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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Drop in on us today-this week, for
sure and see how easily and how
quickly one can be yours.
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