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12 C Ike's Five-Star Rank Restored Washlngton-MPD - President Kennedy has signed a bill re storing former President Dwlght D. Eisenhower to his five-star general rank and told the old soldier the leg islation reaffirmed America's "affection and regard" for him. In a letter mailed to Eisen hower at Indio, Calif., the President said he was pleased to sign the bill putting Eisen bower back on the regular. Army's active list in the rank he gave up to run for the White House in 1952. Kennedy told the former president he had ordered that a new Army commission be prepared immediately for Ei senhower. The bill passed by Congress left it up to the President to reappoint Eisen hower to the Army s active list. This does not mean that Eisenhower will return to duty. Five-star officers arc carried on the active list, whether on duty or not. THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE FORMER GOVERNOR DIES Trenton, N. J.- IUP0 -Morgan F. Larson, 78, Republican gov ernor of New Jersey from 1029 to 1932, will be burled here Saturday. He died Tues day night at his home in Perth Amboy. 4-H Club News Central Point Trail Braiers The Central Point Trail Blazers 4-H club held their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Whittle recently. President Karen Holley opened the meeting, John Galluccl led the flag salute and the club repeated the 4-H motto. In absence of our secretary, Mark Schmidt read the min utes of the February meeting. Lloyd Toner reported on the recent meeting at our junior leader's home. Karen Holley reported on the valen tines skating party which 53 attended. During February, the club took as a project selling candy. The proceeds will go to the purchase of equipment. Mrs. Whittle presented prizes to the members who sold their candy first. Gary Whit tle, Carolyn Sydner, Mark Schmidt, Pal Farrier, Randy Hoadrlck, John Galluccl and Linda Thames were the eight who received the prizes. Jim Cotton and David Hop kins gave a demonstration on tlcing a bowline and hitch knot. We also discussed our part in the "Friendship Follies." Lloyd Toner furnished re freshmcnls. Pcnc Flenncr, Reporter met at the Edgar Pleasant home recently. The meeting was called to order by President Bill Ellis, Charles Mose led the flag salutes. John Bush resigned as secretary-reporter. Kathleen rcdenck was elected secretary with Carolec Jackcl as reporter. Summer school was dis cussed with several members interested. Mrs. George Bush is our wildlife leader. Timo thy Pleasant gave a wildlife report. The meeting was adjourned and refreshments were served by Cynthia and Timothy Pleasant. Carole Jackel, Reporter Busy Beavers The Busy Beavers 4-H club FOR EASTER Choose from our good se lection of cute and unusual BUNNIES, BASKETS and EGGS. FOR ALL AGES Foam, fur, musical or washable terry cloth. NOW AT SPECIAL LOW EASTER PRICES Easter Candy Eggs-Reg. 39c 29c You Can't Miss With Our Selection and Prices MOORE'S PATIO & TOY SHOP 816 S. Riverside SP 2-5458 Youngsters Rush For Auto Permits Salem" - (UPI) - A proposal to raise the driving age in Ore gon has sent a rash of young sters scooting to the Motor Vehicles Department to slip under the age wire, Director Vern L. Hill said today. Many of the applicants have been ' ill-prepared," Hill said. Actually, the legislature has taken no action on a bill to raise the minimum age from 16 to IS. A second hearing on the measure has been set for this afternoon. The proposal, however, has mustered a surprising amount of support, and an amended version to license younger drivers if they passed a driv ing course picked up added bncking. Hill said normally 28 per cent of driver's license appli cants fail the driving demon stration on the first try. During one day of recent spring vacation week, how ever, a rush by badly-prepared 16 to 18 year olds pushed the failure percentage up to 58 per cent. YALE CAPTAIN DIES Fayettcville, N. C.-OJPD-Sid-ney B. Wood III, 22, Wilton, Mass., captain of the Yale University tennis team, died Wednesday from injuries re ceived in a traffic accident lust Saturday. He was the son of former Wimbledon tennis champion Sidney B. Wood Jr. METEOR SPEED Meteor speed ranges from 10 to 45 miles per second. XtrTS SHOE STORES EASTER SPECIALS 99 THE BUTTERFLY BOW So elegant for Easter! White or black smooth leather, black patent leather. Sizes 410. 3 GLAMOUR VAMP Feminine rullles for miladyl White or black smooth leather, black patent leather. Sizes 4-10. SPRING MELODY Imaginative elegance lor Easter! New tapered mid heel. While or bone leather, black patent leather. Sizes 410. 5 COMPLEMENTING EASTER HANDBAGS 992" FREE! BEAUTIFUL SPRINGTIME COLORING BOOKS FOR THE KIDDIES AT KARL'SI NO PURCHASE NECESSARYI (Karl's) X VSHOES 230 E. Main Street OPEN MONDAY EVENINGS There are over 300 Karl's Shoe Stores in the west Air Force Pact Lacked Approval Testimony Shows Washington-fflPD - Congres sional testimony disclosed to day that the Air Force, with out prior approval from Con gress, signed a $12 million pontract for six passenger jets to transport government lead ers. The C140s, short-hop jets, are being manufactured at the Lockheed plant In Marietta, Ga. They will replace propeller-driven C131s at the special air mission in Wash ington used for government flights. The testimony was made public by a House appropria tions subcommittee which questioned Air Force officials intensively about the contract at recent hearings behind closed doors. Wants Investigation One subcommittee mem ber, Rep. Jamie L. Whittcn (D-Miss.) demanded an inves tigation "in connection with the wrongdoings" related to the Lockheed procurement situation and with Air Force personnel involved. During the hearings, Rep. Daniel J. Flood (D-Pa.) asked the Air Force what it would cost the government to cancel the contract. Maj. Gen. Robert J. Friend man, Air Force budget direct or, said at the end of Febr uary Lockheed had received about $600,000 in progress payments and that concella tion costs would amount to something less depending on whether the company could find another customer. Rep. Gerald R. Ford Jr (R-Mich.) called the purchase of the jets "a gross example of absolute disregard of com mittee procedure." Inquiry Pushed Other congressional news: Information: House Investi gators pushed their inquiry into the foreign aid program despite an order by Secretary of State Dean Rusk forbidding his aides from testifying on past, present or future scand als. Rusk's order was directed at 12 officials summonded as witnesses before a House gov ernment operations subcom mittee probing charges of mis conduct against foreign aid personnel. Farm: President Kennedy signed into law his emergency farm bill just two hours'aftcr it cleared Congress. The tion brought this year's spring crops under its provisions designed to trim feed grain surpluses and bolster farm in come. Eisenhower: Kennedy also signed into law the bill re storing five-slar general's rank to former President Dwighl D. Eisenhower. The President wrote Eisenhower that the legislation constitutes a reaf firmation of the affection and regard of our nation for you." ' - s :)J 44. $ t, 1 '.'V-s-l I-''"' i I A. Att. PROMISE DRIES TEARS Elyse George, 3'Ai, is all joy as she finds a giant egg dur ing an Easter egg hunt by her Tiny Tots class in San Francisco but the tears fell like rain as she dropped the egg and it broke. Eastern Bunny Mrs. Joan Pharris consoled Elyse with the promise of a new egg. (UPI Telephoto) Portianrl mpii- William R. Garnett, Tacoma, was elected president of the West Coast Tjimhprmpns association dur ing the final sessions of the 50th annual meeting here Wednesday. flarnptt. sales manager of St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., since 1952, will succeed Eliot H. Jenkins, Eugene. Rf-n H. r.ardner Jr.. Seattle, was elected to succeed Gar nett as vice president and Bacteria Kept Alive In Conditions Likely To Exist on Mars Crash of Plane Takes Six Lives Colusa. Calif. - (UN) - A six man test crew was killed Wednesday when a four-engine Super Constellation crashed and burned in a rice field on a shakedown flight from McClcllan Air Force Base near Sacramento. An Air Force spokesman said there were no classified weapons on the plane and the cause of the crash was not known. "There was no word from the plane at nil - it just dis appeared," he said. "It must have been sudden." The dead were Identified as Maj. Frederick P. Davison of Du Quoin, III., the pilot; Maj. Donald Pollack. Canton, Ohio, the co-pilot; M.Sgt. John J. Neusbaum of Poeatello, Idaho; M.Sgl. Thomas J. Bennett of Cayuga, Ind.; Franklin R. Swanson, Sacramento, Calif., a civilian employee of Lock heed Aircraft, and Roy N. Kurosawa. Sacramento, civil ian crew member. Philip Crosby's Wife Plans Suit Hollywood ilTH Philip Crosby, one of lling Crosby's twin sons, may be sued this week for separate mainten ance by his wife of 2 'a years if they can't patch up their current spat. "She (ox-showgirl Sandra Druminond) came to me Tues day after returning from vis: , iling Philip in San Francisco," said attorney Milton Golden ' Wednesday. "She said they haven't been gelling nlong bill ; slill have hopes of resolving j their domestic problems, "If not, however, I'll prob- I ably (lie the separate main- 1 tennnco papers before the end of the week." Golden said Miss Drum- ' mond would accuse her hus band of cruelty and would : seek custody o( their two chil- i dren. Dixie Lre and Brian Patrick. London - (UPI) - Two British scientists, who arc studying the possibility of life else where in the universe, said to day they have kept bacteria alive under conditions some what resembling those on the planet Mars. One of the scientists, as tronomer Patrick Moore, said that as a result of the experi ment he was now reasonably satisfied that there are actu ally bacterial organisms on Mars. Able to Multiply "They even seem to be able to multiply in an atmosphere such as they might encounter on Mars," Moore said. "But it would be space fiction to speculate on the size, shape or function of any microbes wnich might be there." The re-creation of conditions on Mars-as far as science can determine what it is like on the red planet-was under taken by Dr. Francis Jackson, research microbiologist of Kings College Hospital here. Jackson filled containers with a mixture of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon and a tiny amount of oxygen and placed in them bacteria, plants and microscopic animals. The containers were then sealed. They were warmed to 70 de grees Fahrenheit by day and cooled to below minus 100 de grees by night. These are the presumed Martian tempera tures. "As we expected," said Moore, "none of the normal types of organisms survived. For example, cacti and micro scopic plants and animals died. We are now continuing the tests with lichen and al gae." Moore and Jackson are col laborating on a book entitled "Life in the Universe." It will incorporate much material gathered by Moore from So viet sources during a recent lecture tour in Russia. Russian Scientists Agree "Most Russian . scientists agree, with us that there are some living organisms on Mars, probably even primitive life," Moore said. "But there are a few top Russian scion Easter Observance Planned by Knights Malta Commandery No. 4, Knights Templar, will hold their annual Easier observ ance Sunday, March 26, at 2 p.m. in the Medford Masonic temple. W. J. Caldwell, eminent commander, said the princi pal speaker will be the Rev. George Roseberry of the First Methodist church. Maynard G. Hadley will be soloist, and additional music will be furnished by the choir of Bethel No. 14, Jobs Daugh ters. All Masons, their fami lies and guests are invited to attend. Tacoma Man Picked President of WCLA William Swindells, Portland, was named secretary. Also elected were Rick Mid dleton, Aberdeen, Wash., treasurer; Nils B. Hult, Junc tion City, vice president for Oregon; Jack Fairhurst, Eure ka, Calif., vice president for California, and Hal V. Simp son, executive vice president. DIVORCE RATE . There are about 400,000 di vorces in the U. S. annually. iifl SINGER EE PRSCES SLASHED! tists who are not convinced. "We think Mars has the best chance of supporting life in our own solar system. If there are oceans on Venus they might contain the sort of early life that were in the oceans of the earth 500 mil lion years ago. "Beyond our solar system, there is no reason why life should not be widespread. Among so. many millions of stars, is it not too much to ex pect our little planet to be unique?" ' ' ' ' 2t l"" '1 4Af I famous It Tvrb Xllid SINGER' flfe., StiA'ff' rKS iR.'l YOUNG BUDGET MODEL I I- flBS $iqso I MNISTE8 Vi 7 .. I 1 ESSS """ 13 11 CLEANER &L,J Lis MM 31S East Main SPring 2-7153 11 NOW . . . SPECIALLY SIZED FOR MEDFORD WINDOWS. MACHINE WASHABLE "SHORTY" DRAPERIES BY KENNETH IIP ifmMf md? M fee m M II , 1 4fSf fill am: "Waft mm -7 OASIS Dobby weave lined solid color. While, Cham paign, Sandalwood, Green or Pink. DENSITY RATIO Africa averages about 15 1 persons per square mfie. tVWTrV . 5 iK -(IJ' T: :; w '' ' ' at--k-. K&aaZ r m ' C.. 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