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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1956)
O 7' A s7 NEW CAMERA Takeo Ma I eda, managing director of the j Canon ,-pamera Co., holds a ;new X3gn-speed 35mm camera the Japanese jrm will place on the market Maeda re fvealed the camera in San : Francisco on his way to the .National Photographic Con tention in Chicago. It utilizes ja 50mm F-1.2 lens and rapid i winder. Exchange Student From Sweden Talks At Rotary Meeting Lenart Magnussen of Sweden, xchange student now attending ;h school at Yreka, Calif., told the Medford Rotary club here Tuesday that his,visit to theU.S. has changed his attitude on world peace and given him hope that world understanding can be achieved. Speaking, at a luncheon meet ing at the Jackson hotel, he said that the Communist party is not i important factor in politics of his country, but has not been outlawed and has members in congress. King's Cabinet Although Swecttn has a king and queen, the country is essen tially a democracy with a king's cabinet, 380 congressmen and five political parties. County and city governments are simi lar to those in the U.S. It takes considerably longer for a Swed ish student to complete gram mar and high school, and fewer go to college, with its more ad vanced curriculum in specialized fields, Magnussen said. Accompanying Magnussen were Mrs. Thomas Dickinson of Yreka, district representative of the American field service, and her son, Ronald, who both de scribed the experience of having an exchange student in their home. Approximately 900 students from various countries will study in the U.S. this year un der the American field service program, Mrs. Dickinson said. The Medford Rotary club will sponsor a stu&mt who will study in Medford High school. Weldon Kline, president-elect of the Medford club, introduced the speakers.Q 4-H Club News Buttons and Bows The Eagle Point Buttons and Bows 4-H Sewing club met Mon day, March 5. Dana Smith was elected the ne' president. The club is now making needle cases. Patty Jean Claus, Reporter. Tornado Weather By UNITED PRESS ; A three-state tornado rampage J killed one person and injured 33 j last night and the Weather ! Bureau warned of possible twist- i ers today in six more states. j Tornado warnings were posted for parts of Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The Chicago Weather Bureau lifted earlier warnings for areas in Illinois and Indiana, scene of last night's worst twisters. Warnings for Ohio and Western Pennsylvana also were lfted. Winds in California In the West, wrecking winds hit southern California, hitting 90-mile per hour gusts, and 50 mph winds fanned a forest fire raging over 1,300 acres of New Mexico timberla'nd. The Midwest twisters started in Missouri, touched down at Buckley, 111., and then raced with full fury into Indiana. Twist ers hit the small Indiana towns of Darlington and Galveston and a killer tornado then roared full blast through the residential !am ureau urts 33; arns of More Twisters III Wednesday, March 7, 1356 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE heart of Marion. A young woman was killed and at least 25 persons were found injured in the Marion wreckage. The twister flattened scores of homes, weakened two schools, and ripped bricks away from other buildings. Damage estimates ran well over a millon dollars. Flashlghts in Hospital Marion's power went out dur ing the tornado and doctors worked on the injured in Gen eral Hospital under the light of flashlights and portable lanterns. The twister found 40 parents practicing for a minstrel show at a junior high school and -sent a chimney crashing into their midst. Farther back along the twist-1 degrees below zero at James- er s path there was extensive damage at Perryville, Mo., and four persons injured at both Buckley and Dunnington. The twisters raged in advance of a strong cold front which shoved its way into the Ohio Valley. Thunderstorms and hail storms played on its edges, block ing roads in three counties near Detroit, Mich. Hail was three to four inches deep in central Michigan, tele phone lines and trees were down, and lights and heat were knocked out in some communi ties. Snow and Dust In the cold wave's wake, tem peratures dropped as low as 10 town, N. D. Snows swept the northern Midwest, crippling the presidential campaigns of Dem ocrats Adlai E. Stevenson and Sen. Estes Kefauver in Minne sota, and thick dust clouds bil lowed in the Southwest. More vicious weather plagued the West, where gale-force winds stirred up a sandstorm which brought visibility to zero at Palm Springs, Salif. Plate glass .windows were shattered in the resort city and more than 40 trees were torn up in Los Angeles. To the north, 55-mph winds whipped the Brit ish Columbia coast and the fish ing vessel Westviaw called for help. Fake Fur Robbery Hearing Near End Los Angeles U,R) The county. Grand Jury may com plete its investigation today into charges that filmland furrier Al Teitelbaum staged a fake $280, 000 robbery of his swank Bev erly Hills salon. Singer Mario Lanza, a close friend of the furrier, testified yesterday for the second time in the jury's investigation of the Dec. 27, 1955 robbery. Teitel baum was arrested last month on suspicion of conspiracy to commit fraud involving insur ance on the furs he reported stolen. Lanza again told the jury how he reached the rear door of the fur salon shortly after Teitel baum claimed he was held up. if SYLVAN I A TELEVISION with Exclusive HA L O LIGHT Giant 21" Viewing Screen Dimensional Sound Complete Line of Sylvania Hi-Fi's CITY APPLIANCE, INC. 127 North Central Phone 3-5306 M USE TRIBUNE CLASSIFIED ADS! ft: M i Pedestrian Here First, Maine Legislature TocJ Boston U.R) A Massa chusetts lawmaker is battling for the pedestrian's "inherent right" to jaywalk. "The pedestrian was here be fore the automobile," Rep. Wil liam J. Kingston said at a state legislature hearing on a bill to fine jaywalkers. Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY Hollywood (U.R Johnny Mercer, in the town's hottest seat as chairman of the Emmy 1 awards, slash ' ed back at Em- m y attackers today. "T h e s e mis takes are not the TV Acad emy's fault," h e believes. Emmy is wal lowing in hot Aline Mosbjr w a t e r in the TV industry. Jerry Lewis began the sizzling controversy when he refused to be master of cere monies of the March 17 awards ceremony because he and Dean Martin weren't listed on the nomination ballot. Dick Powell turned down the same job because, "the nomina tions and categories are confus ing." Nominee Jack Webb rock ed the industry when he with drew from the Emmy race be cause he'd been nominated for a rerun film he made in 1954. Danny Thomas, producer Jack juenove ana others also com plained. Members Responsible But song writer Mercer point ed out the academy members are responsible for the way the awards are run. -"Webb entered himself in the best director category; we have his name signed on the entry," shrugged Mercer. "So why the beef? "Martin and Lewis weren't en tered by themselves, or NBC or their producer. So why attack us? AH possible nominees have to be submitted by the networks, the producers or the stars them selves. As for Dick Powell, I think he turned us down just because we asked him too late. "It's very easy to criticize. But why don't these people write us letters? Or, better, why don't they get on the Board of Gov ernors so they can run this show? Oscar ' Lest Trouble The main headache involves the fact there are approximately 7,000 network programs on TV each year. The academy tried to squeeze the nominees into 41 categories. The Oscar race only has a couple of hundred films to worry about. TV also has to be divided into series, one-time shows, live dramas, filmed pro grams,. etc. ' Don DeFore, head of the TV Academy, has done a wonderful job," said Mercers "He got the Emmies on a nationwide tele cast last year. This year he got the New York TV people to join. "This job," concluded Mercer, "is a big headache. Pretty thank less. Songwriting is much easier." II Belgium has an area of 11,755 square miles and a population which is currently estimated at nine million. I, 1 ;0a?1 LTraiDQ33 OttcQim 0 00 IZBEfi HUGE 72 Table! None .bigger! Nona so right for the growing fomityt Seats . . seats eight . seats op to 10! RED YELLOW GREEK GREY Yoor hotte of the four most : beautiful, most livable colon ever to brighten modern life. : time deluxe chrome dinettes. They're Virtee's exclusive gallery colors ... In hemct some mother-o-oart deiign. 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