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o O 5 lagon Considers Speedup in etion To Overcome Soviet Lea , By CHARLES CORDDRY Uniied Press Correspondent Washington oi.Rj The Pentagon is considering a major step-up in B-52 production to overcome Russia's admitted lead in heavy bomber output. It was learned today that this government now accepts as fact that Russia is building more perhaps twice as many ultra modern heavy jet bombers per month than the United States, which has always previously ex celled in that field. While B-52 production is rising, presently forecast monthly rates for this country and Russia indicate the U.S. Air Force has virtually no chance of catching Russia without- a speed-up. The U. S. production rate is scheduled to reach a peak of 17 B-52s a month, about four times the current production. The Air Force is now considering the Subscriptions for Mercy Flights Now Being Accepted Subscriptions to Mercy Flights, Inc.'s pre-paid subscription serv ice are now being accepted by six Medford business establish ments, it was reported today. Subscription application forms are available in 11 other loca tions. The subscriptions, costing $4 per family unit and good for a year, entitle those covered to free emergency ambulance serv ice within a radius of 400 miles, Mercy Flights officials point out, and to reduced rates for non emergency air ambulance serv ice. The subscriptions constitute the bulk of the non-profit cor poration's income, and enable it to keep operating for the benefit of those living in the counties of southern Oregon and northern California. The firms which accept appli cations, ail identified by large orange and black signs posted prominently, are Central Rexall Drug store, McClain's Drug cen tre, Leonard's Flower shop, Med ford Flower shop, Padgett Auto parts, and the T. J. Hight real estate office. Others plan to be gin this service soon. Application blank holders, con structed by Cecil Davis, one of the organizations' volunteer pi lots, are located at Chuck Risse's and Jijirl Reed's Mobilgas service stations, Ada Bell's cafe, West Side pharmacy, Landis-Shangle studio, Johnson's Model bakery, Daley's U-Drive office at the airport, and Williams and Croucher garage. possibility of a step-up to 25 or more a month and a substantial increase in the total numbers to be produced. Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson acknowledged at a news conference Tuesday that a pro duction increase is getting "some consideration" in the Air Force. He also had had some hot retorts for Democratic crit icism of the defense program who have centered their fire on what they consider a lag in the guided missiles development. On the eve of a Senate Arm ed Service subcommittee in quiry into the air-atomic and missiles situation, Wilson had J comment on Wilson's observa- this comment for Chairman Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) "I hope he finds he doesn't know as much as he thinks he does now " Symington declined to Medford United Press Fuli Leased Wire Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1956 Pages 1-6 , ti - ! ' CAL-ORE AWARD J. W. Bigham, president of the Cal-Ore Hereford Breeders' association (above) shows FH Royal Countess 2, Hereford heifer which will be awarded to a 4-H or Future Farmers of America member at the annual Cal-Ore show March 14-15 at the Jackson county fairgrounds. 60 Hereford Cattle To Be In Cal-Ore Show, Auction Sixty head of Hereford cattle will be offered for sale at the Cal-Ore Hereford Breeders' asso ciation show and sale March 14 and 15 at the Jackson county fair grounds. Included will be 40 bulls, 20 heifers and six polled .bulls, ac cording to County Agricultural Agent Earle Jossy. The stock show is scheduled for 1 p.m. March 14 and the sale at 11 a.m. March 15. Ellis White, Ontario, will be auction eer and John Horton, Klamath Falls, judge. A purebred Hereford heifer will be awarded by the associa tion to a member of a 4-H club or a Smith Hughes agriculture class. Any active member of either group is eligible to reg ister for the calf, Jossy said. Last year's award, presented to Patsy Charley, was champion Hereford at the Jackson county fair and won a blue ribbon at the state fair. A sale catalogue is available by writing Cal-Ore, post office box 1069, Medford. Former Politburo Member Said Freed Berlin U.R) Reports from East Berlin said today the Com munists have released Paul Merker, a former Politburo member jailed on charges he took part in a Zionist anti-So viet conspiracy. Merker, top Commu.vist and undersecretary in the East Ger man agriculture ministry, was droppedtfrom the Politburo and fired from his job in 1950. He was arrested two years la ter after the trial and execution in Czechoslovakia of Rudolf Slansky. 4 ; t REPUBLICAN Volunteers Heeded mow o "Every citizen owes h to himself and his country to participate individually, or through o political organization, in making certain that our country goes in the direction that conforms to his ideals and hopes for that government for that country." Dwight D. Eisenhower YOU CAN HELP. CALL YOUR AREA LEADER, LISTED BELOW Area Leader Address Phone Rogue cRiver, Gold Hill, Sams Valley Helen B. Maurice - Rt. 1, Box 219, Gold Hill GH 5-9033 Jacksonville, Perrydale luella S. Stine - Rt. 2, Box 424, Medford. Applegate Vivian B. Adams Applegate 3NO 4-1331 Howard, 0 Central Point John Chitwood 434 Berrydale, Medford Prospect, Eagle Point Deloss Barber Trail, Oregon .Provolt 2534 3-5120 Ashland Phoenix, Talent Ben Lombard Knox Building, Ashland V H. Fred Kaller - Box 1521, Medford .3258 3651 3-5017 CITY OF MEDFORD 0 Ward No. 1 Don Whalin - 128 Valley View Ward No. 2 James Semple 626 South Holly Ward No. 3 Franklin H. Van Pelt - 64 Rose Ave Ward No. 4 Frances C. Wimberly 30 S. Barneburg. 2-5879 3-1892 2-5404 .3-3979 O Jackson County Republican Central Committee Kathleen Bash, Chairman Phone 2-4319 Dr. Schumacher Plans Jackson County Visit Dr. Henry C. Schumacher, chiatric nurse consultant, and Raymond W. Craig, psychiatric social work consultant, will ac company Dr. Schumacher. He will speak at a meeting of the Southern Oregon Child Guid ance Clinic association. medical director,, mental health service, San Francisco regional office, United States public health service, will visit the Jackson county public health de partment April 3, 4 and 5. Dr. Schumacher will help in a study of mental health pro grams in the county and assist in planning future services, ac cording to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, director of the public health de partment. . Miss Frances Williams, psy- tion. Defense Controversy Wilson, in what looked like ,a direct slap at Sen. Henry H. Jackson (D-Wash.), and Syming ton, also asserted that there had been "too much emphasis" on guided missiles in the contro versy over defense policies. On Feb. 1 Jackson said Russia might fire a 1,500-mile-range ballistic missile this year, upset ting the world power balance. 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