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Observer, La Grind, Ort.. Wed., March 30, W60 Page 8
Farmers Home Administration
Accused Of 'Dragging Feet
WASHINGTON flTl'-A House
Democrat has charged the Farm'
er Home Administration with
"dragging it feet" at a time
when haid-presst-d ta mers have
the greatest need (or federal
loans.
Rep. Jjmle Whiltcn D- Miss.)
chairman of a House agriculture
appropriations subcommittee, said
"it looks to me like sometody is
trying to dry up-' the Fa:m Crei!
it Agency.
Whitten's remarks were made
public Sunday night when his sub
committee released a transcript
of closed-door testimony on agri
culture department budget needs.
The Farmers Home Administ a
tlon helps farmers finance homes,
farm land purchases and fu ni
operations.
Buy
Pike Seamans
Drive-In
Hut At Cove
COVE (Special) Mr. and Mrs.
Pike Seaman have purchased the
Drive-In Hut from Mr. and Mrs
Charles Haggerty. They have
xpened it for business.
The senior class held a car
vash it the school on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hughes and
family moved into the F.arl Smith
house Saturday. They have sold
their store. Associated Gas
Company will take over the store
on April 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Chadwick
have purchased the Earl Smith
j.Uce and have been busy the
past few days cleaning.
Idaho People Hero
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Campbell have
sold their place in Idaho and are
living here with her parents, Mr.
end Mrs. Muriel Rundall. They
.-ill be here until school is out
and they find a place to locate.
Bob McKinney and Leon Need
ham were laid off work on Fri
day. They were employed by
ML Emily and worked in the
box factory which closed down
at tha end of the week.
Jim Puckett returned to the
t'nlversity of Oregon on Snday
after spending spring vacation
in Covo. While here, he did
some running each day in track
with his brother Rax Futkett He
will have his first track meet on
April 2 in Eugene.
lis overall load program budget
for next fiscal year, starting July
1, calls for $203,349,000, compared
with a current estimated spending
this year of $2M.305,0Ou. Cong est
gave the agency $279,044,613 last
fiscal year.
The Canadian American Com
mittee warns that barter of U S
wheat surpluses could become a
source of controversy in Canada
United Stutes telalions.
"La ce increases in U. S. sur
plus wheat stocks are leading to
stronger pressures for enlarged
V. S. wheat surplus disposal pro
grams," the committee said.
The group said that ba ter is
a useful device in wheat surplus
disposal. But because of the "flex
ibilities arising from employing
th skills of private traders the
job of disposing of surplus
wheat," it said, "barter trans
actions have important limita
tions as a surplus disiiosal tech
nique and must be subject to re
strictions. The committee is an offshoot
of the National Planning Associa
tion, a private group, and the
private Planning Association of
Canada. Its aims U to study va
rious aspects of Canadian Amer
ican relations.
The Foreign Agricultural Ser
vice (FAS i reports the Guate
malan government h a i es
tablished new meat inspection
regulations In order to export
beef to the United States. Formal
approval by the Agriculture De
partment is necessary before
shipments can begin.
rAs said the wholesale price of
carcass beef in .Guatemala City
has been averaging 21 or 22 cents
per pound. ' v
BUT NOW!
Bolens
Roiary Tillers
Pea! Moss
Orbit Air
New leader
in rotary
about
this one!
Lawn and
Garden Tools
ORTHO
Lawn &
Garden Feed
Grass Seeds
Weed Killers
ORTHO
Lawn Green
Planting Mix
Rom Guards
Lent Offers
Opportunities
By The Most Rev.
ARTHUR LICH1 ENBERGER
Presiding Bishop,
Protestait Episcopal Church
Lent offers an Opportunity lor
renewal and growth. It is a time
for emphasizing those things
which i t basic for us as Chris
tians, which we need throughout
the year, in every season. It is
a period of special training so
that we may pray and worship
and practice our Chrisiianltv
more acceptably, not simply for
lony oiys ami forty nights but
. lor many months to come. If this
' is the purpose of Lent then some
i oi our trivial observances a: e of
I lit ;ie use.
I do not know who wrote the
following lines, but they suggest
now we can make our Lenten
observance an offering to God.
Fast from criticism, and feast
on praise
Fast from ill-temper, and feast
on peace
Fast fiom resentment, and
feast on contentment
Fast from Jealousy, and feast
on love
Fast from pride, and feast on
humility
Fast from selfishness, and feast
on service
Fast from fear, and feast on
faith.
THE X-15 CHANGES HANDS The missile-like aircraft X-13 nestles beneath the
wing of its B-02 mother ship shortly before the drop. It was the first flight for
National Aeronautics and Space Administration pilot Joe Walker in the rocket
plane that he may take to the edge of space. Previous flights of the X-l" have
been made with North American Aviation pilot Scott Crossfield at the controls.
West Berlin Mayor Says German
City Is Just Tiny World Problem
EDITOR'S NOTE: With the
approach of the East-West sum
mit meeting, now less than two
months away, the question of
Berlin again comes Into the
spotlight. In the following inter
view with a UPI vice president,
the mayor of West Berlin soys
me dispute over his city can be
solved only in the context of
other cold war problems.
By LEROY KELLER
UPI Staff Writer
BERLIN i UPI i Mayor Willy
Brandt said today that Be lin ac
tually is a "minor" world prob
lem and useless as a key for
solving the basic issues which di
vkle Kast and West.
He stresNed that the "Berlin is
sue cannot be solved by itself.
The East-West dispute over West
ern Allied occupation rights in the
city is not the cause of the cold
wa only a symptom of it, he
declared.
"There can be no separate so
lution for Berlin because this
problem is a result of the split
of Europe and of Germany,"
brandt said.
In an exclusive United Press
GETS DIVORCE DECREE
LOS ANGELES t UPI 'Actress
Irish McCalla, 30 -awarded an in
ter loculory divorce from Patrick
H. Mclntyre, 33, nearly three
years ago. Monday picked up her
final divorce decree.
Penny-Sue Shop
Holds Opening
At Elgin
KLGIN i Special I The Penny-
sue hnop neld a Grand Opening
on Saturday. Coffee and dough
nuts were served all day. The
shop is owned by Mrs. Margaret
Hall, who also has a shop in En
terprise. Her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Betty Hall, is manager. Many
beautiful plants and bouquets o.'
flowers were sent for th opening.
The Lone Star Motel held open
house Saturday. It is owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dillingham.
It is the former Hurt Apartments
on the Tollgate read.
Hank Snow To Show
At Elgin Playland
ELGIN (Special i Hrnk Snow
and his Rainbow Ranch Bevs will
he seen here from 8 30 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. on April 5.
The event will be held at the
Playland und t the hall's sponsor
ship. It was said.
International interview in his
well-appointed but business-like
office in the huite old Schoene-
berg rathaus, Mayor Brapdt
stressed this point.
"If the fiee powers could solve
the more important problems,
then the proper atmosphere will
exist far the solution of such
minor problems as Berlin," he
declared.
Unions Will
Study Strike
In Portland
WASHINGTON 1LTI1 Offi
cials of newspaper craft unions
have scheduled a meeting Thurs
day in Portland, Ore., to study
progress of the 4 1-2 month old
strike which has idled some 800
of their membe s in that city.
William J. Fa-son, executive
vice president of the America i
Newspaper Guild, said one pur
pose of the meeting is to "imple
ment pluns already made and to
make further plans for the suc
cessful conclusion of the strike."
The Guild representing editori
al, cdvertising and business em
ployes, is among unions whose
members have lefused to cross
picket lines since the Stereotypes
Union- struck Portland's two
dailies, the Oregonian and the
Oregon Journal, last Nov. 10 in a
dispute over contract renewal
terms. However, some Guild
members have returned to work.
Those scheduled to attend the
March 31 meeting in Portland are
Farson, President James II.
Sampson of the International Un
ion of Stereotypers and Electro
type: s. President Anthony J.
Deandrarie of the International
Printing Pressmen & Assistants
Union, President Elmer Brown of
the International Typographical
Union, and President Wilfrid T
Connell of the International Photo
Engravers Union.
The union executives ag:ecd at
a meeting in Phoenix. Ariz., last
week to consider combining al!
newspuper unions in a "fede ated
organization for mutual benefit
and protection."
Brandt smiled when he was
asked if he really thought Berlin
is a minor problem.
"Berlin is the most important
thing in the world to me, but tak
en in the whole context of world
problems, Berlin is a minor one."
Brandt listed as major prob
lems disarmament, Kast W e s t
trade, and aid to underdeveloped
nations.
Solution Takes Time
The mayor was asked if he
thouclit these la. ger issues could
be solved.
"Certainly not at a first sum
mit conference, which probably
will not last much longer than a
week." he said. "But there we
should be able to find out wheth
er the lime is rie now to start
real negotiations.
"Khrushchev must know that
aiy new dramatized crisis about
Berlin will poisjn the a!mosphe:e
for the discussion of the real,
larger problems."
B' a nil was pessimistic over the
possibility of unifying either Ber
lin or Germany at this tme.
"There are no g:eat chances ot
unifying Berlin much before the
Germany problem is settled, an.1"
I don't exect that soon." he said
U.S. Population Still Growing,
Pacing Nation's Huge Economy
NEW YORK (UPI) The
nation's economy is growing
more than a half trillion dollars
in size in I960 and so are its
people.
Makers of latex foam cores for
super-sized mattresses reported
a six-fold rise in big mattress
demand since 1947. and wondered
why.
The Latex Foam Rubber Coun
cil thereupon launched a survey
which showed that while in 1900
only one out of every 25 Amer
ican men measured 6 feet, today
in the 20-29 year age bracket, one
of every five is 6 feet tall.
Also it showed that more than
18 per cent of the American wo
men between the ages of 20 and
29 are 5 feet 7 inches tail. At
the turn of the century fewer
than 4 per cent of the American
women attained S feet, 7 inches.
Edward Welch, chairman of the
Latex Foam Rubber Council cited
a speci.ic case of a hotel trying
to cater to its taller guests.
The new Denver-Hilton speci
fied that 10 per cent of its 1.200
foam rubber mattresses be made
60 inches by 80 inches in size.
Purchases of home makers con
firm this trend of the hotels.
Large-sized sleeping equipment,
once only available on custom
order, can now b? found in most
bedding departments and in many
standard brands.
On The Move
Welch also related an Interest
ing finding of his council's sur
vey. The average sleeper changes
position 20 to 45 limes a night
and hence needs more room for
normal body shifting.
Skep experts, he says, recom
mend that mattresses be six
inches longer than the height of
the user and provide at least 36
inches of width for each sleeper.
The latex council found the de
mand rising also fo" longer sofas.
FORFEITS BAIL
HOLLYWOOD lUPH Mrs.
Florence Adland, 42. mother of
the late Eriol Flynn's 17-year-old
girl fiiend. Beverly Adland. for
feited $20 bail Monday by failing
to show up for trial on a drunk
cha ge.
Mrs. Adland was arrested Feb.
28 outside the home of Jack An
drew Dulin, 32, demanding to see
her daughter. She pleaded inno
cent to the charge and requested
a jury t:ial Her failure to ap
pear and subsequent bail forfei
ture closed the case.
Where the six-foot sofa once was
pretty much standard, today's
orders are for king-size installa
tions tor hotels sofas 8-feet, 10
feel. and even 12-feet long.
Big people need big towels. A
large hotel chain is substituting
bath towels of 26 inches by 52
inches for ones that measured 24
inches by 44 inches.
Architects report that homes
also a e being made larger for
big people. They find new homo
owners demanding higher door
ways, elevated sinks, and longer
baihtubs. . . f
To accommodate the lariror di
mensions of students, schools, ac
cording to a recent study of the
U.S. Office of Education, are
having to install wider desks and
wo k benches as well as loftier
washroom facilities.
On the collegiate level, new
dormitories at Co-nell, University
of California and several other
institutions of higher learning are
being equipped with beds 7 feet
long.
The Male Is Crowing
The international institute of
clothing designers brirgs in an
other dimension in which Ameri-'
can males are g owing. It finds;
that the average suit now sold
ranges between size 41 and size
42, against a 38 some 30 years
ago.
Women's dress manufacturers
report a rise in extra-length
orders. A department store esti
mates that 10 per cent of Ameri
can women now fall into the 5
foot. 8-inch or taller category.
In other words, production
sights of manufacturing and
service companies are being
raised vertically to keep the cot.
fort of a "growing' America in
focus.
They are adjusting their pro
duction planning and purchasing
to the change in the national
stature and to the additional fact
that children already are or will
be at least one inch taller on the
avers Re than their parents.
One place where the length of
ihe citizens doesn't seem to be
considered important is the new
trend towa'd automobile building.
However, die makers of the com
pacts stress llieir roominess
space for long-legged drivers and
passengers.
But a big guy still has tn do
a lot of winding up to get aboa:d
a New York laxicab.
And the commuting trains,
while allowing fair space for
length of the pat'ons. apparently
havent considered their width in
the seating arrangements.
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The following oil distributors
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WILL BE CLOSED
SATURDAY AFTERNOONS
AFTER APRIL 1ST
Lynn Andersen
Burleigh Hyde
Veryl Smith
Buck Hermann
Lisle Smith
Carl Erickson
Jim Voeli
Jiggs Laird
Orville Lee
Ben Jordan
Ralph Taylor
Marvin Moo
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