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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1956)
EIGHT MEDFOHD (OREGON! m to'-'- x ' ' I toboaNffpr JT Ge d's"run,2cd a"d vy damp drivers leave their beached mo- ,a"u .. en gU.St nor,t,h "lnds forced them on the rocks ding the annual JK' ? Cf at,,NS7 I0?' A" told' 29 "Aboard motor boats were upset by tflesudden storm, and only 41 of the original 103 contestants completed the course. Austrian Refugees Greet Two Sons Last Seen Behind Iron Curtain 9 Years Ago San Francisco (UP) A Hungarian-American mother and father cried and smiled today when they embraced their two oldest sons separated from tlie.n by the Iron Curtain for nine years. The parents. Bela and Eva Banathy. broke into a run in a torridor at San Francisco Inter national Airport when they caught sight of their boys. Bela f Jr., 13. and Lazzln, 12. who ar rived on a flight from Buda pest. The last time they saw the children was on Oct. 4. 1947. in an Austrian refugee camp. On that day. they gave the boys to their aunt to take care of. They could no longer bear to sec the boys suffer from undernourish ment. Banathy had misgivings about the wisdom of their act. lie Ike Asks Observance Of Hamilton 'Year' WashinRton U.R Presi dent Eisenhower Sunday called on government officials and all citizens to observe the year, be ginning Jan, 11. 1957, as the Alexander Hamilton bicenten nial. Mr. Eisenhower said in his proclamation, issued on the 169th anniversary of the sign ing of the U. S. Constitution, that "the opportunity has now come to our generation to dem onstrate our gratitude and our obligation1 to the man who was one of the "principal architects of the republic. IN THE THROAT Sault Stc. Marie. Mich. OI.R' Surgery was required to re move part of a broom handle from the throat of Harrison O'Connor. A makeshift bench on which O'Connor was sitting broke while he was leaning against the handle of his push broom. The handle, penetrated his throat and came out through his mouth. WATCH THE WATCHMAN Minneapolis U.R Minneapolis-Honeywell, whose busi ness is producing automatic con trols, received a letter recently from another company inquir ing about a time clock. "The time clock selected." the letter read, "must work as follows: the company needs a time clock to ring a bell every hour at night to alert the night watch man." Use Mail Tribune Want AHs Dead line Sunn a v Claimed is at i iwon Saturday. 10 am Monday tor Mondav. other davt 5 30 previous day it's America finest train and it's all Leases Porrlaod every day at 5:00 p-an. Extra pleasure and extra comfort hat NO EXTRA FARE Family fares start with two or more persons in the same family and provide Ttl iai rzi. MAIL TRIBUNE vowed lo stop smoking "until I would see my boys again." Banathy, now 36. and his wife, 3-1. and two other sons born in liie refugee enmp. came to the I'nitcd Slates in 1951 under u-.f sponsorship of a church group. Since then every , thought in their minds was to get the boys bark. "Oh. Cocci." wept Mrs. Ban athy a she embraced her oldest boy. Bela. calling him by his in fant nick-name. Glad Waiting Over "1 am glad that it is over the waiting,"' the elder Bela said. The two younger boys. Tibor. 11. and Robert, 8. joined arm-in-arm with Bela and Laszlo as they walked from the air terminal to their car for. the drive to Mon terey. Calif., where Banathy is an instructor in the Army language school. Bela and Laszlo were speech less and could say only "yes'' in Hungarian when asked how they felt about being with their parents. L 'tor; ' . MOUNTAIN RESCUE H. William Mooney, 34, Berkeley, Calif., hiker who tumbled down a cliff in Roaring River Gorge oi Kings Canyon National Park, is shown as he was removed from the rugged terrain by a ranger rescue team. Mooncy's wife, Nancv, who was with him on the High Sierra hike, set a signal fire which summoned rescuers. ' -1 t-4 UIOU PACIFIC FRED UNGENFELDER General Passenger Agent 751 Pillock Block Phone CApilol 7-7771 Portland S, Oregon Monday, September 17, 195S Ike's Grandson Taught Horsemanship Gettysburg. Pa. U.R President Eisenhower gave a brief lesson in the best West Point horsemanship Sunday to his 8-year old grandson, David. j David appeared for the lesson j at the Eisenhower farm wearing ; a Confederate army cap. check ! ered shirt and blue jeans. He also sported a denim jacket with I "DDE" embroidered on the : front. David worked out two quarter i horses . Doodeley-Doo and Sporty Miss. "Don't pull on his mouth." the President called to David as Sporty Miss circled. "Keep your heels down and your toes up." Someone noticed that David was riding with a properly straight back. "That is what he is supposed to do." the President said. London iU.R) The British Broadcasting corporation has come up with a new reason for keeping a song off the air as witness its ban of "Rockin Through The Rye." The BBC imposed the ban on the Bill Haley "rock-'n-roll" recording because it "tampers" with tradi tional British and Scottish tunes. The luxurious 1VttLmiLU Deluxe Berths. Roomettes. Bed rooms, and Bedroom Suites. Ail completely private usive, colorful Astra Dome Diner -with the beautiful Gold Room for private parties. The smart new Redwood Lounge . . . lovely to see and a delightful place to relax. ' Decision to Theater Site Reported Ashland A decision to re tain the present building site of the Shakespeare theater was in cluded in the building commit tee report o the board of di rectors Wranesday night, Wil liam Patton, festival general manager, has announced. The decision was one of sev eral presented to Richard Hays, technical director for the Aug ust productions, who has been retained by the festival to de sign proposed building changes. Major Problem The problem of site has been a maior one because of the in creasing loss of audience due to truck noise, inaccessibility and the danger to theater patrons unloading from automobiles on Pioneer st. Patton said it was decided the present site will be used and any building plans should include whatever means possible to imorove those specif ic threats to the festival future. No expenses m alterations or additions of a permanent nature, not required by law or safety, are to be made to the existing theater structure before the pro posed building program can be gin. Patton said. Preliminary schemes for non production facilities, such as the Institute of Renaissance studies will be prepared by Hays. Campaign Considered Patton added that means and manners are being considered for a fund raising campaign for the forthcoming building pro gram. He said the amount of money needed will be consider able, but commented it would be premature to quote figures. Angus L. Bowmer, producing director of the theater, present ed a preliminary report on the immediate past session regard ing advancements and suggest ions made bv the production staff. It was a staff decision to con tinue with the fifth production next year, which will be "Peri cles." but the "bonus baby" will be discontinued after the 1957 season. Patton explained the dif ficulties presented in a fifth production. Primarily, he said. Sherlock Holmes Champ Wins $8,000 ' New York (U.R) M r s. Bobbye O'Rourke successfully defended her Sherlock Holmes championship and won S8.000 Sunday night on "The $64,000 Challenge," television quiz pro gram. The attractive 24-year old wife of an Air Force jet pilot from Fairborn, Ohio, defeated her challenger. Mrs. Ruth Buchholtz. 56. a butcher from Delphos, O.. by correctly naming the princi pal characters referred to in the titles of five cases in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." Mrs. Buchholtz stumbled on the the final name. Actor Edward G. Robinson made a brief appearance at the end of the show to issue a chal lenge to another actor. Vincent Price, on the subject of art. Rob inson andPrice will begin their match next week. Mobilheat Distributor "OIL TO BURN" Let Us Fill Your Tank Now Medford Fuel Co. Tel. 2-2111 CITY OF PORTLAND to Gkcacjo Astra Dome Coaches with wwJe view windows and restful divan seats, open to everyone . . . no extra charge New Coaches with reclining seats with adjustable head-rests and full-length leg -rests. All seats reserved. An inviting Club-Loan ge ami Dining Car serving wonderful meals and refreshments at at tractive prices. MM Retain it is physically exhausting. He pointed out that an eight-hour rehearsal is considered a stren uous one, but this year on "Titus Andronicus"' the cast rehearsed from 10 a.m. one morning to 3 a.m. the next. Patton said because of the haz ardous condition of the present stage structure and the danger of water leakage, all costumes are currently being removed to fireproof winter storage. SHOCKING beach romeos, a prominent manufacturer says this Gay '90's type swim suit will be in general use soon. (International) New Brake Developed For Fast Freights Lackawana. N.Y. (U.R A pioneer brake manufacturing company has developed a brake that provides smooth decelera tion for railroad freight cars at every speed. The Buffalo Brake Beam Co. said the new type brake docs away with the conventional brake shoe on the surface of each wheel. It is the most revo lutionary change in the com pany's 54-year history, a spokes man said. The new brake, being demon strated in Chicago and already installed on several of the New York Central's fast freight runs, achieves smooth- stopping by a device that exerts pressure on a disc inside each wheel. The company was organized in 1902 by Gen. Cornelius Vander bilt and Seth A. Crone. PENNY HATE Kalamazoo, Mich. (U.R) Lionel Allen, who runs a beauty shop, collects white pennies be cause he hates them. He now has 4.000 of them and custom ers keep bringing in more to exchange for copper coins. Allen's goal is to collect enough white pennies to get the war time coins out of circulation. Court & McAndrews f. Jail Inmates Get Diplomas Via TV Pittsburgh '.'U.R) Educa tional television station WQED tonight presents high school dip lomas to 46 stuents, including 16 inmates at local jails. Eleven of the graduates arc confined at Western State peni tentiary. Five others are prison ers in the Allegheny County Workhouse here. They won't be on hand for the televised cere monies. They will be represent ed by Warden A. C. Cavcll of the state penal institution. Steel springs in an upholster ed chair weish five pounds. 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(U.R) Some rail road men recently upheld a tradition that not only the mail but baby bottles "must ' go through." A conductor on the Milwaukee Road-Union Pacific speed train, the Challenger, discovered that the bottles of two babies aboard had been broken. At Elgin, the conductor tossed off a "butterfly" in railroad jargon, a mesage attached to a rolled newspaper and thrown from a moving train onto a sta tion platform. The message was relayed shopping money? The maker will always stand back of it. And so you know you're right. The more good brands you know, the surer you are about buying. Get to know them in this newspaper. They'll help you cut buying mistakes, get more for your money. BRAND NAMES FOUNDATION Incorporated A Non-Prof it Educational Foundation 37 West 57th St., New York 19, N.Y. TURNS OFT LIGHTS New York OI.R) The Em pire State building turned off its big light Sunday night on ac count of the birds. The world's tallest office building had to ex tinguish the stationary beacon light for the remainder of the bird-migrating season. The light attracts migrating birds that dash themselves to death against its sides at night. Flashlight batteries with re chargeable cells are being devel oped for everyday and comercial purposes. ahead to Savannah, 111., where dispatcher Z. G. Ruff not only had bottles ready for the dis tressed mother, but also a quart of milk. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
