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o o o u FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Upper Midwest Gets Heavy Coat Of SnoW; Transporation Snarled Mr UNITED PRESS A heavy snowstorm swirled Uito the upper reaches of the Midwest today after howling across the Northern Plains, coal ing roads with packed ice and snow and causing at least three traffic deaths. The dead were motorists who wer unable to control their skidding autos on the glazed highways. . . " Meanwhile, the coldest weath er of the season pushed east ward, causing thermometers to Nosedive through Ohio in the Inortd and Mississippi in the outh. All of the central, portion of the nation except the Northwest was gripped bv the cold snap. Wid Sow Belt ' Heavy snow spread a white blanket from eastern Montana .through western Upper Michi gan. - Snow s depths generally vried frem six to eight inches in met storm-hit sections, but on of the heaviest snowfalls "vs at Dulu'h, Minn., where 12 inches fell. ,. Strong northwest winds, with velocities often reaching as high as 35 miles per hour, whipped snow into deep drifts and re duced visibility as fow as poor o zero. Eight inches of snow -was re ported at Grantsburg, Yis... and California Coastline Jarred by Earthquake Salinas. Calif. (tf.R An earthquake jarred the Califor nia coastline ..from Salinas .to Sail Luis Obispo fur nearly a miaute Thursday night. There were no reports of dam age. Police in Hollister. Salinas, Miwterey, Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo said they, felt the hock about 7:23 p.rrr. Seismologist Don. Tocher of the University of California in Berkeley said the vibrations lasted about eight minutes. He estimated it about 170 miles southeast of Berkeley near the boundary between Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties. He estimated it had a Richter magnitude of five on the scale of 10. Turkey Prices Down For Thanksgiving Portland (U.R) Good news for homemakers. Turkey prices for this year's Thanksgiving ta bles are a full 7 cents a pound lower in price on the Portland retail market than they were a year ago. The seven-cent'price drop was for bids in the 10 to 19 pound bracket which are most popular for average-sized" families. But smaller birds, those under 10 pounds, are a full 10 cents per pound cheaper than in 1955. Heavier torn turkeys, up to 24 pounds, are down about four cents per pound.3 Retailers quoted these prices: 10 to 19 pound birds, 49 cents a pound; heavy torn turkeys 45 cents a pound, and under 10 pounds, 53 to 55 cents per pound. London Daily Worker Reporter Resigns London U.R. Peter Fryer, reporter for the London Daily, Worker who covered the Hun i garian rebellion in Budapest, re signed today. "The whole police dictator ship is so rotten and so univer sally detested that it collapsed like a house of cards the instant the people rose t their feet," he said in a bitter letter of resignation. His resignation reflected a wide breach in Britain's small Communist party over Soviet in tervention in Hungary. Many party members, including some top union leaders, have quit. The party's Political Commit tee met Thursday to- consider the situation. BIRTHS . 0 SMITH To Mr. and Mrs. Ce cil. 306 South Hollv St.. Med ford. Nov. 15. 1956. boy, 7Vi pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. STOGSDILL To Mr., and : Mrs. James. 2037 South' Stage i rd.. Medford. Nov. 15. boy, 6i j pounds, at Sacred Heart hos- j pital. i LA FOUNTAIN To Mr. and -Mrs. Lester. 611 North Bartlett St.. Medford. Nov. 15. 1956. girl.' 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. CLEMEWT To Mr. and Mrs. Terrance. route , box "9. Gold Hill. Nov. IS, 1956. boy. S'i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. PETERSEN To Mr. and Mrs. Charles. 1784 Minear rd.. Med ford. Nov. 15. 1956. .a boy. 5 pounds at Osteopathic hospital. JACK To Mr. and Mrs. El dred. post oifice box 12. Talent, Now. 13. 156. a girl. 734 pounds at Rogue Valley hospitaL J three inches whitened parts of upper Michigan where the heavy snow was continuing today. Northwest Iowa was covered with a two-inch blanket of white. Highways in Minnesota, Wis consin, North Dakota, Upper Michigan and northwest Iowa were glazed with ice and snow, and reported hazardous. Buses and trains ran "way be hind schedule" and planes were grounded in the area. Harbors Proposal To Take Newsmen To Jury Called 'Shocking' Washington i'U.R) Ttep. John E. Moss (D-Calif.) today branded as "shocking." a Pentagon pro posal that newsmen be taken be fore grand juries if they refuse to disclose. the sources of mili tary"leaks." Such a course "will never be permitted in this country and never should be," Moss told re porters. Moss, chairman of a House government operations subcom mittee investigating the suppres sion of public information, said Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson should "publicly disa vow" the proposal. Seiious Reservations A Defense Department adviso ry committee headed by Charles A. Coolidge made the proposal earlier this week as part of a program to clamp down on "lraks" of military secrets. Wilson said he had "serious reservations" about grand jury questioning of reporters. Moss sard Wilson should go further and flatly reject the Coolidge committee proposal. Moss said his subcommittee plans to study the Coolidge com mittee recommendations care fully before resuming hearings in January. Progress Report on Vice Probe Sought Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo Smith today requested from At torney General-Robert Y. Thorn ton a progress report on the Multnomah county crime and vice investigation started more than six months ago. "It seems to me." Gov. Smith wrote Thornton. "The people of Multnomah county are entitled to the most expeditious pre sentation and determination of the innocence or guilt of those indicted by the Multnomah county grand jury." The governor requested the number and "legal sufficiency" of the indictments returned un der the governor's orders of April 25 and May 24. the ap proximate priority under which each accused will be brought to-trial, trial dates and the iden tity of the special prosecutors assigned to each. Nicaragua Airplane Crash Fatal To 35 Managua. Nicaragua (U.R1 Rescue crews set out today for the rough mountain country 35 miles northwest of here where 25 persons were killed when their airliner crashed in flames. One passenger lived for sev eral hours after the crash Thurs day. He was picked- up near the wreckage of the Guest Airlines four-cngined transport by an American pilot of a crop-spraying plane. Flown to a hospital in Managua, he died Thursday night. The plane was carrying 20 pasengers and a crew of five from Panama to Mexico City via Guatemala. They included eight women and two infants. The only American listed aboarn was Fred McHeil, whose hometown was not immediately "available. Also listed as a pas senger was Antonio Arias, 32. son of Dr. Harmodio Arias, di rector of the newspaper Panama American. WHEN YOU NEED READY-MIX CONCRETE ALL TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 2-WAY RADIO For FAST, EFFICIENT SERVICE! Phone 2-5336 or 2-5897 Ashland 8121 Friday. Norember IS, 1956 along Lakes Superior and Michi gan were jammed with lake boats fearful of venturing out on the storm-tossed waters. Winds Clot Docks At Ashland, Wis., on Lake Su perior, iron ore shipments halt ed as snow and wind drove crews otf the docks. The loading of iron ore from the Gobegic range at Ironwood, Mich., and Hurley, Wis., also was stopped by the storm. Schools closed early Thursday in many communities struck by the snowstorm, and road crews worked through the night to make highways passable. Homebound traffic Thursday evening at Minneapolis and St. Paul was tied up by snow and ice and the many minor acci dents caused by car skids. Sieet, hajl and rain battered the Upper Michigan peninsula, where the storm knocked down about 30 telephone poles in the Sault Ste. Marie area. Ben-Gurion Refuses To Be Intimi By Bulganin Nole Jerusalem, Israel U.R; Pre mier David Ben-Gurion refuses to be intimidated by Soviet Pre mier Nikolai Bulganin's latest note threatening the existence of Israel, informed sources said today. The note was relayed to Ben Gurion late Thursday night by a foreign ministry official who said the Israeli premier would reply at his leisure. In it Bul ganin, according to dispatches from Moscow, said Israel had endangered its international po sition by attacking Egypt. Seen Sympathy Mot Many sources here believed Bulganin's latest messages to Israel and to France and Bri tain were chiefly calculated to win Arab sympathies. It was also believed here the notes may be Bulganin's reply to a recent statement by out going NATO head Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther that a nation starting an atomic war would be destroyed "as certainly as day follows night." Moscow could hardly remain silent without possibly losing "face" in the Arab Mideast, the sources said. Failure to react, it was said, would have seemed to the Arabs as though Russia had backed down from its earlier threats. 'Joe' Gets Blame in Weinberger Kidnap Mineola.' N.Y. U.R A Nas sau county detective testified further today about a claim by Angelo John La Marca that a man named "Joe" actually kid naped infant Peter Weinberger. Detective Sgt. Edward Curran described Thursday the details leading up to the arrest of La Marca last Aug. 23. La Marca, 32, is on trial on charges of ab ducting and murdering the in fant. He said La Marca had told conflicting stories and denied guilt until confronted by his wife. Curran said La Marca first said he was working on July 4. then that he was not home and finally that a "friend named Joe" did the actual kidnaping while he watched from his car. La Marca also told police that he and "Joe" had driven in sepa rate cars to the spot where Peter was abandoned to die. He said that "Joe" had the baby in his car and abandoned him. Loucks Not Seeking Hatfield Senate Job Salem (U.R State Rep. Al Loucks. Salem, said today he was not a candidate to fill the vacancy which will be caused when secretary of state-elect Mark Hatfield resigns his Senate seat. "At the present time I can not afford to neglect my busi ness interests sufficiently to serve in the state Senate," Loucks said. CALL (.HUNGER'S Syrian Minister Denies Russian Planes in Country Beirut, Lebanon U.R Syrian Foreign Minister Salah Al Bitar today denied reports that Soviet jet planes, pilots and "volunteers" have arrived in Syria. Such reports may have been started to stir up anti-Arab feel ing in the United States, Bitar suggested in an interview with United Press. As he left for home after at tending the three-day "summit" conference of Arab leaders, the Syrian official said leaders of Arab pact nations agreed to fol low a neutral policy between the Soviet bloc and the West. And, he added, "the United States shuld forbid Anglo French intervention in Egypt." Planes Fired Upon He said British and French planes have appeared almost daily over Syrian airfields and have been fired upon by Syrian anti-aircraft guns. But, he said, "it is not true there are 125 Soviet Migs in Sy ria; there are no Soviet planes nor Soviet pilots in Syria, and I have told that to the Ameri can ambassador." The foreign minister also de nied reports that a flight of So viet planes accompanied Syrian President Shukri El Kuwatly on his return trip to Damascus aft er conferring with Soviet offi cials in Moscow nearly two week ago. He said the Soviet planes turned back at the Black Sea. $202,959,759.75 Paid by Soil Bank Washington (U.R) The Agri culture Department reports that farmers in 45 states and Puerto Rico received soil bank pay ments totaling $202,959,759.75 through Nov. 9. The report issued Thursday, was the seventh on payments issued under the 1956 soil bank acreage reserve program. It rep resents a jump of $21.8 million over total disbursements report ed through Nov. 2. As in the first six reports, Iowa farmers got the largest total payment of S42.7 million. The car is at your PLYMOUTH dealer's right You might have -waited three more years for the thrills that can be yours today in the amazing 1960-new Plymouth! Imagine all this in one car, and right now ... revolutionary new Torsion-Aire ride to "float" you over the road . . . tremen dous new power for safety from the fabulous Fury "301" V-8 engine, super-powered up to 235 hp . . . exhilarating sports-car handling (no sway on turns, no "nose dive" on stops) . . . Pickin' Pears By BILL HURN Veteran's Day observance at VADC was with a program Mon day morning at the theatre. For mal opening was by Camp White orchestra with the National An them followed by posting colors by the guard and invocation by Chaplain Michael Reilly. E. K. Ricker, manager, gave the welcoming address followed by the first of Mrs. Stanley Lacey's solos with Mrs. H. Chan dler Drew as accompanist, both from Medford. Service organizations repre sented were introduced. They were DAV and DAV auxiliary, Navy Mothers club, Gold Star Mothers, American Legion aux iliary and Daughters of Union Veterans, all of Medford; VFW, Blue Star Mothers, World War I of Grants Pass, and WW I of Camp White. Music by the orchestra and Mrs. Lacy's second solo were followed by an address by Dr. Clifford Miller of Southern Ore gon college of Ashland. A one minute silence of tribute to the dead, taps, the benediction by Chaplain Feller and retiring the colors closed the program. Wednesday afternoon was full of varied entertainment activi ties. At building 202, Mrs. Ila Evan, librarian, with seven vet erans, held their weekly Readers and Writers club meeting and discussion. DAV auxiliary 11 of Grants Pass had a games session at the theatre conducted by Beulah Mc Ewen and Doris Blaney, assisted by Frank Bush and Ben Ander son of the Camp White DAV. At 3 p.m. the staff met at in firmary classroom and parlor for a farewell party by Dr. and Mrs. Emil O. Muhs, who leave Friday for Livermore, Calif., VA hospital. About 40 staff mem bers were present. Coffee and decorated cake were served. Miss Grace Stuhr. chief nurse, aided by ladies of her staff. Mrs. Kathryn Jack, Mrs. Marian Wood, Miss Mayme Barrett, Mrs. Ruth Kesterson and Miss Mar garet Kerr were at the serving table. The group to be honored on the VAVS plaque this week is the Oregon Federation of Gar den clubs, according to E. K. you might have expected News and Notes From Camp White Ricker, manager. Chaplain Michael Reilly of the Benedictine Order from Mt. Angel Abbey at Mt. Angel, Ore., is at Camp White as the vaca tion relief for Father Lawrence Eskay. Mr. Reilly comes with a background of 20 years on the teaching staff at Mt. Angel and parish and mission fields. Wednesday evening Ashland Elks held the November birth day party. BPOE hospital chair man, Emil Kroeger, presented Edna Daugherty and Foss Cram er in their organ and piano dual act for a one-hour concert. Bess Travis, Minnie Gearhart and Carol Sharp, ladies of the Elks from Ashland, were the serving committee for coffee and cake. Krcnsger announced the monthly Elks party on Friday night was to be featured by Rogue Valley Ballroom orchestra and its va riety show. VFW 6412 of Grants Pass was at building 218 as hosts to a kiddy-candy-treat for a dance and accordion presentation. Ten children of the Darrel Holt dance studio and 10 accordion inter mediates from the Caesar Muz zioli group entertained. Announcement has been made of a -VA Employees association box social Saturday night at the club house. It will also be a hard-times dance as a benefit to United Medford Crusade. Caroline Vincent, Don Oakes, Dick Phillips and Bud Ash are the committee in charge. Sen. Lyndon Johnson Suffering From Cod Nice, France (U.R) Sen. Lyn don Johnson of Texas, Senate Democratic majority leader who suffered a heart attack last year, is suffering from a cold here, it was announced today. Col. William Reynolds of the U. S. Air Force, who accompan ied Johnson's party here from Paris, told reporters, "Sen. John son has l, simple cold." Enough water flows through the Detroit River from Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron to supply the entire needs of the United States every day of the year. Ike, Cabinet Meet; No Resignations Told Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower met with his Cabinet today for the first time since his reelection. Members attending the one hour and 40 minute session de clined to tell reporters whether any resignations were discussed. They referred questioners to White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty. Jlagerty said "no mention" was made of poss'ible departures from the Cabinet while he was present at the session. All Cabinet member previous ly had gone through the tradi tional formality of submitting their resignations after the elec tion. So far none apparently has been accepted. Hagerty said Thursday he knqw of no plans to accept any. Court Will Request Seamen Clearance San Francisco (U.R) The U.S. Appeals Court prepared to day to order the Coast Guard to give clearance to some 500 seamen it has barred from ships as security risks. The appeals court was expect ed to issue its order -indirectly through the U.S. District Court, which in turn will serve tlie or der on the Coast Guard. The federal government fail ed Thursday 'to file an appeal from an Appeals Court decision" finding the screening procfied ures unconstitutional. Thursday was the deadline for the appeal. The ccWt particularly object ed to the classification of a man as a security risk without giving him a chance to confront his accusers. SATURDAY Fresh Le? Pickled Pork 8 4 00 Served from 11 a.m. to SATURDAY ONLYl 403 East On Main Flight-Sweep Styling, the dramatic new shape of motion . . . new super-safe Total Contact Brakes . . . magic! Push Button Driving. And in a car that's right in the lo-price4,, three! See and drive the car that's three full years ahead at your Plymouth dealer's today. He's expecting you! SUDDENLY, IT'S 1960-PLYM0UTH! Society Co Business Session Held by Women0 Scottish Rite Woman0clijb held a business meeting Novem ber 12, with Mrs. Frank S?l yers the pjeesident,eia chargg. Revised by-laws vyere givefl the 0 final reading and accepted by the club. Q o Plans for the Scottish Rite O Christmas party Oto be lreldr, De cember 10 at the Medford Ma sonic temple, were made during the evening meeting. "tbS l&tif is to be a potluck dinSsr s9, jt) o'cloctr. Mrs. Ciiy M Lee was named chairman. Scottish Ritg members joined the women's groups for a coffee hour. o The next meeting of the club will be social ga($ering, with cards planne. it will be held November', wiih0Mrs. I. D. Canfield heading the commit tee. Plans wi& be made f a Christmas party. Wives, mothers, daughters, sisters and widows of Scottish RHp men are invited to attend the organization meetings. CALENDAR o Caiendar nctlcei jmd neni for the society ectioocof Th ,-Mail Tribune must be submtiiefr in r writing and deadline for the Sun- dav edi'ion is 1 o.m Frijv Dead line tor the weekly catenf! ts 9 i m of the dav of olication and for week day news u w5 pjn th dajobefore publication 6" Friday 6:30 p.m. SisKiysu canton nd auxiliary. Patriarchs Mili tant, Wooden Shoe cafe. Meet ing to follow at 8 p.m. at IOOF 4iall. o 8 p.m. Epsilon Sim "Slpha sorority, home0f "Mrs. CTom Makris, 682 Stewart avenue. O SPECIAL o o 8 p.m.t, 1 o Silver Grill Cafe Mjm - o0ff Riverside Between Riverside and the Bridgt o o in 1960 now ! 0 No O o o o "o B e o o o . o O o o oi o o
