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PASSING UNDER GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, U. S. S. Ranger, largest ship in Navy, enters San Francisco Bay where she will be berthed permanently. Craft went around South America because she is too large to transit Panama CanaL She is 1,046 feet long. Council to Three Lots at Next The sale of three lots on Effie and Bessie sts.. acquired from the county after fore closure for tax delinquencies, is scheduled for further con sideration by the Medford city council at its meeting Sept. 4. A public hearing on a plan ning commission recommen dation that the Lloyd Neilson property on North Pacific highway in the Berrydale area be rezoned from single family to limited light indus trial also is slated for consid eration of the meeting. A public hearing on the partial vacation of the Rogue Valley Heights Extension plat in order to re,subdivide certain tracts into smaller lots suited for residential use has been scheduled Oct. 2. To Hear Reports The council expects to hear reports at the Sept. 4 meeting on a request that the Lone Pine school be connected to the new city sewer line on Springbrook rd. and another request for a stop sign con trolling southbound traffic on Sunrise ave at Hillcrest rd. The sale of the lots was brought up by City Manager Robert A. Duff at last week's council meeting, but Council man Donald Hansen suggested that councilmen personally in spect them. The council approved, fol lowing a public hearing at which there was no opposi tion, a change of zone from single family to multiple fam ily for the Rogue Valley Man or property to permit the man or's construction. A five-year-lease for Fred Wilcox, Avis U-Drive agent at Medford airport, was ap proved. An agreement was approved Try and -By BENNETT CERF- MAYBE GHOST-WRITING is being overdone these days. Cleveland Amory teljs about one well-known journalist who was hired to write the "autobiography" of a big political wheeL Later, a prominent lawyer was tapped to write a review of the book for a New York newspaper, and hired the same journalist to do the job for him. "Possibly," surmises Cleveland Amory, "this was the first time a ghost-written book was ghost -reviewed by the ghost who wrote it in the first place!" P. S. The review was a very favorable one. An aspiring actor gave a reading for the late George M. Cohan one day. After a few moments, Cohan called out from Row M in the empty orchestra, "Step back a itUe. You're too close to the footlights." A bit later, Cohan ordered, "Go back further still." , "But Mr. Cohan," protested the actor, "if I go back any further I'll be off the stage entirely." Cohan admitted, "You get the idea per fectly." O 1958. by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Quotes From By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Los Angeles - FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover, on what he called America's low regard for law and order: "Tha moral fibre of the nation is growing weaker, not stronger, at this most crucial period in world history." Anchorage. Alaska - Former Gov. Mike Stepovich, on whether Alaskans will vote todav to enter the Union as the 49th state: "I predict the slalehooders will win in every large city Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan and Juneau. And in most every other place, too." Singapore-A Marine Corps spokesman, in denying move ment of 1.600 Marines from here to Okinawa had any con nection with the crisis in the Formosa Straits:. "If you know the size of the 7th Fleet you will under stand that the absence of 1,600 Marines from the 7th Fleet area is not that important." Little Rock. Ark.-Superintendent of Schools Virgil T. Blossom, on why no Negroes tried to enter all-white Hall High school as they are this year: "Because I didn't go out seeking them." Amsterdam-Kansas University Professor Dr. Tibor Hel vey, who plans to conduct an experiment in which three volunteers would live in isolation eight days, as though they were on the moon, on why the volunteers should be two men and one woman: "One man by himself might go psycho. Two men would quarrel. Maybe a man and woman would too, but three peo ple have the best chance of getting along together and by making one of them a woman we increase the chances." 7 Consider whereby the city is to pay as much as $2,500 as partial fi nancing for the relocation of a California Oregon Power company pole on East Jackson st. Copco was granted an easement for the pole adjacent to the Hawthorne park ware house. The council approved a planning commission recom mendation that the dedication of Poplar dr. with a 50-ft. right of way be accepted. Agreement Approved An agreement was approved with Doyle Franklin, who owns property at Dakota and Plum sts., under which the property would be connected to the city sewer system in exchange for its annexation to the city and the dedication of strips of the property for right of way purposes. A grant agreement with the Civil Aeronautics administra tion for financing installation of high-intensity runway light at Medford airport also was approved. The council approved a re quest for a Package Store Class B Beverage license by the Food Basket, 523 South Central ave. Plans and specifications were approved for several im provements. They include a sanitary sewer for the Edge mont subdivision; curbs and gutters along the north side of the Edgemont subdivision on- Barnett rd.; the approach system for the east end of Eighth st. where it is to enter Main st.; paving Beekman st. extension; a sanitary sewer for the Beekman st. extension, and paving Carrington ave. Plans and specifications for improving Hillsdale ave. along the west side of the Edgemont Stop Me the News WPITIN5 I f 1 Reasonable I L2l Pel Sale of Meeting subdivision as only gravel, not paving were rejected by the council. Traffic Measures The following traffic meas ures were approved: closure of the crosswalk across Riv erside ave. on the north side of Eighth st. to the east side of parking meters from the east side of Central ave. north of Eight st. to the east side of Central ave. north of Main st.;parking stalls to replace no parking zones on the east side of Oakdale ave. near Main st. and on the south side of Main st. between Oakdale ave. and Laurel st.; and removal of a parking stall at the northwest corner of Eighth and Fir sts. Removal of restrictions on parking meters on the east side of Riverside ave. just south of Main st.; installation of a 'No Left Turn' sign on Eighth st. at Riverside ave.; and an extra width driveway on the south side of Kennetst. between Court and Boardman sts. also were approved. A request for insallation of a "Caution Children" sign on Elm st. at Eighth st., was rejected on the grounds that such a sign should only be in stalled if sidewalks did not exist and the street were used as a walkway. Besides, Duff commented, other neighbor hoods would then want simi lar signs, and they would be come "ineffective if put cut promiscuously." Two Die in Fire At Seattle Hotel Seattle - (UPD - Two persons perished in a fire believed set by a firebug which gutted the Hollywood hotel here ear ly today. The blaze began at the back stairs of the two-story frame building and quickly spread through the hotel. The victims were identified as Jack Breda and Jean Bal lou, 52. Jim Pruitt, a tow truck operator, discovered the fire as he drove by the hotel shortly after 2 a.m. "I pulled five persons out," Pruitt said. Police picked up one arson suspect at the scene of the blaze but he was released after, questioning. Missing Airplane Sought in Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska (UPD Planes from the Fish and Wildlife Service, the CAA and Elmendorf AFB searched an area between here and the northeast tip of Alaska today for a plane missing since Saturday "with three persons aboard. Those aboard the twin-engine Grummon Goose were Clarence Rhodes, Juneau, re gional director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service, his son, Jack, and Stan Frede rickson. game agent for the Fairbanks district. The trio left here for the proposed Arctic wildlife with drawal area in the northeast corner of Alaska and planned to return Saturday night. Sightseers Jam Traffic at Airport Portland (UPD Sightseers clamoring for a look at Port land's new multi-million dol lar air terminal Monday cre ated an afternoon-long traffic jam at the entrance to the modern air facility, airport security police reported. Port officials reminded the public that no one could be admitted to the nine-story structure for the next two weeks while workmen com plete many last minute proj ects and air lines move into new quarters. The new building will open for operations at midnight Sept. 7, Alan Mills, assistant manager for aviation, an Suppers Planned To Raise Funds For Democrats Two of a series of campaign fund raising potluck suppers and social evenings have been scheduled this week by the Democratic Party of Jackson County, according to Chair man James A. Redden Others will be set within the near future, he said. First on the calendar will be one held this Thursday, Aug. 28, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hudson, 349 Windsor st. Potluck dishes to be brought by those attending will be either salafs or a hot dist, with the hosts fur nishing the remainder of the meal. Scheduled for Friday, Sept. 5 will be a similar event at the home of state representa tive and Mrs. Robert B. Dun can, 100 Terrace drive. Spec ial entertainment during the evening will consist of a show ing of colored slides of the recent legislative session in which Duncan served and Mrs. Duncan acted as secre tary. Both are seeking election to the lower house this fall, while Hudson is Democratic nominee for the state senate. All party members and oth ers interested in attending either of the fund raising sup pers or in seeking further in formation about them are ask ed to Call Democratic head quarters, SPring 2-4747, Red den said. Anyone interested in hold ing other such home parties are asked to call Mrs. Frank Christian of Talent, (KE 5 1389), who is in charge of campaign social arrangements. De Gaulle To Talk With Africans Dakar, French West Africa -(UPD- Premier Charles de Gaulle arrived today for talks aimed at cementing ties be tween France and her African possessions. ' De Gaulle's arrival coincid ed with a call for a 24-hour strike of municipal workers to underscore demands for inde pendence of French territor ies. The stoppage of transport, garbage collections and other services was ordered by the "General Workers' Union of Black Africa." De Gaulle, who is making a 12,000-mile swing through Af rica to build support for his proposed new constitution for France, apparently is con vinced there is only minor op position to his project in the French possessions despite the wave of Algerian violence in Paris Monday. De Gaulle has kept in close touch with the situation in France by telephone and cable since landing at Conakry. He flew to Dakar after an over night stay at Conakry, Western Trucking Tieup Continues Stockton, Calif. -"(UPD-Of-ficials of striking Teamsters Joint Council 38 held a four and one-half hour meeting on Monday to discuss last week's unsuccessful attempt to end an 11-state trucking tieup. Edward Davis, secretary of the Stockton Teamsters Lo cal, said "nothing was dis cussed but the report on the San Diego negotiations." There were no new moves in sight to end the dispute. Joint Council 38 of Sacra mento touched off the tieup when its 2,350 members went on strike in Central Californ ia and Western Nevada to back demands for wage par ity with San Francisco Bay Area drivers. Trucking associations in 11 western states closed down, claiming that a strike against one is a strike against all. MONEY At Crater Finance you may borrow for any worth while purpose on your FURNITURE - AUTO SALARY and repay in monthly !n s t a 1 1 m e n t s. You may choose the terms most suit-, able to you up to 24 months. - Leans may be paid in ad vance or in full at any time. Crater Finance CORPORATION 135 Pine Street Central Point Phone NO 4-1273 Frank Wilkinson, Mgr. Convenient Parking p u REFUSING TO TALK, Joseph Costello (left), St. Louis taxicab owner, takes the Fifth Amendment when Senate probers ask him if he received $300,000 of Greenlease kidnap money as charged by other witnesses. At right are Mrs. Bonnie Brown Heady and Carl Austin Hall, who were executed for kidnaping, killing little Bobbie Greenlease in 1953 Republicans Plan Attacks on Demos To Control Congress Chicago - (UPD - Republican party leaders assembled to day to lay out 1958 cam paign plans to convince vot ers that a Democratic Con gress is too soft on labor and too hard on the Treasury. . The GOP National commit tee was meeting, with a size able number of Republican state chairmen present, less than three days after adjourn ment of the 1958 session of Congress. Their chief objec tive was to prepare strategy for the autumn political cam paign to restore control of the House and Senate to the GOP. Weapons of Attack They took their signals from President Eisenhower in moving to attack the Demo cratic flanks with these wea pons: -A charge the Democratic Congress' failure to enact la bor reform legislation had shown that the Democrats were unwilling or unable to halt abuses exposed by the Senate committee investiga ting the labor racketeering. -A charge that the Demo crats were big spenders whose program would keep the country saddled with red ink spending and continuous in flation. , Rep. Richard M. Simpson of Pennsylvania, chairman of the GOP Congressional Cam paign committee, hammered on the labor charge in a speech prepared for today's opening session. He said Dem ocrats had maneuvered the Senate-approved labor bill, which died in the House, with an eye to insure its death. Simpson said the Demo crats tried to satisfy both "the labor bosses," who he said did not want any legislation enacted, and the public, which was demanding labor legisla tion. Simpson said Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.), was pos ing "as a knight on a white charger," in advocating labor legislation and forgetting that Senate GOP leader William F. Knowland had prodded the Senate Labor committee into action. He said Republicans on the House Labor Commit tee were thwarted by the Democratic majority in their effort to get action. Chairman Meade Alcorn of National Forest Sales Set Record Portland -(UPD- J. Herbert Stone, Pacific Northwest re gional forester, said today timber sales from Oregon and Washington national forests in the 1958 fiscal year amounted to an all-time rec ord 3,919,020,000 board feet. This was an increase of 30.8 per cent over the 1957 figure, Stone said Meanwhile, 1958 water borne Pacific Coast lumber shipments to the end of July were slightly ahead of last year, the Pacific Lumber In spection Bureau, Inc., report ed. This was despite a de cline in Oregon, Washington and California. British Co lumbia shipments totaled some 802 million feet this year compared with about 556 .mil lion last year. Total shipments for the first seven months were 1, 716,369,000 board feet com pared with 1,612,742,000 last year. the Republican National Com mittee was prepared to indict the Democrats as a party of pessimists who would write off the United States as a sec ond rate power compared with the Soviet Union. STANDARD MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, August 26, 1958 S Defense To Be Political Issue Washington -!UPD- The state of America's defense estab lishment its strengths and weaknesses looms as a hot po litical Issue during the fall Democrats served notice during the final days of the 85th session that they ques tioned the adequacy of the defense program as visualized by the administration. President Eisenhower, on the other hand, has indicated Former Democratic Committeewoman Dies Portland-(UPD-Mrs. Emily F. Edson, 71, Oregon Democrat ic national committeewoman from 1936 until 1944, died during the week end at her home here. She also was the first wom an to seek the office of secre tary of state, being defeated in 1938. ABOUT TIME Clemson, S.C. (UPD Ben E. Goodale, head of the Clemson College dairy department, rec ommended recently that milk be served at dairymen' meetings. 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