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Newspaper Page TextTOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) ilEDFOR rTEBUNE "Everybody In Southern Oregon Reads Tne Mail Tribune published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 37-29 North Fir St Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. EUHL, Editor HERB v-REY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR, Managing taitor 1CARI. H. ADAMS. Citv Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWEIT, Sports tailor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor PALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION' RATES w-ll Tn AH. rani-e.- Ppr COTIV IOC Daily and Sunday One year $12-00 Daily and Sunday Six months 650 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Sunday Only one year J-'"- -By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point, To.lr.nnirtll. CUA Hill. PhOUX, Shady Cove, Rogue River. Talent, . and on motor routes: . Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.Z5 Carrier and .Dealers oc pei tuw, All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC, Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta, Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASOCfjTQN NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years ago. , 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 3. 1948 (It was Sunday) Federal Communications com mission give Mail Tribune con ditional grant for frequency modulation radio station, r From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The new spring styles for the fair sex are showing up. The girls will wear their legs long again this year. - 20 YEARS AGO"-" :; Feb. 3, 1936 ',". (It was Monday) v Project designed to -prevent Hooding of streets in southwest Medford awaiting WPA approv al; plan class for drainage ditch on south side of Stewart ave. H. C. Obye, assistant super visor of Rogue River National Forest, investigates reports of "blue" snow near Union Creek; finds reflections from surround ings. . so yeXrs ago Feb. 3, 1926 (It was Wednesday) Dancing masters of Europe announce they do not want the Charleston. ; i ; High winds in valley blow down power poles, barns. 40 YEARS AGO . . -" ,', Feb. 3. 1916 (It was Thursday) Oregon-Utah Sugar company lets contract to Ohio company for construction of sugar fac tory in Rogue Valley. , From Local and Personal col-f umn: The Rogue River Valley Canning company will send out the first car tomorrow of a ship ment of 2,000 cases of tomatoes to Dodge City, Kan. This is prob ably the first shipment of Ore gon tomatoes to go that far east. - The fame of the Rogue River canning company's goods is spreading. r What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Cepr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. After a committee reports a bin to the House it comes to a vote by action of the Speaker, Ways & Means or Rules commit tee, or Democratic caucus? - 2. About one-third, one-half or two-thirds of boys and girls grad uating from high school " enter college? 3. Which one of these is some times 'caned the ; "Free State:" Virginia, Massachusetts, Nevada) Maryland, Texas? 4. Immigrants of the last few years can't become U.S. citizens unless they can read and write simple English; right or wrong? 5. Did population increase in very state in the last five years? 6. The drink called slivovitz is a whiskey, gin, champagne, I brandy, sherry, or vodka? i 7. The man who throws the ball is forbidden to bend his throwing arm in what game? ' The Answers: 1." Rules' com mittee; 2. About half; 3. Mary land; 4. Right; 5. No (decreased in six); 6. Brandy; 7. Cricket. The town of Waterproof, La., has been moved three times to prevent inundation by the chang ing course of the Mississippi river. -' - MAIL TRIBUNE Those Later Years People at the age of retirement, or above, have two principal problems. - These are, first : an income adequate for their sup port, and, second: sufficient.,-activity to keep them busy, active, interested and relatively. happy.. . . .' Of the two, the second may be ; more important than the first, in the long run." Both furnish, a problem and a challenge to society as a whole a problem and a challenge which have not yet been fully solved nor met. ; . . THE PROBLEM of an adequate retirement income is slowly, but increasingly, being solved. Social security has been broadened and increased, and prob ably will be more so in the future. Retirement and pension plans are being set up. frr greater numbers. Old age assistance, while often inadequate, has come to be accepted by both parties- and will continue "as a supplement to the broader and more permanent and stable programs of old-age income. - " - As the number; of elderly people grows, so too will their political influence, and it is reasonable to believe that government will respond more readily to their de mands for ease and security in old age. ;; . BUT THE questions of activity and interest in the "golden years" is something else, again, and does not lend itself to the rules and regulations nor even the appropriations of government. It depends on other things, many of them. It depends on the resources of the individual, for one thing. A person who has led a life filled with hob bies, interests and enthusiasms shduld f ind little dif ficulty adjusting to greater leisure, for this is the kind of individual who has always complained that he just didn't have time for all the things he's always wanted to do. ' v Others find themselves in the. enviable position of Tiavina- inhs whirh An not reauire auick. final and ab- solute retirement, but which offer a gradual taperihg off of duties and responsibilities. This man is lucky, for as the pace slows he still has a center-point for his liie and his interests. I T IS ANOTHER type of ohiaf l-ir onnrernpd-Lthp. worked for years at a job which was the. center of in terest, and which is finished at some arbitrary; age. ; This person, without - outside interests or re cnnroa nan -find hfmsplf Inst. 1oTip.1v and "at times al- UVMJ. kf) AMV v , ; most hopeless in a world which has lost its focal point and much of its meaning. ;,:; M': As our life expectancy toll na fhnf -it. is TiiaVipr now bWl UUWV AW lUgMVft - climbing), this problem will both to tne eiaeny people memseives-ana 10 society at large. ' . IT IS FOR THIS reason We can expect !Wincrease. in the type of retirement home as that being plan ned here for people of adequate' means : : , We can also look forward "to more social, hobby and special-activity clubs and: groups for people in their later years. .. .. ; ;. ; -V - - " ' It is also good reason for younger people, who have never thought much about outside activities, to develop their inner resources for the , years ahead when work will not be the sole answer to the human need for activity of the mind and body. E.A. Our Airport The growth, and development of aviation in and around Medford has been an interesting phase of the growth of the- area as a whole. With the aviation in dustry, 'despite its- size and strength, " still in 1 its in fancy, it will continue to be an increasingly important part of Jackson county's economy-; v ' . . ; A history of Medf ord's airport, from' the "days when it was little more than a pasture in what is now the Fairgrounds area,' until today when it , is a modern,-well-equipped airport second largest and most important in Oregon, was given brief ly in a story.in this paper last Sunday. , fUt EDFORD residents. have every right to be proud of their support of the airport. They have con sistently and willingly voted funds for, its develop ment. As a result it is now second only to Portland In ternational airport in the; number of passengers hand led and flights accommodated. - The roster of business organizations and other agencies and firms at the airport is an impressive one. Not the least of these is Mercy Flights,' Inc., which has made Medf 6rd widely and favorably, known through out the Pacific states.: (Incidentally,; Mercy Flights is the subject of an article in the forthcoming Febru ary issue of Fortnight magazine.) . c : U " . .. , .. .. .. : THE RECORD of airport support -goes on. With federal help, an extensive and continuing program of development, including clear -lanes at the-end of the runways, will permit the airport to. grow and continue offering service as the industry itself grows. Medford can be proud (and. we could gently sug gest the rest of southern Oregon should be grateful) j for creating and maintaining a top-flight airport. . ' : -:." .; . . ; .': r-E-Al Judge Overrules Indictment Attack Portland (U.R) An attack on an indictment with" jointly charged William Clarence Peddi cord, blind chemist, and - his sister-in-law, Mrs. Joyce Keller, 28, with bombing Meier and Frank department store here April 15, was overruled today by Circuit Judge Martin . W. Hawkins. . c - The judge's ruling means that Mrs. Keller must appear in court Friday, February 3, 195B person with whom, we are man OT . woman who has grows (and statisticians than avpt hp.forp and still " ' - be of increasing concern, here next, week to enter a plea to the charge that . she aided Peddicord in the bombing-extortion attempt. - .j - . Peddicord, who confessed bombing the store in an attempt to extort $50,000 from its presi dent, has entered a plea of not guilty, by , reason of insanity. " :. The demurrer which was ruled on today was filed by Mrs. Kel ler's attorney, Berkeley Lent. : 'Declaration of Washington1 Among International Good News By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent .The week's good and bad news on the international balance sheet: THE GOOD 1. President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Anthonyj Eden issued a "Declaration of Was hington" which spotted Russia , as the No. 1 oppres sor nation of the world. The United States and Britain, the statement 'said, have helped 600mil- Cbarles McCann lion people in nearly r 20 countries to attain freedom since World War H. In the same time Russia, in Europe alone, has compeUed "some 100 million people, in what were once 10 independent nations . .-. to work for the glorification and aggrandizement of the Soviet Communist state," the declara tion said. In their three day conference in Washington Mr. .Eisenhower and Eden co-ordinated policy on world issues, in cluding the Middle East. ' 2. Japanese Premier Ichiro Hatoyama, in an important state ment of policy in Parliament, said that ever-increasing politi cal and military cooperation with the free world must con tinue to be the basis of Japan's diplomacy. He said that Japan will seek increased trade with Communist China. But he pledg ed his government to pursue a strict anti-Communist ' policy in Japan itself. 3. The great independent newspaper La Prensa of Buenos Aires resumed publication un der Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz, its editor and publisher. Ousted Ar gentine dictator Juan D. Peron had seized La Prensa and made it a propaganda organ. Gainza Paz went into exile. The " news paper was restored to him by the. new Argentine government. In Brazil, newly inaugurated President Juscelino Kubitschek suspended the press censorship which, had existed under a state of siege. : Communications Letter to the Editor must .bear the name and address of the writer although under -certain . circum stances the use oi a pen name or initial for publication is cermis rible. The Mai Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to -clarification and 'condensa tion Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Ho Hum for Bridey To the Editor: I read your edi torial "Undreamt of Things'? with interest and. considerable consternation. How can a hard headed newspaperman say "Maybe, yes, maybe no," to a tale such : as. "The Search for Bridey ; Murphy." - Come man, hop off the fence. Do you believe in Bridey or don't you? I do not. And although I teU you frankly I cant prove a thing I say, I would like to tell you what I believe. Believing it is not true nor possible, I note a few odd de tails. These strengthen my con viction, that the story is clever ly faked. To begin with, there is the sequence in which the girl, Ruth Simmbns, at the age of one year, is told to ask for a drink : of . milk. Whether, she thinks she is actuaUy one year old,; or . only, remembers being one year old, her answer is in congruous. Do you know any one-year-old babies? If so, please teU any ten of them to ask for a drink of milk. If one is very smart, it may say "Glubb" or "Glink," but at least eight win give you nothing but stony stares, and I'll bet not one will come out with a complete sentence like "r can't say that." If the girl was just remembering her babyhood she would say "I couldn't say that.". Tape recordings can't lie. The author, however, admits cutting them down in interest of brevity (just the dull, monotonous part, you understand). While thous ands have heard the tapes, only a few friends attended the ses sions when they were made. How many tapes were consid ered unsuitable no one knows, nor; how niuch time elapsed be tween sessions. II - this girl would be hypnotized before a board of experts including those versed in Irish history and dia lects, the results -would be inter esting." But the Simmons are bored with the whole affair. How was the hoax managed? One can . only guess. Suppose young Morey Bernstein found an old diary written : years ago in Ireland? After all, his father wrecked old ; houses. Suppose Ruth Simmons was an actress with a fairly good memory? Brogues can be learned. . . For me, .the ending gives the whole thing a rank commercial smell. The , author rushes his story off to. the printer without time to finish it propertly, but another exciting episode is com ing (ala soap opera). Meantime, send $4.95 to the author if you want a recording of the voice of Bridey Murphy. Ho Hum! Mrs. Ruth Clark 3438 Madrona lane , .Medford, Ore. THE BAD 1. France got its 22nd postT war government when Socialist Guy Mollet was- confirmed as premier by a vote of 420 to 71 in the National Assembly. No sooner was the government formed, with Radical Piere Men-des-France as co-leader, than rivalries in the coalition cabinet threatened a new crisis before long. The turmoil in French North Africa was the most urgent problem which faced the Editorial Comment HE PROVED HIMSELF WRONG The other day we applauded Gordon W. Olcott of Eugene and the Oregonian for their advocacy of a state park named for Oswald West. ;. Subsequently there appeared in the Oregonian a letter from Oregon's one-time illustrious gov ernor eschewing the honors We think Os West's letter worth re peating: I wish to thank you for the kindly editorial found in Sun day's Oregonian.. I had received a pleasing letter from Governor Patterson making similar : sug gestions, but it is my sincere wish that "you ail" forget it. The desired monument will be found in the homes of hundreds of injured workmen; it will be found in the regulated working hours and pay checks of our Ore gon women; and it will be found in the joyful hearts of little chil dren playing in the sands of their seashore inheritance. We think it worth, reprinting because, it reveals some of the reasons why a state park should be named for Oswald West. He has worked for others rather than himself.. The letter places Os West in the category described Thursday night by Dr. O. Mere dith Wilson, president of the Uni versity ; of Oregon, which Dr, Wilson illustrated with a quota tion from Mark 10, "And Whoso ever of you will be the chiefest, shaU be the servant of all." This, Dr. Wilson said, epitomizes the qualifications of a "first citizen The Oregonian in an editor's note appended! to West's letter noted "We think many who ad mire his judgment in most mat ters wUl disagree with him on this one. We are among the many. Albany Democrat- Herald. SIGNS OF SPRING Cars are still skidding on the ice, the air is still raw and we haven't had all the chilling rains we're going to get but, there are definite signs of spring. If you don't believe it go look at the spot where you put those daffodil bulbs last year. They're poking bravely up - .through the frost. - .- : If you don't believe it, watch the sun (when you can see it) break over the eastern foothills. It doesn't sit on the hills like a blob of putty anymore. It snaps up over the horizon.' It's climb ing higher overhead every day now, melting the frost quicker. If you don't believe it, step into the woods. The birds are flitting back to their old haunts. Sure, we'll get our share of late winter rains. And some of that Portland snow might reach us yet. But cheer up. It's Febru ary now, and it won't be long. Keep your eye on the barom eter instead of your fuel bill. There's -nothing so good for the soul as anticipation, so long as it's optimistic. ' ; Eugene Register Guard Sub Chaser Named After McMinnville Portland (U.R) The city of McMinnvUle, Ore., will be im mortalized on the hameplate of a U.S. Navy submarine chaser but it wiU have to share the honor with the town of McMinn ville, Tenn. Rear Adm. A. M. Bledsoe, com mandant of the 13th Naval Dis trica4 said the PSC 1401, a- 136 foot sub chaser now operating in the south-eastern Atlantic,' would become the USS McMinn ville on Feb. 15. Adm. Bledsoe said that when a ship is given a name that desig nates more than' one American city, both would be equally as sociated with its namesake. German Tours Many Middle East Countries ' Bonn, Germany (U.R) Al fried Krupp, Germany's former armaments king, wul J.eave Mon day on a high pressure salesman ship trip, to India, Pakistan, Thai land and Egypt, it was reported today. . Krupp, accompanied by his wife, a U.S. citizen, and a team of experts, will try to counteract Russia's trade drive in the stra tegic Middle East, his friends said.- new government. Mollet has a plan to bring peace to Algeria, which politically is a part ' of France itself and is represented in Parliament. Mollet's plan met immediate and bitter opposition by French residents of Algeria, who fear appeasement of the nationalists and a -.weakening of the country's ties with France. 2. Premier Chou En-Lai. of Communist China said in a bel ligerent statement in Peiping that his government -is prepar ing actively to take Formosa from the Chinese Nationalists "by means of war if necessary." Nationalist - Communist clashes in the costal area intensified. At the same time,, the long-drawn-out talks between United States and Red Chinese ambas sadors in Geneva, in which the United States seeks to. free 13 Americans, whom the Reds hold in prison, were threatened with breakdown. . 3, Communist terrorism broke out again in Malava after the failure of negotiations between Red guerrilla leader Chin Peng ana ine chief ministers of Ma laya and Singapore. The Reds wounded 17 policemen in bomb attacks on three Singapore po nce stations. In southern Malava a .tsntisn Tubber estate manager and a Malayan constable were killed and three constables were wounded in a terrorist ambush. Day's By FRANK JENKINS This is written in Laguna Beach. It isn't raining at the moment. But it rained all night, and it looks like it could start raining again at the slightest provocation. And " ' ' -. The weather bureau says two more storms are rolling in from the Pacific. , ' THE motel at which this job - of writing is being done has a pleasant custom. It serves cof fee and doughnuts to its guests in the morning hours. There is quite a little gathering "this morning in the cheerful recrea tion room where the serving takes place. , The weather is the chief topic of conversation as it is all over California inthis ;yea of our Lord when the rains are coming down. If there--is ANYTHING that California - especially Southern California needs more than anything else, it is RAIN. Up to the time the pre cipitation ,,.(1. think, "deluge" would be a better word)) start ed, Southern California was just about ready to dry up and blow away. But is the copious-rainfal lof the past week popular? It is about as welcome as a skung at a lawn party. People almost cry when they mention it. T.OWN here along this far -L' southern coast of California, there is of course a reason why rain isn't looked; upon with en thusiasm. This beautiful little city of Laguna Beach is a good example. It lives almost entire ly on what for' want of a better word is called the tourist trade. - It has no agriculture. It has no industry. The, "skies are un sullied by factory smoke. Smog isn't one of its worries, because it has none of the modern condi tions that create smog. . It lives exclusively on the visitors who come here, to enjoy its fabulously pleasant climate and its exotically lovely coastal scenery, which when the sun is shining closely -resembles the Mediterranean Riviera. TUT when the sun doesn't 13 shine Well, that's another story. And the sun hasn't been doing a very good job of shining in recent weeks. So the visitors are get ting out their maps and picking out the quickest routes to Ari zona, and some of them are reaching for the phone to make reservations in Phoenix and Tuc son and way points such as Palm Springs and Indio. ; , That ISN'T so good f or when people pull out en masse from places - that live exclusively on the tourist trade the inhabitants thereof are left with - nothing more productive than washing each other's shirts and shining each other's shoes. , That soon gets tiresome. THIS morning's coffee session, however, wasn't wholly 2 31 BACON ENDS Babson Discusses Pblif ics Relations to Stock Market By ROGER W. BABSON i Babson Park, Fla. Since my recent weekly column which! favored the nomination of Presi dent Eisenhower, I have receiv ed letters from publishers stat ing that my column is supposed to discuss business and the stock market, and not politics. This column started over 30 years ago after I retired from my position as financial staff writer for the "Saturday Eve ning Post." I began .with only 10 news- papers, but with the help of the maga zine's wonder ful editor, George Horace I'.oger W. Babson Lorimer, t h e column became popular and is now published weekly in over 400 papers. During the early years oi my writing, this column was taken almost exclusively by Northern publishers. As the years ad vanced, the column began to be used by Southern papers, which are mostly Democratic. I there fore am having the same diffi culty with David Lawrence, Robert Ruark and Drew Pear son are having, as my column spreads to all sections of the country. Business Under Democrats From the time of the Civil War up to 1932 our country was News ; gloomy. Present thereat was a couple from Seattle. Seattle has been having a rugged ; winter. And they had, just picked up in the papers the story AND THE PICTURES of Portland's foot of snow. They were positively gleeful. When you live in the northern latitudes and have pulled out at the cost of av considerable chunk 'of what in Mexico is called dinero for the sunny Southland, nothing . makes' you happier than to learn that the weather you are missing at home is bad. . AND- , V On the cbntrary Nothing upsets you like learn ing that the weather at home turned BEAUTIFUL right after you left. You're inclined to re gard that as a personal insult. A NYWAY, this Seattle couple x- could look through the win dows into the drizzle outside and simply GLOAT. But .... . They had reservations already for Palm Springs and as soon as they finished their coffee they were going to begin packing up to leave this wet spot. I reckon nobody loves rain. Co. Assessor Asks Flood Damage Reports .Property owners .who suffer ed damage during the, recent flood have been asked by the county assesosr's office to re port by letter the amount of damage sustained. ; . Information should include the amount of loss as determin ed by insurance appraisal or other means and a clearly stated name, address, and location, either by lot number or section, township and range. Appraisers are working now on damaged property appraisals and all information must be in and processed by late -April in time for the board of equaliza tion meeting May 14, according to Andy Hawver, deputy coun ty assessor;". .' " : r Wheat Growers Elect Nebraska Man Head Portland (U.R) Herbert Hughes of Imperial, Neb.; was elected president of the National Association of Wheat Growers at their annual convention here yesterday. . John S. Newlin, Lewis, Kan., was named new secretary-treasurer. :" Elected vice-presidents were: Carrol Boyd, Dumas, Tex.; R. L. Patterson, Oxford, Kan.; Floyd Root, Wasco, Ore.; Lester Mort, venango, Neb.; Theodore F. Fied ler, Holyoke, Colo., and John Stevenson, Benge, Wash. EAST PURE LARD SIXTH ST. MUTTON ROAST 1 5b. on the "gold standard." This gave both a certain "ceiling" and a certam "floor which it was difficult for business or the stock market to break through. Furthermore, tnis made it fair ly easy for any impartial statis tician and economist to make reasonable forecasts, irrespec tive of party politics. My fore cast of the 1929 break was made duiing the Hoover Republican administration when his manag ers were forecasting "two chick ens in every pot and two cars in every garage." Since 1932, however, the country has been on a political standard, and the gold standard has been discarded. This is no criticism of the . Roosevelt ad ministration, because I feel that the gold standard had outlived its usefulness. We will probably continue on a political standard, whether in a Republican or a Democratic era. I have not the figures here in Florida which show just what business and the stock market have done in Presi dential years; but anyone send ing to my Babson Park, Mass., office will be welcome to them.' Do Not Follow Business It is generally assumed ,'that one can forecast business by watching the stock market, but this is not true. In the long run, there is of course a correlation, but it cannot always be de pended. upon. In other words, we may have a Democratic vic tory in November and yet have fairly good business through 1957. I go even further and say that if the tide should shift naturally due to the Law of Action and Reaction durkig' a Republican administration, the result could be worse than if the Democrats were in power. This' is because the Republicans stand for . less interference with busi ness and would not so freely use ' artificial stimulants. President Eisenhower, for in stance, is determined to have a balanced budget. It would be very hard for him to agree to any inflationary projects, even for the sake of helping business. On the other hand, the Demo crats believe the government is entitled to issue more bonds and create greater, indebtedness as the country grows in popula tion and assets, just as any large corporation is entitled to . do. Therefore, although the Repul , lican party may be more friend ly to "Big Business," the Demo cratic party may try to be more friendly to all business; but please do not make use of the word "try." Ike and Stock Market Remember the old saying, "There is an exception to every, rule." notwithstanding the fun damental principles stated above, I still believe there is to day a very close relationship be tween the re-nomination of President Eisenhower and the stock market. I perhaps should ' . not have included in my fore cast for 1956 the re-election of President Eisenhower in Novem ber; ;ijut due to reasons which I cannot disclose I did then be lieve he would be re-nominated and re-elected. I may be abso lutely wrong; but I am still of this' opinion. ' This one thing I am certain of : As soon as President Eisenhower assures his intimate friends and party' managers of his intention, readers should see an abrupt stock market movement, either downward or upward, 'depend ing on whether he will not run or will run.. I shall now try not to discuss politics any more until October, but rather will "stick to my knitting"' as my publish ing friends request. At any rate, with this column my conscience is clear, whatever happens in 1956! ' ' Ike's Name Placed On Preference Ballot Anchorage, Alaska (U.R) A petition to place President Eis enhower's name on the Alaska presidential preference, ballo.t; has been filed - by -the Anchor-1 age , Young Republican Club, Ray Morley, president, announc ed today. , . ' y .'. More than 400 names were1, gathered on the petition circu lated in the Anchorage, Mata nuska Valley and Kenai Penin sula areas. ; Sen. William F. Knowland (R-Calif.) already has been en tered in the election. The con sent of the candidate is not required to have his name put on the ballot. The .election is scheduled for April 26. . SLICED BACON :.....