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Witness States Coeds Of UCLA Used As Models LOS ANGELES Wl A Ke lauver subcommittee witness wbu conducted a mail-order busines in nude art studies here has testif'erl that most of her models were IT"'. A coeds. "y niro"1" T'Ter nt Bal boa, Calif., an attractive blonde ,u teen-agers, was the subcommittee's first witness in what it termed an investigation of "smut mills." The "Babes" Own Stoiy Li Mrs. Tager said that she was in business from 1948 to 19S1 with her ex-husband. , "Yes," she testified, "We sent nudes through the mail. But I don't consider a nude woman pornographic." Questioned by subcommittee counsel James Bobo, she said, "We got most of our models trom UCLA. She said that mailing lists were built up mostly from magazine and comic book advertising. Sen. Estes Kefauver said that! one shocking fact uncovered by this subcommittee is that pornog raphy is big business in the Uni ted States. Conservative estimates place the gross sale of these ma terials at three to four hundrd million dollars a year. Mildred Didrikson Zaharias, greatest woman athlete of all time, tells her amazing story Ben Hibbs, editor of the Post, says, "You'll meet here one of the warmest human beings you've ever read about a wom an who would make great copy even if she were not the world's greatest woman athlete. "I like Babe's picture of the modest home where seven little Didriksonspracticed weightlift ing. I like the yarn about Babe's first trip away from home. And I admire Babe's story of that day in '53 when she learned she had cancer. "The Babe is quite a gal. I commend her to you." For the most entertaining story from the sports world in' years, don't miss "This Life I've Led." Start it today I OUT TODAY ON All NEWSSTANDS A CURTIS MAGAZINI "Much of this money comes from the lunch and allowance money of our children." Bobo aid Friday that the Mid west and Southern California ap parently are the hotbeds of the lewd art and literature trade. Much of the business is carried out through the mails by opera tors utilizing, loopholes in postal regulations, he said. Increase In John Day Dam Funds To Be Asked WASHINGTON Ufl An increase in funds from the $500,000 author ized by the House Thursday for planning John Day Dam on the Columbia River will be sought in the Senate by Oregon's Demo cratic Sens. Morse and Neuberger. Morse made the announcement here in revealing that the Army Engineers had informed him that $700,000 could be used for pre-con-struction planning "and it is pos sible that as much as IVi million dollars could be used on an ac celerated schedule." Morse also said he and Neuber ger would ask the Senate to ear mark $500,000 for the completion of planning and the start of con struction on Cougar Dam. The two Oregon Democrats will ask that the Senate recommend that $200,000 in planning money for Green Peter Dam be approved. Umpqua National Forest Announces Timber Sales Two Umpqua National Forest Timber tracts totalling 24,800.000 board feet and appraised at $;fi7, ax) wiU be sold in Roseburg July 22. One sale in the Trap Mountain area east of Roseburg contains 18,600.000 board feet appraised at $513,960. The 9,000,000 feet of Douglas fir has been valued a $23; the 3,000,000 feet of Western white pine, Ponderosa pine and Sugar pine at $38.75; and the 6, 600,000 feet of Western hemlock and other species at $5.65. A total of 8,200,000 board feet of timber in the Middle Rough Creek District east of Roseburg has been appraised at $153,240. The 6,100, 000 feet of Douglas fir is appraised at $19.20; the 1,300,000 feet of White hemlock and other species at $4; and the 8ao,000 feet of West ern white pine. Ponderosa pine and Sugar pint at $37.40. Fv--lf V MATS HAPPENED - litnW-tT-if" n'f-"-- -y " 8 r farm -- tun 1 1 mi l -J POOR TEACHER Teachers' salaries are a problem at all scholastic levels, as shown by chart being studied by Northwestern University's President J. Roscoe Miller, left, and Kenneth F. Burgess, president. of the Chicago University's board of trustees. According to the chart, salaries of college faculty members have gone down 5 per cent since 1940, while those of other professional groups have increased. Owner Trying To Sell Lot With Fancy Bathroom WAKEFIELD, England I Norman PickersgiU is trying to sell his bathroom. It stands all alone In the middle of a 3 i'j acre field a neat little structure of rustic brick with a red tiled roof. The equipment Is .modern. The real estate agent explained that Norman, a gorcer. used to live in a trailer in the field. Since the trailer did not boast a balh, Norman spent 400 pounds ($1,120) building one. Last month he moved .into a house. Now1 he wants to sell his field and whoever buys it will have to take the bathroom too. Second Degree Murder Indictment Charge Made HEPPNER (A A second degree murder indictment was returned against Mrs. Ann Avent here in the June 4 slaying of Portland aflorney Delmore I.essard. Mrs. Avent promDtly went before Judge William Wells and pleaded innocent. Wells said the trial date would be set as soon as it could be conveniently arranjred. Mrs. Avent, a waitress, was charged with shooting Lessard to death when he came here to discuss custody of her son. Lessard represented Airs. Avent's divorced husband. (Vodka in orange jui IT Viil Tue., June 21, 19S5 The Mewi-rUrltw, Rwtburg, Or. 3 Crown Zellerbach Fuses Plastic Onto Plywood SAN FRANCISCO 11 Crown Zellerbach Corp. has announced development of a process of fusing a smooth paintable plastic surface onto plywood. The paper manu facturer said the plastic, called crezon, is expected to make a rev olutionary change in the accept ance of plywood' as a building material for outside construction. The plastic, made from wood fibre and phenolic resin, is the re sult of several years of research, experiments and tests, W. J. Zel lerbach, assistant to the vice pres ident, told a news conference. It is supplied to plywood mills in rolls. At the mills the plastic is bonded to plywood under in tense heat and pressure. This makes the product resistant to moisture, heat, cold and fungus growth. Accelerated weathering tests show the fused plywood will not check when painted, even under extreme weathering conditions, Zellerbach said. It is worked eas ily, he added, sawing to I smooth' edge without splintering or split ting. Ic leaves you breathless mirnojp 'Stxsmt VODKA to proof. Mi(lefiomlOOatnneu:aIipiriu. Sre. Pierre SmiioorfPli.Inc.HitUotd.Cooo. Police Congratulate Man For Beating Woman CHEBOYGAN, Mich. Iff! Po lice rushed to the scene recently when they got a report a man was beating a woman. But instead of arresting James Doner of Mackinaw City they con gratulated him. It seems Mrs. Georgia Gregory, 36, of Grand Jlipids had driven her car off a highway to take a nap. She woke up to find her cloth ii g aflame, apparently from a cigarette, and rushed screening onto the highway as Doner dr.ive by. He stopped his car. threw the woman on the ground and beat out the flames. Mrs. Gregory suffered first and second degree burns. EVERY DAY LOW PRICES CIGARETTES .1.59 COFFEE, lb 89c 2lb1.77 Hills Bros. Folger'i M J B C & H SUGAR , FLOUR GoldMi' DELRICH 0 lb, CAN MILK mi 96c io ib. 98c .5 ib. 98c 225c SOAP FLAKES large pkg. 29c FLUFFO with coupon lb,45c CAKE MIXES iolr pkg. 25c NEW POTATOES 7L 59c T-BONE STEAKSgood, ,b 79c GROUND BEEFLPeor;lb39c SLICED BACONS . 39c COMPLETE LINE OF BOTTLED BEVERAGES AT COMPETITIVE PRICES WE BUY ALL OUR MEAT FROM THE D. E. NEBERGALL MEAT CO. 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