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Vital Step in Reorgai mizalion Plan Held Up Washington W The Defense Department is hold ing up one of the vital steps in Preiid ent Eisenhawer's "urgent" Pentagon reorgani zation plan although the "White House has said it could be carried out without legis lation. A spokesman Indicated Wednesday the key provision for streamlining the military command setup may not be carried out until a reorganiza tion bill is passed. , The provision calls for eli minating the Army, Navy and Air Force departments from the chain of command. Com mand would then run directly from the defense secretary through the Joint Chiefs of Staff to unified field forces. One of Eijjht Slept White House Press Secre tary James C Hagerty identi fied the streamlined command plan April 5 as one of eight steps in the reorganization proposal which could be undertaken right away with out legislation. He said that part of Eisenhower's April 3 reorganization message to Congress already was an order to Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, Army chief of staff, told the House Armed Services Com mittee Tuesday he had "re ceived no such directive" and "the old system is in effect." The Pentagon said today McElroy had requested Gen eral Nathan r. Twining, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to work out plans for the command streamlining. Desi Arnaz Makes Wesfinghouse Deal Hollywood ; HP) Studio One, a pioneer live dramatic show on television which re cently moved from New York to Hollywood, is losing West , lnghouse Electric Corp. as a sponsor. . x . A joint announcement Wed nesday by Lou Cowan, presi dent for television of Colum- t bla Broadcasting System, and Desi Arnaz, head of Desilu Productions Inc., disclosed a $12 million package deal for a new Westinghouse program. "-""""The' new one-hour show, called Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, will.be shown on Monday nights at the same time spot now occupied by the venerable Studio One. Arnaz said the package con tained 48 weekly, filmed pro grams, including seven "Lucy Specials" and some musicals. He estimated the "Lucy Spe cials", would cost about $300, 000 each with the 41 other shows averaging $125,000 each. Jupiter Missile Launching Soon Cape Canaveral, Fla. 'OP) The Army is expected soon to launch its first intermediate range Jupiter missile in more than five months in a nose cone re-entry test. The tall, thick Jupiter was erect Wednesday in one of the Army's two service towers at the missile test center. It will probably undergo check outs for a week or two before it is launched. It was learned unoffically an attempt will be made to recover the nose cone of the 1,500-mile range missile from the Atlantic Ocean. Purpose of the test probably will be to study the effect re-entering the atmosphere will have on the nose cone. But you'll find a wide selection of clean, late model used cars - - now at your Medford Dealers ' .. 'v Keep Medford's Economy Rolling . . . YOU AUTO BUY NOW! If lillill "V - Six mm fly 1 w r-v r -:r I ; , " L f " ,4 Tb - SIGI? PROCLAMATION Gov. Robert D. Holmes signs a proclamation for observation of Conservation Week 1958, which will be. observed May 11-19. Governor Holmes also is chairman of the committee on natural resources, the agency which annually sponsors Conservation Week. Witnessing the signing are Richard A. Bain, chairman of the State Conser vation Week Central committee, and Ralph A. Wilson, presi dent of the state association of Soil Conservation districts. IV Youth Wins Trip In Judging Contest Cave Junction Gerald A. Gibbons, 14, an Illinois Valley High school freshman voca tional agriculture student, has been awarded a $1,000 sav ings bond and a trip to Chi cago as first prize winner in the western region in the Pfizer sixth annual livestock nudging contest. Ralph Burns, Gibbons' voca tional agriculture instructor, was presented a $500 bond. He has been invited to ac company young Gibbons on the Chicago trip, where they will' be guests of the Pfizer company during the American Feed Manufactures associa tion annual convention May 20. Gerald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gibbons of Cave Junction, entered the live stock judging contest with other members of his class last month. His award was based on the judging of four animals in three series, hogs, dairy cattle and laying hens, and writing an explanation on his judging of hogs. ; Cub Scouts Cub Scout Pack 2 Pack 2 held its pack meeting at monthly Lincoln school Thursday, April 24. Cub Scouts from Den 2 presented the colors and led the group in the flag salute. Later in the evening the Den won a tug of war competition. Three new Bobcats joining the Pack were Timmy Gunn, Tommy McCleary, and Danny Veal. Ricky Geise, Frank . Fort ney, . and Bobby Haskell . re ceived a wolf badge award. Earning lion badges and a gold arrow point were Buddy More, Chester Stickley, Rus sell Andersen, Steven Spar ling and David Cathcart, all of Den 1. Other awards in cluded David Schwartz, 2 sil ver arrow points; Billy At wood, 1 gold arrow and 4 silver arrow points; Leonard Arnold and Michael Allen, 1 year service stars, and Lee Grimes, 1 gold arrow point. David Anderson was present ed with a Den Chief cord. A Cub Scout from each Den gave a short talk to parents concerning den activities. Representing Den 1, was Bud dy Moore. Den 2, Dwaine Sproul, Den 3, Jerry Holt, Den 4, Ricky Geise, and Den 5, Leonard Arnold. UAW Bargaining Position Reversed Detroit (IP) The United Auto Workers Union, its bar gaining position suddenly re versed, Wednesday fought to keep its members on the job after next month's contract deadline. The union charged it faces an auto industry "alliance." Chrysler Tuesday joined General Motors and Ford in rejecting the union offer to ex tend contracts until Septem ber. General Motors Tuesday de livered an unprecedented no tice that it will terminate its contract on the May 29 ex piration date. "We hadn't planned to give General Motors a notice of termination," UAW Vice Pres ident Leonard Woodcock told newsmen. This confirmed that the UAW planned to extend GM's contract on a day-by-day basis past the deadline, while apply ing pressure cn union de mands at Ford and Chrysler, already under June 1 termi nation notice. t Since World War II, the union in each bargaining ses sion has decided which com pany would get a contract ex tension and which company it might strike. In nearly every case, the union used this tactic and a booming economy to make one of the companies give in for fear of losing its market to the others. Authorities Seize Hillsboro Slots Hillsboro (IP) Authorities Wednesday night seized 50 slot machines which had been stored in an old schoolhouse at nearby North Plains a few hours earlier. District Attorney Francis Linklatsr said h would ask for a court order today to authoriza destruction of the machines. A tip from a fisherman to a state game officer resulted In the seizure. The fisherman said he saw the slots being un loaded. The raiding party found most of the slots cov ered with gunny sacks. Linklater said he had no knowledge of any slot ma chines operating in Washing ton county but said'an inve9 tigation would be made. Linklater said Vera Kaw, 45, was arrested on e charge of possession of illegal slot machines and was released under $25 bail. The district at torney said Raw told him the slots were stored "for friend." MKT RESULTS? Voters: You need .representation irs the- legisla ture of man with experience, ability, training and energy. These are 'ike qualifications needed to get results. Veie lot Q. -W. Eemgtson for State Representative. He will not let you down. EENGTSOM FOR REPRESENTATIVE' COMMITTEE GEORGE TUCKER, CHAIRMAN S2S Mwti Rhem$t; JkSedfofd , Pd. Pol. Ad Governor Holmes Urges Education Challenge for All Denver OP) The em phasis on education in Ameri ca must be extended to in clude a challenge for all levels of intelligence and for the man who. finishes his formal training in high school as well as for the college man, the governor of Oregon said here. Gov. Robert D.. Holmes warned that the kind of peo ple our schools are producing are not equipped for, and not ready to deal with, the chal lenge of the new era in which they Will live. y - - Holmes, in an address to the legislative workshop on financing higher education, said, the United States ..must adopt and educational system that will stress value and in tellectual pursuit for its own sake. Great Slatura "In this total world," he said, "intellectual and spirit ual values have great stature and they are not satisfied by and educational system that merely stresses how to do things, or how to get things." He warned that Russia's educational system is far ahead of that of the United States. "We have assumed that in terest in acquiring knowledge and pleasure in thinking are satisfactions of an elite few," he said. "We have assumed that the slow reader and the slow thinker had best be kept away from books and be given something to do that doesn't require much meditation." He interjected, however, that the slow was well as the quick will participate in mak ing decisions affecting the public interest. Indian Fishing Rights Test Shaping The Dalles (IP) A court test on Indian fishing rights was shaping up here today. Two Indians have been cited for using sturgeon set lines in the Columbia river during the closed season. State Police said that one of them called and invited e them to make the arrest. An agreement was reached recently between Indians and state authorities on Columbia river fishing by Indians above Bonneville dam. The Com mercial fishing agencies main tain the agreement covers all fishing while Indians main tain the agreement covers salmon fishing only. Woman Cleared in Portland Robbery Portland OP) Mrs. Na dine Walcott, 37, Santa Maria, Calif., was cleared Wednesday of a charge of assisting in the robbery of the Livestock Kenton branch of the First National Bank of Portland. A federal grand jury here freed Mrs. Walcott of -the charge she helped her hus band, Carl, and Hubert Mc Clelland of Los Angeles rob the bank of $2,800 last Feb ruary.. Walcott has pleaded guilty to attempted robbery and wili be sentenced Friday. McClel land was indicted by the grand jury for the actual rob bery. 'In another case before the grand jury, Claire Ritter, 52, tsller and vice-president of th independent First Nation si Bank of Halfway, Ore., was indicted on five counts charging embezzlement of bank funds. The bank closed after a $99,000 shortage was discovered. Agents of the Hudson's Eay company, which has been a major commercial enterpris-e in the Arctic regions since the year 1S70, can no longer hang a man or marry him in their remote regions as. they could formerly. Try and -By BENNETT CERF- MRS. JONES arrived at the usual hour to do her shopping at Goombleheimer's general market "What does that sign on the window: 'Under New Management' mean?" she asked a friend. "There's Mr. Goom- bleheimer slicing meat like he always does." ""Yes," agreed the friend, "but what you don't know is that Mr. Goombleheimer got married yesterday." . A slick chick from the night club circuit frays that dancing is the thing that keeps her fig ure in trim. "They tried to tell me swimming is good for the figure," she adds, "but what has it ever done . for ducks?" It's reported that a new embassy attache in Istanbul just cabled home, "For heaven's sake; rush me a dozen Turkish towels." O 196, by Bennett Cerl. Distributed by Kins Features Syndicate. CENTRAL POINT Coffee Hour Is Held By DORIS HUGHES Central Point An infor mal coffee hour was held Mon day morning at the home of Mrs. Rodger Dew, 3673 Han ley rd. Guest speaker was Mrs. Evelyn Nye, candidate for Republican nomination for state representative. Guests were Mrs. Everett Young, Mrs. Royal Greenman, Mrs. Don Faber, Mrs. Robert Jantzer, Mrs. Charles Hughes, Mrs. Earl Pestka, Mrs. Char les Jantzer, Mrs. Roy Kelly, Mrs. L. C. Gorden, Mrs. John Gates, Mrs. Robert Kagy, Mrs. Curtis Donahue, Mrs. Kenneth Cook, Mrs. Rand Kay, Mrs. C. H. Buffington, and Mrs. Nye. George Johns, principal, an nounced that a spring musical will be held at the Jewett Ele mentary school cafetorium, Friday, May 2, from 1 to 3 p.m. All students will be tak ing part in the choral singing, folk rhythm, and rhythm bands. Mrs. Jean Carothers is music director. The public is invited. OLDSmobility . . . Newest word for popularity H FIRST IN SALES if II NATIONALLY. ' M W IN THE MEDIUM 'jSt PRICE CLASS! jf Stop Me UNDER NW MANAGEMENT -A A dinner party was held Friday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Minnick. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Britton, Mr. and Mrs. Royal Greenman, Mr. and Mrs. Dar rel Linker, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hughes and son, Jimmy, Miss Coral Hale and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Minnick. Among those at Fish lake last week end were the fol lowing people from Central Point: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jantzer, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Dobrot, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Benston, and Mr. and Mrs. Don Patterson. Mamie Opens Mental Health Week Drive Washington (IP) Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower Wednes day rang a 300-pound bell on the White House South Por tico to launch a 1958 Mental Health Week" campaign. The "Mental Health Bell" was cast in 1953 from chains and shack les once used in mental hos pitals to restrain patients. YOU 0 You're always welcome at your local authorized DARRELL MILLER CO., 415 KEEP MEDFORD'S Oregon Polato Shipment Rate Cut Portland (IP) Reduced rates on the shipment of Ore gon potatoes to . California cities were announced today- by a joint rate committee. The committee made up of representatives of the North Pacific Coast Freight Bureau and the Pacific Southcoast Freight Bureau of Railroads, cut freight charges on pota toes from Central Oregon by as much as 24 cents.a hundred -COUNTS! JOHN SNIDER HAS THE EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT AND ABILITY TO BEST REPRESENT EVERY PART OF JACKSON COUNTY at SALEM! NEW LBS A SO (S IM OSP E R D TY! Get the best buy of all now ... during "Auto Buy" Week and keep . ' th economy rolling! Now . . . this very week . . . you can buy an Oldamobile Dynamic 83 for t!ie game low price you pay for the ordinary. In fact, you'll find this lowest priced Rocket Engine car costs you muck less than you'd ever guess ! That's right! During this big buy-a-car-now celebration Oldsmobile dealers are giving amazingly generous trade-in allowances. Don't wait, when there's such a welcome awaiting you at your Oldsmobile dealer's now! Drive home in a brilliant new Dynamic 88! Enjoy all the exclusive new features that make Oldsmobile by far the best selling car nationally in the medium price class ... by any measure, the best buy in any class! OVD QUALITY DEALER'S ECONOMY ROLLING YOU MAIL TRIBUNE, MmKokT, Oregan, Thund.y, Miy 1, H5I 11 pounds to Los Angeles and 11 cents to San Francisco. The new rates will be: 51 cents per. hundred pounds on carload shipments of 40,000 pounds to San Francisco, 46 cents on shipments of 50,000 pounds; 51 cents per hundred pounds on carload shipments of 40,000 pounds to Sacra mento, 41 cents on . 50,000 pounds; 66 cents on carload shipments of 40,000 to Los Angeles and 61 cents on 50,000 pounds. VOTE for REPUBLICAN Pd. Adv. Snider for Senator Committee.. Tom Wray, Chairman, 36 South Barneburg Rd., Medford. . ' . . OO D SO. RIVERSIDE AVE. AUTO BUY NOW! Portland OP) Mrs. E. E. Steffens, 32, Mrs. Oregon for 1958, has left here by air for Miami, Fla., for the an nual Mrs. America pageant. The winner will be named, on May 10. 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