Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 11, 1954, Image 14

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Newspaper Page TextFOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. Noranbtr II, 1934 Kiwanians Note Radio, TV Services Medford Kiwanis club observ ed radio and television apprecia tion day at its Wednesday lunch eon meeting, with talks by Jim Dunlevy, Ray Johnson, Everett Faber and John Dellenback. Dunlevy, manager of radio sta tion K4JC, outlined Federal Communications Commis sion control over a station in its role as a "good citizen," pointing out that profit motive is secondary under FCC regulations. He said that each segment of a com munity is entitled fo its share of air time. Johnson, manager of radio station KMED, discussed free dom of speech in relation to the broadcasting media and said that this freedom guarantees the others in the bill of rights. Faber, business manager of KBES-TV, spoke on television's "citizen" role. He said that video is not attempting to take any one' place in the community but is trying to take "a place." Attorney ueuenbacK, in re sponding with an appreciation of radio and television, pointed to the need to communicate facts and opinions. SP Railroad's County Properly Tax $96,258 The Southern Pacific railroad Jackson county as its 1954 prop erty tax payment, according to Lester A. Stiles, Portland, of the tax and right of way depart ment of the railroad who was here to make the payment. SP's tax bill in Josephine county this year was $43,233.64. Throughout Oregon, the rail road this year is paying $2,460, 727 in property taxes, and an additional $122,963 will be paid by SP for its, share of taxes on jointly owned companies, includ ing the Pacific Fruit Express company. The SP may receive a refund ef a portion of its tax payment, as some of the property on which taxes were paid lies in the nine school districts of the county where incorrect levies were made. JAILED AGAIN Glastonbury, Conn. (U.R) Sheriff Donald- H.' Potter thanked Democratic delegates who renominated him "for an other four years in jail." Wall Street New York WJ.R) Steel shares, with gains ranging to more than . two points, led the stock market higher early today, moving in "dustrial shares to further new : high ground in more than 25 'years. Other departments also joined In the rise. A number of special ties tacked on good gains. Oil, chemicals and railroads met con siderable demand. A number of stocks set new highs. Sales in the first hour totaled 470,000 shares, compared with 530,000 shares in the same per iod yesterday. . Portland Produce Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 48c doz.: A large. 43c doz.; AA medium. 35c: A medium. 34c; A smalls 26c doz.; cartons, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: - AA - grade prints. 66c lb.; cartons, 67c; A prints, 66c; cartons. 67c; . B prints. 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar Oregon singles. 42Ia-451,jc: S-lb. loaves. 46i-49ic. Processed Ameri can cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 39!i-41c lb. Farm Market Trading was slow today with few price changes. Poultry, Rabbits Live poultry No. 1 quality f.o.b. paying prices: Fryers f.o.b. at ranch. 24c; fryers, deliverey Portland. 25c;' roasters, zt-Z7c; nens. lignt type. 11c; heavy type, all weights, 13c; roosters, 10-1 lc. Dressed Poultry (Prices to retail ers): Fryers. 37-38c; roasters. 39-. Leg horn fowls. 22-23c; colored fowls. 26 27c; cut-up fryers, 50-51c; whole evis cerated. 44-45c. Turkeys New York dressed young hens, 44c; New York; dressed young toms, 36c: New York dressed fryer roasters. 44c: eviscerated young hens. 51c: eviscerated young toms. 41 -44c; eviscerated fryer-roasters. 52c. Grow er prices: New York dressed young hens. 34-35c: young toms. 25-26c. Rabbits Fryers, live white. S',4 4'i pounds, 18-20C-. 5.6 lbs.. 14-16c; colored. 4c less; old and heavy rab bits. 8-10c; dressed fryers, 54-56c; cut up fryers,, 60-63C . . Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloudy to night with intermittent light rain. Partly cloudy with scattered showers Friday. Low tonight 40-42. High Fri day 55. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy with occasional rain tonight. A few show ers and periods of clearing Friday. A little cooler tonight. Low tonight 38-48. High Friday 52-62. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago . today: Highest 69; Lowest 34. Total monthly precipitation .07 inch. Deficiency for the month .75 inch. Total precipitation since September 1, 1954. 1.82 inches. v Deficiency for the season 1.56 inches. - . ... . ... Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 57; 4:30 a.m. today , Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M, 120 Meridian Time . Hieh Low Prec; .Boise Boston Chicago Denver Eureka Grants Pass . Havre 61 43 62 . 72 . 60 54 45 34 43 36 52 43 Klamath Falls Los Angeles iweaiord New York Omaha : Phoenix . Portland Reno Eugene Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle Spokane 56 - - 29 45 41 Washington. D.C. Yakima 57 41 .02 Tomorrow Sunrise 638 ajn. Sunset 4:33 pa. 78 53 50 69 87 60 54 " 57 65 61 62. 43 47 57 57 45 36 43 69 47 40 46 42 54 30 41 .08 .13 .10 .08 .98 .02 .01 J3 .08 J)l T Unemployment Trend Continues in State Salem (U,PJ The seasonal rise in unemployment that start ed early in October was continu ing this month but the trend was much slower than a year ago. The State Unemployment Com pensation Commission said to day. Claims for compensation were slightly higher than in 1953 but new layoffs- dropped 475 in the first week of November to bring the 3627 total to. less than two thirds of the same date lasyear. If the weather continues mild and the lumber market continues strong, the commission said, weekly figures are expected to increase only slowly during the remainder of 1954. LUCKY CATCH , Flandreau, S. D. U.PJ Mrs. Marshall Jewett, fishing along the Big Sioux river near here made the luckiest "catch" of her life her three-year-old son, Randy, who fell into the riv er and was swept downstream. He drifted toward his mother's "throw-line," and Mrs. Jewett hooked him by his clothes with the line and pulled him to safe ty. , Bank Night Winner Too Late for Prize Cleveland, O. (U.R) Eddie Finnigan, athletic director' at Western Reserve University, is convinced he doesn't live right. ; Almost 20 years ago, Finnigan registered for bank night at his suburban Berea theater. In fact, he was No. 17 the night it started. Two decades rolled past and he never won a thing. One hot night last July, while he was relaxing at home with shirt and shoes off, his daugh ter, Sharon, came running out of the house to tell him that his name had been called and he should get over to the theater, quickly. A friend had telephoned the news. Barefooted, Finnigan dashed to the nearby theater, brushed past the doorman and ran ex pectantly down the aisle. When he reached the stage, he learned that the three-minute time limit had elapsed. New Haven, Conn. (U.R) De tectives really cleaned up when they grabbed the vacuum clean er at the home here. The clean er's dust bag was stuffed with lottery bets, they said. Milk Sanitarians Short Course Slated Salem (U.R) The annual Oregon fluid milk sanitarians short course will be held Nov. 29-30 and Dec. 1 with sessions in Salem and Corvaliis. Kenneth E. Carl of the State Department of Agriculture divi sion of foods and dairies said the meetings will be held in the state capitol the first two days. Among matters up for discussion will be the role of the dairy industry in milk legislation, views on milk sanitatibn by a cpnsumer and dairyman, and several field trips. " The sessions will move to Withycombe hall on the Oregon State College campus in Corval iis Dec. 1,-where sanitation and milk quality will be the main topics up for consideration. NATURE'S ENEMIES Linton, Ind. (U.R)! Asa Fish told the Linton Daily Citi zen editors he was sitting on a porch at his home watching a cat toying with a mouse it had caught. A bird flew into the yard, and the cat deserted the mouse and pounced on the bird. The mouse scampered away, but an owl flew down and Caught it and flew away with the mouse in its beak. FIRE PREVENTION Portland, Me. (U.R) A fire extinguisher gift of a vice president of the publishing com pany hich employs Robert Col lins hangs over Collins' desk. A sign on it says "Collins' pri vate waste basket extinguisher." The gift arrived not long after Collins tossed a lighted match into his wastebasket while ab sorbed in a telephone conversa COSTLY LESSONS ' Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) It costs Mary Ann Hunter more to get to -her music lessons than it does to pay for the instruction. She commutes every month be tween here and Denton, Tex., to take lessons from the, pianist, Sulvio Scionti. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. Births TRAUTMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dean, 228 N. E. "E" St., Grants Pass, Nov. 10, 1954, girl, 7Vfc pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. JONES To Mr. and Mrs. Lewellyn Kent, P.O. Box 208, Trail, Nov. 10, 1954, boy, pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. SHELTON To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, 948 Alta st., Nov. 10, 1954, girl, 934 pounds, at Com munity hospital. WAYBURN To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, 516 Belmont st., Nov. 10, 1954, boy, 6 pounds, 'at Com munity hospital. O DINE at ... - WORLD FAMOUS MdDM LDLESHIE Dinners Served from 6 p.m. Till 11:30 p.m. Closed Tuesdays For Reservations Call Central Point 122 Portland Council Delays Apartment House Dedsio Portland (U.R) Decision on a proposed $5,000,000,' 14 - story apartment house here was de layed for a week yesterday by the Portland city council. 'Harry and Helen Mittleman, who operate some 1000 apart ment units in the city, asked the city council for a zone change permitting construction of the building near the site of the projected Lloyds shopping cen ter. Property owners in the area have resisted the measure. STRENGTH WHEW NEEDED ' Cumberland, R. I. n.pj William R. Backman Sr., a 130-pound Harmony, R.L motor, ist found strength in desper ation to lift the front end of his 3,345-pound car. His four-year old son, Willie, whose leg had been pinned beneath a wheel when Backman backed the auto, crawled free his thigh bruised. The Navy probes the atmos phere 40 miles high above the North Pole for information on cosmic rays. Phoenix Lions Club Extend Their Thanks N For Materials Furnished " For Bleachers At PHOENIX HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC FIELD To The Following Donors ELK LUMBER CO. . ALLEY LUMBER CO; LE. EDMONDS TRU-MIX CONCRETE CO. TRIPPS "SUPER" SERVICE Shop OK MARKET Every Time CLOSER PARKING o FASTER SHOPPING o MORE SAVINGS Also GOLD ARROW STAMPS KRAFT CHEESE VELVETA KRAFT MAYONNAISE 10c OFF ON EACH QUART! Gaines Meal Vl Pric DOG FOOD Reg. 3! 1 EJIF CHOPPED DEEP KITCHEN QUEEN ALL PURPOSE HJUF5 WILSON'S NEW n ft- Chopped HAM 49 Sugar Cvram... not.cm ADVERTISED BRANDS COFFEE Always Lowest Price inTown GINGERBREAD MIX Betty Crocker pkgs, . Sunshine Whip Cream Reg.' 85c Chocolates nji Jl WW WW MM Snowdrift lbs. 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