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Monday, December 30, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Many tiommiihi BY PETER WEBB United Press Correspondent Bon, Germany Every month about 500 Communist spies cross the Iron Curtain border between Western Germany and the Soviet-controlled East Zone. They range from underground couriers for the illegal West Ger man Communist party to a "corps d'elite" of agents who specialize in top-level espionage, kidnaping and in the past, at least murder. This is a country where, as someone once remarked, every fifth man may be a third man. Most spies cross the 500-mile East-West border under the guise of innocent businessmen, politi cal refugees, students, or East Germans visiting relatives in the West. Behind them is the shadow of former East zone state security Chief Ernst Wollweber, who himself once sabotaged Franco- Big Year For TV, Movie Stars Mark Year With Marriages, Splits By VERNON SCOTT United Press Hollywood Writer Hollywood W The year 1957 was big for TV, worrisome for movies, and busy for the stars who trouped the world keeping their names and faces before the public. Some made headlines by getting married. G Marlon Brando startled Holly wood with his surprise trip to the altar with Anna Kashfi Jo anne O'Callaghan?. Bing Cros by's May-December nuptials with Kathy Grant raised numerous eyebrows. Also wed duringthe year were Susan Hayward and attorney Eaton Chalkley; Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, Sophig, Loren and 'Carlo Ponti; Shelley ' Winters and Anthony Franciosa; Henry Fonda and Italian baron ess Afdera Franchetti; Rex Har rison and Kay Kendall; and Merle Oberon and Mexican in dustrialist Bruno Pagliai. Bad Teamwork Y-ar Separations, marital and oth erwise, also made news. It was a rugged year for teams. Martin and Lewis broke up as well as Abbott and Costello. The Lib erace brothers, Smiley and George, went their separate ways. Marriages hit the rocks. Rock Hudson and Phyllis Gates saw their lawyers, as did Esther Wil liams and Ben Gage. Among oth er shattered marriages were the Jeff Chandlers Ginger Rogers and Jacques ergerac, Ingrid and Rossellini; Lana Turner and Les Barker. Also shedding mates were Mickey Rooney, Gene Kelly and Diana Dors. Q Kim Novak gave thev wolf pack hope by splitting with long time boyfriend Mac Krim. May be she couldn't take the name Kim Krim. It was a bumper year for babies. GaleP Storm. Rosemary Clooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Jackie Cooper, Gina Lollobrigi da, Pier Angeli, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Vera Miles and Mrs. John Kerr all wel yJpiSF L" wiSi Mm fx" v flm "PSSSTTL.. Want m on a good thing ? Open a Christmas account at U. S. National! last 50C $1.00 saved weekly, plus 2j interest, adds up to a sizable sum by next November. Mop in at u. a. NATIONAL and join the 1958 Christmas Savings Club now. tb Vnfttd Stoto Natitxwi Boak W leriimni Civil War, and whose organiza tion now controls a vast net work of spies. According to reports reaching the West, Wollweber, a fleshy, balding man, has ostensibly gone into retirement to prepare plans for a Communist "Joint Intelligence Council" for the en tire satellite empire. But while or if he is tem porarily absent from the scene the work of his agents goes on. Cloak-and-Dagger War It is a cloak-and-dagger war that seldom obtrudes above the seemingly-placid surface of West German life. Last year, however, 6.200 per sons were arrested in West Ger many for activities endangering the security of the state. Recent arrests included a Bad Godesberg boardinghouse keep er whose rooms, occupied by minor diplomats, were wired for sound to an attic tape recorder. comed newcomers. Marilyn Monroe lost her ex pected baby. Death took its toll among TV and film folk, too. Louis B. Mayer, one of Holly wood's great pioneers, died dur ing the year. Humphrey Bogart, Oliver Hardy, Louis Calhern, Norma Talmadge, William Eythe, and character actor Gene Lockhart also met death. Biggest news from Hollywood in 1957 was the Confidential magazine scandal trial which rocked the town. The trial, how ever, did not live up to advance notices as only two stars Mau reen O'Hara and Dorothy Dan dridge appeared in court. Marie McDonald caused an uproar when she allegedly was kidnapped and abandoned on the Mojave Desert. Jayne Mansfield broke innum erable hearts by announcing her engagement to muscleman Mickey Hargitay. Rita Hayworth admitted she plans to marry pro ducer James Hill. And Zsa Zsa Gabor managed not to become engaged to anyone. Most significant news of 1957 was Desi Arnaz' purchase of RKO studios to make video films. The handwriting was on the studio walls it read: "Look out for TV in 1958." Veneta Man Jailed For Still Operation Eugene IIP) Lane county deputies and federal revenue agents arrested a Veneta resi dent, Gilbert Strasen, 44, Satur day afternoon on charges of operating a moonshine still in his home. Strasen, a mill worker, was taken into custody as he worked at a Venota lumber mill. Offi cers found a still and about 30 gallons of mash in a locked back room of Strasen's home on Bol ton rd. He was booked on a charge of illegal possession of liquor mash, and held in Lane county Savings Cub $2.00 if K I X ttesoat Recent f I 1. H . U L. F Jjv 1 1.00 50 2.00 100 , . 5.00 550 , V 10.00 500 MEDFORD BRANCH Mambm (aimnl 0poat Umram CwficrsJva bound shipping in the Spanish The tapes were shipped weekly in soup tins to East Berlin. Another local arrest was a waiter in the Bundestak Parlia ment Restaurant. According to intelligence sources, some 5,000 spies and counter-spies are be reqon s Vital Statistics Said Little Changed Durina Portland IP) The State Board cf Health today placed a statisti cal stethoscope to Oregon for its annual checkup and found the patient about the same size as a year ago, slightly less active, and a bit sickly. Board statisticians revealed that the state's estimated popu lation had undergone a "very slight increase," reaching 1,737, 470 on July 1 of this year, com pared to 1,734.650 the previous July 1, for an increase of 2820. From there on, the Board sum marized these changes in Ore gon's vital statistics: Births down slightly; deaths up slightly; mar riage and divorce both down slightly, and no change in ma ternal deaths. Communicable disease deaths, however, showed a sharp increase and were attrib uted principally to pneumonia deaths resulting from the influ enza epidemic. The increase in that department was an estimat ed 15 per cent over 1956. Accidents About the Same Heart disease, both the num ber and the rate, were expected to decline slightly this year from 1956. Cancer deaths will be slightly higher than the 2410 such deaths that occurred in 1956 but the cancer death rate is expected to remain about the same as?ast year. Accidental deaths claimed 1057 lives in Oregon in 1956 and the Board of Health said that figure would be virtually the same for 1957 when final tabula tions are reached next week. Di seases of early infancy will be down substantially and suicides, between 200 and 205 of them, will be about the same as last year. Commenting on an estimated 20 per cent increase in pneu monia deaths, the Board said the 1957 total is expected to be about 550, compared with 453 in 1956. "This increase," the Board said, "is associated to a great ex tent with the influenza epidemic, although many of the deaths are probably among older people with pre-existing chronic illness complicated by flu." The Oregon birth rate this year is expected to be the low est since 1946 21.9 per thou sand population. While Oregon's birth rate has been decreasing, the national rate has generally increased since 1950. The Board expects 38.000 resident births during 1957. In 1956 there were Accidental Gunshot Hits Karrisburg Girl Corvallis IIP) A six-year-old girl was critically wounded Sat urday night when a gun acci dentally discharged in the hands of her 15-year-old brother at a home seven miles south of here. Benton county sheriff's deputies reported. She was reported in "fair" condition today. Vera D. Anglin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Anglin, Harrisburg, was struck in the right temple by a .22 caliber bullet. The gun was held by Perry Anglin, her brother, depu ties said. Deputy Sheriff Wayne Yates said the accident occurred at the home of another son of the Anglins, Roy, about 8 p.m. The girl was taken to a Cor vallis hospital, but later trans ferred to Sacred Heart hospital in Eugene where a brain special ist was available. Two More Penguins Die at Portland Portland (IP) Two more of Portland's penguins died Sunday as plans were made to send two more experts here to help save the 29 remaining South Pole birds. An adelie penguin here and an emperor penguin at Vancou ver, B.C., died Sunday bringing to 12 the number of deaths from aspergillosis, a fungus - caused lung disease. One other penguin choked to death. Dr. Carlton M. Herman, head of the disease control section of the waterfowl division of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, indicated he would be willing to fly here to help try to save the birds. He said he would proba bly bring Dr. W. J. L. Sladen of Johns Hopkins university with him. A tank car full of salt water will be given the penguins Tuesday as one of a number of remedies suggested to save them. The first commercial sugar World was in San Domingo where Negro slaves were im ported to cultivate the fields. aid To Cross ler lieved to be working in the vici nity of the federal capital. Most sensational case in recent years was Soviet MVD assassin Nikolai Khokhlov. He gave him self up in 1954 to Western auth orities after being ordered by Moscow to murder Russian em- 38,423 births for a rate of 22.2. The national rate last year was 25.3. Marriages Below U.S. Rate The Oregon death rate this year will reach 8.9 per thousand or 15,400 resident deaths. Last year there were 15,328 such deaths for a rate of 8.8. The na tional rate last yearEwas 9 4. Oregon's marriage rate is sub stantially below the national fig ure and the divorce rate substan tially higher. ' About . 10,400 persons will have been married by next Tues day night for a rate of 6 mar riages pec one thousand popula tion. The rate last year was 6.1 Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Chicago Dr. William L. Thomas, in a warning to the Ameri can Anthropological association that the world's natural resources will never hold out at the present rate of use: "In a few thousand years, our era will be referred to as the age of waste." London English newspaper correspondent Patrick O'Dono van, in relating his experiences as a Christmas guest in the village of Stone Ridge. N.Y.: "No one mentioned Mr. Dulles, or the War of 1812, or thought it anything but entertaining to meet a foreigner, or complained about the taxes or agonized over Socialism. There are people who dislike Americans. ... They should come here (Stone Ridge) in winter time." Moscow A. Glagonravov, one of the Soviet's chief earth satel lite scientists, in summing up Russia's scientific achievements in 1957: ; "The future of Soviet science is closely tied with the conquest of the cosmos. As Tisulkovsky (a 19th century Russian scientist) predicted, Soviet man will become a citizen of the universe." South Bend T. Coleman Andrews, former Commissioner of Internal Revenue, describing inflation as a more serious threat to the nation than "a whole sky full of Sputniks": - "Inflation is probably the most insidious evil with which or ganized society ever has had to contend." MEETING ON GROUNDS of Imperial Palace, Tokio, Ja pan's royal family greets photographers for annual New Year's picture. From left: Crown Prince Akihito, Princess Suga, Empress Nagako, Emperor Hirohito and Prince Yo shii, who is petting Akibito's dog, Anastasia. (International) The Family Council Editor's note: Che Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual report The Family Council does not jive advice; it merely reports on problems that have keen dealt with by responsible acencies and counselors. Oscar N. My wife can't set up a home. Emily N. I want a home the whole world will admire. Oscar N. My wife is really driving me crazy. We were married two years ago and have been trying to set up a home ever since. So far we are still dining on the bridge table, trying to make do with some old lamps and broken-down chairs our parents gave us when we started our married life on a shoestring. The trouble isn't money. I am making a good salary and we can buy on time. The trouble is that my wife just can't make up her mind about anything. Once or twice she has gone so far. as to order something, and then she'll think it over and call the store and cancel. I say we should call in a dec orator and let him do whatever he wants, but Emily says she's got to have it just right and she doesn't trust anyone else. Emily N. I suppose the whole nroblem is my perfectionism. I do want a home the whole world will admire. I want it to be so beautiful everyone will just gasp when they see it. But it's hard to judge in advance just what will have the most beautiful ef fect. All my friends seem to" have different ideas of what is nice and my mother and mother-in- law are at opposite poles in tneir taste. Thev all try to help me, but they only succeed in mixing me up. The other day my motner-in-law had the nerve to say that I don't want to make a home igre leader Georgi Okolovich with a device for firing a bullet concealed inside a ciagrette packet. Ranged against this army of Communist spies are two main West German counter - intelli gence organizations the Fed- Past Year and the national rate was 9.4. Also by next Tuesday night some 5650 persons will have dis solved their marriages for a di vorce rate of 3.3. The rate last year was 3.4 and the national rate 2.3 per thousand population. Other statistics in the health report: 10 maternal deaths (esti mated) for 1957 and 11 during 156; fetal deaths (stillbirths) slightly under the 1345 record ed last year; heart disease, 6046 deaths last year, slightly fewer this year; strokes, 1880 deaths last year, virtually no change this year; disease of early in fancy, 475 expected this year, against 522 last year. because I'm so slew about it. I try so he rd to do this job j well,' yet everyone is beginning to laugh at me. Sometimes I feel like calling the whole thing quits and just walking out. It looks as though I am failing as a wife. . The Council Establishing a home is generally considered as important an assertion of femi ninity as earning a living or starting a career is of mascu linity. Most women feel they need to do a successful job in this realm in order to have any sense of satisfaction with themselves. However, Emily's desire for "a home the whole world will ad mire" is a bit excessive. This, plus her confusion at the oppos ing ideas of her mother and mother-in-law and her friends, indicates she has a very weak sense of her own feminine per sonality. It is not a simple con fusion in taste, but a lack of con fidence in her own feminine judgment. This impasse has led Emily to the point where she openly ad mits "I'm failing as a wife." 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Closely allied with this organi zation is the Security Office of the Federal Criminal Bureau, which acts partly as its execu tive arm as well as being res State of Mind Said To Condition Drinker By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor New York HP) Here is some science for people who would like to drink socially but remain reasonably sober New Year's Eve: The number of drinks it takes to make a man drunk is some how related to his state of mind at the time he took the first one. . The man whose state of mind is one of realized stress, tension, and fearfulness, is more likely to be sledge-hammered by less alco hol than the man whose mind is at peace. It is true that drinking alcohol in a stuffy room where atmo spheric oxygen is lower than, it should be increases the intoxiat ing power of the alcohol. Suggests Water Mix Champagne intoxicates quick ly because it is carbonated. By this token, whiskey and soda are more quickly intoxicating than whiskey and tap water. While it is true that food with alcohol makes the alcohol less in toxicating, the "food" does not include fruits. Eating a compar able quantity of fruit, makes the drink more intoxicating. These helpful hints were taken from a scientific treatise of Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo of New York for the technical journal, "Postgraduate Medicine." He was pointing out that "tolerance" for alcohol and drugs not only varies widely among individuals but also can vary widely for any one individual, depending upon his inner and outer circumstanc es at the moment. Leave Room If Dizzy He was seeking to explain why these variations are so. "Oxygen lack" was easy to ex plain, because oxygen -helps to "burn" alcohol in the body. Dizzy drinkers in a stuffy room feel less dizzy almost at once when they get into the outdoor air. Food in the stomach helps slow the intoxicating process be- would suggest that she shun such destructive notions and make up her mind to get down to business read some books, take a decor ating course and .then, on the basis of real knowledge, come to a decision and stick to it. ' Emily should remember that she needs to create an oasis of peace and comfort for herself and her husband, not a show piece for the world at large. (Copyright 1957, General Features Corp.) THEY WON THE FORTUNE FORD! r 1MB ' Hill Jjl ' MR. AND MRS. W. H. LOONSTYN 4196 ALANA AVENUE - SALEM, ORE. are shown on Christmas day receiving their beautiful New 1958 Ford Sedan which they won at the Fortune'Service Station. Mr. Loonstyn is a maintenance engineer and was driving a 1953 car before winning the new Ford sedan. "I never won anything before in my life," was all that Mr. Loonstyn could say when he found he had the winning ticket. Fortune Service Stations give a Ford Sedan Free every 60 days. Tickets are given free at Fortune located on the Point where So. Central joins So. Riverside Ave. in Medford. THE NEXT FREE FORD WILL BE AWARDED FEB. 26 A Portable T.V. Will Be Given From Ford Tickets Jan. 29. Every 'Mont ponsible for bodyguard services to the West German president and chancellor. Not all espionage is connected with political secrets, military intelligence and whispered con ferences in small back rooms. There is also the industrial side. West German authorities report that the East German Communists have built up an effective organization which is stealing industrial processes from the West and turning them to their own use. ' At the last East zone Leipzik fair, they say, West German busi nessmen saw Communist ver sions of stolen Western products being offered for sale abroad at well below world market price. cause it slows the rate of alcohol absorbtion into the blood. But fruit steps up body chemistry's fermentation . processes which adds to the total amount of al cohol involved. As for carbonation, whether in champagne or in soda it helps hurry alcohol out of the stomach and into the intestines from whence it is absorbed into the' blood. Australia's population , is esti mated at 9,600,000. ofcA Ft FOR EACH GIFT AND GUEST JV jPvbv An old fashioned whisky x&'MsJa the mild taste tells the story. Itl ZJt A Available for the holidays p5Miij L Jft in classic round bottle IOLD W&vk or superb Matched-rv. UlPrflllT BOURBON S6 PROOF OLD HICKORY DISTILLERS COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA, PA, t Newport Holdup Attempt Thwarted Newport, Ore. (IP) A young Navy officer missed getting shot by about a foot late Saturday night as he thwarted a holdup man who tried to rob his father-in-law's general store about four miles east of here, state police reported. Lt. (jg) Larry McArthur and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Pete Rassmussen, went to the door of the store about 11:45 p.m. to answer incessant pounding. The holdup man, wearing blue jeans, stepped into the light and put the barrel of a rifle into the door ahead of him. McArthur stepped in front of his mother-in-law, pushed her to the floor, took hold of the bar rel and shoved, at the same time slamming and latching the door. McArthur hit the floor him self as the gunman fired a shot which went through the wood en door and wound up in a re frigeration unit. It missed Mc Arthur by about a foot, officers said. Officers said the ho'dup man t scaped. About three billion tons of land material are dumped into the world's oceans every year by rivers, winds and other natural agencies.
