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51st Year Medford United Preii Full Leased Wire XT'' ' Price 10c .Tribune United Pi ull Leased Wir Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1956 Pages 1 to 8 War Veteran Becomes Chief Guard, Airplane Pilot' Despite Handicap of Loss of One Arm B7 A. W. RIBEHDY Editor. Camp While Dominewi Determination and a will to succeed nine times out of ten will win out, despite all obstacles and handicaps which may arise. This has been proven time and again by the many who have gained prominence through their determination to achieve a cer tain goal, despite handicaps. But for every such handicapped per son who has received public ac claim and distinction through their persistent effort against odds, there are thousands of others who have made their dis ability the basis for a struggle to rise above it. At Camp White there are sev eral employees on the personnel staff who fit in that category. Wounded in Bulge Battle Victor A. Frost, Chief guard st Camp White, lost his left hand in the Battle of the Bulge of World War II. There is an old proverb that "lightning does not strike twice in the same place." While that may be true about lightning, it is not true about shrapnel. He was wounded on two separate occasions, each wound only inches apart. The first was during the battle for France when a piece of shrapnel pierced his left wrist. Later, dur ing the battle for Germany, a large piece of shell casing from an anti-tank gun severed all but the little finger of his left hand and it was found necessary to remove the balance of the hand at the wrist. Upon evacuation to the States he was hospitalized in the Brigham City, Utah, Am putee Hospital where he was only one of about 3.800 other amputees. Here another onera tion was performed and the arm was amputated midway to the elbow. Before the war Frost had oper ated his own service station in Roseburg. where he had spent all but the first year of his life. After the outbreak of the war he entered the army and was eventually assigned to the Third Infantry Division. Revised Livelihood Upon being released from the hospital and discharged from the service, he found it necessary to completely revise "his mode of life and his means of livelihood, but chose Medford as his future home. For several years he worked at various jobs, but but chiefly as a plumber's help er. And although he became quite proficient at this trade, it was extremely hard work and difficult of accomplishment with ony one hand. With the opening of the Vet erans Administration Center at VICTOR FROST Guard and Pilot Camp White, he made applica tion for and successfully passed the Civil Service examination for station guard. He received his appointment to that position in January, 1949. Three years ago, through diligence and dedi cation to his work, he was ap pointed chief guard. Learned to Fly But now Frost began to seek a further means of proving him pplf above his disability, and de- Rubirosa Plans To Wed 19-Year-Old French Girl Paris (U.R) Playboy Por firio Rubirosa, whose long list of former wives includes some of the world's most beautiful and wealthy women, is planning to marry a 19-year-old French actress, Paris newspapers re ported today. The date of the wedding of the 46-year-old Rubirosa and shapely, dark-haired Odile Rodin will depend upon how quickly the prospective groom's Paris attorney can "get his papers in order," press reports said. Washington (U.R) Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Negro Demo- rratir rnnffrpssman from TTar- lem, has come out for reelection of President Eisenhower. cided that he wanted to fly. With his first flying instruction he found that even with a mechani cal hand he had difficulty han dling all of the controls of an air plane. Again determination and a little bit of ingenuity won out. He fashioned a leather boot to fi. over his abbreviated left arm and fastened it to the. airplane's control mechanism. This left him the free use of his right hand for other functions when necessary. Three months ago he received a restricted license as a pilot This year Frost will, for the first time, utilize his newly ac quired skill in one of his favorite sports deer hunting. He will fly to Eastern Oregon for one of the big mule deer. Frost naturally is an ardent booster of the National Em ploy the Physically Handicapped Week and is an excellent ex ample of the ability of handi capped persons to overcome their disability if given a chance. Auto Industry Tackles Invisible Enemy in Los Angeles Smog Detroit OI.B The auto indus try is wrestling with an invisi ble enemy in an effort to end Los Angeles' smog. The fight began almost three years ago when the industry launched a program of research and development on "motor ve hicle exhaust products." The enemy, according to the Automobile Manufacturers Asso ciation which' held a conference Wednesday on progress of the program, is hydro-carbon vapors, better known as unburned fuel. Concentration Blamed The AMA said "an individual vehicle emits only minute quan tities of these invisible vapors" but with the high concentration of traffic in the Los Angeles area "considerabje quantity" of the hydrocarbons are released and "believed to combine, with oxides of hydrogen, in the pres ence of sunlight, to form the ingredients in Los Angeles smog responsible for its peculiar odor and irritating qualities." The auto industry set up the study program, backed with S2.5 million, at the request of Los Angeles officials who felt auto exhausts were among the prime culprits in the city's air pollu tion problems. Two Los Angeles officials at tended Wednesday's meeting. They were S. Smith Griswold, air pollution control director, and Kenneth Hahn, Los Angeles county supervisor. "We in Los Angeles, Griswold said, "are not fighting grey, black or yellow smoke which you can see but invisible con taminations which create a seri ous problem because of our low air supply and atmospheric con ditions." Immediate Solution Needed John M. Campbell, who heads an AMA subcommittee probing the problem, said "We need an immediate solution but we have a whale of a lot of work, re search and problem analysis to do first. We have created a lot of devices to control exhaust vapors but we are not yet ready to recommend them for public use." "Don't feel licked,' he told the Los Angeles officials, "this prob lem is being tackled by the best engineers and chemists in the business." New York Senatorial Race May Play Big Part for Ike or Adlai Editor's note: This Is another of the dispatches on top election con tests across the country. By KIRLAND I. KING United Press Correspondent Albany, N.Y. (U.R) The blistering New York senatorial race is a contest which will play a strong part in deciding wheth er President Eisenhower or Ad lai Stevenson 4 wins the state's 45 electoral votes and possibly the election. The senate race Is between State Attorney General Jacob K. Javits and his Democratic opponent. New York Mayor Rob ert F. Wagner. Mr. Eisenhower and Vice Pres ident Richard Nixon have gone all out for Javits. Stevenson and his running mate, Sen. Estes Kefauver. have been working hard for Wagner as have former President Truman and other top Democrats. The stakes are bigger than any other senate seat. New York has the nation's biggest bloc of presi dential electoral votes. Javits and Wagner- are the top vote getters in their parties and neith er expect to win on presidential coattails. Their personal pop pularity may decide how the na tional ticket fares here. New York has one basic tradi tion the contrasting political complexion of upstate and down state. The 16 million residents are divided almost equally be tween those areas. Upstate is Republican and the big city casts an equally heavy Demo cratic majority. The Ideal candidate is one who can hold the traditional party vote and still cut into his opponent's vote at the other end. Republicans feel they have that candidate in Javits and Wagner fits the bill for the Democrats. Wagner is six years younger than 52-year-old Javits, but has been identified with politics nearly twice as long. His father, the late Sen. Robert F. Wagner, Oregon Disabled Earn $2,( Salem (U.R) More than two million dollars were earned by disabled Oregon citizens who were rehabilitated during the past year. Gov. Elmo Smith told a Marion county luncheon here Thursday in recognition of "Na tional Employ the Physically Handicapped Week." Gov. Smith said it was highly appropriate that Oregon partici pate in the week since the state of Oregon,' in cooperation with the federal government, oper ates a program to retrain handi capped persons. "A disabled person on public assistance costs the government while a disabled person on the job pays the government in tax money," the governor said. "The average weekly wage of the 760 disabled citizens of Ore gon who were rehabilitated dur ing the year ended last June 30 before rehabilitation was S4.95, the governor pointed out. "After rehabilitation their aver age weekly wage was $53.13. Washington (U.R) Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco visited President Eisen hower at the White House yesterday. Billy Rose Recommends Entertainer Exchanges Washington U.R) -j- Presi dent Eisenhower heard a special report Wednesday from Billy Rose on the showman's recent trip to Russia and other Iron Curtain countries to arrange East-West exchanges of enter tainers, i Rose told newsmen afterwards that he had recommended the exchange to the President be cause "it would show a net gain on our side." Rose said the Presi dent will take the proposal un der advisement. Swimming Pools "The Nation's Finest" GUNITE CONSTRUCTION Build Now So You May Landscape During the Winter Allowing You To Swim in Early Spring! MORE PERSONALIZED ATTENTION GIVEN TO POOLS IN FALL CONSTRUCTION! NORTHWEST SWIMMING POOL CO. 712 S. Grape MEDFORD Phone 3-4340 Sr., was one of the architects of the New Deal and author of major labor legislation. Young Bob was destined for politics. Two years ago when the Dem ocrats were looking for a cand idate to end 12 years of Re publican governorship in Al bany they first thought of Wag ner. But the mayor turned them down, saying his ambition was to follow his father in the Sen ate. He got the chance this year when Sen. Herbert H. Lehman retired. Up Ladder Hard Way Javits came up the political ladder the hard way. He made his debut in 1946 as congression al candidate in a traditional Democratic district of New York City. His party gave him little chance but he went after the seat like he was an even money bet. He won and was reelected three times. In Congress Javits had a repu tation of voting for more leg islation sponsored by the New Deal and the Fair Deal than many Democrats. But when Mr. Eisenhower was elected, Javits became one of his most arden followers and the President was quick to endorse him for the Senate. Javits' , biggest victory - came in 1954 when he ran for attorney general against Franklin D. 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