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o EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, November 21, 1955 They7!! Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo UOWCUM? OM GOOD -WEATHER Sys TUE PASSENGER PL4MES T4XI asm-' UP TO THE W4IT1M6 ROOM DOOR- SlTT BE THERE 4 CLOUDBURST, THE P4SSEN6ERS H4VE TO WALK RJRTHEf? TH4N Mi-BUR ORV1LLE PLE1V 1 : ..1 J :l ft ' GENEVA REPORT Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (left) meets with President Eisenhower in Ike's temporary office at Gettysburg, Pa. Dulles flew to Gettysburg to give the President, a. firsthand report of the conference in Geneva. Special Tally Kept On Traffic Deaths Washington (U.R) The 48 states began a special daily- tally of traffic fatalities today in a campaign to prevent death en the nation's highways. The campaign will last three weeks and will be highlighted by Safe Driving Day Dec. 1. At that time an all-out effort will be made to go through a 24-hour period without a single fatality. This is the second year for the campaign. President Eisenhower, his Committee for Traffic Safety, and more than 200 national or ganizations have : endorsed S-D Day. Last year's S-D Day, Dec. 1, fell far short of the no-death goal. A total of 81 persons were fatally injured Dec. 1, 1954. Willamette Flood Dangers Subside Portland (U.R) Flood danger along the rain-swollen Willam ette river has subsided, weather bureau river forecasters said to day. r The weather bureau said the Willamette was expected to crest below flood stages at all stations. Tributary streams west of the Cascades were also ex pected to subside. Harbor police said the river was choked with debris, but the trash was not a hazard to navi gation. Salvage crews were res cuing better logs and snags, but most of the debris was being carried rapidly out to sea. Johnson creek ' on the Port land outskirts was falling back to its own banks . today, after overflowing Saturday. Real Motives Eyed In Timber Hearings Portland (U.P.) The congres sional timber policies hearings moved to Portland today in the center of a political controversy over the real motives of the In terior and Insular Affairs Com mittee. Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-Mich) an ex-officio member of the com mittee and the only Republican attending the hearings, charged that the Democrat majority mem bers were seeking to discredit the Eisenhower administration. Hoffman also asserted that his Democratic colleagues on the committee were trying to pro mote the reelection of Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) ' Another committee member, Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D Ore.) said "it is regrettable that Congressman Hoffman has chos en to inject partisan politics into a sincere effort to work out bet ter timber policies which can stabilize employment and eco nomic opportunities in Oregon." Civil Service Exams Slated For Trainees Examinations for the position of student trainees in the fields of agricultural engineering, bi ology, range conservations, soil conservation and soil science have been announced by the de partment of interior northwest board of Civil Service examiners. College students who will have completed the required two or three full years of study by June, 1956, with specializations in one of the fields named should file now for the first written "exam, Applicants should inquire at the post office for additional information. Tongay Expected To Surrender Today Los Angeles (U.R) Police waited today for the surrender of swimming instructor Russell Tongay, who escaped from a Florida prison guard while serv ing a sentence for the high dive death of his four-year-old "Aqua tot" daughter. Tongay escaped last week while receiving treatment for a long ailment at Marine hospital in New Orleans. He had been granted the special prison leave by the Florida Pardon board. The brawny former coast guardsman had been sentenced to a 10-year prison term for man slaughter in the death of his daughter, Kathy, who died of in juries after a 33-foot exhibition dive. The 38-year-old fugitive tele phoned his "best friend," Wil liam Burrell Jr., Coral Gabies, Fla., yesterday. Burrell said Tongay told him he had suffered amnesia since his escape and "didn't remem ber anything until yesterday." He said Tongay claimed he was in Los Angeles to obtain medical care but would surrender today. Graham Said Student In Electric Shop Denver (U.R) A Denver electric shop 'owner revealed to day that John Gilbert Graham, 23, the accused airliner bomb plotter, worked for him six days last month to learn about electricity. Graham confessed to the FBI but later denied that he placed a dynamite bomb in his mother's luggage before she boarded the United Air Lines DC6B in Den ver. Graham is charged with the first degree murder of his moth er, Mrs. Daisey King, 54, who was killed with 43 others in the explosion aboard the Portland bound plane on Nov. 1. sove Achievement Night For 4-H Clubs Set At Central Point Central Point Achievement night for all Central Point 4-H and Oakgrove Livestock club members will be held Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the Central Point Grange hall. The meeting will start at .8 o'clock. Pins will be presented by Dick Isaacs, manager of the Central Point branch of the First Na tional bank, and Gene McCur ley, agriculture field man for the bank. Special achievement awards will be presented by Glenn Klein, county 4-H agent. All club members, parents and friends are invited to attend, ac cording to those in charge. Freight Derailment Slows Espee Trains Portland -U.R A freight derailment delayed for several hours Saturday Portland-bound passenger runs of Southern Pa cific. Made late by the incident were the "Cascade," which arrived in Portland at 5:30 p.m.Saturday, and the Shasta Daylight, which arrived after 2 a.m. Sunday. The Cascade was eight hours late, the Shasta was IVz hours late. The derailment occurred Fri day in Gerber, between Duns muir and Davis, spreading wreckage across main rail lines. Nevada Town Shaken By Rumbling Earthquake Boulder City, Nev. (U.R) A rumbling earthquake awakened Boulder City residents yester day morning. Windows rattled and homes and buildings rolled gently but no damage was reported. The tremor occurred about 4 a.m. and lasted for seven or eight seconds. It was not felt in nearby Las Vegas. Bishop A. Raymond Church Anniversary 1 - - . 4, A. RAYMOND GRANT To' Speak Here Grant To Speak At Banquet Tuesday Bishop A. Raymond. Grant will speak at the 70th anniversary banquet of the First Methodist church, Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6:30 p.m. In addition to the bishop's report on a recent European trip, interest will center in a final re port of the anniversary campaign which will be made by Edward Branchfield. Goal of the cam paign for capital improvements is $150,000.00. About 175 workers have been canvassing the members and friends of the church during the past week. Honored Guests The First Methodist church is a result of the union of the First Methodist Episcopal church and the Medford Methodist Episcopal church, South, which was affected in 1939. Among the honored guests at the banquet will be The Rev. Joseph Knotts the first pastor of the united church and the Rev. Dr. Jouett P. Bray, who was the last pastor of the former South church. Mrs. Cora Carder is the only living charter member of the First church and Mrs. Donna B. Taylor, actively associated with the church for, the past 50 years, will be special guests. Dr. G. A. Dierdorff, lay leader, will be toastmaster. Music will be furnished by the Caroleers and the Meth odist men's quartet. The church has 1,619 members and is the fourth largest Methodist church in Oregon. The church school, with an enrollment of 1,304, is the second largest Methodist church school in the state. Min isters of the church are Dr. Raymond E. Balcorab, Dr. J. Thomas Dixon and the Rev. Mrs. Anne J. Gorby. Vision of Christ Said Seen by Pope Vatican City (U.R) The . Vati can Press Office said officially today that Pope Pius XII saw a vision of Christ during his serious illness last December. Luciano Casimirri, " head of the Press Office, said he had been authorized to confirm the report, first published Saturday by the Italian weekly magazine Oggi. The Oggi article, which the Press Office confirmed, said: "The Holy Father is abso lutely positive that he saw Jesus. It was not a dream; he was fully awake and lucid at that moment." Vatican quarters said the Pope therefore became tb first person in the 2000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church to have reported seeing a vision of Christ himself. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads The Community's Biggest Marketplace Siietz River Dragged For Boatman's Body Newport (U.R) Lincoln county sheriff's officers today dragged the Siietz river near here for the body of 23-year-old Lawrence Vern Charley, of Sii etz, who was presumed drown ed when his boat overturned Sat urday. Charley's wife, who was in the boat with him, swam to safety. Sheriff's officers said Charley's heavy clothing apparently drag ged him under the water. Flood Harriman Lambasts lkers Administration Seattle (U.R) New York Gov. Averell Harriman picked up here today where he left off in Chicago, lambasting the Ei senhower administration and sticking by his guns that he is not an "active candidate now" for the Democratic presidential nomination. He used the word "now" in reiterating a statement he made in Chicago yesterday that he was not. an "active" candidate. He refused to discuss the situa tion when asked if Adlai Stev enson, the 1952 Democratic pres idential candidate,: now had the inside track to the nomination in 1955. To political questions, Harri man said: "I'm not here to discuss candi dates. I am not an active candi date for the nomination at the present time." waters in the Siietz hampered search operations. Charley and his wife had been "working" their winter trap lines and were en route home when the accident occurred. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight. 4:45 p.m.; sunrise to morrow, 7:10 a.m. " ' FORECASTS: Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight. Valley fog Tuesday morning. Increasing cloudiness Tuesday with rain by evening. Low tonight -33. High Tuesday 45. Western Oregon: Increasing cloudi ness tonight. Occasional rain on coast and in northern interior Tuesday, spreading over- southern interior by afternoon. Little temperature change. Low tonight 32-40, high Tuesday 44-50. Northern California: Mostly fair and cooler tonight and Tuesday. LOCAL DATA: Temperature: Mean yesterday 41; below normal. 2. Record high this date 67 in 1924. Record low this date 16 in 1929. . Precipitation: 24 hours to midnight, .75 in. Midnight to 10 a.m., .01 in. To tal this month, 3.32 in.. 1.60 above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 6.34 in., 2.06 in. above normal. ' .. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 91'; highest this a.m. 97. Ctty high low prec. 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