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TEI MEDFORD (OREGOlf) Nixon Nomination by Acclamation Seen by Senate and House Chiefs Wachinfftnn (U.Pi Chairmen of the Senate and House GOP congressional campaign predict ed today Vice President Richard M Nixon "will be renominated by acclamation" at the conven tion "despite the irresponsible actions of Harold E. Stassen." The chairmen made their pre diction - in a joint statement which dealt another strong blow to Stassen's "dump Nixon" drive. It came only a few hours be fore Stassen formally opened Washington headquarters for his campaign to put Massachusetts Gov. Christian A. Herter rather than Nixon in the number two spot on the GOP presidential ticket. In a joint statement, the chairmen of the Senate and House GOP Congressiqnal Com paign Committees predicted Nix on "will be renominated by ac clamation on the first ballot at the Republican national conven tion." They said Nixon's renomina tion will occur "despite the irre sponsible actions' of Harold E. Stassen." The statement was issued by Sen. Andrew F. Schoeppel (Kan.) chairmanol the Republi can Senatorial Campaign Com mittee, and Rep. Richard M. Simpson (Pa.) chairman of a similar House committee. ' Winning Ticket I "It is inconceivable," they! said, "that Republican delegates will consider tearing apart a' winning ticket (Eisenhower and; NivnnV Stassen todav began a four- mjv lpavo nf absence from his post as President Eisenhower's disarmament adviser to push his drive for Herter without involv ing the White House. Schoeppel and Simpson said that 180 House members who last week signed a petition sup porting Nixon "disagreed with Stassen" and that "yesterday we learned the President disagreed" with him. We doubt that he Is right and everybody else is wrong," they added. Interpretations differed, how ever, on the President's attitude. The President said, at his news conference Wednesday that Nix Hall Predicts Greater Victory San Francisco U.R) Repub lican National Chairman Hall predicts his party will enjoy a greater victory this year than in 1952. Hall made this prediction Wednesday when he arrived to make arrangements for the con vention. "J "I expect a more sweeping victory in 1956 than in 1952," he declared. Asked if he meant this no mat ter who wins the Republican vice presidential nomination, Hall replied: "I don't care who is nomi nated." About 125 persons, mostly young Republicans, met his plane when it landed at San Francisco International Airport. A brass band blared and the crowd chanted, "We Want Ike and Dick." Hall declined to discuss any candidate for the vice presidency other than Richard M. Nixon. However, he said the convention will be "open" and that any name may be placed in nomina tion. Hall planned to inspect the Cow Palace today. No Other Starch Gives You The Vano Touch That Means So Much Perfect Starchin? Easier Ironing No Sticking No Scorching ii No Lumping No Mixing No Boiling -- No Guessing No Waste If vnnVfi tint iicincr Vnn J W U I V 11 V HWIIIJj IUIIV you're working too hard! MAIL TRIBUNE on would be "perfectly accept able" to him as a running mate but that Stassen is within his rights to campaign for Herter. No Preference He declined to express a pref erence between Nixon and Her ter or any other possible vice presidential candidate, saying that he upholds "the right of the delegates to the convention to nominate whom they choose." Asked if it might be conclud ed from his remarks that Nixon is his choice, Mr. Eisenhower replied: "I see no reason to SWEETHEARTS Patsy and Diane Ryan, 1110 East Jackson st. Medford, locally known as the little Rogue Valley Sweet hearts, were winners in the "Search For Talent" contest on KPTV in Portland recently. They are pictured above with Carl Hawley, sponsor oftthe talent program. As a result of their first place, they received a week's engagement at Amatos Supper club in Portland starting Monday, Aug. 6. If the duet can win five more contests on the "Search For Talent" program during the next five months, they will win a trip to Hollywood. Two London Newsmen Cairo (U.R) Two London newspaper correspondents - in Cairo have been expelled from Egypt, and the Egyptian corres pondent of the New York Daily News has been ordered to quit his job, it was reported today. The semi-official Mideast News Agency said the govern ment expelled Sefton Delmer, London Daily Express foreign correspondent, and Ray Hardy, Jordanian correspondent for the London New Chronicle, for "at tempting to obtain military in formation affecting national se curity." It was also authoritatively re ported that Issa Korashi, an Egyptian subject, was ordered BUSINESS AS USUAL Detroit (U.R) A sympathetic bandit returned Sll of the $30 he took from Mrs. Emma Mc Caully when she pleaded with him to leave some change so she could carry on business in the doughnut shop where she was a clerk. Thursday. August i. 19S6 draw such a conclusion . . . but you may." He refused to say whether he would be "happy" with Herter because he did not want to discuss personalities outside his official family. Stassen interpreted this to mean that Mr. Eisenhower had given him a "green light" to campaign for Herter. t Stassen said Mr. Eisenhower made it clear that the GOP con vention "now is definitely open" and that "the American people can now make their views known to the delegates." Expelled From Egypt to quit his job as correspondent for the New York Daily News. In New York, the News said tie only known complaint against Korashi was that he cabled stories "before informa tion on them was officially an nounced by the government." Honduras Revolt Crushed in Brief Barracks Battle Tegucigalpa, Honduras (U.R) An uprising against Supreme Chief of State Julio Lozano was crushed Wednesday in a six-hour battle which took place virtual ly on the doorstep of the U.S. Embassy, it was announced to day. Reliable sources said at least 12 persons were killed and 40 wounded in the bitter fighting at the St. Francis Barracks in cen tral Tegucigalpa, across the street from the embassy. Revolt Leader Killed Unconfirmed reports said- the dead included Maj. Juan P. Silva. military leader of the revolt. The embassy staff escaped in jury in the uprising. The em bassy building was not damaged. Reports reaching El Salvador said "hundreds of person's" were arrested in Tegucigalpa in the wake of the revolt, while an unspecified number of oppo sition politicians have claimed asylum in embassies there. Blamed on Supporters The government blamed the uprising on supporters of liberal leader Ramon Villeda Morales, who was exiled last month along with four lesser officials of the opposition party. - An official announcement said civilian leaders of the revolt were Ezequiel Kscoto, a column ist for the liberal organ El Pueblo, and Carlos Somoza, de scribed as a "communist sym pathizer responsible for recent labor disturbances" in the north coast banana belt. BOARD OF REVENUE Knoxville, Tenn. (U.R) R. L. Coppick said today the thief who stole his safe and $600 prob ably was a lumber expert. Cop pick, a railway car inspector, said he had hidden the money in a hollowed-out 2x4 which he screwed against a wall with which it blended. A thief Mon day stole the money and the plank. Death of Hodge's Publicity Agent Being Investigated SDringfield. 111. (U.R) Au thorities were hopeful today of determining the exact cause of death of H. Kendall Olds, pub licity agent for deposed state auditor Orville E. Hodge, pend ing an inquest next week. Olds' body was found Wed nesday in Lake Springfield, which borders the plush home of Hodge, driven from office by a $1,000,000 phony check scan- day and now under federal and state indictment. Not Directly Implicated Olds, 46, never had been di rectly implicated in the check scandal. Associates, however, revealed he was extremely de spondent since Hodge was re vealed as an admitted embezzler who squandered huge sums of state money for high living and politics. M. F. Schimenz, a member of the Surf Club, found Olds' body floating in five feet of water about 15 feet from the docks of the club oil Lake Springfield. Schimenz made a search for Olds after spotting Old's empty car at the club early Wednesday. Honesty Unquestioned Olds, a former newsman and United Press correspondent here, earned $6,500 a year as an administrative assistant as signed to public relations. After the body was found, Hodge's successor, Lloyd Morey, called a news conference and said there had been "no question" of Olds' honesty and that he had not planned to fire him. Underwater Filming Of Sunken Vessel Halted by Tragedy Nantucket, Mass. (U.R) Un derwater filming of the sunken liner Andrea Doria was called off today because of the drown ing of an expedition member in a practice skin dive in Nantucket Harbor. . William Edgerton, 23, failed to surface Wednesday from a practice dive. His body was re covered by photographer Louis Malle who organized the 14-man skin diving expedition for Paris Match Magazine. . Edgerton, son of a Massachu setts Institute of Technology professor, was diving with oth ers from the 50-foot tender, Capt. Samuel James, anchored in 120 feet of water. Valve Turned Off The skin divers were to have started film making today in waters about 45 miles south of Nantucket Island, where the Andrea Doria sank last week after a collision with the Swed ish liner Stockholm. Edgerton made one dive wear ing a mask and two gas cylin ders strapped to his back. He surfaced and said he was going down again. When he failed to surface 10 minutes later, NBC reporter Joe Michales called to him through an electronic under water magaphone. Edgerton did not respond and the group searched the area. His body was found lying on the ocean floor. Expedition members said a valve supplying oxygen had been turned off, possibly by a brush against the tender when he submerged. Health Teams Seek Polio Epidemic Cause Chicago (U.R) Board of Health teams probed four polio riddled pockets on Chicago's West Side today in an effort to learn what factors caused the worst early season outbreak in city history. v "The investigation . will be from block to block, from house to house and from room to room" declared Dr. Herman N. Bunde son, president of the Health Board. , The four districts, covering 5.6 square miles, have contributed half of the city's polio cases this year. Three fourths of the vic tims in the neighborhoods have been children under five years old, Bundesen said. IOOK FOR THE HAPPY LITTLE DOG TOPS IN QUALITY! LOW IN PRICE BEWARE IMITATIONS TtoS Adlai's First Ballot Strength Soars as Delegates Join Washington U.R) Adlai E Stevenson's first ballot strength climbed toward the 500 mark today and potentially 200 more early ballot votes could be seen for. him among favorite son and uncommitted delegations. Funds Earmarked For Fiscal '1958 Highway Program Washington U.R) The gov ernment Wednesday earmarked more than $2,500,000,000 for federal highway aid next year. This will be the second in stallment on the $33,000,000,000 highway program, and the larg est amount ever provided for roads at one time by any coun try. To Be Matched by States The funds are for fiscal 1958, which is still 11 months away. They will be matched by a smaller amount of state funds. The new assignment of fed eral funds is divided among the 48 states, the District of Colum bia, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Broken down by types of roads, it provides: $1,700,000,000 for the 41,000 mile interstate system, $382,500,000 for the 196,000-mile primary system, $255,000,000 for the 508,000 miles of secondary and farm to market roads, and $212,500,000 for highways into and through cities. ' The federal government pays 90 per cent of the cost for the interstate system, and the states pay the remaining 10 per cent. West Gets More Costs are split 50-50 between federal and state governments on all other phases of the road program, except in the case of 12 Western states. These dozen receive bigger percentages of federal funds because of their vast areas of public lands which cannot be used commercially. The state by state breakdown of federal assistance for fiscal 1958 included: California $96,947,850 for in terstate and a total of $142,656, 288. Oregon $23,078,783 for inter state and a total of $35,741,796. Washington $27,303,532 for interstate and a total of $42,-126,176. STANDING BY Tht planet operated by nationally-famous Mercy Flights, Inc., and in volunteer pilots, are ready, day and night, in all but the very worst weather conditions, to carry the sick, the injured, the pain-wracked and helpless, to emergency medical attention. You can participate in this work of mercy. For $4 per family per year, you can know the peace of mind of being protected should you need the emergency services of these planet and pilots. And if it never happens to you, you still will know you are helping keep the service in operation for the health and safety of your neighbors. Mail your cheek to MERCY FLIGHTS, INC. To win the Democratic presi dential nomination, Stevenson or the man who beats him must poll at least 686V2 votes at the Democratic National Conven tion. Stevenson's campaign head quarters already claimed a mini mum of 600 first ballot votes and said that almost any two of the large state delegations which are uncommitted or pledged to favorite son candidates could throw the nomination to Steven son. A Big Lift The withdrawal of Sen. Estes Kefauver Tuesday in favor of Stevenson gave the Stevenson campaign its biggest lift since the California primary. Gov. Averell Harriman's man agers still talked of getting a substantial bloc of the Kefauver votes, but a bandwagon swing to Stevenson seemed to be under way. Former Democratic Nation al Chairman Frank McKinney, a Harriman supporter, predicted the New Yorker will poll 450 first ballot votes. A United Press tabulation of known first ballot preferences showed Stevenson with 485VS votes against 166V4 for Harri man. A still-incomplete resurvey of the Kefauver delegates shifted at least 20 of the 26 Indians votes from Kefauver to Steven son and all 18 of those from Maryland. Kefauver had won both delegations in uncontested primaries. In Minnesota, where Kefau ver defeated Stevenson in a March primary, Harriman picked up 8V2 of Kefauver's 26 votes and Stevenson 6V4 with the re mainder undecided. Ten and one-half scattered Ke fauver votes in other states were transferred to Harriman and 16V to Stevenson. More than half of the 28 Ke fauver votes from Wisconsin were expected to jump to Stev- Lebanpn Group Plans Square Dance Jamboree Sweet Home Square dance clubs from throughout Oregon are expected to participate in a square dance jamboree here dur ing Frontier Days. Frontier Days is celebrated Aug. 9, 10 and 11. The jamb oree is scheduled for 7 p.m., Aug. 11, at the high school. San tiam Swingers, Lebanon dance group, will be sponsors. (And be sure to renew promptly in mill iiim mim ill m iiimm i iimiimi hii iw --mhiIi flilff' - MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Ranks enson.. The Tennesseean also won those in an uncontested pri mary. The Kefauver withdrawal looked li: e the move which could' throw the nomination to Stevenson if the party does not tear itself apart at Chicago in its quadrennial fight over a civil rights plank in the platform. Much of Stevenson's strength lies in the South, which can still explode over the racial issue in the platform. Mail Floods Nixon's Office Washington (U.R) Vice Pres ident Richard M. Nixon's office has added five temporary em ployees to handle a surge of mail protesting Harold E. Stassen's effort to blast him off the 1956 Republican ticket. ' Office desks are piled high with the correspondence. Nixon's regular staff prepares the letters for answer during the day and a five-unman night crew does the typing on a 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift. ' A great many of the letters are from women. Represented are all parts of the United States and just about all classes of voters. A Western governor pledged all Republican governors in his area to the Nixon candidacy. Several Republican state chair men were represented along with a variety of state and coun ty office holders. The burden of the correspond ence was that the writers liked Nixon and Mrs. Nixon and wanted him to run again. A letr ter from Kansas City had special commendation for Mrs. Nixon's recipe for walnut clusters which had appeared in the Star. 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Specifically the recommenda tions ask that the commission be directed to pursue development of a campus-type facility : at Delta Park which would include suitable facilities for the Pacific International Livestock Exposi tion and the development of a sports arena at the downtown site. Also recommended was de velopment of a river-edge site for a marine park. USE TRIBUNE WANT FOR RESULTS ASS Mf Mbura vircwur S4U ma CHET'S FAMOUS FROZEN FOODS Chicken a la King pi."' 55c Chet's Frozen Ta males Turkey, Beef 1 or Chicken 35c . through August 12th P.O. BOX .322 MEDFORD, OREGON
