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Pa 8 Section' I THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Salem, Oregon, Monday, March" 18, 1957 FOR CHECK POSTING Banks Start Use o. 'Electronic Brain ' Fence Rail Pierces Car For several years sonic of the largosl banks in the nation have been working on the problem o( bringing the speed and accuracy of electronics to the posting of customers checking accounts. Recently after Intensive research and development work, this long sought goal was accomplished. U. S. National Bank began posting Hatfield Tells Of Survey Plan On Accounting Secretary of State Mark Hat field has announced that his dc partment entered into a coopera tive survey with the Department ot f inance and Administration to determine new accounting pro cedures for state government. As chief fiscal officer for the slate, Hatfield said he found some unnecessary duplication and some need for consolidation of practices between the Department of State and the Department ot finance and Administration. "Good business practices dic tate that It is just as important for budget control that basic in formation be available as it is for claims audit and post audit work," Hatfield declared. "With splendid cooperation from the new director of finance, we have Instituted a survey of ac counting procedures which should result In greater efficiency," he added. "Mechanization of certain accounting functions will be given full consideration. Mrs. Tully Dies Friday in Medf ord The wife of a former minister of the First Presbyterian Church here died In Mcdford Friday fol lowing a lengthy illness. Services for Mrs. Norman K. Tully, 74, were held in Central Point Monday. Dr. Tully, who was pastor of the church here from 1925 until 1030, is now paslor of the First Presbyterian Church in Central Point. Surviving in addition to her hus band is a daughter, Mrs. Willad A. Zellmcr, Davenport, Wash, checking accounts with an "elec tronic brain." Salem will be the first large metropolitan area to have this most modern of all account-post ing systems. Installation of the ad vanccd new electronic process is now underway here. Change-over to the modern new process for all checking accounts at the four Sa lem branches will bo accomplished over several months. firings Accuracy The new electronic system brings maximum accuracy and speed to the servicing of custom crs checking accounts. The elec tronic computation insures accu racy In figuring changes in ac count balances, while the use of a separate number for each ac count eliminates possible mis-posting to accounts, even though a customer might have several ac counts in his name or that there were similar-name accounts. The electronic machine used Is the IBM 650 Computer. The use of its electronic "brain" for the account-posting job is made pos sible by assigning each account an account number. Free personal ized checks aro furnished to the bank's customers with their name, address and account number im printed on each check. The incoming checks and de posits of checking account cus tomers are first proved and bal anced at the bank, then each check and deposit is quickly trans lated into punched card form by use of a new device which couples an ordinary adding machine to a tabulating card-punch. This per mits a bank adding machine oper ator to prepare IBM tabulating: cards as an aulomalic by-product oi proving In the customer s ac count transactions. Punches Identify The punched areas in these cards identify the account, by the account number, reflect the amount of check or deposit to the account and all other information necessary to t h o electronic ac counting process. If the operator should accidentally hit 'the wrong keys in listing the account num ber, a special relay on -the ma chine slops the mechanism. The punched cards, fed into the electronic computer, enable it to compute the net change in any active account automatically and almost Instantaneously, doing in just minutes the work requiring several hours When done with con- I ventlonnl bookkeeping equipment. ffiv-iMv " rib r-. ' C-V-V-- -'flJiH J'.It- When this car went out of control, Jump ed a curb and flipped around crosswise in a driveway, a section of 2x4 fence railing along driveway went In right front door window and out rear window of the car Driver Harold L. Copcland, ZVh Frank- IN WINDOW, OUT ANOTHER St., and passenger James II, Cain, 453 Tryon Ave., were treated at hospitals after the 2:30 a.m. accident near 24th and Stale Streets, Sunday. (Capital Journal Photo) s ' Two Salem Men Hurt As Auto Hits Fence A fence railing went in one win dow of a car and out another In a one-car accident near 24th and Slate streets about 2:30 a.m. Sun day, city police reported. Two men were treated at Salem hos pitals for apparently nonserinous Injuries. Witnesses told police the car driven by Harold L. Copcland, 127314 Franklin St., was west bound on State street when -it struck the right curb, veered across I he street and struck the left curb and flipped about, com ing to rest racing eastward cross ways in a private driveway. The car struck a fence along the edge of the driveway, a piece of 2x4 lumber going in the right front door window and out the rear window of the car. James II. Cain, 453 Tryon St., a passenger in the car, was taken to Salem General Hospital by HERE IN THE HOMETOWN Schools Set Choral Festival Vocal groups of both North Salem and South Salem high schools will participate in the an nual Chorus Festival which is to he held Thursday evening at the North Salem auditorium. Groups participating will be the girls' glee clubs and choirs from both schools, the South Salem "Saxon Gleemcn" nnd the North Salem "Harmoneltcs." Directors of the choral groups arc Wallace A. Johnson, South Salem, and Howard F. Miller, North Snlciii. who arc being as sisted by Willnniclle University music education majors who arc taking their cadet teaching this Bcmester. Tickets arc available from stu dents of cither school or from Stevens & Son. Power Meeting Persons affiliated Willi the Sn- em chapter of the National As sociation ot Power Engineer, will meet at the Marion (,'ounlv Court house nt 7:30 Tuesday night. A motion picture dealing with nint ten of interest to engineers will be shown. The local charier of NAPF. will remain oprn during March a n d engineers may join while reduced iniliation fees are in effect. The organization invites persons who arc connected with operations deal ing wllh various phases of power engineering, including steam and electrical. UNESCO Talk Set A talk dealing with the purposes and accomplishments of UNESCO as a specialized agency of United Nations, will lie given by Mrs. .lenelle Moorhcnd during a meet ing of the Snlem Chapter of UN at the YWCA at 8 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Moorhcnd'. professor of health nt the University ot Ore gon, will show pictures which she took during an extensive tour last year. She is a past president of the Oregon Congress of Teachers nnd Parents. Luncheon Held The Mental Health Citizens Ad visory Council of the Marion Coun ty Department of Health held its annual spring luncheon meeting Monday tioon nt the YWCA when Miss lllnnclio Stnrer, psychiatric social worker, and Dr. Henry Dixon, psychiatrist, discussed the handling of a case by the Child Guidance t'linie. Other speakers Incliulcd Mrs. Mcrnicc Yonry, director nt nurses mps: ahfMaVi your hlpi imollx I 1 ' omnilng NtW, EASY 1 ay ol horn: No dial or V.ight Ion. Ut ol HOME Whit you REST. Reducci lita ol HIM, 1UMMY, THIGHS. NO IffORT. 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Classes Offered Speech reading, sometimes re ferred lo as lip reading, and basic mountaineering, will be among the sovcrnl classes offered the public during the spring term of the Alult Education program of the Salem Public Schools beginning March 18. Mrs. Carroll C. Smith, holder of a graduate degree in special edu cnllnn, will leach speech rending, while William Obertcuffer, Port land, a well-known mountain clim ber, will Instruct in climbing tech niques. More than 900 adults were en rolled in some SO classes during the nine-week winter term that closed recently. Business educa tion subjects were the most popu lar of those olfercd. The needs of employers arc be ing studied as the employment pic turo chnnges due to locating of now concerns in the area. Additional information concern ing the ndult progrnm may be had at 1.1(19 Ferry St. Willamette Ambulance Service for treatment of facial lacerations and other apparent minor injuries. He was lalcr released. Officers said they found Cope land walking a few blocks from the scene. He said he remembered nothing of the accident, they re ported. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries and was arrested on a charge of vagrancy. Condition Molalla Youth Said Serious SII.VERTON (Special) Gary Burkhart, 16-year-old Molalla youth, was in a "very serious" condition at Sillverton hospital Monday morning. He underwent brain and pelvic surgery last Fri day for relief of injuries suffered in a one car collision last Wednesday. The youth is the son ot Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Burkhart of Molalla Drop in Per Capita Income Told for State Oregon's per capita income fell below the national average in both 1954 and 1955, according to the lat est estimates of personal income released today by James E. Max well, business analyst in charge of the Portland office of the U. S. Department of Commerce. Oregon's per capita income in 1954 average $1,762, in 1955 $1,834. This compares to U. S. averages of $1,767 in l!)54 and $1,847 in 1955. The new publication estimates Oregon's total personal income in 1955 at 3,090 million dollars. Wage and salary payments accounted for 1.994 million dollars or ncary two thirds of this total. Proprietor's and property income supplied $538 and $366 million respectively to Oregon's total. Approximately one-third, $656 million, of all wage and salary pay ments in Oregon came from man ufacturing industries, including lumber. Wholesale and retail trade, in second place, accounted for $105 million. Miss Edwards Sets Recital Here Tuesday Michelle Edwards of Salem, a senior in the Willamette University College of Music, will appear, in her senior recital Tuesday after noon at 3 p.m. in the music recital hall. a A soprano with a major In music education, Miss Edwards is a member of the Willamette Sing ers, Mu Phi Epsilon and Chi Omega sorority. A student of Mrs. Clorinda Top- ping-for the past four years, Miss towards began voice training while a senior in high school. She is the daughter of Mrs. Hone Ed wards of 2000 Market St. To Sing 'Great' Increase Forecast for State In Tourist Traffic One of the greatest increases in tourist traffic for the western por tions of the United States and Canada is prediced for 1957 by the Oregon State Motor Assn. An analysis of the situation was presented during a recent Portland conference attended by travel rep resentatives from U western states and three Canadian provinces. Controlling factors in the western movement of vacationers include larger numbers of persons provid ed with paid vacations, greater in terest in the states west of the Rockies and improved highways. Miss Michelle Edwards, above, a Willamette senior, will appear In her senior re cital Tuesday at 3 p.m. Green Lumber Prices Firmer EUGENE m The market news letter Random Lengths says green lumber prices showed a slight improvement last week. A lack of demand still handicaps the market, the letter said. Stud prices, however, show firmness, due to low production. Curtailed production has bal anced plywood supply and de mand, the letter said, while pine production has been low despite most mills selling their output. I Four Programs Lined Up for WU Distinguished Artist Series Marian Anderson. Leonard War ren. Seymour Lipkin and the Ko- vach and Rabovsky ballet team are the artists secured for the 1957-58 Willamette Uaivcrsity Dis tinguished Artists series. Reserved seals for the series will go on sale March 25 at Stev ens and Son. Ticket sales will last through the month of April. . The tamed Marian Anderson, who made headlines a year ago as the first of her race to sing with the Metropolitan opera, is perhaps best known for her pre sentation of the Negro spiritual. Beginning her career in Europe, Miss Anderson was praised by the late Toscanini and by the com poser Sibelius before gaining recognition in her own country. Leonard Warren, who has been with the Metropolitan Opera Co. for 15 years, has been called the world's finest dramatic baritone. He is a frequent performer on such major radio and television programs as The Telephone Hour," "Voice of Firestone," and Ed Sullivan shows." A former child prodigy who started to play the piano at 3 and gave his first concert at 4, Seymour Lipkin entered Philadel phia's Curtis Institute of Music at age 11. In his teens he toured as pianist with Jasha Heifetz, and when he was 21 won the Rachma ninoff Fund Award. Since then. Lijkin has had four nationwide concert tours and two tours of Europe. With the appearance of the Kovach and Rabovsky Russian ballet, which appeared on this year's series, the concert series will present (or the second time a different type of program from the accustomed Instrumental or vocal. Drunk Driving Brings 256 Suspensions Licenses of 624 Oregon driven were suspended during February, 256 of them after coaviction or driving while intoxicated. Drunk driving far outnumbered all other reasons for suspension in the monthly listing by the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles. Next closest contender was "driving record" which accounted for 78 suspensions by officials. These suspensions came to drivers known as accident or vio lation repeaters and are given only after letters and personal in terviews fail to result in an im proved record. Other reasons for suspensions in cluded: reckless driving, 40; vio lation of basic rule, 41; hit and run, 4; failure to stop, 6; failure to yield right of way. 4: driving while suspended, 67; failure to re port an accident, 43; failure to past tests, 11; failure to appear, 9; fail ure to complete tests, 1; fatal ac cident involvement, 3; medical re ports, 2; and miscellaneous, 53. License suspensions are given cn court recommendation, discretion ary action of licensing officials or mandatory provision of the law. 2,000,000 EARS OUT OF WORK Nearly 2,000,000 people wear hearing aids today. But because they wear old-fashioned instru ments, most of them hear with only one ear! So their other car is "out of work," not paying its way, robbing them of halt their precious hearing. It's different now! No longer need these "lazy" cars bo out of work because for the first time a hearing aid has been engineer- HEAR WITH BOTH EARS ed especially to allow hard-of-hearing persons to hear with both ears! STEREOPHONIC HEARING When you hear with both ears, you get a stereophonic effect just like watching "Cinerama." Flat sounds become full nnd clear you hear which direction sounds come from (very diffi cult with old-style, one-car hear ing) you can distinguish be tween different sounds in a noisy situation (nearly impossi ble with one-car hearing). ANOTHER TELEX FIRST Now a Telex especially designed for hearing with both ears. No receiver in the carl Features volume control, off-on switch. A new nnd wonderful hearing ex perience is waiting for you. Come in for a free demonstra tion or write for complete information. MR. M. G. 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