Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 08, 1958, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Textt MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, July 8, 1958 Prohibition Return As National Issue Predicted by 1965 Loma Linda, Calif. (UPI) Return of prohibition as a national issue is predicted by Dr. Andrew C. Ivy of the Uni versity of Illinois. In fact, he had these words of advice Monday for politi cians who would like to win tiQada and get elected to office: "If you want to be success ful in 1965, campaign on a prohibition platform." Bated on Surrey Ivy, chairman of the Na tional Committee for the Pre vention of Alcoholism, based his conclusions on a survey of trends over a 73-year pe riod. He said prohibition sen timent sweeps the nation about every 35 years. W a v e s of unparalleled drunkenness always precede the waves of prohibition sen timent," he told the ninth an nual Institute of Scientific Studies for the Prevention of Alcoholism meeting on the campus of the College of Medical Evangelists. "America has reached such a point of consumption of al coholic beverages that the na tion must choose between na tional ruin and prohibition," Ivy said. He warned if present trends continue: There will be one or two severe alcoholics in every family by 1966. There will be nine to 10 million alcoholics in the Unit ed States by 1956. Higher Crime Rat Seen America's crime rate, both juvenile and adult, will continue to reach appalling levels. California will continue to have the highest rate of alcoholism among the 48 states, with the figures rising from 597,450 in 1958 to near ly 700,000 by 1956. A national education pro gram on alcohol was seen by Ivy as a means of solving what he described as a grow ing menace. J2'L Ike's Foreign Supporters Begin Fiqht in Senate Washington (UPI) Sen ate supporters of President Eisenhower's foreign aid pro gram began a determined fight with administration backing today to restore at least Dart of House cuts in money for the program. However, they faced firm opposition from many mem bers of the Senate Appropria tions Committee. The administration sent Under-Secretary of State C, Douglas Dillon, the State De partment's top economic of ficial, to open its plea oeiore a closed door hearing of the committee. Dillon will be followed Wednesday by Defense Secre tary Neil H. McElroy and Gen, Nathan F. Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The administration wants the Senate to restore the full Tests Scheduled In Mystery Death Los Angeles (UPI) A coroner's autopsy surgeon planned today to make fur ther microscopic and toxicol- ogical tests to determine what . killed Budd Read, 34, Smith field, Utah, reported to have been bitten by a tarantula. More tests were planned Monday after a preliminary autopsy by Dr. Donald Mills failed to disclose the cause of death of the transient laborer. Read's face, and neck were horribly swollen Sunday when his body was found by a hotel manager. Read had told the manager a spider had bitten him while he was wor king near Bakersfield, Calif. Mills said he found no marks which might have been made by thjp bite of a spider but that they might have been hidden by the extreme swell ing. Los Angeles Man Quizzed in Slaying Reno (UPI) Sheriff's of ficers today questioned Ed ward E. Jameson, 55, Los An geles, today about the fatal beating? a man whose body was found in the trunk of a car which was involved in a minor accident near here. Under sheriff Richard O'Boyle id the victim was Paul Gordon Chipman, 58, Visalia and Beaumont, Calif., a one-time kitchen worker at Stanford university. He was identified through' papers found in a wallet in the car and the vehicle's registration. Jameson underwent a lie detector test early today. "It showed that he was lying," O'Boyle said. The suspect, ar rested near the sene of the accident, claimed he had walked the 25 miles east from Reno Monday. Minister Vourfiw for Marriage Certificate Fort Worth, Tex. (UPI) County Clerk Mel Faulk was dubious but accepted a mar riage certificate that the Rev. J. C. Brian brought in Mon day. The Rev. Mr. Brian told Faulk he was ordained by a Baptist church and he mar ried Forest Pinkerton, 19, and Betty Ann George, 18, Sat urday. "1 was as nervous as they were because it was my first wedding," the Rev. Mr. Brian aid. The Rev. Mr. Brian is 16. $3,675,592,000 authorized by Congress last month. In its original appropria tion request sent to the House before the authoriza tion asked $3,950,092,500. The House cut this by $872 mil lion to a total of $3,078,092, 500 despite strong pleas by Eisenhower. Sees 'Acceptable' Bill Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas) a member of the Appropria tions Committee, predicted Monday the Senate would re store part of the House "cut and Congress eventually would work out an "accept able" bill. However such critics of the program as Sen. Allen J. El lender (D-La.) also a commit tee member, remained out spoken in opposition. Ellender said he felt there still was plenty of room in the bill for cutting. Also he said the administration must learn "that they cannot re ceive what they want by merely crying wolf .". The committee, headed by Sen. Carl Hayden (D-Ariz.) expects to hold hearings for about 10 days. SAVED from death sentence by confession of an ex-policeman, James Foster ends two-j'ear stay in Jefferson, Ga., jail on murder charge. Marilyn Monroe Back in Hollywood Hollywood (UPI) Blonde temptress Marilyn Monroe came home to Hollywood to day, still a torrid sex symbol dressed in a form-fitting silk blouse and skirt and wearing inch-long false eyelashes. Displaying her famous wiggle-walk, the actress left her plane at International Air port 30 minutes after the oth er passengers had deplaned Miss Monroe had been asleep when the plane landed and had to be awakened and helped into her clothes by her secretary, May Reise. Her new picture will be "Some Like It Hot." , "It's wonderful to be back, Miss Monroe said on her first visit to the film capital in two years. Labor Council Urges Laws for Disasters Portland (UPI) The Multnomah County Central Labor council took a strong stand Monday night against crowds flocking to the scene of a disaster. ; The Council passed a mo tion urging that laws be beefed up to prevent recur rences such as last Saturday morning when thousands of persons flocked to the scene of the fireworks explosion which killed a little girl here Fred Russell, a delegate of the Communication Workers of America who lives near the blast scene, said he be lieved 10,000 persons went to the blast site within an hour. He said "the curious were hampering those who were trying to save lives." Cotton Acreage Down 12 Per Cent Washington (UPI) The Agriculture Department re ported today that farmers had 12,402,000 acres of cotton in cultivation on July 1, down 12 per cent from a year ago. The department is forbid den by law to make a cotton production estimate until Au gust. But if yields equal the average of the last few years, farmers would harvest a 9, 549,540 bale crop this year on that average. Last year farmers produced 10,964,000 bales from 14,066, 000 cres in cultivation July 1,1957. Yields last year averaged 388 pounds an acre. Ten-year average yields were 300 pounds an acre on an average of 22,611,000 acres. The acreage allotment this year is 17,600,000 acres. The allotment system is a govern ment attempt to curb fiber surpluses. Powder Puff Derby Winds Up Today Charleston, S.C. (UPI) The nation's top air race for women pilots, the Powder Puff Derby, winds up at noon today, the deadline for arri vals at - Charleston airport, with winners to be named Wednesday. ' Thirty-eight of the- field of 60 women pilots have arrived with the last contest nts in the 2,177-mile air junket scheduled in today. The 12th annual race be gan Friday morning in San Diego for the S2,500 first prize and the title as the na tion's leading lady light plane pilot. The aircraft are allowed to fly only during the daylight hours, and computations for the winner are based on a "par speed" handicap. HANDS OFF Copenhagen (UPI) I. B. Goldschmidt boarded a ship for the United States Monday but not without his wife hav ing the last word. "This man is mine, his faithful wife," she wrote on his forehead. Brothers Meet After 22 Years Portland (UPI) Two brothers who hadn't seen each other for 22 years although they live but 75 miles apart were reunited Monday. Elmer Albee, 82, Albany, was reunited with his broth er, Wesley, 77, Portland. Each had believed the other was dead. Elmer, a retired gold miner, said he had written to a friend in Boise who told him his brother was still alive and was living in Portland. He checked and then came to Portland by but for the reunion. . Parents of the two men came to Oregon in 1854 by wagon train and settled in the Tualatin valley. The two are the last of six brothers. Three Men Hold Up Bank in Fresno Fresno, Calif. (UPI) t Three men robbed the First Western bank in the Mayfair shopping district of an esti mated 840,000 this morning while holdiag nine employees at bay with guns shortly be fore opening time. The trio fled in a 1950 green Chevrolet panel truck. The. robbers entered the bank at 7:20 a.m. (p.s.t.) by holding a gun on the bank's secretary, Miss Marilyn Mc Kinney, when she arrived. They then waited while the rest of the employees ar rived, putting them in seats until the persons in charge of opening the vault got to the bank. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Portland Police in High Speed Chases Portland (UPI) County and city police took part in two high speed chases here early today, one of which was punctuated by gunfire. Speeds ranged up to 100 miles an hour, police said. In one of the chases, two 16-year-old boys were taken into custody following a 12 mile chase near Gresham aft er the car rolled over in a field. Deputy Sheriff Gordon MacLaren fired five shots as the car sped east of the city. One of the boys was taken to the county hospital for obser vation and the other was taken to the juvenile home. In the other chase, the driver of a car escaped into woods at the west end of the Rose City golf course after the car tore up lawns and damaged a hedge. SUNDAY EDITOR DIES - Sardis, Miss. (UPI) Sam L. Kahn, 73, retired Sunday editor of the Memphis Com mercial Appeal, died Monday, apparently of a heart ailment. Capone Hoodlums in Chicago Area Unions Crime Director Says Washington (UPI) Virgil Peterson, director of the Chi cago Crime Commission, told the Senate Rackets Commit tee today that Capone gang hoodlums have infiltrated "in numerable" unions in the Chi cago area. Peterson specifically men tioned Local 593 of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Un ion, one of the main groups now being investigated by the committee. Gangsters also have had a hand in the operation of the taxi driver, juke box and electric workers unions, he testified. First Witnesses Petersen and Detective Lt. George Butler of the Dallas, Tex., Police Department were the first witnesses as the com mittee opened a new hearing on mobster influence in labor-management relations in the restaurant business in Chicago. Peterson testified that three of the present officers of Lo cal 593 were closely linked with the Capone mob. He identified them as James Blakely, secretary - treasurer of the local and a vice presi dent of the parent union; John Lardino, administrative director, and Daniel Lardino, a business agent. Butler testified that Daniel Lardino' was active in an at tempt by Chicago racketeers to take over an $18 million rackets empire in Dallas in the 1940s. 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