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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, March 27, 1959 Foreign Students Get Y Memberships Membership cards in the Medford Young Men's Chris tian association were present ed to two foreign exchange students recently as a part of the YMCA world service pro gram. Receiving the cards from Youth Work Secretary Herb Partridge were Miss Sissel H. Frogner of Skien, Norway, Two Discoverers Monthly Planned Vandenberg AFB, Calif.-ITD -The Air Force may conduct a stepped up schedule of two "Project Discoverer" satellite launchings monthly from May through October, it was learn ed today. The Advanced Research Projects Agency previously announced one satellite launching would be held monthly but delays which postponed shots in December and January were believed part of the reason for the ex pected accelerated program. A shot tentatively set for this month also is believed behind schedule and now appears destined to be postponed. and Antonio Tittel of S Pe dro de Sintoa, Portugal. Miss Frogner lives with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Williams, 116 Black Oak dr., and Tittel lives with Dr. and Mrs. Bartels, 35 Val ley View dr. Both attend Med ford High school. The world service program of the YMCA is now in its 69th year of operation. It is a joint program of the YMCA's of the United States and Can ada to cooperate with Y move ments in other countries. There are YMCAs in every free country of the world. The basic purposes of the YMCA world service pro gram are to help people help themselves, develop indige nous leadership, build self- supporting movements and share American know - how and resources to advance the common, worldwide Christian cause of the YMCA. In view of these purposes, the Medford YMCA board of directors voted at its last meeting to sponsor the ex change students now attend ing Medford High. Because there is a concur rent membership drive being held, the memberships were presented this week. Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL New York-Murray Brown, UPI staff correspondent, as he sat trapped in a telephone booth at Madison Square Gar den with a lion on the loose three feet away: "I can hear that lion clawing at the last phone booth in this row of booths. He's roaring and coughing." I! II 'Sk scS as m I iMjifid fn RECEIVE MEMBERSHIPS Herb Partridge, youth work secretary at Medford YMCA, presents membership cards to Miss Sissel H. Frogner of Skein, Norway, and Antonio Hit- tel of S. Pedro de Sintoa, Portugal. The foreign students are attending Medford High school. The YMCA memberships were pre sented as part of the world service program. Back Stairs: A Georgia Trip for Ike London-George Dawson, who made a fortune buying World War II scrap from the American government, on his conviction for fraud, conspiracy, false pretenses and fraudu lent conversion: "I always thought I may have been sharp but not crimi nal. I am not guilty. Washington-Acting Secretary of State Christian H. Her ter, in making the first official American statement on Tibet: "We are saddened by the suffering of the Tibetan people nd we see in their resistance efforts one more heartening ex ample of the indomitable spirit of man." Hollywood-Rabbi Max Nussbaum, reporting on Actress Elizabeth Taylor's conversion from Protestant to Jewish faith: "She wants to lead a Jewish life." Washington-King Hussein of Jordan, calling for closer ties among Arab nations to stem Communist infiltration of the Middle East: "It is well known that Communists can fish best in trou bled waters." ' ' FOR EPENDABLE FERTILIZER SUPPLY. . . YOU CAN in ? RELY ON HI By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI White House Reporter Washington-l?D-Back stairs at the White House: More than a few people close to President Eisenhower certainly wish he'd pull stakes and head south for about a week of hot weather and golf. Unless their arguments be come suddenly more persua sive, the indications are that he won't do it. Not right away, at any rate. With the President handling major foreign affairs person ally, the growing momentum of Congress and a steady stream of important visitors, even his usual April trip to Augusta, Ga., now is in some doubt. Not having gotten mifch ex ercise in the past four months, Eisenhower seems to have gained two or three pounds during the winter. This isn't serious, but he does need exer cise, according to his friends. Decision Soon Normally he goes to Au gusta the day after the finish of the Masters Golf Tourna ment which, barring a tie, should wind up this year on April 5. A decision on whether Eis enhower can get away prob ably will be made by the mid-1 die of next week. If he does decide to 'go to Georgia, it doesn't seem likely that he'll fly back April 9 for the open mg day baseball game in Washington. 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The opener was postponed because of rain, however, and the President was on hand for the rescheduled contest about a week later. Bus Enters Gates No one seemed to know quite why, but last Monday morning a bright yellow school bus rolled through the south gates of the White House and up to the portico The bus paused briefly, appar ently picked up one or more passengers, and then proceed ed out of the grounds. It seemed unlikely that a bus would be calling for the Eisenhower grandc h i 1 d r e n since they go to school near their home in Alexandria, Va. It could be, however, that some of their classmates were getting a V.I.P. tour of the White House. Spray Meeting Sef For Nexl Thursday A highway spray, meeting wil be held Thursday, April 2, at 9:30 ajn. in the Jackson county fairgrounds, Gene Winters, Jackson county ex tension agent, has an nounced. The meeting will be one of several in cooperation with the state highway depart ment, the state department of agriculture and Oregon State college. The Medford session is being held to train high way spray crews of Jackson and Josephine county, but all persons interested in weed and brush control are invited, the agent said. Ray Hubbell, Jackson coun ty weed supervisor, will re view local weed problems. Bark Astrup will explain the state highway department's weed program. Bill Kosesan, state department of agricul ture agronomist, will speak on spraying highways. Rex Warren, farm crops special ist, Oregon State college, will cover the chemicals to use to meet particular conditions. John Couch of the Du Pont company will point out the need for good equipment for good weed control. George Moore of the state depart ment of agriculture will re port on the ragweed program. 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