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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1956
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Wafer Resources
Role To Be Aired
At July 1 J Meeting
Portland U.R) The Oregon
Stat Water Resources Board and
its role in planning and co-ordinating
the development of Ore
gon' land and water resources
will be discussed by the Colum
bia Basin Inter-Agency commit
tee here Tuesday, July 17.
The meeting, scheduled to
open at 9:30 a.m. at the Multno
mah hotel, will be the last to be
held this summer.
Brig. Gen. L. H. Foote, North
Pacific Division Engineer of the
Corps of Engineers, new chair
man of the Inter-Agency com
mittee, said the meeting would
be a departure from some of the
more routine committee senf ions.
Me noted that the Oregon Water
Resources Board, established
about a year a?o, is a new ad
ministrative instrument destined
to play an important part in the
program for comprehensive de
velopment of the Pacific North
west. Gov. Elmo Smith of Oregon
will take an active part in the
discussions. Govs. Arthur B.
Langlie of Washington, Robert
E. Smylie of Idaho, and J. Hugo
Aronson of Montana have indi
cated they will attend or have
official representatives.
BAD TIMING
Kitchener, Ont. (U.R) Of
ficials of the Ontario Hydro
Electric Power Commission
from all sections of Canada
were gathered here in celebra
tion of the commission's 50th
anniversary when suddenly the
lights went out. The Dower
failure was caused by lightning
during a storm.
GOP Urging Party Leaders To
Recruit Rank-and-File Labor
Washington (U.R) George
I. Bloom, new Pennsylvania Re
publican chairman, is urging
party county leaders in his state
to recruit rank-and-file labor
union members into the party
organization.
His action is one example of
Board Denies Request
For Transfer of Land
A request for transfer of a sec
tion of land to a different county
school district was withdrawn
during a hearing by the county
boundary board Friday.
The petition for transfer was
submitted by B. M. Hoover. He
asked the board to transfer some
land south of Camp White on
the southeast edge of Eagle
Point District 9 to what is now
District 549-C.
Hoover withdrew his petition
when the board explained its
policy of changing school bound
aries only when there are chil
dren in the areas affected.
Disaster Car Group
To Meet This Evening
Regular monthly meeting of
the Jackson County Disaster Car
organization has been called for
7:30 p.m. Tuesday by Vern Wat
rud, president.
Several mattprs affentine the
scope of Operation of the unit
will be up for discussion. Watrud
issued an open invitation to
everyone interested in emer
gency work to attend the
meeting.
Tonight's business meeting
will be held at the East Side fire
station in Medford.
quiet efforts reported in a num
ber of two-party industrial states
to court the labor vote.
The GOP moves have been en
couraged by the party's national
headquarters, which is under
stood to have two field men ad
vising the state organizations
how to appeal to rank-and-file
union members.
Other political developments:
The Democratic convention ar
rangements committee gathered
in Chicago today to select a key
note speaker for the Democratic
convention.
Adlai Now 'Weaker?'
Among those mentioned for
the job were Govs. Frank Cle
ment of Tennessee, Edmund
Muskie of Maine, George Leader
of Pennsylvania and Robert B.
Meyner of New Jersey; Sens. Hu
bert Humphrey (Minn.), Paul
Douglass (111.), John F. Kennedy
(Mass.) and Robert Kerr (Okla.).
Kentucky Gov. A. B. Chandler
said Sunday he believes Adlai
Stevenson is "a bit weaker" as a
vote-getter than he was four
years ago while President Eisen
hower is "just as strong."
New York Mayor Robert Wag
ner told a news conference Sun
day at Asheville, N. C., that he is
not actively seeking the Demo
cratic vice presidential nomina
tion but is available for it if of
fered. A United Press survey showed
today that Stevenson still is
ahead of other Democratic con
tenders with 368Vi indicated
first-ballot convention votes.
Sen. Estes Kefauver has 163 and
Harriman 137. The number
necessary for nomination is
686 V2.
Lining Up Labor
In his efforts to woo the labor
vote, Bloom wrote his county
chairmen to ask all members of
county Republican committees
whether they or any members
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of their families belong to unions.
He also wanted the committee
members to report the names of
GOP unionists in various pre
cincts. He suggested that these names
could provide the nucleus for
rank-and-file labor committees
in the counties.
Most of labor's organized po
litical activity has been thrown
behind Democratic candidates.
But Republicans have questioned
whether union leaders could "de
liver" a labor vote and have
claimed evidence of a pickup in
labor support for GOP candi
dates.
Since many -of the ranking
union leaders have been political
ly active for the Democrats, the
GOP has looked toward the rank-and-file.
Army Woman Slafes Visif Here Thursday
Capt. Margaret E. Radke. rep
resentative of the Army medical
specialist corps. Headquarters
Sixth Army, Presidio of San
Francisco, Calif., will visit Med
ford Thursday to interview stu
dents and describe opportunities
for professional training in die
tetics, physical therapy and oc
cupational therapy offered by
the Army medical service.
A 12-month dietetic intern
ship is available to prospective
college graduates who have a
major in foods and nutrition or
institution management. A bac
calaureate degree with courses
in the biological and physical
sciences and psychology is the
prerequisite for the 12-month
physical therapy course. For
college studends who will com
plete, their academic require
ments in an approved occupa
tional therapy school, the Army
provides a 9-month clinical prac
tice program.
Students selected for this pro
fessional training are commis
sioned as second lieutenants in
the Army medical specialist
corps after graduation from col
lege and before they begin their
course. They receive pay and al
lowances of an officer of this
grade during their training
period.
Further information concern
ing the professional training pro
grams or a commission in the
Army medical specialist corps
mav be obtained bv contacting
MSgt. Julian A. "Bates. U.S.
Army recruiter, in the Medford
post office building.
PET SKUNKS
Medford, Wis. (U.R) Don
Habeck, 27, raises, de-scents and
sells skunks at $20 apiece. Most
of his customers want the skunks
for pets. People from all over
the United States, Cuba, Alaska,
Poland and the Hawaiian Islands
have received the striped ani
mals from Habeck.
YES. INDEEDY
Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R) One
fan turned to another after Ed
die Mathews of the Milwaukee
Braves had made a great play
against the Brooklyn Dodgers
at County Stadium recently and
exclaimed: "Gee Wouldn't that
have been something to hear on
radio?"
Red Cross to Hear
MarysYille Officer
Hugo Del Pero, chairman of
the Red Cross chapter at Marys
ville, Calif., will speak to the
annual meeting of the Jackson
county Red Cross chapter Thurs
day noon at the Rogue Valley
Country club.
All chapter members and
their guests are invited, Red j
Cross officials said.
Del Pero is a graduate., of the
University of California and j
was recently appointed Red !
Cross liaison representative be-!
tween the Red Cross and gov- j
ernmental authorities. i
In February, he was appoint
ed disaster chairman for his
chapter in Marysville. He rep- j
resented his chapter at the na-1
tional convention in June and !
appeared on a disaster panel I
with Ted Malone, national com- j
mentator.
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