EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, Jun S. 19SS
A Nichol's Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Prate future Writer
Washington OI.B Rep. Ken
neth J. Gray allowi that little
people are smarter than big ones.
I I '"HI At least tne
mm more mis
ery. The Dcm
o e r a tic law
maker from
West Frank
fort, 111., is a
licensed pilot,
a licensed auc
tioneer, "and a
licensed magi
cian. He fool
ed his colleagues on the floor
of the House the other day by
pulling six red roses out of no
where to "prove" that "every
thing is rosey now."
"But take those kids," the 31-year-old
congressman said dur
ing an interview. "They are hard
to handle."
Not long back, Gray was ap
pearing before a bunch of
youngsters. His stunt was to pour
a pint of milk into a hidden
lUrnii Mcttols
Riot Prevented in
Japanese Senate
Tokyo (U.R) Five hundred
uniformed policemen swarmed
into the Japanese "senate" Sat
urday to prevent a riot by So
cialist members trying to block
a school bill.
Two of the Socialists suffered
mild strokes in the excitement
and 12 of the regular guards at
the House of Councillors were
Injured and carried away in am
bulances. About 200 city policemen re
mained lined along the walls in
side the stately chamber while
the other 300 waited in riot
trucks outside to assure parlia
mentary order.
The ou'numbered Socialists
had resorted to filibustering, in
troducing non confidence mo
tions, seizing the speaker's ros
trum and finally fist fighting
with guards before the police
were summoned.
They were trying to prevent
passage by the House of Coun
cillors of a government bill that
would abolish popular election
of Japan's school boards. This
was a democratic reform intro
duced by the American occupa
tion.
The only way they could win
against the conservative ma
jority would be to jam parlia
mentary machinery until mid
night Sunday. Then the terms
of half the 250 councillors auto
matically expire and the present
upper house goes out of exist
ence.
recess somewhere about his per
son. Actually the cow juice was
to run into a newspaper, lined
with milk proof paper and
shaped like a cone.
Some little clown in the back
of the hall, who could see around
a corner, shouted:
"Pour it down your sleeve."
The congressman was stump
ed. What else could he do?
He poured and got all wet. "
Daad Serious
Gray, a handsome dark-haired
fellow, usually is dead serious
when he pulls his tricks.
Never has he accepted a dime
from the slight-of-hand. Even
though he is licensed to pull rab
bits out of hats and flowers out
of vests he does these things
"for a cause."
The same goes for his auction
eer business. Gray never has
tried to pawn off a spavined
mare or a lop-eared or blind
mule on anybody.
Back home, most of his auc
tioneering had to do with real
estate and tired pieces of furni
ture called antiques. Knowing
that part of my native state, the
antiques doubtlessly are a lot
of them priceless.
Likei Flying
Gray's piloting of aircraft was
done mostly during World War
II, and his record was commend
able. He still likes to soar up
to the wild blue yonder, and
often does, when time allows.
Incidentally, one of his magic
stunts is to take a shirt off an
innocent, without the innocent
knowing about it. This once
came a cropper.
"This fellow whom I got en
gaged in conversation so he
wouldn't know what I was up
to, was so engrossed in what
I was saying that he was like
a clay pigeon," the congressman
said.
"When I got the shirt off the
fellow, his undershirt was so
dirty giggles came up. I didn't
know how to get the shirt back
on."
Contract Extension
Eases Strike Threat
New York (U.R) Agreement
to a 30-day extension of con
tract by some 4000 independent
New York communications
workers partially eased Satur
day the threat of a nationwide
telegraph workers strike.
The American Communica
tions Association agreed to the
extension Friday in negotiations
with Western Union which fore
stalled an immediate disruption
of service in the New York
area.
The AFO-CIO Commercial
Telegraphers Union, represent
ing 30.000 workers across me
country, staged "hit and run
walkouts in Cleveland, Philadel
phia and Los Angeles Friday
but has not issued any general
strike call.
A countrywide survey by
United Press bureaus indicated
there was no present disruption
of service. Workers in the three
walkout cities returned to their
Jobs following union meetings,
Both the ACA negotiations in
New York and the CTU bargain
ing meetings in Washington were
adjourned Friday. Both will re
sume Monday in Washington.
Couple Asks Damages
On Sales Agreement
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Miller,
now living in Clovis, N.M., are
seeking $8,190 in a complaint
filed in circuit court against Mrs.
Neva A. Milne, Cornelius, Ore.,
who holds the title to property
at 1855 Roberts rd., Medford.
The complaint states that Mr.
and Mrs. Miller contracted to
purchase the property from Mrs.
Milne on March 16, 1954. It fur
ther states that the Millers made
payments totaling $1,550 and
improved the property to the ex
tent of $2,690 in building costs
and $3,000 in labor.
On Feb. 18, 1956 the Millers
and Mrs. Milne agreed that the
Millers would sell their equity
for $1,700, the complaint says
The Millers charged that as the
sale neared completion it was
learned the title was not mer
chantable and the sale was lost.
The Millers ask $7,190 for ex
pense of building materials and
labor, $1,000 attorney's fees, any
future relief they are entitled to
receive and that the 1954 con
tract be declared null and void.
Bruce J. Manley, Medford at
torney, is representing the Millers.
Soviet EmBassy Goes
Home on 'Vacation'
Washington (U.P1 Vladimir
Mikheev, the Soviet Embassy
statistician who tried to get in
formation from U.S. government
employees, has gone home for a
"vacation."
Sergei Bogomolov. Soviet em
bassy third secretary, said Sat
urday that the inquiring statis
tician and his family left quietly
several days ago.
"He has gone out of the coun
try," Bogomolov said. "I heard
he went to vacation."
Mikheev's departure was vol
untary as far as the United
States was concerned. But some
U.S. authorities think his "vaca-,
tion" from his Washington post
will be permanent.
Mikheev became a center of
controversy when it was dis
closed that he sought informa-;
tion from Air Force economist
Sidney Hatkin, then suspended
on security grounds but now I
back on the federal payroll. Two !
government librarians also said
Mikheev contacted them in his ,
quest for special data.
Air Force Lists Four
Denver Crash Victims
Denver (U.R) All four vic
tims of a B25 bomber crash in
suburban Denver Friday have
been identified by the Air Force.
Four other occupants of the
Air Force twin-engine bomber
were injured, but not seriously.
The plane narrowly missed sev
eral suburban homes when it
crashed and burned in an at
tempt to return to Lowry Air
Force base here after takeoff.
It was enroute from McChord
Air Force Base, Wash., to Tyn-
dall Air Force Base, Fla., when
it stopped to refuel at Lowry.
The Air Force listed the dead
as:
First Lt. Donald H. Wright 27,
pilot, Tacoma. Home town
Blytheville, Ark.
Capt. Clarence Stull, 39. Pan
ama City, Fla., a passenger.
First Lt. Robert L. Bilbro. 24,
Tacoma. Home town Laredo,
Tex.
Army Sgt. Lawrence Hiers, 26,
Tampa. Fla.
All the injured were in good
condition at the Lowry hospital.
There are about 19.000 deaths
in the U.S. from suicide each
year.
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Collapse of Bridge
Basis of Complaint
Filed by County
District Attorney Walter D.
Nunley has filed a complaint in
circuit court on behalf of Jack
son county against M. M. Has
sell and Clayton R. Hassell in
connection with the collapse of
county bridge into Evans creek
last year.
, The complaint states that on
or about Aug. 9, 1955, a log
truck and trailer, operated by
Clayton R. Hassell, was travel-
Sg north on Evans Creek rd. in
e vicinity of Mission Bell
ranch, when the truck hit a
member of county bridge 342
and a portal bracing the mem
ber, causing the bridge to col
lapse and fall into the creek bed.
The truck and trailer were own
ed by M. M. Hassell, employer
of Clayton R. Hassell, the com
plaint said.
The complaint charges the
driver with negligence in load
ing the truck in excess of 12
feet 6 inches, the legal limit,
traveling in excess of a prudent
speed and failing to keep the
truck under proper control.
Jackson county is asking $1,
000 special damages for removal
of debris caused by the accident
ard construction of a temporary
detour, and $13,000 general
damages for destruction of the
bridge.
Complaint Asks
Accident Damages
Charles C. Flanary. 223 South
Riverside ave., has filed a com
plaint in circuit court against
the Firestone Tire and Rubber
company 214 South Riverside
ave., asking $259.50 special dam
ages and $10,000 general dam
ages as a result of an accident
on April 19.
The complaint states that
Flanary was walking on the
sidewalk on the west side of
South Riverside ave., near the
intersection at Ninth st., when a
1949 pick-up truck, operated by
Carl E. Borg Firestone agent,
backed out of the company-
owned premises. Flanary charg
ed that the truck struck him in
the back, knocking him to the
sidewalk and causing extensive
injuries.
In addition to special and gen
eral damages, Flanary asks that
Firestone Tire and Rubber com
pany be required to pay attor
ney's fees and court costs.
Reports Denied of
Cardinal's Arrest
Vienna (U.R) The Hungar
ian embassy in Vienna Friday
night denied reports that Hun
garion Catholic Primate Joseph
Cardinal Mindszenty had been
put back in jail.
The brief statement said the
Hungarian government has not
changed the decisions it took on
Mindszenty's case last summer.
That was when he was released
from prison.
Cardinal Mindszenty was ar
rested in 1948 and freed July 15,
1955, but ordered to stay at the
Beuspoekszentloszla summer res
idence of Catholic Hungarian
bishops.
Austrain Catholic church cir
cles and officials of the Papal
Uuncio here also "doubted" re
ports Mindszenty had been ar
rested again.
They said they had received
no information to substantiate
the story, first published by the
German Catholic News Agency.
Officials of the Austrian Cath
olic Press Agency, who have di
rect channels to Hungarian Cath
olic sources, said they had not
received any confirmation of the
report either.
SURE BET
Newton, Iowa (U.R) A sure
bet to cast his vote in Iowa's
primary electin Monday is 91-
year-old Frank Baldwin.
He has voted in every pri
mary and general election from
the same precinct for 69 years.
In County Schools
Phoenix High School
Awards Are Presented
Phoenix Phoenix High
school held its final award as
sembly Friday. Awards were
presented to students outstand
ing in various academic and ac
tivity fields.
James Korth received the
award as the Phoenix winner of
the Mathematics contest spon
sored by the Mathematics Asso
ciation of America. Jim James
won the certificate of merit in
chemistry. Vondel Webber won
the award in homemaking.
Typing Awards
Advanced typing awards were
won by Kay Goin and Betty Med
ford, and first year typing
awards by Carol Clark, Alice
Hendrickson, Mona Lane, Lorena
Rose. LeOne Schleigh, Janice
Shults, June Whitmore, Alma
Stovall, Nadine Brood, Dennis
James, Larry Smith, Charlotte
Unruh, Randall Stothers. Ron
ald Daugherty, Lloyd Smith, Ted
Cook. Glen Bradley, Jim Heath,
and Rose Mary Kusel.
An award for editor of Phoe
nician, the school paper, was
won by Sandra Owens and for
business manager by Peggy
Chisum.
Girls Athletic association pins
were earned by Nadine Brood,
Mary Daniels, Rose Mary Kusel,
Elizabeth Pramann,' Charlotte
Unruh, Ida Bolz, Margaret Bolz,
Mary Fowler, Carol Goin, Dana
Halaas, Nedra Harris, Frances
Hensley, Pat Imhausen, Dorcas
Johnson, Linda Medford, Sharee
Skipworth, Sandra Skinner, and
Susan Walker. Cheerleader
awards were given Irma Hoff
man, Barbara Blankenship,
Peggy Chisum, and Carol Clark.
The awards were presented by
teachers in each field.
Harry R. Kannasto, music di
rector, distributed first year
band letters to Eddy Beeson,
Mary Daniels, Bill Dillree, Nor
man Ditsworth, Gail Glidden,
Nedra Harris, David McClurg,
and Sandra Skinner, and ad
vanced band pins to Marilyn Bee
son, Glen Bradley, Lois Bradley,
Nadine Brood, Kay Haight, Alton
Medcalf, Glenna Smith. Char
lotte Unruh' and Don Wallace.
JACKSON SCHOOL
On May 17, an award assem
bly was held at Jackson school.
Awards were given to students
for participation in school af
fairs. Shirley Donahoo received $10,
presented by Mrs. Minnie Bry
ant, for winning first prize in
the American Legion Poppy
Poster contest.
Tom Newton presented track
letters and ribbons to the track
team. Band letters were given
to 32 students. Albert Hunte
mann presented the letters. Or
chestra letters were given by
Miss Audrey Brist.
Library letters were given to
the girls who have worked in
the library by Mrs. Precia Med
ley. Robert Baccus, principal,
gave citizenship certificate
awards of outstanding accomp
lishments. Ruth Milligan presented a
book to the Jackson school li
brary purchased by sixth grade
students.
Joan Ward, represented Girl
Scout Troop 158, under the lead
ership of Mrs. Maurice Ritchey
and Mrs. Wilmer Warren, pre
sented a new edition of the Girl
Scout Handbook to the Jackson
school library.
Picnics are the vogue at Jack
son school. The PTA Home Room
Mothers' are planning picnics for
every class. The picnics are held
on the lawn at Jackson school.
To stimulate summer reading,
classes at Jackson school have
visited the public library. The
children's librarian, Mrs. Ralph
McKay, explained the process
of checking out books.
McLOUGHLIN JUNIOR HIGH
Bob Quinney, Dick Ragsdale
and Bill Hobbs were winners of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution history plaque Fri
day at the McLoughlin Junior
High school awards assembly in
the boys' gymnasium.
The plaque awards were pres-
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holder, I would per
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there are nearly 8,000
agents and claim rep
resentatives fike myself
to fjve yon the same
assistance.
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ented by Mrs. G. R. Carter and
Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini.
Scholarship awards were pres
ented to DeAnne Taylor, seventh
grade; Barbara Donahoo, eighth
grade; and Priscilla Shafer,
ninth grade.
Other awards presented dur
ing the assembly were 87 baby
sitter certificates; 34 activity
letters; 25 first year band letters;
28 second year band letters; 15
third year letters; nine recogni
tion awards for more than 4,000
band merits: six majorette
awards; seven first year letters;
seven second year orchestra let
ters; five third year orchestra
letters; seven recognition awards
for more than 4,000 orchestra
merits; booster-sportsmanship
award, Jean N e Is o n; plaque,
Sharon Bhckenstaff and Gerry
Lyons; 24 honorable mentions;
six girls' athletic awards; five
pep team awards; four seventh
grade girls tennis awards; two
seventh grade boys' tennis
awards; three eighth grade boys'
tennis wards; five ninth grads
girls' tennis awards and three
ninth grade boys' tennis wards.
It is generally estimated that
human lungs take in about 25
ounces of oxygen in every 24
hours. -
Leaflet Proposed to
Serve as Medium
Shady Cove-Trail A Points
of Interest leaflet will be pre
sented at a meeting for individ
uals in business in the Upper
Rogue area Tuesday, June 5, at
the Rogue River lodge.
The leaflet, being outlined by
Mrs. Burton Craven, Mrs. Harry
Goode and C. P. Yundt, has been
proposed as one of several tour
ist attraction mediums.
The committee was appointed
to work on the leaflet at a May
24 meeting of business proprie
tors. The group attending the
session discussed various plans
lui uh-l casing ciuvci uauig tfiiu j
the Upper Rogue vicinity.
Attending the meeting were
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Craven, Trail
Grocery Store; Mrs. Montana
Gilhousen, Rogue River lodge; C.
P. Yundt of Riffles,, on Rogue
Resort; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Witt,
Sunset-on-the-Rogue Resort; Mrs.
Wyles Berry, Rogue Woods Mo-1
tels: Cliff Bush, Sunset-on-the-1
Rogue Store, all of Trail: Mrs.
Carroll Watson, Treasure Trove,
Gifts; Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon
Hughes, Shady Cove Locker
Plant; Mrs. Ray Chubb, Cove
Variety; Mrs. Harry Goode,
Rainbow Cafe; Wallace Crank,
Shady Cove Market; Athel Dud
ley, Shady Cove Cleaners; Earl
A. Sheppard, Roguedale Cash
Market, all of Shady Cove, and
the host and hostess, Mr. and
Mrs. John Dunlap, Uncanny
Canyon, Trail.
Menninger Foundation
Gets $150,000 Grant
New York (U.R) The Alfred
P. Sloan foundation announced
a $150,000 grant to the Menn
inger Foundation of Topeka,
Kan., to support the Menninger
School of Psychiatry.
Dr. William C. Menninger.
secretary of the Menninger
Foundation, said the money
would go toward relieving one
of the major bars to the conquest
of mental illness the critical
shortage of properly trained personnel.
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