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No. 225
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Peacetime
Likely For
Washington 0P1 Presi
dent Eisenhower's first budget
request of the newly-convened
congress a missile - age
measure for strengthening the
nation's defense headed Sat
urday toward swift passage.
Beep Beep Signal
Mystifies Listeners
Ai Monitor Posts
Helsinki, Finland (W A
sputnik-like "beep beep" sig
nal mystified European radio
operators Saturday.
' There were these known
facts:
Soviet officials said there
had been no major rocket fir
ing. The beeps were on the
wavelengths of the two Soviet
satellites launched last fall.
But the satellite radios are
dead.
There were these theories:
The beeps were a hoax.
A radio teleprinter or a
radio picture transmsmitter
was emitting the signals.
The Soviets are ground
testing a moon rocket or satel
lite radio on the ground.
A space rocket has been
fired again.
It was anybody's guess.
The British broadcasting
corporation's listening post at
Tatsfield, England, said it had
been picking up apparently
similar signals daily since
Dec. 31.
In Stockholm, a Swedish
government radio spokesman
said the signals may have
been nothing more than pul
ses from a radio teleprinter
or a radio picture transmitter.
Sweden picked up the signals
on the 20.049 megacycles
frequency. And others on a
frequency of 20.030 mega
cycles. The spokesman said
they did not appear to be com
ing from space. "It seems like
a great mystification or, a
mistake to me," the Swedish
spokesman said.
Youths Charged
With Cat Killing.
One 13-year-old boy was
lodged in the city jail Satur
day night and two other
youths, aged 13 and 14 years
old, were released to the cus
tody of their parents after
they were arrested" on charges
of maliciously killing an ani
mal, according to Medford
police.
Police said the boys had
tied a cat with a rope and
shot arrows at it until it was
apparently dead. The boys
then took the cat's body to
the Washington school
grounds where they tied a
hangman's noose around the
cat's neck and hung it, police
reported.
Killing an animal malic
iously is a violation of a state
law and is a felony, according
to police. They said further
action will be taken by ju
venile authorities.
Kapers
Scheduled
By
Kiwanis Club
Medford Kiwanis club's an
nual Kapers, a show of songs,
gags, skits and dancing, will
be held Feb. 26, 27 and 28
and March 1 in the Medford
Senior High school auditor
ium, General Chairman Glen
Allen has announced.
First group to go to work
on the show will be the pro
gram advertising committee.
Kick-off of its task will be on
Wednesday, Jan. 15. Frank
Kennedy and Gordon Mac
Kenzie are the co-chairmen
of this committee. Team cap
tains are Jim Ambler, Byd
Budge. Bruno Rath, Paul Kit
chell. Bill Clark and Donald
E. Faber.
Kurt Nesheim and Fred
Morlan are vice chairmen of
the general Kapers commit
tee. Soldier Sentenced
For Auto Accident
Reykjavik, Iceland An
Icelandic civilian court Sat
urday sentenced a U.S. sol
dier to 60 days in prison, re
voked his driving license and
ordered him to pay all med
ical and legal costs for knock
ing down a man on a bi
cycle with his car.
Record
Budget
The house armed services
committee tentatively ap
proved a half-billion dollar
emergency fund for dispers
ing strategic air command
bases, expanding air force
missile work, and develop
ing a system for detecting en
emy missiles.
The committee is expected
to give its final approval
Monday after writing in min
or amendments.
The measure is linked with
Mr. Eisenhower's request for
$1,260,000,000 in additional
appropriations for the de
fense department for the cur
rent fiscal year which ends
next June 30.
To Send Message
The president will send to
congress Monday a budget
message outlining the govern
ment's proposed spending
plans for the 1958-59 fiscal
year starting July 1. Inform
ed sources said he would call
for nearly 74 billion dollars
a peacetime record.
More than half of the to
tal about 40 billion dollars
would be allotted to the de
fense department, with pri
ority going to development
and perfection of new weap
ons to meet Russia's missile
space accomplishments.
Reliable sources said the
president 11 would call for a
sharp cutback in some non
defense programs, such as
housing, federal aid to states
and flood control, to help
make up for the added de
fense costs.
The budget would be about
two billion dollars more than
the president originally ask
ed for the current fiscal year
and about one billion more
than the actual spending
rate.
Will Go Into Red
These sources said the pres
ident also will tell congress
the government will go" into
the red about a half billion
dollars for the current fiscal
year because of higher de
fense outlays and tax receipts
lower than anticipated. Tax
receipts are down because of
the business slump.
But, counting on a business
upturn, Mr. Eisenhower will
forecast a surplus of about
half a billion dollars for the
new fiscal year.
He also will ask congress
to temporarily increase the
national debt ceiling of 275
billion dollars. And he will
rule out a tax cut or a tax
increase. But he will again
urge an increase in postal
rates to help pay for higher
government spending.
The $1,260,000,000 in sup
plemental defense appropri
ations will be used largeiy to
bolster the nation's ballistic
missile programs. A bill car
rying this amount is now be
fore a house appropriations
subcommittee.
Hearing Scheduled
On Expenditure
A public hearing will be
held in the county court of
fice at 10 a. m. Monday on the
$14,500 supplemental budget
appropriation for the Jackson
county detention home. Coun
ty Commissioner Chester
Wendt said Friday.
The supplemental budget
expenditure will be used to
finance the purchase of such
fixtures as beds, the fence
around the maximum security
unit, drapes, chairs and win
dow blinds and other inside
equipment. Wendt explained.
"We had originally planned
to take the required money
from the county emergency
fund," Wendt explained.
"However, when it came time
to pay for the equipment a
question arose as to the legal
ity of such an action. We
called the supplemental budg
et committee hearing on ad
vice of the district attorney.?
If nobody objects to the pro
nosed expenditure the sup
plemental budget item will be
passed, Wendt said.
Members of the budget com
mittee conducting the hearing
e Tom Wray, chairman,
Medford; Roger Wrath, Ash
land, secretary, Arnold Bohn
ert. Central Point and mem
bers of the Jackson county
court County Judge Rodney
Keating, Commissioner. Ches
ter Wendt, Commissioner
Ralph James.
Glendive, Mont. flPi The
house of the Charles rung
family here has been plagued
mysteriously by six small fires
in about 31 hours during the
past two days and the state
fire marshal, Art Parson, may
be called to solve the mystery.
Test Pilots Listed
For Space Flight,
Aviation Man Says
Six Rated Favorites
To Fly Rocket Plane
Washington OP) The first
Americans to fly into space
are likely to be six volunteer
test pilots, one of whom al
ready holds the world's alti
tude record, it was disclosed
Saturday.
Four of the group are in
their mid-30's. The other two
are in their late 20's.
According to a high civil
ian aviation official, this half
dozen men already rank as
"accepted favorites," for the
first flights to be taken in
the X-15 rocket' research
plane now under develop
ment. The Air Force has called
the X-15 a "manned spacecraft.
It is designed to fly to a
height of more than 100 miles
above the earth at speeds in
excess of three times the
speed of sound 3,600 M.P.H.
The official said the first
flights will be attempted
"within the next two years."
All the tests will be conducted
from Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif.
To Hit 50,000 Feet
The tiny X-15 will be
flown first to a height of 50,
000 feet by a B-52 bomber
"mother plane." Then it will
be released from the B-52's
belly and speed aloft under
the power of its own rockets.
Scott Crossfield. 36, test
pilot for the X-15's builder,
North American Aviation,
long has been in line as the
American most likely to make
the first space flight.
His job will be to prove
the "airworthiness" of the
X-15. He may take the plane
as high as 100 miles.
Mother Appeals
For Son's Release
Hong Kong rtfl Mrs.
Ruth Redmond said Saturday
she had appealed directly to
Red Chinese Premier Chou
En-Lai to release her son from
his life sentence in jail.
Mrs. Redmond, of Yonkers,
N.Y., told United Press by
telephone from Shanghai that
she mailed the latter to Chou
Thursday in the presence of
Chinese Red Cross officials.
She had received no offic
ial reaction up to Saturday.
Her son, Hugh, 38, a form
mer import-export executive
in Shanghai, was arrested in
1951 and sentenced to life
by the Chinese Communists
for "espionage."
. Mrs. Redmond said she had
her second visit with him
Saturday a half hour in
the jail where he is serving
his sentence She saw him on
Thursday for two hours, their
first reunion in 11 years.
It was not known whether
the other two mothers who
went to Communist China
with Mrs. Redmond to visit
their imprisoned sons had
made similar appeals to
Chou.
Mrs. Mary Downey, of New
Britain, Conn., and Mrs. Phil
lip Fecteau, of Lynn, Mass.,
went to Peiping to see their
sons, John T. Downey and
Richard G. Fecteau. William
Downey, John's brother, also
made the trip.
Local Minister Amazed At
While Reading New Testament Aloud UVi Hours
I was amazed at the aud
ience response," the Rev. Ray
mond W. Hurn, pastor of the
First Church of the Nazarene,
said Saturday morning after
he completed reading the New
Testament aloud at the
church. The reading took 17V4
hours.
Mr. Hurn started reading
the New Testament at 8 a.m.
Friday and completed the
Book of Revelation at 1:30
a.m. Saturday. He rested for
five minutes every two hours
during the morning and every
hour during the afternoon
and evening. Food eaten dur
ing the period included hot
soup, sandwiches, and coffee,
he said.
The pastor had the idea for
reading the New Testament
aloud when the denomina
tion started its 50th year ac
tivities with a Bible reading
emphasize week Jan. 5
through Jan. 11.
Focus Attention
Campaign L
To Sell Fore.
Washington W) President
Eisenhower launched Satur
day a major campaign to sell
the American people on fore
ign aid to counter Russia's
Freedom First
Vatican Insists
In Reply To Reds
Vatican City (IP) Rus
sia must establish religious
freedom in the Soviet Union
before there can be any talk
of diplomatic relations be
tween the Soviet Union and
the Vatican, a high Vatican
source said Saturday night.
The source pointed out
that Pope Pius XII has stated
repeatedly that the Holy See
is always ready to start ne
gotiations with anybody that
can help to improve world
situation. But he stressed that
Pope Pius, like President Eis
eihower, has indicated there
must first be concrete gest
ures of good will if there were
to be any negotiations . with
Russia.
"Before even tentative ne
gotiations could start, Russia
would have to permit religi
ous freedom in the Soviet
Union," the source said. "It
would also have to show its
readiness to accept the Cath
olic action movement."
Moscow (IP) The Sov
iet government has made a
bid to establish diplomatic re
lations with the Roman Cath
olic church, one of the bit
terest foes of Atheistic Com
munism, it was reported Sat
urday. An Italian delegation said
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko told them Fri
day the Kremlin would wel-
leome voinciai eoniaci-wim
the Vatican" in the interests
of peace and disarmament."
(A dispatch from Rome said
a high Vatican source said
Russia must establish religi
ous freedom in the Soviet
Union before there can be
any talk of diplomatic ; rela
tions between Moscow" and
Vatican city.
(Soviet affairs experts ' in
London considered the Gro
myko offer a surprising new
propaganda tactic in the So
viet "peace" campaign aimed
as much at Russian Catholics
as at world opinion.)
The Italian delegation, a
group of leftist "peace parti
sons" headed by Communist
Sen. Celeste Negarville, made
it clear that Gromyko was
talking about a reconciliation
with the Vatican on an offic
ial and not an ideological lev
el. Auto Workers Hold
Secret Session
Detroit (IP) The Detroit
News reported Saturday the
United Auto Workers has
called a 200-man steering
committee into secret sessions
to pass on a surprise proposal
and package of economic de
mands to be placed before the
Big Three auto companies.
The union said yesterday
it had an "important" an
nouncement to make Monday
but declined to indicate the
nature.
Mr. Hurn explained that
the purpose of the reading
was to focus attention upon
the readability, simplicity and
the ease with which the New
Testament may be read.
Five different translations
of the Bible were used
throughout the. day. They in
cluded the King James Ver
sion, . Revised Standard Ver
sion, John Wesley, J. B. Phil
lips, and James Moffett trans
lations. The minister said the
majority of the reading was
from the King James version
as the pulpit Bible at the
church was that translation
and had the largest print
available. He added that he
did read several complete
Books from the other transla
tion. The easiest of the Gospels
to read, he commented, was
John, while he was pleased
the most with the. audience
response from First and Sec
ond Corinthians. He added
V- ..... v.-
Aid
economic offensive.
Former presidents Truman
and Hoover and his Demo
cratic rival for the presidency,
Adlai E. Stevenson, may be
asked to join in the campaign,
which will be carried to the
"grass roots."
The White House announced
that a bipartisan conference
of 600 to 700 leaders in all
fields of American life will
be called here to organize
and stimulate public support
for the administration's big
foreign aid program.
The president put Eric A.
Johnston, president of the Mo
tion Picture Association of
America and part-time adviser
to the administration, hi
charge of arranging the con
ference. It will come at the begin
ning of the annual congres
sional criticism of the adminis
tration's multi-billion, dollar
aid program for. the new fiscal
year. Again this year, congress
will be asked to appropriate
about four billion dollars for
economic and military aid to
friendly and neutral countries.
Last year it voted deep cuts in
the aid program.
Johnton said the two-day
conference will be held "rela
tively soon," but no dates
have been fixed.
A campaign of this type has
no precedent since the famous
Marshall Aid plan was found
ed during the Truman admin
istration. The meeting may produce a
permanent organization of
citizens to spread the concept
of mutual security, Johnston
said.
Vanguard Firing
Scheduled Soon
Cape Canaveral, Fla. TO)
All sign indicated - Satur
day the United States will
make its second attempt next
week to launch a slim Van
guard rocket carrying in its
nose a small test satellite
which scientists hope will go
into orbit around the earth.
Best guess for the launch
ing is Wednesday but it is
strictly a guess.
The only thing certain here
is that no official word of the
Vanguard launching is like
ly to be issued until the 72
foot rocket is soaring toward
space. -. .'
But there are strong indi
cations the attempt is near.
The rocket which will be
used to carry the six-inch
test satellite and eventu
ally a 20-inch fully instru
mented man-made moon
into space has been success
fully flight tested.
But when the Navy made
the first highly publicized at
tempt on Dec. 6 to launch the
rocket with a small satellite
in its nose, Vanguard rose
about four inches off its
launching pad, lost the
thrust of its engines, and top
pled over in a great bellow of
flame. The flop was costly to
this country's prestige be
cause Russia already had two
satellites whirling in space. .
Although the Vanguard
project is scientific rather
than military, emphatic word
has been passed down from
Washington since the Decem
ber failure that there will be
"no talk" about the next attempt.
Audience Response
that Romans also seemed easy
to read aloud but this he
credited to the fact that it
followed Acts which was one
of the more difficult Books
to read.
Always A Listener
There were never less than
three persons listening during
the entire 17 hours Vi of read
ing, the minister said Satur
day, with the largest number,
22, during the reading of n
Corinthians. For the last hour
and a half of reading, 14 per
sons remained, he explained.
"I was pleased to see the
group of high school students,
who stopped in to listen fol
lowing school and during the
evenings," Mr. Hurn said.
"They seemed particularly in
terested in the reading as I
was using an unfamiliar trans
lation at the time."
He mentioned that the ma
jority of the listeners follow
ed the reading in Testaments
that were available at the
church.
,,cige Agreement
Averts Strike
Of Phone Workers
Negotiations Ended
After Long Session
New York (IP) Offic
ials of the American Tele
phone and Telegraph comp
any and the Communications
Workers of America (AFL
CIO) wound up a marathon
30-hour negotiating session on
Saturday , with a new wage
agreement averting a nation
wide strike of long distance
telephone operators.
Daily negotiations that be
gan Dec. 9 came to an end
with announcement of wage
increases ranging from $2 to
$4 for operators and $1 to $5
for maintenance men employ
ed by AT&T in 42 states and
the District of Columbia.
The contract, covering 25,-
000 workers, 40 per cent of
them long distance operators,
still must be ratified by un
ion members. But the union's
chief negotiator gave her full
endorsement to the new pact.
The union's contract with
the company expired at mid
night Jan. 3, and the workers
have been poised for a walk
out at any moment since then.
George F. Sparks, assistant
vice president of the AT&T,
said the new contract would
run for 16 months, a month
longer than the old agree
ment. The union had wanted
a 12-month contract.
Sparks said the agreement
would become effective Feb
10, if ratified by the union
membership. It will run un
til June 10, 1959. it will not
be retroactive to the date of
expiration of the old con
tract. The terms of the old
contract will be in force un
til the new agreement goes
into effect.
The union had demanded a
flat $3-a-week wage increase
for operators now receiving
$43 to $70.50 a week, and a
flat increase- of $3 to $5-for
maintenance workers receive
ing $43.50 to $119 a week.
workers covered are em
ployed in every state except
New Hampshire, Vermont,
Delaware, South Dakota, Ne
vada and Montana.
Sports Bulletins
South Eugene high, with
big Charlie Warren record
ing 27 points, whacked Med
ford 87 to 45 here last night
lo sweep its two-game bas
' keiball series with the Black
Tornado. The Axemen had
13 to 12, 34 to 20 and 49 to
28 spreads at the quarters.
Monmouth Southern Or
egon college walked over
Oregon College of Educa
tion here Saturday night,
69 to 40. Red Raider Bill
' Hollingsworth picked up 27
points for the Raiders vic
tory. Halftime scores of the
test was 30 to 18.
SATURDAY SCORES
COLLEGE
Eastern Washington 64, St,
Martin's 44
San Diego St. 83, Arizona 76
Washington 60, Stanford 54
Wyoming 68, Denver 56
Idaho st. 80, Brigham Young
64
Chico it. 71, Cal Aggies 33
UCLA 64. Idaho 56
California 47. Washington
st. 32
PREPS
Grants Pass 38, Crater 35 -
Klamath Falls 57, Ashland
55 (Overtime)
The Gospel of Mark gave
me the most difficulty, he
explained, "as I was reading
from one of the least familiar
translations. But the most dif
ficult Book was Revelation."
Called in Morning
Many of the persons who
dropped by the church dur
ing the day called Saturday
morning, Mr. Hum' said, and
all of them have become ex
cited about reading the Bible.
"I definitely feel that the
purpose . for the reading was
accomplished," he stated.
When asked if he would
read the New Testament aloud
again the pastor said that he
would, but not immediately.
He commented that he would
do it differently the next time
by having more than one per
son do the reading to create
a variety in voices.
One amusing sidelight, Mr.
Hurn said, was that he found
several typographical errors
in the pulpit Bible during the
reading.
Ike Sends Urgent
To
"Good Now Let's'See
Stoa
December Recorded
High Jobless Month
Factors which caused un
employment at various times
during the summer and fall
months joined forces in De
cember to produce the high
est unemployment of the win
ter, according to John J. Pat
ton, manager of the Medford
office of the state employ-
County GOP
To Meet Jan20"
The Jackson County Repub
lican Central committee will
meet Jan. 20 to elect a perm
anent chairman, it was an
nounced Saturday by. Don
Stathos, who was named in
terim chairman last week by
the group's executive com
mittee. The meeting will be in the
little theater room of the Hed
rick Junior High sqhool at
7:30 p.m. ,
A. E. Piazza.' committee
treasure, said Stathos was
named by the excutive com
mittee to serve until a perm
anent chairman could be elect
ed at a regularly scheduled
meeting of the central com
mittee. In announcing the ac
tion of the excutive group, he
said it was incorrectly stated
that Stathos would serve un
til after the primary election.
Piazza said t the interim
chairman' was named to head
the party organization in the
county because the retiring
president, Mrs. Frank Bash,
who previously had announc
ed her resignation, was anx
ious to be relieved of the
responsibility.
In response to allegations
the action in naming Stathos
was imroper, Piazza pointed
out that such proceedure is
explicitly provided for in the
new 1957 election law, as well
as in the committee's by-laws,
which state the committee can
delegate authority for such
appointments to the executive
committee.
Three Apprehended
On Robbery Charge
Central Point Three
youths have been arrested in
connection with the break-in
and attempted robbery of the
agriculture building of Crater
High school on Saturday
night, according to Central
Point police.
Police said a school janitor
saw the youths leaving the
office door with the money
sack. The three youths, two
17, and one 16-year-old, drop
ped the sack and ran, police
said. One youth was later ar
rested while walking down
the street and the other two
were arrested Saturday even
ing, police added.
The boys told police they
had pushed open a restroom
window to gain entrance to
the building and then broke
the glass window to the of
fice. The money sack was tak
en from a file cabinet, police
said. The youths were lodged
in the Jackson County Deten
tion home pending action by
juvenile authorities.
Summit
You Handle The Wheel"
ment service
The total number of peo
ple without work was still
below that experienced at the
peak reached last January, he
said, but was 45 per cent
more than unemployment in
December, 1956
" The last two weeks of De
cember brought layoffs from
all parts of the lumber in
dustry, he noted, and some
firms shut down for annual
repairs, others ran out of
logs, and others apparently
closed because of business
conditions. Most of the firms
indicated that they intended
to reopen following the holi
day season if log supplies per
mitted. Packaging Completed
The fruit industry com
pleted its Christmas gift box
packaging. A large portion of
the gift box packing crews
are composed of housewives
who- leave the labor market
at the end of the season,, and
are not counted in those un
employed, Patton pointed out.
Bad weather caused furth
er cuts in construction activ
ity, including the Talent pro
ject. This was particularly
true of jobs involving grad
ing and excavation, he said.
Work on the Talent project
will resume as soon as weath
er permits. t
In general, Patton said, the
local employment trend seems
to be following its familiar
seasonal pattern but with lay
offs being somewhat greater
in size than was the case last
year, and coming about a
month earlier.
The number of unemploy
ed in the county as of Dec.
31 was estimated at 2,470,
which is 24 per cent greater
than November. The figure is
still about 8 per cent below
January and February last
year.
Job opportunities decreased
in most lines during Decem
ber, he said, and the outlook
for new jobs will remain poor
for the next 60 days. Orch
ard pruning was on schedule
and maintained a small but
steady demand for help.
The present amount of un
employment is still below the
level which existed during
the winters of 1948-49 and
1949-50, when extreme cold
brought almost all outside
work to a halt. There is no
reason to expect the situa
tion will approach those rec
ord levels, Patton indicated.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Intermittent
rain through this after
noon some clearing this
evening with low clouds or
fog forming tonight but
. becoming mostly sunny
Monday afternoon, high
today 4. low tongiht 32,
high Monday 45.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 51
Lowest this Morning . 54
PRECIP.
To 10 p.m. Yesterday 03
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:40 a.m.
Sunset 5:00 p.m.
The Moon, at last
Quarter 6:01 a.m.
Rises Mondy 1:30 a.m.
Above it appears the planet
Jupiter.
EVENING STAR
Venus, in the southwest, is
the first "star" visible after
sunset. It is now setting
about five minutes earlier
each night.
Plea
Tak
Peace Talks
More Important, .
President Says
Letter Delivery Set -Possibly
For Today 1
Washington OH Presi
dent Eisenhower is sending
an urgent new plea to Rus
sian Premier Nikolai Bulgan
in to stop talking about a
quick summit conference and
begin work forthwith on lower-level
peace-through-disarmament
talks, it was learned
Saturday.
His plea, administration of
ficials said, is the heart of a
letter being dispatched to
Bulganin now for delivery
"within hours," probably to
day. The letter also challenges
the Kremlin leaders to:
Make good on their 1955
promise, at the last summit
meeting in Geneva, to permit
unification of Germany
through free elections.
To work more through
the United Nations to settle)
international disputes. '
Final touches were report- '
ed reliably to have been
placed on the letter during a
15-minute telephone conver
sation between the President
and Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles. Drafts had
been discussed by the two
previously, and the letter wai
in near-final shape when the
telephone exchange took
place.
The President's letter leaves
the ddor open for summit
level talks with Russian lead
ers later this year if there it
any sign on disarmament,
German unification or other
problems that such a meeting
would produce real progress
in easing the cold war.
But the President is warn
ing Bulganin that a quick
summit meeting within "two
or three months," as urged
by the Russians, might do
more "harm than good."
Careful preparations must
be made at a lower level be
fore any summit conference
is called, according to the let
ter. This amounts to a reaf
firmation of the cautious
Dulles approach which has
been under heavy criticism in
Western Europe.
In his letter, informants
said, the President is register
ing opposition to Bulganin'i
repeated bids for an "imme
diate" ending of H-bomb tests,
a "de - nuclearized" zona
through the heart of Europe,
and an East-West non-aggression
pact. Instead, the Presi
dent favors rapid action in
the new, Soviet-boycotted 25
nation UN disarmament com
mission or ah attempt to
break the disarmament dead
lock through a big power for
eign ministers meeting.
Eisenhower's c a r e f u lly
worded "no, not now" an
swer on a summit meeting
and a parallel new effort on
disarmament have the stamp
of approval of America's
allies in Europe, informants
said. The NATO allies also re
ceived letters from Bulganin
in early December, and again
only two days ago while the
President was . delivering his
State of the Union message to
congress.
Assistance Ready
For Taxpayers Here
The local office of the Ore
gon state tax commission has
announced assistance will be
offered taxpayers in prepar
ing 1957 forms in room 320
of the Leverette building.
During Jan. 13 to March 31
assistance will be offered on
Mondays while from April 1
to 15 assistance will be offer
ed weekdays except Satur
days. Those wishing help in pre
paring their form are asked
to fill in the form as nearly
as possible before bringing it
to be examined. Information
pertaining to total income for
1957, copies of the 1956 state
and federal returns and proof
of the amount of state and
federal tax payments during
1957 should be brought when
asking assistance, according
to officials.
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