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- Sen. Kuchel Asks Policy on Purchases - Washington U.R) Sen. rThomas H- Kuchel (R-Calif.), asked the Defense Department today for a policy decision on whether is will buy materials from foreign companies which underbid American firms on gov ernment projects. Kuchel wrate Defense Secre tary Charles Wilson- to protest that a German company under bid a California firm seeking a contract for equipment for the hydroelectric plant at The Dal les, Ore. Last spring Kuchel protested when a Japanese company was the apparent low bidder for equipment for the Columbia riv er generating plant. Later, all bids were thrown out because of ambiguities and failure to com ply with specifications, Kuchel said. Sixty per cent of Americans today live in cities. Safecrackers Didn't Believe Owner's Note Los Angeles (U.R) Safe crackers used nitroglycerine to blast the door off George Ba ton's 200-pound safe at his laun dry despite the fact Baton had left a note saying "There are only papers inside." Reulher Sees AFL-CIO Unity Near Certainty Los Angeles (U.R) Walter Reuther, president of the CIO and United Auto Workers, pre dicted last night that unity of tne CIO and the AFL is certain and "closer than ever." Reuther expressed his optim ism for unification of the two unions when he arrived here by plane for executive sessions prior to Monday's opening of the national CIO convention. The CIO head said he felt confident the convention would approve unity steps taken to date. Former Broadway Slar Has Birthday Pasadena, ' Calif. (U.R) Trixie Friganza, the toast of Broadway at the turn of the century when she was known as the champagne girl, today looked forward to "many more years of life" after celebrating her 83rd birthday. The former famed comedienne observed her birthday yesterday at the Sacred Heart academy where arthritis has confined her to a bed and a wheelchair for 15 years. She received hundreds of birthday cards from all over the world, but was unable to read them because of cataracts on both eyes. She admitted she was in con stant pain, but added, "I have had a great many happy years and I'm looking forward to many more." Georgia leads in the U.S. in production of watermelons. Farmers To Share Land Bank Dividend One hundred eighty-eight farmers and ranchers in Jackson and Josephine counties will share in a $312,000 dividend, de clared by the Federal Land Bank of Spokane. F. E. Bow man, secretary-treasurer of the Southern Oregon National Farm Loan association, has an nounced. The 6 per cent dividend will be paid to 65 national farm loan associations in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, Bow man said. , Like ' the Southern Oregon association, the other 64 NFLA's also will pass on most of this dividend to the farmers and ranchers who have land bank loans and own all of the associa tion's stock. The bank's capital stock is owned entirely by the 65 associations. Bowman said the bank has paid out more than $2,600,000 in dividends in the last nine years and most of this money has been passed on to land bank borrowers through their asso ciations. These dividends, he said, have the effect of reducing the 4 per cent interest cost on loans. West Coast Phone Workers Get Raise ' Portland (U.R) The AFL electrical workers union an nounced yesterday it has nego tiated hourly wage boosts of 4 and 10-cents for 1500 Oregon and Washington employees of the West Coast Telephone com pany. The 10-cent increase would be given plant employees. Traffic and commercial employees would receive a 4-cent, boost. A new contract agreement was recently reached by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company- employees represented by the CIO Communications union. Tuesday, Norcmbtr 30. 19S4 MEDFORD (OREGON! MAIL TRIBUNE NINE C h ristmas Opening SALE Of Our ENTIRE STOCK of , n UNTIL n Christmas 2 mm mm 1 Pyraeteir Piano 111 North Central Medford, Oregon mmmmmmmwwmmmm ...... .. . . WE'RE OPEN TONIGHT TILL 7 45 OPEN WEDNESDAY UNTIL 9:00 CHRISTMAS A VISIT TO MEDFORD TOMORROW FOR THE NIN OPE When you are shopping for Gift Ideas Here's one that will solve the problem of a Useful, Timeahd Work-Saving Gift for "Her"! IH EW 7 fi' ' ' ZM vfesa'C mSw Sf . ... saw & mm (s -v;:Vv?J3sS?' s. la AMERICA'S NO. 1 WASHER VALUE! THE WASHER THAT PUTS AN END TO REPAIR WORRIES! Regardless of Make, Age or Condition flgSTvS SAL Q? I U Your 0.d Washer Takes Care ITS EAST tlfiiri PHONE 2-45G5 ... i - O
