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Russia Rated Nordic Event Ski Pfcwer Spout Springs, Ore. (U.R) Russia, a new power on the Olympic ski front, was tabbed as the team to beat in Nordic events at the winter games at Cortini-'d'Ampezzo, Italy. The man who did the tabbing should know. Allison Merrill, cetfch of this year's U. S. Nordic squad, saw the Russians in their first Olympic snow effort ' in decades aMhe FIS games in 1954 at Falun, Sweden. Scandinavian countries have normally laid claim to owning International competition in Nor dic events cross-country and jumping, "As usual," Merrill pre'dicted, "the Scandinavians will present the strongest claim to the Nordic title. But the Rus sians did a tremendous job in 1954. 1 Op'Qiistic Merrill is not so outspoken In rating his own squad, but can't suppress a note of optimism, Mostdomestic ski observers are tabbing this year's U. S. entry the strongest Nordic team the country has ever gathered. Helping Mesrill support his claims is a team of 22 candidates for the six berths on the U. S Nordic team. Headlining the nopeiuis are two youths who have already seen international competition. Merv Crawford, with Merrill $ghen he coached the 1954 U. S. entry at FITS competition in Falun, placed 16th and 24th in Nordic events. Ted Farwell, a member of the 1952 Olympic squad, earned an 11th in Nordic combined. Sup porting &ese two is a represent ative group of snow men from all parts of the nation. Snead Sets Links Record . Sanford, Fla. U.R) The tour ing golf pros found themselves in the familiar spot of trailing Sam Snead today with a new course record to shoot at the second round of the $15,000 May- fair Open. The 42-year-old West Virginia golf king went to the front by .two strokes in Thursday's open ing roundOwith a six-under-par 64 that gave Snead his second ubourse record in four days. En route to victory in last week's Miami Open, "Slammin' Sammy" set a record of 29 stroke on the back nine, and Thursday he added the Seminole course record for 18 holes. Finsterwald Next TrailfiJg Snead into the second round came Dow Finsterwald of Bedford Heights, Ohio, and Ted Kroll of Bethesda, Md., at 66. Afternem, the field of 112 pros bunched ur with seven tied at 67, including big money-winner Miie Souchak of Grossinger, N.Y. Bread's victim in the playoff for the Miami Open title, Tommy Bolt of Chattanooga, Tenn., opened with a 68 that tied him with nine others. 0 On .top of the list f 20 ama teurs was Florida state champion Don Bisplinghoff of Orlando with a 69. Dupas Fights New York (U.R) Ralph Dupas and 'Lightnin Luddie Light burn, the worlds two fastest lightweights, will have a 10 round speed test tonight at Madi son Square Garden. And if the odds-makers are correct, this TV-radio tilt be tween the whiz kids of Cauli flower Canyon certainly will scramble the ratings among con tenders for the 135-pound crown. Twenty - one - year old Light burnsf British Honduras is not even ranked among the top 10 contenders; but he is favored at T5-10 to beat 20-year-old Dupas of New Orleans, the number three aspirant who is unbeaten in nine straight bouts. Only Duilio Loi of'ltaly, top man and ex-champion Jimmy Carter are rated above raDid Ralph as possible challengers,for Wallace Bud Smith's crown. And Ralph is willing to wait for the MADE IN U.S. A. 86 PROOF. JiHj you'll like this New Economical J jjp I yjjy breathlessry light jpsm vodka pl . T LIMBERING UP Rose Bowl bound Bruins start their practice for the New Year's Day tilt with Michigan State at Pasadena, Cal. Left to right: End Ronnie Loudd, tackle Gil Moreno, guard Jim Brown, center Steve Palmer, guard Hardiman Cureton, tackle Roger White and end John Smith. MedfordTribune SIPODrflYirS Coach Fears Terraps Will Take Bloom Off Sooners (This is another in a series on the teams in the bowl foot ball games.) By JACK HEANEY Norman, Okla. (U.R) Okla homa is the nation's No. 1 team in ranking, scoring, rushing and total offense, but perennial pes simist Bud Wilkinson fears Mary land's defense will take the bloom off the Sooners' Orange Bowl football hopes. Wilkinson, in contrast to Maryland Coach Jim Tatum, be lieves in conditioning his team for victory and his fans for de feat. He never hints he thinks his national champions can win. His Orange Bowl prediction fits that F.-ttern. "I think all of the advantages are with Maryland," he said. "The best defensive team will win ir. any case, and I have a feeling Maryland is a far superi or defensive team than ours and they share the feeling." Oklahoma's jet-propelled backs and linemen almost as fast are riding the crest of a 29-game winning streak, 53 Big Seven Conference games without de feat, and have scored in 105 straight games. The Sooners beat Maryland, 7-0, in the 1954 Orange Bowl and another victory this time would all but clear the .way for Oklahoma to break its own na tional record of 31;straight tri umphs. The Sooners' first two opponents next season are North Carolina and Kansas State. Wilkinson tries to prepare the Sooners for one game at a time, emphasizing each victory as equally important. But it's no secret the hopped-up Sooners want to win this one more than any other. Tatum's predictions of victory and praise of his No. 3 ranked team has irritated many of Okla homa's high-spirited players. An added factor is Tatum's unpopu larity in Oklahoma while Sooner coach in 1946 with Wilkinson as his assistant and team lead ers see the game as a contest Lightburn title shot next October, when he's 21. But Lightburn wants to smash into the ratings, high up, tonight and then hammer toward a championship fight as soon as possible. Tickets to Rose Bowl Gobbled Up Quickly Pasadena, Calif. (U.R) The remaining 3,500 tickets for the Rose Bowl game Jan. 2 were gobbled up quickly Thursday at a. public sale. The tickets sold at $5.99 each, but it was reported some already are being "scalp ed" at $25 a pair. Fight Results Troy. Ohio L. C. Morgan, 136, Ohio, outpointed Glen Flana- Dayton. gan- 136- St. Paul. Minn., go) Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. FROM 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS CO, L A. sty between Wilkinson and Tatum. They don't want Wilkinson to come in. second-best. The 1955 Oklahoma squad av eraged 36.5 points per game well below the 1952 squad's 40.7 average but many observers think this Sooner edition is Wil kinson's finest over-all unit. The key this season has been speed. In halfback Tommy Mc Donald Oklahoma has one of the fastest backs in the game, equal ly dangerous running or passing. If the defense spreads to stop McDonald as did Colorado right halfback Robert Burris and fullback Billy P r i c e r churn through the middle. Guard Bo Bolinger, an All America, leads a Sooner line strongest from tackle to tackle. Center Jerry Tubbs, who may be crippled with a knee injury, made the All-America third team and has stood out as a linebacker. - 6 Much of Nation Hit By Bitter Cold Wave By UNITED PRESS The bitterest cold of the sea son chilled the nation from the Pacific Northwest to the Eastern Seaboard today. The cold wave spread out from Union Agent Hurt By Rifle Bullet Hermosa Beach, Calif. U.R) A gunman with a high-powered rifle shot and critically wound ed a union business agent last night before fleeing in a late model sedan. Bruce Dexter Parkhurst, 43, business agent for the Rein forced Iron Workers union, an AFL local, was hit in,, the back as he stood in his open lighted garage where he had been work ing on a car. Police said they would ful ly investigate Mrs. Parkhurst's statement that "gangsters are trying to horn in on the union." She said her husband had been threatened. The assailant, carrying a. gun,' was seen' by two boys as he leaped a fence and dashed down the street. He escaped with another man in a late mod el sedan. It was the second such shoot ing here in recent years. Two years ago another business agent, Samuel D. Dysert, 65, was wounded in the face. Doctors at Harbor General hospital said Parkhurst was hit by a "game load" bullet, one which mushrooms when it pene trates. Parkhurst was unable to give any clue to the identity of the gunman. . JOCKEYS HURT . Miami, Fla. U.R) Three jockeys were hospitalized Thurs day with minor injuries suffered in a spill at Tropical park. Ap prentice Bennie Sorenson suf fered a wrenched neck, Chris Rogers injured his right knee and Don Wagner complained of a sore back. - PILOTS FACE FRESNO Portland U.R) Portland's Pilots tangle tonight with Fres no State's unbeaten basketball team here in the first of a three game road trip series for the California club. Fresno State meets Willamette Saturday night and Eastern Washington Monday night. DON'T MISS THE PHOENIX GUN CLUB Turkey Shoot RIFLE - SHOTGUN AND NON-SHOOTERS SUNDAY, Dec. 18 10 a.m. Till Dark At Phoenix Gun Club Range in Fern Valley WW 'y r , OLYMPIC FORM Chris tian Pravda, former Olympic skier and now ski instructor at Sun Valley, takes off down the mountain with a grace ful gelandesprung. The cham pionship courses at Sun Val ley draw skiers from all over the country. a killer blizzard that lashed Canada and the snow and ice were blamed for at least nine deaths in the two countries. Icy Roads Kill Two Near blizzards were blamed for deaths in South Dakota and Indiana and icy roads killed two persons in Pennsylvania and one in Wisconsin. In Canada, the prairie prov inces were digging out from one of the worst blizzards in their history. There were four persons known dead and hope dwindled for a farmer and laborer missing since Monday. Search crews bucked 20-foot drifts hunting for the missing men, but without success. "Else where, many Saskatchewan roads were still blocked by 10 and 12-foot drifts and snowplow crews and communication line repairmen worked around the clock. Southeast States Hit The massive freeze hit all the way to the southeast coastal states . and parts of the Gulf Coast early today. The below freezing line stretched westward across the country, including most of Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. Sub-zero readings which in cluded an icy 48 below in Mon tana yesterday, eased slightly in the nation's north today. Only the Upper Mississippi Valley shivered in below-zero tempera tures, but in other parts of the country it was still the coldest weather of the season. KF Paper Observes 'Good News Week' Klamath Falls (U.R) T h e Klamath Falls Herald and News announced today that it would repeat its "good news week" this year for the five days preceding Christmas. From Dec. 19 to 24, The Her ald and News will publish no stories of crime, tragedy, war, death or any news termed "un pleasant" on its front page. Managing Editor Bill Jenkins, originator of the good news idea for Christmas week, said the plan proved so successful last year that he had decided to re peat it. Germany leads in the number of youth hotels, with more than 700 in Bavaria alone. Net Farm Income Due To Decline in 1956, Benson Telis Newsmen Washington (U.R) If Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben son's prediction is correct, net farm income in 1956 will be about $10,200,000 down $400, 000,000 from 1955 and $1,600, 000,000 from 1954. A net farm income of $10,200, 000,000 next year would mean a drop of almost 14 per cent in two years. Republicans Worried This year's estimated farm in come of $10,600,000,000, which was 10 per cent under 1954, al ready has Republican politicians worried well in advance of next year's presidential campaign. The predicted further drop of about four per cent - although much smaller than last year's decline would add to their misery as well as hurt the farm ers. Benson told reporters Thurs day that he expected farm in come next year to remain at about the present level. But under questioning he said that average -farm income for 1956 as a whole would be lower than in 1955. Benson's remarks to reporters squared with forecasts made by Agriculture Department econom- Minimum Wage Due In Wool Industry Washington (U.R) The gov ernment has requested federal court permission to put a $1.20 per hour minimum wage stand ard into effect for certain em ployees in the wool industry. The Justice Department filed a motion yesterday asking U.S. District Court to dissolve an in junction prohibiting Labor Sec retary James P. Mitchell from enforcing the $1.20 wage re quirement. Mitchell ruled in early 1954 that wages of employees in wool en plants working on govern ment contracts should be raised at least $1.20. The district court blocked Mitchell from putting the order into effect on May 6, 1954, on the grounds there was "substan tial doubt as to the validity of his determination." Friday, December 18, 1955 ists in the publication, "The Farm Income Situation." The publication stated net farm in come in 1956 "will probably show some decline." Benson Optimisiic Benson was optimistic in a carefully-worded 1956 outlook statement made Thursday. He said "this abnormal condi tion" of declining farm income in the face of a rising national economy "has about run . its course." "Some improvement in prices of a number of farm commod ities can be expectedt in the year ahead," he said. He did not spe cify any commodities which he said would improve. He has said earlier that the live hog mar ket will improve shortly. Hogs now are at a 14-year low. Benson also said on the tele vision sound track that "condi tions in agriculture must im prove if we are to maintain a healthy balance in our econ omy." , Ten Mile Lake Poison Hearing Under Way Portland (U.R) A hearing was to be held here today on an Oregon Game Commission pro posal" to poison trash fish in Ten Mile Lake. The hearing was scheduled at the request of the State Fish Commission, which contends the poisoning would destroy silver salmon fingerlings in the lake. George Y. Harry, research di rector for the fish commission, said 7000 spawning silvers had been spotted in the lake, which has the largest surviving runs of that type of salmon in the state. Other groups interested in the controversy wanted catfish and perch populations to remain in the lake, while others still want ed rainbows, which the game commission proposed to plant after mudcats, catfish and perch had been cleaned out. Soil compaction resulting from traffic by heavy equipment or livestock can indirectly limit the emergence of wheat seedlings on Great Plains soils. easons Greetings with Carstairs In its distinguished Early YOU AN GIVE AND SERVE WITH PRIDE this finest of all Carstairs since 1788. The superb quality of today's Carstairs reflects 167 year tradition established by Thomas Carstairs. Jere, truly, is a great American whiskey your friends and guests-will enjoy . . . it's finer, smoother, mellower. 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