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8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, April 7. 1959 ysam Keceove Academy Awards Hollywood (UPD Flame haired Susan Hayward and suave David Niven, two vet erans of movie making, reign ed today as the best actress and actor of 1958. Miss Hayward, 39, a four time loser, was honored for her performance in "I , Want To Live" by the Motion Pic ture Academy of Arts and Sciences at its 31st annual Academy Awards presenta tion Monday night while a real life drama quietly un folded at the theater as police checked out a false bomb threat. Niven, 49, was honored for his role in "Separate Tables." "Gigi," a technicolor musi cal based on the novel by French authoress Colette, 7 i'f ;' 1 SUSAN HAYWARD Top Movie Actress of 1958 Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Hollywood-Actress Susan Hayward, upon being awarded an Oscar at the Academy Award ceremonies for her perform ance in "I Want to Live": "Thank you very much for making me so happy." .. Jessup, Md.-Charles M. Tippett, 26, on why he joined the mass breakout from Patuxent Institution for Defective Delin quents from which 34 inmates escape and 28 were recaptured: "I've been here three years doing an 18-month burglary sentence. You just don't figure to get out, that's all, unless 1 you escape." , Los Angeles-Former President Truman, parrying ques tions as to his candidate for the Democratic presidential nom ination in 1960: "Before the time comes around, you'll know who I'm for. I'm not one to hide my light under a bushel." Chicago-Producer Jules Pfeiffer, saying he fired Come dian Jack E. Leonard from the show "Fun Time" because Leonard's contract forbade the rotund funnyman from men tioning Pfeiffer's name on stage: "Instead, he said I stole the Humboldt park lagoon at age 14 and thai I was head of the Jewish Mafia. Need I say more? Reorganization of State Education Department Urged Salem-ttlPD-Rep. Keith Skel ton (D-Eugene) said Monday 'he State Eudcation Depart- ent should be reorganized, ..x. suggested appointment in ..ead of election of the de partment superintendent as a first step. Skelton, chairman of the House Ways and Means Com- mittee, said testimony before the group indicated a "lot of new cases" on public welfare rolls were youngsters in their late teens and early 20s who were not employable because they lacked skills. Shocking Indictment N "To me this is a shocking indictment of planning on the part of the public schools in general and on the part of the Department of Education in particular," he said. "To think that we spend millions of dol lars yearly on education, only to find that some of our high school graduates are so under- trained that they cannot get a job, is a real revelation." Skelton added, "what in the world are we training .our children for? They can't all go to college." Asks Incentive Money He asked for strengthening of the Board of Education so it would become "more than a mere rubber stamp for the professionals who run the of fice. He also called for incen tive money to high schools set ting up vocational education programs and post high school vocational training on a re gional level. The House passed a bill mak ing the children of remar riages legitimate even though there might have been some technical deficiency in the original divorce granted. The bill now goes to the governor. Rep. Shirley Field (R-Port-land) said the bill takes care of children born of such re inSciywaird., Woven was named the best film and garnered nine Oscars. One honorary award put awards bestowed on "Gigi" at 10 to place it in a tie with all-time award winner "Gone With the Wind" in 1939. The "Best Years of Our Life" won nine awards in 1946. Win Supporting Awards Burl Ives, folksinger-turned actor, was named best sup porting actor for his role in "The Big Country" and Eng land's Wendy Hiller was vot ed best supporting actress for her portrayal in "Separate Tables." Vincente Minnelli won a golden statuette for his direc tion of "Gigi." The song "Gigi" from the picture of the same name also marriages since 1953 and pro tects their property rights. Protects Misinformed Miss Field said the bill does not condone remarriage before the legal six-month time limit, but merely protects persons who, through ignorance or misinformation, have not se cured an entire divorce that would make their children legitimate. Another marriage bill pas sed by the House and sent to the Senate would legalize mar riages between Americans and Koreans and Japanese. Mar riages of White to Negroes, Chinese, Indians and others al ready have been legalized by the Legislature in line with a State Supreme Court de cision. Cub Scouts St. Mary's Pack 1 Cub Scouts of SU Mary's school held their monthly pack meeting last Thursday, April 2. The opening flag cere mony was conducted by den 4. The Rev. John Ilg led the boys in a prayer for a fellow cub, David Nicoletti, who was confined at a local hos pital. The awarding of wolf badges and arrow points were made by Myron Hollen and Bill Dugan. Receiving wolf badages were Roger Johnson, Sam Conley, Bill Compton, Christopher Stew art, and Bill Bates. Gold Ar row , points were awarded Peter Jensen, Robert Scher- zinger, Stephen Rossi, Tom my Nave, John Leavens, Sam Conley, Bill Compton. Silver arrow points were given Peter Jensen, Sam Conley, and Bill Compton. The parents attendance captured an Oscar, as did the film's musical scoring by An dre Previn and its screen plaV as based on material from an other medium by Alan Jay Lerner. "Gigi" also won Oscars in the categories of art direc tion, costume design, film editing and cinematography. "Gigi" was one of the few musicals to win an Oscar as the best picture. The last mu sical to win was "American in Paris" in 1951. The best story and screen play award went to Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith for "The Defiant Ones" a tense story of two prison-ers-a negro and a white-who escaped from police while handcuffed together. Ovation for Ingrid French star Maurice Cheva lier was honored for his "many contributions to show business" with a special award and Producer Jack L Warner received the Irving Thalberg award for his con tributions to the production of motion pictures. The award is presented only when the academy feels it is merited. Actress Ingrid Bergman, returning to Hollywood after a 10-year absence touched off by her romance with Director Roberto Rossellini, received a thunderous ovation at the awards program when she ap peared to present the best pic ture award. The Oscar winners were all pre - program favorites. There were no surprises. Police said they received an anonymous telephone call shortly before the slated two h o u r nationally televised awards program started at 7:30 p.m. (pst). Crowd Unaware Emergency fire equipment was taken to the Pantages theater where 2,800 of the film industry's outstanding stars and technicians were jammed to witness and par ticipate in the glittering event. A small force of policemen, firemen and theater person nel conducted a quiet hour and a half search which failed to turn up any bomb. "I doubt if anyone in the theater knew anything was amiss except the people in volved," said Sgt. William K. Daniels. He said the caller threatened the bomb would go off at 8:30 p.m. "This industry has been so PONDERING President Eisenhower appears lost in deep thought while he waits to make his" address to Gettysburg College's spring convocation at Gettysburg, Pa. In his speech the President cited Vietnam, Japan, and Berlin as examples of the need for firmness in the face of Soviet challenges. Central Oregon Faces Water Lack Bend -flJPD- Farmers in Des chutes, Crbok and Jefferson counties face "poor" irriga tion water supplies unless they are served by a major reservoir, it was reported at the annual water forecast meeting here Monday night. Water content of the moun tain snow pack that feed local streams measures only 52 per cent of normal, report ed Manes Barton, water sup ply forecaster for the Soil Conservation Service. Only unusually heavy rain fall during April . through June could improve the out look, he said. ' However, stored water sup plies in area reservoirs aver age 160 per cent of normal and should furnish enough irrigation water this season award was won for the sec ond time by Mrs. Jud Comp ton's Den 6. Mrs. Hal Krueger, enter tainment chairman, introduc ed George Pierce who pre sented acts of magic. Follow ing entertainment, refresh ments were served. good to me I don't know what to do in return," said the thankful Miss Hayward whose previous nominations came for her roles in the films "Smash-Up," "My Foolish Heart,", "With a Song in My Heart" and "I'll Cry Tomor row." Niven, who in real-life was a British army officer both before embarking on his act ing career and during World War II, finally won his Oscar for his part as a sensitive-but fraudulent - British army officer. North Central Oregon Irrigation Yield Improved The Dalles-(UPD-A "near nor mal" increase in the mountain snow pack during March and improved irrigation prospects for north central Oregon this summer has been reported here. The area can now look forward to fair irrigation wa ter supplies. The report was given by Manes Barton, water supply forecaster for the Soil Conser vation Service at the annual water forecast meeting here, Shortages Certainty However, some late season water shortages are a certain ty, Barton said. Water content of the mountain snow pack measures only 61 per cent of average despite nearly normal snow fall in March. Waterflow in Hood and White rivers will be nearly average early in the season if rainfall during April through June is normal, Barton indi cated. Later in the season flows in the two rivers will be less than normal. To Taper Off Rock, Gate and Badger creeks also will have nearly normal spring flows, but will taper off severaj weeks earlier than usual. The Mile creeks, Mill creek and Clear creek al so are expected to taper off earlier than usual. Wasco County Watermaster Roger Wilhelm said much of the snow in the watersheds has fallen recently and is still soft. He said it would melt quickly and .while there should be flows through June, water supplies probably will drop sharply early in July. to farmers in the north unit, Arnold, and Lone Pine iriga tion disticts. Supplies in res servoirs of the central Or egon, Tumalo, and Ochoco irrigation districts also ap pear adequate, although there may be some late season shortages in these districts. UNWELCOME VISITOR Moscow -(UPD The Literary Gazette says a Baptist congre gation in the Soviet border city of Brest wants no more of such "Western prophets" as Martin A. Nordfors, an American. The paper said tourist Nordfors distributed 200 Russian-language Bibles in Brest in 1956. It said he re turned last year by car with more Bibles and 215 copies of an anti-Socialist tract re questing contributions for missionary work in Africa. ATTEND SCIENCE MEET Accra, Ghana-(UPD-A group of 21 Russian scientists, in cluding four women, arrived Monday to attend the Inter national West Africa Scien tific. Conference starting next Sunday. Medford Police Report Increase In Major Crimes Reports of major crimes in Medfprd jumped to 100 last month from February's fig ure of 69, according to the city police department's monthly statement. But reports of miscellane ous offenses dropped to 611 in March from 697 the month before. In March, 1958 there were 76 major offense reports and 675 miscellaneous offense re ports. The figures for this month in 1957 were 48 and 553 respectively. A total of 21 burglaries were reported in March of this year against only 5 in February. Thefts of cash or items valued at $50 or more rose to 9 from 6, while lesser thefts climbed to 65 from 51. Auto thefts fell to 5 in March from 7 the month be gore. Embezzlement and Fraud Embezzlement and fraud cases slipped to 20 last month from 22 in February. Only 11 such cases were reported in March, 1958. A total of 35 drunkenness cases were reported last month the same figure as February's while cases of driving under the influence of intoxicating beverages to taled 3 against 2 in Febru ary. In the traffic citation cate gory, 28 of the 90 citations issued in March for basic rule violations were based on use of the radar, while in February its first month of employment radar account ed for 50 of a total of 126 such citations. There were 80 basic rule citations in March, 1958. A total of 434 traffic cita tions were issued last month, compared to 510 last month and 514 a year ago. Vet Employment Clinic Planned Here A veterans employment clinic will be held in Medford Tuesday, April 21, according to the Seattle regional office of the U.S. Civil Service com' mission. This will be the fifth year these clinics have been con ducted in cooperation with the major veterans organiza tion and several federal and state agencies. Purpose of the clinic is to familiarize veterans with op portunities in federal service as well as in private industry with specific advice on pref erence in employment. The meeting locally will be held at 8 p.m. in the court house auditorium. All veter ans and other dependents as well as interested persons may attend. George A. Reid, regional veterans federal employment representative, will conduct the clinic. A question and answer period will follow. The PEAK BOAT AND SPORTS SHOW There's lots to see and lots to do at the second big Southern Oregon SPORTSFAIR! See lots of big booth displ ays organized by sports clubs and merchants - - - skin diving tank, casting pools, live trout fishing, helicopter rides, pony rides, contests and prizes. Bring the whole familyl MEDFORD ARMORY April 10, 77 and 72 Courtesy Mail Tribune Democrats Said Undecided on What To Offer for Farm Bill By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent - Washington - Although the Democrats are treading care fully in Congress, they know pretty much what they want to do on many key is sues but not "Ion a farm bill. They only know they don't like what Sec re tary AKobt. smith fiZra 1. .tsen son is offering. Sen. Herman Talmadge (D Ga.), one of the senators to whom Democratic leader Lyn don B. Johnson is looking for a farm solution, has come up the lawmakers, if nothing else. Talmadge proposed that the government give back surplus commodities to all farmers who promise not to grow with a new idea which sym bolizes the exasperation of another crop during the com ing year. They would, he sug gested, put their land in grass and sit back and watch it grow. They could then sell what the government gave them - wheat, corn or what-have-you. The surplus would at least go down, and maybe vanish entirely. Fourteen ft 1 5 tmk : To Take Part in Y Government Plan Fourteen Medford students will leave Thursday for the annual YMCA Youth and Gov ernment program in Salem. Sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Area Council of YMCA's, Youth and Govern ment provides Oregon boys and girls with an opportunity to learn processes of govern ment by actual participation; as well as discover through practical experiences, the problems, obligations and re sponsibilities of Christian citi zenship in the American de mocracy. The delegation from Med ford will represent three YMCA clubs. They are Theta Rho Iota Tri Hi-Y, Theta Tau Alpha Tri Hi-Y and Rogue Hi-Y. Officers at Sessions Four of the members will assume duties as officers at the legislative sessions. They are Miss Barbara Tyler, speak er of the house, Miss Sandra Maxson, legislative committee chairman; Miss Mary Jenny, reporter, and Miss Sylvia Baker, legislative committee chairman. Other delegates are Curtis Saltmarsh, Terry Ryan, Bob Baker, John Shaw, Miss Ivern Iverson, Miss Danusia Kosec ka, Miss Charlene Highland, Miss Donna Granger, Miss Pat Bigham and Miss Shirley Bos well. Adult advisor for the III Ml 11SV WEEK! TWO EXCITING, FUN-FILLED EVENTS COMING TO SOUTHERN OREGON This colorful event is even bigger, grander for 1959! Medford stores will offer special PEAR BARGAINS next Thursday, Friday and Saturday ... a gala shopping opportuntiy you . can't Everyone will want to be downtown in Medford Saturday, April 11, at 2:30 p.m. to see the BLOSSOM FESTIVAL PARADE. Don't miss it! and The Agriculture Commit tees of both houses have been holding hearings on farm legislation for some weeks. As of now, there is no sign of any single plan emerging as the Democratic answer to Eenson. The farm bloc which used to have things pretty much its own way in Con gress, especially in the House, has been weakened critically by the urbanization of the nation. This forces more con gressmen to heed the views of city consumers more than those of rural growers. Northwest senators and some of its congressmen are backing once more the so called two - price plan for wheat, and there seems to be growing support for this gen eral idea or a modification of it. Talmadge put in a compre hensive bill early this year to provide "compensatory payments" to producers of basic .crops so that they would receive 100 per cent of parity for that portion of the crop sold domestically. The portion sold elsewhere would go at the market price and no government subsidy. The two - price feature of these plans makes them some what alike. But Benson is op posed to them both, claiming the cost would be too high. Rep. Al Ullman believes the Democrats are especially Students group is Mrs. Edith Baker. Ben Day is district chairman of the Youth and Government program. The Medford clubs will be participating with other Hi-Y and Tri Hi-Y clubs from throughout the state. Each club has submitted a bill and will process it through the regular legislative "channels." All delegates will be given lodging in homes of Salem citizens. The session will be held all day Friday and Sat urday. One of the highlights of the program is the Gover nor's ball Friday night with a queen and king coronation from among the delegates. All funds for this event have been raised by the clubs to send their delegates. BISHOP DIES Chapel Hill, N.C.-UPD-Ed-win A. Penick, 72, senior bishop of the Protestant Epis copal church in the United States, died Monday night. He had served 37 years as coad jutor bishop and later as bishop of the North Carolina Diocese. We Give d.Vl GREEN STAMPS CENTRAL REXALL DRUG Main and Central in a spot because President Eisenhower would veto any such legislation, and the necessary two - thirds vote could not be mustered to override the veto. Ullman thinks the basic de fect of the Benson program is that acreage control has only meant farmers used more fertilizer to step up produc tion per acre in order to make more money. He thinks the government would come out better and so would the farmer if prices were support ed at 90 per cent or more and marketing quotas were imposed so that the support was offered on only so many bushels per farmer. This would reduce or eliminate surplus production which the government is now stuck with, and pay farmers a good price. Farmer Organizations In the long run, Ullman would like to see farmers themselves control production through farmer-run organiza tions. He thinks this would end surpluses and hold up prices received by farmers by virtue of the fact that the supply would just about equal the demand. At the same time, food prices would not go sky high because of scar city, he contends, simply be cause this plan would wipe out commodity speculators who now reap tidy profits by buying and selling commodi ties as the prices fluctuate. The old, rigid battle lines between the parties are now gone. The Democrats are no longer plumping for 90 or 100 per cent parity as such under the present price support pro gram, and Republicans' in Congress aren't backing Ben son's flexible support pro gram with much enthusiasm. So the consequence is that a lot more creative legislative energy is going into farm bills than in years. The outcome is now anybody's guess. SCREWDRIVER or VODKA GIMLET? Maybe you like Screwdrivers, ond she prefers a Vodka Gimlet. Just be sure you both use smooth Smirnoff . . . and have it your own wayl it leaves you breathless mtmoft vodka SO i 100 Proof. Distilled inn tnii. Sti. Pierre Bill Authorizes Counties Bonding For Courthouses galem-aO-Counties of Ore gon would b authorized to borrow money to construct courthouses and issue five year general obligation bonds to repay such loans under terms of a bill read in the Senate for the first time Mon day. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Anthony Yturri (R-On-tario). It would permit Mal heaur or any other county in the state to issue obligation bonds without approval of the people. This is made possible through a constitutional amendment passed by the voters in 1958. Legislation setting the Mid Columbia home for the chron ically ill at The Dallas was sent to the Senate by the Ways and Means Committee. Not for Strict Confinement The institution, - which has been devoted to treatment of tuburcular patients, will, un der the terms of this bill, be used for treatment of pa tients, preferably ovar 50 years of age, who not re quire strict confinement or extensive security measures. No person held in an insti tution on a criminal charge would be eligible for admis sion in the newly designated institution. Only transfers from other state institutions will be admitted. One provision in he act says the State Board of Con trol may direct the superin tendent to establish an out patient clinic for treatment of tubercular patients. TOSTESEN PAINTING PAPERHANGING Quality Work SP 2-7503 i&p Smirnoff Fit. (Dir. of Heubleii), Hirtferi", Cm. 1WAL BLOSSOM pass up! gay PEAR Sponsored by Crater Lions of Medford
