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o 0 TEH MEDTORD (OHEOOlf) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, October 13, 13SS First Jet-Powered Airliners To Be Put in Service in 2958 New York (U.R) Pan Am erican World Airways today an nounced the purchase of 45 jet powered airliners from Amer- icanpifirms at a total cost of $269,000,000. The planes will be the first jat transports delivered by Am erican manufacturers and the first to go into regular service The giant jets will double the capacity of the Pan American fleet and cut the flying time from New York to London to six hours and 15 minutes. Juan T. Trippe, president of Pan American, said the Boeing Airplane company of Seattle will supply 20 of the jets and Douglas Aircraft company of Santa Monica, Calif., will sup ply 25. The jet turbines used to propel the four-engine craft Gwill be manufactured by the Ptt and Whitney division of United Aircraft corporation of East Hartford, Conn. In Seryice by 1961 Pan American said it will pay . Boeing $109,000,000 and Doug las $160,000,000 for the jets. It 'said it has placed additional or ders with Douglas for 33 DC7C, non-jet transports, in the amount of $88,000,000 bringing its total Electrical Flash Burns Drain Man Drain (U.R) A blinding elec trical arc early today severely burned James C. Stewart, 65, J operator of Bonneville's Drain substation. BPA said the flash occurred during a switching operation on a 34,500-volt feeder line. The flash was noticed by passersby shortly after midnight and Stew art was taken to a Cottage Grove hospital where his condition was listed as serious. The arc disrupted power ser vice to the Douglas Electric Co operative for one hour and 45 minutes and to the city of Drain for 21 minutes while trans former fuses were replaced. Stewart was alone at the time of the accident. BPA officials said they had not determined what caused the arc. Plane Lands Safely After Gear Locks Boston (U.R) A Northeast Airlines plane with 33 persons aboard made a safe emergency landing at Logan Airport here today after developing landing gear trouble on take off from Portland, Me. 3 commitment to $357,000,000 for new equipment. The entire fleet of new jet airliners will be in service by 1961. They will carry from 104 Festival Manager's Letter Points Out Error of Magazine William Patton, general man ager of the Oregon Shakespear ean festival, has risen to the defense of the festival, which is held each year at Ashland. In a letter written to the Saturday Evening Post, Patton declared: "Your editorial emphasizes the widely publicized, misleading implication that the Stratford, Conn., Shakespeare festival is creating' the first worthwhile, permanent home for Shakes peare's plays in the United States . . ." Patton's letter continues "The Oregon Shakespearean festival at Ashland has proved for 20 years that Shakespeare is good box office. "It is the oldest Shakespear ean festival in the western hem isphere. The theater seats 1,100 and is a replica of the famed Fortune theater of Elizabethan era in London." Patton's letter was in answer to a recent editorial appearing in the Saturday Evening Post. His letter is published in the current issue of the national mag azine. Ue Mail Tribune Want Ads Ex-Convict Object Of Two-State Search Los Angeles (U.R) A 27- year old ex-convict "with death in his eyes" was object of a two state search today after he stab bed and left for dead his father and then apparently abducted his attractive 34-year-old stepmother. Police said Ralph Reno beat and stabbed his father, Andrew, 57, last night. Mrs. Stella Reno was missing and police believed the younger Reno abducted her to use as a hostage. The elder Reno, wounded twice with a butcher knife and suffering from a skull fracture, told police "My son has death in his eyes." He gasped that 'the unex plained attack started when he came home last night. to 108 passengers each in deluxe accommodations and up to 131 tourist class. Both the Boeing and Douglas liners will have a cruising speed of 575 miles an hour at 30,000 feet. They will be placed in ser vice on transatlantic, South American, and transpacific runs starting in December, 1958. Noise Eliminated Trippe said the planes will provide a new high standard in speed and in passenger comfort. Vibration will be eliminated and the sound of the jet engines will be audible only to passengers in the extreme rear portion of the cabin. The cruising altitude of the planes will be well above the weather. William M. Allen, president of Boeing, said the Pan Ameri can jet transport program "marks the beginning of a new era in air transportation." "Introduction of the new jet stratoliners will, in effect, make the world 40 per cent smaller," he said. "Most major cities of the free world will be only 12 hours or less from the United States." Douglas W. Douglas, president of Douglas Aircraft, said the Pan American sale opens a "new chapter in global aviation and brings the jet age closer to the lives of millions throughout the world." Woman Believed Murder Victim Found Eugene (U.R) Lane county Sheriff Ed Elder said today he had located a woman whom it was believed might have been a murder victim in California. Elder said the woman, Mrs. Henry J. Seymour, 59, had been located in a trailer court near here. Authorities in Riverside, Calif., said yesterday that fingerprints taken from the body of the uni dentified murder victim did not match perfectly with those , of Mrs. Seymour. The victim ap parently killed by' a blow on the head and her body was found in the hills near Riverside Sept. 18. In Milwaukie, Ore., relatives of Mrs. Seymour said a letter had been received written by Mrs. Symour in October. Her daughter, Mrs. Earl B. Shook, said her mother's name was Sey mour but that her name was Alford before she remarried a number of years ago. Elder quoted the woman as saying she did not know she had been reported missing. 117 S. CENTRAL PHONE 2-6241 0 SPEOAU Usual '3 Dusters $2 o N0-IR0N PLISSES, C00L1 CRISP! CAREFREE! A Top Duster buy at its regular price! Wards special purchase brings it to-you ot a money-saving low! Note its easy-on, easy-otf button-front styling, 2 big handy pockets, gay piping trim. Its no-iron plisss fabrics a real boon for the busy housewife or career girl! Hurry, choose from imaginative prints on light or dark grounds dainty pastel colors. Buy several ot this special purchase $2 low! Misses' sizes 12 to 20. BUY NOW-PAY LATER ON WARDS MONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN -, v Chamber Directors Hear Details of Trip to Hawaii BESTS THE MEN Florence Chadwick leaves the waters of the English Channel at Missant, France, after setting a new record for the ftritain-to-France swim. Her time, 13 hours 55 minutes, bettered men's record by 11 minutes. Members of the board of dir ectors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce this mor ning heard details of a "pears to pineapples friendship air tour to Hawaai which will be held next month. The trip, to be made by Trans-, ocean Air lines under chamber sponsorship, was described, by Miss Ann McFarland, Hawaiian tour hostess for the airline. Ar rangements for taking the tour, open to anyone in this area, can be made through the chamber office. The directors also voted to ob tain tape recordings for broad cast on local radio stations. They are prepared by the U. S. Cham ber of Commerce, and have a spot for local chamber announce ments. The 15-minute programs give reports from Washington, D.C-, from the standpoint of the chamber. A sample tape was played at today's breakfast meet ing at the Medford hotel. Forum Planned Ray Johnson, chairman of the chamber's forum committee, told of plans being made for a cham ber forum, which may be held early in December with an out standing speaker. Plans are still tentative, Johnson said. Ron Gandee reported on plans of the education committee, which is interested in a course for businessmen to be given here starting Nov. 7 under the auspio FRESIDING over cabinet, Se curity Council meetings, Vice President Richard Nixon has a busy Washington schedule while President Eisenhower is convalescing. (International) es of the extension division of the University of Oregon and the public schools. The course will be devoted to study of the Am erican economic system, and can be taken for credit. Instruction probably will come from the staff of Southern Oregon college, Gandee said. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday Puerto Ricans Lose In Court of Appeals Washington (U.R) The U.S. Court of Appeals today upheld the convictions of four fanatic Puerto Rican Nationalists who shot up the House of Represen tatives March 1, 1954. Five Congressmen were wounded when the four Puerto Ricans, three men and a woman fired 16 shots into the House chamber. The Puerto Ricans re ceived long prison sentences. The appeals court dismissed the main contention of attorn eys for the Puerto Ricans that the jury here should have decid ed whether they were sane at the time. The appeals court pointed out that three government - appoint ed phychiatrists had found the Puerto Ricans sane. Birthday Cake Planned j For Ike and Patients Denver (U.R) Bakers at Fitzsimons Army hospital started " mixing ingredients today to make a birthday cake for Presi- t dent Eisenhower and 2128 Fitz simons patients and staff mem- , bers. The President will be 65 to- '1 morrow. Every patient and staff . member in the hospital will get . a slice of the' white . cake and 1 probably more than the Presi- . : dent. He is on a 1600-calorie a day diet and the size of his slice has already been fixed at a weight of 1 ounces. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Fresh- Srowil 1 M Bsxiisli Mi IsHf Old Fashioned-. Franks J.' 1, s1 00 mm PEAS Cream or Whole Kernel Rosedale No. 303 Can ' Nestles Tall ' Cans TOMATO "by-. JUICE c!T 10 7 8 4 Cans Cans Cans Cans $00 SI 00 $00 $00 CHOPPED BEEF Wilson 4 " 1 00 Snow Flake ) ,b CRACKERS L Pk Drifted Snow re ib. K 93 FLOUR U SHORTENING $) I 7 . Caswell's COFFEE pound 0 POTATOES 10 b. 33c U.S. No. 1 GEMS Store Hours 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 8 p.n. Sunday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. CABBAGE POUND Independently Owned . . . Independently Operated 4th & Front O s
