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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1956)
raw wu m m - HARLEM MAGICIANS SEEK RUSSELL "Goose" Tatum (standing), co-owner of the Harlem Magicians basketball team, is shown in Los Angers with University of San Francisco coach Phil Woolpert (left) and the latter's All American center Bill Russell, whom Tatum is anxious to sign. Tatum said he was prepared to pay "more than $100,000" to get Russell and UCLA's Willie Naulls and Morris Taft (not shown) to sign with the Magicians after the 1956 Olympics. MedfordWTribune Education Board Plans Review Of Grade Athletic Restrictions Salem (U.R) A committee of the State Board of Education will take another look at its de cision of last fall to restrict com petitive athletics for Oregon grade school youngsters. George Huggins of Coos Bay led the fight foj reconsideration. He said American children fall far behind those of Europe in physical stamina. The seven-member board de cided to turn the situation back to a 20-member committee for further examination. There had been pressure from several Ore gon communities to take another look at the ruling. Mrs. Paul Patterson, chair man of the board, was one of two members opposed to re scinding the ruling. She said the athletic program for grade school children is overempha sized in many small communi ties. "Too many hire people as coaches and they don't make the physical education program good and interesting for all children," she said. high values . because all the plant food in Elephant Brand High Analysis fertilizers is readily available to your crops. low cost . because Elephant Brand fertilizers are "loaded" with plant food. You use farm labor and equipment more efficiently ... there's less haulage, less storage space and less work involved when you use Elephant Brand. It's a prei9um-quality fertilizer . . . lowering your production costs. 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Western Kentucky and More- head State will clash at Louis ville, Ky., in the final game of the playoffs for the NCAA berth going to the Ohio Valley Con ference champion. Three Tied For Crown The league race ended in a three-way tie among these two teams and Tennessee Tech. The special playoff opened Wednes- Jacksonville Pin Enthusiasts Go By Bus to Alleys Jacksonville Jacksonville's Junior Bowling league is made up of Jacksonville High school students, who go by school bus each Saturday morning to Med ford Bowling lanes. They have entered four of their six teams, with five on each team, in na tional tournament play on March 24. Students on the Junior League teams are: Elmina Beard, Deanna Bishop, John Beamj, Robin Wy att, Toni Tweedy, Linda Hardy, Carol Hueners, Judy Iverson, Joan Cook, Joan Fretwell, Nancy Adams, Darlene Van Galder, Roberta Wicksten, Karen Frohs, Donna Dobbyn, Kay Adams, Margie Edens, Tosha Bulkin and Diane Robbins. The group has expressed its thanks to its sponsors who made it possible to purchase trophys. Sponsors are: Jacksonville Lum ber company, Jacksonville Va riety store, Bud W41son of Cour tesy Chevrolet, Medford, Med ford Kiwanians, Medford VFW and Bob Cabler, Jacksonville. Mrs. Ann Wilson, of Medford, has given her time and much ef fort as instructor of the young keglers. FIGHTS By UNITED PRESS Havana, Cuba Miguel Diaz, 146, Cuba, outpointed Chico Varona, 146, Cuba.- 12. Won Cuban welterweight championship. MERRIMAN SIGNS Portland (U.R) Lloyd Merri man has signed a contract with the Portland Beavers for the coming campaign, General Man ager Joe Ziegler said today. Merriman, a fast-moving center fielder, will report to the Beaver training camp at Glendale next Monday. HOCKEY ENTRIES Middlebury, Vt. (U.R) St. Lawrence of Canton, N.Y., and Boston College were named to day as eastern representatives to the NCAA Hockey Tournament March 15-17 at Colorado Springs, Colo. St. Lawrence had a 17-4 record and Boston College a 14-5 mark this year. ' Springfield, 111. (U.R) Ron Gibbs said today he will stOD of: ficiating basketball games after 66 years next season because the game has become too strenuous. Gibbs, 55, said he would con tinue to officiate football games. SANCTIONING GROUP Los Angeles (U.R) The United States Auto club was for mally named the nation's prin cipal sanctioning group for pro fessional automotive competi tions Wednesday. It succeeds the AAA which served as the official supervisory body for nearly 52 years. NO ICE South Bend, Ind. (U.R) Uncooperative weather almost ruined the annual St. Mary's Winter Carnival. An unseasonal thaw melted ice on the lake and forced 500 guests to settle for box lunches and an indoor dance. day night with Western Ken tucky downing Tech in the last 10 seconds, 84-80. Tonight's Ohio Valley winner will move into a first-round berth in the NCAA tourney at Fort Wayne, Ind., March 12, against Marshall. At Hanover, N.H., Athletic Di rector Red Rolfe of Ivy League champion Dartmouth disclosed that the Indians accepted an NCAA berth as soon as it was officially offered. Dartmouth will meet West Virginia in a first-rounder at New York, March 13. Here's the NIT set-up: First round, March 17 St. Francis (N.Y.)-Lafayette and Du-quesne-Oklahoma A&M (day); Seton Hall-Marquette and St. Louis-Xavier, Ohio (night). Winners Face Seeded Teams Quarter-finals March 19: Niagara vs. St. Francis-Lafayette winner and Louisville vs. Duquesne-Oklahoma A & M winner; March 20 Dayton vs. St. Louis-Xavier winner and St. Joseph's vs. Seton Hall-Marquette winner. Semifinals, March 22 Win ner of Niagara game vs. winner of Dayton game and winner of Louisville game vs. winner of St. Joseph's game. Finals, March 24, with con solation for third place. Games to be nationally-televised, both on Saturday afternoons, are Duquesne-Oklahoma Aggies first rounder and the finale. In other leading games play ed Wednesday night: NCAA bound Temple blew a 16-point lead but rallied again to beat St. John's, N.Y., 71-66, and in three Ivy League games, Columbia downed Princeton, 78-69, Penn sylvania beat Yale, 67-60, and Harvard defeated Brown, 79-66. Rain No Worry For Vancouver Baseball Owner Vancouver, B. C (U.R) Brick Laws, who moved his Oakland Acorns out of the foggy Bay Area to this Canadian city, was confronted today with a new problem, rain that inundates Capilano stadium, home of the Coast League's new baseball entry. "I'm not the least bit worried about this," Laws said today. "They've been playing baseball up here every year for a number of years, and I'm sure they had the water problem before and solved it. "It won't cost $30,000, as re ported, to solve the drainage problem. I am not sure just how much it will cost, but I'm certain it won't be that high. It's a prob lem that I should have the solu tion to in a couple of days." Opimistic Laws still was "very optimis tic" about Vancouver as a base ball town despite the failure of the British Columbia legislature to authorize Sunday baseball. "Naturally I'm disappointed that we won't have Sunday base ball, but we'll solve that situa tion by playing Saturday day night doubleheaders and also by scheduling on Monday nights. "This is one of the hottest towns I've seen for Coast League baseball, so I have no worries from the rain, the fans, the size of the ballpark or the fact Sun day will be a day off." Juan Pomare Standout In Golden Gloves Tiffs New York (U.R) Juan Pom are of New York, who marched to the 160-poiind championship with a pair of knockouts, was the most impressive champion crowned Wednesday night in the eastern Golden Gloves boxing finals at Madison Square Garden. A crowd of 6,983 saw only four kayos on the 16-bout program of semi-finals and finals, and Pom are supplied exactly half of those. In the semi-finals, he halt ed Ralph Taylor of Charlotte, N. C, in 1:26 of the second round and in the finals he stopped Paul Diaz of Miami, Fla., at 1:02 of the third. John Harper, 23-year-old truck driver from Steubenville, Ohio, gained the heavyweight cham pionship by outslugging Gary Jawish of Washington, D. C, in a rough final round. mm FLYING OVER LONG ISLAND, N. Y., Test Pilot Jim Ryan demonstrates Navy's new XRON-1 helicopter which weighs only 350 pounds fully loaded, can be folded into small package for easy transportation, is highly maeuverable.Xntsnwtienay Thursday, March 8, 1358 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTSEH PEEWEE ON INJURED LIST With a heating pad strapped to his injured back, Dodger shortstop and team captain Peewee Reese gets a massage from his wife, Dorothy, as spring drills at Vero Beach, Fla., go on without him. It is not known how long the sprain will keep him out of uni-, form. ." Changing Weather Pattern Alters Feeling in East Washington (U.R) People in Connecticut once thought floods were something that hap pened along the Mississippi river, those in Massachusetts looked upon tornadoes as a by product of Texas and Oklahoma and Rhode Islanders viewed hur ricanes as the exclusive property of Florida. The ever-changing weather pattern, however, has drastically altered the smug feeling that any one section of the country may have had as to its immunity from the uncontrolled forces of nature which in the recent years have left a terrible toll of human tragedy in their wake. Play No Favorites The 1955 floods in Connecti cut, the 1953 tornado that rip ped through central Massachu setts and the hurricanes that seem to have become an annual fall menace to New Englanders are proof that natural disasters play no favorites. Statistics compiled by the American Red Cross, show that since 1952 each of the 48 states has experienced at least one or more major tragedies. Texas alone had 19 tornadoes, Missis sippi 18, Arkansas and Alabama 17. A Red Cross report shows that during this three-year period, their disaster units were in volved in 309 distinct relief op erations of which 15 originated with tornadoes in 20 states, 146 from floods in 47 states and nine from hurricanes in 14 states. The task of supplying disaster relief and nine other service programs in its "neighbor help ing neighbor" policy falls chief ly on the publicly supported Red Cross, which was founded 75 years ago this May. This organi zation has participated in more than 6,000 disasters since its in itial contribution in the 1881 Michigan forest fires. Vastness Reflected How vast this contribution has been is reflected in a recent statement by Ellsworth Bunker, president of the Red Cross, who pointed out that in 1955 more than $27,000,000 was spent in alleviating the emergency plight of 446,000 disaster-stricken fam ilies as well as assisting 34,000 other families in restoring their home-lives to pre-disaster levels. "When disaster strikes, the government provides for such things as law enforcement, the rebuilding of bridges, roads and other vital public properties," Bunker said. "It is the job of the Red Cross to give relief to the individuals or families who are in need. "Red Cross aid in disasters is two-fold. In the immediate emer- WILLIAMS VS KING . San Francisco flJ.R) Jake Williams, one of Boys Town's athletic greats, meets Howard King of Reno, Nev., tomorrow night in a regionally televised 10-round . bout at Winterland. King is making , his first start since Feb. 20 when he lost a un animous decision to World Light Heavyweight Champion Archie Moore and was' knocked down three times in the process. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tubes can be restored to original brightness at only fraction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18 N. GRAPE PH, 3.1??) gency, food, clothing, shelter, or medical care is provided to meet the temporary situation of fam ilies that cannot for any reason provide for themselves. Permanent Recovery ' "Following the immediate emergency comes the bigger job of permanent recovery. Red Cross will help these families whose resources are inadequate to weather the burden imposed by the disaster. This long-range assistance could include the fi nancing of home repair or re building, purchase'' of furniture, payment of medical bills or the re-establishment of a small busi ness or farm. "The Red Cross never makes loans or charges for these disas ter services or assitance. All fund are outright gifts with no repayment ever indicated or asked for. "Unfounded rumors to the ef fect that Red Cross sold services or made charges are often circu lated after disaster strikes. We would welcome any first-hand knowledge of when or where the Red Cross has asked an individ ual or family to repay for dis aster services rendered. Rising Pennsylvania Flood Waters Threat To Hospital Patients By UNITED PRESS A last minute winter outbreak hit the nation's eastern third with icy rain, snow, and floods today. . Floodwaters of the Allegheny river and Conewango creek spread over all but one of the roads leading into Warren, Pa., virtually isolating the town. Of ficials made ready to evacuate 103 . patients from the Warren hospital, moving 1iem to second and third floors as water poured into the first floor. The com posing room of the Warren Times-Mirror was flooded, and Editor Edward Lowrey said the press motors were knocked out so the paper could not publish today. Families Leave Homes About 50 families left their homes at Warren during the night and others were planning to move out today. At Meadville west of Warren, firemen 'took families to high ground in boats when French creek went out of its banks and "into homes. In the East, flood waters were falling in northern New York state, but swollen rivers were still rising in northwestern Pennsylvania. Earlier, the rains touched off flash floods in New York in a matter , of hours. Homes were evacuated, schools were closed, and a state of emergency was declared at Lackawanna, where damage was estimated at $50, 000. Elsewhere, the wintry out break dumped seven inches of snow on Wausau, Wis., and Pel- liston, Mich., coated Chicago with a treacherous icy glaze, and dropped temperatures more than 40 degrees. Chicago was caught unawares by an innocent-seeming drizzle which turned to ice when the temperature fell. A snowstorm followed and rush hour traffic was tied into knots, with traffic accidents occurring at a rate of 100 an hour. Farther south, the tempera ture dropped more than 30 de grees in Texas, 40 degrees in the Ohio valley, and from 80 to 38 at Memphis, Tenn. At St. Louis, Mo., where 80-degree heat rec ords had been set for two straight days, the mercury didn't get over 42 Wednesday. Highway 99 Cleared Of Wolf Creek Slide Grants Pass (U.R) A slide which blocked highway 99 was cleared yesterday and north south traffic resumed through, the 'main route connecting Ore gon with the South. It was the fourth time since the first of the year that the route has been blocked in the area by landslides occurring at the Wolf Creek summit. EARM FROM THE U AT.... 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