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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE MEDFORD ID JI k J vj Lo Thursday October 18, 1954 riJ WV 1 TTTv mm mm STAR OF PONTIAC LINE New, modern automobile styling and a 180-horsepower en gine are only two of the 109 changes and lm; provements made in the 1955 Fontiac models, which will go on display tomorrow at Dean's Pontiac, Sixth and Grape sts. Shown above is the popular Catalina, featuring the new . 'Vogue' two-tone coloration. , 1955 Pontiacs Shown Tomorrow The 1955 models of Fontiac automobiles will go on display tomorrow at Dean's Fontiac, Sixth, and Grape sts, according to Bob Taylor, general' manager of the firm. Taylor said the new Pontiacs embody more engineering ad vances than has any model since the introduction of the first Pon tiac in 1926. It has 109 new features, many of them new to the automotive industry, and all of them important to the safe ty, comfort, performance and ap pearance of the car, Taylor stat ed. New Engine A new 180-horsepower, V - 8 engine is among the new fea tures, and the new power plant has many innovations designed to produce greater power, per formance and economy. The 1955 models have an "all new" body styling, featuring long, low- road-hugging design, with overall height of the bod ies 2 V inches lower. The hood line is 3 inches lower than previous models. Windshield glass area is increased. Front-End Deilgn A massive chrome bumper In SEE PAGE 10 three parts protects the grille, and the front-end design also features the famous twin "silv er streaks", back to the wind shield, air crescents above the headlamps, new parking,- lamp" design, and a flying-wing orna ment on the hood. There are two series of bodies. Spokane Proclaims 'Nixon Day' Saturday Spokane OJ.R) Mayor Arthur Meehan has proclaimed Satur day "Nix,on Day" here and Dem ocrats have denounced the ac tion. -. . ' - Vice-President Richard Nixon Is scheduled 'to speak here in what Republicans have called "a major address" in the political campaign. ; " ' i Spokane County Democratic Chairman Mrs. Elizabeth Whit taker said Meehan's action was "a direct Insult" to the city's 50,000 Democrats. She said if Nixon were coming to make a non-political speech as vice-president she would not object to the "Nixon Day" designation. Under the circumstances, she added, she was asking the City Council to withdraw the desig nation. Meehan was absent from the council meeting yesterday but Commissioner Kenneth Law son said the matter would be brought up today. LOGGING PRESIDENT ' Portland (U R) James C. Sheasgreen, Vancouver, B. C, was named president of tne Pa cific Logging Congress at the close of the group's annual meet ing here yesterday. including. 12 body styles, includ ing two and four door sedans, station wagons, coupes and con vertibles. : " Fact-Finding Panel Hears Union Argumets Portland U.R) The gov ernors' fact-finding panel, named to study issues involved in this summer's Pacific Northwest lumber strike, heard arguments of the two unions involved in a closed1 session here today. Statistics and arguments for the CIO international Wood- workers of America were pre sented by President A. F. Har tung and Research Director E. W. Kenney. Kenneth Davis and representatives of a Los Angel es counseling firm argue for the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers union. Employers are scheduled to present their arguments next week, after which rebuttal from both sides will be heard. Man's Pelvis Fractured When Auto Leaves Road Clarence Ellsworth Surber, 28, Box 874, Central Point, was taken to Sacred Heart hospital for treatment of a fractured pel vis yesieraay . auernuuii, mier the car he was driving left .the Greensprings highway.. State police officers were told he was driving east, lost- con trol of the car while going around a curve,'aYtd "went Into the left-hand ditch. ' Reports from the accident scene said he was thrown from the car and pinned against the bank. . ' served in ifii best circles... Thi ntra yam enrich My Iff great Bourhon flavor OLD HICKORY d muGHTBOORBON1""1 SIX TEARS OLD . etraoor OLD HICKORY DISTILLING CORPORATION PHILADELPHIA, PA, . FK. 4 05 VHBMinW m IT". CfilYlSIUl PI I ui' WINTER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! BUY YOUR COLD WEATHER NEEDS AT PENNEY'S OUR FAMOUS CASH AND CARRY POLICY SAVES YOU MONEY SHOP AND COMPARE YOU PAY LESS AT PENNEY'S! 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