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o G Invit 7 n iunecK-0 ft Initiate f tas Race n n Si ?cp v, V , - - . - ,.. i.v 5 TINY TREE Although her Christmas tree did not win first place in the Christmas lighting contest, Penny, a two-year-old gpld en cocker spaniel, seems to be perfectly pleased, because a lot of people stop to look at it anyway. Penny belongs to Abby Green, 1118 East Main street, Medford. The minia ture tree which decorates Green's lawn, is coated a frosty white and is trimmed with ristmas Scheduled "At Christmas we are remind ed of a star that long ago ap peared in the eastern sky. The star of hope and love and job symbolized not the material and scientific aspect of man's grow ing powers, but the gift to men of spiritual grace from God," Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Phila delphia, said recently in a Christ mas message to American urches on the eve of his re tirement as president of the Na tional Council of Churches. ' To establish the right relation ships between man and tfbd, this Christmas many valley churches have scheduled services' tonight and tomorrow morning. Major ity of the churches honored the birth of Christ at Sunday serv ices or afternoon and evening programs. Capacity and over flow crowds were reported by many churches. The traditional Midnight Eu charist will be celebrated at St. Mark's Episcopal church tonight starting at 11 p.m. The senior choir will sing under the direc-n tion of John A. Drysdale with Mrs. Ernest G. Conrad at the organ. A Christmas meditation will be given by the Rev. George R. V. Bolster. Midnight Mass All of the county Roman Cath olic churches will hold midnight Mass tonight. To accomodate the expected crowd in Medford, Mass will be held at both the Sacred Heart church and St. Mary's school gymnasium. The Rev. Timothy Sanders, OSB, of Mt. Angel Abbey, will be guest priest at the local church during the Christmas week. A service of combined chancel and youth choirs will be held to night at 11 p.m. in the First Methodist church. The Christ mas eve service will consist of music, message by the pastor, and a candlelighting ceremony at midnight. , The children of St. Peter Evan Money Bag Missing From Store's Safe A money bag containing $100 in bills and small change was taken from an open safe at the M and M Department store, 220 East Main st., Medford, Monday, according to Medford police. William Spaulding Cochran, route 2, box 413R, told city po lice the safe is normally guarded aunng me aay out in the Christ mas rush it had been left untend ed several times during the day. He said the safe is located on the balcony of the store, near the restrooms. Police said someone apparent ly saw the money bag in the safe and picked it up. They said the theft took place between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday. WEATHER Sunrise 7:39 a.m. 4:43 n.m. Sunset Mooonset 8:40 p.m. l-KU.MI.Mi.M SI.-XKS Betelgeuse. low in east 6:23 p.m. Ricel. rises 6:02 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, below the Moon. lupiter. rises 2:37 a.m. Mars, low in southeast 6:46 a.m. Our Skies Tonight FORECAST: Cloudy with patches of fog early tonight. Rain starting during the night, continuing through Wednes day as showers. Snow above about 4.500 feet. Low tonight 35 degrees. High Wednesday 45 degrees. Highest Yesterday 39 Lowest this Morning 35 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today ".20 Eve, Morning Services at Valley Churches gelical Lutheran church will pre-1 sent their program. "The Little Lord Jesus," tonight at 8 p.m. in the church. Tonight at 11 p.m. the tradi tional Christmas eve service at Zion Lutheran church will be held. The song service will give the congregation a chance to sing most of the familiar Christ mas carols, and the choir will sing five Christmas anthems closing with the "Hallelujah Chorus," by Handel. A midnight service of carol singing and holy communion will be held at 11:30 p.m. tonight at Church of the Good Shepherd, Prospect. Christmas at Home Members of the Medford Friends church will observe Christmas eve in their homes. Rather than meeting at the church for a worship hour, the pastor has prepared a guild for a short service to be used by families at home. Christmas day services sched uled in Medford include an 11 a.m. Christmas service at Apo stolic Faith church; a Christmas Eucharist at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mark's Episcopal church; and 10 a.m. divine worship at Ascension Lutheran church. The Rev. Elvin S. Tollefson, pastor, will speak on "The First Christ mas Sermon" and will include holy communion, adult confirma tion, and reception of new members. County Roman Catholic churches will hold Masses at the Khrushchev Hints Armed Forces Cut London (IP) .Soviet Commu nist leader Nikita Khrushchev hinted today that Russia is pre paring to cut its armed forces in view of NATO's latest declara tion against the use of force, Moscow Radio reported. Khrushchev, in a speech to the Ukranian Republic's Parliament inKiev, said the Supreme Sovit (parliament) had recommended a stndy of such cuts last week. He added that "development of science and engineering in our country" makes reductions in armed forces possible. Moscow Radio . broadcast a brief paraphrase of Khrushchev's speech to the Republican Su preme Soviet of his home state. Two Injured in Speeder, Car Crash Willard J. Harwood, 55, of 1 Clark St., was admitted to Rogue Valley hospital, and David Her don, 25, of 2 Clark st., was treat ed and released this morning when a railroad "speeder" in which they were riding was in volved in an accident with a car at the Jackson st. crossing. Driver of the car, Ellsworth Johns Hallenback, 406 Oakdale ave., was cited by city police for failure to yield the right-of-way following the accident. Operator of the "speeder," Robert Lyle Balch, 2 East Clark st., was not injured, police said. Hollywood (IP) Movie pro ducer James Hill says there is a good possibility he will become Rita Hayworth's fifth husband during the New Year's week end. tiny lights. In spite of its small size it makes a striking display when spotlighted at night. Green had a little tree up several years in a row, but skipped last year. After a number of inquiries from neighbors he decided to put it up again for the holiday season. Green plays the Hammond organ at the Rogue Valley Country club. same hours as on Sundays, Christmas day. In Medford they will be scheduled at Sacred Heart at 6, 7, 8:30, 10, and 11:30 a.m. Mass will be held in Jack sonville at 9 a.m. and in Shady Cove at 11 a.m. Christmas day worship with sermon and holy communion will be held at St. Peter Evan gelical Lutheran church at 10 a.m. Wednesday. 'Other .Christ-, mas services scheduled at that church are Thursday, St. Ste phen's day, 8 p.m. service and holy communion; Friday, St. John's day, 8 a.m., service with sermon and holy communion; and Saturday, Holy Innocents' day, 8 p.m., service with sermon and holy communion. The First Congregational church, Ashland, has scheduled a Christmas communion service Christmas day at 11 a.m. Stanley Earl Again Sues Oregon Journal Portland (W City Commis sioner Stanley Earl Monday filed a second $500,000 libel suit against the Journal Publishing company. An earlier suit fild last month named both the publishing com pany and Arthur Bradley Wil liams, a former Journal reporter, as defendants. Earl's new complaint alleges that he was libeled in . stories the newspaper published about the first libel suit and about a deposition taken from Williams. Earl claims in his suit that he asked the publishing company to retract certain statements published in the stories about his first suit and about the Wil liams deposition. The commissioner seeks $250, 000 general and $250,000. puni tive damages. Scattered Showers Due Oregon Christmas Day By UNITED PRESS . The Christmas day weather outlook in Oregon calls for scat tered rain showers with the pos sibility of some snow east of the Cascades. ' . , Another storm is .expected to move inland Christmas morning but it is expected to, miss the southern part of the state. Norma Talmadge, Glamour Movies, Dies Las Vegas. Nev. (IP) Norma Talmadge, 60, a glittering gla mour girl in Hollywood's golden twenties, passed away in her sleep today of a heart attack. The star died peacefully in bed at 4 a.m. (PST). She had been ill for some time and had been getting around recently in a wheelchair to which she had been confined with an arthritic condition, A family spokesman said she had failed rapidly in recent weeks. The screen beauty was born at Niagra Falls, N.Y., May 26, 1897, and attended school in Brooklyn, N.Y. Worldwide Fame " ' She achieved worldwide fame on the silver screen and was married to producer Joseph Schenck in Connecticut, Oct. 20, 1917. They lived together for 10 years, during which time Medford 16 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER Nation Prepares For Celebration Of Christmas Day Merchants Report Big Business Volume By UNITED PRESS The nation today prepared to celebrate Christmas 1957 with an abundance of peace and pros perity. Only the northern reaches of the Midwest and the western mountain regions were expected to enjoy a white Christmas, but there was no lack of other tra ditional aspects of the season. Merchants around the country reported a huge business vol ume, in some cases record sales, indicating gifts will be piled high around the Christmas tree. Christmas Starts With Church For millions of devout Ameri cans, Christmas will start tonight with midnight church services. Family get-togethers will feature the day's activities, topped off with a sumptuous Christmas dinner. But, inevitably, tragedy in the form of traffic deaths will cast a somber cloak over the holiday celebration, but since Christmas falls in mid-week the highway slaughter is not expected to be as great as on holiday week ends. The National Safety Council estimates as many as 180 per sons will be killed during the 30-hour holiday period from 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve until mid night Christmas Day. . This compares with the "nor mal" traffic toll of 80 deaths for a non-holiday period at this time of year. Stay Sober, Obey Laws The council pleaded with mo torists to stay sober and obey traffic laws, pointing out that most traffic fatalities are caused by drinking drivers and road The council's plea will be backed up by all-out crackdown on violators in most states by state and local authorities who will give up the day with their families so that others may live to enjoy the holiday with their loved ones. f President Eisenhower, like most Americans will spend today at work, and tentative plans call for the President and Mrs. Eisen hower to spend Christmas Day at the White House and then leave for a long weekend at their farm home in Gettysburg, Pa. Morse Congratulates Garcia on Victory Manila (IP) U. S. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), congrat ulated President Carlos P. Gar cia todayo n his "grand election victory." Morse called on the Philip pine president at Malacanang pa lance. ' The Senator stopped over in Manila briefly enroute to the United States after attending the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in India. Morse told Garcia that his election victory had received a great deal of attention in the United States and mostly favor able comment. NO PAPER WEDNESDAY In order to permit em ployees to observe the Christ mas holiday, the Mail Tribune will not be published on Wednesday, Christmas Day. in Sleep of Heart Attack they were regarded as an ideal couple. However, their marriage had been deteriorating and they were separated for seven years before being divorced in Juar ez, Mexico. Schenck was given much cre dit for Norma's success, select ing her script and overseeing the assignment of talent and directors to her films. Big Money Makers Her pictures were the biggest money makers of the screen at one time, making the Talmadge name a household word and reaping fabulous financial bene fits. After the 1934 divorce, Miss Talmadge married comedian toastmaster George Jessel in At lantic City, N.J., but the then retired star sought quiet in their Beverly Hills home while Jes Fireside Lighting Contest Won By A. C. Pierce Home The home of ,Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Pierce, Pierce heights, was first place winner in the Christ mas lighting contest sponsored by the Medford Junior Cham ber of Commerce, Chairman Jim Anicker announced today. A red and white simulated sleigh, framed by a light-trimmed window and backed by an unusual red-toned Christmas tree, decorated the Pierce resi dence. ,A rotisserie oven and wall plaque were first place awards. Top winners of the Christmas decorating contests in Central Point and Eagle Point were the A. M. Setness home, 733 Pine Fire Destroys Two Hornbrook Homes Hornbrook Fire about 6 a.m. today destroyed two Hornbrook, Calif., residences while several townspeopla, aroused by Marking dogs and a bright glow in the sky, watched helplessly in a swirling snow storm, according to reports. The fire started in the work shop of the Ted Gessler home, across the street from the Grange hall, firemen said, and quickly consumed the main part of the house1 and the house next door, occupied by a couple by the name of Keene. A third home was saved by action of volun teer firemen, according to re ports. A pickup truck in the Gessler garage was also destroyed. The Gessler family is in Los Ange les for the Christmas holidays. Forest service fire fighting equipment had been stored for the winter and was not available for use in extinguishing the blaze, according to firemen. Foreign Oil Import Curb Extended To Coosf Washington (IP) The govern ment today extended to the West Coast its program of voluntary curbs on importation of foreign oil. The dicision was taken by. President Eisenhower in the face of strong objections of sev eral major oil companies. Girl of Silent sel was pursuing his career in New York as a popular fun- maker. "The Jessels separated and re conciled in attempts to hold their marriage together. but five years later their union was dis solved in the Juarez, Mexico, divorce courts. When told of her death, jes sel said he was "deeply shock ed." Rejects Screen Return The star . repeatedly turned down requests to return to the screen, saying she had ' put in almost a generation before the cameras and was entitled to enjoy life. Miss Talmadge married Dr. Carvel James in 1946. Funeral arrangements were tentatively scheduled for For est Lawn Memorial park at Glendale near Los Angeles. Tribune 24, 1957 No. 210 Chat' st., Central Point, and the Ted Hoffman home, Eagle Point. A $75 first prize was awarded by the Central Point Junior Chamber of Commerce and $25 in prizes were awarded winners by the Eagle Point Lions club. Second place Medford winner was Ralph Barclay, 425 Modoc ave. A. M. Farfan, 723 South Newtown st., received a special third prize for outstanding workmanship and ingenuity, - Other third prize winners were Paul Bauer, 1522 Terrace dr.; Thomas Cardona,-224 Sag. inaw dr.; . James A. Johnson, 383 O'Gara st.; Bruce Moffatt, 2178 Spring st.; Mrs. Burr E. Tye, 102 Mistletoe st.; and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Williams, 1216 Murray st. Each received an electric blanket. , Other Central Point winners were John L. McCoy, who re ceived $30 from the Central Point Grange; C. E. Green, J. W. Beacham, Mitchell Hull, Don Burelson, Nola West, Mrs. A.'D. Van Horn, Ronald Lamb, Victor Van Hoy, Earl Manner and Dick Wyatt. All received prizes donated by Central Point mer chants, according to Chairman John Chaney. Eclgle Point winders included Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hale, sec ond; Mr. and Mrs. Don Ashpole, third; and Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Porter. ICC Chairman Quits; Ike To Select Golf Washington OP) President Eisenhower has accepted the resignation of Owen Clarke as chairman and member of the In terstate Commerce Commission. The President immediately an nounced his intention to nomi nate Abe McGregor Goff, gen eral counsel of the Post Office Department, to serve as chair man for the rest of Clarke's term as a commission member which expires Pec. 31, 1959. The ICC selects its own chairman for a one-year term. Clarke wrote the President in a letter made pYiblic Monday that he wished to resign after, four years in the most for "en tirely personal circumstances." Judgment Against PTC Reversed by High Court Salem (IP) The State Su preme Court today reversed a $10,000 judgment in a. suit against the Portland Traction company. Suit was brought "in Multn&; mah county by Wally S. Layne who suffered injuries in a colli sion between a pickup truck and a freight train in November of 1953 at the SE 92nd avenue inter urban crossing. Sports Bulletins Los Angeles (IP) Hen ry (Red) Sanders, head foot ball coach at UCLA, said to day he will keep his job and has asked' that his name be withdrawn as a candidate for the head coaching job at .Tex as A&M. Meanwhile, at Cham paign, III., Frank Leahy, for- -xner Notre Dame coach, said he would take the Texas A&M . job if it was offered to him definitely. President Calls For Clear Evidence To Ease Tensions Washington (IP) The United States extended a Christmas in vitation to Russia today to stop "threats and blandishments" and initiate a genuine step toward checking the headlong nuclear-mis- o sile race. The Soviets may. get their first chance to accept when the ex panded 25-member United Nations disarmament commission meets for the first time, probably early next year. President Eisenhower, in his first television appearance since his Nov. 25 stroke, called upon the Kremlin Monday night for "clear evidence" not more words to prove its sincerity in seek ing to ease East-West tension. Both the Chief Executive and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, in their report to the na tion on last week's allied "sum mit" meeting in Paris, left the door open to new East-West talks whenever Russia shows willing ness based on "integrity and sin cerity." High administration sources, in, giving the "open-door" inter pretation of the President's re marks, did not indicate how, when or where the administra tion felt Russia should demon strate its sincerity in peace ef forts. They indicated, however, it is now up to Russia to make the next move inasmuch as the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion (NATO) Council in Paris has proposed specific steps to Russia to break the deadlock over dis armament. Test of Soviet Intentions One of those steps is to join the 25-nation U. S. commission disarmament talks when they be gin. While Russia has denounced the 25-nation group it has not boycotted it. Some officials thought the convening of the commission next year may pro vide a major test of Russia's in tentions. Russia likewise has scoffed at, but not flatly reject ed, the alternate NATO proposal for an East-West foreign minis ters conference. Dulles,, who gave the bulk of the half-hour talk. -rejected as too unwieldy Russia's counter proposal for a special disarma ment meeting of the full U.N. General Assembly. However he said the West will "continue probing to find some evidence that there is within the Soviet Union the good will to resume serious efforts to achieve nuclear peace and to put behind us the horrible prospect of nu clear war." Both Eisenhower and Dulles hammered home repeatedly that the basic objective of the United States and its allies is peace. "We are determined that there must be no war," the President declared. To Build Armaments , Dulles said however that "while the Soviets go on piling up their armaments, our own armaments must proceed." He made these other major points: While the U.S. will prob ably continue making nuclear warheads for some time, its al lies in Europe can take over pro duction of rockets for the inter mediate range ballistic missiles to be based there. He did not in dicate how soon Europe could start making IRBMs. NATO "has the desire'to ex plore" the possibility of liaison with other Free World regional security organizations such as the Organization of American States, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization and Baghdad Pact. Russia has declared "econo mic war" and the allies must put more money into "capital hungry" free nations lest they are "forced" to take Communist aid at the price of their freedom. Here the President, said "with that I emphatically agree." Dulles said failure to halt Rus sia's economic offensive would lead to engulfment of under developed countries one by one and eventual "strangulation" of the U.S. and its allies. Asks for Sacrifices The President, who spoke for a total of about five minutes at the start and end of Dulles' re port reiterated his. "constant readiness ... to make any con ceivable effort that might realis tically help to reduce world- ten sions." The president said every Am erican is "prepared to make any necessary sacrifice to sustain and advance" the hope of disarm ament and easing East-West ten sions. Dulles . said American's "beyond a doubt" would make "any necessary sacrifice" for that goal. Senate Democrats criticized both Eisenhower and Dulles for failing to detail fully the sacrifices that lie ahead for the American people. Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) assistant Senate Democratic leader and member of the For eign Relations committee said he wished they had "laid the facts on the line and spelled out the sacrifices the people will be required to make in the years ahead." Dulles will be called before his committee early next year, Mansfield said, to give a "down to earth" briefing. Sen. John J. Sparkman CD- Ala.), declared "they do not paint a picture of great ur gency." Grim-Faced (President House Speaker Sam Rayburn said Eisenhower and Dulles made the best report "they could" but that what they said "didn't contain anything new." Senate Republican leader Wil liam F. Knowland (Calif.), said "I thought it was an informa tive report to the American people ... A speech which will receive the full consideration of Congress," , Throughout the report Eisen hower was grim-faced. He did not smile once. But reporters watching him in the television studio said he appeared buoy ant and eager. Navy Plane Down Af Sea; 4 Rescued Honolulu (IP) A huge Navy radar patrol plane with 23 crewmen aboard crashed and exploded in heavy seas in the Pacific Monday. Four survivors and two bodies were found by search-craft. The Super Constellation, cram med with electronic equipment was flying a routine mission along the Pacific radar "picket line" when disaster struck short ly after takeoff. The plane exploded while at tempting to ditch in bad weath er, the skipper of a rescue boat quoted surviving crewmen as saying. The reason for the haz ardous water landing attempt was not known immediately. All of the survivors were in jured. They were: ' Cmdr. Guy Howard, 41, the pilot, Oakland, Calif.; Lt. (jg) Thomas John Kline, East Willi ston, N.D.; Lt. (jg) Richard Lee Rentscheler, 22, Lincoln, Neb., and Aviation Technician 3C Franklin A. Henry, Kankakee, I1L 'Sick' Strike Cuts Railroad Service New York (IP) A "sick" strike cut service today on the Long Island Railroad , the world's largest commuter line. giving thousands of workers an unscheduled holiday and snarl ing Christmas plans for thous ands of others who had plan ned to ride the trains to join family and friends for Christ mas celebrations. A spokesman for the road said 185 conductors and ticket tak ers had called in sick between midnight and 6:30 a.m., appar ently as the result of a dispute over holiday train crew sched ules. Up to 8:30 a.m., 45 of 230 scheduled trains had been can celled. Road Conditions Highway 99, Siskiyous Snowing throughout Siskiyou county, chains required. Highway 66, Greensprings Snow, chains required. Highway 199, Oregon moun tain Rain, pavement clear. Highway 99, Sexton moun tain Rain, pavement clear. Highway 62 lo Crater Lak Snowing at Prospect, chains required. State Highway 42, Myrtl Point Open and normal. Highway . 97 Open, chains required from Dorris, Calif., to Oregon slate line. Ice and snow in Weed area. Chains required through Chemult area north of Klamath Falls. Crater Lake Highways open to headquarters, chains required; 7 inches new snow; 87 inches on ground. Road to rim closed.
