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epis S4, Contro leans Budget 0,000 to Get of Congress Washington (U.R) Repub lican campaign managers have budgeted about S4.000.000 for the two committees handling the GOP drive to regain control of Congress, it was disclosed Sat urday. However, much larger sums will be spent by state and local campaign organizations trying to elect Republican nominees to the House and Senate. For example, the party's na tional headquarters has estimat ed that S7.000.000 to S10.000, 000 0ill be spent at the state and local level for state as well as congressional candidates on radio and television time alone. This would b: in addition to the approximate 82,250,000 already budgeted for national radio and TV campaigning. Democratic Spending A Democratic party spokes man said the Demorcats expect to spend about the same as the GOP on national network com paigning. But he doubted they would match the Republican estimates for state and local radio and TV. About $4 million has been al lotted for the Republican sen atorial and congressional cam pagin committees, which make contributions to candidates and to their own campaign commit tees. Some of this money is not spent directly on the Senate and House campaigns because these two committees must pick up some of the checks for the national radio and TV broadcasts. The congressional campaigns will get increased Republican attention now that President Eisenhower's second term an nouncement has buoyed GOP confidence about winning the presidential race. Mr. Eisenhower has repeat edly shown concern because his party failed to retain control of Congress in the 1954 mid-term elections. The Republicans face a particularly tough assignment in trying to win back control of the Senate this year. Explosion Seen 75 Miles Away Friday Herscher, 111. (U.R) An ex plosion in a natural gas pipeline rattled buildings Friday night in a city 13 miles away and its lights could be seen 75 miles way. Captain Fred Morrow, an air line pilot of Detroit, said "it looked like an atom bomb to me." Morrow saw the explosion while flying a cargo plane from Milwaukee to Chicago. The explosion occurred in a pipeline one and a half miles south of Herscher near a large natural gas storage field which upplies consumers in northern Illinois. o The line exploded in an aban doned field and there were no casualties. Another pilot flying an Oz ark passenger plane from St. Louis to Chicago said "it lit up the skies so bright we could read newspaper by it." The pilot, Capt. Joseph Urian, 37, of St. Louis, said he thought an arsenal in Joliet, 111., had blown up. He was about 15 miles from the scene of the explosion. Passengers aboard thought it was "an atom bomb," Urian said A company spokesman said the gas was cut off quickly and the blaze was brought under control. One Killed in Fire In Apartment House Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R) An elderly woman died and four persons were hospitalized early Saturday in a five-alarm fire that swept through a two-story brick apartment building on Milwau kee's South Side. The dead woman was Mrs. Grace Thompson, 61, who was found in her first floor apart ment. She was identified by a son Firemen first thought they had rescued all 24 occupants of the building, all adults, after bring ing the flames under control however, they looked through the badly damaged building, saw what they thought was a fur coat and discovered it was Mrs. Thompson's body. Fire Chief Ed Wischer esti mated damage at S120.000. Mark Hatfield To Speak at Greek Week Eugene State Sen. Mark Hat field. Salem, will be the main speaker at an orientation as sembly which will be one of the major events of the annual Greek week at the University of Oregon April 5-7. Hatfield will address sorority and fraternity members at 7 p.m. Friday, April 6. He is dean of students at Willamette uni versity, advisor of the Willam ette ihterfraternity council and the alumnus of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Administration May Oppose Move To Lower Benefits Washington (U.R) The ad ministration has indicated it wyi oppose Democratic proposals to lower the age at which women and disabled persons could re ceive old age insurance bene fits, it was learned Saturday. Its opposition is reported to be b?.sed on the proposed in crease in social security taxes to finance the liberalized bene fits. It has questioned whether the benefits would justify the increase, in view of a trend towards employment of more older workers and increasing efforts to rehabilitate handicap ped persons so they can work. If the administration follows through on its indicated stand, it could have another major collision with the Senate Dem ocratic majority. Senate Dem ocratic Leader Lyndon B. John son has endorsed the new pro posals in principle and has as signed them high priority. Social Security Bill The social security bill, as passed by the House last July would allow women workers, ana wives and widows of re tired workers covered by the Federal Insurance program, to collect old age benefits at age 62. Totally and permanently dis abled workers could collect at age 50. The present benefit is 65 for all persons covered by social security. About 1,050,000 persons 800,000 women and 250,000 dis-j abled would benefit initially I from lowering the benefit age. To pay for the added benefits, now and in the future, about 53.5 million workers would pay higher social security taxes. The tax for employed workers and their employers would go up from the present two percent to 2V percent each. Taxes on the self-employed would be rais ed from three to Z3A percent. That would mean an $18-a-year tax increase for. the aver age worker earning $300 a month and a like increase for his employer. Bodies Exhumed in Arsenic Murders Mobile, Ala. (U.R) Au thorities Saturday set about ex huming the bodies of seven rel atives including five young daughters that a 49-year-old waitress is suspected of murder ing with arsenic. , Mrs. Rhonda Belle Martin was arrested and charged with mur der Friday after a two-month in vestigation started secretly after her present husband was found suffering from arsenic poisoning. That investigation already has resulted in an autopsy on the body of her former husband, Claude Martin, who died at 50 in 1951. .Officers said traces of ar senic were found. She was charg ed with his death. Police said they now planned to investigate the deaths of five young daughters and another husband, all buried in Montgom ery, Ala., and her mother, bur ied near here. All the victims died of diar rhea and vomiting, which the of ficials said are symptoms of ar senic poisoning. Mrs. Martin ' denied the charge, saying "there's nothing to it." Mrs. Martins' present hus band, Ronald C. Martin, stepson of Claude Martin and about 19 years Mrs. Martin's junior, was admitted to a veterans hospital at Bilxoi. Miss., for treatment of a similar ailment. Quarles Calls for Study of Support By U.S. Allies Montgomery, Ala. V.P, Air Secretary Donald A. Quarles called for a study Saturday to learn how firmly America's al lies would support it in an atom ic war. Quarles raised the question, long an unspoken one in mili tary and political circles, in a major speech prepared for de livery at the Air university at Maxwell Air Force base. Positive Pressure The Air secretary asserted that this country's deterrent pressure "must be positive and unequivocal." He said aggressors "m u s t expect us" to counter either local or global aggression with "our best and most mod ern weapons" obviously mean ing nuclear weapons. "In this situation there is a psychological point that needs further study," he said. "It has to do with the attitude of our friends and allies in the free world. "The essential question here is whether their willingness to stand firm with us would be enhanced' or impaired by the expectation that, if our forces became engaged, our best weap ons would also become en gaged." Calls For Study Quarles raised the question in calling for a "detailed study" at the Air university's advanced schools on what he called the new science of deterring war. He said so far deterrent power has grown without a "deal op portunity to theorize about it." Quarles said a "deterrent po sition" has peace as its object, rules out preventive war but will not permit retreat or ap peasement in preserving "our way of life." He said the country must not only have such powerful retali atory forces that aggression would be unprofitable but if must make aggressors know "that this situation exists." Eisenhower Sends Personal Message to Pope Pius XII Vatican City (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower, in a personal message delivered to Pope Pius XII Saturday, praised the pon tiff's' work for world unity and peace. He said the Pope's work was an "inspiration to man kind." Mr. Eisenhower's message was presented to the Pope by John A. McCone, Los Angeles businessman who is serving as the President's representative at ceremonies marking the pon tiff's 80th birthday and the 17th anniversary of his coronation. McCone, the first U. S. presi dential representative to call on the Pope in six years, was re- Sunday, March 11, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE TV Show of Birth Cancelled by NBC Hollywood (U.R) The pro ducers of the "Medic" TV show Saturday accused Francis Card inal Spellman of "an unwarrant ed and very disappointing use of your high office" for action which they said led to cancella tion of a TV showing of the birth of a baby by Caesarean section. NBC Television network offi cials and church spokesmen, however, denied that the cardi nal had anything to do with can celling the scheduled Monday night episode in the "Medic" series. NBC said' the birth se quence show was cancelled be cause the network believed it "would be unsuitable for home audiences." The cancellation followed' dis closure that the Rev. Timothy J. Flynn, director of radio and television for the archdiocese of New- York, had written the net work protesting the scheduled program. , ' . "Father Flynn's letter was in spired by the cardinal," charged "Medic"' . producer Frank La Tourette. "We know that for a fact." Civil Rights May Be Spelled Out in House This Week Washington (U.R) The ad ministration's long-delayed stand on civil rights legislation may be spelled out next week under prodding of the House Civil Rights bloc, it was learned Sat urday. President Eisenhower is ex pected to advocate stricter vot ing safeguards for Negroes and undoubtedly -will recommend setting up a bi-partisan, bi-rac- ial, commission to try arid solve kindred problems. He feels a commission study is the best ap proach to current tension in the South. Presses for Rights Rep. Hugh Scott (R-Pa.) told the United Press that leaders of the House group pressing for civil rights- legislation will make a new bid for action next week, He said a six-member informal committee has an appointment to see Deputy Attorney General William P. Rogers Tuesday morning to discuss the type of proposed legislation being pre pared by Attorney General Her bert Brownell, Jr. Scott said this will be follow ed Tuesday afternoon by a meet ing oi all House members who are pushing civil rights legislation. The unanswered question is whether the administration pro posals will go as far as the House bloc wants. Brownell has told some con sressmen that present laws are not adequate to protect the vot ing rights of Negroes as intend ed in the constitution. He prom ised the administration would submit corrective recommenda tions. ceived in a 13-minute audience in the papal library. McCone gave the Pope a brief presidential letter expressing Mr. Eisenhower's "personal best wishes" and the "affection and esteem" of the American people. The President's letter was ad dressed "to his holiness, Pope Pius XII" and said: . "I have entrusted this letter to my good friend, Mr'. John A. McCone, who has come to the Vatican City to represent me me personally at the ceremony solemnizing your 80th birthday. "It is a great satisfaction to ! me to have my- representative participate in this ceremony which has such great signifi cance for all peoples of the Christian world. Your labors for world unity, peace and well ' being are a constant inspiration j to mankind. "I have asked Mr. McCone to : convey to you my personal best j wishes and solicitation, and to j express to you the affection and 1 esteem of the American people." i The letter was signed: "Re-1 spectfully and sincerely, Dwight j D. Eisenhower." McCone is the American rep- j resentative among 50 foreign I delegations that have come to i Rome to pay tribute to the Ro-j man Catholic spiritual leader at the ceremonies today. HASKINS Saw Shop MACHINE SHARPENING Chain, Circle and Hand Saw Lawn Mowers and Tools 1736 No. Riverside Phone 2-8236 Snow Plow Operator Swallows Cigarette Rockland, Me. 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