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Bock Stairs: Owls at the White House By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press While House Writer Newport, R.I. IP Back stairs at the -vacation White House: President and Mrs. Eisenhower got away from Washington just in time. The owls were begin ning to close in on the White House. A few days before the first family flew to Newport, several white owls commenced nightly raids on birds and small ani mals in the vicinity of the exec utive mansion. The owls seemed to be based in the eaves of the old State De partment building and emerged only at dusk, usually about 8 o'clock. Their presence has one good aspect. Favorite target for the owls seems to be the company of black starlings that meet in the late afternoon and early evening in the trees bordering the White House grounds and along convenient perches pro vided by the many nooks and crannies of the old state buildings. The city fathers of Newport would be well advised not to push their civic pride so much that they attempt to pin down the President on how he likes New England lobster. He likes it; it doesn't like him. A couple of years ago in Maine, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith arranged an elaborate lobster and clam supper for the President and his touring party. SAVE Im ORE TnMuv HALF a a WITH A KEGOfoDITIOfJED HASHE m You save more than washing time with a reconditioned late -model automatic washer from the Bargain Store. You save at least half the cost of a new Automatic, and that's an important sav ing these days. Save worrying about buying a used appli ance, too. Every sale at the "B" Store is backed by HOME APPLIANCE'S Fair Value Money-Back Guarantee. It's up to you: YOU Must Be Satisfied or Your Money Back. Free Delivery and Installation, too. Enjoy truly un-matched convenience and save important money at the same time. Whatever your choice -a money-saving reconditioned automatic. Or a' brand new '57 at reduced prices-you'll find it first at the "B" Store . . . Terms quickly ar ranged to fit your requirements. RANGE MEASURING GLASS AND QUILTED POT HOLDER . . . DROP BY TOMORROW AND GET YOURS! Bargain store 303 SOUTH FRONT STREET But Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder, the White House physi cian, found out about the menu and forwarded a tactful sugges tion that the President would prefer steak. Most shellfish pro duce undesired reaction in Ei senhower. The Maine lobster feast that turned into a steak fry for the President came to mind a few days ago when the White House began to receive numerous res taurant menus and letters from Rhode Island culinary experts, forecasting how much the Presi dent -would enjoy their lobster. The President's announced in tention to fly back to Washing ton occasionally for important conferences may be due in part to a desire to avoid engulfing his vacation set-up with business visitors. Even Cabinet members have a weakness about showing up at presidential vacation headquar ters at times when their business really isn't of world-shaking im portance. As long as it is known that Eisenhower will be back in Washington periodically, at least for several hours each visit, it will cut down on the necessity of members of the government flocking to Newport. One of Press Secretary Jim Hagerty's most pressing head aches these days is how to ar range press and picture coverage of the October visit of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain without having mob scenes that might prove wearing on the dainty monarch. There will be times during the royal visit when coverage will have to be . reduced to a virtual pool-reporter basis because the Queen will be on display in areas so small that unlimited numbers of reporters and pho tographers would be out of the question. Sales and Earnings May Rise or Hold During Second Half Syrian Speakers Denounce America Damascus, Spria (IP) Speak ers screamed anti-American in vective to a cheering crowd of 1,500 Wednesday night in the first public demonstration per mitted since the U. S. was ac cused of "plotting" against Syria. Police broke up an attempt by the demonstrators to stage an anti-American parade through the city. The raucous, 75-m I n u t e demonstration was held in Dam ascus' Kurdish quarter, whose people elected the only avowed Communist member of Syria's Parliament. The pro-Communist organ Al Nur was the only pub lication in Damascus that report ed plans for the demonstration. The narrow, mud-walled streets of the quarter were festo oned for the occasion with ban ners denouncing "American im perialist conspiracies" and urg ing support of Syria's Soviet equipped army. Youth Pedals 2,500, Miles To College Grand Rapids, Mich. (IP) Bernie Oordt, 17, Lynden, Wash., was ready to begin his studies today at Calvin College after pedaling 2,500 miles across 10 states to enroll as a freshman. The well-tanned youth said he made the trip "to see the coun try more leisurely." He left his farm home near Lynden July 31 -and spent 26 days on the road. He did not pedal on Sundays. Oordt's trip took him across highways in Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. The blond cyclist said the en tire trip cost him only $40, in cluding payments for the repair of two blowouts and a front wheel bearing. Bernie has a brother, Mart, who enrolled as a sophomore at Calvin. Mart came by car. Jet Plane Blamed For Portland Noise Portland OP). An F-102 jet was blamed Wednesday for the explosive noise over Port land Tuesday. In a prepared statement from McChorcT Field,. Wash., the pub lic information officer said that the noise was caused from the plane passing through the sound barrier, presumably at a lower altitude than regulations spe cify. Pilots are subject to disciplin ary action for violating Air Force regulations, the public in formation officer said. Air Force regulations specify that planes should not pass through the sound barrier over land at an altitude below 30,000 feet. Steps were being taken to see that the incident does, not occur again, officials said. Anchorage, Alaska TO The ashes of Lorenz Peter Freuchen, 72, well known Arctic explorer who died here Monday, will be dropped next week over Thule, Greenland, the land he called "The End of the World." Br ELMER C. WALZER United Press Financial Editor New York (IP) A sampling of opinion of business execu tives reveals that a majority ex pects sales and earnings for the second haif to rise or hold steady. This was brought out in a sur vey made by Sidney B. Lurie, research expert for Josephthal & Co., of 125 companies. Of these 63 per cent looked for higher sales and 57 per cent for higher earnings in the sec ond half. Ten per cent looked for lower sales and 27 per cent thought sales would be un changed. Twenty six per cent looked for lower profits and 17 per cent held that the profit figure would be unchanged. Profit Margins Second half capital expendi tures centered on reductions with 47 per cent looking for that trend while 24 per cent said they would be higher and 29 per cent unchanged. Of the group, 59 per cent said they were more concerned with profit margins in relation tc the first six months while 10 per cent were less concerned and 31 per cent reported no change. Lurie said best comparisons apparently will be recorded by the container, department store, Engineers Due Increase in Wages Chicago (IP) The Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers Wednesday night announced the signing of a sup plemental agreemet with the nation's railroads providing for wage boosts for engineers. B. L. Gilbert, international president of the brotherhood, said the new pact supplements a three-year contract signed with the carriers last Noverber. The previous contact included a $2.12 across the board in crease and a cost of living clause under which five-day employees received $2.40. Under the supplemental pact, an increase of 50 cent per day was made retroactive to Nov. 1, 1956. The settlement also gives an additional 49 cents per day to en gineers in yard service on a five-day week over the life of the life of the contract, Gilbert said. Yard engineers on a six or seven day week will receive 31 cents per day additional, though freight engineers 38 cents per 100 miles and passenger engine ers 6 cents per 100 miles, he said. United Nations, N.Y. TO Three postage stamp designers have accepted an mvitation to design United Nations stamps to be issued in 1958, the U.N. postal administration announced today. They are Minoru Hisano, of Ja pan; S. L. Hartz, of the Netherr lands, and Renato Ferrini, of Italy. drug, electrical equipment, of fice equipment, petroleum, tele vision and tobacco industries. He finds the steel industry seemingly less concerned about profit margins than many other businesses. And if the chemical and oil industries are a criterion, the coming slow down in capital spending will not be drastic. He was surprised to find a number of building companies expecting to do relatively well in the second half, which, he says, points up a possible area of stabilization in 1958. Conclusions From his survey, Lurie draws the following conclusions: "Although business will be better in the fall, aggregate fourth quarter output will be below the artificially high like 1956 quarter. "The misgivings with respect to the outlook relate more to this winter and next spring than today. This is when the next dis illusionment can occur - if con sumer buying falters, if the debits accelerate. "The possibility of a new, im portant upturn centers around the second half of 1958. By then, defense spending will be in creasing, road building will be gaining momentum, there is a possibility of tax relief, and our credit policy may be changed." About the market he looks for a "flat" period in which the outlook is reappraised and hew evidence awaited. Selectivity is king, Lurie concludes. Thursday, September 5, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Population Basis For Flu Vaccine Washington - TO The six manufacturers of Asian flu vac cine have agreed to distribute vaccine supplies to the states on a population basis. The Public Health Service an nounced Wednesday night the manufacturers accepted the dis tribution plan proposed several weeks ago by Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney. The service also endorsed a proposal by state health officers to have states and communities create advisory committees to draw up priority plans for in oculations. Dr. W. Palmer Dearing, act ing head of the Health Service, said the PHS allocation system is "the most equitable way of distributing the vaccine geogra phically." "Any one part of the nation is as vulnerable as another to a possible i n f luenza epidemic," Dearing said. The plan could be dropped when vaccine supplies begin to catch up with demand, he added. 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