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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON). MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, Oeiebtr 19, 1958 GOP Predicts Win Of New House Seats From 'Solid South! Washington OI.R) Republi cans predicted today the GOP will win new House seats in the "Solid South'" on Nov. 6 but Democrats said this could hap pen only in an Eisenhower sweep of Dixie. The Republicans are banking on President Eisenhower's pop ularity to help widen the break through they made four ypars ago. They say Virginia and Flor ida are their "best prospects." Dmocral Hare Fight . The Democrats concede prfcv ately that they have a fight on their hands in some districts listed as "safe" in the past. But they contend their chances are good to regain some of the seats they lost in 1952 and 1954. "In the Solid South." one Democrat said, "we should come out at he very worst with Ike sweeping everything with a net loss of one or two seats. At best, we should hold our own or show a net gain of up to two." He added quickly that he does not expect Mr. Eisenhower to score a sweep in the South. Dem ocrats think their presidential ticket is far stronger than four years ago when Mr. Eisenhower carried four traditionally Demo cratic states. In 1952, Republicans were elected to six seats from the 11 "Old South" states, includ ing the two normal COP seats in east Tennessee. They showed a net gain of one seat in the 1954 off-year election while los ing control of the House else where in the country. At the present time, the GOP holds, one seat in Florida, two in Virginia, one in North Carolina, one in Texas and the two they've always held in east Tennessee. Republicans said the Florida congressional fight could turn out to be a "Maine in reverse." This was a reference to the sur prise Democratic House victory in rock-ribbed Republican Maine last month. 5 '-1' 7 xZ-Ttxiy ": 1 ;r JJ':"", " "v:7rr , i NEW CHEVROLET Twenty models will be introduced with the 1957 Chevrolet, which went on display today at Courtesy Chevrolet company, 227 East Ninth St., Medford. The new car is lower and longer, with the overall length of passenger cars increased to 200 inches. Among new developments on some models is the new ramjet fuel injection. Besides four V-8 engines, there is one six model. Horsepower in new Chevro lets ranges from 140 to 283. ; . Sailor Dies as Auto Flips Near Oregon City Oregon City U.R) Billy George Chumm, 22-year-old sai lor stationed aboard the U.S.S. Missouri at Bremerton, Wash., was killed just south of here last night when his car overturned on South End road. Robert L. Crabtree, 21, and J. D. Graves, 21, also stationed aboard the Missouri, were pas sengers in Chumm'i car but were not injured. Nixon Hears End 01 Second Jaunt; Hopes for Rest En Route With Nixon (U.PJ A tired Vice President Richard M. Nixon neared the end today of his second transcontinental campaign trip with the hope of two days rest before starting his third and final pre-election swing. ' Nixon flies from New York to Wilmington, Del., for a speech before returning to Washington to rest briefly for an appear ance in Baltimore tonight. On Monday, the vice presi dent sets out on his last coast-to-coast tour by train, plane and automobile which will not end until election day, Nov. 6. Nixon cast aside his role as campaigner Thursday night to speak at the annual Alfred Smith Memorial Dinner at the gilded Waldorf - Astoria Ballroom in New York in an appearance bill ed as non-political. Sharing the platform with leading political figures of both parties, including Attorney Gen eral Herbert Brownell Jr. and New York Gov. Averell Harri man, the vice president predict ed an end to racial segregation. No Plac in America "Most of us here will live to see the day when American boys and girls shall sit side-by-side at any school public or private no regard paid to the color of their skin," he said. He said, "segregation, dis crimination and prejudice have no place in America." Dynamic '57 Motorola Power Chassis in Every TV Model Hera's the ''dynamo" that's the most efficient, most powerful of them all! Potent transformer and improved high voltage regulation give maximum power behind pic ture beam for fine-line accuracy. Elvis Presley Claims Victory in Scuffle At Seryicfe Station Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) El vis Presley today claimed a vic tory in his fight with two ser vice station attendants, but one of his opponents said the rock 'n roll singer was just telling an other of "his 'noun' dog' lies." Presley and the two attend ants, Ed Hopper, 42, and Aubry Brown, 21. were ordered to ap pear in city court today to an swer assault and battery and dis orderly conduct charges which grew out of the brief scuffle. Reports of exactly what hap pened at the filling station were conflicting. Presley, who at first refused comment and was "out in the back yard feeding the mule" when reporters called, later held a news conference and accused Hopper of pulling a knife on him. Hopper denied that he drew a knife and charged that Presley slugged him while a policeman held him with his arms pinned to his side. Hopper supported a nifty shiner as evidence. A third story was furnished by two patrolmen who were tne scene R. t. Ferguson an D. L. Rogers. The patrolmen de nied holding anyone, and said that Hopper first hit Presley and that the "Pelvis" responded by slugging Hopper in the eye and Brown on the cheek as he rush ed to Hopper's aid. Checking Gas Fumes The incident started Thursday night when Presley, who has re corded such rock 'n roll hits as "Houn' Dog," "Heartbreak Ho tel''' and "Don't Be Cruel" pulled his white Lincoln into a down town service station to find out if gas fumes were leaking into the car through the air condi tioner. Hopper said he tried to find the trouble with Presley's car without success and twice asked the singer to move so that other cars could get up to the pumps. Hopper said on the third trip, "Presley told me, 'I'll move when I'm ready.' That kind of made me mad. I slapped at him, kind of brushing his face, anyway I hit him." survivors or riane Ditching Welcomed At San Francisco San Francisco (U.R) Nine-1 crew of the Ponlchartrain. which If OVER-ALL DIAGONAL M 263SQ.IN. b f AUTY OP A BARGAIN! ALL-NEW MOTOROLA OELUXf TABLE TV SET1 MAT CHI NO SWIVEL BASE CA8INETI Hera solid worth! Super- (Mohogtny) power and picture trom ouper 5-Star Power Chassis. Push button On-Cff. Filt-in-Tenna. Mahogany or Blond grain finish Model 21T36. ?27S 95 Matching Swivel Base Extra . LIBERAL TRADE IN ALLOWANCE ELECTRO SERV C NIC :e Authorized Motorola Factory Service 18 NORTH GRAPE PHONE 3-1971 teen men, nine women and three children who left Honolulu by air three days ago arrived here today aboard a Coast Guard cutter that resuced them after their plane crash-landed in the Pacific. The Coast Guard weather ship Pontchartrain steamed through the Golden Gate at 8:19 a.m. (PST), in bright sunshine to re ceive a gala welcome at Pier Eight of San . Francisco s em- barcadero. The 24 passengers and seven crewmen of the Pan American World Airways plane crowded against the rail of the Pontchar train and waved and smiled. At the pier a huge sign pro claimed a "well done" to the GRANGE Roxy Ann Grang Rovy.'Ann Grange will hold i their regular meeting Friday, j Nov. 19. A Halloween program will be presented, j Mr. and Mrs. Burchfield, Webb i Hinckle and Mrs. Christianson, Mrs. Nowlin and Mrs. Garrett i will be on the serving commit tee. Lake Creek Grang Lake Creek Grange held a pot luck supper, before the opening of Grange at. the last meeting. One guest was present, Mrs. Laura Ganzel. Mrs. Ganzel is a new resident in the community. A town and country breakfast will be held at Phoenix Grange, Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 a.m. It is hoped members from every Grange in the county will be there. Faye George, educational committeeman, reported on an article from the Digest maga zine, entitled "Brains Unrealiz ed Powers." The article stated that there is no such thing as brain fatigue and that it is a physical defect in the body in stead. How one uses their brain is the important thing, not one's IQ and your mental powers grow with use, the article said. The lecture program opened with prayer read by Chaplain Faye Burrell. Claus Charley gave a reading entitled "bills In the legislature." ' ' A square dance will be given Saturday, Oct. 27 for Grange members and friends. There is a small charge for admittance and refreshments. It will be a Hallo ween dance and prizes will be given for the best costumes. The Nov. 8 meeting will open I at 8 p.m. Election of officers will j be held and it is hoped to have a large attendance at the meeting. rescued all aboard the ditched plane within six minutes. The fireboat Phoenix spouted geysers of water skyward, and a doclcside band blared as rel atives waited impatiently for the ship to tie up. Most of the survivors were clad in new clothing brought to them by Pan American officials aboard the cutter Gresham which intercepted the Pontchar train 12 miles off the gate. Hendrick Pratt of Rotterdam, Netherlands, shouted from the rail to newsmen that "Our feet got a little wet, but that's all. We're all feeling fine." The plane's purser, Patricia Reynolds, San Mateo, waved to photographers earlier and shout ed, "We ought to get six months vacation with pay." All aboard the plane lost their belongings in the ditching. Bids Called for Girls Club House Bids for construction of the Girls' Community club building at 229 North Bartlett Bt., Med ford, will be received until 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, in the office of Robert J. Keenev. architect. The building will be a two- story structure with a 70-by-40-foot recreation room, kitchen, offices, foyer, and storage on the first floor. The second floor will have 12 two-girl bedrooms and a matron's quarters. Folding doors will be placed to divide the recreation room into various sizes. The matron's suite will in clude living room, bedroom, bath and storage. All residents will have access to a lounee. dining room, snack bar and laundry. Stairs from the lounge will open onto a light court, which will serve as a sun deck. Plans have been issued to Minshall Construction company, Jacksonville; Frank Fairweath- er, Medford; Wiley and com-'. pany, Ashland; A. N. Batzer, Medford; Meyer Jones. Medford; Bessonette and Graff, Medford, and H. G. Carl Construction company, Salem. j Kefauver Warns Nevada Voters on H-Bomb Gamble Las Vegas, Nev. U.R) Anti gambler Estes Kefauver warned the American people from this gambling center today that they can't afford to take chances on "this mad and suicidal H-bomb race." The lanky Tennessee senator accused President Eisenhower and other top Republicans of talking "monstrous nonsense" in their opposition to ending the tests of hydrogen bombs. Ducks Crap Games "It is Eisenhower, Dulles and Nixon who would refuse us the right to take a constructive step in halting the world's rush to ward death," he said in remarks prepared for delivery here. The Democratic vice presiden tial candidate, who takes a dim view of gambling, carefully ducked the crap games and black jack parlors here. He stayed overnight at the Royal Nevada hotel, one of the few pleaces which doesn't fea ture the cjackety-clack of "one armed bandits." Kefauver was catapulted to national fame for his 1951 Sen ate crime investigation. Among the conclusions reached by the Senate investigators was that "both morally and finan cially, legalized gambling in Nevada is a failure." Gambling Question Raised Rep. Clifton Young's northern j Nevada campaign manager, Rob ert Schouweiler, has raised the gambling question as part of Young's campaign to unseat Sen. Alan Bible (D.Nev.). Schouwei ler has asked Bible to state whether he shares Kefauver's view of gambling, Nevada's prin cipal source of revenue. Bible so far has ignored Schouweiler. After his speech, Kefauver was scheduled to fly to Salt Lake City, Utah, before taking his campaign into California over the week end. as Blasts ersons in By UNITED PRESS At least seven persons were killed and about 25 others in jured in gas explosions which rocked three towns in three Midwest states Thursday night. The blasts occurred 'at Her rin, 111.; Kenosha, Wis., and Bet tendorf, Iowa. Worst explosion was at Her rin, where seven persons were killed and six others critically injured in a series of propane gas tank explosons and fire which swept a residential neigh borhood. Five homes and a warehouse were destroyed. Drifted From Leaky Valve Authorities said the heavy gas drifted over the area from - a leaky valve of a gas truck which was unloading ' propane gas at the warehouse where the gas was stored. An open flame, either from a stove or the cilot light of a hot water heater, was believed to have ignited the gas and set off some 50 propane gas tank explosions. Fourteen persons were burned at Kenosha when a 150-foot long one-story motor testing building of the American Motor Co. ex ploded. Company spokesmen said a spark , from a starr switch ignited natural g"a s which had leaked from a brokeni pipeline. Not Out of Danger Six of the injured were hos pitalized and reported in fair iiS 7 iflwest condition but not out of danger. Doctors said it would be 24 to 48 hours before the six men burned severely on the face and arms would ;be out of danger. Five persons were injured when a framb and stone home in a residential section of Bet tendorf blew tip. Robert McGrath, 52, a build ing company president, was the most seriously injured. Mc Grath, who ?was showing the home to a prospective buyer when the btast occurred, was buried in ruljMe for nore than two hours. Authorities believe the explosion was due to leaking gas. Unexpected Elevator Start Kills Woman Louisville, Ky. U.PJ A hos pital elevator started unexpect edly Thursday and crushed a young woman to death before horrified passengers. Mary Ann Logan, 24, a medi cal student, was boarding the elevator when it suddenly start ed up, pinning her ' head be tween the cab and portal. Seven other passengers and the operator, Othelma Snow, were unable to help as the vic tim died almost instantly of strangulation and a crushed neck. The male citizens of Bern, Switzerland, have turned down woman sufferage at the polls 24 times. when you drive the '57 PLYMOUTH suddenly it's I960 SATURDAY NIGHT -Music by- and BOB ROBERTS the MELODY WRANGLERS Adm. $1.00 Rogue Valley Ballroom w Henry's Broiler O ANNOUNCES THE OPENING jf the Today October I9th Until 2:30 A.M. FOR FINE FOODS and REFRESHMENTS! Visit with us, let's get acquainted with food from HENRY'S BROILER Open 7 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. REFRESHMENTS and FOOD SERVED AT ANY TABLE New, Modernistic. 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