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G GjgOUTE8 fftDOftD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, December 28. 1955 Biggest Little Stories of Year Hold Spotlight in U.P. Roundup New York 'U.P.) The biggest little stories of the year (pack ageLand labeled for placement in tne broad sweep of history): Nature: In January, i Owen $3und, Ont., a lady phoned Con stable W. C. Crawford that a iikunk was in her cellar. He told l-rd 3 then kit for the skunk o follow it out. She did. Soon r,:e got another call. Same lady. ttNow I've got two skunks in my fellar," she said. Drama: In March, in Ventura. Calif., a villain lay in ambush, a hero walked toward death. Frank Stretch, 11, couldn't standit. He leveled his BB gun. He fired. The villain disap peared. So did the hero. So did theTV tube. Conscience: In April, in Chi cago, the Internal Revenue Bu reau got, anonymousljc, S400. The sender said it would apply - . , . t -n TT on a SlUUU overdue tax diu. ne added: "If I still can't sleep, I will send you the balance." Wild Frontier: In June, in Mt. Clemens. Mich., police got a call to rescue from a tree "a boy in a Davy Crockett hat." They found an indignant raccoon. Outrageous Fortune: Same month, in Philadelphia,. Mrs. Walter Bradhering wasn't home when they called to tell her she had won a trip to Spain. She was in Spain on vacation. Machine Age: In July, in De troit. Mich., the air conditioning got Mayor Albert Cobo's office so cool that a thermostat turned on the radiators. The office got up to 90 degrees before they could get the heat off. Circumstance: Also July, in Los Angeles, a policeman waved a red light violator to the curb. I'm Sergeant Friday," the cop said. "And I'm Davy Crockett," said the driver. Then Sgt. Lester uotes i-rom the News By UNITED PRESS San Francisco Willam Ward, Contra Costa county civil de fense chief, on the condition of the levees holding back the flood ing San Joaquin river: "If we can hgjd what we have got until Thursday, we are over the hujnp, barring another storm or a southwest wind." o Leningrad, Russia An unidentified Russian actress after a performance of the sex-laden American folk opera "Porgy and Bess": "Porgy and Bess makes sex stronger than sentiment." Washington The Senate Security subcommittee in a 100-page handbook designed to "counteract current misinformation' about Communism: "We earnestly believe that, given a more accurate knowledge of the Communist conspiracy, fewer Americans will fall victim to its wiles." Chicago Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety council, on the "Black Christmas" highway massacre: "How much longer will a civilized nation create or endure such mass mayhem." Callander, Ont. "Papa" Oliva Dionne, charging that the four surviving quintuplets have broken away from home: "Lately they have been treating their brothers and sisters al most with contempt." Montreal Yvonne Dionne, when asked by a Montreal Star reporter whether rumors of a family split were factual: "Don'Obelieve it. It's not true." Raleigh, N.C. Basketball Coach Frank McGuire of North Carolina, a coach noted for his court strategems, plotting how he will play arch rival North Carolina State: "It depends on what develops. We may even let the air out uof the ball." New York John Boning, president of the Bartenders School, (Ihc.. on having a morning-after "hair on the dog" drink to cure a hangover: "That's a little like pouring gasoline on a bonfire." Friday got the facts. David W. Crockett, 20, got a ticket. Genius: Again July, in Mem phis, Tenn., barber Doug Rut ledge announced he'd solved the age-old problem of how to get those itchy hair clippings off customers' necks. He uses a vacuum cleaner. Cosmos: Once more July (a hot month), in Oceanport, N.J., there was cosmic reaction to the gov ernment announcement that day that it would launch a satellite in space. "Another Moon" won the ninth at Monmouth Park. Commerce: In August, in the Panama Canal, traffic jammed. Cause: A cow swimming in Ga tun Lock Chamber. Officials towed her' ashore and advised her that bathing in that area was restricted. Hope: In September, in Char lotte, N.C, Judge J.E.D.J.N.S.W. E.D. Henderson turned 76, stuck with his initials, and told a sad story: His mother had named him after all his uncles, hope fully. But uncits Jackson, Eze kiel, David, James, Nathaniel, Sylvester, Willis, Edward and Demosthenes had all passed on without leaving him a dime. Politics: In November, in Co lumbus, O., on election eve a man poked his head into a diner and shouted: "Vote for Sensen brenner!" "Who was that guy?" a customer asked. "That was Sensenbrenner," said the pro prietor. Next day, Mayor May nard Sensenbrenner was re elected. Frailty: In November, in Bev erly Hills, Calif., actress Gloria Rhodes told police 18 pairs of panties stolen from her clothes line were worth S150. Why? Be cause they're embroidered with a fig leaf and have rhinestones on them." Purposeful Action: In Decem ber, in New York, a New Jersey man wrote to the editor of The Daily News: "I'm sick of this Taft-Hartley bill. I say we should pay it and get it over with." Russia 'Takes Noler Of Foreign Criticism Moscow (U.R) Russia ad mitted today that foreign criti cism of bad housing, poor town planning and wasted manpower in the Soviet Union was correct. It said it would "take note" of such criticism. Vilis Lacis, chairman of the Council of Nationalities, told the third day's meeting of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) that the criticism came from visiting foreign delegations last summer. He said the delegations par ticularly noted the waste of man power, inadequacy in town plan ning and bad housing. Lacis reported to the council on the exchange of delegations between the Supreme Soviet and parliaments of foreign na tions. Last February the Su preme Soviet adopted a declar ation calling for an exchange of parliamentary delegations. Sperry Rand Files . Suit Against IBM New York (U.R) Sperry Rand Corp. yesterday filed a $90,000,000 treble damage suit against the International Busi ness Machine Corp., charging that IBM has unfairly been caus ing Sperry Rand business to di minish steadily. Sperry Rand charges among other things that IBM has "tam pered or interfered with the ef ficient normal operation" of tab ulating machines manufactured by Sperry Rand, the merged cor porations of Sperry Gyroscope and Remington Rand. Thomas W. Watson Sr., chair man of the board of IBM, issued a prompt denial of "any viola tion of the anti-trust laws or that our conduct at any time has been adverse to the legitimate busi ness interests of Sperry Rand Corp." Adventists Mobilize Aid To Flood Victims Portland (U.R) Oregon Seventh-Day Adventists yesterday mobilized 89 welfare societies around the state to provide emergency flood relief to vic tims in Oregon and California. Elder C. J. Ritchie, confer ence welfare director, said the church's welfare- societies in southern Oregon and California were already in operation pro viding clothing, bedding and some food to flood victims. Tug, Bridge Span Collide at Portland Portland (U.R) A drawspan of the Morrison street bridge and a tug collided here yester day afternoon. The pilothouse of the 60-foot tug Dix III was sheared off. Lau ren McRae leaped from the pilot house to the deck. A harbor patrol launch took the disabled tug under tow. The pilothouse remained afloat and was retrieved by the harbor pa trol. The collision occurred while the tug was headed downstream in the flood-swollen Willamette Survivors of Remote Slide To Get Wish for Little Dog Roseburg (U.R) Three children, orphaned by a huge slide that demolished their home and killed five members of their family, were to receive a cocker spaniel puppy today. The body of 18-year-old Tommy Neal was recovered yes terday from the slide at Remote, 40 miles west of here. Earlier the mud-covered bodies of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Eugene Neal, and two girls, Mary, 16, and Becky, 20 months, were removed from the shat tered house into which they had moved only 10 days before. The survivors were Margaret, 13, Billy, 6, and Arvis, 7. The first two were hospitalized here and Arvis was brought to Rose- itish Comet Jet Sets Flight Record London (U.R) Britain's Com et III jet airliner flashed from Montreal to London in 6 hours and 18 minutes today in history's first non-stop Atlantic crossing by a jet transport plane. The crew "breakfasted" in Canada before leaving and lunched in Britain, as it com pleted the last leg of a round-the-world shakedown flight that covered a total of 30,041 miles in a flying time of 66 hours and 43 minutes. The average speed on the more than 3000-mile flight from Mon treal to London was announced at 548 miles an hour. Veteran pilot Group Capt. John (Cat's Eyes) Cunningham said the four-jet Comet hit the near-sonic speed of 600 miles an hour at one point over Shannon, Ireland. He said that was the top speed for the trip, despite favor able 50 to 60 mile tailwinds. burg yesterday by John Cawrse, a neighbor, who discovered the tragedy and informed author ities, i Margaret, suffering from two broken vertebrae, shock and bruises, was interviewed in the hospital yesterday and was asked if she wanted anything. She asked for a "little black puppy dog." Radio station KRXL broadcast the request and almost immediately was flooded with calls. Mrs. Wilbur McCue of the Glide area was to bring in a dog for the children today. Authorities said it was almost a miracle that the three children survived. Billy and Arvis were ! caught in cross-beams as the ; slide pushed the house some ; 400 feet. The beams trapped enough air to allow them to breathe. Margaret, asleep when the slide struck, was buried up to her neck in mud for several hours until freed by rescuers. The slide apparently Occurred about 4 a.m. Monday when the 600-foot bluff plumeted down. Coroner L. L. 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