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1 Second Section MEDFORD MEDFORD, Washington's Necessity of By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent , Washington It seemed like an , innocent enough remark when he made it, but Sen. Hen ry M. Jackson (D.-Wash.) learn ed that a man especially a bachelor politician must weigh every syllable during Leap Year. Right out loud before a na tional television audience Jack son allowed as how he was "available." And ever since, gals from' every section of the coun try have been leaping at the senator's handsome head. When you get right down to the heart of it, this all just shows what a politician gets himself ' into when he tries to dodge the issue. He was being asked by reporters on a TV show what he thought of Sen. Mike Mans field's idea that Jackson would make a good vice - presidential candidate for the Democrats. "Are you available?" inquir ed a reporter soberly. "Sure," replied Jackson with a big Scandinavian grin, "I'm available . , . for marriage." Females No!. Confused I that successfully confused the reporters about the issue of the vice-presidency, it , didn't cause any confusion among fe males in the audience who know a good, if elusive, 44 -year -old catch when they see one. : As a consequence, the letters began coming in from all over the country and now Scoop has a fairly wide range of selection if he is still available. There is, for example, Jeanne from Miami, Fla., who sent along a snapshot of herself sprawled across her bed in an evening gown. She called herself "Wolf No. 1." "Don't you know better than to advertise for a wife. The wolves will be after you,", she said. - Claudia of Parkersburg, W.Va., was less forward. She'd ' send a photo only if he was in -LAXJ OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1956 Senator Jackson Learns Weighing Leap Year Words terested. If he was really inter ested, he could come visit her but not before the end of Febru ary, for she was all booked up to then. Liz of Columbus, Ga., had her interests represented by "a friend" who wrote Jackson that Ha! March Married Af Las Vegas Riles "Las Vegas, Nev. (U.PJ Tele vision quizmaster Hal March, 35, and former New York model Candy Toxton, 30, were en route home to New York today following their wedding in this gambling resort. March and Miss Toxton, for mer wife of crooner Mel Torme, were married by District Judge Frank M c N a m e e Saturday. About 20 relatives and friends attended the ceremony. Miss Toxton divorced Torme three days before marrying March. She has two children by the crooner. It was March's first marriage. March is emcee on TV's "$64,000 Question." Defense Exercises In Formosa Straits Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) Mas sive defensive exercises will be staged shortly by United States and National Chinese forces in the Formosa Strait, it was re ported today. . Chinese newspapers said the maneuvers would be of "unpre cedented scale." The exercises probably would be a followup to the SEATO war games and the Iwo Jima am phibious operations. They would further demonstrate the firm link of the ' anti-Communist de fenses in the western Pacific. Xy make the ...and this big extra helps make First National Oregon's Favorite Bank! FREE PERSONALIZED CHECKS are yours for che asking, when you have a check ing account at First National. Open that account now. Your friendly teller will ask how you wish your name and address to appear on your checks. You'll receive a FREE supply of checks with your name and address printed on them! You may re-order as needed. You'll find personalized checks easier to use, easier to cash. Enjoy this convenience ... another extra service of First National... Oregon's Favorite Bank! Pages 1-6 Tribune she's nice and can be just as much at home on a farm as in town." From her picture, the senator might tend to agree with the friend that Liz was "a like able lady" with a "bubbling personality." Agnes of Baltimore, Md., who is "a little on the stout side but loves a good time," was spoken for by her colleagues among the nursing corps at a hospital. Aft er noting that her general pro portions run to the heavy side. her "friends" quickly added that she "looks very nice when dressed up." Besides, they wrote Scoop, having been married ear lier to "a drinking man, she de serves a good man, Then there was Opal of Shel- byville, Ind., who wanted him to know that she was just as available as he was and a Democrat, besides. Senator Shies Away All -this Leap Year aggressive ness semed to be taking its toll on Jackson's earlier mood of availability. Digging through his assortment of proposals, some from maidens a shade older than himself, the senator shied farther and farther away from any possible romances. - : "I'm taking all this by tend ing to my committee work," said Jackson. "And I've got by early warning radar system turned on to let me know when the dan gers of Leap -Year are approacn ing." . While the matrimonial bug has bitten five of Jackson's of fice staff members in the past year or more, it has yet to give the senator romantic fever. From all appearances, he is perfectly immune to what makes the rest of the world go 'round. Moscow (U.R) Five top So viet officials hinted Saturday Russia may have ocean-spanning rockets that can drop a hydrogen or atomic bomb on the United States. . NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND "LVS BUUO OREGON TOGETHER" - Mtetet ttoaji-uKsa mattMict co outflow MEDFORD BRANCH DIRECT BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK: . OF PORTLAND Jerry Lewis To MC Academy Awards Hollywood (U.R) Comedi an Jerry Lewis has agreed to present the film industry's Oscars- , at the Academy Award presentations March 21 after tak ing a verbal swipe at the "Emmy" television show. Lewis accepted Saturday an offer to act as the Academy Awards emcee, but with his acceptance he disclosed he had turned down a similar job on the March 17 "Emmy" show because he strongly resents that he and his partner, crooner Dean Martin, were not nominated for a TV honor. "If they don't acknowledge that we are on television, why should we do their show," Lewis said. He explained that he and Martin limit their TV shows to four a year but always have rated higher on polls than Ed Sullivan, their competitor on another hookup. .-' Neuberger Points To Sarena Timber Cutting Washington (U.R) Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said today Oregon tax reports prove that the Al Sarena Mining Co. "has been harvesting timber" in the Rogue River National Forest." Neuberger and other congres sional Democrats have accused Tnlarini. Tlflnarfimant vf a ' fallC JLlJ.bJ. 1VA timber "give away" in granting mining claims to Al Sarena in the area. The matter recently was investigated by. a Senate subcommittee Interior Secre tary Douglas McKay has said the claims were awarded under laws passed by Congress.! Neuberger said Oregon state forest-fire tax reports show that the company 'has cut more than 2,000,000 board-feet of saw tim ber in the past two years. ROADBLOCK NABS TWO McMinnville (U.R) A road block netted two escapees from he Columbia county jail, here Saturday night as j state ' and Yamhill county officers appre hended Christian William Reh kopt, 19, and his companion, Benny Joe Winners, 20. . Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Thomasville, Ga. President Eisenhower on his offer of U.S. aid to western European coutries suffering one of the worst win ters in recent history: "The United States stands ready to make supplies of agricul tural commodities which we have in abundance available for re lieving the distress of the people in these areas." Denver Adlai E. Stevenson on President Eisenhower's veto of the natural gas bill: "I think the President did the right thing for the wrong reasons." Washington Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban in his protest of the short-lived American embargo against shipment of 18 U.S. tanks to Saudi Arabia: . "The current arms situation violates every principle of states manship and morality." Cairo, Egypt Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser in an ad dress at a demonstration of Soviet Mig jet fighter planes purchased hy Egypt in an arms deal with Communist Czechoslovakia: "We have been expecting war ever since the Israeli attack on Gaza Feb. '28, 1955. The Israelis threatened io launch a spring of fensive and we are expecting it any day or night.".; New)Ulm, Minn. Sen. Estes Kefauver in calling for a full con gressional review of the nation's defense effort: . 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