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6 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Wednesday, April 1, 1959
Eventual Death of
Franco Said Causing
Uneasiness in Spain
Madrid (UPD - Francisco
Franco is only human. And
some day he will die.
It is not a surprising fact..
But it is causing gnawing
uneasiness to Spain, its friends
and its enemies.
Spain's future hinges on
what and who succeeds the
Caudillo, the Generalissimo,
the 67-year-old head of state
who plays his cards so close to
his chest.
During his first decade in
power Franco' steered Spain
on a course which drew the
hatred of the Communist
world and the scorn of the
democracies. When Commu
nism and the Western democ
racies shifted into cold war,
Franco's Spain emerged from
isolation to become an inter
national Cinderella.
Today the West counts
Spain as one of its own. How
ever, Russia also has been
wooing Spain, and the world
awaits.
What Next?
After Franco, a king? A
revolution? A democracy?
If the Kremlin and the
White House worry about a
Franco-less Spain, the Gener
alissimo apparently does not.
He has erected a huge tomb
for himself that rivals in
splendor the pyramids of the
pharaohs.
In 1947 a referendum ap
proved a Spanish bill of suc
cession. Franco declared Spain
a monarchy. He would choose
the future king or, if he dies
or is incapacitated, a C6uncil
of the Realm would picka
Spanish king.
There has been no official
picking yet.
But the odds on favorites
are Prince Juan, Count of
Barcelona and heir to Spain's
last king, Alfonso XIII, and
Juan's son, Prince Juan Car
los. The 21-year-old Juan Carlos
is receiving an eduaction fit
for a king in Spain under
Generalissimo Franco's direc
tion. His father, Don Juan,
remains in Portugal.
Franco Keeps Mum
Is the future king to be
Don Juan or Juan Carlos? If
anyone knows, it is Franco.
And Franco is not talking.
The new cold war of the
Spanish succession remains as
an unfinished plank in Fran
co's ambitious program for re
building Spain. Even his
harshest critics admit Franco
has come a long way toward
rebuilding Spain after its
bloody civil war.
Excluded from the United
Nations in 1945, Spain gained
admission to most of its
agencies in 1950, and in 1965
won full membership in the
world body. The reason the
United States helped engineer
Spain's admission was not that
it loved Franco but that it
feared Russia more.
Some observers predict
Franco's death will signal a
fight to the death between the
rival Fajange and the Army.
Most of these foresee the army
as the winner.
But most Spaniards at least
talk mainly of monarchy.
From the man with the
answers comes silence on the
who and what of Spain's fu
ture. Asked to comment on
rumors he is ailing and wants
to step down, Generalissimo
Francisco Franco laughed and
said:
"They can go on with those
rumors. They bring me luck."
Worldwide Search
Under Way for Girl
To Play Cleopatra
Hollywood -flJFD- Here we
go again. There's another
world-wide girl hunt in prog
ress to find a potential movie
star for a razzmatazz, 8-bell,
super-colossal, ever - loving'
smash hit.
This time Hollywood is
looking for a Cleopafra.
But as frequently happens
in Zanyville-by-the-sea the mo
guls probably will settle for
an established actress with a
high-powered agent.
This year's safari into the
hinterlands of Europe and the
United States in search of a
luscious lovely is led by
Bwana Walter Wanger who
hopes to turn up a sexy, in
telligent doll who can also
act.
True- Characterization
It's a large order, but Wan
ger is a confident man with $5
million to spend. With that
kind of loot he should be able
to dig up the original queen of
Egypt.
"My entire movie pivots on
the central character of Cleo
patra," Wanger confided.
"And she's going to be playing
the truest characterization of
the queen ever written."
Producer Wanger is a mod
est man, but he backhanded
George Bernard Shaw and
Shakespeare, saying, "Shaw
depicted Cleopatra as a wit
less teenager, and Shake
speare presented her as a
strumpet.
"She was neither. Through
exhaustive research going
all the way back to Plutarch
we've found she was a bril
liant queen who spoke seven
languages. She was a great
administrator who gave
Egypt its greatest economic
era."
In past years Theda Bara
and Claudette Colbert por
trayed Cleopatra. Both were
top-drawer stars at the time.
Prospects Considered
Wanger has visions of find
ing an unknown for his 20th
Century - Fox Production. He
also is a prudent man, consid
ering a dozen prospects among
Hollywood's garden of beauty
queens.
"Many very big stars have
asked for the role," he said.
"And I have some ideas of my
own about who could play it.
Here's a list of some of the
girls I think could do the job:
Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Col
lins, Joanne Woodward, Nata
lie Wood, Dana Wynter, Aud
rey Hepburn, Jean Simmons,
Sophia Loren, Kim Novak,
Gina Lollobrigida, Jennifer
Jones and Brigitte Bardot.
xnougn trie searcn is on,
Hollywood's bright guys are
betting shapely Joan Collins
will get the part. And she
wants it.
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WORKING as bus boy in Or
lando, Fla., Jose Gilberto
Socas is informed of his ap
pointment by Cuba's Fidel
Castro as Bolondron mayor.
Influenza, Polio,
Hepatitis Said
To Be on Increase
Washington -(Science Service)-
March has witnessed an
increase in poliomyelitis, in
fluenza and hepatitis.
The current outbreaks of
influenza have occurred in
approximately 20 states, a
U.S. Pi-blic Health Service
spokesman said.
Furthermore, influenza is
expected to spread around the
country more extensively be
fore the expected decline in
late April.
The PHS reports that in
creased absences in schools
due to influenza and influenza-like
illnesses are on the
rise. Death rates for the 114
large cities in the U. S. have
remained normal, however.
Polio Rate Climbing
Weekly reports from the
PHS indicate that the inci
dence of poliomyelitis is again
slowly climbing. During the
first 11 weeks of 1959, 249
cases of polip were reported,
compared to 172 last year.
More than 170 of the 249 cases
reported so far this year are
paralytic. Ninety-six of last
year's cases were paralytic.
The remainder consist of non
paralytic and unspecified po
lio. Better reporting may be
responsible for the apparent
increase in the number of
paralytic cases this year, the
PHS spokesman said.
As the U.S. swings into its
polio sheason, PHS officials
have expressed concern for
the millions of Americans who
have not received Salk pro
tection. The number of record
ed cases of all types of polio
is expected to increase steadi
ly in the immediate future.
Hepatitis Up
Meanwhile, in addition to
the flu the polio virus battles,
hepatitis still continues to gain
ground. The latest PHS data
show that 6,195 cases have
been reported during the first
11 weeks of this year while
3,576 occurred last year over
the comparable period of
time.
This current pattern of the
liver-damaging disease is simi
lar to the last serious outbreak
in 1956.
INJURIES FATAL
Portland - (CPD - Charles J.
Marshall, 82, died Tuesday
night in a local hospital from
injuries suffered Feb. 18 when
struck by a car.
DIES IN FALL
Portland - (UPD - Faye Webb,
62, Portland died Tuesday
when he fell into Columbia
river while working on a
float. "
The coroner's office said it
was not immediately able to
determine if Webb died of
drowning or if his fall was
caused by an attack.
PORT BILLS TABLED
Salem-IUPD-Two bills which
would have barred from
membership on port commis
sions anyone who had a direct
interest in a transportation
company were tabled Tues
day by the Senate Commerce
and Utilities Committee.
Transit Authority
Bills Introduced
In Oregon House
FARM APPOINTMENTS
Portland-(CPD -The Farmers
Home Administration Tues
day announced two appoint
ments to its five member Ore
gon State Advisory Commit
tee. New members are Robert
Morrow, Madras, and Harry
L. Riches, Salem.
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Salem -UPD- Bills to allow a
tri-county transit authority in
the Portland area and to give
the Port of Portland Commis
sion authority to operate a
transportation system in the
metropolitan area have been
given a hearing by the House
Local Government Committee.
Rep. Beulah J. Hand (D-
Milwaukie) said the second
bill was .drawn up to give
Portland a choice between
two possible methods of oper
ations. The other measure
would call for an authority in
Multnomah, Clackamas and
Washington counties.
Equals 20 Highways
Mrs. Hand said a mass tran
sit system could handle the
equivalent of 20 highways of
four lanes each. Commuters
now are not using such facili
ties as there are "and they
won't until a modern way can
be devised," she said.
Adolph Asher, attorney rep
resenting the firm which owns
the Oaks amusement park in
southeast Portland, said he
believed the proposed author
ity plan was the best way to
solve transit problems.
Alexander Brown, Portland
city attorney, criticized the
two bills. He said he was not
against the principle but that
the Port of Portland measure
would give a city no control
over transit operations within
its area.
House bill 136 providing
that the Motor Vehicle De
partment set up regulations
for vehicles transporting farm
workers was re-referred to
committee for the third time.
House members felt the bill
was too broad in scope.
It is one of a series of bills
dealing with migratory labor
which are under consideration
by the legislature.
Rep. Grace Peck (D-Port-land)
introduced a bill provid
ing for establishment of a
women's prison here.
The prison would be separ
ate from the state penitenti
ary where Oregon's women
prisoners are now kept.
The House passed and sent
to the Senate a bill making a
person who loiters around a
public or private school sub
ject to arrest for vagrancy.
Rep. George Layman (R-New-berg)
said the bill was amend
ed to exclude persons loiter
ing around public parks and
recreation centers.
A bill legalizing the forma
tion of interim committees by
joint resolution of the House
and Senate passed the House.
Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eu-gene)
said the bill would clar
ify the legality of interim
Foundation Makes
Education Grants
New York (UPD The Ford
Foundation announced Tues
day a new series of grants for
education, a $9,161,210 effort
to stimulate a "breakthrough"
in efforts to improve the qual
ity of America's teachers.
The grants are the first
phase of a concerted new ef
fort, the foundation said. It
said another series of new
grants was expected to be an
nounced later this year.
The foundation also an
nounced another $2,282,800 in
education grants, including
studies in the use of television
as a classroom aid.
Recipients in the teacher
improvement grants included
Claremont, Calif., graduate
school and Stanford Univer
sity, Palo" Alto, Calif.
Henry T. Heald, president
of the foundation, said that
"this effort toward a break
through reflects, and seeks to
advance, growing trends to
overcome weaknesses in
teacher education."
Fee Collection
Changed in Bill
Salem (UPD Collection of
fees from trucks and buses,
now handled by the public
utility commissioner, would
be transferred to the Motor
Vehicle Department under a
Senate bill approved by the
Senate Committee on Roads
and Highways Tuesday.
Under the bill the PUC
commissioner would retain
the regulation of trucks and
buses.
The Committee also ap
proved a bill which would au
thorize the Highway Commis
sion to close sections of ocean
shore or beaches to motor tra
vel or landing of aircraft ex
cept for emergency purposes.
Any city council or county
court could petition the com
mission for such closures.
committees and prevent for
mation of interim committees
by one House. This was done
last session, when, Skelton
said, the Senate set up on its
own a committee "to investi
gate everything." The attor
ney general ruled that such a
committee was not constitu
tional. The bill goes to the
Senate.
Bids Opened for Post Office Work
Temp-Control, Corp., Port
land, is apparent low bidder
for installation of "air condi
tioning in Medf ord's U. S. post
office building, the general
services administration office
in Portland has announced.
According to. Glenn Herd
man, federal building superin
tendent here, air conditioning
is to be installed throughout
the entire building. He said
it is expected the 140-day pro
ject will begin as soon as a
contract is awarded.
Herdman said he hoped the
installation would be com
pleted in time for some bene
fit this coming summer.
Temp-Control's bid was re
ported as S81.690, only $10
under the $81,700 bid of Willis
Plumbing and Heating com
pany, Eugene. The engineer's
estimate was not reported.
Other bidders listed include
Loren S. Ritchie, Medford,
$92,998, Lorentz Bruun, Port
land, $94,926, Urban Plumb
ing and Heating company,
Portland, S95.862, and Mc
Laughlin Plumbing and Heat
ing company, Medford, $99,-490.
Average postal rural route
is about 50.09 miles long. !
VACATION OVER
The Dental Office
of
Dr. S. Ralph Dippel
will be open April 1st
Telephone SP 2-6823
Honolulu -(UPD- Industrial
ist Henry J. Kaiser has out
lined plans for a $350 mil
lion resort and residential
community in the area of fam
ed Kokohead Crater near
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