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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBWNE Friday. May 20, 1955 Democrat Strategists Aim At Overriding Postal Wage Veto Washington (U.R) Demo-', cratic strategists launched an all out campaign today to override President Eisenhower's veto of an average 8.8 per cent pay boost for 500,000 postal workers. The Senate will vote on the veto after three hours of debate beginning Tuesday. The House will get a crack at the veto later if the Senate produces the neces sary two-thirds vote to override. Democrats began their own backstage nose-counting and Re publicans claimed that a secret survey indicates the veto will be sustained. Both sides said pri- Argentina Church Drive Near Success Buenos Aires, Argentina U.R) The Peronista campaign to sep arate the Catholic church and state for the first time in the 145 year history of the Argentine republic moved closer to realiza tion today. A government bill that would disestablish the Roman Catholic church as the state religion of Argentine was approved over whelmingly by the Chamber of Deputies Thursday night. It was sent on to the Senate, where passage was assured since all 33 seats are held by the Peronists. Hearing on Pinballs Rejected at Portland Portland (U.R) The city council tilted the hopes of those who want pinball machines kept here yesterday by rejecting, 4-1, a petition of teamsters and tav ern operators to hold a public hearing on the issue. The city ordinance against pin ball machines is due to become effective soon. Mayor Fred Peterson, who cast the only favorable vote, said he would always cast his ballot in favor of giving any group re questing a hearing that privilege regardless of his own view on the issue. vately, however, that the Senate showdown will be a close one. Uses Veto Power Sparingly President Eisenhower has used his veto power sparingly. He has not been overridden on any ma jor piece of legislation, but he has never vetoed a bill of similar importance. t In his veto message, sent to the Senate Thursday,1 Mr. Eisen- however said the 8.8 per cent pay bill would boost the postal deficit and create new pay inequities in the postal service. The adminis tration had wanted the increase held to 7.6 per cent. Both Senate and House passed the bill by more than the two thirds margin needed for over riding. But action to rebuke a President by passing a bill over his veto seldom attracts the sup port that goes to a bill on its merits. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) said he hoped that "we can enact the measure despite the President's objections" and pledged that cer tainly the Democrats will do everything they can to obtain that objective. Veto 'Shameful' Chairman Olin D. Johnston (D-S.C.) of the Senate Post Office Committee called the veto "shameful." But Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland (Calif.) and Sen. Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) 'who heads the policy committee, said they are certain of the 8.8 per cent increase will be rejected on a vote to sustain the veto. The National Association of Letter Carriers called the Presi dent's veto "discriminatory." Samuel Klein, president of the United National Association of Post Office Clerks, called it "a travesty on justice." Germans Invited To Try American Weapons Frankfurt, Germany (U.R) The U.S. Army today invited the Germans to celebrate their new role of partner by trying out American weapons on Armed Forces Day. Marking the end of German American Friendship Week, the U.S. Army .will conduct parades in 19 cities and demonstrations in 52 Air Force bases Saturday. It will be the largest display of military might since World War II ended 10 years ago. THREE-WHEELER - Fall River, Mass. (U.R) A resident complained to police that a thief stole the left front wheel from his automobile. The thief also left a note: It" read: "You're lucky I only needed one wheel." . Cemetery Cleanup Set InJacksonvilleSunday Jacksonville Mayor John F. Keaveny has asked residents of Jacksonville to observe Saturday and Sunday as . Jacksonville Cemetery cleanup days for those owning lots in the cemetery. Mayor Keaveny said residents should clean the lots or contact the sexton to have it done. City trucks will be available to re move debris. Jacksonville IOOF and Ma sons have set aside cleanup days to make the cemetery attractive for Memorial Day, May 30. Eagle Point Eagle Point Grange Met May 17 with all officers except one present. Bill and Gayle Wood were elected to membership. Members of the agriculture committee reported on the avail ability of grass seed and quoted some prices on sales of livestock Mrs. Caroll, for education ex plained the change in numbers of rural school board members and that two more members must be elected. The HE club is serving a din ner in the Grange hall Friday evening for a group of the Farm club class from O.S.C. The din ner is sponsored by members of Jackson County Agriculture committee. Next serving committee is the David Wrights and Tom Vestals. HEC will meet Wednesday, May 25, at Ruby Stowell's. Opal Waddell is co-hostess. Top NFIP Executives Meeft m Special Sessoomi ' To Seek Soflutnon in MaflndiniiiDg off Vaccine Pvogmm Washington (U.R) Top execu tives of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis met in special session here today to try to devise some way to end the confusion in the government's handling of the Salk vaccine program. Those attending the meeting include Basil O'Conner, presi dent; Raymond H. Barrows, executive director, and Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, medical director. Details of the discussions were kept secret. But informed sources said their purpose is to deal with what O'Connor has called the "confusion of voices" plaguing the whole vaccine pro gram. Officials Agitated The foundation officials are understood to be agitated over confusing actions and statements by the government on the vac cine program which the founda tion pioneered. They planned to confer with federal health au thorities on the whole problem in the hope of somehow clarify ing the situation. One idea under consideration, these sources said, ts to get the government or some one agency to speak with a "clear, single voice" so everyone will know exactly what the situation is, what problems need solving, and what the outlook is. First Announced Meeting The committee of experts CITY ENGINEER DIES Seaside (U.R) Radford Shaw cross, city engineer here for the last nine years, died yesterday. 1T ?R when Mom buys a 6 ft. squar , 5 ft. high ANNIVERSARY.'SPECIAL t-Ji ' 1 955 IIORGE 2 DOOR CUSTOMATIC REFRIGERATOR - FREEZER COMBINATION Giant 124-lb. Freezer Chest Roll Out Shelves Automatic Defrost Butter and Cheese Keeper Egg Nest KING SIZE TRADE-IN en your old refrigerator during this Anniversary Special" 24 MONTHS TO PAY We Carry Our Own Contracts Hal Krueger fir Al Thompson NORGE Appliances California!) Given Sentence for Holdup Portland (U.R) Franklin C. Blenkner Jr., 25, of Los Angeles, yesterday was sentenced to six years in the state penitentiary by Circuit Judge James W. Crawford after pleading guilty to the armed robbery of a gro cery store here last February. Blenkner's accomplice, An drew Taylor, 38, Wednesday was found guilty of the holdup and awaits sentencing. Taylor also faces charges of assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly shooting of Chief of Police Jim Purcell following the holdup. FISH IN STREET Stillwater, Okla. '(U.R) Two Oklahoma A&M college students caught a seven-pound carp on heavily traveled College avenue. The fish was apparently washed down from a campus pond swol len by rain. Ex-Red Cross Worker At Camp White Dies Miss Charlotte Rogers, former field director for the American Red Cross at Camp White, died yesterday in Memorial hospital, Santa Rosa, Calif., according to information received here by friends. Miss Rogers, 37, had been all for a number of months. Miss Rogers served with the Red Cross here in 1953 and 1953 and later served in Japan, where she was taken ill. Survivors include her mother, Mrs. John B. Rogers, 491 Sey mour st., Napa, Calif., a brother, Dr. William Rogers, Santa Rosa; a brother in Sacramento, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Mary Bertain, Honolulu. Funeral services will be held in Napa tomorrow. meeting on dosage was formed on the recommendation of the President's National Polio Com mittee. It is composed of about six top specialists. Today marked Its first announced meeting. One item which officials said probably will come up for dis cussion is experimental work by Salk which indicates one tenth of a CC of vaccine injected into the skin may prove almost as powerful as the present one CC dose which is injected into the muscle. Skin, or intradermal, Injec- Commencement at Prospect Tonight Prospect Commencement ex ercises will be held for graduat ing seniors of Prospect High school at 8 o'clock tonight in the new gymnasium. Speakers will be Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, and two seniors, Robert Darrohn, and Gary Dick enson, valedictorian. The 14 members of the class, which include only two girls, are Frank Artmire, David Bliss, Robert Darrohn, Nadine Daw son, Gary Dickenson, Bettie Freed, Morris Jones, Daniel Meyer, Kenneth Oswald, Sidney Peterson, Laurence Sanderson, Maynard Short, Joel Walls and Eugene Winningham. Water Rate Hike Possible at CP Central Point Water rates for Central Point may increase about 25 per cent when the pres ent contract with the Medford Water commission expires Nov, 23, City Recorder Arden Pink ham has been informed. The Medford commission said the increase is necessary be cause Medford is showing a defi cit in water department opera tion. Central Point, Pinkham said, paid $12,322.60 for water during 1953-54, but under proposed in creases water would cost $15,- 425.48, an increase of $3,101.88, or 25.18 per cent. The increase would raise the average individ ual rate from $5.25 to $7.98. Pinkham said he met with the water commission and dis cussed the proposed increase, pointing out that the increase would make a prohibitive cost for local users. Thie water com mission took the matter under advisement. tions require more skill. Injec tion of so small an amount as a tenth of a CC also is a problem. But if the experts should reduce the dosage, it could have a dra matic effect on the vaccination program stretching short sup plies to 10 times as many people as otherwise would be possible. Meanwhile, however, the sup ply situation is very bleak. Release of new batches prob ably won't be made for a matter BANKER TO RETIRE Spokane, Wash. (U.R) Henry Matthew will retire June 1 as president of the Federal Land Bank of Spokane, according to William J. Holman, chairman of the board of directors. Holman said Fred A. Knutsen, Portland, Oregon, a member of the bank's legal staff since 1933, had been elected to succeed the bank president. Knutsen would con tinue as general agent. of weeks. The Public Health Service is moving with extreme caution in the face of heaw congressional criticism and th unusual number of polio cases among youngsters who received shots. . New Salesman's Club Sets Meeting Tonight The third meeting of the newly-formed Southern Oregon Salesman's club will be held at Kim's restaurant this evening with Bill Gates, of the Grocete ria Super Market, as guest speaker. At the last meeting three mem bers, Dick McElhose, George Sain and Clint Frankenfield gave short talks. Any salesman calling on re tail trade in southern Oregon is eligible to attend. Prepare for Promotion Enroll on Any Monday DAY CLASSES-Monday thru Friday 9 to 4 Secretarial and Accounting Courses EVENING CLASSES Monday and Thursday - 7 to 10 p.m. Accounting Business English Typewriting College Spelling Shorthand Business Mathematics Business Machines: IBM Electric Typewriting; Marchant, Friden and Monroe Calculators, and Dictaphone.- Robertson School of Business 40-42 N. Riverside Ph. 3-4264 Medford LET THE SAUCERS FLY Rockford, 111. U.R) Two deputy sheriffs, who investigat ed a report that a suspicious man with a crowbar was prowling around a cafe, found John C. Gregory, a civil defense expert carrying a telescope. Gregory said he was trying to run down reports of "flying saucers" seen in the area. iusiHrs . . . . . have never laid an unsatisfactory room of Carpet in the three years they have been in business! . When you learn what's been done in the automobile pic tured here, you can easily see why this beauty is winning rave notices coast to coast. Buick engineers took the hardtop body design that has been growing tremendously in popularity over the past six years an d gave it four doors instead of two. Simple? Sure to all outward appearances. But it took a brand-new kind of body with wholly new structural principles to do it to bring this long-awaited new kind of automo bile to the public in volume numbers and at popular prices. For this is a true hardtop with the sleek, and racy look of a Convertible, because there are no center posts in the window areas on either side. And now it has front doors for the front-seat passengers and rear doors for the rear-seat passengers plus room increased to the size of a full Sedan. (It took some special kind of engi neering magic, you can be sure, to hinge all four doors at their forward edges for greater safety, and more ease of entering and exiting.) So it looks like Buick has scooped the industry again and come up with the hottest news in hardtops since Buick originated the first two door hardtop six years ago. HOTTEST NIWS IN AUTOMATIC DRIVES IS VARIABLE PITCH DYNAFLOW witch p,fch pnncple of the rtiodern air ,ne P'fch just by pressing the gas Dedol end get lng,ike response fge'tat ' vearl w I Perhm AriB of the And vnn pun have it now in the low-price Special or the supremely-powered Century and either one at the modest extra cost of a 4-door model over a 2-door. 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