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A NichoVs Worth of Comment On By HARMAH United PtM "Washington (U.R What's new in Washington: Secretary of Defense Charles f .y V E. Wilson was briefing a so ciety of busi ness editors on his job. The secretary re marked: "I have found the job intriguing, fatiguing and frustrating. It is a combina tion of highly imoortant Harman Nicholm things and tremendous trifles. It is difficult to get good men. The people we need sit next to God and have financial and technical experience . . . These people are hard to find." In the park across from the Capitol these days youngsters by the thousands are cluttering up things with basket lunches and camera shooting. The senators and congressmen are aware of the potentials of "I saw our congressman and I got his auto graph," when kids go back to their voting parents. The law givers aren't shy. A lot of them walk out of the Capitol Build ing pen in hand. In the current session, the Sen ate has had a lot of week ends off. But, the while, the Senate is getting a lot of work done. Under the leadership of Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, the Senate has passed 408 bills and has approved 30,728 nomina tions, from the littlest postmast er way on up. The Library of Congress has a -Softball league. When last heard from the "book cleaners" had lost four and won none, but the fellows in the card index de partment were riding high with - two wins and no losses. The card fellows had the help of the wea therman. They were rained out twice. The National Women's Press Sicilian Election Boost for Scelba Palermo, Sicily (U.R) The Christian Democrats', vic- tory In Sicily's regional election was regarded today as a boost for Premier Marion Scelba's cen trist coalition and a key to his survival in the impending gov ernmental crisis. The pro-American premier, a ; Sicilian himself, faces a no-con-; fidence motion when the Ital- iian Parliament re-convenes in j Rome June 13. His party's gains T in the week end election were t teen as an important factor in swinging the sentiment in his favor. Scelba had successfully stall ed off the cabinet crisis on the ground that the Christian Demo crats should first see the Sicilian elections through. In one of the most orderly el ections in its history, the land of vendetta gave the Cathotic i nartv a clear edee over the Com munis-t-Socialist opposition. The Christian Democrats gained sev 1 en seats in the 90-seat parlia- i, ment of the autonomous island region. The gains gave the Christian Democrats a 37-30 edge over the leftist group in Parliament, the number of Communist -Social ist seats remained unchanged. Mother Kills Two Children and Self Dayton, O (U.R) Mn. Mary Augusta Blakesley, 29, an attractive wife and mother, kill ed her two children and then herself yesterday because she "didn't want the children to grow up" like herself, according to police. . Her husband, Robert, 34, dis covered the shotgun killings when he returned home from work. He said his wife had been moody and had declined to leave their home recently. He found the body of his son, Michael, 7, atop a chest in the attic. The body of his daughter, Debora, 9 months, was on a sofa and that of his wife was on the floor, the gun near her. Police declined to reveal con tents of a note they said she left. Sterling Hayden, Wife In Property Settlement Hollywood (U.R) Actor Sterling Hayden and his estrang ed wife, Betty, have completed a property settlement to pave the way for a Nevada divorce, it was disclosed today. Mrs. Hayden's attorneys said she would leave here Wednesday to establish residence for the di vorce in Las Vegas, Nev. Under the settlement, she will receive 25 per cent of Hayden's earnings for four years, whether she remarries or not, plus their house and car. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 1 a. m Monday for Monday; other days 530 previous day. This and That W. NICHOLS fNtan Wriet Club held its annual dinner and stunt show with Ike and Mamie as the honored guests. The stunt show was titled: "Out of This World.'; The title prompted Sen. Bob Kerr, the Oklahoma Demo crat, to remark in his news let ter that the phrase "out of this world" used to be the pet expres sion of the President. And, ac cording to Sen. Kerr, Ike's "overuse of it became a pet peeve of Mrs. Ike." When the Washington Sena tors are riding low the problem of parking at Griffith Stadium is of little moment, except per haps on the week end. During a recent week end, a lot' of fans drove into a nearby recreation department playground, and were waved in by a gang of eager kids who collected $1.50 per car. The kids disappeared and right behind them came the cops, who put a ticket under each windshield wiper for parking in an illegal zone. Whatever the fan paid to get into the ball park, he also paid $1.50 to park, and a $3 fine for a parking vio lation. Chevrolet. . .The only low-priced car with and Bartlett Streets MEETS WITH CABINET Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden (left) waves as he arrives at Number Ten Downing Street, after meeting with his cabinet on the effects of the rail strike. Eden is preparing radio appeal to the seventy thousand striking British railway workers. He will emphasize that the week-old strike is endangering the British economy and Britain's position in world trade. WAR WEAPON STOLEN Washington Crossing, Pa. (U.R) William Smela, a gun collector, reported to police Mon day that someone stole a Civil War cannon from the front lawn of his country home. Best dressed car of motor amic COMBINE YOUR NEW CHEVROLET PURCHASE WITH YOUR VACATION PIANSI Order a mw Chevrolet through us, then pick It up at the plant In Flint, Michigan, tee Chevrolet! built, H you like, and drive -yours home. Chances are, youll save a substantial share of your vacation travel costs! ' y m DRUNKARD SENTENCED Watonga, Okla. (U.R) Dan iel M. Drunkard, 30, started a 10-day jail term Monday for drunken driving. Dead tine Sunday Classified Is at at noon Saturday. It's like a famous designer's label on a lady's favorite party dress. It's like sterling on silver, 14 carat on gold, or like those little silk threads in an honest-to-gosh dollar bill that no counter feiter can ever quite copy. It's the Fisher coach world-famous emblem of Body by Fisher. You'll see it on the sill of a Motoramic Chevrolet when you open the door. You'll see it on some of America's most popular high-priced cars, too. But that's all. Not on any other low-priced car. (DODUJmIEW RED JUNKS DESTROYED Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The Nationalist Chinese air force an nounced today one of its fighter planes destroyed at least 10 Com munist Chinese junks southeast of Shenghu Bay Monday. the year f The other cars in Chevrolet's field just don't have that clean, uncluttered design, the fresh look that comes from beauty that's built in not bolted on! In fact, there are very few cars that do have it no matter what they cost. And the other low-priced cars, of course, don't offer any of these advantages of Fisher Body. Not that strong, solid Fisher Unisteel construction. Not those fine quality fabrics and materials. Not the High-Level ventilation system that pro vides cleaner, fresher air or such con EWDBCDnJETT TiMcds' Jmm 7. I98S Oklahoma Schools To Accept Negroes Oklahoma City, Okla. U.R) Oklahoma colleges and univer sities will open their doors to Negroes next September. The State Board of Regents For Higher Education voted 8 to 1 yesterday to authorize gov erning boards of the various col leges to accept qualified Negro enrollees for the fall term. The sole dissenting vote was cast by Frank Buttram, Okla homa City oilman, who once was a Democratic candidate for governor. Regents President W.' D. Lit tle, Ada., Okla., newspaper pub lisher, said the policy was adopted to conform with the re cent U.S. Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation of the races in public schools. Previously, Oklahoma has furnished "equal but separate" educational facilities for Ne groes. However, Negroes have been admitted to graduate schools in state colleges for several years. Negroes seeking undergraduate work have been required to at tend Langston University, a seg regated institution. heautihil Body hy Fisher New Effort Scheduled In Trucking Strike Los Angeles (U.R) AFL Teamsters and trucking, industry representatives were scheduled to meet again today in an effort to end the 19-day-old trucking strike in 11 Western states. Federal Conciliator John Fen ton said after yesterday's nego tiations that most of the major issues in the dispute were set tled. He indicated a settlement might come soon. Portland Theaters Declared 'Unfair' Portland (U.R) Three mo vie theaters were placed on the "unfair" list of the Portland Central Labor council last night. The Division Street and Pow ell Drive-Ins and the Hood theater in Gresham were put on the list because the motion pic ture operators' union had not been able to negotiate contracts with the theater owners, Secre tary Gust Anderson said. In other business, the council elected Anderson and President Bill Way to attend the Oregon State Federation of Labor at Medford the last week in July. The lef Air Sport Coupe. You'll find your rovorffe modef among Chevrolet' compfefe lino of Fithtr Body beauties. siderate touches as separate little cranks for the ventipanes. You can choose your own new Chevrolet with Body by Fisher from 190 different combinations of models and colors. That's like having it custom built just for you without the custom-built price! Come on in and get all the good news on the model you like best. STEALING THE THUNDER FROM THE HIGH-PRICED CARSI MEDfORD (OREGON) MAIL TRXBTHTB FTTB Whitfield Nomination Hearings Under Way Washington (U.R) . The Congressional Atomic Energy committee has begun secret hear ings on the long-stalled nomina tion of Allen Whitfield to be a member of the Atomic Energy commission. Chairman Clinton P. Ander son, (D-N.M.), said the commit tee met privately on the nomin ation yestt-day and plans to hold public hearings later on. The first closed - door meet ing was devoted to going through part of a committee staff report on Whitfield, An derson said The committee in tends to go" through the entire report to determine what mat ters should be covered in pub lic hearings, he said. SENATORS ANGRY Havana, Cuba (U.R) Two opposition senators attempted to settle their differences with a gun duel in a meeting room Monday. Gilberto Leyva and Ed uardo Suarez drew guns after a hot exchange of words. Col leagues intervened before bullets began to fly. Phone 2-6115 O : Medford
