall cupid when a heartsick widower approached him for help in finding a mate. This opened a whole new vista of civic responsibility. Not Like Suit "When you walk down the street and see a good-looking suit in a store window you walk in and say 'I'll take it. But if you see a good looking woman you can't walk up to her and say 'I'll take you," he pointed out. Like most men waiting their turn in barber shops Hubbard idles away the time thumbing through magazines." Some maga zines are chock full of lonely heart ads," he observed sympa thetically. The mayor conceives of his marriage bureau as a substitute for the old system of having par ents arrange marriages for their children. To Aid Over 35s "When you get older' and have more descretion you don't marry because you take a fancy to a pair of hips or a hank of hair," he said. "Primarily I'm interest ed in helping people over 35 bachelors, spinsters, widows or widowers, or divorced people." Since Hubbard mentioned his idea publicly the Dearborn city hall has received several hund red letters and many telephone calls, from- as far away as New York and Scotland. Hubbard is preparing a detail ed application form which will include medical history and be "personal to the point of being snoopy." A couple whose applications appear compatible will be invited to the mayor's office. Hubbard will introduce ' them and then, when the ice is broken, dis creetly slip out of the room. Landlady Suspect In Seaman's Death Portland (U.R) A former merchant seaman died in a local hospital from bullet wounds to day and a 55-year-old landlady was booked into jail on a mur der charge. Gerald Edward Holt, 39, who had been unemployed in recent years due to ill health, died at 6:10 a.m. One bullet entered his left arm and lower chest. An other penerated his' left hip. Mrs. Ethel Loyes Edwards, manager of a rooming house, was charged with the slaying. In a statement to police she said Holt had been beating her with one of his shoes after she awakened him when he fell asleep in a chair. She said she fled to the bedroom and got a .25 caliber automatic from under the mattress. When Holt started to swing at heragain she pulled the trigger, she said. Mrs. Edwards summoned an other tenant, who called police. Holt was taken to the hospit al about 2:30 a.m. When told Holt had died Mrs. Edwards fell on her knees and begged for mercy, detectives said. "I didn't mean to kell him" they quoted her as saying. Exploratory Oil Well Planned Near Ontario Ontario, Ore. (U.R) An ex ploratory oil well will be sunk in the Willow creek area near here, H. K. Riddle, president of the Oroco Oil and Gas company, said today. Riddle said he had made ar rangements with Houston, Tex., driller Ray Ranger to share the cost of sinking the well for the Sinclair Oil Company. An Oroco company rig, ca pable of drilling to a depth of 10,000 feet, will be used in the operation. The firm has already drilled three exploratory wells, two of which have shown prom ising "gas deposits. The present location is 30 miles northwest of Ontario. Grange Central Point Grange Central Point Grange will meet Friday night, April 1. An appropr.ite Easter program is being planned by Chaplain Eudora Bohnert, assisted by Lulu Floux and Velda Mang. The agricultural committee has charge of the display table. The recent food sale was a suc cess and Mary Taylor, chairman expresses her appreciation to all who helped her with this project. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN 3 Coaxa Cable Blasted During S.C. Strike Atlanta (U.R) A coaxial cable was dynamited near Co lumbia, S.C, knocking "out 1000 telephone circuits early today. The lead-coated cable was blasted in two 19 miles south of Columbia. 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