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PAGE TWELVE French Reservists Called To Bolster African Force By GODFREY ANDERSON'. PARIS Call-up notices went out today to French .reservists ummoning them from vacations on beaches and in the mountains to help bolster the battle with nation alist rebels in France s strile-torn north African territories. Premier Edgar Fame announced the call-up last nlghi at the mountain-ringed spa of Atx les Bains, where he has been conducting talks with Moroccan leaders. Senator Asks Russian Tour MOSCOW Sen. Ellendcr CD-La i plans to ask Congress to send a group of senators and rep resentatives on a tour of the Soviet Union. He auld it would promote under standing like the trip of American farmers to Russia this summer. Interviewed last night at a pany given by the Romanian Embassy. Ellenoor. who is visiting here, said the "interchange 01 Kussian ana American farmers was (he best thing yet for International under standing. 'The next thing should be send ing over here a Joint congressional committee really to see Uiis coun trv." He also said: I am not convinced everything here Is right, but If people actually saw countries like the Soviet Union, Poland and others they would see things in a different light." Then he added: "I may be dreaming when I say this." There was a series of questions from an American reporter. "Do you consider that these (Soviet) people are a threat to the United States?" he was asked. His reply: "No doubt about it. no question about It. But this Is what I knew before I came abroad." "Can we trust these Russian people?" Ellender'a answer: "I don't know." "Can we gel to Uie point where we can trust them?" "I think we can. It can't be done today or tomorrow. It will he a long pull. We have to ex change people and visits and we can do It." Expanding on this, he said, "We have got to come to an understand ing with them." One reporter asked. "What would Sen. McCarthy say 1f he could aee and hear you here to night?" Fllcnder snapped, "I don't Vnow and I don't give a damn. Trains Collide Over River LOWELL. Mass. If Ten cars of a 13-car Boston-to-Montreal train and at least two cars from a freight train were derailed in wild disorder after a collision on bridge over Uie Concord River shortly before midnight last night. Seven crewmen were injured, one seriously. None of tile passen ger train's occupants required treatment of any kind, a spokes man lor the Boston & Maine Railroad said. Kenneth Biannoch, 43. a train man on the freight, suffered back and neck injuries. Six other rail road men were treated at St. John's Hospital and released. All the passengers on the Mon treal train were able to continue their Journey in a relief train sent from Boston. A railroad spokesman said a tank car In the freight jumped the track on Six Arch Bridge shortly before the Red Wing came along. The Red Wing struck the tank rar and sent It tumbling Into the Concord River. A box car was knocked to the river's edge. Only three slrepers remained on Ihe track of the Montreal's 13 cars. The others Jumped Ihe rails and stopped in a crnzy zig-zag pattern on tne track bed and the bridge Military To Use Polio Vaccine WASHINGTON .P The Dolensc Department soon will begin admin istering Salk nnupolin vaccine to children of Its military and civilian personnel stationed oversea.--. The now voluntary program was announced yesterday by Dr. Frank 11. Horry, assistant secietarv ol tli'lense lor' health and medical fl'lc. K contemplates inoculation lust "i youngsters in the 5-9 biackei. age Tile N.itlnniil iiumiI ,1 i... In lanllle Palalvsis has ime ih n louse Department enough vacemi lor T.V9UU .shnl.s. and Ihe Wellale Department's polio advisory coin mitlee has earmarked about 2 pel cent oi the available accme plv for ihe program. .slip- Charles Foy'i DINNER vV DANCING & COCKTAILS V COFFEE SHOP Open Every Niqhr Located on Colif.-Orc. harder . Highway 97 Phone Exeter 7-4772 Dorris, California Faure declined to say how many reservists were involved. Most of France's first-line troops, once sta tioned in Germany, already have been sent to North Alrica. Faure himself hurried to Paris to deal with revolt brewing in his government in the wake of last weekend's bloody uprising in North Africa. The Premier was under attack from some rightist backers of his coalition government because he avreed to conler with Moroccan nationalist leaders. "Any concession made to those who with to throw France out i of Morocco) can only aggravate ihe situation," one groip oi depu ties said in a telegram to the Premier. Opinion seemed lo be growing stronger that the feeble, unpopular old Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Aralo, chici target of the Moroc can nationalists, would have to be replaced by a regency council. Ben Moulay Arata was picked when France dcpo.sed pro-nationalist Sultan Mohammed Ben Ycussel two years ago. Across the Mediterranean, thou sands of French troops among them tough Foreign Legion vet erans, Senegalese troops from West Alrica, Marines and para chute commandos pushed an of fensive in the Atlas Mountains against the 4,000 Smaala tribes men who massacred 80 French men at Oued Zem Saturday. Fresh rebel attacks and con tinued French cleanup operations in Algeria brought new deaths there yesterday also. Nineteen rebels were killed when they trieu to enter Castonville, a town of 8.000 between Constantine and Phillppeville. Another dozen deaths were reported In isolated clashes in the countryside. Estimates of the weekend death toll in Morocco and Algeria lose lo 2,000. Ofliclal reports early to day from Algiers put the number of rebels killed in Algeria at 1.000 and said another 1.500 were taken prisoner. We searched 'til we got the best buckskin, had it tanned to our order to it would be WHITER than any other buckskin, and would clean easily, while s snow again. We made sure these would be the best saddles in school . , and at a moderate price, too! - WWW-! In New York, the 17-nation All lean-Asian bloc in the United Nations long-time champions oi independence for French North Africa appealed yesterday to Sec retary General Dag Hammarskjold to Intervene personally m an el fort to stop the bloodshed in North Africa. Edward Hizk ot Lebanon said Hammarskjold declined to make any comment on the appeal. The French refused lo disclose details of the military operation in the Atlas Mountains southeast ot Oued Zem. But Associated Press correspondent Mark de Rochefort reported from the mili tary "insecurity" zone in Ihe loot hills between Khenifra and Kasba Tadla: "Almost all French colonists have now abandoned this area more than 180 miles wide where so much French blood w'as shed in the weekend massacres. "There apparently are no French troops over much of the region. There simply are not enough available for the job. "The forces I saw in the towns seemed alert for further cleanup operations in the countryside us soon as reinforcements reach them. Meanwhile, they concentrate' mainly on searching Moroccan I nouses lor suspects and arms. "Others protect the properly of Frenchmen who have fled. Fighter planes buzz the thatch-topped Arab villages. All cars on the roads are formed into military convoys. Those French civilians who still remain in the towns have been armed by the authorities. "A number of Moroccans were found shot yesterday between Oued Zem and Kasba Tadla, but no estimate of their number was available." A French army communique last night denied sabotage was involved in the plane crash in which Gen. Raymond Duval, com mander of all French troops in Morocco, was killed Monday. Gen. Antoine Franchi, military governor of the Casablanca area, has taken over command of the Moroccan 1 operations. Every Schoolgirl is Proud of Her "LA POINTE'S OWN" GENUINE WHITE BUCK SADDLES Made of imported deerskin Made to La Pointe's specifications Velvety nap that resists soiling THE ONLY GENUINE WHITE BUCK SADDLES IN KLAMATH FALLS AT X THESE SHOES " 4s.s , , - . N HERALD AND NEWS. KT-AMATH FALLS. OREGON CAPACITY CROWDS of shoppers attended Pigqly Wiggly's third annual Quii Contest Friday and Saturday during which time hundreds of prizes were given to the person correctly answer ing questions asked by Ray Tomlinson, left, Southern Oregon representative for Sego Milk. Mrs. H. E. Cornell, 1335 Johnson, is shown at right after her correct answer Saturday won for her a clock radio. Nixon To Tour Middle East WASHINGTON W-Vice Presi dent Richard Nixon will make a good will tour of the Middle East and several African countries late this year, probably in November. Ihe While House announcement of Ihe trip yesterday stirred spec ulation that Nixon would seefc to improve relations between Israel and the Arab states in furtherance & -ss. i-Ms. s :v . V" ,' . v ' . J yc- v - . - -7 , i s. of the American policy of seeking greater stability in the troubled Middle Eastern area. Diplomatic officials said, how ever, that the tour, requested by President Eisenhower, would have no particular policy purpose other than the development of friend You Can Be Sure The Job Is Done Right When Done By GRAHAM BROS. Sff EXCAVATING GRADING ROAD BUILDING , s ship and good will between the United States and the countries to be visited. About 18 months ago Nixon toured the Par East and South Asia and early this year he visited a number of Latin-American countries. Massachusetts Okays Flood Emergency Damage Repairs BOSTON Massachusetts to day began authorizing emergency and permanent flood-damage re pairs from a 55-million-doUar dis aster fund. The fund to care for damaged highways, bridges and public build ings was set up only yesterday by the Legislature. That fund will be augmented by the 15 million dollars which Gov. Christian A. Herter said will be allocated to Massachusetts by the federal government on the word of President Eisenhower. State Flood Relief Board, set up to handle disbursements, voted to approve repairs at the Monson State Hospital. Carl A. Sheridan, commissioner of administration and finance, said that when state or local au thorities declare that an emergen cy exists and repair funds are needed "we will move on it right away." The Legislature gave the state flood relief board wider powers than it gave last year's Hurri. cane Relief Board. The Flood Relief Board was au thorized for the sake of ex pediencey Uie right to make direct contracts for emergency and permanent flood repairs. Massachusetts Public Works Commissioner John A. Volpe. a member of the Flood Relief Board, yesterday dispatched an associate Commissioner John A. Volpe, commissioner and two state engineers to the flood areas in Somebody Yants What You Don't O Sell It To Him... Throuah Classified Ads TO DISPOSE OF THOSE "DON'T WANTS" FOR THAT MUCH -WANTED CASH, WHY NOT GET IN TOUCH WITH THE HER ALD & NEWS CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT TODAY! QUICKLY COLLECT CASH FOR CAST OFFS! IT'S A CINCH!! PHONE 8111 An Ad-Writer Will Gladly Help You WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 24. 1055 central and western parts oi the stale to make spot decisions in speeding repairs on stale .ligh highways. Gov. Herter brought bai-k word from Hartford, Conn., last nigh that President Eisenhower assured him Massachusetts would 'get a federal grant of 15 million dollars for reconstruction. Herter and the governors of other flood-stricken states met with th President in Hartford. The Massachusetts health com missioner. Dr. Samuel B. Kirk wood, said at least 30 towns in central and western Massachusetts still have a drinking water prob lem following last Friday's floods. He said that 12 water systems were seriously damaged. The Worcester Telegram and Gazette conducted a survey in central Massachusetts and came up with an estimate that the floods caused 74'j million dollars in damage in that area alone. BRICK THIEF SALT LAKE CITY tt Police Oliicer K. B. Jacobsen was called to the scene of a residence con struction. He saw a man loading materials into his automobile. What are you doing?" asked Jacobsen, and the man replied, "It must be pretty obvious wha; I'm doing I'm copping a few bricks." Jacobsen hauled him in and booked him for drunkenness. The 29-year-old man gave his occupation as "student." 1
