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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, October 29. 1957 disced in Senate Elimination Property Intro ,1 it . " . -4hKtriSkf.s-XLt.- - lwj- jit a J lar..,'. - SOARING INTO SPACE more than 4,000 miles, a U. S. Air Force rocket is pictured as it starts its historic flight, higher than any other man-made object, from a balloon at Eni wetok atoll Left, rocket flames start beneath the balloon; middle, rocket is inside balloon; right it is above balloon and on its way to outer space. (International Soundphoto) Back Stairs: Queen's Lasting By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press White House Writer Washington CP) Back stairs at the White House Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip made a lasting impression on the White House A truck that came to pick up their baggage the night they de parted banged into the large metal canopy over the entrance to the White House office wing and buckled it noticeably The canopy is still twisted at an angle, its supporting steel rods bent. There is a split down the center and a quite noticeable accordion pleat in part of the "roof. One observer said It would seem that the British weren't satisfied with burning the White House in 1814 they're trying to knock it down. But the truth is that the of fending truck belonged to the United States Army! State Department protocol chief, Wiley T. Buchanan Jr. wore a worried look last Friday when, in an obvious flutter, he raced through the West Execu tive ave. entrance to the White House. Buchanan Is a gear for pro priety, formality, dignity and punctuality. In fact, he carries himself with more regality than many of the diplomats and for eign "leaders he presents to Presi dent Eisenhower. One reason for his worried look may have been that he was late for the White House arrival of Paul Henry Spaak. the secre tary general of NATO. If Buchanan looked back to the record of some of his prede cessors Buchanan might not wor ry so much about the preserva tion of starchy formality. George Summerlin, who re tired years ago, was one of the most famous protocol officers in history, and one of the most ac complished. George could pre sent a queen to the President with flourish and aplomb seldom matched. Then he would walk to the side of the room, fish out a bag of Bull Durham from his tail coat and roll a cigarette in cowboy style without spilling a flake of tobacco. Stanley Woodward, the proto col chief during the Truman ad ministration, at one time was probably about as stiff as Bu chanan. But under Harry Tru man's influence, he became a study in proper but quite easy going manners. He even learned to take a straight shot of bour bon out of a jelly glass. It probably never will be an nounced, but it won't be denied .when Buchanan gave the heave-ho to his hard-working deputy. Victor Purse, he fired a man who was and still is highly popular around the White House. Press Secretary James C. Hag- Paisley Killer Gels Life Term Lakeview, Ore. CPi Jesse Thurman Hibdon. 30, of Merced, Calif., began serving a life sen tence in Oregon State prison to day for the gunshot killing of a town marshal during a holdup at Paislev. Ore. Hibdon was found guilty of shooting to death John T. Law son, 60, acting town marshal, while trying to rob the Paisley nost office in Oct. 10. Circuit Judge Charles Foster imposed a life sentence when Hibdon appeared in his court room Monday. Hibdon's attorney. Robert Welch said Hibdon could be pa roled after serving 7,2 years. However, Hibdon faces charges of armed robbery at McCloud. Calif., and federal charges for robbing the Paisley post office. Appearing in court with Hib don was Donald Ferguson, 32, of Bakersfield, Calif., his al leged partner in the holdup. Ferguson asked the court to appoint an attorney for him be cause he has no. money. Foster designated Welch as his attor ney. Ferguson will apear in court Wednesday P . r ' If ' ' 1! it - 1? 1 - f 4 If ' " minTi '-..Zti.-.Kj.. erty has no intention of sticking his White House ear into the State Department family squab ble between Buchanan and Purse. But he makes no secret of the fact that he considers Purse a good, personal friend. Purse, according to White House gossip, earned Buchanan's dislike because "Vic" was con sulted more and more on ar rangements for high-ranking for eign visitors. Around the White House, they have rather firm reason to believe that Buchanan had known for some time that Purse wanted to leave protocol fc The Hollywood Scene Hollywood (IP) Movie stu dios have had singular lack of success at turning out top-rated TV shows. The switch from widescreen to micro -wave seems too tough for the big fellows to han dle. Now, how ever, Warner B r o thers an- Vernon Scott nounces a ma jor expansion program to gear itself to the demands of video. Westerns have been the key to success for the giant studio. Its three hour-long horse operas "Cheyenne," Maverick and "Sugarfoot" have inspired the moguls to spawn still another oat oper, "Colt .45," a half-hour series. Horror Epic Next Next in sight is a horror epic titled "House of Wax," sched uled to go on the air next year. Up to now the majority of Warners' 21 huge sound stages have been empty. On an aver age, only three pictures are shooting on the lot at any given time. But television, the upstart in- Boy Seoul Group Aided by Crusade The Crater Lake council of the Boy Scouts, which supports cubs, scouts' and explorers, is another of the 25 agencies in the Medford area which receive all or part of the supporting funds through the efforts of the United Medford Crusade. The program is divided into the three phases of instruction according to the boy's ages. Cubs are boys eight through 10 years, scouts 11 through 14 years and explorers 14 years and older. The Cub Scout program cen ters about a weekly den meet ing which is made of a neigh borhood group and watched over by a den mother. They hold a meeting once each month termed a pack meeting at which the boys show projects, present skits and receive awards before their parents The Boy Scouts take part in out-of-doors programs and meet once weekly with a local group called a patrol and once per month as a troop when all pa trols meet together. The boys are under the leadership of a boy leader under the Boy Scouts program. The Explorer Scout is under the guidance of a skilled man. The boy learns to plan, build and see the results of his own program. Explorers participate in four types of activities inclu ding outdoor, social, service and vocational. The money received from the Crater Lake council goes to towards paying the salary of professional scout leaders, to conduct training for the boys' leaders, to make literature avail able, for operation of the coun cil office and to operate a sum mer camp. The boys scouts are now in the middle of a four-year pro gram named "Onward for God and My Country". The program places emphasis on the boys be ing prepared physical, skill, spirit, will and as a member of a team so they may achieve the skill of working and living in a democracy. 4r & ii 31 Impression work and return to his previous State Department field of per sonnel and congressional liaison. Purse was removed from his post not too many minutes after Buchanan watched from the ground as Purse alighted from the presidential plane, Colum bine III, after a flight from New York. Buchanan made the same trip the night before by commercial aircraft. He could have traveled aboard the President's plane if he had asked. Purse didn't ask. He was invited. By VERNON SCOTT United Press Writer dustry that wrecked the box office in the first place, is giv ing new life to the old lot. Says company president Jack L. Warner, "possibilities for television motion pictures are limitless, and Warner Brothers is prepared to meet their maxi mum potenial." To back up his words, Warn er is building a new million do 1 1 a r television operations building on the lot. He also revealed a TV detec tive 'series is coming up. For the first time in Cinema City history a major studio is turning out more celluloid for TV than for popcorn palaces. Initial Breakthrough This is the initial break through by a studio in the TV field. Three years ago 20th Century-Fox and Metro-Goldwn-Mayer invaded the electronic medium with promies of "ma jor league" entertainment. They flopped. Other studios stood by watching cautiously. Surprisingly, Warners did not depend on established stars to carry the TV load instead they called on newcomers to tote the six-guns. Clint Kalker ('Cheyenne"), James Garner ("Maverick"), Will Hutchins ("Sugarfoot") and Wayde Pres ton ("Colt .45" are foreign names to theater marquees. A reverse twist may be em ployed. These new-found TV stars may soon be starring in feature length movies. Thanks to the western, movies are getting back in the saddle, and it looks as if Warner Broth ers was the fastest on the draw. Satellite Rocket To Be Seen in December Cambridge, Mass. (IP) Near ly everyone on the face of the earth should be able to see the Russian satellite rocket in early December, an astronomer said today. The rocket's orbit will lie in the twilight band of the earth during these days and will be "highly visible" between Dec. 1 and 3, Karl S. Henice said. Henice, senior astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, said the rocket will be visible over New Eng land and many other areas of the United States on the evening of Dec. 1. "It will be glowing much brighter," he said, "because it will be much closer to the earth." Henice said that everyone from southern Canada to Argen tina and from Great Britain to South Africa should be able to see the rocket in either evening or morning passing between Dec. 1 and 3. Wreath Laid in Tribute To Snell, Two Others Sale HP) A memorial wreath in tribute to the late Gov. Earl Snell, Marshall Cornett and Rob ert S. Farrell was placed behind the state seal in the capitol rotunda Monday. The wreath marked the 10th anniversary of the death of the three high state officials in an air crash. At the time, Snell was serving as governor, Cornett as Senate president and Farrell as secretary of state. Washington OP) Agricul ture Secretary Ezra T. Benson may ask Congress next year for authority to ease up on federal planting controls. T I Salem OPi Elimination of the state property tax is provid ed in the first bill introduced in the State Senate Monday. The bill was signed by Sens. Harry Boivin, Klamath Falls Democrat; Warren Gill. Leba non Republican; and G. D. Glea son, Portland Democrat. Another bill granting an ex emption for persons 65 years of age or over from real property taxes on homesteads up to a true cash value of $7,500 was introduced. Senate President Boyd Over hulse strengthened the Senate Rules Committee by making it a 10-member committee with five Democrats and five Republicans making up its membership. Members Named Four members of the regular 1957 Senate Rules Committee will serve on the special session committee. They include Sens. Jean Lewis, Portland Democrat, chairman; Boivin, vice chair man; Howard Belton, Canby Re publican: and Truman Chase, Eugene Republican. Sen. Walter Pearson, Portland Democrat, who was a member of the regu lar session committee, resigned because of the load of work fall ing on his shoulders as chairman of the Senate Committee on As sessment and Taxation. The new members of the com mittee named by Overhulse in clude Sens. John D. Hare, Hills boro; Walter Leth, Monmouth; and Gill, all Republicans, and Dan Thiele, Astoria; Dwight H. Hopkins, Imbler; and Ward H. Cook, Portland, all Democrats. Under amendments to the 1957 regular session rules, made at the afternoon session, all bills except those dealing with taxa tion and basic school fund will be referred to the rules commit tee after being printed and read for the first time. The basic school bills will go to the Sen ate Taxation Committee. Sen. Monroe Sweetland, Mil waukie Democrat, was the only member of the Senate to vote against the change in the rules. "I voted 'no' because all-powerful rules committees have done great damage to the national legislative process and in a num ber of states," Sen. Sweetland said. "I do not want to see this practice gain a foothold in this state, even temporarily." Bills Resubmitted Overhulse added Republican Senator Yturri and Democratic Senator Alfred Corbett, Port land, to the Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation, making it a nine-member com mittee. Three bills passed in the 1957 regular session and vetoed by Gov. Robert D. Holmes, were re turned to the Senate by Secre tary of State Mark Hatfield. One, Senate bill 172, dealing with trust deeds was referred to Judiciary. Another allowing li censed sanitarians to lay sewer lines from homes to main sewers or cesspools instead of plumbers was referred to the Committee on Public Health. The third bill creating a new identification bu reau in the state police depart ment and allowing peace offi cers to finger-print persons con victed of misdemeanors involv ing sex, was referred to Judici ary Committee. Joy Bowerman Funeral To Be Held Wednesday Portland (IP) Funeral serv ices for Jay Bowerman, former governor of Oregon, will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Finley Morninglight ' Chapel here. Commitment will be in Lincoln Memorial Park mauso leum. Bowerman died Friday night at his home here at the age of 81. EX-CONGRESSMAN DIES New York (IP) Joseph Clark Baldwin, 60, Republican member of Congress from 1941 through 1946, died Sunday night in a veterans administration hos pital here. He was the first Re publican ever elected to Con gress in a special elections from Manhattan's Democrat-dominat ed "silk stocking" district. He previously had served as New York City alderman, state sena tor and New York City councilman. , ii i ii infill i i i LEA MOTORS 5th at Bartlett SP 26185 HILTS Women Attend Bazaar By MRS. M. F. CAVIN Hilts Mrs. Frank Graves, Mrs. Ernest Spannausand Mrs. M. G. King attended the pot luck dinner and bazaar given by the Ladies Aid at the Com munity church in Hornbrook Thursday. Mrs. Agnes Cunial, who makes her home with her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Eastman, is visiting in Yreka with her son, Gino, and family and anoth er daughter, Mr. and Mrs. "Bus" Perry and family. Mrs. Del Bagley, Mrs. Louie Fossoletti and son, of Yreka, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Williams last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest DeAvella and son of Yreka visited rela tives here Saturday and Sun day. Mrs. W. Snook, who recently underwent major surgery at the Siskiyou County hospital is con valescing at her home here. Mrs. Marjorie Snyder and daughter, Karen, of Medford visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Cavin and daughter Janet. William Spannaus of Orville was a week end guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Spannaus. Sympathy is extended to the Bob Goodwin family on the for information tall or write: iyiisL',wd SHOT R. D. TOOMEY, General Traffic Agent 207 Medical Center 'Bldg., Medford, Ore. Phone SP 3-5388 Svl ti&i vxj N:s Mayor . . . governor . . . senator . . why not? Our Bobbies of today are our leaders of tomorrow! That's why Bobby and the 32,000,000 other children from whose ranks will come 1 the leaders of our land need first-rate schools. Yet in many communities, the shortage of classrooms, teachers and up-to-date schoolbooks is dangerously acute. As WE MUST HAVE FflRST-RATE SCHOOLS death Wednesday, of Goodwin's grandmother, Mrs. Lena A. Puckett, who made her home with a daughter, Mrs. Leonard Wood near Central Point. Services were held Saturday at the Community church in Cedarville, Calif., with the Rev. James W. Neely, of the First Baptist church of Medford, of ficiating. Interment was in the Cedarville cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Martin of Klamath Falls accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gwinn, made a business trip to Medford on Friday. Returning in the evening, they were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gwinn. They left Saturday morning for their home in Klamath Falls. Welker Reported in Critical Condition Washington (IP) Former Idaho Sen. Herman Welker was in critical condition today fol lowing brain surgery. The 50 - year - old Republican was operated upon Monday night at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in sub urban Bethesda, Md. Welker was admitted to the clinic Oct. 16 and underwent surgery the next day. The nature of the first operation was not discussed. UNION PACIFIC RAIROAO MEDFORD - psJ v.vv:v.4v:-: Sherry Fong Jury Tentatively Chosen Portland ttfl A panel of 12 jurors was tentatively chosen in the fourth murder trial of Sherry Fong which opened Mon day. Mrs. Fong is charged with second degree murder in the death of her babysitter, Diane Hank, 16, in 1954. Of 28 prospective jurors ques tioned Monday 10 were excused for cause, eight of them because they admitted they had formed opinions on the case. Mrs. Fong was brought from Rocky Butte jail where she has been since early 1955 waiting disposition of the case. Chicago (IP The temptation must have been too much for 40-year-old Donald J. Dalman. He was sentenced to three years in prison Friday for writing phony checks on a check-writing machine he won in a poker game. 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Representative Littrell also introduced a bill which would repeal the present corporate ex cise tax law and revert to the law in effect prior to the 1957 regular session of the legisla ture. His final bill would require that any future surplus in the State treasury in excess of $10 million at the end of the bien nium would be earmarked to undelegated bonded indebted ness. . Rep. Littrell's bill would also require that where there is no bonded indebtedness the surplus be put into the general fund. YOURSELF 49 Size tr J5 5 window Kit Drug MAIN and CENTRAL
