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THURSDAY, AUGUST IX. I960 Kennedy Plans To Discuss Campaign Role With Truman Washington - (UPD - Demo- cratic presidential nominee - John F. Kennedy will confer Aug. 20 or 21 with former President Truman, who once said Kennedy's nomination . -was "rigged" but who since . has agreed to campaign for him. Kennedy's office announced . today that he will fly to Tru man's home in Independence, Mo., before the Massachusetts senator attends a farm confer ence at Des Moines, Iowa. It will be the first meeting of the two since Truman an nounced he was boycotting last month's Democratic na tional convention at Los An geles because he could not be a party to a "prearranged" convention. They will complete plans for Truman's campaign role. Meantime, GOP National Chairman Thurston B. Morton called Truman's willingness to camDai&n for Kpnniviv f Vi a ''second Missouri Compro mise. He referred to the history making 1812 agreement to permit slavery in Missouri but limit its spread in the Midwest. Morton said the Republicans will revive their 1956 "truth SClUad" tn follnu Truman anA other Democratic speakers around the country and reply to their speeches. He said the GOP spokesmen - would refresh Truman's mem ory about his preconvention anti-Kennedy statements. Kennedy's office said he would see Truman Aug. 20, if the Senate is not meeting that day. If it is, the confer ence will be held on the fol lowing morning, Aug. 21. Twining Claimed Planning To Retire Washington-dJPD-The White House announced today that Air Force Gen. Nathan F. Twining, midway in his sec ond term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is plan ning to retire. No date has been set for his retirement, Press Secre tary James C. Hagerty said. Hagerty describes as "not true" a news dispatch which said Twining already has re signed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and that the President has accepted his resignation. '. "For some time, the Pres ; ldent and General Twining :have been discussing informal : ly the general's retirement aiier 42 years of service to his country," Hagerty told news-n- "No date has yet been :set for this retirement." Twining has served about ; a year of his second two-year : term as chairman of the Joint ; Chiefs of Staff. OFC Explains Death of Fish Seaside - fflPB - The Oregon ' Fish Commission has ex- plained the deaths of count- less ' thousands of anchovies and other fish along the ; Northern Oregon coast last week. Commission biologists said .an abnormal number of fish, : low oxygen, high tempera tures and low tides may have caused the mass deaths. Robert Myers, aquatic biol- . ogist in charge o oeau -i "studies at Astoria said the Neawanna river may have been the primary scene of the problem. 'Ontario Has Third Of Canada's People Ottawa - Almost one-third of Canada's people live in the province of Ontario. This province produces about half . the country's manufactured goods and a very large per : centage of the world's nickel. ; The world's largest nickel refinery is that of the Inter " national Nickel company, lo . cated in Port Colburne, On . tario. AMERICAS FINEST BOURBON! AMERICAS FAIREST PRICE! $460 JLL.45 quart) Itstocn STHttHT looitoi wmsnr.n pioof emu osr dutiuih to., MEDF0Mv4SiJbTBIBUW Three East Players on Hurt List La Grande -flffB-The East ern all-stars went through their third day of twice a day drills here Wednesday in pre paration for the East-West Shriners hospital all star game Aug. 20 at Pendleton featur ing all-stars from the state's A-2 and B high schools. The Eastern squad went through an evening srrim. mage under the lights at the Eastern Oregon college here. Three members of the East squad have suffered injuries. Dave Wilcox, a 215 pound end from Vale, is nursing a badly bruised foot, Don Walker of Nyssa, also is suffering from a bad foot, and "Jnion's Al Livingston has a bad leg. Hurt at Vale Walker was hurt at the Eastern Oregon-Central Ore gon All-Star Elks benefit grid clash at Vale last Satur day. Squad members will depart from their training camp Sat urday to go to Portland for the A-l Shrine game Saturday night. The squad will resume twice-a-day drills Monday. Coach Arnie Lewis of Vale plans to send his gridders through the twice daily work outs until at least Wednesday. Coaches have expressed pleasure at the running of 195-pound fullback Dick Ful wyler of Vale and the passing of Joe Burgett of Maupin from the tailback slot. The Eastern squad will run out of the single-wing in next Saturday's clash. Coach Selection Flan Reported Chicago-flJPII-The American Football Coaches association announced today that it will select two "Coaches of the Year" in 1960, honoring a small college coach as well as a major college one. At the same time, Charles (Rip) Engle, coach at Penn State and president of the coaches assiciation, announced that its 1960 Ail-America foot ball team will be sponsored by the Eastman Kodak Co, The same firm will sponsor the Coach of the Year awards. The coaches All-America team and its two Coaches of the Year will be distributed exclusively by United Press International. The All-America team will be released in p.m. newspa pers of Wednesday, Nov. 23 and a.m. newspapers of Thurs day, Nov. 24. Both Coach of the Year awards will be an nounced for a.m. and p.m. newspapers of Jan. 12. Engle disclosed that the method for selecting the Coaches of the Year was be ing changed "to give more recognition to coaches who have contributed outstanding coaching jobs, not necessarily based on their won and lost record during the year." Chapman Eyes Gridiron Duties Norm Chapman, ex - Med ford high and University of Oregon grid star, will take over as head football coach this fall at Springfield High school. Chapman and his wife are at Sun Valley, Idaho, at pres ent where Chapman is attend ing a coaching clinic. He will take in the Shrine all-star game at Portland before re turning to Springfield to as sume his duties. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Chapman, Med- ford. SEEKS SPEED RECORD Bonneville Salt Flats. Utah -UPIi-An attempt on the world land speed record by Dr. Na than Ostich of Los Angeles in a jet-powered racing car is ex pected to be made on Friday. 300 (pint) STANDINGS By United Press International NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Pittsburgh 65 40 .619 St. Louis 61 46 .570 5 Milwaukee 57 46 .553 7 Los Angeles 57 ' 46 .553 7 San Francisco 51 52 .495 13 Cincinnati 47 59 .443 18 !i Philadelohia .... 42 65 393 24 Chicago 39 65 .375 25 !a Wednesday's Results Los Angeles 3, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 3. Chicago 1 (night) CincinnaU 5, San Francisco 3 (night) St. Louis 6. Philadelphia S AMERICAN "LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB New York .. 6! 42 .582 Baltimore 62 48 ,574 1'S Chicago 61 47 .565 2',i Cleveland 52 50 .510 8i Washington 51 55 .481 11 i Detroit 46 57 .447 15 Boston 45 59 .433 185 Kansas City .... 41 63 .334 20Si Tuesday's Results New York 6, Chicago 0 Baltimore 4. Detroit 2 Boston 6. Cleveland 1 Kansas City 13, Washington X PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Spokane 72 47 .605 Tacoma 67 53 ,558 5a Salt Lake 62 55 .530 8 Seattle 60 59 .504 12 Sacramento 60 59 .504 12 San Diego 54 66 .450 181a Vancouver 52 68 ,433 20 14 Portland 48 68 .414 21 !i Wednesday's Results Sacramento 6, Vancouver 1 Spokane 17, Salt Lake 10 Tacoma 6. Portland 2 San Diego 5, Seattle 3 NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Yakima 27 17 .613 Tri-City 24 21 .533 31a Lewiston 23 23 .500 5 Eugene . 21 24 .466 6',a Salem 21 25 .456 7 Wenatchee 18 24 .428 8 Wednesday's Results Lewiston 6, Eugene 4 Yakima 5. Tri-City 3 Salem 8, Wenatchee 4 Sill Veeck Says White Sox Good Lortgshot Bet Chicago-fliPD - Bill Veeck fired a shot into the Comiskey Park gloom today with a pre diction that his Chicago White Sox would win the American league pennant by five games. The White Sox president forecast a late season surge for his club like that of the 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers and said his team would be an excellent bet "right now" for longshot players who relish long risks. "We're two and a half games out right now," he said, after Wednesday's 6-0 loss to the New York Yankees. "At this time last season, the Dodgers were six games out and they won the pennant. We can do the same thing. "The White Sox ought to be about 6 to 1 right now, he said. Bet 'em if you want to make some money." Americas Cup Tourney Ooens Ottawa-fliPD-The finest ama teur golfers of the United States, Mexico and Canada began play in the fifth Ameri cas Cup tournament today amid claims by all three cap tains that their teams were the "strongest ever." Despite their claims of im provement, however, Rodrigo Medeliin of Mexico and Dune Milliken of the host Canadian team conceded that the U.S. should maintain its dominance of this classic. Medeliin said flatly that the U.S. team was "far superior" to its two competitors. Asked if he could see the U.S. being beaten after four straight Cup victories. Milliken replied he "just could not commit my self to that. Bill Hyndman HI of Hunt ingdon Valley, Pa., playing captain of the U.S. team, called his contingent "a very strong" one. He said he was "confident," but refused to come right out and forecast a fifth straight U.S. victory in the biennial event. BOWLER DIES Portland -IUPD- Jack Soel berg, 52, well-known Oregon bowler, died of a heart attack at Emanuel hospital Wednes daynight. Soelberg suffered the attack about 6:30 and died at 7 p.m. after being taken to Emanuel hospital. iichousviue. jessiuii! cooaiv.iT. (- ' DRAG CONTENDER Top contender in in the Big Gasser drag races at White City strip this Saturday and Sunday is the Glass Slipper, above, of Sacramento, Calif. Shown here with the trophy queen at recent Reno, Nev., races are Slipper co-owners Doug Butler, and Ed Cortapassi, right. The Slip per has a fiberglass body and a fuel-injected Women's Golf Junior Girls Division Last week's low gross win ner in the Junior Girls Friday play was Dusty Lewis with a score of 21. The low net win ner was Laurie Legas, Pair ings for the August 12 play appears below. Girls whose names do not appear are wel come to come out and play after 9 a.m. Further information con cerning the junior girls golf can be obtained from Mrs. Edward Sickeis. SPring 2-6917. PAIKIN'GS AUGUST I2t 8:00 a.m.. Jill Christenson. Cotirt- ney Odeti, Debra Stanley; scorer: Mrs. Hope Lewis. 8:10 a.m.. Judy Johnson, Roxie Lewis, Pam Mon roe; scorer: Mrs. Raloh Odetl. 8:20 a.m., Susan Benesh, Kathleen Barieis, Patti Clark; scorer: Mrs. Dorothy Monroe. 8:30 a.m.. Dusty Lewis, Vicki MHnos, Mariann Raapke: scorer: Mrs, Bruce Sinn- ley. 8:40 a.m., Vicki Vorheis, Do reen Taylor, Shannon Mclntyre; scorer: Mrs. Jack Raanke. 8:50 a.m.. Laurie Legas, Holly Thompson, De nise VanDuker; scorer: Mrs. Rob ert Mclntyre. 9:00 a.m., Ginny Clark, Charlotte Whalin, Janet Price; scorer, Mrs. M. L. Vorheis. 9;10 a.m Catherine Collins, Roa- anne Legas, Michele Littrcll; scorer, Mrs. Martha VanDuker. fl:2fl a.m.. Patsy Smuliin. Coralie Stckels. saran (.outns: scorer; Mrs. Jeanne Mureii. 9 :ao a Jn., Terry Tibuit, Caron Schwann, Shart Jewett; scorer: Mrs. Aimer Clark. BOWLING TUESDAY MIXED LEAGUE ftoxy Ann Lanes) Standings: . W, Boobs , 30 Sweet Peas 29 Leisure Timers 27 Misfits ..... . 22 Hot Shots 22 Slow Pokes .,.,.... . 21 Flub Dubs ................ 21 Tigers 20 27 Results: Sweet Peas 4 Dean Edwards 488) 2156; Slow Pokes 0 (Gene Brooks 353) 2048. Hot Shots 3 (Chuck Snedden 51131 2157; Misfits 1 (Ken Dixon 435) 2075. Boobs 3 (Wallv Norum 498) 2101: Tlfjers 1 (Dick Adklns 557) 2127. rluo uuds 4 (Leonard cnnndler 512) 2.137; Leisure Timers 0 (Jim Hennebeck 584 ) 2160. man games Marie cnamucr 230: Jim Hennebeck 211, Chuck Sned dcn 207, Gene Brooks 200. TUESDAY'S MIXED DOUnLES (Mcdford Lanes) Standincg; ..w. L. 14 14 15 '4 19 ',4 20 Straight Shots 34 Jazzers 34 Night Crawlers ... 32 Channel Cats 2R Grey Walls . 2B Pindustcrs 20 22 Plunks 24 ii 23 1 i Eaale Eyes 24 24 Half Shots 21 27 Culls 21 27 Night Hawks 20 -28 Pot Shots J814 31 ',4 Head Pins 10(4 3H4 Mop Ups 10 V 3714 Results: Moo Uds 2', (John Jones 480) 2169; Half Shots H4 (Larry Fisher 4791 2074. Jazzers 2 (Dick Weber S49) 2074: NiRht Crawlers 2 (W. Bailey 475) 2027. Pot Shots 0 (Dave Kreer 304) 2126; Straight Shots 4 (E. Blind 533 ) 2 103 Head Pins 1 (Dale Newman 497) 2079; Plunks 3 (Coe Brown 320 2105. Channel Cats 4 (Ralph Brock 535) 2192; Eagle Dyes 0 (Shy Colls ghen 522) 20S1. Grey Walls 4 (Cliff Graves 601) 2198; Culls 0 (Marion Hull 423) 1040. Pfndusters 3 (Arne Matson 4831 2046; Night Hawks 1 (Ken Bailey 447) 1830. High games cuff Graves 227; Dick Weber 223; E. Blind 204. Mind Changed By Chamberlain Philadelphia - iUPD - Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain, 24, Tuesday changed h i s mind about quitting professional basketball and signed a three- year contract with the Phila delphia Warriors at a salary in excess of $60,000 a year. Eddie Gottlieb, president of the Warriors, announced that Chamberlain had signed a con tract at an undisclosed salary. His earlier decision to quit basketball was dictated, it was ; understood, by roughhouse tactics on the professional bas ektball floor. PLAYERS HONORED i Portland -8iPB- Five Little; league squads were honored at an outdo barbecue at Alptftrose Stadium Wednes day night prior to the opening of the Northwest Little league championship playoffs here. The five teams made up of 15 boys each, their managers and coaches are from Alaska CLadd Air Force Base, Fair ba nks), British Columbia (Downtown Optimist, Vancou ver), Nevada (Reno National League), Washington (Alcoa, Vancouver) and Oregon Sun rise, Portland), MEDFORD MAIL Reno Drag Racers In Big Gasser Meet Three additional dragster entries from Reno, Nev., have joined the top flight competi tion m tins week end s "Big Gasser1; drag meet being held by Southern Oregon Timing association at the White City strip. Warren Welch and Bill But ler, who presently hold the strip gas record at 145.63 miles per hour, informed SOTA officials they would bring both of their speedy dragsters to the meet. Tiie record holder Is Welch's supercharged rear engined Chrysler powered entry that has been a top performer on Nevada, California and Ore gon drag strips. In addition to defending his record, Welch will be in contention with the other top entries of the meet for the top-eliminator money Welch has his work cut out for him because his competi tion is the Glass Slipper, from Sacramento, Calif., and the quick starting Skeans-Blanch-ard entry from Portland. Both these machines are among the League Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE Player Club G. AB R. H. Pet. ,345 Mays, S.F.' .1.103 307 Groat. Pitts... Ififl 447 35 92 80 134 63 i40 74 120 59 118 46 1)4 45 110 67 126 56 123 70 132 37 101 .338 .313 .313 cimme, fills. U7 378 .311 Wills. L.A. .. 99 302 .311 Hcrera, Phil. 100 358 White, St. L. 106 416 Taylor, Phi. 101 408 Pinson, Cin. 106 450 Acicock, Mil. 91 345 .307 .303 .301 .293 -203 AMERICAN LEAGUE MinosD. Chi. 108 416 65 132 62 129 44 117 46 317 68 S4 84 117 50 127 53 107 37 77 78 109 .317 .317 .316 .312 .300 .307 .305 .299 .297 .294 Smith. Chi. ..107 407 SKowr'n. N.y. 07 370 Power, Cleve. 08 375 Sievers, Chi. 8B 304 Runels, Bos... 99 381 Robnsn., Bal. 108 416 Kuenn. Cleve. 95 358 Aprmnte, Cle. 71 259 Mans, H.Y. 1UU 3jl Runs Hatted In National league Banks, C u h s 88; Aaron, Braves 83; Mays, Giants 74: Boyer. Cards 74: Ceneda. Giants 73. American league Maris. Yankees 02; Skowron. Yankees 77; Mionso, White Sox 75: wcrtz, Kea Sox 74; Gentiles, Orioles 69. Home Runs National league Banks, Cubs 30; Aaron, Braves 30; Mathews, Braves 25; Boyer, Cards 24; Mays, Giants 21. American league Maris. Yan. kees 35; Mantle, Yankees 27; Lem on, Senators 26; Cotavito, Tigers 22; Sievers, White Sox 22. Pitching National league McDaniel, Cards 10-3; Law. Pirates 16-5; Williams, Dodgers 12-4; Broglto, Cards 13-5; Farrell, Phils 9-4. American league Coates, Yan kees 9-3; Perry, Indians 14-5; Sta ley. White Sox H-5; Estrada, Ori oles 12-0; Stobbs, Senators 8-4; Brown, Orioles 8-4, Don't Miss The Thrilling . , Super Modified AUTO RACF? SATURDAY NITE AUG. 13 West Coast's Fastest-Finest Cars and Drivers S 1,000 Time Tfiah 7 P.M. ASHLAND TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. supercharged Chevrolet engine. It has at tained speeds in excess of 170 miles per hour on California drag strips. This machine holds the White City strip "fuel" record of 160.87 mph. It and some 12 other dragsters are expected to vie at the races conducted by Southern Oregon Timing association. finest drag racers on the west coast. Ail will be gunning to exceed 150 mph through the one-fourth mile speed trials. In addition to the record- holding entry the Welch-But ler team are bringing tiieir smaller Chevrolet powered en try last seen here during the Memorial day meet in May. This speedster, also rear-en- gined, has topped 150 mph on the strip. Third man from Bono is Don Watts participating in the Medford races for the first time. He will be gunning a new Cadillac-powered accel eration machine down the White City concrete. In past years Walls has been a top contender on Nevada and northern California drag sites. In al! a dozen speedy drag-, slcrs are expected to be in contention along with some 200 other entrants for top hon- i ors at tiie meet. Action will commence early each morning at the two-day meet. Perkins Scores TKO Over Lopes Chicago -flffll-Eddie Perkins slopped the one time No. 1 contender for the world light weight crown, Joey Lopes, with a 7th round technical knockout Wednesday night, perhaps to earn a title shot himself against champion Joe Brown. Perkins, weighing 137 V2. to Lopes' 135Va, was in control throughout the last night's nationally televised struggle and swarmed over his foe for : 40 seconds of the seventh ; round before referee Joeyj White halted the match. Mrs. Culbertson Has Low Card at Ashland Ashland - Medford women compiled a team average of 78.37 to Ashland ladies' 82.75 Tuesday in team golf piay here. Mrs. Tom Culbertson, Med ford, was low gross with an 89 and Mary Libb Vorris, Grants Pass, followed with a 90. In low net Mrs. George Pearson, Medford, and Mrs. Willis Mann, Ashland, tied with 70s. Mrs, Frank Tamney. Medford, was next with a net 73. PURSE Fim Raee at 8 P.M. SPEEDWAY Dairy Maids Slate Tournament Jaunt Rogue Valley Dairy Maids leave Friday morning for Sa lem where they will contend in the womens' state tourney of the Oregon State Softball association. Warm Greeting ! For Patterson I Stockholm -8if8- Floyd Pat- i terson, the heavyweight cham- pion who's never been really "accepted" in his own coun try, is a hero today in the home of the man he con quered. That was evident Wednes day night when a turnaway crowd of 48,000 Swedish fans gave Patterson s roaring wel come in his first appearance of a European tour. The crowd set a record for Swe den's second largest amuse ment park and was 15,000 more than Ingeraar Johansson attracted 13 months ago when he returned home as his coun try's first world boxing champion. Tears of surprise and happi ness welied in Patterson's eyes after the rousing wel come and the 25-year-old Ne gro, who regained the title by knocking out Johansson in five rounds last June 20, told the crowd: "I have never been received so warmly in my life nor could I have ever dreamed that this would happen to me." lUMi S1lto25 U-HAUL-SAT. AM. Only Timber MIDFORB Mc Andrews & Sage Road "The Truth About Air Safety by Robert J. Seriing " , Despite hysteria and hokum, commercial aviation is building an impressive record of acoident-free passenger miles with even greater advances expected in the future. This vitally interesting article will be found next weekend in Family Weekly frtf'fiitTfTllrf. 11 " 1 i. i "H. sr." t v .- , mi" .'at v -"a., d Next Weekend and every weekend, Don't Miss-y Medford Mail Tribune They open the tourney Fri day in a 7 p.m. conflict against MeCultoch. Chain Saw of Eu gene. Second game of the evening will match tiie de fending Salem Capital City Shamrocks against the Klam ath Falls Baslnette team. The tournament is double elimination. Friday losers play in the first of two Sat urday night contests. Friday's winners meet in the second game. There will be one game Sunday afternoon and one or two games Sunday night, Thirteen players will make the trip. They are Jean Main, Pat Barron, Doris Hickson, Janet Pfaff, Bernlce Bigham, Helen Woigamett, Shirley Hanson, Ellen Callaghan, Jan Bateman, Toni Owens, Yvonne Mclver, Phyllis Perry and Gienda Hull, The team's coaching staff is Elmer Har nish, Bick Wolgamott and Shy Caliaghan. The Maids held a practice session last night with the emphasis on bunting. REGATTA SCHEDULED Astoria - ffiHl - The 40th annual Astoria regatta will be held Aug. 28 on Youngs bay, with hydroplane races featur ed. The regatta - sponsored races are sanctioned by the American Power Boat asso ciation. Some 30 to 50 boats are expected io enter, with drivers from Oregon, Wash ington, northern California and British Columbia. AON P FUEL SALES YARD Also in the August 14th issue: "American Husbands Are Too Domestic" by Dr. Margaret Mead "i Was Just Thinking ..." by Patty Johnson "My Favorite Coif Jokes" by Bob Hope "Princess Anne Grows Up" by John Hochmenn "Take A Saiad ..." Cookbook Section Junior Treasure Chest Quips and Quotes "My life With Caryi Chessman" by Cameron Shipp Beaverton Even With KF Legion Klamath Falls -W-Beaver-ton erupted for five runs in the eighth inning here "Wed nesday night to gain a 7-6 vic tory over Klamath Falls and even the State American Le gion baseball championship ai one-game each. Klamath Fails won the first game of the best of five series Monday night by a 17 to 11 score. Klamath Fails starting pitcher Wally Palmberg had limited Beaverton to one hit until the eighth and was coast ing along with a 8-2 lead when the winners rallied with six successive hits to chase Palmberg from the mound. Two in First The losers opened the scor ing with two runs in the first. Beaverton knotted the count at 2-2 in the bird. Klamath broke ihe tie by scoring two runs in the third and adding two more In the fifth to take a 8-2 lead. Dez Young went the entire route for Beaverton, scatter ing 10 hits along the way while walking nine and strik ing out six. Klamath's BueJsy Wilson hit an inside the park home run In the third inning with nobody on in a losing cause. The two teams will meet in the third game Tjhursd'ay night at Gem Stadium here. Load Company Phone SP 2-8036 Today" j i i 'i h
