MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELZTHT
1 955 Plymouth Models Said Most Attractive Evter Preseiifcil by Oompaiy
Friday April 22, 1151
Demand Higher
Than Anticipated
By Manufacturer ,
The Plymouth display at the
Automobile Show is the most
attractive the company has ever
presented.
. Plymouth's 1955 models are
longer, lower, wider bigger in
every way. They are the most
powerful cars ever produced by
Plymouth. They are more color
ful than ever, and they are low
priced. The new Plymouths may
be seen at Dick Knight Co.,
Leever Motor Co., and Hamlin
Motor Co.
President John P. Mansfield
of Plymouth points out that the
1155 models, being completely
new, required a completely new
set of prices.
''Generally we have held the
price line," he says. "Some mod
els are slightly higher while on
others there are reductions in
price."
In Volume Production
All of the cars in the exhibit
are now in volume production
and are being delivered to cus
tomers as displayed at the show.
Demand for the 1955 Ply
mouths is even higher than the
company anticipated, according
to William J. Bird, Plymouth
vice-president in charge of sales.
, Showroom attendance and cus
tomer orders were the greatest
in Plymouth history.
The 1955 Plymouth cars are
available in three series Bel
vedere, Savoy and Plaza in 12
hnriv tvips and 22 models. All
hut two models are available
with a choice of the Powerflow
Six or the Hy-Fire V-8 engine,
Th pvrpntions are the Belve
dere convertible, which is pow
ered exclusively by the V-8, ana
the Plaza business coupe, lowest
priced car in the line, whicn is
built only with a six.
Automatic Transmission
All 1955 Plymouths are avail
able with PowerFlite fully auto
matic transmission. Overdrive
or Synchro-Silent three-speed
transmission, and in combina
tion with either the V-8 or the
six. Also available are power
steering, power brakes, electric
window regulators and power
operated front seat adjustment.
Electric windshield wipers are
standard. y
Plymouth's display cars at the
show are representative of the
entire line. They include club
sedans, four-door sedans, two
door and four-door Suburbans,
the sport coupe and the con
vertible. ' -
Plymouth's 1955 engines are
the 117-horsepower Powerflow
Six, 167-horsepower Hy-Fire V-8
and a special combination of
V-ft with four-barrel carburetor
and special manifold developing
177 horsepower.
Compared with 1954 Ply
mouth cars, the new models are
bigger both inside and out." They
are 10.3 inches longer. Hip room
is 3.2 inches greater in the front
seat and 5.9 inches greater in
the rear seat of four-door sedans.
Glass area of the new Full-View
wrap-around windshield is IS
per cent greater, and the trunk
compartment has nearly 34 cubic
fi et of useful space.
BOY SCOUTS
Troop 8
Troon 8 held its regular meet-
in a Tuesday. We talked about
the Camporee. then we broke up
into patrol corners where we got
ready a menu for camporee. i.ne
Camporee will be by the Old
Military road. Troop 8 is sup
posed to meet at the meeting
hall Saturday at 10 a.m. to go
to CamDoree. Everyone is to
bring a sack lunch.
Our charter night dinner will
be Tuesday, April 26. All par
ents are invited to attend.
Gene Harvey, " ;
Scribe.
Pack 41
Cub Scout Pack 41, Griffin
Creek, visited the plant and( of
fices of The Mail Tribune
Wednesday afternoon. They were
accompanied by; Mrs. Boyd Law-
ton, den mother.
Boys making the trip included
James Casad, den chief, and
John Casad, Wesley Licke, Alan
Judy, Stephen Lawton and Rob
ert Casad.
Baker Fines Suspended
On Substandard Bread
Portland (U.R) Nine Port
land bakers have been given $25
suspended fines for sell
ing bread below standard
"weight.
The defendants contended the
state's weight tests failed to
prove any but minor technical
infractions of the weight law.
CRASH KILLS WORKER
San Juan, Puerto Rico (U.PJ
Eight sugar cane workers were
killed and 16 injured Wednes
day when their pickup truck
crashed into the side of a bridge
and catapulted them n 100 feet
into the river below.
Plymouth's completely new 1955 cars axe lower, wider and more than 10 inches
longer than previous models. With either a PowerFlow Six or Hy-Fire V-8 engine, they
are the most powerful cars Plymouth has ever built. They are available with a full range
of automatic and power-assist devices, including electric window lifts and power front seat
adjustment. Pictured here is the Belvedere sport coupe.
KF Railroad Engineer
Sues Southern Pacific
San Francisco (U.R) Joseph
McCarty, 43, a railroad engineer
of Klamath Falls, Ore., today
filed a $100,000 damage suit in
U.S. District Court against the
Southern Pacific Co. for injuries
he allegedly suffered in the colli
sion of two SP locomotives last
year. ,
McCarty said in his complaint
that he suffered a fractured
skull and other injuries when
the two engines collided in the
Klamath Falls yards the morn
ing of Nov. 26, 1954. He charged
the company was negligent be
cause the right of wayi was ob
scured by clouds of steam and
that neither he nor the other
engineer had any warning of
the impending collision.
Polio Vaccine Theft
Told in El Centro
El Centro, Calif. (U.R) Theft
of 57 vials of Salk polio vaccine
has been reported here in what
authorities believe to-be the
first case of robbery involving
the serum.
Dr. Austin W. Matthis, Im
perial County health oficer,
said the vials were taken from
an unlocked refrigerator in the
Health' Department offices here.
He said an additional 101 vials
were untouched by the thieves
who apparently entered the
building through an open win
dow during the night.
Matthis said the retail value
of the veccine was only S800 but
its worth "will go way up in the
black market."
Bills in Legislature
Salem (U.R) The Senate
has ' passed a House-approved
measure requiring registered
voters to sign their names at the
. : A 3 n4.tn..t - vac-
preciuvl diiu dimt mat uicii x -o-
ident addresses, are. correct.
' Should a voter sign such a
statement and it was then found
he did not reside at the address
given, he would be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D
Milwaukie) protested that the
measure would slow down vot
ing and result in such long lines
at the more heavily populated
precincts as to discourage the
voters. '
But Sen. Phil Lowry (R-Med-ford)
said the act was in no way
restrictive, but merely aimed at
making sure a citizen was en
titled to vote in his precinct be
fore he cast his ballot.
Salem (U.R) A measure
calling for the subdistricting of
Marion county for election of
representatives to the state Leg
islature has been passed by the
House with an amendment re
ferring it to Marion county
voters for approval.
Rep. G. D. Gleason (D-Port-land)
charged that the referral
amendment was a maneuver to
kill the bill and that it was con
temptuous of voter opinion be
cause the principle of subdis
tricting had already been ap
proved overwhelmingly by the
voters.
A Multnomah county subdis
tricting bill has already passed
both houses.
Salem U.R) The House
Elections Committee has voted
in favor of keeping Oregon's
primary election in May. The
committee amended Senate bill
396 to keep the present date of
the third Friday in May rather
than switch to the fourth Tues
day of June.
Rep. Al Corbett (R-Portland)
made the motion to amend. He
said the chance would make no
difference . in candidates' ex
penses but would reduce number
of voters because many would
be on vacation.
Salem U.R) 'Authorization
for the State Highway Depart
ment to spend some $109,800,000
in the next two years has been
granted by the house when it
Conservation Group
Planning Observance
Of 'Week' May 1 to 7
Preparations for the local ob
servance of Conservation of Nat
ural Resources week, by a com
mittee headed by Dr. Elmo Stev
enson, president of Southern
Oregon college, were being made
this week.
The observance, being held
May 1 to 7 at the request of Gov.
Paul Patterson, is designed to
call attention to the importance
of natural resources in the eco
nomy of the state, how this can
be accomplished, and to enlist
the assistance of all residents in
the effort.
Jobs Assigned
Two committee meetings have
been held, and job responsibili
ties assigned to those taking
part. "
Eueene K. Peterson, district
forester for the bureau of land
management, heads a speakers'
bureau which is furnishing ex
perts to talk on phases of con
servation for clubs meeting the
week of May 1 to 7.
Observance in the schools will
be headed by Elliott Becken, as
sistant superintendent of schools
in Medford, and efforts will be
made to get all the county's chil
dren to repeat the conservation
pledge, which reads:
"1 give my pledge as an Ore-
gonian to save and faithfully Ho
defend from waste the natural
resources of my state ...-.its soil
passed the largest single budget
bill to come from the Joint Ways
and Means Committee. None of
the money comes from the gen
eral fund of the state. .
The joint committee gave the
department all the spending au
thority it asked, but revised bud
get items leaving less than re
quested for general operations
and adding more items for high
way construction.
Salem (U.R) An appropria
tion of $24,000 to promote mar
kets for Oregon agricultural
products has been approved by
the House and sent to the Sen
ate. Some of the money would
go for the fight for more favor
able freight rates at federal
hearings in Washington.
Rep. Walter Pearson (D-Port-
land) failed in his attempt to
send the bill back to the Joint
Ways and Means Committee to
have the money given to the
Oregon development commission
for the same purpose. The bill "as
passed would put the promotion
under the director of agricul
ture.-
Salem U.R) The House has
reversed itself and passed . an
amended version of a bill that
would permit counties to con
struct, operate and maintain
sewage disposal systems outside
incorporated areas. The billjwas
previously defeated but brought
back for reconsideration.
Kite-Chute Latest
Thing for Fishermen
Utica, N. Y.- (U.R) The latest
thing for fishermen is the kite
chute which is not a sneeze
but a sort of kite, or sort of
parachute, but not exactly. It
works like this:
A fisherman wants to cast his
line 100 yards or more. First,
he flies a kite. Then he ties his
line to the kite-chute, and ties
the kite-chute to the kite string.
The kite-chute automatically
runs up the kite string until it
is five feet from the kite. Then
it automatically drops a para
chute and the fishing line
into the water. Simple, no?
Edward T. Cahill, who invent
ed the gadget, says it's also fun
for kiddies.
and minerals, its forests, waters
and wildlife."
In Churches
Mention of the aims of the
week is being requested in the
valley's churches.
Special groups with an inte
rest in conservation are being
called upon to assist. A series of
radio and television programs
and newspaper articles are be
ing prepared through the co
operation of various agencies
and the media. s
Observance of the week will
begin with a television program
at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1,
which will feature a discussion
of the objectives by speakers
representing soil and range con
servation, wildlife, mineral, tim
ber, forest and recreation as
pects. Dr. Stevenson will be
moderator.
THE FORWARD
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Taxicab operators, who depend on cars for a
living, buy more PowerFlow 6's than all other
.makes combined . . . they say the PowerFlow 117
is the most economical, most efficient 6 ever built!
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Northwest Power 1
Firms Offer To
Underwrite Dam
Portland (U.R) An offer to
underwrite the, $273,000,000
needed for construction of pow
er facilities at the proposed John
Day dam has been made today
by three Pacific Northwest pow
er companies.
The offer mas announced
jointly by the presidents of the
Portland General Electric Com
pany, Pacific Power & Light
Company and Washington Water
Power Company.
A bill to authorize construc
tion of the dam on the Colum
bia river was introduced in Con
gress today by Rep. Sam Coon
(R-Ore.).
Low-Cost Source
PGE Board Chairman Thomas
W. Delzell said the three com
panies believed the John Day
site offered the "largest low-cost
source of power of which we are
aware."
He said the power facilities
would be fully competitive with
other power sources when fully
developed.
Delzell and Presidents Paul
B. McKee and PP & L and Kin
sey M. Robinson of Washington
Water Power said the three com
panies had no intention of mon
opolizing the dam's power if
municipal power groups, other
public ower agencies or rivate
companies were interested.
The PGE official said the John
Day project would supply 1,205,
000 kilowatts of energy which
would be enough to meet the
Northwest's growing need for
two years.
WENT TO RIGHT PLACE
Springfield, 111. (U.R)
George Washbond was being
held on drunk driving charges
today. Wednesday Washbond
drove his car off the street,
down a long ramp and into the
basement of the police station.
Walt Whitman wrote, "Leaves
of Grass" 100 years ago.
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Italy Replaces France as Top
Attraction for American Tourists
By UNITED PRESS
Italy has replaced France as
the favorite country for the re
cord tide of American tourists
to Europe this year.
Spain," least expensive of all
European nations, also is moving
up rapidly and will be in third
place ahead of Switzerland,
Britain, Germany and most' parts
of France outside Paris itself.
That's the word from travel
experts as the vanguard of some
560,000 U. S: vacationists head
across the Atlantic this month.
It will be the biggest tourist
year for Europe in history.
Italy, according to travel agen
cies and reports from United.
Press bureaus abroad, has be
come the nation to which most
Americans will go and stay the
longest. Paris will hold her
crown as the favorite city. But
Americans are finding France
expensive.
Report on Rome
Here's a report from the UP
bureau in Romer
"Italy as a country makes a
hit with the new brand of Am
erican tourist. Rubbernecking
around the renaissance wonders
of Florence, the Venetian pal
aces or the relics of ancient
Rome, he has a satisfying feel
ing that he is getting culture
and history with the minimum
amount of pain.
"The. main anxiety is to make
sure he does not miss anything
that people are likely to ask
about when the wanderer gets
home.
" "Rome boasts no Monmarte
and no girlie shows but its side
walk cafes and quiet night spots
have a distinctive charm for the
tourist, American men also un
doubtedly, if furtively, appreci
ate the unfailing charm-of the
big-busted Italian girls in sum
mer dresses. The burning-eyed
Italian men also add spice to
many an American lady tourist's
evening out, though few would
admit it." '
All Europe will have more
Its L-head design means fewer working parts,
less friction. Its automatic choke meters each drop
of fuel. Its bypass cooling system gives you quick
warm-up in cold weather; dozens of other exclusive
features promise you lower operating expense.
The PowerFlow 117 engine is one big reason
why the big swing this year is to the forward
looking Plymouth. Another is the new 167-hp
Hy-Fire engine, the most powerful standard V-8
in Plymouth's field. Plan to drive a big, beautiful
Plymouth with either of these two great power-,
plants soon how about today?
Americans visiting than ever be
fore. . .
The great majority will go
first to England either by
plane to London or ship to
Southampton. They will spend
four days to a week in Britain.
An increasing number will visit
Scotland.
Favorite Sights
Then on to the continent. The
.favorite sights of interest mu
seums: The Louvre in Paris and
the Prado" in Madrid. The battle
field of Waterloo outside Brus
sels. Paris' Pigalle, Eiffel Tower.
The Kronberg Castle at Elsinore,
scene of Shakespeare's "Ham
let," outside Copenhagen.
- Heidelberg, the "Student
Prince" town now headquarters
of the U.. S. Army in Europe.
Munich, the tourists best buy in
Germany. Lake Lucerne, Spain's
Costa Brava. Capri overcrowded
and nearby Ischia.
' They will lodge every place
from a 51-a-day pension in Ma
jorca to a $40 a day suite in
London's Savoy or the George
V in Paris. Meals will range
from 80 cents for knockwurst
and frothy German beer in Ba
varia to $8 for the pressed duck
at the Tour d' Argent in Paris.
They will spend $10 for black
market bullfight tickets in Se-
Good Turn Brings
21 Months in Jail
London (U.R) Gerald
Bolitho faced 21 months in
jail today for doing the Brit
ish Museum a good turn.
Bolitho. who was sentenced
Wednesday for stealing a rare
early copy of the French na
tional . anthem. The . Mar
. seillaise, from the museum,
taid "I have actually done the
British Museum some . good,
because I have shown up a de
ieat in their system."
There are 1,000 lakes within
40 miles of Ely, Minn. Minne
apolis will celebrate its centen
nal in 1956.
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Saddler Wells Ballet in. London.
-They wil become impatient
with language barriers without
realizing that English has be
come more widespread than any
other language. They will find
the dollar not as powerful as in
years past and blackmarket cur
rency transactions fading away.
Articles for Sale
They, will buy leather goods
in Florence, glassware in Ven
ice, neckties in Rome,. Bruges
lace and Val St. Lambert crys
tal in Belgium, Scottish woolens
and Wedgeswood china, French
perfumes and dresses, Rosen
thal chinaware, Munich5 beer
steins, Leich cameras and Swiss
watches.
They will also find a curious
type of merchant near the docks
at Naples or Cherbourg. He has
sprung into being because of the
American who buys a motor
scooter in Italy for $130, rea
lizes it would never do in Red
Bank, N. J., and liquidates it at
dockside for $75. .
They will find the majority
of customs inspectors won't even
bother to open their luggage
with the exception of the Ger
mans, who wouldn't feel tight
if they didn't. Tipping will irri
tate them more than anything.
Good manners will impress
them more than anything else.
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