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Medford and Jackson County
History, from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. ,30 and
iO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dee. 2, 1945
(it'was Sunday)
Mrs. Max Leischner is chair
man in charge Medford Garden
club members making Christ
mas wreaths at Camp White.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Skiing is
reported fineD in the high hills,
but as yet no outdoor enthusiast
has broke an ankle, or been the
object of a systematic search by
forest rangers.
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 2. 1935
(It was Monday)
Bids on Ashland sewage dis
posal plant opened; to be re
viewed by city council, attorney
Frank J. Van Dyke announced.
O
Andrew Hillman and Peter
Bockstruck, foremen of Brad
ford CCC.camp, find 1861 rifle
in deserted shack on Rock creek
80 YEARS AGO
Dec. 2, 1925
" (It was Wednesday)
Superintendent of Schools E.
H. H.edrick announces that
members of American Legion
will nolice parking and traffic
at Salem-Medford football game
Saturday.
City council decides against
ordinance levying $100 tax on
stores selling tobacco.
40 YEARS AGO
Dec 2, 1915
(It was Thursday)
rXazel Dawn in five-part movie
"Clarrissa" plays at Medford's
Star theater.
From Local and Personal col
umn: D. W. Campbell, assistant
feneral manager of the Southern
'acific, R. A. McAllister, land
commissioner for the S.P. Co.,
Ralph E. Moody, attorney for
the Southern Pacific, passed
through Medford Tuesday eve
ning in their private car Sis
kiyou. What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. A major political party has
named an incumbent vice-president
for President several times
since the Civil War, or not for
over 100 years, or never?
2. All U. S. Stateepartment
officials boycott Soviet embassy
social functions in Washington;
right or wrong? -
3. The average mileage put on
U. S passenger cars is about
6,500, 8,000, 9,500, 11,000 or
12,500 a year? .
4. Tammany Hall did or didn't
favor F. D. Roosevelt the first
time he was named for President
by a Democratic national con
vention? 5. The largest city where
Spanish is generally spoken is
Mexico City, Madrid, Barcelona,
Buenos Aires, Manila, or Rio de
Janeiro?
6. The average U. S. senator
is about 45, 53, 60, 67 or 75 years
o35?
7. A man is said to die inte
state when he leaves no widow,
children, win, property or in
surance? The Answers: 1 Not for over
100 years (last time: 1835). 2
Wrong. 3 About 9,500 is aver
age. 4 Didn't. 5 Buenos Aires.
6--About 60. 7 No will.
Vienna (U.R) The govern
ment announced Thursday night
that Austria and Spain had
agreed to resume diplomatic relations.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
Christmas
With the arrival of Santa Claus (actually, there
were six of them in the parade the other night) we
can consider that the Christmas season is here. The
streets are decorated and the stores are featuring gay
and tempting windows for the gift-purchasers.
Chriatmas, of course, means many things to many
people.
To Christians, it means the celebration of the an
niversary of the birth of Jesus Christ. " -
To many churches, it is the climax of the worship
of the year.
To everyone, Christian and non-Christian alike,
it means a time of friendliness, of giving, of family
gatherings. It is the greatest and most loved of holi
days "in America.
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TO MERCHANTS, it is the:season when they-do
A their greatest business. Mother does the bulk of
the shopping, the kids do their little part, and dad
dashes in at the last minute, looking for something
nice for mother, knowing full well she's taken care
of everything else.
It is a time when some of us spend more than we
can afford, because "it's Christmas."
To children it is a time of high and mounting ex
citement, of hidden, mysterious packages to be
thumped and squeezed as occasion arises.
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TO POLICE officers, it is too often a time of death
and tragedy, for in the spirit of the season, the
highways often are jammed, and alcohol flows mofe
freely than at other times of the year.
To post office employees it is a period of overtime
work, mountains of packages, mounds of letters and
cards.
All month long the pressure and the tension and
the excitement mount,' day by day, until Christmas
eve is here. Carols are sung, families gather, the last
store closes, the last shopper dashes for home. And
a great stillness settles over the streets and roads.
Only in the homes is the quiet broken by happi
ness and reverence and worship and gaiety.
o
THE Christmas season is also the time when a lot
, of people; including this writer, get upset when it
is spelled Xmas.
Now this is a purely tempermental reaction, with
out any sound basis in fact or logic. We just happen
to like the word Christmas better than the abbrevia
tion Xmas.
The shorter version has a long and honorable his
tory, stretching, back to at least the year 1551, and
perhaps earlier. Its derivation is the Greek letter Chi,
the symbol for which is X, according to information
we received in the mail lately. It added:
For centuries Latin and Greek were the foundation of
a "classical" , education. Even early in this century no
Englishman (or American) was well-educated unless he had
mastered those languages. In the 1500s the New Testament
often was read and discussed in Greek among the scholars
and the clergy., When writing, it was perfectly natural for
those learned men to abbreviate "Christ" into the Greek
initial of "Xpistos," "X," from which came X-ian, X-itnity,
and, of course, Xmas. From "Xp"istos, too, comes the "XP"
which appears on altar linens, the YMCA emblem, nd atop
the chapel steeple. And there we are. You msy prefer
Christmas to "Xmas"; many people do. But remember that
"Xmas" is not "eks"mas but "CH"(rist)mas; also that
"Xmas" comes down to us with a tradition of at least four
centuries of reverent usage. 3
"
A LL of which is interesting, and we presume, fac
tual and sound.
But our own feeling is that there are some things
which should not be abbreviated, even in Greek.
We like Christmas. E.A.
Return of France
Tops News
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The week's good and bad news (
on the international balance
sheet:
THE GOOD
1. France resumed its place in
the United- Nations assembly
after a boycott
which started
on Sept. 30.
The French
delegation had
walked out be
cause the as
sembly voted
to debate the
demand of na
tionalists in
French Algeria
for independ
ence. Algeria
thanes iri ami
politically is not a colony but
part of France itself. The return
came when the assembly re
versed its stand. It was a victory
not only for France but for other
western countries which hold
that the U.N. is endangering its
future by trying to meddle in
the internal problems of its
member nations.
2. Argentina's provisional got
ernment returned the great inde
pendent newspaper La Prensa to
its owners. It also dissolved the
Peronist political party which
enabled dictator Juan D. Peron
to keep himself in power until
his "overthrow by the army.
Peron had seized La Prensa and
made it a propaganda organ. Its
restoration to its rightful owners
was a victory for the free press
of the world.
3. Restored Sulian Skii Mo
hammed ben Youssef named in
dependent nationalist Si Bekkai
to form French Morocco's first
representative government. The
two leaders hope to end soon
the terrorism which still plagues
the protectorate. '
THE BAD
1. France's politicians maneu
Friday, Dietmtet 2, 1SS5
for Week
vered themselves into the coun
try's most tangled cabinet crisis
in nearly 80 years. The enemies
of Premier Edgar Faure, includ
ing members of his own party,
defeated him on .a vote of con
fidence on his plan to call an
early parliamentary election.
But they overreached them
selves. They piled up against
him an absolute majority of the
votes in the National Assembly.
That enabled Faure to dissolve
Parliament and call an election
anyway. Infuriated, the oppo
sition sought to force Faure out
by a vote of censure. But it was
too late to stop the election.
2. Soviet Russia raise1 the
threat of a serious new situation
in Berlin. The Russian comman
dant announced that East Berlin,
which is the Communist sector
of the city, is no longer occupied
territory but is the capital of a
"sovereign" East German gov
ernment. Hie implication was
that Russia intended to nullify
the agreements under which Ber
lin is under joint occupation by
the Big Four powers, belonging
neither to Communist East Ger
many nor to free -West Germany.
The3United States, Great Britain
and France protested to Moscow.
They feared a new Soviet block
ade of West Berlin.
3. Nationalist China threatened
to veto the admission of Outer
Mongolia to the United Nations.
Russia announced that unless
that satellite area is admitted, it
wiU kill the proposed "package"
deal under which 18 countries
would be given membership. It
was disclosed that President Ei
senhower had appealed personal
ly to Nationalist Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek to reverse his
stand. But dispatches from
Taipeh, Chiang's capital on the
"island of Formosa, said he was
unlikely to do so,
Use Mail Tribuaa Want Ada
MSStt f Of FOCf
WHICH TEAM IS TALKING? I
Washington The row about
bi-partisanship in foreign policy
has thus far involved Adlai Stev
enson, AvereU
Harriman and
the Democra
t i c National
Committee on
one side, and
on the other,
Senator Wal
ter; Ge o r g e,
Harold Stas
sen, John Fos
ter Dunes and
the President
Joseph Aln himself.
In short, this is already a very
majestic row indeed. But it is
quite certain to continue and to
grow worse unless the Eisenhow
er administration deeides to re
solve the glaring contradiction
between the
rosy picture of
affairs that is
given to the
public, and the
real state of
affairs in the
world.
It is not crit
icism of the
Admin i s t r a
tion; it is a
simple state
Stewart Aloop
ment of fact.
to say that the present state of
affairs in the world is both peril
ous and ominous. All you have
to do is make what the diplomats
call a "tour of the horizon" in
order to see that this is so.
The same papers that carried
the President's call for a return
to bi-partisanship also carried
on-the-spot reports that Afghan
istan is on the way to becoming
a Soviet sateUite, and that Bur
ma, which used to be one of the
most hopeful countries in Asia.
is now being deeply penetrated
Dy boviet economic influence.
The, position in the Formosa
Strait is uglier than ever. The
position in Indochina is a little
better than tx months ago, but
still dangerous in the extreme.
The position in Malaya, where a
Communist take-over in Singa
pore is now a serious possibility,
has grown worse than anyone
1 M
uuuiu iuvi xoreseen. liven in
Thailand, once so strongly al
lied to tnis country, a strong
trend towards neutralism has
lately been reported on good au
thority.
In the Middle East, meanwhile,
the Soviet arms sales to Egypt
and the other Arab states are
only the opening gambit in
campaign to expel Western influ
ence from this whole stratecicaL
ly vital area. Secretary of State
Dulles himself has privately
characterized, the Soviet drive
into the Middle East -as an event
potentially "more serious" than.
tne original aggression in Korea
TN GERMANY, there is incress
- - intf nan ooi" 4hit 4U a
mgntmare of Western diDlomacv
will become reality in the fairly
uear iuture. as high an authoritv
as George F. Kennan has already
predicted that the Germans will
finally abandon their alliann
with the West, in order to buy
le-unmcation of. their country
from the Soviets.
In Japan, a similar reversal of
alliances will clearly become
prooaoie, if. further Communist
victories in Southeast Asia con
vince the Japanese that the band
wagon is traveling in the Com
munist direction.
Add to all this. finallv. the
state of affairs most recentlv
symbolized by the new Soviet
li-bomb test. Remember that in
ail critical categories of arms.
the Soviets are now catchin un
to this country. Remember fur
ther that m certain important
categories, such as jet fighters
ana long range guided missiles.
the Soviets have actually drawn
anead. Consider the total im
pact of this change in the weap
ons oaiance when added to the
threatened changes in the world
strategic balance listed above.
The addition is not encouraging.
rurtnermore, besides stimulat
ing Messrs. Stevenson and Har
riman to view with alarm, this
same melancholy addition had
already another result that may
prove, even more significant. In
effect, it has caused the Eisen
hower team to split into two
teams.
The first team is stm com.
posed of those who are not yet
convinced oi the need to take
urgent measures to halt the de
terioration . of the world situa
tion. There has been some exaff-
geretion in the recent talk about
the "Four H Club," which com
prises Secretary of the Treasury
(jeorge wumpnrey, Under Secre
tary of State Herbert Hoover Jr.,
Foreign Aid Administrator John
Hollister and Budget Director
Rowland Hughes. Neither these !
men nor their allies, such as Sec
retary of Defense Charles E. Wil-'
son, are so complacent or so !
obstinately attached to a busi-!
ness-as-usual policy as they ere
often charged with being.
TOUT the viewpoint of the first
team nonetheless differs very
widely from that of the second
team. At present the second
team comprises an astonishingly
large number of men on - the
higher staff levels of policy-making
in both the State and Defense
Departments, and even the White
House itself. The second team of
the Eisenhower administration
adds up the world situation just
about as it has been added up
in this report. And the second
By Joe ond Stewart Aisop
team is already, convinced very
passionately convinced that
most urgent measures are now
needed if the worst sort of trou
ble is to be avoided.
Thus far, several key figures
of whom Secretary Dulles is by
far the most significant, have not
finally chosen which team they
will play on. The President,
above all, has not yet decided
Bebson . . Insurance Stocks
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. (Special
to Mail Tribune) Next to cer
tain good chain store stocks, I
believe that
insurance
stocks present
the best op
portunity to
investors for
a combination
of growth,
security and
income, p r o-
lUger w. Basses, vided the gov
ernment does not foolishly in
terfere with the business.
Fire and Casualty Insurance
Stocks selling substantiaUy be
low their estimated equity val
ues should meet these three re
quirements. I do recognize that
these stocks have gone up much
during the past several years
(along with the general run of
6-30-55 Ratio: Price
Some Div. Ind. Net Worth to Est.
Pd. Ea. Yf. An. Price or Equity Invest.
Company Since Div. Per SKre Sarmnft
Agricultural Ins 1864 S1.60 37 $ 64 18'i
Fire Assoc. of Phil 1858 2.20 58 89 16Yx
Firemen's (Newark) ....1937 1.20 41 89 1
Great American Ins 1873 1.50 39 61 15
Hanover Fire Ins -:.1853 2.00 48 75 16ty
Home Insurance 1874 2.00 51 78 SO1
Nat. . Union Fire 1934 2.00 6 71 16
New Amsterdam Cas ..1937 1.80 56 82 16?i
Springfield Fire and Ma -1867 2.00 65 104 ltls
good issues) because of their '
increased earnings, increased I
dividends and higher equity val- j
ues. I also know of the unusual
losses most of these companies
have suffered as a result of hur
ricanes. An examination of fire and
casualty stocks, however, shows
that, based upon the distribution
of funds in their investment
portfolios and that selected
stocks in this group can now be
bought at substantial discounts
below their equity values, the
risks are relatively small.
Stocks Compared
As every reader of this col
umn should have fire, casualty,
and life insurance stock in some
company, he should perhaps
first buy the stock of the com
panies of which he holds a pol
icy. Investors, however, who
have surplus funds may like my
ideas. Here are some sugges
tions: I have invested .my hard
earned savings in the Home In
surance Company, of which I
was once a director. I have
learned first-hand the high char
acter of their officers and man
agement. !
Premium Sales and Earnings
The long, unbroken dividend
record of these stocks through
periods of good times, depres
sions, wars, great fires, and oth
er national disasters appeals' to
me. This certainly attests to the
soundness of the insurance bus
iness as well to the soundness
of the individual - companies.
The growth of equity values in
insurance stocks over the years
is evidence of the need for ever
increasing amounts of insurance
sold. The increase in population
could offset the unfavorable ef
fect of inflation.
Fire insurance rates are es
tablished by state regulatory
bodies on the basis of a contin
uing five-year average of the
loss experience. Rates are set
so that the insurance industry
as a whole . is able to make a"
fair return on the business
handled.
Investment Trusts
Insurance companies usually
have the diversification and su
pervisory advantages of Invest
ment Trusts or Mutual funds;
but in addition, have the insur
ance business profits. The funds
of insurance companies consist
of two major portions. First,
there is the reserve which is set
up against unearned premiums.
This reserve is usually in highly
liquid, high-grade assets which
are quickly available on de
mand. The second part of the insur
ance companies' portfolio con
sists of what may be described
as the stockholders' equity,
which serves as a kind of ad
ditional guarantee fund to pro
tect policyholders and stock
holders. How this fund is man
aged, as regards type of invest
ment, depends somewhat upon
the kind of insurance written.
The longer the term of the con
tract and the greater the re-
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the Issue between Ms two teams.
But since there are so many
viewers-with-alarm in the most
high and secret places of the Ad
ministration, it -seems a bit odd
to charge a break of bi-partisanship
to those who refuse to re
peat, like happy parrots that
"every day in every way, every
thing is getting better and0 bet
ter." (C) 1S55. New York Herald
q Tribune, Inc.
liance upon the law of averages
working out in a particular kind
of insurance, the greater the
term that the capital funds may
be invested.
Other Reasons G
Most insurance stocks actual
ly have more money working
for them than the market prices
of the issues show. Over and
above this inherent element of
strength protection against a
sudden turnaround in the long
bull market for common stocks
the above nine companies
have been selected because of
the excess of admitted-asset
book values over current mar
ket values' of the company
shares, even though they must
pay 20 per cent tax on the in
come from their investments.
Further reasons are: (1) -Ji
addition to investment earnings
retained by the companies, net
earnings on unaerwruings aic
usuaUy plowed back into the
business,
(2) Good insurance
stocks deserve to sell at a time
earnings ratio somewhat higher
than is usual for other types of
companies, and (3) The lag- in
premium rate raises, insurance
stocks are a logical form of post-
mflation investment.
Non-Flammable Materials
Great progress has been made
m preventing loss of life and
property since Mrs. O'Leary's
cow kicked over the lantern and
burned Chicago to the ground:
The first step was the inventing
of a fire alarm system by John
N. Gamewell of Newton, Mass,
He was burned out in Chicago.
Returning East, he interested
Boston in the fire alarm idea-
After getting these municipal
fire alarm systems in ths) coun
try's leading cities, the fire
chiefs turned their attention to
sprinkler systems under the
leadership of George I. Rock-
wood of Worcester, Mass., of
which company Wm. J. Carroll
is now President.
As statistics were beginning
to show that almost as many
were being killed by automo
biles (with corresponding losses
to Insurance Companies) as by
fires', the Gamewell laboratories
worked upon traffic lights. With
factories ;at Moline, 111., they
under the leadership of Matthew
Porosky, are spending millions
to reduce life and accident loss
es from automobile accidents
Now the whole army of fire
chiefs are urging the increased
use of non-flammable furniture
and textiles with the hope of
preventing or stopping fires at
their source.
Fire Losses To High
Notwithstanding the marvel
ous work that Gen. Mgr. Vin
cent of the National Board of
Fire Underwriters is doing to
lessen fire losses, these losses
continue to climb. The official
statistics show that over 26 per
cent of the fires reported from
known causes are believed to be
due to smoking and matches.
This Board has a tremendous
uphill task to compete with the
cigarette advertising. ''
Without interfering with this
advertising, the Fire Insurance
companies should" supply the
Board an equal amount of
money to spend on newspaper
advertising to prevent fires, as
the' tobacco people spend on ad
vertising. When the insurance
companies provide such funds,
you will see the fire losses per
home begin to decline. The
above hope is another reason
why I am bullish on good fire
and accident insurance stocks
for the long pull, although
these .stocks may decline with
the general market. Finally, the
Insurance Business is basically
a Christian co-operative enter
prise where the fortunate peo
ple club together to help the un
fortunate in case of fire, acci
dent, or death.
There are 10,050 bridges in
the nation's rural interstate high
way system.
Communications
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the name and address of the writer
although under certain circum
stances the use of a pen name or
initial for publication ii permis
sible The Mail Tribune reserves
the right to edit all letters with an
eye to clarification and condensa
tion Letters submitted for publica
tion must not exceed 400 words.
They Cry Out
To the Editor: American In
dians everywhere cry out to not
disorganize them and taKe tneir
lands as the despairing cry of
the Taos Pueblo Council: "We
want to keen our lands and peo
ple intact. We want to keep tne
good way of life that we have
known for thousands of years.
Let's not forget that the first
authority was seized through
military invasion of the Indians
homelands. The Seminoles were
driven into the Everglade
swamps; Georgia Indians herded
like wild beasts . from their
Southland into the Oklahoma
wilds, more than half being
killed or dying enroute, Pota-
watomis dragged from then-
bounteous fish and game Mich
igan forests onto the Kansas
plains, others treated with no
less cruelty.
Indians were swindled out of
all but a few of the poorest acres
of their lands. The 1887 grant, of
138,000,000 acres was reduced
to 47,000,000 by 1933. The 1934
Reorganization Act raised , their
estate to 56,000,000 acres now
being chipped away.
America, the richest nation on
earth, spending millions every
year to save all the rest of the
world, relieve want and suffer
ing, would condemn any other
country for treating any people
as American Indians are being
misused. (Read Justice Douglas's
Product of Terror on Russia)
Commissioner of Indian Affairs'
order of May 16, 1955 will force
Area Directors to bring chaotic
tragedy; add millions to state
and county burdens, and another
blot to political records with
American Indians.
Instead of taking their lands
and trying to force American
Indians to live and think as you
think they should, why not es
tablish all Indian lands
Tribal lands forever, to hold and
manage by their Tribal govern
ments as long as there - is an
America?
American Indians never de
stroyed America's forests, prai
rielands, wildlife. Those who
caused dustbowls, timber famine,
deserts, are condoned, and still
permitted to hold land and con
tinue havoc. Timber and graz
ing landgrabbers crave the In
dians' crumbs. For information
on this subject write to Associa
tion on American Indian Af
fairs, 48 East 86th st., New York
28, N. Y. '
Churches and other organiza
tions are doing wonderful work
helping American Indians qual
ify to meet and compete with
people of other strains of blood.
Let us go on with their excellent
program. But let us not permit
the erucial threat to this,- an
other American heritage.
John E. Gribble
139 Kenwood ave.
Medford, Oregon
Editorial Commenl
NEW GROUP NEEDED
In any activity, the sponsors
soon find they have a group
which soon becomes known as
the "old faithful," those who
will fall out at any hour of the
day or night to put a project
over.
At the same time, there is
need for new recruits all the
time, to add to the ranks of the
"old faithful" when it becomes
necessary.
All this is by way of leading
up to the trip of the Red Cross
bloodmobile to Central Oregon
communities this week.
The "old faithful will be on
hand to donate their blood. Col
lectively, they will probably ac
count for two-thirds of the dona
tions received. But unless some
new blood (no pun intended)
comes along, the bloodmobile
will fall short of its quota here.
The blood program is an im
portant one, war or no war. It
(and the resultmg blood and
gamma globulin collected) means
much to many on numerous oc
casions.
The process is simple, quick
and painless. Why not drop
down to the collecting station
and donate a pint? You'll never
miss it. Bend (Ore.) Bulletin.
(Editor's note: The bloodmo
bile will visit Medford next
Thursday, Dec. 8, from 1 to 5
p.m. at the Elks temple.) '
Dead line Sunday Classified Is at
noon Saturday; 1 a. m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day
SUGGESTED BIBli
READING VERSES
The Medford Council of
Church Women each year be
between Thanksgiving and
Christmas sponsors a pro
gram of daily Bible reading,
recommending a different
verse of the Bible for each
day during that period, in co
operation with the American
Bible association.
Following is the passages
recommended for today:
Matthew 18:1-14 Christ
Teaches His Disciples.
Police Car Bids
Open Yesterday -
Bids on four new city police
cars were opened at the city hall.
yesterday. " "
The cars must meet police
specifications as to horse power.
and tire size.. Three police cars, '
used during the past year, will
be traded in on the new vehicles. '
A fourth car was demolished in
an accident early Wednesday
morning at Main and Front sts.
Bids received were from
Courtesy Chevrolet,-who offered
to furnish four cars at a total
cost of $7,474.02, allow $2,950
trade-in value on the old cars,
resulting in a net cost to the city
of $4,524.02; Dick Knight com
pany, $6,887.26, total cost; $2,
916, trade in allowance; net cost'
to city, $3,971.26; Crater Lake;
Motors, $6,406 total cost; $2,915, V
trade-in allowance; $3,491, net.
cost; Darrel-Miller company, $8,-
967.74, total cost; $1,500, trade'
in allowance, and $7,467.74, net
cost to the city.
The bid will be awarded at
the city council meeting Tues
day night.
Three of the ctrs will be black
with white front doors. The
fourth will be a color chosen by
the police chief . .
"City police drive cars about
60,000 miles a year, according
to city manager Robert Duff. -
Britain's Comet Jet
Starts Test Flight -
London (U.R) Britain's
famous Comet jet airliner,
plagued by two ma jor crashes
which killed 56 personstook off
today on a test flight half way
around the world. . . " '
The structurally strengthened
Comet III airliner will fly to
Australia in the first long-range
public test since a series of tragic
crashes almost caused its manu-;
facturers to scrap the Comet.
British Overseas Airways
Corp.. has ordered 20 Comet IV
models, of which the Comet III i
test model is the forerunning fly-;
ing laboratory.
Dead line for Sunday Classified Is .
at noon Saturday. . . . -
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