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TZIT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, August 3, 1955 Hew Housing Bill Said Extension Of Past Programs Washington UR) The housing bill, which stirred up a last minute ruckus before it was passed by Congress is a rel atively simple measure comparr ed to the major overhaul of the housing law last year. Essentially, the bill is just an extension with some modifi cations of past housing pro grams, ranging from home mort gage insurance to cooperative apartments. The bill's key sections provide for; Expansion in Authority 1. A S4.000,000,000 expansion in the Federal Housing adminis tration's authority to insure Photo Finishing FILM IN BY 10:00 OUT BY 5:00! S&H GREEN STAMPS Ander's Photo Shop 232 Phone East Main 2-5646 home mortgages. 2. Forty-five thousand public housing units to be built in the coming year. The administra tion had asked for 70,000 over a two-year period. 3. Lifting the restriction that public housing be built only for low income families displaced as a result of federally-approved slum clearance programs. As always with the housing bill, the main battle centered over public housing the pro gram started in 1949 to give federal assistance to communit ies to provide housing for low income families. Ike May Gt Awy President Eisenhower lost out on these points but he may get his way after all simply by not using the provisions he finds objectionable. Mr. Eisenhower had warned Congress that it might face a special 'session if it did not pro duce a satisfactory housing bill. But House Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr., (Mass.), said the final measure approved yesterday apparently is good enough to rule out that possibility. AUTOMATIC IN 20 Chicago CU.fi) Prof. Dallas W. Smythe of the University of Illinois predicted at the 50th an nual meeting of the Advertising Federation of America that "the bulk of American industry will be automatic inside the next 20 years." PAL Club Planning Due At Luncheon Meeting The executive boxing com mission of the PAL club was to meet at the Jackson hotel at noon today, according to Po lice Sgt. Lyle C. Perkins. Plans for the organization, in cluding a possible match in the near future, were to be discussed during the meeting. Some 20 members of the commission and a number of citizens and police officers also were to attend. - BEE STING FATAL Masardis, Me. (U.R) Aub rey Chapman, 41, died of a bee sting. A medical examiner said Chapman was allergic to bee stings and died yesterday before he could be taken to a hospital. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Irale Farmer Slays Attorney Carlisle, Pa. (U.R) A tall, gaunt farmer pulled a .38 caliber revolver from his pocket and killed an attorney and wounded three others, including the judge, in a courtroom yesterday. Percy Haines was charged with murder shortly after the death cf John D. Faller Jr., 41. Judge Mark E. Garber and at torney George Black, 46, were recovering. But Haine's 60-year-old estranged wife was in critical condition. The shootings occurred min utes after Garber ordered Haines to pay S50 a month support tb his divorced wife. Lulu, who had obtained a Reno divorce. Haines leaped to his feet and shouted, "It's a raw deal." He pulled out the revolver and be gan firing. The first shot struck Mrs. Haines in the abdomen. In quick order, Haines then fired at Faller, Black and the judge. Haines was subdued by his son. George, and George Geiger, 30. secretary to the judge. The shootings occurred just 18 months after the courtroom slay ing of Warren County Judge Al lison D. Wade by Norman Moon, also a principal in a support New Trailways Bus Display Set Friday One of the first of the new "Vista Liners'' to be placed in service this month by Pacific Trailways bus lines will be dis played in Medford this week. Six members of Mrs. Eve Prentice's accordiana group will be aboard as part' of the introduc tory trip, and six other girls are aboard another bus making stops in California. The new bus, which is newly designed throughout, features a second deck offering ' better views, eempany representatives say. The bus is due here about 6 p.m. Thursday, and on Friday will be parked on Main st., near Central ave., from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for public inspection. At Dove of Peace Installed On Tribal Prayer Pole The Dalles -(U.R) Chief Tom my Thompson, 100-year-old head of the Wy-Am Indians, made his first public appearance since last December yesterday as a new dove of peace was installed atop the tribal prayer pole. The pole was presented to Chief Thomp son recently by Col. J. U. Moor head, Portland district Army engineer. 5" NOW YOU .CAM;. BUY A AUTOMAT C HASHERS In NEW "MIX or KJftTCH" COLORS AT HOME APPLIANCE THERE'S NO EXTRA COST for COLOR! A CARLOAD OF COLOR! Canary Yellow Petal Pink ' Turquoise i :. : ' - -:, v ::.,::. , . ' 1 " jr. ': .: .... . - , , ; ' ., ' . . ' .. S' . ! - r ' V I. ' f -! I'", SEE THEN ! TONIGHT -assssl BBS ' r 5 OPEN TILL OPEN TILL 9 P.M. TONIGHT Model WA-750 GENERAL ELECTRIC OTHER G-E Automatic Washers From $199.95 main STORE 115 EAST MAIN Phone 3-5395 BARGAIN STORE 303 SOUTH FRONT STREET Phon 2-5595 9 a.m. city officials and other invited guests will be given a ride in the new bus. The company expects to con vert to the use of the new veh icles by Aug. 15. William Swarlz Funeral Service Friday ai 1 p. m. Funeral services for 'William Swartz, 67, of 121 Genessee st., who died at a local hospital Monday, will be held at Perl Funeral home Friday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. D. E. Millard of ficiating. Interment will be in Medford IOOF cemetery. Officers of the Knights of Py thias will participate in grave side services. Pall bearers will be Harry Hoehne, William Walden, John Fugill, Edward Bostwick, John Dodge and Thomas David son. , The deceased, owner and op erator of Swartz Plumbing shop since 1926, was born in . Walla Walla, Wash., on Aug. 18, 1887. He was a member of Knights of Pythias lodge, DOKK, Med ford Lions club and Master Plumbers association. Survivors include three sons, C. J. Finley, Los Angeles; Royce Finley, Ukiah, Calif., and Ken neth Swartz, Medford; three daughters, .Fredricka Finley, Medford; Mrs. Dinwiddie Groves, Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Frank Hemingway, Los Angeles; four brothers, Samuel and Dew ey, both of Walla "Walla, and Grover and Bernard, both of Portland; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. TV Actors Scheduling Film Strike Friday o New York (U.R) A strike is shaping up on television. ' The Screen Actors Guild has scheduled a nationwide strike against producers of television entertainment films. The walkout, set to start Fri day, would hit big name shows produced purely for television. It is believed the strike could effect up to 70 per cent of the shows produced only for tele vision. However, most producers have film backlogs, some of them with shows filmed"' up to 12 weeks in advance. And the pro ducers could switch to live shows. The Guild said the strike has been called because producers refused a union demand for pay to actors' for the second run of films on TV. Fire Hazard Caution Issued by Fire Chief Medford Fire Chief Gordon Bar ker' today urged residents to eliminate 0 fire hazards ' of dry grass and accumulations of rub bish, and reminded citizens that burning permits are required year-around; Chief Barker said permits may be obtained at the chief's office. Burning is permitted only in residential areas outside Nos. 1 and 2 fire zones, except in ap proved incinerators, Barker said. Permits are issued subject to weather and humidity condi tions. V He pointed out that burning garbage is prohibited by ordi nance and that burning is not permitted a after dark. Freight Can Derailed West of Beaverton Beaverton U.R) Five freight cars were derailed at 5:45 a.m. today about AV2 miles west of here. No injuries were reported. Railroad officials said cause of the derailment had not been de termined. They said, however, damage was expected to be slight, although service will be disrupted for 10 to 12 hours while repairs are being made. The line has no passenger service. DAILY WEATHER REPORT DATE August 3. 1955 Sunset tonight 7:28 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:06 p.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Continued fair through Thursday. Low tonight 52. High tomorrow 88. Western Oregon: Fair tonight and Thursday. Warmer except in extreme southern interior. Low tempeatures to night 45 to 55; high Thursday 72 to 82, except 90 in extreme southern in terior and 62 and 72 on the coast. Northern California: Fair through Thursday except variable fog on coast and scattered thunderstorms in south ern Sierras. Cooler in coastal valleys Thursday. , LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 72: beiow normal 2. Record high this date 104 in 1832. Record low this date 47 in 1929. PRECIPITATION: none. Total this month, none: normal. Total since Sept. 1. 8.89 inches. 9.07 inches below normal. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 18, highest this a.m. lTc. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 71 49 Crater Lake 63 Grants Pass 86 Klamath Falls 84 MEDFORD 87 Portland 73 Seattle 69 Spokane 76 Yakima 82 Eureka 60 36 44' 53 50 54 Red Bluff Sacramento .- San Francisco Los Angeles ..108 ..105 . 82 . 80 51 47 51 52 74 66 54 ' 65 Phoenix 98 78 .19 117 S. 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