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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1958)
t 8 MAIITRJBUNF, MedforJ, Oregon, Tliiirjday, December 25, 1958 iff" Jt 3-(. J V'Js. PROMOTED Three members of the 417th Engineer Brigade, U.S. Army Re serve, were recently promoted. James D. Strauss (left), route 2, box 330, Central Point, was advanced from first lieuten ant to captain. Raymond H. Robowski (center). Grants Pass, was promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel. Lloyd C. Knapp (right), 416 South Groveland ave., Medford, traded the rockers of a master, sergeant for the bar of b warrant officer-1. Brig. Gen. William H. Prentice, 1432 Crown ave., commands the brigade. Great Decisions to Include Discussions On Safe's Future Corvallis A century of statehood will set the theme of Oregon's 1959 Great Deci sions program for neighbor hood "study groups" to discuss state and world affairs. The 10-week program will start Jan. 25. The 1959 program has been expended to , include ' two weeks' discussion of Oregon's historical development and fu ture goals as a tie-in with the Oregon Centennial, Mrs. Ma bel Mack, assistant director of the Oregon State college ex tension service and state chairman, has announced. County "Great Decisions" councils are now being formed throughout - the state. They will help organize and provide study materials for neighbor hood groups of 6 to 12. persons to discuss the Oregon topics, followed by eight-weeks' dis cussion of key foreign policy Werner Named Officer Of Oregon State Group Corvallis Richard L. wer ner of , Medford has been elected an officer of his living group at Oregon State college. Werner is new president of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. He is a senior in agriculture. His home address is route 3, bcx 69A, Medford. TANGERINE CROP TokycMUPD-Communist Chi na has produced a record crop of 100,000 tons of tangerines this year, the New China News Agency said today. The Communist agency said tan: gerine exports this year are expected to total 22,500 tons, triple the amount exported in 1957. DON'T BET ON IT Mobile, Ala. -0JPD- The chance of a White Christmas on the Gulf Coast appears to be slender indeed. Weather men reported Wednesday that snow has not fallen in the Mo bile area since they began keeping records in 1870. issues conironung tne u.b. in 1959. Last year, more than 400 such groups organized in Ore gon. The program is also car ried by high school social stu dies classes and by Oregon newspapers, television, and ra dio stations reviewing the is sues. i; act sneets on uregon . is sues have been prepared by Oregon State college staff members in coperation with state agencies and organiza tions and the Foreign Policy association, a nonprotit non partisan, educational agency. Taxes,'- schools, industrial development, community ex pansion and other issues now facing Oregon are discussed in the first two Fact Sheets: "1859-1959 . . . Building To day's Oregon" as the introduc tory program, and "What Frontiers in Oregon's Fu ture?" Eight succeeding fact sheets prepared by the FPA deal with U.S. foreign policy on alliances, communist powers, Middle East, Latin America, world economic revolution, new technology, what kind of world is possible, and chal lenges to the diplomat and citizen. Public Opinion FPA launched Great Deci sions in several Oregon cities in 1955, establishing Oregon as "pilot state" in a program aimed at building informed public opinion on world af fairs. The program has since extended to 30 states and car ries approval of more than 100 national non-governmental organizations including educational, professional, la bor, agricultural, and civic groups. Oregon scored another "first" in 1957 when Great Decisions . was carried state wide through Oregon State college extension service in cooperation with . the FPA, the general extension division of the state system of higher education, the state depart- : Eft A KySSs Wl THREE MONTHS IN PRISON Boston industrialist Ber nard Goldfine (right), is escorted from court in Boston by a U. S. deputy marshail 'after he was sentenced to three months in prison for contempt of court for failing to surrender business records. Goldfine's tangled busi ness affairs came to light during a dynamite-loaded con gressional investigation of influence-peddling, which also caused the resignation of - presidential assistant Sher man Adams. A ment of education, state li brary, ad some 25 statewide organizations. Oregon's 1959 program marks the first time a state has included local issues as part of the. Great Decisions series. . ' Three Persons Are: Alaska Crash Hurt in Accidents In Area Tuesday Three persons were hospi talized and another was jailed fcr driving while under the in fluence of intoxicating liquor following two traffic accidents in Jackson county Tuesday. Jack Reynolds Teston, 27, and his wife, Sara, 26, both of 1707 Highway 66, Ashland, were taken to Ashland Gen eral'hospital about 4:40 p.m. after their car and a sedan driven by Artie Bob Pretty man,. 46, of 571 Butler Creek rd., Ashland, collided on High way 99 near Valley View, state police reported. Both cars were badly damaged. Prettyman, who was lodged in the' county jail on a charge of driving while under the in fluence of intoxicating liquor, pleaded guilty in district court yesterday morning be fore A. E. Piazza, district judge pro tem. Released en Recognizance He was released on his own recognizance to appear in court Jan. 5 for sentencing, the court reported. Deputy District Attorney Gerald Scan nell requested the postpone ment. Jess E. Brownlee, 69, of route 2, box 209, suffered a broken right shoulder, abra- Believed Spotted Anchorage, Alaska-(EPD-The Air Force hoped to send heli copters today to a mountain ous area 130 miles south of here where a search plane sighted what is believed was the wreckage of a transport plane missing since Monday with 15 men aboard. What appeared to be the wreckage of the C-54 trans port plane was sighted Wed nesday at the 7,600-foot level of Mt. Illiamna. Helicopters attempted to fly to the scene but were forced back by high turbulence. A camera plane photo graphed the area but snow piled around what was be lieved to be the wreckage made positive identification impossible. sions and shock in a collision involving his sedan and a pickup operated by John C. Kesler, 41, of 5054 South Pa cific highway, according to police. Officers said both vehicles were badly damaged Wiien they collided at the Table Rock and Vilas rds. intersec tion. Brownlee was reported traveling east on Vilas rd. and Kesler north on Table Rock rd. Brownlee was taken xo Rogue Valley Memorial hos pital by Medford ambulance. F ' nr Hj i nil " mii linn ii i II i ii MHMMWMIWWWIWMMMMjW'WWIWW" "" 1 ''"j Two Coast Youths Reported Missing Tillamook-UPD-Two youths were reported missing here Wednesday when their 15 foot boat was found overturn ed at the mouth of Whiskey Creek, near the ocean. Missing are Glenn Strait, 16, Oceanside, and 19-year-old Robert Astleford of Net arts. The overturned boat was spotted by Mrs. Ruth Reeds, of Whiskey Creek road, out side of Oceanside. A search was started late Wednesday afternoon but had to be given up shortly after dark. v Members of the sheriffs of fice here and volunteer! re sumed the search today. Texas has 24,000 miles of gas pipelines. TAKE ME BACK TO MANILA! 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