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S MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdforrf, Oregon, TKursday, January 29. 1959 Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF- BOB HOPE'S reaction was something to behold when the de lectable young star, Martha Hyer, told him she would have to talk to him like a Dutch uncle. "Go right ahead," invited Hope, "but I'm afraid you'll never pass your physical" Hope, incidentally , now identifies himself as that "promising . young star of screen, radio, and TV" adding "some fellows even get me on their electric razors." A combatable couple had reached Round 12 ' in their nightly battle, and even the neighbors had stopped listen ing. Weary herself of the fray, the Missus suddenly reversed her tactics, and an nounced, "In spite of all your faults, Walter, I've been in love with you since the moment I met you." "Rubbish," countered the wrathful Walter. "If you really had loved me you'd have married somebody else!" Q 1359. by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Quotes From the News By United Press International Miami Beach, Fla. - Edgar Bergen, on being forced to cancel a nightclub opening because Charlie McCarthy was late arriving by air freight: "I have never been so embarrassed. I guess this is Charlie's way of letting me know where the talent is in this combination. I'm thinking seriously of raising his salary." New York - Disc Jockey Peter Tripp, on completing a 200-hour wake-a-thon without a wink of sleep: "I've learned one major thing. You can't' stay awake alone. You need someone there to keep you awake, to keep telling you, 'Up, boy, up'." Santa Monica, Calif. - Aircraft Manufacturer Donald W. Douglas, noting that the Thor intermediate range ballistic missile is now in full production: "The production line is now here. But it didn't -happen overnight. The Thor was 30 months from drawing board to deployment." - Jacksonville, Fla. - Disc Jockey Dave Hunter, awake for "more than 200 hours, comments on a medical journal article that said sleep may not really be necessary: : "You know, there may be something to that." STEEL SLICER Washington - (UPD - General Electric has developed an electrical system for steel mills which makes it possible for shears to slice through heavy lengths of steel in less than a quarter-second as the metal sections rush by at more than 30 miles an hour. EX-COP A MINISTER New York - (UPD - The Rev. Walter Wellington Pitt Jr., of Hampton Bays, N.Y., who was ordained an elder at the 1958 session of the New York East Methodist Conference, once served as a member of the Nassau County Police department. Low-Povered Nuclear Reactor Bought by OSC Corvallis - A low-powered sion, is valued at $10,500 and nuclear reactor that is espe cially designed for training students in physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, and me chanical engineering has been purchased by Oregon State college and installed in an engineering laboratory. It is one of 50 reactors in the country, and OSC is one of only 42 U.S. schools hav ing a graduate program ap proved by the Atomic Energy Commission for fellowships in nuclear science and engin eering. Purchase of the reactor was made possible with a $165,000 grant from AEC. With the reactor, students can acquire the knowledge and skills that will prepare them for work in atomic energy fields, George W. Glee son, dean of engineering, ex plained. The Atomic Energy commission has forecast a serious shortage of trained workers unless atomic energy education is expanded, he added. Can Be Sustained The reactor is 6V2 feet in diameter. 9 feet high, and weighs 22,000 pounds, includ ing 7,500 pounds of lead shielding. It gets its name from the "chain reactions" that come from the uranium- 235 core used as fuel. The reaction which produces atom ic energy can be sustained under controlled conditions, Gleeson explained. The 3.13 pound uranium core, loaned to the college by the Atomic Energy Commis- Pope John Lauds His Predecessor Vatican City - (UPD - Pope John XXIII said Wednesday his predecessor, Pope Pius XII, was "truly a saint." The Pope, speaking to pil grims at a general audience, said he was certain of the former pontiff's eventual can onization although the Roman Catholic church has not start ed canonization proceedings. 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Our pharmacist fills every prescription with utmost precision. '- r LPBLSCBIPTIONSi DRUG CENTRE oe0 WE GIVE Northern Stamps , Double Stamps on Prescriptions Open Weekdays 8:30 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. Sundays-! 0:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. Phone SP 2-71 1 3 Free Delivery has indefinite life for reactor use. It is sealed in a special container. The reactor has been licensed by AEC as com pletely safe for campus instal lation, but is fenced off in a restricted area within the engineering laboratory. Seven OSC staff members from the departments of phys ics, chemistry, chemical and mechanical engineering have taken special instruction on operation of the reactor and have been licensed by AEC. One of them must be present at all times when the reactor is in operation. Sailor Deserter Given Sentence ' San Francisco -4UPD Calton Vance Mings isn't the crying type but he cried twice Wednesday. The 38-year-old sailor wept in anguish when a Navy court martial board at Treasure Isl and found him guilty of de sertion in wartime. But he cried with joy when the sentence was announced. He received six months at hard labor, a dishonorable dis charge, and was reduced in rank to fireman apprentice. Mings, who walked off the cruiser Chester three months before the war ended, was AWOL for 13 years. In that time, he acquired a wife, three children and an unblemished reputation. He was arrested by the FBI on desertion charges- last Au gust. The court martial board ap parently took Ming?' reputa tion as a family man and pro vider into consideration. It ap parently also considered his war record in the Pacific r ior to the time he left the Chester. The sentence is subject to review by higher naval au thorities, but Mings is satis fied. "I got a fair break," he said. Teamsters Eye Retail Clerks Monterey, Calif. -(UPD The Executive Board of the West ern Conference of Teamsters opened its quarterly meeting today with plans for an or ganizational drive of retail clerks expected to be high on the agenda. Conference officials have declined comment on reports of the planned organizational drive. The conference Policy Com mittee opened its quarterly meeting Wednesday and de cided to recommend to the Ex ecutive Board the appoint ment of an insurance actuary to counsel the board on the union's retirement and insur ance program. Einar Mohn, San Francisco, conference president, said he expected no formal action to be taken on Gov. Edmund G. Brown's tax proposals but de clared that labor has tradi tionally opposed consumer taxes. The Conference represents 300,000 union members in the 11 Western states. Ben-Gurion Hints At Immigration Tel Aviv -(UPD- Israeli Pre mier David Ben-Gurion Wednesday night strongly hinted at the possibility of large-scale Jewish immigra tion here from Russia. Ben-Gurion, addressing a rally for an immigration loan to aid Jews being allowed to come here from Communist Romania, said "there is reason to believe that if we absorb the present wave of 250,000 to 300,000 Jewish immigrants, the gates will be opened to the greatest concentration of Jews in the old world." "If emigration were per mitted from 'that country,' " he added "it would be the greatest miracle in our his tory." Ben-Gurion did not mention the Soviet Union by name but itjwas plain that that is what he meant. HOLDING MANACLED HANDS as though in prayer, Major Pedro Morejon Valdes, second "war criminal" to be tried at Havana's Camp Columbia, hears death sen tence imposed by military court after all-night trial. Wesiinghouse Test Winners Announced Washington -(UPD- Five high school seniors from California and Montana were among 40 students named today in the Westinghouse Corporation's N. Y. Conductor in Serious Condition New York -(UPD- The condi tion of conductor Dimitri Mi tropoulos, 62, remained un changed today at New York hospital, where he has been in serious condition since suffer ing a heart attack last Friday. The New York Philhar monic has named Pierre Mon teux, -Jean Morel and Paul Paray to, replace Mitropoulos for a four-week period of guest conducting which he was scheduled to, begin Feb. 23. The Metropolitan Opera also has replaced Mitropoulos with conductors from its reg ular staff. annual science talent search contest. The 40 finalists were picked from over 28,000 of the na tion's most promising future scientists. The nine girls and 31 boys have been awarded all-expense trips to Washing ton, where they will vie for $34,250 in scholarships and awards during a five-day com petition starting Feb. 26. . The three California win ners were: Sheri Lynn Weav er, 16, Concord; Thomas Chad bourne Emmel, 17, Los An geles; and Carl Lewis Lyng holm, 17, San Diego. The two Montana winners were: Nancy June Balmar, 17, Great Falls; and Richard John O'Connell, Helena. Berlin Meeting Offer Renewed Paris -(UPD- The Western Big Three are preparing to re new their offer to Moscow of a meeting with Soviet leaders on Berlin, diplomatic sources here said today. Reports from London said the talks would be held at the foreign ministers' level. They said no firm date would be proposed, but that the meet ing probably would take place toward the end of April in Geneva. The London sources said the foreign ministers of Bri tain, the United States, France and West Germany would meet in Paris in March to align Western strategy and agree on proposals to be made at the Big Four talks. Diplomatic sources in the French capital said the West, in renewing their offer of a Berlin conference made last Dec. 31, would make it plain to the Russians that they were not being "panicked" by the Soviet demand that the West get out of Berlin by next May 27. Audrey Hepburn Injured in Fall Hollywood - (UPD - Actress Audrey Hepburn has been in jured in a fall from a horse on location near Durango, Mexico, a spokesman for Hecht-Lancaster Productions said today. Joe Hyams said he received word Wednesday night that the petite film star had suf fered four broken ribs and a sprained leg. He said she was being treated in a private home because of a lack of hos pital facilities. Miss Hepburn was thrown from a horse when the animal stumbled during scenes of "The Unforgiven" according to Hyams. LUCKY WOMAN Yuba City, Calif.-fUPD-Mrs. Ruby McGee told a Sutter county divorce court that her husband, Robert, refused to work and told her: "A woman is lucky to get a man these days and you should support me." GLASS for remodeling and conitruc- 8 tion. We are happy to quote prices for steel sash, alumi num sash, and sliding patio doors. SELBY G!ss 303 North Bartlett PHONE SP 3-3613 FRENCH GENERAL DIES Tarbes, France-(UPD-French army Gen. Pierre Agostini, 55, collapsed and died of a heart attack Wednesday while reviewing a regiment of paratroopers. Five Youths Die In Auto Accident Cocoa Beach, Fl. -(UPD-Five teen-age boys were killed and two others seriously injured early today when their auto slammed into a barricade on the beach. Police said the car was traveling about 75 miles an hour on the foggy, unlighted beach when it crashed into a 10-inch metal pipe extending over the top of wooden pil ings. The pipe ripped away the top of the car and took parts of the boys' heads with it. The dead were tentatively identified from wallets found on the ground. They were listed as James E. Weaver, Kenneth L. D. Gardiner, John Edward Roquemore, Richard Charles Knobler, and Nickie Hendrick Morgan, all 18 years old and all from Orlando, Fla. We rest our case on your taste Here's top quality, mild and mellow Kentucky bourbon. A real value at this modest price. Try it. No bourbon tastes better... none is in better taste. 1 NUA P1 "OtlRBO CANADA DRY 'V $090 pint KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY. 86 PROOF-CANADA DRY CORPORATION, NEW YORK, L T. Nat King Cole Cancels Cuba Trip Hollywood -(UPD- Singer Nat King Cole has cancelled plans for a two-week engagement in troubled Cuba. A spokesman for the singer said Wednesday night Cole was to have appeared at Ha vana's Tropicana where he has performed for the past three years. The nightclub was closed temporarily be cause of the Cuban revolu tion. However, the singer still plans a Latin tour which would take him to Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Brazil, Uru guay, Argentina, Chile and Peru. OF OUR TERRIFIC 6im Am 4 " ENDS I Saturday II at Closing Time jj Hurry! It's Your Last Chance to Save DollarsToday Friday and Saturday in OUR ONLY STOREWIDE ' SALE FOR 1959! Tables Lamps Chairs Rockers Bedroom Sets o Living Room Furniture o Dining Room Furniture Hassocks o Rugs and Carpet o o o Dinette Sets Pictures Baby Furniture o Card Tables o Miscellaneous Items A Small Deposit will hold any item until you are ready for delivery! SAVE 10 to 50 (Not included are only a few fair traded items in mattresses) It's true! Our Anniversary Sale ends Satur day! There's still time to come in and see our big selection of home furnishings choose the things you need - A small deposit will hold your purchase until you want it deliv ered. Come in today. NO CARRYING CHARGES OR INTEREST At Weeks & Orr you pay only for the merchandise! WIEI SOUTHERN OREGON'S OLDEST & LARGEST FURNITURE STORE
