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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1956)
SIX MEDFOFD 'OREGON) MAI TFIBUNE Monday. July 30. 13SS Thev 11 Do Ir l:crv lime Bv Jimmv Hatlo r-."T PEEL T-J-E5 LOST SO'JIS V TWEicj MOVES COULD BUCS '4 v.JLK'N' 4r?DUD WITH V DOvvn T-IEY UQULDNT CAE MI3-I PCOT--0 JiL MIN'J IT 4b MJH T-S P". IT rr r,fj . sci i iJt(."t COVE &JC. I JC'.-S JTOJND IS 3 M'J5"V i l- ' o.'t PUT fos Tyny ; it os t-i cu- c- 3T US EC TO 1 TJ EM GO 5 wmL -------. I 'W-s v; Lr'VX'iO fvjy :-r-W-nZ-& Sp4kim6 0 dis- T-.-TirWi Ffcf PLACED PECSONS- - S r IVil- 3 v' TUiS HJPPEHS EVG', Blue Suede Shoes Used For Jump Into Show Business Memphis. Tenn. U P Young j and then a bakery worker be Carl Perkins, a "country hov" ! fore organizing a little band at with a guitar and a dream, used a pair of blue suede shoes to: Latest 'Egg Beater' To Be Best of 'Flying Bananas' V.'asiiirBton 'JM V.'ien the TT?i!:.rv sot hrrf tMks of 'T2 Itt'H'ors'' find ' f'yinr 'nananas ' , V.rv r.:Trt (iiccu-'.;nE fond. Ti 1". re tali-.:: 2 rd-tiut a new beUri-eir-r of(ifif.!!v rolled Pia sr. kl il2!C. The Air Forfp Siiys the twin mtored Piasriki is one of their hn'r-;.t airci.'.fy Tiie Annv iins 't' hern r.r.lrZ .ithv.-i t!le l'!;tiip'v ! :rf-. i nf'i,: i :' v." rril- itarv !:neo for "gpftin' thar f'i-t-est w;t!i the niostest.'' Civilians regard this uliiriy bird wi'h a rurious fascination. Tlerp is soi-neihmE ahr.ut a lieli-j ropter its appearance and its charartorisrir vertiral take-nff ; and landing that ranf 5 pass ersbv to stp and stare But to tile miliary rnind. this: "snmethmc " i the increased 1 tactical and strategical mobility ! that helicopters in general have j hroucht to the cround forces. One Piasecki "flying banana'' is capable of carryinc a one and j a half ton load and at the tame ; time, searing 20 soldiers. The Army said this means they can . move men and material into ' battie wherever reinforcements' are needrd and without run ways or ground improvement. In the Korean War, the Ma rines and Army used 'copters to move up reinforcements and move out wounded quickly. For All Purposes Tiie Pentagon expects in event of war. Piaseckis would be launched from aircraft, carriers o drop shock troops behind ene-im- shore defenses. On the home front, cabinet members and high-level officials will attest to its worthiness. Of ficials were shuttled to President Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm from, from Washington during the chief executive's recupera tive period. One pihit demnPsfrated a landing with "auto-rotalion" on one of these trips. The pilot showed his high-ranking passen gers how this device permits the plane to land safely in case the engine conks out. Piaseckis also proved to be efficient in disaster work. Last year, when all other transporta tion hogged down, they were able to fly supplies in flood swollen areas of New York. 'Australians Linked To Global Service I Sydney (U.R Australia ' I has been linked with a new six-: I day-round-the-world air service.! Australia's Overseas Airline, Qantas. now makes it possible ; for passeneers to leave Sydney Friday night, circle the globe j with normal airline connections. ; and be back in Sydney the fol- ' lowing Thursday afternoon. The new express service, using ; Super G Constellations, went i into effect March 2, and cut the; ! Sydney-London flying time to 1 54'; hours. The previous time : was 75 hours. Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Helicopters now use the De fense Department's special air port, the Pentagon Helipad, to fly military leaders and civilian officials to outlying areas. The square concrete "pad" measur ing 100-feel on each side was built last year. The armed forces are fast be coming more attached to the hel. icopter as a military vehicle. Each service is convinced that 'copters can move more men and cargo faster and safer. jump in'o big-t;me show bui- ness. Perkins, who had never made more thar, :ia a week, finds it i hard to believe that his record ' nf "Bl'i Suerie Shoes' brought! him about Sjn.Onil the first j month it was on the national: market. And the money keeps coming in making tiie 23-year-old Per-, kins about the ."hottest" thing around in country and western music. It s the same road to success ; traveled earlier by EKis Presley) who now is a top recording artist : for RCA Victor. j Both Perkins and Presley i were unknown singers when they walked into the office of a ; recording man, Sam Phillips. A ! few records later both were ; headed for the big money. ; "I may get a few things I ; missed out on, such as plenty j to eat when I want it," Perkins j said, "but I'm still a plain, coun-i try boy. Money will have a hard j time changing my attitude to- ward life and people.'' j He gives credit for his success i to Phillips and "the good people j who are the ones who make a i fellow like me sell records. Writes Songs Perkins had never been "much farther than the Memphis rail road station'' when he headed for New York for a guest appear ance on a national television show. "I'll need a brace to keep from breaking my neck looking up at ! those big buildings." he said. j Perkins writes his own songs and gets his ideas from "listen ing to things people say." The only thing flashy about Perkins is a pair of "sparkling" blue suede shoes that shine when the light hits them. He wears them on the stage. Recently, Perkins stepped out of an "unpaid for" 1D50 model i auto and into a 1q-t6 Cadillac that Phillips gave him. The gift was for Perkins' feat in becom ing the first country and west ern star to have a record among the top in all three categories listed by the Billboard magazine popular, country and western, rhythm and blues. Naturally the auto was mostly blue. Perkins has always done some singing, but he was a farmer "We never made more than S3n or $35 a week," he said. He often sent recordings of songs he'd written to record com panies with no luck. But he still kept his dream alive. Company's Success Then he heard of Phillips and his Sun Record Co., and got an audition. The first two records he made didn't set any houses afire, but "the third time really was the charm.'' That was "Blue Suede Shoes" which sold more than 500.000 copies the first month it was on the national market. Perkins figures his success will enable his wife and two children to "someday enjoy the things I never got." Phillips' knack in helping young singers get a start has made the three-year-old Sun firm one of the top country and western recording outfits in the nation. Presley, whose voice has heen described as a combination of "Frankie Laine, Johnny Ray and University Founded By Stagecoach Meet Boston (U.Ri Fifty-year-old Suffolk University was founded because an injured Maine youth and a Boston manufacturer met by chance in a Cape Cod stage coach on an August morning in 1903. George A. Frost, a successful businessman in his forties, felt sorry for Gleason Archer, 23. who was on his way to Boston to have a fractured knee set. He questioned the youth, liked him, and decided to finance the poverty-stricken Archer through his final three years at Boston University's law school. GI HOUSES IN SPAIW Madrid iU.P) The U. S. gov ernment has contracted for 1,000 new housing units for American personnel to be stationed in Spain, the U. S. Embassy an nounced Friday night. Graduating. Archer fulfilled an ambition to help poor boys through law school by opening an evening school in the tinv living room of his Roxbury flat. There were nine students in his ! iness administration and a grad first class. juatc school of law. Archer hap- Today. Suffolk has a college pily took part in the university's of liberal arts, journalism, bus-1 golden celebration. j Tony Martin." was a truck driv er when he wandered into Phil lips' office. Now he has two Cadillacs, and, as a friend said, "is the only person I know who makes S65.000 a year and buys a car on time." Presley has an intense look, wears his hair long and often jumps all over the stage while singing. Presley also wears "loud" clothes. Perkins is an average looking guy and talks in a quiet, un assuming way. He wears neat sports coats and slacks and those blue suede shoes. Memo from Reddy . . . LTJiilu 0... a. 7" cowvwl ALruruzn, Announcing Appointment of Medford Lumber Co. 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