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rr r- TOUHTEEW MEDrOHD (OREGOlf) MAIL TRIBUNE Wedntiday, May II, 19SS 1 954 Commercial Airline Safety Record Best in History; Much Remains To Be Done r CiO, Ford Begin Final Phase of Wage Discussions Detroit (U.R) CIO United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co. officials today began what may be the final phase of their negotiations on.' the union's de mand for a guaranteed annual wage proposal. " " The negotiators met after a weekV recess which the union used to instruct its officials strike votes among the union membership. . Doesn't Mean Strike Near Union officials ordered the strike votes at separate meetings with the delegates of Ford and General Motors councils across the nation. But union officials emphasiz ed that' the strike vote did not mean a strike was imminent. General Motors is scheduled to resume negotiations with the union Monday after a 12-day re cess. ' . ' . ., Walter Reuther, president of the CIO and UAW, was among the union delegation which met with Ford officials. Reuther announced during the recess that he would be devot ing "almost full-time" to the ne ; gotiations with the two auto firms from now on. The bargaining sessions were expected to increase in freqency as the expiration dates with the two firms approach. Ford's pact Spring Registration At Rogue River Planned Rogue River Spring regis tration for high school students and eighth graders who will be attending Rogue River High school next year will be held Tuesday, May 12, Principal James Hayden has announced. Registration , is for juniors, sophomores, freshmen and eighth graders. A schedule will be set up for students to register which will not greatly interfere with regular class work, Hayden said. Two Men Arrested for Burglaries at Eugene Eugene, Ore (U.PJt- Three Seattle men were arraigned in Eugene District Court yesterday on charges of armed robbery, after the Amazon Market was held up here Monday night of an estimated $1,700 in cash and checks. The men were Benjamin Franklin Collins, 29, Richard E. Murray, 49, and Moses Moody, 36. They were captured at Junc tion City, Ore. 20 miles north of here, soon after the robbery ac cording to police. expires June 1 and GM's con tract runs out on June 7. Although the negotiations are aimed at obtaining new con tracts between the companies and the union to replace current five-year pacts, the guaranteed annual wage is the central issue in the talks and one of the un ion's demands for the new con tracts. Knowland Doubtful On Success of Talks Peoria, 111. (U.R) Senate Minority Leader William F. Knowland (R-Calif.) said he had "grave doubts" over the success of proposed four power talks. Knowland said last night he did not approve of high level talks between the United States, France, Britain and the Soviet Union. But he added that his opinion didn't matter since the decision had already been made. "I can only hope and pray th.e results will be better than those obtained at Potsdam, Yalta, Teh eran and Geneva," he said. Bleeding By Brodie Boy Appears Stopped Chicago (U.R) The bleeding in the head of Siamese twin Rodney Brodie has apparently stopped, a doctor said today. The three-year-old boy s con dition was still listed as "criti cal" at the University of Illinois Research and Educational hospi tal. But a spokesnan said he continued to show improvement. Rodney Dee is the Jirst head joined Siamese twin in history to survive a separation. His brother died. HEADS FUNERAL DIRECTORS Gearhart, Ore. (U.R) Ed ward E. White of the Mt. Scott Funeral Home in Portland was elected president of the Oregon Funeral Directors Association yesterday. I SSS Cirtain Going Up! r '$3m M MppDoainie 13 CLEANEST SHOW IfJ TOWN "'m I Comedy! Vaudeville! Fun! 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The actual fatality rate per billion miles traveled still fav ors the railroads, which have a greater mileage total, but the airline rate still comes out to less than one death for every billion miles flown. This is the lowest in aviation history. But while the bouquets are being passed out for '54, the airlines have already had the wind taken out of their sails. In the first three and a half months of this year, 35 persons died in commercial airline crash es more than twice the total of last year. Lot To Be Done It is evident there is still a lot to be done in the field of aviation safety. Electronics and improved safe ty devices, along with more ex haustive pilot training, - have probably saved the lives of thou sands of passengers in recent years. It is now possible t for planes to fly in perfect safety through weather that would have caused a crash or grounded them 10 years ago. And the effort to take the element of danger out of flying goes on. United Air Lines, for example, has ordered $4,000,000 worth of radar equipment for its planes. This will help keep pilots informed of weather conditions as far as 150 miles ahead of their position. Two rubber companies have come up with an airplane fuel tank that won't burst in a crash. Tests are still going on, but if perfected the fuel tank would eliminate the danger of fire in a crash landing. Experiments are continuing with passenger seats facing the back of a plane instead of the front. Many experts believe this innovation would do more than anything in cutting down air line fatalities. Serious Look Government officials are tak ing a long and serious look at the techniques of investigating air accidents with a view toward learning more about how to pre vent them. For many years, a large num ber , of crashes have been ex plained on official reports as the result of "pilot error." The ques tion is raised whether such an explanation doesn't cover a mul titude of other sins. Aviation experts point out that the fatal error of a pilot may involve circumstances over which he has no control noor ly placed instruments, faulty de sign of some small but vital part, the work of a careless mechanic. In other words certain circum stances may place a plane in danger and the pilot is called on to make a snap decision. If his decision is the wrong one, "pilot error" is blamed for the crash when the real responsibil ity mignt lie elsewhere. QUITS CHAMBER POST Boise U.R) Dale J. Ho lingsworth is to leave his posi tion as manager of ' the La Grande, Ore., chamber of com merce June 1 to become an assist ant manager for the Boise, cham ber, it was announced today. Daily Weather Report DATE May 11, 1955 Sunset tonight 7:21 p.m. Sunrise to--norrow 4. S3 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Mostly cloudy late tonight and early Thursday. Clear ing in afternoon. Low tonight 43. Cooler Thursday with high 76. Western Oregon: Cloudy with a few scattered showers tonight. Partly cloudy Thursday with showers in vi cinity of mountains. Low tonight 42 52. Cooler over interior Thursdav with high 60-72 inland, 53-60 along coast. 'Northern and Central California Fair tonight and Thursday except in creasing coastal fog and partly cloudy in extreme north. Drizzle on coast Ft. Bragg northward, tonight. Cooler over interior Thursday. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 62; above normal 4. Record high this date 83 in 1936. Record low this date 28 In 1916. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night; none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month .09 in.. Jl in be low normal. Total since Sept. 1, 8.72 inches, 728 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday nigiicsi uua a.m. 0V"t riTV Brooking Crater Lake SB Grants Pass 85 Klamath Falls 75 MEDFORD 82 High Low Prec. 39 47 . 31 46 40 49 Seattle 54 50 .08 Spokane - 65 44 Yakima 76 , 44 Eureka 55 48 Red Bluff .t. 88 56 Sacramento 87 58 San Francisco 87 49 Los Angeles 62 55 Phoenix 87 65 Den-.- 63 41 Chi: o ..... 58 42 .01 Mil 86 68 Now York 63 5 Washington, D. C. 70 54 Prospect Prospect Prospect Lions club is sponsoring a . "country store shoot'" the morning and afternoon of May 15, starting at 10 a.m. As all people who have been to such a shoot know, they are a barrel of fun. There will be prizes galore including hams and bacon, as well as complete grocery orders given away. Events will include rifle matches, hunting rifle matches, as well as a shotgun match and a trap shoot. There will also be target rifle matches for the younger set. . After several weeks of plan ning and many hours of work decorating, the Junior-Senior prom for 1955 was held in the Prospect High school gymnasium Friday, May 6. Junior class mem bers, who acted as hosts, chose the popular theme of "Over the Rainbow," and carried out this idea with rainbow colors in the decorations. A false ceiling and walls were made of crepe paper streamers, and the curtains were covered by a huge paper rain bow with a large pot of gold at the end. In the middle of the dance floor was a large ivy-covered wishing well. Approximately seventy coup les danced through the vari-col-ored lights to the music of Vic's Orchestra of Medford. William Schulz, industrial arts teacher and advisor to the junior class, and Jim Martin, junior class president, were largely respon sible for the success of the af fair, i Members of the Prospect High school swing band ' played in Medford for about two and one half hours May 7, advertising the band and chorus concert which is being presented by the music de partment of the elementary and high schools on May 10. A large flatbed trailer, donated by a store in Shady Cove, was decorated with crepe paper and taken to town behind the car of the music teacher, Darrell Langevin, to New Lincoln School Principal is Named Ashland Verne Speirs, Klam ath Falls elementary school prin cipal for the past 11 years, has been chosen to head the Lincoln training school at "Ashland where Southern Oregon college students do their elementary practice teaching. .-f?. ,-. Spiers will succeed Florence Allen, who will begin new du ties as field supervisor for SOC starting next fall. She will re1 place Mrs. Betty Lou Dunlop, who will be on sabbatical leave. serve as a bandstand. This was parked by Barkers Men's store at the corner of Main and Cen tral. The crowd appeared to enjoy the music, and some of them threw money into the trailer. Tickets to the concert were also sold. Total receipts from the day' activities amounted to $76, which will be used to purchase band uniforms and choir robes for the Prospect musie depart ment. Old-fashioned fun will feign supreme at Prospect Thursday evening, May 12, at the 4-H club box social. The local livestock .club, the Tailtwisters, will be in charge in an effort to raise money for their summer projects. The big event will be held in the Prospect Community hall; beginning at 6:30 p.m. Ladies will bring gaily decor ated boxes with, their names hidden inside. An auction will then be held wherein the gentle men will bid on and buy what each surmises to be the most tasty lunch. Games and dancing will com plete the evening. The whole community is invited. TO ATTEND CAMP Rogue River About 12 mem bers of the Rogue River Vet erans of Foreign Wars post will attend the annual spring en campment of district seven at Brookings this Sunday. Dr. Bernard Thompson Wishes to Announce the Re-Opening of HIS DENTAL OFFICE . At . .. , ' 303 Medical Center Bldg. Phone 2-4875 Dr. Thompson has just recently completed his tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force Senate Action Asked On Farm Parity Bill Washington (U-fc) Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.), called on Senate Democrats to day . for early action on the House approved bill to restore 90 per cent farm price supports. He made his appeal in letters to Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson lind Chair man Allen J. Ellender . (D-La.), of the Senate Agriculture com mittee. Senate Democrats' have indicated there probably will be no action this year on the House bill. ' ; Humphrey said Johnson had promised last year that if the Democrats recaptured control of Congress, as they did, they would seek to overhaul the ad ministration price support pro gram. - Although most Democrats in Congress favor the 90 per cent program, they probably lack the votes in the Senate to pass the legislation. If it should be passed it almost certainly would run into" a veto which neither house could override. Liberace's Mother ; Decides io Keep Name: Hollywood (U.R) Liberace's' mother, Mrs Frances Casadonte,'. 62, yesterday dismissed her pet ition to change her surname back to that of her piano playing son's. Mrs. Casadonte divorced the television star's father, Samuel Liberace, a retired "French horn, player from Madison, Wit., in, 1941, and two years later mar-' ried Alexander Casadonte, who died 10 years ago. The elder Liberate sent his at torney, Glen Henry, of Madison' here two months ago to protest the petition. At that time, Su perior Judge Arnold Praeeer in definitely postponed a hearings on the petition when Mrs. Casa donte's attorneys reported she was ill. Buying UILK Today? Reach for GIL HAN'S in Portland hotel B E M S O KI J i . . - .... for convenience in AWEDTBlIm . . . The Benson-on-Broadway in the heart of downtown' Portland offers you all the convenience, excellent facilities, snd delicious food so traditional of Western Hotels, Inc WESTERN HOTELS INC. Advertising helped make the difference WASHDAY WAS DRUDGERY in Grandmother'- day . long hours'of sweating, straining, back-breaking work. Today's housewife use$ a modern washer and dryer:' Manufactureri have reduced washday chores to a turn of a dial., , But to mass produce millions of washers and dryers, manufacturers must be able to sell them by the millions. Only by advertising can a manu facturer talk to millions of people at one timt.; ADVERTISING TELLS the story of new home appliances . . . and helps' sell them. The more it sells, the more must be made keeping the production lines and the jobs going. The result: newer, better home appliances at prices more people can afford : to pay. Advertising helped make the difference in home appliances, and in our American -way of life.' - Medford Mail Tribune
