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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, January 17, 1958 V 1 T tT .'J I PLUNGING 130 FEET from street above, car lands upside down on top of house in Los Angeles. Dudley Henry, 33, the driver, wa3 thrown from car before it finally came to rest on top of Williams' home. He was not seriously injured. Police and firemen investigate house damage. (International) Special Events Set Throughout County For March of Dimes o A number of special events have been planned throughout Jackson county as he March of Dimes campaign went into its third week, it was announced to O day by Jerry Lausmann, county chairman. All proceeds from the 0 events will go to the fight against polio. Twelve of the events are on tap for this week, starting with a VFVV card party at the Civic clubhouse in Asland tonight at 8 o'clock. Canasta, bridge and pinochle will be played, it was stated, with prizes offered and refreshments available. Muscle Club Program The Rogue River Muscle club will present its annual Caval cade of Sports at the Rogue River high school gymnasium oh Thursday, Jan. 19, starting at 7:30 p.m. The program will fea ture boxirig, wrestling, tum bling, a basketball game and other entertainment. Turkeys and a beef will be given away as well as other prizes. " A chili feed and a basketball Quota of $2,249 Set For Jackson County Red Cross A quota of $2,249 has been assigned to the Jackson County Red Cross chapter to raise as a reserve for disaster purposes, according to Mrs. Helen Wilson, director. The heaviest disaster year in American Red Cross history was experienced in 1955, when the national organization spent $27, 000,000. Less than $1,000,000 re main in reserves to cover ex penses during) the months ahead "wfieri some of our heaviest dis asters normally occur," national Red Cross officials reported. Disaster Obligations Local chapters are being ask ed to meet "chapter disaster ob ligations" by increasing quotas. Medford and Grants Pass areas are receiving about 60 per cent of the $250,000 Red Cross allocated for flood relief in Ore gon. Sonfe 11,000 families and .small business people are being helped throughout the nation. Mrs. Wilson said that because ""the Red Cross drive outside the United Crusade campaign ' will . take place in March, the local chapter does not feel it can con dut a campaign at this time. However, she said, donations to alleviate the badly-drained resoures of the organization are being encouraged. game between fathers and sons will hold the MOD spotlight at Wimer on Friday, Jan. 20, start ing at 6:30 p.m. On Saturday, Jan. 21, a little pig auction will be' held at the Phoenix Auction yard, starting at 2 p.m. Col. A. H. Dudley will be the auctioneer for the popular annual event. Also on Saturday at Phoenix, a basketball game between Phoe nix and Illinois Valley will be played with a special half time activity designed to raise March of Dimes funds. The game starts at 8 o'clock. The Ashland Degree of Honor club will sponsor a card party at the Ashland Civic clubhouse on Saturday, with prizes and refreshments planned. Playing starts at 8 p.m. Dance at Williams Other Saturday activities, all to benefit the March of Dimes, include Blue Crutch day at Ash land, a modern dance at Wil liams Grange hall, a modern dance at Jacksonville Commu nity hall, a square dance at Prospect Community hall and a teen-age dance in Medford. Med ford high school's Order of the M will conduct a throw of dimes at the halftime of the Medford Grants Pass basketball game Sat urday night at Hedrick Junior high school. Sale of refreshments at the game, handled by' the high school Pep club, also Will be for the March of Dimes. Closed Circuit TV Show For Physicians Medford physicians will view a closed circuit television pro gram Wednesday presented "live" by the Tufts university school of medicine and the New England Medical center, in co operation with Boston city hos pital. Doctors in 49 cities through out the country will "have an unique opportunity to test their diagnostic acumen and methods of managing acute abdominal problems against the knowledge of a group of eminent special ists," a spokesman for the Jack son County Medical society said. Participants in the "medical television" will examine actual patients as they are brought in for diagnosis and treatment and discuss their methods and find ings extemporaneously, They will demonstrate actual surgical procedures used in treatment of acute abdominal problems. The committee on audio-visual education of the Association of American Medical Colleges has endorsed the series of programs. Area 4-H Leaders, Agents To Attend Annual Conference Six 4-H leaders and two 4-H agents from Jackson county will be in Corvallis January 25-27 for the annual 4-H leaders con ference at Oregon State college. Making the trip will be Miss Marjorie Ann Hatten and Glenn Klein of the county agents of fice; Mrs. Francis Krause, Apple gate; Mrs. John Bohnert, Cen tral Point; E. A. Malloroy, Eagle Point; Mrs. A. A. Smith and Mrs. Paul Dalton, Medford; and Don Nichols, Ashland. Leaders will discuss a train ing program, leader-member re lationships, and current infor mation on 4-H projects. Some 350 volunteer leaders are ex pected to attend. General sessions will be built around the theme, "Building To day for Tomorrow," and will concern services of volunteers who work with 26,500 club members in Oregon. The annual meeting of the 4-H leaders association will be held in conjunction with the confer ence. Allen Guerber, ' Corvallis dairyman, is president. Special cup awards will be presented to outstanding 4-H members, one from the Oregon memory of Isaac Patterson and Bankers association and two in Earl Snell, former Oregon gov ernors. An annual trophy will be awarded at a banquet Jan. 26 to the county leaders association which contributed most to the development of a 4-H program during the year. Bank Holdup Suspect Arrested at Portland Portland 1 U.P.) Theodore James Audett, 53, was arrested by the FBI here yesterday-on a federal warrant issued at Boise, Ida., in connection with the S27.000 burglary of the First National bank at Cottonwood, Ida., in October of 1953. agent in charge of the local FBI office, said Audett was arrested within one hour after the war rant was issued in Idaho after FBI agents spotted his car on the street. In the '1953 burglary at Cot-1 tonwood, burglars came down through the skylight and drop ped into the bank -on a rope and got into about 190 safety deposit boxes, according to the FBI. Audett was held under $10, 000 bond. He has a long police record and was released from the Oregon state prison last Oc tober after being committed HOLDUP MEN STRIKE ' Portland (U.R) ' Holdup men struck again here last night, rob bing two groceries and a service station. The amount taken to talled about S200. There have been 22 holdups here since Nov. 1. .' : ' two years ago on a parole vio lation. . . Cub Scouts Pack 44 Cub Scout Pack 44 will hold a pack meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lone Pine school gymnasium. Some mem bers of the Order of the Arrow Scouts will be there to welcome new cubs into cubbing. PlEWEY BUDGE JANUARY' T VMO. Stevenson To Enter Minnesota Primary St. Paul, Minn. lOJ.R) Adlai E. Stevenson made a whirlwind trip to Minnesota today to get his first presidential primary campaign rolling. The Democratic presidential hopeful was to perform the chore of entering his name in the March 20 Minnesota pri mary himself. 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