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SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE" Friday February 17, 1956 Yuba City Prepares To Hold Christmas Observance Feb. 25 - Yuba City (U.R) Only seven more shopping days until Christ mas in Yuba City. Christmas will come on- Feb. 25 for the 10,000 persons here who were cheated out of their regular yuletide by a disastrous flood of the Feather river last Dec' 24. It will be Christmas in every way, regardless of what the cal endar says. There will be special Coos Bay May Get Ammunition Depot Coos Bay (U.R) Coos Bay area officials were busy testing public response today to the pos sibility that the Navy, might move its Chicago, Calif., ammu nition depot to Coos Bay. The depot, which employes 850 ciyilians in addition to serv ice personnel, lias been asked ,to m6ve out because the 4500. addi tional acres needed for the depot would wipe out potential indus trial sites. Sen. Richard Ix Neuberger D. Ore. - asked city, county and Chamber of Commerce officials yesterday to check public re sponse and gather economic data to support any bid for' the project.'- - - The Oregon Democrat said State Sen'.' George Miller of Cali fornia had asked him to check possible Oregon sites forthe pro ject which uses 6500 acres now and needs an; additional 4500 acres. : Navy sources said the depot does not manufacture ammuni tion. It stores and transships it under close security. church services, a community Christmas party, a visit from Santa Claus and toys for all the kids. Shopping Rush There will even be a last-minute Christmas shopping rush at the stores. The Christmas in February will not be without its sober side, however. Families still are mourning the loss of 37 persons who are known to have died in the swift-rising flood waters. Others are still missing. South of Yuba City, in the rich "Peach Bowl" agricultural area, flood waters only recently were drained from thousands of acres of orchard land. There may be permanent damage to the trees that represent the live lihood of hundreds of families. But with the help of outsiders the Christmas spirit has been re kindled in Yuba City, The idea was born in four Southern Cali fornia Lions clubs and spread rapidly throughout the state. Lions At Work Lions at Lynwood, Huntington Park, South Gate and Compton, all in the Los Angeles area, be gan making plans for the event while the Christmas gifts Yuba Cityans never had a chance to open, were still floating in the fl6od waters around the town. Youngsters who spent Dec. 25 in emergency shelters scattered throughout Northern California, in many cases separated -. from their families, .will - have their Christmas party' in a huge tent brought up from Hollywood. The San Francisco Lions will present a vaudeville show. Lions at Su sanville arranged to truck in a load of Christmas trees. 3 ' THOMAS L. CLARK Victim of Initiation? Singer Billy Daniels To Face Grand Jury New York U.R) A Manhat tan Grand Jury has indicted singer Billy Daniels on five counts involving the shooting of a fight trainer in a bottle club Jan. 31, it. was learned yester day. Daniels, currently in Palm Springs, Calif., singing in night clubs said he would return to New York to fight the indict ments. . ' The indictment includes two charges of second degree as sault, two charges of violation of the state weapons law,' and one charging that Daniels fired a gun in a public place. The charges grew out of the wounding of James Jackson, 33, in the Seven-One-Ten club dur ing a row. Jackson told police he didn't know who shot him but police arrested Daniels later that day after they learned he had been in the club. v Reservoir Dragged For Body of Young College Freshman Cambridge, Mass. U.R) Vol unteer drivers, dynamiters and scores of students converged to day on an ice-blocked reservoir where a missing fraternity "pledge" is believed drowned. Darkness and bitter cold winds halted dragging operations last night for the body, of Thomas L. Clark, 18, son of a Harvey, HI., business executive. The student vanished Friday during a frater nity initiation stunt. - Earlier yesterday a shoe and a white scarf found imbedded in the snow - encrusted Cambridge reservoir were identified by the missing youth's father, .Alfred R. Clark. - "My boy had a scarf exactly like that," the father said. '-'I am certain those are his things." The elder Clark, who had waited tensely all day for news of his son, collapsed into a chair. "This never should have hap pened' he said. "How could they allow, such a thing? What were they thinking of?" . Police said they were certain that the missing Massachusetts Institute of Technology fresh man fell through, the ice when he attempted to cross the reser voir at night. He had been dumped blindfolded out of an automobile by upperclassmen and told to "use your own re sources" to find his way back 12 miles to the fraternity, house. Police said they would not eliminate the possiblity of foul play. District Attorney Ephraim T. Martin said that "when and if the body is found there will be an inquest." ': - Members of Delta Kappa Ep silon which young Clark had pledged, said the youth had been assured of his election to the fraternity. Fraternity President Paul. H. Luckett of Juarez, Mexico, said Clark "accepted the hazing wil lingly. He made no objection to what was said. being done," Luckett Relive Suffering fast-Effectively Bock Stairs: Hagerty Winces at Name i : By - MERRIMAN , SMITH - United Press White House :' i Writer - Thomasville, Ga. (U.R) Back stairs at the quail-shooting White House: 'President Eisenhower's Press Secretary Jim Hagerty still winces when he hears Treasury Secretary George M.Humphrey's place here called a "plantation." ' When the President first visit ed Humphrey in 1954, Hagerty , insisted before the party arrived m-Thomasville that the Humph rey place most certainly was not a plantation, but a farm. Hagerty thought the word plantation carried with an implication of luxury. -But when the presidential motorcade rolled up to the gates of the place, Hagerty could not escape seeing a large stone pil lar on which was engraved, "Milestone Plantation." Jim shouldn't worry, however. Just about everything over five acres in this part of the country is called a plantation. One of the more opulent places in Humphrey's neighbor hood is the estate of John. Hay Whitney.- The dog kennels are about the size of an average home. r - Because of an abundant sup ply of birds, this part of the South has a long quail season which is still open. Going into the field in a horse-drawn- hunt ing "roadster " Mr. Eisenhower can stay away from snakes, hunt at leisure and : dismount only when a covey of birds is nearby. This, by the way, is a custo mary ffrm of hunting on the plantations of the area. . Somehow the Secret Service agents seem out of place riding around the Humphrey plantation on horseswThey seem much more in character standing on the run ning board of a car. Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United. Press Correspondent I if Italian Cabinet In Special Session Rome (U.R) Premier . Antonio Segni called his cabinet . into special session today in an at tempt to avert a political crisis caused by the death of his treas ury minister. . Ezio Vanoni,' Italy's top finan cial expert and, father of her first modern income tax law, ' was stricken with a heart attack tiur . ing a confidence vote in the Sen ae chamber Thursday. He died on a couch in a nearby office shortly afterwards,, and most pessimistic observers wondered whether his bold 10-year eco nomic plan and the stability of the Italian currency died with . him. Vanoni collapsed after deliy: ering a financial speech in sup port of the Segni government which? was seeking a 'vote of confidence. A friend "said Va noni, who was also interim bud . get minister, worked through the night to prepare the address.. Vanoni's death threw the Sen ate into confusion and right and leftwing extremists jumped at once into the breach with de mands that the Segni cabinet resign. ' Hollywood (U.R) Jacques Bergerac confesses he's waved goodby to a quarter of a million dollars worth of acting jobs all because he's determin ed not to be known as Ginger Roger's husband. . .The hand some, young French man Aline Mosby ;. wed the blonde film 'star three years ago and launched hisj?.Ti acting career. Not much of 'a splash has been heard from, his corner. But Jacques revealed that's because he is determined to' make it on his own. . r ' "I just refused a TV series because - it was for the two of us," he said. 1 "It would have meant a great deal of money. She was willing, but I refused to do it. ...We also have - been offered two big; TV "spectacu lars," one .'play on Broadway and two movies." x ' Hitchcock Film Picked - - Jacques instead chose an Ai red : Hithcock TV film because it involved him alone. The story is "Safe : Conduct!", also costar ring Claire Trevor, on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" next Sun day. And .the network, CBS-TV, predicts the role will boost his acting career. ' Jacques and Ginger apparent ly have a successful marriage, despite cynics who had predicted the combination wouldn t last. 'He was under contract to MGM for a year while he stud ied English. When the studio couldn't come up with a suitable role, he says, he quit. He and Ginger costarred in one movie' made abroad, "Twist of Fate. Then he appeared in a play in Paris and decided he must act alone until he is "established." He even refused to pose; for CBS-TV publicity photographs with Ginger. Own Career Desired t "Of course, I want to do anoth er picture with my wife, but only after I have established my career on my own," he said. Jacques is a mature, intellig ent,' - masculine-type actor a refreshing switch from some of the new heart throbs around town. But having a French ac cent has been another hurdle to stardom. '"" : ' " V "After you're established,, an accent can be offbeat and charm ing, but in the beginning it has some limitations," he said. "Then, too, you have to get away from those prejudices pro ducers have about French men. They think a French actor must be hand kissing, weak. I've re fused three pictures based on that type. I think I am far dif ferent." i 'Nightmare Sickness' Claims Eighth Victim Manila N (U.R) The myster ious "nightmare sickness" that has killed seven Filipinos in their sleep was, reported today to have claimed an eighth victim Dr. Lachon Ledesma, a 25-year-old medical . interne. . Fellow internes at Victoriano Lua hospital said Ledesma, ap parently in good health, . went to bed about 1 a jn. Thursday after eating a heavy meal. He was found dead of undetermined causes at 7:30 a.m. The. lack of symptoms indi cates: the young physician had succumbed to nightmare sick ness. Victims of the disease show no . traces of injury,, poison or disease. 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