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Q Medfokd Tribune United Prew Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER .17, 1955 Pages 1-8 Operators, Secretaries Go Into Tizzy As Mr. Bell Tries To Phone Mr. Watson By H. D. QUIGG United Press Correspondent New York U.R) If Alex ander Graham. Bell were alive today and trying to get a call through the modern business jungle: Phone rings at offices of Wat son Inc., and Watson switch board operator answers. Operator "Watson, ' Ind. CMawning." Mr. Bell's asst. secy. "Calling Mr. Watson, pleeuze." Operator "Which Mr. Wat son, pleeuz? Mr. Watson Jr. or old Mr. Watson Sr.?" ' Bell's secy. "Just a minute, pleeuz." There's a wait of five minutes during which Watson operator misses several calls, causing several Watson execu tives to light up like bulbs. Final ly .. . Operator rings. Watson's secy. "Mr. Watson's office. May I help you?" Bell's secy. "May I speak to Mr. Watson?" Watson's secy. "Who's call ing, please?" Watson's in Conference Bell's secy. "Just a minute, pleeuz." There's a wait, during which Watson secy, removes fingernail polish and re-dabs nails. "Mr. Alexander Bell is calling Mr. Watson." Watson's secy. "Just a mo ment, please." Considerable pause; Bell secy, draws doodles. Bell's secy. "Just a minute, pleeuz." She puts Bell's private secy, on the wire. Bell's pvt. secy. "Hello, Mr. Bell is calling Mr. Watson. It's important." Watson's secy. "Just a min ute, I'll let you speak to Mrs. Brilling." Mrs. Brilling "I'm Mr. Was son's executive secretary. Mr. Watson is very busy. Is there anything I could ..." Bell's pvt. secy. "Mr. Bell is calling; it's very urgent." Watson's exec. secy. "All right. Mr. Watson can talk now. Put Mr. Bell on." Bell's pvt. secy. "Mr. Bell is tied up just now. Will you wait a Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS , French Resident General Pierre Boyer de Latour, rejecting Spanish denials that Riff rebels fighting the French in Morocco came from Spanish Morocco: ; ' ' "It is well known that Moroccan "dissidents have found aid and O refuge in the Spanish zone of Morocco." . The Spanish Foreign Ministry in Madrid replying io the French charges: "If the French authorities persist with their unfounded decla rations about Morocco, Spain will feel obligated to present the facts before the United Nations inviting it to check the truth so that it will be known just what is the real purpose of this cam paign and who is menacing the peace in Siis part of the world." Aspiring Actress Nan Leslie, spotted by a talent scout who saw her picture on a magazine cover: "Alfyou could see of me were my eyes and legs." Sen. John M. Butler (R.-Md.) announcing that he "definitely" is going to run for reelection next year: "I've got a reputation fcr being a hard-working senator." Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R.-Ill) on the 1956 Republication presidential nomination race: ' - "Vice-President Richard M. Nixon is out in front by virtue of his position in the administration." French Ambassador Maurice Couve de Murville on the French delegation's walking out of the United Nations General Assembly iDprotest to proposed discussion of the Algerian problem: "We felt bound to make that move in order to impress on the people they shouldn't go outside the boundaries of the charter." Presidential disarmament assistant Harold Stassen on Commu nist sale of arms to Egypt: "It would be in the Soviet interest in the long run not to ship those arms and in Egypt's interest in the long run not to accept them." Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent Hollywood noma!" on the wide-screen was war ': .7 . I' (U.R) "Okla- new Todd-AO billed as the bigest movie event since sound, but it stumbled to a bad start in New York, showman Mike Todd ad mitted today. Since the top musical Aline Mosby of all time was transferred to a gigantic screen (the size of Ga barn wall, reams of publicity, including the energetic Todd's, have praised the production. But the .premiere in New York Tuesday turned out less than colossal. : Critics Disappointed Most New York critics praised the picture but tabbed the Todd- AO process disappointing. Todd admitted in an inter view today that to say the pre miere was a flop is "an under statement." But he insisted, "The process is great it was a bad print and bad showman ship." "If they had called in ex perts to louse up the premiere they couldn't have done better," he-rhoaned as he paced around "his office at RWO. By "they" he meant Magna Theater?, distributors of the movie. Denver U.R) : President Eisenhower Saturday accepted the resignation of William S. B. Lacy, veteran career diplomat, as ambassador to Korea, for reasons of health. Daily's U-Driva Medford Airport "The print was scratchy and covered with snow," he con tinued. "It destroyed the illu sion, of depth. And the sound was muffled. They kept the cur tain closed at the opening. They wanted to show off that curtain, I guess. Opening Night Counts "They kept telling me, it will be all right next week. It doesn't matter next week! It's the open ing night that counts. Show manship," he "cried. Todd rushed to the rescue by sending the theater raw film so a new print could be made. Only cne print had been made of "Oklahoma!" because "as of last Friday they were still fiddling around with the title opening on th master print." "They didn't like the shots of Oklahoma, afraid the process might be shown off betters," he said with sarcasm. "They'd taken out the two best of the corn and the chase and finally put them back in." minute, Mr. Watson, while I locate him?" I Want you' Watson's exec. secy, politely "You do not have Mr. Watson yet. This is the secretary. We're not going to wait for you. You're going to wait for us." Bell's pvt. secy, ultra politely "Mr. Bell is ready now. Go ahead, please." Watson's exec. secy. . "Go ahead, please." Bell's pvt. secy, sternly "No, you go ahead!" Watson's exec. secy, steely voice "We're not going to go ahead first. Mr. Watson is just as big a man as Mr. Bell. You called us and that makes you s'posed to go ahead first. So go ahead." Bell's pvt. secy. "Not till you tell me Mr. Watson's there, ready." Watson's exec. secy, screeches "He's ready, he's ready. Go ahead!" Bell's pvt. secy. "Here's Mr. Bell." Bell "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you." Watson "Okay, Aleck. Be right over." Both hang up fast. Oregon To Foster New Policy on Transportation Salem U.R) Oregon will shortly lay down the rules for a transporation policy something no other state has yet pioneered, William E. Healy, assistant sec retary of state, told a meeting of shippers here. He said the federal goernment, through a recent cabinet com mittee .report, sought such a policy but ran into "explosive controversy." Healty said there is no clear indication yet as to which direc tion a . transportation policy would take. The idea is so new, he said, that there is no agree ment yet as to just what should be considered. Some matters mentioned, he said include a cor relation of freight by rail, truck and barge and correlation be tween members of each of those industries, in so far as rates are concerned. Shippers are being invited to discuss the matter, as at last night's meeting, so that some shape may be given to the policy. MISSING SINCE TUESDAY, Ronnie Weitkamp, 3, Crane, . Ind., is objective of widespread search with indications he may have been victim of kidnapers. (International) Faster Service To East Told by UAL United Air lines will inaug urate DC-7 non-stop service from Portland to Chicago and two-stop service to New York effective Oct. 31, according to K. W. Cook, UAL station agent here. Time of the new flights will be 5V2 hours to Chicago from Porltand, and 8V6 hours,.to New York. Cook said this will cut about 2V2 hours from the pres ent time from Medford to Chi cago, and one hour off the time to New York. Flights from Medford will con nect with the eastbound flights Eugene (U.R) James Rob ert Allen, 14, Eugene, died in stantly Saturday when his 17-year-old brother shot him with a. rifle while deer hunting. He was the state's first gunshot vic tim of the deer season. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. in Portland. The new fewer stop flights are possible under a re cent ruling of the Civil Aeronau tics administration, Cook said. The new DC-7s are among the world's fastest non-jet airliners, carry 58 passengers, a crew of five and 9,000 pounds of mail, express and freight at a cruising speed of 365 miles per hour and a top speed of 410 mph. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tubes can be restored to original brightness at only a fraction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18 N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 Dean & Taylor Pontiac 6th & Grape Medford, Ore. It You're 'Victim of Nucleomitophobia Put Your Faith in DEW and Forget It Chicago (U.R) Are you suf fering from nucleomitophobia? Put your faith in DEW and forget about it. Nucleomitophobia and DEW are a couple -of new words coined by the neologists. Neologist is an old word for people who coin new words - If you're still confused, nucle omitophobia means fear' of the atom bomb, and DEW is the de signation for the Distant Early Warning network of . Arctic . ra dar outposts. In this plastic-electronic-militaristic age, the neologists seem to be having a field day. According to the American Peoples Encyclopedia, scores of new words are coined each year, chiefly in the fields of invention, politics, advertising and medi cine. Some Graphic Words How many of the new words will become part of the lan guage depends on good taste, suitability, and widespread, con tinued usage. . -, Some of the more graphic and less familiar words coined dur ing the last few years include: Midac-Short for Michigan digi tal analogic computer. This is an electronic Drain possessing su perhuman skill at. crapshooting, plus a'muleskinrter's vocabulary. Swindletron a small, inex pensive atom-smasher, so-called because it seems to "get some thing for nothing." Armadillo suit an armored garment of nylon-covered steel plates. Cermet a heat resistant ma terial combining metals with cer amics. . ?-Man Overhead Manipulator a mechanical arm for remote control work in radioactive areas. ' Paracopter a jet-powered res cue and training helicopter, so compact it may be parachuted in a container. More New Words Tollivision . subscription tel evision. . Cinder sifter a locomotive. Femineered styled for the feminine market. Travelize to prepare an auto mobile for vacation time. Isolette an incubator for pre mature babies. Pronounciary an electrically operated talking dictionary. Radome radar instruments housed in a domed structure. Telemetry the computation of data relayed from afar, as by rockets. Pogo stick an aircraft that makes vertical take-offs and tail first landings. . Cavitron a painless dental drill powered by ultrasonic waves. Muspike Muskellunger-pike. A newly bred fish introduced by Ontario biologists. Splake speckled and lake trout. Another new hybrid fish of Ontario. Bikiniism a Moscow-inspired term for the "nefarious Ameri can invention,'; the Bikini swim suit. A CENTURY Strasbburg, N. D. 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