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TO MAIL TRIBUNE, MtdforJ, Oregon, Friday, December 12. 1938 Err . . - v -. V ' s r : sW FROZEN SOLID Heavy snows and freezing weather hit the nation from the Rockies to New England in the year's first real cold snap. In the harbor at Cleveland, a crew member chops ice from lines and superstructure of a frozen lake vessel. The Coast Guard in Cleveland reports having received 25 calls for assistance from ships in trouble on Lake Erie. Passenger Train Hits School Bus Essex, Ont. -(UPO- A crack passenger train from New York crashed into a parochial school bus at a grade crossing three miles east of here today, killing two boys and injuring the driver and three other pu pils. The victims were identified by Father M. I. O'Neill of Holy Name Catholic School, Essex, as Paul Posse and Da vid Purvis, both nine years old, of Cottam. The driver, Albert Slock, Essex, and Roger Rivest, 8, Julie Bena, 13, and her sister, Jeanie, 10, all of Cottam, were treated for injuries at the Es- ex Medical Center. Four other youngsters es caped without injuries. The bus was owned by the Boly Name School. Russian Rescue Planes Said Grounded Moscow - (UPD -The Soviet Tass news agency said today Soviet rescue planes were grounded by a blizzard while trying to fly to the rescue of a crashed Belgian plane ' in the Antarctic. In Brussels, the headquar ters of the Belgian Antarctic expedition said it had not yet received word or any such crash. However, it said "we have not yet been able to get into radio contact with Baudouin base." - About 3,500 children under I age 15 die of cancer yearly. ' 'Fight and Heart' Seen Necessary For GOP Victory Honolulu -(UPD- Secretary of Interior Fred A. Seaton said today Republicans can win in 1960 if they put "fight and heart" into their party. Seaton said the GOP can and must unite in the wake of its November election de feats "if we are devoted to the salvation either of our party or of the country." Seaton issued the call in a speech prepared ior aenv ery before a meeting here of the Republican Western Con ference. He said the party must bring about three "major revolutions" within its ranks by November, 1960: Shift to Positive Revolutionize Its thinking about politics and campaign ing. . . . -Shift from "negative" to positive" thought by telling the voters not just what Re publicans are against but what they are for. -Take the offensive and "hammer across" what Seaton called the "facts" about eco nomic issues. The Republican party's non working "honorary" members came under fire Thursday at the opening session.- National Chairman Meade Alcorn told delegates his na tional program for reinvigo rating the party called for Air Force Goose Program Cancelled Washington (UPD The Air Farce cancelled today its pro gram to develop the Goose, its long-range ground to air de coy missile. It was the second Air Force missile program terminated in recent weeks, The Rascal air to surface mis sile was abandoned Nov. 29. The Air Force said devel opment and testing of the Goose had "progressed satis factorily" but that the pro gram was being dropped be cause of "changes in opera tional concepts.", The Goose, designed for use by the Strategic Air Com mand, is . a lightweight, air breathing missile intended to confuse enemy air defense systems. About $15 million had been spent on research and development of the Goose. Camp Fire Girls PRESENT DOLL HOUSE Peppy Blue Birds will make some little girl happier this Christmas season with a two story doll house which they have redecorated throughout with paint, paper, and carpet ing of their own choosing. The group of nine-year-olds from Roosevelt and Hoover schools presented it to the "tossing out honorary' mem bers and putting in workers -a revival of the whole Re publican organization at all levels." Health Officials Begin Campaign For Polio Shots Washington - (UPD- Public health officials today aimed a new polio vaccination cam paign at the 40 million Ameri cans under 40 who still have not even one Salk injection. Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney underscored the cam paign's importance by declar ing that many of this year's victims would have escaped the crippling disease if they had taken Salk shots. Must Start Now . Public Health . Service of ficials said a start must be made now to obtain protection for next summer since the inoculation span takes eight months. The first two shots in the Salk series are given two weeks to a month apart and the third shot seven months later. Of the 40 million persons under 40 classified as com pletely unprotected, some 15 million are under 20 years of age the category which is particularly susceptible to the disease. The Salk vaccine is consid ered to be up to 90 per cent effective. "It is a tragic circumstance that hundreds of children and young adults will be spend ing the balance of their lives in wheelchairs or on crutches because of a failure to be vaccinated," Burney said in a statement Thursday night. Urged lo Start Course He urged parents of young sters who have not been vac cinated, particularly those un der five, to start their chil dren immediately on the three-shot course. The incidence of polio this year was highest among one-year-olds with more than 50 per cent of all paralytic cases occurring in this age group. "At this Christmas season," Burney said, "I can think of no better lifetime gift which a parent can make to a child than to give him protection against polio." Medford Fire Department last Monday, and the firemen will find just the right girl to give it to. After the presentation the girls were given a tour through the fire station. The leaders of the group are Mrs. Douglas Gordenier and Mrs. Larry Clark. Members of Peppy Blue Birds are Virginia Clark, Car ol Little, Carla Wray, Dawn Hogan, Cathy Lesseg, Mary Ann Cherrier, Susan Funk, Cathy Clark, and Mary and Susan Gordenier. Population of the U. S. may reach 220 million In the next 25 years according to census estimates. THE GIFT THAT LEAVES THEM BREATHLESS! What liquor for your friends this year ? That's easy! Give them Smirnoff Vodka. Smooth and flawless, finest beyond question, this is the Vodka of Vodkas by world consent. Give Smirnoff ! It will leave them breathless! 0 fr THE GREATEST NAME IN mttmoffmu Gift Wrapped Decanter or Regular Bottle STRAIGHT UP TRANSPORT This sequence photo illustrates the wing-tilting action of Hiller Aircraft's new X-18, "vertical take-off and landing" transport plane. The powerful twin turbo-prop-jet engines can lift the plane straight into the air like a helicopter, then angle over forward and fly at high speeds like any con ventional plane. The X-18 was unveiled at Moffatt Field, Calif. For comparison of size, note man standing at left. SO AND 100 PROOF. DISTILLED FROM GRAIN. STE. PIERRE SMIRNOFF FLS. (DIVISION OF HEUBLEIN), HARTFORD, CONN. Racial Integration Is Schools Chosen As Top News Story New York-(UPD-The continu ing struggle over the racial integration of schools was chosen by editors of United Press International today as the biggest news story of 1958. They noted that the battle was waged all the way from the Supreme Court of the United States to remote ham lets in the South. Integration confronted the American peo ple with one of the most acute sociological problems since the days of reconstruction. Other Top Stories The other nine top stories picked by the editors: 2. American and Russian probes into outer space, bring ing within the range of possi bility interplanetary travel by human beings. 3. The Democratic victory at the November polls, giving the party the biggest congress ional majority since the high tide of the New Deal. 4. Anglo - American inter vention in Lebanon and Jor dan. 5. The resignation of Sher man Adams and the indict ment of Bernard Goldfine on charges of contempj; of Con gress. 6. The death of Pope Pius XII and the election of John XXIII. 7. The economic upturn in the United States. 8. The Red government's consolidation of its rule over the Chinese mainland, and the bombardment of Quemoy. It was a year in which Pei ping appeared to have won equal status with Moscow in directing the strategy of world Communism. Prominent Mention 9. The Chicago school fire. 10. The stabbing of Johnny Stompanato by Lana Turner's daughter. Other stories that won prominent mention: The Ber lin, crisis; the cruise of the Nautilus under the ' North Pole; De Gaulle's rise to pow er; the railroad disaster at Newark Bay, N. J.; Pasternak rejects the Nobel Prize; Alas ka wins statehood; the Spring hill, N. S. mine disaster; plane collision over Nevada kills 49; death of Mike Todd in an airplane crash. fey Spots Reported On Oregon Highways Salem-(UPD-The State High way Department today report ed icy spots on the highways at Warm Springs Junction, Siskiyou,- Green Springs, Chemult and Bly. Elsewhere pavements were reported bare. Fog was re ported at Tillamook, Salmon River, Eugene, Grants Pass, Coquille, Santiam Pass, and Bly. The West Indies contain about 15 million persons. Man Injured in Moforcycle Mishap TU f " l . . - The family and friends of Bob Dozier, 29, of Dead In dian rd., are trying to locate two men who took him home Wednesday following a mo torcycle accident about eight miles up Dead Indian rd., ac cording to his sister, Mrs. Theodore R. Thompson, 1846 Woodlawn ave., Medford. Dozier, who lives at the Anderson ranch on Dead In dian rd., was injured in the accident, and the doctor be lieves that if more informa tion were available about th accident, it would be of value. Dozier was unconscious most of the day Wednesday, Mrs. Thompson said. Anyone with information about the accident may con tact Mrs. Thompson at SPring 2-2842. The U. S. corn crop tops three billion bushels a year. About 25 per cent of trucks in the U. S. are on farms. HASSOCKS I 5 "herf 2g Look . W 5 fL ) Modern 3 ylPisL - CHAIRS O Iff Plastic $fAS0 I I Covered I 7V Evenings SI i i : i ij i i Round, Square ... or with legs $4.95 $5.95 $6.95 27"xl8" WOOL S THROW RUGS I Ideal for Halls, Bedrooms, etc. 98 SPECIAL LINOLEUM RUGS '4 MAY WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING FOR YOUR . CHRISTMAS GIVING Practical WRITING DESKS Useful READING LAMPS Comfortable OCCASIONAL CHAIRS Convenient COFFEE & END TABLES Decorative TABLE LAMPS Beautifully Designed GLASS GIFT WARE Unique Maple SEWING BUCKETS ASH TRAYS t STANDS O ee i Evenings Q PHONE MU 5-8771) I o anno nimeni sjy ii , o STOP IN S O and BROWSE 2; 2!O!fl?0!0ifliO!df 3 MEMO TO ADVERTISERSC 3 Christmas Retail Sales Increasing New York -(UPD Christmas shopping, stimulated by cold weather and sales promotions, was well under way this week with total retail trade volume 1 to 5 per cent ahead of the similar year ago period, Dunn & Bradstreet reported. Most popular items were men's and women's apparel, traditional gifts, toys and lamps. Sales of new passenger cars moved up again and vol ume was close to a year ago. From Washington the Fed eral Reserve Board reported department store sales in the week ended Dec. 6 ran 7 per cent ahead of a year ago. Court Records ' DISTRICT COURT Arthur D. Fears, truck speeding, $15. Bert L. Johnston, violation basic ruie. $15. James W. Glenn, failure to stop, $10. William E. Cooper, improper passing, $15. John D. Hearn, 763 'i Posse lane, Medford, drunk on highway, S30. Leolester Peart, 2326 Table Rock rd., Medford, drunk on highway. $30. JohnB. Childress, overheight. $15. Mary Lou Parton. passing with out sufficient clearance, $10. Waymon R. Blackwood, no opera tors license. $10. -. Stanley E. Gage, Camp White, drunk on highway, $30. ' Howard J. Veal, violation basic rule. $15. , Raymond D. Golden, truck speed ing. $15. Ralph G. Lisson, insufficient taillights, $10. ' Gerald E. Phelan, defective clearance lights. $10. CmCL'IT COURT Gladys H. Fulton vs. Benjamin T. 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