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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1956)
s Thuriivf, Aujrait f. lilt HERO ARRAIGNED War ' hero, Army Captain James P. Scilley is escorted into U. S. Commissioner's office in Los Angeles to be ar raigned on charges of steal ing Government property. He had been object of wide search by the FBI since he disappeared with an $11,830 Army payroll from Fort Ord, Calif. Decreased Number n Of Second Vaccine : Shots Disturbing Chicago (U.R) Authorities , expressed concern today about a c decrease in the number of chil-1 dren returning for second Salic I " vaccine inoculations in Chicago's J .'U offensive against a record polio outbreak. ' "The responsibility is in the hands of the parents," said Dr. Herman Bundesen. president of " the city Board of Health. Eighteen park district swim ming pools and five wading b' pools were closed Wednesday as h' the all-out campaign continued to prevent a polio epidemic as the peak of the polio season ap B proached. " Vaccina Distribution Drop (, Bundesen and other health of- ficials were disturbed in the drop-off reported in second in ,r oculations at hospitals, clinic and offices of physicians. It was (r reported the amount of vaccine distributed dropped 18.000 doses . Wednesday from 50.006 daHy ... average since the beginning of ., the polio outbreak. Bundesen h blamed lethargic and indifferent parents for the decline. The situation may become - critical," Bundesen said, "unless x parents bring their children in m for their second and third shots when they are due." He also urged parents again ' to get their children started im mediately with the polio inocu lations if they already have not done so. There have been 630 polio cases this year so far and 18 deaths from the disease to make 1956 the worst polio year on record in the city. Three Firms Assume :: Control of Wireless Washington (U.R) The Fed- eral Communications Commis- sion Wednesday permitted three publishing firms to assume sole s control of Press Wireless, Inc., i , an international press transmis sion service. Under the decision, Press ... Wireless will be owned by the ,,, New York Times, the New York v Herald Tribune, and Time, Inc. ... The three firms gained control through surrender of 51.5 per v, cent of Press Wireless stock and $150,000 in notes by the Chicago ,v. Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Daily ,,, News, the Beacon Herald Pub- lishing Co., Knight Newspapers, J" Inc., and the Miami Herald. - The previous owners received ' in return a 55 per cent undivided 1 interest in real estate at Press Wireless's present transmitter ",' site at Hicksville. N.Y. At the 'V same time, the FCC permitted Press Wireless to move its trans ',1 mitter stations to Centerreach, N.Y. Husband's Antics Cause of Divorce Santa Monica (U.P.) Former movie actress Molly O'Day, 40, was awarded a divorce yester- day from wealthy oilman James McGregor Kenaston. 40, on testimony that their marriage was spoiled because of his un predictable antics. "One time he smashed a raw egg on my head at a dinner ' party," Miss O'Day told a super ior court. "Then on Thanksgiv ing Day I was basting a turkey 'and he gave me a swift kick and my head landed in the oven with the turkey." The couple was married in . 1952 at Las Vegas. Nev., and . separated last Feb. 20. n-' tfB&BARBAIH STORE- W flfe d f 1 303 SOUTH FRONT STREET doh't be m-nmx TX&T SAVE REAL MOHEY H0WfWgSl) i ym3r PAY LATER OH EASY TERMS! gp T 111 RANDALL 1 1 . .,. . , OPEN 8 a.m. -5:30 IVI t;r;V!:V" ' ' BIG SAVINGS ON NEW FLOOR MODELS AND SLIGHTLY FREIGHT DAMAGED APPLIANCES! All brand new 1956 G-E Appliances . . . Some have been used as floor models in our stores . . . Some were slightly freight damaged ... All at Big Savings to You All with Full Parts and Labor Warranty. 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