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Clean Dectoons Measure CD ears First Senate IKMIIe Washington - (DPD - Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D Mo.), who has scored one sur prise success, pressed today for further tightening of "loopholes" in the so-called clean elections bill. He won an unexpected vic tory Tuesday night when the Senate approved 50 - 39 his amendment to make candi dates in state primaries sub ject to the spending limits and reporting requirements of general elections. It was the first roll call of the session. Approval Urged Hennings, chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, to day urged the Senate to ap prove a provision which would bring into the open spending by local and state political committees. He said candidates now could report a minimum of personal campaign spending and turn over all other funds to a local or state committee not subject to reporting re quirements. Hennings' rules committee turned down the spending amendment when it consider ed the clean elections bill. Other congressional news: Defense: The Senate Armd Services Committee summon Efforts to Change Clerks to Retail Union to Continue Efforts will continue to sign up grocery store clerks of this area with the Retail Clerks union instead of the Teamsters union, according to Don Babbitt, a Medford groc ery store clerk, who is spear heading the effort. Babbitt said he and his committee hope to arrange a meeting with a representative of the Retail Clerks union this week or the first part of next week. Teamsters Local 911 now includes grocery store clerks from the Grants Pass-Medford Ashland area. A Teamsters' spokesman here estimated 100 grocery clerks attended last night's union local meeting and "were pretty well convinced" the Teamsters union offered them the most benefits. "I don't think they made much h e a d w a y," a Teamsters' spokesman said, "in the switch proposed." The Teamsters local will I SHOP HERE SAVE! nn We Are Still in Business at 525 CRATER LAKE AVENUE r3 JKXS S Making Room for Spring Stock The Buy of the Year . . . 51 PAIR OF I. MILLER SHOES ... I El ATC ON r I W FROM $1.98, $2.98 I Cowboy Boots Boys' and Girls' $95 $C95 Sizes 5 to 3-ONLY -T 9 I Vr WORK SHOES M AND BOOTS VERY GOOD BUYS HURRYI Always Good Buys at THE SHOE MART MEDFORD'S FIRST OUTLET SHOE STORE! No Refunds No Returns All Sales Final ed Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker and Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Army chief of staff, to question them about facilities for flying troops to the scene of any aggression. Before the second session of the committee's investigation of the administration's de fense policies. Chairman Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.) said the nation's military air lift was inadequate to deter or fight "brush-fire" wars. . Space: The House Space, Committee opened a six-week investigation of where Amer ica stands in the space race with Russia. The first witness called was Livingston T. Mer chant, undersecretary of state for political affairs. Chair man Overton Brooks (D-La.) said Merchant would be ques tioned on whether Russia's space achievements have un dermined U.S. diplomacy. Farm: Sen. Stuart Syming ton (D-Mo.), a possibility for the Democratic presidential nomination, introduced a 12 point farm bill. He said it would give farmers a bigger share of the national income, assure an adequate food sup ply and reduce the cost of the farm program. Budget: Chairman Clarence enter negotiations with store management of the area the first week of February, the Teamsters' r e p r e s entative said. The current contract ex pires March 1. Babbitt said this morning that the Teamsters "are not looking out for our interests at all." He also claimed that the Teamsters have failed to follow up on complaints made by some grocery clerks and fail to keep track of what people are union members and those who are not in the various stores. The clerks are seeking a raise over the pres ent $2.12 an hour for journey man grocery clerks, Babbitt said. The Teamsters' spokesman said the grocery clerks have been members of the Team sters for 12 to 15 years and receive better wages, hours, working conditions and fringe benefits than they could get elsewhere. THE'. ' i i ii i ?1295 SALE On Group of BOYS' SHOES ONLY Sizes 8Vi to AND UP I Men in Others T I Wo Carry 8" 6 Mo Guarantee FOR ONLY Cannon (D-Mo.) of the House Appropriations Commit tee called for cuts of at least $2 billion in President Eisen hower's budget request. As a starter, he proposed that Con gress block Eisenhower's plan to create 42,000 new federal jobs. Rep. John Taber (N.Y.), senior Republican on the appropriations group, also urged substantial cuts in Eis enhower's budget. Klamath Lumber High Bidder for RRNF Timber Klamath Lumber and Box company, Inc., of Klamath Falls was the high bidder Monday for 3,100,000 of Rogue River National forest timber, according to H. G. Hopkins, timber staff officer. The timber is located in the Seven Mile creek area, west of Ft. Klamath, in the Klam ath district of the National Forest. Klamath Lumber and Box company's high bid was S43.50 per thousand for 1,000,000 of ponderosa pine and $19.20 per thousand for 2,100,000 of white fir and oth er species. Total value of the winning bid was $83,820, an increase of 2.5 per cent over the forest service's minimum advertised price of $81,770. Ellingson Timber company, also of Klamath Falls, was runner-up, and the only other bidder. The timber to be cut is to be selectively logged, ihe purchaser is required to use great care in falling and log ging the trees marked for cut ting by forest service forest- i i . . J. xu ers, to avoid damage xo me reserved trees. Hopkins said that only tne overmature, slow growing, and defective or deteriorating trees were marked for cut ting. He said that a fine crop of voung pole size trees would be released from shade and competition for moisture by the cutting. Timber growth on the cutover area is expected to accelerate follow ing the logging. No road construction is re quired of the purchaser in this sale. Final settlement will be based on log scale of merchantable timber re moved. Logs will be scaled at the forest service s new scal ing dock adjacent to the high way near Chiloquin. - 3 SHOP HERE SAVE! o3 -u Also Name Brand HEELS $5.00 AT GREAT SAVINGSI-AND UP' . $199 3, as long as They Lastl HURRYI I On Group of Shoes $5.95 Broken Sizes . . . From $6.95 and Up 1 TUF BOOTS $10.95 MedfoedTrbune Regional Edition Page 2 2 ;;. .. ' . . : COLD NEAR LAKEVIEW A frozen fantasy in below-zero temperatures is created by 150-foot Crump's Geyser which was set off north of Lakeview on July 1, 1959, by a drilling crew. The water leaves the earth at 220 degrees in a stream that spouts at least 30 feet higher than the world famous Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone Park. Icy winds whip the water around the geyser, creating a sheet of ice so slick that it is almost impossible for a man to walk across it. (UPI Telephoto) Industrial Average Shows Early Rise New York (DPD Steels, motors and chemicals helped the stock market locate the upside today. The industrial stock aver age showed a rise of nearly three points after the first 30 minutes. DuPont, which paced Tuesday's decline with a loss of 7, picked up more than 2 in the early trading. Youngstown Sheet added more than a point in the steels where U.S. Steel and Repub lic improved by fractions. In the motors, Ford, Chrysler and American firmed- while GM eased. North American Aviation added more than a point in its section. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - (IPD - Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 645.07, off 8.79; 20 railroads 155.06. off 1.60; 15 utilities 86.43, off 0.22, and 65 stocks 212.26. off 2.32. Sales Tuesday were about 3,100,000 shares compared with 3.020,000 shares Monday. Tuesday's prices on selected AUied Chemical 109 Alum. Co. Am 96 American Can t-xA AttL American. Motors 8614 AT&T 823i Anaconda Copper 64 ?4 Armco Steel ; 69 Bendix Aviation . 69 Bethlehem Steel 591'. Boeing Air 30 uaterpinar corp 31 itiytiKT -orp. tZ '4 Continental Can . 43 Crown Zelllerbach 50 Curtiss ' Wright 28 Dow Chemical 93J' Du Pont 243 Eastman Kodak 100i Firestone 1354 General Electric 90 Vt General Foods 102?i General Motors . 50 48 V 3i 21 33 '4 41 34 Georgia Pacific Graham Paige Greyhound Gulf Oil .. Homes take Mining Idaho Power I. B. M Int. Paper Johns Manville Kaiser. Ind. 47 i 425 .123i . 46 14i 6 4 95 Katy Kennecott Copper Lockheed Aircraft Montana Power Co RYAN TO O'MULRYAN Kenosha, Wis. 0JPD The name Ryan wasn't quite Irish enough for James Ryan, 32. He changed his name to Rich ard James O'Mulryan in court Tuesday. WE FILL ALL PRESCRIPTIONS . with i failing I 1 accuracy from fresh stocks of JL XT. pure, potent drugs. Leave your Prescription here while you PARK & SHOP Open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily Closed Sundays d&t Green Stamps CENTRAL fell.'M DRUG Main and Central FREE 1EUVERY t v - i Montgomery Ward New York Central . Pac Gas & Elec Penney, J. C Richfield Oil . Safeway Sears . 49 . 29 4 - 3 .117 . 77 - 36 V . 48 Shell Oil Socony Mobil Oil . 40 39 T! southern Co. Southern Pacific Standard California Standard Indiana Standard N. J. Sun Mines Texas Co . Texas Gulf Sulfur Tex Pac Land Trust Transamerica Trans World Air Tri-Continental Union Carbide ..... Union Pacific . United Aircraft United Air Lines ... U. S. Rubber U. S. Steel Youngstown S tc T - 22i - 46 V - 40 47 .. 6 78 18 - 18 .. 26 - 16?4 .. 36 ..141 .. 29 39 - 30 T4 58 93' ..125 ATTENTION' FiU i 1 .ie XOW 1 CHEUPitODUCT Northern Worst Snowstorm Portland '-(LTD- Gusty east winds piled up powder-dry snow into deep drifts v in east Portland today as northern Oregon dug out of its worst snowstorm in four years. The weather bureau said the worst was overas far as snow falling was concerned but schools remained closed and traffic moved slowly as streets were covered with packed snow and ice. Snow stopped falling Tuesday eve ning and the sun . was visible here through a hazy overcast today. Only light rain was fore cast in northwest Oregon through Thursday with freez ing rain expected in the Co Grants Available for Homes for Disabled A grant of money from the Veterans administration to aid in acquiring specially adapted housing is now available to certain blinded veterans as well as eligible veterans who have lost the use of both legs, S. T. Brannock, contact repre sentative, VA Domicil i a r y, Camp White, said today. A new law extends the ben efit to veterans who, because of permanent and total service-connected disability, have lost, or lost the use of, both legs, or who are blind in both eyes and have lost the use of one leg, and who cannot get around without the aid of braces, crutches, cane or wheelchair. The former requirement that loss or loss of use of legs must be due to certain spe cific causes has been elimi nated, Brannock said. VA's Contribution The VA's contri b u t i o n, which may not be more than 50 per cent of the cost of the home nor in excess of $10,000, is a grant and need not be repaid by the veteran. : The money may be used to pay part of the cost of building a new house, buying an existing house, or remodeling a home already owned by the vet eran. The house must contain certain desired features made necessary because of the vet eran's physical condition, Items required include ramps, wide doors, larger bathrooms, and lowered light switches. The grant is provided to enable the veteran to have a home specially adapted to the StACKCS LOCAL AGENT - SOUTHERN OREGON SALES, INC. PHONE SIP 2-S244 Oregon Area IDogging Out off lumbia gorge and east Port land. At least four deaths were attributed indirectly to the storm in the Portland area, all apparently heart attack victims from shoveling snow. Eugene Schools Open The sheriffs office said drifting snow was more than plows could handle on north south streets between 82nd and 202nd avenues this morn ing. But 82nd and 202nd were kept open. Snow also drifted on Highway 30 east of here. At Eugene, where freezing rain fell for more than 24 hours, schools re-opened to day. But public schools here and at Salem remained closed as well as those in Oregon circumstances of wheelchair living, Brannock stated. More detailed information j may be obtained by calling or writing the contact office, VA Domiciliary, Camp White, or the VA regional office, 208 SW 5th ave., Portland 4, Ore. House Fire Kills Three Children Smelterville, Idaho - ttJPD - Three children ranging from 2 months to 7 years died in their beds today when their one-story frame home was swept by flames. The youngsters were the children of, Mr. and Mrs. George Ackerman. Mrs. Ackerman escaped with singed hands and face but was taken to Shoshone General Hospital in nearby Kellogg, Idaho. Her condition was listed as good. The father was away from home at the time. Highway Committee Will Discuss Funds Salem -UPD- The legislative highway interim committee headed by State Sen. Anthony Yturri (R-Ontario) will meet with members of the Oregon Highway Commission here Friday to discuss highway plans with respect to federal aid funds. The committee will again meet Saturday morning to hear a presentation by Robert Knipe of the Oregon Truck ing Association. by combining your orders SCIIEU PRODUCTS COMPANY uio n irk To Medford District at F.O.B. Upland, California, prices (This Offer Good for Limited Time Only) in Past Four Years City and West Linn and some other north Willamette val ley points. Stores Close Early Many Portland stores closed at 3 pjn. Tuesday to allow employees to get home before dark. The storm dumped from 5 to 8 inches of snow on most of northwest Oregon with heavier amounts in some areas. The weather bureau said a storm this morning would move souteastward with most of the rain falling south of Oregon. But southerly winds are " expected to carry moist and warm air over western Oregon. The ground would freeze on contact, forming a glaze of ice. Gorge Area Cold Temperatures were expect ed to remain below or near freezing over east Portland through most of Thursday be cause of the icy gorge winds. C . 1 vr. This revolutionary new contact lens minimizes the discomfort of old-style con tact lenses! Tiny as a teardrop . . . tissue-thin . . . unbreakable virtually a part of the eye it self, yet never touches your eye. Dr. Stanley E. Anderson of our staff available for consultation FRIDAY and SATURDAY (Jan. 22 and 23) casual shopping Dru Omar J. Nol.t and William T. Hoota GROWERS win deliver Ai5)nuiii IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ON HEATERS AND PARTS S COMPANY Bus service out of Portland saw many delays but trains and airlines were mostly on time. Many functions and bas ketball games were cancelled Tuesday. The weather bureau said the snowstorm was the worst in this area since January of 1956. Medford Has 48 Temperatures early today ranged down to 7 above at Pendleton and Redmond east of the Cascades. It was 27 in Salem and Eugene but Med ford had a low of 48. Portland had a low of 30 but the east winds made it seem 20 de grees colder. Four persons died in the Portland area, apparently from heart attacks all induced by shoveling snow. They in cluded Louis F. Billuts, 71, Clackamas, and Ralph Ed mond, 70, Einar Johnson, 78, and Lynn Davis, 52, all of Portland. Look...! Glasses! You can't see them, anyway, because this girl is wearing IT 1 , noies ; SVISIBLE UNBREAKABLE CONTACT LENSES Dr. Notes Optometrists Are Oregon Distributors for Vent-Air Laboratories of New York aux 55 t& uca. COLUMBIAN OPTICAL CO. MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER Phone SP 2-9990 with convenient parking r
