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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1955)
o o o G O G O O O A -MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUKE Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS NeYork Mrs. Sibyl Schneller, of Mill Valley, Calif., a Pills bury Flour Mills Co. "Cook of the Year" contestant, on her reason for learning to cook: "My mother-in-law was a celebrated cook and I had to be as good as she was." Las Vegas, Nev Crooner Dick Haymei when told he wii di vorced by actress Rita Hayworth in Reno: . "What can I say? All I wish for her is happiness." igirmingham, Ala. Twin brothers Ronald and Donald Scott on 0ieing lost for five hours in a freezing woods on a Christmas tree Ohunt: "We prayed a little and cried a lot." Boston President Luis Ballle Berres of Uruguay on his meet ing with President Eisenhower: "In his home he did not appear to be a president, but gave the impression of a good head of family. Nevertheless, when he dis cussed ideas he certainly took the proportions of a great president." Buenos Aires Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz. editor and publisher of La Prensa, on plans for the newspaper freed from the Juan C. Pfiron dictatorship: "The doors are open0 to all the former staff who were thrown out when the Peron dictatorship seized the paper. Any vacant places will be filled only on the basis of the professional capacity and moral character of the candidates." London British Foreign Secretary Harold MacMillan in a statement charging Russia has shifted its struggle for power (Sjjainst the West to the tense Middle East: "The incursion of Russia by the deliberate opening of this new front, by the offer of weapons, by the offer of economic assistance, by the support of subversive organizations, has made a new and q menacing situation." United Nations, N.Y. U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge on ifiain political committee passage by a vote of 53 to 5 of a reso lution for U.N. priority on President Eisenhower's "open sky" disarmament plan: "It was a very great day in history . . . when we pass a resolu tion like this by a vote of 53 to 5." Bhahfton, India Soviet Communist party chief Nikita Khrush chev extolling the Russian political system while at an Indian vil lage being improved with $12,000,000 in U.S. aid funds: "In the Soviet Union we have demonstrated that peasants who have political power in their own hands can have the opportunity to develop themselves mentally, physically and spiritually." Astoria's Coxcomb Hill Again on Move o Astoria U.R) Creeping Cox Qcomb hill forced the eviction of (jtO Astoria families by early to day and scores of others were alerted as a slide began wreck ing homes here lor the third time in five years. Cit Manager Brewer Billy said "there's nothing we can do to. stop it. We just have to let nature take its course." The hillside residential dist rict overlooking the Columbia river was softened by four inches of rain and started to s'lide over an underground strata of shale and soapstone. Volunteers Aid Evacuations Hih school students, civil air patrf and volunteers helped evacuate homes cracked and set asljew' by the slow slippage of ih& hill and city officials said today they would dump rock on Irving avenue so evacuation ve hicles could get through. The street yesterday developed crev ices three feet deep and the Davement was pushed into standing waves three feet high Authorities hoped clearing skies and cold weather would Slow the march of Coxcomb hill. But they observed thaf in the rjast the slide condition had lasted for several months when it started in December. 0 One of the first homes strick LOGIC WHAT $49.9 Auditor Says Manufacturer's list Price $149.95 YOU SAVE 10000 One Horsepower Motor Nowhere in the U.S. can you beat this buy. BUY NOW ,BV BCBIIIIT WESTINGHOUSE STARK REBUILT UPRIGHT - Rebuilt ELECTROLUX 30 PLUS To s fof Reg. Price $49.95 $49.95 BOTH FOR ONLY $49.95 3 OTHER NEW GLEANERS ALSO INCLUDED IN $49.95 SPECIAL Westinghouse Canister Originally Priced at $99.95 Hoover Tank $79.95 Beevac Tank $69.95 ALL OTHER VACUUM CLEANERS SPECIALLY PRICED en was the George Olson house after a large crack appeared in the backyard. Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Anderson left the home they had occupied for 28 years. Disaster Aid Promised The Red Cross promised dis aster aid as it has three times in the past five years. Coxcomb hill has cost the Red Cross 5160,000 in that period. Still unaffected by the 1955 slide was the Astoria Plywood Corporation which lies at the foot of the slide area and a ma jor industry in the city. It is near the terminus of Highway 30, the transcontinental highway between New York and Astoria. There were no attempts so far this year to move homes off Coxcomb hill on rollers and skids as was tried in 1953. At that time 21 buildings were vacated. TV MERGER PLANNED Portland (U.R) A proposed merger between North Pacific Television, Inc., and Pioneer Broadcasters, Inc., both of Port land, was announced here today. PAST PYTHIAN CHIEF DIES Corvallis (U.R) Jennie M. Hughson, 81, a past grand chief of the Oregon Pythian sister hood, died here yesterday after a brief illness. "REDUCE STOCK" Swivel Top Caster 1956 o u T THEY GO REGARDLESS OF COST Model ARE OUR $(5)95 Tuesday, December 13, 1933 w "MM , SNAPPY MAILMAN This is the revised styling for uni forms for the nation's 100,000 letter carriers. New color scheme includes blue instead of gray shirts and maroon ties and trim instead of black. Change was announced by Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield in Washington. Army 'Brainwashing' Courses Suspended Washington (U.R) The Air Force disclosed today that it has suspended the controversial "brainwashing" interrogation of students at its prisoner of war survival school in the Nevada desert. The Air Force now wants to determine whether it can give the same indoctrination to its airmen by demonstration tech niques rather than by personally subjecting them to the intensive interrogation. The survival school at Stead Air Force base in Nevada oper ated in relative secrecy until early this fall when hair-raising accounts were published about the training techniques employ ed at the school. Some of the airmen and officers were report ed put through "brainwashing" procedures which would rival those used by the Communists in Korean prison camps. Honduras Delegate To UN Found Dead of Shot Tegucigalpa, Honduras (U.R) Dr. Romeo Aguero, Honduras delegate to the UN General As sembly currently meeting in New York, was found dead Monday with a bullet in his heart. Authorities said it was an ap parent suicide. Aguero had ar rived from New York on leave only Monday morning. No rea sons were given for his appar ent suicide. . SAVE FROM $40 TO $100 YES WE GOING TO REDUCE STOCK REGARDLESS Of OUR LOSS F'n" m Phone Retail Sales Running Higher Than San Francisco U.R) Santa Claus may have to make a spe cial trip from the North Pole just to deliver the record num ber of presents he'll have for westerners. At least thafs the way the Christmas season looks up to the Federal Reserve Bank 12 days before the holiday. The FRB says retail sales in the seven western states are running 3 to 4 per cent higher than last year"s rec ord yule season. Salt Lake City stores led the pack with a whopping 15 per cent increase. San Jose, Calif., was up 10 per cent and San Di ego 8 per cent. Other cities reported these in creases: Oakland, Calif., 5 to 6 per cent; San Francisco, 3 to 4 per cent; Seattle and Portland, 4 per cent; Los Angeles County and Spokane, 3 per cent; Tacoma, 1 per cent. Merchants say there's more money around, greater employ ment and just better times. They also say an extra shopping Sat urday will help things along this year. Weather Possible Hitch There is only one possible hitch the weather. Shoppers might be hesitant about ventur ing out in a rainstorm. Even so, two Fresno department stores reported sales 6 per cent higher than last year despite rainy, foggy weather. Another note of caution was sounded by Harry S. Schwartz, Federal Reserve Bank econo mist, who said the buying habits of Christmas shoppers "can fool you." "Sometimes the season starts out like a choo-choo train, then peters out at the end," he said. "Or it can be the other way around." Michael Weill, president of the White House department store in San Francisco, reported sales up about 1 per cent with customers buying better quality goods than in the past. An executive of another large store here said sales were up about 5 per cent, with only heavy home furnishings lagging. North Bend Bank Bid Unaffected by Merger Portland (U.R) The proposed merger of the Coos Bay National Bank and the U.S. National Bank of Portland will have no effect on the Portland bank's ap plication for a branch at North Bend as far as the bank is con cerned, a bank spokesman said today. The bank official said decision on U.S. National's proposal for a branch at North Bend is up to the comptroller of currency in Washington, D.C., but the bank "is not withdrawing its applica tion." Merger papers for the Coos Bay and Portland banks now are in the hands of the comp troller of currency. If the mer ger is approved, stockholders of the two banks have to be given 30 days notice before a vote is taken on the proposal. Boards of directors of the two banks approved the merger dur ing the week end. Original Price $89.95 YOU SAVE $40.00 KIRBY LATE MODELS Rebuilt To Sell For $99.95 Polisher and Attachment Included 2-4998 1109 N. RIVERSIDE in Western States He credited the increase to a new store policy of catering to the "middle of the middle" class and de-emphasizing attempts to sell to the higher and lower classes. Fresno stores reported that easier and quicker this year and easier and quicktr this year and were buying larger items such as refrigerators and stoves. In Los Angeles, a trend away from downtown stores to subur ban areas was reported. Down town sales were off .6 per cent while suburban stores reported a 3 per cent gain. An executive of a large South ern California chain agreed with BUY NOW! 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