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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.
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