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r i W , v . 1 t A ' ' ,4- 9 , I ' c f EGYPT CHARGES SABOTAGE Egyptian Foreign Min ister Mahmoud Fawzi (right) gestures as he talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov before meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York. Fawzi told the Council that Egypt rejected the Suez pro posals Britain and France made to the UN body and ac cused both countries of "acts of sabotage" against the operation of the Canal. ' Air Force Seeks Dogs With Wet Noses and Bright Eyes Washington (U.R) The Air Force is in the market for Ger man shepherd dogs with wet noses and bright eyes. Listing a set of particulars that few soldiers have, the Air Force specifications read as fol lows: (The dog) ". . . must be sound. sturdy . . . working type, re vealing evidence of power, en- durance and energy . . . Good bone, well-proportioned body, deep chest . . . With good teeth and healthy gums . "Eyes should be clear and bright . , . Should be easy keep er in good health and condition. And as far as temperament goes, the dog "should show gen eral alertness, steadiness, vigor and responsiveness." The Air Force made it clear that it does not want "timid" or "nervous" dogs. Eight Week's Training The Air Force said these spe cifications apply both to female and male dogs. The Army, through its quartermaster sec tion, usually does the purchas ing for its sister service. It buys about 50 dogs a month at prices ranging from SI to $150 and then ships them to the Army Dog Training Center at Ft Carson, Colo. After an eight week "basic," with volunteer air policemen training under expert handlers, the dogs are ready for action. They are sent to permanent duty guarding valuable aircraft and supplies at various installa tions. The Air Force said it al ready has 2.000 canine sentries posted at world-wide facilities. "Brainwashed" For this type of duty, the shepherds must have "well-cushioned paws" with "ribs well sprung" and be between one and three years old. The Air Force explained that it's pretty diffi cult to teach an old dog new tricks such as chasing, attacking and holding any intruder all at the command of the handler. "Experience has proved," an Air Force spokesman said, "that the capabilities of an air police man working with a sentry dog far exceed those of a lone human being." The Army said owners of shepherd dogs who are interest ed in selling should contact the Office of the Quartermaster General, Remount Section, Washington 25, D.C. And if the dog gets too old for guard duty, the Army sends them to another school before they are "discharged." The dog: undergo brainwashing' make them forget everything they have learned about being nasty. to Large Solar Furnace Plans Announced Phoenix, Ariz. (U.R) The As sociation for Applied Solar Ener gy, which sponsored a world- wide symposium on the subject here last January, has announced plans to build a large solar fur nace in the area. Jan Oostermeyer, president of the association, said technicians have inspected the huge furnace at Mont Luis, France, where pio neer experiments in utilization of solar energy have been made. He said data researched at the French installation will be used in designing the Arizona furnace. He said the association hopes to "render a real service to Amer ican industry by making similar facilities available in Arizon; where 300 days of intense sun shine can be utilized each year." He said a team of engineers from Stanford Research Institute, which founded the solar energy association, will begin an analy sis cf solar radiation data from various locations in Arizona for the purpose of selecting the most suitable location for the proposed furnace. As plans progress, Ooster meyer said. American industries and institutions which have spe cific interest in high temperature research facilities will be kept in formed. He added the association plans to seek private industrial funds to help pay for the furnace An estimated 23,000 persons In the United States go blind every year, according to medical reports. f - Hfao.4-) RASH BU35BM 1"&ET sBDURBOH 4 s2' FIFTH $080 PINT ism DISTILLED AND BOTTLED THE AMERICA?! DISTILLIXa COfPj - - - - - - - - - - -v. S135 THE IMERICMI DISTitUNS C0 mc NEW TORK-PEKIH, tlL-SAN FRANCISCO 60P Official Explains Leifers About Party Funds Washington (U.R) GOP na tional committeeman J. H. Por ter of Texas said today letters he wrote to two unsuccessful aspirants for postmasterships were routine solicittions for party funds. This was as far as Porter would go in commenting on a.i investigation by a Senate Civil Service Subcommittee into charges of alleged GOP job-selling and other postal irregular ities in Texas. Porter is expected to be called when the hearings resume Thursday. Porter, who helped swing tra ditionally Democratic Texas to President Eisenhower four years ago, was brought into the in vestigation Tuesday. The subcommittee produced letters signed by him seeking GOP contributions from two un successful applicants for postmas terships in two small Texas towns. The applicants Mrs. Maggie P. Wilder of Sylvester and Mrs. Clara K. Childs of Bluegrove said they thought the contributions were to pay for "processing" their applications and gave the amounts requested $10 from Mrs. Wilder and $125 from Mrs. Childs. 'Chain Letter' Sales Of Autos Disapproved Detroit (U.R) The Better Business Bureau frowns on a plan to buy automobiles on a "chain letter" plan. Wililam Carrico, manager of the Detroit Bureau, said the pro motion is worked by high pres sure operators. A dealer is sign ed up and the operators install a battery of telephone "talkers' who offer new cars free. When a prospect shows up he is offered a plan whereby he can earn car payments by sending in other prospects. But still the car buyer is re quired to make a substantial down payment and sign a time payment contract. The agency agrees to credit him with $100 if a prospect he supplies buys a car. He also is promised $50 for each prospect his prospect sup plies. "I'm not sure where it would end," Carrico said, "but soon everybody would be a prospect and nobody could find new ones. Color for Highway Markers Considered Tallahassee, Fla. (U.R) Flor ida road department is planning a new color scheme for highway markers as a safety measure. The project, to take about two years, is designed to allow motor ists to follow the road they want by just sticking to a highway sign of a particular color. Mark ers on U. S. Highway 27 will be green, those on coastal U. S. one will be red, and three other basic colors will be chosen for other federal highways in the state. Chairman Wilbur Jones said the motorist will no longer have to come to a dead stop at busy intersections in order to search for his route number from among a mass of highway markers. "With a standard color for each route, this problem will be solved and a dangerous and an noying traffic hazard reduced to a minimum, Jones explained. Auto in Wrong Gear Smashes Police Display Columbus, O. (U.R) Earl Turner, 77, said he thought his car was in reverse when he stepped on the gas and smashed head-on into a police safety dis play. Police said a photograph of the crash will be added to 15 pictures now in the display. ".") y gVr " Q . t r ft?!"' CONSIDERED Kerby Far rell, manager of the India napolis Indians of the American Association, pon ders reports in New York that he will shortly be named the new manager of the Cleveland Indians. Hank Greenberg, Cleveland gen eral manager, admitted that Farrell is "definitely under consideration." Lobster Fishermen Urged To Try New Trap New York (U.R) Fishery ex perts are conducting an educa tional program aimed at induc ing lobster fishermen to abandon their traditional heavy, cumber some wooden trap in favor of a more economical steel trap. Steelways, officials publication of American Iron and Steel Insti tute, says the lobster fishermen must replace an estimated 500, 000 wooden traps a year at a cost of several million dollars which could be eliminated by the sub stitution of a more sturdy pot. It said that experiments show that metal traps are just about as damage-proof as man's in genuity can make them. It also noted that during coastal storms that destroyed up to 75 per cent of the conventional wooden traps on the same fishing grounds, the steel traps came through un scathed. The tests showed that, trap for trap, the metal ones caught just as many lobsters as those made of wood. Said Steelways: "Changing a custom as deeply imbedded as wood for lobster traps is bound to take time, the fishery people agree. But a change to steel that will result in a substantial annual savings is a trenchant argument." Sweat Clothes Too Much; Bride Requests Divorce Paterson, N. J. (U.R) Mrs. Joyce Kulp, who testified her bridegroom climbed into bed on their wedding night clad in sweat pants and sweat socks, won a preliminary divorce de cree Tuesday. Mrs. Kulp said that 12 days Wednesday, October 10. 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Butler Charges GOP With Using Economic Pressure Washington U.R) Demo cratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler charged today that the Republican National committee sanctioned "the use of economic pressure as a method of raising campaign funds." He said the GOP had asked doctors to urge their druggists to contribute to the Republican party. Butler made the charge in tes timony before a Senate subcom mittee investigating campaign spending. He said he based it on a letter written doctors by the chairman on the GOP's committee on Healing Arts. He identified the chairman as Dr. Elmer Hess, past president of the American Medical association. Doctors Urge Druggists Butler said the Aug. 29 letter asked doctors to urge their drug gists, among others, to contrib ute to the Eisenhower - Nixon campaign. "Druggists are dependent upon doctors for part of their liveli hood," Butler said. "This fact would naturally influence drug gists to obey their doctors' or ders if doctors told them to con tribute money to the Republi cans." The Democratic party chief also repeated his earlier charges that some employers are "pres suring" their workers to con tribute to the GOP campaign. after her marriage to Robert T. Kulp, Dec. 13, 1952, he still had not changed his clothes. Butler cited as a new example a letter he said was written by the president of Fibreboard Products, Inc., San Francisco. He quoted the letter as saying company employees have "an economic reason" to contribute to the GOP. The subcommittee released re ports from Butler and his GOP counterpart, Leonard W. Hall, on the financial shape of the Re publican and Democratic nation- leaving it $105,570 "in the hole," al committees as of Sept. 30. Butler said. The Democratic committee Hall's report showed a bal- had a cash balance of $14,894 a nee of $540,289, with unpaid and unpaid bills of $120,664, bills of $24,000. Charge Account Ups Readership of Ads Philadelphia (U.R) Poses sion of a charge account in creases readership of a store's advertising on an average of 20 per cent, the A. J. Wood & Co. marketing research firm re ported.' The firm said a research study the organization conducted for stores in the eastern, midwestern and southern sections of the country found that charge ac counts could increase the effec tiveness of a firm's advertising without any corresponding rise in appropriations. 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