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CIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. August 5, 1955 ' RETURN TO FREEDOM Col. John K. Ar nold (hatless, right) of Silver Springs, Md., talks with Lt. Col. Dwighton D. Simpson, U. S. Air Force liaison officer, as he leads group of fliers out of Red China at Hong Kong. On crutches behind Arnold is Major William H. Baumer of Lewisburg, Pa. The airmen were imprisoned on "spy" charges following their capture in Jan. 1953 when their B-29 was shot down over North Korea. Special Session of Congress Expected To Enact Highway Bill By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington A Northwest congressman who has been in the thick of the road building political fight in Congress this year feels confident President Eisenhower will recall the law makers back into a special ses sion late this fall for the ex press purpose of passing a high way aid bill. Rep. Russel V. Mack (R. Wash.), a top GOP member of the House Public Works Com mittee, has urged both Eisen hower and Republican Leader Joe Martin to favor the special session, in the wake of House defeat last week of both Repub lican and Democratic road build ings programs. "If we don't get a road bill before January, we won't get one at all," declared Mack. "That's why I think the president will call a special session." To Be Supercharged Mack pointed out that next year's session will be super charged with the politics that always favor an election year session and impede legislative action. He said he thinks it will be worse than this year's session, which he called "themost politically-minded session in my experience." Mack has come up with a compromise bill he thinks might unite both parties, who each favor more federal highway aid for roads but differ over how they should be paid for. At stake in the road fight, Mack pointed out, is whether or" not U.S. 99 from the Can adian to the .Mexican border is to become a modern interstate road through western Oregon and Washington, with four lanes of divided highway equipped with overpasses at intersections. Program Imperative "It is imperative that an ex panded highway program be started just as soon as possible. Every day of delay means more persons killed or maimed need lessly," Mack said. "Death on the highway does not wait while 0 Congress procrastinates. While congressmen vacation, death goes (Jhead killing an average of 100 persons a day, 3000 a month or 36,000 a year in highway traffic accidents." The road fight reached a dead lock when Democrats defeated the President's plan for financ ing through revenue bonds, which would not be included in the national debt, and then a Democratic bill for financing through increased gas, oil and tires was licked by a coalition of Republicans and Democrats. Mack's compromise involves some of both proposals $5, 000,000,000 in bonds and $7, 622,500,000 in new taxes on gas oline by a half cent, bringing in $4,324,000,000 in 16 years; add- Eisenhower Said In Good Condition Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower's doctor said today the Chief Executive "is in better condition than the average man of his age." The presidential physician, Maj. Gen. Howard McN. Snyder, said the strains of the past few months' heavy traveling and work schedule have not shown in Mr. Eisenhower's health. Health is one of the year-from-now factors which the President says may influence his decision on running for a second term. He told his news conference Thursday there would be "no great use" for putting off the decision if he were "such an infallible prophet" that he could speak now for next year "all about the world situation, the domestic situation and my own situation." Elaborating on his own situation, the President men tioned the way he felt, and pos sibly health "and everything else." "I have not that gift of prophecy,"- he declared. PERON SHIPS HORSES Buenos Aires (U.R) Argen tine President Juan D. Peron shipped two thoroughbred horses to Swiss President Max Petitpierre today. Both horses are prize-winners. ing a cent to the tax on diesei fuel, bringing in 5118,500,000; four cents per pound on large truck tires for $400,000,000; 2 cents on passenger car tires for $1,447,000,000; and a two per cent increase in excise tax on trucks for $475,000,000. Must Be Reconciliation, "There must be some ground on which Republicans who want a bonding plan and Democrats who want a tax plan can recon cile their differences," said Mack. "If Congress is to enact a highway bill, Republicans like myself who have fought for the President's bonding plan must agree to take some taxes as a means of raising some revenue for highways as wanted by the Democrats; and the Democrats who have opposed any bonding must agree to take some bond ing as desired by the Republi cans." Some observers think Eisen hower would be smart political ly to call the Democratically controlled 84th Congress back into session to point up its fail ure to enact any road program this year. Also, as Mack sums it up, this would be the best and possibly only opportunity for passing an acceptable highway aid bill, with political consider ations underlining every act of the 1956 session that starts next January. No-Discomfort Drills Tested by Scientists Chicago U.R) Dental drills that cause "virtually no discom fort" to patients must undergo further tests before they can be made available for general use, two scientists reported in the Journal of the American Dental Association. An application of art industrial tool used to cut mqtal and hard minerals with precision, the drills operate by means of high speed vibrations which act upon an abrasive mixture to perform the cutting process. Scientists said the new drills do not produce the annoyance from vibration caused by moving parts of the usual rotary drill. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads HEAT YOUR HOME o WITH AN AIR CONDITIONER Want" winter warmth "and " summer cooling from a single, all-electric unitT Get the indoor climate control of the future, the .Westing house HEAT PUMP. It cools and dehumidifies your home in hot weather, heats it when days are cold. The HEAT PUMP also filters dirt, pollens, lint and dust from the air. Brings in and conditions outdoor ) air for t freshnessi Provides healthful indoor circulation day and night. Get your HEAT PUMP installed today ! Trowbridge & Flynn i. Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent 214 W. Main Phone 2-5211 you can SURE. ! AIR CONDITIONING -TVestinghouse EASY TERMS Editor's note: Aline Mosby is on vacation. TV Star Danny Thomas won two Emmys this year for his "Make Room For Daddy" series. But today he makes a startling suggestion that he be declared ineligible next year. By DANNY THOMAS Written for th United Press Hollywood (U.R) I hope "Make Room For Daddy," which won two this year doesn't win an Emmy next season. You heard right. I believe repeat awards are unfair to other fine shows and they place an unhealthy burden on a winning series for the fol lowing season. After all, where can you go in television after winning an Emmy? Television isn't boxing. Rocky Marciano must lay his crown on the line every time he steps into the ring. That's fine for a sport based on the survival of the fittest. But television involves art. I say any art form deteriorates in the long run when subjected to too much pressure. And striving to win an Emmy involves prodi gious pressure over and above that of producing the show it self. Solution Proposed I propose that the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which awards the Emmy, should declare all winners ineligible for next season's awards. The knowledge that a winner can't repeat will provide incen tive for other fine shows that just missed an Emmy. I would have breathed a lot easier and slept sounder if I had known that "I Love Lucy" had been declared ineligible for an Emmy this year. We approached every episode of "Make Room For Daddy" as if it were a pilot show. By the end of the season, the pressure was almost unbearable. At the academy dinner last March I watched the faces of last year's winners and saw agony, in some of them. Most of the old winners were still on top of the TV heap. They were still champions, yet they were dethroned. Let the old winners stand with heads held high and present the Emmy to the new victors. This could result in better television programs. The knowl edge by an Emmy winner that he will not lose prestige by fail ing to repeat will permit him to concentrate on producing a good show every week. He can play to the public instead of to the trade. Let's diwy up the Emmys a little more. Television will be better for it. City Zoning Ordinances Renovated By Cities Chicago ttJ.R) Many cities are bringing their zoning ordi nances up to date, according to the International City Managers' Association. The trend is shown by the fact that more than 60 per cent of the cities queried by the association have adopted or revised their present ordinances since 1946. Of this number, 34 per cent have done so since 1951. About seven per cent were in the pro cess of revising the mearly this year. Many zoning ordinances need ed overhauling because of popu lation shifts and growth. Bucket Brigade Takes Wafer To Hospital Newton, N.J. (U.R) An emer gency bucket brigade supplied water to the Newton Community Hospital for 14 hours Thursday when its 150,000 gallon storage New Hampshire Gets3 Sweepstakes Bill Concord, N.H. (U.R) Gov. Lane Dwinell signs today a leg islative bill setting up the first state sweepstakes in the nation. The - sweepstakes bill was ap proved Thursday by the New Hampshire Senate. Under the plan, two extra races would be held annually at Rockingham Park horse track. Tickets would be sold at $5 each for a tentative top prize of $25,000. State Rep. Laurence M. Pick ett, sponsor of the bill, said it ; would bring the state about $2, 000,000 annually inadded reve nue. Money from the sweep stakes would go into the state's general fund. tank ran dry in the midst of the heat wave. Hospital officials gathered every container they could find and volunteers carried water from lower points" in" the city for the hospital's 85 patients. The city Board of Health de clared an emergency and halt ed all but vital use of water elsewhere in the town until fire men could fill the tank by pump ing from an auxiliary reservoir. City officials said increased use of water in the 90-degree wea ther lowered pressure and pre vented water from reaching the hospital's tank. London Gossipers Again in Confusion London-(U.R) Princess Mar garet threw royal romance gossip into confusion again Thursday night by showing up at the the ater with Lord Plunket., Plunket has been an org-again, off-again escort for the princess but mostly off in "recent months. The 31-year-old deputy master of the Queen's household faded from view while wealthy Earl of Wilton5 became the prin cess' constant companion. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 oreviousday. Machine heat crazy Denver (U.R) Raymond La Flamme, a retired Army ser geant, figures the heat must have gotten the machine which makes out his monthly retire ment check of S128.40. The check he received Thursday was made out of $989,886.26. He re turned it. NEW LOCATION Modern Plumbing & SHEET METAL CO. 613 East Jackson Phone 3-5368 Announcing The Change of Management Of JIFFY CAR WASH The Finest and. Fastest Car Wash In Town ill Uoot Well Known Local Citizen, New Manager III! W&m itiffi WlW o o O pit m liijiii Biggest-selling Buiclt of all time permits us to make the biggest trade-in deals ever possible! 1 Bnick builds cars in every price range, including the very lowest And typical of Buick value in every price class is this buy: $266900 Local Delivered Price of the 1955 BUICK SPECIAL 2-Door, 6-Passenger Sedan . Model 48 (illustrated) (Optional equipment, accessories, any Estate and local taxes, addi tional. Prices may vary slightly in adjoining communities. Even factory-installed options are bargains. Here it is, just past July, and what do you think has happened? Buick popularity has broken every past full year record! That's the gospel truth. And Buick, of course, has had, many great year(s before. At the beginning of this week, Buick pro duction passed 600,000 cars for the 1955 ' model year. That is over 155,000 more automobiles than the full model year of 1954 when we cap tured third place in total national sales. It is more than 11,000 higher than the full model year of 1950 when the automobile industry had its greatest year, and Buick established an all-time record that stood unchallenged until now. It is almost a quarter of a million more auto mobiles than the full model year of 1941 which was the greatest prewar record Buick ever reached. In other words, there has never been any thing like 1955 in Buick history when today Buick is building over three cars every . i km minute to meet the public demand. Doesn't this tell you something important? Doesn't this soaring Buick success mean that you owe it to yourself to see and sample the car that's breaking every record in the Buick book? Doesn't; it mean that you ought to try Buick's mighty V8 power Buick's great room and comfort Buick's cruiser-steady ride and roadability Buick's superb visibility and precision handling ease? . And doesn't it mean you certainly ought to try Buick's Variable Pitch Dynaflow the world's only transmission with the switch pitch principle of the modern plane's propeller and the most spectacular per formance advance of the year? Come in and see us this week, at the latest and learn for yourself why today's Buick is the biggest-selling Buick of all time and how big a trade-in deal we can offer you with this tremendous volume to back us up. 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