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4 REPLACING LYNN WALDORF, University of California hires Pete Elliott, 30, University of Nebraska mentor as new football coach. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott are being welcomed to Berkeley by Dr. Glenn Seaborg (right), noted physicist, who is faculty representative. (International) MedfordvTribuicb SIPdDIHnrS Oregon's Ducks Even Series With Vandals By UNITED PRESS California and UCLA remain ed unbeaten and on top of the Pacific Coast conference this week end by staying idle while the more industrious Washing ton Huskies were, knocked out of the ranks of the undefeated by Stanford, 70-63. Examination time also slowed California sketball association play to a near standstill but the undefeated Santa Clara Broncos lost their perfect record with a Eagle Point Drops Fray To Brookings Eagle Point Brookings high evened its week end basketball series with Eagle Point by down ing the Eagles on Saturday 35 to 29. But the tussle was a non counter and had no bearing on the Rogue league standings. Eagle Point had won 58 to 47 on Friday to gain unbeaten lead In the loop. The Eagles appeared down for the Saturday mix and could not fire up for much of a scrap Brookings was able to shoot over the EP zone and won out with its ball control offensive. Quarter scores all favored the Brookings club 9 to 5. 18 to 12 and 25 to 19. Jack Greb was high gunner for the Eagles with 13 points while for the home ag gregation Marv Bullock had 11 tallies and Jim Gribble and Jerry Anderson each 10. Brookings also won the jay vee mix 44 to 40. I.INE-IPS: Brooktncs 35 J Emfl Point Workiniter T 7 Christian F Bullock 4 .. F 13 Greb M Bullock 11 C 2 Forsn Gribble 10 G 3 Boren Anderson 10 G Veacn Suhstitions For Brookings. Lane; for Eagle Point. Clement 2. Turner 2. E. Tresham. Tabori's Debut Spoiled by Dwyer Boston (U.PJ The better two-milers will be glad when Fred Dwyer gets in shape. He's murdering them In the mean time. Dwyer, a 25-year-old sales man from East Orange. N.J., is a miler. But he switched to the two-mile in the Knights of Co lumbus track meet here' Sat urday night to build up his stamina. He figured that when he's ready, he'll switch back to his specialty in an attempt to become the first American to run the mile under four min utes. So what happens. Dwyer turns in an 8:52.4 two-mile Saturday night, ruining Hungarian ex patriate Laszlo Tabori's Am erican debut SPENDING NIGHT in Jail at Ridgewood. N. J. annoys Thomas (Hurricane) Jack son, ranking heavyweight contender. He used forged driver"s license police re ported, (international) ni .mi 'i ibewwi A .- ... ? ''"v"! 64-81 defeat administered by Fresno. Washington revenged its loss on Saturday by whipping Stan ford 68-64. Elewhere in the PCC Oregon and Idaho traded wins with the Vandals taking a sur prising 64-46 win Friday and the Ducks returning for a 50-48 victory on the following night WSC Faces Idaho Oregon's win over Idaho was its first of the PCC season. Char ley Franklin and Bill Moore paced Oregon in scoring with 13 points each, while Phil McHugh, the football end starting his first game of the season, chipped in with eight. This Tuesday Washington State will take on Idaho and on Friday California will visit Palo Alto to defend its 5-0 record against Stanford. Oregon will be at Washington State and Oregon State at Washington for double week end bills. In the CBA loop Santa Clara and St. Mary's are tied for first with 3-1 records while USF is not far behind with a 2-1 read ing. Tuesday San Jose State meets Fresno State in a conference game and Pepperdine takes on Los Angeles State in a non-loop match. Five non-CBA games are scheduled Saturday with Santa Clara at Stanford; College of Pacific at Nevada; Los Angeles State at Fresno State; St. Mary's at Brigham Young and San Diego at Pepperdine. VACATIONING Carmen Basilho, welterweight cham pion from Syracuse, N. Y., who will meet Johnny Sax ton next month in a title bout, nurses an injured hand as he works out at shuffle board his first day of va cation in South Florida. Need For 135 Pine Street Phone NO-4-1273 CENTRAL POINT, OREGON Frank Wilkinson, Mgr. No Parking Problems Defenders Leading in Four Loops By UNITED PRESS The 1956-57 college basketr ball season reached the mid-year examination milestone today with only four major confer ence champions of last year in line to repeat Southern Meth odist, West Virginia, Connecti cut, and Idaho State. These are the only court kings of 1956 who once again are lead ing their leagues. Only five of the nation's top 10 teams played this week end and all won led by third ranked Kentucky. SMU, the nation's No. 4 team, clings to a half-game lead In the Southwest conference race despite a surprise loss to Texas on Friday night. West Virginia, ranked 18th na tionally, has a perfect 5-0 rec ord in the Southern conference. Connecticut, with a 2-0 rec ord in the Yankee conference, is a solid choice to win the crown for the fourth straight year. Idaho State has a 4-0 mark in the Rocky Mountain conference and is expected to win its Wtn league crown. Here's the situation in the other major conferences: Rtr Ten: Ohio State keot its lead at 4-0 with a 70-51 rout of Michigan State Saturday. The Buckeyes are favored over Wisconsin tomgni ana Northwestern Saturday. is 5-0 but defending champ UCLA Is right behind at 4-0. Cal i scheduled n 0an, thi wk vs. Stanford on Friday, but UCLA is idle. Ivy League: L.eaaer rnncemn ywi is idle this week. Atlantic Coast: North Carolina, na tion No. 2 team and the only major unbeaten team in the country, is 6-0 in the leaeeu race Southeastern: Tulane r ahead with is right behind at' 3-1 along with Au- ourn. xveniactiy ti no w for lead by beating 10th ranked Van derbilt Saturday, and Auburn can take the lead by beating Georgia Tech Tuesday and Georgia Saturday. Big seven: Kansas still leads with j-l. DUI upseuer iuv ouiw braska are each 2-1. Kansas and Ne- DrasKa are lair, out w jioic for first by beating Missouri Thurs day. SKViine: nnKnam iouiis jmu, vim 3-1. followed by Montana and Utah siaie at o-. oiibmii j vtns-w State clash Friday tops the league's program this week. B Leaguers To Contend On Tuesday Jackson County B league high schools go to the post first this week in prep basketball in this area. They have Tuesday games. Talent will meet St. Mary's at Medford, Rogue River will go to Butte Falls and Jacksonville will take a trip to Prospect. On Friday two clubs, current ly unmarred in the B loop, Pros pect and Butte Falls, mix at Prospect. Other games will be St. Mary's at Jacksonville and Rogue River at Talent. Medford vs. Ashland In the Southern Oregon con ference Medford will go back into action Friday as host to Ashland. The two clubs then vie at Ashland on Saturday. Grants Pass and Klamath Falls, tied with Medford for league leadership, vie both nights at Klamath Falls. Eagle Point, unmarred in of ficial Rogue league games, will be host to Phoenix on Friday while Illinois Valley high is at Brookings. IV and Brookings have a non-leaguer at Cave Junction on Saturday with Jack sonville of the B circuit has a non-counter at Eagle Point. Crater draws a Southern Ore gon conference bye and is idle this week. MIBL Quintets Bill 2 Games Two Medford Independent Basketball league tussles are set for this evening at McLoughlin Junior high. Company A of the National Guard and Hawkinson Tire Tread are 7 p.m. rivals and Butte Falls and Prospect are 8:30 p.m. opponents. Billed for the early contest at McLoughlin on Tuesday are Hawkinson's and Lea Motors. Mutual of Omaha and Headquar ters company of the National Guard clash in the second'eon test. Glacier national park has more than 250 lakes. - A Loan? Medical Expenses? To Help Meet A Crisis? LET US HELP YOU! Loans To S1.500 SALARY AUTO FURNITURE Crater Finance CORPORATION Slock Experts Tie On TV Quiz Show New York (U.R) Two stock market experts, separated in age by 67 years, tied Sunday night for $8,000 when they tried to boost their dividends by answer ing questions on finance on "The $64,000 Challenge." They already hold a combined total of $132,000 in quiz show winnings. Leonard Ross, an 11-year-old schoolboy from Tujunga, Calif., challenged 78-year-old Mrs. Alice Morgan, Bristol, R.I., on the CBS-TV quiz show. Ross has previously won $100,000 on NBC-TV's "Big Surprise" and Mrs. Morgan made $32,000 on CBS-TV's "The $64,000 Ques tion." They were required to name four companies which the New York Stock Exchange reported had split their stock in a ratio of five to one in 1956 and to name which two of the four split both their common and prefer red stock. Both said the four companies were the Union Pacific Railroad, U. S. Gypsum Company, Cres cent Oil Corp., and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. They said the two railroads split both common and preferred stock. They will compete next week for $16,000. Wildlife Group Adopts Resolutions Corvallis (U.R) The Ore gon Wildlife Federation ended a three-day meeting here yester day by adopting two resolutions aimed at commercial fishing for steelhead in the Columbia river. One resolution called for a program which would place the steelhead in the category of other game fish in Oregon and limit their harvest to angling methods only. The vote was 48 to 4 in favor. The other, passed unanimous ly, asked the State Fish Commis sion to reconsider its decision of last week and rescind the regulation opening the Colum bia river to a February com mercial fishery. The Oregon Izaak Walton league joined in this resolution. The federation asked the Leg islature to give the Game Com mission authority to set emer gency hunting seasons any time to protect crops. Bruce L. Yeager of Roseburg was reelected president. MORRISON VICTOR Government Camp (U.R) Don Morrison of the Cascade Ski club topped a field of 47 salom skiers yesterday to win the Dooley memorial trophy. SMAR T and BRIGHT! The "1960-REU" PLYMOUTH! With revolutionary new Torsion-Aire ride . . . . . . dramatic Flight-Sweep Styling. The car Visit Our Showroom and examine the New Plymouth from a new angle! We have turned one up on its side so you can see for yourself the full engineering picture of "Torsion-Aire" Ride! . . . And while you are here, treat yourself to a Brand New Driving Thrill . . . take a dem onstration ride in the Amazing "1960 NEW" PLYMOUTH! . . . We Have a Fine Selection Most Models and Colors Right-side-up, and ready for im mediate deliveryl 33 South Riverside DRAGGED ALONG GROUND by high wind, two Marine paratroopers were killed, one injured, during exercises at Camp Pendleton, southern California. (International) Injunction Halts Seattle Picketing Seattle (U.R) Superior Judge George H. Revelle Satur day issued a temporary restrain ing order prohibiting the Interna tional Longshoremen and Ware housemen's Union from picket ing Port of Seattle installations. The port argued that it was a government facility and that the union had no right to strike against it. Union attorneys maintained the port was in competition with private business and that it had the same right to negotiate labor contracts with the port as it did with private industries. Principal issue in the labor dispute is an ILWU demand for a 16-cent hourly wage increase for six warehousemen at the Spokane street cold storage terminal. No ships were tied up by the strike which began Friday. The vessels were rerouted to private piers. Church Groups Meet In Salem This Week Salem (U.PJ The Oregon Council of Churches and the United Church Women of Ore gon both meet here this week. The women's convention runs today and tomorrow while the council meeting starts tomorrow and runs through Thursday. Guest speaker at council meetings will be Dr. Harold A. Bosley, pastor of the First Meth odist church at Evanston, 111. About 50,000 towns and vil lages in the U.S. have no rail outlets and depend entirely on motor transportation. "There's a ( Monday. January 21, 1957 Cold Expected To Continue in Oregon By UNITED PRESS No immediate end to cold weather was seen in Oregon to day. The weather bureau said a storm which brought snow and rain to the state during the week end had moved to the Midwest. Cold air from the interior of western Canada again covered most of the state today. Skies are expected to clear over most of eastern Oregon to night with variable clouds and scattered light snow showers in western Oregon. Bend had the lowest official temperature this morning with a reading of zero. It was 9 above at Baker, 8 above at Redmond, and 7 above at Pendleton. Port land had 23, Medford 31 and North Bend 38. Navy Plane Forced To Land on fern Ridge Lake Eugene (U.R) A twin engine Navy patrol plane made a forced landing Saturday aft ernoon on Fern Ridge lake, 15 miles northwest of Eugene. It made a safe landing in spite of Vi-inch of ice on the lake and a light rain falling. The plane was on a round robin flight from its base at Whidbey Island Naval base, Washington. BEGGING MARCHES ON Tucson, Ariz. (U.R) The art of begging moved into the age of electronics Sunday. Tin- cup in hand; a beggar who is frequently seen on downtown Tuscon streets gave up his harmonica and made music by turning on the tiny transistor radio which hung from his neck on a string. exhilarating sports-car handling . . . new super-safe Total you might have expected in 1960 is here NOWI See It! 31 f i m wsj4. ii misi -wims-t Reason Dick Knight Sells More Plymouths!" KNIGHT DE SOTO-PLYMOUTH DEALER Man Posing as Policeman Abducts Two Portland Girls Portland (U.R) A young man posing as a police officer abducted two young Portland girls late yesterday, then crim inally attacked and beat one of them, police said. State police said the younger of the girls, eight years of age. was spotted by a passerby as she stood at the side of the road after being released. Officers said the girl and her 11-year-old friend were on their way home from a skating rink late yesterday when a man ap proached them and ordered them into his car, telling them he was a policeman. Pulled Girls Iniida When the girls got near the car he pulled them inside, police said, then sped south on High way 99E. The younger girl cried so loudly that the man stopped and released her near the state police barracks before continuing on and attacking the other girl. The 11-year-old said the man blindfolded her with a scarf and left her with a warning not to move for 15 minutes. As soon as her assailant was out of sight Jhe girl ran to the home of Ben Jacobson and he - returned her to her home. State police described the at tack as "one of the worst cases we've ever seen." Atomic Power Plants In Europe Stressed Paris U.R) Robert McKin ney, editor and publisher of The Santa Fe New Mexican, urged Sunday the immediate construc tion of atomic power plants for peaceful uses in Europe as "one of the best instruments" to guar antee peace on that continent. McKinney spoke before the European - U.S. atomic energy course for management, a two phase program for construction of atomic power plants in West ern Europe. The New Mexico editor, who was also chairman of the citi zens panel that reported recently to the U.S. Congress on the peaceful uses of atomic energy, told the Western European in dustrialists: "If atomic power is vigorously exploited in Western Europe, disruption of oil supplies from the Middle East, for whatever reason, political or otherwise, need not cause complete eco nomic havoc." About 600 Americans die of cancer every day. . . . . . frit . l-J i -Triiir-nwuiiM iniTro - J ' tab - a v. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Body of Portland Boy Located in Columbia Portland (U.R) The body of a seven-year-old boy, miss ing from his houseboat home since Thursday, was recovered from the waters of Columbia slough yesterday, only a short distance from his home. A search of the slough had been under way since the disap pearance of Douglas Thompson was reported in fear that he may have stumbled from the gang way leading to his home while returning from school Thursday afternoon. 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