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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1963)
Climbing Mercury Eases Snow Burden in Dixie, Middle West t s- ............. , ..nttfimttmM&KwtMtM1 ' 1 "whwWi', g ' r ' ' " . - , , - AIlil'OH l KLNAMhD Snow covers an almost descried park ing lot at the New York airport, formerly named Idlcwild, which has been re-named John F. Kennedy International Air port in memory of the late President. Tracks in the snow are from vehicles backing In and out. (UPI) irst Family and Relatives bserve Christmas at Texas Home JOHNSON CITV, Tex. (UPI) President Johnson and a host of relatives today celebrated Christmas ranch-style around a big home-cut tree. The President returned home Tuesday for the first time since taking office. It had been an arduous day tinged with sad ness, lie had attended the fu neral of Rep. William J. Green Jr., D-Pa., in Philadelphia and visited wounded Texas Gov. John Connally at Austin. "I've only been here an hour," he said, "and I (eel bel ter already." There was the possibility of , a Christmas day deer hunt, but leisurely visits with friends and relatives came first. A colorful Christmas tree banked wilh gifts was set up In the Chief Executive's office off the living room of his ranch home near here. LB.I ranch hands cut the five-foot cedar tree on Johnson's land, favorite Uncle Attends A large family dinner was planned during the afternoon with roast turkey as the chief attraction. The assembled rela tives Included one of Johnson's favorites, his 80-year-old uncle, Huffman Baines, a retired tele phone company engineer. . The President hoped to with stand the temptation of too many high calorie Christmas treats. He now weighs 2(14 pounds which he regards as just about right for a man of his large frame of six feel, three inches. He has been swimming twice a day at the While House in the morning and evening hut he came to Texas Tuesday not particularly fatigued, hill feel ing the need for more exercise, more getting out-of-doors and tramping over the countryside. Being on home soil had a quick and beneficial effect. The President went deer hunting on the ranch of an old friend, A.W. Moursund, not long after arriv ing in Texas Tuesday afternoon. Deer Cross Range Johnson bagged no deer al though he saw them by the doz en loping across the broad ranges of the Moursund ranch. Johnson, his wife Lady Bird and their younger daughter, Lucy, IB, arrived in midaftor noon at Bcrgslrnm Air For.'e Base outside Austin. With them were a number of Texas con gressmen bound for their homes. The President arranged cars for the entire parly and instead of leaving for the LB.I ranch by helicopter, the group motored to the state's executive mansion for the visit wilh Connally. The governor still is recovering from the serious gun wound he received Nov. 22 while riding with President Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas. Japanese Firm To Make Small Color TV TOKYO (UPI) - The Mitsu bishu Electric Co. announced today it will manufacture a col or television set with a six-inch picture tube to sell for $250. The product will be marketed next May. By United Press International Light snow drifting lazily across the Great Lakes and north Atlantic states provided fresh topping for the white Christmas which prevailed in much of the nation, but rising temperatures made the sledding difficult in Dixie and the Mid west. A 90-minute flurry Christmas Eve added to New York's 6-inch snow blanket and 1,700 men continued their toil to clear away the drifts in the nation's largest city. Roads reopened in west Ten nessee, where the century's heaviest snowfall was followed by one of the century's coldest temperatures Christmas Eve. The mercury was expected to climb to 40 today. However, the Mississippi Riv er remained ice clogged, slow ing barge traffic. Five weather deaths were reported in the area. Des Moines, Iowa, authorities ordered skating rinks closed be cause of the warmth. Indiana got its first above normal temperatures this month. The coldest area of the na tion was the intermountain area of Utah and Idaho. The temper ature dipped to 5 below zero at Idaho Falls and Malad City, Idaho, today and to 8 degrees above zero at Salt Lake City. The temperature leaped as much as 30 degrees in the Mid west, which has been locked in a frigid icebox most of the past two weeks. The mercury rose in Texas from the freezing marks of the past two nights to near the 50 mark. However, cold air filtered down the peninsula of Florida and brought freezing tempera tures and frost to the northern and central portions of the state. Although warm weather re- Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL CASABLANCA, Morocco Albert Neal Spiller, rescued from the blazing liner Lakonia, describing the last frantic minutes on board: "The crew appeared to he the panicky ones. Many passengers had no lifebelts. The fire alarm bell was so weak that It sounded like someone calling the waiter to ask for tea." VATICAN CITY-Pope Paul VI, at the first of three Christmas Masses, addressing the diplomats of the world: "Is not your mission perhaps that of working to knock down walls which divide peoples, to announce peace to those near and far away?" WEED, Calif. Frank A. McMillan, San Francisco business man, discussing this little town where an auto accident killed his wife and two of his three children 14 years ago: "I think the kindness the townspeople showed us . . . helped my little girl recover. So every year 1 send a shipnu'iii of a couple of hundred toys as a little token and to let them know 1 remember." Noon Edition Page 2-A MEDFORDjKiWrRIBUNE MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER l5, 19fi3 H'tH'HilliH jPlf fPf AFTER 1 iW'-TV by Rudofker I IF 1 Shown: The fiff V I PLAYBOY TUXEDO SialV MM ... : i 1A1 . f A lightweight comfortable hard finish tuxedo . . . Skillfully blended 55 dc ron polyester ind 45 Comiso Rtyon. Shorts, Regular end longs. Alsoi dinner jackets in while, sunset blue or devil's red, $31.95; shirts, $6.50; cummerbund and tie sets from $5.95; sox, $1.00; vest sets, from $13.95; stud and cuff link sets, from $3.95; panls $14.95. ALL ITEMS MENTIONED ABOVE AVAILABLE ON A COMPLETE RENTAL BASIS FOR ONLY $12.50- Hcl lie' Nationally Known lines ol Meenswear at Sensible Prices Yet, You Can Chargo It At DREWSASltore IN THE MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER SOME RED HOT HOLIDAY SPECIALS! 5?-t 4 ' " j its. 34 -Pr;. Big 8 Oz. 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DOUBLE SILVER $ STAMPS ON ALL PRESCRIPTIONS k PARK ( SHOP SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS- ADD FED. TAX WHERE NEEDED turned to much of the South af ter one of the worst winter storms of the century, Mem phis, Tenn., was one of the cold spots of the nation Christmas Eve. It was 13 below the coldest of all times recorded in Mem phis and there were 14 inches of snow on the ground the most since 1892. The Met- Latin American Study Force Set Up By GOP WASHINGTON (UPI)-A Re publican task force headed by Rep. William C. Cramer, R Fla., has been set up to study U.S. -Latin American relation ships. Formation of the House group was announced Tuesday by Rep. John R. Rhodes, R-Ariz., chairman of the special projects subcommittee of the House GOP Policy Committee. ropolitan Airport had not yet opened Christmas Eve after be ing closed since Sunday. The intense storm had glazed roads throughout the South and made generally miserable con ditions for persons used to much more gentle weather. The South counted 69 weather-attributed deaths. New England with bright sun and warming temperatures emerged Tuesday from the six inch snowfall. In New York, a swirling flurry on Christmas Eve had all the appearances of being another storm, but it dis appeared after 90 minutes. In terms of statistics, lha temperatures on Christmas Eva ranged from 14 below at tha Memphis Naval Air Station to 74 at Yuma, Ariz., and Ther mal, Calif. MERRY CHRISTMAS y :. I U U n iiida tit a nieiiy une, anu niai mc win- inq year will be tilled with every m spiritual and material blessing. HOIIC Los Angeles-Seattle LHfJMb Motor Express, Inc. HOUSTON Police Lt. Harry Caldwell, after receiving one of '. many calls offering aid to Mrs. Damiana Beltran and her 12 children following the death of breadwinner Frederico Beltran: "II makes juu feel good to live in this-town." TOMORROW! 9:30 A.M. Troyling Paradise Kittens Smartaire Naturalizer 4 Sale Groups . . . 5e9 MOSS '11.88 Hundreds of pairs of shoes to choose from ... all from our regular stock of famous brand shoes. We have elegant dress shoos, handsomely tailored or comfortable walking shoes. Special Group HOUSE SLIPPERS Reg. $4.95 to $5.95 Now $088 $488 flaJtadfoti and Stewwit The Corner Shoe Store Main it Central Medford, Oregon
