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o o American Editors Pick Hungarian Revolt as Top News Story for Past Year o o New York :U.R; Revolt in , The Suez crisis was voted the bia. A fleet of trucks laden with nier was voted Into the big 1. Revolt In Hungary 1,931; I grading of Josef Stalin 349. 1 Poland. pindicale ie lists for EuroS, Hungary .s the biggest news , nurnrjer two storv of the year story iio6. And 1356 was the an(J relectlon c President dynamite blew up in the middle of the city, killing 1,200 persons. But so many other 'world shakers' happened before and after Cali that we forgot the in cident ourselves until it turned up in our chronology of events.'' Johnson pointed out the wide range of subject matter of the stories. In a year of wars, revo- ten." Another interesting selection was Don Larsen's perfect World Series game, a feat that worked against the Olympic Games, which in an ordinary year would have been almost an auto matic choice. A point-rating system was de vised to show the relative popu larity of the various choices. Un- 2. Suez crisis 1,001; i. Keelecuon of President Eisenhower 1,449: 4. Sinking of the Andrea Dona 1,219; 5. Collision of two air liners over the Grand Canyon 911; 6. Death of six Marines in a night disciplinary march and the sentencing of Sergeant 11c Keon 656; 7. Violence in the South over school integration The next three runners-un. Editors of Unit! Press client m Sooth America and Asia will were: The kidnaping of Peter newspapers abroad now are be- vary coSsiderSbly (team the se Weinberger; the blinding of Vic- ing polled on their choicescpf the legtions iade by American tor Riesel and the rioting in ten biggest stories. Early returns editors. . 0 (i'i iicas year since me oui- brr-ait of Ihe Korean war. j Eisenhower was number three. "When we began writing Prist is the csinion oi editors O of L'gited Press client newspap-i down entries for the ballot we fjeiiiniii ers who cast ballots in realized what an uncommonly t6wide poll. 1e edit' made their selec- j tions from a list of 56 big events nominated in his wr-fk.iy letter to iTit editors by Earl J. John son. UP vice pre-jdr -:t ajid gen eral news m oiagrr. big news year 1956 had been," Johnson said. "Dozens of stories on the list which would have qualified for the first ten in other years got only a handful of votes. An example is what o o o 581; 8. Wedding of Prince Rai- nicr and Grace Kelly 482; 9. 00 lutions and disasters a romance der this system the standing of Don Larsen's perfect World Se- O happened Aug. 7 in Cali, Colom-i Grace Kelly and Prince Rai-ithe first ten was as follows: ries game 394; 10. Soviet down- O o S 1 AM O 5?st Year oTVlEDFORD tinned Pr-a- -Full Lcasea Wire Price 10c Tribune Full Leased Wir Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1956 . 8 Pages Troop 7 Christmas Tree Sale Scheduled Boy Scout Troop 7, sponsored by the men of the First Method Tat church, will start their Christmas tree sale Saturday morning at the church building and at the East Main st. en trance to Hawthorne park. Tdes will be on sa!e daily during the evening and all day "'8 tne summer. Porcupine Control Program Continues To Be Success The Kiwanis club and Jack son County Chamber of Com merce today said records indicate the porcupine control program bere is continuing as a successful venture, though count for the second . quarter is somewhat smaller than that indicated dur- SaturgSy at the0-,hurch. In addi tion the "Jrecs will be on sale un til Sp . Wednesday and all day Saturday 81 (.e park. rce?ds from the sale will Ohelp finan(ep the Troop's summer q activities. 2Years Said0 Needed TooArm NATO Nations Parij - U.Pj A high NATO ource said today it will take two years for tltfo United States to deliver atomic weapons to Allied troops in Europe and train the men to fire them. Problems of supplying mem ber countries of the3 ?orth At lantic Treaty Organisation with atomic weapons were expected to be explained by U.S. Secre tary of State John FosirroDulles and Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson at today's meeting .4 the NATO Council of Ministers. The United States agreed ihat Its 14 NATO allies Thursday that only with more atomic ta tical weapons can the Atlantic powers stand up to th Soviet menace without bankrupting the taxpayers. e It was a continuation of the "more bang for a buck" argu ment which Wilson coined for U.S. defense policy thce years go. - Eden In Trouble Returns To London London UR) Prime Minis ter Anthony Eden returns today from a three weeks rest in Ja maica fit, sun-taned and in trouble again over British nd American relations. The latest tempest swirled around the refusal of U.S. Lt. Gen. Raymond Wheeler, the United Nations salvage chief, to use French and British salvage crews in clearing the Suez canal. The flareup overshadowed other serious problems iciai Eden and threatened a new re volt in his own Conservative part. One ConsiQvative member of Piament even offered a motion of "no confidence" in Wheeler. 0 8 Sir Anthony and ldy Eden left Montcgo bay by plane Thursday afternoin with a dec laration he infirdrd to stay as prime minffter and see the-giun-try through its darkest linur since World War II. 0 The chamber and Kiwanis club, joint sponsors of the pro gram, pointed out the second Quarter of the porcupine eradica tion contest began Oct. 1 and will end late in December. Prizes will be awarded young sters who register with the chamber of commerce the high est number of county receipts for porcupine noses. County rec ords show that 639 receipts were issued during the month of Octo ber and 4:j7. during November fr a, total count thus far of 1,076. 1 Among youngsters who have registered their scores with the chamber are John A. Bowman, Ashland; Diane Foster, Medford; Pollution Control Regulations Adopted Portland iU.R) Regulations to control air pollution in -Ore-gon were adopted by the State ; Air Pollution authority here yesterday. J Approval was voted over ob- ' jection of industry representa tives that the. regulations would i cause economic hardships. j Carl Green of Portland, chair man of the authority, said that even with adoption of the set of rules the authority would con tinue to work with industry to solve problems with the least friction. Generally, the regulation! for bid any person to allow smoke denser than certain specified amounts to be emitted into the aid from fuel burning equip ment, internal combustion en gine or open fire. j Roland Peyton, Phoenix; Ronald Schaler, Ashland; and Ted Spur lock, Medford. A one-dollar bounty is paid for each porcupine nose turned in either at the county court house or the Prospect office of I Elk Lumber company. Prizes for the second quarter include sports apparel. The contest is open to anyone between the ages of 12 and 18 years. Third quarter of the con test will begin Jan. 1 and end March 31. Fishing equipment will be among prizes for that quarter. Detailed information on the contest is available from the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, it was pointed out. f rinlMiiltitmtnitma . r"" -Aiang I STILL TIME No o0 NIXON AUSTRIA BOUND Vice President Richard M. Nixon (left) confers with Austrian Ambassador Dr. Franz Matsch (right) at the United Nations in New York. Ambassador to the UN Henry Cabot Lodge is in center. Mr. Nixon will go to Austria for a four-day inspection trip to seek ways to ease the Hungarian refugee problem. He will make his report to the President and Congress. TO ORDER FROM SEARS o " Parking Problems! Just Call 2-6255 0 , go0 and place your ordtr by phona ? o o SAL TV Sale-Free Turkey with purchase of TV from SEARS. 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