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CANINE CASUALTY In Saturday after
noon's heavy traffic in downtown Medford a
German SheDherd named "Pete" was struck
by an automobile 31 the corner of Main and
C'e.ntfal. Although the dog whined pitifully,
attracting a large crowd of sympathizers, the
Russia Turns Down
U.S. Protest on
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, hnks in Budapest
Wattinctni? (U.Pj Russia to-
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(? day flatly rejected a U.S. pro
test aft.iin.st the rrcrjit statinnin'e
O Soviet tanks in front of the
O American Legation in Budapest.
Soviet Chwge d'Affaircs Sergei
R. Stfiganov said fhe American
Oi nrompitiint of Dec. fi was "ana forced labor in an effort
unjustified attempt to interfere
In tiie relations between the
U S S R, and the Hungarian peo
O pies republic."
0 O He ulso charged that the Hun-
garjan rrolt "was stimulated
from the outside." Brit he did
twit riirectiv accuse the United
; States of stirring it up.
Equal Triimn Seen
CThc reply came amid indica
tion f;e United States may give
equally short slirift to a Soviet
-rrrtest note cliarginr that three
l.'.S. bombis flew over Siberian
"territory o or a reconnaissance
flight 1;ict week. Air Force offi
(a! deTiied ny knowledge of
such a flights J
O The United States iiad com
plained hat Russia posted tanks.
beore the American Lecation in
Budapest during a demonstra
tion inothe streets of the Bul
gartai capital. s
The United States studied the
Ruan protest that, three U.S.
(2)B57 rronnaissance planes violat
ed Soviet air ospace south of
Vladivostok. Siberia. Dec. 11
Tne Soviet note was delivered
S;?urday
DOW?JONES0AVERAGES
J0 NewVk (U.P'i Dow - Jones
ial tock averages: 30 in
dustrials. 403.75. ud 1.67: 20 rail-
I'll KS nlf-n S3- IS utilities
67. 58. off 0 01. and 65 stocks
172.82. up 0.18. Sales today were.:
toiT .;i('U,uuu snares comparea
vit7i 2.450.000 shares Friday.
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Presidential Electors Meet
In Capitols Across Nation
Washington iU.R) The voters
may tho k they elected the presi
rieit nd vice president on Nov.
q W. but the real election was tak
;?r place -today.
In2staif capitois across the
lana, actotal of 531 pciple known
ss'-presidcmiai electors Kaint-reu jt ine iianiers oi ine onsum
O to cast ballots which formally tion originally intended the elec-
o e". the nation's
two
highest
officials.cJ
C-. The electors will, as custom
le electors will.
dictates. vols the way the ma-
P ,Jritv of people in their respec-
five states did i the. November
general election, so that the Eis-enhower-X:xon
tickt still will
Sr thewinrr. The results al
most crrtainly be:
g)cnhowcr-Nixon. 457 elec
toral "0(!fS.
Stevenson - Kefauvef,
74 elec -
to-ol votes.
Actually, however, the elec -
Medford Stores Open Until 9 o'clock Through
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Hungarians
Work in Coal Mines
Vienna (U.R) Russia said
today the Hungarian revolution
had ended, but reports from
Budapest said Russian tanks,
troops and possibly planes were
still fighting rebel guerrillns in
the wild mountains north of the
capital.
The Budapest government was
reported sending Hungarian
strikers to the coal mines today
to
! avert economic disaster, and
Budapest broadcast said ).t4
went to work in the Matra Moun
tain mines today.
The defiant Hungarians de
manded that Polish troops be
brought in to replace the Russian
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Lady Lions Report
Ample Toy Supply
The Medford Lady Lions to
day reported there is an "ample
supply" of toys on hand this
year for distribution to needy
families in Medford.
The women invited residents
turn in names of more families
in need of toys or Christmas
baskets this year. The requests
may be made by phoning Mrs.
Joseph Tomjack. 3-1790, or the
fire chief's office. 2-2790.
The toys have been donated
by residents of Medford. repair
ed by city firemen and will be
distributed Saturday by the
Lady Lions. Toys will be on dis
play at Franklin's Transfer and
Storage company. Third and Fir
sts., at a public open house from
1 to 7 p.m. Friday.
Ladv Lions have asked that
i those reauesting baskets for fam
j ilies be prepared to give such
details as the number of cnii-
jnren in uie iamuies aim ctua u.
' the children.
tors could ignore the general
election results and vote any
way they please. Under the Con
stitution, they are free agents
with full authority to make in
dependent choices.
j tors' vote to be the one that
j really counted. But. as jur poli-
; ticai system developed in prac-
tice. the popular vote has become
j the decisive one and the electors
merely ratify it in a kind of
anti-climax
The election is not official,
however, until the electors go
through their ritual. After today,
the results can't be changed
even though the electoral votes
j won't be counted formally until
I Jan. 7 when House and Senate
' meet in joint session.
only injury he received was a sprained foot.
City Policeman Roy Erickson checked the
dog over before taking him to a veterinarian.
Owners of the dog are Mr. and Mrs. G. D.
Crandall of 678 Mae st., Medford.
Forced To
Army of Occupation.
The demands appeared on
posters plastered mysteriously
on walls of buildings all over
Budapest. The posters suggested
that the Pole could take over
from the Russians "in the spirit
and under the terms of the War
saw pact."
'Mopping Up' in Progress
Reports from HunEary said a
Soviet "mopping up" campaign
was in progress in the Beuku
mountains near the industrial
cities of Eger and Miskolc, scene
of large-scale clashes for the
first week. It was in this area
the Communist government an
nounced the first execution of a
party leader this week end.
Moscow Radio broadcast re
ports today life had returned to
"normal" in Hungary and re
ports to the contrary were "slan
derous from beginning to end."
But Radio Budapest itself ad
mitted Communist police were
carrying out a widespread search
through the mountain area fo
rebels.
Residence Damaged
By Sunday Blaze
A residence at 122 Cottage st.,
damaged by fire about 1:30 p.m
yesterday, probably will not be
rebuilt, firemen have been in
formed by representatives of the
owner, John W. Eastwood, In
dio. Calif.
The home was erected about
60 years ago.
The blaze, starting from an
overheated flue, caused exten
sive damage to the roof and up
per story, firemen reported.
Occupants of the house, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Branum, were
not at home when the fire broke
out. The blare was reported by
a neighbor. Firemen said that it
had made considerable headway
in the attic and upstairs ceiling
before being noticed.
Washington (U.R) The Ag
riculture Department has fixed
the 1956 corn crop at 3.451,292.
000 bushels and the wheat crop
at 997,207,000 bushels.
Weather
FORECAST: Clondr with i-rj-tlonal
licht slinwert tnniEht
and Ttirsdav. Low tonight 40.
Hijh Tuesday 48.
Temp.
Highest yesterday 49
Lowest this morning 41
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Sunset .
. 7:35 a.m.
4:40 p.m.
5:01 p m.
.11:06 a.m.
loonrje
Full moon
MORNING STRS:
Jupiter. hi;h in
Southeast - 4:11a.m.
Venus, rises 5:17 a m.
Saturn, rises :31 a.m.
in the constellation. Srorpio,
and is now more than a bil
lion miles from the Earth.
Fear of Reprisal
Attacks by Egypt
Slows Movement
100 Dead Estimated
In Attack by British
Port Said, Egypt ;U.R Brit
ain atid France slowed their
evacuation of Port Said today to
recover from a week end of vio
lence in which a "merciless" at
tack on Egyptian suicide com
mandos killed at least 100 per
sons. The United Nations Emergen
cy Forces (UNEF) took over
most of Port Said but some 5,000
heavily-armed Britons and 2,000
French troops held strong posi
tions in the debarkation area in
fear of new reprisal attacks by
the Egyptians.
British Major Ambushed
The British reported a series
of 26 raids by Egyptian com
mandos during the past few
days, climaxed by the ambush
slaying of a British major. The
attack by British tanks and in
fantrymen Saturday night and
early Sunday followed the latest
incident.
One U.N. officer described
the British attack as "merciless"
and estimated the dead at 100.
Most estimates run that high al
though the Egyptians said only
30 persons were killed.
The British and French forces
had ben expected to leave Port
Said by today and the Egyptian
government predicted that they
would. But it was indicated in
Port Said that they were delay
ing the final pullout.
One of the main reasons for
flie delay was reported to be
U.N. indecision over disposition
of the Anglo-French salvage
fleet in Port Said harbor. The
troops would not leave as long
as the equipment remained.
A new crisis loomed tonight,
the deadline for U.N. acceptance
of Anglo-French salvage fleets
with their crews. If no accept
ance comes by then, the salvage
fleet is expected to sail and let
a partially raised blockship
sink back to the bottom of the
canal.
Egypt has agreed to the use of
the British and French salvage
vessels but only if they are
manned by other nations. Brit
ain and France have refused
and gave the United Nations un
til midnight tonight, local time,
to decide.
;850 People Attend
Sunday Concert
An estimated 850 people at
tended the Medford Senior High
school band benefit concert pre
sented Sunday afternoon by the
high school chorus and band.
Proceeds had not been tabu
lated today, school officials said,
but it was indicated the band's
trip to San Francisco for the
East-West Shrine football game
was assured. The game will be
played Dec. 29.
Variety of Numbers
The program included a va
riety of vocal and instrumental
numbers as well as solo and nov
elty features. The 96-piece band
was directed by I. A. Mirick and
60-voice choir was directed by
Lynn Sjolund.
Mirick described the audience
as responsive. Though the pro
gram went over smoothly, it was
not without a last-minute "hitch"
Mirick said.
Last-Minute 'Hifch'
During the noon rehearsal it
was discovered that Colleen
Barr, soprano soloist, was suf
fering from a cold and her vo
cal cords refused to produce a
sound. Harried program direc
tors finally enlisted Colleen's
cousin, Kathleen Barr, to sub
stitute on the number. "What
ever Will Be, Will Be."
After running through the
number a few times, Kathleen
went before the audience, sang
the song and drew enthusiastic
applause, Mirick said.
County Schools to Start
Vacations on Friday
County schools will close af
ter school Friday, Dec. 21. for
the Christmas holiday, according
to officials in the county school
superintendent's office. The va
cation will continue through
Tuesday, Jan. 1.
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Shepilov, Zhukov
In Poland To Sign
New Defense Pact
Warsaw, Poland (U.R) Soviet
Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepi
lov and Defense Minister Mar
shal Georgi Zhukov arrived here
suddenly today to sign a new
defense pact with Poland.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman
invited all correspondents to the
official residence of Polish Pre
mier Josef Cyrankiewicz tonight
"to witness the signing of the
Soviet-Polish pact." The spokes
man gave no further details.
To Spell Out Terms
Informed sources said that the
new pact would spell out the
terms under which Soviet troops
will be stationed in Poland and
their status as visiting troops un
der Polish law.
There was no advance notice
of the Shepilov-Zhukov visit.
The two Soviet officials flew
into Okecie airport from Moscow
in a special Soviet military plane
today.
Details of the agreement were
worked out recently in Moscow
when Polish Communist Party
Secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka
went there as the head of a
party-government delegation.
Ministers Commend
Police Department
Members of the Medford po
lice department have been com
mended for their "efficient en
forcement of the law, and for
their high standard of morale
and spirit," by the Medford Min
isterial association, it was re
ported today.
The association, at its meet
ing last week, authorized a com
mittee to draw up and mail a
letter of commendation to the
department. The letter was
mailed to arrive Monday. It
said:
Letter Received
"At the Dec. 11 meeting of the
Medford Ministerial association,
the matter of law enforcement
by the city police was discussed.
It was pointed out by several
speakers that the city police
maintained an efficient enforce
ment of the law, and a high
standard of morale and spirit
within the department.
"The Ministerial group felt
that with such a record, the
Association should give encour
agement to those responsible.
Resolution Passed
"It was therefore moved and
carried that a resolution em
bodying these expressions of ap
proval be sent to the chief of po
lice and the city council."
The committee included the
Rev. Richard M. Jones of East
wood Baptist church, the Rev.
Kenneth Korby of St. Peter's
Lutheran church and Dr. D. K.
West of the First Presbyterian
church.
Councilmen Conduct
Noon Meeting Today
Members of the Medford city
council, councilmen-elect and
two city officials were to attend
a pre-council meeting at noon
today in the Rogue Room of the
Medford hotel.
Purpose of the meeting was
to acquaint councilmen with
items on Tuesday's city council
agenda. The meeting also was
planned to familiarize council-men-elect
with business the
council has been considering re
cently. City officials' planning to at
tend were City Manager Robert
Duff and City Attorney E. R.
Bashaw.
Compton Low Bidder
On Ashland Project
Portland (U.R) J. C. Compton
was low bidder on a highway
project in Ashland, the State
Highway Commission announced
today. Compton's bid of S164.263
calls for grading and paving 1.11
miles of Pacific highway from
the Southern Pacific undercross
ing north of Ashland to Hel
man st. .
Eisenhower, Nehru
Hold Conferences
At Gettysburg
Many Subjects
To Be Discussed
Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower and Prime Min
ister Jawaharlal Nehru of India
arrived at Mr. Eisenhower's farm
here today for informal man to
man talks on a broad range of
problems.
They drove here from Wash
ington in a White House limou
sine with an escort of Secret
Service guards, newspaper re
porters and photographers.
At Gettysburg, away from the
pressures and pomp which cus
tomarily surround a visit of the
head of a foreign government to
Washington, they will exchange
views on such subjects as the
Hungarian crisis, the Middle
East dispute, U. S. recognition
of Red China, U. S. military al
liances, colonialism and disarma
ment. Only Second U.S. Visit
Diplomats of both countries
hope the President and Nehru,
heads of the world's two largest
democracies, can narrow some of
the differences that have sep-'
arated their nations on a number
of international issues. Some
look for a new U.S.-Indian under
standing. Nehru, his visit to the United
States long delayed by the Presi
dent's illness of last summer,
arrived in Washington aboard
the President's personal plane
Sunday afternoon. In setting foot
on American soil for only the
second time, he said that he con
sidered it a privilege to confer
with Mr. Eisenhower "at this
rather important and even, per
haps, critical moment in his
tory." Lunched With President
He drove immediately from
the airport to the White House
for lunch with the President.
Mr. Eisenhower almost ran down
the White House steps to greet
Nehru and his daughter, Indira
Gandhi.
"This is an event to which I
have long looked forward," the
President said. "It is a privilece
and an honor to welcome you to
this land to this house."
It was the first face-to-face
meeting between the two leaders
since 1949 when Nehru received
an honorary degre at Columbia
University, which Mr. Eisenhow
er then headed.
Santa Claus Orders
Invited on Telephone
Youngsters who wish to place
their orders with Santa Claus,
may dial him "direct from Med
ford" this evening and three
other evenings this week.
Kiwanis club members, who
have made the arrangements,
said that boys and girls may
talk to Santa by dialing 2-6178
or 3-5301.
Santa W'ill answer between 6
and 9 p.m.
Youngsters may also tele
phone between the same hours
on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, Kiwanians
said.
Pontiac, Mich. (U.R) An
other 1,000 workers were laid
off today as a result of the Fish
er body plant strike, bringing
the total idled to 12,300.
"It Works Fine. You Just Have To Push It,
, That'. All"
Phoenix (U.R) Twelve of
13 persons crammed into a 19-year-old
automobile built to car
ry five persons were killed early
today when the car crashed into
a passenger train here. Four of
the victims were children.
The 13th, a baby girl, was
injured critically.
Police believe the accident
may have been one of the worst
of its kind in history, o
Dead Identified
Police tentativejy identified
the victims as:
Juan Alires Sr., 59: Juan Al
ires Jr., 21; Victor Alires, 88;
Clara Alires, 21; Sofi Alires, 28;
Mike Alires, 8 months; Steven
Alires, 10; David Alires, 8; Bjob
by Alires, 3. all of Mexican' de
scent; Leroy Johnson 36, John
Matsery. 36, and a woman, boit
40, name yet unknown. None of
the addresses was known.
Hospitalized and "holding her
own" according to attendants,
was the baby, Crucita Alires.
about 20 months, who required
Tillamook Men .
Feared Drowned ai
Waves Smash Boat
Garibaldi, Ore. (U.R) Two
Tillamook men were feared
drowned yesterday afternoon
when savage waves dashed tSeir
outboard motor boat against tHe
Tillamook bar after it engine
had gone dead.
Coast Guard officers said the1
two men aboard had been iden
tified as LaVert Lawabout 45.
and Joe Chacartegui. The surf,
pushed by a 10-mile-an-hour-tide.i
was running with waves up to
35 feet. o
Witnesses said the two men.
having given up in an attempt
to start the 16-foot boats idle
motor, finally slumped into the
rear of the craft and waited.
Bar Too Wild
Chief Earl A. Ericksen of the
Coast Guard station here led
crew into the water in search
of the men but the turbulent
seas forced their' bpat to 'turn
back
"That's the first time in H
years I have seen the" bar too
wild to take a Coast Guard crew
across," Ericksen said.
Witnesses, unaware of the dan
ger the two men were in at first,
said one of the two stood over
the motor in a fruitless effort
to get the motor goitj'g nearly
until the last.
The two had been cruising
around Tillamook bay in the
craft before the motor went
dead, spectators said.
Newspaper Features
Victims of Yule Rush
Three of the Mail Tribune's
regular comic strips and a humor
panel are missing from the paper
today victims of the Christmas
rush at the post office. They
failed to arrive in time for use
today.
The missing comics are "Buzz
Sawyer," "Snuffy Smith."
"Blondie," and Hatlo's "Thea'll
Do It Every Time." The features
will be resumed as soon as they
arrive.
The Mail Tribune is not the
only newspaper suffering from
the Yuletide postal rush. Sev-
eral of the comics in tiiis morn
ing's edition of the Oregon
Journal likewise were missing.
surgery fr head iiljSrieX
Officers believed Massery may
have been driving the car, which
carfied California license plates.
A check with California autljjr
ities showed the car hadObeen
registered t Donald Haga of
Sacramento. HoweverJIrs. Haga
saia in ftramentorjhater hus
bd Sad sold the car tria man
named John Massery orThoen
ix. o
"It was a terrible sight " saidO
a police officer at the scene.
"Thebodies gre torn vs. badly
aia were scattered everywhere?'
The 12tS boc was founS'rSie
hours Sfter the accident. It was
that of he three-year-old boy
and was in some weeds near the
railrid track ' O
None on Train Hurt
No passeijjpers on the trarh
Oere3 injured, and a Soalhern
Pacif is soSeOnan said q the
train's engini'j'g was r aware
ofothe accident until a bumper
from the car yll offo'-he engine
unit as the train neared the sta
tion, more than two rrdfcs from
lie scene q the wreckage.
Phoenix police said the car. a
1931 hev?olet sedan, apparent
ly hig the sio of the train be
twefti the fi;t and second e
gine unit ot the dit&l.
Officersasaid the crossinffchas
a starftlard warning sign (Jnd.no
signals. The accident happened
ato12:10 a.m. (MST& and within
minu3s hundreds 0T spectators
jammed lh,e area, O
Police combined with sheriffs
deputies 'keld the crowd back
while the bodies were rfjioved.
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Chicago qOI.R) The Phoe
nix collision is Relieved the
greatest traffic deajjh 011 of any
accident in which a passenger
car was involved this year, the
National Safety0 Crftinl Sat to-
day. It was the greatest (With
lull in which oa passyger car
and train were irgojed togeth
er this year. -
Paul Jones, spokesmen for
the council, also saidOhe largest
number of fataliOes recorde'arjfor
a single auto occurred in April,
lfWO, i8 Minnesota whotj Iwoq
passenger cars collraed rhd 13
wre kiJfed in one car.
Owning lanipaign
To End on Jan. In
, -ry- -
free laundry and dry clea-aj
'n& r$ clothing and linen dona
tions for Restitute families in
European countries will be of
fered oby local establishments
until Jan. 1, according to AI
Dumas, owner of Medford Do
mestic Laundry and Dry Clean
erand gist 'president of the
Oregon State Laundry Owners
association.
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Participating In the clothing
crusade, ponsored by the asso
ciation, are Sfedford Domestic
Laundry and Dry Cleaners,
Crystal White Laundry and Dry
Cleaners and American Laundry.
Donations for Hungarian, Pol
ish or other European femilies,
will be picked up by trucks from
the the establishments, cleaned
and tamed over to local charity
organizations for shipment.Those
having clothing or linen dona
tions needing to be cleaned and
distributed may phone any of
the thiee establishments for
pick-fip yrvice.
Public response io the cru
sade, whici? started last week,
fi&s been reported good.
More BJoodmobile
Appointments Keefed
Appointments ?gr blood dona
tions d(frng the Boodmobile's
visif, in Mifod tomorrc are
far short of fhe number needed
to meet the 00int quota, offi
cials said today. O O
Seventy -thrft anointments
have beoi madeoso far. IiCorder
W meet the quota, 250 donors
will be needed, it was pointed
out. Officials saidQ"drop-in" don
ors will be welcome. The Blood
mobile unit will be in front of
the Ella femple iriQ Medford
from 1 to 5 p.m. q
Appointsierds may be made by
telephoning Bloodmobile head
quarters, Medford 3-3813.
Late Store Hours Due
Through Friday Night
Friday will be the last night
this week that retail storey in
Medfoigi will be open urjil 9
p.m. for f convenience of
Christmas shoppers.
Most retail establishments will
be open until 9 p.m., every nig,
until Friday, starring tonight.
This is in accordance with a re
cent decision by the Retail Mer
chants committee of Jack
son County ChagJer of0Com
meece. 0
Fridcjy
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