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M5FeSD (OHESOIf) MAIL TRIBUNE Thunday. February 14, 13S7 Record Construction Program Reviewed in PT&T Annual Report Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company spent almost $423 million, or $1.6 million for every working day, for new tele phone plant and additions dur ing 1956, according to J. H. Creager, Medford PT&T man' ager. This figure is a record outlay for single year, Creager said. and topped the 1955 construc- tioiTprogram by more than $122 million. More than 513.000 telephones. rrported as the highest one-year gain ever made, were added in 1956. The company's six-mil lionth telephone was installed last July. At year's end the com pany had over 6'i million phones in Oregon, Washington, California, the northern part of Idaho aid Nevada. Moscow Broadcast jays Ike Doctrine Will Lead To War London (U.R) Moscow Radio said today the Eisenhower Doctrine not only could take the United States to the brink of war "but could tumble it right in, head over heels." In a commentary beamed at North America, Moscow said "conflicting tendencies are at play in Washington between those who want a relaxation of international relations and those who want heir aggravation." It said one side was repesent ed by politicians who stubborn ly oppose cooperation with Rus sia and lose no chance to worsen Soviet-American relations. Dangerous Court "These are the same politi cians who have been rooting all along for the dangerous course of cold war although this course has already demonstrated its in solvency and done the United States no and of - harm," the commentary said. It said the leaders of this group were Secretary of State John Foster Dujles. Senate Re publican Leader William F. Knowlajjd of California, Vice Presidentichard M. Nixon and Sen. Jnsenk McCarthy (R-Wis.V Mosfcbw said implementation of the Eisenhower Doctrine by Congress "will rtlieve Mr. Dul les of the need of making any more admissions about the Un ited States being on the brink of war. For once it is accomp q lished there is nothing for it but to tumble right in head over heels." Legion Oratorical Finals Are Friday Finals of the American Le gion district 13 oratorical con test will be held Friday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. in the library room of Central Point Junior High school. according tn fTnHp RodSey Keating, chairman of the event. Winners of district contests recede a scholarship and will compete in the area finals in Eugene March 1, Keating said. State finals are scheduled March 8 in Portland for winners of area finals. Contestants will talk on the subject of his choice, and each will be required to give an ex temporanious talk on an un known subject taken from the constitution. Judges for the district contest have been selected from South ern Oregon college. District 13 inclines five Am erican Legion posts in Ashland, Medford, Central Point, Grants Pass and ave Junction. Langley Must Submit To Defense Questions Portland W.R) District At torney William Langley must submit to questioning by at torneys for defendants named in his 52 million federal court dam age complaint. A decision by U. S. Judge Wil liam East yesterday set the ques tioning for next Tuesday In his courtroom. Langley's suit was filed against the Oregonian and sev eral individuals in contention that he was deprived of his civil rights. Our rate of earnings in 1956 stayed just about where it was in 1955," President Mark R. Sullivan said. "In fact as the year closed, it was trending downward sharply due to in creased costs, particularly wage increases granted in the last month or two of the year." Earnings per share of com mon stock were listed at $9.57, compared to $9.82 per share in 1955. In terms of return on ave rage invested capital, earnings amounted to 6.46 per cent. Divi dends paid out were $7 per com mon share, or 73-1 per cent of earnings. Revenues for the year topped 1955 by $76 million or 11 per cent. Expenses also increased in about the same proportion, Sulli van noted. Including taxes, ex penses were $66 million more than in 1955. Biggett Expense Wages were "by far the big gest single expense in our bus iness." Sullivan's report showed wages totaled $412 million, or $42 million more than 1955. Addition of 4,877 new employees brought the number on the pay roll to 90,773. Practically all employees received pay in creases, Sullivan said. One major project completed in 1956 was a microwave sys tem between Oakland and Port land that closed the last link in a radio-relay chain from San Diego to Seattle and Spokane. Another was a new coaxial cable between Los Angeles and Oakland. Looking ahead, Sullivan fore cast continued growth for the Pacific west. "By 1966," he pre dicted, "we should be serving at least 1 1 million telephones instead of 6 million. We should have something like $4 to $5 billion worth of plant instead of $2 billion." Friendship Follies Scheduled March 14 The 4-H Friendship Follies will be held at the Medford High school auditorium March 14, the 4-H club council decided this week. Theme of the follies will be a take off on television programs and personalities. Council mem bers said any 4-H clubs wanting to add acts to the program should contact committee mem bers of the follies or 4-H county agents in the extension office in the county courthouse. Committees appointed include publicity, Susan Palm, Eagle Point; Sharon Coffman, Central Point, and Cathy Carroll, Eagle Point; tickets, Philip Krouse, Ap- plegate; stage and props, Don Smith, Medford, and Fred Jossy, Antelope: sound and lighting, Jerome Peterson, Medford, and John Ramsey, Ruch; and pro grams, Joan Dobrot, Central Point. Auditions will be held March 2, officials said. Time and place will be announced. Vancouver Shipyard May Build Tankers Portland (U.R) The Mari time Administration's large Van couver. Wash., shipyard may be reopened for the construction of large tankers. Spokesmen for the Willamette Iron and Steel Company here and Kaiser Engineers, Oakland, Calif., confirmed yesterday that their firms are studying the pos sibility of reopening the yard. Earl M. Jennett, general man ager of Willamette Iron and Steel, said the study has been made on the possibility of buil ding two shipways and possible outfitting of the ships at the Vancouver outfitting dock. He said that the Guy F. Atkin son company, parent firm of his company, has been negotiating with the Maritime Administra tion for operation of the ship yard. Prince Rainier Frees Misdemeanor Inmates Monaco (U.PJ In honor of his newborn daughter. Prince Rainier announced a full amnesty Wednesday for all Monegasques jailed for mis demeanors. No one benefited from the amnesty, because there were no petty offenders in jail. So two longer term prisoners had two to three months cut from their sentences. Contraband Drugs Suspected in Prison Salem (U.R) Warden Clar ence Gladden said yesterday that contraband drugs may have been smuggled into the state penitentiary in hog fuel ship ments. Gladden testified before a Joint Ways and Means subcom mittee considering the peniten tiary budget request of 54,057, 288 for the 1957-59 biennium. The warden said he believed switch-over from hog fuel to oil or natural gas at the peni teniary's new power plant would save a lot of trouble. "We have had more trouble in the hog fuel area of the prison than in most other parts of the plant," he said. Gladden said in cluded in contraband drugs that might have been brought into the prison yard in hog fuel trucks were 1200 grams of op ium and a large quantity of benzedrine. IM NOW IS THE TIME TO GET READY FOR SPRING ?fAR it nil 5 Box Kites 29' Si Plastic Kite 39' vim DO Y Thrift Dept. 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