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o FOURTSrW fEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, December 23, 13S7 Try and Stop Me n -By BENNETT CERF- o o DANNY THOMAS tells about the Texas oil magnate who marched Into a "this year'j Miami Beach hotel," rented an entire fioor for $3,000 a day, ordered the chorus of a night club to coma up and enter tain him privately for $2,000, dkmanded $1,500 worth of choice liquors and cigars, g4P5 tha help $500, and ht stretched himself out 4m a couch. "This is hying," fe aihd appreciatively. "Wt-Q naada money?" )Ma aat4 ad k a Chlea Jt Ppr, Insert fcy the ewn cr of a fashionaW. Arizona dude ranch: need an ex perienced ranch hand imme diately. Guitar player. Side bums. Must have Southwest accent WeH teach you to ride." ft V Sign In a Times Square tonsoria! parlor: "SEC BARBERS. CONTINUOUS DISCUSSION." O 1937. by Eennett Ctil. Diitributed by King Feature Syndleat. Best Audience Said In 'Closed' Earp Show Hollywood (IP) Hugh ) O'Brian, star of the Wyatt Earp television series, says that some of his best audiences are those at his live, "closed circuit" shows. These are the thousands of kids for whom Bachelor O'Brian puts on his own show A ser ious discussion of the life and times of lawman Wyatt Earp, a demonstration of the slow draw and quick draws, some times, with two blanks actually being fired, and a final hand shake for everyone. These shows are not for the general public. They're put on at places like orphanages, hospitals and schpols. O'Brian doesn't make any fuss about this side of his pub lic life. He has a back-breaking schedule anyway but still fits in this kind of visit, often on a daily basis, particularly during the holiday season. Talis About Guns "I'm chairman of the safety committee of the National Rifle association," O'Brian said. "In that capacity I visit these places and tell the kids about i$rp and his guns and how they should be used. I try to drive iomf the point that kids should not fool ground with firearms. o fact tnat Im wyatt EarP television mean's I'll get their fgttntion." O'Brian wears his Wyatt Earp ftitume and guns for his ap paargnces before kid audiences. O jft laid that there are several 4iajs which motivate his mak- &g tflfs non-paying guest star : spots besides his rifle associa tion work. "For one thing, I like kids," he said. "And because they re spect Wyatt, Ihey respect me and look up to me. They'll listen to me, and - this means I can shoot little morals at them nothing like a sermon. I tell them to be upstanding Ameri cans grow straight and tall like Wyatt. I, often tell them that one of the best ways to grow up is to get down on your knees once a day and thank your God for your health and bless ings. Raised in Happy Family "For another thing, I was.for tunate enough to be raised in a happy family. I've never forgot ten that, so if I can make a few kids in orphanages or hospitals a little happier, it's worth it. I also think that every time I visit a children's ward in a hospital I feel better, too." O'Brian, a former Marine who was born in New York state and raised in Illinois, said the kids ask penetrating questions about the show, whether Earp really lived and about his two guns. However, right now he hopes most kids will be asleep when he appears in "Playhouse 90," (CBS-TV) Jan. 2 in mod ern attire as a lawyer instead of in Western dress as Marshal Earp. O'Brian also scheduled to other current appearances but only on Jiis "closed circuit" sys tem visits on Christmas to children's wards in local hospitals. 0 Woll-Rounded Blonde Liked, ivpn By Dictator President BT YERNON SCOTT q 9aiti tress Hollywood Writer Hollywood (IP) Everybody li&a& i well-rounded blonde $tn presidents. Curvesome Connie Towers, Sometimes known as the Eyeful Toweri, found this to be true when she visted Cuba earlier th month and was invited to perform privately for President Fulgencio Batista. Connie, a singer of popular songs, caught Batista's eye while warbling on a TV show in Ha vana. The President dispatched his family physician and lawyer to Connie's hotel to invite her to the palace. But womanlike, Connie's only thoughts ware about what she would wear. Chose Black Dress "I settled for a long-sleeved black dress with a modest neck line," she said demurely. "I was thrilled to death, but I was ap prehensive, too. A girl hears all sorts of things about dictators. "A chauffeured limousine brought me to the palace which wasn't very impressive from the outside. I was met by a guard at the entrance. "They're careful down there about strangers because of the revolution." Still not knowing what to ex q pect, Connie a native of White fish, Flathead County, Mont., was conducted to an elevator and deposited on the second floor of the Cuban White House. Instead of candlelight and wine, the blonde charmer was greeted by cabinet members who chatted with her about the wea ther and other mundane subjects. "Then a man in uniform told us we would be received by the President," she continued. "We entered an intimate library which is the President's study. As we came in he made his en- trance from another door. It was electrifying. An Exciting Man "There's an urgency and ex citement about the man. The same excitement you feel at the start of a horse race. He was jvery impressive in his uniform and he spoke English beautiful ly." Connie's eyes sparkled as she related Batista's story of how the palace elevator saved his life last winter when a mob of rebels invaded the building. "The elevator stuck on the fifth floor," Connie explained. And when the rebels trooped up the staircase, Mr. Batista's guard" picked them off one at a time as they tried to reach his quar ters." When the small talk was over Connie sang "Quire me mucho" without accompaniment. 'I realize there is a lot of con troversy about Batista, but I was interested in him as a man, not a politician," Connie says. "Be fore I left he told me that when I return to Cuba in six months for a singing engagement he would hold a command perform ance for me." Melodrama? "Mrs. Batista was there too," Connie said. "She's a very sweet person." Bend Corporation Named Subsidiary Boise (IP) Formation of the Cascade Pumice corporation at Bend, as a wholly owned sub sidiary of Boise Cascade corpo ration has-been announced by President Robert V. Hansberger of Boise Cascade. Hansberger said the parent firm has acquired the Lloyd Williamson pumice properties near Bend. Williamson will be president and manager of the new corporation. Oregon Mot Sharing in the National! Economic Growth. Neuberger EDecflares By SEN. RICHARD NEUBERGER Portland (Special) In mid December of last year, I sub mitted a statement to the press analyzing why I feared 1957 would be a period of economic adversity for Oregon. Certain business leaders disagreed with my reasoning. Some of these people even predicted a boom year during 1957 for our state. Unfortunately, they were wrong and I was right. I make no claim to infallibil ity in this field. I have much to learn. I am not a trained econ omist, much as I wish that I were. But it seems to me that New Type Of Car Predicted In 1958 By Auto Industry Detroit (IP) A "new" type of American car will probably be born out of the 1958 labors of the auto industry to adjust to its changing market. This was the recent predic tion of a Chrysler corporation official who viewed the decline of the middle priced luxury mar ket and the still small but start ling growth of foreign small car sales. Since this prediction was de livered there have been several other developments which make it look even better: All sales figures show that except for the lower priced lines there has been little to cheer about in public reception of 1958 models. - Ward's Automotive Reports, authoritative industry statistical publication, reported Friday do mestic auto makers have cut back 1958 production plans by 8.4 per cent or by a half -million cars; and steel firms supplying the auto industry report cutbacks in steel orders. Secretary of Labor James Mitchell and state employment officials are predicting increased unemployment for early 1958, with recovery of these jobs seen later in the year. Increased prices for U.S. autos have outdistanced many consumers, according to average wage figures, who bought 1954-55-56 models. American Motors corp. Pres ident George Romney, admitting his firm barely survived its years of readjustment to compact and small cars, this week gleefully needled the "big three" and said they will now have the same tortuous change to meet the new market. Foreign car imports, laugh ed at by the heads of the big U.S. firms only some 18 months ago as fads, will top 200,000 in sales this year and may go to 350,000 or near 6 per cent of the market next year, Ward's said. Chrysler corp. is expected to announce in the first half of 1958 plans to either buy a for eign car plant or build a plant abroad to sell small economy cars both in the U.S. and world markets. certain hard and stern fact re garding Oregon are as easy to see as is Mount Hood or Mount Jefferson on a bright, clear day. One Per Cent Gain Looking either North or South, Oregon residents are confronted with neighboring states where the per capita income is gain ing more than the national aver age. In the State of Washington the estimated 1957 percentage gain is 5.7, and in California it is 4.5 per cent. Yet, in spite of inflation and neighboring pros perity the per capita income of Oregon residents gained but one per cent. Numerous other statistics add conclusive evidence to the dis heartening realization that our state is not sharing in the na tional economic growth. From 1947 when per capita income in the state was $202 above the na tional average, it has toboggan ed to some $15 below the na tional average. When the wage earner suffers, business natural ly follows suit. September of this year found 56 business failures as compared to 22 for the same month of 1956. Not only were the people of Oregon hesitant to give their inflation devastated income to the businessman, but also they were forced to curtail or limit their saving habits. U.S. Saving Bond sales through Aug. 31, 1957 dropped to $25,237,145 from $29,181,571 in the same period of 1956. With October lay-offs breaking all post-war records with 15,000 initial claims By UNITED PRESS Washington President Ei senhower was reported prepared to urge Congress when it con venes next month to act swiftly in earmarking money for ballis tic missile bases in strategic NATO countries. , San Diego (IP) Rear Adm. Leon J. Huffman, former com mander of-Pacific fleet submar ine forces and currently a mem ber of. the Pacific coast section of inspection and survey, said Saturday he would retire from duty Dec. 31. reported from local employment offices and over 19,000 asking weekly compensation, Oregon ians were obviously more con cerned with basic subsistence than long-range saving. Severeness Underscored Despite favorable Fall weath er, employment has not risen. Instead, the severeness of the job situation was underscored by the State Unemployment Com mission's recent announcement that .estimated unemployment has reached between five and six per cent of the total labor force. However, the many people throughout our state who are part of these rapidly rising un employment totals do not need statistics to impress upon them the reality of the present eco nomic "readjustment." I am con fident that they will-agree that the time has arrived for Oregon citizens to close ranks and as sault for correcting the three malevolent conditions which are restraining our state's economic progress. The factors which are as de vastating to Oregon's prosperity as the scourge wrought by the Horseman of Apocalypse are: 1. The high - interest tight money policies which curtailed new home construction and re duced output in Oregon's lumber industry. 2. Choking off of new supplies of low cost power needed to at tract new industry and new pay rolls. 3. Steadily advancing railroad rates which place a competitive burden on Oregon producers and throttle ability to sell Oregon goods and produce in major East ern markets. Chain Reaction Because Oregon's business life is closely geared to prosperity in the lumber industry, the Ad ministration's tight money policy which chokes off housing con struction started a chain reaction which has spread from forest and mills to the main street of our state's . communities. This policy was adopted four years ago by the Administration when it was believed necessary to trim the surmlv of dollars to check the bidding of prices on the short supply of goods. In spite of the fact that a lumber shortage is non-existent, the present Admin istration has continued to force the lumber industry to bear the brunt of its out-moded restraints. Combining with a persecuted lumber industry to clouden Ore gon's economic horizon has been the opposition to multi-purpose power projects. To attract mod ern plants we must have low post nnwpr For vpn if I am successful in my efforts - to re move the present three per cent RVrtpral freight, tax which dis criminates against both the West ern producer and consumer, we also must have low cost power to attract new factories to distant Oregon. Advantages Not Used The State of Oreeon does have many advantages, but that they have not been used is demon strated bv shocking statistics. Yet, the advantage still remains of potential hydro-electric pow er, magnificent scenery, harbors with maritime nossibilities, am ple water for industrial purposes, vast timber, expanaaoie agricul ture, and highly literate and well educated population. It is imperative that all major economic interest groups and both political parties work to gether to utilize these marvelous natural resources which are made possible' not through the genius of man, but because of the generous beneficence of the Almighty. Restores the Feel of "Newness" to Your Garments We Rerex All of Our Dry Cleaning at No Extra Charge Bedford Gleaners Hale & Kathryn Wheeler 34 No. Holly, SP 2-6500 Free Pickup and Delivery Trial As Traitor Expected For Nagy Vienna (IP) The supreme prosecutor of Communist Hun gary Saturday denounced free dom Premier Imre Nagy as a "traitor" who paved the way for the anti-communist revolu tion last year. Communist sour ces said Nagy soon would be brought to trail for his life. Communist sources said a "judicial inquiry" already had been completed in the case of Nagy and that it found enough "evidence" to warrant a trial. The trial probably will be held next month, the sources said. The "inquiry' was carried out by one of the courts established by Premier Janos Kadar last De cember to deal with "anti-state" activities. Maximum penalty for treason is death. 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