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Show 1 A the-IEASED the-IEASED GRAPEVINE Wstea- J Former President Harry Truman Tru-man this week blamed the nation's na-tion's red hunting among scientists sci-entists of several years ago for this nation's falling behind the Russians in certain scientific fields. In a speech at Welsh, West Virginia, Mr. Truman said that witch hunts among scientists had done much to drive scientists into in-to universities and out of the government's scientific program. Adlai E. Stevenson, Democratic candidate for president in 1956 and 1952 will serve in an advisory advis-ory capacity to the administration administra-tion at the forthcoming North Atlantic Treaty Organization affair af-fair in Paris. He accepted the President's invitation this week. Recent public opinion polls conducted throughout the nation show a marked favor for Democrats, Demo-crats, it was revealed this week. Polls show that scattered Democratic Demo-cratic victories in last week's elections were not isolated incidents inci-dents but part of a national trend toward the Democratic Party, which is expected to result in a clean sweep in next year's congressional con-gressional and gubernatorial election. A golden anniversary celebration celebra-tion of the sailing of the U. S. Navy's "Great White Fleet" around the world in 1907 will be held at the U. S. Grant Hotel in San Diego, December 16. Navy personnel who served in the 27 ships that made the two-year two-year cruise are invited to attend the event. Poultry leaders from all sectors of Utah as well as south Idaho met in Salt Lake City Thursday. Members of the Women's Auxiliary Auxil-iary of the Utah Poultry and Farmers Cooperative and presidents presi-dents and directors of various local organizations affiliated to Utah Poultry gathered for the special meetings to elect officers for 1958. The theme of the meetings was "How to Increase Income for Cooperative Members." Mrs. Edna Ohwiler, president of the auxiliary, was in charge of the women's meetings and Wendell Ohlwiler, head of the local president's presi-dent's group, presided at other meetings. The same foul weather which has plagued deer hunters during the past two weeks has proven a boon to waterfowl gunners on Utah's marshes during the same period. So said the department of fish and game this week as spokesmen listed the duck and goose returns "best since the opening day during the high wind and storm period beginning begin-ning about mid-October. The department said a recent plan esurvey showed heavy populations pop-ulations of waterfowl along the state's highways. Flights of northern birds are now moving down the flyway. Average, or better returns should be the rule depending mostly upon good "duck" weather until the solid freezeup of the marsh areas later in the season. The waterfowl season ends Jan. 7, after a 95 day continuous season sea-son that got underway October 5 this year. i |