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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. July 5, 1956 Conlino 'Scared'; Begs OH Parade San Francisco (U.R) Accordi onist Dick Contino explained today a "trembly, scary feeling" caused him to beg off riding at the head of a Fourth of July parade in suburban Redwood City. Contino called the San Mateo County Sheriff s office at 5 a.m. Wednesday to say he would be unable to show up at 10 a.m. to play his accordion at the head of the line of march. He was supposed to ride in a gleaming lavender convertible wired for sound, along with his fiancee, Leigh Snowden. She didn't show up, either. "Just before the last show Tuesday night, 1 felt a sort of trembling," the 26-year-old mu sician said. "I had to lie down. It was a real scary feeling. "Everything has been mount ing up, three shows a night and a heavy schedule of other ap pearances." , f'ontino said he almost re grets having told the truth, that he was simply too tired to ap pear in the parade. "I guess maybe I should have said I was sick or had'somebody else call and say I was sick. I was wobbly and weak inside. But I've never sloughed off like this before and I wanted to play it straight." In Redwood City, Sheriff Earl Whitmore, who was parade grand marshall, angrily canceled his earlier plan to make Contino an honorary deputy sheriff. The parade took place without the accordionist. I Los Angeles Pilot Powder Puff Favorite San Mateo, Calif. (U.R) "Fabulous Franny" Bera of Los Angeles ruled as the favorite today to capture the 10th an nual Powder Puff Derby which starts Saturday. Franny, who learned to fly when she was 16, will be going after her third win in the all woman transcontinental air race. She finished first in 1953 and 1955. was copilot to the. 1951 winner and wound up second in 1954. . j Mrs. Edna Bower, Long Beach, Calif., will be Mrs. Bera's co pilot again. The defending champion duo this time will be flying a Bcechcraft Bonanza. Eighteen states are represent ed among the 50 light planes that will depart from San Mateo County Airport Saturday on the 2.366-mile race route to Flint, Mich. SNOW HALTS WORK Washington-U.R) Hot? Well, maybe you'd like to know that Antarctica has had its worst blizzard of the season. The Navy said tons of snow buried Little America headquarters and halt ed all outside work. Four-Block Area In Portland Sold Portland (U.R) A deal in volving about SI. 250, 000 for the purchase of almost a four-block square in the heart of Portland's Hollywood section was reported here yesterday. The purchasers, a group of businessmen-investors known as Portland Enterprises Inc.. said that the section is bounded by N.E. Halsey and Broadway sts. and by N.E. 41st and 45th aves. Acquisition of the separate-properties involved in the large block has been in process for the past two years. Plans call for securing large retailing business companies for the area. Negotiations have been underway for some time with major national chain variety and junior department stores and also with large downtown Port land department stores. One block of the area has al ready been resold to CEBA food stores. Construction of a large CEBA market is scheduled to start by the first of next month. Dead line Sunaav Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day Top Labor Negotiators To Seek Troubles in Steel Strike Talks Pittsburgh ;u.R) The gov ernment's three top labor medi ators came here today to get a first hand account of what de railed the strike-bound steel in dustry's contract negotiations. Federal Mediation Director Joseph F. Finnegan said he doubted "very much" whether he could persuade the United Steelworkers Union and the three major producers to resume peace talks this week in the five-day-old walkout To Meet Separately "Our sole purpose 'here today is to meet separately with both sides and find out what are the points of difference and to see whether we can be. of help," he said. Finnegan, accompanied by Clyde M. Mills, assistant media- Indian Affairs Officer New Assistant Director Portland (U.R) Herbert L. Moore, administrative officer of the Portland area office of the Bureau of Indian affairs since 1955, has been promoted to as sistant director in charge of ad ministration. tor chief, and Robert H. Moore, a special assistant, met first with USW President David J. McDon ald at USW headquarters. This afternoon they will huddle with the top negotiators for U. S. Steel, Bethlehem and Republic Steel Corporations. His Own Idea Negotiations broke off last Saturday night, six hours before the start of the walkout by 650, 000 members of the steelworkers union. Finnegan said his trip to Pittsburgh was his own idea. Finnegan and his "No. 1 and 2" men, as he described Mills and Moore, are the same trio which helped bring about a set tlement in the 156-day Westing house Electric Corp. strike last March. The mediation chief said he did not know "whether the Fed eral Mediation Service would participate in contract negotia tions once they are resumed. "Sometimes it's a lot better when they get together without us," he declared. But if federal mediators are invited to set in on resumed con tract negotiations, Finnegan said, he would let the union and New Chief Named at OSC's Union Station Corvallis, Ore. (U.R) Oregon State College Experiment Sta tion today announced the ap pointment of Dr. James A. B. McArthur of Manyberries, Al berta, Canada, as new superin tendent of its eastern Oregon branch at Union. Dr. McArthur will succeed H. G. Avery who will reach retire ment age next June. Avery, who has been superintendent since 1945, will spend his last months at the station preparing sum maries of research he has di rected. McArthur's appointment is sub ject to approval of the State Board of Higher Education. He has been in charge of animal husbandry at a Canadian agri cultural experiment station. Eighf-Year-OId Boy j Hurt in Two-Car Crash1 Ontario, Ore. (U.R) An eight-1 year-old boy was in serious but improved condition in a local hospital today after a two-car crash near here yesterday. I Hospitalized with stomach and ' chest injuries was Robert Ed-! ward Carner, of Baker. State police reported that the young boy was a passenger in a car driven by his 20-year-old sister Marilyn Carner. The moth er and five other children were also in the car but escaped in jury. Police said that the Carner car rounded a curve on the wrong side of the highway on Brogan hill about 35 miles north west of here. The car collided hwdon with a truck driven by Axtel Reed, 67, of Brogan. Sen. Morse in Eugene For Brief Conference Eugene (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse arrived here yesterday to spend a few days at his farm and confer with his election campaign staff. He is scheduled to return to the nation's capital Saturday. Mrs. Morse arrived here last week for the summer. Sen. Morse said he had no speaking engagements planned during his short stay in the slate. linhwrfi 6 YEARS OLD mma uwtx mar. a nan. s nm u. K.I PUOf. JCHOUiT KVUSB tl, 1 1. 1 TAUSEND'S Chico, California HARWIN'S Klamath Falls, Ore. LAWSON'S Roseburg, Oregon HEGEWALD'S Mt. Vernon, Wash. Mcdonald's Eureka, California 30B.-r mm m m W i W aW MT m W Weisfield's have consolidated for final liquidation, all diamond stocks accu mulated during their vast expansion program. 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