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o FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGONMAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. September 28, 19SS Steve Allen Discloses Plan To Shift 'Tonight' TV Show To Pacific Coast New York 0J.R Steve Allen, who keeps more people awake than coffee, has disclosed that the shift of his 'Tonight" show to the West Coast "looks about 54 per cent set." "we won t be cible to move for about six months," said Al len. "It's a terrible mish-mash to arrange for the movement of such a gang of people. And we won't desert New York entire ly. We plan to bring the show back every three months or so for a couple of weeks." Allen, proprietor of the re laxed after-hours .session since it was launched on NBC-TV in Sep tember, 1954, returned only re- - cently to Manhattan. He spent most of the summer in Holly wood filming "The Benny Good man Story," channeling the "Toe night" show from, the movie capital. "I think the show was better out there," said Allen. "The Hollywood studio is more suited to my type of, show; the. audi ence is smaller and almost every body sits-downstairs." Behind Allen's projected move, too, are personal reasons. He has sentimental ties with Los Angeles where he got his first big break running a disk jockey show. In addition, his three sons by a previous marriage all go to school on the West Coast and Allen is anxious to be near them. Allen said he planned no change in tfee format of his show. "We don't need a change, frank ly because we have no format. As it stands now, we can do any thing we want." Few viewers would contest that statement. Allen, a literate, engaging kind of guy, has inter viewed everyone from Carl Sandburg to Gina Lollobriglda. On the stove rlgnt now, Allen said, were plans for another movie posibly a remake of "My Man Godfrey." He is also hope ful that a serious series, "The Psychiatrist," which he and his wife, Jayne Meadows, produced, may land in a TV slot. Most of Allen's fans are un aware of it, but the TV funny man is also a serious writer. On Oct. 4, a book of Allen's short stories, "Fourteen For Tonight," will be published. He's also hard at work on a novel, "Presump tion And Despair," and this spring he'll also publish a vol ume of serious poetry. Quotes From the News ; By UNITED PRESS Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R.-Ill.) expressing hope President Eisenhower will be able to run for a second term: "Duty is the shiny iridescent word the President learned at West Point. The President knows and will know where his duty lies." . ; . Budget Director Rowland R. Hughes on prospects of balancing the budget by next summer: "I think it can be done ... I can't do it all myself . . . it's a teamwork proposition." Dr. Paul Dudley White, nationally known heart specialist who treated President Eisenhower, after receiving a report on the latest cardiogram of the President: "He's not out of the woods yet, but he's coming along nicely. The cardiogram was a favorable one and he seems to be making good progress toward recovery." Chicago Alderman Patrick P. Petrone. urging that a wartime emergency measure banning unescorted women at bars be re pealed: "Now that we are back to normal, it is appropriate that we give women equal rights at the bar." , Spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson on visit by Adlai Stevenson to Johnson's ranch: "Anyone is wrong who attempts to read any high level politi cal significance into the meeting It simply isn't there. It is purely social." Sen. Hubert. H. Humphrey (D.-Minn.) on the number of candi dates who will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 1956: "We're loaded. Our convention in Chicago next summer will be a real donnybrook." i : We're the people, too 'Wl NEW MERCURY Pictured above is the new Mercury automobile for 1956, which goes on display tomorrow at Medford Motors, Sixth and Ivy sts. Bigger in ' performance, power and appearance, this Monterey coupe empha sizes the lower silhouette of the entire line of . Mercurys for 1956. With 13 modles in three series Montclair, Monterey and Custom Mercury offers a variety of color and fabric combinations. A new Mercury Safety-Surge V-8 engine with a 312 cubic inch displacement further enhances ' Mercury's acceleration and power. , Phoenix Retains Engineering Firm For Sewage Survey Phoenix Harvey and Wat kins, Medford consulting engin eers, have been retained by the city of Phoenix to survey pos sbile sewage disposal facilities for Phoenix. The engineers jwill report feasibility of at least three different possibilities. The three possible plans are: Plans Listed - 1. Construction of a disposal plant for the city of Phoenix. ; 2. Construction of a disposal plant for both Phoenix and South Bear creek sanitary sewer dis trict. ' - 3. Connecting, through South Bear Creek sanitary district, to Medford's disp6sal ' plant. Earlier this year, residents of Phoenix aypproved a $40,000 bond issue for financing instal lation of disposal facilities. They also approved installation of a sewer system within the city, to be financed through assess ments against property served. Step Toward Installation Retaining consulting engin eers to survey possibilities moves the city a step nearer of installa tion of a sewer system for the first time in the more than 100 year history of Phoenix. When founded, the town of more than 400 residents was known as Gas burg. Septic tanks, which are now being used, are causing serious sanitary conditions throughout the town, Mayor Dan Adams pointed out. English Mayor Denies Discrimination Charge Margate, England (U.R) The mayor of Margate denied Tues day charges by a U.S. congress man that Negro American ser vicemen are refused service here. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D N.Y.) made the discrimination charge on his return from a tour in England. "His complaints are a lot of nonsense," said Mayor C.S.F. Witts. A Nichol's Worth . . . Comment On This and That y HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Free fwtar Writa, f rSy si1 J V Washington (U.R) Frogs are funny things. All we hear here are croaks. But down in Southeastern Brazil they have frogs that cackle like hens, grunt like pigs, quack and waddle like ducks, caw like crows, and make noises like crickets. All of this inform ation comes from Humu Nichols the Smithson- ' ' ian Institution. Our authority is Dr. Doris M. . Cochran, an - as sociate curator of reptiles and emphibians in -the U.S. National Museum, which is connected with the institution. ' Dr. Cochran has been with the museum for 36 years and has been correlating information from a recent expedition into Brazil. The gray -haired, hazel -eyed lady with all that experience knows how to separate one frog from another. "Don't undersell the frog," she said. "They can be of great help. Take the "Bufo Marinoo." Those caught down there were transferred to Guam and other parts of the sugar countries. The 'Bufo' ate himself fat on beetles and other insects that were eat ing the leaves of sugar plants like mad. Saved those people hundreds of thousands of dol lars." Also, said , Dr. Cochran, there are the giant toads, whose head gland secretes adrenalin. ' . 'The space is too short to de scribe the frogs that cackle like the egg-layer. But we can give you something on the frog that goes like a pig. "This one," Dr. Cochran said, "is Aparasphenodon." "This critter is about three inches long and is almost pure gold in color. Its voice, a sort of baritone, sounds like the grunt . of a frustrated boar. "It's kind of a slow grunt," said Dr. Cochran. "It sleeps in the daylight in the large leaves of bromiliads trees of the pine apple. In the dark of night the frogs hit for the ponds to look for bugs, and while looking, grunt like pigs to keep the rest of the population awake all night." The mating calls are some-' thing to hear. There is for in stance, the chorus of what Dr. Cochran and the rest of the frog experts like to call the "tin-pan frog." These clowns, the males, gather each night for a chorus. Their idea of a chorus is to gather in a throaty "ensemble" and give off a booming metallic sound which, according to the lady museum expert, sounds something like "a bunch of blacksmiths using hammers on the anvils." Sometimes, Dr. Cochran said, this business lasts all night Which must be pretty awful for neighbor frogs that work hard, for a meal in the daytime. And then, according to the expert, there is the "Hyla Similis" the one. which quacks like a duck and waddles like one. These amphibians swarm like bees. They sometimes gather for a meeting hundreds to the same tree. ou can Southern Pacific men and women are certainly a part of "the people" of South ern Oregon. There are 504 of them. With their families they are important units in many communities between Eugene and Ashland. Their more than $2,350,000 annual payroll makes them a potent eco nomic force in the area as well. They are your friends and neighbors. You'll meet them in church, at civic, school and charitable activities, working side by side with you for the advance ment of their communities. Not a few of them are descendents of men who worked for Southern Pacific when it first became a citizen of South ern Oregon in 1887. Many a city num bers retired S.P. men and women who, . happily, still reside here although their active years on the railroad are done. We know you'll find Southern Pacific men and women a loyal lot you can depend on. outhem (pacific kiv this Lamb Boast only at Safeway reason ... ito QAfCW. "-ty asotwSafewair :or one can cb it PROPER AGING is reason No. 1 why yotiH find your best meat value at Safeway! For example: Each Lamb Roast you buy at Safeway is aged so you taste its full natural tenderness nd flavor. To assure you properiy aged meat, 1 Safeway built in this area a . million dollar Central Meat Plant Here Safeway meats are held in air-conditioned aging rooms, at controlled temperatures, the exact number of days required to develop peak goodness. NOTE OUR "PERFECT EATING TRIM: As photo above shows, this Lamb Shoulder roast provides all the good-eating meat that- . belongs on this cut. All the round bone chops and all the -shoulder chops are left on (no chops are removed to be sold, at a higher price). It's a full five. ribs, with neck trimmed off, shank removed., Safeway meat-trininiing means ' better eating and better value! AND TOP GRADES ONLY! Each Lamb Roast you buy at Safeway is from U.S. Government : top grades of lamb (actually, only meat, of the -. top grades is improved by aging!). This tender, juicy meat is packed in sterilized boxes at oar m Central Meat Plant and delivered to Safeway stores by refrigerated trucks. At Safeway meat counters and at our self-service meat sections, - " you get the same quality I - . . Gantees 7 pr e?cWafpeafhaf 7 Sor
