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Thursday, Jum S, 1955
American Aviation Takes Cue From British; Starts
ohq Jet Luxury iPflanes
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Passengers Will
Streak at Speeds
of 400-600 MPH
Washington (U.R) American
aviation struck out boldly today
to overtake Britain's lead in
both jet and turbo-prop luxury
airliners.
Both types of plane, largely
rid of age-old cabin noise and
vibration caused by piston en
gines, will compare with today s
models as 1955 Lincolns with
Model A Fords. In the coming
transports, passengers" will
streak over the air lanes at
speeds of 400 to 600 miles -per
hour at altitudes of 30,000 to
40,000 feet.
These new sky giants are
promised during the next four
years.
American Airlines, Inc., the
world's leading transportation
company in passenger sales, took
the major step yesterday of
orrlPrine a fleet of 35 turbo-prop
planes from Lockheed Aircraft
Corn., at a cost of $65,000,000.
The 400-mile an hour plus air
planes will be the first turbine
powered transports built in this
country for commercial service.
Britain's smaller Vickets Vis
count has been in service more
than two years.
Douglas Aircraft Co., which
has said it could not build turbo
props and jets at the same time,
took the cue. It announced short
ly before the Lockheed contract
was disclosed that it has started
a huge jet transport. The Doug
las plane not yet ordered by an
airline, will carry 80 to 125 pas
sengers at speeds of 550 miles
per hour, making possible trans
continental trips of four and
one-half hours and New York
Paris flights in six and one-half
hours. It is scheduled to be
ready in 1959.
Turbo-prop engine is similar
to a jet but has its power har
nessed to propeller instead of
generating jet thrust. The 35
new planes ordered by Ameri
can Airlines are scheduled for
delivery between late 1958 and
mid-1959. v
Lockheed and American said
the planes will fly 100 miles an
hour faster than "the fastest tur-.
bo-prop commercial airliner in
service today."
; That was an obvious reference
to the British Viscount. Capital
Airlines has ordered 60 Vis
counts at a cost of $67,000,000
and will begin to put them into
service late this summer.
Britain, foregoing further de
velopment . of piston engine
planes after World War II, turn
ed out the turbo-prop Viscount
and the illfated Comet jet. The
latter was grounded after a se
ries of accidents.
Larger Comets with stronger
structures now are being built
and will be in a competitive
race, apparently, with the Amer
ican Douglas plane.
San Francisco's Golden Gate
Park is more than three and
one-half miles long and a half
mile wide.
Crazy-Quilt Weather Pattern Brings Wind,
Rain, Sweltering
Heat To Nation
By UNITED PRESS
A crazy-quilt weather, pattern
today had Texas and Oklahoma
recovering from tornadic winds
and gully washing rains and the
Far West sweltering in a 100 degrees-plus
heat wave.
In the East, meanwhile, a stag
nant low pressure area allowed
chilly Greenland air to slip down
as far as New York City.
Tornado-battered Texas was
whipped last night by at least
five twisters, winds of hurricane
force and dust storms which cut
visibility to zero.
Lightning Kills Farmer
A Hale Center, Tex., farmer
was killed by a lightning bolt,
and scores of persons were in
jured by flying debris as the
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IGNORING SCHOOL RULE against taking car from grounds during luncheon recess, two of
three Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, high school students lost lives when this car flipped over em
bankment while racing with schoolmate. Arrow points to blanket-covered bodies. William Mal
colm, 16, who survived, told police, I told driver to slow down but he wouldn't." (International)
worst dust storm in its history
hit San Angelo, Tex. ,
Early evening was turned into
absolute darkness at San Angelo
and plate glass windows were
blown out of many downtown
stores. Several hundred children
were temporarily marooned in
theatres where they had been
watching a movie.
Youngsters Threatened
More youngsters felt the
storm's fury at Mineral Wells,
Tex., when high winds ripped
Shasta Forest Fire
Mop-Up Under Way
Yreka, Calif. U.R) Fire sup
pression crews began a week
long mop up today of a forest
fire which burned some 500
acres of brush and reproduction
timberland on the slope of Mt.
Shasta,, northeast of Weed.
The fire, second of the young
season in extreme Northern
California, was brought under
control yesterday after it burned
for two days.
About 50 men, mdstly from
the Shasta-Trinity Forest, have
been left in the area to check for
hidden fires and hotspots.
The blaze for a while yester
day threatened to close off the
Southern Pacific mainline from
California to Oregon. At one
stage, the fire straddled the
tracks.
away most of the tents housing
500 high school students attend
ing ROTC training.
Dust storms also shrouded the
Texas cities of Lubbock, Big
Spring, and Odessa as a cold
front whisteled into the state.
Temperatures dropped as much
as 35 degrees in two and a half
hours at ', Lubbock, and from
one to two inches of rain pound
ed most of the state's west, north
and central portionsr-
The state was spared serious
twister damage, however; when
most of the funnels touched
down in rural areas.
In Oklahoma, meanwhile, as
much as seven inches of rain was
unofficially measured.
The weather was a far differ
ent story on the West Coast,
where a five-day heat wave
stretched from desert areas to as
far north as Oregon and Washington.
The temperature went to a
blazing 118 degrees in the Cali
fornia desert cities of Needles
Eastern Seaboard
Water Levels Low
Washington (U.R) Water
levels were below average and
many of them at or near record
low stages in 85 per cent of the
key wells tested during May,
the U.S. Geolpgical Survey re
ported today. ,
. Streamflow was reported to
be deficient in almost all states
along the Atlantic Seaboard and
as far west as Northeastern In
diana. Streamflow also was deficient
during May in the southern half
of Texas and most of New Mexi
co, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and
part of Nevada.
Normal water conditions pre
vailed in California and Ore
gon and part of Washington.
and Blythe yesterday. And,
shortly before midnight, it hadn't
fallen below 101 at Needles.
Other desert area highs in
cluded 117 at El Centro, Calif.,
116 at Thermal, Calif., 115 at
Yuma, Ariz., 112 at Phoenix, and
111 at Las Vegas, Nev. ' .
The heat relaxed a little far
ther north, but not much. It
was 108 in Red Bluff, Calif., yes
terday. Even Portland, had 96
degree heat yesterday and it was
85 at Seattle.
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Grants Pass, Oregon 227 S.E. 6th
Nancy Wyly Named
Rose Festival Queen
Portland U.R) Queen Nancy
Wyly of Jefferson high school
reigned today over Portland's
47th Rose Festival.
"Queen Nancy, whose sister
Zola, was Jefferson high prin
cess in 1952, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Wyly. Her
selection was announced last
night before a packed Multno
mah stadium crowd.
The festival, blessed so far by
weather that has been, if any
thing, too warm, rolled into high
gear today with visits aboard
Navy ships tied up in the harbor
and the "Starlight "Serenade"
musical at the stadium tonight.
The .USS Toledo, a big crui
ser, headed the group of Navy
ships that tied up along the Wil
lamette river seawall yesterday.
Three : more destroyer escorts
were due today to join the To
ledo, a submarine and three
other DE's. .
Queen 1 Nancy succeeds Jan
Markstaller as ruler of the
mythical realm of Rosaria. - -
DIRTY TRICK
Holtville, Calif (U.R) Mrs.
Paule Nicke breathlessly raced
to borrow a coin when she saw
a policeman approaching her car
parked next to a meter which
showed a violation. She dropped
the coin in the meter a step
ahead of the officer. It was the
wrong meter and she got a ticket.
Farm Loan Numbers
Increasing, is Report
Grants Pass A growing
number of farm improvement
loans, largely for irrigation, are
being made by Josephine and
Jackson county farmers, accord
ing -to William N. Young Jr..
county supervisor of the soil
and water loan program of the
farmers home administration.
Young advised that farmers
planning irrigation system in
stallations can obtain such as
sistance from the Soil Conserva
tion Service, Extension Service,
other agencies, or from private
sources at the farmers' own ex
pense. To be considered eligible for
a soil and water loan, the appli
cant must be unable to obtain the
necessary credit on reasonable
terms and conditions from pri
vate or cooperative sources, and
meet other conditions, Young
added.
FHA offices are located in
Room 9 of the Manchel building,
Grants Pass.
EXPENSIVE ICE CREAM
Tokyo (U.R) Police today
were checking a complaint by a
man who said he was forced to
pay $2.40 for an ice cream cone
under threat of a beating in To
kyo's roughhouse Ikebukuro en
tertainment section.
California's 1954 production
of petroleum was 357,000,000
barrels, valued at $893,000,000.
CLEARA
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We Are Closing Out Our Entire
Here Are Only a Few of the Barga
Sale
Reg.
Duro gai-
Enamel
sale
pt.
Stock of
ins to Be
Price
$9.35
$2.88
$1.62
DuPONT PAINT.
Found During Our
Sale Price
$6.23
$1.80
$1.00
DuPont Flow Kote gal. $5.95 $4.30
Rubber Base Paint qt. $1.91 $1.30
DuPont Exterior gal. $6.45 $5.13
House Paint qt. $1.96 $1.51
Dulux Trim & f
qt. $2.67 $1.89
Shutter Paint gt $1.49 $1.06
Pure Gum gal. $2.32 $1.71
Turpentine qt. .71 .52
Tufcoat 9l. $40
w . . c $2.07 $1.30
Varnish Stain gt $1 J6
We want to thank our customers for being so patient with us during
the move to our new location. The sales floor has not been set up
with all displays as yet, but we have the paint and are sure you'll like
the price.
Modern Plumbing & Sheet Metal Co.
New Location 613 E. Jackson (Formerly Crater Lake Lbr.Bldg.)
NEW PHONE 3-5368
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1 pint (1 'j cups) fresh
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1 package (3 ounces)
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water. Chill until it forms
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until soft ice-crystals
form through milk (15
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minute). Add lemon
juice and whip very .
stiff (about 2 minute
longer). Fold WHIPPED
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Spoon into crumb crust
Chill about 2 hours or
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