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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1955)
o o Tr Xtt AS W H ff4JA PROMISING TO SEEK legislation for lowering voting age to 18, New York Governor Aver ell Harriman gets rousing cheer following his address at state Hi-Y conference in Albany, N. Y. Howard Shinn, Jr. (right), advisor to Hi-Y council, escorts governor. (International) Cenfral Point Woman Injured in Accident Mable Martha Commons, route 2, box 171, Central Point, re ceived knee and elbow injuries in an auto accident at the inter section of West Third and North Grape sts., about 4:05 p.m., yesterday. She was taken to Community hospital by city police where she was held for observation. Her condition was satisfactory today, hospital officials said. Mrs. Commons was travelling outh on North Grape st. when her car collided with a vehicle .operated "by Donald Eugene Cartwright, 401 South Newtown st. Damage to both cars was heavy, according to city police, Cartwright was cited by police for failure to stop at a stop sign. Inr a second accident, a car driven by Charles L. McWorter, 2990 Barbara st., Ashland, was struck by an unidentified ve hicle at the corner of Fir and West Main sts., about 12:50 p.m., Monday, according to a police report. Two Mf. Shasfa Men Killed in Accident Weed, Calif. (U.R) The Cal ifornia state patrol today re ported a double highway fatal ity that occurred last Saturday morning on Highway 97 just south of Grant lake in northern California. Dead are Virgil Hough, 56, and his brother-in-law, Robert Kidwell, 28. Both were from Mt. Shasta and were en route to hurit ducks In the lower Klam athrea. Patrolmen said their car went out of control on the icy high way and plowed into a south bound semi-trailer driven by Charles E. TayBr, Mt. Vernon, Wash. Holdup Note in Pocket Leads To Investigation Portland (U.R) A man in whose pocket police found a holdup note was held for fur ther investigation today. Detective Lt. Bard Purcell said William E. Parks, 26, was arrested on a drunk charge.. When police searched him they found a pencil-written note on a sheet of yellow paper which said: "This is a holdup. Fill the bags." PRACTICAL Hastings, Neb. (U.R) After a minutely detailed explanation of her first grade pupils on the beauty of flowers, the teacher asked: "And who can tell us what makes the flowers spring from the seeds?" Came the re ply: "God does, but fertilizer helps too!" Bike Licenses For '56 On Sale Soon Bicycle licenses for 1956 will be on sale at the city police sta tion Dec. 27 at 8 a.m., Police Chief Charles Champlin an nounced today. Licenses are now available only to parents who purchase bikes for Christmas presents and wish them to be licensed when given to the child. Bicycles have been licensed in Medford for about 38 years. The licenses, which cost 25 cents each, are used by police to help identitfy lost or stolen bikes. The first 100 applicants for Licenses Dec? 27, will draw for low plate numbers. After lots have been drawn for the first 100 plates, licenses will be is sued in consecutive order. In order to obtain new lic enses applicants must present identification cards, issued when they obtained their old license, or bring in the old plate. To reg ister new or unlicensed bikes, applicants must have the trade name of the bike, the serial number, the wheel size, name of the brake, and the main col or, plus trim. The police department would appreciate boys and girls who have bikes to obtain new lic enses during the Christmas va cation, Champlin said. KICKING MONEY Block Island, R. I. (U.R) After kicking around' a paper ball, Frank and Bruce Barron, brothers, unwrapped it and found that it was composed of S350 in bills. It developed that the wad had been lost by a Con necticut woman vacationist. Marine Biologist Friend of Guppies Russell City, Calif. (U.R) Thirty - eight - year - old Maurice Rakwicz is the guppy's friend. The ambitious marine biolo gist is building a thriving busi ness around what is one of underwater life's rarest crea tures, Aretimia Salina, a minute breed of shrimp used extensively in the feeding of domestic fin wrigglers. The Salina, a distantly re moved cousin of our dinner table shrimp, is highly selective as to its habitation. So particular, in fact, that Maurice's briny breed ing pond near here is the only place in all the 48 states where it can be found. He and his father, E. H. Rako wicz, one-time tropical fish mer chandiser, are credited with much ingenuity for having im proved the methods of shipping their product to the three major markets now buying from them. The two instituted new tech niques for sending live Artemia Salinas to local aquariums and fish dealers, and are now work ing, on new and better ways of freezing the shrimp for ship ment to Canada as well as around the United States. The father and son team also has a secret process for drying and cleaning the shrimp eggs for purposes of exporting them to all corners of the earth. When the eggs arrive at their intended destinations they are placed in a salt water solution and mature to their adult length of one quarter of an inch. Northern Plains Gets Blizzard By UNITED-.PRESS A mounting blizzard drove out of Canada into the Northern Plains today. The storm was already in full force in Southern Saskatche wan, where severe blizzard con ditions were reported. Blizzard and cold wave warnings were hoisted in this country for parts of the Dakotas, Wyoming, and Montana, and heavy snows were reported in South Dakota early today. Elsewhere, up to five inches of rain forced the evacuation of 40 persons near Kent, Wash,, and caused landslides which shifted the foundations of homes at Astoria, Ore. A desert-born "heat-wave continued to bring summery temperatures to South ern California, but the East shivered in cold which included a scant 1 degree above zero at Elkins, W. Va. Flood conditions were easing around Kent, 10 miles south of Seattle, after rowboat crews were forced to take 40 persons from their farm homes yester day. Water stood two feet deep on the floors of some homes and fields and basements were flooded. Four to five inches of rain pounded Astoria during the week end, setting off landslides. Damage was relatively light, however, and no injuries were reported. In marked contrast to the rainy, wintry weather, Los An geles reported a balmy 78 de grees yesterday and expected more of the same today. Two Arraigned In Court For Burglary Roy L. Thurman, 58, and Earl B. Schneider, 56, 1728 North Riverside ave., were arraigned in circuit court Saturday on charges of burglary not in a dwelling. The two are charged with entering Valley Lockers, Talent, Nov. 24. Florence Emaline Doney, 46, Talent, was arraigned on a charge of concealing stolen prop erty, in connection with the Val ley Lockers burglary. Mrs. Doney is being held in the county jail under 51,500 bond to appear for preliminary hearing later. Thurman also is to appear for Tuesday December 13, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE US Cotton Program Creates Brazil Problem Rio de Janeiro (U.R) The Bank of Brazil said Monday that the United States surplus cotton disposal program is "creating serious difficulties" for Brazil and other countries where cot ton is a basic export product. The bank's export bureau said with the United States scheduled to dispose of nearly one million bales of surplus cot ton in world markets next month, it may prove "good bus iness" to start shipping Brazil ian cotton to Communist China. preliminary hearing. Schneider waived preliminary hearing and waa uuunu over to grana jury. Rome Teachers Plan Strike for More Pay Rome (U.R) Some 91,600 sec ondary school teachers planned today to go on a new seven-day strike for higher wages starting Thursday. The teachers recently staged a three-day strike in as effort to force the government to give in to its wage demands. But the government has said the teach ers want more money than it can afford to pay. Better animals, better care, more feeding and improved beef types account for a 38 per cent increase in cattle productivity in the United States since 1924. 38 Building Permits Issued Last Month Thirty-eight building permits were issued during November for construction costing an esti mated $162,243. The total for last month was somewhat less than for October when 51 permits were issued for S195,019, but showed an increase over a year ago when November permits totaled S123.948. In addition to permits issued the city building department conducted 745 inspections dur ing November. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at 8 noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for F) ivionaay; otneraays 5:30 Dreviousday. New Child Safety Bulletin Available A new child safety bulletin, "Safety, Your Child's Heritage," has been received by the Jack son County Public Health de partment. The book is available at the office, or by asking by phone that it be mailed, accord ing to Miss Dorothy Huskey, health educator at the depart ment. Also available is a home safety check-list covering hazards which often occur in homes with small children. Blueprint Becomes Finished Product Washington (U.R) A revo lutionary electronic device now turns a blueprint into a complex finished product. This device, called a "cam" machine, automatically produces an intricate mechanism which is the heart of a jet plane engine's fuel-control system. Planes, official publication of the Aircraft Industries Associa tion, says this new method of producing vital parts for Ameri ca's jet engines is now doing a job in two to four hours that nor mally required at least 5 to 10 weeks' production time. Here is the way the blueprint is con verted into the finished product: Coded information on the spe cial blueprint is punched onto a paper tape and fed into an elec tronic computer. The computer reads the data as to the shape of the required cam, sending in structions through the servo-mechanisms to the tool that does the actual cutting of the part being produced. The computer also checks itself for error, mak ing any adjustments required while the machine tool cutting process is underway. WOOD TRIUMPHS Brattleboro, Vt. (U.R) Seventy-six years ago two bridges were built here. One was of iron; the other, wood. Five years ago it became neces sary to replace the iron span. The wooden bridge is still sound. 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