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Midwest, East Storms Claim Fixe Lives; Floods Cut Roads Br UNITED PRESS At least five persons died in week end storms which swept portions of the Midwest and East. Three of the victims died in Northern Ohio and two in Penn sylvania. Violent thunderstorms Sun day lashed Southern Michigan, Northern Ohio, Western Penn sylvania and portions of West Virginia. JO. 000 Isolated In Pennsylvania and West Virginia, flood waters virtually Isolated 50.000 persons, cutting off roads to Canonsburg, Pa., and Clarksburg and Salem, W.Va. In other areas, hundreds of families were forced from their homes by flood waters from small creeks swollen by the downpour. In Pittsburgh, downed power lines plunged more than 15.000 homes into darkness and prop erty damage mounted into the hundreds of thousands of dol lars. At Bakerstown, Pa., Miss Ger trude Staley, 40, was electro cuted while trying to replace a fuse after lightning struck. Children Saved Joseph Letcher, 41, Smith field, Pa., drowned while trying to rescue two children caught More Endorsements Pile Up for Nixon; Stassen Hangs Tough Washington (U.R) More en dorsements by Republican lead ers piled up today for the re nomination of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, but Harold E. Stassen doggedly stuck to his anti-Nixon campaign. Stassen listed six Republicans, four of them delegates to the GOP national convention, who, he said, are supporting his drive Mansfield Asks Political Debates On 'Real Issues7 Washington (U.R) Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) wants both Republicans and Democrats to stop talking about President Eisenhower's health and turn to the "real issues" of the election campaign. Mansfield is an assistant chair man of the Democratic National Committee. He suggested Sun day night that both parties call "a moratorium from the daily diagnoses,, the too -candid' com mentaries and the degrading spectacle of our chief executive being shown in the light of a guinea pig." Health Not Issua "The President's health is not the issue in this campaign," Mansfield said in a statement. 'The issues affecting the wel . fare and the security of the United States are Let us get down to the real business of our country." Mansfield said there has been too much talk about Mr. Eisen hower's health "by some Demo crats but by more Republicans." "No man has been more diag nosed, medically commented on, or treated bv so manv doctors, literally and figuratively, than Mr. Eisenhower, Be saia. ne is not a medical guinea pig." Smacks of Curious "While he of course holds the highest office in our country and nerharM the most imnortant position in the entire world, he is at the same time a human being with the weaknesses and strengths all of us in some de gree possess. "The unnatural attitude of manv mwnlp reeardinff the President's health is not only in many instances morbid, but it smacks more of the curious than it does of real concern," Mansfield said. Prineville Children Drown in Walton Lake Prineville (U.R) Two Prineville youths, a brother and sister, drowned in the waters of Walton lake, about 28 miles east of here yesterday afternoon. viotimc nf the accident were identified as 11-year-old Burl Cleveland Caldwalader ana nis 15-vpar-old sister. Bonita. They were the children of Mr. and Mrs. Royal Caldwalader of Mel rose Acres, a subdivision on me nnttWrts of Prineville. State police officer Vern Boy- er reported the family had gone n fha man -made lake for a week end outing. The children had gone out onto the lake on a rait, when the raft was about 100 vards from the east end of the lake and over about 12 feet of -.r the bov fell into the wa ter. The girl jumped into the water in a futile attempt re save har brother who could aot awia. in a flash flood on the Cheat river near Morgantown, W.Va Rescuers saved the children. More than 50 families were evacuated at Morgantown, where more than 4Vi inches of rain fell. High winds demolished two houses at Uniontown, Pa., and ripped the roof from a three story building at Pittsburgh. Severe thunderstorms and two small tornadoes hit Northern Ohio. The Weather Bureau reported that two "small" tornadoes struck in a sparsely settled area north of Youngstown, Ohio. One house was toppled and several trees were blown down. Nearly 5000 Pay Tribute To Civil War Veteran Duluth, Minn. (U.R) Nearly 5,000 persons paid tribute to Al bert Woolson as he lay in state here. , The 109-year-old last survivor of the Grand Army of the Re public was to be buried this af ternoon with full military hon ors. The old soldier will be buried next to his second wife, Anna, who died in 1949. The official funeral party will consist of 140 persons. to win the Republican vice presi dential nomination for Massa chusetts Gov. Christian A. Her ter. They are: Supporters Identified Carl Stiefl, delegate-at-large from St. Louis; former Gov. Robert Bradford of Massachu setts, also a delegate-at-large; W. Howard Clay, a chairman of a Citizens-for-Eisenhower group in Kentucky in 1952; Elliott A. Carter, a delegate from New Hampshire; Richard M. Hanson, a delegate from Ramsey county in Minnesota; and Edison Ma thies Jr. of New Jersey. Stassen said other support for Herter is "coming in rapidly" from persons who will be iden tified later. Nixon's latest support came from the state central commit tee of California: Senate Repub lican Leader William F. Know- land; Sens. Edward Martin (R Pa.) and Clifford P. Case (R-N.J.) and Rep. Walter H. Judd (R- Minn.). Might GW. Aid to Enemy And in San Francisco, GOP Nationat Chairman Leonard W. Hall said Stassen's campaign against Nixon "might give aid and comfort to the enemy" if pushed "beyond a certain point' The Republican State Central Committee of California adopt ed unanimously Sunday a reso lution urging the reelection cf Mr. Eisenhower and Nixon. Speaking to the committee, Knowland said the vice presi dent has given devoted service and shown great ability as a government leader. Ed Sullivan Hurt In Auto Collision Seymour, Conn. (U.R) Tele vision master of ceremonies Ed Sullivan and three other men were injured early today when his automobile collided headon with a second car near here. Sullivan was returning to his Southbury home after broadcast' ing his CBS-television show from McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey. Sullivan, who suffered chest injuries, was reported in fair condition at Griffin hospital Derby. Also listed in fair condition were his son-in-law, Robert Precht, 26, who received a frac tured ankle and lacerations; his body guard, Ralph Cacace, 34, of New Haven, who received a head injury; and the driver of the second car, Joseph Palmucci, 22, of Ansonia, who sustained face lacerations, a possible brok en jaw and a possible hip frac ture. When police arrived, Sullivan was sitting, dazed, on the higtv way. Precht and Cacace had to be pried from the wreckage. Palmucci was thrown clear. Both ears were wrecked. A hospital spokesman said Sullivan was "resting comfort ably" but that it was impossible to say how long he would be hospitalized. The spokesman said X-rays would be taken to day to determine the extent of his injuries. OFF-COURSE PIGEON ' Yokosuka, Japan U.R) The Navy reported today the 28,- 000th landing aboard the air craft carrier Wasp now in the western Pacific, but the car rier's crew wai winking slyly. The landing was made by an off -course earner pigeon from Fersuea. Eisenhowers Attend Washington Church Washington (U.R) Presi dent and Mrs. Eisenhower at tended services at the National Presbyterian church Sunday for the first time since the Chief Executive's June 9 abdominal operation. Mr. Eisenhower, looking thin but fit, wore a dark blue single breasted suit. Mrs. Eisenhower wore a black dress with a white hat and white accessories. The President and the First Lady have attended church in Gettysburg, Pa., since his opera tion. But Sunday was the first time they have had a chance to return to their home church this summer. Hit Both Ships Held To San Francisco (U.R) The Coast Guard has blamed both ships for the collision May 14 between the freighter Marine Leopard and the lumber schoon er Howard Olson. The Olson sank in the col lision off Point Sur. Four of her crew lost their lives. A Coast Guard board of. in quiry has filed three charges of negligence against the Leopard's master, Capt. Frank A. Snow. It preferred two charges against Felix W. Zinkiewicz, second mate who was on the Olson's bridge at the time. Snow has pleaded innocent. He will appear at a hearing when he returns from a voyage to the East Coast. If the charges You of Medford's Newest FASHION STORE TUESDAY August 7 . ... 10:00 W. proudly urg you to inspect our new itor at 214 East Main ... see our fabulous array of 1956 Fall fashions. Everything in the store is absolutely NEW . . . and so is the store! 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They relate to course changes they ordered be fore they collided before dawn. The third charge against Snow accuses him of failing to blow whistles announcing his course changes, the lawyer said. The Coast Guard held that Zinkiewicz was the responsible officer aboard the Olson because the ship's captain, Karl K. Han sen, was not awakened until the last moments before the crash. are invited to our a. m. Sportswear Accessories Lingerie Cosmetics Monday. August 8, 1358 Four Advance on TV Quiz Program New York (U.R) Two law yer brothers ai.d their challeng er sailed safely through the $16, 000 question and -a policeman regained his Shakespeare Cham pionship Sunday night on "The $64,000 Challenge" television program. Champions James and William i Egan, Hartford, Conn., and chal lenger Theodore Nadler, a U.S. civil service clerk from St. Louis, won 816,000 by answer ing correctly a 12-part question in their any and all category. The policeman, Redmond O'Hanlon. 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