Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1959)
New Congress Will Provide Test Area For Demo Hopefuls Br RAYMOND LAHR Washington - (CPD - The new Congress which convenes this week will provide a daily forum and testing ground for at least four potential candi dates for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960. It .will also be the base of operations for Vice President Richard M. Nixon, now the strongest contender for the Republican nomination, although he plays no direct, public role in dealing with the legislative program. Nixon presides over the Senate, votes only in case of ties and works offstage as an agent of the Eisenhower ad ministration. He also appears likely to inherit from Presi dent Eisenhower the active leadership of the Republican party organization.. Here are the potential Democratic candidates in Con gress: Sen. John F. Kennedy (Mass.), 41, now viewed as the pace-setter. He will play a key part, just as he did in 1958, in whatever the Democratic-controlled Congress does to combat corruption in labor unions. Membership on the Foreign Relation Commit tee also offers him a vehicle to gain national attention. He has substantial support in the south. Humphrey Rallying Point Sen., Hubert . H. Humphrey" (Minn.), 47, a likely rally point for the more aggressive liberals in the Democratic party. However, he is weak in the South. He will be in the forefront of the struggle to change the senate's anti filibuster rule . next week. He is a member of the Foreign Relations and Ag riculture Committees and chairman of the subcommittee on disarmament , but readily and deeply involves himself in issues in other fields, too. Sen. Stuart Symington (Mo.), 57, who is often de scribed as "everybody's sec ond choice" for 1960. As a former secretary of the Air Force, he gets most attention for his frequent attacks on the Eisenhower administration's defense program. Like Ken nedy, he is regarded by south ern Democrats as much more acceptable than Humphrey. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.), 50, dominant figure in writing the Democratic party record during the past four years while majority leader of the Senate. Although he in sists he is not a candidate, many Democrats consider him a potential contender, at least in case of a convention dead lock. Kefauyer Failed Twice Another possible Demo cratic contender is Sen. Estes twice and failed to win the Presidential nomination. How ever, he may be kept busy protecting his Senate seat in 1960. While these and possibly other Democratic senators will figure in the 1960 nomi nation, all of them know that U.S. political parties seldom choose presidential candidates from the Senate. Other possible candidates- Govs. Robert B. Meyner of New Jersey and G. Mennen Williams of Michigan, Gov.- elect Edmund G. Brown of California and Adlai E. Ste venson can stay aloof from the daily battle. There is a widespread be lief among Democrats that state presidential primaries will not weigh heavily in the selection of the 1960 nominee. Unless one candidate builfts a commanding lead, most states are expected to support fa vorite son candidates or send uncommitted delegations to the 1960 convention. All Not Joy af ' Martin Flag Company Fort Dodge, Iowa-flJPD-All is not joy at the Martin Flag company over the new 49-star flag of the United States. The company took, a gam ble before President Eisen hower's announcement of the arrangement of the stars and bought a quantity of flags with seven rows of seven stars lined up evenly. The flags became useless when the President revealed the seven rows would be stag gered. PAUL HAWKINS Los Angeles-(DPD-Paul Haw kins, founder of 'the Good Humor Ice Cream Co., died Friday at Parkview Hospital. He was 62. Hawkins Tounded the ice cream firm in 1927. They'll Do It Every Time i By Jimmy Hatlo "OL' &NKER IS LCMTW I S4W HIM WWEM HE A,,. ... glHIS NOSE COME AGAH V PL4YEO-ME WOULDM'T VVUffTS HE 'SX HE'S GOT THE BENCH A GIVE UP THE BALL EVEM J ' HOGGIN THE X WORN OUT WITH HIS .hWUEU THE G4ME WAS J BALL FOR ?.' WHY LBOOy ENGLISH J OVER X(Ur ran opSuJP"0 btweb seeV coach sinker ) rr-" V oa7 CXti YA HIM "TU4N THE TAKES MORE 04ME-HE1L H4VE I TRANQUILIZERS I NOTHIN' LEFT FOR THAN TUE TEAM J THE OCTANE HIGH COACH HAVING HIS D4ILV NERVOUS BREAKDOWN TM4NX 4NO A HtfTTlP to Stiuwell, DELB4ETON, . MOftElSTOWH , HJl C. Backstairs: Two Different Shoppers By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI White House Reporter Washington (UPD Back stairs at the White House: President and Mrs. Eisen hower are quite different per sons when it comes to shop ping. The President asks the price of an item, but doesn't haggle. He buys or he doesn't. The first lady, on the other hand, will tell a saleswoman right away if she thinks a price is too high. One Gettysburg storekeep er tells of a recent experience with Mamie. She was looking at some articles piled up on the counter and admired them greatly. , When sne found out the price, however, she stiffened. "They're lovely," said the first lady, "but I think I'll wait until you have a sale and these are reduced." She did. The President still is rath er new at shopping. He did more store to store buying last week in Gettysburg than he has ever done before in his adopted hometown. He was buying principally for his 10-year-old grandson, David. The chief executive did not question a price in any store he visited nor did he buy without regard for price. He bought David some, in sulated boots for tramping over the snowy fields of the Eisenhower farm in quest of rabbits. Eisenhower could have spent much more than he did, but he told David that in making a choice, they must realize that David's feet were growing at a rapid rate and it would be unwise to invest in the best possible boots, only to have them outgrown quickly. So, the President and David settled for boots that were good, but not the very best and paid slightly over $14 for them. About the only thing in the Gettysburg stores that seemed to make the President's eye brow arch was the price of socks. He did not complain, but he did express surprise when the clerk at one store said a pair of heavy hunting socks for David would cost $1.50. Naturally, one cannot waste precious press conference time in determining such things at a presidential meet ing with reporters, but limit ed research shows that in the mercantile world, Eisenhower may not have ever visited such commonplace establish ments as: -A big grocery supermar ket. -A modern gigantic drug store. ' -A drive-in eating place with curb service. -A drive-in movie. BY. MOTS m m MSI .GET- (TlfTl ACQUIAHTED PJJlgi THROUGH THE MOUTH OF JANUARY! BEAUTIFUL SHEER Regular SALE . . ft . Price price w-"' :m"': "'-mi - 27-66 1.50 1.09 f:W' 15-60 : : 1.35' -1.09: 'f: ' SEAMLESS 1,35 1.09 f'-:W NYLONS . $09 : '-' Jr Seamless and With Seams, 11 f . . 1.35 and 11.50 Values... U '; Box of . I jjjiJ J to Robinson Bros. If Your CREDIT Is GOOD Ifs GOOD at PICK's! -A restaurant (certainly. not since he's been president). . -A commercial bar (not in a good many years). -An automatic laundry or even, a neighborhood dry cleaners. A basketball game, a race track, a public beach (prob ably not since before World War II). Egan Takes Oath As Alaska Governor Juneau, Alaska -(UPD- Gov. William A. Egan was " sworn into office as the first chief executive of the new state of Alaska Saturday following official word from Washing ton that President Eisenhower had signed the proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union. The oath of office was ad ministered by U.S. District Judge Raymond F. Kelly in a brief ceremony here this morning. Kelly then adminis tered the oath of office to Sec retary of State Hugh J. Wade, the only other elective state wide official provided for in the new state's constitution. The simple ceremony was attended by only a few mem bers of Egans' staff, members of the Egan and Wade fami lies and representatives of the post office department. Meeting Planned To Break Deadlock Los Angeles -(UPD- Union and management negotiating teams planned to meet today in an effort to break a five day strike-lookout which has closed 1,000 food markets and caused the- average Los An geles housewife to go in search of food. State Conciliator Ralph Duncan said the dispute be tween the Retail Clerks Un ion and the Food Employers Council might remain unset tled for two weeks or more. The markets closed by the strike-lockout normally re tail 75 per cent of the grocer ies sold in Los Angeles coun ty. Some 4,000 local grocer ies and about 400 other large markets have remained open and are doing a landoffice business. Open markets reported in creases in business as much as 300 per cent and several have been forced by fire laws to limit the number of cus tomers allowed in aisles. Sign Asks Prayer For Detroit Thief Detroit-flffD-'Tlease say a prayer for. the person that took the Infant from His Mother." That was the sign placed in the straw before a kneeling figure of Mary in a nativity scene outside St. Bonaven ture's monastery in Detroit. A thief stole the figure of the infant Jesus. 4-H Club News Horn Living Club Mrs. Bernice E. McCue, 134 Laurel st., Central Point, took members of Schemers Home Living 4-H club on a tour of some home furnishing stores in Medford during the recent club meeting. Managers of the stores ex plained the different kinds of furnishings to them. Club members wish to thank Lip pert's Home Furnishings, Wakefield Drapery shop and the S.W. Floor Cover shop. Porter to Introduce Three Bills When Congress Convenes Washington, D.C.-Congress man Charles O., Porter (D. Ore.) has announced that he will Introduce three bills on the first day of the first ses sion of the 86th Congress, scheduled to convene Jan. 7. Heading the list and de scribed by Representative Porter as his "chief legisla tive goal of the session" is a bill for the "Home Ownership and Mortgage Credit act of 1959." The bill, which covers sev eral aspects of federal hous ing legislation, was drafted by Porter after lengthy dis cussions with housing and home finance experts both in Oregon and Washington, D.C. One of its major provisions would increase by $1 billion the special assistance program of the Federal National Mort gage association. The program was set up in last year's Emergency Housing act to make commitments and pur chases at par on GI and FHA loans in a principal amount of $13,500 or less. . Other Provisions 1. Eliminate the down pay ment requirement on FHA in sured loans below a valuation of $15,000, with a 10 per cent down payment required on that portion of the valuation in excess of $15,000. 2. Increase the permitted loan term from 30 to 40 years. This would, of course, reduce monthly payments substan tially. 3. Increase the maximum FHA mortgage on 1 and 2 family homes from the pres ent $20,000 ceiling to $25,000. . 4. Reduce the FHA insur ance premium to one-eighth of 1 per cent. It now stands at one-half of 1 per cent. 5. Include the so-called "trade-in" provision of both the Administration and Con gressional bills considered last year. This is designed to facilitate trade-in financing under the FHA program and eliminate certain duplicate closing costs. Other Bills The other two bills which Week's Sewing Buy V i It M fn 9379 k uiir 10-18 By MARIAN MARTIN Jiffy-cut and Sew-easy! Just pin pattern to fabric-cut each blouse out completely. Choose thrifty, gay cottons. Tomor row's pattern: Half-size apron. . Printed Pattern 9379: Jiffy cut in one piece! Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. Size 16 top style takes l3s yard? 35-inch; middle 13A; lower IT'S yards. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send thirty-five cents (coins) for this pattern-add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Martin,' Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with ZONE, SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. Congressman Porter will in troduce are to provide for a Federal Shoe Labeling act and to amend the Surplus Property act of 1944. The Shoe Labeling bill is an out growth of considerable study by Porter's office and the Fed eral Trade commission over the past year or so. It was first suggested by a shoe re pairman in Medford, Ore., Wilbur Gardner. The Surplus Property act amendment would eliminate the present requirement that propery conveyed by the Fed eral government for historic monument purposes must have been acquired by the United States before Jan. 1, MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, January 5, 19S9 5 1900. This bill is the out growth of the long and con troversial battle to acquire the Lillie Lela Moore proper ty in Roseburg for use as a historic monument site by the Douglas County Historical society. $$$$ SAVE! $$$$ Brand New Sewing Machines Necchi & Elna Latest Styles Full Guarantees FREE! Instructions Instructions Price List on Latest Style NECCHI SUPER NOVA, Full Automatic. $249.65 ELNA AUTOMATIC ... . Only 239.95 Your Viking Dealer ... Art Klatf SEWING MACHINE CENTER 408 E. Main, Medford Phone SP 2-2388 O Newberry OPEN 9:30 a.m. MONDAYS - 9:00 p.m. GEED fjnn wmsm ! YOU SAVE MORE AT THE FOOD BASKET These Prices Effective Thru Wednesdayl We Reterv the Right to Limitl Oaffee Mm Flavorful Hills Bros. Hunt's Tomato 46-oz. Tins S29 Pressings Mary Ellen Strawberry 28-oz. Jar n n Sim Pictsweet Frozen Orange 6-oz. Tin 41 Detergent 22-oz. Tin Pillsbury Pancake FLOUR 8-lb. pkg. IC Margarine i Tl M U WITH J WW ra3 J I Ls- If FREE-1 CAN KAN MPS CHUNK STYLE DOG FOOD I I I I I I THIS COUPON Only At Tht FOOD BASKET ALWAYS A BUTCHER TO SERVE YOU! Corned Extra Lean Very Good! leei? Li s 4i! TOP 0 THE CROP PRODUCE! mmmm QMS Sands Golden Ripe No. 1 Hand Sunkist Navel Medium Size No. 2's nJJ Bag AJjrA Win a Free 1959 Ford! Get Free Tickers Here! Open te 9 Week days, Sundays 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nt-AWE 13th and Central L TH6 FINEST-POOPS LOWEST PRICES FImmm SP 3-4050 HOME Of- PEJISONWL 7 r
