Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, August 03, 1953, Page 3, Image 3

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    Monday, A unurt S, 195S
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem. Orcfoa
ract s
Truck Rodeo
At Sweet Home
Sweet Home Entry U sow
open lor the frontier Diyi log
truck mirr, .. l.
- " ... w uu
driven are to compete for
ui prize money.
The truck contest. Initiated
last year, ii open to active
truck driven, who possess a
chauffeur! license, have one
year's accident free record,
and a S10 entrr Irr Vnrv
limited to IS driven on a lint
come lint lerved basis. Mail
ntriea are acrrntahu n nr
those entering In this manner
it is suggested that if you can
quaiuy, 10 send in your name,
age, mailing address and nam
of employer. If the driver is
eu-empioyea, he should say
iot wnom ne is hauling.
According to Larry Ducan,
chairman of the log truck
rodeo arrangements commit
tee, emphasis this year will be
on skill rather than speed.
Time will be a factor, however,
with points to be deducted for
those covering the course ei
ther too fast or too slowly.
Total number of points pos
sible will be 535, with 50
points allotted for both back
ing and stopping and the re
maining 435 applied to the
various obstacles. The ob
stacles will include a serpen
tine, right and left offsets, a
tracking barricade, straight
alignment and diminishing
clearance.
The obstacles are now being
constructed. Entrants are to
drive a new truck, which will
be unloaded but with the
trailer near the end of a 28
foot reach.
The first place winner will
receive a check for $100 while
the runner-up will receive $50
and the third place winner
will get $25.
Frontier Days beards and
costumes are to be judged dur
ing an Intermission period.
All entrants for the log
truck rodeo which will be
held on the athletic field of
the high school, will be ac
cepted at the office of the New
Era newspaper office.,
ALPS TOLL BEACHES 11
Courmaveur. Itxlv IB P.
iy peaks of the Alps are taking
a mgn tou oi novice climbers
this summer. ' The hazardous
sport has claimed at least 110
lives in the last two months in
the Italian, French, Swiss and
Austrian Alps. Uncounted
scores of climbers hava been
injured.
About three and ona half
Pr cent of the ocean is salt
LAST Gl KILLED
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McKays to
Vacation
Seattle () Secretary of the
Interior McKay, weary after
months of tussling with con
gress, is looking forward to a
long vacation in his native Ore
gon. McKay, here for the na
tional Governors' Conference,
told newsmen Sunday:
"After the conference Fm go
ing down to my beach place at
Neskowin on the Oregon Coast
No telephones down there. If
anybody in town puts in a
phone, we - burn his house
down."
Mrs. McKay joined her hus
band here after a short visit in
Oregon. .
'Av him
Mn. Cross, ' Jr., raises
handkerchief to her eye
after receiving word in De
troit from the war depart
ment that her husband, Sgt
Harold R. Cross, Jr., (lower)
was the last American sol
dier to be killed in the Ko
rean war. (AP Wirephoto)
Bend Area to
Lose UAL Service
Redmond U.(9 K. C. Jones,
assistant ta the president of
United Air Lines, told a crouD
of 30 civic leaden Saturday
UAL planned to discontinue air
service to the Bend-Redmond
area.
Jones, who said the reason
was "purely economic," said
United planned to file Its ap
plication for discontinuance
with the Civil Aeronautics
Board in a week or so.
He expressed the opinion
that United's place might be
taken by a feeder line.
Earlier, Jones said United
planned to discontinue service
to Klamath Falls.
Folks Watch
As Squirrels
Move Home
Chicago WV It was mov
ing day aad the whole neigh
borhood tuned out ta watch
and ta help. While the mo
ther carried her five babies,
ona by one, from the old flat
'to the new one across tba
street, men of the Annltage
and Burling vicinity en the
North Side halted traffic.
Father danced and chat
tered some distance away ta
divert the attention of a cou
ple of neighborhood eats.
Yon see, the moven were
a family of squirrels, whose
quarters In one hollow tree
were flooded by a rainstorm.
The only other available res
idence was In a hollow tree
across the street Hiau
friends guarded the heavily
burdened mother's rente
from traffic as she carried
her offspring la her teeth.
Floods Streets
New York WV-Water pour
ed from a broken main near
Union Square for two hours
yesterday, flooding streets and
subways. It touched off an
underground steam pipe ex
plosion that tors up concrete
slabs and shot a 300-foot steam
geyser into the air.
Five hundred police, fire
men and utility workers rush
ed to the scene.
The flood caught three sub
way trains between stations,
and passengen were led to
safety along catwalks.
Ground floon and cellars
of 14th street stores were dam-
raged extensively.
Governors See
'Copter' Crash
Seattle ) A Navy helicop
ter crash and accompanying
rescue, provided extra thrills
Sunday for governors here for
their national conference.
Neither was on the program
prepared by the Navy for ma
neuvers staged on Lake Wash
ington for the visiting dignitar
ies and a large Seafair crowd.
The tiny training helicopter,
piloted by Lt Conard Larson,
Boston, Mass., crashed into the
water a few feet from a stand
occupied by the governors.
Larson and Marhtftlfa Mat
2-C William S. Robertson, Se
attle, were quickly rescued,
Larson by another 'copter aad
Robertson by a crash boat Nei
ther was seriously injured.
Navy officials said the 'cop
ter apparently crashed after
power failed on the tall rotor.
U.S. cows produce about HI
billion pounds of milk a year.
Tom Ostrander, wha lives
next door to the sqnirrel's
Id home, swean the soother
made a last trip ta sea If aha
had left anything before set
tling down in the new home.
The average family in Great
Britain has 1.7 children.
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no bother no dirt
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PHONE 3-8862
Oregon's $ezCut$cz Far
IY3A0D, REDGD
Ticket 'SaloTJOirjf
This year's State Fair will be the biggest and most colorful
entertainment and educational tvent ever staged in Oregon!
Each of the three major attractions for which tickets are
necessary would be a complete, top-flight sbdv all by .
iuelf anywhere else.
Here is a great opportunity to entertain your friends
royally. Dont miss ill See ALL the fair events during
. the eight days. Assure yourself good seats; scad for
your tickets NOW1 (Use this form.)
OREGON STATE FAIR, P. O. Box 671, Salem, Oregon.
Please send the following tickets:
CimUh ISA n4ICAfnnra WOCLD CHAMMONSMW tODtO
C aW Iwy Ntykg) wmI 3i30 SMtdciy cmI Msnrivj
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Res. Box Seats $1 JO, Rodeo
Other Res. Seats (9 $1.25. Rodeo
Oa ! la s-.fl.lll SMCTACUUUI SM-TUM BTVUt
P.M. Ivanr Nlgat far a Night.
. box aeat J1.JU, Kcvue
-Other Res. Seats $1.25. Revue
Cillif.1, InHtaa Hoast SACINO with .mi mm Wafrtaa
ItSO (vary Dy txcpt S.wd.
Ret. Box Seats $1.00. Races
-Other Res. Seats $ .70, Races.
AB sricca include taxes. Draw check or M.O. to
State Fair for all tickets for all events Total.
Send self-addressed, stamped envelope to insure return of tickets.
OVIAT MVS AND NMHTtl
SAT., SEPT. 5, THRU SAL, SEPT. 12
ENJOY YOUR STATE FAIR AT SALEM
Parking 25 cents. General admission to grounds (pay at
gate) 50 cents to pjn., 25 cents after 6. Children lt
and under, general admission free. (Prices have never
been raised!)
; Box Office at Fairgrounds Now Open, 1 to 5 p.m.
You are invited to SAVE at Schlesinger's
Sweet 16th Birthday Party!
100
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Girls! Reserve your choice now.
Avoid the back-to-school rush!
Meet your friends at Schlesin
ger's today!
Short Sleeve Slip-ons
shop in
air-conditioned
comfort!
A Small Deposit Reserves
Your Selection
409 COURT ST.
OflMrSwHten
kM 1.91 It 21.5
Open
in 9 P.M.
You are invited to SAVE al Schlesinger's Sweet 16fh Birthday Party!
Schhsinger to Oaiim
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