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MTDfORD (OREGON) MAIL TRI1UKE WINE Dodge Classified One of Most Improved Oars Friday, April M 1153 J J. Jl ei B C la su in w St Pi in CI Ei ki da cr sr in Under the sleek, litht 1955 Dodge silhouette is a myraid of automotive improvements which mechanically and structurally classify Dodge for '55 as one of the industry's most improved cars. They are on display at Leever Motor Co., 315 East Fifth St. Calculated to earn the respect of all drivers are the flashing 193 h.p. Super-powered Super Red Ram V-8, the 183 h.p. Super Red Ram V-8, the all - new 175 h.p. Red Ram V-8, and the 123 h.p. "Get-Away Six." Riding and handling qualities are improved due to wider rear leaf springs and, relocated front and read shock absorbers with longer piston travel. New coaxial Dodge Power Steering performs 80 per cent of the steering effort, providing in stant response and excellent re turnability. Other power assists for brakes, seat controls and win dow lifts are available. Inside the roomy passenger compartment many innovations are evident. The gear selector lever on cars equipped with auto matic PowerFlite transmission is located on the control panel Also, an eight - in - inch - wide "rudder bar" brake pedal is pro vided on these models. Brake and clutch pedals on models with standard transmission are suspended from under the con trol panel, eliminating toeboard holes and resultant dirt, mois ture and drafts. y Windshield wiper blades park automatically off the glass. The gas filler pipe is in its own com' partment in the right rear fen der, passing through the trunk behind the spare tire. Box-section roof rails and sturdy windshield construction strengthen the body shell. Addi tional body-frame mounts and floor panel stiffeners increase body regidity, eliminate vibra tion and lengthen car life. 4rsm ill hi ' 4 A.' . DODGE LANCER HARDTOP Three-tone paint combinations are Introduced for the first time in the automotive industry to accent the new styling of the 1955 Dodge Lancer hardtop. New color combinations are available on the Lancer models in all three series the Custom Royal, the Royal, and the Coronet. Lower, wider and longer by 16 inches, the Custom Royal Lancer hardtop shown here is powered, by a Red Ram V-8 engine developing 193 horsepower. Around Hollywood Mr"! By ALINE MOSBY United Prcu Corrtspsadtiit BoUywood (U.R) Holly wood moves in on the A-bomb next week with a TV "spectacu lar starring the bomb, a pretty girl poking around the ruins and comedian D a v e Garro way in the trenches. Both CBS and NBC are AUmMosbr televising an atomic explosion near Las Vegas April 26, one of the biggest in history. An A-bomb blast was special event programs in TV shown by the networks two years ago via a local station's telecast. But this season, man kind's most terrifying invention is getting the super-colossal treatment. NBC is flying a make-up man to Las Vegas to make, sure all the NBC noses are powered be fore the blast. Comedian Gar roway, horn-rimmed glasses and all, will conduct ' his "Today" show from the Gl-filled trenches two miles from the bomb blast, Powder Room And after the blast, pretty Kit Kinne will tour the atom ized model village to show view ers of the "home" program the effect of the explosion. A pow der room had to be set up in the Kinne. Both networks are pooling their resources to telecast the explosion, which is akin to Macy's telling Gimbels. The "script" for the show has been worked over for months by the networks' special events direc tors here, Sam Zelman of CBS and Roy '.Jeal of NBC. ' "Two years ago when the bomb went off the TV pictures was twisted all over the place, but this time proper facilities will be used," explained Neal. Four Cameras Four cameras will telecast the actual explosion 8Vi miles from ihr. blast. Any closer, Neal and Zelman explained, might blow a fuse somewhere. Another camera in the trenches will show faces of the 800 soldiers crouched there. More than 1,500 civil defense experts from around the coun try will be part of the "back stage" audience. The networks are sending 85 men to the spot to man the live cameras, color cameras and the make-up kit. One interested observer will be a manufacturer whose radio activity resisting paint will be daubed on some of the dummy houses as a test. Even the GI's have gone into television and will . have an Array camera at the spot for the networks to use. AU the TV stars and workers in the blast area had to be cleared for loyalty by the gov ernment. "They even cleared one traf fic cop so he could tag speeders in the blast area," says Zelman. Corvallis (U.R) John Rice of Corvallis has bee nelected stu dent body president at Oregon State College. Truck Fleets More Than Double In Past 10 Years Washington (U.R) Truck fleets operating over U. S. high ways have more than doubled in the past 10 years. In Trends, its annual publica tion, the American Trucking As sociation reports that U.S trucks in operation increased from 4,- 513,340 in 1944 to 9,477,000 in 1954. This figure, not including 413,239 government - owned trucks, is nearly half the world total of 19,818,000. The publication, said trucks traveled 65,000,000,000 miles on inter-city runs in 1953 compared to 24,000,000,000 in 1943. The report said that trucks, representing 17 per cent of all registered motor vehicles, paid more than 33 per cent of the total state highway user taxes collected in 1953. Truck taxes totalled $1,736,643,000 in 1953. Chicago had the greatest number of class one truck car riers among the country's largest cities with 144. New York was second with 79; Los Angeles and Detrojt were third and fourth with 60 and 59 carriers. Total carriers listed for 1953 were 2,576. Big Wage Rise In ranking . by geographical regions, the Middle Atlantic states were listed as having the most carriers with 628. This district includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsyl vania and West Virginia. The second largest section was the Central region, with 620. This area includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan (lower peninsula) and Ohio. , , Other major increases in the industry cited by Trends were those in average wage per em ployee and average number of employees per carrier. Average annual wages for all trucking and warehousing employees rose from $2,147 in 1943 to $4,709 in 1953. This compares with the 1953 average for all private in dustry of $3,643, the publication pointed out. The number of employees per class one carrier for, the 1942- 52 period increased from an average of 108.8 in 1942 to 139.5 in 1952. The highest averages by region were the Southern's 160.7 employees per carrier and the Central's 159.0. Congo Said Largest Area Where Nobody Can Vote Youngsters' Classified Ad Section Patronized St. Petersburg, Fla. (U.R) The St. Petersburg Times re cently set aside a page in its classified ad section exclusively for school children and teen agers. It attracted such ads as these: "Will swap Girl Scout uniform for parakeet cage." "I would like to trade marbles with someone." "For 25 cents a day you can practice on my piano." "I want a boy's English racer, good condition. Daddy will pay up to $50." Chicago Loop Pilot Holds Hotel 117 Years Chicago (U.R) There has been a hotel on the same plot of ground in Chicago's "Loop" for 117 years, although the struc ture has changed. A plaque presented to the Hotel Sherman by the Daughters of the American Revolution ini 1929, set on an outside wall at the intersection of Randolph and Clark streets, reads: "This marks the oldest site in Illinois .on which a hotel has been contin uously maintained." EYES GOT WET Dallas, Tex. (U.R) Mike Corkill, 6, explained to his fath er that he didn't cry while wait ing for his shot of the new Salk anti-polio vaccine. It was just that, like some of the other boys, ne said Wednesday, his eyes got a little wet from standing in line. - : - By WILLIAM ANDERSON United Press Correspondent Brussels (U.R) The Congo, Belgium's vast colony covering an area 80 times the size of the mother country, is the world's largest geographical unit where nobody can vote. For in this huge belt of largely unexplored territory, inherited somewhat reluctantly by the Belgians from King Leopold II at the beginning of the century, the emphasis is on economic and not political development. The no-vote rule applies equal ly to the Congo's 70,000 Euro peans as well as its 11,000,000 Congolese. There are few native intel lectuals. But there are thou sands of black men whose grandfathers had not even dis covered the use of , the wheel, who are doing skilled and semi skilled labor. They enable Bel gium to possess one of the rich est colonies in Africa today. The Belgians are not ashamed of the word "colony" in spite of the present trend toward less direct descriptions such as "over seas possessions" or "non-auto nomous territories." . It is still "our colony." And it is ruled from Brussels as such through a governor-general in Leopoldville. He has an advisory board on which several Africans sit but the real decisions come from the king, government and governor-general.. No Intellectuals Wanted As there is no vote, there are no political -parties and no poli tics. The Congo is administered by some 5,000 European civil ser vants. They often have native assistants, but f ew rise above the rank of chief clerk. Tribal law and custom are in force throughout the 'bush and are only infringed upon by white law when they concern ritual murder, polygamy or witchcraft. Belgium's aim in the Congo is to lift gradually the status and living standards Of the Congo lese until they can be integrated on an equal basis and in a com mon society with Europeans. Somewhere along this upgrade political responsibility will be introduced and increased, but not before the Belgions think the Congolese are ready for it. When will this take place? Fifty years a century, perhaps as the Belgians want no .small group of intellectuals trying to pack 2,000 years of European thought and evolution into the minds of natives whose grand fathers were cannibals. As a result no Congolese has ever at tended a Belgian university. Few advance beyond high school standards and their edu cation is centered mainly on arts and crafts and no abstracts. A university, however, was opened in the Congo last year. It is being administered by Jesuits from Belgium's own Lou vain university. It can be at tended by both Europeans and Congolese. Its curriculum is short on humanities and long on physical education and medical degrees. . Education In the Congo is mainly in the hands of the mis sions which receive government subsidies. In the cities, how ever, the government has opened non-denominational schools. At present there are about 4,000 Catholic missionaries and 1,200 Protestant missionaries in the Congo. It is the intention of Catholic authorities to set-up a Congo church as soon as suffi cient Congolese are ordained. There are about 600 at present. The Congo workman can be a headache to his employer. Trade unions are unknown in the Con go because mainly it is the em ployer who needs the protection. The Congolese is only about one-quarter as efficient as a European workman. For this he receives between 500 and 800 francs a month. The Congolese is not lazy, but it is difficult to get him to work for anything beyond his immediate needs. Once these are satisfied, he is liable to disappear back to his tribe. w " .. - - Critics of the Belgian colonial system are many. Of late many Latin American nations have policy, claiming repression and 18th century thinking. To all this the Belgian colo nials reply: Our colony is happy, trouble free. Education, health and civi lization instilled by Christian principles are advancing hand in hand. Our administration compares favorably with any other in Africa and is better than most. Senators To Have More Space in New Office Building Washington (U.R) United States senators are unanimous on at least one subject space. ; The seldom-changing skyline of Capitol Hill is undergoing a long-awaited addition. Ground breaking ceremonies took place recently for a new Senate office building. The $20,000,000 structure will allow each senator a five-room suite compared to two rooms at present. There also will be two underground garages. The old Senate office build ing erected in -1906 is badly overcrowded. . Some corridors even double as offices and em ployees overflow into other buildings. - - - - Inadequacies of proper hear ing rooms in the old building became evident nation - wide when the Senate crime investi gations were televised in 1953 and again during . last year's Army-McCarthy hearings. The new structure will con tain a 500-seat auditorium with a sloping floor, small balcony and a curved, upraised commit tee table. Broadcasting equipment will operate through portholes in a walled-off studio. This will re move some of the Hollywood-set atmosphere prevailing at hear ings held in the present building. ' ' " - FLAIR STYLING FEATURED Flair styling featured in the 1955 . Dodge includes projected headlight hoods, swept-around windshield, cut back doors, flared wheel openings, and stream lined rear deck. This four-door sedan in the custom Royal series has a 183-horsepower V-8 engine...;.:;. -. - - ..-?.. .. . "": "T, ... . More working space for the senators' daily routine was the primary consideration. One sen ator from a sparsely populated state says he received "30 to 40 visitors a day" and on some days "over 1,000 letters and tele grams." An official said that "at present five secretaries are crowded in one small room." When . completed, the new BIRD COUNT . Concord, N. H.flJ.R) Nearly 4,000 ducks and geese have been wintering around New Hamp shire's icy coastal waters. The state fish and game department reported a decline of 2,300 birds from last winter's tally. plans- will give the senators two buildings,' equaling the two of fice structures the representa tives have had for over a decade. But the senators will, retain the distinction of having Wash ington's only subway which transports them from their of fices to the Capitol. . Represen tatives have to walk. COMCKEf H Phone 2-5336 or 2-5897 M.C. LININ6ER & SONS rTJ . ..yyr f:rr . " ' '55 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer V-8 see the 5Bl Oiae t '55 BOBGE '55 Dodge Custom Royal V-8 4-Door Sedan Pear Blossom Festival 8th & Ivy Sts. Saturday, April 23 315 East 5th Telephone 3-3687
