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t - ' ' SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, February 13. 1958 Few Brave Men Ready To Set Up for Winter On Ice of Antarctic By JOSEPH L. MYLER United Press Correspondent " ;. Washington (U.R) A few men, not more than 200 in all, are getting ready to hole up for the winter at the bottom of the world. ' Tor nearly eight months they will live like moles, isolated from the world in lonely scat tered camps on the Antarctic ice. In another month they will be the only ones remaining of an Antarctic population that hit an all-time record peak of about 2500 during January. Explorers To Leave , .. Survey and base-building ex peditions from eight of the 11 nations planning scientific work in Antarctica during the 1957-58 International Geophysical Year (I.G.Y.) are preparing to with draw temporarily, leaving only token forces behind. ; They are pulling out because the world's wickedest weather is getting worse and won't im prove for another 32 weeks or so. Around April 1 the sun will sink over the edge of the 6,000,000 square mile South Polar continent and stay there for nearly five black months. Temperatures Fall Before the sun rises again in August, and before the start of the Antarctic summer in Octo ber, temperatures will fall to 60, 70, possibly 100 degrees be low zero. Blizzards borne on winds' blasting at upwards of 100 miles an hour will strive to obliterate all of man's works at the bottom of the world. 1 , i Nevertheless, human beings will : brave out the Antarctic winter. .There will be 76 Ameri cans at Little America on the Ross Ice Shelf about 700 miles from the South Pole, 90 at Mc Murdo Sound 400 miles to the west of Little America, 17 Brit ons across the continent on the Weddel Sea Coast, and perhaps small parties at scattered bases of other nations elsewhere in the earth's last great "empty quarter." Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Pres. Correspondent ' Hollywood (U.R) Raymond Massey this Saturday night will glue on a beard and a false nose, clap on a wig, and once ; again play ADranam j-.in-coin a leg end he has no i n te n tion of avoiding. CBS-TV is launching an unusual "spec- Aline Mosbr tacular" a flO-minute color version of tjie best-selling book, "The Day Lin coln Was Shot." Lillian Gish plays Mary Todd. Comedian Jack Lemmon, in the most off-beat casting of the year, portrays John Wilkes Booth. : Massey, of course,, is portray ing Lincoln again, a role that has haunted, him for 16 years; But Massey not only doesn't mind, he's happy about it. 'I Like' Lincoln' "I like Lincoln, and please say that," Massey told me before rehearsals for the show.- "Re cently I was misquoted as saying my new TV spy series "would get me away from Lincoln. , I never said that." The deep-voiced actor starred in 'Abe Lincoln in' Illinois" in New. York for two years and also toured with the play. His film version was released in 1939. . : "'; "Down the years I've received letters about Lincoln," - he mused. "It's funny, the - identi fication : you get. . Nobody has played Lincoln as much as I have. Four years ago I did him on "The Pulitzer Prize Theater', on TV. And I've done a radio version of the play, oh, four or five times, on Lincoln's birth : day." . Actor Dons Beard Massey wore a beard at . tached with a rubber band only . for the last - scene of the play, But the TV story is about an older Lincoln, so he will be bearded. ", ; "And I'll play him different ly," Massey added, "As he's had four years of a""tremendous bur den." ;' The stately actor claims being attached to Lincoln never , has hurt his career. He has played Pygmalion on the stage, count less villains in pictures and was outstanding this year as the father in "East of Eden." "But there's one thing I do been named David William, is mind the corny cracks," he sighed. "There's one that does, 'Massey won't be satisfied until he's assassinated,' now, really!" Cabinet Authority On President Urged Washington (U.R) Former .President Hoover believes the Cabinet should have authority to decied when a President is unable to carry on, He also thinks the vice presi dent should have the power to step in, if the President is de clared incapacitated, and exer cise "the executive power." It would be up to the Cabinet to say when the President had re covered. . . . Mr. Hoover told the House Judiciary Committee these changes should be made by Con gress. He made his suggestions in response to a committee ques tionnaire sent him and dozens of political and constitutional, ex perts. The committee undertook a study of the "power vacuum" created by a President's, dis ability after President Eisen hower suffered his heart attack Sept. 24. Jennifer Jones, William Holden Get Film Awards Hollywood (U.R) Actress Jennifer Jones and actor Wil liam ' Holden have . received the top awards presented at the annual Photoplay magazine gold medal awards banquet. Miss Jones was honored for her performances in "Love Is A Many. Splendored Thing": and "Good Morning, Miss Dove." Holden was cited for his work in" "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing," "Picnic," "The Bridges At Toko-Ri," and "The Country Girl.' , ' Adler Gets Award A gold medal award also was presented to Buddy .Adler', - pro ducer of "Love Is A Many Splen dored Thing," who. is the new acting production head of 20th Century Fox. ,-.'-''" ;vA crowd of 500 persons at tended the magazine's 35th an nual presentation at the Beverly Hilton. v. Other awards included ' a special achievement, plaque given to honor the late James Dean, killed in an auto accident last year. His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dean, of Fair mount, Ind.," accepted the award. Pair Receive Plaque - Actor Glenn Ford and his wife, former dancing star Elea nor Powell, received a plaque citing them "for their untiring devotion to the religious and civil life of the community." British actress Joan Collins was named the year's ; most promising actress and George Nader was honored.as the most promising actor. Otto Preminger received a bronze achievement plaque for "his courage and great talent" in producing and directing "The . Man" With The Golden Arm," a film on nai cotics addiction. Six More Select ed for Academy Awards Show Hollywood :U.R) The Acad emy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named six more performers to appear as hosts and hostesses on the academy awards nominations show Feb. 18. Selected were former Oscar winners Claire Trevor, Dick Powell, Ann Blyth, June Ally son, Deborah . Kerr and Esther Williams. Previously selected were William Holden, Judy Hoi i liday, Celeste Holme, Edmond O'Brien, Tony Curtis, Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon. Most of the nation's forest fires are caused by. careless smokers and many more by em bers left in camp fires. Only about 10 per cent are caused by lightning and other natural causes. French Cathedral To Be Reopened To Public J Rouen, France U.R) The Cathedral of - Notre i Dame of Rouen, one of the finest exam ples of Gothic architecture in western Europe, will be reopen ed to the public next June after a 10-year shutdown to repair damages suffered in World War II. '' The reopening of the cathe dral ' will climax ceremonies marking the 500th anniversary of the official historical recogni tion of Joan of Arc. " Madrid (U.R) The govern ment, has invoked "rigorous" measures" which include tem porary suspension of civil rights as a result of three days of po litical riots between - opposing student factions at the Univer sity of Madrid. Dies in Washington Illinois Republican Washington (U.R) - Rep Chauncey W. Reed (R.-Ill.) 65, veteran legislator and former House Judiciary committee chairman, died last week. Reed,, who served in Congress since 1935, recently announced he would not be a candidate for reelection from Illinois' 14th district. He had been a patient in Bethesda, Md., Naval hospi tal, where he died', since Nov. 5. Funeral services will be held in Illinois. 1 Canada Reaffirms Faith in Salk Vaccine Ottawa (U.R) Canada has re affirmed its faith in the Salk anti-polio vaccine with official figures to back- an assurance of its "safety and effectiveness"' as an immunizing agent. Health Minister Paul Martin said last week that an exhaus tive check on last year's inocu lations of children proved the Salk vaccine completely safe and at least 85 per cent, effective in preventing paralytic types of the disease. Among 589,716 children age 5 to 10 who received two or more doses of vaccine, only five cases of paralytic polio occurred during the period of study, July 1 to Nov. 30. 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