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A e s Assassin s roor Aim Saves Frank Costello In New York Shooting New York U.R) Gambler Frank Costello, nursing a minor scalp wound, owed his life today to a would-be assassin's poor aim. Costello's luck, which hasn't been so good since he was the reluctant star witness of the Senate Crime Investigating Sub committee in 1951, held fast Thursday night and a bullet fired by a gunman at his home only creased his scalp. He walked out of the hospital only a few hours later. Mark of Gangland Plan The 66-year-old gambler ap parently was the mark for a well-planned gangland assassi nation. He was shot in the back of the head as he entered the lobby of the plush apartment building where he lives. The gunman, who was clearly seen by the doorman, an ele vator operator and a companion of Costello, was described as a heavyset man about six feet tall, wearing a dark suit and black hat. He fired one shot at Cos tello from behind, waved his gun menacingly at the doorman, Nor vel Keith, and then ran to a wait ing black Cadillac which roared off with him. The light which normally illuminates the get away car's license plate was dimmed. Costello was described as an international rackets boss when the Kefauver committee brought him before the television cam eras in 1951. When the'questions became too pressing for Cos tello's comfort he walked out of the hearings, pleading a sore throat. Sentenced To Prison The committee then slapped him with a contempt charge and he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. He served a year and then was released. In May of 1954, Costello, born Francesco Castiglia in southern Italy was convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined $20,000. Last March he was re leased, after serving 11 months, on a Supreme Court decision to Is That So? B? EUGENE BURNS . Ranger-Naturalist How often have you heard the expression: "What a bird-like appetite!" If you mean the person is a dainty eater who consumes a tiny amount of food, brother, you're in for a jolt. Of warm-blooded a n 1 m a Is, birds are far the heartiest of all eaters. Did I say hearty? I meant tremendous. An albatross will eat so much that it cannot rise off the water. I 1 i A condor will gorge until it be comes so heavy and stupid it cannot fly away. A pelican can eat enough fish to make a meal for five grown men from 6-8 pounds. A robin often eats its weight of worms within 8 hours. And even the tiniest of birds, and warm-blooded animals the hummingbird can eat twice its own weight in granulated sugar in a day. As for the run of song birds, they will eat from 20 to 60 per cent of their own weight in a day. This extraordinary consump tion of food is necessary because of the bird's , intense life, un matched by backboned creatures with the possible exception of the tiny shrew. Circulation Rapid With it, birds' temperatures run from 103-110 degrees and their circulation is very rapid propelled by a pulse which may exceed 750 heart beats a minute. To take care of the rapid change of food into fuel, their blood contains many more corpuscles per ounce than any other animal. This intense existence calls for an incredibly rapid digestion. A bohemian waxwing passed 900 juniper berries through its di gestive tract within 6 hours. An owl took but IY2 hours to digest fully two English sparrows casting off pellets of indigestible feathers and bones. And in the same time, 1V2 hours, a young buzzard ate and completely di gested a 3V4 foot snake. Now, what was that again about a "bird-like appetite? (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) free: By special arrange ment with the editors of the Encyclopedia A m e r i cana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature ad venture, best nature observation, or the be3t question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous reference work in a handsome Sealcraft binding.' Each week new submissions will be consid ered. Sorry I simply can't an swer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, S a u s a lito, Calif. Wilson's Fears Called Groundless Washington (UP.) High-rank-1 ing administration officials today called "groundless" Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson's fears that the government will end this year in the red. They said they expect savings in several government depart ments and agencies to offset in creased military spending. At the moment, they said, they see no reason why the government will not end this fiscal year June 30 with a surplus close to the Sl,700,000,000 President Eisen hower forecast last January. Wilson told reporters Thurs day that the Budget Bureau and Treasury Department are "wor ried about our increase" in spending. He said they fear the increased spending might unbal ance the budget for fiscal 1957. Because of increased costs, the Defense Department expects to spend some Sl.400,000,000 more than its S3 6 billion budget. This would cut the surplus to a slim $300 million. But one of the administration's top budgeteers said savings in mutual security spending, the bank, the federal national mort gage association and various other agencies would about off set the higher military costs. Texas Flood Waters Recede By UNITED PRESS Flood waters receded in Texas today despite continued rains over much of the Gulf region and the southeastern states. The raging Sabine river sent its flood crest surging toward ine sman community 01 uewey- 1 ville, Tex., about 40 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. But else where in the state, rivers were returning to their banks and evacuees to their homes. The prolonged weather dis turbance in the Gulf Coast brought rains as far inland as Oklahoma and Kansas. Scattered thunderstorms swept from cen tral Texas along the coast to Florida. A cool air mass over the north eastern quarter of the nation ex tended into Kentucky and North Carolina and sent temperatures plunging into the' 30s from the Great Lakes to New England. Cooler air also pushed into the Northwest, touching off showers from the Pacific Coast Friday, Mar 3, 1SS7 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE review the sentence. Last year, Costello defeated a government move to revoke his 1 citizenship and deport him. Hei has been ill since. 1 Jiffy Pickup Tops Special Sole Free Installation Medford Auto Upholstery 4th & Central Ph. 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