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V c V ir tl st fc se ri4 o P E: H Lt D So WJ lie da nil ch thi liq po DC fin tri roJ 71. 16! we cor HA Jockey Who Won $96,000 on Quiz Shows Now Broke But Not Worried Cdiiar's note: This is the oBk4 im a series of thiee evfeicfes on the incredible life tf jockey Billy Pearson who &aa. $96,000 on quiz shows Sub ibaa six months ago and 90 if at broke. By HAL WOOD Veited Press Correspondent San Mateo, Calif. OJ.PJ "I'm broke, sone broke," groaned little Billy Pearson as he rolled out 0 bed, holding his head in his hands because of a hang over. "But I'm not worried. I've made $100,000 or more at vari ous times in the past and I'll do it again. ' In fact, I wish I had a quarter for every time I've been broke. I'd be able to retire." This is the same Billy Pear son, the personable little jockey who won 596,000 on quiz pro grams less than six months ago and won the hearts of America with his knowledge of art. Sasy Money How could the little fellow spend that much money, more than many people make in a life span, in such a short while? Most Americans in Iran Feel Risk Assumed Outweighed by Work Editors: The following story on ti:e United States Technical Assist ance Program in Iran was written for United Press by the program's director Clark s. Gregory of Saint Johns, Michigan. He had just re (uraed from directing the search for Mrs. Anita Carroll, who with her husband,. Kevin, Brewster Wil son and two Irian employees was killed by Baluchistan bandits. By CLARKE S. GREGORY Wriltem for United Press Tehran U.R) Two Iran ians and three Americans were killed in the recent tragedy in Baluchistan. It is true that American per sonnel of the U.S. Technical As sistance Program assume certain occupational hazards in a less 8?veloped country such as Iran. But most Americans feel the risks assumed are more than off ftt by the satisfaction of work gell ctone. Wore than 90 per cent ask to tfcturn to Iran for a second tour. Dtey do not fear the physical Steiger and will state freely Pbre is no more danger in Iran in other countries wnere cme United States provides Jahnical assistance. it is the fear of people who Iuv never been to Iran" and gptao neither know the country ser its hospitable people that 3Bkes it difficult for the United States government to recruit technical and other personnel to wbsndle the vital task of aiding 9fcan's development as a strong attend and ally. Back Stairs: Hagerty Seen By MERRIMAN SMITH Press White House Writer Washington (U.R) Eack tfairs a$ the White House: 'Speee Secretary James C. Hag erty ns to be easing up a bit in his policy covering publi city about President Eisenhow er's -domestic and personal staff. Not too long ago Hagerty was dead set against letting report ers have any access whatever to members of the staff. But recently he has approved inter views and magazine articles in volving some of the lesser known White House personnel. Robert Redmond, the White House gardener, is a recent case in point. A year or so ago, Hag erty refused to let anyone inter view Redmond, but the garden er has figured prominently in two -magazine articles in recent weeks. Magazine, Newspaper Writer Dies in N.Y. New York U.PJ Alice Rohe, well-known newspaper and magazine writer, died Sun day after a brief illness. Miss Rohe was bureau chief In Rome for the United Press in 1914, the first woman to hold such a position with an interna tional news organization. She also was the first woman to in terview Benito Mussolini after his rise to power in Italy. A native of Lawrence, Kan., and graduate of the University of Kansas, Miss Rohe began her career on the old Kansas City World and also did feature writ ing for the Kansas City Star. Fire Kills Woman Af Home in Rainier Rainier U.P.) Mrs. Mamie Robbin.s 66, '-burned to death early Sunday when fire destroy ed a frame home near here. Her husband, Chester Robbins, 73. suffered burns and cuts when he broke a bedroom window in a futile rescue attempt. He and a grandson, Melvin, 14,.were sleep ing in a front bedroom when the fire started, apparently from an overheated oil stove. Robbins went around the house and tried to get his wife out of the back bedroom but was unable to climb through the high window to rescue her. "It was easy," he laughed. "Uncle Sam took about half, and I spent the rest on high living. Besides, I had acquired a lot of experience in the past on how to spend money." So this is the story of William Pearson, the 36-year-old racing rider who makes and spends money as though it was going out of style. Married to a beautiful Span ish girl for 12 years, Billy has toured the world riding at every conceivable type of race track, and gambling where he could. "When I say I'm broke," he smiled, "I mean as far as cash goes. I've got between S150.000 and S200.000 worth of art in my La Jolla, Calif., home. Of course, I'll never sell that un less we are starving." Back on the Ponies Did he buy the home after he won the $96,000? "Yep," he snapped. "But I didn't pay cash. Just made a down payment. I'm making monthly payments like every body else." Pearson, right now, is back at Bay Meadows race track look We want people with a pio- neering spirit. Tney are pioneer ing in a new land where the op portunities and needs are great to help Iran develop itself. We have had difficulties in staffing certain field positions because of their isolation and lack of comforts, social life and schools. It's not a comfortable life and our people must be dedi cated to their task. Huge Program The U.S. Technical Assistance Program in Iran is one of the largest in the world. It could not be operated if the advisers were confined to Tehran. We have more American per sonnel working on technical and development projects than in any other country 270. All work closely with Iran techni cians and officials as advisers and teachers, since the programs are really one of cooperation. We are helping make better friends and strong and pros perous allies with the same re spect for freedom as we have in America. The United 'States has spent $105,826,000 in the last six years for. technical and development work in Iran. This aid has been a vital factor, in assisting Iran to attain political stability. Since the fall of former premier Mo hammed Mossadegh, Iran is solving its oil problem and is in the Badhdad Pact and in a firm Early spring brings thousands of visitors to Washington and a boom for sidewalk photograph ers in front of the White House. These lensmen have a cute trick designed to save film. They rarely make an actual exposure when they first snap a tourist, but instead click a pen cil or coin against the side of the camera to simulate the sound of a shutter. If the tourist indi cates an interest in buying a picture, the photographer sug gests "shooting another one" with the White House in the background. Another sign of spring is the heavy flow of college students who, through their senators or congressmen, arrange audiences with key members of the White Rattlesnake Hunters Probe for Reptiles Okeene, Okla. (U.R) More than 500 heavily clothed adven turers poked through the hills around Okeene Sunday with forked sticks in the annual dis turbance of the local rattlesnake population. Neither cold weather nor ap proaching snow could deter the International Association of Rat tlesnake Hunters in their annual foray into the Gypsum Hills of Salt Creek Canyon. The hunters got 987 snakes. The snakes got one hunter, Eldon Buddy Martin, 17, of Okeene, who was expected to recover fully. Some 18,000 rattlesnake fans showed up for the hunt, of whom 527 were registered hunters. Six teen states and Switzerland were represented. The total of 957 snakes hauled in weighed approximately 1,500 pounds. "Last year, during warm weather, about 2,500 were caught. START SAVING NOW MARKET 1202 North RivOrrida OPEN EVERY NIGHT TIL MIDNIGHT A ing for mounts to ride at S35 each. He doesn't expect to get rich again riding the ponies. In fact, he never did get rich that way. He is a good jockey, but he would be the first to admit he doesn't rate in the class with Eddie Arcaro, Johnny Longden or Willie Shoemaker. "I'm back here because this is my business," he says. "I like the thrill of riding. And I like the people in the race track busi ness." The $35 per mount is strictly chicken feed for Billy. He spends that kind of money on tips. Bum Tips In fact, just the other night he spent what he said was his "last hundred dollars" entertain ing his friend, Jockey Ralph Neves. "Ralph was to ride a horse named Heller the next day," he said. "So I thought if I wined and dined him, he might give me a tip on the horse. He told me Heller didn't have a chance. And you know what happened, of course. Heller won going away. It just proved you can't trust your friends." alliance with the West. The basic assistance programs have been to establish demon stration projects requested by Iran in various fields, plus train ing Iranians and finally inter gration of work-trained person nel into the ministries. Thus the training is passed on to others and becomes of lasting value to Iran and her people. At the same time we have tried to instill in the Iranians the value of mutual cooperation and trust which is essential in any develop ment program. The Iranians have accepted this and in the past three years more than 12,000 villages have been developed cooperative "do it yourself" programs for village improvement ranging from safe water supply to road building. Disease Rate Down These first demonstrations re sulted in the reduction of ma laria from as high as 90 per cent in some areas to 2 or 3 per cent. and in improved education and agricultural production in many crops. They now have been in tegrated into the regular work of the Iranian government. Due to the initial successes which were largely a product of the zeal and untiring efforts of workers like Carroll and wu son, the Iran government has taken action in many fields and asked us for advisers. Iranians are now taking over. Easing Up House staff, Hagerty, for example, has been seeing two and three groups of college students daily. He makes a few advance remarks, then submits himself to ques tioning. Hagerty says the ques tions put by students frequently are tougher than those of pro fessional reporters, Most of the students are more interested in foreign policy than any bther aspect of government. For the young men, this may reflect an underlying interest in the draft and how 'the world picture may affect their chances of going into service without completing their education If ever there was an example of safe and slow, and boring, auto travel it was the Presi dent's motorcade to Gettysburg last Friday. His driver stayed within the speed limits like a man with out-of-date license tags. The Montgomery county (Md.) police, who a week earlier had slowed reporters from 70 mph to the legal 55 mile limit, were not in very much evidence Fri day. eft a tret m BILLS? $T One Trip t LOANS Borrow The American Way! LOANS S25 to S1.500 AUTO SALARY FURNITURE For Any Worthwhile Purpose PAYMENTS TO FIT YOUR BUDGET! American Finance Corp. Phone 2-8886 123 W. Main Medford All southwest Washington will have reason to join in the Mason County Forest Festival's 13th annual celebration this year. Once more the Shelton schools will present an outdoor pageant of forestry progress, on a mam moth scale. The dates of the evening per formances are May 23 and 24. And on Saturday, the 25th, a pa rade with features from five counties, portraying the present and visualizing the future of the region's forest industry, will stomp, rock and roll through Shelton town. Mason county people will also be celebrating the 10th anniver sary of the Shelton Cooperative Sustained Yield Forests, in which Simpson Logging com pany and the U. S. forest serv ice are a giant team. Eastern Grays Harbor county has a share in this, too. The big news of the season is that the allowable annual cut on the area of cooperation the "Shel ton -Working Circle" has been increased from 100,000,000 board feet to 135,000,000 board feet. 400 More Jobs An addition of 400 jobs to for est industry employment within the working circle is a possi bility, with 35 per cent more wood for manufacturing uses. However, officials have empha sized that the national market demand for forest products must take a long swing upward before a substantial increase in produc tion can be justified. 1 The prospects are fair, despite the hangup of home building and the tightness of mortgage money. The competition is. ex panding, of course north, south, east and at home in the North west. There's the big new saw mill on Willapa Harbor, and the new pulp mill on Grays Harbor, among many new developments of the kind. No well informed forester of today fears for future log supply. The raw material for lumber, plywood and pulp is growing aboundantly nation wide. On national and state forests iliilliiliiiillll Pass-power octanes in powerful gasoline combined with MCu chemical additives give 1957 Mobilgas Special the power boost that ups mileage, too! WOFTHl7oWSi S?01H STEVENS in the comraercial category na ture is growing wood at a rate that amazes. The allowable cut is being increased on those areas of which the Olympic National forest is one. Records of growth on the Washington State Sustained Yield Forest No. 1 are "almost unbelievable," according to the managing forester, T. S. Good year. On a 60-year basis, the al lowable cut has been held to 90, 000,000 board feet per year for the commercial forest of 185,- 274 acres of state-owned land. The rate of growth has been 2, 215 board feet per acre on well stocked areas more than dou ble the old estimated potential growth rate of 1,100 board feet per acre. Bumper Harvest The trouble we now face is the one that the major prophet of American forestrv. W. B. Greeley, warned us on again and again, for 40 years. The danger' he said, many times, was that of increasing tree crops and har vests nation-wide, without at the same time securing the mar kets for bumper log and lumber harvests. Now this is a very real prob lem facing the Simpson Logging company in relation to the in creased allowable cut in the Shelton Working Circle. Where are the markets for increased production? A mighty West Coast lumber salesman has pointed out that if modern forestry practices had been in force in the Lake State pineries all the way through, from 1860, lumber from the West Coast would have had lit tle luck in competition for the Midwest and Eastern markets. But fire ran free for scores of years in the Midwest Pines. Kill ing new growth, it cleared much heavy competition out of the ma jor markets for Oregon and Washington lumber. But now the pines are growing like crazy from Thunder Bay to Thief Riv er Falls! All Denmark is now covered by a television network. y with pass-power octanes is a new high-hbrsepower cars, Monday, April 8, 1957 Oakland Teamsters Oppose Beck's Choice Oakland. Calif. OJ.P.) Some 5,000 members of Team ster local 70 Sunday appointed union business agent William Ca bral to oppose a Dave Beck ap pointed secretary treasurer in the local's forthcoming elections. The election, to be held in May, is the first in over six years. The local was put under trusteeship in 1949 by Beck, the union's international president, when one of the officers was ac cused of embezzlement. Cabral opposes Frank DeMar tini, the present secretary treas urer. William Simpson, an Oakland truck driver and William Rod gers, a former trustee of the local who was allegedly fired last year by trustee William J. Conboy, will oppose each other for president. SHE HAD TO SEE Glasgow, Scotland (U.P.) Curious public utility inspectors who tried to find out why elder ly Mrs. Chrystal of Inverboyndie used only six cents worth of electricity in three months re- ported today she uses the electric light only at dusk so she can see to light her oil lamps. There are 86 national monu ments in the U. S. 210 fuel for today9! FEEL IT PERFORM . . . CLEAN, QUICK GETAWAY. . . SAFE PASSING ON HIGH SPEED HIGHWAYS. TODAY'S HIGH HORSEPOWER CARS GIVE EXTRA MILEAGE AND SMOOTH, KNOCK FREE POWER WITH THE SUPER-FUEL-1957 MOBILGAS SPECIAL. Here's how we learned to make the superfud 1957 Mobilgas Special: in grueling engine competitions throughout the world, including Indianapolis, Pikes Peak and Bonneville Salt Flats, Mobil racing fuel has been the choice of racing champions as they hung up every major performance record. Out of this know-how comes 1957 Mobilgas Speciala true superfueL Stock Car Crash Kills Crawley, La. 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