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O Kefauver Given Fair Chance To llfin Democratic Presidential Nomination J54 f LYLE C. WILSON Untied Press Correspondent Washington CU.PJ Sen. Estes Kefauver's chance of winning the 1956 Democratic presidential nomination is no more than fair, despite which he is the man to watch next year. For one solid reason: Kefau- ver is a sen- o u s obstacle in the path of Adlai E. Stev- Ljle C. Wijrfon e n s o n. The middle-aged (52) Tennessee sen ator has not formally announced fw the 1956 contest. He is going through the preliminary mo tions, however, and the odds are long that Stevenson must get by Kefauver to win. Sitting back cool, comfortable and with an ace in the hole is Gov. Averell Harriman of New York. The fates of these three men, who are so unlike, are tied securely together; the political Davy Crockett from Tennessee, the polished, easy-mannered man from Illinois, and Harri Tnan, who would be the richest president since George Wash ington. Stevenson's Decision Approaches The season is approaching when Stevenson must say yes . or no to the question whether he will run again. Democrats will not draft Stevenson again. That's where Kefauver's coon- skin cap will be right in the cen ter of the ring. The senator is a deadly primary opponent. He licked President Truman in New Hampshire's kickoff primary in March, 1952. ... Kefauver went on to win pri maries in Wisconsin, Nebraska, Illinois, New Jergey, Massachu setts, Maryland, Oregon, Penn sylvania, Tennessee, South Da kota and 0California. Some of these were mere courtesy votes which did not bind delegations. He split Ohio and Florida. Lost at Convention The Tennessee senator prob ably had the largest public fol lowing of any Democrat when the national convention as sembled in Chicago in 1952. Ke fauver was well ahead on the first two ballots, then the pro fessionals, led by Mr. Truman, did him in. Stevenson was the .winner. Kefauver will go into the pri- I If - f if im I ESTES KEFAUVER Serious Obstacle manes again if he moves at all next year, and that puts it up to Stevenson to enter and meet him. A series of primary losses to Kefauver would be enough to bench Stevenson for life. Then would come the S64.000 question. . Would' Mr. Truman and the other party leaders whom Kefauver has offended accept him this time? Bear Creek Offices NearingCompletion More than 40,000 square feet of new office space at Bear Creek orchards is expected to be occupied by Oct. 1, officials of the company said today. David Holmes, co-partner in the company, said finishing touches were started in the one week. The general office build ing was constructed by the "tilt up" method concrete walls poured and dried horizontally, then raised into position. ' At the north end of the new structure will be executive of fices. The building will include new display rooms. The outside of the general of fice building will be finished later, Holmes said, after the in terior is prepared for occupancy. Leslie Poole of Portland is engineer and Smith - Phillips company, also of Portland, is the' general contractor. 50th Year Medford Price 5e Tribune SECTION TWO MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1955 Pages 1-6 Mysterious Balloons in Midwest Continue To Puzzle Officials By UNITED PRESS Midwest officials are up in the air over three mystery bal loons that appeared and disap peared Sunday at high altitudes. The silly summer season, which began several months ago when hoses were reported bur rowing into the ground, drew to an 'equally silly end as nobody claimed any of the balloons. One of the huge floaters hov ered over the Chicago Loop at an altitude of nearly 100,000 feet for a short time and then began to drift out over Lake Michigan, where it was seen no more. "All we know is that it's a bal loon and it's friendly," officers of the 22nd Anti-Aircraft Artil- Shorn Wool, Mohair Support Prices Told Washington (U.R) The Agri culture Department has an nounced it will support prices of shorn wool at 62 cents a pound and Mohair at 70 cents a pound in the marketing year beginning April 1, 1956. These are the same support levels in . effect for the 1955 marketing year. These are the same support levels in effect fo rthe 1955 marketing year. Officials said no changes were made because it is too early to determine the effect of the new support program which took ef fect this spring.. The program was designed to raise national wool production from 233,000,000-pounds in 1954 to 300,000,000 pounds annually. The 1955 wool clip has been es timated officially at 228,000,000 pounds. The 1956 wool price is equal to 106 per cent of the "fair earn ing power" parity level. The Mohair price is 92 per cent of parity. lery in Chicago said. But they didn't explain how they knew it was friendly. Other Balloons Sighted Other balloons were sighted over Wisconsin and Central Ohio. A fourth balloon, believed to have been set aloft for experi mental cosmic ray research, was shot down near Fowler, Ind., by an Air Force plane using a sv called "electrical impulse", guni In Washington, Air Force of ficials refused to explain such weapons, but a Chicago research scientist said they may be re mote control devices for letting gas out of balloons. Reports from Fowler said the balloon was launched six days ago from Lowry Air Force Base at Denver, Colo., but officials at Lowry said it didn't belong to them. Manufacturer Says Not His Maybe, they said, it belonged to Winzen Research, Inc., of Minneapolis, Minn. But Otto Winzen, president, of the firm, said nope, he didn't launch that one. At least he didn't think so. Winzen doubted that it could have been the one -he launched Sept. 1 at International Falls, Minn., which "refused to come down" and was last seen Thurs day floating lazily out over New Brunswick and toward the At lantic ocean. . In Central Ohio, another mys tery balloon was sighted drift ing on an east-northeast course just north of Columbus. Sheriff's police at Columbus said they were told the balloon was sent up by weather experts. But the Columbus Weather Bureau de nied any knowledge of such bal loons. They said maybe the Air Force knows something about it. The Air Force said to see the Weather Bureau. . McKay Says Deputies Own No Power Stock Washington (U.R) Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay has advised a House Government Op erations Subcommittee that his top deputies connected with power development projects do not own any electric utility stocks. Rep. Earl Chudoff (D-Pa.), chairman of the subcommittee which has been holding hear ings on Interior Department activities in the sale of electric power from federal dams, had inquired particularly about any haldings by McKay, Undersec retary Clarence A. Davis, As sistant Secretary Fred D. Aan dahl, Department Solicitor J. Reual Armstrong and Edmund T. Fritz, Associate Solicitor for Reclamation and Power. 28-Year-Old Meets Father for First Time A 28-year-old North Carolina telephone installer met his fa ther for the first time in his life here at 11 a.m. Sunday. Larry A. Jarrett, a Western Electric telephone employee, from Ash ville, N. C; arrived in Medford with his step-parents Saturday. Jarrett was introduced to his true father, Carl M. Reed, 52, of Camp White, Sunday morning. Reed has been at the veterans' domiciliary since November, 1954. The younger man planned to leave for his eastern home to day. The pair did not wish to give any 'details of their long separation. 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