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4 (1 ffigg-MZDFORD (OREGON) olitical Chair Game No Over In Calif. Sacramento W California's fascinating game of political musical chairs isn't over yet by ( long shot. In the next few weeks or months informed sources said, several more switches in candid acies will be made in the wake of Gov. Goodwin J. Knight's de cision to run for the U.S. Senate instead of for reelection as gov fW?ior. The first move in what is ex pected to be a larg-scale chain reaction came last week, only two days after Knight's bomb (sfcell announcement, when State Sen. Robert I. McCarthy, San 'Francisco Democrat, changed his mind about running for the U.S. Senate and decided to try for attorney general instead. McCarthv frankly admitted 'h) changed his mind because of thg Knight switch, fcigle Has Clean Field "Two Democrats can't afford to split the party vote against Governor Knight," McCarthy said. In other words, McCarthy bowed out so that Democratic Congressman Clair Engle would have a clear field in the senate race against Knight. Another change in political di rection is coming, informed Re publican sources said, when Rep. Patrick J. Hillings makes public his political plans. Hillings, a close associate of Vice President Richard M. Nix on, has been hinting broadly for weeks that he intended to try for the U. S. Senate seat being vacated by Bill Knowland. But the word is that Hillings finally will declare for the Re publican nomination for attorney general instead of for the senate. Some GOP sources said Nixon personally told his friend Hill- (fcgs to get out of trie senate race just before Knight's change in plans was announced in Wash ington, D. C. last week. Zirkwood On Fence State Controller Robert C Flu Striken OSC Playcro Corvallis OP) The flu bug, which kept halfback Joe Francis out of Oregon State's 21-19 victory over California last Sat urday, struck other members of the team todgy. Trainer Bill Robertson said t least seven other players re ported effects of the flu. But it -aj) hoped that all, including tfrancis, would be bl to jlay (gainst (Stanford her thi Sat urday. Sterling Hammack, ho as carried from th All on (Jtretcher, Slib may glf y. H p--pireritly (duf&rett only $ td bicJt bruise. 5fe Beaver; br?gtS to Sl-0 (Salftime lead oe Celifbtnif t Berkeley and then 6t3 to flht for their live to (fleets out 4 2l-19 win. But th Bear pprntly in censed bV the fact thi njm less effigy was swinjtin outside the stadium electrified tfte crowd of about 45,500 in Memorial Va dium by roaring tc$ for thrtt touchijpwns of their of. Quarterback Te &frl al ways was steady on the coneer sion line and bftt$ 11 tru;ee 'gfctra points for the Beaver. Warriors Defeat Royals 106-101 Br UNITED PRESS Neil Johnston of the Philadel phia Warriors is in top form for his bid to regain th scoring championship of the National Basketball association. Johnston dplayed his best shooting eye Sunday night in scoring 34 points at Cincinnati to lead the Warriors to a 106 101 victory over the Cincinnati Royals. He sank 10-for-10 on free ' throws and 12-of-20 on field goal Qattempts. This game was the only action in the league Sunday. SRORTS forirf2 g Slab and Hough Clox Green o Dindy to Curn vlfh Dry Wood o pig Doublo Load or Single load COMPANY t!iphon Court McAndrews MAIL TRIBUNE Kirkwood. first man in the race for Knowland's senate seat, may change his mind within the next few weeks and run for controller again. At the moment. Kirkwood is sitting on the political fence try ing to decide whether to risk an open clash with Knight in the GOP senatorial primary next June or run again for controller. A good guess would be that Kirk wood. only 48, will decide finally to wait a few years before try ing for senator, or governor. Porler Returning To Capital After Tour of District Eugene Congressman Charles O Porter left Eugene Saturday to return to Washing ton, DC. He and his wife and four children are traveling across the continent by car. Porter said he was returning to his Washington office, after his two-month visit in the Fourth Congressional District, to work more directly on several projects related to improving economy in the district. Representative Port er said he would press for sup port for his bill to transfer SI billion from the Railroad Retire ment Fund into the secondary mortgage market. The transfer, he believes, would "substantial ly bolster the housing market and the price of lumber." And, he said he will work to regain 593,000 still missing from the funds appropriated to the U.S. Forest Service for access roads and the processing of timber sales. Other Plans In other areas, the congress man said he would be taking part in Civil Service investigat ing subcommittee hearings. He is a member of the subcommittee and hearings are planned on loyajty security processes prior to the opening of the regular session of Congress on Jan. 7, 1958. Porter said he plans to go to New York City to confer with International Paper Co. officials who have announced their in tention to place a pulp plant in the Fourth Congressional Dis trict. Porter will visit one or two of their plants. National security is another problem he intends to delve into. He plans to visit the Strategic Air Command headquarters in Nebraska, security regulations permitting, and he said he would work on the "desparately urg ent" problem of an "accidental nuclear explosion triggering an all out war." 5.041 Miles Traveled While in Oregon, the congress man t r a v e led approximately 1,046 miles by car. He drove lomt 3,547 miles and was driven the remaining 1,501 miles. Most of miles were spent in the seven counties of the district. The congressman has traveled 6,824 air miles since his return, travel to New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. Locally it includes an air inspection of the Cougar Dam site in Lane county, a trip to Medford and a look at the Rogue River Basin area. Tnctor Buried in Snov it South Pole McMurdo Sound, Antarctica 0P! a U.S.-built $10,000 tract or became a permanent marker at the South Pole today. The seven-ton tractor slipped from its parachute straps during an air drop Sunday and buried itself 20 feet under the hard crusted snow with-in 100 feet of the U. S. flag that marks the pole proper. Navy Lt. John Tuck of Au burn Mass. commander of the U. S. pole station said there was no hope of getting it out. A geyser of snow hurled 150 feet high by the impact bowled over station meteorologist Ed win C. Flowers of Kensington, Md., and knocked out one of his front teeth. . ma n n m Monday, November 11. 1S57 Republicans Asked To Use Infuence; Lowry 'Shocked' Salem OP) Gov. Robert Holmes asked Oregon Republi cans Sunday to try to influence their senators to go along with Democratic income tax reduc tion plans at the special session of the Legislature, which open ed its third week today. Republicans quickly charged him with "interference." Compromise Solution Democrats originally wanted to cut taxes 10 per cent and Republicans favored a 30 per cent plan. Holmes said that House Democrats had offered a compromise solution calling for a total reduction of about 19 per cent but that it was rejected by backers of the Senate amend ments. Holmes said that "steady and usually responsible senators have apparently abdicated the leadership to their less experi enced, most irresponsible Repub lican colleagues. The truth is, they wish to embarrass your gov ernor, who belongs to another party." Holmes said "they would rath er try to embarrass me than to compromise from their un tenable program which as surely as I speak to you means a tremendous increase in your tax bill in 1959. Democrats claim a larger sur plus is needed to stave off more 1959 income taxes. Coercion Charged In Salem, Senate Republicans charged that Holmes had used his speech to "coerce the Senate members of a conference com mittee" now trying to resolve the tax relief problem. Sen. Philip Lowry, Medford Republican, said, "I am shocked at his interference in the estab lished legal procedures by using a political speech to coerce the Senate members of the confer ence committee. Lowry charged the governor was "trying to order what our findings should be." Ballet Dancers Said Engaging Foursome By RICHARD D. WERNER Jackson County Civic Music association opened its 1957-58 season at Medford High school auditorium Saturday night by presenting Nora Kovach, Istvan Rabovsky, Sonia Arova and Wil liam Reilly, ballet dancers, with Howard Barr and Julian Elbaz ..t the piano. . William Reilly substituted for Job Sanders, who is recovering from injuries. The dancers, all expert and quite professional were a most engaging foursome. One was im pressed by the freshness of their appearance and verve in execu tion. All of it never seemed like work, which of course it is and very taxing, but the expres sion of dancers enamoured with their art. The music selected was of a very high order, and excellent ly performed. In the "Suite Scaramouche" by Milhaud, the pianists displayed a very fine ar tistry and could well stand up on their own as a piano team. The mosi lovely number was "Melody from Gluck's opera "Orffeo and Euridice." This heavenly music accompanied a most beautiful scene depicting Orffeo s search for Euridice in the Valley of the Blest. Kovach and Rabovsky were most elo quent ;n their portrayal. Among dancers, women are expected to be graceful, but the same can be said of Rabovsky and Reilly. And the facial ex pressions of all of them raised them from puppets to living be ings. A most delightful and en joyable evening. Salt Lake Trestle Damaged by Barge San Francisco (IP) Southern Pacific rescheduled its trans continental trains today because of damage to the Lucin trestle across Great Salt Lake. A tug and barge loaded with fill for the new causeway SP is building across the lake ram med into the trustle, knocking out 25 piles under some 60 feet of track. An SP spokesman said the 53-year-old trestle should be re paired by Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, westbound Over land passengers were put on the enlarged City of San Francisco, which was being detoured over Western Pacific tracks between Alazon, Nev., and Garfield, Utah. A similar consolidated tram was placed in service eastbound. Tuberculosis in State Declared on Upswing Portland HP) Kenneth C. Ross, executive secretary of the Oregon Tuberculosis and Health association, said today tuberculosis is on the upswing in Oregon. Oregon State Board of Health figures, he said, show 441 new cases of tuberculosis for the first nine month of 1957 compared to 435 for the same period in 1956. DOWN TEXAS WAY Newlyweds Bing Crosby and Kathy Grant sport cowboy hats on their arrival at Hous ton, Tex. Bing and Kathy flew to Houston for a weekend visit with the bride's parents. Belgium and Holland Request Revision of Nuclear Deterrents Paris OP) Two small NATO members called today for a sweeping revision of the Anglo American concept of nuclear bomb deterrents to Russian ex pansion. The demand came in a report, prepared by representatives of Holland and Belgium, for pre sentation today to the Military Committee of the Assembly of Parliamentarians from the 15 member nations. , The committee opened a week long meeting today preparatory to the December conference of the chiefs of state of the NATO members. Reliance Said 'Outdated' Sources said the report: Labeled as "outdated" NATO's reliance on the nuclear deterrent. Charged NATO's ground forces are in danger of "disinte gration." Urged the transfer of the "standing group" the leading military authority from Wash ington to Paris. Asserted current Western defense set up has been thrown off balance by the Soviet infil tration of the Middle East. The special study was pre pared by Arthur Gilson of Bel gium and Lt. Gen. Rudolph H. Calmeyer of Holland. It under lined the concern of the smaller European nations which make up Legislature Session Now Enters Third Week Salem OPM-The first special session of the Oregon legislature in 22 years enters its third week today with legislators working to dispose of part of an estimat ed $69,000,000 surplus in the state treasury and bring tax re lief to Oregon citizens. A House - Senate conference committee met unsuccessfully Saturday in an effort to end a deadlock oyer how much Ore gon income taxes should be re duced. The Oregon House of Representatives wants a 15 per cent reduction in taxes, and a Republican-Democratic coalition in the state Senate wants a 30 per cent cut. Axel's Axel Undamaged In Minor Collision Ventura, Calif. (IPl Motorist Bent Axel Lundbye, 27, was in volved in a. minor traffic colli sion, but his auto's axle escaped damage, police reported Satur day. 4 CLUB NEWS T. R. Sewing Club The T. R. sewing club of Table Rock met at the home of Mrs. Myers Nov. 8. During refreshments we talk ed over last year's work and later the books were given out and the meeting was called to order by Judy Lewis. The following officers were elected: Anita Pierce, president; Jerri Gardner, vice-president; Judy Lewis, secretary; Aletta Myers, reporter; Suzy Flynn, song leader; Barbara Wheeler, refreshments; Barbara Rominger, games. It was voted that the club's name be changed to Table Rock Busy Bees. The game of naming articles in a tray to be used in sewing was played and Barbara Wheel er was winner. Each member was given three minutes to look at the books then one at a time had to name the parts of a sewing machine and stitch a line across a piece of material. The next meeting will be at the home of Barbara Wheeler after school. Reporter Aletta Myers in n the majority of NATO's member ship that "the Soviet threat can not be met simply by atomic bombs," sources said. Coordinated Direction Lacking It charged that NATO military strength is in danger of "increas ing disintegration" because of a lack of coordinated political and military direction. The report called for a boost in NATO strength to a minimum of 30 divisions armed with atomic tactical weapons plus a comparable air arm. Informed sources said the re port was highly critical of the NATO science program, assert ing it had led "to duplication, wastage of money and a down grading of certain member coun tries, which weakens mutual confidence." Local Man Attempts To Take His Life A 36-year-old Medford man was taken to Sacred Heart hos pital early today by Medford ambulance after he was discov ered unconscious in his parked car on Old Military Bridge rd. near "Agate rd. According to state police Irvin Edward Blank, 824 Broakdale rd., was found lying in the back seat of the automobile with a newpaper over his face. Three piece of plastic garden hose, which had been attached to the exhaust pipes of the vehicle, led into the car ending under the newspaper, reports showed. Henry Swift, 2024 Buckshot rd., Glenn Backus, 3024 Ross lane, and George Galbraith, 224 Haven st., passengers in a pass ing automobile, noticed the parked car and stopped to inves tigate, officers said. Upon dis covering Blank in the back seat they pulled him from the auto mobile. He was released from the hospital after being exam ined by doctors. Farm Bureau Reelects Detering President Eugene (IP) Gerald Detering of Harrisburg Saturday was re elected president of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation at the close of its 26th annual conven tion here. Joe Hobson of Ontario was named third vice president, suc ceeding Eber Toward of Milton Freewater. The farm group passed several resolutions including ones ask ing that voting be extended to 18-year-olds, that the state be removed from the property tax field, bans against sale of ob scene and criminal type litera ture, and flexible farm support programs of at least 75 per cent of parity for perishable commodities. Time tested service assures best money service V smce OUSEHOLD FINANCE Ceyuto&tietTTledjo'ui 128 E. Main PHONE: Government May Be Cracking Code Of Sputnik II Washington OPi The head of the U.S. satellite launching pro gram indicated today the govern ment may be cracking Sputnik II's code. Dr. John P. Hagen, head of Project Vanguard, also said "something appears to have gone wrong" with Russia's second earth satellite. Hagen expressed no surprise at Sunday night's report by the Italian Communist newspaper L'Unita in Rome that the dog Laika inside the second Sputnik was dead poisoned by the last drop of food. "I thought that was probably the case," he told the United Press. Hagen questioned the scien tific value of Laika's brief so journ in space, although he said results of her pioneering flight are not known here. Can See Little Value "It's hard to see how any real scientific value can be derived from the short time she was up there," he said. He added chances of recovering the dog's body for a post-mortem examination are "very slim." Hagen said the coded radio messages sent from Sputnik II until its radio became silent were "subject to the code crack ing process." He said U.S. officials were "not yet in a position" to say anything about their conclusions from Sputnik's signals. He said the code was difficult to analyze and required "a lot of cross checking." But, he added, "much more difficult things than this have been cracked in the past." Flu Deaths Top 700 in Nation By UNITED PRESS Flu-associated deaths across the nation have topped the 700 mark, with three states account ing for nearly half of the fa tality toll. An "alarming" flu epidemic in Georgia has been blamed for at least 92 deaths, and health of ficials have urged all Fulton (At lanta) County, Ga., residents to get Asian flu inoculations. The death toll in Pennsyl vania from Asian flu, other types of influenza or flu com plications reached 100 Sunday, and New York reported at least 134 flu-blamed deaths. The United Press counted at least 716 flu connected deaths since the first outbreak of Asian flu in the country last summer. The toll in other states in cluded Ohio 49 deaths, Michigan 41. California 40, Iowa 31, Ten nessee 25. Illinois, Louisiana 21, Wisconsin 18. Nebraska and Washington 16 each, Connect! cut and Minnesota 15 each, Utah 11, Colorado and Indiana 10 each, Hawaii and Kentucky 9 each. Kansas and Oklahoma 5 each. New Jeisey 4, Maryland, Missouri and Oregon 3 each, Arkansas and North Carolina 2 each, and 1 each in Arizona, Maine, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Two Youths Injured In One-Car Mishap Roscoe Richard Day, 17, Eagle Point, and Walter Richard Spears, 15, route 1, Eagle Point, are reported in fair condition to day at Ashland General hospi tal, following a one-car accident near Ashland yesterday. The two youths were to be x-rayed this morning to deter mine their injuries, hospital of ficials said. The two youths were passen gers in a car driven by Jack Richard Spears'Jr., 36, route 1, Eagle Point, state police said. The car apparently failed to make a curve and went off on the gravel at the right side of the road, state police said. The car then went over a bank on the left side landing upside down, 24 feet from the highway, the investigating officer re ported. No other injuries were re ported. When yon need up to $1500, bring your money problems to HFC, Amer ica's oldest and most ex perienced consumer finance company. 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I've been aboard a lot of na val ships in my time, but inch for inch, I have never seen such an array of mechanical gear. You might think the dashboard of a four-engined airplane is complicated until you saw this. Yet, the Nautilus is by far the most comfortable submarine in today's navy. In fact, among submariners, who are used to the cramped quarters of conven tional subs, she is called "the country club." Reason for this is that the Nautilus has lots of room, com paratively speaking. Fuel tanks, most of the batteries, and spec ial diesel engines are missing.. Hence there is more space for living and for the pay-off load of torpedoes. Top Security Clearance Needless to say, the crew of 13 officers and "6 men have top security clearance. Half of them are members of the engineer ing department who operate the Medical TV Show On Closed Circuit The closed-circuit medical tele cast "Grand Rounds" produced by the Upjohn Company and scheduled for showing Wednes day, Nov. 13, at the studios of KBES-TV will not be seen local ly, it was announced. This announcement was made jointly by the KBES-TV station and the Jackson County Medical Society. The regular monthly meeting of the Jackson County Medical society will be held at the Rogue Valley Country club on Wednes day, at 7:00 p.m. Hosts will be Drs David Boals and T. P. Barss. Poisoned Child Calm, Hands Out Pennies Los Angeles (IP) Sheila Tay lor, 9, is the matter-of-fact type of child. Her father, Bernas Taylor, ac cidentally gave her a spoonful of poison instead of cough syrup Friday night. He told her about his mistake and frantically called for an ambulance. While Sheila was waiting for the ambulance she calmly took her. fortune of six cents out of her piggy bank and divided them equally between her father and mother. The girl was taken to a hospi tal where her stomach was pumped. She was reported in good condition Saturday and. presumably, back in possession of her savings. The CLEANEST Rock and Sand Makes the STRONGEST CONCRETE And We Have Both! READY MIX bv A BEST BY TEST fcr VJtlgE BUggS) Baever-NatVra; reactor, with a year of 4cfefe : izea training under their Gt$ The crew's mess, decortet i warm greens and browns, vg had paintings hung on the If fe There is a juke box with populf, records; a coke machine; ifi and TV. Electric stoves, dgcp als, automatic washing chines, and movies are all rug from power supplied from ffcej reactor. There is a wonderful utili tion of space every cubic inch has been calculated to $ nicety. In the crew's mess room, for ex ample, table tops fold back to make backs of benches. In the middle of the long tables, other benches are available. And un der each one of these rows of benches there is an empty box like storage space for condi ments and canned goods. Stateroom Compact When Capt. William R. An derson took me into his state room I found it compact Gbut comfortable. In the wall was & fold-back wash basin. Through out the submarine there werg many such out-of-the-way basing Other officers shared rooms. But everyone in the boat had a full length six-foot bunk instead of perching over topedoes in ham mocks as in older boats. The air is conditioned: because the boat runs submerged for , days at a time and the 320-foot ship is sealed, the air is not only 'y cooled but de-humified so. un like most ships operating in warm waters, the walls do not sweat. Underway, most submarines make considerable racket not bu me iMdumus, iicr sieam lur- U AT . . i-1 1 1 4 j. bines, powered by the reactor, are almost inaudible. Because the ship runs more efficiently underwater and considerably more comfortably as there is no motion in the wa ter at depths below a couple of hundred feet the men prefer running submerged. Besides, it takes away the worry of running into anyone. And that, said Skip per Anderson, makes for near-. perfect operation. (Copyright 1957 by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Saws paper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Sefcl craft binding. Each week nTf submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't anslrr your many friendly lettfcn Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Trib une, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. 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