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IIOHT MTOFOHD (OREGON) By UNITED PRESS January 2 Panama President Jose An tonio Remon assassinated by machine-gun fire at Juan o n Franco race track. (fv-U.S. put 27 per pst of its land area out ofTaounds to U.S.S.R. citizens. 4 Joseph S. Peterson Jr., sen tenced to 7 years' imprison ment for taking secret docu ments from National Secur ity Agency files T Marian Anderson became first Negro to sing with Met a ropOtan Opera company. 0 President Eisenhower asked Congress for new power to reduce foreign trade barri ers; termed such power "es sential for the security of the United States and the rest of the vorld." 11 Ex-Marshal Rodolfo Grazi ano, Italy, died at 72. 15 Baron Louis de Rothschild, 72, died. 17 Submarine Nautilus, first atomic-powered ship, start ed sea tests. 18 Chinese Communists cap tured Nationalist-held Yik iang Island in amphibious attack. 20 Robert P. Tristam Coffin, poet, died at 62. 20 State of siege declared in Guatemala. 21 Three-day holdout by four convicts at Massachusetts State Prison -baited as con victs surrendered to citizen group of negotiators. 23 Mrs. Dwight D. Morrow, 81 died. 24 President Eisenhower asked Congress for authority to defend Formosa frrgri Com munists. 25 U.S.S.R. formally ended its state of war with Germany. 17 Financier Serge Rubinstein found strangled to death in New York City apartment. 28 U.S. Senate, 85 3, author ized President to take war action, if necessary, to de fend Formosa. 29 Brooklyn Eagle shut dawn by Newspaper Guild strike. 29 President Eisenhower signed Formosa defense measure. February 5 Pierre Mendes-France oust ed as French (premier. 8 U.S. 7th Fleet ordered to help Chinese Nationalists evacuate the Tachen Islands. 8 Georgi Malenkov resigned as U.S.S.R. premier, suc ceeded by Marshal Nikolai Bulganin. 11 Tachen evaquation complet ed. 13 Belgian airliner crashed on mountain 50 mile? northeast of Rome; all 29 aboard per ished. 19 General Electric research laboratory announced crea tion of synthetic diamond. 17 Britain announced ability to produce the H-bomb. 19 Trans-World airliner, Albu querque to Santa Fe, crashed in Rocky Mountains; all 16 aboard killed. 20 August Robles, suspected triggerman in a Brooklyn "ride" murder, shot dead in East Harlem flat after a two-hour siege by police men. 22 Small nuclear device, be lieved to best of prototype for missile warhead, ex ploded from tower on Yucca Flat with force" that jarred cities 135 miles away. 22 Paul Claudel, French diplo mat and poet - playwright, died at 86. 23 Edgar Faure confirmed as French premier. 27 West Germany's Bundestag overwhelmingly approv e d arming of Bonn in North At lantic Alliance. 27 American comedienne Trix ie Frigajiza, 84, died. March t 1 Prof. Bruno Pontecorvo, top British atomic scientist who disappeared in 19oU, re vealed as working in U.S.S R. on atomic energy re search. 2 R e v. George Bissonnette, American Roman Catholic r. WHO CAN HELP YOUR HEARING? C R. ADAMSON ow o frofneef Sowofooe Hearing AidConsukont Cm SONOTONE C. R. Adamson, Dist. Mgr. 6 839 East Jackson Blvd. MAIL TRIBUNE priest in Moscow, ousted by U.S.S.R. 4 American; Anna Louise Strong formally absolved of espionage against U.S.S.R. 7 President Tito said Yugo slavia was now capable of producing nuclear energy. 7 Atomic Energy Commission set off its biggest nuclear explosion in Nevada; 36th atomic blast within U.S. 8 Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles warned Commu nist China U. S. was no "paper tiger." 11 Sir Alexander Fleming, 73, discoverer of penicillin, died. 1-3 King Tribhubana of Nepal, 48, died. ,T 18 Strike-bound Brooklyn Ea gle, after 47 days of strike, announced it 'would never publish again. 16 Document of 1945 Yalta ac cord made public. 19 Berlin opera director, Erich Kleiber, fled to West Ger many with family after re signation. 19 Harold E. Stassen named special assistant on disarm ament problems. 20 Count Michael Karolyi, ex premier and President of Hungary, died. 24 John W. Davis, 81, died. 28 John Marshall Harlan sworn in as associate justice of Su preme Court. 31 Joseph Pulitzer, editor and publisher of St. Louis Post Dispatch, died at 70. April 2 Southern Philippines rocked by earthquakes; nearly 200 dead. 3 bir Winston cnurchm re signed as British prime min ister. 6 Sir Anthony Eden succeeded Churchill. 6 Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Woodside. N.Y.C. suburb, rob b-e dgpf $305, 243.17. 7 Theda Bara, silent movie star, died at 65. 11 Virgin Islands' "quickie di vorce" thrown out by U.S. Supreme Court. M Salk polio vaccine revealed as successful. 13 Gen. Peyton C. March, U.S. chief of staff in World War I, died at 90. 15 U.S.S.R. and Austria agreed to sign a state treaty end ing 10-year occupation of Austria. 18 Imre Nagy, Hungarian pre mier, purged by Communist Party; Andras Hegedus Burn ed new premier. 18 Dr. Albert Einstein, 76 died in his sleep. 25 President Eisenhower an nounced plans for an atomic powered merchant ship for a peace tour. 25 Actress Constance Collier, 75, died. 28 Civil warfare broke out in Saigon, Vietnam. t29 Giovanni . Gronchi elected third president of Italy. May 2 Premier Nago Dmh Diem re tained control of South Viet nam's army after 15-hour struggle for power. 3 Benjamin F. Fairless retired as head of the U.S. Steel Corp. 5 Western Germany became a sovereign state. 6 U.S. halted flow of polio vaccine pending further study. 7 U.S.S.R. voted end of freind ship pacts with Britain, France. 9 Main exibition floor of New York Coliseum collapsed; 1 man killed. 9 Sewell Avery, 81, resigned as chairman of Montgomery Ward & Co. 13 U.S. freed Salk vaccine for million polio shots. 13 Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor nominated to -Succeed Gen. Mathew B. Ridgeway ?y U.S. Army chief of staff June 30. 13 Gene Symonds, United Press correspo ndent, killed in Singapore rioting. 15 Foreign ministers of U.S. Britain, France, U.S.S.R. - proven " Ill Mill Ull"'.'""' i Sunday, January I, I95S and Austria signed treaty re storing Austria's indepen dence. 16 Rocky Marciano retained world heavyweight boxing title 'with TKO over Don Cockell in ninth round. 17 Owen Roberts, former U.S. Supreme Court justice, died at 80. 18 New non-sop record for sin-gle-engined jets set by four U. S. Thunder-jet fighter bombers in run of 4,840 miles from Japan to Aus tralia. 19 Argentine's Chamber of De puties voted to eliminate Roman Catholicism as the nation's constitutional reli gion. 20 I n d u s t r ia 1 ist George A. . Sloan, 61, died. 23 Albert Anastasia pleaded guilty to income tax eva sion. 24 U.S. declared all Salk vac cine safe, except two lots from Cutter laboratories. 25 Rear Adm. Arleigh A. Burke named chief of naval opera tions, effective Aug. 16. 25 Kansas, Texas, Olkahoma, Missouri, Arkansas lashed by tornadoes; more than 100 deaths; 700 hurt. 29 Britain's first serious rail road strike in 29 years be- 30 William Vukovich killed seeking third straight vic tory in 500-mile auto classic at Indianapolis Speedway. 31 Chinese Reds announced re lease of four U. S. airmen. 31 U. S. Supreme Court direct- ed states to end racial segre gation in public schools within "reasonable" time. June 2 Yugoslavia and U.S.S.R. is sued joint declaration on German and China unity. 6 Ford Company and United Automobile Workers reach ed historic 3-year pact, in cluding modified annual wage. 7 Prime minister Nehru of India arrived in Moscow on official visit. 9 Swedish tanker Johannishus collided with Panamanian freighter Buccaneer in Eng lish Channel; 20 perished; 23 saved. 11 Walter. Hampden, actor died at 75. 12 Seventy-one persons were killed, 75 injured at road race in Le Mans, France, as auto plunged into crowd. 14 Seventeen-day-old railroad strike in Britain ended. 16 Argentine rebels bomb gov ernment buildings in Buenos Aires in revolt against President Juan Pe ron; revolt crushed 24 hours later. If Theatrical producer John Golden, 81, died. 18 Spanish court ruled Cath olics may marry outside the faith. 19 Jack Fleck defeated, Ben Hogan, 69 72, in U. S. open golf play-off. 21 Lloyd Pan! Stryker, crim inal lawyer, died. at 70. 21 President Eisenhower sign ed! throe -year Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. 22 Robert T. Stevens resigned as secretary of the army. 23 Passport ruled inherent right by U. S. appeals court. 24 White House announced an "inexplicable and unwar ranted" attack by Soviet planes on a U. S. naval pa trol aircraft over interna tional waters in the Bering Strait area on June 22. 26 Borrah Minevitch, "King of the Harraonica," died at 52. 28 Senate voted 42-41, to scut tle President Eisenhower's S) plans for atoms-for-peace merchant ship. 28 Perjury case against Owen Lattimore dropped by gov ernment. 29 Winston M. Burdett, ofXo- lumbia Broadcasting Sys- ten, testified he had been a U. S. Communist Party member from 1937-1942 and had engaged in espionage . ior .tcussia overseas. By training and experience with many different kinds of hearing loss, I have been able to bring better hearing to hun dreds. 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U.S.S.R. 23 Cordell Hull, 83, died. 23 World record for speed on water smashed by Donald Campbell with an average speed"; of 202.32 miles an hour; previous record was 178.497 miles an hour. 23 Big Four Conference in Ge neva concluded. 27 Israeli airliner, carrying 58 persons, crashed in Bulgar ia; Greek reports said Bul garian guns had shot down a plane, confirmed 24 hours later by Bulgarian govern ment; all 58 aboard perish ed. 27 Austria formally regained sovereignty. 28 Washington news confer ence revealed U.S. to launch ejrrth satellite 200-300 miles into outer space in 1957 or 1958. 30 Willy Pogany, noted artist and designer, dieof at 72. August 1 Communist China announc ed release of 11 U.S. fliers. 1 Harold E. Talbott resigned as Air Force secretary. 2 Stephen P. Kennedy sworn in as new New York City police commissioner. 2 Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria died at 86. 3 James J. Rorimer named head of the Metropolitan 0 Museum of Art. 4 American Airlines plane crashed near Newburg, Mo.; all 30 aboard killed. 5 Susan Ball, 22-year-old ac tress, died. 8 Grace Hartman, of one-time famous dance team, died at 48. s 11 Donald A. Quarles named Air Force secretary. 12 Thomas Mann, author, died at 80. 12 U.S. Ambassador John E. Peurifoy and his 9-year-old son, Daniel Byrd, killed in car-truck collision near Hua Hin, Thailand. 12 Hurricane Connie buffeted New York area after record downpour of 6.87 inches of rain. 17 Adm. Arleigh A. Burke as sumed command of U.S. fleets. 17 U.S. proclaimed definitive code of conduct for service rtden while war prisoners. ,19 Hurricane Diane struck with unexpected fury, flooding large areas of northeastern Icmited States; scores died, damage in billions. 20 First International Confer ence on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy ended in Geneva after fortnight. 22 French Moroccan leaders met in Aix-les-Bains to dis cs) cuss peace after bloody dis turbances in Algeria and Morocco which broke out Aug. 20. 25 Mamoru Shigemitsu firrived in Washington on visit to United States. 28 Australia regained Davis Cup from U.SQ tennis team. 31 Nashua defeated Swaps in $100,000 match horse race. September 6 Ford Foundation granted $20,000,000 for scholarships. 8 Chancellor Konrad Aden auer of West Germany ar rived in Moscow for Soviet German talks. 8 Brooklyn Dodgers clinched National League baseball pennant. 10 Communist China agreed to release all U.S. civilians re maining there. 13 West Germany, U. S. S. R. 0agreed to "establish diplo matic relations. 14 Eight-day N.Y.C. pier strike ended. 16 Civil wa9 broke ou9 in Argentina; rebels set up pro vincial regime. 18 British Foreign Office re ported British diplomats Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess (Spied for U.S.S.R. 19 President Juan D. Peron deposed in Argentina. 21 Rocky Marcianno retained heavyweight crown by knocking out Archie Moore in ninth round in New York City. 22 Civil war declared ended in Argentina. 23 New York Yankees clinched American League baseball pennant. 23 Maj. Gen. Eduardo Lonardi became 24th president in modern Aregentina history. 24 President Eisenhower suf fered heart attack in Den ver. 24 Leo Durocher resigned as manager of the N.Y. Giants. 25 A r g e n t i ne revolutionary governement recognized by U.S. 'v 26 New York Stock Exchange suffered heaviest dollar loss in history 14 billion. October 1 Sultan Mohammed ben Mou lay Arafa of Morocco quit throne without abdicating. 3 Maj. Gen. Julius Ochs Adler, 62, died. 4 Brooklyn Dodger won first World Series, defeating N.Y. Yankees, 4 games to 3. 4 Premier Marshal Alexander Papagos of Greece died at 71. 6 United Airlines DC-4 crash ed into mqyntain about 40 miles west of Laramie, Wyo.; all 66 aboard killed; worst commercial airline accident in U.S. 9 President Eisenhower's phy sician set Jan. 1, 1956, as date of return to White House. 9 Alice Joyce, star of silent films, died at 65. ; 12 Bernarr JUacfadden, 87, died. w 13 Manuel Avila Camacho, for mer president of Mexico, died at 58. fc 17 Four-day rainfall which loosed second Northeast flood disaster in two months ceased. 18 New atom particle found, known as anti-proton, or the negative proton. 18 Jose Ortega y (Osset, Span ish writer, died at 72. 20 Dr.' Hugo Theorell awarded 1955 Nobel Prize in medi cine. 23 William A. Curley, news paper editor, died at 81. 27 Icelandic novelist, Halldor K i 1 j a n Laxness awarded 1955 Nobel Prize in litera ture. 27 Clark C. Griffith, owner of Washington baseball team, died at 85. 30 William Woodward, Jr., wealthy sportsman, killed by shotgun blast by wife who mistook him for 61 princess Margaret announc ed decision not to marry Group Capt. Peter Town- send. November 1 UAjted A i r 1 i n e s DC-6B caught fire and crashed near Longmont, Colo.; all G 'O 0 G O 44 aboard killed. - - 1 4 Ex-convict Willie Bioff kill ed by explosion set off when he stepped on starter of truck in Phoenix,' Ariz. 4 Guatemalan President Car los Castillo Armas welcom ed in New York. 5 Mohammed ben Youssef for mally recognized by French government as Sulton of Morocco. 5 Maurice Utrillo, famous French painter, died at 71. 6 Ford Foundation announced common stock of the Ford Motor Co. to go on public sale in January, 1956, for first time. 7 U.S. Supreme Court ruled civilians could not be tried by courtmartial for crimes committed in military ser vice. 8 In conference of foreign ministers at Geneva, U.S.- S.R. rejected reunification Gbf Germany on any terms but its own. 9 Andre Dubois appointed French resident general in Morocco. 11 President Eisenhower ar rived back in Washington. 12 Foreign ministers' confer ence on disarmament end ed in Geneva Big Four again failed to agree on plan for curbing arms. 13 Argentine government of Mai. Gen. Lonardi over thrown in palace revolution. 14 John Gilbert Graham, 23, admitted planting dynamite time-bomb, that blew up United Airlines DC-6B over Colorado, killing 44 persons, including his mother, Mrs. Daisy King. 14 Playwright Robert E. Sher wood, 59, died. 1 4 President Eisenhower ar rived at Gettysburg, Pa home to convalesce. 14 Daniel J. Tobin, former head of teamsters' union, died at 80. 15 Adlai E. Stevenson announc ed -intention to seek 1946 Democrat ic presidential nomination. 16 Sultan Mohammed ben Youssef returned to throne of Morocco after two years of exile. 18 Non-scheduled airliner, headed for Chicago and OAt the first moment of the New Year, may we chime in with our sincere thanks for your gen erous acceptance of fine Jorgensen's Products and our best wishes for your health and happiness in '56! o FROM New York, crashed shortly after taking off from Seat tle! 27 killed- 4(5 survivors. 19 Marquis James, biographer died at 64. 21 Pope Pius XII confirmed re port he saw vision of Christ durine illness. 25 Interstate Commerce Com mission ordered end of se gregation in busses and on trains. 26 U.S.S.R. announced recent explosion of its most power ful hvdroeen weapon. 28 Arthur Honegger, composer, died at 63. 29 Premier Edgar Faure of France lost confidence vote in general assembly, but, contrary to usual procedure, refused to resien. (Subsequ ently invoked old law to dis- olve Assembly, order new peneral elections.) 30 Peron partg ended in Ar gentina; newspaper L.& v re nsa returned to Dr. Alberto Gainza Pa. December 4 Glenn L. Martin, pioneer pilot and designer, died at 69. B AFL. CIO merge. 5 Honus Wagner, oldtime base- hall sreat. died at 81. 7 Clement R. Attlee resigned leadership of British Labor Party. 9 Suear Rav Robinson knock ed out Carl (Bobo) Olson to regain middleweight boxing crown in second round in Chicaeo. 12 Ford Foundation granted record $500,000,000 to aid 4.157 colleges and hospitals 12 Maj. Gen. Frank D. Merrill, leader of Merrill s Marau ders in World War II, died aged 52. 1 NOTICE!! Beginning January 1, 1956, and until the completion of our new building THE MEDFORD FEED & SEED will do busi ness temporarily in the old Co-op building at the corner of 4th and Fir streets. Across 4th Street from where we ore now located. The telephone number will remain the same Geo. C. Barr, Mgr. Medford Feed & Seed KTEW ALL OF US AT Portland Station Plans Color TV Portland (U.P.) The west coast's first firm committment for color television studio space outside of Los Angeles was an nounced in Portland, Saturday by Mt. Hood Radio and Televi sion Broadcasting Corp. Ted Gamble, presidgnt, an nounced the purchase of a quar ter-block adjacent to present television and radio studios "for development of complete color television studios for KOIN-TV, Channel 6. Gamble said the new Dronertv would "increase by 50 per cent the ground area available in KOIN for radio and television operations." Howard Lane, managing direc tor of KOIN-TV. said the added space would be utilized as soon as Port-and and its environs had a sufficient number of color tele vision sets. He said the color television development on the site would raise the tStal invest ment to more than $2,000,000. The station has been broad casting special network color telecasts since August, 1954. In the future, color television will also - oriiginate in the local stu dios. The Royal Canadian Mounted police was organized in 1873. It is a civil force for enforcement of law and is maintained by the Dominion government. 22 Record floods sweep south ern Oregon, northern Calif ornia and western Nevada.
