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" i j n- t -um V TT ft a't - Steel Company Plans Explained for Board embers of Chamber Plans for the Laughlin Alloy Steel company, which expects to begin operations in the Camp White area in July, were dis cussed foi members of the board of directors of the Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerce yes terday. " The company, organized two years ago, has made few changes in the plans announced when it was first incorporated in 1953 and leased buildings and proper ty in the area. J. N. Laughlin, president of the f irm said stock in the com pany is wholly owned by mem bers of the firm, and will not be made available to the public. J Payroll Plans The company is capitalized at $1,500,009, and it is planned to employ about 65 men at first, with an annual payroll of some $350,000, according to Jennings Pierce of Pierce, Dawkins, Inc., who spoke on behalf of Laughlin. At capacity 256 men will be em ployed, he said, with a payroll of some $1,250,000 annually. Laughlin, in a question and answer period for members of the board, explained that the operation will not be a big one, as steel processing plants go, but will specialize in high-quality alloy steels, using principally scrap metals and local low-grade ores, principally chrome and managnese. Five Division The company will have five divisions, all but one of which will be located in the Rogue val ley. They are mining and mill ing, ore reduction, electric fur nace steel manufacturing, ma chine shop and fabricating, and a pipe and tube mill. Only the smelting operations of the ore reduction department will not be located here, Pierce said. The company is not organized to do its own mining, and will purchase most of its ores locally on the open market, and will also do custom milling. There were several reasons , why Medford was picked as a site for the company's opera tions, it was explained. The firm has methods of processing and utilizing low grade ores found ; in abundance in southern Ore gon and northern California, Pierce explained. In addition, he said, there is an abundance of ; electric power, labor, and mar kets in the northwest have al ready been established. '; -Equipment Readied Equipment already here or ready for shipment here in- Hie Gitafcst Gift of AIL TIME for Graduation! 1 i 17 JEWELS zr- ( Outstanding oce- D9 roey and ttyto at m tf - maxtaf lowceaL - 17 Jtwns 4 Graotorquaityate YlU lomr cow. MaHaM VV 75 - - km4. " 3 Uxurlotn com fosfc- fl 1 f Self-Winding ftuSx&tftt Self-WWiog ' 17 l.wtli. Watir (J All and dwchfMMant. 43 Swaaa Meend hand. " " Com in and M Miction of atftar WoWkwu. Now, reeaf eludes an electric arc melting furnace, tooling equipment, and dies, patterns, jigs and other fixtures. Pierce and, Laughlin empha sized that with the use of elec tric furnaces, there will be no smog, haze or fume problem re sulting from the operation, and that there would be no hazards either to health nor to agricul tural operations. - ' Laughlin will serve as general manager of the company, divid ing his time between Medford and his other interests includ ing the Laughlin Engineering company, Los . Angeles, and others. He is maintaining a Med ford residence at the Medford Plaza apartments. Key personnel for the opera tion will come here from Los Angeles where they have been associated with Laughlin, he said but most of the working force will be recruited locally. Truck Drivers Get Awards for Safety At Pierce Dinner Twenty-one Medford drivers for Pierce Freight Lines,. Inc., received American Trucking as sociation safe-driving awards at a husband-and-wife banquet at Kim's restaurant this week. The drivers have accumulated a total of 115 years of safe driv ing, according to George P. Davis, president of the firm. Frank E. Landsburg, district director of ,the Interstate , Com merce Commission, spoke on the value of traffic safety. Ben F. Heinz, northwest safety engineer for Transport Indemnity com pany, congratulated the group on their driving achievements. Long Distance Driven Davis pointed out that in 1954 Pierce Freight Lines operated 4,817,457 miles, or the equiva lent of 194 times around the world. Heading the list of local win ners was Arthur R. Davis, with a total of 18 years of driving without a chargeable accident. Sam W. Steele received a 17-year pin, and John R. Clark was awarded a 9-year pin. Mason Adair and Charles Cook gained 8-year pins. Other driving awards were Robert Cosier and Rufus Young er, 7 years: William Grantham and Virgil Rose, 6 years; George Dunphy, Robert Guthrie and Charles Ward, 4 years; Edward Stevens, Harvey Hawley and Al len Lee, 3 years; Glenn Kier, Marvin Smith and Ray Schurr, 2 years and Leonard Negles and W. W. Kendall, 1 year. Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY ' United Press Correspondent Hollywood (U.R) Vivian Vance, the homey neighbor on "I Love Lucy," dons glamour clothes tonight to sing on a color TV musi cal that's her proof of final recovery from a nervous breakdown. Most of Viv ian's fans idol ize her as Lu- Aline Mosby cille Ball's sidekick on the popular CBS-TV series wisecracking, plain- faced Ethel Mertz. But years ago Vivian played sexy, alluring females in Broad way musicals. Ten years ago she sang with Danny Kaye in "Let's Face It." Then eight years ago she suf fered a nervous breakdown. Summer Stock "I went to a psyschiatrist," she said today. "Then I started back to work. 1 was doing summer stock at La Jolla when the pro ducer of 'T Love Lucy' asked me to take the part of Ethel. "I Love Lucy' has been my therapy." For four years Vivian has play ed no other role but Ethel while she gradually regained her hap piness. Then CBS asked her and her TV husband, Bill Frawley, to switch to new roles of a base ball manager and his wife on a "Shower of Stars" spectacular. Vivian has sung on "I Love Lucy" but in. "My Ethel Mertz voice." Tonight on "Shower of Stars' she'll sing "In my own voice" for the first time since her Boardway days. "Of course, I'm still with my pal, Bill Frawley, but I'll look different," she said. "On 'Lucy' I wear Ethel Mertz type hair, like an old tvpe marcel. On this show my hair will be swept up into a bun. Other Offers "I also get to wear real purty clothes," she grinned. When Miis Vance started the "Lucy" show she was unable to open doors because of her breakdown. Being forced to open doors during the program pull ed her over that hurdle. She also had been afraid to sing or play the piano until the script called for it. "But much as you love your own show ycu get tired of play ing the same part. Now I'm GENTLE AND FATAL Shelbyville, 111. (U.R) Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Roby sold their "gentle" three-year-old bull. On the day they were to deliver the animal to the new owner, a neighbor heard the bull bellow ing and went to the Roby farm. He found Mr. and Mrs. Roby both lying near their barn dead from chest and head injuries in flicted by their "gentle" bull. Antique Show Draws Out-of-Town Visitors Several hundred out-of-town people are being attracted to Med ford today and tomorrow for the Chin Up club's antique show and sale. The event is the only one of its kind in the state south of Eugene! , . , ? . ! Antique dealers from seven western Oregon communities fin ished the task of unpacking and displaying several thousands of dollars worth of merchandise in the Pioneer room of the Jackson hotel this morning. The show will be open until 9 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomor row. A small admission charge is being made, the proceeds from which the Chin Up club will pur chase equipment for use by dis abled persons. Those attending the show are under, no obligation to purchase items, all of which are for sale, club directors pointed out. enjoying this 'Shower of Stars' so much I plan other things. I'd like to ' do a play and some movies," she said. Timber Sale Bids More Than Double Appraised Prices Spirited bidding at a sale of timber yesterday brought the sales price to more than double the appraised price, according to officials of the Bureau of Land Management here. Two tracts of timber were of fered. They were appraised by the BLM at $93,718.30, and the total sales price was $195,021.51. Timber Products Co., Med ford, submitted the highest of 12 sealed bids made for an es timated 1,392,000 board feet of lumber on Forest creek. Some 4,990,000 board feet of timber on a tract in the Butte Falls area went to McGrew Bros., Medford, on 'a high bid in an oral auction, with three other bidders participating. Douglas fir, the major species in both sales, went for $38.45 per thousand board feet on the first tract and $31 on the second. The appraised prices on fir were $17.15 and $14.50. The next regular BLM timber sale will be June 16, when seven tracts with nearly 10,000,000 board feet will be offered in Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Douglas counties. Informa tion ,regarding the sales is avail able' at the BLM district forest office in the Medford city, hall. Legislation To Aid Disaster Areas Killed Washington (U.R) The House Agriculture Committee has kill ed legislation to give farmers hit by disaster special acreage allotments in controlled crops like cotton. Committee sources said the ac tion was taken two days ago at a closed session. Members were understood to have decided the special relief would not be fair to other producers of the con trolled crops. The committee tabled not only a bill aproved by the Senate, but also about a dozen house bills either identical or similar to the Senate measure. . : , The proposed legislation grew out of a freeze that hit many peach growers. However, it was broad enough' "to cover other crops and all-types of disaster including drought, , flood, and pest. ' Broad Band of Rain Soaks Part of Nation By UNITED PRESS A broad band of rain soaked the nation today-from parts of Missouri and Southern Iowa into the Middle Atlantic states. ' Meanwhile, dousing rains end ed in the Southwest after five days of welcome dampness. Drought-stricken Texas cities such as Ianpasas, which conduct ed a 14-hour session of prayers for rain, had been showered 2.25 inches of moisture. On the Pacific Coast, choking smog was expected to : clear a little in Los Angeles. , But offi cials still urged a ban on trash burning and unnecessary auto mobile driving. - - Today's rains had soaked Bur lington, la., with .51 inch, Mai den, Mo., with .85, and Walnut Ridge, Ark., with .74. More rain was premised for the Northern Midwest as a low center and cold front moved out of Canada. The front was ex pected to sweep through parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin to night and tomorrow. Medford Youth Editor Of OSC Barometer Corvallis i (U.R) James E. Lattie, Medford, yesterday was named editor of the Oregon State, College newspaper, the Daily Barometer, for next year. Lattie is a junior in the school of agriculture. He is currently news editor. - Robert C. Scott of Salem moves up to the post of business manager. He has been advertis ing manager during the past year. 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The builders thought they had the place finished until Mrs. Eisenhower . : decided - that she wanted the front porch enclosed in glass. That took quite some extra work because the wrought iron trim on the porch had been set in concrete before the First Lady made up her mind. More than 30,000 U.S. tourists visited Ireland in 1954 and spent an estimated $200 each in that country. Quite conspicuous by his ab sence at the Gridiron club din ner Saturday night was the President's press secretary, James C. Hagerty. He was men tioned in the club skits, but Jim wasn't there. . , With his family, Hagerty was in New Jersey at his old prep school, Blair school, being hon ored as one of the school's more distinguished alumni. If other nations ever need proof of democracy at work, their envoys should have seen the Gridiron dinner. The Japa nese ambassador, and this on the anniversary of VE-day in Eu rope. The two envoys appeared to get along - famously over the Gridiron's happy banquet board. Vice - President Richard M. Nixon has been traveling so much recently that he says his golf game is suffering. ' Roseburg Woman Killed in Accident . Portland (U.R) A Roseburg woman was 'killed and a Port land woman seriously injured last night when their automobile left the highway and dropped off a 15-foot embankment just east of here. Gertrude M. Stapleton. 73, was dead on arrival' at a Portland hospital. Winifred Mitchell, 63, Port land, was listed in "improved" condition at Providence hospital with head injuries and wrist fractures. The accident occurred at about 5:30 p.m. near the Fair view Junction of the Columbia River expressway. Dead line Sunday Classified fe at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday- other days 5:30 orevious day Nixon is a golf tyro. He took up the game seriously only after the Eisenhower administration took office. And now he shows promise of being .able to match the master, the President, him self. Nixon says, "Give me a couple of months and I'll take up the game seriously.", ' Which means he's working like the devil to cut down his handicap which has gone from a starting 22 to a , new respect able 18. He may quarrel with the han dicap, but it is about accurate. Nixon is knocking at the door of a gross 90 and has broken it on celebrated occasions. Ward " Morehouse, writing in the Free Press of Colorado Springs, Colo., describes the con duct of Backstairs as: "The prototype of that zestfuL aggressive, hard-hitting prankish reporter Immortalized by Hecht and MacArthur in 'The Front Page.' He fears no man, neither presidents nor kings.". Shucks, Mr. Morehouse, I haven't played a prank in years and besides that, I'm . scared to death of Mr. Eisenhower or any president. IT'S AT JWWHIWSTON STOEMSS THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE 17 EM THE WORLD! v7k v.''rl-5S " 166-LB. UPRIGHT FREEZER AND AN 11 CU. 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